The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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Nature’s End Whitley Strieber & James Kunetka (Warner 0-446-34355-2, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $4.95, 418pp, pb) Reprint (Warner 1986) near-future disaster novel.

Nature’s End Whitley Strieber & James Kunetka (Grafton 0-586-07069-9, Sep ’87, £3.50, 479pp, pb) Reprint (Warner 1986) near-future thriller.

The Time Wanderers Arkady & Boris Strugatsky (Richardson & Steirman 0-931933-31-5, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $16.95, 213pp, hc) Sf novel, translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis.

The Dreaming Jewels Theodore Sturgeon (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-351-2, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.95, 180pp, pb) Reprint (Greenberg 1950) sf novel.

Godbody Theodore Sturgeon (NAL/Signet 0-451-14702-2, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $3.50, 205pp, pb) Reprint (Fine 1986) fantasy novel. This was Sturgeon’s final novel.

Pruzy’s Pot Theodore Sturgeon (Hypatia Press, Oct ’86 [Jan ’87], $17.95, 32pp, hc) Short story by Sturgeon, with an introduction by Spider Robinson and an afterword by Jane Tannehill Sturgeon. There are 333 copies of this regular edition and 133 special leather slipcase with a cassette of Sturgeon reading the story. This came out in late 1986, but we did not see it until now.

To Marry Medusa Theodore Sturgeon (Baen 0-671-65370-9, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $2.95, 251pp, pb) Collection of two stories, “To Marry Medusa” (1958) and “Killdozer” (1944). The former is actually a reprint of The Cosmic Rape (Dell 1958) instead of “To Marry Medusa” (Galaxy 1958). The magazine version was much shorter.

A Touch of Sturgeon Theodore Sturgeon (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-65526-4, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], £10.95, 235pp, hc) Collection of 8 stories. Published in Britain only, by the British arm of Simon & Schuster. Available in U.S. as an import. Selected and introduced by David Pringle.

The Alien Swordmaster Somtow Sucharitkul (NEL 0-450-39251-1, Jan ’87, £1.95, 185pp, pb) [V] Reprint (Pinnacle 1985) sf novel. Volume 7 in the “V” series based on the tv show. [First U.K. edition]

Heroic Dreams Nigel Suckling (Paper Tiger 1-85028-035-5, Jul ’87, £14.95, 159pp, hc) Collection of fantasy art with linking text by Suckling.

V: The New England Resistance Timothy Sullivan (NEL 0-450-40229-0, May ’87, £1.95, 180pp, pb) [V] Reprint (Warner 1985) novelization of TV sf series. Volume 8 in the “V” series. [First U.K. edition]

V: To Conquer the Throne Timothy Sullivan (Tor 0-812-55728-X, Nov ’87, $2.95, 216pp, pb) [V] Sf novelization, latest in a series based on the tv show.

Perfume Patrick Süskind (QPB, May ’87, $8.95, 255pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1986) horror novel. This is an exact reproduction of the Knopf edition, in trade paperback and without the ISBN number.

Perfume Patrick Süskind (Pocket 0-671-64370-3, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $4.50, 310pp, pb) “Special export edition.” Reprint (Knopf 1986) horror novel of a murderer with a hypersensitivity to odor; a fascinating, if gruesome, exploration of a neglected sense. (FCM) Translated from the German by John E. Woods.

Perfume Patrick Süskind (Pocket 0-671-64370-3, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $4.50, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1986) literary horror novel; first U.S. paperback, with the same ISBN as the June 1987 “special export edition.”

Song for a Dark Queen Rosemary Sutcliff (Knight 0-340-24864-5, Jan ’87, £1.95, 176pp, pb) Reissue (Knight 1980) juvenile historical novel about Boadicea, with fantasy elements.

Sword at Sunset Rosemary Sutcliff (Tor 0-812-58852-5, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $4.50, 498pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1963) Arthurian historical/fantasy novel. The fantasy is minor. This is the best attempt to put Arthur into historical perspective. Highly recommended. (CNB)

In the Drift Michael Swanwick (Ace 0-441-37072-1, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $2.95, 195pp, pb) Reissue (Ace 1985) sf novel; 2nd printing.

Vacuum Flowers Michael Swanwick (Arbor House 0-87795-870-X, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $15.95, 248pp, hc) Sf “cyberpunk” novel set in the far future.

Vacuum Flowers Michael Swanwick (SFBC #10905, Jun ’87, $4.98, 248pp, hc) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) cyberpunk sf novel.

Vacuum Flowers Michael Swanwick (Ace 0-441-85876-7, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $2.95, 248pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) sf cyberpunk novel.

Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift (Longman 0-582-52285-4, Jun ’87, £1.25, 64pp, pb) [Gulliver] Reprint (Benjamin Motte 1726) classic satirical sf novel. Abridged by D.K. Swan and M. West. [Not seen]

Gulliver’s Travels: A Voyage to Lilliput Jonathan Swift (Armada 0-00-692899-4, Dec ’87, £1.75, 94pp, tp) [Gulliver] Reprint (Benjamin Motte 1726) first book of the classic satirical sf novel.

Vector Rob Swigart (St. Martin’s 0-312-90453-3, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.95, 288pp, pb) [Cobb Takamura; Charles Koenig] Reprint (Bluejay 1986) near-future sf thriller.

U.S.S.A. Book 3 S. C. Sykes (Avon 0-380-75182-8, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $2.95, 170pp, pb) [U.S.S.A.] High school students battle a military dictatorship in 1996.

Psychic Spawn Ryder Syvertsen & Adrian Fletcher (Popular Library 0-445-20420-6, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $3.95, pb) Horror novel.

The Bog Michael Talbot (Jove 0-515-09049-2, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.95, 314pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 1986) horror novel.

V: The Oregon Invasion Jayne Tannehill (Tor 0-812-55729-8, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.50, 215pp, pb) [V] Sf novelization in the “V” series; failed tv programs live again.

Flight of the Moth-Kin Kathy Kennedy Tapp (Macmillan McElderry 0-689-50401-2, Sep ’87 [Oct ’87], $11.95, 118pp, hc) [Moth-Kin Magic] Juvenile fantasy novel about 1" tall flying people, a sequel to Moth-Kin Magic. Illustrated by Michele Chessare.

The Scorpio Ghosts and the Black Hole Gang Kathy Kennedy Tapp (Harper & Row 0-06-026171-4, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $11.95, 151pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel.

The Golden Horn Judith Tarr (Corgi 0-552-12853-8, Sep ’87, £2.75, 272pp, pb) [Hound and the Falcon] Reprint (Bluejay 1985) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Hound and the Falcon” trilogy.

The Hounds of God Judith Tarr (Tor 0-812-55605-4, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.50, 344pp, pb) [Hound and the Falcon] Reprint (Bluejay 1986) fantasy novel, third in “The Hound and the Falcon” trilogy.

The Hounds of God Judith Tarr (Bantam UK 0-593-01018-3, May ’87, £9.95, 334pp, hc) [Hound and the Falcon] Reprint (Bluejay 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Hound and the Falcon” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

The Isle of Glass Judith Tarr (Corgi 0-552-12852-X, Apr ’87, £2.50, 288pp, pb) [Hound and the Falcon] Reprint (Bluejay 1985) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Hound and the Falcon” trilogy.

The Lady of Han-Gilen Judith Tarr (Tor 0-312-94271-0, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $16.95, 310pp, hc) [Avaryan] Fantasy novel, Volume Two of “Avaryan Rising”. This one seems less original than the first, with a wayward heroine whose dilemmas are diverse and well described, but too familiar.

Bard IV: Raven’s Gathering Keith Taylor (Ace 0-441-04924-9, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $2.95, 235pp, pb) [Bard] Fantasy novel, fourth in a series.

After Long Silence Sheri S. Tepper (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26944-5, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $3.95, 344pp, pb) Sf novel of musicians on a planet of dangerous — and magnificent — crystal monoliths. Recommended. (FCM)

The Awakeners Sheri S. Tepper (SFBC #11277, Sep ’87, $6.98, hc) [Awakeners] Omnibus edition of sf duology Northshore (Tor 1987) and Southshore (Tor 1987). They really form one novel, so this could be considered the first complete edition.

The Awakeners: Northshore Sheri S. Tepper (Tor 0-312-93006-2, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $14.95, 248pp, hc) [Awakeners] “Science-fantasy” novel (first of a duology) set on a river-girdled world where human lives are controlled by alien and human religious intrigues — a dark and complexly rich narrative. (CFC)

Blood Heritage Sheri S. Tepper (Corgi 0-552-13193-8, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], £2.95, 240pp, pb) [Blood Heritage] Reprint (Tor 1986) horror novel. Volume 1 in a new series. [First U.K. edition]

The End of the Game Sheri S. Tepper (SFBC #105205, Jan ’87, $7.98, 529pp, hc) [True Game: Jinian Footseer] Omnibus edition of the “Jinian” fantasy trilogy and the third trilogy in the “True Game” deklogy sans uno.

Southshore Sheri S. Tepper (Tor 0-312-93016-X, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $15.95, 250pp, hc) [Awakeners] Science-fantasy novel, sequel to Northshore and conclusion of “The Awakeners” duology. A grim and weird but satisfying finale forces various characters to face the myths on which their hopes have been built, and to see new myths arise from the harsh realities discovered in the process. Don’t try to read only one piece. The Awakeners is actually a single novel published in two volumes for commercial reasons. (CFC)

Finishing Touches Thomas Tessier (Pocket 0-671-63093-8, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $3.50, 276pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1986) horror novel.

Finishing Touches Thomas Tessier (Grafton 0-586-06741-8, Jul ’87, £2.95, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1986) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]

O-Zone Paul Theroux (Penguin 0-14-009989-1, Sep ’87, £3.95, 547pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1986) near-future thriller.

O-Zone Paul Theroux (Ballantine Ivy 0-8041-0151-5, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $4.95, 535pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1986) near-future sf novel.

Reindeer Moon Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-42112-8, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $17.95, 338pp, hc) [Reindeer Moon] Prehistoric novel — speculative anthropology.

Reindeer Moon Elizabeth Marshall Thomas (SFBC #10895, Aug ’87, $5.98, 336pp, hc) [Reindeer Moon] Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1987) prehistoric/fantasy novel, a first novel.

First Citizen Thomas T. Thomas (Baen 0-671-65368-7, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $3.50, 373pp, pb) Near-future political/economic sf novel. His first novel was published under the pen name Thomas Wren.

Bigfoot and the Hendersons Joyce Thompson (Puffin 0-14-032463-1, Dec ’87, £1.95, 189pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1987 as Harry and the Hendersons) juvenile sf novel. Based on the screenplay by William Dear, William E. Martin & Ezra D. Rappaport. [First U.K. edition]

Harry and the Hendersons Joyce Thompson (Berkley 0-425-10155-X, Jun ’87, $3.50, 233pp, pb) Novelization based on a screenplay by William Dear, William E. Martin, and Ezra D. Rappaport. “Harry” is apparently a Bigfoot.

Sundipper Paul B. Thompson (St. Martin’s 0-312-90706-0, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.50, 215pp, pb) Sf novel.

Sideshow W. R. Thompson (Baen 0-671-65375-X, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.50, 346pp, pb) Sf novel about telepaths, set in a near-future Los Angeles. Probably a first novel.

Islands Out of Time William Irwin Thompson (Grafton 0-586-07108-3, Apr ’87, £2.95, 270pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1985) fantasy novel about the last days of Atlantis. [First U.K. edition]

The Monster in the Mirror: Gender and the Sentimental/Gothic Myth in Frankenstein Mary K. Patterson Thornburg (UMI 0-8357-1798-4, Jul ’87, $39.95, 154pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study; a revision of a 1984 thesis. [Mary W. Shelley]

Imagining Argentina Lawrence Thornton (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-0085-1, Nov ’87, £11.95, 214pp, hc) Political thriller whose protagonist is clairvoyant. A first novel.

Hands of Lucifer John Tigges (Leisure 0-8439-2443-8, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.95, 384pp, pb) Horror novel.

Cloud Warrior Patrick Tilley (Sphere 0-7221-8516-2, May ’87, £2.95, 311pp, pb) [Amtrak Wars] Reissue (Sphere 1983) sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Amtrak Wars” series.

Fade-Out Patrick Tilley (Grafton 0-586-07442-2, Jun ’87, £3.50, 541pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1975) sf novel. This edition is supposed to be revised, although the changes are not immediately obvious.

First Family Patrick Tilley (Sphere 0-7221-8517-0, May ’87, £2.95, 344pp, pb) [Amtrak Wars] Reissue (Sphere 1985) sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Amtrak Wars” series.

Iron Master Patrick Tilley (Sphere 0-7221-8518-9, May ’87, £3.50, 405pp, pb) [Amtrak Wars] Sf novel. Volume 3 in the “Amtrak Wars” series.

Iron Master Patrick Tilley (Baen 0-671-65338-5, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.95, 433pp, pb) [Amtrak Wars] Post-holocaust sf novel, Book III of “The Amtrak Wars”. Published simultaneously in the U.K. by Sphere.

The Power of the Serpent Peter Valentine Timlett (Orbit 0-7088-3105-2, Jan ’87, £2.50, 246pp, pb) [Seedbearers] Reprint (Bantam 1976) occult fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Seedbearers” trilogy.

The Twilight of the Serpent Peter Valentine Timlett (Orbit 0-7088-3106-0, Apr ’87, £2.50, 210pp, pb) [Seedbearers] Reprint (Bantam 1977) occult fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Seedbearers” series.

Midnight City Robert Tine (NAL/Signet 0-451-15036-8, Dec ’87, $3.95, 284pp, pb) 21st-century cop novel.

The Book of Lost Tales I J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin 0-04-823281-5, Jun ’87, £3.95, 297pp, tp) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1983) collection of stories related to Middle Earth.

The Fellowship of the Ring J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-08254-4, Mar ’87, $14.95, 423pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Ballantine 1965) fantasy novel, Volume 1 of “The Lord of the Rings.” This is the first American printing to include all the corrections made piecemeal in the British editions. It also has a fascinating new note on the publishing history of the various corrected editions. The books are available separately with dust jackets or in a box without jackets as “The Lord of the Rings” ($43.35).

The Fellowship of the Ring J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin Hyman 0-04-823045-6, Mar ’87, £9.95, 423pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1954) fantasy novel. Volume 1 of “The Lord of the Rings”.

The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin 0-04-823188-6, Mar ’87, £2.50, 287pp, tp) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1937) fantasy novel. 50th Anniversary edition.

The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin Hyman 0-04-823386-2, Mar ’87, £7.95, 256pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1937) fantasy novel. 50th Anniversary edition, including new introduction by Christopher Tolkien, new illustrations by the author and “the sole surviving page of the original draft of the first chapter”.

The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin 0-04-823380-3, Sep ’87, £8.95, 290pp, tp) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1937 for text, 1984 for illustrations) fantasy novel. Fully illustrated by Michael Hague.

The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-45402-6, Nov ’87 [Dec ’87], $29.95, 317pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (George Allen & Unwin 1937) classic fantasy novel, “50th anniversary edition”, with a new introduction by Christopher Tolkien. Boxed edition in a fine binding with nine illustrations by the author. It appeared slightly earlier in England from Unwin.

The Lays of Beleriand J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin 0-04-440018-7, Sep ’87, £3.95, 393pp, tp) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1985) associational/fantasy collection. Volume 3 in the “History of Middle-Earth” series.

The Lord of the Rings J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin 0-04-823229-7, Aug ’87, £8.95, 1193pp, tp) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel.

Lord of the Rings and Hobbit Boxed Set J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin 0-04-823216-5, Sep ’87, £13.75, tp) [Middle-Earth] Classic fantasy series.

Lord of the Rings Boxed Set J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440010-1, Sep ’87, £32.50, hc) [Middle-Earth] Classic fantasy series.

The Lost Road and Other Writings J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin Hyman 0-04-823349-8, Aug ’87, £16.95, 455pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Collection of unpublished pieces written in the late 1930’s. Volume five in “The History of Middle-Earth”.

The Lost Road and Other Writings J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-45519-7, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $18.95, 455pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Collection of fantasy, etc., Vol. 5 of “The History of Middle Earth”, edited by Christopher Tolkien. Various fragments about Middle Earth. First U.S. edition (Allen & Unwin 1987).

The Return of the King J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-08256-0, Mar ’87, $14.95, 440pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Ballantine 1965) fantasy novel, Volume 3 of “The Lord of the Rings”. Eighteenth printing. The first American printing to include all corrections and changes. Available separately in d/w or as three volumes boxed without d/w.

The Return of the King J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin Hyman 0-04-823047-2, Mar ’87, £9.95, 440pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel. Volume 3 of “The Lord of the Rings”.

The Two Towers J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-08255-2, Mar ’87, $14.95, 352pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Ballantine 1965) fantasy novel. Volume 2 of “Lord of the Rings”. Eighteenth printing. The first American printing to include all corrections and changes. Available separately in d/w or as three volumes boxed without d/w.

The Two Towers J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin Hyman 0-04-823046-4, Mar ’87, £9.95, 352pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1954) fantasy novel. Volume 2 of “The Lord of the Rings”.

A Fistful of Ego Dr. B. H. Topol (Critic’s Choice 1-55547-167-6, Apr ’87, $3.75, 260pp, pb) Reprint (self-published 1985) near-future political thriller.

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