The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

MacDONALD, GEORGE (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *The Gold Key and The Green Life (with Fiona Macleod) (Constable 0-09-467110-9, Sep ’86, £9.95, 240pp, hc) Collection of Celtic fantasies with biographical interludes. The Gold Key had a separate edition in 1939, the MacLeod story is probably from a late 19th collection.
• * _The Light Princess (Shambhala/Barefoot Books 1-56957-903-2, Sep ’93 [Oct ’93], $6.00, 131pp, hc, cover by Arthur Hughes) Classic fairy tale that originally appeared in MacDonald’s adult novel Adela Cathcart (Hurst & Blackett 1864). It was excerpted in the collection Dealing with the Fairies (Strahan 1867). This text is that of the 1867 version, with colorized reproductions of Arthur Hughes’ black-an-white illustrations for that edition. This has been published as a stand-alone volume previously, although the initial edition has been impossible to determine. There is a preface by series editor Jonathan Cott. This is a miniature (8x12 cm.) book.
• * _The Light Princess and Other Stories (Kelpies 0-86241-164-5, Oct ’87, £1.95, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1961) juvenile fantasy collection. (Contents)
• * _Lilith (Allison & Busby 0-85031-626-X, Oct ’86, £3.95, 240pp, tp) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1895) fantasy novel.
• * _Lilith (Lion 0-85648-342-7, Oct ’86, £2.50, 252pp, pb) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1895) fantasy novel.
• * _Lilith (Schocken/Allison & Busby 0-85031-626-X, Mar ’87 [May ’87], $6.95, 240pp, tp) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1895) fantasy novel.
• * *Lilith: A Duplex (Johannesen 1-881084-27-2, Oct ’94 [Apr ’95], £13.50, 388pp, hc) Omnibus of 2 fantasy works: Lilith (Chatto and Windus, 1895) and Lilith A, the previously unpublished first draft of the novel from 1891. An import of the US edition, it is available from 61 Longdales Rd, Lincoln LN2 2JS, and P O Box 24, Whitehorn, California 95589. Published in 1994, but not noted until now. (Contents)
• * *Little Daylight (with Erick Ingraham) (Morrow 0-688-06300-4, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $12.95, unpaginated, hc) Children’s fantasy short story, adapted and profusely illustrated by Ingraham from an early MacDonald tale. It’s primarily an art book of interest to adults.
• * _Phantastes (Eerdmans 0-8028-6060-5, Feb ’86 [Mar ’86], $3.95, 185pp, pb) Reissue (Smith, Elder 1858) metaphysical fantasy novel of a shadowy, strange fairyland; introduction by C.S. Lewis.
• * _Phantastes (Lion 0-85648-349-4, May ’86, £2.50, 185pp, pb) Reissue (Smith Elder 1858) fantasy novel.
• * _Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women (Johannesen 1-881084-22-1, Oct ’94 [Apr ’95], £13.50, 324pp, hc) Reprint (Smith, Elder & Co. 1858) fantasy novel. Illustrated by Arthur Hughes. An import of the US edition, it is available from 61 Longdales Rd, Lincoln LN2 2JS, and P O Box 24, Whitehorn, California 95589. Published in 1994, but not noted until now.
• * _The Portent and other stories (Johannesen 1-881084-24-8, Oct ’94 [Apr ’95], £13.50, 340pp, hc) Reprint (Fisher Unwin 1909) collection of mainly fantasy stories. An import of the US edition, it is available from 61 Longdales Rd, Lincoln LN2 2JS, and P O Box 24, Whitehorn, California 95589. Published in 1994, but not noted until now. (Contents)
• * _The Princess and Curdie (Penguin/Puffin Classics 0-14-036762-4, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $3.99, 256pp, tp, cover by Colin Backhouse) [Curdie] Reprint (1882) classic children’s fantasy novel. The copyright page gives this as a 1994 first printing: this appears to be an international edition printed in the UK, though we have not seen a UK edition.
• * _The Princess and the Goblin (Dell/Yearling Classics 0-440-47189-3, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $4.95, 205pp, pb) [Curdie] Reprint (Routledge NY 1871) juvenile fantasy novel, with a new afterword by Andre Norton.
• * _The Princess and the Goblin (Grosset & Dunlap 0-448-18973-9, Feb ’86 [Mar ’86], $11.95, 273pp, hc) [Curdie] Reprint (Routledge 1871) juvenile fantasy novel.
• * _The Princess and the Goblin (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-06604-6, Sep ’86, $15.00, 208pp, hc) [Curdie] Reprint (Routledge NY 1871) classic juvenile fantasy novel, a facsimile of the 1920 edition illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith. There’s a new afterword by Peter Glassman.
• * _The Princess and the Goblin (Windrush 1-85089-915-0, Oct ’87, $12.95, 249pp, hc) [Curdie] Reprint (Routledge 1871) juvenile fantasy novel, large print edition. U.S. distribution of the British edition from Oxford Windrush. Order from ABC-Clio.
• * _The Princess and the Goblin (Eerdmans 0-7208-2384-6, Dec ’87, $14.95, 93pp, hc) [Curdie] Juvenile fantasy novella, an abridged version of the 1871 children’s classic, with illustrations by Alan Parry.
• * _The Princess and the Goblin (Random House/Knopf Everyman’s Library 0-679-42810-0, Oct ’93 [Dec ’93], $12.95, 238pp, hc) [Curdie] Reprint (Routledge 1871) classic juvenile fantasy novel, with the original illustrations by Arthur Hughes.
• * _The Princess and the Goblin (Penguin/Puffin Classics 0-14-036746-2, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $3.99, 241pp, tp, cover by Colin Backhouse) [Curdie] Reprint (Routledge 1872) classic children’s fantasy novel. The copyright page gives this as a 1996 first printing: this appears to be an international edition printed in the UK, though we have not listed a UK edition.
• * _The Princess and the Goblin (ACC Children’s Classics 1-85149-701-3, Oct ’98 [Dec ’98], $24.95, 157pp, hc, cover by Nick Walton) [Curdie] Reprint (1872) classic young-adult fantasy novel. This edition has new illustrations by Nick Walton, and an introduction by Joan Aiken. There is not price on the jacket; this appears to be an international edition, printed in the UK. Part of a new YA line from the Antique Collectors’ Club, Market Street Industrial Park, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590; 800-252-5231.

McDONALD, IAN (Neil) (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * +The Broken Land (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37054-5, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $11.00, 322pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) Sf novel set on a far-future Earth where a small village specializing in genetic engineering is caught up in a revolution. A hardcover edition (-08983-8, $22.50) is also available. First American edition (Gollancz 1992 as Hearts, Hands and Voices).
• * _The Broken Land (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56324-6, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $5.99, 360pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) Reprint (Gollancz 1992 as Hearts, Hands and Voices) sf novel set on a far-future Earth where a small village specializing in genetic engineering is caught up in a revolution.
• * *Chaga (Gollancz 0-575-06052-2, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], £16.99, 413pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Chaga] Science fiction novel. After a meteor smashes into Africa, extraterrestrial flora spreads like wildfire, burning away all man-made materials, and moulding mankind to its own purpose.
• * _Chaga (Vista 0-575-60022-5, Nov ’96, £5.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Chaga] Reprint (Gollancz 1995) SF novel. Published in the US as Evolution’s Shore.
• * *Desolation Road (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27057-5, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.95, 355pp, pb) Sf novel of terraformed Mars — and magical realism. A first novel. Highly recommended. (FCM)
• * _Desolation Road (Bantam UK 0-553-17532-7, Feb ’89, £3.99, 355pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1988) sf novel. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Desolation Road (Drunken Dragon Press 0-947578-02-1, Nov ’90, £14.95, 373pp, hc, cover by Les Edwards) Reprint (Bantam 1988) sf novel. The text has been completely reset for this edition, due to the number of errors in previous editions. Also available in a deluxe edition of 150 numbered copies, signed by the author and specially bound and slip-cased (-52-8, £42.50).
• * _Desolation Road (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27057-5, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1988) novel of a small town on the edge of the Martian desert that attracts strange things, with a new afterword by the author; fourth printing.
• * *Empire Dreams (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27180-6, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.50, 220pp, pb) Collection of 10 sf stories. Recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
• * +Evolution’s Shore (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37435-4, Dec ’95 [Oct ’95], $12.95, 357pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Chaga] SF novel of alien contact and genetic change at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. First US edition (Gollancz 1995 as Chaga).
• * _Evolution’s Shore (Easton Press no ISBN, Feb ’96, no price, 357pp, hc) [Chaga] Reprint (Gollancz 1995 as Chaga) SF novel of alien contact and genetic change at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. This special leatherbound, gilt-edged edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available only by subscription. This follows the Bantam Spectra trade paperback edition seen in October.
• * _Evolution’s Shore (SFBC #11008, Feb ’96, $9.98, 357pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Chaga] Reprint (Gollancz 1995 as Chaga) SF novel of alien contact and genetic change at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the Bantam Spectra 1995 trade paperback edition; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Evolution’s Shore (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57309-8, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $5.99, 401pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Chaga] Reprint (Gollancz 1995 as Chaga) SF novel of alien contact and genetic change at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro.
• * *Hearts, Hands and Voices (Gollancz 0-575-05061-6, Mar ’92, £14.99, 320pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Sf novel about a decaying empire run on biotechnology.
• * _Hearts, Hands and Voices (Gollancz 0-575-05373-9, Mar ’93, £4.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Gollancz 1992) sf novel.
• * *King of Morning, Queen of Day (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29049-5, Jul ’91 [May ’91], $4.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Heather Cooper) Fantasy novel/collection of three linked novellas concerning three generations of women in Ireland who become involved with Irish myth and the realms of faerie. Highly recommended (FCM).
• * _King of Morning, Queen of Day (Bantam UK 0-553-40371-0, Feb ’92, £4.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1991) fantasy novel set in modern day Ireland. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Kirinya (Gollancz 0-575-06077-8, Jun ’98, £16.99, 412pp, hc, cover by Mick Posen) [Chaga] SF novel. A sequel to Chaga (US: Evolution’s Shore).
• * *Kling Klang Klatch (with David Lyttleton) (Gollancz 0-575-05298-8, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], £9.99, 80pp, tp) Associational sf graphic novel set in a bleak future inhabited by teddy bears. A hardcover edition (-05198-1, £15.99) was announced but not seen.
• * *Necroville (Gollancz 0-575-05493-X, Jul ’94, £15.99, 319pp, hc) SF novel. By the middle of the twenty-first century, nano-technology can raise the dead.
• * _Necroville (Gollancz 0-575-06004-2, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], £5.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Chris Brown) Reprint (Gollancz 1994) SF novel of a future Earth where nanotechnology makes it possible to resurrect the dead. The US title is Terminal Café.
• * *Out on Blue Six (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27763-4, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $4.50, 335pp, pb) Sf novel about a hidebound “utopia” and the misfits who change it. Recommended (FCM).
• * _Out on Blue Six (Bantam UK 0-553-40044-4, Aug ’90, £4.99, 335pp, tp, cover by Will Cormier) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) sf novel.
• * *Sacrifice of Fools (Gollancz 0-575-06075-1, Nov ’96, £16.99, 286pp, hc, cover by Mike Posen) SF novel. The alien Shian have bartered their technology for the right to settle on Earth. In Ireland, the massacre of an entire Shian family precipitates a crisis between the two races.
• * _Sacrifice of Fools (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60059-4, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £5.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) SF novel.
• * *Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56116-2, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $3.99, 133pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) Sf novella of computer-generated images with spectacular powers.
• * *Speaking in Tongues (Gollancz 0-575-05062-4, Sep ’92, £14.99, 248pp, hc) Collection of 11 sf stories. (Contents)
• * +Speaking in Tongues (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29239-0, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) Collection of 11 sf and fantasy stories. First American edition (Gollancz 1992).
• * _Speaking in Tongues (Gollancz 0-575-05608-8, Oct ’93, £4.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Gollancz 1992) collection of 11 sf stories.
• * +Terminal Café (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37416-8, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $12.95, 277pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) SF novel of a future Earth where nanotechnology makes it possible to resurrect the dead. First American edition (Gollancz 1994 as Necroville).
• * _Terminal Café (Easton Press no ISBN, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], no price, 277pp, hc) Reprint (Gollancz 1994 as Necroville) SF novel. This is being published “simultaneously” with the Bantam Spectra edition listed three months ago. This signed, gilt-edged, leatherbound edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available only by subscription.
• * _Terminal Café (SFBC #06694, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $8.98, 277pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) Reprint (Gollancz 1994 as Necroville) SF novel of a future where nanotechnology makes it possible to resurrect the dead. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra trade paperback edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Terminal Café (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57261-X, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) Reprint (Gollancz 1994 as Necroville) SF novel of a society with nanotech-raised dead.

MACDONALD, JAMES D(ouglas) (1954- ); see house pseudonyms Nicholas Adams, Victor Appleton, Martin Delrio & Robyn Tallis (stories) (chron.)

• * _Bad Blood (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _By Honor Betray’d (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Circle of Magic #1: School of Wizardry (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Circle of Magic #2: Tournament and Tower (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Circle of Magic #3: City by the Sea (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Circle of Magic #4: The Prince’s Players (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Circle of Magic #5: The Prisoners of Bell Castle (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Circle of Magic #6: The High King’s Daughter (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Daniel M. Pinkwater’s Melvinge of the Megaverse Book 2: Night of the Living Rat (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _The Gathering Flame (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Groogleman (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Hunter’s Moon (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Judgement Night (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Knight’s Wyrd (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _The Long Hunt (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Pep Rally [as by Nicholas Adams] See entry under Nicholas Adams.
• * _Planet Builders # 2: Night of Ghosts and Lightning [as by Robyn Tallis] See entry under Robyn Tallis.
• * _Planet Builders # 5: Zero-Sum Games [as by Robyn Tallis] See entry under Robyn Tallis.
• * _The Price of the Stars (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Robert Silverberg’s Time Tours Volume 3: Timecrime, Inc. (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Spider-Man: Global War [as by Martin Delrio] See entry under Martin Delrio.
• * _Spider-Man: Midnight Justice [as by Martin Delrio] See entry under Martin Delrio.
• * _Starpilot’s Grave (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Tom Swift #5: Monster Machine [as by Victor Appleton] See entry under Victor Appleton.
• * _Tom Swift #6: Aquatech Warriors [as by Victor Appleton] See entry under Victor Appleton.

MacDONALD, JOHN D(ann) (1916-1986) (stories)

• * _The Girl, the Gold Watch, and Everything (Ballantine Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-12769-9, Nov ’88, $3.95, 207pp, pb) Reissue (Fawcett 1962) humorous fantasy novel about a watch that can freeze time for everyone except the wearer. 21st printing.
• * _Wine of the Dreamers (Ballantine Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14193-4, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.50, 217pp, pb) Reissue (Greenberg 1951) sf novel.

MacDONALD, MICHAEL H., ed. (1945- )

• * *G.K. Chesterton and C.S. Lewis: The Riddle of Joy (with Andrew A. Tadie) (Eerdmans 0-8028-3665-8, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $18.95, 304pp, hc) Associational; non-fiction. Anthology of 17 essays on Lewis and Chesterton, including some on their fiction. [Chesterton, Lewis]

MacDONALD, PHILIP (1900-1980); see pseudonym W. J. Stuart (stories)

MacDONALD, SHAWN

• * *The Darkness Within (Zebra 0-8217-4163-2, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $4.50, 318pp, pb) Horror novel of a young girl who discovers that the evil of her demonic grandmother is reaching out from the grave.

McDONALD, STEVEN EDWARD (1956- )

• * *Event Horizon (Tor 0-812-54006-9, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $6.99, 218pp, pb) Novelization of the SF movie. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

McDONALD, THOMAS LIAM, ed. (stories)

• * *Sea-Cursed (with Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg) (Barnes & Noble 1-56619-191-2, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $9.98, 545pp, hc, cover by Lynn J. Binder) Anthology of 30 nautical horror stories, with an introduction by McDonald and Dziemianowicz. This is an instant remainder edition. (Contents)

McDONNELL, DAVID, et al

• * *Starlog Science Fiction Trivia (NAL/Signet 0-451-14397-3, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], $2.95, 208pp, pb) Non-fiction. Questions, photos, etc., from the media-oriented sf magazine.

McDONNELL, TERRY

• * *California Bloodstock (Dell/Emerald 0-440-00931-6, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $3.25, 284pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1980) fantasy novel of the origins of California. This paperback gives no copyright information.

McDONOUGH, ALEX (chron.)

• * *Dragon’s Blood (Ace 0-441-16627-X, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $3.99, 155pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Scorpio] Time-travel sf novel of an alien on the run through history with a 14th-century girl, fourth book of the “Scorpio” series. The new packaging doesn’t mention that this is a series entry. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * *Dragon’s Claw (Ace 0-441-75514-3, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $4.99, 168pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Scorpio] Time-travel sf novel, sixth and final book of the “Scorpio” series. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.