The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

BASE, GRAEME (Rowland) (1958- )

• * *The Discovery of Dragons (Michael Joseph 0-7181-4198-9, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], £12.00, 32pp, hc, cover by Graeme Base) Associational art book. The dragons found on various continents by historical travellers who managed a few messages before they vanished.

BASKIN, HOSIE

• * *A Book of Dragons (with Leonard Baskin) (Knopf 0-394-86298-8, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $12.95, unpaginated, hc) An art book with illustrations by Leonard and text by his son Hosie. Monsters not usually thought of as dragons are included, and the artwork often creates a mood of dark horror. Recommended for anyone liking non-traditional fantasy art. (FCM)

BASKIN, LEONARD

• * _A Book of Dragons (with Hosie Baskin) See entry under Hosie Baskin.
• * *Imps, Demons, Hobgoblins, Witches, Fairies & Elves (Pantheon 0-394-85963-4, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $12.95, unpaginated, hc) Catalogue of supernatural beings, illustrated in color by the author, a well-known artist.

BASSETT, JAMES C. (stories)

• * *Living Real (HarperPrism 0-06-105729-0, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $5.50, 326pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) SF novel. A cybergenius finds a crack in cyberspace. Probably a first novel.

BASSINGTHWAITE, DON (stories) (chron.)

• * *World of Darkness: As One Dead (with Nancy Kilpatrick) (White Wolf 1-56504-875-X, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $5.99, 412pp, pb, cover by Drew Tucker) [World of Darkness] Horror novelization set in the world of the role-playing game “Vampire: the Masquerade”. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
• * *The World of Darkness: Breathe Deeply (White Wolf 1-56504-881-4, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $5.99, 293pp, pb, cover by Richard Kane Ferguson) [World of Darkness] Fantasy novelization based on the “Rage” card game set in the “World of Darkness”. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
• * *The World of Darkness: Mage: Such Pain (HarperPrism 0-06-105463-1, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $4.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Janet Aulisio Dannheiser) [World of Darkness] Novelization based on the role-playing game “The Ascension”. Copyrighted by White Wolf Fiction.
• * _The World of Darkness: Mage: Such Pain (Boxtree 0-7522-0310-X, Apr ’96, £5.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Janet Aulisio Dannheiser) [World of Darkness] Reprint (HarperPrism 1995) novelisation based on the role-playing fantasy card game. Copyrighted by White Wolf Fiction. [First U.K. edition]
• * *World of Darkness: Pomegranates Full and Fine (White Wolf 1-56504-889-X, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 443pp, pb, cover by Larry McDougal) [World of Darkness] Novelization based on the dark fantasy role-playing games. Copyrighted by White Wolf.

BATCHELOR, JOHN CALVIN (1948- )

• * _The Birth of the People’s Republic of Antarctica (Penguin (US) 0-14-007151-2, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $6.95, 401pp, tp) Reprint (Dial 1983) sf novel, an ambitious and impressive saga of the near-future. (FCM)
• * _The Birth of the People’s Republic of Antarctica (Holt/Owl 0-8050-3786-1, 1995 [May ’95], $14.00, 401pp, tp) Reprint (Dial 1983) near-future, “anti-utopia” SF novel.
• * _The Further Adventures of Halley’s Comet (Norton 0-393-30320-9, Apr ’86 [Jun ’86], $7.95, 424pp, pb) Reprint (Lattes 1980) satirical sf novel.
• * _The Further Adventures of Halley’s Comet (Holt/Owl 0-8050-3788-8, 1995 [May ’95], $14.00, 508pp, tp) Reprint (Lattes 1980) satirical SF novel.
• * *Peter Nevsky and the True Story of the Russian Moon Landing (Holt 0-8050-2141-8, May ’93, $25.00, 499pp, hc) Speculative historical novel about a secret Russian moon landing predating the American one.
• * _Peter Nevsky and the True Story of the Russian Moon Landing (Holt/Owl 0-8050-4667-4, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $15.00, 499pp, tp, cover by Royce Becker) Reprint (Holt 1993) satirical SF novel.

BATEMAN, JOHN (MacArthur) (1918- )

• * *Loch Ness Conspiracy (Speller 0-8315-0192-8, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $14.95, 196pp, hc) Sf novel about a scientist and the fabled monster.

BATES, BRIAN (chron.)

• * +The Way of Wyrd (Harper & Row 0-06-250040-6, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $12.95, 208pp, hc) “Documentary fantasy novel” of a medieval sorcerer’s apprentice taught by a sort of Anglo-Saxon version of Castaneda’s Don Juan. First U.S. edition (U.K. 1983).
• * _The Way of Wyrd (Arrow 0-09-947790-4, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £2.95, 208pp, pb) Reprint (Century Hutchinson 1983) “documentary” fantasy novel.

BATES, CARY

• * *Nightwings (with Gene Colan & Neal McPheeters) (DC Comics 0-930289-06-04, Dec ’85, $5.95, unpaginated, pb) “Graphic novel” adaptation of a novelette by Robert Silverberg (Galaxy, Sep. 1968). It’s an 8½" x 11" paperback.

BATES, MICHAEL

• * *Bloodlust #1: Irresistible (Bantam 0-553-56691-1, Nov ’94 [Sep ’94], $3.99, 184pp, pb, cover by Edwin Herder) [Bloodlust] Young-adult horror novel about a perfume that causes people to kill. First book of a new series packaged and copyrighted by Twelfth House Productions.

BATTENFELD, ROBERT L.

• * _Walter M. Miller, Jr.: A Bio-Bibliography (with William H. Roberson) See entry under William H. Roberson

BATTIN, B(rinton) W(arner) (1941- ); see pseudonym Warner Lee (stories)

BAUDINO, GAÈL (1955- ) (stories)

• * *Branch and Crown (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45553-3, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $5.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) [Water!] Alternate-history/fantasy novel, book three of “Water!”.
• * *The Dove Looked In (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45497-9, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 336pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) [Water!] Alternate-world fantasy, sequel to O Greenest Branch.
• * *Dragon Death (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45147-3, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $4.99, 383pp, pb) [Dragonsword] Fantasy novel, third book of the “Dragonsword” series. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * *Dragonsword (Lynx Omeiga 1-55802-003-9, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $4.95, 452pp, pb) [Dragonsword] Fantasy novel. Two people from UCLA, a student and a professor, are transported to another world where they must battle the evil Dremords. First in a trilogy. Probably a first novel.
• * _Dragonsword (Legend 0-09-969070-5, Apr ’90, £4.50, 451pp, pb) [Dragonsword] Reprint (Lynx 1988) fantasy novel. Volume one in a trilogy.
• * _Dragonsword (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45081-7, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Corey Wolfe) [Dragonsword] Reprint (Lynx 1988) fantasy novel of a UCLA professor who becomes a warrior in a fantasy kingdom. First book of the “Dragonsword” series. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * *Duel of Dragons (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45097-3, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.99, 383pp, pb) [Dragonsword] Fantasy novel, second book of the “Dragonsword” series about a UCLA professor in a fantasy kingdom. This is packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications and has a 1989 copyright notice, but the earlier scheduled Lynx edition never appeared.
• * *Gossamer Axe (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45025-6, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $4.50, 351pp, pb, cover by Dawn Wilson) Rock and roll time-travel Celtic fantasy novel.
• * *Maze of Moonlight (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45230-5, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $4.99, 351pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) [Natil] Historical fantasy novel, sequel to Strands of Starlight. A Crusader and a peasant girl become involved with the Elven folk hidden just beyond the ken of man.
• * _Maze of Moonlight (Orbit 1-85723-268-2, Dec ’94, £5.99, 351pp, pb, cover by David O’Connor) [Natil] Reprint (Roc 1993) fantasy novel. Book 2 in the “Natil” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *O Greenest Branch! (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45449-9, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $5.50, 336pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) [Water!] Alternate-world fantasy novel, first in the “Water!” series. The Puritan-controlled Righteous States of America seek a foothold in Africa from which to oppose Napoleon, and choose the stagnant, drought-stricken Three Kingdoms.
• * _Shroud of Shadow (Orbit 1-85723-269-0, Dec ’94, £5.99, 352pp, pb, cover by David O’Connor) [Natil] Reprint (Roc 1994) fantasy novel. Book 3 in the “Natil” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Spires of Spirit (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45568-1, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $5.99, 291pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) Original collection of six novelettes set in the world of Strands of Starlight, only one previously published in slightly different form. (Contents)
• * *Strands of Starlight (NAL Signet 0-451-16371-0, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $4.50, 371pp, pb) [Natil] Historical fantasy novel set in 14th-century Europe, where a young girl’s healing powers bring her into conflict with the Inquisition.
• * _Strands of Starlight (Orbit 0-7088-4878-8, Jan ’91, £7.99, 371pp, tp, cover by Gerry Grace) [Natil] Reprint (Signet 1989) fantasy novel.
• * _Strands of Starlight (Orbit 1-85723-264-X, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], £5.99, 371pp, pb, cover by David O’Connor) [Natil] Reprint (Signet 1989) fantasy novel. Book 1 in the “Natil” series.
• * *Strands of Sunlight (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45408-1, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $4.99, 399pp, pb) [Natil] Fantasy novel about the last living elf in the world, third book of the “Natil” series.

BAUER, JOAN

• * _Thwonk (Dell/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21980-9, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $3.99, 215pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte 1995) young-adult fantasy novel about a girl with her own personal cupid.
• * _Thwonk (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-544-4, Feb ’98, £3.99, 172pp, pb, cover by Derek Brazell) Reprint (Delacorte 1995) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

BAUER, MARION DANE (1938- ) (stories)

• * *A Taste of Smoke (Houghton Mifflin/Clarion Books 0-395-64341-4, Oct ’93, $13.95, 106pp, hc, cover by Ellen Thompson) Young-adult ghost fantasy about a girl on a camping trip who meets the ghost of a boy who died in a forest fire a century before.

BAUER, STEVEN (Albert) (1948- ) (stories)

• * _Satyrday (Berkley 0-425-07964-3, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.75, 223pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley-Putnam 1980) fantasy novel.
• * *Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories (Ace Charter 0-441-01906-4, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $3.50, 234pp, pb) Tv tie-in collection with adaptations of 11 episodes from the show. (Contents)
• * _Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories (Futura 0-7088-8230-7, Jul ’87, £2.50, 234pp, pb) Reprint (Charter 1986) collection of stories adapted from Spielberg’s television series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Volume II of Steven Speilberg’s Amazing Stories (Charter (Ace) 0-441-01912-9, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $3.50, 225pp, pb) TV tie-in collection of 11 stories adapted from the teleplays. (Contents)
• * _Volume II of Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories (Futura 0-7088-3671-2, Nov ’87, £2.50, 225pp, pb) Reprint (Charter 1986) collection of 11 stories adapted from the teleplays. [First U.K. edition]

BAUM, L(yman) FRANK (1856-1919) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Animal Fairy Tales (Books of Wonder 0-929605-04-7, May ’89, $6.95, 43pp, tp) Reprint (The International Wizard of Oz Club 1969) collection of nine fairy tales, with illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull. This is a facsimile edition, reproducing the stories exactly as they appeared in The Delineator magazine in 1905. The edition is oversize (22 x 28 cm) and the print is small. This was also announced in a hardcover edition (-05-5, $12.95) but not seen. (Contents)
• * _Baum’s American Fairy Tales (Books of Wonder 0-929605-75-6, Nov ’97 [Feb ’98], $12.95, 162pp, tp, cover by George O’Connor) Reprint (Hill 1901) collection of 15 semi-satirical children’s fantasy stories. A hardcover limited edition (-76-4) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
• * _The Classical Wizard/Magus Mirabilis in Oz (Scolar Press 0-85967-723-0, Aug ’87 [Nov ’87], $19.95, 295pp, hc) [Oz] First Latin edition of The Wizard of Oz, translated by C.J. Hinke and George Van Buren. An excellent way to study Latin. A special English-Latin word list is available from the publisher. The original W.W. Denslow illustrations are included, and the layout is the same as the first edition. (CNB)
• * _Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (Dover 0-486-24714-7, Jul ’87, £4.20, 256pp, tp) [Oz] Reissue (Reilly & Britton 1904) juvenile fantasy novel. Volume 4 in the “Oz” series. [Not seen]
• * _Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-09826-6, Aug ’90, $19.95, 262pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1908) children’s fantasy, fourth book of the “Oz” series. This is a facsimile of the first edition with b&w and color illustrations by John R. Neill.
• * _Dot and Tot in Merryland (Books of Wonder/Emerald City 0-929605-37-3, 1994 [Mar ’95], $11.95, 140pp, tp, cover by Donald Abbott) Reprint (Hill 1901) children’s fantasy novel about a land where every valley has a different kind of magic. A limited edition hardcover (-38-1, $34.95) was announced but not seen. There are new illustrations by Donald Abbot. Order from Emerald City/Books of Wonder, 132 Seventh Ave., New York NY 10011; credit card orders 800-835-4315.
• * _The Emerald City of Oz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32028-X, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $2.50, 299pp, pb) [Oz] Reissue (Reilly & Britton 1910) juvenile fantasy novel, “Oz” #6. 3rd Del Rey printing.
• * _The Emerald City of Oz (Dover 0-486-25681-2, Jun ’88 [Oct ’88], $6.95, 296pp, tp) [Oz] Reprint (Reiley 1910) children’s fantasy classic, “Oz” #6. This has the original illustrations.
• * _The Emerald City of Oz (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-11558-6, Apr ’93, $20.00, 300pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1910) children’s fantasy novel, sixth book in the “Oz” series, with illustrations by John R. Neill. This is a facsimile edition, with a new afterword by Peter Glassman.
• * _The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (NAL Signet 0-451-52064-5, Nov ’88 [Dec ’88], $2.25, 151pp, pb) Reissue (Bowen Merrill 1902) young-adult Christmas fantasy. Contains an afterword by Max Apple. Third printing.
• * _Little Wizard Stories of Oz (Schocken 0-8052-4005-5, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $14.95, 145pp, hc) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1914) collection of 6 short “Oz” stories for younger readers, with 42 color illustrations by John R. Neill and an introduction by Michael Patrick Hearn.
• * _Little Wizard Stories of Oz (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15617-9, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $2.95, 96pp, pb) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1914) children’s collection of six fantasy stories set in Oz.
• * _Little Wizard Stories of Oz (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-12126-8, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $20.00, 169pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1914) collection of six Oz stories, with the original illustrations by John R. Neill, and a new afterword by Peter Glassman.
• * _The Lost Princess of Oz (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-14975-8, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $24.00, 318pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1917) YA fantasy, eleventh in the “Oz” series. Afterword by Peter Glassman. Illustrated by John R. Neill. This is a near-facsimile edition.
• * _The Magic of Oz (Dover 0-486-40019-0, Jun ’98 [Dec ’98], $7.95, 266pp, tp, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1919) “Oz” novel, 13th in the series, with original illustrations by John R. Neill, the full-color illustrations included as an unpaginated, 12-page insert.
• * _The Marvellous Land Of Oz (Treasure Press 1-85051-206-X, Jan ’87 [1987], £3.99, 240pp, pb) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1904) juvenile fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Oz” series. [Not seen]
• * _The Marvelous Land of Oz (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-05439-0, Aug ’85 [Sep ’85], $15.00, 289pp, hc) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1904) juvenile fantasy novel, facsimile of the first edition, with b&w and color illustrations by John R. Neill.
• * _The Marvelous Land of Oz (Dover 0-486-29686-5, Jul ’97 [Aug ’97], $1.50, 167pp, tp, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1904) young-adult fantasy. Illustrations by John R. Neill.
• * _The Master Key (Books of Wonder 0-929605-64-0, May ’97 [Dec ’97], $11.95, 151pp, tp, cover by Nick Bruel) Reprint (1901) children’s fantasy, subtitled An Electrical Fairy Tale. A young inventor summons a genie, the Demon of Electricity. Illustrated by Nick Bruel. A limited hardcover edition (-68-3, $34.95) was announced but not seen.
• * *Our Landlady (University of Nebraska Press/Bison 0-8032-1221-6, Apr ’96, $35.00, 285pp, hc) Associational collection of newspaper columns from the Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer (Aberdeen, South Dakota) edited and annotated by Nancy Tystad Koupal. University of Nebraska Press, Bison Books, 312 North 14th, Lincoln NE 68588-0484; 800-755-1105.
• * _Ozma of Oz (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-06632-1, May ’89, $19.95, 272pp, hc) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1907) children’s fantasy novel in the “Oz” series. This is a facsimile edition with the original cover illustration and interior illustrations by John R. Neill.
• * _The Patchwork Girl of Oz (Dover 0-486-26514-5, Dec ’90 [Jan ’91], $6.95, 340pp, tp, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1913) children’s fantasy novel in the “Oz” series, with the original illustrations by John R. Neill.
• * _Rinkitink in Oz (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-14720-8, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $22.00, 318pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1916) YA fantasy, tenth in the “Oz” series. Afterword by Peter Glassman. Illustrated by John R. Neill; one illustration has been omitted from the near-facsimile edition “in recognition of current sensibilities.”
• * _The Road to Oz (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-09997-1, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $16.95, 267pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1909) children’s fantasy in the classic “Oz” series, a facsimile edition with the original illustrations by John R. Neill.
• * _The Road to Oz (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-035121-3, Aug ’93 [Feb ’94], $2.99, 158pp, tp, cover by David McKee) [Oz] Reissue (Reilly & Britton 1909) children’s fantasy in the classic “Oz” series; third printing. This is a 1993 book, and a worldwide edition, not seen until now.
• * _The Scarecrow of Oz (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-14719-4, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $22.00, 291pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (1915) children’s fantasy, a “Books of Wonder hardcover classic” facsimile of the first edition. Illustrated by John R. Neill. There is an afterword by Peter Glassman.
• * _The Sea Fairies (Books of Wonder 0-929605-004, Apr ’89, $9.95, 240pp, tp) [*Trot and Cap’n Bill] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1911) children’s fantasy novel. This is a facsimile edition with the original cover and interior illustrations by John R. Neill. Also available in hardcover (-039, $15.95).
• * _The Sea Fairies (Dover 0-486-40182-0, 1998 [Dec ’98], $6.95, 240pp, tp, cover by John R. Neill) [*Trot and Cap’n Bill] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1911) children’s fantasy featuring sometime-Oz characters Trot and Cap’n Bill, with original illustrations by John R. Neill.
• * _The Sea Fairies (Books of Wonder 0-929605-03-9, Feb ’98 [Dec ’98], $12.95, 240pp, tp, cover by John R. Neill) [*Trot and Cap’n Bill] Reissue (Reilly & Britton 1911) children’s fantasy featuring sometime-Oz characters Trot and Cap’n Bill. This is a near-facsimile of the 1911 Reilly & Britton edition. Fifth printing.