The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

GALLAGHER, STEPHEN (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *Valley of Lights (NEL 0-450-40664-4, Jun ’87 [Nov ’87], £9.95, 191pp, hc) Horror novel.
• * +Valley of Lights (Tor 0-812-51832-2, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.95, 276pp, pb) Horror novel. First American edition (NEL 1987).
• * _Valley of Lights (NEL 0-450-42268-2, Apr ’88, £1.95, 191pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1987) horror novel.
• * _Valley of Lights (NEL 0-450-42268-2, Jul ’89 [Oct ’89], £2.99, 191pp, pb, cover by Davies) Reissue (NEL 1987) horror novel.

GALLICO, PAUL (William) (1897-1976) (stories)

• * _The Abandoned (IPL 0-930330-64-1, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $5.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1950; UK title Jennie) novel of cats in London, with fantasy elements (the cats talk to each other).
• * _The Abandoned (International Polygonics 1-55882-097-3, Apr ’91 [May ’91], $10.95, 256pp, tp, cover by Quay) Reissue (Knopf 1950) young-adult quasi-fantasy novel about cats and a boy who joins them. Third IPL edition. Published in England as Jennie.
• * _The Abandoned (International Polygonics 1-55882-097-3, Nov ’95 [Oct ’96], $12.95, 256pp, tp, cover by Quay) Reissue (Knopf 1950) talking-cat fantasy. Second printing.
• * _Thomasina (International Polygonics Ltd. 0-930330-93-5, Nov ’88 [Dec ’88], $5.95, 285pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1957 as Thomasina: The Cat Who Thought She Was God) famous feline fantasy novel.
• * _Too Many Ghosts (International Polygonics Ltd. 0-930330-80-3, May ’88 [Nov ’88], $5.95, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1959) ghost novel. A psychic investigator called to Lord Paradine’s ancestral home outwits the ghosts but runs into problems when it comes to dealing with human emotions.

GALLO, DONALD R., ed. (stories)

• * *Short Circuits: Thirteen Shocking Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults (Delacorte 0-385-30785-3, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $16.00, 206pp, hc) Original anthology of 13 young-adult ghost and horror stories, including work by Joan Aiken, Robert Westall, and Annette Curtis Klause. (Contents)
• * _Short Circuits: Thirteen Shocking Stories by Outstanding Writers for Young Adults (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21889-6, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $4.99, 206pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte 1992) original anthology of 13 young adult ghost and horror stories, including work by Joan Aiken, Robert Westall, and Annette Curtis Klause.

GALLOWAY, PRISCILLA (stories)

• * *Snake Dreamer (Delacorte 0-385-32264-X, Jun ’98 [Jul ’98], $14.95, 231pp, hc, cover by Janet Woolley) Young-adult dark fantasy. A girl’s nightmares of snakes lead her to a clinic in Greece run by gorgons.
• * *Truly Grim Tales (Delacorte 0-385-32200-3, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $10.95, 132pp, hc, cover by Janet Woolley) Young-adult collection of eight grim retellings of fairy tales. (Contents)
• * _Truly Grim Tales (Dell/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22728-3, Sep ’98, $4.99, 132pp, pb, cover by Janet Woolley) Reprint (Delacorte 1995) young-adult collection of eight grim retellings of fairy tales.

GALLUN, RAYMOND Z(inke) (1911-1994) (stories)

• * *Bioblast (Berkley 0-425-08185-0, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $2.95, 236pp, pb) Sf novel. “Was he superman or supermonster?”
• * *Starclimber: The Literary Adventures and Autobiography of Raymond Z. Gallun (with Jeffrey M. Elliot) (Borgo Press 0-89370-448-2, Jun ’91, $14.95, 168pp, hc) History; criticism. An autobiography of the prolific pulp writer plus a bibliography. A hardcover edition (-348-6, $24.95) was announced but not seen.

GAMMELL, LEON (L.) (1936- ) (stories)

• * *The Annotated Guide to Startling Stories (Starmont 0-930261-50-X, Sep ’86, $9.95, 90pp, pb) Non-fiction, reference book. A chronological listing with descriptions of all the novels, then the shorter fiction. The lack of an index or alphabetical list makes this less useful than it should be. (CNB)

GAMMON, JOY

• * _The Doctor Who Pattern Book (Target 0-426-20287-2, Oct ’86, £3.50, 120pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1986) — non-fiction, associational, patterns for children, “a galactic collection to knit and sew”, based on the tv show.

GANLEY, W(illiam) PAUL, ed. (1934- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Weirdbook Sampler (W. Paul Ganley no ISBN, 1988, $3.00, 32pp, pb) Original anthology/sample magazine. Half the size and price of a regular issue of Weirdbook. (Contents)

GANNETT, LEWIS (1952- )

• * *The Living One (Random House 0-679-41080-5, Jan ’93 [Mar ’93], $20.00, 380pp, hc) Dark fantasy/horror novel of a teenage boy trapped in a house with his mad father, victim of a family curse that dates back to the Crusades. A first novel. Recommended (SW).
• * _The Living One (Penguin/Plume 0-452-27134-7, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $10.95, 380pp, tp) Reprint (Random House 1993) gothic novel of a teenage boy trapped in a house with his mad father, victim of a family curse that dates back to the Crusades.
• * *Magazine Beach (HarperPrism 0-06-105235-3, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $23.00, 416pp, hc, cover by Phil Heffernan) Near-future SF thriller. Terrorists take over the planet’s information system, and plan to melt the polar ice cap.
• * _Magazine Beach (HarperPrism 0-06-105615-4, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $12.00, 416pp, tp, cover by Phil Heffernan) Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) near-future SF thriller.
• * *Millennium: Gehenna (HarperPrism 0-06-105802-5, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $5.99, 220pp, pb) [Millennium] Novelization of an episode of the TV series. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * *Millennium: Gehenna (HarperCollins UK 0-00-648338-0, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], £5.99, 220pp, pb) [Millennium] Novelization of an episode from the TV series. Simultaneous with US (HarperPrism) edition.

GARBER, ERIC (1954-1995) (stories)

• * *Uranian Worlds, Second Edition (with Lyn Paleo) (G.K. Hall 0-8161-1832-9, Sep ’90 [Oct ’90], $35.00, 286pp, hc, cover by James Kraus) Non-fiction. A revised and updated edition of an annotated bibliography of alternative sexuality in sf, fantasy, and horror, orginally published by G.K. Hall in 1980.

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• * *Embracing the Dark (Alyson 1-55583-167-2, Oct ’91, $8.95, 190pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Anthology of 11 gay/lesbian horror stories, six original. Recommended (SW). (Contents)
• * *Swords of the Rainbow (with Jewelle Gomez) (Alyson 1-55583-266-0, May ’96, $11.95, 231pp, tp) Original anthology of 14 stories (one reprint) of gay and lesbian fantasy adventure. Authors include Jewelle Gomez, Carrie Richerson, and Tanya Huff. Alyson Publications, Box 4371, Los Angeles CA 90078; credit card orders: 1-800-5-ALYSON. (Contents)
• * _Worlds Apart (with Lyn Paleo & Camilla Decarnin) See entry under Camilla Decarnin.
• * _Worlds Apart: An Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Science Fiction and Fantasy (with Lyn Paleo & Camilla Decarnin) See entry under Camilla Decarnin.

GARBER, GRANT

• * *The Sabbath Chapter (Fithian Press 1-56474-041-2, Mar ’93 [Jan ’93], $9.95, 169pp, tp) Satirical fantasy novel of religious apocalypse at the turn of the Millenium. A first novel. Available from Fithian Press, PO Box 1525, Santa Barbara CA 93102.

GARCIA, ROBERT T(erence), ed. (1958- ) (stories)

• * *Chilled to the Bone (Mayfair Games 0-923763-44-9, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $9.95, 245pp, tp) Original anthology of 15 horror stories, with an introduction by the editor. (Contents)
• * _Temporary Walls: An Anthology of Moral Fantasy (with Greg Ketter) See entry under Greg Ketter.

GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, GABRIEL (José) (1928- ) (stories)

• * *Collected Stories (Harper & Row 0-06-015364-4, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $16.95, 311pp, hc) Collection of 26 stories by the 1982 Nobel prize winner, many fantasy. These were originally published in English as three volumes: No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories (1968), Leaf Storm and Other Stories (1972), and Innocent Erendira and Other Stories (1978). They now appear in chronological order. (Contents)
• * _Collected Stories (Perennial Library 0-06-091306-1, Oct ’85, $6.95, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1984) collection of 26 stories which first appeared in 3 collections: Leaf Storm and Other Stories (1972), No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories (1968), and Innocent Erendira and Other Stories (1978).

GARCÍA y ROBERTSON, R(odrigo) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *American Woman (Tor/Forge 0-312-86146-X, Feb ’98, $24.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Associational historical novel with elements of magical realism. A white woman married to an Indian witnesses the Battle of the Little Big Horn.
• * *Atlantis Found (AvoNova 0-380-78678-8, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $5.99, 293pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Virgin and the Dinosaur] Time travel SF novel, sequel to The Virgin and the Dinosaur. Jake Bento finds his employers have set themselves up as Bronze Age gods.
• * *The Moon Maid and Other Fantastic Adventures (Golden Gryphon Press 0-9655901-8-6, Mar ’98 [Jan ’98], $22.95, 275pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) Collection of eight SF and historical fantasy stories. The preface discusses the inspirations behind the stories. Order from Golden Gryphon Press, 364 West Country Lane, Collinsville IL 62234; 618-344-4637. (Contents)
• * *The Spiral Dance (Morrow 0-688-10902-0, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $20.00, 227pp, hc, cover by Daniel R. Horne) Historical fantasy novel of witchcraft, lycanthropy, and a conspiracy to restore Mary Stuart to the throne in Elizabethan Scotland. A first novel.
• * _The Spiral Dance (BOMC no ISBN, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $15.95, 256pp, hc, cover by Daniel R. Horne) Reprint (Morrow 1991) Elizabethan-era historical fantasy novel. Identical to the Morrow edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * _The Spiral Dance (AvoNova 0-380-76518-7, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) Reprint (Morrow 1991) historical fantasy novel of witchcraft, lycanthropy, and a conspiracy to restore Mary Stuart to the throne in Elizabethan Scotland.
• * *The Virgin and the Dinosaur (AvoNova 0-380-77978-1, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $5.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Virgin and the Dinosaur] SF time-travel adventure novel.

GARDAM, JANE (Mary) (1928- ) (stories)

• * *Missing the Midnight: Hauntings & Grotesques (Sinclair-Stevenson 1-856196-73-9, Nov ’97, £10.00, 213pp, hc, cover by Hieronymus Bosch) Collection of 12 literary ghost and fantasy stories, three of which seem to be originals. A mini-hardback edition.
• * +Through the Dolls’ House Door (Morrow/Greenwillow 0-688-07447-2, Oct ’87, $10.25, 121pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel of children and the life of dolls. (The publisher bills it as “for all ages.”) First U.S. edition (Macrae 1987).

GARDEN, NANCY (1938- )

• * *The Door Between (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-31833-6, Aug ’87 [Oct ’87], $13.95, 184pp, hc) [Fours Crossing] Young-adult fantasy novel, in the “Fours Crossing” series.
• * *Marks on the Walls (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-35021-3, Jul ’89 [Aug ’89], $12.95, 225pp, hc) [Monster Hunters] Young-adult supernatural mystery with a real poltergeist. “Monster Hunters Case #3”.
• * *My Sister, the Vampire (Knopf Bullseye 0-679-82659-9, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $3.99, 186pp, tp, cover by Dave Henderson) [Monster Hunters] Young-adult horror novel of three children who find their summer home invaded by vampires. Part of an ongoing series.
• * *Mystery of the Midnight Menace (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-35203-8, Aug ’88 [Nov ’88], $12.95, 194pp, hc) [Monster Hunters] Young-adult horror novel about a team of kids who hunt monsters. “Monster Hunters #2.”
• * *Mystery of the Night Raiders (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-35221-6, Oct ’87 [Nov ’87], $11.95, 167pp, hc) [Monster Hunters] Juvenile vampire/monster-hunting mystery novel, first in a series.
• * _Prisoner of Vampires (Dell Yearling 0-440-47194-X, Dec ’86, $2.95, 213pp, pb) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1984) juvenile horror novel of a teenager who is captured by vampires while researching a school paper.
• * _Prisoner of Vampires (Corgi 0-552-52368-2, Nov ’87, £1.95, 191pp, pb) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1984) juvenile horror novel. [First U.K. edition]

GARDINER, JUDY (1922- ) (stories)

• * _Grimalkin’s Tales (with Mark Ronson & Stella Whitelaw) See entry under Stella Whitelaw.

GARDNER, CRAIG SHAW (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The 7th Guest (with Matthew J. Costello) See entry under Matthew J. Costello
• * *Back to the Future III (Berkley 0-425-12240-9, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $4.50, 248pp, pb) [Back to the Future] Movie tie-in novelization based on the Bob Gale screenplay.
• * *Back to the Future III (Headline 0-7472-3434-5, Jun ’90, £2.99, 214pp, pb) [Back to the Future] Sf film novelization, based on the screenplay by Bob Gale. Simultaneous with US (Berkley) edition.
• * *Back to the Future: Part II (Berkley 0-425-11875-4, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $4.50, 251pp, pb) [Back to the Future] Movie tie-in novelization.
• * *Back to the Future: Part II (Headline 0-7472-3429-9, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], £2.99, 216pp, pb) [Back to the Future] Sf novelization. Based on the screenplay by Bob Gale. Simultaneous with US (Berkley) edition.
• * *A Bad Day for Ali Baba (Headline 0-7472-7959-4, Nov ’91, £8.99, 280pp, tp, cover by Josh Kirby) [Arabian Nights] Humorous fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Arabian Nights” series. Also available in hardcover (-0392-X, £14.95).
• * _A Bad Day for Ali Baba (Headline 0-7472-3720-4, May ’92 [Apr ’92], £4.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) [Arabian Nights] Reprint (Headline 1991) humorous fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Arabian Nights” trilogy.
• * +A Bad Day for Ali Baba (Ace 0-441-04676-2, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $4.50, 248pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Arabian Nights] Humorous fantasy novel, second book in the “Arabian Nights” series. First American edition (Headline 1991).
• * *Batman (Warner 0-446-35487-2, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $4.95, 225pp, pb) [Batman] Movie tie-in novelization.
• * _Batman (Futura 0-7088-4350-6, Jul ’89, £3.50, 221pp, pb) [Batman] Reprint (Warner 1989) film novelization, based on the screenplay by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Batman (Macdonald 0-356-18144-8, Jul ’89, £11.95, 224pp, hc) [Batman] Hardback edition of the above. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * *The Batman Murders (Warner 0-446-36040-6, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $4.95, 246pp, pb, cover by Dave Dorman) [Batman] Associational mystery novelization by a fantasy writer, first book of a new “Batman” series.
• * _The Batman Murders (Penguin 0-14-015479-5, Jun ’91, £3.99, 246pp, pb) [Batman] Reprint (Warner 1990) mystery novelization of associational interest. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Bride of the Slime Monster (Ace 0-441-07950-4, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $3.95, 213pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Cineverse Cycle] Humorous fantasy novel, “Reel Two of the Cineverse Cycle”.
• * *Bride of the Slime Monster (Headline 0-7472-3392-6, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], £3.50, 248pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) [Cineverse Cycle] Fantasy novel. Simultaneous with US (Ace) edition. Volume Two in “The Cineverse Cycle”.
• * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Return to Chaos (Pocket 0-671-02136-2, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $5.99, 293pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Novelization based on the TV show based on the movie. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * *The Cineverse Cycle (SFBC #17954, Feb ’91, $11.98, 519pp, hc, cover by Walter Velez) [Cineverse Cycle] Omnibus of the first three volumes in a funny fantasy series: Slaves of the Volcano God (Headline 1989), Bride of the Slime Monster (Ace 1990), and Revenge of the Fluffy Bunnies (Headline 1990). (Contents)
• * _The Cineverse Cycle Omnibus (Headline 0-7472-3889-8, Aug ’92, £5.99, 537pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) [Cineverse Cycle] Reprint (SFBC 1991 as The Cineverse Cycle) humorous fantasy omnibus. [First U.K. edition]
• * *A Difficulty with Dwarves (Ace 0-441-14779-8, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $2.95, 188pp, pb) [Wuntvor] Humorous fantasy novel, fourth in the “Ebenezum Trilogy”.
• * _A Difficulty with Dwarves (Headline 0-7472-3213-X, Mar ’89, £2.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) [Wuntvor] Reprint (Ace 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Ballad of Wuntvor” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * *A Disagreement with Death (Ace 0-441-14924-3, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $3.50, 185pp, pb) [Wuntvor] Humorous fantasy novel. Third in the “Ballad of Wuntvor” series and sixth in the “Ebenezum” series.
• * _A Disagreement with Death (Headline 0-7472-3302-0, Nov ’89, £2.99, 185pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) [Wuntvor] Reprint (Ace 1989) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in “The Ballad of Wuntvor”. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Dragon Circle: Dragon Burning (Ace 0-441-00365-6, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $21.95, 357pp, hc, cover by Glenn Kim) [Dragon Circle] Fantasy novel, third in the series about a 1967 American suburban neighborhood transported to a fantasy world of dragons and warring wizards.
• * _The Dragon Circle: Dragon Burning (SFBC #14634, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $10.98, 357pp, hc, cover by Glenn Kim) [Dragon Circle] Reprint (Ace 1996) fantasy novel, third in the series. This is similar to the Ace edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Dragon Circle: Dragon Burning (Ace 0-441-00478-4, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $5.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Glenn Kim) [Dragon Circle] Reprint (Ace 1996) fantasy novel, third in the series.
• * +The Dragon Circle: Dragon Sleeping (Ace 0-441-00049-5, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $19.95, 362pp, hc, cover by Dawn Wilson) [Dragon Circle] Fantasy novel, first book of a new series about an entire suburban neighborhood transported to a fantasy world. First American edition (Heinemann 1994 as Raven Walking).
• * _The Dragon Circle: Dragon Sleeping (SFBC #05647, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $9.98, 362pp, hc, cover by Dawn E. Wilson) [Dragon Circle] Reprint (Heinemann 1994 as Raven Walking) fantasy novel, first in the “Dragon Circle” series. Similar to the Ace edition, except this lacks a price and has an SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Dragon Circle: Dragon Sleeping (Ace 0-441-00260-9, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $5.99, 435pp, pb, cover by Dawn E. Wilson) [Dragon Circle] Reprint (Heinemann 1994 as Raven Walking) fantasy novel, first in the “Dragon Circle” series.
• * +The Dragon Circle: Dragon Waking (Ace 0-441-00248-X, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $21.95, 360pp, hc, cover by Glenn Kim) [Dragon Circle] Fantasy novel, second in the “Dragon Circle” series about a 1967 American suburban neighborhood transported to a fantasy world of dragons and warring wizards. First US edition (Heinemann 1995).