The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

KNIGHT, HARRY ADAM (stories) (continued)

• * _Carnosaur (Tor 0-812-53494-8, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $4.50, 210pp, pb) Reprint (Star 1984) sf/horror novel of genetically engineered dinosaurs. This is a movie tie-in edition. Knight is a pseudonym for John Brosnan and Leroy Kettle.
• * _Carnosaur (Gollancz 0-575-05658-4, Oct ’93, £4.99, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Star 1984) horror novel about genetically-engineered dinosaurs.
• * _Death Spore (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-348-X, May ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Star 1985 as The Fungus) sf/horror thriller. England is being destroyed by mutant fungi.
• * +The Fungus (Franklin Watts 0-531-15103-4, Mar ’89, $16.95, 218pp, hc) Sf/horror thriller. England is destroyed by mutant fungi. First American edition (Star 1985)
• * _The Fungus (Gollancz 0-575-04801-8, Mar ’90, £3.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Jean-François Podevin) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1985) horror novel.
• * +Slimer (Bart 1-55785-076-3, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.50, 156pp, pb) Horror novel. A genetically engineered monster stalks a deserted oil rig. First U.S. edition (U.K. 1983).
• * +Worm (Bart 1-55785-060-7, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.50, 189pp, pb) Horror novel of giant worms. First U.S. edition (Grafton 1987 as by Simon Ian Childer). Both HAK and SIC are pseudonyms for John Brosnan and Leroy Kettle.

KNIGHT, KELVIN M. (stories)

• * *Miniature Magic (Kelvin M. Knight 1-899099-00-X, Apr ’94 [Aug ’94], £2.50, 50pp, ph) Original fantasy pamphlet collection. (Contents)
• * *More Miniature Magic (Kelvin M. Knight 1-899099-05-0, Apr ’94 [Aug ’94], £2.50, 54pp, ph) Original fantasy pamphlet collection. (Contents)

KNIGHT, STEPHEN

• * *Requiem at Rogano (Grafton 0-586-06909-7, Oct ’86, £2.95, 368pp, pb) Occult mystery novel.

KNOEPFLMACHER, U(lrich) C(amillus), ed. (1931- ) (stories)

• * _Forbidden Journeys: Fairy Tales and Fantasies By Victorian Women Writers (with Nina Auerbach) See entry under Nina Auerbach.

KNOX, ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * *The Vintner’s Luck (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-28392-3, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $23.00, 284pp, hc, cover by Merri Cyr) Literary fantasy novel. A winemaker in 19th-century France falls in love with his guardian angel, a favorite of both heaven and hell.

KNOX, ROBERT H.

• * _Obsessions (with Anthony S. Magistrale) See entry under Anthony S. Magistrale

KOCHER, PAUL H(arold) (1907- )

• * _Master of Middle-Earth: The Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30636-8, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $2.95, 233pp, pb) Reissue (Houghton Mifflin 1972). Non-fiction, critical study. Sixth printing. [Tolkien]

KOENIG, WALTER (1936- ) (stories)

• * *Buck Alice and the Actor Robot (Critic’s Choice 1-55547-240-0, May ’88, $3.50, 245pp, pb) Philosophical, Vonnegutian sf novel by the Star Trek actor.

KOFF, RICHARD M(yram) (1926- )

• * _Christopher (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15363-3, Nov ’85 [Feb ’86], $2.25, 139pp, pb) Reprint (Celestial Arts 1981) young-adult sf novel of a boy who makes unexpected discoveries in a “haunted” house.

KOHILL, MALCOLM

• * _Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannerman (Target 0-426-20333-X, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], £2.99, 142pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (Target 1989) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 135 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $4.95.
• * *Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen (Lyle Stuart/Target 0-426-20333-X, 1989 [Aug ’89], $3.95, 142pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization, Doctor Who #135. This is a worldwide edition carrying the names of the publisher and its respective US, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand distributors.
• * *Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen (Target 0-426-20333-X, Jan ’89, £1.99, 142pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf tv series novelization. Volume 135 in the “Doctor Who” series.

KOJA, KATHE (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Bad Brains (Dell Abyss 0-440-21114-X, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $4.99, 367pp, pb) Horror novel of an artist whose head injury exposes him to a strange and terrifying world lurking at the edge of human consciousness. Highly recommended (SW). Despite the copyright page denoting this as a second printing, this is actually the first after a large advance proof edition.
• * _Bad Brains (Millennium 1-85798-129-4, Nov ’93, £4.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Martin Baker) Reprint (Dell Abyss 1992) Associational non-fantasy horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Bad Brains (Dell 0-440-21114-X, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $4.99, 367pp, pb) Reissue (Dell Abyss 1992) horror novel; third printing.
• * *The Cipher (Dell Abyss 0-440-20782-7, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.50, 356pp, pb) Horror novel of a would-be poet and his experience with a black hole in his apartment building that leads to another dimension. Highly recommended (SW). A first novel.
• * _The Cipher (Dell 0-440-20782-7, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $4.99, 356pp, pb) Reissue (Dell Abyss 1991) award-winning horror novel; third printing.
• * *Extremities (Four Walls Eight Windows 1-56858-122-X, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $20.00, 200pp, hc, cover by Carol Ford) Collection of 16 stories, one original. (Contents)
• * *Kink (Holt 0-8050-4391-8, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $23.00, 278pp, hc) Associational erotic, non-supernatural horror novel about obsession, with gothic/hallucinatory overtones.
• * *Skin (Delacorte Abyss 0-385-30899-X, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $19.95, 309pp, hc, cover by Peter Michilena) Horror novel of sadism and psychological manipulation surrounding the rise and fall of a performace art group similar to Survival Research Laboratories. Recommended (SW).
• * _Skin (Millennium 1-85798-128-6, Nov ’93, £4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Martin Baker) Reprint (Delacorte Abyss 1993) horror novel.
• * _Skin (Dell 0-440-21115-8, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $4.99, 389pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte Abyss 1993) non-fantasy horror novel of sadism and psychological manipulation surrounding the rise and fall of a performance art group similar to Survival Research Laboratories.
• * *Strange Angels (Delacorte 0-385-30892-2, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $19.95, 277pp, hc) Associational psychological literary novel about madness, art, and obsession.
• * _Strange Angels (Dell 0-440-21498-X, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $5.50, 356pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte 1994) associational psychological horror novel about art and obsession.

KOKE, JAK (1964- ) (stories)

• * *Shadowrun #22: Dead Air (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45375-1, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $5.50, 280pp, pb, cover by Doug Anderson) [Shadowrun] Novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by FASA. A first novel.
• * *Shadowrun #26: Stranger Souls (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45610-6, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $5.99, 284pp, pb, cover by Doug Anderson) [Shadowrun] Novelization based on the role-playing game. Book One of the “Dragon Heart Saga”. Copyrighted by FASA.
• * *Shadowrun #30: Beyond the Pale (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45674-2, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $5.99, 266pp, pb) Novelization based on the role-playing game.
• * *Shadowrun: Clockwork Asylum (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45620-3, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $5.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Doug Anderson) [Shadowrun] Novelization based on the role-playing game, book two of the “Dragonheart Saga”. Copyrighted by FASA.
• * *Shadowrun: The Terminus Experiment (with Jonathan E. Bond) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45704-8, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $5.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Michael Evans) [Shadowrun] Novelization based on the roleplaying game. Copyrighted by FASA.

KOLLER, JACKIE FRENCH (1948- )

• * *If I Had One Wish... (Little, Brown 0-316-50150-6, Nov ’91 [Dec ’91], $14.95, 168pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. Alec is granted one magical wish by a homeless person at the mall, and he uses it to eliminate his baby brother, only to discover that life is much worse without him.

KOLMAR, WENDY K., ed. (1950- )

• * _Haunting the House of Fiction: Feminist Perspectives on Ghost Stories by American Women (with Lynette Carpenter) See entry under Lynette Carpenter.

KOLMERTEN, CAROL A., ed. (stories)

• * _Utopian and Science Fiction by Women: Worlds of Difference (with Jane L. Donawerth) See entry under Jane L. Donawerth
• * _Utopian and Science Fiction By Women: Worlds of Difference (with Jane L. Donawerth) See entry under Jane L. Donawerth

KOMAN, VICTOR (1944- ) (stories)

• * *The Jehovah Contract (Franklin Watts 0-531-15043-7, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $16.95, 277pp, hc) A professional assassin on the skids in 1999 is hired to assassinate God, with the help of an ancient Hollywood witch and a 12-year-old telepathic hooker. This novel first appeared in Germany as Der Jehova Vertrag (Heyne 1985), although written originally in English.
• * _The Jehovah Contract (Avon 0-380-70557-5, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $3.50, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Franklin Watts 1987) sf novel about a man hired by a televangelist to assassinate God. This novel first appeared in Germany as Der Jehova Vertrag (Heyne 1985), although originally written in English.
• * *Kings of the High Frontier (Final Frontier Books 0-9665662-0-3, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $24.95, hc, cover by Rob Prior) [High Pilgrimage] Near-future SF novel, book one of “The High Pilgrimage”. Private concerns plan their own various space launches, despite government efforts to stop them. The afterword by Gregory Benford discusses the political realities of space programs. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,250; a slipcased deluxe edition of 250 (-5-4, $75.00) is also available. Order from Final Frontier Books, Bereshith Publishing, PO Box 2366, Centreville VA 20120.
• * *Solomon’s Knife (Franklin Watts 0-531-15108-5, Apr ’89, $18.95, 275pp, hc) Medical sf thriller dealing with a new technique for abortion—transferring fetuses from the bodies of women who want abortions to the bodies of women who are infertile.

KONDO, YOJI, ed. (1933- ); see pseudonym Eric Kotani (stories)

• * _Requiem See entry under Robert A. Heinlein.

KOONTZ, DEAN R(ay) (1945- ); see pseudonyms Leigh Nichols & Richard Paige (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Bad Place (Putnam 0-399-13498-0, Jan ’90, $19.95, 382pp, hc) Sf/horror/thriller.
• * _The Bad Place (Headline 0-7472-0222-2, Mar ’90, £12.95, 372pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam 1990) very effective sf/horror novel about a pair of private investigators who become embroiled with a very strange family. One of Koontz’s best. Very strongly recommended. (PSP)
• * _The Bad Place (SFBC #58642, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $9.98, hc, cover by Don Brautigam) Reprint (Putnam 1989) sf/horror novel.
• * _The Bad Place (Berkley 0-425-12434-7, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $5.95, 417pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1990) sf/horror novel.
• * _The Bad Place (Headline 0-7472-3444-2, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], £4.99, 500pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam 1990) horror novel.
• * _The Bad Place (Berkley 0-425-12434-7, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $6.99, 417pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1990) horror novel; 11th printing.
• * _The Bad Place (Berkley 0-425-12434-7, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $7.50, 417pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reissue (Putnam 1990) horror novel. 14th printing.
• * _Beastchild (Charnel House 0-927389-07-X, Feb ’93 [Mar ’93], $150.00, 195pp, hc) Reprint (Lancer 1970) sf/horror novel with a new introduction by the author and full-color illustrations by Pamela Lee. This edition follows the original manuscript and differs slightly from the edited Lancer version. This is a signed numbered slipcased 750-copy limited edition. A 26-copy lettered edition (-06-1) was announced but not seen. Order from Charnel House, PO Box 663, Lynbrook NY 11563.
• * _Chase (Headline 0-7472-3525-2, May ’90, £3.50, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1972, as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller of associational interest.
• * _Chase (Headline 0-7472-3525-2, Jan ’91, £3.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reissue (Random House 1972 as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller of associational interest.
• * _Chase (Headline 0-7472-0301-6, Jul ’91, £14.95, 244pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Random House 1972 as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller of associational interest.
• * *Cold Fire (Putnam 0-399-13579-0, Jan ’91, $22.95, 382pp, hc, cover by Don Brautigam) Thriller about a man who uses his uncanny powers to save lives faced with destruction by a stronger enemy. A signed, limited 750-copy slipcased edition ($150) was announced but not seen.
• * *Cold Fire (Headline 0-7472-0328-8, Jan ’91 [Oct ’90], £13.95, 374pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Horror novel. Simultaneous with U.S. (Putnam) edition. Note that proof copies of this edition were distributed in October 1990 as a limited edition of 200 numbered copies, each signed by Koontz.
• * _Cold Fire (SFBC #179143, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $10.98, 326pp, hc, cover by Don Brautigam) Reprint (Putnam; Headline 1991) sf/horror thriller.
• * _Cold Fire (Berkley 0-425-13071-1, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $5.99, 421pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reprint (Putnam; Headline 1991) horror/psychic thriller.
• * _Cold Fire (Headline 0-7472-3605-4, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], £4.99, 506pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam; Headline 1991) horror novel.
• * _Cold Fire (Berkley 0-425-13071-1, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $6.99, 421pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reissue (Headline 1991) horror/psychic thriller. Seventh printing.
• * _Cold Fire (Berkley 0-425-13071-1, Aug ’98 [Sep ’98], $7.99, 421pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reissue (Headline 1991) horror novel. 16th printing.
• * _Dark Rivers of the Heart (Charnel House 0-927389-09-6, Sep ’94 [Nov ’94], $250.00, 501pp, hc, cover by Stephen Gervais) High-tech thriller set in a U.S. that may or may not be today. A special numbered, boxed and signed limited edition with illustrations by Stephen Gervais. A lettered edition (-08-8) was also announced but has not been seen. This elegant edition is essentially simultaneous with the Knopf edition listed last month. Order from Charnel House, P.O. Box 633, Lynbrook NY 11563; 516-887-2565: add $6.00 postage.
• * *Dark Rivers of the Heart (Knopf 0-679-42524-1, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $24.00, 487pp, hc) High-tech thriller set in a U.S. that may or may not be today. A limited, signed edition from Charnel House was supposed to appear last month, but has not been seen.
• * *Dark Rivers of the Heart (Headline 0-7472-0962-6, Nov ’94, £14.99, 537pp, hc) Associational thriller of a young couple, both with deep and dangerous secrets, on the run from an Agency which has subverted and corrupted the justice system of the U.S.A. Simultaneous with the US (Knopf) edition.
• * _Dark Rivers of the Heart (Headline 0-7472-4449-9, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], £5.99, 728pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf; Headline 1994) associational thriller of a young couple on the run from a group which has subverted the democratic processes of the USA. The Export edition (same details) was available 1 August 1995.
• * _Dark Rivers of the Heart (Ballantine 0-345-39657-X, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $7.99, 566pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf/Charnal House 1994) high-tech thriller set in a U.S. that may or may not be today. An identical mass-market international edition appeared in September 1995.
• * +Darkfall (Berkley 0-425-07187-1, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $3.95, 371pp, pb) Horror novel. First U.S. edition (W.H. Allen 1984, as Darkness Comes).
• * _Darkfall (Berkley 0-425-10434-6, Apr ’90, $4.95, 371pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1984) horror novel; 20th printing.
• * _Darkfall (Berkley 0-425-10434-6, Mar ’96, $6.99, 371pp, pb) Reissue (W.H. Allen 1984 as Darkness Comes) horror novel. 34th printing.
• * _Darkfall (Berkley 0-425-10434-6, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], $7.50, 371pp, pb) Reissue (W.H. Allen 1984 as Darkness Comes) horror novel. 37th printing.
• * *Darkness Comes (W.H. Allen 0-491-03152-1, Feb ’84, £11.95, 351pp, hc) Horror novel. [Not seen]
• * _Darkness Comes (Star 0-352-31479-6, Apr ’85, £2.50, 351pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1984) horror novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _Darkness Comes (Headline 0-7472-3520-1, May ’90, £3.99, 351pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1984) horror novel.
• * _Darkness Comes (Headline 0-7472-0296-6, Oct ’90, £13.95, 351pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1984) horror novel.
• * _Darkness Comes (Headline 0-7472-3520-1, Jan ’91, £4.50, 351pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reissue (W.H. Allen 1984) horror novel.
• * *Dean Koontz Omnibus (Headline 0-7472-0805-0, Jul ’93, £7.99, 792pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Horror omnibus of Cold Fire, The Face of Fear, and The Mask. (Contents)
• * *Dean Koontz Omnibus (Headline 0-7472-1031-4, Aug ’94, £6.99, 564pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Omnibus of Hideaway (1992) and The Vision (1977). (Contents)
• * *Demon Seed (Headline 0-7472-0831-X, Jun ’97 [Jul ’97], £16.99, 213pp, hc) SF/horror novel. Revised version of the original (Bantam, 1973). First UK hardcover edition.
• * _Demon Seed (Berkley 0-425-15859-4, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $7.50, 303pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1973) SF/horror novel. According to the afterword by Koontz, this has been revised and is “an entirely new version.”
• * _Demon Seed (Headline 0-7472-3489-2, Jan ’98 [May ’97], £5.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) Reprint (Headline 1997) SF/horror novel. Revised version of the original (Bantam, 1973), which was made into a film. An export edition (same details) was available 1 December 1997.
• * _The Door to December (Headline 0-7472-0436-5, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], £14.95, 312pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (NAL 1985 as by Richard Paige) occult thriller.
• * _The Door to December (Headline Overseas 0-7472-3705-0, 1992 [Apr ’92], £4.99, 472pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (NAL 1985 as by Richard Paige) occult thriller. This is an “Open Market” edition and is available only in non-English-speaking countries. The forthcoming British edition will have the same ISBN.
• * _The Door to December (Headline 0-7472-3705-0, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £4.99, 472pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (NAL 1985 as by Richard Paige) occult thriller.
• * *The Door to December (Penguin/Signet 0-451-18137-9, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $6.99, 510pp, pb) Revised edition of a horror novel, originally published by Signet in 1985 as by Richard Paige.
• * *Dragon Tears (Putnam 0-399-13773-4, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $22.95, 377pp, hc, cover by Don Brautigam) Horror novel of a cop who kills in the line of duty and finds himself marked for supernatural vengeance.
• * *Dragon Tears (Headline 0-7472-0643-0, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], £15.99, 371pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Horror novel about a killer with god-like powers. Simultaneous with US (Putnam) edition.
• * _Dragon Tears (SFBC #19418, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $10.98, 377pp, hc, cover by Don Brautigam) Reprint (Putnam 1993) horror novel of a cop who kills in the line of duty and finds himself marked for supernatural vengeance. Similar to the Putnam edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.