The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- DUNCAN, DAVE (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * *The Destiny of the Sword (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35293-9, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $3.95, 338pp, pb) [Seventh Sword] Fantasy novel, Book Three of the “Seventh Sword” trilogy.
- * _The Destiny of the Sword (Legend 0-09-965660-4, Jun ’91, £3.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Seventh Sword] Reprint (Del Rey 1988) fantasy novel. Book Three of “The Seventh Sword”. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Emperor and Clown (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36631-X, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 469pp, pb, cover by Don Maitz) [Man of His Word] Fantasy novel, fourth book of “A Man of His Word”.
- * *Faery Lands Forlorn (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36629-8, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.95, 335pp, pb, cover by Don Maitz) [Man of His Word] Fantasy novel, second book of “A Man of His Word.”
- * *Future Indefinite (Avon 0-380-97586-6, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $23.00, 334pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Great Game] Fantasy novel, subtitled “Round Three of the Great Game”.
- * _Future Indefinite (Corgi 0-552-14501-7, Sep ’98, £5.99, 523pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Great Game] Reprint (Avon 1997) fantasy novel, last of “The Great Game” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Future Indefinite (Avon Eos 0-380-78131-X, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $6.50, 476pp, pb) [Great Game] Reprint (Avon 1997) fantasy novel, subtitled “Round Three of the Great Game”.
- * *The Gilded Chain (Avon Eos 0-380-97460-6, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $23.00, 338pp, hc, cover by Hal Just) [*King’s Blades] Fantasy adventure novel, book one of “The King’s Blades”. A boy becomes the greatest warrior of his class, only to be magically bonded for life to the service of an effete noble fop.
- * *Hero! (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37179-8, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.95, 293pp, pb, cover by Kevin Joyce) Sf novel about a young Space Patrol officer whose planet is on the brink of war.
- * *The Hunters’ Haunt (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38459-8, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $5.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) Fantasy novel, the second featuring Omar, the Trader of Tales, and his Arabian Nights-style stories and misadventures.
- * *The Living God (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37899-7, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $20.00, 385pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Handful of Men] Fantasy novel, fourth book of “A Handful of Men”.
- * _The Living God (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38878-X, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $5.99, 429pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Handful of Men] Reprint (Del Rey 1994) fantasy novel, fourth book of “A Handful of Men.”
- * *Magic Casement (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36628-X, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $4.95, 307pp, pb, cover by Don Maitz) [Man of His Word] Fantasy novel, first book of “A Man of His Word”.
- * *Past Imperative (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-14361-X, Oct ’95, $22.00, 445pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Great Game] Fantasy novel, subtitled Round One of the Great Game. Mysterious gateways link worlds while Earth in 1914 is on the brink of war.
- * _Past Imperative (AvoNova 0-380-78129-8, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $5.99, 444pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Great Game] Reprint (AvoNova 1995) fantasy novel, subtitled Round One of the Great Game.
- * _Past Imperative (Corgi 0-552-14509-2, Feb ’97, £5.99, 477pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Great Game] Reprint (Avon 1996) fantasy novel, subtitled “Round One of The Great Game”. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Perilous Seas (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36630-1, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.95, 336pp, pb, cover by Don Maitz) [Man of His Word] Fantasy novel, third book of “A Man of His Word”.
- * *Present Tense (Avon 0-380-97325-1, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $23.00, 338pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Great Game] Fantasy novel, subtitled “Round Two of the Great Game”.
- * _Present Tense (AvoNova 0-380-78130-1, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $5.99, 418pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Great Game] Reprint (Avon 1996) fantasy novel, subtitled “Round Two of the Great Game”.
- * _Present Tense: Round Two of The Great Game (Corgi 0-552-14500-9, Nov ’97, £5.99, 479pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Great Game] Reprint (Avon 1996) fantasy novel, sequel to Past Imperative. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Reaver Road (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37481-9, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $4.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Romas) Arabian Nights-style fantasy novel set in a Mesopotamian world.
- * _The Reaver Road (SFBC #03862, Dec ’92, $7.98, 281pp, hc, cover by Romas) Reprint (Del Rey 1992) Arabian Nights-style fantasy novel set in a Mesopotamian world. This edition lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. First hardcover edition.
- * *The Reluctant Swordsman (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35291-2, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.50, 326pp, pb) [Seventh Sword] Fantasy novel, Book One of “The Seventh Sword”. Unusually convincing tale of a contemporary man plunged into a fantasy world. Recommended. (FCM)
- * _The Reluctant Swordsman (Legend 0-09-965640-X, Feb ’90, £3.50, 327pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Seventh Sword] Reprint (Del Rey 1988) fantasy novel. Book One of “The Seventh Sword”.
- * *A Rose-Red City (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34098-1, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $2.95, 227pp, pb) Fantasy novel, a first novel.
- * _A Rose-Red City (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34098-1, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $2.95, 230pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1987) sf/fantasy novel with a quest and time travel; second printing.
- * _A Rose-Red City (Legend 0-09-961920-2, Feb ’89, £2.99, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf/fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Shadow (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34274-7, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $2.95, 276pp, pb) Sf novel; though it reads more like fantasy, it’s an unusually dark and ironic adventure. Recommended. (FCM)
- * _Shadow (Legend 0-09-962000-6, Aug ’89, £3.50, 276pp, pb, cover by Steve Bradbury) Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Stricken Field (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37898-9, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $19.00, 343pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Handful of Men] Fantasy novel, third book of “A Handful of Men”.
- * _The Stricken Field (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38874-7, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $5.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Handful of Men] Reprint (Del Rey 1993) fantasy novel, third book of “A Handful of Men”.
- * *Strings (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36191-1, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $3.95, 311pp, pb, cover by Neal McPheeters) Romantic sf adventure novel with an endangered princess, embattled kingdoms, and Machiavellian intrigue.
- * *Upland Outlaws (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37897-0, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $18.00, 355pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Handful of Men] Fantasy novel, second book of “A Handful of Men.”
- * _Upland Outlaws (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38477-6, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $5.99, 299pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Handful of Men] Reprint (Del Rey 1993) fantasy novel, second book of “A Handful of Men”.
- * _Upland Outlaws (Raven 1-85487-352-0, Jul ’95, £4.99, 300pp, pb, cover by Terry Oakes) [Handful of Men] Reprint (Del Rey 1993) fantasy novel. Part Two of the tetralogy, “A Handful of Men” (sequel to the “Man of His Word” tetralogy) after The Cutting Edge. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Upland Outlaws (Raven 1-85487-352-0, Jul ’95, £4.99, 300pp, pb, cover by Terry Oakes) [Handful of Men] Reprint (Del Rey 1993) fantasy novel. Part Two of the tetralogy, “A Handful of Men”. [First U.K. edition]
- * *West of January (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35836-8, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 343pp, pb) Sf novel set in a nomadic civilization on an alien world.
- DUNCAN, JODY
- DUNCAN, KIRK
- DUNCAN, LOIS; [i.e., Lois Duncan Arquette] (1934- ) (stories)
- * _Down a Dark Hall (Piper 0-330-31369-X, May ’93, £3.50, 181pp, pb, cover by Hayde Sacerdote) Reprint (Little, Brown 1974) young-adult horror novel.
- * _The Eyes of Karen Connors (Pan 0-330-29248-X, Sep ’89 [Oct ’89], £2.50, 205pp, pb, cover by The Douglas Brothers) Reprint (Little, Brown 1984) young-adult occult novel.
- * *Gallows Hill (Delacorte 0-385-32331-X, May ’97, $15.95, 229pp, hc, cover by Cynthia Torp) Young-adult horror. A girl has visions and dreams of the Salem Witch Trials.
- * _Gallows Hill (Dell 0-440-22725-9, Oct ’98, $4.99, 229pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte 1997) young-adult horror novel.
- * _A Gift of Magic (Piper 0-330-32843-3, Dec ’93, £3.50, 201pp, pb) Reprint (Little, Brown 1971) young-adult horror novel.
- * _Locked in Time (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-11769-0, Mar ’86, £6.50, 208pp, hc) Reprint (Little, Brown 1985) supernatural thriller novel set in the Deep South.
- * _Locked in Time (Puffin Plus 0-14-032380-5, Feb ’88 [Mar ’88], £2.25, 208pp, pb) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1986) young-adult horror novel.
- * _Locked in Time (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-94942-4, Aug ’91 [Dec ’91], $3.50, 210pp, pb) Reissue (Little, Brown 1985) young-adult ghost thriller; eighth printing.
- * _Stranger with My Face (Pan/Horizons 0-330-29255-2, Mar ’86, £1.95, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Little, Brown 1981) young-adult horror novel.
- * _Stranger with My Face (Puffin 0-14-037485-X, Jun ’95, £4.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Bruce Hogarth) Reprint (Little, Brown 1981) young-adult fantasy novel. A teenage girl fights an evil twin who gradually takes over her life and body.
- _____, ed.
- * *Night Terrors (Simon & Schuster 0-689-80346-X, Jun ’96 [Apr ’96], $16.00, 175pp, hc, cover by John Dawson) Original anthology of 11 young-adult horror stories. Authors include Joan Aiken, Joan Lowery Nixon, and Annette Curtis Klause. (Contents)
- * _Night Terrors (Simon & Schuster 0-689-80724-4, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $3.99, 192pp, pb, cover by John Dawson) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1996) original anthology of 11 young-adult horror stories.
- DUNCAN, SANDY FRANCES
- DUNCKER, PATRICIA (stories)
- * *Monsieur Shoushana’s Lemon Trees (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-572-5, Aug ’97, £9.99, x+197pp, tp, cover by Oscar Zarate) Collection of 13 lesbian/feminist stories, including the fantasy novella, “The Arrival Matters” (from Insides Out: A Trio, 1997) and other surreal and related works. Several are original. (Contents)
- DUNDES, ALAN, ed.
- * *The Vampire: A Casebook (University of Wisconsin Press 0-299-15924-8, Oct ’98, $16.95, 182pp, tp, cover by Edward Binkley) Non-fiction collection of academic essays examining of the roots of vampire legends. A hardcover edition (-15920-5, $45.00) was announced but not seen. Order from the University of Wisconsin Press, 2537 Daniels St., Madison WI 53718; credit card orders 800-621-2736.
- DUNLOP, EILEEN (Rhona) (1938- ) (stories)
- * +Green Willow (Holiday House 0-8234-1021-8, Oct ’93, $14.95, 160pp, hc, cover by Paul Hunt) Young-adult fantasy novel about the healing magic present in a haunted Japanese garden at an English manor house. First American edition (Blackie 1992 as Green Willow’s Secret).
- * _The House on the Hill (Kelpies 0-86241-244-7, Mar ’89, £1.95, 147pp, pb) Reprint (Oxford University Press 1987) young-adult ghost novel.
- * _Robinsheugh (Ace 0-441-73201-1, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $2.95, 201pp, pb) Reprint (Oxford Univ. Press 1975) fantasy novel of a modern woman trapped in the 18th century. Also published as Elizabeth, Elizabeth (Holt 1977).
- * *Webster’s Leap (Holiday House 0-8234-1193-1, Oct ’95 [Nov ’95], $15.95, 168pp, hc, cover by Valerie Littlewood) Young-adult time travel novel. A girl uses her brother’s computer to transport herself to a Scottish castle in 1562.
- DUNMORE, SPENCER (Sambrook) (1928- )
- * _The Sound of Wings (Tor 0-812-51714-8, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.95, 347pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1984) aviator’s ghost story.
- DUNN, CAROLA (1946- ) (stories)
- * *Byron’s Child (Walker 0-8027-1132-4, Jan ’91 [Dec ’91], $18.95, 220pp, hc) Time-travel romance. A couple from the modern era are transported by lightning to Regency London, where the girl, a historian, becomes involved with Byron’s daughter and wants to take her forward in time to save her life.
- DUNN, DAWN (Pauline Hartzell) (1958- ); see pseudonym Pauline Dunn (stories)
- DUNN, J(effrey) R. (stories) (chron.)
- * *Days of Cain (Avon 0-380-79280-X, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $13.00, 328pp, tp) Time-travel novel. A far-future monitor must stop a renegade time traveller from changing WWII history at Auschwitz. A hardcover edition (-97433-9, $23.00) is also available.
- * _Days of Cain (NEL 0-340-69631-1, May ’98, £6.99, 328pp, tp, cover by Gary Marsh) Reprint (Avon 1997) time-travel novel. A far-future monitor must stop a renegade time traveller from changing WWII history at Auschwitz. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Days of Cain (Avon Eos 0-380-79049-1, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $3.99, 361pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1997) time-travel holocaust novel.
- * *Full Tide of Night (Avon Eos 0-380-97434-7, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $14.00, 312pp, hc, cover by Liz Kenyon) SF novel. Colonists on a forbidding planet rebel against their ageless ruler even as a feared starship is on its way from Earth.
- * _This Side of Judgement (NEL 0-340-63226-7, Apr ’95, £5.99, 322pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1994) SF thriller about the search for a cybernetically enhanced killer in the 21st century. A first novel, it combines high-tech SF with the police procedural. [First U.K. edition]
- * _This Side of Judgement (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45486-3, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $5.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Donato) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1994) SF thriller.
- * *This Side of Judgment (Harcourt Brace 0-15-100076-X, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $21.95, 322pp, hc, cover by David Kahl) Sf thriller set in the early 21st century, about the search for a cybernetically enhanced murderer. A first novel.
- DUNN, KATHERINE (Karen) (1945- ) (stories)
- * *Geek Love (Knopf 0-394-56902-4, Mar ’89 [Apr ’89], $18.95, 348pp, hc) Literary horror novel about a carnival family that breeds its own freaks. A member of the family is telekinetic. Conquer your distaste at the subject and try this one. Recommended (FCM).
- * _Geek Love (QPBC no ISBN, Oct ’89, $8.95, 368pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1989) literary horror novel about a family that breeds its own freaks. A National Book Award nominee. This edition is the same as the Knopf edition except it lacks an ISBN and has the jacket printed as the soft cover.
- * _Geek Love (Warner 0-446-39130-1, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $9.95, 355pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1989) literary horror novel about a carnival family that breeds its own freaks. A National Book Award nominee.
- * _Geek Love (Warner 0-446-39130-1, Jun ’90, $9.95, 355pp, tp) Reissue (Knopf 1989) literary horror novel; second printing.
- * _Geek Love (Abacus 0-349-10086-1, Nov ’90, £4.99, 392pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1989) literary horror novel.
- * _Geek Love (Warner 0-446-39130-1, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $10.99, 355pp, tp, cover by David Tamura) Reissue (Knopf 1989) National Book Award-nominated literary horror novel; seventh printing.
- DUNN, PAULINE; pseudonym of Dawn Dunn & Susan Hartzell
- * *The Crawling Dark (Zebra 0-8217-3417-2, Jun ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.50, 349pp, pb) Horror novel of a town whose people are mysteriously killed. Dunn is a pen name for Dawn Dunn and Susan Hartzell.
- * *Demonic Colors (Zebra 0-8217-3143-2, Oct ’90, $3.95, 351pp, pb) Horror novel of a demon butchering children in a small town.
- * *Flesh Stealer (Zebra 0-8217-2919-5, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 317pp, pb) Horror novel. An Indian cave shelters a creature that flays its victims alive.
- DUNN, THOMAS P(eckham) (1940- )
- _____, ed.
- DUNSANY, LORD; [Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett] (1878-1957) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Complete Pegana (Chaosium 1-56882-116-6, Mar ’98, $12.95, 239pp, tp, cover by H. E. Fassl) Omnibus of three collections: The Gods of Pegana (1905), Time and the Gods (1906), and “Beyond the Fields We Know”, originally part of Tales of Three Hemispheres (1919). Edited and with an introduction by S.T. Joshi. (Contents)
- * *The Hashish Man and Other Stories (Manic D Press 0-916397-45-9, 1996 [Nov ’96], $9.95, 148pp, tp) Collection of 25 stories and one preface, with an introduction by editor Jon Longhi. The stories had been previously collected in A Dreamer’s Tales (1910), Fifty-One Tales (1915), and Tales of Wonder (1916). Order from Manic D Press, PO Box 410804, San Francisco CA 94141. (Contents)
- DU PONT, DENISE, ed.
- * *Women of Vision (St. Martin’s 0-312-02321-9, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $14.95, 163pp, hc) Non-fiction, 12 essays by women sf writers, plus some biography and bibliography.
- DUPREE, TOM, ed. (stories)
- DUPUIS, JOHN, ed. (stories)
- DURANT, ALAN, ed. (1958- ) (stories)
- * *Vampire & Werewolf Stories (Kingfisher 0-7534-0240-8, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], £5.99, 221pp, tp, cover by Mark Edwards) Young-adult anthology of 18 stories and extracts; includes an original story by the editor. Illustrated by Nick Hardcastle. A hardcover edition (-0279-3) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * +Vampire and Werewolf Stories (Kingfisher US 0-7534-5152-2, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $6.95, 221pp, tp, cover by Nick Hardcastle) Young-adult anthology of 18 horror stories and novel extracts. Illustrated by Nick Hardcastle. Authors include Bram Stoker, Richard Matheson, and Jane Yolen. Part of the Kingfisher Story Library. First US edition (Kingfisher UK 1998).
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