The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

LAWHEAD, STEPHEN R. (stories) (continued)

• * _The Warlords of Nin (Crossway Books 0-89107-278-0, 1985 [Sep ’85], $7.95, 367pp, pb) [Dragon King] Reissue (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel, second in the “Dragon King” trilogy. 4th printing.
• * _The Warlords of Nin (Lion, 1985 [Mar ’86], £2.50, pb) [Dragon King] Reprint (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel, second in the “Dragon King” trilogy.
• * _The Warlords of Nin (Lion 0-85648-874-7, Apr ’85, £2.50, 352pp, pb) [Dragon King] Reprint (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _The Warlords of Nin (Lion 0-85648-874-7, Jan ’87, £2.95, 367pp, pb) [Dragon King] Reissue (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Dragonking Saga” series.
• * _The Warlords of Nin (Crossway Books 0-89107-564-X, Dec ’89 [Jan ’90], $8.95, 367pp, tp, cover by Chuck Gillies) [Dragon King] Reissue (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel, second book of the “Dragon King” trilogy; 10th printing.
• * _The Warlords of Nin (Lion 0-85648-874-7, Jan ’91, £3.99, 367pp, pb) [Dragon King] Reissue (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel. Book Two in “The Dragon King Saga”.
• * _The Warlords of Nin (AvoNova 0-380-71630-5, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.99, 403pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) [Dragon King] Reprint (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel, second book of the “Dragon King” trilogy.
• * _Warlords of Nin (HarperCollins/Zondervan 0-310-20503-4, Feb ’96, $13.00, 394pp, tp, cover by Chuck Gillies) [Dragon King] Reprint (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel, book two in the “Dragon King” trilogy.

LAWLER, RICK, ed. (1949- ) (stories)

• * *Abortion Stories: Fiction on Fire (MinRef Press 0-9624394-1-X, Jul ’92, $11.00, 246pp, tp, cover by Michael Taylor) Original anthology of 23 stories about abortion, two reprints, with a foreword by David Brin and an introduction by the editor. Most of the stories have sf, fantasy, or horror elements. Available from MinRef Press, 8379 Langtree Way, Sacramento CA 95823. (Contents)

LAWRENCE, CHARLOTTE (1935- )

• * *The Ragbone Man (Llywellyn Publications 1-56718-412-X, Sep ’94, $4.99, 312pp, pb) Occult mystery novel about the effect a mysterious man and his old book have on the owner of a New Age book and herb shop. First book of a projected trilogy. Available from Lllywellyn Publications, PO Box 64383, St. Paul MN 55164-0383.

LAWRENCE, CONRAD

• * *The Council to Save the Planet (Northwest Publishing 1-56901-189-3, Oct ’94, 364pp, tp) Collection of 20 interlinked SF stories about near-future efforts to save the environment. Available from Northwest Publishing Incorporated, 5949 South 350 West, Salt Lake City UT 84107.

LAWRENCE, J. A.; see under Lawrence, Judith Ann (stories)

LAWRENCE, JIM (stories)

• * *The A.I. Gang #2: The Cutlass Clue (NAL/Signet/Vista 0-451-14315-9, Jun ’86, $2.25, 154pp, pb) [A.I. Gang] Juvenile sf novel. A gang of whiz-kids protect a top-secret artificial intelligence research project from spies.

LAWRENCE, JUDITH ANN; [i.e., Judith Ann Lawrence Blish] (stories)

• * _Mudd’s Angels (Bantam 0-553-24666-6, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $2.95, 177pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1978) Star Trek book, adaptation of two episodes from the tv show. 2nd printing.
• * _Mudd’s Angels (Titan 1-85286-510-5, Apr ’94, £4.50, 178pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Star Trek] Reprint (Bantam 1978) original SF novelization. Derived from the two scripts by Stephen Kandel plus extra material. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Trek 12 (with James Blish) See entry under James Blish.
• * _Star Trek: Mudd’s Enterprise (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56982-1, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $4.99, 212pp, pb, cover by Kazuhiko Sano) [Star Trek] Reprint (Bantam 1978 as Mudd’s Angels) Star Trek novelization.
• * _Star Trek: The Classic Episodes 1 (with James Blish) See entry under James Blish.
• * _Star Trek: The Classic Episodes 3 (with James Blish) See entry under James Blish.

LAWRENCE, LOUISE; pseudonym of Elizabeth Wintle Holden, (1943- ) (stories)

• * _Andra (Collins 0-00-184084-3, Aug ’89, £6.95, 191pp, hc, cover by Nick Mountain) Reissue (Collins 1971) young-adult sf novel.
• * _Andra (HarperCollins 0-06-023685-X, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $14.95, 229pp, hc, cover by Anton C. Kimball) Reprint (Collins 1971) young-adult sf novel. A young girl in the far future receives a brain graft from a boy who died in 1987 and begans to see her world through his eyes.
• * _Andra (Lions Tracks 0-00-673580-0, Apr ’91 [Aug ’91], £3.50, 268pp, pb) Reprint (Collins 1971) young-adult sf novel.
• * *Ben-Harran’s Castle (The Bodley Head 0-370-31715-7, Dec ’92, £7.99, 228pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) Young-adult sf novel about Ben-Harran, ruler of the galaxy.
• * _Ben-Harran’s Castle (Red Fox 0-09-910911-5, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], £3.50, 228pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reprint (Bodley Head 1992) young-adult sf novel about Ben-Harran, ruler of the galaxy.
• * _Calling B for Butterfly (Harper Starwanderer 0-694-05625-1, 1988 [Sep ’88], $3.25, 213pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1982) young-adult sf adventure novel set aboard a lifeboat after a liner is destroyed by an asteroid.
• * _Calling B for Butterfly (The Bodley Head 0-370-31256-2, Sep ’88, £2.95, 159pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1982) young-adult sf novel. This edition is revised. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Children of the Dust (Harper & Row 0-06-023738-4, Sep ’85, $12.50, 183pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel about mutants after a nuclear holocaust. There may be be an earlier or simultaneous British edition.
• * _Children of the Dust (Armada 0-00-672621-6, Sep ’86, £1.95, 168pp, pb) Reprint (Harper 1985) sf novel.
• * _Children of the Dust (Red Fox 0-09-931411-8, Jan ’95, £3.50, 168pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1985) young-adult SF novel about the emergence of a new type of human, adapting to the aftermath of a nuclear war.
• * *The Disinherited (The Bodley Head 0-370-31898-6, May ’94, £7.99, 220pp, tp, cover by George Smith) Young-adult SF novel. In a near-future Britain whose economy has totally collapsed, an unlikely romance develops between an upper class girl and a disinherited youth. Published in 1994, but not listed until now. The US title is The Patchwork People.
• * _The Disinherited (Red Fox 0-09-930187-3, Feb ’96, £3.50, 220pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1994) young-adult SF novel set in near-future Britain.
• * *Dream-Weaver (Clarion Books 0-395-71812-0, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $14.95, 231pp, hc, cover by Anton Kimball) Young-adult SF novel. A colony ship’s destination turns out to be inhabited, and only two teens can help find middle ground between the two groups.
• * _Dream-Weaver (Clarion Books 0-395-92864-8, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $6.95, 231pp, tp, cover by Anton Kimball) Reprint (Clarion 1996) young-adult SF novel.
• * *Dreamweaver (Collins 0-00-185616-2, Oct ’96, £9.99, 288pp, hc) Young-adult SF novel. Simultaneous with the US (Clarion) edition. Emigrants from a dying Earth seek refuge on an inhabited planet.
• * _Dreamweaver (Collins 0-00-675088-5, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £3.99, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Collins 1996) young-adult SF novel.
• * _The Earth Witch (Ace 0-441-18130-9, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 184pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1981) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Earth Witch (Lions 0-00-673378-6, Jun ’89, £2.50, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1981) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _Extinction Is Forever (Red Fox 0-09-985060-5, Dec ’91 [Feb ’92], £2.99, 190pp, pb) Reprint (Bodley Head 1990) young-adult sf novel.
• * *Extinction Is Forever and Other Stories (The Bodley Head 0-370-31348-8, Jul ’90, £5.99, 190pp, tp, cover by Janet Woolley) Collection of eight young-adult sf stories, five of them original. (Contents)
• * *Journey Through Llandor (Collins 0-00-185610-3, Jul ’95, £8.99, 272pp, hc) [Llandor] Young-adult fantasy novel. Three children are transported to a fantasy world, befriended by an elf girl and others, and menaced by the evil Grimthane. First of a trilogy, to be followed by The Road to Irriyan and The Parting of the Ways.
• * _Journey Through Llandor (Collins 0-00-675022-2, Jan ’96 [May ’96], £3.99, 272pp, pb) [Llandor] Reprint (Collins 1995) young-adult fantasy novel. First in a trilogy.
• * +Keeper of the Universe (Clarion Books 0-395-64340-6, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $13.95, 228pp, hc, cover by Chris K. Soentpiet) Young-adult sf novel of a boy kidnapped from Earth and used as a pawn in a galactic power struggle. First American edition (Bodley Head 1992 as Ben-Harran’s Castle).
• * *Moonwind (Harper & Row 0-06-023733-3, Oct ’86, $12.50, 180pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of a pair of teenagers plus an astral being stranded on the moon.
• * _Moonwind (Harper & Row/Starwanderer 0-694-05617-0, Sep ’87, $2.95, 180pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1986) young-adult sf novel where an Earth boy falls in love with an astral spirit.
• * _Moonwind (Lions 0-00-672750-6, Nov ’87, £1.95, 154pp, pb) Reprint (Bodley Head 1986) juvenile sf novel.
• * _Moonwind (Lions 0-00-672750-6, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], £1.95, 154pp, pb) Reissue (Bodley Head 1986) young-adult ghost novel.
• * +The Patchwork People (Clarion Books 0-395-67892-7, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $14.95, 230pp, hc, cover by Paul Hunt) Young-adult dystopian SF novel set in a future Wales. First American edition (Bodley Head 1994 as The Disinherited).
• * _The Power of Stars (Collins 0-00-184685-X, Aug ’89, £6.95, 159pp, hc, cover by Geoff Cummings) Reissue (Collins 1972) young-adult occult novel.
• * _The Power of Stars (Lions Tracks 0-00-673581-9, Aug ’90 [Sep ’90], £2.75, 159pp, pb) Reissue (Collins 1972) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *The Road to Irriyan (Collins 0-00-185623-5, Jan ’96 [Feb ’96], £8.99, 286pp, hc) [Llandor] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Llandor trilogy after Journey Through Llandor.
• * _The Road to Irryan (Collins 0-00-675118-0, Jul ’96 [Mar ’97], £3.99, 286pp, pb) [Llandor] Reprint (Collins 1996) young-adult fantasy novel. Second in the trilogy, after Journey Through Llandor. Issued in 1996 but not seen until now.
• * _The Shadow of Mordican (Collins 0-00-675168-7, May ’97, £3.99, 288pp, pb) [Llandor] Reprint (Collins 1996) young-adult fantasy novel. Third in the trilogy, afer Journey Through Llandor and The Road to Irryan.
• * _Star Lord (The Bodley Head 0-370-31153-1, Oct ’87 [Dec ’87], £4.50, 154pp, tp) Reprint (Harper & Row 1978) juvenile sf novel. This edition is ‘substantially revised’.
• * _Star Lord (Harper Starwanderer 0-694-05620-0, Mar ’88, $2.75, 170pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1978) young-adult sf novel.
• * *The Warriors of Taan (The Bodley Head 0-370-30715-1, Sep ’86, £4.50, 196pp, tp) Young-adult sf novel.
• * +The Warriors of Taan (Harper & Row 0-06-023736-8, Mar ’88, $12.95, 249pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel. Earth invaders are destroying the delicate Taan civilization and have to be driven off, with the aid of ancient wisdom. First U.S. edition (Bodley Head 1986).
• * _Warriors of Taan (Lions 0-00-672853-7, Aug ’88, £2.25, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Bodley Head 1986) young-adult fantasy novel.

LAWRENCE, MARTHA C. (1956- )

• * *The Cold Heart of Capricorn (St. Martin’s 0-312-14569-1, Jan ’97 [Feb ’97], $21.95, 225pp, hc, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Elizabeth Chase] Mystery novel, second in the “Elizabeth Chase” series about a detective/parapsychologist with psychic abilities.
• * _The Cold Heart of Capricorn (St. Martin’s 0-312-96294-0, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $5.99, 225pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Elizabeth Chase] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1997) mystery novel, second in the “Elizabeth Chase” psychic detective series.
• * *Murder in Scorpio (St. Martin’s 0-312-13567-X, Nov ’95 [Dec ’95], $21.95, 227pp, hc, cover by Tristan A. Elwell) [Elizabeth Chase] Mystery novel about a detective/parapsychologist with psychic abilities. A first novel.
• * _Murder in Scorpio (NEL 0-340-66571-8, Oct ’96, £5.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Jean Louis Batt) [Elizabeth Chase] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1995) mystery featuring a psychic detective.
• * _Murder in Scorpio (St. Martin’s 0-312-95984-2, Nov ’96 [Dec ’96], $5.50, 227pp, pb) [Elizabeth Chase] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1995) psychic-detective mystery.

LAWRENCE, SIMON; pseudonym of R. Karl Largent

• * *The Pond (Leisure 0-8439-3031-4, Dec ’90 [Feb ’92], $4.50, 389pp, pb) Horror novel of monstrous evil and corruption surrounding a seemingly innocent pond in a small Alabama town. This is a 1990 book not seen until now. Lawrence is a pen name for R. Karl Largent.

LAWRENCE, TERRY; [i.e., Mary Terese Lawrence]

• * *Ever Since Adam (Bantam Loveswept 0-553-44187-6, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $2.79, 180pp, pb) Sf romance. A female psychologist is sent to monitor a handsome astronaut alone in an orbital space station.

LAWRIE, ROBIN

• * _The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (with C. S. Lewis) (Lions 0-00-193977-7, Nov ’94, £4.99, 64pp, pb, cover by Robin Lawrie) [Narnia] Reprint (Lions 1993) picture book version of the novel (Bles, 1950): the text is abridged and the work illustrated by Robin Lawrie.

LAWS, JAY B. (stories)

• * *Steam (Alyson 1-55583-184-2, May ’91 [Jun ’91], $9.95, 398pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Gay horror novel of evil festering in an abandoned bathhouse in San Francisco’s South-of-Market area. One of the best Stephen King-style novels. A first novel. Recommended (SW).
• * *The Unfinished (Alyson 1-55583-217-2, May ’93, $9.95, 283pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Gay ghost/horror fix-up novel consisting of three stories plus a framing tale about a haunted house in San Francisco’s Castro district. Published posthumously. Order from Alyson Publications, 40 Plympton St., Boston MA 02118.

LAWS, STEPHEN (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Chasm (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66611-0, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], £16.99, 546pp, hc, cover by Jon Blake) Dark fantasy novel. Desperate survivors trapped in a ruined town on the edge of a bottomless abyss confront an ancient evil from the depths.
• * _Chasm (NEL 0-340-66612-9, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], £6.99, 546pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1998) dark fantasy novel.
• * *Daemonic (Hodder & Stoughton 0-450-60692-9, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], £15.99, 488pp, hc, cover by Jon Blake) Horror novel. A group of people are invited to visit a rich recluse, and be paid for doing so. But the real cost will be exacted by the diabolic deal the recluse has made..
• * _Daemonic (NEL 0-340-66673-0, May ’96 [Apr ’96], £5.99, 488pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) dark fantasy novel of a deal with the devil.
• * *Darkfall (NEL 0-450-55674-3, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], £14.99, 276pp, hc) Horror novel about the occupants of an office building caught in an unholy storm.
• * _Darkfall (NEL 0-450-58173-X, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £4.99, 358pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1992) horror novel about the occupants of an office building caught in an unholy storm.
• * _Darkfall (NEL 0-450-58173-X, Oct ’96, £5.99, 358pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reissue (NEL 1992) dark fantasy novel.
• * *The Frighteners (Souvenir Press 0-285-62944-1, Jun ’90 [Jul ’90], £14.95, 375pp, hc, cover by Robin Davies) Horror novel about a small-time crook who discovers that “putting the frighteners on” can sometimes be taken literally.
• * _The Frighteners (NEL 0-450-55450-3, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], £4.99, 461pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1990) horror novel.
• * _The Frighteners (NEL 0-450-55450-3, Oct ’96, £5.99, 461pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reissue (Souvenir Press 1990) dark fantasy novel.
• * +Ghost Train (Beaufort 0-8253-0315-X, Aug ’85 [Sep ’85], $15.95, 314pp, hc) Reprint (Souvenir 1985), first U.S. edition of a dark fantasy/horror novel; a first novel.
• * _Ghost Train (Tor 0-812-52100-5, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $3.95, 314pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir 1985) horror novel.
• * _Ghost Train (Sphere 0-7221-5386-4, Mar ’87, £2.95, 343pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir 1985) horror novel.
• * _Ghost Train (NEL 0-450-59981-7, Feb ’94, £5.99, 375pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1985) horror novel.
• * _Ghost Train (NEL 0-450-59981-7, May ’97, £5.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reissue (Souvenir Press 1985) dark fantasy novel. Third printing.
• * *Gideon (NEL 0-450-56394-4, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £15.99, 342pp, hc) Horror novel about a man with supernatural powers.
• * _Gideon (NEL 0-450-59977-9, Feb ’94, £4.99, 437pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1993) horror novel.
• * *Macabre (Hodder & Stoughton 0-450-60690-2, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], £15.99, 440pp, hc, cover by Mark Taylor) Horror novel, in which the homeless people of an inner city become the instruments of an evil force.
• * _Macabre (NEL 0-450-60691-0, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], £5.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1994) horror novel. The homeless people of an inner city become the instruments of an evil force.
• * *Somewhere South of Midnight (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66609-9, Oct ’96, £16.99, 439pp, hc, cover by Jon Blake) Horror novel.
• * _Somewhere South of Midnight (NEL 0-340-66610-2, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £5.99, 584pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) horror novel.
• * *Spectre (Souvenir Press 0-285-62747-3, May ’86, £8.95, 256pp, hc) Horror/fantasy novel. Someone — or something — is hunting down the Byker Chapter as their images disappear from an old photograph.
• * _Spectre (Tor 0-812-52102-1, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.95, 279pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1986) horror novel.
• * _Spectre (Sphere 0-7221-5365-1, Feb ’88, £3.50, 255pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1986) horror novel.
• * _Spectre (NEL 0-450-59980-9, Feb ’94, £5.99, 296pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1986) horror novel.
• * _Spectre (NEL 0-450-59980-9, May ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reissue (Souvenir Press 1986) dark fantasy novel. 3rd printing.
• * *The Wyrm (Souvenir Press 0-285-62810-0, Oct ’87, £9.95, 301pp, hc) Horror novel.
• * _The Wyrm (Sphere 0-7474-0268-X, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], £3.50, 301pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1987) horror novel about a grotesque vampire-like creature let loose on the English countryside.
• * _The Wyrm (NEL 0-450-59979-5, Feb ’94, £5.99, 343pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1987) horror novel.
• * _The Wyrm (NEL 0-450-59979-5, Oct ’96, £5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reissue (Souvenir Press 1987) dark fantasy novel.