The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998


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The Fear in Yesterday’s Rings George C. Chesbro (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-89296-396-4, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $18.95, 214pp, hc, cover by Tom McKeveny) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Mystery novel with fantasy elements, ninth book of the “Mongo” series.


The Language of Cannibals George C. Chesbro (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-446-40003-3, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $4.95, 200pp, pb, cover by Tom McKeveny) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Reprint (Mysterious Press 1990) mystery novel with fantasy elements, eighth book of the “Mongo” series.


The Napoleon of Notting Hill G. K. Chesterton (Dover 0-486-26551-X, Feb ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.95, 163pp, tp) Reprint (Bodley Head 1904) satirical sf novel set in 1984.


The Atheling Grace Chetwin (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45110-4, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $5.50, 380pp, pb) [Last Legacy] Reprint (Tor 1988) near-future anti-war novel set on an Earth ravaged by “limited” nuclear war. This edition has been slightly revised.


Child of the Air Grace Chetwin (Macmillan Bradbury 0-02-718317-3, Apr ’91 [Jul ’91], $14.95, 231pp, hc, cover by Jonathan Hunt) Young-adult fantasy novel of a brother and sister on the run in an alternate world.


The Curse of the Snake God Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes (Inner Circle 1-85018-087-3, Jan ’91 [May ’91], £11.95, 191pp, hc, cover by Chrissie Marks) Ghost/horror novel.


The Scent of Magic Margaret Chittenden (Harlequin 0-373-70444-5, Feb ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.25, 300pp, pb) Fantasy romance about a boutique owner who discovers a magic potion that brings her love. A “Harlequin Superromance.”


Cold Blood ed. Richard T. Chizmar (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-57-0, Jun ’91 [Jul ’91], $25.00, 401pp, hc, cover by Nancy Niles) Original anthology of 24 horror stories (some supernatural, some not) plus a stage version of Joe R. Lansdale’s short story “By Bizarre Hands”, with a foreword by the editor and an introduction by Douglas E. Winter. Recommended (SW).


Wild Jack John Christopher (Macmillan Aladdin 0-02-042576-7, Oct ’91, $3.95, 147pp, pb, cover by Brad Teare) Reprint (Macmillan 1974) young-adult sf novel set in 23rd-century England.


Dark Twilight Joseph A. Citro (Warner 0-446-35837-1, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.50, 211pp, pb, cover by Mark & Stephanie Gerber) Horror novel. Sea serpent in Vermont lake.


Grounded Chris Claremont (Pan 0-330-31281-2, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], £4.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [FirstFlight] Reprint (Ace 1991 as Grounded!) sf novel. Sequel to First Flight. [First U.K. edition]


Grounded! Chris Claremont (Ace 0-441-30416-8, Aug ’91, $4.95, 323pp, pb, cover by Royo) [FirstFlight] Sf adventure novel about a grounded female space pilot, sequel to FirstFlight.


High Frontier Chris Claremont (SFBC #18970, Dec ’91, $9.98, 534pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) [FirstFlight] Omnibus of two sf novels, FirstFlight (Ace 1990) and Grounded! (Ace 1991).


Lewis Carroll Beverly Lyon Clark (Starmont House 1-557-42026-2, Apr ’91, $9.95, 96pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism. A guide to Lewis Carroll’s work plus a primary and secondary bibliography. A hardcover edition (-42031-9, $19.95) was announced but not seen.


Blood Sabbath Leigh Clark (Zebra 0-8217-3371-0, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.95, 416pp, pb) Horror novel. A woman and her family are under demonic attack after she attends a seance.


2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke (Inner Circle 1-85018-000-8, Jan ’91 [Feb ’91], £12.95, 229pp, hc) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (NAL 1968) sf novel. This edition contains the Author’s Note from 2010: Odyssey Two as an Epilogue.


2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45063-9, Jun ’91, $4.99, 221pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (NAL 1968) sf novel, with a new introduction by the author; 42nd printing.


2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke (Legend 0-7126-4776-7, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], £8.99, 301pp, tp) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Legend 1990) collection of the title novel and the two stories that inspired it, “The Sentinel” and “Encounter in the Dawn”.


The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28853-9, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 253pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1956) sf novel, including the original introduction and the one from the 1987 Signet edition. Expanded version of Against the Fall of Night (Gnome 1953), which is itself back in print as part of Beyond the Fall of Night.


The Deep Range Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28925-X, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.95, 226pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1957) sf novel. This includes the introduction by Clarke from the 1987 Signet edition.


A Fall of Moondust Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28986-1, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.99, 231pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Harcourt, Brace & World 1961) Hugo-nominated sf novel. This edition also contains the 1987 introduction.


The Ghost from the Grand Banks Arthur C. Clarke (Orbit Overseas 0-7088-8357-5, 1991 [Sep ’91], £3.99, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) sf novel about two attempts to raise the Titanic. This is an “Open Market” edition and is available only in non-English-speaking countries.


The Ghost from the Grand Banks Arthur C. Clarke (SFBC #18072, Apr ’91, $9.98, 274pp, hc, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) sf novel.


The Ghost from the Grand Banks Arthur C. Clarke (Orbit 0-7088-8361-3, Oct ’91, £7.99, 253pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) sf novel.


The Ghost from the Grand Banks Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29387-7, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $5.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) near-future sf novel of a 2012 race to raise the Titanic.


Glide Path Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29052-5, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.99, 234pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1963) associational WWII novel about the first use of radar. This includes both the 1963 and 1987 prefaces by Clarke.


Imperial Earth Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28877-6, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $4.95, 342pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1976) sf novel set in 2276. A slightly shorter version first appeared in England (Gollancz 1975).


More Than One Universe: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29189-0, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.99, 554pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Near-omnibus of four collections: Tales of Ten Worlds (Harcourt, Brace & World 1962), The Other Side of the Sky (Harcourt, Brace 1958), The Nine Billion Names of God (Harcourt, Brace & World 1967), and The Wind from the Sun (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1972). Several stories have been dropped, and the order changed. The vignettes from the revised 1987 Signet edition of The Wind from the Sun have been added, but all introductory material has been deleted.


Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke (Orbit 0-7088-4945-8, Feb ’91, £3.99, 252pp, pb) [Rama] Reprint (Gollancz 1973) sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Rama” series.


The Sands of Mars Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29095-9, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.99, 229pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Sidgwick & Jackson 1951) sf novel. Included in the unpaginated excerpts following the text is the complete Clarke short story “The Nine Billion Names of God”.


The Sentinel Arthur C. Clarke (Grafton 0-586-21204-3, Sep ’91, £3.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Berkley 1983) sf collection. This edition omits the interior illustrations from the previous editions.


Against the Fall of Night and Beyond the Fall of Night Arthur C. Clarke & Gregory Benford (Gollancz 0-575-04765-8, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], £13.99, 239pp, hc, cover by David Farren) [Against the Fall of Night] Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1990 as Beyond the Fall of Night) collection of Clarke’s classic short novel and a modern sequel by Greg Benford. [First U.K. edition]


Beyond the Fall of Night Arthur C. Clarke & Gregory Benford (Ace 0-441-05612-1, May ’91, $4.95, 339pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Against the Fall of Night] Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1990) sf novel, Benford’s “sequel” to Clarke’s classic Against the Fall of Night plus the original (unchanged) short novel.


The Garden of Rama Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee (Bantam Spectra 0-553-07261-7, Sep ’91 [Jul ’91], $20.00, 441pp, hc, cover by Paul Swendsen) [Rama] Sf novel, third book of the “Rama” series, a direct sequel to Rama II.


The Garden of Rama Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee (Gollancz 0-575-05169-8, Sep ’91, £14.99, 398pp, hc, cover by John Brettoner) [Rama] Sf novel. Simultaneous with the U.S. (Bantam Spectra) edition. Volume 3 in the “Rama” series.


The Garden of Rama Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee (SFBC #14475, Oct ’91, $9.98, 441pp, hc, cover by Paul Swendsen) [Rama] Reprint (Bantam Spectra; Gollancz 1991) sf novel, third book of the “Rama” series. Similar to the 1991 Bantam Spectra edition except it lacks an ISBN and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.


Rama II Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee (Orbit 0-7088-4826-5, Aug ’91, £4.99, 495pp, pb) [Rama] Reprint (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra 1989) sf novel.


The Chymical Wedding Lindsay Clarke (Ballantine Ivy 0-8041-0702-5, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $5.95, 501pp, pb, cover by Marty Blake) Reprint (Cape 1989) literary time-travel fantasy.


Drinker of Souls Jo Clayton (DAW 0-88677-433-0, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.50, 335pp, pb, cover by Segrelles) [Drinker of Souls] Reissue (DAW 1986) fantasy novel, first book of the “Drinker of Souls” series; fourth printing.


Shadowkill Jo Clayton (DAW 0-88677-467-5, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.99, 362pp, pb, cover by Jody Lee) [Diadem] Sf novel, third in the “Shadith’s Quest” series, 12th in the overall “Diadem” series.


Wild Magic Jo Clayton (DAW 0-88677-496-9, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.99, 364pp, pb, cover by Jody Lee) [Wild Magic] Fantasy novel, first book of a new series set in the same world as the “Soul Drinker” series.


Breeder Douglas Clegg (NEL 0-450-55115-6, Jul ’91, £4.50, 301pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1990) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]


Never Land Douglas Clegg (Pocket 0-671-67279-7, Apr ’91, $4.95, 374pp, pb) Horror novel of evil lurking on a small island off the coast of Georgia.


No Way Street Bruce Clemence (Pulphouse 1-56146-515-1, May ’91, $1.95, 44pp, pb, cover by George Barr) Original sf short story about a human serial killer captured by aliens as a circus exhibit. Short story paperback #15.


T.J.’s Ghost Shirley Climo (Harper Trophy 0-06-440396-3, Apr ’91 [Dec ’91], $3.50, 151pp, tp, cover by Aleta Jenks) Reprint (Harper Crowell 1989) young-adult ghost novel. A girl befriends the ghost of a drowned boy.


Interzone: The 5th Anthology ed. John Clute, Lee Montgomerie & David Pringle (NEL 0-450-54063-4, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], £5.99, 273pp, pb) Anthology of 13 stories from Interzone plus two original stories.


Max Lakeman and the Beautiful Stranger Jon Cohen (Warner 0-446-36061-9, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 210pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Warner 1990) literary fantasy about a goddess’ visit to suburbia.


Max Lakeman and the Beautiful Stranger Jon Cohen (Black Swan 0-552-99441-3, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], £4.99, 208pp, tp, cover by Mark Harrison) Reprint (Warner 1990) literary fantasy novel.


Scoffing Marah Sarah Cohen (Three-Stones Publications 0-933673-13-2, Nov ’90 [Apr ’91], $12.95, 227pp, tp) Reissue (Three-Stones 1986) sf/new age novel of the Nashramh. Order from Three-Stones Publications, Box 24831, Seattle WA 98124.


A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes ed. Thomas Colchie (Dutton 0-525-93367-0, Nov ’91, $22.95, 430pp, hc, cover by Cathleen Toelke) Anthology of 26 stories by Latin American writers, virtually all with elements of horror or magic realism. There is an introduction by the editor and detailed biographical notes on the authors. All material is translated from the Spanish.


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