The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

NORTON, MARY (stories) (continued)

• * *Poor Stainless (Viking UK 0-670-85427-1, Aug ’94, £8.99, 80pp, hc, cover by Justin Todd) [Borrowers] Young-adult fantasy collection in “The Borrowers” series. Illustrated by Justin Todd. A paperback edition (Puffin 0-14-036897-3, £3.25) is also available. (Contents)

NORTON, MICHAEL

• * *Blizzard (Leisure 0-8439-2706-2, Dec ’88, $3.95, 358pp, pb) Horror novel. A mutant thing with an appetite for human flesh stalks people through a blizzard.

NORWAY, NEVIL SHUTE (1899-1960); see pseudonym Nevil Shute

NORWOOD, WARREN (Carl) (1945-2005) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Final Command (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25554-1, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 254pp, pb) [Double Spiral War] Sf novel, conclusion of the “Double Spiral War” trilogy.
• * *Midway Between (Bantam 0-553-24440-X, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.75, 235pp, pb) [Double Spiral War] Sf novel, “The Double Spiral War” #1.
• * *Polar Fleet (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24877-4, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $2.95, 234pp, pb) [Double Spiral War] Sf novel, sequel to Midway Between.
• * *Shudderchild (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26455-9, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.95, 350pp, pb) Near-future sf novel of a devastated Earth.
• * *Time Police #1: Vanished (Lynx 1-55802-006-3, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.50, 288pp, pb) [Time Police] Time travel sf novel.
• * *Time Police #2: Trapped! (Lynx Omeiga 1-55802-007-1, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.50, 304pp, pb) [Time Police] Sf time travel novel. A future dictatorship ensures its survival by altering the past. The series is packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Productions.
• * *Time Police #3: Stranded! (with Mel Odom) (Lynx Omeiga 1-55802-008-X, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.50, 320pp, pb) [Time Police] Time travel sf novel, third volume in the “Time Police” action series. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Productions.
• * *True Jaguar (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27127-X, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.95, 324pp, pb) Fantasy novel. A contemporary hero in Mayan mythology.
• * *The Windhover Tapes: The Planet of Flowers (Bantam 0-553-23963-5, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.50, 214pp, pb) [Windhover Tapes] Sf novel, conclusion of the tetralogy.

NOSSACK, HANS ERICH

• * *An Offering for the Dead (Marsilio 0-941419-29-0, Mar ’93 [Apr ’93], $19.00, 124pp, hc) Literary post-apocalypse short novel about the sole survivor of the human race wandering through a deserted world. Newly translated from the German by Joachim Neugroschel, this was originally published in Germany in 1947.

NÖSTLINGER, CHRISTINE (1936- )

• * _Guardian Ghost (Beaver 0-09-955050-4, Jan ’88, £1.95, 142pp, pb) Reprint (Andersen Press 1986) young-adult ghost novel. [First U.K. edition]

NOTKIN, DEBORAH L., ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Flying Cups & Saucers: Gender Explorations in Science Fiction & Fantasy (with The Secret Feminist Cabal) (Edgewood Press 0-9629066-8-9, Nov ’98 [Dec ’98], $18.00, 394pp, tp, cover by Freddie Baer) Anthology of 13 stories that explore gender roles, published in conjunction with the James Tiptree, Jr. Award Council (founded and assisted by various members of The Secret Feminist Cabal). Authors include Ursula K. Le Guin, Ian McDonald, James Patrick Kelly, and Lisa Tuttle. Introduction by Debbie Notkin. Includes a list of Tiptree winners and shortlisted nominees. A limited hardcover edition (-9-7, $40.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Edgewood Press, PO Box 380264, Cambridge MA 02238. (Contents)
• * *The Outer Limits, Volume 1 (with Roger Stewart) (Prima/Proteus 0-7615-0619-5, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], $12.00, 250pp, tp) Anthology of four stories that inspired, or were based on, episodes of the television show (both original and new series), including Harlan Ellison’s previously published “Soldier”. Other authors are Diane Duane, Howard Hendrix, and John M. Ford. Copyrighted by Outer Limits Productions, with trademark licensing from MGM/UA. (Contents)
• * *The Outer Limits, Volume 2 (with Roger Stewart) (Prima/Proteus 0-7615-0620-9, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $12.00, 292pp, tp) Original anthology of four stories, one a reprint, based on episodes of the television show (both original and new series). Authors are Diane Duane, Fredric Brown, Michael Marano, and Richard Lupoff. Copyrighted by Outer Limits Productions, with trademark licensing by MGM/UA. (Contents)
• * *The Outer Limits, Volume 3 (Prima/Proteus 0-7615-0621-7, Mar ’97 [Apr ’97], $12.00, 251pp, tp) Anthology of four stories, one reprint and three based on episodes of the television show (both original and new series), by Eando Binder (reprint), Richard Lupoff, Michael Marano, and Diane Duane. There is a foreword by David Schow. Copyrighted by Outer Productions. (Contents)
• * _The Outer Limits: Volume One (with Roger Stewart) (Boxtree 0-7522-0274-X, Apr ’97, £4.99, 250pp, pb) Reprint (Prima 1996) anthology of adaptations of The Outer Limits episodes from the old and new series, plus Harlan Ellison’s “Soldier”. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Outer Limits: Volume Three (with Roger Stewart) (Boxtree 0-7522-0284-7, Jul ’97, £4.99, xiv+251pp, pb) Reprint (Prima/Proteus 1997) anthology of four stories: one reprint and three based on episodes of the TV series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Outer Limits: Volume Two (Boxtree 0-7522-0279-0, May ’97, £4.99, 292pp, pb) Reprint (Prima/Proteus 1997) original anthology of four stories, one a reprint, based on episodes of the television show (both original and new series). Authors are Diane Duane, Fredric Brown, Michael Marano, and Richard Lupoff. Copyrighted by Outer Limits Productions, with trademark licensing by MGM/UA. [First U.K. edition]

NOURSE, ALAN E(dward) (1928-1992) (stories)

• * _The Fourth Horseman (Pinnacle 0-523-42432-9, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $3.50, 405pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1983) sf novel of plague in the near future.
• * _The Mercy Men (Ace 0-441-52561-X, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.50, 156pp, pb) Reissue (David McKay 1968) sf novel. A rewrite of an earlier book, A Man Obsessed (Ace 1955).
• * _Rocket to Limbo (Ace 0-441-73339-5, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $2.95, 185pp, pb) Reprint (McKay 1957) juvenile sf novel.
• * _Star Surgeon (Ace 0-441-78343-0, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $2.95, 170pp, pb) Reprint (David McKay 1960) young-adult sf novel of a doctor in space.
• * _Trouble on Titan (Ace 0-441-82481-1, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $2.95, 177pp, pb) Reprint (Winston 1954) sf novel of interstellar sabotage and a deadly secret on Titan.
• * _The Universe Between (Ace 0-441-85456-7, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $2.95, 169pp, pb) Reprint (McKay 1965) sf novel.

NOVAK, KATE (stories) (chron.)

• * _Forgotten Realms: Azure Bonds (with Jeff Grubb) See entry under Jeff Grubb.
• * _Forgotten Realms: Azure Bonds (with Jeff Grubb) (Penguin 0-14-012130-7, Mar ’89, £3.99, 380pp, hc, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Forgotten Realms] Reprint (TSR 1988) fantasy novelization. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Forgotten Realms: Masquerades (with Jeff Grubb) (TSR 0-7869-0152-7, Jul ’95, $5.99, 376pp, tp) [Forgotten Realms: Harpers] Novelization based on the role-playing games, tenth in “The Harpers” sub-series. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * *Forgotten Realms: Song of the Saurials (with Jeff Grubb) (TSR 1-56076-060-5, Mar ’91, $4.95, 315pp, tp, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [*Forgotten Realms: Finder’s Stone] Fantasy novelization based on the “Forgotten Realms” game, third book of the “Finder’s Stone Trilogy.”
• * _Forgotten Realms: Song of the Saurials (with Jeff Grubb) (Penguin 0-14-015966-5, Sep ’91, £4.50, 315pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [*Forgotten Realms: Finder’s Stone] Reprint (TSR 1991) fantasy novelization. Book Three of the “Finder’s Stone” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Forgotten Realms: The Wyvern’s Spur (with Jeff Grubb) (TSR 0-88038-902-8, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $4.95, 313pp, tp, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [*Forgotten Realms: Finder’s Stone] Fantasy series based on the “Forgotten Realms” game, second book of “The Finder’s Stone Trilogy”.
• * _Forgotten Realms: The Wyvern’s Spur (with Jeff Grubb) (Penguin 0-14-014365-3, Sep ’90, £3.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [*Forgotten Realms: Finder’s Stone] Reprint (TSR 1990) fantasy novelization. Book Two in the “Finder’s Stone” trilogy.
• * *Forgotten Realms: Tymora’s Luck (with Jeff Grubb) (TSR 0-7869-0726-6, Dec ’97 [Mar ’98], $5.99, 315pp, tp, cover by Blas Gallego) [Forgotten Realms] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game, “Lost Gods” #3. Copyrighted by TSR.

NOWLAN, PHILIP FRANCIS (1888-1940) (stories)

• * _The Pop-Up Buck Rogers (with Dick Calkins) See entry under Dick Calkins.

NOYES, RALPH (1923?-1998)

• * *A Secret Property (Quartet 0-7043-2486-5, 1985 [May ’86], $13.95 in U.S., 186pp, hc) Sf novel about alien invasion. This book appeared in Britain last year. It is now available in the U.S. through Salem House. It seems to be the original British edition with an American sticker price.

NUGENT, JAMES (1933-1994?)

• * *The Brass Halo (Critic’s Choice 1-55547-183-8, Aug ’87, $3.95, 346pp, pb) [Talisman] Novel of occult horror, “The Talisman” #1.

NUTMAN, PHILIP (1963- ) (stories)

• * *Wet Work (Jove 0-515-11115-5, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $4.99, 262pp, pb) Horror novel of a world overrun by zombies. Based on Nutman’s short story in the anthology Book of the Dead.

NUTT, CHARLES (Leroy) (1929-1967); see under Beaumont, Charles (stories) (chron.)

NYBERG, BJÖRN (Emil Oscar) (1929- )

• * _Conan the Avenger (with L. Sprague de Camp & Robert E. Howard) See entry under Robert E. Howard
• * _Conan the Avenger (with Robert E. Howard & L. Sprague de Camp) See entry under Robert E. Howard
• * _Conan the Swordsman (with Robert E. Howard, Lin Carter & L. Sprague de Camp) See entry under Robert E. Howard
• * _Conan the Swordsman (with L. Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter) See entry under L. Sprague de Camp.

NYE, JODY LYNN (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Crisis on Doona (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
• * _The Death of Sleep (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
• * *The Dragonlover’s Guide to Pern (with Anne McCaffrey) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35424-9, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $19.95, 178pp, hc) [Pern] Non-fiction; a guide to background information in McCaffrey’s bestselling “Pern” books. Packaged and copyright by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
• * _The Dragonlover’s Guide to Pern (with Anne McCaffrey) (SFBC #56737, Jan ’90 [Apr ’90], $10.98, hc) [Pern] Reprint (Del Rey 1989) non-fiction; reference. A guide to the world of McCaffrey’s “Pern” books.
• * _The Dragonlover’s Guide to Pern (with Anne McCaffrey) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37946-2, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $12.95, 178pp, tp, cover by Holly Johnson) [Pern] Reprint (Del Rey 1989) non-fiction, a guide to the world of McCaffrey’s “Pern” books. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
• * _The Dragonlover’s Guide to Pern (with Anne McCaffrey) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41274-5, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $15.00, 178pp, tp, cover by Todd Cameron Hamilton) [Pern] Reissue (Del Rey 1989) non-fiction guide to the world of McCaffrey’s “Pern” books. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates. Fifth printing.
• * *The Dragonlover’s Guide to Pern: Second Edition (with Anne McCaffrey) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41274-5, Mar ’97, $15.00, 260pp, tp, cover by Todd Cameron Hamilton) [Pern] Non-fiction guide to the world of McCaffrey’s “Pern” books. This is revised from the 1989 Del Rey edition. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
• * *Higher Mythology (Warner Questar 0-446-36335-9, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $4.99, 266pp, pb, cover by Don Puckey) [Mythology] Humorous fantasy novel, third book of the “Mythology” series.
• * *The Magic Touch (Warner Aspect 0-446-60210-8, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $5.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Don Maitz) Contemporary fantasy novel. A young Black man joins the magic-working Fairy Godmothers Union instead of a gang.
• * *Medicine Show (Ace 0-441-00085-1, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.99, 261pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [*Taylor’s Ark] SF adventure novel about a starfaring doctor, sequel to Taylor’s Ark.
• * *Mythology 101 (Popular Library Questar 0-445-21021-4, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.95, 264pp, pb, cover by Don Maitz) [Mythology] Humorous fantasy novel about elves living in a university library.
• * *Mythology Abroad (Warner Questar 0-446-36119-4, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.50, 264pp, pb, cover by Don Maitz) [Mythology] Humorous fantasy novel about the Little People, sequel to Mythology 101.
• * _Piers Anthony’s Visual Guide to Xanth (with Piers Anthony) See entry under Piers Anthony.
• * _The Planet Pirates (with Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth N. Moon) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
• * *The Ship Errant (Baen 0-671-87754-2, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $21.00, 401pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Ship Who Sang] SF novel, sequel to Nye’s collaboration with Anne McCaffrey, The Ship Who Won. Copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
• * _The Ship Errant (Baen 0-671-87854-9, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $6.99, 401pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Ship Who Sang] Reprint (Baen 1996) SF novel, sequel to Nye’s collaboration with Anne McCaffrey, The Ship Who Won. Copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
• * _The Ship Who Won (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
• * *Taylor’s Ark (Ace 0-441-79974-4, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [*Taylor’s Ark] Sf medical thriller. Dr. Shana Taylor and her vaccine-synthesizing dog try to stop an epidemic from spreading through the galaxy’s human colonies.
• * _Taylor’s Ark (Ace 0-441-79974-4, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $5.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [*Taylor’s Ark] Reissue (Ace 1993) SF novel. Third printing.
• * _Treaty at Doona (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
• * *Waking in Dreamland (Baen 0-671-87875-1, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $5.99, 390pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Dreamland] Fantasy novel. Roan must stop a mad scientist who wants to wake the Sleepers whose dreams shape their world.

_____, ed.

• * *Don’t Forget Your Spacesuit, Dear (Baen 0-671-87732-1, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $5.99, 306pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Original anthology of 19 stories about mothers in space, including a new Maureen Birnbaum story by George Alec Effinger. Other authors include Anne McCaffrey, Elizabeth Moon, and Esther M. Friesner. (Contents)

NYE, NICHOLAS

• * *Return to the Lost World (Self Publishing Association 1-85421-110-2, Oct ’91, £13.95, 256pp, hc) [Prof. Challenger] Sf/adventure novel — a sequel to Conan Doyle’s The Lost World.

NYE, ROBERT (1939- )

• * _Beowulf (Beaver 0-09-941930-0, Nov ’88 [Dec ’88], £1.99, 103pp, pb) Reissue (Hamish Hamilton 1983) young-adult fantasy novel.

NYLUND, ERIC S. (1964- ) (chron.)

• * *Dry Water (Avon 0-380-78542-0, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $12.50, 311pp, tp, cover by Donato Giancola) Fantasy novel. A necromancer, a witch, and a psychic SF writer fight in New Mexico to control history. A hardcover edition (-97474-6, $23.00) is also available.
• * _Dry Water (SFBC #15599, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $10.98, 311pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) Reprint (Avon 1997) Southwestern fantasy novel. This is similar to the Avon edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Dry Water (Avon Eos 0-380-79614-7, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $3.99, 362pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1997) Southwestern fantasy novel.
• * *A Game of Universe (AvoNova 0-380-78541-2, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $5.50, 355pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) Fantasy novel. A corporate assassin wagers his soul in a deadly quest.
• * _A Game of Universe (NEL 0-340-64949-6, Feb ’97, £5.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) Reprint (AvoNova 1997) fantasy/SF novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Pawn’s Dream (AvoNova 0-380-77887-4, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $4.99, 345pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) Fantasy novel. A night clerk at a mini-mart finds his dreams merging with reality.
• * _Pawn’s Dream (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66707-9, Feb ’96, £16.99, 345pp, hc, cover by Mick Van Houten) Reprint (AvoNova 1995) fantasy novel. A grocery clerk dreams he is a monk in a magical world dreaming of our own world. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Pawn’s Dream (NEL 0-340-64948-8, Jul ’96, £5.99, 345pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) Reprint (AvoNova 1995) fantasy novel.
• * *Signal to Noise (Avon Eos 0-380-97513-0, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $23.00, 371pp, hc, cover by Amy Halperin) [Signal to Noise] Near-future SF novel. A hacker researching encryption techniques inadvertently contacts aliens interested in doing business.

OAKES, TERRY, [ill.]

• * *Classic Tales of Horror (Dutton 0-525-44418-1, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], $13.95, unpaginated, hc) Pop-up book with adaptations of famous horror stories; illustrations by Oakes, paper engineering by Ray Marshall and Ruth Graham. Recommended for all pop-up fans (CNB).

OakGROVE, ARTEMIS (1952- )

• * _Dreams of Vengeance (Alyson/Lace 1-55583-306-3, Jul ’91, $8.95, 195pp, tp) [Throne Trilogy] Reissue (Lace 1985) lesbian S&M fantasy novel, second book of the “Throne Trilogy”; second printing.
• * _The Raging Peace (Alyson/Lace 1-55583-307-1, Jul ’91, $8.95, 256pp, tp) [Throne Trilogy] Reissue (Lace 1984) lesbian S&M fantasy novel, first book of the “Throne Trilogy”; second printing.
• * _Throne of Council (Alyson/Lace 1-55583-308-X, Jul ’91, $8.95, 151pp, tp) [Throne Trilogy] Reissue (Lace 1986) lesbian S&M fantasy novel, third book of the “Throne Trilogy”; second printing.

OAKLEY, GRAHAM

• * *Henry’s Quest (Atheneum 0-689-31172-9, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $12.95, unpaginated, hc) 11.5" x 8.5", full color quest fable (with some text) set in a post- holocaust world. Probably simultaneous with a Macmillan (UK) edition.