The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

CAREY, DIANE (L.) iI.e., Diane Carey-Brodeur] (stories) (continued)

• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: Day of Honor #1: Ancient Blood (Pocket 0-671-00238-4, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $5.99, 280pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation; Day of Honor] Star Trek novelization, book one of four. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: Descent (Pocket 0-671-88267-8, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $5.50, 278pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization based on a two-part TV episode.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: Ghost Ship (Pocket 0-671-66579-0, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.95, 258pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Sf novelization, #1 in the new series of original novelizations.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: Ghost Ship (Titan 1-85286-067-7, Jul ’88, £2.95, 258pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with US (Pocket Books) edition.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: Ship of the Line (Pocket 0-671-00924-9, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $22.00, 321pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * _Star Trek, the Next Generation: Ship of the Line (SFBC #00498, Mar ’98, $10.98, 321pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Reprint (Pocket 1997) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. This is similar to the Pocket edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Star Trek: Battlestations (Titan 1-85286-361-7, Sep ’91, £3.99, 274pp, pb) [Star Trek: Fortunes of War] Reprint (Pocket 1986) sf novelization. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Star Trek: Best Destiny (Pocket 0-671-79587-2, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $20.00, 398pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. A young Kirk’s first adventure in space.
• * *Star Trek: Best Destiny (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-79587-2, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], £14.99, 398pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. This is the US (Pocket) edition with a UK price sticker.
• * _Star Trek: Best Destiny (SFBC #00020, Feb ’93, $9.98, 398pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1992) Star Trek novelization. A young Kirk’s first adventure in space. Similar to the Pocket edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Star Trek: Best Destiny (Pocket 0-671-79588-0, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $5.99, 398pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1992) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * _Star Trek: Best Destiny (Pocket UK 0-671-85089-X, Nov ’93, £4.50, 398pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1992) sf novelization.
• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #13: Station Rage (Pocket 0-671-88561-8, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $5.99, 277pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Dominion War Book Four: ...Sacrifice of Angels (Pocket 0-671-02498-1, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $6.50, 269pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Dominion War] Star Trek novelization, final book in the “Dominion War” series. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Dominion War Book Two: Call to Arms... (Pocket 0-671-02497-3, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $6.50, 267pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) Star Trek novelization, book two of four. The title “Call to Arms...” is not on the cover. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Search (Pocket 0-671-50604-8, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $5.50, 277pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization based on the two-part premiere episode of Deep Space Nine. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Way of the Warrior (Pocket 0-671-56813-2, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $5.99, 279pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization of the 1995 season-opening episode. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Trials and Tribble-ations (Pocket 0-671-00902-8, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $3.99, 180pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization based on the TV episode combining footage from the original series with characters from Deep Space Nine. There is an introduction by David Gerrold. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * _Star Trek: Dreadnought! (Titan 1-85286-211-4, Nov ’89, £2.95, 252pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek: Fortunes of War] Reprint (Pocket Books 1986) sf novelization. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Trek: Dreadnought! (Titan 1-85286-211-4, Apr ’96 [May ’96], £4.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek: Fortunes of War] Reissue (Pocket 1986) Star Trek novelisation. Third printing.
• * *Star Trek: Final Frontier (Pocket 0-671-64752-0, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $4.50, 435pp, pb) [Star Trek] A Star Trek novel not in the numbered series, third “Giant” Star Trek novel. Tells the “real” first voyage of the Enterprise under the command of Capt. Robert April and First Officer George Kirk.
• * _Star Trek: Final Frontier (Titan 1-85286-059-6, Mar ’88, £3.95, 434pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1988) sf novel. In the “Star Trek Novels” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Trek: Final Frontier (SFBC #13540, Jun ’88, $6.98, 339pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1988) sf novelization. “Giant” Star Trek novel #3, not part of the regular numbered series.
• * _Star Trek: Final Frontier (Pocket 0-671-64752-0, Feb ’89, $4.50, 436pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1987) novelization, a “Giant” Star Trek novel. Fourth printing.
• * *Star Trek: First Frontier (with James L. Kirkland) (Pocket 0-671-52045-8, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $5.99, 383pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Pocket 0-671-01550-8, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $5.99, 223pp, hc) [Star Trek: Starfleet Academy] Novelization of the computer game (partly written by Carey) based on the TV shows. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: The Great Starship Race (Titan 1-85286-489-3, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], £3.99, 305pp, pb, cover by Birdsong) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Pocket) edition.

CAREY, PETER (Philip) (1943- ) (stories)

• * *The Big Bazoohley (Holt 0-8050-3855-8, Sep ’95, $14.95, 135pp, hc, cover by Abira Ali) Young-adult novel with fantasy elements (by the author of The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith). A boy decides to help his family win the big prize with the help of a witch, a switched identity, and some M&Ms. Illustrated by Abira Ali.
• * +Illywhacker (Harper & Row 0-06-015425-X, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $18.95, 600pp, hc) Reprint (UQP 1984) wacky mainstream novel with elements of fantasy. First American edition. A Booker Prize nominee.
• * _Illywhacker (Harper & Row 0-06-091331-2, 1986 [Aug ’86], $9.95, 600pp, pb) Reprint (Univ. of Queensland Press 1984) picaresque novel with elements of fantasy. A finalist for the Booker Prize and the World Fantasy Award.
• * _Illywhacker (Faber and Faber 0-571-13949-3, May ’86, £3.95, 600pp, pb) Reprint (Univ. of Queensland Press 1984) novel with some elements of fantasy, a Booker Prize nominee.
• * _Illywhacker (Harper Perennial 0-06-091331-2, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $10.00, 600pp, tp, cover by Honi Werner) Reprint (University of Queensland Press 1984) black comedy/literary fantasy novel.
• * _Illywhacker (Random House/Vintage 0-679-76790-8, May ’96, $15.00, 600pp, tp) Reprint (University of Queensland 1984) literary novel with fantasy elements.
• * _Oscar and Lucinda (Faber and Faber 0-571-19255-6, Feb ’98 [Mar ’98], £6.99, 520pp, tp) Reprint (Faber 1988) literary fantasy novel. A film tie-in edition.
• * +The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith (Knopf 0-679-43888-2, Feb ’95, $24.00, 422pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) Literary SF novel set in the near future in a non-existent country. First American edition (Faber & Faber UK 1994).
• * _The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith (Faber and Faber 0-571-17493-0, Aug ’95 [Sep ’95], £5.99, 422pp, tp, cover by Huntley Muir) Reprint (Faber and Faber 1994) literary SF novel set in the near-future in a non-existent country.
• * _The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith (Random House/Vintage 0-679-76036-9, Feb ’96 [Mar ’96], $13.00, 422pp, tp) Reprint (Faber and Faber 1994) literary SF novel set in the near future in a non-existent country.

CARGILL, LINDA

• * *The Surfer (Scholastic 0-590-22215-5, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $3.50, 193pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. A teen with psychic powers faces an immortal, surfing witch.
• * _The Surfer (Scholastic UK 0-590-13658-5, Jul ’96, £3.50, 193pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1995) young-adult dark fantasy novel. A beautiful surfer vanishes under the waves, and a mystery girl surfaces in town. A Point Horror title. [First U.K. edition]

CARKEET, DAVID (Corydon) (1946- )

• * *Quiver River (HarperCollins 0-06-022453-3, Oct ’91 [Dec ’91], $14.95, 236pp, hc, cover by Robert Sabin) Young-adult fantasy/mystery of teenagers at a mountain lake resort who discover an Indian boy unable to grow up because the place he needs to perform his rite of passage into adulthood is lost beneath the waters of the man-made lake. Recommended (SW).

CARL, LILLIAN STEWART (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Ashes to Ashes (Charter Diamond 1-55773-421-6, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $4.50, 346pp, pb) Gothic novel with real ghosts in an Ohio replica of an ancient Scottish castle.
• * *Dust to Dust (Diamond 1-55773-547-6, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.95, 359pp, pb) [Mark Owen; Hilary Chase] Gothic romance with a real ghost roaming the ruins of a Scottish convent.
• * *Garden of Thorns (Diamond 1-55773-800-9, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.99, 343pp, pb) [Mark Owen; Hilary Chase] Gothic romance with a real ghost haunting a Texas estate.
• * *Sabazel (Ace 0-441-74522-9, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $2.75, 251pp, pb) [Sabazel] Fantasy novel of barbarians and amazons; a first novel.
• * *Shadow Dancers (Ace 0-441-75988-2, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $2.95, 283pp, pb) [Sabazel] Fantasy novel, third in the “Sabazel” series.
• * *Wings of Power (Ace 0-441-85549-0, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 309pp, pb) Quasi Arabian/Indian fantasy novel.
• * *The Winter King (Ace 0-441-89443-7, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $2.95, 283pp, pb) [Sabazel] Fantasy novel, sequel to Sabazel.

CARLISLE, ANNE (1956- )

• * *Liquid Sky (Doubleday 0-385-23930-0, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $8.95, 186pp, tp) Novelization of the very strange cult sf movie, by the co-writer and co-star (in the two leading roles) of the original script.

CARLOCK, LYNN; pseudonym of Marilyn Cunningham, (1927- )

• * *First Love from Silhouette #176: Daughter of the Moon (Silhouette 0-373-06176-5, Feb ’86 [Feb ’87], $1.95, 155pp, pb) Romance/fantasy novel. Psychic teen must come to terms with her heritage and powers, and her new love for an “ordinary” boy. Published last year, but just seen.

CARLOCK, MICHAELA

• * *Planet Dreams (Keswick House 0-9653024-2-3, May ’98 [Feb ’98], $13.95, 317pp, tp) Near-future SF/fantasy novel. Two parallel Earths, an ecological utopia and dystopia, begin to merge with disastrous results. Order from Keswick House, PO Box 992535, Redding CA 96099-2535; add $3.50 postage.

CARLSON, ERIC W(alter), ed. (1910- )

• * *A Companion to Poe Studies (Greenwood Press 0-313-26506-2, Nov ’96 [Jan ’97], $99.50, 604pp, hc) Non-fiction, an overview of critical thought shown in 25 essays discussing Poe’s life, works, and influence. There is an index and selected bibliography. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [Poe]

CARLSON, LARRY G. (stories)

• * *Molecular Ramjet and Other Bedtime Stories (TadAleX 0-929301-01-3, 1989 [Jun ’89], $4.95, 212pp, tp) Young-adult collection of three sf stories with a glossary. These stories are designed for educational use, to familiarize teenagers with technology. (Contents)

CARLTON, ARDITH (A.) (1963- )

• * _Robotech Art 1 (with Kay Reynolds) See entry under Kay Reynolds.

CARLTON, CLARK (1964- )

• * *Face/Off (HarperPrism 0-06-105792-4, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $5.99, 300pp, pb) Novelization of the near-future thriller movie in which a cop and a killer trade faces. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.

CARLYON, RICHARD

• * _The Dark Lord of Pengersick (Ace 0-441-13786-5, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $2.75, 168pp, pb) Reprint (U.K. 1976) juvenile fantasy novel.

CARMODY, ISOBELLE (Jane) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Farseekers (Scholastic UK 0-590-55495-6, Aug ’94, £3.99, 407pp, pb) [Obernewtyn Chronicles] Reprint (Penguin Australia 1990) young-adult sf novel. Volume two in the “Obernewtyn Chronicles” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Gathering (Scholastic UK 0-590-54215-X, Jan ’96, £8.99, 284pp, tp, cover by Tim Edmunds) Reprint (Penguin Australia 1993) young-adult dark fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Gathering (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038538-X, Dec ’96 [Jan ’97], $4.99, 279pp, pb, cover by David Loew) Reprint (Penguin Books Australia 1993) young-adult horror novel. An age-old evil holds the town of Cheshunt.
• * _Obernewtyn (Scholastic UK 0-590-55494-8, Jun ’94, £2.99, 321pp, pb, cover by David Scutt) [Obernewtyn Chronicles] Reprint (Penguin Australia 1987) YA SF novel. A post-holocaust dictatorship feels the first stirrings of organised rebellion. Book One of “The Obernewtyn Chronicles”. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Scatterlings (Scholastic UK 0-590-55905-2, Mar ’95, £3.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Bob Corley) Reprint (Penguin Australia 1991) young-adult SF novel. A young girl wakes up in an alien land, and finds her fate entangled with that of the mysterious scatterlings as they struggle with the Citizen gods. [First U.K. edition]

CARNEY, WILLIAM M(ichael) (1950- )

• * *Devil’s Moon (Zebra 0-8217-2404-5, Jul ’88, $3.95, 480pp, pb) Horror novel. More evil in small town America.
• * *Hide and Seek (Zebra 0-8217-3315-X, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.50, 384pp, pb) Sf/horror novel of two children with superhuman IQs kidnapped by an evil South American scientist to be used as guinea pigs in his genetics experiments.

CARO, DENNIS R. (1944- )

• * *Devine War (Arbor House 0-87795-776-2, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $15.95, 276pp, hc) Sf adventure novel of a betrayed government agent on the planet Freehold, plotting revenge.

CAROLLE, LISA

• * *The Secrets of Yashir (Commonwealth Publications 1-896329-22-5, 1995 [Oct ’97], $5.99, 162pp, pb) Fantasy novel. A woman seeks for her lost soul mate with the help of a mysterious bird and a moon tiger. Copyrighted 1994, says “published 1995,” but not seen until now.

CARPELAN, BO (Gustaf Berelsson) (1926- )

• * *Voices at the Late Hour (University of Georgia Press 0-8203-1009-3, Sep ’88 [Dec ’88], $9.95, 183pp, tp) First English-language edition of this post-holocaust novel. Translated from the Swedish (Holger Schildts 1971) by Irma Margareta Martin. A hardcover edition (-1008-5, $20.00) was announced but not seen. Order from The University of Georgia Press, Athens GA 30602.

CARPENTER, ANGELICA SHIRLEY

• * *L. Frank Baum: Royal Historian of Oz (with Jean Shirley) (Lerner 0-8225-4910-7, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $14.95, 144pp, hc, cover by William D. Heagy) Young-adult biography of L. Frank Baum.

CARPENTER, CHRISTOPHER; pseudonym of Chris Evans

• * +The Twilight Realm (Putnam/Pacer 0-448-47771-8, Mar ’86 [Jun ’86], $14.95, 257pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel; “an innocent role-playing game turns into terrifying reality.” First American edition (Arrow U.K. 1985).
• * _The Twilight Realm (Berkley Pacer 0-425-09574-6, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $2.50, 237pp, pb) Reprint (UK 1985) young-adult fantasy novel of a role-playing game turned real.

CARPENTER, HUMPHREY (William Bouverie) (1946-2005) (assoc.)

• * _The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams and Their Friends (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10347-4, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], £8.99, 287pp, tp) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1978) associational biography of the group of writers behind many classic fantasy novels of the 20th century.
• * _J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-48676-9, 1988 [Sep ’89], $8.95, 287pp, tp) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1977) authorized biography of Tolkien, with photos. This was published in 1988 but was not seen until 1989.
• * _J.R.R. Tolkien (Grafton 0-261-10245-1, Jan ’92, £5.99, 288pp, tp) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1977) biography. [Tolkien]
• * _J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10245-1, Sep ’98, £7.99, 288pp, tp) Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1977) biography. Second printing. A special edition, commemorating 25 years since Tolkien’s death. [Tolkien]
• * *Secret Gardens: The Golden Age of Children’s Literature (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-35293-2, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $16.95, 235pp, hc) Non-fiction, examination of children’s literature from Carroll to Milne; the so-called golden age of children’s fantasy. There may be an earlier British edition.
• * _Secret Gardens: The Golden Age of Children’s Literature (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-57374-2, Jan ’91 [Mar ’91], $10.95, 235pp, hc) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1985) non-fiction; criticism. A guide to the golden age of children’s fantasy, from Carroll to Milne.

CARPENTER, LEONARD P(aul) (1948- ) (stories)

• * *Conan of the Red Brotherhood (Tor 0-812-51413-0, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $3.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Conan] Fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s classic character.
• * _Conan of the Red Brotherhood (Tor 0-812-51413-0, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $5.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Conan] Reissue (Tor 1993) novelization based on the fantasy character created by Robert E. Howard. Second printing. Copyrighted by Conan Properties.
• * *Conan the Gladiator (Tor 0-812-52492-6, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $4.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Conan] Fantasy novelization copyrighted by Conan Properties.
• * *Conan the Great (Tor 0-812-50714-2, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $3.95, 277pp, pb) [Conan] Fantasy novelization in the “Conan” series. This is a new book, despite the 1989 copyright and the line reading “First edition: April 1989”.
• * _Conan the Great (Tor 0-812-50714-2, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $5.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Conan] Reissue (Tor 1990) fantasy novelization copyrighted by Conan Properties. Second printing.