The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998


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Semiotext(e) SF ed. Rudy Rucker, Peter Lamborn & Robert Anton Wilson (Autonomedia 0-936756-43-8, Dec ’89 [Feb ’90], $10.00, 384pp, tp, cover by Mike Saenz) Anthology of 46 avant-garde sf stories, this is the 14th issue of Semiotext(e). There is introductory material by the editors. Available from Autonomedia, 55 South 11th St., Brooklyn NY 11211-0568.


Christopher Priest Nicholas Ruddick (Starmont House 1-55742-109-9, 1989 [Aug ’90], $9.95, 104pp, tp) Non-fiction book on Christopher Priest, with an annotated bibliography. Starmont Reader’s Guide #50. A hardcover edition (-110-2, $19.95) was announced but not seen. This is a 1989 book not seen until now.


Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 6: Winter 1990, Fantasy ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Pulphouse, Apr ’90, $20.00, 306pp, hc) Original anthology/quarterly magazine of 24 stories plus two non-fiction pieces. Also available in a boxed, signed, numbered leatherbound limited edition ($60.00).


Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 7: Spring 1990, Horror ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Pulphouse, Jun ’90, $20.00, 311pp, hc, cover by Allen Koszowski) Original anthology/quarterly magazine of 22 stories plus two non-fiction pieces. Also available in a signed, numbered, leatherbound boxed limited edition ($60.00).


Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 8: Summer 1990, Science Fiction ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Pulphouse, Sep ’90, $20.00, 243pp, hc) Original anthology/quarterly magazine containing 16 stories and one non-fiction piece. A signed, numbered, boxed, leatherbound limited edition ($60.00) is also available.


Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 9: Fall 1990, Dark Fantasy ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Pulphouse, Nov ’90, $20.00, 259pp, hc) Original anthology/quarterly magazine of 15 stories plus two non-fiction pieces. A slipcased leatherbound limited edition of 250 copies ($60.00) is also available.


SFWA Handbook: The Professional Writer’s Guide to Writing Professionally ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley Smith (Pulphouse/Writer’s Notebook Press 1-56146-406-6, Dec ’90, $10.00, 248pp, tp) Non-fiction; reference. A guide to the professional side of the writing game with 31 essays by various sf professionals.


Grimus Salman Rushdie (Penguin 0-14-014731-4, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $9.95, 317pp, tp, cover by Mary Ann Smith) Reprint (Gollancz 1975) literary fantasy novel.


Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie (Granta 0-140-14223-1, Sep ’90 [Oct ’90], £12.99, 218pp, hc, cover by James Marsh) Young-adult fantasy novel. Effectively simultaneous with the Viking edition.


Haroun and the Sea of Stories Salman Rushdie (Viking/Granta 0-670-83804-7, Nov ’90, $18.95, 215pp, hc, cover by James Marsh) Children’s literary fantasy novel, with adult overtones, of the storyteller Rashid, and his son’s efforts to restore his gift of gab. Effectively simultaneous with the UK edition from Granta.


The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie (BOMC #77-4547, Jul ’90 [May ’90], $17.95, hc) Reprint (Viking UK 1989) controversial fantasy novel.


Inner Eclipse Richard Paul Russo (Grafton 0-586-20983-2, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], £3.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel.


The Infinite Kingdoms Michael Rutherford (Owlswick Press 0-913896-32-2, Dec ’90, $12.00, 183pp, tp, cover by Janet Aulisio) Collection of three fantasy novellas, illustrated by Janet Aulisio. A hardcover edition (-31-4) was announced but not seen.


Clash of Eagles Leo Rutman (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14596-4, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $5.95, 310pp, pb) Alternate-history political thriller set in a Nazi-occupied America.


The Child Garden Geoff Ryman (Unwin 0-04-440684-3, Jul ’90, £3.99, 388pp, pb, cover by Dave McKean) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1989) award-winning sf novel.


The Child Garden Geoff Ryman (St. Martin’s 0-312-05002-X, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $19.95, 388pp, hc, cover by Dave McKean) Clarke and Campbell Award-winning sf novel about a girl living in a world where people are educated by viruses that she is resistant to. First American edition (Unwin Hyman 1989).


Coming of Enkidu Geoff Ryman (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, Nov ’89 [Aug ’90], £5.00, 16pp, ph, cover by Dave Mooring) Pamphlet containing an extract from a play version of “Gilgamesh” and an extract from a fantasy work in progress about Gilgamesh. Issued last year for Ryman’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon, and limited to 450 copies, but only just seen.


The Unconquered Country Geoff Ryman (Unwin 0-04-440776-9, Jul ’90 [Aug ’90], £3.99, 134pp, pb, cover by Dave McKean) Reissue (Unwin Hyman 1986) sf novel.


The Warrior Who Carried Life Geoff Ryman (Unwin 0-04-440777-7, Jul ’90 [Aug ’90], £3.99, 173pp, pb, cover by Dave McKean) Reissue (Unwin Hyman 1985) sf novel.


Berserker Blue Death Fred Saberhagen (Gollancz 0-575-04454-3, Oct ’90, £3.99, 282pp, pb) [Berserker] Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel.


The Berserker Wars Fred Saberhagen (Tor 0-812-50101-2, May ’90, $3.95, 399pp, pb, cover by Franco Storchi) [Berserker] Reissue (Tor 1981) collection of eleven connected stories; seventh printing.


Dominion Fred Saberhagen (Tor 0-812-50855-6, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $3.95, 320pp, pb, cover by Glenn Hastings) [Dracula] Reissue (Tor 1982) vampire fantasy novel, fifth book of the “Dracula” series; second printing.


Empire of the East Fred Saberhagen (Baen 0-671-69871-0, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $4.95, 558pp, pb, cover by John Rheaume) [Empire of the East] Reprint (Ace 1979) sf omnibus containing revised versions of The Broken Lands (Ace 1968), The Black Mountain (Ace 1971), and Changeling Earth (Ace 1973). Baen previously published these as separate volumes. This contains the 1979 prologue by Roger Zelazny.


The Fifth Book of Lost Swords: Coinspinner’s Story Fred Saberhagen (Tor 0-812-55286-5, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $4.50, 244pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) [Lost Swords] Reprint (Tor 1989) fantasy novel, eighth “Swords” book overall.


The Fourth Book of Lost Swords: Farslayer’s Story Fred Saberhagen (Tor 0-812-55284-9, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $4.50, 252pp, pb, cover by Segrelles) [Lost Swords] Reprint (Tor 1989) fantasy novel, seventh book in the overall “Swords” series.


A Matter of Taste Fred Saberhagen (Tor 0-312-85046-8, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $16.95, 284pp, hc, cover by Jim Thiesen) [Dracula] Vampire horror/fantasy novel, sixth book in the “Dracula” series.


The Sixth Book of Lost Swords: Mindsword’s Story Fred Saberhagen (Tor 0-312-85128-6, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $16.95, 250pp, hc, cover by Martin Andrews) [Lost Swords] Fantasy novel, ninth “Swords” book overall.


Specimens Fred Saberhagen (Tor 0-812-52579-5, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 216pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe) Reprint (Popular Library 1976) sf novel of a man possessed by an alien entity.


Thorn Fred Saberhagen (Tor 0-812-50316-3, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.95, 299pp, pb, cover by Glenn Hastings) [Dracula] Reprint (Ace 1980) vampire horror novel, fourth book of the “Dracula” series.


The Ultimate Enemy Fred Saberhagen (Gollancz 0-575-04451-9, Jul ’90, £3.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Terry Pastor) [Berserker] Reprint (Ace 1979) sf collection. Volume 5 in the “Berserker” series.


Berserker Base ed. Fred Saberhagen (Gollancz 0-575-04453-5, Mar ’90, £3.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Terry Pastor) [Berserker] Reprint (Tor 1985) collection of stories by 7 authors, including connecting material by Saberhagen, originator of the “Berserker” series. Author credits appear only in the acknowledgements, not on the contents page, making it look like a novel.


The Shape of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Seventh International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts Olena H. Saciuk (Greenwood 0-313-26198-9, Jan ’90, $42.95, 270pp, hc) Anthology of 25 academic essays originally presented at the Seventh International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts in 1986.


Mark of the Werewolf Jeffrey Sackett (Bantam 0-553-28450-9, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $3.95, 323pp, pb, cover by Steve Assel) Werewolf horror novel. Neofascists try to create a lycanthropic legion.


Carmen Miranda’s Ghost Is Haunting Space Station Three ed. Don Sakers (Baen 0-671-69864-8, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 320pp, pb, cover by Tom Kidd) Original shared-world anthology of 19 stories based on a filksong by Leslie Fish.


Harmless Ghosts Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Haunted Library No ISBN, 1990 [Nov ’90], £2.00, 25pp, ph, cover by Dallas Goffin) [Penelope Pettiweather] Collection of three original stories about the occult detective Penelope Pettiweather. This is Booklet One in the Haunted Library “Psychic Sleuths” series. Available from Rosemary Pardoe, Flat One, 36 Hamilton Street, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3JQ or from Richard Fawcett, 61 Teecomwas Drive, Uncasville, CT 06382, USA ($4).


Night of Dragons R. A. V. Salsitz (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45020-5, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $3.95, 254pp, pb) [Dragons] Fantasy novel, third book in the “Dragons” series.


Echoes of the Fourth Magic R. A. Salvatore (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45029-9, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $4.50, 318pp, pb) [Chronicles of Ynis Aielle] Fantasy novel of a submarine sucked into a fantasy world through the Devil’s Triangle.


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