The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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A Spell for Chameleon Piers Anthony (Macdonald 0-356-09812-5, Jun ’84 [May ’84], £8.95, 344pp, hc) [Xanth] Reprint (Del Rey 1977) fantasy novel in the “Xanth” series.
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The Oasis Project David Stuart Arthur (Zebra 0-8217-1296-9, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $3.50, 495pp, pb) Reprint (Sword & Stone 1981) sf novel.
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Banquets of the Black Widowers Isaac Asimov (Doubleday 0-385-19541-9, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $13.95, 212pp, hc) [Black Widowers] Non-sf/fantasy, of associational interest for Asimov fans. A collection of mysteries involving the “Black Widowers.”
- ix · Introduction · in
- 1 · Sixty Million Trillion Combinations [“64 Million Trillion Combinations”] · ss EQMM May 5 ’80
- 19 · The Woman in the Bar [“The Man Who Pretended to Like Baseball”] · ss EQMM Jun 30 ’80
- 37 · The Driver · ss *
- 55 · The Good Samaritan · ss EQMM Sep 10 ’80
- 74 · The Year of the Action [“The Gilbert and Sullivan Mystery”] · ss EQMM Jan 1 ’81
- 92 · Can You Prove It? · ss EQMM Jun 17 ’81
- 111 · The Phoenician Bauble · ss EQMM May ’82
- 130 · A Monday in April · ss EQMM May ’83
- 148 · Neither Brute Nor Human · ss EQMM Apr ’84
- 166 · The Redhead · ss EQMM Oct ’84
- 185 · The Wrong House · ss *
- 205 · The Intrusion · ss *
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The Caves of Steel Isaac Asimov (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31389-5, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.95, 209pp, pb) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Reprint (Doubleday 1954) sf novel, possibly Asimov’s best. (CNB)
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David Starr - Space Ranger Isaac Asimov (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31541-3, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $2.25, 174pp, pb) [David “Lucky” Starr] Reprint (Doubleday 1952, as by Paul French) juvenile sf adventure, part of a series. This edition also has the 1978 preface.
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The End of Eternity Isaac Asimov (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31832-3, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $2.95, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1955) sf time travel novel. There are 450,000 copies in print (17 printings from Fawcett).
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The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31831-5, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $2.95, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1972) sf novel. It won both Nebula and Hugo awards. The Fawcett paperback had 24 printings for 885,000 copies!
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I, Robot Isaac Asimov (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31482-4, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.75, 192pp, pb) [Robot Series] Reprint (Gnome 1950) collection.
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I, Robot Isaac Asimov (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32140-5, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $2.95, 192pp, pb) [Robot Series] Reissue (Gnome 1950) novelization of a group of stories. One of the classics of sf and still considered the best book on robots, either fiction or non-fiction. Over 1,000,000 copies in print. This is the third Del Rey printing.
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Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov (Octopus 0-7064-2197-3, 1984, 298pp, hc) Reprint (Octopus 1981) omnibus edition of Foundation (Gnome 1951) and I, Robot (Gnome 1950). An “instant remainder” book. The 1981 edition also included Foundation and Empire (Gnome 1952), Second Foundation (Gnome 1953), The Stars, Like Dust (Doubleday 1951), and The Naked Sun (Doubleday 1957).
- 9 · Foundation [Foundation] · n. Gnome Press, 1951
- · Foundation [Foundation] · nv Astounding May ’42
- · Bridle and Saddle [Foundation] · nv Astounding Jun ’42
- · The Big and the Little [Foundation] · na Astounding Aug ’44
- · The Wedge [Foundation] · ss Astounding Oct ’44
- 157 · I, Robot [Robot Series] · co Gnome Press, 1950
- 163 · Robbie [“Strange Playfellow”] · ss Super Science Stories Sep ’40
- 177 · Runaround [Mike Donovan (Robot)] · nv Astounding Mar ’42
- 190 · Reason [Mike Donovan (Robot)] · ss Astounding Apr ’41
- 203 · Catch That Rabbit [Mike Donovan (Robot)] · ss Astounding Feb ’44
- 217 · Liar! [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · ss Astounding May ’41
- 230 · Little Lost Robot [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · nv Astounding Mar ’47
- 249 · Escape! [“Paradoxical Escape”; Susan Calvin (Robot); Mike Donovan (Robot)] · ss Astounding Aug ’45
- 265 · Evidence [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · ss Astounding Sep ’46
- 281 · The Evitable Conflict [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · nv Astounding Jun ’50
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Lucky Starr and The Big Sun of Mercury Isaac Asimov (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31439-5, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $1.95, 174pp, pb) [David “Lucky” Starr] Reissue (Doubleday 1956, as by Paul French) juvenile sf novel.
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Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter Isaac Asimov (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31623-1, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $1.95, 174pp, pb) [David “Lucky” Starr] Reprint (Doubleday 1957, as by Paul French) juvenile sf novel, part of a series. This edition has the 1978 preface.
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Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus Isaac Asimov (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31563-4, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $1.95, 174pp, pb) [David “Lucky” Starr] Reprint (Doubleday 1954, as by Paul French) juvenile sf adventure novel.
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Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids Isaac Asimov (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31562-6, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $1.95, 176pp, pb) [David “Lucky” Starr] Reprint (Doubleday 1953 as by Paul French) juvenile sf novel.
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Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn Isaac Asimov (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31830-7, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $1.95, 175pp, pb) [David “Lucky” Starr] Reprint (Doubleday 1958 as by Paul French) juvenile sf novel.
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The Naked Sun Isaac Asimov (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31390-9, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.95, 208pp, pb) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Reprint (Doubleday 1957) sf/mystery novel, sequel to The Caves of Steel.
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Nightfall and Other Stories Isaac Asimov (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31091-8, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $3.50, 350pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1969) collection.
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The Robots of Dawn Isaac Asimov (SFBC #1965, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $5.98, 408pp, hc) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Reprint (Doubleday 1983) sf novel.
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The Robots of Dawn Isaac Asimov (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31571-5, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $3.95, 398pp, pb) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Reprint (Doubleday 1983) sf novel. The third book in the Robot series. A Hugo nominee.
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The Winds of Change and Other Stories Isaac Asimov (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31188-4, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.95, 277pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1983) collection.
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100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories ed. Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr & Martin H. Greenberg (Doubleday 0-385-18165-5, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $15.95, 311pp, hc) Anthology of short-shorts.
- xvii · The Widest Field · Isaac Asimov · in
- 1 · The Abraham Lincoln Murder Case · Rick Norwood · vi Twilight Zone Dec ’82; Three Timely Tales, gp
- 2 · A Dozen of Everything · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ss Fantastic Apr ’59
- 6 · The Anatomy Lesson · Scott Russell Sanders · ss IASFM Oct 26 ’81
- 11 · And I Alone Am Escaped to Tell Thee · Roger Zelazny · ss Twilight Zone May ’81
- 14 · Angelica · Jane Yolen · ss F&SF Dec ’79
- 18 · Apocryphal Fragment · Edward Wellen · vi Amazing Sep ’62
- 20 · A Prophecy of Monsters · Clark Ashton Smith · vi F&SF Oct ’54
- 23 · At the Bureau · Steve Rasnic Tem · vi Shadows #3, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1980
- 26 · Aunt Agatha · Doris Pitkin Buck · vi F&SF Oct ’52
- 28 · The Boulevard of Broken Dreams · Harlan Ellison · vi Los Angeles Review #1 ’75
- 31 · But Not the Herald · Roger Zelazny · vi Magazine of Horror Win ’65
- 34 · Chained · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Specter!, ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1982
- 39 · Chalk Talk · Edward Wellen · vi F&SF Mar ’73
- 42 · Climacteric · Avram Davidson · vi F&SF Aug ’60
- 43 · The Contest · Robert J. Sawyer · vi The White Wall Review, 1980
- 45 · Controlled Experiment · Rick Conley · vi Omni Nov ’78
- 47 · The Curse of Hooligan’s Bar · Charles E. Fritch · ss, 1976
- 52 · The Dark Ones · Richard Christian Matheson · vi Twilight Zone Jun ’82
- 54 · Dead Call · William F. Nolan · ss Frights, ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martins, 1976
- 58 · Deadline · Mel Gilden · ss Twilight Zone Jun ’81
- 63 · Deal with the D.E.V.I.L. · Theodore R. Cogswell · vi Fantasy Book Dec ’81
- 66 · The Devil Finds Work · Mack Reynolds · ss Fantastic Adventures Dec ’50
- 70 · Devlin’s Dream · George Clayton Johnson · vi F&SF Sep ’77
- 74 · Displaced Person · Eric Frank Russell · vi Weird Tales Sep ’48
- 77 · Echoes · Lawrence C. Connolly · vi Twilight Zone Jan/Feb ’83
- 80 · Ex Oblivione [as by Ward Phillips] · H. P. Lovecraft · vi The United Amateur Mar ’21; The Phantagraph Jul ’37
- 82 · Farewell Party · Richard Wilson · ss Vanguard Jun ’58
- 86 · Feeding Time · James E. Gunn · ss Astounding Aug ’55
- 92 · Final Version · John Morressy · ss Twilight Zone Jan ’82
- 97 · Five Minutes Early · Robert Sheckley · vi Twilight Zone Oct ’82
- 99 · Freedom · Rick Norwood · vi Twilight Zone Dec ’82; Three Timely Tales, gp
- 100 · Garage Sale · Janet Fox · ss Twilight Zone Aug ’82
- 105 · Getting Back to Before It Began · Raylyn Moore · ss F&SF Aug ’77
- 109 · The Giveaway · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Shadows #4, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1981
- 114 · Give Her Hell · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Two Dozen Dragon Eggs, Powell, 1969
- 119 · God’s Nose · Damon Knight · vi Rogue Mar ’64
- 121 · The Good Husband · Evelyn E. Smith · vi Fantastic Universe Aug ’55
- 124 · The Handler · Damon Knight · ss Rogue Aug ’60
- 128 · The Haters · Donald A. Wollheim · vi Unknown Oct ’40
- 131 · The House · André Maurois · vi Harper’s Jun ’31
- 133 · How Georges Duchamps Discovered a Plot to Take Over the World · Alexei Panshin · vi Fantastic Apr ’71
- 135 · The Human Angle · William Tenn · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries Oct ’48
- 140 · The Importance of Being Important · Calvin W. Demmon · vi F&SF Mar ’63
- 142 · Interview with a Gentleman Farmer · Bruce Boston · ss City Miner #1 ’76
- 146 · Judgment Day · Jack C. Haldeman, II · vi Twilight Zone Mar/Apr ’84
- 148 · Just One More · Edward D. Hoch · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Aug ’80
- 153 · The Lady and the Merman · Jane Yolen · vi F&SF Sep ’76
- 156 · The Last Unicorns · Edward D. Hoch · vi Science Fiction Stories Feb ’59
- 158 · The Last Wizard · Avram Davidson · vi EQMM Dec ’72; F&SF Oct ’73
- 160 · Letters from Camp · Al Sarrantonio · ss Space Mail Vol. II, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, & Charles G. Waugh, Fawcett, 1982
- 164 · L is for Loup-Garou · Harlan Ellison · vi F&SF Oct ’76; From A to Z, in the Chocolate Alphabet, gp
- 165 · Love Filter · Gregg Chamberlain · vi, 1982
- 167 · The Maiden’s Sacrifice · Edward D. Hoch · vi Famous Science Fiction Fll ’68
- 170 · Malice Aforethought [as by David Grinnell] · Donald A. Wollheim · ss F&SF Nov ’52
- 175 · The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles [as by Idris Seabright] · Margaret St. Clair · ss F&SF Oct ’51
- 180 · Miranda-Escobedo · James Sallis · vi F&SF Jul ’76
- 183 · Mr. Wilde’s Second Chance · Joanna Russ · vi F&SF Sep ’66
- 186 · Mortimer Snodgrass Turtle · Jack C. Haldeman, II · vi F&SF Jun ’78
- 189 · Mouse-Kitty · Rick Norwood · vi Twilight Zone Dec ’82; Three Timely Tales, gp
- 190 · Naturally · Fredric Brown · vi Beyond Fantasy Fiction Sep ’54; Double Whammy, gp
- 192 · Night Visions · Jack M. Dann · ss Shadows #2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979
- 196 · Once Upon a Unicorn · F. M. Busby · ss Fantastic Apr ’73
- 201 · $1.98 · Arthur Porges · ss F&SF May ’54
- 205 · Opening a Vein · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · vi Shadows #3, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1980
- 207 · The Other · Katherine MacLean · ss New Worlds Jul ’66
- 211 · The Other One · Rick Norwood · vi Twilight Zone May ’82
- 213 · The Other Train Phenomenon · Richard Bowker · ss Twilight Zone Feb ’82
- 217 · The Painters Are Coming Today · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Other Worlds #1, ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1979
- 221 · Paranoid Fantasy #1 · Lawrence Watt-Evans · vi The American Atheist, 1975
- 223 · Perchance to Dream · Katherine MacLean · vi New Worlds of Fantasy #2, ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1970
- 226 · Personality Problem · Joe R. Lansdale · vi Twilight Zone Jan/Feb ’83
- 228 · Pharaoh’s Revenge · C. Bruce Hunter · vi Sorcerer’s Apprentice #15 ’82
- 230 · Pick-up for Olympus · Edgar Pangborn · vi The Supernatural Reader, ed. Groff & Lucy Conklin, Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1953
- 233 · The Poor · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Terrors, ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1982
- 237 · Prayer War · Jonathan V. Post · vi The New Satirist, 1981
- 238 · The Prophecy · Bill Pronzini · vi Fantastic Dec ’68
- 241 · The Rag Thing [as by David Grinnell] · Donald A. Wollheim · ss F&SF Oct ’51
- 246 · The Recording · Gene Wolfe · ss F&SF Apr ’72
- 250 · Red Carpet Treatment · Robert Lipsyte · vi Fantastic May ’65
- 252 · The Sacrifice · Gardner R. Dozois · vi F&SF Mar ’82
- 255 · Santa’s Tenth Reindeer · Gordon Van Gelder · ss *
- 259 · The Second Short-Shortest Fantasy Ever Published · Barry N. Malzberg · vi F&SF May ’73
- 260 · Sleep · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Twilight Zone Mar ’82
- 264 · Some Days Are Like That · Bruce J. Balfour · vi Twilight Zone Jun ’82
- 266 · Temporarily at Liberty · Lawrence Goldman · ss F&SF Feb ’51
- 270 · The Thing That Stared · Richard Wilson · vi, 1959
- 273 · Thinking the Unthinkable · Wil Creveling · vi Fantasy Book Feb ’83
- 275 · The Third Wish [“Omnia Triste”] · Rick Norwood · vi Clarion II, ed. Robert Scott Wilson, Signet, 1972
- 276 · Those Three Wishes · Judith Gorog · vi A Taste for Quiet, Putnam, 1982
- 278 · Thus I Refute · Terry Carr · ss Fantastic Apr ’72
- 284 · The Toe · Phyllis Ann Karr · vi Eerie Country #7 ’82
- 287 · Tommy’s Christmas · John R. Little · vi Twilight Zone Jan/Feb ’83
- 290 · The Tower Bird · Jane Yolen · vi Ariel v4 ’78
- 292 · Vernon’s Dragon · John Gregory Betancourt · vi *
- 294 · Voodoo · Fredric Brown · vi Beyond Fantasy Fiction Sep ’54; Double Whammy, gp
- 296 · Weather Prediction · Evelyn E. Smith · ss Fantastic Universe Oct ’55
- 300 · Who Rides with Santa Anna? · Edward D. Hoch · vi Real Western Stories Feb ’59
- 303 · Wisher Takes All · William F. Temple · vi Other Worlds Science Stories Jul ’50
- 305 · The World Where Wishes Worked · Stephen Goldin · vi Protostars, ed. David Gerrold & Stephen Goldin, Ballantine, 1971
- 308 · Your Soul Comes C.O.D. · Mack Reynolds · ss Fantastic Adventures Mar ’52
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Election Day 2084: Science Fiction Stories About the Future of Politics ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg (Prometheus 0-87975-258-0, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $19.95, 301pp, hc) Anthology of 17 political sf stories. Also available in tp (-270-X, $10.95).
- 7 · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in
- 11 · Franchise · Isaac Asimov · ss If Aug ’55
- 25 · Death and the Senator · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Analog May ’61
- 42 · Committee of the Whole · Frank Herbert · nv Galaxy Apr ’65
- 57 · Political Machine · John W. Jakes · ss Amazing Mar ’61
- 70 · The Children of Night · Frederik Pohl · nv Galaxy Oct ’64
- 101 · 2066: Election Day · Michael Shaara · ss Astounding Dec ’56
- 114 · On the Campaign Trail · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Future Corruption, ed. Roger Elwood, Warner, 1975
- 118 · Hail to the Chief [as by Sam & Janet Argo] · Randall Garrett · nv Analog Feb ’62
- 146 · A Rose by Other Name... · Christopher Anvil · ss Astounding Jan ’60
- 154 · Beyond Doubt [as by Lyle Monroe & Elma Wentz] · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Astonishing Stories Apr ’41
- 164 · Frank Merriwell in the White House · Ward Moore · nv Galaxy Jul ’73
- 191 · Hail to the Chief · Sam Sackett · na Future Jun ’54
- 233 · Polity and Custom of the Camiroi [Camiroi] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Jun ’67
- 244 · May the Best Man Win · Stanley Schmidt · ss Analog Mar ’71
- 250 · The Delegate from Guapanga · Wyman Guin · nv Galaxy Aug ’64
- 275 · The Chameleon · Larry Eisenberg · ss F&SF Mar ’70
- 282 · Evidence [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Sep ’46
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The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Third Series ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg (Bonanza/Crown 0-517-435225, 1984, 633pp, hc) Omnibus edition of Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 5 and Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 6, omitting 5 stories. This one is available on Instant Remainder tables only.
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The Golden Years of Science Fiction: Fourth Series ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg (Bonanza/Crown 0-517-44735-5, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $6.98, 632pp, hc) Combines Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 7 and Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories 8, dropping two stories from each. This one is available on Instant Remainder tables only.
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