The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

HALL, RODNEY (continued)

• * _Kisses of the Enemy (Faber 0-571-15092-6, Jan ’90, £5.99, 622pp, tp, cover by Andrzej Klimowski) Reprint (Faber 1989) near-future literary novel.

HALL, SANDI (1942- )

• * _The Godmothers (Women’s Press (US) 0-7043-3888-2, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $6.95, 183pp, tp) Reissue (Women’s Press 1982) lesbian feminist pacifist sf novel.
• * *Wingwomen of Hera (Spinsters/Aunt Lute 0-933216-26-2, May ’87, $8.95, 180pp, tp) [Cosmic Botanists] Feminist sf novel. Cultures from two planets — the parthenogenetic wingwomen of Hera and the rigid, ice-bound, male-dominated people of Maladar — meet through an epidemic disease. The novel’s strength lies in its swift-moving plot and characterization; its weakness in its overuse of poetic language and poor science (e.g. a city “far west of the axis” of Maladar). Book One of “The Cosmic Botanists” trilogy. (CFC)

HALL, SHARON K., ed.

• * *Contemporary Literary Criticism Yearbook 1985 (Gale 0-8103-4413-0, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], 723pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference/critical studies — 1985 in review, with articles on general topics and individual authors, including sf/fantasy prize winners William Gibson, Robert Holdstock, and Barry Hughart, plus obituaries of Sturgeon, Calvino, Graves, etc.

HALL, WILLIS (1929- ) (stories)

• * *The Antelope Company Ashore (The Bodley Head 0-370-30775-5, Oct ’86, £5.50, 156pp, hc) [Antelope Company] TV tie-in juvenile fantasy novel about a group of Lilliputians.
• * _The Antelope Company Ashore (Fontana Lion 0-00-672765-4, Nov ’86, £1.95, 149pp, pb) [Antelope Company] Reprint (Bodley Head 1986) TV tie-in juvenile fantasy novel about a group of Lilliputians.
• * *The Antelope Company at Large (The Bodley Head 0-370-31151-5, Oct ’87, £6.95, 160pp, hc) [Antelope Company] Juvenile fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Antelope Company” series. [Not seen]
• * _The Antelope Company at Large (Lions 0-00-672926-6, Jan ’88, £1.95, 146pp, tp) [Antelope Company] Reprint (Bodley Head 1987) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Antelope Company” series.
• * _The Antelope Company at Large (Red Fox 0-09-911591-3, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], £2.99, 146pp, tp) [Antelope Company] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1987) young-adult fantasy novel in a series about Lilliputian explorers shipwrecked in England.

HALLAMSHIRE, DAVID

• * *The Alien’s Dictionary (Headline 0-7472-3249-0, Jul ’89, £2.99, 119pp, pb) Humorous set of definitions purportedly giving an alien’s view of Planet Earth.

HALLIWELL, LESLIE (1929-1989) (stories)

• * *The Dead That Walk (Grafton 0-246-12834-8, Nov ’86, £12.95, 262pp, hc) Collection of essays on horror films, including some unpublished scripts.
• * +The Dead That Walk (Continuum 0-8044-2300-8, Jul ’88, $18.95, 261pp, hc) Non-fiction, illustrated reference book about movie monsters. First U.S. edition (Grafton 1986).
• * *A Demon Close Behind (Robert Hale 0-7090-2932-2, Apr ’87 [Jul ’87], £10.95, 240pp, hc) Original ghost collection. (Contents)
• * *A Demon on the Stair (Robert Hale 0-7090-3181-5, Jan ’88 [Apr ’88], £10.95, 240pp, hc) Original ghost collection. (Contents)
• * *The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes: Seventeen Supernatural Stories (Granada/Academy Chicago 0-586-05995-4, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $5.95, 254pp, tp) Collection of ghost stories; all seem to be originals. (Contents)
• * *Return to Shangri-La (Grafton 0-586-07081-8, Dec ’87, £2.95, 304pp, pb) Fantasy novel.
• * _Return to Shangri-La (Severn House 0-7278-1633-0, Jul ’88 [Oct ’88], £10.95, 304pp, hc) Reprint (Grafton 1987) fantasy novel.

HALLWORTH, GRACE (stories)

• * *Mouth Open, Story Jump Out (Methuen 0-416-23550-6, Oct ’84, £5.50, 128pp, hc) Original young-adult collection of supernatural stories based on Trinidadian folklore. Pagination from Magnet 1987 edition. (Contents) [Not seen]
• * _Mouth Open, Story Jump Out (Magnet 0-416-07542-8, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], £1.75, 119pp, pb) Reprint (Methuen 1984) collection of supernatural stories based on Trinidadian folklore.

HALPERIN, JAMES L. (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The First Immortal (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42092-6, Jan ’98, $24.95, 342pp, hc, cover by David Stevenson) SF novel. A cryogenically preserved family awakens less than a century later to a much-altered, almost utopian, world where immortality is possible.
• * _The First Immortal (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42182-5, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $6.99, 418pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) Reprint (Del Rey 1998) utopian SF novel of cryogenics and immortality.
• * *The Truth Machine (Ivy Press 0-9651041-0-9, 1996 [Sep ’96], $19.95, 330pp, hc) Near-future quasi-SF novel. A truth-detector that really works changes the world. A first novel. Available from Ivy Press, 100 Highland Park Village, Suite 2000, Dallas TX 75205.
• * _The Truth Machine (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41056-4, Sep ’96, $24.00, 321pp, hc) Reprint (Ivy Press 1996) near-future quasi-SF novel. A truth-detector that really works changes the world. More a tract than a novel.
• * _The Truth Machine (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41288-5, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $6.99, 396pp, pb) Reprint (Ivy Press 1996) SF novel.
• * _The Truth Machine (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-82133-8, Oct ’97, £9.99, 321pp, tp) Reprint (Ivy Press 1996) SF novel. The invention of a perfect lie detector in the 21st century upsets society. [First U.K. edition]

HALPERN, MARJORIE STELA AGOSIN; see under Agosin, Marjorie (stories)

HAM, BOB

• * *Overload # 5: Atlanta Burn (Bantam 0-553-28340-5, Feb ’90, $2.95, 165pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) [Overload] Post-holocaust military adventure sf novel.
• * *Overload # 6: Nebraska Nightmare (Bantam 0-553-28475-4, Apr ’90, $2.95, 168pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) [Overload] Post-holocaust military sf adventure novel.
• * *Overload # 7: Rolling Vengeance (Bantam 0-553-28806-7, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $3.50, 238pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) [Overload] Post-holocaust military sf adventure novel.
• * *Overload # 8: Ozark Payback (Bantam 0-553-28808-3, Dec ’90 [Jan ’91], $2.95, 193pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) [Overload] Post-holocaust military sf adventure novel in an ongoing series.
• * *Overload # 9: Huntsville Horror (Bantam Falcon 0-553-28854-7, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $3.50, 216pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) [Overload] Post-holocaust military sf adventure novel in an ongoing series.
• * *Overload #10: Michigan Madness (Bantam Falcon 0-553-28998-5, Apr ’91, $3.50, 197pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) [Overload] Post-holocaust military sf adventure novel in an ongoing series.
• * *Overload #11: Alabama Bloodbath (Bantam Falcon 0-553-29036-3, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $3.50, 196pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) [Overload] Post-holocaust military sf adventure novel in an ongoing series.
• * *Overload #12: Vegas Gamble (Bantam Falcon 0-553-29158-0, Oct ’91, $3.50, 168pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) [Overload] Post-holocaust military sf adventure novel in an ongoing series.
• * *Overload Book 3: Highway Warriors (Bantam 0-553-28148-8, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $2.95, 179pp, pb) [Overload] Post-holocaust sf/military adventure novel.
• * *Overload Book 4: Tennessee Terror (Bantam 0-553-28256-5, Nov ’89, $3.50, 260pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) [Overload] Post-holocaust military adventure/sf novel with crazed Satanists.

HAMBLY, BARBARA (Joan) (1951- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Armies of Daylight (HarperCollins UK 0-00-648008-X, Apr ’94, £4.99, 311pp, pb) [Darwath] Reprint (Del Rey 1983) fantasy novel. Book three of “The Darwath Trilogy.”
• * _The Armies of Daylight (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-29671-0, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $5.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Darwath] Reprint (Del Rey 1983) fantasy novel, Book Three of the “Darwath” trilogy. 16th printing.
• * *Beauty and the Beast (Avon 0-380-75795-8, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.95, 242pp, pb) [Beauty and the Beast] Fantasy tv tie-in novelization.
• * _Beauty and the Beast (Unwin 0-04-440741-6, May ’90, £3.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Alan Reingold) [Beauty and the Beast] Reprint (Avon 1989) fantasy tv novelization, based on the series created by Ron Koslow.
• * *Beauty and the Beast: Song of Orpheus (Avon 0-380-75798-2, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $3.95, 279pp, pb) [Beauty and the Beast] Fantasy novelization based on the cancelled tv show, third book of a series.
• * *Bride of the Rat God (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38101-7, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $5.99, 336pp, pb, cover by Robert Rodriguez) Satirical fantasy novel about a 1923 movie star cursed by a magic jewel.
• * _Bride of the Rat God (Raven 1-85487-418-7, Jul ’95, £4.99, 336pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) Reprint (Del Rey 1994) satirical fantasy novel about a 1923 movie star cursed by a magic jewel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Dark Hand of Magic (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35807-4, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $4.95, 309pp, pb, cover by Romas) [Sun Wolf] Fantasy novel of mercenaries and wizards, third “Sun Wolf” book.
• * _The Dark Hand of Magic (SFBC #17089, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $5.98, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [Sun Wolf] Reprint (Del Rey 1990) fantasy novel. First hardcover edition.
• * _The Dark Hand of Magic (Unwin 0-04-440614-2, May ’90, £3.50, 309pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Sun Wolf] Reprint (Del Rey 1990) sf novel. Volume Three in the “Sun Wolf” series.
• * _Dark Hand of Magic (Grafton 0-586-21470-4, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], £3.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Sun Wolf] Reprint (Del Rey 1990) sf novel. Volume Three in the “Sun Wolf” series.
• * *Darkmage (SFBC #12003, Apr ’88 [Jun ’88], $7.50, 533pp, hc) [Windrose] Omnibus edition of the fantasy duology The Silent Tower (Del Rey 1986) and The Silicon Mage (Del Rey 1988). (Contents)
• * *Dog Wizard (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37714-1, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Windrose] Fantasy novel, third book of “The Windrose Chronicles”.
• * _Dog Wizard (SFBC #01263, Aug ’93, $8.98, 389pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Windrose] Reprint (Del Rey 1993) fantasy novel, third book of “The Windrose Chronicles”. First hardcover edition. This edition lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Dog Wizard (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21730-4, Sep ’93, £4.99, 389pp, pb) [Windrose] Reprint (Del Rey 1993) fantasy novel. Volume three in “The Windrose Chronicles”. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Dragonsbane (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31572-3, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $3.50, 341pp, pb) [Winterlands] Fantasy novel. A new slant on the dragon-slayer tale. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Dragonsbane (Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823343-9, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £2.95, 292pp, pb) [Winterlands] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) fantasy novel.
• * _Dragonsbane (SFBC #10049, Aug ’86, $5.98, 274pp, hc) [Winterlands] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) fantasy novel. First hardcover edition.
• * _Dragonsbane (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-823343-8, Aug ’98, £5.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Winterlands] Reprint (Del Rey 1986) fantasy novel.
• * *Fever Season (Bantam 0-553-10254-0, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $23.95, 321pp, hc, cover by Jason Seder) [Benjamin January] Associational historical mystery, sequel to A Free Man of Color.
• * *A Free Man of Color (Bantam 0-553-10258-3, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $22.95, 311pp, hc, cover by Jason Seder) [Benjamin January] Associational historical mystery. Benjamin January, a free Creole in 1833 New Orleans, tries to clear his name of murder.
• * _A Free Man of Color (Bantam 0-553-57526-0, Jun ’98, $5.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Jason Seder) [Benjamin January] Reprint (Bantam 1997) associational historical mystery about Benjamin January, a free Creole in 1833 New Orleans.
• * *Icefalcon’s Quest (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39724-X, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $24.00, 307pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Darwath] Fantasy novel. Sequel to “Mother of Winter”, a followup to the “Darwath” trilogy. Mages battle ice magic.
• * _Icefalcon’s Quest (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648303-8, Nov ’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]
• * _Icefalcon’s Quest (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38824-0, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $5.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Darwath] Reprint (Del Rey 1998) fantasy novel. Sequel to “Mother of Winter”, a followup to the “Darwath” trilogy.
• * *Immortal Blood (Unwin 0-04-440244-9, Nov ’88, £3.50, 306pp, pb) [Those Who Hunt the Night] Thriller/horror novel about a Victorian detective tracking down the person who is killing the vampires of London. Some marvellous scenes and characters, despite a disappointing ending. Recommended. (PSP) Effectively simultaneous with US edition (Del Rey, as Those Who Hunt the Night).
• * _Ishmael (Firecrest 0-85997-924-5, Jul ’87, £7.95, 256pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1985) sf novel. Volume 38 in the Star Trek Novels series. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * *The Ladies of Mandrigyn (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30919-7, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $2.95, 311pp, pb) [Sun Wolf] Fantasy novel of mercenaries training an unusual troupe. One of Hambly’s best. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _The Ladies of Mandrigyn (Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823312-9, Oct ’86, £2.95, 311pp, pb) [Sun Wolf] Reprint (Del Rey 1984) fantasy novel.
• * _The Ladies of Mandrigyn (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30919-7, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $2.95, 311pp, pb) [Sun Wolf] Reissue (Del Rey 1984) fantasy novel; 6th printing.
• * _The Ladies of Mandrigyn (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30919-7, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 311pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Sun Wolf] Reissue (Del Rey 1984) fantasy novel of mercenaries; ninth printing.
• * *The Magicians of Night (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36259-4, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $5.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Romas) [Sun-Cross] Fantasy novel, second book of the “Sun-Cross” duology. The wizard Rhion finds himself in our world, in 1940 Germany.
• * _Magicians of the Night (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223915-9, Jul ’92, £8.99, 349pp, tp, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Sun-Cross] Reprint (Del Rey 1992 as The Magicians of Night) fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Sun-cross” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Magicians of the Night (Grafton 0-586-21697-9, Jul ’93, £4.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Sun-Cross] Reprint (Del Rey 1992 as The Magicians of Night) fantasy novel. Sequel to The Rainbow Abyss.
• * *Mother of Winter (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39722-3, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $23.00, 323pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Darwath] Fantasy novel, set a few years after the “Darwath” trilogy. Mages battle ice magic.
• * _Mother of Winter (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39723-1, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $5.99, 369pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Darwath] Reprint (Del Rey 1996) fantasy novel, set a few years after the “Darwath” trilogy.
• * _Mother of Winter (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648229-5, Sep ’97, £5.99, 369pp, pb, cover by Keith Scaife) [Darwath] Reprint (Del Rey 1996) fantasy novel in the “Darwath” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Rainbow Abyss (Grafton 0-246-13838-6, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], £8.99, 256pp, tp, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Sun-Cross] Fantasy novel. Volume I of “Sun-cross.” Also available in hardcover (-13837-8, £14.99).
• * +The Rainbow Abyss (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37101-1, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $5.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Romas) [Sun-Cross] Fantasy novel of a young wizard who must answer a cry for help from a world that has lost its magic, first book of the “Sun-Cross” series. First American edition (Grafton 1991).
• * _The Rainbow Abyss (Grafton 0-586-21300-7, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], £4.99, 188pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Sun-Cross] Reprint (Grafton 1991) fantasy novel. Volume one of the “Sun-cross” series.
• * _Search the Seven Hills (Ballantine 0-345-34438-3, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $3.95, 309pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1983 as The Quirinal Hill Affair). Associational: historical mystery novel set in ancient Rome.
• * *The Silent Tower (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33764-6, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $3.95, 369pp, pb) [Windrose] Fantasy novel of sorcery and computers. First of two parts.
• * _The Silent Tower (Unwin 0-04-823377-3, Jul ’87, £2.95, 349pp, pb) [Windrose] Reprint (Del Rey 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in a new series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Silent Tower (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33764-6, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.95, 369pp, pb) [Windrose] Reissue (Del Rey 1986) fantasy novel; second printing.
• * *The Silicon Mage (Unwin 0-04-440149-3, Mar ’88, £2.95, 340pp, pb) [Windrose] Fantasy novel. Sequel to The Silent Tower.
• * *The Silicon Mage (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33763-8, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.95, 338pp, pb) [Windrose] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Silent Tower.
• * *Sorcerer’s Ward (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21781-9, Apr ’94, £4.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Don Maitz) [Windrose] Fantasy novel. Simultaneous with US (Del Rey as Stranger at the Wedding).
• * *Star Trek #71: Crossroad (Pocket 0-671-79323-3, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $5.50, 274pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Ghost Walker (Pocket 0-671-64398-3, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 273pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Number 53 in the series. Simultaneous with British (Titan) edition.
• * *Star Trek: Ghost Walker (Titan 1-85286-352-8, Feb ’91, £2.99, 273pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with American (Pocket) edition.
• * _Star Trek: Ghost Walker (SFBC #18288, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $7.98, 210pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket; Titan 1991) Star Trek novelization. First hardcover edition.
• * *Star Trek: Ishmael (Pocket 0-671-55427-1, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $3.50, 255pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novel, #23 in the series.
• * _Star Trek: Ishmael (Titan 1-85286-183-5, Aug ’89, £2.95, 255pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket Books 1985) sf novelization.
• * _Star Trek: Ishmael (Titan 1-85286-183-5, Apr ’96 [May ’96], £4.99, 255pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1985) Star Trek novelisation. Second printing.
• * *Star Wars: Children of the Jedi (Bantam Spectra 0-553-08930-7, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $21.95, 345pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Novelization based on characters from the films. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.