The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

PIERCE, MEREDITH ANN (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _A Gathering of Gargoyles (Tor 0-812-54902-3, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.95, 263pp, pb) [Darkangel] Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1984) fantasy novel, second in the “Darkangel” trilogy. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _A Gathering of Gargoyles (Harcourt Brace/Magic Carpet 0-15-201801-8, Sep ’98, $6.00, 333pp, pb, cover by David Bowers) [Darkangel] Reprint (Little, Brown 1984) young-adult fantasy novel, book two in the “Darkangel Trilogy”.
• * *The Pearl of the Soul of the World (Little, Brown/Joy Street 0-316-70743-0, Jan ’90 [Apr ’90], $15.95, 243pp, hc, cover by Palo Amtmann) [Darkangel] Young-adult fantasy novel, third book of the “Darkangel” trilogy.
• * _The Pearl of the Soul of the World (Little, Brown/Joy Street 0-316-70743-0, Aug ’91, $15.95, 243pp, hc, cover by Palo Amtmann) [Darkangel] Reissue (Little, Brown 1990) young-adult fantasy novel, third book of the “Darkangel” trilogy; second printing.
• * *Where the Wild Geese Go (Dutton 0-525-44379-7, Mar ’88, $15.00, unpaginated, hc) Juvenile myth fantasy, fully illustrated in color by Jamichael Henterly.
• * *The Woman Who Loved Reindeer (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-042-4, Oct ’85, $13.95, 242pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel set in a Lapp-like world with were-reindeer.
• * _The Woman Who Loved Reindeer (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-40946-0, Mar ’87, £7.95, 242pp, hc) Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1985) juvenile fantasy novel set in a ‘Lap-like’ culture. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _The Woman Who Loved Reindeer (Tor 0-812-50305-8, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 242pp, pb, cover by Dennis Nolan) Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1985) young-adult fantasy set in an Arctic world with were-reindeer.

PIERCE, RICHARD; pseudonym of Sam Green

• * *Frankenstein’s Children: The Creation (Berkley 0-425-14361-9, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $3.99, 200pp, pb) [Frankenstein] Young-adult gothic horror novel about reanimation experiments involving Victor Frankenstein’s descendants. First book of a new series, copyrighted by Berkley.
• * *Frankenstein’s Children: The Curse (Berkley 0-425-14528-X, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $3.99, 214pp, pb) [Frankenstein] Young adult horror novel, third in the trilogy. Copyrighted by Berkley.
• * *Frankenstein’s Children: The Revenge (Berkley 0-425-14460-7, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $3.99, pb) [Frankenstein] Young-adult horror novel, second in the series. Copyrighted by Berkley.

PIERCE, TAMORA (1954- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Alanna (Beaver 0-09-943560-8, May ’86, £1.75, 241pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1983 as Alanna: The First Adventure) young-adult fantasy novel, first in a series.
• * _Alanna: The First Adventure (Beaver 0-09-943560-8, Jan ’88, £2.50, 241pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reissue (Oxford University Press 1983) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Song of the Lionness” series.
• * _Alanna: The First Adventure (Knopf 0-679-80114-6, Oct ’89, $3.25, 231pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1983) young-adult fantasy novel, first book of the “Song of the Lioness Quartet”.
• * _Alanna: The First Adventure (Red Fox 0-09-943560-8, Jul ’92, £3.50, 241pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Oxford University Press 1983) young-adult fantasy novel. Book one of “Song of the Lioness”.
• * _Alanna: The First Adventure (Random House 0-679-80114-6, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $4.99, 216pp, pb, cover by Joyce Patti) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Oxford 1983) young-adult fantasy, first volume in “The Song of the Lioness” quartet.
• * _Alanna: The First Adventure (Scholastic UK 0-590-19796-7, Jul ’98, £3.99, 216pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1983) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 1 of the “Song of the Lioness” quartet.
• * *Circle of Magic: Daja’s Book (Scholastic 0-590-55358-5, Sep ’98, $15.95, 234pp, hc, cover by Theron) [Circle of Magic] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the series. The student mages help investigate a drought-stricken part of the country.
• * *Circle of Magic: Sandry’s Book (Scholastic 0-590-55356-9, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $15.95, 252pp, hc, cover by Theron) [Circle of Magic] YA fantasy novel, first in a new quartet. Four children with special powers are sent to live in a temple community.
• * _Circle of Magic: The Magic in the Weaving (Scholastic Press 0-590-54221-4, Sep ’98, £5.99, 214pp, tp) [Circle of Magic] Reprint (Scholastic 1997 as Circle of Magic: Sandry’s Book) young-adult fantasy novel. First of a quartet. Four very different youngsters each possess a power whose union may save them all. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Circle of Magic: Tris’s Book (Scholastic 0-590-55357-7, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $15.95, 251pp, hc, cover by Theron) [Circle of Magic] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the series.
• * *The Emperor Mage (Scholastic UK 0-590-55802-1, Nov ’94, £3.99, 334pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Immortals] Young-adult fantasy novel. Third in the ‘Wild Magic’ quartet which follows the Alanna series.
• * +The Emperor Mage (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-31989-4, May ’95, $17.00, 255pp, hc, cover by Michael McDermott) [Immortals] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the “Immortals” series. First US edition (Scholastic UK 1994).
• * _The Emperor Mage (Random House 0-679-88290-1, May ’97, $4.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Joyce Patti) [Immortals] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1994) young-adult fantasy, third volume in the “Immortals” quartet.
• * _The Girl Who Rides Like a Man (Red Fox 0-09-981340-8, Jul ’92, £3.50, 272pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1986 as The Woman Who Rides Like a Man) young-adult fantasy novel. Book three of “Song of the Lioness”.
• * *In the Hand of the Goddess (Atheneum 0-689-31054-4, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $12.95, hc) [Song of the Lioness] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in a series about Alanna the warrior maiden.
• * _In the Hand of the Goddess (Oxford University Press 0-19-271551-8, Oct ’86 [1986], £7.95, 232pp, hc) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult fantasy, second volume in “The Song of the Lioness” quartet. [Not seen]
• * _In the Hand of the Goddess (Beaver 0-09-955560-3, Jan ’88, £2.50, 232pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Song of the Lionness” series.
• * _In the Hand of the Goddess (Knopf Borzoi 0-679-80111-1, Feb ’90, $3.50, 232pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult fantasy novel, second book of the “Alanna” series.
• * _In the Hand of the Goddess (Red Fox 0-09-955560-3, Jul ’92, £3.50, 232pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult fantasy novel. Book two of “Song of the Lioness”.
• * _In the Hand of the Goddess (Random House 0-679-80111-1, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $4.99, 209pp, pb, cover by Joyce Patti) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Oxford 1984) young-adult fantasy, second volume in “The Song of the Lioness” quartet.
• * _In the Hand of the Goddess (Scholastic UK 0-590-19797-5, Jul ’98, £3.99, 209pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 2 of the “Song of the Lioness” quartet.
• * *Lioness Rampant (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31116-8, Oct ’88 [Nov ’88], $15.95, 320pp, hc) [Song of the Lioness] Young-adult fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Song of the Lioness” quartet. Alanna, a young female knight, must battle the evil Duke Roger — a man she thought she once killed.
• * _Lioness Rampant (Knopf Bullseye 0-679-80113-8, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.50, 320pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1988) young-adult fantasy novel, fourth book of the “Song of the Lioness” series.
• * _Lioness Rampant (Red Fox 0-09-981350-5, Jul ’92, £3.50, 320pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1988) young-adult fantasy novel. Book four of “Song of the Lioness”.
• * _Lioness Rampant (Random House 0-679-80113-8, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $4.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Joyce Patti) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1988) young-adult fantasy, fourth volume in “The Song of the Lioness” quartet.
• * _Lioness Rampant (Scholastic UK 0-590-19859-9, Jul ’98, £3.99, 308pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1988) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 4 of the “Song of the Lioness” quartet.
• * *The Realms of the Gods (Scholastic UK 0-590-13376-4, Mar ’96, £3.99, 331pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Immortals] Young-adult fantasy novel. Last in the “Immortals” quartet.
• * +The Realms of the Gods (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-31990-8, Nov ’96, $17.00, 209pp, hc, cover by Michael McDermott) [Immortals] Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in the “Immortals” series. Daine and Numair unwilling visit the realms of the gods while battles rage back home. First US edition (Scholastic UK 1996).
• * _The Realms of the Gods (Random House 0-679-88291-X, Jan ’98, $4.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Joyce Patti) [Immortals] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1996) young-adult fantasy, fourth volume in the “Immortals” quartet.
• * _Wild Magic (Hippo 0-590-55179-5, Apr ’93, £3.99, 344pp, pb) [Immortals] Reprint (Atheneum 1992) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Wild Magic (Random House 0-679-88288-X, May ’97, $4.99, 299pp, pb, cover by Joyce Patti) [Immortals] Reprint (Atheneum 1992) young-adult fantasy, first volume in the “Immortals” quartet.
• * *Wild Magic: The Immortals (Macmillan/Atheneum 0-689-31761-1, Oct ’92, $16.95, 260pp, hc, cover by Michael McDermott) [Immortals] Young-adult fantasy novel, first book of a new follow-up series to the “Song of the Lioness” series, where the heroine joins a mage, a queen, and a 13 year-old girl to battle evil and immortal creatures.
• * *Wolf Speaker (Scholastic UK 0-590-55244-9, Jan ’94, £3.99, 323pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Immortals] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume two in the series. A “Point Fantasy” book. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Wolf-Speaker (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31833-2, Apr ’94 [May ’94], $14.95, 182pp, hc, cover by Michael McDermott) [Immortals] Young-adult fantasy novel, second book of the “Immortals” series, a follow-up to the “Alanna” series, where the heroine joins a mage, a queen, and a 13 year-old girl to battle evil and immortal creatures.
• * _Wolf-Speaker (Random House 0-679-88289-8, May ’97, $4.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Joyce Patti) [Immortals] Reprint (Atheneum 1994) young-adult fantasy, second volume in the “Immortals” quartet.
• * *The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Atheneum/Argo 0-689-31117-6, Mar ’86 [May ’86], $14.95, 253pp, hc) [Song of the Lioness] Young-adult fantasy novel, #3 in the “Song of the Lioness” series featuring Alanna, a woman warrior.
• * _The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Oxford 0-19-271582-8, Aug ’89, £7.95, 253pp, hc, cover by Susan Scott) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1986) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Song of the Lionness” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Knopf Borzoi 0-679-80112-X, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.50, 253pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1986) young-adult fantasy novel, third book of the “Song of the Lioness” series.
• * _The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Random House 0-679-80112-X, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $4.99, 228pp, pb, cover by Joyce Patti) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1986) young-adult fantasy, third volume in “The Song of the Lioness” quartet.
• * _The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Scholastic UK 0-590-19889-0, Jul ’98, £3.99, 228pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1986) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 3 of the “Song of the Lioness” quartet.

PIERCY, MARGE (1936- )

• * _Body of Glass (Michael Joseph 0-7181-3537-7, Mar ’92, £14.99, 406pp, hc, cover by Rafal Olbinski) Reprint (Knopf 1991 as He, She and It) literary sf novel set in a devastated North America in the middle of the 21st century. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Body of Glass (Penguin 0-14-015602-X, May ’93, £5.99, 582pp, pb, cover by Rafal Olbinski) Reprint (Knopf 1991 as He, She and It) literary sf novel.
• * *He, She and It (Knopf 0-679-40408-2, Oct ’91, $22.00, 446pp, hc, cover by Rafal Olbinski) Literary sf novel set in a toxic 21st-century dystopian America.
• * _He, She and It (Fawcett Crest 0-449-22060-5, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $5.99, 432pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1991) literary sf novel set in a toxic 21st-century dystopian America.
• * _Woman on the Edge of Time (The Women’s Press 0-7043-3837-8, May ’87 [Jun ’87], £3.50, 381pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1976) sf novel.

PIERSON, CHRISTOPHER (stories) (chron.)

• * *DragonLance: Spirit of the Wind (TSR 0-7869-1174-3, Jul ’98, $5.99, 346pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Bridges of Time] Fantasy novelization, based on the role-playing games. Book one of the “Bridges of Time” series. Copyrighted by TSR.

PIGG, MARTHA (1966- ); see pseudonym Marella Sands (stories)

PIKE, CHRISTOPHER (stories) (chron.)

• * _Bury Me Deep (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-58268-5, Mar ’93, £3.99, 189pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Archway 1991) young-adult supernatural thriller, in which a young girl solves a murder with the help of the victim’s ghost. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Bury Me Deep (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-58268-5, Oct ’96 [Jan ’97], £3.99, 172pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Archway 1991) dark fantasy novel. 6th printing.
• * _Chain Letter (Lightning 0-340-49909-5, Jun ’89, £2.50, 192pp, pb, cover by Davies) [Chain Letter] Reprint (Avon 1986) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Chain Letter (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-49909-5, Oct ’96 [Jan ’97], £3.99, 192pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Chain Letter] Reprint (Avon 1986) dark fantasy novel. 12th printing.
• * _Chain Letter 2 (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-58001-1, Dec ’92, £3.99, 171pp, pb) [Chain Letter] Reprint (Archway 1992 as Chain Letter 2: The Ancient Evil) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Chain Letter 2 (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-49909-5, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £3.99, 189pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Chain Letter] Reprint (Archway 1992 as Chain Letter 2: The Ancient Evil) horror novel. Sixth printing.
• * *Chain Letter 2: The Ancient Evil (Pocket Archway 0-671-74506-9, Apr ’92, $3.99, 196pp, pb, cover by Brian Kotzky) [Chain Letter] Young-adult horror novel, the sequel to the non-fantasy Chain Letter, it reveals that the killer in the previous book was actually possessed.
• * *Chained Together (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-61674-1, Jul ’94, £5.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Chain Letter] Omnibus of the two Chain Letter novels. The page numbering is separate for each novel. (Contents)
• * *Christopher Pike’s Tales of Terror #2 (Pocket Archway 0-671-55076-4, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $4.50, 207pp, pb, cover by Brian Kotzky) Young-adult collection of five horror stories. (Contents)
• * *The Cold One (Hodder & Stoughton 0-450-61357-7, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], £16.99, 294pp, hc, cover by Paul Davies) Horror novel. An ancient evil exists only to destroy humanity. Simultaneous with the US (Tor) edition.
• * *The Cold One (Tor 0-312-85117-0, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $21.00, 349pp, hc, cover by Joe DeVito) Horror novel. Incarnated as a woman, an ancient evil spirit goes on a killing spree in Los Angeles.
• * _The Cold One (NEL 0-450-61358-5, Jun ’95 [May ’95], £4.99, 393pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton; Tor 1995) horror novel. An ancient evil that exists only to destroy humanity confronts the last defenders of our race.
• * _The Cold One (Tor 0-812-51245-6, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 394pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) Reprint (Tor 1995) horror novel.
• * _Die Softly (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-58000-3, Oct ’96 [Mar ’97], £3.99, 206pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Archway 1991) young-adult dark fantasy novel. 10th printing. Published in 1996 but not seen until now.
• * *The Eternal Enemy (Pocket Archway 0-671-74509-3, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $3.99, 180pp, pb) Young-adult sf novel. Rela’s new VCR records next week’s news and when she sees a report of her own death she has to try to change the future.
• * _The Eternal Enemy (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-60698-3, Nov ’93, £3.99, 192pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Archway 1993) young-adult sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Eternal Enemy (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-60698-3, Oct ’94 [Jan ’95], £3.99, 167pp, pb, cover by Paul Davis) Reprint (Archway 1990) young-adult horror novel.
• * _The Eternal Enemy (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-60698-3, Apr ’97 [May ’97], £3.99, 172pp, pb, cover by Mark Longworth) Reissue (Archway 1993) young-adult horror novel. 7th printing.
• * *Execution of Innocence (Pocket Archway 0-671-55055-1, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $3.99, 197pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) Young-adult horror novel.
• * *Execution of Innocence (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-66453-3, Sep ’97, £3.99, 168pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Young-adult horror novel. Simultaneous with the US (Pocket Archway) edition.
• * _Fall into Darkness (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-54713-8, Oct ’91, £3.50, 172pp, pb, cover by Davies) Reprint (Archway 1990) young-adult thriller of associational interest. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Hollow Skull (Pocket Archway 0-671-55059-4, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $4.50, 210pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) Young-adult horror novel. Something alien is infecting minds in a small town.
• * _Hollow Skull (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-68608-1, Mar ’98, £3.99, 216pp, pb, cover by Christopher Forder) Reprint (Pocket Archway 1998 as The Hollow Skull) young-adult SF/horror novel. An alien force possesses the people of a small town. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Immortal (Pocket Archway 0-671-74510-7, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $3.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Brian Kotzky) Young-adult fantasy novel. Josie is vacationing in Greece when she discovers a small figure of an ancient goddess that possesses dangerous powers. A hardcover edition (-87039-4, $14.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _The Immortal (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-60697-5, Dec ’93, £3.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Archway 1993) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Immortal (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-60697-5, Apr ’97 [Jul ’97], £3.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Paul David) Reissue (Archway 1993) young-adult horror novel. Seventh printing.
• * *The Last Vampire (Pocket Archway 0-671-87264-8, May ’94, $3.99, 193pp, pb, cover by Brian Kotzky) [Last Vampire] Young-adult vampire novel about a teenage boy who holds knowledge that a beautiful millenia-old vampire is determined to obtain. A hardcover edition (-87257-5, $14.00) was announced but not seen.