The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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The Lake Ruby Jean Jensen (Tor 0-812-51975-2, May 88 [Apr 88], $3.95, 320pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1983) horror novel; second printing. There was something incredibly ancient in the lake. Something ravenous.
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Such a Good Baby Ruby Jean Jensen (Tor 0-812-51977-9, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $3.95, 319pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1982) horror novel of a virgin birth and an evil child.
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Dr. Adder K. W. Jeter (NAL Signet 0-451-15197-6, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $2.95, 257pp, pb) [Dr. Adder] Reprint (Bluejay 1984) cyberpunk sf novel with an afterword by Philip K. Dick.
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Infernal Devices K. W. Jeter (Grafton 0-586-07345-0, Jul 88, £2.95, 283pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martins 1987) Victorian fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
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The Incal 1 Alexandro Jodorowsky & Jean Moebius Giraud (Titan 1-85286-106-1, Sep 88, £5.95, 96pp, tp) Sf graphic novel.
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The Incal 3 Alexandro Jodorowsky & Jean Moebius Giraud (Titan 1-85286-108-8, Nov 88 [Oct 88], £5.95, 96pp, tp) Sf graphic novel.
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Mindhopper James B. Johnson (DAW 0-88677-265-6, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $3.50, 269pp, pb) Sf novel, set 60 years in the future, of a boy with psi gifts vs. the Establishment.
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Bats on the Bedstead Norma Tadlock Johnson (Avon Camelot 0-380-70540-0, Aug 88, $2.50, 116pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1987) childrens talking bat book.
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Ashes #8: Danger in the Ashes William W. Johnstone (Zebra 0-8217-2311-1, Mar 88, $3.50, 368pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust adventure novel.
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Ashes #9: Valor in the Ashes William W. Johnstone (Zebra 0-8217-2484-3, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.95, 427pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust mens adventure novel.
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Sandman William W. Johnstone (Zebra 0-8217-2376-6, Jun 88 [Jul 88], $3.95, 432pp, pb) Horror novel. A boy learns he can kill with his special talent.
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Dogsbody Diana Wynne Jones (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-08191-6, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $11.95, 242pp, hc) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1975) young-adult fantasy novel the consciousness of the star Sirius is incarnated on Earth in dog form.
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Dogsbody Diana Wynne Jones (Magnet 0-416-11612-4, Dec 88, £1.99, 202pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1975) young-adult fantasy novel.
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The Eight Days of Luke Diana Wynne Jones (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-08006-5, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $11.95, 147pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. First U.S. edition (Macmillan UK 1975).
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Howls Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones (Teens 0-416-07442-1, Apr 88, £1.95, 212pp, pb) [Wizards Castle] Reprint (Morrow 1986) young-adult fantasy novel.
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The Lives of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-07806-0, Jun 88, $11.95, 230pp, hc) [Chrestomanci] Delightful young-adult fantasy novel in the excellent Chrestomanci series. Alternate worlds (some very strange), smugglers, magicians, and a young goddess who just wants to go to British public school, all complicate the 9 lives of Christopher Chant, a boy with unusual powers. Recommended. (FCM)
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The Lives of Christopher Chant Diana Wynne Jones (Methuen 0-416-10742-7, Aug 88, £7.95, 240pp, hc) [Chrestomanci] Reprint (Greenwillow 1988) young-adult fantasy novel. Prequel to Charmed Life. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
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Witch Week Diana Wynne Jones (Knopf Bullseye 0-394-80600-X, Oct 88, $2.95, 243pp, tp) [Chrestomanci] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1982) young-adult fantasy novel in the Chrestomanci series.
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The Hidden Ones Gwyneth Jones (Livewire 0-7043-4910-8, Sep 88 [Oct 88], £3.50, 151pp, tp) Young-adult occult novel.
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Kairos Gwyneth Jones (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440163-9, Nov 88, £12.95, 260pp, hc) Off-beat SF novel involving a reality-altering drug and a group of Angels.
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Amityville: The Evil Escapes John G. Jones (Tudor 0-944276-05-9, Jun 88 [Jul 88], $4.50, 420pp, pb) [Amityville] A horror novel based on the famous haunted house. Although the cover states this is a true story, there is a disclaimer on the copyright page stating that everything in the book is from the authors imagination.
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The Supernatural John G. Jones (Tudor 0-944276-17-2, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $4.95, 375pp, pb) Horror novel.
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Gaslight & Ghosts ed. Stephen Jones & Jo Fletcher (Robinson Pub./1988 World Fantasy Con 0-9513892-0-3, Oct 88, £9.95, 258pp, hc) Original anthology of 21 stories and articles published for the 1988 World Fantasy Convention held in London.
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Horror: 100 Best Books ed. Stephen Jones & Kim Newman (Xanadu 0-947761-37-3, Nov 88, £11.99, 256pp, hc) Potted reviews of the 100 best horror books, written by 100 horror writers.
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Horror: 100 Best Books ed. Stephen Jones & Kim Newman (Xanadu 0-947761-68-3, Nov 88, £100.00, 256pp, hc) Special edition of the above, limited to 300 copies, and signed by most of the contributors. [Not seen]
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Horror: 100 Best Books ed. Stephen Jones & Kim Newman (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-417-9, Jan 89 [Dec 88], $15.95, 256pp, hc) Non-fiction: reviews/essays on their favorite works of horror and dark fantasy, written by leading authors, editors, and scholars. It makes fascinating reading recommended. (FCM) First U.S. edition (Xanadu Publishing 1988).
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The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton (Robinson 0-948164-73-5, Oct 88, £11.95, 264pp, hc) Illustrated anthology of horror stories from Fantasy Tales.
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Serenissima Erica Jong (Dell 0-440-20104-7, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $4.95, 381pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1987) literary time travel fantasy novel.
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Serenissima Erica Jong (Bantam UK 0-553-17492-4, Jun 88, £2.95, 240pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1987) literary fantasy novel.
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The Best Horror Stories from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ed. Anne Devereaux Jordan & Edward L. Ferman (St. Martins 0-312-01894-0, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $22.95, 403pp, hc) Anthology of horror stories.
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The Best Horror Stories from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ed. Anne Devereaux Jordan & Edward L. Ferman (St. Martins 0-312-01736-7, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $14.95, 403pp, tp) Trade paperback of the above.
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Alfred Hitchcocks Borrowers of the Night ed. Cathleen Jordan (Severn House 0-7278-1617-9, Jun 88 [Dec 88], £11.95, 348pp, hc) Reprint (Davis 1983) thriller/horror anthology. [First U.K. edition]
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Alfred Hitchcocks Death-Reach ed. Cathleen Jordan (Severn House 0-7278-1571-7, Jan 88, £10.95, 348pp, hc) Reprint (Davis 1982) thriller/horror anthology. [First U.K. edition]
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Alfred Hitchcocks Grave Suspicions ed. Cathleen Jordan (Severn House 0-7278-1679-9, Dec 88, £12.95, 352pp, hc) Reprint (Davis 1984) thriller/horror anthology. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
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Conan the Unconquered Robert Jordan (Sphere 0-7221-5194-2, Feb 88, £2.50, 180pp, pb) [Conan] Reissue (Tor 1983) fantasy novelization. Volume 23 in the Conan series.
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The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster (Knopf Bullseye 0-394-82037-1, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $3.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Epstein & Carroll 1961) young-adult fantasy novel. Illustrations by Jules Feiffer.
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Metrophage Richard Kadrey (Ace 0-441-52813-9, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $2.95, 240pp, pb) Sf novel, a first novel.
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Metrophage Richard Kadrey (Gollancz 0-575-04291-5, Jul 88, £11.95, 240pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1988) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Hellspark Janet Kagan (Tor 0-812-54275-4, Jul 88, $3.95, 407pp, pb) Alien planet sf novel.
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Hellspark Janet Kagan (SFBC #14188, Oct 88, $4.98, 311pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1988) sf mystery novel. First hardcover edition.
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The Echo Vector James Kahn (St. Martins 0-312-01023-0, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $15.95, 227pp, hc) [Vector] Associational; medical thriller/mystery novel.
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Times Dark Laughter James Kahn (Grafton 0-583-13508-0, Jun 88, £3.50, 351pp, pb) [New World] Reissue (Del Rey 1982) sf novel. Volume 2 in the New World trilogy.
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Timefall James Kahn (St. Martins 0-312-90878-4, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $3.95, 295pp, pb) [New World] Reprint (St. Martins 1987) sf time travel novel.
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Timefall James Kahn (Grafton 0-583-13509-9, Jun 88 [May 88], £3.50, 300pp, pb) [New World] Reissue (St. Martins 1987) sf novel. Volume 3 in the New World trilogy.
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World Enough and Time James Kahn (Grafton 0-583-13507-2, Jun 88, £3.50, 352pp, pb) [New World] Reissue (Del Rey 1980) sf novel. Volume 1 in the New World trilogy.
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Khyren Aline Boucher Kaplan (Baen 0-671-69781-1, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.50, 374pp, pb) Science fiction novel suburban woman finds herself in another world where womens status lies in their fertility. A first novel.
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Strange Tomorrow Jean E. Karl (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-20052-0, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $2.95, 135pp, pb) [Turning Place] Reprint (Dutton 1985) young-adult sf novel, a companion volume to The Turning Place.
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False Face Welwyn Wilton Katz (Macmillan McElderry 0-689-50456-X, Sep 88 [Nov 88], $12.95, 196pp, hc) Young-adult dark fantasy novel of teenagers influenced by a supernatural mask. First U.S. edition (Douglas & McIntyre: Canada 1987).
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Witchery Hill Welwyn Wilton Katz (Angus & Robertson 0-207-15840-1, Oct 88 [Dec 88], £2.95, 250pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult occult novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Rider Haggard and the Fiction of Empire Wendy R. Katz (Cambridge University Press 0-521-33425-X, Jan 88, $34.50, 171pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference, subtitled a critical study of British imperial fiction. It argues that Haggards fiction affected the views of an entire British generation and not for the better. [H. Rider Haggard]
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The Darkest Road Guy Gavriel Kay (Unwin 0-04-823360-9, Jun 88, £3.50, 420pp, pb) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Fionavar Tapestry trilogy.
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Max Flips Out Marilyn Kaye (Puffin 0-14-032280-9, May 88 [Jul 88], £1.95, 148pp, pb) [Out of This World] Reprint (Pocket 1986) young-adult sf novel. Volume 4 in the Out of This World series. [First U.K. edition]
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Weird Tales: The Magazine That Never Dies ed. Marvin Kaye (SFBC #11698, Oct 88, $7.98, 582pp, hc) Anthology of stories from Weird Tales.
- xv · The Eyrie · Marvin Kaye · in
- 1 · Interim · Ray Bradbury · vi Weird Tales Jul 47
- 3 · The House of Ecstasy · Ralph Milne Farley · ss Weird Tales Apr 38
- 12 · The Stolen Body · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Nov, 1898; Weird Tales Nov 25
- 27 · The Scrawny One · Anthony Boucher · vi Weird Tales May 49
- 31 · The Sorcerers Apprentice · Lucian of Samosata · ar; Weird Tales Oct 39
- 33 · Skulls in the Stars [Solomon Kane] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales Jan 29
- 44 · Eena · Manly Banister · ss Weird Tales Sep 47
- 57 · The Look · Maurice Level · vi Weird Tales Mar 33; Le Regard, Le Journal 1906.
- 61 · Methought I Heard a Voice [When the Night Wind Howls; Gavagans Bar] · L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt · ss Weird Tales Nov 51
- 70 · Off the Map · Rex Dolphin · ss Weird Tales Jul 54
- 79 · The Last Train · Fredric Brown · ss Weird Tales Jan 50
- 83 · Ti Michel · W. J. Stamper · ss Weird Tales Jun 26
- 91 · In the X-Ray · Fritz Leiber · ss Weird Tales Jul 49
- 104 · Speak · Henry Slesar · vi The Diners Club Magazine, 1965; Weird Tales Fll 84
- 107 · The Pale Criminal · C. Hall Thompson · nv Weird Tales Sep 47
- 129 · The Sombrus Tower · Tanith Lee · ss Weird Tales #2, ed. Lin Carter, DAW, 1981
- 138 · Mr. George [as by Stephen Grendon] · August Derleth · nv Weird Tales Mar 47
- 164 · The Terror of the Water-Tank · William Hope Hodgson · ss Blue Book Sep 07; Weird Tales Win 73
- 179 · The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaller · Gustave Flaubert · nv Trois Contes, 1877; Weird Tales Apr 28
- 204 · The Hoax of the Spirit Lover · Harry Houdini · ar Weird Tales Apr 24
- 212 · Seed · Jack Snow · ss Weird Tales Jan 46
- 227 · Masked Ball · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales May 47
- 247 · The Woman with the Velvet Collar [Capt. Michel] · Gaston Leroux · ss; Weird Tales Oct 29
- 262 · Mistress Sary · William Tenn · ss Weird Tales May 47
- 274 · The Judges House · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves Dec 5, 1891; Weird Tales Mar 35
- 292 · The Bagheeta · Val Lewton · ss Weird Tales Jul 30
- 310 · Ghost Hunt · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Weird Tales Mar 48
- 316 · Funeral in the Fog [Simon Ark] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Weird Tales Sum 73
- 332 · The Damp Man [Damp Man] · Allison V. Harding · nv Weird Tales Jul 47
- 367 · The Lost Club · Arthur Machen · ss The Whirlwind Dec 20, 1890; Weird Tales Oct 35
- 374 · Wet Straw · Richard Matheson · ss Weird Tales Jan 53
- 381 · The Mysteries of the Faceless King · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Weird Tales Spr 88
- 402 · More Than Shadow · Dorothy Quick · ss Weird Tales Jul 54
- 413 · The Dead Smile · F. Marion Crawford · ss Ainslees Aug, 1899; Weird Tales Sum 74
- 433 · The Sorcerers Apprentice · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Jan 49
- 445 · Chicken Soup · Katherine MacLean & Mary Kornbluth · ss Weird Tales Win 73
- 451 · The Haunted Burglar · W. C. Morrow · ss Lippincotts Jul, 1897; Weird Tales Sum 74
- 457 · Never Bet the Devil Your Head [Never Bet Your Head] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Grahams Ladys and Gentlemans Magazine Sep, 1841; Weird Tales Mar 24
- 467 · He · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales Sep 26
- 478 · The Brotherhood of Blood · Hugh B. Cave · nv Weird Tales May 32
- 499 · The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales Jun 32
- 508 · Men Who Walk Upon the Air · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales May 25
- 517 · A Childs Dream of a Star · Charles Dickens · ss Household Words Apr 6, 1850; Weird Tales Jul 30
- 521 · The Perfect Host · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Weird Tales Nov 48
- 568 · Why Weird Tales? · Otis Adelbert Kline · ar Weird Tales May-Jul 24; Weird Tales Mar 34
- 574 · Miscellaneous Notes · Marvin Kaye · ms
- 577 · Recommendations for Further Reading · Marvin Kaye · bi
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