The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

COOVER, ROBERT (Lowell) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Briar Rose (Grove 0-8021-3541-2, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], $11.00, 86pp, tp) Reprint (Grove/Atlantic 1997) literary fantasy novella retelling of “Sleeping Beauty”.
• * *Pinocchio in Venice (Simon & Schuster/Linden 0-671-64471-8, Jan ’91, $19.95, 330pp, hc, cover by Gene Greif) Literary fantasy novel of the human Pinocchio, now an old man, returning to where his story started as he slowly turns back to wood.
• * _The Public Burning (Grove/Atlantic 0-8021-3527-7, Oct ’97 [May ’98], $14.00, 534pp, tp, cover by Michael Tedesco) Reprint (Viking 1977) wildly satirical alternate history. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are executed by burning in Times Square, while Richard Nixon dreams of becoming the superhero Uncle Sam — currently the alter-ego of Dwight D. Eisenhower. This has a new introduction by William H. Gass.

COPELAND, LORI (1941- ) (stories)

• * *Candlelight Ecstasy Romance #462: Out of This World (Dell 0-440-16764-7, Oct ’86 [Feb ’87], $2.50, 189pp, pb) Romance/sf novel. Toni watches a UFO steal the neighborhood hunk’s barbecue grill. He thinks she’s crazy, but falls in love anyway. As the book ends, they watch together as the UFO returns the grill. Published in 1986.
• * *Forever, Ashley (Dell 0-440-20807-6, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $4.99, 265pp, pb) Time-travel historical fantasy romance.

COPPEL, ALFRED; [i.e., Alfredo José de Araña-Marini y Coppel] (1921-2004); see pseudonym Robert Cham Gilman (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Burning Mountain (Charter 0-441-08935-6, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $3.50, 389pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1983) alternate-history WWII novel. Interesting, exciting, mostly plausible. (EAL)
• * _The Burning Mountain (Severn House 0-7278-4884-4, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], £17.99, 438pp, hc, cover by Tony Masero) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1983) alternate-world historical novel, in which the atomic bomb fails its test at Los Alamos, and the bombing of Japan is postponed. This is the first UK hardback. Copyrighted 1993, but not seen until now.
• * *Glory (Tor 0-312-85469-2, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $21.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Goldenwing] Sf novel set in a universe where colonized planets preserve Earth nationalism as we know it, on a world settled by South Africans struggling to maintain apartheid in the face of revolution.
• * _Glory (Tor 0-812-52393-8, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $5.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Goldenwing] Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel.
• * *Glory’s People (Tor 0-312-86168-0, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $23.95, 320pp, hc, cover by David Mattingly) [Goldenwing] SF novel, third in the “Goldenwing” cycle.
• * _Glory’s People (Tor 0-812-52395-4, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $5.99, 279pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Goldenwing] Reprint (Tor 1996) SF novel, third in the “Goldenwing” cycle.
• * *Glory’s War (Tor 0-312-85471-4, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $21.00, 288pp, hc, cover by David Mattingly) [Goldenwing] SF novel, Book Two of the “Goldenwing Cycle”.
• * _Glory’s War (Tor 0-812-52394-6, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $5.99, 309pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Goldenwing] Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel, Book Two of the “Goldenwing Cycle”.

COPPER, BASIL (1924- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Black Death (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-04-6, Mar ’92, $32.00, 373pp, hc, cover by Stefanie Hawks) Occult thriller set on Dartmoor at the turn of the century. A signed slipcased limited edition ($60.00) was announced but not seen. Available from Fedogan & Bremer, 700 Washington Ave. SE, Suite 50, Minneapolis, MN 55414.
• * *The Exploits of Solar Pons (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-11-9, Oct ’93, $24.00, 239pp, hc, cover by Stefanie Hawks) [Solar Pons] Collection of four original Holmes pastiche “Solar Pons” adventures featuring the character created by August Derleth. Copper’s fifth “Solar Pons” book. Illustrated by Stefanie Hawks. A signed, numbered, slipcased limited edition (-14-3, $60.00) was announced but not seen. Available from Fedogan & Bremer, 700 Washington Ave., Suite 50, Minneapolis MN 55414. Add $1.50 for postage, $3.00 for priority mail. (Contents)
• * *The Recollections of Solar Pons (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-20-8, Oct ’95, $25.00, 250pp, hc, cover by Stefanie K. Hawks) [Solar Pons] Associational collection of four novellas featuring the Sherlockian detective originally created by August Derleth. Three are original; the fourth is a restored version of the original, much-modified, publication. Illustrations are by Stefanie K. Hawks. A limited edition (-21-6, $75.00) was announced but not seen. Available from Fedogan & Bremer, 603 Washington Ave SE #77, Minneapolis MN 55414-2950; fax 612-721-8848. (Contents)
• * _The Vampire: In Legend and Fact (Citadel Press 0-8065-1126-5, Jun ’89, $7.95, 208pp, tp) Reprint (Hale 1973 as The Vampire: In Legend, Fact, and Art) non-fiction study of vampirism.

COPPERFIELD, DAVID, ed. (1956- ) (stories)

• * *David Copperfield’s Beyond Imagination (with Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg) (HarperPrism 0-06-105229-9, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $23.00, 353pp, hc) Original anthology of 17 stories of fantasy and SF. Authors include Peter S. Beagle, Ed Bryant, Robert Silverberg, Tad Williams, and Anne McCaffrey. Greenberg is credited only on the copyright page. There is a preface by Raymond E. Feist. (Contents)
• * _David Copperfield’s Beyond Imagination (with Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg) (HarperPrism 0-06-105493-3, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $6.99, 476pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) original anthology.
• * *David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible (with Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg) (HarperPrism 0-06-105228-0, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $23.00, 386pp, hc) Original anthology of 18 stories of magic. There is a preface by Dean Koontz, an introduction by David Copperfield, and a section of author biographies. Authors include Copperfield, Ray Bradbury, S.P. Somtow, F. Paul Wilson, and Joyce Carol Oates. Copyrighted by David Copperfield’s Disappearing, Janet Berliner Gluckman, and Martin H. Greenberg, who is not credited elsewhere. (Contents)
• * _David Copperfield’s Tales of the Impossible (with Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg) (HarperPrism 0-06-105492-5, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $6.99, 473pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism 1995) original anthology of 18 stories of magic.

COPPULA, SUSAN

• * *Shades of Winter (Ballantine Fawcett 0-449-13169-6, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.95, 404pp, pb) Historical romance novel with witchcraft, set in Henry III’s England.

CORBEN, RICHARD (Vance) (1940- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Vic and Blood (with Harlan Ellison) (St. Martin’s 0-312-03471-7, Nov ’89, $8.95, 63pp, tp, cover by Richard Corben) [Vic & Blood] Graphic novel adaptation of Ellison’s three post-Apocalypse sf stories, “Eggsucker”, “A Boy and His Dog”, and “Run, Spot, Run”.
• * _The Voyage of Sindbad (with Jan S. Strnad) (Titan 1-85286-058-8, May ’88, £8.95, 102pp, tp) Reprint (Heavy Metal Books ????, as New Tales of the Arabian Nights) fantasy/adventure graphic novel. [First U.K. edition]

CORBETT, W(illiam) J(esse) (1938- )

• * *Ark of the People (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-69965-5, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], £3.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Wayne Anderson) [Ark of the People] Young-adult animal fantasy novel, illustrated by Wayne Anderson.
• * +Pentecost and the Chosen One (Delacorte 0-385-29549-9, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $14.95, 238pp, hc) [Pentecost] Young-adult fantasy novel, the further adventures of the talking mice in The Song of Pentecost (which won the 1982 Whitbread Award). First U.S. edition (Methuen 1984). The illustrations by Martin Ursell are apparently new.

CORDELL, CLEO (stories)

• * *The Flesh Endures (Signet UK 0-451-18914-0, Dec ’96, £5.99, 309pp, pb) [Flesh Endures] Erotic dark fantasy novel. Book 1 of a trilogy.

CORDY, MICHAEL

• * *The Miracle Strain (Bantam UK 0-593-04220-4, Sep ’97, £9.99, 365pp, tp) SF thriller. Genetic engineers create a clone from relics of Christ. A first novel.

CORELLI, MARIE; pseudonym of Mary MacKay, (1855-1924) (stories)

• * _Romance of Two Worlds (Society of Metaphysicians 1-85228-562-1, Feb ’87, £6.00, 370pp, tp) Reprint (Bentley 1886) occult novel. [Not seen]
• * _Song of Miriam and Other Stories (Society of Metaphysicians 1-85228-492-7, Nov ’86, £6.00, 234pp, hc) Reprint (Munro 1898) occult collection.
• * _The Sorrows of Satan (Oxford University Press 0-19-283220-4, May ’96 [Jun ’96], £5.99, xxii+390pp, tp, cover by David Axtell) Reprint (Methuen 1895) fantasy novel. Subtitled “or The Strange Experiencesof One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire: A Romance”. Nineteenth century novel of the Devil seeking one person able to resist corruption. Adds a new introduction by Peter Keating.
• * _The Sorrows of Satan (Oxford University Press 0-19-283324-3, Jun ’98, £5.99, xxvi+401pp, tp, cover by Paul Mathey) Reprint (Methuen 1895) fantasy novel. Subtitled “or The Strange Experiences of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire: A Romance”. This new Oxford edition includes a revision of the 1996 introduction, with an added chronology and explanatory notes, all by Peter Keating. (Contents)
• * _Strange Visitation (Society of Metaphysicians 1-85228-565-6, Mar ’87, £6.50, 188pp, hc) Reprint (Newnes 1904) occult novel. [Not seen]

COREN, MICHAEL

• * *Gilbert: The Man Who Was G.K. Chesterton (Paragon House 1-55778-256-3, Mar ’90 [Dec ’90], $22.95, 304pp, hc) Non-fiction; a biography of the author of The Man Who Was Thursday and the “Father Brown” mysteries. [Chesterton]
• * +The Invisible Man: The Life and Liberties of H.G. Wells (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-12119-9, Aug ’93 [Oct ’93], $22.50, 240pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. A revisionist biography of Wells. First American edition (Bloomsbury 1993). [Wells]
• * +The Man Who Created Narnia (Eerdmans 0-8028-3822-7, Nov ’96, $20.00, 140pp, hc) Biography of C.S. Lewis, written to be accessible to young adults, with 64 photos, and some of the original Narnia illustrations. There is a chronology, a select bibliography, and an index. First US edition (Lester Publishing 1994). [Lewis]

CORLETT, WILLIAM (Albert) (1938-2005) (chron.)

• * *The Bridge in the Clouds (The Bodley Head 0-370-31763-7, Jun ’92, £8.99, 287pp, hc, cover by Patrick Downing) [*Magician’s House] Young-adult fantasy novel. The fourth book of “The Magician’s House”.
• * _The Bridge in the Clouds (Red Fox 0-09-918391-9, Jun ’93, £2.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Patrick Downing) [*Magician’s House] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1992) young-adult fantasy novel. The fourth book of “The Magician’s House”.
• * *The Door in the Tree (The Bodley Head 0-370-31532-4, Feb ’91, £7.99, 261pp, hc, cover by Patrick Downing) [*Magician’s House] Young-adult fantasy novel. The Second Book of “The Magician’s House.”
• * _The Door in the Tree (Red Fox 0-09-997390-1, Jun ’92, £2.99, 261pp, pb, cover by Patrick Downing) [*Magician’s House] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1991) young-adult fantasy novel. The second book of “The Magician’s House”.
• * _Return to the Gate (The Bodley Head 0-370-31012-8, Sep ’86, £4.50, 166pp, tp) Reprint (Bradbury Press 1977) dystopian sf novel.
• * _The Secret Line (Red Fox 0-09-937141-3, Dec ’95, £3.50, 219pp, pb) Reprint (Walker 1988) young-adult fantasy novel. An unhappy young girl finds a train that can reach secret stations on the Underground.
• * *The Steps Up the Chimney (The Bodley Head 0-370-31455-7, Oct ’90, £7.99, 233pp, hc, cover by Patrick Downing) [*Magician’s House] Young-adult fantasy novel about a 16th century alchemist transported through time to help a group of children in the present day. The First Book of “The Magician’s House”.
• * _The Steps Up the Chimney (Red Fox 0-09-985370-1, Oct ’91, £2.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Patrick Downing) [*Magician’s House] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1990) young-adult fantasy novel about a 16th century alchemist transported through time to help a group of children in the present day. The First Book of “The Magician’s House.”
• * *The Summer of the Haunting (The Bodley Head 0-370-31819-6, Oct ’93, £8.99, 233pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) Young-adult horror novel about a teenage girl haunted by ghosts during her summer holidays in Yorkshire.
• * _The Summer of the Haunting (Red Fox 0-09-922081-4, Jun ’95 [Feb ’96], £3.50, 233pp, pb) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1993) young-adult dark fantasy novel. Issued in 1995 but not seen until now.
• * *The Tunnel Behind the Waterfall (The Bodley Head 0-370-31651-7, Sep ’91 [Oct ’91], £8.99, 280pp, hc, cover by Patrick Downing) [*Magician’s House] Young-adult fantasy novel. The Third Book of “The Magician’s House.”
• * _The Tunnel Behind the Waterfall (Red Fox 0-09-997910-1, Sep ’92 [Oct ’92], £2.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Patrick Downing) [*Magician’s House] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1991) young-adult fantasy novel. The third book of “The Magician’s House”.

CORMIER, ROBERT (Edmund) (1925-2000)

• * *Fade (Gollancz 0-575-04402-0, Sep ’88 [Dec ’88], £9.95, 246pp, hc) Young-adult literary sf novel.
• * +Fade (Delacorte 0-440-50105-9, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $15.95, 310pp, hc) Multigenerational fantasy novel about a family with an inherited power of invisibility. First U.S. edition (Gollancz 1988).
• * _Fade (Dell 0-440-20487-9, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $4.50, 293pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1988) multigenerational fantasy novel about a family who possesses inherited powers of invisibility. A World Fantasy Award nominee.
• * _Fade (Tracks 0-00-673339-5, Apr ’90, £2.99, 246pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte 1988) young-adult sf novel.
• * _Fade (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21091-7, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $3.99, 293pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1988) multigenerational fantasy novel about a family who possesses inherited powers of invisibility. The previous American edition was packaged as an adult novel; this is being sold as young-adult fiction.
• * _Fade (Puffin UK 0-14-130052-3, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], £4.99, 246pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1988) young-adult fantasy novel; a young boy discovers he can become invisible.

CORN, JOSEPH J. (1938- )

• * *Yesterday’s Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future (with Brian Horrigan) (Simon & Schuster 0-671-54276-1, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $29.95, 158pp, hc) Non-fiction, associational, an illustrated book based on artwork, models, toys, etc., showing past American visions of the future. Also available in tp (-54133-1, $17.95).
• * _Yesterday’s Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future (with Brian Horrigan) (Johns Hopkins University Press 0-8018-5399-0, Jun ’96, $24.95, 157pp, tp, cover by Frank R. Paul) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1984) associational non-fiction, an illustrated look at past predictions of the future, as shown in art, models, toys, SF, etc. Copyrighted by the Smithsonian Institution. Order from The Johns Hopkins University Press, 715 N Charles St, Baltimore MD 21218.

CORNELL, PAUL; see house pseudonym Maria Palmer (stories)

• * *Doctor Who: Goth Opera (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20418-2, Jul ’94, £4.99, 238pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson & JCB) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization. First of a new “Missing Adventures” series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
• * *Doctor Who: Human Nature (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20443-3, May ’95, £4.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Bill Donohoe) [Doctor Who] Novelisation based on the TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
• * *Doctor Who: The Discontinuity Guide (with Martin Day & Keith Topping) (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20442-5, May ’95 [Jul ’95], £4.99, 357pp, pb, cover by Slatter-Anderson) [Doctor Who] Episode-by-episode guide to Doctor Who, focussing on dialogue triumphs, fluffs, goofs, fashion victims, and such-like, with an Introduction by Terrance Dicks.
• * *Happy Endings (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20470-0, May ’96, £4.99, 291pp, pb, cover by Paul Campbell) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition, available in the US for $5.95. Volume 50 in “The New Adventures”.
• * _Horrorscopes: Leo: Blood Ties [as by Maria Palmer] See entry under Maria Palmer.
• * *Love and War (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20385-2, Oct ’92, £3.99, 235pp, pb, cover by Lee Sullivan) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series, in which Ace finds love, but the Doctor finds only war. An outstanding achievement. Recommended (PSP).
• * *The New Adventures: Oh No It Isn’t! (Virgin 0-426-20507-3, May ’97, £4.99, 249pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Bernice Summerfield] Humorous SF novel. Book 1 in a new series featuring Bernice Summerfield from the Doctor Who “New Adventures”.
• * *No Future (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20409-3, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], £4.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Pete Walbank) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
• * *Timewyrm: Revelation (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20360-7, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], £3.50, 220pp, pb, cover by Andrew Skilleter) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the “Doctor Who” series. Volume 4 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $5.95.
• * *The Uninvited (Virgin 0-7535-0220-8, Oct ’97 [Jan ’98], £5.99, 160pp, pb) Novelization of the SF TV series of alien infestation.

CORNETT, ROBERT CHARLES (1952- )

• * _The Aldebaran Campaign (with Kevin D. Randle) See entry under Kevin D. Randle
• * _The Aquarian Attack (with Kevin D. Randle) See entry under Kevin D. Randle
• * _Remember Gettysburg! (with Kevin D. Randle) See entry under Kevin D. Randle
• * _Remember Little Big Horn! (with Kevin D. Randle) See entry under Kevin D. Randle
• * _Remember the Alamo! (with Kevin D. Randle) See entry under Kevin D. Randle
• * _Seeds of War (with Kevin D. Randle) See entry under Kevin D. Randle

CORNWELL, BERNARD; pseudonym of Bernard Wiggins, (1944- )

• * *Enemy of God (Michael Joseph 0-7181-0051-4, Sep ’96, £15.99, 397pp, hc, cover by Bill Gregory) [Warlord Chronicles] Historical fantasy novel. “The Warlord Chronicles: II”. Second in an Arthurian trilogy after The Winter King.
• * _Enemy of God (Michael Joseph 0-7181-0060-3, Mar ’97, £9.99, 397pp, tp, cover by Bill Gregory) [Warlord Chronicles] Reprint (Michael Joseph 1996) associational historical novel of Arthur. Book two of a trilogy.
• * +Enemy of God (St. Martin’s 0-312-15523-9, Jul ’97, $24.95, 397pp, hc, cover by Bill Gregory & W. Hatherell) [Warlord Chronicles] Arthurian novel, sequel to The Winter King. First US edition (Michael Joseph 1996).