The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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Wandering Stars ed. Jack Dann (Jewish Lights Publishing 1-58023-005-9, Apr ’98, $16.95, 240pp, tp, cover by Michael Bogdanow) Reprint (Harper & Row 1974) anthology of 13 stories of Jewish fantasy and SF. Order from Jewish Lights, Sunset Farm Offices, Route 4, PO Box 237, Woodstock VT 05091; credit card orders 800-962-4544; add $3.50 postage.

Clones ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois (Ace 0-441-00522-5, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $5.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Lee MacLeod) Anthology of nine stories about cloning. Authors include Ursula K. Le Guin, Damon Knight, and John Varley.

Immortals ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois (Ace 0-441-00539-X, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $5.99, 258pp, pb, cover by Jean-Francois Podevin) Anthology of eight stories about immortality. Authors include Damon Knight, Robert Silverberg, and Brian W. Aldiss.

Nanotech ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois (Ace 0-441-00585-3, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $5.99, 276pp, pb, cover by Doug Struthers) Anthology of nine stories and one poem about nanotech. Authors include Greg Bear, Nancy Kress, and Greg Egan.

Three in Space ed. Jack Dann, Pamela Sargent & George Zebrowski (White Wolf 1-56504-866-0, Jan ’98, $14.99, 563pp, tp, cover by Lawrence Snelly & Kathleen Ryan) Anthology/omnibus of three space-travel novels: Voyage of the Space Beagle (1950) by A.E. van Vogt, introduced by George Zebrowski; Galaxies (1975) by Barry N. Malzberg, introduced by Jack Dann, and with a 1980 afterword by Marta Randall, and a new afterword by Malzberg; and The Enemy Stars (1959) by Poul Anderson, with introduction by Pamela Sargent.

Dreaming Down-Under ed. Jack Dann & Janeen Webb (HarperCollins (Australia)/Voyager 0-7322-5917-7, Nov ’98, A$24.95, tp, cover by Nick Stathopoulos) Original anthology of 31 stories by Australian writers, with introductions to each; afterwords by the authors discuss their stories. Two short essays by Bruce Gillespie and Judith Raphael Buckrich speculate on the directions George Turner might have taken his unfinished story. Authors include Sean Williams, Cherry Wilder, Terry Dowling, and Lucy Sussex. Preface by Harlan Ellison.

Timeshare: Second Time Around Joshua Dann (Ace 0-441-00567-5, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $5.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Victor Stabin) [Timeshare] SF novel, sequel to Timeshare. Ex-cop John Surrey searches for a missing filmmaker in the 1920s.

Circuit of Heaven Dennis Danvers (Avon Eos 0-380-97447-9, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $14.00, 373pp, hc) [Circuit of Heaven] SF novel. An outsider refuses to abandon his body to join his lover in a virtual-reality cyber-utopia.

Circuit of Heaven Dennis Danvers (SFBC #02193, Apr ’98, $9.98, 373pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Circuit of Heaven] Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) SF novel of cyber-utopia. A poster of the cover art comes with the shrink-wrapped book. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket; it also has its own ISBN 1-56865-683-1.

Circuit of Heaven Dennis Danvers (Avon Eos 0-380-79092-0, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $5.99, 373pp, pb) [Circuit of Heaven] Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) SF novel.

Pig Tales Marie Darrieussecq (The New Press 1-56584-442-4, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $10.95, 151pp, tp, cover by David Smith) Reprint (New Press 1997) literary fantasy novel. A Parisian shop girl turns into a pig, marries a werewolf. Translated by Linda Coverdale from the French Truismes (P.O.L. Press 1996). We apparently missed the hardcover first English-language edition (New Press 1997).

Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (HarperPrism 0-06-105372-4, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $14.00, 302pp, tp, cover by Fletcher Sibthorp) Original anthology of 22 stories of weird sex. Authors include Storm Constantine, Edward Bryant, Brian Stableford, and Tanith Lee.

Black Swan, White Raven ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Avon 0-380-78621-4, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $13.00, 366pp, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Avon 1997) original anthology of adult fairy tales.

The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Eleventh Annual Collection ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (St. Martin’s 0-312-19034-4, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $17.95, 503+cxiii, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Best-of-the-year anthology of 37 stories and nine poems, and 113 additional pages containing a necrology by James Frenkel, summations of 1997 fantasy and horror by the editors, a media summary by Edward Bryant, and a comics summary by Seth Johnson. Also available as a St. Martin’s hardcover (-18778-5, $29.95). Packaged and copyrighted by James Frenkel & Associates.

The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Eleventh Annual Collection ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (SFBC #00010, Nov ’98, $14.98, 503+cxiii, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1998) best-of-the-year anthology. Packaged and copyrighted by James Frenkel & Associates. This is similar to the St. Martin’s edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

Fragments James F. David (Tor 0-812-57147-9, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $6.99, 374pp, pb) Reprint (Forge 1997) horror novel. Five idiot savants are brought together cybernetically to form a sixth personality.

Babylon 5: Thirdspace Peter David (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42454-9, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $5.99, 256pp, pb) [Babylon 5] TV movie tie-in. Copyrighted by Warner Bros.

Star Trek New Frontier: Fire on High Peter David (Pocket 0-671-02037-4, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $6.50, 272pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek: New Frontier] Star Trek novelization, book six in the series. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

Star Trek New Frontier: Martyr Peter David (Pocket 0-671-02036-6, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $6.50, 282pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek: New Frontier] Star Trek novelization, fifth in the series. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

Star Trek New Frontier: The Captain’s Table, Book Five: Once Burned Peter David (Pocket 0-671-02078-1, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $6.50, 262pp, pb) [Star Trek: New Frontier; Captain’s Table] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

Star Trek, the Next Generation: Triangle: Imzadi II Peter David (Pocket 0-671-02532-5, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $23.00, 375pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek, the Next Generation: Imzadi] Star Trek novelization, sequel to Imzadi. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

Star Trek: New Frontier Peter David (SFBC #18942, Jan ’98, $12.98, 469pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek: New Frontier] Omnibus of four Star Trek novelizations in the “New Frontier” series: House of Cards, Into the Void, The Two-Front War, and End Game (all Pocket 1997). Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. This special Guild America edition has ISBN 1-56865-502-9, and is simultaneous with the Pocket mini-hardcover.

Star Trek: New Frontier Peter David (Pocket 0-671-01978-3, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $15.00, 184pp, hc) [Star Trek: New Frontier] Omnibus of the first four Star Trek novelizations in the “New Frontier” series: House of Cards, Into the Void, The Two-Front War, and End Game (all Pocket 1997). A mini-hardcover edition, simultaneous with the SFBC edition. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

Star Trek: New Frontier: Prometheans Peter David (SFBC #17462, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $12.98, 404pp, hc, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek] Omnibus of two Star Trek novelizations, Martyr and Fire on High. This special SFBC edition has ISBN 1-56865-742-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

The Avram Davidson Treasury Avram Davidson (Tor 0-312-86729-8, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $27.95, 447pp, hc) Collection of 38 stories, with introductions to each by a different noted author, including Ursula K. Le Guin, William Gibson, and Peter S. Beagle. There are introductions by editors Robert Silverberg & Grania Davis, and afterwords by Ray Bradbury and Harlan Ellison.

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