The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

SIMMONS, DAN (stories) (continued)

• * *Fires of Eden (Putnam 0-399-13922-2, Oct ’94, $22.95, 399pp, hc, cover by Hector Garrido) Dark fantasy novel of a real estate mogul confronted by the ancient gods of Hawaii.
• * _Fires of Eden (Headline 0-7472-1428-X, Dec ’94, £16.99, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1994) fantasy novel. A Hawaiian resort comes under threat from natural and supernatural forces. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Fires of Eden (SFBC #06173, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $10.98, 399pp, hc, cover by Hector Garrido) Reprint (Putnam 1994) dark fantasy novel set in Hawaii. This is similar to the Putnam edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Fires of Eden (Headline 0-7472-5005-7, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], £5.99, 503pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1994) fantasy/horror novel: a Hawaiian resort comes under threat from natural and supernatural forces. The Export edition (same details) was available 1 June 95.
• * _Fires of Eden (HarperPrism 0-06-105614-6, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $5.99, 408pp, pb, cover by Rick Lieder) Reprint (Putnam 1994) dark fantasy novel. A developer angers Hawaiian gods.
• * *Going After the Rubber Chicken (Roadkill Press no ISBN, Oct ’91, $8.00, 72pp, tp, cover by Dan Simmons) Non-fiction, a collection of three con guest-of-honor speeches by Simmons.
• * *The Hollow Man (Bantam Spectra 0-553-08252-3, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $20.00, 293pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) Sf novel of telepathy, chaos theory, and horror. Recommended (CNB).
• * _The Hollow Man (Headline 0-7472-7940-3, Nov ’92, £8.99, 312pp, tp, cover by Adrian Chesterman) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) sf novel about a telepath coming to terms with the death of his (telepathic) wife. Recommended (PSP). A hardcover edition (-0449-7, £15.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Hollow Man (Headline 0-7472-3814-6, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], £4.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Adrian Chesterman) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) sf novel about a telepath coming to terms with the death of his (telepathic) wife.
• * _The Hollow Man (Bantam 0-553-56350-5, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) sf novel of telepathy, chaos theory, and horror.
• * *Hyperion (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-26348-1, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $8.95, 482pp, tp) [Hyperion] Far-future sf novel about a pilgrimage to a place that holds the secrets of the universe on the eve of galactic Armageddon. Also available in hardcover (-24949-7, $18.95).
• * _Hyperion (Headline Overseas 0-7472-3482-5, 1990 [Dec ’90], £4.99, 502pp, pb) [Hyperion] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) sf novel. This is an ‘Open Market’ edition and is not available in the UK.
• * _Hyperion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28368-5, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $4.95, 482pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Hyperion] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) far-future sf novel. Highly recommended (CNB).
• * _Hyperion (Headline 0-7472-7983-7, Jul ’90, £7.99, 346pp, tp) [Hyperion] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) sf novel about the mysterious planet of Hyperion and the demon-like Shrike that inhabits it. This is really only the first half of the novel, which is concluded in The Fall of Hyperion. Recommended. (PSP) Also available in hardcover (-0243-5, £13.95).
• * _Hyperion (Headline 0-7472-3482-5, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], £4.99, 502pp, pb) [Hyperion] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) sf novel.
• * _Hyperion (Easton Press no ISBN, Feb ’94, no price, 482pp, hc) [Hyperion] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) Hugo-Award winning sf novel, with an introduction by Gary Westfahl, and illustrations by Byron Taylor. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Hyperion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28368-5, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 482pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Hyperion] Reissue (Doubleday Foundation 1989) SF novel. Ninth printing.
• * *Hyperion Cantos (SFBC #17088, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $12.98, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Hyperion] Omnibus of Hyperion (Doubleday Foundation 1989) and The Fall of Hyperion (Doubleday Foundation 1990). (Contents)
• * *Lovedeath (Warner 0-446-51756-9, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $19.95, 310pp, hc) Collection of five novellas, three apparently original. (Contents)
• * _Lovedeath (Headline 0-7472-4345-X, May ’94 [Apr ’94], £5.99, 468pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Warner; Headline 1993) collection.
• * _Lovedeath (Warner Vision 0-446-60077-6, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $5.99, 354pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reprint (Warner; Headline 1993 as Lovedeath: Five Tales of Love and Death) SF/fantasy collection.
• * *Lovedeath: Five Tales of Love and Death (Headline 0-7472-7866-0, Nov ’93, £8.99, 306pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Collection of five novellas, three original. A hardcover edition (-0950-2, £15.99) was announced but not seen. Simultaneous with US (Warner) edition.
• * *Phases of Gravity (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27764-2, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $4.50, 278pp, pb) Metaphysical time-travel sf novel.
• * _Phases of Gravity (Headline 0-7472-7979-9, Dec ’90, £7.99, 282pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) mainstream novel about an ex-astronaut coming to terms with life. Also available in hardcover (-0257-5, £13.95), and in a leatherbound edition, limited to 250 copies (£75.00).
• * _Phases of Gravity (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27764-2, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $4.95, 281pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1989) mainstream novel with some metaphysical fantasy elements, the story of a former astronaut coming to terms with earthbound life 20 years after his moonwalk; second printing. There is a new afterword by the author. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Phases of Gravity (Headline 0-7472-3602-X, Jun ’91, £4.50, 344pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) mainstream novel about an ex-astronaut coming to terms with life.
• * *Prayers to Broken Stones (Dark Harvest 0-913165-58-1, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $21.95, 322pp, hc, cover by Ron Lindahn & Val Lakey Lindahn) Collection of 13 stories, with an introduction by Harlan Ellison and illustrations by Ron Lindahn and Val Lakey Lindahn. A limited edition ($55.00) is also available. (Contents)
• * _Prayers to Broken Stones (Headline 0-7472-7935-7, Feb ’92, £8.99, 311pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1991) collection of 13 sf/horror stories, including the basis for the award-winning Carrion Comfort. Recommended (PSP). A hardcover edition (-0499-3, £15.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Prayers to Broken Stones (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29665-5, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $5.99, 403pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1991) collection of 13 stories, with an introduction by Harlan Ellison.
• * _Prayers to Broken Stones (Headline 0-7472-3816-2, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], £5.99, 469pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1991) sf/horror collection.
• * *The Rise of Endymion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-10652-X, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $23.95, 579pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Hyperion] SF novel, fourth and final book in the “Hyperion” series.
• * _The Rise of Endymion (SFBC #17846, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $12.98, 579pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Hyperion] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) SF novel, fourth book in the “Hyperion” series. This is similar to the Bantam edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Rise of Endymion (Headline 0-7472-7666-8, Oct ’97, £9.99, 600pp, tp) [Hyperion] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) SF novel, fourth in the “Hyperion” series. A hardcover edition (-2102-2, £16.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Rise of Endymion (Headline 0-7472-5893-7, Apr ’98 [May ’98], £6.99, 756pp, pb) [Hyperion] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) SF novel, final book in the “Hyperion Cantos” sequence. An export edition was available 1 March 98.
• * _The Rise of Endymion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57298-9, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $6.50, 709pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Hyperion] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) SF novel, fourth in the “Hyperion” series. Winner of the Locus Award for best SF novel.
• * *Song of Kali (Bluejay 0-312-94408-X, Nov ’85 [Dec ’85], $15.95, 311pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel set in Calcutta. A first novel. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Song of Kali (Tor 0-812-52566-3, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $3.95, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) horror/dark fantasy novel set in Calcutta, winner of the World Fantasy Award. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Song of Kali (Headline 0-7472-3044-7, Aug ’87, £2.95, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Song of Kali (Headline 0-7472-0033-5, Sep ’87, £9.95, 320pp, hc) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) horror novel. [Not seen]
• * _Song of Kali (Headline 0-7472-3044-7, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], £3.99, 311pp, pb) Reissue (Bluejay 1985) horror novel. Also available in hardcover (-0033-5).
• * _Song of Kali (Tor 0-812-51592-7, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $4.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Gary Smith) Reissue (Bluejay 1985) World Fantasy Award-winning horror novel; second printing.
• * _Song of Kali (Tor 0-312-86583-X, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $13.95, 311pp, tp) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) dark fantasy novel. Winner of the World Fantasy Award.
• * *Summer of Night (Putnam 0-399-13573-1, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $22.95, 555pp, hc, cover by Hector Garrido) [Dale Stewart] Horror novel of evil stalking young people in a small town.
• * _Summer of Night (Headline 0-7472-7957-8, Feb ’91, £8.99, 473pp, tp) [Dale Stewart] Reprint (Putnam 1991) horror novel about an ancient evil lurking in a school belltower. Recommended. (PSP) Also available in hardcover (-0370-9, £14.95).
• * _Summer of Night (BOMC no ISBN, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $19.95, 560pp, hc, cover by Ann Spinelli) [Dale Stewart] Reprint (Putnam 1991) horror novel. This is identical to the Putnam edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * _Summer of Night (Headline 0-7472-3653-4, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], £4.99, 634pp, pb) [Dale Stewart] Reprint (Putnam 1991) horror novel.
• * _Summer of Night (Warner 0-446-36266-2, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $5.99, 600pp, pb, cover by Peter Mueller) [Dale Stewart] Reprint (Putnam 1991) horror novel of evil stalking young people in a small town.
• * *Summer Sketches (Lord John Press 0-935716-59-9, Aug ’92, $25.00, 121pp, hc, cover by Dan Simmons) Excerpts from Simmons’ notebooks that illustrate the development of his fiction, with many sketches by the author. This is a signed limited edition. Available from Lord John Press, 19073 Los Alimos St., Northridge CA 91326.

SIMMONS, WILLIAM MARK (stories) (assoc.)

• * *In the Net of Dreams (Popular Library Questar 0-445-21016-8, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $4.50, 307pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Dreamland] SF/fantasy novel set in a world of computer-generated dream games. A first novel.
• * *One Foot in the Grave (Baen 0-671-87721-6, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $5.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Chris Csejthe] Vampire novel. A man who doesn’t believe in vampires learns he is one.
• * *When Dreams Collide (Warner Questar 0-446-36154-2, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $4.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Dreamland] Sf/fantasy novel, second book of a series set in a world of computer-generated dream games.

SIMMS, WILLIAM GILMORE (1806-1870) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Tales of the South (University of South Carolina Press 1-57003-086-3, Jul ’96, $49.95, 332pp, hc) Collection of 12 “fanciful” 19th-century stories about the American South, some supernatural and most with elements of folk tales. There is a chronology of Simms’s life (1806-1870) and works, and an introduction by editor Mary Ann Wimsatt. A trade paperback edition (-087-1, $17.95) was announced but not seen. Available from University of South Carolina Press, Business Office, 205 Pickens Street, Columbia SC 29208; orders 800-768-2500; add $4.00 postage. (Contents)

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 killer’s 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 Earth’s 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) (assoc.)

• * *The Dechronization of Sam Magruder (St. Martin’s 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. Martin’s/Griffin 0-312-15514-X, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $9.95, 136pp, tp, cover by Bob Bakker) Reprint (St. Martin’s 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

• * *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 brother’s invention from a gang of crooks.

SINCLAIR, ALISON (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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.