The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

CLAIBORNE, SYBIL (1923-1992) (stories)

• * *In the Garden of Dead Cars (Cleis Press 0-939416-66-2, May ’93 [Jun ’93], $9.95, 245pp, tp, cover by Julia Colmenares) Dystopian sf novel set in a future where all sensuality is banned following a sexually transmitted plague that decimates the world’s population. A hardcover edition (-65-4, $24.95) was announced but not seen.
• * *Loose Connections (Academy Chicago 0-89733-301-2, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $16.95, 171pp, hc) Collection of 16 literary stories with elements of sf, fantasy, and the surreal. (Contents)

CLANCY, GERTRUDE (stories)

• * *The Cup and the Mask (Pont 1-85902-028-3, May ’94, £3.50, 67pp, pb, cover by Suzanne Carpenter) Young-adult fantasy novella. Available from Pont Books, Gomer Press, Llandysul, Dyfed SA44 4BQ.

CLANCY, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Leo Clancy, Jr.] (1947- ) (stories)

• * _Red Storm Rising (Collins 0-00-223078-X, Jan ’87, £10.95, 652pp, hc) Near future thriller about war with Russia. [First U.K. edition]

CLAPHAM, MARK

• * _Beige Planet Mars (with Lance Parkin) See entry under Lance Parkin.

CLAREMONT, CHRIS(topher Simon) (1950- ) (stories)

• * *Dragon Moon (with Beth Fleisher) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37448-6, Dec ’94 [Oct ’94], $14.95, 121pp, tp, cover by John Bolton) Contemporary fantasy novella, illustrated by John Bolton. A medievalist Society’s War is invaded by warriors out of Celtic legend. A hardcover was announced but not seen.
• * _First Flight (Pan 0-330-31151-4, Apr ’90, £3.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [FirstFlight] Reprint (Ace 1987) sf novel.
• * *FirstFlight (Ace 0-441-23584-0, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $2.95, 243pp, pb) [FirstFlight] Sf space opera novel, a first novel by a famed comic writer.
• * _FirstFlight (Ace 0-441-23584-0, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $5.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [FirstFlight] Reissue (Ace 1987) SF novel. Ninth printing.
• * _Grounded (Pan 0-330-31281-2, Sep ’91, £4.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [FirstFlight] Reprint (Ace 1991 as Grounded!) sf novel. Sequel to First Flight. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Grounded! (Ace 0-441-30416-8, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.95, 323pp, pb, cover by Royo) [FirstFlight] Sf adventure novel about a grounded female space pilot, sequel to FirstFlight.
• * *High Frontier (SFBC #18970, Dec ’91, $9.98, 534pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) [FirstFlight] Omnibus of two sf novels, FirstFlight (Ace 1990) and Grounded! (Ace 1991). (Contents)
• * *Shadow Dawn (with George Lucas) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09597-8, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $22.95, 415pp, hc, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [Shadow War] Fantasy novel, second in the “Shadow War” chronicles, a sequel to Willow. The book is credited as by Claremont, with “story by George Lucas.” Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * *Shadow Dawn (with George Lucas) (Bantam UK 0-593-04056-2, Jan ’97 [Mar ’97], £14.99, 415pp, hc, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [Shadow War] Fantasy novel by Claremont, based on a story by George Lucas. Second in a series set after the film Willow, sequel to Shadow Moon. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * _Shadow Dawn (with George Lucas) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57289-X, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $5.99, 511pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [Shadow War] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) fantasy novel, second in the “Shadow War” chronicles, a sequel to Willow. The book is credited as by Claremont, with “story by George Lucas.” Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * _Shadow Dawn (Bantam UK 0-553-50482-7, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], £5.99, iv+511pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [Shadow War] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) fantasy novel based on a story by George Lucas, based on the movie Willow. Second in “The Chronicles of the Shadow War” after Shadow Moon.
• * _Shadow Moon (with George Lucas) See entry under George Lucas.
• * *Star Trek: Debt of Honor (Titan 1-85286-451-6, Nov ’92 [Dec ’92], £6.99, 92pp, tp) [Star Trek] Graphic novel set in the Star Trek universe, illustrated by Karl C. Story and Adam T. Hughes. Simultaneous with the US (DC Comics) edition.
• * *Star Trek: Debt of Honor (with Adam Hughes & Karl Story) (DC Comics 1-56389-031-3, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $14.95, unpaginated, tp, cover by Tom McCraw) [Star Trek] Star Trek graphic novelization.
• * *Sundowner (Ace 0-441-00070-3, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $5.50, 346pp, pb, cover by Royo) Third SF adventure novel about grounded female space pilot Nicole Shea.

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• * *The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel Comics 0-939766-96-5, 1987 [Nov ’87], $6.95, 185pp, tp) Graphic novel made up of issues #129-137 of the comic book series, with full-color illustrations.

CLARESON, THOMAS D(ean) (1926-1993)

• * *Frederik Pohl (Starmont House 0-930261-33-X, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $9.95, 173pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical study. [Pohl]
• * *Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s, an Annotated Bibliography of Primary Sources (Greenwood Press 0-313-23169-9, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $35.00, 305pp, hc) Non-fiction; reference. Clareson gives summaries of 838 sf books published between 1870 and 1939, including most of the utopian novels of the early years of this century. Despite the title, it includes a number of British books.
• * *Some Kind of Paradise: The Emergence of American Science Fiction (Greenwood Press 0-313-23167-2, 1985 [Jan ’86], $29.95, xiv + 248pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study of sf in America before WWII (mostly before 1930). Clareson deliberately ignores the specialty pulps (1926-1939) to concentrate on “mainstream” work.
• * *Understanding American Science Fiction: The Formative Period, 1926-1970 (University of South Carolina Press 0-87249-689-9, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $22.95, 300pp, hc) Non-fiction; criticism. A critical overview of the field through 1970 with a bibliography.
• * _Understanding Contemporary American Science Fiction: The Formative Period, 1926-1970 (University of South Carolina Press 0-87249-870-0, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $12.95, 300pp, tp) Reprint (University of South Carolina Press 1990) non-fiction, a critical overview of the field through 1970 with a bibliography. Order from the University of South Carolina Press, Columbia SC 29208.

CLARK, ALAN M. (1957- ) (stories)

• * *The Pain Doctors of Suture Self General (with The Bovine Smoke Society) (Arts Nova Press no ISBN, Oct ’95, $50.00, 63pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Adult picture book. This is a signed, limited edition of 550, with 13 full color illustrations; the tipped-in signature page has signatures of ten contributors. There is an introduction by F. Paul Wilson, and a biography of Clark by Jon Gustafson. Available from Blue Moon Books, 360 West First, Eugene OR 97401. Credit card orders: 800-738-2660.

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• * *The Alchemy of Love (with Elizabeth Engstrom) (Triple Tree Publishing 0-9666272-2-9, Dec ’98, $49.95, 403pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Art book/collection of eight stories by Engstrom and pieces of art by Clark, four stories based on Clark’s art, four artworks based Engstrom’s stories. One story was previously published in slightly different form. Introduction by Jack Ketchum. This is a signed, limited edition of 500. Order from TripleTree Publishing, PO Box 5684, Eugene OR 97405; 541-484-1682; TripleTree@aol.com; add $5.00 postage.
• * *Imagination Fully Dilated (with Elizabeth Engstrom) (CD Publications 1-881475-35-2, May ’98 [Dec ’98], $75.00, 526pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Art book/original anthology of 28 stories based on the horror art of Alan M. Clark. Authors include Poppy Z. Brite, Ramsey Campbell, Peter Crowther, and Nina Kiriki Hoffman. Introduction by Tim Powers. Includes 29 pieces of tipped-in art. This is a signed, limited edition of 750; a deluxe leatherbound, slipcased edition with additional art ($195) is also available. (Contents)

CLARK, BEVERLY LYON (1948- )

• * *Lewis Carroll (Starmont House 1-557-42026-2, Apr ’91, $9.95, 96pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism. A guide to Lewis Carroll’s work plus a primary and secondary bibliography. A hardcover edition (-42031-9, $19.95) was announced but not seen.

CLARK, DAVID AARON (1960- ) (stories)

• * *Into the Black (Eros Plus 1-85286-679-9, Jun ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 236pp, tp, cover by Kyo Nakamura) Dark fantasy erotic novel.

CLARK, DOUGLAS W. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Alchemy Unlimited (Avon 0-380-75726-5, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.50, 310pp, pb, cover by Dean Morrissey) [Alchemy Unlimited] Humorous fantasy novel of an aquatic alchemist’s bumbling apprentice. A first novel.
• * *Rehearsal for a Renaissance (AvoNova 0-380-76310-9, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $4.50, 336pp, pb, cover by Dean Morrissey) [Alchemy Unlimited] Humorous fantasy novel of an alchemist trying to save Renaissance Venice from an evil wizard’s plan to sink it in the sea. Sequel to Alchemy Unlimited.
• * *Whirlwind Alchemy (AvoNova 0-380-76309-5, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $4.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Dean Morrissey) [Alchemy Unlimited] Humorous fantasy novel, third book in the “Alchemy Unlimited” series.

CLARK, H. NICHOLS

• * _Myth, Magic, and Mystery: One Hundred Years of American Children’s Book Illustration (with Trinkett Clark) See entry under Trinkett Clark.

CLARK, JAN

• * *Earth Herald (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45638-6, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $5.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Prodigy] SF novel, sequel to Prodigy. Rieka Degahv mediates between the rebuilding Earth and the alien Commonwealth.
• * *Prodigy (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45615-7, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $5.99, 447pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Prodigy] SF novel. A female human starship captain is framed for high treason. A first novel.

CLARK, JOAN (1934- ) (stories)

• * +Wild Man of the Woods (Viking Kestrel 0-670-80015-5, May ’86 [Feb ’87], $11.95, 171pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel of Indian masks that give a boy the spirits’ powers. This appeared in 1986, but we did not see it until now. It’s the first U.S. edition of a 1985 release from Penguin-Canada.

CLARK, KAREN (1960- ) (stories)

• * *The Synthetics (Merlin 0-86303-428-4, 1988 [Mar ’89], £2.95, 52pp, tp) Sf novella about the penalties for truancy in 21st century UK schools. Published last year, but only just seen.

CLARK, LEIGH (Wyatt) (1949- )

• * *Blood Sabbath (Zebra 0-8217-3371-0, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.95, 416pp, pb) Horror novel. A woman and her family are under demonic attack after she attends a seance.
• * *Carnivore (Leisure 0-8439-4225-8, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $4.25, 311pp, pb) Horror novel. Scientists in the Antarctic find a frozen T-rex egg and make the mistake of hatching it.
• * _Evil Reincarnate (Tor 0-812-52371-7, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $5.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Jill Bauman) Reprint (Tor 1994) horror novel. A prison psychiatrist is stalked by an ageless serial killer.
• * *The Feeding (Leisure 0-8439-2604-X, 1988 [Apr ’88], $3.95, 352pp, pb) Horror novel set in a crumbling house above a mine filled with ancient evil.

CLARK, MARK; pseudonym of Kenneth L. Clarke, (1946- )

• * _Ripper (Berkley 0-425-11644-1, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 289pp, pb) Reprint (Byren House 1987) horror/suspense novel, yet another version of the Jack the Ripper story.

CLARK, MARY HIGGINS (1929- ) (stories)

• * *The Anastasia Syndrome and other stories (Simon & Schuster, 1989, 318pp, hc) Collection of four stories plus the short novel “The Anastasia Syndrome”. (Contents)
• * *The Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories (Century 0-7126-3076-7, Feb ’90 [1990], £11.95, 218pp, hc) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1989) associational/fantasy collection.
• * _The Cradle will Fall (Fontana 0-00-617086-2, Sep ’87, £2.95, 286pp, pb) Reissue (Collins 1980) horror novel.
• * _A Cry in the Night (Fontana 0-00-616654-7, Aug ’87 [Sep ’87], £2.95, 295pp, pb) Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1982) horror novel.
• * _A Stranger is Watching (Fontana 0-00-617188-5, Aug ’87 [Sep ’87], £2.50, 222pp, pb) Reissue (Collins 1978) horror novel.
• * _Where are the Children? (Fontana 0-00-616127-8, Sep ’87, £2.50, 176pp, pb) Reissue (Talmy Franklin 1975) horror novel.
• * _Where are the Children? (Collins 0-00-223083-6, Jan ’88, £10.95, 192pp, hc) Reprint (Talmy Franklin 1975) horror novel. [Not seen]

CLARK, RAY (stories)

• * _Manitou Man: The Worlds of Graham Masterton (with Matt Williams & Graham Masterton) See entry under Graham Masterton.

CLARK, SIMON (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Blood & Grit (BBR Books 1-872588-03-4, Apr ’90 [Sep ’90], £3.99, 103pp, tp, cover by Dallas Goffin) Original sf/horror collection. (Contents)
• * *Blood Crazy (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-62574-0, Jun ’95 [May ’95], £16.99, 343pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Horror novel. The adults of the world begin to kill all the children.
• * _Blood Crazy (NEL 0-340-62575-9, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], £5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) horror novel.
• * *Darker (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66059-7, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], £16.99, 410pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Dark fantasy novel. A young couple and their child help a fugitive fleeting supernatural forces.
• * _Darker (NEL 0-340-66060-0, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], £5.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) horror novel.
• * *The Fall (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-69610-9, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], £17.99, 537pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) SF/dark fantasy novel. Time begins to move backwards within a ring of standing stones, taking its human passengers on a bloody ride into the past.
• * *King Blood (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66061-9, Feb ’97, £16.99, 534pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Dark fantasy novel.
• * _King Blood (NEL 0-340-66062-7, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], £5.99, 533pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) dark fantasy novel.
• * *Nailed by the Heart (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-62572-4, Mar ’95 [Apr ’95], £16.99, 294pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Horror novel. A coastal village, once the sacred place for an old religion, holds a sleeping power that animates a sunken ship that was carrying mercenary killers. A first novel.
• * _Nailed by the Heart (NEL 0-340-62573-2, Jun ’95 [May ’95], £5.99, 360pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) horror novel. A couple and their son move to a coastal village, not knowing it was once the sacred site of the old religion, or that its power has animated the dead: killers drowned aboard a sunken ship.
• * *Vampyrrhic (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-69608-7, May ’98 [Apr ’98], £16.99, 441pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Vampyrrhic] Dark fantasy novel. Vampires nest in a North Yorkshire village.
• * _Vampyrrhic (NEL 0-340-69609-5, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], £6.99, 441pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Vampyrrhic] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1998) dark fantasy novel. Vampires nest in a North Yorkshire village.

CLARK, TRINKETT

• * *Myth, Magic, and Mystery: One Hundred Years of American Children’s Book Illustration (with H. Nichols Clark) (Roberts Rinehart 1-57098-079-9, Jun ’96 [Dec ’96], $29.95, 242pp, tp, cover by N. C. Wyeth) Non-fiction art book covering illustrations from early picture books to YA adventure and fantasy. Includes works by Maurice Sendak, Dr. Seuss, and Edward Gorey. A hardcover edition (-080-2, $50.00) was announced but not seen. This is the catalog for a travelling museum exhibit; copyrighted by The Chrysler Museum of Art.

CLARKE, A(nthony) F(rederick) N(eville) (1948- )

• * *Collisions (Secker & Warburg 0-436-10015-0, Mar ’86, £10.95, 256pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a man who has been close to death... “now reality falls apart.”

CLARKE, ARTHUR C(harles) (1917-2008) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *1984: Spring, A Choice of Futures (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31357-7, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $14.95, 261pp, hc) Non-fiction, collection of essays.
• * _1984: Spring, A Choice of Futures (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31358-5, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $3.50, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1984). Non-fiction; associational. Speculation on the future and autobiographical material in a fascinating mix. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (Signet 0-451-11864-2, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.95, 226pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (NAL 1968) sf novel. Thirtieth printing, with over 2.8 million copies in print. Contains the 1982 afterword by Clarke. It’s strange to see a cover on 2001 which proclaims, “by the author of 2010.”
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (NAL/Signet 0-451-13469-9, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $3.50, 226pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (NAL 1968) sf novel with the 1982 epilogue. 36th printing, with over 2.6 million copies in print!
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (Legend 0-09-932680-9, Dec ’88, £2.50, 229pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (NAL 1968) sf novel. This edition contains the 1982 epilogue.
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (Inner Circle 1-85018-000-8, Jan ’91 [Feb ’91], £12.95, 229pp, hc) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (NAL 1968) sf novel. This edition contains the Author’s Note from 2010: Odyssey Two as an Epilogue.
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45063-9, Jun ’91, $4.99, 221pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (NAL 1968) sf novel, with a new introduction by the author; 42nd printing.
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (Legend 0-7126-4776-7, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], £8.99, 301pp, tp) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Legend 1990) collection of the title novel and the two stories that inspired it, “The Sentinel” and “Encounter in the Dawn”.
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (Easton Press no ISBN, Jun ’93, no price, 221pp, hc) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (NAL 1968) sf novel, with an introduction by James Gunn and artwork by Vincent DiFate. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45273-9, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $10.00, 235pp, tp) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (NAL 1968) sf novel, with a 1991 introduction by Clarke. The “25th Anniversary Edition.”
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (SFBC #15329, Mar ’97, $7.98, 222pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (NAL 1968) SF novel. This follows the 1968 NAL edition; it lacks a price and has a new SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45273-9, Mar ’97 [Apr ’97], $12.95, 236pp, tp) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (NAL 1968) SF novel. Sixth printing.