The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

CHESBRO, GEORGE (Clark) (stories) (continued)

• * *Dark Chant in a Crimson Key (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-89296-463-4, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $18.95, 217pp, hc, cover by Tom McKeveny) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Associational, the eleventh mystery novel featuring dwarf ex-circus performer/investigator Dr. Robert Frederickson, aka Mongo the Magnificent. Mongo is hired by a millionaire to check up on Interpol’s hunt for an embezzler, martial arts expert John “Chant” Sinclair, but he begins to wonder just who the criminal is. Most of the books in this series have fantasy elements, but this one does not.
• * _Dark Chant in a Crimson Key (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-446-40333-4, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $4.99, 217pp, pb, cover by Tom McKeveny) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Reprint (Mysterious Press 1992) associational mystery novel, the ninth featuring dwarf ex-circus performer/investigator Dr. Robert Frederickson, aka Mongo the Magnificent. There are minor science fictional elements.
• * *The Fear in Yesterday’s Rings (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-89296-396-4, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $18.95, 214pp, hc, cover by Tom McKeveny) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Mystery novel with fantasy elements, ninth book of the “Mongo” series.
• * _The Fear in Yesterday’s Rings (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-446-40102-1, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $4.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Tom McKeveny) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Reprint (Mysterious Press 1991) mystery novel with fantasy elements, ninth book of the “Mongo” series.
• * *The Golden Child (Pocket 0-671-63039-3, 1986 [Nov ’86], $3.95, 221pp, pb) Novelization — a man has to fight ancient evil to save the human race. A kung-fu fantasy.
• * _The Golden Child (Futura 0-7088-3269-5, Jan ’87, £2.50, 205pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1986) novelization of film with fantasy elements. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Golden Child (Severn House 0-7278-1447-8, Apr ’87, £8.95, 208pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 1986) novelization of fantasy film. [Not seen]
• * *In the House of Secret Enemies (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-89296-395-6, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $18.95, 234pp, hc, cover by Tom McKeveny) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Collection of ten early stories featuring Mongo, Chesbro’s dwarf detective, four of them sf or occult fantasy, with an introduction by the author. These are superb stories, presented in chronological order and giving an excellent demonstration of the development of a series character. Recommended (SW). (Contents)
• * _In the House of Secret Enemies (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-446-40043-2, Jan ’92, $4.99, 234pp, pb, cover by Tom McKeveny) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Reprint (Mysterious Press 1990) collection of ten stories featuring Mongo, Chesbro’s dwarf detective, with an introduction by the author. Most of the stories have sf or fantasy elements.
• * *An Incident at Bloodtide (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-89296-464-2, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $18.95, 197pp, hc, cover by Tom McKeveny) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Tenth PI novel featuring dwarf detective Dr. Robert Frederickson, aka Mongo the Magnificent. As usual, there are quasi-fantasy elements.
• * *Jungle of Steel & Stone (Mysterious Press 0-89296-204-6, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $16.95, 200pp, hc) [Veil Kendry] Psychic suspense novel. Part of the “Veil Kendry” series.
• * _Jungle of Steel & Stone (Mysterious Press 0-445-40521-X, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $3.95, 200pp, pb) [Veil Kendry] Reprint (Mysterious Press 1988) fantasy paranormal novel about an artist involved as a detective.
• * *The Language of Cannibals (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-89296-394-8, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $18.95, 200pp, hc, cover by Tom McKeveny) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Mystery novel with fantasy elements, eighth book in the “Mongo” series.
• * _The Language of Cannibals (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-446-40003-3, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $4.95, 200pp, pb, cover by Tom McKeveny) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Reprint (Mysterious Press 1990) mystery novel with fantasy elements, eighth book of the “Mongo” series.
• * *The Second Horseman Out of Eden (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-11979-8, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $18.95, 248pp, hc) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Mystery novel with sf and fantasy elements, seventh book in the “Mongo” series.
• * _The Second Horseman Out of Eden (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-445-40862-6, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $4.95, 248pp, pb, cover by Tom Keveny) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Reprint (Mysterious Press 1989) mystery novel with sf and fantasy elements, seventh book in the “Mongo” series.
• * _Shadow of a Broken Man (Dell 0-440-17761-8, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $3.50, 252pp, pb) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1977) mystery novel with fantasy elements; first in the “Mongo the Dwarf” series.
• * *Two Songs This Archangel Sings (Atheneum 0-689-11659-4, 1986 [Nov ’86], $14.95, 249pp, hc) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo); Veil Kendry] Associational Mystery novel, part of the “Mongo” series, but also a sequel to Veil. There are some elements of psychic fantasy, but not much.
• * _Two Songs This Archangel Sings (Dell 0-440-20105-5, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.95, 254pp, pb) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo); Veil Kendry] Reprint (Atheneum 1986) thriller with fantasy elements. Fifth in the “Mongo” series.
• * *Veil (Mysterious Press 0-89296-159-7, Sep ’86 [Nov ’86], $16.95, 228pp, hc) [Veil Kendry] Fantasy/suspense novel of a psychic painter and people with visions of life after death.
• * _Veil (Mysterious Press 0-445-40523-6, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.95, 228pp, pb) [Veil Kendry] Reprint (Mysterious Press 1986) mystery novel of a parapsychic spy.

CHESNEY, [Sir] GEORGE TOMKYNS (1830-1895) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Battle of Dorking & When William Came (with Saki) (Oxford University Press 0-19-283285-9, May ’97, £5.99, xxii+182pp, tp, cover by David Axtell) Collection of two famous early stories about Future War between Britain and Germany: an 1871 novella, and a novel from 1913. There is an Introduction by I.F. Clarke. (Contents)

CHESNEY, MARION

• * _The Ghost and Lady Alice (Ballantine Fawcett 0-449-21698-5, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $2.95, 222pp, pb) Reprint (Fawcett Coventry 1982) Regency ghost/love story.

CHESTER, DEBORAH (Ann) (1957- ); see pseudonyms Jay D. Blakeney & Sean Dalton (stories)

• * *Lucasfilm’s Alien Chronicles I: The Golden One (Ace 0-441-00561-6, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $5.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Alien Chronicles] Science fiction novel/novelization set in “a new universe” developed by Lucasfilm. Whether there are other tie-ins is unclear. Book one in a trilogy. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * *Lucasfilm’s Alien Chronicles: The Crimson Claw (Ace 0-441-00565-9, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $5.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Alien Chronicles] Science fiction novelization set in “a new universe” developed by Lucasfilm. Book two in a trilogy. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * *Realm of Light (Ace 0-441-00480-6, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $6.99, 395pp, pb, cover by Mary Jo Phalen) [Ruby Throne] Fantasy novel, third in the “Ruby Throne” trilogy.
• * *Reign of Shadows (Ace 0-441-00340-0, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $5.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Mary Jo Phalen) [Ruby Throne] Fantasy novel, first in the “Ruby Throne” trilogy. An emperor’s bargain with an evil god brings darkness to the land.
• * *Shadow War (Ace 0-441-00400-8, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $6.99, 390pp, pb) [Ruby Throne] SF novel, “Ruby Throne” #2.

CHESTER, MICHAEL (Arthur) (1928- )

• * *The Shores of the Near Past (School Street Press 0-939105-50-0, 1986 [Feb ’87], 181pp, hc) Young-adult sf time travel novel. This appeared in 1986, but we did not see it until 1987.

CHESTER, WILLIAM L. (1907-1960?)

• * _Kioga of the Wilderness (Starmont House 1-557-42046-7, 1990 [Sep ’90], $19.95, 303pp, hc) Reprint (DAW 1976) fantasy novel of an abandoned boy raised in the Arctic wilderness where American Indians originated. This was originally published in Blue Book Magazine in 1936. First hardcover edition.

CHESTERTON, G(ilbert) K(eith) (1874-1936) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Bodley Head G.K. Chesterton (The Bodley Head 0-370-30579-5, Jun ’85 [1985], £16.00, 512pp, hc) Collection of stories including some fantasy. [Not seen]
• * *Daylight and Nightmare (Xanadu 0-947761-17-9, Aug ’86, £9.95, 144pp, hc) Story collection, including many fantasy stories. (Contents)
• * +Daylight and Nightmare (Dodd/Mead 0-396-08889-9, Nov ’86, $14.95, 144pp, hc) Collection of previously uncollected stories and fables, plus “fictive essays”, including some fantasy. Edited by Marie Smith, with forward. (Xanadu Publications 1986)
• * _The Essential G.K. Chesterton (Oxford University Press 0-19-282056-7, May ’87, £5.95, 489pp, tp) Reprint (Bodley Head 1985) collection of stories including some fantasy, edited by P.J. Kavanagh.
• * _The Man Who Was Thursday (Dover 0-486-25121-7, Jun ’86 [Jan ’87], $4.95, 120pp, tp) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1908) fantasy novel. Published in 1986; missed.
• * _The Man Who Was Thursday (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-225-7, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $3.50, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1908) fantasy/mystery novel.
• * _The Man Who Was Thursday (Critic’s Choice 0-931773-95-4, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $3.50, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1908) metaphysical fantasy/mystery novel.
• * _The Man Who Was Thursday (Lythway Large Print 0-7451-0603-X, Oct ’87 [Dec ’87], £8.95, 286pp, hc) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1908) fantasy novel.
• * _The Man Who Was Thursday (Penguin 0-14-018388-4, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $4.95, 186pp, tp) Reissue (Arrowsmith 1908) classic mystery/fantasy novel, with a 1986 introduction by Kingsley Amis; third printing.
• * _The Man Who Was Thursday (Wordsworth 1-85326-236-6, Feb ’95 [Mar ’95], £1.00, 145pp, pb, cover by Jean Beraud) Reprint (Arrowsmith 1908) literary fantasy: a thrift paperback edition.
• * *The Man Who Was Thursday and Related Pieces (Oxford University Press 0-19-282359-0, Oct ’96 [Jan ’97], £5.99, xlvi+194pp, tp) Collection of the classic fantasy novel (Arrowsmith, 1907) and some related works. Edited and with an Introduction by Stephen Medcalf. (Contents)
• * _The Napoleon of Notting Hill (Dover 0-486-26551-X, Feb ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.95, 163pp, tp) Reprint (Bodley Head 1904) satirical sf novel set in 1984.
• * _The Napoleon of Notting Hill (Penguin 0-14-018389-2, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $8.95, 158pp, tp, cover by Mrs. Bach-Gladstone) Reissue (Bodley Head 1904) satirical sf novel set in 1984; fifth printing.
• * _The Napoleon of Notting Hill (Oxford University Press 0-19-283145-3, May ’94, £4.99, 167pp, pb, cover by E. A. Gladstone) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1904) literary fantasy novel. Introduction by Bernard Bergonzi.

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• * _G.K. Chesterton and C.S. Lewis: The Riddle of Joy See entry under Michael H. MacDonald.
• * _Gilbert: The Man Who Was G.K. Chesterton See entry under Michael Coren.
• * _Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton See entry under Joseph Pearce.

CHETWIN, GRACE (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Atheling (Tor 0-312-93059-3, Mar ’88 [Jan ’88], $18.95, 445pp, hc) [Last Legacy] Sf novel (with fantasy elements), Vol. 1 of “The Last Legacy” tetralogy. Near-future anti-war novel.
• * _The Atheling (Corgi 0-552-13420-1, Apr ’90, £3.99, 416pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll & Paul Youll) [Last Legacy] Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel. Volume One in “The Last Legacy”.
• * _The Atheling (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45110-4, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $5.50, 380pp, pb) [Last Legacy] Reprint (Tor 1988) near-future anti-war novel set on an Earth ravaged by “limited” nuclear war. This edition has been slightly revised.
• * *Child of the Air (Macmillan Bradbury 0-02-718317-3, Apr ’91 [Jul ’91], $14.95, 231pp, hc, cover by Jonathan Hunt) Young-adult fantasy novel of a brother and sister on the run in an alternate world.
• * *The Chimes of Alyafaleyn (Macmillan/Bradbury 0-02-718222-3, Sep ’93 [Nov ’93], $15.95, 234pp, hc, cover by Dennis Nolan) Young-adult fantasy novel set in a world where harmony is maintained with golden chiming spheres that float through the air.
• * *Collidescope (Macmillan Bradbury 0-02-718316-5, Mar ’90, $14.95, 221pp, hc, cover by David Lui) Young-adult sf novel of three teenagers from different times on a quest through time.
• * *The Crystal Stair (Macmillan Bradbury 0-02-718311-4, May ’88 [Aug ’88], $13.95, 225pp, hc) [Gom] Young-adult fantasy novel, part of the “Tales of Gom” series.
• * *Friends in Time (Macmillan Bradbury 0-02-718318-1, May ’92, $13.95, 127pp, hc, cover by Richard Lebenson) Young-adult time-travel fantasy novel of a young 19th-century girl who appears in our century and is befriended by a modern teenager who returns with her to 1856.
• * *Gom on Windy Mountain (Morrow/Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 0-688-05767-5, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $11.75, 206pp, hc) [Gom] Juvenile fantasy novel of a woodcutter’s son with a mysterious magical heritage, first of a series.
• * _Gom on Windy Mountain (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-20543-3, Feb ’90, $3.50, 206pp, pb, cover by Ken Barr) [Gom] Reprint (Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard 1986) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *On All Hallows’ Eve (Lothrop Lee & Shepard 0-688-03012-2, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $10.25, 160pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _On All Hallow’s Eve (Macmillan Aladdin 0-689-71617-6, Sep ’92 [Nov ’92], $3.95, 160pp, tp, cover by Renee Grant) Reprint (Lothrop Lee & Shepard 1984) young-adult fantasy novel of a young girl who discovers the gateway to a world ruled by witches.
• * *Out of the Dark World (Morrow/Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 0-688-04272-4, Nov ’85, $10.25, 154pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy involving enchantresses and computers.
• * _Out of the Dark World (NAL/Signet 0-451-15148-8, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $2.50, 154pp, pb) Reprint (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1985) juvenile fantasy novel.
• * *The Riddle and the Rune (Macmillan Bradbury 0-02-718312-2, Sep ’87 [Oct ’87], $13.95, 257pp, hc) [Gom] Young-adult fantasy quest novel, first in a new trilogy featuring Gom, a boy with a strange destiny and the hero of Gom on Windy Mountain, a prequel to the trilogy.
• * _The Riddle and the Rune (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-20581-6, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.50, 257pp, pb, cover by Ken Barr) [Gom] Reprint (Macmillan Bradbury 1987) young-adult fantasy novel, part of a series featuring the hero of Gom on Windy Mountain.
• * *The Starstone (Macmillan Bradbury 0-02-718315-7, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $14.95, 240pp, hc) [Gom] Young-adult fantasy novel with wizards, talking animals, and a quest. The music for three songs is included. Fourth title in the “Gom” series.
• * _The Starstone (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-20634-0, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.25, 240pp, pb) [Gom] Reprint (Bradbury 1989) young-adult fantasy novel, fourth book of the “Gom” series.

CHETWYND, TOM

• * ?Dictionary of Sacred Myth (Allen & Unwin/Mandala 0-04-290013-1, May ’86, £3.95, 272pp, tp) Non-fiction, associational. This book looks at the elements and symbols in sacred myth and religion.

CHETWYND-HAYES, R(onald Henry Glynn) (1919-2001) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _And Love Survived (Zebra 0-8217-3051-7, Jun ’90 [Sep ’90], $3.95, 288pp, pb) Reprint (??? 1964) horror novel.
• * *The Curse of the Snake God (Inner Circle 1-85018-087-3, Jan ’91 [May ’91], £11.95, 191pp, hc, cover by Chrissie Marks) Ghost/horror novel.
• * *Dracula’s Children (Kimber 0-7183-0649-X, May ’87, £8.95, 208pp, hc) Original collection of vampire stories. (Contents)
• * *Ghosts from the Mist of Time (London: William Kimber 0-7183-0562-0, 1985, £7.50, 205pp, hc, cover by Ionicus) Original collection of seven stories. (Contents)
• * +The Grange (Tor 0-812-51626-5, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.95, 249pp, pb) Classic British ghost novel set in 1590. Not a horror novel in spite of the packaging. First American edition (Wm. Kimber 1985).
• * *The Haunted Grange (Kimber 0-7183-0698-8, Nov ’88, £9.95, 184pp, hc) [Clavering Grange] Horror novel. Volume 8 in the “Clavering Grange” series.
• * *The House of Dracula (Kimber 0-7183-0668-6, Oct ’87, £9.50, 206pp, hc) Original horror collection. (Contents)
• * *Kepple (Robert Hale 0-7090-4788-6, May ’92, £13.95, 191pp, hc, cover by Barbara Walton) Horror thriller about an unstoppable killer.
• * _The Monster Club (Severn House 0-7278-4349-4, Jun ’92, £13.00, 186pp, hc) Reprint (NEL 1976) original collection of five humorous horror stories about hybrids of classic monsters. This is the first hardcover edition. (Contents)
• * +The Other Side (Tor 0-812-51628-1, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.95, 273pp, pb) Collection of 4 stories set in a haunted house. The stories are set in 1850, 1969, 1980, and 2000! More ghost story than horror, despite the packaging. First American edition (Kimber 1972). (Contents)
• * *The Psychic Detective (Robert Hale 0-7090-5135-2, Sep ’93 [Oct ’93], £14.99, 208pp, hc, cover by Barbara Walton) Occult thriller about a medium trying to rid a house of its evil spirits.
• * *A Quiver of Ghosts (William Kimber 0-7183-0503-5, 1984, £6.95, 207pp, hc, cover by Ionicus) (Contents)
• * *Shocks (The British Fantasy Society 0-952-41532-1, Dec ’97, £6.00, 59pp, ph) Collection of four dark fantasy stories, with an introduction by David J. Howe. Issued free to BFS Members with the December 1997 mailing. (Contents)
• * *Shudders and Shivers (Robert Hale 0-7090-5607-9, Apr ’95, £16.99, 192pp, hc, cover by Barbara Walton) Collection of original horror stories, each one connected to the others by a common theme or character. (Contents)
• * *Tales from the Haunted House (Kimber 0-7183-0622-8, Oct ’86, £8.95, 192pp, hc) New collection of ghost stories. (Contents)
• * *Tales from the Shadows (William Kimber 0-7183-0598-1, Mar ’86, £8.50, 192pp, hc) Collection of 10 supernatural stories. (Contents)
• * *Tales of the Hidden World (Kimber 0-7183-0673-2, Jul ’88, £9.50, 206pp, hc) [Clavering Grange] Original ghost collection. Volume 6 in the “Tales of Clavering Grange” series. (Contents)
• * *The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-33-X, 1997 [Apr ’98], $27.00, 253pp, hc, cover by Les Edwards) Collection of 15 vampire stories, one original, with foreword by Brian Lumley and afterword by editor Stephen Jones. Interior illustrations by Jim Pitts. A limited edition of 100 copies signed by all contributors (-34-8, $95.00) is also available. This is dated 1997 but not seen until now. Order from Fedogan & Bremer, 3721 Minnehaha Ave S., Minneapolis MN 55406. (Contents)

CHILD, LINCOLN (1957- ); see pseudonym Lincoln Preston (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Mount Dragon (with Douglas Preston) See entry under Douglas Preston.
• * _Relic (with Douglas Preston) See entry under Douglas Preston.