The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

DERLETH, AUGUST (William) (stories) (continued)

• * _Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (Grafton 0-586-20344-3, Sep ’88, £3.99, 508pp, pb) Reprint (Arkham House 1969) horror anthology. (Contents)

DERMAN, MARTHA

• * *Tales from Academy Street (Scholastic 0-590-43703-8, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $13.95, 103pp, hc, cover by Norman Walker) Young-adult fantasy about a street where children begin to notice strange things happening.
• * _Tales from Academy Street (Scholastic 0-590-43704-6, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $2.95, 103pp, tp) Reprint (Scholastic 1991) young-adult fantasy novel about a street where children begin to notice strange things happening.

DERRICKSON, FRASER, ed. (stories)

• * *Would Could Should (A.S.F.A.E. Society, 1988, 55pp, ph) Pamphlet containing nine stories by members of The American Science Fiction Authors and Editors Society. (Contents)

de SÁ-CARNEIRO, MÁRIO (stories)

• * *The Great Shadow (and other stories) (Dedalus 1-873982-72-0, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], £8.99, 249pp, tp, cover by Lise Weisgerber) Literary fantasy collection of 8 stories. Translated, with a Foreword, by Margaret Jull Costa from Céu em fogo (Portugal, 1915). (Contents)

DeSAIX, FRANK

• * *Hilary and the Lions (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-33237-1, Sep ’90 [Oct ’90], $13.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Debbi Durland Desaix) Children’s picture book, also of interest to adults, about the stone lions at the New York Public Library coming to life, with full-color illustrations by Debbi Durland Desaix.

DE SENA, JORGE

• * *The Wondrous Physician (J.M. Dent/Everyman 0-460-02463-9, Mar ’86, £3.95, 123pp, pb) First English-language version (translated from Portuguese by Mary Fitton) of a fantasy novel “set in a world of sorcery, superstition and magic.”

DesJARDIN, MARIE

• * *For the Time Being (Write Way 1-885173-46-6, Feb ’98, $15.95, 438pp, hc) SF novel. Super-intelligent college students are kidnapped by aliens to build a time machine. Order from Write Way Publishing, 10555 E. Dartmouth, Suite 210, Aurora CO 80014.

DESJARLAIS, JOHN (Joseph) (1953- )

• * *The Throne of Tara (Crossway Books 0-89107-574-7, Jul ’90, $8.95, 249pp, tp, cover by Chuck Gillies) Celtic Christian fantasy novel about the life of St. Columba, who carried Christianity to sixth-century Scotland.

DESMOULINS, MELANIE

• * *The Snake (Velvet Publications 1-871592-82-8, Oct ’97 [Dec ’97], £7.95, 154pp, tp) Erotic dark fantasy novel. A young widow is seduced into the coils of Satan.

DESOTO, JOHN

• * *The Sex Files: File 3: Unnatural Blonde (Headline Delta 0-7472-5730-2, Sep ’97, £5.99, 218pp, pb) [Sex Files] Explicitly erotic SF/fantasy novel in a series emulating The X-Files. A famous sex symbol makes a comeback from the dead.

DesROCHERS, DIANE

• * *Walker Between the Worlds (Llewellyn Publications 1-56718-224-0, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $6.99, 435pp, pb, cover by Erin McKee) Science fantasy novel. Alan Kolkey must use his “highly developed psychic powers and archetypal energies” to save Earth from a comet collision, and cope with an old girlfriend from a past life. A first novel. Available from Llewellyn Publications, PO Box 64383, St. Paul MN 55164-0383.

DE STEFANO, ANTHONY; see pseudonym Anthony John

DEUDON, ERIC HOLLINGSWORTH, ed. (stories)

• * _The Nightcharmer and Other Tales of Claude Seignolle See entry under Claude Seignolle.

DEUKER, CARL

• * _On the Devil’s Court (Avon Flare 0-380-70879-5, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $2.99, 252pp, pb) Reprint (Little, Brown 1988) young-adult horror novel of a teenager who sells his soul to the devil to become a high school basketball star.

DEVENPORT, EMILY (1957- ) (stories)

• * *Eggheads (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45517-7, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $5.99, 323pp, pb, cover by Donato) [Eggheads] SF novel. A poor woman hopes to make her fortune prospecting in the ruins of the long-vanished alien Earlies.
• * *GodHeads (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45680-7, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $5.99, 334pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Eggheads] SF novel, a distant sequel to Eggheads. A special agent and a reprogrammed criminal are sent to infiltrate the GodHeads’ interstellar communications network.
• * *The Kronos Condition (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45554-1, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $5.99, 334pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) SF novel. Young people with godlike psionic powers oppose their ruthless mentors.
• * *Larissa (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45276-3, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $4.99, 284pp, pb) [Shade] Sf novel of a human girl fighting for survival on a world ruled by hostile aliens. Set in the same world as Shade.
• * *Scorpianne (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45318-2, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.99, 250pp, pb) Sf novel of a woman who flees from Earth to Mars to escape a deadly assassin.
• * *Shade (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45062-0, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.99, 246pp, pb) [Shade] Sf novel of a runaway girl in an extraterrestrial ghetto who becomes a pawn in the conflict between three alien races. A first novel.
• * _Shade (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4298-7, Apr ’92, £5.99, 246pp, tp, cover by Namara) [Shade] Reprint (Roc 1991) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]

DEVER, JOE (1956- ) (stories)

• * *The Dark Door Opens (with John Grant) (Beaver 0-09-963760-X, Jun ’89 [May ’89], £2.50, 272pp, pb) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novelization. Volume 2 in the “Legends of Lone Wolf” series.
• * *Eclipse of the Kai (with John Grant) (Beaver 0-09-963750-2, Jun ’89 [May ’89], £2.50, 237pp, pb) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novelization. Volume 1 in the “Legends of Lone Wolf” series.
• * +Legends of Lone Wolf #1: Eclipse of the Kai (with John Grant) (Berkley 0-425-12314-6, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $3.50, 237pp, pb) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Novelization based on the “Lone Wolf” game, with illustrations by Brian Williams. First American edition (Beaver 1989).
• * +Legends of Lone Wolf #2: The Dark Door Opens (with John Grant) (Berkley 0-425-12439-8, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $3.50, 272pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Novelization based on the “Lone Wolf” game, with illustrations by Brian Williams. First American edition (Beaver 1989).
• * +The Legends of Lone Wolf #3: The Tides of Treachery (Berkley 0-425-12551-3, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $3.50, 182pp, pb) [Lone Wolf] Novelization based on the “Lone Wolf” game, with illustrations by Brian Williams. Originally published as the first half of the third book in the U.K. First American edition (Beaver 1989 as The Sword of the Sun).
• * +The Legends of Lone Wolf #4: The Sword of the Sun (Berkley 0-425-12650-1, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.95, 182pp, pb) [Lone Wolf] Novelization based on the “Lone Wolf” game, with illustrations by Brian Williams. Originally published as the second half of the third book in the U.K. First American edition (Beaver 1989 as The Sword of the Sun).
• * +The Legends of Lone Wolf #5: Hunting Wolf (Berkley 0-425-12769-9, Jun ’91, $3.95, 226pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Lone Wolf] Novelization based on the “Lone Wolf” game, with illustrations by Brian Williams. This is the fourth book of the English series. First American edition (Beaver 1990).
• * *Legends of Lone Wolf 11: The Secret of Kazan-Oud (with John Grant) (Red Fox 0-09-915211-8, Jun ’94, £3.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Peter Andrew Jones) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novel. John Grant is a pseudonym for Paul Barnett.
• * *The Legends of Lone Wolf 12: The Rotting Land (with John Grant) (Red Fox 0-09-915221-5, Dec ’95 [Feb ’96], £3.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Peter Andrew Jones) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novel. A limited edition booklet (25 copies, signed) of Grant’s History Book: A ‘Thog the Mighty’ Text, was published at Eastercon ’94. That fantasy tale forms the ‘framing sequence’ to this new novel.
• * *The Legends of Lone Wolf Omnibus (with John Grant) (Red Fox 0-09-921971-9, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], £5.99, 508pp, pb, cover by Peter Andrew Jones) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Omnibus of the first two volumes of this young-adult fantasy novelization series. (Contents)
• * *Legends of Lone Wolf: Hunting Wolf (with John Grant) (Beaver 0-09-963780-4, Apr ’90, £2.99, 304pp, pb) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 4 in the series.
• * *The Legends of Lone Wolf: The Birthplace (with John Grant) (Red Fox 0-09-979890-5, Jun ’92, £3.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Peter Andrew Jones) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novelization based on the “Lone Wolf” game. Volume seven in the series.
• * *The Legends of Lone Wolf: The Book of the Magnakai (with John Grant) (Red Fox 0-09-979900-6, Nov ’92, £3.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Peter Andrew Jones) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novelization based on the “Lone Wolf” game. Volume eight in the series.
• * *The Legends of Lone Wolf: The Claws of Helgedad (with John Grant) (Arrow 0-09-979870-0, Jun ’91, £3.99, 268pp, pb, cover by Peter Jones) [Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 5 in the series.
• * *The Legends of Lone Wolf: The Lorestone of Varetta (with John Grant) (Red Fox 0-09-915201-0, Feb ’94, £3.99, 270pp, pb, cover by Peter Andrew Jones) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 10 in the series.
• * *The Legends of Lone Wolf: The Sacrifice of Ruanon (with John Grant) (Arrow 0-09-979880-8, Nov ’91, £3.99, 366pp, pb, cover by Peter Jones) [Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novelization. Volume 6 in the series.
• * *The Legends of Lone Wolf: The Tellings (with John Grant) (Red Fox 0-09-915191-X, May ’93 [Apr ’93], £3.99, 283pp, pb, cover by Peter Jones) Young-adult fantasy novelization based on a game. Volume nine in the series.
• * *The Sword of the Sun (with John Grant) (Beaver 0-09-963770-7, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], £2.99, 378pp, pb) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novelization. Volume three in the “Legends of Lone Wolf” series.

DEVERAUX, JUDE; pseudonym of Jude White, (1947- )

• * *A Knight in Shining Armor (Pocket 0-671-67857-4, Aug ’89, $17.95, 341pp, hc) Historical romance. A young career woman summons a 16th-century knight, falls in love with him, and visits the past.
• * _A Knight in Shining Armor (Pocket 0-671-70509-1, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $4.95, 359pp, pb, cover by Onofrio Paccione) Reprint (Pocket 1989) time-travel romance novel.

DE VERE, V. C.; pseudonym of Conrad Charles Rolf Vere-Hodge, (1931- )

• * *Motto Excelsior (Merlin Books 0-86303-405-5, May ’88 [Feb ’89], £8.95, 212pp, tp) Sf novel about religious experiences, UFO’s and other assorted items.
• * *Motto Excelsior: Books II - IV (Merlin 0-86303-441-1, May ’89 [Jun ’89], £14.95, 442pp, tp) Sf novel.
• * *The Motto Excelsior: Books V - VIII (Merlin 0-86303-491-8, Aug ’90, £14.95, 537pp, tp) Third volume of this continuing ’novel’ that blends sf, UFOs and religious experiences.

DEVEREAUX, ROBERT (1947- ) (stories)

• * *Deadweight (Dell Abyss 0-440-21482-3, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $4.99, 353pp, pb) Horror novel of an abused wife who murders her brutal husband in self-defense and manages to rebuild her life, only to have him return from the grave bent on revenge.
• * *Santa Steps Out (Dark Highway Press 0-9662629-0-5, Mar ’98 [Apr ’98], $39.35, 248pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Pornographic fantasy novel. Santa has an affair with the Tooth Fairy, and his wife gets revenge with the help of a huge, horny Easter Bunny. There are forewords by David G. Hartwell and Patrick LoBrutto, and an afterword by the author on his inspirations, and difficulties getting published. A signed, limited edition of 1000. Order from Dark Highway Press, 2519 S. Shields #117, Fort Collins CO 80526.
• * *Walking Wounded (Dell 0-440-21794-6, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $5.50, 273pp, pb) Horror novel. A woman with the healing touch has tough choices to make — and a serial killer stalking her.

DEVLIN, DEAN

• * *Independence Day (with Roland Emmerich & Stephen Molstad) (HarperPrism 0-06-105687-1, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $5.99, 280pp, hc) [Independence Day] SF novelization, a tie-in to the movie about alien invaders. Also announced in digest size, hc (-105255-8, $28.00), and a signed, limited hardcover edition. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
• * _Independence Day (with Roland Emmerich & Stephen Molstad) (Boxtree 0-7522-0281-2, Jul ’96, £4.99, 280pp, pb) [Independence Day] Reprint (HarperPaperbacks 1996) SF film novelisation. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Independence Day (with Roland Emmerich & Stephen Molstad) (SFBC #14417, Oct ’96 [Jan ’97], $9.98, 280pp, hc) [Independence Day] Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) SF novelization, a tie-in to the movie about alien invaders. This is similar to the HarperPrism hardcover edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Independence Day: Silent Zone (with Roland Emmerich & Stephen Molstad) See entry under Stephen Molstad.
• * *Stargate (with Roland Emmerich & Sheila Black) (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037540-6, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $3.99, 193pp, pb) Young-adult novelization of the movie based on the screenplay (and adult novelization) by Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich, adapted for young readers by Sheila Black, who is credited only on the title page. Includes eight pages of color photos from the movie.
• * *Stargate (with Roland Emmerich) (Penguin/Signet 0-451-18410-6, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $4.99, 269pp, pb) Novelization of the SF movie.
• * _Stargate (with Roland Emmerich) (Signet UK 0-45-118420-3, Jan ’95, £4.99, 269pp, pb) Reprint (Signet 1994) novelisation of the SF film, from the screenplay by Devlin & Emmerich. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Stargate (with Roland Emmerich) (Penguin/Signet 0-451-18410-6, Dec ’95 [Dec ’96], $4.99, 269pp, pb) Reissue (Signet 1994) novelization of the SF movie. Fourth printing.

DeVORE, HOWARD (1925-2005)

• * _A History of the Hugo, Nebula, and International Fantasy Awards, Updated Edition (with Donald Franson) See entry under Donald Franson.
• * *The Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Awards (Advent:Publishers 0-911682-32-5, Jul ’98, $14.00, 332pp, tp) Non-fiction listing of award winners and nominees, with a historical essay by Donald Franson, and an index. Earlier versions were self-published as participation in the Fantasy Amateur Press Association. Order from Advent:Publishers, PO Box A3228, Chicago IL 60690.

DeVOS, ELISABETH

• * *The Seraphim Rising (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45655-6, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $5.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Near-future SF novel. The new Messiah turns out to be a sleazoid video producer, triggering crises among human and angelic followers. A first novel.

DEWDNEY, A(lexander) K(eewatin) (1941- ) (stories)

• * _The Planiverse (Picador 0-330-28075-9, May ’86, £3.95, 272pp, tp) Reissue (Pan 1984) scientific fantasy about a two-dimensional world.
• * *The Planiverse: Computer Contact with a Two-Dimensional World (Poseidon 0-671-46362-4, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $16.95, 267pp, hc) The concepts of Edwin Abbott’s Flatland join with modern computer lore and touches of sf. Also available in tp (-46363-2, $16.95).

DeWEESE, GENE; [i.e., Thomas Eugene DeWeese] (1934- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf (Putnam/Pacer 0-399-21082-2, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $2.25, 121pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1983) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf (Berkley Pacer 0-425-08882-0, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $2.50, 121pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1983) young-adult humorous fantasy novel.
• * *Black Suits from Outer Space (Putnam 0-399-21261-2, Sep ’85 [Oct ’85], $12.95, 144pp, hc) [Black Suits from Outer Space] Young-adult comic sf novel.
• * _Black Suits from Outer Space (Dell Yearling 0-440-40196-8, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $2.95, 144pp, tp) [Black Suits from Outer Space] Reprint (Putnam 1985) young-adult comic sf novel.
• * *The Calvin Nullifier (Putnam Philomel 0-399-21466-6, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $13.95, 142pp, hc) [Black Suits from Outer Space] Juvenile sf novel. A UFO lands in Calvin’s backyard. The alien is a cat. And the kids are saved by chocolate chip cookies. Third in the “Black Suits from Outer Space” humorous series.
• * _The Calvin Nullifier (Dell Yearling 0-440-40214-X, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $2.95, 142pp, tp) [Black Suits from Outer Space] Reprint (Putnam 1987) young-adult sf novel with an alien cat, third in the “Black Suits from Outer Space” series.
• * _Chain of Attack (Titan 0-907610-85-4, Mar ’87, £2.95, 251pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1987) sf novel. Volume 32 in the Star Trek Novels series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Dandelion Caper (Putnam 0-399-21326-0, Nov ’86 [Jan ’87], $13.95, 159pp, hc) [Black Suits from Outer Space] Young-adult sf novel, sequel to Black Suits from Outer Space. Published in 1986; missed.
• * _The Dandelion Caper (Dell Yearling 0-440-40202-6, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $2.95, 159pp, tp) [Black Suits from Outer Space] Reprint (Putnam 1986) young-adult sf novel about cat who is actually an alien secret agent.
• * *Ravenloft: King of the Dead (TSR 0-7869-0483-6, Mar ’96, $5.99, 315pp, tp, cover by Danilo Gonzalez) Horror novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * *Ravenloft: Lord of the Necropolis (TSR 0-7869-0660-X, Oct ’97, $5.99, 304pp, tp, cover by Fred Fields) Gothic horror novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * *Star Trek #32: Chain of Attack (Pocket 0-671-63269-8, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $3.50, 251pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novel based on the tv series.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation #36: Into the Nebula (Pocket 0-671-89453-6, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $5.99, 274pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization based on the TV series. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: The Peacekeepers (Pocket 0-671-66929-X, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.95, 310pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Sf novelization based on the popular new Star Trek series. Second in the series.