The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

KING, STEPHEN (Edwin) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *The Talisman (with Peter Straub) (Viking UK 0-670-69199-2, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], £9.95, 646pp, hc) Fantasy novel. This British edition was apparently published simultaneously with the U.S. one, although it was scheduled to appear a month earlier.
• * _The Talisman (with Peter Straub) (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-65-8, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $120 signed/boxed/numbered edition of 1200 copies; $65 boxed trade edition; 2 vols., 464 + 336pp, hc) Reprint (Viking 1984) fantasy novel, with illustrations by ten artists, including Rowena, Maitz, and Wrightson, in full color. As usual, Grant has produced a fine piece of bookmaking and an excellent collector’s edition. The so-called “trade” edition is not signed or as intricately designed, but is still eye-popping and still available. (CNB)
• * _The Talisman (with Peter Straub) (Berkley 0-425-08181-8, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $4.95, 770pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1984) fantasy novel.
• * _The Talisman (with Peter Straub) (NEL 0-340-67445-8, Jun ’96 [Jul ’96], £6.99, 768pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Viking 1984) fantasy/horror novel.
• * _Thinner (NEL 0-450-05883-2, Aug ’87, £2.50, 282pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1984 as by Richard Bachman) horror novel.
• * _Thinner (BOMC no ISBN, Oct ’91, $17.95, 309pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1984 as by Richard Bachman) horror novel.
• * _Thinner (Penguin/Signet 0-451-15355-3, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $5.99, 282pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1984 as by Richard Bachman) horror novel; 29th printing.
• * _Thinner (NEL 0-450-05883-2, Aug ’92, £4.50, 282pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1984 as by Richard Bachman) horror novel. 14th printing.
• * _Thinner (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16134-3, Jan ’95, $6.99, 318pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1984 as by Richard Bachman) horror novel, reprinting the Signet 1985 edition with a new cover and a higher price; 25th printing. (We listed a Penguin/Signet edition with a lower price and page count, and different ISBN back in 1992 as the 29th printing.)
• * _Thinner (Penguin/Signet 0-451-19075-0, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], $6.99, 318pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1984 as by Richard Bachman) horror novel. Movie tie-in edition. 30th printing.
• * *The Tommyknockers (Putnam 0-399-13314-3, Nov ’87, $19.95, 558pp, hc) Sf/horror novel.
• * _The Tommyknockers (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-39069-7, Feb ’88, £12.95, 563pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1987) sf/horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Tommyknockers (NEL 0-450-48835-7, Oct ’88, £3.25, 693pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1987) sf novel. This is a special ‘Open Market’ edition and is not generally available in the UK.
• * _The Tommyknockers (NAL Signet 0-451-15660-9, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $5.95, 747pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1987) sf/horror novel.
• * _The Tommyknockers (NEL 0-450-48835-7, Oct ’89, £4.99, 693pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1987) sf/horror novel.
• * *Umney’s Last Case (Penguin 0-14-600074-9, Aug ’95, $.95, 88pp, tp, cover by George Tooker) Hard-boiled time-travel novella first published in King’s Nightmares and Dreamscapes (Viking/Hodder & Stoughton 1993). This is its first single book publication. A Penguin 60s anniversary edition.
• * _The Waste Lands (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17331-7, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $6.99, 590pp, pb) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Donald M. Grant 1991 as The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands) dark fantasy novel, third book in the “Dark Tower” series.

_____, (as Richard Bachman)

• * _The Bachman Books (Penguin/Plume 0-452-27775-2, Sep ’96, $15.95, 692pp, tp) Reprint (NAL/Plume 1985) associational omnibus of four novels Stephen King wrote as Richard Bachman: Rage (1977); The Long Walk (1979); Roadwork (1981); and The Running Man (1982). There is a new introduction by King on “The Importance of Being Bachman”.
• * _The Bachman Books (SFBC #13818, Nov ’96 [Sep ’96], $11.98, 692pp, hc) Reissue (NAL/Plume 1985) omnibus of four novels Stephen King wrote as Richard Bachman. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the Penguin/Plume trade paperback released in September, with the new introduction by King. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *The Regulators (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-94190-8, Sep ’96, $24.95, 475pp, hc, cover by Mark Ryden) Horror novel, companion to Stephen King’s Desperation from Viking. Bachman is a pen-name for Stephen King. A limited edition (-94224-6) was announced but not seen.
• * _The Regulators (Penguin/Signet 0-451-19101-3, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $7.99, 498pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reprint (Dutton 1996) horror novel, companion to Stephen King’s Desperation. The book originally appeared as by Bachman without King’s name on the cover.
• * _Thinner (SFBC #13817, Nov ’96 [Sep ’96], $7.98, 318pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1984 as by Richard Bachman) horror novel. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the Signet mass market paperback edition. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

KING, T(homas) JACKSON (Jr.) (1948- ) (stories)

• * *Retread Shop (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20674-8, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.50, 276pp, pb) Sf novel. A lone human makes his way among the alien merchants of a gigantic space station. A first novel.
• * _Starbridge: Ancestor’s World (with A. C. Crispin) See entry under A. C. Crispin

KING, TABITHA (Jane) (1949- ) (stories)

• * *One on One (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-93590-8, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $23.00, 485pp, hc) Associational novel of high school romance and basketball, set in Stephen King’s fictional towns of Castle Rock and Derry.

KING, TAPPAN (Wright) (1950- ) (stories)

• * _Down Town (with Viido Polikarpus) See entry under Viido Polikarpus.
• * *Down Town (with Viido Polikarpus) (Arbor House 0-87795-673-1, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $16.95, 293pp, hc) Fantasy novel, printed in sepia; Polikarpus is also the illustrator. Modern urban fantasy with a young-adult protagonist. A first novel.
• * _Down Town (with Viido Polikarpus) (Macdonald 0-356-12064-3, May ’86, £9.95, 304pp, hc) Reprint (Arbor House 1985) illustrated fantasy novel.
• * _Down Town (with Viido Polikarpus) (Macdonald 0-356-12317-0, May ’86, £4.95, 304pp, tp) Paperback edition of the above.
• * _Down Town (with Viido Polikarpus) (Orbit 0-7088-8213-7, Mar ’87, £2.95, 293pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1985) fantasy novel.

KINGDOM, WILL; pseudonym of Phil Rickman

• * *The Cold Calling (Corgi 0-552-14584-X, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £5.99, 494pp, pb) Dark fantasy thriller, a paranormal police procedural/serial killer novel.

KINGSBURY, DONALD (MacDonald) (1929- ) (stories)

• * _GETA (Panther 0-586-05932-6, Jun ’84 [May ’84], £3.50, 512pp, tp) Reprint (Simon & Schuster Timescape 1982, as Courtship Rite) sf novel.
• * *The Moon Goddess and the Son (Baen 0-671-55958-3, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $15.95, 409pp, hc) Sf novel of the near future on earth and in orbit. Recommended (CNB).
• * _The Moon Goddess and the Son (Baen 0-671-65381-4, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $3.95, 471pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1986), an excellent near-future hard sf novel. (TM)
• * _The Moon Goddess and the Son (Grafton 0-586-20042-8, Aug ’88, £3.95, 544pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1986) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]

KINGSLEY, AMANDA

• * *Hellcat (Leisure 08439-3306-2, Jun ’92 [Jul ’92], $4.50, 392pp, pb, cover by Stinson) Horror novel. An abused wife murders her husband only to have him return as a vengeful black cat.

KINGSLEY, CHARLES (1819-1875) (stories)

• * _The Water Babies (Gollancz 0-575-03879-9, Aug ’86, £3.95, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1863) classic children’s fantasy novel, with b&w illustrations by Harold Jones.

KING-SMITH, DICK; [i.e., Ronald Gordon King-Smith] (1922- ) (stories)

• * *The Crowstarver (Doubleday UK 0-385-41008-5, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], £10.99, 188pp, hc, cover by Peter Bailey) Young-adult fantasy novel. A foundling child has a strong affinity with animal life, but not with living.
• * *Godhanger (Doubleday UK 0-385-40778-5, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £9.99, 172pp, hc, cover by Andrew Davidson) Young-adult animal fantasy novel. A mysterious bird leads a revolt against human beasts.
• * _Godhanger (Corgi 0-552-54501-5, Oct ’97, £3.99, 172pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1996) young-adult animal fantasy novel.
• * *The Sheep-Pig and Ace (Puffin 0-14-038503-7, Oct ’96, £4.99, 242pp, tp) Young-adult animal fantasy omnibus of The Sheep-Pig (Gollancz, 1983; basis of the film Babe) and its sequel Ace (Gollancz, 1990). (Contents)
• * *Tumbleweed (Gollancz 0-575-03975-2, Apr ’87 [Dec ’87], £5.95, 119pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel.

KINGSTON, JEREMY; pseudonym of John Gregory Betancourt, (1963- )

• * *Robert Silverberg’s Time Tours Volume 6: Caesar’s Time Legions (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-106017-8, Aug ’91, $3.50, 139pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Time Tours] Young-adult sf adventure novel, based on material by Silverberg, with an afterword by Silverberg and interior illustrations by Alex Nino. Series packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

KINHILL, MADELAINE, ed.

• * *Scream for Me (Springwood, Qld, Australia: Wild Child 1876053089, 1997, A$12.95, 224pp, tp) An anthology of erotic horror, “adults only”. (Contents)

KINION, RICHARD

• * *Sacrifice (Zebra 0-8217-5047-X, Aug ’95, $4.50, 380pp, pb) Horror novel. A woman is possessed by a spirit that makes her feel beautiful, and makes her kill. Copyrighted by Lee Seymour.

KINNAIRD, JOHN (William) (1924-1980)

• * *Olaf Stapledon (Starmont 0-916732-54-1, Jun ’86, $7.95, 107pp, pb) Non-fiction, critical study; “Starmont Reader’s Guide 21.” [Stapledon]

KINNERLEY, LYNNE; see pseudonym Lyndan Darby

KINNEY, HARRISON

• * *James Thurber: His Life and Times (Holt 0-8050-3966-X, Nov ’95 [Dec ’95], $40.00, 1238pp, hc) Biography commemorating Thurber’s 100th birthday. There are 32 unpaginated pages of photos, several appendices including a list of Thurber’s books and a chronology, extensive notes, acknowledgements of sources, and an index. [Thurber]

KINSELLA, W(illiam) P(atrick) (1935- ) (stories)

• * *The Alligator Report (Coffee House Press 0-918273-10-2, Nov ’85 [Feb ’86], $9.95, 125pp, pb) Collection of surreal and fantastic stories and fables which the author dubs “Brautigans." (Contents)
• * *The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-47593-7, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $7.95, 179pp, tp) Collection of fantasy baseball stories. Also announced in hardcover; not seen. (Contents)
• * *The Iowa Baseball Confederacy (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-38952-6, Apr ’86, $16.95, 310pp, hc) Another baseball fantasy novel, from the author of Shoeless Joe, but it’s not a sequel. Absolutely wonderful! You don’t have to like baseball; this is a novel of magic and obsession. Highly recommended. Should win awards, or at least make the playoffs. (JR)
• * _The Iowa Baseball Confederacy (Ballantine 0-345-34230-5, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.95, 293pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1986) literary baseball fantasy novel.
• * _Shoeless Joe (Ballantine 0-345-30921-9, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.95, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1982) baseball fantasy quest novel.
• * _Shoeless Joe (Ballantine 0-345-34256-9, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.95, 224pp, pb) Reissue (Houghton Mifflin 1982) literary baseball fantasy novel.
• * _Shoeless Joe (Ballantine 0-345-34256-9, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $5.99, 224pp, pb) Reissue (Houghton Mifflin 1982) baseball fantasy novel; 33rd printing.

KIPLING, (Joseph) RUDYARD (1865-1936) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Complete Supernatural Stories of Rudyard Kipling (W.H. Allen 0-491-03285-4, Jan ’87, £12.95, 427pp, hc) Collection of supernatural stories, edited by Peter Haining. (Contents)
• * _The Haunting of Holmescroft (Books of Wonder 0-929605-81-0, May ’98, $5.95, 56pp, tp, cover by Barb Armata) Horror short story packaged as a “Classic Frights” book for young adults. Illustrated by Barb Armata.
• * _How the Leopard Got His Spots and Other Just So Stories (Shambhala/Barefoot Books 1-56957-902-4, Sep ’93 [Oct ’93], $6.00, 173pp, hc, cover by Joseph M. Gleeson) Collection of eight children’s fantasy stories that originally appeared in Just So Stories for Little Children (Macmillan 1902), with black-&-white illustrations by the author and color illustrations by Joseph M. Gleeson and a preface by editor Jonathan Cott. This is a miniature (8x12 cm.) book.
• * _The Jungle Book (Puffin 0-14-031794-5, Jan ’87, £2.25, 175pp, pb) [Jungle Book] Reissue (Macmillan 1894) juvenile fantasy collection, illustrated by Michael Foreman.
• * _The Jungle Book (Puffin 0-14-035074-8, Jan ’87, £1.75, 186pp, pb) [Jungle Book] Reissue (Macmillan 1894) juvenile fantasy collection, illustrated by the author.
• * _The Jungle Book (Viking Kestrel 0-670-80241-7, Jan ’87 [Feb ’87], £8.95, 175pp, hc) [Jungle Book] Reissue (Macmillan 1894) juvenile fantasy collection, illustrated by Michael Foreman.
• * _The Jungle Book (Windrush 1-85089-904-5, Feb ’87 [Dec ’87], £7.65, 232pp, hc) [Jungle Book] Reprint (Macmillan 1894) juvenile fantasy collection. Large print edition.
• * _The Jungle Book (Purnell 0-361-07468-9, Mar ’87 [Dec ’87], £2.99, 186pp, hc) [Jungle Book] Reprint (Macmillan 1894) classic fantasy collection.
• * _The Jungle Book (Penguin/Puffin Classics 0-14-036686-5, Mar ’95, $3.50, 216pp, pb, cover by Sally Taylor) [Jungle Book] Reissue (Macmillan 1894) classic young-adult collection. This is a repackaged, worldwide edition of the Puffin 1987 edition illustrated by Alan Langford. Second printing.
• * _Jungle Book 2 (Tor 0-812-52278-8, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $2.99, 180pp, pb, cover by Ken Lager) [Jungle Book] Reprint (Scribner 1895) classic collection of children’s stories, with a foreword, afterword, and brief biography of Kipling by Jane Yolen.
• * _Jungle Books (Hamlyn 0-600-55309-4, Nov ’87 [Dec ’87], £4.95, 416pp, hc) [Jungle Book] Reprint omnibus of The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. [Not seen]
• * _Just So Stories (Pavilion 1-85145-105-6, Jan ’87, £7.95, 96pp, hc) Reissue (Macmillan 1902) juvenile fantasy collection, illustrated by Safaya Salter.
• * _Just So Stories (Puffin 0-14-031795-3, Jan ’87, £1.95, 128pp, pb) Reissue (Macmillan 1902) juvenile fantasy collection, illustrated by Michael Foreman.
• * _Just So Stories (Puffin 0-14-035075-6, Jan ’87, £1.75, 172pp, pb) Reissue (Macmillan 1902) juvenile fantasy collection, illustrated by the author.
• * _Just So Stories (Viking Kestrel 0-670-80242-5, Jan ’87 [Feb ’87], £7.95, 128pp, hc) Reissue (Macmillan 1902) juvenile fantasy collection, illustrated by Michael Foreman.
• * _Just So Stories (Purnell 0-361-07469-7, Mar ’87, £2.99, 224pp, hc) Reprint (Macmillan 1902) classic fantasy collection. [Not seen]
• * _Just So Stories (Collins 0-00-184425-3, Apr ’87 [1987], £4.95, 128pp, hc) Reprint (Macmillan 1902) juvenile fantasy collection. [Not seen]
• * _Just So Stories (Doubleday Zephyr 0-385-26133-0, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $8.95, 87pp, tp) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1902 as Just So Stories for Little Children) classic children’s fantasy collection with the 1952 color illustrations by Nicolas in a large size (25 X 28 cm.) edition. The hardcover of this has been in print continuously for over 35 years and has sold over 300,000 copies.
• * _Just So Stories (Books of Wonder 0-688-13957-4, Sep ’96, $22.00, 148pp, hc, cover by Barry Moser) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1902 as Just So Stories for Little Children) children’s fantasy collection with new illustrations by Barry Moser, many in color. There is a new afterword by Peter Glassman. Available from Books of Wonder, 132 7th Ave, New York, NY 10011; 1-800-835-4315.
• * *Kipling’s Fantasy (Tor 0-312-85354-8, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $17.95, 206pp, hc, cover by Bryn Barnard) Collection of 11 stories and a poem, edited and with an introduction by John Brunner. (Contents)
• * *Kipling’s Science Fiction (Tor 0-312-85355-6, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $17.95, 178pp, hc, cover by David R. Deitrick) Collection of nine stories, with introductions by John Brunner plus a bibliography. (Contents)
• * _The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales (R.S. Surtees Society 0-948560-09-6, Dec ’88, £3.75, 104pp, tp) Reprint (A.H. Wheeler 1888) classic collection of supernatural stories. This is a marvellous ‘near facsimile’ to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first edition, with a new introduction by Philip Mason. Recommended. (PSP) (Contents)
• * _Puck of Pook’s Hill (NAL Signet 0-451-52168-4, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.50, 271pp, pb) [*Puck of Pook’s Hill] Reprint (Doubleday 1906) young-adult fantasy novel with a new afterword by J.I.M. Stewart.
• * _Rewards and Fairies (Puffin 0-14-035081-0, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $2.25, 271pp, pb) [*Puck of Pook’s Hill] Reprint (Doubleday 1910) fantasy novel, sequel to Puck of Pook’s Hill. This is a worldwide edition, available in five countries.
• * _The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling (Citadel Twilight 0-8065-1508-2, May ’94, $9.95, 178pp, tp, cover by Kevin Kelly) Reprint (Tor 1992 as Kipling’s Science Fiction) collection of nine stories and a poem, with introductions by John Brunner plus a bibliography.

KIRALY, MARIE; pseudonym of Elaine Bergstrom, (1946- )

• * *Leanna: Possession of a Woman (Berkley 0-425-15224-3, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $5.99, 341pp, pb) Voodoo horror novel set in New Orleans. Kiraly is a pen name for Elaine Bergstrom.
• * *Madeline: After the Fall of Usher (Berkley 0-425-15573-0, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $5.99, 407pp, pb) Horror novel. The vengeful spirit of Madeline Usher lives on to haunt Poe for his story. Kiraly is a pen name for Elaine Bergstrom.
• * *Mina (Berkley 0-425-14359-7, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $5.50, 325pp, pb) [Dracula] Vampire horror novel, a retelling/sequel to Dracula, told from the viewpoint of Mina Murray Harker, beginning with a new account of the last chapters of Stoker’s novel. Kiraly is a pen name for Elaine Bergstrom.
• * _Mina (SFBC #06126, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $7.98, 325pp, hc, cover by Bob McGuiness) [Dracula] Reprint (Berkeley 1994) vampire/horror novel, a retelling/sequel to Bram Stoker’s Dracula. This is the first hardcover edition. Kiraly is a pen-name for Elaine Bergstrom.

KIRBY, JOSH (1928-2001) (stories)

• * _Eric (with Terry Pratchett) See entry under Terry Pratchett.
• * *In the Garden of Unearthly Delights: The Paintings of Josh Kirby (Paper Tiger 1-85028-154-8, Feb ’92 [Dec ’91], £9.95, 144pp, tp) Collection of art by Josh Kirby, with linking text by Nigel Suckling, and a foreword by Brian Aldiss. Recommended (PSP).