The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

BERLINER, JANET (stories) (continued)

• * _Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn (with Martin H. Greenberg & Peter S. Beagle) See entry under Peter S. Beagle
• * _Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn Vol. 1 (with Martin H. Greenberg & Peter S. Beagle) See entry under Peter S. Beagle

BERLYN, MICHAEL (Steven) (1949- )

• * *The Eternal Enemy (Morrow 0-87795-963-3, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $22.95, 323pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Sf novel of a human being resurrected by aliens and drawn into warfare on an alien world.

BERMAN, MITCH (1956- )

• * *Time Capsule (Putnam 0-399-13197-3, Jan ’87, $18.95, 295pp, hc) Sf novel, “a postnuclear Huckleberry Finn” with two characters traveling across a devastated America; a first novel.
• * _Time Capsule (Ballantine 0-345-35165-7, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.95, 326pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1987) post-holocaust sf novel with a jazz alto sax.

BERNARD, PATRICIA (1942- )

• * *The Outcast (HarperCollinsAustralia/Moonstone 0-7322-5768-9, Mar ’97 [1998], A$11.95, 295pp, pb, cover by Bart Muller) Young-adult SF novel, book one of the “Outcast” trilogy. Far-future novel of humanity devided between chip-enhanced city dwellers and the farming communities outside.

BERNAU, GEORGE (Frank) (1945-2005)

• * *Candle in the Wind (Warner 0-446-51499-3, Aug ’90 [Oct ’90], $19.95, 499pp, hc, cover by Anthony Loew) Alternate history thriller about the intrigue surrounding Marilyn Monroe when she survives her overdose.
• * _Candle in the Wind (Warner 0-446-36128-3, Jan ’92, $5.99, 533pp, pb, cover by Anthony Loew) Reprint (Warner 1990) alternate history thriller about the intrigue surrounding Marilyn Monroe when she survives her overdose.
• * *Promises to Keep (Warner 0-446-51453-5, Oct ’88 [Dec ’88], $19.95, 643pp, hc) Alternate world novel. On November 22, 1963, in Dallas, a president is shot — and recovers.
• * _Promises to Keep (Macmillan 0-333-48623-4, Nov ’88, £12.95, 642pp, hc) Reprint (Warner 1988) alternate history in which Kennedy survives the assassination attempt. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Promises to Keep (Pan 0-330-30666-9, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], £3.99, 807pp, pb) Reprint (Warner 1988) alternate history novel.
• * _Promises to Keep (Warner 0-446-35605-0, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $5.95, 671pp, pb) Reprint (Warner 1988) alternate-history thriller. Kennedy recovers after being shot and faces intrigue and a deadly conspiracy.

BERNHEIMER, KATE, ed.

• * *Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales (Doubleday/Anchor 0-385-48681-2, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $14.00, 341pp, tp) Non-fiction gathering of personal reflections on the meaning and influence of fairy tales by 24 authors including Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, Chitra Manerjee Divakaruni, and Joyce Carol Oates.

BERRY, ADRIAN (Michael) (1937- ) (stories)

• * *Labyrinth of Lies (Vantage Press 0-533-05763-9, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $10.95, 165pp, hc) [*Koyama’s Diamond] Sf novel, sequel to Koyama’s Diamond. Although Vantage is a vanity press, Berry has also published books through regular houses.

BERRY, JAMES R(ussell) (1933- )

• * *Magicians of Erianne (Harper & Row 0-06-020556-3, Jul ’88 [Oct ’88], $13.95, 246pp, hc) Young-adult Arthurian fantasy novel.

BERRY, LIZ

• * +The China Garden (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-31248-6, Mar ’96, $18.00, 285pp, hc, cover by Hilary Mosberg) Young-adult fantasy novel. A teen discovers family secrets, a lost garden, and ancient magics. First US edition (Gollancz 1994).

BERRY, RICK (stories)

• * _Double Memory (with Phil Hale) See entry under Phil Hale.
• * _"Repent Harlequin!" Said the Ticktock Man (with Harlan Ellison) See entry under Harlan Ellison.

BERRY, SHELLEY DUTTON, ed. (stories)

• * *The Roots of Fantasy: Myth, Folklore & Archetype (World Fantasy Convention 1989 no ISBN, Oct ’89, no price, 124pp, tp) Anthology of eight stories plus various non-fiction pieces, particularly profiles of the GoH’s. This is the program book for the 1989 World Fantasy Convention held in Seattle and is a limited edition of 1,000 copies. (Contents)

BERRY, STEPHEN AMES (1947- )

• * *The AI War (Tor 0-812-53193-0, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $2.95, 249pp, pb) Military sf novel.
• * *The Battle for Terra Two (Tor 0-812-53191-4, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 247pp, pb) [Biofab War] Sf novel, sequel to The Biofab War.
• * *The Biofab War (Ace 0-441-06226-1, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.50, 175pp, pb) [Biofab War] Sf novel, probably a first novel.
• * *Final Assault (Tor 0-812-53189-2, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.50, 314pp, pb) [Biofab War] Sf novel, “Biofab War” #4.

BERTAGNA, JULIE

• * *The Spark Gap (Mammoth 0-7497-2703-9, Nov ’96 [Dec ’96], £3.99, 182pp, tp, cover by Angelo Rinaldi) Young-adult fantasy novel.

BERTHA, CSILLA, ed. (1946- )

• * _The Celebration of the Fantastic: Selected Papers from the Tenth Anniversary International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (with Donald E. Morse & Marshall B. Tymn) See entry under Donald E. Morse
• * _More Real Than Reality: The Fantastic in Irish Literature and the Arts (with Donald E. Morse) See entry under Donald E. Morse

BERTIN, JOANNE (stories)

• * *The Last Dragonlord (Tor 0-312-86429-9, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $25.95, 397pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Last Dragonlord] Fantasy novel. The youngest (though centuries old) of the shapechanging Dragonlords finds a potential new Dragonlord while on a dangerous diplomatic mission. A first novel.
• * *The Last Dragonlord (Earthlight 0-684-85168-7, Dec ’98 [Oct ’98], £9.99, 397pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Last Dragonlord] Fantasy novel, first in a series. The Dragonlord Linden — one of the rare humans able to transform into a dragon — finds true love after six hundred years, just as his race is threatened with genocide. A first novel. Simultaneous with the US (Tor) edition.
• * _The Last Dragonlord (SFBC #01160, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $12.98, 397pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Last Dragonlord] Reprint (Tor 1998) fantasy novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

BESANT, [Sir] WALTER (1836-1901) (stories)

• * _The Inner House (Greenhill 0-947898-25-5, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £7.95, 199pp, hc) Reprint (Arrowsmith 1888) Victorian sf novel.

BESHER, ALEXANDER (1951- ) (stories)

• * *Mir (Orbit 1-85723-531-2, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], £9.99, 306pp, tp) [Gobi] SF novel set in 2036. Sentient tattoos can travel through Omnispace, and from body to human body - but they can also be corrupted. Second in the “Gobi” series, after RIM.
• * +Mir (Simon & Schuster 0-684-83087-6, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $23.00, 297pp, hc) [Gobi] Near-future virtual reality SF novel about a sentient computer virus, transported through epidermal programming tattoos. Second book in a trilogy beginning with Rim. First US edition (Orbit 1998).
• * _Mir (Orbit 1-85723-722-6, Dec ’98, £5.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Gobi] Reprint (Orbit 1998) SF novel set in 2036. Second in the “Gobi” series, after RIM.
• * _RIM (Orbit 1-85723-546-0, Jan ’98, £5.99, 357pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Gobi] Reissue (HarperCollinsWest 1994) virtual reality SF novel set in 21st century Tokyo and Berkeley. First in the “Gobi” series.
• * *RIM: A Novel of Virtual Reality (HarperCollins West 0-06-258527-4, Sep ’94 [Oct ’94], $13.00, 357pp, tp, cover by Eric Adigard) [Gobi] Virtual reality SF novel set in 21st Century Tokyo and Berkeley.
• * _RIM: A Novel of Virtual Reality (Orbit 1-85723-332-8, Sep ’95, £6.99, 357pp, tp, cover by Bob Warner) [Gobi] Reprint (HarperCollins West 1994) virtual reality SF novel set in 21st century Tokyo and Berkeley. A virtual reality world has crashed, trapping the minds of thousands of people inside a computer programme. [First U.K. edition]
• * _RIM: A Novel of Virtual Reality (HarperPrism 0-06-105669-3, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $5.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Rick Lieder) [Gobi] Reprint (HarperCollins West 1994) virtual reality SF novel set in 21st-Century Tokyo and Berkeley.

bes SHAHAR, ELUKI (1956- ); see pseudonym Rosemary Edghill (stories) (chron.)

• * *Butterfly & Hellflower (SFBC #00785, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $12.98, 632pp, hc, cover by Peter Scanlan) [Butterfly St. Cyr] Omnibus of three space opera novels featuring interstellar smuggler Butterfly St. Cyr, Hellflower (DAW 1991), Darktraders (DAW 1992), and Archangel Blues (DAW 1993). This edition lacks an ISBN and price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *Hellflower (DAW 0-88677-475-6, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $3.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Butterfly St. Cyr] Sf space adventure novel.
• * *Hellflower #2: Darktraders (DAW 0-88677-507-8, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $4.50, 254pp, pb, cover by Nick Jainschigg) [Butterfly St. Cyr] Sf adventure novel, second book of the “Hellflower” series. Smuggler Butterfly St. Cyr is trapped on a hostile planet.
• * *Hellflower #3: Archangel Blues (DAW 0-88677-543-4, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $3.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Butterfly St. Cyr] Sf space opera novel; third book of a series featuring interstellar smuggler Butterfly St. Cyr.
• * _X-Men & Spider-Man: Time’s Arrow: The Future (with Tom DeFalco) See entry under Tom DeFalco.
• * *X-Men: Smoke and Mirrors (Boulevard 1-57297-291-2, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $6.50, 341pp, pb, cover by Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt) [X-Men] Novelization based on the comic books. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Marvel Characters.

BESTER, ALFRED (1913-1987) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Complete Alfred Bester’s The Stars My Destination (with Howard V. Chaykin & Byron Preiss) (Epic Comics 0-87135-881-6, Mar ’92 [Jun ’92], $21.95, unpaginated, tp, cover by Howard Chaykin) Heavily text-oriented graphic novel based on the classic sf novel The Stars My Destination. The book contains two volumes: volume one was first printed in 1979 by Baronet Publishing Company; volume two has not been previously published.
• * _The Deceivers (Severn House 0-7278-0996-2, Jun ’84 [May ’84], £7.95, 255pp, hc) Reprint (Simon & Schuster Wallaby 1981) sf novel. First hardcover edition.
• * _The Deceivers (Pan 0-330-26969-0, May ’87, £2.95, 255pp, pb) Reissue (Wallaby 1981) sf novel.
• * _The Deceivers (Tor 0-812-53186-8, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $3.50, 304pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket/Wallaby 1981) sf novel, with (uncredited) artwork by DeMarco. 2nd printing.
• * _The Demolished Man (Easton Press no ISBN, 1986 [Sep ’88], $32.00, 250pp, hc) Reprint (Shasta 1953) classic science fiction novel. This leatherbound gilt-edged edition is available only to members of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series. A new introduction by Kurt Vonnegut is included, and there are illustrations by Vincent DiFate. Issued first in 1986; not seen until 1988.
• * _The Demolished Man (SFBC #02237, Apr ’87 [May ’87], $3.98, 183pp, hc) Reprint (Shasta 1953) classic sf novel.
• * _The Demolished Man (Penguin 0-14-010121-7, Apr ’88, £3.95, 191pp, tp) Reissue (Shasta 1953) sf novel. In the “Penguin Classic Science Fiction” series.
• * _The Demolished Man (Random House/Vintage 0-679-76781-9, Jul ’96, $11.00, 243pp, tp) Reprint (Shasta 1953) classic SF novel. A Hugo winner. This edition has a new introduction by Harry Harrison. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _The Demolished Man (SFBC #13552, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $7.98, 243pp, hc) Reprint (Shasta 1953) classic SF novel. This hardcover edition is similar to the 1996 Vintage trade paperback edition. The jacket lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back.
• * _Extro (Mandarin 0-7493-0127-9, Dec ’89 [Oct ’89], £3.50, 218pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1975 as The Computer Connection) sf novel.
• * _Golem 100 (Mandarin 0-7493-0126-0, Dec ’89 [Oct ’89], £3.99, 383pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1980) sf novel.
• * *Psychoshop (with Roger Zelazny) (Random House/Vintage 0-679-76782-7, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $12.00, 207pp, tp, cover by Evan Gaffney) SF novel about a bizarre bazaar, begun by Bester and finished by Zelazny. Introduction by Greg Bear. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia, copyrighted by the authors’ estates.
• * _The Stars My Destination (Franklin Watts 0-531-15050-X, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $15.95, 197pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1957) sf novel. This classic of sf is now available again in hardcover. The text is offset from the 1975 Gregg Press edition, which was itself offset from the 1957 NAL edition. It’s getting fuzzy around the edges. (CNB)
• * _The Stars My Destination (Random House/Vintage 0-679-76780-0, Jul ’96, $11.00, 258pp, tp) Reprint (NAL 1957) classic SF novel. This edition has a new introduction by Neil Gaiman, and has a corrected text by Alex and Phyllis Eisenstein who collated the various editions, adding back some of H.L. Gold’s cuts and taking out some of his serial additions. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _The Stars My Destination (SFBC #13553, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $7.98, 258pp, hc) Reprint (Signet 1957) SF classic. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the 1996 Vintage trade paperback edition, with the corrected text edited by Alex & Phyllis Eisenstein. The jacket lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back.
• * *Tender Loving Rage (Tafford Publishing 0-9623712-4-6, Oct ’91 [Aug ’91], $19.95, 261pp, hc, cover by Kent Bash) Associational psychological thriller set in New York City in 1959. This novel has not been previously published. Fascinating reading and surprisingly effective. Recommended (SW).
• * _Tiger! Tiger! (Penguin 0-14-010122-5, Nov ’87, £3.95, 249pp, tp) Reissue (Sidgwick & Jackson 1956) sf novel. One of Bester’s best books, back in print again. More famous under its American title The Stars My Destination. In the Penguin Science Fiction Classics series.
• * _Tiger! Tiger! (Mandarin 0-7493-0645-9, May ’91, £3.99, 282pp, pb) Reprint (Sidgwick & Jackson 1956) sf novel. The American version, The Stars My Destination, has a slightly different text.
• * *Virtual Unrealities (Random House/Vintage 0-679-76783-5, Nov ’97, $14.00, 366pp, tp) Collection of 16 stories and one fragment, one story and the fragment previously unpublished. Introduction by Robert Silverberg. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)
• * _Virtual Unrealities (SFBC #17770, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $10.98, 366pp, hc) Reprint (Vintage 1997) collection. This follows the Vintage trade paperback edition; it has new ISBN 1-56865-805-2, but lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

BETANCOURT, JOHN GREGORY (1963- ); see pseudonyms Jeremy Kingston & Thomas Shadwell (stories) (chron.)

• * *Birthright: The Hag’s Contract (TSR 0-7869-0496-8, Jun ’96 [Jul ’96], $5.99, 286pp, tp, cover by Clyde Caldwell & Tony Szczudlo) [Birthright] Novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * *The Blind Archer (Avon 0-380-75146-1, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $2.95, 233pp, pb) Fantasy novel.
• * _Born of Elven Blood (with Kevin J. Anderson) See entry under Kevin J. Anderson
• * *Dr. Bones Book 4: The Dragons of Komako (Ace 0-441-15671-1, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.50, 157pp, pb) [Dr. Bones] Sf adventure series with different authors, packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications, with visual material by Joel Hagan. As usual with this series, the copyright page contains the names of a number of people and organizations—but not the author’s name.
• * *Hercules: The Vengeance of Hera (Tor 0-812-53911-7, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $4.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Latif Kazbekov) [Hercules] Fantasy novel based on Greek myth. Second in the series.
• * *Hercules: The Wrath of Poseidon (Tor 0-812-53910-9, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $4.99, 216pp, pb, cover by Latif Kazbekov) [Hercules] Fantasy novel based on Greek myth; first in a series. Not an official media tie-in, though it looks like one. Copyrighted by Tom Doherty Associates.
• * *Johnny Zed (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20559-8, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.50, 213pp, pb) Cyberpunk-style sf novel of future revolution.
• * *Performance Art (Wildside Press 1-880448-02-5, Apr ’92, no price, 64pp, tp, cover by Gahan Wilson) Collection of four stories, one original, with an introduction by the author. This is a 300-copy promotional edition sent to people on Wildside Press’ mailing list. A 100-copy numbered hardcover edition (-03-3, $12.50) is also available, and a 26-copy lettered hardcover edition (-01-1, $17.50) was announced but not seen. Available from Wildside Press, 37 Fillmore St., Newark NJ 07105. (Contents)
• * *Playing in Wonderland (Wildside Press 1-880448-45-9, Feb ’95, $7.50, 96pp, tp) Collection of five stories, one not previously published, with an introduction by the author. Also announced in hardcover (-46-7, $17.50). Available from Wildside Press, 37 Fillmore St., Newark NJ 07105. (Contents)
• * *Rememory (Popular Library Questar 0-445-21045-1, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $4.95, 197pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) Sf crime novel of intrigue and future black marketeering.
• * *Rogue Pirate (TSR/Windwalker 0-88038-456-5, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $2.95, 219pp, pb) Fantasy adventure novel.
• * *Slab’s Tavern and Other Uncanny Places (W. Paul Ganley 0-923445-41-1, 1990 [Apr ’91], $15.00, 96pp, hc, cover by George Barr) Collection of nine fantasy stories, one original, set in his Zelloque world. Illustrations by George Barr. A signed deluxe hardcover edition (-42-X; $35.00) is also available. (Contents)
• * *Star Trek Voyager: Incident at Arbuk (Pocket 0-671-52048-2, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $5.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek: Voyager] Star Trek novelization, #5 in the “Voyager” series. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Devil in the Sky (with Greg Cox) See entry under Greg Cox.
• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Heart of the Warrior (Pocket 0-671-00239-2, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $5.99, 274pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

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• * *Best of Weird Tales (Barnes & Noble 1-56619-730-9, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $7.98, 498pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Anthology of 27 horror and dark fantasy stories originally published in the 1988-1994 incarnation of Weird Tales. There is an introduction by Betancourt. This is an instant remainder edition available in Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton stores. (Contents)
• * _The Best of Weird Tales: 1923 (with Marvin Kaye) See entry under Marvin Kaye.
• * _Letters of the Alien Publisher (with Charles C. Ryan) See entry under Charles C. Ryan
• * *New Masterpieces of Horror (Barnes & Noble 1-56619-790-2, Sep ’96, $7.98, 514pp, hc) Anthology of 24 horror and dark fantasy stories. Authors include Peter Straub, S.P. Somtow, Joyce Carol Oates, and Connie Willis. This is an instant remainder edition. (Contents)