The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

SLEATOR, WILLIAM (Warner, III) (stories) (continued)

• * *Others See Us (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-45104-8, Oct ’93, $14.99, 163pp, hc, cover by Jon Weiman) Young-adult sf novel of a teenage boy who develops telepathic powers after falling into a swamp filled with toxic waste.
• * _Others See Us (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037514-7, Dec ’95, $3.99, 163pp, tp) Reprint (Dutton 1993) young-adult SF novel. A teen dunked in toxic waste develops telepathic powers.
• * *Singularity (Dutton 0-525-44161-1, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $12.95, 170pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel.
• * _Singularity (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25627-0, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $2.95, 198pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1985) young-adult sf novel.
• * _Singularity (Macdonald 0-356-13992-1, Jul ’88, £2.50, 144pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1985) young-adult sf novel. Also available in hc (-13991-3) for £6.99. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _Singularity (Bantam Starfire 0-553-25627-0, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $2.95, 198pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) Reissue (Dutton 1985) young-adult sf novel; fifth printing.
• * _Singularity (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037598-8, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $3.99, 170pp, tp, cover by Broeck Steadman) Reprint (Dutton 1985) young-adult SF horror novel. Something in the locked shed out back keeps locals away from uncle’s farm.
• * *The Spirit House (Dutton 0-525-44814-4, Oct ’91 [Nov ’91], $13.95, 134pp, hc, cover by David Levinson) [Spirit House] Young-adult fantasy/mystery novel. Julie investigates the odd behavior of the Thai exchange student staying with her family and learns he was followed across the ocean by a wish-granting spirit.
• * _The Spirit House (Methuen 0-434-96048-9, Aug ’92, £9.99, 194pp, hc) [Spirit House] Reprint (Dutton 1991) young-adult fantasy/mystery novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Spirit House (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-036483-8, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $3.99, 134pp, pb, cover by Wayne McLoughlin) [Spirit House] Reprint (Dutton 1991) young-adult fantasy/mystery novel of a Thai exchange student followed across the ocean by a wish-granting spirit.
• * _The Spirit House (Mammoth 0-7497-1291-0, Jan ’94, £2.99, 194pp, pb, cover by Bob Harvey) [Spirit House] Reprint (Dutton 1991) young-adult ghost novel.
• * *Strange Attractors (Dutton 0-525-44530-7, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $13.95, 169pp, hc, cover by Ondre Pettingill) Young-adult time-travel sf novel. A young man becomes involved with a scientist and his daughter, who turn out to have evil dopplegangers.
• * _Strange Attractors (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-034582-5, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.95, 169pp, pb, cover by Linda Thomas) Reprint (Dutton 1990) young-adult sf novel.
• * _Strange Attractors (Heinemann 0-434-96411-5, May ’91, £8.95, 186pp, hc) Reprint (Dutton 1990) young-adult sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Strange Attractors (Mammoth 0-7497-0879-4, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], £2.99, 186pp, pb, cover by Bob Harvey) Reprint (Dutton 1990) young-adult sf novel about parallel worlds.

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• * _Presenting William Sleator See entry under James E. Davis.

SLEPIAN, JAN (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Back to Before (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-22011-9, May ’93, $14.95, 170pp, hc, cover by Floyd Cooper) Young-adult time-travel fantasy novel of two 11-year-old cousins transported back to an earlier, happier time in their lives.
• * *The Mind Reader (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-23150-1, Sep ’97, $15.95, 132pp, hc, cover by Brian Selznick) Young-adult fantasy novel. A vaudeville mind-reader’s son discovers he can really read minds, and sees too much of people’s dark sides.

SLOAN, CAROLYN (1937- )

• * *Don’t Go Near the Water (Hippo 0-590-70968-2, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], £1.95, 101pp, pb) Young-adult ghost novel. Volume Two in the “Hauntings” series.
• * _The Sea Child (Piper 0-330-30594-8, Feb ’89, £1.99, 128pp, pb, cover by Jennifer Eachus) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1987) young-adult ghost novel.

SLOANE, BEN; pseudonym of Stephen R. Cox

• * *Horn: Blown Dead (Worldwide Library/Gold Eagle 0-373-64002-1, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $4.50, 301pp, pb) Sf/crime novel set on the mean streets of 21st-century New York, where a cyborg cop takes on crime.
• * *Horn: Hot Zone (Worldwide Library/Gold Eagle 0-373-64001-3, Dec ’90, $3.95, 300pp, pb) Sf/crime novel of a cyborg cop in 21st-century New York, part of a series.
• * *Horn: Outland Strip (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-64003-X, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.50, 299pp, pb) Sf/crime novel of a cyborg cop in 21st-century New York, part of a series.
• * *Horn: Ultimate Weapon (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-64004-8, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.50, 309pp, pb) Sf/crime novel set in 21st-century New York, about a cyborg cop taking on street crime. Part of an ongoing series.

SLOCA, SUE ELLEN (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Candles on the Pond (Pulphouse 1-56146-559-3, Jun ’92 [Jul ’92], $1.95, 44pp, pb, cover by Peggy Ranson) Original fantasy short story. Short Story Paperback #59. A 100-copy limited hardcover edition (-939-4, $20.00) is also available. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.

SLOMAN, ROBERT (stories)

• * *Doctor Who: The Scripts: The Daemons (with Barry Letts) (Titan 1-85286-324-2, Dec ’92, £4.99, 158pp, tp, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Script from a classic episode of Doctor Who, edited by John McElroy and with a background article by Stephen James Walker.

SLONAKER, LARRY

• * *Voice of the Visitor (Avon 0-380-75112-7, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $3.50, 227pp, pb) Fantasy horror novel.

SLONCZEWSKI, JOAN (Lyn) (1956- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Children Star (Tor 0-312-86716-6, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $24.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Hard bio-SF novel of a world with a hidden native intelligence, settled by genetically altered humans.
• * _The Children Star (SFBC #02213, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $12.50, 349pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Tor 1998) hard bio-SF novel of a world with a hidden native intelligence, settled by genetically altered humans. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Daughter of Elysium (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-12509-3, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $25.00, 521pp, hc, cover by Tim Jacobus) [Door Into Ocean] Sf novel set on the same world as A Door Into Ocean.
• * _Daughter of Elysium (Easton Press no ISBN, Nov ’93, no price, 521pp, hc) [Door Into Ocean] Sf novel set on the same world as A Door Into Ocean. This edition is being published “simultaneously” with the Morrow AvoNova edition listed four months ago. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Daughter of Elysium (AvoNova 0-380-77027-X, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $5.99, 521pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) [Door Into Ocean] Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1993) SF novel set on the same world as A Door Into Ocean.
• * *A Door Into Ocean (Arbor House 0-87795-763-0, Jan ’86, $17.95, 403pp, hc) [Door Into Ocean] Sf novel.
• * _A Door Into Ocean (SFBC #04564, Feb ’86 [Mar ’86], $5.98, 372pp, hc) [Door Into Ocean] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) sf novel.
• * _A Door Into Ocean (Avon 0-380-70150-2, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $3.95, 406pp, pb) [Door Into Ocean] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) anthropological sf novel set on a watery world of women who share everything.
• * _A Door Into Ocean (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4069-0, May ’87, £4.95, 403pp, tp) [Door Into Ocean] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) sf novel.
• * _A Door Into Ocean (Easton Press no ISBN, May ’92, no price, 403pp, hc) [Door Into Ocean] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) sf novel, with an introduction by Pamela Sargent and artwork by Michael Mariano. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Still Forms on Foxfield (Avon 0-380-75328-6, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $2.95, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1980) science fiction novel about a colony on an alien planet.
• * *The Wall Around Eden (William Morrow 1-55710-030-6, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $18.95, 288pp, hc) Ecology-conscious post-holocaust sf novel.
• * _The Wall Around Eden (Avon 0-380-71177-X, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $3.95, 288pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Morrow 1989) post-holocaust ecological sf novel.
• * _The Wall Around Eden (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4254-5, Mar ’91, £6.95, 288pp, tp, cover by Barbara Loftus) Reprint (Morrow 1989) post-holocaust sf novel.

SLOTE, ALFRED (H.) (1926- ) (stories)

• * _Clone Catcher (Harper/Trophy 0-06-440164-2, May ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.50, 154pp, pb) Reprint (Lippincott 1982) juvenile sf novel of a chase after a runaway clone.
• * _My Robot Buddy (Harper & Row/Trophy 0-06-440165-0, May ’86 [Jan ’87], $2.50, 70pp, tp) [Robot Buddy] Reissue (Lippincott 1975) juvenile sf novella. Published in 1986; missed.
• * _My Trip to Alpha 1 (Harper & Row/Trophy 0-06-440166-9, May ’86 [Jan ’87], $2.50, 96pp, tp) Reprint (Lippincott 1978) juvenile sf novella. Published in 1986; missed.
• * _Omega Station (Harper/Trophy 0-06-440167-7, May ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.50, 147pp, pb) [Robot Buddy] Reprint (Lippincott 1983) juvenile sf novel, sequel to My Robot Buddy.
• * *The Trouble on Janus (Lippincott 0-397-32158-9, Oct ’85, $11.50, 121pp, hc) [Robot Buddy] Young-adult sf novel in the series about Jack Jameson and his robot buddy Danny One. Illustrations by James Watts.
• * _The Trouble on Janus (Harper Trophy 0-06-440216-9, Mar ’88, $2.95, 175pp, tp) [Robot Buddy] Reprint (Lippincott 1985) juvenile sf novel, part of the “Jack and Danny One” series.

SLOUT, WILLIAM L. (1923- )

• * *The Trial of Dr. Jekyll (Borgo/Emeritus 0-8095-6252-9, Jun ’93 [Sep ’93], $10.00, 75pp, tp) Dramatic adaptation of Stevenson’s “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” with Jekyll fantasizing himself on trial for Hyde’s crimes. Available from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845.

SLUNG, MICHELE B(eth), ed. (1947- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *I Shudder at Your Touch (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45079-5, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $19.95, 379pp, hc, cover by Mel Odom) Anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror, four original, with a preface by the editor. Recommended (SW). (Contents)
• * _I Shudder at Your Touch (SFBC #18218, Nov ’91 [Dec ’91], $9.98, 379pp, hc, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Roc 1991) anthology of 22 horror stories. Similar to the Roc edition except it lacks an ISBN and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.
• * _I Shudder at Your Touch (Roc UK 0-14-015967-3, Nov ’91, £4.99, 380pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Roc 1991) anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror, six original, with a preface by the editor. The Patrick McGrath story “Cleave the Vampire, or A Gothic Pastorale” has been retitled “Not Cricket”. [First U.K. edition]
• * _I Shudder at Your Touch (Severn House 0-7278-4293-5, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], £13.99, 379pp, hc) Reprint (Roc 1991) anthology of erotic horror stories.
• * _I Shudder at Your Touch (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45160-0, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $5.99, 408pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Roc 1991) anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror, four original. Recommended (SW).
• * _I Shudder at Your Touch (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45160-0, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $5.99, 408pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reissue (Roc 1991) anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror; fourth printing.
• * _I Shudder at Your Touch (Roc UK 0-14-015967-3, Oct ’94, £4.99, 379pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reissue (Roc 1991) horror anthology. Third printing.
• * *Shudder Again (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45185-6, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $20.00, 357pp, hc, cover by Mel Odom) Anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror, four apparently original, and a revised version of Lisa Tuttle’s “A Birthday”. Recommended (SW). (Contents)
• * _Shudder Again (SFBC #01772, Feb ’94, $9.98, 357pp, hc, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Roc 1993) anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror, four apparently original, and a revised version of Lisa Tuttle’s “A Birthday”. Similar to the Roc edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Shudder Again (Roc UK 0-14-023443-8, Oct ’94, £4.99, 357pp, pb) Reprint (Roc 1993) anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror, four original, and one revised. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Shudder Again: 22 Tales of Sex and Horror (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45346-8, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $5.99, 363pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Roc 1993) anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror.

SLUSSER, GEORGE E(dgar), ed. (1939- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction (with Eric S. Rabkin) (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1375-8, Nov ’87 [Dec ’87], $27.50, 243pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical studies; essays on aliens in sf. These essays are from the 1986 J. Lloyd Eaton conference.
• * *Fiction 2000: Cyberpunk and the Future of Narrative (with Tom Shippey) (University of Georgia Press 0-8203-1449-8, Aug ’92 [Oct ’92], $20.00, 294pp, tp, cover by Lanny Webb) Non-fiction, criticism, a collection of 17 essays and one multiple-author interview concerning cyberpunk and the future of narrative fiction. A hardcover edition (-1425-0, $45.00) was announced but not seen. Order from University of Georgia Press, Athens GA 30602.
• * *Fights of Fancy: Armed Conflict in Science Fiction and Fantasy (with Eric S. Rabkin) (University of Georgia Press 0-8203-1533-8, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $20.00, 223pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism. An anthology of 15 essays on warfare in sf and fantasy. A hardcover edition (-1454-4, $40.00) was announced but not seen. Order from the University of Georgia Press, Athens GA 30602.
• * *Hard Science Fiction (with Eric S. Rabkin) (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1234-4, Dec ’85 [Feb ’86], $21.95, 284pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical essays from the fifth annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference at U.C. Riverside. Essayists include Robert L. Forward, David Brin, Gregory Benford, and James Gunn, as well as numerous academic critics.
• * *Immortal Engines: Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy (with Gary Westfahl & Eric S. Rabkin) (University of Georgia Press 0-8203-1733-0, Jul ’96 [Nov ’96], $20.00, 243pp, tp) Anthology of 19 essays presented at the 1992 J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy. Contributors include Sterling Blake, James Gunn, and N. Katherine Hayles. The introduction is by Rabkin. Also announced in hardcover (-1732-2, $40.00). University of Georgia Press, 330 Research Dr., Athens GA 30602-4901; credit card orders: 800-266-5842; add $3.00 postage.
• * *Intersections: Fantasy and Science Fiction (with Eric S. Rabkin) (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1374-X, Oct ’87, $29.95, 252pp, hc) Non-fiction, 17 essays on fantasy and science fiction from the seventh annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference. These tend to grapple with the differences and similarities between sf and fantasy. Nobody agrees, but there’s lots of food for thought. Recommended. (CNB)
• * *Mindscapes: The Geographies of Imagined Worlds (with Eric S. Rabkin) (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1454-1, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $29.95, 302pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. Eighteen essays plus a forum discussion from the 9th Annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference, all exploring the concept of mindscape as “a paradigm of the imaginative geographies constructed in fantasy and science fiction”.
• * *Shadows of the Magic Lamp: Fantasy and Science Fiction in Film (with Eric S. Rabkin) (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1150-X, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $19.95, 259pp, hc) 14 essays presented at the 4th Eaton Conference, covering sf, fantasy, and the cinema.
• * *Storm Warnings: Science Fiction Confronts the Future (with Eric S. Rabkin & Colin Greenland) (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1376-6, Apr ’87, $26.95, xi + 278pp, hc) Non-fiction, 17 essays written for the sixth Eaton Conference on Fantasy and Science Fiction, held in 1984. The most interesting section is about 1984 the novel. (CNB)
• * *Styles of Creation: Aesthetic Technique and the Creation of Fictional Worlds (with Eric S. Rabkin) (University of Georgia Press 0-8203-1491-9, Jan ’93, $20.00, 271pp, tp) Non-fiction, a collection of 18 essays on stylistics and literary theory as applied to science fiction. A hardcover edition (-1455-2, $45.00) was announced but not seen. Available from University of Georgia Press, Athens GA 30602.

SMALL, BERTRICE (1937- )

• * *A Moment in Time (Ballantine 0-345-36863-0, Sep ’91 [Nov ’91], $10.00, 496pp, tp, cover by Elaine Duillo) Celtic historical romance with fantasy elements. A young girl in ancient Britain falls in love with a man whose family was granted powers by Merlin himself.

SMART, BRIAN, ed. (stories)

• * *Best of the Midwest’s Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror (ESA Books 0-9628684-0-X, 1991 [Jul ’92], $4.95, 286pp, tp) Anthology of 21 stories that originally appeared in small press magazines, with illustrations by various artists and an introduction by the editor. This has a 1991 copyright date but was not seen until now. (Contents)
• * *Best of the Midwest’s Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: Volume II (ESA Books 0-9628684-1-8, 1993, tp) Anthology of 28 stories, mostly original, from authors predominant in the small press field. Initial printing was withdrawn because of problems over the cover varnish. (Contents)

SMEDMAN, LISA (stories)

• * *Shadowrun #33: Psychotrope (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45708-0, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $5.99, 278pp, pb) [Shadowrun] Novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by FASA.
• * *Shadowrun: Blood Sport (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45625-4, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $5.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Shadowrun] Novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by FASA.
• * *Shadowrun: The Lucifer Deck (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45377-8, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $5.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Carl Gallian) [Shadowrun] Novelization based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by FASA.

SMEDS, DAVE (1955- ); see pseudonym Reed Manning (stories)

• * *The Schemes of Dragons (Ace 0-441-79559-5, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.50, 246pp, pb) [Sorcery Within] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Sorcery Within.
• * *The Sorcery Within (Ace 0-441-77557-8, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $2.95, 295pp, pb) [Sorcery Within] Fantasy novel, a first novel.
• * *X-Men: The Law of the Jungle (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-16486-1, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $6.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Bob Larkin) Novelization based on the comic-book characters. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Marvel Characters.

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• * _Spells Unbound (with Robert Fleming) See entry under Robert Fleming.

SMETHURST, WILLIAM (1945- )

• * *Pasiphae (Headline 0-7472-1316-X, Jul ’97, £16.99, 345pp, hc) SF/fantasy novel. A military communications/weapons satellite picks up thoughts from the 14th century, and a young archeological student finds herself living through the past.