The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- CALVINO, ITALO (stories) (continued)
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- * *Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday (Random House/Pantheon 0-679-41526-2, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $30.00, 588pp, hc) Anthology of 26 stories of 19th-century fantastic literature, by authors as varied as Rudyard Kipling, Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol, Edgar Allan Poe, and H.G. Wells. Calvino divides the stories into two types, visionary and everyday, discussing this division in his introduction and prefatory notes to each story. Introduction, notes, and four stories are translated by Alfred MacAdam. Originally published in Italian in two volumes (Mondadori 1983 as Racconti Fantastici DellOttocento: Volume Primo, Il Fantastico Visionario and Volume Secondo, Il Fantastico Quotidiano). (Contents)
- * _Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday (Random House/Vintage 0-679-75544-6, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $15.00, 588pp, tp, cover by Arnold Boecklin) Reprint (Pantheon 1997) anthology of 26 stories of 19th-century fantastic literature. Introduction, notes, and four stories are translated by Alfred MacAdam. Originally published in Italian in two volumes (Mondadori 1983 as Racconti Fantastici DellOttocento: Volume Primo, Il Fantastico Visionario and Volume Secondo, Il Fantastico Quotidiano).
- CAMBRIDGE, S. T. (stories)
- * *The Tenth Leper and Other Stories (Vantage Press 0-533-09170-5, May 92, $13.95, 133pp, hc) Collection of 12 stories, most sf or fantasy. Published by a vanity publisher. Available from Vantage Press, 516 West 34th St., New York NY 10001. (Contents)
- CAMERON, ELEANOR (Frances Butler) (1912-1996)
- * _The Court of the Stone Children (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-034289-3, May 90 [Jul 90], $3.95, 191pp, tp, cover by Rebecca Laughlin) Reprint (Dutton 1973) time-travel fantasy. A girl goes back in time to save a man from execution during the French Revolution.
- * _Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet (Little, Brown/Joy Street 0-316-12541-5, Jun 90 [Aug 90], $4.95, 209pp, tp) [Mushroom Planet] Reprint (Little, Brown 1956) childrens sf novel, sequel to The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet.
- * _The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet (Little, Brown/Joy Street 0-316-12540-7, Jun 90 [Aug 90], $4.95, 195pp, tp) [Mushroom Planet] Reissue (Little, Brown 1954) childrens sf novel; third printing. One of the series most mentioned as an introduction to sf.
- CAMERON, J. D.; joint pseudonym
- * *Omega Sub [by Michael Jahn] (Avon 0-380-76049-5, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $2.95, 249pp, pb) [Omega Sub] Post-holocaust adventure novel, first book of a series about a super nuclear sub that survives WWIII. These books are by various authors writing as J.D. Cameron, and this was written and copyrighted by Michael Jahn. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Omega Sub #2: Command Decision [by David Robbins] (Avon 0-380-76206-4, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $2.95, 244pp, pb) [Omega Sub] Post-holocaust adventure novel, second book of a series by various authors writing as J.D. Cameron. This was written and copyrighted by David Robbins. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Omega Sub #3: City of Fear [by Michael Jahn] (Avon 0-380-76050-9, Jul 91 [Jun 91], $2.95, 189pp, pb) [Omega Sub] Post-holocaust military sf adventure novel about a super-nuclear sub that survives WWIII. The books are by various authors writing as J.D. Cameron, and this is written and copyrighted by Michael Jahn.
- * *Omega Sub #4: Blood Tide [by David Robbins] (Avon 0-380-76321-4, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $3.50, 219pp, pb) [Omega Sub] Post-holocaust military sf adventure featuring a super-submarine that survives WWIII. Books are by various authors writing as J.D. Cameron, and this one is copyrighted by David Robbins.
- * *Omega Sub #5: Death Dive [by David Robbins] (Avon 0-380-76492-X, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $3.50, 212pp, pb) [Omega Sub] Post-holocaust military sf adventure novel featuring a super-submarine that survives WWIII. The books are by various authors writing as J.D. Cameron and this is copyrighted by David Robbins.
- * *Omega Sub #6: Raven Rising [by David Robbins] (Avon 0-380-76493-8, May 92 [Apr 92], $3.50, 214pp, pb) [Omega Sub] Post-holocaust military sf adventure novel featuring a super-submarine that survives WWIII. The books are by various authors writing as J.D. Cameron, and this is copyrighted by David Robbins.
- CAMERON, JAMES (Francis) (1956- )
- * *Strange Days (Penguin/Plume 0-452-27581-4, Nov 95, $12.95, 187pp, tp) Movie scriptment (a combination of script and treatment that reads like a novel) for the grim near-future movie about using virtual reality to buy other peoples experiences, and to kill.
- CAMERON, KATE
- * _As If They Were Gods (W.H. Allen Star 0-352-32175-X, Apr 88, £3.50, 463pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1987) prehistoric fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- CAMERON, MARIE (1948- )
- CAMP, DEBORAH (Elaine) (1952- )
- * *Fire Lily (Avon 0-380-76394-X, Aug 91 [Nov 91], $4.50, 372pp, pb) Historical romance novel with fantasy elements. A handsome clairvoyant is hired to find Lilys missing cousin and his passion awakens her latent psychic powers.
- CAMP, JOHN (1944- )
- * _The Fools Run (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16712-0, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $4.95, 249pp, pb) Reprint (Holt 1989) mystery with sf elements featuring the worlds number one hacker as a detective. Camp also writes as John Sandford.
- CAMPBELL, BILL (stories)
- * *The Lavender Bear of Oz (with Irwin Terry) (Books of Wonder/Emerald City 0-929605-77-2, May 98, $9.95, 92pp, tp, cover by Bill Campbell & Irwin Terry) [Oz] Young-adult fantasy novella continuing Baums Oz series. Illustrated by the authors. Young, living teddy bears are being bearnapped.
- * *Masquerade in Oz (with Irwin Terry) (Books of Wonder/Emerald City 0-929605-33-0, 1994 [Mar 95], $9.95, 115pp, tp, cover by Bill Campbell & Irwin Terry) [Oz] Young-adult fantasy novel based on Baums Oz. The Patchwork Girl accidentally enchants the guests at a Halloween Ball. Illustrated by the authors. A limited edition (-34-9, $29.95) was announced but not seen. Available from Emerald City/Books of Wonder, 132 Seventh Ave., New York NY 10011; credit card orders 800-835-4315.
- CAMPBELL, HOPE; pseudonym of G. McDonald Wallis, (1925- )
- * *Looking for Hamlet (Macmillan 0-02-716400-4, Oct 87, $14.95, 238pp, hc) Young-adult ghost story/romance/detective, subtitled A Haunting at Deeping Lake.
- CAMPBELL, J. RAMSEY; see under Campbell, Ramsey (stories) (chron.)
- CAMPBELL, JOHN W(ood, Jr.) (1910-1971) (stories)
- * _The Best of John W. Campbell (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-24960-7, Feb 95 [Mar 95], $5.99, 364pp, pb) Reissue (SFBC 1976) collection of 12 stories, edited and with and introduction by Lester del Rey. This is not the same content as in The Best of John W. Campbell (Sidgwick & Jackson 1973) edited by James Blish. This says second printing, but is probably later.
- * _The Moon Is Hell (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-674-0, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $3.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Fantasy Press 1950) collection of a short sf novel and a fantasy novella.
- CAMPBELL, MARILYN (1948- )
- * *Pyramid of Dreams (Leisure 0-8439-3246-5, Mar 92 [Apr 92], $4.50, 368pp, pb) Futuristic romance of an alien woman, an outcast in a crystal city on another world.
- * *Stardust Dreams (Penguin/Topaz Dreamspun 0-451-40413-0, Dec 93 [Nov 93], $4.99, 380pp, pb) Sf romance about an actress kidnapped by an alien space traveler.
- * *Stolen Dreams (Penguin/Topaz Dreamspun 0-451-40500-5, Jun 94 [Jul 94], $4.99, 350pp, pb) SF romance of two scientists traveling back in time to save Earth from a far-future plot to destroy it.
- * *Topaz Dreams (Leisure 0-8439-3390-9, Dec 92 [Jan 93], $4.50, 367pp, pb) Sf romance. An empath from the future searching for a ring that could destroy his people joins forces with a contemporary woman hunting a missing scientist.
- CAMPBELL, (John) RAMSEY (1946- ); see pseudonym Jay Ramsay (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Alone with the Horrors (Arkham House 0-87054-165-X, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $26.95, 515pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Collection of 39 horror stories with an introduction by the author, a retrospective of Campbells 30-year career, with illustrations by J.K. Potter. Available from Arkham House, Sauk City WI 53583. (Contents)
- * _Alone with the Horrors (Headline 0-7472-4349-2, Sep 94 [Aug 94], £5.99, 493pp, pb, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Arkham 1993) collection of 39 horror stories, plus a 16-page photo montage by J. K. Potter.
- * _Alone with the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction of Ramsey Campbell 1961-1991 (Headline 0-7472-0951-0, Apr 94, £16.99, 367pp, hc, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Arkham House 1993) horror collection of 39 stories. Plus a 16-page photo montage by J. K. Potter. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Ancient Images (Legend 0-7126-2414-7, Feb 89 [Jan 89], £12.95, 299pp, hc, cover by Nicki Palin) Horror novel about a lost Karloff/Lugosi film and the secret it conceals. Recommended. (PSP)
- * +Ancient Images (Macmillan Scribners 0-684-19081-8, Jun 89 [May 89], $18.95, 311pp, hc) Horror novel about a lost Karloff/Lugosi film and the secret it conceals. First American edition (Legend 1989).
- * _Ancient Images (Legend 0-09-967340-1, Jan 90 [Dec 89], £3.50, 299pp, pb) Reprint (Legend 1989) horror novel.
- * _Ancient Images (SFBC #48403, Feb 90 [Apr 90], $6.98, hc, cover by Don Brautigam) Reprint (Legend 1989) horror novel.
- * _Ancient Images (Tor 0-812-50263-9, Jun 90 [May 90], $4.95, 311pp, pb, cover by Gary Smith) Reprint (Legend 1989) horror novel of a lost Karloff/Lugosi film.
- * _The Claw (Warner UK 0-7088-5258-0, Jul 92, £4.50, 380pp, pb, cover by Oliver Hunter) Reprint (Grafton 1983 as Claw by Jay Ramsay) horror novel. This edition contains a new afterword by the author, including some sections of variant text from early drafts of the book.
- * _The Claw (Little, Brown UK 0-356-09150-3, Jul 92, £13.99, 380pp, hc, cover by Oliver Hunter) Hardcover edition of the above.
- * *Cold Print (Scream/Press 0-910489-13-0, Mar 85 [Apr 85], $37.50 signed/boxed edition of 250; $17.50 trade edition, 219pp, hc) Collection of 15 Cthulhu Mythos stories, plus two essays, with illustrations by J.K. Potter. (Contents)
- * _Cold Print (Grafton 0-586-06364-1, Jun 87, £2.95, 365pp, pb) Reprint (Scream/Press 1985) collection of horror stories related to the Cthulhu Mythos. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Cold Print (Tor 0-812-51660-5, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $4.50, 331pp, pb) Reprint (Scream/Press 1985) horror collection. It drops the J.K. Potter illustrations.
- * *Cold Print (Headline 0-7472-4059-0, May 93 [Apr 93], £5.99, 500pp, pb, cover by Simon Dewey) Collection of 21 horror stories related to the Cthulhu Mythos, first published in an abridged form by Scream/Press in 1985. This edition adds a further six stories, and now contains the entirety of Campbells first book, The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants (Arkham House 1964). (Contents)
- * *The Core of Ramsey Campbell (with Stefan Sziemianowicz & S. T. Joshi) (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-79-8, Aug 95, $9.95, 82pp, ph, cover by Jason Eckhardt) Non-fiction bibliography and readers guide to the works of Campbell, including plot summaries of each work by Campbell himself. There is a humorous preface by Peter Straub. Order from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893.
- * *The Count of Eleven (Macdonald 0-356-20216-X, Nov 91 [Oct 91], £13.95, 374pp, hc) Bleak comedy thriller, of associational interest, about a man who blames his bad luck on the people he sent a chain letter to. A signed, leatherbound, edition limited to 250 copies (-20657-2, £45.00) was announced but has not been seen.
- * +The Count of Eleven (Tor 0-312-85350-5, Jun 92 [May 92], $19.95, 310pp, hc, cover by Tim OBrien) Associational serial killer novel. A gentle mans twisted reasoning makes him begin killing to improve his luck. First American edition (Macdonald 1991).
- * _The Count of Eleven (Warner UK 0-7515-0088-7, Nov 92 [Oct 92], £4.99, 374pp, pb) Reprint (Macdonald 1991) bleak comedy thriller about a man plagued by bad luck.
- * _The Count of Eleven (Tor 0-812-52169-2, Jun 93 [May 93], $4.99, 404pp, pb, cover by Tim OBrien) Reprint (Macdonald 1991) associational serial killer novel. A gentle mans twisted reasoning makes him begin killing to improve his luck.
- * *Dark Feasts (Robinson 0-948164-47-6, Sep 87 [Aug 87], £9.95, 339pp, hc) Horror collection. (Contents)
- * *Dark Feasts (Robinson 0-948164-37-9, Sep 87, £3.95, 339pp, tp) Trade paperback edition of the above.
- * _Demons by Daylight (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-610-4, Jun 90 [May 90], $3.95, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Arkham House 1973) collection of 14 horror stories, with a new foreword by Campbell.
- * _The Doll Who Ate His Mother (Tor 0-812-51654-0, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $3.50, 284pp, pb) Reprint (Bobbs-Merrill 1976) horror novel.
- * _The Doll Who Ate His Mother (Arrow 0-09-953300-6, Oct 87, £2.95, 284pp, pb) Reprint (Bobbs-Merrill 1976) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Doll Who Ate His Mother (Century 0-7126-1156-8, Dec 87, £10.95, 284pp, hc) Reprint (Bobbs-Merril 1976) horror novel.
- * _The Doll Who Ate His Mother (Legend 0-09-953300-6, Feb 89, £2.99, 284pp, pb) Reissue (Bobbs-Merrill 1976) horror novel.
- * _The Doll Who Ate His Mother (Headline 0-7472-4060-4, Aug 93 [Jul 93], £4.50, 290pp, pb, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Bobbs-Merrill 1976) horror novel with a new afterword by the author.
- * _The Face That Must Die (Tor 0-812-51658-3, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $3.95, 351pp, pb) Reprint (Scream/Press 1983) horror novel. Revised text of the 1979 British edition. This has the 1983 foreword.
- * _The Face That Must Die (Futura 0-7088-4394-8, Mar 90, £3.50, 238pp, pb, cover by Oliver Hunter) Reprint (Scream/Press 1983) horror novel. This edition contains the introductions At the Back of My Mind: A Guided Tour and I am It and It is I from the Scream/Press edition, together with a new afterword. A greatly abridged version of the book was published by Star in 1989.
- * _The Face That Must Die (Macdonald 0-356-20224-0, May 91 [Jun 91], £12.95, 238pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Reprint (Scream/Press 1983) horror novel. This edition has the same introductions and afterword as last years Futura edition. A greatly abridged version of the book was published by Star in 1979.
- * *Far Away & Never (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-86-0, Jul 96 [Aug 96], $7.95, 116pp, tp, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) Collection of seven fantasy stories, one original, with an introduction by Campbell describing how the stories came to be written. Order from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893. (Contents)
- * *Ghosts and Grisly Things (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-08-9, Sep 98, £6.99, xvi+300pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Horror collection of 20 stories, one original. A hardcover edition (-07-0, £16.99) is also available. A limited edition (-06-2) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * _The Guide (Edition Phantasia 3-924959-26-9, 1994 [Sep 94], 50/58pp, hc) Horror short story that originally appeared in the anthology Post Mortem (and in the collection Waking Nightmares), with an introduction by the author. This is a bilingual German/English edition designed a la the Ace Doubles, English on one side and German on the other. With new illustrations by J.K. Potter and German artist Herbert Brandmeier. Translated into German by Joachim Korber. Limited to 250 signed and numbered copies. Available in the US from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088.
- * *The House on Nazareth Hill (Headline 0-7472-0667-8, Jul 96, £16.99, 374pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) Dark fantasy novel. The renovation of a house does not stop its evil.
- * _The House on Nazareth Hill (Headline 0-7472-3996-7, Jan 97, £5.99, 470pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Headline 1996) horror novel.
- * *The Hungry Moon (Macmillan 0-02-521140-4, Jul 86 [Jun 86], $18.95, 293pp, hc) Horror novel of supernatural evil and nuclear catastrophe.
- * _The Hungry Moon (Century 0-7126-1441-9, Jan 87 [Jun 87], £9.95, 293pp, hc) Reprint (Macmillan 1986) horror novel.
- * _The Hungry Moon (Tor 0-812-51662-1, Jun 87 [May 87], $4.50, 360pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1986) horror novel.
- * _The Hungry Moon (Arrow 0-09-949190-7, Oct 87, £2.95, 428pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1986) horror novel.
- * _Incarnate (Granada 0-246-12300-1, Jun 84 [May 84], £8.95, 472pp, hc) Reprint (Macmillan 1983) horror novel. First U.K. edition.
- * _Incarnate (Tor 0-812-51650-8, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $3.95, 499pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1983) horror novel.
- * _Incarnate (Futura 0-7088-4395-6, Sep 90, £3.99, 490pp, pb, cover by Oliver Hunter) Reprint (Macmillan 1983) horror novel. This is a revised edition and contains two scenes (one added as an optional appendix) that were cut from previous editions. There is also a new afterword by the author.
- * _Incarnate (Little, Brown UK 0-316-90451-1, Nov 92 [Dec 92], £14.99, 490pp, hc) Reprint (Macmillan 1983) horror novel. This edition reprints the text and afterword from the revised 1990 (Futura) edition.
- * *The Influence (Macmillan 0-02-521160-9, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $14.95, 260pp, hc) Horror novel.
- * _The Influence (Century 0-7126-1891-0, Mar 88, £11.95, 234pp, hc) Reprint (Macmillan 1988) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Influence (Tor 0-812-51638-9, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $4.50, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1988) horror novel about a young child fighting the malignant influence of her dead aunt.
- * _The Influence (Legend 0-09-955910-2, Feb 89, £3.50, 296pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1988) horror novel.
- * _The Influence (Headline 0-7472-5075-8, Feb 96 [Apr 96], £5.99, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1988) horror novel. This edition contains a new afterword by Campbell.
- * *The Last Voice They Hear (Tor/Forge 0-312-86611-9, Jun 98 [May 98], $24.95, 384pp, hc) Associational psychological horror novel.
- * *The Long Lost (Headline 0-7472-0665-1, Aug 93 [Jul 93], £16.99, 375pp, hc, cover by Simon Dewey) Horror novel about a young couple who find an old lady stranded on a remote Welsh island.
- * _The Long Lost (Headline 0-7472-3998-3, Apr 94 [Mar 94], £5.99, 533pp, pb, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Headline 1993) horror novel.
- * +The Long Lost (Tor 0-312-85825-6, Oct 94 [Nov 94], $22.95, 375pp, hc, cover by Paul Stinson) Horror novel about a young couple who find an old lady in an abandoned village. First American edition (Headline 1993).
- * _The Long Lost (Tor 0-812-55086-2, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $6.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Paul Stinson) Reprint (Headline 1993) horror novel.
- * *Midnight Sun (Macdonald 0-356-18650-4, Sep 90 [Jun 90], £12.95, 312pp, hc) Low-key horror novel set around an ice-shrouded forest in the Yorkshire Dales. Recommended. (PSP)
- * +Midnight Sun (Tor 0-312-85051-4, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $18.95, 336pp, hc, cover by Tim OBrien) Horror novel of an evil that stalks a family living at the edge of a mysterious park. First American edition (Macdonald 1990).
- * _Midnight Sun (SFBC #18175, Jul 91 [Oct 91], $8.98, 336pp, hc, cover by Tim OBrien) Reprint (Macdonald 1990) horror novel. Similar to the 1991 Tor edition but lacks an ISBN and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.
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