The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- McKINLEY, (Jennifer Carolyn) ROBIN (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * *A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-09201-2, May 94, $14.00, 192pp, hc, cover by Bryan Leister) Collection of five fantasy stories, two apparently original. Four of the stories are set in the same world as her award-winning novels The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword. This collection is being published for young adults. (Contents)
- * _A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories (HarperTrophy 0-06-440604-0, Sep 95, $4.50, 192pp, tp, cover by Bryan Leister) Reprint (Morrow Greenwillow 1994) collection of five fantasy stories. Four of the stories are set in the same world as her award-winning novels The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword.
- * *The Outlaws of Sherwood (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-07178-3, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $12.95, 282pp, hc) Associational; young-adult novel about Robin Hood.
- * _The Outlaws of Sherwood (Ace 0-441-64451-1, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $3.95, 278pp, pb) Reprint (Greenwillow 1988) associational young-adult novel, retelling the story of Robin Hood. Ace is marketing this as fantasy.
- * _The Outlaws of Sherwood (Macdonald 0-356-17940-0, Aug 89, £11.95, 300pp, hc) Reprint (Greenwillow 1988) associational young-adult novel about Robin Hood. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Outlaws of Sherwood (Orbit 0-7088-4788-9, Nov 90 [Oct 90], £3.99, 300pp, pb) Reprint (Greenwillow 1988) retelling of the Robin Hood myth.
- * *Rose Daughter (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-15439-5, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $16.00, 306pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast.
- * _Rose Daughter (Ace 0-441-00583-7, Dec 98 [Nov 98], $5.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Griesbach & Martucci) Reprint (Greenwillow 1997) young-adult fantasy novel, a retelling of Beauty and the Beast.
- * *The Stone Fey (Harcourt Brace 0-15-200017-8, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $17.00, 52pp, hc, cover by John Clapp) Childrens fantasy short story. A shepherdess encounters a fey in the hills of Damar, the world of The Blue Sword. Full-color illustrations by John Clapp.
- _____, adaptation of a work by George MacDonald
- * *The Light Princess (HBJ Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-245300-8, Apr 88, $13.95, 44pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy/art book, with color illustrations by Katie Thamer Treherne. A juvenile picture book aimed at adult art lovers.
- _____, ed.
- * *Imaginary Lands (Ace 0441-36694-5, Dec 85 [Nov 85], $2.95, 230pp, pb) Original anthology of nine fantasy stories. Recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
- * _Imaginary Lands (Morrow/Greenwillow 0-688-05213-4, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $11.75, 246pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1985) anthology of original fantasy stories by Peter Dickinson, P.C. Hodgell, Jane Yolen, and others. This edition adds an introduction by the editor. First hardcover edition. Recommended. (FCM)
- * _Imaginary Lands (Julia MacRae 0-86203-280-6, Mar 87, £8.95, 256pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1985) juvenile fantasy anthology. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
- * _Imaginary Lands (Orbit 0-7088-8223-4, Jun 87, £3.95, 246pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 1985) original fantasy anthology.
- McKINNEY, JACK; pseudonym of Brian C. Daley & James Luceno (stories)
- * *The Black Hole Travel Agency Book 3: Free Radicals (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37078-3, May 92 [Apr 92], $4.99, 369pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Black Hole Travel Agency] Sf novel, book three of the Black Hole Travel Agency series. The extraterrestrial megacorporation plans to turn Earth into an amusement park, but one human infiltrates the corporation to try and stop it.
- * *The Black Hole Travel Agency Book 4: Hostile Takeover (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37079-1, Jan 94 [Dec 93], $5.50, 360pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Black Hole Travel Agency] Sf novel, fourth book of a series. The battle continues between human rebels and an extraterrestrial megacorporation planning to turn Earth into an amusment park.
- * *The Black Hole Travel Agency Book One: Event Horizon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37053-8, Jun 91 [May 91], $4.95, 310pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Black Hole Travel Agency] Sf novel of a human kidnapped by an alien multiplanetary corporation with plans for Earth, first book of a new series.
- * *The Black Hole Travel Agency Book Two: Artifact of the System (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37054-6, Aug 91 [Jul 91], $4.95, 281pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Black Hole Travel Agency] Sf novel of one man trying to keep Earth from becoming an extraterrestrial tourist trap, second book of a series.
- * *Kaduna Memories (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36579-8, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $4.95, 249pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) Sf/detective novel about a down-on-his-luck data detective in 21st century Manhattan.
- * *Robotech # 1: Genesis (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34133-3, Mar 87 [Feb 87], $2.95, 214pp, pb) [Robotech] Novelization based on the animated tv sf show.
- * _Robotech # 1: Genesis (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34133-3, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $3.50, 214pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) [Robotech] Reissue (Del Rey 1987) sf novelization based on the television series; tenth printing.
- * *Robotech # 2: Battle Cry (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34134-1, Mar 87 [Feb 87], $2.95, 216pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novelization based on the tv show.
- * _Robotech # 2: Battle Cry (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34134-1, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $2.95, 216pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) [Robotech] Reissue (Del Rey 1987) sf novelization based on the television series; seventh printing.
- * *Robotech # 3: Homecoming (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34136-8, Mar 87 [Feb 87], $2.95, 214pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novelization based on the tv show.
- * *Robotech # 4: Battlehymn (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34137-6, Mar 87 [Feb 87], $2.95, 212pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novelization based on the tv show.
- * _Robotech # 4: Battlehymn (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34137-6, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $2.95, 212pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) [Robotech] Reissue (Del Rey 1987) sf novelization based on the television series; seventh printing.
- * *Robotech # 5: Force of Arms (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34138-4, May 87 [Apr 87], $2.95, 214pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novel based on the tv show.
- * *Robotech # 6: Doomsday (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34139-2, Jun 87 [May 87], $2.95, 216pp, pb) [Robotech] Novelization, based on the tv sf animated series.
- * *Robotech # 7: Southern Cross (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34140-6, Jul 87 [Jun 87], $2.95, 215pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novel based on the tv sf series.
- * *Robotech # 8: Metal Fire (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34141-4, Aug 87 [Jul 87], $2.95, 216pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novel based on the animated tv show.
- * *Robotech # 9: The Final Nightmare (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34142-2, Sep 87 [Aug 87], $2.95, 248pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novel based on a tv show, latest in the series.
- * *Robotech #10: Invid Invasion (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34143-0, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $2.95, 212pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novel based on a tv show.
- * *Robotech #11: Metamorphosos (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34144-9, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $2.95, 212pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novel based on a tv show.
- * *Robotech #12: Symphony of Light (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34145-7, Dec 87 [Nov 87], $2.95, 212pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novelization based on the tv series.
- * *Robotech #19: The Zentraedi Rebellion (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38744-0, May 94 [Apr 94], $5.99, 370pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novelization in the ongoing series based on the animated TV series. Copyrighted by Harmony Gold USA.
- * *Robotech #20: The Masters Gambit (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38775-9, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $5.99, 261pp, pb) [Robotech] SF novelization based on the animated film Robotech: The Movie, based on the TV series. Copyrighted by Harmony Gold U.S.A.
- * *Robotech #21: Before the Invid Storm (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38776-7, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $5.99, 228pp, pb, cover by Ken Steacy) [Robotech] SF novelization based on the animated series. Copyrighted by Harmony Gold U.S.A. and Tatsunoko Production Co.
- * *Robotech: Battlehymn/Force of Arms/Doomsday (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39145-4, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $5.99, 504pp, pb) [Robotech] SF omnibus of the fourth, fifth, and sixth books in the ongoing Robotech series, based on the animated TV series. Copyrighted by Harmony Gold U.S.A. and Tatsunoko Production Co. (Contents)
- * *Robotech: Genesis/Battle Cry/Homecoming (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38900-X, May 94 [Apr 94], $5.99, 488pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf omnibus of the first three novelizations in the ongoing Robotech series, based on the animated TV series. Copyrighted by Harmony Gold USA and Tatsunoko Production Company. (Contents)
- * *Robotech: Southern Cross/Metal Fire/The Final Nightmare (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39184-5, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $5.99, 503pp, pb) [Robotech] SF omnibus of the seventh, eighth and ninth volumes in the ongoing series based on the animated TV program. Copyrighted by Harmony Gold U.S.A. and Tatsunoko Production Company. (Contents)
- * *Robotech: The End of the Circle (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36311-6, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $4.95, 343pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novelization based on an animated tv show. 13th Robotech book, 18th in the overall series. This is the last book for now.
- * *The Sentinels #1: The Devils Hand (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35300-5, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $2.95, 214pp, pb) [Robotech: Sentinels] Sf novelization, in the Robotech series, based on the tv cartoon series.
- * *The Sentinels #2: Dark Powers (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35301-3, May 88 [Apr 88], $2.95, 233pp, pb) [Robotech: Sentinels] Sf novelization, a spinoff from the Robotech tv series.
- * *The Sentinels #3: Death Dance (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35302-1, Jun 88 [May 88], $2.95, 185pp, pb) [Robotech: Sentinels] Sf novelization, a spinoff from the Robotech tv series.
- * *The Sentinels #4: World Killers (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35304-8, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $2.95, 279pp, pb) [Robotech: Sentinels] Sf novelization, part of the Robotech series.
- * *The Sentinels #5: Rubicon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35305-6, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $2.95, 215pp, pb) [Robotech: Sentinels] Sf Robotech novelization.
- * *The Sentinels: The Devils Hand/Dark Powers/Death Dance (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38901-8, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $5.99, 467pp, pb) [Robotech: Sentinels] Omnibus of the first three Robotech novelizations in the Sentinels sub-series. Copyrighted by Harmony Gold USA and Tatsunoko Production Co. (Contents)
- McKINNEY, MEAGAN; pseudonym of Ruth Goodman, (1961- )
- * *The Ground She Walks Upon (Delacorte 0-385-31020-X, Apr 94 [Mar 94], $19.95, 409pp, hc, cover by Peter Fiore) Fantasy romance about a British lord who defies an ancient Celtic curse. Copyrighted by Ruth Goodman.
- MACKLEY, JOHN
- MACKSEY, KENNETH (John), ed. (1923- ) (stories)
- * _The Hitler Options (SFBC #00308, Dec 98 [Nov 98], $10.98, 237pp, hc) Reprint (Greenhill 1995, not seen) non-fiction alternate history, a gathering of ten speculative non-fiction essays about WWII that rewrite military history as if certain alternate strategies had actually been used. (Contents)
- MacLACHLAN, PATRICIA (stories)
- * _Tomorrows Wizard (Harcourt Brace/Magic Carpet 0-15-201276-1, May 96 [Apr 96], $6.00, 66pp, pb, cover by Gary A. Lippincott) Reprint (Harper & Row 1982) young-adult fantasy novelette. A grumpy wizard tries to teach his apprentice to grant wishes.
- MacLANE, JACK; pseudonym of Bill Crider, (1941- )
- * *Blood Dreams (Zebra 0-8217-2680-3, Jun 89 [May 89], $3.95, 376pp, pb) Horror novel about a little boy psychically linked to a homicidal maniac in his dreams.
- * *Goodnight Moom (Zebra 0-8217-2570-X, Jan 89 [Dec 88], $3.95, 348pp, pb) Horror novel. A sadistic child takes his orders to kill from the bright, silvery orb in the night sky that he calls Moom.
- * *Just Before Dark (Zebra 0-8217-3212-9, Nov 90 [Oct 90], $3.95, 288pp, pb) Horror novel of a haunted junkyard.
- * *Rest in Peace (Zebra 0-8217-2987-X, May 90 [Jul 90], $3.95, 319pp, pb) Horror novel of something lurking in a rural Texas graveyard.
- McLAREN, CLEMENCE
- * *Inside the Walls of Troy (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-31820-0, Oct 96 [Nov 96], $16.00, 199pp, hc, cover by Joel Peter Johnson) Young-adult fantasy novel, a retelling of The Iliad from the point of view of Helen and Cassandra.
- * _Inside the Walls of Troy (Dell/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22749-6, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $4.99, 199pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1996) young-adult fantasy novel retelling The Iliad from the womens point of view.
- McLAREN, JOHN (1951- )
- * *7th Sense (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-82085-4, Apr 98 [Jun 98], £9.99, 398pp, tp) Associational thriller of witches and transferrable telepathy.
- McLAREN, TERI (stories)
- * *Magic: The Gathering: Song of Time (HarperPrism 0-06-105622-7, Jun 96 [May 96], $5.50, 289pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Magic: The Gathering] Novelization; eighth in the series based on the fantasy card game. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
- * *Magic: The Gathering: The Cursed Land (HarperPrism 0-06-105016-4, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $4.99, 290pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Magic: The Gathering] Fantasy novelization based on the Magic card game, fifth in The Gathering series; includes a coupon for an exclusive card. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
- McLAUGHLIN, MARK (stories) (chron.)
- * *Feeding the Glamour Hogs (The Ministry of Whimsy Press 1-890464-01-5, Dec 97, $4.75, 49pp, ph, cover by Mark McLaughlin) Chapbook collection of eight stories, some previously unpublished. Order from Ministry of Whimsy, PO Box 4248, Tallahassee, FL 32315; price includes postage. (Contents)
- MACLAY, JOHN (B., Jr.) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Mindwarps (Maclay & Associates no ISBN, Sep 92 [Feb 93], $9.95, 139pp, hc) Collection of 22 horror stories. This is a signed 500-copy limited edition. Order from Maclay & Associates, PO Box 16253, Baltimore MD 21210. (Contents)
- * *Other Engagements (Dream House no ISBN, Oct 87, $9.95, 124pp, hc) Collection of horror stories and poems from small press publications, bound to look like an engagement book. Issued without d/w. (Contents)
- _____, ed.
- * *Nukes: Four Horror Writers on the Ultimate Horror (Maclay & Associates 0-940776-22-7, Apr 86, $4.95, 92pp, pb) Original anthology. (Contents)
- * *Voices from the Night (Maclay & Associates 0-940776-29-4, Apr 94 [Mar 94], $50.00, 315pp, hc) Original anthology of 27 horror stories, with an introduction by the editor. This is a signed, slipcased 750-copy limited edition. Available from Maclay & Associates, PO Box 16253, Baltimore MD 21210. (Contents)
- MacLEAN, CHARLES (1946- )
- * _The Watcher (Penguin 0-14-007085-0, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $4.95, 343pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1982) horror novel, with some fantasy elements.
- MacLEAN, KATHERINE (Anne) (1925- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Missing Man (Bart 1-55785-057-7, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.50, 219pp, pb) [Rescue Squad] Reprint (Berkley 1975) science fiction/mystery novel. The novella version won a Nebula.
- MacLEISH, RODERICK (1926-2006)
- * _Prince Ombra (Tor/Orb 0-312-89024-9, Jun 94 [May 94], $12.95, 320pp, tp) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1982) fantasy novel about a boy who is the reincarnation of historys great heroes.
- MacLEOD, CHARLOTTE (Matilda Hughes) (1922-2005); see pseudonym Alisa Craig (assoc.)
- * *The Curse of the Giant Hogweed (Doubleday 0-385-19609-1, Feb 85 [Jan 85], $11.95, 184pp, hc) Though issued in the Crime Club series, this is basically a comic fantasy novel somewhat like Pratt and de Camps Enchanter stories, though even sillier. Good, lightweight entertainment. Its part of a series of humerous mysteries; the rest arent fantasies. (FCM)
- * _The Curse of the Giant Hogweed (Avon 0-380-70051-4, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $2.95, 168pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1985) humorous fantasy novel an unusual departure in a series of mysteries normally set at a New England agricultural school. Its silly, but lots of fun. (FCM)
- * _The Grub-and-Stakers House a Haunt (Avon 0-380-71044-7, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $4.99, 224pp, pb) [Grub-and-Stakers] Reprint (Morrow 1993) humorous mystery novel with a real ghost, in the ongoing Grub-and-Stakers series. The author is credited as Charlotte MacLeod writing as Alisa Craig.
- * *The Wrong Rite (Morrow 0-688-08643-8, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $19.00, 284pp, hc, cover by Kim Barnes) [Madoc Rhys] Mystery novel with a real ghost, fifth book in MacLeods Madoc Rhys series, featuring a Canadian Mountie and his musically important family. A family gathering in Wales involves sorcery and specters. The previous books in the series appeared under MacLeods pen name Alisa Craig.
- * _The Wrong Rite (Avon 0-380-71043-9, Jan 93 [Dec 92], $4.99, 213pp, pb) [Madoc Rhys] Reprint (Morrow 1992 as by Charlotte MacLeod writing as Alisa Craig) mystery novel with a real ghost, fifth book of the Madoc Rhys series.
- MACLEOD, FIONA; pseudonym of William Sharp, (1855-1905) (stories)
- MacLEOD, IAN R. (1956- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *The Great Wheel (Harcourt Brace 0-15-100293-2, Aug 97 [Jul 97], $24.00, 458pp, hc) SF novel. A priest in Africa investigates a disease and finds politics and poverty. A first novel.
- * *Voyages by Starlight (Arkham House 0-87054-171-4, Jul 97 [May 97], $21.95, 269pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Collection of 10 stories, with a foreword by Michael Swanwick. Available from Arkham House, PO Box 546, Sauk City WI 53583. (Contents)
- MacLEOD, KEN(neth Macrae) (1954- ) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *The Cassini Division (Orbit 1-85723-603-3, May 98 [Apr 98], £15.99, 240pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Fall Revolution] SF novel, set in the Jonathan Wilde universe of The Star Fraction and The Stone Canal. The Solar Systems elite defence force faces the Jovian fast folk, and those who have travelled through a wormhole to colonise New Mars.
- * *The Star Fraction (Legend 0-09-955871-8, Sep 95 [Aug 95], £10.00, 341pp, hc, cover by Angus McKie) [Fall Revolution] SF novel. In the 21st century the world has split into Balkanized enclaves all coldly observed by US/UN satellites and lasers.
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