The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

LAFFERTY, R(aphael) A(loysius) (stories) (continued)

• * _The Flame Is Green (Corroboree 0-911169-04-0, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $25.00, 237pp, hc) [Coscuin Chronicles] Reprint (Walker 1971) historical fantasy novel, Book One of the “Coscuin Chronicles”. There are new illustrations by David Brian Erickson (some in color).
• * _The Flame Is Green (Corroboree 0-911169-05-9, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $35.00, 237pp, hc) [Coscuin Chronicles] 250 copy signed, numbered edition of the above.
• * _Fourth Mansions (Bart 1-55785-048-8, Sep ’88, $3.50, 252pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1969) sf novel.
• * *Half a Sky (Corroboree 0-911169-03-2, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $25.00, 235pp, hc) [Coscuin Chronicles] Historical fantasy novel, Book Two of “The Coscuin Chronicles”. There are full-color illustrations by David Brian Erickson tipped in, plus some black and white illustrations. A fine piece of bookmaking. (CNB)
• * *Half a Sky (Corroboree 0-911169-03-2, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $35.00, 235pp, hc) [Coscuin Chronicles] 250 copy, signed, numbered, limited edition of the above.
• * *How Many Miles to Babylon (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-10-0, Apr ’89, $3.00, 36pp, ph) [Argo] Sf short story set in the “Argo” mythos. This is a limited edition. Also available is a signed and numbered limited edition (-11-9, $6.00).
• * *Iron Tears (Edgewood Press 0-9629066-2-X, Dec ’92, $10.00, 219pp, tp, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Collection of 15 previously uncollected stories. Introduction by Michael Swanwick. (Contents)
• * _It’s Down the Slippery Cellar Stairs (Borgo Press 0-89370-543-8, Nov ’86 [Jul ’88], $15.95, 54pp, ph/hc) Reprint (Drumm Books 1984), hardcover pamphlet, non-fiction — essays and speeches on sf, nostalgia, and some background to Lafferty’s stories. Dated 1986, but not seen until 1988.
• * _It’s Down the Slippery Cellar Stairs: Essays and Speeces on Fantastic Literature, 2nd Edition (Borgo Press 0-8095-1901-1, 1995 [May ’95], $15.00, 103pp, tp) Reprint (Drumm Books 1984; Borgo 1986) non-fiction, critical collection of 15 essays and speeches on fantastic literature, revised and expanded from the first edition. A hardcover edition (-0901-6, $25.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; add $2.50 shipping. Credit card orders: fax 909-888-4942.
• * _It’s Down the Slippery Cellar Stairs: Essays and Speeches on Fantastic Literature, 2nd Edition (Borgo Press 0-8095-1901-1, 1997 [Feb ’97], $17.00, 103pp, tp) Reissue (Drumm 1984) non-fiction, critical collection of 15 essays and speeches on fantastic literature, expanded in 1995 by adding two essays. Second printing. Order from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; add $2.50 shipping. Credit card orders: fax 909-888-4942.
• * *Lafferty in Orbit (Broken Mirrors Press 0-9623824-8-5, Dec ’91, $13.95, 220pp, hc, cover by Lissanne Lake) Collection of 19 stories, all from the Orbit anthologies, with an introduction by Damon Knight. A signed limited edition (-9-3, $50.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
• * *The Man Who Made Models and Other Stories (Chris Drumm no ISBN, Sep ’84, $2.50, 51pp, ph) Original collection of five stories. Drumm Booklet #18. (Contents)
• * *Mischief Malicious (And Murder Most Strange) (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-18-6, Apr ’91 [May ’91], C$14.95, 69pp, tp, cover by R. Ward Shipman) Collection of 11 stories, two originals, with interior art by R. Ward Shipman. Also available in a signed edition of 70 copies (unseen) for C$23.00. (Contents)
• * *My Heart Leaps Up, Chapters 1 & 2 (1920-1928) (Chris Drumm 0-936055-27-8, Dec ’86, $6.00, 54pp, 4.25 x 7 ph) The first two chapters of part one of In a Green Tree, a fantasy novel set in Lafferty’s Tulsa neighborhood. This is the 126 copy signed limited edition which includes the poem “Unregimented Hours”. A regular edition (ISBN 0-936055-26-X) is available for $2.75.
• * *My Heart Leaps Up, Chapters 3 & 4 (Chris Drumm 0-936055-30-8, Apr ’87, $2.75, 44pp, ph) Two more chapters of a serialized work which is itself the first part of “In a Green Tree”. Also available in a signed edition, -31-6, $6.00.
• * *My Heart Leaps Up, Chapters 5 & 6 (Chris Drumm 0-936055-33-2, Dec ’87, $2.95, 54pp, ph) Two more chapters of a serialized work which is itself the first part of “In a Green Tree”. Also available in a signed edition, -34-0, $6.00.
• * *My Heart Leaps Up, Chapters 9 & 10 (Chris Drumm 0-936055-41-3, Oct ’90, $3.50, 63pp, ph) Two more chapters of an ongoing serialized novel which is a part of “In a Green Tree”. A signed edition (-34-0, $6.00) is also available.
• * *Ringing Changes (Ace 0-441-72607-0, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.95, 275pp, pb) This is the first English-language edition of a collection of 20 stories which first appeared in Holland as Days of Grass, Days of Straw. Recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
• * *Serpent’s Egg (Morrigan 1-870338-15-4, Aug ’87, £27.50, 177pp, hc) Fantasy novel mixing Lafferty’s quirky Catholic fundamentalism with clones, robots, and a strange unknown sentient race on a future Earth. 250 copy limited edition, includes an extra story. (Contents)
• * *Serpent’s Egg (Morrigan 1-870338-10-3, Aug ’87, £10.95, 166pp, hc) 750 copy limited edition of the above.
• * *Slippery and Other Stories (Chris Drumm no ISBN, Feb ’85, $5.00, 40pp, pb) Collection of four new stories. This is the limited edition version, 176 signed/numbered copies with a stiff cover and a Lafferty sonnet on the back. The regular edition price is $2.00. Drumm Booklet #19. (Contents)
• * *Tales of Chicago (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-26-7, 1992 [Mar ’92], $19.95, 109pp, hc) [More Than Melchisedech] First of three volumes in a novel entitled More Than Melchisedech, which will include the previously published novella “Episodes of the Argo”. A 50-copy signed limited (-26-7) edition sold out in advance. Available through United Mythologies Press, P.O.Box 390, Station A, Weston, ON Canada M9N 3N1.
• * *Tales of Midnight (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-30-5, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $19.95, 103pp, hc) [More Than Melchisedech] Sf novel, second volume of the novel More Than Melchisedech. Illustrated by R. Ward Shipman. A 50 copy signed limited edition (-31-3) was announced but not seen. Order from United Mythologies Press, PO Box 390, Station A, Weston ON Canada M9N 3N1.
• * *True Believers (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-06-2, 1989, $3.50, 36pp, ph) Collection of non-fiction articles and reviews. A signed limited edition was announced, but not seen. (0-921322-07-0, $6.50)

LAGERLÖF, SELMA (Ottiliana Lovisa) (1858-1940) (stories)

• * *The Lowenskold Ring (Dufour/Norvik 1-870041-14-3, Oct ’91 [Apr ’92], $21.00, 117pp, tp, cover by P. Horberg) Swedish fantasy novel of a cursed ring stolen from a grave; the ring destroys anyone who possesses it. Translated from the Swedish and with an afterward by Linda Schenck. This is the Norvik edition with a Dufour sticker. Available from Dufour Editions, Chester Springs PA 19425.

LAGOWSKI, BARBARA (Jean) (1955- )

• * *Teen Terminators (with Rick Mumma) (Berkley 0-425-11431-7, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.50, 219pp, pb) Young-adult contemporary thriller with sf elements. Two teenaged assassins must balance the demands of their assignments with high school. Packaged by Armadillo Press.

LaGRAVENESE, RICHARD

• * *The Fisher King (Applause Books 1-55783-098-3, Oct ’91, $12.95, 194pp, tp) Associational; the screenplay to the fantasy film, with many photos and an introduction by Terry Gilliam.

LAHEY, MICHAEL

• * *Quest for Apollo (DAW 0-88677-364-4, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 255pp, pb) Fantasy novel about an American writer on a mission for the Olympian gods. A first novel.

LAIDLAW, MARC (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The 37th Mandala (St. Martin’s 0-312-13021-X, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $23.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) New Age satire/Lovecraftian horror novel. A New Age charlatan promotes evil mandalas as spirit guardians.
• * *Dad’s Nuke (Donald I. Fine 0-917657-52-7, 1985 [Jan ’86], $15.95, 255pp, hc) Black humor sf novel; neighborhood one-up-manship with a nuclear bent. A first novel.
• * _Dad’s Nuke (Gollancz 0-575-03905-1, Sep ’86, £9.95, 255pp, hc) Reprint (Fine 1986) satirical sf novel.
• * _Dad’s Nuke (Critic’s Choice 1-55547-147-1, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $3.50, 255pp, pb) Reprint (Fine 1985) satirical sf novel.
• * _Dad’s Nuke (Grafton 0-586-07434-1, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], £2.95, 284pp, pb) Reprint (Fine 1986) sf novel.
• * *Kalifornia (St. Martin’s 0-312-08830-2, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $18.95, 245pp, hc, cover by Jill Bauman) Satirical sf novel set in a future where stars’ lives are transmitted directly from their senses to their fans. Recommended (SW).
• * *Neon Lotus (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27165-2, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.95, 294pp, pb) Tibetan high-tech fantasy novel with a reincarnated scientist, tantric truckers, ancient computers, etc.
• * *The Orchid Eater (St. Martin’s 0-312-10515-0, Mar ’94, $19.95, 282pp, hc, cover by Jon Weiman) Associational; crime novel by an sf writer.
• * *The Third Force (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 0-684-82245-8, Jun ’96 [Sep ’96], $11.00, 256pp, tp, cover by Haruhiko Shono) SF novelization based on the CD-ROM game “Gadget”. Copyrighted by Synergy.

LAINEZ, MANUEL MUJICA; see under Mujica Lainez, Manuel (stories)

LAING, ALEXANDER (Kinnan), ed. (1903-1976)

• * _The Haunted Omnibus (MJF Books 1-56731-119-9, 1996 [Sep ’96], $11.98, 848pp, hc, cover by Richard Rossiter) Reprint (Farrar & Rinehart 1937) classic anthology of 42 ghost stories. An instant remainder edition.

LAING, KOJO

• * *Major Gentl and the Achimota Wars (Heinemann 0-435-90978-9, May ’92, £5.99, 185pp, tp, cover by Keith Pointing & Celeste Henney) Novel set in 2020 about the rebirth of Africa.

LAKE, DAVID J(ohn) (1929- ) (stories)

• * +The Ring of Truth (DAW 0-87997-935-6, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.95, 192pp, pb) Sf novel. First U.S. edition (Cory & Collins Void 1982).
• * *West of the Moon (Hyland House 0-947062-44-0, 1988 [Apr ’89], no price, 250pp, hc) Australian young-adult sf novel with fantasy elements. This was published in 1988 but not seen until now.

LAKE, PAUL (1951- ) (stories)

• * *Among the Immortals (Story Line Press 0-934257-73-6, Jul ’94, $14.95, 301pp, tp) Literary horror novel about Percy Shelley as a vampire stalking the academic poetry community in modern Berkeley. A first novel. Available from Story Line Press, Three Oaks Farm, Brownsville OR 97327.

LAKE, SIMON; pseudonym of Charles L. Grant, (1942-2006)

• * *Midnight Place #2: Something’s Watching (Bantam 0-553-29791-0, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $3.50, 149pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Midnight Place] Young-adult horror novel, second book of the new “Midnight Place” series set in an ordinary-looking neighborhood that’s a magnet for evil. A series of muggings seems connected to an old ghost story, and teenager Tara Fraiser is determined to find out why. Lake is a pseudonym for Charles L. Grant.
• * *Midnight Place: Daughter of Darkness (Bantam 0-553-29442-3, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $3.50, 151pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Midnight Place] Young-adult horror novel, first book of the new “Midnight Place” series, set in an ordinary looking neighborhood that’s a magnet for evil. A teenage demon in human form moves to Midnight Place and starts exerting a strange power over the boys at school. Lake is a pseudonym for Charles L. Grant.
• * *Midnight Place: Death Cycle (Bantam 0-553-56102-2, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $3.50, 152pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Midnight Place] Young-adult horror novel, third book of the “Midnight Place” series set in an ordinary-looking neighborhood that’s a magnet for evil. Roz Jordan and her friends are stalked by a phantom motorcycle that kills. Lake is a pen name for Charles L. Grant.
• * *Midnight Place: He Told Me To (Bantam 0-553-56168-5, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $3.50, 135pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Midnight Place] Young-adult horror novel, fourth book of a series set in an ordinary-looking neighborhood that’s a magnet for evil. A mysterious power is turning honor-roll students into criminals and jds. Lake is a pen name for Charles L. Grant.

LALLY, T. M. (stories)

• * *Tales, Weird and Whimsical (Merlin 0-86303-552-3, Jul ’91 [Aug ’91], £7.95, 215pp, tp, cover by T. M. Lally) Original collection of ten ghost/horror stories, illustrated by the author. (Contents)

LAMB, HUGH (Charles), ed. (1946- ) (stories)

• * _The Black Reaper See entry under Bernard Capes.
• * _The Black Reaper: Tales of Terror See entry under Bernard Capes.
• * *Gaslit Nightmares (Futura 0-7088-3658-5, Mar ’88, £4.50, 358pp, tp) Ghost/horror anthology. (Contents)
• * _Gaslit Nightmares (Macdonald 0-356-15302-9, Apr ’88 [Jun ’88], £11.95, 358pp, hc) Reprint (Futura 1988) horror anthology.
• * *Gaslit Nightmares 2 (Futura 0-7088-4876-1, Jan ’91, £4.50, 384pp, pb, cover by Richard Jones) Anthology of ghost/horror stories from the Victorian and Edwardian periods, with introductions to each by Lamb. (Contents)
• * _In the Dark See entry under Edith Nesbit.
• * _Out of the Dark, Volume One: Origins See entry under Robert W. Chambers.
• * *Stories in the Dark (Equation 1-85336-092-9, Jul ’89, £3.50, 223pp, tp) Anthology of horror stories by Jerome K. Jerome, Barry Pain, and Robert Barr. (Contents)
• * *Terror by Gaslight: An Anthology of Rare Tales of Terror (Constable 0-09-471720-6, Oct ’92, £13.99, 282pp, hc, cover by Christopher Brown) Anthology of 14 Victorian horror stories, culled from previous Lamb anthologies. Note that this volume is not the same as Terror by Gaslight: More Victorian Tales of Terror by the same editor. (Contents)

LAMBE, DEAN R(odney) (1943- ) (stories)

• * _The Odysseus Solution (with Michael A. Banks) See entry under Michael A. Banks

LAMBIRTH, FRANK (Edwin) (1928- )

• * *Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (Popular Library 0-445-20672-1, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 235pp, pb) Horror novel about a man trapped on an island haunted by demonic forces.

LAMBOURNE, DAVID

• * *The Musclemen (Oxford University Press 0-19-271675-1, Oct ’91, £7.95, 141pp, hc, cover by Chris Burke) Young-adult sf novel about a set of electronic toys that are not quite what they seem.

LAMBOURNE, ROBERT

• * *Close Encounters? Science and Science Fiction (with Michael Shallis & Michael Shortland) (Adam Hilger 0-85274-141-3, 1990 [Apr ’91], $26.00, 184pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism. A look at the relationship between science and science fiction. This worldwide edition is available in the U.S. from The American Institute of Physics, 335 East 45th St., New York NY 10017.

LAMM, RICHARD (D.) (1935- )

• * _1988 (with Arnold Grossman) (Severn House 0-7278-1310-2, Aug ’86, £9.95, 264pp, hc) Reprint near-future political thriller.

LaMOORE, LOUIS DEARBORN (1908-1988); see pseudonym Louis L’Amour

L’AMOUR, LOUIS; pseudonym of Louis Dearborn LaMoore, (1908-1988)

• * *The Haunted Mesa (Bantam 0-553-05182-2, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $18.95, 357pp, hc) Western novel with an sf element — a gate between dimensions.
• * _The Haunted Mesa (Bantam UK 0-593-01385-9, Nov ’87, £10.95, 357pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 1987) western with sf elements. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Haunted Mesa (Bantam 0-553-27022-2, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $4.50, 362pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1987) western with fantasy elements — a gate to other worlds.
• * _The Haunted Mesa (Bantam UK 0-553-17563-7, Oct ’88, £3.50, 357pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1987) fantasy novel.
• * _The Haunted Mesa (Bantam 0-553-27022-2, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $5.50, 362pp, pb, cover by Clifford Brycelea) Reissue (Bantam 1987) western with fantasy elements; 16th printing.

LAMPITT, DINAH (1937- )

• * _As Shadows Haunting (Coronet 0-340-60402-6, Jun ’94, £4.99, 515pp, pb, cover by Nigel Chamberlain) Reprint (NEL 1993) fantasy novel: women in Georgian and contemporary times become observers of each other’s parallel lives.
• * *To Sleep No More (Michael Joseph 0-7181-2619-X, 1987, £10.95, 521pp, hc) Historical novel involving reincarnation. [Not seen]
• * _To Sleep No More (Coronet 0-340-42541-5, Apr ’88, £3.50, 451pp, pb) Reprint (Michael Joseph 1987) historical romance which spans several centuries through the device of reincarnation.

LAMSLEY, TERRY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Conference with the Dead: Tales of Supernatural Terror (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-10-9, Mar ’96 [Jul ’96], £22.50, xii+231pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Dark fantasy collection of 10 stories, six being original. Introduction by Ramsey Campbell. Limited to 500 numbered copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.00. (Contents)
• * _Under the Crust: Supernatural Tales of Buxton (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-22-2, Mar ’97, C$36.50, xi+142pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Reprint (Wendigo 1993) collection of six original ghost/horror stories set in Buxton. This edition is limited to 500 copies, and adds a new introduction by the author. A world-wide edition available in the US for $36.50 and in the UK for £21.50. (Contents)

LANCE, KATHRYN (1943- ); see pseudonym Lynn Beach

• * *Pandora’s Children (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20066-9, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $3.50, 279pp, pb) [*Pandora’s Genes] Sf novel, sequel to Pandora’s Genes.
• * *Pandora’s Genes (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20004-9, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.95, 279pp, pb) [*Pandora’s Genes] Sf novel; a first novel. Competent post-holocaust novel with an overly romantic ending. (DLN)

LAND, JON (1957- )

• * _The Alpha Deception (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-13118-1, Dec ’89 [Feb ’90], $4.50, 357pp, pb) [Blaine McCracken] Reissue (Fawcett 1988) technothriller with sf elements, the third book featuring agent Blaine McCracken. Fifth printing.
• * _The Alpha Deception (Grafton 0-586-20858-5, Sep ’90, £3.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Peter Williams) [Blaine McCracken] Reprint (Fawcett 1988) techno-thriller with sf elements.
• * *The Eighth Trumpet (Grafton 0-586-21023-7, Apr ’91, £4.99, 444pp, pb, cover by Peter Williams) [Jared Kimberlain] Near-future techno-thriller.
• * *The Gamma Option (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-13399-0, Dec ’89 [Feb ’90], $4.95, 340pp, pb) [Blaine McCracken] Technothriller with sf elements, fourth book featuring agent Blaine McCracken.