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The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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PRATT, (Murray) FLETCHER (stories) (continued)

• * _The Intrepid Enchanter (with L. Sprague de Camp) See entry under L. Sprague de Camp.
• * _The Land of Unreason (with L. Sprague de Camp) See entry under L. Sprague de Camp.
• * _The Well of the Unicorn (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-29729-6, Feb ’95 [Mar ’95], $5.99, 388pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Reissue (Sloane 1948 as by George U. Fletcher) classic fantasy novel. This says third printing, but is almost certainly later.

PREISLER, JEROME (1957- ) (stories)

• * * Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (Tor 0-812-53933-8, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $5.99, 184pp, pb) Novelization based on the second movie based on the video game. Copyrighted by New Line Productions.
• * * The Pact (Leisure 0-8439-2784-4, Jul ’89 [Aug ’89], $3.95, 363pp, pb) Horror novel. An American Indian shaman releases a force that threatens to destroy the world.

PREISS, BYRON (Cary) (1953-2005) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Complete Alfred Bester’s The Stars My Destination (with Alfred Bester & Howard V. Chaykin) See entry under Alfred Bester.

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• * * The Microverse (Bantam 0-553-05705-7, Nov ’89 [Sep ’89], $29.95, 352pp, hc) Original illustrated anthology of both fiction and non-fiction concerning the world of subatomic particles. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)
• * _The Microverse (SFBC #58048, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $17.98, hc) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) anthology of sf fiction and non-fiction pieces.
• * * The Planets (Bantam 0-553-05109-1, Dec ’85 [Oct ’85], $24.95, 336pp, hc) Original anthology of non-fiction and fiction. A guide to the solar system, featuring original stories by well-known sf writers plus essays by scientists and work by sf/astronomy artists. (Contents)
• * _The Planets (Bantam 0-553-34783-7, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $16.95, 336pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1985) original anthology of fiction and non-fiction about the solar system. This is identical to the 1985 edition and seems to be bound pages of the original hardcover with a paperback cover and a new ISBN on the outside only.
• * * The Ultimate Alien (with John Gregory Betancourt & Keith R. A. DeCandido) (Dell/DTP 0-440-50631-X, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $13.95, 313pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Anthology of 15 stories, 11 original, about aliens. There is an introduction by Robert Silverberg. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)
• * * The Ultimate Dinosaur (with Robert Silverberg) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-07676-0, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $35.00, 336pp, hc, cover by Wayne D. Barlowe) Original anthology of 11 stories about dinosaurs, plus 15 essays and full-color illustrations by various artists. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)
• * _The Ultimate Dinosaur (with Robert Silverberg) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37304-8, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $19.95, 336pp, tp, cover by Wayne D. Barlowe) Reprint (Bantam 1992) original anthology of 11 stories about dinosaurs, plus 15 essays and full-color illustrations by various artists.
• * * The Ultimate Dracula (with David Keller & Megan Miller) (Dell 0-440-50353-1, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $10.00, 358pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Original anthology of 19 vampire stories, with an introduction and a filmography by Leonard Wolf. A shorter version of Anne Rice’s “The Master of Rampling Gate” appeared previously in Redbook. This is being published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Universal film. Recommended (SW). (Contents)
• * _The Ultimate Dracula (with David Keller & Megan Miller) (Headline 0-7472-3830-8, Mar ’92, £4.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) Reprint (Dell 1991) original anthology of 19 vampire stories, with an introduction and a filmography by Leonard Wolf. [First U.K. edition]
• * * The Ultimate Dragon (with John Gregory Betancourt & Keith R. A. DeCandido) (Dell/DTP 0-440-50630-1, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $13.95, 313pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Anthology of 19 stories, 17 original, about dragons. There is an introduction by Tanith Lee. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)
• * * The Ultimate Frankenstein (with David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt) (Dell 0-440-50352-3, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $10.00, 327pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Frankenstein] Original anthology of 19 stories based on the Frankenstein story, one (by Kurt Vonnegut) a reprint. There is an introduction by Isaac Asimov and a filmography by Leonard Wolf. This is being published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1931 Universal film. Recommended (SW). (Contents)
• * _The Ultimate Frankenstein (with David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt) (Headline 0-7472-3831-6, Jun ’92, £4.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Dell 1991) anthology of 19 stories based on the Frankenstein story, all but two original. There is an introduction by Isaac Asimov and a filmography by Leonard Wolf. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Ultimate Frankenstein (with David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt) (Headline 0-7472-0553-1, Jul ’92 [1992], £15.99, 373pp, hc) [Frankenstein] Hardback edition of the above. [Not seen]
• * * The Ultimate Werewolf (with David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt) (Dell 0-440-50354-X, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $10.00, 359pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Original anthology of 20 werewolf stories, two (the Ellison and the Niven) reprints, with an introduction by Harlan Ellison and a filmography by Leonard Wolf. This is being published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Universal film. Recommended (SW). (Contents)
• * _The Ultimate Werewolf (with David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt) (Headline 0-7472-3832-4, Sep ’92, £4.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) Reprint (Dell 1991) anthology of 20 werewolf stories, all but two original, with an introduction by Harlan Ellison and a filmography by Leonard Wolf. [First U.K. edition]
• * * The Ultimate Witch (with John Gregory Betancourt) (Dell 0-440-50531-3, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $11.95, 360pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Mostly original anthology of 25 stories (at least two reprints), about witches. With an introduction by Philip José Farmer. A Byron Preiss Book. (Contents)
• * * The Ultimate Zombie (with John Gregory Betancourt) (Dell 0-440-50534-8, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $11.95, 391pp, tp) Mostly original anthology of 22 stories and a novel excerpt from Anne Rice’s The Witching Hour (at least three of the stories are reprints). A Byron Preiss Book. (Contents)
• * * The Universe (Bantam Spectra 0-553-05227-6, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $27.95, 333pp, hc) Original anthology of sf stories, science articles, and illustrations by numerous space artists. (Contents)
• * _The Universe (QPB no ISBN, Nov ’87, $13.50, 333pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam 1987) original anthology of sf and non-fiction. This is exactly the same as the Bantam hardcover, except for the binding and lack of ISBN.
• * _The Universe (Bantam 0-553-34782-9, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $16.95, 335pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1987) original anthology of fiction and non-fiction. This is identical to the 1987 edition and seems to be bound pages of the original hardcover with a paperback cover and a new ISBN on the outside only.

PRELUTSKY, JACK (1940- ) (stories)

• * * Monday’s Troll (with Peter Sís) (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-09644-1, 1996 [Apr ’96], $16.00, 40pp, hc, cover by Peter Sis) Children’s picture book. There are 17 poems about monsters and magic by Prelutsky, with illustrations by Sis.

PRENTISS, CHARLOTTE; pseudonym of Charles Platt, (1945- )

• * * The Island Tribe (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-101012-X, Mar ’97 [Dec ’98], $5.99, 355pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [_Island Tribe_] Associational prehistorical novel. Prentiss is a pen name for Charles Platt. This is dated 1997, but not seen until now.
• * * The Ocean Tribe (HarperChoice 0-06-101011-1, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $6.50, 378pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [_Island Tribe_] Associational prehistorical novel, sequel to The Island Tribe. Prentiss is a pen name for Charles Platt.
• * * People of the Mesa (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-17850-5, Feb ’95 [Dec ’98], $5.50, 416pp, pb, cover by Marcel Rozenberg) Associational prehistorical novel of the American Southwest. Prentiss is a pen name for Charles Platt. This is dated 1995, but not seen until now; two other Prentiss prehistoricals (Children of the Ice, Children of the Sun) have not been seen.

PRESCOT, DRAY; pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer, (1921-2005)

• * * Masks of Scorpio (DAW 0-87997-924-0, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $2.50, 175pp, pb) [_Dray Prescot_] “Dray Prescot” #31, sf novel. This series used to be written by Alan Burt Akers, who was Ken Bulmer. It probably still is.
• * * Omens of Kregen (DAW 0-88677-090-4, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $2.95, 222pp, pb) [_Dray Prescot_] Fantasy novel, “Dray Prescot” #36.
• * * Seg the Bowman (DAW 0-87997-965-8, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.75, 255pp, pb) [_Dray Prescot_] Fantasy novel, “Dray Prescot” #32.
• * * Storm Over Valhalla (DAW 0-88677-069-6, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $2.95, 254pp, pb) [_Dray Prescot_] Fantasy novel, “Dray Prescot” #35.
• * * Warlord of Antares (DAW 0-88677-269-9, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.50, 255pp, pb) [_Dray Prescot_] Fantasy novel. “Dray Prescot” #37 — and the last for now. Contains a glossary for books 23-36.
• * * Werewolves of Kregen (DAW 0-87997-991-7, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $2.50, 220pp, pb) [_Dray Prescot_] Fantasy novel. “Dray Prescot” #33. The author is Ken Bulmer on all the Prescot series.
• * * Witches of Kregen (DAW 0-88677-032-7, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.75, 223pp, pb) [_Dray Prescot_] Fantasy novel, “Dray Prescot” #34.

PRESTON, DOUGLAS (1956- ); see pseudonym Lincoln Preston (chron.)

• * * Mount Dragon (with Lincoln Child) (Tor/Forge 0-312-86042-0, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $22.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Shelley Eshkar) SF medical thriller of genetic engineering gone wrong.
• * _Mount Dragon (with Lincoln Child) (SFBC #10945, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $10.98, 349pp, hc, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Reprint (Forge 1996) SF medical thriller of genetic engineering gone wrong. This is similar to the Forge edition, except it lacks a price and ISBN, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Mount Dragon (with Lincoln Child) (Tor 0-812-56437-5, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $6.99, 494pp, pb, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Reprint (Forge 1996) SF medical thriller of genetic engineering gone wrong.
• * * Relic (with Lincoln Child) (Tor/Forge 0-312-85630-X, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $22.95, 382pp, hc, cover by Jim Thiesen) [Relic] Horror novel. Archaeologists dig up something deadly that awakens in a New York museum.
• * _Relic (with Lincoln Child) (Tor/Forge 0-812-54326-2, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $6.99, 474pp, pb, cover by Jim Thiesen) [Relic] Reprint (Tor 1995) horror novel. Archaeologists dig up something deadly that awakens in a New York museum.
• * _The Relic (with Lincoln Child) (Tor 0-812-54326-2, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $6.99, 474pp, pb, cover by Jim Thiesen) [Relic] Reissue (Forge 1995 as Relic) horror novel. A deadly relic wakes in a New York museum. The international mass market edition with the same ISBN was listed as seen December 1995; this is the movie tie-in edition.
• * _The Relic (with Lincoln Child) (Tor 0-812-54326-2, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $6.99, 474pp, pb) [Relic] Reissue (Forge 1995 as Relic) horror novel. A deadly relic wakes in a New York museum. This is a second movie tie-in edition, with a different cover, apparently a photo, though the copyright page still credits Tim Thiesen; second printing.
• * * Reliquary (with Lincoln Child) (Tor/Forge 0-312-86095-1, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $24.95, 382pp, hc) [Relic] Horror novel, sequel to Relic. A museum curator is called in on a bizarre murder investigation that leads to underground Manhattan.
• * _Reliquary (with Lincoln Child) (Tor 0-812-54283-5, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $7.99, 464pp, pb) [Relic] Reprint (Forge 1997) horror novel, sequel to Relic. An international mass market edition with the same information appeared June 1998.

PRESTON, JOHN (1945-1994) (stories)

• * * The Heir/The King (Masquerade/Badboy 1-56333-048-2, Sep ’92 [Sep ’93], $4.95, 226pp, pb) Omnibus of a gay S&M erotic fantasy novella, The Heir (Liberty Press 1986), and an original S&M fantasy novella, “The King” plus the afterword from the original edition of The Heir. (Contents)

PRESTON, LINCOLN; pseudonym of Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child

• * _Mount Dragon (Bantam UK 0-553-50438-X, Mar ’97, £5.99, 476pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Tor/Forge 1996 as by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child) SF medical thriller of genetic engineering gone wrong. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Relic (Bantam UK 0-553-40940-9, Feb ’96, £5.99, 442pp, pb) [Relic] Reprint (Tor 1995 as by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child) SF/horror novel. A museum, repository for artifacts from a massacred expedition, becomes the scene for brutal, inhuman murders. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Relic (Bantam UK 0-553-50496-7, Apr ’97, £5.99, 441pp, pb) [Relic] Reissue (Tor 1995 as Relic by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child) horror novel. A film tie-in edition.
• * _Reliquary (Bantam UK 0-553-50633-1, Jun ’98, £5.99, 512pp, pb, cover by John Alexander) Reprint (Tor/Forge 1997 as by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child) horror novel. Sequel to Relic. A museum curator is called in on a bizarre murder investigation that leads to underground Manhattan. [First U.K. edition]

PRESTON, PETER

• * * 51st State (Viking UK 0-670-88107-4, Sep ’98 [Nov ’98], £15.99, 279pp, hc) Satirical near-future SF novel. A first novel.

PREUSS, PAUL (F.) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * * Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime #6: The Shining Ones (Avon 0-380-75350-2, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $3.95, 266pp, pb, cover by Alex Jay) [Venus Prime] Last book of an sf series based on a concept by Clarke, with a Clarke afterword and technical blueprints by Darrel Anderson. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * * Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime Volume 1: Breaking Strain (Avon 0-380-75344-8, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $3.95, 265pp, pb) [Venus Prime] Sf novel based on a concept by Clarke, first in a series. It includes 16 pages of “blueprints” by Darrell Anderson, showing the structure of the Venus space station.
• * _Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime Volume 1: Breaking Strain (Pan 0-330-30634-0, Sep ’90, £3.99, 265pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) [Venus Prime] Reprint (Avon 1987) sf novelization.
• * * Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime Volume 2: Maelstrom (Avon 0-380-75345-6, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.95, 268pp, pb) [Venus Prime] Sf novelization, second in a series based on a Clarke short story. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Productions. There is an afterword by Clarke plus a set of “blueprints” by Darrel Anderson.
• * * Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime Volume 3: Hide and Seek (Avon 0-380-75346-4, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 281pp, pb) [Venus Prime] Sf novelization based on a concept by Clarke, with a Clarke afterword and technical blueprints by Darrel Anderson. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * * Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime Volume 4: The Medusa Encounter (Avon 0-380-75348-0, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 280pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Venus Prime] Sf series based on a concept by Clarke, with a Clarke afterword and technical blueprints by Darrel Anderson, packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * * Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime Volume 5: The Diamond Moon (Avon 0-380-75349-9, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $3.95, 278pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Venus Prime] Sf series based on a concept by Clarke, with a Clarke afterword and technical blueprints by Darrel Anderson, packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _Broken Symmetries (Pocket 0-671-46046-3, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $3.95, 371pp, pb) [_Broken Symmetries_] Reprint (Simon & Schuster Timescape 1983) sf novel.
• * * Core (Morrow 0-688-09662-X, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $23.00, 350pp, hc, cover by Jerry Lofaro) Alternate world sf/thriller set in a world where Earth’s magnetic field is collapsing, and an attempt to drill through to the core holds a possible answer. A Byron Preiss Book.
• * _Core (AvoNova 0-380-71182-6, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $5.99, 394pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) Reprint (Morrow 1993) alternate world sf/thriller set in a world where Earth’s magnetic field is collapsing, and an attempt to drill through to the core holds a possible answer.
• * _Core (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21119-5, Mar ’96, £4.99, 394pp, pb, cover by Bob Corley) Reprint (Morrow 1993) alternate world SF/thriller set in a world where Earth’s magnetic field is collapsing, and an attempt to drill through to the core holds a possible answer. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Gates of Heaven (Bantam 0-553-24417-5, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.50, 203pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1980) sf novel; 3rd printing.
• * _Hide and Seek (Pan 0-330-31086-0, Jun ’91, £4.50, 281pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) [Venus Prime] Reprint (Avon 1989) sf novelization. Volume 3 in “Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime”. [First U.K. edition]
• * * Human Error (Tor 0-312-93332-0, Oct ’85, $14.95, 351pp, hc) Sf novel about organic computers infecting the world and changing the human race. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _Human Error (Tor 0-812-54987-2, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $3.50, 351pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel about organic computers.
• * _Maelstrom (Pan 0-330-31085-2, Jan ’91, £3.99, 268pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) [Venus Prime] Reprint (Avon 1988) sf novelization, with an afterword by Arthur C. Clarke. Volume 2 in the “Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Medusa Encounter (Pan 0-330-31727-X, Oct ’91, £4.50, 280pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) [Venus Prime] Reprint (Avon 1990) sf novelization. Volume 4 in “Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime.” [First U.K. edition]
• * * Secret Passages (Tor 0-312-86346-2, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $24.95, 381pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) [_Broken Symmetries_] SF novel of archaeology and quantum physics, sequel to Broken Symmetries.
• * _Secret Passages (Tor 0-812-57148-7, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $6.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Robert Santora) [_Broken Symmetries_] Reprint (Tor 1997) SF novel of archaeology and quantum physics, semi-sequel to Broken Symmetries.
• * * Starfire (Tor 0-312-93056-9, Feb ’88, $17.95, 310pp, hc) Near future sf novel about NASA and a space mission.
• * _Starfire (SFBC #13868, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], $6.98, 310pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel.
• * _Starfire (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-69960-1, Oct ’88, £11.95, 310pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Starfire (Tor 0-812-54989-9, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1988) near-future sf novel about the space program.
• * _Starfire (Orbit 0-7474-0440-2, Aug ’90, £3.50, 310pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel.

PREUSSLER, OTFRIED (1923- )

• * _The Satanic Mill (Macmillan Collier 0-02-044775-2, Apr ’91, $3.95, 256pp, pb, cover by Jeffrey Lindberg) Reissue (Abelard-Schuman 1972) young-adult fantasy novel of a young apprentice’s experiences with black magic. Translated from German by Anthea Bell (Arena-Verlag 1971 as Krabat).

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