The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century: Volume Two ed. Richard Dalby (Virago 1-85381-454-7, Oct ’91, £13.99, 318pp, hc, cover by Sir James Jebusa Shannon) Anthology of 27 ghost stories, four original, written by women writers in the twentieth century, with an introduction by Sara Maitland. Recommended. (PSP)
- ix · Preface · Richard Dalby · pr
- x · Introduction · Sara Maitland · in
- 1 · The July Ghost · Antonia S. Byatt · ss Firebird #1 ’82
- 15 · With and Without Buttons · Mary Butts · ss Last Stories, 1938
- 27 · Don’t Tell Cissie · Celia Fremlin · ss By Horror Haunted, London: Gollancz, 1974
- 39 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · ss The London Mercury Sep ’30
- 52 · The Grey Men · Rebecca West · ss Tales of Mystery, ed. Ernest Rhys & C. A. Dawson-Scott, London: Hutchinson, 1927
- 57 · The Pool · Daphne du Maurier · nv Breaking Point, London: Gollancz, 1959
- 81 · The Station Road · Ann Bridge · ss The Song in the House, 1936
- 88 · Black Dog · Penelope Lively · ss Nothing Missing But the Samovar, Heinemann, 1978
- 95 · No. 17 · Edith Nesbit · ss The Strand Jun ’10; EQMM Aug ’51
- 102 · Prelude · Pamela Sewell · ss *
- 108 · The Pestering · D. K. Broster · nv Good Housekeeping Dec ’32
- 140 · I Used to Live Here Once · Jean Rhys · vi Sleep It Off, Lady, 1976
- 142 · A Spirit Elopement · Clotilde Graves · ss Off Sandy Hook, 1915
- 150 · Whittington’s Cat · Eleanor Smith · ss Satan’s Circus, London: Gollancz, 1932
- 166 · The Haunting of Shawley Rectory · Ruth Rendell · ss EQMM Dec 17 ’79
- 180 · Mare Amore [“Storm”] · Margery Lawrence · ss Cassell’s Dec ’31
- 194 · Who’s Been Sitting in My Car? · Antonia Fraser · ss Prevailing Spirits, ed. Giles Gordon, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1976
- 204 · The Ghosts of Calagou · Elizabeth Fancett · ss *
- 211 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Jan ’10
- 236 · The Thingummyjig · Mary Williams · ss The Haunted Valley, Kimber, 1978
- 243 · The House of Shadows · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales Apr ’33
- 250 · Rosalind · Richmal Crompton · ss The Sovereign Magazine Apr ’25
- 261 · Redundant · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss *
- 267 · The Dream of Fair Women · A. L. Barker · ss Stories of Haunted Inns, ed. Denys Val Baker, London: William Kimber, 1983
- 279 · The Chauffeur [as by Mary Ann Allen] · Rosemary Pardoe · ss The Angry Dead, Crimson Altar Press, 1986
- 284 · The Traitor · Joan Aiken · ss *
- 299 · The Landlady · Elinor Mordaunt · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Aug ’23
- 314 · Notes on the Authors · Richard Dalby · bg
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The Nightingale Kara Dalkey (Ace 0-441-57446-7, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.95, 221pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale and set in medieval Japan.
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The Kalif’s War John Dalmas (Baen 0-671-72062-7, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.95, 392pp, pb, cover by David B. Mattingly) [Regiment] Sf adventure novel, third book of the “Regiment” series.
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The Alpha Box Annie Dalton (Methuen 0-416-15912-5, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], £8.95, 192pp, hc, cover by Roger Stewart) Young-adult horror novel about a strange box with supernatural powers.
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Operation StarHawks #4: The Rostma Lure Sean Dalton (Ace 0-441-63580-6, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.95, 169pp, pb, cover by David Cherry) [Operation Space Hawks] Sf adventure novel, fourth book in a series previously called “Operation Space Hawks”. Dalton is a pen name for Deborah Chester.
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Operation StarHawks #5: Destination: Mutiny Sean Dalton (Ace 0-441-63581-4, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $3.95, 181pp, pb, cover by David Cherry) [Operation Space Hawks] Sf adventure novel, fifth book in a series previously called “Operation Space Hawks”. Dalton is a pen name for Deborah Chester.
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Operation StarHawks #6: The Salukan Gambit Sean Dalton (Ace 0-441-63582-2, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $3.99, 172pp, pb, cover by David Cherry) [Operation Space Hawks] Sf adventure novel, sixth book in a series previously called “Operation Space Hawks”. Dalton is a pen name for Deborah Chester.
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No Blood Spilled Les Daniels (Tor 0-812-50932-3, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $3.95, 218pp, pb, cover by Duncan Eagleson) [Don Sebastian] Vampire horror novel, fifth book of the “Don Sebastian” series.
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The City Cats Colin Dann (Hutchinson 0-09-176370-3, Jun ’91 [May ’91], £7.99, 135pp, hc, cover by Douglas Hall) [King of the Vagabonds] Young-adult animal fantasy novel. Sequel to King of the Vagabonds.
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A Great Escape Colin Dann (Red Fox 0-09-977150-0, Nov ’91 [Dec ’91], £2.99, 164pp, pb) Reprint (Hutchinson 1990) young-adult animal fantasy novel.
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In the Path of the Storm Colin Dann (Red Fox 0-09-968890-5, Jun ’91, £2.99, 181pp, pb) [Farthing Wood] Reprint (Hutchinson 1989) young-adult animal fantasy novel. In the “Farthing Wood” series.
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A Legacy of Ghosts Colin Dann (Hutchinson 0-09-176346-0, Feb ’91, £7.99, 154pp, hc, cover by David Kearney) Young-adult ghost story about an ancient treasure with a curse on it.
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Little People! ed. Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois (Ace 0-441-50391-8, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $3.95, 221pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) Anthology of eleven stories featuring elves, gremlins, pixies, etc.
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Magicats II ed. Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois (Ace 0-441-51533-9, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $3.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) Anthology of 12 fantasy stories about cats.
- 1 · Kreativity for Kats [Gummitch] · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Apr ’61
- 13 · Life Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats · Michael Bishop · nv Omni Sep ’91
- 35 · Bright Burning Tiger · Tanith Lee · ss IASFM Jan ’84
- 55 · I Love Little Pussy [Azazel] · Isaac Asimov · ss IASFM Nov ’88
- 71 · The Boy Who Spoke Cat · Ward Moore · ss Venus Dec ’73
- 87 · The Jaguar Hunter · Lucius Shepard · nv F&SF May ’85
- 115 · The Sin of Madame Phloi · Lilian Jackson Braun · ss EQMM Jun ’62
- 125 · The Mountain Cage · Pamela Sargent · nv Cheap Street; New Castle, VA, 1983
- 143 · May’s Lion · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss The Little Magazine v14 #1&2 ’83
- 153 · The Color of Grass, the Color of Blood · R. V. Branham · ss IASFM mid-Dec ’89
- 163 · A Word to the Wise · John Collier · ss Esquire Nov ’40
- 167 · Duke Pasquale’s Ring [Dr. Eszterhazy] · Avram Davidson · nv Amazing May ’85
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The Seventh Sleeper William R. Dantz (Morrow 0-688-09244-6, Jun ’91 [Dec ’91], $18.95, 335pp, hc) Medical thriller. A fiendish doctor uses neurotoxins to create an army of involuntary guerilla mercenaries.
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Wilderness Dennis Danvers (Simon & Schuster/Poseidon 0-671-72827-X, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $18.95, 255pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) Romantic dark fantasy novel about a female werewolf trying to fit into human society and falling in love. A first novel. Highly recommended (SW).
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Wilderness Dennis Danvers (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71739-1, Jul ’91, £13.99, 255pp, hc, cover by Salim Patell) Reprint (Poseidon 1991) romantic dark fantasy novel about a female werewolf. [First U.K. edition]
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Wilderness Dennis Danvers (SFBC #18250, Aug ’91, $8.98, 255pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) Reprint (Poseidon 1991) dark fantasy werewolf novel. Similar to the Poseidon edition except it lacks an ISBN and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.
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Legends of the Guardian Corps #1: Shadows of Dawn Benjamin Dare (RealiCorp 1-880700-57-3, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $16.95, 233pp, tp, cover by Leonard Beckford) Sf adventure novel of the Galactic Defense Legion’s battle against an evil power. First book of a projected 12-book series, illustrated by Leonard Beckford & Robert Wirth.
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The Literary Ghost: Great Contemporary Ghost Stories ed. Larry Dark (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-474-8, Oct ’91, $22.95, 369pp, hc, cover by Mary Lynn Blasutta) Anthology of 28 ghost stories by literary writers with an introduction by the editor.
- 1 · Introduction · Larry Dark · in
- 5 · The Lost, Strayed, Stolen · M. F. K. Fisher · nv New Yorker Mar 20 ’65
- 31 · The Portobello Road · Muriel Spark · nv Winter’s Tales 2, Macmillan, 1956
- 54 · The Ghost Who Vanished by Degrees · Robertson Davies · ss High Spirits, Penguin, 1982
- 64 · The Others · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Twilight Zone Aug ’87
- 69 · A Story of Don Juan · V. S. Pritchett · ss, 1941
- 74 · Up North · Mavis Gallant · ss Home Truths, Random House, 1981
- 80 · The Warden · John Gardner · nv TriQuarterly Win ’74
- 111 · The Death of Edward Lear · Donald Barthelme · ss New Yorker Jan 2 ’71
- 115 · The Circular Valley · Paul Bowles · ss The Delicate Prey and Other Stories, Random, 1950
- 125 · The Third Voice · William Ferguson · vi, 1984
- 127 · Marmilion · Patrick McGrath · ss Blood and Water, Simon & Schuster, 1988
- 144 · Spirit Seizures · Melissa Pritchard · ss, 1987
- 156 · Revenant as Typewriter · Penelope Lively · ss Nothing Missing But the Samovar, Heinemann, 1978
- 171 · Ghostly Populations · Jack Matthews · ss Ghostly Populations, Johns Hopkins, 1987
- 185 · The Ghost Soldiers · Tim O’Brien · nv Esquire Mar ’81
- 206 · Family · Lance Olsen · ss, 1989
- 216 · Letter from a Dogfighter’s Aunt, Deceased · Padgett Powell · ss Typical, 1991
- 225 · The Ghost · Anne Sexton · ss, 1978
- 230 · Angel, All Innocence · Fay Weldon · ss The Thirteenth Ghost Book, ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1977
- 247 · Jack’s Girl · Cynthia Kadohata · ss, 1987
- 257 · The Next Room · Antonia S. Byatt · nv Sugar and Other Stories, Scribner’s, 1987
- 282 · Grass · Barry Yourgrau · vi, 1987
- 284 · Eisenheim the Illusionist [“The Illusionist”] · Steven Millhauser · ss Esquire Dec ’89
- 304 · Ghost and Flesh, Water and Dirt · William Goyen · ss Ghost and Flesh, Random House, 1952
- 314 · Letter from His Father · Nadine Gordimer · ss, 1984
- 330 · Old Man of the Temple · R. K. Narayan · ss, 1985
- 336 · A Little Place Off the Edgware Road · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories, Heinemann, 1947
- 342 · A Crown of Feathers · Isaac Bashevis Singer · nv New Yorker Apr 15 ’72
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Avon: A Terrible Aspect Paul Darrow (Carol Paperbacks 0-8216-2503-9, Nov ’91, $4.50, 189pp, pb) [Blake’s 7] Reprint (Citadel 1989) novelization, a prequel to the Blake’s 7 TV series.
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Alien Sex ed. Ellen Datlow (Grafton 0-586-21178-0, Nov ’91, £3.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Dutton 1990) anthology of 19 stories, ten original, with an introduction by William Gibson. [First U.K. edition]
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A Whisper of Blood ed. Ellen Datlow (Morrow 0-688-10361-8, Nov ’91, $22.00, 287pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Original anthology of 18 vampire stories, three of them reprints, with an introduction by the editor.
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A Whisper of Blood ed. Ellen Datlow (BOMC, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $18.95, 287pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Morrow 1991) mostly original anthology of 18 vampire stories, three of them reprints, with an introduction by the editor. This is identical to the Morrow edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.
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The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourth Annual Collection ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (St. Martin’s 0-312-06007-6, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $15.95, 552pp, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Best-of-the-year anthology of 51 horror and fantasy stories and poems from 1990, plus summations of the year in fantasy by Windling, the year in horror by Datlow, and the year in films by Edward Bryant. The best of the bests. Highly recommended (SW). A hardcover edition (-06005-X, $27.95) is also available.
- xii · Summation 1990: Fantasy · Terri Windling · ar
- xxiii · Summation 1990: Horror · Ellen Datlow · ar
- xlv · Horror and Fantasy in the Media · Edward Bryant · ar
- lii · Obituaries · Misc. · ob
- 1 · Freewheeling [Newford] · Charles de Lint · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 6, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse, 1990
- 16 · Coming Home · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss Author’s Choice Monthly #14 ’90
- 24 · The Sweeper · George Szanto · ss The Underside of Stones, HarperCollins, 1990
- 38 · Ladies and Gentlemen · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Harper’s Dec ’90
- 45 · Freaktent · Nancy A. Collins · ss The Horror Show Spr ’90
- 55 · Missolonghi 1824 · John Crowley · ss IASFM Mar ’90
- 64 · The Last Feast of Harlequin · Thomas Ligotti · nv F&SF Apr ’90
- 92 · Sounding the Praises of Shadow to the Merchants of Light · David Memmott · pm House On Fire, Hypatia Press, 1991
- 95 · Harvest · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss Amazing Jul ’90
- 105 · Fantasy in the Real World [adapted from the Anne Carroll Moore Lecture, delivered at the New York Public Library on December 29, 1988] · Susan Cooper · ar The Hornbook Magazine May ’90
- 116 · The Dream · Dyan Sheldon · ss Skin of the Soul, ed. Lisa Tuttle, The Women’s Press, 1990
- 123 · Moths · John Brunner · ss Dark Voices 2, ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, London: Pan, 1990
- 136 · Frozen Charlottes · Susan Prospere · pm New Yorker Sep 17 ’90
- 139 · Little Nightmares, Little Dreams · Rachel Simon · ss Little Nightmares, Little Dreams, Seymour Lawrence Books/Houghton Mifflin, 1990
- 148 · Timekeeper · John Morressy · nv F&SF Jan ’90
- 165 · Sonata: For Two Friends in Different Times of the Same Trouble · Ellen Kushner · pm Monochrome: The Readercon Anthology, ed. Bryan Cholfin, Broken Mirrors Press, 1990
- 168 · Death of a Right Fielder · Stuart Dybek · ss Harper’s May ’90
- 172 · Not from Around Here · David J. Schow · nv Seeing Red, Tor, 1990
- 198 · Lieserl · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Author’s Choice Monthly #6 ’90
- 205 · The Last Game · Sharon M. Hall · ss Interzone #33 ’90
- 220 · Offerings · Susan Palwick · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 6, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse, 1990
- 233 · The Muses of Rooms · Vern Rutsala · pm Poetry Jan ’90
- 236 · A Touch of the Old Lilith · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · nv Women of Darkness II, ed. Kathryn Ptacek, Tor, 1990
- 250 · The Calling · David B. Silva · ss Borderlands, ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Avon, 1990
- 261 · TV People [1989] · Haruki Murakami; trans. by Alfred Birnbaum · ss New Yorker Sep 10 ’90
- 276 · In the Trees · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Fantasy Tales, v.11 #4, ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1990
- 282 · Truman Capote’s Trilby: The Facts · Garry Kilworth · ss Back Brain Recluse #15 ’90
- 290 · Green · Ian R. MacLeod · nv IASFM mid-Dec ’90
- 310 · Dark Hills, Hollow Clocks · Garry Kilworth · ss Dark Hills, Hollow Clocks: Stories from the Otherworld, London: Methuen, 1990
- 318 · The Panic Hand · Jonathan Carroll · ss Interzone #33 ’90
- 326 · Bestseller · Michael Blumlein · nv The Brains of Rats, Scream/Press, 1989
- 351 · Nanny Peters and the Feathery Bride · Delia Sherman · ss F&SF Feb ’90
- 357 · Out of Sight, Out of Mind · Jack Womack · ss Walls of Fear, ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, 1990
- 368 · Midwife to the Fairies · Éilis Ní Dhuibhne · ss Blood and Water, Dublin: Attic Press, 1990
- 376 · The Phone Woman · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Night Visions 8, ed. Anon., Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1991
- 387 · Ladder · T. E. D. Klein · ss Borderlands, ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Avon, 1990
- 397 · Alice, Falling · Steven Millhauser · ss Antæus, 1990
- 409 · Ashputtle: or, The Mother’s Ghost · Angela Carter · ss The Virago Book of Ghost Stories, ed. Richard Dalby, Virago, 1987
- 416 · Face to Face · Adrian Cole · ss Dark Voices 2, ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, London: Pan, 1990
- 428 · The Dog’s Tale · Karel Capek · ss Nine Fairytales by Karel Capek and One More Thrown In For Good Measure, Northwestern University Press, 1990
- 435 · Stephen · Elizabeth Massie · nv Borderlands, ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Avon, 1990
- 454 · A Short Guide to the City · Peter Straub · ss Houses without Doors, Grafton, 1990
- 463 · The Story of Little Briar-Rose, A Scholarly Study · R. A. Lafferty · ss East of Laughter (Limited Edition), R. A. Lafferty, Morrigan, 1988
- 469 · The First Time · K. W. Jeter · ss Alien Sex, ed. Ellen Datlow, Dutton, 1990
- 481 · Coyote vs. Acme · Ian Frazier · ss New Yorker Feb 26 ’90
- 486 · Arousal · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Alien Sex, ed. Ellen Datlow, Dutton, 1990
- 491 · The Waiting Wolf · Gwen Strauss · pm Trail of Stones, Knopf, 1990
- 494 · The Beast · Gwen Strauss · pm Trail of Stones, Knopf, 1990
- 496 · Snapshots from the Butterfly Plague · Michael Bishop · ss Omni Dec ’90
- 510 · Two Words [1989] · Isabel Allende; trans. by Margaret Sayers Peden · ss The Stories of Eva Luna, Antheneum, 1991
- 517 · The All-Consuming · Lucius Shepard & Robert Frazier · nv Playboy Jul ’90
- 536 · The Sadness of Detail · Jonathan Carroll · ss Omni Feb ’90
- 545 · Honorable Mentions · Misc. · bi
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The Pulse of Eternity David Daud (The Book Guild 0-86332-631-5, Oct ’91 [Aug ’91], £14.95, 498pp, hc, cover by Trevor Scobie) [Starmaker] Sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Starmaker” series.
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Michael Moorcock: A Reader’s Guide John Davey (John Davey No ISBN, Jul ’91 [Oct ’91], £2.00, 32pp, ph) Guide to Moorcock’s books, including a recommended reading order. Limited to 20 copies. Available from John Davey, 12 Penshurst Avenue, SIDCUP, Kent, DA15 9EY. [Michael Moorcock]
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