The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

PATTERSON, TERESA (stories) (chron.)

• * _The World of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time (with Robert Jordan) See entry under Robert Jordan.

PATTON, FIONA (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Painter Knight (DAW 0-88677-780-1, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $6.99, 522pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Brannion] Fantasy novel set in the same land as The Stone Prince, but over a century earlier. A painter saves a child ruler from her ambitious uncle — with the help of normally opposed gods.
• * *The Stone Prince (DAW 0-88677-735-6, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $6.99, 542pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Brannion] Celtic fantasy novel. A prince must master magic powers in time for war. A first novel.

PATTOU, EDITH; [i.e., Edith Pattou Emery] (chron.)

• * *Fire Arrow (Harcourt Brace 0-15-201635-X, May ’98, $17.00, hc, cover by Michael Hussar) [Songs of Eirren] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Hero’s Song, the “Second Song of Eirren”. A young archer seeking revenge finds a magic arrow that leads her to an evil sorcerer.
• * *Hero’s Song (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-233807-1, Oct ’91 [Nov ’91], $16.95, 290pp, hc, cover by Douglas Girard) [Songs of Eirren] Young-adult Celtic fantasy. A boy hunting his kidnapped sister becomes the champion fated to battle the Queen of the Ghosts.
• * _Hero’s Song (Harcourt Brace/Magic Carpet 0-15-201636-8, Apr ’98, $6.00, 315pp, pb, cover by Michael Hussar) [Songs of Eirren] Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1991) young-adult Celtic fantasy novel, book one of “The Songs of Eirren”.

PATTRICK, WILLIAM, ed.; pseudonym of Peter Haining, (1940-2007) (stories)

• * _Duel and Other Horror Stories of the Road (Star 0-352-32164-4, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], £2.50, 223pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1987, as Mysterious Motoring Stories) supernatural anthology.
• * *Mysterious Air Stories (W.H. Allen 0-491-03581-0, May ’86, £9.95, 249pp, hc) Anthology of suspense and fantasy stories of the air. (Contents)
• * *Mysterious Motoring Stories (W.H. Allen 0-491-03643-4, Feb ’87, £10.95, 224pp, hc) Anthology of supernatural stories about cars. Reprinted (Star 1987) as Duel and Other Horror Stories of the Road. (Contents)
• * *Mysterious Railway Stories (London: W.H. Allen, 1984, hc) Also available in pb (London: Star 1985). (Contents)
• * *Mysterious Sea Stories (W.H. Allen 0-491-03114-9, Jan ’85, £9.95, 247pp, hc) Anthology of 14 sea fantasies. American edition: Salem House 1985. (Contents)
• * +Mysterious Sea Stories (Salem House 0-88162-046-7, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $14.95, 247pp, hc) Anthology of 14 sea fantasies. There is a simultaneous British edition from W.H. Allen. (Contents)
• * _Mysterious Sea Stories (Star 0-352-31728-0, Jan ’86, £1.95, 240pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1985) anthology of tales involving fantasy and the supernatural.
• * +Mysterious Sea Stories (Dell 0-440-16088-X, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 247pp, pb) Anthology of strange or supernatural sea stories. First American edition (W.H. Allen 1985).

PAUL, BARBARA (Jeanne) (1931- ) (stories)

• * _Liars & Tyrants & People Who Turn Blue (International Polygonics 1-55882-110-4, Oct ’91 [Nov ’91], $5.95, 179pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1980) thriller with fantasy elements of a woman who can tell a lie from truth by seeing the aura of the person speaking.
• * *Star Trek: The Three Minute Universe (Pocket 0-671-65816-6, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.95, 265pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Kirk saves the Universe again. #41 in the continuing series.
• * *Star Trek: The Three Minute Universe (Titan 1-85286-068-5, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], £2.95, 265pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Pocket Books) edition.

PAULSEN, GARY (Melvin) (1939- ) (chron.)

• * _Canyons (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21023-2, Sep ’91 [Nov ’91], $3.50, 184pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte 1990) young-adult psychic thriller of a modern boy whose spirit is linked with an Apache boy killed in the 1860s, making him run a gauntlet of terror to bring the Apache’s skull to rest.
• * *The Transall Saga (Delacorte 0-385-32196-1, May ’98, $15.95, 248pp, hc, cover by Jon Paul Ferrara) Young-adult time-travel SF novel. A teen is transported to what appears to be another world.

PAUSACKER, JENNY (1948- ) (stories)

• * +Fast Forward (Morrow/Lothrop Lee & Shepard 0-688-10195-X, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $12.95, 88pp, hc, cover by Donna Rawlins) Young-adult fantasy novella. A boy learns to fast forward and rewind his own life. First American edition (Angus & Robertson 1989).

PAUSEWANG, GUDRUN (1928- )

• * +Fall-Out (Viking 0-670-86104-9, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $13.99, 172pp, hc, cover by Lynne Russell) Young-adult SF thriller. Two children flee nuclear disaster. Translated by Patricia Crampton from Die Wolke (Ravensburger Buchverlag Otto Maier 1987). First US edition (Viking UK 1994).
• * _The Last Children (Julia MacRae 0-86203-402-7, Oct ’89, £7.95, 123pp, hc) Reprint (Western Producer Prairie Books 1988 as The Last Children of Schevenborn) post-holocaust young-adult sf novel. Translated by Norman Wyatt from the German (Otto Maier Verlag Ravensburg 1983 as Die Letzen Kinder von Schewenborn). [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Last Children (Walker 0-7445-1750-8, Sep ’90, £2.99, 122pp, pb, cover by Tim Ellock) Reprint (Western Producer Prairie Books 1988 as The Last Children of Schevenborn) post-holocaust young-adult sf novel. Translated by Norman Wyatt from the German (Otto Maier Verlag Ravensburg 1983 as Die Letzen Kinder von Schewenborn).

PAUTZ, PETER D(ennis), ed. (1952- ) (stories)

• * _The Architecture of Fear (with Kathryn Cramer) See entry under Kathryn Cramer.

PAVIC, MILORAD (1929-2009)

• * _Dictionary of the Khazars (QPBC no ISBN, Oct ’89, $11.95, 338pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1988) literary dictionary/fantasy/mystery “novel”, translated from the Serbo-Croatian by Christina Pribicevic-Zoric. The “male” and “female” editions differ by 17 lines. The female edition is also available. This is identical to the Knopf edition except there is no ISBN and the jacket is printed as the paperback cover.
• * _Dictionary of the Khazars (Vintage 0-679-72461-3, Oct ’89, $9.95, 335pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1988) literary dictionary/fantasy/mystery “novel”, translated from the Serbo-Croatian by Christina Pribicevic-Zoric. The “male” and “female” editions differ by 17 lines. The female edition is also available (-72754-X).
• * *Dictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel (Knopf 0-394-57183-5, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $19.95, 338pp, hc) [Male edition] Literary dictionary/fantasy/mystery “novel”, translated from the Serbo-Croatian by Christina Pribicevic-Zoric. The “male” and “female” editions differ by 17 lines. The “characters” include devils and vampires.
• * *Dictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel (Knopf 0-394-57236-X, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $19.95, 338pp, hc) “Female” edition of the above.
• * *The Inner Side of the Wind, or The Novel of Hero and Leander (Knopf 0-679-42085-1, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $22.00, 77/97pp, hc, cover by William Etty) Fantasy novel of two lovers, one in the 18th century, the other in the 20th. The same story is told from both of their viewpoints, arranged back-to-back a la the Ace Doubles. Translated from the Serbo-Croatian by Christina Pribicevic-Zoric. Originally published in Serbia (Prosveta 1991).
• * *Landscape Painted with Tea (Knopf 0-394-58217-9, Aug ’90 [Nov ’90], $21.95, 337pp, hc, cover by Graham Rust) Literary fantasy/surrealist novel about an architect whose search for his father leads him deep into the history and secrets of Mount Athos. Translated from the Serbo-Croatian by Christina Pribicevic-Zoric, this was originally published in Yugoslavia (Prosveta 1990 as Predeo Slikan Cajem).
• * _Landscape Painted with Tea (Random House/Vintage 0-679-73344-2, Oct ’91, $12.00, 339pp, tp, cover by Graham Rust) Reprint (Knopf 1990) literary fantasy novel. Translated from the Serbo-Croatian by Christina Pribicevic-Zoric, this was originally published in Yugoslavia as Predeo Slikan Cajem (Prosveta 1990).
• * *Last Love in Constantinople: A Tarot Novel for Divination (Peter Owen 0-7206-1035-4, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £15.95, 184pp, hc, cover by Keith Savage) Literary fantasy novel, translated by Christina Pribichevich-Zoric from the Serbian original (1994). Illustrated by Pavic. Appendixed Tarot cards can be dealt to determine in which order the chapters should be read.
• * +Last Love in Constantinople: A Tarot Novel for Divination (Dufour Editions 0-8023-1323-X, Jun ’98, $23.95, 184pp, tp, cover by Ivan Pavic) Literary fantasy of two families in Europe during the Napoleonic wars, with instructions on how to read the book using tarot cards; cards illustrated by Ivan Pavic may be cut out and used. Tranlated from the Serbian (1994) by Christina Pribichevich-Zoric. First US edition (Peter Owen 1998); unusually for Dufour, this is NOT a stickered UK edition. Order from Dufour Editions, Chester Springs PA 19425-0007; (610) 458-5005.

PAXSON, DIANA L(ucile) (1943- ); see also Marion Zimmer Bradley (stories) (chron.)

• * *Brisingamen (Berkley 0-425-07298-3, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $2.75, 261pp, pb) Fantasy novel set in modern Berkeley and San Francisco.
• * _Brisingamen (Berkley 0-425-07298-3, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $2.95, 261pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley 1984) fantasy novel. Second printing.
• * *The Dragons of the Rhine (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-13986-8, Jan ’95, $23.00, 371pp, hc, cover by Donato) [*Wodan’s Children] Historical fantasy novel, volume two in a retelling of the Nibelungenlied.
• * _The Dragons of the Rhine (AvoNova 0-380-76527-6, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 371pp, pb, cover by Donato) [*Wodan’s Children] Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1995) historical fantasy, second in the “Wodan’s Children” trilogy.
• * *The Earthstone (Tor 0-812-54862-0, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 278pp, pb) [Westria] Fantasy novel, #4 in the “Westria” series.
• * _The Earthstone (NEL 0-450-52472-8, Sep ’90, £3.99, 278pp, pb) [Westria] Reprint (Tor 1987) fantasy novel. Book Three of “The Chronicles of Westria”.
• * _The Forest House [as by Marion Zimmer Bradley] See entry under Marion Zimmer Bradley.
• * *The Jewel of Fire (Tor 0-812-51110-7, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $3.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) [Westria] Fantasy novel, seventh (and final) book of the “Westria” series. The back is new, the 1986 copyright inside is apparently a mistake.
• * _The Jewel of Fire (NEL 0-450-56227-1, Aug ’92, £4.99, 309pp, pb) [Westria] Reprint (Tor 1992) fantasy novel. Book six of “The Chronicles of Westria”. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Lady of Light, Lady of Darkness (NEL 0-450-50938-9, Feb ’90 [Dec ’89], £4.99, 594pp, pb) [Westria] Fantasy omnibus. Book One of “The Chronicles of Westria”. (Contents)
• * *The Lord of Horses (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-14606-6, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $23.00, 373pp, hc, cover by Donato) [*Wodan’s Children] Fantasy novel, the third book in the “Wodan” trilogy. Widowed Gudrun is forced to marry Attila the Hun.
• * _The Lord of Horses (AvoNova 0-380-76528-4, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $5.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [*Wodan’s Children] Reprint (Morrow 1996) fantasy novel, the third book in the “Wodan’s Children” trilogy.
• * *Master of Earth and Water (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes) (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-12505-0, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $22.00, 395pp, hc, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Fionn mac Cumhal] Celtic fantasy novel, first book of a new series chronicling the adventures of Irish hero Fionn mac Cumhall.
• * _Master of Earth and Water (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes) (AvoNova 0-380-75801-6, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.99, 395pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Fionn mac Cumhal] Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1993) Celtic fantasy novel, first book of a new series chronicling the adventures of Irish hero Fionn mac Cumhall.
• * *The Mistress of the Jewels (Tor 0-812-54866-3, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.99, 503pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) [Westria] Omnibus of the first two books of the “Westria” fantasy series, Lady of Light (Timescape 1982) and Lady of Darkness (Timescape 1983). The cover calls this the “First Book of the Westria”. (Contents)
• * *The Paradise Tree (Ace 0-441-65134-8, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $2.95, 243pp, pb) Contemporary fantasy novel.
• * *The Sea Star (Tor 0-812-54864-7, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 374pp, pb) [Westria] Fantasy novel, the Fifth Book of Westria.
• * _The Sea Star (NEL 0-450-53718-8, Feb ’91, £4.50, 374pp, pb) [Westria] Reprint (Tor 1988) fantasy novel. Book Four of “The Chronicles of Westria.”
• * *The Serpent’s Tooth (Morrow 0-688-08339-0, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $20.00, 402pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Historical fantasy novel about the Celtic prototype for Shakespeare’s King Lear.
• * _The Serpent’s Tooth (AvoNova 0-380-75680-3, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $4.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Morrow 1991) historical fantasy novel about the Celtic prototype for Shakespeare’s King Lear.
• * *The Shield Between the Worlds (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes) (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-13176-X, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $22.00, 317pp, hc, cover by Jean Targete) [Fionn mac Cumhal] Celtic fantasy novel, sequel to Master of Earth and Water.
• * _The Shield Between the Worlds (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes) (AvoNova 0-380-75802-4, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $4.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Fionn mac Cumhal] Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1994) Celtic fantasy novel, second in the “Chronicles of Fionn mac Cumhal”.
• * *Silverhair the Wanderer (Tor 0-812-54860-4, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $2.95, 310pp, pb) [Westria] Fantasy novel in the “Westria” series.
• * _Silverhair the Wanderer (NEL 0-450-52091-9, Jun ’90, £3.99, 310pp, pb) [Westria] Reprint (Tor 1986) fantasy novel. Book Two of “The Chronicles of Westria”.
• * *Sword of Fire and Shadow (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes) (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-14156-0, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $22.00, 426pp, hc, cover by Jean Targete) [Fionn mac Cumhal] Celtic fantasy novel, third in the “Chronicles of Fionn Mac Cumhal”.
• * _Sword of Fire and Shadow (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes) (AvoNova 0-380-75803-2, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $5.99, 426pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Fionn mac Cumhal] Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1995) Celtic fantasy novel, third in the “Chronicles of Fionn Mac Cumhal.”
• * *White Mare, Red Stallion (Berkley 0-425-08531-7, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 242pp, pb) Fantasy novel of ancient Britain and rival tribes in the time of the Romans.
• * _White Mare, Red Stallion (NEL 0-450-43054-5, Oct ’88, £3.99, 242pp, tp) Reprint (Berkley 1986) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The White Raven (Morrow 0-688-07496-0, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $18.95, 411pp, hc) Celtic fantasy novel based on the legend of Tristan and Isolde.
• * _The White Raven (NEL 0-450-49574-4, Oct ’88, £6.95, 414pp, tp) Reprint (Morrow 1988) fantasy novel. Also available in hc (-42379-4) for £12.95. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The White Raven (Avon 0-380-75229-8, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $4.50, 461pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 1988) Celtic fantasy novel.
• * _The White Raven (NEL 0-450-50251-1, Oct ’89, £4.50, 464pp, tp) Reprint (Morrow 1988) fantasy novel.
• * *The Wind Crystal (Tor 0-812-50040-7, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 308pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) [Westria] Fantasy novel, sixth book of the “Westria” series.
• * _The Wind Crystal (NEL 0-450-56250-6, May ’92, £4.99, 308pp, pb) [Westria] Reprint (Tor 1990) fantasy novel. Book five of “The Chronicles of Westria”. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Wolf and the Raven (Morrow 0-688-10821-0, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $21.00, 320pp, hc, cover by Bryan Leister) [*Wodan’s Children] Historical fantasy novel set in the fifth century about the early adventures of Sigfrid and Brunahild. The first volume in an historical reinterpretation of the Nibelungenlied.
• * _The Wolf and the Raven (AvoNova 0-380-76526-8, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $4.99, 328pp, pb, cover by Bryan Leister) [*Wodan’s Children] Reprint (Morrow 1993) historical fantasy novel set in the fifth century, about the early adventures of Sigfrid and Brunahild. The first volume in an historical reinterpretation of the Nibelungenlied.

PAYNE, BERNAL C., Jr. (1941- )

• * *Experiment in Terror (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-44260-5, Oct ’87, $13.95, 215pp, hc) Young-adult sf/psi novel about a young man with strange powers.
• * _Experiment in Terror (Pocket Archway 0-671-67261-4, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $2.75, 212pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1987) young-adult sf/horror novel.
• * _Trapped in Time (Pocket/Archway 0-671-54360-1, Apr ’86, $2.50, 151pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1984 as It’s About Time) young-adult sf novel. Two teens travel back to 1955 to meet their teenaged parents.

PAYNE, MICHAEL H. (stories)

• * *The Blood Jaguar (Tor 0-312-86783-2, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $22.95, 256pp, hc, cover by Jim Carroll) Fantasy novel set in an alternate North America, with towns and cities inhabited by animals. A bobcat, fisher, and skink try to stop the Blood Jaguar from bringing plague. A first novel.

PAZZI, ROBERTO (1946- )

• * *Adrift in Time (Andre Deutsch 0-233-98715-0, Sep ’91 [Nov ’91], £12.99, 154pp, hc) Novel ranging in time from Napoleon in exile to “the most terrible of future wars” (in 2015). Translated from the Italian, La Malattia del Tempo (Marietti, 1987), by Vivien Sinott.
• * *The Princess and the Dragon (Knopf 0-394-57255-6, May ’90, $18.95, 162pp, hc, cover by Steven Rydberg) Surrealistic literary historical fantasy novel about the brother of Czar Nicholas II and his escape to a legendary world.

PEAK, MICHAEL

• * *Cat House (NAL Signet 0-451-16303-6, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $3.95, 255pp, pb) [Cat House] Talking cat fantasy—cats versus demonic coyotes. A first novel.
• * _Cat House (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45144-9, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $4.50, 255pp, pb, cover by D. Craig) [Cat House] Reissue (Signet 1989) talking cat fantasy; third printing.
• * *Catamount (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45141-4, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $4.99, 282pp, pb) [Cat House] Talking animal fantasy of a puma’s relationship with an eagle, set in the same world as Cat House.

PEAKE, MERVYN (Laurence) (1911-1968) (stories)

• * _A Book of Nonsense (Peter Owen 0-7206-1059-1, Oct ’98 [Nov ’98], £7.95, 88pp, tp, cover by Mervyn Peake) Reprint (Peter Owen 1972) associational collection of verse and illustrations, with an introduction by Peake’s widow, Maeve Gilmore.
• * *Boy in Darkness (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-68323-6, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £9.99, 115pp, hc, cover by P. J. Lynch) [Gormenghast] Fantasy novella about Titus Groan, originally published in the anthology Sometime, Never in 1956. This is its first separate publication. Illustrated by P.J. Lynch.
• * _Boy in Darkness (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-67822-4, Apr ’97, £3.99, 115pp, tp, cover by P. J. Lynch) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 1996) fantasy novella about Titus Groan, originally published in the anthology Sometime, Never in 1956.