The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

IRONSIDE, VIRGINIA (continued)

• * *Spaceboy at Burlap Hall (Walker 0-7445-1248-4, Nov ’89, £8.95, 195pp, hc, cover by Mick Brownfield) [Burlap Hall] Humorous young-adult sf novel. Sequel to Vampire Master.
• * _Spaceboy at Burlap Hall (Walker 0-7445-1351-0, Jan ’91, £2.99, 195pp, pb, cover by Mick Brownfield) [Burlap Hall] Reprint (Walker 1989) humorous young-adult sf novel. Sequel to Vampire Master.
• * *Vampire Master (Walker 0-7445-0805-3, Aug ’87 [Oct ’87], £6.95, 176pp, hc) [Burlap Hall] Juvenile horror spoof.
• * _Vampire Master (Walker 0-7445-0840-1, Apr ’89, £1.99, 176pp, pb) [Burlap Hall] Reprint (Walker 1987) young-adult horror spoof.

IRVINE, MAT

• * *Dr. Who Special Effects (Hutchinson 0-09-167920-6, Aug ’86, £8.95, 96pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Non-fiction, associational.
• * *Dr. Who Special Effects (Beaver 0-09-942630-7, Aug ’86, £5.95, 96pp, tp) [Doctor Who] Trade paperback edition of the above.

IRVING, CLIFFORD (Michael) (1930- )

• * _The Spring (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-82101-X, Jun ’97, £15.99, 287pp, hc, cover by Sam Hadley) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1996) Fantasy novel. A remote Colorado mountain town hides a secret. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Spring (Pocket UK 0-671-51648-5, May ’98, £5.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1996) fantasy novel.

IRVING, WASHINGTON (1783-1859) (stories)

• * _The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-05276-2, Aug ’90, $16.95, 105pp, hc, cover by Arthur Rackham) Reprint (McKay 1928) edition of the classic tale with eight full color paintings and more than twenty pen-and-ink drawings by Arthur Rackham.
• * _Rip Van Winkle (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-07459-6, Sep ’87 [Oct ’87], $15.00, 94pp, hc) Reprint of the 1921 edition of the classic fantasy tale, with color illustrations by N.C. Wyeth.
• * _Rip Van Winkle (Penguin/Dial 0-8037-1264-2, Sep ’92, $19.00, 124pp, hc, cover by Arthur Rackham) Reprint (Heinemann 1905) fantasy novella, a facsimile edition that includes Arthur Rackham’s 51 full-color paintings and Irving’s unabridged text, including the introduction and postscript. The tale first appeared in the collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (C.S. Van Winkle 1819).
• * *Rip Van Winkle and Other Selected Stories (Tor 0-812-52332-6, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $2.50, 209pp, pb, cover by June Oros) Collection of 21 19th-century American fantasy stories. (Contents)

IRWIN, INEZ HAYNES (1873-1970); see pseudonym Inez Haynes Gillmore (stories)

IRWIN, ROBERT (Graham) (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * +The Arabian Nightmare (Viking 0-670-81661-2, 1987 [Mar ’88], $16.95, 282pp, hc) Literary novel of an innocent caught in labyrinthine schemes and dreams in medieval Cairo. A haunting phantasmagoria. (FCM) “Slightly revised” edition, dated 1987 — not seen until 1988. It was printed in Britain and is identical to a British release, except for the dust jacket. First U.S. edition (Dedalus 1983).
• * _The Arabian Nightmare (Penguin 0-14-011216-2, Nov ’88, $6.95, 282pp, tp) Reprint (Dedalus 1983) historical fantasy novel. This edition follows the slightly revised text (Viking 1987).
• * _The Arabian Nightmare (Dedalus 1-873982-05-4, Aug ’92, £6.99, 266pp, tp, cover by Ludwig Deutsch) Reissue (Dedalus 1983) literary fantasy novel.
• * _The Arabian Nightmare (Dedalus 1-873982-73-9, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], £6.99, 266pp, tp, cover by Henri Regnault) Reissue (Dedalus 1983) classic literary fantasy novel.
• * *The Arabian Nights: A Companion (Penguin/Allan Lane 0-713-99105-4, 1994 [Oct ’94], $24.95, 344pp, hc, cover by E. J. Detmold) Critical guide to the tales of The Arabian Nights, their history and social relevance as well as their literary influence. This is a worldwide edition with US, British, and Canadian prices on the jacket.
• * *Exquisite Corpse (Dedalus 1-873982-86-0, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], £14.99, 235pp, hc, cover by Lise Weisgerber) Literary fantasy novel.
• * _Exquisite Corpse (Vintage UK 0-09-959851-5, Mar ’96 [Apr ’96], £5.99, 235pp, tp) Reprint (Dedalus 1995) literary fantasy novel.
• * *The Limits of Vision (Viking/Dedalus 0-670-80797-4, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $12.95, 120pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel of a housewife vs. the spirit of grime, aided by the spirits of past geniuses; apparently a metaphysical tour de force. The jacket is funny. Same edition available in U.S. and Britain.
• * _The Limits of Vision (Dedalus 1-873982-10-0, Feb ’93, £5.99, 120pp, tp, cover by Lise Weisgerber) Reissue (Viking; Dedalus 1986) literary fantasy novel.
• * *Prayer-Cushions of the Flesh (Dedalus 1-873982-63-1, Sep ’97, £6.99, 140pp, tp, cover by Jules Migonney) Erotic literary fantasy novel. Orkhan, caged since childhood, is drawn into the sorcerous, erotic, but fatal coils of harem devotees of the Prayer-Cushion movement.

IRWIN, WALTER (Godfrey) (1950- )

• * *The Best of the Best of Trek II (with G. B. Love) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45159-7, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $12.00, 383pp, tp, cover by David Mattingly) [Star Trek] Anthology of 28 non-fiction pieces about Star Trek that originally appeared in Trek magazine.

_____, ed.

• * *The Best of the Best of Trek (with G. B. Love) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45017-5, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $9.95, 369pp, tp) [Star Trek] Anthology of 31 non-fiction pieces about Star Trek, selected from the first ten volumes of the “Best of Trek” series.
• * *The Best of Trek (with G. B. Love) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45438-3, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $4.99, 224pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Star Trek] Non-fiction collection of articles on Star Trek, edited by the editors of Trek, the magazine for Star Trek fans. Among the articles: “The Star Trek Novels: Are They Good Enough?”, “My Brother-in-Law was a Star Trek Alien”, and “A Positive Example of Violation of the Prime Directive: Earth’s History of Revealed Religions”.
• * *The Best of Trek # 7 (with G. B. Love) (Signet 0-451-12977-6, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.75, 205pp, pb) Non-fiction anthology of articles from Trek.
• * *The Best of Trek # 8 (with G. B. Love) (NAL/Signet 0-451-13488-5, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $2.95, 221pp, pb) [Star Trek] Non-fiction, anthology of articles on Star Trek.
• * *The Best of Trek # 9 (with G. B. Love) (NAL/Signet 0-451-13816-3, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $2.95, 207pp, pb) [Star Trek] Anthology of non-fiction material from Trek, the Star Trek magazine.
• * *The Best of Trek #10 (with G. B. Love) (NAL/Signet 0-451-14311-6, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 204pp, pb) [Star Trek] Anthology of non-fiction material from Trek, a magazine for Star Trek fans.
• * *The Best of Trek #11 (with G. B. Love) (NAL/Signet 0-451-14576-3, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $2.95, 204pp, pb) [Star Trek] Non-fiction anthology of articles about Star Trek from Trek magazine.
• * *The Best of Trek #12 (with G. B. Love) (NAL/Signet 0-451-14935-1, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $2.95, 206pp, pb) [Star Trek] Non-fiction, collection of essays on Star Trek.
• * *The Best of Trek #13 (with G. B. Love) (NAL Signet 0-451-15325-1, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.50, 204pp, pb) [Star Trek] Non-fiction, essays on Star Trek from Trek magazine.
• * *The Best of Trek #14 (with G. B. Love) (NAL Signet 0-451-15614-5, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.50, 220pp, pb) [Star Trek] Non-fiction, anthology of essays about Star Trek.
• * *The Best of Trek #15 (with G. B. Love) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45015-9, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $3.95, 207pp, pb) [Star Trek] Anthology of 19 non-fiction pieces about Star Trek.
• * *The Best of Trek #16 (with G. B. Love) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45047-7, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $3.99, 208pp, pb) [Star Trek] Collection of 16 non-fiction pieces about Star Trek.
• * *The Best of Trek #18 (with G. B. Love) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45463-4, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $4.99, 219pp, pb, cover by Jim Thiesen) [Star Trek] Non-fiction, a selection of 18 articles gathered by the editors of Trek, the magazine for Star Trek fans. Topics include “Humor in Uniform — Starfleet Issue”, “Fandom, What a Concept”, and “The Spock/McCoy Wars Again: Dysfunctional Communication as a Defense Against Overprotectiveness”.

ISAAC ASIMOV’s, EDITORS of, ed.

• * *Isaac Asimov’s Tomorrow’s Voices (Dial 0-385-27998-1, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $12.95, 287pp, hc) Original anthology of material from the magazine’s inventory. Mostly left over from the last editor, which is why there’s no name on it. (Contents)

ISAACS, GEORGE (Samuel) (1825?-1876)

• * *The Burlesque of Frankenstein (Graham Stone 0-7316-6579-1, Nov ’89, no price, 30pp, hc) [Frankenstein] A mid-19th-century Australian play, a humorous version of Frankenstein in rhymed verse, with songs. Originally published in an 1865 Australian collection, this is its first solo publication.

ISABELLA, TONY (stories)

• * *Captain America: Liberty’s Torch (with Bob Ingersoll) (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-16619-8, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $6.50, 281pp, pb, cover by Steranko) [Captain America] SF novelization based on the comic book character. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Marvel Characters.

ISLE, SUE (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Scale of Dragon Tooth of Wolf (Hodder Headline Australia 0-7336-0291-6, Aug ’96, A$12.95, 183pp, pb) Young-adult fantasy novel. A rebellious teen in the 1500s joins a group of sorceresses.

ISON, GRAHAM

• * _Division (Severn House 0-7278-5194-2, Apr ’97, £17.99, 437pp, hc, cover by Tony Masero) Reprint (Warner UK 1996) SF novel.

ISRAEL, J. LEON (1933- ); see pseudonym Peter Israel

ISRAEL, PETER; pseudonym of J. Leon Israel, (1933- )

• * *I’ll Cry When I Kill You (Mysterious Press 0-89296-268-2, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $15.95, 264pp, hc) Associational; mystery novel with a famed sf author murdered at a convention.

IVANHOE, MARK

• * *Virgintooth (III Publishing 0-9622937-3-3, Oct ’91 [Jun ’92], $7.00, 191pp, tp, cover by John Borkowski) Dark fantasy novel about a woman newly risen from the dead as a vampire and her discovery of a new existence. There are cover blurbs by Bram Stoker and Torquemada, among others. This has a 1991 copyright date, but was not seen until now. Available from III Publishing, P.O. Box 170363, San Francisco, CA 94117-0363

IVESON, MARGARET

• * *Mystery and Wonder (with Samuel Robinson) (Prentice Hall Canada, Inc., 1993, 137pp, tp) Textbook. (Contents)

JABLOKOV, ALEXANDER (1956- ) (stories)

• * *The Breath of Suspension (Arkham House 0-87054-167-6, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $20.95, 318pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Collection of ten SF stories, with illustrations by J.K. Potter. (Contents)
• * _The Breath of Suspension (AvoNova 0-380-72680-7, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Bill Binger) Reprint (Arkham House 1994) collection of 10 SF stories.
• * *Carve the Sky (Morrow 0-688-10324-3, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $21.95, 298pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Sf novel of an interplanetary quest for the source of a mysterious artifact. A first novel. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Carve the Sky (BOMC no ISBN, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $18.95, 288pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Reprint (Morrow 1991) sf novel. This edition is the same as the Morrow hardcover except it lacks an ISBN and price, and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * _Carve the Sky (BOMC no ISBN, Jun ’91, $18.95, 288pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Reprint (Morrow 1991) sf novel. This edition is the same as the Morrow hardcover except it lacks an ISBN and price, and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * _Carve the Sky (AvoNova 0-380-71521-X, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $4.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Vincent DiFate) Reprint (Morrow 1991) sf novel of an interplanetary quest for the origin of a mysterious artifact. Recommended (FCM).
• * _Carve the Sky (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $9.95, 298pp, tp, cover by Vincent DiFate) Reprint (Morrow 1991) sf novel. This is similar to the Morrow edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the dust jacket printed as the soft cover.
• * *Deepdrive (Avon Eos 0-380-97636-6, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $14.00, 311pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) SF novel. In the 21st century, Earth’s solar system has been inhabited by 11 alien races who refuse to share the secret of their starship drives with humans.
• * *A Deeper Sea (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-11113-0, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $22.00, 360pp, hc, cover by Eric Peterson) Sf novel of a dolphin experiment that goes wrong and breaks down the barriers to human/dolphin communication in a way that no one is prepared for.
• * _A Deeper Sea (AvoNova 0-380-71709-3, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $4.99, 360pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1992) sf novel of a dolphin experiment that goes wrong and breaks down the barriers to human/dolphin communication in a way that no one is prepared for.
• * *Nimbus (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-11114-9, Oct ’93, $22.00, 376pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Sf thriller about a jazz musician in danger when his fellow participants in a government experiment start turning up dead.
• * _Nimbus (SFBC #02230, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $6.98, 303pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1993) sf thriller about a jazz musician in danger when his fellow participants in a government experiment start turning up dead. Similar to the Morrow AvoNova edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Nimbus (AvoNova 0-380-71710-7, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $4.99, 376pp, pb, cover by J. K. Potter) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1993) SF thriller.
• * *River of Dust (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-14605-8, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $22.00, 326pp, hc, cover by Donato) SF novel. Brothers take opposing sides in political struggles on Mars.
• * _River of Dust (AvoNova 0-380-77863-7, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $5.99, 326pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) Reprint (Morrow 1996) SF novel of politics and revolution on Mars.

JAC, CHERYLN

• * *Night’s Immortal Kiss (Zebra/Pinnacle 0-7860-0035-X, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.50, 378pp, pb) Vampire romance set on a Louisiana plantation, first book of a series.
• * *Night’s Immortal Touch (Zebra/Pinnacle 0-7860-0158-5, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $4.99, 348pp, pb) Vampire romance novel.

JACCOMA, RICHARD (1943- )

• * *The Werewolf’s Revenge (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14628-6, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.95, 296pp, pb) [*Werewolf’s Tale] Horror novel, sequel to The Werewolf’s Tale. New York City PI Jimmy Underhill is a covert lycanthropic assassin for the U.S. during WWII.
• * *The Werewolf’s Tale (Ballantine Fawcett 0-449-13290-0, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $3.95, 283pp, pb) [*Werewolf’s Tale] Horror novel about Nazi spies and a werewolf, set just before WWII in New York.

JACKSON, ROBERT, ed.

• * *Frontier Crossings (Conspiracy ’87 no ISBN, Aug ’87, free, 192pp, hc) Subtitled “A Souvenir of the 45th World Science Fiction Convention, Conspiracy ’87, held in Brighton, Gt Britain, from August 27th to September 1st 1987." (Contents)

JACKSON, SHIRLEY (Hardie) (1919-1965) (stories)

• * _The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin (US) 0-14-007108-3, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $4.95, 246pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1959) fantasy novel, one of the classic haunted-house books. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _The Haunting of Hill House (Robinson 0-948164-35-2, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], £2.95, 246pp, tp) Reprint (Viking 1959) horror novel.
• * *Just an Ordinary Day (Bantam 0-553-10303-2, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $23.95, 388pp, hc, cover by Tom Hallman) Collection of 54 unpublished or previously uncollected stories, some fantasy, edited and with an introduction by Laurence Jackson Hyman and Sarah Hyman Stewart. (Contents)
• * _Just an Ordinary Day (Bantam 0-553-37833-3, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $12.95, 431pp, tp, cover by Tom Hallman) Reprint (Bantam 1997) collection of 54 stories, most unpublished during Jackson’s lifetime, some fantasy.
• * *The Lottery and Other Stories/The Haunting of Hill House/We Have Always Lived in the Castle (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $12.95, 784pp, tp) Omnibus of Jackson’s three classics of the macabre and ghostly, The Lottery and Other Stories (Farrar, Straus 1949), The Haunting of Hill House (Viking 1959), and We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Viking 1962). (Contents)
• * _The Lottery: Adventures of the Daemon Lover (Robinson 0-948164-75-1, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], £3.50, 222pp, tp) Reprint (Farrar Strauss 1949) collection. (Contents)
• * _The Masterpieces of Shirley Jackson (Raven 1-85487-437-3, Jun ’96, £7.99, xii+531pp, tp) Reprint (QPBC 1991) dark fantasy omnibus, with a new Introduction by Donna Tartt. The classic dark fantasy, The Haunting of Hill House (Viking 1959), the surreal nightmare, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, (Viking 1962) and the collection The Lottery (Farrar Straus 1949). [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Sundial (Penguin 0-14-008317-0, Jan ’86, $5.95, 245pp, pb) Reprint (Farrar, Straus & Cudahy 1958) gothic fantasy novel of suspense and horror; a family gathers to await the end of the world and are beset by supernatural trials. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Penguin (US) 0-14-007107-5, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $4.95, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1962) fantasy classic.
• * _We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Robinson 0-948164-36-0, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], £2.95, 190pp, tp) Reprint (Viking 1962) horror novel.

JACKSON, STEVE (1951- )

• * *The Trolltooth Wars (Puffin 0-14-032482-8, Apr ’89, £2.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Chris Achilleos) Fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Fighting Fantasy Novels” series.

JACKSON, STUART

• * *Tracer (Sphere 0-7474-0603-0, Jun ’90 [May ’90], £3.50, 301pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Near-future thriller about a right-wing Government that imprisons AIDS victims.

JACKSON, WILLIAM

• * *Alternative Third World War, 1985 - 2035: A Personal History (Pergamon 0-08-034740-1, Sep ’87 [Oct ’87], £14.95, 268pp, hc) Another ‘future history’ book. [Not seen]

JACOB, CHARLEE (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *This Symbiotic Fascination (Necro Publications 1-889186-05-8, Nov ’97 [Jul ’98], $12.95, 243pp, tp, cover by Brandy Gill) Vampire horror novel. An ugly woman willingly becomes a vampire, This is a signed limited edition of 300; a hardcover, signed limited edition of 100 (-06-6, $45.00) was announced but not seen. A first novel. Necro Publications, PO Box 540298, Orlando FL 32854-0298; add $1.50 postage for the trade paperback, $3.00 for the hardcover.