The Locus Index to Science Fiction
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- SALVATORE, R(obert) A(nthony) (stories) (continued)
- * *Forgotten Realms: The Silent Blade (TSR 0-7869-1180-8, Oct 98, $23.99, 347pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness] Novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *Luthiens Gamble (Warner Aspect 0-446-51727-5, Feb 96 [Jan 96], $18.95, 291pp, hc, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [Crimson Shadow] Fantasy novel. The young noble turned warrior-thief fights to free his country from Wizard-King Greensparrow. Second book in The Crimson Shadow trilogy.
- * _Luthiens Gamble (SFBC #11253, Mar 96, $8.98, 248pp, hc, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [Crimson Shadow] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1996) fantasy novel, The Crimson Shadow #2. This is similar to the Aspect edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Luthiens Gamble (Warner Aspect 0-446-60361-9, Dec 96 [Nov 96], $5.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [Crimson Shadow] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1996) fantasy novel, The Crimson Shadow #2.
- * _Luthiens Gamble (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648344-5, Nov 98, £5.99, 291pp, pb, cover by Harvey Parker) [Crimson Shadow] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1996) fantasy novel. Book two of The Crimson Shadow trilogy. The young noble-turned-warrior-thief fights to free his country from Wizard-King Greensparrow. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Sword of Bedwyr (Warner Aspect 0-446-51726-7, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $18.95, 247pp, hc, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [Crimson Shadow] Fantasy novel. A lords heir becomes the fabled robber-assassin and rebel, The Crimson Shadow.
- * _The Sword of Bedwyr (SFBC #07156, Jun 95 [May 95], $8.98, 247pp, hc, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [Crimson Shadow] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1995) fantasy novel. Similar to the Warner edition, except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _The Sword of Bedwyr (Warner Aspect 0-446-60272-8, Feb 96 [Jan 96], $5.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [Crimson Shadow] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1995) fantasy novel, first book in The Crimson Shadow trilogy.
- * _The Sword of Bedwyr (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648343-7, Apr 98, £5.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Harvey Parker) [Crimson Shadow] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1995) fantasy novel. Book one of The Crimson Shadow. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40810-1, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $10.00, 279pp, tp) [Tarzan] Novelization based on the teleplay inspired by the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Copyrighted by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
- * _Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41295-8, Aug 97 [Jul 97], $5.99, 280pp, pb) [Tarzan] Reprint (Del Rey 1996) novelization of the TV version of Tarzan.
- * _Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (Arrow 0-09-926959-7, Apr 98, £5.99, 280pp, pb) [Tarzan] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 1996) novelization of the teleplay inspired by the Edgar Rice Burroughss character. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Witchs Daughter (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45127-9, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $4.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Chronicles of Ynis Aielle] Fantasy novel of a witchs daughter who finds herself her peoples only hope to defeat the Black Warlock.
- * *The Woods Out Back (Ace 0-441-90872-1, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $4.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Romas) [*Spearwielders Tale] Fantasy novel, first book of the Spearwielders Tale series.
- SALZMAN, EVA, ed. (stories)
- SAMMON, PAUL M(ichael), ed. (1949- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *The King Is Dead: Tales of Elvis Post-Mortem (Delta 0-385-31253-9, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $12.95, 380pp, tp) Anthology of stories about Elvis after his death, many with fantastic elements, most apparently original (half the acknowledgements are missing, so its difficult to tell). Includes work by Harlan Ellison, Joyce Carol Oates, Joe R. Lansdale, and Alan Dean Foster. With an introduction by the editor. (Contents)
- * *Splatterpunks II: Over the Edge (Tor 0-312-85786-1, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $14.95, 416pp, tp, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Anthology of 28 gory stories, nine original, by and about women. A hardcover edition (-85445-5, $24.95) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * *Splatterpunks: Extreme Horror (St. Martins 0-312-04581-6, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $14.95, 346pp, tp) Anthology of 18 hardcore horror stories including several originals. A hardcover edition (-05201-4) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * _Splatterpunks: Extreme Horror (Xanadu 1-85480-100-7, Nov 91, £9.99, 346pp, tp) Reprint (St. Martins 1990) anthology of 18 hardcore horror stories including several originals. [First U.K. edition]
- SAMMONS, MARTHA C(atherine Cragoe) (1949- )
- * *"A Better Country": The Worlds of Religious Fantasy and Science Fiction (Greenwood 0-313-25746-9, Mar 88, $35.00, 168pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study.
- SAMPSON, FAY (Elizabeth) (1935- ) (stories)
- * *Black Smiths Telling (Headline 0-7472-3400-0, Jul 90, £3.50, 275pp, pb) [Daughter of Tintagel] Fantasy novel. Book Three in the sequence Daughter of Tintagel.
- * _Black Smiths Telling (Headline 0-7472-0258-3, Aug 90 [1990], £12.95, 275pp, hc) [Daughter of Tintagel] Reprint (Headline 1990) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Daughter of Tintagel series.
- * *Daughter of Tintagel (Headline 0-7472-3894-4, Sep 92, £5.99, 824pp, pb, cover by Gary Blythe) [Daughter of Tintagel] Omnibus of the five fantasy novels in the sequence about Morgan Le Fay. (Contents)
- * *Finnglas and the Stones of Choosing (Lion 0-7459-1124-2, Jun 86 [Aug 86], £1.50, 128pp, pb) [Finnglas] Juvenile fantasy novel, Vol. 3 in the Finnglas series.
- * *Herself (Headline 0-7472-3708-5, Feb 92 [Mar 92], £4.50, 308pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Daughter of Tintagel] Historical fantasy novel about Morgan le Fay. Simultaneous with the hardback edition listed last month. Book five in the sequence Daughters of Tintagel.
- * *Herself (Headline 0-7472-0452-7, Feb 92, £14.99, 308pp, hc, cover by Mike Posen) [Daughter of Tintagel] Historical fantasy novel about Morgan Le Fay. Book five in the sequence Daughters of Tintagel.
- * *The Serpent of Senargad (Lion 0-7459-1520-5, Mar 89, £1.99, 187pp, pb, cover by Kathy Wyatt) [Finnglas] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 5 in the Pangur Ban series.
- * *Shape Shifter - The Naming of Pangur Ban (Lion 0-7459-1347-4, Jan 88 [Apr 88], £1.95, 126pp, pb) [Finnglas] Young-adult celtic fantasy novel. Volume 4 in the Finnglas series.
- * *Star Dancer (Headline 0-7472-0661-9, Apr 93 [May 93], £16.99, 504pp, hc, cover by David OConnor) Fantasy novel based on the myths of ancient Sumer.
- * _Star Dancer (Headline 0-7472-4150-3, Oct 93, £5.99, 754pp, pb, cover by David OConnor) Reprint (Headline 1993) fantasy novel based on the myths of ancient Sumer.
- * *Taliesins Telling (Headline 0-7472-3568-6, Mar 91, £3.99, 277pp, pb) [Daughter of Tintagel] Fantasy novel. Book Four in the sequence Daughter of Tintagel.
- * *The White Horse Is Running (Lion 0-7459-1915-4, Aug 90, £2.50, 168pp, pb, cover by Kathy Wyatt) [Finnglas] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 6 in the Finnglas series.
- * *White Nuns Telling (Headline 0-7472-3297-0, Nov 89 [Oct 89], £3.50, 245pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Daughter of Tintagel] Fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Daughter of Tintagel pentalogy.
- * _White Nuns Telling (Headline 0-7472-0221-4, Feb 90 [1990], £12.95, 256pp, hc) [Daughter of Tintagel] Reprint (Headline 1989) fantasy novel. Second volume in the Daughter of Tintagel series.
- * *Wise Womans Telling (Headline 0-7472-3263-6, Jun 89, £2.99, 229pp, pb) [Daughter of Tintagel] Fantasy novel about Morgan Le Fay. Volume 1 in the Daughter of Tintagel pentalogy.
- * _Wise Womans Telling (Headline 0-7472-0220-6, Feb 90 [1990], £12.95, 240pp, hc) [Daughter of Tintagel] Reprint (Headline 1989) fantasy novel. First volume in the Daughter of Tintagel series.
- SAMUELSON, DAVID (Norman) (1939- )
- * *Arthur C. Clarke: a Primary and Secondary Bibliography (G.K. Hall 0-8161-8111-X, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $42.00, 256pp, hc) Non-fiction; reference. Lists fiction, non-fiction, reviews, etc., in chronological order. There is no separate section for books. The info is there, but it isnt as easy to use as some other organizational methods. Unparalleled on secondary source material. (CNB) [Clarke]
- 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- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *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]
- _____, ed.
- * *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) (stories) (assoc.)
- * _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) (assoc.)
- * *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; see pseudonym Will Sundown (stories) (assoc.)
- * *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)
- * *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) (stories) (assoc.)
- * _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.
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