The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

CHESTERTON, G(ilbert) K(eith) (stories) (continued)

• * _The Man Who Was Thursday (Dover 0-486-25121-7, Jun ’86 [Jan ’87], $4.95, 120pp, tp) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1908) fantasy novel. Published in 1986; missed.
• * _The Man Who Was Thursday (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-225-7, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $3.50, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1908) fantasy/mystery novel.
• * _The Man Who Was Thursday (Critic’s Choice 0-931773-95-4, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $3.50, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1908) metaphysical fantasy/mystery novel.
• * _The Man Who Was Thursday (Lythway Large Print 0-7451-0603-X, Oct ’87 [Dec ’87], £8.95, 286pp, hc) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1908) fantasy novel.
• * _The Man Who Was Thursday (Penguin 0-14-018388-4, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $4.95, 186pp, tp) Reissue (Arrowsmith 1908) classic mystery/fantasy novel, with a 1986 introduction by Kingsley Amis; third printing.
• * _The Man Who Was Thursday (Wordsworth 1-85326-236-6, Feb ’95 [Mar ’95], £1.00, 145pp, pb, cover by Jean Beraud) Reprint (Arrowsmith 1908) literary fantasy: a thrift paperback edition.
• * *The Man Who Was Thursday and Related Pieces (Oxford University Press 0-19-282359-0, Oct ’96 [Jan ’97], £5.99, xlvi+194pp, tp) Collection of the classic fantasy novel (Arrowsmith, 1907) and some related works. Edited and with an Introduction by Stephen Medcalf. (Contents)
• * _The Napoleon of Notting Hill (Dover 0-486-26551-X, Feb ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.95, 163pp, tp) Reprint (Bodley Head 1904) satirical sf novel set in 1984.
• * _The Napoleon of Notting Hill (Penguin 0-14-018389-2, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $8.95, 158pp, tp, cover by Mrs. Bach-Gladstone) Reissue (Bodley Head 1904) satirical sf novel set in 1984; fifth printing.
• * _The Napoleon of Notting Hill (Oxford University Press 0-19-283145-3, May ’94, £4.99, 167pp, pb, cover by E. A. Gladstone) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1904) literary fantasy novel. Introduction by Bernard Bergonzi.

CHETWIN, GRACE

• * *The Atheling (Tor 0-312-93059-3, Mar ’88 [Jan ’88], $18.95, 445pp, hc) [Last Legacy] Sf novel (with fantasy elements), Vol. 1 of “The Last Legacy” tetralogy. Near-future anti-war novel.
• * _The Atheling (Corgi 0-552-13420-1, Apr ’90, £3.99, 416pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll & Paul Youll) [Last Legacy] Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel. Volume One in “The Last Legacy”.
• * _The Atheling (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45110-4, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $5.50, 380pp, pb) [Last Legacy] Reprint (Tor 1988) near-future anti-war novel set on an Earth ravaged by “limited” nuclear war. This edition has been slightly revised.
• * *Child of the Air (Macmillan Bradbury 0-02-718317-3, Apr ’91 [Jul ’91], $14.95, 231pp, hc, cover by Jonathan Hunt) Young-adult fantasy novel of a brother and sister on the run in an alternate world.
• * *The Chimes of Alyafaleyn (Macmillan/Bradbury 0-02-718222-3, Sep ’93 [Nov ’93], $15.95, 234pp, hc, cover by Dennis Nolan) Young-adult fantasy novel set in a world where harmony is maintained with golden chiming spheres that float through the air.
• * *Collidescope (Macmillan Bradbury 0-02-718316-5, Mar ’90, $14.95, 221pp, hc, cover by David Lui) Young-adult sf novel of three teenagers from different times on a quest through time.
• * *The Crystal Stair (Macmillan Bradbury 0-02-718311-4, May ’88 [Aug ’88], $13.95, 225pp, hc) [Gom] Young-adult fantasy novel, part of the “Tales of Gom” series.
• * *Friends in Time (Macmillan Bradbury 0-02-718318-1, May ’92, $13.95, 127pp, hc, cover by Richard Lebenson) Young-adult time-travel fantasy novel of a young 19th-century girl who appears in our century and is befriended by a modern teenager who returns with her to 1856.
• * *Gom on Windy Mountain (Morrow/Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 0-688-05767-5, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $11.75, 206pp, hc) [Gom] Juvenile fantasy novel of a woodcutter’s son with a mysterious magical heritage, first of a series.
• * _Gom on Windy Mountain (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-20543-3, Feb ’90, $3.50, 206pp, pb, cover by Ken Barr) [Gom] Reprint (Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard 1986) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *On All Hallows’ Eve (Lothrop Lee & Shepard 0-688-03012-2, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $10.25, 160pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _On All Hallow’s Eve (Macmillan Aladdin 0-689-71617-6, Sep ’92 [Nov ’92], $3.95, 160pp, tp, cover by Renee Grant) Reprint (Lothrop Lee & Shepard 1984) young-adult fantasy novel of a young girl who discovers the gateway to a world ruled by witches.
• * *Out of the Dark World (Morrow/Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 0-688-04272-4, Nov ’85, $10.25, 154pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy involving enchantresses and computers.
• * _Out of the Dark World (NAL/Signet 0-451-15148-8, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $2.50, 154pp, pb) Reprint (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 1985) juvenile fantasy novel.
• * *The Riddle and the Rune (Macmillan Bradbury 0-02-718312-2, Sep ’87 [Oct ’87], $13.95, 257pp, hc) [Gom] Young-adult fantasy quest novel, first in a new trilogy featuring Gom, a boy with a strange destiny and the hero of Gom on Windy Mountain, a prequel to the trilogy.
• * _The Riddle and the Rune (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-20581-6, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.50, 257pp, pb, cover by Ken Barr) [Gom] Reprint (Macmillan Bradbury 1987) young-adult fantasy novel, part of a series featuring the hero of Gom on Windy Mountain.
• * *The Starstone (Macmillan Bradbury 0-02-718315-7, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $14.95, 240pp, hc) [Gom] Young-adult fantasy novel with wizards, talking animals, and a quest. The music for three songs is included. Fourth title in the “Gom” series.
• * _The Starstone (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-20634-0, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.25, 240pp, pb) [Gom] Reprint (Bradbury 1989) young-adult fantasy novel, fourth book of the “Gom” series.

CHETWYND, TOM

• * ?Dictionary of Sacred Myth (Allen & Unwin/Mandala 0-04-290013-1, May ’86, £3.95, 272pp, tp) Non-fiction, associational. This book looks at the elements and symbols in sacred myth and religion.

CHETWYND-HAYES, R(onald Henry Glynn) (1919-2001) (stories) (chron.)

• * _And Love Survived (Zebra 0-8217-3051-7, Jun ’90 [Sep ’90], $3.95, 288pp, pb) Reprint (??? 1964) horror novel.
• * *The Curse of the Snake God (Inner Circle 1-85018-087-3, Jan ’91 [May ’91], £11.95, 191pp, hc, cover by Chrissie Marks) Ghost/horror novel.
• * *Dracula’s Children (Kimber 0-7183-0649-X, May ’87, £8.95, 208pp, hc) Original collection of vampire stories. (Contents)
• * *Ghosts from the Mist of Time (London: William Kimber 0-7183-0562-0, 1985, £7.50, 205pp, hc, cover by Ionicus) Original collection of seven stories. (Contents)
• * +The Grange (Tor 0-812-51626-5, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.95, 249pp, pb) Classic British ghost novel set in 1590. Not a horror novel in spite of the packaging. First American edition (Wm. Kimber 1985).
• * *The Haunted Grange (Kimber 0-7183-0698-8, Nov ’88, £9.95, 184pp, hc) [Clavering Grange] Horror novel. Volume 8 in the “Clavering Grange” series.
• * *The House of Dracula (Kimber 0-7183-0668-6, Oct ’87, £9.50, 206pp, hc) Original horror collection. (Contents)
• * *Kepple (Robert Hale 0-7090-4788-6, May ’92, £13.95, 191pp, hc, cover by Barbara Walton) Horror thriller about an unstoppable killer.
• * _The Monster Club (Severn House 0-7278-4349-4, Jun ’92, £13.00, 186pp, hc) Reprint (NEL 1976) original collection of five humorous horror stories about hybrids of classic monsters. This is the first hardcover edition. (Contents)
• * +The Other Side (Tor 0-812-51628-1, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.95, 273pp, pb) Collection of 4 stories set in a haunted house. The stories are set in 1850, 1969, 1980, and 2000! More ghost story than horror, despite the packaging. First American edition (Kimber 1972). (Contents)
• * *The Psychic Detective (Robert Hale 0-7090-5135-2, Sep ’93 [Oct ’93], £14.99, 208pp, hc, cover by Barbara Walton) Occult thriller about a medium trying to rid a house of its evil spirits.
• * *A Quiver of Ghosts (William Kimber 0-7183-0503-5, 1984, £6.95, 207pp, hc, cover by Ionicus) (Contents)
• * *Shocks (The British Fantasy Society 0-952-41532-1, Dec ’97, £6.00, 59pp, ph) Collection of four dark fantasy stories, with an introduction by David J. Howe. Issued free to BFS Members with the December 1997 mailing. (Contents)
• * *Shudders and Shivers (Robert Hale 0-7090-5607-9, Apr ’95, £16.99, 192pp, hc, cover by Barbara Walton) Collection of original horror stories, each one connected to the others by a common theme or character. (Contents)
• * *Tales from the Haunted House (Kimber 0-7183-0622-8, Oct ’86, £8.95, 192pp, hc) New collection of ghost stories. (Contents)
• * *Tales from the Shadows (William Kimber 0-7183-0598-1, Mar ’86, £8.50, 192pp, hc) Collection of 10 supernatural stories. (Contents)
• * *Tales of the Hidden World (Kimber 0-7183-0673-2, Jul ’88, £9.50, 206pp, hc) [Clavering Grange] Original ghost collection. Volume 6 in the “Tales of Clavering Grange” series. (Contents)
• * *The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-33-X, 1997 [Apr ’98], $27.00, 253pp, hc, cover by Les Edwards) Collection of 15 vampire stories, one original, with foreword by Brian Lumley and afterword by editor Stephen Jones. Interior illustrations by Jim Pitts. A limited edition of 100 copies signed by all contributors (-34-8, $95.00) is also available. This is dated 1997 but not seen until now. Order from Fedogan & Bremer, 3721 Minnehaha Ave S., Minneapolis MN 55406. (Contents)

CHILD, LINCOLN (1957- ); see pseudonym Lincoln Preston (stories) (chron.)

• * _Mount Dragon (with Douglas Preston) See entry under Douglas Preston.
• * _Relic (with Douglas Preston) See entry under Douglas Preston.
• * _The Relic (with Douglas Preston) See entry under Douglas Preston.
• * _Reliquary (with Douglas Preston) See entry under Douglas Preston.

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• * *Dark Banquet: A Feast of 12 Great Ghost Stories (St. Martin’s 0-312-18233-3, Oct ’85 [Nov ’85], $15.95, 255pp, hc) Anthology of 12 tales of the supernatural. (Contents)
• * *Dark Company: The Ten Greatest Ghost Stories (St. Martin’s 0-312-18231-7, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $12.95, 334pp, hc) Anthology of well-known stories by Poe, Le Fanu, M.R. James, W.W. Jacobs, Arthur Machen, Blackwood, Oliver Onions, William Hope Hodgson, and Lovecraft. (Contents)
• * _Dark Company: The Ten Greatest Ghost Stories (St. Martin’s 0-312-18232-5, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $3.95, 334pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1984) anthology of supernatural tales by Poe, Lovecraft, and others.
• * *Tales of the Dark (St. Martin’s 0-312-90339-1, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.50, 184pp, pb) Anthology of 10 horror stories. (Contents)
• * *Tales of the Dark #3 (St. Martin’s 0-312-90539-4, Feb ’88, $3.50, 179pp, pb) Anthology of 9 horror stories. (Contents)
• * *Tales of the Dark 2 (St. Martin’s 0-312-90769-9, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 181pp, pb) Anthology of 9 late-19th and early-20th-century supernatural stories. (Contents)

CHILDER, SIMON IAN; pseudonym of John Brosnan & Leroy Kettle (stories)

• * *Tendrils (Grafton 0-586-06437-0, Jan ’86, £1.95, 208pp, pb) Horror novel. “Childer” is a pseudonym for Leroy Kettle and John Brosnan, who also write as “Harry Adam Knight.”
• * *Worm (Grafton 0-586-06945-3, May ’87, £2.50, 189pp, pb) Horror novel. This is a pseudonym for John Brosnan & Leroy Kettle.

CHILDRESS, MARK (1957- )

• * *Gone for Good (Random House/Knopf 0-375-40021-4, Jun ’98, $25.00, 370pp, hc, cover by Lou Beach) Fantasy novel. A rock star nicknamed “Superman” crashes on a mysterious island where the famous (e.g. Elvis, Amelia Earhart) come to disappear.

CHILSON, ROB(ert Dean) (1945- ) (stories)

• * *Black as Blood (Baen 0-671-87883-2, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $5.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Charles Keegan) Humorous horror novel. Uncle Albert just won’t stay dead.
• * *Isaac Asimov’s Robot City, Book 5: Refuge (Ace 0-441-37385-2, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $2.95, 163pp, pb) [Robot City] Sf novelization in the series based on Asimov’s work.
• * *Men Like Rats (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20763-9, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.95, 212pp, pb) Sf novel about men living in the corridors and pantries of giant aliens.
• * *Rounded with Sleep (Popular Library Questar 0-445-21026-5, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 193pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) Sf/fantasy novel of a professional hero on an Earth taken over by a computerized fantasy role-playing game.

CHIN, M. LUCIE (1947- ) (stories)

• * *The Fairy of Ku-She (Ace 0-441-22563-2, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.50, 265pp, pb) Fantasy novel of ancient China; a first novel.
• * _The Fairy of Ku-She (Fontana 0-00-617823-5, Feb ’90, £2.99, 265pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel.

CHINN, MIKE; [i.e., Michael James Chinn] (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Paladin Mandates (The Alchemy Press 0-9532260-0-X, Jan ’98 [Apr ’98], £6.50, 95pp, ph, cover by Bob Covington) Horror/fantasy collection of 6 stories, 3 original, about an occult adventurer. The 3 reprint stories have all been significantly revised for this edition. Available from 46 Oxford Rd, Acocks Green, Birmingham B27 6DT. (Contents)

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• * *Mystique: Tales of Wonder (The British Fantasy Society no ISBN, Jan ’88 [Apr ’88], £1.00, 34pp, ph) Original anthology of horror stories “in the style” of the old horror pulps. Volume 13 in the “BFS Booklet” series. (Contents)

CHIPPINDALE, PETER

• * *Laptop of the Gods: A Millennium Fable (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-81613-X, Nov ’98, £9.99, 420pp, hc, cover by Stephen Player) Humorous millennial fantasy novel. The bored gods relinquish charge of humanity at the suggestion of the computer GOD.
• * *Mink! (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71916-5, Sep ’95, £9.99, 565pp, hc) Animal fantasy novel. A first novel.

CHITTENDEN, MARGARET (Rosalind) (1935- )

• * *The Scent of Magic (Harlequin 0-373-70444-5, Feb ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.25, 300pp, pb) Fantasy romance about a boutique owner who discovers a magic potion that brings her love. A “Harlequin Superromance.”
• * *This Time Forever (Harlequin 0-373-79001-5, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.25, 252pp, pb, cover by Jeff Wack) Time-travel romance in the “Dreamscape” line. A woman enters her 18th-century past life and is torn between past and present romances.

CHIU, TONY (1945- )

• * *Realm Seven (Bantam 0-553-23847-7, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $3.50, 279pp, pb) Novel of gaming, omniscient computers, etc.

CHIZMAR, RICHARD T(homas) (1965- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Blood Brothers (Subterranean Press no ISBN, Feb ’97, $8.00, 16pp, ph, cover by Rodger Gerberding) Chapbook publication of a short horror story. This is a signed, limited edition of 250. Order from Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; postage free; email: wks@tir.com
• * *Midnight Promises (Gauntlet Publications 1-887368-03-5, 1996 [Apr ’96], $35.00, 272pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Collection of 17 horror stories. There is an introduction by Ed Gorman and an afterword by Ray Garton. This edition is signed by all authors involved, and limited to 500 copies. Gauntlet Publications, 309 Powell Rd., Springfield PA 19064. Orders: 610-328-5476. Add $5.00 postage. (Contents)

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• * *The Best of Cemetery Dance (Cemetery Dance 1881475247, Mar ’98, 786pp, hc) Horror anthology of 29 stories, an interview with Dean Koontz, and an afterword by David B. Silva. (Contents)
• * *Cold Blood (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-57-0, Jun ’91 [Jul ’91], $25.00, 401pp, hc, cover by Nancy Niles) Original anthology of 24 horror stories (some supernatural, some not) plus a stage version of Joe R. Lansdale’s short story “By Bizarre Hands”, with a foreword by the editor and an introduction by Douglas E. Winter. Recommended (SW). (Contents)
• * *The Earth Strikes Back (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-40-6, Dec ’94, $18.95, 311pp, tp, cover by Arnie Fenner) Original anthology of 20 stories of ecological horror. Authors include Dan Simmons, Poppy Z. Brite, Charles de Lint, Thomas F. Monteleone, and Hugh B. Cave. Order from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088. (Contents)
• * _The Earth Strikes Back (White Wolf 1-56504-919-5, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $5.99, 462pp, pb) Reprint (Ziesing 1994) original anthology of ecological horror.
• * *Screamplays (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39429-1, Sep ’97, $14.50, 545pp, tp, cover by Dave McKean) Original anthology of seven horror screenplays, none previously published, by Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, Joe R. Lansdale, Ed Gorman, and Richard Laymon. Introduction by Dean Koontz. (Contents)
• * *Thrillers (CD Publications 1-881475-05-0, Jan ’94, $25.00, 264pp, hc, cover by Charles Lang) Original anthology of fiction by Rex Miller (one novella), Nancy A. Collins (four stories), Chet Williamson (a novella and a short story), & Ardath Mayhar (one novella). Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale, and afterwords by the authors, plus interior illustrations by Keith Minnion. A 500-copy signed numbered slipcased edition ($60.00) was announced but not seen. Available from CD Publications, PO Box 18433, Baltimore MD 21237. (Contents)

CHOLFIN, BRYAN, ed. (stories)

• * *The Best of Crank! (Tor 0-312-86740-9, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $23.95, 320pp, hc, cover by Pangorda) Anthology of 17 stories originally published in Crank!. Authors include Gwyneth Jones, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, and Jonathan Lethem. (Contents)
• * *Monochrome: The Readercon Anthology (Broken Mirrors Press 0-9623824-3-4, Apr ’90, $9.95, 158pp, tp) Mostly original anthology of seven stories and five poems, with an introduction by Samuel R. Delany and a foreword by Robert Colby. The poems and five of the stories are original, including work by Wolfe, Kushner, Friesner, etc. A hardcover limited edition (-2-6, $25.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)

CHOPRA, DEEPAK (K.) (1946- )

• * *The Return of Merlin (Crown/Harmony 0-517-59849-3, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $24.00, 422pp, hc, cover by Frank Holmes) Modern Arthurian novel. Simultaneous with the UK (Century) edition.
• * *The Return of Merlin (Century 0-71-267606-6, Jul ’95, £15.99, 422pp, hc, cover by Frank Holmes) Fantasy novel; the Arthurian conflict moves forward to our own time. In an original twist, Chopra suggests that Camelot was never destroyed, only, like Arthur, it went away from our world until it was needed again. A first novel. Simultaneous with the US (Harmony) edition.
• * _The Return of Merlin (Ballantine/Fawcett Columbine 0-449-91074-1, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $12.95, 422pp, tp) Reprint (Crown/Harmony; Century 1995) modern Arthurian novel.
• * _The Return of Merlin (Arrow 0-09-963971-8, Mar ’96, £5.99, 422pp, tp, cover by Method) Reprint (Crown/Harmony; Century 1995) fantasy novel. Merlin and Arthur in modern England.