The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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OATES, JOYCE CAROL (1938- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Bingo Man (Pulphouse 1-56146-541-0, Feb ’92, $1.95, 46pp, pb, cover by Pat Morrissey) Macabre psychological horror story. This originally appeared in The Ontario Review in 1980. Short story paperback #41. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, PO Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
* *The Collector of Hearts (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-94445-1, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $23.95, 323pp, hc, cover by Jim Dine) Collection of 27 stories, subtitled New Tales of the Grotesque. (Contents)
* *Demon and Other Tales (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-82-8, Jan ’96 [Feb ’96], $4.95, 36pp, ph, cover by Jason Eckhardt) Collection of seven stories of the macabre, two original, with illustrations by Jason Eckhardt. Order from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893. (Contents)
* *First Love (Ecco Press 0-88001-457-1, Aug ’96, $18.00, 86pp, hc, cover by Barry Moser) Gothic non-fantasy horror novella, illustrated by Barry Moser.
* *Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-93655-6, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $21.95, 307pp, hc, cover by Francisco Goya) Collection of 16 stories of horror and the “grotesque,” one apparently original. With an afterword by the author. (Contents)
* _Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque (Penguin/Plume 0-452-27374-9, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $10.95, 310pp, tp, cover by Edvard Munch) Reprint (Dutton 1994) collection of 16 stories of horror and the grotesque, with an afterword by the author.
* _Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque (Penguin/Plume 0-452-27374-9, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $11.95, 310pp, tp, cover by Edvard Munch) Reissue (Dutton 1994) collection of 16 stories of horror and the grotesque, with an afterword by the author. Second printing.
* *Mysteries of Winterthurn (Dutton 0-525-24208-2, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $16.95, 482pp, hc) [Xavier Kilgarvan] Three linked Gothic/fantasy/mystery tales. (Contents)
* _Mysteries of Winterthurn (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02197-4, Jun ’84, £9.95, 496pp, hc) [Xavier Kilgarvan] Reprint (Dutton 1984) occult collection. [Not seen]
* _Mysteries of Winterthurn (Arena 0-09-940480-X, 1986 [Dec ’86], £3.95, 482pp, tp) [Xavier Kilgarvan] Reprint (Cape 1984) collection of 3 stories about Xavier Kilgarven’s investigations into bizarre crimes, all with supernatural overtones.
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* *American Gothic Tales (Penguin/Plume 0-452-27489-3, Dec ’96, $14.95, 547pp, tp, cover by Albert Pinkham Ryder) Anthology of 46 literary stories of horror and suspense, arranged chronologically. Authors include Washington Irving, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Rice, Harlan Ellison, and Stephen King. (Contents)
* *Telling Stories: An Anthology for Writers (Norton 0-393-97176-7, 1998 [Jan ’98], $34.95, 733pp, tp, cover by Grant Wood) Associational anthology of 111 stories, narrative poems, and non-fiction pieces aimed at teaching writers. There are sections on the supernatural (Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft) and on retelling myth and fairy tales (Angela Carter), but the bulk is non-genre, despite pieces from other familiar authors including Harlan Ellison, Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, and Oates herself.
O’BARR, JAMES, ed. (stories)

* *The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams (with Edward E. Kramer) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41711-9, Nov ’98, $24.00, 368pp, hc, cover by J. O’Barr) [Crow] Original anthology of 19 stories and 10 poems (one a reprint) inspired by the contemporary gothic comic book (created by O’Barr) and subsequent movie. Authors include A.A. Attanasio, Iggy Pop, John Shirley, Nancy A. Collins, Gene Wolfe, and Andrew Vachss. Stories are illustrated by 17 artists including Tom Canty, Don Maitz, and Bob Eggleton. Foreword and introduction by A.A. Attanasio, preface by Kramer. (Contents)
OBERNDORF, CHARLES (stories)

* *Foragers (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29695-7, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $5.99, 425pp, pb) SF novel. Humans study primitive aliens to learn about more advanced enemies.
* *Sheltered Lives (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29248-X, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $4.99, 450pp, pb, cover by Oscar Chichoni) Sf novel of an urban future, where a conservative government controls a sexually transmitted disease by quarantining victims in concentration camps. A first novel.
* *Testing (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56181-2, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $3.99, 134pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Sf novella set in a world where moral purity is the yardstick for success and survival.
O’BRANAGAN, DEVIN (stories)

* *Spirit Warriors (Pocket 0-671-66774-2, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $4.50, 360pp, pb) Horror novel. An ancient Hopi prophecy fortells the battle with the Antichrist.
* *Witch Hunt (Pocket 0-671-68455-8, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $4.50, 338pp, pb) Horror novel about a family of witches.
O’BRIEN, (Michael) FITZ-JAMES (1828-1862) (stories)

* *The Supernatural Tales of Fitz-James O’Brien, Vol. 1: Macabre Tales (Doubleday 0-385-24562-9, Mar ’88, 12.95, 157pp, hc) Collection of 11 stories and a poem. Edited with an introduction and notes by Jessica Amanda Salmonson. Many of these stories have appeared only in 19th-century newspapers. These two volumes and their introduction should become the standard reference on a neglected writer. (CNB) (Contents)
* *The Supernatural Tales of Fitz-James O’Brien, Vol. 2: Dream Stories and Fantasies (Doubleday 0-385-24649-8, Mar ’88, $12.95, 174pp, hc) Collection of 14 stories and a poem. Edited with an introduction and notes by Jessica Amanda Salmonson. (Contents)
O’BRIEN, FLANN; pseudonym of Brian O Nuallain, (1911-1966) (stories)

* _The Dalkey Archive (Dalkey Archive 1-56478-019-8, Mar ’93 [Jun ’93], $9.95, 204pp, tp) Reprint (MacGibbon & Kee 1964) literary fantasy novel.
O’BRIEN, RICHARD (1942- )

* *Evil (Dell 0-440-20226-4, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.50, 214pp, pb) Horror novel. Seven old schoolmates get together for a reunion and to remember one who is dead.
* *Evil (Dell 0-440-20226-4, Jan ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.50, 214pp, pb) Horror novel about a high school reunion — including the nerd who died 15 years before.
O’BRIEN, ROBERT C.; pseudonym of Robert Lesly Carroll Conly, (1922-1973) (chron.)

* _Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Puffin 0-14-036614-8, Oct ’94, £4.25, 235pp, pb, cover by Justin Todd) [Rats of NIMH] Reprint (Atheneum 1971) young-adult fantasy novel, with an Afterword by Nick Tucker.
* _The Silver Crown (Macmillan Collier 0-02-044651-9, Oct ’88, $3.95, 263pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1968) young-adult sf adventure novel. This edition has an extra alternate ending used in the 1973 Gollancz edition.
* _Z for Zachariah (Collier 0-02-044650-0, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $3.95, 249pp, pb) Reissue (Atheneum 1974) sf novel, winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award.
* _Z for Zachariah (Lions 0-00-671081-6, Jul ’91 [Aug ’91], £2.99, 267pp, pb) Reissue (Atheneum 1974) young-adult sf novel. 25th printing.
* _Z for Zachariah (Puffin UK 0-14-130031-0, Feb ’98, £4.99, 192pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Atheneum 1974) young-adult SF novel.
O’BRIEN, SEAN (Thomas), ed. (1965- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Printer’s Devil A Magazine of New Writing: Issue D (with Stephen Plaice & Eva Salzman) (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-060-X, Aug ’94 [Sep ’94], £4.99, 126pp, pb, cover by Steve Xerri) Literary anthology of sf, fantasy, fiction, verse, and opinion. (Contents)
O’BRIEN, (William) TIM(othy) (1946- ) (stories)

* *The Nuclear Age (Collins 0-00-223015-1, Mar ’86 [1986], £10.95, 320pp, hc) Literary sf novel. [Not seen]
* _The Nuclear Age (Flamingo 0-00-654188-7, Apr ’87, £3.95, 312pp, tp) Reprint (Collins 1986) futuristic literary novel.
OBSTFELD, RAYMOND (1952- )

* *The Reincarnation of Reece Erikson (Tor 0-812-58658-1, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.95, 312pp, pb) Horror novel about an Olympic contender possessed by the spirit of an ancient Norseman.
O’CALLAGHAN, (Helen) MAXINE (1937- ) (stories)

* *The Bogeyman (Tor 0-812-52350-4, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $3.95, 320pp, pb) Horror novel.
* *Dark Time (Diamond 1-55773-755-X, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $4.99, 266pp, pb) Horror novel of a monstrous creature menacing a small town.
* *Dark Visions (Tor 0-812-52352-0, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.95, 346pp, pb) Horror novel about a psychic who experiences a murder — and is marked as the next victim.
OCAMPO, SILVINA, ed. (1903- ) (stories)

* _The Book of Fantasy (with Adolfo Bioy Casares & Jorge Luís Borges) See entry under Jorge Luís Borges.
* _The Book of Fantasy (with Jorge Luís Borges & Adolfo Bioy Casares) See entry under Jorge Luís Borges.
OCHOA, GEORGE

* *The Writer’s Guide to Creating a Science Fiction Universe (with Jeffrey Osier) (Writer’s Digest Books 0-89879-536-2, Mar ’93 [Apr ’93], $18.95, 314pp, hc) Non-fiction, a guide to world-building, mostly simple science with references to various sf books. Available from Writer’s Digest Books, 1507 Dana Ave., Cincinnati OH 45207. Credit card orders 1-800-289-0963.
O’CONNELL, E. JAY, ed.; [i.e., Edward James O’Connell, III] (1963- ) (stories)

* *Critical Mass Anthology (E. Jay O’Connell, Jan ’96, free, unpaginated, HTML) On-line anthology available at http://www.tiac.net/users/Ejay/ANTHO.HTML. (Contents)
O’CONNELL, NICHOLAS

* *At the Field’s End: Interviews with 20 Pacific Northwest Writers (Madrona 0-88089-026-6, Oct ’87, $12.95, 322pp, tp) Associational: non-fiction, book of interviews of authors including Jean M. Auel, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Tom Robbins. Also announced in hardcover.
O’CONNOR, STEPHEN (stories)

* *Rescue (Crown/Harmony 0-517-57203-6, May ’89, $17.95, 180pp, hc) Literary collection of 12 stories, many with sf or fantasy elements. (Contents)
O’DAY-FLANNERY, CONSTANCE

* *Once in a Lifetime (Zebra 0-8217-3565-9, Nov ’91 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 448pp, pb) Fantasy romance. When her husband leaves her, a woman is haunted by her teenage sweetheart, back from the dead after 20 years to help her find love again.
* *A Time for Love (Zebra 0-8217-3295-1, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 466pp, pb) Time-travel romance of a modern woman who goes back to 1876 Texas and falls in love.
* *Time-Kept Promises (Zebra 0-8217-2422-3, Jul ’88, $3.95, 512pp, pb) Evil-twin time travel fantasy romance. Tv personality Kristine Gavin finds herself in 1871 Virginia, where she is mistaken for her evil twin by the twin’s angry husband. When all three end up back in contemporary Philadelphia, chaos naturally ensues.
* *Timeless Passion (Zebra 0-8217-1837-1, Jun ’86, $3.95, 493pp, pb) Time travel/romance novel. The heroine has an accident and wakes up in 19th century Louisiana.
* *Timeswept Lovers (Zebra 0-8217-2057-0, Apr ’87, $3.95, 492pp, pb) Time travel/romance/fantasy novel of a lady railroad owner swept into the past, “and into the arms of the original Marlboro man!”
O’DEA, GREGORY, ed.

* _Iconoclastic Departures: Mary Shelley After Frankenstein: Essays in Honor of the Bicentenary of Mary Shelley’s Birth (with Syndy M. Conger & Frederick S. Frank) See entry under Syndy M. Conger
ODGERS, SALLY FARRELL

* *Aurora (HarperCollinsAustralia/Moonstone 0-7322-5127-3, May ’95 [Apr ’95], A$9.95, 130pp, pb, cover by Tony Pyrzakowski) Young-adult SF story about a human-seeming orphaned alien girl secretly raised by humans.
ODIER, DANIEL (1945- )

* *Cannibal Kiss (Random House 0-394-57595-4, Nov ’89, $16.95, 179pp, hc, cover by Loretta Leiva) Surrealistic literary fantasy novel of an author’s character coming to life. Odier is better known as Delacorta, author of Diva. Translated from the French by Lanie Goodman. A first English translation, this originally appeared from Fayard-Mazarine in 1987 as Le Baiser Cannibale.
ODOM, MEL(vin Lewis, III) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Blade (HarperPrism 0-06-105913-7, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $5.99, 343pp, pb) SF vampire movie novelization based on a comic book. Copyrighted by New Line Cinema.
* _Blade (Boxtree 0-7522-2467-0, Nov ’98, £4.99, 343pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism 1998) novelization of the film based on a Marvel Comics vampire character. Copyrighted by New Line Cinema. [First U.K. edition]
* *F.R.E.E.FALL (TSR 0-7869-0493-3, May ’96, $5.99, 313pp, tp, cover by Robh Ruppel) [F.R.E.E.Lancers] SF high-tech adventure novel, sequel to F.R.E.E.Lancers.
* *F.R.E.E.Lancers (TSR 0-7869-0113-6, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $4.95, 311pp, tp, cover by Robh Ruppel) [F.R.E.E.Lancers] SF novelization based on the “Top Secret/S.I.” role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
* *Forgotten Realms: The Lost Library of Cormanthyr (TSR 0-7869-0735-5, Mar ’98, $5.99, 315pp, tp, cover by Alan Pollack) [Forgotten Realms] Novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game. “Lost Empires” #1. Copyrighted by TSR.
* *Lethal Interference (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45154-6, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $5.50, 379pp, pb) [Lethal Interference] Sf police procedural set in near-future Dallas.
* _Omega Blue (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-100616-5, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $3.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) Sf adventure thriller set in a 21st-century America whose economy has collapsed, featuring an independent team fighting corruption and high-tech crime.
* *Omega Score (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-100617-3, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $3.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) Associational thriller about high-tech terrorism.
* *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Harvest Moon (Pocket Archway 0-671-02119-2, Oct ’98, $4.50, 161pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Young-adult novelization, 15th in the series based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions.
* *Shadowrun: Headhunters (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45614-9, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $5.99, 293pp, pb, cover by Les Dorscheid) [Shadowrun] Novelization based on the role-playing game. #27 in the series. Copyrighted by FASA.
* *Shadowrun: Preying for Keeps (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45374-3, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $5.50, 291pp, pb, cover by Carl Galian) [Shadowrun] Novelization, #21 in the series based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by FASA.
* *Stalker Analog (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45257-7, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $5.50, 367pp, pb) [Lethal Interference] Sf police procedural set in a near-future Houston terrorized by a serial killer, a sequel to Lethal Interference.
* _Time Police #3: Stranded! (with Warren C. Norwood) See entry under Warren C. Norwood
O’DONNELL, ELLIOTT (1872-1965) (stories)

* _Strange Disappearances (Carol Publishing Group/Citadel Twilight 0-8065-1140-0, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $9.95, 297pp, tp, cover by René Magritte) Reprint (University 1972) collection of 13 tales of “real” mysterious disappearances, told as fiction. (Contents)
O’DONNELL, JAMES

* _Unicornis: On the History and Truth of the Unicorn (with Michael Green) See entry under Michael Green.
O’DONNELL, KEVIN, Jr. (1950- ) (stories)

* *Fire on the Border (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45030-2, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $4.50, 368pp, pb) Military sf adventure novel.
* _The Journeys of McGill Feighan, Book I: Caverns (Berkley 0-425-07469-2, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $2.75, 214pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley 1981) sf novel; 4th printing.
* _The Journeys of McGill Feighan, Book III: Lava (Berkley 0-425-07470-6, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $2.75, 232pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley 1982) sf novel; 2nd printing.
* *The Journeys of McGill Feighan, Book IV: Cliffs (Berkley 0-425-08387-X, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 246pp, pb) Sf novel, latest in a series. Teleporter/Flinger McGill works to save an alien race from plague, against the schemes of the Organization.
* *ORA:CLE (Berkley 0-425-07260-6, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $2.95, 343pp, pb) Sf novel.
* _ORA:CLE (Grafton 0-586-06677-2, Aug ’86, £2.95, 343pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1984) sf novel. 1987 Prix Litteraire Mannesmann Tally—Best novel concerning information technology published in France in 1986.
* _The Shelter (with Mary Kittredge) See entry under Mary Kittredge.
O’DONNELL, PETER (1920- )

* _The Silver Mistress (Tor 0-812-58650-6, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $3.50, 284pp, pb) [Modesty Blaise] Reprint (Souvenir 1973) quasi-fantasy thriller in the “Modesty Blaise” series.
O’DONOHOE, NICK; [i.e., Nicholas Benjamin O’Donohoe] (1952- ) (stories)

* *The Healing of Crossroads (Ace 0-441-00391-5, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $5.99, 321pp, pb, cover by Vincent Segrelles) [Crossroads] Fantasy novel, third in the “Crossroads” series about veterinarians in a fantasy world.
* *The Magic and the Healing (Ace 0-441-00053-3, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $4.99, 324pp, pb, cover by Vincent Segrelles) [Crossroads] Fantasy novel. A veterinary student enters a fantasy world in order to help an injured unicorn and other fantastical creatures.
* *Too, Too Solid Flesh (TSR 0-88038-767-X, Nov ’89, $3.95, 339pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) Sf/mystery novel set in an android repertory troupe performing Shakespeare.
* *Under the Healing Sign (Ace 0-441-00180-7, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $4.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Vincent Segrelles) [Crossroads] Fantasy novel, second in the “Crossroads” series. Veterinarians help mythic creatures flee as Crossroads is invaded.
OESTREICHER, JOY E., ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Air Fish (with Richard Singer) (Catseye Books 0-9631755-2-1, Nov ’93, $16.95, 320pp, tp, cover by Shaun Tan) Mostly original anthology of experimental speculative fiction and poetry, with b&w illustrations by various artists. Available from Catseye Books, 904 Old Town Court, Cupertino CA 95014-4024. (Contents)
* *Alpha Gallery (with Mark Rich, David Memmott & Charmaine Parsons) (SPWAO no ISBN, 1990 [Apr ’91], $8.95, 213pp, tp, cover by Steven Fick) Anthology of 63 stories, poems, covers, etc. from small press publications plus a list of addresses of the better small press magazines. (Contents)

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