The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

PFEFFERLE, SETH (1955- )

• * *Stickman (Tor 0-812-52417-9, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.95, 279pp, pb) Horror novel of African spirits.

PFEIL, (John) FRED(erick) (1949-2005)

• * *Goodman 2020 (Indiana University Press 0-253-32617-6, Feb ’86, $15.00, 230pp, hc) Near-future sf novel of a grim 21st century. A first novel.

PFLIEGER, PAT(ricia Ann)

• * *A Reference Guide to Modern Fantasy for Children (Greenwood Press 0-313-22886-8, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $65.00, xvii+690pp, hc) Non-fiction. This covers only 36 authors and 100 books, but includes lists of characters, places, plots, etc. of many well-known books by Tolkien, Lewis, and more. It attempts to include the authors’ 100 outstanding fantasy novels.

PHILBRICK, (William) RODMAN (1951- ); also as W. R. Philbrick (chron.)

• * *The House on Cherry Street #1: The Haunting (with Lynn Harnett) (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-25513-4, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $3.50, 153pp, tp) [House on Cherry Street] Young adult horror, in which a family spends their summer vacation in a haunted house. First of a three-book series.
• * *The House on Cherry Street #2: The Horror (with Lynn Harnett) (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-25514-2, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $3.50, 142pp, tp) [House on Cherry Street] Young-adult horror novel, second in a series about a haunted house that doesn’t like baby-sitters — or children.
• * *The House on Cherry Street #3: The Final Nightmare (with Lynn Harnett) (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-25515-0, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $3.50, tp) [House on Cherry Street] Young-adult horror novel, last in the trilogy about a haunted house.

PHILBRICK, W(illiam) R(odman) (1951- ); see pseudonym William R. Dantz; also as Rodman Philbrick (stories)

PHILIP, NEIL (1955- )

• * _The Tale of Sir Gawain (Beaver 0-09-965350-8, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], £1.99, 103pp, pb, cover by Charles Keeping) Reprint (Lutterworth Press 1987) young-adult fantasy novel. Illustrated throughout by Charles Keeping.

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• * _American Fairy Tales (Hyperion 0-7868-1093-9, Jun ’98 [Dec ’98], $12.95, 159pp, tp, cover by Michael McCurdy) Reprint (Albion Press UK 1996) anthology of 12 primarily literary fairy and folk tales. Authors include Nathaniel Hawthorne, Frank Stockton, and Louisa May Alcott. Illustrated by Michael McCurdy. Preface by Alison Lurie. We apparently missed the Hyperion hardcover edition (-0207-3).

PHILIPS, MICHAEL (Lawrence), ed. (1942- ) (stories)

• * *Philosophy and Science Fiction (Prometheus 0-87975-248-3, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $12.95, 292pp, hc) Anthology of 17 sf classics by Asimov, Heinlein, Lem, Aldiss, and others, plus essays by the editor, tying in sf with philosophy. (Contents)

PHILLIPS, ANN (1930- )

• * *A Haunted Year (Oxford University Press 0-19-271650-6, Nov ’91, £8.95, 124pp, hc, cover by Alison James) Young-adult ghost novel.
• * *The Oak King & the Ash Queen (Oxford University Press 0-19-271495-3, 1984 [May ’85], £6.95; U.S. import $12.95, 171pp, hc) This young-adult fantasy novel appeared in England in 1984, but we didn’t see it until 1985. The U.S. distributor is Merrimack Publishers Circle.

PHILLIPS, DENNIS (John Andrew) (1924-2006); see pseudonym Philip Daniels

PHILLIPS, DONALD G.

• * *Battletech: Star Lord (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45386-7, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $5.50, 303pp, pb, cover by Roger Loveless) [Battletech] SF novelization based on the TV show, games, and toys. Copyrighted by FASA.

PHILLIPS, JILL M(eta) (1952- )

• * *The Fate Weaver (Birch Lane 1-55972-102-2, Apr ’92 [May ’92], $17.95, 251pp, hc) Horror novel. An American novelist receives a mysterious invitation to the tiny village her ancestors came from, only to discover that something evil is waiting, a holdover from an ancient pagan religion.
• * *Walford’s Oak (Carol Publishing Group/Citadel 0-8065-1159-1, May ’90 [Jun ’90], $18.95, 218pp, hc, cover by Mark Penberthy) Historical ghost story, a tale within a tale as told to Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

PHILLIPS, JOSEPH J.

• * *Operation Elbow Room (Fithian Press 1-56474-138-9, Jul ’95, $11.95, 240pp, tp) SF novel. Mars colonists are balked by a rock-like life form with an agenda of its own. Available from Fithian Press, PO Box 1525, Santa Barbara CA 93102; credit card orders: 800-662-8351.

PHILLIPS, MICHAEL; pseudonym of Charles Beaumont, (1929-1967)

• * *The Garden at the Edge of Beyond (Bethany House 0-7642-2042-X, Sep ’98 [Oct ’98], $11.99, 158pp, hc) Christian fantasy novel/parable. A man wakes up in another reality. Available from Bethany House Publishers, 11300 Hampshire Ave. S., Minneapolis MN 55438; 612-829-2500.

PHILLIPS, MICHAEL R(ay) (1946- )

• * *George MacDonald (Bethany House 0-87123-944-2, Jun ’87 [Jul ’87], $12.95, 400pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography. His fantasy writing plays only a small part in this primarily Christian-oriented, exhaustive study of his life. The book has no price on it, and the $12.95 was a tentative advance one. For further information, write Bethany House Publishing, 6820 Auto Club Road, Minneapolis MN 55438. [MacDonald]

PHILLIPS, ROBERT S(chaeffer), ed. (1938- ) (stories)

• * _The Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories (Robinson 1-85487-077-7, Nov ’90, £13.95, 373pp, hc, cover by Sir Stanley Spencer) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1989 as Triumph of the Night) ghost anthology.
• * _The Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-780-1, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $10.95, 373pp, tp, cover by Stanley Spencer) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1989 as Triumph of the Night: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural) anthology of 27 ghost and horror stories by literary writers.
• * _The Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories (Robinson 1-85487-113-7, Mar ’92, £7.99, 373pp, tp, cover by Sir Stanley Spencer) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1989 as Triumph of the Night: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural) anthology of ghost stories.
• * _The Omnibus of 20th Century Ghost Stories (Robinson 1-85487-113-7, Oct ’96, £7.99, x+374pp, tp, cover by Roy Colmer) Reissue (Carroll & Graf 1989 as Triumph of the Night: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural) ghost/horror anthology.
• * *Triumph of the Night: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-517-5, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $18.95, 373pp, hc) Anthology of 27 ghost and horror stories by writers best known for more “literary” works. (Contents)

PHILLIPS, TONY; house pseudonym

• * *Turbo Cowboys # 7: Night Riders (Ballantine 0-345-35922-4, Aug ’89, $2.95, 134pp, pb) [Turbo Cowboys] Young-adult post-holocaust sf adventure novel.
• * *Turbo Cowboys # 8: Speed Shift (Ballantine 0-345-35923-2, Sep ’89 [Feb ’90], $2.95, 135pp, pb) [Turbo Cowboys] Young-adult post-holocaust sf adventure novel, copyright by the Jeffrey Weiss Group, Inc.
• * *Turbo Cowboys # 9: Duster Trouble (Ballantine 0-345-35924-0, Nov ’89 [Feb ’90], $2.95, 131pp, pb) [Turbo Cowboys] Young-adult post-holocaust sf adventure novel, copyright by the Jeffrey Weiss Group, Inc.
• * *Turbo Cowboys #10: City of Glass (Ballantine 0-345-35925-9, Dec ’89 [Feb ’90], $2.95, 140pp, pb) [Turbo Cowboys] Young-adult post-holocaust sf adventure novel, copyright by the Jeffrey Weiss Group, Inc.

PHILMUS, ROBERT M(ichael), ed. (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Island of Dr. Moreau: A Variorum Text (with H. G. Wells) See entry under H. G. Wells

PHY, ALLENE STUART (1937- )

• * *Mary Shelley (Starmont 0-930261-60-7, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $9.95, 124pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical study. [Shelley]

PIASECKI, JERRY

• * *Teacher Vic is a Vampire...Retired (Bantam Skylark 0-553-48281-5, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $3.50, 120pp, tp, cover by David Gaadt) Young-adult humorous vampire novel.

PIAZZA, LINDA

• * *Call of the Deep (Avon Flare 0-380-77330-9, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $3.50, 153pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. A young girl must fight a mysterious force that tries to force her to walk into the sea and drown.
• * *Evil in the Attic (Avon Flare 0-380-77576-X, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $3.99, 156pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. A psychic teen tries to stop a cursed music box.

PICANO, FELICE (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dryland’s End (Masquerade/Richard Kasak 1-56333-279-5, Nov ’95 [Dec ’95], $12.95, 500pp, tp) Dystopian novel of men in a decaying, matriarchal techno-empire 5,000 years in the future.
• * *Looking Glass Lives (Alyson 1-55583-481-7, Sep ’98, $12.95, 216pp, tp, cover by Beau) Fantasy novel of a small town’s long-hidden secret, reincarnation, and a romantic triangle reborn. Order from Alyson Publications, PO Box 4371, Los Angeles CA 90078-4371.
• * *To the Seventh Power (William Morrow 0-688-06332-2, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $18.95, 311pp, hc) Psychic thriller/realistic occult novel.
• * _To the Seventh Power (Avon 0-380-70276-2, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $4.50, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 1989) psychic thriller.

PICCIRILLI, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Edward Piccirilli] (1965- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Dark Father (Pocket 0-671-67401-3, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 280pp, pb, cover by Peter Caras) Horror novel. Two brothers discover that their father is the devil.
• * *The Dog Syndrome & Other Sick Puppies (Marietta Publishing no ISBN, Nov ’97 [Dec ’97], $8.00, 75pp, ph, cover by Eric Turnmire) Chapbook collection of six dark fantasy and suspense stories, one previously published online. Illustrated by seven artists. A limited edition of 500, signed by author and artists. Order from Bruce Gehweiler, Marietta Publishing, 1000 Arbor Forest Way, Marietta GA 30064; price includes US postage, foreign orders add $2.00. (Contents)
• * *Pentacle (Pirate Writings 0-9640168-2-6, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $5.99, 124pp, tp, cover by Keith Minnion) Quasi-novel made up of five related horror stories about a necromancer and his demon familiar wandering contemporary America. There is an introduction by Jack Cady. Order from: Pirate Writings Publishing, 53 Whitman Ave., Islip NY 11751; 516-224-1130. (Contents)
• * *Shards (Write Way 1-885173-23-7, Aug ’96, $20.95, 214pp, hc) Associational dark mystery. A man investigates the life of a woman who killed herself after having sex with him. Order from Write Way Publishing, 3806 S Fraser, Aurora CO 80014.
• * _Shards (Write Way 1-885173-41-5, Apr ’97, $5.95, 236pp, pb, cover by Michael Apice) Reprint (Write Way 1996) associational dark mystery. Order from Write Way Publishing, 3806 S Fraser, Aurora CO 80014.

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• * _Year 1: A Time of Change (with Edward J. McFadden, III) See entry under Edward J. McFadden, III.

PICKARD, GEORGE (stories)

• * *Golden (Vantage Press 0-533-05774-4, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $6.95, 33pp, hc) Sf novelette published in book form by a vanity press.

PICKERING, PAUL (Granville) (1952- )

• * *Charlie Peace (Random House 0-394-58544-5, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $20.00, 301pp, hc, cover by David Tamura) Literary fantasy novel of two children who grow up listening to the stories of a mysterious man who might be God and search for him when they grow up.

PICKNETT, LYNN; see under Anon.

• * _The Best Horror Stories [as by Anonymous] See entry under Anonymous.

PICKOVER, CLIFFORD (A.)

• * *Chaos in Wonderland: Visual Adventures in a Fractal World (St. Martin’s 0-312-10743-9, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $29.95, 302pp, hc) Odd mix of fiction and non-fiction, an introduction to chaos science presented as fiction (and pseudo-non-fiction) about a fictional civilization on one of Jupiter’s moons.
• * _Chaos in Wonderland: Visual Adventures in a Fractal World (St. Martin’s/Griffin 0-312-12774-X, Nov ’95, $18.95, 302pp, tp) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1994) mix of fiction and non-fiction, an introduction to chaos science presented as fiction (and pseudo-non-fiction) about a fictional civilization on one of Jupiter’s moons.
• * _Spider Legs (with Piers Anthony) See entry under Piers Anthony.

PIECZENIK, STEVE R(ichard) (1943- )

• * _Blood Heat (Warner 0-446-35673-5, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $4.95, 339pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1988) medical thriller with sf elements. Scientists work around the clock to save the world from an incurable strain of bubonic plague.

PIENKOWSKI, JAN (Michel) (1936- )

• * _A Foot in the Grave (with Joan Aiken) See entry under Joan Aiken.

PIERATT, ASA, ed.

• * *Kurt Vonnegut: A Comprehensive Bibliography (with Julie Huffman-Klinkowitz & Jerome Klinkowitz) (Shoestring/Archon 0-208-02071-3, Jun ’87, $34.50, 289pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference book. [Vonnegut]

PIERCE, DAVID (1960- ) (stories)

• * *Forever Yours (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-106174-3, Jan ’94 [Feb ’94], $3.50, 230pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel of a girlfriend brought back from the dead — changed. The copyright is to Barry Varela, and the book is packaged by Daniel Weiss Associates.

PIERCE, HAZEL (May) BEASLEY (1918- )

• * *A Literary Symbiosis: Science Fiction/Fantasy/Mystery (Greenwood Press 0-313-23065-X, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $29.95, 255pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study of works which combine the genres.

PIERCE, J. CALVIN (stories)

• * *The Door To Ambermere (Ace 0-441-15944-3, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $4.50, 229pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) [Ambermere] Fantasy novel, first book in a new series. A gambler discovers a door in a bar that leads to a magical world, but a demon finds his way into our world at the same time. A first novel.
• * *The Sorceress of Ambermere (Ace 0-441-33741-4, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $4.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Peter Clarke) [Ambermere] Fantasy novel, second book in the “Ambermere” series. A career girl in the big city discovers a magic ring that transports her to another world.
• * *The Wizard of Ambermere (Ace 0-441-01959-5, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $4.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Peter Clarke) [Ambermere] Humorous fantasy novel, third and final, for now at least, book of the “Ambermere” series.

PIERCE, JESSICA

• * *Someone’s Watching (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4579-4, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $3.50, 199pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. Cassidy is protected from a serial killer by her murdered mother’s ghost.

PIERCE, JOHN J(eremy) (1941- ) (stories)

• * *Foundations of Science Fiction: A Study in Imagination and Evolution (Greenwood 0-313-25455-9, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $35.00, 290pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical/historical study. This work traces the sf field via theme rather than chronologically. UK price £33.00.
• * *Great Themes of Science Fiction (Greenwood 0-313-25456-7, Oct ’87 [Nov ’87], $37.95, 250pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study with a history by theme instead of chronologically. This is the second part of a three-volume history of sf which started with Foundations of Science Fiction. It’s very clearly written and is recommended. (CNB)
• * *Odd Genre: A Study in Imagination and Evolution (Greenwood Press 0-313-26897-5, Mar ’94 [Apr ’94], $55.00, 222pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. Fourth volume in Pierce’s thematic history of the genre. Available from Greenwood Publishing, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders: 1-800-225-5800.
• * *When World Views Collide: A Study in Imagination and Evolution (Greenwood 0-313-25457-5, May ’89 [Jun ’89], $36.00, 238pp, hc) Non-fiction; criticism. Third volume in a history of the genre begun in Foundations of Science Fiction (1987) and Great Themes of Science Fiction (1987).

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• * _The Best of Cordwainer Smith See entry under Cordwainer Smith.

PIERCE, L. D.

• * *The Dreamer (Avon Flare 0-380-78062-3, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $3.99, 188pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. A teen is menaced by demon-sent nightmares. Copyrighted by Linda Piazza.
• * *Human Prey (Avon Flare 0-380-78274-X, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $3.99, 167pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. A teen fears her father may be involved in the revival of ancient shapeshifting rituals.

PIERCE, MEREDITH ANN (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Birth of the Firebringer (Macmillan/Four Winds 0-02-774610-0, Nov ’85 [Jan ’86], $12.95, 234pp, hc) [Birth of the Firebringer] Young-adult fantasy novel of mythical beasts. First in a trilogy.
• * _Birth of the Firebringer (Scholastic 0-590-40280-3, Dec ’86, $2.50, 234pp, pb) [Birth of the Firebringer] Reprint (Macmillan 1985) fantasy novel.
• * *Dark Moon (Little, Brown/Joy Street 0-316-70744-9, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $16.95, 238pp, hc, cover by Douglas Andelin) [Birth of the Firebringer] Young-adult fantasy novel of a unicorn prince captured by humans, sequel to Birth of the Firebringer.
• * _The Darkangel (Tor 0-812-54900-7, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $2.95, 253pp, pb) [Darkangel] Reprint (Little, Brown 1982) fantasy novel, the first in a trilogy. Weird and imaginative — recommended. (FCM)
• * _The Darkangel (Harcourt Brace/Magic Carpet 0-15-201768-2, Mar ’98, $6.00, 281pp, pb, cover by David Bowers) [Darkangel] Reprint (Little, Brown 1982) young-adult fantasy novel, book one in the “Darkangel Trilogy”.
• * *The Darkangel Trilogy (SFBC #17340, Jul ’90 [Aug ’90], $12.98, hc, cover by Dawn Wilson) [Darkangel] Fantasy omnibus of The Darkangel (Little, Brown 1982), A Gathering of Gargoyles (Atlantic Monthly 1984), and The Pearl of the Soul of the World (Little, Brown 1990). (Contents)
• * *A Gathering of Gargoyles (Little, Brown/Atlantic Monthly 0-316-70737-6, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $13.95, 263pp, hc) [Darkangel] Fantasy novel, Volume II of the “Darkangel Trilogy”.