The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- 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, Gautamas father, who contributes a foreword. A first novel. A hardcover (Bantam Press, 1997) is listed, but not seen.
- CHOWN, MARCUS (1959- ) (stories)
- CHOYCE, LESLEY (Willis) (1951- ) (stories)
- * *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
- _____, ed.
- * *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.)
- * *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 Christensens 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 childrens 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 Darwins Voyage of the Beagle, telling the story of Professor Aislings 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 (1956- )
- * *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 assassins 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) (chron.)
- * *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 Fairys Tale (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-37677-8, May 94, $16.00, unpaginated, hc, cover by David Christiana) Childrens 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) (chron.)
- * *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)
- * _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.
- * _The Lotus Caves (Macmillan Collier 0-02-042691-7, Apr 92 [May 92], $4.95, 214pp, pb, cover by Jael) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1969) young-adult sf novel of underground life on the moon.
- * _The Pool of Fire (Macmillan Collier 0-02-042721-2, Oct 88 [Nov 88], $3.95, 218pp, pb) [Tripods] Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1968) young-adult sf novel, conclusion of the Tripods trilogy. Second Collier edition. Sold in a boxed set with volumes one and two.
- * _The Prince in Waiting (Macmillan Collier 0-02-042573-2, Oct 89, $3.95, 218pp, pb) [Sword of the Spirits] Reissue (Hamish Hamilton 1970) young-adult sf novel, first book of the Sword of the Spirits trilogy.
- * _The Sword of the Spirits (Macmillan Collier 0-02-042574-0, Oct 89, $3.95, 212pp, pb) [Sword of the Spirits] Reissue (Hamish Hamilton 1972) young-adult sf novel, third book of the Sword of the Spirits trilogy.
- * *When the Tripods Came (Dutton 0-525-44397-5, Apr 88 [Jun 88], $12.95, 151pp, hc) [Tripods] Young-adult sf novel, prequel to the Tripods trilogy.
- * _When the Tripods Came (Viking UK 0-670-82090-3, Sep 88, £6.95, 128pp, hc) [Tripods] Reprint (Dutton 1988) young-adult sf novel. Prequel to the Tripods trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
- * _When the Tripods Came (Puffin 0-14-032602-2, Apr 90, £2.25, 128pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Tripods] Reprint (Viking Kestrel 1988) young-adult sf novel. Prequel to the Tripods trilogy.
- * _When the Tripods Came (Puffin 0-14-032602-2, Sep 90, £2.25, 128pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Tripods] Reissue (Viking Kestrel 1988) young-adult sf novel. Prequel to the Tripods trilogy.
- * _When the Tripods Came (Macmillan Collier 0-02-042575-9, Oct 90 [Nov 90], $3.95, 151pp, pb, cover by Dominick Finelle) [Tripods] Reprint (Dutton 1988) young-adult sf novel, a prequel to the Tripods trilogy.
- * _The White Mountains (Puffin 0-14-031684-1, Mar 87, £1.75, 155pp, pb) [Tripods] Reissue (Hamish Hamilton 1967) juvenile sf novel. Volume 1 in the Tripods series. This is a pseudonym for C.S. Youd.
- * _The White Mountains (Macmillan Collier 0-02-042711-5, Oct 88 [Nov 88], $3.95, 214pp, pb) [Tripods] Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1967) young-adult sf novel, first in the Tripods Trilogy. A small group of friends journey toward a place they can be free of the Tripods who rule the Earth. Second Collier edition, sold in a boxed set with volumes two and three (ISBN 0-02-042571-6, $11.85).
- * _Wild Jack (Macmillan Aladdin 0-02-042576-7, Oct 91, $3.95, 147pp, pb, cover by Brad Teare) Reprint (Macmillan 1974) young-adult sf novel set in 23rd-century England.
- CHRISTOPHER, NICHOLAS (1951- )
- * *Veronica (Dial Press 0-385-31471-X, Feb 96 [Jan 96], $22.95, 322pp, hc) Fantasy novel. A magician disappears after performing a time-travel feat sabotaged by black magic, and his daughter spends years looking for him.
- * _Veronica (Bantam UK 0-593-03998-X, Apr 96, £7.99, 322pp, tp, cover by Michael Ian Kaye) Reprint (Dial 1995) fantasy novel. A freelance New York photographer becomes involved with the daughter of a magician who has been temporally imprisoned by his evil apprentice. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Veronica (Avon 0-380-72918-0, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $6.99, 386pp, pb) Reprint (Dial 1996) literary fantasy time-travel novel.
- * _Veronica (Bantam UK 0-553-50411-8, May 97 [Jul 97], £6.99, 319pp, pb) Reprint (Dial Press 1996) fantasy novel.
- CHRISTOPHER, PAUL (stories)
- * *Beyond that River (Pal Books 3-925942-00-9, Nov 87 [Dec 87], £4.95, 288pp, pb) Original horror collection. (Contents)
- * *Galactic Chronicles (Pal Books 3-925942-02-5, Nov 87, £2.50, 128pp, pb) Sf novel. [Not seen]
- CHRISTOPHERSEN, BILL
- * *The Apparition in the Glass: Charles Brockden Browns American Gothic (University of Georgia Press 0-8203-1530-3, Jan 94 [Feb 94], $35.00, 208pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. An examination of Browns gothic novels and how they reflect the events of their time. Brown (1771-1810) was the first internationally recognized American novelist. Available from University of Georgia Press, 330 Research Dr., Athens GA 30602-4901. [Brown]
- CHRONISTER, ALAN B.
- * *Cry Wolf (Zebra 0-8217-2094-5, Jun 87 [May 87], $3.95, 320pp, pb) Horror novel.
- CHUDNOW, YAFFA; see pseudonym Jessica Bryan
- CHUPP, SAM (stories)
- * *The World of Darkness: Wraith: Sins of the Fathers (HarperPrism 0-06-105472-0, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $4.99, 257pp, pb, cover by Joshua Gabriel Timbrook) [World of Darkness: Wraith] Novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
- * _The World of Darkness: Wraith: Sins of the Fathers (Boxtree 0-7522-0315-0, Apr 96, £5.99, 257pp, pb, cover by Joshua Gabriel Timbrook) [World of Darkness: Wraith] Reprint (HarperPrism 1995) novelisation based on the role-playing fantasy card game. Copyrighted by White Wolf Fiction. [First U.K. edition]
- CHWAT, ALEKSANDER (1900-1967); see pseudonym Aleksander Wat (stories)
- CIENCIN, (Malcolm) SCOTT (1962- ); see pseudonyms Richard Awlinson & Nick Baron (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Elven Ways, Book 1: The Ways of Magic (AvoNova 0-380-77980-3, May 96 [Apr 96], $5.50, 278pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Elven Ways] Fantasy novel. A would-be artist must find an elven lord to be his patron.
- * *The Elven Ways, Book 3: Night of Glory (Avon Eos 0-380-77983-8, Jun 98 [May 98], $5.99, 246pp, pb) [Elven Ways] Fantasy novel, book three in the series. Tom Keeper faces the false gods that enslave humanity.
- * *The Elven Ways: Ancient Games (AvoNova 0-380-77981-1, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $5.99, 261pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Elven Ways] Fantasy novel, second book in a series.
- * *Forgotten Realms: The Night Parade (TSR 1-56076-323-X, Jun 92 [Jul 92], $4.95, 311pp, tp, cover by Fred Fields) [Forgotten Realms: Harpers] Fantasy novelization based on the Forgotten Realms game, fourth book of The Harpers series.
- * *The Lotus and the Rose (Warner Questar 0-446-36249-2, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $4.99, 300pp, pb, cover by Dan Horne) [Wolves of Autumn] Fantasy novel, second book of the Wolves of Autumn series set in a world where humans and wolves must band together against an evil force.
- * *Parliament of Blood (Zebra 0-8217-3995-6, Dec 92 [Nov 92], $4.50, 415pp, pb) Vampire horror novel featuring half-human/half-vampire girl Dani Walthers, who is desperately resisting her thirst for human blood. Third book of a series.
- * *The Vampire Odyssey (Zebra 0-8217-3853-4, Aug 92 [Jul 92], $4.50, 415pp, pb) Vampire horror novel of a half-vampire, half-human girl trying to evade the vampire society of L.A. First book of a new series.
- * *The Wildlings (Zebra 0-8217-3934-4, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $4.50, 415pp, pb) Vampire horror novel, second book of a series featuring half-vampire/half-human girl Danielle Walthers, who is determined to fight L.A.s vampire society.
- * *Wolves of Autumn (Warner Questar 0-446-36248-4, Apr 92 [Mar 92], $4.99, 300pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Wolves of Autumn] Fantasy novel set on a world where humans work magic and sentient wolves execute the laws.
- CILESCU, VALENTINA; pseudonym of Sue Dyson
- * *The Phallus of Osiris (Headline 0-7472-4009-4, May 93, £4.99, 312pp, pb) [Kiss of Death] Erotic vampire novel. Sequel to Kiss of Death.
- * *Vixens of Night (Headline Delta 0-7472-5582-2, May 97 [Jul 97], £5.99, 279pp, pb) [Kiss of Death] Explicitly erotic vampire novel: fifth in a series ranging from Ancient Egypt to today.
- CIRUELO
- * *The Book of the Dragon (Paper Tiger 1-85028-214-5, Nov 92, £10.95, 127pp, tp, cover by Ciruelo) Collection of pictures by Ciruelo on the theme of dragons, with linking text by Montse Sant (translated by Ros Schwartz).
- CITRO, JOSEPH A. (1948- ) (stories)
- * *Dark Twilight (Warner 0-446-35837-1, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $4.50, 211pp, pb, cover by Mark Gerber & Stephanie Gerber) Horror novel. Sea serpent in Vermont lake.
- * *Deus-X (Twilight Publishing 0-9638585-1-3, May 94, $24.95, 386pp, hc) Epic occult horror novel, with illustrations by Stephen R. Bissette. Available from Twilight Publishing, 18 Oaktree Lane, Sparta NJ 07871.
- * *Guardian Angels (Zebra 0-8217-2278-6, Feb 88 [Mar 88], $3.95, 411pp, pb) [Shadow Child] Horror novel.
- * *Shadow Child (Zebra 0-8217-2117-8, Jul 87 [Jun 87], $3.95, 366pp, pb) [Shadow Child] Horror novel.
- * _Shadow Child (University Press of New England 0-87451-884-9, Oct 98, $14.95, 284pp, tp, cover by Wendell Minor) [Shadow Child] Reprint (Zebra 1987) horror novel of evil in the Vermont woods. Order from University Press of New England, 23 S. Main St., Hanover NH 03755-2048; credit card orders 800-421-1561.
- * *The Unseen (Warner 0-446-35839-8, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $4.50, 274pp, pb, cover by Mark Gerber & Stephanie Gerber) Horror novel of a creature that lurks in the Vermont backwoods.
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