The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

MAGISTRALE, ANTHONY S(amuel) “TONY” (stories) (continued)

• * *Stephen King, The Second Decade: Danse Macabre to The Dark Half (Macmillan Twayne 0-8057-3957-2, Mar ’92 [Jul ’92], $19.95, 186pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. A study of King’s work after 1983 plus an interview with him. [King]

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• * *The Dark Descent: Essays Defining Stephen King’s Horrorscope (Greenwood Press 0-313-27297-2, Mar ’92 [May ’92], $45.00, 227pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism, a collection of 16 essays on King. With a bibliography and a foreword by Joseph A. Citro. Available from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders to 1-800-225-5800, ID #701. [King]
• * *A Dark Night’s Dreaming: Contemporary American Horror Fiction (with Michael A. Morrison) (University of South Carolina Press 1-57003-070-7, Jan ’96 [Feb ’96], $24.95, 141pp, hc, cover by William Blake) Non-fiction. A critical examination of modern horror fiction, with a special focus on William Peter Blatty, Thomas Harris, Stephen King, Anne Rice, Peter Straub, and Whitley Strieber. There are source bibliographies and an index. Order from University of South Carolina Press, 205 Pickens Street, Columbia SC 29208. orders: 800-768-2500; fax: 800-868-0740.
• * *Discovering Stephen King’s The Shining (Borgo Press 1-55742-133-1, 1998 [Nov ’98], $20.00, 143pp, tp) Non-fiction gathering of 10 critical essays, with notes and index. This is substantially revised and expanded from The Shining Reader (Starmount 1991). Order from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; add $5.00 postage; credit card orders: fax 909-888-4942. [King]
• * *The Shining Reader (Starmont House 1-55742-106-4, Apr ’91, $11.95, 220pp, tp, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) Non-fiction; criticism. A collection of essays and articles about Stephen King’s The Shining. A hardcover edition (-107-2, $21.95) was announced but not seen.

MAGISTRALE, TONY; see under Magistrale, Anthony S. (stories)

MAGLIO, MITCHELL

• * *The Official Star Trek Quiz Book (Pocket/Wallaby 0-671-55652-5, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $6.95, 256pp, pb) [Star Trek] Non-fiction, quiz book for Trekkies.

MAGRITTE, RENÉ; (-François-Ghislain) (1898-1967)

• * _La Belle Captive (with Alain Robbe-Grillet) See entry under Alain Robbe-Grillet.

MAGRS, PAUL (stories) (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: The Scarlet Empress (BBC Books 0-563-40595-3, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], £4.99, 283pp, pb, cover by Colin Howard) Novelisation based on the TV series.

MAGUIRE, GREGORY (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Five Alien Elves (Clarion Books 0-395-83894-0, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $15.00, 170pp, hc, cover by Elaine Clayton) [Hamlet Chronicles] Young-adult SF, third in the series begun in Seven Spiders Spinning. Aliens come to save Earth from its evil dictator, Santa Claus.
• * *I Feel the Morning Star (Harper & Row 0-06-024021-0, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $14.95, 277pp, hc) Young-adult post-holocaust sf novel set in an underground city.
• * *Six Haunted Hairdos (Clarion Books 0-395-78626-6, 1997 [Jan ’98], $15.00, 151pp, hc, cover by Elaine Clayton) [Hamlet Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy, sequel to Seven Spiders Spinning. Kids pretending to be ghosts run into a real ghost elephant. This is copyrighted 1997, but not seen until now.
• * *Wicked (HarperCollins/Regan Books 0-06-039144-8, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $24.00, 406pp, hc, cover by Douglas Smith) [Oz] Literary fantasy Oz novel, subtitled “The life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West.” A more adult look at the ethics and motivations of some of Oz’s celebrities.
• * _Wicked (HarperPerennial/Regan Books 0-06-098710-3, Oct ’96, $14.00, 406pp, tp, cover by Douglas Smith) [Oz: Wicked Years] Reprint (Regan Books 1995) literary fantasy Oz novel, subtitled “The life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West.” A more adult look at the ethics and motivations of some of Oz’s celebrities.

MAHES, CHOLA

• * *Freedom Convoy (Dorrance Publishing 0-8059-3305-0, May ’93, $14.95, 274pp, tp, cover by John Dotegowski) Post-holocaust sf road novel of a group of survivors fleeing the ruins of San Francisco in search of a paradise rumored to be on the Florida coast. This is a worldwide edition with both US and UK prices. A first novel. Order from Dorrance Publishing, 643 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh PA 15222.

MAHFOUZ, NAGUIB (1911-2006)

• * *Arabian Nights and Days (Doubleday 0-385-46888-1, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $22.95, 229pp, hc, cover by Stéphan Daigle) Fantasy novel based on the classic tales, at the same time using fantasy to safely comment on religious and political issues, by a Nobel Prize-winning author. Published in Arabic in 1979 as Layali alf lela; translated by Denys Johnson-Davies.
• * _Arabian Nights and Days (Doubleday UK 0-385-40451-4, Mar ’95, £15.99, 228pp, hc, cover by Stéphan Daigle) Reprint (Doubleday 1995) fantasy novel by a Nobel prize-winning author. The classic tales and characters are used as the basis of a contemporary situation, the fantasy elements become commentary on religious and political issues. Translated by Denys Johnson-Davies from the 1979 Arabic original, Layali alf lela. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Arabian Nights and Days (Doubleday UK 0-385-40561-8, Mar ’96 [Jul ’96], £8.99, 228pp, tp, cover by Stéphan Daigle) Reprint (Doubleday 1995) fantasy novel by a Nobel prize-winning author.

MAHY, MARGARET (May) (1936- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Aliens in the Family (Hippo 0-590-70557-1, May ’86, £1.50, 168pp, pb) Reprint (Toronto: Scholastic 1985) young-adult sf novel.
• * +Aliens in the Family (Scholastic 0-590-40320-6, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $12.95, 174pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of a boy’s visit to Earth from the future (and other dimensions), and his effect on a New Zealand family. More serious and sensitive than the plot might indicate (and also funny in the right places), this tale of children, divorce, and discovery is a pleasure for older readers too. Recommended. (FCM) First U.S. edition (Toronto: Scholastic 1985).
• * _Aliens in the Family (Methuen 0-416-97360-4, Nov ’86, £7.95, 176pp, hc) Reprint (Toronto: Scholastic 1985) young-adult sf novel.
• * _Aliens in the Family (Scholastic Apple 0-590-40321-4, Apr ’87 [Jun ’87], $2.50, 174pp, pb) Reprint (Toronto: Scholastic 1985) young-adult sf novel, an excellent blend of drama, humor, and sf, by one of the best writers in the young-adult field. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Aliens in the Family (Hippo 0-590-70557-1, Oct ’87 [Nov ’87], £1.50, 168pp, pb) Reissue (Toronto: Scholastic 1985) juvenile sf novel.
• * _Aliens in the Family (Scholastic Apple 0-590-44898-6, Jun ’91 [Apr ’92], $2.95, 174pp, tp) Reprint (Toronto: Scholastic 1985) young-adult sf novel about a boy from the future who visits late 20th-century Earth.
• * _The Blood-and-Thunder Adventure on Hurricane Peak (Dell Yearling 0-440-40422-3, Mar ’91 [Apr ’91], $3.25, 132pp, pb, cover by Wendy Smith) Reprint (Macmillan 1989) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Boy Who Bounced and Other Magic Tales (Puffin 0-14-032468-2, Apr ’88, £1.95, 154pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1986, as Mahy Magic) young-adult fantasy collection.
• * _The Changeover (Magnet 0-416-52270-X, Nov ’86, £1.75, 214pp, pb) Reissue (Dent 1984) young-adult novel of the supernatural.
• * _The Changeover (Teens 0-416-08822-8, Oct ’87 [Nov ’87], £1.95, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1984) juvenile occult novel.
• * _The Changeover (Macmillan Educational 0-333-48526-2, Jan ’89, £3.25, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1984) young-adult occult novel. [Not seen]
• * _The Changeover (Puffin 0-14-036328-9, Dec ’93, £3.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Bruce Hogarth) Reprint (Dent 1984) young-adult horror novel.
• * _The Changeover (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-036599-0, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $3.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Tom Stimpson) Reprint (Dent 1984) Carnegie Medal-winning young-adult occult fantasy novel.
• * *The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance (Dent 0-460-06153-4, May ’84, £6.95, 220pp, hc) Young-adult occult novel. [Not seen]
• * +The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance (Atheneum 0-689-50303-2, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $11.95, 214pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel by a consistently excellent writer. First U.S. edition (Dent 1984). Recommended. (FCM)
• * _The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance (Scholastic/Point 0-590-33798-X, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $2.25, 263pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1984), an excellent young-adult fantasy novel, winner of the Carnegie Medal. Recommended! (FCM)
• * *Dangerous Spaces (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-13066-2, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], £8.99, 131pp, hc, cover by Jenny Tylden-Wright) Young-adult ghost story.
• * +Dangerous Spaces (Viking 0-670-83734-2, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $12.95, 154pp, hc, cover by Linda Thomas) Young-adult supernatural fantasy of two young girls drawn into a ghostly world. First American edition (Hamish Hamilton 1991).
• * _Dangerous Spaces (Puffin 0-14-034571-X, May ’92, £2.99, 131pp, pb, cover by Linda Thomas) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1991) young-adult ghost novel about a young girl and some lonely ghosts.
• * _Dangerous Spaces (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-036362-9, May ’93 [Jun ’93], $3.99, 154pp, tp, cover by Linda Thomas) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1991) young-adult ghost story.
• * +The Door in the Air and Other Stories (Delacorte 0-385-30252-5, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $13.95, 106pp, hc, cover by Diana Catchpole) Young-adult collection of nine fantasy stories, illustrated by Diana Catchpole. First American edition (Dent 1988). (Contents)
• * _The Door in the Air and Other Stories (Dell Yearling 0-440-40774-5, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $3.50, 106pp, tp) Reprint (Dent 1988) young-adult collection of nine fantasy stories, illustrated by Diana Catchpole.
• * *The Downhill Crocodile Whizz & Other Stories (J.M. Dent 0-460-06237-9, Mar ’86, £6.95, 136pp, hc) Collection, illustrated by Ian Newsham.
• * _The Downhill Crocodile Whizz & Other Stories (Puffin 0-14-032362-7, 1987, £1.50, 105pp, pb, cover by Jon Riley) Reprint (Dent 1986) young-adult fantasy collection. (Contents)
• * *The Girl with the Green Ear: Stories About Magic in Nature (Knopf 0-679-82231-3, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $15.00, unpaginated, hc, cover by Shirley Hughes) Collection of nine young-adult fantasy stories previously published in various British Mahy collections, with the original illustrations by Shirley Hughes. (Contents)
• * _The Girl with the Green Ear: Stories About Magic in Nature (Knopf Bullseye 0-679-84000-1, Apr ’93 [Jul ’93], $3.25, 100pp, tp, cover by Shirley Hughes) Reprint (Knopf 1992) collection of nine young-adult fantasy stories previously published in various British Mahy collections, with the original illustrations by Shirley Hughes.
• * _The Great Piratical Rambustification & The Librarian and the Robbers (Morrow Beech Tree 0-688-12469-0, Nov ’93, $3.95, 63pp, hc, cover by Quentin Blake) Reprint (J.M. Dent 1978) collection of two children’s fantasy stories, with illustrations by Quentin Blake.
• * *The Greatest Show Off Earth (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-00175-7, Apr ’94 [May ’94], £8.99, 192pp, hc, cover by Wendy Smith) Young-adult SF novel. Illustrated by Wendy Smith.
• * +The Greatest Show Off Earth (Viking 0-670-85736-X, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $13.99, 186pp, hc, cover by Wendy Smith) Young-adult SF novel. Delphinium leaves her boring space-station home for life with a traveling space circus. Illustrations by Wendy Smith. First American edition (Hamish Hamilton 1994).
• * _The Greatest Show Off Earth (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037926-6, Dec ’96 [Feb ’97], $4.99, 186pp, tp, cover by Anna DiVito) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1994) young-adult SF novel about a traveling space circus.
• * _The Haunting (Dell Yearling 0-440-40408-8, Feb ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.25, 135pp, pb, cover by Dominick Finelle) Reprint (Atheneum 1982) young-adult supernatural thriller.
• * _The Haunting (Puffin 0-14-036325-4, Nov ’92 [Dec ’92], £2.99, 135pp, pb, cover by Alun Hood) Reprint (Atheneum 1982) young-adult ghost novel.
• * *The Horribly Haunted School (Viking 0-670-87490-6, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $14.99, 119pp, hc, cover by Robert Staermose) Children’s ghost novella. A boy with an allergy to ghosts has trouble with too-logical teachers who say ghosts don’t exist. Illustrated by Robert Staermose.
• * *Leaf Magic and Five Other Favourites (Dent 0-460-06151-8, Jun ’84, £4.95, 64pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy collection. [Not seen]
• * _Leaf Magic and Five Other Favourites (Methuen/Magnet 0-416-63780-9, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £1.50, 64pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1984) young-adult fantasy collection. (Contents)
• * _A Lion in the Meadow (J.M. Dent 0-460-06174-7, Mar ’86, £5.95, 28pp, hc) Reprint (Puffin 1972). A marvelous juvenile fantasy story. (JF/SJ)
• * +The Pirates’ Mixed-Up Voyage (Penguin/Dial 0-8037-1350-9, Apr ’93 [May ’93], $13.99, 180pp, hc, cover by Margaret Chamberlain) Young-adult picaresque comic fantasy adventure novel about an ill-assorted pirate crew’s plot to kidnap a famous inventor. Illustrations by Margaret Chamberlain. First American edition (J.M. Dent 1983).
• * +Raging Robots and Unruly Uncles (Overlook Press 0-87951-469-8, Apr ’93 [Jun ’93], $13.95, 93pp, hc, cover by Peter Stevenson) Children’s fantasy novella of two brothers whose children are replaced by robots. Illustrated by Peter Stevenson. First American edition (Viking UK 1991).
• * +A Tall Story and Other Tales (Macmillan McElderry 0-689-50547-7, Mar ’92 [Apr ’92], $15.95, 88pp, hc, cover by Jan Nesbitt) Collection of 11 children’s fantasy stories, with illustrations by Jan Nesbitt. First American edition (J.M. Dent 1991).
• * *The Tricksters (J.M. Dent 0-460-06203-4, Mar ’86, £7.95, 272pp, hc) Intricate supernatural juvenile novel. (JF/SJ)
• * +The Tricksters (Macmillan McElderry 0-689-50400-4, Mar ’87, $12.95, 266pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel about a girl whose obsession with writing a romantic novel uncovers a family secret and calls up the ghosts of three boys. First American edition (Dent 1986).
• * _The Tricksters (Puffin Plus 0-14-032363-5, Feb ’88, £2.50, 266pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1986) young-adult occult novel.
• * _The Tricksters (Scholastic 0-590-41513-1, Oct ’88, $2.95, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1986) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Tricksters (Puffin 0-14-037316-0, Jan ’96 [May ’96], £4.99, 266pp, pb, cover by Alun Hood) Reprint (Dent 1986) young-adult fantasy novel. Internally dated 1995.

MAILE, BEN

• * *The Land of Tomorrow (The Book Guild 0-86332-407-X, Feb ’90, £9.50, 161pp, hc, cover by Ben Maile) Fantasy novel.

MAILER, NORMAN (Kingsley) (1923-2007) (stories)

• * _Ancient Evenings (Warner 0-446-32109-5, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $4.95, 19844pp, pb) Reprint (Little, Brown 1983) historical fantasy novel.

MAIN, CAROL

• * *Betony and the Sorcerer (The Bodley Head 0-370-31438-7, May ’90, £6.95, 142pp, hc, cover by Ann Johns) Children’s fantasy novel about a young girl who inherits a sorcerer’s book of spells.
• * _Spellbound! (Red Fox 0-09-985270-5, Sep ’91 [Feb ’92], £2.50, 142pp, pb, cover by Amelia Rosato) Reprint (Bodley Head 1990 as Betony and the Sorcerer) young-adult novel.

MAIN, MARY

• * *Tower of Evil (Troll WestWind 0-8167-3533-6, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $2.95, 174pp, pb, cover by Dave Henderson) Young-adult horror novel.

MAINHARDT, RICIA, ed. (stories)

• * _Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master (with Richard Matheson) See entry under Richard Matheson.
• * _Superheroes (with John Varley) See entry under John Varley.

MAITLAND, ALAN, ed. (stories)

• * *Favourite Scary Stories from Graveside Al (Viking Penguin Canada 0-670-86863-9, 1996, C$29.99, 302pp, hc, cover by Stephen Snider) Anthology of 23 stories. (Contents)

MAITLAND, IAN

• * *Cathedral (Headline 0-7472-0540-X, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], £15.99, 310pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Horror novel.
• * _Cathedral (Headline 0-7472-3958-4, Mar ’93, £4.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Headline 1992) horror novel.

MAITLAND, SARA (Louise) (1950- ) (stories)

• * *Angel Maker (Holt 0-8050-4412-4, Aug ’96 [Sep ’96], $25.00, 340pp, hc, cover by Cathleen Toelke) Collection of 30 literary stories, many derived from myth and fairy tales. (Contents)
• * _Angel Maker (Holt/Owl 0-8050-5529-0, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], $12.00, 340pp, tp, cover by Cathleen Toelke) Reprint (Holt 1996) collection of 30 literary stories, many derived from myth and fairy tales.
• * *The Book of Spells (Michael Joseph 0-7181-2755-2, Sep ’87, £9.95, 174pp, hc) Collection of short stories (mainly original) about magic. (Contents)
• * _A Book of Spells (Methuen 0-413-18270-3, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], £3.95, 174pp, pb) Reprint (Michael Joseph 1987) literary occult collection.
• * _A Book of Spells (Minerva 0-7493-9083-2, May ’90, £4.50, 174pp, tp, cover by Steve Wallace) Reprint (Michael Joseph 1987) collection of stories about magic.

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• * _The Rushdie File (with Lisa Appignanesi) See entry under Lisa Appignanesi.

MAITZ, DON(ald) (1953- ) (chron.)

• * *Dreamquests: The Art of Don Maitz (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-175-0, Nov ’93, $29.95, 98pp, hc, cover by Don Maitz) Art book; a collection of full-color works by Maitz, with an introduction by Raymond E. Feist and an afterword by Janny Wurts. A trade paperback edition (-176-9, $17.95) is also available. Order from Underwood-Miller, 708 Westover Dr. , Lancaster PA 17601.
• * *First Maitz: Selected Works by Don Maitz (Ursus Imprints 0-942681-01-0, Jul ’88, $24.95, unpaginated, hc) Art book with a generous portion of Maitz artwork in full color plus the original sketches plus a discussion of each painting. Highly recommended. (CNB).

MAJOR, H. M.; pseudonym of Sharon Jarvis & Kathleen Buckley

• * *The Alien Trace (Signet 0-451-13063-4, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $2.95, 222pp, pb) [Alien Trace] First of a series of “adult sf” adventure novels by a pair of pseudonymous authors.
• * *Time Twister (NAL/Signet 0-451-13283-1, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $2.95, 255pp, pb) [Alien Trace] Sf novel, “Alien Trace” #2. “Adult” sf.

MALAMUD, BERNARD (1914-1986) (stories)

• * _God’s Grace (Penguin 0-14-018491-0, May ’92 [Jun ’92], £5.99, 201pp, tp, cover by Rembrandt) Reprint (USA 1982) literary fantasy novel, set after a nuclear holocaust and a second Great Flood.

MALCOLM, JAHNNA N.; pseudonym of Jahanna Beecham & Malcolm Hillgartner

• * *Zodiac: Aquarius: Second Sight (Collins 0-00-675048-6, Jul ’95, £2.99, 189pp, pb) [Zodiac] Young-adult fantasy novel. Psychic powers are born and transmitted through a group of young girls. Book 11 in the series. Only some of the series are fantasy.