The Locus Index to Science Fiction
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- 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 cant 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.
- * *Deaths 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.
- * *Demons 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 (OBrien 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.
- * *Magicians 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.
- 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 Asimovs 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 Asimovs 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)
- SCULLARD, SUE
- * _Miss Fanshawe and the Great Dragon Adventure (St. Martins 0-312-00510-5, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $7.95, unpaginated, hc) Reissue (Macmillan UK 1986) childrens picture book with almost no text. The artwork and construction is excellent for adults too. Recommended. (CNB) Second printing.
- SEABROOK, BRENDA
- 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 mothers genetic experiments. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
- SEARIGHT, FRANKLYN, ed. (stories)
- 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 Searles 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- )
- 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.)
- SECRET FEMINIST CABAL, THE, ed.
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