The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

SAWARD, ERIC (continued)

• * _Doctor Who: Attack of the Cybermen (Target 0-426-20290-2, Oct ’92, £2.99, 140pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (Target 1989) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 138 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $4.95.
• * *Doctor Who: Slipback (W.H. Allen 0-491-03793-7, Aug ’86 [1986], £6.95, 144pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Young adult sf novelization. [Not seen]
• * *Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma (W.H. Allen 0-491-03124-6, 1985, £6.25, 138pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Young adult sf novelization. [Not seen]
• * _Doctor Who: The Twin Dilemma (Target 0-426-20155-8, Jan ’93, £2.99, 138pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reissue (W.H. Allen 1985) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 103 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
• * _Doctor Who: The Visitation (Target 0-426-20135-3, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], £2.99, 121pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (W.H. Allen; Target 1982) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 69 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $4.95.
• * _Slipback (Target 0-426-20263-5, Jan ’87, £1.75, 144pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1986) novelization of 1st “Doctor Who” radio serial.
• * _The Twin Dilemma (Target 0-426-20155-8, Mar ’86, £1.60, 138pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1985) sf novel based on the “Doctor Who” tv series. Doctor Who #103.

SAWDE, DEREK

• * *Sceptre Mortal (Oriflamme 0-948093-00-5, 1985 [Dec ’85], £2.95, 294pp, pb) Fantasy novel a la Tolkien, the first to appear from this new British publisher.

SAWYER, ROBERT J(ames) (1960- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _End of an Era (NEL 0-450-61749-1, Oct ’94, £4.99, 247pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1994) SF novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *End of an Era (Ace 0-441-00114-9, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $4.99, 222pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) SF novel. Rival paleontologists travel back in time to see what really killed the dinosaurs.
• * *Factoring Humanity (Tor 0-312-86458-2, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $23.95, 348pp, hc, cover by Shelley Eshkar & Jan Uretsky) Near-future SF novel. Alien data holds the secret to a major technological breakthrough.
• * *Far-Seer (Ace 0-441-22551-9, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $4.99, 257pp, pb, cover by Tom Kidd) [Quintaglio Ascension] Sf novel set in a world of intelligent alien dinosaurs where a youngster discovers something during his coming-of-age test that may allow him to save his world.
• * _Far-Seer (SFBC #01169, Jul ’92 [Aug ’92], $7.98, 257pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [Quintaglio Ascension] Reprint (Ace 1992) sf novel set in a world of intelligent alien dinosaurs. This lacks an ISBN and price and the SFBC number is on the back jacket. First hardcover edition.
• * _Far-Seer (NEL 0-340-61802-7, Jan ’95, £4.99, 257pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Quintaglio Ascension] Reprint (Ace 1992) SF novel. The first book of “The Quintaglio Ascension”. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Foreigner (Ace 0-441-00017-7, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $4.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Quintaglio Ascension] Sf novel, third book of the “Dinosaur” trilogy.
• * _Foreigner (NEL 0-340-61804-3, Jul ’95, £5.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Quintaglio Ascension] Reprint (Ace 1994) SF novel. Third volume of “The Quintaglio Ascension” trilogy, set in a world of intelligent, tool-using dinosaurs. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Fossil Hunter (Ace 0-441-24884-5, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $4.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Quintaglio Ascension] Sf novel of intelligent alien dinosaurs; sequel to Far-Seer.
• * _Fossil Hunter (NEL 0-340-61803-5, Apr ’95, £5.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Quintaglio Ascension] Reprint (Ace 1993) SF novel, second in “The Quintaglio Ascension” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Frameshift (Tor 0-312-86325-X, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $23.95, 347pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) SF thriller about insurance companies, a Nazi in hiding, and the Human Genome Project.
• * _Frameshift (SFBC #16003, Jul ’97, $11.98, 347pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Tor 1997) SF thriller about insurance companies and the Human Genome Project. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Frameshift (Tor 0-812-57108-8, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $6.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Tor 1997) SF thriller.
• * *Golden Fleece (Popular Library Questar 0-445-21078-8, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $4.50, 197pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) Sf/mystery novel of murder on a starship; a first novel.
• * _Golden Fleece (SFBC #18845, Nov ’91 [Dec ’91], $7.98, 179pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Questar 1990) sf/mystery novel of murder on a starship. First hardcover edition.
• * _Golden Fleece (SoulWave Publishers 1-891347-01-2, Nov ’98, $65.00, 259pp, hc, cover by Tom McGee) Reprint (Questar 1990) near-future SF thriller, plus the 1988 novella on which it was based, and a new afterword by Sawyer. Introduction by Orson Scott Card. This is a signed, limited edition of 200; a lettered edition ($125.00) was announced but not seen. Order from SoulWave Publishers, PO Box 24727, Nashville TN 37202-4727; add $5.00 postage.
• * *Illegal Alien (Ace 0-441-00476-8, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $21.95, 292pp, hc, cover by Danilo Ducak) SF first-contact novel. Aliens with a disabled ship are welcomed on Earth, until a scientist is murdered.
• * _Illegal Alien (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648319-4, Jan ’98, £5.99, 319pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1997) SF novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Illegal Alien (SFBC #01218, Mar ’98, $10.98, 293pp, hc, cover by Danilo Ducak) Reprint (Ace 1997) SF first-contact novel. This is similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Illegal Alien (Ace 0-441-00592-6, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $5.99, 301pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) Reprint (Ace 1997) SF first-contact courtroom mystery.
• * *Starplex (Ace 0-441-00372-9, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $5.99, 289pp, pb, cover by Doug Struthers) SF novel. A new wormhole by a Starplex space station may signal the start of an intergalactic war.
• * _Starplex (SFBC #14361, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $8.98, 289pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) Reprint (Ace 1996) SF novel. This hardcover edition has new jacket art; the text is that of the Ace mass-market paperback edition. The jacket lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back.
• * *The Terminal Experiment (HarperPrism 0-06-105310-4, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $5.50, 333pp, pb, cover by Joe Burleson) Near-future SF thriller. Computer-based personalities escape into the worldwide matrix, and one of them is a killer. Note: This appeared as a serial as Hobson’s Choice.
• * *The Terminal Experiment (NEL 0-340-63223-2, May ’95, £5.99, 328pp, pb) SF novel about a scientific proof for the soul, and the social changes it brings. Serialised as “Hobson’s Choice” in Analog. Simultaneous with the US (HarperPrism) edition.
• * _The Terminal Experiment (SFBC #14726, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $8.98, 333pp, hc, cover by Joe Burleson) Reprint (HarperPrism; NEL 1995) near-future SF thriller. A Nebula award winner. The text is the same as the HarperPrism edition; the new cover lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. This is the first hardcover edition.
• * _The Terminal Experiment (SoulWave Publishers 1-891347-00-4, Nov ’97, $50.00, 313pp, hc, cover by Tom McGee) Reprint (HarperPrism 1995) near-future SF thriller. A Nebula award winner. This signed, limited edition of 200 has a new afterword by Sawyer. SoulWave Publishers, PO Box 24727, Nashville TN 37202-4727; add $5.00 postage.

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• * *Crossing the Line: Canadian Mysteries with a Fantastic Twist (with David Skene-Melvin) (Pottersfield Press 1-895-90019-0, Oct ’98, C$15.95, 191pp, tp, cover by Geoff Butler) Anthology of 11 mystery stories with SF or fantasy elements by Canadian authors. Authors include Robertson Davies, William Gibson, Charles de Lint, and Spider Robinson. Order from Pottersfield Press, 83 Leslie Road, East Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia Canada B2Z 1P8; credit card orders 1-800-646-2879; add $5.00 postage. (Contents)
• * *Tesseracts⁶ (with Carolyn Clink) (Tesseract 1-895836-32-8, Nov ’97 [Jan ’98], $8.95, 297pp, tp, cover by Joyce Kline) Original anthology of 20 stories and 10 poems by Canadian writers. Authors include Elisabeth Vonarburg, Nalo Hopkinson, Robert Charles Wilson, Yves Meynard, and James Alan Gardner. Introduction by Sawyer, afterword by Clink. A limited hardcover edition (-33-6, $21.95) is also available. Order from Tesseract Books, The Books Collective, 214-21 Jasper Ave, Edmonton AB Canada T5J 3S2. (Contents)

SAXBY, MAURICE

• * *The Great Deeds of Superheroes (with Robert Ingpen) (Paper Tiger 1-85028-104-1, Sep ’89 [Oct ’89], £12.95, 184pp, hc, cover by Robert Ingpen) Collection of stories about real and mythical heroes, illustrated by Robert Ingpen.

SAXON, WILLIAM; pseudonym of William Mayleas, (1927- )

• * *Mind Bender (Avon 0-380-75597-1, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 250pp, pb) Horror novel about a dead woman who possesses her daughter and uses her to punish anyone who dates her husband.

SAXTON, JOSEPHINE (Mary Howard) (1935- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Jane Saint and the Backlash: The Further Travails of Jane Saint and The Consciousness Machine (The Women’s 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 Women’s Press 0-7043-3992-7, Mar ’86, £1.95, 175pp, pb) Sf novel.
• * *The Travails of Jane Saint (The Women’s 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. Martin’s 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 (Critic’s 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. Martin’s 0-312-90270-0, Jun ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.95, 222pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 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 pianist’s 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)

• * _The Haunted Hour (with Cynthia Manson) See entry under Cynthia Manson.

SCARBOROUGH, ELIZABETH ANN (1947- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Bronwyn’s 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 Bronwyn’s 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 Godmother’s 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 Godmother’s 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 Godmother’s 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 Healer’s 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 Healer’s 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 Ballad’s 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 Bronwyn’s 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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• * _Space Opera (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.