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The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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KAVAN, ANNA (stories) (continued)

• * * My Madness: The Selected Writings of Anna Kavan (Picador 0-330-30532-8, Mar ’90, £6.99, 318pp, tp, cover by Louise Brierley) Literary sf collection, edited and with an introduction by Brian W. Aldiss. (Contents)

KAVENEY, ROZ, ed.; [legalized from Andrew J. Kaveney] (1949- ) (stories)

• * * More Tales from the Forbidden Planet (Titan 1-85286-332-3, Aug ’90, £7.95, 268pp, tp, cover by Moebius) Anthology of 15 original sf/fantasy stories, each illustrated by a separate artist. Also available in hardcover (-331-5, £12.95), and in a limited edition of 250 numbered copies, in an embossed slip-case and signed by all the contributors (-330-7, £45). (Contents)
• * * Tales from the Forbidden Planet (Titan 1-85286-004-9, Aug ’87, £4.95, 256pp, tp) Original sf anthology. This is supposedly published on 29th October, but was made available for the Worldcon and is now in most specialist shops. (Contents)
• * * Tales from the Forbidden Planet (Titan 1-85286-005-7, Aug ’87, £9.95, 256pp, hc) Hardback edition of the above.
• * * Tales from the Forbidden Planet (Titan 1-85286-006-5, Aug ’87, £30.00, 256pp, hc) Limited edition of the above.
• * _Villains! (with Mary R. Gentle) See entry under Mary R. Gentle
• * _The Weerde: Book 1 (with Mary R. Gentle) See entry under Mary R. Gentle
• * _The Weerde: Book 2 (with Mary R. Gentle) See entry under Mary R. Gentle

KAWABATA, YASUNARI (stories)

• * * The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Kodansha International 4-7700-2329-4, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $25.00, 177pp, tp, cover by Masayuki Miyata) Retelling of a classic 10th-century Japanese literary fairy tale/myth about a magical child found by a bamboo cutter and raised as his daughter. This includes the contemporary retelling by Kawabata in Japanese, and an English translation (revised from an earlier version) by Donald Keene, whose preface discusses the story’s history. Illustrated by Masayuki Miyata.

KAY, GUY GAVRIEL (1954- ) (chron.)

• * * The Darkest Road (Arbor House 0-87795-822-X, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $16.95, 419pp, hc) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Fionavar Tapestry.” More or less simultaneous with the British edition.
• * _The Darkest Road (Collins of Canada 0-00-223115-8, Dec ’86, 419pp, hc) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Fionavar Tapestry.”
• * _The Darkest Road (SFBC #107011, Apr ’87, $4.98, 355pp, hc) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel blending the contemporary with the Tolkien tradition, third in the “Fionavar” trilogy.
• * _The Darkest Road (Unwin Hyman 0-04-823361-7, Aug ’87, £10.95, 420pp, hc) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Fionavar Tapestry” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Darkest Road (Unwin 0-04-823360-9, Jun ’88, £3.50, 420pp, pb) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Fionavar Tapestry” trilogy.
• * _The Darkest Road (Grafton 0-586-21524-7, Jul ’92, £4.99, 420pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel. Book three of “The Fionavar Tapestry”.
• * _The Darkest Road (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45180-5, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $4.99, 424pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) epic fantasy novel, the final volume in “The Fionavar Tapestry” trilogy.
• * _The Darkest Road (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45180-5, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $4.99, 424pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reissue (Arbor House 1986) epic fantasy novel, the final volume in “The Fionavar Tapestry” trilogy; third printing.
• * * The Lions of Al-Rassan (Viking Canada 0-670-85896-X, May ’95, C$29.99, 582pp, hc, cover by Gerard Gauci) Fantasy novel set in an alternate version of Moorish Spain.
• * +The Lions of Al-Rassan (HarperPrism 0-06-105217-5, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $20.00, 510pp, hc, cover by Mel Odom) Fantasy novel set in an alternate version of medieval Spain under the Moors. First US (Viking Canada 1995) edition.
• * _The Lions of Al-Rassan (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224614-7, Jun ’95, £15.99, 582pp, hc, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Viking Canada 1995) alternate world historical novel. Simultaneous with the US (HarperPrism) edition. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Lions of Al-Rassan (HarperPrism 0-06-105621-9, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $5.99, 527pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Viking Canada 1995) alternate-world historical fantasy novel.
• * _The Lions of Al-Rassan (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648030-6, May ’96, £5.99, 592pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Penguin Canada 1995) fantasy novel.
• * * Sailing to Sarantium (Viking Canada 0-670-88093-0, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], C$32.00, 438pp, hc, cover by Cathy MacLean) [_Sarantine Mosaic_] Quasi-historical fantasy novel of a city similar to Byzantium, volume one of “The Sarantine Mosaic”.
• * * Sailing to Sarantium (Earthlight UK 0-684-85169-5, Sep ’98 [Oct ’98], £16.99, 438pp, hc) [_Sarantine Mosaic_] Historical fantasy novel. Book one of the duology “The Sarantine Mosaic”. A master mosaicist’s journey to Sarantium takes him through lands steeped in paganism and sorcery.
• * * A Song for Arbonne (Viking Canada 0-670-83303-7, Aug ’92, c$25.99, 515pp, hc, cover by Gerard Gauci) Fantasy novel set in a world where the Courts of Love rule, and political intrigue threatens to upset the balance of power. This is a Canadian edition.
• * _A Song for Arbonne (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224062-9, Oct ’92, £14.99, 515pp, hc, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Viking Canada 1992) fantasy novel, loosely based on medieval France. [First U.K. edition]
• * +A Song for Arbonne (Crown 0-517-59312-2, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $20.00, 513pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Craft) Fantasy novel set in an alternate world similar to Europe just before the Renaissance where the Courts of Love rule, and political intrigue threatens to upset the balance of power. First American edition (Viking Canada 1992).
• * _A Song for Arbonne (BOMC no ISBN, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $16.95, 513pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Craft) Reprint (Viking Canada 1992) fantasy novel set in an alternate world similar to Europe just before the Renaissance where the Courts of Love rule, and political intrigue threatens to upset the balance of power. Similar to the 1993 Crown edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back cover.
• * _A Song for Arbonne (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21676-6, May ’93, £8.99, 515pp, tp, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Viking Canada 1992) fantasy novel.
• * _A Song for Arbonne (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21677-4, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], £5.99, 608pp, pb) Reprint (Viking Canada 1992) fantasy novel, loosely based on medieval France.
• * _A Song for Arbonne (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45332-8, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $5.99, 511pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Viking Canada 1992) fantasy novel set in an alternate world similar to Europe just before the Renaissance.
• * * The Summer Tree (McClelland & Stewart 0-7710-4472-0, 1984 [May ’85], C$19.95, 323pp, hc) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] This Canadian first edition of the first in a fantasy trilogy (also a first novel) appeared in 1984, but didn’t reach us until 1985. Book One of “The Fionavar Tapestry”. Highly recommended. (FCM)
• * +The Summer Tree (Arbor House 0-87795-760-6, Sep ’85, $15.95, 323pp, hc) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (McClellan & Stewart 1984) fantasy novel in the Tolkien tradition; first U.S. edition.
• * _The Summer Tree (SFBC #6357, Jan ’86, $4.98, 311pp, hc) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (Mclelland & Stewart 1984) fantasy novel, Book One of “The Fionavar Tapestry”. Highly recommended. (FCM)
• * _The Summer Tree (Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-82339-0, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £2.95, 323pp, pb) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (McClellan 1984) fantasy novel, Vol. 1 of “The Fionavar Tapestry”.
• * _The Summer Tree (Berkley 0-425-09294-1, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $3.50, 323pp, pb) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (McClelland & Stewart 1984) fantasy novel, first of the “Fionavar Tapestry”. Highly recommended. (FCM)
• * _The Summer Tree (Unwin 0-04-823339-0, Jun ’87, £2.95, 323pp, pb) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reissue (Maclellan & Stewart 1984) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Fionavar Tapestry” series.
• * _The Summer Tree (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45138-4, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $4.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (McClelland & Stewart 1984) fantasy novel, first book of “The Fionavar Tapestry”.
• * _The Summer Tree (Grafton 0-586-21522-0, Jun ’92, £4.99, 400pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (McClelland & Stewart 1984) fantasy novel. Book one of “The Fionavar Tapestry”.
• * _The Summer Tree (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45138-4, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $4.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reissue (McClelland & Stewart 1984) fantasy novel, first book of “The Fionavar Tapestry”; third printing.
• * * Tigana (Penguin 0-14-013111-6, Jul ’90, £7.99, 688pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) Epic fantasy novel, loosely based on the warring princedoms of Renaissance Italy. Recommended. (PSP)
• * * Tigana (Viking UK 0-670-83367-3, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], £14.99, 688pp, hc) Hardcover edition of the above. According to the publisher, this was intended as a ‘library only’ printing and so only a few hundred copies were printed, a run-on to the book club edition.
• * +Tigana (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45028-0, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $21.95, 673pp, hc, cover by Mel Odom) Renaissance-flavored fantasy novel. First US edition (Penguin UK 1990).
• * _Tigana (SFBC #17564, Oct ’90, $9.98, hc, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Penguin UK 1990) Renaissance-flavored fantasy novel.
• * _Tigana (Penguin 0-14-013010-1, May ’91, £4.99, 688pp, pb) Reprint (Viking UK 1990) fantasy novel.
• * _Tigana (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45115-5, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $5.99, 673pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Viking UK 1990) Renaissance-flavored fantasy novel. A World Fantasy Award nominee.
• * _Tigana (Penguin 0-14-017704-3, Feb ’94, £5.99, 688pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reissue (Viking UK 1990) fantasy novel.
• * * The Wandering Fire (Arbor House 0-87795-785-1, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $15.95, 298pp, hc) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Novel of myth and high fantasy, Book Two of the “Fionavar Tapestry”.
• * _The Wandering Fire (SFBC #10134, Sep ’86, $4.98, 244pp, hc) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel, Book 2 of “The Fionavar Tapestry”.
• * _The Wandering Fire (Allen & Unwin 0-04-823331-5, Oct ’86, £10.95, 298pp, hc) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel, “Fionavar Tapestry” #2.
• * _The Wandering Fire (Collins of Canada 0-00-223044-5, Oct ’86, 298pp, hc) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel, “Fionavar Tapestry” #2.
• * _The Wandering Fire (Unwin 0-04-823362-5, Jun ’87, £2.95, 298pp, pb) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Fionavar Tapestry” series.
• * _The Wandering Fire (Ace 0-441-87046-5, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.50, 271pp, pb) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel, second in “The Fionavar Tapestry” trilogy.
• * _The Wandering Fire (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45156-2, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.99, 375pp, pb) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) epic fantasy novel, book two of “The Fionavar Tapestry” series.
• * _The Wandering Fire (Grafton 0-586-21523-9, Jun ’92, £4.99, 352pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [_Fionavar Tapestry_] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel. Book two of “The Fionavar Tapestry”.

KAY, JEREMY

• * * The Secret Laboratory Journals of Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Overlook Press 0-87951-511-2, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $29.95, 174pp, hc) [Frankenstein] SF/horror novel in the form of a facsimile journal of the “historic” Dr. Frankenstein, with the “finder’s” annotations, and illustrations by Kay.
• * _The Secret Laboratory Journals of Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Overlook Press 0-87951-867-7, Aug ’98 [Oct ’98], $17.95, 174pp, tp) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Overlook 1995) SF/horror novel in the form of a facsimile journal.

KAY, SUSAN (1952- )

• * * Phantom (Doubleday UK 0-385-40087-X, Sep ’90, £13.99, 464pp, hc, cover by Fletcher Sibthorp) Fictive biography of the Phantom of the Opera.
• * _Phantom (Corgi 0-552-13758-8, Sep ’91, £4.99, 523pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1990) fictive biography of the Phantom of the Opera.

KAYE, GERALDINE (1925- )

• * _A Breath of Fresh Air (Mammoth 0-7497-0082-3, Jul ’94, £3.99, 164pp, pb, cover by David Mitcheson) Reissue (Andre Deutsch 1987) young-adult fantasy novel. A schoolgirl relives the life of a slave 200 years ago.

KAYE, M. M.; [i.e., Mary Margaret Kaye Hamilton] (1908-2004) (stories)

• * _The Ordinary Princess (Pocket/Archway 0-671-60383-3, Jul ’86, $2.50, 112pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1980, 1984) juvenile fantasy novel illustrated by the author.

KAYE, MARILYN (Janice) (1949- )

• * * Dream Lover (Troll WestWind 0-8167-3593-X, Feb ’95 [May ’95], $2.95, 222pp, pb, cover by Joanie Schwarz) Slightly supernatural teen romance about a long-dead rock music legend who seems to have come back to life.
• * * Last on Earth, Book One: The Vanishing (Avon 0-380-79832-8, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $4.99, 174pp, pb) [_Last on Earth_] Young-adult SF novel. Twenty-five math students leave class to discover humanity has disappeared.
• * * Last on Earth, Book Two: The Convergence (Avon 0-380-79833-6, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $4.99, 172pp, pb) [_Last on Earth_] Young-adult SF novel. Jake and his band of “rebels” seek the secret behind the disappearance of humanity from Earth.
• * _Max All Over (Puffin 0-14-032844-0, Feb ’90, £2.50, 144pp, pb, cover by Richard Dunn) [_Out of This World_] Reprint (Penguin 1989) young-adult sf novel. Volume Six in the “Max” series.
• * _Max Flips Out (Puffin 0-14-032280-9, May ’88, £1.95, 148pp, pb) [_Out of This World_] Reprint (Pocket 1986) young-adult sf novel. Volume 4 in the “Out of This World” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * * Max Goes Bad (Penguin 0-14-032843-2, Apr ’89 [May ’89], £2.25, 151pp, pb, cover by Richard Dunn) [_Out of This World_] Young-adult sf novel. Volume Five in the “Max” series.
• * _Max in Love (Puffin 0-14-032278-7, Jun ’87, £1.95, 148pp, pb) [_Out of This World_] Reprint (Pocket 1986) juvenile sf novel.
• * _Max on Earth (Puffin 0-14-032277-9, 1987, £1.95, 148pp, pb) [_Out of This World_] Reprint (Pocket 1986) young adult sf novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _Max on Fire (Puffin 0-14-032279-5, Oct ’87, £1.95, 147pp, pb) [_Out of This World_] Reprint (Pocket 1986) juvenile sf novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * * Out of This World #1: Max on Earth (Pocket/Archway 0-671-60265-9, Mar ’86, $0.99 introductory price, 148pp, pb) [_Out of This World_] Young-adult sf novel, first in a series featuring a teenager from another planet.
• * * Out of This World #2: Max in Love (Pocket/Archway 0-671-60266-7, Mar ’86, $2.50, 148pp, pb) [_Out of This World_] Young-adult sf novel, second in a series. Max the alien teenage girl discovers dating.
• * * Out of This World #3: Max on Fire (Pocket/Archway 0-671-60267-5, May ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.75, 147pp, pb) [_Out of This World_] Sf novel, latest in a young-adult series about a teenage alien on Earth — Max dates Bubba Weintraub, the boy next door.
• * * Out of This World #4: Max Flips Out (Pocket/Archway 0-671-60268-3, Jun ’86 [Oct ’86], $2.75, pb) [_Out of This World_] Young-adult sf novel in a continuing series about an alien teenager on Earth.
• * * replica: Amy, Number Seven (Bantam Skylark 0-553-49238-1, Oct ’98, $.99, 196pp, tp, cover by Craig White) [_Replica_] Young-adult SF novel, first in a series about a girl who discovers she’s a clone.
• * * replica: Pursuing Amy (Bantam Skylark 0-553-49239-X, Oct ’98, $3.99, 165pp, tp, cover by Craig White) [_Replica_] Young-adult SF novel, second in a series about a girl who discovers she’s a clone.

KAYE, MARVIN (Nathan) (1938- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * * Fantastique (St. Martin’s 0-312-08191-X, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $18.95, 262pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Horror/dark fantasy novel of a theatre director drawn into a dangerous love triangle with a woman who endangers his soul during a production of Büchner’s Woyzeck.
• * * Ghosts of Night and Morning (Ace Charter 0-441-28612-7, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.95, 304pp, pb) Horror novel composed of 5 interlocking episodes; sequel to A Cold Blue Light.
• * _The Masters of Solitude (with Parke Godwin) See entry under Parke Godwin.
• * _The Masters of Solitude (with Parke Godwin) (Bantam 0-553-24726-3, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $3.50, 401pp, pb) [_Masters of Solitude_] Reprint (Doubleday 1978) sf novel, first of a projected trilogy. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Wintermind (with Parke Godwin) See entry under Parke Godwin.
• * _Wintermind (with Parke Godwin) (Bantam 0-553-24169-9, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $2.95, 297pp, pb) [_Masters of Solitude_] Reprint (Doubleday 1982) sf novel, sequel to The Masters of Solitude. Recommended. (FCM)

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• * * 13 Plays of Ghosts and the Supernatural (SFBC #14355, Mar ’90, $7.98, 617pp, hc, cover by Edward Gorey) Anthology of 13 plays about the supernatural. (Contents)
• * * Angels of Darkness (SFBC 1-56865-116-3, Jan ’95, $10.98, 530pp, hc, cover by Larry Lurin) Anthology of 48 stories about “troubled and troubling” women, 16 original, with an introduction by Paula Volsky. Written by an equal number of male and female authors including Henry James, Robert Bloch, Anne McCaffrey, and Jane Yolen. This is a special Guild America edition, SFBC #03334. (Contents)
• * * The Best of Weird Tales: 1923 (with John Gregory Betancourt) (Wildside Press/Bleak House 1-880448-53-X, Mar ’97, $12.00, 129pp, tp, cover by Stephen Fabian) Anthology of 13 stories from the first year of Weird Tales. Authors include H.P. Lovecraft, Frank Owen, and Farnsworth Wright. The introduction and discussions of each issue are by Kaye. Order from Wildside Press, 522 Park Avenue, Berkeley Heights NY 07922. (Contents)
• * _A Classic Collection of Haunting Ghost Stories (with Saralee Kaye) (Little, Brown UK 0-316-90565-8, Oct ’93, £15.99, 381pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1981 as Ghosts) anthology of ghost stories. This edition omits 12 stories, two poems and all four appendices. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * _A Classic Collection of Haunting Ghost Stories (with Saralee Kaye) (Warner UK 0-7515-0968-X, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], £5.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Ashley Pearce) Reprint (Doubleday 1981 as Ghosts) anthology of ghost stories. This edition omits 12 stories, two poems and all four appendices, same as the Little, Brown UK (1993) edition.
• * * The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (St. Martin’s 0-312-18071-3, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $23.95, 356pp, hc) [Sherlock Holmes] Original anthology of 15 stories about Sherlock Holmes. Authors including Peter Cannon, Craig Shaw Gardner, Jay Sheckley, and P.C. Hodgell write of adventures involving famous figures such as P.G. Wodehouse, Arthur Conan Doyle, and James McNeil Whistler. (Contents)

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