The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

PERRY, STEVE(n Carl) (stories) (continued)

• * *Conan the Indomitable (Tor 0-812-50295-7, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $7.95, 273pp, tp) [Conan] Fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s character.
• * _Conan the Indomitable (Tor 0-812-50860-2, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.95, 273pp, pb, cover by Kirk Reinert) [Conan] Reprint (Tor 1989) fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s character.
• * *The Digital Effect (Ace 0-441-00439-3, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $5.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Edwin Herder) SF novel. An artist and amateur private eye investigates murder on a space station.
• * _Dome (with J. Michael Reaves) See entry under J. Michael Reaves.
• * *The Forever Drug (Ace 0-441-0142-4, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $5.50, 287pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Venture Silk] SF novel of interplanetary espionage featuring “Venture Silk”; sequel to Spindoc.
• * _Hellstar (with J. Michael Reaves) See entry under J. Michael Reaves.
• * *The Hero Curse (DimeNovels 1-56317-008-6, Jul ’91, $1.99, 94pp, pb, cover by Zac Reisner) Fantasy novella of a stableboy who becomes the keeper of an enchanted sword. This is a small format paperback (11.5 x 7.5 cm.).
• * *Isaac Asimov’s I-Bots: Time Was (with Gary A. Braunbeck) (HarperPrism 0-06-105295-7, Jun ’98, $23.00, 441pp, hc, cover by Peter Peebles) SF novelization based (supposedly) on a new take on robots by Asimov. Packaged and copyrighted by BIG Entertainment.
• * *Leonard Nimoy’s Primortals: Target Earth (Warner Aspect 0-446-52011-X, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $22.00, 276pp, hc) SF novel based on the comic books. Packaged and copyrighted by BIG Entertainment.
• * _Leonard Nimoy’s Primortals: Target Earth (Warner Aspect 0-446-60510-7, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $6.50, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1997) SF novel based on the comic books. Packaged and copyrighted by BIG Entertainment.
• * _Leonard Nimoy’s Primortals: Target Earth (Bantam UK 0-553-50666-8, Mar ’98, £5.99, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1997) SF novel based on the comic books created by Nimoy, with concepts by Isaac Asimov. Packaged and copyrighted by BIG Entertainment. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Machiavelli Interface (Ace 0-441-51356-5, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.95, 197pp, pb) [Matador] Sf novel of martial arts in space, conclusion of the “Matador Trilogy”.
• * _The Machiavelli Interface (Orbit 0-7474-0350-3, Dec ’90, £3.50, 197pp, pb) [Khadaji] Reprint (Ace 1986) sf novel. Volume 3 in the “Matador” trilogy.
• * _The Machiavelli Interface (Ace 0-441-51356-5, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $3.99, 197pp, pb, cover by Richard Berry) [Khadaji] Reissue (Ace 1986) sf adventure novel, third book of the “Matador” series — the copyright page still identifies this as a first printing, but it’s at least the second.
• * *The Man Who Never Missed (Ace 0-441-51916-4, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $2.95, 195pp, pb) [Khadaji] Sf novel, a one-man guerrilla army against an oppressive empire. Above-average martial-arts sf. (PJH)
• * _The Man Who Never Missed (Sphere 0-7474-0348-1, Jun ’89, £2.99, 195pp, pb) [Khadaji] Reprint (Berkley 1985) sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Matador” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Man Who Never Missed (Ace 0-441-51918-0, Aug ’91, $3.95, 195pp, pb, cover by James Gurney) [Khadaji] Reissue (Ace 1985) sf adventure novel, first book of the “Matador” series; fourth printing.
• * *Matadora (Ace 0-441-52207-6, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 211pp, pb) [Matador] Sf novel of martial arts in space, sequel to The Man Whe Never Missed.
• * _Matadora (Sphere 0-7474-0349-X, Nov ’89, £3.50, 211pp, pb) [Khadaji] Reprint (Ace 1986) sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Matador” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Matadora (Ace 0-441-52207-6, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.50, 211pp, pb, cover by Richard Berry) [Khadaji] Reissue (Ace 1986) sf adventure novel, second book of the “Matador” series; third printing.
• * *Men in Black (Bantam 0-553-57756-5, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $5.99, 226pp, pb) [Men in Black] Movie novelization of the sci-fi comedy based on the comic book. Copyrighted by Columbia Pictures Industries.
• * _Men in Black (Penguin 0-14-026890-1, Jul ’97, £5.99, 226pp, pb) [Men in Black] Reprint (Bantam 1997) novelisation of the SF movie. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Omega Cage (with J. Michael Reaves) (Ace 0-441-62382-4, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.50, 244pp, pb) [Khadaji] Sf adventure novel about escaping from a brutal prison planet. Set in the same universe as the “Matador” trilogy.
• * *Spindoc (Ace 0-441-00008-8, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $4.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Venture Silk] Sf novel about a specialist in “manipulating data for public consumption” caught up in a murder plot.
• * *Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-10089-0, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $22.95, 340pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Novelization based on the movies. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * _Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (SFBC #11822, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $8.98, 298pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) Star Wars novelization. This is similar to the Spectra edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Bantam UK 0-593-04040-6, Jun ’96 [Apr ’96], £12.99, 340pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Star Wars novelisation.
• * _Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Bantam UK 0-553-50472-X, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], £4.99, 385pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) Star Wars novelisation.
• * _Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57413-2, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $5.99, 387pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) novelization based on the movies. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * *Stellar Ranger (AvoNova 0-380-77301-5, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $4.99, 212pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Stellar Ranger] Sf adventure novel in the style of a Western about solitary Stellar Ranger Cinch Carson’s battle against a lunatic who wants to conquer the universe.
• * *Stellar Ranger: Lone Star (AvoNova 0-380-77302-3, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $4.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Stellar Ranger] SF adventure novel, second in the “Stellar Ranger” series. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
• * *Thong the Barbarian Meets the Cycle Sluts of Saturn (with J. Michael Reaves) (Donald Ahlquist Publications no ISBN, 1998, $35.00, 96pp, hc, cover by Daniel Conan Young) Deliberately bad fantasy novella mixing elements of Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and pulp SF adventure. Illustrated by Daniel Conan Young. Foreword by Perry; afterword by Reaves. This is a limited edition of 100 numbered and 26 lettered copies.
• * *The Trinity Vector (Ace 0-441-00350-8, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $5.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Edwin Herder) SF novel. Three mysterious boxes hold the secrets of the universe.

PERUCHO, JOAN (1920- )

• * +Natural History (Knopf 0-394-57058-8, 1988 [Nov ’88], $17.95, 186pp, hc) A vampire novel set in 1830s Spain. First U.S. (and first English-language) edition (Ediciones Destino, Spain 1960).
• * _Natural History (Ballantine 0-345-36560-7, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $4.95, 160pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1988) vampire dark fantasy novel set in 19th-century Spain. Translated from the Catalan by David H. Rosenthal, this was originally published in Spain in 1960.

PETERMAN, MINDY

• * *Quantum Leap: Song and Dance (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-16577-9, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $6.99, 241pp, pb, cover by Steve Gardner) [Quantum Leap] Novelization based on the TV show, 17th in the series. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Publishing Rights.

PETERS, ALISTAIR

• * *Geronimus Rex (Janus 1-85756-152-X, Feb ’95, £6.99, 170pp, tp, cover by Alistair Peters) Humorous fantasy novel. When a dragon is shot down, and demands one of the King’s daughters in recompense, an enemy power schemes to take advantage of the situation by thwarting Princess Hornicutt’s attempts to sacrifice herself. A first novel. Available from Edinburgh House, 19 Nassau Street, London W1N 7RE.

PETERS, CATHERINE

• * +The King of Inventors: A Life of Wilkie Collins (Princeton University Press 0-691-03392-7, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $29.95, 502pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. A biography of Wilkie Collins. First American edition (Secker & Warburg 1991).

PETERS, DAVID

• * *Photon #1: For the Glory (Berkley 0-425-09811-7, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $2.50, 155pp, pb) [Photon] Juvenile sf novel; first in an “intergalactic action series.”
• * *Photon #2: High Stakes (Berkley 0-425-09812-5, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $2.50, 150pp, pb) [Photon] Juvenile sf novel.
• * *Photon #3: In Search of Mom (Berkley Pacer 0-425-10106-1, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $2.50, 155pp, pb) [Photon] “Photon Adventure Novel #3”, latest in a juvenile sf series.
• * *Photon #4: This is Your Life, Bhodi Li (Berkley Pacer 0-425-10185-1, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $2.50, 149pp, pb) [Photon] Young-adult sf novel, “Photon Adventure #4”.
• * *Photon #5: Exile (Berkley Pacer 0-425-10611-X, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $2.50, 152pp, pb) [Photon] Young-adult sf novel, latest in a series.
• * *Psi-Man (Charter Diamond 1-55773-399-6, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $3.50, 202pp, pb) [Psi-Man] Men’s adventure fantasy novel with a psychic Quaker hero who uses his powers to fight a secret government agency. First book of a series.
• * *Psi-Man: Deathscape (Charter Diamond 1-55773-450-X, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $4.50, 185pp, pb) [Psi-Man] Men’s adventure fantasy novel with a psychic Quaker hero who uses his powers to fight evil mutants created by biochemical dumping at a weapons plant. Second book of a series.
• * *Psi-Man: Haven (Diamond 1-55773-709-6, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $3.99, 171pp, pb) [Psi-Man] Men’s adventure fantasy novel with a renegade psychic Quaker hero, sixth, and apparently last, book of the series.
• * *Psi-Man: Main Street D.O.A. (Diamond 1-55773-492-5, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.50, 185pp, pb) [Psi-Man] Men’s adventure fantasy novel with a renegade psychic Quaker hero, third book of a series.
• * *Psi-Man: Stalker (Diamond 1-55773-617-0, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $3.99, 171pp, pb) [Psi-Man] Men’s adventure fantasy novel with a renegade psychic Quaker hero, fifth book of an ongoing series.
• * *Psi-Man: The Chaos Kid (Diamond 1-55773-540-9, Jul ’91, $3.50, 171pp, pb) [Psi-Man] Men’s adventure fantasy novel with a renegade psychic Quaker hero, fourth book of the “Psi-Man” series.
• * *Skin Deep (Berkley 0-425-10612-8, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $2.50, 138pp, pb) [Photon] “Photon” #6, juvenile sf novelization based on a game.

PETERS, ELIZABETH; pseudonym of Barbara G. Mertz, (1927- )

• * _Devil May Care (Severn House 0-7278-5108-X, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], £16.99, 250pp, hc) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1977) associational thriller using the conventions of the horror novel. Its cover title is Devil-May-Care.
• * _Devil-May-Care (Tor 0-812-50789-4, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $4.50, 250pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd Mead 1977) gothic with real supernatural elements.
• * *The Last Camel Died at Noon (Warner 0-446-51483-7, Sep ’91, $18.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Bill Teason) [Amelia Peabody Emerson] Romantic historical fantasy adventure à la Haggard, sixth book of the ongoing “Amelia Peabody” series of comic mysteries. Victorian explorer Amelia Peabody, with her archaeologist husband and inhumanly precocious son, discover a lost city deep in the Sudan and attempt to drag it kicking and screaming into the 19th century. Peters is a pseudonym for Barbara Mertz.
• * _The Last Camel Died at Noon (Warner 0-446-36338-3, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.99, 430pp, pb, cover by William Teason) [Amelia Peabody Emerson] Reprint (Warner 1991) romantic adventure lost race fantasy novel à la Haggard, sixth book of the ongoing “Amelia Peabody” series of comic Victorian archaeological mysteries.

PETERS, MAUREEN (Veronica Bernadette) (1935-2008); see pseudonym Sharon Whitby

PETERS, RALPH (1952- )

• * *Red Army (W.H. Allen 0-352-32533-X, Aug ’89, £6.99, 382pp, tp) Near-future thriller. Also available in hardcover (-03694-9, £11.95).
• * *The War in 2020 (Pocket 0-671-67670-9, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $19.95, 434pp, hc) Near-future sf technothriller of war in a world decimated by plague.
• * _The War in 2020 (Lime Tree 0-413-45281-6, May ’91, £14.99, 533pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 1991) sf novel about a future war in the 21st century between the Americans, the Russians and the Japanese. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The War in 2020 (Pocket Star 0-671-75172-7, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $5.99, 607pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1991) near-future sf technothriller of war in a world decimated by plague.
• * _The War in 2020 (Mandarin 0-7493-1017-0, Mar ’92, £4.99, 528pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1991) sf novel about a future war in the 21st century between the Americans, the Russians, and the Japanese.

PETERSEN, GAIL

• * *The Making of a Monster (Dell Abyss 0-440-21389-4, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $4.99, 371pp, pb) Vampire horror novel of a conventional woman who becomes a vampire and transforms her life by immersing herself in the L.A. rock scene. A first novel.

PETERSEN, RAYMOND

• * *Cowkind (St. Martin’s/Wyatt 0-312-14302-8, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $21.95, 193pp, hc) Fantasy/satire/mystical novel about a Vietnam-era dairy farm as seen by cows, dogs, and humans. A first novel.

PETERSEN, SANDY

• * *Petersen’s Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters (with Thomas Sullivan & Lynn Willis) (Chaosium 0-933635-48-6, Jul ’88, $15.95, 64pp, tp) Art book with a bibliography. It claims to be faithful to Lovecraft.
• * *S. Petersen’s Field Guide to Creatures of the Dreamlands (with Mark J. Ferrari, Lynn Willis & Thomas Sullivan) (Chaosium 0-933635-53-2, Apr ’89, $15.95, 64pp, tp) Art book devoted to creatures of Lovecraft’s dreamlands.

PETERSEN, VICTORIA

• * _The Merchants of Venus (with Neal McPheeters) See entry under Neal McPheeters.

PETERSON, BETH (stories)

• * *No Turning Back (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-31914-2, May ’96 [Nov ’96], $14.00, 103pp, hc, cover by Roy Pendleton) Young-adult fantasy novel. When a friend dies, Dillon gets lost in a wood full of magic creatures.

PETERSON, CASSANDRA; see pseudonym Elvira (stories)

PETHERICK, SIMON, ed. (1960- ) (stories)

• * *Classic Stories of Mystery, Horror and Suspense (Robert Hale 0-7090-2933-0, Jun ’87 [Nov ’87], £9.95, 224pp, hc) Horror anthology. (Contents)

PETREY, SUSAN C(andace) (1945-1980) (stories)

• * *Gifts of Blood (OSFCI no ISBN, Jul ’90 [Aug ’90], $20.00, 208pp, hc) Collection of nine stories, including the Hugo-nominated “Spidersong”, plus an introduction by the editors, Paul M. Wrigley and Debbie Cross, plus essays by Ursula K. Le Guin, Vonda N. McIntyre, and Kate Wilhelm. This is a limited edition of five hundred copies, 26 copies are lettered, the rest numbered. All proceeds will go to the Susan C. Petrey Clarion Scholarship Fund. (Contents)
• * _Gifts of Blood (Baen 0-671-72107-0, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $4.50, 192pp, pb, cover by Tim Hildebrandt) Reprint (OSFCI 1990) collection of nine stories, including the Hugo-nominated “Spidersong”, plus an introduction by the editors, Paul M. Wrigley and Debbie Cross.

PETTY, ALAN (1947- ); see pseudonym Alan Judd (stories)

PEWSEY, ELIZABETH (1948- )

• * *The Dewstone Quest (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-304-2, Jul ’97, £3.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Otherworld] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book two in the “Otherworld” series after The Talking Head. A hardcover edition (-303-4, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
• * *The Walled City (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-306-9, Jul ’98 [Aug ’98], £4.50, 186pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Otherworld] Young-adult fantasy novel. Third in a trilogy after The Talking Head & The Dewstone Quest.

PEYTON, K. M.; pseudonym of Kathleen Wendy Peyton & Michael P. Peyton (stories)

• * *Unquiet Spirits (Scholastic Press 0-590-54231-1, Nov ’97, £4.99, 216pp, tp, cover by Michael Mascaro) Young-adult ghost novel. Scholastic Press is a new quality imprint.

PEYTON, KATHLEEN WENDY (1929- ); see pseudonym K. M. Peyton (stories)

PEYTON, MICHAEL P.; see pseudonym K. M. Peyton (stories)

PEYTON, RICHARD, ed.; pseudonym of Peter Haining, (1940-2007) (stories)

• * *The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One (Souvenir Press 0-285-62991-3, Oct ’90, £14.95, 322pp, hc, cover by Kim Palmer) Anthology of pieces about phantoms of the railway in fact and fiction. (Contents)
• * _The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One (Futura 0-7088-4997-0, Dec ’91, £4.99, 382pp, pb, cover by Tony Roberts) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1990) anthology of pieces about phantoms of the railway in fact and fiction.
• * +Journey Into Fear and Other Great Stories of Horror on the Railways (Wings 0-517-06007-8, Oct ’91, $7.99, 322pp, hc, cover by Peter Fiore) Anthology of 25 ghost and horror stories about trains, with introductory material by the editor. This is an instant remainder edition. First American edition (Souvenir Press 1990 as The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One).

PFEFFER, SUSAN BETH (1948- )

• * *Future Forward (Delacorte 0-385-29740-8, Jun ’89 [Apr ’89], $13.95, 123pp, hc) [Rewind to Yesterday] Young-adult humorous sf novel about a VCR that acts as a time machine, sequel to Rewind to Yesterday.
• * _Future Forward (Dell Yearling 0-440-40475-4, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $3.25, 123pp, tp, cover by Dave Henderson) [Rewind to Yesterday] Reprint (Delacorte 1989) young-adult humorous sf novel about a VCR that is also a time machine, sequel to Rewind to Yesterday.
• * *Rewind to Yesterday (Delacorte 0-440-50048-6, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], $13.95, 138pp, hc) [Rewind to Yesterday] Young-adult time travel novel using a magical VCR.
• * _Rewind to Yesterday (Dell Yearling 0-440-40474-6, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $3.25, 138pp, pb, cover by Dave Henderson) [Rewind to Yesterday] Reprint (Delacorte 1988) young-adult humorous time-travel sf novel.