The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

JONES, DIANA WYNNE (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Witch Week (Mammoth 0-7497-0174-9, Sep ’93, £2.99, 210pp, pb, cover by Nick Bantock) [Chrestomanci] Reissue (Macmillan UK 1982) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _Witch Week (Morrow Beech Tree 0-688-15545-6, Sep ’97, $4.95, 211pp, pb, cover by Greg Newbold) [Chrestomanci] Reprint (Macmillan Children’s Books 1982) young-adult fantasy novel.

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• * +Fantasy Stories (Kingfisher 1-85697-982-2, 1994 [Nov ’94], $6.95, 255pp, tp, cover by Wayne Anderson) Young-adult anthology of 18 fantasy stories (11 actually excerpts from novels) including an original novelette by the editor. Authors include Andre Norton, Isaac Asimov, C.S. Lewis, L. Frank Baum, E. Nesbit, Jane Yolen, and Joan Aiken. Interior illustrations are by Robin Lawrie. First American edition (Kingfisher UK 1994).
• * *Fantasy Stories (Kingfisher 1-85697-233-X, Aug ’94 [Sep ’94], £10.99, 255pp, hc, cover by Wayne Anderson) Anthology of 18 young-adult stories and excerpts including an original novelette by the editor. (Contents)
• * _Fantasy Stories (Kingfisher 1-85697-209-7, Sep ’95, £4.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Wayne Anderson) Reprint (Kingfisher 1994) young-adult fantasy anthology with extracts from Lewis, Baum, and Wrede; short stories by Norton, Asimov, Yolen; and an original piece from Jones herself.
• * _Fantasy Stories (Kingfisher 1-85697-209-7, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], £5.99, 255pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Reissue (Kingfisher 1994) young-adult fantasy anthology. Second printing.
• * *Hidden Turnings (Methuen 0-416-11272-2, Feb ’89, £8.95, 183pp, hc, cover by Anthony Branch) Original young-adult fantasy anthology including new stories by Tanith Lee, Roger Zelazny, Garry Kilworth and Terry Pratchett, among others. (Contents)
• * +Hidden Turnings (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-09163-6, May ’90, $12.95, 182pp, hc, cover by Emanuel Schongut) Original anthology of 12 young-adult fantasy stories. First American edition (Methuen 1989).
• * _Hidden Turnings (Teens Mandarin 0-7497-0279-6, Jul ’90, £2.99, 183pp, pb, cover by Frazer Shaw) Reprint (Methuen 1989) young-adult original fantasy anthology, including stories by Terry Pratchett, Garry Kilworth, Tanith Lee and Roger Zelazny. Recommended. (PSP)

JONES, (Morgan) GLYN (1905-1995) (stories)

• * *The Space Museum (W.H. Allen 0-491-03295-1, Jan ’87, £7.25, 142pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Juvenile sf novel. Volume 117 in the Doctor Who series.
• * _The Space Museum (Target 0-426-20289-9, Jun ’87, £1.80, 142pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1987) juvenile sf novel. Volume 117 in the Doctor Who series.

JONES, GWYNETH (Ann) (1952- ); see pseudonym Ann Halam (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Divine Endurance (Allen & Unwin 0-04-823246-7, May ’84 [Apr ’84], £9.95, 233pp, hc) [Divine Endurance] Sf novel of far-future Malaysia, with a strong fantasy/fable quality. A first novel. Recommended. (FCM)
• * +Divine Endurance (Arbor House 0-87795-856-4, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $14.95, 233pp, hc) [Divine Endurance] Sf novel of the distant future. First U.S. edition (Allen & Unwin 1984).
• * _Divine Endurance (Tor 0-812-54281-9, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 232pp, pb) [Divine Endurance] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1984) far-future sf novel.
• * _Divine Endurance (Headline 0-7472-4218-6, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], £4.99, 305pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Divine Endurance] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1984) sf novel set in an imaginary Southeast Asia.
• * *Escape Plans (Unwin/Orion 0-04-823344-7, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £3.50, 246pp, pb) Sf novel of a future dystopia — a disappointing offering after Jones’ excellent debut in Divine Endurance. The first-person (anti)heroine is irritating even after her political enlightenment, and the futuristic jargon does not make this tale any more readable. (FCM)
• * *Escape Plans (Unwin/Orion 0-04-823263-7, May ’86 [Mar ’86], £8.95, 246pp, hc) Hardcover edition of the above.
• * *Flowerdust (Headline 0-7472-0846-8, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], £16.99, 249pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Divine Endurance] Sf novel, based on an episode in Divine Endurance.
• * _Flowerdust (Headline 0-7472-4448-0, Jul ’94, £4.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Divine Endurance] Reprint (Headline 1993) SF novel, companion volume to Divine Endurance.
• * +Flowerdust (Tor 0-312-85894-9, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $21.95, 288pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Divine Endurance] SF novel, a companion to Divine Endurance, about a powerful drug in the future that threatens to cause a revolution. First American edition (Headline 1993).
• * _Flowerdust (Tor 0-312-86292-X, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $14.95, 288pp, tp, cover by Mark Harrison) [Divine Endurance] Reprint (Headline 1993) SF novel, a companion to Divine Endurance.
• * *The Hidden Ones (Livewire 0-7043-4910-8, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], £3.50, 151pp, tp) Young-adult occult novel.
• * *Identifying the Object (Swan Press no ISBN, Nov ’93, no price, 86pp, ph) Collection of four stories, two slightly revised. Available from Swan Press, PO Box 90006, Austin TX 78709-0006. (Contents)
• * *Kairos (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440163-9, Nov ’88, £12.95, 260pp, hc) Off-beat SF novel involving a reality-altering drug and a group of Angels.
• * _Kairos (Gollancz 0-575-06067-0, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], £5.99, 262pp, tp) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1988) SF novel. Revised edition.
• * *North Wind (Gollancz 0-575-05449-2, May ’94, £15.99, 281pp, hc, cover by David Farren) [Aleutian] SF novel.
• * _North Wind (Gollancz 0-575-05920-6, Apr ’95, £5.99, 281pp, pb, cover by David Farren) [Aleutian] Reprint (Gollancz 1994) SF novel, sequel to the award-winning White Queen: a hundred years after the Aleutian invasion of Earth, the aliens are closing in on the device that neutralised their mothership.
• * +North Wind (Tor 0-312-85926-0, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $21.95, 288pp, hc, cover by Peter Bollinger) [Aleutian] SF novel, sequel to White Queen. First US edition (Gollancz 1994).
• * _North Wind (Tor 0-312-86396-9, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $13.95, 288pp, tp, cover by Peter Bollinger) [Aleutian] Reprint (Gollancz 1994) SF novel, sequel to White Queen.
• * _North Wind (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60248-1, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], £5.99, 281pp, pb, cover by David Farren) [Aleutian] Reprint (Gollancz 1994) SF novel. Book 3 in the “Aleutian” series.
• * *The Phoenix Café (Gollancz 0-575-06068-9, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], £16.99, 298pp, hc, cover by David Farren) [Aleutian] SF novel. Third in the “Aleutian” series after White Queen and North Wind.
• * +Phoenix Café (Tor 0-312-86534-1, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $23.95, 347pp, hc) [Aleutian] SF novel, sequel to White Queen and North Wind. First US edition (Gollancz 1997).
• * _Phoenix Café (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60075-6, Jan ’98, £5.99, 298pp, pb, cover by David Farren) [Aleutian] Reprint (Gollancz 1997) SF novel. Third in the “Aleutian” series after White Queen and North Wind.
• * _Phoenix Café (Tor 0-312-86834-0, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $14.95, 350pp, tp) [Aleutian] Reprint (Gollancz 1997) SF novel, sequel to White Queen and North Wind.
• * *Seven Tales and a Fable (Edgewood Press 0-9629066-5-4, Nov ’95, $8.00, 132pp, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Collection of eight fairy tales, three not previously published. Order from Edgewood Press, PO Box 380264, Cambridge MA 02238. (Contents)
• * *White Queen (Gollancz 0-575-04629-5, Oct ’91, £14.99, 312pp, hc, cover by Adrian Chesterman) [Aleutian] Sf novel about alien contact and computer viruses in the 21st century.
• * _White Queen (Gollancz 0-575-05398-4, Sep ’92, £4.99, 312pp, pb, cover by David Farren) [Aleutian] Reprint (Gollancz 1991) sf novel about alien contact and computer viruses in the 21st century.
• * +White Queen (Tor 0-312-85492-7, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $19.95, 316pp, hc, cover by Carol Russo) [Aleutian] Sf novel of alien contact and computer viruses in the 21st century. Winner of the James Tiptree Award. First American edition (Gollancz 1991).
• * _White Queen (Tor/Orb 0-312-89013-3, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $12.95, 316pp, tp, cover by David Farren) [Aleutian] Reprint (Gollancz 1991) sf novel. Winner of the James Tiptree Award.
• * _White Queen (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60378-X, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], £5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by David Farren) [Aleutian] Reprint (Gollancz 1991) SF novel. Book 2 in the “Aleutian” series.

JONES, J(ulia) V(ictoria) (1963- ) (chron.)

• * *The Baker’s Boy (Warner Aspect 0-446-67097-9, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $12.99, 516pp, tp, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Book of Words] Fantasy novel, first in “The Book of Words” trilogy. A first novel.
• * _The Baker’s Boy (Warner Aspect 0-446-60282-5, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $5.99, 552pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Book of Words] Reprint (Aspect 1995) fantasy novel, first book in “The Book of Words” trilogy.
• * _The Baker’s Boy (Orbit 1-85723-375-1, Apr ’96, £6.99, 552pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Book of Words] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1995) fantasy novel. Book 1 in “The Book of Words” trilogy. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Barbed Coil (Warner Aspect 0-446-52109-4, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $22.00, 612pp, hc, cover by Daniel Horne) Fantasy novel. A ring transports a woman from California to a magic world where patterns have power.
• * _The Barbed Coil (Orbit 1-85723-510-X, Oct ’97, £16.99, 612pp, hc) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1997) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Barbed Coil (SFBC #19712, Jan ’98, $10.98, 612pp, hc, cover by Daniel Horne) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1997) fantasy novel. This is similar to the Warner Aspect edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Barbed Coil (Orbit 1-85723-568-1, Oct ’98 [Nov ’98], £6.99, 667pp, pb, cover by Daniel Horne) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1997) fantasy novel. A ring transports a woman from California to a world where patterns have magic power.
• * *A Man Betrayed (Warner Aspect 0-446-67098-7, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $12.99, 504pp, tp, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Book of Words] Fantasy novel, second volume in “The Book of Words”.
• * _A Man Betrayed (Warner Aspect 0-446-60351-1, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $5.99, 598pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Book of Words] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1996) fantasy novel, #2 in “The Book of Words”.
• * _A Man Betrayed (Orbit 1-85723-402-2, Nov ’96, £6.99, 598pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Book of Words] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1996) fantasy novel, second in “The Book of Words” trilogy. A hardcover edition (-451-0, £16.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Master and Fool (Warner Aspect 0-446-67096-0, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $12.99, 532pp, tp, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Book of Words] Fantasy novel. Volume III in “The Book of Words” trilogy.
• * _Master and Fool (Orbit 1-85723-464-2, Apr ’97, £16.99, 532pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Book of Words] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1996) fantasy novel, third in “The Book of Words” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Master and Fool (Warner Aspect 0-446-60414-3, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $5.99, 645pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Book of Words] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1996) fantasy novel. Volume III in “The Book of Words” trilogy.
• * _Master and Fool (Orbit 1-85723-471-5, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £6.99, 688pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Book of Words] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1996) fantasy novel, third in “The Book of Words” trilogy.

JONES, JEFFREY (1944- ) (stories)

• * *Age of Innocence: The Romantic Art of Jeffrey Jones (Underwood Books 0-88733-185-8, Jul ’94 [Aug ’94], $14.95, 40pp, tp, cover by Jeffrey Jones) Art book. A collection of Jones’s romantic paintings of women, with an introduction by Roger Dean. A hardcover edition (-186-6, $29.95), a signed slipcased edition (-187-4, $50.00), and a 52-copy signed leatherbound edition ($150.00) were announced but not seen. Available from Underwood Books, PO Box 1607, Grass Valley CA 95945. Visa/MasterCard orders: 1-800-777-8499.

JONES, JENNY (Huws) (1954- ) (stories)

• * *The Blue Manor (Gollancz 0-575-05818-8, Jun ’95 [May ’95], £16.99, 352pp, hc, cover by J. Atkinson Grimshaw) Dark fantasy novel. An isolated house, handed down exclusively through the female line, repeatedly forces its inhabitants to re-enact a brutal tragedy.
• * _The Blue Manor (Vista 0-575-60010-1, May ’96, £5.99, 352pp, pb, cover by J. Atkinson Grimshaw) Reprint (Gollancz 1995) dark fantasy/romantic thriller.
• * *The Carver (Scholastic UK 0-590-19036-9, Feb ’97, £3.99, 225pp, pb) Young-adult dark fantasy novel.
• * *The Edge of Vengeance (Headline 0-7472-7955-1, Jun ’91, £8.99, 305pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) [Flight Over Fire] Fantasy novel. Volume Two of “Flight Over Fire”. Also announced in hardcover (-0354-7, £14.95).
• * _The Edge of Vengeance (Headline 0-7472-3714-X, Jan ’92, £5.99, 462pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Flight Over Fire] Reprint (Headline 1991) fantasy novel. Volume two of “Flight Over Fire”.
• * *Firefly Dreams (Scholastic UK 0-590-13375-6, Nov ’95, £3.99, 259pp, pb, cover by David Scutt) Young-adult fantasy novel. Aquamancers battle Pyromancers.
• * *Fly by Night (Headline 0-7472-7975-6, Aug ’90, £7.99, 340pp, tp) [Flight Over Fire] Fantasy novel. A first novel. Also available in hardcover (-0238-9, £14.95). Volume One of “Flight Over Fire”.
• * _Fly by Night (Headline 0-7472-3398-5, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], £4.99, 499pp, pb) [Flight Over Fire] Reprint (Headline 1990) fantasy novel. Volume One of “Flight Over Fire”.
• * *The House of Birds (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-63592-4, May ’96, £3.99, 154pp, pb, cover by Fred Preston) Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *Lies and Flames (Headline 0-7472-7943-8, Jul ’92, £8.99, 339pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) [Flight Over Fire] Fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-0456-X, £15.99) is also available. Volume three of “Flight Over Fire”.
• * _Lies and Flames (Headline 0-7472-3876-6, Jan ’93, £5.99, 560pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Flight Over Fire] Reprint (Headline 1992) fantasy novel. Volume Three of the “Flight Over Fire” series.
• * *The Webbed Hand (Scholastic UK 0-590-55649-5, Sep ’94, £3.50, 324pp, pb, cover by David Scutt) Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *Where the Children Cry (Gollancz 0-575-06157-X, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], £16.99, 384pp, hc, cover by Splash) Dark fantasy novel of malevolent spirits in the present day, impelled by the 12th century massacre of all Jews in York.

JONES, JOHN G.

• * *Amityville: The Evil Escapes (Tudor 0-944276-05-9, Jun ’88 [Jul ’88], $4.50, 420pp, pb) [Amityville] A horror novel based on the famous haunted house. Although the cover states this is a true story, there is a disclaimer on the copyright page stating that everything in the book is from the author’s imagination.
• * *Amityville: The Horror Returns (Tudor 0-944276-52-0, Jul ’89 [Aug ’89], $4.95, 280pp, pb) [Amityville] Horror novel in the “Amityville” series.
• * *The Supernatural (Tudor 0-944276-17-2, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $4.95, 375pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _The Supernatural (Sphere 0-7221-5221-3, Mar ’90, £3.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Dave Eastbury) Reprint (Tudor 1988) horror novel.

JONES, JOHN ROBERT (1926- ); see pseudonym John Dalmas (stories) (chron.)

JONES, JUDITH KAYE

• * *Obelisk (Prima/Proteus 0-7615-0419-2, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], $5.99, 385pp, pb) SF novelization based on the CD-ROM game. Time travellers from the future are raiding the treasures of Earth’s past. Portions copyrighted by Virgin Sound & Vision and Jones & Jones Multimedia.

JONES, KELVIN I. (1948- ) (stories)

• * *The Dark Entry and Other Tales (Sir Hugo Books no ISBN, Mar ’91 [Jun ’91], £2.50, 52pp, ph, cover by Douglas Waters) [Dr. John Carter] Original collection of three gothic horror stories featuring the psychic detective Dr. John Carter. (Contents)
• * *The Obsidian and Other Stories (Sir Hugo Books no ISBN, Nov ’90, £2.00, 51pp, ph, cover by Douglas Walters) [Dr. John Carter] Original collection of three ghost stories about the psychic detective Dr. John Carter. (Contents)

JONES, LANGDON, ed. (1942- ) (stories)

• * _The New Nature of the Catastrophe (with Michael Moorcock) See entry under Michael Moorcock.
• * *The New Nature of the Catastrophe (with Michael Moorcock) (Millennium 1-85798-039-5, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], £14.99, xii+436pp, hc, cover by Mark Reeve) [Jerry Cornelius] Anthology of Jerry Cornelius stories, including the entire contents (bar two James Sallis stories) of The Nature of the Catastrophe (Hutchinson 1971), the entire contents of The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius (revised edition Harrap/Grafton 1987), nine further stories in the canon (three by Moorcock), the complete comic strip from International Times, and an excellent article/bibliography by John Davey putting it all in context. Recommended (PSP). A trade paperback edition (-040-9, £10.99) is also available. Volume nine in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”. (Contents)

JONES, LIANE

• * *The Dreamstone (Heinemann 0-434-37721-X, Jun ’92, £7.99, 488pp, tp) Romantic fantasy set partly in 1992 and partly in 1168.
• * _The Dreamstone (Mandarin 0-7493-1206-8, Jan ’93, £4.99, 488pp, pb, cover by Nick Farmer) Reprint (Heinemann 1992) fantasy novel.
• * *The Dreamstone (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17852-1, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $4.99, 506pp, pb) Fantasy romance of a modern woman whose affair with a Welsh poet completes the romance begun between a 12th-century woman and a Welsh prince more than 700 years before. A first novel.
• * *Painting the Dark (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-101172-X, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $5.99, 455pp, pb, cover by Victor Stabin) Dark fantasy novel. A woman is obsessed by a haunted painting.

JONES, LLOYD S(cott) (1931- )

• * *Black Rainbow (Aeolus 0-918805-34-1, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $16.95, 213pp, hc) Near-future techno-thriller with ESP thrown in.

JONES, MARY ELLEN

• * *John Jakes: A Critical Companion (Greenwood Press 0-313-29530-1, Oct ’96 [Apr ’97], $29.95, 225pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical guide, with biographical chapter, bibliography, and index. Primarily covers Jakes’s historical works, with only brief mentions of SF and fantasy works. This has a 1996 copyright date, but was not seen until now. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [Jakes]