The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

SHULER, LINDA LAY (stories) (continued)

• * _Voice of the Eagle (Arrow 0-09-917431-6, Jan ’94, £5.99, 654pp, pb, cover by Gordon Crabb) [Time Circle] Reprint (Morrow 1992) prehistoric fantasy novel.

SHUPP, MIKE (1946- )

• * *Death’s Gray Land (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32552-4, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $4.95, 322pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) [Destiny Makers] Time-travel sf novel, fourth book of the “Destiny Makers” series.
• * _Death’s Grey Land (Headline 0-7472-3584-8, Jul ’91, £4.50, 322pp, pb, cover by Brian Waugh) [Destiny Makers] Reprint (Del Rey 1991 as Death’s Gray Land) sf novel. Book Four of “The Destiny Makers”. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Last Reckoning (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37098-8, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.95, 371pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) [Destiny Makers] Time-travel sf novel, fifth book of the “Destiny Makers” series.
• * *Morning of Creation (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32550-8, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $3.50, 304pp, pb) [Destiny Makers] Sf novel, Book Two of “The Destiny Makers” quadralogy.
• * _Morning of Creation (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32550-8, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.50, 304pp, pb) [Destiny Makers] Reissue (Del Rey 1986) sf time travel novel, “Destiny Makers” #2.
• * _Morning of Creation (Headline 0-7472-3346-2, Mar ’90, £3.99, 304pp, pb) [Destiny Makers] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel. Book Two of “The Destiny Makers”.
• * *Soldier of Another Fortune (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32551-6, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.95, 396pp, pb) [Destiny Makers] Sf time travel novel, “Destiny Makers” #3.
• * _Soldier of Another Fortune (Headline 0-7472-3419-1, Aug ’90, £4.50, 396pp, pb) [Destiny Makers] Reprint (Del Rey 1988) sf novel. Book Three of “The Destiny Makers”.
• * *With Fate Conspire (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32549-4, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $2.95, 306pp, pb) [Destiny Makers] Sf novel, Book One of “The Destiny Makers,” a time war series. A first novel.
• * _With Fate Conspire (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32549-4, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.95, 306pp, pb) [Destiny Makers] Reissue (Del Rey 1985) sf time travel novel, first in the “Destiny Makers” series; third printing.
• * _With Fate Conspire (Headline 0-7472-3341-1, Nov ’89, £3.99, 306pp, pb) [Destiny Makers] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Destiny Makers” series. [First U.K. edition]

SHUSTERMAN, NEAL (c1962- ); see pseudonym Easton Royce (stories)

• * *The Dark Side of Nowhere (Little Brown 0-316-78907-0, Apr ’97 [Jun ’97], $15.95, 185pp, hc, cover by Minko T. Dimov) Young-adult horror. A boy whose life is too normal discovers an alien conspiracy.
• * *Darkness Creeping (Contemporary Books/Lowell House 1-56565-069-7, Aug ’93 [Sep ’93], $4.95, 126pp, tp, cover by Michael Coy) Young-adult collection of nine horror stories and one poem, illustrated by Michael Coy. (Contents)
• * *Darkness Creeping II (Lowell House Juvenile 1-56565-285-1, Sep ’95, $5.95, 128pp, tp, cover by Barbara Kiwak) Young-adult collection of eight horror stories, with interior illustrations by Barbara Kiwak. Distributed by Contemporary Books, Chicago 312-540-4500; Lowell House Juvenile, 2029 Century Park East, Suite 3290, Los Angeles CA 90067. (Contents)
• * *The Eyes of Kid Midas (Little Brown 0-316-77542-8, Nov ’92, $15.95, 185pp, hc, cover by Stephen Marchesi) Young-adult fantasy about a boy who finds a pair of sunglasses that make his wishes reality, even the dangerous ones. The world he creates becomes progressively more nightmarish.
• * _The Eyes of Kid Midas (Tor 0-812-53460-3, Mar ’94 [Apr ’94], $3.99, 182pp, pb, cover by Michael Archambault) Reprint (Little Brown 1992) young-adult fantasy about a boy who finds a pair of sunglasses that make his wishes reality, even the dangerous ones. The world he creates becomes progressively more nightmarish.
• * *MindQuakes: Stories to Shatter Your Brain (Tor 0-812-55197-4, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $3.99, 118pp, tp, cover by Robert Papp) Original collection of ten young-adult horror stories, plus an afterword describing the inspiration for each. (Contents)
• * *MindTwisters (Tor 0-812-55199-0, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $3.99, 114pp, tp, cover by Robert Papp) Original collection of eight young-adult horror stories, plus an afterword describing the inspiration for each. (Contents)
• * *Scorpion Shards (Tor 0-312-85506-0, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $18.95, 191pp, hc, cover by Gabriel Picart) [Star Shards Chronicles] Young-adult dark fantasy. Grotesquely afflicted teenaged outcasts find a purpose in life confronting evil.
• * _The Scorpion Shards (Tor 0-812-52465-9, Oct ’96, $4.99, 234pp, pb, cover by Gabriel Picart) [Star Shards Chronicles] Reprint (Tor 1995) young-adult fantasy novel. Teen outcasts confront evil.

SHUTE, NEVIL; pseudonym of Nevil Shute Norway, (1899-1960)

• * _On the Beach (SFBC #01371, 1986 [May ’86], $4.98, 250pp, hc) Reprint (Heinemann 1957) sf novel of the last survivors of a nuclear war.

SHWARTZ, SUSAN M(artha) (1949- ); see pseudonym Gordon Kendall (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Byzantium’s Crown (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20356-0, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.50, 272pp, pb) [Heirs to Byzantium] Fantasy novel set in an alternate Byzantium where magic works.
• * _Byzantium’s Crown (Pan 0-330-29789-9, Aug ’87, £2.95, 254pp, pb) [Heirs to Byzantium] Reprint (Questar 1987) alternate history novel. Volume 1 in the “Heirs to Byzantium” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Cross and Crescent (Tor 0-312-85714-4, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $23.95, 382pp, hc, cover by Richard Bober) [Shards of Empire] Historical fantasy of the Byzantine empire, set in the same universe as Shards of Empire.
• * _Empire of the Eagle (with Andre Norton) See entry under Andre Norton.
• * *The Grail of Hearts (Tor 0-312-85176-6, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $21.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Dennis Nolan) Fantasy novel retelling the story of The Wandering Jew.
• * _The Grail of Hearts (Tor 0-812-55409-4, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Dennis Nolan) Reprint (Tor 1992) fantasy novel.
• * *Heritage of Flight (Tor 0-812-55413-2, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 338pp, pb) Sf adventure novel about survival on an alien planet.
• * _Imperial Lady (with Andre Norton) See entry under Andre Norton.
• * *Queensblade (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20360-9, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.50, 280pp, pb) [Heirs to Byzantium] Alternate world historical fantasy novel, third in the “Heirs to Byzantium” series.
• * _Queensblade (Pan 0-330-30401-1, Sep ’88, £2.99, 275pp, pb) [Heirs to Byzantium] Reprint (Questar 1988) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Heirs to Byzantium” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Shards of Empire (Tor 0-312-85716-0, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $23.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Richard Bober) [Shards of Empire] Fantasy novel of 10th-century Byzantium.
• * _Shards of Empire (Tor 0-812-54817-5, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $5.99, 455pp, pb, cover by Richard Bober) [Shards of Empire] Reprint (Tor 1996) fantasy novel of 10th-century Byzantium.
• * *Silk Roads and Shadows (Tor 0-812-55411-6, Feb ’88, $3.95, 337pp, pb) Fantasy novel.
• * _Silk Roads and Shadows (Tor 0-812-55411-6, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 337pp, pb, cover by Michael Embden) Reissue (Tor 1988) fantasy novel; second printing.
• * _Silk Roads and Shadows (Pan 0-330-30662-6, Nov ’90, £3.99, 337pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) Reprint (Tor 1988) fantasy novel.
• * _Star Trek: Vulcan’s Forge (with Josepha Sherman) See entry under Josepha Sherman.
• * *The Woman of Flowers (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20358-7, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $3.50, 308pp, pb) [Heirs to Byzantium] Alternate world historical fantasy novel, where Antony and Cleopatra conquered Rome; “Heirs to Byzantium”, Book 2.
• * *The Woman of Flowers (Pan 0-330-30065-2, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], £2.95, 294pp, pb) [Heirs to Byzantium] Sf novel. Simultaneous with US (Questar) edition. Volume 2 in the “Heirs to Byzantium” series.

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• * *Arabesques 2 (Avon 0-380-75570-X, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 370pp, pb) Original anthology of 16 stories, with framing material by Susan Shwartz. Second anthology of Arabian Nights-style stories Shwartz has edited. (Contents)
• * *Arabesques: More Tales of the Arabian Nights (Avon 0-380-75319-7, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.50, 258pp, pb) Original anthology of Arabian Nights-type stories, with new work by Niven, Wolfe, Lee, Norton, etc. A quasi shared world book. (Contents)
• * _Arabesques: More Tales of the Arabian Nights (Pan 0-330-30506-9, Dec ’88, £3.99, 324pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1988) original anthology of Arabian Nights-type stories, with new work by Niven, Wolfe, Lee, Norton, etc. A quasi shared world book. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Habitats (DAW 0-87997-948-8, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $2.75, 220pp, pb) Original anthology of sf stories. A satisfying group; recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
• * *Moonsinger’s Friends (Bluejay 0-312-94325-3, Jun ’85 [Jul ’85], $16.95, 342pp, hc) Original anthology of fantasy stories dedicated to Andre Norton. (Contents)
• * *Moonsinger’s Friends (Bluejay 0-312-94326-1, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $8.95, 342pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
• * _Moonsinger’s Friends (Tor 0-812-55446-9, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $2.95, 342pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) anthology of fantasy stories, dedicated to Andre Norton.
• * _Moonsinger’s Friends (Severn House 0-7278-1341-2, Oct ’86, £9.95, 352pp, hc) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) fantasy anthology.
• * *Sisters in Fantasy (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45292-5, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $4.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Original anthology of 15 fantasy stories about heroic women. Authors include Andre Norton, Lisa Goldstein, Nancy Kress, and Katharine Kerr. The introduction by Susan Shwartz discusses the need to dispel the stereotype of the Female Fantasy Writer as a writer of “elfy-welfy” stuff. (Contents)
• * *Sisters in Fantasy 2 (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45503-7, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $5.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Original anthology of 23 fantasy stories by women writers. Authors include Mercedes Lackey, Rebecca Ore, and Patricia McKillip. (Contents)

SIAMON, SHARON, ed. (stories)

• * _Just Fantastic! (with Glen Huser & James Barry) See entry under James Barry.

SIBLEY, BRIAN (1949- ) (stories)

• * *The Land of Narnia (Lions 0-00-673591-6, Oct ’89, £3.99, 96pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) Non-fiction study of C.S. Lewis’s land of Narnia. Also available in hardcover (-191161-9, £8.95).
• * +The Land of Narnia: Brian Sibley Explores the World of C.S. Lewis (Harper & Row 0-06-025625-7, Sep ’90 [Nov ’90], $19.95, 96pp, hc, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Young-adult non-fiction; a guide to C.S. Lewis and his “Narnia” books. First American edition (Collins 1989). [Lewis]
• * *The Map of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth (with John Howe) (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10318-0, Sep ’94, £4.99, pb, cover by John Howe) Christopher Tolkien’s map redrawn by Howe, decorated with scenes from Lord of the Rings. There is also an illustrated explanatory booklet by Brian Sibley.
• * *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs & the Making of the Classic Film (Simon & Schuster 0-671-64439-4, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $14.95, 88pp, hc) Non-fiction, film history with photos and illustrations.
• * *There and Back Again: The Map of The Hobbit (with John Howe) (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10326-1, 1995 [Oct ’95], £4.99, 23+map, tp, cover by John Howe) Illustrated, poster-sized map to the world of The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. The accompanying booklet, also illustrated by Howe, has text by Sibley that describes the writing of the novel.

SIBURT, RUTH (stories)

• * *Dragon Charmer (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-350-4, 1996 [Aug ’96], $6.99, 93pp, tp, cover by Ruth Thompson) Young-adult SF/fantasy novella. A girl in 2080 is obsessed with dragons, and finds a magic library book that will leader her to both dragons and her missing father.

SICILIANO, SAM (Joseph) (1947- )

• * *The Angel of the Opera (Macmillan/Otto Penzler Books 1-883402-46-8, Jun ’94, $21.95, 256pp, hc, cover by Max Ginsberg) Gothic horror/Holmes pastiche, yet another meeting between the Great Detective and the Phantom of the Opera. A first novel.
• * *Blood Farm (Pageant 0-517-00660-X, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.95, 336pp, pb) Horror/occult novel — the undead look for fresh blood. A first novel.
• * _Blood Feud (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-705-1, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $4.50, 315pp, pb) Vampire horror novel of a vampire hunting the streets for the woman he once loved so that she can become his victim.

SICLARI, JOSEPH D., ed.

• * *MagiCon Original Bookmark Anthology (MagiCon, Aug ’89, free, 8pp, bookmarks) “Anthology” of eight original vignettes, each printed on a bookmark, with illustrations by Vincent DiFate, Phil Foglio, and others. A promotional item from the “Orlando in ’92” Worldcon campaign. (Contents)

SIDDONS, (Sybil) ANNE RIVERS (1936- )

• * _The House Next Door (Ballantine 0-345-32333-5, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 279pp, pb) Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1978) horror novel of a monstrous house; 16th printing.

SIEGEL, BARBARA (B.) (1952?- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Burning Land (with Scott Siegel) (Teens 0-416-03202-8, Mar ’88, £1.95, 152pp, pb) [Firebrats] Reprint (Pocket 1987) young-adult post-holocaust novel. Volume 1 in the “Firebrats” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *DragonLance Preludes II #3: Tanis, the Shadow Years (with Scott Siegel) (TSR 0-88038-913-3, Nov ’90, $4.95, 320pp, tp, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [DragonLance: Preludes II] Fantasy novelization based on the “DragonLance” game, with interior illlustrations by Valerie Valusek.
• * _DragonLance Preludes II: Volume Three: Tanis, the Shadow Years (with Scott Siegel) (Penguin 0-14-014374-2, Apr ’91, £4.50, 320pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [DragonLance: Preludes II] Reprint (TSR 1990) fantasy novelization. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Fatal Fear (with Scott Siegel) (Pocket Archway 0-671-75947-7, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $2.99, 151pp, pb, cover by Vince Natale) [Ghostworld] Fantasy novel, fifth book of the “Ghostworld” series. The series packaging is gone, there is no sign on the cover that this is part of a series.
• * *Final Frenzy (with Scott Siegel) (Pocket Archway 0-671-75948-5, May ’93, $3.50, 151pp, pb, cover by Vince Natale) [Ghostworld] Young-adult fantasy novel, sixth and final book of the “Ghostworld” series.
• * *Firebrats #1: The Burning Land (with Scott Siegel) (Pocket Archway 0-671-55007-1, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $2.50, 152pp, pb) [Firebrats] First in a young-adult post-holocaust sf adventure series(!) A high school jock and an aspiring teenage actress survive WWIII.
• * *Firebrats #2: Survivors (with Scott Siegel) (Pocket Archway 0-671-55733-5, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $2.50, 150pp, pb) [Firebrats] Young-adult post-holocaust adventure novel.
• * *Firebrats #3: Thunder Mountain (with Scott Siegel) (Pocket Archway 0-671-55794-7, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $2.50, 146pp, pb) [Firebrats] Latest in a juvenile post-holocaust adventure series.
• * *Firebrats #4: Shockwave (with Scott Siegel) (Pocket Archway 0-671-60682-4, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $2.50, 160pp, pb) [Firebrats] Young-adult sf novel in a post-holocaust series.
• * *Ghostworld: Beyond Terror (with Scott Siegel) (Pocket Archway 0-671-70904-6, Jul ’91, $3.50, 148pp, pb, cover by Vincent Natale) [Ghostworld] Young-adult fantasy novel, first book of a series.
• * *Ghostworld: Cold Dread (with Scott Siegel) (Pocket Archway 0-671-75946-9, Aug ’92 [Oct ’92], $2.99, 152pp, pb, cover by Vince Natale) [Ghostworld] Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth book of the “Ghostworld” series.
• * *Ghostworld: Dark Fire (with Scott Siegel) (Pocket Archway 0-671-70906-2, Feb ’92 [Jun ’92], $2.99, 151pp, pb, cover by Vince Natale) [Ghostworld] Young-adult fantasy novel, third book of the “Ghostworld” series.
• * *Ghostworld: Midnight Chill (with Scott Siegel) (Pocket Archway 0-671-70905-4, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $2.99, 151pp, pb, cover by Vincent Natale) [Ghostworld] Young-adult fantasy novel, second book of a series.
• * _Shockwave (with Scott Siegel) (Teens 0-416-04552-9, Sep ’88, £1.95, 150pp, pb) [Firebrats] Reprint (Pocket 1988) young-adult sf novel. Volume 4 in the “Firebrats” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Survivors (with Scott Siegel) (Teens 0-416-03192-7, Mar ’88, £1.95, 150pp, pb) [Firebrats] Reprint (Pocket 1987) young-adult post-holocaust novel. Volume 2 in the “Firebrats” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Thunder Mountain (with Scott Siegel) (Teens 0-416-04542-1, Jul ’88, £1.95, 146pp, pb) [Firebrats] Reprint (Pocket 1987) young-adult post-holocaust novel. Volume 3 in the “Firebrats” series. [First U.K. edition]

SIEGEL, LEE (1945- )

• * *City of Dreadful Night (University of Chicago Press 0-226-75689-0, Oct ’95, $15.95, 255pp, tp) Literary horror novel based on macabre tales from India, woven into an exploration of the relationship between real terror and horror fiction. Also available in hardcover ($47.50, -75688-2). Order from University of Chicago Press, Order Department, 11030 South Langley Avenue, Chicago IL 60628; 800-621-2736.

SIEGEL, MARK (Richard) (1949-2003) (stories)

• * *Hugo Gernsback: Father of Modern Science Fiction (Borgo Press 0-89370-274-9, Mar ’88 [Jul ’88], $7.95, 96pp, ph) Non-fiction, essays on Gernsback (a defense of him), Frank Herbert (politics in Dune), and Bram Stoker (“Dracula as Anti-Quest”). [Gernsback, ]
• * *Hugo Gernsback: Father of Modern Science Fiction (Borgo Press 0-89370-274-9, Dec ’89 [Mar ’90], $9.95, 96pp, tp) Reissue (Borgo Press 1988) non-fiction; reference, a collection of six essays and accompanying material, four about Gernsback, one on Frank Herbert, and one on Bram Stoker; second printing.
• * *James Tiptree, Jr. (Starmont 0-916732-67-3, Feb ’86, $7.95, 89pp, pb) Non-fiction, critical study. [Tiptree]

SIEGEL, ROBERT (Harold) (1939- )

• * _Alpha Centauri (Lion 0-7459-1602-3, Mar ’89 [Apr ’89], £2.25, 255pp, pb, cover by Kathy Wyatt) Reprint (Crossway 1981) young-adult sf novel.
• * _Whalesong (Berkley 0-425-08272-5, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $2.75, 143pp, pb) Reprint (Crossway 1981) fantasy novel.