The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- GRAUER, NEIL A. (continued)
- * _Remember Laughter: A Life of James Thurber (University of Nebraska Press 0-8032-7056-9, Sep 95 [Oct 95], $10.00, 204pp, tp) Reprint (Univ. of Nebraska 1994) associational biography of the humorist, including some discussion of his fantasy books. Order from University of Nebraska Press, PO Box 880484, Lincoln NE 68588. Credit card orders (800) 755-1105. [Thurber]
- GRAUERHOLZ, JAMES, ed. (stories)
- GRAVEL, GEARY (1951- ) (stories)
- * *The Alchemists (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31397-6, Feb 84 [Jan 84], $2.95, 289pp, pb) [Alchemists] Sf novel, a promising first novel (FCM).
- * _The Alchemists (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-00281-4, May 86 [Apr 86], $2.95, 289pp, pb) [Alchemists] Reissue (Ballantine Del Rey 1984) sf novel.
- * *Batman, the Animated Movie: Mask of the Phantasm (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56581-8, Jan 94 [Dec 93], $4.99, 232pp, pb) [Batman] Associational Batman novelization based on the animated feature film. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
- * *Batman, the Animated Series: Dual to the Death (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56501-X, Feb 94 [Jan 94], $4.99, 198pp, pb) [Batman] Associational Batman novelization based on two scripts for the animated TV series. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
- * *Batman, the Animated Series: Shadows of the Past (Bantam 0-553-56365-3, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $4.99, 180pp, pb) [Batman] Associational Batman novelization based on both scripts for the animated TV series and comic books. The book is copyrighted by DC Comics.
- * *Batman, the Animated Series: The Dragon and the Bat (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56608-3, Jun 94 [May 94], $4.99, 181pp, pb) [Batman] Associational Batman novelization based on the animated TV series. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
- * _Batman: The Animated Movie: Mask of the Phantasm (Boxtree 0-7522-0936-1, May 94, £3.99, 232pp, pb) [Batman] Reprint (Bantam 1994) novelization of the forthcoming animated movie, based on an original story by Alan Burnett. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Batman: The Animated Series: Dual to the Death (Boxtree 0-7522-0951-5, May 94, £3.99, 199pp, pb) [Batman] Reprint (Bantam 1994) fantasy novelization. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Batman: The Animated Series: Shadows of the Past (Boxtree 0-7522-0946-9, May 94, £3.99, 180pp, pb) [Batman] Reprint (Bantam 1994) fantasy novelization. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Batman: The Animated Series: The Dragon and the Bat (Boxtree 0-7522-0956-6, May 94, £3.99, 181pp, pb) [Batman] Reprint (Bantam 1994) fantasy novelization. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Hook (Fawcett Columbine 0-449-90708-2, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $2.99, 111pp, tp) [Peter Pan] Young-adult novelization of the fantasy film about Peter Pan.
- * *A Key for the Nonesuch (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35976-3, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $3.95, 229pp, pb, cover by Romas) [Fading Worlds] Sf novel of the alien world behind the door of an executive washroom in Boston.
- * *Might and Magic: Book One: The Dreamwright (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38292-7, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $4.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Kevin Murphy) [Might and Magic] Fantasy novelization based on the computer game. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
- * *Might and Magic: Book Two: The Shadowsmith (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38293-5, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $5.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Donald Clavette) [Might and Magic] Fantasy novelization based on the game from New World Computing. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
- * *Pathfinders (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32339-4, May 86 [Apr 86], $2.95, 230pp, pb) [Alchemists] Sf novel, a sequel to The Alchemists.
- * *The Return of the Breakneck Boys (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36947-5, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $3.95, 217pp, pb, cover by Romas) [Fading Worlds] Sf novel, second book of the Fading Worlds series. Ad man Howard Bell faces danger both on Earth and in the mysterious world behind the washroom door in his office building.
- GRAVERSEN, PAT(ricia Ann, née Spears) (1935-2000) (stories)
- * *Black Ice (Zebra 0-8217-4093-8, Mar 93 [Feb 93], $4.50, 256pp, pb) Horror novel of a young boy haunted by the ghosts of three evil little girls.
- * *Dollies (Zebra 0-8217-3071-1, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $3.95, 288pp, pb) Horror novel. Killer dolls.
- * _The Fagin (Zebra 0-8217-3572-1, Mar 92 [Feb 92], $4.50, 287pp, pb) Reprint (A&W 1982) horror novel. A woman returns to her hometown with her young son only to find it in thrall to warlocks and demons.
- * *Ghost Train (with Paul Erik Graversen) (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4578-6, May 94 [Apr 94], $3.50, 220pp, pb) Young-adult horror/time-travel/ghost novel about a boy caught up in a train wreck that took place in 1943.
- * *Graythings (Zebra 0-8217-4870-X, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $4.50, 223pp, pb) Horror novel. Otherworldly things drive people to suicide.
- * *Precious Blood (Zebra 0-8217-4293-0, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $4.50, 251pp, pb) Horror novel of a vampire king battling a renegade for the life of his daughter.
- * *Stones (Zebra 0-8217-3268-4, Jan 91 [Dec 90], $3.95, 288pp, pb) Horror novel of evil stones that are moving about in the garden.
- * *Sweet Blood (Zebra 0-8217-3907-7, Sep 92 [Aug 92], $4.50, 254pp, pb) Vampire horror novel. A teenage boy vampire is the battleground in a war between his mother and another female vampire.
- GRAVERSEN, PAUL ERIK
- GRAVES, ELISABETH; pseudonym of Lenore Hart, (1953- )
- * *Black River (Berkley 0-425-14007-5, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $4.99, 293pp, pb) Gothic horror novel of witchcraft in a North Florida town.
- GRAY, ALASDAIR (James) (1934- ) (stories)
- * *1982 Janine (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02094-3, Nov 84 [Oct 84], £8.95, 345pp, hc) Sadomaso-chistic fetishistic fantasy, according to the authors tongue-in-cheek blurb. Late in the book, God makes an appearance.
- * +1982 Janine (Viking 0-670-51387-3, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $16.95, 346pp, hc) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1984), first U.S. edition of the second novel by British award-winner Gray. Its more mainstream than fantasy.
- * *The Fall of Kevin Walker (Canongate 0-86241-072-X, Sep 85 [Aug 85], £7.95, 144pp, hc) Grays new novel (or novella) is mainstream, not sf or fantasy, and we list it for his fans. Its an enjoyable fable of an eccentric young Scotsman storming London in the sixties more straightforward than previous Gray, but with a sharp satiric bite and fine characterization. (FCM).
- * *Five Letters from an Unknown Empire (Penguin 0-146-00044-7, Jul 95, 60p, 54pp, pb, cover by Alasdair Gray) Fantasy novella, originally in Words magazine, 1979. Subtitled: describing Etiquette, Government, Irrigation, Education, Clogs, Kites, Rumour, Poetry, Justice, Massage, Town-Planning, Sex and Ventriloquism in an Obsolete Nation. One of the Penguin 60s collection: mini-books celebrating their 60th anniversary.
- * *A History Maker (Canongate 0-86241-495-4, Nov 94 [Jan 95], £13.99, 224pp, hc) SF novel. Border warfare set in the Ettrick Forest of the 23rd Century.
- * _A History Maker (Penguin 0-14-024803-X, Oct 95, £5.99, 224pp, tp, cover by Alasdair Gray) Reprint (Canongate 1994) SF novel. Border warfare set in the Ettrick Forest of the 23rd century. Revised by the author, this is his preferred text for future editions.
- * +A History Maker (Harcourt Brace/Harvest 0-15-100207-X, May 96 [Mar 96], $25.00, 224pp, hc, cover by Alasdair Gray) SF novel of Scottish border warfare in the 23rd Century. A trade paperback edition (-600362-7, $14.00) was also announced but not seen. First US edition (Canongate 1994); this text has been revised somewhat and is the authors preferred version.
- * _Lanark (Paladin 0-586-08613-7, Aug 87, £4.95, 560pp, tp) Reissue (Canongate 1981) literary fantasy novel.
- * _Lanark: A Life in 4 Books (George Braziller 0-8076-1108-5, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $20.00, 561pp, hc) Reprint (Canongate 1981), the first hardcover edition to appear in the U.S. An excellent novel blending fantasy with mainstream this won a British award. Recommended. (FCM)
- * _Lanark: A Life in 4 Books (Canongate 0-903937-74-3, Jun 85 [May 85], £15.00, 561pp, hc) Reprint (Canongate 1981) literary/allegorical fantasy novel; this is billed as the definitive edition, and is numbered and signed by the author.
- * _Lanark: A Life in Four Books (Picador 0-330-31965-5, Aug 91 [Sep 91], £6.99, 561pp, tp, cover by Alasdair Gray) Reprint (Canongate 1981) literary fantasy novel.
- * _Lanark: A Life in Four Books (Harcourt Brace/Harvest 0-15-600361-9, May 96 [Mar 96], $16.00, 561pp, tp, cover by Alasdair Gray) Reprint (Canongate 1981) literary fantasy novel.
- * _Mavis Belfrage: A Romantic Novel with Five Shorter Tales (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3089-0, Apr 97, £5.99, 160pp, tp, cover by Alasdair Gray) Reprint (Bloomsbury 1996) associational collection of six stories, three original.
- * *Mavis Belfrage: A Romantic Story with Five Shorter Tales (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-2506-4, May 96, £13.99, 160pp, hc, cover by Alasdair Gray) Associational collection of six stories, three original. (Contents)
- * +Poor Things (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-173076-8, Mar 93 [Feb 93], $21.95, 317pp, hc, cover by Alasdair Gray) Literary dark fantasy novel set in Victorian Glasgow, where two doctors compete for the love of a woman one has created from human remains. Recommended (SW). Winner of the Whitbread Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize. First American edition (Bloomsbury 1992).
- * _Poor Things (Penguin 0-14-017554-7, Aug 93, £5.99, 318pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 1992) literary fantasy novel. This edition has been corrected.
- * _Poor Things (Harcourt Brace 0-15-600068-7, Mar 94, $10.95, 317pp, tp, cover by Alasdair Gray) Reprint (Bloomsbury 1992) literary dark fantasy novel set in Victorian Glasgow, where two doctors compete for the love of a woman one has created from human remains. Winner of the Whitbread Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize.
- * +Ten Tales Tall and True (Harcourt Brace 0-15-100090-5, Apr 94 [Mar 94], $19.95, 171pp, hc, cover by Alasdair Gray) Collection of 13 stories with illustrations by the author, ranging from outright sf to social comedy. First American edition (Bloomsbury 1993). (Contents)
- * _Ten Tales Tall and True (Harcourt Brace/Harvest 0-15-600196-9, May 95 [Apr 95], $11.00, 0-15-600196-9pp, tp, cover by Alasdair Gray) Reprint (Bloomsbury 1993) collection of 13 stories ranging from outright SF to social comedy, with illustrations by the author.
- * +Unlikely Stories, Mostly (Penguin (US) 0-14-006925-9, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $6.95, 280pp, tp) Eccentric, fascinating collection of stories, drawings (by the author), and typographical curiosities. Recommended. (FCM) First U.S. edition (Canongate 1983).
- GRAY, ARTHUR (1852-1940); see pseudonym Ingulphus (stories)
- GRAY, CAROLINE; pseudonym of Christopher Nicole, (1930- )
- * *Death of the Devil (Severn House 0-7278-4698-1, Nov 94, £15.99, 314pp, hc, cover by Nick Mountain) [*Helier LEree] Occult novel. Third in the Helier LEree trilogy. The 17th-century swordsman accompanies King Charles II to Scotland, for the final confrontation with the immortal vampire queen who destroyed his family.
- * *Sword of the Devil (Severn House 0-7278-4622-1, May 94, £15.99, 312pp, hc, cover by Nick Mountain) [*Helier LEree] Occult novel, second in the Helier LEree trilogy, in which LEree continues to seek revenge on the immortal witch who destroyed his family.
- GRAY, JENNIE (stories)
- * *Tales My Mother Never Told Me (The Gothic Society 1-874100-04-7, 1992 [May 93], £7.00, 142pp, tp) Original collection of eight supernatural tales. (Contents)
- GRAY, JULIA
- * *Ice Mage (Orbit 1-85723-689-0, Dec 98 [Nov 98], £6.99, 535pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Ice Mage] Fantasy novel. Young rebels using lost magic arts are the only defence against the combined menaces of volcanoes, pirates, dragons, and the evil beneath them all. Gray is the pseudonym of an author who has sold over 300,000 copies.
- GRAY, KEITH (chron.)
- * *From Blood: Two Brothers (Mammoth 0-7497-2768-3, Apr 97, £4.99, 231pp, tp, cover by Fletcher Sibthorp) Young-adult fantasy novel.
- GRAY, LINDA CROCKETT (1943- )
- * *Dark Window (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16982-4, Apr 91, $4.99, 464pp, pb) Horror thriller of a woman haunted by her dead husband who still wants her.
- * *Mamas Boy (NAL Onyx 0-451-40151-4, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $4.50, 352pp, pb) Horror novel. His monstrous mother rises from the grave to destroy every woman he desires...
- * *Scryer (Tor 0-812-51872-1, Mar 87 [Feb 87], $3.95, 346pp, pb) Horror novel.
- * *Siren (Tor 0-812-51838-1, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $3.95, 252pp, pb) Horror novel about a siren who menaces men on land. Reprint (Avon 1982).
- * *Tangerine (Tor 0-812-51876-4, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $3.95, 344pp, pb) Horror novel.
- GRAY, LULI
- * *Falcons Egg (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-71128-2, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $13.95, 133pp, hc, cover by Josh Gosfield) Young-adult fantasy novel. A girl named Falcon finds a dragons egg in Central Park.
- * _Falcons Egg (Dell Yearling 0-440-41247-1, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $4.50, 133pp, tp, cover by Josh Gosfield) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1995) young-adult fantasy novel about a dragon egg.
- GRAY, MURIEL (1959- )
- * *Furnace (Doubleday 0-385-48002-4, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $23.95, 360pp, hc) Supernatural mystery/horror novel. A trucker stops in a small town where something unnatural is happening.
- * *Furnace (HarperCollins UK 0-00-225313-5, Oct 97, £16.99, 338pp, hc, cover by Coneyl Jay) Dark fantasy novel. The small Virginia town of Furnace holds a decades-old evil.
- * _Furnace (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649640-7, Sep 98, £5.99, 338pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday; HarperCollins UK 1997) supernatural mystery/horror novel.
- * *The Trickster (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224326-1, Oct 94 [Sep 94], £12.99, 567pp, hc) Horror novel based on native Canadian legends.
- * +The Trickster (Doubleday 0-385-47786-4, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $23.50, 488pp, hc) Supernatural mystery based on native Canadian legends. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 1994).
- * _The Trickster (HarperCollins UK 0-00-647718-6, Dec 95 [Nov 95], £5.99, 707pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1994) horror novel based on native Canadian legends. An impressive debut novel. Note: The US edition was substantially abridged (by some 100 pages).
- * +The Trickster (St. Martins 0-312-96100-6, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $6.99, 471pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1994) supernatural mystery based on native Canadian legends.
- GRAY, NICHOLAS STUART (1919-1981) (stories)
- * _Grimbolds Other World (Ace 0-441-30380-3, May 86 [Apr 86], $2.95, 181pp, pb) Reprint (Faber and Faber 1963) juvenile fantasy novel.
- * _Grimbolds Other World (Faber 0-571-15445-X, Mar 89, £1.99, 182pp, tp, cover by Clare Hemstock) Reprint (Faber & Faber 1963) childrens fantasy book.
- * *The Sorcerers Apprentices (St. Martins 0-312-57282-4, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $6.95, 32pp, hc) A 1965 fantasy story with new illustrations (including glow in the dark bits) by Martin Springett.
- GRAY, ROBERT STEELE
- * *Survivor (St. Martins 0-312-19340-8, Nov 98, $24.95, 328pp, hc, cover by Rob Wood) Time-travel adventure. Lightning bolts send a 20th-century couch potato to 500 A.D. America.
- GRAY, SERENA
- * *The Aliens Survival Manual: An Outsiders Guide to the Planet Earth (Futura 0-7088-5326-9, Feb 92, £3.99, 210pp, pb) Humorous guide to the planet Earth as seen by a visiting alien, with occasional fictional asides.
- GRAYSON, PERRY M., ed. (stories)
- GRAZIUNAS, DAINA (1953- )
- GREELEY, ANDREW M(oran) (1928- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Angel Fire (Warner 0-446-51437-3, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $17.95, 394pp, hc) [Angel Fire] Fantasy novel about an angel helping a man on Earth.
- * _Angel Fire (Tor 0-812-58341-8, May 89 [Apr 89], $4.95, 352pp, pb) [Angel Fire] Reprint (Warner 1988) contemporary religious fantasy novel about a famous scientist visited by a beautiful female angel.
- * _Angel Fire (Legend 0-7126-2408-2, Jun 89, £12.95, 304pp, hc) [Angel Fire] Reprint (Warner 1988) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Angel Fire (Legend 0-09-967840-3, Aug 90 [Jul 90], £3.99, 304pp, pb) [Angel Fire] Reprint (Warner 1988) sf novel.
- * *Angel Light (Tor/Forge 0-312-86080-3, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $22.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Jeffrey Terreson) [Angel Fire] Religious fantasy novel, sequel to Angel Fire, based on the Book of Tobias. A very odd travel agent is surfing the Net to see what humans are up to.
- * _Angel Light (Tor 0-812-54441-2, Dec 96 [Nov 96], $6.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Jeffrey Terreson) [Angel Fire] Reprint (Forge 1995) religious fantasy novel, sequel to Angel Fire.
- * *The Final Planet (Warner 0-446-51265-6, Jun 87 [May 87], $16.95, 302pp, hc) Sf novel on the themes of love and faith, featuring a pilgrim colony ship on its last planetfall.
- * _The Final Planet (Tor 0-812-58338-8, May 88 [Apr 88], $4.95, 398pp, pb) Reprint (Warner 1987) somewhat steamy sf novel about aliens, love, etc.
- * _The Final Planet (Legend 0-7126-2225-X, Nov 88, £11.95, 302pp, hc) Reprint (Warner 1987) sf novel.
- * _The Final Planet (Legend 0-09-956460-2, Jul 89 [Jun 89], £3.50, 302pp, pb) Reprint (Warner 1987) sf novel.
- * *God Game (Warner 0-446-51264-8, Jun 86 [May 86], $16.95, 308pp, hc) Novel with elements of...the science fiction and fantasy genre. A priest encounters a strange computer game that allows him to watch and interact with a fantasy world.
- * _God Game (Century 0-7126-9540-0, Nov 86, £9.95, 320pp, hc) Reprint (Warner 1986) sf novel.
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