The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

FOSTER, ALAN DEAN (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *Flinx in Flux (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34363-8, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.95, 324pp, pb) [Pip & Flinx] Sf adventure novel, sixth in the “Flinx” series.
• * _Flinx in Flux (Severn House 0-7278-1766-3, Jun ’89, £11.95, 324pp, hc, cover by Trevor Newman) [Pip & Flinx] Reprint (Del Rey 1988) sf novel. First hardback edition. Volume 6 in “The Adventures of Flinx of the Commonwealth”. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Flinx in Flux (NEL 0-450-51571-0, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], £3.99, 324pp, pb, cover by Chris Achilleos) [Pip & Flinx] Reprint (Del Rey 1988) sf novel.
• * _Flinx in Flux (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34363-8, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 324pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Pip & Flinx] Reissue (Del Rey 1988) SF novel in the “Pip and Flinx” series; tenth printing.
• * _For Love of Mother-Not (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34689-0, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.50, 247pp, pb) [Pip & Flinx] Reissue (Del Rey 1983) sf adventure novel in the “Flinx” series; 10th printing.
• * _For Love of Mother-Not (Severn House 0-7278-4403-2, Oct ’92, £13.00, 247pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) [Pip & Flinx] Reprint (Del Rey 1983) sf novel. In the “Pip and Flinx” series. First world hardcover edition. [First U.K. edition]
• * _For Love of Mother-Not (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34689-0, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Pip & Flinx] Reissue (Del Rey 1983) SF novel in the “Pip and Flinx” series. 18th printing.
• * *Glory Lane (Ace 0-441-51664-5, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.50, 295pp, pb) Humorous science fiction novel.
• * _Glory Lane (NEL 0-450-50806-4, Jul ’89, £2.99, 295pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1987) humorous sf novel. Recommended. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]
• * _Glory Lane (Severn House 0-7278-4147-5, Dec ’90, £12.99, 295pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1987) humorous sf novel. First world hardcover edition.
• * _Glory Lane (Ace 0-441-51664-5, Aug ’91, $4.50, 295pp, pb, cover by James Gurney) Reissue (Ace 1987) humorous sf novel; fourth printing.
• * *Greenthieves (Ace 0-441-00104-1, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.99, 248pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) SF whodunit featuring a human detective and his two robot assistants.
• * _Greenthieves (Orbit 1-85723-216-X, Dec ’94, £4.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) Reprint (Ace 1994) SF novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Greenthieves (SFBC #06423, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $7.98, 216pp, hc, cover by David Mattingly) Reprint (Ace 1994) SF whodunnit. This hardcover edition is otherwise the same as the Ace paperback, with that edition’s ISBN and the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Greenthieves (Severn House 0-7278-4951-4, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], £16.99, 248pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1994) SF novel.
• * *The Hour of the Gate (Warner 0-446-90354-X, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.95, 300pp, pb) [Spellsinger] Book Two of Spellsinger. First separate edition. The combined volume was done by Phantasia last year.
• * _The Hour of the Gate (Warner 0-446-34181-9, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $3.50, 300pp, pb) [Spellsinger] Reissue (Warner 1984) fantasy novel, “Spellsinger” #2; 3rd printing. The first 2 volumes appeared as a Phantasia Press hardcover in 1983.
• * *The Howling Stones (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38375-3, Jan ’97, $22.00, 329pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Humanx Commonwealth] SF novel of the “Humanx Commonwealth,” the same universe as the Pip and Flinx series.
• * _The Howling Stones (SFBC #15460, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $10.98, 330pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Humanx Commonwealth] Reprint (Del Rey 1997) SF novel of the “Humanx Commonwealth”, the same universe as the Pip and Flinx series. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Howling Stones (Orbit 1-85723-488-X, Jul ’97, £16.99, 330pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Humanx Commonwealth] Reprint (Del Rey 1997) SF novel of the “Humanx Commonwealth”, the same universe as the “Pip and Flinx” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Howling Stones (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40645-1, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $6.99, 326pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Humanx Commonwealth] Reprint (Del Rey 1997) SF novel of the “Humanx Commonwealth”, the same universe as the Pip and Flinx series.
• * _The Howling Stones (Orbit 1-85723-532-0, Feb ’98, £5.99, 330pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Humanx Commonwealth] Reprint (Del Rey 1997) SF novel of the “Humanx Commonwealth”, the same universe as the “Pip and Flinx” series.
• * *The I Inside (Warner 0-446-32027-7, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $2.95, 311pp, pb) Sf novel.
• * _The I Inside (Orbit 0-7088-8115-7, 1985, £2.50, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Warner 1984) sf collection. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The I Inside (Orbit 0-7088-8115-7, 1985, £2.50, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Warner 1984) sf collection. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The I Inside (Orbit 0-7088-8115-7, 1985 [Jan ’86], £2.50, pb) Reissue (Warner 1984) sf novel.
• * _The I Inside (Severn House 0-7278-1597-0, Apr ’88, £10.95, 320pp, hc) Reprint (Warner 1984) sf novel. [Not seen]
• * _The I Inside (Warner Aspect 0-446-32027-7, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $5.99, 299pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reissue (Warner 1984) SF collection. Second printing.
• * _Icerigger (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33395-0, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $2.95, 313pp, pb) [Icerigger] Reissue (Del Rey 1974) sf novel, first in the “Icerigger” trilogy. 11th printing, with 385,000 copies in print.
• * _Icerigger (NEL 0-450-05423-3, Jul ’87, £2.95, 319pp, pb) [Icerigger] Reissue (Ballantine 1974) sf novel.
• * *Into the Out Of (Warner 0-446-51337-7, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $15.95 FPT, 293pp, hc) Fantasy horror novel of evil from another dimension breaking into Africa.
• * _Into the Out Of (SFBC #10449, Dec ’86, $5.98, 311pp, hc) Reprint (Warner 1986) horror novel.
• * _Into the Out Of (Warner 0-446-34559-8, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.95, 376pp, pb) Reprint (Warner 1986) horror novel.
• * _Into the Out Of (NEL 0-450-41013-7, Aug ’87, £10.95, 293pp, hc) Reprint (Warner 1986) fantasy/horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Into the Out Of (NEL 0-450-48601-X, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], £3.50, 376pp, pb) Reprint (Warner 1986) fantasy/horror novel about an invasion of grotesque creatures from the ‘Out Of’. Surprisingly well done. Recommended. (PSP)
• * *Jed the Dead (Ace 0-441-00399-0, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $5.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Humorous SF novel about a travelling Texan and his dead alien buddy.
• * *The Last Starfighter (Berkley 0-425-07255-X, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.95, 218pp, pb) Novelization of a screenplay by Jonathan Betuel.
• * _The Last Starfighter (Ace 0-441-47213-3, Jun ’91 [Jul ’91], $3.95, 218pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley 1984) sf novelization.
• * *Life Form (Ace 0-441-00218-8, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $5.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Linda Messier) SF novel of first contact on a dangerously different planet.
• * _Life Form (Orbit 1-85723-358-1, Dec ’95, £5.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Linda Messier) Reprint (Ace 1995) SF novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Life Form (Severn House 0-7278-5104-7, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], £16.99, 311pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1995) SF novel of alien contact. First World Hardcover.
• * *Mad Amos (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39362-7, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $5.99, 275pp, pb, cover by Peter Bollinger) [Mad Amos Malone] Collection of 10 fantasy Old West stories, two original, featuring mountain man Amos Malone. (Contents)
• * _The Man Who Used the Universe (Warner 0-446-32819-7, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.95, 316pp, pb) Reissue (SFBC 1983) sf novel.
• * _The Man Who Used the Universe (Severn House 0-7278-1485-0, Jul ’87, £9.95, 320pp, hc) Reprint (SFBC 1983) sf novel. [Not seen]
• * *Maori (Ace 0-441-51925-3, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $4.50, 501pp, pb) Historical fantasy novel set in 19th century New Zealand.
• * *The Metrognome and Other Stories (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36356-6, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $4.95, 243pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) Collection of 15 stories. (Contents)
• * *Mid-Flinx (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38374-5, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $22.00, 332pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Pip & Flinx; Thranx] SF novel, combining the characters from the “Pip and Flinx” series with the setting of Midworld.
• * _Mid-Flinx (SFBC #10658, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $10.98, 331pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Pip & Flinx; Thranx] Reprint (Del Rey 1995) SF novel. “Pip and Flinx” visit deadly Midworld. This is similar to the Del Rey edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Mid-Flinx (Orbit 1-85723-398-0, Aug ’96, £16.99, 346pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Pip & Flinx; Thranx] Reprint (Del Rey 1995) SF novel in the “Flinx & Pip” and “Midworld” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Mid-Flinx (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40644-3, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Pip & Flinx; Thranx] Reprint (Del Rey 1995) SF novel, a crossover of the “Pip and Flinx” series and Midworld.
• * _Mid-Flinx (Orbit 1-85723-398-0, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], £5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Pip & Flinx; Thranx] Reprint (Del Rey 1995) SF novel in the “Flinx & Pip” and “Midworld"series.
• * _Midworld (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35011-1, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $5.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Mark Garro) [Thranx] Reissue (SFBC 1975) SF novel about a deadly forest planet.
• * _Mission to Moulokin (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33322-5, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $2.95, 294pp, pb) [Icerigger; Thranx] Reissue (Del Rey 1979) sf novel, second in the “Icerigger” trilogy. 7th printing, with 238,000 copies in print.
• * *The Moment of the Magician (Phantasia 0-932096-33-6, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $17.00, 266pp, hc) [Spellsinger] Fantasy novel in the “Spellsinger” series. 2000-copy trade edition.
• * *The Moment of the Magician (Phantasia 0-932096-33-6, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $40.00, 266pp, hc) [Spellsinger] 375 copy, signed, numbered, boxed edition of the above.
• * _The Moment of the Magician (Warner 0-446-32326-8, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $2.95, 312pp, pb) [Spellsinger] Reprint (Phantasia 1984) fantasy novel, #4 in the “Spellsinger” series (or #3, going by the hardcovers).
• * _The Moment of the Magician (Warner 0-446-32326-8, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $3.50, 312pp, pb) [Spellsinger] Reissue (Phantasia 1984) fantasy novel, “Spellsinger” #4; 3rd printing.
• * _The Moment of the Magician (Macdonald 0-356-12322-7, Sep ’86, £9.95, 312pp, hc) [Spellsinger] Reprint (Phantasia 1984) fantasy novel. Volume 4 in the “Spellsinger” series.
• * *Montezuma Strip (Warner Aspect 0-446-60207-8, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $5.50, 215pp, pb) [Montezuma Strip] Collection of five gritty future-tech stories set on the Strip. Four of the stories were originally published as by James Lawson. (Contents)
• * _Nor Crystal Tears (NEL 0-450-05594-9, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £1.95, 231pp, pb) [Thranx] Reissue (Ballantine 1982) sf novel; precursor to the “Tar-Aiym Krang” series.
• * _Nor Crystal Tears (NEL 0-450-05594-9, Aug ’87, £1.95, 231pp, pb) [Thranx] Reissue (Ballantine 1982) sf novel.
• * _Nor Crystal Tears (Severn House 0-7278-4564-0, Oct ’93, £13.99, 231pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) [Thranx] Reprint (Ballantine 1982) sf novel. In the “Thranx” series. This is the first World hardcover edition.
• * _Orphan Star (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32449-8, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.50, 234pp, pb) [Pip & Flinx] Reissue (Del Rey 1977) sf adventure novel in the “Flinx” series; 12th printing.
• * _Orphan Star (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32449-8, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 234pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Pip & Flinx] Reissue (Del Rey 1977) SF novel in the “Pip and Flinx” series; 18th printing.
• * _Pale Rider (Ulverscroft Large Print 0-7089-6341-2, Jan ’87, £4.75, 400pp, hc) Associational. Western film novelization by sf author. [Not seen]
• * *Parallelities (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42461-1, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $6.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) SF novel. A man starts flipping uncontrollably from one parallel world to another.
• * _Parallelities (SFBC #00886, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $8.98, 309pp, hc, cover by Jill Bauman) Reprint (Del Rey 1998) SF novel of parallel worlds. This is the first hardcover edition, and has ISBN 1-56865-948-2.
• * *The Paths of the Perambulator (Phantasia 0-932096-39-5, Nov ’85, $40.00 signed, boxed limited edition of 300, $17.00 for 1200 copy trade edition, 204pp, hc) [Spellsinger] Humorous fantasy novel, “Spellsinger” #5 (or #4 if you’re going by the hardcovers, where the first two books appeared in one volume).
• * _The Paths of the Perambulator (Warner 0-446-32679-8, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $3.50, 279pp, pb) [Spellsinger] Reprint (Phantasia 1985) fantasy novel, #5 in the “Spellsinger” series. Chaos is loose, and Jon-Tom and friends (including a koala amateur wizard and a drunken owl) are out to defeat it.
• * _The Paths of the Perambulator (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-3026-9, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £2.50, 279pp, pb) [Spellsinger] Reprint (Phantasia 1985) fantasy novel. Volume 5 in the “Spellsinger” series.
• * _The Paths of the Perambulator (Macdonald 0-356-12449-5, Oct ’86, £10.95, 256pp, hc) [Spellsinger] Reprint (Phantasia 1985) fantasy novel, “Spellsinger” #5.
• * _The Paths of the Perambulator (Orbit 0-7088-3026-9, Feb ’92 [Jul ’92], £4.50, 279pp, pb) [Spellsinger] Reprint (Phantasia 1985) fantasy novel. Volume five of the “Spellsinger” series.
• * *Quozl (Ace 0-441-69454-3, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $4.50, 344pp, pb) Comic sf novel about furry alien invaders. Includes Flip-a-mation illustrations by Jim Gurney.
• * _Quozl (SFBC #15199, Sep ’89 [Dec ’89], $6.98, hc, cover by James Gurney) Reprint (Ace 1989) comic sf novel. First hardcover edition.
• * _Quozl (NEL 0-450-55185-7, Sep ’91, £4.50, 344pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) Reprint (Ace 1989) humorous sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Quozl (Severn House 0-7278-4277-3, Dec ’91, £12.99, 344pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1989) humorous sf novel.
• * *Season of the Spellsong (SFBC #01827, Nov ’85 [Dec ’85], $8.50, 730pp, hc) [Spellsinger] Omnibus edition of the first books in the “Spellsinger” series. (Contents)
• * *Sentenced to Prism (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31980-X, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $3.50, 273pp, pb) [Thranx] Sf novel, part of the “Commonwealth” series.
• * _Sentenced to Prism (NEL 0-450-42137-6, Feb ’88, £2.50, 273pp, pb) [Thranx] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel about a man marooned on a planet where all life is silicon-based. Classic 1940s-style space adventure that requires a massive “suspension of disbelief”. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]
• * _Sentenced to Prism (Severn House 0-7278-1659-4, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], £10.95, 273pp, hc) [Thranx] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel.
• * *Shadowkeep (Warner 0-446-32553-8, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $2.95, 243pp, pb) The title of this fantasy novel is a trademark — this is a novelization of a computer adventure game, based on a universe created by Trillium (also a trademark).
• * *Slipt (Berkley 0-425-07006-9, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $2.95, 265pp, pb) Sf novel.
• * _Slipt (Ace 0-441-77155-6, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $3.95, 265pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reissue (Berkley 1984) sf novel; seventh printing.
• * _Slipt (Ace 0-441-77155-6, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $5.99, 265pp, pb, cover by Lee MacLeod) Reissue (Berkley 1984) SF novel. Eighth printing.
• * *Son of Spellsinger (Warner Questar 0-446-36257-3, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $5.50, 376pp, pb, cover by Tim Hildebrandt) [Spellsinger] Fantasy novel, eighth book of the “Spellsinger” series.
• * _Son of Spellsinger (Orbit 1-85723-180-5, Nov ’93, £4.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Tony Roberts) [Spellsinger] Reprint (Warner Questar 1993) fantasy novel. Volume seven in the “Spellsinger” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Son of Spellsinger (Severn House 0-7278-4726-0, May ’95 [Apr ’95], £16.99, 376pp, hc, cover by Ian Daniels) [Spellsinger] Reprint (Warner Questar 1993) fantasy novel. Seventh in the ‘Spellsinger’ series.
• * _Spellsinger (Warner 0-446-34195-9, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $3.50, 347pp, pb) [Spellsinger] Reissue (Warner 1983) fantasy novel, Book #1 of the “Spellsinger” series. The first two volumes originally appeared as a single Phantasia Press hardcover in 1983. 6th Warner printing.
• * *Spellsinger’s Scherzo (SFBC #10611, May ’87, $7.98, 661pp, hc) [Spellsinger] Second omnibus of three novels in the “Spellsinger” fantasy series. (Contents)
• * *The Spoils of War (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35857-0, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $19.50, 281pp, hc, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Damned] Sf novel of human involvement in a millenium-long alien conflict, third book of “The Damned”.
• * _The Spoils of War (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37576-9, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $5.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Damned] Reprint (Del Rey 1993) sf novel of human involvement in a millenium-long alien conflict, third book of “The Damned”.
• * _The Spoils of War: Book Three of The Damned (Legend 0-09-922552-2, May ’97, £5.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Damned] Reprint (Del Rey 1993) SF novel. Third in a future war series after A Call to Arms and The False Mirror. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Trek Log One (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33349-7, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.99, 184pp, pb, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) [Star Trek Log] Reissue (Ballantine 1974) collection of three novelizations based on episodes of the animated Star Trek series; 21st printing.
• * _Star Trek Log One (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33349-7, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $4.99, 184pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Star Trek Log] Reissue (Ballantine 1974) collection of three novelizations based on episodes of the animated Star Trek series; 24th printing.
• * _Star Trek: Log One/Log Two (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40939-6, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $11.00, 370pp, tp) [Star Trek Log] Reprint (Ballantine 1993 as part of Star Trek: Log One/Log Two/Log Three) omnibus of two collections (both Ballantine 1974) of novelizations based on the animated Star Trek show. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. (Contents)
• * _Star Trek: Log One, Log Two, Log Three (Pocket UK 0-671-85403-8, Apr ’95, £4.99, 564pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Star Trek Log] Reprint (Del Rey 1993) Star Trek novelisation: omnibus of the first three collections derived from the 1970s cartoon series, a total of nine stories. The cover title is Star Trek Logs 1-3. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Star Trek: Log One/Log Two/Log Three (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38247-1, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $4.99, 564pp, pb) [Star Trek Log] Omnibus of three collections of novelizations based on the animated Star Trek series, Star Trek Log One (Ballantine 1974), Star Trek Log Two (Ballantine 1974), and Star Trek Log Three (Ballantine 1975). (Contents)
• * _Star Trek Log Two (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32646-6, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.99, 176pp, pb, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) [Star Trek Log] Reissue (Ballantine 1974) collection of three novelizations based on the animated Star Trek series; 16th printing.