The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

SCOTT, MELISSA (stories) (continued)

• * _Burning Bright (Tor 0-812-52175-7, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $4.99, 362pp, pb, cover by Joe Curcio) Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel of a virtual reality game designer caught up in the conflict between two interstellar empires.
• * *A Choice of Destinies (Baen 0-671-65563-9, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 314pp, pb) Alternate-history sf novel of Alexander the Great marching west instead of east.
• * *Conceiving the Heavens: Creating the Science Fiction Novel (Heinemann 0-435-07008-8, Oct ’97, $16.95, 198pp, tp) Non-fiction writers guide.
• * *Dreaming Metal (Tor 0-312-85876-0, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $22.95, 318pp, hc) [Dreamships] SF novel, set in the world of Dreamships. An entertainer combines new computer chips to enhance her act, and comes up with an artificial intelligence.
• * _Dreaming Metal (SFBC #18385, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $11.50, 259pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Dreamships] Reprint (Tor 1997) SF novel of artificial intelligence, set in the world of Dreamships. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Dreaming Metal (Tor 0-312-86658-5, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $14.95, 318pp, tp) [Dreamships] Reprint (Tor 1997) SF novel, set in the world of Dreamships.
• * *Dreamships (Tor 0-312-85153-7, May ’92, $21.95, 342pp, hc, cover by Tony Roberts) [Dreamships] Sf novel about a freelance space pilot and her crew, who discover an AI that might be sentient, designed by the insane founder of a civil rights movement for AIs.
• * _Dreamships (SFBC #02778, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $6.98, 342pp, hc, cover by Tony Roberts) [Dreamships] Reprint (Tor 1992) sf novel about a freelance space pilot and her crew. Similar to the Tor edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back cover.
• * _Dreamships (Tor 0-812-51302-9, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $4.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Tony Roberts) [Dreamships] Reprint (Tor 1992) sf novel about a freelance space pilot and her crew, who discover an AI that might be sentient, designed by the insane founder of a civil rights movement for AIs.
• * *The Empress of Earth (Baen 0-671-65364-4, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $3.50, 346pp, pb) [Silence Leigh] Sf novel, third in the “Silence Leigh” trilogy.
• * _The Empress of Earth (Gollancz 0-575-04360-1, Sep ’89, £3.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Nick Rodgers) [Silence Leigh] Reprint (Baen 1987) sf novel. Volume Three in the “Silence Leigh” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Five Twelfths of Heaven (Baen 0-671-55952-4, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.95, 339pp, pb) [Silence Leigh] Sf novel. Good combination of science and quasi-magic keeps this space opera entertaining despite some cliches of character. Recommended. (DLN)
• * _Five-Twelfths of Heaven (Gollancz 0-575-04287-7, Jun ’88, £3.50, 339pp, pb) [Silence Leigh] Reprint (Baen 1985) sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Silence Leigh” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Game Beyond (Baen 0-671-55918-4, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $2.95, 350pp, pb) Sf novel, galactic empire a la Roman empire. A first novel.
• * *The Kindly Ones (Baen 0-671-65351-2, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 373pp, pb) Sf novel. Absorbing story of a society with an extremely rigid code of honor. (TM)
• * _The Kindly Ones (SFBC #11443, Oct ’87 [Nov ’87], $5.98, 342pp, hc) Reprint (Baen 1987) sf novel, first hardcover edition.
• * _The Kindly Ones (Gollancz 0-575-04361-X, Jun ’90, £3.99, 371pp, pb, cover by Terry Pastor) Reprint (Baen 1987) sf novel.
• * *Mighty Good Road (Baen 0-671-69873-7, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 306pp, pb, cover by Tom Kidd) Sf novel of a salvage team on a dangerous planet.
• * _Mighty Good Road (SFBC #17186, Jun ’90, $5.98, 306pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) Reprint (Baen 1990) sf novel. First hardcover edition.
• * *Night Sky Mine (Tor 0-312-85875-2, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $24.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) SF novel. An orphan on the asteroids searches for her true identity in a world where people can’t exist without official identities.
• * _Night Sky Mine (SFBC #13942, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $11.98, 384pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1996) SF novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Night Sky Mine (Tor 0-312-86156-7, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $14.95, 384pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1996) SF novel.
• * *Point of Hopes (with Lisa A. Barnett) (Tor 0-312-85844-2, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $23.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Kevin Eugene Johnson) [Point of Hopes] Fantasy novel set in an world of gunpowder, swordplay and magic.
• * _Point of Hopes (with Lisa A. Barnett) (Tor 0-812-55099-4, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $6.99, 421pp, pb, cover by Kevin Eugene Johnson) [Point of Hopes] Reprint (Tor 1995) fantasy novel set in an world of gunpowder, swordplay and magic.
• * *The Roads of Heaven (SFBC #12385, May ’88 [Jun ’88], $8.98, 760pp, hc) [Silence Leigh] Omnibus edition of the “Silence Leigh” sf trilogy Five-Twelfths of Heaven (1985), Silence in Solitude (1986) and The Empress of Earth (1987), all originally from Baen. (Contents)
• * *Shadow Man (Tor 0-312-85800-0, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $22.95, 320pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) SF novel of a future in which there are five human sexes, but one planet forcibly limits choices to the traditional two, regardless of biology.
• * _Shadow Man (SFBC #10191, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $10.98, 320pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel of a future in which there are five human sexes. This is similar to the Tor edition, but lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Shadow Man (Tor 0-312-86206-7, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $13.95, 443pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel of a future in which there are five human sexes.
• * *The Shapes of Their Hearts (Tor 0-312-85877-9, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $22.95, 301pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) SF novel. An AI merged with the mind of a prophet becomes a godlike being that spreads its message through terrorism.
• * _The Shapes of Their Hearts (SFBC #19150, Sep ’98, $11.50, 301pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1998) SF novel of an AI merged with the mind of a prophet. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Silence in Solitude (Baen 0-671-65699-7, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $2.95, 313pp, pb) [Silence Leigh] Sf novel of a female starpilot/mage, sequel to Five-Twelfths of Heaven.
• * _Silence in Solitude (Gollancz 0-575-04405-5, Jan ’89, £3.50, 313pp, pb, cover by Nick Rodgers) [Silence Leigh] Reprint (Baen 1986) sf novel. Volume Two in the “Silence Leigh” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Star Trek Voyager: The Garden (Pocket 0-671-56799-3, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $5.99, 278pp, pb) [Star Trek: Voyager] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek, Deep Space Nine #9: Proud Helios (Pocket 0-671-88390-9, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $5.50, 277pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] SF novelization based on the TV series. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Trouble and Her Friends (Tor 0-312-85733-0, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $22.95, 379pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Cyberpunk sf novel about 21st-century law-and-order cracking down on the cyberspace frontier.
• * _Trouble and Her Friends (SFBC #05178, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $8.98, 379pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1994) cyberpunk SF novel about 21st-century law-and-order cracking down on the cyberspace frontier. Similar to the Tor edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Trouble and Her Friends (Tor 0-812-52213-3, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $4.99, 379pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1994) cyberpunk SF novel. Winner of a 1995 Lambda Award.
• * _Trouble and Her Friends (Tor 0-812-52213-3, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $6.99, 379pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reissue (Tor 1994) cyberpunk SF novel. Winner of a 1995 Lambda Award. Second printing.

SCOTT, MICHAEL (1943- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Arcana, Book I: Silverhand (with Morgan Llywelyn) See entry under Morgan Llywelyn.
• * _The Arcana, Book II: Silverlight (with Morgan Llywelyn) See entry under Morgan Llywelyn.
• * *Banshee (Mandarin 0-7493-0111-2, Jan ’90, £3.50, 248pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * +Burial Rites (Berkley 0-425-10109-6, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.50, 248pp, pb) Horror novel — archeologists dig up a Thing. Previously published in England as The Ice King (NEL 1986); first American edition. Scott is a pen name for Michael Scott Rohan and Allan J. Scott.
• * *The Children of Lir (Methuen/Magnet 0-416-55000-2, May ’86, £1.95, 91pp, pb) Juvenile fantasy novel, illustrated by Jim Fitzpatrick.
• * *Death’s Law (Sphere 0-7221-7777-1, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], £3.99, 276pp, tp) [Tales of the Bard] Fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Tales of the Bard” series.
• * *Demon’s Law (Sphere 0-7221-7776-3, Apr ’88, £3.99, 294pp, tp) [Tales of the Bard] Fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Tales of the Bard” series.
• * +Gemini Game (Holiday House 0-8234-1092-7, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $14.95, 159pp, hc, cover by Jeff Fisher) Young-adult SF novel about two 21st-Century virtual reality game designers who enter their own creation to find out who is sabotaging it. First American edition (O’Brien Press 1993).
• * *The Hallows (Signet Creed 0-45-118379-7, Jun ’95, £4.99, 354pp, pb, cover by Bill Gregory) Horror novel. The most powerful talismans of Britain, the thirteen Hallows, have been carefully kept apart by their Guardians. Now the Guardians are being murdered, and the power of the talismans is being used by a growing force of darkness.
• * _The Ice King (NEL 0-450-40414-5, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], £2.50, 252pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1986) fantasy/horror novel. This is a pseudonym for Michael Scott Rohan & Allan Scott.
• * *Image (Sphere 0-7474-0884-X, Dec ’91, £4.99, 370pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *Imp (Warner UK 0-7515-0156-5, Dec ’93, £4.99, 314pp, pb) Horror novel about a series of sadistic occult killings.
• * *Irish Folk & Fairy Tales Omnibus (Sphere 0-7474-0451-8, Aug ’89, £5.99, 647pp, pb, cover by Brian Froud) Omnibus of Irish myths and legends. (Contents)
• * *Irish Ghosts and Hauntings (Warner UK 0-7515-0154-9, May ’94, £5.99, 279pp, tp, cover by Brian Froud) Original ghost/horror collection. Based on the rich and textured myths of Ireland. Announced as Irish Ghosts and Ghouls. (Contents)
• * *The Last of the Fianna (Pied Piper 0-416-95920-2, Apr ’87 [1987], £5.95, 112pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel. [Not seen]
• * _The Last of the Fianna (Magnet 0-416-07812-5, Apr ’88, £1.75, 111pp, pb) Reprint (Pied Piper 1987) young-adult fantasy novel based on Irish legends.
• * *Magician’s Law (Sphere 0-7221-7775-5, May ’87, £3.50, 305pp, tp) [Tales of the Bard] Fantasy Novel. Volume 1 of “Tales of the Bard”.
• * *Navigator (with Gloria Gaghan) (Methuen 0-413-17350-X, Mar ’88, £3.95, 202pp, tp) Historical fantasy novel.
• * *Reflection (Warner UK 0-7515-0047-X, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], £4.99, 378pp, pb) Erotic horror novel about a mirror with horrifying properties.
• * _Silverhand: The Arcana Bk. I (with Morgan Llywelyn) See entry under Morgan Llywelyn.

SCOTT, RICHARD P.

• * _Big Gurl (with Thom Metzger) See entry under Thom Metzger.

SCOTT, [Sir] WALTER (1771-1832) (stories)

• * _The Supernatural Short Stories of Sir Walter Scott (Riverrun/Calder 0-7145-4086-2, Oct ’86 [Jan ’87], $8.95, 217pp, tp) Reprint (Calder 1977) collection of ghost stories edited by Michael Hayes. Published in 1986; missed. This is a universal edition, published in England with names of UK, US, and Canadian publishers; distributed in the US by Kampmann. (Contents)

SCOTTEN, CORDELL (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Isaac Asimov’s Robot City: Robots and Aliens Book 2: Renegade (Ace 0-441-73128-7, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.50, 178pp, pb) [Robot City] Sf novelization based on Asimov’s “Robot” stories, with illustrations by Paul Rivoche. The series is packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

SCOTTI, ANNA (1958- ); see pseudonym Anne Joseph

SCOWN, PENNY, ed.

• * _The Body in the Driveway and Other Stories (Scholastic UK 0-590-13644-5, Apr ’97, £3.50, 124pp, pb) Reprint (Ashton Scholastic New Zealand 1995) original young-adult dark fantasy anthology of six stories. Each has an Afterword by its author. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]

SCROCCO, JEAN L.

• * *Antique Fairy Tales (with Judy Mastrangelo) (Unicorn 0-88101-070-7, Oct ’87, $16.95, 216pp, hc) Anthology of 19 fairytales from around the world, abundantly illustrated in color by Mastrangelo. These seem to be retold versions by the editor, Scrocco, with no earlier copyrights given.

SCULL, CHRISTINA (stories)

• * _J. R. R. Tolkien, Artist and Illustrator (with Wayne G. Hammond) See entry under Wayne G. Hammond
• * _J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator (with Wayne G. Hammond) See entry under Wayne G. Hammond

SCULLARD, SUE

• * _Miss Fanshawe and the Great Dragon Adventure (St. Martin’s 0-312-00510-5, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $7.95, unpaginated, hc) Reissue (Macmillan UK 1986) children’s picture book with almost no text. The artwork and construction is excellent for adults too. Recommended. (CNB) Second printing.

SEABROOK, BRENDA

• * *The Haunting of Holroyd Hill (Penguin/Dutton/Cobblehill 0-525-65167-5, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $14.99, 137pp, hc, cover by Stephen Marchesi) Young-adult ghost mystery.

SEABROOK, JACK (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Martians and Misplaced Clues: The Life and Work of Fredric Brown (The Popular Press 0-87972-591-5, Oct ’93 [May ’94], $16.95, 312pp, tp, cover by Gary Dumm) Non-fiction, a biography of Fredric Brown that concentrates on his writing life and his fiction, with a complete bibliography. A hardcover edition (-590-7, $39.95) was announced but not seen. This book has a 1993 copyright but was not seen until now. Available from Bowling Green University Popular Press, Bowling Green OH 43403.

SEABROOKE, BRENDA

• * _The Haunting of Holroyd Hill (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038540-1, Jun ’97, $3.99, 137pp, tp, cover by Daniel R. Horne) Reprint (Cobblehill 1995) YA ghost mystery.

SEAL, GYLA BETH (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Works of Thy Hands (with January Taylor) (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-299-0, 1996 [Jan ’96], $7.99, 186pp, tp, cover by Ruth Thompson) Young-adult SF. Children discover they are the result of their mother’s genetic experiments. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.

SEARIGHT, FRANKLYN, ed. (stories)

• * _H.P. Lovecraft Letters to Richard F. Searight (with David E. Schultz & S. T. Joshi) See entry under David E. Schultz
• * _The Sealed Casket and Others See entry under Richard F. Searight.

SEARIGHT, RICHARD F(ranklyn) (1902-1975) (stories)

• * *The Brain in the Jar and Others: Collected Stories and Poems: One (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-50-X, Oct ’92 [Nov ’92], $5.95, 50pp, ph, cover by Andrew Brosnatch) Collection of five macabre stories and 12 poems, mostly unsold submissions to Weird Tales and other magazines. Edited and with an introduction by Franklyn Searight. Order from Necronomicon Press, 101 Lockwood Street, West Warwick RI 02893. (Contents)
• * *The Sealed Casket and Others (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-85-2, Apr ’96 [May ’96], $5.95, 50pp, ph, cover by Robert H. Knox) Collection of six stories and 12 poems in a weird/Lovecraftian vein, with an introduction by Franklyn Searight. This is volume two of his “Collected Stories and Poems”. Order from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893. (Contents)

SEARLE, RONALD (William Fordham) (1920- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Ronald Searle’s Golden Oldies 1941-1961 (Michael Joseph/Pavilion 1-85145-102-1, 1985 [May ’86], $16.96 in U.S., 144pp, hc) This collection of cartoons appeared in Britain last year. It is now available in the U.S. through Salem House. This is the original British edition with a U.S. sticker on it.

SEARLES, (William) BAIRD (1934-1993) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Films of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Harry N. Abrams 0-8109-0922-7, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $39.95, 234pp, hc) Non-fiction, illustrated bibliography/filmography arranged by subject: Space, Time, Futures, etc. Contains more full color and unusual scenes than most books of its type, as well as intelligent commentary. Recommended. (CNB)

_____, ed.

• * *Halflings, Hobbits, Warrows and Weefolk (with Brian M. Thomsen) (Warner Questar 0-446-39281-2, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $10.99, 275pp, tp, cover by Tim Hildebrandt & Greg Hildebrandt) Original anthology of nine stories, one a reprint, featuring “little folks” of various kinds, with an introduction by Baird Searles. The Judith Moffett is an excerpt from a longer story that was previously published in IASFM. (Contents)

SEBANC, MARK

• * *Flight to Hollow Mountain (Eerdmans 0-8028-3794-8, Jul ’96, $25.00, 412pp, hc, cover by Ted Nasmith) [Talamadh] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in the “Talamadh” trilogy. A boy searches for the stolen Talamadh, the harp that holds the world in harmony. A first novel.

SEBASTIAN, TIM(othy) (1952- )

• * *Saviour’s Gate (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71714-6, Feb ’91, £13.99, 266pp, hc) Near-future thriller.
• * *Spy Shadow (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-69946-6, May ’89, £11.95, 281pp, hc, cover by George Smith) Near-future thriller.

SECHI, STEPHAN MICHAEL, ed. (stories)

• * *Tales of Talislanta (Wizards of the Coast 1-880992-02-7, Jul ’92, $5.00, 204pp, pb) [Talislanta] Original anthology of nine stories set in the gaming world of “Talislanta,” with a preface and introduction by the editor. (Contents)

SECREST, ROSE, ed. (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Leviathan, Volume Two (with Jeff VanderMeer) See entry under Jeff VanderMeer.

SECRET FEMINIST CABAL, THE, ed.

• * _Flying Cups & Saucers: Gender Explorations in Science Fiction & Fantasy (with Deborah L. Notkin) See entry under Deborah L. Notkin