The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998


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Eileen Goudge’s Swept Away #1: Gone with the Wish Eileen Goudge (Avon Flare 0-380-75128-3, Sep ’86 [Feb ’87], $2.50, 166pp, pb) Young-adult sf/romance novel, first in a series about time-traveling teens. Issued in 1986; not seen until now.


Eileen Goudge’s Swept Away #4: Star Struck Eileen Goudge (Avon Flare 0-380-75131-3, Jan ’87, $2.50, 202pp, pb) Latest in a series of teenage time travel romances; a computer makes Kiki Wynkowski’s wildest dreams come true, and she’s back in the ’30s starring in a major movie.


The Curse of the Obelisk Ron Goulart (Avon 0-380-89858-6, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $2.95, 139pp, pb) Humorous fantasy novel.


Daredevils, Ltd. Ron Goulart (St. Martin’s 0-312-90140-2, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $2.95, 185pp, pb) [Ex-Chameleon] Sf novel of a future private investigator, part of the humorous “Ben Jolson” series.


Starpirate’s Brain Ron Goulart (St. Martin’s 0-312-90053-8, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $2.95, 184pp, pb) [Ex-Chameleon] Sf adventure novel, Book 2 of “The Exchameleon series.”


Twisted Circuits ed. Mick Gowar (Beaver 0-09-943400-8, Jan ’87, £1.75, 144pp, pb) Original juvenile sf anthology.


The Dark Cry of the Moon Charles L. Grant (Berkley 0-425-10502-4, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $2.95, 184pp, pb) [Oxrun Station] Reprint (Grant 1985) horror novel, part of the “Oxrun Station” series.


The Hour of the Oxrun Dead Charles L. Grant (Tor 0-812-51862-4, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $3.50, 284pp, pb) [Oxrun Station] Reprint (Doubleday 1977) horror novel, first in the series set in Oxrun Station. This was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award. The copyright page does not acknowledge earlier editions.


The Pet Charles L. Grant (Tor 0-812-51848-9, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.95, 343pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1986) horror novel.


The Pet Charles L. Grant (Futura 0-7088-8229-3, Jul ’87, £2.95, 343pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1986) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]


The Pet Charles L. Grant (Macdonald 0-356-14568-9, Sep ’87, £11.95, 352pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1986) horror novel. [Not seen]


The Soft Whisper of the Dead Charles L. Grant (Berkley 0-425-10481-8, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $2.95, 159pp, pb) [Oxrun Station] Reprint (Donald M. Grant 1982) horror novel in the “Oxrun Station” series.


The Sound of Midnight Charles L. Grant (Tor 0-812-51864-0, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.95, 249pp, pb) [Oxrun Station] Reprint (Doubleday 1978) horror novel in the “Oxrun Station” series.


Doom City ed. Charles L. Grant (Tor 0-812-51866-7, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $3.95, 307pp, pb) [Greystone Bay] Original shared world horror anthology with 16 stories, sequel to Greystone Bay.


Night Visions: Dead Image ed. Charles L. Grant (Berkley 0-425-10182-7, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.95, 309pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1985 as Night Visions 2) original anthology of 12 horror stories, by David Morrell, Joseph Payne Brennan, and Karl Edward Wagner.


Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant (Headline 0-7472-3002-1, Jun ’87, £2.50, 216pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1981 as Shadows 4) original horror anthology. [First U.K. edition]


Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant (Headline 0-7472-0009-2, Jun ’87, £10.95, 216pp, hc) Hardback edition of the above. [First U.K. edition, not seen]


Shadows 7 ed. Charles L. Grant (Berkley 0-425-09564-9, Feb ’87, $2.95, 183pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1984) original horror anthology of 14 stories.


Shadows 8 ed. Charles L. Grant (Berkley 0-425-09890-7, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $2.95, 181pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1985) original horror anthology.


Shadows 10 ed. Charles L. Grant (Doubleday 0-385-23893-2, Oct ’87, $12.95, 178pp, hc) Original anthology of 14 horror stories.


Shadows II ed. Charles L. Grant (Headline 0-7472-3014-5, Oct ’87, £2.50, 223pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1978, as Shadows) original horror anthology. [First U.K. edition]


Shadows II ed. Charles L. Grant (Headline 0-7472-0018-1, Nov ’87, £9.95, 224pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1978, as Shadows) original horror anthology. [Not seen]


Bonny Starr and the Riddles of Time Gwen Grant (Heinemann 0-434-94135-2, Jun ’87 [1987], £6.95, 144pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel. [Not seen]


The Phoenix Bells Kathryn Grant (Ace 0-441-66227-7, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $2.95, 182pp, pb) [Land of Ten Thousand Willows] Historical fantasy novel of old China, first in the “Land of Ten Thousand Willows” trilogy. To fulfill a prophecy, the Emperor seeks a wife in foreign lands.


Rumors of Spring Richard Grant (Bantam Spectra 0-553-05190-3, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $18.95, 439pp, hc) Witty sf/fantasy novel of mutated wild woods and offbeat romance. Recommended. (FCM)


Rumors of Spring Richard Grant (Bantam Spectra 0-553-34369-6, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $9.95, 439pp, tp) Trade paperback edition of the above.


Saraband of Lost Time Richard Grant (Bantam UK 0-553-17280-8, Jun ’87, £2.50, 327pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1985) humorous sf/fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]


The Rat Günter Grass (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-175920-0, May ’87, $17.95, 371pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel. The title creature engages in dialogues with the author. First English language edition. Translated from the German (Hermann Luchterhand Verlag 1986).


Lanark Alasdair Gray (Paladin 0-586-08613-7, Aug ’87, £4.95, 560pp, tp) Reissue (Canongate 1981) literary fantasy novel.


Scryer Linda Crockett Gray (Tor 0-812-51872-1, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.95, 346pp, pb) Horror novel.


The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Nicholas Stuart Gray (St. Martin’s 0-312-57282-4, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $6.95, 32pp, hc) A 1965 fantasy story with new illustrations (including “glow in the dark” bits) by Martin Springett.


The Final Planet Andrew M. Greeley (Warner 0-446-51265-6, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $16.95, 302pp, hc) Sf novel “on the themes of love and faith”, featuring a pilgrim colony ship on its last planetfall.


God Game Andrew M. Greeley (Tor 0-812-58336-1, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $4.50, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Warner 1986) metaphysical fantasy novel.


God Game Andrew M. Greeley (Arrow 0-09-948580-X, May ’87, £2.95, 308pp, pb) Reprint (Warner 1986) fantasy novel.


Despatches from the Frontiers of the Female Mind ed. Jen Green & Sarah Lefanu (Salem House/Women’s Press 0-7043-3973-0, Mar ’87, $4.95, 248pp, pb) Anthology of feminist sf stories. This is actually an American distribution by Salem House of the original British edition (Women’s Press 1985).


These Green Foreign Hills Roland J. Green (Ace 0-441-65741-9, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $2.95, 188pp, pb) [Peace Company] Military sf novel, Volume 2 in the “Peace Company” series.


The Far Side of Forever Sharon Green (DAW 0-88677-212-5, Jul ’87, $3.50, 383pp, pb) [Far Side of Forever] Fantasy novel of 6 adventurers on a quest for a magical focus to save their world.


Lady Blade, Lord Fighter Sharon Green (DAW 0-88677-251-6, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $3.50, 366pp, pb) [Lady Blade, Lord Fighter] Fantasy novel, first in a new series.


The Rebel Prince Sharon Green (DAW 0-88677-199-4, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.50, 367pp, pb) Sf novel.


The Woman Who Is the Midnight Wind Terence M. Green (Pottersfield Press 0-919001-33-5, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], C$9.95, 137pp, tp) Collection of 10 stories by a Canadian sf writer.


Amazing Science Fiction Anthology: The War Years 1936-1945 ed. Martin H. Greenberg (TSR 0-88038-440-9, May ’87, $3.95, 331pp, pb) Anthology of 10 sf stories, with an introduction by Isaac Asimov. Available in the UK for £2.50.


Amazing Science Fiction Anthology: The Wild Years 1946-1955 ed. Martin H. Greenberg (TSR 0-88038-441-7, Aug ’87, $3.95, 318pp, pb) Anthology of 12 stories from Amazing.


Amazing Science Fiction Anthology: The Wonder Years 1926-1935 ed. Martin H. Greenberg (TSR 0-88038-439-5, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.95, 316pp, pb) Anthology of stories from the first decade of Amazing, with an introduction by Jack Williamson. UK price £2.50.


Cinemonsters ed. Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg & Frank D. McSherry, Jr. (TSR 0-88038-504-9, Nov ’87, $7.95, 319pp, tp) Anthology of stories on which famous monster movies were based.


Fantastic Stories: Tales of the Weird and Wondrous ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Patrick L. Price (TSR 0-88038-521-9, May ’87, $7.95, 253pp, tp) Anthology of 16 stories from the magazine, with an introduction by James E. Gunn plus a selection of color cover reproductions.


House Shudders ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (DAW 0-88677-223-0, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 332pp, pb) Anthology of 17 horror stories of haunted houses, etc.


Vamps ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (DAW 0-88677-190-0, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.50, 365pp, pb) Horror anthology of 16 stories featuring female vampires, plus an introductory essay on what it all means.


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