The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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Revenge of the Seventh Carrier Peter Albano (Zebra 0-8217-3631-0, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $3.99, 384pp, pb) [Seventh Carrier] Sf/military adventure novel of a battle against a Libyan madman and his army of thugs, fourth book of a post-holocaust series featuring a WWII Japanese supercarrier thawed out of Arctic ice.

The Haunting of Cassie Palmer Vivien Alcock (Mammoth 0-7497-0708-9, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], £2.99, 155pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Methuen 1980) young-adult ghost novel.

The Stonewalkers Vivien Alcock (Mammoth 0-7497-0707-0, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], £2.99, 142pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Methuen 1981) young-adult fantasy novel.

Bodily Functions Brian W. Aldiss (Avernus 1-871503-06-X, Feb ’91 [Mar ’91], £25.00, 106pp, hc) Collection of four stories, two poems and a letter issued in honour of Sam Lundwall’s 50th birthday. Limited to 100 copies. Recommended. (PSP)

Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith’s: A Writing Life Brian W. Aldiss (Coronet 0-340-55135-6, Sep ’91, £4.99, 221pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1990) autobiographical look at the life of a writer, by England’s greatest living sf writer. Recommended. (PSP)

The Dark Light Years Brian W. Aldiss (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-726-7, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $3.50, 159pp, pb) Reprint (Signet 1964) sf novel.

Dracula Unbound Brian W. Aldiss (HarperCollins 0-06-016593-6, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $18.95, 196pp, hc, cover by Christopher Zacharow) [Dracula] Time-travel sf novel of Bram Stoker and an inventor on a quest to prevent a future Earth from being overrun by vampires.

Dracula Unbound Brian W. Aldiss (Easton Press, Apr ’91, no price, 196pp, hc) [Dracula] Time-travel sf novel of Dracula and an inventor on a quest to prevent a future Earth from being overrun by vampires, with an introduction by James Gunn and artwork by Frank Mayo. This edition is published “simultaneously” with the HarperCollins edition which appeared two months earlier. This leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.

Dracula Unbound Brian W. Aldiss (Grafton 0-246-13773-8, Apr ’91, £13.99, 199pp, hc, cover by Chris Foss) [Dracula] Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) sf novel in which Joe Bodenland, hero of Frankenstein Unbound, joins forces with Bram Stoker to defeat a race of time-travelling vampires, led by Lord Dracula. [First U.K. edition]

Frankenstein Unbound Brian W. Aldiss (NEL 0-450-53096-5, Jan ’91, £3.50, 216pp, pb) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Cape 1973) sf novel. This is a movie tie-in edition.

Journey to the Goat Star [revised from “The Captain’s Analysis”, Quarto Magazine Jul/Aug ’82] Brian W. Aldiss (Pulphouse 1-56146-522-4, Jul ’91, $1.95, 47pp, pb, cover by George Barr) Sf short story of a man who disbelieves in his alien visitor. This originally appeared in The Quarto, Jul/Aug ’82 as “The Captain’s Analysis”. Short Story paperback #22.

The Gnole Alan Aldridge & Steve Boyett (Heinemann 0-434-01788-4, Nov ’91, £17.99, 503pp, hc) Ecological fantasy novel, heavily illustrated by Maxine Miller and Harry Willock.

The Gnole Alan Aldridge & Steve Boyett (Mandarin 0-7493-0990-3, Nov ’91, £9.99, 503pp, tp) Paperback edition of the above.

The Emancipator Book I: The Pharaoh Contract Ray Aldridge (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29118-1, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.50, 290pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Emancipator] Sf novel, first book of a new series set on a planet used by an interstellar corporation as a breeding ground for slave labor. A first novel.

The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian Lloyd Alexander (Dell Yearling 0-440-40549-1, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $3.50, 204pp, tp, cover by Michael Conway) Reprint (Dutton 1970) young-adult fantasy novel of a young musician and his magical violin.

The Prydain Chronicles Lloyd Alexander (SFBC #18531, Sep ’91, $13.98, 767pp, hc, cover by Jody Lee) [Chronicles of Prydain] Fantasy omnibus of the five books of the “Chronicles of Prydain” series, The Book of Three (Holt Rinehart 1964), The Black Cauldron (Holt Rinehart 1965), The Castle of Llyr (Holt Rinehart 1966), Taran Wanderer (Holt Rinehart 1967), and The High King (Holt Rinehart 1968) plus the collection of Prydain stories The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain (Holt Rinehart 1973) with the original illustrations by Margot Zemach.

The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen Lloyd Alexander (Dutton 0-525-44826-8, Oct ’91, $14.95, 273pp, hc, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) Young-adult oriental fantasy novel about a boy prince in ancient China.

The Wizard in the Tree Lloyd Alexander (Dell Yearling 0-440-49556-3, Dec ’90 [Jan ’91], $3.25, 158pp, tp) Reissue (Dutton 1975) young-adult fantasy novel, with illustrations by Laszlo Kubinyi; sixth printing.

Shadow Realm Marc Alexander (Headline 0-7472-3027-7, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], £4.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Wells of Ythan] Fantasy novel. Part the Third of “The Wells of Ythan”.

Along Came a Spider Athena Alexis (Dell 0-440-20663-4, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $4.50, 322pp, pb) Horror novel à la V.C. Andrews. A first novel.

Zeta Base Judith Alguire (Naiad Press 0-941483-94-0, Aug ’91, $9.95, 191pp, tp, cover by Pat Tong & Bonnie Liss) Lesbian sf novel of a far-future Earth where the sun is undergoing ominous changes. A first novel.

In Search of the Golden Sceptre Phil Allcock (Phoenix 0-86065-907-0, Oct ’91, £3.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Vic Mitchell) [Stories of the Realm] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Stories of the Realm” trilogy.

Orphan of Creation Roger MacBride Allen (Orbit 0-7088-4959-8, Aug ’91, £4.50, 345pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1988) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]

The Ring of Charon Roger MacBride Allen (SFBC #17930, Jan ’91, $8.98, 370pp, hc, cover by Ron Miller) [Hunted Earth] Reprint (Tor 1990) sf novel. First hardcover edition.

The Ring of Charon Roger MacBride Allen (Orbit 0-356-20120-1, Aug ’91, £14.95, 500pp, hc) [Hunted Earth] Reprint (Tor 1990) sf novel. The First Book of “The Hunted Earth.” [First U.K. edition]

Supernova Roger MacBride Allen & Eric Kotani (Avon 0-380-76060-6, Oct ’91, $4.50, 345pp, pb) Sf disaster thriller. A nearby white dwarf star goes supernova, and only one scientist realizes that it may mean the end of the world.

The Passionate Ghost Sheila Rosalynd Allen (Walker 0-8027-1158-8, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $19.95, 200pp, hc) [Lovers of Steadford Abbey] Fantasy regency romance about a ghost who helps young lovers, fourth book of “The Lovers of Steadford Abbey”.

Ghost Cadet Elaine Marie Alphin (Holt 0-8050-1614-7, Apr ’91, $14.95, 182pp, hc, cover by Julie Granahan) Young-adult fantasy novel. A boy makes friends with a ghostly Civil War soldier.

Hiten: The Art of Yoshitaka Amano Yoshitaka Amano (Books Nippan/Asahi Sonorama 4-257-03229-4, 1990 [May ’91], $24.95, unpaginated, tp, cover by Yoshitaka Amano) Art book, a collection of pieces, both black-and-white and full-color, by a major Japanese sf/fantasy artist. The foreword by Yumemakura Baku is in Japanese, but the title page, titles, and afterword by Tatsuki & Lenore Kobayashi are in English. There is an earlier all-Japanese version (1989).

Death Crystal J. Edward Ames (Leisure 0-8439-3053-5, Nov ’90 [Oct ’91], $4.50, 396pp, pb) Horror novel of an evil crystal from Atlantis. This is a 1990 book not seen until now.

The Green Man Kingsley Amis (Academy Chicago 0-89733-220-2, Mar ’91 [May ’91], $6.95, 242pp, pb) Reissue (Cape 1969) novel involving satire, suspense, horror, and metaphysics. Tie-in edition for the BBC film.

Memoirs Kingsley Amis (Simon & Schuster/Summit 0-671-74909-9, Sep ’91 [Nov ’91], $25.00, 346pp, hc) Non-fiction, the autobiography of the British writer and critic, whose fiction and non-fiction works have included sf and fantasy. First American edition (Hutchinson 1991).

Dead Babies Martin Amis (Random House/Vintage 0-679-73449-X, Mar ’91, $10.00, 206pp, tp, cover by Drew Roth) Reprint (Cape 1975) near-future literary fantasy novel.

London Fields Martin Amis (Random House/Vintage 0-679-73034-6, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $11.00, 470pp, tp, cover by Drew Roth) Reprint (Cape 1989) near-future pre-apocalyptic literary fantasy novel.

Time’s Arrow Martin Amis (Jonathan Cape 0-224-03093-0, Sep ’91, £13.99, 176pp, hc) Literary sf novel about a man living backwards in time.

Time’s Arrow Martin Amis (Crown/Harmony 0-517-58515-4, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $18.00, 168pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) Literary fantasy novel of a spectral alter ego trapped inside the body of a Nazi doctor who was at Auschwitz and forced to live his life backwards. First American edition (Cape 1991).

Time’s Arrow Martin Amis (BOMC, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $9.00, 160pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) Reprint (Cape 1991) literary fantasy novel of a spectral alter ego trapped inside the body of a Nazi doctor who was at Auschwitz and forced to live his life backwards. This edition is identical to the 1991 Crown Harmony edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.

Pleasurehouse 13 Agnetha Anders (Nexus 0-352-32805-3, Dec ’91 [Jan ’92], £3.99, 249pp, pb) [Pleasurehouse] Erotica set in a stratified Britain in 2030. Volume 1 in a new series.

Heartspell Blaine Anderson (Warner 0-446-36199-2, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Gregg Gulbronson) Fantasy romance about a healer and spell-giver who finds love with an enemy warrior in ancient Ireland.

The Trinity Paradox Kevin J. Anderson & Doug Beason (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29246-3, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $4.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Chris Hopkins) Time-travel sf novel of a modern activist given the opportunity to go back to the past and prevent the creation of nuclear weapons.

Alight in the Void Poul Anderson (Tor 0-812-50874-2, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.95, 242pp, pb, cover by Paul Chadwick) Collection of five stories and a poem, all originally published in the ’50s, with an introduction by the author.

Conan the Rebel Poul Anderson (Ace 0-441-11642-6, Jul ’91 [Aug ’91], $3.95, 213pp, pb, cover by Royo) [Conan] Reissue (Bantam 1980) fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s character, 17th book of the Ace “Conan” series; second printing.

Explorations Poul Anderson (Tor 0-812-51536-6, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $3.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Reissue (Tor 1981) collection of six stories; second printing.

The High Crusade Poul Anderson (Baen 0-671-72074-0, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $3.95, 181pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Reprint (Doubleday 1960) humorous sf adventure novel about Crusaders who hijack an alien spacecraft.

The High Crusade Poul Anderson (SFBC #18481, Sep ’91, $5.98, 181pp, hc, cover by Jack Woolheiser) Reprint (Doubleday 1960) humorous sf adventure novel.

Kinship with the Stars Poul Anderson (Tor 0-812-51814-4, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $3.99, 276pp, pb, cover by Brian Waugh) Collection of nine early sf stories.

Loser’s Night Poul Anderson (Pulphouse 1-56146-501-1, Jan ’91, $1.95, 42pp, pb, cover by Pat Morrissey) [Wing Alak] Fantasy short story set in the Old Phoenix, Anderson’s bar outside time and space. Short story paperback #1. A leatherbound, 100-copy signed, limited edition ($20.00) is also available.

Operation Chaos Poul Anderson (Baen 0-671-72102-X, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $3.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Steven Matuchek; ; Ginny Greylock] Reprint (Doubleday 1971) fantasy quasi-novel/collection of a werewolf and a witch, top fighters in America’s war against black magic.

Orion Shall Rise Poul Anderson (Baen 0-671-72090-2, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $4.99, 463pp, pb, cover by Paul Alexander) Reprint (Phantasia 1983) sf novel.

The Shield of Time Poul Anderson (Tor 0-812-51000-3, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.99, 436pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Time Patrol] Reprint (Tor 1990) collection of three novellas plus connecting material set in the “Time Patrol” universe.

The Time Patrol Poul Anderson (Tor 0-312-85231-2, Oct ’91, $21.95, 458pp, hc, cover by Tony Roberts) [Time Patrol] Omnibus edition of the collections The Guardians of Time (Tor 1981) and Time Patrolmen (Tor 1983) plus the young-adult novel The Year of the Ransom (Walker 1988) and a new novella, “Star of the Sea”.

The Time Patrol Poul Anderson (SFBC #17626, Dec ’91, $9.98, 458pp, hc, cover by Tony Roberts) [Time Patrol] Reprint (Tor 1991) omnibus edition of the collections The Guardians of Time (Tor 1981) and Time Patrolmen (Tor 1983) plus the young-adult novel The Year of the Ransom (Walker 1988) and a new novella “Star of the Sea”. Similar to the Tor edition except it lacks an ISBN and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.

The Night Fantastic ed. Poul & Karen Anderson (DAW 0-88677-484-5, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.50, 382pp, pb, cover by Peter Goodfellow) Anthology of 15 stories about dreams, with an introduction by the editors.

Darkness Audible Graham Andrews (Excalibur Press 1-85634-082-1, Sep ’91 [Dec ’91], £7.95, 213pp, tp) Sf novel set in contemporary Belfast.

Freedom’s Rangers: Snow Kill Keith William Andrews (Berkley 0-425-12620-X, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $3.50, 204pp, pb) [Freedom’s Rangers] Post-holocaust military sf adventure novel, sixth book of the “Freedom’s Rangers” series.

Dawn The New Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71732-4, Jan ’91, £13.99, 320pp, hc, cover by Richard Newton & Tom Stimpson) [Cutler Family] Reprint (Pocket 1990) gothic thriller. This volume is written entirely by Andrew Neiderman, and contains an introductory letter from “The Andrews Family” explaining that the book was not written by the “real” Virginia Andrews, although Neiderman is never named. Volume 1 in a new series.

Dawn The New Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71740-5, Sep ’91, £7.99, 320pp, tp, cover by Richard Newton & Tom Stimpson) [Cutler Family] Reprint (Pocket 1990) gothic thriller. This is actually written by Andrew Neiderman.

Secrets of the Morning The New Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71741-3, Sep ’91, £14.99, 405pp, hc, cover by Richard Newton) [Cutler Family] Reprint (Pocket 1991) gothic thriller. This is actually written by Andrew Neiderman. Sequel to Dawn. [First U.K. edition]

Secrets of the Morning V. C. Andrews (Pocket 0-671-69513-4, Jun ’91, $21.95, 405pp, hc, cover by Richard Newton) [Cutler Family] Family saga novel with horrific elements. Second book of the “Cutter” series. It has an intro admitting Andrews didn’t write it, but does not name author Andrew Niederman.

Web of Dreams Virginia Andrews (Fontana 0-00-617822-7, May ’91, £3.99, 416pp, pb) [Casteel] Reprint (Pocket 1990) horror novel. Although not credited, this is mainly the work of Andrew Neiderman. Prequel to Heaven and fifth book in the “Casteel” series.

Hoffman’s Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies: 1991 - 92 Anon. (Corgi 0-552-99478-2, Oct ’91, £12.99, 432pp, tp) Reference guide to 3500 genre movies.

The Bone Yard ed. Anon. (Berkley 0-425-12726-5, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.95, 329pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1988 as Night Visions VI) original horror anthology of three stories by F. Paul Wilson and novellas by Sheri S. Tepper and Ray Garton, with an introduction by Dean R. Koontz.

Cafe Purgatorium ed. Anon. (New York: Tor 0-312-85180-4, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $18.95, 288pp, hc, cover by Jill Bauman) Anthology of three horror novellas. Two are originals.

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