The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998


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Kings in Hell C. J. Cherryh & Janet Morris (Baen 0-671-65614-7, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $3.95, 377pp, pb) [Heroes in Hell] Fantasy novel in the “Heroes in Hell” series. Alexander, Caesar, Cleopatra, and others refight the Trojan War.


Merovingen Nights #2: Fever Season ed. C. J. Cherryh (DAW 0-88677-224-9, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $3.50, 297pp, pb) [Merovingen Nights] Shared world original anthology, second in the series. C.J. Cherryh writes all the connections between the stories, weaving them into a quasi-novel.


Merovingen Nights: Festival Moon ed. C. J. Cherryh (DAW 0-88677-192-7, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.50, 300pp, pb) [Merovingen Nights] Shared-world sf original anthology based on the background of Cherryh’s Angel with the Sword.


The Beasts of Valhalla George C. Chesbro (Dell 0-440-10484-X, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $3.95, 327pp, pb) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Reprint (Atheneum 1985) sf/mystery novel in the “Mongo” series, with our dwarf detective thrown into a manufactured Lord of the Rings.


The Golden Child George C. Chesbro (Futura 0-7088-3269-5, Jan ’87, £2.50, 205pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1986) novelization of film with fantasy elements. [First U.K. edition]


The Golden Child George C. Chesbro (Severn House 0-7278-1447-8, Apr ’87, £8.95, 208pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 1986) novelization of fantasy film. [Not seen]


Shadow of a Broken Man George C. Chesbro (Dell 0-440-17761-8, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $3.50, 252pp, pb) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1977) mystery novel with fantasy elements; first in the “Mongo the Dwarf” series.


Veil George C. Chesbro (Mysterious Press 0-445-40523-6, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.95, 228pp, pb) [Veil Kendry] Reprint (Mysterious Press 1986) mystery novel of a parapsychic spy.


The Shores of the Near Past Michael Chester (School Street Press 0-939105-50-0, 1986 [Feb ’87], 181pp, hc) Young-adult sf time travel novel. This appeared in 1986, but we did not see it until 1987.


The Essential G.K. Chesterton G. K. Chesterton (Oxford University Press 0-19-282056-7, May ’87, £5.95, 489pp, tp) Reprint (Bodley Head 1985) collection of stories including some fantasy, edited by P.J. Kavanagh.


The Man Who Was Thursday G. K. Chesterton (Dover 0-486-25121-7, Jun ’86 [Jan ’87], $4.95, 120pp, tp) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1908) fantasy novel. Published in 1986; missed.


The Man Who Was Thursday G. K. Chesterton (Lythway Large Print 0-7451-0603-X, Oct ’87 [Dec ’87], £8.95, 286pp, hc) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1908) fantasy novel.


Out of the Dark World Grace Chetwin (NAL/Signet 0-451-15148-8, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $2.50, 154pp, pb) Reprint (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1985) juvenile fantasy novel.


The Riddle and the Rune Grace Chetwin (Macmillan Bradbury 0-02-718312-2, Sep ’87 [Oct ’87], $13.95, 257pp, hc) [Gom] Young-adult fantasy quest novel, first in a new trilogy featuring Gom, a boy with a strange destiny and the hero of Gom on Windy Mountain, a prequel to the trilogy.


Dracula’s Children R. Chetwynd-Hayes (Kimber 0-7183-0649-X, May ’87, £8.95, 208pp, hc) Original collection of vampire stories.


The House of Dracula R. Chetwynd-Hayes (Kimber 0-7183-0668-6, Oct ’87, £9.50, 206pp, hc) Original horror collection.


Tales of the Dark ed. Lincoln Child (St. Martin’s 0-312-90339-1, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.50, 184pp, pb) Anthology of 10 horror stories.


Tales of the Dark 2 ed. Lincoln Child (St. Martin’s 0-312-90769-9, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 181pp, pb) Anthology of 9 late-19th and early-20th-century supernatural stories.


Worm Simon Ian Childer (Grafton 0-586-06945-3, May ’87, £2.50, 189pp, pb) Horror novel. This is a pseudonym for John Brosnan & Leroy Kettle.


The Dream Auditor Lesley Choyce (Ragweed Press/Indivisible Books 0-920304-63-X, 1986 [Feb ’87], C$9.95, 87pp, tp) Very short story collection of 10 sf stories, 6 of them original. This small press edition has a 1986 copyright date, but we did not see it until now.


C.S. Lewis Joe R. Christopher (G.K. Hall/Twayne 0-8057-6944-7, Apr ’87, $16.95, 150pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study which concentrates on the fantasy novels. [C. S. Lewis]


City of Gold and Lead John Christopher (Puffin 0-14-031685-X, Mar ’87, £1.75, 159pp, pb) [Tripods] Reissue (Hamish Hamilton 1967) juvenile sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Tripods” series. This is a pseudonym for C.S. Youd.


The White Mountains John Christopher (Puffin 0-14-031684-1, Mar ’87, £1.75, 155pp, pb) [Tripods] Reissue (Hamish Hamilton 1967) juvenile sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Tripods” series. This is a pseudonym for C.S. Youd.


Beyond that River Paul Christopher (Pal Books 3-925942-00-9, Nov ’87 [Dec ’87], £4.95, 288pp, pb) Original horror collection.


Galactic Chronicles Paul Christopher (Pal Books 3-925942-02-5, Nov ’87, £2.50, 128pp, pb) Sf novel. [Not seen]


Cry Wolf Alan B. Chronister (Zebra 0-8217-2094-5, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.95, 320pp, pb) Horror novel.


Shadow Child Joseph Citro (Zebra 0-8217-2117-8, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.95, 366pp, pb) [Shadow Child] Horror novel.


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


FirstFlight Chris Claremont (Ace 0-441-23584-0, Dec ’87, $2.95, 243pp, pb) [FirstFlight] Sf space opera novel, a first novel by a famed comic writer.


The Uncanny X-Men et al Chris Claremont (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.


Frederik Pohl Thomas D. Clareson (Starmont House 0-930261-33-X, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $9.95, 173pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical study. [Frederik Pohl]


Wild Man of the Woods Joan Clark (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.


The Cradle will Fall Mary Higgins Clark (Fontana 0-00-617086-2, Sep ’87, £2.95, 286pp, pb) Reissue (Collins 1980) horror novel.


A Cry in the Night Mary Higgins Clark (Fontana 0-00-616654-7, Aug ’87 [Sep ’87], £2.95, 295pp, pb) Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1982) horror novel.


A Stranger is Watching Mary Higgins Clark (Fontana 0-00-617188-5, Aug ’87 [Sep ’87], £2.50, 222pp, pb) Reissue (Collins 1978) horror novel.


Where are the Children? Mary Higgins Clark (Fontana 0-00-616127-8, Sep ’87, £2.50, 176pp, pb) Reissue (Talmy Franklin 1975) horror novel.


2001: A Space Odyssey/The City and the Stars/The Deep Range/A Fall of Moondust/Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke (Octopus/Heinemann 0-905712-82-X, 1987 [Nov ’87], $11.98, 747pp, hc) Omnibus edition of the above titles. First U.S. edition.


2061: Odyssey Three Arthur C. Clarke (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35173-8, Jan ’88 [Nov ’87], $17.95, 279pp, hc) [Space Odyssey] Sf novel, sequel to 2010: Odyssey Two.


Childhood’s End Arthur C. Clarke (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34795-1, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.50, 218pp, pb) [Impact] Reissue (Ballantine 1953) sf novel; 55th printing. One of the classics of sf. Highly recommended. (CNB)


The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke (NAL/Signet 0-451-14822-3, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.50, 256pp, pb) Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1956) sf novel, with a new introduction by the author.


The Deep Range Arthur C. Clarke (NAL/Signet 0-451-14753-7, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.50, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1957) sf novel with a new introduction by the author; 11th printing.


Dolphin Island Arthur C. Clarke (Ace 0-441-15220-1, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $2.95, 188pp, pb) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1963) young-adult sf novel.


Expedition to Earth Arthur C. Clarke (Sidgwick & Jackson/NEL 0-283-98623-9, Jan ’87, £1.95, 175pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1953) sf collection.


A Fall of Moondust Arthur C. Clarke (Gollancz 0-575-03978-7, Feb ’87, £3.50, 224pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt, Brace & World 1961) sf novel. Volume 9 of the Gollancz Classic SF series.


A Fall of Moondust Arthur C. Clarke (NAL/Signet 0-451-14717-0, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.50, 254pp, pb) Reissue (Harcourt Brace & World 1961) sf novel with a new introduction by the author. Tenth NAL printing.


Glide Path Arthur C. Clarke (NAL/Signet 0-451-14866-5, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 252pp, pb) Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1963), 9th NAL printing. Non-sf, associational, a novel of WWII and the first use of radar. New intro by Clarke.


Islands in the Sky Arthur C. Clarke (NAL/Signet 0-451-14895-9, Jul ’87, $3.50, 256pp, pb) Reissue (Winston 1952) young-adult sf novel, 15th printing; has a new introduction by Clarke.


The Lion of Comarre & Against the Fall of Night Arthur C. Clarke (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-652517-8, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $9.95, 214pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt Brace & World 1968) omnibus edition of 2 novels.


The Nine Billion Names of God Arthur C. Clarke (NAL/Signet 0-451-14755-3, Mar ’87, $3.50, 253pp, pb) Reissue (Harcourt Brace World 1967) collection with a new introduction by the author; 11th Signet printing.


The Other Side of the Sky Arthur C. Clarke (Gollancz 0-575-03988-4, May ’87, £2.95, 245pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1958) sf collection. Contains a new introduction by Clarke.


The Other Side of the Sky Arthur C. Clarke (NAL/Signet 0-451-14937-8, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $4.50, 254pp, pb) Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1958) collection, 13th printing.


Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35056-1, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.50, 274pp, pb) [Rama] Reissue (Gollancz 1973) sf novel, winner of both the Hugo and Nebula; 20th printing.


The Sands of Mars Arthur C. Clarke (NAL/Signet 0-451-14790-1, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.50, 246pp, pb) Reissue (Sidgwick & Jackson 1951) sf novel with the 1967 introduction by the author; 10th Signet printing. Clarke’s 35-year-old vision of Mars is still evocative, mostly undated, and a classic. Highly recommended. (CNB)


The Songs of Distant Earth Arthur C. Clarke (Grafton Overseas 0-586-06623-3, 1986 [Apr ’87], £2.50, 238pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1986) sf novel. Special “open market” edition.


The Songs of Distant Earth Arthur C. Clarke (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32240-1, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $4.95, 319pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1986) sf novel.


The Songs of Distant Earth Arthur C. Clarke (Grafton 0-586-06623-3, Aug ’87, £2.50, 238pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1986) sf novel.


Tales of Ten Worlds Arthur C. Clarke (NAL/Signet 0-451-14978-5, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.50, 252pp, pb) Reissue (Harcourt Brace & World 1962) collection, with a new introduction by Clarke. 11th printing.


The Wind from the Sun Arthur C. Clarke (NAL/Signet 0-451-14754-5, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.50, 244pp, pb) A slightly revised edition (3 new vignettes plus a new introduction) of the earlier collection (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1972). Even NAL doesn’t really consider it a new book, and lists it as the 9th printing of the earlier work. Nevertheless, Clarke completists should note the three new “stories.”


Arthur C. Clarke’s July 20, 2019 ed. Arthur C. Clarke (Grafton 0-246-12980-8, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], £14.95, 282pp, hc) Reprint (Macmillan 1986) non-fiction of associational interest. A look at a day in the life of the 21st Century. Clarke contributes an Introduction and Afterword and did some editing, the remainder is by assorted Omni editors. [First U.K. edition]


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