The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

FROST, GREGORY (Dee) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _The Pure Cold Light (Roc UK 0-14-017393-5, Feb ’94, £4.99, 242pp, pb) Reprint (AvoNova 1993) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Remscela (Ace 0-441-71350-5, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.50, 278pp, pb) [Tain] Celtic fantasy novel, sequel to Tain.
• * *Tain (Ace 0-441-79534-X, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $3.50, 386pp, pb) [Tain] Celtic fantasy novel.

FROST, JASON; house pseudonym

• * *The Warlord #2: Cutthroat (Zebra 0-8217-1308-6, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.50, 269pp, pb) [Warlord] Sf novel. “After the cataclysm, California is under siege by bloodthirsty pirates.” Second in a series.
• * *The Warlord #3: Badland (Zebra 0-8217-1437-6, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $2.50, 253pp, pb) [Warlord] Novel in a post-holocaust series.
• * *The Warlord #5: Terminal Island (Zebra 0-8217-1697-2, Nov ’85, $2.50, 235pp, pb) [Warlord] Sf adventure novel in a post-holocaust series.

FROST, MARK (1953- ) (chron.)

• * _The 6 Messiahs (Avon 0-380-72229-1, Sep ’96, $6.99, 423pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [List of 7] Reprint (Morrow 1995) adventure thriller with fantasy elements, with Arthur Conan Doyle and Holmes’ prototype battling occult powers in Victorian London. Sequel to The List of 7. A special printing in February 1996 was indicated on the copyright page, but was not seen.
• * *The List of 7 (Morrow 0-688-12245-0, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $20.00, 368pp, hc) [List of 7] Adventure thriller with fantasy elements, with Arthur Conan Doyle and Holmes’ prototype battling the occult powers of the satanic Dark Brotherhood in Victorian London. A first novel by the co-writer/director of Twin Peaks.
• * _The List of 7 (SFBC #01462, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $9.98, 368pp, hc) [List of 7] Reprint (Morrow 1993) adventure thriller with fantasy elements, with Arthur Conan Doyle and Holmes’ prototype battling the occult powers of the satanic Dark Brotherhood in Victorian London. An Edgar Award nominee for Best First Novel. Similar to the Morrow edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The List of 7 (Avon 0-380-72019-1, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $5.99, 401pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [List of 7] Reprint (Morrow 1993) adventure thriller with fantasy elements, with Arthur Conan Doyle and Holmes’ prototype battling the occult powers of the satanic Dark Brotherhood in Victorian London. An Edgar Award nominee for Best First Novel.
• * _The List of Seven (Hutchinson 0-09-178190-6, Oct ’93, £14.99, 377pp, hc) [List of 7] Reprint (Morrow 1993 as The List of 7) Victorian horror novel, featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as a character. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The List of Seven (Arrow 0-09-930511-9, Jun ’94, £4.99, 426pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [List of 7] Reprint (Morrow 1993) associational novel. Conan Doyle bound up with the supernatural. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Six Messiahs (Morrow 0-688-13092-5, Jul ’95, $23.00, 404pp, hc, cover by Daniel Horne) [List of 7] Adventure thriller with fantasy elements, with Arthur Conan Doyle and Holmes’ prototype battling the occult powers of the satanic Dark Brotherhood in Victorian London. Sequel to The List of 7.

FROUD, BRIAN (1948- ) (chron.)

• * _Faeries (with Alan Lee) (Bantam Peacock 0-553-34634-2, 1996 [Mar ’96], $19.95, unpaginated, tp, cover by Brian Froud & Alan Lee) Reprint (Abrams 1978) humorous fantasy/art book. This says eighth printing on the copyright page, which still lists the original ISBN and the publisher as Abrams (as does the title page).
• * *The Goblin Companion: A Field Guide to Goblins (with Terry Jones) (Turner 1-57036-349-8, Mar ’96 [Apr ’96], $19.95, 128pp, hc, cover by Brian Froud) Humorous fantasy/art book, written by Jones, and “invented and illustrated” by Froud. This was apparently inspired by Froud’s character designs for the Jim Henson movie Labyrinth. Copyrighted 1986 by Henson Associates. First US edition (Pavilion 1996).
• * *The Goblins of Labyrinth (with Terry Jones) (Holt 0-03-008499-7, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], $25.00, 137pp, hc) Art book with sketches etc. plus text. This is not quite a movie tie-in book because it’s original artwork, not stills from the movie.
• * *The Goblins of Labyrinth (with Terry Jones) (Holt 0-03-007318-9, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], $16.95, 137pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
• * _The Goblins of Labyrinth (with Terry Jones) (Michael Joseph/Pavilion 1-85145-058-0, Oct ’86, £12.95, 144pp, hc) Reprint (Holt 1986) book of art by Froud, text by Jones, associated with the film Labyrinth.
• * *Good Faeries/Bad Faeries (Simon & Schuster 0-684-84781-7, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $30.00, unpaginated, hc, cover by Brian Froud) Art book printed in double format, with two covers, and half the fairy illustrations printed upside-down. Edited by Terri Windling.
• * _Good Faeries/Bad Faeries (SFBC #00448, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $17.98, unpaginated, hc, cover by Brian Froud) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1998) art book printed in double format, with two covers, and half the fairy illustrations printed upside-down. This is similar to the Simon & Schuster edition, except it lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the Bad Faeries jacket.
• * _Lady Cottingham’s Pressed Fairy Book (with Terry Jones) See entry under Terry Jones.
• * _Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book (with Terry Jones) See entry under Terry Jones.
• * _Strange Stains and Mysterious Smells (with Terry Jones) See entry under Terry Jones.

FROUD, JANE

• * *The Torn Tapestry (Century 0-7126-3057-0, Aug ’89, £12.95, 448pp, hc, cover by Steve Bradbury) Story of “two women who are mysteriously linked across four centuries”.

FRUCHTMAN, JOEL RICHARD (1937- ); see pseudonym Joel Richards (stories)

FRUTTERO, CARLO

• * _The D. Case or the Truth About the Mystery of Edwin Drood (with Franco Lucentini & Charles Dickens) See entry under Charles Dickens.
• * _The D. Case or the Truth About the Mystery of Edwin Drood (with Franco Lucentini & Charles Dickens) (Harcourt Brace 0-15-623600-1, Oct ’93, $12.95, 587pp, tp, cover by Edward Gorey) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992) mystery/fantasy novel of a gathering of famous fictional detectives using the text of The Mystery of Edwin Drood to solve the mystery of Charles Dickens’ murder. This includes the complete text of Dickens’ unfinished novel, thus the coauthor credit. Translated from the Italian by Gregory Dowling.

FRY, STEPHEN (1957- )

• * _Making History (Arrow 0-09-946481-0, Oct ’97, £5.99, 556pp, pb) Reprint (Hutchinson 1996) SF novel of parallel universes. Time-travellers’ attempts to stop the birth of Hitler become increasingly complex. The original hardcover was not seen.
• * +Making History (Random House 0-679-45955-3, Mar ’98, $24.00, 381pp, hc) Satiric time-travel/alternate world SF novel about an attempt to prevent the birth of Hitler. First US edition (Hutchinson 1996); we apparently missed the UK edition.

FUENTES, CARLOS; [i.e., Carlos Manuel Fuentes Macías] (1928- ) (stories)

• * _Aura [1962] (Andre Deutsch 0-233-98562-X, Apr ’90, £4.95, 88pp, tp, cover by Barbara Griffiths) Reprint (??? 1965) love story with supernatural overtones, including a long afterword (“How I Wrote Aura”) by the author. Also available in hardcover (-98470-4, £9.95).
• * *Christopher Unborn (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-12334-9, Dec ’89 [Apr ’90], $22.95, 531pp, hc) Dystopian literary sf/fantasy novel set in the ruins of near-future Mexico and narrated by an unborn child.
• * _Christopher Unborn (Vintage 0-679-73222-5, Oct ’90, $12.95, 529pp, tp) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1989) literary dystopian sf novel set in the ruins of near-future Mexico and narrated by an unborn child.
• * _Christopher Unborn (Picador 0-330-31564-1, Oct ’90, £5.99, 531pp, tp, cover by Trevor Webb) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1989) novel set in Mexico in 1992, as seen by an unborn child from the womb.

FUENTES, ROBERTO (1934- )

• * _Dead Morn (with Piers Anthony) See entry under Piers Anthony.

FULGHAM, STEVEN RAY

• * *The Forsaken (Diamond 1-55773-631-6, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.50, 292pp, pb) Horror novel of an evil demon out for blood.
• * *The Summoned (Diamond 1-55773-526-3, Jun ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.50, 323pp, pb) Horror novel of the monstrous evil lurking behind the face of a teenage boy.
• * *A Whisper of Wings (Diamond 1-55773-706-1, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.50, 259pp, pb) Horror novel about the spread of murderous winged creatures that once were human.

FULLER, JOHN G(rant, Jr.) (1913-1990)

• * _The Ghost of 29 Megacycles (Grafton 0-586-06869-4, Jan ’87, £2.95, 351pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1985) occult non-fiction.
• * *The Pack (St. Martin’s 0-312-91350-8, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 282pp, pb) Nuclear disaster/horror novel: irradiated (and irritated) rats attack a beach community.

FULLER, JULIE FORWARD

• * _Rescue from Paradise (with Robert L. Forward) See entry under Robert L. Forward
• * _Return to Rocheworld (with Robert L. Forward) See entry under Robert L. Forward

FULLER, KIMBERLY A.

• * *Home (Tor 0-312-86152-4, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $16.95, 191pp, hc, cover by Joe Burleson) Young-adult SF novel. Teenagers find a space traveller who claims their planet is the home he fled when The Destroyers came. A first novel.

FULLER, THOMAS E., ed. (1948-2002) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Once Upon a Midnight (with Jame A. Riley & Michael N. Langford) See entry under Jame A. Riley

FULLILOVE, ERIC JAMES (1954- )

• * *Circle of One (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57575-9, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $5.50, 247pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) [Circle of One] Near-future SF mystery. A telepath helps track a serial killer by reading the dead victims’ minds. A first novel.
• * *The Stranger (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57576-7, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $5.99, 249pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) [Circle of One] Near-future SF mystery novel, sequel to Circle of One. Telepath Jenny Sixa investigates a murder while being psychically stalked.

FULTON, LIZ; [i.e., Elizabeth G. Fulton] (1950- )

• * *The Palm Dome (Bantam 0-553-28884-9, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $4.50, 266pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) Horror novel of a Connecticut estate occupied by a malevolent force. A first novel.

FULTON, ROGER

• * *Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction (Boxtree 1-85283-277-0, Mar ’90, £17.95, 596pp, tp) Reference book giving details of all sf and related series that have been shown on British television. Strongly recommended. (PSP)
• * *The Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction (Boxtree 1-8528-3953-8, May ’95 [Apr ’95], £16.99, 727pp, tp) Reference work. A massive, illustrated index to every SF series, serial, one-off play, and animated work shown on British TV from 1951 to date. An invaluable, exhaustive work, heavily revised and updated from its first edition (Boxtree, 1990).

FUREY, MAGGIE (1955- ) (stories)

• * *Aurian (Legend 0-09-927071-4, May ’94, £5.99, 611pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Artefacts of Power] Fantasy novel.
• * +Aurian (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56525-7, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $5.99, 599pp, pb, cover by Steve Assel) [Artefacts of Power] Fantasy novel of a young female mage who takes a mortal lover and angers an evil Archmage. A first novel and first book of a new series. First American edition (Legend 1994).
• * _Aurian (Legend 0-09-918902-X, Dec ’96, £16.99, 611pp, hc, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Artefacts of Power] Reprint (Legend 1994) fantasy novel. Book One of “The Artefacts of Power”. First World Hardcover.
• * +Dhiammara (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57557-0, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $6.50, 478pp, pb, cover by Steve Assel) [Artefacts of Power] Fantasy novel, fourth in the “Aurian” series. First US edition (Legend 1997).
• * *Dhiammarra (Legend 0-09-969811-0, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £5.99, 473pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Artefacts of Power] Fantasy novel. Book four of “The Artefacts of Power” tetralogy. A hardcover edition (-923582-X, £16.99) was announced but not seen.
• * *Harp of Winds (Legend 0-09-927081-1, Nov ’94, £4.99, 405pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Artefacts of Power] Fantasy novel. Book Two of “The Artefacts of Power” trilogy.
• * +Harp of Winds (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56526-5, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $5.99, 441pp, pb, cover by Steve Assel) [Artefacts of Power] Fantasy novel, sequel to Aurian. The quest to stop the evil mages continues, despite the pregnancy that robs Aurian of her powers. First American edition (Legend 1994).
• * _Harp of Winds (Legend 0-09-918922-4, Jan ’97, £16.99, 405pp, hc, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Artefacts of Power] Reprint (Legend 1994) fantasy novel. Book Two of “The Artefacts of Power”. First World Hardcover.
• * *The Sword of Flame (Legend 0-09-927091-9, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], £5.99, 428pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Artefacts of Power] Fantasy novel, book three of “The Artefacts of Power” series.
• * +Sword of Flame (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56527-3, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $5.99, 444pp, pb, cover by Steve Assel) [Artefacts of Power] Fantasy novel, third in the “Aurian” series. Aurian’s quest brings her home to find the last great weapon. First US edition (Legend 1995 as The Sword of Flame).
• * *The Web: Sorceress (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-551-7, Feb ’98, £3.50, 98pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Web] Young-adult SF novella set in the worldwide Virtual Reality Web of 2027. Last in a series of six linked stories, each written by a different author. A hardcover edition was apparently cancelled.
• * *The Web: Spindrift (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-647-5, Nov ’98 [Dec ’98], £3.50, 117pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Web] Young-adult SF novella. Book #10 in the series.

FURLONG, MONICA (Teavis) (1930- ) (chron.)

• * +Juniper (Knopf 0-394-93220-X, Mar ’91 [May ’91], $12.95, 198pp, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) [Wise Child] Young-adult Celtic fantasy novel, a prequel to Wise Child. First American edition (Gollancz 1990 as A Year and a Day).
• * _Juniper (Corgi 0-552-52703-3, May ’92, £2.99, 189pp, pb, cover by Carol Binch) [Wise Child] Reprint (Gollancz 1990 as A Year and a Day) young-adult fantasy novel. Prequel to Wise Child.
• * _Juniper (Knopf Borzoi 0-679-83369-2, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $3.99, 198pp, pb, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) [Wise Child] Reprint (Gollancz 1990 as A Year and a Day) young-adult Celtic fantasy novel, prequel to Wise Child.
• * *Wise Child (Gollancz 0-575-04046-7, Jun ’87 [May ’87], £7.95, 192pp, hc) [Wise Child] Juvenile fantasy novel. [Not seen]
• * +Wise Child (Knopf 0-394-89105-8, Oct ’87, $11.95, 228pp, hc) [Wise Child] Reprint (Gollancz 1987) young-adult Arthurian fantasy novel.
• * _Wise Child (Knopf Borzoi 0-394-82598-5, Nov ’89, $2.95, 228pp, pb, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) [Wise Child] Reprint (Gollancz 1987) Arthurian young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *A Year and a Day (Gollancz 0-575-04591-4, May ’90, £9.95, 175pp, hc, cover by Mary Kuper) [Wise Child] Young-adult Celtic fantasy novel. Prequel to Wise Child.

FUSSELL, PAUL

• * *The Anti-Egotist: Kingsley Amis, Man of Letters (Oxford University Press 0-19-508736-4, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $23.00, 206pp, hc) Biography and critical appraisal of Kingsley Amis. His connections with SF, both as writer and critic, are ignored.

GAARDER, JOSTEIN (1952- )

• * *The Solitaire Mystery (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-26651-4, Jun ’96, $22.00, 309pp, hc, cover by Roxanna Bikadoroff) Literary fantasy novel. A mysterious book tells a boy the strangely relevant story of a shipwrecked sailor and a deck of cards that comes to life. Translated by Sarah Jane Hails from the original Norwegian (H. Aschehoug & Co. 1990 as Kabalmysteriet).
• * _The Solitaire Mystery (Phoenix 1-85799-865-0, Jun ’97 [Jul ’97], £6.99, 319pp, tp, cover by Sarah Perkins) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1996) literary fantasy novel. The original UK hardcover (Phoenix House 1996) was not seen. Translated from the original Norwegian (H. Aschehoug & Co. 1990 as Kabalmysteriet).
• * _The Solitaire Mystery (Berkley 0-425-15999-X, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $14.00, 349pp, tp) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1996) literary fantasy novel. A mysterious book tells a boy the strangely relevant story of a shipwrecked sailor and a deck of cards that comes to life. Translated by Sarah Jane Hails from the original Norwegian (H. Aschehoug & Co. 1990 as Kabalmysteriet).

GABALDON, DIANA; [i.e., Diana Jean Gabaldon Watkins] (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Cross Stitch (Rowan 0-09-991170-1, Jul ’92, £5.99, 864pp, pb) [Outlander] Reprint (Century 1991) time-travel romance. First volume in a new trilogy.
• * _Cross Stitch (Arrow 0-09-991170-1, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], £5.99, 864pp, pb, cover by Gary Blythe) [Outlander] Reprint (Century; Delacorte as Outlander 1991) Romantic fantasy of time-travel. Volume one in the trilogy.
• * *Dragonfly in Amber (Delacorte 0-385-30231-2, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $21.50, 743pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) [Outlander] Time-travel romance novel, the sequel to Outlander.
• * _Dragonfly in Amber (Dell 0-440-21562-5, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $5.99, 947pp, pb) [Outlander] Reprint (Delacorte 1992) time-travel romance novel, the sequel to Outlander.
• * _Dragonfly in Amber (Arrow 0-09-929471-0, Mar ’94, £5.99, 963pp, pb, cover by Gary Blythe) [Outlander] Reprint (Delacorte 1992) fantasy novel. Volume two in the trilogy. Sequel to Cross Stitch. [First U.K. edition]
• * +The Drums of Autumn (Delacorte 0-385-31140-0, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $24.95, 880pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Craft) [Outlander] Fourth time-travel historical novel in the “Outlander” series. Claire and Jamie settle in the New World, while daughter Brianna travels from the future to warn them. First US edition (Century July 1996)
• * *The Drums of Autumn (Century 0-7126-7623-6, Jan ’97 [Apr ’97], £16.99, 880pp, hc, cover by Janette Earney) [Outlander] Time travel/romance novel. Book four in the “Outlander” series. Published simultaneous with the US (Delacorte) edition.
• * _The Drums of Autumn (Arrow 0-09-966431-3, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], £5.99, 1185pp, pb, cover by Janette Earney) [Outlander] Reprint (Century 1997) time travel/romance novel. Book 4 in the “Outlander” series.