The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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Dragonspell: The Southern Sea Katharine Kerr (Grafton 0-246-13637-5, May ’90, £7.99, 378pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry] Fantasy novel. This is simultaneous with the US edition (Doubleday as The Dragon Revenant). Volume Four in the “Deverry” series. Also available in hardcover (-13558-1, £13.95).

Polar City Blues Katharine Kerr (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28504-1, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $4.50, 262pp, pb, cover by Alan Daniels) [Polar City] Sf/police procedural novel set on a frontier planet.

Good News from Outer Space John Kessel (Tor 0-812-50905-6, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $4.95, 402pp, pb, cover by Cityline Communications) Reprint (Tor 1989) Nebula-nominated sf novel set in a near-future America controlled by Christian fundamentalists waiting for God’s messenger to arrive — in a spaceship. Highly recommended (SW).

Second Law Peter Lawrence Kessler (The Book Guild 0-86332-513-0, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], £14.95, 377pp, hc) Sf novel.

Angel of Darkness Samuel M. Key (Jove 0-515-10422-1, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $3.95, 262pp, pb) Horror novel of a vengeful creature created from the screams of dying murder victims.

Dragon’s Teeth Lee Killough (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20906-2, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $4.95, 250pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Janna Brill; Mama Maxwell] Sf/mystery novel, a futuristic police procedural, second book of the “Brill & Maxwell” series.

Dark Hills, Hollow Clocks: Stories from the Otherworld Garry Kilworth (Methuen 0-416-15632-0, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], £8.95, 112pp, hc, cover by Frazer Shaw) Original young-adult collection of fantasy stories. Recommended. (PSP)

The Foxes of First Dark Garry Kilworth (Doubleday 0-385-26427-5, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $18.95, 371pp, hc, cover by Robert Goldstrom) Animal fantasy novel about foxes. First American edition (Unwin Hyman 1989 as Hunter’s Moon).

Hunter’s Moon Garry Kilworth (Unwin 0-04-440615-0, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], £3.99, 330pp, pb, cover by Bob Brampton) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1989) animal fantasy novel about foxes.

Midnight’s Sun Garry Kilworth (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440683-5, Sep ’90, £12.95, 317pp, hc, cover by The Pinpoint Design Company) Animal fantasy novel about wolves.

The Rain Ghost Garry Kilworth (Scholastic 0-590-43415-2, Mar ’90 [Sep ’90], $2.75, 121pp, pb) Young-adult ghost/romance novel. First American edition (Hippo 1989).

Blood Circle Bernard King (Sphere 0-7474-0416-X, Jun ’90, £3.50, 312pp, pb) Horror novel.

Mirth of Yore ed. James B. King (StarLance Publications 0-9627030-0-1, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $7.95, 95pp, tp) Anthology of fantasy cartoons.

Mad Roy’s Light Paula King (Baen 0-671-72015-5, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.50, 275pp, pb, cover by Donald Clavette) Sf novel of a woman torn between loyalty to alien friends and her own people. A first novel.

The Dark Half Stephen King (BOMC #77-7662, Jul ’90 [May ’90], $18.95, 413pp, hc) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1989) horror novel.

The Dark Half Stephen King (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16731-7, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $5.95, 484pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1989) horror novel.

The Dark Half Stephen King (NEL 0-450-52468-X, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], £4.99, 469pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton/Viking 1989) horror novel about an author whose pseudonym takes on a life of its own. Recommended. (PSP)

The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three Stephen King (Sphere Overseas 0-7474-0101-2, 1990 [May ’90], £3.99, 400pp, pb, cover by John Avon) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Grant 1987) original fantasy collection. This edition omits the illustrations. This is an ’Open Market’ edition and is not generally available in the UK.

The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three Stephen King (Sphere 0-7474-0101-2, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], £3.99, 400pp, pb, cover by John Avon) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Grant 1987) fantasy collection. This edition omits the interior illustrations. Volume Two in the series.

Four Past Midnight Stephen King (Viking 0-670-83538-2, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $22.95, 763pp, hc, cover by Rob Wood & Stansbury) Collection of four novellas with an introductory note by King.

Four Past Midnight Stephen King (BOMC, Sep ’90, $19.95, 713pp, hc, cover by Rob Wood & Stansbury) Reprint (Viking 1990) collection of four novellas. This edition differs from the original by a special BOMC mark on the back and the lack of an ISBN and price.

Four Past Midnight Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-53526-1, Oct ’90, £14.99, 676pp, hc) Reprint (Viking 1990) collection of four very long horror novellas, each almost a book in itself, ranging from the good to the brilliant. Strongly recommended. (PSP)

It Stephen King (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16951-4, Nov ’90, $5.95, 1090pp, pb) Reissue (Viking 1986) horror novel; 20th printing. A tv tie-in edition.

Misery Stephen King (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16952-2, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $5.95, 338pp, pb) Reissue (Viking 1987) psychological thriller; 16th printing. A movie tie-in edition.

Night Shift Stephen King (Doubleday 0-385-12991-2, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $19.95, 344pp, hc) Reissue (Doubleday 1978) collection; 13th printing.

’Salem’s Lot Stephen King (Doubleday 0-385-00751-5, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $21.95, 451pp, hc) Reissue (Doubleday 1975) vampire horror novel; 15th printing.

The Shining Stephen King (Doubleday 0-385-12167-9, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $21.95, 450pp, hc) Reissue (Doubleday 1977) horror novel; 14th printing.

The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition Stephen King (Doubleday 0-385-19957-0, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $24.95, 1152pp, hc, cover by John Cayea) Revised edition of King’s 1978 apocalyptic sf/horror novel, with more than 150,000 words added. A limited edition was announced but not seen.

The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-35895-5, May ’90 [Apr ’90], £14.95, 1009pp, hc) Sf/horror novel. This version contains the full text of the original manuscript, much of which was deleted for the original (Doubleday 1978) edition, with some revisions and illustrations throughout by Berni Wrightson. This is simultaneous with the US (Doubleday) edition.

The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition Stephen King (BOMC #90-1299, Jul ’90 [May ’90], $19.95, 1152pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1990) revised sf/horror novel.

William Morris: The Construction of a Male Self, 1856-1872 Frederick Kirchhoff (Ohio University Press 0-8214-0954-9, May ’90 [Dec ’90], $29.95, 248pp, hc) Non-fiction; a critical look at Morris and his early romantic fiction applying “eidectic and object-relations psychology”. [William Morris]

DragonLance Preludes II #2: Flint, the King Mary Kirchoff & Douglas Niles (TSR 0-88038-911-7, Jul ’90, $4.95, 308pp, tp, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [DragonLance: Preludes II] Fantasy novelization based on the “DragonLance” game, with interior illustrations by Valerie Valusek.

DragonLance Preludes II #2: Flint, the King Mary Kirchoff & Douglas Niles (Penguin 0-14-014369-6, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], £4.50, 308pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [DragonLance: Preludes II] Reprint (TSR 1990) fantasy novelization. Volume Two in the trilogy.

The Steerswoman Rosemary Kirstein (Pan 0-330-31348-7, Jul ’90, £3.99, 299pp, pb, cover by John Higgins) [Steerswoman] Reprint (Del Rey 1989) fantasy novel.

Earthblood James Kisner (Zebra 0-8217-3237-4, Dec ’90, $3.95, 351pp, pb) Horror novel of a business built on ancient Indian sacrificial ground.

Poison Pen James Kisner (Zebra 0-8217-3096-7, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 320pp, pb) Horror thriller. A debunker of mediums is faced with genuine psychic vengeance.

Back to the Future Michael Klastorin & Sally Hibbin (Hamlyn 0-600-57031-2, Jul ’90, £4.95, 80pp, tp) [Back to the Future] Official book of the movie trilogy.

The Silver Kiss Annette Curtis Klause (Delacorte 0-385-30160-X, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $14.95, 198pp, hc, cover by Christopher Rodin) Young-adult romantic vampire novel of a 300 year old teenage vampire and a girl in turmoil over her mother’s death. A first novel.

The Events at Poroth Farm T. E. D. Klein (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-31-3, Jul ’90 [Aug ’90], $7.95, 40pp, ph, cover by Jason C. Eckhardt) Lovecraftian short story that eventually became The Ceremonies, originally published in From Beyond the Dark Gateway #2, 1972. Text revised for this edition.

Campfire Story Robert Y. Kline (Charter Diamond 1-55773-424-0, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $4.50, 264pp, pb) Horror novel of children stalked by their deepest fears made real.

DragonLance Heroes II #1: Kaz, the Minotaur Richard A. Knaak (TSR 0-88038-910-9, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $4.95, 314pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Heroes II] Fantasy novelization based on the “DragonLance” game, first book of a new series.

DragonLance Heroes II #1: Kaz, the Minotaur Richard A. Knaak (Penguin 0-14-014368-8, Nov ’90, £3.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Heroes II] Reprint (TSR 1990) fantasy novelization.

The Dragonrealm: Firedrake Richard A. Knaak (Orbit 0-7474-0665-0, Apr ’90, £3.50, 258pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Dragonrealm] Reprint (Questar 1989) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the series.

The Dragonrealm: Icedragon Richard A. Knaak (Orbit 0-7474-0666-9, Sep ’90, £3.50, 248pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Dragonrealm] Reprint (Questar 1989) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the series.

The Dragonrealm: Shadow Steed Richard A. Knaak (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20967-4, Dec ’90, $4.95, 263pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Dragonrealm] Fantasy novel, third book of the “Dragonrealm” series.

The Dragonrealm: Wolfhelm Richard A. Knaak (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20966-6, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $4.95, 251pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Dragonrealm] Fantasy novel, third book of the “Dragonrealm” series.

Monad #1 ed. Damon Knight (Pulphouse, Oct ’90, $5.00, 91pp, tp) Non-fiction; criticism. An anthology/irregular journal of sf criticism, with four essays plus a long poem by Thomas M. Disch. A 100 copy limited edition hardcover ($15.00) was announced but not seen.

Death Spore Harry Adam Knight (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-348-X, May ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Star 1985 as The Fungus) sf/horror thriller. England is being destroyed by mutant fungi.

The Fungus Harry Adam Knight (Gollancz 0-575-04801-8, Mar ’90, £3.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Jean-François Podevin) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1985) horror novel.

The Bad Place Dean R. Koontz (Putnam 0-399-13498-0, Jan ’90, $19.95, 382pp, hc) Sf/horror/thriller.

The Bad Place Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-0222-2, Mar ’90 [Jan ’90], £12.95, 372pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam 1990) very effective sf/horror novel about a pair of private investigators who become embroiled with a very strange family. One of Koontz’s best. Very strongly recommended. (PSP)

The Bad Place Dean R. Koontz (SFBC #58642, May ’90, $9.98, hc, cover by Don Brautigam) Reprint (Putnam 1989) sf/horror novel.

The Bad Place Dean R. Koontz (Berkley 0-425-12434-7, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $5.95, 417pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1990) sf/horror novel.

Chase Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3525-2, May ’90, £3.50, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1972, as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller of associational interest.

Darkfall Dean R. Koontz (Berkley 0-425-10434-6, Apr ’90, $4.95, 371pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1984) horror novel; 20th printing.

Darkness Comes Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3520-1, May ’90, £3.99, 351pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1984) horror novel.

Darkness Comes Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-0296-6, Oct ’90, £13.95, 351pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1984) horror novel.

The Face of Fear Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-0174-9, Dec ’89 [Jan ’90], £12.95, 314pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Bobbs-Merrill 1977, as by Brian Coffey) occult thriller.

The Key to Midnight Dean R. Koontz (Dark Harvest 0-913165-51-4, Jan ’90, $19.95, 330pp, hc, cover by Phil Parks) Reprint (Pocket 1979 as by Leigh Nichols) sf/horror thriller, illustrated by Phil Parks. A signed limited edition ($48.00) was announced but not seen.

Midnight Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3272-5, Mar ’90, £4.50, 502pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam 1989) sf/horror novel.

Night Chills Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3522-8, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], £3.99, 334pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1976) sf novel. This is the Star edition with a Headline ISBN and price sticker.

Night Chills Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3522-8, Jul ’90, £3.99, 334pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1976) sf novel.

Phantoms Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3524-4, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], £3.99, 446pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1983) horror novel. This is the Star edition with a Headline ISBN and price sticker.

Phantoms Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3524-4, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], £4.50, 446pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam 1983) horror novel. Also available in hardcover (-0300-8, £13.95).

The Servants of Twilight Dean R. Koontz (Berkley 0-425-12125-9, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $5.50, 418pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1984 as Twilight by Leigh Nichols) horror novel.

Shadowfires Dean R. Koontz (Dark Harvest 0-913-165-53-0, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $21.95, 380pp, hc, cover by Phil Parks) Reprint (Avon 1987 as by Leigh Nichols) horror novel, with illustrations by Phil Parks.

Shattered Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3523-6, Mar ’90, £3.99, 207pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1973 as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller. This is the Star edition with a Headline ISBN and price sticker.

Shattered Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3523-6, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], £3.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Random House 1973, as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller of associational interest.

Shattered Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-0299-0, Nov ’90, £13.95, 245pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Random House 1973, as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller of associational interest.

Strangers Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3516-3, May ’90, £4.99, 710pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen/Putnam 1986) thriller with sf elements.

Twilight Eyes Dean R. Koontz (Berkley 0-425-10065-0, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.95, 451pp, pb) Reissue (W.H. Allen 1987) dark fantasy novel; seventh printing.

Twilight Eyes Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3517-1, Jul ’90, £4.50, 478pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1987) sf/horror novel, expanded from an earlier book of the same name (Land of Enchantment 1986).

The Vision Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3518-X, Jul ’90, £3.99, 270pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1977) horror novel.

Voice of the Night Dean R. Koontz (Star 0-352-31608-X, Dec ’89 [Jan ’90], £3.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reissue (Doubleday 1980, as by Brian Coffey) horror novel.

Voice of the Night Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3519-8, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], £3.99, 277pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1980) horror novel. This is the Star edition with a Headline ISBN and price sticker.

Voice of the Night Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3519-8, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], £3.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Doubleday 1980) horror novel.

Watchers Dean R. Koontz (Berkley 0-425-10746-9, Mar ’90 [May ’90], $4.95, 483pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1987) bio-engineering horror novel; 12th printing.

Whispers Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3521-X, Mar ’90 [May ’90], £4.50, 502pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1980) horror novel. This is the Star edition with a Headline ISBN and price sticker.

Whispers Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3521-X, Jul ’90, £4.50, 502pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1980) horror novel.

Whispers Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-0297-4, Dec ’90, £14.95, 444pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam 1980) horror novel.

Delta Pavonis Eric Kotani & John Maddox Roberts (Baen 0-671-72020-1, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $3.50, 250pp, pb) Sf adventure novel.

Every Writer’s Guide to Copyright & Publishing Law Ellen M. Kozak (Henry Holt 0-8050-1222-2, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $7.95, 118pp, tp) Associational; non-fiction book on law problems for writers by an sf writer/lawyer.

From Pen to Print: The Secrets of Getting Published Successfully Ellen M. Kozak (Henry Holt 0-8050-1013-0, Jun ’90, $19.95, 257pp, hc) Associational non-fiction book on being a working writer by a sometimes sf writer.

Star Trek: Home Is the Hunter Dana Kramer-Rolls (Pocket 0-671-66662-2, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $4.50, 278pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Number 52 in the series.

Star Trek: Home Is the Hunter Dana Kramer-Rolls (Titan 1-85286-317-X, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], £2.99, 278pp, pb, cover by J. Birdsong) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Pocket Books) edition.

The Dragon Circle Stephen Krensky (Macmillan Aladdin 0-689-71365-7, Apr ’90, $3.95, 110pp, tp, cover by Jeffrey Lindberg) [Wynd Family] Reprint (Atheneum 1977) young-adult fantasy novel, first book of the “Wynd Family” series.

A Ghostly Business Stephen Krensky (Macmillan Aladdin 0-689-71364-9, Apr ’90, $3.95, 144pp, tp, cover by Jeffrey Lindberg) [Wynd Family] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult fantasy novel, third book of the “Wynd Family” series.

The Witching Hour Stephen Krensky (Macmillan Aladdin 0-689-71366-5, Apr ’90, $3.95, 148pp, tp, cover by Jeffrey Lindberg) [Wynd Family] Reprint (Atheneum 1981) young-adult fantasy novel, second book of the “Wynd Family” series.

Brain Rose Nancy Kress (BOMC #30-1681, Jul ’90 [May ’90], $15.95, hc) Reprint (Morrow 1990) sf novel.

The Quiet Pools Michael P. Kube-McDowell (Ace 0-441-69911-1, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $17.95, 371pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Sf novel of the conflict over the plan to send Earth’s best people on a lifelong star voyage. Recommended (CNB).

Button Bright Michael Kurland (Jove 0-515-10295-4, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 268pp, pb) Horror novel. A little girl has incredible psychic powers.

Deryni Magic: A Grimoire Katherine Kurtz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36117-2, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $5.95, 370pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Deryni] Non-fiction; reference. This “grimoire” is a guide to the fantasy world of Kurtz’s Deryni novels.

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