The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

McKINLEY, (Jennifer Carolyn) ROBIN (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-09201-2, May ’94, $14.00, 192pp, hc, cover by Bryan Leister) Collection of five fantasy stories, two apparently original. Four of the stories are set in the same world as her award-winning novels The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword. This collection is being published for young adults. (Contents)
• * _A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories (HarperTrophy 0-06-440604-0, Sep ’95, $4.50, 192pp, tp, cover by Bryan Leister) Reprint (Morrow Greenwillow 1994) collection of five fantasy stories. Four of the stories are set in the same world as her award-winning novels The Hero and the Crown and The Blue Sword.
• * *The Outlaws of Sherwood (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-07178-3, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $12.95, 282pp, hc) Associational; young-adult novel about Robin Hood.
• * _The Outlaws of Sherwood (Ace 0-441-64451-1, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 278pp, pb) Reprint (Greenwillow 1988) associational young-adult novel, retelling the story of Robin Hood. Ace is marketing this as fantasy.
• * _The Outlaws of Sherwood (Macdonald 0-356-17940-0, Aug ’89, £11.95, 300pp, hc) Reprint (Greenwillow 1988) associational young-adult novel about Robin Hood. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Outlaws of Sherwood (Orbit 0-7088-4788-9, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], £3.99, 300pp, pb) Reprint (Greenwillow 1988) retelling of the Robin Hood myth.
• * *Rose Daughter (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-15439-5, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $16.00, 306pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel, a retelling of “Beauty and the Beast”.
• * _Rose Daughter (Ace 0-441-00583-7, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $5.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Griesbach & Martucci) Reprint (Greenwillow 1997) young-adult fantasy novel, a retelling of “Beauty and the Beast”.
• * *The Stone Fey (Harcourt Brace 0-15-200017-8, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $17.00, 52pp, hc, cover by John Clapp) Children’s fantasy short story. A shepherdess encounters a fey in the hills of Damar, the world of The Blue Sword. Full-color illustrations by John Clapp.

_____, adaptation of a work by George MacDonald

• * *The Light Princess (HBJ Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-245300-8, Apr ’88, $13.95, 44pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy/art book, with color illustrations by Katie Thamer Treherne. A juvenile picture book aimed at adult art lovers.

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• * *Imaginary Lands (Ace 0441-36694-5, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $2.95, 230pp, pb) Original anthology of nine fantasy stories. Recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
• * _Imaginary Lands (Morrow/Greenwillow 0-688-05213-4, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $11.75, 246pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1985) anthology of original fantasy stories by Peter Dickinson, P.C. Hodgell, Jane Yolen, and others. This edition adds an introduction by the editor. First hardcover edition. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Imaginary Lands (Julia MacRae 0-86203-280-6, Mar ’87, £8.95, 256pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1985) juvenile fantasy anthology. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _Imaginary Lands (Orbit 0-7088-8223-4, Jun ’87, £3.95, 246pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 1985) original fantasy anthology.

McKINNEY, JACK; pseudonym of Brian C. Daley & James Luceno (stories)

• * *The Black Hole Travel Agency Book 3: Free Radicals (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37078-3, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.99, 369pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Black Hole Travel Agency] Sf novel, book three of the “Black Hole Travel Agency” series. The extraterrestrial megacorporation plans to turn Earth into an amusement park, but one human infiltrates the corporation to try and stop it.
• * *The Black Hole Travel Agency Book 4: Hostile Takeover (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37079-1, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $5.50, 360pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Black Hole Travel Agency] Sf novel, fourth book of a series. The battle continues between human rebels and an extraterrestrial megacorporation planning to turn Earth into an amusment park.
• * *The Black Hole Travel Agency Book One: Event Horizon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37053-8, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.95, 310pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Black Hole Travel Agency] Sf novel of a human kidnapped by an alien multiplanetary corporation with plans for Earth, first book of a new series.
• * *The Black Hole Travel Agency Book Two: Artifact of the System (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37054-6, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.95, 281pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Black Hole Travel Agency] Sf novel of one man trying to keep Earth from becoming an extraterrestrial tourist trap, second book of a series.
• * *Kaduna Memories (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36579-8, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $4.95, 249pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) Sf/detective novel about a down-on-his-luck data detective in 21st century Manhattan.
• * *Robotech # 1: Genesis (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34133-3, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $2.95, 214pp, pb) [Robotech] Novelization based on the animated tv sf show.
• * _Robotech # 1: Genesis (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34133-3, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.50, 214pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) [Robotech] Reissue (Del Rey 1987) sf novelization based on the television series; tenth printing.
• * *Robotech # 2: Battle Cry (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34134-1, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $2.95, 216pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novelization based on the tv show.
• * _Robotech # 2: Battle Cry (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34134-1, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $2.95, 216pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) [Robotech] Reissue (Del Rey 1987) sf novelization based on the television series; seventh printing.
• * *Robotech # 3: Homecoming (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34136-8, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $2.95, 214pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novelization based on the tv show.
• * *Robotech # 4: Battlehymn (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34137-6, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $2.95, 212pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novelization based on the tv show.
• * _Robotech # 4: Battlehymn (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34137-6, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $2.95, 212pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) [Robotech] Reissue (Del Rey 1987) sf novelization based on the television series; seventh printing.
• * *Robotech # 5: Force of Arms (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34138-4, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $2.95, 214pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novel based on the tv show.
• * *Robotech # 6: Doomsday (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34139-2, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $2.95, 216pp, pb) [Robotech] Novelization, based on the tv sf animated series.
• * *Robotech # 7: Southern Cross (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34140-6, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $2.95, 215pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novel based on the tv sf series.
• * *Robotech # 8: Metal Fire (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34141-4, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $2.95, 216pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novel based on the animated tv show.
• * *Robotech # 9: The Final Nightmare (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34142-2, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $2.95, 248pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novel based on a tv show, latest in the series.
• * *Robotech #10: Invid Invasion (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34143-0, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $2.95, 212pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novel based on a tv show.
• * *Robotech #11: Metamorphosos (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34144-9, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $2.95, 212pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novel based on a tv show.
• * *Robotech #12: Symphony of Light (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34145-7, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $2.95, 212pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novelization based on the tv series.
• * *Robotech #19: The Zentraedi Rebellion (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38744-0, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $5.99, 370pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novelization in the ongoing series based on the animated TV series. Copyrighted by Harmony Gold USA.
• * *Robotech #20: The Masters’ Gambit (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38775-9, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $5.99, 261pp, pb) [Robotech] SF novelization based on the animated film Robotech: The Movie, based on the TV series. Copyrighted by Harmony Gold U.S.A.
• * *Robotech #21: Before the Invid Storm (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38776-7, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $5.99, 228pp, pb, cover by Ken Steacy) [Robotech] SF novelization based on the animated series. Copyrighted by Harmony Gold U.S.A. and Tatsunoko Production Co.
• * *Robotech: Battlehymn/Force of Arms/Doomsday (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39145-4, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $5.99, 504pp, pb) [Robotech] SF omnibus of the fourth, fifth, and sixth books in the ongoing “Robotech™” series, based on the animated TV series. Copyrighted by Harmony Gold U.S.A. and Tatsunoko Production Co. (Contents)
• * *Robotech: Genesis/Battle Cry/Homecoming (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38900-X, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $5.99, 488pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf omnibus of the first three novelizations in the ongoing “Robotech” series, based on the animated TV series. Copyrighted by Harmony Gold USA and Tatsunoko Production Company. (Contents)
• * *Robotech: Southern Cross/Metal Fire/The Final Nightmare (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39184-5, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $5.99, 503pp, pb) [Robotech] SF omnibus of the seventh, eighth and ninth volumes in the ongoing series based on the animated TV program. Copyrighted by Harmony Gold U.S.A. and Tatsunoko Production Company. (Contents)
• * *Robotech: The End of the Circle (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36311-6, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $4.95, 343pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novelization based on an animated tv show. 13th “Robotech” book, 18th in the overall series. This is the last book for now.
• * *The Sentinels #1: The Devil’s Hand (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35300-5, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $2.95, 214pp, pb) [Robotech: Sentinels] Sf novelization, in the “Robotech” series, based on the tv cartoon series.
• * *The Sentinels #2: Dark Powers (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35301-3, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $2.95, 233pp, pb) [Robotech: Sentinels] Sf novelization, a spinoff from the Robotech tv series.
• * *The Sentinels #3: Death Dance (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35302-1, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $2.95, 185pp, pb) [Robotech: Sentinels] Sf novelization, a spinoff from the Robotech tv series.
• * *The Sentinels #4: World Killers (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35304-8, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $2.95, 279pp, pb) [Robotech: Sentinels] Sf novelization, part of the “Robotech” series.
• * *The Sentinels #5: Rubicon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35305-6, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $2.95, 215pp, pb) [Robotech: Sentinels] Sf “Robotech” novelization.
• * *The Sentinels: The Devil’s Hand/Dark Powers/Death Dance (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38901-8, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $5.99, 467pp, pb) [Robotech: Sentinels] Omnibus of the first three “Robotech” novelizations in the “Sentinels” sub-series. Copyrighted by Harmony Gold USA and Tatsunoko Production Co. (Contents)

McKINNEY, MEAGAN; pseudonym of Ruth Goodman, (1961- )

• * *The Ground She Walks Upon (Delacorte 0-385-31020-X, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $19.95, 409pp, hc, cover by Peter Fiore) Fantasy romance about a British lord who defies an ancient Celtic curse. Copyrighted by Ruth Goodman.

MACKLEY, JOHN

• * *Spirit Level (The Book Guild 0-86332-517-3, Nov ’90, £10.50, 146pp, hc, cover by John Grey) Occult fantasy novel.

MACKSEY, KENNETH (John), ed. (1923- ) (stories)

• * _The Hitler Options (SFBC #00308, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $10.98, 237pp, hc) Reprint (Greenhill 1995, not seen) non-fiction alternate history, a gathering of ten speculative non-fiction essays about WWII that rewrite military history as if certain alternate strategies had actually been used. (Contents)

MacLACHLAN, PATRICIA (stories)

• * _Tomorrow’s Wizard (Harcourt Brace/Magic Carpet 0-15-201276-1, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $6.00, 66pp, pb, cover by Gary A. Lippincott) Reprint (Harper & Row 1982) young-adult fantasy novelette. A grumpy wizard tries to teach his apprentice to grant wishes.

MacLANE, JACK; pseudonym of Bill Crider, (1941- )

• * *Blood Dreams (Zebra 0-8217-2680-3, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 376pp, pb) Horror novel about a little boy psychically linked to a homicidal maniac in his dreams.
• * *Goodnight Moom (Zebra 0-8217-2570-X, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.95, 348pp, pb) Horror novel. A sadistic child takes his orders to kill from the bright, silvery orb in the night sky that he calls “Moom.”
• * *Just Before Dark (Zebra 0-8217-3212-9, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $3.95, 288pp, pb) Horror novel of a haunted junkyard.
• * *Rest in Peace (Zebra 0-8217-2987-X, May ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 319pp, pb) Horror novel of something lurking in a rural Texas graveyard.

McLAREN, CLEMENCE

• * *Inside the Walls of Troy (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-31820-0, Oct ’96 [Nov ’96], $16.00, 199pp, hc, cover by Joel Peter Johnson) Young-adult fantasy novel, a retelling of The Iliad from the point of view of Helen and Cassandra.
• * _Inside the Walls of Troy (Dell/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22749-6, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $4.99, 199pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1996) young-adult fantasy novel retelling The Iliad from the women’s point of view.

McLAREN, JOHN (1951- )

• * *7th Sense (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-82085-4, Apr ’98 [Jun ’98], £9.99, 398pp, tp) Associational thriller of witches and transferrable telepathy.

McLAREN, TERI (stories)

• * *Magic: The Gathering: Song of Time (HarperPrism 0-06-105622-7, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $5.50, 289pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Magic: The Gathering] Novelization; eighth in the series based on the fantasy card game. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * *Magic: The Gathering: The Cursed Land (HarperPrism 0-06-105016-4, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $4.99, 290pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Magic: The Gathering] Fantasy novelization based on the “Magic” card game, fifth in “The Gathering” series; includes a coupon for an exclusive card. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

McLAUGHLIN, MARK (stories) (chron.)

• * *Feeding the Glamour Hogs (The Ministry of Whimsy Press 1-890464-01-5, Dec ’97, $4.75, 49pp, ph, cover by Mark McLaughlin) Chapbook collection of eight stories, some previously unpublished. Order from Ministry of Whimsy, PO Box 4248, Tallahassee, FL 32315; price includes postage. (Contents)

MACLAY, JOHN (B., Jr.) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Mindwarps (Maclay & Associates no ISBN, Sep ’92 [Feb ’93], $9.95, 139pp, hc) Collection of 22 horror stories. This is a signed 500-copy limited edition. Order from Maclay & Associates, PO Box 16253, Baltimore MD 21210. (Contents)
• * *Other Engagements (Dream House no ISBN, Oct ’87, $9.95, 124pp, hc) Collection of horror stories and poems from small press publications, bound to look like an engagement book. Issued without d/w. (Contents)

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• * *Nukes: Four Horror Writers on the Ultimate Horror (Maclay & Associates 0-940776-22-7, Apr ’86, $4.95, 92pp, pb) Original anthology. (Contents)
• * *Voices from the Night (Maclay & Associates 0-940776-29-4, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $50.00, 315pp, hc) Original anthology of 27 horror stories, with an introduction by the editor. This is a signed, slipcased 750-copy limited edition. Available from Maclay & Associates, PO Box 16253, Baltimore MD 21210. (Contents)

MacLEAN, CHARLES (1946- )

• * _The Watcher (Penguin 0-14-007085-0, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $4.95, 343pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1982) horror novel, with some fantasy elements.

MacLEAN, KATHERINE (Anne) (1925- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Missing Man (Bart 1-55785-057-7, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $3.50, 219pp, pb) [Rescue Squad] Reprint (Berkley 1975) science fiction/mystery novel. The novella version won a Nebula.

MacLEISH, RODERICK (1926-2006)

• * _Prince Ombra (Tor/Orb 0-312-89024-9, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $12.95, 320pp, tp) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1982) fantasy novel about a boy who is the reincarnation of history’s great heroes.

MacLEOD, CHARLOTTE (Matilda Hughes) (1922-2005); see pseudonym Alisa Craig (assoc.)

• * *The Curse of the Giant Hogweed (Doubleday 0-385-19609-1, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $11.95, 184pp, hc) Though issued in the Crime Club series, this is basically a comic fantasy novel somewhat like Pratt and de Camp’s “Enchanter” stories, though even sillier. Good, lightweight entertainment. Its part of a series of humerous mysteries; the rest aren’t fantasies. (FCM)
• * _The Curse of the Giant Hogweed (Avon 0-380-70051-4, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 168pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1985) humorous fantasy novel — an unusual departure in a series of mysteries normally set at a New England agricultural school. It’s silly, but lots of fun. (FCM)
• * _The Grub-and-Stakers House a Haunt (Avon 0-380-71044-7, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.99, 224pp, pb) [Grub-and-Stakers] Reprint (Morrow 1993) humorous mystery novel with a real ghost, in the ongoing “Grub-and-Stakers” series. The author is credited as “Charlotte MacLeod writing as Alisa Craig.”
• * *The Wrong Rite (Morrow 0-688-08643-8, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $19.00, 284pp, hc, cover by Kim Barnes) [Madoc Rhys] Mystery novel with a real ghost, fifth book in MacLeod’s “Madoc Rhys” series, featuring a Canadian Mountie and his musically important family. A family gathering in Wales involves sorcery and specters. The previous books in the series appeared under MacLeod’s pen name Alisa Craig.
• * _The Wrong Rite (Avon 0-380-71043-9, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $4.99, 213pp, pb) [Madoc Rhys] Reprint (Morrow 1992 as by Charlotte MacLeod writing as Alisa Craig) mystery novel with a real ghost, fifth book of the “Madoc Rhys” series.

MACLEOD, FIONA; pseudonym of William Sharp, (1855-1905) (stories)

• * _The Gold Key and The Green Life (with George MacDonald) See entry under George MacDonald.

MacLEOD, IAN R. (1956- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Great Wheel (Harcourt Brace 0-15-100293-2, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $24.00, 458pp, hc) SF novel. A priest in Africa investigates a disease and finds politics and poverty. A first novel.
• * *Voyages by Starlight (Arkham House 0-87054-171-4, Jul ’97 [May ’97], $21.95, 269pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Collection of 10 stories, with a foreword by Michael Swanwick. Available from Arkham House, PO Box 546, Sauk City WI 53583. (Contents)

MacLEOD, KEN(neth Macrae) (1954- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Cassini Division (Orbit 1-85723-603-3, May ’98 [Apr ’98], £15.99, 240pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Fall Revolution] SF novel, set in the “Jonathan Wilde” universe of The Star Fraction and The Stone Canal. The Solar System’s elite defence force faces the Jovian “fast folk”, and those who have travelled through a wormhole to colonise New Mars.
• * *The Star Fraction (Legend 0-09-955871-8, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], £10.00, 341pp, hc, cover by Angus McKie) [Fall Revolution] SF novel. In the 21st century the world has split into Balkanized enclaves all coldly observed by US/UN satellites and lasers.