The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

MICHAEL, PETER; pseudonym of Simon Michael & Peter Rosenberg

• * *The Usurper (Grafton 0-586-20169-6, Nov ’88, £3.50, 303pp, pb) Near-future thriller.

MICHAEL, SIMON (1955- ); see pseudonym Peter Michael

MICHAELS, BARBARA; pseudonym of Barbara G. Mertz, (1927- ) (chron.)

• * _Ammie, Come Home (Berkley 0-425-09949-0, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.50, 248pp, pb) Reprint (Meredith 1968) novel, a ghost story. By now the Sixties setting of this well-told tale seem almost as historical as the glimpses of Georgetown in the days of the American Revolution. (FCM)
• * _Be Buried in the Rain (Berkley 0-425-09634-3, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.95, 326pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1985) suspense novel with elements of horror. It’s an absorbing, entertaining mystery, though the real horror comes very late. (FCM)
• * _The Crying Child (Berkley 0-425-11584-4, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 234pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1971) horror gothic.
• * *The Dancing Floor (HarperCollins 0-06-017764-0, Mar ’97 [Apr ’97], $23.00, 326pp, hc, cover by Donna Diamond) Dark fantasy novel. An American woman on an English estate encounters witchcraft and murder.
• * _The Grey Beginning (Tor 0-812-50681-2, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 277pp, pb) Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1984) suspense novel with occult elements.
• * _Here I Stay (Tor 0-812-50679-0, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 317pp, pb) Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1983) suspense novel with some mild supernatural elements.
• * _Here I Stay (Severn House 0-7278-4448-2, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £13.99, 317pp, hc) Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1983) ghost novel.
• * _Here I Stay (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-100726-9, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $5.50, 338pp, pb) Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1983) ghost novel about a country inn occupied by spirits eager to destroy the living.
• * _Houses of Stone (Berkley 0-425-14306-6, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $5.99, 384pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1993) ghost novel.
• * _The Sea King’s Daughter (Berkley 0-425-11306-X, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.95, 250pp, pb) Romantic suspense novel with supernatural elements.
• * _Someone in the House (Berkley 0-425-11389-2, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $4.50, 300pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1981) horror gothic/romantic suspense novel.
• * _Someone in the House (Severn House 0-7278-5227-2, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], £16.99, 300pp, hc) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1981) gothic horror novel. Michaels is a pseudonym for Elizabeth Peters.
• * _Sons of the Wolf (Berkley 0-425-11687-5, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Meredith 1967) horror gothic about werewolves on the moors. This has also appeared as Mystery on the Moors.
• * *Stitches in Time (HarperCollins 0-06-017763-2, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $22.00, 307pp, hc, cover by Donna Diamond) Dark fantasy novel. An antique bridal quilt has supernatural powers.
• * _Stitches in Time (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-109253-3, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $6.99, 387pp, pb, cover by Donna Diamond) Reprint (HarperCollins 1995) dark fantasy novel. An antique quilt has supernatural powers.
• * _Wait for What Will Come (Berkley 0-425-12005-8, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $3.95, 280pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1978) gothic romance with psychic elements.
• * _The Walker in Shadows (Berkley 0-425-13399-0, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $5.50, 321pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd Mead 1979) gothic romance with a real ghost.
• * _The Walker in Shadows (Severn House 0-7278-4924-7, Nov ’96, £16.99, 308pp, hc, cover by Derek Collings) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1979) supernatural romantic thriller. Restless ghosts re-enact their tragedy when a family moves into a cursed house. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Wings of the Falcon (Berkley 0-425-11045-1, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.95, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1977) Historical adventure novel with Gothic elements, packaged as a quasi-horror novel.
• * _Witch (Berkley 0-425-11831-2, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.95, 234pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd Mead 1973) gothic horror/romance novel with psychic elements.
• * _The Wizard’s Daughter (Berkley 0-425-14642-1, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $5.99, 325pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1980) Victorian psychic thriller.

MICHAELS, BILL (1946- )

• * *Witchcraft (Zebra 0-8217-5601-X, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $4.99, 288pp, pb) Horror novel. A dark witch needs the blood of a white witch’s child to rule the earth.

MICHAELS, KASEY; pseudonym of Kathryn Amelia Seidick, (1943- ) (stories)

• * *The Haunted Miss Hampshire (Avon 0-380-76301-X, Apr ’92, $3.99, 183pp, pb) Regency romance with a real ghost. Miss Hampshire’s deceased aunt is determined to see her married.
• * *Out of the Blue (Dell 0-440-21105-0, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.99, 310pp, pb) Time-travel romance. Cassandra Kelly is on a tour of the Tower of London when she steps back into Regency England, where she fascinates scientist Marcus Pendleton.

MICHAELS, MELISA C. (1946- ) (stories)

• * *Cold Iron (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45654-8, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $5.99, 364pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Rosie Levine] Fantasy detective mystery. A California PI is hired to protect an “elfrock” band’s lead singer.
• * *Far Harbor (Tor 0-812-54581-8, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 248pp, pb) Sf novel about alien resistance to human colonial invasion.
• * *First Battle (Tor 0-812-54568-0, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $2.95, 253pp, pb) [Skyrider] Sf novel, second in the “Skyrider” series, although not packaged as such. Military space opera.
• * *Floater Factor (Tor 0-812-54578-8, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.50, 281pp, pb) [Skyrider] Sf space adventure novel, fifth in the “Skyrider” series.
• * *Last War (Tor 0-812-54570-2, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 219pp, pb) [Skyrider] Sf novel, “Skyrider #3”. Space opera.
• * *Pirate Prince (Tor 0-812-54572-9, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $2.95, 254pp, pb) [Skyrider] Sf adventure novel, the fourth volume in the “Skyrider” series featuring a female hotshot space pilot.
• * *Sister to the Rain (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45730-7, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $5.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Rosie Levine] Fantasy mystery novel, sequel to Cold Iron. PI Rosie Levine investigates disturbances at a California artists’ colony that includes both humans and elves.
• * _Skirmish (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4906-X, Oct ’87, £3.50, 230pp, tp) [Skyrider] Reprint (Tor 1985) juvenile sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Skyrider” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Skirmish (Tor 0-812-54574-5, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $3.50, 252pp, pb) [Skyrider] Reissue (Tor 1985) sf novel/space opera, first in the “Skyrider” series; 2nd printing.
• * *Skyrider I: Skirmish (Tor 0-812-54566-4, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $2.95, 252pp, pb) [Skyrider] Sf adventure novel about a female spaceship pilot. A first novel.
• * *Through the Eyes of the Dead (Walker 0-8027-5718-9, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $17.95, 180pp, hc) Associational. Mystery novel by a science fiction author. It introduces a team of women private detectives based in the San Francisco Bay area.

MICHALSON, KAREN

• * *Victorian Fantasy Literature: Literary Battles with Church and Empire (Edwin Mellen Press 0-88946-378-6, 1990 [Jun ’92], $89.95, 292pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. An academic study of 19th-century fantasy literature concentrating on five authors and five books. This is a worldwide edition published in 1990 but not seen until now. Available from The Edwin Mellen Press, PO Box 450, Lewiston NY 14092.

MICHALUK, STEPHEN, Jr.

• * _The Jules Verne Encyclopedia (with Brian Taves) See entry under Brian Taves.

MICHELINIE, DAVID (stories)

• * *Spider-Man: Carnage in New York (with Dean Wesley Smith) (Boulevard 1-57297-019-7, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $5.99, 245pp, pb) Novelization based on the comic book characters. Copyrighted by Marvel. Packaged by Byron Preiss.
• * _Spiderman: Carnage in New York (with Dean Wesley Smith) (Boxtree 0-7522-0305-3, May ’96, £4.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Spider-Man] Reprint (Boulevard 1995) novelisation based on the comic book. Packaged by Byron Preiss. [First U.K. edition]

MICHELS, SHARRY; see pseudonym Sharice Kendyl

MIDDLETON, HAYDN (1955- ) (stories)

• * *The Collapsing Castle (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-12986-9, Aug ’90, £13.99, 280pp, hc, cover by John Caple) [People in the Picture] Literary fantasy novel blending the Vortigern myths with 20th Century England. Sequel to The People in the Picture.
• * +The Collapsing Castle (Ballantine 0-345-36797-9, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $18.95, 261pp, hc, cover by Kirk Reinert) [People in the Picture] Fantasy novel. The incidents in ancient Celtic myth control the lives of people in a small English village. First American edition (Hamish Hamilton 1990).
• * *The King’s Evil (Little, Brown UK 0-316-91367-7, Aug ’95, £15.99, 296pp, hc, cover by Stephen Player) [Mordred Cycle] Fantasy novel, first of the “Mordred Cycle” trilogy.
• * *The Knight’s Vengeance (Little, Brown UK 0-316-91369-3, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], £16.99, 281pp, hc, cover by Stephen Player) [Mordred Cycle] Arthurian fantasy novel. Third in the “Mordred Cycle”.
• * _The Knight’s Vengeance (Warner UK 0-7515-2370-4, Aug ’98, £5.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Stephen Player) [Mordred Cycle] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1997) Arthurian fantasy novel. Third in the “Mordred Cycle”.
• * *The People in the Picture (Bantam UK 0-593-01288-7, Aug ’87, £10.95, 208pp, hc) [People in the Picture] Thriller with fantasy elements. A first novel.
• * _The People in the Picture (Black Swan 0-552-99283-6, May ’88, £3.95, 208pp, tp) [People in the Picture] Reprint (Bantam UK 1987) thriller with fantasy elements.
• * _The People in the Picture (Ballantine 0-345-36178-4, May ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 247pp, pb) [People in the Picture] Reprint (Bantam UK 1987) literary thriller with fantasy elements.
• * *The Queen’s Captive (Little, Brown UK 0-316-91368-5, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £15.99, 244pp, hc, cover by Stephen Player) [Mordred Cycle] Fantasy novel. Second in the “Mordred Cycle” trilogy after The King’s Evil.
• * _The Queen’s Captive (Warner UK 0-7515-1661-9, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Stephen Player) [Mordred Cycle] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1996) Arthurian fantasy novel. Second in the “Mordred Cycle”.
• * +Son of Two Worlds (Ballantine Available Press 0-345-36217-9, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $5.95, 169pp, tp) Celtic fantasy, a retelling of the story of Pryderi. First American edition (Century Hutchinson 1987).

MIDDLETON, MARTIN (1954- )

• * _Circle of Light (Pan 0-330-33105-1, Dec ’95, £5.99, 379pp, pb, cover by George Underwood) [Chronicles of the Custodians] Reprint (Pan Australia 1990) fantasy novel, first in a series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Sphere of Influence (Pan Australia 0-330-27296-9, 1992 [Oct ’93], A$11.95, 330pp, pb, cover by Mike Worrall) [Chronicles of the Custodians] Fantasy novel, third book of the “Chronicles of the Custodians”. This is a 1992 book not seen until now. An Australian first edition.
• * _Triad of Darkness (Pan Australia 0-330-27238-1, 1993 [Oct ’93], A$11.95, 337pp, pb, cover by Johannes Selhoffer) [Chronicles of the Custodians] Reprint (Pan 1991) fantasy novel, second book of the “Chronicles of the Custodians”. This is an Australian first edition.

MIESEL, SANDRA (Louise) (1941- ) (stories)

• * *Shaman (Baen 0-671-69844-3, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.50, 306pp, pb) Alternate-history fantasy novel, a rewritten and expanded version of Dreamrider (Ace 1982).

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• * _Forward! See entry under Gordon R. Dickson.
• * _Heads to the Storm (with David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake
• * _A Separate Star (with David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake

MIÉVILLE, CHINA (Tom) (1972- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *King Rat (Macmillan UK 0-333-73881-0, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], £9.99, 333pp, tp, cover by Mark Moran) Literary dark fantasy novel. Freed from false imprisonment by the shadowy King Rat, Saul seeks his destiny in the night-lands of South London.

MIKAELSEN, BEN

• * *Countdown (Hyperion 0-7868-0252-9, Oct ’96, $15.95, 247pp, hc, cover by Dan Brown) Young-adult near-future adventure novel, more about cultural contrasts than SF. A 14-year-old becomes the first Junior Astronaut, and while in orbit talks by radio to a boy in drought-stricken Senegal.
• * _Countdown (Hyperion 0-7868-1208-7, Oct ’97 [Dec ’97], $5.95, 247pp, pb, cover by Dan Brown) Reprint (Hyperion 1996) young-adult near-future adventure novel about a junior astronaut and cultural contrasts.

MIKLOWITZ, GLORIA D(ubov) (1927- )

• * *After the Bomb (Scholastic/Point 0-590-33287-2, Jun ’85 [Sep ’85], $2.25, 156pp, pb) [After the Bomb] Young-adult post-holocaust sf novel.
• * *After the Bomb: Week One (Scholastic Point 0-590-40155-6, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $2.50, 137pp, pb) [After the Bomb] Young-adult sf novel, sequel to After the Bomb.

MIKOL, PAUL J., ed.

• * *Night Visions 5 (Dark Harvest 0-913165-31-X, May ’88, $75.00, 274pp, hc) Original horror anthology with three stories by Stephen King, three by Dan Simmons, and a novelette by George R.R. Martin. Limited to 850 signed, numbered, boxed copies. (Contents)

MILÁN, VICTOR (Woodward) (1954- ); see pseudonyms Richard Austin, Robert Baron & S. L. Hunter (stories)

• * *Battletech 29: Black Dragon (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45528-2, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $5.99, 377pp, pb, cover by Peter Bollinger) [Battletech] Novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by FASA.
• * *Battletech: Close Quarters (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45378-6, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $4.99, 390pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Battletech] SF novelization based on the Battletech game, with interior illustrations by Earl Geir. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA.
• * *Battletech: Hearts of Chaos (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45523-1, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $5.99, 393pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Battletech] Novelization, 26th in the series based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by FASA.
• * _The City in the Glacier (with Robert E. Vardeman) See entry under Robert E. Vardeman
• * *CLD (Collective Landing Detachment) (AvoNova 0-380-77734-7, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $5.50, 298pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) Military SF novel about an intergalactic kamikazi fighting force.
• * *The Cybernetic Samurai (Arbor House 0-87795-642-1, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $15.95, 300pp, hc) [Cybernetic Samurai] Sf novel. Complex, careful treatment of both Japanese and computer themes doesn’t save this novel from the problems of predictability and unsuccessful characterization. (DLN)
• * _The Cybernetic Samurai (Severn House 0-7278-1355-2, Sep ’86, £9.95, 304pp, hc) [Cybernetic Samurai] Reprint (Arbor House 1985) sf novel.
• * _The Cybernetic Samurai (Ace 0-441-13234-0, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $3.50, 337pp, pb) [Cybernetic Samurai] Reprint (Arbor House 1985) sf novel of near-future Japan and the ultimate computer.
• * _The Cybernetic Samurai (NEL 0-450-41374-8, Sep ’87, £2.95, 300pp, pb) [Cybernetic Samurai] Reprint (Arbor House 1985) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Cybernetic Shogun (Morrow 1-55710-003-9, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $19.95, 272pp, hc, cover by Don Bolognese) [Cybernetic Samurai] Sf novel of the Japanese and computers, sequel to The Cybernetic Samurai.
• * _Demon of the Dark Ones (with Robert E. Vardeman) See entry under Robert E. Vardeman
• * _The Destiny Stone (with Robert E. Vardeman) See entry under Robert E. Vardeman
• * _The Fallen Ones (with Robert E. Vardeman) See entry under Robert E. Vardeman
• * *Forgotten Realms: War in Tethyr (TSR 0-7869-0184-5, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $5.99, 313pp, tp, cover by Walter Velez) [Forgotten Realms: Nobles] Novelization based on the role-playing game, book two in the “Nobles” series. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * _In the Shadow of Omizantrim (with Robert E. Vardeman) See entry under Robert E. Vardeman
• * *Red Sands (Warner 0-446-35840-1, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $4.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Associational near-future technothriller of a war fought in the deserts of Central Asia that has the potential to destroy the world.
• * *Runespear (with Melinda M. Snodgrass) (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20247-5, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.50, 278pp, pb) Fantasy novel of Nordic gods vs. Nazis in 1936 — a la Indiana Jones.
• * _Runespear (with Melinda M. Snodgrass) (NEL 0-450-49734-8, Jun ’89, £2.99, 278pp, pb) Reprint (Questar 1987) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Star Trek #66: From the Depths (Pocket 0-671-86911-6, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $5.50, 280pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization.
• * *Star Trek: From the Depths (Titan 1-85286-467-2, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], £3.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Pocket) edition.
• * _The Sundered Realm (with Robert E. Vardeman) See entry under Robert E. Vardeman
• * _The War of Powers (with Robert E. Vardeman) See entry under Robert E. Vardeman
• * _The War of Powers: Part II: Istu Awakened (with Robert E. Vardeman) See entry under Robert E. Vardeman
• * *Wild Cards XII: Turn of the Cards (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56152-9, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $5.99, 418pp, pb, cover by Timothy Truman) [Wild Cards] Sf novel of superheroes created by an alien virus, third actual novel in a shared-world series. Copyrighted by series editor George R.R. Martin.

MILES, BARRY; pseudonym of Larry M. Harris, (1933-2002)

• * *William Burroughs: A Portrait: El Hombre Invisible (Hyperion 1-56282-848-7, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $22.95, 263pp, hc) Non-fiction, a biography of William Burroughs by a long-time friend. [Burroughs]

MILES, LAWRENCE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Christmas on a Rational Planet (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20476-X, Jul ’96, £4.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a worldwide edition and is available in the US for $5.95. Volume 52 in “The New Adventures”.