The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

DALEY, BRIAN C. (stories) (continued)

• * *Fall of the White Ship Avatar (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32919-8, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $3.95, 340pp, pb) [Alacrity FitzHugh] Sf novel, concluding the “first trilogy” featuring Alacrity FitzHugh.
• * _Fall of the White Ship Avatar (Grafton 0-586-20679-5, Mar ’90, £3.99, 368pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Alacrity FitzHugh] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel. “The Third Adventure of Alacrity FitzHugh and Hobart Floyt”.
• * *GammaLAW: A Screaming Across the Sky (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42209-0, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $6.99, 358pp, pb, cover by Michael Evans) [GammaLAW] Military SF novel, second in the series.
• * *Gammalaw: Smoke on the Water (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35858-9, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $5.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Michael Evans) [GammaLAW] Military SF novel, first in a new four-book series about elite fighters. Daley finished all four before his death in 1996.
• * *GammaLAW: The Broken Country (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42210-4, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $6.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Michael Evans) [GammaLAW] SF novel, third in the series.
• * *Jinx on a Terran Inheritance (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31488-3, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $3.50, 403pp, pb) [Alacrity FitzHugh] Sf novel, sequel to Requiem for a Ruler of Worlds.
• * _Jinx on a Terran Inheritance (Grafton 0-586-20678-7, Jan ’90, £3.99, 412pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Alacrity FitzHugh] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Alacrity FitzHugh” series.
• * *Requiem for a Ruler of Worlds (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31487-5, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $3.50, 290pp, pb) [Alacrity FitzHugh] Sf novel of intergalactic adventurer Alacrity Fitzhugh.
• * _Requiem for a Ruler of Worlds (Grafton 0-586-20677-9, Sep ’89, £3.99, 334pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino) [Alacrity FitzHugh] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Alacrity FitzHugh” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Wars: Han Solo and the Lost Legacy (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34514-2, Dec ’97, $5.99, 186pp, pb, cover by Dave Dorman) [Star Wars: Han Solo] Reissue (Del Rey 1980) Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. 11th printing.
• * _Star Wars: Han Solo at Stars’ End (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-29664-8, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $5.99, 183pp, pb, cover by Dave Dorman) [Star Wars: Han Solo] Reissue (Del Rey 1979) Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by The Star Wars Corporation.
• * _Star Wars: Han Solo’s Revenge (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-28840-8, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $5.99, 198pp, pb, cover by David Dorman) [Star Wars: Han Solo] Reissue (Del Rey 1979) Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by The Star Wars Corporation. Ninth printing.
• * *Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back NPR Radio Dramatization (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39605-7, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $11.00, 309pp, tp) [Star Wars] Radio play adapted from The Empire Strikes Back film scripts, with an introduction by the author.
• * _Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back: The Original Radio Drama (Titan 1-85286-644-6, Dec ’95, £7.99, 309pp, tp, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Star Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 1995 as Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back NPR Radio Dramatization) illustrated version of the 10-episode dramatisation. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Star Wars: The Han Solo Adventures (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37980-2, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $4.99, 564pp, pb) [Star Wars: Han Solo] Omnibus of Han Solo at Stars’ End (Del Rey 1979), Han Solo’s Revenge (Del Rey 1979) and Han Solo and the Lost Legacy (Del Rey 1980). (Contents)
• * *Star Wars: The NPR Radio Dramatization (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39109-8, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $11.00, 346pp, tp) [Star Wars] Radio play adapted from the Star Wars film scripts, with an introduction by the author. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * _Star Wars: The Original Radio Drama (Titan 1-85286-628-4, May ’95, £7.99, 346pp, tp) [Star Wars] Reprint (Ballantine 1994 as Star Wars: The NPR Radio Dramatization) collected radio scripts, with an Introduction by the author. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Starfollowers of Coramonde (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33954-1, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $3.50, 368pp, pb) [Coramonde] Reissue (Del Rey 1979) fantasy novel in the “Coramonde” series; 8th printing.

DALI, LORENZO

• * *Avenging Angel (Club 199 SN9201, 1992 [Aug ’93], £1.99, 128pp, tp) Erotic horror novel, available from Gordon McGregor Ltd., P.O. Box 44, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 5YD. This is a 1992 book, but has only just been seen.

DALKEY, KARA (Mia) (1953- ) (stories)

• * *Bhagavati (Tor 0-312-86003-X, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $24.95, 382pp, hc, cover by Richard Bober) [Blood of the Goddess] Fantasy novel, third in the “Blood of the Goddess” trilogy set in 1500s India. Thomas Chinnery finally finds the goddess, but a Muslim army and the Inquisition have followed him.
• * *Bijapur (Tor 0-312-86001-3, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $22.95, 285pp, hc, cover by Richard Bober) [Blood of the Goddess] Fantasy novel, second in the “Blood of the Goddess” trilogy set in 1500s India.
• * _Bijapur (Tor 0-812-54943-0, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $6.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Richard Bober) [Blood of the Goddess] Reprint (Tor 1997) fantasy novel, second in the “Blood of the Goddess” trilogy set in 1500s India.
• * *The Curse of Sagamore (Ace 0-441-12619-7, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 232pp, pb) [Curse of Sagamore] Fantasy novel. A reluctant crown prince works to free his line of jester-kings from a curse. A first novel from another of the Minneapolis Fantasy Writers’ Group.
• * *Euryale (Ace 0-441-22336-2, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.50, 217pp, pb) Fantasy novel set in Roman times.
• * *Goa (Tor 0-312-86000-5, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $21.95, 252pp, hc, cover by Richard Bober) [Blood of the Goddess] Fantasy novel set in 1500s India. First book in the “Blood of the Goddess” series.
• * _Goa (Tor 0-812-54942-2, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $5.99, 216pp, pb, cover by Richard Bober) [Blood of the Goddess] Reprint (Tor 1996) fantasy novel set in 1500s India. First book in the “Blood of the Goddess” series.
• * *The Heavenward Path (Harcourt Brace 0-15-201652-X, Apr ’98, $17.00, 230pp, hc, cover by Victor Lee) [Little Sister] Young-adult historical fantasy novel drawing on Japanese myth, sequel to Little Sister. An angry ghost forces Mitsuko to leave her temple and once again seek the help of the shapeshifter Goranu.
• * *Little Sister (Harcourt Brace 0-15-201392-X, Sep ’96, $17.00, 200pp, hc, cover by Victor Lee) [Little Sister] Young-adult historical fantasy novel drawing on Japanese myth.
• * _Little Sister (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038631-9, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $4.99, 200pp, tp, cover by Victor Lee) [Little Sister] Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1996) young-adult historical fantasy novel drawing on Japanese myth.
• * *The Nightingale (Ace 0-441-57973-6, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $16.95, 221pp, hc) Fantasy novel based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale but transfered to medieval Japan and featuring a human singer. Part of the “Fairy Tale” series of retold legends etc.
• * _The Nightingale (Ace 0-441-57446-7, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.95, 221pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale and set in medieval Japan.
• * *Steel Rose (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45639-4, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $5.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Steel Rose] Contemporary fantasy novel of a perfomance artist and elves in Pittsburgh.
• * *The Sword of Sagamore (Ace 0-441-79429-7, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.95, 235pp, pb) [Curse of Sagamore] Humorous fantasy novel of royal intrigue and a magical curse in a mythical kingdom. Sequel to The Curse of Sagamore.

DALMAS, JOHN; pseudonym of John Robert Jones, (1926- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Bavarian Gate (Baen 0-671-87764-X, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $5.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Paul Alexander) [Lion of Farside] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Lion of Farside.
• * *Fanglith (Baen 0-671-55988-5, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $2.95, 245pp, pb) [Fanglith] Sf novel. Spaceships vs armored 11th-century knights.
• * *The General’s President (Baen 0-671-65384-9, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.50, 420pp, pb) Near future sf thriller.
• * *Homecoming (Tor 0-812-53471-9, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $2.95, 247pp, pb) [*Nils Järnhand] Sf novel, sequel to The Yngling.
• * *The Kalif’s War (Baen 0-671-72062-7, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.95, 392pp, pb, cover by David B. Mattingly) [Regiment] Sf adventure novel, third book of the “Regiment” series.
• * *The Lantern of God (Baen 0-671-69821-4, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 407pp, pb) Sf novel about a civilization created by shipwrecked androids.
• * *The Lion of Farside (Baen 0-671-87674-0, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $5.99, 441pp, pb, cover by Paul Alexander) [Lion of Farside] SF novel. A farmer pursues his wife across a dimensional barrier, becoming a warlord in his efforts to get her back.
• * *The Lizard War (Baen 0-671-69851-6, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 307pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Lizard War] Sf military adventure novel with mystical elements set on a far-future Earth that has been conquered by alien lizards.
• * *The Orc Wars: The Yngling Saga, Books I & II (Baen 0-671-72130-5, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $5.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) [*Nils Järnhand] Sf omnibus of The Yngling (Pyramid 1971), the novelette “Exodus — Genesis” (a revised version of a story that originally appeared in Analog 10/70), and Homecoming (Tor 1984). (Contents)
• * _The Playmasters (with Rod Martin) See entry under Rod Martin.
• * *The Reality Matrix (Baen 0-671-65583-3, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $2.95, 310pp, pb) Sf novel about our illusion-created world.
• * *The Regiment (Baen 0-671-65626-0, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.50, 404pp, pb) [Regiment] Military sf novel.
• * *The Regiment’s War (Baen 0-671-72155-0, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.99, 352pp, pb, cover by C. W. Kelly) [Regiment] Military sf novel, fourth book of the “Regiment” series.
• * *Return to Fanglith (Baen 0-671-65343-1, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $2.95, 280pp, pb) [Fanglith] Science fiction novel, sequel to Fanglith. Straightforward sf adventure without Dalmas’ usual mystical element. Recommended. (TM)
• * *The Scroll of Man (Tor 0-812-53425-5, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $2.95, 255pp, pb) Sf novel.
• * *The Three-Cornered War (Baen 0-671-57783-2, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $6.99, 421pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Regiment] Military SF novel, fifth and final in the “Regiment” series.
• * _The Varkaus Conspiracy (Tor 0-812-53477-8, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $2.95, 285pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1983) sf novel, 2nd printing.
• * *The Walkaway Clause (Tor 0-812-53475-1, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $2.95, 253pp, pb) Sf novel featuring galactic assassin Barney Boru.
• * *The White Regiment (Baen 0-671-69880-X, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $3.95, 406pp, pb, cover by David B. Mattingly) [Regiment] Military sf novel, sequel to The Regiment.
• * _The Yngling (Tor 0-812-53473-5, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.95, 252pp, pb) [*Nils Järnhand] Reprint (Pyramid 1971) sf novel, first in a series.
• * _The Yngling (Tor 0-812-53473-5, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $2.95, 254pp, pb) [*Nils Järnhand] Reissue (Pyramid 1971) sf novel about post-catastrophe neo-vikings. First in a series.
• * *The Yngling and the Circle of Power (Baen 0-671-72106-2, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $4.99, 360pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [*Nils Järnhand] Sf novel with mystical elements and swordplay. Part of a long-running series.
• * *The Yngling in Yamato (Baen 0-671-87634-1, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by David O. Miller) SF novel in a long-running series. The post-holocaust neo-Viking travels to Japan.

DALOS, GYÖRGY (Alfred) (1943- )

• * _1985 (Pantheon 0-394-53780-7, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $12.95, 118pp, hc) [1984] Sf novel, sequel to Orwell’s 1984. First U.S. edition (Pluto Press 1983). Also available in tp (-72482-8, $4.95). [Orwell]

DALTON, ANNIE (1948- ) (stories)

• * *The Afterdark Princess (Methuen 0-416-15902-8, Sep ’90 [Oct ’90], £7.95, 115pp, hc, cover by Mike Posen) Young-adult fantasy novel about a babysitter who is more than she seems. Illustrated throughout by Kate Aldous.
• * _The Afterdark Princess (Mammoth 0-7497-0999-5, Feb ’92, £2.50, 115pp, tp, cover by Mike Posen) Reprint (Methuen 1990) young-adult fantasy novel about a babysitter who is more than she seems. Winner of the 1991 Nottingham Library Oak Award.
• * *The Alpha Box (Methuen 0-416-15912-5, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], £8.95, 192pp, hc, cover by Roger Stewart) Young-adult horror novel about a strange box with supernatural powers.
• * _The Alpha Box (Mammoth 0-7497-1178-7, Aug ’92 [Sep ’92], £2.99, 192pp, pb, cover by Roger Stewart) Reprint (Methuen 1991) young-adult horror novel.
• * _The Alpha Box (Mammoth 0-7497-1178-7, Jul ’95, £3.50, 192pp, pb, cover by Anthony Kerins) Reissue (Methuen 1991) young-adult horror novel about a strange box with supernatural powers. Third printing.
• * _Naming the Dark (Mammoth 0-7497-1580-4, Mar ’94, £2.99, 232pp, pb, cover by Anthony Kerins) Reprint (Methuen 1992) young-adult fantasy novel. Internally dated 1993.
• * *Night Maze (Methuen Children’s Books 0-416-13532-3, Oct ’89, £8.50, 256pp, hc, cover by Roger Stewart) Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _Night Maze (Teens 0-7497-0322-9, Sep ’93 [Oct ’93], £2.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Roger Stewart) Reprint (Methuen 1989) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _Night Maze (Mammoth 0-7497-0322-9, Nov ’95 [Dec ’95], £3.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Anthony Kerins) Reprint (Methuen 1989) young-adult fantasy novel. The young heir to a wealthy house confronts a centuries-old family curse.
• * _Out of the Ordinary (Teens 0-7497-0007-6, Jul ’89, £2.25, 173pp, pb, cover by Kevin Jones) Reprint (Methuen 1988) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * +Out of the Ordinary (Harper & Row 0-06-021424-4, Sep ’90 [Nov ’90], $14.95, 243pp, hc, cover by Daniel R. Horne) Young-adult fantasy novel of a young girl whose summer job takes her into a fantasy world. A first novel. First American edition (Methuen 1988).
• * _Out of the Ordinary (HarperTrophy 0-06-447081-4, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $3.95, 273pp, pb) Reprint (Methuen 1988) young-adult fantasy novel about a young girl asked by other-worldly visitors to protect an enchanted child.
• * _Out of the Ordinary (Mammoth 0-7497-0007-6, Jan ’96 [Mar ’96], £3.99, 173pp, pb, cover by Andy Walker) Reprint (Methuen 1988) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *Swan Sister (Methuen 0-416-17982-7, Feb ’92, £8.99, 122pp, hc, cover by Tony Kerins) Young-adult fantasy novel about a young girl enchanted by swans.
• * _Swan Sister (Mammoth 0-7497-1065-9, Sep ’93, £2.99, 122pp, pb, cover by Anthony Kerins) Reprint (Methuen 1992) young-adult fantasy novel about a young girl enchanted by swans.

DALTON, SEAN; pseudonym of Deborah Ann Chester, (1957- )

• * *Earth 2: Puzzle (Ace 0-441-00148-3, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $4.99, 230pp, pb) [Earth 2] SF novelization based on the TV show, second in the series. Copyrighted by MCA Publishing Rights.
• * _Earth 2: Puzzle (Warner UK 0-7515-1744-5, Aug ’96, £5.99, 230pp, pb) [Earth 2] Reprint (Ace 1995) novelization of the TV series. Copyrighted by MCA Publishing Rights. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Operation Space Hawks #2: Code Name Peregrine (Ace 0-441-11362-1, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.50, 184pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe) [Operation Space Hawks] Space adventure novel, second book of the “Space Hawks” series.
• * *Operation Space Hawks #3: Beyond the Void (Ace 0-441-14156-0, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $3.95, 203pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe) [Operation Space Hawks] Space adventure novel, third book of the “Space Hawks” series.
• * *Operation StarHawks #4: The Rostma Lure (Ace 0-441-63580-6, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.95, 169pp, pb, cover by David Cherry) [Operation Space Hawks] Sf adventure novel, fourth book in a series previously called “Operation Space Hawks”. Dalton is a pen name for Deborah Chester.
• * *Operation StarHawks #5: Destination: Mutiny (Ace 0-441-63581-4, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $3.95, 181pp, pb, cover by David Cherry) [Operation Space Hawks] Sf adventure novel, fifth book in a series previously called “Operation Space Hawks”. Dalton is a pen name for Deborah Chester.
• * *Operation StarHawks #6: The Salukan Gambit (Ace 0-441-63582-2, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $3.99, 172pp, pb, cover by David Cherry) [Operation Space Hawks] Sf adventure novel, sixth book in a series previously called “Operation Space Hawks”. Dalton is a pen name for Deborah Chester.
• * *Restoration (Ace 0-441-00034-7, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $4.50, 187pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Meyers) [Time-Trap] Time-travel sf adventure novel, fourth book of the “Time/Trap” series. A 26th-century time traveler must defeat a twisted variant of himself on the streets of London during the Great Fire. Dalton is a pen-name for Deborah Chester.
• * *Space Hawks (Ace 0-441-77732-5, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.50, 188pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe) [Operation Space Hawks] Sf space adventure novel, first book of a new series. A first novel.
• * *Termination (Ace 0-441-00201-3, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $4.99, 215pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Time-Trap] SF time-travel novel, fifth and final in the “Time Trap” series. Dalton is a pen name for Deborah Chester.
• * *Time/Trap (Ace 0-441-81256-2, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $3.99, 202pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Time-Trap] Time-travel sf novel about a far-future man in 14th-century Greece, first book of a new series. Dalton is a pen name for Deborah Chester.
• * *Time/Trap: Pieces of Eight (Ace 0-441-66301-X, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $4.50, 185pp, pb, cover by Glen Orbik) [Time-Trap] Time-travel sf adventure novel, third book of the “Time/Trap” series. A 26th-century man is trapped in the 17th-century Caribbean.
• * *Time/Trap: Showdown (Ace 0-441-81257-0, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $4.50, 198pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Time-Trap] Time-travel sf adventure novel, second book of the “Time/Trap” series. A 26th-century man is trapped in the wild West. Dalton is a pen name for Deborah Chester.
• * *Turncoat (Ace 0-441-00117-3, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $4.99, 188pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Time-Trap] SF novel, fourth in the “Time/Trap” series. A 26th-century man is trapped in the middle of America’s Revolutionary War. Dalton is a pen name for Deborah Chester.

DALY, WALLY K.

• * *Doctor Who: Ultimate Evil (Target 0-426-20338-0, Aug ’89, £1.99, 144pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization. This is not part of the normal series and contains the second of the scripts from the 1985 season that was never filmed.

D’AMATO, BRIAN (1962- )

• * *Beauty (Delacorte 0-385-30676-8, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $20.00, 343pp, hc) Literary novel with sf elements of the collaboration between a woman and a radical experimenter in plastic surgery attempting to create the ultimate beauty. A first novel.