The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998 (original) (raw)
Contents Lists
The War of the Worlds H. G. Wells (Everyman’s Library 0-460-87303-2, Oct ’93 [Dec ’93], £4.99, 188pp, tp, cover by Percy Wyndham Lewis) Reprint (Heinemann 1898) classic sf novel, with an introduction by Arthur C. Clarke.
Aftershocks: A Novel Jess Wells (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4383-5, Sep ’93 [Oct ’93], £6.99, 227pp, tp, cover by Claudia Schmid) Reprint (Third Side Press 1992) near-future novel set after the San Francisco earthquake. [First U.K. edition]
Fearful Lovers Robert Westall (Pan 0-330-32925-1, Aug ’93, £3.50, 152pp, pb, cover by Barry Jones) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1992 as The Fearful Lovers) collection of five original young-adult fantasy/horror stories.
The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral Robert Westall (Puffin 0-14-034843-3, May ’93, £3.99, 156pp, pb, cover by Bob Harvey) Reprint (Viking UK 1991) original young-adult ghost collection.
The Wheatstone Pond Robert Westall (Viking UK 0-670-84898-0, Mar ’93, £8.99, 183pp, hc, cover by Bob Harvey) Young-adult horror novel.
Doctor Who: The Scripts: Power of the Daleks David Whitaker (Titan 1-85286-327-7, Apr ’93, £4.99, 191pp, tp) [Doctor Who] Script from a classic episode of Doctor Who, edited by John McElroy and with a background article by Stephen James Walker.
A Dangerous Energy John Whitbourn (Gollancz 0-575-05576-6, Aug ’93, £4.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Chris Brown) [_Dangerous Energy_] Reprint (Gollancz 1992) fantasy novel set in an alternate England where magic works and is regulated by the Church.
Popes and Phantoms John Whitbourn (Gollancz 0-575-05653-3, Aug ’93, £15.99, 287pp, hc, cover by Ashley Pearce) Episodic fantasy novel set in an alternate Renaissance Italy, peopled by animated corpses and time-travelling Illuminati. Two of the episodes previously appeared as a booklet, Popes & Phantoms (The Haunted Library 1992).
The Dragonbone Chair Tad Williams (Legend 0-09-936691-6, Nov ’93, £15.99, 654pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Memory, Sorrow & Thorn] Reprint (DAW 1988) epic fantasy novel. Book one of “Memory, Sorrow and Thorn”.
Stone of Farewell Tad Williams (Legend 0-09-936701-7, Nov ’93, £15.99, 589pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Memory, Sorrow & Thorn] Reprint (DAW 1990) epic fantasy novel. Book two of “Memory, Sorrow and Thorn”.
To Green Angel Tower Tad Williams (Legend 0-09-926221-5, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £16.99, 1083pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Memory, Sorrow & Thorn] Reprint (DAW 1993) epic fantasy novel. Book 3 of “Memory, Sorrow and Thorn”. [First U.K. edition]
Aristoi Walter Jon Williams (Grafton 0-586-21388-0, May ’93, £4.99, 448pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Tor 1992) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
The Firstworld Chronicles 2: The Legend of Shadd’s Torment Philip G. Williamson (Grafton 0-586-20906-9, Mar ’93, £5.99, 496pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [_Firstworld Chronicles_] Fantasy novel.
The Firstworld Chronicles 3: From Enchantery Philip G. Williamson (HarperCollins UK 0-586-20907-7, Sep ’93, £4.99, 353pp, pb) [_Firstworld Chronicles_] Fantasy novel.
Moonblood Philip G. Williamson (Legend 0-09-926071-9, May ’93 [Apr ’93], £8.99, 288pp, tp, cover by Dennis Barker) [_Firstworld Chronicles_] Fantasy novel. In “The Firstworld Chronicles” series.
Doomsday Book Connie Willis (NEL 0-450-57987-5, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], £5.99, 650pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) sf novel about a history student who travels back in time to 14th-century Oxford.
Spider World: The Magician Colin Wilson (Grafton 0-586-20557-8, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], £4.99, 395pp, pb, cover by Chris Foss) [_Spider World_] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) sf novel. Volume three in the series.
Nightworld F. Paul Wilson (NEL 0-450-58175-6, Jun ’93 [May ’93], £4.99, 440pp, pb) [_Adversary_] Reprint (NEL 1992) horror novel. Volume six in the “Nightworld” cycle.
Sister Night F. Paul Wilson (NEL 0-450-57618-3, Mar ’93, £15.99, 314pp, hc) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1991 as Sibs) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
The Harvest Robert Charles Wilson (NEL 0-450-58694-4, Oct ’93, £4.99, 489pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) sf novel about the small group of humans who refuse the offer of eternal life from visiting aliens. Recommended (PSP). [First U.K. edition]
The Women’s Press Book of New Myth and Magic ed. Helen Windrath (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4347-9, Nov ’93, £6.99, 261pp, tp, cover by Phyllis Mahon) Original literary fantasy anthology.
- 1 · Words of Power · Jane Yolen · ss Visions, Delacorte, 1987
- 19 · Conditions of Employment · Margaret Elphinstone · nv An Apple from a Tree, The Women’s Press, 1991
- 47 · Mother Was an Alien [from **Daughters of a Coral Dawn**; Daughters] · Katherine V. Forrest · ex Dreams and Swords, Naiad, 1987
- 54 · Playing with Fire · Ellen Kushner · nv *
- 81 · A Mystery Story in Two Parts · Jennifer McLean · ss Spiral 7
- 86 · She Reflects Upon Her Lives · Fiona Cooper · ss *
- 91 · Floating [from One Dark Body] · Charlotte Watson Sherman · ss Killing Color, Oregon: Calyx Books, 1992
- 111 · Bats · Leigh Kennedy · ss *
- 118 · Plane Story · Elyse Guttenberg · nv *
- 141 · A Hot Time · Paula Gunn Allen · ss Grandmothers of the Light, Beacon Press, 1991
- 146 · Ash, Wood, Fire · Patricia A. McKillip · ss *
- 155 · The Mermaid’s Legs [from Under the Silk Cotton Tree] · Jean Buffong · ex The London: Women’s Press, 1992
- 178 · Evolution Annie · Rosaleen Love · ss Heroines, ed. Dale Spencer, Penguin, 1991
- 198 · One Dark and Starry Night · Sara Maitland · ss The Man Who Loved Presents: Seasonal Stories, ed. Alison Campbell, Caroline Hallett, Jenny Palmer & Marijke Woolsey, The Women’s Press, 1992
- 203 · Murder in San Miguel · Mary Wings · na *
- 257 · Contributors’ Notes · Misc. · bg
Chung Kuo: Book Four: The Stone Within David Wingrove (NEL 0-450-57963-8, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], £5.99, 627pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [_Chung Kuo_] Reprint (NEL 1992) sf novel.
Chung Kuo: Book One: The Middle Kingdom David Wingrove (NEL 0-450-51610-5, Sep ’93, £5.99, 726pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [_Chung Kuo_] Reissue (NEL 1989) sf novel.
Chung Kuo: Book Three: The White Mountain David Wingrove (NEL 0-450-56847-4, Sep ’93, £5.99, 676pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [_Chung Kuo_] Reissue (NEL 1991) sf novel.
Chung Kuo: Book Two: The Broken Wheel David Wingrove (NEL 0-450-55139-3, Sep ’93, £5.99, 620pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [_Chung Kuo_] Reissue (NEL 1990) sf novel.
Seminar in Evil Daoma Winston (Severn House 0-7278-4542-X, Oct ’93, £13.99, 205pp, hc) Reprint (Lancer 1972) horror novel. This is the first World hardcover edition. [First U.K. edition]
The Vampire Curse Daoma Winston (Severn House 0-7278-4449-0, Apr ’93, £13.99, 185pp, hc) Reprint (Ballantine 1971) gothic horror novel.
Nightside the Long Sun Gene Wolfe (NEL 0-450-59405-X, Jul ’93, £15.99, 333pp, hc, cover by Richard Bober) [_Book of the Long Sun_] Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel, set inside a giant spaceship. The first volume of “The Book of the Long Sun”. [First U.K. edition]
Elvissey Jack Womack (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13839-4, Feb ’93, £15.99, 319pp, hc, cover by David Scutt) Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel about the Church of Elvis in New York in 2033. [First U.K. edition]
Elvissey Jack Womack (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21301-5, Oct ’93, £4.99, 319pp, pb, cover by George Snow) Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel about the Church of Elvis in New York in 2033.
Random Acts of Senseless Violence Jack Womack (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13850-5, Oct ’93, £14.99, 256pp, hc, cover by George Snow) Sf novel about a near-future New York during the collapse of civilization.
Rebel Angel Bridget Wood (Headline 0-7472-7909-8, Mar ’93, £8.99, 441pp, tp, cover by Ian Miller) [_Wolfking_] Fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-0695-3, £16.99) is also available. Volume three in the “Wolfking” series.
Rebel Angel Bridget Wood (Headline 0-7472-4122-8, Sep ’93, £5.99, 662pp, pb, cover by Ian Miller) [_Wolfking_] Reprint (Headline 1993) fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Wolfking” series.
Dragonsbane Patricia C. Wrede (Scholastic UK 0-590-55292-9, Oct ’93, £3.50, 250pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1990) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
Goodlow’s Ghosts T. M. Wright (Gollancz 0-575-05511-1, May ’93, £14.99, 215pp, hc, cover by David Farren) [_Goodlow’s Ghosts_] Supernatural detective novel about a psychic investigator who is hired to investigate the murder of private eye Sam Goodlow.
Little Boy Lost T. M. Wright (Gollancz 0-575-05026-8, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £3.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Reprint (Tor 1992) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
Sleepeasy T. M. Wright (Gollancz 0-575-05506-5, Oct ’93, £15.99, 251pp, hc, cover by Steve Read) [_Goodlow’s Ghosts_] Fantasy/horror thriller about a dead detective in the supernatural limbo town of Silver Lake.
Strange Seed T. M. Wright (Gollancz 0-575-05507-3, May ’93, £4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) [_Strange Seed_] Reprint (Everest House 1978) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
The Curse of the Mistwraith Janny Wurts (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224071-8, May ’93, £8.99, 560pp, tp, cover by Janny Wurts) [_Wars of Light and Shadow_] Fantasy novel about a pair of warring half-brothers. A hardcover edition (-224070-X, £14.99) is also available. Volume one in the “Wars of Light and Shadows” series.
Island and Empire: Book One: Dark Fire Jonathan Wylie (Corgi 0-552-13978-5, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £3.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [_Island and Empire_] Fantasy novel.
Dark Future: Comeback Tour (The Sky Belongs to the Stars) Jack Yeovil (Boxtree 1-85283-565-6, Oct ’93, £3.99, 236pp, pb, cover by Gary Walton) [Dark Future: Demon Download] Reprint (GW Books 1991) sf novelization. This edition adds a new note by the author. Book Three in the “Demon Download” cycle.
Dark Future: Demon Download Jack Yeovil (Boxtree 1-85283-555-9, Oct ’93, £3.99, 241pp, pb, cover by John Blanche) [Dark Future: Demon Download] Reprint (GW Books 1990) sf novelization. Book One in the “Demon Download” cycle.
Dark Future: Krokodil Tears Jack Yeovil (Boxtree 1-85283-560-5, Oct ’93, £3.99, 259pp, pb, cover by John Blanche) [Dark Future: Demon Download] Reprint (GW Books 1991) sf novelization. Book Two in the “Demon Download” cycle.
Warhammer: Drachenfels Jack Yeovil (Boxtree 1-85283-845-0, Feb ’93, £3.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Dave Gallagher) [Warhammer; Genevieve Dieudonne] Reprint (GW Books 1989) fantasy novelization.
Warhammer: Genevieve Undead Jack Yeovil (Boxtree 1-85283-819-1, Jul ’93, £3.99, 257pp, pb) [Warhammer; Genevieve Dieudonne] Fantasy novelization. Sequel to Drachenfels. Volume one in a new trilogy.
Star Wars: The Last Command Timothy Zahn (Bantam UK 0-593-02518-0, Jun ’93, £9.99, 407pp, hc, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) sf novelization. Volume three in the series. [First U.K. edition]
Star Wars: Volume 2: Dark Force Rising Timothy Zahn (Bantam UK, Mar ’93, £3.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) sf novelization.
Prince of Chaos Roger Zelazny (Orbit 1-85723-128-7, Jun ’93, £4.99, 241pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Amber] Reprint (Morrow 1991) fantasy novel. Volume 10 in the “Amber” series. [First U.K. edition]
The Broken God David Zindell (HarperCollins UK 0-00-255246-9, Sep ’93, £9.99, 607pp, tp, cover by Mike Van Houten) [_Requiem for Homo Sapiens_] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) sf novel. Book One of “A Requiem for Homo Sapiens”.
Staves Poul Anderson (Jwindz Publishing, Oct ’93 [Jan ’99], no price, 80pp, tp, cover by H. E. Fassl) Collection of SF & fantasy poetry. Limited to approximately 500 copies, of which 100 are casebound.
- 3 · Ballade of an Artificial Satellite · Poul Anderson · pm F&SF Oct ’58
- 5 · Cradle Song · Poul Anderson · pm Space Folk, Baen, 1989
- 6 · Christa McAuliffe · Poul Anderson · pm
- 7 · To Jack Williamson · Poul Anderson · pm
- 8 · Sestina of the Cat in the Doorway · Poul Anderson · pm Smorgasbord, 1959
- 10 · Upon the Occasion of Being Asked to Argue That Love and Marriage Are Incompatible · Poul Anderson · pm Ye Dragon Runners’ Chronicle #1 ’73
- 11 · Upon the Occasion of Being Asked at a Court of Love to Declare That About His Lady Which Pleases Him the Most · Poul Anderson · pm Second Aeon, 1972
- 12 · Midsummer Song [from The Avatar] · Poul Anderson · pm New York: Putnam, 1978
- 14 · Ochlán [from The Avatar] · Poul Anderson · pm New York: Putnam, 1978
- 15 · Outbound Song [from The Avatar] · Poul Anderson · pm New York: Putnam, 1978
- 17 · Of the Sea [from The Broken Sword] · Poul Anderson · pm Abelard Press, 1954
- 19 · Of the Woman [from The Broken Sword] · Poul Anderson · pm Abelard Press, 1954
- 21 · Jennifer’s Lament · Poul Anderson · pm
- 22 · Jennifer’s Song [from A Midsummer Tempest] · Poul Anderson · pm Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974; enlarged.
- 24 · There Will Be Other Times · Poul Anderson · pm Smorgasbord, 1959
- 25 · Route Song of the Winged Folk [from People of the Wind] · Poul Anderson · pm New York: Signet, 1973
- 27 · Eventide [from Harvest of Stars] · Poul Anderson · pm New York: Tor, 1993
- 28 · MacCannon [from Harvest of Stars] · Poul Anderson · pm New York: Tor, 1993
- 30 · Honesty [from Rogue Sword] · Poul Anderson · pm New York: Avon, 1960
- 31 · Autumn [from The Boat of a Million Years] · Poul Anderson · pm New York: Tor, 1989
- 32 · To a Tavern Wench [from Orion Shall Rise] · Poul Anderson · pm West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia, 1983
- 33 · Names [from Orion Shall Rise] · Poul Anderson · pm West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia, 1983
- 35 · Statecraft [from Orion Shall Rise] · Poul Anderson · pm West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia, 1983
- 37 · Prayer in War [from Orion Shall Rise] · Poul Anderson · pm West Bloomfield, MI: Phantasia, 1983
- 38 · Sea Burial [from The Merman’s Children] · Poul Anderson · pm New York: Putnam, 1979
- 39 · Route Song of the Greenland Whales [from The Merman’s Children] · Poul Anderson · pm New York: Putnam, 1979
- 41 · Veleda Speaks · Poul Anderson · pm
- 43 · Then Death Will Come · Poul Anderson · pm
- 44 · Ballade of Losers [from Loser’s Night] · Poul Anderson · pm Pulphouse: Eugene, OR, 1991
- 45 · Tanka [from The Boat of a Million Years] · Poul Anderson · pm New York: Tor, 1989
- 46 · Haiku · Poul Anderson · gp; “Stars Across Farness” [from The Boat of a Million Years], pm New York: Tor, 1989; “Cherry Blossoms White” [from Harvest of Stars], pm New York: Tor, 1993; “In Snowfall of Stars” [from Harvest of Stars], pm New York: Tor, 1993; “This High Summer’s Day” [from Harvest of Stars], pm New York: Tor, 1993; “While Shadows Lengthen” [from Harvest of Stars], pm New York: Tor, 1993
- 47 · Rondels · Poul Anderson · gp; “My lady comes to me like break of day”, pm; “’Tis honorable that an errant knight” [from Three Hearts and Three Lions], pm Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1961
- 48 · From the Bjarkamál [from Hrolf Kraki’s Saga] · Anon.; trans. by Poul Anderson · pm New York: Ballantine, 1973; translated from the Latin as paraphrased by Saxo Grammatica
- 51 · The Song of Grotti [from Hrolf Kraki’s Saga] · Anon.; trans. by Poul Anderson · pm New York: Ballantine, 1973; translated from the Old Norse.
- 54 · The Loss of a Son · Egil Skallagrimsson; trans. by Poul Anderson · pm Amra Apr ’70; translated from the Old Norse.
- 58 · The First Love · Olaf Haraldsson; trans. by Poul Anderson · pm Amra Sep ’60; translated from the Old Norse.
- 59 · The New Ship · Thjodholf Arnason; trans. by Poul Anderson · pm Amra Oct ’61; translated from the Old Norse.
- 61 · Four Poems · Sighvat Thordharson; trans. by Poul Anderson · pm; translated from the Old Norse.
- 63 · Songs of Gurre · J. P. Jacobsen; trans. by Poul Anderson · pm Amra Dec ’71; translated from the Danish.
The Road to the Stars ed. Anon. (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-61874-6, 1993, 85pp, tp, cover by Rudy Gutierrez) Textbook.
- 5 · The Million-Year Picnic · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Sum ’46
- 17 · Little Green Men · Barry B. Longyear · ss Spaceships & Spells, ed. Jane Yolen, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Harper & Row, 1987
- 23 · The Smallest Dragonboy [Pern] · Anne McCaffrey · ss Science Fiction Tales, ed. Roger Elwood, Rand, McNally, 1973
- 41 · User Friendly · T. Ernesto Bethancourt · ss Connections: Short Stories, ed. Ronald R. Gallo, Delacorte, 1989
- 56 · He—y, Come on Ou—t! · Shinichi Hoshi; trans. by Stanleigh Jones · ss The Spiteful Planet and Other Stories, Tokyo: The Japan Times, 1978
- 61 · The Wind from the Sun [“Sunjammer”] · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Boys’ Life Mar ’64
Good Bones Margaret Atwood (Virago 1-85381-615-9, 1993, £4.99, 153pp, tp) Reprint (Coach House 1992, Bloomsbury 1992, Virago 1993). [Not seen]
- 9 · Bad News · vi
- 11 · The Little Red Hen Tells All · vi
- 15 · Gertrude Talks Back · vi
- 19 · There Was Once · ss
- 25 · Unpopular Gals · ss
- 31 · Let Us Now Praise Stupid Women · ss
- 39 · The Female Body · ss
- 47 · In Love with Raymond Chandler · vi *
- 49 · Stump Hunting · vi
- 53 · Making a Man · ss
- 59 · Epaulettes · ss
- 65 · Cold-Blooded · ss
- 71 · Men at Sea · vi
- 75 · Alien Territory · ss
- 89 · Adventure Story · ss
- 93 · Hardball · ss
- 97 · My Life as a Bat · ss
- 105 · Theology · ss Harper’s Sep ’88
- 109 · An Angel · vi
- 113 · Poppies: Three Variations · ss Saturday Night Nov ’92
- 121 · Homelanding · ss Elle, 1989
- 129 · Third Handed · vi
- 133 · Death Scenes · vi
- 135 · Four Small Paragraphs · ss
- 141 · We Want It All · vi
- 145 · Dance of the Lepers · vi
- 149 · Good Bones · ss
Just Fantastic! ed. James Barry, Sharon Siamon & Glen Huser (Nelson, Canada 0-17-603946-5, 1993, 144pp, pb, cover by Jan Machalek) Textbook.
- · AMAZING CHARACTERS
- 9 · I Am a Dreamer · Emma Culpeper · pm
- 11 · Hail and Farewell · Ray Bradbury · ss Today Mar 29 ’53
- 23 · Great Fantastics · Sharon Siamon & Laura Edlund · bg
- 31 · The Tricky Leprechaun · Stephanie Krykowski, retold by · vi
- 33 · The Talking Cat · Natalie Savage Carlson · ss The Talking Cat and Other Stories of French Canada, New York: Harper & Row, 1942
- 44 · Imaginary Princess · Jodi Nelson · pm
- · IMAGINARY CREATURES
- 45 · Best Friend · Lillian Morrison · pm
- 46 · Unicorn · Peter Dickinson · ss Merlin Dreams, Delacorte/Gollancz, 1988
- 54 · The Wendigo · Ogden Nash · pm, 1936
- 56 · The Dragon · Claude Jasmin · ss
- 73 · Lake Monsters: Ogopogo · Betty Sanders Garner · ar
- 82 · And Even Now · Dorothy Livesay · pm
- 83 · Jabberwocky [from Through the Looking-Glass] · Lewis Carroll · pm London: Macmillan, 1871
- 85 · The Last Unicorns · Edward D. Hoch · vi Science Fiction Stories Feb ’59
- · WONDROUS PLACES
- 89 · The Conch Shell · Edward · pm
- 90 · The Seventh Mandarin · Jane Yolen · ss, 1970
- 98 · Rain · Elsie · pm
- 99 · The Song of Silver · Victoria Yong-Hing · pm
- 100 · The Bridge on the River Clarinette · Pierre Gamarra · ss
- · FANTASTIC HAPPENINGS
- 105 · Flight of the Roller-Coaster · Raymond Souster · pm
- 107 · The Pattern of Magic · Jennifer Taylor · ss
- 117 · Street Cleaning · Al Pittman · pm
- 118 · The World Where Wishes Worked · Stephen Goldin · vi Protostars, ed. David Gerrold & Stephen Goldin, Ballantine, 1971
- 123 · Black Dog · Joan Phipson · ss The Methuen Book of Sinister Stories, ed. Jean Russell, London: Methuen, 1982