The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Walk the Moons Road Jim Aikin (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32169-3, Jun 85 [May 85], $2.95, 340pp, pb) Sf novel, a first novel. Excellent adventure, with well-done aliens. Recommended. (DLN)
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Krozair of Kregen Alan Burt Akers (DAW 0-88677-037-8, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $2.75, 223pp, pb) [Krozair Cycle] Reissue (DAW 1977) fantasy novel, 3rd printing. The Krozair Cycle #3. Illustrations by Josh Kirby.
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Renegade of Kregen Alan Burt Akers (DAW 0-88677-035-1, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $2.75, 192pp, pb) [Krozair Cycle] Reissue (DAW 1976) fantasy novel, 3rd printing. The Krozair Cycle #2. Illustrations by Jack Gaughan.
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The Tides of Kregen Alan Burt Akers (DAW 0-88677-034-3, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $2.75, 208pp, pb) [Krozair Cycle] Reissue (DAW 1976) fantasy novel. The Krozair Cycle #1, 3rd DAW printing. Cover and illustrations by Michael Whelan. For some reason, DAW has brought back the Akers name even though the later books are as by Dray Prescot. In either case, the actual author of these Burroughs pastiches is Ken Bulmer. All three reprints have covers by Michael Whelan with his name almost as big as that of the author.
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Galaxies Like Grains of Sand Brian W. Aldiss (NAL/Signet 0-451-13416-8, Feb 85 [Jan 85], $2.75, 189pp, pb) Reissue (NAL/Signet 1960) quasi-novel. 6th Signet printing. U.S. version of the British collection The Canopy of Time (Faber 1959) with connecting material. The American version is much better. Recommended. (CNB)
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The Helliconia Trilogy Brian W. Aldiss (Atheneum 0-689-11566-0, May 85 [Apr 85], $50.00, 3 vols., hc) [Helliconia] Signed, boxed set of Helliconia Spring, Helliconia Summer, and Helliconia Winter. The three volumes are copies of earlier listed books. Only the box, ISBN number, autograph, and price are new.
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Helliconia Winter Brian W. Aldiss (Atheneum 0-689-11541-5, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $17.95, 281pp, hc) [Helliconia] Sf novel, conclusion of the Helliconia trilogy. Highly recommended. (FCM)
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Helliconia Winter Brian W. Aldiss (Jonathan Cape 0-224-01847-7, Apr 85 [May 85], £8.95, 281pp, hc) [Helliconia] Sf novel, conclusion of the Helliconia trilogy. Simultaneous with the U.S. edition.
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Helliconia Winter Brian W. Aldiss (SFBC #4733, Sep 85 [Oct 85], $5.98, 301pp, hc) [Helliconia] Reprint (Cape/Atheneum 1985) sf novel, conclusion of the Helliconia trilogy.
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The Horatio Stubbs Saga Brian W. Aldiss (Granada/Panther 0-586-06031-6, 1985 [Oct 85], £3.50, 670pp, pb) [Horatio Stubbs] Non-sf/fantasy, associational. An omnibus edition of three semi-autobiographical novels chronicling the bawdy (mis)adventures of Stubbs: The Hand-Reared Boy (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1970), A Soldier Erect (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1971), and A Rude Awakening (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1978).
- · The Hand-Reared Boy · n. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1970
- · A Soldier Erect · n. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1971
- · A Rude Awakening · n. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1978
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The Malacia Tapestry Brian W. Aldiss (Berkley 0-425-08079-X, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $3.50, 402pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1976) sf novel of an alternate, fantastical world.
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The Pale Shadow of Science Brian W. Aldiss (Serconia, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $10.00; limited to 500 copies, 128pp, hc) Non-fiction, collection of essays ranging from autobiography to sf criticism.
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Starswarm Brian W. Aldiss (Baen 0-671-55999-0, Dec 85 [Nov 85], $2.95, 246pp, pb) Reprint (Signet 1964) collection. This is labeled first complete U.S. edition. It adds one story Intangibles, Inc. to the earlier collection and drops all earlier copyright mention.
- 1 · A Kind of Artistry · nv F&SF Oct 62
- 31 · Hearts and Engines [Soldiers Running] · ss New Worlds Jun 60
- 46 · The Underprivileged · ss New Worlds May 63
- 66 · The Game of God [Segregation; Planetary Ecological Survey Team (Craig Hodges)] · na New Worlds Jul 58
- 115 · Shards · ss F&SF Apr 62
- 127 · Legends of Smiths Burst · nv Nebula #41 59
- 168 · O Moon of My Delight! [Moon of Delight] · nv New Worlds Mar 61
- 202 · Intangibles, Inc. · nv Science-Fantasy #33 59
- 231 · Old Hundredth · ss New Worlds Nov 60
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The Scientific World View in Dystopia Alexandra Aldridge (UMI 0-8357-1572-8, 1984 [May 85], $24.95 + postage, 97pp, hc) Non-fiction, literary criticism. This revision of a doctoral thesis appeared in 1984, but we did not see it until 1985.
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The Beggar Queen Lloyd Alexander (Dell/Laurel Leaf 0-440-90548-6, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $2.95, 237pp, pb) [Westmark] Reprint (Dutton 1984) young-adult fantasy novel. Conclusion of the Westmark trilogy, a Graustarkian adventure series.
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Time Cat Lloyd Alexander (Dell/Yearling 0-440-48677-7, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $3.25, 191pp, pb) Reprint (Holt 1963) juvenile fantasy novel.
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The Torch of Honor Roger MacBride Allen (Baen 0-671-55938-9, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $2.95, 339pp, pb) [Torch of Honor] Sf novel, a first novel. Strong Heinleinian characters and tone. (DLN)
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The Fantasy Sampler ed. Susan Allison (Berkley/Ace, Oct 85 [Nov 85], free to members of the 1985 World Fantasy Convention, unpaginated, galley) Excerpts from upcoming Ace and Berkley books. Available only in galley form.
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Anna to the Infinite Power Mildred Ames (Scholastic/Point 0-590-33732-7, 1985 [Sep 85], $2.25, 202pp, pb) Reprint (Scribners 1981) young-adult sf novel.
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Science Fiction Films of the Seventies Craig Anderson (McFarland 0-89950-086-2, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $15.95 + $1.00 postage, 261pp, pb) Historical and critical survey, with numerous photographs.
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Agent of the Terran Empire Poul Anderson (Ace 0-441-01070-9, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $2.95, 282pp, pb) [Dominic Flandry] Reissue (Chilton 1965) collection of 4 stories of Dominic Flandry. Flandry #3, fifth printing.
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Brain Wave Poul Anderson (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32521-4, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $2.50, 166pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1954) sf novel. 8th printing.
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The Devils Game Poul Anderson (Baen 0-671-55995-8, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $2.95, 251pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1980) occult fantasy novel.
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Dialogue with Darkness Poul Anderson (Tor 0-812-53083-7, Feb 85 [Jan 85], $2.95, 320pp, pb) Collection of sf stories.
- 7 · A Chapter of Revelation · na The Day the Sun Stood Still, ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson, 1972
- 81 · Sister Planet · na Satellite May 59
- 137 · The Life of Your Time [as by Michael Karageorge] · nv Analog Sep 65
- 165 · Time Heals · nv Astounding Oct 49
- 193 · SOS · nv If Mar 70
- 223 · Conversation in Arcady · ss Analog Dec 63
- 235 · Dialogue · nv Faster Than Light, ed. George Zebrowski & Jack Dann, Harper & Row, 1976
- 269 · The Communicators · na Infinity #1, ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer, 1970
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Ensign Flandry Poul Anderson (Ace 0-441-20729-4, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $2.95, 277pp, pb) [Dominic Flandry] Reissue (Chilton 1966) sf novel. 8th Ace printing. This is the first in the Flandry series.
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Flandry of Terra Poul Anderson (Ace 0-441-24074-7, Feb 85 [Jan 85], $2.95, 291pp, pb) [Dominic Flandry] Reissue (Chilton 1965) collection of three novellas. 7th Ace printing. Book 2 in the Flandry series.
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The Game of Empire Poul Anderson (Baen 0-671-55959-1, May 85 [Apr 85], $3.50, 278pp, pb) [Dominic Flandry] Sf novel featuring Diana, daughter of Dominic Flandry.
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The Game of Empire Poul Anderson (SFBC #06320, Oct 85 [Nov 85], $4.98, 182pp, hc) [Dominic Flandry] Reprint (Baen 1985) sf novel, first hardcover edition. Features Dominic Flandrys daughter.
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A Midsummer Tempest Poul Anderson (Tor 0-812-53079-9, Dec 85 [Nov 85], $2.95, 318pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1974) fantasy novel. 2nd Tor printing.
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A Stone in Heaven Poul Anderson (Ace 0-441-78658-8, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $2.95, 255pp, pb) [Dominic Flandry] Reissue (Ace 1979) sf novel, #4 in the Dominic Flandry series. Fifth Ace printing.
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Earthmans Burden Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson (Avon 0-380-47993-1, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $2.95, 189pp, pb) [Hokas] Reissue (Gnome 1957) collection of humorous sf stories about the Hokas. Third Avon printing. The Cartier illustrations have become blobs on this cheap pulp paper.
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Mercenaries of Tomorrow ed. Poul Anderson, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Critics Choice 0-931773-41-5, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $2.95, 372pp, pb) Sf anthology. Anderson is listed as Creator, which could either mean editor or you can put my name on the cover and Ill write an introduction. We dont know which.
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Terrorists of Tomorrow ed. Poul Anderson, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Critics Choice 0-931773-54-7, Jan 86 [Dec 85], $3.50, 376pp, pb) Sf anthology. According to the jacket, Anderson created it and Greenberg and Waugh edited it.
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The Tower of Glass Ivan Angelo (Avon/Bard 0-380-89607-9, Jan 86 [Dec 85], $3.95, 195pp, pb) Collection of five interlocking stories with elements of dystopian sf, translated (from a 1979 Brazilian edition) by Ellen Watson.
- 1 · Conquest · nv *
- 35 · Friday Night/Saturday Morning · nv *
- 71 · The Real True Son of the Bitch · nv *
- 119 · The Tower of Glass · nv *
- 157 · Lost & Found · nv *
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The 1985 Rhysling Anthology ed. Anon. (Science Fiction Poetry Association, 1985 [Dec 85], $1.00, 20pp, pb) Anthology of sf poems, finalists for the 1985 Rhysling awards.
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Analog: The Best of Science Fiction ed. Anon. (A&W/Galahad 0-88365-637-X, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $12.95, 621pp, hc) Anthology of 32 stories, published as an instant remainder.
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Anthonology Piers Anthony (Tor 0-312-93027-5, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $14.95, 381pp, hc) Collection with both reprint stories and originals, introduced by the author with lots of material between each story about Anthony and his trials and tribulations in the sf field.
- 9 · Possible to Rue · ss Fantastic Apr 63
- 15 · The Toaster · ss *
- 22 · Quinquepedalian · ss Amazing Nov 63
- 42 · Encounter · ss Fantastic Oct 64
- 50 · Phog · ss Fantastic Jun 65
- 64 · The Ghost Galaxies · nv If Sep 66
- 93 · Within the Cloud · vi Galaxy Apr 67
- 98 · The Life of the Stripe · vi Fantastic Feb 69
- 103 · In the Jaws of Danger [Dr. Dillingham] · ss If Nov 67
- 122 · Beak by Beak · ss Analog Dec 67
- 133 · Getting Through University [Dr. Dillingham] · nv If Aug 68
- 172 · In the Barn · nv Again, Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972
- 208 · Up Schist Crick · ss Generation, ed. David Gerrold, Dell, 1972
- 230 · The Whole Truth · ss Nova 1, ed. Harry Harrison, Delacorte, 1970
- 245 · The Bridge · ss Worlds of Tomorrow #24 70
- 262 · On the Uses of Torture · nv The Berkley Showcase Vol. 3, ed. Victoria Schochet & John W. Silbersack, Berkley, 1981
- 288 · Small Mouth, Bad Taste · ss Science Against Man, ed. Anthony Cheetham, Avon, 1970
- 307 · Wood You? · ss F&SF Oct 70
- 319 · Hard Sell [Fisk Centers] · ss Worlds of If Jul/Aug 72
- 338 · Hurdle [Fisk Centers] · nv Worlds of If Nov/Dec 72
- 371 · Gone to the Dogs · ss *
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Bearing an Hourglass Piers Anthony (SFBC #1917, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $5.98, 311pp, hc) [Incarnations of Immortality] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 1984) fantasy novel, Incarnations of Immortality #2.
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Bearing an Hourglass Piers Anthony (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31315-1, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $3.95, 372pp, pb) [Incarnations of Immortality] Reprint (Del Rey 1984) fantasy novel, Incarnations of Immortality #2.
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Bio of a Space Tyrant, Vol. I: Refugee Piers Anthony (Gregg 0-8398-2900-0, Dec 85, $13.95, 312pp, hc) [Bio of a Space Tyrant] Reprint (Avon 1983) sf novel, first in the series. First hardcover edition, offset from the original paperback.
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Bio of a Space Tyrant, Vol. II: Mercenary Piers Anthony (Gregg 0-8398-2901-9, Dec 85, $13.95, 373pp, hc) [Bio of a Space Tyrant] Reprint (Avon 1984) sf novel, first hardcover edition.
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Bio of a Space Tyrant, Vol. III: Politician Piers Anthony (Avon 0-380-89685-0, May 85 [Apr 85], $2.95, 345pp, pb) [Bio of a Space Tyrant] Sf novel.
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Bio of a Space Tyrant, Vol. III: Politician Piers Anthony (Gregg 0-8398-2902-7, Dec 85, $13.95, 345pp, hc) [Bio of a Space Tyrant] Reprint (Avon 1985) sf novel, first hardcover edition.
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Bio of a Space Tyrant, Vol. IV: Executive Piers Anthony (Avon 0-380-89834-9, Dec 85 [Nov 85], $3.50, 330pp, pb) [Bio of a Space Tyrant] Sf novel.
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Chaining the Lady Piers Anthony (Avon 0-380-01779-2, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $2.95, 342pp, pb) [Cluster] Reissue (Avon 1978) sf novel, #2 in the Cluster series.
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Cluster Piers Anthony (Avon 0-380-01755-5, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $2.95, 254pp, pb) [Cluster] Reissue (Avon 1977) sf novel, #1 in the Cluster series.
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Crewel Lye Piers Anthony (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31309-7, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $3.50, 309pp, pb) [Xanth] Fantasy novel in the humorous Xanth series.
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Crewel Lye Piers Anthony (SFBC #1694, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $5.98, 273pp, hc) [Xanth] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) fantasy novel in the Xanth series. First hardcover edition.
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Hasan Piers Anthony (Tor 0-812-53112-4, Jan 86 [Dec 85], $2.95, 242pp, pb) Reprint (Borgo 1977) Arabian Nights fantasy novel, with a new authors note about the history of the book.
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Kirlian Quest Piers Anthony (Avon 0-380-01778-4, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $2.95, 313pp, pb) [Cluster] Reissue (Avon 1978) sf novel, #3 in the Cluster series.
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Macroscope Piers Anthony (Gregg 0-8398-2899-3, Dec 85, $14.95, 480pp, hc) Reprint (Avon 1969) sf novel. This first hardcover is offset from the paperback original.
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