The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998 (original) (raw)
Contents Lists
The Web: Sorceress Maggie Furey (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-551-7, Feb ’98, £3.50, 98pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Web] Young-adult SF novella set in the worldwide Virtual Reality Web of 2027. Last in a series of six linked stories, each written by a different author. A hardcover edition was apparently cancelled.
The Web: Spindrift Maggie Furey (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-647-5, Nov ’98 [Dec ’98], £3.50, 117pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Web] Young-adult SF novella. Book #10 in the series.
Millennium: Gehenna Lewis Gannett (HarperCollins UK 0-00-648338-0, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], £5.99, 220pp, pb) [_Millennium_] Novelization of an episode from the TV series. Simultaneous with US (HarperPrism) edition.
Don’t Mess with Angels Susan Gates (Walker UK 0-7445-5490-X, 1997 [Mar ’98], £3.99, 111pp, pb, cover by Angelo Rinaldi) Young-adult fantasy novel. Published in 1997 but not seen until now.
Ella Uri Geller (Headline 0-7472-7643-9, May ’98, £9.99, 343pp, tp) Novel of girl with psychic powers.
Echoes of the Great Song David Gemmell (Corgi 0-552-14255-7, Sep ’98 [Jul ’98], £5.99, 446pp, pb, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Bantam UK 1997) fantasy novel.
The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend David Gemmell (Orbit 1-85723-680-7, Oct ’98 [Dec ’98], £5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Drenai; _Druss the Legend_] Reprint (Legend 1993) fantasy novel. In the “Druss the Legend” sequence of the “Drenai” novels.
The King Beyond the Gate David Gemmell (Orbit 1-85723-665-3, Oct ’98 [Dec ’98], £5.99, 419pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [_Drenai_] Reprint (Century 1985) fantasy novel. A “Drenai” novel.
Legend David Gemmell (Orbit 1-85723-681-5, Oct ’98 [Dec ’98], £5.99, 432pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [_Drenai_] Reprint (Century 1984) fantasy novel. A “Drenai” novel.
Quest for Lost Heroes David Gemmell (Orbit 1-85723-671-8, Oct ’98 [Dec ’98], £5.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [_Drenai_] Reprint (Legend 1990) fantasy novel. A “Drenai” novel.
Sword in the Storm David Gemmell (Bantam UK 0-593-03718-9, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], £16.99, 364pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [_Rigante_] Fantasy novel. Book One in the “Rigante” series.
Waylander David Gemmell (Orbit 1-85723-621-1, Oct ’98 [Dec ’98], £5.99, 384pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Drenai; _Waylander_] Reprint (Arrow 1986) fantasy novel. A “Drenai” novel.
Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf David Gemmell (Orbit 1-85723-581-9, Oct ’98 [Dec ’98], £5.99, 323pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Drenai; _Waylander_] Reprint (Legend 1992) fantasy novel. A “Drenai” novel.
Blueprint for a Prophet Carl Gibeily (Black Swan 0-552-99731-5, Jun ’98 [May ’98], £6.99, 383pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1997) literary fantasy/SF novel of angels, extra-terrestrial communication, time theory, ancient myth and interracial romance, set against the Middle-East conflict. The original hardcover was not seen.
Blood of the Fold Terry Goodkind (Orion/Millennium 0-75280-666-1, Oct ’98, £6.99, 698pp, pb, cover by Kevin Murphy) [Sword of Truth] Reissue (Tor 1996) fantasy novel. Book Three of “The Sword of Truth”. Second printing.
Stone of Tears Terry Goodkind (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-305-X, Oct ’98, £6.99, 1056pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Reissue (Tor 1995) fantasy novel. Book Two of “The Sword of Truth”. Third printing.
Temple of the Winds Terry Goodkind (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-550-8, Jun ’98, £11.99, 528pp, tp, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Reprint (Tor 1997) fantasy novel. Book four of “The Sword of Truth”.
Temple of the Winds Terry Goodkind (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-678-0, Oct ’98, £6.99, 786pp, pb, cover by Kevin Murphy) [Sword of Truth] Reprint (Tor 1997) fantasy novel. Book Four of “The Sword of Truth”.
Wizard’s First Rule Terry Goodkind (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-235-5, Oct ’98, £6.99, 774pp, pb, cover by Doug Beekman) [Sword of Truth] Reissue (Millennium 1994) fantasy novel. Book One of “The Sword of Truth”. Fourth printing.
Queen City Jazz Kathleen Ann Goonan (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648317-8, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], £5.99, 465pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [_Nanotech Cycle_] Reprint (Tor 1994) SF novel of a future made apocalyptic by nanotechnology. [First U.K. edition]
Changeling Frances Gordon (Headline 0-7472-1992-3, Jan ’98, £17.99, 279pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel of music and myth, based on “Rumpelstiltskin”.
Sextro Ray Gordon (NEL 0-340-68482-8, Nov ’97 [Jan ’98], £5.99, 346pp, pb) Explicitly sexual and erotic SF/fantasy novel. A UFO investigator is given telepathic powers of control by aliens.
The Silver Scream Ed Gorman (Headline 0-7472-5327-7, Aug ’98 [Sep ’98], £5.99, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1998) associational novel.
A Very Different Story: Studies on the Fiction of Charlotte Perkins Gilman ed. Val Gough & Jill Rudd (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-601-1, Nov ’98 [Dec ’98], £15.95, x+188pp, tp) Collection of critical essays on the author of Herland and ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’. A hardcover edition (-591-0, £32.00) was announced but not seen. [Charlotte Perkins Gilman]
Fallen Dewey Gram (Penguin UK 0-14-026938-X, Mar ’98 [Apr ’98], £5.99, 255pp, pb) Reprint (Signet 1998) movie novelization about a demon inside an executed serial killer. [First U.K. edition]
Ice Mage Julia Gray (Orbit 1-85723-689-0, Dec ’98, £6.99, 535pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [_Ice Mage_] Fantasy novel. Young rebels using lost magic arts are the only defence against the combined menaces of volcanoes, pirates, dragons, and the evil beneath them all. Gray is the pseudonym of an author who “has sold over 300,000 copies”.
Furnace Muriel Gray (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649640-7, Sep ’98, £5.99, 338pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday; HarperCollins UK 1997) supernatural mystery/horror novel.
Deathstalker Honour Simon R. Green (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60178-7, Jun ’98, £5.99, 621pp, pb, cover by Peter Mennim) [Deathstalker] SF novel. Book 4 in the “Deathstalker” series.
Deathstalker Prelude Simon R. Green (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60330-5, Nov ’98, £6.99, 542pp, pb, cover by Peter Mennim) [_Twilight of Empire_] Reprint (Penguin/Roc 1997 as Twilight of the Empire) SF omnibus of three “Empire” novels: Mistworld (1992), Hellworld (1993) and Ghostworld (1993). Hellworld is copyrighted 1995, suggesting the Gollancz first UK edition was revised. [First U.K. edition]
- 7 · Mistworld · n. New York: Ace, 1992
- 211 · Ghostworld · n. New York: Ace, 1993
- 373 · Hellworld · n. New York: Ace, 1993
Mother of Plenty Colin Greenland (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649907-4, Jul ’98, £5.99, 451pp, pb) [_Tabitha Jute_] Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) SF novel. Last in the “Tabitha Jute” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
The Dreaming Pool Gary Greenwood (RazorBlade Press 0-9531468-7-1, Oct ’98, £4.99, 136pp, tp, cover by Chris Nurse) Dark fantasy thriller, with an introduction by Simon Clark. Jack Bradley learns that the dreaming pool of his childhood has hidden depths. Available from Turnaround, Unit 3, Olympia Trading Estate, Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6TZ.
Lucifer’s Dragon Jon Courtenay Grimwood (NEL 0-340-67473-3, Jan ’98, £6.99, 377pp, tp, cover by Gary Marsh) SF novel.
Psylicon Beach Philip Gross (Scholastic Press 0-590-19808-4, Jun ’98, £5.99, 184pp, tp, cover by Black Sheep) Young-adult SF novel set in a virtual playground that becomes a deadly nightmare.
Attila’s Treasure Stephan Grundy (Penguin 0-14-024489-1, 1997 [Feb ’98], £6.99, 549pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [_Rhinegold_] Reprint (Michael Joseph 1996) historical fantasy novel based on the myth-cycles of Northern Europe.
The Merlin Mystery: The Secret Lies Inside Jonathan Gunson & Marten Coombe (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224675-9, Sep ’98, £12.99, 48pp, hc) Illustrated fantasy novella based on the Merlin & Nimue legend. A treasure-hunt clue book published simultaneously throughout the world.
Ayesha H. Rider Haggard (Pulp Fictions UK 1-902058-04-6, Sep ’98 [Oct ’98], £4.99, xvi+301pp, tp, cover by Wiley Dunsmore) [_She_] Reprint (Ward, Lock 1905) classic fantasy novel, sequel to She. Includes an introduction by David Pringle, reprinted from Interzone.
- v · Introductory Essay [“Was Haggard a Pulpster?”] · David Pringle · ar Interzone #135 ’98
- 1 · Ayesha: The Return of She · H. Rider Haggard · n. London: Ward, Lock, 1905
The People of the Mist H. Rider Haggard (Pulp Fictions UK 1-902058-00-3, Mar ’98 [Oct ’98], £4.99, 343pp, tp, cover by Tania Lomas) Reprint (Longmans Green 1894) classic lost-race novel set in Africa.
She H. Rider Haggard (Pulp Fictions UK 1-902058-03-8, Sep ’98 [Oct ’98], £4.99, xvi+246pp, tp, cover by Wiley Dunsmore) [_She_] Reprint (Harper 1886) classic fantasy novel.
- v · Introductory Essay [“Was Haggard a Pulpster?”] · David Pringle · ar Interzone #135 ’98
- 1 · She · H. Rider Haggard · n. New York: Harper, 1886
She and Allan H. Rider Haggard (Pulp Fictions UK 1-902058-05-4, Sep ’98 [Oct ’98], £4.99, xvi+290pp, tp, cover by Wiley Dunsmore) [She; _Allan Quatermain_] Reprint (Longmans Green 1921) classic fantasy novel. Part of the “She” series, also in the “Allan Quatermain” series. Includes an introduction by David Pringle, reprinted from Interzone.
- v · Introductory Essay [“Was Haggard a Pulpster?”] · David Pringle · ar Interzone #135 ’98
- 1 · She and Allan · H. Rider Haggard · n., 1921
When the World Shook H. Rider Haggard (Pulp Fictions UK 1-902058-07-0, Nov ’98, £4.99, xx+272pp, tp, cover by Wiley Dunsmore) Reprint (Cassell 1919) SF/fantasy novel of a fight against the world’s death. Includes an introduction by David Pringle, reprinted from Interzone.
- v · Introductory Essay [“Was Haggard a Pulpster?”] · David Pringle · ar Interzone #135 ’98
- 1 · When the World Shook · H. Rider Haggard · n. London: Cassell, 1919
Knights of Madness: Further Comic Tales of Fantasy ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press 0-285-63450-X, Sep ’98, £16.99, 252pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby) Anthology of 24 comic fantasy, historical and crime stories, one an original story by Stan McMurtry. Other authors include Terry Pratchett, Mervyn Peake, Philip K. Dick, Jerome K. Jerome, Evan Hunter, and Ray Bradbury.
- 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
- 13 · 1: Flights of Fantasy: Stories of the Absurd
- 15 · Hollywood Chickens · Terry Pratchett · ss More Tales from the Forbidden Planet, ed. Roz Kaveney, Titan, 1990
- 28 · The New Utopia · Jerome K. Jerome · ss Diary of a Pilgrimage, J.W. Arrowsmith, 1891
- 38 · The Angry Street [“A Somewhat Improbable Story”; _Club of Queer Trades_] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News Jan 25 ’08
- 44 · The Party at Lady Cusp-Canine’s · Mervyn Peake · ss New Worlds Sep/Oct ’69
- 52 · The Little Man Who Wasn’t All There [_Lefty Feep_] · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures Aug ’42
- 72 · The Year the Glop-Monster Won the Golden Lion at Cannes · Ray Bradbury · ss Cavalier Jul ’67
- 85 · Lila the Werewolf [“Farrell and Lila the Werewolf”; _Sam Farrell_] · Peter S. Beagle · nv guabi #1 ’69
- 107 · The War with the Fnools · Philip K. Dick · ss Galaxy Feb ’69; said to have been written for Galactic Outpost magazine in 1964.
- 121 · 2: The Muddle Ages: Tales of Heroic Times
- 123 · The Creation according to Spike Milligan · Spike Milligan · ss Punch Feb ’89
- 129 · Mediaeval Romance [“Mediaeval Romance: A story that will bring a smile upon the gruffest countenance”] · Mark Twain · ss, 1871
- 137 · Ethelred the Unready · Ben Travers · ss, 192?
- 142 · Dream Damsel · Evan Hunter · ss Fantastic Universe Oct ’54
- 152 · Three Months in a Balloon [from Mr Münchausen] · John Kendrick Bangs · ex, 1901
- 159 · How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion · Gene Wolfe · ss Analog May ’73
- 177 · Fifi and the Chilean Truffle [“Diplomatic Crisis; or, Fifi and the Chilean Truffle”] · Orson Welles · ss EQMM Aug ’56
- 183 · The Wastrel · Peter Sellers · ss London Evening News Apr 26 ’63
- 189 · 3: Malice in Blunderland: Cases of Crime
- 191 · Stirring the Pot · Tom Sharpe · ss The Daily Telegraph, 1994
- 197 · The Suicide of Kiaros · L. Frank Baum · ss The White Elephant Sep, 1897
- 210 · The Rape of the Sherlock · A. A. Milne · vi Vanity Fair Oct 15 ’03
- 213 · The White Rabbit Caper · James Thurber · ss New Yorker Nov 19 ’49
- 221 · Wot the Eye Don’t See · Stan McMurtry · ss *
- 230 · The Condemned · Woody Allen · ss New Yorker Nov 21 ’77
- 237 · The Mulligan Stew · Donald E. Westlake · ss EQMM Jan ’79
- 243 · The Dulwich Assassins [_Dulwich_] · David L. Stone · ss Xenos Apr ’97
The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories ed. Peter Haining (Robinson 1-85487-536-1, Oct ’98, £6.99, 482pp, tp) Anthology of 30 stories, including an original by Haining. Authors include Doyle, James, Kuttner, Steinbeck, Wells, and Wodehouse.
- 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
- 3 · One: The Golden Era
- 5 · The Third Person · Henry James · nv
- 41 · The Presence by the Fire · H. G. Wells · ss Penny Illustrated Paper Aug 14, 1897
- 49 · How It Happened · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Sep ’13
- 55 · A Ghostly Duel · Jack London · ss
- 65 · The Hand · Theodore Dreiser · ss Munsey’s May ’19
- 88 · The Ghost of Down Hill · Edgar Wallace · nv The Haunted House & Other Ghost Stories, Reader’s Library, 1929
- 131 · Honeysuckle Cottage [_Adrian Mulliner_] · P. G. Wodehouse · nv The Saturday Evening Post Jan 24 ’25
- 158 · The Old Dark House [“Night Sequence”] · J. B. Priestley · nv, 1929
- 188 · Sophy Mason Comes Back · E. M. Delafield · ss Time & Tide, 1930
- 204 · In a Glass Darkly · Agatha Christie · ss Colliers Jul 28 ’34
- 213 · Two: The Phantom Army
- 215 · The Bowmen · Arthur Machen · ss London Evening News Sep 29 ’14
- 221 · The Other Side of the Medal · Stella Gibbons · ss, 1945
- 230 · Three Lines of Old French · A. Merritt · ss All-Story Weekly Aug 9 ’19
- 255 · The Lusitania Waits · Alfred Noyes · ss New York Tribune Dec 31 ’16
- 262 · Vengeance Is Mine · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Wolves of God, Cassell, 1921
- 304 · We Are the Dead · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales Apr ’37
- 311 · The Escort · Daphne du Maurier · ss The Saturday Evening Post, 1940
- 330 · The Elf in Algiers · John Steinbeck · ss Pause to Wonder, 1944
- 334 · The Mirror in Room 22 · James Hadley Chase · ss, 1946
- 341 · Is There a Life Beyond the Gravy? · Stevie Smith · ss At Close of Eve, ed. Jeremy Scott, London: Jarrolds, 1947
- 359 · Three: The Modern Tradition
- 361 · Sloane Square · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss At Close of Eve, ed. Jeremy Scott, London: Jarrolds, 1947
- 370 · The Leaf-Sweeper · Muriel Spark · ss London Mystery Magazine #31 ’56
- 378 · At the Chalet Lartrec · Winston Graham · ss The Japanese Girl, London: Collins, 1971
- 393 · The Love of a Good Woman · William Trevor · ss The Eighth Ghost Book, ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1972
- 408 · The Haunting of Shawley Rectory · Ruth Rendell · ss EQMM Dec 17 ’79
- 428 · Voices in the Coalbin · Mary Higgins Clark · ss Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990
- 440 · A Good Sound Marriage · Fay Weldon · ss Ladies Home Journal Oct ’91
- 449 · A Self-Possessed Woman · Julian Barnes · ss The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories, Anon., London: Cape, 1975
- 467 · A Programmed Christmas Carol · John Mortimer · ss Daily Mail, 1994
- 478 · A Figment in Time · Peter Haining · ss
Time Travelers: Fiction in the Fourth Dimension ed. Peter Haining (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-0914-9, 1998, no price, 288pp, hc, cover by Steve Pidan) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1997 as Timescapes: Stories of Time Travel) SF anthology.
The Dedalus Book of French Horror: The 19th Century ed. Terry Hale (Dedalus 1-873982-87-9, Jul ’98, £9.99, 361pp, tp, cover by David Smith) Anthology of 24 stories newly translated by Terry Hale and Liz Heron.
- 11 · Introduction · Terry Hale · in *
- 39 · The Lamp of Saint Just · Frédéric Soulié; trans. by Liz Heron · ss *
- 48 · The Travels of Claude Belissan · Eugène Sue; trans. by Terry Hale · ss *
- 65 · Solange · Alexandre Dumas · nv The London Journal, 1849
- 87 · Monsieur de l’Argentière, Public Prosecutor · Pétrus Borel; trans. by Terry Hale · nv *
- 112 · The Covetous Clerk · Alphonse Royer; trans. by Terry Hale · ss *
- 116 · One Eye Between Two · Xavier Forneret; trans. by Liz Heron · nv *
- 151 · Dorci, or the Vagaries of Chance · Marquis de Sade; trans. by Terry Hale · ss *
- 163 · Mademoiselle Scalpel · Charles Baudelaire; trans. by Terry Hale · ss *
- 167 · The Penitent · Catulle Mendès; trans. by Terry Hale · ss *
- 172 · The Astonishing Moutonnet Couple · Villiers de l’Isle-Adam; trans. by Terry Hale · ss *
- 177 · Constant Guignard · Jean Richepin; trans. by Terry Hale · ss *
- 183 · The Hanged Man · Charles Cros; trans. by Liz Heron · ss *
- 188 · Monsieur Mathias · Jules Lermina; trans. by Liz Heron · ss *
- 195 · A Burnt Offering · Léon Bloy; trans. by Terry Hale · ss *
- 201 · A Family Treat [from Becalmed] · J. K. Huysmans; trans. by Terry Hale · ex, 1992; revised
- 205 · The Prisoner of his Own Masterpiece · Edmond Haraucourt; trans. by Terry Hale · ss *
- 225 · Jacques Cazotte’s Prophecy · La Harpe; trans. by Terry Hale · ss *
- 231 · The Story of Hélène Gillet · Charles Nodier; trans. by Liz Heron · ss *
- 249 · The Green Monster · Gérard de Nerval; trans. by Terry Hale · ss *
- 256 · The Invisible Eye · Erckmann-Chatrian; trans. by Anon. · ss Temple Bar Dec, 1870
- 274 · The Reincarnation of Doctor Roger · Henri Rivière; trans. by Terry Hale · nv *
- 299 · The Head of Hair · Guy de Maupassant; trans. by Terry Hale · ss *
- 308 · Mademoiselle Dafné · Théophile Gautier; trans. by Liz Heron · nv *
- 336 · One Possessed · Jean Lorrain; trans. by Liz Heron · nv *
- 358 · Sources/Translators · Misc. · ms *
Dragonsbane Barbara Hambly (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-823343-8, Aug ’98, £5.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [_Winterlands_] Reprint (Del Rey 1986) fantasy novel.
Icefalcon’s Quest Barbara Hambly (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648303-8, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], £5.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [_Darwath_] Reprint (Del Rey 1998) fantasy novel, sequel to Mother of Winter, a follow-up to the “Darwath” Trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
Star Wars: Planet of Twilight Barbara Hambly (Bantam UK 0-553-50529-7, May ’98, £5.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra; Bantam UK 1997) novelisation based on the films.
The Neutronium Alchemist Peter F. Hamilton (Macmillan UK 0-333-72244-2, Mar ’98, £10.99, 999pp, tp) [_Night’s Dawn_] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1997) SF novel. Book Two of the “Night’s Dawn” trilogy after The Reality Dysfunction.