The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

ETCHEMENDY, NANCY (Elise Howell) (1952- ) (stories)

• * *The Crystal City (Avon Camelot 0-380-89699-0, Sep ’85, $2.50, 173pp, pb) [Watchers of Space] Young-adult sf novel, sequel to The Watchers of Space.
• * _The Watchers of Space (Avon Camelot 0-380-75374-X, Sep ’85, $2.50, 124pp, pb) [Watchers of Space] Reissue (Avon Camelot 1980) young-adult sf novel; 3rd printing.

ETCHISON, CRAIG (stories)

• * *The World Weaver (Commonwealth Publications 1-896329-26-8, 1995 [Aug ’97], $4.99, 209pp, pb, cover by Pat Bidwell) Fantasy novel. Teens travel to another dimension to stop one’s uncle. Copyrighted 1994; the copyright page indicates this was published 1995; not seen until now.

ETCHISON, DENNIS (William) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Blood Kiss (Scream/Press 0-910489-18-1, May ’88 [Jun ’88], $22.50, 216pp, hc) Collection; 13 stories of horror and dark fantasy. There is also a limited signed boxed edition at $50.00, but the ISBN is the same. (Contents)
• * *California Gothic (DreamHaven Books 0-9630944-6-7, 1995 [Apr ’95], $28.00, 216pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Horror novel. A man is visited by a dead friend from college. A signed, limited edition of 750.
• * _California Gothic (Dell 0-440-21726-1, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $4.99, 324pp, pb) Reprint (DreamHaven Books 1995) horror novel. A man is visited by a dead friend from college.
• * _California Gothic (Raven 1-85487-415-2, Sep ’95, £4.99, 216pp, pb, cover by J. K. Potter) Reprint (Dreamhaven Books 1995) horror novel. A man is visited by a dead friend from college. An included film storyline is a collaboration with Stephen Jones. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Dark Country (Berkley 0-425-07136-7, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $2.95, 193pp, pb) Reprint (Scream/Press 1982) collection of horror/dark fantasy.
• * _The Dark Country (Futura 0-7088-3727-1, May ’88, £2.95, 193pp, pb) Reprint (Scream/Press 1982) horror collection. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Dark Country (Macdonald 0-356-15550-1, Jun ’88, £11.95, 224pp, hc) Reprint (Scream/Press 1982) horror collection. [Not seen]
• * _The Dark Country (Pulphouse 1-56146-521-6, Jul ’91, $1.95, 47pp, pb, cover by Rob Alexander) [Jack Martin] World Fantasy Award-winning horror story that originally appeared in Fantasy Tales #8, 1981. Short Story paperback #21. A leatherbound 100-copy limited edition (-913-0, $20.00) is also available.
• * *Darkside (Charter 0-441-13819-5, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $3.50, 246pp, pb) Horror novel of teenagers experimenting with the powers of Evil.
• * _Darkside (Futura 0-7088-3399-3, Aug ’87, £2.50, 246pp, pb) Reprint (Charter 1986) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Darkside (Macdonald 0-356-14746-0, Oct ’87, £10.95, 208pp, hc) Reprint (Charter 1986) horror novel. [Not seen]
• * _Darkside (American Fantasy/Airgedlámh Publications 0-9610352-1-8, Dec ’96, $35.00, 206pp, hc) Reprint (Charter 1986) horror novel of a dark Los Angeles. This is revised somewhat from the Charter version, and has a new introduction by Ramsey Campbell, author’s note from Etchison, and illustrations by Robert T. Garcia. Available from Robert T. Garcia, PO Box 41714, Chicago IL 60641.
• * *Double Edge (Dell 0-440-21868-3, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $5.50, 230pp, pb) Horror novel of psychological suspense with psychic elements. Murders surround a woman researching the life of Lizzie Borden.
• * _Double Edge (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-11-9, Sep ’98, £6.99, 178pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Reprint (Dell 1997) horror novel of psychological suspense with psychic elements. A hardcover edition (-10-0, £16.99) and limited edition (-09-7) were announced but not seen. Murders surround a woman researching the life of Lizzie Borden. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Red Dreams (Scream/Press 0-910489-04-1, Oct ’84 [Nov ’84], $35.00 limited boxed/signed/numbered; $15.00 trade, 220pp, hc) Collection of dark fantasy stories, illustrated by J.K. Potter. One story is an original. (Contents)
• * _Red Dreams (Berkley 0-425-10398-6, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 309pp, pb) Reprint (Scream/Press 1984) collection of 13 horror stories.
• * _Red Dreams (Futura 0-7088-3725-5, Sep ’88, £2.99, 223pp, pb) Reprint (Scream/Press 1984) horror collection. All stories revised for this collection. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Shadow Man (Dell Abyss 0-440-21202-2, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.99, 354pp, pb) Horror novel of a town full of children disturbed by their fears of a faceless shadowman who kills.
• * _Shadowman (Raven 1-85487-342-3, Sep ’94, £4.99, 354pp, pb, cover by Terry Oakes) Reprint (Dell 1993) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]

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• * *The Complete Masters of Darkness (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-116-5, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $39.95, 766pp, hc, cover by Ilene Myer) Omnibus of three horror anthologies. This is the first appearance of Masters of Darkness III. (Contents)
• * *Cutting Edge (Doubleday 0-385-23430-9, Oct ’86, $16.95, 290pp, hc) Original anthology of 19 horror stories. (Contents)
• * _Cutting Edge (St. Martin’s 0-312-90772-9, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $3.95, 299pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1986) anthology of horror stories, mostly original to this book.
• * _Cutting Edge (Futura 0-7088-3608-9, Dec ’87, £2.95, 290pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1986) original horror anthology. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Cutting Edge (Macdonald 0-356-15154-9, Feb ’88, £11.95, 304pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1986) horror anthology. [Not seen]
• * *Lord John Ten (Lord John Press 0-935716-43-2, 1988, $25.00, 240pp, hc) Associational original anthology of 35 stories, poems, articles, and other items. (Contents)
• * *Masters of Darkness (Tor 0-812-51762-8, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $3.95, 338pp, pb) Anthology of 14 horror stories and 2 poems chosen by the authors, with new afterwords by each. (Contents)
• * *Masters of Darkness II (Tor 0-812-51764-4, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.95, 338pp, pb) Anthology of 15 horror stories, an “author’s choice” selection with afterwords by the authors. (Contents)
• * _Masters of Darkness III (Tor 0-812-51766-0, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $3.95, 332pp, pb) Anthology of 18 horror stories. Previously published as the last third of The Complete Masters of Darkness (Underwood-Miller 1991). (Contents)
• * *MetaHorror (Dell Abyss 0-440-20899-8, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $4.99, 377pp, pb) Original anthology of 21 stories; one, “Blues and the Abstract Truth” by Malzberg and Dann, is a reprint. With an introduction by the editor. (Contents)
• * _Metahorror (Donald M. Grant 1-880418-02-9, Jan ’93, $100.00, 318pp, hc) Reprint (Dell Abyss 1992) original anthology, with illustrations by Tom Canty. This is a slipcased limited edition signed by all the contributors except Joyce Carol Oates.

ETHERIDGE, RUTLEDGE

• * *Agent of Chaos (Ace 0-441-00464-4, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Agent of Destruction] Military SF novel, sequel to Agent of Destruction. A spy disrupts a tentative alliance between warring space fleets.
• * *Agent of Destruction (Ace 0-441-00356-7, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Agent of Destruction] Military SF novel. A 15-year-old girl is a skilled saboteur.
• * *The First Duelist (Ace 0-441-00063-0, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Royo) [Duelist] SF novel, second book of a series about interstellar bounty hunters who can name their own price when the first war in centuries erupts.
• * *Legend of the Duelist (Ace 0-441-47962-6, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $4.50, 245pp, pb, cover by Royo) [Duelist] Sf novel of interstellar bounty hunters who can name their own price when the first war in centuries erupts. First book of a new series, and probably a first novel.

ETHERINGTON, NORMAN (Alan) (1941- )

• * *Rider Haggard (Twayne 0-6869-6, 1984 [Dec ’85], $15.95, 138pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study — mostly a Freudian analysis of the early novels. This has a 1984 copyright date, but we did not see it until 1985. [Haggard]

EULO, KEN (1939- )

• * *The House of Caine (Tor 0-812-51773-3, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $4.95, 501pp, pb) Vampire horror novel.
• * _The House of Caine (Tor 0-812-51773-3, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $4.95, 501pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1988) vampire horror novel; third printing.

EVANS, ARTHUR B(ruce) (1946- )

• * *Jules Verne Rediscovered: Didacticism and the Scientific Novel (Greenwood 0-313-26076-1, Aug ’88, $37.95, 199pp, hc) Non-fiction, literary criticism. Attempts to reappraise Verne’s place in literature. It blames poor translations into English for most of Verne’s problems. [Verne]

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• * _On Philip K. Dick: 40 Articles from Science-Fiction Studies (with Veronica Hollinger, R. D. Mullen & Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr.) See entry under R. D. Mullen

EVANS, C. S.

• * _Cinderella (Knopf Everyman’s Library 0-679-42313-3, May ’93 [Jul ’93], $12.95, 114pp, hc) Reprint (Heinemann 1919) retelling of the classic fairy tale, with the original Arthur Rackham illustrations.

EVANS, CHRIS; see pseudonyms Christopher Carpenter & Nathan Elliott

EVANS, CHRISTINE, ed.

• * _The Blue Man and other stories from Wales (Pont 1-85902-228-6, Jun ’96, £4.50, 142pp, tp, cover by Suzanne Carpenter) Reprint (Pont 1995) Anthology of 15 original contempirary/fantasy stories based in Wales. (Contents) [Not seen]

EVANS, CHRISTOPHER (D.) (1951- ) (stories)

• * *Aztec Century (Gollancz 0-575-05540-5, May ’93 [Apr ’93], £8.99, 352pp, tp, cover by Mark Taylor) Sf novel set in a twentieth century Britain that is ruled by the Aztecs. A hardcover edition (-05538-3, £15.99) is also available.
• * _Aztec Century (Gollancz 0-575-05712-2, Apr ’94, £4.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Mark Taylor) Reprint (Gollancz 1993) SF novel set in an alternate-world 20th century Britain ruled by the Aztecs.
• * *Chimeras (Grafton 0-586-21304-X, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], £5.99, 173pp, tp, cover by John Howe) Collection of five linked novelettes about the artist Vendavo, presented as a novel. Recommended (PSP). (Contents)
• * _Dream Makers (with Martyn Dean) See entry under Martyn Dean.
• * *Mortal Remains (Gollancz 0-575-06155-3, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], £8.99, 319pp, tp, cover by Kevin Jenkins) SF novel. Organic biotechnology has allowed the colonisation of the solar worlds, and the creation of sentient spacecraft. The souls of the dead exist in a psychic net, the Noosphere, contactable by the living. Then a strange womb is retrieved from a crashed spaceship. A hardcover edition (-06083-2, £15.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _Mortal Remains (Vista 0-575-60043-8, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £5.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Kevin Jenkins) Reprint (Gollancz 1995) SF novel of the Noosphere.
• * _Prelude to a Work in Progress/Who’s Who in the Universe (with E. C. Tubb) See entry under E. C. Tubb
• * *Writing Science Fiction (Black 0-7136-3003-5, May ’88, £4.95, 97pp, tp) A very useful little guide for budding writers in the field. Recommended. (PSP)
• * +Writing Science Fiction (St. Martin’s 0-312-01849-5, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $10.95, 97pp, hc) Non-fiction, “How-to” book. First U.S. edition (A&C Black 1988).

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• * *Other Edens (with Robert Holdstock) (Unwin 0-04-823378-1, Jul ’87, £2.95, 237pp, pb) Original sf/fantasy anthology. (Contents)
• * *Other Edens II (with Robert Holdstock) (Unwin 0-04-440154-X, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], £3.95, 269pp, pb) Original anthology. (Contents)
• * *Other Edens III (with Robert Holdstock) (Unwin 0-04-440400-X, Oct ’89, £4.50, 237pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) Original sf/fantasy anthology. (Contents)

EVANS, DAVID

• * *Time Station Berlin (Ace 0-441-00473-3, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $5.99, 266pp, pb, cover by Jeff Walker) [Time Station] SF novel, third in the “Time Station” series. Disruptive time travellers focus on John F. Kennedy’s visit to 1963 Berlin. Copyrighted by Bill Fawcett and Associates.
• * *Time Station London (Ace 0-441-00364-8, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $5.99, 249pp, pb, cover by Jeff Walker) [Time Station] SF novel, first in the “Time Station” series about the “Temporal Corps”. This is set in 1940s London. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett and Associates.
• * *Time Station Paris (Ace 0-441-00441-5, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $5.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Jeff Walker) [Time Station] SF novel, second in the “Time Station” series. A new Time Warden travels to 1943 Occupied Paris to save Hermann Goering’s life.

EVANS, JOHN

• * *God’s Gift (Arrow 0-09-922582-4, Oct ’97, £5.99, 425pp, pb, cover by Michael Mascaro) [The Book] Dark fantasy novel. A first novel.
• * *Gordius (Arrow 0-09-922572-7, Nov ’98, £5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Michael Mascaro) [The Book] Dark fantasy novel of “The Book”, a sequel to God’s Gift.

EVANS, LINDA (stories) (chron.)

• * *Far Edge of Darkness (Baen 0-671-87735-6, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $5.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Ken Tunnell) SF novel. An archaeology student, an undercover cop, and an ex-commando end up in Ancient Rome.
• * *Sleipnir (Baen 0-671-87594-9, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $4.99, 311pp, pb) Fantasy novel. GI Randy Barnes is the only man who can save the world when the Norse gods decide to take it with them as Ragnarok approaches. A first novel.
• * _Time Scout (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Wagers of Sin (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.

EVANS, MAX (stories)

• * _Bluefeather Fellini (Bantam 0-553-56539-7, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $5.99, 423pp, pb, cover by John Zielinski) [Bluefeather Fellini] Reprint (University Press of Colorado 1993) WWII American Indian novel with fantasy elements.
• * *Bluefeather Fellini in the Sacred Realm (University Press of Colorado 0-87081-345-5, Aug ’94, $19.95, 368pp, hc, cover by Pat Evans) [Bluefeather Fellini] Picaresque Southwestern fantasy novel, sequel to Bluefeather Fellini. Available from the University Press of Colorado, PO Box 849, Niwot CO 80544.
• * _Bluefeather Fellini in the Sacred Realm (Bantam 0-553-56540-0, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $5.99, 468pp, pb, cover by John Zielinski) [Bluefeather Fellini] Reprint (University Press of Colorado 1994) picaresque Southwestern fantasy novel, sequel to Bluefeather Fellini.

EVENBLIJ, PAUL (stories)

• * *Systems of Romance (with Paul Harland) (Babel Publications; The Netherlands 90-73730-27-9, Aug ’95, £599/$7.99/NL ƒ16, 294pp, pb, cover by Juraj Maxon) English language collection of seven stories, three by each author and one collaboration. (Contents)

EVENSON, BRIAN (Keith) (1966- ) (stories)

• * *The Din of Celestial Birds (Wordcraft of Oregon 1-877655-24-4, Sep ’97, $10.95, 150pp, tp) Collection of 17 fantastic stories, several apparently original, most previously published in very small press editions. Order from Wordcraft of Oregon, PO Box 3235, La Grande OR 97850; e-mail: wordcraft@oregontrail.net (Contents)

EVERETT, [Mrs.] H(enrietta) D. (née Huskisson) (1851-1923) (stories)

• * _The Death-Mask and Other Ghosts (Ghost Story Press no ISBN, 1995, £35.00, xiii+257pp, hc, cover by Steven Stapleton) Reprint (Philip Allan 1920) ghost collection. This edition adds an introduction by Richard Dalby, and is limited to 350 numbered copies. [Not seen]

EVERETT, PERCIVAL (L.) (1956- )

• * *Zulus (The Permanent Press 0-932966-97-7, Mar ’90 [Feb ’91], $19.95, 243pp, hc, cover by Bruce McGowin) Post-holocaust literary sf/surreal novel about the last woman left on Earth who isn’t sterile.

EVERMAN, WELCH D(uane) (1946- ) (stories)

• * *Cult Science Fiction Films (Carol Publishing Group/Citadel 0-8065-1602-X, Dec ’95, $17.95, 255pp, tp) Non-fiction guide to 75 cult SF films, concentrating on the oddities and avoiding the big-budget classics. Carol Publishing/Citadel, 600 Madison Ave., New York NY 10022; 800-447-BOOK.
• * *Jerzy Kosinski: The Literature of Violation (Borgo Press 0-89370-276-5, Aug ’91, $19.95, 158pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism. A guide to Kosinski’s fiction plus a chronology and primary and secondary bibliographies. A hardcover edition (-176-9, $29.95) was announced but not seen. [Kosinski]

EVERSON, WILLIAM K(eith) (1929-1996)

• * _Classics of the Horror Film (Citadel Press 0-8065-0900-7, Apr ’88, £9.95, 246pp, tp) Reprint (Citadel Press 1974) study of horror films. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _Classics of the Horror Film (Carol Publishing Group/Citadel 0-8065-0900-7, Jul ’90, $15.95, 247pp, tp) Reissue (Citadel 1974) non-fiction, a reference book on horror films; eighth printing.

EVSLIN, BERNARD (1922- )

• * *Jason & the Argonauts (Morrow 0-688-06245-8, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $13.00, 165pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel retelling the quest for the Golden Fleece. Illustrations by Bert Dodson.

EWINS, BRETT

• * _Bad Company: The Krool Heart (with Jim McCarthy & Pete Milligan) See entry under Pete Milligan.

EYLES, ALLEN (1941- )

• * +The World of Oz: A Fantastic Expedition Over the Rainbow (HP Books 0-89586-415-0, Nov ’85, $9.95, 96pp, 8" x 10", pb) [Oz] An affectionate look at the Land of Oz in book & film. The highlight of the book is the reprinting of numerous color illustrations and stills on slick paper—the reprints, in many cases, are better than the originals.
• * *The World of Oz: An Historical Expedition Over the Rainbow 1900-1985 (Justin Knowles 0-907724-23-X, Oct ’85 [Mar ’86], $70.00, 96pp, hc) [Oz] Non-fiction; “the history of the Oz phenomenon.” It’s a limited edition, slipcased, signed, and numbered, and is the original of the HP reprint we listed previously. It appeared in 1985, but we didn’t see it until 1986. This British publisher is distributed by Scribner’s.

FABER, INEZ McALISTER; see pseudonym Elisabeth Beresford

FABI, MARK (1955- )

• * *Wyrm (Bantam 0-553-37871-6, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $13.95, 501pp, tp, cover by Eric Dinyer) Millennial SF novel about computer viruses and AIs.