The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

BISLEY, SIMON (c1965- )

• * _The A.B.C. Warriors: Book Four (with S.M.S. & Pat Mills) See entry under Pat Mills.

BISSETTE, STEPHEN R. (1955- ) (stories)

• * *Aliens: Tribes (with David Dorman) (Boxtree 0-7522-0295-2, Apr ’96, £7.99, 72pp, tp, cover by David Dorman) [Aliens] Aliens spin-off novella, written by Bissette, illustrated with 24 plates by Dorman. There was a Dark Horse Comics version in 1992.
• * _Comic Book Rebels: Conversations with the Creators of the New Comics (with Stanley Wiater) See entry under Stanley Wiater.

BISSON, TERRY (Ballantine) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Bears Discover Fire (Tor 0-312-85411-0, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $19.95, 254pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Collection of 19 stories, with an afterword by the author. The first printing left out the drawings that belong in “The Shadow Knows”, so the book went back to press immediately. The two editions are identical except for the difference in the one story, and both are called first editions on the copyright page. (Contents)
• * _Bears Discover Fire (Tor/Orb 0-312-89035-4, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $12.00, 254pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1993) collection of 19 stories, with an afterword by the author. The title story won the Nebula, Hugo, and Sturgeon awards.
• * *The Fifth Element (HarperPrism 0-06-105838-6, May ’97, $5.99, 250pp, pb) Novelization of the SF movie. Copyrighted by Gaumont.
• * _The Fifth Element (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648346-1, Jun ’97, £5.99, 250pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) novelization of the SF/fantasy film. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Fire on the Mountain (Morrow/Arbor House 1-55710-014-4, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $16.95, 167pp, hc) Alternate world sf novel of a changed Civil War and a black utopia. Powerful and moving, especially in its vision of the past, less convincing on the brave new world, but still recommended. (FCM)
• * _Fire on the Mountain (Avon 0-380-75369-3, Feb ’90, $3.50, 167pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) Reprint (Morrow/Arbor House 1988) alternate world sf novel.
• * *Johnny Mnemonic (Pocket 0-671-52300-7, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $5.50, 246pp, pb) Novelization of the screenplay based on the short story by William Gibson. Copyrighted by CineVisions.
• * _Johnny Mnemonic (HarperCollins Voyager 0-00-648046-2, Jan ’96, £4.99, 246pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1995) novelisation of the film. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Pirates of the Universe (Tor 0-312-85412-9, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $22.95, 285pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) SF novel. A man hopes to escape the dismal 21st century by living in a utopian theme park.
• * _Pirates of the Universe (Tor 0-312-86295-4, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $12.95, 285pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Tor 1996) wry, satiric SF novel.
• * _Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman (with Walter M. Miller, Jr.) See entry under Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• * *Talking Man (Arbor House 0-87795-813-0, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $14.95, 192pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a godlike immortal who retires on his creation — Earth — to run a junkyard and repair cars. His magic sister tracks him down, and he flees, followed by his daughter in a white ’62 Chrysler. Wild, weird, and funny. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Talking Man (Avon 0-380-75141-0, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $2.95, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) contemporary fantasy novel. God lives in a junkyard, and he has some enemies. Wild, witty, and very entertaining. (FCM)
• * _Talking Man (Headline 0-7472-3011-0, Aug ’87, £2.50, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Virtuosity (Pocket 0-671-53752-0, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $5.99, 214pp, pb) Novelization of the screenplay by Eric Bernt about an AI-modelled serial killer who escapes the computer. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Voyage to the Red Planet (Morrow 0-688-09495-3, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $16.95, 236pp, hc) Sf novel of the first manned mission to Mars — financed by the Disney-Gerber corporation in order to make a movie. Highly recommended (SW).
• * _Voyage to the Red Planet (Avon 0-380-75574-2, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $3.50, 236pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Reprint (Morrow 1990) humorous/serious sf novel of man’s first voyage to Mars. Highly recommended (SW).
• * _Voyage to the Red Planet (Pan 0-330-32104-8, Jul ’92, £4.50, 236pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) Reprint (Morrow 1990) humorous sf novel about the first manned voyage to Mars — by a Hollywood film crew! Recommended (PSP). [First U.K. edition]
• * _Wyrldmaker (Headline 0-7472-3028-5, Feb ’88, £2.50, 176pp, pb) Reprint (Timescape 1981) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Wyrldmaker (Avon 0-380-75359-6, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $2.95, 176pp, pb) Reprint (Timescape 1981) fantasy novel.

BITTNER, JAMES

• * *Approaches to the Fiction of Ursula K. Le Guin (UMI 0-8357-1573-6, 1984 [May ’85], $24.95 + postage, 161pp, hc) Non-fiction, literary criticism. This revision of a doctoral thesis appeared in 1984, but we didn’t see it until 1985. [Le Guin]

BLACK, CAMPBELL (1944- ); see pseudonyms Thomas Altman & Campbell Armstrong

• * _The Homing (with Jeffrey Caine) (Mandarin 0-7493-1315-3, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], £4.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Putnam 1980 as by Jeffrey Campbell) sf thriller about an experiment in human conditioning.
• * _Letters from the Dead (Pocket 0-671-61921-7, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $3.50, 276pp, pb) Reprint (Villard 1985) horror novel of a curse from the past.
• * _Letters from the Dead (Grafton 0-586-07033-8, Jan ’87, £2.95, 317pp, pb) Reprint (Villard 1985) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Letters from the Dead (Severn House 0-7278-1515-6, Nov ’87, £9.95, 320pp, hc) Reprint (Villard 1985) horror novel. [Not seen]
• * *The Piper (Pocket 0-671-55508-1, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $3.50, 343pp, pb) Horror/suspense novel of the mysterious “dark master of illusion” Mr. Zanzibar in a Colorado town; a modern “pied piper” story.
• * _The Piper (Mandarin 0-7493-0899-0, Mar ’92, £3.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Nick Farmer) Reprint (Pocket 1986) horror novel.
• * _The Piper (Severn House 0-7278-4381-8, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], £13.99, 343pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) Reprint (Pocket 1986) horror/suspense novel. This is the first world hardcover edition.
• * _Raiders of the Lost Ark (Ballantine 0-345-29548-X, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.50, 181pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1981) movie novelization.
• * _The Wanting (Jove 0-515-09177-4, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.95, 347pp, pb) Reprint (McGraw-Hill 1986) horror novel.
• * _The Wanting (Mandarin 0-7493-0920-2, Jul ’91, £3.99, 307pp, pb) Reprint (McGraw-Hill 1986) horror novel about a possessed child. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Wanting (Severn House 0-7278-4496-2, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], £13.99, 307pp, hc, cover by Tony Masero) Reprint (McGraw-Hill 1986) horror novel.

BLACK, IAN STUART (1915-1997) (stories)

• * *Cry Wolf (Constable 0-09-469640-3, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], £12.95, 283pp, hc, cover by Paul Dunn) Literary horror novel.
• * _Doctor Who: The Savages (Target 0-426-20230-9, Nov ’92, £2.99, 127pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (W.H. Allen 1986) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 109 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $4.95.
• * *Doctor Who: The War Machines (Lyle Stuart/Target 0-426-20332-1, 1989 [Aug ’89], $3.95, 142pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization, Doctor Who #136. This is a worldwide edition carrying the names of the publisher and its US, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand distributors and their respective prices.
• * *Doctor Who: The War Machines (Target 0-426-20332-1, Feb ’89, £1.99, 142pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization. Volume 136 in the series.
• * _Doctor Who: The War Machines (Target 0-426-20332-1, Nov ’92, £2.99, 142pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (Target 1989) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 136 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $4.95.
• * *The Macra Terror (W.H. Allen 0-491-03227-7, Jul ’87 [Sep ’87], £7.95, 139pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Juvenile sf novel. Volume 123 in the Doctor Who series.
• * _The Macra Terror (Target 0-426-20307-0, Dec ’87, £1.95, 139pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1987) juvenile sf novel. Volume 123 in the “Doctor Who” series.
• * *The Savages (W.H. Allen 0-491-03602-7, Mar ’86, £6.95, 127pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Sf novel, volume 109 in the “Doctor Who” series based on the tv show.
• * _The Savages (Target 0-426-20230-9, Sep ’86, £1.60, 127pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1986) sf novel. Volume 109 in the “Doctor Who” series based on the tv show.

BLACK, MALACHI

• * *On My Honor (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-248-8, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 431pp, pb) Horror novel about murderous children loose in a small town.

BLACK, MICHAEL A. (stories)

• * *Doc Atlas: The Satan Plague/The Nemesis: Satan Plague II (with Gary Lovisi) (Gryphon Books 0-936071-42-7, Oct ’98, $10.00, 64 + 45pp, tp, cover by Tim Faurote) Double-format anthology of two novelettes featuring pulp adventure heroes created (and stories copyrighted) by Michael A. Black. This has the ISBN above on the cover, and ISBN 1-58250-005-3 on both copyright pages. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; add $1.00 postage. (Contents)
• * _The Nemesis in: Claws of the Falcon/Doc Atlas in: Arctic Terror! (with Gary Lovisi) See entry under Gary Lovisi.

BLACK, ROBERT

• * *Death Angel (Pageant 0-517-00835-1, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $2.95, 236pp, pb) Horror novel about a psychopathic serial killer. Possibly not occult.

BLACK, SHEILA

• * _Stargate (with Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich) See entry under Dean Devlin.

BLACK, WILLIAM D.

• * _Christmas Babies (with Christopher Keane) See entry under Christopher Keane.

BLACKER, TERENCE (1948- )

• * *Revenance (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-2436-X, Jan ’96 [Apr ’96], £15.99, 248pp, hc, cover by Finlay Cowan) Ghost novel.
• * _Revenance (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3078-5, Jan ’97 [May ’97], £6.99, 249pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 1996) ghost novel.

BLACKFORD, JENNY, ed. (1957- )

• * *Contrary Modes (with Russell Blackford, Lucy Sussex & Norman Talbot) (Ebony Books 0-9590655-2-0, Aug ’85 [Sep ’85], A$4.95, 155pp, pb) Non-fiction; critical studies. The Proceedings of the 1985 worldcon’s academic track, 10 essays by George Turner, Russell Blackford, and others. Available by surface mail for US$6.00/£3.50, by air mail for US$11.00/£5.50.

BLACKFORD, RUSSELL (Kenneth), ed. (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Contrary Modes (with Lucy Sussex, Norman Talbot & Jenny Blackford) See entry under Jenny Blackford.
• * _Urban Fantasies (with David A. King) See entry under David A. King

BLACKLEY, EMMA; see under Anon.

• * _Chamber of Horrors [as by Anonymous] See entry under Anonymous.
• * _Tales from Beyond the Grave [as by Anonymous] See entry under Anonymous.

BLACKMAN, MALORIE (stories) (chron.)

• * _Thief! (Corgi 0-552-52808-0, Jan ’96, £3.50, 256pp, pb, cover by Derek Brazell) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1995) young-adult SF novel. A young girl is swept by a time storm into a dark future.
• * *Trust Me (Livewire 0-7043-4931-0, Oct ’92, £3.99, 212pp, tp, cover by Caroline Binch) Young-adult vampire novel.

BLACKMORE, LEIGH D., ed. (1959- ) (stories)

• * *Terror Australis: The Best of Australian Horror (Coronet Australia 0-340-58455-6, Jul ’93 [Sep ’93], A$12.95, 348pp, tp, cover by Grant V. Faint) Anthology of 28 horror stories by Australian writers, 20 apparently original. With an introduction by the editor, who says this is the first Australian mass-market horror anthology. (Contents)

BLACKSTONE, JAMES

• * *Torched! (Grafton 0-586-06620-9, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £1.95, 223pp, pb) Horror novel about spontaneous combustion. “Blackstone” is a pseudonym for John Brosnan, half of “Harry Adam Knight.”

BLACKWELDER, RICHARD E(liot) (1909- )

• * *A Tolkien Thesaurus (Garland 0-8240-5296-X, Sep ’90 [Oct ’90], $39.00, 277pp, hc) Non-fiction; reference. An index in concordance form to the occurrences of all major words and phrases in “The Lord of the Rings”. [Tolkien]

BLACKWELL, JOHN; pseudonym of Edwin Geoffrey Collings, (1913-1996)

• * *Machio (The Book Guild 1-85776-109-X, Aug ’96 [Sep ’96], £12.95, 156pp, hc, cover by Martin Perrott) Fantasy novel. An office clerk is possessed by the libidinous spirit of a wandering minstrel.

BLACKWOOD, ALAN

• * *Kingdom of the Blind (Corgi 0-552-14645-5, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], £5.99, 543pp, pb) SF thriller of chemically induced super intelligence.

BLACKWOOD, ALGERNON (Henry) (1869-1951) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Complete John Silence Stories (Dover 0-486-29942-2, 1997 [Feb ’98], $9.95, 246pp, tp) [John Silence] Collection of six supernatural tales. Edited and with an introduction by S. T. Joshi. These stories were previously collected in Silence John: Physician Extraordinary (Nash 1908) and Day and Night Stories (Cassell 1917). (Contents)
• * *The Magic Mirror: Lost Supernatural and Mystery Stories (Equation 1-85336-117-8, Jul ’89, £3.50, 235pp, tp) Collection of lesser-known stories by Blackwood, edited and introduced by Mike Ashley. One of the best of the outstanding “Equation Chiller” series. Recommended. (PSP) (Contents)
• * _A Mysterious House (Tragara Press 0-948189-15-0, Jul ’87 [Aug ’87], £9.00, 24pp, tp) Reprint (Belgravia July 1889) of Blackwood’s first published short story, with an introduction by Richard Dalby. A limited edition of 125 copies, of which 100 are for sale. [Not seen]

BLACKWOOD, GARY L. (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Beyond the Door (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31645-3, Mar ’91, $13.95, 166pp, hc, cover by Maureen Hyde) Young-adult sf novel of a boy who finds his way into an alternate world behind a door in the library.
• * *The Dying Sun (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31482-5, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $13.95, 213pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel about a boy living in a 21st-century ice age.

BLAINE, JOHN; pseudonym of Hal Goodwin, (1914-1990)

• * *The Magic Talisman (Manuscript Press 0-936414-06-5, May ’90, 247pp, hc, cover by Dany Frolich) [Rick Brant] Young-adult sf adventure novel, 24th and final book of the classic “Rick Brant” series, originally written in the ’60s but not published until now.

BLAIR, CYNTHIA (1953- )

• * _The Beast (Lions 0-00-674915-1, Apr ’94, £2.99, 312pp, pb) [Dark Moon Legacy] Reprint (HarperCollins 1993) young-adult horror novel. Third in the “Dark Moon Legacy”. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Curse (Collins 0-00-674913-5, Feb ’94, £2.99, 310pp, pb) [Dark Moon Legacy] Reprint (HarperCollins 1993) young-adult horror novel. First in the “Dark Moon Legacy”. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Dark Moon Legacy Volume 1: The Curse (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-106158-1, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $3.99, 310pp, pb) [Dark Moon Legacy] Young-adult gothic horror novel, first book of a new series about a young man seeking to free himself from an ancient family curse, and the girl who loves him despite it. Packaged by Daniel Weiss & Associates and copyrighted by them and the author.
• * *Dark Moon Legacy Volume II: The Seduction (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-106151-4, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $3.99, 309pp, pb) [Dark Moon Legacy] Young-adult gothic horror novel, second book of a series about a young man struggling to free himself from an ancient family curse. Packaged by Daniel Weiss & Associates and copyrighted by them and the author.
• * *Dark Moon Legacy Volume III: The Rebellion (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-106160-3, Dec ’93, $3.99, 312pp, pb) [Dark Moon Legacy] Young-adult gothic horror novel, third book of a series about a young man struggling to free himself from an ancient family curse. Packaged by Daniel Weiss & Associates and copyrighted by them and the author.
• * *Temptation (Ballantine 0-345-38329-X, Jul ’93 [Sep ’93], $14.00, 338pp, hc, cover by Donna Diamond) Fantasy romance about a young divorced mother who playfully makes three wishes in front of a statue that just happens to have the power to make them come true.
• * _Temptation (SFBC #00606, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $8.98, 338pp, hc, cover by Donna Diamond) Reprint (Ballantine 1993) fantasy romance about a young divorced mother who playfully makes three wishes in front of a statue that just happens to have the power to make them come true. Similar to the Ballantine edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Temptation (Ballantine 0-345-37129-1, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $5.99, 349pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1993) fantasy romance about a young divorced mother who playfully makes three wishes in front of a statue that just happens to have the power to make them come true.
• * _The Trap (Collins 0-00-674914-3, Mar ’94, £2.99, 309pp, pb) [Dark Moon Legacy] Reprint (HarperCollins 1993) young-adult horror novel. Second in the “Dark Moon Legacy”. [First U.K. edition]

BLAIR, ERIC (Arthur) (1903-1950); see pseudonym George Orwell (chron.)

BLAIR, JOHN M. (1961- )

• * *Bright Angel (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37058-9, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $3.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Sf novel set on an future Earth about to enter a new Ice Age — a man who survived the similar destruction on another planet with the help of a mysterious entity believes himself to blame.
• * *A Landscape of Darkness (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36517-8, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $3.95, 247pp, pb, cover by Neal McPheeters) Sf novel of mercenaries on an alien world stalked by an unseen assassin. A first novel.

BLAKE, KATHERINE; pseudonym of Dorothy J. Heydt (stories)

• * *The Interior Life (Baen 0-671-72010-4, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 313pp, pb, cover by Tom Kidd) Fantasy novel of a housewife drawn into a fantasy world. A first novel.