The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- FILMER, KATH (continued)
- _____, ed.
- * +Twentieth-Century Fantasists: Essays on Culture, Society and Belief in Twentieth-Century Mythopoeic Literature (St. Martins 0-312-07959-1, Oct 92 [Nov 92], $49.95, 212pp, hc) Collection of 16 essays on 20th-century fantasy literature. First American edition (Macmillan UK 1992). Order from St. Martins Press, Scholarly & Reference Books, 175 Fifth Ave., New York NY 10010.
- FINAMORE, FRANK J., ed. (stories)
- FINCH, CHRISTOPHER (1939- )
- * *Jim Henson: The Works (Random House 0-679-41203-4, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $40.00, 252pp, hc) Art book, a lavishly illustrated tribute to Hensons work.
- FINCH, SHEILA (Rosemary) (1935- ) (stories)
- * *The Garden of the Shaped (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26801-5, Sep 87 [Aug 87], $3.50, 217pp, pb) [Shaper Exile] Sf novel of genetically altered humans on an isolated planet. With its royalty and shape-shifting, this reads more like fantasy. (FCM)
- * _The Garden of the Shaped (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26801-5, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $3.95, 217pp, pb) [Shaper Exile] Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1987) sf novel of genetically altered humans on an isolated planet; second printing.
- * *Infinitys Web (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25251-8, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $2.95, 230pp, pb) Sf novel, a first novel.
- * *Shapers Legacy (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28167-4, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $3.95, 279pp, pb) [Shaper Exile] Sf novel of genetically altered humans on an alien world, book two of the Shaper Exile series.
- * *Shaping the Dawn (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28287-5, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $3.95, 309pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll & Paul Youll) [Shaper Exile] Sf novel of gene-manipulated humans on an alien planet, third book in the Shaper Exile series.
- * *Triad (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25792-7, May 86 [Apr 86], $3.50, 233pp, pb) Sf novel of explorers on a strange alien planet.
- FINDER, JOSEPH (1958- )
- * _Extraordinary Powers (Ballantine 0-345-39436-4, May 95 [Apr 95], $6.99, 431pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1994) thriller about CIA experiments into telepathic ability. We missed the earlier hardcover edition.
- FINDLEY, NIGEL D. (1959-1995) (stories)
- * _Shadowrun 4: 2XS (Roc UK 0-14-017557-1, Oct 92, £4.99, 324pp, pb, cover by John Zeleznik) [Shadowrun] Reprint (Roc 1992) fantasy novelization. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Shadowrun: 2XS (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45139-2, Feb 92 [Jan 92], $4.50, 324pp, pb) [Shadowrun] Fantasy novelization based on the Shadowrun game. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA.
- * *Shadowrun: House of the Sun (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45370-0, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $4.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Jim Thiesen) [Shadowrun] Novelization, #17 in the series based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by FASA.
- * *Shadowrun: Lone Wolf (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45272-0, Feb 94 [Jan 94], $4.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Shadowrun] Fantasy novelization based on the Shadowrun game, with interior illustrations by Joel Biske. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA.
- * _Shadowrun: Lone Wolf (Roc UK 0-451-45272-0, Mar 94, £3.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Shadowrun] Reprint (Roc 1994) sf novelization. Volume 12 in the series. The US edition with a UK ISBN and Price Sticker. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Shadowrun: Shadowplay (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45228-3, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $4.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Shadowrun] Fantasy novelization based on the Shadowrun game, with illustrations by Earl Geier. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA.
- * _Shadowrun: Shadowplay (Roc UK 0-14-017546-6, Mar 93, £4.99, 372pp, pb) [Shadowrun] Reprint (Roc 1993) fantasy novelization. Volume nine in the Secrets of Power series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Spelljammer: Into the Void (TSR 1-56076-154-7, Oct 91, $4.95, 311pp, tp, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) [Spelljammer: Cloakmaster] Fantasy novelization based on the Forgotten Realms game, second book of the Cloakmaster Cycle.
- * *Spelljammer: The Broken Sphere (TSR 1-56076-596-8, May 93 [Apr 93], $4.95, 314pp, tp, cover by Michael Scott) [Spelljammer] Fantasy novelization based on the Spelljammer game.
- * *Torg: Out of Nippon (West End Games 0-87431-345-7, Sep 92, $4.95, 350pp, tp, cover by John Paul Genzo) [Torg] Fantasy novelization based on the Torg: The Possibility Wars game.
- * *Virtual World: No Limits (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45525-8, May 96 [Apr 96], $5.50, pb) [Virtual Geographical League] SF novelization based on the BattleTech virtual reality game, first in the Virtual Geographical League series. Copyrighted by Virtual World Entertainment.
- FINDLEY, TIMOTHY (Irving Frederick) (1930-2002) (stories)
- * +Headhunter (Crown 0-517-59827-2, Apr 94 [Mar 94], $23.00, 440pp, hc, cover by Wendell Minor) Gothic fantasy novel about the disastrous consequences of an ex-librarian releasing Kurtz from page 92 of the 1974 Penguin edition of Joseph Conrads Heart of Darkness to take over Toronto. First American edition (HarperCollins Canada 1993).
- * +Not Wanted on the Voyage (Delacorte 0-385-29415-8, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $17.95, 352pp, hc) Reprint (Penguin BooksCanada 1984), first U.S. edition. Fantasy novel of Noah and the Flood. Funny, poignant, eccentric. Recommended. (FCM)
- * _Not Wanted on the Voyage (Arena 0-09-948070-0, Oct 86, £3.95, 352pp, pb) Reprint (Penguin-Canada 1984) literary fantasy novel of Noah and the flood.
- * _Not Wanted on the Voyage (Dell/Laurel Leaf 0-440-36499-X, May 87, $4.95, 343pp, tp) Reprint (Delacorte 1986) fantasy novel set on Noahs Ark. Recommended. (FCM)
- FINE, STEPHEN (1949- )
- * *Molly Dear: The Autobiography of an Android (St. Martins 0-312-02254-9, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $18.95, 420pp, hc) Sf novel/satire a la Candide. A first novel.
- FINGEROTH, DANNY (stories)
- * _Spider-Man and Iron Man: Dooms Day 2: Sabotage (with Pierce Askegren) See entry under Pierce Askegren.
- * *Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk: Dooms Day, Book 1: Rampage (with Eric Fein) (Boulevard 1-57297-164-9, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $5.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Vince Evans) [Spider-Man] Novelization based on the comic book characters. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Marvel Characters.
- FINK, JAN STEPHEN
- * _If He Lived (Vintage UK 0-09-959971-6, May 98, £5.99, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1997) ghost novel. The original hardcover (Feb 1997) was not seen.
- * *If He Lived: A Modern Ghost Story (Jonathan Cape 0-224-04362-5, Feb 97 [Jul 97], £9.99, 310pp, tp) Ghost novel.
- FINLAY, D. G. (stories)
- * *Graven Image (Century 0-7126-1650-0, Jun 87 [Sep 87], £10.95, 254pp, hc) [Watchman Chronicle] Occult novel, volume 4 in the Lavenham series.
- * *The Killing Glance (Arrow 0-09-955860-2, Jul 89 [Jun 89], £4.50, 646pp, pb) [Watchman Chronicle] Condensed omnibus of the Watchman Chronicle series - Watchman, The Grey Regard, Deadly Relations and Graven Image. (Contents)
- FINLAY, VIRGIL (Warden) (1914-1971) (stories)
- * *Virgil Finlays Far Beyond (Charles F. Miller 1-885611-04-8, Sep 94, $14.95, 132pp, hc, cover by Virgil Finlay) Art book, a collection of Finlays work. With an introduction Brian J. Frost. A hardcover edition (-03-X, $24.95) was announced but not seen.
- * *Virgil Finlays Phantasms (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-173-4, Dec 93, $24.95, 136pp, hc, cover by Virgil Finlay) Art book, a collection of black-&-white art by Finlay, with an introduction by Stephen E. Fabian. A trade paperback edition (-173-4, $14.95) was announced but not seen. Available from Underwood-Miller, 708 Westover Drive, Lancaster PA 17601.
- * *Virgil Finlays Strange Science (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-153-X, Jan 93, $24.95, 149pp, hc, cover by Virgil Finlay) Art book, a collection of Finlays black-and-white sf and horror illustrations, with a foreword by Robert Bloch and an introduction by Harlan Ellison. A trade paperback edition (-154-8, $14.95) was announced but not seen. Available from Underwood-Miller, 708 Westover Dr., Lancaster PA 17601.
- * *Virgil Finlays Women of the Ages (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-137-8, Jun 92 [May 92], $14.95, 147pp, hc, cover by Virgil Finlay) Art book, a collection of Finlays line drawings of women. A hardcover edition (-136-X, $24.95) is also available. Order from Underwood-Miller, 708 Westover Dr., Lancaster PA 17601.
- FINLAY, WINIFRED (Lindsay Crawford McKissack) (1910- ) (stories)
- * _The Singing Stones (The Bodley Head 0-370-30761-5, Oct 86, £4.50, 182pp, pb) Reprint (UK 1970) fantasy novel of Dark vs. Light in Scotland.
- * _Vampires, Werewolves and Phantoms of the Night (Methuen/Magnet 0-416-62260-7, Jun 86 [May 86], £1.50, 125pp, tp) Reprint (Methuen 1983) young-adult horror collection.
- FINNEY, CHARLES G(randison) (1905-1984) (stories)
- * *The Magician Out of Manchuria (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-92-5, Oct 89, $25.00, 127pp, hc) Short fantasy novel that first appeared in the expanded edition of The Unholy City (Pyramid 1968). This is a limited edition of 600 copies, with illustrations by Richard Salvucci.
- FINNEY, JACK; [i.e., Walter Braden Finney] (1911-1995) (stories) (chron.)
- * *3 by Finney (Simon & Schuster Fireside 0-671-64048-8, Jul 87, $10.95, 416pp, tp) Omnibus edition of The Woodrow Wilson Dime (1968), Marions Wall (1973), and The Night People (1977). (Contents)
- * _3 by Finney (Simon & Schuster/Fireside 0-671-64048-8, Feb 95, $10.95, 416pp, tp) Reissue (Simon & Schuster/Fireside 1987) omnibus of three novels, The Woodrow Wilson Dime, Marions Well, and The Night People. Fourth printing.
- * *About Time (S&S/Fireside 0-671-62887-9, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $7.95, 219pp, pb) Collection of 12 time travel stories originally published in either The Third Level (Rhinehart & Co. 1957) or I Love Galesberg in the Springtime (Simon & Schuster 1962). (Contents)
- * _About Time (Simon & Schuster/Fireside 0-671-62887-9, Feb 95, $9.95, 219pp, tp) Reissue (Simon & Schuster/Fireside 1986) collection of 12 stories. Eighth printing.
- * *From Time to Time (Simon & Schuster/Scribners 0-671-89884-1, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $23.00, 304pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) [Time and Again] SF novel, sequel to Time and Again. Members of the Project ask Simon Morley to change history and prevent WWI.
- * _From Time to Time (BOMC no ISBN, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $19.95, 304pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) [Time and Again] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1995) SF novel, sequel to Time and Again. This is identical to the Simon & Schuster edition, except it lacks a price and has a BOMC mark on the back jacket.
- * _From Time to Time (BOMC/QPBC #13-8565, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $15.95, 304pp, tp, cover by Honi Werner) [Time and Again] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1995) SF novel, sequel to Time and Again. This is identical to the Simon & Schuster hardcover edition, except it lacks a price and has a book club mark on the back jacket.
- * _From Time to Time (Simon & Schuster/Scribners 0-671-89884-1, Feb 96 [Jan 96], $12.00, 303pp, tp, cover by Honi Werner) [Time and Again] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1995) SF novel, sequel to Time and Again.
- * _Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Sphere 0-7221-3502-5, Apr 87, £1.95, 170pp, pb) Reissue (Dell 1961) sf novel.
- * _Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Simon & Schuster Fireside 0-671-68211-3, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $8.95, 216pp, tp) Reprint (Dell 1955 as The Body Snatchers) sf novel, basis for the two movies.
- * _The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Easton Press no ISBN, Jan 93, no price, 144pp, hc) Reprint (Dell 1961) sf novel, with an introduction by Milton T. Wolf and artwork by Ron Miller. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
- * _Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 0-684-85258-6, 1998 [Mar 98], $10.00, 216pp, tp) Reprint (Dell 1955 as The Body Snatchers) SF novel. This follows the Dell 1978 revised and updated text.
- * _Time and Again (S&S/Fireside 0-671-24295-4, Jan 86 [Dec 85], $9.95, 397pp, pb) [Time and Again] Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1970) fantasy novel.
- * _Time and Again (Arrow 0-09-959010-7, Aug 90 [Jul 90], £7.99, 399pp, tp) [Time and Again] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1970) classic time-travel novel. This edition is illustrated with period photographs.
- * _Time and Again (Simon & Schuster/Scribners 0-684-80105-1, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $12.00, 399pp, tp) [Time and Again] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1970) time-travel novel. A 20th century illustrator goes back to 1882. A hardcover edition is also available (-80117-5, $25.00). Special 25th anniversary edition, with the original period illustrations.
- * _Time and Again (BOMC no ISBN, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $19.95, 399pp, hc) [Time and Again] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1970) time-travel novel. This is identical to the Scribners 1995 anniversary hardcover edition, except it lacks a price and has a BOMC mark on the back jacket.
- FINNEY, WALTER BRADEN (1911-1995); see under Finney, Jack (stories) (chron.)
- FINNIS, A., ed.
- * *13 Again (Scholastic UK 0-590-55914-1, Jul 95, £4.99, 361pp, pb) Original anthology of 13 horror stories by Masterton, Greenland, Kilworth, Gross, Tuttle, and others. (Contents)
- * *Bone Meal: Seven More Tales of Terror (Scholastic 0-590-50982-9, Dec 95, $3.99, 243pp, pb) Anthology of seven storles, the second half of Point Horror: Thirteen More Tales of Horror (Scholastic UK 1994). (Contents)
- * *Point Horror: Thirteen More Tales of Horror (Scholastic UK 0-590-55605-3, Mar 94, £4.99, 365pp, pb) Original young-adult horror anthology. (Contents)
- FINSTER, E. BURKE (stories)
- * *Walk with the Dead (DimeNovels 1-56317-007-8, 1990 [Apr 91], $1.99, 90pp, tp, cover by Diane Russell Kramer) Horror novella of the dead rising and walking in San Francisco. This is a small format paperback (11.5cm x 7.5cm.).
- FIORE, ROBERT, ed.
- FIRST, PHILIP (stories)
- * *Paper Thin (Paladin 0-586-08555-6, May 86, £2.95, 174pp, tp) Enigmatic, perverse, and bizarre collection of short stories. (SJ/JF) (Contents)
- FIRTH, VIOLET M(ary) (1890-1946); see pseudonym Dion Fortune
- FISCHER, WILLIAM B.
- * *The Empire Strikes Out: Kurd Lasswitz, Hans Dominik, and the Development of German Science Fiction (Bowling Green University Popular Press 0-87972-257-6, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $29.95, 335pp, hc) Non-fiction, associational. A study of German sf between 1871 and 1945. Also available in tp (-258-4, $13.95). [Lasswitz, Dominik]
- FISH, LESLIE (stories)
- FISHBURN, KATHERINE (Richards) (1944- )
- * *The Unexpected Universe of Doris Lessing: A Study in Narrative Technique (Greenwood Press 0-313-23424-8, Dec 85 [Jan 86], $27.95, ix + 184pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study emphasizing Lessings shift from mainstream to sf narrative methods. [Lessing]
- FISHER, CATHERINE (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Belins Hill (The Bodley Head 0-370-32271-1, May 97 [Jul 97], £9.99, 135pp, hc, cover by Tim Gaudion) Young-adult fantasy novel. Orphans are haunted, and hunted, by nightmares.
- * _Belins Hill (Red Fox 0-09-953981-0, Aug 98 [Dec 98], £3.99, 135pp, pb) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1997) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * *The Candleman (The Bodley Head 0-370-31889-7, Aug 94 [Jul 94], £8.99, 138pp, hc, cover by Gino DAchille) Young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _The Candleman (Red Fox 0-09-930139-3, Dec 95 [Feb 96], £2.99, 138pp, pb, cover by Gino DAchille) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1994) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * *The Conjurors Game (The Bodley Head 0-370-31412-3, May 90, £6.95, 97pp, hc, cover by Keith Scaife) Young-adult fantasy novel about the mysterious game of Fidchell. Recommended. (PSP)
- * _The Conjurors Game (Red Fox 0-09-985960-2, Dec 91, £2.50, 97pp, pb, cover by Barbara Lofthouse) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1990) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * *The Empty Hand (The Bodley Head 0-370-32310-6, Jul 95 [Aug 95], £8.99, 169pp, hc, cover by Mark Robertson) [Snow Walker] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Snow Walkers Son. The young sorcerer Kari Ragnarsson must defeat a curse a rune-beast conjured by his enemy to lay waste the country.
- * _The Empty Hand (Red Fox 0-09-949631-3, Jul 96, £2.99, 169pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Snow Walker] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1995) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Snow Walker trilogy.
- * _The Empty Hand (Red Fox 0-09-925182-5, May 97, £3.50, 169pp, pb) [Snow Walker] Reissue (The Bodley Head 1995) young-adult fantasy novel. Second in the Snow Walker trilogy.
- * *Fintans Tower (The Bodley Head 0-370-31597-9, 1991 [Dec 92], £8.99, 120pp, hc, cover by Keith Scaife) Young-adult fantasy novel. This is a 1991 book, but has only just been seen.
- * _Fintans Tower (Red Fox 0-09-993520-1, Sep 92, £2.99, 120pp, pb, cover by Kim Harley) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1991) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * *The Hare And Other Stories (Pont Books 1-85902-176-X, Jun 94 [May 94], £3.25, 71pp, pb, cover by Suzanne Carpenter) Collection of four young-adult stories, with interior illustrations by Terry Higgins. (Contents)
- * *The Relic Master (The Bodley Head 0-370-32426-9, Aug 98 [Sep 98], £10.99, 214pp, hc, cover by Richard Jones) [Book of the Crow] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume One of The Book of the Crow.
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