The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

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.
• * *Luthien’s 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.
• * _Luthien’s 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.
• * _Luthien’s 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”.
• * _Luthien’s 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 lord’s 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 Burroughs’s character. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Witch’s 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 witch’s daughter who finds herself her people’s 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) [*Spearwielder’s Tale] Fantasy novel, first book of the “Spearwielder’s Tale” series.

SALZMAN, EVA, ed. (stories)

• * _The Printer’s Devil A Magazine of New Writing: Issue D (with Sean O’Brien & Stephen Plaice) See entry under Sean O’Brien.

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 it’s 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. Martin’s 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. Martin’s 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 Smith’s 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 Smith’s 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 O’Connor) 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 O’Connor) Reprint (Headline 1993) fantasy novel based on the myths of ancient Sumer.
• * *Taliesin’s 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 Nun’s 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 Nun’s 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 Woman’s 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 Woman’s 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 isn’t as easy to use as some other organizational methods. Unparalleled on secondary source material. (CNB) [Clarke]

SANDER, GORDON

• * *Serling: The Rise and Twilight of Television’s 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 Television’s 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 Reader’s 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) (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: Audubon’s 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. Martin’s 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 Children’s 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 children’s literature, with specific discussions of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows, George MacDonald’s At the Back of the North Wind, and Christina Rossetti’s “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 author’s 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) children’s 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) Children’s 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.