The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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The Way It Wasnt ed. Martin H. Greenberg (Carol Publishing Group/Citadel Twilight 0-8065-1769-7, Apr 96, $14.95, 365pp, tp, cover by Kevin Kelly) Anthology of 13 SF stories of alternate history, with an introduction by Robert Silverberg. Credit card orders: 800-447-BOOK.
- vii · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in
- 3 · Lion Time in Timbuctoo [Gate of Worlds] · Robert Silverberg · na Axolotl Press: Eugene, OR, 1990
- 87 · Ike at the Mike · Howard Waldrop · ss Omni Jun 82
- 105 · Over There [Teddy Roosevelt] · Mike Resnick · nv IASFM Sep 91
- 133 · Suppose They Gave a Peace... · Susan M. Shwartz · nv Alternate Presidents, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor, 1992
- 166 · All the Myriad Ways · Larry Niven · ss Galaxy Oct 68
- 177 · The Sleeping Serpent · Pamela Sargent · na Amazing Jan 92
- 225 · Catch That Zeppelin! · Fritz Leiber · nv F&SF Mar 75
- 249 · Through Road No Whither · Greg Bear · ss Far Frontiers, ed. Jerry Pournelle & Jim Baen, Baen, 1985
- 255 · Ship Full of Jews · Barry Malzberg · ss Omni Apr 92
- 267 · Archetypes [Basil Argyros] · Harry Turtledove · nv Amazing Nov 85
- 303 · We Could Do Worse · Gregory Benford · ss Cheap Street; New Castle, VA, 1988
- 310 · The Winterberry · Nicholas A. DiChario · ss Alternate Kennedys, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor, 1992
- 320 · The Lucky Strike · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv Universe 14, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1984
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White House Horrors ed. Martin H. Greenberg (DAW 0-88677-659-7, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $5.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) Original anthology of 16 horror stories about US presidents (and candidates). Authors include Brian Hodge, Richard T. Chizmar, Peter Crowther, and Graham Masterton. There is an introduction by Ed Gorman, who may be an unnamed editor. Copyrighted by Tekno Books and Ed Gorman.
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Future Net ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff (DAW 0-88677-723-2, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $5.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) Original anthology of 16 stories of computer networks and virtual reality. Authors include Gregory Benford, Josepha Sherman, and Jane Lindskold.
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Monster Brigade 3000 ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Charles Waugh (Ace 0-441-00323-0, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $5.99, 215pp, pb, cover by Gary L. Freeman) Anthology of 13 stories, seven original, of SF and fantasy monsters.
- 1 · Down Among the Dead Men · William Tenn · nv Galaxy Jun 54
- 28 · A Loaf of Bread, a Jug of Wine · Brian Hodge · nv Frankenstein: The Monster Wakes, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1993
- 54 · The Monster · Joe W. Haldeman · ss Cutting Edge, ed. Dennis Etchison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986
- 65 · The Eater of Filth · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss *
- 79 · Correspondence · Lawrence Schimel & Mark A. Garland · ss *
- 86 · War, the Last · Billie Sue Mosiman · ss *
- 95 · In the Matter of the Ukdena · Bruce Holland Rogers · ss *
- 113 · A Zombie Named Fred · Jake Foster · ss *
- 131 · Surface Tension · Peter Crowther · ss *
- 146 · The Monster Parade · Robert David Chase · ss *
- 162 · Grabow and Collicker and I · Algis Budrys · ss F&SF May 92
- 168 · Behind Enemy Lines · Dan Perez · ss Under the Fang, ed. Robert R. McCammon, Pocket, 1991
- 182 · Operation Chaos [Operation Afreet; Steven Matuchek; Ginny Greylock] · Poul Anderson · nv F&SF Sep 56
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Miskatonic University ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Robert Weinberg (DAW 0-88677-722-4, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $5.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) Original anthology of 13 Lovecraftian stories, with an introductory Letter From the President to Incoming Students by Stefan Dziemianowicz, giving the history of this noted (fictional) institute. Authors include Alan Rodgers, Jane M. Lindskold, and Billie Sue Mosiman.
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Forgotten Realms: Elminster: The Making of a Mage Ed Greenwood (TSR 0-7869-0203-5, Dec 95 [Jan 96], $5.99, 331pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [Forgotten Realms: Elminster] Reprint (TSR 1994) novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
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Forgotten Realms: Stormlight Ed Greenwood (TSR 0-7869-0520-4, Oct 96, $5.99, 307pp, tp, cover by Walter Velez) [Forgotten Realms: Harpers] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing games. The Harpers #14. Copyrighted by TSR.
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Forgotten Realms: Cormyr Ed Greenwood & Jeff Grubb (TSR 0-7869-0503-4, Jul 96, $23.99, 440pp, hc, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [Forgotten Realms] Novelization based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by TSR.
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Whaleroad Kerry Greenwood (Hodder Headline Australia 0-7336-0289-4, Aug 96, $10.95, 203pp, pb) Young-adult post-holocaust novel. A group of survivors from the Society for Creative Anacronism need the help of young telepath Alain Beastfriend to stop a renegade hacker.
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The Cormorant Stephen Gregory (White Wolf 1-56504-918-7, Jun 96 [May 96], $5.99, 197pp, pb, cover by John Van Fleet) Reprint (Heinemann 1986) horror novel.
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Slow River Nicola Griffith (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39537-9, Aug 96, $11.00, 344pp, tp) Reprint (Del Rey 1995) SF novel. A young woman without identity struggles to survive in the underworld of near-future Europe.
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Brand New Cherry Flavor Todd Grimson (HarperPrism 0-06-105233-7, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $20.00, 344pp, hc, cover by John Ennis) Horror novel. A female Hollywood director seeks revenge and awakens an ancient curse.
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Stainless Todd Grimson (HarperPrism 0-06-105321-X, Feb 96 [Jan 96], $12.00, 265pp, tp) Vampire novel. A crippled rock musician in Los Angeles lives with a female vampire. Their relationship makes them both more human.
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Anvil of the Sun Anne Lesley Groell (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45544-4, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $5.99, 431pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Cloak and Dagger] Fantasy novel about guild assassins and a highly skilled pair of wanna-bes. First book of The Cloak and Dagger. A first novel.
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Attilas Treasure Stephan Grundy (Bantam 0-553-37774-4, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $13.95, 549pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Rhinegold] Historical novel with fantasy elements, set in the same world as Rhinegold. A Burgundian prince finds a pathway to the otherworld and uses his knowledge to oppose Attila the Hun. First US edition (Michael Joseph 1996).
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The Unpublished Gunn, Part Two James Gunn (Chris Drumm Books 0-936055-62-6, 1996 [Aug 96], $5.00, 66pp, ph) Original collection of five previously unpublished stories, with an introduction by Gunn describing how they came to be written.
- 5 · Introduction · in
- 8 · The Whip · nv *
- 29 · Jackpot for Julie · ss *
- 41 · The Man with One Talent · ss *
- 51 · The Big One · ss *
- 56 · Pest House · ss *
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Star Trek: The Joy Machine James Gunn & Theodore Sturgeon (Pocket 0-671-00221-X, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $5.99, 278pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization by Gunn based on a story treatment by Theodore Sturgeon sold to Gene Roddenberry in 1967. (The cover credits specify a novel by James Gunn based on the story by Theodore Sturgeon.) There is an afterword by Gunn, and a bibliography of books by both authors. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
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The Road to Science Fiction #4 ed. James Gunn (White Wolf 1-56504-822-9, Jan 97 [Dec 96], $14.99, 601pp, tp) Reprint (1982) SF anthology, revised.
- 11 · Introduction · James Gunn · in
- 29 · Born of Skill and Money · James Gunn · is [Richard Matheson]
- 32 · Born of Man and Woman · Richard Matheson · vi F&SF Sum 50
- 36 · Heart of Darkness · James Gunn · is [C. M. Kornbluth]
- 38 · The Luckiest Man in Denv [as by Simon Eisner] · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Galaxy Jun 52
- 50 · A Clash of Symbols · James Gunn · is [James Blish]
- 52 · Common Time · James Blish · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Aug 53
- 72 · Word Magic · James Gunn · is [Avram Davidson]
- 75 · My Boy Friends Name Is Jello · Avram Davidson · ss F&SF Jul 54
- 80 · A Canticle for the Fifties · James Gunn · is [Walter M. Miller, Jr.]
- 83 · The First Canticle [A Canticle for Leibowitz; St. Leibowitz, Order of] · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · nv F&SF Apr 55
- 104 · The Lodestone Genre · James Gunn · is [Algis Budrys]
- 107 · Nobody Bothers Gus [as by Paul Janvier] · Algis Budrys · ss Astounding Nov 55
- 120 · Inferiority: The Complex Problem · James Gunn · is [Daniel Keyes]
- 123 · Flowers for Algernon · Daniel Keyes · nv F&SF Apr 59
- 150 · A Question of Identity · James Gunn · is [Jack Vance]
- 153 · The Moon Moth · Jack Vance · na Galaxy Aug 61
- 187 · The View from the Outside · James Gunn · is [Jorge Luís Borges]
- 190 · The Library of Babel [1941] · Jorge Luís Borges · ss Ficciones, Weidenfeld Nicolson, 1962
- 199 · Inner Concerns in Outer Space · James Gunn · is [Frank Herbert]
- 203 · From Dune · Frank Herbert · ex London: Chilton, 1965
- 224 · The Vigor of Traditional SF · James Gunn · is [Bob Shaw]
- 227 · Light of Other Days [Slow Glass] · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Aug 66
- 236 · Ambiguities and Inscrutabilities · James Gunn · is [Stanislaw Lem]
- 239 · The First Sally(A), or Trurls Electronic Bard · Stanislaw Lem · ss The Cyberiad, Seabury Press, 1974
- 251 · Entropy and the World View · James Gunn · is [Pamela A. Zoline]
- 254 · The Heat Death of the Universe · Pamela Zoline · ss New Worlds Jul 67
- 269 · Speculations on Speculative Fiction · James Gunn · is [Kate Wilhelm]
- 272 · The Planners · Kate Wilhelm · ss Orbit 3, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnams, 1968
- 287 · The Alieness of the Alien · James Gunn · is [Terry Carr]
- 290 · The Dance of the Changer and the Three · Terry Carr · ss The Farthest Reaches, ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1968
- 304 · The Virtues of Indirection · James Gunn · is [James Tiptree, Jr.]
- 307 · The Last Flight of Dr. Ain · James Tiptree, Jr. · ss Galaxy Mar 69
- 314 · Radical Sensibility · James Gunn · is [Gardner R. Dozois]
- 317 · Where No Sun Shines · Gardner R. Dozois · ss Orbit 6, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnams, 1970
- 327 · Escape Reading · James Gunn · is [Gene Wolfe]
- 330 · The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories · Gene Wolfe · ss Orbit 7, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnams, 1970
- 346 · Understanding Reader Reaction · James Gunn · is [Thomas M. Disch]
- 350 · Angouleme · Thomas M. Disch · ss New Worlds Quarterly, ed. Michael Moorcock, London: Sphere, 1971
- 367 · The Postwar Generation · James Gunn · is [Pamela Sargent]
- 370 · Gather Blue Roses · Pamela Sargent · ss F&SF Feb 72
- 377 · The Star Trek Syndrome · James Gunn · is [David Gerrold]
- 379 · With a Finger in My I · David Gerrold · ss Again, Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972
- 391 · Of Men, and Women, and Society · James Gunn · is [Vonda N. McIntyre]
- 394 · Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand [Snake] · Vonda N. McIntyre · nv Analog Oct 73
- 414 · Of Novas and Other Stars · James Gunn · is [John Varley]
- 417 · Air Raid [as by Herb Boehm] · John Varley · ss IASFM Spr 77
- 430 · Science Fiction, Aliens, and Alienation · James Gunn · is [Barry N. Malzberg]
- 434 · Uncoupling · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Dystopian Visions, ed. Roger Elwood, Prentice-Hall, 1975
- 444 · Exotic Parables · James Gunn · is [Michael Bishop]
- 447 · Rogue Tomato · Michael Bishop · ss New Dimensions 5, ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1975
- 458 · The Labor Day Group · James Gunn · is [George R. R. Martin]
- 461 · This Tower of Ashes · George R. R. Martin · ss Analog Annual, ed. Ben Bova, Pyramid, 1976
- 479 · Fiction and Science · James Gunn · is [Edward Bryant]
- 482 · Particle Theory · Edward Bryant · ss Analog Feb 77
- 505 · The Anthropology of the Future · James Gunn · is [Joan D. Vinge]
- 508 · View from a Height · Joan D. Vinge · ss Analog Jun 78
- 523 · Form and Content · James Gunn · is [George Zebrowski]
- 526 · The Word Sweep · George Zebrowski · ss F&SF Aug 79
- 538 · Dialectic of History and Transcendence · James Gunn · is [Ian Watson]
- 541 · The World Science Fiction Convention of 2080 · Ian Watson · ss F&SF Oct 80
- 564 · Estranging the Everyday · James Gunn · is [Carol Emshwiller]
- 549 · Abominable · Carol Emshwiller · ss Orbit 21, ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1980
- 559 · Science and Fiction · James Gunn · is [Gregory Benford]
- 563 · Exposures · Gregory Benford · ss IASFM Jul 6 81
- 576 · The Real and the Surreal · James Gunn · is [George Alec Effinger]
- 579 · Schrödingers Kitten [Budayeen] · George Alec Effinger · nv Omni Sep 88
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The Road to Science Fiction Volume 3: From Heinlein to Here ed. James Gunn (White Wolf 1-56504-821-0, Jul 96, $14.99, 527pp, tp, cover by Michael Scott Cohen) Reprint (NAL/Mentor 1979) SF teaching anthology with 36 stories.
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Dragonmage of Mystara Thorarinn Gunnarsson (TSR 0-7869-0488-7, Apr 96, $5.99, 395pp, tp, cover by Paul Jaquays) [Dragonlord Chronicles] Fantasy novelization, book three of the Dragonlord Chronicles. Copyrighted by TSR.
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Handbook ed. Jon M. Gustafson (Fat Puppy Press, 1995 [May 96], no price, 258pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Non-fiction guide to being a professional writer, with 30 articles by writers including Frederik Pohl, Damon Knight, and Richard Curtis. This is copyrighted 1995, but not seen until now. The majority of the pieces appeared in the 1990 edition; four articles and the introduction by the editor are new. Available from Fat Puppy Press, PO Box 9930, Moscow ID 83843.
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The History of Danish Dreams Peter Høeg (Delta 0-385-31591-0, Nov 96 [Dec 96], $12.95, 408pp, tp) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1995) literary fantasy, an ornate fairy tale and strange family history. We apparently missed the previous edition.
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Sister Blood Karen Haber (DAW 0-88677-708-9, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $5.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [War Minstrels] SF novel, third in the War Minstrels series. Kidnapping and internal friction may turn the revolutions success into chaos.
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Star Trek Voyager: Bless the Beasts Karen Haber (Pocket 0-671-56780-2, Dec 96 [Nov 96], $5.99, 274pp, pb) [Star Trek: Voyager] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
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The Complete Novels: She, King Solomons Mines, Allan Quatermain H. Rider Haggard (Random House/Gramercy 0-517-15056-5, 1996 [Oct 96], $9.99, 640pp, hc, cover by Romas Kukalis) Reprint (Dover 1951 as part of Five Novels of H. Rider Haggard) omnibus of three classic fantasy adventure novels. An instant remainder edition.
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Star Trek: Perrys Planet Jack C. Haldeman, II (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24193-1, Mar 96 [Feb 96], $4.99, 132pp, pb, cover by Kazuhiko Sano) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1980) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. Fourth printing.
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None So Blind Joe Haldeman (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-14779-8, May 96 [Apr 96], $22.00, 289pp, hc, cover by Eric Peterson) Collection of 11 stories and four story poems, with an introduction and comments on each story by Haldeman.
- 1 · Introduction: What You Dont Know Cant Hurt You · in
- 7 · Feedback · nv Playboy Mar 93
- 40 · Passages · nv Analog Mar 90
- 66 · Job Security · ss Universe 2, ed. Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber, Bantam Spectra, 1992
- 69 · The Hemingway Hoax · na IASFM Apr 90
- 179 · Images · ss F&SF May 91
- 197 · Beachhead · ss There Wont Be War, ed. Harry Harrison & Bruce McAllister, Tor, 1991
- 204 · The Monster · ss Cutting Edge, ed. Dennis Etchison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986
- 217 · If I Had the Wings of an Angel · ss 2041, ed. Jane Yolen, Delacorte, 1991
- 223 · The Cure · ss Universe 3, ed. Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber, Bantam Spectra, 1994
- 239 · Graves · ss F&SF Oct/Nov 92
- 250 · None So Blind · ss Asimovs Nov 94
- 263 · Homecoming · pm Confiction Souvenir Book, ed. Johan-Martijn Flaton, Confiction, 1990
- 268 · Fire, Ice · pm Omni Apr 94
- 275 · Time Lapse · pm Blood Is Not Enough, ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1989
- 279 · DX · pm In the Field of Fire, ed. Jeanne Van Buren Dann & Jack M. Dann, Tor, 1987
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The Truth Machine James Halperin (Ivy Press 0-9651041-0-9, 1996 [Sep 96], $19.95, 330pp, hc) Near-future quasi-SF novel. A truth-detector that really works changes the world. A first novel. Available from Ivy Press, 100 Highland Park Village, Suite 2000, Dallas TX 75205.
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The Truth Machine James Halperin (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41056-4, Sep 96, $24.00, 321pp, hc) Reprint (Ivy Press 1996) near-future quasi-SF novel. A truth-detector that really works changes the world. More a tract than a novel.
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