The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- JANES, PHIL (continued)
- * *I, Arnold (Millennium 1-85798-102-2, Apr 95 [Mar 95], £8.99, 280pp, tp, cover by Mick Posen) [Pioneer] Humorous SF novel. On a parallel Earth 450 years in the future, the team assembled in The Galaxy Game and Fission Impossible must hunt down a rogue robot in a world full of robots. A hardcover edition (-101-4, £15.99) is also available.
- * _I, Arnold (Millennium 1-85798-404-8, Dec 95 [Nov 95], £4.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Pioneer] Reprint (Millennium 1995) humorous SF novel. Third in the Pioneer series.
- JANIFER, LARRY M.; see under Janifer, Laurence M. (stories)
- JANIFER, LAURENCE M(ark) (1933-2002); formerly Larry M. Harris (stories)
- JANOS, LEO
- JANOSKI, ELIZABETH
- * *Whats Wrong with Eddie? (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88091-040-2, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $5.00, 92pp, tp, cover by Sandy Kossin) Young-adult fantasy novel. A leprechaun messes up summer vacation. A hardcover edition (-041-6, $15.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Royal Fireworks Printing Co., First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; add $4.00 shipping.
- JANSON, KLAUS
- JANSSON, TOVE (Marika) (1914-2001) (stories)
- * _Comet in Moominland (A & C Black 0-7136-2827-8, May 86, £6.95, 192pp, hc) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Benn 1951) juvenile fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the Moomintroll series.
- * _Comet in Moominland (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-31526-4, Dec 90 [Jan 91], $13.95, 192pp, hc, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Walck 1951) young-adult fantasy novel, translated from the Finnish (Kometjakten 1946) by Elizabeth Portch. Illustrations by the author.
- * _Comet in Moominland (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-41331-2, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $3.95, 192pp, tp, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Ernest Benn 1959) young-adult fantasy novel, translated from the Finnish (Kometjakten 1946) by Elizabeth Portch. Illustrations by the author.
- * _Finn Family Moomintroll (A & C Black 0-7136-2826-X, May 86, £6.95, 176pp, hc) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Benn 1950) juvenile fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Moomintroll series.
- * _Finn Family Moomintroll (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-32328-3, Oct 89 [Nov 89], $12.95, 170pp, hc, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Benn 1950) childrens fantasy novel, with illustrations by the author. First book in the Moomintroll series.
- * _Finn Family Moomintroll (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-42307-5, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $3.50, 170pp, tp, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Finland 1948) young-adult fantasy novel, first book in the Moomin series. Translated from the Finnish by Ernest Benn, with illustrations by the author.
- * _Moominland Midwinter (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-45303-9, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $4.50, 159pp, tp, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Ernest Benn 1958) childrens fantasy novel in the Finn Family Moomintroll series, translated by Thomas Warburton, with illustrations by the author. First published in Finland as Trollvinter (Holger Schildts 1957). A hardcover edition (-35041-8, $14.00) is also available.
- * _Moominpappa at Sea (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-35044-2, Oct 93, $17.00, 224pp, hc, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Ernest Benn 1966) young-adult fantasy novel in the Finn Family Moomintroll series, translated by Kingsley Hart with the original illustrations by the author. First published in Finland as Pappan och Havet (Holger Schildts 1965). A trade paperback edition (-45306-3, $4.50) was announced but not seen.
- * *Moominpappas Memoirs (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-45307-1, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $4.95, 162pp, tp, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Young-adult novel in the Moomintroll series, with illustrations by the author. First English-language edition, translated by Thomas Warburton. Originally published in Finland as Moominpappans Memoarer (Schildts 1968). A hardcover edition (-35045-0, $16.00) was announced but not seen.
- * _Moominsummer Madness (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-35039-6, Apr 91 [Aug 91], $13.95, 159pp, hc, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Ernest Benn 1961) young-adult fantasy novel in the Finn Family Moomintroll series, translated by Thomas Warburton, with illustrations by the author. First published in Finland as Farling Midsommar.
- * _Moominsummer Madness (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-45310-1, Mar 92, $4.50, 159pp, pb, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Ernest Benn 1961) young-adult fantasy novel in the Finn Family Moomintroll series, translated by Thomas Warburton, with illustrations by the author. First published in Sweden as Farlig midsommar.
- JANSZOON, JOZEF P. (stories)
- * *The Final Diary Entry of Kees Huijgens (with D. E. LeRoss) (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-75-5, Jul 95 [Aug 95], $4.95, 24pp, ph, cover by Allen Koszowski) Horror story in pamphlet form, supposedly taken from a diary found by Janszoon and translated into English by LeRoss, about a De Stihl architect who took his work literally to new dimensions. Order from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893.
- JARMAN, JULIA (chron.)
- * _The Crow Haunting (Collins 0-00-675213-6, Jan 98 [May 98], £3.99, 125pp, pb) Reprint (Andersen Press 1996) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * *Ollie and the Bogle (Andersen Press 0-86264-163-2, Apr 87 [Dec 87], £5.95, 135pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel about a tree-sprite.
- * _Ollie and the Bogle (Puffin 0-14-032879-3, Oct 89, £1.99, 128pp, pb, cover by Bruce Hogarth) Reprint (Andersen Pres 1987) young-adult fantasy novel.
- JARVIE, CLODAGH (Micaela) GIBSON (1923- ); see pseudonym Clodagh Chapman
- JARVIS, EDWARD
- * *Maggots (Arrow 0-09-946480-2, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £1.95, 235pp, pb) Horror novel.
- JARVIS, ROBIN (chron.)
- * *The Alchymists Cat (Sprint 0-7500-0890-3, Oct 91, £4.50, 330pp, tp, cover by Robin Jarvis) [Deptford Mice] Young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated throughout by Robin Jarvis. Also announced in hardcover (-0889-X, £8.99). Book One of The Deptford Histories.
- * *The Crystal Prison (Macdonald Young Books UK 0-361-08575-3, Oct 89, £3.50, 261pp, tp, cover by Robin Jarvis) [Deptford Mice] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume two in the Deptford Mice series. Also available in hardcover (-08574-5, £8.99).
- * *The Dark Portal (Purnell 0-361-08549-4, Apr 89 [May 89], £2.99, 243pp, tp) [Deptford Mice] Young-adult fantasy/horror novel. Volume One in the Deptford Mice series. Also available in hardcover (-08548-6, £8.99).
- * *The Fatal Strand (Collins 0-00-185625-1, Apr 98 [May 98], £12.99, 512pp, hc) [Wyrd Museum] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book Three of the Tales from the Wyrd Museum trilogy.
- * *The Final Reckoning (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7500-0272-7, Sep 90, £3.99, 305pp, tp) [Deptford Mice] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book Three of the Deptford Mice trilogy. Also available in hardcover (-0271-9).
- * _The Final Reckoning (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7500-0272-7, Oct 94 [Nov 94], £4.99, 305pp, tp) [Deptford Mice] Reissue (Simon & Schuster UK 1990) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 3 of The Deptford Mice. Illustrated by Jarvis.
- * *The Oaken Throne (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7500-1393-1, Oct 93, £4.99, 412pp, tp) [Deptford Mice] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book Two of The Deptford Histories.
- * *Ravens Knot (Collins 0-00-185624-3, Nov 96 [Dec 96], £10.99, 442pp, hc) [Wyrd Museum] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book Two of Tales from the Wyrd Museum.
- * _The Ravens Knot (Collins 0-00-675013-3, Feb 97, £4.99, 442pp, tp) [Wyrd Museum] Reprint (Collins 1996) young-adult fantasy novel. Book Two of the Tales from the Wyrd Museum trilogy.
- * *Thomas (Macdonald Young Books 0-7500-1745-7, Oct 95 [Nov 95], £4.99, 441pp, pb) [Deptford Mice] Young-adult animal fantasy novel, illustrated by Jarvis. Last in the Deptford Histories prequel trilogy to the Deptford Mice series. A hardcover edition (-1744-9, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
- * *A Warlock in Whitby (Sprint 0-7500-1203-X, Sep 92, £4.50, 319pp, tp) [Whitby] Young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated throughout by Robin Jarvis. A hardcover edition (-1202-1, £9.99) was announced but not seen. Book two of the Whitby series.
- * *The Whitby Child (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7500-1581-0, Nov 94, £4.99, 387pp, tp) [Whitby] Young-adult fantasy novelthe young heroes and their supernatural allies from The Whitby Witches and A Warlock in Whitby battle a rejected god. Book 3 of The Whitby Series, illustrated by Jarvis. A hardcover edition (-1580-2, £9.99) is also available.
- * *The Whitby Witches (Sprint 0-7500-0581-5, Apr 91, £3.99, 276pp, tp) [Whitby] Young-adult fantasy/horror novel. Also announced in hardcover (-0582-3, £8.99).
- * *The Woven Path (Collins 0-00-675012-5, Jul 95 [Aug 95], £4.99, 442pp, tp) [Wyrd Museum] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book One of the Tales from the Wyrd Museum trilogy. A strange museum in the East End of London holds dark and deadly secrets about the past. A hardcover edition (-185613-8, £8.99) is also available.
- JARVIS, SHARON (Sylvia), ed. (1943- ); see pseudonyms Jarrod Comstock, Johanna Hailey & H. M. Major
- * *Inside Outer Space: Science Fiction Professionals Look At Their Craft (Ungar 0-8044-2411-X, Dec 85 [Jan 86], $13.95, 148pp, hc) Non-fiction, personal essays on sf and the business of sf, etc., by Marion Zimmer Bradley, C.J. Cherryh, and others.
- * *Inside Outer Space: Science Fiction Professionals Look At Their Craft (Ungar 0-8044-6310-7, Dec 85 [Jan 86], $7.95, 148pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
- JAUNCEY, JAMES (1916- )
- * *The Crystal Keeper (Hippo 0-590-13339-X, Jan 96 [Mar 96], £3.50, 245pp, pb, cover by David Scutt) Young-adult fantasy novel. A young girl must cure the Crystal Keeper before he destroys his world.
- JAVNA, JOHN
- * *The Best of Science Fiction TV (Harmony 0-517-56650-8, Jan 88, $8.95, 144pp, tp) Non-fiction, illustrated guide to the best and worst of tv sf.
- * _The Best of Science Fiction TV (Titan 1-85286-074-X, Apr 88, £5.95, 144pp, tp) Reprint (Harmony 1987) study of some of the most popular (and unpopular) science fiction series on TV, ranging from The Prisoner to Lost in Space. [First U.K. edition]
- JAVOR, FRANK A.; pseudonym of Francis Anthony Jaworski, (1916-1992) (stories)
- * *The Ice Beast (DAW 0-88677-443-8, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $3.95, 224pp, pb, cover by Martin Andrews) [Eli Pike] Sf novel, third book of the Eli Pike series.
- * *The Rim-World Legacy and Beyond (DAW 0-88677-505-1, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $4.50, 253pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Eli Pike] Collection containing Javors first novel, The Rim-World Legacy (Signet 1967), and two stories, one original. All feature the interstellar adventurer Eli Pike. (Contents)
- * *Scor-Sting (DAW 0-88677-421-7, Apr 90 [Mar 90], $3.95, 223pp, pb, cover by Martin Andrews) [Eli Pike] Sf adventure novel of criminal activity on a desert planet, sequel to The Rim-World Legacy.
- JAWORSKI, FRANCIS ANTHONY (1916-1992); see pseudonym Frank A. Javor; see under Javor, Frank A. (stories)
- JAY, PETER (1937- )
- * *Apocalypse 2000: Economic Breakdown and the Suicide of Democracy (with Michael Stewart) (Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-99440-1, Jun 87 [Jul 87], £12.95, 254pp, hc) Future history novel.
- * _Apocalypse 2000: Economic Breakdown and the Suicide of Democracy, 1989 - 2000 (with Michael Stewart) (Sphere 0-7474-0225-6, Aug 88, £3.50, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Sidgwick & Jackson 1987) sf quasi-novel.
- JAY, WILLIAM
- * *The Lost History of Redwyn (Lancaster Books 1-881271-50-1, Sep 92 [Jan 93], $18.95, 295pp, hc) Mediaeval fantasy novel about a young magician who finds a mystical sword and uses it to subdue evil monks who have taken over the castle and plan to spread the black plague to the populace.
- JEAPES, BEN (1965- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *His Majestys Starship (Scholastic Press 0-439-01133-7, Nov 98, £5.99, 347pp, tp) [*His Majestys Starship] Young-adult SF novel set aboard a starship in Earths first interstellar delegation.
- JEFFERIES, MIKE (1943- ) (stories)
- * *Children of the Flame (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21749-5, Nov 94 [Oct 94], £4.99, 374pp, pb) Fantasy novel. A young couple are reincarnated once again, and must unravel the secret that has cursed them through the centuriesbefore they are forever damned.
- * *Citadel of Shadows (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648218-X, Sep 96 [Aug 96], £5.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel. Book 5 in the Loremasters of Elundium series.
- * +Citadel of Shadows (HarperPrism 0-06-105434-8, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $5.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Rob Alexander) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel, fifth in the Loremasters of Elundium series. First US edition (Voyager 1996).
- * *Glitterspike Hall (Fontana 0-00-617664-X, Oct 89, £6.99, 413pp, tp) [Heirs to Gnarlsmyre] Fantasy novel. Volume one in The Heirs to Gnarlsmyre.
- * _Glitterspike Hall (Fontana 0-00-617893-6, Apr 90 [Mar 90], £3.99, 413pp, pb) [Heirs to Gnarlsmyre] Reprint (Fontana 1989) fantasy novel. Book One of The Heirs to Gnarlsmyre.
- * +Glitterspike Hall (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100227-5, Jun 91 [May 91], $4.95, 447pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Heirs to Gnarlsmyre] Fantasy novel, first book of The Heirs to Gnarlsmyre. First American edition (Fontana 1989).
- * *Hall of Whispers (Fontana 0-00-617894-4, Oct 90 [Sep 90], £3.99, 414pp, pb) [Heirs to Gnarlsmyre] Fantasy novel. Book Two of The Heirs to Gnarlsmyre.
- * +Hall of Whispers (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100439-1, Jun 92 [May 92], $4.99, 470pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Heirs to Gnarlsmyre] Fantasy novel, second book of the Heirs to Gnarlsmyre series. First American edition (Fontana 1990).
- * *Hidden Echoes (Grafton 0-586-21679-0, Oct 92, £8.99, 336pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) Fantasy novel.
- * +Hidden Echoes (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-100427-8, Apr 93, $4.99, 326pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Fantasy novel of three ordinary people plucked away from our reality and sent on a quest in a parallel world. First American edition (Grafton 1992).
- * _Hidden Echoes (HarperCollins UK 0-00-647101-3, Aug 93, £4.99, 336pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Reprint (Grafton 1992) fantasy novel.
- * *The Knights of Cawdor (HarperPrism 0-06-100668-8, Jun 95 [May 95], $5.99, 345pp, pb, cover by Rob Alexander) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel in the Loremasters of Elundium series.
- * _The Knights of Cawdor (HarperCollins UK 0-00-648031-4, Jul 95, £4.99, 381pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Reprint (HarperPrism US 1995) fantasy novel. Fourth in the Loremasters of Elundium series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Learn to Draw Fantasy Art (HarperCollins UK 0-00-412995-4, Feb 97 [Jul 97], £5.99, 64pp, tp, cover by Mike Jefferies) Associational art book by the fantasy author. Basic tips and techniques on drawing characters, creatures, lands, maps, and monsters.
- * *Palace of Kings (Fontana 0-00-617467-1, Nov 87, £2.95, 314pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Loremasters of Elundium series.
- * _Palace of Kings (Collins 0-00-223239-1, Dec 87, £10.95, 288pp, hc) [Loremasters of Elundium] Reprint (Fontana 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Loremasters of Elundium series. [Not seen]
- * +Palace of Kings (Harper & Row 0-06-100018-3, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $3.95, 420pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel, second book of the Loremasters of Elundium series. First American edition (Fontana 1987).
- * _Palace of Kings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-617467-1, Sep 96 [Oct 96], £5.99, 240pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Reprint (Fontana 1987) fantasy novel, volume II of the Loremasters of Elundium series.
- * *The Road to Underfall (Fontana 0-00-617346-2, Sep 86, £2.95, 349pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel, volume 1 of The Loremasters of Elundium.
- * _The Road to Underfall (Collins 0-00-223307-X, Nov 87, £10.95, 352pp, hc) [Loremasters of Elundium] Reprint (Fontana 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the Loremasters of Elundium series. [Not seen]
- * +The Road to Underfall (Harper & Row 0-06-100019-1, Feb 90 [Jan 90], $3.95, 371pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel of sorcery and court intrigue, first book of the Loremasters of Elundium. First American edition (Fontana 1986).
- * _The Road to Underfall (Voyager 0-00-617346-2, Apr 96, £4.99, 349pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Reprint (Fontana 1986) fantasy novel. Volume one in the Loremasters of Elundium series.
- * *Shadowlight (Fontana 0-00-617468-X, Sep 88, £2.95, 346pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Loremasters of Elundium trilogy.
- * +Shadowlight (Harper & Row 0-06-100031-0, Apr 90 [Mar 90], $3.95, 452pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel, third book of the Loremasters of Elundium series. First American edition (Fontana 1988).
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