The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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Ghost Story Peter Straub (Warner UK 0-7515-0702-4, Feb ’97, £5.99, 507pp, pb) Reprint (Coward McCann 1979) horror novel.

The Hellfire Club Peter Straub (HarperCollins UK 0-00-225454-9, Jul ’96 [Jan ’97], £15.99, 463pp, hc) Reprint (Random House 1996) associational novel [First U.K. edition]

The Hellfire Club Peter Straub (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649848-5, Jun ’97, £5.99, 588pp, pb, cover by Michael Trevillion) Reprint (Random House 1996) associational horror novel.

More Than Human Theodore Sturgeon (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60207-4, Jun ’97, £5.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Splash) Reprint (Farrar, Straus & Young 1953) classic SF novel.

Someone to Watch Over Me Tricia Sullivan (Orion 1-85798-523-0, May ’97, £16.99, 289pp, hc) SF novel of the near-future. The troubled love affair between a woman and a man whose body is periodically inhabited, via brain implant and satellite link, with an obsessive Watcher. A trade paperback edition (-524-9, £9.99) was announced but not seen.

The God Game Gerald Suster (NEL 0-340-66648-X, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £5.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Dark fantasy novel.

The Labyrinth of Satan Gerald Suster (NEL 0-340-66649-8, Nov ’97, £6.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Horror novel.

Sword Song Rosemary Sutcliff (The Bodley Head 0-370-32394-7, Jul ’97, £12.99, 272pp, hc, cover by Richard Jones) Associational young-adult historical novel. A banished youngster grows to manhood in the Norse world of Sutcliff’s The Shield Ring. Sutcliff’s unfinished final manuscript, transcribed by Anthony Lawton and edited by Jill Black.

Jack Faust Michael Swanwick (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-516-8, Sep ’97, £9.99, 325pp, tp, cover by Phillipe de Louthebourg) Reprint (Avon 1997) fantasy novel. In the 16th century, Mephistopheles offers Faust the secrets of science, but technology plus feudal attitudes leads to destruction. A hardcover edition (-517-6, £16.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]

Jacqueline Hyde Robert Swindells (Corgi Yearling 0-440-86329-5, Jun ’97, £3.99, 160pp, pb, cover by Angelo Rinaldi) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1996) young-adult dark fantasy novel. A good young girl drinks a certain potion.

Nightmare Stairs Robert Swindells (Doubleday UK 0-385-40509-X, Jun ’97 [Oct ’97], £9.99, 174pp, hc, cover by Max Schindler) Young-adult fantasy novel. A young girl’s nightmare has roots beyond her own life.

The Shores of Midnight Janet Tanner (Century 0-7126-7831-X, Sep ’97 [Oct ’97], £16.99, 408pp, hc, cover by Jason Walker) Romantic fantasy novel of ghosts, memory, timeslip and reincarnation.

The Gauss Factor Stephen R. Tasker (The Book Guild 1-85776-235-5, Aug ’97, £15.00, 274pp, hc) Near-future SF thriller of drought, civil unrest, and plague, traced to catastrophic changes in Earth’s magnetic field. A first novel.

Arash-Felloren Roger Taylor (Headline 0-7472-5404-4, Jun ’97 [Jul ’96], £5.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Reprint (Headline 1996) fantasy novel.

Ibryen Roger Taylor (Headline 0-7472-5007-3, May ’96 [Jan ’97], £5.99, 562pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Reprint (Headline 1995) fantasy novel.

Black River Melanie Tem (Headline 0-7472-2060-3, Oct ’97, £17.99, 376pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel. After the sudden death of her child, Renata undertakes a journey into the heart of darkness.

Tides Melanie Tem (Headline 0-7472-5314-5, Jan ’97, £5.99, 404pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Headline 1996) fantasy novel.

Family Tree Sheri S. Tepper (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224668-6, Dec ’97 [Oct ’97], £11.50, 377pp, tp, cover by Michael Mascaro) Reprint (Avon 1997) SF ecological/time-travel novel. [First U.K. edition]

Gibbon’s Decline and Fall Sheri S. Tepper (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648268-6, Dec ’97, £6.99, 465pp, pb, cover by Stuart Bodek) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) near-future apocalyptic millennial SF novel.

Fog Heart Thomas Tessier (Gollancz 0-575-06452-8, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £16.99, 319pp, hc, cover by Splash) Dark fantasy novel.

Lewis Carroll: A Portrait with Background Donald Thomas (John Murray 0-7195-5323-7, 1996 [Jan ’97], £25.00, 404pp, hc) Associational biography. Illustrated. [Lewis Carroll]

Down Among the Gods Kate Thompson (Virago 1-86049-349-1, Nov ’97 [Dec ’97], £9.99, 281pp, tp) Fantasy novel. Hermes narrates a contemporary love affair wrecked by the gods.

Switchers Kate Thompson (The Bodley Head 0-370-32425-0, Sep ’97 [Oct ’97], £9.99, 199pp, hc, cover by Darren Lock) [Switchers] Young-adult fantasy novel of children who can change into animals. A first novel.

Haunted Landscape Nicola Thorne (Severn House 0-7278-5173-X, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], £16.99, 209pp, hc) Reprint (??? 1976 as Hammersleigh as by Rosemary Ellerbeck) ghost novel. Copyrighted 1976, 1997, suggesting some revisions.

The Fellowship of the Ring J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10338-5, Nov ’96 [Jan ’97], £12.99, 427pp, tp, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1954) classic fantasy novel. Volume 1 of the trilogy. Illustrated with plates by Alan Lee. The pagination is continued through the simultaneous editions of the other books.

The Fellowship of the Ring J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10357-1, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], £7.99, xvi+398+ix, tp, cover by J. R. R. Tolkien) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1954) fantasy novel. The first part of “The Lord of the Rings”. The page numbering is consecutive through the three books of the trilogy.

The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10330-X, Sep ’97 [Jul ’97], £20.00, 291pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1937) classic fantasy novel. A Diamond Anniversary edition, illustrated with plates by Alan Lee. A deluxe edition (-10349-0, £60.00) is available only from Hatchards’ bookshops.

The Lord of the Rings (slipcase) J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10341-5, Nov ’96 [Jan ’97], £40.00, 1195pp, tp, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (??? ???) fantasy boxed set. Illustrated by Alan Lee.

The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10263-X, Jan ’97, £9.99, 240pp, tp) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1983) associational collection of essays, edited by Christopher Tolkien.

The Peoples of Middle-Earth J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10337-7, Sep ’96 [Jan ’97], £25.00, 482pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Volume XII of “The History of Middle-Earth”; edited by Christopher Tolkien.

The Peoples of Middle-Earth J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10348-2, Aug ’97, £9.99, xiii+482pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1996) Volume XII of “The History of Middle-Earth”; edited by Christopher Tolkien.

The Return of the King J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10340-7, Nov ’96 [Jan ’97], £12.99, viii+423pp, tp, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1955) classic fantasy novel. Volume 3 of the trilogy. Illustrated with plates by Alan Lee. The pagination is continued from the simultaneous editions of the other books.

The Return of the King J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10359-8, Nov ’97, £7.99, xii+411+viii, tp, cover by J. R. R. Tolkien) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel. The third part of “The Lord of the Rings”. The page numbering is consecutive through the three books of the trilogy.

Tales from the Perilous Realm J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10342-3, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], £12.99, 178pp, hc, cover by Roger Garland) Reprint (HarperCollins 1992 as Poems and Stories) fantasy omnibus of three long stories (“Farmer Giles of Ham”, “Leaf by Niggle”, and “Smith of Wootton Major”) and the verse cycle, “The Adventures of Tom Bombadil”. Two non-fiction pieces from the original have been eliminated.

The Two Towers J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10339-3, Nov ’96 [Jan ’97], £12.99, 328pp, tp, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1955) classic fantasy novel. Volume 2 of thetrilogy. Illustrated with plates by Alan Lee. The pagination is continued from the simultaneous editions of the otherbooks.

The Two Towers J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10358-X, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], £7.99, x+427+x, tp, cover by J. R. R. Tolkien) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel. The second part of “The Lord of the Rings”. The page numbering is consecutive through the three books of the trilogy.

Doctor Who: The Devil Goblins from Neptune Keith Topping & Martin Day (BBC Books 0-563-40564-3, Jun ’97, £4.99, 283pp, pb) Novelization based on the TV series,

The Pastor Phillip Trewinnard (Gollancz 0-575-06396-3, Apr ’97, £16.99, 351pp, hc) Erotic dark fantasy novel.

Doctor Who: Illegal Alien Mike Tucker & Robert Perry (BBC Books 0-563-40570-8, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], £4.99, 279pp, pb) Novelization based on the TV series. Book 5 of the BBC “Missing Adventures” series.

Worldwar: Striking the Balance Harry Turtledove (NEL 0-340-68491-7, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 515pp, pb) [Worldwar] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey; Hodder & Stoughton 1996) alternate-world SF novel. Fourth in the series. The text is corrected from the hardcover edition.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Mark Twain (Oxford University Press 0-19-282721-9, Apr ’97 [May ’97], £5.99, xxvi+360pp, tp, cover by Louis Rhead) Reprint (Webster 1889) satirical fantasy novel. Edited, with an Introduction and Notes by M. Thomas Inge. It utilises the first US text.

Star Wars: The Truce at Bakura Kathy Tyers (Bantam UK 0-553-50596-3, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £4.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1994) Star Wars novelisation.

The Girl in the Blue Tunic Jean Ure (Scholastic UK 0-590-54228-1, Jan ’97, £4.99, 189pp, tp, cover by Peter Bailey) Young-adult ghost novel.

Face to Face Frances Usher (Mammoth 0-7497-1054-3, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £3.50, 159pp, pb, cover by The Image Bank) Reissue (Methuen 1991) young-adult dark fantasy novel. In the new “Suspense” series of books.

The Unauthorised History of Trek James Van Hise (Voyager 0-00-648292-9, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £5.99, 218pp, pb) Associational reference work. Copyrighted 1991, 1995 by Pioneer Books, the US originals are not confirmed.

Night Lamp: A Novel of the Gaean Reach Jack Vance (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224653-8, Jan ’97, £9.99, 380pp, tp, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Gaean Reach] Reprint (Underwood Books 1996) SF novel. Originally published in Dutch (Meulenhof, 1996). [First U.K. edition]

Bloodlines Marian Veevers (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60057-8, Jul ’97, £5.99, 270pp, pb, cover by Dan Crisp & Terry Pastor) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) horror novel.

Chills in the Night: Tales that Will Haunt You Jackie Vivelo (Dorling Kindersley 0-7513-7112-2, Sep ’97 [Nov ’97], £8.99, 123pp, hc, cover by Jennifer Eachus) Young-adult collection of eight ghost stories.

Timequake Kurt Vonnegut (Jonathan Cape 0-224-03640-8, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £15.99, 219pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam’s 1997) satirical SF novel, in which the universe of 2001 backs up ten years and forces everyone to relive the entire decade again. Kurt Vonnegut and his alter-ego Kilgore Trout have words on the subject. [First U.K. edition]

The Flight of the Mariner Paul Ware (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-68913-7, May ’97, £17.99, 489pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) [Flight of the Mariner] Fantasy/SF novel. A first novel.

Flight of the Mariner Paul Ware (NEL 0-340-68914-5, Nov ’97, £6.99, 480pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Flight of the Mariner] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) fantasy/SF novel.

Dracula: The Undead Freda Warrington (Penguin 0-14-026880-4, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £5.99, 300pp, pb) [Dracula] Sequel to Dracula, following Mina and Jonathan Harker eight years later.

Pagan Moon Freda Warrington (Signet UK 0-45-118403-3, Apr ’97 [Jul ’97], £6.99, 404pp, pb) [Dark Cathedral] Dark fantasy novel, a sequel to Dark Cathedral.

Hard Questions Ian Watson (Vista 0-575-60067-5, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £5.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Splash) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) SF novel.

Oracle Ian Watson (Gollancz 0-575-06487-0, Sep ’97, £16.99, 287pp, hc) SF novel. An ancient Roman soldier is propelled into the 20th century by the first test of the time-probe, “Oracle”, triggering responses from the IRA and the British Secret Service.

Mennyms Alive Sylvia Waugh (Red Fox 0-09-955781-9, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], £3.50, 222pp, pb, cover by Patrick Benson) [Mennyms] Reprint (Julia MacRae 1996) young-adult fantasy novel. Fifth and last in the series about a family of dolls who masquerade as human.

Mennyms Alone Sylvia Waugh (Red Fox 0-09-955771-1, Aug ’97, £3.50, 207pp, pb, cover by Patrick Benson) [Mennyms] Reprint (Julia MacRae 1996) young-adult fantasy novel. Fourth in the series about a family of dolls who masquerade as human,

Honor Among Enemies: An Honor Harrington Adventure David Weber (Bantam UK 0-553-50492-4, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], £4.99, 543pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1996) SF novel. Book 6 in the ‘Honor Harrington’ series. [First U.K. edition]

Robot Blues Margaret Weis & Don Perrin (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60068-3, Jul ’97, £5.99, 382pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [Mag Force 7] Reprint (Gollancz 1996 as Knights of the Black Earth Volume II: Robot Blues) SF novel in a series. Set in the same universe as Weis’s “Star of the Guardians” series. Mercenaries led by a cyborg plot against the galactic king. The series name is not used on the title page or cover.

The Runes of Sorcery Jane Welch (Voyager 0-00-647023-8, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £5.99, 466pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Runespell Trilogy] Fantasy novel. Last in the “Runespell” trilogy.

Dreamstalker Sue Welford (Mammoth 0-7497-2759-4, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £3.50, 171pp, pb) Young-adult dark fantasy novel. In the new “Suspense” series of books.

Exile’s Challenge Angus Wells (Orion 0-75280-689-0, Aug ’97 [Sep ’97], £6.99, 440pp, pb, cover by John Barber) [Exiles Saga] Reprint (Millennium 1996) fantasy novel, sequel to Exile’s Children.

Empire of the Ants Bernard Werber (Corgi 0-552-14112-7, Jan ’97, £5.99, 349pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam UK 1996) insect fantasy novel. Translated by Margaret Rocques from the French, Les Fourmis (Albin, 1991).

Ghost Stories ed. Robert Westall (Kingfisher 0-86272-802-9, Apr ’97 [Jun ’97], £5.99, 253pp, tp) Reissue (Kingfisher 1988) young-adult ghost anthology. Illustrated by Sean Eckett. 13th printing.

Star Wars: Galaxy of Fear: Book 6: Army of Terror John Whitman (Bantam UK 0-553-50657-9, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £3.50, 127pp, tp, cover by Steve Chorney) [Star Wars: Galaxy of Fear] Reprint (Bantam 1997) young-adult Star Wars novelisation. [First U.K. edition]

Euphemia MacFarrigle and the Laughing Virgin Christopher Whyte (Indigo 0-575-40038-2, Nov ’96, £5.99, 208pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1995) literary fantasy novel.

The Warlock of Strathearn Christopher Whyte (Gollancz 0-575-06506-0, Sep ’97 [Oct ’97], £9.99, 256pp, tp, cover by Gary Day-Ellison) Magic realism novel.

Zeitgeist Todd Wiggins (Gollancz/Indigo 0-575-40082-X, May ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 320pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) literary SF/fantasy novel set in a disintegrating USA in 1999.

For the Defence Kate Wilhelm (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649677-6, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £5.99, 537pp, pb) [Barbara Holloway] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1996 as Malice Prepense) associational courtroom mystery, third in the “Barbara Holloway” series. [First U.K. edition]

Sweet Valley High: Dance of Death Kate William (Bantam UK 0-553-50460-6, Mar ’97, £2.99, 199pp, pb) [Sweet Valley High: Vampire] Reprint (Bantam 1996 as by Prancine Pascal) young-adult vampire novel. Volume two in the “Dark Shadows” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

Allamanda Michael Williams (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-68223-X, Jun ’97, £17.99, 436pp, hc, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Arcady] Fantasy novel. Sequel to Arcady.

Allamanda Michael Williams (NEL 0-340-67449-0, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £6.99, 436pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Arcady] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) fantasy novel, sequel to Arcady.

Enchantment’s Edge: Orbus’s World Philip G. Williamson (NEL 0-340-68224-8, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], £5.99, 364pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Enchantment’s Edge] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) fantasy novel, second in the series. A hardcover edition (0-340-68225-6, £16.99) supposedly appeared in January, but was not seen.

Enchantment’s Edge: Volume 1: The Orb and the Spectre Philip G. Williamson (NEL 0-340-66669-2, Jan ’97, £5.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Enchantment’s Edge] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) fantasy novel. The cover says only Enchantment’s Edge.

Casting a Shadow Arthur Wilson (The Book Guild 1-85776-183-9, Apr ’97 [Jun ’97], £10.95, 87pp, hc, cover by Martin Perrott) SF novel. A first novel.

Extinct Charles Wilson (Mandarin 0-7493-2590-9, Sep ’97 [Oct ’97], £5.99, 310pp, pb) SF novel of a prehistoric creature attacking the modern US coast.

Mirage F. Paul Wilson & Matthew Costello (Headline 0-7472-5314-5, Mar ’97 [Jan ’97], £5.99, 404pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1996) SF novel. An export edition (same details) was available 1 Feb 1997.

The Castle of Oblivion Martin Wilson (Christoffel Press 0-9527723-2-9, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £4.99, 140pp, pb, cover by Ramon Lull) [Castle of Oblivion] Fantasy novel, first in a gothic trilogy. A youth confined in a crumbling castle by a sinister servant discovers he has magic powers.

The Wood Wife Terri Windling (Legend 0-09-979691-0, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £5.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Brian Froud) Reprint (Tor 1996) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

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