The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Forgotten Realms: The Simbuls Gift Lynn Abbey (TSR 0-7869-0763-0, Oct 97 [Nov 97], $5.99, 313pp, tp, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Forgotten Realms: Nobles] Novelization based on the role-playing game. Sixth in the Nobles series. Copyrighted by TSR.
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The World of Darkness: Dark Tyrants ed. Justin Achilli & Rob Hatch (White Wolf 1-56504-868-7, Jun 97 [May 97], $12.99, 254pp, tp) [World of Darkness] Original anthology of 13 stories loosely based on the Vampire: The Dark Ages role-playing game. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
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Forrest J Ackermans World of Science Fiction Forrest J Ackerman (General Publishing Group 1-57544-069-5, Nov 97 [Dec 97], $30.00, 240pp, hc) Non-fiction, a photographic history of SF in print and film. Foreword by John Landis, preface by A.E. van Vogt. Available from General Publishing Group, 2701 Ocean Park Blvd Suite 140, Santa Monica CA 90405; 310-314-4000.
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Ackermanthology! ed. Forrest J Ackerman (General Publishing Group 1-57544-056-3, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $12.95, 302pp, tp, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) Anthology of 65 short-short SF stories. Authors include Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, A. Merritt, H.G. Wells, and many little-known or completely unknown authors. The introduction is by John Landis. Available from General Publishing Group, 2701 Ocean Park Blvd Suite 140, Santa Monica CA 90405; 310-314-4000.
- ix · Kaleidoscope: When Worlds Kaleid · Forrest J Ackerman · in
- xi · Foreword · John Landis · fw
- · Aliens
- 13 · I (Alone) Stand in a World of Legless Humans · Dennis Palumbo · ss Perry Rhodan #105 76
- 16 · Under the Lavender Skies · Adrian Hayworth · ss Perry Rhodan #51 74
- 18 · The Cat and the Canaries · Helen M. Urban · vi Fantastic Universe Feb 57
- 20 · Eye of the Beholder · Shirley Parenteau · ss Perry Rhodan #103 76
- 24 · Litter of the Law · J. Douglas Burtt · ss Perry Rhodan #69 75
- 27 · Traders in Treasures [as by Epaminondas T. Snooks, D.T.G.] · C. P. Mason · ss Wonder Stories May 34
- 34 · Pressure Cruise · Andrei Gorbovski; trans. by Norbert F. Novotny & Forrest J. Ackerman · ss Perry Rhodan #58 74
- 36 · Alien Catastrophe · Henry Melton · ss Perry Rhodan #52 74
- · Alternate Futures
- 41 · The Tweenie [Half-Breed; Half-Breeds] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astonishing Stories Feb 40
- 59 · Deathrace 2000 [The Racer] · Ib J. Melchior · ss Escapade Oct 56
- · Burroughs Pastiche
- 69 · The Swordsmen of Varnis [as by Geoffrey Cobbe] · Clive Jackson · vi Slant Spr 50
- · Cosmic Encounters
- 71 · Starburst · Robert Lulyk · ss Perry Rhodan #97 76
- 74 · The Cosmic Kidnappers · Christian Vallini & S. F. Balboa · vi, 1993
- 75 · Cosmic Parallel · Arthur Louis Joquel, II · vi Specula, 1941
- 78 · The Skys an Oyster; the Stars Are Pearls · David Bischoff · ss Perry Rhodan #66 75
- 81 · And Satan Came · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ss Polaris Dec 40
- · Experiments Perilous
- 85 · Experiment · R. H. Barlow · ss Unusual Stories May 35
- 89 · Golden Nemesis · David A. Kyle · ss Stirring Science Stories Feb 41
- 96 · Secret of the Sun · Ray Cummings · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug 39
- 103 · Pallas Rebellion [as by W. Malcolm White] · Donald A. Wollheim · vi Out of This World Adventures Jul 50
- 106 · The Curious Experience of Thomas Dunbar · G. M. Barrows · ss Argosy Mar 04
- 116 · A Scientist Rises [as by Hall alone] · Harry Bates & Desmond Winter Hall · ss Astounding Nov 32
- · Extrapolation Extraordinary
- 123 · Homecoming · J. Harvey Haggard · vi Fantastic Universe Aug 55
- · Fourth Dimension
- 127 · The Impossible Invention · Robert Moore Williams · ss Astonishing Stories Jun 42
- · Futurama
- 139 · The Smile · Ray Bradbury · ss Fantastic Sum 52
- 144 · The Far Way · David R. Daniels · ss Astounding Jul 35
- 155 · Parasite Lost · Raymond James Jones · vi Perry Rhodan #57 74
- 156 · Messenger to Infinity · J. Harvey Haggard · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Win 42
- 160 · Sic Transit Gloria Mundi · George Allen · ss *
- 164 · A Question of Priorities · Allan J. Wind · ss Perry Rhodan #65 75
- 167 · The Banning · Carmel Lou Rhoten · vi Perry Rhodan #108 77
- 169 · The Last Poet & the Wrongness of Space · A. Merritt · rr Perry Rhodan #47 74 (+1); revised from Cosmos - Chapter 11: The Last Poet and the Robots, Fantasy Magazine, Apr 34
- 175 · Let the Future Judge · L. Lester Anderson · ss Perry Rhodan #41 74
- 178 · The Final Men [from The Time Machine] · H. G. Wells · ex The New Review Jan, 1895 (+4)
- · Galactic
- 181 · Navigational Error · Steve Tymon · vi
- 183 · Devonshires Song · Matt Graham · ss Perry Rhodan #48 74
- · Mars
- 187 · A Martian Oddity [Behind the Ate Ball: A Martian Oddity, as by Anon.] · Weaver Wright · vi Marvel Science Stories Nov 50
- 191 · Love · Richard Wilson · ss F&SF Jun 52
- 197 · The Golden Pyramid · Sam Moskowitz · ss Fantastic Universe Nov 56
- · O. Henryarns
- 201 · The Biography Project [as by Dudley Dell] · Horace L. Gold · vi Galaxy Sep 51
- 204 · Ill Kill You Tomorrow · Helen Huber · ss If Nov 53
- 211 · Police Action · S. C. Smith · vi Perry Rhodan #85 75
- 213 · Where Theres Hope · Jerome Bixby · ss If Nov 53
- 218 · The Queen & I · Steven Utley · ss Perry Rhodan #31 73
- 222 · Untimely Interruption · Matt Graham · ss Perry Rhodan #54 74
- 223 · Extenuating Circumstances · Ann Orhelein · ss Perry Rhodan #108 77
- · Robot Chronicles
- 227 · Punishment Fit the Crime · Lyn Venable · ss Other Worlds Science Stories Jul 53
- 232 · To Serf MAN · Coil Kepac · vi Perry Rhodan #50 74
- 234 · Theory or Fact? · Michael R. Farkash · ss Perry Rhodan #81 75
- · Sapphic Sci-Fi
- 237 · Kiki · Laurajean Ermayne · ss Vice Versa, 1947
- · Sociological
- 241 · For the Good of Society · Terri E. Merrit-Pinckard · ss, 1993
- · Spacial Deliveries
- 245 · Twice Removed · R. Michael Rosen · ss, 1973
- 248 · Replacement Part · Greg Akers · ss Perry Rhodan #53 74
- · Spicy Sci-Fi
- 249 · The Satellite-Keepers Daughter · Mark Reinsberg · ss Fantastic Universe Dec 56
- 255 · Nymph of Darkness [Northwest Smith] · Catherine L. Moore & Forrest J Ackerman · ss Fantasy Magazine Apr 35
- · Unclassifiable!
- 271 · Itself! · A. E. van Vogt · ss Scientific American Jan 63
- 275 · Big, Wide, Wonderful World · Charles E. Fritch · vi F&SF Mar 58
- 278 · The Door · Oliver Saari · ss Astounding Nov 41
- 282 · Racial Memory · Ralph O. Hughes, Jr. · vi Perry Rhodan #51 74
- 283 · Tunnel · Roger Aday · vi Perry Rhodan #107 77
- 285 · Inferiority · James Causey · ss Science Stories Apr 54
- 289 · Task of the Temponaut · Norbert F. Novotny & Van Del Rio · vi Perry Rhodan #33 73
- 291 · Beauty · Hannes Bok · ss Future Oct 42
- 298 · The Shortest SF Story Ever Told · Forrest J Ackerman · vi Vertex Jun 73
- 299 · Final Victory · Jill Taggart · vi Perry Rhodan #101 76
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Animated Objects Linda Addison (Space & Time 0-917053-09-5, Oct 97 [Nov 97], $7.95, 110pp, tp) Collection of six stories and 38 poems, plus journal entries. Introduction by Barry N. Malzberg. A hardcover edition (-10-9, $14.95) was announced but not seen. Order from Space & Time, 138 West 70th St 4B, New York NY 10023-4468; add $1.50 postage.
- · Introduction · Barry N. Malzberg · in
- · Little Red in the Hood · vi Tomorrow Nov 96
- · Am I Repeating Myself? · ss Outer Darkness #14 98
- · Dust to Dust · ss Poisoned Apple, 1996
- · One Night at Sheri-Too-Longs Popcorn Bar · ss *
- · Just Passing Through · ss *
- · The Box · ss *
- · Bard Wellington · pm Just Write
- · Writing Magic · pm Just Write
- · One Night Stand · pm Dead Lines Jan 95
- · (haiku-2/95) · pm Haiku Headlines
- · (haiku-4/95) · pm Haiku Headlines
- · (senryu-Spring/95) · pm Frogpond, 1995
- · Animated Objects · pm Tales of the Unanticipated #15 95
- · Why the Dinosaurs Died · pm Asimovs May 97
- · Amazing Grace · pm The Laureate Letter, Writers Gazette, 1995
- · Mind Works · pm Pirate Writings #9 96
- · Rebirth · pm Epitaph #1 96
- · Feeding · pm Lore Aut 96
- · Dark Vows · pm Epitaph #3 97
- · The Unicorn and the Programmer · pm *
- · How the Rainbow was Born · pm *
- · Urban Wastedness · pm *
- · e-toy-oc, the trickster · pm *
- · The Plan · pm *
- · Joyous Spirit · pm *
- · Sassy Love · pm *
- · Death, Resurrection and Flowers Blooming · pm *
- · She Shuddered At His Thought · pm *
- · Sunrise · pm *
- · Desire · pm *
- · Love · pm *
- · Anger · pm *
- · Hate · pm *
- · War · pm *
- · Pain · pm *
- · Sickness · pm *
- · Death · pm *
- · Rising · pm *
- · Blood Lust · pm *
- · Ive Tasted Your Blood · pm *
- · Celebrant · pm *
- · Poverty & Horror · pm *
- · The Prelude · pm *
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Time Machines: The Best Time Travel Stories Ever Written ed. Bill Adler, Jr. (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0493-4, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $24.00, 382pp, hc) Anthology of 22 stories about time travel. Authors include Jack Finney, Ray Bradbury, Connie Willis, Isaac Asimov.
- xi · Introduction · Bill Adler, Jr. · in
- 1 · A Shape in Time · Anthony Boucher · ss The Future Is Now, ed. William F. Nolan, 1970
- 4 · Whos Cribbing? · Jack Lewis · ss Startling Stories Jan 53
- 12 · The Business, as Usual · Mack Reynolds · vi F&SF Jun 52
- 16 · The Third Level · Jack Finney · ss Colliers Oct 7 50
- 21 · A Touch of Petulance · Ray Bradbury · ss Dark Forces, ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980
- 31 · The History of Temporal Express · Wayne Freeze · ss *
- 39 · Star, Bright · Mark Clifton · nv Galaxy Jul 52
- 62 · The Last Two Days of Larry Josephs LifeIn This Time, Anyway · Bill Adler, Jr. · ss, 1988
- 74 · Three Sundays in a Week · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Saturday Evening Post Nov 27, 1841
- 81 · Bad Timing · Molly Brown · ss Interzone Dec 91
- 98 · Night [as by Don A. Stuart; Dying Earth] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · nv Astounding Oct 35
- 119 · Time Travelers Never Die · Jack McDevitt · na Asimovs May 96
- 171 · Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation · Larry Niven · vi Analog Aug 77
- 176 · What Goes Around · Derryl Murphy · ss Tesseracts 6, ed. Robert J. Sawyer & Carolyn Clink, Edmonton: Tesseract Books, 1997
- 191 · You See But You Do Not Observe [Sherlock Holmes] · Robert Sawyer · ss Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, ed. Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995
- 207 · Ripples in the Dirac Sea · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss IASFM Oct 88
- 221 · The Odyssey of Flight 33 · Rod Serling · sa More Stories from the Twilight Zone, Bantam, 1961
- 241 · Fire Watch · Connie Willis · nv IASFM Feb 15 82
- 279 · What If · Isaac Asimov · ss Fantastic Sum 52
- 292 · There and Then [Silurian Tales] · Steven Utley · nv Asimovs Nov 93
- 333 · Wireless · Rudyard Kipling · ss Scribners Aug 02
- 351 · The Last Article · Harry Turtledove · nv F&SF Jan 88
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The Cockatrice Boys Joan Aiken (Tor 0-312-86390-X, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $12.95, 221pp, tp, cover by Jason Van Hollander) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) young-adult fantasy novel.
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Cold Shoulder Road Joan Aiken (Dell Yearling 0-440-41341-9, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $4.50, 283pp, pb, cover by Edward Gorey) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1995) young-adult fantasy novel, the eighth book in the alternate-history series featuring the Twite family.
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New Altars ed. Dawn Albright & Sandra J. Hutchinson (Angelus Press 0-9648653-6-X, Feb 97 [Apr 97], $14.95, 231pp, tp) Original anthology of 19 SF and fantasy stories and two poems about spirituality and religion. Four stories and one poem are reprints. Authors include Nancy Etchemendy, Tom Piccirilli, Darrell Schweitzer, and Mary Turzillo. Introduction by Katherine Kurtz. Order from Angelus Press, 1021 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington MA 02174.
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The Haunting of Cassie Palmer Vivien Alcock (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-81653-X, Apr 97 [Jun 97], $6.95, 187pp, pb, cover by Barbara McClintock) Reprint (Methuen 1980) young-adult ghost story.
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The Red-Eared Ghosts Vivien Alcock (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-81660-2, Apr 97 [Jun 97], $15.95, 264pp, hc) Young-adult novel of time travel and alternate worlds, described by the author as a time fantasy. Young Mary Frewin sees ghosts, and follows them to an alternate England afflicted by timequakes. First American edition (Methuen Childrens Books 1996).
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Encounter with Tiber Buzz Aldrin & John Barnes (Warner Aspect 0-446-60404-6, May 97 [Apr 97], $6.50, 640pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton; Warner Aspect 1996) SF novel.
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The Arkadians Lloyd Alexander (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038073-6, May 97, $4.99, 272pp, pb, cover by Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher) Reprint (Dutton 1995) young-adult fantasy set in a society based on ancient Greece.
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The Black Cauldron Lloyd Alexander (Dell Yearling Newbery 0-440-22743-7, Jun 97, $2.69, 220pp, pb, cover by Jody Lee) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1965) young-adult fantasy novel, second book of the Chronicles of Prydain. This is a promotional edition, marked Special low price on the cover. This is the first Dell Yearling Newbery edition, with a new ISBN; previous Dell Yearling reissues were up to at least the 23rd printing.
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The Iron Ring Lloyd Alexander (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-45597-3, May 97 [Apr 97], $16.99, 283pp, hc, cover by Jane Ray) Young-adult fantasy set in mythic India.
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Westmark Lloyd Alexander (Dell/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-99731-3, 1997 [Feb 97], $3.99, 190pp, pb) [Westmark] Reissue (Dutton 1981) young-adult fantasy novel, book one of the Westmark trilogy; 16th printing.
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The Wizard in the Tree Lloyd Alexander (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038801-X, Jan 98 [Dec 97], $4.50, 138pp, tp, cover by Dan Craig) Reprint (Dutton 1975) young-adult fantasy novel, with illustrations by Laszlo Kubinyi.
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Spirits Walking Woman Margaret Allan (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-19039-4, Jan 98 [Dec 97], $5.99, 410pp, pb) Prehistorical novel of an Olmec woman with special powers. Allan is a pen name for William Quick.
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Isaac Asimovs Caliban Roger MacBride Allen (Ace 0-441-00482-2, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot] Reprint (Ace 1993) SF novel, first in the series based on Asimovs robot novels. Packaged and Copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
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Isaac Asimovs Utopia Roger MacBride Allen (SFBC #14692, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $8.98, 351pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Robot] Reprint (Orion 1996) SF novel, third book of the Caliban series continuing the late Isaac Asimovs Robot series. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the Ace trade paperback edition. It lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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Journeys Vergie Allen (Commonwealth Publications 1-55197-067-8, 1996 [Feb 97], $4.99, 309pp, pb) SF novel with mystic elements. A troubleshooter tries to restore order on a quake- and war-torn planet. Copyrighted 1995; the copyright page indicates this is a 1996 edition; not seen until now. Commonwealth Publications, 9764-45th Ave, Edmonton AB Canada T6E 5C5; orders 800-491-7737; http://www.commonwealthpub.com
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Going Through the Gate Janet S. Anderson (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-45836-0, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $15.99, 134pp, hc, cover by Elizabeth Sayles) Young-adult fantasy novel. Secret sixth-grade graduation rites involve animals, magic, and a 25-year-old mystery. A first novel.
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The X-Files: Antibodies Kevin J. Anderson (HarperPrism 0-06-105289-2, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $22.00, 277pp, hc) [X-Files] Novelization, fifth in the series of original novels based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
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The X-Files: Antibodies Kevin J. Anderson (SFBC #18264, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $10.98, 211pp, hc, cover by Tony Mauro) [X-Files] Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) novelization, the fifth based on the TV show. This is similar to the HarperPrism edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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The X-Files: Ruins Kevin J. Anderson (HarperPrism 0-06-105736-3, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $5.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) novelization. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
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Fallout Kevin J. Anderson & Doug Beason (Ace 0-441-00425-3, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $5.99, 303pp, pb, cover by Doug Struthers) [Virtual Destruction] SF thriller, sequel to Virtual Destruction. An extremist militia group invades the device assembly facility at a nuclear test site.
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Ignition Kevin J. Anderson & Doug Beason (Tor/Forge 0-312-86270-9, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $23.95, 320pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) Associatonal space-program thriller. Terrorists hold a historic shuttle launch hostage. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1996).
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Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights: Delusions of Grandeur Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta (Boulevard 1-57297-272-6, Jul 97 [Jun 97], $5.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Dave Dorman) [Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights] Young-adult Star Wars novelization, ninth in the series. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
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