The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-85487-533-7, Aug ’98, £6.99, x+566pp, tp, cover by The Senate) Anthology of 27 stories, five original. Authors include Jane Yolen, Hilaire Belloc, and Rosemary Sutcliff. Simultaneous with the US (Carroll & Graf) edition.

The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-85487-530-2, Apr ’98, £6.99, xvi+524pp, tp) Anthology of 35 humorous fantasy stories, including eight originals by authors including James Bibby, Peter Cannon, Louise Cooper, Neil Gaiman, Anne Gay, and Tom Holt.

More Shakespearean Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Past Times 1-85487-559-0, Nov ’98, no price, 440pp, tp, cover by The Senate) Reprint (Robinson 1998 as Shakespearean Detectives) associational collection of 29 original stories set in the world of Shakespearean plays. Authors include Barnett, Baxter, Brenchley, Gay, Holt, Karr, Langford, Nicholls, Schweitzer, and Tremayne. Only available as part of the boxed set The Collected Shakespearean Whodunnits (1-84119-018-7, £11.99).

Shakespearean Detectives ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-85487-559-0, Aug ’98, £6.99, 440pp, tp) Associational collection of 29 original stories set in the world of Shakespearean plays. Authors include Stephen Baxter, Tom Holt, Phyllis Ann Karr, and David Langford.

Shakespearean Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Past Times 1-85487-945-6, Nov ’98, no price, 422pp, tp, cover by The Senate) Reprint (Robinson 1997) associational collection of 24 original stories, and one reprint: whodunnits based on Shakespeare’s plays amd characters. Authors include McKillip, Baxter, Holt, Newman, and MacIntyre. Only available as part of the boxed set The Collected Shakespearean Whodunnits _1-84119-018-7, £11.99).

Big Thunder Peter Atkins (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649014-X, Jun ’98 [May ’98], £5.99, 273pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1997) dark fantasy novel.

Human Croquet Kate Atkinson (Black Swan 0-552-99619-X, Mar ’98 [Apr ’98], £6.99, 383pp, tp, cover by Sarah Perkins) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1997) literary fantasy novel.

Octoberland A. A. Attanasio (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-69627-3, Nov ’98, £16.99, 372pp, hc, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Dominions of Irth] Fantasy novel. Third in “The Dominions of Irth” trilogy after The Dark Shore, and The Shadow Eater.

The Shadow Eater A. A. Attanasio (NEL 0-340-69626-5, Sep ’98 [Nov ’98], £5.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Dominions of Irth] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1998) fantasy novel. Second in “The Dominions of Irth” trilogy after The Dark Shore. The original hardcover (Hodder & Stoughton, 0-340-69625-7, £16.99, 3/98) was not seen.

Slaughtermatic Steve Aylett (Phoenix House 1-861591-22-5, Oct ’98 [Nov ’98], £9.99, 181pp, hc, cover by Graham Roundthwaite) [Beerlight] Reprint (Four Walls Eight Windows 1998) near-future SF novel of violence, virtual reality, time travel, and a bank heist gone wrong. [First U.K. edition]

In the Garden of Iden Kage Baker (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-70825-5, Dec ’97, £16.99, 298pp, hc, cover by Gary Blythe) [The Company] SF novel of “The Company,” a first novel. Published in 1997 but not seen until now.

In the Garden of Iden Kage Baker (Coronet 0-340-70826-3, Jul ’98 [Aug ’98], £5.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Gary Blythe) [The Company] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) time-travel romance.

The Raven Bride Will Baker (NEL 0-340-66576-9, May ’98, £5.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1998) SF novel. The original hardcover (-66577-7, 5 Feb 1998, £16.99) was not seen.

Lives of the Monster Dogs Kirsten Bakis (Sceptre 0-340-68596-4, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], £10.00, 291pp, tp, cover by Kirsten Bakis) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1997) literary fantasy novel. Intelligent dogs emerge from seclusion into 2008 New York. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]

A Song of Stone Iain Banks (Abacus 0-349-11011-5, Sep ’98, £6.99, 280pp, tp, cover by Peter Brown) Reprint (Abacus 1997) literary fantasy novel.

Inversions Iain M. Banks (Orbit 1-85723-626-2, Jun ’98, £16.99, 345pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Culture] SF novel. Political factions intrigue for power in a society emerging from a dark age.

Galilee Clive Barker (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223560-9, Nov ’98, £16.99, 582pp, hc) Reprint (HarperCollins 1998) Southern Gothic family chronicle with a supernatural edge. [First U.K. edition]

Earth Made of Glass John Barnes (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-466-8, Jul ’98, £10.99, 416pp, tp) [Million Open Doors] Reprint (Tor 1998) SF novel, the sequel to A Million Open Doors. A hardcover edition (-465-X, £16.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]

Kaleidoscope Century John Barnes (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-657-8, May ’98, £5.99, 252pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel set in a dark, harrowing 21st century.

Orbital Resonance John Barnes (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-659-4, May ’98, £5.99, 214pp, pb) [Orbital Resonance] Reprint (Tor 1991) SF novel. [First U.K. edition]

England, England Julian Barnes (Jonathan Cape 0-224-05275-6, Sep ’98, £15.99, 266pp, hc, cover by Bill Gregory) Literary fable; a project to recreate the entirety of traditional Britain on the Isle of Wight begins to undermine mainland society.

Strider’s Universe Paul Barnett (Orbit 1-85723-601-7, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £5.99, 436pp, pb, cover by Roger Harris) [Strider] SF novel, sequel to Strider’s Galaxy. Barnett also writes as John Grant.

Thwonk Joan Bauer (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-544-4, Feb ’98, £3.99, 172pp, pb, cover by Derek Brazell) Reprint (Delacorte 1995) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

Doctor Who: The Janus Conjunction Trevor Baxendale (BBC Books 0-563-40599-6, Oct ’98, £4.99, 283pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series.

Flux Stephen Baxter (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-647620-1, Aug ’98, £5.99, 366pp, pb) [Xeelee] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) SF novel about a race of humans living inside a neutron star. In the “Xeelee” series.

Moonseed Stephen Baxter (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225426-3, Aug ’98, £16.99, 535pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) SF novel of global destruction. All rock on Earth turns to dust after contact between a moon rock and lava. An export-only edition (-225813-7, £9.99) will be available 7 Sept 1998.

Titan Stephen Baxter (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649811-6, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], £6.99, 581pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Voyager 1997) SF novel.

Traces Stephen Baxter (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225427-1, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], £16.99, 359pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Collection of 21 SF stories.

Vacuum Diagrams Stephen Baxter (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649812-4, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], £6.99, xii+464pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Xeelee] Reprint (Voyager 1997) SF collection, subtitled “Stories of the Xeelee Sequence”, of 21 stories presented in the form of a mosaic novel.

The Web: Webcrash Stephen Baxter (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-632-7, Sep ’98, £3.50, 115pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Web] Young-adult SF novel set in the worldwide Virtual Reality Web of 2028. Book one in a second series of six linked novels, each written by a different author.

A Fine and Private Place Peter Beagle (Souvenir Press 0-285-63371-6, 1997 [May ’98], £6.99, 221pp, tp, cover by Colin Sullivan) Reissue (Viking Press 1960) classic fantasy novel. Published in 1997 but not seen until now.

The Innkeeper’s Song Peter S. Beagle (Souvenir Press 0-285-63429-1, Apr ’98 [May ’98], £9.99, 346pp, tp, cover by Matthew Williams) [world of The Inkeeper’s Song] Reprint (Roc 1993) fantasy novel. Three mysterious cloaked women lead others to a quest. [First U.K. edition]

The Last Unicorn Peter S. Beagle (Souvenir Press 0-285-63321-X, 1997, £6.99, 167pp, tp, cover by Kirsty Marie O’Leary) [Last Unicorn] Reissue (Viking Press 1968) fantasy novel. Second printing. Published in 1997 but not seen until now.

Blood Music Greg Bear (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60280-5, May ’98, £5.99, 263pp, pb, cover by Splash) Reprint (Arbor House 1985) SF novel of biotechnology.

Dinosaur Summer Greg Bear (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648367-4, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], £5.99, 367pp, pb) [Prof. Challenger] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1998) SF novel, a sequel to Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World, featuring real people such as filmmakers Willis O’Brien and Ray Harryhausen. [First U.K. edition]

Eon Greg Bear (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60266-X, Jul ’98, £5.99, 504pp, pb) [Eon] Reprint (Bluejay 1985) SF novel.

The Forge of God Greg Bear (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60265-1, Nov ’98, £6.99, 474pp, pb) [Forge of God] Reprint (Gollancz; Tor 1987) SF novel. First in a series that continues with Anvil of Stars.

Foundation and Chaos Greg Bear (Orbit 1-85723-562-2, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], £16.99, 342pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) [Second Foundation] Reprint (HarperPrism 1998) SF novel based on Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation” series. Volume 2 of “The Second Foundation Trilogy” on the life of Hari Seldon. [First U.K. edition]

/Slant Greg Bear (Orbit 1-85723-611-4, Jun ’98, £6.99, 555pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Queen of Angels] Reprint (Legend 1997) SF novel of artificial intelligence, nanotech, and intrigue, sequel to Queen of Angels.

The Ghosts of the Eighth Attack David Beaty (Souvenir Press 0-285-63423-2, Mar ’98 [May ’98], £16.99, 264pp, hc, cover by Colin Sullivan) Ghost novel. An RAF squadron in 1940 is shadowed by the planes of an American squadron which perished to a man in an attack in 1918.

Cosm Gregory Benford (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-627-0, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], £10.00, 372pp, hc) Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) SF novel. A miniature universe’s existence threatens religion, science, politics, and love. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-628-9) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]

Foundation’s Fear Gregory Benford (Orbit 1-85723-563-0, Jul ’98, £6.99, 620pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Second Foundation] Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) SF novel based on Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation” series. Volume 1 of “The Second Foundation Trilogy” on the life of Hari Seldon.

The Last Dragonlord Joanne Bertin (Earthlight 0-684-85168-7, Dec ’98 [Oct ’98], £9.99, 397pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Last Dragonlord] Fantasy novel, first in a series. The Dragonlord Linden — one of the rare humans able to transform into a dragon — finds true love after six hundred years, just as his race is threatened with genocide. A first novel. Simultaneous with the US (Tor) edition.

Mir Alexander Besher (Orbit 1-85723-531-2, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], £9.99, 306pp, tp) [Gobi] SF novel set in 2036. Sentient tattoos can travel through Omnispace, and from body to human body - but they can also be corrupted. Second in the “Gobi” series, after RIM.

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