The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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What About the Baby? Clare McNally (Corgi 0-552-12691-8, Dec 90, £2.99, 243pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1983) horror novel.
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Memories Mike McQuay (Headline 0-7472-3386-1, Jan 90, £3.99, 400pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1987) sf novel.
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The Nexus Mike McQuay (Headline 0-7472-3402-7, Jul 90, £4.50, 474pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1988) sf novel.
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Warrior Donald E. McQuinn (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36504-6, Nov 90, $8.95, 634pp, tp) [Warrior] Post-holocaust sf novel of new civilization emerging in the far future.
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The Fantastic World War II ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Baen 0-671-69881-8, Jun 90 [May 90], $3.50, 281pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) Anthology of ten sf and fantasy stories about WWII, with an introduction by S.M. Stirling.
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Ghosts of the Heartland ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Rutledge Hill Press 1-55853-068-1, Apr 90, $9.95, 210pp, tp, cover by Harriette Bateman) Anthology of 18 ghost stories set in the Midwest.
- · Can There Be Such Things? Here? · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · in
- 1 · But at My Back I Will Always Hear · David Morrell · ss Shadows #6, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1983
- 18 · Deaths Door · Robert McNear · nv Playboy Mar 69
- 40 · Little Jimmy · Lester del Rey · ss F&SF Apr 57
- 55 · Floral Tribute · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Jul 49
- 67 · Stillwater, 1896 · Michael Cassutt · ss Shadows #7, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1984
- 78 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Jul 14, 1889
- 83 · Listen, Children, Listen! · Wallace West · ss Fantastic Universe Oct/Nov 53
- 96 · Professor Kate · Margaret St. Clair · ss Weird Tales Jan 51
- 103 · The Skeleton on Round Island · Mary Hartwell Catherwood · ss Mackinac and Lake Stories, Harpers, 1899
- 113 · One for the Crow · Mary Barrett · ss AHMM Mar 73
- 122 · School for the Unspeakable · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales Sep 37
- 133 · Different Kinds of Dead · Ed Gorman · ss *
- 140 · Deadlights · Charles Wagner · ss Twisted Tales #9 84
- 149 · The Bridal Pond · Zona Gale · ss The American Mercury Feb 28; EQMM Oct 49
- 155 · A Wounded Knee Fairy Tale · Craig Kee Strete · ss, 1982
- 162 · Shaggy Vengeance · Robert Adams · nv Amazing Jul 84
- 187 · He Walked by Day · Julius Long · ss Weird Tales Jun 34
- 194 · Smoke Ghost · Fritz Leiber · ss Unknown Oct 41
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Western Ghosts ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Rutledge Hill Press 1-55853-069-X, Apr 90, $9.95, 215pp, tp, cover by Harriette Bateman) Anthology of 13 ghost stories set in the West.
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Drabble II: Double Century ed. Rob Meades & David Wake (Beccon Publications 1-870824-15-6, Apr 90 [May 90], £5.00, 121pp, hc, cover by Sylvia Starshine) Second collection of one hundred drabbles (stories of exactly one hundred words) by authors such as Jonathan Carroll and Arthur C. Clarke, being sold in aid of charity. This edition contains an index to both volumes, and is limited to 1000 copies. Recommended. (PSP)
- 4 · Introduction · Rob Meades · in
- 5 · Drabble Rules: The One Hundred Word Variant · David B. Wake · in
- 9 · Nascent · Stephen R. Ealey · vi *
- 10 · Evolution · Gaynor Coules · vi *
- 11 · From the Foam, Aphrodite · Jonathan Waite · vi *
- 12 · An Entry in the Galactic Wildlife Encyclopedia, Copyright 2046 · Michael G. Coney · vi *
- 13 · A Much Briefer History of Time · C. J. Cherryh · vi *
- 14 · Endangered Species · Bruce Sterling · vi *
- 15 · The Deadliest Game · Roger Zelazny · vi *
- 16 · Colours · Liz Honeywill · vi *
- 17 · Tapestry · Marion Edwards · vi *
- 18 · With Apologies to Fredric Brown · David Symes · vi *
- 19 · Consolidated Holdings in Church Takeover? · Peter Negus · vi *
- 20 · General All Purpose Fairy Tale · Rachel Pollack · vi *
- 21 · Ecology of the Dwarf Elf · Steve Jones · vi *
- 22 · Rumours · F. Paul Wilson · vi *
- 23 · Shapeshifters Duel · Ru Emerson · vi *
- 24 · A Warning to All Those Who Think They Know Market Research Blindfolded · Suna Akiah · vi *
- 25 · Untitled · Joe W. Haldeman · vi *
- 26 · Untitled · Steve Davies · vi *
- 27 · Out of the Fire Into the Frying Pan · Sue Beasley · vi *
- 28 · Ambitions · Mary Gentle · vi *
- 29 · The Wyverns Hoard · Kate Soley · vi *
- 30 · The Dragon Woke and Stretched · Jane Yolen · vi *
- 31 · Watershed · Anne Harcourt · vi *
- 32 · The Adoptions · Steve Rasnic Tem · vi *
- 33 · Nicholas Was... · Neil Gaiman · vi *
- 34 · On Ordering a Gas Fire · Brenda McCallum · vi *
- 35 · Sex Lives of Housewives · Jane Stableford · vi *
- 36 · Desolation for a Day · Margaret Anstis · vi *
- 37 · The Reunion · Violet C. Gowans · vi *
- 38 · Untitled · Jonathan Carroll · vi *
- 39 · Just the Way You Are · Tony Chester · vi *
- 40 · Cordon Blues · Chris Bunt · vi *
- 41 · Devils Food · Joan Aiken · vi *
- 42 · Best Before · John Stewart · vi *
- 43 · The Lovable Escort · D. M. Broomfield · vi *
- 44 · The Tryst · Elizabeth Rothwell · vi *
- 45 · The Mothers Dream · Sarah Lefanu · vi *
- 46 · A Genies Fondest Wish · Carol Shetler · vi *
- 47 · If Wishes Were Horses · Helen McNabb · vi *
- 48 · Poor Soul · Elsie W. K. Donald · vi *
- 49 · The Family · Thelma Bradford · vi *
- 50 · Radio Cats · John Sladek · vi *
- 51 · Ten · Jennifer Gee · vi *
- 52 · At the Third Stroke · Betty Dibb · vi *
- 53 · The Night has a Thousand Eyes · Steven J. Blyth · vi *
- 54 · Aesthetics: An Objective View · Ken Mann · vi *
- 55 · Turnabout is Fare Paid · Christopher Fowler · vi *
- 56 · How the Rebellion Came to a Shuddering Halt · Christopher Stasheff · vi *
- 57 · Paradiso · Katherine M. Stableford · vi *
- 58 · Inferno · Leo M. Stableford · vi *
- 59 · Purgatorio · Brian M. Stableford · vi *
- 60 · The Pet · Kathy Westhead · vi *
- 61 · Only Family? · Winifred Wake · vi *
- 62 · The Beta Syndrome · Cherry Wilder · vi *
- 63 · Galimatias · Barrington J. Bayley · vi *
- 64 · The Wish of the Conqueror · Steve Bull · vi *
- 65 · Millenium Ends: Natural Generosity Entails Lawbreakers Escape · Peter T. Garratt · vi *
- 66 · Goosechaser · John Lydecker · vi *
- 67 · Action and Reaction · Fay Symes · vi *
- 68 · Foresight · Michael Abbott · vi *
- 69 · The Sadim Touch · Ian Watson · vi *
- 70 · Word-Processor · Eve Devereux · vi *
- 71 · Life Story · James Cawthorn · vi *
- 72 · A Surprisingly Common Omission · David Langford · vi *
- 73 · The Spaceshop · David S. Garnett · vi *
- 74 · Ignis Fatuus · K. V. Bailey · vi *
- 75 · Drink to the Good Old Days · Sydney J. Bounds · vi *
- 76 · The Meaning of Life · Eric Brown · vi *
- 77 · Colony · Ben Gribbin · vi *
- 78 · Slow · Kenn Moyer · vi *
- 79 · Incident on a Colonising Starship Where All Living Things are in Suspended Animation... · James White · vi *
- 80 · Whatever Happened to Mr. Spock · The Peace and Love Corporation · vi *
- 81 · The First Impossible Mission · S. V. OJay · vi *
- 82 · Death by Strangulation · Cecil Nurse · vi *
- 83 · Be Prepared · Jim Steel · vi *
- 84 · Tales from the White Hart, 1990: The Jet-Propelled Time Machine · Arthur C. Clarke · vi *
- 85 · Casting Stones · Julie Grosvenor · vi *
- 86 · Doctor Livingston, I Assume! · Colin P. Davies · vi *
- 87 · Deja Vu · Dave Hardy · vi *
- 88 · Found Inscribed on the Back of a Rather Dirty Postcard · Pauline E. Dungate · vi *
- 89 · The Cage · Serena M. Evans · vi *
- 90 · The Wild Girl · Charles de Lint · vi *
- 91 · The Knight Orpheus · John Clute · vi *
- 92 · Alex Calders Mobile Worlds. Interwaterfall Three: Spiral Arm Four · Abe Pirani · vi *
- 93 · I Think, In Due Course, I Am · Frances Bonner · vi *
- 94 · Around the Heart World in One Hundred Words · Maxim Jakubowski · vi *
- 95 · The Trouble with Being a Woman · Jan Palmer · vi *
- 96 · Complex Persecution · Angus McAllister · vi *
- 97 · Fear · Nicholas Emmett · vi *
- 98 · Hide and Seek · Bridget Wilkinson · vi *
- 99 · HidenSeek · Jennifer McGowan · vi *
- 100 · TANSTAAFL · Brian Ameringen · vi *
- 101 · TANSTAAFD (There Aint No Such Thing as a Free Drabble) · Dave Wood · vi *
- 102 · The Science Fiction Writer Flicks Through the Advertisements in Search of Inspiration · Andy Sawyer · pm *
- 103 · A Woman of Too Few Words · Catherine Lilley · vi *
- 104 · BECCON Publications Cross-Over · Alison Scott · pm *
- 105 · Hundredfold · Peter Heavyside · pm *
- 106 · No, He Cant Sue Me - Hes Dead, and So are His Executors, and Their Executors · Dai Walters · pm *
- 107 · If God Used One Hundred Words, Would We Have a Drabible? · Cardinal Cox · vi *
- 108 · Countdown · Philip Vine · pm *
- 111 · The History · Misc. · ms *
- 118 · Composite Author Index · Misc. · ix *
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Falling Out of Time O. R. Melling (Penguin 0-14-009660-4, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $7.95, 199pp, tp, cover by Kevin N. Ghiglione) Reprint (Viking 1989) literary fantasy novel.
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Chicago Red R. M. Meluch (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45034-5, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $4.95, 319pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) Sf novel set in a future Kingdom of America. A sharp political adventure thriller of rebellion and extremism. Recomended (SW).
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Wind Child R. M. Meluch (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45038-8, Sep 90 [Oct 90], $3.50, 201pp, pb) Reissue (Signet 1982) sf novel; fourth printing.
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Wind Child R. M. Meluch (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45038-8, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $3.50, 201pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1981) sf novel; fourth printing.
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Wind Dancers R. M. Meluch (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45039-6, Sep 90 [Oct 90], $3.50, 166pp, pb) Reissue (Signet 1981) sf novel; fourth printing.
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Wind-Dancers R. M. Meluch (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45039-6, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $3.50, 166pp, pb) Reissue (Signet 1982) sf novel; fourth printing.
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The Work of Ross Rocklynne Douglas Menville (Borgo Press 0-8095-1511-3, Dec 89 [Mar 90], $9.95, 70pp, tp) Non-fiction; reference. Annotated primary and secondary bibliography of works by and about Rocklynne. A hardcover edition (-0511-X, $19.95) was announced but not seen.
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Shock Totem Thom Metzger (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40219-7, Jan 91 [Dec 90], $4.50, 288pp, pb) Medical horror thriller about a young boy used as a scientific guinea pig developing superhuman powers.
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Wait for What Will Come Barbara Michaels (Berkley 0-425-12005-8, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $3.95, 280pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1978) gothic romance with psychic elements.
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The Collapsing Castle Haydn Middleton (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-12986-9, Aug 90, £13.99, 280pp, hc, cover by John Caple) [People in the Picture] Literary fantasy novel blending the Vortigern myths with 20th Century England. Sequel to The People in the Picture.
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The Cybernetic Shogun Victor Milan (Morrow 1-55710-003-9, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $19.95, 272pp, hc, cover by Don Bolognese) [Cybernetic Samurai] Sf novel of the Japanese and computers, sequel to The Cybernetic Samurai.
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The Warrior and the Witch Carl Miller (Ace 0-441-87343-X, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $3.50, 226pp, pb, cover by Romas) [Dragonbound] Fantasy novel of a city fighting for survival against a dragon.
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Thunder Rise G. Wayne Miller (Futura 0-7088-4529-0, Oct 90, £3.99, 450pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 1989) horror novel.
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Buck Rogers: First Power Play John J. Miller (TSR 0-88038-840-4, Aug 90, $3.95, 274pp, tp, cover by Jerry Bingham) [Inner Planets; Buck Rogers] Buck Rogers novelization, first book of the Inner Planets trilogy.
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Slice Rex Miller (NAL/Onyx 0-451-40194-8, May 90 [Apr 90], $4.50, 317pp, pb) [Jack Eichord] Horror thriller featuring Jack Eichord and Chaingang from Slob.
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A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller, Jr. (Orbit 0-356-19132-X, Nov 90, £12.95, 356pp, hc, cover by Peter Elson) [St. Leibowitz, Order of] Reprint (Lippincott 1959) sf novel. Note that this has a different ISBN (0-356-19131-1) listed on the dust jacket.
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The Barnum Museum Steven Millhauser (Simon & Schuster/Poseidon 0-671-68640-2, Jun 90 [May 90], $18.95, 237pp, hc, cover by Paul Cozzolino) Collection of ten literary short stories, at least five with fantasy elements.
- 9 · A Game of Clue · na *
- 61 · Behind the Blue Curtain · ss *
- 73 · The Barnum Museum · ss Grand Street
- 93 · The Sepia Postcard · ss *
- 111 · The Eighth Voyage of Sinbad · nv Grand Street
- 141 · Klassik Komix #1 · ss Grand Street
- 155 · Rain · ss The Paris Review
- 163 · Alice, Falling · ss Antæus, 1990
- 183 · The Invention of Robert Herendeen · nv *
- 215 · Eisenheim the Illusionist [The Illusionist] · ss Esquire Dec 89
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The Power James Mills (Warner 0-446-51393-8, Sep 90, $21.95, 406pp, hc, cover by Judith Kadzym Leeds) Occult political thriller about the US and USSRs use of occultism and the psychic.
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The Great Grave Robbery John Minahan (Norton 0-393-02721-X, Nov 89 [Apr 90], $18.95, 251pp, hc, cover by Paul Bacon) Thriller with sf elements about the first man to be revived from cryonic suspension. Seventh in a thriller series, but the first which can be considered sf.
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An Arthurian Dictionary Ruth Minary & Charles Moorman (Academy Chicago 0-89733-348-9, May 90 [Jun 90], $7.95, 117pp, tp, cover by Julia R. Anderson) Reprint (University Press of Mississippi 1978) non-fiction; reference. A dictionary of names and terms connected with Arthurian mythology, with an introduction by the authors and a bibliography.
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Virago Karen Marie Christa Minns (Naiad Press 0-941483-56-8, Feb 90, $8.95, 191pp, tp, cover by Pat Tong & Bonnie Liss) [Virago] Lesbian vampire novel set in a small New York college.
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Offerings T. M. Minton (Leisure 0-8439-2859-X, Aug 89 [Apr 90], $3.95, 395pp, pb) Reissue (Leisure 1986) horror novel of cannibalistic subhumans in the jungles of New Guinea.
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The Torture Garden Octave Mirbeau (Dedalus 0-946626-68-5, Apr 90, £6.99, 284pp, tp) Reprint (??? 1899) literary fantasy novel. Translated from the French by Alvah C. Bessie, and with an introduction by Brian Stableford. Distributed in the US by Hippocrene Books.
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Red Spider, White Web Misha (Morrigan 1-870338-85-5, Mar 90 [Jun 90], £13.95, 216pp, hc, cover by Don Coyote) Sf novel illustrated by Don Coyote, with a foreword by Brian Aldiss and a postscript by James P. Blaylock. A first novel. Also available in a limited edition of 100 copies, signed by all the contributors (-90-1, £40.00).
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Star Trek: Enemy Unseen V. E. Mitchell (Pocket 0-671-68403-5, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $4.50, 279pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Number 51 in the series.
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Star Trek: Enemy Unseen V. E. Mitchell (Titan 1-85286-315-3, Oct 90, £2.99, 279pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Pocket Books) edition.
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The Corn King and the Spring Queen Naomi Mitchison (Viking Overlook 0-87951-377-2, Jul 90, $24.95, 654pp, hc, cover by Ed Atkeson) Reprint (Cape 1931) epic mythic fantasy novel inspired by The Golden Bough.
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The Ecologic Secession L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Tor 0-812-50348-1, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $3.95, 344pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe) [Ecolitan] Sf/secret agent novel, third book of the Ecolitan trilogy.
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A Gathering of Stars Donald Moffitt (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36574-7, Feb 90 [Jan 90], $3.95, 281pp, pb, cover by Don Dixon) [Mechanical Sky] Sf novel set in an Islamic universe, book two of The Mechanical Sky series.
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Borderlands ed. Thomas F. Monteleone (Maclay & Associates, Oct 90, $50.00, 284pp, hc) Anthology of 25 horror stories. This is a signed, numbered, slipcased limited edition of 750 copies being published simultaneously with the Avon paperback edition.
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Borderlands ed. Thomas F. Monteleone (Avon 0-380-75924-1, Nov 90 [Oct 90], $3.95, 334pp, pb, cover by Philip Singer) Anthology of 25 horror stories 23 originals and two reprints.
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