The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

SKIPP, JOHN M(ason) (stories) (continued)

• * _Fright Night (with Craig Spector) (Star 0-352-31800-7, Dec ’85 [Jan ’86], £2.25, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) novelization of a horror movie.
• * *The Light At the End (with Craig Spector) (Bantam 0-553-25451-0, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $3.95, 385pp, pb) Horror/dark fantasy of vampires in the Manhattan subway system.
• * _The Light at the End (with Craig Spector) (Bantam UK 0-553-17269-7, Aug ’86, £2.95, 400pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1986) horror novel.
• * _The Light at the End (with Craig Spector) (Bantam 0-553-25451-0, Nov ’91, $4.99, 385pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1986) horror novel of vampires in the New York subways; second printing.
• * _The Light at the End (with Craig Spector) (Bantam Falcon 0-553-25451-0, Feb ’92, $4.99, 385pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1986) horror novel of vampires in the New York subways; third printing.
• * *The Scream (with Craig Spector) (Bantam 0-553-26798-1, Feb ’88, $3.95, 420pp, pb) Rock & Roll horror novel.
• * _The Scream (with Craig Spector) (Bantam UK 0-553-17584-X, Sep ’88, £3.50, 420pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1988) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Scream (with Craig Spector) (Bantam 0-553-26798-1, Nov ’91, $4.99, 420pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1988) horror novel; third printing.
• * _The Scream (with Craig Spector) (Bantam Falcon 0-553-26798-1, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $4.99, 419pp, pb, cover by Stan Watts) Reissue (Bantam 1988) horror novel; fourth printing.

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• * *Book of the Dead (with Craig Spector) (Bantam 0-553-27998-X, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $4.50, 390pp, pb) [Living Dead] Original anthology of 16 zombie stories set in the same universe as George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. (Contents)
• * _Book of the Dead (with Craig Spector) (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-08-2, Jul ’89, $22.00, 334pp, hc) [Living Dead] Reprint (Bantam 1989) original anthology of 16 zombie stories set in the same universe as George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. First hardcover edition, illustrated by J.K.Potter. A signed limited edition (-09-0) was also announced.
• * _Book of the Dead (with Craig Spector) (Bantam 0-553-27998-X, Nov ’91, $4.99, 390pp, pb) [Living Dead] Reissue (Bantam 1989) original semi-shared-world anthology of stories set in the world of George Romero’s “Living Dead” films; fourth printing.
• * *Book of the Dead 2: Still Dead (with Craig Spector) (Bantam Falcon 0-553-29839-9, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $4.99, 303pp, pb, cover by Richard Kriegler) [Living Dead] Original shared-world anthology of 19 stories set in the world of George Romero’s “Living Dead” films. With a foreword by Tom Savini and an introduction by the editors. A simultaneous hardcover edition was published by Mark V. Ziesing without the series title.
• * *Still Dead (with Craig Spector) (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-67-8, Jul ’92, $29.95, 276pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) [Living Dead] Original shared-world anthology of 19 stories set in the world of George Romero’s “Living Dead” films. With a foreword by Tom Savini and an introduction by the editors; full-color illustrations by Rick Berry which are worth the price alone. Simultaneous with the Bantam mass-market paperback edition. A signed limited edition (-68-6, $85.00) was announced but not seen. This edition does not have the series title on it. Order from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088. (Contents)

SKURZYNSKI, GLORIA (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Cyberstorm (Simon & Schuster/Macmillan 0-02-782926-X, Jun ’95 [Jul ’95], $15.00, hc, cover by Jim Carroll) Young-adult SF novel. In a futuristic version of The Wizard of Oz, a near-future girl tries to save her dog through a virtual reality device.
• * *Virtual War (Simon & Schuster 0-689-81374-0, Jun ’97, $16.00, 152pp, hc, cover by Francesco Caseres) [Virtual War Chronologs] Young-adult SF novel. A young man trained to fight a virtual war only days away learns some disturbing facts about the real world.

SKY, KATHLEEN; pseudonym of Kathleen McKinney Goldin, (1943- )

• * _Death’s Angel (Titan 1-85286-536-9, Feb ’95, £4.50, 213pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Star Trek] Reprint (Bantam 1981) Star Trek novelisation. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Trek: Death’s Angel (Bantam 0-553-24637-2, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.95, 213pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1981) Star Trek novelization; 3rd printing.
• * _Star Trek: Death’s Angel (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24983-5, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.95, 213pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1981) Star Trek novel. 4th printing.
• * _Star Trek: Death’s Angel (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24983-5, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $4.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Kazuhiko Sano) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1981) Star Trek novelization. Sixth printing.
• * _Star Trek: Vulcan (Titan 1-85286-537-7, Apr ’95, £4.50, 175pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Star Trek] Reprint (Bantam 1978) novelisation, with an Introduction by David Gerrold. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Trek: Vulcan! (Bantam 0-553-24633-X, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.95, 175pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1978) Star Trek novelization; 3rd printing.
• * _Star Trek: Vulcan! (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24633-X, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $2.95, 175pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1978) Star Trek novel. 5th printing.
• * _Star Trek: Vulcan! (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24633-X, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $5.50, 175pp, pb, cover by Kazuhiko Sano) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1978) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. Sixth printing.
• * *Witchdame (Berkley 0-425-07449-8, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $2.95, 323pp, pb) Fantasy novel, first of a series.

SLADE, DEREK

• * *Invasion (Oriflamme Publishing 0-948093-08-0, Jul ’90 [1990], £4.50, 497pp, pb) Sf novel set in an alternative England in 1940 after a Nazi invasion.

SLADE, MICHAEL; pseudonym of John Banks, Jay Clarke, Lee Clarke & Richard Covell (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Cutthroat (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17452-6, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $4.99, 397pp, pb) [Supt. Robert de Clerq] Horror thriller of the search for a seemingly indestructible serial killer whose murders stretch back an impossible number of years. Slade is a pseudonym for several Vancouver lawyers.
• * _Cutthroat (NEL 0-450-58428-3, Mar ’93, £4.99, 397pp, pb) [Supt. Robert de Clerq] Reprint (Signet 1992) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Ghoul (W.H. Allen 0-491-03703-1, Sep ’87 [1987], £10.95, 416pp, hc) Horror novel. [Not seen]
• * _Ghoul (W.H. Allen Star 0-352-32131-8, Sep ’88, £3.99, 412pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1987) horror novel.
• * _Ghoul (NAL Signet 0-451-15959-4, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $4.50, 386pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1987) gory horror/police procedural novel.
• * _Ghoul (NEL 0-450-59113-1, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], £4.99, 386pp, pb) Reissue (W.H. Allen 1987) horror novel.
• * _Headhunter (NEL 0-450-59112-3, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], £4.99, 422pp, pb) Reissue (W.H. Allen 1982) horror novel.
• * *The Horses of Central Park (Scholastic 0-590-44659-2, 1992 [May ’92], $12.95, 119pp, hc, cover by Joe DiCesare) Young-adult fantasy about a boy who talks with horses. Author also writes horror novels.
• * *Ripper (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17702-9, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.99, 416pp, pb) [Supt. Robert de Clerq] Horror novel. Serial killers are committing murders in order to resurrect Jack the Ripper.
• * _Ripper (NEL 0-450-61002-0, Sep ’94, £16.99, 377pp, hc) [Supt. Robert de Clerq] Reprint (Signet 1994) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Ripper (NEL 0-340-61779-9, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], £4.99, 377pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Supt. Robert de Clerq] Reprint (Signet 1994) horror novel.
• * *Zombie (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-65777-4, Jun ’96 [May ’96], £16.99, 473pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Special X] Horror novel. Latest in the “Special X” series. Slade is the pseudonym of (now) two Canadian laywers.
• * _Zombie (NEL 0-340-65778-2, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], £5.99, 473pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Special X] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) horror novel.

SLADEK, JOHN (Thomas) (1937-2000) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Black Alice (with Thomas M. Disch) See entry under Thomas M. Disch
• * _Black Aura (Walker 0-8027-3043-4, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.95, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1974) mystery about the occult.
• * *Bugs (Macmillan 0-333-49060-6, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], £12.95, 213pp, hc) Delightfully insane novel about an English writer who gets involved with an American project to build the perfect robot. Recommended. (PSP)
• * _Bugs (Paladin 0-586-09023-1, Feb ’91, £4.99, 224pp, tp, cover by Paul Sample) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1989) humorous sf novel.
• * *The Lunatics of Terra (Gollancz 0-575-03464-5, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], £7.95, 192pp, hc) Collection of 18 stories with afterwords to each by the author. Seven seem to be originals. (Contents)
• * _The Müller-Fokker Effect (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-548-5, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Hutchinson 1970) sf black comedy novel of an encoded personality. Recommended (CNB).
• * _The Reproductive System (Gollancz 0-575-03851-9, Sep ’86, £2.95, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1968) sf novel.
• * +Roderick (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-325-3, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.95, 347pp, pb) [Roderick] Satiric sf novel. First complete American edition (Granada 1980). The first half has appeared in the U.S. as Roderick (Pocket Timescape 1982), but the second half appears here for the first time. This hilarious novel of a robot growing up is highly recom-mended. (CNB)
• * +Roderick at Random (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-341-5, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.95, 317pp, pb) [Roderick] Satiric sf novel about robots, sequel to Roderick. First American edition (Granada 1983). Recommended, but be sure to read Roderick in the reprint or British edition. The Timescape version was cut. (CNB)
• * _Roderick at Random (Kerosina 0-948893-43-5, Apr ’90 [1990], £13.95, 320pp, hc) [Roderick] Reprint (Granada 1983) sf novel. Also available in a limited edition (-42-7, £40.00). First world hardcover edition.
• * _Tik-Tok (Corgi 0-552-12454-0, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], £1.95, 174pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1983) sf novel. First mass-market edition of this BSFA Award winner.
• * +Tik-Tok (DAW 0-88677-048-3, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $2.95, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1983) sf novel, first U.S. edition. This novel of a robot whose “Asimov circuit” goes wild won the 1984 British SF Award.

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• * _John T. Sladek: Steam-Driven Satirist: A Working Bibliography See entry under Phil Stephensen-Payne.

SLATER, PHILIP (Elliot) (1927- )

• * *How I Saved the World (Dutton 0-525-24355-0, Dec ’85 [Jan ’86], $16.95, 337pp, hc) Satirical literary novel of oddballs vs. a secret plan for nuclear disaster. This has a 1985 copyright, but we did not see it until 1986.
• * _How I Saved the World (Grove/Black Cat 0-394-62323-1, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $3.95, 337pp, pb) Reprint (EP Dutton 1985) Satiric novel (with fantasy elements) of impending apocalypse, astral travel, but otherwise minimal sf elements.

SLAVICSEK, WILLIAM (stories)

• * *A Guide to the Star Wars Universe: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38625-6, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $10.00, 495pp, tp, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Star Wars] Non-fiction, reference. An encyclopedic guide to the Star Wars universe. This is a completely rewritten and updated version of A Guide to the Star Wars Universe by Raymond L. Velasco (Del Rey 1984). It includes comics, games, and books, as well as the original movies. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * _A Guide to the Star Wars Universe: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded (Boxtree 0-7522-0859-4, Apr ’95, £9.99, 495pp, tp, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Star Wars] Reprint (Ballantine 1994) non-fiction, reference. Completely rewritten and updated from A Guide to the Star Wars Universe by Raymond L. Velasco (Del Rey 1984). It includes comics, games, and books, as well as the original movies. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Torg: The Possibility Wars Book One: Storm Knights (with C. J. Tramontana) (West End 0-87431-301-5, May ’90, $4.95, 317pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Torg] Sf novelization based on the “Possibility Wars” game.

SLAYTON, DONALD K. (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Deke!: U.S. Manned Space: From Mercury to the Shuttle (with Michael Cassutt) (Tor/Forge 0-312-85918-X, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $14.95, 354pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1994) associational non-fiction. The autobiography of the late Mercury astronaut Deke Slayton, written with sf writer Michael Cassutt.

SLEATOR, WILLIAM (Warner, III) (1945- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Among the Dolls (Knopf Bullseye 0-679-80347-5, Mar ’91, $2.95, 70pp, tp, cover by Doron Ben-Ami) Reprint (Dutton 1975) young-adult fantasy novella, with illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman.
• * *The Beasties (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-45598-1, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $15.99, 198pp, hc, cover by Wendy Feldheim) Young-adult horror novel. A boy and his sister encounter deadly Beasties that survive by stealing human body parts.
• * *The Boxes (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-46012-8, May ’98, $15.99, 196pp, hc, cover by Victor Lee) [Boxes] Young-adult SF/horror novel. A girl disobeys her uncle’s orders not to open two boxes.
• * *The Boy Who Reversed Himself (Dutton 0-525-44276-6, Oct ’86 [Dec ’86], $12.95, 167pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of a trip into the fourth dimension.
• * _The Boy Who Reversed Himself (Macdonald 0-356-13955-7, Apr ’88, £2.50, 169pp, pb) Reprint (E.P. Dutton 1986) young-adult sf novel. Also available in hc (-13954-9) for £6.99. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Boy Who Reversed Himself (Bantam Starfire 0-553-28570-X, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $2.95, 167pp, pb, cover by Catherine Huerta) Reprint (Dutton 1986) young-adult sf novel of a trip into the fourth dimension.
• * _The Boy Who Reversed Himself (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038965-2, Feb ’98, $4.99, 167pp, tp, cover by Broeck Steadman) Reprint (Dutton 1986) young-adult SF horror novel. Kids travel to the fourth dimension.
• * *Dangerous Wishes (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-45283-4, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $14.99, 182pp, hc, cover by Broeck Steadman) [Spirit House] Young-adult fantasy/ghost novel, sequel to The Spirit House. Dom goes to Thailand to try to appease a vengeful spirit, and finds a computer that grants wishes.
• * _Dangerous Wishes (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038174-0, Sep ’97, $4.99, 182pp, tp, cover by Broeck Steadman) [Spirit House] Reprint (Dutton 1995) young-adult fantasy/ghost novel set in Thailand, sequel to The Spirit House.
• * *The Duplicate (Dutton 0-525-44390-8, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $12.95, 154pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel. A boy duplicates himself, but then can’t control the duplicate.
• * _The Duplicate (Bantam Starfire 0-553-28634-X, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $2.95, 154pp, pb, cover by Catherine Huerta) Reprint (Dutton 1988) young-adult sf novel.
• * _The Duplicate (Heinemann 0-434-96409-3, Feb ’91, £8.95, 180pp, hc) Reprint (Dutton 1988) young-adult sf novel about a machine that copies living things.
• * _The Duplicate (Mammoth 0-7497-0878-6, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], £2.99, 180pp, pb, cover by Bob Harvey) Reprint (Dutton 1988) young-adult sf novel about a machine that copies living things.
• * _Fingers (Bantam Starfire 0-553-25004-3, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $2.50, 197pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1983) young-adult sf novel.
• * _Fingers (Bantam Starfire 0-553-25004-3, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $2.50, 197pp, pb) Reissue (Atheneum 1983) young-adult humorous supernatural novel; 2nd Bantam printing.
• * _Fingers (Bantam Starfire 0-553-25004-3, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $2.95, 197pp, pb, cover by Catherine Huerta) Reissue (Atheneum 1983) young-adult occult novel; third printing.
• * _Green Futures of Tycho (Macdonald 0-356-13990-5, Jul ’88, £1.99, 122pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1981) young-adult sf novel. Also available in hc (-13989-1) for £5.99. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Green Futures of Tycho (Penguin US/Puffin 0-14-034581-7, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $3.95, 133pp, pb, cover by Linda Thomas) Reprint (Dutton 1981) young-adult sf novel.
• * _House of Stairs (Macdonald 0-356-13957-3, Apr ’88, £2.50, 155pp, tp) Reprint (E.P. Dutton 1974) young-adult sf novel. Also available in hc (-13956-5) for £6.99. [First U.K. edition]
• * _House of Stairs (Penguin US/Puffin 0-14-034580-9, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.95, 166pp, pb, cover by Brad Teare) Reprint (Dutton 1974) young-adult sf novel of kidnapped orphans trapped in a mysterious building.
• * *Interstellar Pig (Dutton 0-525-44098-4, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $11.95, 197pp, hc) [Barney] Young-adult sf novel about a board game and aliens.
• * _Interstellar Pig (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25564-9, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 196pp, pb) [Barney] Reprint (Dutton 1984) young-adult sf novel of a board game whose players are rival factions of aliens on Earth.
• * _Interstellar Pig (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-39787-X, Jan ’87, £6.95, 197pp, hc) [Barney] Reprint (Dutton 1984) juvenile sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Interstellar Pig (Teens 0-416-09812-6, May ’88, £1.95, 197pp, pb) [Barney] Reprint (Dutton 1984) young-adult sf novel.
• * _Interstellar Pig (Bantam Starfire 0-553-25564-9, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $3.50, 196pp, pb, cover by Catherine Huerta) [Barney] Reissue (Dutton 1984) young-adult sf novel; seventh printing.
• * _Interstellar Pig (Teens Mandarin 0-7497-1042-X, Sep ’92, £2.99, 197pp, pb, cover by Bob Harvey) [Barney] Reprint (Dutton 1984) young-adult sf novel.
• * _Interstellar Pig (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037595-3, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $3.99, 197pp, tp, cover by Broeck Steadman) [Barney] Reprint (Dutton 1984) young-adult SF novel. Aliens invade Earth using a strange game.
• * _Interstellar Pig (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-44098-4, Oct ’95 [Feb ’96], $15.99, 197pp, hc, cover by Broeck Steadman) [Barney] Reissue (Dutton 1984) young-adult SF novel. Aliens invade Earth using a strange game. Sixth hardcover printing.
• * _Into the Dream (Knopf Bullseye 0-679-80348-3, Jul ’91, $3.50, 137pp, tp, cover by Doron Ben-Ami) Reprint (Dutton 1979) young-adult fantasy novel of two psychic children who receive a telepathic cry for help.
• * *The Night the Heads Came (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-45463-2, Mar ’96, $15.99, 154pp, hc, cover by Denis Tiani) Young-adult satirical SF novel of alien-abduction. Two boys are abducted by grotesque aliens, and uncover plots involving pollution and hypnosis.
• * _The Night the Heads Came (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038441-3, Jun ’98 [Jul ’98], $4.99, 154pp, pb, cover by Broeck Steadman) Reprint (Dutton 1996) young-adult satirical SF novel of alien-abduction.
• * _Oddballs (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037438-8, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $3.99, 134pp, tp, cover by Steve Cieslawski) Reprint (Dutton 1993) associational collection of ten semi-autobiographical stories about the oddballs in the Sleator family.