The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

PEEL, JOHN (Ronald) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *Doctor Who: The Daleks’ Master Plan - Part II: The Mutation of Time (Target 0-426-20344-5, Oct ’89, £1.99, 157pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization. Volume 142 in the series.
• * *Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20389-5, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], £4.50, 288pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Young adult sf novelization. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95. Volume 155 in the series.
• * *Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20390-9, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], £4.50, 253pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Young adult sf novelization. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95. Volume 154 in the series.
• * *Doctor Who: War of the Daleks (BBC Books 0-563-40573-2, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], £4.99, 277pp, pb) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 5 of the BBC “New Adventures” series starring the 8th Doctor.
• * *The Gallifrey Chronicles (Doctor Who Books 1-85227-329-1, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], £14.99, 137pp, hc, cover by Andrew Skilleter) [Doctor Who] ’Non-fiction’ book about the planet from which Doctor Who originated, and including an original short story entitled “The Scrolls of Rassilon.”
• * *Maniac (Pocket Archway 0-671-88735-1, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $3.50, 195pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. Ancient, dream-stealing parasites drive students to madness and death.
• * *The New Trek Encyclopedia (Pioneer Books 1-55698-350-6, Nov ’92 [Jun ’94], $19.95, 194pp, tp) [Star Trek] Media reference, an encyclopedic guide to everything connected with the three Star Trek series. Revised and updated from The Trek Encyclopedia (Pioneer 1988). This has a 1993 copyright date but was not seen until now.
• * *The Official Doctor Who and the Daleks Book (with Terry Nation) (St. Martin’s 0-312-02264-6, Dec ’88, $12.95, 212pp, tp) [Doctor Who] Non-fiction, sf reference plus nostalgic reminiscences of the Dalek episodes. Nation seems to have only contributed a foreword.
• * *The Official Doctor Who and the Daleks Book (with Terry Nation) (St. Martin’s 0-312-02264-6, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $12.95, 212pp, tp) [Doctor Who] Non-fiction, reference. Contains an episode guide to the Daleks, the original story outline of “The Daleks”, and other Dr. Who materials.
• * *Poison (Pocket Archway 0-671-88736-X, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $3.50, 215pp, pb, cover by Lee MacLeod) Young-adult horror novel. A lamia haunts teenagers at school.
• * +Quantum Leap: Independence (Boulevard 1-57297-150-9, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $5.99, 247pp, pb) [Quantum Leap] Novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by MCA Publishing Rights. First US edition (Boxtree 1996).
• * *Shattered (Pocket Archway 0-671-79406-X, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $3.50, 211pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) Young-adult horror novel about a killer scarab brooch that steals human souls.
• * *Shockers: Dead End (Putnam/Grosset & Dunlap 0-448-40530-X, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $3.50, 157pp, tp, cover by Stephen Brennan) [Shockers] Young-adult horror novel about a cursed car. Interior illustrations by Eric Shawn Cherry.
• * *Shockers: Ghost Lake (Putnam/Grosset & Dunlap 0-448-40545-8, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $3.50, 148pp, tp, cover by Stephen Brennan) [Shockers] Young-adult horror novel about a girl haunted by he ghost of her best friend. Interior illustrations by Eric Shawn Cherry.
• * *Shockers™: Alien Prey (Putnam/Grosset & Dunlap 0-448-40529-6, May ’93 [Jun ’93], $3.50, 154pp, pb, cover by Stephen Brennan) [Shockers] Young-adult horror novel of a group of kids who realize that aliens are taking over the small town they live in. Illustrations by Eric Shawn Cherry.
• * *Shockers™: Blood Wolf (Putnam/Grosset & Dunlap 0-448-40527-X, May ’93 [Jun ’93], $3.50, 159pp, pb, cover by Stephen Brennan) [Shockers] Young-adult dark fantasy novel. Prince Numin is trying to escape assassins hired by his own brother and must cross mountains stalked by demonic killer wolves. Illustrations by Eric Shawn Cherry.
• * *Shockers™: Grave Doubts (Putnam/Grosset & Dunlap 0-448-40528-8, May ’93 [Jun ’93], $3.50, 153pp, pb, cover by Stephen Brennan) [Shockers] Young-adult horror novel. Matt Howard is haunted by the murder of his older sister Penny, both in the dream world and in the real one. Illustrations by Eric Shawn Cherry.
• * *Shockers™: Night Wings (Putnam/Grosset & Dunlap 0-448-40526-1, May ’93 [Jun ’93], $1.99, 157pp, pb, cover by Stephen Brennan) [Shockers] Young-adult horror novel. Novice teenage vampire hunter Rob learns that he may be too dangerous for the job. Illustrations by Eric Shawn Cherry.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation #28: Here There Be Dragons (Pocket 0-671-86571-4, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $5.50, 275pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: Death of Princes (Pocket 0-671-56808-6, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $5.99, 276pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: Here There be Dragons (Titan 1-85286-503-2, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], £3.99, 275pp, pb, cover by Birdsong) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Pocket) edition.
• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #3: Prisoners of Peace (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-88288-0, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $3.99, 112pp, tp, cover by Alan Gutierrez) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Young-adult Star Trek novelization with interior illustrations by Todd Cameron Hamilton. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #6: Field Trip (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-88287-2, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $3.99, 111pp, tp, cover by Alan Gutierrez) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Young-adult Star Trek novelization with internal illustrations by Todd Cameron Hamilton. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Objective: Bajor (Pocket 0-671-56811-6, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $5.99, 278pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Talons (Pocket Archway 0-671-79405-1, Jul ’93, $3.50, 196pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) Young-adult horror novel of a teenage girl with a psychic connection to the murderous horror unearthed in ancient Viking graves.
• * *Timewyrm: Genesys (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20355-0, Jun ’91 [May ’91], £3.50, 230pp, pb, cover by Andrew Skilleter) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the “Doctor Who” series, with a preface by Peter Darvill-Evans, the series editor, and a foreword by Sophie Aldred. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $5.95. Volume 1 in “Doctor Who: The New Adventures”.
• * *Tombstones: Dances with Werewolves (Pocket Archway 0-671-53529-3, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $3.99, 152pp, pb, cover by Bill Schmidt) [Tombstones] Young-adult werewolf novel.
• * *Tombstones: The Last Drop (Pocket Archway 0-671-53530-7, Dec ’95, $3.99, 150pp, pb, cover by Steven Stroud) [Tombstones] Young-adult horror novel. Are the town’s teens being killed by polluters, or vampires?
• * _The Trek Encyclopedia (Pioneer Books 1-55698-205-4, Nov ’88 [Jan ’89], $19.95, 365pp, tp) [Star Trek] Re-issue (Pioneer Books 1988) non-fiction; reference. An encyclopedia-type guide to everything connected with Star Trek, from actors to planets. Second printing.
• * *Uptime, Downtime (Simon & Schuster 0-671-73274-9, Jun ’92 [Nov ’92], $14.00, 242pp, hc, cover by Ellen Thompson) Young-adult fantasy novel. Two teenagers are stalked through time by a Druid girl from Stonehenge.

PEETERS, BENOÎT

• * _The Great Walls of Samaris (with François Schuiten) See entry under François Schuiten.

PEIRCE, HAYFORD (1942- ) (stories)

• * _Dinosaur Park (Tor 0-812-55040-4, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Oscar Chichoni) Reissue (Tor 1989 as The Thirteenth Majestral) SF novel.
• * *Napoleon Disentimed (Tor 0-812-54898-1, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $3.50, 306pp, pb) [MacNair of MacNair] Alternate world time travel novel where Napoleon conquered England, and France rules the world. A first novel and a “Ben Bova Discovery” book.
• * _Napoleon Disentimed (Bantam UK 0-553-17601-3, May ’89, £3.50, 317pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [MacNair of MacNair] Reprint (Tor 1987) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Phylum Monsters (Tor 0-812-54894-9, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.95, 278pp, pb) Satirical sf novel about genetic engineering and telepathic Martian pet rocks who want to be free.
• * *The Thirteenth Majestral (Tor 0-812-54892-2, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 315pp, pb) Sf time-travel adventure novel written in the style of Jack Vance.

PELAN, JOHN C.; see also Anon. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Axolotl Double A-1 [as by Anonymous] See entry under Anonymous.
• * _Axolotl Double A-3 [as by Anonymous] See entry under Anonymous.
• * _The Case of the Police Officer’s Cock Ring and The Piano Player Who Had No Fingers (with Edward Lee) See entry under Edward Lee.
• * _Shifters (with Edward Lee) See entry under Edward Lee.
• * _Splatterspunk: The Micah Hayes Stories (with Edward Lee) See entry under Edward Lee.

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• * *Axolotl Special 1 (Pulphouse/Axolotl Press no ISBN, Feb ’89, $10.00, 167pp, tp) Anthology of stories by Lucius Shepard, Michael Shea, and Jessica Amanda Salmonson, plus introductions by Kessel, Ligotti, and Sterling. Autographed by all contributors. (Contents)
• * *Darkside: Horror for the Next Millennium (Darkside Press 0-00-000000-4, Mar ’96 [May ’96], $60.00, 481pp, hc) Original anthology of 30 horror stories with illustrations by Alan M. Clark. Authors include Thomas Ligotti, Brian Hodge, Yvonne Navarro, and Lucy Taylor. This is a limited edition of 350 signed by all authors; a deluxe edition of 26 ($125.00) is also available. Order from Darkside Press, 4128 Woodland Park Ave N, Seattle WA 98103; credit card orders 1-206-633-1930. (Contents)
• * _Darkside: Horror for the Next Millennium (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45662-9, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $5.99, 363pp, pb, cover by David Loew) Reprint (Darkside 1996) original anthology of 30 horror stories. This lacks the Darkside edition’s illustrations by Alan M. Clark.

PELEVIN, VICTOR (1962- ) (stories)

• * _Omon Ra (New Directions 0-8112-1364-1, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $9.95, 154pp, tp) Reprint (Harbord 1994) surreal satiric novel of Russian bureaucracy and space program. Translated by Andrew Bromfield from the Russian.
• * +A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia and Other Stories (New Directions 0-8112-1394-3, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $23.95, 213pp, hc) Collection of eight satiric fables and strange stories. Translated by Andrew Bromfield from the Russian (1994). First US edition (Harbord UK 1998, not seen). (Contents)

PELHAM, DAVID

• * _Universe (with Heather Couper) See entry under Heather Couper.

PELLEGRINO, CHARLES R. (1953- ) (stories)

• * *Dust (Avon 0-380-97308-1, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $15.95, 386pp, hc) SF thriller. Major ecological changes threaten all mankind.
• * _Dust (SFBC #02210, Apr ’98, $8.98, 386pp, hc) Reprint (Avon 1998) SF novel. This is similar to the Avon edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Flying to Valhalla (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-12506-9, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $22.00, 337pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) Sf novel of the first manned mission to Alpha Centauri, and of the transmissions that indicate one of the crew may be insane. A first novel by a noted scientist.
• * _Flying to Valhalla (SFBC #01574, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $10.98, 337pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1993) sf novel of the first manned mission to Alpha Centauri, and of the transmissions that indicate one of the crew may be insane. Similar to the AvoNova edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Flying to Valhalla (AvoNova 0-380-71881-2, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $4.99, 337pp, pb, cover by Vincent DiFate) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1993) sf novel of the first manned mission to Alpha Centauri, whose transmissions indicate that one of the crew may be insane.
• * *The Killing Star (with George Zebrowski) (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-13989-2, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $22.00, 340pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) SF novel. Aliens try to wipe out the human race.
• * _The Killing Star (with George Zebrowski) (Easton Press no ISBN, Jun ’95, no price, 340pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) SF novel in which aliens try to wipe out the human race. This special signed, leather-bound, gilt-edged edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series, available only by subscription. This is being published “simultaneously” with the Morrow edition which appeared in March.
• * _The Killing Star (with George Zebrowski) (AvoNova 0-380-77026-1, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $5.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Vincent DiFate) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1995) SF novel. Aliens try to wipe out the human race.

PELLOWSKI, MICHAEL (Joseph) (1949- )

• * _Howard the Duck Storybook (Armada 0-00-692744-0, Dec ’86, £2.95, 48pp, tp) Illustrated juvenile storybook of sf cartoon film.

PELTON, FRED L. (stories)

• * *A Guide to the Cthulhu Cult (Armitage House 1-887797-06-8, Nov ’98, $9.95, 148pp, tp, cover by Blair Reynolds) “Non-fiction” look at Lovecraft’s Necronomicon and other creations, showing “the truths behind the fiction”, historic Cthulhu cults, and warning of the dangers of current cults, managing to seem simultaneously dead serious and somewhat tongue-in-cheek. Includes a “long-lost” medieval text, the “Cultus Maleficarum”; a previous edition without the “Cultus” was published in 1996 as a limited edition chapbook. Order from Armitage House, 5536 25th Ave NE, Seattle WA 98105-2415; add $3.00 shipping. [Lovecraft]

PELZER, LINDA C.

• * *Mary Higgins Clark: A Critical Companion (Greenwood Press 0-313-29413-5, Jul ’96 [Aug ’96], $29.95, 175pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical guide. Includes a bibliography and index. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [Clark]

PEMBERTON, VICTOR (stories)

• * *Doctor Who: The Pescatons (Target 0-426-20353-4, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], £2.50, 124pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Novelization of an LP record featuring Tom Baker as Doctor Who. Volume 153 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $4.95.
• * *Fury from the Deep (W.H. Allen 0-491-03652-3, May ’86, £7.95, 192pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Sf novel based on the “Doctor Who” tv series. Doctor Who #110.
• * _Fury from the Deep (Target 0-426-20259-7, Oct ’86, £1.95, 189pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1986) sf novel based on the “Doctor Who” tv series. Doctor Who #110.

PENDARVES, G. G.; pseudonym of Gordon Trenery, (1885-1938) (stories)

• * *The Devil’s Graveyard (The British Fantasy Society no ISBN, Nov ’88, £1.50, 47pp, ph) Collection of three ghost/horror stories, edited and introduced by Richard Dalby. Volume 4 in the “Masters of Fantasy” series. Volume 14 in the “BFS Booklet” series. (Contents)

PENDLETON, DON(ald Eugene) (1927-1995)

• * *Heart to Heart (Popular Library 0-445-20258-0, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $2.95, 240pp, pb) [Ashton Ford] “Ashton Ford #5”, latest in a men’s adventure series about a psychic spy.
• * *Life to Life (Popular Library 0-445-20256-4, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.95, 256pp, pb) [Ashton Ford] Occult fantasy private eye novel, “Ashton Ford” #4.
• * *Time to Time (Popular Library 0-445-20260-2, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.95, 215pp, pb) [Ashton Ford] Psychic detective novel with sf elements, “Ashton Ford” #6.

PENLEY, CONSTANCE, ed. (1948- )

• * *Close Encounters: Film, Feminism, and Science Fiction (with Elisabeth Lyon, Lynn Spigel & Janet Bergstrom) (University of Minnesota 0-8166-1912-3, Jan ’91 [Feb ’91], $13.95, 298pp, tp) Non-fiction; criticism. A collection of nine essays on feminism and sf tv/film plus a screenplay by Peter Wollen. This is an expanded version of a special issue of Camera Obscura (1986). A hardcover edition (-1911-5, $29.95) was announced but not seen.

PENN, MALKA (stories)

• * *The Hanukkah Ghosts (Holiday House 0-8234-1145-1, Nov ’95, $14.95, 76pp, hc, cover by Trina Schart Hyman) Young-adult time travel novella. A girl is mysteriously transported back to WWII England.

PENNINGTON, BRUCE (1944- )

• * _B.P. (Paper Tiger 1-85028-276-5, Aug ’94, £3.99, 43pp, hc, cover by Bruce Pennington) Miniature (100mm x 75mm) art book of 20 paintings, selected from Ultraterranium by Pennington.
• * *The Bruce Pennington Portfolio (Paper Tiger 1-85028-138-6, Jan ’91, £9.95, 64pp, tp, cover by Bruce Pennington) Portfolio of 28 full page (16" x 11") reproductions of Bruce Pennington covers, with introductory text by Nigel Suckling.
• * *Ultraterranium: The Paintings of Bruce Pennington (Paper Tiger 1-85028-167-X, Feb ’92 [Dec ’91], £9.95, 128pp, tp) Collection of art by Pennington, with linking text by Nigel Suckling.

PENNINGTON, DAVID ALEXANDER; see pseudonym David Daud

PENSWICK, NEIL

• * *The Pit (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20378-X, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], £3.99, 276pp, pb) [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.

PEPPER, DENNIS, ed. (stories)

• * _The Oxford Book of Scary Tales (Oxford University Press 0-19-278110-3, Sep ’95 [Dec ’95], £6.99, 160pp, tp, cover by Louise Brierley) Reprint (Oxford University Press 1992) anthology of more than three dozen horror, ghost and fantasy stories aimed at pre-teenagers, but including work for older readers and adults. (Contents)
• * +The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (Oxford University Press 0-19-278155-3, Sep ’98 [Dec ’98], $22.95, 212pp, hc, cover by John Walker) Young-adult anthology of 22 SF stories, four original. Original stories by Marian Abbey, Francis Beckett, Stephen Bowkett, and Sue Welford; reprinted authors include Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Avram Davidson, and Philip K. Dick. There is no price on the jacket. First US edition (Oxford 1998). (Contents)
• * *The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-278126-X, Sep ’94, £12.99, 314pp, hc) Anthology of 40 YA ghost stories; several may be original. Illustrations by Nick Harris, Jonathan Heap, Ian Miller, Brian Pedley, Eric Stemp & Adam Stower. (Contents)