The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

MARTER, IAN (stories) (continued)

• * _The Reign of Terror (Target 0-426-20264-3, Aug ’87, £1.95, 160pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1987) juvenile sf novel. Volume 119 in the Doctor Who series.
• * *The Rescue (W.H. Allen 0-491-03317-6, Aug ’87, £7.95, 144pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Juvenile sf novel. Volume 124 in the Doctor Who series. [Not seen]

MARTIN, CHRISTINE, ed.

• * *1994 Children’s Writer’s & Illustrator’s Market (Writer’s Digest Books 0-89879-614-8, Feb ’94 [Mar ’94], $19.95, 373pp, tp) Non-fiction, associational. A yearly reference book on writing and illustrating fiction for juveniles. A sourcebook for writers and illustrators. Order from Writer’s Digest Books, 1507 Dana Ave., Cincinnati OH 45207. Add $3.00 postage and handling. Credit card orders: 1-800-289-0963.

MARTIN, DAVID (Ralph) (1935-2007) (stories)

• * *Tap, Tap (Random House 0-679-41055-4, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $20.00, 291pp, hc) Serial killer vampire novel. A man discovers that his enemies are being killed by his best friend. First American edition (Headline Feature 1994 as Love Me to Death).
• * _Tap, Tap (BOMC no ISBN, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $17.50, 291pp, hc) Reprint (Headline Feature 1994 as Love Me to Death) vampire novel, identical to the Random House edition except it lacks a price and has the BOMC code number on the back jacket.
• * _Tap, Tap (St. Martin’s 0-312-95835-8, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $6.99, 340pp, pb) Reprint (Headline Feature 1994 as Love Me to Death) vampire serial-killer novel.

MARTIN, DEBORAH; [i.e., Deborah Martin Gonzales] (1958- ); see pseudonym Deborah Nicholas

MARTIN, DOUGLAS (Ivor) (1939- )

• * *The Telling Line: Essays on Fifteen Contemporary Book Illustrators (Delacorte 0-385-30048-4, Sep ’90 [Nov ’90], $49.95, 320pp, hc, cover by Edward Ardizzone) Associational collection of essays on important young-adult illustrators, including Keeping, Pienkowski, and Foreman.

MARTIN, GEORGE R(aymond) R(ichard) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Armageddon Rag (Pocket 0-671-53253-7, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $3.95, 399pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster/Poseidon 1983) fantasy/horror/60s/rock’n’roll novel. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * *A Clash of Kings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224585-X, Dec ’98, £17.99, 741pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Song of Ice and Fire] Fantasy novel, book two of “A Song of Ice and Fire”.
• * _Dying of the Light (Baen 0-671-69861-3, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $3.50, 314pp, pb, cover by Tom Kidd) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1977) sf novel.
• * _Fevre Dream (Gollancz 0-575-04492-6, Apr ’89, £3.50, 350pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Reprint (Poseidon 1982) horror novel. One of the best vampire novels of recent years. Strongly recommended. (PSP)
• * _Fevre Dream (Vista 0-575-60005-5, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], £5.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Reprint (Poseidon 1982) dark fantasy novel.
• * *A Game of Thrones (HarperCollins Voyager 0-00-224584-1, Aug ’96, £16.99, 695pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Song of Ice and Fire] Fantasy novel. First in the “Song of Ice and Fire” trilogy.
• * +A Game of Thrones (Bantam Spectra 0-553-10354-7, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $21.95, 695pp, hc, cover by Tom Hallman) [Song of Ice and Fire] Fantasy novel, book one of “Song of Ice and Fire”. First US edition (HarperCollins/Voyager 1996).
• * _A Game of Thrones (SFBC #13907, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $9.98, 727pp, hc, cover by Tom Hallman) [Song of Ice and Fire] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1996) fantasy novel, book one of “Song of Ice and Fire”. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _A Game of Thrones (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57340-3, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $6.99, 836pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Song of Ice and Fire] Reprint (Voyager 1996) fantasy novel, book one of “Song of Ice and Fire”. Winner of the 1996 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel.
• * _A Game of Thrones (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-647988-X, Jan ’98 [Nov ’97], £6.99, 695pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Song of Ice and Fire] Reprint (Voyager 1996) fantasy novel. Book one of the trilogy “A Song of Ice and Fire”.
• * *Nightflyers (Bluejay 0-312-94332-6, Dec ’85, $8.95, 295pp, pb) Collection of 6 stories. (Contents)
• * _Nightflyers (Tor 0-812-54562-1, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $2.95, 295pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) collection. This edition says “soon to be a major motion picture.”
• * *The Pear-Shaped Man (Pulphouse 1-56146-537-2, Nov ’91, $1.95, 46pp, pb, cover by George Barr) Bram Stoker Award-winning and World Fantasy Award-nominated horror short story that originally appeared in Omni 10/87. Short story paperback #37. A signed leatherbound limited edition of 100 copies ($20.00) is also available.
• * *Portraits of His Children (Dark Harvest 0-913165-18-2, Jul ’87, $39.95, 263pp, hc) Collection of 11 stories, with an introduction by Roger Zelazny and illustrations by Ron and Val Lakey Lindholm. This is the signed, boxed, limited (400 copy) edition. (Contents)
• * *Portraits of His Children (Dark Harvest 0-913165-19-0, Jul ’87, $18.95, 263pp, hc) Trade edition of the above; collection including several classics.
• * _Portraits of His Children (Baen 0-671-72124-0, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $4.99, 353pp, pb, cover by Paul Chadwick) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1987) collection of 11 stories.
• * _Sandkings (Baen 0-671-65554-X, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1981) collection of 7 stories.
• * *Sandkings (with Pat Broderick, Neal McPheeters & Doug Moench) (DC Graphics 0-930289-20-X, Jan ’87, $5.95, 48pp, tp) “Graphic novel” adaptation of the 1979 sf story by George R.R. Martin.
• * _Songs the Dead Men Sing (Gollancz 0-575-03566-8, Nov ’85, £8.95, 224pp, hc) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1983) collection. This edition has only 7 of the 9 stories in the original and also omits the Budrys introduction. (Contents)
• * _Songs the Dead Men Sing (Sphere 0-7221-5736-3, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £2.50, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1983) collection. Follows the Gollancz 1985 edition which omits 2 stories.
• * *Tuf Voyaging (Baen 0-671-55985-0, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $15.95, 374pp, hc) [Haviland Tuf] Sf quasi-novel made up from a series of connected adventures from Analog. (Contents)
• * _Tuf Voyaging (Baen 0-671-65624-4, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.50, 376pp, pb) [Haviland Tuf] Reprint (Baen 1986) episodic sf novel.
• * _Tuf Voyaging (Gollancz 0-575-04049-1, Aug ’87, £10.95, 374pp, hc) [Haviland Tuf] Reprint (Baen 1986) sf collection. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Tuf Voyaging (Gollancz 0-575-04266-4, May ’88, £3.50, 374pp, pb) [Haviland Tuf] Reprint (Baen 1986) light-hearted collection of linked stories about the lovable rogue Haviland Tuf, his cats and his seedship. Recommended. (PSP)
• * *Wild Cards VII: Dead Man’s Hand (with John J. Miller) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28569-6, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $4.50, 328pp, pb, cover by Timothy Truman) [Wild Cards] Sf novel of superheroes created by an alien virus, seventh book of the “Wild Cards” series, and the first actual novel in it.
• * _Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle) (Pocket 0-671-49616-6, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $3.95, 324pp, pb) [Maris] Reissue (Timescape 1981) sf novel.
• * _Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle) (Gollancz 0-575-04395-4, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], £3.99, 315pp, pb) [Maris] Reprint (Timescape 1981) sf novel.

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• * *The John W. Campbell Awards, Volume 5 (Bluejay 0-312-94252-4, Jan ’84, $7.95, 238pp, tp) Anthology of work by Campbell winners and runners-up Jack L. Chalker, M.A. Foster, Carter Scholz, and C.J. Cherryh. Cherryh has a new novella and a reprint story; the other works are original novelettes. (Contents)
• * _Jokers Wild (Titan 1-85286-176-2, Nov ’89, £3.95, 376pp, pb, cover by Brian Bolland) [Wild Cards] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1987) ‘mosaic novel’ written by Melinda M. Snodgrass, Leanne C. Harper, Walton Simons, Lewis Shiner, John J. Miller, George R.R. Martin and Edward Bryant. Volume 3 in the “Wild Cards” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Night Visions (Century 0-7126-1155-X, Aug ’87, £11.95, 298pp, hc) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1986, as Night Visions 3) original horror anthology. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Night Visions (Legend 0-09-952750-2, Dec ’87, £2.95, 298pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1986, as Night Visions 3) original horror anthology.
• * *Night Visions 3 (Dark Harvest 0-913165-13-1, Oct ’86 [Nov ’86], $18.00, 225pp, hc) Original anthology of horror stories by Ramsey Campbell, Lisa Tuttle, and Clive Barker, illustrated by Stephen Gervais. Introduction by George R.R. Martin. (Contents)
• * _Night Visions: The Hellbound Heart (Berkley 0-425-10707-8, Jan ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.95, 278pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1986 as Night Visions 3) original horror anthology of 11 stories by Ramsey Campbell, Lisa Tuttle, and Clive Barker.
• * *Wild Cards (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26190-8, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $3.95, 410pp, pb) [Wild Cards] Original shared-world anthology of alternate history and a virus that grants strange powers; first in a series. (Contents)
• * _Wild Cards (Titan 1-85286-158-4, Jul ’89, £3.95, 410pp, pb, cover by Brian Bolland) [Wild Cards] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1987) original sf anthology. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Wild Cards (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26190-8, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.50, 410pp, pb, cover by Timothy Truman) [Wild Cards] Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1987) original shared-world anthology, first book of the “Wild Cards” series; third printing.
• * *Wild Cards II: Aces High (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26464-8, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.95, 390pp, pb) [Wild Cards] Original anthology/braided sf mega-novel, part of a series. There are 9 or 10 connected stories, but no contents page. (Contents)
• * _Wild Cards II: Aces High (Titan 1-85286-159-2, Sep ’89, £3.95, 390pp, pb, cover by Brian Bolland) [Wild Cards] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1987) original anthology/braided sf mega-novel. There are 9 or 10 connected stories, but no contents page. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Wild Cards II: Aces High (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26464-8, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.50, 390pp, pb, cover by Timothy Truman) [Wild Cards] Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1987) original shared-world anthology; third printing.
• * *Wild Cards III: Jokers Wild (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26699-3, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $3.95, 376pp, pb) [Wild Cards] Original shared-world anthology (“mosaic novel”) of sf stories with connective material by Martin; third in a series. Authors are Melinda M. Snodgrass, Leanne C. Harper, Walton Simons, Lewis Shiner, John J. Miller, George R.R. Martin, and Edward Bryant.
• * _Wild Cards III: Jokers Wild (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26699-3, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.50, 374pp, pb, cover by Timothy Truman) [Wild Cards] Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1987) original shared-world anthology; third printing.
• * *Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27628-X, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $4.50, 466pp, pb) [Wild Cards] Original shared world anthology, presented as a “braided novel.” There’s no table of contents, and there are short bridging sections by Martin. (Contents)
• * _Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad (SFBC #14766, May ’89 [Jun ’89], $8.98, hc) [Wild Cards] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1988) original shared-world anthology. First hardcover edition.
• * _Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27628-X, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.50, 467pp, pb, cover by Timothy Truman) [Wild Cards] Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1988) original shared-world anthology presented as a braided novel; second printing.
• * *Wild Cards IX: Jokertown Shuffle (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29174-2, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.99, 390pp, pb, cover by Timothy Truman) [Wild Cards] Original shared-world anthology, ninth book of the “Wild Cards” series. (Contents)
• * *Wild Cards V: Down and Dirty (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27463-5, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $4.50, 518pp, pb) [Wild Cards] Original shared world anthology with stories set in an alternate world where superheroes were created by an alien virus after WWII. (Contents)
• * _Wild Cards V: Down and Dirty (SFBC #14767, 1989 [Jun ’89], $8.98, hc) [Wild Cards] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1988) original shared-world anthology. First hard cover edition.
• * _Wild Cards V: Down and Dirty (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27463-5, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.50, 518pp, pb, cover by Timothy Truman) [Wild Cards] Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1988) original shared-world anthology; second printing.
• * *Wild Cards VI: Ace in the Hole (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28253-0, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.50, 385pp, pb, cover by Timothy Truman) [Wild Cards] Original shared-world anthology presented as a braided novel. The various pieces are not individually credited. The authors are Walton Simons, Victor Milán, Malinda M. Snodgrass, Stephen Leigh & Walter Jon Williams.
• * _Wild Cards VI: Ace in the Hole (SFBC #70902, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $9.98, hc) [Wild Cards] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1990) original shared-world anthology in the “Wild Cards” series. First hardcover edition.
• * *Wild Cards VIII: One-Eyed Jacks (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28852-0, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 326pp, pb, cover by Timothy Truman) [Wild Cards] Original shared-world anthology, eighth book of the “Wild Cards” series. (Contents)
• * *Wild Cards XI: Dealer’s Choice (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29161-0, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $5.99, 426pp, pb, cover by Timothy Truman) [Wild Cards] Original shared-world anthology presented as a braided novel. The individual pieces by the five writers, Stephen Leigh, Edward Bryant, John J. Miller, Walter Jon Williams, and George R.R. Martin, are not specifically credited.
• * *Wild Cards: Black Trump (Baen 0-671-87679-1, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $5.99, 538pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Wild Cards] Original shared-world anthology in braided-novel form. This is the 15th book overall in the “Wild Cards” series, third in the “Card Shark” cycle. The uncredited, interwoven stories are by George R.R. Martin, Stephen Leigh, Victor Milan, John J. Miller, and Sage Walker.
• * *Wild Cards: Card Sharks (Baen 0-671-72159-3, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $5.99, 452pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Wild Cards] Original shared-world anthology, 13th book of the “Wild Cards” series overall and the first of a new cycle. The stories are presented in a chronologically “braided” format and the writers are Roger Zelazny, Melinda Snodgrass, William F. Wu, Laura J. Mixon, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Victor Milan, Stephen Leigh, and Michael Cassut. (Contents)
• * *Wild Cards: Marked Cards (Baen 0-671-72212-3, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $5.99, 434pp, pb) [Wild Cards] Original shared-world anthology, 14th book of the “Wild Cards” series overall and second book of the new cycle. The stories are presented in a chronologically “braided” format. (Contents)
• * _Wild Cards: Volume Five: Down and Dirty (Titan 1-85286-275-0, Mar ’90, £3.99, 518pp, pb, cover by Brian Bolland) [Wild Cards] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1988) original shared world anthology with stories set in an alternate world where superheroes were created by an alien virus after WWII.
• * _Wild Cards: Volume Four: Aces Abroad (Titan 1-85286-177-0, Jan ’90, £3.95, 467pp, pb, cover by Brian Bolland) [Wild Cards] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1988) original shared world anthology, presented as a “braided novel”. There’s no table of contents, and there are short bridging sections by Martin. One of the best in the series so far.
• * _Wild Cards: Volume Six: Ace in the Hole (Titan 1-85286-278-5, Apr ’90, £3.99, 385pp, pb, cover by Brian Bolland) [Wild Cards] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1990) original shared-world anthology presented as a braided novel. The various pieces by Walter Simons, Victor Milan, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Stephen Leigh and Walter Jon Williams are not individually credited. One of the best in the series so far - strongly recommended. (PSP)
• * _Wildcards (SFBC #10930, Jun ’87, $6.98, 408pp, hc) [Wild Cards] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1987) shared-world original anthology; first hardcover edition.

MARTIN, GRAHAM DUNSTAN (1932- )

• * _Catchfire (Swallow 0-86267-260-0, Oct ’89, £2.25, 183pp, pb, cover by Scoular Anderson) [Giftwish] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1981) young-adult fantasy novel. Sequel to Giftwish.
• * *Dream Wall (Unwin Hyman 0-04-823337-4, May ’87, £8.95, 231pp, hc) Sf novel about England under Soviet rule in the 22nd Century. [Not seen]
• * *Dream Wall (Unwin 0-04-823363-3, May ’87, £2.95, 231pp, tp) Paperback edition of the above.
• * *Half a Glass of Moonshine (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440030-6, Apr ’88, £11.95, 179pp, hc) Disappointing novel about a man who is killed in a plane crash but who keeps turning up at odd times. Not up to the author’s usual high standard. (PSP)
• * *The Soul Master (Allen & Unwin 0-04-827094-6, 1984, £9.95, 292pp, hc) Sf/fantasy novel. [Not seen]
• * _The Soul Master (Allen & Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823301-3, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], £2.95, 293pp, pb) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1984) “sf-fantasy” novel — “in Tethesta, the laws of the universe no longer operate...and the souls of men are controlled by a single consciousness.”
• * *Time-Slip (Allen & Unwin 0-04-823304-8, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £8.95, 164pp, hc) Sf novel of post-holocaust Scotland.
• * *Time-Slip (Orion 0-04-823284-X, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £2.95, 164pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.

MARTIN, LES; pseudonym of Lester Martin Schulman, (1934- ) (stories)

• * *The Bride: A Tale of Love and Doom (Random House 0-394-87370-X, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $3.95, 93pp, pb) [Frankenstein] Brief novelization of the remake of The Bride of Frankenstein, with color stills from the movie.
• * *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Random House 0-394-84594-3, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $2.95, 107pp, tp) [Indiana Jones] Young-adult movie tie-in novelization, with photos from the film.
• * *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Junior Novel (Sphere 0-7474-0531-X, Jun ’89, £1.99, 80pp, pb) [Indiana Jones] Young-adult fantasy novelization. Based on the screenplay by Jeffrey Boam. Simultaneous with US (Random House) edition.
• * *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Random House 0-394-86389-5, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $3.95, 96pp, pb) [Indiana Jones] Juvenile adaptation of the film, illustrated with 50 color stills.
• * *The X Files Omnibus (with Ellen Steiber) (Voyager 0-00-225646-0, Jul ’97, £9.99, 439pp, tp) [X-Files] Omnibus of the first five script novelisations - X Marks the Spot, Darkness Falls, Tiger, Tiger, Squeeze, Humbug - originally from HarperTrophy, 1995-96. (Contents)
• * *The X Files: Fear (Voyager 0-00-648309-7, Jan ’97 [Jul ’97], £3.99, 103pp, pb) Book 7 in the series of script novelisations. Simultaneous with the US (HarperTrophy) edition.
• * *X-Files #1: X Marks the Spot (HarperTrophy 0-06-440613-X, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $3.95, 117pp, pb) [X-Files] Young-adult novelization based on the TV series teleplay by Chris Carter. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
• * *X-Files #2: Darkness Falls (HarperTrophy 0-06-440614-8, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $3.95, 108pp, pb) [X-Files] Young-adult novelization based on the TV teleplay by Chris Carter. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
• * *X-Files #3: Tiger, Tiger (HarperTrophy 0-06-440626-1, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $3.95, 107pp, tp) [X-Files] Young-adult novellazation based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
• * *The X-Files #6: Fresh Bones (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648329-1, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], £3.99, 137pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novelisation of the TV series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.