The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

FORWARD, ROBERT D(odson) (continued)

• * *The Owl 2: Scarlet Serenade (NEL 0-450-53215-1, Sep ’90, £3.50, 207pp, pb) [Owl] Thriller with minor supernatural elements. Recommended. (PSP)

FORWARD, ROBERT L(ull) (1932-2002) (stories)

• * *Camelot 30K (Tor 0-312-85215-0, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $20.95, 308pp, hc, cover by Carol Russo) Sf first contact novel of tiny aliens living at 30° above absolute zero on Pluto.
• * _Camelot 30K (Tor 0-812-51647-8, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $5.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Shigemi Numaza) Reprint (Tor 1993) SF first-contact novel.
• * _Dragon’s Egg (NEL 0-450-05197-8, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], £2.95, 308pp, pb) [*Dragon’s Egg] Reissue (Del Rey 1980) sf novel.
• * *Dragon’s Egg/Starquake (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38898-4, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $5.50, 535pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [*Dragon’s Egg] Omnibus of two sf novels, Dragon’s Egg (Del Rey 1980) and its sequel Starquake (Del Rey 1985). (Contents)
• * *The Flight of the Dragonfly (Timescape 0-671-49939-4, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $17.95, 319pp, hc) Sf novel.
• * *The Flight of the Dragonfly (Timescape 0-671-49944-0, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $4.95, 319pp, tp) Trade paperback edition of the above.
• * _The Flight of the Dragonfly (Baen 0-671-55937-0, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $3.50, 376pp, pb) Reprint (Timescape 1984) sf novel.
• * _The Flight of the Dragonfly (NEL 0-450-05823-9, Aug ’87, £2.95, 318pp, pb) Reissue (Timescape 1984) sf novel.
• * *Future Magic (Avon 0-380-89814-4, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.95, 230pp, pb) Non-fiction, associational. About applications of advanced physics. The subtitle is: “How Today’s Science Fiction Will Become Tomorrow’s Reality”, and it examines various science fictional items as scientific possibilities.
• * *Indistinguishable from Magic (Baen 0-671-87686-4, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $5.99, 372pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Collection of eight SF stories, accompanied by eight articles discussing the scientific facts demonstrated in the stories. (Contents)
• * *Marooned on Eden (with Martha Dodson Forward) (Baen 0-671-72180-1, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $4.99, 368pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Sf novel of human scientists marooned on an alien planet, third book of the “Rocheworld” series. The cover and spine co-author credit is for “Margaret Dodson Forward,” but the title and copyright pages are correct.
• * *Martian Rainbow (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34712-9, Jun ’91, $18.00, 319pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Sf novel about a human-colonized Mars as a pawn in a Russian-American power struggle. A 14-page “New Colonist’s Guide to Mars” mentioned in the story is appended.
• * _Martian Rainbow (Easton Press no ISBN, Sep ’91, no price, 319pp, hc) Sf novel about a human-colonized Mars, with artwork by Jim Burns. This edition is published “simultaneously” with the Del Rey edition which appeared three months earlier. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Martian Rainbow (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37772-9, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $4.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Del Rey 1991) sf novel about a human-colonized Mars as a pawn in a Russian-American power struggle.
• * *Mirror Matter: Pioneering Antimatter Physics (with Joel Davis) (John Wiley 0-471-62812-3, Mar ’88 [Apr ’88], $18.95, 262pp, hc) Non-fiction, associational. Popular science book on antimatter by a pair of scientist/sf writers. Some of this is written as sf scenarios.
• * *Ocean Under the Ice (with Martha Dodson Forward) (Baen 0-671-87600-7, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.99, 443pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Rocheworld] SF novel, fourth book of the “Rocheworld” series.
• * *The Owl (Pinnacle 0-523-42194-X, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $3.50, 247pp, pb) Fantasy horror novel, a first novel by Dr. Robert L. Forward’s son.
• * *Rescue from Paradise (with Julie Forward Fuller) (Baen 0-671-87655-4, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $5.99, 344pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Rocheworld] SF novel, fifth in the “Rocheworld” series. A new generation raised in a lost colony is about to be “rescued.”
• * *Return to Rocheworld (with Julie Forward Fuller) (Baen 0-671-72153-4, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.99, 306pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Rocheworld] Hard sf novel of a human expedition’s experiences with an unfriendly aquatic alien race. Sequel to Rocheworld.
• * *Rocheworld (Baen 0-671-69869-9, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $4.50, 470pp, pb, cover by David B. Mattingly) [Rocheworld] Hard sf high-tech novel originally written in 1981 as a 150,000 word book; a 60,000 word version appeared in Analog under the present title; a 100,000 word version appeared as The Flight of the Dragonfly (Timescape 1984); a 110,000 word version appeared from Baen in 1985. This 155,000 word version combines pieces of all the others and goes back to the original title.
• * *Saturn Rukh (Tor 0-312-86321-7, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $22.95, 318pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) SF novel. Humans exploring Saturn’s upper atmosphere encounter huge flying creatures.
• * _Saturn Rukh (Tor 0-812-53458-1, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $6.99, 337pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Tor 1997) SF novel.
• * *Starquake (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31232-5, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $14.95, 326pp, hc) [*Dragon’s Egg] Sf novel, a sequel to Dragon’s Egg.
• * _Starquake (SFBC #03808, Apr ’86, $5.98, 247pp, hc) [*Dragon’s Egg] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel, sequel to Dragon’s Egg.
• * _Starquake (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31233-3, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $3.95, 339pp, pb) [*Dragon’s Egg] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel, sequel to Dragon’s Egg.
• * _Starquake (NEL 0-450-41908-8, Jan ’88, £2.95, 339pp, pb) [*Dragon’s Egg] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel. A disappointing sequel to Dragon’s Egg which adds little new of interest, and which rapidly becomes ludicrous in its desperate attempts to cope with the massive time difference between humans and aliens. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]
• * *Timemaster (Tor 0-312-85214-2, May ’92, $19.95, 272pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) Sf novel about a billionaire industrialist who communicates with aliens, achieves interstellar flight, and explores other planets.
• * _Timemaster (Tor 0-812-51644-3, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $5.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Vincent DiFate) Reprint (Tor 1992) sf novel.

FOSBURGH, LIZA (1930- )

• * _Bella Arabella (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15484-2, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $2.50, 102pp, tp) Reprint (Four Winds 1985) juvenile fantasy novel.

FOSS, CHRIS(topher) (1946- )

• * *The Chris Foss Portfolio (Paper Tiger 1-85028-140-8, Jan ’91, £9.95, 64pp, tp, cover by Chris Foss) Portfolio of 28 full page (16" x 11") reproductions of Chris Foss covers, with introductory text by Nigel Suckling. Recommended. (PSP)
• * *Diary of a Spaceperson (Paper Tiger 1-85028-048-7, Jan ’91, £16.95, 143pp, hc, cover by Chris Foss) Collection of sf and erotic art illustrating an original short story in the form of a young spacewoman’s diary.
• * _Diary of a Spaceperson (Paper Tiger 1-85028-049-5, Oct ’91 [Dec ’91], £10.95, 143pp, tp) Reprint (Paper Tiger 1991) collection of sf and erotic art illustrating an original short story.

FOSTER, ALAN DEAN (1946- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Alien 3 (Warner UK 0-7088-5240-8, Jun ’92, £4.50, 218pp, pb) [Alien] Sf novelization based on the screenplay by David Giger & Walter Hill & Larry Ferguson. Simultaneous with US (Warner) edition.
• * *Alien 3 (Little, Brown UK 0-356-20310-7, Jun ’92, £13.99, 218pp, hc) [Alien] Hardback edition of the above.
• * *Alien Nation (Warner 0-446-35264-0, Jun ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.95, 217pp, pb) [Alien Nation] Sf novelization, a near-future police thriller with aliens.
• * _Alien Nation (Grafton 0-586-20594-2, Jan ’89, £2.99, 217pp, pb) [Alien Nation] Reprint (Warner 1988) sf film novelization. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Alien Nation (Severn House 0-7278-1731-0, Jan ’89, £10.95, 217pp, hc) [Alien Nation] Hardback edition of the above. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * *Alien3 (Warner 0-446-36216-6, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $4.99, 218pp, pb) [Alien] Movie tie-in novelization of the sf film.
• * *Aliens (Warner 0-446-30139-6, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $3.95, 247pp, pb) [Alien] A novelization based on the screenplay by James Cameron of the sequel to Alien.
• * _Aliens (Futura 0-7088-3182-6, Aug ’86, £2.50, 247pp, pb) [Alien] Reprint (Warner 1986) film novelization.
• * _Aliens (Severn House 0-7278-1433-8, Jan ’87, £8.95, 247pp, hc) [Alien] Reprint (Warner 1986) sf film novelization.
• * _Bloodhype (NEL 0-450-04339-8, Jul ’87, £2.50, 206pp, pb) [Pip & Flinx] Reissue (Ballantine 1973) sf novel.
• * _Bloodhype (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33285-7, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.50, 249pp, pb) [Pip & Flinx] Reissue (Del Rey 1973) sf novel, space opera in the “Flinx” series; 11th printing.
• * _Bloodhype (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33285-7, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 249pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Pip & Flinx] Reissue (Del Rey 1973) SF novel in the “Pip and Flinx” series; 16th printing.
• * _Cachalot (NEL 0-450-05193-5, Jul ’87, £2.95, 275pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1980) sf novel.
• * _Cachalot (Severn House 0-7278-4617-5, Apr ’94, £14.99, 275pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) Reprint (Ballantine 1980) SF novel.
• * *A Call to Arms (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35855-4, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $18.95, 341pp, hc, cover by Syd Dutton) [Damned] Sf novel of human involvement in an alien war, first book of “The Damned.”
• * _A Call to Arms (Easton Press no ISBN, May ’91, no price, 341pp, hc) [Damned] Sf novel with an intro by James Gunn, artwork by Barclay Shaw. This edition is published “simultaneously” with the Del Rey edition which appeared two months earlier. Leatherbound, gilt-edge edition, part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series, available by subscription only.
• * _A Call to Arms (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37574-2, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Damned] Reprint (Del Rey 1991) sf novel of human involvement in an alien war, first book of “The Damned”.
• * _A Call to Arms (Legend 0-09-995440-0, Oct ’96, £5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Damned] Reprint (Del Rey 1991) SF novel. Volume 1 of “The Damned”. Opposing alien forces battle for the support or subjugation of humanity. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Carnivores of Light and Darkness (Warner Aspect 0-446-52132-9, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $23.00, 344pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Journeys of the Catechist] Fantasy novel set in an oddly mutable Africa. A reluctant cowherd accepts a dying man’s quest to save a faraway, abducted princess. Book one of “Journeys of the Catechist”.
• * *Cat-a-Lyst (Ace 0-441-64661-1, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.95, 325pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) Humorous sf novel of a movie star and his cat encountering a lost civilization of alien Incas planning to conquer the world.
• * _Cat-a-Lyst (SFBC #18701, Sep ’91 [Oct ’91], $5.98, 206pp, hc, cover by Dean Morrissey) Reprint (Ace 1991) humorous sf novel about a movie star and his cat. First hardcover edition.
• * _Cat-a-Lyst (Orbit 1-85723-011-6, May ’92, £4.50, 327pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1991) sf novel about a lost civilization of extra-dimensional Incas. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Cat-a-Lyst (Severn House 0-7278-4455-5, Apr ’93 [May ’93], £13.99, 326pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) Reprint (Ace 1991) humorous sf novel about a movie star and his cat.
• * *Chorus Skating (Warner Aspect 0-446-36237-9, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $5.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Tim Hildebrandt) [Spellsinger] Fantasy novel, seventh book in the “Spellsinger” series.
• * _Chorus Skating (Orbit 1-85723-313-1, Jun ’95, £4.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Spellsinger] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1994) humorous fantasy novel, volume 8 in the “Spellsinger” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Chorus Skating (Severn House 0-7278-4866-6, Oct ’95, £16.99, 344pp, hc, cover by Les Daniels) [Spellsinger] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1994) humorous fantasy novel; volume eight in the “Spellsinger” series. First UK hardcover.
• * *Codgerspace (Ace 0-441-71851-5, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Humorous sf novel about an AI disrupting all mechanical life on Earth in search of a nonhuman higher intelligence.
• * _Codgerspace (SFBC #01092, Jul ’92 [Aug ’92], $6.98, 228pp, hc, cover by David Mattingly) Reprint (Ace 1992) humorous sf novel about an AI disrupting all mechanical life on Earth in search of a nonhuman higher intelligence. This lacks an ISBN and price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. First hardcover edition.
• * _Codgerspace (Orbit 1-85723-035-3, Apr ’93, £4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Steve Bradbury) Reprint (Ace 1992) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Codgerspace (Severn House 0-7278-4685-X, Nov ’94, £15.99, 309pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) Reprint (Ace 1992) SF novel. First World Hardcover.
• * *The Complete Alien Omnibus (Warner UK 0-7515-0667-2, Oct ’93, £8.99, 649pp, tp) [Alien] Omnibus of the novelizations of the three Alien films. (Contents)
• * *Cyber Way (Ace 0-441-13245-6, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $4.50, 306pp, pb, cover by James Gurney) Sf/police procedural novel with a strong Navajo/computer background.
• * _Cyber Way (SFBC #17234, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $5.98, 225pp, hc, cover by James Gurney) Reprint (Ace 1990) sf/Navajo/police procedural novel. First hardcover edition.
• * _Cyber Way (Orbit 1-85723-010-8, May ’92, £4.50, 307pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1990) sf thriller. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Day of the Dissonance (Phantasia 0-932096-30-1, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $40.00, 269pp, hc) [Spellsinger] Fantasy novel, sequel to Spellsinger at the Gate (Phantasia 1983) which was published later in two volumes by Warner: Spellsinger and The Hour of the Gate. This is the signed, boxed, & numbered special edition of 375 copies. The 2,000 copy trade edition is $17.00.
• * _The Day of the Dissonance (Warner 0-446-32133-8, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $2.95, 292pp, pb) [Spellsinger] Reprint (Phantasia 1984) fantasy novel, first trade edition. It’s either the second or the third book in the “Spellsinger” series, depending on how you’re counting.
• * _The Day of the Dissonance (Warner 0-446-34158-4, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $3.50, 292pp, pb) [Spellsinger] Reissue (Phantasia 1984) fantasy novel, “Spellsinger” #3; 2nd printing.
• * _The Day of the Dissonance (Macdonald 0-356-12178-X, Jul ’86 [Mar ’86], £9.95, 304pp, hc) [Spellsinger] Reprint (Phantasia 1984) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Spellsinger” series; library edition.
• * *The Deluge Drivers (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33330-6, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.95, 311pp, pb) [Icerigger; Thranx] Sf novel, Book Three of the “Icerigger” trilogy.
• * _The Deluge Drivers (NEL 0-450-42642-4, Jul ’88, £2.95, 311pp, pb) [Icerigger; Thranx] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel. Volume 3 in the “Icerigger” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Deluge Drivers (Severn House 0-7278-1742-6, Dec ’89 [Feb ’90], £11.95, 311pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) [Icerigger; Thranx] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel. Volume 3 in the “Iceworld” trilogy.
• * *Design for Great-Day (with Eric Frank Russell) (Tor 0-312-85501-X, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $21.00, 255pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) SF novel, an expansion by Foster of Russell’s 1953 novella.
• * _Design for Great-Day (with Eric Frank Russell) (Tor 0-812-52460-8, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $5.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel, an expansion by Foster of Russell’s 1953 novella.
• * *The Dig (Warner Aspect 0-446-51853-0, Jan ’96, $19.95, 296pp, hc, cover by Bill Eaken) SF novelization based on a CD-ROM computer game. Copyrighted by LucasArts Entertainment Company.
• * _The Dig (Corgi 0-552-14490-8, May ’96, £4.99, 334pp, pb) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1966) novelisation based on the LucasArts CD-Rom game. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Dig (Warner Aspect 0-446-60379-1, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $6.50, 310pp, pb, cover by Bill Eaken) Reprint (Aspect 1996) SF novelization based on a CD-ROM computer game. Copyrighted by LucasArts Entertainment.
• * _The Dig (Severn House 0-7278-5266-3, Oct ’97, £16.99, 334pp, hc) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1996) novelization based on the LucasArts CD-Rom game. First UK hardcover.
• * *Dinotopia Lost (Turner 1-57036-279-3, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $21.95, 318pp, hc, cover by James Gurney) [Dinotopia] Novelization based on James Gurney’s “Dinotopia”. Pirates attack on the eve of a typhoon.
• * _Dinotopia Lost (SFBC #11985, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $10.98, 318pp, hc, cover by James Gurney) [Dinotopia] Reprint (Turner 1996) novelization based on James Gurney’s “Dinotopia”. This is similar to the Turner edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Dinotopia Lost (Bantam UK 0-553-50495-9, Aug ’96, £4.99, 350pp, pb, cover by James Gurney) [Dinotopia] Reprint (Turner 1996) novelization based on the Dinotopia books by Gurney; copyrighted by Gurney and The Greenwich Workshop Inc. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Dinotopia Lost (Ace 0-441-00462-8, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $12.00, 326pp, tp, cover by James Gurney) [Dinotopia] Reprint (Turner 1996) novelization based on James Gurney’s “Dinotopia”. Copyrighted by James Gurney and The Greenwich Workshop.
• * _Dinotopia Lost (HarperCollins 0-06-028004-2, Jun ’98 [Jul ’98], $22.95, 280pp, hc, cover by James Gurney) [Dinotopia] Reprint (Turner 1996) novelization based on James Gurney’s Dinotopia.
• * _Dinotopia Lost (Severn House 0-7278-5377-5, Jul ’98 [Aug ’98], £17.99, 350pp, hc) [Dinotopia] Reprint (Turner 1996) novelisation based on the Dinotopia books by the artist, James Gurney. First UK hardcover.
• * _The End of the Matter (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33465-5, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.50, 256pp, pb) [Pip & Flinx] Reissue (Del Rey 1977) sf adventure novel in the “Flinx” series; eighth printing.
• * _The End of the Matter (Severn House 0-7278-4223-4, Jun ’91 [May ’91], £11.99, 206pp, hc) [Pip & Flinx] Reprint (Del Rey 1977) sf novel. First world hardcover edition.
• * _The End of the Matter (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33465-5, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Pip & Flinx] Reissue (Del Rey 1977) SF novel in the “Pip and Flinx” series; 16th printing.
• * *The False Mirror (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35856-2, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $19.00, 277pp, hc, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Damned] Sf novel of human involvement in a millenium-long alien conflict, second book of “The Damned”.
• * _The False Mirror (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37575-0, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $5.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Damned] Reprint (Del Rey 1992) sf novel of human involvement in a millenium-long alien conflict, second book of “The Damned”.
• * _The False Mirror (Legend 0-09-932041-X, Dec ’96, £5.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Damned] Reprint (Del Rey 1992) SF novel. Book 2 of “The Damned” after A Call to Arms. [First U.K. edition]