The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

COOKE, CATHERINE; [i.e., Catherine Marie Cooke Montrose] (1963- ) (stories)

• * *The Crimson Goddess (Ace 0-441-12199-3, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.95, 232pp, pb) [Winged Assassin] Fantasy novel, third book in the “Winged Assassin” series.
• * *The Hidden Temple (Tor 0-812-53388-7, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 306pp, pb) [Mask] Fantasy novel, third in a trilogy.
• * *Mask of the Wizard (Tor 0-812-53384-4, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $2.95, 384pp, pb) [Mask] Fantasy novel.
• * *Realm of the Gods (Ace 0-441-70840-4, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 218pp, pb) [Winged Assassin] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Winged Assassin.
• * _Realm of the Gods (Orbit 0-7088-8297-8, Jun ’89, £2.99, 218pp, pb) [Winged Assassin] Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel. Sequel to The Winged Assassin. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Veil of Shadow (Tor 0-812-53386-0, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $2.95, 286pp, pb) [Mask] Fantasy novel, sequel to Mask of the Wizard.
• * *The Winged Assassin (Ace 0-441-89425-9, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $2.95, 279pp, pb) [Winged Assassin] Middle-eastern fantasy novel. A young man, the destined lover/sacrifice of a forbidden goddess, becomes involved with demons, gods, emperors, and spies, in his attempts to escape his fate.
• * _The Winged Assassin (Orbit 0-7088-8266-8, Jul ’88, £3.50, 279pp, pb) [Winged Assassin] Reprint (Ace 1987) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

COOKE, JOHN PEYTON (1967- ) (stories)

• * *The Lake (Avon 0-380-75768-0, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 218pp, pb) Horror novel about monstrous evil lurking at the bottom of a lake. A first novel.
• * *Out for Blood (Avon 0-380-75927-6, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $3.95, 313pp, pb, cover by Steve Brennen) Vampire horror novel. A man dying of leukemia saves himself by becoming one of the undead.

COOKE, JUDY, ed. (stories)

• * *Best of Fiction Magazine (with Elizabeth Bunster) (J.M. Dent 0-460-02464-7, Mar ’86, £4.95, 312pp, tp) Anthology with stories by Brian Aldiss, Alasdair Gray, Russell Hoban, etc. Mostly associational. (Contents)

COOKE, NATHALIE

• * *Margaret Atwood: A Biography (ECW Press 1-55022-308-9, Oct ’98, C$24.95, 378pp, hc, cover by Charles Pachter) Associational non-fiction, biography. Includes notes and index. Order from ECW Press, 2120 Queen St. E., Suite 200, Toronto ON Canada M4E 1E2. [Atwood]

COOL, TOM (1955- ) (stories)

• * *Infectress (Baen 0-671-87763-1, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $5.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) SF novel about a high-tech bio-terrorist and an AI interface.
• * *Secret Realms (Tor 0-312-86417-5, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $22.95, 304pp, hc) SF novel. Warriors raised in virtual reality discover the real world — and a real war.

COOLING, WENDY, ed.

• * *Aliens to Earth (Dolphin 1-85881-443-X, Mar ’97, £1.00, 71pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Young-adult anthology of five original SF stories by authors including Eric Brown and Douglas Hill. (Contents)
• * *Bad Dreams (Dolphin 1-85881-452-9, Mar ’97, £1.00, 74pp, pb) Young-adult anthology of six original horror stories by authors including Ann Halam. (Contents)
• * *Out of This World: stories of virtual reality (Dolphin 1-85881-602-5, Nov ’97, £1.00, 72pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult anthology of 5 original SF/fantasy stories. (Contents)
• * *Scared Stiff: horror stories (Dolphin 1-85881-599-1, Nov ’97, £1.00, 74pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult anthology of 5 original horror stories. (Contents)
• * *Simply Spooky: ghost stories (Dolphin 1-85881-601-7, Nov ’97, £1.00, 70pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult anthology of 5 original ghost stories. (Contents)
• * *Spine Chillers (Dolphin 1-85881-454-5, Mar ’97, £1.00, 73pp, pb) Young-adult anthology of six original ghost stories. (Contents)
• * *Stranger Than Ever: mysterious stories (Dolphin 1-85881-600-9, Nov ’97, £1.00, 72pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult anthology of 5 original SF/fantasy stories. (Contents)
• * *Surprise Surprise: stories to make you wonder (Dolphin 1-85881-603-3, Nov ’97, £1.00, 72pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult anthology of 5 original genre/mainstream stories. (Contents)
• * *Time-Watch (Dolphin 1-85881-450-2, Mar ’97, £1.00, 74pp, pb) Young-adult anthology of six original SF stories of ‘The Past and the Future’. Authors include Stephen Bowkett. (Contents)
• * *Weird and Wonderful (Dolphin 1-85881-446-4, Mar ’97, £1.00, 70pp, pb) Young-adult anthology of six original weird stories. (Contents)

COOMBE, MARTEN

• * _The Merlin Mystery (with Jonathan Gunson) See entry under Jonathan Gunson.
• * _The Merlin Mystery: The Secret Lies Inside (with Jonathan Gunson) See entry under Jonathan Gunson.

COONEY, CAROLINE B. (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Both Sides of Time (Delacorte 0-385-32174-0, Aug ’95, $10.95, 210pp, tp, cover by Linda M. Benson) [Both Sides of Time] Young-adult time-travel romance.
• * _Both Sides of Time (Dell/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21932-9, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $4.50, 210pp, pb, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Time Travelers] Reprint (Delacorte 1995) young-adult time-travel romance.
• * _Both Sides of Time (Mammoth 0-7497-2678-4, Jun ’97, £3.99, 210pp, pb, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Time Travelers] Reprint (Delacorte 1995) young-adult time-travel romance. First of a series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Caroline B. Cooney Collection (Scholastic UK 0-590-55941-9, Mar ’95, £5.99, 518pp, pb) [*Vampire’s Promise] Omnibus of three vampire novels: The Cheerleader (1991), The Return of the Vampire (1992) and The Vampire’s Promise (1993). Book 6 of the ‘Point Horror Collection’ series. (Contents)
• * *The Cheerleader (Scholastic 0-590-44316-X, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $2.95, 179pp, pb, cover by Newton) [*Vampire’s Promise] Young-adult vampire/horror novel. Vampire cheerleaders.
• * *The Fire (Scholastic 0-590-41641-3, Jun ’90 [Jul ’90], $2.95, 198pp, pb) [Fog] Young-adult horror novel. A teenage girl is menaced by mysterious flames. Third book of a series.
• * _The Fire (Teens 0-7497-0549-3, Dec ’91, £2.99, 198pp, pb, cover by Paul Finn) [Fog] Reprint (Scholastic 1990) young-adult horror novel. Volume 3 in the “Fog” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Fire (Mammoth 0-7497-0549-3, Sep ’94, £2.99, 186pp, pb) [Fog] Reprint (Scholastic 1990) young-adult horror novel. Volume three in the “Christina” trilogy.
• * *The Fog (Scholastic 0-590-43806-9, Aug ’89 [Jul ’90], $2.95, 218pp, pb) [Fog] Young-adult horror novel. A teenage girl is menaced by something evil in the fog. First of a series where the girl is menaced by evil summoned forth by her demonic high school principal.
• * _The Fog (Teens Mandarin 0-7497-0547-7, Oct ’91, £2.50, 218pp, pb, cover by Paul Finn) [Fog] Reprint (Scholastic 1989) young-adult horror novel about a haunted house by the sea. Volume 1 in the “Fog” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Fog (Mammoth 0-7497-0547-7, Sep ’94, £2.99, 216pp, pb) [Fog] Reprint (Scholastic 1989) young-adult horror novel. Volume one in the “Christina” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Freeze Tag (Scholastic 0-590-45681-4, Nov ’92, $3.25, 166pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel of two kids terrorized by a girl whose touch literally freezes her victims.
• * *Night School (Scholastic/Point 0-590-47878-8, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $3.50, 187pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. An instructor with strange powers leads unwary students to evil.
• * _Night School (Scholastic UK 0-590-13513-9, Mar ’96, £3.50, 187pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic/Point 1995) young-adult horror novel. An instructor with strange powers leads students into evil. A ‘Point Horror’ book. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Out of Time (Delacorte 0-385-32226-7, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $10.95, 210pp, tp) [Time Travelers] Young-adult time-travel romance, sequel to Both Sides of Time. A boy in 1895 is locked away because he insists his girlfriend came from the future.
• * _Out of Time (Mammoth 0-7497-2478-1, Jun ’97, £3.99, 210pp, pb, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Time Travelers] Reprint (Delacorte 1996) young-adult time-travel romance, sequel to Both Sides of Time. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Out of Time (Dell/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21933-7, Aug ’97, $4.50, 210pp, pb, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Time Travelers] Reprint (Delacorte 1996) young-adult time-travel romance, sequel to Both Sides of Time.
• * *The Perfume (Scholastic 0-590-45402-1, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $3.25, 167pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel about a girl possessed by the spirit of her unborn twin, who is intent to take over the girl’s life.
• * *Point Horror 3: The Caroline B. Cooney Special Edition (Scholastic UK 0-590-54288-5, Oct ’96 [Dec ’96], £6.99, 378pp, hc) Young-adult horror omnibus of Freeze Tag, The Stranger, and Twins. (Contents)
• * *Prisoner of Time (Delacorte 0-385-32244-5, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $15.95, 200pp, hc, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Time Travelers] Young-adult time-travel romance, third in the series beginning with Both Sides of Time. A desperate Victorian girl flees to the future.
• * *The Return of the Vampire (Scholastic 0-590-44884-6, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $2.95, 166pp, pb) [*Vampire’s Promise] Young-adult horror novel. A teenage girl’s bargain with the vampire who lives in the tower of her new home proves to be a bad one.
• * *The Snow (Scholastic 0-590-41640-5, Feb ’90 [Jul ’90], $2.95, 200pp, pb) [Fog] Young-adult horror novel. A teenage girl is menaced by evil winter weather. Second book of a series.
• * _The Snow (Teens 0-7497-0548-5, Nov ’91, £2.99, 200pp, pb, cover by Paul Finn) [Fog] Reprint (Scholastic 1990) young-adult horror novel. Volume 2 in the “Fog” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Snow (Mammoth 0-7497-0548-5, Sep ’94, £2.99, 201pp, pb) [Fog] Reprint (Scholastic 1990) young-adult horror novel. Volume two in the “Christina” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Stranger (Scholastic 0-590-45680-6, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $3.50, 198pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel of a young girl drawn to a mysterious boy in her class who isn’t quite alive.
• * *The Vampire’s Promise (Scholastic 0-590-45682-2, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $3.50, 166pp, pb) [*Vampire’s Promise] Young-adult horror novel. A group of teenagers wander into a vampire’s lair and are forced to choose his victim from among themselves.

COONEY, ELEANOR (1948- )

• * *Shangri-La (with Daniel Altieri) (Morrow 0-688-12872-6, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $25.00, 324pp, hc, cover by Leland Klanderman) [Lost Horizon] Sequel to James Hilton’s classic Lost Horizon. The People’s Liberation Army of China threatens to plunder Shangri-La in 1966.

COONTZ, OTTO (F.) (1946- )

• * _Isle of the Shapeshifters (Bantam Starfire 0-553-24801-4, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $2.50, 210pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1983) juvenile fantasy novel.
• * _The Night Walkers (Pocket/Archway 0-671-62739-2, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $2.50, 163pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1982) young-adult horror novel.
• * _Night Walkers (Methuen 0-416-07302-6, Oct ’88, £7.95, 192pp, hc) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1982) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _The Night Walkers (Mammoth 0-7497-0044-0, Sep ’97, £3.99, 179pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1982) young-adult horror novel.
• * _The Shapeshifters (Magnet 0-416-10262-X, Oct ’88, £1.95, 209pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1983, as Isle of the Shapeshifters) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *Through the Nightsea Wall (Methuen 0-416-13542-0, Oct ’89 [1989], £8.95, 225pp, hc) [Ausable Odysseys] Young adult fantasy/horror novel. Volume 1 in the “Ausable Odysseys” series. [Not seen]
• * _Through the Nightsea Wall (Teens 0-7497-0145-5, Apr ’91 [Aug ’91], £2.99, 225pp, pb, cover by Bruce Hogarth) [Ausable Odysseys] Reprint (Methuen 1989) young-adult fantasy novel. The First Book in “The Ausable Odysseys”.

COOPER, (Brenda) CLARE (1935- ) (stories)

• * *Ashar of Qarius (Sprint 0-671-69932-6, Oct ’88, £3.50, 160pp, tp) Young-adult sf novel.
• * _Ashar of Qarius (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-200409-2, Apr ’90 [Sep ’90], $14.95, 144pp, hc, cover by Stephen Marchesi) Reprint (Sprint 1988) Young-adult sf novel of two children left alone when the other inhabitants of their space dome disappear.
• * _The Black Horn (Pont Books 1-85902-070-4, Sep ’94, £3.95, 145pp, pb, cover by Robert Gibson) [Simon Jones] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1981) young-adult fantasy novel illustrated by Robert Gibson. Volume one in the “Simon Jones” trilogy.
• * *Earthchange (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-35167-5, Jun ’85 [May ’85], £5.95, 96pp, hc) Young-adult sf novella about Earth after a catastrophe.
• * +Earthchange (Lerner 0-8225-0730-7, Jun ’86, $9.95, 96pp, hc) Juvenile sf novella of an almost destroyed Earth. First U.S. edition. First published Hodder & Stoughton 1985.
• * _The Kings of the Mountain (Pont Books 1-85902-080-1, Sep ’94, £3.95, 160pp, pb, cover by Robert Gibson) [Simon Jones] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1986) young-adult fantasy novel illustrated by Robert Gibson. Volume three in the “Simon Jones” trilogy.
• * *The Settlement on Planet B (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-40257-1, Jun ’87, £6.95, 158pp, hc) Juvenile sf novel. [Not seen]
• * *Time Loft (Pont Books 1-85902-144-1, May ’95, £4.25, 127pp, pb, cover by Suzanne Carpenter) Young-adult SF novel. A young boy is time-napped to 2195.
• * _A Wizard Called Jones (Pont Books 1-85902-075-5, Sep ’94, £3.95, 123pp, pb, cover by Robert Gibson) [Simon Jones] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1984) young-adult fantasy novel illustrated by Robert Gibson. Volume two in the “Simon Jones” trilogy.

COOPER, FIONA (1955- ) (stories)

• * *The Empress of the Seven Oceans (Black Swan 0-552-99490-1, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], £5.99, 381pp, tp, cover by Stephen Player) Literary fantasy novel set in the 17th century.
• * *I Believe in Angels (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-284-X, 1993, £7.99, 146pp, tp, cover by Paula Cox) Original collection of 17 mainstream/fantasy stories (2 reprint). (Contents) [Not seen]
• * *A Skyhook in the Midnight Sun (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-357-9, Aug ’94, £9.99, 425pp, tp, cover by Paula Cox) Literary fantasy novel. A young lesbian comes to terms with her grief under the guidance of her dead lover and other ghosts.

COOPER, ILENE

• * *I’ll See You in My Dreams (Viking 0-670-86322-X, Jun ’97 [Jul ’97], $15.99, 164pp, hc, cover by Joe Baker) Young-adult horror novel. A girl’s dreams show her a menacing future.

COOPER, JEFFREY (B.) (1950- ) (stories)

• * _The Nightmares on Elm Street (Futura 0-7088-3575-9, Sep ’87, £2.50, 216pp, pb) [Freddy] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1987) novelizations of the first three “Freddy” horror films. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Nightmares on Elm Street Omnibus (with Joseph Locke) (Warner UK 0-7515-1758-5, Dec ’96, £7.99, vi+436pp, pb) [Freddy] Dark fantasy omnibus of two novelisations: The Nightmares on Elm Street: Parts 1, 2, 3: The Continuing Story by Cooper (St. Martins’, 1987), and The Nightmares on Elm Street: Parts 4 &5 by Locke (St. Martin’s, 1989). Illustrated with 16 pages of stills. (Contents)
• * *The Nightmares on Elm Street, Parts 1, 2, 3: The Continuing Story (St. Martin’s 0-312-90517-3, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $3.95, 216pp, pb) [Freddy] Novelization of the three films, including “over 25 photographs” from the film series. Supernatural horror.
• * _The Nightmares on Elm Street, Parts 1, 2, 3: The Continuing Story (St. Martin’s 0-312-90517-3, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 216pp, pb) Reissue (St. Martin’s 1987) movie tie-in horror novelization; third printing.

COOPER, JOHN R.

• * *The Lord Falcon: The Making of a Legend (The Book Guild 0-86332-615-3, Aug ’91, £12.95, 220pp, hc, cover by John Grey) [Repositors] Sf novel set in England in 40,000 AD when the world has reverted to feudalism. Volume 1 in the “Repositors” series.

COOPER, LOUISE (née Antell) (1952-2009) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Aisling (Grafton 0-586-21444-5, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £4.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Indigo] Fantasy novel. Book 8 of “Indigo”.
• * +Aisling (Tor 0-812-50808-4, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $4.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Indigo] Fantasy novel, eighth book of the “Indigo” series. First American edition (Grafton 1993).
• * *Avatar (Grafton 0-586-21338-4, Oct ’91, £3.99, 299pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Indigo] Fantasy novel. Book 6 of “Indigo.”
• * +Avatar (Tor 0-812-50802-5, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Indigo] Fantasy novel, sixth book of the “Indigo” series. First American edition (Grafton 1991).
• * *The Avenger (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29111-4, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $4.99, 390pp, pb, cover by Steve Assel) [Chaos Gate] Fantasy novel, third book of the “Chaos Gate” trilogy.
• * _The Avenger (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21446-1, Oct ’93, £4.99, 390pp, pb) [Chaos Gate] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) fantasy novel. Book Three of “Chaos Gate”. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Blood Dance (Puffin 0-14-037638-0, May ’96 [Aug ’96], £2.99, 102pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult dark fantasy novel.
• * *Creatures: If You Go Down to the Woods (Hippo 0-590-11163-9, Nov ’98, £3.50, 152pp, tp) [Creatures] Juvenile horror novel. Book two in a series which reinterprets famous nursery rhymes.
• * *Creatures: Once I Caught a Fish Alive (Hippo 0-590-11162-0, Nov ’98, £3.50, 142pp, tp) [Creatures] Juvenile horror novel. Book one in a new series which reinterprets famous nursery rhymes.
• * *Creatures: See How They Run (Hippo 0-590-54381-4, Nov ’98, £3.50, 148pp, tp) [Creatures] Juvenile horror novel. Book three in a series which reinterprets famous nursery rhymes.
• * *The Dark Caller (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-68173-X, Dec ’97, £3.99, 280pp, pb, cover by John Avon) [Shar Tillmer] Young-adult fantasy novel. A sequel to Daughter of Storms.
• * *Daughter of Storms (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-64070-7, Apr ’96 [May ’96], £3.99, 255pp, pb, cover by John Avon) [Shar Tillmer] Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *The Deceiver (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28821-0, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $4.50, 280pp, pb, cover by Steve Assel) [Chaos Gate] Fantasy novel, first book of the “Chaos Gate” trilogy.