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X. L.: pseudonym of Julian Osgood Field (1849-1925) according to Locus/Contento, which lists: Short Fiction: * "A Kiss of Judas" [Pall Mall Magazine, July 1893; Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula, ed. Christopher Frayling, London: Faber, 1991] Dan La Belle: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Runner" [Other Worlds, Winter 1996] Jennijoy La Belle: Professor of English Literature at Caltech, noted for her study of the relationships between the poetry of William Blake and the paintings of the Sistine Chapel. She was the English advisor for Your Humble Webmaster, who earned a B.S. in English Literature from caltech in 1973, as well as a B.S. in Mathematics from Caltech (and various degrees later at other universities). See: William Blake Gauthier de Costes de la Calprenede (1610-1663): Playwright/Novelist of France, famous for his vast, complex Historical Romances which helped establish that genre (especially with descriptions of high literary quality, and often set in Oriental locations): * Cassandre [1642-1645] 10 volumes * Cleopatre [1648] 12 volumes * Pharamond, ou l'histoire de France [1661-1663] 12 volumes Pere Francois d'Aix de la Chaise (1642-1709): Confessor (French, Jesuit) to Louis XIV. Listed here because his near-Paris retreat is now the site of the cemetery "cimitiere du Pere-Lacahise", where numerous celebrities, including Science Fiction/Fantasy authors are buried. Not to be confused with the Franco-American sculptor Gaston Lachaise (1882-1935). Oliver [Hazard Perry] La Farge (19 Dec 1901-2 Aug 1963) American scientist/author, expert in ethnology and archaeology, President of the Association on American Indian Affairs (1933-1941, 1947-1951), degrees from Harvard, lecturer at Columbia, noted for superb fantasy stories in: * A Pause in the Desert [New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1957] Locus Contento lists only: Short Fiction: * "Haunted Ground" [Ladies Home Journa,l Aug 1930; Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov 1949; Haunted New England, ed. Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Yankee, 1988] * "The Resting Place" [New Yorker, Oct 1954; Western Ghosts, ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press, 1990; Great American Ghost Stories, ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, Rutledge Hill Press, 1991; Great American Ghost Stories, Volume Two, ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg, Berkley, 1993] Jean de La Fontaine [1621-1695]: Fable-writer of FRANCE see BAMBI'S CHILDREN Richard La Plante (1948-): * the "TegnŽ" oriental sword and sorcery Fantasy series: * TegnŽ: Warlord of Zendow [Sphere, Dec 1988] ISBN 0-7474-0092-X, £4.99, 354pp, trade paperback [Sphere, June 1989] ISBN 0-7474-0375-9, £3.50, 354pp, paperback [as "Tegne: Soul Warrior", Tor, Nov 1995] ISBN 0-312-85977-5, $23.95,347pp, hardcover [as "Tegne: Soul Warrior", Tor, Sep 1996] ISBN 0-812-55270-9, $6.99, 371pp, paperback * TegnŽ: The Killing Blow [Orbit, June 1990] ISBN 0-7474-0093-8, £4.99, 304pp, trade paperback * the "Josef Tanaka" Dark Fantasy series: * Mantis [1992] * Leopard [1993] * ??? * Mind Kill [Little Brown UK, Sep 1997] ISBN 0-316-87870-7, £16.99, 347pp, hardcover Jailed murderer applies telepathy to torment and murder guards and others see EXTRA-SENSORY PERCEPTION (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, pp.560-561) and Locus/Contento Victor La Salle, house name and pseudonym of Gerald Evans, Robert L. Fanthorpe, John S. Glasby Greye [Bragg] La Spina (1880-?) American playwright/weaver/baronness with numerous stories in Weird Tales. Novels include "Invaders from the Dark" (Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1960) on Russian werewolves, and "Shadow of Evil" (New York: Paperback, 1966) Jacqueline La Tourette, pseudonym of Jacqueline Gibeson Mark Laba: Locus/Contento lists: Poetry: * "Card #27" [Poly: New Speculative Writing, ed. Lee Ballentine, Ocean View Books, 1989] Laban: Uncle of Jacob, father of Rachel and Leah, in the Old Testament. Jacob worked as Laban's servant for 14 years, until getting permission to marry Rachel. Greg LaBarbara: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "A Cry in the Night" [co-author Nancy Varian Berberick] [Bruce Coville's Book of Ghosts II, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1997] Chris LaBarge: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Scarron's Quest" [Random Realities, Spring 1995] Christine LaBarge: Locus/Contento lists: Poetry: * "The Kiss" [Dreams of Decadence, Fall/Winter 1995] Labarum: Roman emperors had this standard borne before them, a gold-leafed spear surmounted by an Eagle, plus (hanging from a cross-staff) a gold-fringed purple streamer studded with precious stones. After his vision and conversion to Christianity, Constantine added Christian symbols to the Labarum. Rodney A. Labbe: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "The Quarry, (ss) The Horror Show Fll '86 Short Nonfiction: * "An Interview with Robert McCammon" [Footsteps, no.8, 1987] interview * "Rick Hautala: Maine's `Other' Horror Writer" [Footsteps, no.9, 1990] interview * "Tabitha King: Resisting the Star-Maker Machinery" [Castle Rock, Nov 1987; 2AM, Winter 1988] Louise Labe' (1524?-1566?): mainstream poet of France, of the school of Lyons, sometimes called "la belle cordiere" (since she was married to a successful rope-maker). Poetry: * Oeuvres [1555] sonnets and elegies, intense and passionate, injured by an unsuccessful love. A few on mythological/ Fantastic themes. Queen Labe: in the "Arabian Nights", an enchantress who turned men into horses and other animals. A prince of Persia (Beder) marries her, stops her political and magical plottings against him, and turns her into a mare. Her mother turns her back to a woman, at which point she temporarily transforms Beder into an owl. Eugene Marin Labiche (1815-1888): mainstream Farce playwright of France: Plays: * Le Voyage de M. Perrichon [1860] best-known play, co-author Edouard Martin Labors of Hercules: see Hercules Pierre LaBossiere: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "The Bad Wood" [House Carfax, Winter 1990] [webmaster has not confirmed even the existence of this magazine] Edouard Rene Lefebvre de Laboulaye: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "The Golden Fleece" [Harper's, Apr 1868; Fantasy Book, Mar 1985] translated by Mary L. Booth Tammi Labrecque (1973-): Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Songhealer" [Sword and Sorceress #11, ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1994] Labyrinth: [possibly from "Labos" = double axe symbol of Crete] a maze, the examplar of which was the great Labyrinth built by Daedalus as the entangled prison of the Minotaur, and as the palace of Minos, in the Minoan capital of Crete: Knossos. Labyrinths represent both the simplicity and complexity of the universe as a whole: simplicity, in that there is a start and an end to the Labyrinth just as there is a birth and death to all things in the cosmos; complexity in that the path to the destination may be arbitrarily devious, and forking with false paths. Robert Heinlein invokes a baffling 3-D labyrinth in his novel "Glory Road" [1963] within a "Mile-High Tower and hiding the "Egg of the Phoenix" -- but in this novel, the prototypical hero uses his wits to find the goal, he is (after all) smart enough to matriculate at Caltech after he saves the universe. Furthermore, in Heinlein's novel, Magic itself is defined as "Applied Topology." The Labyrinth in Fantasy and Science Fiction may be topologically complicated by connecting through alternate realities, as in the "Pattern" maze of the "Amber" novels of Roger Zelazny, or in Jorge Luis Borges' "The Garden of Forking Paths" [1941], or even be infinite in extent, as in "Masters of the Maze" [1965] by Avram Davidson. See: ALTERNATE WORLDS The Labyrinth may be inseparable from the tangled web of fate, as in Kafka's "The Castle" or Mervyn Peake's "Titus Groan" [1946]. It may be metaphysically entrapping, as in J.R.R. Tolkien's Mines of Moria in "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy [1954-1955], or Alan Garner's "The Weirdstone of Brisingamen" [1960], or Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Tombs of Atuan" [1971]. The Labyrinth may be symbolic of the intricate referential linkages of Literature, as in Jorge Luis Borges' "The Library of Babel" or the library in "The Name of the Rose" by Umberto Eco. The Labyrinth is thus the image of the mystery of the human place in the cosmos. All of us are lost. All of us cherish a hope of finding our way after all. The Layrinthine Ways: Novel [1940] by Graham Greene, titled "The Power and the Glory" except in first American edition; with anti-hero a drunk sex-obsessed priest in Mexico, who stands up against political persecution and dies ennobled and Christ-like. Lacedaemon [Lakedaimon]: older name for Laconia and of its principal city, Sparta. See: "Laconic." Lachesis: see The Fates Mercedes Lackey, full name Mercedes Ritchie Lackey (1950-): Lifetime Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America; married to and collaborator with Larry Dixon (Fantasy/Science Fiction artist); prolific and a prolific collaborator with other authors; best known for her obsessively detailed magical world of "Valdemar." Mercedes Lackey Mercedes Lackey @ AlphaRalpha Mercedes Lackey @ Dragon*Con e-mail Mercedes Lackey Short Fiction: * 98 stories listed in Locus/Contento {to be done} Novels: * the "Queens Own" or "Arrows of the Queen" trilogy: * Arrows of the Queen [Daw, Mar 1987] ISBN: 0-88677-378-4, $2.95, 320pp, paperback [Legend, Nov 1988] 0-09-962540-7, £2.99, 320pp, paperback * Arrows Flight [Daw, Sep 1987] ISBN: 0-88677-377-6, $3.50, 318pp, paperback [Legend, Jun 1989] ISBN 0-09-962550-4, £3.50, 318pp, paperback * Arrows Fall [Daw, Jan 1988] ISBN: 0-88677-400-4, $3.50, 319pp, paperback [Legend, Nov 1989] ISBN 0-09-962560-1, £3.99, 319pp, paperback * Queen's Own [Science Fiction Book Club #05750, Jan 1993] Omnibus edition 3 novels in 1 volume, $14.98, 726pp, hardcover * the "Bardic Voices" series: * Bardic Voices Book I: The Lark & The Wren [Baen, Jan 1992] ISBN 0-671-72099-6, $4.99, 488pp, paperback [Baen, Nov 1994], $5.99, 488pp, paperback * The Robin & the Kestrel [Baen, 1993; [Baen, Nov 1994] ISBN 0-671-87628-7, $5.99, 373pp, paperback as "The Robin & the Kestrel: Bardic Voices, Book II": [Baen, Sep 1993] ISBN 0-671-72183-6, $20.00, 373pp, hardcover [Science Fiction Book Club #02559, Jan 1994] 373pp, hardcover * The Eagle and the Nightingales [Baen, 1994; Baen, Jan 1995] ISBN 0-671-87636-8, $22.00, 410pp, hardcover Fantasy [Baen, Mar 1996] ISBN 0-671-87706-2, $5.99, 410pp, paperback [Science Fiction Book Club #06860, Apr 1995] $9.98, 250pp, hardcover [HarperCollins Voyager, Jan 1996] ISBN 0-00-648036-5, £4.99, 410pp, paperback * Four & Twenty Blackbirds [Baen, Dec 1997] ISBN 0-671-87853-0, $22.00, 423pp, hardcover * The Free Bards [Baen, May 1997] ISBN 0-671-87778-X, $15.00, 712pp, trade paperback Omnibus edition of "Bardic Voices" trilogy * the "Bard's Tale" series, Computer Adventure "The Bard's Tale IV" Game-related: * The Bard's Tale: Castle of Deception (co-author Josepha Sherman) [Baen, July 1992] ISBN 0-671-72125-9, $5.99, 266pp, paperback * Prison of Souls (co-author Shepherd) [Baen, Nov 1993] ISBN 0-671-72193-3, $5.99, 340pp, paperback * Fortress of Frost and Fire (co-author Ru Emerson) [Baen, Apr 1993] ISBN 0-671-72162-3, $5.99, 297pp, paperback * Bedlam's Bard (co-author Ellen Guon) [Science Fiction Book Club #02791, Nov 1992] $12.98, 536pp, hardcover Fantasy, omnibus edition of "Knight of Ghosts and Shadows" and "Summoned to Tourney" below * The Black Gryphon (co-author Larry Dixon) [DAW, Jan 1994] ISBN 0-88677-577-9, $22.00, 383pp, hardcover Fantasy novel sequel set 1000 years before the "Heralds of Valdemar" series [DAW, 1994; DAW, Jan 1995] ISBN 0-88677-643-0, $5.99, 460pp, paperback [Millennium, Apr 1994] ISBN 1-85798-182-0, £9.99, 330pp, trade paperback, Fantasy [Millennium, Feb 1995] ISBN 1-85798-237-1, £4.99, 330pp, paperback [Science Fiction Book Club #03175, Jun 1994] $7.98, 319pp, hardcover * By the Sword [DAW, Feb 1991] ISBN 0-88677-463-2, $4.95, 492pp, paperback same universe as the "Heralds of Valdemar" and "Vows and Honor" series [DAW, Oct 1992] 0-88677-463-2, $5.99, 492pp, paperback [Science Fiction Book Club #06463, Jan 1995] $10.98, 492pp, hardcover * A Cast of Corbies (co-author Josepha Sherman) [Baen, Feb 1994] ISBN 0-671-72207-7, $5.99, 311pp, paperback, same universe as "Bardic Voices" series, hence subtitled "Bardic Choices" * the "Diana Tregarde" supernatural detective series: * Burning Water [Tor, Feb 1989] ISBN 0-812-52104-8, $3.95, 314pp, paperback Horror/Occult good witch "Diana Tregarde" solves supernatural crimes [Tor, Apr 1994] ISBN 0-812-52485-3, $4.99, 314pp, paperback * Children of the Night [Tor, Aug 1990] ISBN 0-812-52112-9, $3.95, 313pp, paperback * Jinx High [Tor, Oct 1991] ISBN 0-812-52114-5, $4.99, 314pp, paperback * Elvenbane (see co-author Andre Norton) [New York: Tor, year?] ISBN:0-812-51175-1 * Elvenblood (see co-author Andre Norton) [New York: Tor, 1995] hardcover ISBN:0-312-85548-6 * The Fire Rose [Baen, Oct 1995] ISBN 0-671-87687-2, $22.00, 433pp, hardcover, Fantasy/Romance/Gothic, San Francisco in 1905 [Baen, Nov 1996] ISBN 0-671-87750-X, $6.99, 433pp, paperback * Firebird [Tor, Dec 1996] ISBN 0-312-85812-4, $24.95, 352pp, hardcover Fantasy from Fairy Tale of RUSSIA [Science Fiction Book Club #15117, Mar 1997] $8.98, 352pp, hardcover [Tor, Sep 1997] ISBN 0-812-55074-9, $6.99, 345pp, paperback * If I Pay Thee Not In Gold (see co-author Piers Anthony) [New York: Baen, 1993] ISBN: 0-671-72175-5 * Knight of Ghosts and Shadows (co-author Ellen Guon) [Baen, July 1990] ISBN 0-671-69885-0, $3.95, 345pp, paperback, Urban Fantasy set in modern Los Angeles; see "Summoned To Tourney" below and "Bedlam's Bard" above * the "Last Herald Mage" series, same universe as "Heralds of Valdemar": * Magic's Pawn [DAW, June 1989] ISBN 0-88677-352-0, $3.95, 349pp, paperback [DAW, Jan 1990] ISBN 0-88677-352-0, $3.95, 349pp, paperback [DAW, July 1990] ISBN 0-88677-352-0, $3.95, 349pp, paperback [DAW, Oct 1996] ISBN 0-88677-352-0, $4.99, 349pp, paperback [Roc UK, Apr 1992] ISBN 0-14-016751-X, £4.99, 349pp, paperback * Magic's Promise [DAW, Jan 1990] ISBN 0-88677-401-2, $4.50, 320pp, paperback [DAW, July 1990] ISBN 0-88677-401-2, $4.50, 320pp, paperback [DAW, Oct 1996] ISBN 0-88677-401-2, $5.99, 320pp, paperback [Roc UK, June 1992] ISBN 0-14-016752-8, £4.99, 320pp, paperback * Magic's Price [DAW, July 1990] ISBN 0-88677-426-8, $4.50, 351pp, paperback [DAW, Oct 1996] ISBN 0-88677-426-8, $5.99, 351pp, paperback [Roc UK, Aug 1992] ISBN 0-14-016753-6, £4.99, 351pp, paperback * The Last Herald Mage [Science Fiction Book Club #17756, Dec 1990] $14.98, 900pp, hardcover * the "Vows and Honor" Fantasy (swordswoman and sorceress) series: * The Oathbound [DAW, July 1988] ISBN 0-88677-285-0, $3.50, 302pp, paperback [DAW, Jan 1989] ISBN 0-88677-285-0, $3.50, 302pp, paperback [DAW, Feb 1991] ISBN 0-88677-285-0, $4.95, 302pp, paperback * Oathbreakers [DAW, Jan 1989] ISBN 0-88677-319-9, $3.50, 318pp, paperback [DAW, Feb 1991] ISBN 0-88677-319-9, $4.95, 318pp, paperback * Vows and Honor [Science Fiction Book Club #02439, Jan 1994] $8.98, 472pp, hardcover Omnibus edition of duology * Owlflight (co-author Larry Dixon) [DAW, Oct 1997] ISBN 0-88677-754-2, $21.95, 293pp, hardcover Fantasy, "Valdemar" series but sequel to the "Mage Storms" trilogy * Reap the Whirlwind (co-author C .J. Cherryh) [pub?, year?] * Rediscovery: A Novel of Darkover (co-author Marian Zimmer Bradley) [New York: DAW Fantasy Harcover, 1993] ISBN:0-88677-549-3 * Sacred Ground [Tor, Mar 1994] ISBN 0-312-85281-9, $22.95, 381pp, hardcover Mystery/Dark Fantasy Native American (Osage) Shaman/Private Investigator "Jennifer Talldeer" [Tor, May 1995] ISBN 0-812-51965-5, $5.99, 377pp, paperback [London: Voyager, Sep 1995] ISBN 0-00-648034-9, £4.99, 383pp, paperback * The Ship Who Searched (co-author Anne McCaffrey) [pub?, 1992] * the "The Mage Wars" trilogy, part of the "Valdemar" series, but 1000 years before the "Heralds of Valdemar" sequence: * The Black Gryphon (co-author Larry Dixon) [1994] * The White Gryphon (co-author Larry Dixon) [DAW, Apr 1995] ISBN 0-88677-631-7, $21.95, 305pp, hardcover, #2 of "The Mage Wars" [DAW, Mar 1996] ISBN 0-88677-682-1, $5.99, 399pp, paperback [Millennium, May 1995] ISBN 1-85798-237-1, £8.99, 305pp, trade paperback [Millennium, Nov 1995] ISBN 1-85798-431-5, £9.99, 305pp, trade paperback [Millennium, Mar 1996] ISBN 1-85798-313-0, £4.99, 305pp, paperback [Science Fiction Book Club #07827, Aug 1995] $10.98, 305pp, hardcover * The Silver Gryphon (co-author Larry Dixon) [DAW, Mar 1996] ISBN 0-88677-684-8, $21.95, 322pp, hardcover Fantasy, #3 of "The Mage Wars" [DAW, Mar 1997] ISBN 0-88677-685-6, $5.99, 400pp, paperback [London: Millennium, Mar 1996] ISBN 1-85798-441-2, £9.99, 322pp, trade paperback [Science Fiction Book Club #11639, June 1996] $8.98, 322pp, hardcover [London: Orion, Mar 1997] ISBN 1-85798-497-8, £5.99, 322pp, paperback * the "Mage Storms" trilogy of the "Heralds of Valdemar" series, and sequels to the "Mage Winds" trilogy: * Storm Warning [DAW, Aug 1994] ISBN 0-88677-611-2, $21.95, 403pp, hardcover, #1 of "Mage Storms" trilogy, #13 of "Heralds of Valdemar" [DAW, Sep 1995] ISBN 0-88677-661-9, $5.99, 428pp, paperback [DAW, Oct 1997] ISBN 0-88677-661-9, $6.99, 428pp, paperback [Millennium, Aug 1994] ISBN 1-85798-189-8, £9.99, 403pp, trade paperback [Millennium, Sep 1995] ISBN 1-85798-297-5, £4.99, 403pp, paperback [Science Fiction Book Club #05706, Nov 1994], $10.98, 403pp, hardcover * Storm Rising [DAW, Sep 1995] ISBN 0-88677-660-0, $21.95, 384pp, hardcover Fantasy, #2 of "The Mage Storms", #14 of "Heralds of Valdemar" [DAW, Oct 1996] ISBN 0-88677-712-7, $5.99, 412pp, paperback [Millennium, Sep 1995] ISBN 1-85798-277-0, £9.99, 384pp, trade paperback [Science Fiction Book Club #106552, Jan 1996], $10.98, 384pp, hardcover [Orion, Aug 1996] ISBN 1-85798-460-9, £5.99, 384pp, paperback * Storm Breaking [DAW, Oct 1996] ISBN 0-88677-713-5, $21.95, 435pp, hardcover Fantasy, #3 of "The Mage Storms" [DAW, Oct 1997] ISBN 0-88677-755-0, $6.99, 463pp, paperback [London: Orion, Oct 1996] ISBN 1-85798-275-4, £9.99, 436pp, trade paperback [London: Orion, Nov 1997] ISBN 0-75280-641-6, £5.99, 436pp, paperback [Science Fiction Book Club #14437, Dec 199], $10.98, 386pp, hardcover * Summoned To Tourney (co-author Ellen Guon) [Baen, Jun 1992] ISBN 0-671-72122-4, $4.99, 298pp, paperback, Urban Fantasy elves in San Francisco, sequel to "Knight of Ghosts and Shadows" Fantasy condemnation of Lawrence Livermore Labs somehow threatening a huge earthquake, see also "Bedlam's Bard" above * The Sword of Knowledge (co-authors Nancy Asire, Leslie Fish, C. J. Cherryh) See C. J. Cherryh * Tiger Burning Bright (co-authors Marion Zimmer Bradley, Andre Norton) See Marion Zimmer Bradley * the "Serrated Edge" Fantasy series: * Born To Run (co-author Larry Dixon) [Baen, Mar 1992] ISBN 0-671-72110-0, $4.99, 317pp, paperback * Wheels of Fire: A Novel of the Serrated Edge (co-author Mark Shepherd) [Baen, Oct 1992] ISBN 0-671-72138-0, $4.99, 389pp, paperback * When the Bough Breaks (co-author Holly Lisle) [Baen, Feb 1993] ISBN 0-671-72154-2, $4.99, 279pp, paperback * Chrome Circle (co-author Larry Dixon) [Baen, Aug 1994] ISBN 0-671-87615-5 $5.99, 362pp, paperback, Urban Fantasy, 4th of "Serrated Edge" series * the "Mage Winds" series, same universe as the "Heralds of Valdemar" series: * Winds of Fate [DAW, Oct 1991] ISBN 0-88677-489-6, $18.95, 387pp, hardcover [DAW, July 1992] ISBN 0-88677-516-7, $4.99, 460pp, paperback [DAW, Sep 1995] ISBN 0-88677-516-7, $5.99, 423pp, paperback [Science Fiction Book Club #00497, Apr 1993], $9.98, 387pp, hardcover * Winds of Change [DAW, Oct 1992] ISBN 0-88677-534-5, $20.00, 449pp, hardcover [DAW, Aug 1993] ISBN 0-88677-563-9, $4.99, 475pp, paperback [DAW, Sep 1995] ISBN 0-88677-563-9, $5.99, 475pp, paperback [Science Fiction Book Club #00485, Apr 1993], $9.98, 449pp, hardcover * Winds of Fury [DAW, Aug 1993] ISBN 0-88677-562-0, $20.00, 388pp, hardcover [DAW, Aug 1994] ISBN 0-88677-612-0, $4.99, 423pp, paperback [DAW, Sep 1995] ISBN 0-88677-612-0, $5.99, 423pp, paperback [Science Fiction Book Club #01758, Oct 1993] $8.98, 388pp, hardcover * Wing Commander: Freedom Flight (co-author Ellen Guon) [Baen, Dec 1992] ISBN 0-671-72145-3, $4.99, 275pp, paperback, Computer Game-related Anthologies Edited: * Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar [DAW, Jan 1997] Fantasy ISBN 0-88677-720-8, $5.99, 350pp, paperback, Original anthology 18 stories by Tanya Huff, Michelle Sagara, Josepha Sherman, others Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, full name Pierre Abrose Francois Choderlos de Laclos (1741-1803): Artillery officer who rose to General significant in the French Revolution; member of the Jacobin Club; whose best-known novel was: * Les Liasons Dangereuses (immorality, seduction of innocents, adapted several times to film) Addie G. Lacoe: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Bayou Exterminator" [Grue, no.6, 1987] * "Ella" [The Leading Edge, no.23, 1991] * "Eyes of Rain" [Fantasy Book, Dec 1986] * "Mona" [Analog, Nov 1995] * "A Prince of the Blood" [The Leading Edge, no.26, 1992] * "The Scarlet Batling" [Things That Go Bump in the Night, ed. Jane Yolen and Martin H. Greenberg, Harper & Row, 1989] Laconic, Laconian: (1) relating to Laconia (see: Lacedaemon); (2) Laconic has the primary meaning now of "using few words", or "tight-lipped", as the Spartans were said to be. Jacques de Lacretelle (1888-?): Novelist of France, most of whose books are deep psychological studies of lonely protagonists, indirectly influencing modern Science Fiction, much of which has lonely protagonists with whom lonely readers can identify. Steve LaCroix: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Portrayal of an Artist" [Fang, no.3, 1992] Ed Lacy, pseudonym of Leonard S. Zinberg Norris J. Lacy: Arthurian encyclopedist; see King Arthur; Locus/Contento lists: * The Arthurian Encyclopedia [Garland, 1986] * The New Arthurian Encyclopedia [Garland, Dec 1995] ISBN 0-8153-2303-4 $29.95, 615pp, trade paperback [Science Fiction Book Club #17424, Aug 1997] $19.98, 615pp, hardcover Nonfiction/Reference King Arthur as legend, history and subject of modern literature + entries for genre authors such as Marion Zimmer Bradley, C. J. Cherryh Guy Gavriel Kay, Robert Holdstock, Andre Norton, Tim Powers Order from: Garland Publishing 717 5th Avenue, Suite 2500 New York NY 10022 phone 212-751-7447 Louise Ladd: Young Adult fantasist; Locus/Contento lists: * The Anywhere Ring #1: Miracle Island [Berkley, July 1995] ISBN 0-425-14879-3, $3.99, 163pp, trade paperback Girl's magic ring can send her anyplace * The Anywhere Ring #2: Castle in Time [Berkley, Nov 1995] ISBN 0-425-15048-8, $4.50, 149pp, trade paperback Guess what? The magic ring also enables TIME TRAVEL to Ireland in the Elizabethan era * The Anywhere Ring #3: {subtitle?} [Berkley, month? 1996] * The Anywhere Ring #4: Cherry Blossom Moon [Berkley, May 1996] ISBN 0-425-15294-4, $4.50, 134pp, trade paperback Japan in 1950s as setting for espionage investigation Cesslie Ladehoff: Locus/Contento lists: Poetry: * "Bedlamite" [Palace Corbie, vol.2, no.1, 1993] * "Therapy" [Palace Corbie, vol.2, no.1, 1993] Julieta de Godoy Ladeira (1935-1997): Locus/Contento lists: Reference: * "Obituary: Ladeira, Julieta de Godoy" [Locus, vol.39:4, No.441, Oct 1997] David Laderoute: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "To Have and to Hold" [Northern Fusion, Summer 1998] Will Ladislaw: gay artist in "Middlemarch" by George Eliot. Dorothea Brooke marries Will Ladislaw when her first husband (Mr.Casaubon) dies. Listed here because Mr.Casaubon spent his life planning, but never wrote, "The Key to All Mythologies." See: "George Eliot." Everett Lee Lady: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Further Contributions to the Natural History of Love" [Amazing, Nov 1984] Ladyhawke: see Fantasy Films [1985] {hotlink to be done} Lady in White: see Fantasy/Horror Films [1988] {hotlink to be done} Lady of the Lake: one of Merlin's graduate students, registered under the various names "Nimue", "Niniane", or "Viviane" to confuse mage/hackers, in the legends of King Arthur. We do not find her in the earliest Arthurian chronicles, suggesting that she did her undergraduate work elsewhere. She is in the record as of the "Vulgate Cycle" of stories [1215-1235] and definitively portrayed in "Le Morte Darthur" [1485] by Sir Thomas Mallory, where we see her as a lake spirit who gives the magic sword "Excalibur" to Arthur, and takes it back as he approaches death. She either is in love with Merlin, or merely flirts with academic sexual harassment as a method to trick him into revealing his most secret spells/algorithms. When Lancelot is abandoned, she raises him and then brings him to Arthur. Sir Balin angers Arthur by killing a Lady of the Lake in some stories, but this is probably some magical clone of the real personage. Her greatest conflict is with Morgan Le Fay, who is the Dark Side of the Force used as white magic by the Lady of the Lake, but this is a subjective conflict depending on which journals one reads. Marion Zimmer Bradley has a fascinating revisionist view of the Lady of the Lake in "The Mists of Avalon" [1982] where she is a complex tie between Wicca and Christianity. Vera Chapman concludes that she is the devoted wife of Merlin in "King Arthur's Daughter" [1978] and serves as the dynastic linkpin between Merlin and Arthur. Fay Sampson's novels "The Daughters of Tintagel" [1990-1991] portrays the Lady of the Lake as the intermediary between Arthur and Wiccan amazons. See also "Lancelot." (also according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.555) Tom La Farge, full name Thomas La Farge (1947-): Fantasy author married to author Wendy Walker; Locus/Contento lists: * The Crimson Bears [Sun & Moon Press, Apr 1993] ISBN 1-55713-074-4, $12.95, 272pp, trade paperback Fantasy novel, 1st of series wherein society of Bears ask assistance of saurian nomadic to defeat mutual enemy; see BAMBI'S CHILDREN [Sun & Moon Press, Feb 1995] ISBN 1-55713-074-4, $12.95, 272pp, trade paperback * A Hundred Doors [Sun & Moon Press, Nov 1994] ISBN 1-55713-192-9, $12.95, 228pp, trade paperback, Sequel to "The Crimson Bears" Order from: Sun & Moon Press 6026 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90036 * Terror of Earth [1996] story collection (also according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.555) Rene Lafayette, pseudonym of L. Ron Hubbard R. A. Lafferty, full name Raphael Aloysius Lafferty [1914-]: this prolific Oklahoman once confessed to Your Humble Webmaster that his aweful secret, that would blacken his name in the entertainment industry, was that he had NOT had the traditional unhappy childhood, but rather a very happy one. He worked in an electrical company, and lightning flashes illuminate his writings. He often has Christian images used in unexpected ways in his fiction, as with his fellow Catholic Fantasist G. K. Chesterton. But he breaks all shackles in his brilliantly eccentric and daringly paradoxical works of Manicheaen surrealism. Awards: Winner, Nebula Award 1973 , Best Short Story) Winner, WFA Lifetime Achievement Award R. A. [Ralph Aloysius) Lafferty @ AlphaRalpha Books: * Alaric: The Day the World Ended [United Mythologies Press, Nov 1993] $33.00, 163pp, hardcover reprint of "The Fall of Rome" Order this rarity postpaid from: United Mythologies Press Box 79777 1995 Weston Rd. Weston ONT M9N 3W9 Canada * Annals of Klepsis [1983] * Apocalypses [Pinnacle, 1977] 2 novels in 1 volume * Archipelago [1979] * Argo [United Mythologies Press, Dec 1992] ISBN 0-921322-34-8, $19.95, unpaginated, hardcover 3rd part of "More Than Melchisedech" * Arrive at Easterwine [Scribners, 1971; Ballentine Books] * Aurelia [1982] * Cranky Old Man from Tulsa [United Mythologies Press, Mar 1990] ISBN 0-921322-16-X, $4.00, 25pp, 2 interviews with Lafferty by Darrell Schweitzer and R. J. Whitaker, collected into Limited Edition of 350 copies * The Devil is Dead [Avon, 1971; Gregg, 1977; Bart, Aug 1988] ISBN 1-55785-046-1, $3.50, 224pp, paperback Fantasy/Metaphysics * Does Anyone Else Have Anything Further to Add? [Scribners, 1974] 17 stories * Dotty [United Mythologies Press, Dec 1990] ISBN 0-921322-22-4, $17.00, 96pp, trade papoerback in same world as "The Devil Is Dead" and other of the "Argo" series; Limited Ddition of 250 numbered copies [Signed Edition of 70 copies with additional short story; ISBN 0-921322-23-2, $37.00 * The Early Lafferty [Chris Drumm chapbook, 1988] stories * The Fall of Rome [Doubleday, 1971] Historical novel * The Flame is Green [Walker, 1971] * Four Stories [Chris Drumm chapbook, 1983] 4 stories * Fourth Mansions [Ace, 1969] cosmic battle between Good and Evil * Funny Fingers and Cabrito [Chris Drumm chapbook, 1976] stories * Golden Gate And Other Stories [Chris Drumm chapbook, 1983] stories * Half a Sky [pub?, 1984] * Heart of Stone, Dear, and Other Stories [Chris Drumm chapbook, 1983] stories * Horns on their Heads [pub?, 1976] stories * It's Down the Slippery Cellar Stairs [Chris Drumm chapbook, 1986] nonfiction * Laughing Kelly and Other Verses [Chris Drumm chapbook, 1983] poetry * The Man Who Made Models and Other Stories [Chris Drumm chapbook, 1984] stories * My Heart Leaps Up [Chris Drumm chapbook, 1986] Chapters 1 & 2 of work in progress * My Heart Leaps Up [Chris Drumm chapbook, 1987] Chapters 3 & 4 of work in progress * Nine Hundred Grandmothers [Ace, 1970] 21 stories * Not to Mention Camels [Bobbs Merrill, 1976] cosmic battle between Good and Evil * Okla Hannali [pub?, 1972] nonfiction History of Oklahoma * Past Master [Ace, 1968; Garland] Sir Thomas More as a character forced to confront the weaknesses in More's novel UTOPIA * The Reefs of Earth [Berkley, 1968] * Ringing the Changes [pub?, 1984] stories * Serpent's Egg [pub?, 1987] * Slippery and Other Stories [Chris Drumm chapbook, 1985] stories * Snake in His Bosom and Other Stories [Chris Drumm chapbook, 1983] stories * Space Chantey [Ace, 1968] strange retelling of "The Odyssey" * Strange Doings [Scribners, 1972; Daw] 16 stories * Through Elegant Eyes [pub?, 1983] * others {to be done} Many of his works, considered too eccentric for mainstream publishers, were published as "chapbooks" by Chris Drumm, and devoured by a cult audience. Short Fiction: * "All But the Words" * "All Pieces of A River Shore" * "Among the Hairy Earthmen" * "By The Seashore" [Galaxy, Sep 1973] * "The Configuration of the Northern Shore" * "Continued on Next Rock" [Orbit 7, 1970] * "Eurema's Dam" [winner Nebula 1973] * "Hog-Belly Honey" * "The Hole on the Corner" * "Narrow Valley" [Fantasy & Science Fiction, Sep 1966] * "Old Foot Forgot" [Orbit 7, 1970] * "Seven Day Terror" [Galaxy, 1962; 8th Annual Edition The Years Best S-F, ed. Judith Merrill] * "Slow Tuesday Night" * "Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne" * over 123 short fictions listed in Locus/Contento John Lafia: Locus/Contento lists: Reference: * "John Lafia & Don Mancini Interview" by Joe Mauceri [The Blood Review, Oct 1990] interview Mark A. LaFlamme: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Essence 99" [The Scream Factory, no.6, 1991] Comtesse Philomene de Laforest-Divonne, under pseudonym "Claude Silve" wrote "Eastward in Eden" (New York: Creative Age, 1945), a Peter Pan-like novel Jules Laforgue (1860-1887) Major poet in FRANCE), who wrote what we would now consider science fiction and fantasy poetry among his other works, and also the fantasy story collection "Six Moral Tales" (New York: Liveright, 1928, ed./trans. Francis Newman) which intricately parodies Hamlet, Lohengrin, Salome, Perseus, Pan, and Christian fables Mary Laframboise: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "The Ride Home" [Crossroads, Feb 1997] Selma Lagerlof, full name Selma Ottiliana Lovisa Lagerlof (1858-1940): Novelist of SWEDEN; winner of 1909 Nobel Prize for Literature Books: * The Lowenskold Ring [Dufour/Norvik, Oct 1991] ISBN 1-870041-14-3, $21.00, 117pp, trade paperback Fantasy from SWEDEN Accursed ring stolen from a grave, which destroys anyone who possesses it. Translated from Swedish by Linda Schenck + afterward by Linda Schenck. (Norvik edition with a Dufour sticker) Order from: Dufour Editions Chester Springs PA 19425 * others {to be done} (also according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.556) Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "The Legend of the Christmas Rose" [Girl from the Marsh Croft, Little, 1910; Visions & Imaginings: Classic Fantasy Fiction, ed. Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski, Academy Chicago, 1992] translated by Charles Wharton Stork Par Lagerkvist (1891-1974): Poet, author, playwright of NORWAY and winner of the 1951 Nobel Prize for Literature: * Det eviga leendet [1920; as "The Eternal Smile" UK: 1932] supernatural * Sibyllan [1956; as "The Sybil", UK: 1958] translated by N. Walford about The Wandering Jew * Ahasverus' dod [1960; as "The Death of Ahaseurus", UK: 1962] translated by N. Walford, about The Wandering Jew, sequel to "Sibyllan" Barbara Lagowski, full name Barbara Jean Lagowski (1955-): Locus/Contento lists: Books: * Teen Terminators (co-author Rick Mumma) [Berkley, Jan 1989] ISBN 0-425-11431-7, $3.50, 219pp, paperback Young Adult Science Fiction/Thriller (assassins in High School) Packaged by Armadillo Press Richard LaGravenese: Locus/Contento lists: Books: * The Fisher King [Applause Books, Oct 1991] ISBN 1-55783-098-3, $12.95, 194pp, trade paperback screenplay to contemporary urban Grail Quest Fantasy film + photos + Terry Gilliam introduction {film hotlink to be done} T. R. LaGreca: Locus/Contento lists: Poetry: * "Catharses" [Ice River, no.6, 1990] Camille Allen LaGuire: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Away He Ran" [Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, Fall 1994; Between the Darkness and the Fire, ed. Jeffry Dwight, Wildside Press/SFF Net, 1998] Michael Lahey: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * Quest for Apollo (DAW 0-88677-364-4, Aug '89 [Jul '89], $3.95, 255pp, pb) Fantasy novel about an American writer on a mission for the Olympian gods Damon Lahman, American (half Native American) traveller/author of weird stories : * Stories in Fantasia [New York: Exposition, 1967] Kim Elizabeth Laico: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Dream Crypt" [Grotesque, no.1, 1993] * "The Tale Teller" [Peeping Tom, no.3, 1991] Poetry: * "Darkest Intrusion" [The Haunted Sun, Jan 1991] * "From Beneath the Tomb" [Tekeli-li!, no.3, 1991] * "Taken to the Dark Life" [Dead of Night, Fall 1989; The Haunted Sun, Spring 1991] Marc Laidlaw (1960-): Science Fiction/Fantasy satirist; Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * 50 stories listed in Locus/Contento {to be done} Books: * The 37th Mandala [St. Martin's, Feb 1996] ISBN 0-312-13021-X, $23.95, 352pp, hardcover Horror/Satire/New Age/Lovecraftian Charlatan promotes evil interdimensional mandalas as spirit guardians * Dad's Nuke [Donald I. Fine, 1985] ISBN 0-917657-52-7, $15.95, 255pp, hardcover Science Fiction/Black Comedy nuclear escalation within a suburban neighborhood [London: Gollancz, Sep 1986] ISBN 0-575-03905-1, £9.95, 255pp, hardcover [Critic's Choice, Feb 1987] ISBN 1-55547-147-1, $3.50, 255pp, paperback [London: Grafton, Apr 1988] ISBN 0-586-07434-1, £2.95, 284pp, paperback * Kalifornia [St. Martin's, Feb 1993] ISBN 0-312-08830-2, $18.95, 245pp, hardcover Science Fiction/Satire: what happens when future celebrities download their sensory impressions directly to their audience? * Neon Lotus [Bantam Spectra, Apr 1988] ISBN 0-553-27165-2, $3.95, 294pp, paperback Science Fiction/Fantasy about Tibet in terms of politics. metaphysics, reincarnation... as someone who studied Tibetan Buddhism in translation, I found this fscinating, profound, tragic, and screamingly funny all at once. * The Orchid Eater [St. Martin's, Mar 1994] ISBN 0-312-10515-0, $19.95, 282pp, hardcover Mystery/Detective on same subject as Your Humble Webmaster's short story "Testicula" * The Third Force [Simon & Schuster/Scribner, June 1996] ISBN 0-684-82245-8 $11.00, 256pp, trade paperback, "Gadget" CD-ROM Game-Related (game and novelization both Copyrighted by Synergy) Michael Laimo: Member of Horror Writers of America; Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "All Hallows Three" [Crossroads, Oct 1996] incorrectly as by Michael Lamio in Table of Contents * "Alley Man" [The Edge, Tales of Suspense no.2, 1998] * "Contact Lenses" [Mindmares, Summer 1998] * "Grass Land" [Burning Sky, no.1, 1998] * "The Happiest Man Alive" [Pirate Writings, Summer 1994] * "One Last Breath" [Plot, Fall 1996] * "To Be" [Crossroads, Oct 1997] * "Upside Down" [Weird Stories, Nov 1998] * "The Wave" [Vampire Dan's Story Emporium, no.3, 1997; Startling Science Stories, no.14, 1998] * "Within the Darkness, Golden Eyes" [Epitaph, no.3, 1997] Michael Laimo Manuel Mujica Lainez: see Manuel Mujica Lainez (short fiction) Alexander [Kinnan] Laing (7 Aug 1903-1976): American novelist/Literature Professor/poet/editor/anthologist/fantasist * The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck [New York: Farrar Rinehart, 1934] * Great Ghost Stories of the World; a.k.a. "The Haunted Omnibus" [New York: Farrar Rinehart, 1937] [as "The Haunted Omnibus", MJF Books, Sep 1996] ISBN 1-56731-119-9, $11.98, 848pp, hardcover reprint, 42 ghost stories; instant remainder edition Charles Richard Laing: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Dating Nightmare: #4ÑThe Move" [Thin Ice, no.7, 1990] * "The Girl on the Tracks" [Not One of Us, Apr 1990] * "Groundhog Day" [2AM, Spring 1990] * "The Homemaker's Best Friend" [Thin Ice, no.8, 1990] * "Hot Bodies" [Encounters, Fall 1989] * "Memorabilia" [The Sterling Web, Summer 1990] * "Paternity" [The Tome, no.4, 1990] * "Preypretty" [Dead of Night, Winter 1990] * "Protector" [Tri-State Fantasist, no.4, 1990] * "The Woodpile" [Crossroads, Dec 1992] Frederick Laing: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Gentleman on the Top Floor" [1965; Lovers & Other Monsters, ed. Marvin Kaye, Science Fiction Book Club, 1992] * "The Iron Man" [This Week; Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown, ed. Marvin Kaye, Garden City, NY: Guild America, 1993] Kojo Laing: Locus/Contento lists: Books: * Major Gentl and the Achimota Wars [London: Heinemann, May 1992] ISBN 0-435-90978-9, £5.99, 185pp, trade paperback Africa in 2020 is being rebuilt successfully... Patrick Laing, pseudonym of Amelia Long Lair of the White Worm: see Fantasy Films [1988] {hotlink to be done} Elizabeth Laird: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Hummingbirds" [Best of Friends, ed. Valerie Bierman, Mammoth, 1995] Marion Laird: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Bread and Circuses" [Mind Boggling Science Fiction, no.1, 1995] Ginger LaJeunesse: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Coming Back" [Women of Darkness II, ed. Kathryn Ptacek, Tor, 1990] Short Nonfiction: * "The Art of Darkness" [The Scream Factory, Spring 1989] article * "Book Reviews" [The Scream Factory, Spring 1989] Christina Lake: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Assyria" [Interzone, no.19, 1987] * "The Cat and the Sleep Compiler" [Arrows of Eros, ed. Alex Stewart, NEL, 1989] * "The Greening of the Slag Heaps" [Interzone, Oct 1994] * "Rotisserie" [Nexus, Apr 1991] * "Wintertime Beauty" [Other Edens III, ed. Christopher Evans and Robert Holdstock, London: Unwin, 1989] David J. Lake, full name David John Lake (1929-): Science Fiction author of AUSTRALIA Books: * The Gods of Xuma [Daw, 1978] * The Ring of Truth [Cory & Collins Void, 1982; DAW, June 1984] ISBN 0-87997-935-6, $2.95, 192pp, paperback Science Fiction * Walkers on the Sky [Daw, 1976] * West of the Moon [Hyland House, 1988] ISBN 0-947062-44-0, no price, 250pp, hardcover Young Adult Fantasy/Science Fiction * The "Dextra" series * The Right Hand of Dextra [Daw, 1977] * The Wildings of Westron [Daw, 1977] Short Fiction: * "The Last Day of Christmas" [1981; 1982 Annual World's Best SF, ed. Donald A. Wollheim] Locus/Contento lists only: Short Fiction: * "Creator" [Envisaged Worlds, ed. Paul Collins, Void, 1978; Matilda at the Speed of Light, ed. Damien Broderick, Angus & Robertson: Australia, 1988; Mortal Fire, ed. Terry Dowling and Van Ikin, Coronet, 1993] * "Re-deem the Time" [Rooms of Paradise, ed. Lee Harding, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia: Quartet Books, 1978; Metaworlds, ed. Paul Collins, Penguin Australia, 1994] * "The Truth About Weena" [Dreaming Down-Under, ed. Jack Dann and Janeen Webb, HarperCollins/Voyager Australis, 1998] Paul Lake: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Rat Boy" [F&SF, May 1987] Books: * Among the Immortals [Story Line Press, July 1994] ISBN 0-934257-73-6, $14.95, 301pp, trade paperback Horror/Literary Percy Shelley is in modern Berkeley stalking the academic poetry community as a vampire Order from: Story Line Press Three Oaks Farm Brownsville OR 97327 Simon Lake: pseudonym of Charles L. Grant (1942- ) for Young Adult Horror: Locus/Contento lists: * Midnight Place: Daughter of Darkness [Bantam, Oct 1992] ISBN 0-553-29442-3 $3.50, 151pp, paperback Young Adult Horror: teenage demon stalks High School * Midnight Place #2: Something's Watching [Bantam, Jan 1993] ISBN 0-553-29791-0, $3.50, 149pp, paperback, muggings linked to ghost story by teenaged sleuth "Tara Fraiser" * Midnight Place: Death Cycle [Bantam, Mar 1993] ISBN 0-553-56102-2, $3.50, 152pp, paperback Young Adult Horror: phantom killer motorcycle * Midnight Place: He Told Me To [Bantam, May 1993] ISBN 0-553-56168-5 $3.50, 135pp, paperback Young Adult Horror: Dean's List students are being corrupted into juvenile delinquents by supernatural force? Steven R. Laker: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Bringing Back Sarah" [On Spec, Summer 1997] John Lakey: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "On Exhibit" [Amazing, July 1987] Todd Lakey: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Dames, Games, and Insecticides" [The Leading Edge, no.20/21, 1990] Edward J. Lakso: Locus/Contento lists: * "And the Children Shall Lead" [Star Trek #12, Bantam, 1977] see "Judith Ann Lawrence" Paula Lalish: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Ever After" [Space Opera, ed. Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, DAW, 1996] T. M. Lally: British horror author; Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * Tales, Weird and Whimsical [Merlin, July 1991] ISBN 0-86303-552-3, £7.95, 215pp, trade paperback, cover and interior art by author 10 Horror/Ghost stories Timothy Lamarre: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "The People in the Box" [Aberations, no.14, 1993] Drew Lamark: pseudonym of Andre Launay (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.557) Charles Lamb (1775-1834): British author/essayist/poet best known for works under the pseudonym "Elia." Also wrote children's books and Fantasy: * The Adventure of Ulysses [1808] * Prince Dorus [1811] * Beauty and the Beast [1811] * Satan in Search of a Wife and Who Danced at the Wedding [1831] poetry * Tales from Shakespeare [1807] co-author Mary Lamb Harold Lamb, full name Harold Albert lamb (1892-1962): author of Asian and Near Eastern Fantasy and nonfiction, said by John Clute to have influenced Robert E. Howard: * Marching Sands [1920] Gobi desert LOST LANDS/LOST RACE * The House of the Falcon [1921] * The Three Paladins [1923] * A Garden to the Eastward [1947] * Durandel [1931; 1981] * The Sea of the Ravens [1983] (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.557) Hugh Lamb, full name Hugh Charles Lamb (1946-): Horror editor; Locus/Contento lists: Anthologies Edited: * The Black Reaper: Tales of Terror (See "Bernard Capes") * Gaslit Nightmares [Futura, Mar 1988] ISBN 0-7088-3658-5, £4.50, 358pp, trade paperback Horror/Ghost [Macdonald, Apr 1988] ISBN 0-356-15302-9, £11.95,358pp, hardcover * Gaslit Nightmares 2 [Futura, Jan 1991] ISBN 0-7088-4876-1, £4.50, 384pp, paperback Victorian/Edwardian Horror/Ghost tales, Lamb's introductions to each * In the Dark (See Edith Nesbit) * Stories in the Dark [Equation, July 1989] ISBN 1-85336-092-9, £3.50, 223pp, trade paperback Horror by Robert Barr, Jerome K. Jerome, Barry Pain, others * Terror by Gaslight: An Anthology of Rare Tales of Terror [Constable, Oct 1992] ISBN 0-09-471720-6, £13.99, 282pp, hardcover 14 stories Horror/Victorian, NOT same anthology as "Terror by Gaslight: More Victorian Tales of Terror" * Terror by Gaslight: More Victorian Tales of Terror [pub?, year?] Jean Lamb: Associate Member of Science Fiction Writers of America; Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "The Broom's Tale" [Deathrealm, Spring 1995] * "Galley Slave" [Analog, Aug 1996; Man-Kzin Wars VIII, ed. Larry Niven, Baen, 1998] * "Shut-in" [Renunciates of Darkover, ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1991] Short Nonfiction: * "The Grail and the Ring, Teresa Edgerton" [Locus, vol.32:4, No.399, Apr 1994] book review * "Finn Mac Cool, Morgan Llywelyn" [Locus, vol.32:4, No.399, Apr 1994] book review * "Hour of the Octopus, Joel Rosenberg" [Locus, vol.32:4, No.399, Apr 1994] book review * "Inferno: A Chronicle of A Distant World, Mike Resnick" [Locus, vol.32:4, No.399, Apr 1994] book review * "Once a Hero, Michael Stackpole" [Locus, vol.32:4, No.399, Apr 1994] book review * "Out of This World, Lawrence Watt-Evans" [Locus, vol.32:4, No.399, Apr 1994] book review * "The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues, Harry Harrison" [Locus, vol.32:4, No.399, Apr 1994] book review * "A Tribute to Buck Coulson" [Locus, vol.42:5, No.460, May 1999] obituary * "A Two-Edged Sword, Thomas K. Martin" [Locus, vol.32:4, No.399, Apr 1994] book review e-mail Jean Lamb e-mail Jean Lamb old, invalid? Mary Lamb, full name Mary Ann Lamb (1764-1847): author and sister of Charles Lamb * Tales from Shakespeare [1807] co-author Charles Lamb Dean R. Lambe, full name Dean Rodney Lambe (1943-): Lifetime Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America e-mail Dean R. Lambe preferred e-mail Dean R. Lambe A leader in online presence, as well as a respected author, reviewer, and former officer of Science Fiction Writers of America, Dean R. Lambe has been on the Web since it was DARPANET. * His SF is listed on the MIT Index, among others * His reviews are on the LOCUS site * His SFWA Handbook articles are in the SFWA site Novels: * The Odysseus Solution [1986] co-author Michael A. Banks Short Fiction: * "Damn Shame" [1979] * "The Hole Thing" [1979] * "Given A, Then Bee" [1980] * "The One Over" [1980] Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "In a Cavern" [Habitats, ed. Susan Shwartz, DAW, 1984] * "Notice to Leave" [Argos, Spring 1988] Essays/Articles: * "The Sin of Yin, the Clang of Yang" [Amazing Nov 1989] * "Science and Sense" [Rigel, Spring 1983, Summer 1983] Marjorie E. Lambe: pseudonym of Gladys Gordon Trenery, (1885-1938) according to Locus/Contento, which lists: Short Fiction: * "The Return" [Hutchinson's Mystery Story Magazine, Mar 1924; The Virago Book of Ghost Stories, ed. Richard Dalby, Virago, 1987] Arthur Lambert, pseudonym of Arthur L. "Art" Widner Dan Lambert: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "Aladdin Revisited" [Other Worlds, no.2, 1988] Leslie Harrison Lambert (1883-1940): see pseudonym "A. J. Alan" Martin Lambert: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "On a Distant Wire" [Aboriginal SF, Fall 1996] Paul Lambert, (1923-1 May 1997) veteran actor, best known in our genre for playing the Minister in "Planet of the Apes", appeared in 300 TV episodes, several stage plays (Broadway's "A Little Night Music), and over 20 feature films. Film credits include: * Washington Post National Editor in "All the President's Men" * "Play It As It Lays" * "Where Does It Hurt?" * "Billionaire Boys Club" TV Credits include: * "The Missiles of October" (TV Movie) * "L.A. Law" * "Night Court" * "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." * "Big Valley" * "Hogan's Heroes" * "Gunsmoke" * "Playhouse 90" (all time record of 14 appearances) Born in El Paso, Texas; brought up in Kansas City, Missouri; served as Lieutenant in Army Air Corps in World War II; after the war he used the G.I. Bill to study at the Los Angeles Actors Lab and several New York acting schools; married xxxx, 1 daughter, Dorte; began New York stage experience in the 1950s; made film debut as Gannicus in "Spartacus" (1960); also wrote the script for "Interior Hollywood Day", and both acted and directed in a production of the play. Roger Lambert: Locus/Contento lists: Reference: * "Interview with Roger Lambert, (iv) Xizquil Apr '91 S. H. Lambert: pseudonym of Neil Bell (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.557) Susan Lambert: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * "The Tree Who Did Not Wish to Be Touched" [Harvest Tales & Midnight Revels, ed. Michael Mayhew, Bald Mountain Books, 1998] William J. Lambert III, pseudonym of Lambert Wilhelm R. S. Lambert, Broadcaster/folklorist in Canada: * Exploring the Supernatural [London: A.Barker, 1954] J. T. Lamberty, Jr.: Lifetime Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America nothing on the Web? e-mail J. T. Lamberty, Jr. Frank Lambirth: Locus/Contento lists: * Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep [Popular Library, July 1989] ISBN 0-445-20672-1 $3.95, 235pp, paperback Horror/Island/Magic David Lambourne: Locus/Contento lists: * The Musclemen [Oxford University Press, Oct 1991] ISBN 0-19-271675-1, £7.95, 141pp, hardcover Young Adult Science Fiction Electronic Toys have unexpected behavior John Lambourne, pseudonym of John Battersby Crompton Lamburn (1893-?): Worked as police officer in South Africa and as a Shipping Clerk in China, dashing off the occasional nonfiction works on Spiders and Insects under the pseudonym John Crmpton, before returning to Great Britain as a full-time writer: * the "Professor Ellis" series LOST LANDS/LOST RACE: * The Kingdom that Was [1931] * The Second Leopard [1932] Richmal Crompton Lambourne (15 Nov 1890-?) English author/classics teacher most appreciated by my wife and other readers for the "Just William" book series which includes a couple of SF novels "William and the Moon Rocket" and "William and the Space Animal", but also wrote various fantasy books including "Dread Dwelling" (London: Boni & Liveright, 1926) and "Mists and Other Stories" (London: Hutchinson, 1928). Unusual ability to be either screamingly funny or funnily macabre. Sister of John Lambourne. Robert Lambourne: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * Close Encounters? Science and Science Fiction (co-authors Michael Shallis & Michael Shortland) [Adam Hilger, 1990] ISBN 0-85274-141-3, $26.00, 184pp, trade paperback Nonfiction/Criticism about the relationships between science fiction and and science (a subject that Your Humble Webmaster has expounded upon on countless radio and television shows); in USA order from: The American Institute of Physics 335 East 45th St. New York NY 10017 Lamia: vampire/succubus demons as described by Philostratus, which description was adapted by Robert Burton in "Anatomy of Melancholy" [1621] and that in turn inspired John Keats in the Fantasy/Horror poem "Lamia" [1820], as revised and deepened by Tim Powers in "The Stress of Her Regard" [1989]. Richard Lamm, full name Richard D. Lamm (1935-): Locus/Contento lists: * 1988 (co-author Arnold Grossman) [Severn House, Aug 1986] ISBN 0-7278-1310-2, £9.95, 264pp, hardcover (Reprinted from what publisher, when?) near-future Thriller/POLITICS Evelyn Sibley Lampman (1907-?) American juvenile SF novelist "Rusty's Space Ship" about a hapless extraterrestrial with a lost-and-found flying saucer Duncan Lamont, pseudonym of E. C. Tubb Louis L'Amour, full name Louis Dearborn L'Amour (1908-1988): preeminent writer of Western novels, also wrote one science fiction/fantasy Western: * Haunted Mesa [New York & Toronto: Bantam, July 1987] ISBN 0-553-05182-2, $18.95, 357pp, hardover [Bantam UK, Nov 1987] ISBN 0-593-01385-9, £10.95, 357pp, hardcover [Bantam, May 1988] ISBN 0-553-27022-2, $4.50, 362pp, paperback [Bantam UK, Oct 1988] ISBN 0-553-17563-7, £3.50, 357pp, paperback [Bantam, Aug 1994] ISBN 0-553-27022-2, $5.50, 362pp, paperback Rich electronics engineer Erik Hokart builds his home on a deserted mesa near Four Corners, where the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet. He restores an Anasazi prayer room (kiva), from which his Tibetan dog vanishes, though his bark is still audible. His sweater vanishes, and is replaced by a better one with a sunflower motif in gold thread. A fresh sunflower appears. When the dog, Chief, returns, he has a sunflower woven through his collar. Hokart calls for his magician/writer friend Mike Raglan, who deduces that there is a passage through time or to the afterlife, where the Anasazi cliff-dwelling Native Americans still prosper. They have split into a good group and a bloodthirsty group, and Hokart soon is enmeshed in their struggle when he passes through to The Other Side, a parallel plane called "The Third World of the Hopi." Further, it becomes apparent there there are multiple Other Sides, each with its own inhabitants. Dinah Lampitt (1937-): Locus/Contento lists: * As Shadows Haunting [New English Library, 1993; Coronet, June 1994] ISBN 0-340-60402-6, £4.99, 515pp, paperback Fantasy FEMINIST/TIME TRAVEL * To Sleep No More [Michael Joseph, 1987] ISBN 0-7181-2619-X, £10.95, 521pp, hardcover Fantasy/Historical/Reincarnation [Coronet, Apr 1988] ISBN 0-340-42541-5, £3.50, 451pp, paperback Lois Lamplugh, pseudonym of Lois Carlile Davis A. C. Lamprey, pseudonym of Robert L. Fish Christopher Lampton: * Cross of Empire [Laser, 1976] Terry Lamsley: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * Conference with the Dead [Ash-Tree Press, Mar 1996] ISBN 1-899562-10-9 £22.50, xii+231pp, hardcover Dark Fantasy story collection 10 stories of supernatural terror + Ramsey Campbell introduction Limited Edition of 500 numbered copies; order from: Ashcroft 2 Abbottsford Drive Penyfford, Chester CH4 0JG U.K. * Under the Crust: Supernatural Tales of Buxton [Wendigo, 1993] ISBN 0-9521808-0-4, £7.50, 156pp, trade paperback six original Horror/Ghost with Buxton setting; Limited Edition of 500 copies; order from: 4 Crowestones Buxton Derbyshire, SK17 6NZ U.K. Kathryn Lance (1943-): Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America also writes under pseudonym Lynn Beach for Young Adult Fantasy: * Secrets of the Lost Island [1984] * The Attack of the Insecticons [1985] * Conquest of the Time Master [1985] * The haunted Castle of Ravencurse [1985] * Invaders from Darkland [1986] * Phantom Valley #1: H.O.W.L. High [1991] * Phantom Valley #2: The Evil One [1991] * Phantom Valley #3: The Dark [1991] * Phantom Valley #4: Scream of the Cat [1992] * Phantom Valley #5: Stranger in the Mirror [1992] * Phantom Valley #6: The Spell [1992] e-mail Kathryn Lance e-mail Kathryn Lance old, invalid? * Pandora's Genes [Popular Library/Questar, Apr 1985] ISBN 0-445-20004-9, $2.95, 279pp, paperback Science Fiction/ post-holocaust nominated for 1986 Locus Award * Pandora's Children [Popular Library/Questar, May 1986] ISBN 0-445-20066-9, $3.50, 279pp, paperback sequel to "Pandora's Genes" (also according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.557) Lancelot: Son of King Ban of Benwick, Brittany; when King Ban dies of a broken heart, he is raised by the Lady of the Lake, who brings him to King Arthur. As the most courageous of the Knights of the Round Table, he becomes the champion of, and then the adulterous lover of, Queen Guinevere, thus causing the conflict that brings about the downfall of Camelot under the evil Mordred. He was possibly an historic leader or King of the Picts in the 6th Century, and first appears in Arthurian legends in the 12th century "Lancelot" [1177?] by Chretien de Troyes, as later adapted into prose in "The Vulgate Cycle" [1215-1235] further adapted by Sir Thomas Mallory in "Le Morte Darthur" [1485]. In modern Fantasy, he features in: * Launcelot [1926] by Ernest Hamilton * Launcelot and the Ladies [1927] by Will Bradley * The Ill-Made Knight [1940] by T. H. White * The Little Wench [1935] by Philip Lindsay * Launcelot My Brother [1954] by Dorothy James Roberts * The Queen's Knight [1955] by Marvin Borowsky * Lancelot and Guinevere [1963] {film hotlink to be done} * Lancelot [1978] by Peter Vansittart * Excalibur [1981] {film hotlink to be done} * "The Quiet Monk" [Isaac Asimov's, 1988] by Jane Yolen * First Knight [1995] {film hotlink to be done} (also according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.557) George Lancing, pseudonym of Bluebell M. Hunter Gene Lancour, pseudonym of Gene Lancour Fisher (1947-): * "Dirsham, the Godkiller" series: * The Lerios Mecca [Doubleday, 1977] * The Man-Eaters of Cascalon [1979] * Sword for the Empire [Doubleday, 1978] * The War Machines of Kalinth [Doubleday, 1977] * The Globes of Llarum [1980] SPACE OPERA Jon Land: Locus/Contento lists: * The Alpha Deception [Fawcett, 1988; Fawcett Gold Medal, Dec 1989] ISBN 0-449-13118-1, $4.50, 357pp, paperback Technothriller Science Fiction, 3rd featuring featuring agent "Blaine McCracken" [London: Grafton, Sep 1990] ISBN 0-586-20858-5, £3.99, 383pp, paperback * The Eighth Trumpet [Grafton, Apr 1991] ISBN 0-586-21023-7, £4.99, 444pp, paperback technothriller/Near Future * The Gamma Option [Fawcett Gold Medal, Dec 1989] ISBN 0-449-13399-0, $4.95, 340pp, paperback Technothriller Science Fiction, 4th featuring featuring agent "Blaine McCracken" * The Lucifer Directive [Zebra, 1984; Zebra, Oct 1990] ISBN 0-8217-3354-0, $4.95, 462pp, paperback Technothriller/Science Fiction * The Omega Command [Fawcett, 1986; Fawcett Gold Medal, Dec 1989] ISBN 0-449-12955-1, $3.95, 371pp, paperback Technothriller Science Fiction, 2nd featuring featuring agent "Blaine McCracken" * The Omicron Legion [Fawcett Gold Medal, June 1991] ISBN 0-449-14635-9 $5.95, 339pp, paperback Technothriller Science Fiction, 5th (?) featuring featuring agent "Blaine McCracken" The Land of Oz: see The Wizard of Oz Anke Landeau: Locus/Contento lists: * Spiral Terra [Phoenix Publications, July 1993] ISBN 0-9518995-0-3, £12.95, 286pp, hardcover Horror/Science Fiction/Satan Arthur H. Landis: Novels: * The "Camelot" trilogy: * A World Called Camelot [Daw, 1976] * Camelot in Orbit [1978] * The Magick of Camelot [1981] * Home -- To Avalon [1982] Geoffrey A. Landis [1955-]: Lifetime Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America Geoffrey A. Landis award-winning scientist/author/poet currently working at the Ohio Aerospace Institute at NASA Lewis Research Center e-mail Geoffrey A. Landis, his preferred home address for Science Fiction use e-mail Geoffrey A. Landis Books: * Author's Choice Monthly Issue 26: Myths, Legends, and True History [Pulphouse, Dec 1991] no ISBN, $4.95, 111pp, trade paperback George Barr cover art, 10 stories + author's discussions $25.00 signed hardcover edition $50.00 deluxe leatherbound edition Short Fiction * "Elemental" [1984] nominated for 1985 Hugo * "Dinosaurs" [1985] * "Stroboscope" [1986] * "Jamais Vu" [1988] * "Now You See It" [1988] * "Ripples in the Dirac Sea" [1988] Winner, 1989 Nebula Award nominated for Asimov's Readers Poll Award 1989 nominated for Hugo Award 1989 nominated for Locus Poll Award 1989 * "The River of Air, The Ocean of Sky" [1988] * "Shards" [1988] * "Vacuum States" [1988] nominated for Asimov's Readers Poll Award 1989 * "Sundancer Falling" [1989] * "True Confessions" [1989] * "The City of Ultimate Freedom" [1990] * "Projects" [1990] nominated for Asimov's Readers Poll Award 1991 nominated for Locus Poll Award 1991 * "Realm of the Senses" [1990] * "Laboratory Procedure" [1991] * "A Long Time Dying" [1991] * Paradigms of Change [1991] * "A Walk in the Sun" [1991] Winner, Asimov's Readers Poll Award 1992 Winner, Hugo Award 1992 nominated for Locus Poll Award 1992 * "Embracing the Alien [1992] nominated for Nebula Award 1993 * "Impact Parameter" [1992] nominated for Asimov's Readers Poll Award 1993 * "In the Land of Purple Flowers" [1992] * "Beneath the Stars of Winter" [1993] nominated for Asimov's Readers Poll Award 1994 nominated for Hugo Award 1994 nominated for Nebula Award 1993 * "The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Hero" [1993] * "The Cost of Styxite" [1993] co-author Jorj Strumolo * "Dead Right" [1993] * "In the Hole with the Boys with the Toys" [1993] nominated for Asimov's Readers Poll Award 1994 nominated for Nebula Award 1994 * "In the Year of Purple Flowers" [1993] * "Out of Their Element [1993] co-author Jorj Strumolo * "The Kingdom of Cats and Birds" [1994] nominated for Nebula Award 1994 * The Singular Habits of Wasps [1994] brilliant Sherlock Holmes pastiche nominated for Locus Poll Award 1995 nominated for Hugo Award 1995 nominated for Nebula Award 1994 nominated for Science Fiction Chronicle Award 1994 nominated for Homer Award 1994 * "The Tale of the Brahmin's Wife" [1994] * "Topology of the Loophole" [1994] * "What We Really Do at NASA" [1994] * "Across the Darkness" [1995] nominated for Asimov's Readers Pol Award 1996 nominated for Homer Award 1995 nominated for Nebula Award 1996 * "Dark Lady" [1995] * "Great Shakes" [1995] * "Long Term Project: Report to the Great Council of Cockroaches" [1995] nominated for Asimov's Readers Poll Award 1996 * "The Meetings of the Secret World Masters" [1995] * "A Quiet Evening by Gaslight" [1995] * "Rorvik's War" [1995] * "Tales of the Fish Who Loved a Bird" [1995] * "Time Prime" [1995] * "Farthest Horizons" [1996] * "Hot Death on Wheels" [1996] * "The Last Sunset" [1996] nominated for Asimov's Readers Poll Award 1997 * "Ecopoiesis" [1997] * "Ouroboros" [1997] * "Turnover" [1997] * "Winter Fire" [1997] * "Approaching Perimelasma" [1998] Non-Fiction (not his scientific papers, but SF-related or popular essays): * "Air Pollution on the Moon" [1990] * "Starships, Robots, and Space Travel for the Next Millennium" [1991] * "The Demon Under Hawaii" [1992] * "Science: Time Travel" [SF Age, 1992] co-authors Charles Sheffield, Arlan Andrews * "Science: Beyond Virtual Reality" [SF Age 1993] co-authors Dr. Creve Maples, Arlan Andrews * "Science: Search for Alien Intelligence" [SF Age, 1993] co-authors Doug Beason, Arlan Andrews * "Science" [SF Age, 1993] co-authors Robert M. Zubrin, Doug Beason * "Robots, Reality, and the Future of Humanity in the 21st Century" [1994] * "Science: DC-X: Cheap Access to Space" [SF Age, 1994] co-authors Marianne J. Dyson, Arlan Andrews * "Science: Images of Science and Scientists" [SF Age, 1994] co-authors Charles Sheffield, Gregory Benford, Arlan Andrews * "Science" [SF Age, 1994] co-authors Joe Haldeman, Doug Beason * "Science" [SF Age, 1994] co-authors Robert L. Forward, John G. Cramer, Gregory Benford * "Science: Interstellar Travel" [SF Age, 1995] co-authors Jonathan V. Post, David Brin, Robert L. Forward * "Science" [SF Age, 1995] co-authors Robert M. Zubrin, Stephen L. Gillett * "The Melancholy of Infinite Space [1996] * "Science" [SF Age, 1996] co-author Arlan Andrews * "Science" [SF Age, 1996] co-author Catherine Asaro * "Science: The Exploration of Mars" [SF Age, 1996] co-author Wil McCarthy Poetry: * many, see Science Fiction Poetry Marie Landis, full name Marie Antoinette Landis Edwards (1935?- ): Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America no known web page Short Fiction: * "The Bone Woman" [1994] co-author Brian Herbert * "Blood Month" [1995] co-author Brian Herbert * "The Contract" [1995] co-author Brian Herbert * "Dropoff" [1996] co-author Brian Herbert * "Raiders from the Ghost World" [1996] co-author Brian Herbert Books: * Memorymakers (see co-author Brian Herbert) * The World of Darkness: Vampire: Blood on the Sun (see co-author Brian Herbert) Tommaso Landolfi (1908-1979): Science Fiction author of ITALY Kafkaesque fantasist: * Cancroregina [1950; as "Cancerqueen and Other Stories", US: 1971] translated by Raymond Rosenthal, insane astronaut trapped in a living interstellar spaceship * Dialogo dei massimi sistemi ["Dialogue Concerning the Chief World Systems"] [1937] story collection, title from Galileo * Gogol's Wife and Other Stories [New York: New Direction, 1963] * Le Labrene [1974] story collection * Il mar delle blatte ["The Sea of Roaches"] [1939] story collection * La piu belle pagine di Tommaso Landolfi [1982] edited by Italo Calvino part of which was translated by Kathrine Jason as "Words in Commotion and Other Stories" [US: 1986] (also according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.559) Books Landon: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * Science Fiction After 1900: From the Steam Man to the Stars [Simon & Schuster/Twayne, Mar 1997] ISBN 0-8057-0962-2, $24.95, 251pp, hardcover Nonfiction/Criticism/Reference + lists of recommended SF + reference bibliography + index Percival Landon (1869-1927) Barrister/playwright/journalist/author in England with "Raw Edges" (London: Heinemann, 1908) collection containing a famous ghost story "Thurnley Abbey" and a cartoonish SF story "The Gyroscope" Judith Landry: Science Fiction translator: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * Smarra & Trilby (see co-author Charles Nodier) John M. Landsberg: Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America e-mail John M. Landsberg Stories in 2 issues of F&SF, Universe 1 and 2 (Silverberg & Haber, eds.), and Full Spectrum 4 and 5. Creator/co-editor of UNEARTH, The Magazine of Science Fiction Discoveries, which first published William Gibson, James P. Blaylock, Craig Shaw Gardner, and others. Also director of "Marrying Darcy", romantic comedy feature film. In the mid-70's, John M. Landsberg, Jonathan Ostrowsky, and Craig Shaw Gardner met in an adult education science fiction writing class taught by Hal Clement in Boston. After the class ended, these three, being the most avid sf enthusiasts in the class, discovered that they wanted to remain in contact, and therefore established a writing group that met regularly at Ostrowsky's and Landsberg's apartments on Beacon Hill. Landsberg soon revealed that he had a dream of creating a magazine that would be exclusively for unpublished writers, and Ostrowsky said, "Let's do it!" And the die was cast. Gardner was hesitant, but agreed to function as a contributing editor. Landsberg proposed a ground rule that the others seconded heartily: They would not publish their own fiction; UNEARTH (as Landsberg named it) would never be viewed as a vanity mag. Landsberg then proceeded to convince Hal Clement to write a science column for the magazine, and Harlan Ellison to write a writing column (Ellison was apparently convinced to sign on by Landsberg's chutzpah in even daring to ask him to contribute). Landsberg then proposed the "First Sale" feature, which would reprint the first stories of major authors, with new intro's by the authors. And then Landsberg got into medical school in Albany, New York, leaving Ostrowsky to handle the Herculean day-to-day effort of actually running the thing. While in medical school, Landsberg returned to Boston almost every weekend to help sift through stories, write copy, help with paste-up, or do whatever Ostrowsky told him needed to be done at the time. An UNEARTH policy was that every submitted story received a personal response, never a form rejection (until much later when the number of submissions became gargantuan.) Final decision on which stories saw print was shared equally between Ostrowsky and Landsberg; amazingly, they never encountered any serious disagreement in this area. After publishing many writers who went on to success in sf, some of whom are now quite prominent, the ironic reality of UNEARTH's demise was that they couldn't come up with enough money to publish one more issue, at a time when advertising revenue from that issue should have been enough to put them at last into the black, after two years of hard work in the red. Landscape: {to be done} Andrew Lane: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books Written: * All-Consuming Fire [Doctor Who Books, June 1994] ISBN 0-426-20415-8, £4.99 (in USA: $5.95), 305pp, paperback, TV-Film-related * Doctor Who: Original Sin [Doctor Who Books, June 1995] ISBN 0-426-20444-1, £4.99 (in USA: $5.95), 321pp, paperback, TV-Film-related * Doctor Who: The Empire of Glass [Doctor Who Books, Nov 1995] ISBN 0-426-20457-3, £4.99 (in USA: $5.95), 259pp, paperback, TV-Film-related * Lucifer Rising (see co-author Jim Mortimore) Anthologies Edited: * Decalog 4: Re-Generations: Ten Stories/A Thousand Years/One Family (co-author Justin Richards) [Virgin, May 1997] ISBN 0-426-20505-7, £4.99, 297pp, paperback, Forrester family saga, initially presented in the Doctor Who "New Adventures" series 1,000 years of family empire expansion to galactic scale * Doctor Who: Decalog 3: Consequences (co-author Justin Richards) [Doctor Who Books, May 1996] ISBN 0-426-20478-6, £4.99 (in USA: $5.95), 308pp, paperback, 10 original stories TV-Film-related Anne J. Lane, full name Anne Judith Lane (1931-): Locus/Contento lists: * To "Herland" and Beyond: The Life and Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman [Pantheon, Apr 1990] ISBN 0-394-50559-X, $29.95, 413pp, hardcover [Penguin/Meridian, Nov 1991] ISBN 0-452-01080-2, $12.95, 413pp, trade paperback Nonfiction/Reference/Critical Biography of Victorean-era author of Horror and FEMINIST/UTOPIAN Fantasy Arthur Lane, pseudonym of F. Orlin Tremaine Christopher Lane: Locus/Contento lists: * Eden's Gate [Zondervan, Sep 1994] ISBN 0-310-41161-0, 383pp, trade paperback Fantasy/Archaeology: Biblical story of Creation validated but POLITICS gets in the way... Daryl Lane: Locus/Contento lists: * The Sound of Wonder: Interviews from "The Science Fiction Radio Show" (co-editors David Carson, William Vernon) [Oryx Press, Nov 1985] ISBN 0-89774-175-7, $18.50, 203pp, paperback Nonfiction/Biography Transcripts of interviews with 9 authors/artists: Donaldson, Cherryh, Clement, Harness, Sturgeon, Waldrop, Williamson, Rucker, Whelan * The Sound of Wonder: Interviews from "The Science Fiction Radio Show," Vol. 2 (co-editors David Carson, William Vernon) [Oryx Press , Dec 1985] ISBN 0-89774-233-8, $18.50, 201pp, paperback Nonfiction/Biography transcripts of interviews with Anthony, Bryant, Farmer, Wollheim, Hogan, Bradley, Ebert, Wolfe, Dickson, Martin Jane Lane, pseudonym for Elaine K. Dakers Jeremy Lane (1893-1963): Locus/Contento lists: * Yellow Men Sleep [as "The Fragrant Web" in 1919 pulp magazine Century; Donald M. Grant, Feb 1984] ISBN 0-937986-58-5, $15.00, 243pp, hardcover, Fantasy/Adventure/Asia John Lane, house name and pseudonym of Dennis T. Hughes, others Francis Towner Laney (30 Mar 1914-8 Jun 1958) American fan editor of H. P. Lovecraft zine "The Acolyte" (Fall 1942-Spring 1946) Alan Kim Lang (31 July 1928-?) American story author whose one novel "Wild and Outside" [Philadelphia: Chilton, 1966] was perhaps the first to introduce the baseball bat as an interstellar weapon Andrew Lang (31 Mar 1844-20 July 1912) British man of letters, biographer of H. Rider Haggard, and noted anthologist: * The Blue Fairy Book [1889] * The Red Fairy Book [1890] * The Green Fairy Book [1892] * The Yellow Fairy Book [1894] * The Grey Fairy Book [1900] * The Violet Fairy Book [1901] * The Crimson Fairy Book [1903] * The Brown Fairy Book [1904] * The Orange Fairy Book [1907] * The Olive Fairy Book [1907] * The Lilac Fairy Book [1910] * The Rainbow Fairy Book [1993] (see co-author Michael Hague) (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.559): other interesting bio/bibliographic data Daniel Lang (1913-?) "The Man in the Thick Lead Suit" (Oxford U. Press, 1954) was a series in "The New Yorker" first, and is an intriguing glimpse into the early years of the space program, and the atomic age King Lang, house name and pseudonym of David A. Griffiths, George Hay, Brian Holloway, John W. Jennison, E. C. Tubb Simon Lang, pseudonym of Darlene Hartman (1934-): * All the Gods of Eisernon [Avon, 1973] * The Elluvon Gift [Avon, 1975] * Hopeship [Ace, Jan 1994] ISBN 0-441-34306-6, $4.99, 230pp, paperback 5th in "Skipjack" series of spaceship adventuring in Time and Space * Timeslide [Ace, Apr 1993] ISBN 0-441-80928-6, $4.99, 260pp, paperback 4th in "Skipjack" series of spaceship adventuring in Time and Space * The Trumpets of Tagan [Ace, July 1992] ISBN 0-441-82576-1, $4.99, 258pp, paperback, 1st in "Skipjack" series of spaceship adventuring in Time and Space Darrel T. Langart, pseudonym (and anagram) of Randall Garrett, the name under which he published the unusual first contact novel "Anything You Can Do" John Langdon-Davies "The Unknown: is it Nearer?", see co-author E. J. Dingwall John Lange, pseudonym of Michael Crichton; real name * Binary [Knopf, 1972; Bantam] John Frederick Lange (3 Jun 1931-): Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America controversial American philosopher/author of the "Gor" series, under pseudonym "John Norman" who provokes considerable debate about whether he is terribly sexist or actually the victim of censorship George Langelaan (1908-?) British journalist/author, best known for the story "The Fly" (Playboy, 1957) made into a classic film {link to be done} and remake {to be done}. Also wrote fantasy collection "Out of Time", 1964 Sears Langell, pseudonym of Alan Glasser David Langford, full name David Rowland Langford (1953-): award-winning critic and parodist and editor and fan writer; Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * Critical Assembly [1987; revised 1992] collection of book reviews * Critical Assembly II [1992] collection of book reviews * The Dragonhiker's Guide to Battlefield Covenant at Dune's Edge: Odyssey Two [Drunken Dragon Press, Nov 1988] ISBN 0-947578-01-3, £9.95, 142pp, hardcover Collection of Science Fiction/Fantasy parodies In USA, order from: Dreamhaven Books & Art 1300 Fourth St. East Minneapolis MN 55414 [Drunken Dragon Press, Nov 1988] ISBN 0-947578-51-X, £24.95, 142pp, hardcover De-luxe, signed, Limited Edition of 100 copies * Earthdoom! (co-author John Grant) [Grafton, May 1987] ISBN 0-586-06739-6, £2.95, 303pp, paperback Parody of Science Fiction Disaster novels, includes: evil aliens, rabid lemmings, King Arthur, anthropomorphized Death, and Hitler clones * Irrational Numbers [Necronomicon Press, Apr 1994] ISBN 0-940884-63-1 $5.95, 34pp, 3 Lovecraftian Horror/Science Fiction stories Order from: Necronomicon Press P.O. Box 1304 West Warwick RI 02893 * The Leaky Establishment [Muller, 1984; Sphere, 1985] ISBN 0-7221-5378-3, £2.25, 197pp, paperback: not technically science fiction, and yet gives dead-on description of biographical reality of working within a techno-scientific bureaucracy (autobiographical) * The Silence of the Langford [NESFA Press, Sep 1996] ISBN 0-915368-62-5 $15.00, 278pp, trade paperback Collection of 30 essays, mostly comedic riffs on Science Fiction and Science Fiction Fandom, + 2 stories + Teresa Nielsen Hayden introduction + biblio-biography (some of this has been seen in the chapbook "Let's Hear if For the Deaf Man" [NESFA 1992] edited by Ben Yalow); Order from: NESFA Press P.O. Box 809 Framingham MA 01701-0203 please add $2.00 postage * The Space Eater [Arrow, 1982; Baen, Feb 1987] ISBN 0-671-65619-8, $2.95, 281pp, paperback Science Fiction * The Third Millennium: A History of the World: AD 2000-3000 (see co-author Brian M. Stableford) * The Unseen University Challenge: Terry Pratchett's Discworld Quizbook [Vista, May 1996] ISBN 0-575-60000-4, £3.99, 224pp, paperback Josh Kirby cover art; Nonfiction/Reference/Humor Quizbook about the "Discworld" books + Terry Pratchett introduction (also according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.560) Michael N. Langford: author/editor; Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books Edited: * Once Upon a Midnight (co-editors Thomas E. Fuller, Jame A. Riley) (See co-editor Jame A. Riley) Michelle K. Langford: Locus/Contento lists: * Contours of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Eighth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts [Greenwood, May 1990] ISBN 0-313-26647-6, $45.00, 232pp, hardcover Proceedings with 22 academic paper from the Eighth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (1987) Neil Langholm, house name and pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer, Laurence James Bob Langley (1936-): Locus/Contento lists: * Fireball [Severn House, Nov 1997] ISBN 0-7278-5285-X, £16.99, 314pp, hardcover Science Fiction/Thriller/Near Future Ultra-secret satellite powers up 27 years after it was shot down, and provokes nuclear attack on Earth and unmanned space-war * Precipice [Bantam Falcon, Mar 1991] ISBN 0-553-28934-9, $4.95, 377pp, paperback Science Fiction/Thriller/Near Future military satellite of USSR crashes in Antarctica, then comes back to life Dorothy Langley, pseudonym of Mrs. Dorothy H. Kissling Noel Langley, full name Noel A. Langley (1911-1980): Born in SOUTH AFRICA lengthy resident of Great Britain, but achieved success in (and spent final years in) USA as screenwriter-director, best known for the scripts of : * The Wizard of Oz [1939] {film hotlink to be done} * Scrooge [1951] {film hotlink to be done} * Svengali [1954] {film hotlink to be done} Books: * The Land of Green Ginger [1937; 1947; 1966] * The Rift in the Lute [1952] * Tales of Mystery and Revenge [1950] (also according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.560) Maurice Langran: pseudonym of Kenneth Morris (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.560) Jane Langton (1922-): Children's Fantasist (also according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.560) Sterling E. Lanier [full name: Sterling Edward Lanier] [1927-]: Novels: * the "Hiero" trilogy: * Hiero's Journey [Chilton, 1973; Bantam; Ballantine Del Rey, Feb 1995] ISBN 0-345-30841-7, $5.99, 325pp, paperback Fantasy nominee for 1974 Locus Award * The Unforsaken Hiero [Del Rey, 1983; Ballantine Del Rey, Apr 1984] ISBN 0-345-30228-1, $2.95, 247pp, paperback Fantasy * Hiero Desteen [Science Fiction Book Club #3292, Mar 1984] $8.98, 532pp, hardcover Omnibus edition of "Hiero's Journey" + "The Unforsaken Hiero" * The War for the Lot [Follett, 1969] juvenile * The Peculiar Exploits of Brigadier Ffellows [Walker, 1972] 7 stories [Donald M. Grant, Nov 1986] ISBN 0-937986-89-5, $30.00, 254pp, hardcover Collection, 7 Fantasy stories + introduction, Signed Limited Edition of 1200 copies * Menace Under Marswood [1983] Short Fiction: * "Join Our Gang?" [1961] * "The Kings of the Sea" [1968] * "Soldier Key" [1968] * "Such Stuff As Dreams" [1968" * "Deathchild" [1968] as Sterling Lanier * "Whose Short Happy Life?" [1968] Sterling Lanier * "A Feminine Jurisdiction" [1969] * "Fraternity Brother" [1969] * "The Leftovers" [1969] * "His Coat So Gay" [1970] * "His Only Safari" [1970] * "Never Cry Human" [1970] * "And the Voice of the Turtle" [1972] * "A Father's Tale" [1974] nominee for 1975 World Fantasy Award * "No Traveler Returns" [1974] * "Ghost of a Crown" [1976] * "The Syndicated Time" [1978] * "Commander in the Mist" [1982" Essay: * "The Peculiar Exploits of Brigadier Ffellows" [1972] book intro Terrill Lankford: Locus/Contento lists: * Angry Moon [Tor/Forge, Oct 1997] ISBN 0-312-85726-8, $22.95, 317pp, hardcover Thriller/Supernatural, assassin can't kill his teacher Roberta Lannes: Roberta Lannes@sff.net Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * The Mirror of Night [Silver Salamander Press, Apr 1997] no ISBN, $12.00, 225pp, trade paperback collection, 10 stories, primarily Horror, Harlan Ellison introduction, also a $35.00 Limited Edition of 300 copies, and a $65.00 Deluxe Leatherbound edition of 50 copies; Order from: Silver Salamander 4128 Woodland Park Ave N, Seattle WA 98103 e-mail Silver Salamander Press George Lanning (1925-) fantasy novel "The Pedestal" [New York: Harper, 1966] Joe R. Lansdale, full name Joe Richard Harold Lansdale (1951-): Horror author/editor/critic; Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * Act of Love [Zebra, 1981; London: Kinnell, May 1989] ISBN 1-870532-04-X, £10.95, 301pp, hardcover HORROR [Zebra, July 1990] ISBN 0-8217-3080-0, $3.95, 301pp, paperback [CD Publications, Feb 1993] no ISBN, $50.00, 319pp, hardcover Andrew Vachss introduction, signed slipcased Limited Edition of 750 copies [Carroll & Graf, Sep 1995] ISBN 0-7867-0288-5, $4.95, 319pp, paperback * Atomic Chili: The Illustrated Joe R. Lansdale [Mojo Press, Oct 1996] ISBN 1-885418-06-X, $24.95, 303pp, trade paperback, story collection 10 Lansdale stories as graphic novels, by several comix artists, + Timothy Truman introduction; Order from: Mojo Press P.O. Box 140005 Austin TX 78714 fax 512-858-7282 Mojo Press e-mail Mojo Press * Author's Choice Monthly Issue 18: Stories By Mama Lansdale's Youngest Boy [Pulphouse, Mar 1991] no ISBN, $4.95, 130pp, trade paperback, George Barr cover art, 15 stories+ author introduction; $25.00 hardcover Limited Edition, $50.00 Deluxe leather Limited Edition * Bad Chili [Mojo Press, June 1997] ISBN 1-885418-15-9, $47.00, 219pp, hardcover Mystery/Detective, signed Limited Edition of 500 copies Order from Mojo Press, add $3.00 postage [Warner/Mysterious Press, Sep 1997] ISBN 0-89296-619-X, $22.00, 292pp, hardcover [Gollancz/Indigo, Oct 1997] ISBN 0-575-06534-6, £9.99, 292pp, trade paperback * Batman: Captured by the Engines [Warner, July 1991] ISBN 0-446-36042-2 $4.99, 241pp, paperback HORROR novelization of Batman versus murderous car and Native American magic [Borderlands Press, Aug 1992] no ISBN, $50.00, 199pp, hardcover Signed slipcased Limited Edition of 500 copies * Batman: Terror on the High Skies [Boston: Little Brown, Dec 1992] ISBN 0-316-17765-2, $3.95, 66pp, trade paperback Young Adult Fantasy short story illustrated by Edward Hannigan + Dick Giordano * Bestsellers Guaranteed [Ace, May 1993] ISBN 0-441-05502-8, $4.50, 207pp, paperback story collection, 16 stories + new introduction + novella "The Events Concerning a Nude Fold-Out Found in a Harlequin Romance" which was not found in the otherwise similar "Author's Choice Monthly Issue 18", * By Bizarre Hands [Mark V. Ziesing, Dec 1989] ISBN 0-929480-12-0, $25.00, 246pp, hardcover HORROR story collection, 16 stories + Lewis Shiner [ISBN 0-929480-13-9, $65.00 signed slipcased Limited Edition] [Avon, Sep 1991] ISBN 0-380-71205-9, $3.99, 242pp, paperback [London: New English Library, Feb 1992] ISBN 0-450-55417-1, £4.99, 242pp, paperback * Cold in July [Bantam, 1989; Mark V. Ziesing, July 1990] ISBN 0-929-480-20-1, $25.00, 234pp, hardcover Mystery/Detective/Thriller [ISBN 0-929-480-23-6, $100.00 Limited Edition includes "Savage Season"] [Warner/Mysterious Press, July 1995] ISBN 0-446-40430-6, $5.50, 195pp, paperback [Indigo, Nov 1996] ISBN 0-575-40059-5, £5.99, 234pp, trade paperback * Dead in the West [New York: Space & Time, June 1986] ISBN 0-917053-04-4, $6.95, 119pp, paperback Western/HORROR [Kinnell, Oct 1990] ISBN 1-870532-24-4, £12.95, 199pp, hardcover [Crossroads Press, Jan 1995] no ISBN, $55.00, 154pp, hardcover signed slipcased Limited Edition of 300 copies + new introduction + Neal Barrett, Jr. foreword + Stephen R. Bissette interior illustrations + rewritten/corrected "author's cut" Order from: Crossroads Press P.O. Box 10433 Holyoke MA 01089-1706 Add $5.00 postage; make checks payable to Thomas Crouss * Drive-By (see co-author Andrew Henry Vachss) * The Drive In (A B-Movie With Blood and Popcorn, Made in Texas) [Bantam Spectra, Aug 1988] ISBN 0-553-27481-3, $3.50, 158pp, paperback Grotesque/Black Humor/Science Fiction/HORROR where extraterrestrials abduct an entire drive-in movie theatre [Kinnell, Oct 1989] ISBN 1-870532-15-5, £11.95, 158pp, hardcover [London: New English Library, Dec 1989] ISBN 0-450-51570-2, £2.99, 158pp, paperback * The Drive-In 2 (Not Just One of Them Sequels) [Bantam Spectra, July 1989] ISBN 0-553-27905-X, $3.95, 179pp, paperback sequel to "The Drive-In (A B-Movie with Blood and Popcorn, Made in Texas" [Kinnell, May 1990] ISBN 1-870532-17-1, £11.95, 179pp, hardcover, Steadman cover art [London: New English Library, Sep 1990] ISBN 0-450-53219-4, £3.50, 179pp, paperback, Steadman cover art * The Drive-In: A Double-Feature Omnibus [Carroll & Graf, Aug 1997] ISBN 0-7867-0442-X, $5.95, 341pp, paperback Omnibus edition of "The Drive-In" + "The Drive-In 2" * A Fist Full of Stories (and Articles) [CD Publications, 1996] ISBN 1-881475-19-0, $25.00, 259pp, hardcover collection, 19 stories + articles, Order from: CD Publications P.O. Box 943 Abingdon MD 21009 * The Magic Wagon [Doubleday, 1983; revised Borderlands Press, Nov 1990] no ISBN, $60.00, 146pp, hardcover Fantasy/Western signed Limitedm Edition of 750 copies * Mucho Mojo [Warner/Mysterious Press, Aug 1994] ISBN 0-89296-490-1, $19.95, 308pp, hardcover Suspense/Dark Fantasy [CD Publications, Sep 1994] ISBN 1-881475-10-7, $65.00, 421pp, hardcover signed numbered slipcased Limited Edition of 400 copies [Gollancz, June 1995] ISBN 0-575-05926-5, £15.99, 308pp, hardcover [Warner/Mysterious Press, Sep 1995] ISBN 0-446-40187-0, $5.99, 292pp, paperback [Indigo, Apr 1996] ISBN 0-575-40001-3, £5.99, 308pp, paperback * The Nightrunners [Dark Harvest, Aug 1987] ISBN 0-913165-17-4, $18.95, 241pp, hardcover Horror + Dean R. Koontz introduction [?, Deluxe Limited Edition also?]. [Tor, Mar 1989] ISBN 0-812-52123-4, $3.95, 245pp, paperback [Carroll & Graf, Dec 1995] ISBN 0-7867-0289-3, £4.95, 245pp, hardcover * On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with the Dead Folks [Roadkill Press, 1991] no ISBN, $6.00, 45pp, HORROR nominated for Bram Stoker Award (best short story) Signed numbered Limited Edition of 500 copies * Savage Season [Mark V. Ziesing, July 1990] ISBN 0-929-480-22-8, $25.00, 178pp, hardcover Thriller/Mystery/Detective introducing series characters Hap Collins and Leonard Pine [Bantam, Aug 1990] ISBN 0-553-28563-7, $4.50, 210pp, paperback [London: New English Library, Aug 1992] ISBN 0-450-56798-2, £4.99, 210pp, paperback [Warner/Mysterious Press, Aug 1995] ISBN 0-446-40431-4, $5.50, 182pp, paperback [Indigo, Nov 1996] ISBN 0-575-40060-9, £5.99, 178pp, trade paperback * The Steel Valentine [Pulphouse Short story paperback #11, May 1991] ISBN 1-56146-511-9, $1.95, 39pp, paperback HORROR previously in "By Bizarre Hands" [$20.00 signed leatherbound deluxe edition of 100 copies] * Steppin' Out, Summer, '68 [Roadkill Press, Aug 1992] no ISBN, $7.00, 29pp, Horror short story, signed Limited Edition of 500 copies; Order from: Little Bookshop of Horrors 10380 Ralston Rd. Arvada CO 80004 * Tarzan: The Lost Adventure: Book 1 (see Edgar Rice Burroughs) * Texas Night Riders [under pseudonym Ray Slater, Leisure, 1983; Subterranean Press, Apr 1997] ISBN 0-9649890-1-8, $35.00, 152pp, hardcover Western + author introduction signed Limited Edition of 500 copies [$125.00 lettered edition] Order from: Subterranean Press P.O. Box 190106 Burton MI 48519 $3.00 postage; credit card orders 410-569-5683. * Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back [Pulphouse Short story paperback #46, Feb 1992] ISBN 1-56146-546-1, $1.95, 46pp, paperback Horror novelette that first appeared in "Nukes" [1986] and in "By Bizarre Hands" [ISBN 1-56146-928-9, $20.00, signed leatherbound Limited Edition of 100 copies] Order from: Pulphouse Publishing Box 1227 Eugene OR 97440 * The Two-Bear Mambo [Warner/Mysterious Press, Sep 1995] ISBN 0-89296-491-X $19.95, 273pp, hardcover Mystery/Voodoo/Thriller sequel to "Mucho Mojo" [Gollancz, Apr 1996] ISBN 0-575-06220-7, £8.99, 308pp, trade paperback [Warner/Mysterious Press, Sep 1996] ISBN 0-446-40188-9, $5.99, 275pp, paperback [Gollancz/Indigo, Mar 1997] ISBN 0-575-40037-4, £5.99, 273pp, trade paperback * Writer of the Purple Rage [CD Publications, Sep 1994] ISBN 1-881475-08-5, $25.00, 314pp, hardcover story collection (15 stories) + author introduction [ISBN 1-881475-09-3, signed numbered slipcased limited edition] [Carroll & Graf, Jan 1997] ISBN 0-7867-0389-X, $5.95, 304pp, paperback Anthologies Edited: * Dark at Heart (co-author Karen Lansdale) [Dark Harvest, Apr 1992] ISBN 0-913165-64-6, $21.95, 307pp, hardcover 20 original Mystery/Detective and suspense stories, many by Fantasy/Horror authors; Order from: Dark Harvest Box 941 Arlington Heights IL 60006 * The New Frontier [Doubleday, May 1989] ISBN 0-385-24569-6, $12.95, 180pp, hardcover original 18 Western stories + 1 poem + Lansdale introduction + afterword to William F. Nolan's "lost" Max Brand story; 4+ of the stories are really Fantasy * Razored Saddles (co-editor Patrick LoBrutto) [Dark Harvest, Sep 1989] ISBN 0-913165-49-2, $19.95, 268pp, hardcover Original 17 Western/ Horror and Western/Fantasy stories [$59.00, slipcased deluxe limited edition of 600 copies signed by editors and contributors] [Avon, Oct 1990] ISBN 0-380-71168-0, $3.95, 285pp, paperback * Weird Business (co-editor Richard Klaw) [Mojo Press, Feb 1995] ISBN 1-885418-02-7, $29.95, 414pp, hardcover, Dave Dorman cover art, Anthology of 23 Graphic-illustrated stories by authors such as Ambrose Bierce, Robert Bloch, Norman Partridge, Edgar Allan Poe, Howard Waldrop, others; order from: Mojo Press P.O. Box 140005 Austin TX 78754 add $2.05 postage Karen Lansdale: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * Dark at Heart (co-author Joe Lansdale) [Dark Harvest, Apr 1992] ISBN 0-913165-64-6, $21.95, 307pp, hardcover 20 original Mystery/Detective and suspense stories, many by Fantasy/Horror authors Bruce Lansky: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * Girls to the Rescue: Tales of Clever, Courageous Girls From Around the World [Meadowbrook Press, Oct 1995] ISBN 0-88166-215-1, $3.95, 105pp, trade paperback Young Adult, 10 Fairytales and Folk tales, 8 original, centered on strong female characters; writers include Vivian Vande Velde, Bruce Lansky, Linda Cave. Distributed by Simon & Schuster, with 2nd ordering ISBN 0-671-89979-1: Meadowbrook Press 18318 Minnetonka Blvd Deephaven MN 55391 612-473-5400; 800-338-2232 see FEMINIST Mike Lantry, pseudonym of E. C. Tubb Fran Lantz, full name Francess Lin Lantz (1952-): Locus/Contento lists: * Eileen Goudge's Swept Away #2: Woodstock Magic [Avon Flare, Sep 1986] ISBN 0-380-75129-1, $2.50, 166pp, paperback Young Adult Romance/Science Fiction TIME TRAVEL to Woodstock Rock & Roll music festival * Eileen Goudge's Swept Away #8: All Shook Up [Avon Flare, Sep 1987] ISBN 0-380-75136-4, $2.50, paperback Young Adult Romance/Science Fiction TIME TRAVEL to 1950's origins of Rock & Roll Walter Lantz (1900-): important animator, best known for Woody Woodpecker (one of the first celebrities my son ever met, at the age of 3) Fortescue Lanyard: pseudonym of Kenneth Morris (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.560) James Lapine: * Into the Woods (co-authors Hudson Talbott, Stephen Sondheim) See "Stephen Sondheim" Warren Lapine: Affiliate Member of Science Fiction Writers of America; Absolute Magnitude magazine e-mail Warren Lapine/Absolute Magnitude Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Anthologies Edited: * Absolute Magnitude (co-editor Stephen Pagel) [Tor, May 1997] ISBN 0-312-86335-7, $23.95, 317pp, hardcover 16 stories from the semi-pro SF/Adventure magazine + Warren Lapine introduction; writers include: Terry Bisson, Hal Clement, Geoffrey A. Landis, Janet Kagan Fay S. Lapka: Locus/Contento lists: * Dark is a Colour [Harold Shaw, 1990; Gold Books, Feb 1991] ISBN 0-340-54118-0, £2.50, 262pp, paperback Young Adult science fiction Jan Lara: pseudonym of Michael T. Hinkemeyer, (1940- ): Locus/Contento lists: * Limbo [Popular Library, Sep 1988] ISBN 0-445-20826-0, $3.95, 250pp, paperback Supernatural/Horror: mother haunted by unbaptized baby's soul * Soulcatchers [Popular Library, Mar 1990] ISBN 0-445-20918-6, $4.95, 235pp, paperback Horror kidnapped children's souls stolen by evil creature Ernest C. Large, British author of "Asleep in the Afternoon" (Holt, 1939), "Dawn in Andromeda" (London: J.Cape, 1956) "Sugar in the Air" (London, J. Cape, 1937) on engineering/marketing in a fictional context, possible influence on Pohl/Kornbluth "Space Merchants" R. Karl Largent: better known by pseudonym Simon Lawrence (see Simon Lawrence): as R. Karl Largent, Locus/Contento lists: * Ancients [Leisure, Feb 1990] ISBN 0-8439-2904-9, $4.50, 388pp, paperback Horror set in Arctic * Black Death [Leisure, Mar 1988] ISBN 0-8439-2591-4, $3.95, 368pp, paperback Horror; flesh-eating bacterial plague wipes out Half Moon Bay, California. I wonder if it got my ex-girlfriend who split with the Volkswagen and the credit cards? [Leisure, June 1995] ISBN 0-8439-3797-1, $4.99, 368pp, paperback * The Lake [Leisure, June 1993] ISBN 0-8439-3455-7, $4.50, 365pp, paperback Horror pollution creates lake monster * Pagoda [Leisure, May 1989] ISBN 0-8439-2756-9, $4.50, 394pp, paperback Horror; miniature pagoda carved from teak houses ghastly evil * The Prometheus Project [Leisure, Mar 1989] ISBN 0-8439-2748-8, $3.95, 343pp, paperback Science Fiction/Horror/Thriller Nazi superweapon on ocean floor stirs to life * The Witch of Sixkill [Leisure, Sep 1990] ISBN 0-8439-2984-7, $4.50, 367pp, paperback Horror witch/revenge. Larrovitch, pseudonym of Harold Hersey Doug Larsen: nothing on the Web? Egon Larsen (1904-?) Broadcaster/double-agent/screenwriter born in Germany but working for (and eventually resident in) England. "You'll See" (London: Rider, 1957) is a utopian novel. Jean Larsen, full name Jean Louise Larsen (1950-): Professor/Fantasist: * Silk Road: A Novel of Eighth-Century China [Henry Holt, July 1989] ISBN 0-8050-0958-2, $19.95, 434pp, hardcover Historical/Fantasy winner of 1990 William L. Crawford Memorial Award for Best First Fantasy Novel * The Bronze Mirror [Holt, July 1991] ISBN 0-8050-1110-2, $19.95, 337pp, hardcover Historical/Fantasy set in 12th Century China [Book of the Month Club, Sep 1991] no ISBN, $17.95, 337pp, hardcover [Fawcett Columbine, Oct 1992] ISBN 0-449-90671-X, $10.00, 337pp, trade paperback * Manchu Palaces [Holt, Oct 1996] ISBN 0-8050-1111-0, $25.00, 342pp, hardcover Historical/Fantasy 18th-century Imperial China's palace is place of wonders for Young Lotus, while the gods send her mother's ghost on a terrestrial mission impossible (also according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.555) and Locus/Contento Bob Larson: Locus/Contento lists: * Abaddon [Thomas Nelson, Dec 1993] ISBN 0-8407-7796-5, $10.99, 312pp, trade paperback) Horror/Christian/Possession, sequel to "Dead Air" * Dead Air [pub?, date?] prequel to Abaddon Brian Larson: Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America * Magic Thief [1994] e-mail Brian Larson Glen A. Larson (1937-): Locus/Contento lists: * Battlestar Galactica (co-author Robert Thurston) [Berkley, 1978; Titan, Aug 1988] ISBN 1-85286-088-X, £2.95, 244pp, paperback Volume 1 in the "Battlestar Galactica" TV novelization series * Battlestar Galactica #9: Experiment in Terra (co-author Ron Goulart) [Berkley, Feb 1984] ISBN 0-425-06418-2, $2.50, 151pp, paperback Novelization of 2 TV episodes * Battlestar Galactica #10: The Long Patrol (co-author Ron Goulart) [Berkley, Nov 1984] ISBN 0-425-07105-7, $2.75, 171pp, paperback Novelization of 2 TV episodes * Battlestar Galactica #11: The Nightmare Machine (co-author Robert Thurston) [Berkley, Dec 1985] ISBN 0-425-08618-6, $2.95, 216pp, paperback * Battlestar Galactica #12: "Die, Chameleon!" (co-author Robert Thurston) [Berkley, May 1986] ISBN 0-425-09095-7, $2.95, 217pp, paperback * Battlestar Galactica #13: Apollo's War (co-author Robert Thurston) [Berkley, Jan 1987] ISBN 0-425-09476-6, $2.95, 198pp, paperback * Battlestar Galactica #14: Surrender the Galactica! (co-author Robert Thurston) [Ace, Jan 1988] ISBN 0-441-05104-9, $2.95, 203pp, paperback * Battlestar Galactica #2: The Cylon Death Machine (co-author Robert Thurston) [Berkley, 1979; Titan, Aug 1988] ISBN 1-85286-089-8, £2.95, 250pp, paperback * Battlestar Galactica #3: The Tombs of Kobol (co-author Robert Thurston) [Berkley, 1979; Titan, Oct 1988] ISBN 1-85286-090-1, £2.95, 215pp, paperback Mayliss Larson: Lifetime Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America nothing on the Web except a Locus/Contento listing for Majliss Larson: * Pawns and Symbols [Pocket, 1985; Firecrest, July 1987] ISBN 0-85997-926-1, £7.95, 288pp, hardcover Volume 41 of Star Trek Novels * Star Trek: Pawns and Symbols [Pocket, Nov 1985] ISBN 0-671-55425-5, $3.50, 277pp, paperback Volume #26 Star Trek series. [Pocket, May 1988] ISBN 0-671-66497-2, $3.95, 277pp, paperback [Titan, Sep 1990] ISBN 1-85286-323-4, £3.99, 277pp, paperback Randall D. Larson, full name Randall Douglas Larson (1954- ): editor, author; editor/contributor of "Cinemascore" (movie music) Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * The Complete Robert Bloch: An Illustrated, Comprehensive Bibliography [Fandom Unlimited, July 1986] ISBN 0-9607178-1-1, $10.00, 126pp, trade paperback Nonfiction/Bibliography; definitive * Film Into Books: An Analytical Bibliography of Film Novelizations, Movie and TV Tie-Ins [Scarecrow Press, Apr 1995] ISBN 0-8108-2928-2, $69.50, 608pp, hardcover Nonfiction/Criticism + bibliography + interviews with over 50 authors; coverage includes: Piers Anthony, Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, John Jakes, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro; Order from: University Press of America 4720 Boston Way Lanham MD 20706 credit card orders: 800-462-6420. * Robert Bloch [Starmont House, Dec 1986] ISBN 0-930261-58-5, $8.95, 148pp, trade paperback, Nonfiction/Criticism "Starmont Reader's Guide 37", + Primary and secondary Bibliographies * A Survey of Film Music in the Fantastic Cinema [1985] essential * The Robert Bloch Companion: Collected Interviews 1969-1989 [Starmont House, 1989] ISBN 1-55742-146-3, $11.95, 157pp, trade paperback Nonfiction/Criticism/Reference, Book-length interview with Bloch cut-and-pasted from 34 interviews published through the 20-year period [ISBN 1-55742-147-1, hardcover, $21.95] (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.561) and Locus/Contento James Lasdun (1958-): British Fantasy author/poet/anthologist living in USA: * The Silver Age [1985] story collection * Three Evenings and Other Stories [1992] story collection * After Ovid: New Metamorphoses [1994] co-editor Michael Hofmann poetry/translation/anthology (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.561) Jack Lasenby: New Aealand author?; Locus/Contento lists: * The Conjuror [OUP New Zealand, 1992; Oxford University Press, Sep 1993] ISBN 0-19-558259-4, £8.95, 238pp, hardcover Young Adult science fiction of post-holocaust NEW ZEALAND Batton Lash: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * Wolff & Byrd: Counselors of the Macabre [Adrion Books, Feb 1988] ISBN 0-933773-12-9, $7.00, unpaginated, trade paperback Graphic novel, humorous horror about attorney duo specializing in supernatural clients (Collected from the "National Law Journal") Marghanita Laski (24 Oct 1915-1988) a.k.a. Marghanita Laski Howard, daughter of Chief rabbi of England, she became a leading philologist/journalist/critic/novelist weird TIME TRAVEL/HORROR "The Victorian Chaise-Longue" [London: Cresset, 1953; Academy Chicago, July 1984] ISBN 0-89733-097-8, $3.95, 119pp, paperback Kathryn Lasky, full name Kathryn Lasky Knight (1944- ): Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * Home Free [Four Winds Press, Jan 1986] ISBN 0-02-751650-4, $13.95, 245pp, hardcover Young Adult science fiction Naturalists versus Real Estate Developers, hinging on psychic children [Dell/Laurel-Leaf, Jan 1988] ISBN 0-440-20038-5, $2.95, 245pp, paperback * Memoirs of a Bookbat [Harcourt Brace, May 1994] ISBN 0-15-215727-1, $10.95, 215pp, hardcover Young Adult slipstream novel Science Fiction author saves girl from dysfunctional itinerant fundamentalist parents * Shadows in the Water [Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Oct 1992] ISBN 0-15-273533-X, $6.95, 211pp, trade paperback Young Adult Fantasy/Mystery, #2 of "Starbuck Twins" series twins use their telepathic powers to draft dolphin school to assist in stopping Florida Keys dumping of toxic wastes see: EXTRA-SENSORY PERCEPTION see: UNDER THE SEA * A Voice in the Wind [Harcourt Brace, Nov 1993] ISBN 0-15-294102-9, $10.95, 256pp, hardcover Young Adult Fantasy/Mystery, #3 of "Starbuck Twins" series, twins free Native American's earthbound spirit [ISBN 0-15-294103-7, $3.95, trade paperback] Walt Lasly, pseudonym of Frederik Pohl David Lasser (20 Mar 1902-?) American engineer/economist/author, managing editor of Hugo Gernsback's science fiction magazines (1929-1933), Founding President of The American Interplanetary Society, Chief Economist of the International Union of Electrical Workers, known for the fine nonfiction "The Conquest of Space" (New York: Penguin, 1931) and collaborative novel with David H. Keller on "The Time Projector" M. Lassez, pseudonym of H. Bedford-Jones Kurd Lasswitz (1848-1910) Professor in Germany. Extremely influential novel "Auf Zwei Planeten" (1897), {hotlink to my online ET book to be added} see also: * The Empire Strikes Out: Kurd Lasswitz, Hans Dominik, and the Development of German Science Fiction, by William B. Fischer (see William B. Fischer) Last Action Hero: see SF/Fantasy Movies [1993] Schwarzenegger meta-film {film hotlink to be done} Last Battle: see Apocalypse; see WORLD COMES TO AN END The Last Days of Man on Earth: USA title of "The Final Programme" see SF/Fantasy Films [1973] {hotlink to be done} The Last Judgment: the trial appended to the Apocalypse (see "Apocalypse"): * "The House of Judgment" [1893] by Oscar Wilde * Judgment Day [1928] by Norman Davey * "The Judgment Seat" [1929] by W. Somerset Maugham * "The Irreverance of God" [1933] by Shane Leslie * Portrait of Gideon Power [1944] by S. H. Lambert * Heaven Takes a Hand [1949] by Eliot Crawshay-Williams * This is the Way the World Ends [New York: Henry Holt, 1986] by James Morrow: last humans after nuclear apocalypse on trial in Antarctica by those people who will never be born Last Man: simplifies viewpoint problem for authors of WORLD COMES TO AN END if there is one person left to tell the tale: * Le dernier homme [1805] Jean Cousin de Grainville * The Purple Cloud [1901] M. P. Shiel * "Spikenard" [1930] C. E. Lawrence * The Last Man [1940] Alfred Noyes * The Last Adam [1952] Ronald Duncan (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.561) Last Redoubt: see Last Battle: see Apocalypse; see WORLD COMES TO AN END * The Night Land [1912] William Hope Hodgson, "the Great Redoubt" * Prince Caspian [1951] C. S. Lewis, "Aslan's Howl" * Earth's Last Citadel [1964] Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore * The Last Castle [1966] Jack Vance, "Hagedorn" * The Queen of the Swords [1971] Michael Moorcock, "The City of the Pyramid" * the "Haven" novels [1978-1994] Graham Diamond, "The Redoubt of All Humanity" * the "Darwath" novels [1982-1983] Barbara Hambly, "The Keep of Dare" (according to "The Encyclopedia of Fantasy", John Clute & John Grant, St.Martin's, 1997, p.561) The Last Temptation of Christ: see SF/Fantasy Movies [1988] Martin Scorsese {film hotlink to be done} The Last Tomb of Ligeia: see SF/Fantasy Movies [1964] under variant title "The Tomb of Ligeia" {film hotlink to be done}, see also "The House of Usher" The Last Unicorn: see Peter S. Beagle [1968]; see SF/Fantasy Movies [1982] animated {film hotlink to be done} Philip Latham, pseudonuym for Robert S. Richardson: * Five Against Venus [Winston, 1953] juvenile * Missing Men of Saturn [Winston, 1953] juvenile Robert Latham, full name Robert Arch Latham (1959-): Locus/Contento lists: * Modes of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Twelfth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (co-editor Robert A. Collins) [Greenwood Press, Oct 1995] ISBN 0-313-29085-7, $69.50, 234pp, hardcover 25 papers/essays mostly on Fantasy and POLITICS Order from: Greenwood Press 88 Post Road West Box 5007 Westport CT 06881 credit card orders: 800-225-5800. * Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1990 (see co-editor Robert A. Collins) * Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1991 (see co-editor Robert A. Collins) * Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual 1989 (see co-editor Robert A. Collins) Emma Lathen, pseudonym of Martha Hennissart & Mary J. Latis Francis Lathrop, pseudonym of Fritz Leiber Latin America: see: * ARGENTINA * CHILE * CUBA * MEXICO * Uruguay {to be done} Alexis Glynn Latner: Active Member of Science Fiction Writers of America e-mail Alexis Glynn Latner Short Fiction: * "Glorystar" [1990] * "Wanderers" [1990] as Alexis G. Latner * "The Listening-Glass" [1991] * "Chrysalis" [1992] * "Hiatus" [1992] * "Landfall" [1992] * "A Pillar of Stars By Night" [1996] * "Threat of Stars at 912 Main" [1996] * "The Life-Blood of the Land" [1997] Aileen Latourette: Locus/Contento list: * Cry Wolf [Virago, May 1986] ISBN 0-86068-584-5, £9.95, 193pp, hardcover Science Fiction Post-holocaust FEMINIST [Virago, May 1986] ISBN 0-86068-589-6, £3.95, 193pp, trade paperback LATVIA Sanders Anne Laubenthal (1943-): * Excaliber [Ballentine Books Adult Fantasy, 1973] Welsh prince Madoc is direct descendant of Arthur, and brings Grail and Excalibur to America in late 12th century, when plot comes to a boil in Mobile, Alabama with 20th century archaeologist versus Morgan le Fay see: King Arthur George Dick Lauder, pseudonym of Sir George A. Dick-Lauder Clarence John Laughlin, weird photo-essay "Ghosts Along the Mississippi" (New York: Scriner, 1948) Florence Laughlin: Locus/Contento lists: Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * The Little Leftover Witch [pub?, 1960; Macmillan Aladdin, Oct 1988] ISBN 0-689-71273-1, $3.50, 91pp, trade paperback Children's Fantasy novella, Witch stranded with a mortal family after crashing broomstick Michael Lauler, pseudonym of Richard Osenburg Keith Laumer, full name John Keith Laumer (1925-1992): [John] Keith Laumer @ AlphaRalpha Keith Laumer and the Bolo stories e-mail webmaster David A. Tyler Short Fiction: * {to be done} Books: * Alien Minds [Baen, May 1991] ISBN 0-671-72055-4, $4.50, 326pp, paperback story collection, 10 stories (2 originals) on alien races * Assignment in Nowhere * Back to the Time Trap [Baen, July 1992] ISBN 0-671-72127-5, $5.99, 339pp, paperback Science Fiction/Humor TIME TRAVEL, sequel to Timetrap (1970). Far-future superhumans versus alien invaders to control the time stream * The Best of Keith Laumer * Beyond the Imperium [Tor, 1981; Tor, Feb 1986] ISBN 0-812-54381-5, $2.95, 318pp, paperback omnibus edition of "The Other Side of Time" [Berkley, 1965] plus "Assignment in Nowhere" [Berkley, 1968] * The Big Show * Bolo [Putnam, 1976; Berkley, Dec 1984] ISBN 0-425-07559-1, $2.75, 216pp, paperback story collection, 6 stories aboutLaumer's robot/tank war machines [Ace, July 1986] ISBN 0-441-06997-5, $2.95, 216pp, paperback * Bolo: the Annals of the Dinochrome Brigade * Catastrophe Planet * The Day Before Forever & Thunderhead * Dinosaur Beach * Earthblood * Galactic Odyssey * The Great Time Machine Hoax * Greylorn * The Glory Game * The House in November * The Infinite Cage * The Long Twilight * Its a Mad Mad Mad Galaxy * The Monitors * Night of Delusions * Nine by Laumer * Once there was a Giant * A Plague of Demons * Planet Run (co-author Gordon Dickson) * The Star Treasure * Timetracks * Time Trap * A Trace of Memory * The Ultimax Man * The Undefeated * The "Retief" series (8 books) Keith Laumer's "Retief of the CDT" Hero-dedicated site containing a massive amount of information about the character, as well as information about the author, cover art, and more. e-mail Joshua A. Pechter and see also webmaster Pechter's science fiction database "Imagine Future Worlds" and Harry Harrison's "The Stainless Steel Rat" * The "Imperium" series (2 books) * The "O'Leary" series (3 books) * The "Invaders" series (TV spinoff) * more {to be done} add publishers, dates, missing and omnibus titles Andre Launay, full name Andre Joseph Launay (1930- ): British Horror author; resident in SPAIN pseudonyms: Droo Launay, Drew Lam