The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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A Multitude of Monsters Craig Shaw Gardner (Ace 0-441-54523-8, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $2.95, 201pp, pb) [Ebenezum] Humorous fantasy novel, sequel to A Malady of Magicks.

Puzzles from Other Worlds Martin Gardner (Oxford University Press 0-19-286066-6, Mar ’86, £3.95, 189pp, tp) Reprint (Random House 1984) collection of sf puzzles from Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine.

A Bag of Moonshine Alan Garner (Collins 0-00-184403-2, Oct ’86, £8.95, 144pp, hc) Collection of retold folktales from England and Wales.

Elidor Alan Garner (Fontana Lion 0-00-671674-1, Sep ’86, £1.75, 160pp, pb) Reissue (Collins 1965) juvenile fantasy novel. 18th printing.

The Moon of Gomrath Alan Garner (Fontana Lion 0-00-671673-3, Mar ’86, £1.75, 156pp, pb) [Alderley Edge] Reissue (Collins 1963) juvenile fantasy novel. 13th printing.

The Owl Service Alan Garner (Fontana Lion 0-00-671675-X, Sep ’86, £1.95, 155pp, pb) Reissue (Collins 1967) fantasy novel. 20th printing.

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen Alan Garner (Fontana Lion 0-00-671672-5, Sep ’86, £1.95, 224pp, pb) [Alderley Edge] Reissue (Collins 1960) juvenile fantasy novel. 26th printing.

Takeoff! Randall Garrett (Donning/Starblaze 0-915442-84-1, Jul ’86, $7.95, 247pp, pb) Reissue (Donning/Starblaze 1979) collection of parodies, pastiches, and versified book reviews.

The Gandalara Cycle I Randall Garrett & Vicki Ann Heydron (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25942-3, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $4.95, 516pp, pb) [Gandalara] Omnibus edition of the first three books in the “Gandalara” fantasy adventure series.

The Gandalara Cycle II Randall Garrett & Vicki Ann Heydron (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25943-1, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $4.95, 439pp, pb) [Gandalara] Omnibus edition of the second three books in the “Gandalara” fantasy series.

The River Wall Randall Garrett & Vicki Ann Heydron (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25565-7, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $3.50, 275pp, pb) [Gandalara] Fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Gandalara Cycle”.

Invaders from Mars Ray Garton (Pocket 0-671-62697-3, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 221pp, pb) Novelization of a screenplay by Dan O’Bannon and Don Jakoby, based on a screenplay by Richard Blake.

Invaders from Mars Ray Garton (Grafton 0-586-07176-8, Sep ’86, £1.95, 221pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1986) sf film novelisation.

Live Girls Ray Garton (Pocket 0-671-62628-0, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $3.95, 311pp, pb) [Live Girls] Horror novel of vampires and a sex club.

Some Summer Lands Jane Gaskell (DAW 0-88677-114-5, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $3.50, 365pp, pb) [Atlan] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1977) fantasy novel, #5 in “The Atlan Saga”, or #4 in the original series before Vol. 1 was split. This was written a decade after the earlier books and is the best of the series. (CNB)

Some Summer Lands Jane Gaskell (Macdonald 0-356-12118-6, Mar ’86, £8.95, hc) [Atlan] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1977) fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Atlan” series. Library edition.

Fires of Bride Ellen Gatford (The Women’s Press 0-7043-5010-6, Nov ’86, £8.95, 240pp, hc) Feminist novel with elements of fantasy.

Fires of Bride Ellen Gatford (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4020-8, Nov ’86, £4.95, 229pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.

Ali and the Robots Jamila Gavin (Methuen 0-416-53960-2, Oct ’86, £4.95, 96pp, hc) Children’s sf story.

Motherstone Maurice Gee (Oxford University Press (Auckland) 0-19-558130-X, 1985 [Jun ’86], $13.95, 184pp, hc) [World of O] This is the first U.S. distribution of a 1985 New Zealand juvenile sf novel, last in the “O” series. Order from Salem House Publishers.

The King Beyond the Gate David Gemmell (Arrow 0-09-947010-1, Aug ’86, £2.95, 309pp, tp) [Drenai] Reprint (Century 1985) fantasy novel, second in the “Legend” series.

Legend David Gemmell (Century 0-7126-0861-3, Aug ’86, £9.95, 384pp, hc) [Drenai] Reprint (Century 1984) fantasy novel, first in the series.

Legend David Gemmell (Arrow 0-09-947020-9, Aug ’86, £3.50, 384pp, tp) [Drenai] Reissue (Century 1984); paperback edition of the above.

Waylander David Gemmell (Century 0-7126-9414-5, Aug ’86, £10.95, 323pp, hc) [Drenai; Waylander] Fantasy novel, third in the “Legend” series.

Waylander David Gemmell (Arrow 0-09-947090-X, Aug ’86, £3.50, 323pp, pb) [Drenai; Waylander] Paperback edition of the above.

A Hawk in Silver Mary Gentle (NAL/Signet 0-451-14237-3, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 223pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1977) young-adult fantasy novel. This was her first book.

Figures of Enchantment Zulfikar Ghose (Harper & Row 0-06-015575-2, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $15.95, 256pp, hc) Surrealist fantasy novel of two men’s adventures in magical realms. There may be an earlier British edition.

Dancing with Mermaids Miles Gibson (Grafton/Paladin 0-586-08557-2, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £2.95, 175pp, pb) Reprint (Heinemann 1985) novel of gentle magic and violent passions in a forgotten seaside village.

Dancing with Mermaids Miles Gibson (Dutton 0-525-24444-1, Sep ’86, $15.95, 196pp, hc) Literary novel with elements of fantasy; the publisher describes it as “a fabulous brew of mystery, sex, and fairy-tale enchantment.” First U.S. edition (Heinemann 1985).

Burning Chrome William Gibson (Arbor House 0-87795-780-0, Apr ’86, $15.95, 200pp, hc) Collection of 10 stories (3 of them collaborations), showing Gibson’s vivid modernism at its best. Recommended. (FCM)

Burning Chrome William Gibson (Gollancz 0-575-03846-2, Aug ’86, £8.95, 208pp, hc) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) collection.

Count Zero William Gibson (Gollancz 0-575-03696-6, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], £8.95, 256pp, hc) [Neuromancer] Sf novel. The U.S. edition is dated March but appeared in January; this February British edition can be considered simultaneous with the American.

Count Zero William Gibson (Arbor House 0-87795-769-X, Mar ’86 [Jan ’86], $15.95, 278pp, hc) [Neuromancer] Sf novel set in the same future as Neuromancer, Gibson’s award-winning first novel.

Count Zero William Gibson (SFBC #10048, Aug ’86, $5.98, 278pp, hc) [Neuromancer] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) sf novel.

Neuromancer William Gibson (Ace 0-441-56958-7, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 271pp, pb) [Neuromancer] Reissue (Ace 1984) sf novel, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Awards, and the most important work of the Cyberpunk movement. Fifth printing.

Neuromancer William Gibson (Grafton/Panther 0-586-06645-4, May ’86, £2.50, 317pp, pb) [Neuromancer] Reprint (Ace 1984) sf novel.

Neuromancer William Gibson (Phantasia 0-932096-41-7, May ’86 [Jun ’86], $45.00, 231pp, hc) [Neuromancer] Reprint (Ace 1984) sf novel, 375-copy signed, numbered, boxed edition. Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick awards. First U.S. hardcover.

Neuromancer William Gibson (Phantasia 0-932096-41-7, May ’86 [Jun ’86], $18.00, 231pp, hc) [Neuromancer] 1,200-copy trade edition of the above.

H.R. Giger’s Necronomicon 2 H. R. Giger (Edition C 3-85591-020-0, Mar ’86, £25.00, hc) Art book with text in German.

Labyrinth Children’s Storybook Louise Gikow (Macdonald 0-361-07376-3, Oct ’86, £4.95, 46pp, hc) Reprint (Holt 1986) storybook based on the film, illustrated by Bruce McNally.

Labyrinth: A Storybook Louise Gikow (Holt 0-03-007324-3, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], $6.95, unpaginated, pb) Picture storybook based on the movie.

Aiki John Gilbert (Donald I. Fine 0-917657-86-1, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $17.95, 286pp, hc) Sf novel of 21st-century New York and futuristic martial arts gladiators. A first novel.

The Return of Captain Conquer Mel Gilden (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-40446-0, Apr ’86 [May ’86], $12.95, 130pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel. A first novel.

Wizenbeak Alexis Gilliland (Bluejay 0-312-94452-7, Apr ’86 [May ’86], $8.95, 279pp, pb) [Wizenbeak] Humorous fantasy novel, illustrated by Tim Kirk. A water dowsing wizard is beleagered by court politics.

Herland Charlotte Perkins Gilman (The Women’s Press 0-7043-3840-8, Mar ’86, £1.95, 146pp, pb) Reprint (Pantheon 1979) Utopian feminist fantasy novel written in 1915.

The Navigator of Rhada Robert Cham Gilman (Ace 0-441-56575-1, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 167pp, pb) [Rhada] Reprint (Harcourt Brace & World 1969) sf novel, Book 3 in the “Rhada” series of a magic-wielding galactic civilization. The actual author is Alfred Coppel.

The Starkahn of Rhada Robert Cham Gilman (Ace 0-441-78205-1, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 166pp, pb) [Rhada] Reprint (Harcourt Brace & World 1970) sf novel, Book 4 in the “Rhada” series. The author behind the pen name is Alfred Coppel.

Back to the Future George Gipe (Firecrest 0-85997-613-0, 1985 [Jan ’86], £7.95, hc) [Back to the Future] Reprint (Berkley 1985) novelization of the popular sf movie.

Back to the Future George Gipe (Corgi 0-552-12774-4, 1985 [Jan ’86], £1.95, pb) [Back to the Future] Paperback edition of the above.

The Rishi Leo Giroux, Jr. (Grafton 0-246-12889-5, Mar ’86, £9.95, 356pp, hc) Reprint (Evans 1985) dark fantasy/horror novel.

Outside the Gates Molly Gloss (Atheneum/Argo 0-689-31275-X, Sep ’86, $11.95, 120pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. A boy who can talk to animals is expelled from his village into a wilderness of exiles and criminals with strange powers. This is a gracefully written first novel of fear, courage, and discovery. (FCM)

The Building Thomas Glynn (Knopf 0-394-54582-6, Jan ’86 [Jul ’86], $18.95, 371pp, hc) Pynchonesque literary novel with elements of surrealism, fantasy, and horror. This January 1986 release (which we didn’t see until now) has a 1985 copyright.

Beloved Exile Parke Godwin (Bantam UK 0-553-17181-X, Aug ’86, £2.95, 422pp, pb) [Firelord] Reprint (Bantam 1984) fantasy novel. First British edition.

The Last Rainbow Parke Godwin (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25686-6, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $3.95, 424pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1985), first mass market paperback. Fantasy novel of Saint Patrick.

The Last Rainbow Parke Godwin (Bantam UK 0-553-17187-9, Dec ’86, £2.95, 425pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1985) historical novel with fantasy elements.

The Masters of Solitude Parke Godwin & Marvin Kaye (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8209-9, Oct ’86, £2.95, 398pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1978) sf novel, part of a series.

The Dream Years Lisa Goldstein (Unwin/Orion 0-04-823321-8, Apr ’86 [May ’86], £8.95, 181pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 1985) fantasy novel.

The Dream Years Lisa Goldstein (Unwin/Orion 0-04-823345-5, Apr ’86 [May ’86], £3.50, 181pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.

The Dream Years Lisa Goldstein (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25693-9, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.95, 195pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1985) fantasy novel of Paris, time travel, and Surrealism.

The Witches of Hopper Street Linda Gondosch (Dutton/Lodestar 0-525-67178-1, Apr ’86 [May ’86], $11.95, 118pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel of 11-year-old girls and Halloween magic.

Gene Wolfe Joan Gordon (Starmont 0-916732-72-X, Jun ’86, $7.95, 116pp, pb) Non-fiction, critical study; “Starmont Reader’s Guide 29.” [Gene Wolfe]

The Quelling Eye John Gordon (The Bodley Head 0-370-31011-X, Sep ’86, £5.95, 140pp, hc) Fantasy novel about an evil eye and a magical hawk.

When Flesh Begins to Creep Judith Gorog (Gollancz 0-575-03797-0, Mar ’86, £6.95, 128pp, hc) Reprint (Philomel 1982, as A Taste for Quiet) juvenile collection of 12 supernatural stories.

Galaxy Jane Ron Goulart (Berkley 0-425-08684-4, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 168pp, pb) Humorous sf novel of drug smuggling under cover of filming the epic pirate adventure Galaxy Jane; a reporter and a robot photographer investigate.

The Great Comic Book Artists Ron Goulart (St. Martin’s 0-312-34557-7, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $12.95, 128pp, pb) Non-fiction, reference. Short biographies of 60 comic artists plus a full-page example of their work.

Ron Goulart’s Great History of Comic Books Ron Goulart (Contemporary Books 0-8092-5045-4, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $14.95, 314pp, pb) Non-fiction, reference. An illustrated history of American comics from the 1890s to the 1980s. A once-over-lightly with a nod to pulp fiction. A good, quick, sprightly written reference, but certainly not definitive. (CNB)

The Reluctant Dragon Kenneth Grahame (Marilyn Malin 0-233-98041-5, Oct ’86, £4.95, 64pp, hc) Reprint (U.K. 1938) juvenile fantasy tale, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard.

The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame (Orbis/Beehive 1-85155-029-1, May ’86, £7.95, 178pp, hc) [Wind in the Willows] Reprint (Thames Methuen 1908) classic fantasy novel.

The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame (Adama 0-915361-32-9, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $12.95, 224pp, hc) [Wind in the Willows] Reprint (Thames Methuen 1908) classic fantasy novel, with illustrations from the Cosgrove Hall puppet production.

Labyrinth: The Photo Album Rebecca Grand (Holt/Owl 0-03-007323-5, Jun ’86, $5.95, unpaginated, pb) Movie tie-in with lots of color photos and minimal text.

Labyrinth: The Photo Album Rebecca Grand (Virgin 0-86369-152-8, Jun ’86 [Nov ’86], £2.99, 64pp, pb) Movie tie-in book of stills, originally published in June 1986 but not distributed to bookshops until November.

The Dark Cry of the Moon Charles L. Grant (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-76-3, Jan ’86 [Feb ’86], $40.00, 190pp, hc) [Oxrun Station] Fantasy novel set in Oxrun Station, sequel to Soft Whisper of the Dead and the second in a trilogy. Signed, limited deluxe edition. Illustrations by R.J. Krupowicz.

The Dark Cry of the Moon Charles L. Grant (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-77-1, Jan ’86 [Feb ’86], $15.00, 190pp, hc) [Oxrun Station] Trade edition of the above.

The Long Night of the Grave Charles L. Grant (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-87-9, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $40.00, 187pp, hc) [Oxrun Station] Horror novel, conclusion of a trilogy set in Oxrun Station, scene of other Grant titles. 300-copy signed deluxe edition.

The Long Night of the Grave Charles L. Grant (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-88-7, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $20.00, 187pp, hc) [Oxrun Station] Trade edition of the above.

The Orchard Charles L. Grant (Tor 0-812-51860-8, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $3.95, 287pp, pb) [Oxrun Station] Horror novel. Part of the “Oxrun Station” series.

The Pet Charles L. Grant (Tor 0-312-93587-0, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $15.95, 343pp, hc) Horror novel.

After Midnight ed. Charles L. Grant (Tor 0-812-51854-3, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 276pp, pb) Anthology of 18 horror/dark fantasy tales. 10 Stories are original, 8 are from earlier sources.

Shadows 5 ed. Charles L. Grant (Berkley 0-425-08536-8, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 199pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1982) original anthology of horror and dark fantasy.

Shadows 6 ed. Charles L. Grant (Berkley 0-425-08787-5, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $2.95, 180pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1983) horror/dark fantasy original anthology.

Shadows 9 ed. Charles L. Grant (Doubleday 0-385-23486-4, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $12.95, 182pp, hc) Original anthology of 18 tales of horror and dark fantasy.

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