The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998


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The Best of Interzone ed. David Pringle (Voyager 0-00-648243-0, Jan ’97, £5.99, xviii+518pp, pb, cover by Mehau Kulyk) SF anthology.


The Witching Hour John Pritchard (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649636-9, Apr ’97, £5.99, 378pp, pb) [Night Sisters] Dark fantasy novel. Third in a series after Night Sisters and Angels of Mourning.


Where Does Kissing End? Kate Pullinger (Phoenix 1-85799-852-9, Aug ’97, £5.99, 129pp, tp, cover by Alan David-Tu) Reprint (Serpent’s Tail 1992) literary vampire novel.


The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman (Scholastic UK 0-590-54243-5, Sep ’97, £12.99, 341pp, hc) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 1997) young-adult fantasy novel. Book II of the “His Dark Materials” trilogy. Lyra is joined by 12-year old Will from our own Earth. [First U.K. edition]


Dark Beneath the Moon Christine Purkis (The Bodley Head 0-370-32404-8, Jul ’97, £9.99, 155pp, hc) Young-adult ghost novel based on a true story.


Paddlefeet Christine Purkis (The Bodley Head 0-370-32414-5, Oct ’97, £9.99, 156pp, hc, cover by Richard Jones) [Paddlefeet] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book One of an intended Trilogy. Children help the tiny Waterfolk when their river home is threatened.


Paddlefeet Christine Purkis (The Bodley Head 0-370-32414-5, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], £9.99, 156pp, hc, cover by Richard Jones) [Paddlefeet] Young-adult fantasy novel; Book One of a series.


The Brentford Chainstore Massacre Robert Rankin (Doubleday UK 0-385-40707-6, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £16.99, 269pp, hc) [Brentford] Humorous fantasy novel. Fifth in the “Brentford Trilogy”. A Mess of Messiahs: multiple clones of Jesus from the Turin Shroud. Colloquially known as A Really Really Bad Idea.


Nostradamus Ate My Hamster Robert Rankin (Corgi 0-552-14355-3, Jun ’97 [May ’97], £5.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Ian Murray) [Brentford] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1996) humorous fantasy novel in the “Brentford” series.


Sprout Mask Replica Robert Rankin (Doubleday UK 0-385-40706-8, Jun ’97 [May ’97], £16.99, 252pp, hc, cover by Ian Murray) Humorous fantasy novel.


Sprout Mask Replica Robert Rankin (Corgi 0-552-14356-1, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £5.99, 351pp, hc, cover by Ian Murray) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1997) humorous fantasy novel.


The Dog King Christopher Ransmayr (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6627-4, Mar ’97 [Jun ’97], £15.99, 355pp, hc, cover by Barbara de Wilde) Alternate history novel of post-WWII Germany forced to revert to a pre-industrial existence. Translated by John E. Woods from the original German (Fischer Verlag 1995 as Morbus Kitahara).


Exiles 2: The Mageborn Traitor Melanie Rawn (Macmillan UK 0-333-65032-8, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], £17.99, 759pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Exiles] Reprint (DAW 1997) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]


Exiles: Book 1: The Ruins of Ambrai Melanie Rawn (Pan 0-330-34419-6, Mar ’97, £7.99, 922pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Exiles] Reprint (DAW 1994) fantasy novel. First in the “Exiles” series. Noted as the third paperback print, this is actually the first mass-paperback of a novel hardbacked in the UK in only 1996.


The Golden Key Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson & Kate Elliott (Macmillan UK 0-333-66459-0, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], £16.99, 869pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (DAW 1996) fantasy novel, about art and magic. [First U.K. edition]


The Golden Key Melanie Rawn, Jennifer Roberson & Kate Elliott (Pan 0-330-34776-4, Sep ’97, £7.99, 1075pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (DAW 1996) fantasy novel about art and the Black Arts.


Dorian Jeremy Reed (Peter Owen 0-7206-1012-5, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], £15.50, 167pp, hc, cover by Anita Yeomans) [Dorian Gray] Fantasy novel. A sequel to Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray. A limited holograph edition (-1034-6, £35.00) was announced but not seen.


Ghost Chamber Celia Rees (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-68651-0, Jul ’97, £3.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Ben Warner) Young-adult ghost novel.


The Vanished Celia Rees (Scholastic UK 0-590-19535-2, Nov ’97, £3.50, 244pp, pb) Young-adult dark fantasy novel. A “Point Horror Unleashed” book.


Beyond Ragnarok Mickey Zucker Reichert (Orion/Millennium 0-75280-619-X, Jan ’97 [Feb ’97], £6.99, 744pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Renshai Chronicles] Reprint (DAW 1995) fantasy novel. Volume one in the “Renshai Chronicles”.


Prince of Demons Mickey Zucker Reichert (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-438-2, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], £16.99, 622pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) [Renshai Chronicles] Reprint (DAW 1996) fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Renshai Chronicles”. [First U.K. edition]


Prince of Demons Mickey Zucker Reichert (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-443-9, Jun ’97, £9.99, 622pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) [Renshai Chronicles] Reprint (DAW 1996) fantasy novel, second in the “Renshai Chronicles”, set 300 years after Ragnarok in “The Last of the Renshai” trilogy.


The Feast of All Saints Anne Rice (Arrow 0-09-926947-3, Dec ’97, £5.99, 640pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1979) associational gothic novel set in 19th century New Orleans.


Servant of the Bones Anne Rice (Arrow 0-09-918442-7, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 405pp, pb) [Azriel] Reprint (Knopf; Chatto & Windus 1996) horror novel.


Violin Anne Rice (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6520-0, Aug ’97 [Sep ’97], £16.99, 289pp, hc, cover by Douglas Fisher) Dark fantasy novel. A widow becomes involved with an incubus who transports her to 19th-century Vienna.


By Charon to Aidoneus Alan Richards (The Book Guild 1-85776-265-7, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], £14.95, 218pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel. An entrepeneur holidaying in a strange hotel is confronted by his past, his dead, and a thief of souls. A first novel.


The New Adventures: Dragons’ Wrath Justin Richards (New Adventures 0-426-20508-1, Jun ’97 [May ’97], £4.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Bernice Summerfield] SF novelization in the Doctor Who spin-off series. Book 2 in the Bernice Summerfield series.


Star Trek in Myth and Legend Thomas Richards (Orion Media 0-75280-799-4, Jun ’97, £14.99, 180pp, hc) [Star Trek] Non-fiction, critical study of Star Trek and its origins in, and use of, human myths.


The Chalice Phil Rickman (Macmillan UK 0-333-64484-0, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £16.99, 550pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel. Glastonbury, possible refuge of the fabled Holy Grail, may also hold another secret.. the anti-Grail, the Dark Chalice.


Glory in Death J. D. Robb (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66692-7, Oct ’96 [Mar ’97], £16.99, 296pp, hc) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1995) SF/mystery/romance novel. A First World Hardcover. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. [First U.K. edition]


Glory in Death J. D. Robb (NEL 0-340-66692-7, Apr ’97, £5.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1995) SF/mystery novel. Second in the “Eve Dallas” series. Robb is a pseudonym of Nora Roberts.


Immortal in Death J. D. Robb (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66693-5, Apr ’97 [Jul ’97], £17.99, 296pp, hc, cover by Bob Warner) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1996) SF/thriller novel. The third “Eve Dallas” mystery. Robb is a pseudonym of Nora Roberts. First hardcover edition. [First U.K. edition]


Immortal in Death J. D. Robb (NEL 0-340-66694-3, Oct ’97, £5.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Paul Postle) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1996) SF mystery novel. Volume three in the “Eve Dallas” series.


Naked in Death J. D. Robb (NEL 0-340-66690-0, Aug ’96 [Jan ’97], £5.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Paul Postle & Bob Warner) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1995) SF/mystery novel. First in the “Eve Dallas"series. This is a pseudonym for Nora Roberts.


Rapture in Death J. D. Robb (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-67486-5, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £16.99, 294pp, hc, cover by Paul Postle) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1996) SF mystery novel. First world hardcover. Volume four in the “Eve Dallas” series. [First U.K. edition]


Doctor Who: The Well-Mannered War Gareth Roberts (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20506-5, Apr ’97, £4.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series.


Antarctica Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225359-3, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], £16.99, 414pp, hc, cover by Peter Elson) SF eco-thriller set in the 21st century. A radical environmental group sabotages those exploiting the Antarctic.


Blue Mars Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-21391-0, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £6.99, 787pp, pb) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1996) SF novel. The last in an acclaimed trilogy.


Icehenge Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648255-4, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], £5.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Icehenge] Reprint (Ace 1984) SF novel.


Third Degree Nigel Robinson (Scholastic UK 0-590-19325-2, Aug ’97, £3.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Steinar Lund) Young-adult SF novel. Third in the series that began with First Contact and Second Nature.


Cloud Castles Michael Scott Rohan (Vista 0-575-60023-3, Mar ’97 [May ’97], £5.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Geoff Hunt) [Spiral] Reprint (Gollancz 1993) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Spiral” series.


The Gates of Noon Michael Scott Rohan (Vista 0-575-60032-2, Mar ’97 [May ’97], £5.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Spiral] Reprint (Gollancz 1992) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Spiral” series.


The Lord of Middle Air Michael Scott Rohan (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60234-1, Nov ’97, £5.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Ian Miller) Reprint (Gollancz 1994) fantasy novel.


Maxie’s Demon Michael Scott Rohan (Orbit 1-85723-462-6, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £6.99, 376pp, pb) [Spiral] Fantasy novel in the “Spiral” series.


Circle of Nightmares Malcolm Rose (Scholastic UK 0-590-13383-7, Jun ’97, £3.50, 266pp, pb, cover by Steinar Lund) Young adult SF/dark fantasy novel.


Letters Back to Ancient China Herbert Rosendorfer (Dedalus 1-873982-97-6, Sep ’97, £9.99, 274pp, tp, cover by David Bird) Literary fantasy satire of a 10th century Chinese Mandarin time-travelled to now, written in the form of letters he sends back to his own time. Translated by Mike Mitchell from the German original, Briefe in die chinesische Vergangenheit (Nymphenburger in der F.A. Herbig, 1983). A worldwide edition available in the US at $15.99.


Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone J. K. Rowling (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3274-5, Jun ’97 [Nov ’97], £4.99, 223pp, tp, cover by Thomas Taylor) [Harry Potter] Humorous young-adult fantasy novel. Winner of the 1997 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. A hardcover edition (-3269-9, £10.99) was announced but not seen.


The X-Files #3: Bad Sign Easton Royce (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648326-7, Jun ’97 [Jul ’97], £3.99, 134pp, pb) [X-Files] Young-adult novelization of the TV series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.


The Matter of the Heart Nicholas Royle (Abacus 0-349-10956-7, Nov ’97, £9.99, 305pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Royle) Associational novel. Parts appeared as anthologized short stories.


The Tiger Garden: A Book of Writers’ Dreams ed. Nicholas Royle (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-533-4, Dec ’96 [Jan ’97], £8.99, xvi+271pp, tp, cover by John Oakey) Associational collection of brief dreams by 211 (!) authors, most of whom write SF or fantasy. It includes Aldiss, Baxter, Brenchley, Brite, Carroll, Fowler, Gallagher, Haldeman, M John Harrison, Moorcock and Priest. This is a world-wide edition, available in the US for $14.99.


The Time Out Book of New York Short Stories ed. Nicholas Royle (Penguin 0-14-027007-8, Nov ’97, £6.99, 236pp, tp) Original anthology of 23 mainstream and genre stories set in New York, by authors including Jonathan Carroll, Michael Moorcock, Kim Newman, Christopher Fowler, and Joyce Carol Oates.


Shinkei Gillian Rubinstein (Dolphin 1-85881-441-3, May ’97, £3.99, 215pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Space Demons] Reprint (Omnibus Books Australia 1996) young-adult SF/fantasy novel. Last in “The Space Demons Trilogy”. There is a simultaneous hardback (Orion Children’s Books: 1-85881-440-5, £9.99). [First U.K. edition]


Skymaze Gillian Rubinstein (Dolphin 1-85881-439-1, May ’97, £3.99, 194pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Space Demons] Reprint (Penguin Australia 1989) young-adult SF/fantasy novel. Book 2 in “The Space Demons Trilogy”. [First U.K. edition]


Space Demons Gillian Rubinstein (Dolphin 1-85881-438-3, May ’97, £3.99, 213pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Space Demons] Reprint (Omnibus Books Australia 1986) young-adult SF/fantasy novel. Book 1 in “The Space Demons Trilogy”. [First U.K. edition]


The Fey: Changeling Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Orion 0-75280-991-1, Jun ’97, £6.99, 514pp, pb, cover by David O’Connor) [Fey] Reprint (Millennium 1996) fantasy novel, second book in the series.


The Fey: Rival Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Millennium 1-85798-489-7, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £9.99, 503pp, tp, cover by David O’Connor) [Fey] Fantasy novel. Book three in the series after The Fey: Sacrifice and The Fey: The Changeling. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition. A hardcover edition (-488-9, £16.99) is also available.


Star Wars: The New Rebellion Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Bantam UK 0-553-50497-5, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], £5.99, 532pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam UK; Bantam Spectra 1996) novelization based on characters from the movies. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.


Kiss of the Beast Mallory Russ (Mills & Boon 0-263-79832-1, Jul ’96 [May ’97], £2.10, 218pp, pb) Reprint (??? 1995) SF/fantasy romantic novel derived from Beauty and the Beast, Involves other worlds, dimensions and humanoid races. Published in 1996, but not seen until now. Copyrighted by Olivia Rupprecht. [First U.K. edition]


Doctor Who: Business Unusual Gary Russell (BBC Books 0-563-40575-9, Sep ’97, £4.99, 277pp, pb) Novelization based on the TV series. Book 4 of the BBC “Missing Adventures” series.


The New Adventures: Deadfall Gary Russell (New Adventures 0-426-20513-8, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], £4.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Bernice Summerfield] Novelization based on characters from Doctor Who books, but without the Doctor. Book 6 in the Bernice Summerfield series.


Burning Bright Jay Russell (Raven 1-85487-467-5, Oct ’97, £5.99, 280pp, tp) [Marty Burns] Dark fantasy thriller, the sequel to Celestial Dogs.


The Sparrow Mary Doria Russell (Black Swan 0-552-99777-3, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], £6.99, 506pp, tp) [Sparrow] Reprint (Villard 1996) first contact novel. A Jesuit leads a mission to an alien culture, where misunderstandings lead to disaster. A first novel. Winner of the 1996 James Tiptree Award. [First U.K. edition]


Babylon 5: Personal Agendas Al Sarrantonio (Boxtree 0-7522-2344-5, May ’97, £4.99, 212pp, pb, cover by Bob Parkin) [Babylon 5] Reprint (Dell 1997) SF novelisation of the J. Michael Straczynski series. Book 8 in the series. Copyrighted by the PTN Consortium. [First U.K. edition]


The Presence John Saul (Bantam UK 0-593-03761-8, Sep ’97, £16.99, 339pp, hc) Reprint (Ballantine/Fawcett 1997) dark fantasy novel. An archeological dig in Hawaii uncovers more than bones. [First U.K. edition]


Star Wars: Tales from the Empire ed. Peter Schweighofer (Bantam UK 0-553-50686-2, Dec ’97, £5.99, xxvi+324pp, pb, cover by Matt Busch) [Star Wars] Anthology of stories first published in The Official Star Wars Adventure Journal (1994-date) from West End Games. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm Ltd. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.


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