The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

BELLE, PAMELA (continued)

• * _The Silver City (Pan 0-330-32875-1, Jul ’95 [Sep ’95], £5.99, 496pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Zithirian] Reprint (Pan 1994) fantasy novel. Volume 1 of a planned trilogy.
• * *The Wolf Within (Pan 0-330-33734-3, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], £9.99, 458pp, tp, cover by Mike Posen) [Zithirian] Fantasy novel. Sequel to The Silver City. The bastard son of the recently crowned sorcerer Ansaryon has the burgeoning powers of a god — a god of destruction. This is simultanous with the Severn House hardcover edition.
• * *The Wolf Within (Severn House 0-7278-4769-4, Jul ’95, £16.99, 458pp, hc, cover by Mike Posen) [Zithirian] Fantasy novel. Sequel to The Silver City. This is simultanous with the Pan edition.
• * _The Wolf Within (Pan 0-330-34788-8, May ’96, £5.99, 458pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Zithirian] Reprint (Pan; Severn House 1995) fantasy novel. Second in the “Zithirian” series after The Silver City.

BELLER, ISI

• * *Sacred Fire (Arcade 1-55970-226-5, Jul ’94, $21.95, 382pp, hc) Near future SF thriller set in a world where HIV has mutated into a much more deadly form and changed both the political and social structures of society. A first novel.

BELLETTO, RENE (1945- )

• * *Machine (Grove Press 0-8021-1437-7, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $21.00, 359pp, hc) Literary horror novel of a serial killer whose personality is transferred into his therapist’s body, allowing him to escape and continue to kill. Translated from the French by Lanie Goodman. This was originally published in France as La Machine in 1990.

BEMAN, DONALD (K.) (1943- )

• * *Avatar (Leisure 0-8439-4376-9, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $5.50, 366pp, pb) [Taking] Dark fantasy novel, sequel to The Taking. A sculptor’s works have a life of their own.
• * *The Taking (Leisure 0-8439-4202-9, Mar ’97 [Apr ’98], $4.99, 365pp, pb) [Taking] Horror novel. Dark forces try to drive a man mad. This is dated 1997, but not seen until now.

BEMENT, MARK (stories)

• * *Steps of Destiny (Vantage Press 0-533-08582-9, May ’92, $7.95, 63pp, hc) Sf novella about members of a survival sect preparing for world holocaust because they see visions which are becoming real. Published by a vanity publisher. Available through Vantage Press, Inc., 516 West 34th St., New York NY 10001.

BEMMANN, HANS (1922-2003)

• * *The Broken Goddess (Penguin 0-14-016585-1, Jan ’93, £5.99, 234pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) Fantasy novel about a young academic lured into a fairy tale world. Translated from the German (1990) by Anthea Bell.
• * +The Broken Goddess (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45348-4, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $9.00, 216pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) Fantasy novel about an academic transported into a fairy tale world. Translated from the German (Thienemanns 1990) by Anthea Bell. First American edition (Penguin UK 1993).
• * _The Broken Goddess (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45487-1, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $4.99, 216pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) Reprint (Penguin UK 1993) fantasy novel, translated by Anthea Bell from the German (Thienemanns 1990).
• * *The Stone and the Flute (Viking 0-670-80186-0, Sep ’86, £10.95, 856pp, hc) “Epic new fantasy novel in the same class as Lord of the Rings.” Translated from the German by Anthea Bell.
• * +The Stone and the Flute (Viking 0-670-80186-0, May ’87 [Jan ’87], $19.95, 855pp, hc) Fantasy novel, translated from the German Stein und Floete (1983) by Anthea Bell. This edition has both American and British prices and copyrights. The UK edition appeared 9/86.
• * _The Stone and the Flute (Penguin 0-14-007445-7, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], £4.95, 855pp, tp) Reprint (Viking UK 1986) fantasy novel. Translated from the German (Verlag 1983) by Anthea Bell.
• * _The Stone and the Flute (Penguin 0-14-007445-7, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $7.95, 855pp, tp) Reprint (Viking 1986) fantasy saga translated from the German.

BENARY-ISBERT, MARGOT (1889-1979)

• * _The Wicked Enchantment (Ace 0-441-88669-8, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.75, 149pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace & World 1955) fantasy novel of the village Vogelsang and its mysterious secrets.

BENCHLEY, PETER (Bradford) (1940-2006)

• * _Peter Benchley’s Creature (St. Martin’s 0-312-96573-7, May ’98, $6.99, 340pp, pb) Retitled reissue (Random House 1994 as White Shark) SF thriller about an experimental Nazi “land shark.” This is a TV tie-in edition. Seventh printing.
• * *White Shark (Random House 0-679-40356-6, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $23.00, 324pp, hc) SF thriller about an experimental Nazi “land shark” released from confinement and loose in the modern world.
• * _White Shark (Arrow 0-09-949161-3, Jun ’95 [May ’95], £4.99, 324pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1994) SF thriller about an experimental Nazi “land shark” released from confinement and loose in the modern world.
• * _White Shark (St. Martin’s 0-312-95573-1, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $6.50, 340pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1994) SF thriller about an experimental Nazi “land shark.”

BENDELL, DONALD (1947- ); see pseudonym Ron Stillman

BENDIXEN, ALFRED, ed. (1952- ) (stories)

• * *Haunted Women: The Best Supernatural Tales By American Women Writers (Ungar 0-8044-2052-1, Oct ’85 [Nov ’85], $14.95, 276pp, hc) Anthology of 13 stories, mostly written in the last century. (Contents)
• * _Haunted Women: The Best Supernatural Tales by American Women Writers (Ungar 0-8044-6101-5, 1987 [Oct ’87], $10.95, 276pp, tp) Reprint (Ungar 1985) anthology. First paperback edition.

BENFORD, GREGORY (Albert) (1941- ); see pseudonym Sterling Blake (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Across the Sea of Suns (Timescape 0-671-44668-1, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $15.95, 400pp, hc) [In the Ocean of Night; Galactic Center] Sf novel, sequel to In the Ocean of Night. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _Across the Sea of Suns (SFBC #1814, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $7.98, 342pp, hc) [In the Ocean of Night; Galactic Center] Reprint (Timescape 1984) sf novel, sequel to In the Ocean of Night. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * *Across the Sea of Suns (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26664-0, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.95, 353pp, pb) [In the Ocean of Night; Galactic Center] Sf novel; the sequel to In the Ocean of Night. Mostly a reprint (Simon & Schuster 1983), but the last chapter of the original has been rewritten and another chapter added to tie it in with the next thematic book in the series, Great Sky River. The changes are not mentioned on the copyright page, but are important enough for us to consider it a revised (and therefore new) book. It’s one of Benford’s best in his continuous exploration of man/machine civilizations. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _Across the Sea of Suns (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28211-5, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $5.99, 353pp, pb, cover by Dick Dismukes) [In the Ocean of Night; Galactic Center] Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1987) SF novel, sequel to In the Ocean of Night. This is a revised version of the 1983 Simon & Schuster original, which ties it into the “Galactic Center” series. Fifth printing.
• * _Against Infinity (Pocket 0-671-45901-5, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $3.50, 251pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster Timescape 1983). Brilliant, fascinating sf novel; story of alien artifact on colonized world. A Nebula nominee. (EAL)
• * _Against Infinity (NEL 0-450-05719-4, Aug ’87, £1.95, 251pp, pb) Reissue (Timescape 1983) sf novel.
• * _Against Infinity (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29005-3, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $4.95, 246pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Timescape 1983) sf novel of a mysterious artifact roaming the surface of Ganymede. This edition adds a long critical afterword by Gary K. Wolfe.
• * _Against Infinity (Avon Eos 0-380-79058-0, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $5.99, 243pp, pb) Reprint (Timescape 1983) SF novel.
• * _Against the Fall of Night and Beyond the Fall of Night (with Arthur C. Clarke) See entry under Arthur C. Clarke
• * *Artifact (Tor 0-312-93048-8, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $16.95, 533pp, hc) Sf novel, a complex entertaining story with bestseller thriller elements. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Artifact (Bantam UK 0-553-17206-9, Nov ’86, £3.50, 544pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel.
• * _Artifact (Tor 0-812-50060-1, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $3.95, 533pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) sf/thriller novel, recommended. (CNB)
• * _Artifact (Tor 0-812-53178-7, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $4.50, 533pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1985) contemporary sf novel about finding a cosmological object in a Greek tomb. Third printing.
• * _Artifact (Avon Eos 0-380-79195-1, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $6.99, 416pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) contemporary SF thriller. This edition has been slightly revised and updated.
• * _Beyond the Fall of Night (with Arthur C. Clarke) See entry under Arthur C. Clarke
• * *Cosm (Avon Eos 0-380-97435-5, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $23.00, 344pp, hc) SF novel. A physicist creates a universe and fights academia, government, and public opinion for control.
• * _Cosm (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-627-0, Apr ’98, £10.00, 372pp, hc) Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) SF novel. A miniature universe’s existence threatens religion, science, politics, and love. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-628-9) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _A Darker Geometry (with Mark O. Martin) See entry under Mark O. Martin
• * _Find the Changeling (with Gordon Eklund) (Sphere 0-7221-1569-5, Dec ’86, £1.75, pb) Reprint (Dell 1980) sf/mystery novel.
• * _Find the Changeling (with Gordon Eklund) (Orbit 0-7088-8373-7, Aug ’91, £4.50, 249pp, pb, cover by Alan Brooks) Reprint (Dell 1980) sf/mystery novel.
• * *Foundation’s Fear (HarperPrism 0-06-105243-4, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $23.00, 425pp, hc, cover by Jean Targete) [Second Foundation] SF novel, first in the “Second Foundation” trilogy.
• * _Foundation’s Fear (SFBC #15243-4, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $9.98, 425pp, hc, cover by Jean Targete) [Second Foundation] Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) SF novel, first in the “Second Foundation” trilogy. This is similar to the HarperPrism edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Foundation’s Fear (Orbit 1-85723-463-4, May ’97, £16.99, 425pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) [Second Foundation] Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) SF novel based on Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation” series. Volume 1 of “The Second Foundation Trilogy” on the life of Hari Seldon. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Foundation’s Fear (HarperPrism 0-06-105638-3, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $6.99, 608pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Second Foundation] Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) SF novel, first in the “Second Foundation” trilogy, with novels by Bear and Brin following.
• * _Foundation’s Fear (Orbit 1-85723-563-0, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], £6.99, 620pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Second Foundation] Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) SF novel based on Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation” series. Volume 1 of “The Second Foundation Trilogy” on the life of Hari Seldon.
• * *Furious Gulf (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09661-3, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $22.95, 290pp, hc, cover by John Dismukes) [Galactic Center] SF novel of a ship searching for the True Center of the galaxy, fifth in the “Galactic Center” series, and a direct sequel to Tides of Light.
• * _Furious Gulf (Gollancz 0-575-04067-X, Nov ’94, £15.99, 290pp, hc, cover by John Dismukes) [Galactic Center] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) SF novel. Fifth volume of the “Galactic Centre” sextet. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Furious Gulf (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57254-7, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by John Dismukes) [Galactic Center] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) SF novel, fifth in the “Galactic Center” sequence.
• * _Furious Gulf (Gollancz 0-575-06100-6, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], £5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by John Dismukes) [Galactic Center] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) SF novel. Fifth volume of the ‘Galactic Centre’ sextet.
• * *Great Sky River (Bantam Spectra 0-553-05238-1, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $17.95, 326pp, hc) [Galactic Center] Sf novel, a thematic sequel to Across the Sea of Suns and the start of a new series taking place at the center of the galaxy. The science doesn’t get any harder than this exploration of new man/machine interfaces. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _Great Sky River (Gollancz 0-575-04065-3, Feb ’88, £11.95, 326pp, hc) [Galactic Center] Reprint (Bantam 1987) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Great Sky River (SFBC #12006, Apr ’88 [Jun ’88], $7.98, 309pp, hc) [Galactic Center] Reprint (Bantam 1987) far-future hard sf novel. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _Great Sky River (Gollancz 0-575-04303-2, Jul ’88, £3.50, 326pp, pb) [Galactic Center] Reprint (Bantam 1987) sf novel about a tribe of humans attempting to survive in the midst of an antagonistic mechanist civilization.
• * _Great Sky River (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27318-3, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $4.50, 340pp, pb) [Galactic Center] Reprint (Bantam 1987) sf novel exploring the interface between machine and human civilization — with the machines in charge. First in a trilogy. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _Great Sky River (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27318-3, Aug ’94, $5.99, 340pp, pb, cover by John Dismukes) [Galactic Center] Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1987) SF novel, a thematic sequel to Across the Sea of Suns, set in the Galactic Center universe; fourth printing.
• * _Great Sky River (Gollancz 0-575-05831-5, Aug ’95 [Oct ’95], £5.99, 326pp, pb, cover by John Dismukes) [Galactic Center] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1987) third volume of the ‘Galactic Centre’ sextet.
• * _Heart of the Comet (with David Brin) See entry under David Brin.
• * *Heart of the Comet (with David Brin) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-05125-3, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $17.95, 468pp, hc) Sf novel of colonists on Halley’s Comet. A story that is as realistic, gritty, and profoundly moving as any within recent memory. Recommended. (GDC)
• * _Heart of the Comet (with David Brin) (SFBC #05246, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], $6.98, 470pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 1986) sf novel.
• * _Heart of the Comet (with David Brin) (Bantam Spectra (UK) 0-553-05125-3, Aug ’86, £9.95, 468pp, hc) Reissue of US edition with new price sticker.
• * _Heart of the Comet (with David Brin) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25839-7, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $4.50, 477pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1986) sf novel.
• * _Heart of the Comet (with David Brin) (Bantam UK 0-553-17291-3, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], £2.95, 478pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1986) sf novel.
• * _If the Stars Are Gods (with Gordon Eklund) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27642-5, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.95, 229pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1977) sf novel. A mysterious signal implies intelligent life on Jupiter and must be investigated. This edition has a revised, updated first chapter. Unfortunately, Bantam used both the revised and the original chapter, back-to-back, making hash of the beginning.
• * _If the Stars Are Gods (with Gordon Eklund) (Ace 0-441-37066-7, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $5.99, 215pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1977) SF novel, expanded from the Nebula-winning story. This is the 1977 text, not the 1988 Bantam revision. Second printing.
• * *In Alien Flesh (Tor 0-312-93344-4, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $14.95, 280pp, hc) Collection of 13 stories and a poem plus commentary by the author. (Contents)
• * _In Alien Flesh (Tor 0-812-53176-0, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.95, 280pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1986) collection of 14 sf stories plus comments on each.
• * _In Alien Flesh (Gollancz 0-575-04142-0, Jul ’88, £11.95, 280pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1986) collection of 13 stories and a poem plus commentary by the author. [First U.K. edition]
• * _In Alien Flesh (Gollancz 0-575-04489-6, Mar ’89, £3.50, 280pp, pb, cover by Terry Pastor) Reprint (Tor 1986) sf collection.
• * _In the Ocean of Night (Pocket 0-671-44667-3, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $3.95, 333pp, pb) [In the Ocean of Night] Reprint (Dial 1977) sf novel. This prequel to Across the Sea of Suns is destined to be a classic of sf. Highly recommended despite the awful cover Pocket finally used. The solicitation cover was much better. (CNB)
• * _In the Ocean of Night (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26578-4, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.95, 321pp, pb) [In the Ocean of Night] Reprint (Dial 1977) sf novel, first in a series; a Nebula nominee. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _In the Ocean of Night (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26578-4, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $5.99, 321pp, pb, cover by John Dismukes) [In the Ocean of Night] Reissue (Dial 1977) near-future SF novel of alien encounter; fifth printing.
• * _In the Ocean of Night (Vista 0-575-60035-7, May ’97, £5.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [In the Ocean of Night] Reprint (Dial 1977) SF novel. Volume 1 of the ‘Galactic Centre’ sextet.
• * _Jupiter Project (Tor 0-812-53179-5, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $2.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1980) sf novel. This is the revised version of the 1975 Nelson edition.
• * _The Jupiter Project (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28631-5, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $4.50, 184pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Berkley 1980) sf novel set in a research lab orbiting Jupiter. This is the revised text — the original was published by Nelson in 1975.
• * _Jupiter Project (Avon Eos 0-380-79057-2, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $5.99, 195pp, pb) Reprint (Nelson 1975, this edition follows the revised 1980 Berkley text) SF novel.
• * *Matter’s End (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56898-1, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $5.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Pamela Lee) Collection of 21 stories, plus an afterword describing why he wrote them. (Contents)
• * _Matter’s End (Easton Press no ISBN, Jan ’95, no price, 294pp, hc) Collection of 21 stories, plus an afterword describing why he wrote them. This edition includes a color illustration by Frank Kelly Freas, and an introduction by James Gunn. This special leatherbound, gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” and is available by subscription only. Published “simultaneously” with the Bantam Spectra edition listed last month.
• * _Matter’s End (Gollancz 0-575-06298-3, Jun ’96, £16.99, 294pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1995) SF collection. Collection of 21 stories, plus an afterword describing why he wrote them. A First World Hardcover. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Matter’s End (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60072-1, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], £5.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1995) collection of 21 stories. (Contents)
• * *Sailing Bright Eternity (Gollancz 0-575-06097-2, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], £16.99, 404pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Nigel Walmsley; Galactic Center] SF novel. Last volume of the ‘Galactic Centre’ sextet.
• * +Sailing Bright Eternity (Bantam Spectra 0-553-08655-3, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $22.95, 404pp, hc, cover by Pamela Lee) [Nigel Walmsley; Galactic Center] SF novel. Final book in both the “Nigel Walmsley” and the “Galactic Center” series. First US edition (Gollancz 1995).
• * _Sailing Bright Eternity (Easton Press no ISBN, Dec ’95, no price, 404pp, hc) [Nigel Walmsley; Galactic Center] Reprint (Gollancz 1995) SF novel. Final book in both the “Nigel Walmsley” and the “Galactic Center” series. There is an introduction by James Gunn and a frontispiece by Ron Miller. This special signed, limited, leatherbound, and gilt-edged edition is part of the “First Editions of Science Fiction” series, available only by subscription. This is being published “simultaneously” with the Bantam Spectra edition seen in August.