The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- HICKMAN, TRACY (Raye) (stories) (chron.) (continued)
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- HIGGINBOTTOM, DAVID (1923- ); see pseudonym Nicholas Fisk (stories)
- HIGGINS, GRAHAM (1953- ) (stories)
- HIGGS, ERIC C. (1953- )
- * *Doppelganger (St. Martin’s 0-312-00121-5, Mar ’87, $14.95, 229pp, hc) Horror novel of an evil double.
- * _Doppelganger (St. Martin’s 0-312-90837-7, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.50, 229pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1987) horror novel.
- HIGH, PHILIP E(mpson) (1914-2006) (stories)
- * _Come Hunt an Earthman (Arrow 0-09-938890-1, Jul ’87, £2.25, 176pp, pb) Reissue (Hale 1973) sf novel. Volume 2 in the Venture SF series.
- * _Sold - for a Spaceship (Hamlyn/Venture 0-09-942780-X, Sep ’85 [Oct ’85], £1.75, 175pp, pb) Reprint (Hale 1973) sf adventure novel. Volume 7 in a series of space opera reprints.
- * _Speaking of Dinosaurs (Arrow 0-09-950450-2, Jun ’87, £2.50, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Hale 1974) sf novel. Volume 13 in the Venture SF series.
- HIGHSMITH, (Mary) PATRICIA (Plaugman) (1921-1995) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-0097-5, Dec ’87, £11.95, 189pp, hc) Original literary sf/occult collection. (Contents)
- * _Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes (Methuen 0-413-18370-X, 1988 [May ’88], £2.95, 189pp, pb) Reprint (Bloomsbury 1987) literary sf/fantasy collection. Special ‘Open Market’ edition, not available in the UK.
- * _Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes (Methuen 0-413-18370-X, Nov ’88, £2.95, 189pp, pb) Reprint (Bloomsbury 1987) literary sf/horror collection.
- * +Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-251-6, Feb ’89, $16.95, 189pp, hc) Collection of short stories, some of which are fantasy. First American edition (Bloomsbury 1987).
- HIGHTOWER, LYNN S. (1956- ) (stories)
- * *Alien Blues (Ace 0-441-64460-0, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.50, 251pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) [Elaki] Sf police procedural about a human/alien cop team on the trail of a serial killer. A first novel. Recommended (SW).
- * _Alien Blues (Ace 0-441-64460-0, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $4.99, 251pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) [Elaki] Reissue (Ace 1991) SF police procedural. Third printing.
- * *Alien Eyes (Ace 0-441-01688-X, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Elaki] Sf police procedural about a human/alien cop team; sequel to Alien Blues. Detective David Silver and his alien partner track a group of revolutionaries who murder Elaki pouchlings in their beds.
- * _Alien Eyes (Ace 0-441-01688-X, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $4.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Elaki] Reissue (Ace 1993) SF police procedural, second in the “Elaki” series. Second printing.
- * *Alien Heat (Ace 0-441-00072-X, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $4.99, 230pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Elaki] SF police procedural novel about a human cop and his alien partner; third book of the “Elaki” series.
- * *Alien Rites (Ace 0-441-00219-6, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $4.99, 221pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Elaki] SF mystery novel in the “Elaki” series. The human/alien detective team tries to stop an alien blood feud.
- HIGHWATER, JAMAKE (1943-2001)
- * *Dark Legend (Grove Press 0-8021-1477-6, Jan ’94, $21.00, 245pp, hc, cover by Bascove) Literary fantasy novel, a Native American reimagining of the Ring Cycle.
- * *Kill Hole (Grove Press 0-8021-1475-X, Sep ’92, $18.95, 214pp, hc, cover by Bascove) [Ghost Horse Cycle] Literary near-future fantasy in the ongoing “Ghost Horse Cycle” — the previous books have not been fantasies. Sitko Ghost Horse is accused of not being a Native American and driven out of a nameless city being destroyed by plague. He finds a hidden tribal civilization and must prove his birthright to them or die.
- * *Rama: A Legend (Holt 0-8050-3052-2, Sep ’94 [Dec ’94], $15.95, 226pp, hc, cover by Kelli Glancey) Young-adult literary fantasy novel, a retelling of the Ramayana inspired by Balinese performances, with illustrations by Kelli Glancey.
- HIGMAN, DENNIS J. (1940- )
- * *Pranks (Leisure 0-8439-3521-9, Oct ’93, $4.50, 431pp, pb) Horror novel of a practical joker from beyond the grave.
- HILDEBRANDT, GREG(ory J.) (1939- )
- * *From Tolkien to Oz: The Art of Greg Hildebrandt (Unicorn 0-88101-019-7, 1985 [Jan ’86], $19.95, unpaginated,, hc) Color book of his sf and fantasy art. Mostly pictures, some text (by William McGuire) — all in white on black.
- * *Greg Hildebrandt’s Book of Three-Dimensional Dragons (Little, Brown 0-316-15240-4, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $18.95, 10pp, hc, cover by Greg Hildebrandt) Associational art book, a children’s pop-up book with large, two-page illustrations of five types of dragon.
- HILDEBRANDT, RITA (1948- )
- * *Merlin and the Dragons of Atlantis (with Tim Hildebrandt) (Bobbs-Merrill 0-672-52704-9, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $16.95, 199pp, hc) Allegorical fantasy of “mysticism and techno-warfare” by Rita, with illustrations (black & white) by Tim.
- HILDEBRANDT, TIM(othy) (1939-2006)
- * *The Fantasy Art Techniques of Tim Hildebrandt (with Jack E. Norton) (Paper Tiger 1-85028-161-0, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], £10.95, 159pp, tp) Collection of artwork by Tim Hildebrandt, with text by Jack E. Norton, a foreword by Boris Vallejo, and an afterword by Alan Dean Foster. Recommended (PSP).
- * _Merlin and the Dragons of Atlantis (with Rita Hildebrandt) See entry under Rita Hildebrandt.
- HILDICK, E(dmund) W(allace) (1925-2001)
- * _The Ghost Squad and the Halloween Conspiracy (Tor 0-812-56852-4, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $1.95, 170pp, pb) [Ghost Squad] Reprint (Dutton 1985) juvenile fantasy novel of kids and four young ghosts; part of a series.
- * _The Ghost Squad and the Halloween Conspiracy (Tor 0-812-56852-4, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $1.95, 170pp, pb) [Ghost Squad] Reissue (Dutton 1985) young-adult tale of ghosts out to foil a dastardly plot to put needles in Halloween candy. Second printing.
- * *The Ghost Squad and the Menace of the Malevs (Dutton 0-525-44439-4, Oct ’88 [Nov ’88], $12.95, 200pp, hc) [Ghost Squad] Young-adult ghost/supernatural novel, latest in the “Ghost Squad” series.
- * *The Ghost Squad and the Prowling Hermits (Dutton 0-525-44330-4, Nov ’87, $12.95, 212pp, hc) [Ghost Squad] Young-adult fantasy novel, fifth in the “Ghost Squad” series.
- * _The Ghost Squad Breaks Through (Tor 0-812-56850-8, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $1.95, 138pp, pb) [Ghost Squad] Reprint (Dutton 1984) juvenile fantasy novel of kid crime fighters aided by ghosts.
- * _The Ghost Squad Flies Concorde (Tor 0-812-56854-0, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $2.50, 186pp, pb) [Ghost Squad] Reprint (Dutton 1985) young-adult fantasy adventure novel featuring kids and ghosts vs. crooks, a suicide bomber, and a “fanatic ghost.” Third in a series.
- HILGARTNER, BETH; [i.e., Elizabeth Hilgartner] (1957- )
- * *Colors in the Dreamweaver’s Loom (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-50214-4, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $14.95, 241pp, hc) [*Colors in the Dreamweaver’s Loom] Young-adult fantasy of a girl drawn into the world of mysterious tree people.
- * *The Feast of the Trickster (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-55008-4, Oct ’91 [Nov ’91], $14.95, 240pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [*Colors in the Dreamweaver’s Loom] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Colors in the Dreamweaver’s Loom.
- HILL, CAROL (DeChellis) (1942- )
- * _Amanda & The Eleven Million Mile High Dancer (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-1498-4, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], £6.99, 443pp, tp, cover by Gary Powell) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1985) literary sf novel.
- * _Amanda and the Eleven Million Mile High Dancer (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-0234-X, Jul ’88, £4.95, 447pp, tp) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1985 as The Eleven Million Mile High Dancer) fantasy about roller-skating, hot-panted, NASA astronaut, Amanda, who battles the Galactic Cosmic Brain to save her narcoleptic cat, Schrodinger. Strange, but entertaining. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Eleven Million Mile High Dancer (Holt Rinehart & Winston 0-03-070699-8, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $16.95, 447pp, hc) Sf novel of a female astronaut’s intergalactic adventures. There are elements of “Wonderwoman” and Buckaroo Banzai, plus darker strains, in this serio-comic extravaganza, which eventually collapses under its weight of unlikely plot elements — but not without some fun along the way. Schrodinger the narcoleptic cat is almost worth the price of admission. (FCM)
- * _The Eleven Million Mile High Dancer (Norton 0-393-31407-3, Mar ’96 [Apr ’96], $12.00, 447pp, tp) Reprint (Holt Rinehart & Winston 1985) literary SF novel.
- * *Henry James’ Midnight Song (Simon & Schuster/Poseidon 0-671-75575-7, Aug ’93, $23.00, 445pp, hc, cover by Gustav Klimt) Associational literary novel about the life of Henry James.
- HILL, DOUGLAS (Arthur) (1935-2007) (stories)
- * *Alien Citadel (Heinemann 0-434-94282-0, 1984, £6.95, 122pp, hc) [Huntsman] Young-adult sf novel. [Not seen]
- * +Alien Citadel (Atheneum 0-689-50281-8, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $10.95, 124pp, hc) [Huntsman] Sf novel, third in the “Huntsman” trilogy. First U.S. edition (Heinemann 1984).
- * *Blade of the Poisoner (Gollancz 0-575-03954-X, Jun ’87 [Dec ’87], £6.95, 192pp, hc) [Talents] Juvenile fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Talents” series.
- * +Blade of the Poisoner (Macmillan McElderry 0-689-50418-7, Oct ’87, $12.95, 192pp, hc) [Talents] Young-adult Middle to High Fantasy novel. First U.S. edition (Gollancz 1987).
- * _Blade of the Poisoner (Piper 0-330-30692-8, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], £2.25, 192pp, pb, cover by Julek Heller) [Talents] Reprint (Gollancz 1987) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Talents” series.
- * _Blade of the Poisoner (Bantam Starfire 0-553-27717-0, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $2.95, 194pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Talents] Reprint (Gollancz 1987) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * *Cade: 1: Galaxy’s Edge (Bantam UK 0-553-50334-0, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], £3.50, 190pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Cade] Young-adult SF novel; volume 1 of a trilogy.
- * *Cade: The Moons of Lannamur (Bantam UK 0-553-50330-8, Jul ’96, £3.50, 188pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Cade] Young-adult SF novel. Book 2 in a trilogy.
- * *The Caves of Klydor (Gollancz 0-575-03413-0, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], £5.50, 118pp, tp) [Colsec] Young-adult sf novel, second in a trilogy beginning with “Exiles of Colsec”.
- * +The Caves of Klydor (Atheneum/Argo 0-689-50320-2, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $9.95, 118pp, hc) [Colsec] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) young-adult sf novel, sequel to Exiles of Colsec. First U.S. edition.
- * _The Caves of Klydor (Puffin 0-14-031768-6, Jan ’86, £1.25, 128pp, pb) [Colsec] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) young-adult sf novel.
- * _The Caves of Klydor (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25929-6, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $2.75, 132pp, pb) [Colsec] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) young-adult sf novel, Vol. 2 in the “Colsec Trilogy”.
- * _The Caves of Klydor (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25929-6, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], 2.95, 132pp, pb) [Colsec] Reissue (Gollancz 1984) young-adult sf novel, second in the “Colsec” trilogy.
- * *The Colloghi Conspiracy (Gollancz 0-575-04779-8, Jun ’90, £4.99, 238pp, tp, cover by John Higgins) [Del Curb] Sf novel. Sequel to The Fraxilly Fracas. Also available in hardcover (-04579-5, £12.95).
- * _The Colloghi Conspiracy (Gollancz 0-575-05010-1, Mar ’91, £3.99, 238pp, pb, cover by John Higgins) [Del Curb] Reprint (Gollancz 1990) sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Del Curb” series.
- * *Colsec Rebellion (Gollancz 0-575-03610-9, Jun ’85 [May ’85], £5.50, 121pp, hc) [Colsec] Young-adult sf novel, conclusion of the “Colsec” trilogy.
- * +Colsec Rebellion (Atheneum/Argo 0-689-50360-1, Oct ’85 [Dec ’85], $9.95, 121pp, hc) [Colsec] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) young-adult sf novel, conclusion of the “Colsec” trilogy. First U.S. publication.
- * _Colsec Rebellion (Puffin 0-14-031769-4, Oct ’86, £1.50, 128pp, pb) [Colsec] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) young-adult sf novel, conclusion of the “Colsec” trilogy.
- * _Colsec Rebellion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26145-2, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $2.75, 161pp, pb) [Colsec] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) young-adult sf novel, conclusion of the “Colsec” trilogy.
- * _Colsec Rebellion (Bantam Starfire 0-553-26145-2, Oct ’89 [Nov ’89], $2.95, 161pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Colsec] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) young-adult sf novel, third book of the “Colsec” trilogy.
- * _Day of the Starwind (Dell/Laurel Leaf 0-440-91762-X, May ’87, $2.50, 138pp, pb) [Last Legionary] Reprint (Gollancz 1980) young-adult sf novel, “The Last Legionary” #3.
- * _Day of the Starwind (Piper 0-330-26652-7, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], £2.25, 124pp, pb, cover by Julek Heller) [Last Legionary] Reissue (Gollancz 1980) young-adult sf novel. Volume Three in the “Last Legionary” quartet.
- * _Day of the Starwind (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-26652-7, Jan ’96 [Feb ’96], £2.99, 124pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Last Legionary] Reprint (Gollancz 1980) young-adult SF novel. Volume 3 in “The Last Legionary Quartet”.
- * _Deathwing Over Veynaa (Dell/Laurel Leaf 0-440-91743-3, Apr ’87 [May ’87], $2.50, 144pp, pb) [Last Legionary] Reprint (Gollancz 1980) young-adult sf novel, “The Last Legionary” #2.
- * _Deathwing Over Veynaa (Piper 0-330-26446-X, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], £2.25, 125pp, pb, cover by Julek Heller) [Last Legionary] Reissue (Gollancz 1980) young-adult sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Last Legionary” quartet.
- * _Deathwing Over Veynaa (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-26446-X, Jan ’96 [Feb ’96], £2.99, 125pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Last Legionary] Reprint (Gollancz 1980) young-adult SF novel. Volume 2 in “The Last Legionary Quartet”.
- * *Exiles of Colsec (Gollancz 0-575-03348-7, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], £5.50, 126pp, hc) [Colsec] Young-adult sf novel, first of a trilogy. An enjoyable, fast-paced adventure featuring teenage prisoners crash-landed on an unexplored planet. (FCM)
- * +Exiles of Colsec (Atheneum/Argo 0-689-50315-6, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $9.95, 126pp, hc) [Colsec] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) young-adult sf novel, first of a series.
- * _Exiles of Colsec (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25785-4, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.75, 164pp, pb) [Colsec] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) young-adult sf novel, first in the “Colsec” trilogy.
- * _Exiles of Colsec (Bantam Starfire 0-553-27233-0, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $2.95, 164pp, pb) [Colsec] Reissue (Gollancz 1984) young-adult sf novel, first in a trilogy.
- * *The Fraxilly Fracas (Gollancz 0-575-04509-4, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], £4.99, 220pp, tp, cover by John Higgins) [Del Curb] Sf novel. Also available in hardcover (-04403-9, £11.95).
- * _The Fraxilly Fracas (Gollancz 0-575-04780-1, Jun ’90, £3.50, 220pp, pb, cover by John Higgins) [Del Curb] Reprint (Gollancz 1989) sf novel.
- * _Galactic Warlord (Aladdin 0-689-70765-7, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $3.95, 124pp, pb) [Last Legionary] Reprint (Gollancz 1980) young-adult sf novel, first in the “Last Legionary” trilogy.
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