The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- LESSING, DORIS (May, née Taylor) (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * _Documents Relating to the Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire (Vintage 0-394-72386-4, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $4.95, 179pp, pb) [Canopus in Argus: Archives] Reprint (Knopf 1983) sf novel, Book 5 of Canopus in Argus: Archives.
- * _Documents Relating to the Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire (Flamingo 0-00-654722-2, May 94, £5.99, 220pp, tp, cover by George Snow & Catherine Denvir) [Canopus in Argus: Archives] Reprint (Cape 1983) SF novel. Volume five in the Canopus in Argus: Archives series.
- * _The Four-Gated City (Paladin 0-586-09003-7, Aug 90 [Jan 91], £6.99, 668pp, tp, cover by Ruth Rivers) [Children of Violence] Reissue (MacGibbon & Kee 1969) literary sf novel.
- * _The Four-Gated City (Flamingo 0-586-09003-7, Nov 93, £7.99, 668pp, tp, cover by Ruth Rivers) [Children of Violence] Reprint (MacGibbon & Kee 1969) literary sf novel set in post-holocaust London. Volume five in the Children of Violence series.
- * _The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (Flamingo 0-00-654718-4, May 94, £5.99, 190pp, tp, cover by George Snow & Catherine Denvir) [Canopus in Argus: Archives] Reprint (Cape 1982) SF novel. Volume four in the Canopus in Argus: Archives series.
- * *Mara and Dann: An Adventure (HarperFlamingo 0-06-018294-6, Jan 99 [Dec 98], $25.00, 407pp, hc) [Mara and Dann] Far-future, SF novel of orphans reaching adulthood on a primitive Earth where an Ice Age born of present ecological abuse is finally receding.
- * _The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five (Flamingo 0-00-654720-6, May 94, £6.99, 299pp, tp, cover by George Snow & Catherine Denvir) [Canopus in Argus: Archives] Reprint (Cape 1980) SF novel. Volume two in the Canopus in Argus: Archives series.
- * *Playing the Game (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21689-8, Dec 95 [Jan 96], £6.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Charlie Adlard) Graphic novel of a strange game played in an apocalyptic world. Illustrated by Charlie Adlard.
- * _Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta (Flamingo 0-00-654719-2, May 94, £6.99, 448pp, tp, cover by George Snow & Catherine Denvir) [Canopus in Argus: Archives] Reprint (Cape 1979) SF novel. Volume one in the Canopus in Argus: Archives series.
- * _The Sirian Experiments (Flamingo 0-00-654721-4, May 94, £6.99, 331pp, tp, cover by George Snow & Catherine Denvir) [Canopus in Argus: Archives] Reprint (Cape 1981) SF novel. Volume three in the Canopus in Argus: Archives series.
- LETENDRE, SERGE
- * *Roxanna #2: The Temple of Oblivion (with Regis Loisel) (NBM 0-918348-34-X, Sep 87 [Aug 87], $7.95, 48pp, tp) [Roxanna] Graphic novel.
- LETHEM, JONATHAN (Allen) (1964- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Amnesia Moon (Harcourt Brace 0-15-100091-3, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $20.00, 247pp, hc, cover by Alexander Munn) Post-holocaust, literary SF/fantasy road novel.
- * _Amnesia Moon (NEL 0-340-63224-0, Oct 95, £5.99, 249pp, pb, cover by Chris Brown) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1995) SF novel (maybe). An after-the-bomb Earth where the bombs never fell. A quest for questions rather than answers. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Amnesia Moon (Tor 0-312-86220-2, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $12.95, 247pp, tp, cover by Michael Koelsch) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1995) post-holocaust, literary SF/fantasy road novel.
- * *As She Climbed Across the Table (Doubleday 0-385-48517-4, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $22.95, 212pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel, academic satire, love story, and Alice in Wonderland take-off. A physics professor named Alice falls in love with the void in the universe she created, while her human lover tries to win her back.
- * _As She Climbed Across the Table (Random/Vintage 0-375-70012-9, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $12.00, 212pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1997) literary fantasy novel and academic satire.
- * *Girl in Landscape (Doubleday 0-385-48518-2, Apr 98 [Mar 98], $22.95, 280pp, hc, cover by Marc Tauss) Magic Realism/SF novel. A family fleeing post-holocaust Brooklyn moves to a rough frontier planet with alien ruins.
- * *Gun, with Occasional Music (Harcourt Brace 0-15-136458-3, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $19.95, 262pp, hc, cover by Michael Koelsch) Black comedy sf/PI novel about a gumshoe in a future/alternate world Oakland. A first novel. Recommended (SW).
- * _Gun, with Occasional Music (NEL 0-340-63225-9, Feb 95, £4.99, 262pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1994) black comedy SF/PI novel set in a future/alternate Oakland. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Gun, with Occasional Music (Tor 0-312-85878-7, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $10.95, 262pp, tp, cover by Michael Koelsch) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1994) SF mystery novel.
- * *The Wall of the Sky, The Wall of the Eye (Harcourt Brace 0-15-100180-4, Oct 96 [Aug 96], $23.00, 294pp, hc, cover by Alexander Munn) Collection of seven stories, two not previously published. (Contents)
- * _The Wall of the Sky, The Wall of the Eye (Tor 0-312-86353-5, Aug 97 [Jul 97], $13.95, 294pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1996) collection of seven stories, two not previously published.
- LETTOW, DONNA
- * *Highlander: Zealot (Warner Aspect 0-446-60457-7, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $5.99, 243pp, pb) [Highlander] Novelization based on the syndicated TV show based on the movie. Copyrighted by Warner Books.
- LETTS, BARRY (1925-2009) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Doctor Who Classics: The Daemons and The Time Monster (with Terrance Dicks) (Lyle Stuart/Star 0-352-32382-5, 1989 [Aug 89], $5.95, 172/151pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Omnibus of two young-adult sf novelizations, The Daemons by Barry Letts (1974) and The Time Monster by Terrance Dicks (1985). This is a worldwide edition carrying the names of the publisher and its US, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand distributors.
- * *Doctor Who Classics: The Daemons and The Time Monster (with Terrance Dicks) (Target 0-352-32382-5, Mar 89, £2.95, 325pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization. Volume 5 in the Doctor Who Classics series. (Contents)
- * _Doctor Who: The Daemons (Target 0-426-11332-2, Oct 93, £3.50, 172pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reissue (Target 1975) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 15 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
- * *Doctor Who: The Ghosts of N-Space (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20434-4, Feb 95 [Apr 95], £4.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Novelisation based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
- * *Doctor Who: The Paradise of Death (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20413-1, Apr 94 [Mar 94], £4.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Novelization of a Doctor Who series broadcast on BBC Radio 5 in 1993.
- * _Doctor Who: The Scripts: The Daemons (with Robert Sloman) See entry under Robert Sloman.
- LEVACK, DANIEL J. H.
- * *Dune Master: A Frank Herbert Bibliography (with Mark Willard) (Meckler 0-88736-099-8, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $45.00, 176pp, hc) Non-fiction: annotated bibliography of work by and about Herbert, through 1987. A fine piece of exhaustive scholarship. Recommended. (CNB) [Herbert]
- * _PKD: A Philip K. Dick Bibliography, Revised Edition (Meckler 0-88736-096-3, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $45.00, 156pp, hc) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1981) bibliography. This is not a revision of the earlier edition; there are some minor corrections, but it is not revised through 1984, even though the new introduction says it is. [Dick]
- LEVANTHAL, LIONEL (1937- ); see pseudonym Alan K. Russell
- LeVAY, SIMON (1943- )
- * *Albricks Gold (Masquerade/Hard Candy 1-56333-644-8, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $7.95, 370pp, tp, cover by Kurosh ValaNejad) Gay biotech thriller. A homophobic researcher finds a cure for homosexuality.
- LEVEN, JEREMY (1941- )
- * _Creator (Penguin 0-14-005620-3, Mar 86, £2.95, pb) Reissue (Coward, McCann 1981) sf novel; film tie-in edition.
- LEVENE, CAITLIN (stories)
- * *The Teeth of Angels: Stories (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-12766-1, Jul 89 [Aug 89], £11.95, 265pp, hc) Remarkable collection of 19 original mainstream stories, most with a streak of fantasy running through them. Recommended. (PSP) (Contents)
- LEVENE, REBECCA (stories) (chron.)
- LEVERICH, KATHLEEN (stories)
- * *The New You (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-16076-X, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $15.00, 108pp, hc, cover by Nina Crews) Young-adult fantasy novella. A girl at a new school goes to a shop to get a new identity.
- LEVI, PRIMO (1919-1987) (stories)
- * _The Mirror Maker (Schocken 0-8052-0989-1, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $9.95, 176pp, tp, cover by Louise Fili) Reprint (Schocken 1989) collection of 13 stories and 22 essays. Most of the stories are sf and fantasy. Translated from the Italian by Raymond Rosenthal. (Contents)
- * *The Sixth Day and Other Stories (Summit, May 90 [Jun 90], $19.95, hc) Collection of 23 literary fantasy stories. This is an omnibus of two collections originally published in Italian, Storie Natural (as by Damiano Malabaila) (1966) and Vizio di Forma (1977). Translated by Raymond Rosenthal. (Contents)
- * _The Sixth Day and Other Tales (Abacus 0-349-10186-8, Nov 91, £4.99, 255pp, tp, cover by Caroline Binch) Reprint (Summit 1990) literary sf collection. [First U.K. edition]
- LEVIN, BETTY (1927- ) (stories)
- * *A Binding Spell (Dutton/Lodestar 0-525-67151-X, Nov 84 [Oct 84], $12.95, 179pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel about a ghost horse.
- * *The Ice Bear (Morrow/Greenwillow 0-688-06431-0, Oct 86, $10.25, 179pp, hc) [Ice Bear] Young-adult fantasy-adventure novel.
- * _The Keeping Room (Morrow/Greenwillow 0-688-80300-8, Apr 88 [Mar 89], $11.95, 247pp, hc) Reissue (Greenwillow 1981) young-adult fantasy novel about a boy who learns about the curse on an old farm while preparing a school project. Second printing.
- * *Mercys Mill (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-11122-X, Sep 92 [Aug 92], $14.00, 241pp, hc, cover by Jos. A. Smith) Young-adult time-travel fantasy novel. Sarah encounters a strange boy who seems to have come from a century ago.
- LEVIN, IRA (1929-2007) (stories)
- * _The Boys from Brazil (Pan 0-330-25015-9, Jan 88 [Jun 88], £2.95, 238pp, pb) Reissue (Michael Joseph 1976) sf/horror novel.
- * _Rosemarys Baby (Pan 0-330-02115-X, Jan 88 [Jun 88], £2.95, 205pp, pb) [Rosemary Reilly] Reissue (Random House 1967) horror novel.
- * _Rosemarys Baby (Bantam 0-553-29001-0, Mar 91 [Nov 91], $5.95, 262pp, pb, cover by Tom Hallman) [Rosemary Reilly] Reprint (Random House 1967) classic occult thriller of a woman who gives birth to the devils child.
- * _Rosemarys Baby (BOMC no ISBN, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $14.95, 262pp, hc) [Rosemary Reilly] Reprint (Random House 1967) classic occult thriller of a woman who gives birth to the devils child. This edition is identical to the 1991 Armchair Detective Library edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.
- * _Rosemarys Baby (Penguin/Signet 0-451-19400-4, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $6.99, 308pp, pb) [Rosemary Reilly] Reprint (Random House 1967) horror novel.
- * *Son of Rosemary (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-94374-9, Sep 97, $22.95, 257pp, hc) [Rosemary Reilly] Horror novel, a millennial sequel to Rosemarys Baby.
- * _Son of Rosemary (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-19472-1, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $6.99, 315pp, pb) [Rosemary Reilly] Reprint (Dutton 1997) horror novel, millennial sequel to Rosemarys Baby.
- * _The Stepford Wives (Pan 0-330-23842-6, Mar 88 [Jul 88], £2.99, 159pp, pb) Reissue (Random House 1972) sf/horror novel.
- * _The Stepford Wives (Bantam 0-553-29003-7, Mar 91 [Nov 91], $5.95, 151pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) Reprint (Random House 1972) sf novel about a suburb where men are replacing their wives with robots.
- * _This Perfect Day (Pan 0-330-02657-7, Mar 88, £2.50, 283pp, pb) Reissue (Random House 1970) sf novel. [Not seen]
- * _This Perfect Day (Bantam 0-553-29002-9, Mar 91 [Nov 91], $5.95, 337pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) Reprint (Random House 1970) utopian sf novel.
- * _This Perfect Day (Penguin 0-451-18001-1, Jun 94 [Jul 94], £4.99, 333pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1970) SF novel.
- * *Three By Ira Levin: Rosemarys Baby, This Perfect Day, The Stepford Wives (Random House 0-394-54512-5, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $12.95, 485pp, hc) Omnibus of three horror/sf/dark fantasy novels. (Contents)
- LEVIN, JEREMY
- * _Creator (Pocket 0-671-54205-2, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $3.95, 581pp, pb) Reissue (Coward, McCann 1980) sf clone novel. Movie tie-in edition.
- LEVINE, GAIL CARSON (chron.)
- * *Ella Enchanted (HarperCollins 0-06-027510-3, May 97, $14.95, 232pp, hc, cover by Mark Elliott) [Ella Enchanted] Young-adult fantasy novel. A fairys gift turns out to be a curse for a princess forced to always be obedient.
- * _Ella Enchanted (HarperTrophy 0-06-440705-5, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $4.95, 232pp, tp, cover by Mark Elliott) [Ella Enchanted] Reprint (HarperCollins 1997) young-adult fantasy novel. A fairys gift forces a princess to always be obedient. A Newbery Honor book.
- LEVINSON, ALAN (stories)
- LEVINSON, BRUCE SCOTT
- LEVINSON, [Dr.] PAUL (1947- ) (stories)
- * +The Soft Edge: A Natural History and Future of the Information Revolution (Routledge 0-415-15785-4, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $25.00, 257pp, hc) Associational non-fiction, a critical look at communications and the evolution of technology, from the alphabet to the Internet, with considerable consideration of online publishing, copyrights, and the future of books. First US edition (Routledge UK 1997).
- * _The Soft Edge: A Natural History and Future of the Information Revolution (Routledge 0-415-19772-4, Nov 98 [Dec 98], $16.99, 257pp, tp) Reprint (Routledge UK 1997) associational non-fiction, a critical look at communications technology, from the alphabet to online publishing, copyrights, and the future of books.
- LEVITIN, SONIA (chron.)
- * _Beyond Another Door (Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70425-4, Apr 94, $3.99, 163pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1977) young-adult ghost novel. Daria buys a dish that is haunted by her grandmother.
- * _The Golem and the Dragon Girl (Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70441-6, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $3.99, 169pp, pb) Reprint (Dial 1993) young-adult ghost novel about a family moving out of the house where an oak tree contains the spirit of their grandfather.
- LEVOY, MYRON
- * _The Magic Hat of Mortimer Wintergreen (Harper Trophy 0-06-440335-1, Feb 90 [Jan 90], $3.95, 211pp, tp, cover by Tom Newsom) Reprint (Harper & Row 1988) childrens fantasy novel.
- LEVY, ANDREW, ed. (stories)
- LEVY, ELIZABETH (Yelverton) (1942- )
- * *The Drowned (Hyperion 0-7868-0135-2, Oct 95, $16.95, 190pp, hc, cover by Broeck Steadman) Young-adult horror novel. Teenagers are murdered so a drowned boys ghost can walk the earth.
- LEVY, MAURICE
- * *Lovecraft: A Study in the Fantastic (Wayne State University Press 0-8143-1956-4, May 88 [Apr 88], $12.50, 147pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical study. First English-language edition (France 1985), translated by S.T. Joshi. Also announced in hardcover not seen. [Lovecraft]
- LEVY, ROBERT
- * *Clan of the Shape-Changers (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-66612-0, Apr 94, $13.95, 183pp, hc, cover by N. Taylor Blanchard) Young-adult fantasy novel about a clan with shapechanging powers that is endangered by those who do not have the power.
- * *Escape from Exile (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-64379-1, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $13.95, 171pp, hc, cover by N. Taylor Blanchard) Fantasy novel of a 13-year-old boy transported to a strange land where he communicates telepathically with animals. A first novel.
- * *The Misfit Apprentice (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-68077-8, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $14.95, 183pp, hc, cover by N. Taylor Blanchard) Young-adult fantasy novel. A would-be magician fails her training, and sets out to seek her fortune.
- LEWINS, ANNA (1956- )
- * *Dream for Danger (Blackie 0-216-92082-5, May 87, £7.95, 140pp, hc) Juvenile sf/fantasy novel. [Not seen]
- * _Dream for Danger (Magnet 0-416-12832-7, May 89, £1.99, 140pp, pb, cover by Bill Gregory) Reprint (Blackie 1987) young-adult sf novel.
- * *World of Strangers (Blackie 0-216-92740-4, Dec 89, £7.95, 151pp, hc, cover by Helen Cooper) Young-adult sf novel, about two warring races of aliens disguised as human beings.
- LEWIS, ANTHONY R(ichard) TONY; (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *An Annotated Bibliography of Recursive Science Fiction (NESFA Press 0-915368-47-1, Oct 90, $6.00, 56pp, ph, cover by Merle Insinga) Non-fiction; reference. An annotated bibliography of sf and fantasy set in or containing characters who are members of the sf community, with an introduction by Barry N. Malzberg.
- * *Concordance to Cordwainer Smith (NESFA Press 0-915368-24-2, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $6, 90pp, tp) This compendium covers people, places, things, and stories. From air whale to wet stinker, Boom Lagoon to Santuna (a girl, fulfilled in 1,000 ways), this is one of the most entertaining reference books around. It should delight all of Smiths fans. (FCM) [Smith]
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