The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
Previous -- Table-of-Contents
- CAMPBELL, (John) RAMSEY (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * _Midnight Sun (Futura 0-7088-4857-5, Nov 91 [Oct 91], £4.50, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Macdonald 1990) horror novel.
- * _Midnight Sun (Tor 0-812-51803-9, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $4.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Tim OBrien) Reprint (Macdonald 1990) horror novel of an evil that stalks a family living at the edge of a mysterious park.
- * _The Nameless (Pocket 0-671-44489-1, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $3.50, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1981) horror-fantasy novel.
- * _The Nameless (Panther, 1985, 272pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1981) horror-fantasy novel. The text has been revised for this edition.
- * _The Nameless (Tor 0-812-58125-3, Feb 85 [Jan 85], $3.50, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1981) horror-fantasy novel.
- * _The Nameless (Little, Brown UK 0-356-20777-3, Jul 92, £13.99, 278pp, hc, cover by Oliver Hunter) Reprint (Macmillan 1981) horror novel. This edition follows the revised text of the 1985 (Panther) edition and adds a new afterword discussing the revisions that were made. [Not seen]
- * _The Nameless (Warner UK 0-7088-5257-2, Jul 92, £4.50, 278pp, pb, cover by Oliver Hunter) Reprint (Macmillan 1981) horror novel. This edition follows the revised text of the 1985 (Panther) edition and adds a new afterword discussing the revisions that were made.
- * +Nazareth Hill (Tor 0-312-86344-6, Jun 97 [May 97], $23.95, 383pp, hc) Horror novel. An asylum made over into apartments causes new tenants live to repeat old evils. First US edition (Headline 1996 as The House on Nazareth Hill).
- * _Nazareth Hill (Tor 0-812-53930-3, May 98 [Apr 98], $5.99, 383pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1996 as The House on Nazareth Hill) horror novel.
- * *Needing Ghosts (Legend 0-7126-3685-4, Aug 90, £25.00, 80pp, hc) Horror novella. This is a limited edition of 300 numbered copies, signed by the author.
- * *Needing Ghosts (Legend 0-7126-2159-8, Sep 90 [Aug 90], £4.50, 80pp, tp, cover by Jamel Akib) Horror novella, illustrated throughout by Jamel Akib. This trade edition was preceded by a limited edition. Also available in hardcover (-3691-9, £8.99).
- * _Night of the Claw (Tor 0-812-51280-4, May 92 [Apr 92], $4.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Tim OBrien) Reissue (St. Martins 1983) horror novel. A metal claw from Africa has a dangerous effect on anyone who possesses it. Second printing.
- * *Obsession (Macmillan 0-02-521130-7, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $16.95, 247pp, hc) Dark fantasy/horror novel.
- * _Obsession (Tor 0-812-51656-7, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $3.95, 309pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1985) horror novel.
- * _Obsession (Grafton 0-586-06521-0, Aug 86, £2.50, 280pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1985) horror novel.
- * _Obsession (Futura 0-7088-4396-4, Sep 90, £3.50, 283pp, pb, cover by Oliver Hunter) Reprint (Macmillan 1985) horror novel. This edition includes a new afterword by the author.
- * _Obsession (Little, Brown UK 0-316-90453-8, Nov 92 [Dec 92], £14.99, 283pp, hc) Reprint (Macmillan 1985) horror novel. This edition contains the afterword from the 1990 (Futura) edition.
- * *The One Safe Place (Headline 0-7472-0666-X, Mar 95, £16.99, 373pp, hc, cover by Simon Dewey) Associational thriller.
- * _The One Safe Place (Headline 0-7472-3997-5, Sep 95, £5.99, 501pp, pb, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Headline 1995) associational thriller.
- * +The One Safe Place (Tor/Forge 0-312-86035-8, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $23.95, 383pp, hc) Associational psychological horror novel. First US edition (Headline 1995).
- * _The One Safe Place (Tor 0-812-54555-9, Aug 97 [Jul 97], $6.99, 401pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1995) associational psychological horror novel.
- * _The Parasite (Tor 0-812-51668-0, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $4.95, 337pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1980) horror/occult novel.
- * _The Parasite (Headline 0-7472-4061-2, Feb 93, £4.99, 369pp, pb, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Millington 1980 as To Wake the Dead) horror novel. This edition contains both the original ending, and the revised version written for the American edition (Macmillan 1980 as The Parasite), and has a new afterword discussing the history of the book and the two endings.
- * _Scared Stiff (Warner 0-446-38783-5, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $8.95, 173pp, tp) Reprint (Scream/Press 1987) collection of erotic horror stories.
- * _Scared Stiff (Futura 0-7088-4476-6, Apr 91, £3.50, 177pp, pb, cover by Oliver Hunter) Reprint (Scream/Press 1987) collection of seven erotic horror stories, with an introduction by Clive Barker and the afterword from the Macdonald (1989) edition.
- * *Scared Stiff: Tales of Sex and Death (Scream/Press 0-910489-17-3, Jul 87 [Jun 87], $25.00, 173pp, hc) Collection of Campbells most outrageous adult horror stories (two original), illustrated by J.K. Potter. A boxed, signed edition of 250 copies was announced, but not seen. (Contents)
- * _Scared Stiff: Tales of Sex and Death (Macdonald 0-356-17945-1, Sep 89, £11.95, 177pp, hc) Reprint (Scream/Press 1987) erotic horror collection, with an introduction by Clive Barker, illustrations by J.K. Potter, and a new afterword by Ramsey Campbell. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Strange Things and Stranger Places (Tor 0-312-85514-1, Jun 93 [May 93], $18.95, 256pp, hc, cover by Eric Peterson) Collection of 10 horror stories, including the novella Needing Ghosts, originally published separately, plus an introduction by the author. (Contents)
- * _Strange Things and Stranger Places (Tor 0-812-52479-9, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $4.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) Reprint (Tor 1993) collection of 10 horror stories, including the novella Needing Ghosts, originally published separately, plus an introduction by the author.
- * *Two Obscure Tales (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-53-4, Jan 93 [Feb 93], $4.50, 27pp, ph, cover by Allen Koszowski) Collection of two original horror stories, with an afterword by the author and illustrations by Allen Koszowski. Order from Necronomicon Press, 101 Lockwood St., West Warwick RI 02893. (Contents)
- * *Waking Nightmares (Tor 0-312-85250-9, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $18.95, 273pp, hc, cover by Tim OBrien) Collection of 11 horror stories with an introduction by the author. (Contents)
- * _Waking Nightmares (Little, Brown UK 0-356-20341-7, Jul 92, £13.99, 273pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1991) collection of 11 horror stories with an introduction by the author. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Waking Nightmares (Warner UK 0-7515-0165-4, Jul 93, £4.99, 273pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1991) collection of 19 horror stories.
- * _Waking Nightmares (Tor 0-812-50110-1, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $4.99, 273pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1991) collection of 18 horror stories.
- _____, ed.
- * _Best New Horror (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
- * _Best New Horror 2 (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
- * _Best New Horror 3 (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
- * _Best New Horror 4 (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
- * _Best New Horror 5 (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
- * _The Best New Horror: Volume Five (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
- * *Deathport (Pocket 0-671-69575-4, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $4.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Ben Perini) Original shared-world anthology of 28 airport horror stories, with an introduction by Ramsey Campbell. A Horror Writers of America anthology. (Contents)
- * *Fine Frights: Stories that Scared Me (Tor 0-812-51670-2, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $3.95, 309pp, pb) Anthology of 12 horror stories. (Contents)
- * _The Giant Book of Best New Horror (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
- * _The Giant Book of Terror (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
- * _New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (Grafton 0-586-20093-2, Sep 88, £3.50, 335pp, pb) Reprint (Arkham House 1980) original horror anthology.
- * _New Terrors I (Pocket 0-671-53196-4, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $3.50, 262pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket 1982 as New Terrors) horror anthology of 15 stories selected from the Pan 1980 original anthologies New Terrors 1 and New Terrors 2. Horror and dark fantasy.
- * *New Terrors II (Pocket 0-671-45117-0, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $3.50, 256pp, pb) Horror anthology of 15 stories selected from the Pan 1980 original anthologies New Terrors 1 and New Terrors 2. (Contents)
- * *Omnibus of New Terrors (Pan 0-330-28854-7, 1985 [Aug 96], £7.99, xii+649pp, pb) Anthology of 37 horror stories originally published in New Terrors (Pan 1980) and New Terrors 2 (Pan 1980). The book is called New Terrors Omnibus on the cover and spine. (Contents)
- * *Uncanny Banquet (Little, Brown UK 0-316-90311-6, Nov 92 [Oct 92], £14.99, 338pp, hc) Anthology of ten supernatural horror stories, including an original novelette by Ramsey Campbell and Adrian Ross rare 1914 novel The Hole of the Pit. (Contents)
- * _Uncanny Banquet (Warner UK 0-7515-0704-0, Nov 93, £4.99, 338pp, pb, cover by David Kearney) Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1992) anthology of ten supernatural horror stories, including an original novelette by Ramsey Campbell and Adrian Rosss rare 1914 short novel The Hole of the Pit.
- CAMPBELL-BUTLER, RONALD
- * *Fadar (Janus 1-85756-173-2, Apr 95, £14.95, 198pp, hc) SF novel. In the year 3052, real humans can only survive in a few domed cities on the dying Earth. A last desperate search for salvation uncovers an entity still waiting to complete its great task after three hundred million years. A first novel.
- CAMPTON, DAVID (1924-2006) (stories)
- * *Frankenstein (with Mary W. Shelley) (Beaver 0-09-949770-0, Oct 87, £1.75, 143pp, pb) [Frankenstein] Juvenile horror novel. Volume 5 in the Fleshcreepers series.
- * *Frankenstein (with Mary W. Shelley) (Hutchinson 0-09-173483-5, Oct 87, £5.95, 144pp, hc) [Frankenstein] Hardcover edition of the above. [Not seen]
- * *Vampyre (Hutchinson 0-09-167890-0, Oct 86, £5.95, 143pp, hc) Juvenile horror novel, retelling of John Polidoris The Vampyre. Volume 2 in the Fleshcreepers series.
- * *Vampyre (Beaver 0-09-949720-4, Oct 86, £1.75, 144pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
- CAN XUE; pseudonym (1953- ) (stories)
- * *The Embroidered Shoes (Holt 0-8050-5413-8, Sep 97 [Feb 98], $20.00, 221pp, hc) Collection of 11 magical/hallucinatory stories, seven previously published, at least in part, in the US. Translated from the Chinese by Ronald R. Janssen & Jian Zhang. (Contents)
- CANALS, CUCA
- * *Berta La Larga (Anchor UK 1-86230-021-6, Oct 98 [Sep 98], £6.99, 172pp, tp) Literary fantasy novel. Translated from the Spanish original (Plaza & Janes 1996) by Sonia Soto. A young womans moods affect the weather.
- CANE, NANCY
- * *Circle of Light (Leisure Love Spell 0-505-51949-6, May 94, $4.99, 391pp, pb) SF romance about a female attorney kidnapped by an interstellar warrior.
- CANFIELD, SANDRA (Kay Patterson) (1944-2003)
- * *The Loving (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-104176-9, Jun 92 [May 92], $4.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Renato Aime) Time-travel romance novel. Surgeon Roan Jacob is fascinated by the ghost in an old New Orleans mansion and lets her take him back to another time. Canfield also writes as Karen Keast.
- CANNING, J., ed. (stories)
- CANNING, JOHN, ed. (1920- )
- * _50 Great Ghost Stories (Souvenir Press 0-285-62034-7, Mar 88, £9.95, 495pp, hc) Reissue (Souvenir 1971) original ghost anthology.
- CANNON, P(eter) H(ughes) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Chronology Out of Time: Dates in the Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft (Necronomicon Press no ISBN, Jan 97 [Feb 97], $5.95, 36pp, ph, cover by Jason Eckhardt) Reprint (Necronomicon 1986) chapbook edition of an essay exploring Lovecrafts use of dates, with a chronology of fictional events. This is the revised second edition; we apparently missed the first. Available from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893. [Lovecraft]
- * *H.P. Lovecraft (G.K. Hall/Twayne 0-8057-7539-0, Jun 89, $18.95, 153pp, hc) Non-fiction; criticism. Part of Twaynes United States Authors Series. [Lovecraft]
- * *The Lovecraft Papers (SFBC #13554, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $7.98, 150pp, hc, cover by J. C. Eckhardt) Omnibus of the Wodehouse-Lovecraftian parody collection Scream for Jeeves (Wodecraft Press 1994) and Holmes-Lovecraft novel Pulptime (Weirdbook 1984). Illustrated by J.C. Eckhardt. (Contents)
- * *Pulptime (Weirdbook no ISBN, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $15.00, 94pp, hc) An apocryphal tale of H.P. Lovecraft and his friends, as if narrated by Frank Belknap Long, Jr. Illustrations by Stephen Fabian. Also available in a trade paperback edition for $5.00.
- * *Scream for Jeeves: A Parody (Wodecraft Press 0-940-88460-7, Jun 94, $7.50, 86pp, tp, cover by J. C. Eckhardt) Collection of three parodies that place P.G. Wodehouses Jeeves and Bertie Wooster squarely in the middle of Lovecraft stories, such as The Rats in the Walls. There is also a long essay on Wodehouse, Lovecraft, and Arthur Conan Doyle, with illustrations by J.C. Eckhardt. A hardcover edition (-88461-5, $20.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893. (Contents)
- * *Sunset Terrace Imagery in Lovecraft and Other Essays (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-32-1, Jul 90 [Aug 90], $5.50, 42pp, ph, cover by Jason C. Eckhardt) Collection of 12 Lovecraftian essays with an introduction by Steven J. Mariconda. [Lovecraft]
- _____, ed.
- * *Lovecraft Remembered (Arkham House 0-87054-173-0, Jan 99 [Nov 98], $29.95, 486pp, hc, cover by Jason C. Eckhardt) Non-fiction gathering of 65 reminiscences and other pieces about Lovecraft, by neighbors, amateur writers, professionals, fans, critics, etc., including Robert Bloch, Clark Ashton Smith, August Derleth, and Robert E. Howard. Available from Arkham House, PO Box 546, Sauk City WI 53583. [Lovecraft]
- CANTER, MARK (stories)
- * *Down to Heaven (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66041-4, Jul 97 [Jun 97], £16.99, 326pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) Fantasy novel. Two American biologists crash on a remote Venezuelan plateau where an ancient Chinese city is dying due to its falling male birthrate.
- * _Down to Heaven (NEL 0-340-66042-2, Oct 97 [Sep 97], £5.99, 534pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) fantasy novel.
- * _Ember from the Sun (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-64004-9, Oct 95, £16.99, 330pp, hc) Reprint (Delacorte 1995) SF/fantasy novel. A Neanderthal embryo is brought to term; the resultant girl has amazing powers. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Ember from the Sun (NEL 0-340-64002-2, Apr 96 [Mar 96], £5.99, 424pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) SF/fantasy novel. A neanderthal embryo is brought to term; the resultant girl-child has special powers.
- * +Ember from the Sun (Delacorte 0-385-31457-4, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $22.95, 418pp, hc) Cloned Neanderthal child with psychic powers grows up thinking shes human. First US edition (NEL 1996).
- * _Ember from the Sun (Dell 0-440-22430-6, Jul 97 [Jun 97], $6.99, 516pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) story of a cloned Neanderthal.
- CANTO, CHRISTOPHER
- * *The History of the Future (with Odile Faliu) (Flammarion 2-08013-544-9, Sep 93 [Feb 94], $45.00, 159pp, hc, cover by Frank R. Paul) Art book. Illustrations from the 1850s-1950s, all representing images of the 21st century and beyond, plus commentary. Text translated from the French by Francis Cowper (although there is no mention of an earlier French edition). Available in the US through Abbeville Press.
- CANTOR, ELI (1913- ); see pseudonym Gregory A. Douglas
- CANTOR, JAY (1948- ) (stories)
- * _Krazy Kat (Macmillan Collier 0-02-042081-1, Nov 88 [Mar 89], $7.95, 245pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1987) comic literary x-rated fantasy novel featuring George Herrimans comic strip characters.
- * *Krazy Kat: A Novel in Five Panels (Knopf 0-394-55025-0, Jan 88, $16.95, 250pp, hc) Bizarre literary fantasy novel Krazy and company encounter Oppenheimer and the bomb.
- * _Krazy Kat: A Novel in Five Panels (SFBC #12444, Oct 88, $4.98, 250pp, hc) Reprint (Knopf 1988) literary fantasy novel.
- CANTRELL, LISA W(right) (1945- ) (stories)
- * *Boneman (Tor 0-312-85307-6, Nov 92 [Oct 92], $18.95, 256pp, hc, cover by Tim OBrien) Horror novel of a series of drug murders in a North Carolina city that lead to the resurrection of zombies.
- * _Boneman (Tor 0-812-51970-1, May 95 [Apr 95], $4.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Tor 1992) horror novel of drug murders and zombies in North Carolina.
- * *The Manse (Tor 0-812-51674-5, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $3.95, 341pp, pb) Horror novel of evil on Halloween.
- * *The Ridge (Tor 0-812-50011-3, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $4.95, 338pp, pb) Horror novel about a little girl who is the catalyst for the murderous force that killed her family.
- * *Torments (Tor 0-812-50668-5, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $4.95, 308pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Horror novel, sequel to the Stoker Award-winning The Manse.
- CANTY, THOMAS (1952- ) (stories)
- * *A Monster At Christmas (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-67-4, Oct 85, $30.00, 44pp, hc) Fantasy/horror poem with text by Canty, color illustrations by Phil Hale, a jauntily gruesome production a la Gremlins, guaranteed to give nightmares to sensitive tots. (FCM) Oversized volume in limited edition signed by author and artist.
- CAPEK, JOSEF (1887-1945) (stories)
- * _R. U. R. and The Insect Play (with Karel Capek) (Oxford University Press 0-19-281010-3, Oct 96 [Dec 96], £7.99, 177pp, tp) Reprint (??? ???) collection of 2 classic satirical SF/fantasy plays. Originally published separately by Oxford University Press in 1923. (Contents)
- CAPEK, KAREL (1890-1938) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Apocryphal Tales (Catbird Press 0-945774-34-6, Jun 97 [Jul 97], $13.95, 190pp, tp) Associational collection of Capeks Fables, Apocryphal Tales, and Would-Be Tales short takes on history, myth, and literature, not really SF or fantasy. Translated and introduced by Norma Comrada. (Contents)
- * *Nine Fairy Tales by Karel Capek (and One More Thrown in for Good Measure) (Northwestern University Press 0-8101-0865-8, May 90 [Feb 91], $10.95, 253pp, tp, cover by Josef Capek) Collection of 10 satiric fairy tales first published as Devatero pohadek a jeste jedna od Josefa Capka jako privazek (Borovy, Prague 1931). New translation by Dagmar Herrman. The previous English translation (Allen & Unwin 1933) appeared as Fairy Tales, with one extra as makeweight by Joseph Capek. Illustrations by Joseph Capek, who also wrote the tenth story, though he is not officially listed as co-author here. A hardcover (-0864-X, $24.95) was announced, but not seen.
Next -- Table-of-Contents