The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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Velocities [No. 5, Winter 1988] ed. Andrew Joron (Ocean View, $3.50, 48pp, pb)

Visions [v2 #2, Spring 1988] ed. Kenneth James (Visions, $3.50, 52pp, 8½" x 11" pb)

Visions [v3 #1, Fall 1988] ed. Kenneth James (Visions, $3.50, 60pp, 8½" x 11" pb)

Vollmond [#1, July 1988] ed. Andre Paine (Paine, Andre, £0.70, 43pp, A5, cover by Tom Tyler) Small press fantasy/horror fiction magazine. Available from Andre Paine, 12 Woodcrest Road, PURLEY, Surrey, CR8 4JB.

Weird Tales [v50 #1, Whole No. 290, Spring 1988] ed. George H. Scithers, Darrell Schweitzer & John Gregory Betancourt (Terminus, $3.50, 146pp, 6½" x 9" pb)

Weird Tales [v50 #2, Whole No. 291, Summer 1988] ed. George H. Scithers, Darrell Schweitzer & John Gregory Betancourt (Terminus, $3.50, 130pp, 6½" x 9" pb)

Weird Tales [v50 #3, Whole No. 292, Fall 1988] ed. George H. Scithers, Darrell Schweitzer & John Gregory Betancourt (Terminus, $4.00, 146pp, 6½" x 9" pb)

Weirdbook [#23/24, 1988] ed. W. Paul Ganley (W. Paul Ganley, $10.00, 128pp, tp)

_SF in Non-Genre Publications [1988]

The Voyage of Mael Duin’s Curragh Patricia Aakhus (Story Line Press 0-934257-31-0, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $12.95, 227pp, tp) Celtic historical fantasy about a young Celt who travels from ancient Ireland into the western seas searching for the Viking raiders who killed his father. A first novel.

A Name to Conjure With Donald Aamodt (Avon 0-380-75137-2, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.50, 265pp, pb) Humorous sword and sorcery novel; a first novel.

The Green Man Lynn Abbey (Headline 0-7472-3212-1, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], £2.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Unicorn & Dragon] Reprint (Avon 1988 as Unicorn and Dragon, Vol. II: Conquest) fantasy novel, illustrated by Robert Gould. Second in the “Unicorn and Dragon” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

Empire of the Senseless Kathy Acker (Picador 0-330-30578-6, Aug ’89, £3.99, 229pp, tp, cover by Robert Mason) Reprint (Grove 1988) literary sf novel.

Empire of the Senseless Kathy Acker (Grove 0-8021-3179-4, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $8.95, 227pp, tp) Reprint (Grove 1988) literary sf novel of a violent future.

First Light Peter Ackroyd (Grove 0-8021-1161-0, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $19.95, 328pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel. The ancient night sky reappears during the excavation of a neolithic grave in Dorset and other strange things happen. First American edition (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1989).

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Douglas Adams (SFBC #14643, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $4.98, 247pp, hc) [Dirk Gently] Reprint (Heinneman 1987) humorous sf novel.

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams (Crown/Harmony 0-517-54209-9, Sep ’89 [Oct ’89], $12.95, 215pp, hc) [Hitchhiker] Reissue (Pan 1979) humorous sf novel. This is a special 10th anniversary edition, with a new introduction by the author. Seventh printing.

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Douglas Adams (Simon & Schuster 0-671-62583-7, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $17.95, 319pp, hc) [Dirk Gently] Humorous sf detective novel, sequel to Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. First U.S. edition (Heinemann 1988).

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Douglas Adams (Pan 0-330-30955-2, Oct ’89, £3.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Dirk Gently] Reprint (Heinemann 1988) humorous sf novel. Volume two in the “Dirk Gently” series.

The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul Douglas Adams (Pocket 0-671-69404-9, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $4.95, 307pp, pb) [Dirk Gently] Reprint (Heinemann 1988) humorous sf detective novel, sequel to Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.

Games of the Strong Glenda Adams (Cane Hill Press 0-943433-02-9, May ’89, $8.95, 180pp, tp) Australian literary novel set in a near-future utopia. First American edition (Angus & Robertson 1982).

Traveller Richard Adams (Hutchinson 0-09-173891-1, Feb ’89, £12.95, 277pp, hc, cover by Charles Hoffbauer) Reprint (Knopf 1988) fantasy novel about the US Civil War as seen through the eyes of Robert E. Lee’s horse. [First U.K. edition]

Traveller Richard Adams (Dell 0-440-20493-3, Dec ’89, $4.95, 355pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1988) Civil War historical novel told from the point-of-view of Robert E. Lee’s horse.

Of Beginnings and Endings Robert Adams (NAL Signet 0-451-15972-1, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 238pp, pb) [Castaways in Time] Alternate-history time-travel sf novel, sixth book in the “Castaways in Time” series.

Alternatives ed. Robert & Pamela Crippen Adams (Baen 0-671-69818-4, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.50, 312pp, pb) Original anthology of six alternate history stories.

Friends of the Horseclans II ed. Robert & Pamela Crippen Adams (NAL Signet 0-451-15846-6, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.95, 287pp, pb) [Horseclans] Original anthology of nine stories set in Adams’ “Horseclans” universe.

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