The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998


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Black Swan, White Raven ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (SFBC #17124, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $10.98, 366pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Avon 1997) original anthology of 21 new fairy tales. This is similar to the Avon edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Tenth Annual Collection ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (St. Martin’s/Griffin 0-312-15701-0, Jul ’97, $17.95, 538pp, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Best-of-the-year anthology of 39 stories and four poems. There are also 100 additional pages containing a necrology by James Frenkel, summations of 1996 fantasy and horror by the editors, a media summary by Edward Bryant, and a comics summary by Seth Johnson. Also available as a St. Martin’s hardcover (-15700-2, $29.95). Packaged and copyrighted by James Frenkel & Associates.


Footprints of Thunder James F. David (Tor 0-812-52402-0, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $6.99, 498pp, pb, cover by Paul Stinson) [Footprints of Thunder] Reprint (Forge 1995) thriller/horror novel. Dinosaurs roam the streets.


Fragments James F. David (Tor/Forge 0-312-86313-6, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $25.95, 381pp, hc) Horror novel. Five idiot savants are brought together cybernetically to form a sixth personality.


Babylon 5: In the Beginning Peter David (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42452-2, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $5.99, 255pp, pb) [Babylon 5] TV movie tie-in. Copyrighted by Warner Bros.


Star Trek New Frontier: Book 1: House of Cards Peter David (Pocket 0-671-01395-5, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $3.99, 168pp, pb) [Star Trek: New Frontier] Star Trek novelization, first in a new series set in the time of Star Trek: The Next Generation, but featuring a new ship and mostly new crew. The actual title is noted only on the title page. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.


Star Trek New Frontier: Book 2: Into the Void Peter David (Pocket 0-671-01396-3, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $3.99, 151pp, pb) [Star Trek: New Frontier] Star Trek novelization not based on an existing TV show. The actual title is noted only on the title page. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.


Star Trek New Frontier: Book 3: The Two-Front War Peter David (Pocket 0-671-01397-1, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $3.99, 152pp, pb) [Star Trek: New Frontier] Star Trek novelization. The actual title is noted only on the title page. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.


Star Trek New Frontier: Book 4: End Game Peter David (Pocket 0-671-01398-X, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $3.99, 184pp, pb) [Star Trek: New Frontier] Star Trek novelization. The actual title is noted only on the title page. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.


Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Wrath of the Prophets Peter David, Michael Jan Friedman & Robert Greenberger (Pocket 0-671-53817-9, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $5.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.


Quantum Leap: Obsessions Carol Davis (Boulevard 1-57297-241-6, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $5.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Stephen Gardner) [Quantum Leap] Novelization based on the TV show; 13th in the series. Copyrighted by MCA Publishing Rights.


Rubber Dinosaurs and Wooden Elephants: Essays on Literature, Film, and History L. Sprague de Camp (Borgo Press 0-89370-454-7, 1996 [Feb ’97], $19.00, 144pp, tp) Non-fiction, collection of 13 essays on literature, film, and history. with an introduction by de Camp, notes, and an index. Available from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; 909-884-5813; fax 909-884-4942; add $2.50 postage.


The Return Walter de la Mare (Dover 0-486-29688-1, Jul ’97 [Oct ’97], $7.95, 193pp, tp) Reprint (W. Collins Sons 1922) classic horror story about a man possessed by an 18th century pirate. There is a new introduction by S.T. Joshi.


Trader Charles de Lint (Tor 0-312-85847-7, Jan ’97, $24.95, 352pp, hc, cover by John Howe) Contemporary fantasy novel. A quiet, responsible guitar-maker trades bodies with a drunken loser.


Yarrow Charles de Lint (Tor/Orb 0-312-86393-4, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $12.95, 256pp, tp, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Ace 1986) contemporary fantasy novel.


The Art of Arrow Cutting Stephen Dedman (Tor 0-312-86320-9, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $22.95, 285pp, hc) [Magistrale] Fantasy novel. A photographer in modern LA encounters ancient Japanese magic and yakuza. A first novel.


Landslayer’s Law Tom Deitz (AvoNova 0-380-78649-4, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $5.99, 293pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [David Sullivan] Fantasy novel in the “David Sullivan” series. Satellite photos show the lands of Faerie, and developers want in.


Time on My Hands Peter Delacorte (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 0-684-82651-8, Jun ’97 [Jul ’97], $23.00, 397pp, hc) Time-travel novel (à la Jack Finney). A travel writer goes back in time to make sure Ronald Reagan never enters politics. Subtitled A Novel with Photographs.


Atlantis: Three Tales Samuel R. Delany (Wesleyan University Press 0-8195-6312-9, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $14.95, 212pp, tp, cover by Joseph Stella) Reprint (Wesleyan 1995) collection of three non-SF stories.


Lunatics Bradley Denton (Bantam 0-553-37891-0, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $12.95, 343pp, tp, cover by Ronald Finger) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1996) humorous fantasy novel.


The Cthulhu Mythos August Derleth (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-0253-5, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $9.98, 448pp, hc) Collection of 17 Lovecraftian stories, containing all of Derleth’s non-collaborative contributions to the Mythos, including the contents of The Mask of Cthulhu (1958), and The Trail of Cthulhu (1962), plus six others. There is an introduction by Ramsey Campbell, copyrighted 1977.


The Kronos Condition Emily Devenport (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45554-1, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $5.99, 334pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) SF novel. Young people with godlike psionic powers oppose their ruthless mentors.


Independence Day Dean Devlin, Roland Emmerich & Steve Molstad (SFBC #14417, Oct ’96 [Jan ’97], $9.98, 280pp, hc) [Independence Day] Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) SF novelization, a tie-in to the movie about alien invaders. This is similar to the HarperPrism hardcover edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


The Seraphim Rising Elisabeth DeVos (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45655-6, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $5.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Near-future SF novel. The new Messiah turns out to be a sleazoid video producer, triggering crises among human and angelic followers. A first novel.


Ravenloft: Lord of the Necropolis Gene DeWeese (TSR 0-7869-0660-X, Oct ’97, $5.99, 304pp, tp, cover by Fred Fields) Gothic horror novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.


Alien Game Catherine Dexter (Morrow Beech Tree 0-688-15290-2, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $4.95, 204pp, pb, cover by Eric Velasquez) Reprint (Morrow 1995) young-adult SF/horror novel.


Infinite Worlds: The Fantastic Visions of Science Fiction Art Vincent Di Fate (Penguin Studio 0-670-87252-0, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $45.00, 320pp, hc, cover by Paul Lehr) Art book, a history of SF art, with separate sections on the artists. Foreword by Ray Bradbury.


Destroy All Brains! Paul Di Filippo (Pirate Writings 0-964-01687-7, Oct ’96 [Jan ’97], $4.95, 48pp, ph, cover by Dave Barnett) Chapbook collection of five SF stories. Order from Pirate Writings Publishing, PO Box 329, Brightwaters NY 11718; add $1.50 postage.


Fractal Paisleys Paul Di Filippo (Four Walls Eight Windows 1-56858-032-0, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $20.00, 289pp, hc, cover by Christine A. Francis) Collection of 10 stories, two original, each with an introduction by the author.


The Steampunk Trilogy Paul Di Filippo (Four Walls Eight Windows 1-56858-102-5, Oct ’97, $14.95, 352pp, tp, cover by Christine Francis) [Steampunk] Reprint (Four Walls Eight Windows 1995) collection of three interrelated short novels set in an alternate 19th century.


Private Nation N. A. Diaman (Persona Productions 0-931906-08-3, May ’97 [Oct ’97], $10.95, 128pp, tp) Near-future SF novel. The sexual and spiritual adventures of two young homosexuals in a world where privatization has been taken to extremes.


The Philip K. Dick Reader Philip K. Dick (Carol Publishing Group/Citadel Twilight 0-8065-1856-1, Feb ’97, $14.95, 422pp, tp, cover by Zina Saunders) Collection of 24 stories and excerpts. The first 20 stories are the same as collected in The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume Three: The Father Thing (Underwood-Miller 1987); this drops the introduction and last three stories of the U-M edition, and adds four stories.


The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick 1938-1971 Philip K. Dick (Underwood Books 1-887424-20-2, Feb ’97, $39.95, 351pp, hc, cover by Ilene Meyer) Non-fiction, a collection of letters from Dick to various people, beginning with childhood letters home from school. There is an introduction by James Blaylock. Order from Underwood Books, PO Box 1607, Grass Valley CA 95945.


The Selected Letters of Philip K. Dick 1975-1976 Philip K. Dick (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-111-4, 1992 [Mar ’97], $39.95, 351pp, hc, cover by Ilene Meyer) Non-fiction, volume four in the collection of letters from Dick to various people. The introduction is by Tim Powers. This is a 1992 book not previously listed. A slipcased edition (-112-2, $60.00) is also available. Order from Underwood Books, PO Box 1607, Grass Valley CA 95945; add $4.00 postage.


Chuck and Danielle Peter Dickinson (Dell Yearling 0-440-41087-8, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $3.99, 115pp, tp, cover by Kees de Kiefte) Reprint (Delacorte 1996) associational young-adult collection of seven connected stories about a girl and her cowardly dog.


The Lion Tamer’s Daughter and Other Stories Peter Dickinson (Delacorte 0-385-32327-1, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $15.95, 298pp, hc, cover by Kamil Vojnar) Young-adult collection of four supernatural stories, one a reprint, about kindred spirits, ghostly doubles, twins, etc. First US edition (Gollancz 1997).


The Dragon and the Djinn Gordon R. Dickson (Ace 0-441-00495-4, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $6.99, 387pp, pb, cover by Den Beauvais) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (Ace 1996) fantasy novel, sixth in the “Dragon Knight” series.


The Dragon and the Gnarly King Gordon R. Dickson (Tor 0-312-86157-5, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $24.95, 380pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Dragon Knight] Fantasy novel in the “Dragon and the George” series.


The Dragon and the Gnarly King Gordon R. Dickson (SFBC #18011, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $11.98, 380pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (Tor 1997) fantasy novel in the “Dragon and the George Series”. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


The Final Encyclopedia, Volume 2 Gordon R. Dickson (Tor/Orb 0-312-86188-5, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $16.95, 350pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Childe Cycle] Reprint (Tor 1984) of the second half of the SF novel in the “Childe” saga. This new edition has been corrected and revised. Also available as a Tor hardcover (-86289-X, $25.95).


Alien Bounty William C. Dietz (Ace 0-441-01544-1, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $5.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Edwin Herder) [Sam McCade] Reissue (Ace 1990) military SF novel, third in the “Sam McCade” series. Second printing.


Galactic Bounty William C. Dietz (Ace 0-441-87346-4, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $5.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Edwin Herder) [Sam McCade] Reissue (Ace 1986 as War World) military SF novel, first in the “Sam McCade” series. Third printing.


Imperial Bounty William C. Dietz (Ace 0-441-36697-X, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $5.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Edwin Herder) [Sam McCade] Reissue (Ace 1988) military SF novel, second in the “Sam McCade” series. Second printing.


McCade’s Bounty William C. Dietz (Ace 0-441-52303-X, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $5.99, 215pp, pb, cover by Edwin Herder) [Sam McCade] Reissue (Ace 1990) military SF novel, fourth in the “Sam McCade” series. Second printing.


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