The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- SANDER, GORDON
- * *Serling: The Rise and Twilight of Televisions Last Angry Man (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-93550-9, Nov 92, $23.00, 284pp, hc) Non-fiction, a biography of Serling. There is a lot of material on The Twilight Zone and on the various sf writers involved. [Serling]
- * _Serling: The Rise and Twilight of Televisions Last Angry Man (Penguin/Plume 0-452-27038-3, Jan 94, $11.95, 284pp, tp) Reprint (Dutton 1992) non-fiction, a biography of Serling. [Serling]
- SANDERS, J. R.
- * *The Intergalactic Express (Vantage Press 0-533-07568-8, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $10.95, 212pp, hc) [Container is Ready] Young-adult sf novel of interstellar exploration, sequel to The Container is Ready. From a vanity press.
- SANDERS, JOSEPH (Lee) (1940- )
- * *E.E. Doc Smith (Starmont 0-916732-72-X, Jul 86, $7.95, 96pp, pb) Non-fiction, critical study (Starmont Readers Guide #24), with a chronology and bibliographies of primary and secondary material. [Smith]
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- * *Functions of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Thirteenth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (Greenwood Press 0-313-29521-2, Nov 95 [Dec 95], $59.95, 230pp, hc) Non-fiction collection of 23 academic essays, with bibliographical references and index. Wide-ranging topics include contemporary fairy tales, Victorian supernatural fiction, TV shows, Sigmund Freud, Jane Austen, and New Wave SF. Authors include Jack Zipes, Brian Attebury, and Rob Latham. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800.
- * *Science Fiction Fandom (Greenwood Press 0-313-23380-2, Nov 94 [Dec 94], $55.00, 293pp, hc) Non-fiction survey of SF fandom with 24 essays, glossary, and annotated bibliography. Order from Greenwood Press, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders 800-225-5800.
- SANDERS, LAWRENCE (1920-1998)
- * _The Dark Summer (Sphere 0-7474-0168-3, Sep 89, £2.99, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket Books 1979 as by Mark Upton) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Dark Summer (Severn House 0-7278-1777-9, Mar 91 [Apr 91], £11.99, 224pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 1979 as by Mark Upton) horror novel.
- * _The Passion of Molly T. (NEL 0-450-05835-2, Jan 86, £2.95, 410pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1984) near-future feminist novel.
- * _The Passion of Molly T. (Berkley 0-425-10139-8, Jun 96 [Jul 96], $6.99, 394pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1984) near-future feminist novel. 25th printing.
- * _The Tomorrow File (Berkley 0-425-06446-8, Feb 84 [Jan 84], $3.95, 551pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1975) sf novel; 18th Berkley printing. An outstanding sf novel by a famous mystery writer. (CNB)
- * _The Tomorrow File (Berkley 0-425-08179-6, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $4.50, 551pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1976) sf novel.
- * _The Tomorrow File (Berkley 0-425-08179-6, Nov 91 [Dec 91], $5.99, 551pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1975) sf thriller; 35th printing.
- SANDERS, SCOTT RUSSELL (1945- ) (stories)
- * *The Engineer of Beasts (Franklin Watts/Orchard 0-531-05783-6, Sep 88 [Oct 88], $14.95, 258pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of a runaway girl and genetic engineering.
- * *The Invisible Company (Tor 0-812-55382-9, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $3.95, 313pp, pb) Sf novel.
- * *Terrarium (Tor 0-812-55380-2, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $2.95, 276pp, pb) Sf novel, a first novel.
- * _The Visionary: The Life Story of Flicker of the Serpentine/Wonders Hidden: Audubons Early Years (with Ursula K. Le Guin) See entry under Ursula K. Le Guin
- SANDERS, WILLIAM (1942- ); see pseudonym Will Sundown (stories) (chron.)
- * *Blood Autumn (St. Martins 0-312-11755-8, Apr 95 [May 95], $21.00, 2725pp, hc, cover by Alan Dingman) Associational Taggart Roper mystery.
- * *Journey to Fusang (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20765-5, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $3.95, 310pp, pb) Alternate-history 17th century fantasy novel. A first novel.
- * *The Wild Blue and the Gray (Warner Questar 0-446-36142-9, Jul 91 [Jun 91], $4.50, 216pp, pb, cover by Gnemo) Alternate-history novel set in a world where the South won the Civil War and the Confederacy is fighting WWI with the Allies. A pilot from the independent Cherokee Nation is serving with the Confederate Air Force in France. An exciting action-adventure novel. Recommended (SW).
- SANDERSON, HILDA
- * *Riddles of Nifiter (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-181-1, Dec 95 [Jan 96], $6.99, 157pp, tp, cover by Sarah Clemens) Young-adult SF first-contact novel about a peaceful planet visited by terraforming Earthlings. Order from Royal Fireworks Press, First Avenue, Unionville NY 10988; credit card orders 914-726-3824; add $4.00 postage.
- SANDNER, DAVID (Matthew) (1966- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Fantastic Sublime: Romanticism and Transcendence in Nineteenth-Century Childrens Fantasy Literature (Greenwood Press 0-313-30084-4, Nov 96 [Dec 96], $49.95, 160pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical. A discussion of romanticism in fairy tales and other childrens literature, with specific discussions of Kenneth Grahames The Wind in the Willows, George MacDonalds At the Back of the North Wind, and Christina Rossettis Goblin Market. Includes bibliography and index. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800.
- SANDS, MARELLA; pseudonym of Martha Pigg, (1966- ); see pseudonym Kenyon Morr (stories)
- * *Sky Knife (Tor/Forge 0-312-86126-5, Sep 97, $22.95, 288pp, hc) [Sky Knife] Historical fantasy novel of the ancient Maya. A novice priest must assuage the wrath of the gods.
- SANFORD, RICHARD
- * *The Calling (NEL 0-450-51072-7, Feb 90 [Jan 90], £11.95, 189pp, hc) Horror novel. A first novel.
- * _The Calling (NEL 0-450-53629-7, Dec 90 [Nov 90], £3.50, 189pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1990) horror novel.
- * *Roadkill (Write Way 1-885173-05-9, 1995 [Oct 95], $19.95, 216pp, hc, cover by Barry Sundt) Horror novel. Ancient beasts are released in northern Oregon. Order from Write Way Publishing, 3806 S Fraser, Aurora CO 80014.
- SAN SOUCI, ROBERT D(aniel) (1946- ) (stories)
- * *The Dreaming (Berkley 0-425-11433-3, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $3.50, 251pp, pb) Vampire horror novel. Packaged by Armadillo Press, but copyright in the the authors name.
- * *More Short & Shivery (Delacorte Press 0-385-32102-3, Sep 94, $13.95, 163pp, hc, cover by Katherine Coville) Young-adult anthology of 30 short horror stories from folklore around the world, retold by San Souci. (Contents)
- * *Short & Shivery (Doubleday 0-385-23886-X, Oct 87, $10.95, 175pp, hc) Young-adult anthology of 30 short horror stories from folklore around the world, retold by San Souci. (Contents)
- * _Short & Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales (Doubleday 0-385-26426-7, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $5.95, 175pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1987) childrens collection of ghost and horror stories drawn from folklore or retold from works by Hawthorne and others.
- * *Young Merlin (Doubleday 0-385-24800-8, Jun 90 [Apr 90], $13.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Daniel R. Horne) Childrens picture book, an Arthurian fantasy story profusely illustrated in full-color by Daniel Horne.
- SAPERSTEIN, DAVID (Allan) (1937- )
- * *Cocoon (Jove 0-515-08400-X, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $3.50, 248pp, pb) [Cocoon] Novelization of the film.
- * *Metamorphosis (Jove 0-515-10026-9, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $3.95, 258pp, pb) [Cocoon] Sf novel, sequel to Cocoon.
- * *Red Devil (Berkley 0-425-11408-2, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $3.95, 312pp, pb) Horror novel about a demon in the Kremlin plotting to release Satan.
- SAPIR, RICHARD (Ben) (1936-1987)
- * _The Destroyer #102: Unite and Conquer (with Warren B. Murphy) See entry under Warren B. Murphy
- * _Destroyer #72: Sole Survivor (with Warren B. Murphy) See entry under Warren B. Murphy
- * _Destroyer #75: Rain of Terror (with Warren B. Murphy) See entry under Warren B. Murphy
- * _The Destroyer #85: Blood Lust (with Warren B. Murphy) See entry under Warren B. Murphy
- * _The Destroyer #87: Mob Psychology (with Warren B. Murphy) See entry under Warren B. Murphy
- * _The Destroyer #88: The Ultimate Death (with Warren B. Murphy) See entry under Warren B. Murphy
- * _The Destroyer #96: Infernal Revenue (with Warren B. Murphy) See entry under Warren B. Murphy
- * *Quest (Dutton 0-525-24548-0, Aug 87, $18.95, 390pp, hc) Fantasy/adventure novel, a pursuit of the Holy Grail in contemporary Manhattan.
- * _Quest (NAL Onyx 0-451-40076-3, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $4.50, 462pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1987) contemporary fantasy/thriller about the Holy Grail.
- * _Quest (Futura 0-7088-3645-3, Nov 88, £3.50, 486pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1987) thriller with fantasy elements. [First U.K. edition]
- SARABANDE, WILLIAM; pseudonym of Joan Lesley Hamilton Cline
- * *The Edge of the World (Bantam 0-553-56028-X, Dec 93 [Nov 93], $5.99, 465pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [First Americans] Associational prehistoric novel with fantasy elements; seventh book of the First Americans series. Packaged and copyrighted by Book Creations, Inc.
- * *The First Americans #4: Walkers of the Wind (Bantam 0-553-28579-3, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $4.95, 420pp, pb, cover by Jerry Lofaro) [First Americans] Prehistoric novel, fourth in an ongoing series.
- * *The First Americans #5: The Sacred Stones (Bantam 0-553-29105-X, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $4.99, 580pp, pb, cover by Jerry Lofaro) [First Americans] Prehistoric novel, fifth book in an ongoing series. Packaged and copyrighted by Book Creations Inc.
- * *The First Americans, Book II: Corridor of Storms (Bantam 0-553-27159-8, Jun 88 [Jul 88], $4.50, 423pp, pb) [First Americans] Prehistoric series novel, a la Clan of the Cave Bear. Packaged by Book Creations [Lyle Kenyon Engel].
- * *The First Americans: Beyond the Sea of Ice (Bantam 0-553-26889-0, Dec 87 [Nov 87], $4.50, 373pp, pb) [First Americans] Prehistoric novel, first in a new series by the creators of Wagons West.
- * *The First Americans: Book III: Forbidden Land (Bantam 0-553-28206-9, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $4.50, 434pp, pb) [First Americans] Prehistoric novel, part of a series created by the creators of Wagons West. Another ongoing series from Book Creations Inc.
- * *Shadow of the Watching Star (Bantam 0-553-56029-8, May 95 [Apr 95], $5.99, 495pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [First Americans] Prehistoric novel, #8 in The First Americans Saga. Packaged and copyrighted by Book Creations.
- * *Thunder in the Sky (Bantam 0-553-29106-8, Nov 92 [Oct 92], $5.99, 455pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [First Americans] Associational prehistoric novel, sixth book of The First Americans series.
- * *Time Beyond Beginning (Bantam 0-553-57906-1, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $6.50, 486pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [First Americans] Prehistoric novel, #10 in The First Americans series. Packaged by Book Creations, which holds joint copyright with the author. Sarabande is a pen name for Joan Lesley Hamilton Cline.
- * *Wolves of the Dawn (Bantam 0-553-25802-8, Feb 87 [Jan 87], $4.50, 453pp, pb) Fantasy novel of ancient Celtic Britain. A chieftains son seeks his fortune.
- * _Wolves of the Dawn (Bantam Domain 0-553-25802-8, Apr 92 [Mar 92], $4.99, 453pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1987) historical fantasy novel set in ancient Celtic Britain; second printing.
- SARALEGUI, JORGE (Manuel) (1953- )
- * *Last Rites (Charter 0-441-47185-4, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $3.95, 279pp, pb) Horror/dark fantasy novel of vampires in an old San Francisco hotel.
- * *Looker (Charter 1-55773-332-5, Jun 90 [May 90], $3.95, 217pp, pb) Horror novel of a succubus who kills in strange rituals.
- SARAMAGO, JOSÉ; (1922- ) (chron.)
- * *Baltasar and Blimunda (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-110555-3, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $19.95, 304pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel set in old Portugal. Translated from Portuguese by Giovanni Pontiero.
- * _Baltasar and Blimunda (Ballantine 0-345-35676-4, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $4.95, 343pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1987) magical realism historical novel about flying machines and the Inquisition.
- * +Blindness (Harcourt Brace 0-15-100251-7, Sep 98, $22.00, 293pp, hc) Magical realism novel by a Nobel Prize-winning author. A citys inhabitants are suddenly struck by blindness, and social disintegration follows. Translated from the Portuguese Ensaio sobre a cegueira (Caminho 1995) by Giovanni Pontiero. First US edition (Harvill 1997).
- SARGENT, CARL
- * *Shadowrun: Black Madonna (with Marc Gascoigne) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45373-5, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $5.50, 271pp, pb, cover by Broeck Steadman) [Shadowrun] Novelization, #20 in the series based on the roleplaying games. Copyrighted by FASA.
- * *Shadowrun: Nosferatu (with Marc Gascoigne) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45302-6, Aug 94 [Jul 94], $4.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Shadowrun] Fantasy novelization based on the Shadowrun game, with interior illustrations by Karl Waller. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA.
- * _Shadowrun: Secrets of Power Volume 8: Streets of Blood (with Marc Gascoigne) (Roc UK 0-14-017545-8, Feb 93, £4.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Shadowrun] Reprint (Roc 1992) fantasy novelization. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Shadowrun: Streets of Blood (with Marc Gascoigne) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45199-6, Dec 92 [Nov 92], $4.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Shadowrun] Fantasy novelization based on the Shadowrun game, with interior illustrations by Larry McDougal. Packaged & copyrighted by FASA.
- SARGENT, CRAIG; pseudonym of Jan Stacy, (1948-1989)
- * *The Last Ranger (Popular Library 0-445-20235-1, May 86 [Apr 86], $2.95, 215pp, pb) [Last Ranger] Post-holocaust sf action adventure novel.
- * *The Last Ranger # 2: The Savage Stronghold (Popular Library 0-445-20237-8, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $2.95, 217pp, pb) [Last Ranger] Post-holocaust action/adventure novel of the Last Ranger vs. a motorcycle cult. Sargent is a pseudonym for two authors, who also created the Doomsday Warriors series.
- * *The Last Ranger # 3: The Madmans Mansion (Popular Library 0-445-20239-4, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $3.50, 216pp, pb) [Last Ranger] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel, part of a series. This time the hero goes after a true Sodom and Gomorrah for all the high-rolling perverts and murderers of lawless and battered America.
- * *The Last Ranger # 4: The Rabid Brigadier (Popular Library 0-445-20433-8, Aug 87 [Jul 87], $3.50, 216pp, pb) [Last Ranger] Post-holocaust adventure novel.
- * *The Last Ranger # 5: The War Weapons (Popular Library 0-445-20434-6, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $2.95, pb) [Last Ranger] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel.
- * *The Last Ranger # 6: The Warlords Revenge (Popular Library 0-445-20436-2, Jan 88 [Dec 87], $2.95, 184pp, pb) [Last Ranger] Post-holocaust adventure novel.
- * *The Last Ranger # 7: The Vile Village (Popular Library 0-445-20609-8, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $2.95, 169pp, pb) [Last Ranger] Post-holocaust adventure novel.
- * *The Last Ranger # 8: The Cutthroat Cannibals (Popular Library 0-445-20610-1, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $3.50, 170pp, pb) [Last Ranger] Post-holocaust adventure novel.
- * *The Last Ranger # 9: The Damned Disciples (Popular Library 0-445-20612-8, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.95, 176pp, pb) [Last Ranger] Post-holocaust adventure novel.
- * *The Last Ranger #10: Is This the End? (Popular Library 0-445-20614-4, Jan 89 [Dec 88], $3.395, 176pp, pb) [Last Ranger] Post-holocaust mens action adventure. The last of the series; the world is destroyed.
- SARGENT, LYMAN TOWER (1940- )
- * *British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985: An Annotated Bibliography (Garland 0-8240-0694-1, Jun 88 [May 88], $75.00, xix + 559pp, hc) Non-fiction, bibliography. Revised and updated edition of a work published by G.K. Hall in 1979. The main annotated list is chronological. There are also lists by author and title. Covers some short fiction, but mostly novels.
- SARGENT, PAMELA (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Alien Child (Harper & Row 0-06-025202-2, Mar 88, $13.95, 246pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel about a human girl raised by aliens on an Earth where humanity has disappeared.
- * _Alien Child (Harper Starwanderer 0-06-447002-4, Apr 89 [May 89], $3.95, 246pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1988) young-adult sf novel about a little girl, the last human on earth, being raised by an alien.
- * _The Alien Upstairs (Bantam 0-553-24857-X, Feb 85 [Jan 85], $2.75, 165pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1983) sf novel.
- * *The Best of Pamela Sargent (Academy Chicago 0-89733-242-3, Oct 87, $15.95, 322pp, hc) Collection of 14 sf stories plus a foreword by Michael Bishop and an introduction by Pamela Sargent. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg. (Contents)
- * *The Best of Pamela Sargent (Academy Chicago 0-89733-241-5, Oct 87, $5.95, 322pp, tp) Edited by Martin H. Greenberg. Trade paperback of the above.
- * *Climb the Wind (HarperPrism 0-06-105029-6, Dec 98 [Nov 98], $25.00, 436pp, hc, cover by Kazuhiko Sano) Alternate-history SF novel. The North American plains Indians unite and drive back United States forces.
- * _Earthseed (Harper & Row/Starwanderer 0-694-05600-6, Apr 87, $2.95, 289pp, pb) [Earthseed] Reprint (Harper & Row 1983) young-adult sf novel.
- * *Eye of the Comet (Harper & Row 0-06-025196-4, Jul 84 [Jun 84], $7.95, 275pp, tp) Young-adult sf novel about a girl born on a comet-world.
- * _Firebrands: The Heroines of Science Fiction and Fantasy (with Ron Miller) See entry under Ron Miller.
- * _Firebrands: The heroines of science fiction and fantasy (with Ron Miller) See entry under Ron Miller.
- * *Homesmind (Harper & Row 0-06-025198-0, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $7.95, 278pp, pb) Young-adult sf novel. A hardcover library edition was also announced, but not seen.
- * *Ruler of the Sky (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-3322-8, Jan 93, £10.99, 710pp, tp) Historical novel set in Mongolia in 1167. A hardcover edition (-5873-5, £15.99) was announced but not seen. Simultaneous with the US (Crown) edition.
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