The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998


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Doctor Who: Alien Bodies Lawrence Miles (BBC Books 0-563-40577-5, Nov ’97, £4.99, 313pp, pb) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 6 of the BBC “New Adventures” series starring the eighth Doctor.


The New Adventures: Down Lawrence Miles (New Adventures 0-426-20512-X, Sep ’97, £4.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelization based on characters from the Doctor Who series, without the Doctor.


Myst: The Book of D’ni Rand Miller & David Wingrove (Bantam UK 0-593-04026-0, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £17.99, 318pp, hc) [Myst] Reprint (Hyperion 1997) fantasy novelization based on the computer game. Third in the series. Copyrighted by Cyan, Inc. Issued without a dustjacket. [First U.K. edition]


Myst: The Book of Ti’Ana Rand Miller & David Wingrove (Bantam UK 0-593-04023-6, Dec ’96, £17.99, 323pp, hc) [Myst] Reprint (Hyperion 1996) fantasy novelisation. Volume 2 in the series. [First U.K. edition]


Myst: The Book of Ti’Ana Rand Miller & David Wingrove (Corgi 0-552-14387-1, Nov ’97, £5.99, 478pp, pb) [Myst] Reprint (Hyperion 1996) fantasy novelization based on the computer game. Second in the series. Copyrighted by Cyan, Inc.


Ladylord Sasha Miller (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648304-6, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 382pp, pb, cover by Chris Baker) Reprint (Tor 1996) fantasy novel. A woman tries to hold power in an Asia-like world where women cannot rule. [First U.K. edition]


A Canticle for Leibowitz Walter M. Miller, Jr. (Orbit 1-85723-014-0, Sep ’97, £5.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Peter Goodfellow) [St. Leibowitz, Order of] Reissue (Lippincott 1960) classic, award-winning SF novel set after an atomic war. Third printing.


Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman Walter M. Miller, Jr. (Orbit 1-85723-013-2, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], £16.99, 403pp, hc) [St. Leibowitz, Order of] SF novel. A companion to the classic A Canticle for Leibowitz, written with the “editorial contribution” of Terry Bisson, who completed the manuscript after Miller’s death. Set in the 33rd century, between the second and third parts of Canticle.


Fall of Angels L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Orbit 1-85723-446-4, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], £16.99, 560pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Recluce] Reprint (Tor 1996) fantasy novel. A distant prequel to the “Recluce” series. A paperback (export only) edition (-447-2, £6.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]


Fall of Angels L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Orbit 1-85723-447-2, Sep ’97, £6.99, 560pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Recluce] Reprint (Tor 1996) fantasy novel. A distant prequel to the “Recluce” series.


Independence Day: Silent Zone Stephen Molstad (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224671-6, Aug ’97, £16.99, 268pp, hc) [Independence Day] SF novelisation based on the film. Simultaneous with the US (HarperPrism) edition.


The Deed of Paksenarrion Book 1: Sheepfarmer’s Daughter Elizabeth Moon (Legend 0-09-924122-6, Aug ’97 [Oct ’97], £5.99, 506pp, pb, cover by Kevin Davies) [Deed of Paksenarrion] Reprint (Baen 1988) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]


Earl Aubec and Other Stories Michael Moorcock (Orion 0-75280-912-1, Dec ’97, £6.99, 700pp, pb, cover by Yoshitaka Amano) Reprint (Millennium 1993) collection. This has been lightly revised and corrected for this paperback edition. Volume 13 in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”.


Legends from the End of Time Michael Moorcock (Orion 0-75280-649-1, Jun ’97, £6.99, ii+404pp, pb, cover by Mark Reeve) [Dancers at the End of Time] Reprint (Harper & Row 1976) fantasy collection, significantly revised from its 1993 Millennium edition. Includes the complete novel Constant Fire (a revised retitle of The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming W.H. Allen 1977), and the full text of the story “Elric at the End of Time”. The 1993 edition mistakenly omitted all of the novel except a revised chapter, and missed the last six lines of the “Elric” story.


The Prince with the Silver Hand Michael Moorcock (Orion 0-75280-877-X, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £6.99, ii+440pp, pb, cover by Yoshitaka Amano) [Corum] Reprint (Grafton 1987 as The Chronicles of Corum) fantasy omnibus of the second Corum trilogy — The Bull and the Spear, The Oak and the Ram and The Sword and the Stallion. Volume 10 in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”. The text was revised for the 1993 Millennium edition and is further corrected for this paperback.


Stormbringer Michael Moorcock (Orion 0-75280-906-7, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £6.99, 816pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [Elric] Reprint (Millennium 1993) fantasy omnibus of The Sleeping Sorceress, The Revenge of the Rose, Stormbringer and three other Elric stories. Revised for this paperback edition. Volume 12 in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”.


The War Amongst the Angels Michael Moorcock (Orion 0-75281-079-0, Aug ’97 [Sep ’97], £6.99, 301pp, pb, cover by Gustav Moreau) [Von Bek] Reprint (Millennium 1996) literary SF novel. Last in “The Second Ether” trilogy, part of the “Von Bek” family series.


Elric: The Return to Melniboné Michael Moorcock & Philippe Druillet (Jayde Design 0-9520074-3-6, Aug ’97, £10.00, 21pp, tp, cover by Philippe Druillet) [Elric] Reprint (Unicorn 1973) short graphic novel in an outsized edition. Illustrated by Druillet, and with text by Moorcock. A new afterword explains this rare item’s history. Available from Jayde Design, 45 St Mary’s Mansions, St Mary’s Terrace, London W2 1SH.


The New Nature of the Catastrophe ed. Michael Moorcock & Langdon Jones (Orion 0-75280-600-9, Mar ’97, £6.99, 500pp, pb, cover by Mark Reeve) [Jerry Cornelius] Reprint (Millennium 1993) revised edition of an anthology of Jerry Cornelius stories, including the entire contents (bar two James Sallis stories) of The Nature of the Catastrophe (Hutchinson 1971), The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius (revised edition Harrap/Grafton 1987), and ten further stories in the canon (four by Moorcock). This edition drops the comic strip from International Times, adds a 1995 Moorcock story (with a significant change in its last line), retitles two stories, and revises the article/bibliography by John Davey which puts it all in context. Volume nine in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”.


Voice of the Fire Alan Moore (Gollancz/Indigo 0-575-40055-2, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £5.99, 320pp, tp, cover by Robert Mason) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) literary fantasy novel.


Arthur: High King of Britain Michael Morpurgo (Mammoth 0-7497-1874-9, May ’97, £4.50, 234pp, tp, cover by Michael Foreman) Reprint (Pavilion 1994) young-adult Arthurian fantasy novel. Arthur tells his life story—1400 years after his transport to Lyonesse.


The Ghost of Grania O’Malley Michael Morpurgo (Mammoth 0-7497-2582-6, Oct ’97, £3.99, 183pp, pb, cover by Dan Williams) Reprint (Heinemann 1996) young-adult ghost novel.


The Chronicles of the Magi: The City of Stars Dave Morris (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-67300-1, May ’97, £3.99, 230pp, pb, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [Chronicles of the Magi] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book 3 in the series.


The Chronicles of the Magi: The Kingdom of Dream Dave Morris (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-67299-4, Apr ’97 [May ’97], £3.99, 198pp, pb, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [Chronicles of the Magi] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book 2 in the series.


Doctor Who: The Bodysnatchers Mark Morris (BBC Books 0-563-40568-6, Aug ’97, £4.99, 280pp, pb) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 3 of the BBC “New Adventures” series starring the 8th Doctor.


Longbarrow Mark Morris (Piatkus 0-7499-0385-6, Jun ’97 [May ’97], £16.99, 442pp, hc, cover by Sam Hadley) Dark fantasy novel.


Mr. Bad Face Mark Morris (Piatkus 0-7499-3022-5, Jun ’97 [May ’97], £5.99, 432pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) Reprint (Piatkus 1996) non-supernatural horror novel.


Eternity Weeps Jim Mortimore (Virgin 0-426-20497-2, Jan ’97, £4.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) Original novel based in the Doctor Who universe. The name Doctor Who is specifically NOT used as the imprint, in the title, or on the cover. This is a world-wide edition, available in the US for $5.95. Volume 58 in “The New Adventures”.


Space Truckers Jim Mortimore (Boxtree 0-7522-2218-X, May ’97, £4.99, 239pp, pb) SF novelisation based on the screenplay by Ted Mann. Internally dated 1996.


The Tolkien Quiz Book Andrew Murray (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10346-6, Nov ’96 [Jan ’97], £4.99, 148pp, tp, cover by Ted Nasmith) Reference book. [J. R. R. Tolkien]


Aliens: Music of the Spears Yvonne Navarro (Millennium 1-85798-486-2, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £16.99, 310pp, hc, cover by John Bolton) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novelisation. [First U.K. edition]


Aliens: Music of the Spears Yvonne Navarro (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-611-3, Nov ’97, £4.99, 279pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novelization.


The Bloody Red Baron Kim Newman (Pocket UK 0-671-85451-8, Apr ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Dracula] Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1995) alternate-world fantasy novel, sequel to Anno Dracula.


Jago Kim Newman (Pocket UK 0-671-85580-8, May ’97, £6.99, 537pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1991) dark fantasy novel.


Dark Skies: The Awakening Stan Nicholls (Bantam UK 0-553-50619-6, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], £4.99, 300pp, pb) [Dark Skies] Novelization of the TV series.


The Shadow of the Sorcerer Stan Nicholls (Scholastic UK 0-590-13971-1, Nov ’97, £3.99, 245pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Nightshade Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 2 in “The Nightshade Chronicles” trilogy.


The Pathless Way Adam Nichols (Orion 1-85798-316-5, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], £5.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Kenson Low) [War of the Lords Veil] Reprint (Millennium 1996) fantasy novel, set in the same world as The War of the Lords Veil.


The War of the Lords Veil Adam Nichols (Orion 1-85798-256-8, Jul ’97, £5.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Kenson Low) [War of the Lords Veil] Reprint (Millennium 1994) fantasy novel.


Destiny’s Road Larry Niven (Orbit 1-85723-547-9, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £16.99, 438pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Heorot] Reprint (Tor 1997) SF novel. A man explores the fate of the lost first settlers of Planet Destiny. Set in the same world as Niven’s co-authored The Legacy of Heorot and Dragons of Heorot. [First U.K. edition]


Ringworld Larry Niven (Orbit 1-85723-169-4, Jul ’97, £5.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Ringworld] Reissue (Ballantine 1970) classic SF novel, winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards. First in the “Ringworld” series.


The Ringworld Throne Larry Niven (Orbit 1-85723-470-7, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], £5.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Ringworld] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 1996) SF novel, third in the “Ringworld” series.


The X-Files #1: The Calusari Garth Nix (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648324-0, May ’97 [Jul ’97], £3.99, 100pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novellasation of the Chris Carter series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.


Automated Alice Jeff Noon (Corgi 0-552-14478-9, Oct ’97, £6.99, 152pp, tp, cover by Ian Murray) [Alice] Reprint (Crown 1996) literary fantasy novel.


Nymphomation Jeff Noon (Doubleday UK 0-385-40812-9, Oct ’97, £15.99, 362pp, hc, cover by Ian Murray & Tim Fieldstead) [Vurt] SF novel in the “Vurt” series..


Aquila Andrew Norris (Puffin 0-140-38365-4, Nov ’97, £3.99, 139pp, pb) Novelization of an upcoming young-adult SF/fantasy series on BBC TV.


The Borrowers Mary Norton (Puffin 0-140-38415-4, Nov ’97, £3.99, 145pp, pb) [Borrowers] Reissue (Dent 1952) young-adult fantasy novel in the “Borrowers” series. A film tie-in edition.


The Borrowers Afield Mary Norton (Puffin 0-140-39029-4, Nov ’97, £3.99, 189pp, pb) [Borrowers] Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1955) young-adult fantasy novel in the “Borrowers” series. A film tie-in edition.


The Borrowers Aloft Mary Norton (Puffin 0-140-39039-1, Nov ’97, £3.99, 169pp, pb) [Borrowers] Reissue (Dent 1961) young-adult fantasy novel in the “Borrowers” series. A film tie-in edition.


The Borrowers Avenged Mary Norton (Puffin 0-140-39043-X, Nov ’97, £3.99, 286pp, pb) [Borrowers] Reissue (Kestrel 1982) young-adult fantasy novel in the “Borrowers” series. A film tie-in edition.


The Complete Borrowers Mary Norton (Puffin 0-140-38416-2, Nov ’97, £6.99, 820pp, pb) [Borrowers] Young-adult fantasy omnibus of all six “Borrowers” books, the five novels: The Borrowers (1952), The Borrowers Afield (1955), The Borrowers Afloat (1959), The Borrowers Aloft (1961), The Borrowers Avenged (1982), and the collection Poor Stainless, with an introduction by Norton. A film tie-in edition.


The Outer Limits: Volume Two ed. Debbie Notkin (Boxtree 0-7522-0279-0, May ’97, £4.99, 292pp, pb) Reprint (Prima/Proteus 1997) original anthology of four stories, one a reprint, based on episodes of the television show (both original and new series). Authors are Diane Duane, Fredric Brown, Michael Marano, and Richard Lupoff. Copyrighted by Outer Limits Productions, with trademark licensing by MGM/UA. [First U.K. edition]


The Outer Limits: Volume One ed. Debbie Notkin & Roger Stewart (Boxtree 0-7522-0274-X, Apr ’97, £4.99, 250pp, pb) Reprint (Prima 1996) anthology of adaptations of The Outer Limits episodes from the old and new series, plus Harlan Ellison’s “Soldier”. [First U.K. edition]


The Outer Limits: Volume Three ed. Debbie Notkin & Roger Stewart (Boxtree 0-7522-0284-7, Jul ’97, £4.99, xiv+251pp, pb) Reprint (Prima/Proteus 1997) anthology of four stories: one reprint and three based on episodes of the TV series. [First U.K. edition]


A Game of Universe Eric S. Nylund (NEL 0-340-64949-6, Feb ’97, £5.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) Reprint (AvoNova 1997) fantasy/SF novel. [First U.K. edition]


Doctor Who: The Room with No Doors Kate Orman (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20500-6, Feb ’97, £4.99, 259pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series.


Virtual Love Susan Oudot (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-81714-4, May ’97, £9.99, 454pp, tp) Literary SF novel. Virtual reality suits, tailored for feminists.


The Third Pandemic Pierre Ouellette (NEL 0-340-68879-3, Jun ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Stewart Larking) Reprint (Pocket 1996) SF thriller of worldwide plague.


The X-Files #7: Control Everett Owens (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648330-5, Oct ’97, £3.99, 127pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novelization of the TV series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins/Trophy) edition.


Glass Stephen Palmer (Orbit 1-85723-475-8, Jun ’97 [May ’97], £5.99, 341pp, pb) SF novel.


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