The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

McCRUMB, SHARYN (Elaine Atwood) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _The Ballad of Frankie Silver (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-71714-9, Jun ’98, £16.99, xii+352pp, hc, cover by Kenneth Murray) [Sheriff Spencer Arrowood] Reprint (Dutton 1998) mystery novel with minor fantasy elements, part of the Appalachian “Ballad” series. An 1832 murder has strange parallels to a present case. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Bimbos & Zombies (SFBC #01176, May ’98 [Feb ’98], $10.98, 310pp, hc, cover by Jeff Walker) [Jay Omega] Omnibus of two mysteries about SF fandom: Bimbos of the Death Sun (TSR 1988) and Zombies of the Gene Pool (Simon & Schuster 1992). This special Mystery Guild edition has ISBN 1-56865-580-0; it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *Bimbos of the Death Sun (TSR/Windwalker 0-88038-455-7, Mar ’87, $2.95, 219pp, pb) [Jay Omega] Associational, a mystery novel centered around the death of a fantasy novelist at Rubicon, a science fiction convention. Incredibly fannish. (CFC)
• * _Bimbos of the Death Sun (TSR 0-88038-455-7, Oct ’88 [Nov ’88], $3.95, 228pp, tp) [Jay Omega] Reissue (TSR 1988) sf/mystery novel — murder at a science fiction con. Second printing.
• * _Bimbos of the Death Sun (Penguin 0-14-011848-9, Jun ’89, £2.99, 219pp, pb, cover by Jeff Easley) [Jay Omega] Reprint (TSR 1987) mystery novel about a murder at a US sf Convention. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Bimbos of the Death Sun (Ballantine 0-345-41215-X, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $5.99, 212pp, pb) [Jay Omega] Reprint (TSR 1987) associational mystery about murder at an SF con, with a new introduction by McCrumb.
• * _Bimbos of the Death Sun (Ballantine 0-345-41215-X, Feb ’98, $5.99, 212pp, pb, cover by Jeff Walker) [Jay Omega] Reissue (TSR 1987) associational mystery about murder at an SF con, with the 1997 introduction by McCrumb. Fourth printing.
• * _Foggy Mountain Breakdown (NEL 0-340-71716-5, Jun ’98, £5.99, 326pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1997 as Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories) collection of 24 stories, two original, most with the Southern Appalachian locales and themes of McCrumb’s “Ballad” mysteries. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories (Ballantine 0-345-41493-4, Sep ’97, $22.50, 326pp, hc, cover by Larry Schwinger) Collection of 24 stories, two original, most with the Southern Appalachian locales and themes of McCrumb’s “Ballad” mysteries. (Contents)
• * _The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40370-3, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $5.50, 381pp, pb) [Sheriff Spencer Arrowood] Reprint (Scribner’s 1992) associational mystery novel with psychic elements, the follow-up to If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O.
• * _The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter (NEL 0-340-64688-8, Feb ’96, £5.99, 306pp, pb) [Sheriff Spencer Arrowood] Reprint (Scribner’s 1992) associational mystery novel with psychic elements. [First U.K. edition]
• * _If Ever I Return (Coronet 0-340-64691-8, Oct ’95, £5.99, 312pp, pb) [Sheriff Spencer Arrowood] Reprint (Scribner’s 1990 as If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O) associational mystery, with psychic elements. First of a series. Issued in 1995, but not seen until now. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Rosewood Casket (Dutton 0-525-94011-1, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $23.95, 299pp, hc, cover by Marc Burckhardt) [Sheriff Spencer Arrowood] Mystery novel with ghost/fantasy elements, set in Appalachia.
• * _The Rosewood Casket (NEL 0-340-64690-X, Sep ’96, £5.99, 354pp, pb) [Sheriff Spencer Arrowood] Reprint (Dutton 1996) mystery with fantasy elements. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Rosewood Casket (Penguin/Signet 0-451-18471-8, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $6.99, 426pp, pb, cover by Marc Burckhardt) [Sheriff Spencer Arrowood] Reprint (Dutton 1996) mystery novel with ghost/fantasy elements, set in Appalachia.
• * *She Walks These Hills (Simon & Schuster/Scribners 0-684-19556-9, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $21.00, 336pp, hc, cover by Marc Burckhardt) [Sheriff Spencer Arrowood] Mystery novel with ghost/fantasy elements, third book of the “Ballad” series centered around Appalachian folklore.
• * _She Walks These Hills (Coronet 0-340-64689-6, Jun ’95, £5.99, 336pp, pb) [Sheriff Spencer Arrowood] Reprint (Simon & Schuster/Scribners 1994) mystery novel with ghost/fantasy elements, third book of the “Ballad” series centred round Appalachian folklore. Issued in 1995, but not seen until now. [First U.K. edition]
• * _She Walks These Hills (Penguin/Signet 0-451-18472-6, Oct ’95 [Nov ’95], $6.50, 447pp, pb) [Sheriff Spencer Arrowood] Reprint (Scribners 1994) mystery with fantasy elements.
• * *Zombies of the Gene Pool (Simon & Schuster 0-671-70526-1, Feb ’92, $18.00, 208pp, hc, cover by Corsillo & Manzone) [Jay Omega] Associational mystery novel, second book of the “Jay Omega” series, with a detective who is an engineering professor and sf writer. The mystery surrounds the reunion of an old fan group from the ’50s who have gone on to fame and fortune while collectively keeping a secret.
• * _Zombies of the Gene Pool (Ballantine 0-345-37914-4, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $4.99, 216pp, pb) [Jay Omega] Associational mystery novel, second book of the “Jay Omega” series, with a detective who is an engineering professor and sf writer. The mystery surrounds the reunion of an old fan group from the ’50s who have gone on to fame and fortune while collectively keeping a secret.
• * _Zombies of the Gene Pool (Ballantine 0-345-37914-4, Nov ’96, $5.99, 274pp, pb) [Jay Omega] Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1992) associational mystery about SF writers and fans. Sixth printing.
• * _Zombies of the Gene Pool (Ballantine 0-345-37914-4, Feb ’98, $5.99, 274pp, pb) [Jay Omega] Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1992) associational mystery about SF writers. Eighth printing.

McCULLOUGH, COLLEEN; [i.e., Colleen McCullough-Robinson] (1937- )

• * _A Creed for the Third Millenium (Warner UK 0-7088-2953-8, Nov ’94 [Jan ’95], £5.99, 443pp, pb, cover by Paul Wright) Reprint (Harper & Row 1985) SF novel.
• * *A Creed for the Third Millennium (Harper & Row 0-06-015301-6, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $17.95, 346pp, hc) Sf novel set in 2032, by the author of The Thornbirds. This one, about the Second Coming, has gotten mostly negative reviews.
• * _A Creed for the Third Millennium (Avon 0-380-70134-0, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $4.95, 458pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1985) sf novel of a new messiah.
• * _A Creed for the Third Millennium (Futura 0-7088-2953-8, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £2.95, 443pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1985) near-future sf novel.
• * _A Creed for the Third Millennium (Avon 0-380-70134-0, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $6.99, 458pp, pb) Reissue (Harper & Row 1985) near-future SF novel. 16th printing.
• * *The Ladies of Missalonghi (Harper & Row 0-06-015739-9, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $12.95, 189pp, hc) Historical fantasy novel. In a small town in Australia just before WWI, a repressed 33-year-old woman seeks romance. A charming story of genteelly poor, male-dominated women who finally turn the tables on their rich relations, this ultimately turns out to be a ghost story. Recommended to readers of historical romance for its detailed depiction of the time. (CFC)
• * *The Ladies of Missalonghi (Hutchinson 0-09-170600-9, Jun ’87, £7.95, 132pp, hc) Ghost novel. Simultaneous with US (Harper & Row) edition.
• * _The Ladies of Missalonghi (Arrow 0-09-953640-4, Mar ’88, £2.50, 187pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row/Hutchinson 1987) ghost novel.
• * *The Song of Troy (Orion 0-75281-413-3, Apr ’98 [May ’98], £16.99, 404pp, hc, cover by Sarah Perkins) Historical novel with fantasy elements, retelling The Iliad in a series of episodes narrated by Helen, Priam, Achilles, Odysseus, and the other major characters.

McCUNIFF, MARA

• * *The Vampire Memoirs (with Traci Briery) (Zebra 0-8217-3340-0, Mar ’91, $4.95, 402pp, pb) [Vampire Memoirs] Vampire novel, the memoirs of a 1600-year-old female vampire.

McCUTCHAN, PHILIP (Donald) (1920-1996)

• * *Flood (Robert Hale 0-7090-4381-3, Jun ’91, £12.95, 190pp, hc, cover by Barbara Walton) Near-future thriller about a flood caused by the melting of the North Polar ice cap.
• * *A Time For Survival (Firecrest 0-85997-918-0, May ’87 [1987], £8.95, 208pp, hc) Post-nuclear sf novel. [Not seen]

McDANIEL, DAVID (Edward) (1939-1977)

• * _The Prisoner: Who is No. 2? (Boxtree 1-85283-830-2, Oct ’92, £3.99, 168pp, pb) [The Prisoner] Reprint (Ace 1970 as Number Two) novelization of the cult TV series.

McDANIELS, ABIGAIL; pseudonym of Dan Trent & Lynda Trent

• * *Althea (Zebra 0-8217-5170-0, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $4.99, 253pp, pb) Horror novel about a possessed doll. McDaniels is a pen-name for Dan & Lynda Trent.
• * *Dead Voices (Zebra 0-8217-4695-2, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.50, 252pp, pb) Horror novel of a small Louisiana town where the dead rise from a lake to attack the living.
• * *Playmates (Zebra 0-8217-4296-5, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $4.50, 252pp, pb) Horror novel of a little girl whose new playhouse is occupied by a doll with evil powers.
• * *The Uprising (Zebra 0-8217-4501-8, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $4.50, 317pp, pb) Horror novel of teen suicides who come back from the grave. Copyrighted by Dan and Lynda Trent.

McDEVITT, JACK; [i.e., John Charles McDevitt] (1935- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Ancient Shores (HarperPrism 0-06-105207-8, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $22.00, 399pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) SF novel. Strange artifacts and a doorway to another world are found in parts of the Midwest that were once the shores of an ancient sea.
• * _Ancient Shores (SFBC #11764, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $10.98, 303pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) SF novel. This is similar to the HarperPrism edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Ancient Shores (Easton Press no ISBN, Jul ’96, no price, 399pp, hc) SF novel. Strange artifacts are found on shore of an ancient Midwest sea. This leatherbound, gilt-edged, limited edition is part of “Signed First Editions of SF”, available only by subscription. This is"simultaneous" with the HarperPrism edition seen in March.
• * _Ancient Shores (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648228-7, Nov ’96, £5.99, 399pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) SF novel. A sailboat made of alien materials is found buried 2000 miles from any ocean. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Ancient Shores (HarperPrism 0-06-105426-7, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $5.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) SF novel.
• * *The Engines of God (Ace 0-441-00077-0, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $21.00, 419pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [*Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins] SF novel. Mankind seeks an answer in the artifacts of a long-vanished starfaring race that may save Earth from ecological disaster.
• * _The Engines of God (Easton Press no ISBN, Nov ’94, no price, hc) [*Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins] SF novel. Mankind seeks answer to ecological disaster in alien artifacts. This is being published “simultaneously” with the Ace edition listed two months ago. This signed, leatherbound, gilt-edged edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available only by subscription.
• * _The Engines of God (SFBC #06294, Jan ’95, $10.98, 419pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [*Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins] Reprint (Ace 1994) SF novel of aliens and ecological disaster. Similar to the Ace edition, except this lacks a price and has the SFBC code number on the back jacket.
• * _The Engines of God (Ace 0-441-00284-6, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 419pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [*Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins] Reprint (Ace 1994) SF novel of alien artifacts and ecological disaster.
• * _The Engines of God (HarperCollins Voyager 0-00-648227-9, Aug ’96, £5.99, 419pp, pb) [*Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins] Reprint (Ace 1994) SF novel. The vanished alien race of Monument-Makers may hold the secret of humanity’s future. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Eternity Road (HarperPrism 0-06-105208-6, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $22.00, 338pp, hc, cover by Joe Danisi) Post-holocaust SF novel. A young woman follows the ruined highways of a past civilization in search of her brother.
• * _Eternity Road (SFBC #15653, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $10.98, 338pp, hc, cover by Joe Danisi) Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) post-holocaust SF novel. This is similar to the HarperPrism edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Eternity Road (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648308-9, Feb ’98, £5.99, 338pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) post-holocaust SF novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Eternity Road (HarperPrism 0-06-105427-5, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $5.99, 403pp, pb, cover by Joe Danisi) Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) post-holocaust SF novel.
• * *The Hercules Text (Ace 0-441-37367-4, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $3.50, 307pp, pb) Sf novel of a coded alien message from a remote part of the galaxy. A first novel, one of the new Ace Specials.
• * _The Hercules Text (Sphere 0-7474-0157-8, Oct ’88, £3.50, 307pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1986) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Moonfall (HarperPrism 0-06-105036-9, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $24.00, 464pp, hc, cover by John Ennis) SF thriller. A comet threatens a new moonbase, and ultimately Earth itself.
• * _Moonfall (SFBC #05851, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $11.98, 464pp, hc, cover by John Ennis) Reprint (HarperPrism 1998) SF thriller. A comet threatens a new moonbase and the Earth. This is similar to the HarperPrism edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Moonfall (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224690-2, Oct ’98, £16.99, 464pp, hc, cover by John Ennis) Reprint (HarperPrism 1998) SF thriller of a comet on a collision course with the moon. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Moonfall (HarperPrism 0-06-105112-8, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $6.50, 544pp, pb, cover by John Ennis) Reprint (HarperPrism 1998) SF thriller.
• * *Standard Candles: The Best Short Fiction of Jack McDevitt (Tachyon Publications 0-9648320-4-6, Oct ’96 [Nov ’96], $25.00, 250pp, hc, cover by Michael Dashow) Collection of 16 stories. There is an introduction by Charles Sheffield. This is a signed, limited edition of 874 copies. Also available in a deluxe leatherbound edition of 100 ($40.00) and a boxed, lettered edition ($65.00). (Contents)
• * *A Talent for War (Ace 0-441-79553-6, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $3.95, 310pp, pb) [Alex Benedict] Science fiction novel. A man searches for the truth behind the legend of mankind’s greatest interstellar military hero.
• * _A Talent for War (SFBC #14900, Jun ’89 [Oct ’89], $8.98, 312pp, hc) [Alex Benedict] Reprint (Ace 1989) sf novel. First hardcover edition.
• * _A Talent for War (Kinnell 1-870532-09-0, Jun ’89, £11.95, 310pp, hc, cover by Danny Flynn) [Alex Benedict] Reprint (Ace 1989) sf novel. First UK and first world hardcover edition. [First U.K. edition]
• * _A Talent for War (Sphere 0-7474-0333-3, Oct ’89, £3.50, 310pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) [Alex Benedict] Reprint (Ace 1989) sf novel.

McDEVITT, JOHN CHARLES; see under McDevitt, Jack (stories) (chron.)

MACDONALD, CAROLINE (1948-1997) (stories)

• * _Hostilities (Scholastic UK 0-590-55518-9, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], £2.99, 149pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Omnibus Books Australia 1991) original young-adult fantasy collection.
• * +Hostilities: Nine Bizarre Stories (Scholastic 0-590-46063-3, Feb ’94, $13.95, 131pp, hc, cover by Eric Dinyer) Collection of nine Australian young-adult horror stories, seven apparently original. First American edition (Omnibus Books 1991). (Contents)
• * +The Lake at the End of the World (Dial 0-8037-0650-2, May ’89, $12.95, 202pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel set in a near-future dystopian civilization, survivors of the collapse of Earth’s ecology. First American edition (Penguin Australia 1988).
• * +Secret Lives (Simon & Schuster 0-671-51081-9, Jun ’95 [Jul ’95], $15.00, 135pp, hc, cover by Janet Atkinson) Young-adult horror novel about a boy with mysterious powers. First US edition (Omnibus Books Australia 1993).

McDONALD, COLLIN (A.) (1943- ) (stories)

• * _The Chilling Hour: Tales of the Real and Unreal (HarperTrophy 0-06-440493-5, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $3.95, 153pp, tp, cover by Wayne McLoughlin) Reprint (Cobblehill 1992) collection of eight young adult horror/dark fantasy stories.
• * *The Chilling Hour: Tales of the Real and Unreal (Penguin/Cobblehill 0-525-65101-2, Sep ’92, $14.00, 153pp, hc, cover by Stephen Marchesi) Collection of eight young-adult horror/dark fantasy stories. (Contents)
• * *Nightwaves: Scary Tales for After Dark (Penguin/Cobblehill 0-525-65043-1, Sep ’90, $12.95, 172pp, hc, cover by Stephen Marchesi) Young-adult collection of eight horror stories. (Contents)
• * _Nightwaves: Scary Tales for After Dark (Harper Trophy 0-06-440447-1, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $3.95, 112pp, tp, cover by Tim Jacobus) Reprint (Cobblehill 1990) collection of eight young-adult horror stories.
• * *Shadows and Whispers: Tales from the Other Side (Penguin/Cobblehill 0-525-65184-5, Oct ’94, $13.99, 135pp, hc, cover by Stephen Marchesi) Young-adult collection of eight horror stories, all apparently original. (Contents)

MacDONALD, EDGAR E(dgeworth) (1919- )

• * *James Branch Cabell and Richmond-in-Virginia (University Press of Mississippi 0-87805-622-X, May ’93, $39.95, 373pp, hc) Non-fiction, a biography of the author of Jurgen. Order from the University of Mississippi Press, 3825 Ridgewood Rd., Jackson MI 39211-6492. [Cabell]

MacDONALD, GEORGE (1824-1905) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Adela Cathcart (Johannesen 1-881084-23-X, 1994 [Apr ’95], £13.50, 462pp, hc) Reprint (Hurst and Blackett 1864) associational novel incorporating several fantasy stories (most of which have been separately published). An import of the US edition, it is available from 61 Longdales Rd, Lincoln LN2 2JS, and P O Box 24, Whitehorn, California 95589. Published in 1994, but not noted until now.
• * _At the Back of the North Wind (NAL/Signet 0-451-52057-2, Sep ’86, $2.25, 316pp, pb) Reprint (Strahan London 1870) classic juvenile fantasy novel, with a new afterword and bibliography by Michael Patrick Hearn.
• * _At the Back of the North Wind (Godine 0-87923-703-1, 1988 [Mar ’89], $18.95, 307pp, hc) Reprint (Strahan 1870) classic children’s fantasy with new illustrations by Lauren A. Mills.
• * _At the Back of the North Wind (William Morrow 0-688-07808-7, Mar ’89, $17.95, 347pp, hc) Reprint (Strahan 1870) classic children’s fantasy. This is a facsimile of the 1919 McKay edition, illustrated in color by Jessie Willcox Smith. There is a new afterword by series editor Peter Glassman.
• * _At the Back of the North Wind (Tor 0-812-56712-9, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $3.99, 305pp, pb, cover by Richard Lauder) Reprint (Strahan London 1870) classic children’s fantasy novel, with new foreword, afterword, and notes on the author by Nancy Springer.
• * *The Day Boy and the Night Girl (Knopf 0-394-89409-X, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], $12.95, 103pp, hc) Short story from an early Macdonald collection, illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian. This is probably the first independent publication.
• * *The Gifts of the Child Christ (Eerdmans 0-8028-4165-1, Sep ’96, $29.00, 558 + xxvi, tp, cover by Arthur Hughes) Collection of 21 stories and fairy tales, and one essay, edited and with an introduction by Glenn Edward Sadler. This is revised from the 1973 two-volume Eerdmans edition, adding the story ’Stephen Archer’, and period illustrations by various artists. (Contents)