The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

MUNDY, TALBOT; pseudonym of William Lancaster Gribbon, (1879-1940)

• * _King, of the Khyber Rifles (Critic’s Choice 0-931773-14-8, 1985 [Oct ’85], $2.95, 395pp, pb) Reprint (Bobbs-Merrill 1916) fantasy novel. This is the mass market edition of the Carroll & Graff edition issued earlier. It’s identical except for the publisher, ISBN and price.
• * _King, of the Khyber Rifles (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-169-2, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $3.95, 395pp, pb) Reprint (Bobbs-Merrill 1916) fantasy adventure novel. The most famous of Mundy’s novels. Highly recommended. (CNB) The awful cover, left over from The Charge of the Light Brigade, has nothing to do with the book.
• * _Om, the Secret of Ahbor Valley (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-045-9, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $3.95, 392pp, pb) Reprint (Bobbs-Merril 1924) fantasy novel. The text is offset from the 1924 edition. One of the finest oriental adventures ever written. Mundy’s style is somewhat dated, but his storytelling ability is still unsurpassed. (CNB)

MUNO, JEAN; pseudonym of Robert Burniaux, (1924-1988) (stories)

• * *Glove of Passion, Voice of Blood (Owl Creek no ISBN, 1986 [May ’89], $8.00, 126pp, tp) Collection of nine fantasy stories by a Belgian writer, translated by Kim Connell. This has a 1986 copyright date but was not seen until now. (Contents)

MUNRO, H(ector) H(ugh) (1870-1916); see pseudonym Saki (stories)

MUNRO, RONA (1959- )

• * *Doctor Who: Survival (Target 0-426-20352-6, Sep ’90, £2.50, 134pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization. Contains a postscript by the Doctor Who editor at W.H. Allen, Peter Darvill-Evans, about the future of the series. Volume 150 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $3.95.

MUNSEY, TERENCE (J. P.) (1953- )

• * *The Flight of the Stoneman’s Son (Munsey Music 0-9697066-0-X, Aug ’93, $4.99, 208pp, tp) Fantasy adventure novel of a quest to find the Passwords of Promise, which will restore magical balance to the world. First book of a new series. Available from Munsey Music, Box 511, Richmond Hill ONT Canada L4C 4Y8.

MUNSON, RONALD (1939- )

• * *Night Vision (Penguin/Signet 0-451-18013-5, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 412pp, pb) Thriller with SF elements, set partially in cyberspace. A hacker kidnaps an actress.

MUNSTER, BILL, ed. (1947- ) (stories)

• * _The Dean Koontz Companion (with Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _The Dean Koontz Companion (with Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * *Discovering Dean Koontz (Borgo Press 1-55742-145-5, 1998 [Nov ’98], $21.00, 184pp, tp) Non-fiction gathering of 10 critical essays, plus an interview with Koontz. Authors include Michael R. Collings, Richard Laymon, and Elizabeth Massie. Introduction by Tim Powers and afterword by Joe R. Lansdale. There is a chronology, index, and bibliography. This is revised from Sudden Fear (Starmount 1988). Order from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; add $5.00 postage; credit card orders: fax 909-888-4942. [Koontz]
• * *Sudden Fear: The Horror and Dark Suspense Fiction of Dean R. Koontz (Starmont 1-557-42024-6, 1988 [Apr ’88], $10.95, 182pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical studies. [Koontz]

MURAKAMI, HARUKI (1949- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Dance Dance Dance (Kodansha International 4-7700-1683-2, Jan ’94, $22.00, 393pp, hc, cover by Maki Sasaki) [Wild Sheep Chase] Literary fantasy/magic realism novel, a sequel to A Wild Sheep Chase.
• * _Dance Dance Dance (Kodansha International 0-679-75379-6, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $13.00, 393pp, tp) [Wild Sheep Chase] Reprint (Kodansha Ltd. 1988) literary fantasy/magic realism novel. Translated by Alfred Birnbaum.
• * _Dance Dance Dance (Penguin 0-14-015436-1, Jun ’95 [Aug ’95], £6.99, 393pp, tp, cover by Mick Brownfield) [Wild Sheep Chase] Reprint (Kodansha International 1994) literary novel with fantasy elements. Translated by Alfred Birnbaum from the Japanese (Kodansha 1988), this is a sequel to A Wild Sheep Chase.
• * *The Elephant Vanishes (Knopf 0-679-42057-6, Mar ’93, $21.00, 327pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) Collection of 17 stories, many sf or fantasy, translated from the Japanese by Jay Rubin and Alfred Birnbaum. (Contents)
• * _The Elephant Vanishes (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Dec ’93, $11.95, 327pp, tp, cover by Chip Kidd) Reprint (Knopf 1993) collection of 17 stories, many sf or fantasy, translated from the Japanese by various translators. Similar to the Knopf edition except it lacks an ISBN and has the jacket printed as the soft cover.
• * _The Elephant Vanishes (Random House/Vintage 0-679-75053-3, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $12.00, 327pp, tp, cover by P. J. Szymkowiak) Reprint (Knopf 1993) collection of 17 stories, many SF or fantasy, translated from Japanese by various translators.
• * *Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Kodansha International 4-770-01544-5, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $21.95, 400pp, hc, cover by Shigeo Okamoto) Near-future thriller about a computer war set in a Japan completely dominated by information storage and retrieval. Simultaneous with the British edition from Hamish Hamilton.
• * *The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-13144-8, Sep ’91, £14.99, 400pp, hc, cover by David Cutter) Literary sf novel. A mix of sf, satire and a warning of the dangerous powers of multinational corporations. Translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum (Sekai No Owari to Hard-Boiled Wonderland, Shinchosha Ltd.). Simultaneous with the American edition from Kodansha International.
• * _The Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Penguin 0-14-015435-3, Nov ’92, £6.99, 400pp, tp, cover by Peter Gudynas) Reprint (Kodansha International 1991) satirical literary sf novel.
• * _Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (Random House/Vintage 0-679-74346-4, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $12.00, 400pp, tp, cover by Marc J. Cohen) Reprint (Kodansha International 1991) near-future thriller about a computer war set in a Japan completely dominated by information storage and retrieval. Translated from the Japanese by Alfred Birnbaum.

MURCHISON, MYLES (1942- )

• * *The Deathless (Ballantine 0-345-35378-1, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 295pp, pb) Horror/occult novel about a 19th-century woman doctor and her search for eternal life.

MURDOCH, JIM

• * *Rise of the Robots: The Book (Roc UK 0-45-118566-8, Jan ’95 [Feb ’95], £4.99, 310pp, pb) SF novelization based on the Mirage computer and video game.

MURDOCK, M(elinda) S(eabrooke) (1947- ) (stories)

• * *Buck Rogers: Armageddon Off Vesta (TSR 0-88038-761-0, Nov ’89, $3.95, 279pp, tp, cover by Don Landwehrle & The Image Bank) [Martian Wars; Buck Rogers] Buck Rogers novelization, book three in the “Martian Wars” trilogy.
• * _Buck Rogers: Armageddon Off Vesta (Penguin 0-14-013317-8, Sep ’90, £3.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Don Landwehrle) [Martian Wars; Buck Rogers] Reprint (TSR 1989) sf novelization. Book Three of the “Martian Wars” trilogy.
• * *Buck Rogers: Hammer of Mars (TSR 0-88038-751-3, Aug ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.95, 279pp, tp) [Martian Wars; Buck Rogers] Buck Rogers novelization, book two in the “Martian Wars” trilogy.
• * _Buck Rogers: Hammer of Mars (Penguin 0-14-013316-X, Jul ’90, £3.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Don Carroll) [Martian Wars; Buck Rogers] Reprint (TSR 1989) sf novelization. Book Two in the “Martian Wars” trilogy.
• * *Buck Rogers: Prime Squared (TSR 0-88038-863-3, Nov ’90, $3.95, 276pp, tp, cover by Jerry Bingham) [Inner Planets; Buck Rogers] Buck Rogers novelization, second book of the “Inner Planets” trilogy.
• * *Buck Rogers: Rebellion 2456 (TSR 0-88038-728-9, Jun ’89, $3.95, 281pp, tp) [Martian Wars; Buck Rogers] Buck Rogers novelization, book one of the “Martian Wars” series.
• * _Buck Rogers: Rebellion 2456 (Penguin 0-14-013314-3, May ’90, £3.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Don Carroll) [Martian Wars; Buck Rogers] Reprint (TSR 1989) sf novelization. Book One of the “Martian Wars” trilogy.
• * *Dynteryx (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20646-2, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.50, 246pp, pb) [Vendetta] Space opera novel of planetary rebellion, sequel to Vendetta.
• * _Star Trek #10: Web of the Romulans (Pocket 0-671-60549-6, Jan ’87, $3.50, 220pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1983) Star Trek novel. 4th printing.
• * _Star Trek: Web of the Romulans (Gregg 0-8398-2833-0, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $10.95, 220pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Timecape 1983) “Star Trek” novelization. Number 10 in the series.
• * _Star Trek: Web of the Romulans (Titan 1-85286-209-2, Sep ’89, £2.95, 220pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1983) sf novelization. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Vendetta (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20520-2, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $2.95, 292pp, pb) [Vendetta] Sf novel. “A young slave must stop a madman from murdering a child — and whole worlds.”

MURILL, RAY W.; pseudonym of Will Murray, (1953- )

• * *Mars Attack #2: War Dogs of the Golden Horde (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40496-3, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $18.00, 281pp, hc, cover by Peter Scanlan) [Mars Attacks] SF novelization based on ’60s trading cards, current comics, and upcoming movie. An exclusive trading card is bound in. Copyrighted by Topps Comics.
• * _Mars Attacks: War Dogs of the Golden Horde (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40954-X, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $5.99, 323pp, pb, cover by Peter Scanlan) [Mars Attacks] Reprint (Del Rey 1996) SF novelization, second in the series. Copyrighted by Topps Comics.

MURNANE, GERALD (1939- ) (stories)

• * *Landscape with Landscape (Norstrilia 0-909106-15-0, 1985 [Sep ’85], A$17.00, 267pp, hc) Collection of six loosely connected stories, some with elements of surreal fantasy. (Contents)
• * +The Plains (George Braziller 0-8076-1123-9, Aug ’85 [Sep ’85], $12.95, 126pp, hc) Reprint (Norstrilia 1982) short novel of an alternate Australia; first U.S. edition.

MURPHY, DAVID (stories) (chron.)

• * *Broken Heroes (Albedo One Publications no ISBN, Aug ’95 [Mar ’96], £2.95, 76pp, ph, cover by Paul Sheridan) Collection of eight stories, with an introduction by Morgan Llywelyn, and illustrations by Paul Sheridan. This is a second printing; we did not list the first. Available from albedo one publications, 8, Commons Road, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland. (Contents)

MURPHY, GLORIA (Walter) (1940- )

• * _Bloodties (Lynx 1-55802-308-9, Oct ’88, $3.50, 246pp, pb) Reprint (D.I. Fine 1987) horror novel. An evil boy enters a family’s life 14 years after their own son died.
• * *Nightmare (Popular Library 0-445-20404-4, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.50, 232pp, pb) Horror novel of a “high-tech underground village” and children in peril.
• * _Playroom (Lynx 1-55802-279-1, Feb ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.50, 249pp, pb) Reprint (Donald I. Fine 1987) psychological horror novel with no fantasy elements. A woman takes revenge for her unhappy childhood.

MURPHY, JIM (stories)

• * *The Last Dinosaur (Scholastic 0-590-41097-0, Apr ’88 [Jul ’88], $13.95, unpaginated, hc) Children’s story about the last living dinosaur. Great illustrations by Mark Alan Weatherby.
• * *Night Terrors (Scholastic 0-590-45341-6, Oct ’93, $13.95, 177pp, hc, cover by Tim Jacobus) Young-adult collection of 12 horror stories related by an elderly gravedigger. (Contents)

MURPHY, KEVIN ANDREW (stories)

• * _The World of Darkness: House of Secrets (with James A. Moore) See entry under James A. Moore

MURPHY, MICHAEL (1930-1985)

• * _Jacob Atabet (Jeremy P. Tarcher 0-87477-422-5, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $8.95, 216pp, tp) Reprint (Celestial Arts 1977) New Age science fiction novel of spiritual transformation and human potential. Distributed by St. Martin’s.

MURPHY, PAT(rice Ann) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The City, Not Long After (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-24925-X, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $17.95, 244pp, hc) Near-future science fiction novel set in San Francisco after a plague. Based on the story “Art in the War Zone”.
• * _The City, Not Long After (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28370-7, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.50, 258pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) near-future sf novel set in a San Francisco decimated by plague and inhabited by artists. There is a new afterword by the author.
• * _The City, Not Long After (Pan 0-330-31570-6, Aug ’90, £12.95, 320pp, hc, cover by David Bergen) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) fantasy novel about a deserted San Francisco, some years after a world-wide devastating plague, populated only by artists, ghosts and angels. Recommended. (PSP)
• * _The City, Not Long After (Pan 0-330-31277-4, Aug ’91, £4.99, 320pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) sf/fantasy novel.
• * *The Falling Woman (Tor 0-312-93230-8, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $14.95, 287pp, hc) Fantasy/horror novel of an archaeologist, her daughter, and ancient Mayan magic.
• * _The Falling Woman (Tor 0-812-54620-2, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.95, 283pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1986) fantasy novel.
• * _The Falling Woman (Headline 0-7472-3076-5, Jan ’88, £2.95, 287pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1986) fantasy/horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Falling Woman (Tor 0-812-54622-9, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 287pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1986) fantasy novel, winner of the Nebula Award. Second printing.
• * _The Falling Woman (Tor/Orb 0-312-85406-4, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $9.95, 287pp, tp, cover by Peter Scanlon) Reprint (Tor 1986) Nebula Award-winning fantasy novel of the relationship between an ancient Mayan woman who can see the future and a modern archaeologist who can see the ghosts of the past.
• * _Letters from Home (with Pat Cadigan & Karen Joy Fowler) See entry under Pat Cadigan.
• * *Nadya (Tor 0-312-86226-1, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $23.95, 382pp, hc, cover by Michael Koelsch) Dark fantasy novel. A young woman in the 1830s Missouri frontier discovers she’s a werewolf.
• * _Nadya (Tor 0-812-55188-5, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $6.99, 382pp, pb, cover by Michael Koelsch) Reprint (Tor 1996) dark fantasy frontier werewolf novel.
• * *Points of Departure (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28615-3, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $3.95, 316pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Collection of 19 stories, with an introduction by Kate Wilhelm and an afterword by the author. (Contents)
• * _Rachel in Love (Pulphouse 1-56146-548-8, Feb ’92, $1.95, 46pp, pb, cover by Donna Gordon) Nebula Award-winning short story that originally appeared in IASFM in 1987 and in the collection Points of Departure.
• * _The Shadow Hunter (Headline 0-7472-3141-9, Aug ’88, £2.99, 223pp, pb) Reprint (Popular Library 1982) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]

MURPHY, PATRICK D(ennis), ed. (1951- )

• * *The Poetic Fantastic: Studies in an Evolving Genre (with Vernon Hayes) (Greenwood 0-313-26160-1, Nov ’89 [Dec ’89], $39.95, 197pp, hc) Anthology of 13 pieces of critical material on fantastic poetry, with an introduction and afterword by the editors.
• * _Science Fiction from China (with Wu Dingbo) See entry under Wu Dingbo.

MURPHY, ROBERTA (1934?-2002?) (stories)

• * _The Enchanted (Mandarin 0-7493-0482-0, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], £3.50, 230pp, pb, cover by Kurte Hoyte) Reprint (Heinemann 1989) ghost novel.

MURPHY, SHIRLEY ROUSSEAU (1928- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Cat in the Dark (HarperPrism 0-06-105096-2, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $22.00, 265pp, hc, cover by Mark Hess) [Joe Grey] Fantasy mystery novel, the fourth featuring talking cat Joe Grey. A new cat is masterminding an escalating crime spree.
• * *Cat on the Edge (HarperPrism 0-06-105600-6, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $5.50, 274pp, pb, cover by Joe Burleson) [Joe Grey] Fantasy/mystery novel. A cat named Joe Grey witnesses a murder — and acquires the ability to speak.
• * *Cat Raise the Dead (HarperPrism 0-06-105602-2, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $5.50, 288pp, pb, cover by Joe Burleson) [Joe Grey] Fantasy mystery novel. Talking cat Joe Grey investigates an old folks home.
• * *Cat under Fire (HarperPrism 0-06-105601-4, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $5.50, 244pp, pb, cover by Joe Burleson) [Joe Grey] Fantasy mystery, second in the series featuring talking-cat detectives Joe Grey and Dulcie.
• * _Cat under Fire (HarperPrism 0-06-105601-4, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $5.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Joe Burleson) [Joe Grey] Reissue (HarperPrism 1997) fantasy mystery, second in the series featuring talking-cat detectives Joe Grey and Dulcie. Second printing.
• * *The Catswold Portal (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45146-5, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $22.00, 405pp, hc, cover by Richard Hescox) Fantasy novel of a California artist and a young woman searching for her past who realize they are the only hope of two worlds to defeat a cat/human shapeshifting sorceress and her plans for conquest.
• * _The Catswold Portal (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45275-5, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $5.50, 418pp, pb) Reprint (Roc 1992) fantasy novel of a California artist and a young woman searching for her past who realize they are the only hope of two worlds to defeat a cat/human shapeshifting sorceress and her plans for conquest.
• * *The Dragonbards (Harper & Row 0-06-024366-X, Mar ’88, $12.95, 249pp, hc) [Dragonbards] Young-adult fantasy novel. Bards and dragons battle the army of evil. third in a trilogy.
• * _The Dragonbards (Harper Starwanderer 0-06-447008-3, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.50, 249pp, pb) [Dragonbards] Reprint (Harper & Row 1988) young-adult fantasy novel, third book in the “Dragonbards” trilogy.
• * *The Ivory Lyre (Harper & Row 0-06-024362-7, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $12.95, 250pp, hc) [Dragonbards] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the “Dragonbards Trilogy”.
• * _The Ivory Lyre (Harper Starwanderer 0-694-05612-X, Oct ’88, $3.25, 250pp, pb) [Dragonbards] Reprint (Harper & Row 1987) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Nightpool.
• * *Medallion of the Black Hound (with Welch Suggs) (Harper & Row 0-06-024368-6, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $11.95, 182pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy about a boy pulled into a strange world by a magical medallion.
• * *Nightpool (Harper & Row 0-06-024360-0, Sep ’85, $11.95, 250pp, hc) [Dragonbards] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in a trilogy.
• * _Nightpool (Harper & Row/Starwanderer 0-694-05605-7, Apr ’87, $2.95, 250pp, pb) [Dragonbards] Reprint (Harper & Row 1985) young-adult fantasy novel.

MURPHY, WARREN B(urton) (1933- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Broken Sword (with Molly Cochran) See entry under Molly Cochran.