The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998


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Deathlands: Latitude Zero [by Laurence James] James Axler (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62512-X, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.50, 349pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel in an ongoing series.


Deathlands: Seedling [by Laurence James] James Axler (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62513-8, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.95, 349pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel in an ongoing series.


Naomi’s Room Jonathan Aycliffe (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13926-9, Nov ’91, £8.99, 173pp, tp) Ghost novel. The author is better known by his pseudonym “Daniel Easterman”.


The Lost City of Zork Robin Bailey (Avon 0-380-75389-8, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.50, 299pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) Comic fantasy novelization based on the “Zork” computer game. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.


Doctor Who: Time and the Rani Pip & Jane Baker (Target 0-426-20331-3, Oct ’91, £2.50, 143pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (W.H. Allen 1987) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 127 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $4.95.


In Frankenstein’s Shadow: Myth, Monstrosity, and Nineteenth-Century Writing Chris Baldick (Oxford University Press/Clarendon Paperbacks 0-19-812249-7, Jul ’90 [Mar ’91], $14.95, 207pp, tp, cover by John Tenniel) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Oxford 1987) non-fiction, critical survey of Frankenstein’s monster as a mythic image in 19th-century literature. This is a 1990 book not seen until now.


A Rush of Golden Wings Cherith Baldry (Crossway Books 0-89107-634-4, Jul ’91 [Dec ’91], $4.95, 160pp, tp, cover by Michael Carroll) [Stories of Six Worlds] Young-adult Christian sf novel of a boy who must carry a single copy of the Bible through many dangers so that copies can be printed for all the people of his planet. First American edition (Kingsway 1989).


The Mercenaries Bill Baldwin (Warner Questar 0-446-36139-9, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.95, 313pp, pb, cover by John Berkey) [Helmsman] Sf adventure novel, fourth book of the “Helmsman” series.


Cry, Baby, Cry G. F. Bale (Diamond 1-55773-643-X, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 295pp, pb) Psychic thriller. A young mother’s baby has been missing for nine months and she’s haunted by visions of a psychopath bent on revenge, proving frighteningly real when she realizes that she’s playing a game with him for the life of her baby.


Flameweaver Margaret Ball (Baen 0-671-72095-3, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Flameweaver] Historical fantasy of a magical city in the path of Russian Imperial expansion.


The Crystal World J. G. Ballard (Easton Press, May ’91, no price, 210pp, hc) Reprint (Cape 1966) classic surreal sf novel, with a color frontispiece by Jill Bauman. This leatherbound, gilt-edge edition, available by subscription only, is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series.


The Crystal World/Crash/Concrete Island J. G. Ballard (BOMC/QPBC, May ’91, $11.95, 210+224+176pp, tp, cover by Michael Samuel) Omnibus of three novels, The Crystal World (Cape 1966), Crash (Cape 1973), and Concrete Island (Cape 1973).


The Kindness of Women J. G. Ballard (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223771-7, Sep ’91, £14.99, 286pp, hc, cover by Peter Maynard) [Empire of the Sun] Autobiographical novel, paralleling Ballard’s life during the 1960’s. Recommended. (PSP) Sequel to Empire of the Sun.


The Kindness of Women J. G. Ballard (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-18110-1, Oct ’91, $19.95, 343pp, hc) [Empire of the Sun] Associational mainstream novel, sequel to Empire of the Sun. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1991).


Myths of the Near Future J. G. Ballard (Paladin 0-586-09112-2, Nov ’91 [Dec ’91], £4.99, 205pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Cape 1982) sf collection.


War Fever J. G. Ballard (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-28645-0, Apr ’91, $18.95, 176pp, hc, cover by Peter Maynard) Collection of 14 sf stories. First American edition (Collins 1990).


War Fever J. G. Ballard (Paladin 0-586-09063-0, Sep ’91, £4.99, 176pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Collins 1990) sf collection.


War Fever J. G. Ballard (BOMC/QPBC, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $8.95, 176pp, tp, cover by Peter Maynard) Reprint (Collins 1990) collection of 14 sf stories. This is identical to the 1991 Farrar, Straus and Giroux edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the dust jacket printed as the soft cover.


Canal Dreams Iain M. Banks (Doubleday 0-385-41814-0, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $19.00, 198pp, hc, cover by A. Bascove) Associational mainstream novel possibly set in the near future. First American edition (Macmillan UK 1989).


Consider Phlebas Iain M. Banks (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29281-1, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $5.99, 497pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Culture] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1987) space opera novel.


The State of the Art Iain M. Banks (Orbit 0-356-19669-0, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], £12.95, 182pp, hc) Collection of eight sf stories, including the title novella, which was previously published separately (Zeising 1989), illustrated by Nick Day. Recommended. (PSP)


Use of Weapons Iain M. Banks (Orbit 0-7088-8350-8, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], £7.99, 371pp, tp) [Culture] Reprint (Orbit 1990) sf novel. Volume 3 in the “Culture” series.


The Farthest-Away Mountain Lynne Reid Banks (Doubleday 0-385-41534-6, Mar ’91 [Apr ’91], $14.95, 138pp, hc, cover by Dave Henderson) Reprint (Doubleday 1976) young-adult fantasy novel of a young girl’s quest to free a mountain imprisoned by evil magic, illustrated by Dave Henderson.


Melusine Lynne Reid Banks (Harper Trophy 0-06-447054-7, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $3.95, 248pp, pb, cover by Kam Mola) Reprint (Harper & Row 1989 as Melusine: A Mystery) young-adult fantasy/mystery novel based on a legend.


Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence Nick Bantock (Chronicle Books 0-87701-788-3, Aug ’91, $16.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Nick Bantock) [Griffin & Sabine] Strange multi-media novel of an artist’s correspondence with a mysterious woman who may not be real. This is told through reproductions of postcards, artwork, and actual letters that have to be removed from their envelopes and read. All illustrations are by the author. Recommended (FCM).


The Books of Blood Clive Barker (Dorset 0-88029-739-5, Oct ’91, $9.99, 462pp, hc) Reprint (Scream/Press 1985) omnibus of the first three volumes of Clive Barker’s Books of Blood (all originally Sphere 1984). This is an instant remainder edition.


Clive Barker’s Books of Blood Volume One Clive Barker (Berkley 0-425-08389-6, Aug ’91, $4.50, 210pp, pb) Reissue (Sphere 1984) collection of six horror stories; 13th printing.


Clive Barker’s Books of Blood Volume Three Clive Barker (Berkley 0-425-09347-6, Aug ’91, $4.99, 197pp, pb) Reissue (Sphere 1984) collection of five horror stories; 12th printing.


Clive Barker’s Books of Blood Volume Two Clive Barker (Berkley 0-425-08739-5, Aug ’91, $4.50, 193pp, pb) Reissue (Sphere 1984) collection of five horror stories; 10th printing.


Clive Barker’s Books of Blood: Volume I Clive Barker (Macdonald 0-356-20229-1, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], £13.95, 213pp, hc, cover by Clive Barker) Reprint (Sphere 1984) original horror collection.


Clive Barker’s Books of Blood: Volume II Clive Barker (Sphere 0-7221-1413-3, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], £3.99, 215pp, pb, cover by Clive Barker) Reissue (Sphere 1984) original horror collection.


Clive Barker’s Books of Blood: Volume II Clive Barker (Macdonald 0-356-20230-5, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], £13.95, 215pp, hc, cover by Clive Barker) Reprint (Sphere 1984) original horror collection.


Clive Barker’s Books of Blood: Volume III Clive Barker (Macdonald 0-356-20231-3, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], £13.95, 248pp, hc, cover by Clive Barker) Reprint (Sphere 1984) original horror collection.


Clive Barker’s Books of Blood: Volume V Clive Barker (Sphere 0-7221-1374-9, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], £3.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Clive Barker) Reissue (Sphere 1985) original horror collection.


Clive Barker’s Books of Blood: Volume VI Clive Barker (Sphere 0-7221-1375-7, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], £3.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Clive Barker) Reissue (Sphere 1985) original horror collection.


The Damnation Game Clive Barker (Sphere 0-7221-1416-8, Aug ’91, £4.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Clive Barker) Reissue (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1985) horror novel.


The Hellbound Heart Clive Barker (Fontana 0-00-647065-3, Oct ’91, £3.50, 128pp, pb) Horror novella. First separate publication. This edition contains a 32-page extract from Imajica.


The Hellbound Heart Clive Barker (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100282-8, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $4.50, 164pp, pb, cover by Kirk Reinert) Horror novella that the film Hellraiser was based on. This is its first solo appearance; it was originally available in Night Visions 3 (Dark Harvest 1986).


Imajica Clive Barker (HarperCollins 0-06-017922-8, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $23.00, 824pp, hc, cover by Kirk Reinert) Dark fantasy novel on an epic scale about three people trying to save the world from eternal darkness. A signed slipcased limited edition (-017932-5, $100.00) was announced but not seen. The first three printings were in stores by October 1st — first and third printings have purple endpapers, second printings have black ones.


Imajica Clive Barker (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223559-5, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], £15.99, 854pp, hc, cover by David O’Connor) Epic fantasy/horror novel. Simultaneous with U.S. (HarperCollins) edition.


Imajica Clive Barker (HarperCollins 0-06-017932-5, Nov ’91, $100.00, 824pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel on an epic scale about three people trying to save the world from eternal darkness. This is a signed slipcased limited edition of 526 copies. The trade edition appeared two months earlier. There is a new copyright page and the signature, and a different binding, but this is otherwise identical to the trade edition.


Imajica Clive Barker (BOMC, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $19.95, 824pp, hc, cover by Kirk Reinert) Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) dark fantasy novel on an epic scale about three people trying to save the world from eternal darkness. This is identical to the HarperCollins edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.


Pandemonium Clive Barker (Eclipse Books 1-56060-112-4, Sep ’91 [Oct ’91], $19.95, 162pp, tp, cover by Clive Barker) Collection of Barker essays and art, plus a previously unpublished play, The History of the Devil. This is the first of a series of collections containing Barker plays and other material. A hardcover edition (-111-6, $40.00) and a hardcover limited edition (-110-8, $100.00) are also available.


Expedition: Being an Account in Words and Artwork of the 2358 A.D. Voyage to Darwin IV Wayne Douglas Barlowe (Workman 0-89480-629-7, Nov ’90 [Jan ’91], $18.95, 192pp, tp, cover by Wayne Douglas Barlowe) Art book with both artwork and text by Barlowe describing a fictional journey to the planet Darwin IV. A hardcover edition (0-89480-982-2, $29.95) is also available.


The Betz Cell Keith Barnard (Souvenir Press 0-285-63048-2, Oct ’91, £14.99, 307pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Sf thriller about medical research into communicating with a patient who is brain dead.


Orbital Resonance John Barnes (Tor 0-312-85206-1, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $17.95, 214pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Orbital Resonance] Sf novel set in a colony orbiting a devastated Earth.


Sin of Origin John Barnes (NEL 0-450-53225-9, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], £3.99, 269pp, pb) Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1988) sf novel.


Robert Silverberg’s Time Tours Volume 2: Glory’s End Nick Baron (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-106013-5, Dec ’90, $3.50, 143pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Time Tours] Young-adult adventure novel, based on material by Robert Silverberg, with an afterword by Silverberg and interior illustrations by Alex Nino. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.


The Man with Only One Head Densil Barr (Select Books 1-85680-002-4, Jun ’91 [Aug ’91], £3.50, 207pp, pb, cover by Sam Sullivan) Reprint (Rich & Cowan 1955) sf novel. This is a pseudonym for Douglas Norton Buttrey.


The Hereafter Gang Neal Barrett, Jr. (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-54-6, Feb ’91 [Apr ’91], $25.00, 348pp, hc, cover by Don Ivan Punchatz) Southwestern magic realism novel about a boy and his carhop in rural Texas. A signed limited edition ($60.00) was announced but not seen.


Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens & Peter and Wendy J. M. Barrie (World’s Classics 0-19-282593-3, Feb ’91, £3.99, 240pp, pb, cover by Arthur Rackham) [Peter Pan] Collection of the two classic children’s fantasy stories, edited and with an introduction by Peter Hollindale.


Supernatural Romance of Suzanne, The Conquest of Demon Cabeto and Alien Mountain Giants Louis Barrow (Barrow 0-9518240-0-7, Sep ’91 [Nov ’91], £4.25, 104pp, tp) Collection of three original sf/fantasy stories. Order from 184B Wisbech Rd, March, PE15 8EZ, U.K.


The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor John Barth (Little, Brown 0-316-08251-1, Feb ’91, $22.95, 373pp, hc, cover by Carol Wald) Literary fantasy novel of a modern man who finds his way into the world of Sindbad and the Arabian Nights.


The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor John Barth (BOMC, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $19.95, 584pp, hc, cover by Carol Wald) Reprint (Little, Brown 1991) literary Arabian nights fantasy novel. This is identical to the Little, Brown edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.


The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor John Barth (BOMC/QPBC, Oct ’91, $11.95, 584pp, tp, cover by Carol Wald) Reprint (Little, Brown 1991) literary Arabian nights fantasy novel. This is identical to the Little, Brown edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the dust jacket printed as the soft cover.


The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor John Barth (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-55552-1, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], £15.99, 573pp, hc, cover by Carol Wald) Reprint (Little, Brown 1991) literary fantasy novel about a 20th century writer who finds himself in medieval Baghdad. [First U.K. edition]


The King Donald Barthelme (BOMC/QPBC, Apr ’91, $7.95, 158pp, tp, cover by Barry Moser) Reprint (Harper & Row 1990) literary Arthurian fantasy novel. This is identical to the Harper & Row edition except it lacks a price and ISBN and has the jacket printed as the soft cover.


Relife Dan Barton (Pocket 0-671-67639-3, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.95, 296pp, pb) Horror novel of an amnesiac man carrying something inhuman within him.


Fellow Traveler William Barton & Michael Capobianco (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29115-7, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $3.99, 403pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Sf novel of U.S./Soviet conflict over space travel.


Dragonsword Gaèl Baudino (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45081-7, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Corey Wolfe) [Dragonsword] Reprint (Lynx 1988) fantasy novel of a UCLA professor who becomes a warrior in a fantasy kingdom. First book of the “Dragonsword” series. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.


Duel of Dragons Gaèl Baudino (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45097-3, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.99, 383pp, pb) [Dragonsword] Fantasy novel, second book of the “Dragonsword” series about a UCLA professor in a fantasy kingdom. This is packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications and has a 1989 copyright notice, but the earlier scheduled Lynx edition never appeared.


Strands of Starlight Gaèl Baudino (Orbit 0-7088-4878-8, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], £7.99, 371pp, tp, cover by Gerry Grace) [Natil] Reprint (Signet 1989) fantasy novel.


The Patchwork Girl of Oz L. Frank Baum (Dover 0-486-26514-5, Dec ’90, $6.95, 340pp, tp, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1913) children’s fantasy novel in the “Oz” series, with the original illustrations by John R. Neill.


The Road to Oz L. Frank Baum (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-09997-1, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $16.95, 267pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1909) children’s fantasy in the classic “Oz” series, a facsimile edition with the original illustrations by John R. Neill.


Tik-Tok of Oz L. Frank Baum (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-035124-8, Feb ’91 [Mar ’91], $2.25, 188pp, pb, cover by David McKee) [Oz] Reissue (Reilly & Britton 1914) children’s fantasy novel, eighth book in the classic “Oz” series; third printing. This is a worldwide edition printed in England with prices for five countries printed on the back.


Almighty Me Robert Bausch (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-56266-X, Apr ’91 [Jul ’91], $19.95, 263pp, hc, cover by Steve Brodner) Black comedy/fantasy about car salesman Charlie Wiggins’ experiences when he’s granted the power of God for one year.


Almighty Me Robert Bausch (SFBC #18441, Nov ’91 [Dec ’91], $9.98, 263pp, hc, cover by Steve Brodner) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1991) black comedy/fantasy novel. Similar to the Houghton Mifflin edition except it lacks an ISBN and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.


Raft Stephen Baxter (Grafton 0-246-13706-1, Jul ’91, £14.99, 264pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Sf novel about a universe where the force of gravity is a billion times as strong as ‘normal’. A first novel.


Raft Stephen Baxter (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45130-9, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 303pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Sf novel of the descendants of human space travelers trapped in a universe where the force of gravity is a billion times stronger. A first novel. Recommended (SW). First American edition (Grafton 1991).


The Crystal Cage Sandy Bayer (Alyson 1-55583-158-3, Sep ’91 [Nov ’91], $8.95, 216pp, tp) Psychic thriller about a lesbian sensitive’s crisis of conscience when faced with a crime committed by another lesbian; second book of a series.


Phantom Valley: H.O.W.L. High Lynn Beach (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-68568-6, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $2.95, 132pp, pb, cover by Tom Stimpson) [Phantom Valley] Young-adult fantasy novel about a half-warlock kid attending a high school that specializes in horror film production. First book of a new series. Packaged and copyrighted by The Parachute Press.


Phantom Valley: The Dark Lynn Beach (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-74089-X, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $2.99, 117pp, tp) [Phantom Valley] Young-adult horror novel, third book of the “Phantom Valley” series. A blind boy is tormented by a terrifying force. Packaged and copyrighted by The Parachute Press.


Phantom Valley: The Evil One Lynn Beach (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-74088-1, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $2.99, 118pp, tp, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Phantom Valley] Young-adult horror novel about a demonic doll, second book of the “Phantom Valley” series. Packaged and copyrighted by The Parachute Press.


The Last Unicorn/A Fine and Private Place Peter S. Beagle (BOMC, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $14.95, hc, cover by Kathleen McCutcheon) [Last Unicorn] Omnibus of two fantasy novels, The Last Unicorn (Viking 1968), and A Fine and Private Place (Viking 1960).


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