The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- BOVA, BEN(jamin William) (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * *Orion Among the Stars (Tor 0-312-85637-7, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $22.95, 320pp, hc, cover by Donato) [Orion] SF novel. The eternal warrior Orion fights in the far future as the godlike Creators go to war.
- * _Orion Among the Stars (Tor 0-812-53511-1, Dec 96 [Nov 96], $5.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Orion] Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel. The eternal warrior Orion fights in the far future as the godlike Creators go to war.
- * *Orion and the Conqueror (Tor 0-312-85447-1, Feb 94 [Jan 94], $22.95, 350pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Orion] Sf/fantasy novel, fourth book in the Orion series.
- * _Orion and the Conqueror (Tor 0-812-52376-8, Jun 95 [May 95], $5.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Orion] Reprint (Tor 1994) SF time-travel novel in the Orion series.
- * *Orion in the Dying Time (Tor 0-312-93111-5, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $18.95, 356pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Orion] Third book in the Orion time-travel science fantasy series.
- * _Orion in the Dying Time (Methuen 0-413-64430-8, May 91, £14.99, 356pp, hc, cover by John Higgins) [Orion] Reprint (Tor 1990) sf novel set at the end of the Cretaceous Period. Volume 3 in the Orion series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Orion in the Dying Time (Tor 0-812-51429-7, Aug 91 [Jul 91], $4.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Orion] Reprint (Tor 1990) science fiction novel, third in the Orion series.
- * _Orion in the Dying Time (Mandarin 0-7493-0582-7, Feb 92 [Jan 92], £4.99, 356pp, pb) [Orion] Reprint (Tor 1990) science fantasy novel set in the Cretaceous period. Volume three in the Orion series.
- * _Out of the Sun/Escape (Tor 0-812-53210-4, Feb 84 [Jan 84], $2.95, 223pp, pb) Rewritten 1968 Holt Rinehart & Winston juvie put together with a non-fiction book called The Amazing Lazar (1971).
- * *The Peacekeepers (Tor 0-312-93080-1, Jun 88 [Jul 88], $17.95, 337pp, hc) Sf novel about the rise of an international peacekeeping force.
- * _Peacekeepers (Tor 0-812-50238-8, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $4.95, 337pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1988) techno-thriller.
- * _Peacekeepers (Mandarin 0-7493-0120-1, Nov 89, £3.50, 337pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1988 as The Peacekeepers) sf novel about an international peacekeeping force, based on the stories Battle Station and Impact. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Peacekeepers (Severn House 0-7278-4318-4, Jan 92 [Dec 91], £13.99, 337pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1988 as The Peacekeepers) sf novel.
- * *Privateers (Tor 0-312-93604-4, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $15.95, 383pp, hc) [Privateers] Sf novel. Near future political novel featuring privateering in space.
- * _Privateers (Tor 0-812-53223-6, Jun 86 [May 86], $3.50, 383pp, pb) [Privateers] Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel. First mass market edition.
- * _Privateers (Methuen 0-413-41600-3, Dec 86, £2.50, 383pp, pb) [Privateers] Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel.
- * _Privateers (Tor 0-812-53489-1, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $4.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Privateers] Reissue (Tor 1985) sf novel; second printing.
- * *Prometheans (Tor 0-812-53219-8, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $2.95, 278pp, pb) Collection of stories and non-fiction. (Contents)
- * *Sam Gunn Forever (Avon Eos 0-380-79726-7, Dec 98 [Nov 98], $5.99, 278pp, pb) [Sam Gunn] Collection of five stories featuring the space-going con man, with new framing material. (Contents)
- * *Sam Gunn, Unlimited (Methuen 0-413-65730-2, May 92, £15.99, 342pp, hc) [Sam Gunn] Sf novel about the adventurer Sam Gunn, based in part on short stories.
- * _Sam Gunn, Unlimited (Mandarin 0-7493-0979-2, Nov 92, £4.99, 342pp, pb) [Sam Gunn] Reprint (Methuen 1992) sf novel about the adventurer Sam Gunn, based in part on a number of short stories.
- * +Sam Gunn, Unlimited (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56289-4, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $5.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Sam Gunn] Sf adventure collection/quasi-novel about the career of interplanetary profiteer Sam Gunn. The stories have apparently been rewritten slightly from their magazine appearances. First American edition (Methuen 1992).
- * _The Starcrossed (Ace 0-441-78046-6, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $2.75, 223pp, pb) Reprint (Chilton 1975) sf novel.
- * _The Starcrossed (Tor 0-812-53231-7, Jun 88 [May 88], $2.95, 223pp, pb) Reprint (Chilton 1975) sf novel. A satire about producing an sf tv series; set in the near future.
- * *To Fear the Light (with A. J. Austin) (Tor 0-312-85449-8, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $21.95, 352pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) [To Save the Sun] SF novel, sequel to To Save the Sun.
- * _To Fear the Light (with A. J. Austin) (Tor 0-812-52382-2, Feb 96 [Jan 96], $6.99, 438pp, pb, cover by John Berkey) [To Save the Sun] Reprint (Tor 1994) SF novel, sequel to To Save the Sun.
- * *To Save the Sun (with A. J. Austin) (Tor 0-312-85177-4, Sep 92 [Aug 92], $21.95, 383pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) [To Save the Sun] Sf political novel of an attempt by the Empire to keep Earths sun from destroying the remnants of life on the original home planet.
- * _To Save the Sun (with A. J. Austin) (Tor 0-812-51448-3, Dec 93 [Nov 93], $4.99, 410pp, pb, cover by John Berkey) [To Save the Sun] Reprint (Tor 1992) sf political novel of an attempt by the Empire to keep Earths sun from destroying the remnants of life on the original home planet.
- * *The Trikon Deception (with William R. Pogue) (Tor 0-312-85024-7, Feb 92 [Jan 92], $19.95, 309pp, hc) Techno/political thriller of intrigue in the first orbital industrial research lab. Bovas co-author is a former commander of Skylab.
- * _The Trikon Deception (with William R. Pogue) (Easton Press no ISBN, Jul 92, no price, 309pp, hc) Techno/political thriller of intrigue in the first orbital industrial research lab. This is published simultaneously with the Tor edition listed six months ago. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Signed First Editions of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
- * _The Trikon Deception (with William R. Pogue) (Tor 0-812-50735-5, Jan 93 [Dec 92], $5.99, 470pp, pb, cover by Paul Stinson) Reprint (Tor 1992) techno/political thriller of intrigue in the first orbital industrial research lab.
- * _The Trikon Deception (with William R. Pogue) (NEL 0-450-58882-3, Jul 94, £5.99, 470pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) Reprint (Tor 1992) SF novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Triumph (Tor 0-312-85359-9, Jan 93 [Dec 92], $18.95, 253pp, hc, cover by Tim Jacobus) Alternate-history sf novel of a changed post-WWII world where Churchill had Stalin killed.
- * _Triumph (Tor 0-812-52063-7, Feb 94 [Jan 94], $4.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) Reprint (Tor 1993) alternate-history sf novel of a changed post-WWII world where Churchill had Stalin killed.
- * *Twice Seven (Avon Eos 0-380-79741-0, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $6.50, 290pp, pb) Collection of 14 stories. Bovas introduction discusses writing styles and SF; individual story introductions note their inspirations. (Contents)
- * *Vengeance of Orion (Tor 0-312-93049-6, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $17.95, 342pp, hc) [Orion] Fantasy novel, sequel to Orion.
- * _Vengeance of Orion (Severn House 0-7278-1611-X, May 88, £11.95, 342pp, hc) [Orion] Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel. Volume 2 in the Orion series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Vengeance of Orion (Methuen 0-413-17570-7, Dec 88, £3.99, 342pp, pb) [Orion] Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel. Volume 2 in the Orion series.
- * _Vengeance of Orion (Tor 0-812-53161-2, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $3.95, 342pp, pb) [Orion] Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel. Sequel to Orion.
- * _Voyagers (Bantam 0-553-21702-X, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $2.25, 382pp, pb) [Voyagers] Reissue (Doubleday 1981) sf novel. 2nd printing.
- * _Voyagers (Methuen 0-417-07280-5, Nov 86, £2.95, 391pp, pb) [Voyagers] Reissue (Doubleday 1981) sf novel.
- * _Voyagers (Methuen 0-417-07280-5, Aug 87 [Dec 87], £2.95, 391pp, pb) [Voyagers] Reissue (Doubleday 1981) sf novel.
- * _Voyagers (Severn House 0-7278-1502-4, Oct 87, £10.95, 400pp, hc) [Voyagers] Reprint (Doubleday 1981) sf novel. [Not seen]
- * _Voyagers (Tor 0-812-50076-8, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $4.95, 383pp, pb) [Voyagers] Reprint (Doubleday 1981) near-future sf novel about an alien artifact.
- * *Voyagers II: The Alien Within (Tor 0-312-93888-8, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $15.95, 344pp, hc) [Voyagers] Sf novel, sequel to Voyagers, continuing the story of Earthmen and a strange alien spacecraft.
- * _Voyagers II: The Alien Within (Tor 0-812-53206-6, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $3.50, 344pp, pb) [Voyagers] Reprint (Tor 1986) sf novel, sequel to Voyagers.
- * _Voyagers II: The Alien Within (Severn House 0-7278-1405-2, Jan 87, £9.95, 352pp, hc) [Voyagers] Reprint (Tor 1986) sf novel. Volume 2 in the Voyager series. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
- * _Voyagers II: The Alien Within (Methuen 0-413-14130-6, Aug 87, £2.95, 344pp, pb) [Voyagers] Reprint (Tor 1986) sf novel.
- * _Voyagers II: The Alien Within (Tor 0-812-51337-1, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $4.95, 344pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Voyagers] Reissue (Tor 1986) sf novel; second printing.
- * *Voyagers III: Star Brothers (Tor 0-312-93215-4, Apr 90 [Mar 90], $18.95, 341pp, hc, cover by NASA photo) [Voyagers] Sf novel of alien contact, third in a series.
- * _Voyagers III: Star Brothers (Easton Press no ISBN, Apr 90, no price, 341pp, hc) [Voyagers] Sf novel of alien contact, effectively simultaneous with the Tor edition listed above, with an introduction by James Gunn and artwork by Toni L. Taylor. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Signed First Editions of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
- * _Voyagers III: Star Brothers (Methuen 0-413-63030-7, Sep 90, £14.99, 341pp, hc, cover by Nick Rodgers) [Voyagers] Reprint (Tor 1990) sf novel about alien contact.
- * _Voyagers III: Star Brothers (Tor 0-812-53236-8, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $4.95, 341pp, pb) [Voyagers] Reprint (Tor 1990) sf novel of alien first contact, third book of a series.
- * _Voyagers III: Star Brothers (Mandarin 0-7493-0532-0, Feb 91 [Jan 91], £3.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Nick Rodgers) [Voyagers] Reprint (Tor 1990) sf novel.
- * _Voyagers III: Star Brothers (Mandarin 0-7493-0532-0, Nov 92, £4.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Nick Rodgers) [Voyagers] Reissue (Tor 1990) sf novel.
- * *The Watchmen (Baen 0-671-87598-1, Apr 94 [Mar 94], $5.99, 423pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Star Watch] Omnibus of two young-adult sf novels about the Star Watch, Star Watchman (Holt Rinehart & Winston 1964) and The Dueling Machine (Holt Rinehart & Winston 1969). With a new introduction by the author. (Contents)
- * *Welcome to Moonbase (Ballantine 0-345-32859-0, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $9.95, 254pp, tp) Associational item. Non-fiction guide to a future moon base, with illustrations by Pat Rawlings.
- * _The Winds of Altair (Tor 0-812-53227-9, Jan 88 [Dec 87], $3.95, 317pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1983) sf novel, rewritten from a 1973 Dutton juvenile.
- * _The Winds of Altair (Severn House 0-7278-1776-0, Jul 89, £11.95, 320pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1983) sf novel. Rewritten from a 1973 Dutton juvenile. [Not seen]
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- * *The Best of the Nebulas (Tor 0-312-93184-0, Apr 89, $19.95, 593pp, hc) Anthology of 21 Nebula winners voted best by SFWA members plus discussions of some of the winning novels plus a provocative introduction on awards and voting. Published simultaneously in trade paperback (0-312-93175-1, $14.95). (Contents)
- * _The Best of the Nebulas (Robert Hale 0-7090-4258-2, Nov 90, £15.95, 573pp, hc, cover by Helen Hale) Reprint (Tor 1989) anthology of 21 of the best stories that won the Nebula Award. Unfortunately this edition omits the accompanying articles that made the original book so interesting. (Contents)
- BOVINE SMOKE SOCIETY, THE
- BOWEN, G. R., ed.
- * *Cyber Magick: Lesbian SF (Obelesk Books/Triangle 1-887666-07-9, Oct 95, $5.00, 29pp, ph, cover by Jeff Haas) Chapbook anthology of four lesbian SF stories. Available from Obelesk Books, PO Box 1118, Elkton, MD 21922-1118; add $1.25 postage. (Contents)
- BOWEN, GARY (stories)
- * *Diary of a Vampire (Masquerade 1-56333-331-7, Jul 95, $6.95, 232pp, pb) Erotic gay vampire novel. A first novel. Available from Masquerade Books, Dept U54AT, 801 2nd Ave, New York NY 10017; credit card orders: 800-375-2356.
- * *Queer Destinies: Erotic Science Fiction Stories (Circlet Press 0-9633970-7-9, Jul 94 [Sep 94], $5.95, 56pp, ph, cover by Tristan Alexander) Pamphlet collection of four original gay male erotic SF & Fantasy stories. Available from Circlet Press, PO Box 15143, Boston MA 02215. (Contents)
- * *Winter of the Soul: Gay Vampire Fiction (Obelesk Books 1-887666-06-0, Oct 95 [Aug 95], $5.00, 31pp, ph, cover by Tristan Alexander) Collection of three gay vampire stories. Available from Obelesk Books, PO Box 1118, Elkton, MD 21922-1118; add $1.25 postage. (Contents)
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- * *Floating Worlds: Oriental Fantasies (Obelesk Books/Triangle 1-887666-15-X, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $6.00, 47pp, ph, cover by Joe Tsambiras) Original anthology of six stories. Authors include Mark Noe, Beverly Heinze, and James S Dorr. Available from Obelesk Books, PO Box 1118, Elkton, MD 21922-1118; add $1.25 postage. (Contents)
- * *Green Echo (Obelesk Books no ISBN, Jun 95 [May 95], $5.00, 38pp, ph, cover by Jeffrey Haas) Chapbook original anthology of three stories of ecological SF. Available from Obelesk Books, PO Box 1118, Elkton, MD 21922-1118; add $1.25 postage. (Contents)
- * *Icarus & Angels (Obelesk Books/Triangle 1-887666-13-3, 1996 [Apr 96], $6.00, 47pp, ph, cover by Tristan Alexander) Original anthology of four gay SF stories. Available from Obelesk Books, PO Box 1118, Elkton, MD 21922-1118; add $1.25 postage. (Contents)
- * *Worthy Foes: Differently Abled Heros (Obelesk Books 1-887666-12-5, Jan 96, $6.00, 38pp, ph, cover by Hannah Shapero) Chapbook anthology of three stories featuring heroes who overcome their handicaps. Available from Obelesk Books, PO Box 1118, Elkton, MD 21922-1118; add $1.25 postage. (Contents)
- BOWEN, JOHN (Griffith) (1924- )
- * *No Retreat (Sinclair-Stevenson 1-85619-398-5, Jun 94, £14.99, 309pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons) SF novel. Britain occupied by Nazis in an alternate 1990s.
- BOWEN, MARJORIE; pseudonym of Gabrielle M. V. Long, (1886-1952) (stories)
- * *Twilight and Other Supernatural Romances (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-49-4, May 98, C$53.00, xl+262pp, hc, cover by Deborah McMillion-Nering) Major collection of Bowens supernatural tales, including the novella Julia Roseingrave and two previously unpublished stories. The volume is completed by an Afterword from Marjorie Bowens own pen, in which she describes a ghostly experience of her own. The volume is edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, and has a preface by the authors son, Hilary Long. This edition is limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $35.00 and in the UK for £25.00. (Contents)
- BOWES, RICHARD (Dirrane) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Feral Cell (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20352-8, May 87 [Apr 87], $3.50, 220pp, pb) Contemporary fantasy novel of parallel worlds. Its uneven and quirky, but often fascinating, with powerfully strange images of the places where worlds meet. (FCM)
- * *Goblin Market (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20354-4, Jun 88 [May 88], $3.50, 250pp, pb) [Warchild] Sf novel, sequel to Warchild. The wonderfully bizarre characters of the first book are subordinated to a standard tale of war across the dimensions. (FCM)
- * *Warchild (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20177-0, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $2l95, 248pp, pb) [Warchild] Sf novel. Telepathic and mysterious beings are manipulating the very fabric of the universe, seeking ultimate control. Though it has some flaws, this is a promising first novel, with a fascinating gallery of quasi-immortals. (FCM)
- BOWKER, DAVID
- * *The Butcher of Glastonbury (Gollancz 0-575-06254-1, Jul 97 [Jun 97], £15.99, 224pp, hc) [Death Prayer] Dark fantasy thriller. Laverne investigates a supernatural serial killer while being observed by the FBI. Sequel to The Death Prayer.
- * _The Butcher of Glastonbury (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60203-1, May 98, £5.99, 224pp, pb) [Death Prayer] Reprint (Gollancz 1997) dark fantasy thriller. Sequel to The Death Prayer.
- * *The Death Prayer (Gollancz 0-575-05950-8, Sep 95, £15.99, 254pp, hc, cover by The Senate) [Death Prayer] Police procedural novel that develops into an occult thriller. An unorthodox policeman with special powers investigates the mutilated bodies of victims who died from heart failure.
- * _The Death Prayer (Vista 0-575-60028-4, Aug 96 [Jul 96], £4.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Splash) [Death Prayer] Reprint (Gollancz 1995) mystery/horror novel about a police detective with incipient supernatural abilities.
- * +The Death Prayer (White Wolf 1-56504-846-6, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $11.99, 215pp, tp) [Death Prayer] Occult thriller. A dour Yorkshire police detective doesnt want to face his own supernatural talents, but must to catch a serial killer. First US edition (Gollancz 1995).
- BOWKER, RICHARD (John) (1950- ) (stories)
- * *Dover Beach (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26810-4, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $3.95, 265pp, pb) Sf novel of a self-styled private eye from a war-devastated America. Offbeat and effective recommended. (FCM)
- * _Forbidden Sanctuary (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32874-4, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $2.95, 203pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1982) sf novel; 2nd printing.
- * *Marlborough Street (Doubleday 0-385-19753-5, Feb 87 [Jan 87], $12.95, 182pp, hc) Occult fantasy novel. A good psychic (Red Sox fan) vs. a bad psychic (Yankee fan); illusions and delusions.
- * _Marlborough Street (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27167-9, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $3.95, 323pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1987) psychic detective novel.
- * *Replica (Bantam 0-553-26043-X, Jun 86, no price, 300pp, pb) Near-future political sf novel this is an advance reading copy given out at the ABA. The regular edition, to appear next January, will apparently have the same ISBN.
- * *Replica (Bantam 0-553-26043-X, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $3.95, 300pp, pb) Near-future sf novel of a replicated U.S. president. This is the first commercial edition. An advance reading copy with the same ISBN but no price was given out at the ABA in May.
- * *Summit (Bantam 0-553-27710-3, May 89, $4.50, 313pp, pb) Psychic espionage thriller about a beautiful KGB psychic who turns loyal American operatives into double agents.
- BOWKETT, STEPHEN (1953- ); see pseudonym Ben Leech (stories)
- * *Catch and Other Stories (Gollancz 0-575-04399-7, Oct 88 [Dec 88], £8.95, 123pp, hc) Young-adult collection of original sf and horror stories. (Contents)
- * _Catch and Other Stories (Piper 0-330-31209-X, Jul 90, £2.50, 123pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Gollancz 1988) young-adult collection of original sf and horror stories.
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