The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

BENFORD, GREGORY (Albert) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Sailing Bright Eternity (Vista 0-575-60047-0, Aug ’96, £5.99, 445pp, pb) [Nigel Walmsley; Galactic Center] Reprint (Gollancz 1995) SF novel. Last volume of the ‘Galactic Centre’ sextet.
• * _Sailing Bright Eternity (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57332-2, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $5.99, 445pp, pb, cover by Pamela Lee) [Nigel Walmsley; Galactic Center] Reprint (Gollancz 1995) SF novel. Final book in both the “Nigel Walmsley” and the “Galactic Center” series.
• * _Shiva Descending (with William Rotsler) (Tor 0-812-53183-3, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $3.95, 394pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1980) sf novel.
• * _Shiva Descending (with William Rotsler) (Tor 0-812-51690-7, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $4.99, 396pp, pb) Reissue (Avon 1980) sf disaster novel of Earth menaced by a comet. The copyright page indicates this as a first printing, but it’s at least the second. There is a new afterword.
• * _Shiva Descending (with William Rotsler) (Tor 0-812-51690-7, Dec ’95, $5.99, 396pp, pb) Reissue (Avon 1980) SF disaster novel. Third printing.
• * _The Stars in Shroud (Tor 0-812-53181-7, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $2.95, 342pp, pb) [Galactic Center] Reprint (Berkley/Putnam 1978) sf novel. A rewritten version of his first book, Deeper Than the Darkness (Ace 1970); the third book in the series begun with In the Ocean Of Night.
• * _The Stars in Shroud (Sphere 0-7221-1571-7, Nov ’86, £2.95, 269pp, pb) [Galactic Center] Reissue (Putnam 1978) sf novel.
• * _The Stars in Shroud (Orbit 0-7088-8372-9, Aug ’91, £4.50, 273pp, pb) [Galactic Center] Reprint (Berkley/Putnam 1978) sf novel.
• * *Tides of Light (Bantam Spectra 0-553-05322-1, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $17.95, 362pp, hc) [Galactic Center] Sf novel. Sequel to Great Sky River and the continuation of Benford’s exploration of the differences (and similarities) between Biological and Mechanical civilizations. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _Tides of Light (SFBC #15229, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $9.98, 362pp, hc) [Galactic Center] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) sf novel, sequel to Great Sky River.
• * _Tides of Light (Gollancz 0-575-04066-1, Oct ’89, £13.95, 362pp, hc, cover by Roger Bergendorff) [Galactic Center] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) sf novel. Sequel to Great Sky River. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Tides of Light (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28214-X, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $4.50, 407pp, pb) [Galactic Center] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) sf novel, sequel to Great Sky River.
• * _Tides of Light (Gollancz 0-575-04759-3, May ’90 [Jun ’90], £3.99, 362pp, pb) [Galactic Center] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) sf novel. Sequel to Great Sky River.
• * _Tides of Light (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28214-X, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $5.99, 407pp, pb, cover by John Dismukes) [Galactic Center] Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1989) sf novel set in the Galactic Center universe; second printing. A direct sequel to Great Sky River.
• * _Tides of Light (Gollancz 0-575-05829-3, Aug ’95 [Sep ’95], £5.99, 362pp, pb, cover by John Dismukes) [Galactic Center] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) fourth volume of the “Galactic Centre” sextet.
• * _Timescape (Sphere 0-7221-1630-6, Dec ’86, £2.25, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1980) sf novel.
• * _Timescape (Pocket 0-671-50632-3, Mar ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.95, 384pp, pb) Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1980) sf novel; 5th Pocket printing.
• * _Timescape (Sphere 0-7221-1630-6, Dec ’87, £3.50, 412pp, pb) Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1980) sf novel.
• * _Timescape (Easton Press no ISBN, Oct ’89, no price, 412pp, hc) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1980) sf novel, with a new introduction by David G. Hartwell and artwork by Bob Eggleton. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of SF” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Timescape (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29709-0, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $5.99, 499pp, pb, cover by Pamela Lee) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1980) sf novel with a new afterword by Susan Stone Blackburn.
• * _Timescape (Vista 0-575-60050-0, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], £5.99, 412pp, pb, cover by Terry Pastor) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1980) Nebula award-winning SF novel.

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• * *Far Futures (Tor 0-312-85639-3, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $23.95, 348pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Original anthology of five short novels, all set at least 10,000 years in the future, by Poul Anderson, Charles Sheffield, Joe Haldeman, Greg Bear, and Donald M. Kingsbury. (Contents)
• * _Far Futures (SFBC #11254, Mar ’96, $11.98, 348pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Tor 1995) original anthology of five previously unpublished stories by Poul Anderson, Charles Sheffield, Joe Haldeman, Greg Bear, and Donald M. Kingsbury. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Far Futures (Tor 0-312-86379-9, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $15.95, 348pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Tor 1995) original anthology of five short novels.
• * _Hitler Victorious (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Berkley 0-425-10137-1, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.95, 323pp, pb) Reprint (Garland 1986) anthology of 12 stories set in alternate realities where Hitler prevailed. Some of the stories, including Locus poll winner “Thor Meets Captain America” by David Brin, are originals. Recommended. (TM)
• * _Hitler Victorious (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Grafton 0-586-07458-9, Mar ’88, £3.95, 397pp, pb) Reprint (Garland 1986) sf anthology about alternate worlds in which Hitler won World War II. Three of the stories are original. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Hitler Victorious (with Martin H. Greenberg) (SFBC #07119, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $8.95, 278pp, hc) Reprint (Garland 1986) alternate-world SF anthology. This is the same as the Garland edition, except it lacks a price and ISBN, and has the SFBC code number on the back jacket.
• * *Hitler Victorious: 11 Stories of the German Victory in World War II (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Garland 0-8240-8658-9, Oct ’86 [Aug ’86], $19.95, 299pp, hc) Anthology of alternate-history sf stories. Several are originals. (Contents)
• * *The New Hugo Winners Volume IV (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Baen 0-671-87852-2, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $6.99, 537pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Anthology of the nine Hugo Award-winning stories from 1992-’94, “presented by” Gregory Benford, who introduces each story. Copyrighted by Greenberg, who is mentioned only on the copyright page. (Contents)
• * *Nuclear War (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Ace 0-441-58640-6, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.50, 231pp, pb) Anthology of 13 sf stories on nuclear war plus an introduction by Benford. (Contents)
• * *What Might Have Been? Volume I: Alternate Empires (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27845-2, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $4.50, 291pp, pb) Original anthology of 12 alternate history stories. (Contents)
• * *What Might Have Been? Volume II: Alternate Heroes (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28279-4, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $4.50, 354pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Original anthology of 14 alternate history stories, several of which also appeared in magazines just before or after book publication. (Contents)
• * *What Might Have Been? Volume 3: Alternate Wars (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29008-8, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Original anthology of 12 alternate-history stories, with an introduction by Benford. (Contents)
• * *What Might Have Been Volume 4: Alternate Americas (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29007-X, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Original anthology of 14 alternate history stories, with an introduction by Benford. (Contents)
• * *What Might Have Been, Volumes III & IV (with Martin H. Greenberg) (SFBC #03335, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $11.98, 453pp, hc, cover by Pat Morrissey) Omnibus of two original anthologies, What Might Have Been?: Volume III: Alternate Wars (Bantam Spectra 1991) and What Might Have Been?: Volume IV: Alternate Americas (Bantam Spectra 1992). This edition lacks an ISBN and price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *What Might Have Been? Volumes I & II (with Martin H. Greenberg) (SFBC #17261, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $12.98, 542pp, hc, cover by Pat Morrissey) Omnibus of two original anthologies, What Might Have Been? Volume I: Alternate Empires (Bantam Spectra 1989) and What Might Have Been? Volume II: Alternate Heroes (Bantam Spectra 1989). (Contents)

BENFORD, TIMOTHY B(artholomew) (1941- )

• * *The Ardennes Tapes (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-230-0, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 382pp, pb) War/horror novel of an ancient evil awakened during the Battle of the Bulge.

BENJAMIN, MICHELE, ed. (stories)

• * _PsiFi: Psychological Theories and Science Fictions (with Jim Ridgway) See entry under Jim Ridgway.

BENNET, JANICE

• * *Forever and Time (Zebra 0-8217-3129-7, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.95, 384pp, pb, cover by W. Popp) Time-travel romance. A modern woman stumbles across a shipwrecked man from the Regency.

BENNET, NIGEL

• * _Keeper of the King (with P. N. Elrod) (Baen/Starline 0-671-87862-X, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $6.99, 400pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Lancelot: vampire] Reprint (Baen 1997) contemporary Arthurian vampire novel. The copyright is now by Bennet & Elrod instead of Bill Fawcett and Associates.

BENNETT, BETTY T. (1935?-2006) (stories)

• * *Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: An Introduction (Johns Hopkins University Press 0-8018-5976-X, Nov ’98 [Dec ’98], $13.95, 177pp, tp, cover by Reginald Easton) Non-fiction, critical guide to Mary Shelley’s life and work. This is revised and expanded from Bennett’s introduction to the eight-volume critical edition The Novels and Selected Works of Mary Shelley (Pickering and Chatto 1996); this is the first separate publication. Includes chronology, notes, a selected bibliography, and index. A hardcover edition (-5975-1) was announced but not seen. Order from The Johns Hopkins University Press, 715 N Charles St, Baltimore MD 21218-4363. [Shelley]

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• * _The Mary Shelley Reader See entry under Mary W. Shelley.
• * *Selected Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Johns Hopkins University Press 0-8018-4886-5, Jan ’95, $19.95, 391pp, tp, cover by Reginald Easton) A selection of 230 letters from the three-volume Complete Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1980-1988) by the original editor. Also announced in hardcover (-4885-7, $49.95). Order from The John Hopkins University Press, 715 N Charles St, Baltimore MD 21218. [Shelley]

BENNETT, DAVID, ed. (stories)

• * *A Treasury of Witches and Wizards (Kingfisher US 1-85697-678-5, 1996 [Jan ’97], $5.95, 159pp, tp, cover by Virginia Chalcraft) Young-adult anthology of 15 fantasy stories. Authors include Margaret Mahy, Lynne Reid Banks, Terry Jones, and Diana Wynne Jones. First American edition; we apparently missed the 1996 Kingfisher UK edition. (Contents)

BENNETT, DEBBIE, ed. (stories)

• * *FantasyCon XXII Program Book (FantasyCon no ISBN, Sep ’98, free, 34pp, A4) Convention programme book. (Contents)

BENNETT, GERTRUDE (née Barrows) (1884-1948); see pseudonym Francis Stevens (stories) (chron.)

BENNETT, JANICE (1952- ) (stories)

• * *A Christmas Keepsake (Zebra 0-8217-3581-0, Oct ’91, $3.99, 319pp, pb, cover by W. Popp) Time-travel fantasy/Regency romance novel of a modern antiquarian bookseller who is sent into the world of her favorite novels.
• * *A Touch of Forever (Zebra 0-8217-3782-1, Jun ’92, $3.99, 320pp, pb) Time-travel Regency romance.

BENNETT, LAURA GILMORE

• * *All That Is Sacred (Avon 0-380-76320-6, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.99, 385pp, pb, cover by Walter Wick) Romantic time-travel/reincarnation/fantasy novel. A Knight Templar’s vow of love to his lady remains strong in their modern-day incarnations.

BENNETT, MARCIA J(oanne) (1945- )

• * *Beyond the Draak’s Teeth (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33086-2, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 278pp, pb) [Ni-Lach] Sf novel in the “Ni-Lach” series (despite the dragon on the cover).
• * _Beyond the Draak’s Teeth (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33086-2, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $2.95, 278pp, pb) [Ni-Lach] Reissue (Del Rey 1986) sf novel, third in the “Ni-Lach” series; second printing.
• * _Beyond the Draak’s Teeth (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33086-2, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 278pp, pb) [Ni-Lach] Reissue (Del Rey 1986) sf novel, third in the “Ni-Lach” series. Third printing.
• * *Seeking the Dream Brother (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36001-X, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 279pp, pb) [Ni-Lach] Sf novel about a quest for an alien crystal, fourth in the “Ni-Lach” series.
• * *Shadow Singer (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31776-9, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $2.75, 245pp, pb) [Ni-Lach] Sf novel, sequel to Where the Ni-Lach.
• * _Shadow Singer (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31776-9, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $2.95, 245pp, pb) [Ni-Lach] Reissue (Del Rey 1984) sf novel, sequel to Where the Ni-Lach; fifth printing.
• * _Shadow Singer (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31776-9, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 245pp, pb) [Ni-Lach] Reissue (Del Rey 1984) sf novel, second in the “Ni-Lach” series; sixth printing.
• * _Where the Ni-Lach (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33123-0, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 246pp, pb) [Ni-Lach] Reissue (Ballantine Del Rey 1983) sf novel, first in the “Ni-Lach” series. 3rd printing.
• * _Where the Ni-Lach (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33123-0, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $2.95, 246pp, pb) [Ni-Lach] Reissue (Del Rey 1983) sf novel, 1st in a series; fifth printing.
• * _Where the Ni-Lach (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33123-0, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 246pp, pb) [Ni-Lach] Reissue (Del Rey 1983) sf novel, first in the “Ni-Lach” series; sixth printing.
• * *Yaril’s Children (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34844-3, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.50, 277pp, pb) Sf novel set on a world where humans coexist uneasily with mutants.

BENNETT, NIGEL

• * *Keeper of the King (with P. N. Elrod) (Baen/Starline 0-671-87759-3, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $21.00, 400pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Lancelot: vampire] Arthurian vampire novel. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett and Associates.

BENNETT, THEA

• * *The Gemini Factor (Magnet 0-423-02300-4, Nov ’87, £1.75, 169pp, pb) Novelization of children’s TV series about telepathic children. Based on script by Paula Milne.

BENNETT, WARWICK, ed. (stories)

• * *Rutherford’s Dreams (with Patrick Hudson) (IPL 0-908876-87-4, Jun ’95, $20.00, 237pp, tp) Original anthology of 20 stories, 14 original, by New Zealand authors. The introduction by Hudson discusses the economics of publishing in New Zealand. Available from IPL Books, PO Box 10-215, Wellington, New Zealand. The price above is in US dollars, and includes shipping charges to anywhere in the world; in New Zealand the price with shipping is NZ$30.00. (Contents)

BENNI, STEFANO (1947- )

• * *Terra! (Pantheon 0-394-74064-5, Oct ’85, $6.95, 360pp, pb) Satiric sf novel of a decadent post-holocaust world of “madcap adventure.” A first novel, published in Italy in 1983; translation by Annapaola Cancogni.
• * _Terra! (Pluto 0-7453-0087-1, Sep ’86, £9.95, 360pp, hc) Reprint (Pantheon 1985) humorous sf novel translated from the Italian.

BENOIT, HENDRA

• * *Psi Patrol: Hendra’s Book (Scholastic/Point 0-590-33202-3, 1985 [Sep ’85], $2.25, 137pp, pb) [Psi Patrol] Young-adult fantasy novel, part of a series about kids who “touched a piece of satellite that dropped through the roof of the mall” and developed psychic powers. Authorship is credited to the heroine, although it’s written in the third person.

BENSINK, JOHN ROBERT (1948- ); see pseudonym John Robertson (stories)

BENSON, A(rthur) C(hristopher) (1862-1925) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Ghosts in the House (with R. H. Benson) (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-13-3, Sep ’96 [Jul ’96], £22.50, xvii+249pp, hc, cover by Richard Lamp) Collection of ghost stories, edited and with an Introduction by Hugh Lamb. Limited to 400 numbered copies. Illustrated with photographs of the authors. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.00. Available from Ashcroft, 2 Abbottsford Drive, Penyfford, Chester CH4 0JG. (Contents)

BENSON, ANN; [i.e., Annalise E. Benson Glassman] (1950- )

• * *The Plague Tales (Delacorte 0-385-31651-8, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $23.95, 474pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner & Hieronymus Bosch) [Alejandro Canches; Janie Crowe] Very-near-future SF novel/historical. In 2005, a medical archaeologist accidentally releases a deadly plague; linked passages are set in Europe during the Black Death. A first novel.
• * _The Plague Tales (Dell 0-440-22510-8, Jun ’98, $6.50, 675pp, pb) [Alejandro Canches; Janie Crowe] Reprint (Delacorte 1997) near-future SF novel/historical of plague.

BENSON, E(dward) F(rederic) (1867-1940) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Collected Ghost Stories (Robinson 1-85487-110-2, Nov ’92, £7.99, 624pp, tp) Collection of 54 ghost stories previously collected in four volumes - The Room in the Tower (1912), Visible and Invisible (1923), Spook Stories (1928), and More Spook Stories (1934). Edited and introduced by Richard Dalby, with a foreword by Joan Aiken. Despite the title this volume does not include the ghost stories published in The Flint Knife (Equation 1988). Simultaneous with the US edition from Carroll & Graf. (Contents)
• * *The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-857-3, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $10.95, 624pp, tp) Collection of 54 ghost stories, edited and with an introduction by Richard Dalby and a foreword by Joan Aiken. Simultaneous with the British edition from Robinson.
• * _The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0365-2, Nov ’96 [Dec ’96], $12.95, 624pp, tp) Reissue (Robinson; Carroll & Graf 1992) collection of 54 literary ghost stories. Edited by Richard Dalby, with a foreword by Joan Aiken. Second printing.
• * _Fine Feathers and Other Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-282416-3, Jun ’95 [Jul ’95], £5.99, 302pp, tp, cover by William Strang) Reprint (Oxford 1994) collection of 31 stories, the last 3 of which are supernatural. Selected and introduced by Jack Adrian. (Contents)
• * *The Flint Knife (Equation 1-85336-029-5, Oct ’88, £3.50, 184pp, tp) Outstanding collection of rare, and generally uncollected, ghost stories, edited and introduced by Jack Adrian. (PSP) (Contents)
• * _The Luck of the Vails (Chatto & Windus 0-7012-0722-1, Oct ’86 [Aug ’86], £4.50, 336pp, pb) Reprint (Heinemann 1901) novel of the supernatural.
• * _The Luck of the Vails (Salem House/Hogarth Press 0-7012-0722-1, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $6.95, 320pp, pb) Reprint (Heinemann 1901) fantasy suspense novel. This is the 1986 Hogarth Press British edition, imported by Salem House.