The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Hocus Pocus or, What’s the Hurry, Son? Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02917-7, Oct ’90, £13.99, 302pp, hc, cover by Huntley & Muir) Reprint (Putnam 1990) literary sf novel.
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Player Piano Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Paladin 0-586-09002-9, Aug ’90, £4.99, 317pp, tp, cover by Katherine Dickinson) Reprint (Scribners 1952) literary sf novel.
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Conan: The Road of Kings Karl Edward Wagner (Ace 0-441-11618-3, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $3.95, 211pp, pb, cover by Royo) [Conan] Reissue (Bantam 1979) fantasy novelization, sixteenth book of Ace’s “Conan” series; third printing.
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Horrorstory: Volume 4 ed. Karl Edward Wagner (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-094-0, Oct ’90, $39.95, 641pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) Omnibus collection of 51 horror stories, comprising the contents of The Year’s Best Horror Stories X (DAW 1982), The Year’s Best Horror Stories XI (DAW 1983), and The Year’s Best Horror Stories XII (DAW 1984). A signed edition (-095-9) was announced but not seen.
- · The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series X · an New York: DAW, 1982
- 5 · Introduction: A Decade of Fear · Karl Edward Wagner · in
- 11 · Through the Walls · Ramsey Campbell · nv British Fantasy Society Booklet #5 ’81
- 33 · Touring · Gardner R. Dozois, Jack M. Dann & Michael Swanwick · nv Penthouse Apr ’81
- 51 · Every Time You Say I Love You · Charles L. Grant · ss F&SF May ’81
- 59 · Wyntours [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Eye Hath Not Seen, Pardoe, 1980
- 69 · The Dark Country [Jack Martin] · Dennis Etchison · ss Fantasy Tales #8 ’81
- 89 · Homecoming · Howard Goldsmith · ss Chillers Jul ’81
- 101 · Old Hobby Horse · A. F. Kidd · ss Ghosts & Scholars #3 ’81
- 109 · Firstborn · David Campton · ss Whispers III, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981
- 123 · Luna · G. W. Perriwils · ss Twilight Zone Jul ’81
- 131 · Mind · Les Freeman · ss New Tales of Terror, ed. Hugh Lamb, Magnum, 1980
- 143 · Competition · David Clayton Carrad · ss Running Times Jun ’81
- 161 · Egnaro · M. John Harrison · nv Winter’s Tales #27 ’81
- 181 · On 202 · Jeff Hecht · ss Twilight Zone Dec ’81
- 191 · The Trick [“Trick or Treat”] · Ramsey Campbell · nv Weird Tales #2, ed. Lin Carter, DAW, 1981
- 207 · Broken Glass · Harlan Ellison · ss Broken Glass, Harlan Ellison, Avenue Victor Hugo Bookstore: Boston, 1981; Gallery Jun ’81
- · The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series XI · an New York: DAW, 1983
- 221 · Introduction: One from the Vault · Karl Edward Wagner · in
- 227 · The Grab · Richard Laymon · ss Gallery Jan ’82
- 235 · The Show Goes On · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Companions, Macmillan, 1982
- 247 · The House at Evening · Frances Garfield · ss Whispers Mar ’82
- 255 · I Hae Dream’d a Dreary Dream · John Alfred Taylor · ss The Argonaut #8 ’81
- 265 · Deathtracks · Dennis Etchison · ss Death, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Playboy, 1982
- 275 · ‘Come, Follow!’ · Sheila Hodgson · ss Ghosts & Scholars #4 ’82
- 293 · The Smell of Cherries · Jeffrey Goddin · ss Twilight Zone Nov ’82
- 307 · A Posthumous Bequest · David Campton · ss Whispers Aug ’82
- 319 · Slippage · Michael P. Kube-McDowell · nv Twilight Zone Aug ’82
- 337 · The Executor [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Ghosts & Scholars #4 ’82
- 353 · Mrs. Halfbooger’s Basement · Lawrence C. Connolly · ss Twilight Zone Jun ’82
- 365 · Rouse Him Not [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Kadath Jul ’82
- 377 · Spare the Child · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss F&SF Jan ’82
- 391 · The New Rays · M. John Harrison · ss Interzone #1 ’82
- 403 · Cruising · Donald Tyson · ss Twilight Zone Sep ’82
- 407 · The Depths · Ramsey Campbell · nv Dark Companions, Macmillan, 1982
- 427 · Pumpkin Head · Al Sarrantonio · ss Terrors, ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1982
- · The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series XII · an New York: DAW, 1984
- 441 · Introduction: Of Fads and Frights · Karl Edward Wagner · in
- 447 · Uncle Otto’s Truck · Stephen King · ss Yankee Oct ’83
- 463 · 3.47 AM · David Langford · ss The Gruesome Book, ed. Ramsey Campbell, Piccolo, 1983
- 473 · Mistral · Jon Wynne-Tyson · ss Twilight Zone Jul/Aug ’83
- 485 · Out of Africa · David Drake · ss From the Heart of Darkness, Tor, 1983
- 491 · The Wall-Painting · Roger Johnson · ss Saints and Relics, ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Runcorn, Cheshire: Haunted Library, 1983
- 505 · Keepsake · Vincent McHardy · ss Quarry Spr ’83
- 513 · Echoes · Lawrence C. Connolly · vi Twilight Zone Jan/Feb ’83
- 517 · After-Images · Malcolm Edwards · ss Interzone #4 ’83
- 529 · The Ventriloquist’s Daughter · Juleen Brantingham · ss Whispers Oct ’83
- 537 · Come to the Party · Frances Garfield · ss Whispers IV, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983
- 545 · The Chair · Dennis Etchison · nv The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror, ed. Charles L. Grant, Dodd Mead, 1983
- 563 · Names · Jane Yolen · ss Tales of Wonder, Schocken, 1983
- 568 · The Attic · Billy Wolfenbarger · ss Dark Horizons #26 ’83
- 575 · Just Waiting · Ramsey Campbell · ss Twilight Zone Nov/Dec ’83
- 585 · One for the Horrors · David J. Schow · ss Whispers Oct ’83
- 595 · Elle Est Trois, (La Mort) · Tanith Lee · nv Whispers IV, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983
- 615 · Spring-Fingered Jack · Susan Casper · ss Fears, ed. Charles L. Grant, Berkley, 1983
- 619 · The Flash! Kid · Scott Bradfield · ss Interzone #5 ’83
- 631 · The Man with Legs · Al Sarrantonio · ss Shadows #6, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1983
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The Year’s Best Horror Stories XVIII ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW 0-88677-446-2, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $4.95, 367pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) Best-of-the-year anthology of 26 horror stories, plus an introduction by Wagner. As always, a fascinating and eclectic selection, many from obscure sources. Recommended (SW).
- 13 · Introduction: Horror from Angst to Zombies · Karl Edward Wagner · in
- 17 · Kaddish · Jack M. Dann · ss IASFM Apr ’89
- 30 · The Gravedigger’s Tale · Simon Clark · ss Fear! Jan/Feb ’89
- 40 · Meeting the Author · Ramsey Campbell · ss Interzone #28 ’89
- 55 · Buckets · F. Paul Wilson · nv Soft and Others, Tor, 1989
- 76 · The Pit-Yakker · Brian Lumley · ss Weird Tales Fll ’89
- 99 · Mr. Sandman · Scott D. Yost · ss October Dreams, ed. David Kubicek & Jeff Mason, Lincoln, NE: Kubicek & Associates, 1989
- 115 · Renaissance · A. F. Kidd · ss Bell Music, A.F. Kidd, 1989
- 135 · Lord of Infinite Diversions · t. Winter-Damon · vi Semiotext(e) #14 ’89
- 137 · Rail Rider [“Third Rail”] · Wayne Allen Sallee · ss Masques #3, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1989
- 142 · Archway · Nicholas Royle · nv Dark Fantasies, ed. Chris Morgan, Legend, 1989
- 163 · The Confessional · Patrick McLeod · ss 2AM Win ’89
- 178 · The Deliverer · Simon MacCulloch · ss Chillers for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara, 1989
- 190 · Reflections · Jeffrey Goddin · ss Deathrealm Fll/Win ’89
- 207 · Zombies for Jesus · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss Strained Relations, ed. Alan Bard Newcomer, Eugene: Hypatia Press, 1989
- 216 · The Earth Wire · Joel Lane · ss Winter Chills #3 ’89
- 231 · Sponge and China Tea · D. F. Lewis · ss Dagon #26 ’89
- 236 · The Boy with the Bloodstained Mouth · W. H. Pugmire · vi Nocturne #2 ’89
- 238 · On the Dark Road · Ian McDowell · ss F&SF Jan ’89
- 256 · Narcopolis · Wayne Allen Sallee · pm Narcopolis & Other Poems, ed. Peggy Nadramia, Hell’s Kitchen Productions, 1989
- 262 · Nights in the City · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss A Silver Thread of Madness, Ace, 1989
- 274 · Return to the Mutant Rain Forest · Bruce Boston & Robert Frazier · pm Masques #3, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1989
- 279 · The End of the Hunt · David Drake · ss New Destinies, Vol. VIII, ed. Jim Baen, Baen, 1989
- 291 · The Motivation · David Langford · ss Arrows of Eros, ed. Alex Stewart, NEL, 1989
- 309 · The Guide · Ramsey Campbell · ss Post Mortem: New Tales of Ghastly Horror, ed. Paul F. Olson & David B. Silva, St. Martin’s, 1989
- 324 · The Horse of Iron and How We Can Know It and Be Changed by It Forever · M. John Harrison · ss Tarot Tales, ed. Rachel Pollack & Caitlin Matthews, Legend, 1989
- 342 · Jerry’s Kids Meet Wormboy · David J. Schow · nv Book of the Dead, ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Bantam, 1989
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The Scathach and Maeve’s Daughters Mary Alexander Walker (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31638-0, Nov ’90, $12.95, 119pp, hc, cover by Patricia Mulvihill) Young-adult fantasy novel of the supernatural Scathach, sworn to aid all female descendants of an eighth century Celtic princess. The book covers four eras as quasi-independent stories.
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Lullabye Patricia Wallace (Zebra 0-8217-2917-9, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 287pp, pb) Horror novel. A comatose young mother becomes a murderous zombie.
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Thrill Patricia Wallace (Zebra 0-8217-3142-4, Oct ’90, $4.50, 383pp, pb) Horror thriller about a deadly near-future state-of-the-art amusement park built on ancient Indian sacred land.
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Forgotten Realms: Pool of Radiance James M. Ward & Jane Cooper Hong (Penguin 0-14-014584-2, Jul ’90, £3.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Forgotten Realms] Reprint (TSR 1989) fantasy novelization.
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The Rainbow Gate Freda Warrington (NEL 0-450-49149-8, Jan ’90, £13.95, 381pp, hc) Fantasy novel.
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The Rainbow Gate Freda Warrington (NEL 0-450-53626-2, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], £3.99, 381pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1990) fantasy novel.
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Journal Wired #2, Spring 1990 ed. Andy Watson & Mark V. Ziesing (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-24-4, May ’90, $10.00, 175pp, tp, cover by Bob Haas) Original anthology/quarterly magazine of three stories by Shiner, Di Filippo, and Jonathan Lethem plus five non-fiction pieces and an interview with Pat Cadigan plus a cross-interview with Lisa Tuttle and Colin Greenland.
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Journal Wired, Summer/Fall ’90 ed. Andy Watson & Mark V. Ziesing (Watson/Ziesing 0-929480-56-2, Oct ’90, $15.00, 353pp, tp) Original anthology of eight stories, nine nonfiction pieces, six interviews (including William Gibson, Patrick McGrath, and William S. Burroughs) and an excerpt from Patrick McGrath’s novel Spider.
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The Embedding Ian Watson (Gollancz 0-575-04784-4, Jul ’90, £3.99, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1973) sf novel. Volume 44 in the “VGSF Classics” series.
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The Fire Worm Ian Watson (Grafton 0-586-20763-5, May ’90, £3.50, 240pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) Reprint (Gollancz 1988) fantasy/horror novel.
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The Flies of Memory Ian Watson (Gollancz 0-575-04873-5, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], £13.95, 220pp, hc, cover by Mike Litherland) Sf novel of alien contact, created from the novella of the same name by adding four further episodes investigating the effect of the Flies on Earth.
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God’s World Ian Watson (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-574-4, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $17.95, 254pp, hc) Sf novel of alien angels and a Heaven light years from Earth. First American edition (Gollancz 1979).
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Miracle Visitors Ian Watson (Gollancz 0-575-04645-7, Jan ’90, £3.50, 239pp, pb, cover by Jean-François Podevin) Reprint (Gollancz 1978) sf novel. Volume 39 in the “VGSF Classics” series.
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Miracle Visitors Ian Watson (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-608-2, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1978) sf novel of UFOs and alien contact.
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Salvage Rites Ian Watson (Grafton 0-586-20853-4, Aug ’90, £3.50, 252pp, pb, cover by Mike Van Houten) Reprint (Gollancz 1989) sf collection.
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Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor Ian Watson (GW Books 1-872372-29-5, Nov ’90, $8.99, 246pp, tp, cover by Fangorn) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] Fantasy novelization based on the “Warhammer” game. This is a worldwide edition with both UK and US prices.
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Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor Ian Watson (GW Books 1-872372-29-5, Nov ’90, £4.99, 246pp, tp, cover by Fangorn) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] Sf novel set in the “Warhammer 40,000” universe. Book 1 in the “Inquisition War” trilogy.
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Whilom Robert Watson (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-386-5, Sep ’90, $18.95, 216pp, hc, cover by Jeff Fisher) Literary comic fantasy novel retelling Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. First American edition (Bloomsbury 1990).
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The Cyborg and the Sorcerers Lawrence Watt-Evans (Grafton 0-586-20748-1, Apr ’90, £3.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Cyborg and the Sorcerers] Reprint (Del Rey 1982) fantasy novel.
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Nightmare People Lawrence Watt-Evans (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40203-0, Jul ’90, $3.95, 254pp, pb) Horror novel of a race of nightmarish creatures that take over the bodies of humans.
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The Wizard and the War Machine Lawrence Watt-Evans (Grafton 0-586-20750-3, Jun ’90, £3.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Cyborg and the Sorcerers] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) fantasy novel. Sequel to The Cyborg and the Sorcerers.
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Salman Rushdie: Sentenced to Death W. J. Weatherby (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-572-8, Jul ’90, $19.95, 258pp, hc) Associational non-fiction, a biography of Salman Rushdie emphasizing the Satanic Verses controversy.
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My Father Immortal Michael Weaver (NEL 0-450-51609-1, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], £2.99, 228pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1989) sf novel.
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The Halflife Sharon Webb (Tor 0-812-50911-0, Jun ’90, $4.95, 406pp, pb, cover by Mark & Stephanie Gerber) Reprint (Tor 1989) medical/spy thriller with horror and sf elements.
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Short Sharp Shocks ed. Julian Lloyd Webber (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-81147-9, Oct ’90, £13.00, 241pp, hc, cover by Jefferson Godwin) Anthology of 17 horror stories, one original.
- 1 · Introduction · Julian Lloyd Webber · in
- 5 · Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake · Bernard Taylor · ss Frighteners 2, ed. Mary Danby, London: Fontana Books, 1976
- 12 · The Bushmaster · Conrad Hill · nv The 16th Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Herbert van Thal, London: Pan, 1975
- 60 · De Mortuis · John Collier · ss New Yorker Jul 18 ’42
- 67 · The Bright Boy · Arthur Machen · nv The Children of the Pool, Hutchinson, 1936
- 96 · But at My Back I Always Hear · David Morrell · ss Shadows #6, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1983
- 112 · A Weird Day for Agro · J. Yen · vi The 27th Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Clarence Paget, London: Pan, 1986
- 115 · The Litter · James Kisner · ss Masques #2, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1987
- 126 · She’ll Be Company for You · Andrea Newman · nv More Tales of Unease, ed. John Burke, London: Pan, 1969
- 146 · A Complete Collection · Sydney J. Bounds · ss Frighteners 2, ed. Mary Danby, London: Fontana Books, 1976
- 151 · Dead Week · Leonard P. Carpenter · ss Dark Lessons, ed. Marcia Muller & Bill Pronzini, Macmillan, 1985
- 163 · Miss Smith · William Trevor · ss The Day We Got Drunk on Cake, The Bodley Head, 1967
- 176 · The Grief Condition · Conrad Hill · ss *
- 186 · The Other Woman · R. Andrew Hall · ss Tales of Unease, ed. John Burke, London: Pan, 1966
- 199 · Green Fingers · R. C. Cook · ss The 3rd Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Christine Bernard, Fontana, 1968
- 214 · The Tower · Marghanita Laski · ss The Third Ghost Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 222 · The Doll · Francis King · ss The Brighton Belle and Other Stories, Longmans, 1968
- 238 · Dead Call · William F. Nolan · ss Frights, ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martins, 1976
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Insurrection David Weber & Steve White (Baen 0-671-72024-4, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $4.50, 408pp, pb, cover by Paul Alexander) Sf novel about rebellion in a far-future Terran Federation.
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The Devil’s Auction Robert E. Weinberg (Leisure 0-8439-2997-9, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 310pp, pb) [Devil’s Auction] Reprint (Owlswick 1988) horror novel of an auction for witches and warlocks.
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The Eighth Green Man & Other Strange Folk ed. Robert E. Weinberg (Starmont House 1-55742-066-1, 1989 [Aug ’90], $9.95, 171pp, tp) Anthology of ten stories and one poem that originally appeared in Weird Tales in the ’20s and ’30s. A hardcover edition (-067-X, $19.95) was announced but not seen. This is a 1989 book that was not seen until 1990.
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