The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- SHECKLEY, ROBERT (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * *The Collected Short Stories of Robert Sheckley Book Five (Pulphouse no ISBN, Sep 91, no price, 344pp, hc) Collection of 36 stories with an introduction by K.W. Jeter, fifth volume of a five-book set. These books are only available as a 300-copy limited slipcased set, each leatherbound volume signed by the author and introducer. The price is $150.00. (Contents)
- * *The Collected Short Stories of Robert Sheckley Book Four (Pulphouse no ISBN, Sep 91, no price, 275pp, hc) Collection of 20 stories with an introduction by Damon Knight, fourth volume of a five-book set. These books are only available as a 300-copy limited slipcased set, each leatherbound volume signed by the author and introducer. The price is $150.00. (Contents)
- * *The Collected Short Stories of Robert Sheckley Book One (Pulphouse no ISBN, Sep 91, no price, 331pp, hc) Collection of 24 stories with an introduction by Roger Zelazny, first volume of a five-book set. These books are only available as a 300-copy limited slipcased set, each leatherbound volume signed by the author and introducer. The price is $150.00. (Contents)
- * *The Collected Short Stories of Robert Sheckley Book Three (Pulphouse no ISBN, Sep 91, no price, 360pp, hc) Collection of 25 stories with an introduction by Harlan Ellison, third volume of a five-book set. These books are only available as a 300-copy limited slipcased set, each leatherbound volume signed by the author and introducer. The price is $150.00. (Contents)
- * *The Collected Short Stories of Robert Sheckley Book Two (Pulphouse no ISBN, Sep 91, no price, 380pp, hc) Collection of 27 stories with an introduction by Mike Resnick, second volume of a five-book set. These books are only available as a 300-copy limited slipcased set, each leatherbound volume signed by the author and introducer. The price is $150.00. (Contents)
- * _Dimension of Miracles (Gollancz 0-575-03706-7, Sep 85 [Aug 85], £8.95, 190pp, hc) Reissue (Dell 1968) humorous sf novel.
- * _Dimension of Miracles (Grafton 0-586-04551-1, Oct 86, £2.50, 188pp, pb) Reissue (Dell 1968) humorous sf novel.
- * *Draconian New York (Tor/Forge 0-312-85130-8, Jul 96 [Jun 96], $20.95, 224pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Associational mystery novel featuring Hob Draconian, aging ex-hippie detective.
- * _Draconian New York (Tor/Forge 0-312-86359-4, Jan 98 [Dec 97], $12.95, 224pp, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Forge 1996) associational mystery novel featuring Hob Draconian, aging ex-hippie detective.
- * _A Farce to Be Reckoned With (with Roger Zelazny) See entry under Roger Zelazny.
- * *Godshome (Tor 0-312-86804-9, Jan 99 [Dec 98], $22.95, 251pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Humorous fantasy novel. Chaos erupts when a naive professor of comparative mythology invites gods back to earth.
- * *Hunter/Victim (NAL/Signet 0-451-15142-9, Jan 88 [Dec 87], $3.50, 269pp, pb) [Hunt] Sf novel, sequel to The 10th Victim and Victim Prime.
- * _Hunter/Victim (Methuen 0-413-18150-2, May 88, £10.95, 238pp, hc) [Hunt] Reprint (Signet 1988) sf novel about the origins of The Hunt. Volume 3 in the Hunt series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Hunter/Victim (Methuen 0-413-19450-7, Nov 88, £3.50, 238pp, pb) [Hunt] Reprint (Signet 1988) sf novel. Volume 3 in the Hunt series.
- * _If at Faust You Dont Succeed (with Roger Zelazny) See entry under Roger Zelazny.
- * _Immortality Inc. (Tor 0-812-51931-0, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $4.99, 250pp, pb, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Bantam 1959) sf novel, a movie-tie in edition for Freejack. This is an expanded version of a book originally published by Avalon in 1958 as Immortality Delivered.
- * _Immortality Inc. (Legend 0-09-915741-1, Apr 92, £3.99, 204pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) Reprint (Bantam 1959) sf novel. Issued to tie in with the release of the film Freejack, which is based on it. This is a revised retitling of Immortality Delivered (Avalon 1958).
- * *Is That What People Do?: The Selected Short Stories of Robert Sheckley (Holt Rinehart & Winston 0-03-063707-4, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $19.95, 402pp, hc) Previously uncollected Sheckley. Hes one of the masters of short fiction. Highly recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
- * _Journey Beyond Tomorrow (Gollancz 0-575-03707-5, Sep 85 [Aug 85], £8.95, 189pp, hc) Reissue (NAL/Signet 1962) humorous sf novel, third Gollancz printing.
- * _Journey Beyond Tomorrow (Gollancz 0-575-04122-6, Aug 87, £3.50, 189pp, tp) Reprint (Signet 1962) sf novel. Volume 15 in the Gollancz Classic SF series.
- * _Mindswap (Gollancz 0-575-03705-9, Sep 85 [Aug 85], £8.95, 216pp, hc) Reissue (Delacorte 1966) humorous sf novel.
- * _Mindswap (Grafton 0-586-06695-0, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £1.95, 191pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1966) sf novel.
- * *Minotaur Maze (Pulphouse/Axolotl no ISBN, Dec 90, $10.00, 110pp, tp, cover by Donna Gordon) Fantasy novella about Theseus and the Minotaur. A signed hardcover limited edition of 300 copies ($35.00) and a deluxe leatherbound limited edition of 75 copies ($65.00) are also available.
- * _Options (Grafton 0-586-06711-6, Dec 86, £2.50, 156pp, pb) Reprint (Pyramid 1975) sf novel.
- * *Soma Blues (Tor/Forge 0-312-86273-3, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $20.95, 222pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Associational mystery novel featuring Hob Draconian, aging ex-hippie detective.
- * _Soma Blues (Tor/Forge 0-312-86579-1, Feb 98 [Jan 98], $13.95, 222pp, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Forge 1997) associational mystery novel.
- * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Laertian Gamble (Pocket 0-671-88690-8, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $5.99, 273pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- * _The Status Civilization (Methuen 0-413-60150-1, Jun 86 [May 86], £2.25, 144pp, pb) Reprint (Signet 1960) sf novel.
- * *The Status Civilization/Mindswap (Legend 0-09-919921-1, Dec 93, £4.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Dennis Barker) Sf omnibus. (Contents)
- * _The Tenth Victim (Methuen 0-413-16560-4, Dec 87 [Nov 87], £2.50, 118pp, pb) [Hunt] Reprint (Ballantine 1966) sf novel. Volume 1 in the Hunt series.
- * *Victim Prime (Methuen 0-413-41790-5, Jan 87, £9.95, 203pp, hc) [Hunt] Sf novel, an indirect (and very minor) sequel to The Seventh Victim (FCM).
- * +Victim Prime (NAL/Signet 0-451-14864-9, Jun 87 [May 87], $3.50, 221pp, pb) [Hunt] Sf novel, sequel to The 10th Victim. First U.S. edition (Methuen 1987).
- * _Victim Prime (Methuen 0-413-41800-6, Jul 87, £2.50, 203pp, pb) [Hunt] Reprint (Methuen 1987) sf novel. Volume 2 in the Hunt series.
- * *Watchbird (Pulphouse no ISBN, Jul 90, no price, 35pp, hc, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) Novelette in the Pulphouse Convention Series. This is a signed numbered edition limited to 126 copies (including a special binding).
- * *Xolotl (Pulphouse 1-56146-503-8, Jan 91, $1.95, 41pp, pb, cover by Rick Lieder) Fantasy story. Short story paperback #3. A 100-copy, leatherbound limited edition ($20.00) is also available.
- SHEFFIELD, CHARLES (A.) (1935-2002) (stories)
- * *Aftermath (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37893-7, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $13.95, 452pp, tp, cover by Paul Youll) [Aftermath] Near-future post-holocaust SF novel. The Alpha Centauri supernova devastates earth.
- * *Between the Strokes of Night (Baen 0-671-55977-X, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $3.50, 346pp, pb) Sf novel. Sheffields best hard science novel so far. Recommended. (CNB)
- * _Between the Strokes of Night (Headline 0-7472-3077-3, Dec 87, £2.95, 346pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1985) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Between the Strokes of Night (Baen 0-671-55977-X, Nov 92, $4.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reissue (Baen 1985) sf novel; third printing.
- * *The Billion Dollar Boy (Tor 0-312-86204-0, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $22.95, 255pp, hc, cover by Vincent di Fate) [Jupiter] Young-adult SF novel, second in the Jupiter series. A rich young man ends up stranded on a mining ship.
- * _The Billion Dollar Boy (Tor 0-812-53891-9, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $5.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Vincent di Fate) [Jupiter] Reprint (Tor 1997) young-adult SF novel, second in the Jupiter series.
- * *Brother to Dragons (Baen 0-671-72141-0, Nov 92 [Oct 92], $4.99, 261pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) Sf novel of a young man struggling for survival in a future world where the economic classes have polarized.
- * _Brother to Dragons (Easton Press no ISBN, Jan 93, no price, 261pp, hc) Sf novel of a young man struggling for survival in a future world where the economic classes have polarized. This is published simultaneously with the Baen edition listed three months ago. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Signed First Editions of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
- * *Cold As Ice (Tor 0-312-85139-1, Jun 92 [May 92], $19.95, 309pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) [Cold As Ice] Sf novel about a plan to transform one of Jupiters moons into a habitable world in the uneasy peace following a war between Earth and its colonies. (Recommended (CNB).
- * _Cold As Ice (SFBC #01549, Jul 92 [Aug 92], $9.98, 309pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) [Cold As Ice] Reprint (Tor 1992) sf novel. Similar to the Tor edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and the SFBC number is on the back jacket.
- * _Cold As Ice (Tor 0-812-51163-8, Jun 93 [May 93], $4.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Vincent DiFate) [Cold As Ice] Reprint (Tor 1992) sf novel about a plan to transform one of Jupiters moons into a habitable world in the uneasy peace following a war between Earth and its colonies.
- * *Convergence (Baen 0-671-87774-7, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $5.99, 299pp, pb, cover by Gary Freeman) [Heritage Universe] SF novel, fourth in the Heritage Universe series.
- * _Convergence (SFBC #15654, Jun 97 [May 97], $8.98, 299pp, hc, cover by Gary Freeman) [Heritage Universe] Reprint (Baen 1997) SF novel, fourth in the Heritage Universe series. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the Baen paperback edition; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * *Convergent Series (Baen 0-671-87791-7, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $6.99, 564pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Heritage Universe] Omnibus of two SF novels in the Heritage Universe: Summertide (1990) and Divergence (1991). A publishers note indicates they have been revised for this edition, but there is no evidence of significant change, nor updated copyrights. (Contents)
- * *The Cyborg from Earth (Tor 0-312-86407-8, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $22.95, 286pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Jupiter] Young-adult SF novel in the Jupiter series. The family screw-up is sent to space to fight a cyborg rebellion.
- * _The Cyborg from Earth (Tor 0-812-57184-3, Jan 99 [Dec 98], $5.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Jupiter] Reprint (Tor 1998) young-adult SF novel in the Jupiter series.
- * *Dancing with Myself (Baen 0-671-72185-2, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $4.99, 366pp, pb, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) Collection of 11 stories and five non-fiction articles, one original. (Contents)
- * *Divergence (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36039-7, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $16.95, 281pp, hc, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Heritage Universe] Sf novel, second book in the Heritage Universe series.
- * _Divergence (Gollancz 0-575-04999-5, Apr 91, £13.99, 281pp, hc) [Heritage Universe] Reprint (Del Rey 1991) sf novel. Book Two of The Heritage Universe. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Divergence (Easton Press no ISBN, Jun 91, no price, 281pp, hc) [Heritage Universe] Sf novel, second book in the Heritage Universe series, with an introduction by James Gunn and artwork by Bruce Jensen. This is published simultaneously with the Del Rey edition which appeared five months earlier. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Signed First Editions of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
- * _Divergence (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36938-6, Feb 92 [Jan 92], $4.99, 293pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Heritage Universe] Reprint (Del Rey 1991) sf novel, second book of the Heritage Universe series.
- * _Divergence (Gollancz 0-575-05247-3, Feb 92 [Jan 92], £3.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Heritage Universe] Reprint (Del Rey 1991) sf novel. Book two of The Heritage Universe.
- * *The Ganymede Club (Tor 0-312-85662-8, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $23.95, 352pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) [Cold As Ice] SF novel, set in the same universe as Cold As Ice. Mankind survives on the moons of Jupiter in the chaotic aftermath of the Great War.
- * _The Ganymede Club (SFBC #11433, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $11.98, 352pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) [Cold As Ice] Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel, set in the same universe as Cold As Ice. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _The Ganymede Club (Tor 0-812-54460-9, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $6.99, 342pp, pb, cover by John Berkey) [Cold As Ice] Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel, set in the same universe as Cold As Ice.
- * *Georgia on My Mind and Other Places (Tor 0-312-85663-6, Feb 95, $21.95, 350pp, hc) Collection of 14 stories, with an introduction by the author, and an afterword to each story describing how it came to be written. (Contents)
- * _Georgia on My Mind and Other Places (Tor 0-312-86225-3, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $13.95, 350pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1995) collection.
- * *Godspeed (Tor 0-312-85317-3, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $21.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Vincent di Fate) Sf novel concerning human colonists efforts to regain an alien ultralightspeed technology.
- * _Godspeed (SFBC #02890, Apr 94 [Mar 94], $7.98, 352pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel concerning human colonists efforts to regain an alien ultralightspeed technology. Similar to the Tor edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Godspeed (Tor 0-812-51992-2, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $4.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Reprint (Tor 1993) young-adult SF novel.
- * *The Heritage Universe (SFBC #02422, Oct 92, $14.98, 723pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Heritage Universe] Sf omnibus of Summertide (Del Rey 1990), Divergence (Del Rey 1991), and Transcendence (Del Rey 1992). (Contents)
- * _Higher Education (with Jerry E. Pournelle) See entry under Jerry E. Pournelle
- * _Higher Education (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (Tor 0-812-53890-0, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $5.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Vincent di Fate) [Jupiter] Reprint (Tor 1996) young-adult SF novel, first in the Jupiter series.
- * _The Judas Cross (with David F. Bischoff) (Special Editions Press 0-940841-94-0, Sep 94 [Jun 95], $30.00, 381pp, hc) Reprint (Warner 1994) signed, numbered, limited edition of 150. This is the first hardcover edition and has a 1994 copyright date, but was not seen until now. Order from Blue Moon Books, 360 West First, Eugene OR 97401.
- * *The Judas Cross (with David F. Bischoff) (Warner Aspect 0-446-60102-0, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $5.50, 361pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) World War I thriller/horror novel. A Frenchman hopes to use a sacred artifact to save his country, not understanding the full horror of the sacrifice he has to make.
- * _The McAndrew Chronicles (Tor 0-812-55429-9, Jan 88 [Dec 87], $3.50, 243pp, pb) [McAndrew] Reissue (Tor 1983) sf novel; 2nd printing.
- * *The Mind Pool (Baen 0-671-72165-8, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $4.99, 420pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Mind Pool] Sf novel of a galaxy threatened by cyborgs that can only be saved by human intervention. This is a heavily revised and expanded version of The Nimrod Hunt (Baen 1986).
- * _My Brothers Keeper (Ace 0-441-55134-3, Mar 86 [Feb 86], $2.95, 216pp, pb) Reissue (Ace 1982) sf novel of a man with memories from his dead brothers brain, and danger from his brothers past.
- * *The Nimrod Hunt (Baen 0-671-65582-5, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $3.50, 401pp, pb) Sf novel of androids, aliens, and moral philosophy. Recommended. (CNB)
- * _The Nimrod Hunt (Headline 0-7472-3078-1, Apr 88, £3.50, 401pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1986) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *One Mans Universe (Tor 0-812-52399-7, Dec 93, $9.99, 308pp, tp, cover by Vincent DiFate) [McAndrew] Sf novel/collection expanded from The McAndrew Chronicles (Tor 1983), with a new introduction by the author. (Contents)
- * _Proteus Combined (Baen 0-671-87603-1, May 94 [Apr 94], $5.99, 485pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Behrooz Wolf] Reprint (SFBC 1989 as Proteus Manifest) sf omnibus of Sight of Proteus (Ace 1978) and its sequel Proteus Unbound (NEL 1988). This is the authors preferred text, with the first part revised slightly from the more significantly revised text of the 1988 NEL edition of Sight of Proteus. (Contents)
- * *Proteus in the Underworld (Baen 0-671-87659-7, May 95 [Apr 95], $5.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Behrooz Wolf] SF novel in the Proteus series.
- * _Proteus in the Underworld (SFBC #07389, Jul 95 [May 95], $8.98, 304pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Behrooz Wolf] Reprint (Baen 1995) SF novel in the Proteus series. Similar to the Baen paperback edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. First hardcover edition.
- * *Proteus Manifest (SFBC #15032, Jul 89 [Oct 89], $6.98, 406pp, hc) [Behrooz Wolf] Omnibus of Sight of Proteus (Ace 1978) and Proteus Unbound (NEL 1989). (Contents)
- * *Proteus Unbound (NEL 0-450-43116-9, Jan 89 [Dec 88], £2.99, 267pp, pb) [Behrooz Wolf] Sf novel. Sequel to Sight of Proteus.
- * +Proteus Unbound (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34434-0, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $3.95, 261pp, pb) [Behrooz Wolf] High-tech sf novel. Sequel to Sight of Proteus. First American edition (NEL 1989).
- * *Putting Up Roots (Tor 0-312-86241-5, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $21.95, 255pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Jupiter] SF novel, third in the Jupiter series. An autistic boy makes contact with alien creatures on a colony planet supposedly devoid of intelligent life.
- * _Putting Up Roots (Tor 0-812-53892-7, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $5.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Jupiter] Reprint (Tor 1997) young-adult SF novel, third in the Jupiter series.
- * _The Selkie (with David F. Bischoff) (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16779-1, Jun 90 [May 90], $4.95, 426pp, pb) Reissue (Macmillan 1982) sf/horror novel; 12th printing.
- * _Sight of Proteus (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34433-2, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $3.50, 246pp, pb) [Behrooz Wolf] Reprint (Ace 1978) sf novel.
- * _Sight of Proteus (NEL 0-450-48903-5, Jan 89 [Dec 88], £2.99, 246pp, pb) [Behrooz Wolf] Reprint (Ace 1978) sf novel.
- * *Space Careers (with Carol Rosin) (Morrow 0-688-03182-X, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $16.95, 240pp, hc) Non-fiction study, of associational interest.
- * *Summertide (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36038-9, Feb 90 [Jan 90], $16.95, 257pp, hc, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Heritage Universe] Sf adventure novel, first book of the Heritage Universe.
- * _Summertide (Gollancz 0-575-04761-5, Apr 90, £13.95, 257pp, hc) [Heritage Universe] Reprint (Del Rey 1990) sf novel. First book in the Heritage Universe series.
- * _Summertide (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36937-8, Jan 91 [Dec 90], $4.95, 281pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Heritage Universe] Reprint (Del Rey 1990) sf adventure novel, first book of the Heritage Universe series.
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