The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

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) (assoc.)

• * _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 Lovecraft’s 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 Twayne’s 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. Wodehouse’s 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]

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• * *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 she’s 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 (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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 Herriman’s 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) (assoc.)

• * *Boneman (Tor 0-312-85307-6, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $18.95, 256pp, hc, cover by Tim O’Brien) 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) (assoc.)

• * *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)

• * *Apocryphal Tales (Catbird Press 0-945774-34-6, Jun ’97 [Jul ’97], $13.95, 190pp, tp) Associational collection of Capek’s “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.
• * _R. U. R. and The Insect Play (with Josef Capek) See entry under Josef Capek.
• * *Toward the Radical Center: A Karel Capek Reader (Catbird Press 0-945774-07-9, Mar ’90 [May ’90], $12.95, 408pp, tp, cover by Chris Lione) Collection of plays and stories by Capek, including a new (and first complete) translation of the play R.U.R. and an excerpt from a new translation of From the Life of the Insects.
• * *War with the Newts (Allen & Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823308-0, 1985 [Dec ’85], £2.95, 241pp, pb) This is a new translation, by Ewald Osers, of the satiric Czech sf novel Valka s Mloky (Prague 1936); an earlier English version appeared from Allen & Unwin in 1937.
• * _War with the Newts (Northwestern University Press 0-8101-0663-9, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $8.95, 348pp, pb) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1937) classic satiric sf novel translated by M & R Weatherall from the Czeck Valka s Mloky (1936), with a new introduction by Czech dissident writer Ivan Klima. A hardcover edition (0-8101-0700-7, $24.95) has also been announced, but we haven’t seen it and it isn’t on their order sheet.
• * _War with the Newts (Catbird Press 0-945774-10-9, Mar ’90 [May ’90], $9.95, 241pp, tp, cover by Chris Lione) Reprint (Czech 1937 as Valka s Mloky) classic literary satire of utopias. This is the first American edition of a new translation by Ewald Osers, first published by Allen & Unwin in the UK in 1985.
• * _War with the Newts (Picador 0-330-31695-8, Nov ’91, £6.99, 215pp, tp, cover by John Alcorn) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1937) sf novel. Translated from the Czech Valka s Mloky (1936) by Ewald Osers.

CAPES, BERNARD (Edward Joseph) (1854-1918) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Black Reaper (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-52-4, Aug ’98, C$52.00, xviii+227pp, hc, cover by Richard Lamb) Collection of 23 horror stories, a revised and expanded version of the 1989 Equation edition, adding 11 stories. Edited and with a revised introduction by Hugh Lamb; foreword by Ian Burns. This is a limited edition of 600. A world-wide edition available in the US for $39.50 and in the UK for £24.50. (Contents)
• * *The Black Reaper: Tales of Terror (Equation 1-85336-121-6, Jul ’89, £3.50, 192pp, tp) Collection of ghost and horror stories, edited and introduced by Hugh Lamb. (Contents)

CAPOBIANCO, MICHAEL (Victor) (1950- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Alpha Centauri (with William Barton) See entry under William Barton.
• * *Burster (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28543-2, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $3.95, 247pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Sf novel of a young interstellar colonist sent back to Earth when the colony ship loses contact with home.
• * _Fellow Traveler (with William Barton) See entry under William Barton.
• * _Iris (with William Barton) See entry under William Barton.
• * _White Light (with William Barton) See entry under William Barton.

CAPONEGRO, CANDACE (E.) (1949- )

• * *The Breeze Horror (NAL Onyx 0-451-40075-5, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.50, 316pp, pb) Horror/sf novel, a first novel.

CARAKER, MARY (1929- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Faces of Ceti (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-54698-2, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $14.95, 201pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Young-adult sf novel; two teenage girls determined to save their small space colony search for a food source on an alien world.
• * *I Remember, I Remember... (Pulphouse 1-56146-524-0, Jul ’91, $1.95, 46pp, pb, cover by Alan Giana) Original sf short story of a woman who wakes from cold sleep on a colony ship with no memory of how she got there. Short Story paperback #24.
• * *Seven Worlds (NAL/Signet 0-451-14498-8, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $2.95, 223pp, pb) [Seven Worlds] Sf novel based on some early shorter work (used here as the first two sections) about Morgan Farraday, Space Corps agent. A first novel. (Contents)
• * *The Snows of Jaspre (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-48292-5, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $14.95, 234pp, hc) [Seven Worlds] Young-adult sf novel set in an exotic world; sequel to Seven Worlds.
• * *Water Song (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20512-1, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $2.95, 214pp, pb) Sf novel of a water planet threatened by a changing climate.

CARAVELA, JACK

• * *The Gifted (Zebra 0-8217-3537-3, Oct ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.50, 288pp, pb) Horror novel of a boy who can kill with his mind.

CARD, ORSON SCOTT (1951- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Abyss (Pocket 0-671-67625-3, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $4.50, 363pp, pb) Movie tie-in novelization.
• * _The Abyss (Legend 0-09-969060-8, Oct ’89, £3.99, 363pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1989) sf novelization based on the screenplay by James Cameron, with afterwords by both Cameron and Card. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Abyss (Legend 0-7126-3403-7, Oct ’89, £12.95, 363pp, hc) Hardcover edition of the above. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Abyss (SFBC #15581, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $6.98, 363pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 1989) sf movie novelization.
• * _The Abyss (Pocket 0-671-67625-3, Apr ’90 [Jul ’90], $4.50, 363pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket 1989) sf novelization; third printing.
• * *Alvin Journeyman (Tor 0-312-85053-0, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $24.95, 381pp, hc, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Alvin Maker] Fantasy novel of a magical alternate America. Book IV of the “Tales of Alvin Maker”. Also announced as a 50-copy limited edition (-86005-6, $200.00), not seen.
• * _Alvin Journeyman (Tor 0-812-50923-4, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $6.99, 400pp, pb, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Alvin Maker] Reprint (Tor 1995) fantasy novel of a magical alternate America. Book IV of the “Tales of Alvin Maker”.
• * *Alvin Wandering (SFBC #00310, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $14.98, 613pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Alvin Maker] Omnibus of the fourth and fifth novels in the “Alvin Maker” series: Alvin Journeyman (1995) and Heartfire (1998). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 1-56865-904-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *The Call of Earth (Tor 0-312-93037-2, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $21.95, 304pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Homecoming] Sf novel set on a planet protected by a godlike AI, second book of the “Homecoming” series. A signed limited 100-copy edition was announced but not seen.
• * _The Call of Earth (Legend 0-09-926011-5, Feb ’93, £8.99, 304pp, tp, cover by Dennis Barker) [Homecoming] Reprint (Tor 1992) sf novel. Volume two in the “Homecoming” series. A hardcover edition (-926191-X, £14.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Call of Earth (Tor 0-812-53261-9, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $5.99, 332pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Homecoming] Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel set on a planet protected by a godlike AI, second book of the “Homecoming” series.
• * _The Call of Earth (Legend 0-09-919941-6, Apr ’94, £5.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Homecoming] Reprint (Tor 1992) SF novel. Volume two in the “Homecoming” series.
• * *Cardography (Hypatia Press 0-940-84102-9, Mar ’87, $17.95, 183pp, hc) Collection of 5 fantasy stories plus an introduction by David Hartwell plus a new afterword (and maps) by Card. Limited to 750 + 194 + 56 copies in various limited, signed states. (Contents)
• * _The Changed Man (Tor 0-812-53365-8, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $4.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Paul Scanlon) Reprint (Tor 1990) collection of 11 stories, originally the first part of the massive collection Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card, with the original introduction by the author. (Contents)
• * _Characters and Viewpoint (Robinson 1-85487-073-4, Sep ’90, £5.99, 182pp, tp) Reprint (Writer’s Digest 1988) non-fiction writers’ guide. In the “Writer’s Workshop” series.
• * *Characters and Viewpoints (Writer’s Digest 0-89879-307-6, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $12.95, 182pp, hc) Non-fiction, associational: writer’s reference. In “The Elements of Fiction Writing” series.
• * *Children of the Mind (Tor 0-312-85395-5, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $23.95, 349pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Ender Wiggin] SF novel. Fourth and final novel in the “Ender” series. A leatherbound, limited edition of 200 (-86191-5, $200.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _Children of the Mind (SFBC #14736, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $11.98, 349pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Ender Wiggin] Reprint (Tor 1996) SF novel. Fourth novel in the “Ender” series. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Children of the Mind (Tor 0-812-52239-7, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $6.99, 370pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Ender Wiggin] Reprint (Tor 1996) SF novel. Fourth and (maybe) final novel in the “Ender” series.
• * _Cruel Miracles (Tor 0-812-52304-0, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $4.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Peter Scanlan) Reprint (Tor 1990) collection of six stories, originally book four of the massive collection Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card, with an introduction and afterword by the author. (Contents)
• * *Earthborn (Tor 0-312-93040-2, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $23.95, 378pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Homecoming] SF novel, the fifth and final volume in the “Homecoming Saga”.
• * _Earthborn (Tor 0-812-53298-8, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $6.99, 430pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Homecoming] Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel, the fifth and final volume in the “Homecoming Saga”.
• * *Earthfall (Tor 0-312-93039-9, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $22.95, 350pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Homecoming] SF novel, fourth volume in the “Homecoming” series based loosely on The Book of Mormon. The ship from Harmony finally reaches Earth.
• * _Earthfall (Tor 0-812-53296-1, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Homecoming] Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel, fourth volume in the “Homecoming” series. The ship from Harmony finally reaches Earth.
• * *Ender’s Game (Tor 0-312-93208-1, Jan ’85, $13.95, 357pp, hc) [Ender Wiggin] Sf novel set mostly at a space academy. Expansion of a novella that first appeared in Analog, August 1977. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Ender’s Game (Tor 0-812-53253-8, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $3.50, 357pp, pb) [Ender Wiggin] Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel. A Nebula nominee.
• * _Ender’s Game (Arrow 0-09-949610-0, Feb ’87, £2.95, 357pp, pb) [Ender Wiggin] Reissue (Tor 1985) Hugo and Nebula Award winning sf novel.
• * _Ender’s Game (Legend 0-09-949610-0, Mar ’90, £3.99, 357pp, pb) [Ender Wiggin] Reissue (Tor 1985) sf novel.
• * _Ender’s Game (Tor 0-312-93208-1, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $21.95, 226pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Ender Wiggin] Reissue (Tor 1985) Hugo and Nebula Award-winning sf novel. This edition has been slightly revised and corrected. It also has a long new introduction.
• * _Ender’s Game (Tor 0-812-51349-5, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.95, 357pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Ender Wiggin] Reissue (Tor 1985) Hugo and Nebula Award-winning sf novel, first book of the “Ender” series. This is the original text, not the revised and corrected version published by Tor in hardcover last month. 14th printing.
• * _Ender’s Game (Legend 0-09-949610-0, Aug ’92, £4.99, 357pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Ender Wiggin] Reissue (Tor 1985) sf novel. Volume one in the “Ender” series. This contains the revised text and long introduction from the 1991 Tor edition.
• * _Ender’s Game (Tor 0-312-85323-8, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $10.95, 226pp, tp, cover by John Harris) [Ender Wiggin] Reprint (Tor 1985) Hugo and Nebula Award-winning sf novel. This has the revised text and new introduction from the 1991 Tor hardcover reissue.
• * _Ender’s Game (Easton Press no ISBN, Nov ’93, no price, 226pp, hc) [Ender Wiggin] Reprint (Tor 1985) Hugo and Nebula Award-winning sf novel, with an introduction by George Slusser and artwork by Walter Velez. This special signed, leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.