The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Earth King Michael Youssef (Crossway Books 0-89107-502-X, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $10.95, 384pp, tp) Apocalyptic modern Christian fantasy novel.
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...Cradle and All Fay Nedra Zachary (Pageant 0-517-00825-4, Jan 89 [Dec 88], $3.50, 301pp, pb) Horror novel. Someone or something is killing pregnant women.
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The Revenant Hugh Zachary (NAL Onyx 0-451-40092-5, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $3.95, 239pp, pb) Supernatural horror novel. The author also writes as Zach Hughes.
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The Backlash Mission Timothy Zahn (Legend 0-09-957680-5, Oct 88, £2.99, 288pp, pb) [Blackcollar] Reprint (DAW 1986) sf novel. Sequel to The Blackcollar. Volume 19 in the Venture SF series. [First U.K. edition]
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Cobra Bargain Timothy Zahn (Baen 0-671-65383-0, Feb 88, $3.95, 404pp, pb) [Cobras] Sf military adventure novel, third in the Cobra series.
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Cobra Strike Timothy Zahn (Legend 0-09-951420-6, Feb 88, £2.95, 344pp, pb) [Cobras] Reprint (Baen 1986) sf novel. Sequel to Cobra. Volume 17 in the Venture SF series. [First U.K. edition]
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Deadman Switch Timothy Zahn (Baen 0-671-69784-6, Oct 88, $3.95, 373pp, pb) Sf novel. A solar system can only be reached when ships are piloted by recently dead people. Why not use criminals...?
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Time Bomb and Zahndry Others Timothy Zahn (Baen 0-671-65431-4, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $3.50, 312pp, pb) Collection of eight sf stories.
- 1 · Ernie · ss Analog Sep 79
- 19 · Raison dEtre · nv Analog Oct 12 81
- 43 · The Price of Survival · nv Analog Jun 22 81
- 71 · Between a Rock and a High Place · na Analog Jul 82
- 149 · Houseguest · ss F&SF Jan 82
- 167 · Time Bomb · na New Destinies, Vol. IV, ed. Jim Baen, Baen, 1988
- 231 · The Presidents Doll · ss Analog Jul 87
- 253 · Banshee · na Analog Sep 87
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Triplet Timothy Zahn (Legend 0-09-962450-8, Nov 88, £3.50, 369pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1987) fantasy novel.
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Peter Beagle Kenneth J. Zahorski (Starmont 1-55742-008-4, 1988 [Apr 88], $9.95, 124pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical study/biography/bibliography. Starmont Readers Guide #44. [Peter S. Beagle]
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Phoenix Renewed: The Survival and Mutation of Utopian Thought in North American Science Fiction 1965-1982 Hoda M. Zaki (Starmont 1-55742-006-8, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $9.95, 151pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical study.
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The Stars Will Speak George Zebrowski (Harper Starwanderer 0-694-05618-9, Sep 87 [Jan 88], $2.95, 216pp, pb) [Sunspacer] Reprint (Harper & Row 1985) juvenile sf novel, sequel to Sunspacer. Published in 1987; not seen until 1988.
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Nebula Awards 22 ed. George Zebrowski (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-164929-4, Apr 88, $19.95, 363pp, hc) Anthology of the Nebula winners plus runners-up. Also includes articles on the year, movies, etc.
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Nebula Awards 22 ed. George Zebrowski (HBJ Harvest 0-15-665476-8, Apr 88, $11.95, 363pp, tp) Trade paperback of the above.
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Synergy: New Science Fiction, Vol. 2 ed. George Zebrowski (HBJ Harvest 0-15-687701-5, Apr 88, $7.95, 225pp, tp) Original anthology of 5 sf stories plus poetry.
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Deathgift Ann Tonsor Zeddies (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35092-8, Jan 89 [Dec 88], $3.95, 329pp, pb) [Deathgift] Sf novel. A primitive warrior is out to avenge the destruction of his people by a technologically advanced society. Probably a first novel.
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Eye of Cat Roger Zelazny (Sphere 0-7221-9442-0, Jul 88, £2.50, 188pp, pb) Reissue (S&S/Timescape 1982) sf novel.
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The Last Defender of Camelot Roger Zelazny (Avon 0-380-70316-5, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.50, 308pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1980) collection of 16 stories.
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Sign of Chaos Roger Zelazny (Avon 0-380-89637-0, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $3.50, 217pp, pb) [Amber] Reprint (Arbor House 1987) fantasy novel, eighth in the Amber dekalogy.
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Sign of Chaos Roger Zelazny (Sphere 0-7474-0097-0, Jul 88, £2.99, 214pp, pb) [Amber] Reprint (Arbor House 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 8 in the Amber series. [First U.K. edition]
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This Immortal Roger Zelazny (SFBC #12033, 1988, $4.98, 184pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1966) award-winning sf novel. One of Zelaznys best, and the book his reputation rests on. Recommended. (CNB)
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This Immortal Roger Zelazny (Easton Press, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $32.00, 220pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1966) Hugo-winning classic sf novel, in the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series. Leatherbound, gilt-edge. There is a new introduction by Robert Silverberg, and artwork by Vincent DiFate. This appeared in 1986, but was not seen until 1988.
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Today We Choose Faces Roger Zelazny (NAL Signet 0-451-15488-6, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $2.95, 174pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1973) sf time travel novel with gangsters; fourth printing.
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Trumps of Doom Roger Zelazny (Sphere 0-7221-9410-2, Dec 88, £2.99, 217pp, pb) [Amber] Reissue (Arbor House 1985) fantasy novel. Volume 6 in the Amber series.
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Roger Zelaznys Visual Guide to Castle Amber Roger Zelazny & Neil Randall (Avon 0-380-75566-1, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $8.95, 221pp, tp) [Amber] Non-fiction, book of floor plans, drawings, etc., by Todd Hamilton, plus background information on Zelaznys fantasy kingdom, and maps by James Clouse. Packaged by Bill Fawcett Associates.
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Coils Roger Zelazny & Fred Saberhagen (Tor 0-812-55877-4, Jun 88 [May 88], $3.50, 250pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1982) sf novel about an intelligent computer. Illustrations by Ron Miller. Second Tor mass market printing.
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Blood of the Colyn Muir Paul Edwin Zimmer & Jon DeCles (Avon 0-380-75368-5, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.50, 245pp, pb) Celtic fantasy novel.
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Neverness David Zindell (Donald I. Fine 0-917657-97-7, Jan 88, $18.95, 458pp, hc) [Requiem for Homo Sapiens] Far future sf novel connected with Zindells award-winning story Shanidar. A first novel.
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The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, Vol. 1 ed. Jack Zipes (Bantam 0-553-21238-9, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $4.95, 416pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1987) collection of 100 unabridged stories. This is the first half of the Bantam one-volume hardcover edition. [Jakob Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm]
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The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, Vol. 2 ed. Jack Zipes (Bantam 0-553-21251-6, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $4.95, 403pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1987) collection of 142 unabridged stories. This is the second half of the Bantam one-volume hardcover edition. [Jakob Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm]
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Busy About the Tree of Life Pamela A. Zoline (The Womens Press 0-7043-3998-6, Jan 88 [Jun 88], £4.95, 187pp, pb) Sf collection.
- 1 · Busy About the Tree of Life · na *
- 50 · The Heat Death of the Universe · ss New Worlds Jul 67
- 66 · The Holland of the Mind · nv The New S.F., ed. Langdon Jones, London: Hutchinson, 1969
- 107 · Instructions for Exiting This Building in Case of Fire · ss Interzone #12 85
- 124 · Sheep · na Likely Stories, ed. Bruce R. McPherson, Treacle Press; New Paltz, NY, 1981
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The Heat Death of the Universe and Other Stories Pamela A. Zoline (McPherson 0-914232-88-6, Apr 88, $10.00, 204pp, tp) Collection of 5 stories from an author of the New Worlds era. Also announced in hardcover (-89-4, $20.00) but not seen. First American edition (The Womens Press 1988 as Busy About the Tree of Life). This edition adds an introduction by Thomas M. Disch.
- 7 · The Astonishing Pamela Zoline · Thomas M. Disch · in
- 13 · The Heat Death of the Universe · ss New Worlds Jul 67
- 29 · The Holland of the Mind · nv The New S.F., ed. Langdon Jones, London: Hutchinson, 1969
- 71 · Instructions for Exiting This Building in Case of Fire · ss Interzone #12 85
- 89 · Sheep · na Likely Stories, ed. Bruce R. McPherson, Treacle Press; New Paltz, NY, 1981
- 155 · Busy About the Tree of Life · na Busy About the Tree of Life, London: The Womens Press, 1988
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Black Trinity Michael Falconer Anderson (Hale 0-7090-3465-2, Nov 88 [Dec 88], £10.95, 192pp, hc) Horror novel. [Not seen]
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The Anthology of Fear: 20 Haunting Stories for Winter Nights ed. Anon. (Marshall Cavendish 1-85435-117-6, Dec 88, £3.95, 368pp, hc) Ghost/horror anthology, published with the December issue of the Marshall Cavendish part-work series The Great Writers. [Not seen]
- 1 · The Cold Embrace · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss Welcome Guest Sep 29, 1860
- 11 · Evelines Visitant · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss Belgravia Jan, 1867
- 23 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss New England Magazine Apr, 1835
- 38 · Guests from Gibbet Island · Washington Irving · ss Chronicles of Wolferts Roost and Other Papers, London: Constable, 1855
- 50 · The Lady with the Velvet Collar [The Adventure of the German Student] · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller, John Murray, 1824
- 56 · The Monkeys Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harpers Monthly Sep 02
- 68 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 82 · The Mezzotint · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 95 · Oh, Whistle, and Ill Come to You, My Lad · M. R. James · nv Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 116 · Casting the Runes · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Arnold, 1911
- 139 · The Sextons Adventure · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine Jan, 1851
- 147 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue Dec, 1871 (+3)
- 221 · The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains [Krantzs Narrative, chapter 39 of The Phantom Ship] · Frederick Marryat · ex The New Monthly Magazine Jul, 1839
- 243 · Man-Size in Marble [1886] · E. Nesbit · ss Grim Tales, London: Innes, 1893
- 258 · John Charringtons Wedding · E. Nesbit · ss Temple Bar Sep, 1891
- 267 · The Judges House · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves Dec 5, 1891; Weird Tales Mar 35
- 287 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves Dec 2, 1893
- 300 · Draculas Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Draculas Guest, London: Routledge, 1914; written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length.
- 313 · The Ladys Maids Bell · Edith Wharton · nv Scribners Nov 02
- 336 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Jan 10
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Novacon 18 Programme Book ed. Anon. (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, Nov 88, no price, 46pp, ph) Programme book for Novacon 18, featuring Garry Kilworth as Guest of Honour. Only partial contents listed.
- 9 · Garry Kilworth: The Ideas Man · Rob Holdstock · ar * [Garry D. Kilworth]
- 17 · Garry KilworthA Bibliography · Rog Peyton · bi * [Garry D. Kilworth]
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The Dragon Ray Bradbury (Footsteps Press, 1988, hc) Reprint short story. Published in a signed limited edition of 300 numbered copies plus 52 lettered copies.
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Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury (Chivers Press 0-7451-7106-0, 1988, hc) Reprint (Ballantine 1953) classic sf short novel. Large print edition.
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Selling Death Short Fredric Brown (McMillan, Dennis, Nov 88 [Dec 91], $35.00, 189pp, hc, cover by Joe Servello) Collection of mystery stories. This edition is limited to 450 numbered copies, signed by Francis M. Nevins, Jr. Volume 14 in the Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps series.
- 5 · Introduction · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · in
- 7 · Selling Death Short · ss Ten Detective Aces Apr 41
- 23 · Big-Top Doom · ss Ten Detective Aces Mar 41
- 37 · The Prehistoric Clue · ss Ten Detective Aces Jul 40
- 51 · The King Comes Home · ss Thrilling Detective Jan 41
- 61 · Cadavers Dont Make a Fifth Column · nv Detective Short Stories Apr 43
- 91 · Bloody Murder · ss Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 10 42
- 109 · Premiere of Murder · nv The Saint Detective Magazine May 55
- 143 · Who Did I Murder? · nv Detective Short Stories Apr 42
- 169 · Number Bug · ss Exciting Detective Win 41
- 181 · The Wicked Flea · ss Ten Detective Aces Jan 43
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Three-Corpse Parlay Fredric Brown (McMillan, Dennis, Sep 88 [Dec 91], $35.00, 185pp, hc, cover by Joe Servello) Collection of mystery stories. This edition is limited to 450 numbered copies, signed by Max Allan Collins. Volume 13 in the Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps series.
- 5 · Dont Look · Max Allan Collins · in
- 9 · Six-Gun Song · ss 10-Story Detective Magazine Jul 41
- 27 · Blood of the Dragon · ss Variety Detective Magazine Feb 39
- 39 · The Little Green Men · ss The Masked Detective Fll 40
- 57 · Murder-on-the-Hudson [as by Bob Woehlke] · Fredric Brown & Bob Woehlke · nv Thrilling Detective Jun 45
- 89 · Star-Spangled Night · ss Coronet Jul 41
- 95 · The Discontented Cows · ss G-Men Detective Mar 41
- 107 · Boner · ss Popular Detective Oct 42
- 111 · Three-Corpse Parlay · ss Popular Detective Jun 42
- 123 · Here Comes the Hearse [as by Allen Morse] · ss 10-Story Detective Magazine Jul 41
- 131 · There Are Bloodstains in the Alley · ss Detective Yarns Feb 39
- 145 · Murder and Matilda · ss Mystery Book Magazine Sum 49
- 159 · Heil, Werewolf! [as by Felix Graham] · ss Dime Mystery Magazine Nov 42
- 177 · Big-League Larceny [as by Jack Hobart] · ss Ten Detective Aces Apr 41
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Hazard Gerald Browne (Penguin 0-14-009832-1, Jun 88 [Nov 88], £3.50, 322pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1973) thriller about a telepathic agent and his girl-friend.
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. III ed. Algis Budrys (New Era 1-870451-19-8, Feb 88 [Jan 88], £2.95, 429pp, pb) Reprint (Bridge 1987) original anthology of 14 stories plus essays by Pohl, Benford, Pournelle, and Hubbard. [First U.K. edition]
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The Night Before Dark Clodagh Chapman (Piatkus 0-86188-761-1, Sep 88, £10.95, 197pp, hc) Occult novel.
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The Work of William F. Nolan: An Annotated Bibliography & Guide Boden Clarke & James Hopkins (Borgo Press 0-89370-493-8, Oct 88, 224pp, tp) Non-fiction, reference. [William F. Nolan]
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The Bewitching of Alison Allbright Alan Davidson (Viking Kestrel 0-670-82015-6, Mar 88 [Jun 88], £6.95, 157pp, hc) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1979, as by A.D. Langholm) young adult horror novel.
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Would Could Should ed. Fraser Derrickson (A.S.F.A.E. Society, 1988, 55pp, ph) Pamphlet containing nine stories by members of The American Science Fiction Authors and Editors Society.
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Lord John Ten ed. Dennis Etchison (Lord John Press 0-935716-43-2, 1988, $25.00, 240pp, hc) Associational original anthology of 35 stories, poems, articles, and other items.
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The Woodwitch Stephen Gregory (Heinemann 0-434-30578-2, Sep 88 [1988], £10.95, 240pp, hc) Horror novel. [Not seen]
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The Moscow Moffia Presents Rat Tales ed. Smith Gustafson (Hypatia Press, 1988, $20.00, 115pp, hc) Original anthology of sixteen stories, all starting with the line The rats were in the souffle again, five of which were previously published as the booklet The Rats in the Souffle (Writers Bloc, 1986). This edition is limited to 100 numbered copies, 26 lettered, slipcased, copies, and 18 presentation copies. Smith Gustafson is a pseudonym for Dean Wesley Smith & Jon Gustafson.
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The Silence of the Lambs Thomas Harris (St. Martins 0-312-02282-4, 1988, $18.95, 352pp, hc) [Dr. Hannibal Lector] Psychological horror thriller.
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