The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

CHILD, LINCOLN (stories) (continued)

• * _The Relic (with Douglas Preston) See entry under Douglas Preston.
• * _Reliquary (with Douglas Preston) See entry under Douglas Preston.

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• * *Dark Banquet: A Feast of 12 Great Ghost Stories (St. Martin’s 0-312-18233-3, Oct ’85 [Nov ’85], $15.95, 255pp, hc) Anthology of 12 tales of the supernatural. (Contents)
• * *Dark Company: The Ten Greatest Ghost Stories (St. Martin’s 0-312-18231-7, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $12.95, 334pp, hc) Anthology of well-known stories by Poe, Le Fanu, M.R. James, W.W. Jacobs, Arthur Machen, Blackwood, Oliver Onions, William Hope Hodgson, and Lovecraft. (Contents)
• * _Dark Company: The Ten Greatest Ghost Stories (St. Martin’s 0-312-18232-5, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $3.95, 334pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1984) anthology of supernatural tales by Poe, Lovecraft, and others.
• * *Tales of the Dark (St. Martin’s 0-312-90339-1, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.50, 184pp, pb) Anthology of 10 horror stories. (Contents)
• * *Tales of the Dark #3 (St. Martin’s 0-312-90539-4, Feb ’88, $3.50, 179pp, pb) Anthology of 9 horror stories. (Contents)
• * *Tales of the Dark 2 (St. Martin’s 0-312-90769-9, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 181pp, pb) Anthology of 9 late-19th and early-20th-century supernatural stories. (Contents)

CHILDER, SIMON IAN; pseudonym of John Brosnan & Leroy Kettle (stories)

• * *Tendrils (Grafton 0-586-06437-0, Jan ’86, £1.95, 208pp, pb) Horror novel. “Childer” is a pseudonym for Leroy Kettle and John Brosnan, who also write as “Harry Adam Knight.”
• * *Worm (Grafton 0-586-06945-3, May ’87, £2.50, 189pp, pb) Horror novel. This is a pseudonym for John Brosnan & Leroy Kettle.

CHILDRESS, MARK (1957- )

• * *Gone for Good (Random House/Knopf 0-375-40021-4, Jun ’98, $25.00, 370pp, hc, cover by Lou Beach) Fantasy novel. A rock star nicknamed “Superman” crashes on a mysterious island where the famous (e.g. Elvis, Amelia Earhart) come to disappear.

CHILSON, ROB(ert Dean) (1945- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Black as Blood (Baen 0-671-87883-2, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $5.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Charles Keegan) Humorous horror novel. Uncle Albert just won’t stay dead.
• * *Isaac Asimov’s Robot City, Book 5: Refuge (Ace 0-441-37385-2, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $2.95, 163pp, pb) [Robot City] Sf novelization in the series based on Asimov’s work.
• * *Men Like Rats (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20763-9, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.95, 212pp, pb) Sf novel about men living in the corridors and pantries of giant aliens.
• * *Rounded with Sleep (Popular Library Questar 0-445-21026-5, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 193pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) Sf/fantasy novel of a professional hero on an Earth taken over by a computerized fantasy role-playing game.

CHIN, M. LUCIE (1947- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Fairy of Ku-She (Ace 0-441-22563-2, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.50, 265pp, pb) Fantasy novel of ancient China; a first novel.
• * _The Fairy of Ku-She (Fontana 0-00-617823-5, Feb ’90, £2.99, 265pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel.

CHINN, MIKE; [i.e., Michael James Chinn] (1954- ) (stories)

• * *The Paladin Mandates (The Alchemy Press 0-9532260-0-X, Jan ’98 [Apr ’98], £6.50, 95pp, ph, cover by Bob Covington) Horror/fantasy collection of 6 stories, 3 original, about an occult adventurer. The 3 reprint stories have all been significantly revised for this edition. Available from 46 Oxford Rd, Acocks Green, Birmingham B27 6DT. (Contents)

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• * *Mystique: Tales of Wonder (The British Fantasy Society no ISBN, Jan ’88 [Apr ’88], £1.00, 34pp, ph) Original anthology of horror stories “in the style” of the old horror pulps. Volume 13 in the “BFS Booklet” series. (Contents)

CHIPPINDALE, PETER

• * *Laptop of the Gods: A Millennium Fable (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-81613-X, Nov ’98, £9.99, 420pp, hc, cover by Stephen Player) Humorous millennial fantasy novel. The bored gods relinquish charge of humanity at the suggestion of the computer GOD.
• * *Mink! (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71916-5, Sep ’95, £9.99, 565pp, hc) Animal fantasy novel. A first novel.

CHITTENDEN, MARGARET (Rosalind) (1935- )

• * *The Scent of Magic (Harlequin 0-373-70444-5, Feb ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.25, 300pp, pb) Fantasy romance about a boutique owner who discovers a magic potion that brings her love. A “Harlequin Superromance.”
• * *This Time Forever (Harlequin 0-373-79001-5, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.25, 252pp, pb, cover by Jeff Wack) Time-travel romance in the “Dreamscape” line. A woman enters her 18th-century past life and is torn between past and present romances.

CHIU, TONY (1945- )

• * *Realm Seven (Bantam 0-553-23847-7, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $3.50, 279pp, pb) Novel of gaming, omniscient computers, etc.

CHIZMAR, RICHARD T(homas) (1965- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Blood Brothers (Subterranean Press no ISBN, Feb ’97, $8.00, 16pp, ph, cover by Rodger Gerberding) Chapbook publication of a short horror story. This is a signed, limited edition of 250. Order from Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; postage free; email: wks@tir.com
• * *Midnight Promises (Gauntlet Publications 1-887368-03-5, 1996 [Apr ’96], $35.00, 272pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Collection of 17 horror stories. There is an introduction by Ed Gorman and an afterword by Ray Garton. This edition is signed by all authors involved, and limited to 500 copies. Gauntlet Publications, 309 Powell Rd., Springfield PA 19064. Orders: 610-328-5476. Add $5.00 postage. (Contents)

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• * *The Best of Cemetery Dance (Cemetery Dance 1881475247, Mar ’98, 786pp, hc) Horror anthology of 29 stories, an interview with Dean Koontz, and an afterword by David B. Silva. (Contents)
• * *Cold Blood (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-57-0, Jun ’91 [Jul ’91], $25.00, 401pp, hc, cover by Nancy Niles) Original anthology of 24 horror stories (some supernatural, some not) plus a stage version of Joe R. Lansdale’s short story “By Bizarre Hands”, with a foreword by the editor and an introduction by Douglas E. Winter. Recommended (SW). (Contents)
• * *The Earth Strikes Back (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-40-6, Dec ’94, $18.95, 311pp, tp, cover by Arnie Fenner) Original anthology of 20 stories of ecological horror. Authors include Dan Simmons, Poppy Z. Brite, Charles de Lint, Thomas F. Monteleone, and Hugh B. Cave. Order from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088. (Contents)
• * _The Earth Strikes Back (White Wolf 1-56504-919-5, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $5.99, 462pp, pb) Reprint (Ziesing 1994) original anthology of ecological horror.
• * *Screamplays (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39429-1, Sep ’97, $14.50, 545pp, tp, cover by Dave McKean) Original anthology of seven horror screenplays, none previously published, by Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, Joe R. Lansdale, Ed Gorman, and Richard Laymon. Introduction by Dean Koontz. (Contents)
• * *Thrillers (CD Publications 1-881475-05-0, Jan ’94, $25.00, 264pp, hc, cover by Charles Lang) Original anthology of fiction by Rex Miller (one novella), Nancy A. Collins (four stories), Chet Williamson (a novella and a short story), & Ardath Mayhar (one novella). Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale, and afterwords by the authors, plus interior illustrations by Keith Minnion. A 500-copy signed numbered slipcased edition ($60.00) was announced but not seen. Available from CD Publications, PO Box 18433, Baltimore MD 21237. (Contents)

CHOLFIN, BRYAN, ed. (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Best of Crank! (Tor 0-312-86740-9, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $23.95, 320pp, hc, cover by Pangorda) Anthology of 17 stories originally published in Crank!. Authors include Gwyneth Jones, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, and Jonathan Lethem. (Contents)
• * *Monochrome: The Readercon Anthology (Broken Mirrors Press 0-9623824-3-4, Apr ’90, $9.95, 158pp, tp) Mostly original anthology of seven stories and five poems, with an introduction by Samuel R. Delany and a foreword by Robert Colby. The poems and five of the stories are original, including work by Wolfe, Kushner, Friesner, etc. A hardcover limited edition (-2-6, $25.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)

CHOPRA, DEEPAK (K.) (1946- )

• * *The Return of Merlin (Crown/Harmony 0-517-59849-3, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $24.00, 422pp, hc, cover by Frank Holmes) Modern Arthurian novel. Simultaneous with the UK (Century) edition.
• * *The Return of Merlin (Century 0-71-267606-6, Jul ’95, £15.99, 422pp, hc, cover by Frank Holmes) Fantasy novel; the Arthurian conflict moves forward to our own time. In an original twist, Chopra suggests that Camelot was never destroyed, only, like Arthur, it went away from our world until it was needed again. A first novel. Simultaneous with the US (Harmony) edition.
• * _The Return of Merlin (Ballantine/Fawcett Columbine 0-449-91074-1, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $12.95, 422pp, tp) Reprint (Crown/Harmony; Century 1995) modern Arthurian novel.
• * _The Return of Merlin (Arrow 0-09-963971-8, Mar ’96, £5.99, 422pp, tp, cover by Method) Reprint (Crown/Harmony; Century 1995) fantasy novel. Merlin and Arthur in modern England.

CHOPRA, GAUTAMA

• * _Child of the Dawn: A Magical Journey of Awakening (Bantam UK 0-553-50593-9, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £5.99, xviii+180pp, tp) Reprint (Amber-Allen Publishing/New World Library 1996) fantasy novel. A parable based on the bestseller The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra, Gautama’s father, who contributes a foreword. A first novel. A hardcover (Bantam Press, 1997) is listed, but not seen.

CHOWN, MARCUS (1959- ) (stories)

• * _Double Planet (with John Gribbin) See entry under John Gribbin.
• * _Reunion (with John Gribbin) See entry under John Gribbin.

CHOYCE, LESLEY (Willis) (1951- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Dream Auditor (Ragweed Press/Indivisible Books 0-920304-63-X, 1986 [Feb ’87], C$9.95, 87pp, tp) Very short story collection of 10 sf stories, 6 of them original. This small press edition has a 1986 copyright date, but we did not see it until now. (Contents)
• * *Trapdoor to Heaven (Quarry Press 1-55082-157-1, 1996 [Jun ’98], C$16.95, 218pp, tp) SF/New Age novel following a soul through incarnations spanning 25 centuries and many cultures. Copyrighted 1996, but not seen until now. PO Box 1061, Kingston ONT K7L 4Y5, Canada; 613-548-8429

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• * *Ark of Ice: Canadian Futurefiction (Canada: Pottersfield Press 0-919001-73-4, Sep ’92, $14.95, 285pp, tp, cover by Robert Rutherford) Anthology of 22 sf stories, 10 original, with an introduction by the editor and an afterword by Judith Merril. This is a Canadian edition, available from Pottersfield Press, Lawrencetown Beach, RR #2, Porters Lake, Nova Scotia B0J 2S0, Canada. (Contents)

CHRISTCHILD, RAVAN (stories)

• * *Agonies of Time (Dunscaith 1-871685-02-8, Jan ’89 [Mar ’89], £3.50, 111pp, pb) [Steve Mitchell] Sf collection. Order from 28 West Lodge, London, W3 9SF. (Contents)

CHRISTENSEN, JAMES (C.) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *A Journey of the Imagination: The Art of James Christensen (Greenwich Workshop 0-86713-021-0, Aug ’94, $39.95, 180pp, hc, cover by James Christensen) Art book with magnificent reproductions of Christensen’s work, both paintings and sketches. Introduction by James Gurney, text “as told to” Renwick St. James.
• * *Rhymes & Reasons: An Annotated Collection of Mother Goose Rhymes (Artisan 0-86713-040-7, May ’97, $19.95, 56pp, hc, cover by James Christensen) Art book. A children’s picture book with illustrations by Christensen of 73 nursery rhymes, and brief notes about the rhymes. A color poster is included.
• * *Voyage of the Basset (with Renwick St. James & Alan Dean Foster) (Artisan 1-885183-58-5, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $29.95, 168pp, hc, cover by James Christensen) Art book, with extensive illustrations by Christensen, and text by St. James and Foster. A fantastic parody of Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle, telling the story of Professor Aisling’s voyage to collect magic and mythical creatures. Copyrighted by the Greenwich Workshop.
• * _Voyage of the Basset (with Renwick St. James & Alan Dean Foster) (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $18.95, 168pp, tp, cover by James Christensen) Reprint (Artisan 1996) art book, with extensive illustrations by Christensen, and text by St. James and Foster. Copyrighted by the Greenwick Workshop. This trade paperback edition is otherwise similar to the Artisan hardcover edition, except it lacks a price and has the QPBC mark on the back cover.

CHRISTIAN, CATHERINE (Mary) (1901-1985)

• * _The Pendragon (Warner 0-446-32342-X, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $3.95, 607pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1978) Arthurian fantasy novel.

CHRISTIAN, DEBORAH (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Kar Kalim (Tor 0-312-86341-1, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $23.95, 320pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) Fantasy novel. A sorceress must stop a mage who has used her to gain great power.
• * _Kar Kalim (Tor 0-812-57190-8, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $5.99, 265pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Tor 1997) fantasy novel.
• * *Mainline (Tor 0-312-86029-3, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $23.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) SF novel. An assassin’s new friendship may destroy her ability to travel alternate realities. A first novel.
• * _Mainline (Tor 0-812-54908-2, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $5.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Tor 1996) SF novel. An assassin travels alternate realities.

CHRISTIAN, M., ed. (stories)

• * *Eros ex Machina (Masquerade/Rhinoceros 1-56333-593-X, Mar ’98, $7.95, 455pp, pb) Original anthology of 29 stories, three reprint, of techno-erotica, many SF. Authors include Nancy Kilpatrick, Lucy Taylor, Marc Laidlaw, and John Shirley. (Contents)

CHRISTIAN, PEGGY

• * *The Bookstore Mouse (Harcourt Brace 0-15-200203-0, Nov ’95, $16.00, 134pp, hc, cover by Gary A. Lippincott) Young-adult fantasy literary fable. A mouse falls into a book and helps a medieval scribe become a knight and vanquish the dragon Censor who has been stealing stories from the kingdom.

CHRISTIANA, DAVID

• * *A Tooth Fairy’s Tale (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-37677-8, May ’94, $16.00, unpaginated, hc, cover by David Christiana) Children’s picture book with full-page full-color watercolors of fairies by the author. The art is impressive and of interest as adult fantasy work.

CHRISTIN, P., ed.

• * *Breakthrough (with A. C. Knigge) (Titan 1-85286-293-9, Apr ’90, £7.95, 80pp, tp) Remarkable collection of pieces, some sf, by 27 graphic artists, including Dave Gibbons and Moebius, celebrating the tearing down of the Berlin Wall. Published simultaneously in 13 countries including the UK, US and East Germany. Strongly recommended. (PSP)

CHRISTOPHER, JOE R(andell) (1935- ) (stories)

• * *C.S. Lewis (G.K. Hall/Twayne 0-8057-6944-7, Apr ’87, $16.95, 150pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study which concentrates on the fantasy novels. [Lewis]

CHRISTOPHER, JOHN; pseudonym of Sam Youd, (1922- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Beyond the Burning Lands (Macmillan Collier 0-02-042572-4, Oct ’89, $3.95, 216pp, pb) [Sword of the Spirits] Reissue (Hamish Hamilton 1971) young-adult sf novel, second book of the “Sword of the Spirits” trilogy.
• * _The Caves of Night (Sphere 0-7221-2310-8, Apr ’86, £2.50, 184pp, pb) Reissue (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1958) thriller, of associational interest. This is a pseudonym for C.S. Youd.
• * _City of Gold and Lead (Puffin 0-14-031685-X, Mar ’87, £1.75, 159pp, pb) [Tripods] Reissue (Hamish Hamilton 1967) juvenile sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Tripods” series. This is a pseudonym for C.S. Youd.
• * _The City of Gold and Lead (Macmillan Collier 0-02-042701-8, Oct ’88 [Nov ’88], $3.95, 218pp, pb) [Tripods] Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1967) young-adult sf novel, Book Two of the “Tripods” trilogy. Second Collier edition. Sold in a boxed set with volumes one and three.
• * *Dragon Dance (Viking Kestrel 0-670-81030-4, Jun ’86, £6.95, 128pp, hc) [Fireball] Sf novel, volume 3 in the “Fireball” series. Released simultaneous with the U.S. edition. This is a pseudonym for C.S. Youd.
• * *Dragon Dance (Dutton 0-525-44227-8, Jun ’86 [Jul ’86], $12.95, 139pp, hc) [Fireball] Young-adult sf novel, conclusion of the “Fireball” trilogy. An alternate-world tale. Issued simultaneous with the British edition.
• * _Dragon Dance (Puffin 0-14-032056-3, Dec ’86, £1.75, 128pp, pb) [Fireball] Reprint (Dutton 1986) juvenile sf novel, third in the “Fireball” trilogy.
• * *A Dusk of Demons (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-13378-5, May ’93, £8.99, 147pp, hc, cover by Stephen Player) Young-adult sf novel set in a post-technological future Scotland, haunted by demons.
• * +Dusk of Demons (Macmillan 0-02-718425-0, Mar ’94 [Jun ’94], $14.95, 175pp, hc, cover by Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh) SF novel about a boy in a post-holocaust Scotland menaced by demonic creatures. First American edition (Hamish Hamilton 1993).
• * _A Dusk of Demons (Puffin 0-14-036420-X, Sep ’94 [Oct ’94], £3.50, 147pp, pb, cover by Stephen Player) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1993) young-adult SF novel set in a post-technological future Scotland, haunted by demons.
• * _Dusk of Demons (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-80633-7, Nov ’96 [Jan ’97], $3.99, 175pp, tp, cover by Rebecca Guay) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1993 as A Dusk of Demons) young-adult SF novel about a post-holocaust Scotland menaced by demonic creatures.
• * _Empty World (Dutton 0-525-29250-0, Jul ’86, $13.95, 134pp, hc) Reissue (Gollancz 1977) young-adult sf novel of a bizarre plague. Fifth hardcover printing.
• * _Empty World (Puffin 0-14-037388-8, Jun ’95 [Aug ’95], £4.25, 134pp, pb, cover by Dave Holmes) Reprint (Gollancz 1977) young-adult SF novel.
• * _Fireball (Tempo 0-441-23845-9, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.25, 148pp, pb) [Fireball] Reprint (Dutton 1981) juvenile alternate-world novel.
• * _The Guardians (Puffin 0-14-030579-3, Aug ’88, £1.95, 176pp, pb) Reissue (Hamish Hamilton 1970) young-adult sf novel.
• * _The Guardians (Macmillan Collier 0-02-042681-X, Oct ’92 [Nov ’92], $4.95, 214pp, pb, cover by Jael) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1970) young-adult sf novel about a 13-year-old city-bred boy trying to hide in a strange country.
• * _The Long Voyage (Sphere 0-7221-2315-9, Mar ’86, £2.25, 188pp, pb) Reissue (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1958) thriller, of associational interest. This is a pseudonym for C.S. Youd.