The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

DILLARD, J. M. (continued)

• * _Mindshadow (Firecrest 0-85997-923-7, Jul ’87, £7.95, 256pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1985) sf novel. Volume 42 in the Star Trek Novels series. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * *Specters (Dell Abyss 0-440-20758-4, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.50, 374pp, pb) Horror novel of a child-killer haunted by his victims — living and dead.
• * _Specters (Piatkus 0-7499-0082-2, Aug ’91, £12.95, 374pp, hc, cover by Ken Leeder) Reprint (Dell Abyss 1991) horror novel about a child molester haunted by the children he has killed. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Star Trek #30: Demons (Pocket 0-671-62524-1, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $3.50, 271pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novel; a plague of demons devastates the planet Vulcan.
• * *Star Trek #37: Bloodthirst (Pocket 0-671-64489-0, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $3.95, 264pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novel in the “Star Trek” series; it contains the first chapter of Star Trek: The Final Frontier at the end.
• * *Star Trek Deep Space Nine #1: Emissary (Pocket 0-671-78958-9, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $5.50, 274pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization, first book of a new series based on the new “Next Generation” spinoff TV series.
• * _Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Emissary (Pocket UK 0-671-85236-1, Aug ’93, £4.50, 274pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Reprint (Pocket 1993) sf novelization. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Star Trek Generations (Pocket 0-671-51742-2, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $20.00, 280pp, hc) [Star Trek] Movie novelization with 8pp of color movie stills, and a report on the making of the movie by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, with additional b&w photos and illustrations.
• * *Star Trek Generations (Pocket UK 0-671-51742-2, Dec ’94, £9.99, 280pp, hc) [Star Trek] Novelisation of the seventh feature film, based on the screenplay by Ronald D. Moore & Brannon Braga. Includes 8pp of stills and an article, ‘Behind the Scenes of Star Trek Generations’ by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stephens. Issued simultaneously with the US edition.
• * _Star Trek Generations (Pocket 0-671-53753-9, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 290pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1994) movie novelization, with a report on the making of the movie by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. This edition has b&w stills instead of the hardcover’s color photos. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Pocket 0-671-68008-0, Jun ’89, $4.50, 311pp, pb) [Star Trek] Movie tie-in novelization.
• * _Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Grafton 0-586-20894-1, Oct ’89, £3.50, 311pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1989) sf novelization based on the screenplay by David Loughery. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Severn House 0-7278-4021-5, Oct ’89, £10.95, 311pp, hc) [Star Trek] Hardback edition of the above. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Pocket 0-671-75883-7, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 301pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization based on the screenplay of the new film.
• * _Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Grafton 0-586-21660-X, Mar ’92, £3.99, 301pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1992) sf novelization based on the screenplay by Nicholas Meyer and Denny Martin Flynn. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (Severn House 0-7278-4385-0, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], £13.99, 301pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1992) sf novelization based on the screenplay by Nicholas Meyer and Denny Martin Flynn. This is the first world hardcover edition.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: Possession (with Kathleen O’Malley) (Pocket 0-671-86485-8, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $5.99, 288pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount.
• * _Star Trek: Demons (Titan 1-85286-351-X, Jan ’91, £2.99, 251pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1986) sf novelization.
• * *Star Trek: First Contact (Pocket 0-671-00316-X, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $21.00, 276pp, hc) [Star Trek] Movie novelization. There are eight unpaginated pages of color stills, and an article on the making of the movie by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: First Contact (SFBC #14396, Jan ’97, $9.98, 276pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1996) movie novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. This is similar to the Pocket edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Star Trek: First Contact (Pocket UK 0-671-01588-5, Nov ’97 [Jan ’98], £7.99, 276pp, tp) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1996) SF novelization.
• * *Star Trek: Insurrection (Pocket 0-671-02447-7, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $22.00, 295pp, hc) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization of the ninth movie. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Mindshadow (Pocket 0-671-60756-1, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $3.50, 252pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novel, #27 in the Star Trek series.
• * _Star Trek: Mindshadow (Titan 1-85286-316-1, Nov ’90, £2.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1986) sf novelization.
• * _Star Trek: Recovery (Pocket 0-671-88342-9, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $5.50, 277pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization based on the TV show, fourth and final book in the “Lost Years” series, #73 in the Pocket series. Copyrighted by Paramount.
• * *Star Trek: The Lost Years (Pocket 0-671-68293-8, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $17.95, 307pp, hc) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization.
• * _Star Trek: The Lost Years (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-68293-8, Feb ’90, £12.95, 307pp, hc, cover by Joseph Csatari) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1989) sf novelization. This is the US edition with a UK price sticker.
• * _Star Trek: The Lost Years (SFBC #15783, Mar ’90 [Jan ’90], $8.98, 307pp, hc, cover by Joseph Csatari) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1989) Star Trek novelization.
• * _Star Trek: The Lost Years (Pocket 0-671-70795-7, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $4.95, 440pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1989) Star Trek novelization.
• * _Star Trek: The Lost Years (Pan 0-330-31609-5, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], £3.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Joseph Csatari) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1989) sf novelization.
• * *Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History in Pictures (Pocket 0-671-51149-1, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $45.00, 208pp, hc) [Star Trek] Non-fiction pictorial history of Star Trek, with an introduction by William Shatner. A slick, show-biz book without an index.
• * *War of the Worlds: The Resurrection (Pocket 0-671-67304-1, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.95, 405pp, pb) Sf novelization, a tv series tie-in.

DILLE, (Robert Nichols) FLINT (1955- ) (stories)

• * *Agent 13 the Midnight Avenger #1: The Invisible Empire (with David Marconi) (TSR 0-88038-281-3, Apr ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 191pp, pb) [Agent 13] Neo-pulp thriller/sf novel, first in a series set just before World War II, with an evil society out to rule the world — opposed by Agent 13.
• * *Agent 13 the Midnight Avenger #2: The Serpentine Assassin (with David Marconi) (TSR 0-88038-282-1, Apr ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 191pp, pb) [Agent 13] Sf/pulp thriller novel, second in a new series.

DILLON, ANNA; pseudonym of Michael Scott, (1959- )

• * _Image (Severn House 0-7278-4338-9, Jun ’92, £13.99, 370pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) Reprint (Sphere 1991 as by Michael Scott) erotic horror novel about a mirror with supernatural powers. First hardcover edition.

DILLON, DIANE (Claire Sorber) (1933- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _To Every Thing There is a Season (with Leo Dillon) See entry under Leo Dillon.

DILLON, LEO; [i.e., Lionel John Dillon, Sr.] (1933- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *To Every Thing There is a Season (with Diane Dillon) (Scholastic/Blue Sky 0-590-47887-7, Oct ’98, $15.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Associational art book based on the passage from Ecclesiastes in the Bible. The vivid illustrations show off the Dillons’ wide-ranging talent, with works done in the styles of 15 distinct cultures from around the world, including ancient Egypt and Greece, native North Americans, China, Japan, and Australian aborigines.

DILLON, STEVE

• * _Rogue Trooper: Book Six (with Simon Geller & Steve McManus) See entry under Simon Geller.

DILSAVER, PAUL (1949- )

• * *Nurtz! Nurtz! (Ghost Rocks Press 0-936204-65-6, 1989 [Aug ’89], $9.00, 206pp, tp) Surrealistic satirical novel with some fantasy content about institutionalized patients that “defy and deny the very limits of science.”

DiMARCO, JENNIFER

• * *Escape to the Wind (Castillo International 0-9628621-5-0, Jun ’93 [Aug ’93], $11.95, 238pp, tp) [Patriarchy] Lesbian post-holocaust sf novel set in a domed Seattle ruled by an anti-feminist military dictatorship called The Patriarchy. First book of a series. Available from Pride & Imprints, 7419 Ebbert Drive SE, Port Orchard, WA 98367.
• * *Fall Through the Sky (Pride & Imprints, Feb ’97, tp) [Patriarchy] Lesbian post-holocaust sf novel set in a domed Seattle ruled by an anti-feminist military dictatorship called The Patriarchy. second book of a series. Available from Pride & Imprints, 7419 Ebbert Drive SE, Port Orchard, WA 98367.

DiMARTINO, NICK

• * *Seattle Ghost Story (Rosebriar Publishing 0-9653918-2-5, 1998 [Nov ’98], $12.95, 226pp, tp, cover by Charles Nitti) Ghost story/thriller set in Seattle. Illustrated by Charles Nitti.

DINESEN, ISAK; pseudonym of Karen Blixen, (1885-1962) (stories)

• * _The Dreaming Child and other stories (Penguin 0-14-600033-1, Jul ’95, 60p, 87pp, pb) Collection of three weird stories, all from Winter’s Tales, 1942. One of the ‘Penguin 60s’ collection: mini-books celebrating their 60th anniversary. (Contents)
• * _Last Tales (Random House/Vintage 0-679-73640-9, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $12.00, 341pp, tp) Reprint (Random House 1957) collection of 12 stories including the unfinished gothic, “The Caryatids”.
• * _Seven Gothic Tales (Random House/Vintage 0-679-73641-7, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $12.00, 420pp, tp) Reprint (Random House 1934) classic collection of seven macabre tales.
• * _Winter’s Tales (Random House/Vintage 0-679-74334-0, Jul ’93, $12.00, 313pp, tp) Reprint (Putnam 1942) collection of 11 gothic stories, several definitely fantasy.

DISCH, THOMAS M(ichael) (1940-2008) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _334 (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-340-7, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.95, 269pp, pb) Reprint (MacGibbon & Kee 1972) sf novel of future New York. This may be Disch’s best — recommended. (FCM)
• * _Black Alice (with John Sladek) (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-506-X, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 206pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1968) associational thriller about a kidnapped girl disguised by changing her skin color. This was originally published under the pseudonym “Thom Demijohn”.
• * *The Brave Little Toaster (Doubleday 0-385-23050-8, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $10.95, 79pp, hc) [Toaster] Juvenile fantasy short story, illustrated by Karen Lee Schmidt.
• * _The Brave Little Toaster (Grafton 0-246-13080-6, Sep ’86, £5.95, 96pp, hc) [Toaster] Reprint (Doubleday 1986) award-winning short story issued as illustrated children’s book.
• * *The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (Doubleday 0-385-24162-3, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $11.95, 72pp, hc) [Toaster] Juvenile sf novella, sequel to The Brave Little Toaster.
• * _The Businessman (Berkley 0-425-13746-5, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $5.99, 325pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1984) black comedy dark fantasy novel of a killer haunted by his murdered wife and her mother.
• * *The Businessman: A Tale of Terror (Harper & Row 0-06-015292-3, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $14.50, 292pp, hc) Wild metaphysical fantasy/horror novel, for readers with a taste for black humor. (FCM)
• * _The Businessman: A Tale of Terror (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02204-0, Dec ’84, £8.95, 292pp, hc) Reprint (Harper & Row 1984) horror novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _The Businessman: A Tale of Terror (Grafton/Paladin 0-586-08562-9, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £2.95, 238pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1984) novel of black-humored fantasy and the supernatural.
• * _Camp Concentration (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-386-5, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.95, 175pp, pb) Reprint (Hart-Davis 1968) sf novel. This is Disch’s version of Flowers for Algernon. An excellent novel unfairly buried for many years. Recommended. (CNB)
• * *The Castle of Indolence: Poetry and Its Pretenders (St. Martin’s/Picador 0-312-13448-7, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $21.00, 229pp, hc) Non-fiction. Associational collection of essays on poetry, poets, and poetasters.
• * _The Castle of Indolence: Poetry and Its Pretenders (St. Martin’s/Picador 0-312-14559-4, Oct ’96, $12.00, 229pp, tp) Reprint (St. Martin’s/Picador 1995) non-fiction. Associational collection of essays on poetry, poets, and poetasters.
• * *A Child’s Garden of Grammar (University Press of New England 0-87451-850-4, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $9.95, 88pp, tp, cover by Dave Morice) Associational non-fiction, a collection of 37 “poetry comics” about grammar, illustrated by Dave Morice. The poems originally appeared in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine; some have been revised for this edition. (Contents)
• * *The Dark Old House (RLB no ISBN, 1996, no price, 23pp, ph) Poetry collection. Limited to 200 copies. (Contents)
• * *Dark Verses & Light (Johns Hopkins University Press 0-8018-4192-5, May ’91, $12.95, 124pp, tp, cover by Martha Farlow) Poetry collection by the sf writer. A hardcover edition (-4191-7, $26.00) is also available. (Contents)
• * *The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World (Simon & Schuster/The Free Press 0-684-82405-1, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $25.00, 256pp, hc) Non-fiction. A critical look at SF’s impact on American culture. Includes notes and index.
• * *The M.D. (Knopf 0-394-58662-X, Apr ’91, $22.00, 402pp, hc, cover by Archie Ferguson) Literary horror thriller of a young doctor who learns to manipulate a deadly caduceus that draws its healing power from suffering and death.
• * _The M.D. (BOMC no ISBN, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $16.95, 402pp, hc, cover by Archie Ferguson) Reprint (Knopf 1991) literary horror thriller of a young doctor who learns to manipulate a deadly caduceus that draws its healing power from suffering and death. This is identical to the Knopf except it lacks an ISBN and price, and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * _The M.D. (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Nov ’91, $10.95, 402pp, hc, cover by Archie Ferguson) Reprint (Knopf 1991) literary horror thriller of a young doctor who learns to manipulate a deadly caduceus that draws its healing power from suffering and death. This is identical to the Knopf edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the dust jacket printed as the soft cover.
• * _The M.D. (Berkley 0-425-13261-7, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $5.99, 466pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1991) literary horror thriller.
• * _The M.D. (Berkley 0-425-13261-7, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $5.99, 466pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1991) literary horror thriller; seventh printing.
• * _The M.D.: A Horror Story (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13148-9, Jan ’92, £14.99, 401pp, hc, cover by Mike Timmins) Reprint (Knopf 1991) excellent horror novel about a boy who discovers a caduceus with magical powers. Recommended (PSP). [First U.K. edition]
• * _The M.D.: A Horror Story (Grafton 0-586-07284-5, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £5.99, 541pp, pb, cover by Christopher Brown) Reprint (Knopf 1991) excellent horror novel about a boy who discovers a caduceus with magical powers. Recommended (PSP).
• * _Neighboring Lives (with Charles Naylor) (Johns Hopkins University Press 0-8018-4219-0, Jun ’91 [Jul ’91], $13.95, 351pp, tp, cover by James McNeill Whistler) Reprint (Scribner’s 1980) associational historical novel about the lives of great artists and writers in 1834 Chelsea.
• * _On Wings of Song (Bantam 0-553-25076-0, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $3.50, 359pp, pb) Reissue (St. Martin’s 1979) literary sf novel. A Nebula and Hugo nominee and winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. It finally has a cover that fits the book.
• * _On Wings of Song (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-443-8, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $3.95, 359pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1979) satiric/dystopian fantasy novel of repression, singing, and the soul. Highly recommended. (FCM)
• * _On Wings of Song (Easton Press no ISBN, Jul ’93, no price, 359pp, hc) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1979) literary sf novel, with an introduction by James Morrow and artwork by Pat Morrissey. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * *The Priest (Millennium 1-85798-091-3, Jul ’94, £8.99, 310pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Horror novel. A hardcover edition (-090-5, £15.99) was announced but has not been seen.
• * +The Priest (Knopf 0-679-41880-6, Mar ’95, $24.00, 303pp, hc) Satiric dark fantasy novel about a Catholic priest with a pedophile past, subtitled “A Gothic Romance”. First American edition (Millennium 1994).
• * _The Priest (Orion 0-75280-009-4, Nov ’95 [Feb ’96], £5.99, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Millennium 1994) horror novel. Published in 1995, but not seen until now.
• * _The Prisoner: I Am Not a Number! (Boxtree 1-85283-791-8, Oct ’92, £3.99, 248pp, pb) [The Prisoner] Reprint (Ace 1969 as The Prisoner) novelization of the cult TV series.
• * *The Silver Pillow (Mark V. Ziesing 0-9612970-7-7, Feb ’88, $10.00, 48pp, tp) Fantasy novelette. A signed, hardcovered edition was announced at $20.00.
• * *The Tale of Dan de Lion (Coffee House Press 0-918273-30-7, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $9.95, unpaginated, hc) Short juvenile/fantasy fable in rhyming couplets, illustrated by Rhonda McClun. For Disch collectors.
• * *Yes, Let’s: New and Selected Poems (Johns Hopkins University Press 0-8018-3851-7, Apr ’89 [May ’89], $8.95, 112pp, tp, cover by Martha Farlow) Associational; poetry collection. Also announced in a hardcover edition (-3835-5, $16.95). (Contents)

DISHER, GARRY (Donald) (1949- ) (stories)

• * *After Dark: The Half Dead (with Shaun Tan) (Lothian 0-85901-848-0, 1997 [1998], A$6.95, 48pp, tp, cover by Shaun Tan) Young-adult horror story by Garry Disher, with illustrations by Shaun Tan.

DiSILVESTRO, ROGER L. (1949- )

• * *Living with the Reptiles (Donald I. Fine 1-55611-174-6, Jun ’90 [Jul ’90], $18.95, 284pp, hc, cover by Loretta Trezzo Braden) Literary time-travel sf novel of the devastating effect a wealthy businessman has on the course of history when he conquers the ninth century.
• * *Ursula’s Gift (Donald I. Fine 1-55611-108-8, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], $16.95, 220pp, hc) Humorous fantasy novel of werewolves and vampires.

DITKO, STEVE (1927- )

• * *Static (Robin Snyder no ISBN, Sep ’88 [Jan ’89], $10.00, unpaginated, tp) Sf/thriller black & white graphic novel.

DIVAKARUNI, CHITRA BANERJEE (chron.)

• * *The Mistress of Spices (Doubleday/Anchor 0-385-48237-X, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $22.95, 338pp, hc, cover by Cathleen Toelke) Literary fantasy novel. A clairvoyant with magic talent is captured by pirates, taught the magic of spices, and transported in time to troubled Oakland CA. Simultaneous with the British (Doubleday UK) edition.