The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

BANKS, IAIN (Menzies) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *Complicity (Little, Brown UK 0-316-90688-3, Sep ’93, £15.99, 313pp, hc, cover by Peter Brown) Associational thriller about an Edinburgh journalist.
• * _Complicity (Abacus 0-349-10571-5, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], £6.99, 313pp, tp, cover by Peter Brown) Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1993) associational thriller.
• * +Complicity (Doubleday 0-385-47540-3, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $22.50, 299pp, hc, cover by Iroya Kaji) Associational thriller. The author writes SF as Iain M. Banks. First American edition (Little, Brown UK 1993).
• * _Complicity (Bantam 0-553-57371-3, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1993) associational thriller. The author writes SF as Iain M. Banks.
• * *Consider Phlebas (Macmillan 0-333-44138-9, Apr ’87, £10.95, 471pp, hc) [Culture] Sf novel. Rousing space opera, a change of pace from Banks.
• * _Consider Phlebas (Orbit 0-7088-3707-7, Apr ’88, £4.95, 471pp, tp) [Culture] Reprint (Macmillan 1987) sf novel.
• * +Consider Phlebas (St. Martin’s 0-312-01752-9, May ’88, $18.95, 471pp, hc) [Culture] Entertaining space opera of galactic war, Banks’ first venture into sf. Recommended. (FCM) First U.S. edition (Macmillan UK 1987).
• * _Consider Phlebas (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29281-1, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $5.99, 497pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Culture] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1987) space opera novel.
• * _Consider Phlebas (Orbit 1-85723-138-4, Jun ’95 [Jul ’95], £6.99, 467pp, tp, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Culture] Reissue (Macmillan UK 1987) SF novel.
• * *The Crow Road (Scribners UK 0-356-20652-1, Apr ’92, £15.99, 501pp, hc, cover by Peter Brown) Mainstream novel of associational interest.
• * _The Crow Road (Abacus 0-349-10323-2, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £6.99, 501pp, tp, cover by Peter Brown) Reprint (Scribners UK 1992) associational mainstream novel.
• * *Espedair Street (Macmillan 0-333-44916-9, Sep ’87, £10.95, 249pp, hc) Novel of “Sex, Drugs and Rock-and-Roll”. Listed for Banks fans.
• * _Espedair Street (Futura 0-7088-3997-5, Sep ’88, £4.99, 249pp, tp) Reprint (Macmillan 1987) non-sf novel of associational interest.
• * *Excession (Orbit 1-85723-394-8, Jun ’96, £15.99, 455pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Culture] SF novel. Latest in the “Culture” series. The reappearance of a powerful but silent alien artefact triggers a crisis.
• * +Excession (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37460-5, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $12.95, 390pp, tp, cover by Paul Youll) [Culture] Space opera novel in “The Culture” series. First US edition (Orbit 1996).
• * _Excession (Orbit 1-85723-457-X, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £6.99, 455pp, tp, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Culture] Reprint (Orbit 1996) SF novel in the “Culture” series.
• * _Excession (SFBC #15598, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $10.98, 390pp, hc, cover by Paul Youll) [Culture] Reprint (Orbit 1996) space opera novel in “The Culture” series. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the Bantam Spectra trade paperback edition. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Excession (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57537-6, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $5.99, 499pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Culture] Reprint (Orbit 1996) space opera novel in “The Culture” series.
• * *Feersum Endjinn (Orbit 1-85723-235-6, Jun ’94 [May ’94], £15.99, 279pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) SF novel.
• * _Feersum Endjinn (Orbit 1-85723-273-9, Jun ’95 [May ’95], £5.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reprint (Orbit 1994) SF novel. Far-future thriller, semi-narrated in compacted English: a King’s machiavellian attempt to ensure his own survival, and the annihilation of all enemies.
• * +Feersum Endjinn (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37459-1, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $12.95, 311pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) SF novel. A man has only one life left in which to find his assassin, and save Earth from an encroaching gas cloud. First US edition (Orbit 1994).
• * _Feersum Endjinn (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57358-6, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $5.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Orbit 1994) SF novel. A man has only one life left in which to find his assassin, and save Earth from an encroaching gas cloud.
• * *Inversions (Orbit 1-85723-626-2, Jun ’98, £16.99, 345pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Culture] SF novel. Political factions intrigue for power in a society emerging from a dark age.
• * *The Player of Games (Macmillan 0-333-47110-5, Aug ’88, £11.95, 309pp, hc) [Culture] Marvellous tale of a game-player who is manoeuvred into representing The Culture against a rival Empire. Remarkably fresh despite the hackneyed theme. Strongly recommended. (PSP) Sequel to Consider Phlebas.
• * *The Player of Games (Macmillan 0-333-47143-1, Aug ’88, £75.00, 309pp, hc) [Culture] Clothbound and casebound edition of the above, limited to 200 signed copies. This edition is only available from dealers. [Not seen]
• * +The Player of Games (St. Martin’s 0-312-02630-7, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $16.95, 309pp, hc) [Culture] Sf novel. A master game player plays the ultimate game. First American edition (Macmillian UK 1989).
• * _The Player of Games (Orbit 0-7088-8309-5, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], £4.99, 309pp, tp) [Culture] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1988) sf novel about a game-player representing The Culture against a rival Empire. Great fun. Recommended. (PSP)
• * _The Player of Games (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100098-1, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $4.50, 399pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) [Culture] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1988) sf novel set in the “Culture” universe, a sequel to Consider Phlebas.
• * _The Player of Games (Orbit 1-85723-146-5, Jun ’95 [Jul ’95], £6.99, 309pp, tp, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Culture] Reissue (Macmillan UK 1988) SF novel.
• * _The Player of Games (HarperPrism 0-06-105356-2, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $10.00, 295pp, tp, cover by John Ennis) [Culture] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1988) SF novel in the universe of “The Culture.”
• * *A Song of Stone (Abacus 0-316-64016-6, Aug ’97, £16.99, 282pp, hc, cover by Peter Brown) Associational novel set during or after a (possibly mythical) war, where an outlaw band lays siege to a castle.
• * +A Song of Stone (Simon & Schuster 0-684-85353-1, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $23.00, 280pp, hc, cover by Peter Brown) Associational novel of civil war in modern Europe. Rebels hold a sexually perverse lord and lady hostage. First US edition.
• * _A Song of Stone (Abacus 0-349-11011-5, Sep ’98 [Nov ’98], £6.99, 280pp, tp, cover by Peter Brown) Reprint (Abacus 1997) literary fantasy novel.
• * *The State of the Art (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-06-6, May ’89, $16.00, 73pp, hc) Sf novella set in the same universe as his early sf, also published in a limited edition (-07-4, $40.00).
• * *The State of the Art (Orbit 0-356-19669-0, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], £12.95, 182pp, hc) Collection of eight sf stories, including the title novella, which was previously published separately (Zeising 1989), illustrated by Nick Day. Recommended. (PSP) (Contents)
• * _The State of the Art (Orbit 1-85723-030-2, May ’93 [Apr ’93], £5.99, 216pp, tp) Reprint (Orbit 1991) sf collection. This is not the same as the eponymous American edition which is just the novella.
• * _The State of the Art (Orbit 1-85723-030-2, Feb ’96 [Apr ’96], £5.99, 216pp, tp, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reissue (Orbit 1991) collection of 8 stories, including the eponymous novella.
• * *Use of Weapons (Orbit 0-356-19160-5, Sep ’90 [Jul ’90], £12.95, 379pp, hc) [Culture] Sf novel revisiting the universe of The Culture, this time from the viewpoint of one of the mercenaries who does their dirty work for them. Recommended. (PSP)
• * _Use of Weapons (Orbit 0-7088-8350-8, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], £7.99, 371pp, tp) [Culture] Reprint (Orbit 1990) sf novel. Volume 3 in the “Culture” series.
• * _Use of Weapons (Orbit 0-7088-8358-3, Mar ’92, £5.99, 379pp, tp) [Culture] Reprint (Orbit 1990) sf novel.
• * +Use of Weapons (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29224-2, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $4.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Culture] Sf novel set in “The Culture” universe. First American edition (Orbit 1990).
• * _Use of Weapons (Orbit 1-85723-135-X, Feb ’96, £6.99, 371pp, tp, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Culture] Reissue (Orbit 1990) SF novel. The universe of the Culture, seen from the viewpoint of a mercenary.
• * *Walking on Glass (Macmillan 0-333-37986-1, Mar ’85 [1985], £8.95, 240pp, hc) Literary sf novel. [Not seen]
• * +Walking on Glass (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-40048-1, Feb ’86, $15.95, 339pp, hc) Literary novel, part sf, part mainstream, some of it set in a surreal castle in (perhaps) the far future. A clever, if not entirely satisfying, experiment. (FCM) This is the first American edition (Macmillan UK 1985).
• * _Walking on Glass (Futura 0-7088-2774-8, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £1.95, 239pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1985) novel with elements of sf and horror.
• * _Walking on Glass (Abacus 0-349-10178-7, Jul ’90, £4.50, 239pp, tp) Reissue (Macmillan 1985) literary sf/horror novel.
• * *The Wasp Factory (Macmillan 0-333-36380-9, 1984, £7.95, 184pp, hc) Novel containing elements of sf and horror. [Not seen]
• * _The Wasp Factory (Warner 0-446-34087-1, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $3.95, 185pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan U.K. 1984) horror novel of a boy with “some very strange hobbies.”
• * _The Wasp Factory (Abacus 0-349-10177-9, Jul ’90, £4.50, 184pp, tp) Reissue (Macmillan 1984) literary horror novel.
• * _The Wasp Factory (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 0-684-85315-9, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $12.00, 184pp, tp, cover by Amy Guip) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1984) literary horror novel.
• * *Whit (Little, Brown UK 0-316-91436-3, Sep ’95, £15.99, 455pp, hc, cover by Peter Brown) Associational contemporary novel of Scottish religious cult fragmenting from within.
• * _Whit (Abacus 0-349-10768-8, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £6.99, 455pp, tp, cover by Peter Brown) Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1995) associational novel.

BANKS, JOHN; see pseudonym Michael Slade

BANKS, LYNNE REID; [i.e., Lynne Reid Banks Stephenson] (1929- ); see under Reid Banks, Lynne (stories)

BANKS, MICHAEL A.; pseudonym of Alan Gould, (1951- ) (stories)

• * _Joe Mauser, Mercenary from Tomorrow (with Mack Reynolds) See entry under Mack Reynolds.
• * *The Odysseus Solution (with Dean R. Lambe) (Baen 0-671-65553-1, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 279pp, pb) Sf novel of humans vs. alien overlords. Possibly a first novel.
• * _Sweet Dreams, Sweet Princes (with Mack Reynolds) See entry under Mack Reynolds.

BANTOCK, NICK; [i.e., Nicholas Bantock] (1949- ) (stories)

• * *Capolan (Chronicle Books 0-8118-1545-5, Jun ’97 [Apr ’97], $18.95, 48pp, bx) Art book. Weird and beautiful boxed set of cards, stamps, and guidebook for an imaginary country.
• * *The Egyptian Jukebox (Viking 0-670-84944-8, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $18.95, unpaginated, hc) Associational art book, a “conundrum” exploring the life of a missing millionaire, by the author of the “Griffin and Sabine” books.
• * *The Forgetting Room (HarperCollins 0-00-225176-0, 1997 [Oct ’97], $22.00, 106pp, hc) Illustrated literary fantasy novella. A man inherits his grandfather’s home and finds a surreal puzzle involving alchemy, revenge, and Moorish legend.
• * _The Forgetting Room (HarperPerennial 0-06-093126-4, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $14.00, 106pp, tp, cover by Nick Bantock) Reprint (HarperCollins 1997) illustrated literary fantasy novella.
• * *The Golden Mean: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Concludes (Chronicle Books 0-8118-0298-1, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $17.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Nick Bantock) [Griffin & Sabine] Multi-media novel of an artist’s correspondence with a mysterious woman who may not be real; third and final book of the “Griffin & Sabine” series. This is told through reproductions of postcards, artwork, and actual letters that have to be removed from their envelopes and read. All illustrations are by the author.
• * *Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence (Chronicle Books 0-87701-788-3, Aug ’91, $16.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Nick Bantock) [Griffin & Sabine] Strange multi-media novel of an artist’s correspondence with a mysterious woman who may not be real. This is told through reproductions of postcards, artwork, and actual letters that have to be removed from their envelopes and read. All illustrations are by the author. Recommended (FCM).
• * _Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence (Macmillan UK 0-333-57866-X, Oct ’92, £12.99, 40pp, hc, cover by Nick Bantock) [Griffin & Sabine] Reprint (Chronicle 1991) remarkable collection of postcards, art, and letters between artist Griffin Moss and Sabine, who is either telepathic or a figment of his imagination. Recommended (PSP). [First U.K. edition]
• * *Kubla Khan (Viking 0-670-85242-2, Nov ’94, $12.95, 12pp, hc, cover by Nick Bantock) Pop-up book version of the classic poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
• * _Paris Out of Hand: A Wayward Guide (with Karen Elizabeth Gordon & Barbara Hodgson) See entry under Karen Elizabeth Gordon.
• * *Sabine’s Notebook (Chronicle Books 0-8118-0180-2, Oct ’92, $17.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Nick Bantock) [Griffin & Sabine] Multi-media novel of an artist’s correspondence with a mysterious woman who may not be real, sequel to Griffin & Sabine. This is told through reproductions of postcards, artwork, and actual letters that have to be removed from their envelopes and read. All illustrations are by the author.
• * _Sabine’s Notebook (Macmillan UK 0-333-58503-8, Oct ’93, £12.99, 44pp, hc, cover by Nick Bantock) [Griffin & Sabine] Reprint (Chronicle 1992) multi-media novel of an artist’s correspondence with a mysterious woman who may not be real, told through reproductions of postcards, artwork, and actual letters. Recommended (PSP). Sequel to Griffin & Sabine. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Venetian’s Wife (Chronicle Books 0-8118-1140-9, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $22.95, 131pp, hc, cover by Nick Bantock) Literary, illustrated fantasy novel, subtitled “A Strangely Sensual Tale of a Renaissance Explorer, a Computer, and a Metamorphosis”. A museum worker is transformed by a quest for sculptures.
• * _The Venetian’s Wife (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $17.95, 131pp, hc, cover by Nick Bantock) Reprint (Chronicle Books 1996) illustrated, epistolary fantasy novel. This is similar to the Chronicle Books edition, except it lacks a price and has the QPBC mark on the back jacket.

BARBER, ANTONIA; pseudonym of Barbara Anthony, (1932- ) (stories)

• * _The Ghosts (Pocket Archway 0-671-70714-0, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $2.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Kirk Reinert) Reprint (Farrar Straus 1969) young-adult ghost novel of two children who make friends with two ghosts.

BARBER, DULAN (Friar Whilberton) (1940-1988); see pseudonym Owen Brookes (stories)

BARBER, RICHARD (William), ed. (1941- )

• * +The Arthurian Legends (Peter Bedrick 0-87226-207-3, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $12.95, 224pp, tp) Selection of Arthurian material from Geoffrey of Monmouth to T.H. White, with numerous illustrations. First American edition (Boydell & Brewer 1979)

BARBIERI, SUZANNE J. (stories)

• * *Clive Barker: Mythmaker for the Millennium (The British Fantasy Society 0-95241530-5, Sep ’94, £4.99, 64pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Study of some literary and moral aspects of Barker’s work, illustrated by Pete Queally and including an introduction by Peter Atkins. Launched at Fantasycon 1994. [Barker]

BARBOUR, DOUGLAS (Fleming), ed. (1940- ) (stories)

• * _Tesseracts 2 (with Phyllis Gotlieb) See entry under Phyllis Gotlieb.

BARBREE, JAY (1933- )

• * *Destination Mars: In Art, Myth and Science (with Martin Caidin & Susan Wright) (Penguin US 0-670-86020-4, Jun ’97 [Jul ’97], $29.95, 228pp, hc) Non-fiction book about Mars in myth, science, and SF, with chapters on topics such as “Space Opera” and “Origins of Science Fiction”, with special attention to authors including Edgar Rice Burroughs, H.G. Wells, Ray Bradbury, and Philip K. Dick.

BARD, ALAN; also as Alan Bard Newcomer (stories)

• * _The Gigantic Three in One Complete History of the Universe (with Jerry Oltion) See entry under Jerry Oltion.

BARDY, ALEX, ed. (stories)

• * *Utter Entropy (Alex Bardy no ISBN, Dec ’97, no price, 19pp, ph) Original anthology of short-short stories, issued as a free supplement to accompany Sierra Heaven #4. (Contents)

BARING-GOULD, S(abine) (1834-1924) (stories)

• * _A Book of Ghosts (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-19-2, Nov ’96, C$51.00, xxii+305pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Reprint (Methuen 1904) collection of stories, revised from the original edition by the inclusion of 2 further stories, “A Dead Man’s Teeth” and “The Old Woman of Wesel”. There is a new Introduction by Richard Dalby, and illustrations by D. Murray Smith. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.50 and in the UK for £23.50. (Contents)

BARKER, CLIVE (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Books of Blood (Scream/Press 0-910489-14-9, Nov ’85, $50.00 special boxed edition, $30.00 trade edition, 455pp, hc) Omnibus edition of Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vols. 1, 2, & 3 (all Sphere 1984). First omnibus, and first American edition of an original collection which was split into three volumes for its first appearance. All 3 have corrected texts and some slight rewriting here. World Fantasy Award winner Barker is one of the hottest new talents, and the book is fittingly illustrated with gruesome artwork by J.K. Potter and Harry O. Morris. Recommended—but not for the easily offended or the faint of heart. (FCM) (Contents)
• * _Books of Blood (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-79251-2, Oct ’87 [Nov ’87], £12.95, 500pp, hc) Reprint (Scream/Press 1985) omnibus of the first three Books of Blood collections.
• * _The Books of Blood (Ace/Putnam 0-399-13343-7, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $19.95, 462pp, hc) Reprint (Scream/Press 1985) omnibus edition of the first three volumes of Clive Barker’s Books of Blood (Sphere 1984). This edition has the original Ramsey Campbell introduction instead of the later Scream/Press one, and adds the final story/postscript from Volume 6 which ties up the series. The copyediting and americanization is also somewhat different from the Scream/Press edition.
• * _The Books of Blood (Dorset 0-88029-739-5, Oct ’91, $9.99, 462pp, hc) Reprint (Scream/Press 1985) omnibus of the first three volumes of Clive Barker’s Books of Blood (all originally Sphere 1984). This is an instant remainder edition.
• * _Books of Blood Volumes 1 - 3 (Sphere 0-7474-0164-0, Mar ’88, £4.99, 494pp, tp) Reprint (Scream/Press 1985) horror omnibus.
• * _Books of Blood Volumes 4 - 6 (Sphere 0-7474-0165-9, Mar ’88, £4.99, 466pp, tp) Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1988) horror omnibus.
• * _Books of Blood, Vols. IV, V, and VI (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-78819-1, Jun ’86 [Aug ’86], £45.00, 151+149+152pp, hc) Reprint (Sphere 1985) hardcover limited, signed boxed set of the second three volumes of Barker’s original collection of horror/fantasy tales. The three volumes have covers by the author.
• * _Books of Blood, Volume One (Berkley 0-425-08389-6, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $5.99, 255pp, pb) Reissue (Sphere 1984) horror collection. 23rd printing.