The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

KESSLER, PETER LAWRENCE

• * *Second Law (The Book Guild 0-86332-513-0, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], £14.95, 377pp, hc) Sf novel.

KESSLER, RISA, ed. (stories)

• * _Once Upon a Time: A Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales (with Lester del Rey) See entry under Lester del Rey.

KETCHUM, JACK; pseudonym of Dallas William Mayr, (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard (Obsidian Books 1-891480-01-4, Apr ’98 [May ’98], $45.00, 211pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Horror collection of 12 stories, six original, plus an essay on meeting Henry Miller. Introduction by Richard Laymon. Story introductions by the author describe their inspirations. A signed, limited edition of 500. Order from Obsidian Books, 37800 38th Ave. S, Auburn WA 98001; 253-874-5721. (Contents)
• * _The Girl Next Door (Overlook Connection Press 0-9633397-0-2, Oct ’96 [Mar ’97], $75.00, 391pp, hc, cover by Neal McPheeters) Reprint (Warner 1989) psychological horror novel. This “corrected definitive” edition has an introduction by Stephen King, afterwords by Christopher Golden, Lucy Taylor, Edward Lee, and Philip Nutman; and an interview with Ketchum conducted by Stanley Wiater. This is a limited edition of 500. A mahogany-boxed, lettered edition of 52, signed by all contributors (no ISBN, $300.00) was announced but not seen. Ketchum is a pen name for Dallas Mayr. Available from Overlook Connection Press, PO Box 526, Woodstock GA; credit card orders 770-926-1762; add $5.00 postage.
• * _The Girl Next Door (Overlook Connection Press 0-9633397-4-5, May ’98, $29.95, 353pp, hc, cover by Neal McPheeters) Reprint (Warner 1989) psychological horror novel. This “corrected definitive” edition retains the 1996 OCP limited edition’s introduction by Stephen King, but drops the three afterwords and interview; the title page and copyright page appear to be those of the limited, with the trade ISBN and price appearing only on a sticker on the dust jacket flap. Ketchum is a pen name for Dallas Mayr. Available from Overlook Connection Press, PO Box 526, Woodstock GA; credit card orders 770-926-1762; add $5.00 postage.
• * *Ladies’ Night (Silver Salamander Press no ISBN, Jan ’98 [Sep ’98], $15.00, 175pp, tp, cover by Neal McPheeters) Associational horror novel. This signed, limited edition of 500 is copyrighted 1997, but not seen until now. Also announced, but not seen: 50 leatherbound ($65.00), and 300 hardcover ($35.00). Ketchum is a pen name for Dallas Mayr. Order from Silver Salamander, 4128 Woodland Park Ave N, Seattle WA 98103; 206-633-1930.
• * *Offspring (Diamond 1-55773-615-4, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $4.50, 265pp, pb) [Off Season] Horror novel of a cannibal clan in the Maine backwoods, sequel to Off Season.
• * *She Wakes (Berkley 0-425-11453-8, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.95, 260pp, pb) Horror novel.

KETTER, GREG, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Temporary Walls: An Anthology of Moral Fantasy (with Robert T. Garcia) (DreamHaven/1993 World Fantasy Convention 0-9630944-4-0, Oct ’93, $15.95, 75pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Original anthology of six stories “inspired by John Gardner’s On Moral Fiction,” with an introduction by the editors. This is the 1993 World Fantasy Convention Souvenir book. Available from DreamHaven Books, 1309 Fourth St. SE, Minneapolis MN 55414. Tel. orders 612-379-0657. (Contents)

KETTERER, DAVID (Anthony Theodor) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy (Indiana University Press 0-253-33122-6, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $27.50, 206pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. A look at the history of sf and fantasy in Canada, with a bibliography. Available from Indiana University Press, 601 N. Morton St., Bloomington IN 47404.
• * *Imprisoned in a Tesseract: The Life and Work of James Blish (Kent State University Press 0-87338-334-6, Sep ’87 [Oct ’87], $29.50, hc) Non-fiction, critical and biographical study, an exhaustive study of Blish’s published, unpublished, and fanzine work, both fiction and non-fiction. Highly recommended. (CNB) [Blish]

_____, ed.

• * _The Science Fiction of Mark Twain See entry under Mark Twain.

KETTLE, LEROY (1949- ); see pseudonyms Simon Ian Childer & Harry Adam Knight (stories)

KEY, SAMUEL M.; pseudonym of Charles de Lint, (1951- )

• * *Angel of Darkness (Jove 0-515-10422-1, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $3.95, 262pp, pb) Horror novel of a vengeful creature created from the screams of dying murder victims.
• * *From a Whisper to a Scream (Berkley 0-425-13467-9, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.99, 261pp, pb) Horror novel of a child-killer back from the dead. Key is a pseudonym for Charles de Lint.
• * *I’ll Be Watching You (Jove 0-515-11277-1, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $4.99, 296pp, pb) Associational thriller of a battered wife rescued by a photographer with far worse plans for her than she can imagine. Key is a pen-name for Charles de Lint.

KEYES, DANIEL (1927- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Flowers for Algernon (Gollancz 0-575-04061-0, Jun ’87 [Jul ’87], £3.50, 216pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt 1966) sf novel. Volume 14 in the Gollancz Classic SF series.
• * _Flowers for Algernon (Harcourt Brace 0-15-100163-4, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $16.00, 286pp, hc, cover by David Diaz) Reprint (Harcourt 1966) classic SF novel, developed from a Hugo-winning shorter version.
• * _Flowers for Algernon (Indigo 0-575-40020-X, May ’96, £5.99, 216pp, pb, cover by Dan McCaul) Reprint (Harcourt Brace World 1966) classic award-winning novel about intelligence, emotion, and the li(v)es between.

KEYES, GREG; see under Keyes, J. Gregory (stories) (chron.)

KEYES, J. GREGORY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Babylon 5: Dark Genesis: The Birth of the Psi Corps (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42715-7, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $5.99, 267pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Babylon 5: Psi-Corps] Novelization based on the TV show, first in the “Psi Corps” trilogy. Copyrighted by Warner Brothers.
• * *Babylon 5: Dark Genesis: The Birth of the Psi Corps (Boxtree 0-7522-2112-4, Oct ’98, £5.99, 267pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Babylon 5: Psi-Corps] Novelization based on the TV series. First in a trilogy, tenth book overall. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition. Copyrighted by Warner Brothers.
• * *The Blackgod (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40394-0, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $23.50, 559pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [Children of the Changeling] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Waterborn. Perkar and Hezhi face the River at its source.
• * _The Blackgod (SFBC #15813, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $11.98, 559pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [Children of the Changeling] Reprint (Del Rey 1997) fantasy novel, sequel to The Waterborn. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Blackgod (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41880-8, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $6.99, 494pp, pb, cover by Tom Kidd) [Children of the Changeling] Reprint (Del Rey 1997) fantasy novel, sequel to The Waterborn.
• * _The Blackgod (Orbit 1-85723-663-7, Sep ’98, £6.99, 494pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Children of the Changeling] Reprint (Del Rey 1997 as by J. Gregory Keyes) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the series, “Children of the Changeling” after Waterborn. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Newton’s Cannon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40605-2, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $14.00, 355pp, tp, cover by Terese Nielsen) [Age of Unreason] Historical fantasy novel, first in the “Age of Unreason” series. Sir Isaac Newton’s discovery of the principles of alchemy unleashes a deadly weapon, and only young Ben Franklin realizes the danger.
• * _Newton’s Cannon (SFBC #18398, Sep ’98, $10.98, 355pp, hc, cover by Terese Neilsen) [Age of Unreason] Reprint (Del Rey 1998) alternate-history fantasy novel, book one of “The Age of Unreason”. This is the first hardcover edition and has ISBN 1-56865-829-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *The Waterborn (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40393-2, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $22.00, 436pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [Children of the Changeling] Fantasy novel. A princess of a river kingdom develops deadly powers, and calls a hero to her from the headwaters. A first novel.
• * _The Waterborn (SFBC #13590, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $10.98, 436pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [Children of the Changeling] Reprint (Del Rey 1996) fantasy novel. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Waterborn (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39670-7, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $5.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Tom Kidd) [Children of the Changeling] Reprint (Del Rey 1996) fantasy novel.
• * _The Waterborn (Legend 0-09-966951-X, Jun ’97, £5.99, 436pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) [Children of the Changeling] Reprint (Del Rey 1996 as by J. Gregory Keyes) fantasy novel. First in the series “Children of the Changeling”. Internally dated 1996. [First U.K. edition]

KIDBY, PAUL (assoc.)

• * _The Pratchett Portfolio (with Terry Pratchett) See entry under Terry Pratchett.

KIDD, A. F. (1953- ); also as Chico Kidd (stories)

• * *Bells Rung Backwards (A.F. Kidd No ISBN, Dec ’91 [Jan ’92], £2.80, 50pp, ph, cover by A. F. Kidd) Collection of six ghost stories set in the world of bell-ringing, plus two sf stories and a poem, all illustrated by the author. A seventh, 6 page, ghost story is provided as a loose insert. Available from 113 Clyfford Road, Ruislip Gardens, Middlesex, HA4 6PX. (Contents)
• * *No. 472 Cheyne Walk: Carnacki: The Untold Stories (with Rick Kennett) (The Ghost Story Society no ISBN, Sep ’92, no price, 31pp, ph, cover by Allen Koszowski) [Carnacki] Collection of four original ghost stories featuring William Hope Hodgson’s “Carnacki the Ghost-Finder”. This is the fourth in the series of “special booklets” produced by The Ghost Story Society for its members. (Contents)
• * *Wraiths & Ringers (A. F. Kidd no ISBN, 1995 [Mar ’96], no price, 52pp, ph) Collection of 10 ghost stories, most original. (Contents)

KIDD, CHICO (1953- ); also as A. F. Kidd (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Printer’s Devil (Baen 0-671-87668-6, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $5.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Newell Convers & Cortney Skinner) Fantasy novel. Bellringers in the past and present are caught in an evil wizard’s spells. A first novel.

KIDD, KATHRYN H.

• * _Lovelock (with Orson Scott Card) See entry under Orson Scott Card.

KIDD, PAUL (1963- )

• * *Forgotten Realms: The Council of Blades (TSR 0-7869-0531-X, Sep ’97 [Oct ’97], $5.99, 310pp, tp, cover by Walter Velez) [Forgotten Realms: Nobles] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing games. “The Nobles” #5. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * *Mus of Kerbridge (TSR 0-7869-0094-6, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $4.95, 314pp, tp, cover by Paul Jaquays) Humorous fantasy novel. An enchanted, swashbuckling mouse helps noble centaurs defend their country against invasion. Copyrighted by TSR.

KIDD, RONALD (1948- )

• * *The Glitch (Dutton/Lodestar 0-525-67160-9, Oct ’85 [Nov ’85], $11.95, 117pp, hc) Juvenile sf novel of a sixth-grader trapped in the Computer Kingdom.

KIERNAN, CAITLÍN R. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Candles for Elizabeth (Meisha Merlin 0-9658345-8-1, May ’98 [Jul ’98], $5.00, 60pp, ph, cover by Ken Meyer, Jr.) Chapbook collection of three horror stories, one original, with an introduction by Poppy Z. Brite. Order from Meisha Merlin Publishing, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031. (Contents)
• * *Silk (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45668-8, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $6.50, 353pp, pb, cover by Victor Stabin) Dark fantasy novel. A woman named Spyder ensnares a struggling rock band in Birmingham AL. A first novel.

KIERNAN, SEAN; pseudonym of W. T. Quick, (1946- )

• * *Roar (HarperPrism 0-06-105914-5, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $5.99, 250pp, pb) [Roar] Novelization based on the Celtic-fantasy TV series. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Publishing Rights.
• * *Roar: The Cauldron (HarperPrism 0-06-105936-6, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $5.99, 244pp, pb) [Roar] Novelization, the second based on the Celtic-fantasy TV series. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Publishing Rights.

KIES, COSETTE (Nell) (1936- )

• * *The Occult in the Western World: An Annotated Bibliography (Shoestring Press/Library Professional Publications 0-208-02113-2, Aug ’86 [Jan ’87], $29.50, 233pp, hc) Non-fiction, bibliography — of associational interest. Published in 1986; missed.
• * *Presenting Young Adult Horror Fiction (Macmillan Twayne 0-8057-8217-6, Jan ’92 [Feb ’92], $19.95, 201pp, hc, cover by Greg Hildebrandt) Non-fiction, criticism. This is a critical guide, not to horror fiction published for the young-adult market, but to horror fiction teenagers are likely to read, providing a slightly different perspective on King, Koontz, Rice, Andrews, etc. Part of Twayne’s “United States Authors” series.
• * *Supernatural Fiction for Teens: 2nd Edition (Libraries Unlimited 0-87287-940-2, Jun ’92 [Nov ’92], no price, 267pp, tp) Non-fiction, reference. An annotated bibilography of “more than 1300 good paperbacks to read for wonderment, fear, and fun” recommended for teenage readers. The book covers fantasy, psychic phenomenon, and horror, and is not limited to books written especially for teens. An expansion of a 1987 first edition. Order from Libraries Unlimited, PO Box 6633, Englewood CO 80155-6633.

KIESOW, ULRICH

• * *Realms of Arkania: The Charlatan (Prima/Proteus 0-7615-0233-5, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $5.99, 334pp, pb, cover by Oliver Frey) [Realms of Arkania] Novelization based on the German fantasy role-playing games. Originally published in German (Heyne 1995 as Der Scharlatan); translated by Amy Katherine Kile. The translation is copyrighted by Prima Publishing.

KIHN, GREG (1952- ) (stories)

• * *Big Rock Beat (Tor/Forge 0-312-86756-5, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $23.95, 351pp, hc, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Dark-fantasy mystery novel, bringing back director Landis Woodley of Horror Show.
• * *Horror Show (Tor 0-312-86045-5, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $23.95, 350pp, hc, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Horror novel. An interviewer finds an old B-movie horror director may have tangled with a deadly curse. A first novel.
• * _Horror Show (Tor 0-812-55108-7, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $5.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Reprint (Tor 1996) horror novel.
• * *Shade of Pale (Tor/Forge 0-312-86046-3, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $21.95, 255pp, hc, cover by David Kramer) Dark-fantasy mystery novel. A Manhattan psychiatrist trying to find his sister is pursued by a Banshee.
• * _Shade of Pale (Tor 0-812-55109-5, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $5.99, 255pp, pb, cover by David Kramer) Reprint (Forge 1997) dark-fantasy mystery novel.

KILBY, CLYDE S(amuel) (1902-1986)

• * _Brothers and Friends: The Diaries of Major Warren Hamilton Lewis (with Marjorie Lamp Mead) (Ballantine 0-345-34665-3, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $4.95, 345pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1982). Non-fiction, the diaries of C.S. Lewis’ brother. References to Tolkien and others.

KILGORE, KATHLEEN; [i.e., Kathleen Kilgore Houton] (1946- )

• * *The Ghost-Maker (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-35383-1, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $11.95, 206pp, hc) Young-adult novel about spiritualism and ghosts.

KILIAN, CRAWFORD (1941- )

• * *Brother Jonathan (Ace 0-441-08227-0, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $2.75, 183pp, pb) Sf novel.
• * _The Empire of Time (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32528-1, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $2.50, 182pp, pb) [Chronoplane Wars] Reissue (Del Rey 1978) sf novel. 3rd printing.
• * _The Empire of Time (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34759-5, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $2.95, 183pp, pb) [Chronoplane Wars] Reissue (Del Rey 1978) sf/time travel novel, first in the “Chronoplane Wars” series; 5th printing.
• * _The Empire of Time (Legend 0-09-958880-3, Apr ’88, £2.50, 182pp, pb) [Chronoplane Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 1978) sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Chronoplane Wars” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Eyas (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25371-9, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $3.50, 254pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1982) sf novel, an ambitious and impressive tale of far-future Earth. (FCM) 2nd printing.
• * _Eyas (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35079-0, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $4.50, 357pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1982) post-holocaust sf novel.
• * *The Fall of the Republic (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34273-9, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 293pp, pb) [Chronoplane Wars] Sf/time travel novel, second in the “Chronoplane Wars” series.
• * _The Fall of the Republic (Legend 0-09-958890-0, Jun ’88, £2.99, 293pp, pb) [Chronoplane Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Chronoplane Wars” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Fall of the Republic (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34273-9, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.50, 304pp, pb) [Chronoplane Wars] Reissue (Del Rey 1987) sf novel, second in the “Chronoplane” series. Third printing.
• * *Greenmagic (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36140-7, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $4.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Tim Hildebrandt) [Greenmagic] Fantasy novel about a king’s bastard son who becomes a slave and has the magic within him to free his people.
• * *Gryphon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35730-2, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 260pp, pb) Sf novel about pampered far-future man facing hostile alien invaders.
• * *Lifter (Ace 0-441-48304-6, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.95, 201pp, pb) Sf novel of a young man who can fly through mind-power.
• * _Lifter (Beach Holme/Tesseract 0-88878-327-2, Jan ’94 [Mar ’94], $5.95, 223pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1986) sf novel. This edition has been somewhat revised and is being published as a young-adult novel. Available from Beach Holme Publishers, 4252 Commerce Circle, Victoria BC V8Z 4M2, Canada.
• * *Redmagic (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38370-2, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $5.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Greenmagic] Fantasy novel, sequel to Greenmagic. A wizard studying dragons runs into a sea monster.
• * *Rogue Emperor: A Novel of the Chronoplane Wars (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35078-2, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.95, 296pp, pb) [Chronoplane Wars] Sf novel, third in a time travel series.
• * +Tsunami (Bantam 0-553-24259-8, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $2.95, 218pp, pb) Near-future disaster novel. First U.S. edition (Douglas & McIntyre 1983).

KILLOUGH, (Karen) LEE (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Blood Hunt (Tor 0-812-50594-8, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.95, 319pp, pb) [Garreth Mikaelian] Horror novel of a homicide detective turned vampire.