The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- ERICKSON, STEVE (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * _Amnesiascope (Holt/Owl 0-8050-5361-1, Apr 97 [Jun 97], $12.00, 225pp, tp, cover by Raquel Jaramillo) Reprint (Holt 1996) literary, near-future SF novel about a chaotic post-apocalyptic Los Angeles.
- * *Arc dX (Simon & Schuster/Poseidon 0-671-74296-5, Apr 93, $20.00, 298pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) Literary novel in two parts with sf and fantasy elements, the first set in 18th-century Paris; the second in 21st-century dystopian Los Angeles.
- * _Arc dX (Vintage UK 0-09-936931-1, Oct 94, £5.99, 298pp, tp) Reprint (Poseidon 1993) literary novel in two parts with SF and fantasy elements, the first set in 18th-century Paris; the second in a dystopian 21st-century Los Angeles. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Arc dX (Holt/Owl 0-8050-4882-0, Sep 96, $14.00, 298pp, tp, cover by Raquel Jaramillo) Reprint (Poseidon 1993) literary novel with elements of both fantasy and SF.
- * *Days Between Stations (Poseidon/Simon & Schuster 0-671-53275-8, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $15.95, 253pp, hc) Literary sf novel of the future, billed as darkly romantic, tinged with the surreal.
- * _Days Between Stations (Random/Vintage 0-394-74685-6, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $6.95, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Poseidon 1985) surreal sf novel about life on a future ruined Earth.
- * _Days Between Stations (Futura 0-7088-3758-1, Jun 88, £3.99, 249pp, tp) Reprint (Poseidon 1985) literary sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Rubicon Beach (Simon & Schuster/Poseidon 0-671-60458-9, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $15.95, 300pp, hc) Surreal sf novel of ruined Los Angeles and a quest for a mysterious beautiful girl.
- * _Rubicon Beach (Orbit 0-7088-3744-1, Apr 89, £4.50, 300pp, tp, cover by Chris Brown) Reprint (Poseidon 1987) literary sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Tours of the Black Clock (Simon & Schuster Poseidon 0-671-64921-3, Jan 89, $18.95, 320pp, hc) Surreal fantasy about a man who becomes Hitlers pornographer and tries to become a god. The author was supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
- * _Tours of the Black Clock (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-70000-6, Feb 89, £11.95, 320pp, hc) Reprint (Poseidon 1989) very strange literary novel involving, in passing, a world where Hitler succeeded in invading Britain. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Tours of the Black Clock (Futura 0-7088-4752-8, Jun 90, £4.50, 320pp, tp, cover by Christopher Brown) Reprint (Poseidon 1989) literary fantasy novel.
- * _Tours of the Black Clock (Avon 0-380-70944-9, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $8.95, 320pp, tp, cover by Amy Guip) Reprint (Poseidon 1989) surreal fantasy novel. Recommended (SW).
- ERLANGER, ELLEN (Louise) (1950- )
- * *Isaac Asimov: Scientist and Storyteller (Lerner 0-8225-0482-0, Nov 86, $7.95, 56pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography illustrated with many photos. This is a school textbook in library binding, part of The Achievers series, designed for grades 4 and up. [Asimov]
- ERLICH, RICHARD D(ee) (1943- )
- * *Clockworks: A Multimedia Bibliography of Works Useful for the Study of the Human/Machine Interface in SF (with Thomas P. Dunn) (Greenwood Press 0-313-27305-7, Jun 93 [Oct 93], $75.00, 324pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. A bibliography/filmography, etc., of works in all media (including art and music) that concern the human/machine interface in sf. Available from Greenwood Publishing, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders: 1-800-225-5800.
- ERSKINE, BARBARA; pseudonym of Barbara Hope-Lewis, (1944- ) (stories)
- * *Child of the Phoenix (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223845-4, Apr 92, £15.99, 829pp, hc, cover by Kevin Tweddell) [Child of the Phoenix] Historical fantasy novel set in 13th-century Wales.
- * _Child of the Phoenix (Fontana 0-00-647264-8, Apr 93, £5.99, 1086pp, pb, cover by Kevin Tweddell) [Child of the Phoenix] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) historical fantasy novel set in 13th-century Wales.
- * _Child of the Phoenix (HarperCollins UK 0-00-647264-8, 1994 [Nov 94], £5.99, 1086pp, pb) [Child of the Phoenix] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) historical fantasy novel set in 13th-century Wales, a prequel to Kingdom of Shadows.
- * *Distant Voices (HarperCollins UK 0-00-225238-4, Nov 96, £16.99, 432pp, hc, cover by Kevin Tweddell) Collection of over 30 stories, including a number of fantasy, ghost and supernatural tales.
- * _Distant Voices (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649613-X, Oct 97, £5.99, 488pp, pb, cover by Kevin Tweddell) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1996) collection of 30 stories, a majority with fantastic elements. (Contents)
- * *Encounters (Michael Joseph 0-7181-3350-1, Feb 90, £13.99, 360pp, hc, cover by Stephen Bradbury) Collection of 44 stories (18 original) including some fantasy. (Contents)
- * _Encounters (Fontana 0-00-647068-8, Oct 91, £4.99, 540pp, pb) Reprint (Michael Joseph 1990) collection of short stories, including some sf.
- * *House of Echoes (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224538-8, Apr 96, £15.99, 422pp, hc, cover by Kevin Tweddell) Ghost/romance novel. A curse that kills the male members of any family who live at Belheddon Hall.
- * +House of Echoes (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-93867-2, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $24.95, 435pp, hc) Supernatural suspense novel. A young woman inherits a cursed house. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 1996).
- * _House of Echoes (HarperCollins UK 0-00-647927-8, Nov 96 [Jan 97], £5.99, 535pp, pb, cover by Kevin Tweddell) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1996) ghost/romance novel.
- * _House of Echoes (Penguin/Signet 0-451-18195-6, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $6.50, 477pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1996) supernatural suspense novel.
- * *Kingdom of Shadows (Michael Joseph 0-7181-2930-X, Sep 88 [Aug 88], £12.95, 600pp, hc) [Child of the Phoenix] Fantasy novel about two women whose destinies are linked across the centuries by a castle and a dream.
- * _Kingdom of Shadows (Sphere Overseas 0-7474-0130-6, Jun 89, £3.99, 771pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Child of the Phoenix] Reprint (Michael Joseph 1988) fantasy novel. This Open Market edition is not generally available in the UK.
- * _Kingdom of Shadows (Sphere 0-7474-0130-6, Aug 89 [Jul 89], £4.50, 772pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Child of the Phoenix] Reprint (Michael Joseph 1988) fantasy novel.
- * +Kingdom of Shadows (Dell 0-440-50200-4, Nov 89 [Nov 91], $8.95, 673pp, tp) [Child of the Phoenix] Time-travel romance. A woman finds herself haunted by dreams of a mistress of Robert the Bruce and finds her way back into the past to live her dream. First American edition (Michael Joseph 1988). This is a 1989 book not seen until now.
- * *Lady of Hay (Michael Joseph 0-7181-2587-8, Jun 86 [May 86], £10.95, 562pp, hc) This satirical sf novel of a hardhitting hackette whos hypnotized and finds herself time traveling is billed by the publisher as historical romance. (SJ/JF)
- * _Lady of Hay (Sphere Overseas 0-7221-3359-6, 1987 [Apr 87], £3.95, 760pp, pb) Reprint (Michael Joseph 1986) sf/historical romance novel. Special open market edition.
- * +Lady of Hay (Delacorte 0-385-29539-1, Jun 87 [May 87], $17.95, 545pp, hc) A psychic time travel novel. A skeptical journalist researches hypnotic past-life regression and relives a medieval life that becomes entangled in her present love-life. A dramatic, well-written first novel. (CFC) First U.S. edition (Michael Joseph 1986).
- * _Lady of Hay (Sphere 0-7221-3359-6, Jul 87, £3.95, 760pp, pb) Reprint (Michael Joseph 1986) sf/historical romance novel.
- * _Lady of Hay (Dell 0-440-20005-9, May 88 [Apr 88], $4.95, 757pp, pb) Reprint (Michael Joseph 1986) sf time travel romance novel.
- * _Lady of Hay (Warner UK 0-7515-0200-6, 1994 [Sep 95], £5.99, 760pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) Reissue (Michael Joseph 1986) fantasy timeslip novel. Contemporary reporter hypnotised to relive a twelfth-century life. Fourth Warner printing. Published in 1994 but not seen until now.
- * _Lady of Hay (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649780-2, Apr 96, £5.99, 760pp, pb) Reprint (Michael Joseph 1986) time travel/fantasy novel.
- * *Midnight Is a Lonely Place (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223846-2, Feb 94, £14.99, 429pp, hc, cover by Len Thurston) Ghost novel.
- * +Midnight Is a Lonely Place (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-93862-1, Jul 94, $20.95, 336pp, hc, cover by Will Williams) Ghost romance about an author who comes to live in a haunted cottage. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1994).
- * _Midnight Is a Lonely Place (HarperCollins UK 0-00-647626-0, Oct 94, £4.99, 511pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1994) ghost novel.
- * _Midnight Is a Lonely Place (Penguin/Signet 0-451-18194-8, Apr 95, $5.99, 447pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1994) ghost romance.
- * *On the Edge of Darkness (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224539-6, Oct 98, £17.99, 486pp, hc, cover by Kevin Tweddell) Fantasy romance time-travel saga. Obsessed with her twentieth-century lover, a sixth-century sorcerer-priestess curses him and his family when she believes he has abandoned her.
- ERWIN, ALAN
- * *Skeleton Dancer (Dell 0-440-20326-0, Jun 89 [Jul 89], $3.95, 265pp, pb) Horror novel. Apache ghosts that crave human blood haunt a West Texas cave.
- ESHBACH, LLOYD ARTHUR (1910-2003) (stories)
- * *The Armlet of the Gods (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32463-3, Jun 86 [May 86], $2.95, 261pp, pb) [Gates of Lucifer] Fantasy novel, second in The Land Beyond the Gate tetralogy.
- * _The Armlet of the Gods (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32463-3, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $2.95, 261pp, pb) [Gates of Lucifer] Reissue (Del Rey 1986) Celtic fantasy novel, sequel to The Land Beyond the Gate. third printing.
- * _The Armlet of the Gods (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32463-3, May 90 [Apr 90], $3.95, 261pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Gates of Lucifer] Reissue (Del Rey 1986) fantasy novel, second book of the Gates of Lucifer series; fourth printing.
- * *The Land Beyond the Gate (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31647-9, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $2.75, 209pp, pb) [Gates of Lucifer] Fantasy novel, first in a tetralogy.
- * _The Land Beyond the Gate (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31647-9, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $2.95, 209pp, pb) [Gates of Lucifer] Reissue (Del Rey 1984) fantasy novel a modern man travels through a gate to a world of Celtic fantasy. third printing.
- * _The Land Beyond the Gate (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31647-9, May 90 [Apr 90], $3.95, 209pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Gates of Lucifer] Reissue (Del Rey 1984) fantasy novel, first book of the Gates of Lucifer series; fifth printing.
- * *The Scroll of Lucifer (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32465-X, May 90 [Apr 90], $3.95, 242pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Gates of Lucifer] High fantasy novel of a mans struggle against Lucifers domination of alternate worlds, fourth book of the Gates of Lucifer series.
- * *The Sorceress of Scath (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32464-1, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $3.50, 241pp, pb) [Gates of Lucifer] Fantasy novel, third in The Land Beyond the Gate series. This one has a Babylonian background.
- * _The Sorceress of Scath (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32464-1, May 90 [Apr 90], $3.95, 241pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Gates of Lucifer] Reissue (Del Rey 1988) fantasy novel, third book of the Gates of Lucifer series; second printing.
- ESQUIVEL, LAURA
- * *The Law of Love (Crown 0-517-70681-4, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $25.00, 272pp, hc, cover by Montserrat Pecanins) Magical-realist fantasy novel set 300 years in future. A woman searches for her twin soul across the galaxy and through 14,000 past lives. A bound-in CD provides a soundtrack. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden from the Spanish (Editorial Grijalbo 1995).
- * _The Law of Love (Three Rivers Press 0-609-80127-9, Sep 97, $16.00, 271pp, tp, cover by Montserrat Pecanins) Reprint (Crown 1996) magical-realist fantasy novel set 300 years in future, with CD soundtrack bound in. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden from the Spanish (Editorial Grijalbo 1995).
- ESRAC, WILLIAM (stories)
- * *Dance to the Sun (Baen 0-671-87784-4, Jun 97 [May 97], $5.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) SF novel. A young genius with unusual talents fights to save his idyllic community from destruction. A first novel.
- ESSER, KEVIN (Michael) (1953- )
- * *Dance of the Warriors (Acolyte 90-6971-010-2, Mar 88 [Jun 88], $18.00, 280pp, tp) Gays and boy-lovers are sent to Camps in Utah in this sf novel set in a decaying mid-21st century. Two 13 year old boys heroically fight for freedom.
- ESSEX, WILLIAM; pseudonym of John Tigges, (1932- )
- * *From Below (Leisure 0-8439-2867-0, Nov 89 [Apr 90], $3.95, 359pp, pb) Horror novel. Town attacked by mutant leeches.
- * *Slime (Leisure 0-8439-2640-6, Sep 88 [Oct 88], $3.95, 365pp, pb) Horror novel about a Blob"-like monster.
- ESTES, ROSE (1940- ) (stories)
- * *Children of the Dragon (Random House 0-394-86433-6, May 85 [Apr 85], $2.95, 205pp, pb) Juvenile fantasy novel, with black and white illustrations by Carl Lundgren.
- * *Children of the Dragon (Random House 0-394-96433-0, May 85 [Apr 85], $5.99, 205pp, hc) The above in a library binding.
- * *Elfwood (Ace 0-441-18376-X, Dec 92 [Nov 92], $4.99, 228pp, pb, cover by Erik Olson) Fantasy novel, first book of a new series. Four youths must save their land from being overrun when both civilized humans and the elves of the wood are threatened by barbarian hordes. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
- * _Greyhawk Adventures #2: The Price of Power (Penguin 0-14-011140-9, Nov 88, £3.99, 316pp, pb) [Greyhawk] Reprint (TSR 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Mika trilogy. In the Greyhawk Adventures series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Greyhawk Adventures #3: Master Wolf (TSR 0-88038-457-3, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $3.95, 314pp, pb) [Greyhawk] Novel taking place in the World of Greyhawk fantasy game setting. The first two books were written by Gary Gygax.
- * _Greyhawk Adventures #3: Master Wolf (Penguin 0-14-011139-5, Oct 88, £3.99, 314pp, pb) [Greyhawk] Reprint (TSR 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the Mika trilogy. In the Greyhawk Adventures series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Greyhawk Adventures #4: The Price of Power (TSR 0-88038-458-1, Aug 87 [Nov 87], $3.95, 316pp, pb) [Greyhawk] Fantasy novel based on a game.
- * *Greyhawk Adventures #5: The Demon Hand (TSR 0-88038-542-1, Mar 88 [Jun 88], $3.95, 314pp, pb) [Greyhawk] Fantasy novelization.
- * _Greyhawk Adventures #5: The Demon Hand (Penguin 0-14-011277-4, Dec 88, £3.99, 314pp, pb) [Greyhawk] Reprint (TSR 1988) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Mika trilogy. In the Greyhawk Adventures series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Greyhawk Adventures #6: The Name of the Game (TSR 0-88038-614-2, Jul 88, $3.95, 311pp, pb) [Greyhawk] Fantasy novelization, start of a new trilogy in the Greyhawk world.
- * *Greyhawk: The Eyes Have It (TSR 0-88038-755-6, Sep 89, $3.95, 314pp, tp) [Greyhawk] Fantasy novelization based on the Greyhawk game.
- * *The Hunter (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20970-4, May 90 [Apr 90], $4.95, 279pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Hunter] Sf novel of an Ice Age warrior enslaved as a gladiator by aliens.
- * *The Hunter on Arena (Warner Questar 0-446-36136-4, May 91 [Apr 91], $4.95, 267pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Hunter] Sf novel of a Ice Age hunter who becomes a gladiator in an alien arena, second book of the Hunter series.
- * *The Hunter Victorious (Warner Questar 0-446-36224-7, Mar 92 [Feb 92], $4.99, 265pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Hunter] Sf novel of an Ice Age warrior enslaved as a gladiator by aliens, third book of The Hunter series.
- * *Iron Dragons: Mountains & Madness (with E. J. Cherhavy-Shumak) (Baen 0-671-72190-9, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $4.99, 273pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Iron Dragons] Fantasy novel based on the Iron Dragons game.
- * *Rune Sword Volume Two: Skrylings Blade (with Tom Wham) (Ace 0-441-73695-5, Nov 90 [Oct 90], $3.95, 220pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Runesword] Fantasy novel of an outlaw warrior who must face the Dark Lords deadliest dragon. Second book of a series.
- * *Runesword: The Stone of Time (with Tom Wham) (Ace 0-441-73699-8, Mar 92 [Feb 92], $3.99, 184pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Runesword] Fantasy novel, sixth book of the Runesword series (each book is by a different author). Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
- * *Saga of the Lost Lands, Volume 1: Blood of the Tiger (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26411-7, Dec 87 [Nov 87], $3.50, 198pp, pb) [Saga of the Lost Lands] Fantasy novel, first in a new prehistoric trilogy.
- * _Saga of the Lost Lands, Volume 1: Blood of the Tiger (Bantam UK 0-553-17677-3, Oct 89, £2.99, 198pp, pb, cover by Pamela Lee) [Saga of the Lost Lands] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1987) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Saga of the Lost Lands, Volume II: Brother to the Lion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27213-6, May 88 [Apr 88], $3.50, 212pp, pb) [Saga of the Lost Lands] Fantasy novel set in prehistoric times.
- * *Saga of the Lost Lands, Volume III: Spirit of the Hawk (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27408-2, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $3.95, 246pp, pb) [Saga of the Lost Lands] North American prehistoric fantasy novel.
- * *Troll-Quest (Ace 0-441-00145-9, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $4.99, 259pp, pb, cover by Donald Clavette) [Troll-Taken] Contemporary fantasy novel, sequel to Troll-Taken. Two mothers search for their changeling children while trolls living under Chicago are at war with mankind.
- * *Troll-Taken (Ace 0-441-82414-5, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $4.99, 268pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Troll-Taken] Fantasy novel of a young mother who learns that her baby is a changeling.
- ESTEY, DALE
- * _A Lost Tale (Berkley 0-425-07133-2, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.75, 206pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martins 1980) fantasy novel.
- ESTLEMAN, LOREN D. (1952- ) (stories)
- * *Journey of the Dead (Tor/Forge 0-312-85999-6, Apr 98 [Mar 98], $21.95, 251pp, hc) Western horror novel with supernatural elements. An ancient alchemist in Mexico meets the haunted man who killed Billy the Kid.
- * _Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula (Penguin 0-14-005262-3, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $3.95, 214pp, pb) [Sherlock Holmes; Dracula] Reissue (Doubleday 1978) mystery/horror novel. Holmes fights to save the realm from vampires. Fourth printing.
- _____, ed.
- ESTRADA, PATRICIA WALLACE (1949- ); see under Wallace, Patricia
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