The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

VOERMANS, PAUL (stories)

• * *And Disregards the Rest (Gollancz 0-575-05143-4, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], £14.99, 256pp, hc) Sf novel.
• * _And Disregards the Rest (Gollancz 0-575-05282-1, Mar ’93, £4.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Reprint (Gollancz 1992) sf novel.
• * *The Weird Colonial Boy (Gollancz 0-575-05325-9, Mar ’93, £15.99, 302pp, hc, cover by Steve Read) Sf novel set in a parallel-world Australia in 1978.
• * _The Weird Colonial Boy (Gollancz 0-575-05715-7, Mar ’94, £4.99, 302pp, pb, cover by Steve Read) Reprint (Gollancz 1993) sf novel set in a parallel world Australia in 1978.

VOIGT, CYNTHIA (1942- )

• * _Building Blocks (Ballantine Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70130-1, Mar ’88, $2.95, 121pp, pb) Reissue (Atheneum 1984) young-adult time travel novel. A boy goes back to his father’s childhood and comes to understand him as an adult.
• * *Jackaroo (Atheneum/Argo 0-689-31123-0, Sep ’85 [Oct ’85], $14.95, 291pp, hc) [Kingdom] Young-adult adventure novel set in a mythical medieval land; marginally fantasy.
• * *The Wings of a Falcon (Scholastic 0-590-46712-3, Oct ’93 [Nov ’93], $14.95, 467pp, hc, cover by Joe DiCesare) [Kingdom] Fantasy novel of two young boys who flee slavery to seek a new life on the wild mainland.

VOINOVICH, VLADIMIR (Nikolaevich) (1932- )

• * *Moscow 2042 (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-162444-5, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $16.95, 424pp, hc) Sf time travel novel. First English language edition. Orginally published in Russian, 1986.
• * _Moscow 2042 (QPB no ISBN, Feb ’88 [Mar ’88], $8.50, 424pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1987) quasi-sf novel. This is exactly the same as the HBJ hardcover except that it has no ISBN.
• * _Moscow 2042 (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02532-5, Apr ’88, £11.95, 424pp, hc) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovavovich 1987) comic sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Moscow 2042 (Picador 0-330-30732-0, May ’89 [Apr ’89], £4.99, 424pp, tp, cover by Ralph Steadman) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1987) literary sf novel.
• * _Moscow 2042 (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-662165-7, Sep ’90 [Apr ’92], $12.95, 431pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1987) time-travel sf novel, with a new afterword by the author. Translated from the Russian by Richard Lourie. This is a 1990 book not seen until now.

VOLK, STEPHEN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Gothic (Grafton 0-586-07335-3, Feb ’87, £2.95, 223pp, pb) Novelization of Ken Russell’s film.

VOLLMANN, WILLIAM T(anner) (1959- ) (stories)

• * *The Ice-Shirt (Andre Deutsch 0-233-98506-9, Apr ’90 [Jun ’90], £14.95, 404pp, hc, cover by Timothy Ely) [Seven Dreams] Literary fantasy novel about the Norse discovery of America. First in the “Seven Dreams” series.
• * +The Ice-Shirt (Viking 0-670-83239-1, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $19.95, 415pp, hc, cover by Fred Marcellino) [Seven Dreams] Prehistoric literary fantasy novel of Norse Greenlanders in North America, first book of the “Seven Dreams” series. First American edition (Andre Deutsch 1990).
• * _The Ice-Shirt (BOMC no ISBN, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $17.95, 415pp, hc, cover by Fred Marcellino) [Seven Dreams] Reprint (Andre Deutsch 1990) literary historical fantasy novel of Norsemen in North America. This is identical to the 1990 Viking edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * _The Ice-Shirt (Picador 0-330-31787-3, May ’91, £6.99, 404pp, tp, cover by Timothy Ely) [Seven Dreams] Reprint (Andre Deutsch 1990) literary historical fantasy novel.
• * _The Ice-Shirt (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Nov ’91, $10.95, 415pp, tp, cover by Fred Marcellino) [Seven Dreams] Reprint (Andre Deutsch 1990) literary fantasy novel of Norsemen in North America. This is identical to the 1990 Viking edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the dust jacket printed as the soft cover.
• * _The Ice-Shirt (Penguin 0-14-013196-5, Jul ’93, $12.50, 411pp, tp, cover by Gerard Mercator) [Seven Dreams] Reprint (Andre Deutsch 1990) literary novel with fantasy elements about the Norse discovery of America. First book of the “Seven Dreams” series.
• * *The Rainbow Stories (Andre Deutsch 0-223-98351-1, Jul ’89, £12.95, 541pp, hc) Collection of 13 literary short stories with fantasy elements.
• * +The Rainbow Stories (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-11961-5, Jul ’89, $19.95, 541pp, hc) Very literary collection of 13 stories with some fantasy content. First American edition (Andre Deutsch 1989). (Contents)
• * _The Rainbow Stories (Picador 0-330-30266-3, Feb ’90, £7.99, 542pp, tp, cover by Mark Edwards) Reprint (Andre Deutsch 1989) literary fantasy collection.
• * *You Bright and Risen Angels (Atheneum 0-689-11852-X, May ’87, $22.95, 635pp, hc) Pynchonesque comic/surreal novel of magic and technology; a first novel.
• * _You Bright and Risen Angels (Picador 0-330-29654-X, Jun ’88, £6.95, 656pp, tp) Reprint (Athenuem 1987) literary sf/fantasy novel.
• * _You Bright and Risen Angels (Penguin 0-14-011087-9, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $9.95, 635pp, tp) Reprint (Atheneum 1987) satiric literary fantasy novel about insects vying for world domination against the evil inventors of electricity.

VOLSKY, PAULA (stories)

• * *The Gates of Twilight (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37394-3, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $12.95, 341pp, tp, cover by Stephen Hickman) Quasi-historical fantasy novel set in an analog of the last days of the British raj in India. The gods are real aliens.
• * _The Gates of Twilight (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57269-5, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $6.50, 389pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) quasi-historical fantasy novel, set in an analog of the British Raj.
• * *Illusion (Gollancz 0-575-05138-8, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], £8.99, 700pp, tp, cover by David Farren) Fantasy novel about a world where the magic is dying. Also available in hardcover (-05137-X, £15.99).
• * +Illusion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-35135-4, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $10.00, 577pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) Fantasy novel, an alternate-world retelling of the events of the French Revolution. A hardcover edition (-08145-4, $22.50) is also available. First American edition (Gollancz 1991).
• * _Illusion (Gollancz 0-575-05296-1, Aug ’92, £5.99, 700pp, pb, cover by David Farren) Reprint (Gollancz 1991) fantasy novel.
• * _Illusion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56242-8, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $5.99, 674pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Gollancz 1991) fantasy novel, an alternate-world retelling of the events of the French Revolution.
• * *The Luck of Relian Kru (Ace 0-441-83816-2, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $2.95, 294pp, pb) Humorous fantasy novel. Plagued by strange bad luck since infancy, young Relian is forced to learn to use his “supranormal” powers by a gross, egotistical master, in a land of poisonous mystery and rampant eccentricity.
• * _The Luck of Relian Kru (Legend 0-09-962010-3, Sep ’89, £3.50, 294pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1987) humorous fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Sorcerer’s Curse (Ace 0-441-44458-X, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 299pp, pb) [*Sorcerer’s Lady] Fantasy novel, third in the “Sorcerer’s Lady” series.
• * *The Sorcerer’s Heir (Ace 0-441-77231-5, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 279pp, pb) [*Sorcerer’s Lady] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Sorcerer’s Lady.
• * *The Sorcerer’s Lady (Ace 0-441-77533-0, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 264pp, pb) [*Sorcerer’s Lady] Fantasy novel “set in a world that resembles the Verona of Romeo and Juliet.” A first novel.
• * _The Sorcerer’s Lady (Legend 0-09-960720-4, Dec ’88, £2.99, 264pp, pb) [*Sorcerer’s Lady] Reprint (Ace 1986) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The White Tribunal (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37846-5, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $13.95, 390pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) Fantasy novel. A young man pawns his soul to avenge his father’s death.
• * _The White Tribunal (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57581-3, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $6.50, 501pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) fantasy novel. A young man pawns his soul to avenge his father’s death.
• * *The Wolf of Winter (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37210-6, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $12.95, 357pp, tp, cover by George Bush) Quasi-historical fantasy novel set in a Russian-like kingdom, where a beautiful girl matches wits with her necromancer uncle and the ruler of the dead.
• * _The Wolf of Winter (SFBC #03086, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $9.98, 357pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) quasi-historical fantasy novel set in a Russian-like kingdom, where a beautiful girl matches wits with her necromancer uncle and the ruler of the dead. First hardcover edition. This edition has new cover art, lacks an ISBN and price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Wolf of Winter (Bantam UK 0-553-40815-1, Jul ’94, £4.99, 445pp, pb, cover by George Bush) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Wolf of Winter (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56879-5, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $5.99, 499pp, pb, cover by George Bush) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) quasi-historical fantasy novel of necromancy in a frozen land.

VOLTAIRE; pseudonym of François Marie Arouet, (1694-1778) (stories)

• * *Micromegas (and Other Stories) (Dedalus 0-946626-55-3, Nov ’89, £4.95, 171pp, tp, cover by Tim Gray) Collection of classic sf stories, translated by W. Fleming. This edition is available in the USA from Hippocrene Books. (Contents)

von ALLMEN, STEWART (stories)

• * *Saint Vitus Dances Eternity: A Sarajevo Ghost Story (White Wolf 1-56504-947-0, Jun ’96 [Jul ’96], $21.99, 71pp, hc) Dark fantasy novelette, with simultaneous text in Bosnian translated by Aida Musanovic, who also did the illustrations. Proceeds from the sale of this story go to the New Bosnia Fund. There are afterwords by the author and Michael Moorcock.
• * *The World of Darkness: Werewolf: Conspicuous Consumption (HarperPrism 0-06-105471-2, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $4.99, 260pp, pb, cover by John Cobb) [World of Darkness: Werewolf] Novelization based on the dark-fantasy series of role-playing games; though based specifically on “Werewolf: The Apocalypse”, this volume has a coupon for an exclusive card for the “Rage” trading card game. Copyrighted by White Wolf. A first novel.
• * _World of Darkness: Werewolf: Conspicuous Consumption (Boxtree 0-7522-0325-8, Apr ’96, £5.99, 260pp, pb, cover by John Cobb) [World of Darkness: Werewolf] Reprint (HarperPrism 1995) novelisation based on the role-playing fantasy card game, “Werewolf: The Apocalypse”. Copyrighted by White Wolf Fiction. [First U.K. edition]

VONARBURG, ÉLISABETH (Ferron-Wehrlin Morché) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *In the Mothers’ Land (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29962-X, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $5.99, 487pp, pb, cover by Oscar Chichoni) [Silent City] Sf novel of a future world where men are punished for destroying civilizations, a loose sequel to The Silent City. Translated from the French by Jane Brierley. Although an earlier edition is listed on the copyright page, it has not appeared. This is the first edition in any language.
• * _The Maerlande Chronicles (Beach Holme/Tesseract 0-88878-294-2, Mar ’93, C$8.95, 582pp, tp, cover by Charles Vinh) [Silent City] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992 as In the Mothers’ Land) sf novel of a future world where men are punished for destroying civilizations, a loose sequel to The Silent City. Translated from the French by Jane Brierley. The US edition also predates the French version. This edition was scheduled to appear before the Bantam Spectra edition, but has just appeared, despite the 1992 copyright date. Avilable from Beach Holme Publishers, 4252 Commerce Circle, Victoria BC V8Z 4M2 Canada.
• * *Reluctant Voyagers (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56242-8, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $5.99, 469pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) SF novel of a woman trapped in an alternate Montreal, the first English translation of Les Voyagers malgre eux (Editions Quebec-Amerique 1994). Translated by Jane Brierly.
• * _Reluctant Voyagers (Tesseract 1-895836-09-3, Dec ’95 [Feb ’96], $9.95, 451pp, pb, cover by Jean-Pierre Normand) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1995) SF novel. Translated by Jane Brierley from Les Voyagers malgre eux (Editions Quebec-Amerique 1994). A hardcover (-15-8, $21.95) edition is also available. The price is the same in US and Canadian money. Available from Tesseract Books, 214-21 10405 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton Alberta Canada T5J 3S2. Add $2.00 postage.
• * *The Silent City (Porcépic Tesseract 0-88878-277-2, 1988 [Jan ’89], $9.95, 209pp, tp) [Silent City] Sf novel about life in the last bastion of science and knowledge on a war ravaged Earth. First English language edition (Editions Denoel 1981). Translated from the French by Jane Brierley.
• * _The Silent City (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4218-9, Apr ’90, £4.95, 247pp, pb, cover by Gretta Kool) [Silent City] Reprint (Porcépic Books 1988) sf novel. Originally published in French in 1981 (as Le Silence de la Cité) by Editions Denoel.
• * +The Silent City (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29789-9, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $4.99, 261pp, pb, cover by Oscar Chichoni) [Silent City] Sf novel about life in the last bastion of science and technology on a war-ravaged Earth. Translated from the French by Jane Brierley. Originally published as Le Silence de la Cité (Editions Denoel 1981). First American edition (Porcépic 1988).

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• * *Tesseracts Q (with Jane Brierley) (Tesseract 1-895836-21-2, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], C$8.95, 393pp, pb, cover by Jean-Pierre Normand) Anthology of 22 stories in translation from SF published in French in Quebec. Authors include Yves Meynard, Jean-Louis Trudel, and Alain Bergeron. There is a foreword by Elisabeth Vonarburg, and an afterword by Jane Brierley. A limited hardcover edition (-22-0, C$21.95) was announced but not seen. Order from The Books Collective, 214-21 10405 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton Alberta T5J 0X2, Canada; US orders pay in US dollars. (Contents)

von FRANZ, MARIE-LOUISE (1915?-1998) (stories)

• * *The Feminine in Fairy Tales (Shambala 0-87773-567-0, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $15.00, 224pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. A study of feminine images in fairy tales from a Jungian perspective. Based on a series of lectures given by the author at the Jung Institute in 1958-59, this is a revised edition of a book originally published as Problems of the Feminine in Fairy Tales (Spring 1972).

VON GUNDEN, KENNETH (Ray) (1946- )

• * *K-9 Corps (Ace 0-441-09128-8, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $3.95, 229pp, pb, cover by Jim Thiesen) [K-9 Corps] Sf adventure novel of a pack of genetically altered super-dogs and their trainer confronting deadly centaurs on an alien planet. First book of a series.
• * *K-9 Corps: Cry Wolf (Ace 0-441-42495-3, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $3.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Jim Thiesen) [K-9 Corps] Sf adventure novel, third book of the “K-9” series featuring a pack of genetically engineered dogs with the power of speech.
• * *K-9 Corps: The Last Resort (Ace 0-441-42496-1, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $4.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Cliff Miller) [K-9 Corps] Sf adventure novel, fourth book of the “K-9” series that features a pack of genetically-engineered dogs with the power of speech.
• * *K-9 Corps: Under Fire (Ace 0-441-42494-5, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $3.95, 250pp, pb, cover by Jim Thiesen) [K-9 Corps] Sf adventure novel, second book in the “K-9 Corps” series featuring a pack of genetically engineered dogs with the power of speech.
• * *The Pale Companion (Ace 0-441-00064-9, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.99, 266pp, pb, cover by Dave Dorman) SF novel of a battle between cyborg secret agents.
• * *The Sounding Stillness (Ace 0-441-77598-5, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $4.99, 250pp, pb, cover by David Dorman) Sf novel of an off-planet secret agent and his cyborg partner investigating the conflict between whalelike natives and genetically engineered human and dolphin colonists.
• * *Starspawn (Ace 0-441-46992-2, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.95, 250pp, pb, cover by Mark Ferrari) Sf novel. An alien parasite (origin of the legends of dragons) must be hunted on medieval Earth. A first novel.

von HARBOU, THEA (1888-1954)

• * _Metropolis (Donning/Starblaze 0-89865-518-8, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $12.95, 170pp, tp) Reprint (Hutchinson 1927) sf novelization with new illustrations in both color and b&w by Michael W. Kaluta. A hardcover was announced (-519-6, $19.95), but not seen. There is also supposed to be a limited slipcased edition signed by the artist.

VONNEGUT, KURT, Jr. (1922-2007) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Bluebeard (Delacorte 0-385-29590-1, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $17.95, 300pp, hc) Novel, non-sf/fantasy — of associational interest. The “autobiography” of a minor character in Breakfast of Champions.
• * _Bluebeard (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02548-1, Apr ’88, £10.95, 300pp, hc) Reprint (The Franklin Library 1987) hoax autobiography, of associational interest. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Bluebeard (Paladin 0-586-08919-5, Mar ’89, £4.50, 256pp, tp, cover by Martin Sexton) Reprint (Delacorte 1987) associational novel.
• * _Bluebeard (Delta 0-385-33351-X, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $11.95, 318pp, tp, cover by Gene Greif) Reprint (Delacort 1987) associational novel.
• * _Breakfast of Champions (Delacorte/Delta 0-385-28364-4, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $9.95, 295pp, pb) Reissue (Delacorte 1973) quasi-novel about Vonnegut and his created sf writer, Kilgore Trout.
• * _Breakfast of Champions (Dell 0-440-13148-0, Nov ’91 [Aug ’92], $5.99, 193pp, pb, cover by Gene Greif) Reissue (Delacorte 1973) associational mainstream novel featuring Kilgore Trout; 30th printing.
• * _Cat’s Cradle (Delacorte/Delta 0-385-28126-9, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $9.95, 231pp, pb) Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1963) sf novel.
• * _Cat’s Cradle (Penguin 0-14-002308-9, May ’86, £2.95, pb) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1963) sf novel.
• * _Cat’s Cradle (Penguin 0-14-002308-9, May ’86, £2.95, 179pp, tp) Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1963) sf novel. [Not seen]
• * _Cat’s Cradle (Dell 0-440-11149-8, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $4.95, 191pp, pb) Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1963) sf novel.
• * _Cat’s Cradle (Dell 0-440-11149-8, Jul ’92, $5.99, 191pp, pb, cover by Gene Greif) Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1963) classic sf novel; 73rd printing.
• * _Cat’s Cradle (Delta 0-385-33348-X, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $11.95, 287pp, tp, cover by Gene Greif) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1963) SF novel.
• * *Cat’s Cradle/God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater/Slaughterhouse-Five (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Oct ’90, $12.95, 231/271/186pp, tp, cover by Winslow Pinney Pels) Omnibus of three Vonnegut novels. (Contents)
• * _Dead-Eye Dick (Dell 0-440-11765-8, 1985 [Oct ’85], $3.95, 240pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte 1982) sf novel.
• * _Deadeye Dick (Dell 0-440-11765-8, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $5.99, 240pp, pb, cover by Gene Greif) Reissue (Delacorte 1982) sf novel; 11th printing.
• * _Fates Worse Than Death (Berkley 0-425-13406-7, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $8.95, 240pp, tp) Reprint (Putnam 1991) associational non-fiction, a collection of essays about life in the ’80s with connecting material.
• * *Fates Worse Than Death: An Autobiographical Collage of the 1980s (Putnam 0-399-13633-9, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $22.95, 240pp, hc) Associational non-fiction, a collection of essays about life in the ’80s strung together by connecting material.