The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

COYNE, JOHN (P.) (stories) (continued)

• * _Hobgoblin (Warner 0-446-35921-1, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $4.95, 330pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (??? 1981) horror novel of a game that becomes deadly reality.
• * *The Hunting Season (Macmillan 0-02-528590-4, Sep ’87 [Oct ’87], $15.95, 245pp, hc) Associational. Horror novel, but not supernatural even though it has quotes from both King and Straub on the back.
• * _The Hunting Season (Warner 0-446-34321-8, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $4.50, 250pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1987) horror novel.
• * _The Legacy (Ace Charter 0-441-47852-2, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.50, 246pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1979) fantasy horror novel “based on a story by Jimmy Sangster.”
• * _The Piercing (Ace Charter 0-441-66310-9, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $3.50, 261pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1979) horror novel.
• * _The Searing (Charter 0-441-75694-8, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $3.50, 264pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1980) horror novel.
• * _The Shroud (Ace Charter 0-441-76225-5, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.50, 297pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1983) horror novel.

CRABBE, KATHARYN (F.) W. (1945- )

• * *J.R.R. Tolkien (Continuum 0-8044-6106-6, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $9.95, 233pp, tp) Non-fiction: literary criticism and biography. An expansion of the book published in 1981 by Ungar. [Tolkien]

CRACE, JIM (1946- ) (stories)

• * *Continent (Heinemann 0-434-14824-5, Sep ’86 [1986], £4.95, 144pp, hc) Collection of seven loosely-connected stories set on an imaginary continent. Contents taken from Picador 1987 edition. (Contents)
• * _Continent (Picador 0-330-29964-6, Nov ’87, £2.95, 154pp, tp) Reprint (Heinemann 1986) collection of seven loosely-connected stories set on an imaginary continent.
• * *The Gift of Stones (Secker & Warburg 0-436-11282-5, Sep ’88, £9.95, 170pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel.
• * +The Gift of Stones (Macmillan Scribner’s 0-684-19070-2, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $16.95, 170pp, hc) Literary novel about prehistoric man and the coming of the Bronze Age. First American edition (Martin, Secker & Warburg 1988).
• * _The Gift of Stones (Picador 0-330-30601-4, Sep ’89, £3.99, 170pp, tp, cover by Geoff Brightling) Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1988) literary fantasy novel.

CRAFT, KINUKO Y.

• * _Cupid and Psyche (with M. Charlotte Craft) See entry under M. Charlotte Craft.

CRAFT, M. CHARLOTTE

• * *Cupid and Psyche (with Kinuko Y. Craft) (Morrow 0-688-13163-8, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $16.00, 40pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Children’s picture book, a re-telling of the Greek myth with lavish full-color Pre-Raphaelite-type paintings by Kinuko Craft.

CRAGG, DAN (chron.)

• * _Starfist: First to Fight (with David Sherman) See entry under David Sherman.
• * _Starfist: School of Fire (with David Sherman) See entry under David Sherman.
• * _Starfist: Steel Gauntlet (with David Sherman) See entry under David Sherman.

CRAIG, ALISA; pseudonym of Charlotte MacLeod, (1922-2005)

• * *The Grub-and-Stakers House a Haunt (Morrow 0-688-08644-6, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $18.00, 224pp, hc, cover by Roy Pendleton) [Grub-and-Stakers] Mystery/fantasy novel, fifth book in the “Grub-and-Stakers” series of screwball cozies set in a small Canadian town inhabited by a bizarre collection of eccentrics. The cantankerous and bibulous ghost of murdered mule-skinner Hiram Jellyby leads Osbert, Dittany, and Arethusa Monk to his hidden gold and a murderous bank robber. The other books in the series have no fantasy elements. Craig is a pen name for Charlotte MacLeod.

CRAIG, BRIAN; pseudonym of Brian M. Stableford, (1948- ) (stories)

• * *Dark Future: Ghost Dancers (GW Books 1-872372-34-1, May ’91, £4.99, 240pp, tp, cover by John Blanche) Sf novelization. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $8.99. This is a pseudonym for Brian M. Stableford.
• * *Warhammer: Plague Daemon (GW Books 1-872372-05-8, Apr ’90, £4.99, 235pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) [Warhammer: Orfeo] Fantasy novel set in the Warhammer universe. Also available in the US for $8.99. Volume Two in “The Tales of Orfeo”. This is a pseudonym for Brian Stableford.
• * _Warhammer: Plague Daemon (Boxtree 0-7522-0955-8, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], £3.99, 217pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [Warhammer: Orfeo] Reprint (GW Books 1990) fantasy novelization. Volume two in the “Orfeo” series. Craig is a pen-name for Brian Stableford.
• * *Warhammer: Storm Warriors (GW Books 1-872372-17-1, Mar ’91, £4.99/$8.99, 271pp, tp, cover by Fangorn) [Warhammer: Orfeo] Fantasy novelization. Volume 3 in the “Tales of Orfeo” trilogy. This is a pseudonym for Brian M. Stableford.
• * _Warhammer: Storm Warriors (Boxtree 0-7522-0960-4, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], £3.99, 271pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Warhammer: Orfeo] Reprint (GW Books 1991) fantasy novelization. Volume three in the “Orfeo” series. Craig is a pen-name for Brian Stableford.
• * *Warhammer: Zaragoz (GW Books 1-85515-003-4, Nov ’89, £4.99, 245pp, tp, cover by Ian Miller) [Warhammer: Orfeo] Highly enjoyable fantasy about the decaying empire of Zaragoz as seen through the eyes of the wandering minstrel Orfeo. Despite being part of the Warhammer series, this has few of the stereotyped situations of most such novelizations. Strongly recommended. Volume 1 in the “Tales of Orfeo” series. This is a pseudonym for Brian Stableford.
• * _Warhammer: Zaragoz (Boxtree 0-7522-0950-7, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], £3.99, 215pp, pb, cover by Dave Gallagher) [Warhammer: Orfeo] Reprint (GW Books 1989) fantasy novelization. Volume one in the “Orfeo” series. Craig is a pen-name for Brian Stableford.

CRAIG, PATRICIA, ed. (stories)

• * *12 Irish Ghost Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-288070-5, Apr ’98, £4.99, x+144pp, tp) Ghost anthology. (Contents)

CRAIK, MRS. (Dinah Maria Mulock), ed. (1826-1887) (stories)

• * _Classic Book of Fairy Stories (Lamboll 1-85170-107-9, Jun ’87 [Jul ’87], £9.95, 379pp, hc) Reprint (Smith, Elder 1863, as The Fairy Book) collection of fairy stories. Illustrated throughout by Warwick Goble.

CRAM, RALPH ADAMS (1863-1942) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Black Spirits & White: A Book of Ghost Stories (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-54-2, Apr ’93 [May ’93], $5.95, 43pp, ph) Reprint (Stone and Kimball 1895) collection of six ghost stories by an important architect. Order from Necronomicon Press, 101 Lockwood St., West Warwick RI 02893.

CRAMER, ALEXANDER (stories)

• * *A Night in Moonbeam County (Macmillan Scribners 0-684-19704-9, Apr ’94 [May ’94], $15.95, 197pp, hc, cover by Gregory Manchess) Young-adult collection of ten connected ghost stories told by a group of hobos to two teenage boys over a campfire, plus a framing story. (Contents)

CRAMER, JOHN G(leason, Jr.) (1934- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Einstein’s Bridge (Avon 0-380-79279-6, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $13.00, 354pp, tp) Near-future SF novel. A new particle accelerator receives messages from another dimension. A limited hardcover edition (-97510-6, $23.00) is also available.
• * _Einstein’s Bridge (Avon Eos 0-380-78831-4, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $3.99, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1997) near-future, very hard SF novel. This lacks the afterword and glossary of the hardcover edition.
• * *Twistor (William Morrow 0-877-95967-6, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $18.95, 250pp, hc) Hard sf thriller. A first novel.
• * _Twistor (SFBC #15033, Jul ’89 [Oct ’89], $8.98, 309pp, hc) Reprint (Morrow 1989) sf novel.
• * _Twistor (NEL 0-450-55117-2, Jul ’91, £4.99, 370pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 1989) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Twistor (AvoNova 0-380-71027-7, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $3.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) Reprint (Morrow 1989) hard sf thriller.
• * _Twistor (AvoNova 0-380-71027-7, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $5.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Bill Binger) Reissue (Morrow 1989) hard SF thriller.

CRAMER, KATHRYN (Elizabeth), ed. (1962- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Architecture of Fear (with Peter Dennis Pautz) (Arbor House 0-87795-921-8, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $18.95, 304pp, hc) Original anthology with 14 horror stories by Gene Wolfe, Ramsey Campbell, Charles L. Grant, and others. (Contents)
• * _The Architecture of Fear (with Peter Dennis Pautz) (Avon 0-380-70553-2, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.95, 278pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) original anthology of 15 horror stories. Winner of a World Fantasy Award.
• * _The Ascent of Wonder (with David G. Hartwell) See entry under David G. Hartwell
• * _The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (with David G. Hartwell) See entry under David G. Hartwell
• * *Christmas Ghosts (with David G. Hartwell) (Arbor House 0-87795-873-4, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $17.95, 284pp, hc) Anthology of 17 “classic ghost stories of Christmas." (Contents)
• * _Christmas Ghosts (with David G. Hartwell) (Robinson 0-948164-90-5, Oct ’88, £5.95, 284pp, tp) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) anthology of 17 classic ghost stories of Christmas. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Christmas Ghosts (with David G. Hartwell) (Dell 0-440-20217-5, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $3.50, 265pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) anthology of 17 ghost stories relating to Christmas.
• * _Spirits of Christmas (with David G. Hartwell) See entry under David G. Hartwell
• * *Spirits of Christmas (with David G. Hartwell) (Wynwood 0-922066-16-7, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $18.95, 284pp, hc) Anthology of 20 Christmas ghost stories, seven of them originals. (Contents)
• * *Walls of Fear (Morrow 0-688-08967-4, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $19.95, 395pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Original anthology of 16 horror stories, with an introduction by the editor. (Contents)
• * _Walls of Fear (Avon 0-380-70789-6, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $4.99, 395pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) Reprint (Morrow 1990) original anthology of 16 ghost stories, with an introduction by the editor.

CRANCH, CHRISTOPHER PEARSE (1813-1892) (stories)

• * *Three Children’s Novels (University of Georgia Press 0-8203-1507-9, Jul ’93 [Aug ’93], $30.00, 155pp, hc, cover by Christopher Pearse Cranch) Omnibus of three 19th-century American juvenile fantasy novels, The Last of the Huggermuggers: A Giant Story (1856), Kobboltozo: A Sequel to the Last of the Huggermuggers (1857), and a novel not previously published, The Legend of Doctor Theophilus; or, The Enchanted Clothes. Edited and with an introduction by Greta D. Little and Joel Myerson. Available from University of Georgia Press, Athens GA 30602. (Contents)

CRANDALL, MELISSA

• * *Earth 2 (Ace 0-441-00146-7, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $4.99, 264pp, pb) [Earth 2] Novelization of the teleplay by Michael Duggan, Carol Flint, and Mark Levin. Copyrighted by MCA.
• * _Earth 2 (Warner UK 0-7515-1743-7, Jun ’96, £5.99, 264pp, pb) [Earth 2] Reprint (Ace 1994) novelisation of the teleplay. Earth colonists emigrating to a new world are stranded 1000s of miles from their planned destination. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Quantum Leap: Search and Rescue (Boxtree 0-7522-0800-4, Nov ’94, £4.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Quantum Leap] Reprint (Ace 1994) SF novelization. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Quantum Leap: Search and Rescue (Ace 0-441-00122-X, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $4.9, 232pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Quantum Leap] Novelization based on the SF television show. Copyrighted by MCA.
• * *Star Trek #63: Shell Game (Pocket 0-671-79572-4, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $5.50, 277pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization.
• * *Star Trek: Shell Game (Titan 1-85286-459-1, Feb ’93, £3.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Birdsong) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with US (Pocket) edition.

CRANE, ELIZABETH

• * *Reflections in Time (Leisure 0-8439-3254-6, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $4.50, 396pp, pb) Time-travel fantasy historical romance set both in modern and 1880s Louisiana.

CRAWFORD, BETTY ANNE (1952- ); see pseudonyms Lee Creighton, Maxwell Hurley & Sal Liquori

• * *The Bushido Incident (DAW 0-88677-517-5, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $4.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Vincent DiFate) Sf novel set in a 21st century dominated by Japanese business interests. Possibly a first novel.

CRAWFORD, DAN (stories)

• * *Rouse a Sleeping Cat (Ace 0-441-73553-3, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $4.99, 251pp, pb, cover by Bryant Eastman) [Cat and Mouse] Fantasy novel, first book of a new series about the intrigue and magical conspiracy surrounding a nine-year-old king. A first novel.
• * *The Sure Death of a Mouse (Ace 0-441-00024-X, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $4.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Bryant Eastman) [Cat and Mouse] Fantasy novel, sequel to Rouse a Sleeping Cat.
• * *A Wild Dog and Lone (Ace 0-441-00183-1, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $5.50, 360pp, pb, cover by Bryant Eastman) [Cat and Mouse] Fantasy novel, third in the “Cat and Mouse” series.

CRAWFORD, F(rancis) MARION (1854-1909) (stories)

• * _For the Blood is the Life (White Wolf 1-56504-854-7, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $5.99, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1911 as Wandering Ghosts; Unwin as Uncanny Tales) collection of eight ghost stories. This edition adds one ghost story, “The King’s Messenger”, not included in the earlier collection. The introduction by Darrell Schweitzer discusses the book’s history and Crawford’s literary career.

CRAWFORD, GARY WILLIAM (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *J. Sheridan Le Fanu: A Bio-Bibliography (Greenwood Press 0-313-28515-2, Jan ’95 [Jul ’95], $59.95, 155pp, hc) Annotated bibliography of works by and about Le Fanu. Order from Greenwood Publishing, 88 Post Road W., Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [Le Fanu]
• * *Poems of the Divided Self (Nashville House, 1992, 12pp, ph, cover by A. R. Klosterman) Collection of 19 poems. (Contents)
• * *Ramsey Campbell (Starmont 1-557-42036-X, 1988 [Apr ’88], $8.95, 74pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical study. [Campbell]

CRAWFORD, JAMES (stories)

• * *Quinton (Toad Publications 1-872314-00-7, Oct ’89 [Nov ’89], £3.95, 424pp, pb, cover by D. S. Aldridge) Fantasy novel. Volume 1 in “The Historical Beginnings of the Admarian Empire”.

CRAWLEY, TONY (1938- )

• * _The Steven Spielberg Story (Morrow 0-688-02510-2, Jun ’84, $5.45, 159pp, tp) Non-fiction, illustrated biography/filmography. We haven’t seen it, and neither have local bookstores, but Morrow swears it’s out. It was scheduled for last fall. First U.S. edition (Zomba 1983). [Spielberg]

CRAY, ROBERTA

• * *The Sword and the Lion (DAW 0-88677-558-2, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $5.50, 632pp, pb, cover by John How) Epic fantasy novel set during the Bronze Age about the conquest of a great city. Recommended (SW).

CREAN, MICHELLE SHIREY

• * *Dancer of the Sixth (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37912-8, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $3.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) Sf novel about Dancer, a star pilot who is brought face to face with her buried memories when a rescued pilot turns out to be her exact double. A probable first novel.

CREIGHTON, LEE; pseudonym of Betty Anne Crawford

• * *Two Queens of Lochrin (Ace 0-441-83459-0, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $3.50, 181pp, pb, cover by Lisa Palombo) Fantasy novel. A young woman is transported to ancient Scotland. A first novel.

CRENSHAW, NADINE

• * *Celtic Tales: Balor of the Evil Eye (Prima/Proteus 0-7615-0247-5, Jan ’96, $5.99, 238pp, pb) Celtic fantasy novelization based on the computer game from KOEI. Copyrighted by Prima Publishing, with portions copyrighted by KOEI.

CRESSWELL, HELEN; [i.e., Helen Cresswell Rowe] (1934-2005) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Bag of Bones (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-67301-X, Mar ’97 [Jul ’97], £10.99, 207pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _Bag of Bones (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-67302-8, Sep ’97, £3.99, 207pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 1997) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * +Moondial (Macmillan 0-02-725370-8, Oct ’87, $13.95, 202pp, hc) Young-adult time travel novel, a ghost story. First U.S. edition (UK 1987).
• * *Moondial (Faber and Faber 0-571-14805-0, Oct ’87 [Dec ’87], £6.95, 214pp, hc) Juvenile ghost/occult novel.
• * _Moondial (Puffin 0-14-032523-9, Feb ’88, £2.25, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Faber and Faber 1987) time-travel novel.
• * _Return of the Psammead (BBC Children’s Books 0-563-40368-3, Oct ’94, £3.99, 224pp, pb) [Psammead] Reprint (BBC Children’s Books 1992) sequel to the “Psammead” fantasy series by E. Nesbit.
• * _The Secret World of Polly Flint (Macmillan Aladdin 0-689-71532-3, Oct ’91, $3.95, 176pp, hc, cover by Jeffrey Lindberg) Reprint (Macmillan 1982) young-adult fantasy novel of a girl who beomes involved with mysterious time gypsies that no one else can see. Illustrated by Shirley Felts.
• * *Stonestruck (Viking UK 0-670-85890-0, Jun ’95, £10.99, 185pp, hc, cover by Mark Edwards) Young-adult fantasy. A young girl is evacuated from the WW2 London blitz to a Welsh castle whose inhabitants are not all human, nor alive.
• * _Time Out (Lutterworth 0-7188-2658-2, Jun ’87 [Dec ’87], £5.95, 73pp, hc) Juvenile time-travel novella.
• * +The Watchers (Simon & Schuster/Macmillan USA 0-02-725371-6, Oct ’94 [Jan ’95], $15.95, 206pp, hc, cover by Teresa Flavin) Young-adult dark fantasy novel about two runaway children caught up in a battle between good and evil on the grounds of a castle-turned-amusement park after closing time. First American edition (Viking UK 1993).

CREW, GARY (David) (1947- ) (stories)

• * +Strange Objects (Simon & Schuster 0-671-79759-X, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $14.00, 216pp, hc, cover by Kam Mak) Young-adult fantasy novel about a boy’s obssession with found artifacts of a 17th-century shipwreck and massacre that lead to his disappearance into the past. First American edition (Reed International Australia 1990).