The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998


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Thrillers ed. Anon. (Bracken Books 1-85891-159-1, Oct ’94, £5.99, 612pp, hc) Reprint (Daily Express 1935 as Century of Thrillers: Second Series) anthology of 32 classic horror stories (ten omitted from the original), with an introduction by Robert Sheckley.


Tolkien’s World Anon. (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10307-5, Sep ’94, £12.99, 141pp, tp, cover by Ted Nasmith) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) art book, containing scenes from Tolkien, with textual extracts. Each artist gives a personal comment on Tolkien’s work.


Three Classics of Horror: Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ed. Anon. (Penguin 0-14-023994-4, Dec ’94, £5.99, 664pp, tp) Reprint (Signet 1978 as Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) horror omnibus. Introduction by Stephen King. The books are separately paginated.


The Secret Life of Laszlo, Count Dracula Roderick Anscombe (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-1779-7, Oct ’94, £14.99, 409pp, hc, cover by Salvador Dali) [Dracula] Reprint (Hyperion 1994) associational novel portraying the vampire as human: a non-supernatural killer who needs to eat human flesh. [First U.K. edition]


Bio of a Space Tyrant: Volume 4: Executive Piers Anthony (HarperCollins UK 0-586-06271-8, Feb ’94, £4.99, 336pp, pb) [Bio of a Space Tyrant] Reprint (Avon 1985) sf novel.


Bio of a Space Tyrant: Volume 5: Statesman Piers Anthony (HarperCollins UK 0-586-06272-6, Feb ’94, £4.99, 367pp, pb) [Bio of a Space Tyrant] Reprint (Avon 1986) sf novel.


Castle Roogna Piers Anthony (Orbit 1-85723-288-7, Sep ’94, £4.99, 329pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Xanth] Reprint (Del Rey 1979) humorous fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Xanth” series.


Chaos Mode Piers Anthony (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13903-X, Mar ’94, £8.99, 300pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) [Mode] Reprint (Putnam 1993) fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Mode” series. A hardcover edition (-13862-9, £15.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]


Chaos Mode Piers Anthony (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21348-1, Sep ’94, £4.99, 379pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Mode] Reprint (Putnam 1993) fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Mode” series.


The Colour of Her Panties Piers Anthony (NEL 0-450-58233-7, Mar ’94, £4.99, 345pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Xanth] Reprint (Morrow; AvoNova 1992 as The Color of Her Panties) humorous fantasynovel. Volume 15 in the “Xanth” series.


Demons Don’t Dream Piers Anthony (NEL 0-450-59891-8, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], £4.99, 344pp, pb) [Xanth] Reprint (Tor 1993) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 16 in the “Xanth” series.


Geis of the Gargoyle Piers Anthony (NEL 0-450-60707-0, Dec ’94, £16.99, 290pp, hc, cover by Mick Posen) [Xanth] Humorous fantasy novel. Volume 18 in the “Xanth” series.


Harpy Thyme Piers Anthony (NEL 0-450-60438-1, Oct ’94, £4.99, 343pp, pb) [Xanth] Reprint (NEL 1993) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 17 in the “Xanth” series.


Ogre, Ogre Piers Anthony (Severn House 0-7278-4683-3, Oct ’94, £14.99, 307pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) [Xanth] Reprint (Del Rey 1982) fantasy novel. Volume five in the “Xanth” series. This is the first UK hardcover.


A Spell for Chameleon Piers Anthony (Orbit 1-85723-250-X, Feb ’94 [Jul ’94], £4.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Xanth] Reprint (Del Rey 1977) humorous fantasy novel. Volume one in the “Xanth” series.


Mouvar’s Magic Piers Anthony & Robert E. Margroff (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21674-X, Feb ’94, £4.99, 310pp, pb) [Kelvin of Rud] Reprint (Tor 1992) fantasy novel. Volume five in the “Kelvin of Rud” series. [First U.K. edition]


Mouvar’s Magic Piers Anthony & Robert E. Margroff (Severn House 0-7278-4609-4, Apr ’94, £14.99, 310pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) [Kelvin of Rud] Reprint (Tor 1992) fantasy novel. Volume five in the “Kelvin of Rud” series.


The First Church of the New Millennium Bryan Appleyard (Doubleday UK 0-385-40485-9, Feb ’94, £14.99, 270pp, hc) Literary sf novel.


Wanton Andrea Arven (Nexus 0-352-32916-5, Apr ’94 [Aug ’94], £4.99, 275pp, pb) [Wicked] Pseudonymous erotic SF. Volume three in the “Wicked” series.


The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson 0-948164-82-4, Jan ’94, £5.99, 518pp, tp, cover by Luis Rey) Reissue (Robinson 1988) horror anthology.


The Shining Bridge Charles Ashton (Walker 0-7445-3195-0, Jun ’94 [Dec ’94], £2.99, 238pp, pb, cover by Wayne Anderson) [Jet Smoke and Dragon Fire] Reprint (Walker 1993) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Jet Smoke and Dragon Fire” trilogy.


The Complete Robot Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK 0-586-05724-2, 1994 [Dec ’94], £5.99, 688pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1982) SF collection.


The Complete Stories, Volume Two Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224150-1, Jan ’94, £16.99, 550pp, hc, cover by Chris Brown) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1992) collection of 40 sf stories. [First U.K. edition]


The Complete Stories: Volume One Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK 0-00-647647-3, Jul ’94, £5.99, 430pp, pb, cover by Christopher Brown) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990 as Complete Stories: Volume I) SF/fantasy collection. A selection of 25 pieces from the original omnibus of 46. This version includes the complete contents of Earth is Room Enough (Doubleday 1957) and all-but-one of the stories in Nine Tomorrows (Doubleday 1957).


Forward the Foundation Isaac Asimov (Bantam UK 0-553-40488-1, Sep ’94, £4.99, 477pp, pb) [Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1993) sf collection, in the “Foundation” series.


Foundation Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK 0-586-01080-7, May ’94 [Jun ’94], £4.99, 234pp, pb) [Foundation] Reprint (Gnome 1951) sf novel. First Volume in the “Foundation” saga. The three covers of this edition form a single cityscape.


Foundation and Earth Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK 0-586-07110-5, Aug ’94 [Sep ’94], £5.99, 510pp, pb) [Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday 1986) sf novel, in the “Foundation” series.


Foundation and Empire Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK 0-586-01355-5, May ’94 [Jun ’94], £4.99, 240pp, pb) [Foundation] Reprint (Gnome 1952) sf novel. Second Volume in the “Foundation” saga.


Foundation’s Edge Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK 0-586-05839-7, Aug ’94 [Sep ’94], £5.99, 432pp, pb) [Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday 1982) sf novel, in the “Foundation” series.


Prelude to Foundation Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK 0-586-07111-3, Aug ’94 [Sep ’94], £5.99, 460pp, pb) [Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1988) sf novel, in the “Foundation” series.


The Rest of the Robots Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK 0-586-02594-4, Jan ’94, £4.99, 223pp, pb) [Robot Series] Reprint (Doubleday 1964) sf collection.


Robots and Empire Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK 0-586-06200-9, Jan ’94, £5.99, 508pp, pb) [Robot Series; Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday 1985) sf novel.


The Robots of Dawn Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK 0-586-06199-1, Jan ’94, £4.99, 477pp, pb) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Reprint (Doubleday 1983) sf novel.


Second Foundation Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK 0-586-01713-5, May ’94, £4.99, 240pp, pb) [Foundation] Reissue (Gnome 1953) SF novel; 28th printing. The Third Volume in the “Foundation” saga.


The Dragon and the Unicorn A. A. Attanasio (NEL 0-340-61765-9, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], £16.99, 483pp, hc, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Arthor] Fantasy novel. First in a new series of Arthurian fantasies.


Kingdom of the Grail A. A. Attanasio (HarperCollins UK 0-586-20870-4, May ’94, £5.99, 500pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins 1992) associational historical novel with Arthurian elements. [First U.K. edition]


The Moon’s Wife A. A. Attanasio (NEL 0-450-60640-6, May ’94, £5.99, 234pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) Reprint (HarperCollins 1993) literary quasi-fantasy novel.


Radix A. A. Attanasio (NEL 0-340-61840-X, Dec ’94, £4.99, 466pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Radix] Reprint (Morrow 1981) SF novel.


Solis A. A. Attanasio (Hodder & Stoughton 0-450-60642-2, May ’94, £16.99, 184pp, hc, cover by Mick Van Houten) SF novel. Simultaneous with US (HarperCollins) edition.


Solis A. A. Attanasio (NEL 0-450-60641-4, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], £4.99, 184pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) Reprint (HarperCollins; Hodder & Stoughton 1994) SF novel.


The Clan of the Cave Bear / The Valley of Horses Jean M. Auel (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-62337-3, Oct ’94 [Nov ’94], £5.99, 768pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Earth’s Children] Omnibus of the first two “Earth’s Children” novels.


Mr. Vertigo Paul Auster (Faber and Faber 0-571-17092-7, Apr ’94, £14.99, 278pp, hc, cover by Art Spiegelman) Literary fantasy novel. Boy is taught by his mentor to fly and walk on water.


The Matrix Jonathan Aycliffe (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224161-7, Nov ’94, £14.99, 238pp, hc, cover by Gerry Grace) Horror novel. The author also writes as Daniel Easterman.


The Vanishment Jonathan Aycliffe (HarperCollins UK 0-00-647971-5, Nov ’94, £4.99, 223pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) ghost novel.


Whispers in the Dark Jonathan Aycliffe (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21437-2, Feb ’94, £4.99, 268pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) ghost novel.


The Fermata Nicholson Baker (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-5999-5, Feb ’94, £14.99, 303pp, hc) Fantasy about a man who can freeze time.


Shadow Hunter Will Baker (Roc UK 0-14-017237-8, Feb ’94, £4.99, 536pp, pb) [Shadow Hunter] Reprint (Viking UK 1993) futuristic thriller.


The Rape of Oc Michael Baldwin (Warner UK 0-7515-0624-9, Apr ’94, £6.99, 656pp, tp, cover by Ashley Pierce) Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1993) literary fantasy novel.


Concrete Island J. G. Ballard (Vintage UK 0-09-933481-X, Jul ’94, £5.99, 176pp, pb, cover by Conor Brady) [Crash] Reprint (Cape 1974) associational mainstream novel. Includes an undated introduction, possibly new.


Empire of the Sun J. G. Ballard (Flamingo 0-00-654700-1, Sep ’94 [Oct ’94], £5.99, 351pp, tp, cover by Eitan Lee Al) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) associational autobiographical novel.


Hello America J. G. Ballard (Vintage UK 0-09-926591-5, Jul ’94, £5.99, 224pp, pb, cover by John Morris) Reprint (Cape 1981) surreal SF novel. Includes a new introduction by Ballard.


The Kindness of Women J. G. Ballard (Flamingo 0-00-654701-X, Sep ’94 [Oct ’94], £5.99, 348pp, tp, cover by Eitan Lee Al) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1991) associational autobiographical novel.


Myths of the Near Future J. G. Ballard (Vintage UK 0-09-933471-2, Apr ’94 [Jun ’94], £5.99, 205pp, tp, cover by John Morris) Reprint (Cape 1982) SF collection. Includes a new introduction by Ballard.


Rushing to Paradise J. G. Ballard (Flamingo 0-00-224134-X, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], £14.99, 239pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Associational ecological satire.


Complicity Iain Banks (Abacus 0-349-10571-5, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], £6.99, 313pp, tp, cover by Peter Brown) Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1993) associational thriller.


Against a Dark Background Iain M. Banks (Orbit 1-85723-185-6, Jan ’94, £8.99, 487pp, tp, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reprint (Orbit 1993) downbeat sf novel about the quest for the fabled Lazy Gun.


Feersum Endjinn Iain M. Banks (Orbit 1-85723-235-6, Jun ’94 [May ’94], £15.99, 279pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) SF novel.


Melusine Lynne Reid Banks (Puffin 0-14-037333-0, 1994 [Dec ’94], £4.50, 190pp, pb, cover by Stephen Lavis) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1988) young-adult fantasy novel.


Clive Barker: Mythmaker for the Millennium Suzanne J. Barbieri (The British Fantasy Society 0-95241530-5, Sep ’94, £4.99, 64pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Study of some literary and moral aspects of Barker’s work, illustrated by Pete Queally and including an introduction by Peter Atkins. Launched at Fantasycon 1994. [Clive Barker]


Everville Clive Barker (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223985-X, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], £15.99, 640pp, hc) [The Art] Fantasy novel; sequel to The Great And Secret Show. There is a special edition (one copy supplied with every ten ordered) which has a different cover, and a pre-printed message and signature. These are intended to be sold at the normal price.


The Great and Secret Show Clive Barker (HarperCollins UK 0-00-617908-8, Sep ’94 [Oct ’94], £5.99, 698pp, pb) [The Art] Reprint (Collins 1989) fantasy novel. Volume one in the series.


Rawhead Rex and Twilight at the Towers Clive Barker (Eclipse UK 0-00-224952-9, Jan ’94, £6.99, 96pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Collection of graphic adaptations by Steve Niles of two short stories - “Rawhead Rex” illustrated by Les Edwards; and “Twilight at the Towers” illustrated by Hector Gomez.


A Million Open Doors John Barnes (Millennium 1-85798-149-9, Jun ’94, £4.99, 314pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Million Open Doors] Reprint (Tor 1992) SF novel about repressive politics on a frontier world.


Mother of Storms John Barnes (Millennium 1-85798-191-X, Jul ’94 [Aug ’94], £9.99, 455pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Tor 1994) Sf novel. A hardcover edition (-190-1, £14.99) is also available.


Zero Four, Zero One, Zero Zero Roger Barnett (The Book Guild 0-86332-921-7, Oct ’94, £14.99, 292pp, hc) SF novel. Social chaos ensues when computers make an error about the date in the year 2000.


Witch Queen of Vixania Morgana Baron (Nexus 0-352-32917-3, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], £4.99, 243pp, pb) Pseudonymous sword and sorcery erotica. Volume one in a new series.


Maze of Moonlight Gael Baudino (Orbit 1-85723-268-2, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], £5.99, 351pp, pb, cover by David O’Connor) [Natil] Reprint (Roc 1993) fantasy novel. Book 2 in the “Natil” series. [First U.K. edition]


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