The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998


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Sweet Myth-tery of Life Robert Asprin (Donning Starblaze 0-89865-858-6, Feb ’94 [Mar ’94], $8.95, 173pp, tp, cover by Phil Foglio) [Myth] Humorous fantasy novel, tenth book of the “Myth” series, with illustrations by Phil Foglio. A signed limited edition (-859-4) was announced but not seen. Available from The Donning Co., 184 Business Park Dr., Suite 106, Virginia Beach VA 23462.


Aunt Dimity and the Duke Nancy Atherton (Viking 0-670-84964-2, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $19.95, 290pp, hc, cover by Jerry LoFaro) [Aunt Dimity] Mystery/ghost romance novel. Aunt Dimity’s ghost helps a duke straighten out his garden and track down a magic artifact. The book ends with a recipe for strawberry tarts.


Solis A. A. Attanasio (HarperCollins 0-06-017787-X, May ’94, $23.00, 203pp, hc, cover by Mick Van Houten) SF novel of a 20th-century man who awakes a millenium in the future as a bodiless brain preserved through cryogenics. Simultaneous with the UK edition from Hodder & Stoughton.


Solis A. A. Attanasio (Easton Press, Jul ’94, no price, 203pp, hc) Sf novel of a 20th-century man who awakes a millennium in the future as a bodiless brain preserved through cryogenics. Published “simultaneously” with the HarperCollins edition listed two months ago. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.


Good Bones and Small Murders Margaret Atwood (Doubleday/Nan A. Talese 0-385-47110-6, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $20.00, 164pp, hc, cover by Amy C. King) Collection of 35 short pieces, mostly fiction and many SF or fantasy. Most of the pieces were previously published in two small-press collections in Canada.


Scream #9: The Gift Michael August (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4544-1, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $3.50, 202pp, pb) [Scream] Young-adult horror novel, ninth book of a loosely-connected series, only some of which have fantasy elements. Veronica’s dollhouse possesses evil powers. Copyrighted by Sidney Williams.


Mr. Vertigo Paul Auster (Viking 0-670-85209-0, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $21.95, 293pp, hc, cover by Art Spiegelman) Picaresque literary fantasy novel about a boy’s apprenticeship in the art of levitation. First American edition (Faber & Faber 1994).


Deathlands: Cold Asylum [by Laurence James] James Axler (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62520-0, Apr ’94, $4.99, 346pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust sf novel, 20th book in the ongoing series. Copyrighted by the publisher.


Deathlands: Deep Empire [by Laurence James] James Axler (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62519-7, Jan ’94, $4.99, 349pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel, 19th book in the ongoing series.


Deathlands: Rider, Reaper [by Laurence James] James Axler (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62522-7, Aug ’94, $4.99, 349pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 22nd book in the ongoing series. Copyrighted by the publisher.


Deathlands: Trader Redux [by Laurence James] James Axler (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-625424-3, Dec ’94, $4.99, 349pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF novel, #24 in the series. Copyrighted by the publisher.


Deathlands: Twilight Children [by Laurence James] James Axler (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62521-9, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.99, 347pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF novel. Book #21 in the ongoing series. Copyrighted by the publisher.


Earth Blood: Aurora Quest [by Laurence James] James Axler (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63809-4, Jul ’94 [Aug ’94], $4.99, 346pp, pb) [Earth Blood] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, third book of the “Earth Blood” series. Copyrighted by Laurence James.


Earth Blood: Days Trek [by Laurence James] James Axler (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63808-6, Mar ’94 [Apr ’94], $4.99, 347pp, pb) [Earth Blood] Post-catastrophe sf adventure, second book of a series. Copyrighted by Laurence James.


The Vanishment Jonathan Aycliffe (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-100658-0, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.50, 227pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) Ghost novel about a couple with marital troubles who are destroyed by the old house in Cornwall they come to for a holiday. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1993).


Flames of the Dragon Robin Wayne Bailey (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45289-5, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $4.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo) Fantasy novel of two martial arts warrior brothers battling the powers of darkness, second of a series. With interior illustrations by Louis Harrison. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.


Clipjoint Wilhelmina Baird (Ace 0-441-00090-8, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $4.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Crashcourse] Cyberpunk SF novel, sequel to Crashcourse.


Young Blood Mike Baker (Zebra 0-8217-4498-4, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $4.50, 349pp, pb) Anthology of 29 horror stories, 24 original, all written by writers who were (at the time) no more than 30 years old.


The Fermata Nicholson Baker (Random House 0-679-41586-6, Mar ’94, $21.00, 303pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a man who stops time in order to remove women’s clothes. First American edition (Chatto & Windus 1994).


The Fermata Nicholson Baker (BOMC/QPBC, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $13.95, 303pp, tp) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1994) fantasy novel about a man who stops time to remove women’s clothes. This edition is similar to the Random House hardcover edition, except it lacks a price and has a QPBC mark on the back.


Shadow Hunter Will Baker (Pocket Star 0-671-79045-5, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $5.50, 434pp, pb, cover by Kam Mak) [Shadow Hunter] Reprint (Viking UK 1993) dystopian sf novel set in a world where the southern hemisphere has been devastated by nuclear war.


The Siege Bill Baldwin (Warner Questar 0-446-36503-3, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $5.50, 314pp, pb, cover by John Berkey) [Helmsman] Sf adventure novel, sixth book of the “Helmsman” series.


No Earthly Sunne Margaret Ball (Baen 0-671-87633-3, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Newell Convers) Fantasy novel. Computer programmer is drawn by music into an Elizabethan spell.


The Secret Oceans Betty Ballantine (Bantam 0-553-09660-5, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $29.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Jeffrey Mangiat) Art book, the story of humans captured for study by intelligent whales, illustrated in full-color by 12 different artists.


Concrete Island J. G. Ballard (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Noonday 0-374-52413-0, Apr ’94, $12.00, 176pp, tp) [Crash] Reprint (Cape 1974) associational mainstream novel.


Crash J. G. Ballard (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Noonday 0-374-52412-2, Apr ’94, $12.00, 224pp, tp) [Crash] Reprint (Cape 1973) associational mainstream novel.


Complicity Iain Banks (Doubleday 0-385-47540-3, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $22.50, 299pp, hc, cover by Iroya Kaji) Associational thriller. The author writes SF as Iain M. Banks. First American edition (Little, Brown UK 1993).


The Mystery of the Cupboard Lynne Reid Banks (Avon Camelot 0-380-72013-2, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $3.99, 246pp, tp, cover by Tom Newsom) [Indian in the Cupboard] Reprint (Morrow 1993) young-adult fantasy novel, fourth book of the “Indian in the Cupboard” series.


Kubla Khan Nick Bantock (Viking 0-670-85242-2, Nov ’94, $12.95, 12pp, hc, cover by Nick Bantock) Pop-up book version of the classic poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.


Cabal Clive Barker (Pocket 0-671-74288-4, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $5.99, 406pp, pb) Reissue (Poseidon 1988) collection containing a short horror novel plus four stories; sixth printing.


Everville Clive Barker (HarperCollins 0-06-017716-0, Oct ’94, $25.00, 697pp, hc, cover by Kirk Reinert) [The Art] Dark fantasy epic, sequel to The Great and Secret Show. The strange horrors of the Quiddity lurk just outside a small town in Oregon. First American Edition (HarperCollins UK 1994).


Everville Clive Barker (BOMC, Nov ’94, $19.95, 697pp, hc, cover by Kirk Reinert) [The Art] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1994) dark fantasy novel. This is identical to the HarperCollins US edition, except it lacks an ISBN and price, and has a BOMC mark on the back.


In the Flesh Clive Barker (Pocket 0-671-74387-2, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $5.50, 255pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) Reissue (Sphere 1985 as Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. V) collection of horror stories; seventh printing.


Clive Barker Illustrator II: The Art of Clive Barker Clive Barker & Fred Burke (Eclipse Books 1-56060-199-X, Jan ’94, $19.95, 125pp, tp, cover by Clive Barker) Art book, with both full-color and black-&-white art, with text by Burke. A hardcover edition (-198-1, $39.95) was announced but not seen.


"The Hoard of the Wizard Beast" and One Other Robert H. Barlow & H. P. Lovecraft (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-67-4, Nov ’94, $3.95, 29pp, ph) Chapbook collection of two stories written by Robert H. Barlow and considerably revised by H.P. Lovecraft, “The Hoard of the Beast” and the short-short story, “The Slaying of the Monster”. The stories themselves are minor, but the collection includes a detailed introduction by S.T. Joshi, and fascinating facsimile reproductions of the original manuscripts showing Lovecraft’s actual editing. Order from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893; 401-828-7161.


Mother of Storms John Barnes (Tor 0-312-85560-5, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $22.95, 432pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) SF near-future novel set in 2028 about the worldwide effects of superpowerful storms. Highly recommended. (CNB)


Streetlethal Steven Barnes (Tor 0-812-51034-8, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $4.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Martin Andrews) [Aubry Knight] Reissue (Ace 1983) near-future SF novel. Second printing.


Spring Break Nick Baron (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4542-5, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $3.50, 223pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel about a Spring Break trip that turns into a nightmare when the kids are trapped on an island by vengeful spirits. Copyrighted by Scott Ciencin.


The Ancient One T. A. Barron (Tor 0-812-53654-1, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Reprint (Philomel 1992) young-adult time-travel fantasy of a young girl caught up in a struggle to save a grove of redwood trees who is thrown back in time 500 years.


The Merlin Effect T. A. Barron (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-22689-3, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $17.95, 254pp, hc, cover by Mike Wimmer) Young-adult Arthurian fantasy about a modern girl who must rescue her father from danger on a sunken treasure ship.


Bloodlust #1: Irresistible Michael Bates (Bantam 0-553-56691-1, Nov ’94 [Sep ’94], $3.99, 184pp, pb, cover by Edwin Herder) [Bloodlust] Young-adult horror novel about a perfume that causes people to kill. First book of a new series packaged and copyrighted by Twelfth House Productions.


Strands of Sunlight Gael Baudino (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45408-1, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $4.99, 399pp, pb) [Natil] Fantasy novel about the last living elf in the world, third book of the “Natil” series.


Little Wizard Stories of Oz L. Frank Baum (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-12126-8, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $20.00, 169pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1914) collection of six Oz stories, with the original illustrations by John R. Neill, and a new afterword by Peter Glassman.


The Road to Oz L. Frank Baum (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-035121-3, Aug ’93 [Feb ’94], $2.99, 158pp, tp, cover by David McKee) [Oz] Reissue (Reilly & Britton 1909) children’s fantasy in the classic “Oz” series; third printing. This is a 1993 book, and a worldwide edition, not seen until now.


The Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum (Shambhala/Barefoot Books 1-56957-911-3, Feb ’94 [Aug ’94], $6.00, 262pp, hc, cover by W. W. Denslow) [Oz] Reprint (Hill 1900 as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) classic children’s fantasy novel, with a preface by Jonathan Cott and the original illustrations by W.W. Denslow. This is a miniature (8x12 cm.) book.


The Wizard of Oz Waddle Book L. Frank Baum (Applewood Books 1-55709-205-2, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $24.95, 208pp, hc, cover by W. W. Denslow) [Oz] Reprint (Hill 1900 as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) classic children’s fantasy novel, with the original illustrations by W.W. Denslow. This is a facsimile of a 1934 edition that comes with an envelope containing a punch-out yellow brick road and six waddle characters, with facsimiles of the original instructions. A 500-copy limited edition (-203-6, $85.00) was announced but not seen. Available from Applewood Books, 18 North Road, Bedford MA 01730.


Anti-Ice Stephen Baxter (HarperPrism 0-06-105421-6, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $5.50, 289pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Ice (alternate history)] Pseudo-Victorian SF novel in which the British Empire controls the only natural source of anti-matter. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1993).


The Innkeeper’s Song Peter S. Beagle (SFBC #02305, Feb ’94, $9.98, 346pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [world of The Inkeeper’s Song] Reprint (Roc 1993) fantasy novel. Similar to the Roc edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


The Innkeeper’s Song Peter S. Beagle (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45414-6, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $9.95, 346pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [world of The Inkeeper’s Song] Reprint (Roc 1993) Locus Award-winning fantasy novel.


Eternity Greg Bear (Warner Aspect 0-446-60188-8, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $5.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Eon] Reissue (Warner 1988) SF novel, sequel to Eon. Ninth printing.


Moving Mars Greg Bear (Tor 0-812-52480-2, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $5.99, 500pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe) [Queen of Angels] Reprint (Tor 1993) SF novel about Mars. A loose sequel, mostly thematic, to both Queen of Angels and Heads. A Hugo nominee.


Queen of Angels Greg Bear (Warner Aspect 0-446-36130-5, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $5.99, 419pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Queen of Angels] Reissue (Warner 1990) near-future SF novel. Seventh printing.


Songs of Earth and Power Greg Bear (Tor 0-312-85669-5, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $24.95, 537pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Infinity Concerto] Omnibus of two fantasy novels, The Infinity Concerto and its sequel The Serpent Mage, slightly rewritten and polished for this combined edition. There is also an afterword. First American edition (Legend 1992).


Bloodletter Warren Newton Beath (Tor 0-312-85731-4, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $21.95, 288pp, hc, cover by Joe DeVito) Horror novel about a writer who thinks his vampire creation is real and stalking him — and may be right.


Painted Devil Michael Bédard (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31827-8, Apr ’94 [May ’94], $15.95, 226pp, hc, cover by Stephen Marchesi) Young-adult dark fantasy novel. Alice discovers deadly connections between some sinister puppets and a tragic puppet show that took place 20 years before.


The Jaguar Princess Clare Bell (Tor 0-812-51516-1, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $4.99, 443pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) Reprint (Tor 1993) historical fantasy novel set in ancient Mexico.


Washed by a Wave of Wind ed. M. Shayne Bell (Signature Books 1-56085-038-8, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $18.95, 378pp, tp) Anthology of 20 fantasy and sf stories by writers from the “Corridor” (the area of original Mormon settlement around Utah), 17 apparently original. Available from Signature Books, 564 West 400 North, Salt Lake City UT 84116-3411.


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