The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998


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Zeitgeist Todd Wiggins (Gollancz 0-575-06316-5, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £9.99, 320pp, tp, cover by Gary Day-Ellison) SF/fantasy novel set in a disintegrating USA in 1999. A hardcover edition (-06234-7, £15.99) was announced but not seen.


The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women ed. A. Susan Williams & Richard Glyn Jones (Penguin 0-14-024336-4, Aug ’96, £8.99, xvi+560pp, tp, cover by Leonora Carrington) Reprint (Viking UK 1995) fantasy/SF anthology of 38 stories (three original) by women, published between 1941 and 1994. This is an international edition available in the US for $13.95.


Arcady Michael Williams (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-67456-3, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], £16.99, 486pp, hc, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Arcady] Reprint (Roc 1996) fantasy novel. The borders between magic and reality shift in a land out of British Romantic poetry. First world hardcover edition. [First U.K. edition]


Otherland: City of Golden Shadow Tad Williams (Legend 0-09-968301-6, Dec ’96, £16.99, 770pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Otherland] SF novel. First in a planned four-book series. A deadly virtual super-reality is controlled by the mercenary Grail Brotherhood. A trade paperback (export) edition (0-09-968311-3, £9.99) was announced but not seen.


The Crow: The City of Angels Chet Williamson (Boxtree 0-7522-2257-0, Nov ’96, £4.99, 250pp, pb) Reprint (Boulevard 1996) novelisation of the film. [First U.K. edition]


Citadel Philip G. Williamson (Legend 0-09-931071-6, Jun ’96, £5.99, 289pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Firstworld Chronicles] Reprint (Legend 1995) fantasy novel. In the “The Firstworld Chronicles” series.


Enchantment’s Edge: Volume 1: The Orb and the Spectre Philip G. Williamson (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66668-4, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £16.99, 376pp, hc, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Enchantment’s Edge] Fantasy novel set in a land bordering a magical realm whose secret gods seem to be aiding murderous invaders.


Mirage F. Paul Wilson & Matthew J. Costello (Headline 0-7472-1674-6, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £16.99, 312pp, hc) SF novel. An experimental psychologist uses a virtual reality link to enter the mind of her comatose twin sister.


The House of Death Patricia Windsor (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-34433-1, Aug ’96, £3.99, 211pp, pb, cover by Mel Grant) Young-adult horror novel.


Chung Kuo: Book Seven: Days of Bitter Strength David Wingrove (NEL 0-340-67253-6, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £6.99, 662pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Chung Kuo] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) SF novel.


Exodus from the Long Sun Gene Wolfe (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-63835-4, Oct ’96, £16.99, xiv+386pp, hc, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Book of the Long Sun] SF novel. Final volume in the “Book of the Long Sun” tetralogy.


Yesterday’s Child Barbara Wood (Severn House 0-7278-5125-X, Jul ’96, £15.99, 254pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1979) dark fantasy novel of a revenant seeking a lost love. [First U.K. edition]


Faraday’s Orphans N. Lee Wood (Gollancz 0-575-06392-0, Nov ’96, £16.99, 351pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) SF novel.


Looking for the Mahdi N. Lee Wood (Vista 0-575-60109-4, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], £5.99, 351pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Ace 1996) SF espionage novel. [First U.K. edition]


A Little Fear Patricia Wrightson (Hutchinson 0-09-152710-4, Jul ’96, £9.99, 111pp, hc, cover by Mark Robertson) Reissue (Hutchinson 1983) young-adult fantasy novel. An old woman takes possession of a cottage already inhabited by the Njimbin. Third printing.


The Nargun and the Stars Patricia Wrightson (Hutchinson 0-09-157440-4, Jul ’96, £9.99, 158pp, hc, cover by Mark Robertson) [Book of Wirrun] Reissue (Hutchinson 1973) young-adult fantasy novel. Second printing.


Flats Rudolph Wurlitzer (Midnight Classics 1-85242-410-9, May ’96 [Jul ’96], £6.99, 159pp, tp) Reprint (Dutton 1970) literary fantasy novel set in a post-apocalyptic city. This is a worldwide edition and is available in the US for $11.99.


Shadowfane Janny Wurts (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20485-7, Mar ’96, £4.99, 352pp, pb) [Cycle of Fire] Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel. Volume three in “Cycle of Fire”.


Warhost of Vastmark Janny Wurts (Voyager 0-00-648207-4, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], £5.99, 563pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) [Wars of Light and Shadow] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1995) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in “The Wars of Light and Shadow” after The Curse of the Mistwraith and The Ships of Merior.


Across the Flame Jonathan Wylie (Orbit 1-85723-395-6, Jun ’96 [May ’96], £16.99, 376pp, hc, cover by Keith Scaife) Dark fantasy novel. A young female artist is pursued for help by a sorcerer who has been trapped in a painting for centuries. Wylie is a pseudonym of Julia Smith and Mark J. A. Smith.


Other Lands Jonathan Wylie (Orbit 1-85723-364-6, Jun ’96 [May ’96], £5.99, 360pp, pb, cover by Keith Scaife) Reprint (Orbit 1995) fantasy novel. A woman must brave a world which mirrors her abused life, in order to rescue her lover. Wylie is a pseudonym of Julia Smith and Mark J. A. Smith.


Conquerors’ Legacy Timothy Zahn (Bantam UK 0-553-40855-0, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], £4.99, 486pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Conquerors] SF novel. Third in the “Conquerors” trilogy. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam) edition.


Loch Paul Zindel (Red Fox 0-09-954261-7, Feb ’96 [May ’96], £2.99, 133pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins 1994) young-adult fantasy novel. First of a series.


The Wild David Zindell (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649712-8, Jun ’96 [Jul ’96], £5.99, 700pp, pb) [Requiem for Homo Sapiens] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1995) SF novel. Book 2 in the “Requiem for Homo Sapiens” trilogy.


Discoveries: The First Focus Science Fiction Anthology ed. Anon. (Gollancz 0-575-06258-4, Oct ’95 [Aug ’96], free, 190pp, pb, cover by Julian Baum) Anthology of six stories and two novel extracts, all from recent or forthcoming Gollancz volumes. Distributed free with the October 1995 issue of Focus, but only just seen.


L.A. con III Programme Book ed. Anon. (L.A. con, Sep ’96, no price, 200pp, quarto)


The Planet Suite Allen Ashley (TTA Press 0-9526947-1-9, Oct ’96, £4.99, 98pp, tp, cover by Dave Mooring) SF/fantasy novel. [Not seen]


A Book of Ghosts Sabine Baring-Gould (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-19-2, Nov ’96, C$51.00, xxii+305pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Reprint (Methuen 1904) collection of stories, revised from the original edition by the inclusion of 2 further stories, “A Dead Man’s Teeth” and “The Old Woman of Wesel”. There is a new Introduction by Richard Dalby, and illustrations by D. Murray Smith. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.50 and in the UK for £23.50.


The 1995 SPGA Showcase ed. David G. Barnett & Bobbi Sinha-Morey (Concord, CA: SPGA, 1996, 124pp, ph, cover by R. M. Copley)


Moonrise Ben Bova (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-68248-5, Nov ’96, £16.99, 613pp, hc, cover by Paul Young) [Moonbase] SF novel. Book One of “The Moonbase Saga”. [Not seen]


Dead of Light Chaz Brenchley (NEL 0-450-61003-9, Jan ’96 [Feb ’96], £5.99, 330pp, pb) [Ben Macallen] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) urban thriller with dark fantasy elements.


The Occult Files of Francis Chard: Some Ghost Stories A. M. Burrage (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-20-6, Dec ’96, £23.50, xvi+278pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) [Francis Chard] Collection of 26 stories, including 13 from Some Ghost Stories (1927). Edited and with an Introduction by Jack Adrian. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.50.


The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement Four, July 1995-June 1996 Jack Chalker & Mark Owings (Mirage Press, 1996 [Oct ’96], $10.00, v+50pp, tp) Non-fiction, reference. This is the fourth annual update to Chalker and Owings’s The Science-Fantasy Publishers (Mirage 1991).


Bruce Coville’s Book of Aliens II: More Tales to Warp Your Mind ed. Bruce Coville (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-85293-0, Nov ’96, $3.95, 183pp, tp, cover by Steve Fastner) Young-adult original collection of 12 sf stories, three reprints. Packaged and copyrighted by General Licensing Company, a Byron Preiss subsidiary. Individual story copyrights are in the authors’ names.


Bruce Coville’s Book of Magic: Tales to Cast a Spell on You ed. Bruce Coville (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-25931-8, May ’96, $3.99, 178pp, tp, cover by Steve Fastner) Young-adult original collection of 11 magic stories, two reprints. Packaged and copyrighted by General Licensing Company, a Byron Preiss subsidiary. Individual story copyrights are in the authors’ names.


Bruce Coville’s Book of Monsters II: More Tales to Give You the Creeps ed. Bruce Coville (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-85292-2, Sep ’93 [Aug ’96], $3.95, 178pp, tp, cover by Steve Fastner) Young-adult original collection of 11 monster stories, two reprints. Packaged and copyrighted by General Licensing Company, a Byron Preiss subsidiary. Individual story copyrights are in the authors’ names.


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