The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- GILMAN, CHARLOTTE (Anna) PERKINS (Stetson) (1860-1935) (stories)
- * _The Charlotte Perkins Gilman Reader: The Yellow Wallpaper and other fiction (The Women’s Press 0-7043-3866-1, Sep ’94 [Jan ’95], £7.99, 208pp, tp, cover by Namara) Reissue (The Women’s Press 1981) collection of 18 stories, several being fantasy or horror. Edited and introduced by Ann J. Lane.
- * _Herland (The Women’s Press 0-7043-3840-8, Mar ’86, £1.95, 146pp, pb) Reprint (Pantheon 1979) Utopian feminist fantasy novel written in 1915.
- * _Herland (The Women’s Press 0-7043-3840-8, May ’92, £5.99, 146pp, tp) Reissue (Pantheon 1979) sf novel. This was published originally in The Forerunner in 1915.
- * _Herland (Dover 0-486-40429-3, Sep ’98 [Oct ’98], $1.50, 124pp, tp) Reprint (1915) utopian feminist SF novel. Order from Dover Publications, 31 East 2nd St, Mineola NY 11501; add $5.00 postage.
- * *Herland and Selected Stories (Penguin/Signet 0-451-52562-0, Jul ’92, $5.95, 349pp, pb) Collection of 20 stories, including macabre and ghostly tales, plus the Utopian short novel Herland. Edited and with an introduction by Barbara H. Solomon. (Contents)
- * *With Her in Ourland: Sequel to Herland (Greenwood Press/Praeger 0-275-96077-3, Aug ’97, $15.95, 200pp, tp) Feminist utopian novel. This short novel has apparently never been in book form before. Edited by Mary Jo Deegan and Michael R. Hill, with a long introduction by Deegan. A hardcover edition (0-313-27614-5, $55.00) was announced but not seen. Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881.
- * *The Yellow Wall-paper and other stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-282449-X, Oct ’95 [Mar ’96], £4.99, xlii+332pp, tp, cover by John Singer Sargent) Associational collection of stories by the nineteeth century feminist and utopian writer. Edited and with an introduction by Robert Schulman. Note; Only stories 1,5,7,29,33,38 are directly SF or fantasy. (Contents)
- * _The Yellow Wallpaper (The Feminist Press at CUNY 0-912670-09-6, Sep ’96 [Dec ’96], $5.95, 63pp, tp) Reissue (Feminist Press 1973) ghost story, with critical afterword by Elaine R. Hedges.
- * *The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings (Bantam 0-553-21375-X, Nov ’89, $4.50, 240pp, pb, cover by Gertrude Fiske) Collection of eight stories, plus selections from two non-fiction works plus selections from the classic utopian fantasy novel Herland, edited and with an introduction by Lynne Sharon Schwartz. The stories include the horror classic “The Yellow Wallpaper” and the gender-switch fantasy “If I Were a Man”. (Contents)
- GILMAN, DOROTHY; [i.e., Dorothy Gilman Butters] (1923- )
- * *Incident at Badamya (Doubleday 0-385-24760-5, Apr ’89, $16.95, 204pp, hc) Ghost story/political adventure thriller set in Burma in 1950.
- * _Incident at Badamya (Fawcett Crest 0-449-21721-3, Apr ’90, $4.95, 216pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1989) ghost story/political adventure thriller set in Burma in 1950.
- * _The Maze in the Heart of the Castle (Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70398-3, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $3.99, 170pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1983) young-adult historical fantasy novel of a boy’s quest through an ancient stone maze in a wizard’s castle.
- GILMAN, GREER ILENE (1951- ) (chron.)
- * *Moonwise (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45094-9, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 373pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) Fantasy novel of a young girl’s search for a friend, lost in a dark and magical forest. A first novel. Gilman has a remarkable voice and a unique view of the world, making this a very special book. Highly recommended (SW).
- GILMAN, LAURA ANNE (1967- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
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- * *Otherwere (with Keith R. A. DeCandido) (Ace 0-441-00363-X, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $5.99, 260pp, pb, cover by Linda Messier) Original anthology of 15 stories of lycanthropic transformation. Authors include R.A. Salvatore, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Esther M. Friesner. (Contents)
- GILMAN, ROBERT CHAM; pseudonym of Alfred Coppel, (1921-2004)
- * _The Navigator of Rhada (Ace 0-441-56575-1, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 167pp, pb) [Rhada] Reprint (Harcourt Brace & World 1969) sf novel, Book 3 in the “Rhada” series of a magic-wielding galactic civilization. The actual author is Alfred Coppel.
- * _The Rebel of Rhada (Ace 0-441-71068-9, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $2.95, 184pp, pb) [Rhada] Reissue (Harcourt Brace World 1968) sf novel, #2 in the “Rhada” series; it used to be #1. Gilman is a pen name for Alfred Coppel.
- * _The Starkahn of Rhada (Ace 0-441-78205-1, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 166pp, pb) [Rhada] Reprint (Harcourt Brace & World 1970) sf novel, Book 4 in the “Rhada” series. The author behind the pen name is Alfred Coppel.
- * *The Warlock of Rhada (Ace 0-441-87310-3, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $2.75, 172pp, pb) [Rhada] This seems to be an unpublished prequel to the “Rhada” trilogy, a space adventure series written by Alfred Coppel before he became a Big-Time author. The other three were published 1968-1970. This one reads about the same and is probably an older Coppel manuscript.
- GILMORE, KATE
- * *Enter Three Witches (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-50213-6, Dec ’90 [Feb ’91], $13.95, 210pp, hc, cover by David Wilgus) Young-adult fantasy of real witchcraft behind the scenes of a prep school production of Macbeth.
- * _Enter Three Witches (Scholastic 0-590-44494-8, Jan ’92 [Feb ’92], $2.95, 210pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1990) young-adult fantasy novel of real witchcraft behind the scenes of a prep school production of Macbeth.
- GILMOUR, WILLIAM
- * *The Undying Land (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-62-3, Oct ’85, $20.00, 208pp, hc) Novel of fantastic adventure, with a pulp-style swashbuckler in a lost kingdom somewhere in Africa. It’s new, but written as if it were from a 1920’s Adventure magazine. llustrations by Kevin Johnson.
- GINGRICH, NEWT (chron.)
- * *1945 (with William R. Forstchen) (Baen 0-671-87676-7, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $24.00, 382pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) Alternate-world SF novel. Germany conquers Europe in 1945, and attacks the United States.
- * _1945 (with William R. Forstchen) (SFBC #10503, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], 382pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reprint (Baen 1995) alternate-world SF novel. This is similar to the Baen edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _1945 (with William R. Forstchen) (Baen 0-671-87739-9, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $6.99, 382pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reprint (Baen 1995) alternate-world SF novel.
- GIORDANO, DICK
- GIPE, GEORGE (1933-1986)
- * *Back to the Future (Berkley 0-425-08205-9, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.95, 248pp, pb) [Back to the Future] Novelization of the Spielberg movie, from a screenplay by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale.
- * _Back to the Future (Corgi 0-552-12774-4, Sep ’85, £1.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1985) sf novelization. [Not seen]
- * _Back to the Future (Firecrest 0-85997-613-0, Sep ’85, £7.95, 256pp, hc) Reprint (Berkley 1985) sf novelization. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
- * _Back to the Future (Firecrest 0-85997-613-0, 1985 [Jan ’86], £7.95, hc) [Back to the Future] Reprint (Berkley 1985) novelization of the popular sf movie.
- * _Back to the Future (Corgi 0-552-12774-4, 1985 [Jan ’86], £1.95, pb) [Back to the Future] Paperback edition of the above.
- * *Gremlins (Avon 0-380-86561-0, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $2.95, 278pp, pb) Novelization of the fantasy movie, based on the screenplay by Chris Columbus; it has color stills from the film.
- GIRARDI, ROBERT
- * *Madeleine’s Ghost (Delacorte 0-385-31482-5, Jul ’95, $21.95, 356pp, hc) Ghost novel. A historian researching the past of a Brooklyn nun encounters paranormal phenomena in his apartment which leads him on a hunt back to his own past in New Orleans. A first novel.
- * _Madeleine’s Ghost (Sceptre 0-340-64700-0, Sep ’95, £5.99, 394pp, pb, cover by Phil Rose) Reprint (Delacorte 1995) contemporary ghost story. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Madeleine’s Ghost (Delta 0-385-31636-4, Jul ’96, $11.95, 356pp, tp) Reprint (Delacorte 1995) ghost novel.
- * *Vaporetto 13 (Delacorte 0-385-31938-X, Nov ’97, $19.95, 197pp, hc) Ghost novel. An American businessman in Venice meets a beautiful young woman who only comes out at night.
- * _Vaporetto 13 (Delta 0-385-31947-9, Sep ’98, $11.95, 197pp, tp, cover by Brenden Hitt) Reprint (Delacorte 1997) ghost novel.
- GIRAUD, JEAN “MOEBIUS”; (1938- ) (stories)
- * *Arzach and Other Fantasy Stories (Marvel/Epic 0-87135-279-6, Aug ’87 [Dec ’87], $9.95, unpaginated, tp) Graphic collection.
- * _The Incal 1 (with Alejandro Jodorowsky) See entry under Alejandro Jodorowsky.
- * _The Incal 3 (with Alejandro Jodorowsky) See entry under Alejandro Jodorowsky.
- * *The Long Tomorrow and Other Science Fiction Stories (Marvel/Epic 0-87135-281-8, Dec ’87, $9.95, unpaginated, tp) Graphic collection.
- * *Moebius 1: Upon a Star (Marvel/Epic 0-87135-278-8, Jun ’87, $9.95, unpaginated, tp) Graphic novel, first in a planned series by illustrator Jean “Moebius” Giraud.
- * *Moebius 4: The Long Tomorrow (Epic 0-87135-281-8, 1987 [May ’88], $9.95, unpaginated, tp) Collection of graphic stories which appeared individually in the 1970s, with new afterwords. Text translated from the French. Dated 1987; not seen until 1988.
- * *Moebius 5: The Gardens of Aedena (Epic 0-87135-282-6, 1988 [May ’88], $9.95, unpaginated, tp) Graphic novelette and two graphic stories.
- * *Moebius 6: Pharagonesa & Other Strange Stories (Epic 0-87135-283-4, 1988 [May ’88], $9.95, unpaginated, tp) Graphic collection, text translated from the French.
- * _Upon a Star (Titan 1-85286-044-8, Apr ’89, £5.95, 72pp, tp) Reprint (US 1988) art book, a collection of short graphic pieces by Moebius. Recommended. (PSP) Volume 1 in “The Collected Fantasies of Jean Giraud”. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
- GIROUX, LEO, Jr. (1934-1990)
- * *Dark Ashram (Grafton 0-586-20529-2, Mar ’91, £4.50, 411pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Horror novel.
- * *The Rishi (Evans 0-87131-463-0, Sep ’85, $16.95, 355pp, hc) Fantasy/horror adventure novel of the revival of the Indian cult of Thuggee, and the acts of dark gods. A first novel.
- * _The Rishi (Grafton 0-246-12889-5, Mar ’86, £9.95, 356pp, hc) Reprint (Evans 1985) dark fantasy/horror novel.
- * _The Rishi (Ballantine Ivy 0-8041-0111-6, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $4.50, 459pp, pb) Reprint (Evans 1985) fantasy novel. “The ancient cult of thuggee rises again....”
- * _The Rishi (Grafton 0-586-06934-8, Oct ’87, £3.50, 560pp, pb) Reprint (Evans 1985) fantasy/horror novel.
- GLADNEY, HEATHER J(eanne) (1957- ) (stories)
- * *Bloodstorm (Ace 0-441-74957-7, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 277pp, pb) [Song of Naga Teot] Fantasy novel, book two of “The Song of Naga Teot”.
- * *Teot’s War (Ace 0-441-80083-1, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $2.95, 264pp, pb) [Song of Naga Teot] Fantasy novel, a first novel.
- GLADWELL, ADÈLE OLIVIA, ed. (stories)
- GLADWISH, RODERICK
- * *To Stop a War (The Pentland Press 1-85821-019-4, Apr ’93 [Aug ’93], £13.50, 204pp, hc, cover by Geoff Hobbs) Futuristic adventure novel about a war between two remote city states.
- GLASS, AMANDA; pseudonym of Jayne Ann Krentz, (1948- )
- * *Shield’s Lady (Popular Library 0-445-20448-6, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 341pp, pb) Romance/sf novel with fantasy elements. A mercenary and a businesswoman from different cultures on a lost Earth colony fall in love while saving their world. This is being marketed as a “futuristic romance.” Glass is a pseudonym for Jayne Krentz.
- GLASS, JOSEPH; pseudonym of Joseph Libertson, 1946- )
- * *Eyes (Villard 0-375-50016-2, Jan ’98 [Sep ’98], $23.95, 344pp, hc, cover by Marc Tauss) [Susan Shader] Psychic detective mystery/serial-killer thriller. Criminal profiler Susan Shader uses her psychic abilities to track a killer who takes his victims’ eyes.
- GLAZE, ELEANOR (1930- )
- * *Jaiyavara: A Novel (St. Luke’s 0-918518-60-1, Sep ’88 [Jan ’89], $16,95, 281pp, hc) Post cataclysm feminist novel. Released in 1988, but not seen until 1989.
- GLAZIER, LOSS PEQUEÑO (stories)
- GLEASON, BOB
- * _Wrath of God (HarperPrism 0-06-105408-9, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 497pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) Reprint (HarperPrism 1994) post-holocaust SF thriller.
- GLEASON, ROBERT (stories)
- * *Wrath of God (HarperPrism 0-06-105311-2, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $14.99, 397pp, tp, cover by Michael Herring) Post-holocaust SF thriller. Legendary heroes are brought from the past to help a weakened America fight off barbarian invaders.
- GLENN, NANCY TYLER (1938- )
- * *Clicking Stones (Naiad Press 0-941483-31-2, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $8.95, 269pp, tp) Metaphysical lesbian near-future sf novel.
- GLICK, RUTH (Burtnick) (1942- ); see pseudonym Rebecca York (chron.)
- GLOSS, MOLLY (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Dazzle of Day (Tor 0-312-86336-5, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $21.95, 255pp, hc, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Utopian SF novel. Humans raised aboard a space ship settle a new world.
- * _The Dazzle of Day (Tor 0-312-86437-X, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $12.95, 255pp, tp, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Reprint (Tor 1997) utopian SF novel.
- * *Outside the Gates (Atheneum/Argo 0-689-31275-X, Sep ’86, $11.95, 120pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. A boy who can talk to animals is expelled from his village into a wilderness of exiles and criminals with strange powers. This is a gracefully written first novel of fear, courage, and discovery. (FCM)
- GLOVER, JULIAN (stories)
- * *Beowulf (Alan Sutton 0-86299-337-7, Nov ’87, £14.95, 137pp, hc) This is the adaptation that Julian Glover did for his one-man show, based mainly on Michael Alexander’s translation, and with an introduction by Magnus Magnusson. Probably not for the purist, but the glorious illustrations by Sheila Mackie are worth the price of admission on their own.
- GLOZER, LETITIA, ed.
- * *Orbit #1 (Eclipse Books 0-913035-87-4, May ’90, $4.95, 46pp, tp, cover by Dale Stevens) Graphic anthology of adaptations of Asmiov’s “Nothing for Nothing”, Neal Barrett, Jr.’s “Ginny Sweethips’ Flying Circus”, and Pohl’s “Fermi and Frost”. (Contents)
- GLUCKMAN, JANET (Doris Berliner) (1939- ); also as Janet Berliner (stories)
- * *Child of the Light (with George Guthridge) (St. Martin’s 0-312-06317-2, Apr ’92, $22.95, 389pp, hc, cover by Cary Henrie) Fantasy novel set in Germany between world wars. A Jewish boy is plagued by a dybbuk, and his best friend, a telepath, is caught up in the growing Nazi party.
- GLUT, DONALD F(rank) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Classic Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32022-0, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $5.99, 214pp, pb) [Star Wars] Reissue (Del Rey 1980 as The Empire Strikes Back) SF novelization based on the second “Star Wars” film; 21st printing. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
- * _Classic Star Wars: The Star Wars Trilogy (with James Kahn & George Lucas) See entry under George Lucas.
- * _The Empire Strikes Back (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32022-0, Jun ’92, $4.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Roger Kastel) [Star Wars] Reissue (Del Rey 1980) sf novelization based on the second “Star Wars” film; 16th printing.
- * *The Frankenstein Catalog (McFarland 0-89950-029-3, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $29.95, 525pp, hc) [Frankenstein] An attempt to list appearances of the monster in all media, with 3300+ listings, annotations, and numerous photos.
- * _The Star Wars Trilogy (with James Kahn & George Lucas) See entry under George Lucas.
- * _Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40078-X, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $16.00, 216pp, hc) [Star Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 1980 as The Empire Strikes Back) SF novelization based on the second “Star Wars” film, with a new introduction by George Lucas. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
- * _Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Warner UK 0-7515-1546-9, Oct ’95, £4.99, 219pp, pb, cover by John Alvin) [Star Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 1980) Star Wars novelisation.
- * _Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32022-0, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $5.99, 214pp, pb) [Star Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 1980 as The Empire Strikes Back) SF novelization based on the second “Star Wars” film, with the 1995 introduction by George Lucas. This is a movie re-release tie-in edition. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
- GLYN JONES, RICHARD, ed. (1946- ) (stories)
- * *Cybersex (Raven 1-85487-447-0, Jul ’96, £6.99, xvi+416pp, tp, cover by Phil Marritt) SF Anthology of 25 stories, three original, about the possible futures of sex. Includes an introduction by Will Self. Simultaneous with the US (Carroll & Craf) edition. (Contents)
- * *Cybersex (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0367-9, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $10.95, 416pp, tp, cover by Phil Marritt) SF anthology of 25 stories, three original, of futuristic sex. There is a foreword by Will Self. Simultaneous with the UK edition (Robinson 1996).
- * _The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (with A. Susan Williams) See entry under A. Susan Williams.
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