The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- SIMON, JEAN (1954- ) (stories)
- * *Darksong (Zebra 0-8217-2893-8, Feb 90 [Jan 90], $3.95, 347pp, pb) Horror novel about a haunted radio emitting waves of monstrous evil.
- * *Descendants (Pageant 0-517-01029-1, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $3.95, 366pp, pb) Occult horror novel.
- * *Ghost Boy (Zebra 0-8217-4530-1, Apr 94 [Mar 94], $4.50, 315pp, pb) Horror novel. The ghost of a serial child killers first victim tries to save a living girl from being the next to die.
- * *Sweet Revenge (Zebra 0-8217-3536-5, Oct 91 [Nov 91], $4.50, 319pp, pb) Horror novel of a teenage girl whose aunt is possessed by the spirit of a murdered woman out for revenge.
- * *Wild Card (Zebra 0-8217-3270-6, Jan 91 [Dec 90], $3.95, 288pp, pb) Horror novel of the evil lurking within a deck of Tarot cards.
- SIMON, JO
- * *Beloved Captain (Avon 0-380-89771-7, Jan 88 [Dec 87], $3.95, 320pp, pb) Time travel fantasy romance novel set in Nantucket.
- SIMON, MORRIS (stories)
- * *Mystara: The Black Vessel (TSR 0-7869-0507-7, Aug 96 [Sep 96], $5.99, 312pp, tp, cover by Walter Velez) Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
- SIMONS, JEAN
- * *Orphans (Zebra 0-8217-3929-8, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $4.50, 319pp, pb) Horror novel of two long-lost sisters that discover a third sibling who holds the key to a deadly power.
- SIMONSON, WALTER
- * *Tarzan versus Predator: At the Earths Core (with Lee Weeks) (Dark Horse Comics 1-56971-231-X, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $12.95, unpaginated, tp, cover by Kilian Plunkett) [Tarzan; Predator] Graphic adaptation, originally published as four comic books, featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs apeman and Pellucidar, and the alien monster of the horror film. Copyrighted by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
- SIMPSON, CARLA (1950- ); see pseudonym Pamela Simpson
- * *Always, My Love (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-433-8, Oct 90 [Dec 91], $4.95, 512pp, pb) Fantasy/reincarnation romance. A modern woman buys an old Louisiana plantation and finds that she lived and loved within its walls during the Civil War.
- SIMPSON, ELIZABETH LEONIE
- * *I, Lilith (The Smith 0-912292-93-8, Jun 91 [Mar 92], $12.95, 175pp, tp, cover by Maggie Moore) Fantasy retelling of the genesis stories from the point of view of Lilith. In this version, Lilith becomes the serpent in the Garden of Eden and also occasionally bursts into flame.
- SIMPSON, GEORGE GAYLORD (stories)
- * *The Dechronization of Sam Magruder (St. Martins 0-312-13963-2, Jan 96, $17.95, 137pp, hc, cover by Bob Bakker) Time-travel/dinosaur novella by a famed paleontologist. There is an introduction by Arthur C. Clarke, and an afterword by Stephen Jay Gould. A posthumous first novel.
- * _The Dechronization of Sam Magruder (St. Martins/Griffin 0-312-15514-X, May 97 [Apr 97], $9.95, 136pp, tp, cover by Bob Bakker) Reprint (St. Martins 1996) time-travel/dinosaur novella by a famed paleontologist.
- SIMPSON, MARGARET (1913- )
- * *Strange Orbit (Adlib 0-590-55013-6, May 92, £4.99, 221pp, tp, cover by Jeff Fisher) Young-adult fantasy novel of other times and other worlds.
- * _Strange Orbit (Scholastic UK 0-590-55900-1, Jan 95, £3.50, 247pp, pb, cover by David Farren) Reprint (Adlib 1992) young-adult novel of other times and worlds. Winner of the 1993 Earthworm Award.
- * *Top Ten Arthurian Legends (Scholastic UK 0-590-19800-9, Aug 98 [Oct 98], £3.99, 207pp, pb, cover by Michael Tickner) Humorous young adult collection of Arthurian stories reported in tabloid style.
- SIMPSON, PAMELA; pseudonym of Pamela Wallace & Carla Simpson
- * *Partners in Time (Bantam 0-553-28472-X, Apr 90 [Mar 90], $4.50, 297pp, pb) Romantic suspense/time travel novel. A female detective in contemporary L.A. teams up with a US marshal from the 1880s.
- SIMPSON, PATRICIA (chron.)
- * *The Haunting of Brier Rose (Silhouette Shadows 0-373-27017-8, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $3.50, 248pp, pb) Romantic horror novel about a beautiful young woman struggling against the curse of possession that claimed the lives of her mother and grandmother.
- * *The Night Orchid (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-108064-0, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $4.99, 400pp, pb, cover by John Ennis) Fantasy romance about a pre-Roman warrior brought to modern Seattle via ancient Druid rituals.
- * *Raven in Amber (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-108059-4, Jul 93 [Aug 93], $4.50, 372pp, pb) Fantasy romance of a woman whose visit to an Indian reservation leads to her being caught up in the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy.
- * *Whisper of Midnight (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100247-X, Aug 91 [Dec 91], $4.50, 297pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) Romantic suspense novel with a real ghost. A young girl and the ghost that terrified her in childhood must protect her brothers invention from a gang of crooks.
- SINCLAIR, ALISON (stories)
- * *Blueheart (Millennium 1-85798-459-5, Nov 96, £9.99, 348pp, tp) SF novel. The planet Blueheart is being colonised by humans adapted to its alien reality, but there are growing pressures for the planet to be terraformed instead. A hardcover edition (-458-7, £15.99) is also available.
- * _Blueheart (Orion 0-75281-082-0, Dec 97 [Jan 98], £5.99, 348pp, pb) Reprint (Millennium 1996) SF novel.
- * +Blueheart (HarperPrism 0-06-105820-3, May 98 [Apr 98], $6.50, 536pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) SF novel. Colonists on a water world are violently split between terraforming, or creating a new race of aquatic humans. First US edition (Orion 1996).
- * _Blueheart (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-708-6, Oct 98, £6.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Chris Baker) Reissue (Millennium 1996) SF novel. Second printing.
- * *Cavalcade (Orion Millennium 1-85798-532-X, Dec 98, £16.99, 299pp, hc) SF novel. On an alien ship where electronic items disintegrate, human passengers separate into an army reconnaissance team, and women in search of self determination.
- * *Legacies (Millennium 1-85798-266-5, Feb 95 [Jan 95], £9.99, 330pp, tp, cover by Peter Gudynas) SF novel. The people of Burdania split into two opposing groups. One group emigrated into space, and in leaving created a cataclysm that decimated the planet. A small number of the pioneers descendants return to face the legacy of the past. A hardcover edition (-264-9, £15.99) is also available.
- * _Legacies (Millennium 1-85798-401-3, Dec 95 [Nov 95], £5.99, 419pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) Reprint (Millennium 1995) SF novel.
- * +Legacies (HarperPrism 0-06-105699-5, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $5.50, 440pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) SF novel. First US edition (Millennium 1995).
- * _Legacies (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-707-8, Oct 98, £6.99, 419pp, pb, cover by Chris Baker) Reissue (Millennium 1995) SF novel. Second printing.
- SINCLAIR, ANDREW (Annandale) (1935- )
- * _Gog (Sceptre 0-340-48608-2, Sep 88, £6.99, 486pp, tp) [Albion] Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1967) literary fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the Albion Triptych.
- * *King Ludd (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-48556-6, Sep 88 [Oct 88], £11.95, 352pp, hc) [Albion] Literary fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Albion Triptych.
- * _King Ludd (Sceptre 0-340-50245-2, Oct 89, £6.99, 379pp, tp) [Albion] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1988) literary fantasy novel. Volume three in the Albion triptych.
- SINCLAIR, CLIVE (John) (1948- ) (stories)
- * *Augustus Rex (Andre Deutsch 0-233-98768-1, Apr 92 [Mar 92], £12.99, 210pp, hc, cover by Yosl Bergner) Literary novel narrated by Beelzebub, claiming that Strindberg sold his soul to the devil, and was raised from the grave in 1961.
- * _Augustus Rex (Penguin 0-14-014455-2, Feb 93, £5.99, 210pp, tp, cover by Tullio Pericoli) Reprint (Andre Deutsch 1992) literary fantasy novel.
- * _Blood Libels (Picador 0-330-29455-5, Apr 88, £3.95, 191pp, tp) Reprint (Allison & Busby 1985) novel about anti-Semitism set in an alternate present.
- SINCLAIR, IAIN (MacGregor) (1943- ) (stories)
- * *Downriver (Paladin 0-586-09074-6, Mar 91, £14.99, 407pp, hc, cover by Ludwig Meidner) Surrealist view of the hidden secrets of the Thames, mixing past, present, and future.
- * _Downriver (Paladin 0-586-08791-5, Feb 92, £5.99, 407pp, tp, cover by Ludwig Meidner) Reprint (Paladin 1991) surrealist view of the hidden secrets of the Thames, mixing past, present, and future.
- * _Downriver (Vintage UK 0-09-957641-4, Jul 95, £6.99, 408pp, tp) Reprint (Paladin 1991) surrealist view of the secret life of the Thames, mixing past, present, and future.
- * *Radon Daughters (Jonathan Cape 0-224-03887-7, Aug 94, £15.99, 458pp, hc, cover by Marc Atkins) Dark fantasy novel with a protagonist addicted to X-rays, and a manuscript which might be the sequel to The House on the Borderland.
- * _Radon Daughters (Vintage UK 0-09-942671-4, Jul 95 [Jun 95], £5.99, 458pp, tp, cover by Marc Atkins) Reprint (Cape 1994) dark fantasy: its protagonist addicted to x-rays; a manuscript that might be the sequel to The House of the Borderland; and British society in chaos.
- * *Slow Chocolate Autopsy (with David McKean) (Phoenix House 1-861-59088-1, Nov 97 [Oct 97], £9.99, 193pp, tp, cover by Dave McKean) Literary dark fantasy collection about an unstable observer unstable in time, but restricted to London, and its darkest deeds. Subtitled Incidents from the Notorious Career of Norton, Prisoner of London. Graphic sections and illustrations by Dave McKean. A hardcover edition (£17.99) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * _Slow Chocolate Autopsy (with David McKean) (Phoenix 0-75380-152-3, Jun 98, £6.99, 195pp, tp) Reprint (Phoenix House 1997) literary dark fantasy collection.
- * _White Chappell Scarlet Tracings (Vintage UK 0-09-958241-4, Jul 95, £5.99, 400pp, tp) Reissue (Goldmark 1987) literary novel with fantasy elements.
- SINCLAIR, MIRANDA JANE (1948- ); see pseudonym Miranda Seymour
- SINCLAIR, QUINN
- * *The Boy Who Could Draw Tomorrow (Dell/Emerald 0-440-00745-3, May 84 [Apr 84], $2.50, 221pp, pb) Sf/horror novel.
- SINGER, A. L.; see under F. X. Nine
- * _Worlds of Power: Blaster Master (Hippo 0-590-76481-0, Apr 91, £1.95, 119pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1990) young-adult sf computer game novelization. Volume 1 in the series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Worlds of Power: Infiltrator [as by F. X. Nine] See entry under F. X. Nine
- * _Worlds of Power: Ninja Gaiden (Hippo 0-590-76484-5, Apr 91, £1.95, 120pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1990) young-adult sf computer game novelization. Volume 3 in the series. [First U.K. edition]
- SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS (1904-1991) (stories)
- * _The Collected Stories (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Noonday 0-374-51788-6, Apr 96 [Jun 96], $18.00, 610pp, tp, cover by Laura Ljungkvist) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1982) collection of 47 stories, some with supernatural elements. This appears to be the first Noonday edition, but says 13th printing.
- * _Satan in Goray (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Noonday 0-374-52479-3, Apr 96 [Jun 96], $12.00, 239pp, tp, cover by Laura Ljungkvist) Reprint (Noonday 1955) dark fantasy novel of a messianic imposter in medieval Poland. There is a new critical and biographical introduction by Ruth R. Wisse.
- SINGER, KURT (Deutsch), ed. (1911-2005) (stories)
- * *The First Target Book of Horror (Target 0-426-19852-2, 1984, £1.60, 143pp, pb) Stories from Weird Tales of the Supernatural (W.H. Allen 1966), Ghouls and Ghosts (W.H. Allen 1972), and Satanic Omnibus (W.H. Allen 1973). (Contents)
- * *The Second Target Book of Horror (Target 0-426-19887-5, 1984, £1.60, 144pp, pb) Stories from Weird Tales of the Supernatural (W.H. Allen 1966), Tales from the Unknown (W.H. Allen 1970), Ghouls and Ghosts (W.H. Allen 1972), Satanic Omnibus (W.H. Allen 1973), and They Are Posessed (W.H. Allen 1976). (Contents)
- * _The Star Bumper Horror Book 1 (Star 0-352-31944-5, Nov 86, £2.50, 144pp, pb) Reprint (Target 1984) horror anthology. (Contents)
- * _The Star Bumper Horror Book 2 (Star 0-352-31945-3, Nov 86, £2.50, 142pp, pb) Reprint (Target 1985 as The Third Target Book of Horror) horror anthology.
- * *The Third Target Book of Horror (Target 0-426-20154-X, 1985, £1.60, 142pp, pb) Stories from Tales from the Unknown (W.H. Allen 1970), Ghouls and Ghosts (W.H. Allen 1972), Satanic Omnibus (W.H. Allen 1973), Gothic Horror Book (W.H. Allen 1974), and They Are Posessed (W.H. Allen 1976). (Contents)
- SINGER, MARILYN (1948- )
- * *California Demon (Hyperion 1-56282-299-3, Sep 92 [Aug 92], $14.95, 149pp, hc, cover by Mark Buehner) Young-adult humorous fantasy novel about a witchs daughter who accidently releases an imp.
- * _California Demon (Hyperion 0-7868-1012-2, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $3.95, 149pp, tp, cover by Mark Buehner) Reprint (Hyperion 1992) young-adult humorous fantasy novel about a witchs daughter who accidently releases an imp.
- * *Charmed (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31619-4, Oct 90 [Nov 90], $14.95, 219pp, hc, cover by Toby Gowing) Young-adult fantasy novel of a girl named Miranda and her invisible cat-creature companion, Bastable, trying to stop the evil Charmer from taking over the universe.
- * *Deal with a Ghost (Holt 0-8050-4797-2, May 97 [Jun 97], $15.95, 179pp, hc, cover by Susan Hudes) Young-adult ghost story. A girl fond of breaking hearts breaks the habit with a ghosts help.
- * *Ghost Host (Harper & Row 0-06-025623-0, Aug 87, $11.95, 182pp, hc) Juvenile ghost story, with a teenage football player and a poltergeist.
- * _Ghost Host (Scholastic 0-590-41547-6, Sep 88 [Oct 88], $2.50, 199pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1987) young-adult ghost story.
- * *Horsemaster (Atheneum/Argo 0-689-31102-8, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $13.95, 179pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _Horsemaster (Macmillan Collier 0-02-044991-7, Oct 88, $3.50, 179pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1985) young-adult fantasy novel about a girl, a flying horse, and their mission in a far-off land.
- * *Storm Rising (Scholastic 0-590-42173-5, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $12.95, 215pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy about a boy who falls in love with a girl who has supernatural powers.
- * _Storm Rising (Scholastic 0-590-42174-3, Oct 92 [Jan 93], $3.25, 215pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1989) young-adult fantasy about a boy who falls in love with a girl who has supernatural powers.
- SINGER, MICHAEL
- * *Batman Returns: The Official Movie Book (Hamlyn 0-600-57493-8, Jul 92, £4.99, 80pp, tp) [Batman] Heavily-illustrated guide to the recent cult film. Recommended (PSP).
- SINGER, RICHARD, ed. (stories)
- SINGLETON, JACQUI
- * *Heartstone and Saber (Rising Tide Press 1-883061-00-8, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $10.99, 211pp, tp, cover by Evelyn Rysdyk) Young-adult lesbian Sword & Sorcery novel.
- SINGTON, PATRICK (1962- ); see pseudonym Patrick Lynch
- SINHA-MOREY, BOBBI, ed. (stories) (chron.)
- SINYKIN, SHERI COOPER
- * *A Matter of Time (Marshall Cavendish 0-7614-5019-X, Apr 98 [May 98], $14.95, 207pp, hc, cover by Mark Mohr) Young-adult time-travel novel. A boy is magically transported back to his fathers boyhood.
- SIODMAK, CURT (1902-2000) (stories)
- * _Donovans Brain (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-154-4, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $3.50, 160pp, pb) [Dr. Patrick Cory] Reprint (Knopf 1942) sf novel.
- * *Donovans Brain/Hausers Memory (Leisure 0-8439-3355-0, Nov 92 [Oct 92], $4.99, 444pp, pb) [Dr. Patrick Cory] Omnibus of two sf novels, Donovans Brain (Knopf 1942) and Hausers Memory (Putnam 1968), with a new introduction by the author. (Contents)
- * *Gabriels Body (Leisure 0-8439-3346-1, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $4.99, 367pp, pb) [Dr. Patrick Cory] Sf/medical thriller. Biochemist Patrick Cory has been disfigured in an explosion and has a plan to restore himself using a perfect but brain-dead body, only to learn that human bodies have wills of their own.
- SIRIUS, R. U.
- * *How to Mutate and Take Over the World (with St. Jude) (Ballantine 0-345-39216-7, Feb 96, $24.00, 303pp, hc) Near-future satirical SF novel in the form of online messages and scraps of zines and news stories. Hackers, artists, and other fringe rebels fight a censorship-crazed government on the webs. A cyberpunk novel in the newer, non-SF sense of the word.
- SIROF, HARRIET
- * *Bring Back Yesterday (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-80638-8, Sep 96 [Nov 96], $15.00, 167pp, hc, cover by Kelynn Alder) Young-adult fantasy time-travel novel. A girl escapes the present by living in Elizabethan England, while a friend tries to discover time travel to stop the plane crash that killed relatives of both.
- SIROTA, MICHAEL B(arry) (1946- )
- * *The 22nd Gear (Ace 0-441-83242-3, Aug 93 [Jul 93], $4.99, 203pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Bicycling Through Space and Time] Humorous sf novel, third book of the Bicycling Through Space and Time series, about a bicycle whose 22nd gear takes the rider into an alternate world.
- * *Bicycling Through Space and Time (Ace 0-441-05735-7, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $3.99, 202pp, pb, cover by Glen Orbik) Humorous sf novel about a bicycle whose 22nd gear takes the rider into a different reality.
- * *Demon Shadows (Bantam 0-553-28366-9, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $3.95, 233pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) Horror novel of demonic evil in a small town.
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