The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-85487-528-0, Sep 97, £6.99, xvi+524pp, tp, cover by John Atkinson Grimshaw) Associational anthology of 21 original stories, and several reprints. Authors include Stephen Baxter, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, John Gregory Betancourt, Guy N. Smith, Eric Brown, Simon Clark, and Michael Moorcock.
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Quest for the Holy Grail ed. Mike Ashley (Past Times 1-85487-433-0, Aug 97, no price, xvi+391pp, tp, cover by The Boucicant Master) Reprint (Raven 1996 as The Chronicles of the Holy Grail) original fantasy anthology of 20 stories (six reprints) and a poem. Only available as part of the boxed set Chronicles of King Arthur (1-85487-968-5, £11.99) with Tales of the Round Table.
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Shakespearean Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-85487-945-6, Sep 97, £5.99, x+422pp, tp) Associational anthology of 24 original stories, and one reprint, all whodunnits based on Shakespeares plays amd characters. Authors include Patricia A. McKillip, Stephen Baxter, Tom Holt, and Kim Newman.
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Tales of the Round Table ed. Mike Ashley (Past Times 1-85487-953-7, Aug 97, no price, x+451pp, tp) Anthology of stories about the Knights of the Round Table. Although an earlier Raven edition is credited, that is not due to be published until October. Only available as part of the boxed set Chronicles of King Arthur (-968-5, £11.99) with Quest for the Holy Grail.
- ix · Foreword: Arthur, the Demigod? · Vera Chapman · fw The Once and Future Arthur, ed. Edmund R Meskys, Center Harbor: Niekas Publications, 1989
- 1 · Introduction: The Realm of the Round Table · Mike Ashley · in *
- 7 · The Hedge of Mist · Peter Valentine Timlett · nv *
- 36 · The Perfect Stranger · R. H. Stewart · nv *
- 65 · Knight of the Golden Collar · Peter Tremayne · ss *
- 80 · Tournament of Rogues · Keith Taylor · nv *
- 105 · A Tribute of Ferns · Peter T. Garratt · ss *
- 125 · Dieu et Mon Droit! · Eliot Fintushel · nv *
- 148 · The Gest of Sir Brandiles · Kurt Roth · ss *
- 165 · My Lady of the Ashes · Paul Finch · nv *
- 188 · Twice Knightly · Alan Kennington · ss The (London) Evening Standard Sep 28 36
- 196 · The Goose Girl [Sir Dinadan] · Theodore Goodridge Roberts · ss Blue Book Aug 51
- 213 · Belleuss Demon · Lawrence Schimel · ss *
- 219 · The Hand of Fair Lysette · Michael Coney · ss *
- 234 · The Knight of Good Heart · Liz Holliday · ss *
- 251 · Clarissant · Phyllis Ann Karr · nv *
- 283 · Just Cause · Fay Sampson · nv *
- 306 · Earthworks · Patrick McCormack · nv *
- 339 · The Trial of Sir Kay · Cherith Baldry · ss *
- 355 · Meraugis and Medwina · Seamus Cullen · ss *
- 373 · The Fight for the Queen · Leonora Lang · ss The Book of Romance, ed. Andrew Lang, London: Longmans, Green, 1902
- 380 · My Mother, the Hag · Brian Stableford · ss *
- 391 · The Dragon of Camlann · Darrell Schweitzer · ss *
- 406 · Uallannach · Parke Godwin · nv Invitation to Camelot, ed. Parke Godwin, Ace, 1988
- 427 · A Figure in Faerie Time · John T. Aquino · ss *
- 440 · Afterword: The Road to Camelot: Parke Godwin talks to Marion Zimmer Bradley · Parke Godwin · iv Fantasy Review Apr 84 [Marion Zimmer Bradley]
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Fabulous Beasts Malcolm Ashman & Joyce Hargreaves (Paper Tiger 1-85028-410-5, Oct 97, £13.99, 112pp, tp, cover by Malcolm Ashman) Art book with illustrations by Ashman, and text by Hargreaves, depicting creatures of myth and legend from around the world.
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Magic Isaac Asimov (Voyager 0-00-648203-1, May 97, £5.99, iv+305pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) collection of 11 fantasy stories and 20 essays about fantasy, and beyond. Subtitled The Final Fantasy Collection.
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Robot Dreams Isaac Asimov (Vista 0-575-60180-9, Feb 97 [May 97], £5.99, 475pp, pb, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot Series] Reprint (Berkley 1986) SF collection.
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Robot Visions Isaac Asimov (Vista 0-575-60152-3, Feb 97 [Apr 97], £5.99, 511pp, pb, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot Series] Reprint (Roc 1990) SF collection.
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Big Thunder Peter Atkins (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224596-5, Sep 97, £16.99, 273pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel. A cloaked avenger from the pulp magazines materialises in modern America when his aged creator is comatose.
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Centuries A. A. Attanasio (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66699-4, Aug 97 [Jul 97], £16.99, 437pp, hc, cover by Bob Warner) SF novel of the Third Millennium, with a thousand years of future history, and the countdown to apocalyptic destruction.
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Centuries A. A. Attanasio (NEL 0-340-66600-5, Dec 97 [Nov 97], £6.99, 437pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) SF novel.
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The Handmaids Tale Margaret Atwood (Vintage UK 0-09-974091-5, 1996 [Jan 97], £6.95, 324pp, tp, cover by Fletcher Sibthorp) Reprint (McClelland and Stewart 1985) literary SF novel.
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The Lost Jonathan Aycliffe (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649615-6, Nov 96 [Jan 97], £4.99, 243pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) horror novel. Simultaneous with the HarperCollins UK hardback. [First U.K. edition]
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The Regulators Richard Bachman (NEL 0-340-67177-7, Jun 97, £6.99, 446pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) dark fantasy novel.
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Miles and Flora Hilary Bailey (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-81723-3, Feb 97 [Jul 97], £15.99, 280pp, hc) [Turn of the Screw] Ghost novel. A sequel to James The Turn of the Screw.
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Miles and Flora Hilary Bailey (Touchstone 0-684-81731-4, Nov 97, £5.99, 280pp, tp) [Turn of the Screw] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1997) ghost novel. A sequel to Henry Jamess The Turn of the Screw. Internally copyrighted 1998.
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Mrs. Rochester Hilary Bailey (Pocket UK 0-671-51672-8, May 97, £4.99, 280pp, pb) [Jane Eyre] Associational novel with light fantasy elements. The sequel to Jane Eyre about the later lives of its characters.
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Cocaine Nights J. G. Ballard (Flamingo 0-00-655064-9, Sep 97, £6.99, 329pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 1996) associational novel, with some minor textual revisions.
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The Drowned World J. G. Ballard (Gollancz/Indigo 0-575-40129-X, Nov 97, £5.99, 175pp, tp, cover by Gary Day-Ellison) Reprint (Berkley 1962) SF novel.
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Running Wild J. G. Ballard (Flamingo 0-00-654819-9, Jan 97, £4.99, 106pp, tp) Reprint (Hutchinson 1988) SF novel.
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The Terminal Beach J. G. Ballard (Gollancz/Indigo 0-575-40131-1, Nov 97, £5.99, 221pp, tp, cover by Gary Day-Ellison) Reprint (Gollancz 1964) SF collection. This differs from the earlier Terminal Beach (Berkley 1964),
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A Users Guide to the Millennium J. G. Ballard (Flamingo 0-00-654821-0, Jan 97 [Mar 97], £6.99, 304pp, tp, cover by Stuart Haygarth) Reprint (Flamingo 1996) associational non-fiction collection of articles, some on SF.
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The Voices of Time J. G. Ballard (Gollancz/Indigo 0-575-40130-3, Nov 97, £5.99, 197pp, tp, cover by Gary Day-Ellison) Reprint (Gollancz 1974 as The Four-Dimensional Nightmare) SF collection of eight stories. This is different from both the 1962 Berkley and the 1963 Gollancz editions.
- 9 · The Voices of Time · nv New Worlds Oct 60
- 41 · The Sound-Sweep · nv Science-Fantasy #39 60
- 79 · The Overloaded Man · ss New Worlds Jul 61
- 92 · Thirteen to Centaurus · nv Amazing Apr 62
- 115 · The Garden of Time · ss F&SF Feb 62
- 123 · The Cage of Sand · nv New Worlds Jun 62
- 146 · The Watch-Towers · nv Science-Fantasy #53 62
- 173 · Chronopolis · nv New Worlds Jun 60
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A Song of Stone Iain Banks (Abacus 0-316-64016-6, Aug 97, £16.99, 282pp, hc, cover by Peter Brown) Associational novel set during or after a (possibly mythical) war, where an outlaw band lays siege to a castle.
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Excession Iain M. Banks (Orbit 1-85723-457-X, May 97 [Apr 97], £6.99, 455pp, tp, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Culture] Reprint (Orbit 1996) SF novel in the Culture series.
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Forms of Heaven: Three Plays Clive Barker (HarperCollins UK 0-00-225592-8, Jun 97 [May 97], £16.99, xviii+378pp, hc, cover by Clive Barker) Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) collection of three plays, all magical comedies: Crazyface, Paradise Street, and Subtle Bodies. There is an introduction by Barker, along with production notes for each play. [First U.K. edition]
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Imajica I: The Fifth Dominion Clive Barker (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649868-X, Jul 97, £5.99, 520pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) fantasy novel. The first half of the original novel.
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Imajica II: The Reconciliation Clive Barker (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649869-8, Jul 97, £5.99, 527pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) fantasy novel. The second half of the original novel.
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Sacrament Clive Barker (HarperCollins UK 0-00-648264-3, May 97 [Apr 97], £5.99, 595pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) Reprint (HarperCollins; HarperCollins UK 1996) fantasy novel.
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Weaveworld Clive Barker (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648300-3, Apr 97 [Mar 97], £6.99, 722pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) Reprint (Collins; Poseidon 1987) fantasy novel; tenth anniversary edition. Includes a 1996 introduction by Barker.
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Striders Galaxy Paul Barnett (Legend 0-09-979121-8, Mar 97, £5.99, 369pp, pb, cover by Nick Farmer) [Strider] SF novel. Book One of The Strider Chronicles.
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We Cant All Be Angels Steve Barret (The Book Guild 1-85776-178-2, Apr 97 [Jun 97], £12.95, 125pp, hc, cover by David Johnson) Fantasy novel. A first novel.
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Timelike Infinity Stephen Baxter (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-647618-X, Aug 97, £5.99, 253pp, pb) [Xeelee] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) SF novel in the Xeelee sequence.
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Titan Stephen Baxter (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225424-7, Aug 97 [Sep 97], £16.99, 581pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) SF novel. A makeshift expedition to investigate ammonia-based life on Titan finds more than it expected.
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Vacuum Diagrams Stephen Baxter (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225425-5, Apr 97, £16.99, xii+464pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Xeelee] SF collection of 21 stories presented in the form of a mosaic novel. All but one of the stories were written between 1987 and 1995, and all have been revised for this book. A paperback (-649812-4, £5.99) was announced but not seen.
- vii · Foreword · fw
- 1 · Prologue: Eve · ss *; originally part of The Soliton Star (Asimovs May 97).
- 11 · I: Era: Expansion
- 14 · The Sun-People [The Sun Person] · ss Interzone Mar 93
- 29 · The Logic Pool · ss Asimovs Jun 94
- 48 · Gossamer · ss Science Fiction Age Nov 95
- 69 · Cilia-of-Gold · nv Asimovs Aug 94
- 98 · Lieserl · ss Interzone Dec 93
- 119 · II: Era: Squeem Occupation
- 121 · Pilot [Chiron] · ss Birmingham SF Group, 1993; revised.
- 139 · The Xeelee Flower · ss Interzone #19 87
- 151 · More Than Time or Distance · ss Opus Quarterly Win 88
- 161 · The Switch · ss The Edge #2 90
- 169 · III: Era: Qax Occupation
- 171 · Blue Shift · nv L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future v5, ed. Algis Budrys, Bridge, 1989
- 193 · The Quagma Datum · ss Interzone: The 4th Anthology, ed. John Clute, David Pringle & Simon Ounsley, Simon & Schuster UK, 1989
- 213 · Planck Zero · ss IASFM Jan 92
- 231 · IV: Era: Assimilation
- 233 · The Gödel Sunflowers · ss Interzone Jan 92
- 249 · Vacuum Diagrams · ss Interzone #35 90
- 267 · V: Era: The War to End Wars
- 270 · Stowaway [from Raft] · ex HarperCollins UK, 1991; revised.
- 285 · The Tyranny of Heaven · ss Dream #24 90
- 308 · Hero · ss Asimovs Jan 95
- 325 · VI: Era: Flight
- 327 · Secret History · ss *; originally part of The Baryonic Lords in Interzone #49 & #50, 1991
- 341 · VII: Era: Photino Victory
- 344 · Shell [The Bark Spaceship] · ss Dream #14 87; revised.
- 359 · The Eighth Room · nv Dream #20 89
- 384 · The Baryonic Lords · na Interzone #49 91 (+1); revised to extract the part published as Secret History
- 451 · Epilogue: Eve · ss *; originally part of The Soliton Star (Asimovs May 97).
- 461 · The Xeelee Sequence: Timeline · ar *
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Voyage Stephen Baxter (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648037-3, Aug 97, £6.99, viii+591pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Voyager 1996) alternate-world SF novel.
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The Web: Gulliverzone Stephen Baxter (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-423-5, Jul 97, £3.50, 118pp, pb, cover by Leigh Jones) [Web] Young-adult SF novella set in the worldwide Virtual Reality Web of 2027. Book 1 in a series of six linked novellas, each written by a different author. A hardcover edition (-475-8, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
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The Experience of the Night Marcel Béalu (Dedalus 1-873982-67-4, Mar 97, £8.99, 210pp, tp, cover by Lise Weisgerber) Literary fantasy novel. Translated by Christine Donougher from the French original of 1945. Available in the US for $13.99 from Subterranean, PO Box 160, 265 5th St, Monroe OR 97456.
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/Slant Greg Bear (Legend 0-09-935081-5, Jun 97 [May 97], £16.99, 491pp, hc) [Queen of Angels] SF novel. A sequel to Queen of Angels.
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Tangents Greg Bear (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60159-0, May 97 [Jul 97], £5.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Jim Duras) Reprint (Warner 1989) SF collection.
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At Gehennas Door Peter Beere (Scholastic UK 0-590-13381-0, Jun 97, £3.50, 265pp, pb) Young-adult dark fantasy novel.
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Bram Stoker Barbara Belford (Phoenix 0-75380-216-3, Aug 97 [Sep 97], £14.99, 381pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1996) non-fiction, biography. [Bram Stoker]
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Foundations Fear Gregory Benford (Orbit 1-85723-463-4, May 97 [Apr 97], £16.99, 425pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) [Second Foundation] Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) SF novel based on Isaac Asimovs Foundation series. Volume 1 of The Second Foundation Trilogy on the life of Hari Seldon. [First U.K. edition]
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In the Ocean of Night Gregory Benford (Vista 0-575-60035-7, May 97, £5.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [In the Ocean of Night] Reprint (Dial 1977) SF novel. Volume 1 of the Galactic Centre sextet.
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Matters End Gregory Benford (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60072-1, Jul 97 [Jun 97], £5.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1995) collection of 21 stories.
- 1 · Freezeframe · ss Interzone #17 86
- 9 · Mozart on Morphine · ss F&SF Oct 89
- 24 · Centigrade 233 · ss The Bradbury Chronicles, ed. William F. Nolan & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1991
- 39 · Sleepstory · nv *
- 81 · Calibrations and Exercises · ss New Dimensions 9, ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1979
- 95 · Leviathan · ss Omni Nov 89
- 101 · Shakers of the Earth · ss The Ultimate Dinosaur, ed. Byron Preiss & Robert Silverberg, Bantam Spectra, 1992
- 118 · Proselytes · ss Full Spectrum, ed. Lou Aronica & Shawna McCarthy, Bantam, 1988
- 123 · Touches · ss Amazing Dec 91
- 134 · Nobody Lives on Burton Street · ss Amazing May 70
- 145 · Dark Sanctuary · ss Omni May 79
- 159 · Side Effect · vi *
- 162 · Knowing Her · ss New Dimensions 7, ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1977
- 174 · Stand-In · vi F&SF Jun 65
- 180 · Time Guide · ss Destinies Jan 79
- 187 · We Could Do Worse · ss Cheap Street; New Castle, VA, 1988
- 194 · Slices · ss Destinies v3 #2 81
- 203 · Immortal Night · ss Omni Apr 85
- 214 · The Bigger One · ss Science Fiction Age May 94
- 223 · Cadenza · ss New Dimensions 12, ed. Marta Randall & Robert Silverberg, Pocket, 1981
- 236 · Matters End · nv Cheap Street; New Castle, VA, 1989
- 289 · Afterword · aw
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