The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- CHAPDELAINE, PERRY A(nthony Sr.) (stories) (continued)
- * *The John W. Campbell Letters, Volume 1 (with Tony Chapdelaine & George Hay) (AC Projects 0-931150-16-7, Feb 86 [Mar 86], $5.95, 610pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above. The text is tiny, but readable. Campbell has been losing ground in the revisionist version of sf history, and its easy to see why after reading these letters. I dont know whether its the selection or my own changing perspectives, but I found the majority of these uninteresting. (CNB) [Campbell]
- CHAPDELAINE, TONY, ed.
- CHAPLIN, PATRICE (1940- )
- * _Forget-Me-Not (Mandarin 0-7493-0256-9, Apr 90 [Jul 90], £3.99, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Methuen 1989) horror novel.
- CHAPMAN, CLODAGH; pseudonym of Clodagh Gibson Jarvie, (1923- )
- * *The Echoes Answer (Piatkus 0-86188-913-4, Nov 89 [Jan 90], £11.95, 237pp, hc, cover by Ken Leeder) Occult novel.
- * _The Echoes Answer (Headline 0-7472-3409-4, May 90 [Oct 90], £3.50, 237pp, pb) Reprint (Piatkus 1989) horror novel.
- * *The Night Before Dark (Piatkus 0-86188-761-1, Sep 88 [Jan 89], £10.95, 197pp, hc) Occult novel.
- * _The Night Before Dark (Headline 0-7472-3217-2, Jul 89, £2.99, 197pp, pb) Reprint (Piatkus 1988) horror novel.
- CHAPMAN, EDGAR L(eon) (1936- )
- * *The Magic Labyrinth of Philip Jose Farmer (Borgo Press 0-89370-258-7, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $4.95, 96pp, pb) Non-fiction, critical study. Also announced in hardcover, $11.95. [Farmer]
- CHAPMAN, STEPAN (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Danger Music (The Ministry of Whimsy Press no ISBN, Dec 96 [Nov 96], $4.25, 40pp, ph, cover by Heinrich Kley) Chapbook collection of ten fables, some previously unpublished. Order from Ministry of Whimsy, PO Box 4248, Tallahassee, FL 32315; price includes postage. (Contents)
- * *The Troika (The Ministry of Whimsy Press 1-890464-02-3, Oct 97, $14.99, 251pp, tp, cover by Alan M. Clark) Surrealistic SF novel of three characters wandering a planet of endless deserts. A first novel.Order from Ministry of Whimsy, PO Box 4248, Tallahassee, FL 32315; add $1.24 postage.
- CHAPMAN, STEVE; see under Chapman, Stepan (stories) (chron.)
- CHAPMAN, VERA; [born Vera Ivy May Fogerty] (1898-1996) (stories)
- * *The Enchantresses (Gollancz 0-575-06524-9, Jan 98 [Dec 97], £16.99, 223pp, hc, cover by Harvey Parker) Arthurian fantasy novel of his three half-sisters, Morgause, Vivian, and Morgan, trained in magic by Merlin.
- * *Miranty and the Alchemist (Marilyn Malin 0-233-98042-3, Jun 87, £5.50, 112pp, hc) Fantasy novel? [Not seen]
- * *The Notorious Abbess (Academy Chicago 0-89733-387-X, Jan 98 [Feb 98], $22.50, 247pp, hc, cover by Tom Hertzberg) Collection of 12 related historical fantasy stories about the devious Abbess of Shaston and her encounters with kings, Crusaders, fantastic creatures, magic, and the Devil himself. Edited by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski. A trade paperback edition (-447-7, $12.95) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * _The Three Damosels (Gollancz 0-575-06340-8, Nov 96, £16.99, 383pp, hc, cover by Splash) [King Arthur] Reprint (Magnum 1978) fantasy omnibus of three Arthurian novels, The Green Knight (Rex Collings 1975), The Kings Damosel (Collings 1976) and King Arthurs Daughter (Collings 1976). (Contents)
- * _The Three Damosels (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60108-6, Jun 98, £5.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) [King Arthur] Reprint (Magnum 1978) fantasy omnibus of three Arthurian novels, The Green Knight (1975), The Kings Damosel (1976) and King Arthurs Daughter (1976).
- CHAPPELL, FRED (Davis) (1936- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Dagon (St. Martins 0-312-90676-5, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $3.50, 181pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace & World 1968) horror novel, a literary entry in the Cthulhu Mythos. Its based on Lovecraft but does not follow the Mythos.
- * *The Fred Chappell Reader (St. Martins 0-312-05092-5, Nov 90 [Dec 90], $13.95, 490pp, tp) Collection of literary stories, poetry, and novel excerpts, plus the complete novel Dagon (Harcourt Brace & World 1968), with an introduction by Dabney Stuart.
- * *The Lodger (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-47-X, Apr 93 [May 93], $4.50, 28pp, ph, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) Original horror short story, with artwork by Stephen E. Fabian. Order from Necronomicon Press, 101 Lockwood St., West Warwick RI 02893.
- * *More Shapes Than One (St. Martins 0-312-06418-7, Sep 91, $17.95, 197pp, hc, cover by Andrea Futter) Collection of 13 stories, nearly all dark fantasy or horror. Highly recommended (SW). (Contents)
- * _More Shapes Than One (St. Martins 0-312-08265-7, Sep 92, $8.95, 197pp, tp, cover by Andrea Futter) Reprint (St. Martins 1991) collection of 13 stories, one original. Most are fantasy.
- CHAPPELL, HELEN (C.) (1947- )
- * *Ghost of a Chance (Dell 0-440-22567-1, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $5.99, 246pp, pb) Mystery novel with fantasy elements. Reporter/sleuth Hollis Ball gets help from her late husbands ghost.
- CHARBONNEAU, EILEEN (1951- )
- * *The Ghosts of Stony Clove (Franklin Watts/Orchard 0-531-05739-9, May 88 [Oct 88], $13.95, 150pp, hc) [Woods Family Saga] Young-adult fantasy/ghost novel.
- * _The Ghosts of Stony Clove (Tor 0-812-55186-9, Jul 95, $3.99, 164pp, pb, cover by Neil Waldman) [Woods Family Saga] Reprint (Orchard 1988) YA fantasy/ghost novel.
- * *Honor to the Hills (Tor 0-312-86094-3, Jan 96, $18.95, 192pp, hc, cover by Neil Waldman) [Woods Family Saga] Young-adult historical fiction with supernatural elements, third book in the Woods Family Saga that began with The Ghosts of Stony Clove. The family ghost helps Lily rescue runaway slaves from slavecatchers in 1851 New York.
- * _Honor to the Hills (Tor 0-812-55187-7, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $3.99, 238pp, pb, cover by Neil Waldman) [Woods Family Saga] Reprint (Tor 1996) young-adult supernatural historical, third book in the Woods Family Saga that began with The Ghosts of Stony Clove.
- CHARETTE, ROBERT N. (1954- )
- * *A Prince Among Men (Warner Aspect 0-446-60037-7, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $5.50, 302pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) Near-future Arthurian fantasy novel about a museum guard who resurrects Arthur and joins him in a quest to free a dangerous sorcerer. First book of a new series.
- CHARLES, ROBERT; pseudonym of Robert Charles Smith, (1938- )
- * +The Comet (Tor 0-812-50141-1, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $3.50, 351pp, pb) Reprint (Corgi 1984, as Nightworld). First U.S. edition. Near-future disaster novel Halleys Comet is disrupted by scientific probes and surrounds Earth; civilization begins to crumble.
- * *Nightworld (Corgi 0-552-12187-8, 1984, £2.50, 350pp, pb) Near-future disaster novel. [Not seen]
- CHARLES, STEVEN; pseudonym of Charles L. Grant, (1942-2006)
- * *Private School #1: Nightmare Session (Pocket/Archway 0-671-60325-6, Oct 86, $2.50, pb) [Private School] Young-adult sf horror novel, first of a series. Aliens have taken over a posh prep school and from there plan the destruction of humanity.
- * *Private School #2: Academy of Terror (Pocket/Archway 0-671-60327-2, Oct 86, $2.50, pb) [Private School] Young-adult sf/horror novel, second in a series which is scheduled to have one book per month hereafter.
- * *Private School #3: Witchs Eye (Pocket/Archway 0-671-60328-0, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $2.50, 149pp, pb) [Private School] Young-adult sf/horror novel of a prep school, aliens, and the legendary lake called Witchs Eye.
- * *Private School #4: Skeleton Key (Pocket/Archway 0-671-60329-9, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $2.50, 150pp, pb) [Private School] Young-adult sf novel in a series about a prep school taken over by aliens.
- * *Private School #5: The Enemy Within (Pocket/Archway 0-671-60330-2, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $2.50, 147pp, pb) [Private School] Part of a series featuring aliens and students.
- * *Private School #6: The Last Alien (Pocket 0-671-60331-0, Feb 87 [Jan 87], $2.50, 137pp, pb) Latest in a young-adult sf series about alien invaders (and supposedly the conclusion); this one features a werewolf. A Byron Preiss Visual Production.
- CHARLTON, JAMES, ed. (stories)
- * *Bred Any Good Rooks Lately? (Doubleday 0-385-23477-5, 1986 [Dec 86], $4.95, 117pp, tp) Original humor anthology of puns, spoonerisms and shaggy dog stories, many by sf authors. Illustrated by Mary Kornblum. (Contents)
- CHARLTON, WILLIAM (stories)
- CHARNAS, SUZY McKEE (1939- ); see pseudonym Rebecca Brand (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *The Bronze King (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-38394-3, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $12.95, 196pp, hc) [Sorcery Hall] Young-adult fantasy novel set in modern New York.
- * _The Bronze King (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15493-1, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $2.95, 189pp, pb) [Sorcery Hall] Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1985) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _The Bronze King (Bantam Starfire 0-553-27104-0, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $2.95, 189pp, pb) [Sorcery Hall] Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1985) young-adult urban fantasy novel, first in a series.
- * *Dorothea Dreams (Arbor House 0-87795-777-0, Apr 86, $16.95, 308pp, hc) More mainstream than fantasy, this is a fine literary novel with some supernatural elements. (FCM)
- * _Dorothea Dreams (Berkley 0-425-09475-8, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $2.95, 246pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) novel, part mainstream, part fantasy.
- * *The Furies (Tor 0-312-85717-9, Jun 94 [May 94], $22.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) [Holdfast Chronicles] Feminist SF novel of slave rebellion, a sequel to Walk to the End of the World and Motherlines.
- * _The Furies (The Womens Press 0-7043-4422-X, Apr 95, £6.99, 383pp, tp, cover by Bobbie Russon) [Holdfast Chronicles] Reprint (Tor 1994) feminist SF novel of slave rebellion, sequel to Walk to the End of the World and Motherlines. The Free Fems successfully attack the male-dominated Holdfasts, slaughtering most of the men, but retaining some as captives. The ambiguous future waits: justice and equality or simply reverse sexism? [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Furies (Tor 0-812-54819-1, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $6.99, 399pp, pb, cover by Rick Berry) [Holdfast Chronicles] Reprint (Tor 1994) feminist SF novel, sequel to Walk to the End of the World and Motherlines.
- * *The Golden Thread (Bantam Starfire 0-553-05821-5, Jun 89 [Apr 89], 13.95, 209pp, hc) [Sorcery Hall] Young-adult fantasy novel, third book in the Sorcery Hall trilogy.
- * _The Golden Thread (Bantam Starfire 0-553-28553-X, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $2.95, 209pp, pb, cover by Anne Yvonne Gilbert) [Sorcery Hall] Reprint (Bantam Starfire 1989) young-adult fantasy novel, third book of the Sorcery Hall trilogy.
- * *The Kingdom of Kevin Malone (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-200756-3, May 93, $16.95, 211pp, hc, cover by Michael Hussar) Young-adult fantasy novel. A teenage girl finds that a bully from her childhood is her entry point to the realm of faerie.
- * _The Kingdom of Kevin Malone (Harcourt Brace/Magic Carpet 0-15-201191-9, Aug 97, $6.00, 255pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1993) young-adult fantasy.
- * *Listening to Brahms (Pulphouse 1-56146-519-4, May 91, $1.95, 46pp, pb, cover by Alan Giana) Nebula-nominated sf short story that originally appeared in Omni. This is its first book publication. Short story paperback #19.
- * *Moonstone and Tiger Eye (Pulphouse no ISBN, Jul 92, $25.00, 86pp, hc, cover by George Barr) Collection of two stories with an introduction by the author. This edition is limited to 300 copies. A 50-copy leatherbound edition was announced but not seen. The magazine edition is listed under magazines. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440. (Contents)
- * _The Ruby Tear (Tor 0-812-57132-0, Apr 98 [Mar 98], $5.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Vladimir Nenov) Reprint (Forge 1997 as by Rebecca Brand) romantic-suspense vampire novel. The cover now reads Suzy McKee Charnas writing as Rebecca Brand.
- * *The Silver Glove (Bantam 0-553-05470-8, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $13.395, 162pp, hc) [Sorcery Hall] Young-adult urban fantasy novel, sequel to The Bronze King.
- * _The Silver Glove (Bantam Starfire 0-553-27853-3, Jun 89 [May 89], $2.95, 162pp, pb) [Sorcery Hall] Reprint (Bantam 1988) young-adult fantasy novel, second book of the Sorcery Hall trilogy.
- * _The Vampire Tapestry (Tor 0-812-53293-7, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $2.95, 294pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1980) contemporary fantasy novel. Recommended (FCM).
- * _The Vampire Tapestry (The Womens Press 0-7043-4283-9, Mar 92, £6.95, 285pp, tp) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1980) horror novel.
- * _The Vampire Tapestry (University of New Mexico/Living Batch Press 0-945953-05-4, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $13.95, 285pp, tp, cover by Joyce Kozloff) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1980) dark fantasy novel about a vampire in modern New Mexico. Available from University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque NM 87131-1591.
- * _The Vampire Tapestry (The Womens Press 0-7043-4283-9, Apr 95 [Aug 95], £6.99, 285pp, tp, cover by Bobbie Russon) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1980) horror novel.
- * *Walk to the End of the World and Motherlines (The Womens Press 0-7043-4154-9, Aug 89 [Jul 89], £6.95, 436pp, tp, cover by Barbara Lofthouse) [Holdfast Chronicles] Sf omnibus. (Contents)
- * _Walk to the End of the World and Motherlines (The Womens Press 0-7043-4154-9, Apr 95, £7.99, vi+436pp, tp, cover by Bobbie Russon) [Holdfast Chronicles] Reissue (The Womens Press 1989) SF omnibus.
- CHARRETTE, ROBERT N. (stories)
- * *Battletech #4: Wolf Pack (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45224-0, Apr 92 [Mar 92], $4.50, 442pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Battletech] Sf novelization based on the Battletech game, with interior illustrations by Earl Geier. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA.
- * *Battletech: Heir to the Dragon (FASA 1-55560-095-6, Jun 89 [Jul 89], $4.95, 338pp, pb) [Battletech] Sf novelization of the Battletech game.
- * _Battletech: Heir to the Dragon (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45527-4, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $5.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Battletech] Reprint (FASA 1989) game novelization. Copyrighted by FASA.
- * _Battletech: Wolf Pack (Roc UK 0-14-017547-4, Oct 92, £4.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Battletech] Reprint (Roc 1992) sf novelization. Volume four in the series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Battletech: Wolves on the Border (FASA 1-55560-087-5, Feb 89 [Mar 89], $4.95, 337pp, pb) [Battletech] Sf novelization of a game. This has a 1988 copyright date but appeared in 1989.
- * _Battletech: Wolves on the Border (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45532-0, May 96 [Apr 96], $5.50, 412pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Battletech] Reprint (FASA 1988) game novelization. Copyrighted by FASA.
- * *The Eye of the Serpent (HarperPrism 0-06-105499-2, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $5.50, 328pp, pb, cover by Jean Francois Podevin) [Chronicles of Aelwyn] Fantasy novel, the second in the Chronicles of Aelwyn. War and a dragon interrupt the search for the lost city of the Dark Ones.
- * *A King Beneath the Mountain (Warner Aspect 0-446-60038-5, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $5.50, 374pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Prince Among Men] Futuristic Arthurian fantasy novel, sequel to A Prince Among Men. The Aztec serpent god wants a piece of Arthurs action.
- * *A Knight Among Knaves (Warner Aspect 0-446-60039-3, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $5.50, 376pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Prince Among Men] Fantasy novel, third in the futuristic Arthurian trilogy that began with A Prince Among Men.
- * *Shadowrun #1: Never Deal with a Dragon (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45078-7, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $4.50, 377pp, pb) [Shadowrun] Fantasy novelization based on the Shadowrun game, first book of the Secrets of Power series.
- * *Shadowrun #6: Never Trust an Elf (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45178-3, Aug 92 [Jul 92], $4.50, 278pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Shadowrun] Fantasy novelization based on the Shadowrun game, with interior illustrations by Jeff Laubenstein. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA.
- * _Shadowrun 6: Never Trust an Elf (Roc UK 0-14-017543-1, Jan 93, £4.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Shadowrun] Reprint (Roc 1992) fantasy novelization. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Shadowrun: Choose Your Enemies Carefully (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45087-6, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $4.50, 373pp, pb, cover by John Zeleznik) [Shadowrun] Fantasy novelization based on the Shadowrun game, second book of the Secrets of Power trilogy.
- * _Shadowrun: Choose Your Enemies Carefully (Roc UK 0-14-015240-7, Aug 91, £4.50, 373pp, pb, cover by John Zeleznik) [Shadowrun] Reprint (Roc 1991) fantasy novelization based on a game. Volume 2 in the Secrets of Power trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Shadowrun: Find Your Own Truth (Roc UK 0-14-015241-5, Dec 91, £4.50, 329pp, pb, cover by John Zeleznik) [Shadowrun] Reprint (Roc 1991) fantasy novelization based on the Shadowrun game. Volume 3 in the Secrets of Power trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Shadowrun: Just Compensation (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45372-7, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $4.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Jim Thiesen) [Shadowrun] Novelization, #19 based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by FASA.
- * _Shadowrun: Never Deal with a Dragon (Roc UK 0-14-015239-3, Apr 91, £4.50, 377pp, pb) [Shadowrun] Reprint (Roc 1990) fantasy novelization based on the Shadowrun game. Volume 1 in the Secrets of Power trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Shadowrun: Secrets of Power #3: Find Your Own Truth (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45082-5, Jun 91 [May 91], $4.50, 329pp, pb, cover by John Zeleznik) [Shadowrun] Fantasy novelization based on the Shadowrun game.
- * *Timespell (HarperPrism 0-06-105498-4, Mar 96 [Feb 96], $4.99, 327pp, pb, cover by Jean Francois Podevin) [Chronicles of Aelwyn] Fantasy novel, the First Chronicle of Aelwyn. A young man starts his career as a wandering mage.
- * *Wizard of Bones (HarperPrism 0-06-105603-0, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $5.50, 376pp, pb, cover by Jean François Podevin) [Chronicles of Aelwyn] Fantasy novel, third in the Chronicles of Aelwyn.
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