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The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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ANKER, ROGER, ed. (stories)

• * _Selected Stories See entry under Charles Beaumont.

ANONYMOUS (stories) (chron.)

• * * 1988: The Guide to Writers Conferences (Shaw Associates 0-945834-00-4, 1988 [Apr ’88], $14.95, 251pp, tp) Non-fiction, guide to all types of writers’ conferences, including science fiction workshops.
• * * Hoffman’s Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies: 1991 - 92 (Corgi 0-552-99478-2, Oct ’91, £12.99, 432pp, tp) Reference guide to 3500 genre movies.
• * _Tolkien’s World (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10307-5, Sep ’94, £12.99, 141pp, tp, cover by Ted Nasmith) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) art book, containing scenes from Tolkien, with textual extracts. Each artist gives a personal comment on Tolkien’s work.

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• * * The 1985 Rhysling Anthology (Science Fiction Poetry Association no ISBN, 1985 [Dec ’85], $1.00, 20pp, pb) Anthology of sf poems, finalists for the 1985 Rhysling awards. (Contents)
• * * The 1992 Rhysling Anthology (Science Fiction Poetry Association/Figment Press no ISBN, Aug ’92, 45pp+, pg) Anthology of sf poems nominated for the 1992 Rhysling Awards. (Contents)
• * * The 1994 Rhysling Anthology (Science Fiction Poetry Association no ISBN, Mar ’94, no price, 48pp, ph, cover by Charles Fallis) Anthology of 41 poems. This serves as the ballot for the SFPA’s Rhysling Awards. Published in cooperation with Emerald City Publishing and Figment Press. (Contents)
• * * The 1995 Rhysling Anthology (Figment Press, Feb ’95, 59pp+, ph) Anthology of 49 poems, the nominees for the 1995 Rhysling Award. (Contents)
• * * 1998 World Fantasy Convention Program Book (San Francisco, CA: World Fantasy Convention 98, Oct ’98, unpaginated, quarto s/b, cover by Gahan Wilson) (Contents)
• * * Aliens Omnibus: Alien Harvest / Rogue (Millennium 1-85798-620-2, Jan ’97, £5.99, 590pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [_Aliens_] SF omnibus (Volume 3) of books 5 and 6 in the series of “Aliens” novelisations. The books are separately paginated. (Contents)
• * * Analog: The Best of Science Fiction (A&W/Galahad 0-88365-637-X, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $12.95, 621pp, hc) Anthology of 32 stories, published as an “instant remainder." (Contents)
• * _Analog: The Best of Science Fiction (Barnes & Noble 0-88365-637-X, 1994 [Dec ’94], $11.98, 621pp, hc) Reissue (A&W/Galahad 1985) anthology of 32 stories. An “instant remainder” edition; despite a new copyright date, this has the same ISBN and price as the earlier edition.
• * * Anne McCaffrey’s The Unicorn Girl (HarperPrism 0-06-105540-9, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $22.00, 135pp, hc, cover by John Ennis) Original anthology of three stories and related informational pieces. Full-color illustrations are by various artists. Named authors are Mickey Zucker Reichert, Jody Lynn Nye, and Roman R. Ranieri. Packaged and copyrighted by BIG Entertainment. (Contents)
• * * The Anthology of Fear: 20 Haunting Stories for Winter Nights (Marshall Cavendish 1-85435-117-6, Dec ’88, £3.95, 368pp, hc) Ghost/horror anthology, published with the December issue of the Marshall Cavendish part-work series “The Great Writers”. (Contents) [Not seen]
• * _The Art of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Episode VI (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39204-3, Oct ’94 [Aug ’94], $18.00, 153pp, tp, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Star Wars] Reprint (Ballantine 1983 as The Art of Return of the Jedi) art book with the movie script.
• * * Axolotl Double A-1 [by John C. Pelan] (The Axolotl Press, 1986, $6.00, vii+31+vi+8pp, ph) Two fantasy short stories, bound back to back and upside down, even to terminating in two separate limitation/signature pages. (Contents)
• * * Axolotl Double A-3 [by John C. Pelan] (The Axolotl Press, 1986, $7.00, 75+iv+16+22pp, ph, cover by Donna Gordon) Collection of two short stories by Blaylock (one original) and a novella by Robinson, bound back to back and upside down. (Contents)
• * * Bart Science Fiction Triplet #1 [by Martin H. Greenberg] (Bart 1-55785-016-X, Apr ’88, $3.50, 285pp, pb) Anthology of 3 sf novellas, by Asimov, Benford, and Anderson. (Contents)
• * * Beccon ’87 Programme Book (BECCON, Apr ’87, 40pp, ph, cover by Keith Roberts) Programme book for 1987 BECCON Convention at which Keith Roberts was Guest of Honour. (Contents)
• * * The Best Ghost Stories (BDD/Mallard Press 0-792-45249-6, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], $7.98, 397pp, hc) Anthology of 23 vintage ghost stories. This is an instant remainder edition from the Bantam/Doubleday/Dell promotion company. Abridged from Hamlyn 1977. (Contents)
• * _The Best Ghost Stories (Ivy Leaf 0-86363-008-1, Sep ’90, £3.99, 397pp, hc) Reprint (Mallard 1990) ‘Instant Remainder’ anthology of 23 ghost stories.
• * _The Best Horror Stories (Ivy Leaf 0-86363-002-2, Sep ’90, £3.99, 398pp, hc) Reprint (Mallard 1990) ‘Instant remainder’ anthology of 30 horror stories.
• * * The Best Horror Stories [by Lynn Picknett] (BDD/Mallard Press 0-792-45250-X, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $7.98, 398pp, hc) Anthology of 31 vintage horror stories. This is an instant remainder edition from the Bantam/Doubleday/Dell promotion company. Abridged from Hamlyn 1977 edition. (Contents)
• * * Bewitching Love Stories (Avon 0-380-76832-1, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $4.99, 420pp, pb) Original anthology of four romance novellas of relationships between witches and mortals. (Contents)
• * * The Blind Geometer/The New Atlantis (Tor 0-812-50010-5, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.50, 87/42pp, pb) Anthology of three stories. This Tor double is actually a Tor triple, including Robinson’s novelette “The Return from Rainbow Bridge”, which is 51 pages long. In addition to the 1987 and 1975 dates on the copyright page, Tor has included 1989 dates representing first paperback publication for the Robinson and first solo publication for the Le Guin. (Contents)
• * * Bolos 3: The Triumphant (Baen 0-671-87683-X, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $5.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Paul Alexander) [Bolo] Anthology of four stories, third in a series featuring the sentient tanks created by Keith Laumer. Stories are by Linda Evans (alone and with Robert R. Hollingsworth) and David Weber. (Contents)
• * _The Bone Yard (Berkley 0-425-12726-5, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.95, 329pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1988 as Night Visions VI) original horror anthology of three stories by F. Paul Wilson and novellas by Sheri S. Tepper and Ray Garton, with an introduction by Dean R. Koontz.
• * _The Book of Irish Weirdness (Sterling 0-8069-9936-5, Sep ’97 [Feb ’98], $12.95, 484pp, tp, cover by Philippe Lechien) Reprint (Quality Paperback Book Club 1995, not previously listed) anthology of 35 stories, some traditional, the majority by noted authors including Bram Stoker, Francis Marion Crawford, Joseph Sheridan LeFanu, and Oscar Wilde. (Contents)
• * * Born with the Dead/The Saliva Tree (Tor 0-812-55952-5, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $2.95, 96 + 87pp, pb) Anthology of two novellas which both won the Nebula Award. Bound back-to-back a la the old Ace doubles. Tor Double #2. (Contents)
• * * Brides of the Night (Harlequin 0-373-07883-8, Oct ’98, $4.25, pb) [Wings in the Night] (Contents)
• * * Buck Rogers: Arrival (TSR 0-88038-582-0, Mar ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 316pp, tp) [_Buck Rogers_] Original shared-world anthology of seven Buck Rogers stories. No editor, in house or otherwise, is listed. (Contents)
• * _Buck Rogers: Arrival (Penguin 0-14-013315-1, May ’90, £3.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Chris Alan Wilton) [_Buck Rogers_] Reprint (TSR 1989) original anthology of stories about Buck Rogers.
• * * Cafe Purgatorium (New York: Tor 0-312-85180-4, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $18.95, 288pp, hc, cover by Jill Bauman) Anthology of three horror novellas. Two are originals. (Contents)
• * _Cafe Purgatorium (Tor 0-812-51512-9, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $3.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Jill Bauman) Reprint (Tor 1991) original anthology of three horror novellas by Charles de Lint, Ray Garton, and Dana Anderson.
• * _Chamber of Horrors (Octopus 0-7064-2053-5, 1985 [May ’86], $6.00, 349pp, hc) Reissue (Octopus 1984) horror anthology from a British-based “instant remainder” publisher. This appeared in 1985, but we did not see it until 1986.
• * * Chamber of Horrors [by Emma Blackley] (Octopus 0-7064-2053-5, 1984, $4.98, 352pp, hc) Horror anthology from a British-based “instant remainder” publisher. (Contents)
• * * Chiller (Dublin: Poolbeg 1853715123, 1995, £3.99, 217pp, tp, cover by P. J. Lynch) Original anthology of 18 spine tingling tales from some of Ireland’s leading writers. (Contents)
• * * Chilling Christmas Tales (Scholastic UK 0-590-54060-2, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], £9.99, 285pp, hc) Original anthology of ten young-adult horror stories, including pieces by Joan Aiken and Garry Kilworth. (Contents)
• * _Chilling Christmas Tales (Scholastic UK 0-590-55333-X, Oct ’93 [Nov ’93], £4.99, 285pp, tp) Reprint (Scholastic UK 1992) original anthology of ten young-adult horror stories, including pieces by Joan Aiken and Garry Kilworth.
• * * Classic Ghost Stories (Penguin 0-14-600314-4, Jun ’96, £0.60, 56pp, pb, cover by Gino D’Achille) Mini-paperback anthology of 3 stories; one of the ‘Penguin Children’s 60s’. (Contents)
• * * The Color of Neanderthal Eyes/And Strange at Ecbatan the Trees (Tor 0-812-55964-9, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.50, 76/133pp, pb, cover by Dave Archer & Brian Waugh) Anthology of a novella and a short novel. (Contents)
• * _Creepy Stories (Bracken Books 1-85891-136-2, Nov ’94, £5.99, 614pp, hc) Reprint (Hutchinson 1934 as A Century of Creepy Stories) compendium including many stories from the anthologies The Black Cap, The Ghost Book, Shudders, and When Churchyards Yawn edited by Cynthia Asquith. This edition adds an introduction by Fred Urquhart, but omits 23 of the stories. (Contents)
• * * The Crow: A Murder of Crows (SFBC #18887, Sep ’98 [Oct ’98], $14.98, 679pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) [_Crow_] Omnibus of three novelizations based on the comic book and movie: Quoth the Crow by David Bischoff, The Lazarus Heart by Poppy Z. Brite, and Clash by Night by Chet Williamson (all HarperPrism 1998). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 1-56865-830-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. Copyrighted by Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation. (Contents)
• * * Dark Harvest Summer/Fall Preview: 1990 (Dark Harvest no ISBN, Jun ’90, no price, unpaginated, ph) Anthology of six complete stories from forthcoming anthologies and collections and two excerpts from novels, Shadowfires by Dean R. Koontz (reprint) and Reign by Chet Williamson (original). This is a spiral-bound promotional piece distributed at the ABA, consisting of sections of the uncorrected proofs bound together. (Contents)
• * * The Darkest Thirst (Design Image Group 1-891946-00-5, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $15.95, tp) Original anthology of 16 vampire stories, one a reprint. Authors include Edo van Belkom, Robert Devereaux, and Barb Hendee. Available from The Design Image Group, PO Box 2325, Darien IL 60561; credit card orders 800-563-5455. (Contents)
• * * Destination: Voyager (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-583-51172-4, Apr ’97, free, 176pp, pb) Anthology of excerpts from novels in HarperCollins’s Voyager line, each with a brief introduction. Subtitled “A Sampler of Some of the Finest Science Fiction and Fantasy Talents Working Today.” Exclusively distributed by Hammicks’ bookshops. (Contents)
• * * Discoveries: The First Focus Science Fiction Anthology (Gollancz 0-575-06258-4, Oct ’95 [Aug ’96], free, 190pp, pb, cover by Julian Baum) Anthology of six stories and two novel extracts, all from recent or forthcoming Gollancz volumes. Distributed free with the October 1995 issue of Focus, but only just seen. (Contents)
• * * Divide and Rule/The Sword of Rhiannon (Tor 0-812-50362-7, Jan ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.50, 94/136pp, pb, cover by A. C. Farley & N. Taylor Blanchard) Anthology of of two sf short novels together for the first time. Divide and Rule appeared from Fantasy Press (1951), with The Stolen Dormouse. Sword of Rhiannon appeared as an early Ace double (1953) with Conan the Conqueror. Tor SF Double #17. (Contents)
• * * Don’t Read This! and Other Tales of the Unnatural (Front Street 1-886910-22-7, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $15.95, 213pp, hc, cover by The Tjong Khing) Young-adult anthology of 11 horror stories by authors from around the world, including Margaret Mahy (Australia), Susan Cooper (UK), Charles Mungoshi (Zimbabwe) and Uri Orlev (Israel). Illustrations by The Tjong Khing. Created in cooperation with the International Board of Books for Youth; originally published in Dutch as Lees dit niet en andere griezelverhalen (Lemniscaat 1997); translations from Dutch to English by Elisabeth Koolschijn. Order from Front Street Books, 20 Battery Park Ave. #403, Asheville NC 28801. (Contents)
• * * DragonLance: The Cataclysm (TSR 1-56076-430-9, Jul ’92, $4.95, 343pp, tp, cover by Larry Elmore) [DragonLance] Original anthology of 11 fantasy novelizations based on the “DragonLance” role-playing game, second book of the “Tales II” trilogy. Introduction by Weis & Hickman. (Contents)
• * * DragonLance: The Reign of Istar (TSR 1-56076-326-4, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $4.95, 342pp, tp, cover by Larry Elmore) [DragonLance] Original anthology of seven stories and six poems based on the “DragonLance” role-playing game, with an introduction by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. First book of the “Tales II” trilogy. (Contents)
• * * DragonLance: The War of the Lance (TSR 1-56076-431-7, Nov ’92, $4.95, 353pp, tp, cover by Larry Elmore) [DragonLance] Original anthology of ten short fantasy novelizations and one poem based on the “DragonLance” game, third book of the “Tales II” trilogy. (Contents)
• * * Dreamscape (Harlequin 0-373-20095-1, Oct ’93 [Dec ’93], $5.50, 649pp, pb) A “By Request” omnibus of fantasy/reincarnation/ghost romances, Ghost of a Chance by Jayne Ann Krentz (Harlequin 1984), Bewitching Hour by Anne Stuart, and Remember Me by Bobby Hutchinson (Harlequin 1989). (Contents)
• * _Drums Around the Fire (White Wolf 1-56504-058-9, 1993 [Dec ’94], $8.00, 216pp, tp, cover by Barbara Armata) Original anthology of 17 stories based on the “Werewolf: The Apocalpyse” games, with a lexicon. Copyrighted by White Wolf. Second printing. This has a 1993 copyright, but was not seen until now. (Contents)
• * * Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Machen (Tartarus Press 1-872621-14-7, Jul ’94, £5.00, 24pp, ph) Non-fiction chapbook anthology demonstrating similarities between Poe and Machen. Edition limited to 100 copies. The unnamed editor is Ray B. Russell. (Contents) [Poe, Machen]
• * * Elegy for Angels and Dogs/The Graveyard Heart (Tor 0-812-50275-2, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.50, 187pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Anthology of a story and an original novella; the Williams novella is a sequel to Zelazny’s “The Graveyard Heart”. Tor SF Double No. 24. (Contents)
• * * Enemy Mine/Another Orphan (Tor 0-812-55963-0, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $2.95, 90 + 68pp, pb) Anthology of two Nebula-winning novellas. (Contents)
• * * Eye for an Eye/The Tunesmith (Tor 0-812-50854-8, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $3.95, 186pp, pb, cover by Mark Ferrari) Anthology of two novellas by Orson Scott Card and Lloyd Biggle, Jr., respectively, plus an essay about Biggle by Card, split as a foreword and an afterword. Tor SF Double #27. (Contents)
• * * Fahrenheit 451 and Related Readings (Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell, 1998, hc) Textbook. (Contents)
• * * Forbidden Lines (Science Fiction Writers’ Group no ISBN, Sep ’89 [Feb ’90], $8.00, 200pp, tp, cover by Charles Overbeck) Anthology of 12 original short stories, plus seven poems and four non-fiction pieces. (Contents)
• * * Four Gothic Novels (Oxford University Press 0-19-282331-0, Jul ’94, £8.99, 606pp, tp, cover by Frank Moss) Horror omnibus. (Contents)
• * +Four Gothic Novels (Oxford University Press 0-19-282331-0, Aug ’94 [Dec ’94], $11.95, 606pp, tp, cover by Frank Moss) Omnibus edition of four classic Gothic novels: The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole (1764), Vathek by William Beckford (1786), The Monk by Matthew Lewis (1796), and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1831 edition). Includes brief chronologies of the authors’ lives and works. This may be identical to the British edition (Oxford 1994) published in July.
• * _Frankenstein/Dracula/Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Penguin/Signet 0-451-52363-6, Oct ’92, $5.95, 211/381/70pp, pb) Reissue (Signet 1978) omnibus of three classic horror novels with an introduction by Stephen King; ninth printing.
• * _Frankenstein; Dracula; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Penguin 0-14-011666-4, Nov ’88, £3.99, 660pp, pb) Reprint (Signet 1978) omnibus of three classic horror novels, with an introduction by Stephen King. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * * Fugue State/The Death of Doctor Island (Tor 0-812-50813-0, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.50, 121/62pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe & Ron Walotsky) Anthology of two pieces. “Fugue State” by Ford is a short novel, expanded from a 1987 novella, and “The Death of Doctor Island” by Wolfe is a novella. Tor SF Double No. 25. (Contents)
• * * Full-Moon Magic (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17457-7, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $4.99, 365pp, pb) Original anthology of five romance novellas with supernatural elements. (Contents)
• * _Future Quartet (AvoNova 0-380-71886-1, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $5.50, 294pp, pb, cover by Vincent DiFate) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1994) anthology of four speculative articles and four stories about life in the mid-21st century, written by Ben Bova, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, and Charles Sheffield, with an introduction by Sheffield.
• * * Future Quartet: Earth in the Year 2042: A Four-Part Invention (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-13173-5, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $20.00, 294pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) Original anthology of four speculative fiction articles and four stories dealing with life in the mid-21st century, written by Ben Bova, Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle, and Charles Sheffield. With an introduction by Sheffield. (Contents)
• * * Future Visions (Gollancz/Focus Magazines no ISBN, 1997, no price, 187pp, pb) Anthology of five stories and three novel exstracts, a free gift with the magazine Focus. (Contents)
• * * Ghost and Horror Stories (Tynron Press 1-871948-11-8, Jul ’90, £9.95, 579pp, tp, cover by Sue Harmer) Ghost/horror story anthology. (Contents)
• * * Ghosts: A Classic Collection (Morris Plains, NJ: Unicorn Pub. House, 1989, 157pp, hc) (Contents)
• * * Gollancz/Sunday Times SF Competition Stories [by Malcolm Edwards] (Gollancz 0-575-04074-2, Aug ’87, £10.95, 200pp, hc) Collection of best stories entered for the recent Gollancz & Sunday Times SF Short Story Competition. Actually edited by Malcolm Edwards. (Contents)
• * +Gollancz/Sunday Times SF Competition Stories [by Malcolm Edwards] (David & Charles/Gollancz 0-575-04074-2, Nov ’87, $19.95, 200pp, hc) Original anthology of 25 stories. This book was published in Great Britain (Gollancz 1987) and is being distributed in the U.S. by David & Charles, Inc., North Pomfret VT 05053.
• * * Great Ghost Stories (Watermill Classic 0-816-70468-6, 1994, $2.95, 91pp, pb, cover by Mia Tavonatti) (Contents)
• * * Great Ghost Stories (London: Reader’s Digest Association Limited 0-276-42330-5, 1997, 528pp, hc) Anthology of 46 ghost stories selected by editors of The Reader’s Digest. (Contents)
• * * Great Vampires & Other Horrors [by Edel Brosnan] (London: Chancellor Press 1-85152-235-2, 1992, £4.99, 541pp, hc) An “instant-remainder” volume of vampire stories, most selected from Mary Danby’s 65 Great Tales of the Supernatural (Octopus, 1979). (Contents)
• * * The H.P. Lovecraft Memorial Plaque (Necronomicon Press no ISBN, Dec ’90 [Apr ’91], $5.00, 28pp, ph) Non-fiction, history. The story of the successful efforts to install a centenary monument to H.P. Lovecraft plus a list of all financial contributors. [Lovecraft]
• * * Hardfought/Cascade Point (Tor 0-812-55971-1, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $2.95, 97 + 82pp, pb) Anthology of two back-to-back sf novellas, Ace Double style. The Bear won the Nebula, the Zahn won the Hugo. (Contents)
• * * Haunting Christmas Tales (Scholastic UK 0-590-76615-5, Oct ’91, £7.99, 269pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) Original anthology of nine young-adult ghost stories, including pieces by Garry Kilworth and Joan Aiken. (Contents)
• * _Haunting Christmas Tales (Hippo 0-590-55094-2, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], £4.99, 269pp, tp) Reprint (Scholastic UK 1991) original anthology of nine young-adult ghost stories.
• * * Haunting Love Stories (Avon 0-380-76659-0, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $4.99, 467pp, pb) Original anthology of four supernatural romance short novels and one novella. (Contents)

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