The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998 (original) (raw)

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The Sword of Bedwyr R. A. Salvatore (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648343-7, Apr ’98, £5.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Harvey Parker) [_Crimson Shadow_] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1995) fantasy novel. Book one of “The Crimson Shadow”. [First U.K. edition]

Tarzan: The Epic Adventures R. A. Salvatore (Arrow 0-09-926959-7, Apr ’98, £5.99, 280pp, pb) [_Tarzan_] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 1996) novelization of the teleplay inspired by the Edgar Rice Burroughs’s character. [First U.K. edition]

The Blackstone Chronicles John Saul (Arrow 0-09-927023-4, Mar ’98, £5.99, viii+527pp, pb) Reprint (SFBC 1997) horror novel, originally published in serial form as six paperback novellas by Ballantine/Fawcett. Includes a foreword and afterword by Saul. [First U.K. edition]

The Blackstone Chronicles John Saul (Severn House 0-7278-2206-3, Aug ’98, £17.99, viii+527pp, hc, cover by David McAllister) Reprint (SFBC 1997) horror novel, originally published in serial form as six paperback novellas by Ballantine/Fawcett. Includes a foreword and afterword by Saul. First UK hardcover.

The Presence John Saul (Bantam UK 0-553-40861-5, Aug ’98, £5.99, 421pp, pb, cover by Black Sheep) Reprint (Ballantine/Fawcett 1997) horror novel. An archeological dig in Hawaii uncovers more than bones.

Scaremongers 2: Redbrick Eden ed. Steve Savile (Tanjen 1-901530-14-0, Sep ’98 [Nov ’98], £6.99, 308pp, tp, cover by Chris Bullock) Original horror anthology of 20 stories, six reprints. Authors include Stephen Laws, Mark Chadbourn, and Kim Newman.

Illegal Alien Robert J. Sawyer (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648319-4, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], £5.99, 319pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1997) SF novel. [First U.K. edition]

The Secret of the Pit Hugh Scott (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-70435-7, Aug ’98, £3.99, 170pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Humorous young-adult fantasy novel of devilish goings-on.

The Illuminatus! Trilogy Robert Shea & Robert Anton Wilson (Robinson 1-85487-574-4, Jul ’98, £9.99, 805pp, tp) [_Illuminatus_] Reprint (Dell 1984) omnibus of the SF/fantasy trilogy about the conspiracies behind history, time, and life itself.

Barnacle Bill the Spacer and Other Stories Lucius Shepard (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-609-8, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £5.99, 292pp, pb) Reprint (Millennium 1997) SF/fantasy collection of seven stories, including the Nebula Award-winning title novella.

Green Eyes Lucius Shepard (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-613-6, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £5.99, 275pp, pb, cover by Black Sheep) Reprint (Ace 1984) SF/dark fantasy novel of the revivified dead.

Life During Wartime Lucius Shepard (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-614-4, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £5.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Black Sheep) Reprint (Bantam 1987) SF novel.

The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien created a new mythology T. A. Shippey (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10275-3, Dec ’97 [Jan ’98], £8.99, 336pp, tp, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1982) reference book. [J. R. R. Tolkien]

The Alien Years Robert Silverberg (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-246-13722-3, Feb ’98, £16.99, 453pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) SF novel of alien invasion and occupation. Three alien races conquer the Earth, and decimate its population. The military Carmichael family become the only hope for liberation.

Edge of Light Robert Silverberg (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648038-1, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], £9.99, 981pp, tp) Omnibus of five SF novels published between 1969 and 1972, Silverberg’s classic, award-winning period: A Time of Changes; Downward to the Earth; The Second Trip; Dying Inside; and Nightwings.

Legends ed. Robert Silverberg (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225666-5, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], £17.99, xiv+591pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby & Geoff Taylor) Reprint (Tor 1998) fantasy anthology of 11 original stories in famous series by Pratchett, King, McCaffrey, Jordan, Le Guin, etc., each with an introduction by Silverberg. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-225667-3, £9.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]

The Rise of Endymion Dan Simmons (Headline 0-7472-5893-7, Apr ’98, £6.99, 756pp, pb) [Hyperion] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) SF novel, final book in the “Hyperion Cantos” sequence. An export edition was available 1 March 98.

Top Ten Arthurian Legends Margaret Simpson (Scholastic UK 0-590-19800-9, Aug ’98 [Oct ’98], £3.99, 207pp, pb, cover by Michael Tickner) Humorous young adult collection of Arthurian stories reported in tabloid style.

Blueheart Alison Sinclair (Orion 0-75281-082-0, Dec ’97 [Jan ’98], £5.99, 348pp, pb) Reprint (Millennium 1996) SF novel.

Blueheart Alison Sinclair (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-708-6, Oct ’98, £6.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Chris Baker) Reissue (Millennium 1996) SF novel. Second printing.

Cavalcade Alison Sinclair (Orion Millennium 1-85798-532-X, Dec ’98, £16.99, 299pp, hc) SF novel. On an alien ship where electronic items disintegrate, human passengers separate into an army reconnaissance team, and women in search of self determination.

Legacies Alison Sinclair (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-707-8, Oct ’98, £6.99, 419pp, pb, cover by Chris Baker) Reissue (Millennium 1995) SF novel. Second printing.

Slow Chocolate Autopsy Iain Sinclair & Dave McKean (Phoenix 0-75380-152-3, Jun ’98, £6.99, 195pp, tp) Reprint (Phoenix House 1997) literary dark fantasy collection.

Pasiphae William Smethurst (Headline 0-7472-4817-6, Feb ’98, £5.99, 502pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1997) SF/fantasy novel. An export-only edition was issued on 1 February 1998.

Night World: Witchlight L. J. Smith (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-70955-3, May ’98 [Jun ’98], £3.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) [_Nightworld_] Reprint (Pocket Archway 1998 as Nightworld: Witchlight) young-adult horror novel. Book 9 in the series. [First U.K. edition]

Nightworld: Black Dawn L. J. Smith (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-70954-5, Feb ’98, £3.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) [_Nightworld_] Reprint (Pocket Archway 1997) young-adult horror novel, eighth in the series. A teen looking for her brother finds the Nightworld, and a slave-keeping vampire soulmate. [First U.K. edition]

Nightworld: Two Books in One L. J. Smith (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-72271-1, Feb ’98, £4.99, 228+228pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) Omnibus of Nightworld: Secret Vampire and Nightworld: Daughters of Darkness, both originally published by Pocket Archway in 1996. The books are paginated separately.

One of Us Michael Marshall Smith (HarperCollins UK 0-00-225600-2, Jul ’98, £14.99, 307pp, hc) SF novel. A dream-minder holds a bad memory that’s not his own. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam) edition.

Only Forward Michael Marshall Smith (HarperCollins UK 0-00-651266-6, Jul ’98, £6.99, 310pp, tp) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1994) SF novel.

Double Date Sinclair Smith (Scholastic UK 0-590-19751-7, Feb ’98, £3.50, 170pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1996) young-adult ghost novel. A “Point Horror” book. [First U.K. edition]

Darker Angels S. P. Somtow (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60060-8, Nov ’98, £5.99, 351pp, pb, cover by Max Schindler) Reprint (Gollancz 1997) historical dark fantasy novel of voodoo, Civil War, and regeneration.

A Cloud Over Water Alison Spedding (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648266-X, May ’98 [Apr ’98], £5.99, xvi+348pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [_Walk in the Dark_] Reprint (Unwin 1988 as by Spedding) fantasy novel, second book of “A Walk in the Dark” trilogy.

Chimera’s Cradle Brian Stableford (Orbit 1-85723-636-X, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], £6.99, 508pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [_Genesys_] Reprint (Legend 1997) SF/fantasy novel. The third book of “Genesys”. It follows Serpent’s Blood and Salamander’s Fire.

Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction and Getting Published Brian Stableford (Teach Yourself Books 0-340-70172-2, 1997 [Mar ’98], £6.99, 168pp, tp) Practical guide to writing fantasy & SF.

Kidnapped by Cannibals Dr. Gordon Stables (Pulp Fictions UK 1-902058-06-2, Nov ’98, £4.99, xvi+287pp, tp, cover by Tania Lomas) Reprint (1899) associational “Boys’ Own” pulp adventure novel, with a new introduction by David Pringle.

Star Wars: I, Jedi Michael A. Stackpole (Bantam UK 0-593-04224-7, May ’98, £12.99, 464pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Star Wars novelisation. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.

X-Files #9: Hungry Ghosts Ellen Steiber (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648332-1, Jun ’98, £3.99, 118pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [_X-Files_] Reprint (HarperTrophy 1998) novelisation of an episode of the TV series. [First U.K. edition]

Manly Wade Wellman: The Gentleman from Chapel Hill: A Working Bibliography Phil Stephensen-Payne & Gordon Benson, Jr. (Galactic Central Publications 1-871133-50-5, Aug ’98, £4.00, x+76pp, ph) Third Revised Edition of a primary and secondary bibliography of Wellman, issued as an A5-sized stapled booklet. Available from 25a Copgrove Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS8 2SP, and from PO Box 445, Polk City, Iowa 50226-0445, USA. [Manly Wade Wellman]

John T. Sladek: Steam-Driven Satirist: A Working Bibliography Phil Stephensen-Payne & Chris Drumm (Galactic Central Publications 1-871133-50-5, Aug ’98, £3.00, x+54pp, ph) Primary and secondary bibliography of Sladek, issued as an A5-sized stapled booklet. Available from 25a Copgrove Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS8 2SP, and from PO Box 445, Polk City, Iowa 50226-0445, USA. [John Sladek]

The Hanging Tree Paul Stewart (Scholastic UK/Point 0-590-11164-7, Jun ’98, £3.50, 214pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel.

Beyond the Deepwoods: The Edge Chronicles Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Doubleday UK 0-385-40967-2, Oct ’98, £10.99, 282pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in “The Edge Chronicles”, tales set among the Deepwoods, the Edgelands, Undertown, and other places at the Edge of the world.

Fear Street: 3 Stories in 1: Dead of Night R. L. Stine (Archway UK 0-671-00489-1, Nov ’97 [Feb ’98], £4.99, 480pp, pb) Young-adult dark fantasy omnibus: Haunted, The Halloween Party and The Sleepwalker (all Pocket Archway, 1990). The books are separately paginated.

The Lair of the White Worm Bram Stoker (Pulp Fictions UK 1-902058-01-1, Mar ’98 [Oct ’98], £4.99, 191pp, tp, cover by Tom Paddle) Reprint (William Rider & Son 1911) horror novel of a contemporary Lilith, and the secret horror beneath her.

The New Adventures: Oblivion Dave Stone (New Adventures 0-426-20522-7, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £5.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Bernice Summerfield] SF novelization based on characters from Doctor Who novelizations, without the Doctor. Book 11 in the Bernice Summerfield series.

The Psychic Zone: Alien Circus Mathew Stone (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-69837-3, Apr ’98, £3.99, 219pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [_Psychic Zone_] Young-adult SF/fantasy novel. Book five in the series.

The Psychic Zone: Alien Sea Mathew Stone (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-69841-1, Feb ’98 [Mar ’98], £3.99, 150pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [_Psychic Zone_] Young-adult SF/fantasy novel. Book three in the series.

The Psychic Zone: Changelings Mathew Stone (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-69840-3, Feb ’98 [Mar ’98], £3.99, 182pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [_Psychic Zone_] Young-adult SF/fantasy novel. Book two in the series. Copyrighted by Nigel Robinson.

The Psychic Zone: Mindfire Mathew Stone (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-69836-5, Feb ’98 [Apr ’98], £3.99, 170pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [_Psychic Zone_] Young-adult SF/fantasy novel. Book one in the series.

The Psychic Zone: Rewind Mathew Stone (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-69839-X, Mar ’98, £3.99, 184pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [_Psychic Zone_] Young-adult SF/fantasy novel. Book four in the series. Copyrighted for Nigel Robinson.

The Psychic Zone: The Enemy Within Mathew Stone (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-69838-1, May ’98 [Mar ’98], £3.99, 183pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [_Psychic Zone_] Young-adult SF/fantasy novel. Book six in the series. Copyrighted by Nigel Robinson.

Journeys of Frodo: An Atlas of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings Barbara Strachey (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10267-2, Nov ’98 [Dec ’98], £8.99, 108pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) Associational book of maps. [J. R. R. Tolkien]

The Witching Time Jean Stubbs (Gollancz 0-575-06613-X, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], £16.99, 383pp, hc, cover by Edward Miller) Occult novel. A young widow joins a coven of white witches just as it is threatened by deadly black magic.

Dreaming in Smoke Tricia Sullivan (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-539-7, Apr ’98 [May ’98], £9.99, 291pp, tp, cover by Holly Warburton) SF novel. A hardcover edition (-525-7, £16.99) was announced but not seen.

Someone to Watch Over Me Tricia Sullivan (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-638-1, Apr ’98 [May ’98], £5.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Holly Warburton) Reprint (Orion 1997) SF novel of the near-future.

Jack Faust Michael Swanwick (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-646-2, Jun ’98, £5.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Phillipe de Louthebourg) Reprint (Avon 1997) alternate history SF/fantasy novel.

Nightmare Stairs Robert Swindells (Corgi Yearling 0-440-86330-9, May ’98 [Apr ’98], £3.99, 174pp, tp, cover by Max Schindler) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1997) young-adult fantasy novel.

Caddoran Roger Taylor (Headline 0-7472-2109-X, Aug ’98 [Sep ’98], £17.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Fantasy novel.

Exegesis Astro Teller (Penguin 0-14-027193-7, Jun ’98, £6.99, 223pp, tp) Reprint (Random House/Vintage 1997) near-future techno-thriller about artificial intelligence. [First U.K. edition]

Black River Melanie Tem (Headline 0-7472-5837-6, May ’98, £5.99, 376pp, tp) Reprint (Headline 1997) dark fantasy novel.

The Family Tree Sheri S. Tepper (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-651016-7, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], £6.99, 480pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1997) SF ecological novel. A present-day police officer investigates murders and rampaging flora, while in the far future a prince starts a quest to save the world.

Fog Heart Thomas Tessier (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60250-3, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £5.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Splash) Reprint (Gollancz 1997) dark fantasy novel.

Ghost Story Julian F. Thompson (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3660-0, May ’98, £4.99, 214pp, tp, cover by Rob Hefferan) Reprint (Holt 1997) ghost novel and cautionary tale of child pornography. [First U.K. edition]

Midnight’s Choice Kate Thompson (The Bodley Head 0-370-32495-1, May ’98, £9.99, 167pp, hc, cover by Darren Lock) [_Switchers_] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Switchers.

Switchers Kate Thompson (Red Fox 0-09-925612-6, May ’98, £3.99, 199pp, pb, cover by Darren Lock) [_Switchers_] Reprint (Aran Books 1994) young-adult fantasy novel of children who can change into animals: real and imaginary. First in a series.

Soft Rupert Thompson (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3670-8, Mar ’98 [Apr ’98], £12.99, 312pp, hc, cover by William Webb) Literary SF novel. Issued without a dustjacket.

The Amtrak Wars Book 1: Cloud Warrior Patrick Tilley (Orbit 1-85723-535-5, Jan ’98, £6.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [_Amtrak Wars_] Reprint (Sphere 1984) SF novel.

The Amtrak Wars Book 2: First Family Patrick Tilley (Orbit 1-85723-536-3, Jan ’98, £6.99, 426pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [_Amtrak Wars_] Reprint (Sphere 1985) SF novel.

The Amtrak Wars Book 3: Iron Master Patrick Tilley (Orbit 1-85723-537-1, Feb ’98, £6.99, 488pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [_Amtrak Wars_] Reprint (Sphere 1987) SF novel.

The Amtrak Wars Book 4: Blood River Patrick Tilley (Orbit 1-85723-538-X, Feb ’98, £6.99, 401pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [_Amtrak Wars_] Reprint (Sphere 1988) SF novel.

The Amtrak Wars Book 5: Death-Bringer Patrick Tilley (Orbit 1-85723-539-8, Mar ’98 [Apr ’98], £6.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [_Amtrak Wars_] Reprint (Sphere 1989) SF novel.

The Amtrak Wars Book 6: Earth-Thunder Patrick Tilley (Orbit 1-85723-540-1, Mar ’98 [Apr ’98], £6.99, 478pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [_Amtrak Wars_] Reprint (Sphere 1990) SF novel.

The Father Christmas Letters J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10369-5, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], £4.99, 84pp, hc, cover by J. R. R. Tolkien) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1976) associational item. A Miniature Single Volume of illustrated letters to his children. Unpaginated.

Finn and Hengist: The Fragment and the Episode J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10355-5, Mar ’98, £7.99, xii+180pp, tp, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1982) associational critical work. Tolkien’s lectures and notes on the story which was the basis of Beowulf, edited and annotated by Alan Bliss.

Roverandom J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10353-9, Jan ’98 [Nov ’97], £12.99, xxii+106pp, hc, cover by J. R. R. Tolkien) Previously unpublished juvenile fantasy story written in 1925, with illustrations by Tolkien. Edited, with an introduction and extensive notes, by Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond.

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