The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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Somewhere East of Life Brian Aldiss (Flamingo 0-00-654763-X, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], £5.99, 392pp, tp, cover by Gary Embury) [Squire] Reprint (Flamingo 1994) SF novel; fourth in the ‘Squire’ quartet.

The Detached Retina Brian W. Aldiss (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-299-7, May ’95, £11.75, 224pp, tp, cover by Peder Balke) Collection of 23 essays, some revised from the earlier non-fiction collections The Pale Shadow of Science (1985) and ...And the Lurid Glare of the Comet (1986). A hardback edition (289-X, £25.00) was announced, but not seen.

Star Trek Creator: The Authorised Biography of Gene Roddenberry David Alexander (Boxtree 0-7522-0792-X, Nov ’95, £12.99, 599pp, tp) [Star Trek] Reprint (Penguin/Roc 1994) non-fiction. The authorised, but still revealing biography of Gene Roddenberry.

The Black Cauldron Lloyd Alexander (Mammoth 0-7497-1773-4, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], £3.50, 182pp, pb) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1965) young-adult fantasy novel. Second of the five-part “Prydain” series.

The Book of Three Lloyd Alexander (Mammoth 0-7497-1775-0, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], £3.50, 188pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1964) young-adult fantasy novel. First of the five-part “Prydain” series.

The Castle of Llyr Lloyd Alexander (Mammoth 0-7497-1774-2, Nov ’95, £3.50, 172pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1966) young-adult fantasy novel. Third in “The Chronicles of Prydain” quintet.

The High King Lloyd Alexander (Mammoth 0-7497-1786-6, Dec ’95, £3.50, 223pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1968) young-adult fantasy novel. Last in “The Chronicles of Prydain” quintet.

Taran Wanderer Lloyd Alexander (Mammoth 0-7497-1785-8, Dec ’95, £3.50, 187pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1967) young-adult fantasy novel. Fourth in “The Chronicles of Prydain” quintet.

Isaac Asimov’s Inferno Roger MacBride Allen (Millennium 1-85798-403-X, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], £4.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot] Reprint (Millennium 1994) SF novel; second of an Asimov-inspired “Robot” series.

Star Wars: Ambush at Corellia Roger MacBride Allen (Bantam UK 0-553-40881-X, Mar ’95 [Jan ’95], £4.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars: Corellian Trilogy] Star Wars novelisation. Book one of the “Corellian” trilogy. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.

Star Wars: Assault at Selonia Roger MacBride Allen (Bantam UK 0-553-40882-8, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], £4.99, 289pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars: Corellian Trilogy] Star Wars novelisation, book two of the Corellian Trilogy. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm Ltd. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.

Star Wars: Showdown at Centrepoint Roger MacBride Allen (Bantam UK 0-553-40883-6, Oct ’95, £4.99, 301pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars: Corellian Trilogy] Star Wars novelisation: Book Three of the “Corellian” Trilogy. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.

Captains’ Logs: Supplemental II: The Next Generation 7th Season Guidebook Mark A. Altman & Edward Gross (Boxtree 0-7522-0938-8, Apr ’95, £9.99, 128pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Reprint (Image Publishing 1995) illustrated reference work on the last season of Star Trek, The Next Generation. [First U.K. edition]

The Man Who Turned Into Himself David Ambrose (Pan 0-330-32674-0, Feb ’95, £4.99, 231pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1993) literary SF novel. Rick Hamilton wakes after an accident to find himself in a parallel world where he is known, but barely liked.

Mother of God David Ambrose (Macmillan UK 0-333-63773-9, Aug ’95, £9.99, 344pp, hc) SF novel. A brilliant young woman, who has secretly created the first viable artificial intelligence programme, is unaware she is being stalked via the Internet by a serial killer.

Star Wars: Darksaber Kevin J. Anderson (Bantam UK 0-593-03767-7, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], £10.99, 399pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Star Wars novelisation. Luke Sykwalker and Han Solo return to Tatooine, hoping to contact the spirit of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam) edition.

The X-Files: Ground Zero Kevin J. Anderson (HarperCollins Voyager 0-00-225448-4, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], £9.99, 290pp, hc, cover by Rick Lieder & Michael Greco) [X-Files] SF novelisation. Simultaneous with the US (HarperPrism) edition.

Star Wars: Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina ed. Kevin J. Anderson (Bantam UK 0-553-40971-9, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], £4.99, 404pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Star Wars] Original anthology of 16 Star Wars stories, plus biographies of the authors and excerpts from other novels. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam) edition.

Operation Chaos Poul Anderson (Severn House 0-7278-4763-5, Jun ’95 [Jul ’95], £15.99, 282pp, hc, cover by Ian Daniels) [Steven Matuchek; Ginny Greylock] Reprint (Doubleday 1971) mosaic novel set on an alternate Earth where magic works. The hero is a werewolf, the heroine is a witch, and ‘going to Hell’ can be a career move. Includes a new introduction by Anderson. [First U.K. edition]

Implant Colin Andrews (Headline 0-7472-0881-6, Apr ’95, £16.99, 375pp, hc, cover by Trevor Scobie) Associational medical thriller by ‘F. Paul Wilson writing as Colin Andrews’.

Implant Colin Andrews (Headline 0-7472-4253-4, Oct ’95 [Nov ’95], £5.99, 506pp, pb, cover by Trevor Scobie) Reprint (Headline 1995) associational medical thriller. As by ‘F. Paul Wilson writing as Colin Andrews’. The Export edition (same details) was available Sept 1995.

Darkest Hour The New Virginia AndrewsR (Pocket UK 0-671-85217-5, Jan ’95, £4.99, 394pp, pb, cover by Royo) [Cutler Family] Reprint (Pocket 1993) associational novel. Fifth in the gothic horror “Cutler Family” series. The author is probably still Andrew Neiderman.

Pearl in the Mist The New Virginia AndrewsR (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71906-8, Jul ’95, £9.99, 374pp, tp, cover by Royo) [Landry] Reprint (Pocket 1994) associational gothic novel, second in the ‘Landry’ series, after Ruby. The author is probably still Andrew Neiderman.

All That Glitters The New Virginia Andrews™ (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71939-4, Aug ’95 [Sep ’95], £15.99, 344pp, hc) [Landry] Associational gothic horror novel with slight psychic elements; third in the “Landry” series after Ruby and Pearl in the Mist. The author is probably still Andrew Neiderman.

Ruby The New Virginia Andrews™ (Pocket UK 0-671-85216-7, Aug ’95 [Sep ’95], £4.99, 428pp, pb) [Landry] Reprint (Pocket 1991) associational gothic novel, first in a new “Landry” series. The author is probably still Andrew Neiderman.

The Secret Life of Laszlo, Count Dracula Roderick Anscombe (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-2198-0, Jun ’95, £4.99, 474pp, pb, cover by Salvador Dali) [Dracula] Reprint (Hyperion 1994) associational novel, reinterpreting Dracula as a serial killer whose victims die in bloody agony.

Brother Termite Patricia Anthony (NEL 0-340-61843-4, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], £5.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1993) satirical SF novel of aliens in charge of the White House in a collapsing America. [First U.K. edition]

Cold Allies Patricia Anthony (NEL 0-340-61842-6, Apr ’95, £4.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1993) SF novel of a near-future war interrupted by aliens. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]

Happy Policeman Patricia Anthony (NEL 0-340-64007-3, Oct ’95, £5.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1994) SF novel. The police chief of a small Texas town cut off from the rest of the world by alien forces must solve a murder. [First U.K. edition]

Geis of the Gargoyle Piers Anthony (NEL 0-340-62296-2, Sep ’95, £5.99, 390pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Xanth] Reprint (NEL 1994) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 18 in the “Xanth” series.

Night Mare Piers Anthony (Severn House 0-7278-4775-9, Apr ’95, £15.99, 307pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) [Xanth] Reprint (Del Rey 1983) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 6 in the “Xanth” series.

Roc and a Hard Place Piers Anthony (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-65422-8, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], £16.99, 280pp, hc) [Xanth] Reprint (Tor 1995) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 19 in the “Xanth” series. [First U.K. edition]

The First Church of the New Millennium Bryan Appleyard (Bantam UK 0-553-40729-5, Mar ’95, £6.99, 317pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1994) literary SF novel.

Predator: Concrete Jungle Nathan Archer (Millennium 1-85798-247-9, May ’95, £4.99, 306pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Predator] SF novelisation based on the Dark Horse Graphics novel. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition. Archer is a pen-name for Lawrence Watt-Evans.

Walter and the Resurrection of G. T. J. Armstrong (Headline 0-7472-1419-0, Apr ’95 [May ’95], £16.99, 442pp, hc, cover by Peter Goodfellow) Literary novel with fantasy elements told through the autobiographical manuscript of a 12th century singer and the elliptical biography of an Oxford don working on the manuscript. Both are heavily involved with a mysterious Brotherhood that survives through the centuries.

Moths to a Flame Sarah Ash (Millennium 1-85798-292-4, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], £8.99, 296pp, tp, cover by Felix Mas) Fantasy novel. A corrupt dynasty rules Myn-Dhiel with a complex web of power relationships, until twin slaves Lai and Laili begin the destruction of the dynasty. A first novel. A hardcover edition (-272-X, £15.99) is also available.

The Giant Book of Myths and Legends ed. Mike Ashley (Parragon 1-75251-010-X, Oct ’95, £2.99, 564pp, tp, cover by Alan Baker) Anthology of 51 stories from myth and legend, some retold by classic authors like Nathaniel Hawthorne and William Morris, others newly adapted by modern authors like Peter Tremayne and Jessica Amanda Salmonson. This is an “Instant Remainder” edition.

The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley (Raven 1-85487-332-6, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], £5.99, xviii+446pp, tp, cover by Julek Heller) Anthology of 22 short stories and novel excerpts — nine original — about Merlin, Arthur, and their world.

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