The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

SHEPARD, LUCIUS (Taylor) (stories) (continued)

• * *Life During Wartime (Bantam 0-553-34381-5, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $7.95, 438pp, tp) Sf novel based on Shepard’s stories of near-future war in Guatamala, including the Nebula-winning “R&R”.
• * _Life During Wartime (Grafton 0-246-13228-0, May ’88, £10.95, 383pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 1987) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Life During Wartime (Paladin 0-586-08797-4, Apr ’89, £4.99, 383pp, tp, cover by J. K. Potter) Reprint (Bantam 1987) sf novel.
• * _Life During Wartime (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29066-5, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Reprint (Bantam 1987) sf novel of near-future war in Guatamala.
• * _Life During Wartime (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29066-5, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $5.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Reissue (Bantam 1987) SF novel. Second printing.
• * _Life During Wartime (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-614-4, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £5.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Black Sheep) Reprint (Bantam 1987) SF novel.
• * *Nantucket Slayrides (with Robert Frazier) (Eel Grass Press 0-938075-10-1, Aug ’89 [Oct ’89], $10.95, 219pp, tp) Anthology of three fantasy/horror stories set in Nantucket, two reprints by Shepard, one original by Frazier. Also announced in a signed, limited hardcover edition of 250 copies (-11-X, $70.00). (Contents)
• * *The Scalehunter’s Beautiful Daughter (Mark V. Ziesing 0-9612970-9-3, Apr ’88, $16.95, 153pp, hc) [Griaule] Fantasy short novel, indirect sequel to “The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule”. Also available in a signed, limited edition, $35.00.
• * *Sports & Music (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-25-2, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $10.00, 50pp, ph, cover by Arnie Fenner) Collection of two stories, one a fantasy. Both are expanded from their magazine appearances. This is a 1,000-copy signed and numbered edition. Available from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088. (Contents)

SHEPARD, MARK

• * *A Bard’s Tale: Escape from Roksamur (Baen 0-671-87797-6, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $5.99, 266pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [*Bard’s Tale] Novelization based on the Electronic Arts computer game series, sequel to Prison of Souls by Shepard and Mercedes Lackey.

SHEPHERD, MARK (stories)

• * *Elvendude (Baen 0-671-87630-9, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Serrated Edge] Fantasy novel about an elven prince raised as a normal suburban teen. Part of Mercedes Lackey’s “Serrated Edge” series.
• * _Prison of Souls (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey
• * *Spiritride (Baen 0-671-87775-5, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $5.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Serrated Edge] Contemporary fantasy novel, sequel to Elvendude.
• * _Wheels of Fire: A Novel of the Serrated Edge (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey

SHERMAN, CORDELIA CAROLINE; see under Sherman, Delia (stories)

SHERMAN, DAN(iel Michael) (1950- ); see pseudonym Dan Trevor

SHERMAN, DAVID

• * *Starfist: First to Fight (with Dan Cragg) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40622-2, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $5.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Starfist] Military SF novel, first in a series about 25th-century Marines. Staff Sergeant Charlie Bass and his seven men are stranded on an unfriendly planet.
• * *Starfist: School of Fire (with Dan Cragg) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40623-0, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $5.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Starfist] Military SF novel, second in a series about 25th-century Marines.
• * *Starfist: Steel Gauntlet (with Dan Cragg) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42526-X, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $5.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Starfist] Military SF novel, third in a series about 25th-century Marines.

SHERMAN, DELIA; [i.e., Cordelia Caroline Sherman] (1951- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Porcelain Dove (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-93608-4, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $22.00, 404pp, hc, cover by Francois Boucher) Fantasy novel of an 18th-century chateau where magical things occur, taken out of the bounds of time after the French Revolution. Recommended (SW).
• * _The Porcelain Dove (BOMC no ISBN, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $18.95, 404pp, hc, cover by Francois Boucher) Reprint (Dutton 1993) fantasy novel of an 18th-century chateau where magical things occur, taken out of the bounds of time after the French Revolution. Similar to the Dutton edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * _The Porcelain Dove (Penguin/Plume 0-452-27226-2, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $11.95, 404pp, tp, cover by Jean-Honore Fragonard) Reprint (Dutton 1993) fantasy novel of an 18th-century chateau where magical things occur, taken out of the bounds of time after the French Revolution.
• * *Through a Brazen Mirror (Ace 0-441-89687-1, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.50, 233pp, pb) Fantasy novel. A witch orders her daughter’s execution when a magic mirror prophesies her own death at her daughter’s hand. A first novel.

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• * _The Essential Bordertown (with Terri Windling) See entry under Terri Windling.
• * _The Horns of Elfland (with Donald G. Keller & Ellen Kushner) See entry under Ellen Kushner.

SHERMAN, JOEL HENRY (1957- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Corpseman (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34461-8, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.50, 277pp, pb) Sf novel. A cyborg pilot is convicted of a crime and sent to a living hell. A first novel.
• * *Random Factor (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36226-8, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.95, 329pp, pb, cover by Paul Chadwick) Sf adventure novel of a man whose exile to a backwater space station puts him at the center of a brewing galactic war.

SHERMAN, JOSEPHA (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Bard’s Tale: Castle of Deception (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey
• * *The Bard’s Tale: The Chaos Gate (Baen 0-671-87597-3, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $5.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [*Bard’s Tale] Fantasy novel, a sequel to Sherman and Mercedes Lackey’s Castle of Deception, based on the computer game The Bard’s Tale.
• * _A Cast of Corbies (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey
• * *Child of Faerie, Child of Earth (Walker 0-8027-8112-8, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $14.95, 159pp, hc, cover by Rick Farley) Young-adult medieval fantasy novel of a faerie prince who falls in love with a mortal girl.
• * *Forging the Runes (Baen 0-671-87752-6, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $5.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Ruth Sanderson) [Prince of the Sidhe] Fantasy novel about a faerie prince in medieval Ireland. Book two of “Prince of the Sidhe”. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
• * *Gleaming Bright (Walker 0-8027-8296-5, Mar ’94, $16.95, 170pp, hc, cover by Sue Ellen Brown) Young-adult fantasy novel of a young princess who must save her people by regaining the magical wish-granting box stolen from them by the evil Dark Druid.
• * *Highlander: The Captive Soul (Warner Aspect 0-446-60571-9, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $5.99, 216pp, pb) [Highlander] Fantasy novelization based on the TV show based on the movie. Copyrighted by Warner Books.
• * *The Horse of Flame (Avon 0-380-75815-6, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $3.95, 345pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Craft) Fantasy novel of young Princess Marya and her struggle with the evil Deathless who threatens her land.
• * *King’s Son, Magic’s Son (Baen 0-671-87602-3, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $5.99, 323pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) Fantasy novel. An unambitious magician is forced to provide his half-brother the King with magical assistance.
• * *Once Upon a Galaxy (August House 0-87483-386-8, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $19.95, 251pp, hc) Associational non-fiction collection of the original folktales and myths behind contemporary legends such as Superman, Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Bugs Bunny. Includes brief introductions and notes by Sherman, and lists of recommended reading and viewing. A tp edition (-387-6, $11.95) was announced but not seen. Order from August House, Box 3223, Little Rock AR 72203. Credit cards: 800-284-8784.
• * *Rachel the Clever and Other Jewish Folktales (August House 0-87483-306-X, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $18.95, 171pp, hc, cover by Jeanne Seagle) Associational book of Jewish folktales and lore retold by a fantasy writer, illustrated by Jeanne Seagle. A trade paperback edition (-307-8, $9.95) was announced but not seen. Available from August House, PO Box 3223, Little Rock AR 72203.
• * *A Sampler of Jewish-American Folklore (August House 0-87483-193-8, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $11.95, 215pp, tp, cover by Jacqueline Chwast) Associational book of Jewish folktales and lore by a fantasy writer, illustrated by Jacqueline Chwast. A hardcover edition (-194-6, $21.95) was announced but not seen. Available from August House, PO Box 3223, Little Rock AR 72203.
• * *The Secret of the Unicorn Queen 1: Swept Away (Ballantine Fawcett Columbine 0-449-90295-1, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 121pp, pb) [Secret of the Unicorn Queen] Teenage fantasy romance novel for girls, first in a series written by different authors and packaged by Parachute Press.
• * _The Secret of the Unicorn Queen Book 1: Swept Away (Beaver 0-09-965470-9, Apr ’89, £1.99, 121pp, pb) Reprint (Fawcett Columbine 1988) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Secret of the Unicorn Queen Book 5: The Dark Gods (Fawcett Columbine 0-449-90359-1, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 117pp, pb) Fifth book in a teenage fantasy/romance series for girls written by different authors and packaged by Parachute Press.
• * _The Secret of the Unicorn Queen Book 5: The Dark Gods (Beaver 0-09-965510-1, Dec ’89, £1.99, 117pp, pb, cover by Rowena Morrill) Reprint (Fawcett Columbine 1989) book in young-adult fantasy series written by different authors. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Shattered Oath (Baen 0-671-87672-4, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $5.99, 396pp, pb, cover by Ruth Sanderson) [Prince of the Sidhe] Fantasy novel. A faerie prince is banished to the land of the humans in medieval Ireland. Book one of “Prince of the Sidhe”.
• * *The Shining Falcon (Avon 0-380-75436-3, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.95, 341pp, pb) Romantic fairy-tale fantasy novel based on Slavic mythology.
• * _The Shining Falcon (Corgi 0-552-13700-6, Dec ’91, £3.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Reprint (Avon 1989) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Son of Darkness (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45666-1, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $5.99, 300pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) Contemporary fantasy novel. A New York museum curator faces a demon with the help of an extra-dimensional renegade.
• * _Son of Darkness (SFBC #18676, Sep ’98, $8.98, 300pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) Reprint (Roc 1998) contemporary fantasy novel. This is the first hardcover edition, and has ISBN 1-56865-828-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Star Trek: Vulcan’s Forge (with Susan M. Shwartz) (Pocket 0-671-00926-5, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $23.00, 343pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * _Star Trek: Vulcan’s Forge (with Susan M. Shwartz) (SFBC #18319, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $11.50, 256pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1997) Star Trek novelization. This is similar to the Pocket edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Star Trek: Vulcan’s Forge (with Susan M. Shwartz) (Pocket 0-671-00927-3, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $6.50, 328pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1997) Star Trek novel. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *A Strange and Ancient Name (Baen 0-671-72151-8, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $5.99, 386pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Fantasy novel about a half-human prince of Faerie who must return to the world of his mortal mother to lift a curse.
• * _A Strange and Ancient Name (SFBC #00568, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $6.98, 386pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Reprint (Baen 1993) fantasy novel about a half-human prince of Faerie who must return to the world of his mortal mother to lift a curse. First hardcover edition. This edition lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Windleaf (Walker 0-8027-8259-0, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $14.95, 121pp, hc, cover by Rick Farley) Young-adult fantasy novel of a count who loves a faerie girl and follows her into the other world.

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• * *Lammas Night (Baen 0-671-87713-5, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $5.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Victoria Poyser) Original anthology of 18 fantasy stories based on a ballad (also included) written by Lackey. The cover and title page credit the book as “created by” Lackey and edited by Sherman. Authors include Lackey, and S.M. Stirling. The book copyright is erroneously credited to Mercedes Lackey. (Contents)
• * *Merlin’s Kin: Tales of the Heroic Magician (August House 0-87483-519-4, Oct ’98, $11.95, 192pp, tp, cover by David Mattingly) Associational folklore collection of 30 tales about magicians from around the world, retold by Sherman. Includes notes and bibliography. A hardcover edition (-523-2, $21.95) was announced but not seen. Available from August House, PO Box 3223, Little Rock AR 72203; orders 800-284-8784. (Contents)
• * *Orphans of the Night (Walker 0-8027-8368-6, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $16.95, 162pp, hc, cover by Sue Ellen Brown) Original young-adult, dark fairy-tale anthology of 11 stories and two poems about some of the lesser-known supernatural creatures of the world, including the squonk, the Jersey Devil, Hawaii’s menehune, and the njuggle. (Contents)
• * *Urban Nightmares (with Keith R. A. DeCandido) (Baen 0-671-87851-4, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $5.99, 279pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Original anthology of 25 stories based on contemporary urban legends. Authors include Kristine Kathryn Rusch, eluki bes shahar, and S.P. Somtow. (Contents)

SHERRED, T(homas) L. (1915-1985) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Alien Main (with Lloyd Biggle, Jr.) See entry under Lloyd Biggle, Jr.

SHERRELL, CARL (1929-1990) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Curse (Pageant 0-517-00954-4, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $3.95, 469pp, pb) Horror novel abourt a town cursed by an Indian woman who was wrongfully killed.
• * *Skraelings (Ace/New Infinities 0-441-76891-1, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $2.95, pb) [Raver] Viking fantasy novel. Probably a sequel to Raver (1977).

SHERWOOD, DEBORAH

• * *Blood Sisters (Zebra 0-8217-2309-X, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.95, 352pp, pb) Horror novel. 30 years later....

SHETTERLY, WILL(iam Howard) (1955- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Cats Have No Lord (Ace 0-441-09493-7, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.75, 224pp, pb) Fantasy novel; a first novel.
• * *Dogland (Tor 0-312-85171-5, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $25.95, 445pp, hc) Magic realism/quasi-autobiographical novel. A family of Yankees open a tourist attraction in 1950s Florida.
• * _Dogland (Tor 0-312-86605-4, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $15.95, 445pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1997) magic realism/quasi-autobiographical novel set in 1950s Florida.
• * _Double Feature (with Emma Bull) See entry under Emma Bull.
• * *Elsewhere (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-200731-8, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $16.95, 248pp, hc, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Borderland] Young-adult fantasy novel of a runaway living among punk elves in a city where Faerie meets the real world.
• * _Elsewhere (SFBC #19172, Dec ’91, $7.98, 248pp, hc, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Borderland] Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1991) young-adult fantasy novel. Similar to the HBJ edition except it lacks an ISBN and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.
• * _Elsewhere (Tor 0-812-52003-3, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $3.99, 238pp, pb, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Borderland] Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1991) fantasy novel in the “Borderland” shared-world series.
• * *Nevernever (Harcourt Brace 0-15-257022-5, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $16.95, 226pp, hc, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Borderland] Young-adult fantasy novel set in the same world as the “Bordertown” anthologies, sequel to Elsewhere.
• * _Nevernever (Tor 0-812-55151-6, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $4.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Borderland] Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1993) young-adult fantasy novel set in the “Borderland” shared world series; sequel to Elsewhere.
• * *The Tangled Lands (Ace 0-441-79804-7, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 247pp, pb, cover by E. T. Steadman) Fantasy novel set in a world created by a fictional computer game. The programmer has to enter the world to fix the bugs.
• * *Witchblood (Ace 0-441-89644-8, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 197pp, pb) Fantasy novel of a soldier who may also be a witch.

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• * *Liavek (with Emma Bull) (Ace 0-441-48180-9, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.95, 274pp, pb) [Liavek] Original anthology set in the fantasy city Liavek. Another “Thieves’ World” clone. The background is more interesting than the essentially one-note stories, though the Wolfe does stand out. (FCM) (Contents)
• * *Liavek: Festival Week (with Emma Bull) (Ace 0-441-48192-2, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 275pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Liavek] Original shared-world anthology of 15 stories, fifth book of the “Liavek” series. (Contents)
• * *Liavek: Spells of Binding (with Emma Bull) (Ace 0-441-48191-4, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.50, 245pp, pb) [Liavek] Original fantasy shared world anthology of nine stories, “Liavek” #4. (Contents)
• * *Liavek: The Players of Luck (with Emma Bull) (Ace 0-441-48184-1, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 290pp, pb) [Liavek] Original fantasy anthology set in exotic Liavek, #2 in the shared-world series. (Contents)
• * *Liavek: Wizard’s Row (with Emma Bull) (Ace 0-441-48190-6, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $2.95, 212pp, pb) [Liavek] Shared-world original anthology, third in the series. 8 stories, plus appendices of songs and background material. (Contents)

SHETTLE, ANDREA (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Flute Song Magic (Avon Flare 0-380-76225-0, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $2.95, 217pp, pb, cover by Dean Morrissey) Young-adult fantasy novel about music and social structure. This was the winner of the Avon Flare competition for authors between 13 and 18. A first novel.

SHIEL, M(atthew) P(hipps) (1865-1947) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Purple Cloud (Allison & Busby 0-85031-625-1, Oct ’86, £3.95, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1901) sf novel.
• * _Xélucha and The Primate of the Rose (Tartarus Press 1-872621-17-1, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], £5.00, 30pp, ph) Fantasy collection. Chapbook limited to 100 copies, reprinting two stories from the 1975 Arkham House edition of Xélucha. (Contents)

SHI-kuo, CHANG

• * *Chess King (Asiapac 9971-985-06-3, 1986 [Jan ’88], $8.90 [Singapore], 182pp, pb) Fantasy adventure novel by a Taiwanese author, translated by Ivan David Zimmerman. This appeared in 1986, but we didn’t see it until 1988.

SHILLITOE, TONY (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Dragon Lords (Pan Australia 0-330-27395-7, 1993 [Oct ’93], A$12.95, 519pp, pb, cover by Mike Worrall) [Andrakis] Fantasy novel, third book of the “Andrakis” series. This is an Australian first edition.