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The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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BAILEY, HILARY (stories) (continued)

• * * Mrs. Rochester (Pocket UK 0-671-51672-8, May ’97, £4.99, 280pp, pb) [_Jane Eyre_] Associational novel with light fantasy elements. The sequel to Jane Eyre about the later lives of its characters.
• * * A Stranger to Herself (Macmillan 0-333-47462-7, Aug ’89, £12.95, 474pp, hc) Mainstream novel set in 1991.

BAILEY, MARK

• * * Saint (Jove 0-515-12173-8, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $6.99, 406pp, pb) Near-future thriller of genetic engineering. The Pope lets scientists use Saint Peter’s remains for DNA research, but the resurrected saint escapes with an assassin on his tail.

BAILEY, ROBIN WAYNE; [i.e., Robert Wayne Bailey] (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * * Bloodsongs (Tor 0-812-53141-8, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 314pp, pb) [_Frost_] Fantasy novel, third in the “Frost” series. After a promising start, with the heroine as a 43-year-old widow relearning old skills, this becomes a fairly standard heroic fantasy, echoing the previous books. (FCM)
• * * Brothers of the Dragon (NEL 0-450-55671-9, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], £4.99, 268pp, pb, cover by Chris Achilleos) [_Brothers of the Dragon_] Fantasy novel. Volume one in a new series.
• * +Brothers of the Dragon (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45251-8, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $4.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Louis Harrison) [_Brothers of the Dragon_] Fantasy novel of two martial arts warrior brothers battling the powers of darkness. First book of a new series. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. First American edition (NEL 1992 as by Robin Bailey).
• * * Enchanter (Avon 0-380-75386-3, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 315pp, pb) Fantasy novelization based on one of the Infocom computer games. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * * Flames of the Dragon (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45289-5, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $4.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo) Fantasy novel of two martial arts warrior brothers battling the powers of darkness, second of a series. With interior illustrations by Louis Harrison. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _Frost (Tor 0-812-53143-4, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $2.95, 208pp, pb) [_Frost_] Reprint (Pocket 1983) fantasy novel, Vol. 1 in the “Frost” series about a swordswoman.
• * * The Lost City of Zork (Avon 0-380-75389-8, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.50, 299pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) Comic fantasy novelization based on the “Zork” computer game. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * * Night Watch (TSR 0-88038-914-1, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $3.95, 311pp, tp, cover by Fred Fields) Fantasy/mystery novel of murder and wizardry.
• * _The Palace of Souls (NEL 0-450-55673-5, Apr ’95, £5.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Chris Achilleos) [_Brothers of the Dragon_] Reprint (Roc 1995 as Triumph of the Dragon) fantasy novel. Volume Three of the “Brothers of the Dragon” trilogy. The book is copyrighted by Bryon Preiss Visual Publications, Inc. [First U.K. edition]
• * * Philip José Farmer’s The Dungeon, Volume 4: The Lake of Fire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28185-2, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.95, 281pp, pb) [_Dungeon_] Fantasy novelization set in a shared world created by Farmer. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. There are no names on the cover, only The Dungeon: Volume 4.
• * * Shadowdance (White Wolf 1-56504-946-2, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $5.99, 537pp, pb, cover by Paul Lee) Dark fantasy novel. A spell requires a crippled man to dance every night, and those who watch him must act out their deepest, darkest desires.
• * _Shadowdance (SFBC #12044, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $9.98, 370pp, hc, cover by Pat Morrissey) Reprint (White Wolf 1996) dark fantasy novel. The jacket lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back. First hardcover edition.
• * * Skull Gate (Tor 0-812-53139-6, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $2.95, 288pp, pb) [_Frost_] Fantasy novel, sequel to Frost.
• * * Straight on til Mourning (NEL 0-450-55672-7, Jul ’93, £4.99, 297pp, pb, cover by Chris Achilleos) [_Brothers of the Dragon_] Fantasy novel. Volume II in the “Brothers of the Dragon” series.
• * * Swords Against the Shadowland (White Wolf 1-56504-893-8, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $9.99, 244pp, tp, cover by Mike Chaney) [_Fafhrd & Gray Mouser_] Fantasy novel, first in a new series featuring Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. The duo battle a spell-wrought plague in Lankhmar.
• * * Triumph of the Dragon (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45437-5, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $4.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Pat Morrissey) [_Brothers of the Dragon_] Fantasy novel, third in the “Brothers of the Dragon” series. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

BAINBRIDGE, SHARON

• * * Blood and Roses (Diamond 1-55773-985-4, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $4.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Joanie Schwartz) Victorian vampire novel of an English aristocrat who has become a creature of the night and must match wits with a doctor friend of Abraham Van Helsing.

BAINBRIDGE, WILLIAM SIMS (1940- )

• * * Dimensions of Science Fiction (Harvard University Press 0-674-20725-4, Apr ’86, $20.00, 278pp, hc) Non-fiction, sociological study of the sf community and the literature, using the results of “hundreds of questionnaires.” There are some interesting ratings of authors from “hard” to “soft” sf. (CNB)
• * _Dimensions of Science Fiction (Harvard University Press 0-674-20725-4, Apr ’86, £16.95, 278pp, hc) Critical study. This is a false entry. The book is the U.S. edition with a new price sticker.

BAIRD, THOMAS (P.) (1923-1990)

• * * Smart Rats (Harper & Row 0-06-020365-X, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $14.95, 199pp, hc, cover by Anton C. Kimball) Young-adult sf dystopian novel set in a time when Earth can no longer support its population, and a repressive power structure practices mass murder.
• * * Where Time Ends (Harper & Row 0-06-020359-5, Oct ’88, $13.95, 230pp, hc) Young-adult near-future sf novel of biological warfare.

BAIRD, WILHELMINA; pseudonym of Joyce Carstairs Hutchinson, (1935- ) (stories)

• * * Chaos Come Again (Ace 0-441-00369-9, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $12.00, 330pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) [_Crashcourse_] SF novel, set in the same universe as the “Crashcourse” series.
• * _Chaos Come Again (Ace 0-441-00479-2, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $5.99, 330pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [_Crashcourse_] Reprint (Ace 1996) SF novel, set in the same universe as the “Crashcourse” series. Baird is a pseudonym for Joyce Hutchinson.
• * * Clipjoint (Ace 0-441-00090-8, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $4.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [_Crashcourse_] Cyberpunk SF novel, sequel to Crashcourse.
• * _Clipjoint (Roc UK 0-45-118558-7, May ’96, £5.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [_Crashcourse_] Reprint (Ace 1994) SF novel. Cyberpunk thriller. Second in the series after CrashCourse. Copyrighted by Joyce Hutchinson. [First U.K. edition]
• * * CrashCourse (Ace 0-441-12163-2, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $4.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [_Crashcourse_] Cyberpunk sf thriller about cyber-cinema performers in danger when they realize that one of them is a mass killer. A first novel. Recommended (SW).
• * _CrashCourse (SFBC #01883, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $7.98, 277pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [_Crashcourse_] Reprint (Ace 1993) cyberpunk sf thriller about cyber-cinema performers in danger when they realize that one of them is a mass killer. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. First hardcover edition.
• * _CrashCourse (Roc UK 0-45-118557-9, Oct ’95, £4.99, 277pp, pb) [_Crashcourse_] Reprint (Ace 1993) cyberpunk SF thriller about cyber-cinema performers in danger when they realise that one of them is a mass killer. First of a series. [First U.K. edition]
• * * PsyKosis (Ace 0-441-00238-2, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $5.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [_Crashcourse_] SF novel, third in the “Crashcourse” series.

BAKER, BRUCE P(elham) O’TOOLE (1929- ) (stories)

• * * Mayhem and Magick (with Isabel Freeman & Sean R. Friend) (Overspace Books no ISBN, 1991 [Feb ’93], £1.00, 52pp, ph, cover by Sean R. Friend & Kerry Earl) Fantasy novelette.

BAKER, DENYS VAL, ed. (1917-1984) (stories)

• * * Haunted Travellers (London: William Kimber 0-7183-0544-2, May ’85, £7.50, 190pp, hc) (Contents)

BAKER, ERIC T. (stories) (chron.)

• * * Checkmate (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45661-0, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $5.99, 334pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) SF novel. A security operative on a colony ship is forced to betray his own corrupt squad.

BAKER, JANE

• * _Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids (with Pip Baker) See entry under Pip Baker.
• * _Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe (with Pip Baker) See entry under Pip Baker.
• * _Doctor Who: Time and the Rani (with Pip Baker) See entry under Pip Baker.
• * _The Mark of the Rani (with Pip Baker) See entry under Pip Baker.
• * _Terror of the Vervoids (with Pip Baker) See entry under Pip Baker.
• * _Time and the Rani (with Pip Baker) See entry under Pip Baker.

BAKER, KAGE (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _In the Garden of Iden (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-70825-5, Dec ’97, £16.99, 298pp, hc, cover by Gary Blythe) [The Company] SF novel of “The Company,” a first novel. Published in 1997 but not seen until now.
• * +In the Garden of Iden (Harcourt Brace 0-15-100299-1, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $23.00, 329pp, hc, cover by Michael Koelsch) [The Company] SF time-travel novel. A cyborg is sent to save an extinct plant in Renaissance England. Subtitled “A Novel of the Company”. A first novel. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1997).
• * _In the Garden of Iden (Coronet 0-340-70826-3, Jul ’98 [Aug ’98], £5.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Gary Blythe) [The Company] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) time-travel romance.
• * _In the Garden of Iden (Avon Eos 0-380-73179-7, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $5.99, 294pp, pb) [The Company] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) SF time-travel novel of “The Company”.

BAKER, LINDA P. (stories)

• * * DragonLance: Tears of the Night Sky (with Nancy Varian Berberick) (TSR 0-7869-1185-9, Oct ’98, $5.99, 309pp, tp, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [_DragonLance: Chaos War_] Novelization based on the role-playing game. Volume three in “The Chaos War” series. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * * DragonLance: The Irda (TSR 0-7869-0138-1, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $4.95, 301pp, tp, cover by Larry Elmore) [_DragonLance: Lost Histories_] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game. Volume two in the “Lost Tales” series. Copyrighted by TSR.

BAKER, MIKE (1965-1997) (stories)

• * * Young Blood (Zebra 0-8217-4498-4, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $4.50, 349pp, pb) Anthology of 29 horror stories, 24 original, all written by writers who were (at the time) no more than 30 years old. (Contents)

BAKER, NANCY (1959- ) (stories)

• * _Blood and Chrysanthemums (Signet Creed 0-45-118397-5, Sep ’95, £4.99, 282pp, pb) [_Ardeth Alexander_] Reprint (Viking Canada 1994) dark fantasy novel. Second in the “Ardeth Alexander” series after The Night Inside. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Kiss of the Vampire (Ballantine/Fawcett 0-449-14957-9, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $5.99, 278pp, pb) [_Ardeth Alexander_] Reprint (Penguin Canada 1993 as The Night Inside) vampire novel.
• * +The Night Inside (Fawcett Columbine 0-449-90904-2, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $20.00, 312pp, hc, cover by Stuart Knox) [_Ardeth Alexander_] Vampire horror novel about the relationship between a young woman and a vampire held captive by ruthless enemies. A first novel. Recommended (SW). First US edition (Toronto: Viking 1993).
• * _The Night Inside (Signet Creed 0-45-118327-4, May ’95, £4.99, 312pp, pb) [_Ardeth Alexander_] Reprint (Fawcett Columbine 1993) vampire horror novel about the relationship between a young woman and a vampire held captive by ruthless enemies. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]

BAKER, NICHOLAS

• * * Red Ice (with Anthony Masters) (Constable 0-09-467250-4, Sep ’86, £9.95, 250pp, hc) Near-future thriller.

BAKER, NICHOLSON (1957- ) (stories)

• * * The Fermata (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-5999-5, Feb ’94, £14.99, 303pp, hc) Fantasy about a man who can freeze time.
• * +The Fermata (Random House 0-679-41586-6, Mar ’94, $21.00, 303pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a man who stops time in order to remove women’s clothes. First American edition (Chatto & Windus 1994).
• * _The Fermata (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $13.95, 303pp, tp) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1994) fantasy novel about a man who stops time to remove women’s clothes. This edition is similar to the Random House hardcover edition, except it lacks a price and has a QPBC mark on the back.
• * _The Fermata (Random House/Vintage 0-679-75933-6, Jan ’95, $11.00, 303pp, tp) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1994) fantasy novel of a man who stops time to remove women’s clothes.
• * _The Fermata (Vintage UK 0-09-928671-8, Jan ’95, £5.99, 303pp, pb) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1994) literary fantasy of a man who can freeze time — and indulge sexual fantasies.

BAKER, NICK

• * * Split Second (Collins 0-00-107212-9, May ’89, £6.95, 176pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel about a boy who can split himself into twins at will.

BAKER, PIP; [i.e., Philip Baker]

• * _Doctor Who: Terror of the Vervoids (with Jane Baker) (W.H. Allen Target 0-426-20313-5, Feb ’88, £1.95, 144pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1987) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 125 in the series.
• * * Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe (with Jane Baker) (W.H. Allen 0-491-03106-8, Apr ’88, £7.95, 126pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf TV series novelization. Distributed in the US by Lyle Stuart. Volume 131 in the series.
• * _Doctor Who: The Ultimate Foe (with Jane Baker) (W.H. Allen Target 0-426-20329-1, Sep ’88, £1.99, 126pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1988) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 131 in the series.
• * _Doctor Who: Time and the Rani (with Jane Baker) (W.H. Allen Target 0-426-20331-3, Apr ’88, £1.99, 143pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1987) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 128 in the series. Confusingly this is labelled as “First Edition” and as Volume 127 in the series, neither of which is true.
• * _Doctor Who: Time and the Rani (with Jane Baker) (Target 0-426-20331-3, Oct ’91, £2.50, 143pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (W.H. Allen 1987) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 127 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $4.95.
• * _The Mark of the Rani (with Jane Baker) (Target 0-426-20232-5, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £1.60, 135pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1985) sf novel/tv tie in. Doctor Who #107.
• * * Terror of the Vervoids (with Jane Baker) (W.H. Allen 0-491-03056-8, Sep ’87, £7.95, 144pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Juvenile sf novel. Volume 125 in the Doctor Who series.
• * * Time and the Rani (with Jane Baker) (W.H. Allen 0-491-03186-6, Dec ’87, £7.95, 144pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Juvenile sf novel. Volume 128 in the “Doctor Who” series. [Not seen]

BAKER, RICHARD (stories) (chron.)

• * * Forgotten Realms: Easy Betrayals (TSR 0-7869-0871-8, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $2.99, 90pp, tp, cover by Heather LeMay) [Forgotten Realms] Novellazation based on the role-playing game. “Double Diamond Triangle Saga” book eight. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * * Forgotten Realms: The Shadow Stone (TSR 0-7869-1186-7, Sep ’98, $5.99, 308pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) [Forgotten Realms] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.

BAKER, ROBERT S. (1940- )

• * * Brave New World: History, Science, and Dystopia (Macmillan/Twayne 0-8057-8077-7, Dec ’89 [Oct ’93], 20.95,155pp,hc)Non−fiction,criticism.Ananalysisof∗∗BraveNewWorld∗∗emphasizingitssocialandhistoricalcontexts.Atradepaperbackedition(−8121−8,20.95, 155pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. An analysis of Brave New World emphasizing its social and historical contexts. A trade paperback edition (-8121-8, 20.95,155pp,hc)Non−fiction,criticism.Ananalysisof∗∗BraveNewWorld∗∗emphasizingitssocialandhistoricalcontexts.Atradepaperbackedition(−8121−8,9.95) was announced but not seen. This book has a 1990 copyright, but was not seen until now. Order from Macmillan Publishing Co., 100 Front St., Box 500, Riverside NJ 08075. 1-800-257-5755. [Huxley]
• * * Brave New World: History, Science, and Dystopia (G.K. Hall/Twayne 0-8057-8077-7, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $18.95, 155pp, hc, cover by Georgia O’Keeffe) Non-fiction, reference. Detailed analysis of Huxley’s novel. [Huxley]

BAKER, SCOTT (MacMartin) (1947- ) (stories)

• * * Ancestral Hungers (Tor 0-312-85868-X, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $21.95, 320pp, hc, cover by Thomas Snowdon-Romer) Vampire novel, an expanded version of Dhampire (Pocket 1982).
• * _Ancestral Hungers (Tor 0-312-86305-5, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $14.95, 320pp, tp, cover by Thomas Snowdon-Romer) Reprint (Tor 1995) vampire novel, an expanded version of Dhampire (Pocket 1982).
• * * Drink the Fire from the Flames (Tor 0-812-53147-7, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.95, 343pp, pb) [_Ashlu Cycle_] Fantasy novel, sequel to Firedance.
• * _Drink the Fire from the Flames (Legend 0-09-962510-5, Oct ’88, £3.50, 343pp, pb) [_Ashlu Cycle_] Reprint (Tor 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Ashlu Cycle” tetralogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * * Firedance (Tor 0-812-53145-0, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $2.95, 380pp, pb) [_Ashlu Cycle_] Fantasy novel. A young woman, burnt in ritual firewalking, heals herself with the help of a dead girl and a shaman.
• * _Firedance (Legend 0-09-960100-1, Mar ’89, £3.50, 380pp, pb) [_Ashlu Cycle_] Reprint (Tor 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Ashlu Cycle” tetralogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * * Webs (Tor 0-812-51557-9, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 310pp, pb) Horror novel about a man attacked by murderous spiders.

BAKER, SHARON (Sklensky) (1938-1991) (stories)

• * * Burning Tears of Sassurum (Avon 0-380-75113-5, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 280pp, pb) [_Quarreling, They Met the Dragon_] Sf novel, sequel to Journey to Membliar.
• * * Journey to Membliar (Avon 0-380-75114-3, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.50, 247pp, pb) [_Quarreling, They Met the Dragon_] Sf novel, set in the same world as Quarreling, They Met the Dragon.
• * * Quarreling, They Met the Dragon (Avon 0-380-89201-4, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.95, 268pp, pb) [_Quarreling, They Met the Dragon_] Sf/fantasy novel; this may be a first novel.

BAKER, WILL (1935- ) (stories)

• * _The Raven Bride (NEL 0-340-66576-9, May ’98, £5.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1998) SF novel. The original hardcover (-66577-7, 5 Feb 1998, £16.99) was not seen.

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