The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- LAWHEAD, STEPHEN R. (stories) (continued)
- * _The Warlords of Nin (Crossway Books 0-89107-278-0, 1985 [Sep 85], $7.95, 367pp, pb) [Dragon King] Reissue (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel, second in the Dragon King trilogy. 4th printing.
- * _The Warlords of Nin (Lion, 1985 [Mar 86], £2.50, pb) [Dragon King] Reprint (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel, second in the Dragon King trilogy.
- * _The Warlords of Nin (Lion 0-85648-874-7, Apr 85, £2.50, 352pp, pb) [Dragon King] Reprint (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
- * _The Warlords of Nin (Lion 0-85648-874-7, Jan 87, £2.95, 367pp, pb) [Dragon King] Reissue (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Dragonking Saga series.
- * _The Warlords of Nin (Crossway Books 0-89107-564-X, Dec 89 [Jan 90], $8.95, 367pp, tp, cover by Chuck Gillies) [Dragon King] Reissue (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel, second book of the Dragon King trilogy; 10th printing.
- * _The Warlords of Nin (Lion 0-85648-874-7, Jan 91, £3.99, 367pp, pb) [Dragon King] Reissue (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel. Book Two in The Dragon King Saga.
- * _The Warlords of Nin (AvoNova 0-380-71630-5, May 92 [Apr 92], $4.99, 403pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) [Dragon King] Reprint (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel, second book of the Dragon King trilogy.
- * _Warlords of Nin (HarperCollins/Zondervan 0-310-20503-4, Feb 96, $13.00, 394pp, tp, cover by Chuck Gillies) [Dragon King] Reprint (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel, book two in the Dragon King trilogy.
- LAWLER, RICK, ed. (1949- ) (stories)
- * *Abortion Stories: Fiction on Fire (MinRef Press 0-9624394-1-X, Jul 92, $11.00, 246pp, tp, cover by Michael Taylor) Original anthology of 23 stories about abortion, two reprints, with a foreword by David Brin and an introduction by the editor. Most of the stories have sf, fantasy, or horror elements. Available from MinRef Press, 8379 Langtree Way, Sacramento CA 95823. (Contents)
- LAWRENCE, CHARLOTTE (1935- )
- * *The Ragbone Man (Llywellyn Publications 1-56718-412-X, Sep 94, $4.99, 312pp, pb) Occult mystery novel about the effect a mysterious man and his old book have on the owner of a New Age book and herb shop. First book of a projected trilogy. Available from Lllywellyn Publications, PO Box 64383, St. Paul MN 55164-0383.
- LAWRENCE, CONRAD
- * *The Council to Save the Planet (Northwest Publishing 1-56901-189-3, Oct 94, 364pp, tp) Collection of 20 interlinked SF stories about near-future efforts to save the environment. Available from Northwest Publishing Incorporated, 5949 South 350 West, Salt Lake City UT 84107.
- LAWRENCE, J. A.; see under Lawrence, Judith Ann (stories)
- LAWRENCE, JIM (stories)
- * *The A.I. Gang #2: The Cutlass Clue (NAL/Signet/Vista 0-451-14315-9, Jun 86, $2.25, 154pp, pb) [A.I. Gang] Juvenile sf novel. A gang of whiz-kids protect a top-secret artificial intelligence research project from spies.
- LAWRENCE, JUDITH ANN; [i.e., Judith Ann Lawrence Blish] (stories)
- * _Mudds Angels (Bantam 0-553-24666-6, Feb 85 [Jan 85], $2.95, 177pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1978) Star Trek book, adaptation of two episodes from the tv show. 2nd printing.
- * _Mudds Angels (Titan 1-85286-510-5, Apr 94, £4.50, 178pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Star Trek] Reprint (Bantam 1978) original SF novelization. Derived from the two scripts by Stephen Kandel plus extra material. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Star Trek 12 (with James Blish) See entry under James Blish.
- * _Star Trek: Mudds Enterprise (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56982-1, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $4.99, 212pp, pb, cover by Kazuhiko Sano) [Star Trek] Reprint (Bantam 1978 as Mudds Angels) Star Trek novelization.
- * _Star Trek: The Classic Episodes 1 (with James Blish) See entry under James Blish.
- * _Star Trek: The Classic Episodes 3 (with James Blish) See entry under James Blish.
- LAWRENCE, LOUISE; pseudonym of Elizabeth Wintle Holden, (1943- ) (stories)
- * _Andra (Collins 0-00-184084-3, Aug 89, £6.95, 191pp, hc, cover by Nick Mountain) Reissue (Collins 1971) young-adult sf novel.
- * _Andra (HarperCollins 0-06-023685-X, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $14.95, 229pp, hc, cover by Anton C. Kimball) Reprint (Collins 1971) young-adult sf novel. A young girl in the far future receives a brain graft from a boy who died in 1987 and begans to see her world through his eyes.
- * _Andra (Lions Tracks 0-00-673580-0, Apr 91 [Aug 91], £3.50, 268pp, pb) Reprint (Collins 1971) young-adult sf novel.
- * *Ben-Harrans Castle (The Bodley Head 0-370-31715-7, Dec 92, £7.99, 228pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) Young-adult sf novel about Ben-Harran, ruler of the galaxy.
- * _Ben-Harrans Castle (Red Fox 0-09-910911-5, Jan 94 [Dec 93], £3.50, 228pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reprint (Bodley Head 1992) young-adult sf novel about Ben-Harran, ruler of the galaxy.
- * _Calling B for Butterfly (Harper Starwanderer 0-694-05625-1, 1988 [Sep 88], $3.25, 213pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1982) young-adult sf adventure novel set aboard a lifeboat after a liner is destroyed by an asteroid.
- * _Calling B for Butterfly (The Bodley Head 0-370-31256-2, Sep 88, £2.95, 159pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1982) young-adult sf novel. This edition is revised. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Children of the Dust (Harper & Row 0-06-023738-4, Sep 85, $12.50, 183pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel about mutants after a nuclear holocaust. There may be be an earlier or simultaneous British edition.
- * _Children of the Dust (Armada 0-00-672621-6, Sep 86, £1.95, 168pp, pb) Reprint (Harper 1985) sf novel.
- * _Children of the Dust (Red Fox 0-09-931411-8, Jan 95, £3.50, 168pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1985) young-adult SF novel about the emergence of a new type of human, adapting to the aftermath of a nuclear war.
- * *The Disinherited (The Bodley Head 0-370-31898-6, May 94, £7.99, 220pp, tp, cover by George Smith) Young-adult SF novel. In a near-future Britain whose economy has totally collapsed, an unlikely romance develops between an upper class girl and a disinherited youth. Published in 1994, but not listed until now. The US title is The Patchwork People.
- * _The Disinherited (Red Fox 0-09-930187-3, Feb 96, £3.50, 220pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1994) young-adult SF novel set in near-future Britain.
- * *Dream-Weaver (Clarion Books 0-395-71812-0, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $14.95, 231pp, hc, cover by Anton Kimball) Young-adult SF novel. A colony ships destination turns out to be inhabited, and only two teens can help find middle ground between the two groups.
- * _Dream-Weaver (Clarion Books 0-395-92864-8, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $6.95, 231pp, tp, cover by Anton Kimball) Reprint (Clarion 1996) young-adult SF novel.
- * *Dreamweaver (Collins 0-00-185616-2, Oct 96, £9.99, 288pp, hc) Young-adult SF novel. Simultaneous with the US (Clarion) edition. Emigrants from a dying Earth seek refuge on an inhabited planet.
- * _Dreamweaver (Collins 0-00-675088-5, Dec 97 [Nov 97], £3.99, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Collins 1996) young-adult SF novel.
- * _The Earth Witch (Ace 0-441-18130-9, Jun 86 [May 86], $2.95, 184pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1981) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _The Earth Witch (Lions 0-00-673378-6, Jun 89, £2.50, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1981) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _Extinction Is Forever (Red Fox 0-09-985060-5, Dec 91 [Feb 92], £2.99, 190pp, pb) Reprint (Bodley Head 1990) young-adult sf novel.
- * *Extinction Is Forever and Other Stories (The Bodley Head 0-370-31348-8, Jul 90, £5.99, 190pp, tp, cover by Janet Woolley) Collection of eight young-adult sf stories, five of them original. (Contents)
- * *Journey Through Llandor (Collins 0-00-185610-3, Jul 95, £8.99, 272pp, hc) [Llandor] Young-adult fantasy novel. Three children are transported to a fantasy world, befriended by an elf girl and others, and menaced by the evil Grimthane. First of a trilogy, to be followed by The Road to Irriyan and The Parting of the Ways.
- * _Journey Through Llandor (Collins 0-00-675022-2, Jan 96 [May 96], £3.99, 272pp, pb) [Llandor] Reprint (Collins 1995) young-adult fantasy novel. First in a trilogy.
- * +Keeper of the Universe (Clarion Books 0-395-64340-6, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $13.95, 228pp, hc, cover by Chris K. Soentpiet) Young-adult sf novel of a boy kidnapped from Earth and used as a pawn in a galactic power struggle. First American edition (Bodley Head 1992 as Ben-Harrans Castle).
- * *Moonwind (Harper & Row 0-06-023733-3, Oct 86, $12.50, 180pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of a pair of teenagers plus an astral being stranded on the moon.
- * _Moonwind (Harper & Row/Starwanderer 0-694-05617-0, Sep 87, $2.95, 180pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1986) young-adult sf novel where an Earth boy falls in love with an astral spirit.
- * _Moonwind (Lions 0-00-672750-6, Nov 87, £1.95, 154pp, pb) Reprint (Bodley Head 1986) juvenile sf novel.
- * _Moonwind (Lions 0-00-672750-6, Sep 88 [Oct 88], £1.95, 154pp, pb) Reissue (Bodley Head 1986) young-adult ghost novel.
- * +The Patchwork People (Clarion Books 0-395-67892-7, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $14.95, 230pp, hc, cover by Paul Hunt) Young-adult dystopian SF novel set in a future Wales. First American edition (Bodley Head 1994 as The Disinherited).
- * _The Power of Stars (Collins 0-00-184685-X, Aug 89, £6.95, 159pp, hc, cover by Geoff Cummings) Reissue (Collins 1972) young-adult occult novel.
- * _The Power of Stars (Lions Tracks 0-00-673581-9, Aug 90 [Sep 90], £2.75, 159pp, pb) Reissue (Collins 1972) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * *The Road to Irriyan (Collins 0-00-185623-5, Jan 96 [Feb 96], £8.99, 286pp, hc) [Llandor] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Llandor trilogy after Journey Through Llandor.
- * _The Road to Irryan (Collins 0-00-675118-0, Jul 96 [Mar 97], £3.99, 286pp, pb) [Llandor] Reprint (Collins 1996) young-adult fantasy novel. Second in the trilogy, after Journey Through Llandor. Issued in 1996 but not seen until now.
- * _The Shadow of Mordican (Collins 0-00-675168-7, May 97, £3.99, 288pp, pb) [Llandor] Reprint (Collins 1996) young-adult fantasy novel. Third in the trilogy, afer Journey Through Llandor and The Road to Irryan.
- * _Star Lord (The Bodley Head 0-370-31153-1, Oct 87 [Dec 87], £4.50, 154pp, tp) Reprint (Harper & Row 1978) juvenile sf novel. This edition is substantially revised.
- * _Star Lord (Harper Starwanderer 0-694-05620-0, Mar 88, $2.75, 170pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1978) young-adult sf novel.
- * *The Warriors of Taan (The Bodley Head 0-370-30715-1, Sep 86, £4.50, 196pp, tp) Young-adult sf novel.
- * +The Warriors of Taan (Harper & Row 0-06-023736-8, Mar 88, $12.95, 249pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel. Earth invaders are destroying the delicate Taan civilization and have to be driven off, with the aid of ancient wisdom. First U.S. edition (Bodley Head 1986).
- * _Warriors of Taan (Lions 0-00-672853-7, Aug 88, £2.25, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Bodley Head 1986) young-adult fantasy novel.
- LAWRENCE, MARTHA C. (1956- )
- * *The Cold Heart of Capricorn (St. Martins 0-312-14569-1, Jan 97 [Feb 97], $21.95, 225pp, hc, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Elizabeth Chase] Mystery novel, second in the Elizabeth Chase series about a detective/parapsychologist with psychic abilities.
- * _The Cold Heart of Capricorn (St. Martins 0-312-96294-0, Jan 98 [Dec 97], $5.99, 225pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Elizabeth Chase] Reprint (St. Martins 1997) mystery novel, second in the Elizabeth Chase psychic detective series.
- * *Murder in Scorpio (St. Martins 0-312-13567-X, Nov 95 [Dec 95], $21.95, 227pp, hc, cover by Tristan A. Elwell) [Elizabeth Chase] Mystery novel about a detective/parapsychologist with psychic abilities. A first novel.
- * _Murder in Scorpio (NEL 0-340-66571-8, Oct 96, £5.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Jean Louis Batt) [Elizabeth Chase] Reprint (St. Martins 1995) mystery featuring a psychic detective.
- * _Murder in Scorpio (St. Martins 0-312-95984-2, Nov 96 [Dec 96], $5.50, 227pp, pb) [Elizabeth Chase] Reprint (St. Martins 1995) psychic-detective mystery.
- LAWRENCE, SIMON; pseudonym of R. Karl Largent
- * *The Pond (Leisure 0-8439-3031-4, Dec 90 [Feb 92], $4.50, 389pp, pb) Horror novel of monstrous evil and corruption surrounding a seemingly innocent pond in a small Alabama town. This is a 1990 book not seen until now. Lawrence is a pen name for R. Karl Largent.
- LAWRENCE, TERRY; [i.e., Mary Terese Lawrence]
- * *Ever Since Adam (Bantam Loveswept 0-553-44187-6, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $2.79, 180pp, pb) Sf romance. A female psychologist is sent to monitor a handsome astronaut alone in an orbital space station.
- LAWRIE, ROBIN
- * _The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (with C. S. Lewis) (Lions 0-00-193977-7, Nov 94, £4.99, 64pp, pb, cover by Robin Lawrie) [Narnia] Reprint (Lions 1993) picture book version of the novel (Bles, 1950): the text is abridged and the work illustrated by Robin Lawrie.
- LAWS, JAY B. (stories)
- * *Steam (Alyson 1-55583-184-2, May 91 [Jun 91], $9.95, 398pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Gay horror novel of evil festering in an abandoned bathhouse in San Franciscos South-of-Market area. One of the best Stephen King-style novels. A first novel. Recommended (SW).
- * *The Unfinished (Alyson 1-55583-217-2, May 93, $9.95, 283pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Gay ghost/horror fix-up novel consisting of three stories plus a framing tale about a haunted house in San Franciscos Castro district. Published posthumously. Order from Alyson Publications, 40 Plympton St., Boston MA 02118.
- LAWS, STEPHEN (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Chasm (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66611-0, Jul 98 [Jun 98], £16.99, 546pp, hc, cover by Jon Blake) Dark fantasy novel. Desperate survivors trapped in a ruined town on the edge of a bottomless abyss confront an ancient evil from the depths.
- * _Chasm (NEL 0-340-66612-9, Dec 98 [Nov 98], £6.99, 546pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1998) dark fantasy novel.
- * *Daemonic (Hodder & Stoughton 0-450-60692-9, Oct 95 [Sep 95], £15.99, 488pp, hc, cover by Jon Blake) Horror novel. A group of people are invited to visit a rich recluse, and be paid for doing so. But the real cost will be exacted by the diabolic deal the recluse has made..
- * _Daemonic (NEL 0-340-66673-0, May 96 [Apr 96], £5.99, 488pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) dark fantasy novel of a deal with the devil.
- * *Darkfall (NEL 0-450-55674-3, Mar 92 [Feb 92], £14.99, 276pp, hc) Horror novel about the occupants of an office building caught in an unholy storm.
- * _Darkfall (NEL 0-450-58173-X, Apr 93 [Mar 93], £4.99, 358pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1992) horror novel about the occupants of an office building caught in an unholy storm.
- * _Darkfall (NEL 0-450-58173-X, Oct 96, £5.99, 358pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reissue (NEL 1992) dark fantasy novel.
- * *The Frighteners (Souvenir Press 0-285-62944-1, Jun 90 [Jul 90], £14.95, 375pp, hc, cover by Robin Davies) Horror novel about a small-time crook who discovers that putting the frighteners on can sometimes be taken literally.
- * _The Frighteners (NEL 0-450-55450-3, Nov 91 [Oct 91], £4.99, 461pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1990) horror novel.
- * _The Frighteners (NEL 0-450-55450-3, Oct 96, £5.99, 461pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reissue (Souvenir Press 1990) dark fantasy novel.
- * +Ghost Train (Beaufort 0-8253-0315-X, Aug 85 [Sep 85], $15.95, 314pp, hc) Reprint (Souvenir 1985), first U.S. edition of a dark fantasy/horror novel; a first novel.
- * _Ghost Train (Tor 0-812-52100-5, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $3.95, 314pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir 1985) horror novel.
- * _Ghost Train (Sphere 0-7221-5386-4, Mar 87, £2.95, 343pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir 1985) horror novel.
- * _Ghost Train (NEL 0-450-59981-7, Feb 94, £5.99, 375pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1985) horror novel.
- * _Ghost Train (NEL 0-450-59981-7, May 97, £5.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reissue (Souvenir Press 1985) dark fantasy novel. Third printing.
- * *Gideon (NEL 0-450-56394-4, Apr 93 [Mar 93], £15.99, 342pp, hc) Horror novel about a man with supernatural powers.
- * _Gideon (NEL 0-450-59977-9, Feb 94, £4.99, 437pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1993) horror novel.
- * *Macabre (Hodder & Stoughton 0-450-60690-2, Oct 94 [Sep 94], £15.99, 440pp, hc, cover by Mark Taylor) Horror novel, in which the homeless people of an inner city become the instruments of an evil force.
- * _Macabre (NEL 0-450-60691-0, Oct 95 [Sep 95], £5.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1994) horror novel. The homeless people of an inner city become the instruments of an evil force.
- * *Somewhere South of Midnight (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66609-9, Oct 96, £16.99, 439pp, hc, cover by Jon Blake) Horror novel.
- * _Somewhere South of Midnight (NEL 0-340-66610-2, May 97 [Apr 97], £5.99, 584pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) horror novel.
- * *Spectre (Souvenir Press 0-285-62747-3, May 86, £8.95, 256pp, hc) Horror/fantasy novel. Someone or something is hunting down the Byker Chapter as their images disappear from an old photograph.
- * _Spectre (Tor 0-812-52102-1, Jul 87 [Jun 87], $3.95, 279pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1986) horror novel.
- * _Spectre (Sphere 0-7221-5365-1, Feb 88, £3.50, 255pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1986) horror novel.
- * _Spectre (NEL 0-450-59980-9, Feb 94, £5.99, 296pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1986) horror novel.
- * _Spectre (NEL 0-450-59980-9, May 97 [Jul 97], £5.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reissue (Souvenir Press 1986) dark fantasy novel. 3rd printing.
- * *The Wyrm (Souvenir Press 0-285-62810-0, Oct 87, £9.95, 301pp, hc) Horror novel.
- * _The Wyrm (Sphere 0-7474-0268-X, Feb 89 [Jan 89], £3.50, 301pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1987) horror novel about a grotesque vampire-like creature let loose on the English countryside.
- * _The Wyrm (NEL 0-450-59979-5, Feb 94, £5.99, 343pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1987) horror novel.
- * _The Wyrm (NEL 0-450-59979-5, Oct 96, £5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reissue (Souvenir Press 1987) dark fantasy novel.
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