The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- BALLARD, J(ames) G(raham) (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * _The Day of Creation (Grafton 0-586-20100-9, 1988 [May 88], £2.50, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1987) associational novel. Special Open Market edition, not available in the UK.
- * +The Day of Creation (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-13527-4, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $17.95, 254pp, hc) Non-sf, associational novel. First American edition (Gollancz 1987).
- * _The Day of Creation (Grafton 0-586-20100-9, Sep 88 [Oct 88], £2.99, 287pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1987) associational novel.
- * _The Day of Creation (Macmillan Collier 0-02-041514-1, May 89 [Mar 89], $7.95, 254pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1987) quasi-science fictional mainstream novel.
- * _The Day of Creation (Flamingo 0-00-654594-7, Oct 93, £5.99, 287pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Gollancz 1987) associational novel.
- * _The Day of Forever (Gollancz 0-575-03770-9, Mar 86, £8.95, 126pp, hc) Reprint (Panther 1967) collection, first hc edition. Note: later Panther editions have slightly different contents.
- * _The Day of Forever (Flamingo 0-586-08991-8, Jun 95, £5.99, 126pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Panther 1967) collection of 10 SF stories.
- * _The Disaster Area (Paladin 0-586-09071-1, Mar 92, £4.99, 191pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Cape 1967) collection of nine sf stories.
- * _The Drought (Paladin 0-586-08996-9, Mar 90, £3.99, 188pp, tp, cover by James Marsh) Reissue (Cape 1965) sf novel.
- * _The Drought (Flamingo 0-586-08996-9, Oct 93, £5.99, 188pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Cape 1965) sf novel. An expanded version of The Burning World (Berkley 1964).
- * _The Drowned World (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-324-5, Jun 87 [May 87], $3.95, 175pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1962) surreal sf novel. This was Ballards first novel.
- * _The Drowned World (J.M. Dent 0-460-02257-1, Aug 92, £3.50, 175pp, tp, cover by Nick Hardcastle) Reissue (Berkley 1962) sf novel.
- * _The Drowned World (Phoenix 1-85799-026-9, Mar 93, £4.99, 175pp, tp, cover by Henri Rousseau) Reprint (Berkley 1962) sf novel.
- * _The Drowned World (Gollancz/Indigo 0-575-40129-X, Nov 97, £5.99, 175pp, tp, cover by Gary Day-Ellison) Reprint (Berkley 1962) SF novel.
- * *Empire of the Sun (Gollancz 0-575-03483-1, Oct 84 [Sep 84], £8.95, 278pp, hc) [Empire of the Sun] Non-sf/fantasy, a mainstream autobiographical novel of associational interest.
- * +Empire of the Sun (Simon & Schuster 0-671-53051-8, Nov 84 [Oct 84], $16.95, 279pp, hc) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (Gollancz 1984), first U.S. edition. This is of associational interest, an auto-biographical novel of Ballards youth in World War II Shanghai.
- * _Empire of the Sun (Washington Square Press 0-671-53053-4, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $4.50, 375pp, pb) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) autobiographical novel; non-sf, associational.
- * _Empire of the Sun (QPB/Simon & Schuster no ISBN, Dec 85, $7.95, 279pp, pb) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) associational item, a non-sf/fantasy novel by a renowned sf author. Identical to the Simon & Schuster edition, with the jacket printed as the paperback cover.
- * _Empire of the Sun (Pocket 0-671-64877-2, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $4.50, 384pp, pb) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (Gollancz 1985). Non-sf, associational autobiographical novel.
- * _Empire of the Sun (Grafton 0-586-06430-3, Feb 88, £2.95, 351pp, pb) [Empire of the Sun] Reissue (Gollancz 1984) mainstream novel. Film tie-in edition.
- * _Empire of the Sun (Grafton 0-586-06430-3, Oct 92, £4.99, 351pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Empire of the Sun] Reissue (Gollancz 1984) associational autobiographical novel.
- * _Empire of the Sun (Flamingo 0-00-654700-1, Sep 94 [Oct 94], £5.99, 351pp, tp, cover by Eitan Lee Al) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) associational autobiographical novel.
- * +Hello America (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-455-1, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $17.95, 224pp, hc) Surreal sf novel. First U.S. edition (Cape 1981).
- * _Hello America (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-547-7, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $3.95, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1981) surreal sf novel.
- * _Hello America (Paladin 0-586-09022-3, Apr 90, £4.50, 236pp, tp, cover by James Marsh) Reissue (Jonathan Cape 1981) sf novel.
- * _Hello America (Flamingo 0-586-09022-3, Feb 93, £5.99, 236pp, tp) Reprint (Cape 1981) sf novel.
- * _Hello America (Vintage UK 0-09-926591-5, Jul 94, £5.99, 224pp, pb, cover by John Morris) Reprint (Cape 1981) surreal SF novel. Includes a new introduction by Ballard.
- * _High Rise (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-400-4, Jun 88 [May 88], $3.50, 173pp, pb) [Crash] Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1975) sf horror novel.
- * _High-Rise (Flamingo 0-586-04456-6, Feb 93, £5.99, 173pp, tp) [Crash] Reprint (Cape 1975) sf novel.
- * *The Kindness of Women (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223771-7, Sep 91, £14.99, 286pp, hc, cover by Peter Maynard) [Empire of the Sun] Autobiographical novel, paralleling Ballards life during the 1960s. Recommended. (PSP) Sequel to Empire of the Sun.
- * +The Kindness of Women (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-18110-1, Oct 91, $19.95, 343pp, hc) [Empire of the Sun] Associational mainstream novel, sequel to Empire of the Sun. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1991).
- * _The Kindness of Women (Grafton 0-586-21099-7, Oct 92, £4.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1991) associational autobiographical novel, paralleling Ballards life during the 1960s. Sequel to Empire of the Sun.
- * _The Kindness of Women (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-647114-0, May 93 [Apr 93], $10.95, 343pp, tp) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1991) associational autobiographical novel, sequel to Empire of the Sun.
- * _The Kindness of Women (Flamingo 0-00-654701-X, Sep 94 [Oct 94], £5.99, 348pp, tp, cover by Eitan Lee Al) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1991) associational autobiographical novel.
- * _Low-Flying Aircraft (Flamingo 0-586-04503-1, Dec 92, £4.99, 191pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Cape 1976) sf collection.
- * *Memories of the Space Age (Arkham House 0-87054-157-9, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $16.95, 216pp, hc) Collection of eight stories, illustrated by J.K. Potter. This is the negative aspects of the age of space as only Ballard could interpret it. (CNB) (Contents)
- * _Myths of the Near Future (Paladin 0-586-09112-2, Nov 91 [Dec 91], £4.99, 205pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Cape 1982) sf collection.
- * _Myths of the Near Future (Vintage UK 0-09-933471-2, Apr 94 [Jun 94], £5.99, 205pp, tp, cover by John Morris) Reprint (Cape 1982) SF collection. Includes a new introduction by Ballard.
- * *Running Wild (Hutchinson 0-09-173498-3, Nov 88, £5.95, 72pp, hc) Fascinating novella about a housing estate where all the adults have been murdered and all the children have vanished. Illustrated throughout by Janet Woolley. Strongly recommended. (PSP)
- * +Running Wild (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-25288-2, Nov 89, $12.95, 104pp, hc) Associational thriller novella, illustrated by Janet Woolley. First American edition (Hutchinson 1988).
- * _Running Wild (Arena 0-09-973050-2, Nov 89 [Oct 89], £3.50, 80pp, tp, cover by Ivan Allen) Reprint (Hutchinson 1988) novella about a housing estate where the adults have all been murdered and the children have vanished. Only marginally sf, but classic Ballard.
- * _Running Wild (Flamingo 0-00-654819-9, Jan 97, £4.99, 106pp, tp) Reprint (Hutchinson 1988) SF novel.
- * *Rushing to Paradise (Flamingo 0-00-224134-X, Sep 94 [Aug 94], £14.99, 239pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Associational ecological satire.
- * +Rushing to Paradise (St. Martins/Picador 0-312-13164-X, May 95, $21.00, 239pp, hc, cover by Jeremy Wolff) Associational novel about a Utopian compound set up on a remote tropical island. First American edition (Flamingo UK 1994).
- * _Rushing to Paradise (Flamingo 0-00-654814-8, Sep 95 [Aug 95], £5.99, 239pp, pb, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Flamingo 1994) associational ecological satire.
- * _Rushing to Paradise (St. Martins/Picador 0-312-13415-0, May 96 [Apr 96], $12.00, 239pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 1994) associational novel about a Utopian compound on a remote tropical island.
- * _The Terminal Beach (Gollancz 0-575-03514-5, Feb 85 [Jan 85], £8.95, 221pp, hc) Reissue (Gollancz 1964) collection. This differs from the earlier American paperback Terminal Beach (Berkley 1964).
- * _The Terminal Beach (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-370-9, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $3.50, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1964) collection of 12 stories. This differs from the earlier Berkley edition, Terminal Beach (no The) in contents.
- * _The Terminal Beach (J.M. Dent 0-460-02265-2, Aug 92, £3.99, 221pp, tp, cover by James Marsh) Reissue (Gollancz 1964) sf collection. This differs in content from the American first, Terminal Beach (Berkley 1964), although the most recent US edition (Carroll & Graf) follows the British.
- * _The Terminal Beach (Phoenix 1-85799-021-8, Mar 93, £4.99, 221pp, tp, cover by Salvador Dali) Reprint (Gollancz 1964) sf collection. This differs from the earlier American edition of Terminal Beach (Berkeley 1984).
- * _The Terminal Beach (Gollancz/Indigo 0-575-40131-1, Nov 97, £5.99, 221pp, tp, cover by Gary Day-Ellison) Reprint (Gollancz 1964) SF collection. This differs from the earlier Terminal Beach (Berkley 1964),
- * _The Unlimited Dream Company (Washington Square Press 0-671-60537-2, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $4.50, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1979) surrealistic fantasy novel.
- * _The Unlimited Dream Company (Paladin 0-586-08995-0, Mar 90, £3.99, 220pp, tp, cover by James Marsh) Reissue (Cape 1979) surrealistic fantasy novel.
- * _The Unlimited Dream Company (Flamingo 0-586-08995-0, Dec 92, £5.99, 220pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Cape 1979) sf novel.
- * *A Users Guide to the Millennium (HarperCollins UK 0-00-255552-2, Jan 96 [Apr 96], £18.00, 304pp, hc, cover by Stuart Haygarth) Non-fiction collection of reviews and essays. Only one section is on SF.
- * _A Users Guide to the Millennium (Flamingo 0-00-654821-0, Jan 97 [Mar 97], £6.99, 304pp, tp, cover by Stuart Haygarth) Reprint (Flamingo 1996) associational non-fiction collection of articles, some on SF.
- * +A Users Guide to the Millennium: Essays and Reviews (St. Martins/Picador 0-312-14440-7, May 96 [Apr 96], $23.00, 304pp, hc) Associational collection of reviews and essays. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1996).
- * _A Users Guide to the Millennium: Essays and Reviews (St. Martins/Picador 0-312-15683-9, May 97 [Apr 97], $14.00, 304pp, tp) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1996) associational collection of reviews and essays.
- * _The Venus Hunters (Gollancz 0-575-03771-7, Oct 86, £8.95, 142pp, hc) Reprint (Panther 1980) sf collection. First hardcover edition.
- * _The Venus Hunters (Flamingo 0-586-05187-2, Dec 92, £4.99, 142pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Panther 1980) sf collection.
- * _Vermilion Sands (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-422-5, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $3.95, 208pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1973) collection of stories set in a futuristic resort colony. This differs from the earlier Berkley edition (1971) by one story plus the order.
- * _Vermilion Sands (Phoenix 1-85799-005-6, Sep 92, £4.99, 208pp, tp, cover by René Magritte) Reprint (Berkley 1971) sf collection. This edition follows the revised contents of the 1973 Cape edition.
- * _The Voices of Time (Gollancz 0-575-03515-3, Feb 85 [Jan 85], £8.95, 197pp, hc) Reissue (Gollancz 1974 as The Four-Dimensional Nightmare) collection. It differs from the earlier version, The Four-Dimensional Nightmare (Gollancz 1963) by two stories and also differs from The Voices of Time and Other Stories (Berkley 1962).
- * _The Voices of Time (Phoenix 1-85799-000-5, Sep 92, £4.99, 197pp, tp, cover by Salvador Dali) Reprint (Gollancz 1963 as The Four-Dimensional Nightmare) sf collection. This edition follows the revised contents of the 1974 Gollancz edition.
- * _The Voices of Time (Gollancz/Indigo 0-575-40130-3, Nov 97, £5.99, 197pp, tp, cover by Gary Day-Ellison) Reprint (Gollancz 1974 as The Four-Dimensional Nightmare) SF collection of eight stories. This is different from both the 1962 Berkley and the 1963 Gollancz editions. (Contents)
- * *War Fever (Collins 0-00-223770-9, Nov 90 [Oct 90], £12.95, 176pp, hc, cover by Peter Maynard) Collection of 14 sf stories from obscure sources, most previously uncollected. (Contents)
- * +War Fever (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-28645-0, Apr 91, $18.95, 176pp, hc, cover by Peter Maynard) Collection of 14 sf stories. First American edition (Collins 1990).
- * _War Fever (Paladin 0-586-09063-0, Sep 91, £4.99, 176pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Collins 1990) sf collection.
- * _War Fever (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $8.95, 176pp, tp, cover by Peter Maynard) Reprint (Collins 1990) collection of 14 sf stories. This is identical to the 1991 Farrar, Straus and Giroux edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the dust jacket printed as the soft cover.
- BALLENTINE, LEE (Kenney) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Dream Protocols (Talisman 0-9626708-1-2, Oct 92 [Aug 92], $9.95, 95pp, tp, cover by Richard Kadrey) Collection of 36 poems, most with sf allusions. A limited hardcover edition (-2-0) was announced but not seen. Order from Talisman, Box 321, Beech Grove IN 46107. (Contents)
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- * *Poly: New Speculative Writing (Ocean View Books 0-938075-05-5, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $16.95, 319pp, tp) Original anthology of speculative writing that includes prose works, drama, poetry (mostly), a filmscript and an interview. Contributors include Ray Bradbury, Thomas M. Disch, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Bruce Boston. A hardcover edition (-08-X, $40.00) of 200 copies was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- BALZAC, HONORÉ; de (1799-1850) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Quest of the Absolute (Dedalus 0-946626-54-5, Mar 90, £4.95, 226pp, tp, cover by Tim Gray) Reprint (J. Winchester 1844 as The Philosophers Stone) literary fantasy novel about a family ruined by the fathers obsession with alchemy. This edition is translated by Ellen Marriage and has an introduction and chronology by Christopher Smith.
- * _Séraphita (Dedalus 0-946626-53-7, Mar 90, £4.95, 316pp, tp) Reprint (??? 1834) literary fantasy collection. This edition is translated by Clara Bell, has an introduction by David Blow, and is available in the US from Hippocrene Books. (Contents)
- BANERJI, SARA (Ann) (1932- )
- * *Cobwebwalking (Gollancz 0-575-03702-4, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £8.95, 176pp, hc) Post-nuclear literary fantasy novel (its not billed as sf).
- * _Cobwebwalking (Black Swan 0-552-99220-8, Jul 87, £3.95, 143pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1986) literary fantasy novel.
- * +Cobwebwalking (Adler & Adler 0-917561-40-6, Oct 87, $15.95, 155pp, hc) Literary sf/fantasy novel of a girls special bond with nature, and what she does after the holocaust. First U.S. edition (Gollancz 1986).
- * *The Tea-Planters Daughter (Gollancz 0-575-04237-0, Jul 88 [Sep 88], £11.95, 190pp, hc) Literary occult novel.
- BANGS, JOHN KENDRICK (1862-1922) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Olympian Nights (Greenhill 0-947898-38-7, Sep 86, £8.95, 225pp, hc) Reprint (Harper 1902) humorous fantasy novel. Afterword by Brian Stableford. Reproduction of original edition.
- BANK, AARON (1902-2004)
- BANKS, DAVID (stories)
- * *Doctor Who: Cybermen (Virgin 0-352-32738-3, Sep 90, £8.99, 144pp, tp) [Doctor Who] Non-fiction book about the Cybermen - one of Doctor Whos more persistent foes; with a preface by Andrew Skilleter and an introduction by Gerry Davis.
- * *Iceberg (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20392-5, Sep 93 [Aug 93], £4.50, 253pp, pb, cover by Andrew Skilleter) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
- BANKS, IAIN (Menzies) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Against a Dark Background (Orbit 1-85723-031-0, May 93 [Apr 93], £15.99, 487pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) Downbeat sf novel about the quest for the fabled Lazy Gun. Recommended (PSP).
- * +Against a Dark Background (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29225-0, Aug 93 [Jul 93], $5.99, 515pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) Far-future sf novel about the search for the deadly Lazy Gun. First American edition (Orbit 1993).
- * _Against a Dark Background (TSP #2386001, Dec 93, £8.99, 487pp, tp) Reprint (Orbit 1993) sf novel. This is a bookclub edition. [Not seen]
- * _Against a Dark Background (Orbit 1-85723-185-6, Jan 94, £8.99, 487pp, tp, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reprint (Orbit 1993) downbeat sf novel about the quest for the fabled Lazy Gun.
- * _Against a Dark Background (Orbit 1-85723-179-1, Jan 95 [Dec 94], £6.99, 487pp, pb) Reprint (Orbit 1993) downbeat SF novel about the quest for the fabled lazygun.
- * *The Bridge (Macmillan UK 0-333-41285-0, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £9.95, 259pp, hc) Bizarre fantasy about a car crash victim suffering amnesia.
- * _The Bridge (Pan 0-330-30075-X, Jul 87, £2.95, 286pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1986) novel with sf touches.
- * _The Bridge (Futura 0-7088-8303-6, Mar 89 [Feb 89], £4.99, 288pp, tp) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1986) literary fantasy novel.
- * +The Bridge (St. Martins 0-312-02881-4, May 89 [Apr 89], $16.95, 309pp, hc) Bizarre satirical literary novel about a car-crash victims science fictional trauma-induced hallucinations. First American edition (Macmillan UK 1986).
- * _The Bridge (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100108-2, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $4.50, 441pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1986) literary novel about a car-crash victims science fictional trauma-induced hallucinations.
- * _The Bridge (Abacus 0-349-10215-5, Dec 90 [Nov 90], £4.99, 288pp, tp, cover by Peter Brown) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1986) literary novel with sf touches.
- * _The Bridge (HarperPrism 0-06-105358-9, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $10.00, 245pp, tp, cover by John Ennis) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1986) literary fantasy/hallucinatory novel. The author writes SF as Iain M. Banks.
- * *Canal Dreams (Macmillan 0-333-51768-7, Aug 89, £12.95, 198pp, hc) Associational mainstream novel.
- * _Canal Dreams (Abacus 0-349-10171-X, Jul 90, £4.50, 198pp, tp, cover by Leslie Howell) Reprint (Macmillan 1989) mainstream novel of associational interest.
- * +Canal Dreams (Doubleday 0-385-41814-0, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $19.00, 198pp, hc, cover by A. Bascove) Associational mainstream novel possibly set in the near future. First American edition (Macmillan UK 1989).
- * *Cleaning Up (Birmingham Science Fiction Group no ISBN, Nov 87, no price, ph) Original short story issued in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies, to coincide with Bankss Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 17.
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