The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

BETANCOURT, JOHN GREGORY (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Serve It Forth (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
• * *Swashbuckling Editor Stories (Wildside Press 1-880448-22-X, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $7.95, 128pp, tp, cover by Pat Morrissey) Original anthology of 17 stories about sf, fantasy, and horror editors, two reprints. A numbered hardcover edition (-20-3) and a “lettered and double lettered” hardcover edition (-21-1) were announced but not seen. Order from The Wildside Press, 37 Fillmore St., Newark NJ 07105. (Contents)
• * _Swashbuckling Editor Stories (Wildside Press 1-880448-20-3, Feb ’95, $35.00, 128pp, hc, cover by Pat Morrissey) Reprint (Wildside 1993) anthology of 17 stories about editors, most by editors. This is a signed, limited edition of 152 copies. We previously listed this as “also announced but not seen” with the trade paperback edition (October 1993); the pages were printed at the same time, but the hardcover copies not bound until now. Available from Wildside Press, 37 Fillmore St., Newark NJ 07105.
• * _The Ultimate Alien (with Keith R. A. DeCandido & Byron Preiss) See entry under Byron Preiss.
• * _The Ultimate Dragon (with Keith R. A. DeCandido & Byron Preiss) See entry under Byron Preiss.
• * _The Ultimate Frankenstein (with Byron Preiss, David Keller & Megan Miller) See entry under Byron Preiss.
• * _The Ultimate Werewolf (with Byron Preiss, David Keller & Megan Miller) See entry under Byron Preiss.
• * _The Ultimate Witch (with Byron Preiss) See entry under Byron Preiss.
• * _The Ultimate Zombie (with Byron Preiss) See entry under Byron Preiss.
• * _Weird Tales Number 291 (with George H. Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer) See entry under Darrell Schweitzer.
• * *Weird Tales Number 292 (with Darrell Schweitzer & George H. Scithers) (Weird Tales no ISBN, Dec ’88, $20.00, 145pp, hc) A hardcover edition of the Fall 1988 Weird Tales with stories by Keith Taylor, Tad Williams, and others.
• * *Weird Tales: Seven Decades of Terror (with Robert E. Weinberg) (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-0403-1, Apr ’97 [Sep ’97], $7.98, 438pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Horror anthology of 28 stories that appeared in Weird Tales from the ’20s to the ’90s, arranged in chronological order. Authors include H.P. Lovecraft, C.L. Moore, Gene Wolfe, and Nina Kiriki Hoffman. An instant remainder book. (Contents)
• * _Weird Tales: Spring 1988 (with Darrell Schweitzer & George H. Scithers) See entry under George H. Scithers

BETHKE, BRUCE (Raymond) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Headcrash (Warner Aspect 0-446-60260-4, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $5.50, 343pp, pb) Satirical near-future SF novel. A computer programmer opposes corporate evil. A first novel.
• * _Headcrash (Orbit 1-85723-352-2, Nov ’95, £5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1995) satirical SF novel, much of whose action takes place in a virtual reality nightclub on the Internet. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Headcrash (SFBC #11034, Feb ’96, $8.98, 343pp, hc, cover by Walter Velez) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1995) satirical near-future SF novel. This is the first US hardcover edition, with new cover art, no price, and the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Headcrash (Warner 0-446-67314-5, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], $10.99, 342pp, tp) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1995) satirical near-future SF novel.
• * *Isaac Asimov’s Robot City: Robots and Aliens 5: Maverick (Ace 0-441-73131-7, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 184pp, pb, cover by Steve Fastner) [Robot City] Sf novelization in a round robin series based on Asimov’s “Robot” stories, with illustrations by Alex Nino. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * *Rebel Moon (with Vox Day) (Pocket 0-671-00236-8, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $5.99, 282pp, pb) SF novelization based on the computer game produced by Day. Copyrighted by Theodore Beale and Bruce Bethke.

BETROCK, ALAN

• * *The I Was a Teenage Juvenile Delinquent Rock’n’Roll Horror Beach Party Movie Book (St. Martin’s 0-312-40293-7, Dec ’86, $11.95, 147pp, pb) Non-fiction, reference. “A complete guide to the teen exploitation film, 1954-1969.”

BIANCHI, VIRGINIA BROWN (1947- ); see pseudonym Michelle Brandon

BIBBY, JAMES A. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Ronan the Barbarian (Millennium 1-85798-432-3, May ’95, £8.99, 260pp, tp, cover by Stephen Player) [Ronan] Humorous fantasy novel. A first novel. A hardcover edition (-282-7, £15.99) is also available.
• * _Ronan the Barbarian (Orion 1-85798-308-4, May ’96 [Apr ’96], £4.99, 260pp, pb, cover by Stephen Player) [Ronan] Reprint (Millennium 1995) humorous fantasy novel. First in a series.
• * *Ronan’s Rescue (Millennium 1-85798-267-3, Jun ’96 [May ’96], £9.99, 261pp, tp, cover by Yvonne Watson) [Ronan] Humorous fantasy novel. Second in the series. A hardcover edition (-268-1, £15.99) is also available.
• * _Ronan’s Rescue (Orion 0-75280-876-1, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £4.99, 261pp, pb, cover by BlackSheep) [Ronan] Reprint (Millennium 1996) humorous fantasy novel. Book two in the series.
• * *Ronan’s Revenge (Orion 1-85798-526-5, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £16.99, 245pp, hc, cover by Paul Davies) [Ronan] Humorous fantasy novel. Book three in the series.
• * _Ronan’s Revenge (Orion 0-75281-748-5, Dec ’98, £5.99, 245pp, pb) [Ronan] Reprint (Orion 1998) humorous fantasy novel. Book three in the series.

BICKHAM, JACK M.; [i.e., John Miles Bickham] (1930-1997)

• * *Ariel (St. Martin’s 0-312-04917-X, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $15.95, 316pp, hc) Sf novel of a sentient computer. It’s described as “part War Games, part E.T.”
• * _Ariel (Tor 0-812-58086-9, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $3.95, 348pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1984) sf novel of a sentient computer.
• * _Day Seven (Tor 0-812-50581-6, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 314pp, pb, cover by NASA photo) Reprint (Tor 1988) near-future thriller about Russian/American conflict over the first Mars probe.

BICKHAM, JOHN MILES (1930-1997); see under Bickham, Jack M.

BIDMEAD, CHRISTOPHER H.

• * _Doctor Who: Castrovalva (Target 0-426-19326-1, Jun ’91, £2.50, 118pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (W.H. Allen 1983) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 76 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $4.95.
• * _Doctor Who: Logopolis (Target 0-426-20149-3, Dec ’91, £2.99, 127pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (W.H. Allen; Target 1982) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 41 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $4.95.

BIERCE, AMBROSE (Gwinnett) (1842-1914?) (stories) (chron.)

• * *21 Letters of Ambrose Bierce (Necronomicon Press no ISBN, Jul ’91, $3.50, 20pp, ph, cover by Jason Eckhardt) Collection of 21 letters from Bierce to Samuel Loveman, edited by Loveman and with an introduction by Donald E. Burleson. This probably appeared in some form in 1912, but this is the first generally available publication.
• * _Can Such Things Be?: Tales of Horror and the Supernatural (Carol Publishing Group/Citadel Twilight 0-8065-0550-8, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $6.95, 160pp, tp, cover by Kevin Kelly) Reprint (Cassell 1893) collection of 24 stories with a 1946 biographical/critical introduction by Clifton Fadiman.
• * *The Devil’s Advocate: An Ambrose Bierce Reader (Chronicle Books 0-87701-401-9, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $22.50, 327pp, hc) A selection of stories, newspaper columns, letters, poetry, and excerpts from books. Edited by Brian St. Pierre. A Trade paperback edition (0-87701-476-0, $12.95) was announced but not seen. Stories indexed are from the section “Stories of the Supernatural." (Contents)
• * *Occurrences: The Illustrated Ambrose Bierce (Mojo Press 1-885418-12-4, Apr ’97 [Jul ’97], $9.95, 79pp, tp, cover by John Picacio) Graphic collection of six Bierce stories in comic form, adapted and with a biographical introduction by Debra Rodia; art by Michael Lark, John Lucas, Martin Thomas, Mark Ricketts, and Richard Case. Order from Mojo Press, PO Box 140005, Austin TX 78714; fax 512-858-7282; mojo@eden.com; add $1.00 postage. (Contents)
• * _Three Tales of Horror (with Robert Louis Stevenson & Edgar Allan Poe) See entry under Edgar Allan Poe.

BIERMAN, VALERIE, ed. (stories)

• * _Best of Friends (Mammoth 0-7497-2597-4, Jan ’97, £3.50, 109pp, pb) Reprint (Methuen 1995) original anthology of young-adult stories. Most of the authors write genre fiction, and one of the stories is a ghost tale. (Contents)

BIGGLE, LLOYD, Jr. (1923-2002) (stories)

• * *Alien Main (with T. L. Sherred) (Doubleday 0-385-19358-0, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $12.95, 182pp, hc) [Alien Island] Sf novel, a sequel to Sherred’s Alien Island (1970) completed by Biggle.
• * _All the Colors of Darkness (Bart 1-55785-071-2, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.50, 230pp, pb) [Jan Darzek] Reprint (Doubleday 1963) sf novel in the “Jan Darzek” series.
• * *Interface for Murder (Doubleday Crime Club 0-385-24310-3, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $12.95, 185pp, hc) [J(awhol) Pletcher] Associational. Mystery novel by an sf writer.
• * _The Quallsford Inheritance (Penguin 0-14-010007-5, May ’87, $3.95, 278pp, pb) [Sherlock Holmes] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1986) Sherlock Holmes novel. Associational.
• * *The Quallsford Inheritance: A Memoir of Sherlock Holmes from the Papers of Edward Porter Jones, His Late Assistant (St. Martin’s 0-312-65813-3, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $15.95, 246pp, hc) [Sherlock Holmes] Associational; new Sherlock Holmes adventure by an sf author.
• * *Where Dead Soldiers Walk (St. Martin’s 0-312-11011-1, Jul ’94 [Aug ’94], $20.95, 267pp, hc, cover by Joan Hall) [J(awhol) Pletcher] Associational mystery novel in the “Fletcher & Lambert” series.

BIGGS, CHERYL (1947- ) (stories)

• * *Yesterday’s Passion (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-104069-X, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.50, 311pp, pb, cover by Jim Griffin) Time-travel romance. A modern woman finds herself the mistress of an antebellum plantation.

BILAL, ENKI (1951- )

• * _Gods in Chaos (Titan 1-85286-050-2, Apr ’88, £6.95, 64pp, tp) [Gods in Chaos] Reprint (Catalan 1988) fantasy graphic novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Woman Trap (Titan 1-85286-076-6, Aug ’88, £6.95, 56pp, tp) [Gods in Chaos] Reprint (Catalan 1988) fantasy graphic novel. Sequel to Gods in Chaos. [First U.K. edition]

BILDERDIJK, WILLEM (1756-1831) (stories)

• * +A Remarkable Aerial Voyage (Dufour Editions/Wilfion Books 0-905075-24-2, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $13.95, 88pp, tp) Sf novella, translated from the Dutch by Paul Vincent. This story, first published in 1813, is one of the earliest interplanetaries, and a foreruner of modern sf. This is the first English translation; a 1987 Scottish edition (Wilfion Books) with a U.S. sticker. Distributed in the U.S. by Dufour Editions.

BILGREY, MARC (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Science Fiction Cartoon Book (Andrion 0-933773-11-0, Dec ’86, $7.00, unpaginated, pb) Pictorial, humor book of sf cartoons.

BILIAS, STEPHEN; see house pseudonym Ian Hammell

• * _Shadow World: Clock Strikes Sword [as by Ian Hammell] See entry under Ian Hammell.

BILL, ANDREW (stories)

• * *Wrath of the Ice Sorcerer (Holland Studio Craft 0-9514298-0-9, Oct ’89, £7.50, 85pp, hc) [Enchantica] Children’s fantasy set in the Enchantica universe.

BILLIAS, STEPHEN (W.) (1951- )

• * *The American Book of the Dead (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20335-8, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.50, 214pp, pb) Picaresque sf novel of Zen and the threat of nuclear war. A first novel.
• * *Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0.: Holo Men (Warner Aspect 0-446-60233-7, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $5.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Donato) [Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0.] SF novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by R. Talsorian Games.
• * *Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0.: The Ravengers (Warner Aspect 0-446-60232-9, Aug ’95 [Jun ’95], $5.50, 282pp, pb, cover by Donato) [Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0.] Novelization, first in a series based on the SF role-playing game from R. Talsorian Games.
• * *Quest for the 36 (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20670-5, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $3.95, 210pp, pb) Black comedy fantasy novel about the search for the 36 people who can save Earth from the darkness.
• * *Runesword Volume Four: Horrible Humes (Ace 0-441-73697-1, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $3.95, 184pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Runesword] Fantasy adventure novel, fourth book of the “Runesword” series, each with a different author. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.

BILLSON, ANNE (1954- ) (stories)

• * *Dream Demon (NEL 0-450-48636-2, May ’89, £2.50, 188pp, pb) Horror novelization.
• * *Stiff Lips (Macmillan UK 0-333-64427-1, Oct ’96 [Dec ’96], £14.99, 375pp, tp) Ghost novel.
• * _Stiff Lips (Pan 0-330-34804-3, Aug ’97 [Nov ’97], £5.99, 375pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1996) ghost novel.
• * *Suckers (Pan 0-330-32806-9, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], £4.99, 315pp, tp, cover by Tom Stimpson) Horror novel about yuppie vampires.
• * +Suckers (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-12189-X, Oct ’93, $20.00, 312pp, hc, cover by Doris Kloster) Horror novel about yuppie vampires in London. First hardcover and first American edition (Pan 1993).
• * _Suckers (Pan 0-330-32998-7, Oct ’96 [Dec ’96], £5.99, 315pp, pb) Reprint (Pan 1993) dark fantasy vampire novel set in London.

BINGEMAN, ALISON

• * _The Celestial Toymaker (with Gerry Davis) See entry under Gerry Davis.
• * _Doctor Who: The Celestial Toymaker (with Gerry Davis) See entry under Gerry Davis.

BINGHAM, ROGER

• * _Wild Card (with Raymond Hawkey) See entry under Raymond Hawkey.

BINGLEY, MARGARET (Jane Kirby) (1947- ) (stories)

• * +After Alice (Popular Library 0-445-20528-8, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.95, 234pp, pb) Horror novel of possession and ghostly vengeance. First American edition (Piatkus 1986 as After Alice Died).
• * _After Alice Died (Grafton 0-586-07459-7, Apr ’88, £2.95, 234pp, pb) Reprint (Piatkus 1986) horror novel.
• * +Children of the Night (Popular Library 0-445-20526-1, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 248pp, pb) Horror novel about a woman who marries a man whose children have monstrous supernatural powers. First American edition (Piatkus 1985).
• * +Deadtime Story (Popular Library 0-445-20722-1, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $4.95, 232pp, pb, cover by Richard Newton) Horror novel of possessed children. First American edition (Unwin 1987 as The Unquiet Dead).
• * +Devil’s Child (Popular Library 0-445-20472-9, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $3.50, 253pp, pb) Horror novel. First American edition (Piatkus 1983).
• * *Gateway to Hell (Piatkus 0-7499-0094-6, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], £13.95, 313pp, hc, cover by Ken Leeder) Horror novel about twin boys and an ancient Egyptian evil.
• * *Seeds of Evil (Piatkus 0-86188-701-8, Feb ’88 [Jul ’88], £9.95, 245pp, hc) Horror novel about children with occult powers.
• * +Seeds of Evil (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-471-3, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $15.95, 245pp, hc) Horror novel about twin children with uncanny occult powers. First American edition (Piatkus 1988).
• * _Seeds of Evil (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-618-X, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $3.95, 245pp, pb) Reprint (Piatkus 1988) horror novel of twin children with uncanny occult powers.
• * *The Unquiet Dead (Piatkus 0-86188-601-1, Jan ’87 [Oct ’87], £9.95, 215pp, hc) “A chilling story of psychic children.”
• * _The Unquiet Dead (Grafton 0-586-07460-0, Aug ’88, £2.99, 270pp, pb) Reprint (Piatkus 1987) horror novel.
• * *Village of Satan (Piatkus 0-86188-933-9, Apr ’90 [May ’90], £11.95, 203pp, hc, cover by Ken Leeder) Occult horror novel.

BIOY CASARES, ADOLFO, ed. (1914-1999) (stories)

• * _The Book of Fantasy (with Jorge Luís Borges & Silvina Ocampo) See entry under Jorge Luís Borges.
• * _The Book of Fantasy (with Silvina Ocampo & Jorge Luís Borges) See entry under Jorge Luís Borges.
• * _Extraordinary Tales (with Jorge Luís Borges) See entry under Jorge Luís Borges.

BIRCH, MICHAEL HENRY (stories)

• * *Suspended Tales (Elf Publishing 1-872900-11-9, Nov ’93, £7.99, 247pp, tp, cover by Michael Henry Birch) Original sf/fantasy collection. Available from Langton Villa, Langton Green, Tunbridge Wells, TN3 0BB. The ISBN on the cover is 1-879-20009-7. (Contents)

BIRD, ANTOINETTE KELSALL

• * *The Daughters of Megwyn (Headline 0-7472-0039-4, Aug ’87 [Nov ’87], £10.95, 250pp, hc) Novel set in 15th century England, with fantasy touches.
• * _The Daughters of Megwyn (Headline 0-7472-3055-2, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], £2.95, 250pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1987) fantasy novel.

BIRD, SOPHIE GALLEYMORE

• * *Maneater (Masquerade/Rhinoceros 1-56333-103-9, May ’93 [Sep ’93], $6.95, 237pp, pb) Literary erotic Frankenstein tale about a young man who creates the “perfect” woman.

BIRNBAUM, ALFRED (T.), ed. (1957- ) (stories)

• * *Monkey Brain Sushi (Kodansha International 4-7700-1543-7, May ’91, $18.95, 304pp, hc, cover by Johnnie Dentsu) Anthology of 11 stories translated from the Japanese by the editor and others. A lot of these stories seem to be fantasy. (Contents)
• * _Monkey Brain Sushi (Kodansha International 4-7700-1688-3, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $9.95, 304pp, tp, cover by Natsumi Kawakami) Reprint (Kodansha 1991) anthology of 11 stories, mostly fantasy, translated from the Japanese by the editor and others.