The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998 (original) (raw)
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The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted Harry Harrison (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27307-8, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $4.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [_Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz_] Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1987) humorous sf novel in the “Stainless Steel Rat” series; third printing.
A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born Harry Harrison (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27942-4, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $4.99, 219pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [_Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz_] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1985) humorous sf novel, a prequel to the “Stainless Steel Rat” series; tenth printing.
The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues Harry Harrison (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09612-5, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $19.95, 229pp, hc, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [_Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz_] Humorous sf novel in the “Stainless Steel Rat” series. First American edition (Bantam UK 1994).
The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues Harry Harrison (SFBC 03328, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $8.98, 229pp, hc, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [_Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz_] Reprint (Bantam Spectra/Bantam UK 1994) humorous SF novel in the “Stainless Steel Rat” series. Similar to the 1994 Bantam Spectra edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You! Harry Harrison (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27611-5, Apr ’94, $4.99, 155pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [_Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz_] Reissue (SFBC 1979) humorous sf novel in the “Stainless Steel Rat” series; 12th printing.
Stainless Steel Visions Harry Harrison (Tor 0-812-53529-4, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $4.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) Reprint (Legend 1993) collection of 13 stories, one original, with an introduction by the author and illustrations by Bryn Barnard. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
To the Stars Harry Harrison (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26453-2, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $5.99, 472pp, pb, cover by Frank Morris) [_To the Stars_] Reprint (SFBC 1981) sf omnibus of Homeworld (Panther 1980), Wheelworld (Bantam 1981), and Starworld (Bantam 1981).
Brother Wind Sue Harrison (Morrow 0-688-12888-2, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $22.00, 494pp, hc, cover by Russell Ritell) [_Mother Earth, Father Sky_] Associational novel, third book of a quasi-fantasy series set in prehistoric Alaska.
Christmas Magic ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor 0-812-53447-6, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $5.99, 434pp, pb, cover by Nick Jainschigg) Anthology of 28 fantasy stories, including 10 original, about Christmas.
- 1 · Scramblepipe Tries to Understand · Anon. · ss
- 6 · Nackles [as by Curt Clark] · Donald E. Westlake · ss F&SF Jan ’64
- 14 · Another Dime, Another Place · A. J. Austin · nv Newer York, ed. Lawrence Watt-Evans, Roc, 1991
- 36 · Bedlam Inn · Madeleine Robins · ss *
- 53 · The Last Castle of Christmas · Alexander Jablokov · na Asimov’s Dec ’93
- 100 · An Old-Fashioned Bird Christmas · Margaret St. Clair · nv Galaxy Dec ’61
- 122 · The Wild Wood · Mildred Clingerman · ss F&SF Jan ’57
- 131 · Santa Rides a Saucer · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Two Dozen Dragon Eggs, Powell, 1969
- 137 · Grandfather Christmas · Robert Frazier & James Patrick Kelly · ss Asimov’s Dec ’94
- 156 · The Outpost Undiscovered By Tourists · Harlan Ellison · ss F&SF Jan ’82
- 161 · Diesel Dream · Alan Dean Foster · ss Solved, ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf, 1991
- 170 · Santa Clause · Robert F. Young · ss F&SF Jan ’59
- 181 · Grandma Babka’s Christmas Ginger · Ken Wisman · ss Midnight Zoo v1 #6 ’91
- 191 · Death in the Christmas Hour · James Powell · ss EQMM Jan ’83
- 207 · The Boxing Day Spectre · Kit Reed · ss, 1993
- 218 · The Toy Mill [_Toy Mill_] · David Nickle & Karl Schroeder · nv Tesseracts 4, ed. Lorna Toolis & Michael Skeet, Victoria: Beach Holme Books, 1992
- 241 · The Hundred-Year Christmas · David Morrell · nv, 1983
- 262 · Santa’s Tenth Reindeer · Gordon Van Gelder · ss 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories, ed. Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr & Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday, 1984
- 267 · Tick · M. J. Engh · nv *
- 307 · Merry Gravmas · James P. Hogan · vi Minds, Machines & Evolution, Bantam Spectra, 1988
- 311 · The Nutcracker Coup · Janet Kagan · nv Asimov’s Dec ’92
- 351 · Training Talk No. 12 · David R. Bunch · ss F&SF Jan ’72
- 356 · The Last Belsnickel · Chet Williamson · ss *
- 363 · A Child’s Christmas in Florida · William Browning Spencer · ss The Return of Count Electric & Other Stories, Sag Harbor, NY: The Permanent Press, 1993
- 370 · LaZelle Family Christmas [_LaZelle_] · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss Tomorrow Dec ’93
- 388 · Ixchel’s Tears · José R. Nieto · ss *
- 406 · A Midnight Clear · Wil McCarthy & Gregory R. Hyde · ss *
- 416 · Household Words, or, The Powers-That-Be · Howard Waldrop · ss Amazing Win ’94
Foundations of Fear: Visions of Fear ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor 0-812-55001-3, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $5.99, 433pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) Reprint (Tor 1992) survey anthology of 11 horror stories with a critical introduction and story notes. This was originally part three of the massive Foundations of Fear anthology, with a new introduction by the editor, plus the original introduction to the complete volume.
- 1 · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in
- 22 · Introduction to Visions of Fear · David G. Hartwell · in
- 23 · In the Hills, the Cities · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood v1, Sphere, 1984
- 61 · Faith of Our Fathers · Philip K. Dick · nv Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967
- 101 · The Bell in the Fog · Gertrude Atherton · nv The Smart Set Aug ’03
- 129 · The Sandman · E. T. A. Hoffmann · nv; in Nachtstücke vol. 1, 1816.
- 173 · Bloodchild · Octavia E. Butler · nv IASFM Jun ’84
- 198 · Duel · Richard Matheson · nv Playboy Apr ’71
- 228 · Longtooth · Edgar Pangborn · nv F&SF Jan ’70
- 271 · Luella Miller · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine Dec ’02
- 288 · The Entrance · Gerald Durrell · nv The Picnic and Such Like Pandemonium, Collins, 1979
- 349 · The Lurking Duck · Scott Baker · nv Omni Dec ’83
- 410 · Notes on the Writing of Horror: A Story · Thomas Ligotti · ss Dark Horizons #28 ’85
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder ed. David G. Hartwell (St. Martin’s 0-312-11024-3, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $25.95, 656pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (SFBC 1989) anthology of 39 fantasy stories with an introduction by the editor.
Shadows of Fear: Foundations of Fear Volume I ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor 0-812-51896-9, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.99, 468pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) Reprint (Tor 1992) survey anthology of nine horror stories with a critical introduction and story notes, this was originally the first part of the massive Foundations of Fear anthology, with a new introduction by the editor plus the original introduction to the complete volume.
- 1 · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in
- 24 · Introduction to Shadows of Fear · David G. Hartwell · in
- 25 · Don’t Look Now · Daphne du Maurier · na, 1966
- 85 · They · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Unknown Apr ’41
- 106 · At the Mountains of Madness · H. P. Lovecraft · n. Astounding Feb ’36 (+2)
- 242 · The Little Room · Madeline Yale Wynne · ss Harper’s Monthly Aug, 1895
- 258 · The Shadowy Street · Jean Ray · nv Ghouls in My Grave, Berkley, 1965
- 299 · Passengers · Robert Silverberg · ss Orbit 4, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1968
- 316 · The Moonstone Mass · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss Harper’s Monthly Oct, 1868
- 335 · Blue Rose [_Blue Rose_] · Peter Straub · na Underwood-Miller; Columbia, PA, 1985
- 402 · The Great God Pan · Arthur Machen · na The Great God Pan, London: John Lane, 1894; a portion appeared earlier in The Whirlwind, Dec 13, 1890.
Worlds of Fear: Foundations of Fear Volume II ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor 0-812-55002-1, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $4.99, 464pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) Reprint (Tor 1992) survey anthology of 10 horror stories with a critical introduction and story notes, this was originally the second part of the massive Foundations of Fear anthology, with a new introduction by the editor plus the original introduction to the complete volume.
- 1 · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in
- 23 · Introduction to Worlds of Fear · David G. Hartwell · in
- 24 · Sandkings · George R. R. Martin · nv Omni Aug ’79
- 76 · Aura [1962] · Carlos Fuentes; trans. by Lysander Kemp · nv, 1965
- 115 · Barbara of the House of Grebe · Thomas Hardy · nv The Graphic Dec, 1890
- 154 · Torturing Mr. Amberwell · Thomas M. Disch · nv Cheap Street; New Castle, VA, 1985
- 196 · The Prayer [“The Story of a Ghost”] · Violet Hunt · nv Chapman’s Magazine of Fiction Dec, 1895
- 229 · Who Goes There? [as by Don A. Stuart] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · na Astounding Aug ’38
- 301 · ...And My Fear Is Great · Theodore Sturgeon · na Beyond Fantasy Fiction Jul ’53
- 376 · When Darkness Loves Us · Elizabeth Engstrom · nv When Darkness Loves Us, 1985
- 437 · We Purchased People · Frederik Pohl · ss Final Stage, ed. Edward L. Ferman & Barry N. Malzberg, Charterhouse, 1974
- 456 · The Striding Place · Gertrude Atherton · ss The Speaker, 1896
The Ascent of Wonder ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (Tor 0-312-85062-X, Jun ’94, $35.00, 990pp, hc) Anthology of 67 SF stories, subtitled “The Evolution of Hard SF”, with introductions by each of the editors plus Gregory Benford.
- 15 · Real Science, Imaginary Worlds · Gregory Benford · in
- 24 · On Science and Science Fiction · Kathryn Cramer · in
- 30 · Hard Science Fiction · David G. Hartwell · in
- 43 · Nine Lives [revised from Playboy Nov ’69] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv World’s Best Science Fiction: 1970, ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Terry Carr, DAW, 1970
- 61 · Light of Other Days [_Slow Glass_] · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Aug ’66
- 68 · Rappaccini’s Daughter · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review Dec, 1844
- 86 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction Nov ’55
- 91 · Proof · Hal Clement · ss Astounding Jun ’42
- 103 · It’s Great to Be Back · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jul 26 ’47
- 116 · Procreation · Gene Wolfe · gp The Omni Book of Science Fiction #4, ed. Ellen Datlow, Zebra, 1985; Creation, ss Omni Nov ’83; Re-Creation, ss; The Sister’s Account, ss
- 122 · Mimsy Were the Borogoves [as by Lewis Padgett] · Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore · nv Astounding Feb ’43
- 144 · Davy Jones’ Ambassador · Raymond Z. Gallun · nv Astounding Dec ’35
- 166 · The Life and Times of Multivac · Isaac Asimov · ss The New York Times Jan ’75
- 174 · The Singing Diamond · Robert L. Forward · ss Omni Feb ’79
- 180 · Down & Out on Ellfive Prime · Dean Ing · nv Omni Mar ’79
- 196 · Send Me a Kiss By Wire · Hilbert Schenck · ss F&SF Apr ’85
- 208 · The Xi Effect · Philip Latham · ss Astounding Jan ’50
- 222 · A Descent into the Maelström · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May, 1841
- 233 · Exposures · Gregory Benford · ss IASFM Jul 6 ’81
- 243 · The Planners · Kate Wilhelm · ss Orbit 3, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1968
- 254 · Beep · James Blish · nv Galaxy Feb ’54
- 278 · Drode’s Equations · Richard Grant · nv New Dimensions 12, ed. Marta Randall & Robert Silverberg, Pocket, 1981
- 288 · The Weather Man · Theodore L. Thomas · na Analog Jun ’62
- 313 · Transit of Earth · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy Jan ’71
- 323 · Prima Belladonna [_Vermillion Sands_] · J. G. Ballard · ss Science-Fantasy #20 ’56
- 333 · To Bring in the Steel · Donald M. Kingsbury · nv Analog Jul ’78
- 360 · Gomez · C. M. Kornbluth · nv The Explorers, Ballantine, 1954
- 377 · Waterclap · Isaac Asimov · nv If Apr ’70
- 398 · Weyr Search [Pern] · Anne McCaffrey · na Analog Oct ’67
- 434 · Message Found in a Copy of “Flatland” · Rudy Rucker · ss The 57th Franz Kafka, Ace, 1983
- 442 · The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Aug ’54
- 459 · The Land Ironclads · H. G. Wells · nv The Strand Dec ’03
- 474 · The Hole Man · Larry Niven · ss Analog Jan ’74
- 484 · Atomic Power [as by Don A. Stuart] · John W. Campbell · ss Astounding Dec ’34
- 494 · Stop Evolution in Its Tracks · John T. Sladek · ss Interzone #26 ’88
- 499 · The Hungry Guinea Pig · Miles J. Breuer, M.D. · ss Amazing Jan ’30
- 514 · The Very Slow Time Machine · Ian Watson · nv Anticipations, ed. Christopher Priest, Scribner’s, 1978
- 528 · The Beautiful and the Sublime · Bruce Sterling · nv IASFM Jun ’86
- 547 · The Author of the Acacia Seeds · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fellowship of the Stars, ed. Terry Carr, Simon & Schuster, 1974
- 553 · Heat of Fusion · John M. Ford · ss IASFM Sep ’84
- 564 · Dolphin’s Way · Gordon R. Dickson · ss Analog Jun ’64
- 576 · All the Hues of Hell · Gene Wolfe · ss Universe, ed. Byron Preiss, Bantam Spectra, 1987
- 585 · Occam’s Scalpel · Theodore Sturgeon · nv If Aug ’71
- 600 · giANTS · Edward Bryant · ss Analog Aug ’79
- 612 · Time Fuze · Randall Garrett · ss If Mar ’54
- 616 · Desertion [_City (Websters)_] · Clifford D. Simak · ss Astounding Nov ’44
- 627 · Kyrie · Poul Anderson · ss The Farthest Reaches, ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1968
- 635 · The Person from Porlock · Raymond F. Jones · nv Astounding Aug ’47
- 651 · Day Million · Frederik Pohl · ss Rogue Feb/Mar ’66
- 656 · The Cage of Sand · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Jun ’62
- 672 · The Psychologist Who Wouldn’t Do Awful Things to Rats · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv New Dimensions 6, ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1976
- 689 · In the Year 2889 · Jules Verne · ss The Forum Feb, 1889
- 700 · Surface Tension [_Lavon_] · James Blish · nv Galaxy Aug ’52
- 724 · No, No, Not Rogov! · Cordwainer Smith · ss If Feb ’59
- 737 · In a Petri Dish Upstairs · George Turner · nv Rooms of Paradise, ed. Lee Harding, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia: Quartet Books, 1978
- 758 · With the Night Mail · Rudyard Kipling · nv McClure’s Nov ’05
- 788 · The Longest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told [“A Recursion in Metastories”] · Arthur C. Clarke · vi Galaxy Oct ’66
- 790 · The Pi Man · Alfred Bester · ss Star Light, Star Bright, Berkley/Putnam, 1976; revised from F&SF Oct ’59.
- 803 · Relativistic Effects · Gregory Benford · nv Perpetual Light, ed. Alan Ryan, Warner Books, 1982
- 818 · Making Light · James P. Hogan · ss Stellar #7, ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1981
- 826 · The Last Question · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Nov ’56
- 835 · The Indefatigable Frog · Philip K. Dick · ss Fantastic Story Magazine Jul ’53
- 843 · Chromatic Aberration · John M. Ford · nv *
- 864 · The Snowball Effect · Katherine MacLean · ss Galaxy Sep ’52
- 873 · The Morphology of the Kirkham Wreck · Hilbert Schenck · nv F&SF Sep ’78
- 892 · Tangents · Greg Bear · ss Omni Jan ’86
- 904 · Johnny Mnemonic [_Molly Millions_] · William Gibson · ss Omni May ’81
- 917 · What Continues, What Fails... · David Brin · nv Interzone Dec ’91
- 937 · Mammy Morgan Played the Organ; Her Daddy Beat the Drum · Michael F. Flynn · na Analog Nov ’90
- 967 · Bookworm, Run! · Vernor Vinge · nv Analog Mar ’66
- 989 · Appendix · Kathryn Cramer · ms
The Ascent of Wonder ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (SFBC #05435, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $17.98, 990pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1994) anthology of 67 SF stories, subtitled “The Evolution of Hard SF”, with introductions by each of the editors plus Gregory Benford. Similar to the Tor edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
Northern Stars ed. David G. Hartwell & Glenn Grant (Tor 0-312-85747-0, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $21.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Anthology of 28 SF stories by Canadian writers, two apparently original, plus an essay on Canadian SF by Candas Jane Dorsey and an appendix listing Canadian SF awards nominees and winners.
- 11 · Introducton · Glenn Grant · in
- 15 · Afterword: We Have Met the Alien (And It Is Us) · Judith Merril · aw
- 24 · A Niche · Peter Watts · nv Tesseracts 3, ed. Candas Jane Dorsey & Gerry Truscott, Victoria: Press Porcepic, 1990
- 50 · Mother Lode · Phyllis Gotlieb · nv F&SF Nov ’73
- 68 · Home by the Sea · Elisabeth Vonarburg; trans. by Jane Brierley · ss Tesseracts, ed. Judith Merril, Victoria: Press Porcepic, 1985; “La maison au bord de la mer”, Dix Nouvelles de science-fiction, ed. André Carpentier, Montréal, Québec: Les Quinze, 1985.
- 82 · Under Another Moon · Dave Duncan · nv Tesseracts 3, ed. Candas Jane Dorsey & Gerry Truscott, Victoria: Press Porcepic, 1990
- 101 · Remember, the Dead Say · Jean-Louis Trudel · ss Tesseracts 4, ed. Lorna Toolis & Michael Skeet, Victoria: Beach Holme Books, 1992
- 114 · One · Heather Spears · nv Tesseracts 2, ed. Phyllis Gotlieb & Douglas Barbour, Victoria: Press Porcepic, 1987
- 133 · The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Writer · Lesley Choyce · ss Orion v1 #2 ’82
- 140 · User Friendly · Spider Robinson · ss Tales from the Planet Earth, ed. Frederik Pohl & Elizabeth Anne Hull, St. Martin’s, 1986
- 148 · Distant Signals · Andrew Weiner · ss Twilight Zone May/Jun ’84
- 161 · The Woman Who Is the Midnight Wind · Terence M. Green · ss Tesseracts, ed. Judith Merril, Victoria: Press Porcepic, 1985
- 171 · The Winter Market · William Gibson · nv Vancouver Nov ’85
- 188 · The Byrds · Michael G. Coney · ss Changes, ed. Michael Bishop & Ian Watson, Ace, 1983
- 200 · Soluble-Fish · Joël Champetier; trans. by Louise Samson · vi Solaris #59 ’85; “Poisson-Soluble”, Aurores Boreales 2 1985
- 203 · Memetic Drift · Glenn Grant · ss Interzone #34 ’90
- 219 · The Reckoning of Gifts · James Alan Gardner · nv Tesseracts 4, ed. Lorna Toolis & Michael Skeet, Victoria: Beach Holme Books, 1992
- 236 · The Cauldron [from a work in progress] · Donald M. Kingsbury · ex *
- 254 · Happy Days in Old Chernobyl · Claude-Michel Prévost; trans. by John Greene · ss Tesseracts 3, ed. Candas Jane Dorsey & Gerry Truscott, Victoria: Press Porcepic, 1990; “La Marquise de Tchernobyl”, Imagine, No. 41, 1987
- 263 · Pity the Monsters [Newford] · Charles de Lint · ss The Ultimate Frankenstein, ed. Byron Preiss, David Kellor, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell, 1991
- 275 · Carpe Diem · Eileen Kernaghan · ss On Spec Fll ’89
- 282 · Xils [Aurores Boreales 2 1985] · Esther Rochon; trans. by Lucille Nelson · ss Tesseracts 2, ed. Phyllis Gotlieb & Douglas Barbour, Victoria: Press Porcepic, 1987
- 286 · Stolen Fires · Yves Meynard · ss Edge Detector #3 ’91
- 296 · Retrieval · John Park · ss Tesseracts 2, ed. Phyllis Gotlieb & Douglas Barbour, Victoria: Press Porcepic, 1987
- 308 · Outport · Garfield Reeves-Stevens · ss Ark of Ice, ed. Leslie Choyce, Pottersfield Press, 1992
- 318 · Just Like Old Times · Robert J. Sawyer · ss On Spec Sum ’93
- 329 · Stardust Boulevard · Daniel Sernine; trans. by Jane Brierley · ss Tesseracts, ed. Judith Merril, Victoria: Press Porcepic, 1985; L’Vieil Homme et l’Espace, Le Preambule 1981
- 343 · Ballads in 3/4 Time · Robert Charles Wilson · ss F&SF Apr ’87
- 354 · (Learning About) Machine Sex · Candas Jane Dorsey · ss Machine Sex and Other Stories, Porcepic Tesseract: Victoria, Canada, 1988
- 370 · Towards a Real Speculative Literature: Writer as Asymptote · Candas Jane Dorsey · aw Tesseracts 3, ed. Candas Jane Dorsey & Gerry Truscott, Victoria: Press Porcepic, 1990
- 374 · Canadian SF Awards · Misc. · bi