The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

BALLARD, J(ames) G(raham) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _The Day of Creation (Grafton 0-586-20100-9, 1988 [May ’88], £2.50, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1987) associational novel. Special ‘Open Market’ edition, not available in the UK.
• * +The Day of Creation (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-13527-4, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $17.95, 254pp, hc) Non-sf, associational novel. First American edition (Gollancz 1987).
• * _The Day of Creation (Grafton 0-586-20100-9, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], £2.99, 287pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1987) associational novel.
• * _The Day of Creation (Macmillan Collier 0-02-041514-1, May ’89 [Mar ’89], $7.95, 254pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1987) quasi-science fictional mainstream novel.
• * _The Day of Creation (Flamingo 0-00-654594-7, Oct ’93, £5.99, 287pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Gollancz 1987) associational novel.
• * _The Day of Forever (Gollancz 0-575-03770-9, Mar ’86, £8.95, 126pp, hc) Reprint (Panther 1967) collection, first hc edition. Note: later Panther editions have slightly different contents.
• * _The Day of Forever (Flamingo 0-586-08991-8, Jun ’95, £5.99, 126pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Panther 1967) collection of 10 SF stories.
• * _The Disaster Area (Paladin 0-586-09071-1, Mar ’92, £4.99, 191pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Cape 1967) collection of nine sf stories.
• * _The Drought (Paladin 0-586-08996-9, Mar ’90, £3.99, 188pp, tp, cover by James Marsh) Reissue (Cape 1965) sf novel.
• * _The Drought (Flamingo 0-586-08996-9, Oct ’93, £5.99, 188pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Cape 1965) sf novel. An expanded version of The Burning World (Berkley 1964).
• * _The Drowned World (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-324-5, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.95, 175pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1962) surreal sf novel. This was Ballard’s first novel.
• * _The Drowned World (J.M. Dent 0-460-02257-1, Aug ’92, £3.50, 175pp, tp, cover by Nick Hardcastle) Reissue (Berkley 1962) sf novel.
• * _The Drowned World (Phoenix 1-85799-026-9, Mar ’93, £4.99, 175pp, tp, cover by Henri Rousseau) Reprint (Berkley 1962) sf novel.
• * _The Drowned World (Gollancz/Indigo 0-575-40129-X, Nov ’97, £5.99, 175pp, tp, cover by Gary Day-Ellison) Reprint (Berkley 1962) SF novel.
• * *Empire of the Sun (Gollancz 0-575-03483-1, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], £8.95, 278pp, hc) [Empire of the Sun] Non-sf/fantasy, a mainstream autobiographical novel of associational interest.
• * +Empire of the Sun (Simon & Schuster 0-671-53051-8, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $16.95, 279pp, hc) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (Gollancz 1984), first U.S. edition. This is of associational interest, an auto-biographical novel of Ballard’s youth in World War II Shanghai.
• * _Empire of the Sun (Washington Square Press 0-671-53053-4, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $4.50, 375pp, pb) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) autobiographical novel; non-sf, associational.
• * _Empire of the Sun (QPB/Simon & Schuster no ISBN, Dec ’85, $7.95, 279pp, pb) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) associational item, a non-sf/fantasy novel by a renowned sf author. Identical to the Simon & Schuster edition, with the jacket printed as the paperback cover.
• * _Empire of the Sun (Pocket 0-671-64877-2, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $4.50, 384pp, pb) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (Gollancz 1985). Non-sf, associational — autobiographical novel.
• * _Empire of the Sun (Grafton 0-586-06430-3, Feb ’88, £2.95, 351pp, pb) [Empire of the Sun] Reissue (Gollancz 1984) mainstream novel. Film tie-in edition.
• * _Empire of the Sun (Grafton 0-586-06430-3, Oct ’92, £4.99, 351pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Empire of the Sun] Reissue (Gollancz 1984) associational autobiographical novel.
• * _Empire of the Sun (Flamingo 0-00-654700-1, Sep ’94 [Oct ’94], £5.99, 351pp, tp, cover by Eitan Lee Al) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) associational autobiographical novel.
• * +Hello America (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-455-1, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $17.95, 224pp, hc) Surreal sf novel. First U.S. edition (Cape 1981).
• * _Hello America (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-547-7, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.95, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1981) surreal sf novel.
• * _Hello America (Paladin 0-586-09022-3, Apr ’90, £4.50, 236pp, tp, cover by James Marsh) Reissue (Jonathan Cape 1981) sf novel.
• * _Hello America (Flamingo 0-586-09022-3, Feb ’93, £5.99, 236pp, tp) Reprint (Cape 1981) sf novel.
• * _Hello America (Vintage UK 0-09-926591-5, Jul ’94, £5.99, 224pp, pb, cover by John Morris) Reprint (Cape 1981) surreal SF novel. Includes a new introduction by Ballard.
• * _High Rise (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-400-4, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 173pp, pb) [Crash] Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1975) sf horror novel.
• * _High-Rise (Flamingo 0-586-04456-6, Feb ’93, £5.99, 173pp, tp) [Crash] Reprint (Cape 1975) sf novel.
• * *The Kindness of Women (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223771-7, Sep ’91, £14.99, 286pp, hc, cover by Peter Maynard) [Empire of the Sun] Autobiographical novel, paralleling Ballard’s life during the 1960’s. Recommended. (PSP) Sequel to Empire of the Sun.
• * +The Kindness of Women (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-18110-1, Oct ’91, $19.95, 343pp, hc) [Empire of the Sun] Associational mainstream novel, sequel to Empire of the Sun. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1991).
• * _The Kindness of Women (Grafton 0-586-21099-7, Oct ’92, £4.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1991) associational autobiographical novel, paralleling Ballard’s life during the 1960’s. Sequel to Empire of the Sun.
• * _The Kindness of Women (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-647114-0, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $10.95, 343pp, tp) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1991) associational autobiographical novel, sequel to Empire of the Sun.
• * _The Kindness of Women (Flamingo 0-00-654701-X, Sep ’94 [Oct ’94], £5.99, 348pp, tp, cover by Eitan Lee Al) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1991) associational autobiographical novel.
• * _Low-Flying Aircraft (Flamingo 0-586-04503-1, Dec ’92, £4.99, 191pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Cape 1976) sf collection.
• * *Memories of the Space Age (Arkham House 0-87054-157-9, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $16.95, 216pp, hc) Collection of eight stories, illustrated by J.K. Potter. This is the negative aspects of the age of space as only Ballard could interpret it. (CNB) (Contents)
• * _Myths of the Near Future (Paladin 0-586-09112-2, Nov ’91 [Dec ’91], £4.99, 205pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Cape 1982) sf collection.
• * _Myths of the Near Future (Vintage UK 0-09-933471-2, Apr ’94 [Jun ’94], £5.99, 205pp, tp, cover by John Morris) Reprint (Cape 1982) SF collection. Includes a new introduction by Ballard.
• * *Running Wild (Hutchinson 0-09-173498-3, Nov ’88, £5.95, 72pp, hc) Fascinating novella about a housing estate where all the adults have been murdered and all the children have vanished. Illustrated throughout by Janet Woolley. Strongly recommended. (PSP)
• * +Running Wild (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-25288-2, Nov ’89, $12.95, 104pp, hc) Associational thriller novella, illustrated by Janet Woolley. First American edition (Hutchinson 1988).
• * _Running Wild (Arena 0-09-973050-2, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], £3.50, 80pp, tp, cover by Ivan Allen) Reprint (Hutchinson 1988) novella about a housing estate where the adults have all been murdered and the children have vanished. Only marginally sf, but classic Ballard.
• * _Running Wild (Flamingo 0-00-654819-9, Jan ’97, £4.99, 106pp, tp) Reprint (Hutchinson 1988) SF novel.
• * *Rushing to Paradise (Flamingo 0-00-224134-X, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], £14.99, 239pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Associational ecological satire.
• * +Rushing to Paradise (St. Martin’s/Picador 0-312-13164-X, May ’95, $21.00, 239pp, hc, cover by Jeremy Wolff) Associational novel about a Utopian compound set up on a remote tropical island. First American edition (Flamingo UK 1994).
• * _Rushing to Paradise (Flamingo 0-00-654814-8, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], £5.99, 239pp, pb, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Flamingo 1994) associational ecological satire.
• * _Rushing to Paradise (St. Martin’s/Picador 0-312-13415-0, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $12.00, 239pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 1994) associational novel about a Utopian compound on a remote tropical island.
• * _The Terminal Beach (Gollancz 0-575-03514-5, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], £8.95, 221pp, hc) Reissue (Gollancz 1964) collection. This differs from the earlier American paperback Terminal Beach (Berkley 1964).
• * _The Terminal Beach (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-370-9, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $3.50, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1964) collection of 12 stories. This differs from the earlier Berkley edition, Terminal Beach (no The) in contents.
• * _The Terminal Beach (J.M. Dent 0-460-02265-2, Aug ’92, £3.99, 221pp, tp, cover by James Marsh) Reissue (Gollancz 1964) sf collection. This differs in content from the American first, Terminal Beach (Berkley 1964), although the most recent US edition (Carroll & Graf) follows the British.
• * _The Terminal Beach (Phoenix 1-85799-021-8, Mar ’93, £4.99, 221pp, tp, cover by Salvador Dali) Reprint (Gollancz 1964) sf collection. This differs from the earlier American edition of Terminal Beach (Berkeley 1984).
• * _The Terminal Beach (Gollancz/Indigo 0-575-40131-1, Nov ’97, £5.99, 221pp, tp, cover by Gary Day-Ellison) Reprint (Gollancz 1964) SF collection. This differs from the earlier Terminal Beach (Berkley 1964),
• * _The Unlimited Dream Company (Washington Square Press 0-671-60537-2, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $4.50, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1979) surrealistic fantasy novel.
• * _The Unlimited Dream Company (Paladin 0-586-08995-0, Mar ’90, £3.99, 220pp, tp, cover by James Marsh) Reissue (Cape 1979) surrealistic fantasy novel.
• * _The Unlimited Dream Company (Flamingo 0-586-08995-0, Dec ’92, £5.99, 220pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Cape 1979) sf novel.
• * *A User’s Guide to the Millennium (HarperCollins UK 0-00-255552-2, Jan ’96 [Apr ’96], £18.00, 304pp, hc, cover by Stuart Haygarth) Non-fiction collection of reviews and essays. Only one section is on SF.
• * _A User’s Guide to the Millennium (Flamingo 0-00-654821-0, Jan ’97 [Mar ’97], £6.99, 304pp, tp, cover by Stuart Haygarth) Reprint (Flamingo 1996) associational non-fiction collection of articles, some on SF.
• * +A User’s Guide to the Millennium: Essays and Reviews (St. Martin’s/Picador 0-312-14440-7, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $23.00, 304pp, hc) Associational collection of reviews and essays. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1996).
• * _A User’s Guide to the Millennium: Essays and Reviews (St. Martin’s/Picador 0-312-15683-9, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $14.00, 304pp, tp) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1996) associational collection of reviews and essays.
• * _The Venus Hunters (Gollancz 0-575-03771-7, Oct ’86, £8.95, 142pp, hc) Reprint (Panther 1980) sf collection. First hardcover edition.
• * _The Venus Hunters (Flamingo 0-586-05187-2, Dec ’92, £4.99, 142pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Panther 1980) sf collection.
• * _Vermilion Sands (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-422-5, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.95, 208pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1973) collection of stories set in a futuristic resort colony. This differs from the earlier Berkley edition (1971) by one story plus the order.
• * _Vermilion Sands (Phoenix 1-85799-005-6, Sep ’92, £4.99, 208pp, tp, cover by René Magritte) Reprint (Berkley 1971) sf collection. This edition follows the revised contents of the 1973 Cape edition.
• * _The Voices of Time (Gollancz 0-575-03515-3, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], £8.95, 197pp, hc) Reissue (Gollancz 1974 as The Four-Dimensional Nightmare) collection. It differs from the earlier version, The Four-Dimensional Nightmare (Gollancz 1963) by two stories and also differs from The Voices of Time and Other Stories (Berkley 1962).
• * _The Voices of Time (Phoenix 1-85799-000-5, Sep ’92, £4.99, 197pp, tp, cover by Salvador Dali) Reprint (Gollancz 1963 as The Four-Dimensional Nightmare) sf collection. This edition follows the revised contents of the 1974 Gollancz edition.
• * _The Voices of Time (Gollancz/Indigo 0-575-40130-3, Nov ’97, £5.99, 197pp, tp, cover by Gary Day-Ellison) Reprint (Gollancz 1974 as The Four-Dimensional Nightmare) SF collection of eight stories. This is different from both the 1962 Berkley and the 1963 Gollancz editions. (Contents)
• * *War Fever (Collins 0-00-223770-9, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], £12.95, 176pp, hc, cover by Peter Maynard) Collection of 14 sf stories from obscure sources, most previously uncollected. (Contents)
• * +War Fever (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-28645-0, Apr ’91, $18.95, 176pp, hc, cover by Peter Maynard) Collection of 14 sf stories. First American edition (Collins 1990).
• * _War Fever (Paladin 0-586-09063-0, Sep ’91, £4.99, 176pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Collins 1990) sf collection.
• * _War Fever (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $8.95, 176pp, tp, cover by Peter Maynard) Reprint (Collins 1990) collection of 14 sf stories. This is identical to the 1991 Farrar, Straus and Giroux edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the dust jacket printed as the soft cover.

BALLENTINE, LEE (Kenney) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dream Protocols (Talisman 0-9626708-1-2, Oct ’92 [Aug ’92], $9.95, 95pp, tp, cover by Richard Kadrey) Collection of 36 poems, most with sf allusions. A limited hardcover edition (-2-0) was announced but not seen. Order from Talisman, Box 321, Beech Grove IN 46107. (Contents)

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• * *Poly: New Speculative Writing (Ocean View Books 0-938075-05-5, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $16.95, 319pp, tp) Original anthology of speculative writing that includes prose works, drama, poetry (mostly), a filmscript and an interview. Contributors include Ray Bradbury, Thomas M. Disch, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Bruce Boston. A hardcover edition (-08-X, $40.00) of 200 copies was announced but not seen. (Contents)

BALZAC, HONORÉ; de (1799-1850) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Quest of the Absolute (Dedalus 0-946626-54-5, Mar ’90, £4.95, 226pp, tp, cover by Tim Gray) Reprint (J. Winchester 1844 as The Philosopher’s Stone) literary fantasy novel about a family ruined by the father’s obsession with alchemy. This edition is translated by Ellen Marriage and has an introduction and chronology by Christopher Smith.
• * _Séraphita (Dedalus 0-946626-53-7, Mar ’90, £4.95, 316pp, tp) Reprint (??? 1834) literary fantasy collection. This edition is translated by Clara Bell, has an introduction by David Blow, and is available in the US from Hippocrene Books. (Contents)

BANERJI, SARA (Ann) (1932- )

• * *Cobwebwalking (Gollancz 0-575-03702-4, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £8.95, 176pp, hc) Post-nuclear literary fantasy novel (it’s not billed as sf).
• * _Cobwebwalking (Black Swan 0-552-99220-8, Jul ’87, £3.95, 143pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1986) literary fantasy novel.
• * +Cobwebwalking (Adler & Adler 0-917561-40-6, Oct ’87, $15.95, 155pp, hc) Literary sf/fantasy novel of a girl’s special bond with nature, and what she does after the holocaust. First U.S. edition (Gollancz 1986).
• * *The Tea-Planter’s Daughter (Gollancz 0-575-04237-0, Jul ’88 [Sep ’88], £11.95, 190pp, hc) Literary occult novel.

BANGS, JOHN KENDRICK (1862-1922) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Olympian Nights (Greenhill 0-947898-38-7, Sep ’86, £8.95, 225pp, hc) Reprint (Harper 1902) humorous fantasy novel. Afterword by Brian Stableford. Reproduction of original edition.

BANK, AARON (1902-2004)

• * _Knight’s Cross (with E. M. Nathanson) See entry under E. M. Nathanson

BANKS, DAVID (stories)

• * *Doctor Who: Cybermen (Virgin 0-352-32738-3, Sep ’90, £8.99, 144pp, tp) [Doctor Who] Non-fiction book about the Cybermen - one of Doctor Who’s more persistent foes; with a preface by Andrew Skilleter and an introduction by Gerry Davis.
• * *Iceberg (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20392-5, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], £4.50, 253pp, pb, cover by Andrew Skilleter) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.

BANKS, IAIN (Menzies) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Against a Dark Background (Orbit 1-85723-031-0, May ’93 [Apr ’93], £15.99, 487pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) Downbeat sf novel about the quest for the fabled Lazy Gun. Recommended (PSP).
• * +Against a Dark Background (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29225-0, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $5.99, 515pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) Far-future sf novel about the search for the deadly Lazy Gun. First American edition (Orbit 1993).
• * _Against a Dark Background (TSP #2386001, Dec ’93, £8.99, 487pp, tp) Reprint (Orbit 1993) sf novel. This is a bookclub edition. [Not seen]
• * _Against a Dark Background (Orbit 1-85723-185-6, Jan ’94, £8.99, 487pp, tp, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reprint (Orbit 1993) downbeat sf novel about the quest for the fabled Lazy Gun.
• * _Against a Dark Background (Orbit 1-85723-179-1, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], £6.99, 487pp, pb) Reprint (Orbit 1993) downbeat SF novel about the quest for the fabled lazygun.
• * *The Bridge (Macmillan UK 0-333-41285-0, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £9.95, 259pp, hc) Bizarre fantasy about a car crash victim suffering amnesia.
• * _The Bridge (Pan 0-330-30075-X, Jul ’87, £2.95, 286pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1986) novel with sf touches.
• * _The Bridge (Futura 0-7088-8303-6, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], £4.99, 288pp, tp) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1986) literary fantasy novel.
• * +The Bridge (St. Martin’s 0-312-02881-4, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $16.95, 309pp, hc) Bizarre satirical literary novel about a car-crash victim’s science fictional trauma-induced hallucinations. First American edition (Macmillan UK 1986).
• * _The Bridge (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100108-2, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $4.50, 441pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1986) literary novel about a car-crash victim’s science fictional trauma-induced hallucinations.
• * _The Bridge (Abacus 0-349-10215-5, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], £4.99, 288pp, tp, cover by Peter Brown) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1986) literary novel with sf touches.
• * _The Bridge (HarperPrism 0-06-105358-9, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $10.00, 245pp, tp, cover by John Ennis) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1986) literary fantasy/hallucinatory novel. The author writes SF as Iain M. Banks.
• * *Canal Dreams (Macmillan 0-333-51768-7, Aug ’89, £12.95, 198pp, hc) Associational mainstream novel.
• * _Canal Dreams (Abacus 0-349-10171-X, Jul ’90, £4.50, 198pp, tp, cover by Leslie Howell) Reprint (Macmillan 1989) mainstream novel of associational interest.
• * +Canal Dreams (Doubleday 0-385-41814-0, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $19.00, 198pp, hc, cover by A. Bascove) Associational mainstream novel possibly set in the near future. First American edition (Macmillan UK 1989).
• * *Cleaning Up (Birmingham Science Fiction Group no ISBN, Nov ’87, no price, ph) Original short story issued in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies, to coincide with Banks’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 17.