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The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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MARLOW, MAX (continued)

• * _The Red Death [by Christopher Nicole & Diana Mary Bachmann] (NEL 0-450-53716-1, Jan ’91, £4.99, 475pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1989) near-future thriller about a devastating plague.

MARLOWE, STEPHEN; [born Milton Lesser] (1928-2008) (stories)

• * * The Lighthouse at the End of the World (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-94049-9, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $23.95, 324pp, hc) Literary dark-fantasy novel about an alternate-world Poe.
• * _The Lighthouse at the End of the World (Penguin/Plume 0-452-27556-3, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $12.95, 324pp, tp) Reprint (Dutton 1995) literary dark-fantasy novel about an alternate-world Poe.

MARNEY, DEAN (1952- )

• * _The Computer That Ate My Brother (Target 0-426-20235-X, Mar ’86, £1.80, 128pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton & Mifflin 1985) juvenile sf novel.
• * _The Computer That Ate My Brother (Scholastic 0-590-40267-6, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $2.50, 124pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1985) young-adult sf novel.

MÁRQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCÍA; see under García Márquez, Gabriel (stories)

MARQUIS, DON(ald Robert Perry) (1878-1937) (stories)

• * * archyology: the long lost tales of archy and mehitabel (University Press of New England 0-87451-745-1, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $14.95, 103pp, hc) Associational collection of humorous stories/anecdotes/poems (supposedly written by the cockroach philosopher archy) previously unpublished in book form. There are new illustrations by Ed Frascino, and a preface by editor Jeff Adams. Available from University Press of New England, 23 South Main Street, Hanover NH 03755-2048; 603-643-7100.

MARSDEN, JOHN (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Dead of the Night (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-33740-8, 1995 [May ’96], £3.99, 271pp, pb, cover by Antonio Traza) [_Tomorrow_] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 1993) young-adult SF novel. Volume 2 in the trilogy. Published in 1995, but not seen until now.
• * +The Dead of the Night (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-83734-0, Sep ’97 [Dec ’97], $16.00, 278pp, hc, cover by Vivienne Goodman) [_Tomorrow_] Young-adult Australian near-future adventure, sequel to Tomorrow When the War Began. Teens struggle to survive free from the invaders. First US edition (Pan Macmillan Australia 1994).
• * _A Killing Frost (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-34523-0, Feb ’96, £3.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Antonio Traza) [_Tomorrow_] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 1995 as The Third Day, The Frost) young-adult SF novel. Volume 3 in the trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * +A Killing Frost (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-83735-9, Apr ’98 [Jul ’98], $15.00, 275pp, hc, cover by Vivienne Goodman) [_Tomorrow_] Young-adult Australian near-future adventure, third in the trilogy beginning with Tomorrow When the War Began. Teens struggle to survive despite totalitarian invaders. First US edition (Pan Macmillan Australia 1995 as The Third Day: The Frost).
• * _Tomorrow, When the War Began (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-33739-4, 1995, £3.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Antonio Traza) [_Tomorrow_] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 1993) young-adult SF novel. Volume 1 in the trilogy. Published in 1995, but not seen until now. [First U.K. edition]
• * +Tomorrow, When the War Began (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-70673-4, Mar ’95, $13.95, 286pp, hc) [_Tomorrow_] Young-adult near-future adventure from Australia. Kids come home from a camping trip to find their families gone and animals dead. Their country has been invaded and they must decide whether to give up, fight, or return to the bush. First US edition (Pan Macmillan Australia 1993).
• * _Tomorrow, When the War Began (Dell/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21985-X, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $3.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Rick Lieder) [_Tomorrow_] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 1993) young-adult near-future Australian adventure.

MARSDEN, SIMON (Nevile Lewellyn) (1948- ) (stories)

• * +Visions of Poe (with Edgar Allan Poe) (Knopf 0-394-57427-3, Nov ’88 [Jan ’89], $24.95, 128pp, hc) Art book. Simon Marsden’s personal selection of Poe’s stories and poems illustrated by Marsden’s eerie photographs. First American edition (Webb and Bower 1988). (Contents)

MARSH, CHRIS

• * * The Completion (BackWater Publishing 0-9525289-0-8, May ’95 [Mar ’95], £6.00, 281pp, tp, cover by Felicity Marsh) SF novel. This epic future history portrays humanity’s evolution from today’s necrotechnology through bionecrotech to the far future ‘pattern age’ where humanity lives in harmony with other life forms. A first novel of impressive scope and challenging concepts (IC). Available from Sheridan, Broomers Hill Lane, Pulborough, West Sussex RH20 2DU.

MARSH, GEOFFREY (L.); pseudonym of Charles L. Grant, (1942-2006)

• * * The Fangs of the Hooded Demon (Tor 0-312-93100-X, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $17.95, 281pp, hc) [_Lincoln Blackthorne_] Fantasy adventure novel in the “Lincoln Blackthorne” series.
• * _Fangs of the Hooded Demon (Tor 0-812-50675-8, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 281pp, pb) [_Lincoln Blackthorne_] Reprint (Tor 1988) fantasy/adventure in the “Lincoln Blackthorne” series.
• * * The King of Satan’s Eyes (Doubleday 0-385-19082-4, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $11.95, 185pp, hc) [_Lincoln Blackthorne_] Fantasy adventure about a New Jersey tailor/treasure hunter, a first novel. The hero’s trio of elderly sidekicks are engaging, though the novel falters when the assortment of unlikely villains go into action. More tales of tailor Blackthorne may follow. (FCM)
• * _The King of Satan’s Eyes (Tor 0-812-50650-2, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $3.50, 281pp, pb) [_Lincoln Blackthorne_] Reprint (Doubleday 1984) adventure novel with fantasy elements, first in the “Lincoln Blackthorne” series. Marsh is a pseudonym for Charles L. Grant.
• * * Patch of the Odin Soldier (Doubleday 0-385-15938-2, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $12.95, 182pp, hc) [_Lincoln Blackthorne_] Fantasy adventure novel. Part of the Lincoln Blackthorne series — a Doc Savage/Indiana Jones type character. The author is actually Charles L. Grant.
• * _The Patch of the Odin Soldier (Tor 0-812-58582-8, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.50, 247pp, pb) [_Lincoln Blackthorne_] Reprint (Doubleday 1987) “Doc Savage"-type adventure novel, in the "Lincoln Blackthorne” series.
• * * The Tail of the Arabian Knight (Doubleday 0-385-19101-4, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $12.95, 181pp, hc) [_Lincoln Blackthorne_] Fantasy adventure novel, second in a series featuring New Jersey tailor/soldier of fortune Lincoln Blackthorne. “Marsh” is a pseudonym for Charles L. Grant.
• * _The Tail of the Arabian, Knight (Tor 0-812-50652-9, Feb ’88, $3.95, 278pp, pb) [_Lincoln Blackthorne_] Reprint (Doubleday 1986) fantasy adventure novel in the “Lincoln Blackthorne” series.

MARSH, IAN

• * * Time Lord (with Peter Darvill-Evans) (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20362-3, Dec ’91, £6.99, 287pp, tp, cover by Colin Howard) [Doctor Who] Collection of rules, guide-lines and scenarios for anyone who wants to create a role-playing game set in the “Doctor Who” universe.

MARSH, RICHARD; pseudonym of Richard B. Heldmann, (1867-1915) (stories)

• * _The Beetle (Alan Sutton 0-7509-0688-X, Jul ’94, £5.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Joseph Wright) Reprint (Skeffington 1897) horror novel. Includes an introduction by William Baker.
• * * The Haunted Chair and Other Stories (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-35-4, Oct ’97 [Feb ’98], $40.00, 303pp, hc) Collection of 18 stories of the weird and supernatural. Edited and with a biographical introduction by Richard Dalby, who discusses this little-known Victorian writer’s life; Marsh is a pen name for Richard Bernard Heldmann. This is a limited edition of 500. (Contents)

MARSHAK, SONDRA (1940?- )

• * _The Fate of the Phoenix (with Myrna Culbreath) (Titan 1-85286-535-0, Dec ’94, £4.50, 262pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Star Trek] Reprint (Bantam 1979) novelisation in the Star Trek series. Sequel to The Price of the Phoenix. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Prometheus Design (with Myrna Culbreath) (Firecrest 0-85997-633-5, Jun ’86, £7.50, 192pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket Books 1982) sf novel, “Star Trek” #5.
• * _Star Trek # 5: The Prometheus Design (with Myrna Culbreath) (Gregg 0-8398-2936-1, Mar ’86, $11.95, 190pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1982) Star Trek novel. First hc edition.
• * _Star Trek # 9: Triangle (with Myrna Culbreath) (Gregg 0-8398-2934-5, Mar ’86, $11.95, 188pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1983) Star Trek novel. First hc edition.
• * _Star Trek: The Fate of the Phoenix (with Myrna Culbreath) (Bantam 0-553-24638-0, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.95, 262pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1979) Star Trek novelization; 4th printing.
• * _Star Trek: The Fate of the Phoenix (with Myrna Culbreath) (Bantam 0-553-24638-0, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.95, 262pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1979) Star Trek novel. 5th printing.
• * _Star Trek: The Fate of the Phoenix (with Myrna Culbreath) (Bantam UK 0-553-27191-1, Sep ’88 [Jan ’89], £2.50, 262pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1979) Star Trek novelization.
• * _Star Trek: The Fate of the Phoenix (with Myrna Culbreath) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27932-7, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $4.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Kazuhiko Sano) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1979) Star Trek novelization; tenth printing.
• * _Star Trek: The New Voyages (with Myrna Culbreath) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24636-4, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $4.99, 237pp, pb, cover by Kazuhiko Sano) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1976) Star Trek anthology. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * _Star Trek: The Price of the Phoenix (with Myrna Culbreath) (Bantam 0-553-24635-6, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.95, 182pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1977) Star Trek novelization; 4th printing.
• * _Star Trek: The Price of the Phoenix (with Myrna Culbreath) (Bantam 0-553-24635-6, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $2.95, 182pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1977) Star Trek novel. Fifth printing.
• * _Star Trek: The Price of the Phoenix (with Myrna Culbreath) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24635-6, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.99, 182pp, pb, cover by Kazuhiko Sanu) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1977) Star Trek novelization; seventh printing.
• * _Star Trek: The Price of the Phoenix (with Myrna Culbreath) (Titan 1-85286-504-0, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], £3.99, 182pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Star Trek] Reprint (Bantam 1977) sf novelization.
• * _Star Trek: The Prometheus Design (with Myrna Culbreath) (Pocket 0-671-49299-3, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.95, 188pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Timescape 1983) Star Trek novelization. Number 5 in the series.
• * _Star Trek: The Prometheus Design (with Myrna Culbreath) (Titan 1-85286-284-X, May ’90, £2.99, 190pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket Books 1982) sf novelization.
• * _Star Trek: The Prometheus Design (with Myrna Culbreath) (Titan 1-85286-284-X, Apr ’96, £4.99, 190pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1982) SF novelization. Second printing.
• * _Star Trek: Triangle (with Myrna Culbreath) (Titan 1-85286-357-9, Jul ’91, £3.50, 188pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1983) sf novelization. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Triangle (with Myrna Culbreath) (Firecrest 0-85997-634-3, Jun ’86, £7.50, 192pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket Books 1983) sf novel, “Star Trek” #9.

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• * _Star Trek: The New Voyages (with Myrna Culbreath) (Bantam 0-553-24636-4, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.95, 236pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1976) collection; 11th printing.
• * _Star Trek: The New Voyages (with Myrna Culbreath) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25073-6, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $2.95, 237pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1976) Star Trek anthology. 12th printing.
• * _Star Trek: The New Voyages (with Myrna Culbreath) (Bantam UK 0-553-27195-4, Sep ’88 [Dec ’88], £2.50, 237pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1976) anthology of stories set in the Star Trek universe.
• * _Star Trek: The New Voyages (with Myrna Culbreath) (Titan 1-85286-448-6, Aug ’92, £3.99, 237pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Bantam 1976) original anthology of stories based on the Star Trek characters.
• * _Star Trek: The New Voyages 2 (with Myrna Culbreath) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-23756-X, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $2.95, 252pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1978) Star Trek anthology. 9th printing.
• * _Star Trek: The New Voyages 2 (with Myrna Culbreath) (Bantam UK 0-553-27242-X, Sep ’88 [Dec ’88], £2.50, 252pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1978) anthology of stories set in the Star Trek universe.
• * _Star Trek: The New Voyages 2 (with Myrna Culbreath) (Titan 1-85286-453-2, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], £3.99, 252pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Bantam 1978) anthology of original stories set in the Star Trek universe.

MARSHALL, DEBORAH A.

• * _StarBridge Book Four: Serpent’s Gift (with A. C. Crispin) See entry under A. C. Crispin
• * _V: Death Tide (with A. C. Crispin) See entry under A. C. Crispin

MARSHALL, JOHN, ed. (stories)

• * * Palace Corbie Seven (with Wayne Edwards) (Merrimack Books 1-888283-06-8, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $12.95, 329pp, tp, cover by Sharlene Pomponio) Original anthology/book-format magazine with 40 horror stories and poems. There is a special section in which 14 stories all have the same title, “The Piano Player Has No Fingers”. Authors include Yvonne Navarro, Brian Hodge, William F. Nolan, and Michael A. Arnzen. Merrimack Books, PO Box 83514, Lincoln NE 68501-3514. (Contents)

MARSHALL, LAURA (1950- ) (stories)

• * _Fire and Stone (with Ursula K. Le Guin) See entry under Ursula K. Le Guin

MARSHALL, T. C.

• * * Book of the Toade (Vantage Press 0-533-09658-8, Apr ’92, $10.00, 65pp, hc) Original collection of 14 connected humorous stories and vignettes about a mysterious race trying to take over from humanity, with illustrations by the author. Published by a vanity publisher. Available from Vantage Press, 516 West 34th St., New York NY 10001.

MARSHALL, WILLIAM (Leonard) (1944- )

• * * Inches (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-89296-368-9, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $19.95, 287pp, hc, cover by John Patrick) [_Yellowthread Street_] Associational black comedy mystery novel, partly set at a fantasy role-playing game convention. The 14th book of the “Yellowthread Street” series set in Hong Kong, some of which have fantastic elements.
• * _Sci Fi (Holt/Owl 0-03-071063-4, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $3.95, 192pp, pb) [_Yellowthread Street_] Associational. Reprint (Holt 1981) mystery set at a Hong Kong sf convention. Part of the “Yellowthread” mystery series.

MARSIGLI, ANNALITA

• * * The Written Script (Overlook Press 0-87951-820-0, May ’98 [Jun ’98], $24.95, hc, cover by Giorgio Burnelli) Literary fantasy novel about the afterlife, free will, and fame. A man returns to Earth after his death, finds he’s been forgotten, and decides to re-plot his life. A first novel.

MARSTON, ANN (stories)

• * * Broken Blade (HarperPrism 0-06-105627-8, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $5.50, 319pp, pb, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) [_Rune Blade_] Celtic fantasy novel. Final book in the “Rune Blade” trilogy.
• * * Kingmaker’s Sword (HarperPrism 0-06-105629-4, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $5.50, 320pp, pb, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) [_Rune Blade_] Fantasy novel, book one in the “Rune Blade” trilogy. A first novel.
• * * The Western King (HarperPrism 0-06-105628-6, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $5.50, 384pp, pb, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) [_Rune Blade_] Fantasy novel, book two of the “Rune Blade” trilogy. The sons of Red Kian have to unite their island home to save it from invaders.

MARTEN, JACQUELINE (Lee) (1923- )

• * * Dream Walker (Pocket 0-671-63521-2, Feb ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.95, 440pp, pb) Romance novel with fantasy elements. An artist in New York seeks to recapture the love of a past life that literally haunts her, causing her to relive in flashbacks her life as an early American painter and Revolutionary spy.
• * _Forevermore (Pocket 0-671-63523-9, Jun ’88, $3.95, 296pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket 1979 as Visions of the Damned) romance/fantasy novel of reincarnation and love.

MARTER, IAN (1944-1986) (stories)

• * _Doctor Who and The Enemy of the World (Target 0-426-20126-4, May ’93, £3.50, 127pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (W.H. Allen 1981) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 24 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
• * _Doctor Who: Earthshock (Target 0-426-19377-6, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], £2.99, 128pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (W.H. Allen 1983) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 78 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $4.95.
• * _Doctor Who: The Ark in Space (Target 0-426-11631-3, May ’91, £2.50, 140pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (Wingate 1977) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 4 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $4.95.
• * _Doctor Who: The Dominators (Target 0-426-19553-1, Feb ’91, £2.50, 126pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (W.H. Allen 1984) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 86 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $4.95.
• * * Doctor Who: The Dominators and The Kryptons (with Terrance Dicks) (W.H. Allen Star 0-352-32265-9, Sep ’88, £2.95, 243pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Omnibus of two Doctor Who novelizations. Volume 3 in the “Doctor Who Classics” series. (Contents)
• * _Doctor Who: The Invasion (Target 0-426-20169-8, Sep ’93, £3.50, 159pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (W.H. Allen 1985) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 98 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
• * _Doctor Who: The Rescue (W.H. Allen Target 0-426-20308-9, Jan ’88 [Jun ’88], £1.95, 139pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1987) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 124 in the series.
• * * Harry Sullivan’s War (Target 0-426-20250-3, Sep ’86, £1.60, 148pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Juvenile sf novel. Volume 2 in “The Companions of Doctor Who”.
• * * The Reign of Terror (W.H. Allen 0-491-03702-3, Mar ’87, £7.50, 160pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Juvenile sf novel. Volume 119 in the Doctor Who series.

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