The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

FARRINGTON, GEOFFREY (stories) (continued)

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• * *The Dedalus Book of Roman Decadence: Emperors of Debauchery (Dedalus 1-873982-16-X, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], £7.99, 234pp, tp, cover by Gustave Moreau) Literary fantasy anthology. Two dozen selections of Ancient Roman prose, poetry and history, including much fantasy, translated by Brian & Adrian Murdoch. Available in the USA from Hippocrene Press at $14.95.

FARRIS, JOHN (L.) (1936- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By (Tor 0-812-58264-0, Jan ’86, $3.50, 350pp, pb) Reprint (1977) supernatural fantasy/horror novel of African sorcery and a Southern U.S. family.
• * _The Axeman Cometh (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-52226-7, Feb ’90, £11.95, 160pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1989) horror novel. First World hardcover edition.
• * _The Axeman Cometh (NEL 0-450-53717-X, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], £3.50, 269pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1989) horror novel.
• * *The Axman Cometh (Tor 0-812-50008-3, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $4.50, 269pp, pb) Horror novel about a woman trapped in an elevator with the man who may have murdered her family twenty years before.
• * _Bad Blood (Gollancz 0-575-04648-1, Oct ’89, £3.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Reprint (Playboy 1977 as All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By) horror novel.
• * _Catacombs (Tor 0-812-58272-1, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $3.95, 522pp, pb) Reprint (1981) horror novel of evil creatures unearthed from Mt. Kilimanjaro by archaeologists.
• * _Catacombs (NEL 0-450-05580-9, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], £4.99, 493pp, pb) Reissue (Delacorte 1981) horror novel; third printing.
• * _Dragonfly (Severn House 0-7278-5159-4, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], £17.99, 506pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1995) associational novel with fantasy elements. First UK hardcover.
• * *Fiends (Dark Harvest 0-913165-16-6, Apr ’90, $19.95, 314pp, hc, cover by Phil Parks) Horror novel about the sole survivor of a mass disappearance. A limited edition ($45.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _Fiends (Tor 0-812-51786-5, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $4.95, 438pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1990) vampire horror novel.
• * _Fiends (Grafton 0-246-13774-6, Mar ’91, £13.99, 331pp, hc, cover by Tim White) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1990) horror novel.
• * _Fiends (Grafton 0-586-21192-6, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], £4.99, 430pp, pb, cover by Tim White) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1990) horror novel about the Icelandic huldufólk in modern America.
• * _The Fury (Tor 0-812-58262-4, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $3.50, 349pp, pb) [Fury] Reprint (Playboy 1976) horror novel. A movie was made from the book.
• * _The Fury (Grafton 0-586-21303-1, Feb ’92, £3.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Fury] Reprint (Dell 1976) horror novel.
• * _The Fury (Severn House 0-7278-4441-5, Mar ’93, £13.99, 349pp, hc, cover by Robert Welch) [Fury] Reprint (Playboy 1976) horror novel.
• * _The Fury (Tor 0-812-51784-9, Sep ’94 [Nov ’94], $4.99, 349pp, pb, cover by John Melo) [Fury] Reissue (Tor 1985) horror novel. Fourth printing.
• * _King Windom (Tor 0-812-51793-8, Apr ’90, $4.95, 568pp, pb, cover by Gary Smith) Reprint (Playboy 1967) mainstream novel with some psychic content, packaged as a horror novel.
• * *The Minotaur (Tor 0-8125-8258-6, 1985, $3.95, 384pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _Minotaur (NEL 0-450-05900-6, Jan ’94, £4.99, 373pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1985) horror novel.
• * _Minotaur (Severn House 0-7278-4585-3, Mar ’94 [Apr ’94], £14.99, 373pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) Reprint (Tor 1985) horror novel. First world hardcover.
• * *Nightfall (Tor 0-812-51778-4, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.95, 311pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _Nightfall (NEL 0-450-41729-8, Dec ’87, £2.95, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1987) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Nightfall (Severn House 0-7278-1636-5, Jul ’88 [Oct ’88], £10.95, 311pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1987) horror novel.
• * _Nightfall (NEL 0-450-41729-8, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], £4.99, 311pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1987) horror novel; second printing.
• * _Sacrifice (SFBC #06214, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $10.98, 320pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1994) horror novel. This is similar to the Tor edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Sacrifice (Tor 0-812-50956-0, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $5.99, 379pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1994) horror novel.
• * *Scare Tactics (Tor 0-312-93085-2, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $17.95, 310pp, hc) Original collection of a story, a novella, and a “previously undiscovered” horror novel, The Guardians. (Contents)
• * _Scare Tactics (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-50281-9, May ’89, £11.95, 310pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1988) collection of two horror stories and a political thriller novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Scare Tactics (Tor 0-812-50300-7, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $4.95, 343pp, pb) Collection of four stories and a short novel, revised from the 1988 Tor hardcover edition. Two stories, “I Scream. You Scream. We All Scream for Ice Cream.” and “Scare Tactics”, did not appear in the hardcover edition. (Contents)
• * _Scare Tactics (NEL 0-450-52254-7, Feb ’90, £3.50, 365pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1989) original horror collection. This follows the text of the Tor paperback edition in adding two stories “I Scream. You Scream. We All Scream for Ice Cream”. and “Scare Tactics”, that did not appear in the hardcover edition.
• * _Sharp Practice (Tor 0-812-51788-1, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.95, 336pp, pb) Reprint (? 1974) horror novel — probably non-occult.
• * _Shatter (Tor 0-812-58268-3, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $3.50, 317pp, pb) Reprint (1981) horror novel. “A young woman is pursued across continents, oceans and time itself by a relentless evil unleashed by the man who loves her.”
• * _Shatter (Gollancz 0-575-04781-X, Jun ’90, £3.50, 317pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1980) horror novel.
• * _Son of the Endless Night (Tor 0-812-58266-7, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $4.50, 503pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1984) horror novel. “In a peaceful Vermont courtroom humanity will be called to trial by endless evil.”
• * _Son of the Endless Night (NEL 0-450-40575-3, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], £3.50, 550pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1985) horror novel.
• * _The Uninvited (Tor 0-812-51776-8, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.95, 276pp, pb) Reprint (Dell 1982) horror novel.
• * _The Uninvited (NEL 0-450-05715-1, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], £4.99, 252pp, pb) Reissue (Dell 1982) horror novel; third printing.
• * _When Michael Calls (Tor 0-812-50356-2, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $4.50, 251pp, pb, cover by David Fishman) Reprint (Trident 1967) horror novel.
• * _When Michael Calls (Severn House 0-7278-4516-0, Sep ’93, £13.99, 251pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) Reprint (Trident 1967) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Wildwood (Tor 0-312-93919-1, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $16.95, 445pp, hc) Horror novel of a sinister mountain retreat.
• * *Wildwood (Tor 0-812-58270-5, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $4.50, 445pp, pb) Horror novel, issued simultaneously in hardcover and paperback.
• * _Wildwood (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-37734-8, Jul ’87, £11.95, 445pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1986) horror novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _Wildwood (NEL 0-450-42644-0, Jul ’88, £3.95, 445pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1986) horror novel.
• * _Wildwood (NEL 0-450-42644-0, Jan ’94 [Mar ’94], £4.99, 445pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1986) horror novel. Third printing, undated internally.

FARROW, DAVID A(shby) (1962- )

• * *The Root of All Evil (Wyrick & Company 0-941711-36-6, May ’97 [Apr ’98], $23.95, 292pp, hc) Horror novel. A Charleston detective tracks a serial killer possessed by an evil spirit. A first novel. This is copyrighted 1997, but not seen until now.

FARSHTEY, GREG (stories)

• * *Bloodshadows: Hell’s Feast (West End Games 0-87431-375-9, Apr ’94 [May ’94], $6.95, 289pp, tp, cover by Ken Barr) [Bloodshadows] Dark fantasy novelization based on the Bloodshadows game. Copyrighted by West End Games.
• * *Shatterzone: The River of God (West End Games 0-87431-225-6, Nov ’92 [Dec ’92], $4.95, 339pp, tp, cover by Nick Smith) [Shatterzone] Sf novelization based on the “Shatterzone” game due for release in July 1993.

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• * *Shatterzone: Shattered and Other Stories (West End Games 0-87431-237-X, Mar ’94, $6.95, 299pp, tp, cover by Randy Hamblin) [Shatterzone] Original anthology of nine stories based on the Shatterzone game. (Contents)
• * *Torg: Strange Tales from the Nile Empire (with Greg Gorden & Ed Stark) (West End Games 0-87431-343-0, Mar ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.95, 343pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Torg] Anthology of eight short novelizations based on the “Torg: The Possibility Wars” game, with an introduction by Greg Farshtey. Available from West End Games, RR 3, Box 2345, Honesdale PA 18431. (Contents)

FAST, JONATHAN (David) (1948- )

• * _Mortal Gods (Easton Press no ISBN, Nov ’89, no price, 153pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1976) sf novel, with a new introduction by Stephen H. Goldman and artwork by Byron Taylor. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.

FAUCHER, ELIZABETH

• * *The Addams Family (Fantail 0-14-090367-4, Dec ’91, £2.99, 141pp, pb) Comedy horror film novelization, based on the screenplay by Caroline Thompson & Larry Wilson. This is simultaneous with the U.S. (Scholastic) edition.
• * *The Addams Family (Scholastic 0-590-45541-9, Dec ’91, $2.95, 141pp, pb) Young-adult movie tie-in novelization.
• * _Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (Fantail 0-14-090212-0, Mar ’90, £2.50, 108pp, pb) Reprint (US 1989) sf film novelization, based on the screenplay by Ed Naha and Tom Schulman.

FAULCON, ROBERT; pseudonym of Robert Holdstock, (1948-2009) (stories)

• * *The Ghost Dance (Arrow 0-09-931790-7, Jul ’87, £3.50, 411pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Omnibus edition of the third and fourth books in the “Night Hunter” series. Billed as “Robert Holdstock writing as Robert Faulcon”. (Contents)
• * _The Ghost Dance (Century 0-7126-1747-7, Aug ’87, £11.95, 411pp, hc) [Night Hunter] Reprint (Arrow 1987) omnibus edition of the third and fourth books in the “Night Hunter” series. Billed as “Robert Holdstock writing as Robert Faulcon”.
• * *The Hexing and the Labyrinth (Legend 0-09-954470-9, Jan ’89, £3.50, 496pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Horror omnibus. Volumes 5 & 6 in the Night Hunter series. This is a pseudonym for Robert Holdstock. (Contents) [Not seen]
• * *The Labyrinth (Arrow 0-09-952160-1, Jun ’87, £2.50, 283pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Horror novel. Volume 6 (and last) in the “Night Hunter” series. Billed as “Robert Holdstock writing as Robert Faulcon”.
• * +Night Hunter (Ace Charter 0-441-57469-6, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $2.95, 184pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Horror novel, first in a series. The author is Robert Holdstock. First U.S. edition (Arrow 1983).
• * +Night Hunter 2: The Talisman (Ace Charter 0-441-57475-0, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $2.50, 183pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Occult horror novel, second in the series. Faulcon is a pseudonym for Robert Holdstock. First U.S. edition (Arrow 1983).
• * +Night Hunter 3: The Ghost Dance (Ace Charter 0-441-57478-5, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $2.95, 184pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Horror novel, third in a series. “Faulcon” is actually Robert Holdstock. First U.S. edition (Arrow 1983).
• * +Night Hunter: The Hexing (Charter 1-55773-050-4, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $2.95, 186pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Psychic horror adventure novel, fifth in a series. First U.S. edition (Arrow 1984).
• * +Night Hunter: The Labyrinth (Charter 1-55773-090-3, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $2.95, 230pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Horror novel, sixth in the series. First U.S. edition (Arrow 1988).
• * +Night Hunter: The Shrine (Charter 1-55773-019-9, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $2.95, 182pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Horror novel, fourth in the “Night Hunter” series. First U.S. edition (Arrow 1984).
• * *The Stalking (Arrow 0-09-930440-6, Jul ’87, £3.50, 400pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Omnibus edition of the first two books in the “Night Hunter” series. Billed as “Robert Holdstock writing as Robert Faulcon”. (Contents)
• * _The Stalking (Century 0-7126-1742-6, Aug ’87, £11.95, 400pp, hc) [Night Hunter] Reprint (Arrow 1987) omnibus edition of the first two books in the “Night Hunter” series. Billed as “Robert Holdstock writing as Robert Faulcon”.

FAUSETT, DAVID JOHN

• * *Writing the New World: Imaginary Voyages and Utopias of the Great Southern Land (Syracuse University Press 0-8156-2586-3, Mar ’94, $17.95, 237pp, tp) Non-fiction, an analysis of 17th and 18th-century Utopian fiction. A hardcover edition (-2585-5, $42.50) was announced but not seen. Available from Syracuse University Press, 1600 Jamesville Ave., Syracuse NY 13244-5160.

FAUST, JOE CLIFFORD (1957- ) (stories)

• * *Boddekker’s Demons (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57622-4, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $5.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) SF advertising satire, continuation of Ferman’s Devils. Boddekker’s street thugs-turned-celebrities get more popular as they get more dangerous.
• * *The Company Man (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35242-4, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $3.95, 327pp, pb) Science fiction novel set in a near-future world where multinational corporations hold the real power.
• * *A Death of Honor (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34026-4, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $3.50, 326pp, pb) Sf/murder mystery novel. A first novel.
• * _A Death of Honor (SFBC #11010, Jun ’87, $4.98, 275pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf/mystery novel, a first novel. Recommended. (CNB)
• * *Desperate Measures (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35020-0, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 245pp, pb) [*Angel’s Luck] Sf adventure novel, first book of the “Angel’s Luck” series.
• * _Desperate Measures (SFBC #15749, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.98, 245pp, hc, cover by Walter Velez) [*Angel’s Luck] Reprint (Del Rey 1989) sf adventure novel, first book of the “Angel’s Luck” series. First hardcover edition.
• * *The Essence of Evil (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36089-3, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $3.95, 281pp, pb, cover by David B. Mattingly) [*Angel’s Luck] Sf space opera adventure novel, third book of the “Angel’s Luck” series.
• * _The Essence of Evil (SFBC #17397, Aug ’90, $7.98, hc, cover by Walter Velez) [*Angel’s Luck] Reprint (Del Rey 1990) sf adventure novel, third book of the “Angel’s Luck” trilogy. First hardcover edition.
• * *Ferman’s Devils (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57621-6, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $4.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) SF advertising satire. An ad-man offers a street gang a role in a commercial.
• * *Handling It: How I Got Rich and Famous, Made Media Stars Out of Common Street Scum and Almost Got the Girl (SFBC #20045, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $12.98, 567pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) Omnibus of SF advertising satires Ferman’s Devils (1996) and Boddekker’s Demons (1997). This special Guild America edition has its own ISBN 1-56865-625-4; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *Precious Cargo (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36088-5, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.95, 293pp, pb, cover by David B. Mattingly) [*Angel’s Luck] Sf space opera novel, second book of the “Angel’s Luck” series.
• * _Precious Cargo (SFBC #17007, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $5.98, hc, cover by A. C. Farley) [*Angel’s Luck] Reprint (Del Rey 1990) sf novel, second book of the “Angel’s Luck” series. First hardcover edition.

FAUST, RON(ald T.) (1936- )

• * *Lord of the Dark Lake (Tor/Forge 0-312-85535-4, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $22.95, 320pp, hc) Associational horror novel. An archeologist finds himself trapped into reenacting the story of the minotaur.

FAVILLE, BARRY

• * _The Return (Oxford University Press 0-19-558166-0, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $14.95, 163pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel. This is a 1988 reprint of a 1987 book, and is an edition published by Oxford in New Zealand. It is being made available for the first time in the US.

FAVORS, JEAN (Elizabeth) M(orris) (1938- )

• * *My Soul to Keep (Avon Flare 0-380-77478-X, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $3.99, 154pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel of a young girl in a coma who must battle an evil force for possession of her soul.

FAWCETT, BILL; [i.e., William Brian Fawcett] (1947- ); see pseudonym Quinn Fawcett (stories) (chron.)

• * *Guardians of the Three Volume One: Lord of Cragsclaw (with Neil Randall) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-274621-7, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 392pp, pb) [Guardians of the Three] Fantasy novelization, first in a new series about cat people, packaged and copyright by Bill Fawcett. The cover says “Created by Bill Fawcett” instead of the authors’ names.

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• * _Battlestation Book One (with David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake
• * _Battlestation Book Two: Vanguard (with David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake
• * *Bolos #2: The Unconquerable (Baen 0-671-87629-5, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $5.99, 275pp, pb, cover by Paul Alexander) [Bolo] Original anthology of seven stories based on Keith Laumer’s “Bolo” stories. Second in the series. Copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates. Fawcett’s name does not appear on the cover, only “created by Keith Laumer." (Contents)
• * *Bolos 4: Last Stand (Baen 0-671-87760-7, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $5.99, 418pp, pb, cover by Paul Alexander) [Bolo] Anthology of nine stories, fourth in a series featuring the sentient tanks created by Keith Laumer. Includes technical notes on the “history” of the Bolos by Linda Evans. Copyrighted by Bill Fawcett and Associates. (Contents)
• * *Bolos: Honor of the Regiment (Baen 0-671-72184-4, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $4.99, 301pp, pb, cover by Paul Alexander) [Bolo] Original anthology of eight shared-world stories set in Keith Laumer’s Bolo universe. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates. Although Laumer’s name is on the cover, he apparently was not involved in editing it. (Contents)
• * *Cats in Space and Other Places (Baen 0-671-72118-6, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Dean Morrissey) Anthology of 17 sf stories about cats and cat-like aliens, three original. Packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates. (Contents)
• * _The Crafters (with Christopher Stasheff) See entry under Christopher Stasheff.
• * _The Crafters Book 2: Blessings and Curses (with Christopher Stasheff) See entry under Christopher Stasheff.
• * _The Day the Magic Stopped (with Christopher Stasheff) See entry under Christopher Stasheff.
• * _The Fleet (with David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake