The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- SAXTON, JOSEPHINE (Mary Howard) (1935- ) (stories)
- * *Jane Saint and the Backlash: The Further Travails of Jane Saint and The Consciousness Machine (The Womens Press 0-7043-4189-1, Sep 89, £4.95, 167pp, tp, cover by Colin Saxton) [Jane Saint] Collection of an original short novel and a revised novelette. (Contents)
- * *Little Tours of Hell (Methuen/Pandora 0-86358-095-5, Dec 86 [Aug 87], $8.95, 146pp, tp) Collection of 14 stories with elements of horror and humor, Tall Tales of Food and Holidays. This is the 1986 British edition from Routledge & Kegan Paul/Pandora, now available in the U.S. through Methuen. A hardcover at $19.95 is also listed; not seen. (Contents)
- * *The Power of Time (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-2955-7, Aug 85 [Oct 85], £9.95, 222pp, hc) Collection of 14 stories. (Contents)
- * *The Power of Time (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-2956-5, Aug 85 [Oct 85], £3.95, 222pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
- * *The Queen of the States (The Womens Press 0-7043-3992-7, Mar 86, £1.95, 175pp, pb) Sf novel.
- * *The Travails of Jane Saint (The Womens Press 0-7043-4037-2, Oct 86 [Sep 86], £2.50, 194pp, pb, cover by Sara Schwartz) Sf/fantasy collection. (Contents)
- SAXTON, JUDITH (1936- )
- * +The Blue and Distant Hills (St. Martins 0-312-10944-X, May 94 [Jun 94], $25.95, 518pp, hc, cover by Gwyneth Jones) Romance set in England after World War II, where a lonely young woman meets a spirit from the Roman occupation of Britain and learns to love again. First American edition (Heinemann 1993).
- SAYRE, CHERYL CURRY (1954- ); see pseudonym Chris Curry (stories)
- SCANLON, NOEL
- * *Apparitions (Hale 0-7090-1535-6, Apr 84, £8.25, 208pp, hc) Horror novel. [Not seen]
- * +Apparitions (Critics Choice 0-931773-57-1, Feb 86, $2.95, 208pp, pb) Reprint (Robert Hale 1984) horror novel of an Indian cult on an Irish island. First U.S. edition.
- * +Apparitions (Bart 1-55785-051-8, Sep 88, $3.50, 208pp, pb) Horror novel set in Ireland. First U.S. edition (Hale 1984).
- * _Black Ashes (St. Martins 0-312-90270-0, Jun 87 [Aug 87], $3.95, 222pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martins 1985) novel of supernatural horror in modern India.
- SCANZIANI, PIERO (1908- )
- * *The White Book (Eureka Publishers of Windsor 1-873414-02-1, 1991 [Dec 91], £14.99, 307pp, hc, cover by Sara Midda) Posthumous fantasy in which three dead people are given the task of defending Adam and Eve. Translated from the Italian (1968) by Linda Lappin. [Not seen]
- SCAPARRO, JACK (1935- )
- * *The Attic (Zebra 0-8217-3471-7, Aug 91 [Jul 91], $4.50, 350pp, pb) Horror novel of a girl endangered by a strange old woman with mysterious powers.
- * *Deathsong (Zebra 0-8217-2730-3, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $3.95, 346pp, pb) Modern family caught up in an 18th-century pianists curse.
- * *Hocus Pocus (Zebra 0-8217-2298-0, Feb 88 [Mar 88], $3.95, 405pp, pb) Horror novel about a child with special powers.
- SCARBOROUGH, CONSTANCE, ed. (stories)
- SCARBOROUGH, ELIZABETH ANN (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Bronwyns Bane (Bantam UK 0-553-17284-0, Oct 87, £2.95, 286pp, pb) [Argonia] Reprint (Bantam 1983) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Argonia series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Carol for Another Christmas (Ace 0-441-00366-4, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $18.00, 200pp, hc, cover by Doron Ben-Ami) Fantasy novel. The spirit of Ebenezer Scrooge arrives in the 20th Century to teach a woman the meaning of Christmas.
- * *The Christening Quest (Bantam 0-553-25122-8, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $2.95, 231pp, pb) [Argonia] Fantasy novel, sequel to Bronwyns Bane.
- * *The Drastic Dragon of Draco, Texas (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25887-7, Jun 86 [May 86], $3.50, 247pp, pb) Humorous fantasy novel set in the Wild West.
- * *The Godmother (Ace 0-441-00096-7, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $19.95, 294pp, hc, cover by Tara McGovern) [Godmother] Fantasy novel about a Seattle social worker who encounters a fairy godmother.
- * _The Godmother (Ace 0-441-00269-2, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Tara McGovern) [Godmother] Reprint (Ace 1994) fantasy novel about a contemporary fairy Godmother in Seattle.
- * *The Godmothers Apprentice (Ace 0-441-00252-8, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $19.95, 294pp, hc, cover by Tara McGovern) [Godmother] Fantasy novel. A contemporary apprentice fairy godmother trains in Ireland.
- * _The Godmothers Apprentice (Ace 0-441-00358-3, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $5.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Tara McGovern) [Godmother] Reprint (Ace 1995) fantasy novel, sequel to The Godmother.
- * *The Godmothers Web (Ace 0-441-00503-9, Feb 98 [Jan 98], $19.95, 308pp, hc, cover by Tara McGovern-Benson) [Godmother] Fantasy novel, third in the Godmother series. Contemporary conflicts mix with ancient magics on a Southwestern Indian reservation with a Navajo Godmother.
- * *The Goldcamp Vampire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26717-5, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $3.50, 247pp, pb) Humorous fantasy novel about a vampire in the Yukon during the 1897 Gold Rush.
- * *The Harem of Aman Akbar (Bantam 0-553-24441-8, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $2.95, 265pp, pb) Fantasy novel.
- * _The Harem of Aman Akbar (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26718-3, Sep 87 [Aug 87], $3.50, 265pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1984) humorous Arabian Nights fantasy novel; 2nd printing.
- * *The Healers War (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-24828-8, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $17.95, 303pp, hc) Near-contemporary fantasy novel of a nurse in wartime Vietnam.
- * _The Healers War (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28252-2, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $4.50, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1988) fantasy novel of a nurse in wartime Vietnam.
- * *The Lady in the Loch (Ace 0-441-00582-9, Dec 98 [Nov 98], $19.95, 258pp, hc, cover by Jean-Yves Kervevain) Alternate-history fantasy/mystery novel. Author Walter Scott, while Sheriff of Edinburgh, investigates murder and encounters ghosts, gypsies, body snatchers, and a mad doctor.
- * *Last Refuge (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37031-6, Sep 92 [Aug 92], $11.00, 326pp, tp, cover by Kevin Tweddell) [Nothing Sacred] Futuristic fantasy novel of a post-Armageddon world where survivors live in a magical oasis. Sequel to Nothing Sacred. A hardcover edition (-08961-7, $22.50) is also available.
- * _Last Refuge (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56186-3, May 93 [Apr 93], $5.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Kevin Tweddell) [Nothing Sacred] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) futuristic fantasy novel of a post-Armageddon world where survivors live in a magical oasis. Sequel to Nothing Sacred.
- * *Nothing Sacred (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-41530-3, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $10.95, 342pp, tp, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Nothing Sacred] Futuristic fantasy novel, about a POW nurse involved in a war a hundred years from now, set in Tibet. A hardcover edition (-26120-9, $21.95) is also available.
- * _Nothing Sacred (SFBC #18462, Jul 91 [Sep 91], 283pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Nothing Sacred] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1991) futuristic fantasy novel of a POW nurse involved in a Tibetan war 100 years in the future.
- * _Nothing Sacred (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29511-X, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $4.99, 334pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Nothing Sacred] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1991) futuristic fantasy novel of a POW nurse involved in a Tibetan war 100 years in the future.
- * _Power Lines (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
- * _Power Play (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
- * _Powers That Be (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
- * _Song of Sorcery (Bantam UK 0-553-17282-4, Apr 87, £1.95, 216pp, pb) [Argonia] Reprint (Bantam 1982) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the Argonia series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Songkiller Saga: Phantom Banjo (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28761-3, Jun 91 [May 91], $4.99, 263pp, pb, cover by Pauline Ellison) [Songkiller Saga] Fantasy novel, first book of the Songkiller Saga series. The devils in hell are trying to wipe the greatest magical force for good left in the world folk music. Recommended (SW).
- * *The Songkiller Saga: Picking the Ballads Bones (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29363-X, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $4.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Pauline Ellison) [Songkiller Saga] Fantasy novel about folk music, second book of the Songkiller Saga.
- * *The Songkiller Saga: Strum Again? (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29705-8, May 92 [Apr 92], $4.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Pauline Ellison) [Songkiller Saga] Humorous fantasy novel, third book of The Songkiller Saga. The Faerie Queen plans to sacrifice a folksinger.
- * *Songs from the Seashell Archives, Vol. 1 (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26957-7, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $4.95, 552pp, pb) [Argonia] Omnibus edition of the first 2 books in the Argonia fantasy series, Song of Sorcery (Bantam 1982) and The Unicorn Creed (Bantam 1983). (Contents)
- * *Songs from the Seashell Archives, Volume II (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27009-5, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $4.95, 390pp, pb) [Argonia] Omnibus volume of the fantasy novels Bronwyns Bane (1983) and The Christening Quest (1985). (Contents)
- * _The Unicorn Creed (Bantam UK 0-553-17283-2, Jul 87, £2.95, 340pp, pb) [Argonia] Reprint (Bantam 1983) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Argonia series. [First U.K. edition]
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- SCARFONE, JAY
- SCHAEFER, CHARLES
- * *Star of the Sun (University Editions 1-56002-736-3, Jan 98, $10.00, 277pp, tp) SF novel. An archeological find is somehow tied to a comets disastrous appearance in 2077. Available from University Editions, 59 Oak Lane, Spring Valley, Huntington WV 25704.
- SCHAEFER, FRANK (1936- )
- * +The Scapeweed Goat (Simon & Schuster Poseidon 0-671-67503-6, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $17.95, 200pp, hc) Utopian fantasy novel. In 1845, a hermit records his life in a secret utopian community deep in the heart of America. First American edition (Hamish Hamilton 1989).
- * *Whose Song is Sung (Tor 0-312-85756-X, Mar 96 [Feb 96], $23.95, 300pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) Fantasy novel. Beowulf retold with an emphasis on history.
- * _Whose Song is Sung (Tor 0-812-55012-9, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $6.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reprint (Tor 1996) fantasy novel, a retelling of Beowulf.
- SCHAEFFER, SUSAN FROMBERG (1941- )
- * *The Dragons of North Chittendon (Simon & Schuster/Little Simon 0-671-52587-5, 1986 [Jun 86], $2.95, 208pp, pb) Juvenile fantasy novel, illustrated by Darcy May. There is also supposed to be a hardcover, but we havent seen it.
- * *The Four Hoods and Great Dog (St. Martins 0-312-01431-7, Mar 88, $12.95, 131pp, hc) Juvenile sf novel with talking animals that want to take the children back to their own world.
- SCHAKEL, PETER J(ames) (1941- )
- * *Reason and Imagination in C.S. Lewis: A Study of Till We Have Faces (Eerdmans 0-8028-1998-2, Jun 84 [May 84], $8.95, 208pp, tp) Non-fiction, literary criticism. [Lewis]
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- * *Word and Story in C.S. Lewis (with Charles A. Huttar) (University of Missouri Press 0-8262-0760-X, Mar 92 [Apr 92], $37.50, 316pp, hc) Non-fiction, a collection of 16 critical essays examining the work of C.S. Lewis, mostly his fiction, with an introduction by Peter J. Schakel. Order from University of Missouri Press, 2910 LeMone Blvd., Columbia MO 65201. [Lewis]
- SCHAMI, RAFIK (1946- ) (stories)
- * _Damascus Nights (Simon & Schuster/Scribners 0-684-80265-1, Aug 95 [Mar 96], $11.00, 263pp, tp, cover by Etienne Delessert) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1993) fantasy novel. A contemporary Arabian storyteller falls under a spell, and his friends gather to tell him stories, mostly fantasy. A first novel. Translated by Philip Boehm from the German (Beltz 1989 as Erzaehler der Nacht). We apparently missed the first edition.
- SCHAUB, MARY H(unter) (1943-2009) (stories)
- SCHEICK, WILLIAM J(oseph), ed. (1941- )
- * *The Critical Response to H.G. Wells (Greenwood Press 0-313-28859-3, Feb 95 [Apr 95], $55.00, 346pp, hc) Critical collection of 25 reviews and essays, most contemporary with the books, discussing Wellss work, with an introduction by the editor. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [Wells]
- SCHEIN, LORRAINE (1953- ) (stories)
- * *The Raw Brunettes (Wordcraft of Oregon 1-877655-12-0, Feb 95, $6.00, 36pp, ph, cover by Freddie Baer) Surreal fantasy novella in chapbook form, about a group of women with strange powers and magic handbags. There are illustrations by Freddie Baer, and an introduction by Rachel Pollack. A signed, limited edition. Order from Wordcraft of Oregon, PO Box 3235, La Grande OR 97850.
- SCHELDE, PER
- * *Androids, Humanoids, and Other Science Fiction Monsters: Science and Soul in Science Fiction Films (New York University Press 0-8147-7930-1, Jul 93 [Aug 93], $35.00, 279pp, hc) Associational non-fiction, a study of sf film and its folkloric origins by an anthropologist. Available from New York University Press, Washington Square, New York NY 10003.
- SCHELLINGER, PAUL E(dward), ed. (1962- )
- SCHENCK, HILBERT (van Nydeck), Jr. (1926- ) (stories)
- * *Chronosequence (Tor 0-312-93079-8, Jun 88 [May 88], $17.95, 314pp, hc) Sf novel of historic mysteries, strange phenomena on a small island off the coast of New England and the power of love. Recommended. (FCM)
- * _Chronosequence (Tor 0-812-50320-1, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $3.95, 314pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel.
- * _A Rose for Armageddon (Allison & Busby 0-85031-548-4, Jun 84 [May 84], £7.95, 190pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket Timescape 1982) sf novel. This is the first hardcover edition. Schocken is distributing it in the U.S. Its an excellent novel by a masterful writer. (CNB)
- * *Steam Bird (Tor 0-812-55400-0, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $3.50, 213pp, pb) Collection of the novella Steam Bird and the novelette Hurricane Claude. Recommended. (TM) (Contents)
- SCHIFF, STUART DAVID, ed. (1946- ) (stories)
- * *The Best of Whispers (Borderlands Press 1-880325-11-X, Nov 94, $65.00, 471pp, hc, cover by Lee Brown Coye) Anthology of 23 horror stories from Whispers magazine, seven of them new stories from the unpublished Whispers VII, and an earlier version of The Golden, originally planned for the Lucius Shepard issue. Other authors include Ray Bradbury, Karl Edward Wagner, Fritz Leiber, Connie Willis, Melanie Tem, and Roger Zelazny. Includes a preface, The End, and an afterword by the editor. Order from Borderlands Press, PO Box 146, Brooklandville MD 21022; 800-528-3310. (Contents)
- * _Whispers (Jove 0-515-08881-1, Feb 87 [Jan 87], $3.50, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1977) horror original anthology.
- * _Whispers II (Jove 0-515-09252-5, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $3.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1979) horror original anthology.
- * _Whispers III (Jove 0-515-09363-7, Jan 88 [Dec 87], $3.95, 258pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1981) original anthology of 14 horror stories.
- * _Whispers III (Jove 0-515-09363-7, Jan 88, $3.95, 258pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1981) horror anthology of 14 stories.
- * _Whispers IV (Jove 0-515-09482-X, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $3.95, 240pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1983) anthology of horror stories.
- * *Whispers V (Doubleday 0-385-18944-3, Feb 85, $11.95, 208pp, hc) Anthology of 14 stories of horror/fantasy; most are originals. (Contents)
- * _Whispers V (Jove 0-515-09641-5, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $3.95, 258pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1985) horror anthology.
- * *Whispers VI (Doubleday 0-385-19927-9, Jul 87, $12.95, 181pp, hc) Original anthology of 15 horror stories. (Contents)
- * _Whispers VI (Jove 0-515-10010-2, May 89 [Apr 89], $3.95, 257pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1987) original horror anthology of 15 stories.
- SCHILLING, VIVIAN; pseudonym of Vivian Schilling-Parkinson, (1962- )
- * *Sacred Prey (Truman Press 0-9637846-0-9, Jan 94, $19.95, 245pp, hc, cover by Manny Rodriguez) Horror novel of a killer loanshark who finds himself in the body of one of his victims before the murder happens. A first novel.
- * _Sacred Prey (St. Martins 0-312-95693-2, Jun 96 [May 96], $5.50, 279pp, pb) Reprint (Truman Press 1994) horror novel.
- SCHILLING-PARKINSON, VIVIAN (1962- ); see pseudonym Vivian Schilling
- SCHIMEL, LAWRENCE (1971- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Drag Queen of Elfland (Circlet/Ultra Violet Library 1-885865-17-1, Jul 97 [Jun 97], $10.95, 202pp, tp) Collection of 17 stories, four original to this volume, most with fantasy elements, all with homosexual themes. Introduction by Tanya Huff. This is the first book in the non-erotic, gay SF and fantasy imprint The Ultra Violet Library. (Contents)
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