Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Index

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Vector [#139, August/September 1987] 17-19 · Native Tongue, Suzette Haden Elgin; Women’s Press, 1984. 301 p. New York: DAW. · Mike Christie · br 20 · Consider Phiebas, Iain Banks; London: Macmillan, 1987. 471pp. · Maureen Porter · br 20 · Hegira, Greg Bear; London: Gollancz, 1987. 222pp. · David Wingrove · br 20-21 · Writers of the Future, Algis Budrys; London: New Era, 1986. 354pp. · Paul Kincaid · br 20-21 · Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology, ed. Bruce Sterling; New York: Ace, 1986. 239pp. · Paul Kincaid · br 21 · Arthur C. Clarke’s July 20, 2019: A Day in the Life of the 21st Century, Arthur C. Clarke; New York: Macmillan, 1986. · Edward James · br 21 · Master of His Fate, J. Maclaren Cobben; Greenhill, 1987. 249pp. · Tom Jones · br 21-22 · Radio Free Albemuth, Philip K. Dick; New York: Arbor House, 1985. 207pp. New York: Avon, 1987. 212pp. · L. J. Hurst · br 22 · Other Edens, ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock; London: Unwin, 1987. 237pp. · David V. Barrett · br 22 · The Hour of the Thin Ox, Colin Greenland; London: Unwin Hyman, 1987. 186pp. · Paul Brazier · br 22-23 · The Daymaker, Ann Halam; New York: Watts, 1987. 176pp. · Maureen Porter · br 23 · Sepulchre, James Herbert; London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1987. 316pp. · John Newsinger · br 23 · The Blind Spot, Austin Hall & Homer Eon Flint; London: Greenhill, 1987. 255pp. · Martyn Taylor · br 23-24 · Death Arms, K.W. Jeter; Bath: Morrigan, 1987. 183pp.; 168pp. · Mike Moir · br 23-24 · Dr. Adder, K.W. Jeter; London: Grafton, 1987. 252pp. · Mike Moir · br 23-24 · The Glass Hammer, K.W. Jeter; New York: Signet, 1987. 252 p. ; London: Grafton, 1987. · Mike Moir · br 24 · Daggerspell, Katherine Kerr; London: Grafton, 1987. 415pp. · Mark Valentine · br 24 · The Fall of the Families, Philip Mann; London: Gollancz, 1987. 298pp. · Jon Wallace · br 25 · In the Dutch Mountains, Cees Nooteboom; New York: Viking, 1987. 128pp. · K. V. Bailey · br 25 · The Legacy of Heorot, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle & Steven Barnes; New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. 352pp. · Ken Lake · br 25-26 · Grainne, Keith Roberts; Kerosina, 1987. 175pp. · Helen McNabb · br 26 · A Heron Caught in Weeds, Keith Roberts; Kerosina, 1987. 46pp. · Garry Kilworth · br 26 · Memoirs of an Invisible Man, H.F. Saint; New York: Atheneum, 1987. 396pp. · Paul Kincaid · br 26 · The Shore of Women, Pamela Sargent; New York: Bantam, 1987. 471pp.; New York: Crown, 1986. 448 p. ; Chatto & Windus, 1987. 469pp.; London: Pan, 1988. 456pp. · Sue Thomason · br 26-27 · Star of Gypsies, Robert Silverberg; New York: Donald I. Fine, 1986. 281pp. · Keith Freeman · br 27 · Brother & Other Stories, Clifford D. Simak; Methuen, 1988. 156pp.; Severn House, 1987. 165pp. · Ken Lake · br

Vector [#140, October/November 1987] 17 · Einstein’s Monsters, Martin Amis; New York: Harmony/Crown, 1987. 149pp. · Paul Kincaid · br 17 · Cosmic Knights, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh; New York: Signet, 1985. 339pp. (Isaac Asimov’s Magical Worlds of Fantasy, 3). · Jon Wallace · br 17 · Giants, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles Waugh; New York: Signet, 1985. 351pp. (Isaac Asimov’s Magical Worlds of Fantasy, 5). · Jon Wallace · br 17-18 · The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov, Isaac Asimov; Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986. 345pp. · Jim England · br 17-18 · Wildwood, John Farris; New York: Tor, 1986. 445 p. · Jim England · br 17-18 · Misery, Stephen King; New York: Viking, 1987. 310pp. · Jim England · br 18 · The Hub, Chris Beebee; London: Macdonald, 1987. 249pp. · Paul J. McAuley · br 18 · Hardwired, Walter Jon Williams; London: Orbit, 1988. 228pp. · Paul J. McAuley · br 18 · Bones of the Moon, Jonathan Carroll; London: Century, 1987. 216pp.; New York: Arbor House, 1988. 192pp. · Mark Valentine · br 18-19 · Dracula’s Children, R. Chetwynd-Hayes; London: Kimber, 1987. 208pp. · John Newsinger · br 19 · Guardians of the West, David Eddings; New York: Del Rey, 1987. 454pp. Corgi, 1987. 429pp.(Malloreon, 1). · Terry Broome · br 19 · Daughter of the Empire, Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts; Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1987. 397pp. · Barbara Davies · br 19 · Aliens, Alan Dean Foster; London: Grafton, 1987. 409pp. New York: Warner, 1986. 247 p. ; London: Futura, 1986. 247 p. · David Wingrove · br 19 · Into the Out Of, Alan Dean Foster; New York: Warner, 1986. · David Wingrove · br 20 · Achon!, Stuart Gordon; London: MacDonald, 1987. 316pp. · Tom Jones · br 20 · The Witch King, Maeve Henry; Orchard, 1987. 126pp. · Helen McNabb · br 20 · In Search of the Big Bang, John Gribbin; London: Corgi, 1987. 413pp. · Darroll Pardoe · br 20-21 · The Ghostdance, Robert Holdstock; Century, 1987. 411pp. · Paul Brazier · br 20-21 · The Stalking, Robert Holdstock; Century, 1987. 400pp. · Paul Brazier · br 21 · Earthdoom!, David Langford & John Grant; London: Grafton, 1987. 303pp. · David V. Barrett · br 21 · An Alien Affair, L. Ron Hubbard; London: New Era, 1987. 323pp. · Debby Moir · br 21 · The Enemy Within, L. Ron Hubbard; London: New Era, 1987. 388pp. · Debby Moir · br 21 · Spiral Winds, Garry Kilworth; London: Bodley Head, 1987. · David Wingrove · br 21-22 · The Ice Bear, Betty Levin; New York: Greenwillow, 1986. 179pp. · Valerie Housden · br 22 · The Dragon in the Sword, Michael Moorcock; New York: Ace, 1986. 298 p. ; London: Grafton, 1988. 283pp. · Chris Barker · br 22 · Beyond Armageddon: Twenty-two Sermons to the Dead, ed. Walter M. Miller, Jr. & Martin H. Greenberg, Jr.; Donald I. Fine, 1985. 387pp. · Edward James · br 22 · Night Visions, ed. George R.R. Martin; Century, 1987. 298pp. · Rosemary Pardoe · br 22-23 · The Smoke Ring, Larry Niven; New York: Del Rey, 1987. 364pp. · Ken Lake · br 23 · Psifi: Psychological Theories and Science Fictions, Jim Ridgway & Michelle Benjamin; British Psychological Society, 1987. 229pp. · David V. Barrett · br 23 · Conversations with Lord Byron on Perversion, 163 Years After His Lordship’s Death, Amanda Prantera; Cape, 1987. 174pp. · Mike Noir · br 23-24 · Starhammer, Christopher Rowley; Century, 1987. 297pp.; New York: Del Rey, 1986. 304 p. · Keith Freeman · br 24 · The Hounds of God, Judith Tarr; New York: Bluejay, 1986. 356 p. ; New York: Tor, c. 1986. 344pp.; Corgi, 1988. 363pp. (Hound and Falcon, 3). · Chris Barker · br 24 · The Illumination of Alice J. Cunningham, Lyn Webster; London: Dedalus, 1986. 277 p. · David V. Barrett · br 24 · The Summer’s King, Cherry Wilder; New York: Atheneum, 1986. 244 p. · Denise Gorse · br 24 · Yorath the Wolf, Cherry Wilder; New York: Atheneum, 1984. 178pp. · Denise Gorse · br

Vector [#141, December 1987] 17 · Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Douglas Adams; New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. 247pp. · David V. Barrett · br 17 · Gollancz Sunday Times SF Competition Stories, Gollancz & Sunday Times; London: Gollancz, 1987. 200pp. · Paul J. McAuley · br 17-18 · Cracken at Critical, Brian W. Aldiss; Worcester Park, ENG: Kerosina Books, 1987. 192pp. · Jon Wallace · br 17-18 · Ruins, Brian W. Aldiss; London: Hutchinson, 1987. 85pp. · Jon Wallace · br 17-18 · The Magic of the Past, Brian W. Aldiss; Worcester Park, ENG: Kerosina, 1987. 48pp. · Jon Wallace · br 18 · The Day of Creation, J.G. Ballard; London: Gollancz, 1987. 254pp. · K. V. Bailey · br 18-19 · The Folk of the Air, Peter S. Beagle; New York: Del Rey, 1987. 330 p. · Maureen Porter · br 19 · Wolf in Shadow, David Gemmell; London: Century, 1987. 326pp. · Terry Broome · br 19 · The Enchantment of Flesh and Spirit: The First Book of Wraeththu, Storm Constantine; London: Macdonald, 1987. 318pp. · Nik Morton · br 19 · Ghosts and Scholars, ed. Richard Dalby & Rosemary Pardoe; Crucible, 1987. 270pp. · Andy Sawyer · br 20 · Expecting Someone Taller, Tom Holt; New York: St. Martin’s, 1988. 218pp. · Judith Hanna · br 20 · Tool of the Trade, Joe Haldeman; New York: Avon, 1987. 248pp. · Ken Lake · br 20-21 · The Arabian Nightmare, Robert Irwin; London: Viking, 1987. 282pp. · Maureen Porter · br 21 · The Darkest Road, Guy Gavriel Kay; London: Unwin, 1987. (1988) 420pp. · Helen McNabb · br 21 · The Darkest Road, Guy Gavriel Kay; London: Unwin, 1987. (1988) 420pp. · Mary Gentle · br 21 · Her Story, Dan Jacobson; Deutsch, 1987. 143pp. · Sue Thomason · br 22 · The Wave and the Flame, Marjorie Bradley Kellogg; London: Gollancz, 1988. 362pp. · Chris Barker · br 22 · Inspecting the Vaults, Eric McCormack; New York: Viking, 1987. 234pp. · Paul Kincaid · br 23 · Who’s Hugh?: An SF Reader’s Guide to Pseudomyns, Roger Robinson; Essex: Beccon, 1987. 173pp. · David V. Barrett · br 23 · Erotic Universe: Sexuality and Fantastic Literature, ed. Donald Palumbo; Westport: Greenwood, 1986. 305 p. · Edward James · br 23 · Cat Magic, Whitley Strieber; London: Grafton, 1987. 414pp. · Mark Valentine · br 24 · Drowning Towers, George Turner; New York: Arbor House, 1988. 318pp. (Published as the Sea and Summer in England and Australia.). · Jim England · br 24 · The Power, Ian Watson; London: Headline, 1987. 232pp. · Michael Fearn · br 24 · Critical Terms for Science Fiction and Fantasy, Gary K. Wolfe; Greenwood, 1986. 162 p. · Paul Kincaid · br

Vector [#142, February/March 1988] 17 · Fantastic Voyage II: Destination Brain, Isaac Asimov; Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1987. 332pp. · Chris Barker · br 17 · The Tomb of Reeds, Sarah Baylis; Julia Macrae, 1987. 174pp. · Denise Gorse · br 17 · The Forge of God, Greg Bear; New York: Tor, 1987. 474pp. · Tom Jones · br 19 · Dawn, Octavia E. Butler; New York: Warner, 1987. 264pp. · L. J. Hurst · br 19 · Terry Carr’s Best Science Fiction of the Year, No. 16, ed. Terry Carr; New York: Tor, 1987. 402pp. · Maureen Porter · br 19 · Best New Science Fiction, ed. Gardner Dozois; Robinson, 1987. 615pp. · Maureen Porter · br 19-20 · Aegypt, John Crowley; New York: Bantam, 1987. 390pp. · Maureen Porter · br 20 · The Shadow of His Wings, Bruce Fergusson; New York: Arbor House, 1987. 293pp. London: Grafton, 1988. 333pp. New York: Avon, 1988. 278pp. · Valerie Housden · br 20-21 · Ancient Light, Mary Gentle; Legend, 1988. 732pp. · Barbara Davies & Maureen Porter · br 21 · The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted, Harry Harrison; London: Bantam, 1987. 256pp.; New York, Bantam, 1988. 256pp. · L. J. Hurst · br 21,23 · To Sail Beyond the Sunset, Robert A. Heinlein; New York: Putnam/Ace, 1987. 419pp. · Ken Lake · br 23 · Tales from the Forbidden Planet, ed. Roz Kaveney; London: Titan, 1987. 256pp. · Paul Brazier · br 23 · A Tale of Time City, Diana Wynne Jones; New York: Greenwillow, 1987. 288pp. · Helen McNabb · br 23-24 · Freedom Beach, James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel; New York: Bluejay, 1985. 259 p. · Michael Fearn · br 24 · Intervention, Julian May; Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. 551pp. · Barbara Davies · br 24 · Tuf Voyaging, George R.R. Martin; New York: Baen, 1986. 374 p. ; New York: Baen, 1987. 376pp. London: Gollancz, 1988. 374pp. · Keith Freeman · br 24 · Skirmish, Melissa C. Michaels; Livewire, 1987. 230pp. London: Women’s Press, 1987. 230pp. (Skyrider 1). New York: Tor, 1985. 252pp. · Sue Thomason · br 25 · The Dragon in the Sword, Michael Moorcock; New York: Ace, 1986. 298 p. ; London: Grafton, 1988. 283pp. · Terry Broome · br 25 · Chernobyl, Frederik Pohl; New York: Bantam Spectra, 1987. 355pp. · John Newsinger · br 25 · Kurt Vonnegut: A Comprehensive Bibliography, ed. Asa B. Pieratt, Julie Huffman-Klinkowitz & Jerome Klinkowitz; New York: Archon, 1987. 289pp. · Andy Sawyer · br 26 · The Lost Road and Other Writings, ed. Christopher Tolkien; Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1987. 455pp.; London: Unwin, 1987. 455pp. (The History of Middle Earth, 5). · Valerie Housden · br 26 · Storm Warnings: Science Fiction Confronts the Future, ed. George E. Slusser, Colin Greenland & Eris S. Rabkin; Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1987. 278pp. · Paul Kincaid · br 26 · Mort, Terry Pratchett; London: Gollancz, 1987. 221pp. New York: Signet, 1989. 272pp. · Jon Wallace · br

Vector [#143, April/May 1988] 21 · Weaveworld, Clive Barker; New York: Poseidon, 1987. 672pp. · David V. Barrett · br 21 · Anatomy of Wonder: A Critical Guide to Science Fiction, Neil Barron; New York: Bowker, 1981. 724 p. · Paul Kincaid · br 21-22 · Great Sky River, Gregory Benford; New York: Bantam, 1987. 292pp. · Ken Lake · br 22 · Ancient of Days, Michael Bishop; New York: Tor, 1985. 409 p. · Barbara Davies · br 22 · Who Made Stevie Crye?, Michael Bishop; Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1984. 309pp. · Barbara Davies · br 22 · Mindplayers, Pat Cadigan; New York: Bantam, 1987. · L. J. Hurst · br 22-23 · The Doll Who Ate His Mother, Ramsey Campbell; New York: Tor, 1985. 284pp. · Nik Morton · br 23 · The Influence, Ramsey Campbell; New York: Macmillan, 1988. 260pp. · Jim England · br 23 · 2061: Odyssey Three, Arthur C. Clarke; New York: Ballantine/Del Rey, 1988. 280pp. · John Gribbin · br 23-24 · Interzone: The 2nd Anthology, ed. John Clute, David Pringle & Simon Ounsley; London: Simon & Schuster, 1987. 208pp. · Mike Moir · br 23-24 · A Touch of Sturgeon, ed. David Pringle; London: Simon & Schuster, 1987. 232pp. · Mike Moir · br 24 · The Bewitchments of Love and Hate: The Second Book of Wraeththu, Storm Constantine; London: Macdonald, 1988. 411pp. · Nik Morton · br 24 · Sphere, Michael Crichton; New York: Knopf, 1987. 345pp. · John Newsinger · br 24-25 · Fireball, Paul Davies; London: Heinemann, 1987. 178pp. · Michael Fearn · br 25 · Cosmogony and Cosmology, Philip K. Dick; Worcester Park, Surrey: Kerosina, 1987. 45pp. · Edward James · br 25 · Valis, Philip K. Dick; Worcester Park, Surrey: Kerosina, 1987. 256pp. · Helen McNabb · br 25-26 · Mary and the Giant, Philip K. Dick; London: Gollancz, 1988. 230pp. New York: Arbor House, 1987. 209pp. · Jon Wallace · br 26 · A Man Rides Through, Stephen R. Donaldson; New York: Del Rey, 1987. 662pp. (Mordant’s Need, 2). · Chris Barker · br 26 · Don’t Panic: The Official Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Companion, Neil Gaiman; New York: Pocket Books, 1988. 182pp. · Maureen Porter · br 26 · Violent Cases, Neil Gaiman; Titan, 1987. ,. · Maureen Porter · br 26 · Orvis, H.M. Hoover; Methuen, 1987. 186pp. · Andy Sawyer · br 26-27 · Serpent’s Egg, R.A. Lafferty; Bath: Morrigan, 1987. 166pp. · Paul Brazier · br 27 · Araminta Station, Jack Vance; New English Library.; New York: Tor, 1988. 554pp.; Los Angeles: Underwood-Miller, 1987. 458pp. · Barbara Davies · br 27 · The Annals of the Heechee, Frederik Pohl; New York: Del Rey, 1987. 338pp. · Keith Freeman · br 27 · White Chappell Scarlet Tracings, Iain Sinclair; Goldmark, 1987. 210pp. · Paul Kincaid · br 28 · The Urth of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe; New York: Tor, 1987. 372pp. · Martyn Taylor · br 28 · The Urth of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe; New York: Tor, 1987. 372pp. · Paul Kincaid · br

Vector [#144, June/July 1988] 17 · The Infinity Concerto, Greg Bear; New York: Berkley, 1984. 342pp. · Tom Jones · br 17 · The Serpent Mage, Greg Bear; New York: Berkley, 1986. 343 p. · Tom Jones · br 17 · Through Darkest America, Neal Barrett, Jr.; New York: Congdon & Weed, 1987. 320pp. · Martyn Taylor · br 17-18 · The Digging Leviathan, James P. Blaylock; New York: Ace, 1984. 276pp. · Mike Moir · br 18 · The Movement of Mountains, Michael Blumlein; New York: St. Martin’s, 1987. 303pp. · Jim England · br 18-19 · The Firebrand, Marion Zimmer Bradley; New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987. 603pp. · Helen McNabb · br 19 · Oktober, Stephen Gallagher; London: New English Library, 1988. (1989.) 256pp. · Paul Brazier · br 19 · King of the Murgos, David Eddings; New York: Del Rey, 1988. 456pp. (Malloreon, 2). · Terry Broome · br 19 · L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Vol. III, ed. Algis Budrys; Los Angeles: Bridge, 1987. 427pp. · Valerie Housden · br 19-20 · Ghost King, David Gemmell; London: Century Books, 1988. 266pp. · Terry Broome · br 20 · Replay, Ken Grimwood; New York: Berkley, 1987; London: Grafton, 1987; Berkley, 1988. 272pp. · Valerie Housden · br 20 · Darkspell, Katherine Kerr; London: Grafton, 1988. 369pp. · Sue Thomason · br 20-21 · The Tommyknockers, Stephen King; New York: Putnam, 1987. 560pp. New York: Signet, c. 1987. 747pp. · John Newsinger · br 21-22 · In the Chinks of the World Machine: Feminism & Science Fiction, Sarah LeFanu; London: Women’s Press, 1988. 231pp. · K. V. Bailey · br 21-22 · In the Chinks of the World Machine: Feminism & Science Fiction, Sarah LeFanu; London: Women’s Press, 1988. 231pp. · Mandy Gunning · br 22 · Half a Glass of Moonshine, Graham Dunstan Martin; London: Unwin, 1988. 179pp. · Ken Lake · br 22 · Next, After Lucifer, Daniel Rhodes; New York: St. Martin’s. New York: Tor, 1988. · Nik Morton · br 22 · The Drabble Project, ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake; Harold Wood: Beccon, 1988. 110pp. · Jon Wallace · br 22-23 · The Natural History of the P.H., Keith Roberts; Kerosina, 1988. 16pp. · Paul Kincaid · br 23 · Vacuum Flowers, Michael Swanwick; New York: Arbor House, 1987. 235pp.; London: Arrow, 1989. 335pp.; Simon & Schuster, 1988. 248pp. · Michael Fearn · br 23 · The Wooden Spaceships, Bob Shaw; New York: Baen, 1988. 294pp. · Mike Moir · br 23 · The Coming of the King, Nikolai Tolstoy; Bantam U.K., 1988. 606pp. · Maureen Porter · br