The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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Doctor Who: Warlock Andrew Cartmel (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20433-6, Jan ’95, £4.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Tony Masero) [Doctor Who] Novelisation based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.

Deepwater Angels Ken Catran (Hodder 0-340-62674-7, May ’95 [Jun ’95], £2.99, 133pp, pb) [Deepwater] Reprint (HarperCollins New Zealand 1994) young-adult SF novel. Volume 3 in the “Deepwater” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

Deepwater Black Ken Catran (Hodder 0-340-62672-0, May ’95, £2.99, 185pp, pb) [Deepwater] Reprint (HarperCollins New Zealand 1992) young-adult SF novel. Volume 1 in the “Deepwater” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

Deepwater Landing Ken Catran (Hodder 0-340-62673-9, May ’95, £2.99, 183pp, pb) [Deepwater] Reprint (HarperCollins New Zealand 1993) young-adult SF novel. Volume 2 in the “Deepwater” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

Doomfire on Venus Ken Catran (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-63484-7, Oct ’95, £3.50, 197pp, pb) [Solar Colonies] Reprint (HarperCollins New Zealand 1993) young-adult SF novel, first in the “Solar Colonies” series. [First U.K. edition]

The Ghosts of Triton Ken Catran (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-63485-5, Oct ’95, £3.50, 180pp, pb) [Solar Colonies] Reprint (HarperCollins New Zealand 1994) young-adult SF novel, second in the “Solar Colonies” series. [First U.K. edition]

Shadow of Phobos Ken Catran (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-63486-3, Oct ’95, £3.50, 164pp, pb) [Solar Colonies] Reprint (HarperCollins New Zealand 1994) young-adult SF novel, third in the “Solar Colonies” series. [First U.K. edition]

The Monsters in the Mind Frank Cawson (The Book Guild 1-85776-012-3, Jun ’95, £15.00, 174pp, hc, cover by Trevor Scobie) Non-fiction study of The Monster through history, using texts as diverse as Greek myth, Jane Austen, de Sade, and Thomas Harris, to demonstrate convincingly how the face of evil has been shaped by social attitudes and psychological needs.

The Furies Suzy McKee Charnas (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4422-X, Apr ’95, £6.99, 383pp, tp, cover by Bobbie Russon) [Holdfast Chronicles] Reprint (Tor 1994) feminist SF novel of slave rebellion, sequel to Walk to the End of the World and Motherlines. The Free Fems successfully attack the male-dominated Holdfasts, slaughtering most of the men, but retaining some as captives. The ambiguous future waits: justice and equality — or simply reverse sexism? [First U.K. edition]

The Vampire Tapestry Suzy McKee Charnas (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4283-9, Apr ’95, £6.99, 285pp, tp, cover by Bobbie Russon) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1980) horror novel.

Walk to the End of the World and Motherlines Suzy McKee Charnas (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4154-9, Apr ’95, £7.99, vi+436pp, tp, cover by Bobbie Russon) [Holdfast Chronicles] Reissue (The Women’s Press 1989) SF omnibus.

Foreigner C. J. Cherryh (Legend 0-09-944401-1, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], £5.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Foreigner] Reprint (DAW 1994) SF novel of stranded human colonists forced to interact with aliens.

Fortress in the Eye of Time C. J. Cherryh (HarperCollins Voyager 0-00-648220-1, Dec ’95, £5.99, 773pp, pb, cover by Peter Goodfellow) [Fortress] Reprint (HarperPrism 1995) Fantasy novel. The world’s last great wizard summons a young boy into existence, but dies before he can reveal who the boy is, or will be. [First U.K. edition]

Invader C. J. Cherryh (Legend 0-09-944411-9, Jul ’95, £15.99, 426pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Foreigner] Reprint (DAW 1995) SF novel; sequel to Foreigner. [First U.K. edition]

Rider at the Gate C. J. Cherryh (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-63827-3, Sep ’95, £16.99, 370pp, hc) [Rider at the Gate] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1995) SF novel. Human colonists live in uneasy isolation on a world where most creatures are telepathic. [First U.K. edition]

Tripoint C. J. Cherryh (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-63829-X, Jun ’95, £16.99, 377pp, hc, cover by Rolf Mohr) [Alliance-Union] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1994) SF novel, set in the “Merchanter” universe. A family vendetta between two Merchanter ships. [First U.K. edition]

Tripoint C. J. Cherryh (NEL 0-340-63830-3, Dec ’95, £5.99, 377pp, pb, cover by Rolf Mohr) [Alliance-Union] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1994) SF novel set in the “Merchanter” universe.

The Man Who Was Thursday G. K. Chesterton (Wordsworth 1-85326-236-6, Feb ’95 [Mar ’95], £1.00, 145pp, pb, cover by Jean Beraud) Reprint (Arrowsmith 1908) literary fantasy: a thrift paperback edition.

Shudders and Shivers R. Chetwynd-Hayes (Robert Hale 0-7090-5607-9, Apr ’95, £16.99, 192pp, hc, cover by Barbara Walton) Collection of original horror stories, each one connected to the others by a common theme or character.

Mink! Peter Chippindale (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71916-5, Sep ’95, £9.99, 565pp, hc) Animal fantasy novel. A first novel.

The Return of Merlin Deepak Chopra (Century 0-71-267606-6, Jul ’95, £15.99, 422pp, hc, cover by Frank Holmes) Fantasy novel; the Arthurian conflict moves forward to our own time. In an original twist, Chopra suggests that Camelot was never destroyed, only, like Arthur, it went away from our world until it was needed again. A first novel. Simultaneous with the US (Harmony) edition.

Empty World John Christopher (Puffin 0-14-037388-8, Jun ’95 [Aug ’95], £4.25, 134pp, pb, cover by Dave Holmes) Reprint (Gollancz 1977) young-adult SF novel.

Blood Crazy Simon Clark (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-62574-0, Jun ’95 [May ’95], £16.99, 343pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Horror novel. The adults of the world begin to kill all the children.

Blood Crazy Simon Clark (NEL 0-340-62575-9, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], £5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) horror novel.

Nailed by the Heart Simon Clark (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-62572-4, Mar ’95 [Apr ’95], £16.99, 294pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Horror novel. A coastal village, once the sacred place for an old religion, holds a sleeping power that animates a sunken ship that was carrying mercenary killers. A first novel.

Nailed by the Heart Simon Clark (NEL 0-340-62573-2, Jun ’95 [May ’95], £5.99, 360pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) horror novel. A couple and their son move to a coastal village, not knowing it was once the sacred site of the old religion, or that its power has animated the dead: killers drowned aboard a sunken ship.

A Fall of Moondust Arthur C. Clarke (Gollancz 0-575-06003-4, Jul ’95, £5.99, 224pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Reprint (Harcourt, Brace & World 1961) SF novel. This includes Clarke’s 1987 Preface.

The Hammer of God Arthur C. Clarke (Orbit 1-85723-194-5, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], £4.99, 264pp, pb, cover by John Avon) Reprint (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra 1993) SF novel set in the 22nd century about an attempt to stop an asteroid from striking the Earth.

Tales of Ten Worlds Arthur C. Clarke (Gollancz 0-575-06124-3, Aug ’95 [Sep ’95], £4.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Tony Roberts) Reprint (Harcourt, Brace & World 1962) SF collection of 15 stories.

Alice’s Masque Lindsay Clarke (Picador 0-330-32459-4, Jan ’95, £5.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Paul Redgrave) Reprint (Cape 1994) literary novel with strong fantasy elements.

Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia John Clute (Dorling Kindersley 0-7513-0202-3, Oct ’95 [Nov ’95], £25.00, 312pp, hc) SF reference work. Heavily illustrated guide to SF from its earliest incarnations until the present day, split into sections including the history, influences, major authors, classic titles, graphic works, movies and TV. Simultaneous with the US (DK) edition.

Kingdoms of the Night Allan Cole & Chris Bunch (Legend 0-09-946451-9, Dec ’95, £5.99, 450pp, pb, cover by Gnemo) [Anteros] Reprint (Del Rey 1995) fantasy novel. Third in “The Far Kingdoms” series, after The Far Kingdoms and The Warrior’s Tale. The aged Amalric Antero is told he didn’t discover the genuine Far Kingdoms in the previous books, and is finally persuaded to undertake one more voyage. [First U.K. edition]

The Warrior’s Tale Allan Cole & Chris Bunch (Legend 0-09-946421-7, May ’95, £5.99, 487pp, pb, cover by Gnemo) [Anteros] Reprint (Legend 1994) fantasy novel about the warrior sister to the hero of the earlier The Far Kingdoms.

Waterworld Max Allan Collins (Arrow 0-09-963831-2, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], £4.99, 239pp, pb) Reprint (Boulevard 1995) novelisation of the movie. [First U.K. edition]

In the Blood Nancy A. Collins (NEL 0-450-56196-8, May ’95, £4.99, 301pp, pb) [Sonja Blue] Reprint (NEL; Roc 1992) dark fantasy novel. Second in the “Sonja Blue” series, after Sunglasses After Dark.

Paint It Black Nancy A. Collins (NEL 0-450-61010-1, May ’95 [Apr ’95], £4.99, 253pp, pb) [Sonja Blue] Horror novel. Volume three in the “Sonja Blue” series. It appeared earlier as part of the US omnibus Midnight Blue: A Sonja Blue Collection (White Wolf 1995).

Dark Love ed. Nancy Collins, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-65438-4, Nov ’95, £16.99, 402pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Original anthology of 22 sexual horror stories, by King, Laymon, Wagner, Campbell, Schow, Koja, and others. T.E.D. Klein’s introduction explains that all the stories show ‘sex isn’t safe. And it never was.’ Simultaneous with the US (Roc) edition.

Justice City D. G. Compton (Gollancz 0-575-05840-4, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], £5.99, 288pp, pb) [Alec Duncan] Reprint (Gollancz 1994) SF novel.

Stalking Tender Prey Storm Constantine (Signet Creed 0-45-118401-7, Nov ’95, £5.99, 648pp, pb) [Grigori Trilogy] Epic fantasy novel. Book One of “The Grigori Trilogy”.

The Caroline B. Cooney Collection Caroline B. Cooney (Scholastic UK 0-590-55941-9, Mar ’95, £5.99, 518pp, pb) [Vampire’s Promise] Omnibus of three vampire novels: The Cheerleader (1991), The Return of the Vampire (1992) and The Vampire’s Promise (1993). Book 6 of the ‘Point Horror Collection’ series.

Time Loft Clare Cooper (Pont Books 1-85902-144-1, May ’95, £4.25, 127pp, pb, cover by Suzanne Carpenter) Young-adult SF novel. A young boy is time-napped to 2195.

Moonset Louise Cooper (Voyager 0-586-21725-8, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], £4.99, 437pp, pb) [Star Shadow] Fantasy novel; third book in the “Star Shadow” trilogy.

The Secret Line William Corlett (Red Fox 0-09-937141-3, Dec ’95, £3.50, 219pp, pb) Reprint (Walker 1988) young-adult fantasy novel. An unhappy young girl finds a train that can reach secret stations on the Underground.

Doctor Who: Human Nature Paul Cornell (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20443-3, May ’95, £4.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Bill Donohoe) [Doctor Who] Novelisation based on the TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.

Doctor Who: The Discontinuity Guide Paul Cornell, Martin Day & Keith Topping (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20442-5, May ’95 [Jul ’95], £4.99, 357pp, pb, cover by Slatter-Anderson) [Doctor Who] Episode-by-episode guide to Doctor Who, focussing on dialogue triumphs, fluffs, goofs, fashion victims, and such-like, with an Introduction by Terrance Dicks.

The Winter King Bernard Cornwell (Michael Joseph 0-7181-3762-0, Oct ’95 [Nov ’95], £15.99, 435pp, hc) [Warlord Chronicles] Associational/non-fantasy Arthurian novel.

Fate Mary Corran (Millennium 1-85798-433-1, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], £9.99, 363pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) Fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-273-8, £16.99) is also available.

Imperial Light Mary Corran (Millennium 1-85798-217-7, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], £4.99, 358pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Imperial Light] Reprint (Millennium 1994) fantasy novel. An orphan girl chosen for sacrifice by a repressive religion is revealed as the key to saving a dying empire.

My Teacher Is an Alien: 3 Books in One Bruce Coville (HarperCollins UK 0-00-675157-1, Oct ’95 [Nov ’95], £4.99, ii+405pp, pb) [My Teacher Is an Alien] Young-adult SF omnibus, including My Teacher is an Alien (Pocket 1989), My Teacher Fried My Brains, (Pocket 1990) and My Teacher Glows in the Dark (Pocket 1991). The title page and spine simply list the books.

Bruce Coville’s Book of Aliens: Tales to Warp Your Mind ed. Bruce Coville (Lions 0-00-675073-7, Sep ’95 [Dec ’95], £2.99, 177pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic/Apple 1994) young-adult collection of 11 SF stories. Three are reprints, and the rest seem to be original. Packaged and copyrighted by General Licensing Company, a Byron Preiss subsidiary. Individual story copyrights are in the authors’ names. [First U.K. edition]

Stonestruck Helen Cresswell (Viking UK 0-670-85890-0, Jun ’95, £10.99, 185pp, hc, cover by Mark Edwards) Young-adult fantasy. A young girl is evacuated from the WW2 London blitz to a Welsh castle whose inhabitants are not all human, nor alive.

Congo Michael Crichton (Arrow 0-09-954431-8, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], £5.99, 370pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1980) lost race novel. Movie tie-in edition.

Congo/The Terminal Man Michael Crichton (Cresset 0-7126-7620-1, Aug ’95 [Sep ’95], £4.99, 316+218pp, pb) Omnibus of two SF novels, originally published by Knopf, in 1980 and 1972 respectively. The books are separately paginated.

The Lost World Michael Crichton (Century 0-7126-7690-2, Oct ’95, £15.99, 393pp, hc) [Jurassic Park] SF novel. The sequel to Jurassic Park. Simultaneous with the US (Knopf) edition.

Born of the Sun Gillian Cross (Mammoth 0-7497-1794-7, Apr ’95, £3.50, 229pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) Reprint (Holiday House 1983) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

Olaf Stapledon - Speaking for the Future Robert Crossley (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-388-8, Oct ’94, £32.50, 474pp, hc) Reprint (Syracuse University Press 1994) non-fiction, biography, with a Foreword by Brian Aldiss. An immense and immensely valuable study of the noted author. Published in 1994, but not seen until now. [First U.K. edition] [Olaf Stapledon]

Blue Motel ed. Peter Crowther (Little, Brown UK 0-316-91180-1, Dec ’94, £16.99, 369pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) [Narrow Houses] Original anthology of horror, fantasy, SF and crime stories, all on the theme of superstition. Subtitled “Narrow Houses: Volume Three”. Narrow in title, but not in scope. Recommended (PSP).

Touch Wood ed. Peter Crowther (Warner UK 0-7515-0698-2, Dec ’94 [Feb ’95], £5.99, 372pp, pb, cover by J. K. Potter) [Narrow Houses] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1993) horror anthology, subtitled “Narrow Houses: Volume Two”. Issued in 1994, but not seen until now.

Heaven Sent ed. Peter Crowther & Martin H. Greenberg (Signet Creed 0-45-118445-9, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], £4.99, xvii+317pp, pb) Reprint (DAW 1995) original anthology of 18 stories about angels. [First U.K. edition]

Pfitz Andrew Crumey (Dedalus 1-873982-81-X, Mar ’95, £7.99, 164pp, tp, cover by Lise Weisgerber) Literary fantasy novel. An 18th century prince devotes his wealth and the efforts of his subjects to the creation of an imaginary city. The boundaries between reality and fantasy begin to break down.

Thunder Road Chris Curry (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-64696-9, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], £16.99, 439pp, hc, cover by Melvyn Grant) Occult/SF novel set in a society of misfits in the heart of the Mojave Desert. Mysterious events and disappearances are revealed to depend on an age-old spiritual battle. Curry also writes as Tamara Thorne.

Thunder Road Chris Curry (NEL 0-340-62298-9, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], £5.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Melvyn Grant) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) horror novel. Curry also writes as Tamara Thorne.

The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby (Robinson 1-85487-338-5, Oct ’95, £5.99, xiv+573pp, tp, cover by The Senate) Anthology of 42 stories and 1 poem, each with an introduction by Dalby.

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