The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

O’FAOLÁIN, SEÁN; [born John Whelan] (1900-1991) (stories)

• * _And Again? (Birch Lane 1-55972-003-4, Aug ’89, $16.95, 287pp, hc) Literary fantasy—a man avoids death by living his life backwards. First American edition (British 1979).

OFFUTT, ANDREW J(efferson, V) (1934- ); see pseudonym John Cleve (stories)

• * _Conan #15: The Sword of Skelos (Ace 0-441-11480-6, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $2.95, 192pp, pb) [Conan] Reprint (Bantam 1979) heroic fantasy novel based on the Robert E. Howard character.
• * _Conan the Mercenary (Sphere 0-7221-6514-5, Jul ’89 [Aug ’89], £2.99, 191pp, pb, cover by Blas Gallego) [Conan] Reissue (Sphere 1980) fantasy novelization. Volume 15 in the “Conan” series.
• * _Conan: The Sword of Skelos (Sphere 0-7221-2943-2, Mar ’89 [Jun ’89], £2.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Blas Gallego) [Conan] Reissue (Bantam 1979) fantasy novel. Volume 16 in the “Conan” series.
• * _Conan: The Sword of Skelos (Ace 0-441-11480-6, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $3.95, 192pp, pb, cover by Royo) [Conan] Reissue (Bantam 1979) fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s character; 15th printing.
• * *Deathknight (Ace 0-441-14159-5, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.50, 225pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) Sword and sorcery novel.
• * _The Mists of Doom (Ace 0-441-53504-6, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.50, 255pp, pb) [Cormac Mac Art] Reissue (Zebra 1977) “Cormac Mac Art” heroic fantasy novel, based on a Robert E. Howard character.
• * *The Shadow of Sorcery (Ace 0-441-76026-0, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [*Thieves’ World] Fantasy novelization continuing the “Thieves’ World” shared-world series, second book by Offutt featuring the thief Shadowspawn.
• * *Shadowspawn (Ace 0-441-76039-2, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 278pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World] Shared-world fantasy novel; the fourth “Thieves’ World” novel.
• * _The Sign of the Moonbow (Ace 0-441-76354-5, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $2.50, 255pp, pb) [Cormac Mac Art] Reissue (Zebra 1977) fantasy novel based on characters from Robert E. Howard, “Cormac Mac Art” #7.
• * _The Sword of the Gael (Ace 0-441-79143-3, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.50, 251pp, pb) [Cormac Mac Art] Reissue (Zebra 1975) fantasy novel, “Cormac Mac Art” #5; based on a Robert E. Howard character. 3rd Ace printing.
• * _The Tower of Death (with Keith Taylor) (Ace 0-441-81925-7, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.50, 246pp, pb) [Cormac Mac Art] Reissue (Ace 1982) fantasy novel based on a Robert E. Howard character.
• * _The Undying Wizard (Ace 0-441-84515-0, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.50, 218pp, pb) [Cormac Mac Art] Reissue (Zebra 1976) fantasy novel of Cormac Mac Art, based on a Robert E. Howard character; 4th Ace printing.
• * _When Death Birds Fly (with Keith Taylor) (Ace 0-441-88088-6, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $2.95, 295pp, pb) [Cormac Mac Art] Reissue (Ace 1980) heroic fantasy novel, #3 in the “Cormac Mac Art” series, based on the Robert E. Howard character.

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• * _Swords Against Darkness 1 (Zebra 0-8217-2972-1, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $3.95, 288pp, pb, cover by Frank Frazetta) Reissue (Zebra 1977) anthology of eight sword and sorcery stories; third printing.

OGDEN, MARGARET (Astrid Lindholm) (1952- ); see under Lindholm, Megan (stories) (chron.)

OGILVY, DAVID

• * _Escape from Jupiter (BBC Children’s Books 0-563-40430-2, May ’95, £3.99, 160pp, pb) Reprint (ABC Books 1994) SF novelization of the juvenile TV serial. [First U.K. edition]

OGIWARA, NORIKO

• * *Dragon Sword and Wind Child (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-30466-1, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $17.00, 329pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a young girl whose life is claimed by both the God of Light and the People of Darkness. Translated from the Japanese by Cathy Hirano, this was originally published as Sorairo-Magatama (Fukutake 1988).

O’GREEN, JENNIFER MITCHELL ROBERSON; see under Roberson, Jennifer (stories) (chron.)

O’GRIOFA, MAIRTIN, ed. (stories)

• * *Celtic Tales of Terror (New York: Sterling Pub. Co., Inc. 0-8069-0868-8, 1994, 144pp, hc) (Contents)

O’HAR, GEORGE M.

• * *Psychic Fair (Pocket 0-671-67601-6, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 324pp, pb) Horror novel about a boy medium haunted by a Civil War-era ghost.

OHLANDER, BEN (stories) (chron.)

• * _Enemy of My Enemy (with David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake
• * _Wing Commander: The Price of Freedom (with William R. Forstchen) See entry under William R. Forstchen

O’KEEFE, CLAUDIA (Diane) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Black Snow Days (Ace 0-441-06689-5, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $3.95, 344pp, pb, cover by Kevin Jankauski) Post-apocalypse sf novel; a first novel.

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• * *Ghosttide (Revenant Books 0-944494-22-6, Jan ’93, $12.50, 221pp, tp, cover by Alan M. Clark) Anthology of 15 horror stories, all but two new, presented in an oversize trade paperback format, with an introduction by the editor. Available from Revenant Books, PO Box 55024, Sherman Oaks CA 91413. (Contents)

OKRAND, MARC (1948- )

• * _The Klingon Dictionary (Pocket 0-671-74559-X, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $10.00, 191pp, tp) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1985) English-Klingon/Klingon-English dictionary cataloging the created language from the Star Trek series and films. This edition is revised and updated to include material from the Star Trek, the Next Generation TV series and the Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country film.
• * *Star Trek: The Klingon Dictionary (Pocket 0-671-54349-0, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $3.95, 172pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek tie-in. English-Klingon/Klingon-English “lexicon of familiar expressions with a complete grammar handbook and pronunciation key.”
• * *Star Trek: The Klingon Way (Pocket 0-671-53755-5, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $12.00, 192pp, tp) [Star Trek] Quasi-fiction book of sayings in English and Klingon. Subtitled “A Warrior’s Guide”. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

OKRI, BEN(jamin) (1959- )

• * *The Famished Road (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02701-8, Feb ’91 [Mar ’91], £13.99, 500pp, hc, cover by Dirk Van Dooren) Literary fantasy novel.
• * +The Famished Road (Doubleday 0-385-42476-0, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $22.50, 500pp, hc, cover by Dirk Van Dooren) Literary fantasy novel of an African boy who remains in touch with the spirit world all souls come from. Winner of the Booker Prize. First American edition (Jonathan Cape 1991).
• * _The Famished Road (Doubleday Anchor 0-385-42513-9, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $12.00, 500pp, tp, cover by Dirk Van Dooren) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1991) literary fantasy novel of an African boy who remains in touch with the spirit world all souls come from. Winner of the Booker Prize.

OKUDA, DENISE

• * _Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future (with Michael Okuda) See entry under Michael Okuda.
• * _The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future (with Debbie Mirek & Michael Okuda) See entry under Michael Okuda.

OKUDA, MICHAEL (Hideo) (1955- )

• * *Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future (with Denise Okuda) (Pocket 0-671-79611-9, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $14.00, 184pp, tp) [Star Trek] Star Trek reference book, a chronology of the future history.
• * *The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future (with Denise Okuda & Debbie Mirek) (Pocket 0-671-86905-1, Apr ’94 [May ’94], $18.00, 396pp, tp) [Star Trek] Media reference, an encyclopedic guide to the Star Trek universe. A hardcover edition (-88684-3, $25.00) is also available.
• * *The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future (with Denise Okuda & Debbie Mirek) (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71834-7, Jun ’94, £12.99, 396pp, tp) [Star Trek] Associational/non-fiction book. Simultaneous with US (Pocket) edition. Invaluable guide to every episode of Star Trek and its sequels from the very first episodes until the sixth season of The Next Generation and the first season of Deep Space Nine.
• * _Star Trek Technical Manual (with Rick Sternbach) (Boxtree 1-85283-340-8, Sep ’91, £11.99, 183pp, tp) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1991) associational book. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Star Trek, the Next Generation Technical Manual (with Rick Sternbach) See entry under Rick Sternbach.

OLAN, SUSAN TORIAN

• * *The Earth Remembers (TSR 0-88038-778-5, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.95, 317pp, tp, cover by John Lakey & Laura Lakey) Post-apocalypse sf western novel set on the Texas-Mexico border with subterranean mutants and Comanches.

OLANDER, JOSEPH D(avid), ed. (1939- )

• * _Microcosmic Tales (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology (with Frederik Pohl & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Frederik Pohl.

OLDEN, MARC (1933-2003)

• * _Poe Must Die (Futura 0-7088-8299-4, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], £3.50, 316pp, pb) Reprint (US 1978) horror novel.

OLDFIELD, PAMELA (1931- ) (stories)

• * *The Ghosts of Bellering Oast (Blackie 0-216-92093-0, Jun ’87, £6.95, 80pp, hc) Juvenile ghost story. [Not seen]
• * *The Mill Pond Ghost and Other Stories (Lions 0-00-694090-0, Oct ’91 [Feb ’92], £2.99, 149pp, pb) Collection of 13 original young-adult ghost stories. (Contents)
• * *Pamela Oldfield’s Spine Chillers (Blackie 0-216-92240-2, Oct ’87, £6.95, 96pp, hc) Juvenile ghost/horror collection. [Not seen]

OLDHAM, JUNE

• * *Found (Orchard US 0-531-09543-6, Oct ’96, $16.95, 199pp, hc, cover by Wendell Minor) Young-adult near-future SF novel. Unwanted children survive in the abandoned countryside.
• * _Found (Putnam Paperstar 0-698-11674-7, Jun ’98 [Jul ’98], $4.99, 199pp, pb, cover by Wendell Minor) Reprint (Orchard US 1996) young-adult near-future SF novel of unwanted children in an abandoned countryside.

O’LEARY, PATRICK (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Door Number Three (Tor 0-312-85872-8, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $23.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Philosophical SF novel in the Philip K. Dick quasi-reality style. A first novel.
• * _Door Number Three (Tor 0-312-86287-3, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $14.95, 384pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1995) philosophical SF novel in the Philip K. Dick quasi-reality style.
• * *The Gift (Tor 0-312-86402-7, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $22.95, 287pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Fantasy novel. A king and a boy team up to rid their land of an old, corrupted magic.
• * _The Gift (Tor 0-312-86403-5, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $13.95, 287pp, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Tor 1997) fantasy novel.

OLESKER, JACK

• * *Confessional (Leisure 0-8439-2949-9, Mar ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 361pp, pb) Horror novel of a church with a haunted confessional.

OLIPHANT, B. J.; pseudonym of Sheri S. Tepper, (1929- )

• * *A Ceremonial Death (Ballantine/Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14897-1, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 283pp, pb) [Shirley McClintock] Associational autobiographical mystery novel, sixth book featuring New Mexico rancher/detective Shirley McClintock. Oliphant is a pseudonym for Sheri S. Tepper.
• * *Death and the Delinquent (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14718-5, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $3.99, 231pp, pb) [Shirley McClintock] Associational mystery novel, fourth book featuring Colorado rancher Shirley McClintock. Oliphant is a pseudonym for Sheri S. Tepper.
• * *Death Served Up Cold (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14896-3, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $4.99, 234pp, pb, cover by Jerry LoFaro) [Shirley McClintock] Associational autobiographical mystery novel, fifth book featuring New Mexico rancher/detective Shirley McClintock. Oliphant is a pseudonym for Sheri S. Tepper.
• * *Deservedly Dead (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14717-7, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $3.99, 215pp, pb) [Shirley McClintock] Associational mystery novel, third book featuring Colorado rancher/detective Shirley McClintock. Oliphant is a pseudonym for Sheri S. Tepper.
• * *Here’s to the Newly Dead (Ballantine/Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14992-7, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $5.99, 278pp, pb) [Shirley McClintock] Associational autobiographical mystery novel, seventh book featuring New Mexico rancher/detective Shirley McClintock. Oliphant is a pseudonym for Sheri S. Tepper.

OLIPHANT, TRACY; see pseudonym Kate Jacoby

OLIVER, (Symmes) CHAD(wick) (1928-1993) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Broken Eagle (Bantam 0-553-27997-1, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 296pp, pb) Associational; western novel by the well-known sf writer.
• * *The Cannibal Owl (Bantam 0-553-29656-6, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $4.99, 305pp, pb, cover by Lou Glanzman) Associational; Western novel, Oliver’s last book.
• * _Shadows in the Sun (Crown 0-517-55867-X, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $8.95, 207pp, hc) Reprint (Ballantine 1954) sf novel, with a new introduction by George Zebrowski. There is also a new afterword by the author.
• * _The Shores of Another Sea (Crown 0-517-55186-1, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $7.95, 214pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1971) sf novel, with a new foreword by George Zebrowski. Volume 3 of the “Classics of Modern Science Fiction” series.
• * _Unearthly Neighbors (Crown 0-517-55294-9, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $8.95, 208pp, hc) Reprint (Ballantine 1960) sf novel. “Substantially revised” definitive edition. The first three chapters have been completely redone, and there are other changes. New foreword by George Zebrowski; new afterword by the author.

OLIVER, STANLEY

• * *AC3: A Space Exploration Novel (Vantage Press 0-533-10151-4, Jan ’93, $16.95, 261pp, hc) Sf novel about the first interstellar flight. Published by a vanity publisher. Available from Vantage Press, 516 West 34th St., New York NY 10001.

OLSEN, LANCE (Martin) (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Eclipse of Uncertainty: An Introduction to Postmodern Fantasy (Greenwood 0-313-25511-3, Mar ’87 [May ’87], $27.95, xi + 134pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study examining works by Kafka, Borges, and other literary fantasists. UK price £26.50.
• * *Live from Earth (Ballantine Available Press 0-345-36916-5, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $7.95, 196pp, tp, cover by Sandra Filippuci) Literary fantasy novel of a love that lasts beyond death.
• * *Reader’s Guide to William Gibson (Starmont House 1-55742-198-6, May ’92 [Jul ’92], $11.00, 131pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism. A guide to Gibson’s work, with primary and secondary bibliographies. A hardcover edition (-199-4, $20.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Starmont House, PO Box 851, Mercer Island WA 98040. [Gibson]
• * *Rebel Yell: A Short Guide to Fiction Writing (Cambrian Publications 1-878914-50-2, Oct ’98, $18.95, 239pp, tp) Associational guide to writing alternative fiction, with mini-interviews with Kathy Acker, Michael Arnzen, Samuel R. Delany, Paul Di Filippo, Jonathan Lethem, and others. Order from Cambrian Publications, PO Box 41220, San Jose CA 95160.
• * *Scherzi, I Believe (Wordcraft of Oregon 1-877655-11-2, Jun ’94, $9.95, 130pp, tp, cover by Andi Olsen) Collection of 21 stories and vignettes, many fantasy, with collage art by Andi Olsen. This is a 250-copy signed numbered limited edition. Available from Wordcraft of Oregon, PO Box 3235, La Grande OR 97850. (Contents)
• * *Time Famine (Permeable Press 1-882633-15-6, Oct ’96, $12.95, 324pp, tp, cover by Andi Olsen) Experimental SF/surreal novel of nuclear meltdown, high-level conspiracy, cannibalism, and time travel. Available from Permeable Press, 47 Noe Street, Suite 4, San Francisco CA 94114-1017; add $1.50 postage.
• * *Tonguing the Zeitgeist (Permeable Press 1-882633-04-0, May ’94, $11.95, 192pp, tp) Near-future SF novel set in a world where MTV stardom is the ultimate goal, you just have to give up your life... Available from Permeable Press, 47 Noe St. Suite 4, San Francisco CA 94114.

OLSON, D. H., ed. (stories)

• * _Time Burial See entry under Howard Wandrei.

OLSON, EUGENE E. (1936- ); see pseudonym Brad Steiger

OLSON, MARK L., ed. (stories)

• * _Ingathering: The Complete People Stories of Zenna Henderson See entry under Zenna Henderson.

OLSON, PAUL F. (stories)

• * *Night Prophets (NAL Onyx 0-451-40175-1, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $4.50, 350pp, pb) Horror novel of televangelists and vampirism. A first novel.

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• * *Dead End: City Limits (with David B. Silva) (St. Martin’s 0-312-06328-8, Oct ’91, $19.95, 342pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Original anthology of 17 horror stories with urban settings, with an introduction by the editors and a foreword by F. Paul Wilson. (Contents)
• * *Post Mortem: New Tales of Ghostly Horror (with David B. Silva) (St. Martin’s 0-312-02631-5, Mar ’89, $16.95, 287pp, hc) Original horror anthology of 17 ghost stories, with an afterword by Dean R. Koontz. (Contents)
• * _Post Mortem: New Tales of Ghostly Horror (with David B. Silva) (Corgi 0-552-13652-2, Nov ’90, £3.99, 349pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1989) original horror anthology of 17 ghost stories, with an afterword by Dean R. Koontz.
• * _Post Mortem: New Tales of Ghostly Horror (with David B. Silva) (Dell Abyss 0-440-20792-4, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 368pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1989) original anthology of 17 horror stories with an introduction by the editors and an afterword by Dean R. Koontz.
• * _Post Mortem: New Tales of Ghostly Terror (with David B. Silva) (Severn House 0-7278-4212-9, Apr ’91, £12.99, 349pp, hc) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1989) original horror anthology.

OLSON, PRISCILLA, ed. (stories)

• * _An Ornament to His Profession See entry under Charles L. Harness.