The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

POE, ROBERT (continued)

• * *Return to the House of Usher (Tor/Forge 0-312-86012-9, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $22.95, 284pp, hc, cover by Stephen Johnson) Horror novel/mystery of psychological suspense, by a distant relative of Edgar Allen Poe. Usher House is rebuilt as a sanitarium by contemporary Ushers who seem to be reliving the house’s Fall.
• * _Return to the House of Usher (Tor 0-812-54931-7, Oct ’97, $6.99, 284pp, pb, cover by Stephen Johnson) Reprint (Forge 1996) horror novel/mystery of psychological suspense, by a distant relative of Edgar Allen Poe.

POE, STEPHEN EDWARD (1937?-2000); see pseudonym Stephen E. Whitfield

POGUE, CHARLES EDWARD

• * *Dragonheart (Boulevard 1-57297-130-4, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $5.99, 292pp, pb) Movie novelization. Copyrighted by MCA Publishing Rights.
• * _Dragonheart (Mandarin 0-7493-2230-6, Sep ’96, £5.99, 264pp, pb) Reprint (Boulevard 1996) fantasy novelization of the screenplay by Pogue. [First U.K. edition]

POGUE, DAVID (1963- )

• * _Hard Drive (Ace 0-441-00255-2, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $4.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Tom Cushwa) Reissue (Diamond 1993) SF thriller about a deadly computer virus. We missed the original edition.

POGUE, WILLIAM R. (1930- )

• * _The Trikon Deception (with Ben Bova) See entry under Ben Bova.

POHL, FREDERIK (George, Jr.) (1919- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Annals of the Heechee (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32565-6, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $16.95, 338pp, hc) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Sf novel, conclusion of the “Heechee Saga”. Pohl succeeds in doing what “Doc” Smith never could — tying up a galaxy-spanning saga satisfactorily. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _The Annals of the Heechee (SFBC #11278, Sep ’87, $4.98, 278pp, hc) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel, #4 in the “Heechee” series.
• * _The Annals of the Heechee (Gollancz 0-575-04149-8, Nov ’87, £10.95, 352pp, hc) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel. Volume 4 in the “Heechee” series. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _The Annals of the Heechee (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32566-4, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.95, 341pp, pb) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel, Book Four of the “Heechee Saga”. Brings an excellent series to a fitting close. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _The Annals of the Heechee (Orbit 0-7088-8317-6, Oct ’89, £3.50, 338pp, pb) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel, in which the Assassins finally come out of their kugelblitz! Volume four in the “Heechee” series.
• * _Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32067-0, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.95, 309pp, pb) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reissue (Del Rey 1980) sf novel. Book Two of the “Heechee Saga”. 5th printing.
• * _Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35046-4, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.95, 309pp, pb) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reissue (Del Rey 1980) sf novel, Book Two of the “Heechee Saga”. 10th printing.
• * *Black Star Rising (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31903-6, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $15.95, 282pp, hc) Sf novel.
• * _Black Star Rising (SFBC #01730, Nov ’85 [Dec ’85], $4.98, 214pp, hc) Reprint (Ballantine/Del Rey 1985) sf novel of aliens visiting a politically messy Earth.
• * _Black Star Rising (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31902-8, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $3.50, 293pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel.
• * _Black Star Rising (Gollancz 0-575-03848-9, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £8.95, 282pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel.
• * _Black Star Rising (Orbit 0-7088-8218-8, Apr ’87, £2.95, 282pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel.
• * *Chernobyl (Bantam Spectra 0-553-05210-1, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $18.95, 355pp, hc) Associational; a novel based on the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl.
• * *Chernobyl (Bantam UK 0-553-17502-5, Sep ’87, £4.95, 355pp, tp) Mainstream novel by author better known for his sf. Simultaneous with US (Bantam) edition.
• * _Chernobyl (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27193-8, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $4.50, 357pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1987) associational novel.
• * *The Coming of the Quantum Cats (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25786-2, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $3.50, 296pp, pb) Sf novel of alternate timelines.
• * _The Coming of the Quantum Cats (SFBC #05346, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], $4.98, 243pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 1986) sf novel. First hardcover edition.
• * _The Coming of the Quantum Cats (Gollancz 0-575-04016-5, Mar ’87, £9.95, 243pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 1986) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Coming of the Quantum Cats (Gollancz 0-575-04493-4, Jun ’89 [May ’89], £2.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Terry Pastor) Reprint (Bantam 1986) sf novel.
• * *The Day the Martians Came (Easton Press no ISBN, Nov ’88, no price, 248pp, hc) Sf novel. Limited, signed leatherbound edition, simultaneous with the trade edition.
• * *The Day the Martians Came (St. Martin’s 0-312-02183-6, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $15.95, 248pp, hc) Episodic novel based on ten sf stories plus connecting material. Seven of the stories have appeared before. (Contents)
• * _The Day the Martians Came (SFBC #14491, Feb ’89 [Mar ’89], $4.98, 217pp, hc) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1988) sf collection of connected stories.
• * _The Day the Martians Came (St. Martin’s 0-312-91781-3, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 248pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1988) sf collection of ten stories with connecting material.
• * _The Day the Martians Came (Grafton 0-586-20743-0, Apr ’90, £3.50, 300pp, pb, cover by Alun Hood) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1988) episodic novel based on ten sf stories plus connecting material. Seven of the stories have appeared before, although at least one of those has been revised. Strongly recommended. (PSP)
• * _The Day the Martians Came (Severn House 0-7278-4106-8, Sep ’90, £11.95, 300pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1988) sf collection.
• * *The Demon in the Skull (DAW 0-87997-939-9, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $2.50, 158pp, pb) Sf novel, a rewrite of Plague of Pythons (1965).
• * _Gateway (Easton Press no ISBN, 1986 [May ’89], no price, 313pp, hc) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1977) award winning sf novel with a long special introduction by Algis Budrys and artwork by Vincent DiFate. This special leatherbound signed gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only. The special contents of this edition have a 1986 copyright date, but was not seen until now.
• * _Gateway (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34690-4, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.50, 313pp, pb) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reissue (St. Martin’s 1977) sf novel, winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards. 14th printing; over 840,000 paperbacks in print.
• * _Gateway (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34690-4, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.50, 313pp, pb) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reissue (St. Martin’s 1977) sf novel, Book One of the “Heechee Saga”. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Highly recommended. (CNB) 13th printing.
• * *The Gateway Trip: Tales and Vignettes of the Heechee (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36301-9, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $18.95, 241pp, hc, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Collection of ten “Heechee” stories/vignettes, with illustrations by Frank Kelly Freas. (Contents)
• * _The Gateway Trip: Tales and Vignettes of the Heechee (BOMC no ISBN, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $16.95, hc, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Del Rey 1990) collection of 10 “Heechee” stories/vignettes. This is identical to the Del Rey edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * _The Gateway Trip: Tales and Vignettes of the Heechee (Easton Press no ISBN, Jan ’91, no price, 241pp, hc) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Collection of 10 “Heechee” stories/vignettes, with an introduction by James Gunn and the original illustrations by Frank Kelly-Freas. Published “simultaneously” with the Del Rey edition which appeared two months earlier. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _The Gateway Trip: Tales and Vignettes of the Heechee (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $9.95, 360pp, tp, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Del Rey 1990) collection of 10 “Heechee” stories/vignettes. This is identical to the Del Rey edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the jacket printed as the paperback cover.
• * _The Gateway Trip: Tales and Vignettes of the Heechee (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37544-0, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Del Rey 1990) collection of 10 “Heechee” stories/vignettes, with illustrations by Frank Kelly Freas.
• * _Gladiator-at-Law (with C. M. Kornbluth) (Baen 0-671-65566-3, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 251pp, pb) A slightly rewritten version of an earlier sf satire novel (Ballantine 1953). Corporate lawyers take over the world.
• * _Gladiator-at-Law (with C. M. Kornbluth) (Gollancz 0-575-04127-7, Oct ’87, £3.95, 192pp, tp) Reprint (Ballantine 1953) sf novel. This appears to contain the original text, rather than the revised (Baen 1986) version. Volume 18 in the Gollancz Classic SF series.
• * *Heechee Rendezvous (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30062-9, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $14.95, 311pp, hc) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Sf novel, third in the “Heechee” series.
• * _Heechee Rendezvous (Gollancz 0-575-03469-6, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], £8.95, 311pp, hc) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Del Rey 1984) sf novel, third in the “Heechee” series.
• * _Heechee Rendezvous (SFBC #3827, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $3.98, 274pp, hc) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Ballantine/Del Rey 1984) sf novel, third in the “Heechee” trilogy.
• * _Heechee Rendezvous (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30055-6, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $3.50, 331pp, pb) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Ballantine/Del Rey 1984) sf novel, third in the “Heechee” series. First paperback edition.
• * _Heechee Rendezvous (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30055-6, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.50, 331pp, pb) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reissue (Del Rey 1984) sf novel, Book 3 of the “Heechee Saga”. sixth printing.
• * *Homegoing (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33975-4, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $16.95, 279pp, hc) Humorous sf novel about a boy raised by aliens and returned secretly to earth.
• * _Homegoing (Easton Press no ISBN, Aug ’89, no price, 279pp, hc) Humorous sf novel about a boy raised by aliens and returned secretly to earth, with an introduction by James Gunn and art by Barclay Shaw. This is a signed, limited, leatherbound, gilt-edge edition that is being published “simultaneously” with the Del Rey hardcover edition which appeared two months ago. This edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Homegoing (SFBC #15362, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $4.98, 224pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 1989) sf novel.
• * _Homegoing (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36550-X, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.95, 283pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) Reprint (Del Rey 1989) sf novel about a human boy raised by aliens and secretly returned to Earth.
• * _Homegoing (Gollancz 0-575-04895-6, Sep ’90, £13.95, 279pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 1989) sf novel.
• * _Homegoing (Gollancz 0-575-05161-2, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], £3.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Del Rey 1989) sf novel.
• * _Jem (Bantam 0-553-25144-9, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.95, 312pp, pb) Reissue (St. Martin’s 1979) sf novel, 5th printing. A fine, down-beat tale of the end of humanity. A Hugo and Nebula nominee and a winner of the American Book Award. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _Jem (Baen 0-671-87625-2, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.99, 359pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1979) Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated SF novel. Winner of the American Book Award.
• * *Land’s End (with Jack Williamson) (Tor 0-312-93071-2, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $18.95, 370pp, hc) Sf disaster novel. A comet destroys the ozone layer and only those living in undersea cities thrive.
• * _Land’s End (with Jack Williamson) (SFBC #14329, Dec ’88, $6.50, 369pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel.
• * _Land’s End (with Jack Williamson) (Tor 0-812-50024-5, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $4.95, 370pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1988) sf disaster novel of undersea cities after a comet destroys the ozone layer.
• * _Man Plus (Bantam 0-553-24809-X, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.95, 246pp, pb) [Man Plus] Reissue (Random House 1976) sf novel. 6th printing. A Nebula Award winner and one of Pohl’s best. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _Man Plus (Gollancz 0-575-03981-7, Apr ’87, £3.50, 215pp, tp) [Man Plus] Reprint (Random House 1976) sf novel. Volume 12 of the Gollancz Classic SF series.
• * _Man Plus (Easton Press no ISBN, Dec ’90, no price, 215pp, hc) [Man Plus] Reprint (Random House 1976) sf novel with an introduction by Stephen F. Goldman and artwork by Richard Powers. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Man Plus (Baen 0-671-87618-X, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.99, 277pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Man Plus] Reprint (Random House 1976) Nebula Award-winning SF novel.
• * *Mars Plus (with Thomas T. Thomas) (Baen 0-671-87605-8, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $20.00, 342pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Man Plus] SF novel of Martian colonization problems, sequel to the awards-winning Man Plus.
• * _Mars Plus (with Thomas T. Thomas) (Baen 0-671-87665-1, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $5.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Man Plus] Reprint (Baen 1994) SF novel.
• * *The Merchants’ War (St. Martin’s 0-312-53010-2, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $13.95, 209pp, hc) [Space Merchants] Sf novel, sequel to The Space Merchants by Pohl and Kornbluth.
• * _The Merchants’ War (Gollancz 0-575-03691-5, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], £8.95, 209pp, hc) [Space Merchants] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1984) sf novel. First British edition. Sequel to The Space Merchants.
• * _The Merchants’ War (St. Martin’s 0-312-90241-7, Mar ’86 [Jan ’86], $3.95, 296pp, pb) [Space Merchants] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1984) sf novel, sequel to Pohl and Kornbluth’s The Space Merchants. Mass market edition.
• * _The Merchants’ War (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8182-3, Aug ’86, £2.50, 209pp, pb) [Space Merchants] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1984) sf novel, sequel to The Space Merchants.
• * _Midas World (Tor 0-812-54925-2, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.95, 316pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1983) collection of social satires in the guise of an sf novel.
• * *Mining the Oort (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37199-2, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $19.00, 264pp, hc, cover by Barclay Shaw) Sf novel about mining the Oort Cloud to obtain water for Mars.
• * _Mining the Oort (SFBC #03863, Dec ’92, $8.98, 264pp, hc, cover by Barclay Shaw) Reprint (Del Rey 1992) sf novel. Similar to the Del Rey edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Mining the Oort (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37200-X, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $4.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) Reprint (Del Rey 1992) sf novel about mining the Oort Cloud for water for Mars.
• * _Mining the Oort (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224173-0, Nov ’93, £15.99, 279pp, hc, cover by Joe Petagno) Reprint (Del Rey 1992) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Narabedla Ltd. (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33974-6, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $16.95, 375pp, hc) Sf novel.
• * _Narabedla Ltd. (SFBC #13867, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], $4.98, 309pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 1988) sf novel.
• * _Narabedla Ltd. (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36026-5, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $4.95, 313pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1988) sf novel of “alien entertainment.”
• * _Narabedla Ltd. (Gollancz 0-575-04738-0, Mar ’90, £13.95, 375pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 1988) sf novel about a company that markets opera to aliens.
• * _Narabedla, Ltd. (Gollancz 0-575-05055-1, May ’91 [Apr ’91], £4.50, 375pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Del Rey 1988) sf novel.
• * *O Pioneer! (Tor 0-312-86164-8, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $21.95, 254pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) SF novel. New immigrants uncover a human plot that threatens the peace between the planet Tupelo’s five alien species.
• * *The Other End of Time (Tor 0-312-85644-X, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $23.95, 348pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Eschaton Sequence] SF novel. Aliens warn Earth that other aliens are about to destroy the planet.
• * _The Other End of Time (Tor 0-812-53519-7, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $6.99, 348pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Eschaton Sequence] Reprint (Tor 1996) SF novel. Aliens warn Earth that other aliens are about to destroy the planet.
• * _Our Angry Earth (with Isaac Asimov) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Our Angry Earth (with Isaac Asimov) (SFBC #19656-8, Apr ’92, $9.98, 323pp, hc, cover by Joe Curcio) Reprint (Tor 1991) associational non-fiction. Two sf writers offer a detailed plan to save the Earth from the human race. Similar to the Tor edition except it lacks an ISBN and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.
• * *Our Best: The Best of Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth (with C. M. Kornbluth) (Baen 0-671-65620-1, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $2.95, 286pp, pb) Collection of 12 collaborative stories, with new introductions by Pohl. (Contents)
• * *Outnumbering the Dead (Legend 0-7126-3692-7, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], £9.99, 110pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Sf novella about a mortal man in a world of immortals, illustrated throughout by Steve Crisp. Note that this has a different ISBN (-4615-9) on the cover.
• * _Outnumbering the Dead (Legend 0-7126-4576-4, Jun ’91, £4.99, 110pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Legend 1991) sf novella.
• * +Outnumbering the Dead (St. Martin’s 0-312-07755-6, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $14.95, 110pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Sf novella of a mortal man in an immortal world, illustrated by Steve Crisp. First American edition (Legend 1991). Recommended (CNB).
• * _Outnumbering the Dead (SFBC #01808, Jul ’92 [Aug ’92], $6.98, 110pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Legend 1991) sf novella of a mortal man in an immortal world, illustrated by Steve Crisp. Similar to the 1992 St. Martin’s edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and the SFBC number is on the back jacket.
• * *Pohlstars (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31545-6, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.95, 257pp, pb) Collection of 12 stories. (Contents)
• * _Pohlstars (Gollancz 0-575-03718-0, Jan ’86, £8.95, 203pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 1984) collection. First hardcover edition. Omits the story “The Wizard of Peng-Shi Angle.”
• * _Pohlstars (Gollancz 0-575-04855-7, Nov ’90, £3.50, 203pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1984) sf collection. Omits the story “The Wizard of Peng-Shi Angle”.
• * *Search the Sky (with C. M. Kornbluth) (Baen 0-671-55989-3, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $2.95, 245pp, pb) Sf novel, “substantially” rewritten from the 1954 Ballantine version.