The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

ZELAZNY, ROGER (Joseph Christopher) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _A Night in the Lonesome October (AvoNova 0-380-77141-1, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $4.99, 280pp, pb, cover by James Warhola) [Sherlock Holmes; Dracula] Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1993) humorous Victorian Gothic fantasy, with illustrations by Gahan Wilson.
• * _Nine Princes in Amber (Avon 0-380-01430-0, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 175pp, pb) [Amber] Reissue (Doubleday 1970) fantasy novel, first in the “Amber” series. 15th printing.
• * _Nine Princes in Amber (AvoNova 0-380-01430-0, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $3.99, 175pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Amber] Reissue (Doubleday 1970) fantasy novel, first book in the “Amber” series; 24th printing.
• * *Prince of Chaos (Morrow 0-688-08727-2, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $19.00, 225pp, hc, cover by Linda Burr) [Amber] Fantasy novel, tenth book of the “Amber” series.
• * _Prince of Chaos (SFBC #18934, Dec ’91, $6.98, 225pp, hc, cover by Linda Burr) [Amber] Reprint (Morrow 1991) fantasy novel, tenth book of the “Amber” series. Similar to the Morrow edition except it lacks an ISBN and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.
• * _Prince of Chaos (AvoNova 0-380-75502-5, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $4.99, 241pp, pb, cover by Tim White) [Amber] Reprint (Morrow 1991), fantasy novel, tenth book of the “Amber” series.
• * _Prince of Chaos (Orbit 1-85723-128-7, Jun ’93, £4.99, 241pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Amber] Reprint (Morrow 1991) fantasy novel. Volume 10 in the “Amber” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Prince of Chaos (AvoNova 0-380-75502-5, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $4.99, 241pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Amber] Reissue (Morrow 1991) fantasy novel, tenth in the “Amber” series. Sixth Printing.
• * _Psychoshop (with Alfred Bester) See entry under Alfred Bester.
• * _Roadmarks (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34515-0, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $4.99, 185pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) Reissue (Del Rey 1979) sf novel; 10th printing.
• * *Roger Zelazny’s Visual Guide to Castle Amber (with Neil Randall) (Avon 0-380-75566-1, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $8.95, 221pp, tp) [Amber] Non-fiction, book of floor plans, drawings, etc., by Todd Hamilton, plus background information on Zelazny’s fantasy kingdom, and maps by James Clouse. Packaged by Bill Fawcett Associates.
• * _Roger Zelazny’s Visual Guide to Castle Amber (with Neil Randall) (SFBC #14595, Mar ’89 [Jun ’89], $8.98, hc) [Amber] Reprint (Avon 1988) non-fiction book of floor plans, drawings, etc. by Todd Hamilton, plus background and maps. Packaged by Bill Fawcett Associates. First hardcover edition.
• * *Sign of Chaos (Arbor House 0-87795-926-9, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $15.95, 214pp, hc) [Amber] Fantasy novel, 8th in the “Amber” series. It was supposed to be the final volume in the second series, but didn’t make it. There will be two further books (or maybe more), making it a dekalogy.
• * _Sign of Chaos (SFBC #11625, Dec ’87, $4.98, 184pp, hc) [Amber] Reprint (Arbor House 1987) fantasy novel, 8th in the “Amber” series.
• * _Sign of Chaos (Avon 0-380-89637-0, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.50, 217pp, pb) [Amber] Reprint (Arbor House 1987) fantasy novel, eighth in the “Amber” dekalogy.
• * _Sign of Chaos (Sphere 0-7474-0097-0, Jul ’88, £2.99, 214pp, pb) [Amber] Reprint (Arbor House 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 8 in the “Amber” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Sign of Chaos (AvoNova 0-380-89637-0, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $4.99, 217pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Amber] Reissue (Arbor House 1987) fantasy novel, “Amber” #8. Sixth printing.
• * _Sign of the Unicorn (Avon 0-380-00831-9, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $2.95, 192pp, pb) [Amber] Reissue (Doubleday 1975) fantasy novel, #3 in the “Amber” series. 12th Avon printing.
• * _Sign of the Unicorn (AvoNova 0-380-00831-9, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $3.99, 192pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Amber] Reissue (Doubleday 1975) fantasy novel, third book in the “Amber” series; 19th printing.
• * _This Immortal (SFBC #12033, 1988 [Jun ’88], $4.98, 184pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1966) award-winning sf novel. One of Zelazny’s best, and the book his reputation rests on. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _This Immortal (Easton Press no ISBN, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $32.00, 220pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1966) Hugo-winning classic sf novel, in the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series. Leatherbound, gilt-edge. There is a new introduction by Robert Silverberg, and artwork by Vincent DiFate. This appeared in 1986, but was not seen until 1988.
• * _This Immortal (Baen 0-671-69848-6, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.95, 216pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1966) Hugo Award-winning sf novel.
• * _To Die in Italbar (Methuen 0-413-40980-5, Aug ’86, £2.50, 183pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1973) sf novel.
• * _Today We Choose Faces (NAL Signet 0-451-15488-6, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $2.95, 174pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1973) sf time travel novel with gangsters; fourth printing.
• * *Trumps of Doom (Arbor House 0-87795-718-5, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $14.95, 183pp, hc) [Amber] Fantasy novel in the “Amber” series. It ends with a cliffhanger.
• * _Trumps of Doom (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-006-1, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $50.00, 183pp, hc) [Amber] Reprint (Arbor House 1985) fantasy novel, start of a new “Amber” series. It’s a signed, numbered, slipcased limited edition of 500 copies. There’s a new three-page prologue.
• * _Trumps of Doom (SFBC #04714, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $4.98, 183pp, hc) [Amber] Reprint (Arbor House 1985) fantasy novel in the “Amber” series.
• * _Trumps of Doom (Avon 0-380-89635-4, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $3.50, 184pp, pb) [Amber] Reprint (Arbor House 1985) fantasy novel, sixth in the “Amber” series.
• * _Trumps of Doom (Sphere 0-7221-9410-2, Aug ’86, £2.50, 217pp, pb) [Amber] Reprint (Arbor House 1985) fantasy novel, sixth in the “Amber” series. First British edition.
• * _Trumps of Doom (Sphere 0-7221-9410-2, Dec ’88, £2.99, 217pp, pb) [Amber] Reissue (Arbor House 1985) fantasy novel. Volume 6 in the “Amber” series.
• * _Trumps of Doom (AvoNova 0-380-89635-4, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $4.99, 184pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Amber] Reissue (Arbor House 1985) fantasy novel, sixth in the “Amber” series. Ninth printing.
• * _Unicorn Variations (SFBC #3555, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $3.98, 213pp, hc) Reprint (Simon & Schuster Timescape 1983) collection.
• * _Unicorn Variations (Avon 0-380-70287-8, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.50, 249pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster/Timescape 1983) collection of 20 stories.
• * *Way Up High (with Vaughn Bodé) (Donald M. Grant 1-880418-00-2, Sep ’92, $40.00, 45pp, hc, cover by Vaughn Bodé) Original short story, with full-color illustrations by Vaughn Bodé. This is a 1,000-copy limited edition signed by the author. Available slipcased with Here There Be Dragons for $80.00. Order from Donald M. Grant, PO Box 187, Hampton Falls NH 03844.
• * *Wilderness (with Gerald Hausman) (Tor/Forge 0-312-85654-7, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $21.95, 304pp, hc, cover by David Wright) Associational historical Western novel.
• * _Wilderness (with Gerald Hausman) (Tor 0-812-53534-0, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $4.99, 310pp, pb, cover by David Wright) Reprint (Tor/Forge 1994) associational historical Western novel.
• * *Wizard World (Baen 0-671-69842-7, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.95, 408pp, pb) [Changeling] Omnibus of two connected fantasy novels, Changeling (Ace 1980), and Madwand (Phantasia; Ace 1981). Collectors should note that there are two different covers (reversed front and back). (Contents)

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• * *Forever After (Baen 0-671-87699-6, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 291pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Shared-world anthology, with four original novellas by Jane Lindskold, David Drake, Robert Asprin, and Mike Stackpole, and framing “preludes” by Zelazny. Heroes cope with complications in their “happily ever after"-lives. The book is credited as "created by Roger Zelazny”, and is copyrighted by Bill Fawcett and Associates. (Contents)
• * *Warriors of Blood and Dream (with Martin H. Greenberg) (AvoNova 0-380-77422-4, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $5.99, 422pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) Original anthology of 15 stories about martial artists in fantastic or futuristic adventures, each story with an afterpiece by its author, describing their own experiences in the martial arts. Authors include Joe R. Lansdale, Jack C. Haldeman II, Walter Jon Williams, and Jane Lindskold. There is an introduction by Zelazny. (Contents)
• * *Wheel of Fortune (with Martin H. Greenberg) (AvoNova 0-380-77423-2, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) Original anthology of 21 stories and poems about gambling, by authors including Joe Haldeman, Jane M. Lindskold, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Nelson Bond (!). There is a new “Amber” story, and an introduction, by Zelazny. Greenberg is credited only in the copyright. (Contents)
• * *The Williamson Effect (Tor 0-312-85748-9, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $23.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Original anthology of 15 stories and one poem, about or inspired by Jack Williamson, with an introduction by David Brin. Authors include Frederik Pohl, Poul Anderson, Connie Willis, and Andre Norton. (Contents)
• * _The Williamson Effect (Tor 0-312-86395-0, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $14.95, 349pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1996) original anthology tribute to Jack Williamson.

ZELINSKY, PAUL O.

• * *Rapunzel (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-45607-4, Oct ’97, $16.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) Children’s picture book retelling of the fairy tale, lavishly illustrated in Italian Renaissance style. Zelinsky includes an afterword outlining the history of the tale, and his choice of artistic styles.
• * _Rumpelstiltskin (Penguin/Puffin Unicorn 0-14-055864-0, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], $5.99, unpaginated, pb, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) Reprint (Dutton 1987) picture-book version of the fairy tale. A 1987 Caldecott Honor Book.

ZELL, STEVE

• * *Wizrd (St. Martin’s 0-312-10577-0, Feb ’94, $22.95, 327pp, hc, cover by Rob Wood) Horror novel of the ancient spirit that destroyed the Anasazi threatening a modern Arizona town. A first novel.
• * _Wizrd (Headline 0-7472-1142-6, Aug ’94, £16.99, 310pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1994) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Wizrd (St. Martin’s 0-312-95373-9, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $4.99, 326pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1994) horror novel of an ancient spirit attacking a modern Arizona town.
• * _Wizrd (Headline 0-7472-4609-2, Jan ’95, £5.99, 440pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1994) horror novel.

ZENTZ, GREGORY L.

• * *Jupiter’s Ghost: Next Generation Science Fiction (Praeger 0-275-93940-5, May ’91 [Jul ’91], $39.95, 158pp, hc) Non-fiction essay on the relationship between science and science fiction.

ZETTEL, SARAH (1966- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Fool’s War (Warner Aspect 0-446-60293-0, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $5.99, 455pp, pb) SF novel. A Fool keeps tempers cool aboard a spaceship when their computer virus outbreak turns into an interplanetary AI war.
• * _Fool’s War (SFBC #15461, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $9.98, 455pp, hc, cover by Donato) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1997) SF novel of warring AIs. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the Warner Aspect paperback edition. It has no price, and the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Playing God (Warner Aspect 0-446-52322-4, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $22.00, 417pp, hc, cover by Steve Youll) SF novel. Humans try to help restore an alien planet’s ecology after a history of constant warfare that may not have truly ended.
• * _Playing God (SFBC #00615, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $10.98, 417pp, hc, cover by Steve Youll) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1998) SF novel. This is similar to the Warner Aspect edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Reclamation (Warner Aspect 0-446-60292-2, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $5.99, 452pp, pb, cover by Donato) SF novel. Exiles from a primitive planet discover their homeworld is under seige by offworld religious fanatics. A first novel.
• * _Reclamation (SFBC #13559, Sep ’96, $9.98, 452pp, hc, cover by Donato) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1996) SF novel. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the Warner Aspect paperback; the jacket lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back.

ZETTNER, PAT (1940- )

• * *The Shadow Warrior (Macmillan/Atheneum 0-689-31486-8, Apr ’90, $13.95, 220pp, hc, cover by Stephen Marchesi) Young-adult fantasy novel of a young girl’s search for her missing brother in a dangerous land with the help of a giant and a goblin.

ZEZZA, CARLO (1936- )

• * _Paris 2005 (Ballantine Ivy 0-8041-0666-5, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $5.95, 386pp, pb) Reprint (Evans 1990) sf technothriller.

ZICREE, MARC SCOTT (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Twilight Zone Companion, Second Edition (Bantam 0-553-34744-6, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $12.95, 466pp, tp) Associational guide to the tv series, revised and expanded from the first edition (Bantam 1982).

ZIEGENFUSS, ALAN JOHN (1952- ); see pseudonym Alan J. Warren (stories)

ZIEGFELD, RICHARD E(van) (1948- )

• * *Stanislaw Lem (Ungar 0-8044-2994-4, Dec ’85, $14.95, 188pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study, including a primary and secondary bibliography. [Lem]
• * *Stanislaw Lem (Ungar 0-8044-6992-X, Dec ’85, $8.95, 188pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above. [Lem]

ZIELINSKI, DAVID (1953- )

• * *A Genuine Monster (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-294-X, Jan ’90 [Mar ’90], $17.95, 236pp, hc, cover by Peter Cunis) Literary comic alternate-world fantasy novel.

ZIERHUT, INGRID, ed.

• * _Grand Master’s Choice (with Andre Norton) See entry under Andre Norton.

ZIESING, MARK V(incent), ed. (1953- ) (stories)

• * _Journal Wired #2, Spring 1990 (with Andy Watson) See entry under Andy Watson.
• * _Journal Wired, Summer/Fall ’90 (with Andy Watson) See entry under Andy Watson.
• * _Journal Wired, Winter ’89 (with Andy Watson) See entry under Andy Watson.

ZIEWE, JÜRGEN

• * *New Territories: The Computer Visions of Jürgen Ziewe (Paper Tiger 1-85028-407-5, Jun ’97, £14.99, 128pp, tp, cover by Jürgen Ziewe) Art book. Text by Nigel Suckling.
• * +New Territories: The Computer Visions of Jürgen Ziewe (Overlook Press 0-87951-811-1, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $22.95, 128pp, tp, cover by Jürgen Ziewe) Art book of computer-generated fantasy art. Text by Nigel Suckling. First US edition (Paper Tiger 1997).

ZIMBERT, JONATHAN

• * *The Art of 2010 (Pocket/Wallaby 0-671-54336-9, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $5.95, 93pp, pb) Black & white photos and illustrations from the film, plus a look at the work behind its visuals. Introduction by “Visual Futurist” Syd Mead.

ZIMLER, RICHARD (Charles) (1956- )

• * *The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon (Overlook Press 0-87951-834-0, Apr ’98 [May ’98], $24.95, 318pp, hc, cover by Walter Hellmann) Associational mystery with mild mystical elements. A man is drawn by a vision to investigate his uncle’s murder during a massacre of Jews in 16th-century Portugal. Although written in English, this was first published in the author’s own Portuguese translation in Portugal.

ZIMMER, PAUL EDWIN (1943-1997) (stories)

• * *Blood of the Colyn Muir (with Jon DeCles) (Avon 0-380-75368-5, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $3.50, 245pp, pb) Celtic fantasy novel.
• * *A Gathering of Heroes (Ace 0-441-27421-8, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 368pp, pb) [Dark Border] Fantasy novel, third in the “Dark Border” series.
• * _Hunters of the Red Moon (with Marion Zimmer Bradley) See entry under Marion Zimmer Bradley.
• * *Ingulf the Mad (Ace 0-441-37094-2, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 247pp, pb) Fantasy novel of a hero’s romantic quest for the sea maiden he loves.
• * _The Survivors (with Marion Zimmer Bradley) See entry under Marion Zimmer Bradley.

ZIMMERMAN, HOWARD, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Bank Street Book of Creepy Tales (with Seymour V. Reit & Barbara Brenner) (Pocket 0-671-63147-0, Sep ’89, $3.95, 189pp, tp) Anthology of 11 graphic short stories for children, including adaptations of work by Joseph Payne Brennan, Poe, Blackwood, H.G.Wells, Jack London, and John Kendrick Bangs. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)
• * *The Bank Street Book of Fantasy (with Seymour V. Reit & Barbara Brenner) (Pocket 0-671-63146-2, Sep ’89, $3.95, 190pp, tp) Anthology of 12 graphic short stories for children, including adaptations of work by McCaffrey, Hawthorne, John Wyndham, and Gael Baudino. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)
• * *The Bank Street Book of Mystery (with Seymour V. Reit & Barbara Brenner) (Pocket 0-671-63148-9, Sep ’89, $3.95, 189pp, tp) Anthology of 12 graphic short stories for children, including adaptations of work by Fredric Brown, Ed Gorman, Asimov, Richard Laymon, Poe, and David Morrell. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)
• * *The Bank Street Book of Science Fiction (with Seymour V. Reit & Barbara Brenner) (Pocket 0-671-63145-4, Sep ’89, $3.95, 184pp, tp) Anthology of graphic short stories for children, including adaptations of work by Norton, Scortia, Aldiss, Mack Reynolds, Brackett, Asimov, Knight, H. G. Wells, Laumer, Gunn, and Simak. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)

ZIMMERMAN, R(obert) D(ingwall) (1952- )

• * _Mindscream (Zebra 0-8217-3099-1, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 255pp, pb) Reprint (Fine 1989) sf medical thriller of secret experiments conducted on innocent victims.

ZIMMERMAN, WERNER; see pseudonym Drake Douglas

ZINDEL, PAUL (1936-2003) (chron.)

• * *The Doom Stone (HarperCollins 0-06-024726-6, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $14.95, 173pp, hc, cover by Wayne McLoughlin) Young-adult horror/adventure novel. A strange creature is killing people near Stonehenge.
• * _The Doom Stone (Red Fox 0-09-954271-4, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], £3.50, 133pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins 1995) young-adult dark fantasy novel.
• * _The Doom Stone (Hyperion 0-7868-1157-9, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $4.95, 173pp, pb, cover by Wayne McLoughlin) Reprint (HarperCollins 1995) young-adult horror/adventure novel set at Stonehenge.