The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

MOORCOCK, MICHAEL (John) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _The War Amongst the Angels (Orion 0-75281-079-0, Aug ’97 [Sep ’97], £6.99, 301pp, pb, cover by Gustav Moreau) [Von Bek] Reprint (Millennium 1996) literary SF novel. Last in “The Second Ether” trilogy, part of the “Von Bek” family series.
• * +The War Amongst the Angels (Avon 0-380-97597-1, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $24.00, 298pp, hc, cover by Bill Binger) [Von Bek] Fantasy novel. First US edition (Millennium 1996).
• * _The War Amongst the Angels (Avon 0-380-78079-8, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $12.50, 298pp, tp, cover by Bill Binger) Reprint (Millennium 1996) fantasy novel.
• * _The War Hound and the World’s Pain (Pocket 0-671-60409-0, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $2.95, 207pp, pb) [Von Bek] Reissue (Simon & Schuster/Timescape 1981) fantasy novel. Second printing. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _The War Hound and the World’s Pain (NEL 0-450-05603-1, May ’89, £2.99, 198pp, tp, cover by Chris Achilleos) [Von Bek] Reissue (Timescape 1981) fantasy novel.
• * _The War Lord of the Air (Grafton 0-586-20888-7, Oct ’89, £2.99, 156pp, pb, cover by Paul Damon) [Oswald Bastable] Reissue (NEL 1971) sf novel. Volume one in the “Oswald Bastable” trilogy.
• * _Warrior of Mars (NEL 0-450-05895-6, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £3.50, 384pp, tp) [Michael Kane] Reissue (NEL 1981) omnibus of the sf adventure “Mars” trilogy. (Contents)
• * _Warrior of Mars (NEL 0-450-05895-6, May ’89, £3.95, 384pp, tp, cover by Peter Elson) [Michael Kane] Reissue (NEL 1981) sf adventure omnibus of the “Mars” series.
• * _Warriors of Mars (Ace 0-441-87339-1, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $3.95, 182pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Michael Kane] Reprint (Compact 1965 as by Edward P. Bradbury) fantasy novel, first book of the “Michael Kane” trilogy. Subsequent editions were published as City of the Beast as by Moorcock. This new reversion of title can be confusing because the British omnibus volume is called Warrior of Mars.
• * _The Weird of the White Wolf (Ace 0-441-88805-4, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $4.50, 159pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [Elric] Reissue (DAW 1977) collection, third book of the “Elric” saga; fourth printing.
• * _The Winds of Limbo (Roc UK 0-14-017350-1, May ’93, £4.99, 160pp, pb, cover by George Underwood) Reprint (Compact 1965 as The Fireclown) sf novel.
• * *Wizardry and Wild Romance (Gollancz 0-575-04147-1, Aug ’87, £5.95, 160pp, tp) Non-fiction, “a study of epic fantasy.”
• * *Wizardry and Wild Romance (Gollancz 0-575-04146-3, Aug ’87, £10.95, 160pp, hc) Hardcover edition of the above.
• * _Wizardry and Wild Romance (Gollancz 0-575-04324-5, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], £2.95, 237pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1987) non-fiction, critical. Moorcock’s idiosyncratic views on fantasy.
• * _The Wrecks of Time (Roc UK 0-14-017349-8, Jan ’94, £4.99, 192pp, pb, cover by James Cawthorn) Reprint (Ace 1967) sf novel.

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• * _The New Nature of the Catastrophe (with Langdon Jones) See entry under Langdon Jones.
• * _The New Nature of the Catastrophe (with Langdon Jones) (Orion 0-75280-600-9, Mar ’97, £6.99, 500pp, pb, cover by Mark Reeve) [Jerry Cornelius] Reprint (Millennium 1993) revised edition of an anthology of Jerry Cornelius stories, including the entire contents (bar two James Sallis stories) of The Nature of the Catastrophe (Hutchinson 1971), The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius (revised edition Harrap/Grafton 1987), and ten further stories in the canon (four by Moorcock). This edition drops the comic strip from International Times, adds a 1995 Moorcock story (with a significant change in its last line), retitles two stories, and revises the article/bibliography by John Davey which puts it all in context. Volume nine in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”. (Contents)
• * _New Worlds (with David S. Garnett) See entry under David S. Garnett
• * *New Worlds No. 221 (Jayde Design 0-9520074-2-8, Nov ’96, £10.00, 64pp, tp) Anthology in large magazine format, published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of New Worlds magazine. Internally dated ‘Winter 1996’. Available from 45 St Marys Mansions, St Marys Terrace, London W2 1SH. (Contents)

MOORE, ALAN (1953- ) (stories)

• * *Batman: The Killing Joke (Titan 1-85286-082-0, May ’88, £1.95, 48pp, tp) [Batman] Graphic novel about Batman’s final encounter with the Joker - guaranteed to dispel any illusions that Batman is a traditional ‘good guy’. Artwork by Brian Bolland and John Higgins.
• * *From Hell (Borderlands Press 1-880-325-07-1, Jan ’95, $14.95, 343pp, tp, cover by Alan Moore) Script for the eponymous graphic novel about Jack the Ripper, volume one of four in “From Hell: The Complete Scripts”. Illustrated by Eddie Campbell, with an afterword by Stephen Bissette. Available from Borderlands Press, PO Box 146, Brooklandville, MD 21022.
• * *Saga of the Swamp Thing (Warner 0-446-38690-1, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $10.95, unpaginated, tp) Graphic novel, an omnibus of 7 horror comics. Foreword by Ramsey Campbell.
• * *Skizz (with Jim Baikie) (Titan 1-85286-135-5, Mar ’89, £6.95, 96pp, tp, cover by Jim Baikie) Sf graphic novel about a friendly alien stranded on Earth, written by the inimitable Alan Moore and originally published in 2000 A.D. in 1983. Recommended. (PSP) Distributed in the US at $14.95 and in Canada at $19.95.
• * *Superman: The Man of Tomorrow (Titan 1-85286-049-9, May ’88, £5.95, 120pp, tp) [Superman] Collection of three graphic short stories about Superman set in the ‘old’ DC Universe (before everything changed), with a (very brief) foreword by Brian Aldiss and an introduction by Neil Gaiman. (Black and White) artwork by Dave Gibbons, Rick Veitch, Curt Swan, Kurt Schaffenberger & George Perez.
• * *Voice of the Fire (Gollancz 0-575-05249-X, Oct ’96, £9.99, 320pp, tp, cover by Robert Mason & Gary Day-Ellison) Literary fantasy mosaic novel. A tour-de-force of language. Illustrated by Cilff Harper.
• * _Voice of the Fire (Gollancz/Indigo 0-575-40055-2, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £5.99, 320pp, tp, cover by Robert Mason) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) literary fantasy novel.
• * *Watchmen (Warner 0-446-38689-8, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $14.95, unpaginated, tp) Graphic novel. Near-simultaneous with the DC edition, which went to the comics trade. This edition is for the book trade.

MOORE, C(atherine) L(ucille) (1911-1987) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Doomsday Morning (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20462-1, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.50, 236pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1957) sf novel.
• * _Jirel of Joiry (Ace 0-441-38570-2, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $5.50, 212pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Jirel of Joiry] Reissue (Paperback Library 1969) SF collection. Also appeared in a limited edition as Black God’s Shadow (1977). Third printing.
• * _Jirel of Joiry (SFBC #14951, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $8.98, 212pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Jirel of Joiry] Reprint (Paperback Library 1969) SF collection. This hardcover edition is similar to the Ace 1996 paperback edition; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Northwest Smith (Ace 0-441-58614-7, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 297pp, pb) [Northwest Smith] Reissue (Donald M. Grant 1981, as Scarlet Dream) collection — tales of space adventurer Smith. 5th printing.

MOORE, CHRISTOPHER (George) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * *Bloodsucking Fiends (Simon & Schuster 0-684-81097-2, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $23.00, 300pp, hc) [Bloodsucking Fiends] Satirical vampire novel set in San Francisco.
• * _Bloodsucking Fiends (Black Swan 0-552-99596-7, Dec ’95, £5.99, 317pp, tp, cover by Kevin Hauff) [Bloodsucking Fiends] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1995) humorous literary vampire novel. A female victim must learn the powers of a vampire, without guidance. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Bloodsucking Fiends (Avon 0-380-72813-3, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $12.00, 300pp, tp, cover by Michael McGurl) [Bloodsucking Fiends] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1995) satirical vampire novel set in San Francisco.
• * *Coyote Blue (Simon & Schuster 0-671-88188-4, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $21.00, 303pp, hc, cover by Ruth Marten) Fantasy novel about two would-be lovers under the spell of Coyote, the Native American trickster god.
• * _Coyote Blue (Avon 0-380-72523-1, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $10.00, 303pp, tp, cover by Michael McGurl) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1994) satirical fantasy novel about two lovers dogged by the Native American trickster god, Coyote.
• * *Island of the Sequined Love Nun (Avon 0-380-97505-X, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $23.00, 325pp, hc, cover by Michael McGurl) Gonzo quasi-fantasy novel. A pilot works for a mysterious doctor on a very strange remote Pacific island.
• * _Island of the Sequined Love Nun (Avon Bard 0-380-79273-7, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $6.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Michael McGurl) Reprint (Avon 1997) humorous magical realist/quasi-fantasy novel.
• * *Practical Demonkeeping (Heinemann 0-434-47551-3, Jan ’92, £7.99, 248pp, tp, cover by Josh Kirby) Fantasy novel about a modern-day Californian with a tame demon. Simultaneous with the American (St. Martin’s) edition.
• * *Practical Demonkeeping (St. Martin’s 0-312-07069-1, Jan ’92, $18.95, 243pp, hc, cover by Darryl Zudeck) Comic dark fantasy of a battle of wits and wonders between a demon and a djinn in a small California town. A first novel.
• * _Practical Demonkeeping: A Comedy of Horrors (SFBC #19523, Mar ’92, $8.98, 243pp, hc, cover by Darryl Zudeck) Reprint (St. Martin’s; Heinemann 1992) comic dark fantasy of a battle of wits and wonders between a demon and a djinn in a small California town. A first novel. Similar to the St. Martin’s edition except it lacks an ISBN and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.
• * _Practical Demonkeeping: A Comedy of Horrors (Mandarin 0-7493-1109-6, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], £4.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) Reprint (St. Martin’s; Heinemann 1992) humorous fantasy novel.
• * _Practical Demonkeeping: A Comedy of Horrors (St. Martin’s 0-312-95146-9, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $3.99, 243pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1992) comic dark fantasy of a battle of wits and wonders between a demon and a djinn in a small California town.

MOORE, ELIZABETH; house pseudonym

• * *Dark Moon #2: Dreams of Revenge (Scholastic 0-590-25510-X, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $3.99, 167pp, pb) [Dark Moon] Young-adult horror novel. A young woman, possibly delusional, believes that she was wrongly hanged in a past and seeks revenge on descendants of the Salem witch trial judges.

MOORE, INGA

• * *The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (Macmillan 0-02-767645-5, Sep ’89 [Jan ’90], $13.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Inga Moore) [From Thief to King] Classic children’s story, with full-page watercolor illustrations by the author.

MOORE, JAMES A. (stories) (chron.)

• * *The World of Darkness: House of Secrets (with Kevin Andrew Murphy) (White Wolf 1-56504-843-1, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $5.99, 362pp, tp, cover by Harold MacNeil) [World of Darkness] Horror novelization based on the “Vampire: The Eternal Struggle” role-playing game. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
• * *The World of Darkness: Werewolf: Hell-Storm (HarperPrism 0-06-105675-8, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $5.50, 294pp, pb, cover by Mike Chaney) [World of Darkness] Novelization based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by White Wolf.

MOORE, JOHN F. (stories)

• * *Slay & Rescue (Baen 0-671-72152-6, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $4.99, 226pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) Humorous fantasy novel. Young prince and professional hero Charming finds a job more difficult than he expected.

MOORE, PATRICK (Alfred Caldwell) (1923- )

• * +Halley’s Comet Pop-Up Book (with Heather Couper) (Bonanza 0-517-48351-3, Mar ’86, unpaginated, hc) Pop-up book. The jacket says there’s an earlier English edition (Hamlyn 1985) but it’s probably the same one with a new back page.

MOORE, ROGER

• * *Spelljammer: The Maelstrom’s Eye (TSR 1-56076-344-2, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.95, 313pp, tp, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) [Spelljammer: Cloakmaster] Fantasy novelization based on the “Spelljammer” game, third book of “The Cloakmaster Cycle”.

MOORE, ROGER E(lwood) (1955- ) (stories)

• * *Forgotten Realms: Errand of Mercy (TSR 0-7869-0867-X, Feb ’98, $2.99, 87pp, tp, cover by Heather LeMay) [Forgotten Realms] Novellazation based on the “Forgotten Realms” role-playing game. “Double Diamond Triangle Saga” #4. Copyrighted by TSR.

MOORE, RUDIN; pseudonym of Gary Smith (stories)

• * *Ultra-Vue and Selected Peripheral Visions (self published no ISBN, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], price unknown, 389pp, tp) Collection of five original fantasy stories. Order from Gary Smith (Rudin Moore), 715 SW Bay St., Newport OR 97365. (Contents)

MOORE, SEAN A. (1964-1998) (stories)

• * *Conan and the Grim Grey God (Tor 0-812-55267-9, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $9.99, 204pp, tp, cover by Doug Beekman) [Conan] Fantasy novelization based on the Robert E. Howard character. Copyrighted by Conan Properties, Inc.
• * _Conan and the Grim Grey God (Tor 0-812-59062-7, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $5.99, 204pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Conan] Reprint (Tor 1996) fantasy novelization based on the Robert E. Howard character. Copyrighted by Conan Properties, Inc.
• * *Conan and the Shaman’s Curse (Tor 0-812-55265-2, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $4.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Conan] Fantasy novelization based on the Robert E. Howard character. Copyrighted by Conan Properties, Inc.
• * *Conan the Hunter (Tor 0-812-53531-6, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $4.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Conan] Fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s classic character. Copyrighted by Conan Properties, Inc.
• * *Kull the Conqueror (Tor 0-812-57774-4, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $5.99, 214pp, pb) [Kull] Fantasy novelization based on the movie about the Robert E. Howard character. Copyrighted by Kull Productions, Inc.

MOORE, STANLEY R. (1936- ) (stories)

• * *Nightshade (NAL Onyx 0-451-40112-3, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.95, 331pp, pb) Horror novel. Only a determined policeman and a feisty woman doctor suspect the evil about to engulf their town. A first novel.

MOORE, STEPHEN (stories)

• * *Skin and Bone (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-70455-1, Sep ’98 [Oct ’98], £3.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Martin Macrae) [Tooth and Claw] Animal fantasy novel. A sequel to Tooth and Claw.
• * *Tooth and Claw (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-70454-3, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], £3.99, 260pp, pb, cover by Martin Macrae) [Tooth and Claw] Animal fantasy novel. Pet cats and dogs must fend for themselves in a deserted town in the depths of winter.

MOORE, (Joseph) WARD (1903-1978) (stories)

• * _Bring the Jubilee (Gollancz 0-575-04121-8, Dec ’87, £3.95, 194pp, tp) Reprint (Farrar, Straus & Young 1953) sf novel. Volume 19 in the “Gollancz Classic SF” series.
• * _Bring the Jubilee (Bart 1-55785-032-1, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $2.95, 222pp, pb) Reprint (Farrar Straus 1955) sf alternate world time travel novel. One of the best “If the South had won the Civil War” books.
• * _Bring the Jubilee (Easton Press no ISBN, Jun ’88 [May ’88], no price listed, 199pp, hc) Reprint (Farrar Straus 1955) alternate-history sf novel, with a new introduction by Larry Niven and illustrations by A.C. Farley. Collector’s edition in the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” line of leatherbound limited editions.
• * _Bring the Jubilee (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40502-1, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $11.00, 221pp, tp, cover by Eric Dinyer) Reprint (Farrar Straus 1953) classic alternate world time travel novel. There is a new introduction by Jeffrey Shaara.
• * _Greener Than You Think (Crown 0-517-55866-1, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $9.95, 322pp, hc) Reprint (Sloane 1947) sf novel, with a new introduction by George Zebrowski.
• * _Greener Than You Think (QPB no ISBN, Dec ’86 [Jan ’87], $7.95, 322pp, tp) Reprint (Sloane 1947) sf novel. This is an exact reprint in paperback of the 1985 Crown edition. This appeared in 1986 but was not seen until 1987.
• * *Lot & Lot’s Daughter (Tachyon Publications 0-9648320-1-1, Mar ’96, $10.00, 72pp, tp, cover by William Reid) [David Jimmon] Collection of two SF novelettes, with a new introduction by Michael Swanwick. A limited edition of 300; also announced in a leatherbound limited edition of 100, signed by Swanwick ($21.00). Order from Tachyon Publications, 1459 18th Street, San Francisco CA 94107. (Contents)

MOORMAN, CHARLES (Wickliffe) (1925- )

• * _An Arthurian Dictionary (with Ruth Minary) See entry under Ruth Minary.

MORALES, ALEJANDRO (1944- )

• * *The Rag Doll Plagues (Arte Publico Press 1-55885-036-8, Aug ’92 [Oct ’92], $17.95, 200pp, hc, cover by Mark Pinon) Associational literary novel with sf elements interweaving the stories of three Hispanic doctors battling infectious diseases, one in 18th-century Mexico, one in contemporary L.A., and one in late 21st-century Mexico where genetic mutations and blood diseases are rampant.

MORAN, DANIEL; pseudonym of Robert E. Vardeman, (1947- )

• * +The Flame Key (Tor 0-812-54600-8, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $2.95, 222pp, pb) [Keys] Fantasy novel, Book I of “Keys to Paradise”. The author is actually Robert Vardeman, and the entire trilogy appeared in England last year in one volume as The Keys to Paradise (NEL).
• * +Keys of Paradise, Book III: Key of Ice and Steel (Tor 0-812-54606-7, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.50, 216pp, pb) [Keys] Fantasy adventure quest novel. Daniel Moran is a pseudonym for Robert Vardeman; not to be confused with new author Daniel Keys Moran. First individual printing. The entire trilogy appeared in England as The Keys to Paradise (NEL 1986) as by Robert Vardeman.
• * +The Skeleton Lord’s Key (Tor 0-812-54602-4, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $2.95, 186pp, pb) [Keys] This fantasy novel originally appeared in England as part of The Keys to Paradise (NEL 1986, as by Robert E. Vardeman), an omnibus volume with the other two books in the “Keys” trilogy.

MORAN, DANIEL KEYS (1962- ) (stories)

• * *The Armageddon Blues (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27115-6, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.50, 205pp, pb) Sf time travel novel, a first novel. Two people from the future return to the 20th century to prevent Armageddon.
• * *Emerald Eyes (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27347-7, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.50, 243pp, pb) Hard-edged military sf novel.
• * *The Last Dancer (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56249-5, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $5.99, 594pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) Sf novel of a rebellion against the repressive one-world government of the late 21st century. Loosely connected in background to his earlier three books.
• * *The Long Run (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28144-5, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $3.95, 372pp, pb) [Tales of the Continuing Time] Sf adventure novel about renegade genetic-engineered telepaths, part of “The Tales of the Continuing Time”.