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The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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GRIFFIN, (Henry) WILLIAM (continued)

• * * Clive Staples Lewis: A Dramatic Life (Harper & Row 0-06-250352-9, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $24.95, 507pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography narrated in a series of scenes. [Lewis]

GRIFFITH, CLEM (stories)

• * * Four Thaumastic Tales (Excalibur Press 1-872080-40-5, Dec ’89 [Jan ’90], £6.95, 156pp, tp, cover by Clem Griffith) Original collection of four stories about the seedy magician Tillman. Order from 13 Knightsbridge Green, LONDON, SW1X 7QL. (Contents)

GRIFFITH, KATHRYN (Ann) MEYER (1950- ) (stories)

• * * Blood Forge (Leisure 0-8439-2722-4, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.95, 392pp, pb) Horror novel. A .357 Colt Python is inhabited by an evil spirit.
• * * The Calling (Zebra 0-8217-4659-6, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $4.50, 379pp, pb) Horror novel. A woman is haunted by the unquiet soul of an ancient Egyptian queen.
• * * Evil Stalks the Night (Leisure 0-8439-2063-7, 1984, $3.50, 368pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _Evil Stalks the Night (Leisure 0-8439-2329-6, 1985, $3.50, 368pp, pb) Reissue (Leisure 1984) horror novel.
• * * The Heart of the Rose (Leisure 0-8439-2216-8, 1985, $3.95, 480pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * * The Last Vampire (Zebra 0-8217-3771-6, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $4.50, 352pp, pb) Post-holocaust vampire novel. A woman survives a series of apocalyptic disasters but finds herself becoming a vampire.
• * * Predator (Zebra 0-8217-4402-X, 1993, $4.50, 352pp, pb) Horror novel. “In Crater Lake, Oregon, when carcasses of dead animals are found—mauled and eaten—and tourists begin disappearing, the townspeople worry than a prehistoric beast has made Crater Lake his feeding ground.”
• * * Vampire Blood (Zebra 0-8217-3514-4, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.50, 285pp, pb) Horror novel of a beautiful young female vampire terrorizing a small Florida town.
• * * Witches (Zebra 0-8217-4031-8, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $4.50, 379pp, pb) Horror novel of a white witch who must protect her town from an evil coven.

GRIFFITH, NICOLA (1960- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * * Ammonite (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37891-1, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.99, 360pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Sf novel of a company anthropologist sent to test a vaccine against a deadly virus on a planet where surviving colonists were abandoned centuries before. A first novel. Recommended (SW).
• * * Ammonite (Grafton 0-586-21690-1, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £4.99, 397pp, pb, cover by Trevor Scobie) Sf novel about an alien world on which a virus has killed all the men. Simultaneous with US (Del Rey) edition.
• * _Ammonite (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37891-1, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $5.99, 360pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) Reissue (Del Rey; Grafton 1993) SF novel. Fourth printing.
• * * The Blue Place (Avon 0-380-97446-0, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $23.00, 308pp, hc) Associational thriller. A lesbian ex-cop falls for a woman caught up in an international conspiracy involving art forgery, drugs, and murder.
• * * Slow River (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39165-9, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $18.00, 344pp, hc) SF novel. A young woman without identity struggles to survive in the underworld of near-future Europe.
• * _Slow River (SFBC #10000, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $8.98, 344pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 1995) SF novel. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Slow River (HarperCollins Voyager 0-00-648033-0, Dec ’95, £4.99, 344pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1995) SF novel set in a dystopian near-future. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Slow River (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39537-9, Aug ’96, $11.00, 344pp, tp) Reprint (Del Rey 1995) SF novel. A young woman without identity struggles to survive in the underworld of near-future Europe.

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• * * Bending the Landscape: Fantasy (with Stephen Pagel) (White Wolf 1-56504-836-9, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $19.99, 382pp, hc, cover by Kevin Murphy) Original anthology of 22 fantasy stories about gays and lesbians. Authors include Tanya Huff, Robin Wayne Bailey, and Ellen Kushner & Delia Sherman. (Contents)
• * * Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction (with Stephen Pagel) (Overlook Press 0-87951-856-1, Sep ’98, $26.95, 375pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Original anthology of 21 SF stories about gays and lesbians. Authors include Rebecca Ore, Stephen Baxter, Charles Sheffield, and Nancy Kress. The jacket calls this “Volume I” in a series, but this is actually the second, following Bending the Landscape: Fantasy (White Wolf 1997). (Contents)

GRIFFITHS, PAUL (Anthony) (1947- )

• * * Myself and Marco Polo (Random House 0-394-58296-9, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], $17.95, 274pp, hc, cover by Richard Mantel) Literary novel of magic realism about the elements of truth and myth in Polo’s journeys.

GRIMES, LEE (1920- )

• * * Dinosaur Nexus (AvoNova 0-380-77319-8, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.99, 215pp, pb, cover by Matthew Stowicki) Time-travel SF novel about a human spaceship that travels back to the Late Cretaceous and encounters intelligent alien reptiles from a parallel world.
• * * Retro Lives (AvoNova 0-380-76913-1, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $4.50, 196pp, pb, cover by Robert Wood) Sf novel of a man who suffers a genetic glitch that causes him to relive his adult life over and over.

GRIMES, TOM (1954- )

• * * City of God (Norton 0-393-03789-4, Aug ’95, $23.00, 318pp, hc, cover by Roger Brown) Near-future satiric SF novel of murder, virtual reality, and pay-per-view Apocalypse at the millenium’s end.

GRIMM, CHERRY BARBARA; [i.e., Cherry Barbara Grimm Lockett] (1930-2002); see pseudonym Cherry Wilder (stories) (chron.)

GRIMM, JAKOB (1785-1863) (stories)

• * _The Frog King and Other Tales of the Brothers Grimm (with Wilhelm Grimm) (NAL Signet 0-451-52379-2, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $2.95, 312pp, pb) Reissue (NAL Signet 1969) collection of 50 fairy tales plus two early versions of “Snow White” and a selected bibliography. Translated by Alfred David and Mary Elizabeth Meek.

GRIMM, WILHELM (1786-1859) (stories)

• * _The Frog King and Other Tales of the Brothers Grimm (with Jakob Grimm) See entry under Jakob Grimm.

GRIMSLEY, ANN; see pseudonym Lyndan Darby

GRIMSON, TODD (1952- )

• * * Brand New Cherry Flavor (HarperPrism 0-06-105233-7, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $20.00, 344pp, hc, cover by John Ennis) Horror novel. A female Hollywood director seeks revenge and awakens an ancient curse.
• * _Brand New Cherry Flavor (HarperPrism 0-06-105320-1, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $13.00, 344pp, tp, cover by John Ennis) Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) Hollywood horror novel.
• * * Stainless (HarperPrism 0-06-105321-X, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $12.00, 265pp, tp) Vampire novel. A crippled rock musician in Los Angeles lives with a female vampire. Their relationship makes them both more human.
• * _Stainless (HarperPrism 0-06-105775-4, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $5.99, 306pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) modern vampire novel.

GRIMWADE, PETER

• * _Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead (Target 0-426-19393-8, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], £2.99, 119pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (W.H. Allen 1983) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 82 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $4.95.
• * * Robot (Star 0-352-32036-2, Jul ’87, £2.25, 144pp, pb) Sf novel. Volume 1 in a new series.

GRIMWOOD, JON COURTENAY; see under Courtenay Grimwood, Jon (stories) (chron.)

GRIMWOOD, KEN(neth) (1944-2003) (chron.)

• * * Into the Deep (Morrow 0-688-08799-X, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $20.00, 358pp, hc, cover by Bryan Leister) SF novel, a New Age dolphin thriller/parable. Dolphins enlist human help to prevent ecological disaster.
• * _Into the Deep (SFBC #06275, May ’95, $9.98, 357pp, hc, cover by Bryan Leister) Reprint (Morrow 1995) SF novel, a New Age dolphin thrilled/parable. Similar to the Morrow edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Into the Deep (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40645-1, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 380pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 1995) SF novel, a New Age dolphin thriller/parable. Dolphins enlist human help to prevent ecological disaster.
• * * Replay (Arbor House 0-87795-781-9, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $17.95, 311pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a man who replays his life from age 18 to 43.
• * _Replay (SFBC #106203, Apr ’87, $4.98, 249pp, hc) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) fantasy novel about replaying your life.
• * _Replay (Grafton 0-246-13191-8, Jun ’87, £9.95, 272pp, hc) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) novel about a man who has a chance to relive his life. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Replay (Grafton 0-586-07462-7, 1988 [May ’88], £2.95, 366pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) sf novel. Special ‘Open Market’ edition, not available in the UK.
• * _Replay (Berkley 0-425-10640-3, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.95, 313pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) literary fantasy novel; a man lives his life over and over.
• * _Replay (Grafton 0-586-07462-7, Aug ’88, £2.99, 366pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) literary fantasy time travel novel.
• * _Replay (Grafton 0-586-07462-7, Oct ’90 [Nov ’90], £3.99, 366pp, pb, cover by David O’Connor) Reissue (Arbor House 1987) sf novel.
• * _Replay (Ace 0-441-71592-3, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.99, 313pp, pb) Reissue (Arbor House 1987) World Fantasy Award-winning fantasy novel of life relived; fourth printing.
• * _Replay (Morrow/Quill 0-688-16112-X, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $12.00, 311pp, tp, cover by Yuki Shiba) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) World Fantasy Award-winning fantasy time-travel novel.

GROCOTT, ANN (Oenone) (1938- )

• * * Danni’s Desperate Journey (Angus & Robertson 0-207-15568-2, Oct ’87, £5.95, 176pp, hc) Juvenile sf novel.

GROELL, ANNE LESLEY (1966- ) (chron.)

• * * Anvil of the Sun (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45544-4, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $5.99, 431pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [_Cloak and Dagger_] Fantasy novel about guild assassins and a highly skilled pair of wanna-bes. First book of “The Cloak and Dagger”. A first novel.
• * * Bridge of Valor (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45545-2, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $6.50, 427pp, pb, cover by Boris Zlotsky) [_Cloak and Dagger_] Fantasy novel about trainee guild assassins. Second book of “The Cloak and Dagger”.

GRØNMARK, SCOTT (1952- ); see pseudonym Nick Sharman

• * * Steel Gods (Corgi 0-552-13455-4, Mar ’90, £2.99, 287pp, pb) Horror novel.

GROSS, DAVE (stories) (chron.)

• * * Forgotten Realms: An Opportunity for Profit (TSR 0-7869-0868-8, Mar ’98, $2.99, 87pp, tp, cover by Heather LeMay) [Forgotten Realms] Novellazation based on the “Forgotten Realms” role-playing game, “Double Diamond Triangle Saga” #5. Copyrighted by TSR.

GROSS, EDWARD (1960- )

• * _Captains’ Logs: Supplemental II: The Next Generation 7th Season Guidebook (with Mark A. Altman) See entry under Mark A. Altman
• * * Captain’s Logs: The Complete Trek Voyages (with Mark A. Altman) (Boxtree 1-85283-899-X, Aug ’93, £12.99, 269pp, tp) [Star Trek] Comprehensive guide to all the episodes of Star Trek, Star Trek, the Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
• * +Captain’s Logs: The Complete Trek Voyages (with Mark A. Altman) (Image Publishing 0-9627508-3-3, Sep ’93 [Aug ’94], $19.95, 269pp, tp) [Star Trek] Non-fiction, an episode guide to all Star Trek and Star Trek, the Next Generation episodes through 6/92, plus a section about the (then) forthcoming Deep Space Nine. First American edition (Boxtree 1993). This has a 1993 copyright date but was not seen until now.
• * * The Dark Shadows Tribute Book (with James Van Hise) (Pioneer Books 1-55698-234-8, Feb ’90 [Mar ’90], $14.95, 144pp, tp) [_Dark Shadows_] Non-fiction; reference. A guide to the the gothic horror soap opera of the late 60s.
• * _The Deep Space Log Book: A First Season Companion (with Mark A. Altman) See entry under Mark A. Altman
• * * Lost Voyages of Trek and The Next Generation (with Mark A. Altman) (Boxtree 0-7522-0868-3, Mar ’95, £9.99, 109pp, tp) [Star Trek] Reference book on the Star Trek TV series - summaries of the scripts written but never produced for the screen.
• * * The Making of the Next Generation (Pioneer Books 1-55698-219-4, May ’89 [Sep ’89], $14.95, 124pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Associational; non-fiction book about the Star Trek, the Next Generation tv series.
• * _Trek Navigator: The Ultimate Guide to the Entire Trek Saga (with Mark A. Altman) See entry under Mark A. Altman
• * * Trek: The Lost Years (Pioneer Books 1-55698-220-8, Jun ’89 [Sep ’89], $12.95, 121pp, tp) [Star Trek] Associational; non-fiction. The story of the abortive attempt to revive Star Trek as a tv series in the late 1970s.

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• * _The Making of the Trek Films (Boxtree 0-7522-0973-6, Mar ’95, £12.99, 172pp, tp) [Star Trek] Reprint (Image Publishing 1994) Reference work about Star Trek. [First U.K. edition]

GROSS, LOUIS S. (1954- )

• * * Redefining the American Gothic: From Wieland to Day of the Dead (UMI 0-8357-1901-4, Feb ’89 [Mar ’89], $39.95, 112pp, hc) Non-fiction; criticism. Study of gothic elements in American fiction and film.

GROSS, PHILIP (stories) (chron.)

• * * Plex (Scholastic UK 0-590-54176-5, Jul ’94, £5.99, 106pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult SF novel. Mr Multiplex amuses himself by plexing—merging two animals into one—then one of the creatures escapes... Engrossing and original. (IC)
• * _Plex (Scholastic UK 0-590-13415-9, May ’97, £3.50, 126pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) Reprint (Scholastic UK 1994) young-adult SF novel.
• * * Psylicon Beach (Scholastic Press 0-590-19808-4, Jun ’98, £5.99, 184pp, tp, cover by Black Sheep) Young-adult SF novel set in a virtual playground that becomes a deadly nightmare.
• * * Transformer (Scholastic UK 0-590-13382-9, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], £3.50, 193pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel.
• * * The Wind Gate (Scholastic UK 0-590-54191-9, Jul ’95, £6.99, 125pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult novel with fantasy elements. A boy playing truant from school learns a tragic secret at the heart of Dartmoor.

GROSSMAN, ARNOLD (Joseph) (1934- )

• * _1988 (with Richard Lamm) See entry under Richard Lamm.

GROTEBOER, JEFFREY

• * * Edge of Infinity (Mayhaven Publishing 1-878044-13-3, Nov ’92 [Jan ’93], $6.95, 272pp, tp, cover by Todd Mitchell Porter) Sf novel of galactic exploration by the crew of the starship M.C. Escher.

GROTH, GARY, ed.

• * * The New Comics (with Robert Fiore) (Berkley 0-425-11366-3, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $8.95, 324pp, tp) Non-fiction, historical. Interviews with modern comic book/strip artists from The Comics Journal.

GROTTA-KURSKA, DANIEL (1944- ) (chron.)

• * _J.R.R. Tolkien: Architect of Middle Earth (Running Press 1-56138-112-8, Apr ’92 [Jul ’92], $24.95, 197pp, hc, cover by Graham Evernden) Reprint (Running Press 1976) biography of Tolkien, with a new introduction by the author. With illustrations by the Brothers Hildebrandt. This edition is a reprint of the 1978 text which added an epilogue on The Silmarillion. [Tolkien]

GROVES, ANN (stories)

• * * Tales of Science Fiction and the Supernatural (The Book Guild 0-86332-456-8, May ’90, £8.50, 115pp, hc, cover by Charlotte Matthews) Original sf/occult collection. (Contents)

GRUBB, DAVIS (Alexander) (1919-1980) (stories)

• * _Ancient Lights (Zebra 0-8217-3807-0, Jul ’92 [Sep ’92], $9.00, 540pp, tp) Reprint (Viking 1982) comic novel with sf elements, Grubb’s last novel.
• * * You Never Believe Me and Other Stories (St. Martin’s 0-312-02997-7, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $16.95, 259pp, hc) Collection of 18 stories set in West Virginia. Some of these stories are horror. (Contents)

GRUBB, JEFF (stories) (chron.)

• * * DragonLance: Lord Toede (TSR 1-56076-870-3, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $4.95, 313pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [_DragonLance: Villains_] Fantasy novelization, Volume 5 in the “DragonLance Villains” series, based on the game.
• * _Forgotten Realms: Azure Bonds (with Kate Novak) See entry under Kate Novak.
• * * Forgotten Realms: Azure Bonds (with Kate Novak) (TSR 0-88038-612-6, Oct ’88 [Nov ’88], $3.95, 380pp, pb) [Forgotten Realms] Fantasy novel set in the “Forgotten Realms” gaming universe.
• * _Forgotten Realms: Cormyr (with Ed Greenwood) See entry under Ed Greenwood.
• * _Forgotten Realms: Masquerades (with Kate Novak) See entry under Kate Novak.
• * _Forgotten Realms: Song of the Saurials (with Kate Novak) See entry under Kate Novak.
• * _Forgotten Realms: The Wyvern’s Spur (with Kate Novak) See entry under Kate Novak.
• * _Forgotten Realms: Tymora’s Luck (with Kate Novak) See entry under Kate Novak.
• * * Magic: The Gathering: The Brothers’ War (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1170-0, May ’98, $6.99, 409pp, tp, cover by r. k. post) [_Magic: The Gathering: Artifacts Cycle_] Novelization based on the fantasy card game, book one in the “Artifacts Cycle”. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

GRUELLE, JOHNNY

• * _The Magical Land of Noom (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-14117-X, Mar ’98, $22.00, 158pp, hc, cover by Johnny Gruelle) Reprint (Volland 1922) children’s fantasy novel, inspired in part by Baum’s “Oz” books. This appears to be a facsimile of the first edition, with the author’s original illustrations; there is a new afterword by Peter Glassman.

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