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The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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MORRIS, DAVE (stories) (continued)

• * * Heroquest: The Tyrant’s Tomb (Corgi 0-552-52777-7, May ’93, £2.99, 188pp, pb) [_Heroquest_] Original novella based on the “Heroquest” game, together with a game adventure.

MORRIS, GERALD (chron.)

• * * The Squire’s Tale (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-86959-5, Apr ’98 [Jun ’98], $15.00, 212pp, hc, cover by Lou Beach) [*Squire’s Tale] Young-adult Arthurian novel. An orphan becomes squire to Sir Gawain at Camelot.

MORRIS, JAN (1926- )

• * * Last Letters from Hav (Random House 0-394-53262-7, 1985 [Jun ’86], $14.95, 203pp, hc) Collection of letters from the imaginary city of Hav, originally printed in New Gotham magazine. This appeared in 1985, but we did not see it until 1986.
• * _Last Letters from Hav (Viking 0-670-80177-1, Sep ’85, £11.95, 192pp, hc) Reprint (Random 1985) literary fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _Last Letters from Hav (Penguin 0-14-006729-9, Oct ’86, £2.95, 176pp, tp) Reprint (Random House 1985) collection of travel tales about an imaginary Mediterranean town.
• * _Last Letters from Hav (Random House Vintage 0-394-75564-2, Feb ’89, $6.95, 203pp, tp) Reprint (Random House 1985) collection of letters from an imaginary city.

MORRIS, JANET E(llen) (1946- ) (stories)

• * * The 40-Minute War (with Chris Morris) (Baen 0-671-55910-9, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $13.95, 281pp, hc) Near-future sf thriller.
• * _The 40-Minute War (with Chris Morris) (Baen 0-671-55986-9, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $3.50, 281pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1984) near-future sf novel. Washington is destroyed by a nuclear terrorist attack.
• * * Active Measures (with David A. Drake) (Baen 0-671-55945-1, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], 3.95,365pp,pb)Near−futurespyadventurenovel.There’sa3.95, 365pp, pb) Near-future spy adventure novel. There’s a 3.95,365pp,pb)Near−futurespyadventurenovel.There’sa10,000 prize offered for the best answer to 7 questions. Unfortunately, you have to pay 50 cents to enter and have to use the official form only, which is part of the book....
• * _ARC Riders (with David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake
• * _ARC Riders: The Fourth Rome (with David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake
• * * Beyond Sanctuary (Baen 0-671-55957-5, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $15.95, 312pp, hc) [*Thieves’ World; _Tempus_] Fantasy novel set in the “Thieves’ World” universe.
• * _Beyond Sanctuary (SFBC #03843, Dec ’85, $5.50, 247pp, hc) [*Thieves’ World; _Tempus_] Reprint (Baen 1985) fantasy novel set in the “Thieves’ World” universe.
• * _Beyond Sanctuary (Ace 0-441-05635-0, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 262pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World; _Tempus_] Reprint (Baen 1985) fantasy novel set in the “Thieves’ World” anthology series, and starring Tempus, the Morris character from the series.
• * * Beyond the Veil (Baen 0-671-55984-2, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $15.95, 314pp, hc) [*Thieves’ World; _Tempus_] Fantasy novel, second in the trilogy featuring Tempus, Morris’ character from “Thieves’ World”.
• * _Beyond the Veil (SFBC #05774, May ’86, $4.98, 215pp, hc) [*Thieves’ World; _Tempus_] Reprint (Baen 1985) fantasy novel, #2 in the “Tempus” series, part of the “Thieves’ World” books.
• * _Beyond the Veil (Ace 0-441-05512-5, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $2.95, 245pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World; _Tempus_] Reprint (Baen 1985) “Thieves’ World” fantasy novel, sequel to Beyond Sanctuary.
• * * Beyond Wizardwall (Baen 0-671-65544-2, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $15.95, 278pp, hc) [*Thieves’ World; _Tempus_] Fantasy novel set in Thieves’ World, conclusion of the “Tempus” trilogy.
• * _Beyond Wizardwall (SFBC #10136, Sep ’86, $4.98, 220pp, hc) [*Thieves’ World; _Tempus_] Reprint (Baen 1986) fantasy novel, conclusion of a trilogy set in Thieves’ World.
• * _Beyond Wizardwall (Ace 0-441-05722-5, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $2.95, 250pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World; _Tempus_] Reprint (Baen 1986) “Thieves’ World” novel, conclusion of the “Tempus” trilogy.
• * _The Carnelian Throne (Baen 0-671-55936-2, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $2.95, 310pp, pb) [_Silistra_] Reprint (Bantam 1979) sf novel. “Silistra” #4.
• * * City at the Edge of Time (with Chris Morris) (Baen 0-671-69787-0, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 312pp, pb) [*_Thieves’ World_] Fantasy novel featuring characters from the “Thieves’ World” universe.
• * * Explorers in Hell (with David A. Drake) (Baen 0-671-69813-3, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 312pp, pb) [_Heroes in Hell_] Shared-world fantasy novel in the “Heroes in Hell” series.
• * _The Gates of Hell (with C. J. Cherryh) See entry under C. J. Cherryh
• * _The Golden Sword (Baen 0-671-55919-2, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $2.95, 387pp, pb) [_Silistra_] Reprint (Bantam 1977) sf novel, Book Two in the “High Couch of Silistra” sf series.
• * _Kill Ratio (with David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake
• * _Kings in Hell (with C. J. Cherryh) See entry under C. J. Cherryh
• * _The Little Helliad (with Chris Morris) See entry under Chris Morris.
• * * M*E*D*U*S*A* (with Chris Morris) (Baen 0-671-65573-6, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $3.50, 343pp, pb) Near-future sf thriller of “Star Wars"/SDI defense systems.
• * * Outpassage (with Chris Morris) (Pageant 0-517-00832-7, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $3.50, 368pp, pb) Science fiction novel — rebellion spreads throughout the Earth-Space mining colonies.
• * _Outpassage (with Chris Morris) (NEL 0-450-51614-8, Mar ’90, £3.99, 368pp, pb) Reprint (Pageant 1988) sf novel.
• * * Returning Creation (Baen 0-671-55915-X, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.95, 317pp, pb) [_Silistra_] Revised and expanded version of High Couch of Silistra (Bantam 1977), first in an sf series.
• * * The Stalk (with Chris Morris) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45307-7, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $4.99, 268pp, pb) [_Threshold_] Sf novel, third book of the “Threshold” series.
• * * Storm Seed (with Chris Morris) (Baen 0-671-72023-6, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $4.50, 311pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [_Tempus_] Fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Tempus” series.
• * * Target (with David A. Drake) (Ace 0-441-79955-8, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 312pp, pb) Sf novel set in a lunar colony that has given political asylum to an alien fleeing vicious alien hunters.
• * * Tempus (Baen 0-671-65631-7, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.50, 277pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World; _Tempus_] Episodic fantasy novel set in Thieves’ World. Some sections have appeared before in “Thieves’ World” anthologies, but about half the book is original.
• * * Tempus Unbound (with Chris Morris) (Baen 0-671-69852-4, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.50, 277pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [*_Thieves’ World_] Novelization based on the “Thieves’ World” series, third book in the “Tempus” series.
• * * Threshold (with Chris Morris) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45022-1, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $16.95, 250pp, hc, cover by Edward Gazsi) [_Threshold_] Time-travel military sf novel of a test pilot shot forward in time to the 25th century.
• * _Threshold (with Chris Morris) (SFBC #17563, Oct ’90, $7.98, hc, cover by Edward Gazsi) [_Threshold_] Reprint (Roc 1990) time-travel military sf novel.
• * _Threshold (with Chris Morris) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45084-1, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.50, 250pp, pb) [_Threshold_] Reprint (Penguin/Roc 1990) military time-travel sf novel.
• * _Threshold (with Chris Morris) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45084-1, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $5.50, 250pp, pb) [_Threshold_] Reissue (Roc 1990) sf novel, first book of the “Threshold” series; third printing.
• * * Trust Territory (with Chris Morris) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45126-0, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $20.00, 261pp, hc, cover by Edward Gazsi) [_Threshold_] Military sf novel, sequel to Threshold.
• * _Trust Territory (with Chris Morris) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45236-4, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $4.99, 261pp, pb, cover by Edward Gazsi) [_Threshold_] Reprint (Roc 1992) military sf novel, sequel to Threshold.
• * * Warlord! (Pocket 0-671-61923-3, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.95, 376pp, pb) Near-future thriller taking place on the moon and Earth.
• * _Wind from the Abyss (Baen 0-671-55932-X, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $2.95, 369pp, pb) [_Silistra_] Reprint (Bantam 1978) sf novel, Book 3 of the “Silistra” series.

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• * * Afterwar (Baen 0-671-55967-2, Jun ’85, $2.95, 284pp, pb) Original anthology of 12 stories set after a nuclear holocaust. (Contents)
• * * Angels in Hell (Baen 0-671-65360-1, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $3.50, 307pp, pb) [_Heroes in Hell_] Shared-world fantasy original anthology, in the “Heroes in Hell” series. 8 stories. (Contents)
• * * Crusaders in Hell (Baen 0-671-65639-2, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.50, 278pp, pb) [_Heroes in Hell_] Original shared-world fantasy anthology of 9 stories, including works by Benford and Cherryh. (Contents)
• * * Heroes in Hell (Baen 0-671-65555-8, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $3.50, 274pp, pb) [_Heroes in Hell_] Original anthology of 7 fantasy stories set in Hell, “the greatest shared universe of all time." (Contents)
• * * Masters in Hell (Baen 0-671-65379-2, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $3.50, 280pp, pb) [_Heroes in Hell_] Original anthology in the “Heroes in Hell” shared world fantasy series, with 9 stories. (Contents)
• * * Prophets in Hell (Baen 0-671-69822-2, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.50, 278pp, pb) [_Heroes in Hell_] Original shared-world anthology of 10 stories in the “Hell” saga. (Contents)
• * * Rebels in Hell (Baen 0-671-65577-9, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $3.50, 308pp, pb) [_Heroes in Hell_] Original anthology of 9 fantasy stories set in Hell, second in a series. (Contents)
• * * War in Hell (Baen 0-671-69792-7, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $3.50, 277pp, pb) [_Heroes in Hell_] Fantasy shared world original anthology. Contains nine stories set in Hell. (Contents)

MORRIS, (Margaret) JEAN (1924-1996)

• * * A New Calling (The Bodley Head 0-370-31525-1, Dec ’92, £8.99, 150pp, hc, cover by Peter Melnyczuk) [_New Magic_] Young-adult fantasy novel about magic. Sequel to A New Magic.
• * * A New Magic (The Bodley Head 0-370-31488-3, Oct ’90, £7.99, 172pp, hc, cover by Peter Melnyczuk) [_New Magic_] Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Troy Game (The Bodley Head 0-370-30759-3, Feb ’87 [May ’87], £6.95, 112pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel involving the Wild Hunt.
• * _The Troy Game (Beaver 0-09-962080-4, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], £2.50, 144pp, pb) Reprint (Bodley Head 1987) young-adult fantasy novel.

MORRIS, JIM (1937- )

• * * Spurlock: Sheriff of Purgatory (Tor 0-812-50683-9, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.95, 320pp, pb) Near-future adventure novel of Russian-occupied America. This is a revised edition of The Shefiff of Purgatory (Doubleday 1979). The earlier version is not listed on the copyright page.

MORRIS, KENNETH (Vennor) (1879-1937) (stories) (chron.)

• * * The Chalchiuhite Dragon (Tor 0-312-85264-9, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $19.95, 291pp, hc, cover by Richard Powers) Fantasy novel about the Aztecs before the Spanish conquest. This was completed in 1935 but not previously published. With an afterword and glossary by Douglas A. Anderson.
• * _The Chalchiuhite Dragon (Tor/Orb 0-312-89001-X, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $12.95, 291pp, tp, cover by Richard Powers) Reprint (Tor 1992) fantasy novel about the Aztecs before the Spanish conquest.
• * * The Dragon Path: The Collected Tales of Kenneth Morris (Tor 0-312-85309-2, Mar ’95, $23.95, 382pp, hc, cover by Deirdre E. Snowdon) Collection of 40 fantasy tales with elements from the mythology of many cultures, edited and with an introduction by Douglas A. Anderson. Includes the earlier collection The Secret Mountain and Other Tales (Faber & Gwyer 1926). (Contents)

MORRIS, M(arion) E. (1926-2005)

• * * Alpha Bug (Presidio 0-89141-270-0, Oct ’86 [Dec ’86], $14.95, hc) Near-future sf novel of Star Wars technology, bionics, and derring-do.
• * _Alpha Bug (Grafton 0-586-07329-9, Jun ’88, £2.95, 315pp, pb) Reprint (Presidio 1985) near-future thriller. [First U.K. edition]

MORRIS, MARK (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * * Birthday (The British Fantasy Society, 1992, £1.50, 15pp, octavo, cover by Jim Pitts) British Fantasy Society Booklet #18, published for Fantasycon XVII. Edited by Peter Coleborn.
• * * Close to the Bone (Piatkus 0-7499-0277-9, Feb ’95, £15.99, 255pp, hc, cover by Ken Leeder) Collection of 11 horror stories with a foreword by Ramsey Campbell. (Contents)
• * * Doctor Who: The Bodysnatchers (BBC Books 0-563-40568-6, Aug ’97, £4.99, 280pp, pb) [_Doctor Who: New Adventures_] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 3 of the BBC “New Adventures” series starring the 8th Doctor.
• * +The Horror Club (Bantam 0-553-28933-0, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $4.95, 519pp, pb, cover by Gary Smith) Horror novel about a group of children who make contact with an evil force. First American edition (Piatkus 1989 as Toady).
• * * The Immaculate (Piatkus 0-7499-0124-1, Jun ’92 [May ’92], £14.95, 244pp, hc, cover by Ken Leeder) Ghost story about a young horror writer exorcising his childhood past.
• * _The Immaculate (Corgi 0-552-13971-8, Jun ’93 [May ’93], £3.99, 320pp, pb, cover by John Avon) Reprint (Piatkus 1992) horror novel.
• * +The Immaculate (White Wolf 1-56504-948-9, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $5.99, 393pp, pb) Horror novel. A death in the family forces a horror writer home to face old ghosts. First US edition (Piatkus 1992).
• * * Longbarrow (Piatkus 0-7499-0385-6, Jun ’97 [May ’97], £16.99, 442pp, hc, cover by Sam Hadley) Dark fantasy novel.
• * _Mr. Bad Face (Piatkus 0-7499-3022-5, Jun ’97 [May ’97], £5.99, 432pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) Reprint (Piatkus 1996) non-supernatural horror novel.
• * * The Secret of Anatomy (Piatkus 0-7499-0202-7, Jun ’94, £15.99, 450pp, hc, cover by Ken Leeder) Horror novel.
• * _The Secret of Anatomy (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649043-3, Jan ’96, £5.99, 610pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) Reprint (Piatkus 1994) horror novel.
• * * Stitch (Piatkus 0-7499-0045-8, Mar ’91, £13.95, 423pp, hc, cover by Ken Leeder) Horror novel.
• * _Stitch (Corgi 0-552-13813-4, Mar ’92, £4.99, 526pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Piatkus 1991) horror novel.
• * +Stitch (Dell Abyss 0-440-21259-6, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $4.99, 518pp, pb, cover by Harry O. Morris) Horror novel of a college student given mysterious powers by a strange and dangerous man who compels him to lead his fellow students into darkness. First American edition (Piatkus 1991).
• * * Toady (Piatkus 0-86188-855-3, Oct ’89 [Dec ’89], £12.95, 522pp, hc, cover by Ken Leeder) Horror novel. A first novel.
• * _Toady (Corgi 0-552-13632-8, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], £4.99, 702pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Piatkus 1989) horror novel.

MORRIS, SANDRA

• * * Green Moon and Wolfsbane (The Book Guild 1-85776-321-1, Nov ’98, £14.95, 184pp, hc) Humorous dark fantasy novel set in 1899. A book of spells teaches Cecil Proot that becoming a wolf can be a social disadvantage.

MORRIS, WILLIAM (1834-1896) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Dream of John Ball (Journeyman Press 0-904526-08-9, Jun ’87 [1987], £0.75, 76pp, pb) Reprint (Reeves & Turner 1888) fantasy novella. This is the US (Oriole Chapbooks) edition with a UK price sticker. [Not seen]
• * _The Well at the World’s End (Alan Sutton 0-7509-1207-3, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £7.99, x+657pp, tp, cover by Sir Edward Burne-Jones) Reprint (Kelmscott Press 1896) classic fantasy novel. There is an introduction by Nicholas Salmon.

MORRIS, WINIFRED; [i.e., Winifred Morris Schecter]

• * * With Magical Horses to Ride (Atheneum 0-689-31108-7, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $11.95, 152pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel.

MORRISH, ROBERT, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * * Quick Chills II (with Peter Enfantino) (Deadline Press 0-9631367-3-9, Apr ’92 [May ’92], $45.00, 334pp, hc) Anthology of 25 horror stories that originally appeared in small press magazines from 1989-1991. This is a 575-copy leatherbound limited edition signed by the contributors. Order from Deadline Press, 4884 Pepperwood Way, San Jose CA 95124, (408) 267-1159. (Contents)

MORRISON, DOROTHY NAFUS

• * * Vanishing Act (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31513-9, Sep ’89 [Nov ’89], $13.95, 202pp, hc, cover by Toby Gowing) Young-adult fantasy novel. A girl studying to be a magician comes upon an invisibility device, but she can’t figure out how to turn it off.

MORRISON, GREG

• * _The Crystal Sorcerors (with William R. Forstchen) See entry under William R. Forstchen
• * _The Crystal Warriors (with William R. Forstchen) See entry under William R. Forstchen

MORRISON, MICHAEL A., ed. (stories)

• * _A Dark Night’s Dreaming: Contemporary American Horror Fiction (with Anthony S. Magistrale) See entry under Anthony S. Magistrale
• * * Trajectories of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Fourteenth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (Greenwood Press 0-313-29646-4, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], $59.95, 220pp, hc) Collection of 19 essays, including a speech from Ursula K. Le Guin. Other authors include Brian Attebery, Michael A. Morrison, and Michael J. Collins. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800.

MORRISON, ROBERT, ed. (stories)

• * * Tales of Terror from Blackwood’s Magazine (with Chris Baldick) (Oxford University Press 0-19-282366-3, Nov ’95 [Feb ’96], £5.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Antoine Wiertz) Anthology of 17 gothic horror tales from Blackwell’s Edinburgh Magazine. (Contents)
• * * The Vampyre and Other Tales of the Macabre (with Chris Baldick) (Oxford 0-19-283291-3, 1997 [Dec ’97], $9.95, 278pp, tp, cover by G. Baldry) Anthology of 14 stories originally published from 1819-1838. Authors include John Polidori, James Hogg, and Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. This is part of the Oxford “World’s Classics” series, and includes explanatory and biographical notes, a select bibliography, and a lengthy introduction by the editors discussing the title story and the development of horror literature during the period. (Contents)

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