The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

HOLDSTOCK, ROBERT (Paul) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *Mythago Wood (Gollancz 0-575-03496-3, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], £8.95, 252pp, hc) [Mythago Wood] Fantasy novel, based on the novella of the same name. Highly recommended. (FCM)
• * +Mythago Wood (Arbor House 0-87795-761-4, Oct ’85, $14.95, 252pp, hc) [Mythago Wood] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) fantasy novel, first U.S. edition. Winner of the World Fantasy Award — a haunting, superb book. (FCM)
• * _Mythago Wood (SFBC #04000, Dec ’85, $4.98, 215pp, hc) [Mythago Wood] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) fantasy novel, winner of the British Fantasy Award and the World Fantasy Award.
• * _Mythago Wood (Grafton 0-586-06585-7, Jan ’86, £2.50, 317pp, pb) [Mythago] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) fantasy novel, winner of the British Science Fiction Award and the World Fantasy Award. Highly Recommended. (PS-P)
• * _Mythago Wood (Berkley 0-425-08785-9, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 274pp, pb) [Mythago] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) fantasy novel, winner of the World Fantasy Award. Highly recommended. (FCM)
• * _Mythago Wood (Grafton 0-586-06585-7, Jan ’90, £3.50, 319pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Mythago] Reissue (Gollancz 1984) fantasy novel.
• * _Mythago Wood (Avon 0-380-76276-5, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.95, 274pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) [Mythago] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) World Fantasy Award-winning fantasy novel.
• * _Mythago Wood (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-06585-7, May ’98 [Jun ’98], £5.99, 319pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Mythago] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) fantasy novel in the “Mythago” cycle.
• * _Necromancer (Futura 0-7088-4547-9, Jul ’90, £3.99, 327pp, pb) Reissue (Futura 1978) horror novel.
• * *Thorn (Birmingham Science Fiction Group no ISBN, Nov ’84, no price, 26pp, ph) Original novelette issued in a limited edition of 450 numbered, and approximately 50 unnumbered, copies, to coincide with Holdstock’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 14.
• * +Unknown Regions (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45563-0, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $5.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Ron Walotsky) Dark fantasy novel about a child with the power to “fetch” things through time and space. First US edition (Orbit 1991 as The Fetch).
• * _Where Time Winds Blow (Gollancz 0-575-04279-6, Jul ’88, £2.95, 286pp, pb) Reprint (Faber and Faber 1981) sf novel.

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• * *Lost Realms (with Malcolm Edwards) (Dragon’s World 0-905895-91-6, 1984, £5.95, 116pp, tp) Art book. Also available in a hardback edition (-90-8) for £8.95. [Not seen]
• * +Lost Realms (with Malcolm Edwards) (Salem House 0-88162-075-0, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $14.95, unpaginated, pb) First U.S. edition (Dragon’s World 1984). Non-fiction, collection of illustrated fantasy legends done in full-color. Available from Merrimack Publishers’ Circle.
• * _Other Edens (with Christopher Evans) See entry under Christopher Evans.
• * _Other Edens II (with Christopher Evans) See entry under Christopher Evans.
• * _Other Edens III (with Christopher Evans) See entry under Christopher Evans.

HOLLAND, CECELIA (Anastasia) (1943- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Belt of Gold (Knopf 0-394-52791-7, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $15.95, 305pp, hc) Non-sf, associational author. Holland’s historical novels have a great influence on many sf and fantasy writers. This strong, exciting study of Byzantium’s interweaving of political infighting, chariot racing, and religion shows why: The past is both alien and alive here, and no imagined world could be more absorbingly exotic. (FCM)
• * _Floating Worlds (Gollancz 0-575-04280-X, Jul ’88, £3.95, 542pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1976) sf novel. Volume 26 in the “VGSF Classics” series.
• * *Jerusalem (Tor/Forge 0-312-85956-2, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $23.95, 319pp, hc, cover by Greg Call) Associational historical novel about the Crusades.
• * _Jerusalem (Tor/Forge 0-812-55397-7, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $6.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Greg Call) Reprint (Forge 1996) associational historical novel about the fall of 12th-century Jerusalem.
• * *Pillar of the Sky (Knopf 0-53538-3, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $17.95, 534pp, hc) Associational; historical novel about the builder of Stonehenge. There is some mysticism, but no fantasy. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Pillar of the Sky (Gollancz 0-575-03592-7, Jul ’85 [1985], £9.95, 512pp, hc) Reprint (Knopf 1985) historical novel with fantasy touches. [Not seen]
• * _Pillar of the Sky (Ballantine 0-345-33336-5, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $9.95, 534pp, tp) Trade paperback reprint (Knopf 1985) historial novel with some elements of fantasy, on the builder of Stonehenge.
• * _Pillar of the Sky (Arrow 0-09-945170-0, Jul ’87, £3.50, 633pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1985) historical novel with fantasy elements.
• * *Railroad Schemes (Tor/Forge 0-312-86405-1, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $23.95, 271pp, hc, cover by Currier & Ives) [Railroad Schemes] Associational historical novel.
• * _Valley of the Kings (Tor/Forge 0-312-86334-9, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $21.95, 231pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) Reprint (Dutton 1977 as by Elizabeth Eliot Carter) associational historical novel about Howard Carter’s search for the tomb of King Tut.

HOLLAND, JACK (1947-2004)

• * *The Fire Queen (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45204-6, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $5.50, 320pp, pb) Fantasy novel set in ancient Britain of a warrior queen defying Caligula’s invading army.

HOLLAND, STEPHEN (1962- ) (stories)

• * _British Science Fiction Paperbacks and Magazines: 1949-1956 (with Philip Harbottle) See entry under Philip Harbottle.
• * _Vultures of the Void: A History of British Science Fiction Publishing, 1946-1956 (with Philip Harbottle) See entry under Philip Harbottle.

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• * *The 1st UK Paperback and Pulp Bookfair Official Souvenir Booklet (Zeon Publications no ISBN, Sep ’91 [Jan ’94], £3.00, 54pp, ph) Original anthology published for the UK Paperback and Pulp Bookfair held on Saturday, 7th September 1991, at the Grosvenor Hotel, Victoria, London. (Contents)

HOLLAND, TOM (1967- )

• * *Deliver Us from Evil (Little, Brown UK 0-316-88248-8, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], £14.99, 406pp, hc) Dark fantasy historical novel set in Restoration London, a demon-haunted Stonehenge, old Europe, and a wicked New World.
• * _Lord of the Dead (Pocket 0-671-53426-2, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $6.99, 342pp, pb) [Vampyre] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1995 as The Vampyre) literary vampire novel about the poet Lord Byron.
• * _Lord of the Dead (Pocket 0-671-02411-6, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $14.00, 325pp, tp, cover by Simon Marsden) [Vampyre] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1995 as The Vampyre) literary vampire novel about the poet Lord Byron.
• * +Lord of the Dead: The Secret History of Lord Byron (Pocket 0-671-53425-4, Feb ’96, $23.00, 325pp, hc) [Vampyre] Literary vampire novel about the poet. First US edition (Little, Brown UK 1995 as The Vampyre).
• * +Slave of My Thirst (Pocket 0-671-54052-1, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $23.00, 421pp, hc, cover by Richard Newton) [Vampyre] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1997 as The Libertine) literary vampire novel, sequel to Lord of the Dead/The Vampyre.
• * _Slave of My Thirst (SFBC #17528, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $11.50, 421pp, hc, cover by Richard Newton) [Vampyre] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1996 as Supping with Panthers) literary vampire novel, sequel to Lord of the Dead/The Vampyre. This is similar to the Pocket edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Slave of My Thirst (Pocket 0-671-54053-X, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $14.00, 421pp, tp, cover by Richard Newton) [Vampyre] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1996 as Supping with Panthers) literary vampire novel, sequel to Lord of the Dead/The Vampyre.
• * *The Sleeper in the Sands (Little, Brown UK 0-316-64480-3, Nov ’98, £9.99, 372pp, tp) Dark fantasy novel. The discovery of Tut-ankh-amen’s tomb reveals the contentious history of Egypt, and the hidden truth of real djinn, afrit and blood-drinking immortals behind the Arabian Nights.
• * _Supping with Panthers (Warner UK 0-7515-1485-3, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], £5.99, 502pp, pb) [Vampyre] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1996) dark fantasy novel. A semi-sequel to The Vampyre.
• * *Supping with Vampires (Little, Brown UK 0-316-87622-4, Aug ’96 [Sep ’96], £12.99, 407pp, hc) [Vampyre] Dark fantasy novel. A semi-sequel to The Vampyre.
• * *The Vampyre: Being the True Pilgrimage of George Gordon, Sixth Lord Byron (Little, Brown UK 0-316-91227-1, Mar ’95, £9.99, 341pp, hc, cover by Thomas Phillips) [Vampyre] Fantasy/horror novel. Rebecca Carville learns that when Lord Byron’s personal physician Polidori wrote of vampires, it was little less than the truth.
• * _The Vampyre: The Secret History of Lord Byron (Warner UK 0-7515-1361-X, Aug ’96 [Sep ’96], £4.99, 407pp, pb) [Vampyre] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1995 as The Vampyre: Being the True Pilgrimage of George Gordon, Sixth Lord Byron) dark fantasy novel. First in a series about Byron as a vampire. Issued in the US as Lord of the Dead.
• * _The Vampyre: The Secret History of Lord Byron (Warner UK 0-7515-1361-X, Aug ’96 [Sep ’96], £4.99, 407pp, pb) [Vampyre] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1995 as The Vampyre: Being the True Pilgrimage of George Gordon, Sixth Lord Byron) dark fantasy novel. First in a series about Byron as a vampire. This was issued in the US as Lord of the Dead.

HOLLANDER, EVAN; pseudonym of Edo van Belkom, (1962- ) (stories)

• * *Virtual Girls: the Erotic Gems of Evan Hollander (Circlet Press 1-885865-04-X, Aug ’95, $6.95, 64pp, tp, cover by Lee Seed) Collection of five erotic SF stories, one original. There is an introduction by Steve Dorfman, editor of Gent, in which most of these stories originally appeared. Hollander is a pen name of Edo van Belkom. (Contents)

HOLLEMAN, GARY L(ayne) (1947- )

• * *Demon Fire (Leisure 0-8439-3818-8, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $4.99, 366pp, pb) Horror novel. A dream home on Hawaii holds dark horrors. A first novel.
• * *Howl-O-Ween (Leisure 0-8439-4083-2, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $4.99, 313pp, pb) Werewolf novel. A bodyguard gets bit while trying to protect a woman from the Dark Man’s voodoo.
• * *Ungrateful Dead (Leisure 0-8439-4472-2, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $5.99, 395pp, pb) Contemporary horror novel of a woman possessed by her mother’s ghost and an ancient Druid curse.

HOLLICK, HELEN

• * *The Kingmaking (Heinemann 0-434-00068-X, Jun ’94, £9.99, 604pp, tp) [*Pendragon’s Banner] Fantasy novel. Book One of the “Pendragon’s Banner” trilogy. A new version of the Arthurian myth cycle.
• * _The Kingmaking (Mandarin 0-7493-1759-0, Jan ’95 [Feb ’95], £5.99, 647pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [*Pendragon’s Banner] Reprint (Heinemann 1994) fantasy novel based on the Arthurian Legends. Book One of the “Pendragon’s Banner” trilogy.
• * +The Kingmaking (St. Martin’s 0-312-13533-5, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $24.95, 604pp, hc, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [*Pendragon’s Banner] Associational historical Arthurian novel, book one of “Pendragon’s Banner”. First US edition (Heinemann UK 1994).
• * *Pendragon’s Banner (Heinemann 0-434-00222-4, Sep ’95 [Nov ’95], £8.99, 547pp, tp, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [*Pendragon’s Banner] Fantasy novel. Book Two of the trilogy “Pendragon’s Banner”.
• * _Pendragon’s Banner (Mandarin 0-7493-2063-X, Apr ’96, £5.99, 547pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [*Pendragon’s Banner] Reprint (Heinemann 1995) Arthurian novel. Book 2 of a trilogy.
• * +Pendragon’s Banner (St. Martin’s 0-312-14699-X, Oct ’96 [Dec ’96], $25.95, 547pp, hc, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [*Pendragon’s Banner] Associational historical Arthurian novel, book two of “Pendragon’s Banner”. First US edition (Heinemann UK 1995).
• * +Shadow of the King (St. Martin’s 0-312-17000-9, Sep ’97, $27.95, 562pp, hc, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [*Pendragon’s Banner] Associational historical romantic Arthurian novel, book three of the “Pendragon’s Banner” trilogy. First US edition (Heinemann UK 1997).
• * _Shadow of the King (Heinemann 0-434-00235-6, Feb ’98 [Mar ’98], £12.00, vi+562pp, tp, cover by Peter Elson) [*Pendragon’s Banner] Reprint (Heinemann 1997) historical novel based on the Arthurian myth cycle. Book three of the “Pendragon’s Banner” trilogy.
• * _Shadow of the King (Arrow 0-7493-2058-3, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], £6.99, vi+562pp, pb) [*Pendragon’s Banner] Reprint (Heinemann 1997) Arthurian historical novel. Book three of the trilogy “Pendragon’s Banner”.

HOLLIGON, SHEILA (stories)

• * *Bridestone (Signet Creed 0-451-18331-2, Apr ’96 [May ’96], £5.99, 246pp, pb) Dark fantasy novel.
• * *Nightrider (Signet Creed 0-451-18330-4, May ’95 [Apr ’95], £4.99, 320pp, pb) Dark fantasy novel. When a photographer takes possession of her father’s country cottage, a spirit takes sexual possession of her body - erotic at first, but with increasing brutality. A first novel.

HOLLINGER, VERONICA, ed. (stories)

• * _Blood Read: The Vampire as Metaphor in Contemporary Culture (with Joan Gordon) See entry under Joan Gordon.
• * _On Philip K. Dick: 40 Articles from Science-Fiction Studies (with R. D. Mullen, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr. & Arthur B. Evans) See entry under R. D. Mullen

HOLLO, ANSELM (stories)

• * _All the Visions: A Novel of the Sixties/Space Baltic (with Rudy Rucker) See entry under Rudy Rucker.

HOLLOW, JOHN (Walter) (1939- )

• * *Against the Night, the Stars: The Science Fiction of Arthur C. Clarke (Ohio University Press 0-8214-0862-3, Apr ’87 [Jul ’87], $9.95, 217pp, tp) Non-fiction, slightly expanded edition of an excellent study of Clarke’s fiction (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1983). The new 19-page essay on The Songs of Distant Earth and the movie version of 2010 are the weakest part of the book. (The bibliography and other lists have not been updated.) If you have the earlier edition, it’s probably enough. If not, this one is recommended — and a bargain at the price. (CNB) [Clarke]

HOLLOWAY, MICHAEL

• * *Empath (Paradigm Publishing 0-9628595-7-5, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $10.95, 246pp, tp) Near-future gay political/medical thriller about the intrigue surrounding a possible cure for AIDS.

HOLM, JOHN; pseudonym of Tom Shippey, (1943- ) (stories)

• * _The Hammer and the Cross (with Harry Harrison) See entry under Harry Harrison.
• * _King and Emperor (with Harry Harrison) See entry under Harry Harrison.
• * _One King’s Way (with Harry Harrison) See entry under Harry Harrison.
• * _Warriors of the Way (with Harry Harrison) See entry under Harry Harrison.

HOLM, KIRSTEN C., ed.

• * *1994 Guide to Literary Agents & Art/Photo Reps (Writer’s Digest Books 0-89879-615-6, Feb ’94 [Mar ’94], $18.95, 284pp, tp) Non-fiction, associational. A yearly reference book on literary agents and art and photo reps. Includes articles by Richard Curtis and Lori Perkins. Order from Writer’s Digest Books, 1507 Dana Ave., Cincinnati OH 45207. Add $3.00 for postage and handling. Credit card orders: 1-800-289-0963.

HOLMEN, RACHEL E(laine), ed. (stories)

• * _Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Worlds (with Marion Zimmer Bradley) See entry under Marion Zimmer Bradley.
• * _Sword & Sorceress XIV (with Marion Zimmer Bradley) See entry under Marion Zimmer Bradley.

HOLMES, B. L.

• * *Mega (Mother Courage Press 0-941300-19-6, Jul ’91 [Mar ’92], $8.95, 197pp, tp) Feminist sf thriller about a lesbian radical and seven psychics trying to escape a future totalitarian city-state.

HOLMES, BRUCE T(odd) (1946- )

• * _Anvil of the Heart (Tor 0-812-54063-8, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.95, 383pp, pb) Reprint (Haven 1983) sf novel.

HOLMES, DIANE, ed. (stories)

• * _The Magic Within (with Alicia Rasley & Emily Alward) See entry under Emily Alward.

HOLMES, JOHN ERIC (1930- )

• * *The Maze of Peril (Space & Time 0-917053-05-2, Nov ’86 [Dec ’86], $6.95, 147pp, pb) Fantasy novel inspired by Dungeons & Dragons.

HOLMES, ROBERT (1926-1986)

• * *Doctor Who: The Scripts: The Talons of Weng-Chiang (Titan 1-85286-144-4, Nov ’89, £3.95, 154pp, tp, cover by Duncan Fegredo) [Doctor Who] Script from the popular TV series, with additional introductory material by John McElroy. Volume Three in the series.

HOLMES, RONALD, ed. (1938- ) (stories)

• * _Macabre Railway Stories (Star 0-352-31293-9, Jan ’86, £1.95, 231pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1982) anthology of stories of fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. (Contents)

HOLSTEAD, MARJORIE (stories)

• * *High Jinks in the Universe (Vantage Press 0-533-08587-X, May ’90, $10.00, 69pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of space-faring teenagers.

HOLT, JOHN (Robert) (1926-2006)

• * *The Convocation (Bantam Falcon 0-553-29197-1, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $4.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Jim Thiesen) Horror novel of a little girl whose deadly powers are awakened by the deaths of her parents.
• * *Wolf Moon (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29198-X, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $5.99, 466pp, pb, cover by John Dismukes) Horror novel.

HOLT, JUDD

• * *A Promise to Catie (University of North Texas Press 0-929398-41-6, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $19.95, 242pp, hc) Ghost story of 1950s teenager Billy Griffin, who becomes aware of the ghostly presence of a girl named Catie, dead in 1938, and falls in love with her. A first novel.

HOLT, THOMAS; see under Holt, Tom (stories) (chron.)

HOLT, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Charles Louis Holt] (1961- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Bitter Lemmings: Several Good Songs Spoilt (Beccon Publications 1-870824-38-5, Apr ’97, £4.00, 39pp, ph, cover by Tom Abba) Associational collection of 39 filk-songs, with an introduction detailing which tune to use. Issued at Eastercon 1997. A limited, signed, illustrated edition is also available (-38-5, £5.00 + p&p). From 75 Rosslyn Road, Harold Wood, Essex RM3 0RG, UK.