The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

SMITH, THOMAS G(raham) (continued)

• * _Industrial Light & Magic: The Art of Special Effects (Columbus 0-86287-142-5, Dec ’86, £35.00, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 1986) non-fiction book on film special effects.
• * _Industrial Light & Magic: The Art of Special Effects (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32263-0, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $55.00, 279pp, hc) Reissue (Del Rey 1986) non-fiction/art book. 2nd printing.
• * _Industrial Light & Magic: The Art of Special Effects (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-00936-3, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $60.00, 279pp, hc) Reissue (Del Rey 1986) non-fiction, art book; third printing.

SMITH, TIM, ed. (stories)

• * _The Moon Box (with John Miller) See entry under John Miller.

SMITH, TIMOTHY d’ARCH (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Alembic (Dalkey Archive Press 1-56478-009-0, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $19.95, 226pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel of a young historian working for a secret British government agency exploring practical applications of alchemy. A first novel. Recommended (SW). Order from Dalkey Archive Press, Fairchild Hall ISU, Normal IL 61761.

SMITH, WAYNE

• * *Thor (St. Martin’s 0-312-08321-1, Nov ’92, $18.95, 242pp, hc, cover by Gregory M. Dearth) Horror novel of a family who unknowingly harbors a werewolf, told from the point-of-view of the family’s German Shepherd. A first novel.
• * _Thor (NEL 0-450-61747-5, Aug ’94, £4.99, 242pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1992) horror novel. Loyal family dog realises ‘Uncle Ted’ is a werewolf. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Thor (Ballantine 0-345-38455-5, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.99, 232pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1992) horror novel of a family who unknowingly harbors a werewolf. Told from the point-of-view of the family’s German Shepherd.

SMITH, WILBUR (Addison) (1933- )

• * +River God (St. Martin’s 0-312-10612-2, Mar ’94, $24.95, 530pp, hc, cover by Alan Dingman) [River God] Historical novel, with fantasy elements, set in ancient Egypt. First American edition (Macmillan UK 1993).
• * _River God (Pan 0-330-33197-3, Jun ’94, £5.99, 662pp, pb, cover by Alan Dingman) [River God] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1993) Egyptian historical with fantasy elements.
• * *The Seventh Scroll (Macmillan UK 0-333-58321-3, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], £15.99, 486pp, hc, cover by Syd Brak) [River God] Associational novel with fantasy elements: an Egyptian tomb is uncovered, together with a manuscript biography of Queen Lostris from River God; a race to find the treasure begins.
• * _The Sunbird (Pan 0-330-23948-1, Jul ’88 [Aug ’88], £3.99, 538pp, pb) Reissue (Heinemann 1972) lost race novel.
• * _The Sunbird (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14825-4, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $5.99, 473pp, pb) Reprint (Heinemann 1972) lost-race adventure novel.

SMOLLETT, TOBIAS (George) (1721-1771)

• * _The History and Adventures of an Atom (University of Georgia Press 0-8203-1437-4, Apr ’92, $20.00, 360pp, tp) Reprint (John Almon 1769) fantasy novel, tales of ancient Japan related by an omniscient atom to a London haberdasher. A political allegory of England during the Seven Years’ War. Edited and with an introduction by Robert Adams Day. A hardcover edition (-1073-5) was announced but not seen. Available from The University of Georgia Press, Athens GA 30602.

SNELL, GORDON (stories)

• * *Tom’s Amazing Machine (Hutchinson 0-09-173559-9, Jun ’88 [1988], £6.50, 157pp, hc) Children’s sf novel. [Not seen]
• * _Tom’s Amazing Machine (Beaver 0-09-960890-1, May ’89, £1.99, 157pp, pb) Reprint (Hutchinson 1988) young-adult sf novel.

SNEYD, STEVE; [i.e., Stephen Henry Sneyd] (1941- ) (stories)

• * _Short Circuits/Bad News from the Stars (with Bruce Boston) See entry under Bruce Boston.

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• * *Icons of Starchasm (Hilltop Press no ISBN, 1990, 60, 16pp, ph, cover by Ken Cheslin) Anthology of poetry presented at Iconclasm in Leeds, June 1989. (Contents)

SNODGRASS, MELINDA M(arilyn) (1951- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Circuit (Berkley 0-425-08736-0, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 232pp, pb) [Circuit] Sf novel of a circuit court with jurisdiction over space colonists. First in a trilogy.
• * *Circuit Breaker (Berkley 0-425-09776-5, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $2.95, 263pp, pb) [Circuit] Sf novel, sequel to Circuit.
• * *Final Circuit (Ace 0-441-22876-3, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.50, 244pp, pb) [Circuit] Sf novel about lawyers and judges in space. Final volume in the “Circuit” trilogy.
• * *Queen’s Gambit Declined (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20767-1, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $3.95, 244pp, pb) Historical fantasy novel set in the 17th century. William of Orange is the protagonist of this “antifantasy” that deals seriously with the conflict between magic and science. Recommended (SW).
• * _Runespear (with Victor Milán) See entry under Victor Milán.
• * _Star Trek #19: The Tears of the Singers (Gregg 0-8398-2932-9, Mar ’86, $11.95, 252pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1984) Star Trek novel. First hc edition.
• * *Star Trek: The Tears of the Singers (Pocket 0-671-50284-0, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $3.50, 252pp, pb) [Star Trek] “Star Trek” novelization. Number 19 in the series.
• * _Star Trek: The Tears of the Singers (Titan 1-85286-314-5, Sep ’90, £2.99, 252pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1984) sf novelization.
• * _Star Trek: The Tears of the Singers (Titan 1-85286-314-5, Apr ’96, £4.99, 252pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1984) SF novelization. Second printing.
• * _The Tears of the Singers (Firecrest 0-85997-635-1, Jun ’86, £7.50, 256pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket Books 1984) sf novel, “Star Trek” #19.
• * *Wild Cards X: Double Solitaire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29493-8, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $5.50, 437pp, pb, cover by Timothy Truman) [Wild Cards] Sf novel of superheroes created by an alien virus, the second actual novel in a series of shared-world books, and the first without any material written by series editor George R. R. Martin, although the book is still copyrighted in his name.

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• * *A Very Large Array (University of New Mexico Press 0-8263-1013-3, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $16.95, 264pp, hc) Anthology of 12 sf stories (3 originals) by writers living in New Mexico. (Contents)

SNODGRASS, RICHARD (1940- )

• * *There’s Something in the Back Yard (Viking 0-670-82821-1, Oct ’89 [Dec ’89], $19.95, 322pp, hc, cover by Nan Parson) Literary fantasy novel of an English professor in Arizona who wakes up one morning to find his back yard occupied by a mysterious Hopi Indian spirit.

SNOW, BRADLEY (1953- )

• * *Andy (Downhome Publishing 1-8895109-00-0, 1990 [Oct ’90], $4.95, 203pp, pb, cover by Rod Snow) Horror novel, with illustrations by John Mercer.

SNOW, GREG

• * +That’s All, Folks! (Random House 0-679-40273-X, Mar ’92, $21.00, 243pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) Literary comic fantasy, a twist on Kafka where a London ad man wakes up one morning to discover that he’s become a living cartoon. A first novel. First American edition (Andre Deutsch 1991 as Surface Tension).

SNOW, JACK (1907-1956) (stories)

• * _The Magical Mimics in Oz (Books of Wonder 0-929605-09-8, May ’91 [Jan ’93], $11.95, tp, cover by Frank Kramer) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1946) children’s fantasy novel based on the characters created by L. Frank Baum, with illustrations by Frank Kramer. This is a facsimile edition. A 1991 book not seen until now.
• * *Spectral Snow (Hungry Tiger Press 0-9644988-3-9, Aug ’96, $9.95, 93pp, tp, cover by Eric Shanower) Collection of eight stories, most dark fantasy, and one “Oz” story. There is an afterword by David Maxine. Illustrated by Eric Shanower. Available from Hungry Tiger Press, 15 Marcy Street, Bloomfield NJ 07003-3814; add $3.00 postage. (Contents)
• * _Who’s Who in Oz (Peter Bedrick 0-87226-188-3, Jan ’89, $15.95, 277pp, hc) [Oz] Reprint (??? 1954) non-fiction, reference book with material on the “Oz” characters as well as the various authors and illustrators of the series; illustrations by John R. Neill, Frank Kramer, and “Dirk.” A must for Oz fans. (CNB)

SNYDER, COLLEEN K. (1954- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Journey to Amanah: The Beginning (Broadman Press 0-8054-6038-1, Jul ’91, $8.95, 206pp, tp, cover by Neal McPheeters) Christian fantasy novel of a faithful man’s children sent on a long quest to avoid persecution.

SNYDER, GENE; [i.e., Eugene Vincent Snyder] (1943- )

• * *The Sigma Project (Jove 0-515-09071-9, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.95, 320pp, pb) Sf novel, a near-future techno-thriller.
• * *Tomb Seven (Charter 0-441-81643-6, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $3.50, 279pp, pb) Adventure/horror/fantasy novel.

SNYDER, MIDORI (Madeleine) (1954- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Beldan’s Fire (Tor 0-812-50913-7, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $3.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Dennis Nolan) [*Queen’s Quarter] Fantasy novel, final volume in the “New Moon” trilogy.
• * *The Flight of Michael McBride (Tor 0-312-85410-2, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $21.95, 320pp, hc, cover by Enric) Celtic fantasy novel set in the Wild West.
• * _The Flight of Michael McBride (Tor 0-812-52271-0, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $4.99, 297pp, pb, cover by Enric) Reprint (Tor 1994) Celtic-Western fantasy novel.
• * *The Innamorati (Tor 0-312-86197-4, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $24.95, 381pp, hc, cover by David Gallo & Lauren Helpern) Fantasy novel set in an alternate Renaissance Venice, where a great Labyrinth frees pilgrims of their curses.
• * *New Moon (Ace 0-441-57179-4, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $3.50, 280pp, pb) [*Queen’s Quarter] Fantasy novel, first in the “Queen’s Quarter” series. A well-above-average fantasy. Recommended. (TM)
• * _New Moon (Unwin 0-04-440503-0, Oct ’89, £3.50, 280pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [*Queen’s Quarter] Reprint (Ace 1989) fantasy novel. Volume one in the “Queen’s Quarter” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Sadar’s Keep (Unwin 0-04-440531-6, Jul ’90, £3.99, 362pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [*Queen’s Quarter] Fantasy novel. Book Two of “The Queen’s Quarter”.
• * _Sadar’s Keep (Tor 0-812-50912-9, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $3.95, 341pp, pb, cover by Dennis Nolan) [*Queen’s Quarter] Reprint (Unwin 1990) fantasy novel of elemental magic stirring in a land where it has been suppressed. Sequel to New Moon.
• * *Soulstring (Ace 0-441-77591-8, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $2.95, 182pp, pb) Fantasy novel. A first novel.

SNYDER, ZILPHA KEATLEY (1927- ) (stories)

• * _And All Between (Tor 0-812-55478-7, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $2.95, 252pp, pb) [Green-Sky] Reprint (Atheneum 1976) sf novel, second in the “Green Sky” trilogy.
• * _And All Between (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21265-0, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $3.50, 218pp, pb) [Green-Sky] Reprint (Atheneum 1976) young-adult fantasy novel, second book of the “Green-Sky” trilogy.
• * _Below the Root (Tor 0-812-55476-0, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.95, 253pp, pb) [Green-Sky] Reprint (Atheneum 1975) sf novel, first book of the “Green-Sky” trilogy.
• * _Below the Root (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21266-9, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $3.50, 231pp, pb) [Green-Sky] Reprint (Atheneum 1975) young-adult fantasy novel, first book of the “Green Sky” trilogy.
• * _Black and Blue Magic (Dell Yearling 0-440-40053-8, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $2.95, 186pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1966) young-adult fantasy novel, set in San Francisco, about a boy who sprouts wings.
• * _Black and Blue Magic (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-71848-9, Oct ’94 [Nov ’94], $3.95, 184pp, tp, cover by Jeffrey Lindberg) Reprint (Atheneum 1966) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Changeling (Dell/Yearling 0-440-41200-5, Feb ’86 [Apr ’86], $3.25, 220pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1970) juvenile fantasy novel, illustrated by Alton Raible.
• * _The Egypt Game (Dell/Yearling 0-440-42225-6, 1986 [Apr ’86], $3.25, 215pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1967) juvenile novel of a fantasy game with strange effects; drawings by Alton Raible.
• * _Eyes in the Fishbowl (Dell Yearling 0-440-40060-0, Jul ’88, $2.95, 168pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1968) juvenile novel about kids trapped in a department store overnight, and the strange things that happen to them.
• * _A Fabulous Creature (Dell Yearling 0-440-40179-8, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $2.95, 240pp, tp) Reprint (Atheneum 1981) young-adult fantasy novel about a boy who finds a fabulous stag while vacationing in the Sierra Nevada.
• * _The Headless Cupid (Dell Yearling 0-440-43507-2, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $3.25, 203pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1971) young-adult novel, a ghost story about a poltergeist; a Newbery Honor Book.
• * *Song of the Gargoyle (Delacorte 0-385-30301-7, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $14.95, 232pp, hc, cover by Jody Lee) Medieval historical fantasy novel of a boy’s search for his father, accompanied by a living gargoyle.
• * _Song of the Gargoyle (Dell Yearling 0-440-40898-9, Feb ’94, $3.99, 232pp, tp, cover by Jody A. Lee) Reprint (Delacorte 1991) medieval historical fantasy novel of a boy’s search for his father, accompanied by a living gargoyle.
• * *Squeak Saves the Day and Other Tooley Tales (Delacorte 0-385-29661-4, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $14.95, 116pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy collection of short tales about the Tiddlers, with b&w illustrations by Leslie Morrill.
• * *The Trespassers (Delacorte 0-385-31055-2, Aug ’95, $14.95, 200pp, hc, cover by Robert Hunt) Young-adult horror novel. Kids play in a haunted mansion where the new residents are more dangerous than the ghosts.
• * _The Trespassers (Dell Yearling 0-440-41277-3, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $3.99, 200pp, tp, cover by Robert Hunt) Reprint (Delacorte 1995) young-adult horror novel.
• * _The Truth About Stone Hollow (Dell/Yearling 0-440-48846-X, 1986 [Apr ’86], $3.25, 211pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1974) juvenile fantasy novel, illustrated by Alton Raible.
• * _Until the Celebration (Tor 0-812-55480-9, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $2.95, 254pp, pb) [Green-Sky] Reprint (Atheneum 1977) sf novel, the Third Book of Green Sky.
• * _Until the Celebration (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21348-7, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $3.50, 214pp, pb) [Green-Sky] Reprint (Atheneum 1977) young-adult fantasy novel, third book of the “Green Sky” trilogy.
• * _The Witches of Worm (Dell/Yearling 0-440-49727-2, Mar ’86 [Apr ’86], $3.25, 183pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1972) juvenile fantasy novel, illustrated by Alton Raible.

SOBCHACK, VIVIAN (Carol) (1940- )

• * *Screening Space: The American Science Fiction Film (Ungar 0-8044-6886-9, Jan ’87, $14.95, 345pp, tp) Non-fiction; film reference/critical study. This is partially a reprint of The Limits of Infinity: The American Science Fiction Film 1950-1975 (1980), with a new chapter added to bring it up to date. It’s an academic/philosophical look at sf films.

SOBCZAK, A. J., ed. (stories)

• * *Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature (Salem Press 0-89356-906-2, Oct ’96 [Mar ’97], $300.00, 1126pp, hc) Non-fiction guide to SF in four volumes. This is not the same as the earlier two five-volume sets but is 400 new essays — essentially plot summaries — of SF and fantasy novels. There is one ISBN for all four volumes. Tom Shippey was consulting editor. Order from Salem Press, Englewood Cliffs, NJ; 800-221-1592.

SOBOL, DONALD J. (1924- )

• * *The Amazing Power of Ashur Fine (Macmillan 0-02-786270-4, Nov ’86 [Jan ’87], $10.95, 114pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel of a boy endowed with extraordinary powers by an ancient African elephant. Published in 1986, but missed.
• * *My Name Is Amelia (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-31970-3, Oct ’94 [Jan ’95], $12.95, 105pp, hc, cover by Eunice Roberts) Young-adult SF novel. A shipwrecked girl washes up on a mysterious island where researchers are tampering with time.

SOESBE, DOUGLAS (c1949- )

• * *Scream Play (Charter Diamond 1-55773-387-2, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.95, 268pp, pb) Horror novel of a possessed theatre.

SOKOLOV, ANDREI (stories) (assoc.)

• * _In the Stream of Stars: The Soviet/American Space Art Book (with Ronald Miller, Vitaly Myagkov & William K. Hartmann) See entry under William K. Hartmann

SOLES, CARO, ed. (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Bizarre Dreams (with Stanislaus Tal) (Masquerade/Badboy 1-56333-187-X, Jun ’94, $4.95, 289pp, pb) Anthology of 18 gay erotic horror stories, 14 apparently original, and one poem. With an introduction by Caro Soles. (Contents)
• * *Meltdown! (Masquerade/Richard Kasak 1-56333-203-5, Aug ’94, $12.95, 207pp, tp, cover by Judy Simonian) Anthology of 13 stories of gay men’s erotic SF and dark fantasy, nine of them original, plus an excerpt from Samuel R. Delany’s new novel The Mad Man. (Contents)

SOLOMON, CHARLES

• * *Enchanted Drawings: The History of Animation (Knopf 0-394-54684-9, Nov ’89, $75.00, 322pp, hc) Associational; non-fiction. A history of animation from the first experiments to the present.

SOLTER, DAVID IAN

• * _Exploring Deep Space and Beyond (with Mark A. Altman) See entry under Mark A. Altman

SOMMER-BODENBURG, ANGELA (1948- )

• * _My Friend, the Vampire (Pocket/Archway 0-671-60383-3, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.50, 155pp, pb) [Little Vampire] Reprint (Dial 1982) juvenile fantasy novel, translated from the German Der Kleine Vampir. Illustrations by Amelie Flienke.
• * +The Vampire in Love (Penguin/Dial 0-8037-0905-6, Jun ’91 [Apr ’92], $12.95, 131pp, hc, cover by Amelie Glienke) [Little Vampire] Young-adult humorous fantasy novel, fifth in the “Vampire” series. Illustrated by Amelie Glienke. First US edition of the English translation by Sarah Gibson (Andersen Press 1986) of the German original Der kleine Vampir und die grosse Liebe (1985). A 1991 book, not seen until now.
• * _The Vampire in Love (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-75877-2, Oct ’93 [Nov ’93], $2.99, 131pp, tp, cover by Jeffrey Lindberg) [Little Vampire] Reprint (Andersen Press 1986) young-adult humorous fantasy novel, fifth in the “Vampire” series. Illustrated by Amelie Glienke. English translation by Sarah Gibson of the German original Der Kleine Vampir und die Grosse Liebe (1985).