The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

NORMAN, JOHN (continued)

• * *Vagabonds of Gor (DAW 0-88677-188-9, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.95, 495pp, pb) [Gor] Sf novel, “Gor” #24.
• * _Vagabonds of Gor (Star 0-352-32092-3, Aug ’87, £3.95, 480pp, pb) [Gor] Reprint (DAW 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 24 in the “Gor” series. [First U.K. edition]

NORMAN, LISANNE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Fire Margins (DAW 0-88677-718-6, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $5.99, 646pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Sholan Alliance] SF novel, third in the “Sholan Alliance” series. Carrie and Kusac hope to win freedom from the Sholan guild system through a deadly ritual.
• * _Fire Margins (DAW 0-88677-718-6, Dec ’97, $6.99, 758pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Sholan Alliance] Reissue (DAW 1996) SF novel, third in the “Sholan Alliance” series. Second printing.
• * *Fortune’s Wheel (DAW 0-88677-675-9, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $5.99, 646pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Sholan Alliance] SF novel, sequel to Turning Point. Rescued from the reptiloid Valtegans by the cat-like Sholans, Carrie (Terran) and Kusac (Sholan) find a very mixed reception to their telepathic bond and resulting romance.
• * *Razor’s Edge (DAW 0-88677-766-6, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $6.99, 652pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Sholan Alliance] SF novel, fourth in the “Sholan Alliance” series.
• * *Turning Point (DAW 0-88677-575-2, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $3.99, 267pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Sholan Alliance] Sf novel of the struggle of a telepathic girl and a felinoid alien telepath on a human colony world cut off from Earth and conquered by brutal invaders.

NORMAN, MARSHA (Williams) (1947- )

• * _The Fortune Teller (Bantam 0-553-27284-5, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $4.50, 375pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1987) novel of the psychic.
• * _The Fortune Teller (Fontana 0-00-617493-0, Feb ’89, £3.95, 430pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1987) thriller about a psychic clairvoyant.

NORMAN, ROGER

• * *Albion’s Dream (Faber 0-571-15425-5, Apr ’90, £7.99, 184pp, hc, cover by Alan Baker) Young-adult fantasy novel.

NORRIS, ANDREW

• * *Aquila (Puffin 0-140-38365-4, Nov ’97, £3.99, 139pp, pb) Novelization of an upcoming young-adult SF/fantasy series on BBC TV.

NORTH, DAVID

• * *Time Warriors: Forbidden Region (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63602-4, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $3.50, 220pp, pb) [Time Warriors] Military adventure fantasy novel of a Vietnam vet who joins forces with an ancient warrior, second book of a series.
• * *Time Warriors: Forbidden Region (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63602-4, Aug ’92, $3.50, 220pp, pb) [Time Warriors] Time-travel sf adventure novel, second book of the series.
• * *Time Warriors: Fuse Point (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63601-6, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.50, 221pp, pb) [Time Warriors] Military adventure fantasy of a Vietnam survivor and an ancient warrior who take on a dictator and the Queen of the netherworld. First book of a new series.
• * *Time Warriors: Fuse Point (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle, Apr ’92 [Aug ’92], $3.50, 218pp, pb) [Time Warriors] Time-travel sf adventure novel, first book of a series.
• * *Time Warriors: The Guardian Strikes (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63603-2, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $3.50, 218pp, pb) [Time Warriors] Military adventure fantasy novel of a Vietnam vet who joins forces with an ancient warrior. Third book of a series.
• * *Time Warriors: The Guardian Strikes (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63603-2, Dec ’92 [Jan ’93], $3.50, 197pp, pb) [Time Warriors] Time-travel sf adventure novel, third book of the “Time Warriors” series.

NORTH, RICK; house pseudonym

• * *The Young Astronauts (Zebra no ISBN, Jul ’90 [May ’90], no price, 158pp, pb) [Young Astronauts] Young-adult sf novel of teenagers preparing for a Mars voyage, first book of a new series. This is a special promotional edition distributed at the ABA.
• * *The Young Astronauts (Zebra 0-8217-3000-2, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $2.95, 158pp, pb) [Young Astronauts] Young-adult sf novel of teenagers preparing for a Mars voyage, first book of a new series.
• * *The Young Astronauts #2: Blastoff! (Zebra 0-8217-3173-4, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $2.95, 157pp, pb) [Young Astronauts] Young-adult sf novel, second book of the “Young Astronauts” series.
• * *The Young Astronauts #3: Space Blazers (Zebra 0-8217-3178-5, Nov ’90 [Jul ’91], $2.95, 157pp, pb) [Young Astronauts] Young-adult sf novel, third book in a series. This a 1990 book not seen until now.
• * *The Young Astronauts #4: Destination Mars (Zebra 0-8217-3285-4, Jan ’91 [Jul ’91], $2.95, 172pp, pb) [Young Astronauts] Young-adult sf novel, fourth in a series.
• * *The Young Astronauts #5: Space Pioneers (Zebra 0-8217-3307-9, Mar ’91 [Jul ’91], $2.95, 174pp, pb) [Young Astronauts] Young-adult sf novel, fifth book of a series.
• * *The Young Astronauts #6: Citizens of Mars (Zebra 0-8217-3308-7, May ’91 [Jul ’91], $2.95, 158pp, pb) [Young Astronauts] Young-adult sf novel, sixth book of a series.

NORTHCOTE, AMYAS (1864-1923) (stories)

• * _In Ghostly Company (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-21-4, Feb ’97, C$40.00, xiv+145pp, hc, cover by Deborah McMillion-Nering) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1921) collection of thirteen ghost stories. This edition is limited to 500 copies, and contains an Introduction by Richard Dalby and an Afterword by Jack Adrian. A world-wide edition available in the US for $45.00 and in the UK for £19.00. (Contents)

NORTHROP, ALLEN C.

• * *Before The Beginning (Vantage Press 0-533-08861-5, Feb ’91, $16.95, 365pp, hc) Fantasy novel of gods before the existence of man.

NORTON, ALICE MARY; see under Norton, Andre (stories) (chron.)

NORTON, ANDRE; [born Alice Mary Norton] (1912-2005); formerly Alice Mary Norton (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Android at Arms (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34282-8, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $2.95, 233pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1971) sf novel.
• * *Annals of the Witch World (SFBC #03716, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $12.98, 519pp, hc, cover by David A. Cherry) [Witch World] Omnibus of the first three books in the “Witch World” series, Witch World (Ace 1963), Web of the Witch World (Ace 1964), and Year of the Unicorn (Ace 1965). (Contents)
• * _The Beast Master (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31376-3, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.50, 223pp, pb) [Hosteen Storm] Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1959) sf adventure novel.
• * _The Beast Master (Puffin 0-14-031159-9, Jan ’87, £1.95, 185pp, pb) [Hosteen Storm] Reissue (Harcourt Brace and World 1959) juvenile sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Hosteen Storm” series.
• * _Black Trillium (with Marion Zimmer Bradley & Julian May) See entry under Marion Zimmer Bradley.
• * _The Book of Andre Norton (DAW 0-88677-247-8, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $2.95, 221pp, pb) Reissue (Chilton 1974 as The Many Worlds of Andre Norton) collection; 6th DAW printing.
• * _Breed to Come (Ace 0-441-07900-8, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.50, 288pp, pb) Reissue (Viking 1972) sf novel. 9th Ace printing.
• * *Brother to Shadows (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-12758-4, Nov ’93, $20.00, 311pp, hc, cover by Daniel Horne) Sf novel of a young outcast who joins forces with an alien lizard being.
• * *Brother to Shadows (Easton Press no ISBN, Feb ’94, no price, 311pp, hc) Sf novel. This edition is being published “simultaneously” with the Morrow AvoNova edition listed four months ago. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Brother to Shadows (AvoNova 0-380-77096-2, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $5.50, 311pp, pb, cover by Daniel Horne) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1993) SF novel of a young outcast who joins forces with an alien lizard being.
• * _Catseye (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31849-8, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $2.25, 222pp, pb) [Dipple] Reprint (Harcourt 1961) sf novel. The copyright page says it was published in July 1984, but this is the first we’ve seen it.
• * _Catseye (Puffin 0-14-030315-4, Jan ’87, £1.95, 205pp, pb) [Dipple] Reissue (Harcourt, Brace and World 1961) juvenile sf novel.
• * *Chronicles of the Witch World (SFBC #20044, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $14.98, 522pp, hc, cover by Gary A. Lippincott) [Witch World] Omnibus of the fourth through sixth novels in the “Witch World” series. Three Against the Witch World (1965), Warlock of the Witch World (1967), and Sorceress of the Witch World (1968). A poster of the cover art is included with the shrink-wrapped book. This special SFBC edition has ISBN 1-56865-658-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *Ciara’s Song (with Lyn McConchie) (Warner Aspect 0-446-60644-8, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $6.50, 245pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Witch World] Fantasy novel in the “Chronicles of the Witch World” series.
• * _The Crossroads of Time (Ace 0-441-12316-3, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $2.50, 242pp, pb) [Blake Walker] Reissue (Ace 1956) sf novel. 8th Ace printing since 1974, plus god knows how many before. This is early Norton, but still one of her outstanding books. (CNB)
• * _The Crystal Gryphon (Tor 0-812-54738-1, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.95, 255pp, pb) [Witch World: Gryphon] Reprint (Atheneum 1982) fantasy novel. Part of the “Witch World” series and book 1 of the “Gryphon” trilogy.
• * _The Crystal Gryphon (Puffin 0-14-032109-8, Nov ’87, £2.50, 248pp, pb) [Witch World: Gryphon] Reissue (Atheneum 1982) juvenile fantasy novel. In the “Witch World” series. Volume 3 in the Gryphon" trilogy.
• * *Dare to Go A-Hunting (Tor 0-312-85012-3, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $17.95, 248pp, hc, cover by Victoria Poyser) [Moonsinger] Sf novel, sequel to Flight in Yiktor.
• * _Dare to Go A-Hunting (Tor 0-812-54712-8, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.95, 248pp, pb, cover by Victoria Poyser) [Moonsinger] Reprint (Tor 1989) sf novel sequel to Flight in Yiktor.
• * _Dark Piper (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31537-5, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $2.25, 221pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace & World 1968) sf adventure novel.
• * _The Defiant Agents (Ace 0-441-14229-X, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], 218pp, pb) [Time Traders] Reissue (World 1962) sf novel. 8th Ace printing. Book 3 in the “Time Traders” series.
• * _The Defiant Agents (Ace 0-441-14249-4, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $2.95, 218pp, pb) [Time Traders] Reissue (World 1962) sf novel, #3 in the “Ross Murdock” series; 9th printing.
• * _The Defiant Agents (Ace 0-441-14249-4, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $3.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Time Traders] Reissue (World 1962) sf novel, third book of the “Time Travel” series; tenth printing.
• * *Derelict for Trade (with Sherwood Smith) (Tor 0-312-85919-8, Mar ’97, $22.95, 283pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Solar Queen] SF novel in Norton’s “Solar Queen” series. The crew’s salvage claim on an abandoned ship makes them targets of an alien hijacking ring. Copyrighted by Andre Norton Ltd.
• * _Derelict for Trade (with Sherwood Smith) (Tor 0-812-55272-5, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $5.99, 283pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Solar Queen] Reprint (Tor 1997) SF novel in Norton’s “Solar Queen” series. Copyrighted by Andre Norton Ltd.
• * _Magic BooksDragon Magic (Ace 0-441-16654-7, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $2.50, 192pp, pb) Reissue (Crowell 1972) juvenile fantasy novel. 5th Ace printing.
• * _Dread Companion (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31556-1, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.50, 221pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1970) sf novel.
• * *The Elvenbane (with Mercedes R. Lackey) (Tor 0-312-85106-5, Oct ’91, $19.95, 390pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Halfblood Chronicles] Fantasy novel set in a world ruled by cruel elves, whose domination is challenged by men and halfbreed shapechanger/shamans.
• * _The Elvenbane (with Mercedes R. Lackey) (SFBC #18844, Nov ’91, $9.98, 390pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Halfblood Chronicles] Reprint (Tor 1991) fantasy novel. Similarition to the Tor edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Elvenbane (with Mercedes R. Lackey) (Tor 0-812-51175-1, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $5.99, 566pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Halfblood Chronicles] Reprint (Tor 1991) fantasy novel set in a world ruled by cruel elves.
• * _The Elvenbane (with Mercedes R. Lackey) (Grafton 0-586-21687-1, Apr ’93, £4.99, 575pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Halfblood Chronicles] Reprint (Tor 1991) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Elvenbane (with Mercedes R. Lackey) (Tor 0-812-51175-1, Jun ’95, $5.99, 566pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Halfblood Chronicles] Reissue (Tor 1991) fantasy novel. Fourth printing.
• * *Elvenblood (with Mercedes R. Lackey) (Tor 0-312-85548-6, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $22.95, 348pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Halfblood Chronicles] Fantasy novel, second book in “The Halfblood Chronicles”.
• * *Elvenblood (with Mercedes R. Lackey) (HarperCollins UK 0-00-648028-4, Jun ’95 [May ’95], £5.99, 412pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Halfblood Chronicles] Fantasy novel set in a world ruled by cruel elves. A sequel to Elvenbane. Published simultaneously with the US (Tor) edition.
• * _Elvenblood (with Mercedes R. Lackey) (SFBC #10190, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $10.98, 348pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Halfblood Chronicles] Reprint (Tor 1995) fantasy novel, second book in “The Halfblood Chronicles”. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Elvenblood (with Mercedes R. Lackey) (Tor 0-812-56319-0, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $5.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Halfblood Chronicles] Reprint (Tor 1995) fantasy novel, second book in “The Halfblood Chronicles”.
• * *Empire of the Eagle (with Susan M. Shwartz) (Tor 0-312-85169-3, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $22.95, 416pp, hc, cover by Peter Goodfellow) Historical fantasy novel of a Roman soldier enslaved by a Han emperor.
• * _Empire of the Eagle (with Susan M. Shwartz) (Tor 0-812-51393-2, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $5.99, 416pp, pb, cover by Peter Goodfellow) Reprint (Tor 1993) historical fantasy novel about an ancient Roman in China.
• * _Exiles of the Stars (Ace 0-441-22368-0, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $2.50, 249pp, pb) [Moonsinger] Reissue (Viking 1971) sf novel, sequel to Moon of Three Rings; 5th Ace printing.
• * _Eye of the Monster (Ace 0-441-22377-X, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.50, 135pp, pb) Reissue (Ace 1962) sf novella.
• * _Eye of the Monster (Ace 0-441-22378-8, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $2.75, 135pp, pb) Reissue (Ace 1962) sf novel. 4th printing.
• * *Firehand (with Pauline M. Griffin) (Tor 0-312-85313-0, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $19.95, 220pp, hc, cover by Walter Velez) [Time Traders] SF novel in the “Time Traders” series. Copyrighted by Andre Norton, Ltd.
• * _Firehand (with Pauline M. Griffin) (Tor 0-812-51984-1, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $4.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Time Traders] Reprint (Tor 1994) SF novel in the “Time Traders” series.
• * *Flight in Yiktor (Tor 0-312-93245-6, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $14.95, 251pp, hc) [Moonsinger] Sf adventure novel of magic, telepathy, and three quests, sequel to Moon of Three Rings (1966) and Exiles of the Stars (1971). Exiled Moonsinger Maelen returns to Yiktor with companions Krip Vorlund and the gutter-slave Faree, to face her people and the criminal Guild.
• * _Flight in Yiktor (Tor 0-812-54721-7, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $2.95, 251pp, pb) [Moonsinger] Reprint (Tor 1986) sf novel, sequel to Moon of Three Rings and Exile of the Stars.
• * _Flight in Yiktor (Teens 0-416-07432-4, Feb ’88, £2.50, 251pp, pb) [Moonsinger] Reprint (Tor 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Moon Magic” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Flight of Vengeance (with Pauline M. Griffin & Mary H. Schaub) (Tor 0-312-85014-X, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $21.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Dennis A. Nolan) [Witch World] Original anthology of two fantasy novels set in Norton’s “Witch World” universe bound in one book, second book of the “Witch World: The Turning” series. The books were edited by Norton and copyrighted by Andre Norton, Ltd. Contains Exile by Mary Schaub and Falcon Hope by P.M. Griffin. (Contents)
• * _Flight of Vengeance (with Pauline M. Griffin & Mary H. Schaub) (Tor 0-812-50706-1, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Dennis A. Nolan) [Witch World] Reprint (Tor 1992) original anthology of two fantasy stories set in Norton’s “Witch World” universe, second book of the “Witch World: The Turning” series. Copyrighted by Andre Norton, Ltd.
• * _Forerunner (Tor 0-812-54717-9, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $5.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Barbi Johnson) [Forerunner] Reissue (Tor 1981) SF novel. Fifth printing.
• * _Forerunner Foray (Ace 0-441-24624-9, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $2.50, 286pp, pb) [Forerunner] Reissue (Viking 1973) sf novel, third book in the “Forerunner” series.
• * _Forerunner Foray (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45176-7, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $4.50, 255pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) [Forerunner] Reprint (Viking 1973) sf novel, third book of the “Forerunner” series.
• * *Forerunner: The Second Venture (Tor 0-312-93256-1, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $13.95, 254pp, hc) [Forerunner] Sf novel, sequel to Forerunner.
• * _Forerunner: The Second Venture (SFBC #2413, Nov ’85, $6.98, 181pp, hc) [Forerunner] Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel. Sequel to Forerunner.
• * _Forerunner: The Second Venture (Tor 0-812-54747-0, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $2.95, 254pp, pb) [Forerunner] Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel, sequel to Forerunner.
• * _Fur Magic (Donald M. Grant 1-880418-20-7, May ’93 [Jul ’93], $30.00, 173pp, hc, cover by Alicia Austin) Reprint (World 1968) young-adult fantasy novel, with new illustrations by Alicia Austin. A signed slipcased limited edition (-19-3, $65.00) was announced but not seen. This is a 1992 book not seen until now. Available from Donald M. Grant, PO Box 187, Hampton Falls NH 03844.
• * _Galactic Derelict (Ace 0-441-27233-9, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.50, 246pp, pb) [Time Traders] Reissue (World 1959) sf novel, #2 in the “Ross Murdock” series; 8th Ace printing.
• * _Galactic Derelict (Ace 0-441-27234-7, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $2.95, 246pp, pb) [Time Traders] Reissue (World 1959) sf novel, #2 in the “Ross Murdock” series. 9th Ace printing since 1972.
• * _Galactic Derelict (Ace 0-441-27234-7, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $3.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Time Traders] Reissue (World 1959) sf novel; “third printing” marked inside; probably closer to the 30th printing.
• * _Garan the Eternal (DAW 0-88677-055-6, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $2.95, 206pp, pb) [Garan] Reissue (FPCI 1972) quasi-novel of fantasy, made up of 5 shorts. 6th DAW printing.