The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

GOODRICH, PETER, ed.

• * *The Romance of Merlin (Garland 0-8240-7042-9, 1990 [Mar ’92], $18.95, 417pp, tp) Reference/anthology of legends, stories, poetry, and criticism about Merlin with an introduction by the editor and a bibliography. A hardcover edition (-4442-8, $50) was announced but not seen. This is a 1990 book not seen until now.

GOODWIN, HAL; [i.e., Harold Leland Goodwin] (1914-1990); see pseudonym John Blaine

GOODWIN, MARIE

• * *Where the Towers Pierce the Sky (Macmillan Four Winds 0-02-736871-8, Oct ’89 [Nov ’89], $13.95, 173pp, hc, cover by Lauren Mills) Young-adult time-travel fantasy. A young 20th-century girl finds herself in the middle of the intrigue surrounding Joan of Arc.

GOODWIN, MICHAEL (C.) (1951- ) (stories)

• * _A Guide to the Commonwealth: The Official Guide to Alan Dean Foster’s Humanx Commonwealth Universe (with Robert Teague) See entry under Robert Teague.

GOODWYN, ANDREW (Cecil), ed. (1954- ) (stories)

• * *Fantasy Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-831262-8, Mar ’91 [Oct ’91], £3.95, 151pp, pb, cover by Duncan Storr) Anthology of ten fantasy stories aimed at GCSE students, with accompanying background notes and suggested assignments. (Contents)
• * *Science Fiction Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-831261-X, Mar ’91 [Oct ’91], £3.95, 154pp, pb, cover by Duncan Storr) Anthology of ten sf stories aimed at GCSE students, with accompanying background notes and suggested assignments. (Contents)

GOONAN, KATHLEEN ANN (1952- ) (stories)

• * *The Bones of Time (Tor 0-312-85916-3, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $23.95, 382pp, hc, cover by R. S. Winter) Near-future SF novel. Hawaiian king Kamehameha is illegally cloned from his bones.
• * _The Bones of Time (Tor 0-812-55746-8, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $6.99, 401pp, pb, cover by R. S. Winter) Reprint (Tor 1996) near-future SF novel. Hawaiian king Kamehameha is illegally cloned from his bones.
• * *Mississippi Blues (Tor 0-312-85917-1, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $25.95, 511pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Nanotech Cycle] SF novel, sequel to Queen City Jazz. Verity takes a nanotech steamboat to New Orleans.
• * *Queen City Jazz (Tor 0-312-85678-4, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $23.95, 416pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Nanotech Cycle] SF novel of a future made apocalyptic by nanotechnology. A first novel.
• * _Queen City Jazz (Tor 0-812-53626-6, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 465pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Nanotech Cycle] Reprint (Tor 1994) SF novel of a future made apocalyptic by nanotechnology.
• * _Queen City Jazz (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648317-8, Dec ’98, £5.99, 465pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Nanotech Cycle] Reprint (Tor 1994) SF novel of a future made apocalyptic by nanotechnology. [First U.K. edition]

GORDEN, GREG (stories)

• * *Earthdawn: Prophecy (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45347-6, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $4.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Joel Biske) [Earthdawn] Fantasy novelization based on the Earthdawn game, fourth book of a series. Interior illustrations by Joel Biske. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA.

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• * _Torg: Strange Tales from the Nile Empire (with Ed Stark & Greg Farshtey) See entry under Greg Farshtey.

GORDON, FRANCES; pseudonym of Bridget Wood, (1947- )

• * *Blood Ritual (Headline 0-7472-1191-4, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], £16.99, 340pp, hc) Associational thriller with supernatural elements: the story of Elizabeth Bathory, sixteenth century Countess Dracula, woven with the story of her descendants, against the background of the Bosnian-Serb conflict. Frances Gordon is a pseudonym for Bridget Wood.
• * _Blood Ritual (Headline 0-7472-4807-9, May ’95 [Aug ’95], £5.99, 498pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Headline 1994) thriller with supernatural elements: the story of Elizabeth Bathory, sixteenth century Countess Dracula, woven with the story of her descendants, against the background of the Bosnian-Serb conflict. Frances Gordon also uses the name Bridget Wood.
• * *The Burning Altar (Headline 0-7472-1612-6, Jul ’96, £16.99, 311pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Dark fantasy novel. The intertwined stories of a bloody Tibetan cult and millennia-old secrets of the Vatican. Gordon also writes as Bridget Wood.
• * _The Burning Altar (Headline 0-7472-5238-6, Dec ’96, £5.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Headline 1996) dark fantasy novel. Gordon also writes as Bridget Wood.
• * *Changeling (Headline 0-7472-1992-3, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], £17.99, 279pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel of music and myth, based on “Rumpelstiltskin”.
• * *The Devil’s Piper (Headline 0-7472-1356-9, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], £16.99, 376pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Dark fantasy novel. Israel West inherits the Irish cottage of his infamous grandfather and finds the sheet music of the eerie “Devil’s Piper Suite”. When the music is played, an immortal creature is wakened from its sleep in the crypt of a nearby monastery. Gordon also writes as Bridget Wood.
• * _The Devil’s Piper (Headline 0-7472-4924-5, Mar ’96 [Apr ’96], £5.99, 534pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Headline 1995) horror novel.
• * *Thorn: An Immortal Tale (Headline 0-7472-1800-5, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £17.99, 312pp, hc, cover by Holly Warburton) Dark fantasy version of Sleeping Beauty. Gordon also writes as Bridget Wood.
• * _Thorn: An Immortal Tale (Headline 0-7472-5485-0, Oct ’97, £5.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Holly Warburton) Reprint (Headline 1997) dark fantasy version of Sleeping Beauty. Gordon also writes as Bridget Wood.

GORDON, GILES (Alexander Esmé), ed. (1940-2003) (stories)

• * _Scottish Ghost Stories (Random House UK/Senate 1-85958-483-7, 1996, 194pp, tp) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1976 as Prevailing Spirits) anthology of 12 ghost stories.
• * _Scottish Ghost Stories (Lomond Books 1-85958-483-7, 1996 [Apr ’97], £5.99, 194pp, tp) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1976 as Prevailing Spirits) anthology of Scottish ghost stories. This is an instant remainder edition. Published in 1996, but not seen until now.
• * *Selected Ghost Stories (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-2914-0, Nov ’96, £10.95, 232pp, hc, cover by Jeff Fisher) Anthology of 13 classic ghost stories. (Contents)

GORDON, JEFFIE ROSS; pseudonym of Judith Enderle & Stephanie Tessler

• * *First Love from Silhouette #198: A Touch of Genius (Silhouette 0-373-06198-6, Aug ’86 [Feb ’87], $0.99, 157pp, pb) Fantasy romance novel. Teenage girl finds a handsome bottled genie, who falls in love with her high-school-cheerleader rival. Published in 1986, but not seen until 1987.

GORDON, JOAN (Lois) (1947- ) (stories)

• * *Gene Wolfe (Starmont 0-916732-72-X, Jun ’86, $7.95, 116pp, pb) Non-fiction, critical study; “Starmont Reader’s Guide 29.” [Wolfe]

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• * *Blood Read: The Vampire as Metaphor in Contemporary Culture (with Veronica Hollinger) (University of Pennsylvania Press 0-8122-1628-8, Nov ’97, $16.50, 264pp, tp, cover by John M. Digby) Non-fiction collection of 14 critical articles on vampire literature. Authors include Brian Stableford, Suzy McKee Charnas, Nina Auerbach, and Jewelle Gomez. Foreword by Brian Aldiss. Includes notes, index, and lists of films and literary works cited. A hardcover edition (-3419-7, $36.50) was announced but not seen. Order from University of Pennsylvania Press, PO Box 4836, Hampden Station, Baltimore MD 21211; 800-445-9880.

GORDON, JOHN (William) (1925- ) (stories)

• * *The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts (Walker 0-7445-2133-5, May ’92, £4.99, 111pp, tp, cover by Robert Mason) Collection of five original young-adult ghost/horror stories. Recommended (PSP). (Contents)
• * _The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts (Walker 0-7445-3080-6, Jun ’93, £2.99, 111pp, pb, cover by Robert Mason) Reprint (Walker 1992) young-adult ghost collection.
• * _Gilray’s Ghost (Walker 0-7445-4389-4, Apr ’96, £3.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Julek Heller) Reprint (Walker 1995) young-adult ghost/horror novel. A supernatural being tries to save a young girl from a necromancer.
• * *The Quelling Eye (The Bodley Head 0-370-31011-X, Sep ’86, £5.95, 140pp, hc) Fantasy novel about an evil eye and a magical hawk.
• * _The Quelling Eye (Lions 0-00-672841-3, Apr ’88, £1.95, 156pp, pb) Reprint (Bodley Head 1986) young-adult supernatural thriller.
• * *Ride the Wind (The Bodley Head 0-370-31279-1, Feb ’89, £7.95, 175pp, hc, cover by Keith Scaife) [Giant Under the Snow] Young-adult fantasy novel. Sequel to The Giant Under the Snow in which the golden treasure is again under threat from the Warlord.

GORDON, KAREN ELIZABETH (stories)

• * *Paris Out of Hand: A Wayward Guide (with Barbara Hodgson & Nick Bantock) (Chronicle Books 0-8118-0969-2, Oct ’96, $19.95, 160pp, hc, cover by Barbara Hodgson & Nick Bantock) Heavily illustrated, humorous, fictional travel guide to an imaginary Paris, including a hotel that can change time for jet-lagged guests. By Gordon “in collaboration with” collage artists Hodgson and Bantock. Copyrighted by Gordon (text) and Byzantium Books (packagers).

GORDON, RAY

• * *Sextro (NEL 0-340-68482-8, Nov ’97 [Jan ’98], £5.99, 346pp, pb) Explicitly sexual and erotic SF/fantasy novel. A UFO investigator is given telepathic powers of control by aliens.

GORDON, (Richard Alexander) STUART (1947-2009)

• * _Archon (Orbit 0-7088-3708-5, Apr ’88, £3.50, 384pp, pb) [Watchers] Reprint (Macdonald 1987) sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Watchers” trilogy.
• * *Archon! (Macdonald 0-356-14335-X, Aug ’87, £11.95, 316pp, hc) [Watchers] Fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Watchers” trilogy.
• * *The Hidden World (Macdonald 0-356-15421-1, Apr ’88, £12.95, 352pp, hc) [Watchers] Sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Watchers” trilogy.
• * _The Hidden World (Orbit 0-7088-8273-0, Nov ’88, £3.50, 352pp, pb) [Watchers] Reprint (Macdonald 1988) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Watchers” series.
• * *The Mask (Orbit 0-7088-8324-9, Mar ’90, £3.50, 368pp, pb) Fantasy novel. “The Third Book of The Watchers”.

GORE, LEONID

• * _Lucy Dove (with Janice Del Negro) See entry under Janice Del Negro.

GOREY, EDWARD (St. John) (1925-2000) (stories)

• * _Amphigorey Also (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-605672-0, Apr ’93 [May ’93], $14.95, unpaginated, tp, cover by Edward Gorey) Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1983) collection of macabre cartoons by Gorey. A hardcover edition (-106443-1, $29.95) is also available.
• * *The Haunted Tea Cozy (Harcourt Brace 0-15-100415-3, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $15.00, unpaginated, hc, cover by Edward Gorey) [Christmas Carol] Humorous art book, a very different retelling of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Illustrated by the author.
• * *The Raging Tide (Beaufort 0-8253-0437-7, Nov ’87, $9.95, 30pp, hc) A “choose-your-own” fantasy/art book as only Edward Gorey could produce.
• * *The Tunnel Calamity (Putnam 0-399-21055-5, 1984, $4.95, 9pp, pb) Art book.

GORMAN, CAROL

• * *Graveyard Moon (Avon Flare 0-380-76991-3, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $3.50, 153pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel of a teenage girl whose initiation ritual in a dark graveyard turns into a nightmare when she discovers a new corpse and an evil force are there too.

GORMAN, ED(ward Joseph) (1941- ); see pseudonyms Richard Driscoll & Daniel Ransom (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Cage of Night (White Wolf 1-56504-940-3, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $5.99, 286pp, pb) Dark suspense novel. A group of small-towners believe they hear a voices down a well that tell them to commit crimes. Not really supernatural.
• * *Cages (Deadline Press 0-9631367-6-3, Apr ’95 [Jul ’95], $35.00, 370pp, hc, cover by Carlos Batts) Collection of 21 stories, five original, with an introduction by F. Paul Wilson and an afterword by Marcia Muller. A signed, limited edition of 500. Order from Deadline Press, PO Box 2808, Apache Junction AZ 85217; add $3.00 shipping. (Contents)
• * *Dark Whispers & Other Stories (Pulphouse/Mystery Scene Press no ISBN, Aug ’93, $5.95, 122pp, tp) Associational collection of 11 horror and crime stories, mostly non-fantasy. Author’s Choice #5. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440. (Contents)
• * *Moonchasers and Other Stories (Tor/Forge 0-312-86010-2, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $24.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Stephen Johnson) Collection of 17 stories of crime, suspense, weirdness, and the supernatural; one story is original to this collection. There is an afterword by Dean Koontz (copyrighted 1992). (Contents)
• * *Out There in the Darkness (Subterranean Press no ISBN, Nov ’95, $8.00, 31pp, ph, cover by Martin McKenna) Horror story in chapbook form. This is a signed, limited edition of 500. Order from Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519. The price includes postage.
• * *Prisoners and Other Stories (CD Publications 1-881475-00-X, Nov ’92, $20.95, 300pp, hc, cover by Bob Korn) Collection of 22 horror and crime stories, one original, with an introduction by the author and an afterword by Dean Koontz. A signed limited edition (-01-8) was announced but not seen. Order from CD Publications, PO Box 18433, Baltimore MD 21237. (Contents)
• * *Shadow Games (Blake Publishing 1-857820-31-2, Mar ’93, £4.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Christian Furr) Horror novel.
• * +Shadow Games (CD Publications 1-881475-11-5, Nov ’94 [Feb ’95], $35.00, 243pp, hc, cover by Alan Clark) Horror novel. Signed, limited edition. First American edition (Blake Publishing UK 1993). Available from CD Publications, PO Box 18433, Baltimore MD 21237.
• * _The Silver Scream (Headline 0-7472-5327-7, Aug ’98 [Sep ’98], £5.99, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1998) associational novel.
• * _Trapped (with Dean R. Koontz) See entry under Dean R. Koontz

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• * _An Anthology of Angels (with Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff) See entry under Larry Segriff.
• * _The Dean Koontz Companion (with Bill Munster & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _The Dean Koontz Companion (with Martin H. Greenberg & Bill Munster) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * *Invitation to Murder (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Dark Harvest 0-913165-65-4, Dec ’91 [Jan ’92], $21.95, 292pp, hc, cover by Robert Lavoie) Associational original anthology of 18 mystery stories, a few with fantasy elements. All the stories are based on a single broad premise, and the contributors include Kristine Kathryn Rusch, William F. Nolan, Richard Laymon, and Gary Brandner. (Contents)
• * *Night Screams (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45512-6, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 351pp, pb) Original anthology of 22 dark suspense/horror stories. Six of the stories are reprints, including all four by authors featured prominently on the cover: Clive Barker, Lawrence Block, David Morrell, and Ray Bradbury. (Contents)
• * *Once Upon a Crime (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Berkley Prime Crime 0-425-16301-6, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $21.95, 416pp, hc, cover by Jeff Crosby) Original anthology of 24 contemporary retellings of classic fairy tales, written by mystery writers. Some stories remain fantastic; others are twisted into crime stories by authors including Simon Brett, Sharyn McCrumb, Peter Crowther, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch. (Contents)
• * *Predators (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45246-1, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $10.00, 380pp, tp) Original anthology of 21 dark suspense/horror stories. One, Dean Koontz’s “Hardshell” is a reprint. (Contents)
• * _Predators (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Severn House 0-7278-4550-0, Nov ’93, £14.99, 382pp, hc, cover by Tony Masero) Reprint (Roc 1993) original anthology of 21 dark suspense/horror stories, including one reprint. This is the first world hardcover edition. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Predators (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45226-7, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.99, 384pp, pb) Reprint (Roc 1993) original anthology of 21 dark suspense/horror stories. One, Dean Koontz’s “Hardshell” is a reprint.
• * *Stalkers (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Dark Harvest 0-913165-47-6, Dec ’89 [Oct ’89], $19.95, 310pp, hc) Original anthology of 18 horror stories of predatory killers. Also available in a slipcased limited edition of 750 copies signed by all the authors including Koontz, McCammon, Rex Miller, Joe R. Lansdale, etc. ($65.00). (Contents)
• * _Stalkers (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45048-5, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $9.95, 386pp, tp) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1989) original anthology of 19 horror stories. This edition adds a story by Barry Malzberg. (Contents)
• * _Stalkers (with Martin H. Greenberg) (SFBC #17886, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $6.98, 386pp, hc) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1989) original anthology of 19 horror stories. This edition follows the contents of the 1990 Penguin/Roc edition which adds the story “Darwinian Facts” by Barry N. Malzberg.
• * _Stalkers (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Severn House 0-7278-4275-7, Nov ’91, £13.99, 386pp, hc) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1989) original anthology of 19 horror stories. This edition follows the contents of the 1990 Penguin/Roc edition which adds the story “Darwinian Facts” by Barry N. Malzberg. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Stalkers (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45148-1, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $4.99, 351pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1989) original horror anthology of 19 stories. The Malzberg story was added to the original 18 for the 1990 Roc trade paperback edition.
• * _"They’re Here...": Invasion of the Body Snatchers: A Tribute (with Kevin McCarthy) See entry under Kevin McCarthy.
• * *The UFO Files (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-772-0, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $5.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) Original anthology of 23 stories about aliens and UFOs. Authors include Jack Cady, Kevin J. Anderson, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Gregory Benford. (Contents)

GORMLEY, BEATRICE (1942- )

• * *C.S. Lewis: Christian and Storyteller (Eerdmans 0-8028-5069-3, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], $15.00, 182pp, tp) Young-adult biography. A trade paperback edition (-5069-3, $8.00) was announced but not seen. [Lewis]
• * _The Ghastly Glasses (Avon Camelot 0-380-70262-2, Feb ’87, $2.50, 117pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1985) juvenile fantasy novel about a girl whose new glasses distort her vision and give her strange powers.
• * _Mail-Order Wings (Avon Camelot 0-380-67421-1, Feb ’87, $2.50, 164pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1981) juvenile fantasy novel about a girl who gets mail-order wings.
• * _More Fifth Grade Magic (Avon Camelot 0-380-70883-3, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $2.95, 104pp, tp, cover by Zimic) Reprint (Dutton 1989) young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully.