The Locus Index to Science Fiction
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- SHILLITOE, TONY (stories) (continued)
- * *Guardians (Pan Australia 0-330-27243-8, 1992 [Oct 93], A$12.95, 417pp, pb, cover by Mike Worrall) [Andrakis] Fantasy novel, first book of the Andrakis series. This is a 1992 book not seen until now. An Australian first edition.
- * *Kingmaker (Pan Australia 0-330-27298-5, 1993 [Oct 93], A$12.95, 385pp, pb, cover by Mike Worrall) [Andrakis] Fantasy novel, second book of the Andrakis series. This is an Australian first edition.
- SHIMADA, MASAHIKO (1961- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Dream Messenger (Kodansha International 4-77001-543-7, Jan 93, $22.00, 293pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a telepathic young Japanese man who sells his unique ability to enter other peoples dreams. Translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel. Originally published as Yumetsukai (Kodansha 1989).
- SHINER, LEWIS (Gordon) (1950- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Authors Choice Monthly Issue 4: Nine Hard Questions About the Nature of the Universe (Pulphouse no ISBN, Jan 90 [Feb 90], $4.95, 120pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Collection of nine stories, two of them original, the others revised, with an introduction by the author. Also available in a signed hardcover edition ($25.00). A signed leatherbound deluxe edition ($50.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * *Deserted Cities of the Heart (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-24637-4, Jun 88 [May 88], $17.95, 273pp, hc) Fantasy novel of near-future politics and old gods in Central America. The mixture of gritty adventure and neo-60s mysticism is odd, but the storytelling is generally compelling. (FCM)
- * _Deserted Cities of the Heart (Abacus 0-349-10001-2, Jul 88, £3.99, 306pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1988) near-future fantasy/sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Deserted Cities of the Heart (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27975-0, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $4.50, 335pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1988) sf novel of the near future and ancient Mayan mysticism. A Nebula nominee.
- * _Deserted Cities of the Heart (Bantam 0-553-35457-4, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $9.50, 272pp, tp, cover by Tom Hallman) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1988) fantasy novel of old gods and near-future politics in Central America. Recommended (SW).
- * *The Edges of Things (WSFA Press 0-9621725-2-9, Jun 91 [Jul 91], $45.00, 216pp, hc, cover by Alicia Austin) Collection of 13 stories, four original, with illustrations by Alicia Austin and an introduction by Mark L. Van Name. This is a numbered limited edition of 600 copies signed by author and artist, commemorating the two GoHs at the 1991 Disclave. (Contents)
- * *Frontera (Baen 0-671-55899-4, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $2.95, 286pp, pb) Sf novel, a first novel.
- * *Glimpses (Morrow 0-688-12411-9, Jul 93, $21.00, 331pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) Rock n roll fantasy novel about a fan who is suddenly able to hear and then bootleg tapes of dead rock stars performances that were never recorded. Recommended (SW).
- * _Glimpses (AvoNova 0-380-72364-6, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $5.50, 328pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 1993) rock n roll alternate-world/magic realism novel. Winner of the 1994 World Fantasy Award.
- * _Private Eye Action As You Like It (with Joe R. Lansdale) See entry under Joe R. Lansdale
- * *Slam (Doubleday 0-385-26683-9, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $18.95, 233pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) Associational mainstream novel.
- * _Slam (Bantam 0-553-35449-3, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $8.50, 233pp, tp, cover by Tim Jacobus) Reprint (Doubleday 1990) associational mainstream novel.
- * *Twilight Time (Pulphouse 1-56146-530-5, Jul 91, $1.95, 46pp, pb, cover by Alan Giana) Sf short story about a time traveler who goes back to his own past and finds it changed. This originally appeared in IASFM. Short story paperback #30. A 100-copy limited leatherbound edition (-917-3, $20.00) is also available.
- _____, ed.
- * *When the Musics Over (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28985-3, May 91 [Apr 91], $4.99, 322pp, pb, cover by Ken Jacobus) Original anthology of 18 antiwar stories, with an introduction by the editor and an afterword by Richard Kadrey. The editors proceeds are to be donated to Greenpeace. (Contents)
- SHINEROCK, SIMON M.
- SHINN, SHARON (Ruth) (1957- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *The Alleluia Files (Ace 0-441-00505-5, Apr 98 [Mar 98], $13.95, 474pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Archangel] SF novel, third in the Archangel series.
- * *Archangel (Ace 0-441-00330-3, May 96 [Apr 96], $13.95, 390pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Archangel] SF novel. Genetically engineered angels keep peace on a colony planet, until oracles require one to marry a human woman who has other ideas.
- * _Archangel (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648257-0, Nov 96, £5.99, 390pp, pb) [Archangel] Reprint (Ace 1996) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Archangel (Ace 0-441-00432-6, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $6.50, 390pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Archangel] Reprint (Ace 1996) SF novel. A genetically engineered angel must marry a human woman who has other ideas.
- * *Jovahs Angel (Ace 0-441-00404-0, May 97 [Apr 97], $13.95, 389pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Archangel] SF novel, sequel to Archangel.
- * _Jovahs Angel (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648258-9, Oct 97, £5.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Chris Baker) [Archangel] Reprint (Ace 1997) fantasy novel. Sequel to Archangel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Jovahs Angel (Ace 0-441-00519-5, Apr 98 [Mar 98], $6.50, 358pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Archangel] Reprint (Ace 1997) SF novel, sequel to Archangel.
- * *The Shape-Changers Wife (Ace 0-441-00261-7, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $4.99, 200pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) Fantasy novel. A student of sorcery is tempted by his masters wife. A first novel.
- * _The Shape-Changers Wife (SFBC #11565, May 96 [Apr 96], $7.98, 200pp, hc, cover by Dorian Vallejo) Reprint (Ace 1995) fantasy novel. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the Ace paperback, and lacks a price and has an SFBC number on the back jacket.
- SHINN, THELMA J. (Wardrop) (1942- )
- * _Worlds with Women: Myth and Mythmaking in Fantastic Literature by Women (Greenwood 0-313-25101-0, Jan 87, £27.00, 240pp, hc) Reprint (Greenwood 1986) critical study of sf written by women. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Worlds Within Women: Myth & Mythmaking in Fantastic Literature By Women (Greenwood 0-313-25101-0, Oct 86 [Nov 86], $29.95, xiv + 214pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study. Among authors discussed are Bradley, Butler, Charnas, Cherryh, Norton, Russ, and Walton.
- SHIPMAN, DAVID (1932- )
- * *A Pictorial History of Science Fiction Films (Hamlyn 0-600-38520-5, 1985 [Apr 86], $17.95, 172pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. Lots of stills. This is a 1985 British book imported and repriced.
- SHIPPEY, T. A.
- * _The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien created a new mythology (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10275-3, Dec 97 [Jan 98], £8.99, 336pp, tp, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1982) reference book. [Tolkien]
- SHIPPEY, TOM; [i.e., Thomas A. Shippey] (1943- ); see pseudonyms Tom Allen & John Holm (stories) (assoc.)
- * _The Road to Middle-Earth (Grafton 0-261-10275-3, Nov 92 [Oct 92], £6.99, 337pp, tp, cover by Alan Lee) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1982) critical study of J.R.R. Tolkien. This edition is revised and contains a new preface. [Tolkien]
- _____, ed.
- * _Fiction 2000: Cyberpunk and the Future of Narrative (with George E. Slusser) See entry under George E. Slusser
- * *Fictional Space: Essays on Contemporary Science Fiction (Basil Blackwell/Humanities Press 0-391-03688-2, Jun 91, $70.00, 227pp, hc) Criticism, a collection of eight essays on sf. This is a world-wide edition.
- * *The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-214216-X, Feb 94 [Jan 94], £17.95, xxii+499pp, hc, cover by Pete Lyon) Anthology of 31 stories tracing the development of fantasy from Richard Garnett in 1888 to Terry Pratchett in 1992. (Contents)
- * +The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-214216-X, Mar 94, $25.00, 499pp, hc, cover by Pete Lyon) Anthology of 31 fantasy stories tracing the development of fantasy from the 1880s to the present, with an introduction by the editor and a selected bibliography. First American Edition (Oxford UK 1994).
- * _The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-282398-1, Mar 95, £7.99, 499pp, tp, cover by Pete Lyon) Reprint (Oxford 1994) anthology of 31 stories tracing the development of fantasy from Richard Garnett in 1888 to Terry Pratchett in 1992.
- * _The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-282398-1, May 95 [Jun 95], $14.95, 499pp, tp, cover by Pete Lyon) Reprint (Oxford UK 1994) anthology of 31 fantasy stories tracing the development of fantasy from the 1880s to the present, with an introduction by the editor and a selected bibliography.
- * *The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-214204-6, Oct 92 [Aug 92], $22.50, 587pp, hc, cover by Victor Stabin) Anthology of 30 sf stories written from 1903 to 1990, with an introduction by Shippey and a selected bibliography. (Contents)
- * _The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-283167-4, Oct 93, £6.99, 582pp, tp, cover by David A. Hardy) Reprint (Oxford 1992) anthology of 30 sf stories.
- SHIRLEY, JEAN
- SHIRLEY, JOHN (Patrick) (1953- ); see house pseudonym D. B. Drumm (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Black Butterflies: A Flock on the Dark Side (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-86-4, May 98 [Apr 98], $16.95, 252pp, tp, cover by John Bergin) Collection of 17 horror stories, divided into stories of This World and nine surreal or supernatural stories of That World. Illustrated by John Bergin. Foreword by Paula Guran. Order from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088. (Contents)
- * _City Come A-Walkin (Eyeball Books 0-9642505-1-9, Aug 96, $10.00, 216pp, tp, cover by Rick Berry) Surreal/proto-cyberpunk SF/rocknroll novel, revised from the 1980 Dell edition. An avatar of the City of San Francisco comes to the help of a beleaguered rock club owner. Foreword by William Gibson. Order from Eyeball Books, PO Box 18539, Asheville NC 28814.
- * _Dracula in Love (Zebra 0-8217-3001-0, May 90 [Apr 90], $3.95, 283pp, pb) Reissue (Zebra 1979) vampire novel; second printing.
- * *Eclipse (Bluejay 0-312-94130-7, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $8.95, 339pp, pb) [Song Called Youth] Sf novel, first volume in the Punk saga of A Song Called Youth.
- * _Eclipse (Methuen 0-413-41920-7, Nov 86, £2.50, 310pp, pb) [Song Called Youth] Reprint (Bluejay 1985) sf novel, #1 in the Song Called Youth trilogy.
- * _Eclipse (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20506-7, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $3.50, 310pp, pb) [Song Called Youth] Reprint (Bluejay 1985) sf novel, first in trilogy A Song Called Youth. A post-holocaust apolyptic, pop-inflected, rock-driven vision! (or so it says on the cover, which also dubs this The Ultimate Cyberpunk Saga).
- * *Eclipse Corona (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20510-5, Apr 90 [Mar 90], $4.95, 293pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Song Called Youth] Cyberpunk sf novel, third book of the Eclipse series.
- * *Eclipse Penumbra (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20508-3, May 88 [Apr 88], $3.95, 322pp, pb) [Song Called Youth] Sf novel, second in the Song Called Youth series.
- * *The Exploded Heart (Eyeball Books 0-9642505-0-0, Aug 96, $10.00, 309pp, tp, cover by Rick Berry) Collection of 14 stories (one previously unpublished, the rest revised from previous publication) and the lyrics to six songs. There is a foreword by Bruce Sterling. Order from Eyeball Books, PO Box 18539, Asheville NC 28814. (Contents)
- * *Heatseeker (Scream/Press 0-910489-26-2, Apr 89, $25.00, 246pp, hc) Collection of 19 stories including three originals and revised texts of others. Also announced in a limited edition. (Contents)
- * _Heatseeker (Grafton 0-586-20837-2, Sep 90, £3.99, 364pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Scream/Press 1989) collection of 19 sf stories including three originals and revised texts of others.
- * *In Darkness Waiting (NAL Onyx 0-451-40080-1, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $3.50, 269pp, pb) Horror novel.
- * _In Darkness Waiting (Grafton 0-586-21010-5, Jan 91, £3.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Onyx 1988) horror novel.
- * *Kamus of Kadizhar: The Black Hole of Carcosa (St. Martins 0-312-91173-4, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $2.95, 184pp, pb) [Kamus of Kadizhar] Sf detective novel based on a character created by Michael Reaves for The Darkworld Detective.
- * *New Noir (Black Ice Books 0-932511-55-4, Mar 93, $7.00, 115pp, tp, cover by Tim Ferret) Associational collection of six stories in the noir tradition, with illustrations by Ferret. Order from Fiction Collective Two, c/o English Department, Publications Center, College Box 494, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder CO 80309-0494. (Contents)
- * *Silicon Embrace (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-44-9, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $29.95, 282pp, hc, cover by Paul Mavrides) Near-future SF novel of cybernetic shamanism and secrets in a civil-war-torn US, and the truth about whats going on in Area 51. A signed, limited edition (-44-7, $65.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088.
- * *A Splendid Chaos (Franklin Watts 0-531-15065-8, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $17.95, 358pp, hc) Sf novel, illustrated by Ferret. Kidnapped by aliens, groups of humans (and others) struggle to survive on a bizarre planet with weird native life forms.
- * _A Splendid Chaos (Mandarin 0-7493-0047-7, Jul 89, £3.99, 357pp, pb) Reprint (Franklin Watts 1988) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Three-Ring Psychus (Zebra 0-8217-3286-2, Nov 90 [Oct 90], $3.95, 240pp, pb) Reissue (Zebra 1982) sf novel; second printing.
- * _Traveler # 2: Kingdom Come [as by D. B. Drumm] See entry under D. B. Drumm
- * _Traveler # 3: The Stalkers [as by D. B. Drumm] See entry under D. B. Drumm
- * _Traveler # 4: To Kill a Shadow [as by D. B. Drumm] See entry under D. B. Drumm
- * _Traveler # 5: Road War [as by D. B. Drumm] See entry under D. B. Drumm
- * _Traveler # 6: Border War [as by D. B. Drumm] See entry under D. B. Drumm
- * _Traveler # 8: Terminal Road [as by D. B. Drumm] See entry under D. B. Drumm
- * *Wetbones (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-63-5, Feb 92, $25.00, 274pp, hc, cover by Arnie Fenner) Horror novel of urban evil in contemporary America. A signed limited edition (-64-3, $65.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Mark V. Ziesing, Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088.
- * _Wetbones (Blake Publishing 1-857820-32-0, May 93, £4.99, 332pp, pb) Reprint (Ziesing 1992) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- SHIRREFS, MARK
- * _The Girl from Tomorrow (with John Thomson) (Knight 0-340-55760-5, Jan 92, £2.99, 210pp, pb) Reprint (Australia: Hodder & Stoughton 1990) young-adult sf novelization, based on the TV series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Spellbinder: Book I: Rianas World (with John Thomson) (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-66737-0, Apr 96, £3.99, 350pp, pb) [Spellbinder] Reprint (Hodder Headline Australia 1995) young-adult fantasy novelisation of the Spellbinder TV serial; first in a series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Spellbinder: Book II: Pauls World (with John Thomson) (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-66738-9, Apr 96, £3.99, 367pp, pb) [Spellbinder] Reprint (Hodder Headline Australia 1995) young-adult fantasy novelisation of the Spellbinder TV serial; second in a series. [First U.K. edition]
- SHOEMAKER, MICHAEL T., ed. (stories)
- SHORTLAND, MICHAEL (stories) (assoc.)
- SHREVE, SUSAN RICHARDS (1939- )
- * _Queen of Hearts (Sphere 0-7474-0033-4, Nov 88, £3.50, 354pp, pb) Reprint (Michael Joseph 1987) occult novel.
- SHULER, LINDA LAY (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Let the Drum Speak (Morrow 0-688-12834-3, Jun 96 [Jul 96], $25.00, 446pp, hc, cover by Bryant Eastman) [Time Circle] Prehistoric Native American novel with fantasy elements, third in the Time Circle Quartet.
- * _Let the Drum Speak (Penguin/Signet 0-451-19095-5, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $6.99, 495pp, pb) [Time Circle] Reprint (Morrow 1996) prehistoric Native American novel with fantasy elements, third in the Time Circle Quartet.
- * *She Who Remembers (Morrow/Arbor House 0-87795-892-0, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $18.95, 400pp, hc) [Time Circle] Historical American Indian fantasy novel set in a 13th-century Anasazi world. A first novel.
- * _She Who Remembers (Macmillan 0-333-47343-4, Sep 88, £12.95, 395pp, hc) [Time Circle] Reprint (Arbor House 1987) historical American Indian fantasy novel set in a 13th century Anasazi world. [First U.K. edition]
- * _She Who Remembers (NAL Signet 0-451-16053-3, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $4.95, 471pp, pb) [Time Circle] Reprint (Arbor House 1988) American Indian historical fantasy set in a 13-century Anasazi world.
- * _She Who Remembers (Pan 0-330-30889-0, Nov 89 [Oct 89], £6.99, 427pp, tp, cover by Andrew Wheatcroft) [Time Circle] Reprint (Arbor House 1988) Amerindian fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the Time Circle trilogy.
- * _She Who Remembers (Pan 0-330-31557-9, May 90, £3.99, 427pp, pb, cover by Andrew Wheatcroft) [Time Circle] Reprint (Arbor House 1988) historical quest fantasy novel.
- * *Voice of the Eagle (Morrow 0-688-09519-4, Jul 92 [Jun 92], $21.50, 654pp, hc, cover by Deborah Jones) [Time Circle] Fantasy novel set in the American Southwest two hundred years before Columbus, a sequel to She Who Remembers.
- * _Voice of the Eagle (Century 0-7126-5409-7, Jan 93, £9.99, 654pp, tp, cover by Gordon Crabb) [Time Circle] Reprint (Morrow 1992) prehistoric fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-5414-3, £14.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Voice of the Eagle (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17681-2, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $5.99, 620pp, pb, cover by Bart Bemus) [Time Circle] Reprint (Morrow 1992) fantasy novel set in the American Southwest two hundred years before Columbus, a sequel to She Who Remembers.
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