The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

de LARRABEITI, MICHAEL (1934-2008) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Borribles (Ace 0-441-07171-6, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.50, 305pp, pb) [Borribles] Reissue (Bodley Head 1976) young-adult fantasy novel. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _The Borribles Go for Broke (Ace 0-441-07024-8, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $2.50, 267pp, pb) [Borribles] Reissue (Bodley Head 1981) fantasy novel, sequel to The Borribles.
• * *The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis (Piccolo 0-330-29149-1, Oct ’86, £1.95, 332pp, pb) [Borribles] Juvenile fantasy novel, #3 in the series. A planned hardcover edition was dropped amid controversy.
• * +The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis (Ace 0-441-00311-7, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.50, 306pp, pb) [Borribles] Fantasy novel, third in the series about wild children. First American edition (Pan 1986).
• * *Provençal Tales (St. Martin’s 0-312-02968-3, Jul ’89, $16.95, 222pp, hc) Associational; retelling of Provençal tales and fables by the author of the “Borribles” books.

DELINSKY, BARBARA (Ruth, née Greenberg) (1945- )

• * *The Outsider (Harlequin 0-373-25485-7, Mar ’92, $2.99, 221pp, pb) Sf romance. A folk healer falls in love with a mysterious stranger from the stars who has telepathic powers. A Harlequin Temptation romance.

de LINT, CHARLES (Henri Diederick Hoefsmit) (1951- ); see pseudonym Samuel M. Key (stories) (chron.)

• * *Ascian in Rose (Axolotl Press 0-939879-10-7, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $30.00, 84pp, hc) [Moonheart] Fantasy novella set in the same world as the novel Moonheart. Limited to 300 signed copies (also fifty leatherbound, $65.00).
• * *Ascian in Rose (Axolotl Press 0-939879-11-5, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $6.00, 84pp, tp) [Moonheart] Trade paperback of the above. Limited to 500 copies.
• * *Author’s Choice Monthly Issue 22: Hedgework and Guessery (Pulphouse no ISBN, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.95, 118pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Collection of seven stories and eight poems, plus an introduction by the author. One poem is original. A signed hardcover edition ($25.00) is also available, and a deluxe leatherbound edition ($50.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
• * *Berlin (Fourth Avenue Press 0-9694121-1-8, Oct ’89, $14.95, 55pp, tp) [Borderland] Novella in the shared-world “Borderland” series. The trade edition is limited to 300 copies. A hardcover edition of 26 copies (-0-X, $35.00) was not seen, and was sold out prior to publication. Order from The House of Speculative Fiction, Inc., 105 Fourth Ave., Ottawa ONT Canada K1S 2LI.
• * *Brian Froud’s Faerielands: The Wild Wood (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09630-3, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $19.95, 221pp, hc, cover by Brian Froud) [Faerielands] Fantasy novel of a young artist whose work is haunted by faerie. Illustrated by Brian Froud. First book of a new series, each book by a different author, created by Brian Froud and Robert Gould. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * *The Dreaming Place (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31571-6, Nov ’90, $14.95, 138pp, hc, cover by Brian Froud) [Newford] Young-adult fantasy novel of a young girl and her cousin endangered by an earth spirit that wants one of the girls for her own. Illustrated by Brian Froud. A “Dragonflight” book packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _The Dreaming Place (Warner Questar 0-446-36287-5, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $4.99, 138pp, pb, cover by Brian Froud) [Newford] Reprint (Atheneum 1990) young-adult fantasy novel of a young girl and her cousin endangered by an earth spirit that wants one of the girls for her own. Illustrations by Brian Froud. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * *Dreams Underfoot (Tor 0-312-85205-3, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $22.95, 414pp, hc, cover by Terri Windling) [Newford] Collection of 19 stories set in the imaginary city of Newford, two original. There is an introduction by Terri Windling. (Contents)
• * _Dreams Underfoot (Tor 0-812-51621-4, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $4.99, 459pp, pb, cover by Terri Windling) [Newford] Reprint (Tor 1993) collection of 19 stories set in the imaginary city of Newford, two original, with an introduction by Terri Windling.
• * *Drink Down the Moon (Ace 0-441-16861-2, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $3.95, 216pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) [Jack of Kinrowan] Fantasy novel of the wild fairies that roam the streets of Ottawa, sequel to Jack, the Giant-Killer.
• * *Ghosts of Wind and Shadow (Pulphouse/Axolotl no ISBN, Apr ’91, $10.00, 73pp, tp, cover by Donna Gordon) [Newford] Fantasy novella with an introduction by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. A hardcover limited edition of 300 copies ($35.00) and a deluxe leatherbound edition ($65.00) are also available. All states are signed by the author and introducer.
• * *Ghostwood (Pulphouse/Axolotl no ISBN, Aug ’90, $10.00, 226pp, tp, cover by Donna Gordon) [Moonheart] Urban fantasy novel, part of the “Moonheart” cycle. A hardcover edition ($35.00) and a deluxe leatherbound edition ($65.00) are also available.
• * *Greenmantle (Ace 0-441-30295-5, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.50, 328pp, pb) Fantasy novel; the wild hunt still exists not far from a modern city.
• * _Greenmantle (Pan 0-330-31580-3, Mar ’91 [Dec ’90], £7.99, 328pp, tp, cover by David Bergen) Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel about The Wild Hunt. Also announced in hardcover (-31579-X, £15.99).
• * _Greenmantle (Pan 0-330-31111-5, Feb ’92, £4.99, 328pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel.
• * _Greenmantle (Tor/Orb 0-312-86510-4, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $14.95, 384pp, tp, cover by David Bergen) Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel.
• * *The Harp of the Grey Rose (Donning/Starblaze 0-89865-374-6, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $7.95, 207pp, pb) [Cerin Songweaver] Fantasy novel, first of a projected series. Illustrations by George Barr.
• * _The Harp of the Grey Rose (Avon 0-380-76202-1, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $3.95, 230pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Cerin Songweaver] Reprint (Donning/Starblaze 1985) fantasy novel, the first book of the “Legend of Cerin Songweaver” series.
• * *Into the Green (Tor 0-312-85672-5, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $19.95, 249pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Angharad] Fantasy novel based on (and containing) the Angharad stories originally published in the Sword & Sorceress anthologies.
• * _Into the Green (Tor 0-812-52249-4, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $4.99, 254pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Angharad] Reprint (Tor 1993) fantasy novel.
• * *The Ivory and the Horn (Tor 0-312-85573-7, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $21.95, 318pp, hc, cover by Terri Windling) [Newford] Collection of 15 urban fantasy stories, one original, set in the magical city of Newford. (Contents)
• * _The Ivory and the Horn (Tor 0-812-53408-5, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $6.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Terri Windling) [Newford] Reprint (Tor 1995) collection of 15 urban fantasy stories.
• * *Jack of Kinrowan (Tor 0-812-53898-6, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $5.99, 474pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) [Jack of Kinrowan] Omnibus of two contemporary fantasy novels, Jack the Giant Killer (Ace 1987) and Drink Down the Moon (Ace 1990). (Contents)
• * *Jack the Giant Killer (Ace 0-441-37969-9, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $16.95, 202pp, hc) [Jack of Kinrowan] Contemporary fantasy novel, loosely based on the fairytale of the same name.
• * _Jack the Giant-Killer (Ace 0-441-37970-2, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.50, 186pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) [Jack of Kinrowan] Reprint (Ace 1987) contemporary fantasy novel. Part of the “Fairy Tales” series packaged by Terri Windling/Endicott Studios.
• * *The Little Country (Morrow 0-688-10366-9, Jan ’91, $22.95, 636pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Fantasy novel of a folksinger in a Cornish town in danger because of a mysterious book that opens the way into another world. Recommended (SW).
• * _The Little Country (SFBC #18125, Apr ’91, $10.98, 636pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Reprint (Morrow 1991) fantasy novel.
• * _The Little Country (Tor 0-812-52248-6, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $5.99, 591pp, pb, cover by Dave Henderson) Reprint (Morrow 1991) fantasy novel of a folksinger in a Cornish town in danger because of a mysterious book that opens the way into another world.
• * _The Little Country (Pan 0-330-32106-4, Sep ’93, £8.99, 636pp, tp, cover by Keith Scaife) Reprint (Morrow 1991) fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-32105-6, £15.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Little Country (Pan 0-330-32107-2, Oct ’94, £5.99, 636pp, pb, cover by Keith Scaife) Reprint (Morrow 1991) fantasy novel.
• * *Memory & Dream (Tor 0-312-85572-9, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $22.95, 400pp, hc, cover by John Howe) Contemporary urban fantasy novel about an artist whose paintings call creatures from another world into existence in this one, set in the imaginary city of Newford.
• * _Memory & Dream (SFBC #06154, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $10.98, 465pp, hc, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Tor 1994) fantasy novel. Similar to the Tor edition, except this lacks a price and has an SFBC code number on the back jacket.
• * *Memory & Dream (Macmillan UK 0-333-64298-8, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], £15.99, 510pp, hc, cover by John Howe) Contemporary urban fantasy novel, set in the imaginary city of Newford, about an artist whose paintings call creatures from another world into existence in this one.
• * _Memory & Dream (Tor 0-812-53407-7, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $6.99, 591pp, pb, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Tor 1994) contemporary urban fantasy novel.
• * _Memory and Dream (Pan 0-330-33959-1, Jul ’96 [Aug ’96], £6.99, 675pp, pb, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Tor 1994) contemporary urban fantasy novel.
• * _Merlin Dreams in the Mondream Wood (Pulphouse 1-56146-552-6, Jul ’92, $1.95, 38pp, pb, cover by Donna Gordon) [Sara Kendell; Moonheart] Fantasy short story that originally appeared in Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Issue 7 and in the collection Spiritwalk. Short Story Paperback #52. A 100-copy signed limited hardcover (-932-7, $20.00) edition is also available. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
• * *Moonheart (Ace 0-441-53719-7, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.95, 485pp, pb) [Moonheart] Fantasy novel.
• * _Moonheart (Pan 0-330-31110-7, Jul ’90, £7.99, 485pp, tp, cover by David Bergen) [Moonheart] Reprint (Ace 1984) fantasy novel. Also available in hardcover (-31217-0, £13.95).
• * _Moonheart (Pan 0-330-31576-5, Mar ’91, £4.99, 485pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) [Moonheart] Reprint (Ace 1984) fantasy novel.
• * _Moonheart (Tor/Orb 0-312-89004-4, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $13.95, 447pp, tp, cover by David Bergen) [Moonheart] Reprint (Ace 1984) fantasy novel, first book of a sequence.
• * *Moonlight and Vines (Tor 0-312-86518-X, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $24.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Terri Windling) [Newford] Collection of 22 urban fantasy stories, three original, set in de Lint’s city of Newford. Four stories appeared previously as limited edition chapbooks. (Contents)
• * *Mulengro (Ace 0-441-54484-3, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $3.50, 351pp, pb) Fantasy novel of ghosts and Gypsy magic, set in contemporary Ottawa.
• * _Mulengro (Darkside Press 0-940841-59-2, Nov ’95 [Dec ’95], $65.00, 400pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1985) contemporary gypsy fantasy. First hardcover edition; this is a signed, limited, numbered, leatherbound edition of 500.
• * _Mulengro (Pan 0-330-32113-7, Nov ’97, £6.99, 488pp, pb, cover by Fletcher Sibthorp) Reprint (Ace 1985) contemporary gypsy fantasy. It adds an Afterword (1995) by de Lint. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Our Lady of the Harbour (Pulphouse/Axolotl no ISBN, Oct ’91, $10.00, 88pp, tp, cover by Donna Gordon) [Newford] Fantasy novella. A 300-copy hardcover edition ($35.00) and a 75-copy leatherbound edition ($65.00) are also available.
• * _Philip José Farmer’s The Dungeon Volume 3: Valley of Thunder (Bantam UK 0-553-40176-9, Nov ’90, £3.50, 273pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [Dungeon] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) fantasy novelization. This is the US edition with a sticker carrying the UK price and ISBN.
• * *Philip José Farmer’s The Dungeon Volume 5: The Hidden City (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28338-3, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 261pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [Dungeon] Fantasy novelization set in a world created by Farmer, illustrated by Robert Gould, packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * *Philip José Farmer’s The Dungeon, Volume 3: The Valley of Thunder (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27958-0, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 273pp, pb) [Dungeon] Fantasy novelization set in a shared world created by Farmer. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * *The Riddle of the Wren (Ace 0-441-72229-6, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.75, 295pp, pb) Fantasy novel; a first novel.
• * _The Riddle of the Wren (Mathew D. Hargreaves 0-9641476-0-2, Jul ’94, $40.00, 218pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1984) fantasy novel, de Lint’s first book. With endpapers by Charles Vess on glossy stock and a new afterword by the author. This is a 500-copy limited edition signed by the author and artist. Available from Mathew D. Hargreaves, PO Box 66099, Seattle WA 98166-0099. Please include $3.00 for postage.
• * *Someplace to be Flying (Tor 0-312-85849-3, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $24.95, 380pp, hc) [Newford] Contemporary fantasy novel mixing Celtic and Native American legend set in de Lint’s fictional Newford.
• * _Someplace to be Flying (Macmillan UK 0-333-73280-4, Mar ’98, £16.99, 465pp, hc, cover by Fletcher Sibthorp) [Newford] Reprint (Tor 1998) fantasy novel. Masterly, melancholic melange of urban myth, faery, and folklore. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Spiritwalk (Tor 0-312-85204-5, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $19.95, 365pp, hc, cover by David Bergen) [Moonheart] Omnibus of one novel (Ghostwood (Axolotl 1990)), two novellas (Ascian in Rose (Axoltol 1987) & Westlin Wind (Axoltol 1989)), and one short story plus original introductory material. This omnibus is a sequel to Moonheart. (Contents)
• * _Spiritwalk (SFBC #00067, Jul ’92 [Aug ’92], $9.98, hc, cover by David Bergen) [Moonheart] Reprint (Tor 1992) omnibus of one novel, two novellas, and one short story, plus introductory material. This omnibus is a sequel to Moonheart. Similar to the Tor edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and the SFBC number is on the back jacket.
• * _Spiritwalk (Tor 0-812-51620-6, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $4.99, 398pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) [Moonheart] Reprint (Tor 1992) omnibus of one novel (Ghostwood [Axolotl 1990]), two novellas (Ascian in Rose [Axoltol 1986] & Westlin’ Wind [Axoltol 1989]), and one short story plus original introductory material. This omnibus is a sequel to Moonheart.
• * _Spiritwalk (Macmillan UK 0-330-33245-7, Oct ’94, £9.99, 380pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) [Moonheart] Reprint (Tor 1992) omnibus of novel Ghostwood (Axolotl 1990), two novellas—Ascian in Rose (Axolotl 1986) and Westlin Wind (Axolotl 1989)—plus one short story, and introductory material. This omnibus is a sequel to Moonheart. A hardcover edition (-63729-1, £15.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Spiritwalk (Pan 0-330-34298-3, Aug ’95, £5.99, 463pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) [Moonheart] Reprint (Tor 1992) omnibus of novel Ghostwood (Axolotl 1990), two novellas — Ascian in Rose (Axolotl 1986) and Westlin Wind (Axolotl 1989) — plus one short story, and original introductory material. This omnibus is a sequel to Moonheart.
• * *Svaha (Ace 0-441-79098-4, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.50, 276pp, pb) Sf novel. In a future made bleak by ecological and economic disasters, the reconstituted Indian nations shut out the world from their hi-tech enclaves.
• * _Svaha (Tor 0-812-53409-3, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $4.50, 306pp, pb, cover by Sam Rakeland) Reprint (Ace 1989) fantasy novel of Native Americans in a post-holocaust Canada.
• * *Trader (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.
• * _Trader (Macmillan UK 0-333-67212-7, Nov ’97, £16.99, 448pp, hc, cover by Fletcher Sibthorp) Reprint (Tor 1997) contemporary fantasy novel. A quiet, responsible guitar-maker trades bodies with a drunken loser. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Trader (Tor 0-812-55157-5, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $6.99, 464pp, pb, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Tor 1997) contemporary fantasy novel of body-trading.
• * _Trader (Pan 0-330-34935-X, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], £6.99, 558pp, pb, cover by Fletcher Sibthorp) Reprint (Tor 1997) contemporary fantasy novel. A guitar-maker trades bodies with a drunken loser.
• * *Uncle Dobbin’s Parrot Fair (Pulphouse 1-56146-517-8, May ’91, $1.95, 45pp, pb, cover by Donna Gordon) [Newford] Fantasy short story originally in IASFM. This is its first book publication. Short story paperback #17. A signed 100-copy leatherbound deluxe hardcover edition ($20.00) is also available.
• * *Westlin Wind (Pulphouse/Axolotl Press no ISBN, Mar ’89 [Apr ’89], $10.00, 92pp, tp) [Moonheart] Fantasy novella, a companion piece to Ascian in Rose; with an introduction by Emma Bull, limited to 900 copies, signed by de Lint and Bull. Also available in a signed and numbered clothbound limited edition ($35.00). (Contents)
• * *The Wishing Well (Pulphouse/Axolotl no ISBN, Aug ’93, $10.00, 99pp, tp, cover by Asia Henderson) [Newford] Fantasy novella. The trade paperback is limited to 525 signed copies. A 300-copy numbered hardcover edition ($35.00) and a 75-copy leatherbound edition ($65.00) are also available. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
• * *Wolf Moon (NAL Signet 0-451-15487-8, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.50, 252pp, pb) Fantasy novel of a persecuted werewolf.
• * *Yarrow (Ace 0-441-94000-5, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $2.95, 244pp, pb) Fantasy novel taking place in our world as well as an alternate fantasy world which the heroine, a fantasy author, can enter.
• * _Yarrow (Pan 0-330-31578-1, Feb ’92, £7.99, 245pp, tp, cover by David Bergen) Reprint (Ace 1986) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Yarrow (Pan 0-330-31112-3, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], £4.99, 245pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) Reprint (Ace 1986) fantasy novel.
• * _Yarrow (Tor/Orb 0-312-86393-4, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $12.95, 256pp, tp, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Ace 1986) contemporary fantasy novel.

DEL NEGRO, JANICE

• * *Lucy Dove (with Leonid Gore) (DK Ink 0-7894-2514-9, Sep ’98 [Nov ’98], $16.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Leonid Gore) Children’s picture book with a ghost story inspired by Celtic folklore, and interestingly atmospheric illustrations by Leonid Gore.

DELO, KEN

• * *The Frozen Horror (University Editions 1-56002-619-7, May ’96 [Jul ’96], $5.95, 143pp, tp, cover by Mark Grosskopf) SF horror novel. Attemps at revivication release cryogenically frozen dead to attack Los Angeles. A first novel. Available from University Editions, 59 Oak Lane, Spring Valley, Huntington WV 25704.

del REY, LESTER; [i.e., Ramón Felipe San Juan Mario Silvio Enrico Smith Heathcourt-Brace Sierra y Alvarez-del Rey y de Los Uerdes (born Leonard Knapp)] (1915-1993) (stories)

• * _The Best of Lester del Rey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32933-3, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $3.95, 366pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1978) collection. 3rd printing.
• * _The Best of Lester del Rey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32933-3, Feb ’95 [Mar ’95], $5.99, 366pp, pb, cover by H. R. Van Dongen) Reissue (Del Rey 1978) collection. This says fifth printing, but may be later.
• * _Pstalemate (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32928-7, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 215pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1971) sf novel of telepathy and psi powers.

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• * _The Best of John W. Campbell See entry under John W. Campbell, Jr.
• * *Once Upon a Time: A Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales (with Risa Kessler) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36263-2, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $25.00, 336pp, hc, cover by Michael Pangrazio) Original anthology of ten fantasy stories with a foreword by the editors and illustrations by Michael Pangrazio. (Contents)