The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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The Prince of Stars in the Cavern of Time Ian Dennis (Viking Overlook 0-87951-298-9, Feb ’89, $18.95, 433pp, hc) [Prince of Stars] Arabian Nights satirical fantasy novel. First U.S. editions of both (Macmillan Canada 1986, 1987, in two volumes, Bagdad and The Prince of Stars).

The Lone Sentinel Jo Dereske (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31552-X, Oct ’89 [Nov ’89], $13.95, 169pp, hc, cover by Alan C. Olson) Young-adult sf novel set in a remote colony on an alien world.

The Dark Door Opens Joe Dever & John Grant (Beaver 0-09-963760-X, Jun ’89 [May ’89], £2.50, 272pp, pb) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novelization. Volume 2 in the “Legends of Lone Wolf” series.

Eclipse of the Kai Joe Dever & John Grant (Beaver 0-09-963750-2, Jun ’89 [May ’89], £2.50, 237pp, pb) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novelization. Volume 1 in the “Legends of Lone Wolf” series.

The Sword of the Sun Joe Dever & John Grant (Beaver 0-09-963770-7, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], £2.99, 378pp, pb) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novelization. Volume three in the “Legends of Lone Wolf” series.

A Knight in Shining Armor Jude Deveraux (Pocket 0-671-67857-4, Aug ’89, $17.95, 341pp, hc) Historical romance. A young career woman summons a 16th-century knight, falls in love with him, and visits the past.

Mazemaker Catherine Dexter (William Morrow 0-688-07383-2, May ’89, $11.95, 202pp, hc) Young-adult time-travel fantasy about a girl who follows a maze back in time to a 19th-century estate.

The Dick and the Devil Robert DiChiara (Tor 0-312-93188-3, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $18.95, 374pp, hc) A contemporary policeman sells his soul for the opportunity to be a PI in 1949 Los Angeles.

The Broken Bubble Philip K. Dick (Gollancz 0-575-04434-9, Jul ’89, £12.95, 246pp, hc, cover by Richard Jones) Reprint (Arbor House 1988) associational; mainstream novel. [First U.K. edition]

Confessions of a Crap Artist Philip K. Dick (Paladin 0-586-08725-7, Jan ’89, £4.50, 272pp, tp, cover by Ean Taylor) Reprint (Entwhistle 1975) mainstream novel. Listed for Dick completists.

The Crack in Space Philip K. Dick (Severn House 0-7278-1781-7, Aug ’89, £10.95, 188pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) Reprint (Ace 1966) sf novel. First solo hardback edition.

The Dark-Haired Girl Philip K. Dick (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-03-1, Dec ’88 [Jan ’89], $19.95, 249pp, hc) A collection of essays, poems, letters, a speech and a newly-discovered short story. As usual with Ziesing, an excellent piece of bookmaking and a bargain first edition (CNB).

The Divine Invasion Philip K. Dick (Grafton 0-586-20439-3, May ’89, £2.99, 270pp, pb, cover by Chris Foss) [VALIS] Reprint (Timescape 1981) sf novel. Volume Three in the loosely-connected “Valis” trilogy.

Eye in the Sky Philip K. Dick (Macmillan Collier Nucleus 0-02-031590-2, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $4.50, 255pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1957) sf novel.

The Father-Thing Philip K. Dick (Gollancz 0-575-04616-3, Nov ’89, £13.95, 376pp, hc) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1988) collection of 23 sf stories, written between 1953 and 1954, with an introduction by John Brunner. Volume 3 in the “Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick” series. [First U.K. edition]

Mary and the Giant Philip K. Dick (Paladin 0-586-08783-4, Aug ’89, £4.99, 220pp, tp, cover by Ean Taylor) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) associational novel.

Mary and the Giant Philip K. Dick (St. Martin’s 0-312-03398-2, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $8.95, 230pp, tp) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) associational mainstream novel set in the ’50s.

Our Friends from Frolix 8 Philip K. Dick (Kinnell 1-870532-08-2, Jun ’89, £11.95, 211pp, hc, cover by Keith Roberts) Reprint (Ace 1970) sf novel.

The Penultimate Truth Philip K. Dick (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-493-4, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 220pp, pb) Reprint (Belmont 1964) sf novel, with an afterword by Thomas M. Disch from the 1984 Bluejay edition.

Second Variety Philip K. Dick (Gollancz 0-575-04460-8, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], £12.95, 395pp, hc) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1987) collection of 27 stories, written 1952-1953. This volume has an introduction by Norman Spinrad. Recommended. (PSP) Volume 2 in “The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick”. [First U.K. edition]

The VALIS Trilogy Philip K. Dick (QPBC, Dec ’89, $11.95, 241+238+255+14pp, tp) [VALIS] Omnibus edition of VALIS (Bantam 1981), The Divine Invasion (Timescape 1981), and The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (Timescape 1982). There is an afterword by Kim Stanley Robinson.

The Zap Gun Philip K. Dick (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-553-1, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $3.95, 258pp, pb) Reprint (Pyramid 1967) sf novel. This edition includes the afterword by Maxim Jakubowski from the 1985 Bluejay edition.

A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories Charles Dickens (NAL Signet 0-451-51869-1, 1988 [May ’89], $2.75, 223pp, pb) Reissue (Signet 1984) collection of four Christmas stories with an introduction by Frederick Busch and a selected bibliography. Second printing.

Eva Peter Dickinson (Delacorte 0-440-50129-6, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $14.95, 219pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel with a human mind transferred to a chimp. Recommended (CNB). First American edition (Gollancz 1988).

King and Joker Peter Dickinson (Arrow 0-09-942380-4, May ’89, £2.99, 189pp, pb) [King and Joker] Reissue (Hodder & Stoughton 1976) humorous thriller set in a parallel world where King George V’s elder brother survived and succeeded to the throne. Recommended. (PSP)

Skeleton in Waiting Peter Dickinson (The Bodley Head 0-370-31355-0, Sep ’89 [Nov ’89], £10.95, 154pp, hc, cover by L. Goldstrom) [King and Joker] Sf novel about a parallel world in which George V did not ascend the British throne. Sequel to King and Joker.

Doctor Who Classics: The Mind of Evil and The Claws of Axos Terrance Dicks (Lyle Stuart/Star 0-352-32381-7, 1989 [Aug ’89], $5.95, 144/141pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Omnibus of two young-adult sf novelizations, The Mind of Evil (1985) and The Claws of Axos (1977). This is a worldwide edition carrying the names of the publisher and its US, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand distributors.

Doctor Who Classics: The Face of Evil and The Sunmakers Terrance Dicks (Star 0-352-32417-1, May ’89, £2.95, 251pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf tv series novelization omnibus. Volume Seven in the “Doctor Who Classics” series.

Doctor Who Classics: The Mind of Evil and The Claws of Axos Terrance Dicks (Star 0-352-32381-7, Mar ’89, £2.95, 281pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization omnibus. Volume 4 in the “Doctor Who Classics” series.

The Chantry Guild Gordon R. Dickson (SFBC #14493, Feb ’89, $7.98, 428pp, hc) [Childe Cycle] Reprint (Ace 1988) sf novel. Sequel to The Final Encyclopedia.

The Chantry Guild Gordon R. Dickson (Ace 0-441-10266-2, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $4.50, 423pp, pb) [Childe Cycle] Reprint (Ace 1988) sf novel in the “Childe” series, a direct sequel to The Final Encyclopedia.

The Chantry Guild Gordon R. Dickson (Sphere 0-7474-0241-8, Jun ’89 [Apr ’89], £3.99, 428pp, pb) [Childe Cycle] Reprint (Ace 1988) sf novel. Note that this is titled Chantry Guild only on the cover. Volume 6 in “The Childe Cycle”. [First U.K. edition]

Dorsai! Gordon R. Dickson (Sphere 0-7221-2972-6, Jun ’89, £2.50, 176pp, pb, cover by Tony Roberts) [Childe Cycle] Reissue (Ace 1960 as The Genetic General) sf novel. Volume 4 in “The Childe Cycle”.

The Earth Lords Gordon R. Dickson (Sphere 0-7474-0242-6, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], £3.50, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1989) off-beat sf novel, about a race of humanoid aliens hiding under the Canadian wilderness. [First U.K. edition]

The Far Call Gordon R. Dickson (Tor 0-812-53544-8, Dec ’89, $4.95, 410pp, pb, cover by Kotzky) Reprint (Dial 1978) sf/political intrigue novel about the first manned expedition to Mars.

The Final Encyclopaedia Gordon R. Dickson (Sphere 0-7221-3022-8, Jun ’89, £3.99, 692pp, pb) [Childe Cycle] Reissue (Tor 1984) sf novel. Volume 5 in “The Childe Cycle”.

Invaders! Gordon R. Dickson (Baen 0-671-55994-X, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $2.95, 253pp, pb) Reissue (Baen 1985) collection of 8 sf stories about alien invasion, mostly from the 1950’s. There is an introduction by Sandra Miesel.

Soldier, Ask Not Gordon R. Dickson (Sphere 0-7221-2978-5, Jun ’89, £2.99, 216pp, pb) [Childe Cycle] Reissue (Dell 1967) sf novel. Volume 2 in “The Childe Cycle”.

The Spirit of Dorsai Gordon R. Dickson (Sphere 0-7221-3019-8, Jun ’89, £2.99, 180pp, pb) [Childe Cycle] Reissue (Ace 1979) sf collection. Sideline to “The Childe Cycle”.

Tactics of Mistake Gordon R. Dickson (Sphere 0-7221-3001-5, Jun ’89, £2.99, 238pp, pb, cover by Tony Roberts) [Childe Cycle] Reissue (Doubleday 1971) sf novel. Volume 3 in “The Childe Cycle”.

Prison Planet William C. Dietz (Ace 0-441-67936-6, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.50, 250pp, pb) Science fiction novel set on a prison planet.

Crisis of Empire II: Cluster Command William C. Dietz & David Drake (Baen 0-671-69817-6, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.50, 276pp, pb) [Crisis of Empire] Sf novel about conflict between the heirs to an interstellar empire.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier J. M. Dillard (Pocket 0-671-68008-0, Jun ’89, $4.50, 311pp, pb) [Star Trek] Movie tie-in novelization.

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier J. M. Dillard (Grafton 0-586-20894-1, Oct ’89, £3.50, 311pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1989) sf novelization based on the screenplay by David Loughery. [First U.K. edition]

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier J. M. Dillard (Severn House 0-7278-4021-5, Oct ’89, £10.95, 311pp, hc) [Star Trek] Hardback edition of the above. [First U.K. edition]

Star Trek: The Lost Years J. M. Dillard (Pocket 0-671-68293-8, Oct ’89, $17.95, 307pp, hc) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization.

Nurtz! Nurtz! Paul Dilsaver (Ghost Rocks Press 0-936204-65-6, 1989 [Aug ’89], $9.00, 206pp, tp) Surrealistic satirical novel with some fantasy content about institutionalized patients that “defy and deny the very limits of science.”

Yes, Let’s: New and Selected Poems Thomas M. Disch (Johns Hopkins University Press 0-8018-3851-7, Apr ’89 [May ’89], $8.95, 112pp, tp, cover by Martha Farlow) Associational; poetry collection. Also announced in a hardcover edition (-3835-5, $16.95).

Black Alice Thomas M. Disch & John Sladek (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-506-X, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 206pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1968) associational thriller about a kidnapped girl disguised by changing her skin color. This was originally published under the pseudonym “Thom Demijohn”.

Static Steve Ditko (Robin Snyder, Sep ’88 [Jan ’89], $10.00, unpaginated, tp) Sf/thriller black & white graphic novel.

Winter in Aphelion Chris Dixon (Unwin 0-04-440394-1, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], £6.99, 220pp, tp, cover by Stephen Lavis) Fantasy novel. A first novel.

House of Cards Michael Dobbs (Collins 0-00-223450-5, May ’89, £11.95, 383pp, hc) Political thriller set in a near-future Britain after Thatcher retires.

Spellhorn Berlie Doherty (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-12624-X, Aug ’89, £7.95, 132pp, hc, cover by P. J. Lynch) Young-adult fantasy novel.

The Illearth War Stephen R. Donaldson (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34866-4, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $4.95, 527pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Thomas Covenant] Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1977) fantasy novel, second book of “The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever;” 24th printing.

Lord Foul’s Bane Stephen R. Donaldson (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34865-6, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $4.95, 480pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Thomas Covenant] Reissue (SFBC 1977) fantasy novel, first book of “The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever;” 32nd printing.

A Man Rides Through Stephen R. Donaldson (Fontana 0-00-617654-2, Feb ’89, £4.95, 661pp, pb, cover by Peter Goodfellow) [Mordant’s Need] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) fantasy novel. Volume Two in the “Mordant’s Need” duology.

The One Tree Stephen R. Donaldson (Fontana 0-00-616383-1, Feb ’89, £3.95, 479pp, pb, cover by Peter Goodfellow) [Thomas Covenant, II] Reissue (Del Rey 1982) fantasy novel. This is the seventh Fontana printing.

The One Tree Stephen R. Donaldson (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34869-9, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $4.95, 475pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Thomas Covenant, II] Reissue (Del Rey 1982) fantasy novel, second book of “The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever;” 12th printing.

The Power that Preserves Stephen R. Donaldson (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34867-2, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $4.95, 489pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Thomas Covenant] Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1977) fantasy novel, third book of “The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever;” 23rd printing.

White Gold Wielder Stephen R. Donaldson (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34870-2, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $4.95, 485pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Thomas Covenant, II] Reissue (Del Rey 1983) fantasy novel, third book of “The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever;” 10th printing.

The Wounded Land Stephen R. Donaldson (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34868-0, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $4.95, 497pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Thomas Covenant, II] Reissue (Del Rey 1981) fantasy novel, first book of “The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever;” 17th printing.

Bane Joe Donnelly (Barrie & Jenkins 0-7126-2093-1, Nov ’89, £12.95, 381pp, hc) Horror novel.

Superman at Fifty! ed. Dennis Dooley & Gary Engle (Macmillan Collier 0-02-042901-0, Oct ’88 [Mar ’89], $9.95, 189pp, tp) [Superman] Reprint (Octavia Press 1987) essays on the Superman legend.

Mascara Ariel Dorfman (Viking 0-670-82314-7, 1988 [Sep ’89], $17.95, 158pp, hc) Literary horror/fantasy of a man so nondescript that no one can remember him who works at capturing on film the hideousness of human behavior. The first novel in English by a Chilean writer. This was published in 1988 but not seen until 1989.

Mascara Ariel Dorfman (Penguin 0-14-011253-7, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $7.95, 158pp, tp) Reprint (Viking 1988) literary horror/fantasy novel.

Machine Sex and Other Stories Candas Jane Dorsey (Porcépic Tesseract 0-88878-278-0, 1988 [Jan ’89], $9.95, 141pp, tp) Collection of 13 sf stories. Available from Porcépic Books or c/o Mark Williams Co.

Heir of Rengarth Carole Nelson Douglas (Corgi 0-552-13307-8, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], £3.50, 382pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Sword & Circlet] Reprint (Tor 1988) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Sword and Circlet” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

Seven of Swords Carole Nelson Douglas (Tor 0-312-93142-5, Feb ’89, $18.95, 408pp, hc) [Sword & Circlet] Fantasy novel, “Sword and Circlet” Volume Three.

Seven of Swords Carole Nelson Douglas (Tor 0-812-50324-4, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $4.95, 408pp, pb, cover by Royo) [Sword & Circlet] Reprint (Tor 1989) fantasy novel, third book in the “Sword and Circlet” series.

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