The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- THOMPSON, PAUL B. (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *DragonLance Preludes II #1: Riverwind: The Plainsman (with Tonya R. Carter) (TSR 0-88038-909-5, Mar 90, $4.95, 313pp, tp, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [DragonLance: Preludes II] Fantasy series based on the DragonLance game, with illustrations by Douglas Chaffee.
- * _DragonLance Preludes II #1: Riverwind: The Plainsman (with Tonya R. Carter) (Penguin 0-14-014364-5, Sep 90, £3.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [DragonLance: Preludes II] Reprint (TSR 1990) fantasy novelization. Volume 1 in the trilogy.
- * *DragonLance Preludes: Darkness and Light (with Tonya R. Carter) (TSR 0-88038-722-X, May 89, $3.95, 376pp, tp) [DragonLance: Preludes] Fantasy novel set in the same game-based world as the other DragonLance books, first book in a new series.
- * _DragonLance Preludes: Darkness and Light (with Tonya R. Carter) (Penguin 0-14-012631-7, Sep 89, £3.99, 376pp, pb) [DragonLance: Preludes] Reprint (TSR 1989) fantasy novelization. First in the series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *DragonLance: Firstborn (with Tonya R. Carter) (TSR 1-56076-051-6, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $4.95, 305pp, tp, cover by Gerald Brom) [DragonLance: Elven Nations] Fantasy novelization based on the DragonLance game, first book of the Elven Nations trilogy.
- * *DragonLance: The Dargonesti (with Tonya C. Cook) (TSR 0-7869-0182-9, Oct 95 [Dec 95], $4.95, 314pp, tp, cover by Larry Elmore) [DragonLance: Lost Histories] Novelization based on the role-playing games. Volume three in the Lost Histories series. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *DragonLance: The Qualinesti (with Tonya R. Carter) (TSR 1-56076-114-8, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $4.95, 246pp, tp) [DragonLance: Elven Nations] Novelization based on the DragonLance game, third book of the Elven Nations trilogy.
- * *Red Sands (with Tonya R. Carter) (TSR 0-88038-591-X, Jan 89 [Feb 89], $3.95, 339pp, pb) Fantasy novel in a quasi-Arabian setting.
- * *Sundipper (St. Martins 0-312-90706-0, Aug 87 [Jul 87], $3.50, 215pp, pb) Sf novel.
- * *Thorn and Needle (TSR 1-56076-397-3, Mar 92 [Feb 92], $4.50, 309pp, tp, cover by Pat Morrissey) Fantasy novel of a city dominated by a technological god.
- THOMPSON, RAYMOND H(enry) (1941- ) (stories)
- * *The Return from Avalon: A Study of the Arthurian Legend in Modern Fiction (Greenwood 0-313-23291-1, Feb 85 [Aug 85], $29.95, 206pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study covering Arthurian themes in realistic fiction, historical fiction, and fantasy/sf.
- THOMPSON, RUPERT
- * *Soft (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3670-8, Mar 98 [Apr 98], £12.99, 312pp, hc, cover by William Webb) Literary SF novel. Issued without a dustjacket.
- THOMPSON, RUTH PLUMLY (1891-1976) (stories)
- * _Captain Salt in Oz (International Wizard of Oz Club no ISBN, Dec 90, $10.00, 306pp, tp, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1936) childrens fantasy in the Oz series, a facsimile edition with the original illustrations by John R. Neill. A hardcover edition ($20.00) is also available.
- * _Captain Salt in Oz (Books of Wonder 0-929605-48-9, May 96, $12.95, 307pp, tp, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1936) childrens fantasy set in L. Frank Baums Oz. This is a facsimile of the first edition, with illustrations by John R. Neill. Available from Books of Wonder, 132 7th Ave, New York NY 10011; 1-800-835-4315.
- * _The Cowardly Lion of Oz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31586-3, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $5.95, 252pp, pb) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1923) juvenile fantasy novel, Oz #17, with the original Neill illustrations.
- * _The Giant Horse of Oz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32359-9, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $5.95, 238pp, pb) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1928) juvenile fantasy novel, Oz #22, with the original Neill illustrations.
- * _The Gnome King of Oz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32358-0, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $5.95, 237pp, pb) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1927) juvenile fantasy novel, Oz #21, with the original Neill illustrations.
- * _Grampa in Oz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31587-1, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $5.95, 227pp, pb) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1924) juvenile fantasy novel, Oz #18, with the original Neill illustrations.
- * _Handy Mandy in Oz (International Wizard of Oz Club no ISBN, Jun 90 [Jul 90], $10.00, 246pp, tp) [Oz] Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1954) childrens fantasy novel in the Oz series, with the original illustrations by John R. Neill. Also available in a hardcover edition ($20.00).
- * _Handy Mandy in Oz (Books of Wonder 0-929605-49-7, May 96, $12.95, 247pp, tp, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1937) childrens fantasy set in L. Frank Baums Oz. This is a facsimile of the first edition, with illustrations by John R. Neill. Available from Books of Wonder, 132 7th Ave, New York, NY 10011; 1-800-835-4315.
- * _The Hungry Tiger of Oz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31589-8, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $5.95, 214pp, pb) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1926) juvenile fantasy novel, Oz #20, with the original Neill illustrations.
- * _Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32360-2, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $5.95, 222pp, pb) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1929) juvenile fantasy novel, Oz #23, with the original Neill illustrations.
- * _Kabumpo in Oz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31585-5, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $5.95, 259pp, pb) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1922) juvenile fantasy novel, Oz #16, with the original Neill illustrations.
- * _Kabumpo in Oz (Books of Wonder 0-929605-78-0, May 98 [Apr 98], $22.95, 297pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1922) young-adult fantasy novel continuing Baums Oz series. This appears to be a facsimile of the first edition. Illustrated by John R. Neill.
- * _The Lost King of Oz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31588-X, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $5.95, 236pp, pb) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1925) juvenile fantasy novel, Oz #19, with the original Neill illustrations.
- * _Ojo in Oz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33704-2, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $6.95, 248pp, pb) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1933) juvenile fantasy novel, Oz #27, illustrated by John R. Neill.
- * _Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (Books of Wonder 0-929605-57-8, Nov 96, $12.95, 272pp, tp, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1939) childrens fantasy set in L. Frank Baums Oz. This is a facsimile of the first edition, with illustrations by John R. Neill.
- * _Pirates in Oz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33099-4, Jul 86 [Jun 86], $5.95, 225pp, pb) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1931) juvenile fantasy novel; Oz #25.
- * _The Purple Prince of Oz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32869-8, Jul 86 [Jun 86], $5.95, 227pp, pb) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1932) juvenile fantasy novel, illustrated by John R. Neill; Oz #26.
- * _The Royal Book of Oz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31584-7, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $5.95, 263pp, pb) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1921) juvenile fantasy novel, Oz #15. This whole series is a strange size the height of a trade paperback, but the width of a mass market book. The original John R. Neill illustrations are included.
- * _The Royal Book of Oz (Books of Wonder 0-929605-67-5, Apr 97 [Feb 98], $27.95, 303pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1921) childrens fantasy set in L. Frank Baums Oz. This is a facsimile of the first edition, with illustrations by John R. Neill, and a warning from the publisher that some may find the unaltered text dated or offensive. This is dated 1997, but not seen until now.
- * _The Silver Princess in Oz (Books of Wonder 0-929605-56-X, Nov 96, $12.95, 255pp, tp, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1938) childrens fantasy set in L. Frank Baums Oz. This is a facsimile of the first edition, with illustrations by John R. Neill.
- * _Speedy in Oz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33705-0, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $6.95, 239pp, pb) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1934) juvenile fantasy novel, Oz #28, illustrated by John R. Neill.
- * _The Wishing Horse of Oz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33706-9, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $6.95, 245pp, pb) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1935) juvenile fantasy novel, Oz #29, illustrated by John R. Neill.
- * _The Yellow Knight of Oz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32867-1, Jul 86 [Jun 86], $5.95, 226pp, pb) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1930) juvenile fantasy novel, illustrated by John R. Neill; Oz #24.
- THOMPSON, V(elda) M. (1948- ); see pseudonym T. J. Kirby
- * *Deadly Nature (Zebra 0-8217-2330-8, Apr 88 [Jul 88], $3.95, 429pp, pb) Biological horror novel.
- * *Project God (Zebra 0-8217-2623-4, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $3.95, 352pp, pb) Sf/horror novel. Unnatural experiments produce mutant babies.
- THOMPSON, WILLIAM IRWIN (1938- )
- * _Islands Out of Time (Grafton 0-586-07108-3, Apr 87, £2.95, 270pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1985) fantasy novel about the last days of Atlantis. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Islands Out of Time (Bear & Company 0-939680-83-1, Oct 90, $9.95, 221pp, tp, cover by Kathleen Katz) Reprint (Dial 1985) fantasy novel of the last days of Atlantis.
- * *Islands Out of Time: A Memoir of the Last Days of Atlantis (Dial/Doubleday 0-385-19571-0, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $16.95, 222pp, hc) Fantasy novel of Atlantis doomed by technology. Its billed as metafiction.
- THOMPSON, WILLIAM R(och) (1955- ) (stories)
- * *Sideshow (Baen 0-671-65375-X, Jan 88 [Dec 87], $3.50, 346pp, pb) Sf novel about telepaths, set in a near-future Los Angeles. Probably a first novel.
- * *Star Trek, the Next Generation #30: Debtors Planet (Pocket 0-671-88341-0, May 94 [Apr 94], $5.50, 274pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: Infiltrator (Pocket 0-671-56831-0, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $5.99, 279pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- THOMSEN, BRIAN M(ichael) (1959-2008) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Forgotten Realms: Once Around the Realms (TSR 0-7869-0119-5, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $4.95, 307pp, tp, cover by John Lakey & Laura Lakey) [Forgotten Realms] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *Forgotten Realms: The Mage in the Iron Mask (TSR 0-7869-0506-9, Aug 96, $5.99, 304pp, tp, cover by Walter Velez) [Forgotten Realms: Nobles] Novelization based on the role-playing games, Nobles #4. Copyrighted by TSR.
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- * *Forgotten Realms: Realms of Magic (with J. Robert King) (TSR 0-7869-0303-1, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $5.99, 316pp, tp, cover by Blas Gallego) [Forgotten Realms] Original anthology of 17 stories based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by TSR. (Contents)
- * *Forgotten Realms: Realms of the Arcane (with J. Robert King) (TSR 0-7869-0647-2, Nov 97 [Dec 97], $5.99, 304pp, tp, cover by Blas Gallego) [Forgotten Realms] Original fantasy adventure anthology of ten stories, with four framing pieces by Wes Nicholson, based on the role-playing games. King is credited on the title page, but not on the cover. Copyrighted by TSR. (Contents)
- * _Halflings, Hobbits, Warrows and Weefolk (with Baird Searles) See entry under Baird Searles.
- * *Mob Magic (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-821-2, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $5.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) Original anthology of 17 stories about gangsters and magic. Authors include Mickey Zucker Reichert, P.N. Elrod, and Jody Lynn Nye. (Contents)
- * *Ravenloft: Tales of Ravenloft (TSR 1-56076-931-9, Sep 94, $4.95, 316pp, pb, cover by Roger Loveless) [Ravenloft] Original anthology of 19 stories based on the Ravenloft game. Copyrighted by TSR. (Contents)
- * *The Reel Stuff (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-817-4, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $5.99, pb, cover by Les Edwards) Anthology of 11 stories that became the basis of movies, with an introduction by Thomsen. Authors include H.P. Lovecraft, John Varley, and Philip K. Dick. (Contents)
- THOMSON, AMY (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Color of Distance (Ace 0-441-00244-7, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $13.00, 387pp, tp, cover by Linda Messier) [Color of Distance] SF alien-contact novel.
- * *Virtual Girl (Ace 0-441-86500-3, Aug 93 [Jul 93], $4.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas & Diane Margolin) Sf novel of a robot companion who becomes a sentient being when left on her own. A first novel.
- THOMSON, JOHN
- THOMSON, RUPERT (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Dreams of Leaving (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-11957-7, Mar 88 [Apr 88], $19.95, 435pp, hc) Fantasy/magic realism novel of an English village cut off from the rest of the world. A first novel.
- THORNBURG, MARY K(atherine) PATTERSON (1940- )
- * *The Monster in the Mirror: Gender and the Sentimental/Gothic Myth in Frankenstein (UMI 0-8357-1798-4, Jul 87 [Jun 87], $39.95, 154pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study; a revision of a 1984 thesis. [Shelley]
- THORNE, NICOLA; pseudonym of Rosemary Ellerbeck
- * _Haunted Landscape (Severn House 0-7278-5173-X, Mar 97 [Feb 97], £16.99, 209pp, hc) Reprint (??? 1976 as Hammersleigh as by Rosemary Ellerbeck) ghost novel. Copyrighted 1976, 1997, suggesting some revisions.
- THORNE, TAMARA (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Haunted (Zebra 0-8217-4907-2, May 95 [Mar 95], $4.50, 478pp, pb) Horror novel. A horror writer looking for inspiration moves into a truly haunted house.
- * *Moonfall (Zebra 0-8217-5315-0, May 96 [Apr 96], $4.99, 427pp, pb) Horror novel. The nuns of St. Gertrudes have an unholy secret.
- THORNER, J(onathan) LINCOLN (1949- )
- * *A Guide Through the Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein (Gryphon Books 0-936071-17-6, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $5.95, 48pp, ph) A discussion of Heinleins work. Limited to 500 copies.
- THORNLEY, DIANN (1957- ) (stories)
- * *Dominions Reach (Tor 0-312-86286-5, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $23.95, 317pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Unified Worlds] SF novel, book three of the Unified Worlds.
- * *Echoes of Issel (Tor 0-312-86087-0, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $23.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Unified Worlds] SF novel set in the Unified Worlds, sequel to Ganwolds Child.
- * _Echoes of Issel (Tor 0-812-55097-8, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $5.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Unified Worlds] Reprint (Tor 1996) SF novel set in the Unified Worlds, sequel to Ganwolds Child.
- * *Ganwolds Child (Synapse 1-880173-01-8, Oct 91, $6.95, 437pp, tp, cover by Julianne B. Moore) [Unified Worlds] Sf novel of a teenage boy reared in an alien culture. A first novel.
- * _Ganwolds Child (Tor 0-312-85843-4, May 95 [Apr 95], $22.95, 350pp, hc) [Unified Worlds] Reprint (Synapse 1991) military SF novel, first in the Unified Worlds series.
- * _Ganwolds Child (SFBC #07791, Aug 95, $10.98, 350pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Unified Worlds] Reprint (Synapse 1991) military SF novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Ganwolds Child (Tor 0-812-55095-1, Jun 96 [May 96], $5.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Unified Worlds] Reprint (Synapse 1991) military SF novel, first in the Unified Worlds series.
- THORNTON, LAWRENCE (1937- )
- * *Imagining Argentina (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-0085-1, Nov 87, £11.95, 214pp, hc) Political thriller whose protagonist is clairvoyant. A first novel.
- THRASHER, L(inda) L(ea) [i.e., Linda Lea Thrasher Baty] (1946- )
- * *Charlies Bones (Write Way 1-885173-47-4, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $21.95, 221pp, hc) [Lizbet Lange] Ghost mystery. First in a planned series featuring amateur detective Lizbet Lange, whose partner is a ghost. Order from Write Way Publishing, 10555 E Dartmouth, Suite 210, Aurora CO 80014.
- THURBER, JAMES (Grover) (1894-1961) (stories)
- * _The 13 Clocks (Donald I. Fine 1-556-11188-6, Sep 90, $13.95, 124pp, hc, cover by Marc Simont) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1950) humorous fairy tale, with the original illustrations by Marc Simont.
- * _The 13 Clocks (BOMC no ISBN, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $11.50, 124pp, hc, cover by Marc Simont) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1950) humorous fairy tale, with the original illustrations by Marc Simont. This is identical to the 1990 Donald I. Fine edition except it lacks a price and ISBN, and has a BOMC mark on the back cover.
- * _The 13 Clocks (Dell Yearling 0-440-40582-3, Mar 92 [Feb 92], $3.50, 124pp, tp, cover by Marc Simon) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1960) humorous fairy tale, with the original illustrations by Marc Simont.
- * *The Great Quillow (Harcourt Brace 0-15-232544-1, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $17.95, 56pp, hc, cover by Steven Kellogg) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1944) fairy tale, with new full-color illustrations by Steven Kellogg.
- * _Many Moons (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-251873-8, Sep 90 [Dec 90], $14.95, 48pp, hc, cover by Louis Slobodkin) Reissue (Harcourt 1943) charming fairy tale with the 1943 Caldecott-award winning illustrations. 23rd printing.
- * _Many Moons (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-251872-X, Sep 90 [Jan 91], $14.95, 48pp, hc) Reprint (Harcourt 1943) fairy tale. This new edition, issued at the same time as the reissue of the original edition, has new illustrations by Marc Simont.
- * _Many Moons (Harcourt Brace 0-15-201895-6, Sep 98, $7.00, unpaginated, tp, cover by Marc Simont) Reprint (Harcourt 1943) classic fairy tale; this has the 1990 illustrations by Marc Simont.
- * _The Wonderful O (Donald I. Fine 1-556-11189-4, Sep 90, $10.95, 72pp, hc, cover by Marc Simont) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1955) humorous fairy tale, with the original illustrations by Marc Simont.
- * _The Wonderful O (BOMC no ISBN, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $11.50, 72pp, hc, cover by Marc Simont) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1955) humorous fairy tale, with the original illustrations by Marc Simont. This is identical to the 1990 Donald I. Fine edition except it lacks a price and ISBN, and has a BOMC mark on the back cover.
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