The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998


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Neveryóna Samuel R. Delany (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20271-4, Nov ’96, £5.99, 544pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1983) fantasy novel. This follows the 1988 revision (Grafton).


Tales of Nevèrÿon Samuel R. Delany (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20270-6, Jun ’96 [Jul ’96], £5.99, 335pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1979) fantasy collection. This edition follows the revised text and contents of the 1988 Grafton edition.


The Legends of Lone Wolf 12: The Rotting Land Joe Dever & John Grant (Red Fox 0-09-915221-5, Dec ’95 [Feb ’96], £3.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Peter Andrew Jones) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novel. A limited edition booklet (25 copies, signed) of Grant’s History Book: A ‘Thog the Mighty’ Text, was published at Eastercon ’94. That fantasy tale forms the ‘framing sequence’ to this new novel.


Independence Day Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich & Stephen Molstad (Boxtree 0-7522-0281-2, Jul ’96, £4.99, 280pp, pb) [Independence Day] Reprint (HarperPaperbacks 1996) SF film novelisation. [First U.K. edition]


Star Trek: Renegade Gene DeWeese (Titan 1-85286-356-0, Apr ’96, £4.99, 276pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1991) Star Trek novelisation. Second printing.


Clans of the Alphane Moon Philip K. Dick (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648248-1, Dec ’96, £5.99, 205pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Ace 1964) SF novel.


The Divine Invasion Philip K. Dick (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648250-3, Jul ’96, £5.99, 270pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [VALIS] Reprint (Timescape 1981) SF novel.


Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said Philip K. Dick (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648247-3, Jun ’96, £5.99, 204pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Doubleday 1974) SF novel.


The Game-Players of Titan Philip K. Dick (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20971-9, Nov ’96, £5.99, 223pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Ace 1963) SF novel.


Now Wait for Last Year Philip K. Dick (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648244-9, Mar ’96 [Apr ’96], £5.99, 225pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1966) SF novel.


A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick (Voyager 0-586-04553-8, Jan ’96 [Apr ’96], £5.99, 254pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1977) SF novel.


The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch Philip K. Dick (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648274-0, Jul ’96, £5.99, 204pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Doubleday 1965) SF novel. A limited edition paperback published for, and exclusive to, Waterstone’s bookshops. There is a new introduction by Fay Weldon.


The Signalman and Other Ghost Stories Charles Dickens (Alan Sutton 0-86299-858-1, Feb ’96, £5.99, 256pp, tp) Reprint (Alan Sutton 1990) collection of ghost stories.


Annerton Pit Peter Dickinson (Gollancz 0-575-06375-0, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £3.99, 172pp, pb, cover by Jamie Tanner) Reprint (Gollancz 1977) young-adult fantasy novel.


The Gift Peter Dickinson (Gollancz 0-575-06297-5, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £3.99, 192pp, pb, cover by Jamie Tanner) Reprint (Gollancz 1973) young-adult SF novel.


Healer Peter Dickinson (Gollancz 0-575-06306-8, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £3.99, 187pp, pb, cover by Jamie Tanner) Reprint (Gollancz 1984) young-adult SF novel.


Shadow of a Hero Peter Dickinson (Corgi Freeway 0-552-52844-7, Aug ’96, £3.99, 299pp, pb, cover by David Farren) Reprint (Gollancz 1994) young-adult associational novel.


Doctor Who: Shakedown Terrance Dicks (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20459-X, Dec ’95 [Feb ’96], £4.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series. This is a world-wide edition, available in the US for $5.95.


Star Trek: Demons D. M. Dillard (Titan 1-85286-351-X, Apr ’96 [May ’96], £4.99, 251pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1986) Star Trek novelisation.


Star Trek: Mindshadow D. M. Dillard (Titan 1-85286-316-1, Apr ’96, £4.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1985) SF novelization. Third printing.


The Priest Thomas M. Disch (Orion 0-75280-009-4, Nov ’95 [Feb ’96], £5.99, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Millennium 1994) horror novel. Published in 1995, but not seen until now.


The Gap Into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die Stephen Donaldson (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223831-4, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], £16.99, 639pp, hc, cover by David O’Connor) [Gap] SF novel. Last in the epic “Gap” quintet.


The Illearth War Stephen Donaldson (HarperCollins Voyager 0-00-615246-5, Aug ’96, £5.99, 574pp, pb) [Thomas Covenant] Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1977) fantasy novel. Volume two in “The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant”.


Lord Foul’s Bane Stephen Donaldson (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-615239-2, Aug ’96 [Oct ’96], £5.99, 540pp, pb) [Thomas Covenant] Reprint (SFBC 1977) fantasy novel. Volume one in “The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant”.


The One Tree Stephen Donaldson (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-616383-1, Nov ’96 [Dec ’96], £5.99, 479pp, pb) [Thomas Covenant, II] Reprint (Del Rey 1982) fantasy novel. Volume 5 of “The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant”.


The Power that Preserves Stephen Donaldson (HarperCollins Voyager 0-00-615247-3, Aug ’96, £5.99, 573pp, pb) [Thomas Covenant] Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1977) fantasy novel. Volume three in “The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant”.


White Gold Wielder Stephen Donaldson (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-616777-2, Nov ’96 [Dec ’96], £5.99, 509pp, pb) [Thomas Covenant, II] Reprint (Collins 1983) fantasy novel. Volume 6 of “The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant”.


The Wounded Land Stephen Donaldson (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-616140-5, Nov ’96 [Dec ’96], £5.99, 508pp, pb) [Thomas Covenant, II] Reprint (Del Rey 1981) fantasy novel. Volume 4 of “The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant”.


Havock Junction Joe Donnelly (Arrow 0-09-952701-4, Jan ’96 [Feb ’96], £5.99, 464pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Reprint (Century 1995) dark fantasy novel.


Incubus Joe Donnelly (Michael Joseph 0-7181-3979-8, Mar ’96, £15.99, 442pp, hc) Horror novel.


Hard Shoulder John Douglas (NEL 0-340-66051-1, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], £5.99, 275pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) dark fantasy novel.


Zoo Event John Douglas (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66052-X, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £16.99, 311pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Dark fantasy novel. In a town shrouded by an impenetrable dome of darkness, its inhabitants descend into anarchy and Hell.


The Lost World and other stories Arthur Conan Doyle (Wordsworth 1-85326-245-5, Apr ’95, £1.00, 461pp, tp, cover by E. F. Schutte) [Prof. Challenger] SF/fantasy omnibus of two novels and three stories. A thrift paperback edition. Copyrighted 1995.


The Best New Science Fiction: 9th Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois (Raven 1-85487-492-6, Oct ’96, £7.99, lxiv+687pp, tp, cover by Phil Marritt) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1996 as Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirteenth Annual Collection) Best-of-the-Year anthology of 24 stories, with a summation of the year by Dozois. [First U.K. edition]


The Two Georges Richard Dreyfuss & Harry Turtledove (NEL 0-340-62826-X, Apr ’96, £5.99, 422pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) SF alternate-world novel, set in a 20th century where the American Revolution never took place, and the Royal American Mounted Police face a plot against the British Empire.


Spider-Man: The Lizard Sanction Diane Duane (Boxtree 0-7522-0301-0, May ’96 [Apr ’96], £4.99, 333pp, pb) [Spider-Man] Reprint (Boulevard 1995) novelisation based on the comic book. Packaged by Byron Preiss. [First U.K. edition]


Spider-Man: The Venom Factor Diane Duane (Boxtree 0-7522-0300-2, May ’96, £4.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Spider-Man] Reprint (Putnam 1994) novelisation based on the comic book. Packaged by Byron Preiss. [First U.K. edition]


Star Trek: My Enemy, My Ally Diane E. Duane (Titan 1-85286-129-0, Apr ’96, £4.99, 309pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1984) Star Trek novelisation. Third printing.


Star Trek: The Wounded Sky Diane E. Duane (Titan 1-85286-097-9, Apr ’96, £4.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1983) SF novelization. Third printing.


Eternal Kiss Anastasia Dubois (X Libris 0-7515-1728-3, Jul ’96, £4.99, 220pp, pb) [Slave to His Kiss] Explicitly sexual vampire novel. Sequel to A Slave to his Kiss. Dubois is a pseudonym.


Star Trek: The Trellisane Confrontation David Dvorkin (Titan 1-85286-224-6, Apr ’96 [May ’96], £4.99, 190pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Timescape 1984) Star Trek novelisation. Second printing.


Star Trek: Timetrap David Dvorkin (Titan 1-85286-065-0, Apr ’96 [May ’96], £4.99, 221pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1988) Star Trek novelisation. Third printing.


The Island of the Day Before Umberto Eco (Minerva 0-7493-9666-0, Oct ’96, £7.99, 515pp, tp) Reprint (Secker & Warburg; Harcourt 1995) literary fantasy novel.


Belgarath the Sorcerer David & Leigh Eddings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-21315-5, Jul ’96, £6.99, 840pp, pb, cover by Roger Taylor) [Belgariad; Malloreon] Reprint (HarperCollins UK; Del Rey 1995) fantasy novel; prequel to “The Belgariad”.


Dragonstorm Graham Edwards (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648022-5, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], £5.99, 441pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Dragoncharm] Fantasy novel. Book two in a series.


Axiomatic Greg Egan (Millennium 1-85798-309-2, Mar ’96, £4.99, 368pp, pb) Reprint (Millennium 1995) collection of 18 SF stories, including two originals.


Distress Greg Egan (Orion/Phoenix 1-85799-484-1, Dec ’96, £5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by The Image Bank) Reprint (Millennium 1995) SF novel.


Fairy Tale Alice Thomas Ellis (Viking UK 0-670-85036-5, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], £16.00, 213pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel.


Magic: The Gathering: Final Sacrifice Clayton Emery (Boxtree 0-7522-0217-0, Jan ’96, £5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Kevin Murphy) [Magic: The Gathering] Reprint (HarperPrism 1995) novelisation based on the “Magic” card game, fourth in “The Gathering” series. A coupon for an exclusive game card is included in the book. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. [First U.K. edition]


Magic: The Gathering: Shattered Chains Clayton Emery (Boxtree 0-7522-0744-X, Jan ’96, £5.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Kevin Murphy) [Magic: The Gathering] Reprint (HarperPrism 1995) novelisation based on the “Magic” card game, third in “The Gathering” series. A coupon for an exclusive game card is included in the book. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. [First U.K. edition]


Distant Voices Barbara Erskine (HarperCollins UK 0-00-225238-4, Nov ’96, £16.99, 432pp, hc, cover by Kevin Tweddell) Collection of over 30 stories, including a number of fantasy, ghost and supernatural tales.


House of Echoes Barbara Erskine (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224538-8, Apr ’96, £15.99, 422pp, hc, cover by Kevin Tweddell) Ghost/romance novel. A curse that kills the male members of any family who live at Belheddon Hall.


Lady of Hay Barbara Erskine (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649780-2, Apr ’96, £5.99, 760pp, pb) Reprint (Michael Joseph 1986) time travel/fantasy novel.


Mortal Remains Christopher Evans (Vista 0-575-60043-8, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £5.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Kevin Jenkins) Reprint (Gollancz 1995) SF novel of the Noosphere.


Challenger’s Hope David Feintuch (Orbit 1-85723-435-9, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], £5.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Nicholas Seafort] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1995) SF novel. Book 2 of “The Seafort Saga”. [First U.K. edition]


Midshipman’s Hope David Feintuch (Orbit 1-85723-434-0, Nov ’96, £5.99, 391pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Nicholas Seafort] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1994) SF novel. Book 1 of “The Seafort Saga”. [First U.K. edition]


Rise of a Merchant Prince Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649700-4, May ’96, £9.99, 406pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Riftwar: Serpentwar] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1995) fantasy novel. Book II of the Serpentwar Saga.


Rise of a Merchant Prince Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649701-2, Oct ’96, £5.99, x+479pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Riftwar: Serpentwar] Reprint (HarperCollins UK; Morrow 1995) fantasy novel. Book II of “The Serpentwar Saga”.


Star Trek: A Flag Full of Stars Brad Ferguson (Titan 1-85286-354-4, Apr ’96, £4.99, 241pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket; Titan 1991) SF novelization. Third printing.


Star Trek: Crisis on Centaurus Brad Ferguson (Titan 1-85286-355-2, Apr ’96 [May ’96], £4.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1986) Star Trek novelisation. Second printing.


The Candleman Catherine Fisher (Red Fox 0-09-930139-3, Dec ’95 [Feb ’96], £2.99, 138pp, pb, cover by Gino D’Achille) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1994) young-adult fantasy novel.


The Empty Hand Catherine Fisher (Red Fox 0-09-949631-3, Jul ’96, £2.99, 169pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Snow Walker] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1995) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the “Snow Walker” trilogy.


The Soul Thieves Catherine Fisher (The Bodley Head 0-370-32490-0, Jul ’96, £9.99, 214pp, hc, cover by Mark Robertson) [Snow Walker] Young-adult fantasy novel, last in the “Snow Walker” trilogy. The soul of a bride is stolen on her wedding day.


Grinny Nicholas Fisk (Puffin 0-14-037235-0, Feb ’96, £4.50, 134pp, tp, cover by Peter Gudynas) Reprint (Heinemann 1973) young-adult SF novel. Illustrations by Gudynas, and an afterword by Chris Powling.


Tyger Pool Pauline Fisk (Red Fox 0-09-926411-0, Jun ’96, £3.50, 215pp, pb, cover by Tim Gaudion) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1994) young-adult fantasy novel.


H.G.: The History of Mr. Wells Michael Foot (Black Swan 0-552-99530-4, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], £7.99, 318pp, tp, cover by David Axtell) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1995) biography. Includes 32 pages of photographs. [H. G. Wells]


Star Trek: How Much for Just the Planet? John M. Ford (Titan 1-85286-018-9, Apr ’96 [May ’96], £4.99, 253pp, pb) [Star Trek: Worlds Apart] Reissue (Pocket 1987) Star Trek novelisation. Second printing.


The Shepherd Frederick Forsyth (Arrow 0-09-964251-4, Apr ’96, £4.99, 125pp, pb, cover by Slatter-Anderson) Reprint (Hutchinson 1975) ghost novella, illustrated by Lou Feck.


A Call to Arms Alan Dean Foster (Legend 0-09-995440-0, Oct ’96, £5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Damned] Reprint (Del Rey 1991) SF novel. Volume 1 of “The Damned”. Opposing alien forces battle for the support or subjugation of humanity. [First U.K. edition]


The Dig Alan Dean Foster (Corgi 0-552-14490-8, May ’96, £4.99, 334pp, pb) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1966) novelisation based on the LucasArts CD-Rom game. [First U.K. edition]


Dinotopia Lost Alan Dean Foster (Bantam UK 0-553-50495-9, Aug ’96, £4.99, 350pp, pb, cover by James Gurney) [Dinotopia] Reprint (Turner 1996) novelization based on the Dinotopia books by Gurney; copyrighted by Gurney and The Greenwich Workshop Inc. [First U.K. edition]


The False Mirror Alan Dean Foster (Legend 0-09-932041-X, Dec ’96, £5.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Damned] Reprint (Del Rey 1992) SF novel. Book 2 of “The Damned” after A Call to Arms. [First U.K. edition]


Greenthieves Alan Dean Foster (Severn House 0-7278-4951-4, Apr ’96, £16.99, 248pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1994) SF novel.


Mid-Flinx Alan Dean Foster (Orbit 1-85723-398-0, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £16.99, 346pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Pip & Flinx; Thranx] Reprint (Del Rey 1995) SF novel in the “Flinx & Pip” and “Midworld” series. [First U.K. edition]


Star Wars: Splinter of the Mind’s Eye [by ?] Alan Dean Foster (Warner UK 0-7515-1738-0, May ’96, £4.99, vi+297pp, pb, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Star Wars] Reprint (Ballantine 1978) Star Wars novelisation (the very first spin-off), with a new Introduction by George Lucas.


Psychoville Christopher Fowler (Warner UK 0-7515-1664-3, Oct ’96, £5.99, 417pp, pb, cover by Jay Eff) Reprint (Warner UK 1995) associational novel.


A Maggot John Fowles (Vintage UK 0-09-948041-7, Oct ’96 [Nov ’96], £6.99, 460pp, tp) Reprint (Little, Brown 1985) literary SF novel.


Breath of Brimstone Anthea Fraser (Severn House 0-7278-4860-7, Apr ’96, £15.99, 188pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) Dark fantasy novel of a young girl enticed into evil.


The New Adventures of Superman: Exile Michael Jan Friedman (BBC Books 0-563-40473-6, Feb ’96 [Jul ’96], £2.99, 159pp, pb) [Superman] Novelization of the TV series (shown in the US as Lois and Clark).


The New Adventures of Superman: Heat Wave Michael Jan Friedman (BBC Books 0-563-40472-8, Feb ’96 [Jul ’96], £2.99, 154pp, pb) [Superman] Novelization of the TV series (shown in the US as Lois and Clark).


Aurian Maggie Furey (Legend 0-09-918902-X, Dec ’96, £16.99, 611pp, hc, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Artefacts of Power] Reprint (Legend 1994) fantasy novel. Book One of “The Artefacts of Power”. First World Hardcover.


Neverwhere Neil Gaiman (BBC Books 0-563-38746-7, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], £9.99, 287pp, tp, cover by Dave McKean) Novelisation of the dark fantasy TV serial. A limited hardback edition (-38793-9, £18.99) was announced but not seen.


The Sandman: Book of Dreams ed. Neil Gaiman & Edward E. Kramer (HarperCollins Voyager 0-00-224632-5, Aug ’96, £16.99, 293pp, hc, cover by Dave McKean) Original anthology of 17 stories and one poem based on the acclaimed graphic series. Each piece has a short introduction by Gaiman on the author. Simultaneous with the US (HarperPrism) edition. [First U.K. edition]


Dragon Waking Craig Shaw Gardner (Mandarin 0-7493-2050-8, Mar ’96, £5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) [Dragon Circle] Reprint (Heinemann 1995) fantasy novel. Book Two of “The Dragon Circle”.


The Stone Book Quartet Alan Garner (Collins 0-00-184282-X, Feb ’96, £9.99, 227pp, hc) Reprint (Collins 1983) young-adult fantasy omnibus.


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