The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998


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Lycanthia Tanith Lee (Legend 0-09-966350-3, May ’90, £3.50, 220pp, pb) Reprint (DAW 1981) fantasy/horror novel.


It’s Loose Warner Lee (Pocket 0-671-67252-5, Jul ’90, $3.95, 312pp, pb, cover by Mark & Stephanie Gerber) Horror novel of a ravenous evil trapped on lonely Ice Island.


Fafhrd & Me Fritz Leiber (Wildside Press, Oct ’90 [Dec ’90], $9.95, 96pp, tp, cover by Charles Dougherty) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Non-fiction collection of 11 essays, with an introduction by Darrell Schweitzer. This is a limited edition of 300 copies. A hardcover limited edition of 200 copies ($25.00) is also available.


Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Book 1 Fritz Leiber (Epic Comics 0-87135-719-4, Oct ’90 [Dec ’90], $4.50, unpaginated, tp, cover by Mike Mignola) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Graphic version of “Ill Met in Lankhmar” adapted by Howard Chaykin, first of a series of graphic novels/collections adapting the “Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser” stories.


Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Book 2 Fritz Leiber (Epic Comics 0-87135-720-8, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $4.50, unpaginated, tp, cover by Mike Mignola) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Graphic collection of two stories in the “Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser” series, “The Circle Curse” and “The Howling Tower”, both adapted by Howard Chaykin.


The Knight and Knave of Swords Fritz Leiber (Ace 0-441-45125-X, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $3.95, 292pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reprint (Morrow 1988) collection of four Fafhrd/Mouser stories, including an original short novel.


The Knight and Knave of Swords Fritz Leiber (Grafton 0-246-13638-3, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], £7.95, 304pp, tp, cover by Peter Elson) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reprint (Morrow 1988) collection of four Fafhrd/Mouser stories, including an original short novel, “The Mouser Goes Below”. Volume Seven in the “Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser” series. Also available in hardcover (-13578-6, £13.95).


The Leiber Chronicles Fritz Leiber (Dark Harvest 0-913165-48-4, Apr ’90, $21.95, 601pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Collection of 44 stories arranged chronologically. The books starts with the Grey Mouser (1939) and ends with him (1983), but meanders all over the landscape in between with a fascinating number of classic stories. Highly recommended (CNB). A signed, slipcased, limited edition ($65.00) is also available.


Swords Against Death Fritz Leiber (Ace 0-441-79193-X, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 251pp, pb, cover by Jeff Jones) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reissue (Ace 1970) collection of ten stories, second book of the “Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser” series; 14th printing.


Swords Against Wizardry Fritz Leiber (Ace 0-441-79194-8, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $3.95, 188pp, pb, cover by Jeff Jones) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reissue (Ace 1968) collection of four stories, fourth book of the “Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser” series; 13th printing.


Swords in the Mist Fritz Leiber (Ace 0-441-79192-1, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.95, 190pp, pb, cover by Jeff Jones) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reissue (Ace 1967) collection of five “Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser” stories; 14th printing.


The Swords of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber (Ace 0-441-79195-6, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $3.95, 310pp, pb, cover by Jeff Jones) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reissue (Ace 1968) fantasy novel in the “Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser” series; 12th printing.


Swords’ Masters Fritz Leiber (SFBC #15972, Apr ’90, $11.98, 536pp, hc, cover by Dean Morrissey) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Omnibus of Swords Against Wizardry (Ace 1968), The Swords of Lankhmar (Ace 1968), and Swords and Ice Magic (Ace 1977).


You’re All Alone Fritz Leiber (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-679-1, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $3.95, 191pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1972) collection of three stories including a revised condensed version of The Sinful Ones (1953).


The Abraxis Marvel Circus Stephen Leigh (NAL/Roc 0-451-45009-4, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 255pp, pb) Humorous fantasy novel about the search for the secrets of the Destiny Matrices.


The Forgotten Planet Murray Leinster (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-616-3, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 209pp, pb) [Burl] Reprint (Gnome 1954) sf novel made up of three primitive adventure novellas. The first two originally appeared in the ’20s, but stand up pretty well. (CNB)


Hence Brad Leithauser (Penguin 0-14-012854-9, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], $8.95, 320pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Gaetano) Reprint (Knopf 1989) literary sf novel about a chess game.


The Chain of Chance Stanislaw Lem (Mandarin 0-7493-0489-8, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], £4.99, 179pp, tp, cover by Luis Rey) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1978) sf/mystery novel, translated by Louis Iribarne from the Polish Katar (1975).


The Cyberiad Stanislaw Lem (Mandarin 0-7493-0471-5, Nov ’90, £4.99, 295pp, tp, cover by Luis Rey) Reprint (Seabury/Continuum 1974) sf collection, translated from the Polish Cyberiada (Warzawa 1967, 1972).


Eden Stanislaw Lem (Andre Deutsch 0-233-98517-4, Feb ’90, £11.95, 262pp, hc, cover by John Alfred Dorn, III) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1989) sf novel. Translated from the Polish (Warsaw: Iskry 1959) by Marc E. Heine.


Eden Stanislaw Lem (BOMC/QPBC, Mar ’90, $8.95, 262pp, tp, cover by John Alfred Dorn, III) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1989) sf novel. This edition is the same as the HBJ except it lacks an ISBN and has the jacket printed as the soft cover.


His Master’s Voice Stanislaw Lem (Mandarin 0-7493-0490-1, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], £4.99, 199pp, tp, cover by Luis Rey) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1983) sf novel, translated from the Polish Glospana (1968).


More Tales of Pirx the Pilot Stanislaw Lem (Mandarin 0-7493-0470-7, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], £4.99, 220pp, tp, cover by Luis Rey) [Pirx] Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1982) sf collection. Translated by Louis Iribarne, Madgalena Majcherczyk and Michael Kandel from the Polish Opowiesci o Pilocie Pirxie.


Return from the Stars Stanislaw Lem (Mandarin 0-7493-0488-X, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], £4.99, 247pp, tp, cover by Luis Rey) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1980) sf novel, translated by Barbara Marszal and Frank Simpson, from the Polish Powrót Z Gwiazd (1961).


The Star Diaries Stanislaw Lem (Mandarin 0-7493-0472-3, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], £4.99, 275pp, tp, cover by Luis Rey) Reprint (Seabury/Continuum 1976) sf collection, translated from the Polish Dzienniki Gwiazdowe (Warzawa 1971).


Tales of Pirx the Pilot Stanislaw Lem (Mandarin 0-7493-0491-X, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], £4.99, 206pp, tp, cover by Luis Rey) [Pirx] Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1980) sf collection, translated by Louis Iribarne from the Polish Opowiesci o Pilocie Pirxie.


The Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux (Dedalus 0-946626-70-7, Sep ’90, £6.99, 385pp, tp, cover by David Bird) Reprint (Bobbs-Merrill 1911) horror novel. Includes a new introduction, chronology and bibliography by Dr. Penelope Woolf. Also available in the US (0-87052-937-4, $9.95).


The Four-Gated City Doris Lessing (Paladin 0-586-09003-7, Aug ’90 [Jan ’91], £6.99, 668pp, tp, cover by Ruth Rivers) [Children of Violence] Reissue (MacGibbon & Kee 1969) literary sf novel.


The Mirror Maker Primo Levi (Schocken 0-8052-0989-1, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $9.95, 176pp, tp, cover by Louise Fili) Reprint (Schocken 1989) collection of 13 stories and 22 essays. Most of the stories are sf and fantasy. Translated from the Italian by Raymond Rosenthal.


The Sixth Day and Other Stories Primo Levi (Summit, May ’90 [Jun ’90], $19.95, hc) Collection of 23 literary fantasy stories. This is an omnibus of two collections originally published in Italian, Storie Natural (as by Damiano Malabaila) (1966) and Vizio di Forma (1977). Translated by Raymond Rosenthal.


The Magic Hat of Mortimer Wintergreen Myron Levoy (Harper Trophy 0-06-440335-1, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $3.95, 211pp, tp, cover by Tom Newsom) Reprint (Harper & Row 1988) children’s fantasy novel.


An Annotated Bibliography of Recursive Science Fiction Anthony R. Lewis (NESFA Press 0-915368-47-1, Oct ’90, $6.00, 56pp, ph, cover by Merle Insinga) Non-fiction; reference. An annotated bibliography of sf and fantasy set in or containing characters who are members of the sf community, with an introduction by Barry N. Malzberg.


The Cosmic Trilogy C. S. Lewis (The Bodley Head 0-370-31439-5, Mar ’90, £13.95, 651pp, hc, cover by Brian Froud) [Cosmic] Sf omnibus of Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength.


The Cosmic Trilogy C. S. Lewis (Pan 0-330-31374-6, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], £5.99, 753pp, pb, cover by Brian Froud) [Cosmic] Reprint (Bodley Head 1990) sf omnibus of Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength.


The Horse and His Boy C. S. Lewis (Lions 0-00-671666-0, Feb ’90 [Oct ’90], £2.50, 175pp, pb, cover by Stephen Lavis) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1954) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Narnia” series.


The Horse and His Boy C. S. Lewis (Lions 0-00-674035-9, Oct ’90, £3.50, 175pp, tp, cover by Stephen Lavis) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1954) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Narnia” series.


The Last Battle C. S. Lewis (Lions 0-00-671669-5, Feb ’90 [Oct ’90], £2.50, 172pp, pb, cover by Stephen Lavis) [Narnia] Reissue (The Bodley Head 1956) young-adult fantasy novel. 24th impression. Volume 7 in the “Narnia” series.


The Last Battle C. S. Lewis (Lions 0-00-674036-7, Oct ’90, £3.50, 172pp, tp, cover by Stephen Lavis) [Narnia] Reissue (The Bodley Head 1956) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 7 in the “Narnia” series.


The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis (Lions 0-00-674058-8, Oct ’90, £3.50, 171pp, tp, cover by Stephen Lavis) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1950) young-adult fantasy novel. Fifth printing in this form. Volume 2 in the “Narnia” series.


The Magician’s Nephew C. S. Lewis (Lions 0-00-671667-9, Aug ’90 [Oct ’90], £2.75, 171pp, pb, cover by Stephen Lavis) [Narnia] Reissue (The Bodley Head 1955) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Narnia” series.


The Magician’s Nephew C. S. Lewis (Lions 0-00-674034-0, Oct ’90, £3.50, 171pp, tp, cover photo) [Narnia] Reissue (The Bodley Head 1955) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Narnia” series.


Prince Caspian C. S. Lewis (Lions 0-00-671664-4, Feb ’90 [Oct ’90], £2.50, 190pp, pb, cover by Stephen Lavis) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1951) young-adult fantasy novel. 25th printing. Volume 4 in the “Narnia” series.


Prince Caspian C. S. Lewis (Lions 0-00-673965-2, Oct ’90, £3.50, 190pp, tp, cover photo) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1951) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 4 in the “Narnia” series.


The Silver Chair C. S. Lewis (Lions 0-00-671668-7, Oct ’90, £2.50, 191pp, pb, cover by Stephen Lavis) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1953) young-adult fantasy novel. 26th impression. Volume 6 in the “Narnia” series.


The Silver Chair C. S. Lewis (Lions 0-00-673967-9, Oct ’90, £3.50, 191pp, tp, cover photo) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1953) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 6 in the “Narnia” series.


Tales of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of ‘The Dawn Treader’ C. S. Lewis (W.H. Smith 0-00-184667-1, Oct ’90, £4.99, 383pp, hc) [Narnia] Young-adult fantasy omnibus of the fourth and fifth volumes in the “Narnia” series.


Tales of Narnia: The Silver Chair & The Last Battle C. S. Lewis (W.H. Smith 0-00-184669-8, Oct ’90, £4.99, 366pp, hc) [Narnia] Young-adult fantasy omnibus of the sixth and seventh volumes in the “Narnia” series.


The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’ C. S. Lewis (Lions 0-00-671665-2, Oct ’90, £2.50, 189pp, pb, cover by Stephen Lavis) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1952) young-adult fantasy novel. 24th impression. Volume 5 in the “Narnia” series.


The Voyage of the ‘Dawn Treader’ C. S. Lewis (Lions 0-00-673966-0, Oct ’90, £3.50, 189pp, tp, cover photo) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1952) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 5 in the “Narnia” series.


Dancing Vac S. N. Lewitt (Ace 0-441-13668-0, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $3.50, 236pp, pb, cover by Royo) [Cyberstealth] Military sf adventure novel, sequel to Cyberstealth.


My Cousin, My Gastroenterologist Mark Leyner (Crown/Harmony 0-517-57579-5, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $7.95, 154pp, tp, cover by Kaz) Cyberpunk/noir literary sf quasi-novel. Bizarre and hilarious. Highly recommended (SW). A first novel.


Songs of a Dead Dreamer Thomas Ligotti (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-580-9, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $17.95, 275pp, hc, cover by Tony Greco, & Associates) Collection of 20 horror stories, with an introduction by Ramsey Campbell.This is a considerably revised edition of a book that originally appeared in a limited edition from Silver Scarab Press in 1986. First American edition (Robinson 1989).


The People in Pineapple Place Anne Lindbergh (Avon Camelot 0-380-70766-7, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $2.95, 153pp, tp, cover by Tom Newsom) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1982) young-adult fantasy novel about a street which is in a different time from the boy who can see it, second book of the “Pineapple Place” series.


The Reindeer People Megan Lindholm (Unwin 0-04-440610-X, Jan ’90, £3.50, 266pp, pb, cover by Susan Seddon Boulet) [Reindeer People] Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel.


Wolf’s Brother Megan Lindholm (Unwin 0-04-440617-7, Jun ’90, £3.50, 236pp, pb, cover by Susan Seddon Boulet) [Reindeer People] Reprint (Ace 1988) prehistoric fantasy novel. Sequel to The Reindeer People.


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