The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998


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Evil Deeds Bentley Little (Headline 0-7472-0878-6, May ’94 [Jun ’94], £16.99, 308pp, hc, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Signet 1992 as Death Instinct by Philip Emmons) associational psychothriller. [First U.K. edition]


The Mailman Bentley Little (Headline 0-7472-0890-5, Feb ’94, £16.99, 314pp, hc, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Onyx 1991) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]


The Mailman Bentley Little (Headline 0-7472-4194-5, Aug ’94, £5.99, 440pp, pb, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Onyx 1991) horror novel.


The Night School Bentley Little (Headline 0-7472-0816-6, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], £16.99, 313pp, hc, cover by Simon Dewey) Horror novel: a small, perplexed group find themselves battling an evil which has raised the violence in a Californian university to unnatural, then supernatural levels.


The Summoning Bentley Little (Headline 0-7472-4197-X, May ’94 [Jun ’94], £5.99, 598pp, pb, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Zebra 1993) horror novel.


The House in Norham Gardens Penelope Lively (Mammoth 0-7497-0790-9, May ’94, £2.99, 154pp, pb, cover by Emma Chichester-Clark) Reprint (Heinemann 1974) young-adult ghost novel.


A Stitch in Time Penelope Lively (Mammoth 0-7497-0789-5, Apr ’94 [May ’94], £2.99, 140pp, pb, cover by Emma Chichester-Clark) Reprint (Heinemann 1976) young-adult ghost novel.


The Elementals Morgan Llywelyn (Tor UK 0-330-33914-1, Aug ’94, £4.99, 369pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1993) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]


The Doctor Who Programme Guide: Third Edition Jean-Marc Lofficier (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20342-9, Jun ’94, £4.99, 271pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1981) associational book. Further revised to include much more detail on the books, video and audio cassettes and other work produced since the TV series was ended.


Cradle of Secrets Emma Lorant (Headline 0-7472-0845-X, 1993 [Sep ’94], £16.99, 310pp, hc) Sf novel of genetic engineering and pre-natal consciousness. Copyrighted by Tessa E. Warburg. Published in 1993; not seen until now.


Lullaby of Fear Emma Lorant (Headline 0-7472-0963-4, May ’94 [Aug ’94], £16.99, 312pp, hc) Sf novel. After women drink from the waters of a secret grotto in Austria, they get pregnant - always with girls, and identical to their mothers.


Monsieur de Phocas Jean Lorrain (Dedalus 1-873982-15-1, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], £8.99, 272pp, tp, cover by Film still from ‘Les Enfants de Paradis’) [Dorian Gray] Reprint (France 1901) French Decadent novel modelled on The Portrait of Dorian Gray. Translated, and with Introduction, by Francis Amery (a pseudonym for Brian M Stableford). [First U.K. edition]


Supernatural Horror in Literature H. P. Lovecraft (The Gothic Society 1-874100-07-1, Sep ’94, £6.00, 32pp, ph) The famous essay from the ’30s (original text) issued as an illustrated A4 booklet. It has appeared before in numerous texts. Available from Chatham House, Gosshill Road, Chislehurst, Kent BR7 5NS.


Dagon’s Bell and Other Discords Brian Lumley (NEL 0-450-61836-1, Aug ’94, £4.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) Collection of 13 stories each introduced by Lumley.


Necroscope Brian Lumley (Boxtree 0-7522-0962-0, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], £7.99, 120pp, tp) [Necroscope] Horror graphic novel based on the Brian Lumley book.


Return of the Deep Ones and Other Mythos Tales Brian Lumley (Roc UK 0-14-017303-X, Feb ’94, £4.99, 387pp, pb) Collection of four Cthulhu Mythos stories, including the novels Beneath the Moors and The Return of the Deep Ones.


Vampire World 3: Bloodwars Brian Lumley (Penguin 0-14-016995-4, Sep ’94, £5.99, 776pp, pb, cover by George Underwood) [Vampire World] Horror novel.


Women and Ghosts Alison Lurie (Heinemann 0-434-00073-6, Jun ’94, £12.99, 182pp, hc, cover by Spiros Politis) Collection of nine ghost and supernatural stories, four new.


The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales ed. Alison Lurie (Oxford University Press 0-19-282385-X, Aug ’94, £7.99, 455pp, tp, cover by Maxfield Parrish) Reprint (Oxford 1993) anthology of fairy tales by authors ranging from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Philip K. Dick.


Floating City Eric Lustbader (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224203-6, Jun ’94, £15.99, 430pp, hc, cover by David Scutt) [Nicholas Linnear] Oriental thriller with psychic elements. Fifth in the “Nicholas Linnear” series. Simultaneous with the US (Pocket) edition.


The Kaisho Eric Lustbader (HarperCollins UK 0-00-647596-5, Jun ’94, £5.99, 622pp, pb) [Nicholas Linnear] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) oriental thriller with psychic elements. Volume four in the “Nicholas Linnear” series.


Conundrum Steve Lyons (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20408-5, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], £4.99, 261pp, pb, cover by Jeff Cummins) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.


Hostilities Caroline Macdonald (Scholastic UK 0-590-55518-9, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], £2.99, 149pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Omnibus Books Australia 1991) original young-adult fantasy collection.


Knights of the Blood Scott MacMillan (Raven 1-85487-341-5, Aug ’94, £4.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Angus McKie) [Knights of the Blood] Reprint (Roc 1993) dark fantasy novel of L. A. cop against vampires. Volume one in the series. The series was co-created by Katherine Kurtz, who is married to MacMillan. [First U.K. edition]


The Avengers: Deadline Patrick Macnee (Titan 1-85286-561-X, Aug ’94, £3.99, 188pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder 1965) associational novelization. Long unavailable novelization based on the classic series. Written with the assistance of Peter Leslie.


Sheep Simon Maginn (Corgi 0-552-14122-4, Feb ’94, £4.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Melvyn Grant) Horror novel.


The Greatest Show Off Earth Margaret Mahy (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-00175-7, Apr ’94 [May ’94], £8.99, 192pp, hc, cover by Wendy Smith) Young-adult SF novel. Illustrated by Wendy Smith.


The Fall of the Families Phillip Mann (Gollancz 0-575-05787-4, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], £5.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Trevor Webb) [Story of the Gardener] Reprint (Gollancz 1987) SF novel. Sequel to Master of Paxwax.


A Land Fit for Heroes 1: Escape to the Wild Wood Phillip Mann (Gollancz 0-575-05716-5, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], £4.99, 284pp, pb, cover by Adrian Chesterman) [Land Fit for Heroes] Reprint (Gollancz 1993) SF novel.


A Land Fit for Heroes 2: Stand Alone Stan Phillip Mann (Gollancz 0-575-05516-2, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], £15.99, 288pp, hc, cover by Adrian Chesterman) [Land Fit for Heroes] Sf alternate world novel - second in a series about a 20th-century Britain still ruled by Rome.


All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Watching Star Trek Dave Marinaccio (Titan 1-85286-555-5, Jun ’94 [May ’94], £5.99, 127pp, tp) [Star Trek] Reprint (Crown 1994) associational/non-fiction book. How the solutions to all life’s problems are found in episodes of Star Trek. [First U.K. edition]


They Do Things Differently There Jan Mark (The Bodley Head 0-370-31943-5, May ’94, £7.99, 183pp, tp, cover by Peter Melnyczuk) Young-adult fantasy novel. Two teenage girls create a fantasy version of their town.. and almost make it real.


Judge Dredd: Dread Dominion Stephen Marley (Virgin 0-352-32929-7, May ’94, £4.99, 328pp, pb) [Judge Dredd] SF novelization.


Shadow Sisters Stephen Marley (Legend 0-09-931481-9, Jun ’94 [May ’94], £4.99, 432pp, pb, cover by Trevor Scobie) [Chia Black Dragon] Reprint (Legend 1993) fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Chia Black Dragon” series.


The Beetle Richard Marsh (Alan Sutton 0-7509-0688-X, Jul ’94, £5.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Joseph Wright) Reprint (Skeffington 1897) horror novel. Includes an introduction by William Baker.


The Fate of the Phoenix Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath (Titan 1-85286-535-0, Dec ’94, £4.50, 262pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Star Trek] Reprint (Bantam 1979) novelisation in the Star Trek series. Sequel to The Price of the Phoenix. [First U.K. edition]


Vampire: The Complete Guide to the World of the Undead Manuela Dunn Mascetti (Aurum Press 1-85410-395-4, Sep ’94, £12.95, 224pp, tp) Heavily illustrated study of the vampire in history, folklore, reality, and fiction. Includes excerpts and synopses of work by Leiber, Rice, Stoker, Le Fanu, and so on. An earlier edition of the work appeared as Chronicles of the Vampire (Bloomsbury, 1991).


The Box of Delights John Masefield (Mammoth 0-7497-1286-4, Oct ’94, £3.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Kevin Tweddell) [Kay Harker] Reprint (Heinemann 1935) young-adult fantasy novel. Second in the Kay Harker series.


The Midnight Folk John Masefield (Mammoth 0-7497-1285-6, Oct ’94, £3.99, 283pp, pb, cover by Kevin Tweddell) [Kay Harker] Reprint (Heinemann 1927) young-adult fantasy novel. First of the classic juvenile Kay Harker series—the young boy searches for his family treasure with the aid of the Midnight Folk: his toys.


The Illusionist Anita Mason (Penguin 0-14-023477-2, Aug ’94 [Sep ’94], £5.99, 283pp, tp, cover by Mark Manning) Reprint (Hamilton 1983) literary fantasy novel.


Flesh and Blood Graham Masterton (Heinemann 0-434-00014-0, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], £15.99, 488pp, hc) Horror novel.


Fortnight of Fear Graham Masterton (Severn House 0-7278-4438-5, Jul ’94, £15.99, 312pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) Collection of horror stories, each introduced by Masterton. A trade paperback edition (-9016-6) was announced but not seen.


Night Plague Graham Masterton (Warner UK 0-7515-0241-3, Feb ’94, £4.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) [Night Warriors] Reprint (Tor 1991) horror novel. In the “Night Warriors” series.


The Sleepless Graham Masterton (Mandarin 0-7493-1576-8, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], £4.99, 474pp, pb, cover by Button Design Company) Reprint (Heinemann 1993) horror novel of a group of men who never sleep.


Created By Richard Christian Matheson (Macmillan UK 0-333-61889-0, Apr ’94, £9.99, 324pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 1993) associational horror novel. [First U.K. edition]


R.M. Rodney Matthews (Paper Tiger 1-85028-271-4, Aug ’94, £3.99, 43pp, hc, cover by Rodney Matthews) Miniature (100mm x 75mm) art book of 20 paintings, selected from In Search of Forever by Matthews.


The Trek Universal Index Thomas Maxwell (Boxtree 1-85283-398-X, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], £9.99, 148pp, tp) [Star Trek] Reprint (Image Publishing 1994) non-fiction book. Alphabetical guide to every place, character, alien, ship, and so on, in Star Trek over its first 30 years. [First U.K. edition]


Diamond Mask Julian May (HarperCollins UK 0-00-222969-2, Sep ’94, £15.99, 463pp, hc, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Galactic Milieu] Reprint (Knopf 1994) sf novel. Book Two of The Galactic Milieu Trilogy. [First U.K. edition]


Pasquale’s Angel Paul J. McAuley (Gollancz 0-575-05489-1, Mar ’94, £15.99, 286pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Murder and magic in a alternate Renaissance Florence where da Vinci’s revolutionary inventions have changed the world.


Red Dust Paul J. McAuley (Gollancz 0-575-05599-5, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], £4.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Gollancz 1993) sf novel set on a future Mars dominated by the Chinese.


The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall Anne McCaffrey (Bantam UK 0-593-03573-9, Jun ’94 [Jul ’94], £8.99, 256pp, tp, cover by Steve Weston) [Pern] Reprint (Del Rey; Bantam UK 1993) collection of five stories about the early days of Pern, two of them original.


The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall Anne McCaffrey (Corgi 0-552-13913-0, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], £4.99, 284pp, pb, cover by Steve Weston) [Pern] Reprint (Del Rey; Bantam UK 1993) collection of five stories about the early days of Pern.


Damia’s Children Anne McCaffrey (Corgi 0-552-13912-2, Feb ’94, £3.99, 335pp, pb, cover by Romas) [Tower and the Hive] Reprint (Putnam 1993) sf novel. Volume three in the “Tower and the Hive” series.


The Dolphins of Pern Anne McCaffrey (Bantam UK 0-593-03737-5, Nov ’94 [Aug ’94], £14.99, 300pp, hc, cover by Steve Weston) [Pern] SF novel. Latest in the “Pern” series. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.


Dragonsinger Anne McCaffrey (Corgi 0-552-10881-2, Nov ’94, £4.99, 283pp, pb, cover by David Roe) [Pern: Harper Hall] Reissue (Bantam 1977) SF novel. A Pern book; second of the Menolly series. Fourteenth printing.


Lyon’s Pride Anne McCaffrey (Bantam UK 0-593-02652-7, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], £14.99, 316pp, hc, cover by Romas) [Tower and the Hive] Sf novel. Volume four in the “Tower and the Hive” series. Simultaneous with the US (Ace/Putnam) edition.


Lyon’s Pride Anne McCaffrey (Bantam UK 0-593-03586-0, Aug ’94, £8.99, 316pp, tp, cover by Romas) [Tower and the Hive] Reprint (Bantam UK 1994) sf novel. Volume four in the “Tower and the Hive” series.


To Ride Pegasus Anne McCaffrey (Corgi 0-552-14180-1, Jun ’94, £3.99, 284pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Daffyd op Owen; Talents] Reprint (Ballantine 1973) sf collection. Volume one in the “Talent” series. The “Talent” series leads into the “Tower and the Hive” sequence.


PartnerShip Anne McCaffrey & Margaret Ball (Orbit 1-85723-206-2, Jun ’94 [May ’94], £16.99, 323pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Ship Who Sang] Reprint (Baen 1992) sf novel. A pb edition (-204-6, £4.99) was announced but not seen. Volume 1 of a series set in the universe of The Ship Who Sang. [First U.K. edition]


The Ship Who Searched Anne McCaffrey & Mercedes Lackey (Orbit 1-85723-210-0, Jun ’94, £16.99, 312pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Ship Who Sang] Reprint (Baen 1992) sf novel. A pb edition (-205-4, £4.99) was announced but not seen. Volume 2 of a series set in the universe of The Ship Who Sang. [First U.K. edition]


Treaty Planet Anne McCaffrey & Jody Lynn Lye (Orbit 1-85723-184-8, Feb ’94, £4.99, 441pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Doona] Sf novel. Volume three in the “Doona” series. A hardcover edition (-139-2, £16.99) is also available.


Power Lines Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (Bantam UK 0-593-03357-4, Jun ’94, £14.99, 330pp, hc, cover by Peter Elson) [Petaybee] SF novel. Sequel to Powers That Be.


Powers That Be Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (Corgi 0-552-14098-8, Aug ’94, £4.99, 351pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Petaybee] Reprint (Del Rey 1993) sf novel about a company spy on a frozen planet where unauthorized genetic engineering is taking place.


Gone South Robert McCammon (Penguin 0-14-016660-2, Feb ’94, £4.99, 359pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1992) associational thriller about a Vietnam veteran on the run.


Stan Lee’s Riftworld: Villains Bill McCay (Virgin 0-86369-709-7, Feb ’94 [Mar ’94], £4.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Riftworld] Fantasy novelization. Volume two in the series. Simultaneous with the US (Roc as Stan Lee’s Riftworld: Heroes’ World) edition.


Crisis Ken McClure (Pocket UK 0-671-85120-9, Jun ’94, £4.99, 346pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1993) associational thriller of a mutated virus decimating an isolated community. [First U.K. edition]


Quantum Leap: Prelude Ashley McConnell (Boxtree 0-7522-0929-9, Aug ’94, £3.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Quantum Leap] Reprint (Ace 1994) sf novelization. Volume six in the series. [First U.K. edition]


Quantum Leap: Random Measures Ashley McConnell (Boxtree 0-7522-0934-5, Nov ’94, £4.99, 240pp, pb, cover by Colin Howard) [Quantum Leap] Reprint (Ace 1994) SF novelization. [First U.K. edition]


Necroville Ian McDonald (Gollancz 0-575-05493-X, Jul ’94, £15.99, 319pp, hc) SF novel. By the middle of the twenty-first century, nano-technology can raise the dead.


Dr. Haggard’s Disease Patrick McGrath (Penguin 0-14-014643-1, Apr ’94, £5.99, 180pp, tp) Reprint (Viking UK 1993) associational gothic novel.


First Frontier David A. McIntee (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20421-2, Sep ’94 [Oct ’94], £4.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Tony Masero) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.


Star Wars: The Crystal Star Vonda N. McIntyre (Bantam UK 0-593-03746-4, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], £10.99, 309pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam 1994) Star Wars novelisation. [First U.K. edition]


The Cygnet and the Firebird Patricia A. McKillip (Pan 0-330-33085-3, Jul ’94, £4.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Ian Miller) [Cygnet] Reprint (Ace 1993) fantasy novel. Sequel to The Sorceress and the Cygnet. [First U.K. edition]


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