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The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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COULSON, JUANITA (Ruth, née Wellons) (stories) (continued)

• * _The Web of Wizardry (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31788-2, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $2.95, 357pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1978) fantasy novel; 2nd printing.

COUPER, HEATHER

• * _Halley’s Comet Pop-Up Book (with Patrick Moore) See entry under Patrick Moore.
• * * Universe (with David Pelham) (Random House 0-394-54691-1, Sep ’85, $19.95, unpaginated, hc) Spectacular pop-up book of cosmic history, perhaps the most elaborate work of paper engineering yet. James Diaz, David Carter, and David Pelham did the engineering. There’s a (probably simultaneous) edition from Century Hutchinson in Britain.

COUPERUS, LOUIS (Marie Anne) (1863-1923) (stories)

• * _The Hidden Force (Quartet 0-7043-0168-7, Sep ’92, £6.95, 254pp, tp) Reprint (University of Massachusetts 1981) literary fantasy novel about a colonial officer being destroyed by a magical force that he refuses to believe in. Originally published in Dutch as De Stille Kracht (L.J. Veen, 1900). [First U.K. edition]

COUPLAND, DOUGLAS (1961- ) (stories)

• * * Girlfriend in a Coma (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-225754-8, Apr ’98, £12.99, 281pp, hc) Literary SF/fantasy novel. A woman wakes after a 17-year coma to announce having seen the end of the world.
• * _Girlfriend in a Coma (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-655127-0, Nov ’98, £6.99, 281pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 1998) literary SF/fantasy novel.

COURLANDER, HAROLD (1908- )

• * * The Bourdeaux Narrative (University of New Mexico Press 0-8263-0915-1, Sep ’90, $21.95, 192pp, hc, cover by Cynthia Welch) Historical dark fantasy of zombies and voodoo set in the 19th-century Haitian back country.

COURTENAY GRIMWOOD, JON (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * * Lucifer’s Dragon (NEL 0-340-67473-3, Jan ’98, £6.99, 377pp, tp, cover by Gary Marsh) SF novel.
• * * neoAddix (NEL 0-340-67472-5, Jan ’97, £5.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [_neoAddix_] SF novel. First in a series.

COURTNEY, VINCENT (1958- ) (stories)

• * * Deadly Diet (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4947-1, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $3.99, 222pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. A teen desperate to lose weight goes on a demonic diet.
• * * Goblins (Zebra 0-8217-4630-8, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $4.50, 411pp, pb) Horror novel. A horror filmmaker’s wife gives birth to a goblin.
• * * Harvest of Blood (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-656-X, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $4.50, 384pp, pb) Vampire horror novel, the second featuring ex-cop-turned-PI Christopher Blaze, who is searching for a vampire drug kingpin smuggling hard stuff into Miami.
• * * The Nightmare Club #10: Die Laughing (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4511-5, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $3.50, 220pp, pb) [_Nightmare Club_] Young-adult horror novel in a loosely-connected series centered around a club where strange things happen. A teenage practical joker is possessed by the ghost of a practical joker who makes the gags turn deadly.
• * * The Nightmare Club #5: The Room (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4353-8, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $3.50, 220pp, pb) [_Nightmare Club_] Young-adult horror novel in a loosely-connected series centered around a club where strange things happen. Class clown Harold is fascinated by a beautiful girl who lives in a mysterious room that is really a sorcerer’s trap for human souls.
• * * A Tale from the Crypt Carnival (Random House/Bullseye 0-679-87473-9, 1995 [Aug ’95], $3.99, 86pp, tp, cover by Jack Davis) Young-adult horror novelization, based on the comic and the anthology TV show. Copyrighted by William M. Gaines, Agent, Inc.
• * * Vampire Beat (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-521-0, Jun ’91, $4.50, 302pp, pb) Horror novel of a vampire undercover cop hunting a centuries-old serial killer.
• * * Wake Up Screaming (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-605-5, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.50, 381pp, pb) Horror novel. A child playing at conjuring brings back the vengeful spirit of his grandfather’s murdered first wife.

COUZENS, GARY, ed. (1964- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * * Gravity’s Angels (with Trevor Denyer, Sarah Ellender, Trevor Mendham & Martin Owton) (The T Party 0-9532949-0-0, 1998, £4.95, 100pp, tp) Original SF/fantasy/horror anthology. (Contents)

COVELL, IAN

• * _A. E. van Vogt: Master of Null-A: A Working Bibliography (with Phil Stephensen-Payne) See entry under Phil Stephensen-Payne.
• * * An Index to DAW Books (Galactic Central Publications 1-871133-15-7, Jul ’89, £2.50, 58pp, ph) Index to DAW books, including reprints and reissues. Photocopied letter-size sheets in a heavy paper binder.

COVELL, RICHARD; see pseudonym Michael Slade

COVER, ARTHUR BYRON (1950- ); see pseudonym Thomas Shadwell (stories) (chron.)

• * * Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Night of the Living Rerun (Pocket Archway 0-671-01715-2, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $4.50, 178pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Young-adult novelization based on the TV show based on the movie. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * * Isaac Asimov’s Robot City, Book 4: Prodigy (Ace 0-441-37384-4, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $2.95, 176pp, pb) [_Robot City_] Sf novelization in the “Robot City” shared world series.
• * * Planetfall (Avon 0-380-75384-7, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.95, 298pp, pb) Novelization based on a 1984 Infocom sf game; packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * * Stationfall (Avon 0-380-75387-1, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 297pp, pb, cover by Alex Jay & Studio J) [_Infocom_] Humorous sf novelization based on the “Infocom” computer game, second book in a series packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

COVILLE, BRUCE (Farrington) (1950- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * * The A.I. Gang #1: Operation Sherlock (NAL/Signet Vista 0-451-14314-0, May ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.25, 219pp, pb) [_A.I. Gang_] Juvenile sf novel. Five whiz kids, “The Artificial Intelligence Gang”, program a sleuthing computer to reveal a spy.
• * * The A.I. Gang #3: Robot Trouble (NAL/Signet Vista 0-451-14400-7, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], $2.25, 220pp, pb) [_A.I. Gang_] Young-adult sf novel of spies, artificial intelligence, and a robot rocket, third in a series.
• * * The A.I. Gang #4: Forever Begins Tomorrow (NAL/Signet Vista 0-451-14454-6, Aug ’86, $2.25, 219pp, pb) [_A.I. Gang_] Young-adult sf novel about “the whiz kids of scientists working on a mission to teach a computer to think on its own.”
• * * The A.I. Gang: Forever Begins Tomorrow (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-89253-3, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $3.99, 200pp, tp, cover by Broeck Steadman) [_A.I. Gang_] Young-adult SF novel, third in the trilogy about a bunch of brainy kids. Completely rewritten from the original Signet Vista 1986 edition.
• * * The A.I. Gang: Operation Sherlock (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-89249-5, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $3.99, 221pp, tp) [_A.I. Gang_] Young-adult SF novel in the “The A.I. Gang” series. Completely rewritten from the 1986 Signet Vista edition.
• * * The A.I. Gang: Robot Trouble (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-89252-5, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $3.99, 200pp, tp, cover by Broeck Steadman) [_A.I. Gang_] Young-adult SF novel, second in the trilogy about a bunch of brainy kids. Completely rewritten from the original Signet Vista 1986 edition.
• * * Aliens Ate My Homework (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-72712-5, Oct ’93, $3.50, 179pp, hc, cover by Stephen Peringer) [_Rod Allbright_] Young-adult sf novel of a boy whose excuse for not having his homework no one believes — even though it’s true. Illustrated by Katherine Coville.
• * _Aliens Ate My Homework (Hodder Children’sBooks 0-340-65115-6, Nov ’95, £2.99, 179pp, pb) [_Rod Allbright_] Reprint (Pocket Minstrel 1993) young-adult humorous SF novel of a boy whose excuse for not having his homework is not believed - though it’s true. The first Rod Allbright book. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Armageddon Summer (with Jane Yolen) See entry under Jane Yolen.
• * * Bruce Coville’s Chamber of Horrors #1: Amulet of Doom (Pocket Archway 0-671-53637-0, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $3.99, 191pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) Young-adult horror novel. An ancient amulet carries a curse. Revised and updated from the 1985 Dell/Twilight (as Amulet of Doom) edition.
• * * Bruce Coville’s Chamber of Horrors #3: Eyes of the Tarot (Pocket Archway 0-671-53639-7, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $3.99, 179pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) Young-adult horror novel. A deck of tarot cards summons the evil magician who made them. This is significantly revised and updated from the 1983 (Dell/Twilight) edition.
• * _Bruce Coville’s Chamber of Horrors #4: Waiting Spirits (Pocket Archway 0-671-53640-0, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $3.99, 149pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) Young-adult horror novel. Ghosts invade summer island getaway. Revised and updated from the 1984 Bantam edition.
• * * Bruce Coville’s Chamber of Horrors: Spirits and Spells (Pocket Archway 0-671-53638-9, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $3.99, 162pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) Young-adult horror novel. A game of magic turns real in a haunted house. Revised and updated from the 1983 Dell/Twilight (as Spirits and Spells) edition.
• * * The Dragonslayers (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-79832-4, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $3.50, 119pp, tp, cover by Tim Hildebrandt) Young-adult fantasy novella about a kingdom threatened by a dragon conjured up by a witch. Interior illustrations by Katherine Coville.
• * * The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15827-9, Oct ’91, $2.99, 184pp, pb, cover by Daniel Henderson) Young-adult ghost story.
• * * The Ghost Wore Gray (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15610-1, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $2.75, 153pp, pb) Young-adult ghost novel.
• * * I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-79833-2, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $3.99, 180pp, tp, cover by Stephen Peringer) [_Rod Allbright_] Young-adult humorous SF novel about a kid kidnapped by a monster from another dimension, the second featuring Rod Allbright. Illustrations by Katherine Coville.
• * _I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-65116-4, Nov ’95, £2.99, 181pp, pb) [_Rod Allbright_] Reprint (Pocket Minstrel 1994) young-adult humorous SF novel of a boykidnapped by a monster from another dimension. The Second Rod Allbright novel, after Aliens Ate My Homework. [First U.K. edition]
• * * Into the Land of the Unicorns (Scholastic 0-590-45955-4, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $12.95, 159pp, hc, cover by Neal McPheeters) [_Unicorn Chronicles_] Young-adult fantasy novel, first book of “The Unicorn Chronicles”. Clara enters the fantasy world of Luster and joins a young unicorn on a quest to find the elusive Unicorn Queen.
• * _Into the Land of the Unicorns (Scholastic 0-590-45956-2, Aug ’95, $3.50, 159pp, pb, cover by Neal McPheeters) [_Unicorn Chronicles_] Reprint (Scholastic 1994) young-adult fantasy novel, first book of “The Unicorn Chronicles”.
• * * Jennifer Murdley’s Toad (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-200745-8, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $16.95, 156pp, hc, cover by Gary A. Lippincott) [Magic Shop] Young-adult fantasy novel about a young girl who purchases a talking toad at a magic shop. Illustrations by Gary A. Lippincott.
• * _Jennifer Murdley’s Toad (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-79401-9, Jun ’93 [Jul ’93], $3.50, 159pp, tp, cover by Catherine Huerta) [Magic Shop] Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992) young-adult fantasy novel about a young girl who purchases a talking toad at a magic shop. Illustrations by Gary A. Lippincott.
• * * Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-200748-2, Mar ’91, $15.95, 117pp, hc, cover by Gary A. Lippincott) [Magic Shop] Young-adult fantasy novel of a boy who brings home a dragon’s egg.
• * _Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-74782-7, Feb ’92, $2.99, 148pp, tp, cover by Catherine Huerta) [Magic Shop] Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1991) young-adult fantasy novel of a boy who brings home a dragon’s egg.
• * * Monster of the Year (Pocket 0-671-64749-0, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $2,75, 135pp, tp) Children’s fantasy about a contest that draws monsters from as far away as Transylvania, illustrated by Harvey Kurtzman.
• * * Murder in Orbit (Dragon 0-583-31096-6, Aug ’87, £2.25, 187pp, pb) [_Omni Odysseys_] Juvenile sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Omni Odysseys” series.
• * * My Teacher Flunked the Planet (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-75081-X, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $2.99, 162pp, tp, cover by Steve Fastner) [_My Teacher Is an Alien_] Humorous young-adult sf novel, fourth book of the “My Teacher Is an Alien” series, illustrated by John Pierard.
• * _My Teacher Fried My Brains (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-72710-9, May ’91, $2.95, 136pp, pb, cover by Steve Fastner) [_My Teacher Is an Alien_] Humorous young-adult sf novel.
• * * My Teacher Glows in the Dark (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-72709-5, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $2.99, 137pp, tp, cover by Jeffrey Lindberg) [_My Teacher Is an Alien_] Humorous young-adult sf novel, third book of the “My Teacher Is an Alien” series, illustrated by John Pierard.
• * * My Teacher is an Alien (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-64748-2, Jun ’89, $2.75, 124pp, tp) [_My Teacher Is an Alien_] Children’s sf novel about sixth graders who discover that their substitute teacher is an extraterrestrial. Illustrated by Mike Wimmer.
• * * My Teacher Is an Alien: 3 Books in One (HarperCollins UK 0-00-675157-1, Oct ’95 [Nov ’95], £4.99, ii+405pp, pb) [_My Teacher Is an Alien_] Young-adult SF omnibus, including My Teacher is an Alien (Pocket 1989), My Teacher Fried My Brains, (Pocket 1990) and My Teacher Glows in the Dark (Pocket 1991). The title page and spine simply list the books. (Contents)
• * * Oddly Enough (Harcourt Brace 0-15-200093-3, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $15.95, 122pp, hc, cover by Michael Hussar) Collection of nine young-adult fantasy stories, three original. With illustrations by Michael Hussar. (Contents)
• * _Oddly Enough (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-51693-0, Jan ’97, $3.99, 164pp, pb, cover by Gennady Spirin) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1994) collection of nine young-adult fantasy stories, three original. With illustrations by Michael Hussar.
• * * Philip José Farmer’s The Dungeon, Volume 2: The Dark Abyss (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27640-9, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $3.95, 321pp, pb) [_Dungeon_] Fantasy novelization set in a world created by Philip José Farmer, who also did the introduction. The series is packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. The author’s name does not appear on the cover or on the copyright page.
• * _Philip José Farmer’s The Dungeon, Volume 2: The Dark Abyss (Bantam UK 0-553-40202-1, May ’90, £3.50, 321pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [_Dungeon_] Reprint (Bantam 1989) fantasy novelization.
• * * The Skull of Truth (Harcourt Brace 0-15-275457-1, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $17.00, 195pp, hc, cover by Gary A. Lippincott) [Magic Shop] Young-adult humorous fantasy novel in the “Magic Shop” series. A skull makes a chronic liar always tell the truth — but no one believes him. Illustrated by Gary A. Lippincott.
• * * Space Brat (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-74567-0, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $2.99, 68pp, tp) Children’s short story about an alien boy, illustrated by Katherine Coville.
• * * Space Station I.C.E.-3 (Scholastic/Omni 0-590-40278-1, Nov ’87 [Jan ’88], $2.50, 188pp, pb) Young-adult murder mystery set on a space station. Dated 1987 — not seen until 1988.
• * _Space Station ICE-3 (Pocket Archway 0-671-53641-9, Oct ’96, $3.99, 182pp, pb, cover by Broeck Steadman) Reprint (Scholastic/Omni 1987) young-adult SF mystery about a body on a space station. This edition has been revised and updated.
• * _Spirit World: Creature of Fire (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-71461-1, Jul ’98, £3.99, 191pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) Reprint (Minstrel 1996 as Bruce Coville’s Chamber of Horrors #1: Amulet of Doom) young-adult horror novel. This is significantly revised from the 1985 Dell/Twilight (as Amulet of Doom) edition. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Spirit World: Eyes of the Tarot (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-71460-3, Jul ’98, £3.99, 179pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) Reprint (Minstrel 1996 as Bruce Coville’s Chamber of Horrors #3: Eyes of the Tarot) young-adult horror novel. This is significantly revised from the 1983 Dell/Twilight (as Eyes of the Tarot) edition. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Spirit World: Restless Spirits (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-71458-1, Jul ’98, £3.99, 149pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) Reprint (Minstrel 1996 as Bruce Coville’s Chamber of Horrors #4: Waiting Spirits) young-adult horror novel. This is significantly revised from the 1984 Bantam (as Waiting Spirits) edition. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Spirit World: Spirits and Spells (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-71459-X, Jul ’98, £3.99, 162pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) Reprint (Minstrel 1996 as Bruce Coville’s Chamber of Horrors #2: Spirits and Spells) young-adult horror novel. This is significantly revised from the 1983 Dell/Twilight (as Spirits and Spells) edition. [First U.K. edition]

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• * * Bruce Coville’s Book of Aliens and Ghosts (Collins 0-00-675278-0, Oct ’96, £3.99, 368pp, pb) Omnibus of the two anthologies, Bruce Coville’s Book of Aliens: Tales to Warp Your Mind (Scholastic/Apple, 1994), and Bruce Coville’s Book of Ghosts (Scholastic, 1994). The books are separately paginated. (Contents)
• * * Bruce Coville’s Book of Aliens II: More Tales to Warp Your Mind (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-85293-0, Nov ’96, $3.95, 183pp, tp, cover by Steve Fastner) Young-adult original collection of 12 sf stories, three reprints. Packaged and copyrighted by General Licensing Company, a Byron Preiss subsidiary. Individual story copyrights are in the authors’ names. (Contents)
• * * Bruce Coville’s Book of Aliens: Tales to Warp Your Mind (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-46162-1, Feb ’94, $2.95, 177pp, tp, cover by Steve Fastner) Young-adult collection of 11 sf stories. Three are reprints, and the rest seem to be original. Packaged and copyrighted by General Licensing Company, a Byron Preiss subsidiary. Individual story copyrights are in the authors’ names. (Contents)
• * _Bruce Coville’s Book of Aliens: Tales to Warp Your Mind (Lions 0-00-675073-7, Sep ’95, £2.99, 177pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic/Apple 1994) young-adult collection of 11 SF stories. Three are reprints, and the rest seem to be original. Packaged and copyrighted by General Licensing Company, a Byron Preiss subsidiary. Individual story copyrights are in the authors’ names. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Bruce Coville’s Book of Ghosts (Collins 0-00-675075-3, 1995, £2.99, 180pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1994) Young-adult anthology of original ghost stories. Published in 1995 but not seen until now. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * * Bruce Coville’s Book of Ghosts II: More Tales to Haunt You (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-85294-9, Jan ’97, $3.99, 182pp, tp, cover by Steve Fastner) Young-adult original collection of 11 ghost stories, three reprints. Packaged and copyrighted by General Licensing Company, a Byron Preiss subsidiary. Individual story copyrights are in the authors’ names. (Contents)
• * * Bruce Coville’s Book of Ghosts: Tales to Haunt You (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-46160-5, Sep ’94, $2.95, 180pp, tp, cover by Steve Fastner) Young-adult original collection of 12 ghost stories, one a reprint. Packaged and copyrighted by General Licensing Company, a Byron Preiss subsidiary. Individual story copyrights are in the authors’ names. (Contents)
• * * Bruce Coville’s Book of Magic II (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-85297-3, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $3.99, 179pp, tp, cover by Steve Fastner) Original anthology of 12 (four reprint) fantasy young-adult stories by authors including Bruce Coville, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Patricia C. Wrede, and Margaret Bechard. Interior illustrations by John Pierard. Copyrighted by General Licensing Company. (Contents)

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