The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

DOUGLAS, DRAKE (continued)

• * _Horrors! (Overlook 0-87951-349-7, Nov ’91 [Dec ’91], $13.95, 418pp, tp) Reprint (Macmillan 1966) non-fiction history of horror films. This is the revised and updated text of the 1989 Overlook edition.
• * _Undertow (Leisure 0-8439-2495-0, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.95, 398pp, pb) Reprint (1984) horror novel.

DOUGLAS, GARRY; pseudonym of Garry D. Kilworth, (1941- )

• * *Highlander (Grafton 0-586-07136-9, Aug ’86, £2.50, 252pp, pb) Sf film novelization. “Garry Douglas” is a pseudonym for Garry Kilworth.
• * *The Street (Grafton 0-586-07330-2, Mar ’88, £2.95, 236pp, pb) Off-beat horror novel about a street possessed by the spirit of a young girl that takes revenge on the coven that killed her.

DOUGLAS, GREGORY A.; pseudonym of Eli Cantor, (1913- )

• * _The Nest (Zebra 0-8217-2166-6, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.95, 448pp, pb) Reissue (Zebra 1980) horror novel; 2nd printing.
• * _The Unholy Smile (NEL 0-450-05833-6, Mar ’86, £2.50, 336pp, pb) Reprint (Zebra 1979 as The Rite) horror novel.

DOUGLAS, IAN; pseudonym of William H. Keith, Jr., (1950- )

• * *Semper Mars (Avon Eos 0-380-78828-4, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $5.99, 376pp, pb) [Heritage] Military SF novel. Book one in the “Heritage” trilogy. Alien secrets are found on Mars. Douglas is a pen name for William H. Keith, Jr.

DOUGLAS, JOHN

• * *Cursed (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-63536-3, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], £16.99, 296pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Horror novel. The ghost of a murdered man haunts a youth, compelling him to track down the murderer.
• * _Cursed (NEL 0-340-62472-8, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], £5.99, 358pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) horror novel.
• * _Hard Shoulder (NEL 0-340-66051-1, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], £5.99, 275pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) dark fantasy novel.
• * *The Late Show (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-63234-8, Dec ’94, £16.99, 216pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Horror novel. A vicious entity haunting a cinema attacks its audience of splatter-movie fans. A first novel.
• * _The Late Show (NEL 0-340-62471-X, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], £5.99, 267pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1994) horror novel about a vicious entity haunting a cinema. A first novel.
• * *Zoo Event (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.
• * _Zoo Event (NEL 0-340-66053-8, Feb ’97, £5.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) horror novel.

DOUGLAS, JOHN M.

• * *A Different Kind of Drummer (University Editions 1-56002-607-3, May ’96 [Jun ’96], $8.00, 170pp, tp, cover by Marcell Ciola) Post-holocaust SF novel. A scavenger finds a junked android named Ringo, a former musician. University Editions, 59 Oak Lane, Spring Valley, Huntington WV 25704.

DOUGLAS, L. WARREN

• * *Bright Islands in a Dark Sea (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38238-2, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $4.50, 313pp, pb, cover by John Berkey) Sf novel set in a future theocracy that worships aliens, where an archaeologist discovers the truth about aliens’ presence on Earth.
• * *Cannon’s Orb (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38863-1, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $4.99, 332pp, pb, cover by John Berkey) [Plague of Change] SF novel of a colony world dying beneath a pirate blockade. Set in the same universe as A Plague of Change.
• * *Glaice (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45471-5, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $5.50, 285pp, pb) [Arbiter Tales] SF novel, third in the “Arbiter Tales” series. An ice world holds data the arbiter needs to maintain peace.
• * *A Plague of Change (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37828-8, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $3.99, 303pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Plague of Change] Sf novel of a computer expert studying the decline of colonies who accepts a job working for aliens. A first novel.
• * *Stepwater (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45468-5, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $4.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Mark Gerber) [Arbiter Tales] SF novel, first in the “Arbiter Tales” series. The Arbiter of human interplanetary peace searches farflung worlds for vital stolen data.
• * *The Wells of Phyre (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45470-7, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $5.50, 273pp, pb, cover by Mark Gerber) [Arbiter Tales] SF novel, “An Arbiter Tale” #2. On the desert planet Phyre, a genetically engineered human/kangaroo rat discovers new medicines that could have far-reaching effects.

DOUGLAS, LAUREN WRIGHT (1947- ) (stories)

• * *In the Blood (Naiad Press 0-941483-22-3, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $8.95, 242pp, tp) Lesbian near-future sf novel set in an America destroyed by biological warfare.

DOUGLAS, MARJIE

• * *Matrix Witch (Dillon Gemstone 0-87518-356-5, Jun ’88, $12.95, 285pp, hc) Young-adult contemporary fantasy novel of a high school white witch in training, heiress to great powers.

DOUGLASS, SARA; pseudonym of Sara Mary Warneke, (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _BattleAxe (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-651106-6, Sep ’98, £6.99, xiv+674pp, pb, cover by Shaun Tan) [Wayfarer Redemption; Axis Trilogy] Reprint (HarperCollins Australia 1995) fantasy novel. Book One of the “Axis” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Beyond the Hanging Wall (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-69960-4, Dec ’97, £3.99, 394pp, pb, cover by Nina Davis) Reprint (Hodder Headline Australia 1996) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

DOWD, TOM (1944- ) (stories)

• * *Shadowrun #15: Burning Bright (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45368-9, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $4.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Shadowrun] Fantasy novelization based on the Shadowrun game. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA Corporation.
• * *Shadowrun: Night’s Pawn (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45238-0, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $4.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) [Shadowrun] Fantasy novelization based on the “Shadowrun” game, with illustrations by Larry MacDougall. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA.
• * _Shadowrun: Night’s Pawn (Roc UK 0-14-023349-0, Jul ’93, £4.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) [Shadowrun] Reprint (Roc 1992) fantasy novelization. Volume 10 in the series. [First U.K. edition]

DOWLING, DAVID (Hurst) (1950- )

• * *Fictions of Nuclear Disaster (University of Iowa Press 0-87745-142-7, Feb ’87, $20.00, 239pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study.

DOWLING, TERRY (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Blue Tyson (Aphelion Publications 1-875346-05-8, Apr ’92, $10.00, 238pp, tp, cover by Nick Stathopoulos) [Tom Tyson] Sf collection of 10 connected stories, the sequel to Rynosseros. With an introduction by Jack Vance. Available for $10.00 US (airmail postpaid to anywhere in the world). From Aphelion Publications, PO Box 619, North Adelaide SA 5006 Australia. (Contents)
• * *An Intimate Knowledge of the Night (Aphelion Publications 1-875346-15-5, May ’95, $10.00, 284pp, tp, cover by Nick Stathopoulos) Collection of 13 horror stories, tied together with telephone conversations between the author and Raymond, a former mental patient. Available in Australia from Aphelion Publications, 3 Pepper Tree Lane, North Adelaide, South Australia, 5006, Australia (A$14.95); in the US from Mark V. Zeising, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088. (Contents)
• * *The Man Who Lost Red (MirrorDanse Books 0-646-214918, Dec ’94 [Jan ’95], A$9.95, 111pp, tp, cover by Shaun Tan) Collection of two stories, one original, with a foreword by Nick Stathopoulos and illustrated by Shaun Tan. A limited edition of 500 copies. Available from MirrorDanse Books, PO Box 3542, Parramatta NSW 2124, Australia. (Contents)
• * *The Mars You Have In Me (Eidolon Publications no ISBN, Mar ’92, no price, unpaginated, ph, cover by Nick Stathopoulos) Sf short story with interior art by Stephen Stanley. This is a signed limited 200-copy edition, distributed as a gift to friends and subscribers of Eidolon, the Australian sf magazine. Available from Eidolon Publications, PO Box 225, North Perth WA 6006 Australia.
• * *Rynosseros (Aphelion Publications 1-875346-01-5, 1990 [May ’90], A$12.95, 228pp, tp, cover by Nick Stathopoulos) [Tom Tyson] Sf collection of connected stories set in a future Australia. (Contents)
• * +Rynosseros (SFBC #00608, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $8.98, 184pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Tom Tyson] Collection of connected sf stories set in a future Australia. First American edition (Aphelion 1990).
• * *Twilight Beach (Aphelion Publications 1-875346-08-2, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], A$12.95, 270pp, tp, cover by Nick Stathopoulos) [Tom Tyson] Collection of 11 connected sf stories, in the “Rynosseros” series. Available for $10.00 US from Aphelion Publications, PO Box 619, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006 or from Mark V. Ziesing, Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088. (Contents)
• * *Wormwood (Aphelion Publications 1-875346-02-3, 1991 [Apr ’91], A$12.95, 251pp, tp, cover by Nick Stathopoulos) Sf collection of connected stories set in a future Australia. A hardcover limited edition of 300 copies ($20.00) was announced but not seen. This is an Australian edition. (Contents)

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• * *Mortal Fire: Best Australian SF (with Van Ikin) (Coronet 0-340-60854-4, Nov ’93, A$12.95, 334pp, pb, cover by Nick Stathopoulos) Anthology of 17 Australian sf stories, with an introduction by the editors. This is an Australian first edition. (Contents)

DOWNER, ANN (1960- ) (stories)

• * *The Books of the Keepers (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31519-8, Apr ’93, $15.95, 245pp, hc, cover by Stephen Marchesi) [Spellkey] Young-adult fantasy novel, third book of the “Spellkey” trilogy.
• * *The Glass Salamander (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31413-2, Sep ’89, $13.95, 216pp, hc) [Spellkey] Medieval young-adult fantasy about a changeling, sequel to The Spellkey.
• * *The Spellkey (Atheneum 0-689-31329-2, Oct ’87, $13.95, 217pp, hc) [Spellkey] Young-adult fantasy quest novel, a first novel.
• * _The Spellkey (Orbit 0-7088-8283-8, Jan ’89, £2.99, 240pp, pb) [Spellkey] Reprint (Atheneum 1987) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Spellkey Trilogy (Baen 0-671-87644-9, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $5.99, 630pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Spellkey] Omnibus of three young-adult fantasy novels, The Spellkey (1987), The Glass Salamander (1989), and The Books of the Keepers (1993), all originally published by Macmillan Atheneum. Much of The Spellkey has been rewritten for this edition, including two new chapters. (Contents)

DOWNIE, GARY

• * _The Doctor Who Cookbook (Target 0-426-20276-7, Nov ’86, £3.50, 120pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen); non-fiction, associational. “Inter-galactic recipes from favourite Doctor Who actors and actresses.”

DOWNIE, JILL (1938- )

• * *The Raven in the Glass (Paperjacks 0-7701-0699-4, Oct ’87, $3.95, 471pp, pb) Historical/horror novel of an American woman and her Viennese double at the turn of the century.

DOWNING, DAVID C. (chron.)

• * *Planets in Peril: A Critical Study of C.S. Lewis’s Ransom Trilogy (University of Massachusetts Press 0-87023-774-8, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $25.00, 186pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. A study of the three sf novels in the “Ransom” trilogy, with a bibliography. Available from University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst MA 01004. [Lewis]

DOWNING, PAULA E.; [i.e., Paula Elaine Downing King] (1951- )

• * *Fallway (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37763-X, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $4.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Sf novel of human warriors raised by aliens to fight their own people.
• * *Flare Star (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37165-8, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $3.99, 249pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) Sf novel of a sun that flares, destroying most of a human colony, and a supply ship officer trying to save the survivors.
• * *Rinn’s Star (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36919-X, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $3.95, 229pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) Sf novel of a telepath indentured to the Chinese and escaping to the Soviets creating an interstellar incident.
• * *A Whisper of Time (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38195-5, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $4.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Sf novel of an alien child adopted by a human archaeologist who must search for the truth about her people’s disappearance.

DOWRICK, STEPHANIE, ed.

• * _Great Tales of the Supernatural (Everyman’s Library 0-460-87165-X, May ’92 [Jun ’92], £3.99, 206pp, tp, cover by Joseph Drivas) Reissue (Everyman’s Library 1978) anthology of classic supernatural tales, abridged from Classic Tales of Horror (Book Club Associates 1978). (Contents)

DOWSON, ERNEST (Christopher) (1867-1900) (stories)

• * *The Diary of a Successful Man (Tartarus Press 1-872621-09-0, Aug ’92, no price, 24pp, ph) Reprint of a story from Dilemmas (Elkin Mathews, 1895) in a limited edition booklet, illustrated by R.B. Russell.

DOYLE, [Sir] ARTHUR (Ignatius) CONAN (1859-1930) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Best Horror Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle (Academy Chicago 0-89733-265-2, Mar ’89, $6.95, 294pp, pb) Collection of 13 stories, edited by Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh. (Contents)
• * _The Complete Professor Challenger (Wordsworth 1-85326-927-1, Jan ’89, £8.99, 584pp, hc) [Prof. Challenger] Reprint (John Murray 1952 as The Professor Challenger Stories) sf omnibus. [Not seen]
• * _The Doings of Raffles Haw (Greenhill 0-947898-37-9, Oct ’86, £8.95, 258pp, hc) Reprint (Lovell 1891) collection including some sf.
• * *The Horror of the Heights and Other Tales of Suspense (Chronicle Books 0-8118-0144-6, Apr ’92 [Sep ’92], $9.95, 242pp, tp, cover by Alex Lawrence) Collection of 14 ghost and suspense stories, with a preface by Doyle excerpted from Through the Magic Door.
• * _The Lost World (Academy Chicago 0-89733-331-4, Feb ’90 [Mar ’90], $4.95, 214pp, pb, cover by Julia R. Anderson) [Prof. Challenger] Reprint (Doran 1912) classic sf adventure novel featuring Professor Challenger.
• * _The Lost World (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-035013-6, Feb ’91 [Mar ’91], $2.95, 264pp, pb, cover by Alun Hood) [Prof. Challenger] Reissue (Doran 1912) Professor Challenger sf novel, with illustrations by Ian Newsham; eighth printing. This is a worldwide edition printed in England with prices for five countries printed on the back.
• * _The Lost World (Tor 0-812-53468-9, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $4.99, 248pp, pb) [Prof. Challenger] Reprint (Doran 1912) Professor Challenger sf novel.
• * _The Lost World (Puffin 0-14-036748-9, Oct ’94 [Dec ’94], £3.50, 280pp, pb, cover by Adrian Chesterman) [Prof. Challenger] Reprint (Doran 1912) SF novel, illustrated by Ian Newsham.
• * _The Lost World (Penguin/Puffin Classics 0-14-036748-9, Mar ’95, $3.50, 280pp, pb, cover by Adrian Chesterman) [Prof. Challenger] Reprint (Doran 1912) Professor Challenger SF novel. This is a 1994 repackaged worldwide edition of the Puffin 1981 edition illustrated by Ian Newsham.
• * _The Lost World (Oxford University Press 0-19-283186-0, May ’95, £4.99, 189pp, pb, cover by Paul Slater) [Prof. Challenger] Reprint (Doran 1912) SF/fantasy novel, in the Professor Challenger series, with a new Introduction by Ian Duncan.
• * _The Lost World (Tor 0-812-56483-9, Aug ’97 [Oct ’97], $4.99, 248pp, pb) [Prof. Challenger] Reissue (Doran 1912) SF novel featuring Professor Challenger. Second printing.
• * _The Lost World (Oxford University Press 0-19-283352-9, 1998 [Oct ’98], $8.95, 199pp, tp) [Prof. Challenger] Reprint (Doran 1912) SF novel featuring Professor Challenger. This is an Oxford World’s Classics edition, edited with introduction and notes by Ian Duncan.
• * _The Lost World (Dover 0-486-40060-3, Mar ’98 [May ’98], $1.50, 172pp, tp, cover by Jan Sovak) [Prof. Challenger] Reprint (Doran 1912) Professor Challenger SF novel in a thrift edition.
• * _The Lost World (Oxford University Press 0-19-283352-9, Jun ’98, £4.99, xxxii+199pp, tp) [Prof. Challenger] Reprint (Doran 1912) SF/fantasy novel in the “Professor Challenger” series, with an Introduction and notes by Ian Duncan. Subtitled ‘Being an Account of the Recent Amazing Adventures of Professor George E. Challenger, Lord John Roxton, Professor Summerlee and Mr. E.D. Malone of the “Daily Gazette”.’ (Contents)
• * *The Lost World and other stories (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. (Contents)
• * _The Lost World and The Poison Belt (Alan Sutton 0-7509-0822-X, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], £5.99, vii+291pp, tp, cover by John Martin) [Prof. Challenger] Reprint (Eyre 1950) omnibus of the two classic Professor Challenger novels. (Contents)
• * *The Maracot Deep (Leipzig: Berhard Tauchnitz, 1929, 272pp, hc) Collection of British Authors Vol. 4905. [EZ] (Contents)
• * _The Poison Belt (Easton Press no ISBN, Aug ’89, no price, 313pp, hc) [Prof. Challenger] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1913) fantasy adventure featuring Professor Challenger. There is a new introduction by Gary K. Wolfe and awful artwork by Harry Robins. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Round the Fire Stories (Chronicle Books 0-87701-883-9, May ’91 [Jun ’91], $9.95, 226pp, tp, cover by Alex Laurant) Reprint (Smith, Elder 1908) collection of 16 ghost and mystery stories. (Contents)
• * *The Supernatural Tales of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Foulsham 0-572-01453-8, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], £12.95, 272pp, hc) Collection of supernatural tales, edited by Peter Haining. (Contents)
• * +The Unknown Conan Doyle (Doubleday 0-385-19028-X, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $14.95, 456pp, hc) John Michael Gibson & Richard Lancelyn Green, eds. Collection of 33 stories, 10 of them “newly discovered”, covering a number of genres. First U.S. edition (Secker & Warburg 1982). Later reprinted (Avenel 1986) as 33 by Arthur Conan Doyle. (Contents)
• * _When the World Screamed and Other Stories: The Professor Challenger Adventures: Volume 2 (Chronicle Books 0-87701-652-6, Jun ’90 [Jul ’90], $8.95, 233pp, tp) [Prof. Challenger] Collection of three Professor Challenger adventures, the novellas “When the World Screamed” and “The Disintegration Machine” plus the novel The Land of Mist (Hutchinson 1926). (Contents)