The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

OWINGS, MARK (Samuel) (1945- )

• * _The Science Fantasy Publishers: A Critical and Bibliographic History (with Jack L. Chalker) See entry under Jack L. Chalker
• * _The Science Fantasy Publishers: A Critical and Bibliographic History: Third Edition (with Jack L. Chalker) See entry under Jack L. Chalker
• * _The Science Fantasy Publishers: A Critical and Bibliographic History: Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged (with Jack L. Chalker) See entry under Jack L. Chalker
• * _The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement Four, July 1995-June 1996 (with Jack L. Chalker) See entry under Jack L. Chalker
• * _The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement One, July 1991-June 1992 (with Jack L. Chalker) See entry under Jack L. Chalker
• * _The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement One, July 1991-June 1993 (with Jack L. Chalker) See entry under Jack L. Chalker
• * _The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement Three, July 1994-June 1995 (with Jack L. Chalker) See entry under Jack L. Chalker
• * _The Science-Fantasy Publishers: Supplement Two, July 1993-June 1994 (with Jack L. Chalker) See entry under Jack L. Chalker

OWTON, MARTIN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Gravity’s Angels (with Gary Couzens, Trevor Denyer, Sarah Ellender & Trevor Mendham) See entry under Gary Couzens.

OXFORD SF GROUP, THE; see pseudonym M. H. Zool

OXLEY, DAVID ANTHONY (1930- )

• * *Three Decades to Doom (Vantage Press 0-533-06552-6, Apr ’86, $12.95, 247pp, hc) Sf novel of the mysterious disappearance of plastic. The publisher is a vanity press.

OXLEY, DOROTHY (Anne) (1948- )

• * *Quest (Lion 0-7459-1846-8, Apr ’90, £2.25, 188pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) Young-adult sf novel.

OZICK, CYNTHIA (1928- ) (stories)

• * *The Puttermesser Papers (Knopf 0-679-45476-4, Jun ’97, $23.00, 236pp, hc) Contemporary literary fantasy. An ethical, literature-loving New York woman lawyer constructs a golem.

PAASILINNA, ARTO

• * *The Year of the Hare (Peter Owen 0-7206-0949-6, Jan ’95 [Feb ’95], £14.50, 135pp, hc, cover by Mette Heinz) Picaresque novel with fantasy elements, based on an ecological theme, and some legends of Finland. Translated by Herbert Lomas from Jäniksen vuosi.

PACE, SUE

• * *The Last Oasis (Delacorte 0-385-30881-7, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $15.00, 230pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel in a bleak environmentally depleted future Washington State, where two teenagers set out on a quest for a better life in the Idaho mountains.

PACHTER, JOSH, ed. (1951- ) (stories)

• * *Top Fantasy (Dent 0-460-04659-4, Jun ’85 [May ’85], £9.50, 311pp, hc) “Author’s choice” anthology, plus comments by the authors on why each story is their personal favorite. An excellent anthology and well worth the trouble of ordering it from an English dealer. (CNB) (Contents)
• * _Top Fantasy (J.M. Dent 0-460-02467-1, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £3.95, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1985) fantasy anthology.
• * *Top Science Fiction (Dent 0-460-04647-0, 1984 [Feb ’85], £8.95, 340pp, hc) Anthology of 25 “author’s choice” stories with brief forewords by the authors. An excellent selection, and the various forewords are fascinating. (CNB) (Contents)
• * _Top Science Fiction (Dent 0-460-02425-6, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], £2.95, 340pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1984) anthology.

PACK, JANET, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Legends: Tales from the Eternal Archives #1 (with Robyn McGrew, Margaret Weis & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Margaret Weis.

PACUILLA, NICHOLAS

• * *Artificer Asylum (Asylum Publications 0-9638757-0-1, Oct ’93, $7.95, 249pp, tp) Sf novel of the last survivors of the human race sealed into a biosphere-like artificial environment. A first novel. Available from Asylum Publications, PO Box 810, Tombstone AZ 85638.

PAGE, JAKE; [i.e., James Keena Page, Jr.] (1936- )

• * *Apacheria (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41411-X, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $5.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Jane Sterrett) Alternate history SF novel of an independent Apache nation and their interactions with the US — government and gangsters.
• * *Operation: Shatterhand (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39721-5, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $5.99, 322pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) Alternate-history SF novel of WWII. Germans invading the American Southwest face Native American forces.

PAGE, KATHY (1958- ) (stories)

• * *As in Music and Other Stories (Methuen 0-413-62430-7, Nov ’90, £13.99, 205pp, hc, cover by Judy Stevens) Original collection of 14 short stories, including some sf. (Contents)
• * *Island Paradise (Methuen 0-413-19690-9, May ’89 [Oct ’89], £11.99, 192pp, hc, cover by Oliver Burston) Literary fantasy novel.
• * _Island Paradise (Minerva 0-7493-9071-9, Jun ’90 [Jul ’90], £4.50, 192pp, pb, cover by The Douglas Brothers) Reprint (Methuen 1989) literary sf novel.

PAGE, MICHAEL

• * *Encyclopedia of Things that Never Were (with Michael Ingpen) (Dragon’s World 1-85028-001-0, Nov ’85 [1985], £15.95, 240pp, hc) Text and illustrations on assorted myths, legends and supernatural topics. [Not seen]
• * +Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were (with Robert Ingpen) (Viking 0-670-81607-8, Jan ’87 [Nov ’86], $19.95, 240pp, hc) Text by Page and illustrations by Ingpen, dealing with various myths, legends, and other supernatural topics. First U.S. edition (Dragon’s World 1985). This is halfway between an Encyclopedia and a fantasy art book. The art is excellent. (CNB)

PAGE, NICK

• * *Six Days (Minstrel 0-85476-291-4, Feb ’92 [Mar ’92], £3.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) Humorous sf novel.

PAGE, NORMAN, ed. (stories)

• * _Mad Monkton and Other Stories See entry under Wilkie Collins.

PAGEL, STEPHEN, ed. (stories)

• * _Absolute Magnitude (with Warren Lapine) See entry under Warren Lapine.
• * _Bending the Landscape: Fantasy (with Nicola Griffith) See entry under Nicola Griffith.
• * _Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction (with Nicola Griffith) See entry under Nicola Griffith.

PAGET, CLARENCE, ed. (1909-1991) (stories)

• * *The 26th Pan Book of Horror Stories (Pan 0-330-28944-6, 1985, £1.95, 167pp, pb) Anthology of new and reprint horror stories. (Contents)
• * *The 27th Pan Book of Horror Stories (Pan 0-330-29219-6, Oct ’86, £1.95, 187pp, pb) Anthology of ghost/horror stories. (Contents)
• * *The 28th Pan Book of Horror Stories (Pan 0-330-30133-0, Nov ’87, £1.95, 156pp, pb) Original horror anthology. (Contents)
• * *The 29th Pan Book of Horror Stories (Pan 0-330-30481-X, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], £2.50, 238pp, pb) Original horror anthology. (Contents)
• * *The 30th Pan Book of Horror Stories (Pan 0-330-31099-2, Sep ’89, £2.99, 208pp, pb, cover by Melvyn Grant) Original horror anthology. (Contents)
• * _Dark Voices: The Best from the Pan Book of Horror Stories (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.

PAGET, VIOLET (1856-1935); see pseudonym Vernon Lee (stories) (chron.)

PAIGE, RICHARD; pseudonym of Dean R. Koontz, (1945- )

• * _The Door to December (NAL/Signet 0-451-13605-5, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $4.95, 405pp, pb) Reissue (NAL/Signet 1985) psychic thriller; fifth printing.

PAINE, MICHAEL; pseudonym of John Michael Curlovich (chron.)

• * *Cities of the Dead (Charter 1-55773-009-1, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $3.50, 246pp, pb) Fantasy/horror novel set in Egypt in 1903 and starring Howard Carter, the eventual discoverer of King Tut’s tomb. This is a first novel.
• * _Cities of the Dead (Futura 0-7088-4561-4, Jun ’90, £3.50, 246pp, pb, cover by David Senior) Reprint (Charter 1988) horror novel. A first novel.
• * *The Colors of Hell (Charter 1-55773-349-X, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 281pp, pb) Horror novel of Morroccan mysticism.
• * *Owl Light (Charter 1-55773-277-9, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.95, 232pp, pb) Horror novel of a mysterious woman with supernatural powers.

PAISLEY, REBECCA

• * *A Basket of Wishes (Dell 0-440-21651-6, Aug ’95, $4.99, 391pp, pb) Fantasy romance novel. An adult fairy tale: inbred fairies send a princess to mate with a human duke.

PAIVA, JEAN (1944-1989) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Last Gamble (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40228-6, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $4.50, 294pp, pb) Horror thriller of family conflict and psychic vengeance.
• * *The Lilith Factor (NAL Onyx 0-451-40117-4, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $3.95, 303pp, pb) Horror novel about the first woman, the wife of Adam before Eve: Lilith. A first novel.

PALEO, LYN

• * _Uranian Worlds, Second Edition (with Eric Garber) See entry under Eric Garber.

_____, ed.

• * _Worlds Apart (with Camilla Decarnin & Eric Garber) See entry under Camilla Decarnin.
• * _Worlds Apart: An Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Science Fiction and Fantasy (with Camilla Decarnin & Eric Garber) See entry under Camilla Decarnin.

PALEY, MORTON D., ed.

• * _The Last Man See entry under Mary W. Shelley.

PALIN, MICHAEL (Edward) (1943- ) (stories)

• * *The Mirrorstone: A Ghost Story with Holograms (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02408-6, Oct ’86, £7.95, 32pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy story with illustrations and holograms by Alan Lee. This is simultaneous with the U.S. edition from Knopf.
• * *The Mirrorstone: A Ghost Story with Holograms (Knopf 0-394-88353-5, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $14.95, unpaginated, hc) Young-adult ghost story illustrated and with 7 holograms by Alan Lee; Richard Seymour conceived and designed the book. Simultaneous with British edition from Jonathan Cape.

PALLAMARY, MATTHEW J. (stories)

• * *The Small Dark Room of the Soul and Other Stories (San Diego Writers’ Monthly Press 1-885516-00-2, Jul ’94 [Oct ’94], $9.95, 148pp, tp, cover by Derek Hodges & Sandra Welch) Collection of 14 horror stories, some with supernatural elements, with an introduction by the author. Available from San Diego Writers’ Monthly Press, 3910 Chapman Street, San Diego CA 92110.

PALMER, CHRISTOPHER, ed. (stories)

• * _The Collected Arthur Machen See entry under Arthur Machen.

PALMER, DAVID R(eay) (1941- ) (stories)

• * *Emergence (Bantam 0-553-24501-5, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $2.95, 291pp, pb) [Candy] Sf novel, a first novel. Based on the novella of the same name (a Hugo and Nebula nominee). A Heinlein-type juvenile. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _Emergence (NEL 0-450-41106-0, Jun ’87, £2.95, 291pp, pb) [Candy] Reprint (Bantam 1984) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Emergence (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25519-3, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $4.95, 302pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Candy] Reissue (Bantam 1984) sf novel based on the Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated novella of the same name, with a new afterword by the author; fifth printing.
• * *Threshold (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24878-2, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $2.95, 274pp, pb) Sf adventure novel.
• * _Threshold (NEL 0-450-41204-0, Aug ’87, £2.95, 274pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1985) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]

PALMER, JANE (1946- )

• * *Moving Moosevan (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4241-3, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], £4.95, 150pp, tp, cover by Anita Kunz) [Planet Dweller] Sf novel. Sequel to The Planet Dweller.
• * *The Planet Dweller (The Women’s Press 0-7043-3948-X, Jun ’85 [May ’85], £1.95, 147pp, pb) [Planet Dweller] Humorous sf novel, a first novel.
• * *The Watcher (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4038-0, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], £2.50, 177pp, pb) Satirical sf novel.

PALMER, JESSICA (1949- ) (stories)

• * *Cradlesong (Pocket 0-671-73421-0, May ’93, $4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) Horror novel about a horror writer who moves his family into a haunted house, only to realize too late that the haunting is real and bloodthirsty.
• * *Dark Lullaby (Pocket 0-671-70309-9, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.95, 337pp, pb) Horror novel. The ghost of an abused little girl dead in a fire is determined to make her family pay.
• * *Final Factor (Scholastic UK 0-590-19539-5, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], £3.99, 272pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Random Factor] SF novel. Last in a trilogy after Random Factor and Human Factor. Internally dated/copyrighted 1997.
• * *Fire Wars (Scholastic UK 0-590-55491-3, May ’94, £3.50, 344pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Renegades] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book Two in the “Renegades” series.
• * *Healer’s Quest (Scholastic UK 0-590-55428-X, Oct ’93, £3.50, 298pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *Human Factor (Scholastic UK 0-590-13385-3, Nov ’96 [Dec ’96], £3.99, 281pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Random Factor] Young-adult SF novel; sequel to Random Factor.
• * *Random Factor (Scholastic UK 0-590-55665-7, Jun ’94, £2.99, 341pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Random Factor] Young-adult sf novel. The year 2333: a 300 year-long war in space, fought by clones, and guided by computer, is disrupted when a random factor disrupts the computer.
• * *Return of the Wizard (Scholastic UK 0-590-55857-9, May ’95 [Jun ’95], £3.99, 336pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Renegades] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book Three in the “Renegades” series, after Healer’s Quest and Fire Wars.
• * *Shadow Dance (Pocket 0-671-78715-2, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $5.50, 307pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) Horror novel of a little girl who unwittingly releases an ancient Indian curse on a Maine village.
• * *Sweet William (Pocket 0-671-88017-9, Nov ’95 [Dec ’95], $5.50, 342pp, pb) Horror novel of a demonically possessed child.

PALMER, MARIA; house pseudonym

• * *Horrorscopes: Aquarius - Trapped [by Alick Rowe] (Mammoth 0-7497-1886-2, Feb ’95, £2.99, 96pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult horror novel. Palmer is a house name; this volume is by Alick Rowe. Volume three in the series.
• * *Horrorscopes: Aries - Blood Storm [by Terrance Dicks] (Mammoth 0-7497-1860-9, Apr ’95, £2.99, 130pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult horror novel. Selfish and negative thoughts are intensified into destructive forces. Book 5 in the series, this particular volume is by Terrance Dicks.
• * *Horrorscopes: Cancer: Black Death [by J. H. Brennan] (Mammoth 0-7497-2398-X, Jun ’95, £2.99, 151pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult horror novel. Book 8 in the series. Palmer is a house name; this volume is by J. H. Brennan.
• * *Horrorscopes: Capricorn - Capricorn’s Children [by J. H. Brennan] (Mammoth 0-7497-1862-5, Feb ’95, £2.99, 134pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult horror novel. Palmer is a house name; this volume is by J.H. Brennan. Volume two in the series.
• * *Horrorscopes: Gemini: Sliced Apart [by Ian C. Strachan] (Mammoth 0-7497-1858-7, Jun ’95, £2.99, 137pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult horror novel. Book 7 in the series. Deadly sibling rivalry, and a serial killer somehow connected to human sacrificial rites. Palmer is a house name; this volume is by Ian Strachan.
• * *Horrorscopes: Leo: Blood Ties [by Paul Cornell] (Mammoth 0-7497-1861-7, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], £2.99, 115pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult novel with fantasy elements; a teenage girl with an imaginary friend finally uncovers a family tragedy. Volume 9 in the series, this volume is by Paul Cornell.
• * *Horrorscopes: Pisces - Revenge [by Anthony Masters] (Mammoth 0-7497-1857-9, Feb ’95, £2.99, 137pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult horror novel. Palmer is a house name; this volume is by Anthony Masters. Volume four in the series.
• * *Horrorscopes: Sagittarius - Missing [by Theresa Breslin] (Mammoth 0-7497-1856-0, Feb ’95, £2.99, 120pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult horror novel. Palmer is a house name; this volume is by Theresa Breslin. Volume one in the series.
• * *Horrorscopes: Taurus - Mirror Image [by Dave Morris] (Mammoth 0-7497-1885-4, Apr ’95, £2.99, 128pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult horror novel. A young girl is the unwitting centre of increasingly violent and supernatural events. Book 6 in the series, this volume is by Dave Morris.
• * *Horrorscopes: Virgo: Snake Inside [by Lisa Tuttle] (Mammoth 0-7497-1855-2, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], £2.99, 138pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult associational non-supernatural horror novel. A young girl believes she is the child of a cursed woman. Volume 10 in the series, this is written by Lisa Tuttle.

PALMER, MICHAEL (Stephen) (1943- ) (stories)

• * *Extreme Measures (Bantam 0-553-072630-3, Mar ’91 [Dec ’91], $14.95, 390pp, hc) Sf/medical thriller. A doctor at a Boston hospital and a girl seeking her missing brother discover that a secret experiment to develop a super-antiviral drug is creating zombies.

PALMER, STEPHEN (stories)

• * *Glass (Orbit 1-85723-475-8, Jun ’97 [May ’97], £5.99, 341pp, pb) SF novel.
• * *Memory Seed (Orbit 1-85723-376-X, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], £5.99, 405pp, pb) SF novel. The last city of humanity about to succumb to exotic vegetation. A first novel.