The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998


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An Alien Light Nancy Kress (Avon 0-380-70706-3, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.50, 360pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) sf novel set on a distant planet; a serious exploration of the nature of humanity. Recommended (TM).


An Alien Light Nancy Kress (Legend 0-09-961990-3, Oct ’89, £4.50, 480pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) sf novel.


Brain Rose Nancy Kress (William Morrow 0-688-09452-X, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $22.95, 324pp, hc, cover by Don Bolognese) Fantasy thriller involving surgery to access memories of past lives as a plague rages, possibly related to the new technique. A fascinating exploration of ethical questions faced by New Age and traditional medicine. Recommended (SW).


Alternities Michael Kube-McDowell (Sphere 0-7474-0458-5, Sep ’89, £3.99, 383pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1988) thought-provoking sf novel about alternative Earths. Recommended. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]


A Study in Sorcery Michael Kurland (Ace 0-441-79092-5, Jun ’89, $3.50, 184pp, pb) [Lord Darcy] Sherlockian fantasy novel set in the alternate world of Randall Garrett’s “Lord Darcy” series, second Lord Darcy novel by Kurland.


Deryni Checkmate Katherine Kurtz (Legend 0-09-961950-4, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], £3.50, 302pp, pb, cover by Melvyn) [Deryni] Reprint (Del Rey 1972) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Deryni” series.


Deryni Rising Katherine Kurtz (Legend 0-09-961940-7, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], £3.50, 271pp, pb) [Deryni] Reprint (Del Rey 1970) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in “The Chronicles of the Deryni”.


The Harrowing of Gwynedd Katherine Kurtz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33259-8, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $17.95, 384pp, hc) [Deryni: Heirs] Fantasy novel. Volume I in the “Heirs of Saint Camber” series, and 11th in the “Deryni” series.


The Harrowing of Gwynedd Katherine Kurtz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36314-0, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $4.95, 432pp, pb) [Deryni: Heirs] Reprint (Del Rey 1989) fantasy novel, first book of the “Heirs of Saint Camber” series, 11th in the overall “Deryni” series.


The Harrowing of Gwynedd Katherine Kurtz (Legend 0-7126-3500-9, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], £6.95, 384pp, tp) [Deryni: Heirs] Reprint (Del Rey 1989) fantasy novel. Also available in hardcover (-3495-9, £12.95). Volume 1 in the “Heirs of Saint Camber” trilogy. Volume 11 in the “Deryni” series. [First U.K. edition]


The Legacy of Lehr Katherine Kurtz (Beaver 0-09-960960-6, Nov ’89, £2.99, 205pp, pb, cover by Pete Lyon) Reprint (Walker 1986) young-adult sf novel.


Swordspoint Ellen Kushner (Tor 0-812-54348-3, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 269pp, pb) [Swordspoint] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1987) elegant fantasy novel set in a decadent civilization.


An Acceptable Time Madeleine L’Engle (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-30027-5, Nov ’89, $13.95, 343pp, hc, cover by Charles Mikolaycak) [Meg Murry] Young-adult time-travel fantasy/new age novel, sequel to A Wrinkle in Time.


Tegne: Warlord of Zendow Richard La Plante (Sphere 0-7474-0375-9, Jun ’89, £3.50, 354pp, pb, cover by Melvyn) [Tegne] Reprint (Sphere 1988) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Tegne” trilogy.


Arrow’s Fall Mercedes R. Lackey (Legend 0-09-962560-1, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], £3.99, 319pp, pb) [Valdemar: Heralds] Reprint (DAW 1988) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Heralds of Valdemar” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]


Arrow’s Flight Mercedes R. Lackey (Legend 0-09-962550-4, Jun ’89, £3.50, 318pp, pb) [Valdemar: Heralds] Reprint (DAW 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Heralds of Valdemar” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]


Burning Water Mercedes R. Lackey (Tor 0-812-52104-8, Feb ’89, $3.95, 314pp, pb) [Diana Tregarde] Occult horror novel. First in a series about a white witch who solves occult crimes.


Magic’s Pawn Mercedes R. Lackey (DAW 0-88677-352-0, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 349pp, pb) [Valdemar: Last Herald Mage] Fantasy novel set in the same world as the “Heralds of Valdemar” trilogy, first book in the “Last Herald Mage” trilogy.


Magic’s Pawn Mercedes R. Lackey (DAW 0-88677-352-0, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.95, 349pp, pb, cover by Jody Lee) [Valdemar: Last Herald Mage] Reissue (DAW 1989) fantasy novel, first book in the “Last Herald Mage” series; third printing.


Magic’s Promise Mercedes R. Lackey (DAW 0-88677-401-2, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $4.50, 320pp, pb, cover by Jody Lee) [Valdemar: Last Herald Mage] Fantasy novel, second book of “The Last Herald Mage” series.


The Elliptical Grave R. A. Lafferty (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-12-7, Oct ’89, $18.00, 100pp, tp) Sf short novel. This is a numbered limited edition of 300 copies. A signed, numbered, limited edition of 75 copies (-13-5, $35.00) was announced but not seen. The signed edition is supposed to include an additional short story, “The Man Who Lost His Magic”.


How Many Miles to Babylon R. A. Lafferty (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-10-0, Apr ’89, $3.00, 36pp, ph) [Argo] Sf short story set in the “Argo” mythos. This is a limited edition. Also available is a signed and numbered limited edition (-11-9, $6.00).


True Believers R. A. Lafferty (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-06-2, 1989, $3.50, 36pp, ph) Collection of non-fiction articles and reviews. A signed limited edition was announced, but not seen. (0-921322-07-0, $6.50)


Quest for Apollo Michael Lahey (DAW 0-88677-364-4, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 255pp, pb) Fantasy novel about an American writer on a mission for the Olympian gods. A first novel.


West of the Moon David Lake (Hyland House 0-947062-44-0, 1988 [Apr ’89], no price, 250pp, hc) Australian young-adult sf novel with fantasy elements. This was published in 1988 but not seen until now.


Stories in the Dark ed. Hugh Lamb (Equation 1-85336-092-9, Jul ’89, £3.50, 223pp, tp) Anthology of horror stories by Jerome K. Jerome, Barry Pain, and Robert Barr.


Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Frank Lambirth (Popular Library 0-445-20672-1, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 235pp, pb) Horror novel about a man trapped on an island haunted by demonic forces.


By Bizarre Hands Joe R. Lansdale (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-12-0, Dec ’89, $25.00, 246pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Collection of 16 stories, with an introduction by Lewis Shiner. This first collection of Lansdale’s work contains his best known stories. Several have been revised, two are original and others have only appeared in small press sources. Also announced in a signed limited slipcased edition (-13-9, $65.00) but not seen.


Act of Love Joe R. Lansdale (Kinnell 1-870532-04-X, May ’89 [Jun ’89], £10.95, 301pp, hc) Reprint (Zebra 1981) horror novel. First world hardcover edition. [First U.K. edition]


The Drive-In (A “B” Movie with Blood and Popcorn, Made in Texas) Joe R. Lansdale (Kinnell 1-870532-15-5, Oct ’89, £11.95, 158pp, hc, cover by Danny Flynn) [Drive-In] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1988) gross-out comic sf/horror novel. [First U.K. edition]


The Drive-In (A “B” Movie with Blood and Popcorn, Made in Texas) Joe R. Lansdale (NEL 0-450-51570-2, Dec ’89, £2.99, 158pp, pb) [Drive-In] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1988) comic sf/horror novel about a drive-in movie theatre that is abducted en masse by unseen aliens.


The Drive-In 2 (Not Just One of Them Sequels) Joe R. Lansdale (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27905-X, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 179pp, pb) [Drive-In] Comic sf/horror novel, sequel to The Drive-In (A B-Movie with Blood and Popcorn, Made in Texas).


The Nightrunners Joe R. Lansdale (Tor 0-812-52123-4, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.95, 245pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1987) horror novel. Introduction by Dean R. Koontz.


The New Frontier ed. Joe R. Lansdale (Doubleday 0-385-24569-6, May ’89, $12.95, 180pp, hc) Associational; original western anthology of 18 stories and a poem with an introduction by Lansdale and an afterword to a “lost” Max Brand story by William F. Nolan. At least four of the stories are fantasy.


Razored Saddles ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Patrick LoBrutto (Dark Harvest 0-913165-49-2, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $19.95, 268pp, hc) Original anthology of 17 western horror and fantasy stories, illustrated by Rick Araluce. A slipcased deluxe limited edition of 600 copies signed by the editors and contributors ($59.00) is also available.


Pagoda R. Karl Largent (Leisure 0-8439-2756-9, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $4.50, 394pp, pb) Horror novel about a teak miniature pagoda that houses a terrible evil.


The Prometheus Project R. Karl Largent (Leisure 0-8439-2748-8, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.95, 343pp, pb) Horror/sf thriller about a Nazi superweapon dormant on the bottom of the sea.


Silk Road Jeanne Larsen (Henry Holt 0-8050-0958-2, Jul ’89 [May ’89], $19.95, 434pp, hc) Historical fantasy novel set in eighth century China. A first novel.


Reward for Retief Keith Laumer (Baen 0-671-69804-4, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $3.95, 340pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Sf novel in the humorous “Retief” series.


Arthur Stephen R. Lawhead (Lion 0-7459-1311-3, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], £3.99, 504pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Pendragon Cycle] Fantasy novel. Volume 3 in “The Pendragon Cycle”. Simultaneous with US (Crossway) edition.


Arthur Stephen R. Lawhead (Crossway Books 0-89107-475-9, Jul ’89, $10.95, 446pp, tp) [Pendragon Cycle] Arthurian fantasy novel, book three of “The Pendragon Cycle”.


Dream Thief Stephen R. Lawhead (Lion 0-85648-838-0, Jan ’89, £3.50, 410pp, pb) Reissue (Crossway 1983) sf novel.


Taliesin Stephen R. Lawhead (Avon 0-380-70613-X, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $4.95, 486pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Pendragon Cycle] Reprint (Crossway 1987) Arthurian fantasy novel, first book of “The Pendragon Cycle”.


Andra Louise Lawrence (Collins 0-00-184084-3, Aug ’89, £6.95, 191pp, hc, cover by Nick Mountain) Reissue (Collins 1971) young-adult sf novel.


The Earth Witch Louise Lawrence (Lions 0-00-673378-6, Jun ’89, £2.50, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1981) young-adult fantasy novel.


The Power of Stars Louise Lawrence (Collins 0-00-184685-X, Aug ’89, £6.95, 159pp, hc, cover by Geoff Cummings) Reissue (Collins 1972) young-adult occult novel.


The Wyrm Stephen Laws (Sphere 0-7474-0268-X, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], £3.50, 301pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1987) horror novel about a grotesque vampire-like creature let loose on the English countryside.


The Cellar Richard Laymon (Star 0-352-32388-4, Jun ’89, £2.99, 254pp, pb) [Beast House Chronicles] Reprint (Warner 1980) horror novel.


Funland Richard Laymon (W.H. Allen 0-352-32532-1, Oct ’89, £6.99, 447pp, tp) Horror novel. Also available in hardcover (-03449-0, £12.95).


Resurrection Dreams Richard Laymon (NAL Onyx 0-451-40136-0, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $4.50, 319pp, pb) Horror novel of a zombie army devastating a small town. First US edition (W.H. Allen 1988).


Resurrection Dreams Richard Laymon (Star 0-352-32306-X, Dec ’89, £3.50, 352pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1988) horror novel. This follows the original British text instead of the rewritten U.S. version.


Catwings Return Ursula K. Le Guin (Franklin Watts/Orchard 0-531-05803-4, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $10.95, 49pp, hc) [Catwings] Children’s talking animal fantasy short story, illustrated by S.D. Schindler.


Dancing at the Edge of the World Ursula K. Le Guin (Grove 0-8021-1105-X, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $17.95, 306pp, hc) Non-fiction, collection of essays on fantasy, travel writing, etc., plus a collection of reviews.


Dancing at the Edge of the World Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz 0-575-04508-6, Jun ’89, £14.95, 302pp, hc) Reprint (Grove 1989) collection of essays and book reviews. [First U.K. edition]


The Farthest Shore Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz 0-575-03326-6, Aug ’89, £9.95, 206pp, hc, cover by David Smee) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1972) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Earthsea” trilogy. This is the fifth Gollancz printing, incorrectly dated May 1989.


The Language of the Night Ursula K. Le Guin (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4202-2, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], £5.95, 210pp, tp, cover by Fieroza Doorsen) Revised edition of a collection of essays and reviews, originally edited by Susan Wood, first published by Putnam in 1979. This edition contains a new preface by Le Guin, and revisions to, and/or notes on, most of the pieces, but omits Jeff Levin’s checklist.


The Lathe of Heaven Ursula K. Le Guin (Avon 0-380-01320-7, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.50, 175pp, pb) Reissue (Scribner’s 1971) philosophical sf novel of multi-alternate worlds; 19th printing.


The Tombs of Atuan Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz 0-575-03325-8, Aug ’89, £9.95, 160pp, hc, cover by David Smee) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1971) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Earthsea” trilogy. This is the fifth Gollancz printing, incorrectly dated May 1989.


A Visit from Dr. Katz Ursula K. Le Guin (Collins 0-00-195496-2, Dec ’88 [Jan ’89], £4.95, 28pp, hc) Reprint (Atheneum 1988) children’s picture book, illustrated by Ann Barrow. [First U.K. edition]


The Wind’s Twelve Quarters Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz 0-575-04607-4, Nov ’89, £3.99, 303pp, pb, cover by Brian Waugh) Reprint (Harper & Row 1975) sf/fantasy collection. Volume 37 in the “VGSF Classics” series.


A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz 0-575-00717-6, Aug ’89, £9.95, 191pp, hc, cover by David Smee) [Earthsea] Reprint (Parnassus 1968) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume one in the “Earthsea” trilogy. This is the fifth Gollancz printing, incorrectly dated May 1989.


Fire and Stone Ursula K. Le Guin & Laura Marshall (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31408-6, Mar ’89, $13.95, 31pp, hc) Children’s fantasy about dragons, text by Le Guin, illustrations by Laura Marshall.


Way of the Water’s Going: Images of the Northern California Coastal Range Ursula K. Le Guin, Ernest Waugh & Allan Nicholson (Harper & Row 0-06-016157-4, Nov ’89 [Dec ’89], $30.00, 139pp, hc, cover by Ernest Waugh) Book of black and white nature photos, accompanied by text excerpted from Always Coming Home.


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