The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998


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King Death’s Garden Ann Halam (Orchard 1-85213-003-2, Aug ’86, £6.95, 128pp, hc) Superb young-adult ghost story. (SJ/JF) Author is Gwyneth Jones.


Dealing in Futures Joe W. Haldeman (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8197-1, Mar ’86, £2.50, 227pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1985) collection.


Dealing in Futures Joe W. Haldeman (Macdonald 0-356-12186-0, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £9.95, 382pp, hc) Reprint (Viking 1985) collection; library edition.


Dealing in Futures Joe W. Haldeman (SFBC #02873, May ’86, $4.98, 277pp, hc) Reprint (Viking 1985) collection of 14 stories.


Dealing in Futures Joe W. Haldeman (Ace 0-441-14139-0, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $3.50, 277pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1985) collection.


There Is No Darkness Joe W. & Jack C. Haldeman, II (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8145-9, Mar ’86, £2.25, 245pp, pb) [Carl] Reissue (Ace 1983) sf novel.


Body Armor: 2000 ed. Joe W. Haldeman, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Ace 0-441-06976-2, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $3.50, 311pp, pb) Anthology of 11 tales of military sf.


The Other Child Michael Hale (Avon 0-380-89950-7, Oct ’86, $3.95, 297pp, pb) Sf-horror novel. An abused child dies and becomes part of an experimental A.I. computer, only to be joined by a twisted man known as the Scissors Murderer.


Slime John Halkin (Critic’s Choice 0-931773-74-1, Aug ’86 [Dec ’86], $2.95, 252pp, pb) [Slither] Horror novel of man-eating jellyfish, by the author of Slither. First American edition (UK 1984).


Slither John Halkin (Critic’s Choice 0-931773-63-6, Mar ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 215pp, pb) [Slither] Reprint (U.K. 1980) horror novel: “Out of the murky sewers they suddenly attacked — snapping, biting, ripping....”


Squelch John Halkin (Critic’s Choice 1-55547-135-8, Nov ’86 [Dec ’86], $3.50, 250pp, pb) [Slither] Horror novel about lethal caterpillars, sequel to Slither and Slime. First American edition (UK 1985).


Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Index, 1980-1984 ed. Hal W. Hall (Gale Research Co. 0-8103-1646-3, Oct ’85 [Jan ’86], $160.00, xxiv + 761pp, hc) 8.5" x 11". Non-fiction, reference. The first half of this oversize book is the actual index. The second half is part of the data base for a research index on any sf reference by author and subject. It doesn’t discuss listing criteria but seems to be just everything added in 1984, regardless of how old. Confusing without earlier volumes or an earlier printout. (CNB)


Contemporary Literary Criticism Yearbook 1985 ed. Sharon K. Hall (Gale 0-8103-4413-0, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], 723pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference/critical studies — 1985 in review, with articles on general topics and individual authors, including sf/fantasy prize winners William Gibson, Robert Holdstock, and Barry Hughart, plus obituaries of Sturgeon, Calvino, Graves, etc.


The Antelope Company Ashore Willis Hall (The Bodley Head 0-370-30775-5, Oct ’86, £5.50, 156pp, hc) [Antelope Company] TV tie-in juvenile fantasy novel about a group of Lilliputians.


The Antelope Company Ashore Willis Hall (Fontana Lion 0-00-672765-4, Nov ’86, £1.95, 149pp, pb) [Antelope Company] Reprint (Bodley Head 1986) TV tie-in juvenile fantasy novel about a group of Lilliputians.


The Dead That Walk Leslie Halliwell (Grafton 0-246-12834-8, Nov ’86, £12.95, 262pp, hc) Collection of essays on horror films, including some unpublished scripts.


Dragonsbane Barbara Hambly (Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823343-9, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £2.95, 292pp, pb) [Winterlands] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) fantasy novel.


Dragonsbane Barbara Hambly (SFBC #10049, Aug ’86, $5.98, 274pp, hc) [Winterlands] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) fantasy novel. First hardcover edition.


The Ladies of Mandrigyn Barbara Hambly (Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823312-9, Oct ’86, £2.95, 311pp, pb) [Sun Wolf] Reprint (Del Rey 1984) fantasy novel.


The Silent Tower Barbara Hambly (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33764-6, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $3.95, 369pp, pb) [Windrose] Fantasy novel of sorcery and computers. First of two parts.


Chronicles of the Star Kings Edmond Hamilton (Arrow/Venture SF 0-09-947860-9, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £2.50, 397pp, pb) [John Gordon] Omnibus of the two “Star Kings” novels.


The Shirt Off a Hanged Man’s Back Dennis Hamley (Fontana Lion 0-00-672530-9, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], £1.75, 160pp, pb) Reprint (Deutsch 1984) juvenile collection of nine supernatural stories.


The Last Knight of Albion Peter Hanratty (Bluejay 0-312-94281-8, Aug ’86, $8.95, 267pp, pb) Arthurian fantasy novel.


Max Headroom’s Guide to Life David Hansen & Paul Owen (Bantam 0-553-34352-1, Oct ’86, $4.95, 144pp, pb) Humor book — a computer-generated superstar’s guide to life. First U.S. edition (Corgi 1985).


Displaced Person Lee Harding (Puffin 0-14-031141-6, Aug ’86, £1.75, 138pp, pb) Reissue (Hyland House, Australia 1979) young-adult fantasy novel.


Secret of the Sixth Magic Lyndon Hardy (Corgi 0-552-12680-2, Jan ’86, £2.50, 394pp, pb) [Arcadia] Reprint (Ballantine 1984) fantasy novel. Sequel to Master of the Five Magics.


The Aurum Film Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Horror ed. Phil Hardy (Aurum Press 0-948149-04-3, Oct ’86, £18.95, 408pp, hc) Superb film reference guide, which includes cast, credits, and more than 450 photos. (SJ)


Redworld Charles L. Harness (DAW 0-88677-125-0, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 229pp, pb) Sf novel about a future world split equally between science and religion.


The Burning Stone Deborah Turner Harris (Tor 0-812-53950-8, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $7.95, 307pp, pb) [Mages of Garillon] Fantasy novel, Book One of “The Mages of Garillon”. A first novel.


The Little People MacDonald Harris (Morrow 0-688-06132-X, Feb ’86 [Mar ’86], $16.95, 299pp, hc) Fantasy novel of an American medievalist and English fairies. Mostly a mainstream examination of the borderland between fantasy and mental illness.


The Broken Worlds Raymond Harris (Ace 0-441-08143-6, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $2.95, 248pp, pb) Sf novel. A group of adventurers travels through space seeking assistance against alien invaders, encountering strange cultures and characters along the way. A first novel.


Bill, the Galactic Hero Harry Harrison (Avon 0-380-00395-3, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $3.50, 185pp, pb) [Bill the Galactic Hero] Reissue (Doubleday 1965) humorous satiric sf novel; a parody of Starship Troopers. 2nd Avon printing.


Homeworld Harry Harrison (Severn House 0-7278-1327-7, Jul ’86, £8.95, 192pp, hc) [To the Stars] Reprint (Panther 1980) sf novel. Volume 1 in the “To the Stars” series.


In Our Hands the Stars Harry Harrison (Arrow 0-09-910450-4, May ’86, £1.95, 217pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1970 as The Daleth Effect) sf novel.


Make Room! Make Room! Harry Harrison (Penguin 0-14-002664-9, May ’86, £2.50, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1966) sf novel.


Spaceship Medic Harry Harrison (Puffin 0-14-030853-9, Feb ’86, £1.50, 141pp, pb) Reissue (Faber 1970) juvenile sf novel.


The Stainless Steel Rat Harry Harrison (Ace 0-441-77924-7, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $2.95, 160pp, pb) [Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz] Reprint (Pyramid 1961) sf novel, first in a series of humorous books about a smalltime crook with a heart of fool’s gold.


A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born Harry Harrison (Titan 0-907610-52-8, Aug ’85 [Jan ’86], £9.95, 183pp, hc) [Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz] Reprint (Bantam 1985) sf novel, prequel to other adventures in the “Stainless Steel Rat” series. First trade hardcover edition.


A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born Harry Harrison (Titan 0-907610-53-6, Nov ’85 [Jan ’86], £20.00, 183pp, hc) [Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz] Signed, boxed edition of the above; limited to 250 copies. Issued without a dust jacket.


A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born Harry Harrison (SFBC #04565, Feb ’86 [Mar ’86], $4.98, 214pp, hc) [Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1985) sf novel, prequel to the rest of the series.


The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World Harry Harrison (Ace 0-441-77913-1, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $2.95, 160pp, pb) [Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz] Reprint (Putnam 1972) humorous sf novel in the “Stainless Steel Rat” series.


The Stainless Steel Rat’s Revenge Harry Harrison (Ace 0-441-77912-3, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $2.95, 191pp, pb) [Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz] Reprint (Walker 1970) sf novel, #2 in the “Stainless Steel Rat” series.


War with the Robots Harry Harrison (Grafton, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], £1.95, pb) Reissue (Pyramid 1962) collection.


Winter in Eden Harry Harrison (Grafton 0-246-12612-4, Sep ’86, £10.95, 485pp, hc) [Eden] Sf novel. Volume 2 in the “West of Eden” trilogy. Illustrated by Bill Sanderson.


Winter in Eden Harry Harrison (Bantam Spectra 0-553-05163-6, Nov ’86 [Sep ’86], $18.95, 398pp, hc) [Eden] Sf novel, sequel to West of Eden. First U.S. edition (Grafton 1986).


The Centauri Device M. John Harrison (Orion 0-04-823364-1, Sep ’86, £2.95, 212pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1974) sf novel.


Viriconium Nights M. John Harrison (Allen & Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823330-7, Aug ’86, £2.95, 158pp, pb) [Viriconium] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) collection of fantasy tales set in Viriconium. Not the same as the Ace paperback.


The Traveling Grave L. P. Hartley (Everyman, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £2.50, pb) Reprint (Arkham House 1948) collection of fantasy/horror tales.


Bored of the Rings The Harvard Lampoon (Pan 0-330-29313-3, Jan ’86, £1.95, pb) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Signet 1969) spoof on Tolkien by Henry N. Beard and Douglas C. Kenney.


Night Stone Rick Hautala (Zebra 0-8217-1843-6, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $3.95, 592pp, pb) Horror novel of a child, a doll, and terror in an old house in Maine.


Nelson Malone Meets the Man from Mush-Nut Louise Hawes (Dutton/Lodestar 0-525-67181-1, Apr ’86 [May ’86], $11.95, 116pp, hc) [Nelson Malone] Juvenile humorous fantasy novel of a boy’s “wacky and fantastic adventures...filled with close encounters of the weird kind.” Nelson has magical pink sneakers, among other things.


The Khyber Connection Simon Hawke (Ace 0-441-43725-7, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $2.95, 195pp, pb) [Time Wars] Sf time travel/alternate world novel, “Time Wars” #6. This one takes place in 1897 in India, with Gunga Din and Winston Churchill. The author is actually Nick Yermakov.


Blaze of Wrath Ward Hawkins (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32735-7, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.95, 231pp, pb) [Harry Borg] Sf novel, latest in the series about Harry Borg and Guss, the lizard-man.


Sword of Fire Ward Hawkins (Ballantine/Futura 0-345-32348-3, Dec ’86, £2.50, 297pp, pb) [Harry Borg] Sf novel. US edition with UK price sticker.


The Mammoth Book of Classic Chillers ed. Tim Haydock (Robinson 0-948164-25-5, Sep ’86 [Oct ’86], £4.95/$9.95, 693pp, pb) Anthology of classic horror stories by Stoker, Poe, Le Fanu, Hodgson, and others. Distributed in the U.S. by Salem House, Ltd., c/o Mercedes Distribution Center, 160 Imlay St., Brooklyn NY 11231.


The Cosmic Web: Scientific Field Models and Literary Strategies in the Twentieth Century N. Katherine Hayles (Cornell University Press 0-8014-9290-4, Sep ’86, $8.95, 209pp, pb) Reprint (Cornell 1984) non-fiction, critical study which includes examinations of Pynchon and Borges’ works.


The Finnbranch Paul E. Hazel (Sphere 0-7221-4545-4, Nov ’86, £4.95, 594pp, pb) [Finnbranch Trilogy] Omnibus of a fantasy trilogy.


The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum ed. Michael Patrick Hearn (Schocken 0-8052-3812-3, Apr ’86, $19.95, 305pp, hc) [Oz] Reissue (Schocken 1983) juvenile fantasy classic, with 21 critical essays by James Thurber, Alix Kate Shulman, Gore Vidal, and others, plus the original text and illustrations by W.W. Denslow.


The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum ed. Michael Patrick Hearn (Schocken 0-8052-0803-8, Apr ’86, $8.95, 305pp, tp) [Oz] Trade paperback edition of the above.


The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Robert A. Heinlein (Berkley 0-425-09164-3, Feb ’86, 388pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1985) sf novel. This is an international edition for countries where the regular edition isn’t available. First paperback edition.


The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Robert A. Heinlein (NEL 0-450-06149-3, Feb ’86, £9.95, 374pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1985) sf novel.


The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Robert A. Heinlein (NEL Open Market 0-450-39315-1, Jun ’86 [Aug ’86], £2.95, 416pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1985) sf novel. This “Open Market” edition is for countries where the regular edition isn’t available.


The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Robert A. Heinlein (Berkley 0-425-09332-8, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $3.95, 388pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1985) sf novel.


The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Robert A. Heinlein (NEL 0-450-39315-1, Nov ’86, £2.95, 420pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1985) sf novel.


The Door Into Summer Robert A. Heinlein (Gollancz 0-575-03850-0, Sep ’86, £2.95, 190pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1957) classic sf novel.


The Door Into Summer Robert A. Heinlein (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33012-9, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $3.95, 291pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1957) sf novel. Classic novel and one of Heinlein’s best. Highly recommended. (CNB)


Double Star Robert A. Heinlein (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33013-7, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $3.95, 243pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1956) sf novel. This is my personal favorite of Heinlein’s novels. Highly recommended. (CNB)


Double Star Robert A. Heinlein (Grafton 0-586-02502-2, Nov ’86, £1.95, 189pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1956) sf novel.


The Green Hills of Earth Robert A. Heinlein (Baen 0-671-65608-2, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $3.50, 270pp, pb) [Future History] Reprint (Shasta 1951) collection of 10 stories, volume 2 of the famed “Future History” series. Highly recommended. (CNB)


Have Space Suit, Will Travel Robert A. Heinlein (NEL 0-450-00729-4, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £1.95, 175pp, pb) Reissue (Scribner’s 1958) science fiction novel.


Job: A Comedy of Justice Robert A. Heinlein (NEL 0-450-05840-9, Dec ’86, £2.95, 368pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1984) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]


Methuselah’s Children Robert A. Heinlein (NEL 0-450-00914-9, May ’86, £1.95, 175pp, pb) [Future History; Lazarus Long] Reissue (Gnome 1958) sf novel.


Methuselah’s Children Robert A. Heinlein (Baen 0-671-65597-3, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $3.50, 276pp, pb) [Future History; Lazarus Long] Reprint (Gnome 1958) sf novel.


The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein (Berkley 0-425-09924-5, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $3.50, 302pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1966) sf novel; 37th Berkley printing.


The Number of the Beast Robert A. Heinlein (Ballantine/Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-13070-3, Nov ’86, $4.50, 511pp, pb) Reissue (Fawcett 1980) 13th printing sf novel.


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