The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998 (original) (raw)
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Hexwood Diana Wynne Jones (Methuen 0-416-18846-X, Oct ’93, £11.99, 288pp, hc) Young-adult sf/fantasy novel about a rebellion against the true rulers of Earth.
The Spellcoats Diana Wynne Jones (Mandarin 0-7497-1254-6, Mar ’93, £3.99, 279pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Dalemark Quartet] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1979) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Dalemark” quartet.
Witch Week Diana Wynne Jones (Mammoth 0-7497-0174-9, Sep ’93, £2.99, 210pp, pb, cover by Nick Bantock) [Chrestomanci] Reissue (Macmillan UK 1982) young-adult fantasy novel.
Divine Endurance Gwyneth Jones (Headline 0-7472-4218-6, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], £4.99, 305pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [_Divine Endurance_] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1984) sf novel set in an imaginary Southeast Asia.
Flowerdust Gwyneth Jones (Headline 0-7472-0846-8, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], £16.99, 249pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [_Divine Endurance_] Sf novel, based on an episode in Divine Endurance.
Lies and Flames Jenny Jones (Headline 0-7472-3876-6, Jan ’93, £5.99, 560pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [_Flight Over Fire_] Reprint (Headline 1992) fantasy novel. Volume Three of the “Flight Over Fire” series.
The New Nature of the Catastrophe ed. Langdon Jones & Michael Moorcock (Millennium 1-85798-039-5, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], £14.99, xii+436pp, hc, cover by Mark Reeve) [_Jerry Cornelius_] Anthology of Jerry Cornelius stories, including the entire contents (bar two James Sallis stories) of The Nature of the Catastrophe (Hutchinson 1971), the entire contents of The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius (revised edition Harrap/Grafton 1987), nine further stories in the canon (three by Moorcock), the complete comic strip from International Times, and an excellent article/bibliography by John Davey putting it all in context. Recommended (PSP). A trade paperback edition (-040-9, £10.99) is also available. Volume nine in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”.
- v · Introduction · Michael Moorcock · in
- xi · Introduction · James Colvin · in The Nature of the Catastrophe, ed. Michael Moorcock & Langdon Jones, London: Hutchinson, 1971
- 1 · The Peking Junction · Michael Moorcock · ss The New S.F., ed. Langdon Jones, London: Hutchinson, 1969
- 11 · The Delhi Division · Michael Moorcock · ss New Worlds Dec ’68
- 20 · The Tank Trapeze · Michael Moorcock · ss New Worlds Jan ’69
- 35 · The Ash Circus · M. John Harrison · ss New Worlds Apr ’69
- 49 · The Firmament Theorem · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Jun ’69
- 65 · The Adventures of Jerry Cornelius: The English Assassin (Parts 1 & 2) · Michael Moorcock, M. John Harrison, Mal Dean & Richard Glyn Jones · cs International Times, 1969
- 71 · The Last Hurrah of the Golden Horde · Norman Spinrad · ss New Worlds Jul ’69
- 89 · The Adventures of Jerry Cornelius: The English Assassin (Parts 3 & 4) · Michael Moorcock, M. John Harrison, Mal Dean & Richard Glyn Jones · cs International Times, 1969
- 95 · The Dodgem Decision [“The Dodgem Arrangement”] · Michael Moorcock · ss Spectrum Stories #23, Wonder Press ’69
- 103 · The Nash Circuit · M. John Harrison · ss New Worlds Aug ’69
- 125 · The Adventures of Jerry Cornelius: The English Assassin (Parts 5 & 6) · Michael Moorcock, M. John Harrison, Mal Dean & Richard Glyn Jones · cs International Times, 1969
- 130 · Lines of White on a Sullen Sea · Maxim Jakubowski · ss New Worlds Sep/Oct ’69
- 136 · The Anxiety in the Eyes of the Cricket · James Sallis · ss The New S.F., ed. Langdon Jones, London: Hutchinson, 1969
- 143 · The Adventures of Jerry Cornelius: The English Assassin (Parts 7 & 8) · Michael Moorcock, M. John Harrison, Mal Dean & Richard Glyn Jones · cs International Times, 1969
- 148 · The End of the Cycle · Langdon Jones · pm New Worlds Nov ’69
- 155 · The Adventures of Jerry Cornelius: The English Assassin (Parts 9 & 10) · Michael Moorcock, M. John Harrison, Mal Dean & Richard Glyn Jones · cs International Times, 1969
- 160 · The Nature of the Catastrophe · Michael Moorcock · ss New Worlds Jan ’70
- 168 · The Sunset Perspective: A Moral Tale · Michael Moorcock · ss The Disappearing Future, ed. George Hay, Panther, 1970
- 187 · The Adventures of Jerry Cornelius: The English Assassin (Parts 11 & 12) · Michael Moorcock, M. John Harrison, Mal Dean & Richard Glyn Jones · cs International Times, 1969
- 191 · Sea Wolves · Michael Moorcock · ss Science Against Man, ed. Anthony Cheetham, Avon, 1970
- 206 · Voortrekker: A Tale of Empire · Michael Moorcock · nv Frendz #3 ’71 (+2)
- 225 · The Adventures of Jerry Cornelius: The English Assassin (Parts 13 & 14) · Michael Moorcock, M. John Harrison, Mal Dean & Richard Glyn Jones · cs International Times, 1969
- 230 · The Flesh Circle · M. John Harrison · ss The Nature of the Catastrophe, ed. Michael Moorcock & Langdon Jones, London: Hutchinson, 1971
- 245 · A Prayer to Men · Alex Krislov · ss The Nature of the Catastrophe, ed. Michael Moorcock & Langdon Jones, London: Hutchinson, 1971
- 252 · Dead Singers [“All the Dead Singers”] · Michael Moorcock · ss Ink Oct 5 ’71
- 256 · The Swastika Set-Up · Michael Moorcock · nv Corridor #4 ’72
- 284 · The Longford Cup · Michael Moorcock · ss The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius (revised edition), Harrap & Grafton, 1976; an abridged version appeared in Penthouse Vol 8 No 7 (10/73).
- 295 · The Entropy Circuit · Michael Moorcock · ss An Index of Possibilities, Clanose-Arrow, 1974
- 309 · Interlude: Miss Brunner and Jerry · Giles Gordon · vi 100 Scenes from Married Life, Giles Gordon, Hutchinson, 1976
- 310 · The Repossession of Jerry Cornelius · John Clute · ar The Cornelius Chronicles, Avon, 1977
- 317 · Niki Hoeky · Charles Partington · nv New Worlds #215 ’79
- 343 · Everything Blowing Up: An Adventure of Una Persson, Heroine of Space and Time [_Una Persson_] · Hilary Bailey · nv Interfaces, ed. Ursula K. Le Guin & Virginia Kidd, Ace, 1980
- 361 · The Entropy Tango (fragment) · Michael Moorcock & Pete Pavli · sg *
- 365 · The Murderer’s Song · Michael Moorcock · nv Tales from the Forbidden Planet, ed. Roz Kaveney, Titan, 1987; in Tor Zu Den Sternen, ed. Peter Wilfert, 1981.
- 385 · The Gangrene Collection · Michael Moorcock · ss City Limits Jan 18 ’90
- 388 · The Romanian Question · Michael Moorcock · ss Back Brain Recluse #18 ’91
- 410 · Bruised Time · Simon Ings · ss New Worlds 2, ed. David S. Garnett, London: Gollancz, 1992
- 418 · Epilogue: Jerry and Miss Brunner at the Beginning · Langdon Jones · ss *
- 424 · Jerry Cornelius: A Reader’s Guide · John Davey · bi *
The Dreamstone Liane Jones (Mandarin 0-7493-1206-8, Jan ’93, £4.99, 488pp, pb, cover by Nick Farmer) Reprint (Heinemann 1992) fantasy novel.
The Mammoth Book of Zombies ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson 1-85487-228-1, Oct ’93, £5.99, 518pp, tp) Anthology of 26 stories about zombies. Simultaneous with the US (Carroll & Graf) edition.
- 1 · The Dead That Walk · Stephen Jones · in *
- 3 · Sex, Death and Starshine · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood v1, Sphere, 1984
- 40 · Rising Generation · Ramsey Campbell · ss Worlds of Horror #4 ’75
- 45 · The Song of the Slaves · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales Mar ’40
- 57 · The Ghouls · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv The Night Ghouls, London: Fontana, 1975
- 78 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review Dec, 1845
- 87 · Sticks · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers Mar ’74
- 107 · Quietly Now · Charles L. Grant · nv The Arbor House Necropolis, ed. Bill Pronzini, 1981
- 128 · The Grey House · Basil Copper · nv Not After Nightfall, London: Four Square, 1967
- 165 · A Warning to the Curious · M. R. James · ss The London Mercury Aug ’25
- 180 · The Crucian Pit · Nicholas Royle · ss *
- 196 · The Disapproval of Jeremy Cleave · Brian Lumley · ss Weird Tales Win ’89/90
- 207 · Herbert West—Reanimator [“Grewsome Tales”] · H. P. Lovecraft · gp Home Brew Feb-Jul ’22
- 235 · Treading the Maze · Lisa Tuttle · ss F&SF Nov ’81
- 246 · Out of Corruption · David Riley · nv *
- 276 · The Taking of Mr. Bill · Graham Masterton · ss *
- 287 · Schalken the Painter · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery, James McGlashan, 1851; revised from an earlier story in Dublin University Magazine May ’39.
- 305 · Clinically Dead · David Sutton · ss *
- 318 · They’re Coming for You · Les Daniels · ss Cutting Edge, ed. Dennis Etchison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986
- 324 · Mission to Margal · Hugh B. Cave · nv *
- 362 · Later · Michael Marshall Smith · ss *
- 369 · Marbh Bheo · Peter Tremayne · ss *
- 385 · The Blood Kiss · Dennis Etchison · nv The Blood Kiss, Scream/Press, 1988
- 404 · Night After Night of the Living Dead · Christopher Fowler · ss *
- 413 · The Dead Don’t Die! · Robert Bloch · na Fantastic Adventures Jul ’51
- 475 · Patricia’s Profession · Kim Newman · ss Interzone #14 ’85
- 481 · On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks · Joe R. Lansdale · na Book of the Dead, ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Bantam, 1989
Best New Horror 4 ed. Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell (Robinson 1-85487-182-X, Nov ’93, £6.99, 481pp, tp) Anthology of the 24 best horror stories of 1992. Simultaneous with the US (Carroll & Graf) edition.
The Giant Book of Best New Horror ed. Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell (Magpie 1-85487-193-5, 1993 [May ’93], £10.95, xv+619pp, tp) Horror anthology. A “distillation” of the best of the first three volumes of Best New Horror.
- v · Introduction · Stephen Jones & Ramsey Campbell · in
- 1 · Pin · Robert R. McCammon · ss Blue World and Other Stories, Grafton, 1989
- 7 · No Sharks in the Med · Brian Lumley · nv Weird Tales Win ’89/90
- 39 · ...To Feel Another’s Woe · Chet Williamson · ss Blood Is Not Enough, ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1989
- 53 · The Horn · Stephen Gallagher · nv Arrows of Eros, ed. Alex Stewart, NEL, 1989
- 73 · A Short Guide to the City · Peter Straub · ss Houses without Doors, Grafton, 1990
- 85 · The Last Day of Miss Dorinda Molyneaux [_Geoff Ashden_] · Robert Westall · nv Antique Dust, Viking UK, 1989
- 111 · The Eye of the Ayatollah · Ian Watson · ss Interzone #33 ’90
- 119 · Alive in Venice · Cherry Wilder · ss Dark Voices 2, ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, London: Pan, 1990
- 133 · Blanca · Thomas Tessier · nv Post Mortem: New Tales of Ghastly Horror, ed. Paul F. Olson & David B. Silva, St. Martin’s, 1989
- 153 · Carnal House · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Hot Blood, ed. Jeff Gelb & Lonn Friend, Pocket, 1989
- 163 · The Man Who Drew Cats · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Dark Voices 2, ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, London: Pan, 1990
- 179 · The Last Feast of Harlequin · Thomas Ligotti · nv F&SF Apr ’90
- 213 · Snow Cancellations · Donald R. Burleson · ss 2AM Fll ’89
- 225 · True Love · K. W. Jeter · ss A Whisper of Blood, ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1991
- 239 · Firebird · J. L. Comeau · nv The Women Who Walk Through Fire, ed. Susanna J. Sturgis, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA, 1990
- 263 · Cedar Lane · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Walls of Fear, ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, 1990
- 273 · Mort au Monde · D. F. Lewis · vi Dagon #26 ’89
- 277 · Negatives · Nicholas Royle · ss Interzone #35 ’90
- 289 · Bad News · Richard Laymon · ss Night Visions 7, ed. Stanley J. Wiater, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1989
- 301 · On the Town Route · Elizabeth Hand · nv Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 5, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse, 1989
- 321 · Ma Qui · Alan Brennert · ss F&SF Feb ’91
- 339 · Incident on a Rainy Night in Beverly Hills · David J. Schow · nv Seeing Red, Tor, 1990
- 359 · Impermanent Mercies · Kathe Koja · ss Dark Voices 3, ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, London: Pan, 1991
- 367 · 1/72nd Scale · Ian R. MacLeod · nv Weird Tales Fll ’90
- 393 · The Same in Any Language · Ramsey Campbell · ss Weird Tales Sum ’91
- 405 · His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood · Poppy Z. Brite · ss Borderlands, ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Avon, 1990
- 415 · One Life, in an Hourglass · Charles L. Grant · ss The Bradbury Chronicles, ed. William F. Nolan & Martin H. Greenberg, Roc, 1991
- 427 · The Braille Encyclopedia · Grant Morrison · ss Hotter Blood, ed. Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, Pocket, 1991
- 439 · Those of Rhenea · David A. Sutton · ss Skeleton Crew Nov ’90
- 453 · Power Cut · Joel Lane · ss Skeleton Crew Apr ’91
- 461 · Jane Doe #112 · Harlan Ellison · ss EQMM Dec ’90
- 471 · Pelts · F. Paul Wilson · ss Round Top, NY: Footsteps Press, 1990
- 491 · On the Wing · Jean-Daniel Brèque; trans. by Nicholas Royle · ss Fantasy Tales, #5, ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1990; “A La Voletta”, Breves #33/34
- 499 · Where Flies Are Born · Douglas Clegg · ss Tekeli-li! #2 ’91
- 509 · Inside the Walled City · Garry Kilworth · nv Walls of Fear, ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, 1990
- 527 · The Dead Love You · Jonathan Carroll · ss Omni Dec ’90
- 541 · Chui Chai · S. P. Somtow · ss The Ultimate Frankenstein, ed. Byron Preiss, David Kellor, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell, 1991
- 555 · When They Gave Us Memory · Dennis Etchison · ss Final Shadows, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991
- 571 · Lord of the Land · Gene Wolfe · nv Lovecraft’s Legacy, ed. Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor, 1990
- 587 · Mister Ice Cold · Gahan Wilson · ss Omni Apr ’90
- 593 · The Original Dr. Shade · Kim Newman · nv Interzone #36 ’90
The Fires of Heaven Robert Jordan (Orbit 1-85723-190-2, Nov ’93, £15.99, 786pp, hc, cover by Darrell Sweet) [Wheel of Time] Fantasy novel. Book five of “The Wheel of Time”. Simultaneous with the US (Tor) edition.
The Shadow Rising Robert Jordan (Orbit 1-85723-121-X, Nov ’93, £5.99, 1031pp, pb, cover by Darrell Sweet) [Wheel of Time] Reprint (Tor 1992) fantasy novel. Book four of “The Wheel of Time”.
Dark Sister Graham Joyce (Headline 0-7472-4029-9, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £4.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Richard Jones) Reprint (Headline 1992) horror novel.
House of Lost Dreams Graham Joyce (Headline 0-7472-0691-0, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], £15.99, 310pp, hc, cover by Simon Dewey) Fantasy/horror novel about a haunted house on a small Greek island.
A Song for Arbonne Guy Gavriel Kay (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 Guy Gavriel Kay (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 Classic Collection of Haunting Ghost Stories ed. Marvin & 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. [First U.K. edition]
- x · Introduction · Marvin Kaye · in
- xiv · A Prologue of Last Words · Marvin Kaye · ms
- 1 · “Minuke” · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain, London: Collins, 1949
- 12 · Legal Rites [Pohl as James MacCreigh] · Isaac Asimov & Frederik Pohl · nv Weird Tales Sep ’50
- 39 · Smee [as by Ex-Private X] · A. M. Burrage · ss Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine Dec ’29
- 50 · The Ghost, the Gallant, the Gael and the Goblin · W. S. Gilbert · pm Fun
- 54 · The Corpse at the Inn [from Liao Chai] · Pu Sung Ling & Bernhardt J. Hurwood, adapt. · vi Monsters Galore, ed. Bernhardt J. Hurwood, Fawcett, 1965
- 57 · The Vampire of Croglin Grange · Bernhardt J. Hurwood, adapt. · vi Ghosts, Ghouls & Other Horrors, Scholastic, 1971
- 58 · The Old Man in Yellow · Bernhardt J. Hurwood, adapt. · vi Ghosts, Ghouls & Other Horrors, Scholastic, 1971
- 60 · The Glowing Maggot of Doom · Bernhardt J. Hurwood, adapt. · vi Ghosts, Ghouls & Other Horrors, Scholastic, 1971
- 62 · The Lady of Finnigan’s Hearth · Parke Godwin · nv Fantastic Sep ’77
- 93 · The Phantom Hag · Guy de Maupassant, ascribed to · ss
- 96 · The Ghost of the Capuchins · Eugène Montfort; trans. by Faith Lancereau & Marvin Kaye · ss *
- 104 · Who Rides with Santa Anna? · Edward D. Hoch · vi Real Western Stories Feb ’59
- 107 · Jane · Barbara Gallow · ss *
- 118 · The Tale of the German Student [“The Adventure of the German Student”] · Washington Irving · ss Tales of a Traveller, John Murray, 1824
- 123 · Doorslammer · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Magazine of Horror Nov ’63
- 128 · The Monk of Horror, or The Conclave of Corpses · Anon. · ss The Tales of the Crypt, London, 1796
- 132 · The Parlor-Car Ghost · Anon. · ss
- 136 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler Mar, 1896
- 145 · A Gathering of Ghosts [Ebenezum] · Craig Shaw Gardner · nv *
- 160 · The Woman’s Ghost Story · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Listener and Other Stories, London: Eveleigh Nash, 1907
- 168 · The Phantom Woman · Traditional · ss
- 174 · The Spectre Bride [“On the Northern Ice”; by Elia Wilkinson Peattie] · Anon. · ss The Shape of Fear and Other Ghostly Tales, Macmillan, 1898
- 177 · The Philosophy of Relative Existences · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Aug, 1892
- 183 · 21 Main Street No. · Z. Z. Jeromm · vi *
- 186 · Four Ghosts in Hamlet · Fritz Leiber · nv F&SF Jan ’65
- 217 · The Ghost of Sailboat Fred · Saralee Terry · pm *
- 219 · The Fisherman’s Story · Anatole Le Braz; trans. by Faith Lancereau · ss *
- 227 · The Old Mansion · A Sportsman · ss
- 231 · The Haunting of Y-12 · Al Sarrantonio · ss *
- 238 · Untitled Ghost Story [prologue to “Automata”] · E. T. A. Hoffmann · ss; in Zeitung für die elegante Welt, 1814.
- 246 · Staley Fleming’s Hallucination · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Mar ’06
- 249 · The Dead Woman’s Photograph [“Story of an Obstinate Corpse”] · Traditional · ss The Shape of Fear and Other Ghostly Tales, Macmillan, 1898
- 253 · The Castle of the King · Bram Stoker · ss The Warder, 1876; chapter 7 of Under the Sunset, Sampson Low, 1882.
- 267 · Blind Man’s Buff · H. R. Wakefield · ss Old Man’s Beard, Bles, 1929
- 271 · Father Stein’s Tale · Robert Hugh Benson · ss A Mirror of Shalott, London: Pitman, 1907
- 276 · Money Talks · Dick Baldwin · ss *
- 281 · The Ghost of the Count · A Spinster · ss
- 288 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Pall Mall Christmas Extra, 1884
- 305 · “The Penhale Broadcast” · Jack Snow · ss Dark Music and Other Spectral Tales, Herald, 1947
- 314 · The Phantom Regiment · James Grant · nv, 1847
- 341 · The Tale of the Bagman’s Uncle · Charles Dickens · ss The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club Sep, 1837
- 357 · The North Mail [“The Phantom Coach”] · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1864
- 369 · How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery · E. F. Benson · ss The Windsor Magazine Dec ’11
A Different Kingdom Paul Kearney (Gollancz 0-575-05589-8, Jul ’93, £8.99, 310pp, tp, cover by Paul Wright) Fantasy novel set in, and “beyond,” Northern Ireland. A hardcover edition (-05505-7, £15.99) is also available.
The Way to Babylon Paul Kearney (Gollancz 0-575-05569-3, Jul ’93, £4.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Paul Damon) Reprint (Gollancz 1992) fantasy novel.
Equinox Mel Keegan (Gay Men’s Press 0-85449-200-3, May ’93, £6.95, 320pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Hoare) [_Death’s Head_] Sf novel. Sequel to Death’s Head.