The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- FRIEDMAN, MICHAEL JAN (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: Starfleet Academy #6: Mystery of the Missing Crew (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-50108-9, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $3.99, 119pp, tp, cover by Catherine Huerta) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Young-adult Star Trek novelization. Interior illustrations by Todd Cameron Hamilton.
- * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: Starfleet Academy #7: Secret of the Lizard People (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-50109-7, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $3.99, 113pp, tp, cover by Catherine Huerta) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Young-adult novelization based on characters from the TV show. Interior illustrations by Todd Cameron Hamilton. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: The Captains Table, Book Two: Dujonians Hoard (Pocket 0-671-01465-X, Jun 98 [May 98], $6.50, 272pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation; *Captains Table] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Saratoga (Pocket 0-671-56897-3, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $5.99, 275pp, hc, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- * _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Wrath of the Prophets (with Robert Greenberger & Peter David) See entry under Peter David.
- * *Star Trek: Double, Double (Pocket 0-671-66130-2, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $3.95, 308pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Number 45 in the series.
- * *Star Trek: Double, Double (Titan 1-85286-130-4, Apr 89, £2.95, 308pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Pocket Books) edition.
- * *Star Trek: Faces of Fire (Titan 1-85286-390-0, Mar 92 [Feb 92], £3.99, 307pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with US (Pocket) edition.
- * *Star Trek: Legacy (Pocket 0-671-74468-2, Aug 91 [Jul 91], $4.95, 280pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization, #56 in the series.
- * *Star Trek: Legacy (Titan 1-85286-382-X, Aug 91, £3.50, 280pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with U.S. (Pocket) edition.
- * *Star Trek: My Brothers Keeper: Constitution (Pocket 0-671-01919-8, Jan 99 [Dec 98], $6.50, 267pp, pb) [*Star Trek: My Brothers Keeper] Star Trek novelization, second book in a trilogy. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- * *Star Trek: My Brothers Keeper: Republic (Pocket 0-671-01914-7, Jan 99 [Dec 98], $6.50, 267pp, pb) [*Star Trek: My Brothers Keeper] Star Trek novelization, first in a trilogy. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- * *Star Trek: Shadows on the Sun (Pocket 0-671-86909-4, Aug 93 [Jul 93], $22.00, 340pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization.
- * *Star Trek: Shadows on the Sun (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71832-0, Aug 93, £14.99, 340pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Simon and Schuster) edition.
- * _Star Trek: Shadows on the Sun (SFBC #02100, Dec 93 [Nov 93], $10.98, 340pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1993) Star Trek novelization. Similar to the Pocket edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Star Trek: Shadows on the Sun (Pocket 0-671-86910-8, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $5.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1993) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- * _Star Trek: The Disinherited (with Peter David & Robert Greenberger) See entry under Robert Greenberger.
- FRIEDMAN, MICHAELE THOMPSON (1944- ); see under Friedman, Mickey
- FRIEDMAN, MICKEY; [i.e., Michaele Thompson Friedman] (1944- )
- * *Magic Mirror (Viking 0-670-82132-2, 1988 [Sep 88], $16.95, 247pp, hc) [Georgia Lee Maxwell] Mystery novel with occult elements. Murder, theft, and other mayhem in Paris, centering around the mirror of Nostradamus, which grants visions of the future. The emphasis is on character and suspense, but this is an excellent book. (FCM)
- FRIEND, LONN, ed. (stories)
- FRIEND, SÉAN R(ussell) (stories)
- FRIENDS of DARKOVER, THE
- FRIERSON, MEADE, III (1940-2001)
- FRIESNER, ESTHER M.; [i.e., Esther Mona Friesner-Stutzman] (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Authors Choice Monthly Issue 23: Its Been Fun (Pulphouse no ISBN, Sep 91, $4.95, 110pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Collection of six stories, one original, with an introduction by the author. A signed hardcover edition ($20.00) is also available and a deluxe leatherbound edition ($50.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * *Child of the Eagle (Baen 0-671-87725-9, Jun 96 [May 96], $5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Alternate-world historical fantasy in which Brutus fails to kill Julius Caesar.
- * _Child of the Eagle (SFBC #13779, Sep 96, $8.98, 312pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reprint (Baen 1996) fantasy novel. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the Baen paperback; the jacket lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * *Demon Blues (Ace 0-441-14309-1, May 89 [Apr 89], $3.50, 280pp, pb) [Demons] Humorous fantasy novel; sequel to Here Be Demons.
- * _Demon Blues (Orbit 0-7474-0553-0, Mar 91, £3.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) [Demons] Reprint (Ace 1989) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Demons series.
- * *Druids Blood (NAL Signet 0-451-15408-8, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $3.50, 279pp, pb) [Sherlock Holmes] Alternate-history fantasy novel set in pagan Victorian Britain and featuring very offbeat versions of Holmes and Watson. Weird and wonderful. Recommended. (FCM)
- * _Druids Blood (Headline 0-7472-3312-8, Sep 89, £3.50, 279pp, pb, cover by Richard Clifton-Dey) Reprint (NAL Signet 1988) humorous fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Ecce Hominid (Pulphouse 1-56146-506-2, Jan 91, $1.95, 37pp, pb, cover by Armand Cabrera) Humorous fantasy story. Short story paperback #6.
- * _Elf Defence (Headline 0-7472-3243-1, Apr 89, £2.99, 234pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) Reprint (NAL Signet 1988) humorous fantasy novel with a contemporary setting. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Elf Defense (NAL Signet 0-451-15230-1, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $3.50, 234pp, pb) [New York by Knight] Humorous fantasy novel with a contemporary setting, sequel to New York by Knight.
- * *Gnome Mans Land (Ace 0-441-08122-3, Jan 91 [Dec 90], $4.50, 235pp, pb, cover by James Warhola) [*Gnome Mans Land] Humorous fantasy novel. Theres a hole in the universe dumping magical creatures into a deli in Flatbush, and Brooklyn teenager Tim Desmond is our worlds only hope.
- * *Harlots Ruse (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20208-4, Mar 86 [Feb 86], $3.50, 296pp, pb) Fantasy novel of a woman with unique charms, on a quest for her hearts desire.
- * *Harpy High (Ace 0-441-31762-6, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $4.50, 252pp, pb, cover by David B. Mattingly) [*Gnome Mans Land] Humorous fantasy novel, second book of the series begun in Gnome Mans Land. Various mythological creatures have difficulty adjusting to life in 20th-century Brooklyn, so they decide to go to school.
- * *Here Be Demons (Ace 0-441-32797-4, May 88 [Apr 88], $2.95, 231pp, pb) [Demons] Humorous fantasy novel about demons and hell. First in an announced trilogy.
- * _Here Be Demons (Orbit 0-7474-0552-2, Feb 90, £3.50, 233pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) [Demons] Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in a new trilogy.
- * *Hooray for Hellywood (Ace 0-441-34281-7, Feb 90 [Jan 90], $3.50, 217pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Demons] Humorous fantasy novel with demonic Hollywood celebs and tv evangelists involved in the filming of a biblical epic; third book of the Demons series.
- * _Hooray for Hellywood (Orbit 0-7088-5004-9, Jan 92, £3.99, 217pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) [Demons] Reprint (Ace 1990) humorous fantasy novel. Volume three in the Demons series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Majyk By Accident (Ace 0-441-51376-X, Aug 93 [Jul 93], $4.99, 282pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Majyk] Humorous fantasy novel. A calamitous magic student chases a cat into a magical cloud and emerges the most powerful magician in his world and the most hunted. First book of a new series.
- * *Majyk by Design (Ace 0-441-00116-5, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $4.99, 252pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Majyk] Humorous fantasy novel, third in the Majyk series. Inept wizard investigates disappearance of male supermodel.
- * *Majyk by Hook or Crook (Ace 0-441-00054-1, May 94 [Apr 94], $4.99, 262pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Majyk] Humorous fantasy novel about the misadventures of a suddenly powerful magic student and his cat.
- * *Mustapha and His Wise Dog (Avon 0-380-89676-1, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $2.95, 175pp, pb) [Chronicles of the Twelve Kingdoms] Fantasy novel, a first novel.
- * *New York by Knight (NAL/Signet 0-451-14496-1, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $2.95, 252pp, pb) [New York by Knight] Fantasy novel about knights and dragons, but set in modern New York.
- * _New York by Knight (Headline 0-7472-3054-4, Sep 87, £2.95, 252pp, pb) [New York by Knight] Reprint (Signet 1986) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Psalms of Herod (White Wolf/Borealis 1-56504-916-0, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $5.99, 479pp, pb) [Psalms of Herod] Post-holocaust dystopian dark fantasy novel. Eco-disaster leads to a civilization that turns the slaughter of children into a sacrament.
- * *The Sherwood Game (Baen 0-671-87641-4, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $5.99, 377pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) SF novel with fantasy overtones. Using androids, a pair of programmers accidently release a computer-game Robin Hood with artificial intelligence into the real world.
- * *The Silver Mountain (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20048-0, Jun 86 [May 86], $3.50, 280pp, pb) Fantasy novel of a princes quest.
- * *Spells of Mortal Weaving (Avon 0-380-75001-5, May 86 [Apr 86], $2.95, 215pp, pb) [Chronicles of the Twelve Kingdoms] Fantasy novel set in the same kingdom as her earlier novel Mustapha and His Wise Dog.
- * *Sphynxes Wild (NAL Signet 0-451-15974-8, May 89 [Apr 89], $3.95, 271pp, pb) [New York by Knight] Humorous fantasy novel, sequel to New York by Knight.
- * _Split Heirs (with Lawrence Watt-Evans) See entry under Lawrence Watt-Evans.
- * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: To Storm Heaven (Pocket 0-671-56838-8, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $5.99, 276pp, pb, cover by Sonia R. Hillios) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #7: Warchild (Pocket 0-671-88116-7, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $5.50, 272pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- * *The Sword of Mary (White Wolf 1-56504-936-5, Oct 96, $5.99, 447pp, pb) [Psalms of Herod] Dystopian SF novel, sequel to The Psalms of Herod. Becca reaches the city of her dreams, and finds secrets instead of freedom.
- * *Unicorn U. (Ace 0-441-37844-7, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $4.50, 265pp, pb, cover by David B. Mattingly) [*Gnome Mans Land] Humorous fantasy novel, third book of the series begun in Gnome Mans Land. Hordes of mythological creatures follow teenager Tim Desmond to Princeton, where they gather to do battle with forces of darkness and destruction gathering in Poughkeepsie.
- * *The Water Kings Laughter (Avon 0-380-75410-X, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $3.95, 283pp, pb) [Chronicles of the Twelve Kingdoms] Fantasy novel, fourth book in The Chronicles of the Twelve Kingdoms series.
- * *The Wishing Season (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31574-0, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $14.95, 138pp, hc, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) Young-adult humorous fantasy novel about a young genie who makes an important mistake in dealing with his first master. With illustrations by Frank Kelly Freas. A Dragonflight book packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Wishing Season (Baen 0-671-87702-X, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $5.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Fantasy novel about getting more than the usual three wishes from a genie. The first 130 pages were previously published as a young-adult novel, The Wishing Season (Atheneum 1993).
- * *The Witchwood Cradle (Avon 0-380-75100-3, Mar 87 [Feb 87], $3.50, 241pp, pb) [Chronicles of the Twelve Kingdoms] Fantasy novel, third in the Chronicles of the Twelve Kingdoms.
- * *Yesterday We Saw Mermaids (Tor 0-312-85352-1, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $16.95, 157pp, hc, cover by Pat Morrissey) Historical fantasy novel about Columbus voyage to a very different New World.
- * _Yesterday We Saw Mermaids (Tor 0-812-51345-2, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $3.99, 155pp, pb, cover by Pat Morrissey) Reprint (Tor 1992) historical fantasy novel about Columbus voyage to a very different New World.
- * _Yesterday We Saw Mermaids (Pan 0-330-33450-6, Feb 94, £3.99, 157pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1992) humorous fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
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- * *Alien Pregnant by Elvis (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-610-4, Jun 94 [May 94], $4.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) Original anthology of 36 SF and fantasy stories involving the most lurid kind of tabloid journalism, with an introduction by Friesner. (Contents)
- * *Blood Muse (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Donald I. Fine 1-55611-470-2, Dec 95, $21.95, 337pp, hc) Original anthology of 32 stories, subtitled Timeless Tales of Vampires in the Arts. (Contents)
- * *Chicks in Chainmail (Baen 0-671-87682-1, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) Original anthology of 20 humorous stories, all original, about woman warriors. Authors include Roger Zelazny, Elizabeth Moon, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, and George Alec Effinger (with a new Maureen Birnbaum story!). (Contents)
- * _Chicks in Chainmail (SFBC #10517, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $7.98, 341pp, hc, cover by Larry Elmore) Reprint (Baen 1995) anthology of women-warrior stories. This is the first hardcover edition, but is otherwise similar to the Baen paperback edition, and even has that editions ISBN on the back jacket along with the SFBC number.
- * *Did You Say Chicks? (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Baen 0-671-87867-0, Feb 98 [Jan 98], $5.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) Original anthology of 19 humorous fantasy stories about woman warriors, sequel to the notorious Chicks in Chainmail. Authors include Elizabeth Moon, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Barbara Hambly, and Harry Turtledove. (Contents)
- * _Did You Say Chicks? (with Martin H. Greenberg) (SFBC #05887, Jun 98 [May 98], $8.98, 309pp, hc, cover by Larry Elmore) Reprint (Baen 1998) original anthology of 19 humorous fantasy stories about woman warriors, sequel to the notorious Chicks in Chainmail. This is the first hardcover edition; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- FRITH, NIGEL (Andrew Silver) (1941- )
- * *Dragon (Unwin 0-04-823351-X, Jul 87, £2.95, 305pp, pb) Fantasy novel.
- * *Jormundgand (Allen & Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823282-3, May 86, £3.50, 210pp, tp) Fantasy novel, retelling the Norse myth of Frey and the ice maiden Hron.
- * _Krishna (Allen & Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823283-1, May 85 [Apr 85], £2.95, 238pp, pb) Reprint (Sheldon 1975 as The Legend of Krishna) fantasy novel.
- * *Olympiad (Unwin 0-04-440155-8, Jun 88, £3.95, 224pp, pb) [Pangaia] Fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Pangaia series.
- * *Snow (Breese Books 0-947533-48-6, Jan 93 [Dec 92], £14.99, 218pp, hc, cover by Nigel Frith) Fantasy/ghost story set in Oxford, with illustrations and scattered poetry by the author. A paperback edition (-17-6) was announced but not seen.
- FROESE, ROBERT (Alan) (1945- )
- * *The Hour of Blue (North Country Press 0-945980-22-1, Apr 90, $12.95, 252pp, tp) New Age environmentalist sf novel, based on the Gaia hypothesis.
- FROST, ALEXANDER
- * _Worlds of Power: Metal Gear (Hippo 0-590-76482-9, Apr 91, £1.95, 122pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1990) young-adult sf computer game novelization. Volume 2 in the series. [First U.K. edition]
- FROST, BRIAN J. (stories)
- * *The Monster with a Thousand Faces (Bowling Green University Popular Press 0-87972-460-9, Oct 89 [Dec 89], $13.95, 152pp, tp, cover by Greg Budgett & Gary Dumm) Non-fiction; reference. A guide to various types of vampirism in literature. A hardcover edition (-459-5, $27.95) was announced but not seen.
- FROST, DENIS (1925- ); see pseudonym John Denis
- FROST, GREGORY (Dee) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Crimson Spear: The Blood of Cú Chulainn (Cascade Mountain Publishing no ISBN, Dec 98, $24.95, 558pp, tp, cover by Gregory Frost) [Tain] Omnibus of two Celtic fantasy novels: Tain (1986) and Remscela (1988). The authors preface discusses the original legends and how they were used in the novels. Order from Cascade Mountain, 1652 NW Summit Dr, Bend OR 97701; credit card orders 800-981-6889. (Contents)
- * *Lyrec (Ace 0-441-51010-8, Feb 84 [Jan 84], $2.75, 267pp, pb) Fantasy novel, first of a series. Probably a first novel.
- * _Lyrec (Ace 0-441-51012-4, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $2.95, 267pp, pb) Reissue (Ace 1984) sword & sorcery fantasy novel of a quest through parallel universes. Third printing.
- * *The Pure Cold Light (AvoNova 0-380-76774-0, May 93 [Apr 93], $4.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Gregory Frost) Sf novel of a 21st-century nonconformist journalist who discovers a corporate conspiracy that threatens the entire world.
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