The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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The Blood of Nostradamus: The Premonition Andrew Laurance (Diamond 1-55773-511-5, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $3.95, 199pp, pb) [Blood of Nostradamus] Horror novel, first book of a series about Nostradamus’ descendants. First American edition (Star 1979 as Premonitions of an Inherited Mind).

The Blood of Nostradamus: The Unborn Andrew Laurance (Diamond 1-55773-598-0, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $4.50, 236pp, pb) [Blood of Nostradamus] Horror novel, third book of a series about Nostradamus’ descendants. First American edition (Star 1980 as The Embryo).

Catacomb Andrew Laurance (Diamond 1-55773-460-7, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $3.95, 219pp, pb) Horror novel of a man who can see death in the faces of its soon-to-be victims. First American edition (W.H. Allen 1981 as The Hiss).

Blue Limbo Frank Lauria (Avon 0-380-76164-5, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $3.95, 346pp, pb, cover by Alan Chang) [Dr. Owen Orient] Occult thriller about an alliance between the military and a voodoo priest. This is the seventh “Dr. Orient” thriller, after a 10-year hiatus.

In the Hall of the Dragon King Stephen R. Lawhead (Lion 0-85648-859-3, Jan ’91, £3.99, 351pp, pb) [Dragon King] Reissue (Crossway 1982) fantasy novel. Book One in “The Dragon King Saga”.

The Paradise War Stephen R. Lawhead (Lion 0-7459-1850-6, May ’91, £13.99, 416pp, hc, cover by Rodney Matthews) [Song of Albion] Celtic Christian fantasy novel. Book One of the “Song of Albion” trilogy. Available in the U.S. for $19.95.

The Sword and the Flame Stephen R. Lawhead (Lion 0-85648-875-5, Jan ’91, £3.99, 313pp, pb) [Dragon King] Reissue (Crossway 1984) fantasy novel. Book Three in “The Dragon King Saga”.

The Warlords of Nin Stephen R. Lawhead (Lion 0-85648-874-7, Jan ’91, £3.99, 367pp, pb) [Dragon King] Reissue (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel. Book Two in “The Dragon King Saga”.

Andra Louise Lawrence (HarperCollins 0-06-023685-X, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $14.95, 229pp, hc, cover by Anton C. Kimball) Reprint (Collins 1971) young-adult sf novel. A young girl in the far future receives a brain graft from a boy who died in 1987 and begans to see her world through his eyes.

Andra Louise Lawrence (Lions Tracks 0-00-673580-0, Apr ’91 [Aug ’91], £3.50, 268pp, pb) Reprint (Collins 1971) young-adult sf novel.

Extinction Is Forever Louise Lawrence (Red Fox 0-09-985060-5, Dec ’91 [Feb ’92], £2.99, 190pp, pb) Reprint (Bodley Head 1990) young-adult sf novel.

Ever Since Adam Terry Lawrence (Bantam Loveswept 0-553-44187-6, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $2.79, 180pp, pb) Sf romance. A female psychologist is sent to monitor a handsome astronaut alone in an orbital space station.

Steam Jay B. Laws (Alyson 1-55583-184-2, May ’91 [Jun ’91], $9.95, 398pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Gay horror novel of evil festering in an abandoned bathhouse in San Francisco’s South-of-Market area. One of the best Stephen King-style novels. A first novel. Recommended (SW).

The Frighteners Stephen Laws (NEL 0-450-55450-3, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], £4.99, 461pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1990) horror novel.

The Cellar Richard Laymon (Headline 0-7472-3533-3, Jun ’91, £3.99, 254pp, pb) [Beast House Chronicles] Reissue (Warner 1980) horror novel. Volume 1 in the “Beast House” series.

Darkness, Tell Us Richard Laymon (Headline Overseas 0-7472-3665-8, Jul ’91, £4.99, 504pp, pb) Horror novel. This is an “Open Market” edition and is available only in non-English-speaking countries.

Darkness, Tell Us Richard Laymon (Headline 0-7472-7945-4, Nov ’91, £8.99, 312pp, tp) Reprint (Headline Overseas 1991) horror novel about a group of students playing with an Ouija board. Also available in hardcover (-0417-9, £14.95). [First U.K. edition]

One Rainy Night Richard Laymon (Headline 0-7472-7966-7, Mar ’91, £7.99, 308pp, tp) Horror novel about black rain that drives people mad. Also available in hardcover (-0407-1, £14.95).

One Rainy Night Richard Laymon (Headline 0-7472-3549-X, Oct ’91, £4.99, 410pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1991) horror novel.

The Stake Richard Laymon (St. Martin’s 0-312-06016-5, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $19.95, 441pp, hc, cover by Amy Mayone) Horror novel. First American edition (Headline 1990).

The Stake Richard Laymon (Headline 0-7472-3548-1, Jun ’91, £4.99, 506pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1990) horror novel about a horror writer who discovers a corpse with a stake through its heart.

The Woods Are Dark Richard Laymon (Headline 0-7472-3550-3, Mar ’91, £3.50, 247pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1983) horror novel.

Bleeder Gene Lazuta (Diamond 1-55773-474-7, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $4.50, 282pp, pb) Horror novel. A writer’s fictional killer has become real and is on a murder spree.

In a Glass Darkly Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (Alan Sutton 0-86299-379-2, 1990 [Apr ’91], £4.95, 314pp, pb, cover by Francisco Goya) [Martin Hesselius] Reprint (Richard Bentley 1872) classic collection of five occult short stories. Recommended. (PSP) This appeared in 1990 but has only just been seen.

The Beginning Place Ursula K. Le Guin (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100148-1, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $4.50, 246pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Craft) Reprint (Harper & Row 1980) young-adult fantasy novel.

Catwings Return Ursula K. Le Guin (Scholastic 0-590-42832-2, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $2.50, 48pp, pb, cover by S. D. Schindler) [Catwings] Reprint (Orchard 1989) children’s fantasy, illustrated by S.D. Schindler.

The Compass Rose Ursula K. Le Guin (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100181-3, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.50, 368pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Craft) Reprint (Harper & Row 1982) collection of 20 stories.

The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100137-6, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.50, 387pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Craft) [League of All Worlds] Reprint (Harper & Row 1974) utopian sf novel.

The Dispossessed Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz 0-575-01678-7, Apr ’91 [Jun ’91], £14.99, 319pp, hc) [League of All Worlds] Reissue (Harper & Row 1974) classic sf novel.

The Eye of the Heron & The Word for World Is Forest Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz 0-575-05060-8, Jun ’91 [May ’91], £3.99, 301pp, pb) Omnibus of two short novels, The Eye of the Heron and The Word for World is Forest with the introduction from the 1977 Gollancz edition of the latter.

The Farthest Shore Ursula K. Le Guin (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26847-3, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 197pp, pb, cover by Anne Yvonne Gilbert) [Earthsea] Reissue (Atheneum 1972) fantasy novel, third book of the “Earthsea” series; 23rd printing. Winner of the National Book Award.

The Farthest Shore Ursula K. Le Guin (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31683-6, Jun ’91, $16.95, 223pp, hc, cover by Margaret Chodos-Irvine) [Earthsea] Reissue (Atheneum 1972) fantasy novel, third book of the “Earthsea” series; ninth printing. This seems to be an older printing with a new jacket.

The Lathe of Heaven/The Dispossessed/The Wind’s Twelve Quarters Ursula K. Le Guin (BOMC, Jun ’91, $17.95, 848pp, hc, cover by David Shannon) Omnibus of two Le Guin novels, The Lathe of Heaven (Scribner’s 1971) and The Dispossessed (Harper & Row 1974), plus the 17-story collection The Wind’s Twelve Quarters (Harper & Row 1975).

The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin (Orbit 0-7088-8081-9, Aug ’91, £3.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Tim White) Reissue (Ace 1969) sf novel.

Orsinian Tales Ursula K. Le Guin (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100182-1, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.50, 216pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) Reprint (Harper & Row 1976) collection of 11 stories.

Searoad: The Chronicles of Klatsand Ursula K. Le Guin (HarperCollins 0-06-016740-8, Oct ’91, $20.00, 193pp, hc, cover by Steven McLeod) Associational mainstream collection of ten stories set on the coast of Oregon.

Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28873-3, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 252pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1990) fantasy novel, fourth book of the “Earthsea” series. This edition also has short excerpts from the first three books plus various stories and poems from Always Coming Home in an advertisement/appendix.

The Tombs of Atuan Ursula K. Le Guin (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27331-0, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 147pp, pb, cover by Anne Yvonne Gilbert) [Earthsea] Reissue (Atheneum 1971) fantasy novel, second book of the “Earthsea” series; 24th printing.

The Tombs of Atuan Ursula K. Le Guin (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31684-4, Jun ’91, $15.95, 163pp, hc, cover by Margaret Chodos-Irvine) [Earthsea] Reissue (Atheneum 1971) fantasy novel, second book of the “Earthsea” series; eighth printing. This reissue seems to be an older book with a new jacket.

The Tombs of Atuan Ursula K. Le Guin (Roc UK 0-14-015777-8, Dec ’91, £3.99, 155pp, pb) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1971) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume Two of the “Earthsea” series.

The Wind’s Twelve Quarters Ursula K. Le Guin (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100162-7, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.50, 382pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) Reprint (Harper & Row 1975) collection of 17 stories.

A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26250-5, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 183pp, pb, cover by Anne Yvonne Gilbert) [Earthsea] Reissue (Parnassus Press 1968) fantasy novel, first book of the “Earthsea” series; 27th printing. One of the finest fantasy series ever written. Highly recommended (CNB).

A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31720-4, Jun ’91, $15.95, 197pp, hc, cover by Margaret Chodos-Irvine) [Earthsea] Reprint (Parnassus Press 1968) fantasy novel, first book of the “Earthsea” series.

A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin (Roc UK 0-14-015776-X, Nov ’91, £3.99, 203pp, pb) [Earthsea] Reprint (Parnassus Press 1968) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume One of the “Earthsea” series.

Coven Edward Lee (Diamond 1-55773-422-4, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $3.95, 292pp, pb) Horror novel of monstrous flesh-eating witches attacking a small town.

Incubi Edward Lee (Diamond 1-55773-549-2, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.50, 280pp, pb) Horror novel of a detective’s search for a monstrous incubus.

The Unicorn Solution John Lee (Tor 0-812-50346-5, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $3.95, 372pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Unicorn Saga] Fantasy novel, third book of the “Unicorn Quest” series.

Black Unicorn Tanith Lee (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31575-9, Oct ’91, $14.95, 138pp, hc, cover by Heather Cooper) [Black Unicorn] Young-adult fantasy novel of a young girl’s relationship with a unicorn, illustrated by Heather Cooper. A “Dragonflight” book packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

The Blood of Roses Tanith Lee (Legend 0-09-967860-8, May ’91, £5.99, 678pp, pb, cover by Jeff Willis) Reprint (Legend 1990) epic horror novel about vampires.

The Book of the Beast Tanith Lee (Overlook 0-87951-417-5, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $19.95, 196pp, hc, cover by Wayne Douglas Barlowe) [Secret Books of Paradys] Fantasy horror novel about a shapeshifter who descends through a family genetically, second book of “The Secret Books of Paradys.” First American edition (Unwin 1988).

The Book of the Dead Tanith Lee (Overlook 0-87951-440-X, Dec ’91, $19.95, 215pp, hc, cover by Wayne Douglas Barlowe) [Secret Books of Paradys] Collection of eight dark fantasy stories, third book in the “Secret Books of Paradys” series.

Into Gold Tanith Lee (Pulphouse 0-56146-532-1, Nov ’91, $1.95, 47pp, pb, cover by David & Elissa Martin) Fantasy short story originally appeared in IASFM 3/86 and in the collection Women As Demons. Short story paperback #32.

The Secret Books of Paradys I & II Tanith Lee (SFBC #18348, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $9.98, 401pp, hc, cover by Dawn Wilson) [Secret Books of Paradys] Fantasy omnibus of the collection The Book of the Damned (Unwin 1988) and the novel The Book of the Beast (Unwin 1988).

Fire on the Cloud Robert Leeson (Mammoth 0-7497-0841-7, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], £2.50, 159pp, pb, cover by Bob Harvey) [Zarnia Experiment] Young-adult sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Cloud Valley” series.

Landing in Cloud Valley Robert Leeson (Mammoth 0-7497-0840-9, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], £2.50, 144pp, pb, cover by Bob Harvey) [Zarnia Experiment] Young-adult sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Cloud Valley” series.

The Big Time Fritz Leiber (Macmillan Collier 0-02-069841-0, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.95, 168pp, pb, cover by Paul Lehr) [Change War] Reprint (Ace 1961) sf novel in the “Change War” series. A shorter version won the Hugo in 1958. This edition reprints the 1982 introduction.

Conjure Wife/Our Lady of Darkness Fritz Leiber (Tor 0-812-51296-0, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Wayne Douglas Barlowe) Omnibus of two classic dark fantasy novels, Conjure Wife (Twayne 1953) and Our Lady of Darkness (Berkley 1977). Two of Leiber’s best works. Highly recommended (SW).

The Ghost Light Fritz Leiber (Ace 0-441-28602-X, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.99, 367pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1984) collection of nine stories and a long autobiographical essay; illustrations by various artists.

The Knight and Knave of Swords Fritz Leiber (Grafton 0-586-20849-6, Apr ’91, £3.99, 361pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reprint (Morrow 1988) fantasy collection. Book Seven in the “Swords” series.

Alien Tongue Stephen Leigh (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28875-X, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.99, 327pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Sf novel of first contact, second book of “The Next Wave”, a series of unrelated hard sf novels, with an introduction by Isaac Asimov and an essay by Rudy Rucker. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

Black Sun Robert Leininger (Avon 0-380-76012-6, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.50, 309pp, pb) Sf disaster thriller about mankind’s reaction to an impending solar disruption that will lead to its extinction.

The Cyberiad Stanislaw Lem (Easton Press, Mar ’91, no price, 295pp, hc) Reprint (Seabury/Continuum 1974) collection, with artwork by Daniel Mroz and an introduction by George Zebrowski. Translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel. This leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.

Eden Stanislaw Lem (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-627806-5, Oct ’91, $10.95, 262pp, tp, cover by John Alfred Dorn, III) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1989) sf novel about the crew of a ship that crash lands on an alien world. Translated from the Polish (Iskry 1959) by Marc E. Heine.

The Futurological Congress Stanislaw Lem (Mandarin 0-7493-0529-0, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], £4.99, 149pp, tp, cover by Luis Rey) Reprint (Continuum 1974) sf novel, translated by Michael Kandel from the Polish Ze Wspomnien Ijona Tichego: Kongres Futurologiczny (Krakow 1971).

Hospital of the Transfiguration Stanislaw Lem (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-642176-3, Apr ’91, $9.95, 207pp, tp, cover by John Alfred Dorn, III) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1988) associational novel set in Nazi-occupied Poland. Originally published as Szpital Przemienienia in 1982 and translated from the Polish by William Brand.

Imaginary Magnitude Stanislaw Lem (Mandarin 0-7493-0528-2, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], £4.99, 122pp, tp, cover by Luis Rey) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1984) collection of prefaces to non-existent books written in the future. Translated by Marc E. Heine from the Polish Wielkosc Urojona (Warsaw 1973) plus two other pieces that first appeared in Golem XIV (Kracow 1981).

Memoirs of a Space Traveller Stanislaw Lem (Mandarin 0-7493-0527-4, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], £4.99, 153pp, tp, cover by Luis Rey) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1982) sf collection. Translated by Joel Stern and Maria Swiecicka-Ziemianek from the Polish Dzienniki Gwiazdowe (Czytelnik, Warsaw, 1971).

Microworlds Stanislaw Lem (Mandarin 0-7493-0557-6, Mar ’91, £5.99, 285pp, tp, cover by Luis Rey) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1985) collection of ten critical essays.

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