The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- SLUNG, MICHELE B(eth), ed. (stories) (continued)
- * *Shudder Again (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45185-6, Dec 93 [Nov 93], $20.00, 357pp, hc, cover by Mel Odom) Anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror, four apparently original, and a revised version of Lisa Tuttles A Birthday. Recommended (SW). (Contents)
- * _Shudder Again (SFBC #01772, Feb 94, $9.98, 357pp, hc, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Roc 1993) anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror, four apparently original, and a revised version of Lisa Tuttles A Birthday. Similar to the Roc edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Shudder Again (Roc UK 0-14-023443-8, Oct 94, £4.99, 357pp, pb) Reprint (Roc 1993) anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror, four original, and one revised. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Shudder Again: 22 Tales of Sex and Horror (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45346-8, Jan 95 [Dec 94], $5.99, 363pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Roc 1993) anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror.
- SLUSSER, GEORGE E(dgar), ed. (1939- ) (stories)
- * *Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction (with Eric S. Rabkin) (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1375-8, Nov 87 [Dec 87], $27.50, 243pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical studies; essays on aliens in sf. These essays are from the 1986 J. Lloyd Eaton conference.
- * *Fiction 2000: Cyberpunk and the Future of Narrative (with Tom Shippey) (University of Georgia Press 0-8203-1449-8, Aug 92 [Oct 92], $20.00, 294pp, tp, cover by Lanny Webb) Non-fiction, criticism, a collection of 17 essays and one multiple-author interview concerning cyberpunk and the future of narrative fiction. A hardcover edition (-1425-0, $45.00) was announced but not seen. Order from University of Georgia Press, Athens GA 30602.
- * *Fights of Fancy: Armed Conflict in Science Fiction and Fantasy (with Eric S. Rabkin) (University of Georgia Press 0-8203-1533-8, May 93 [Apr 93], $20.00, 223pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism. An anthology of 15 essays on warfare in sf and fantasy. A hardcover edition (-1454-4, $40.00) was announced but not seen. Order from the University of Georgia Press, Athens GA 30602.
- * *Hard Science Fiction (with Eric S. Rabkin) (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1234-4, Dec 85 [Feb 86], $21.95, 284pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical essays from the fifth annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference at U.C. Riverside. Essayists include Robert L. Forward, David Brin, Gregory Benford, and James Gunn, as well as numerous academic critics.
- * *Immortal Engines: Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy (with Gary Westfahl & Eric S. Rabkin) (University of Georgia Press 0-8203-1733-0, Jul 96 [Nov 96], $20.00, 243pp, tp) Anthology of 19 essays presented at the 1992 J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy. Contributors include Sterling Blake, James Gunn, and N. Katherine Hayles. The introduction is by Rabkin. Also announced in hardcover (-1732-2, $40.00). University of Georgia Press, 330 Research Dr., Athens GA 30602-4901; credit card orders: 800-266-5842; add $3.00 postage.
- * *Intersections: Fantasy and Science Fiction (with Eric S. Rabkin) (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1374-X, Oct 87, $29.95, 252pp, hc) Non-fiction, 17 essays on fantasy and science fiction from the seventh annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference. These tend to grapple with the differences and similarities between sf and fantasy. Nobody agrees, but theres lots of food for thought. Recommended. (CNB)
- * *Mindscapes: The Geographies of Imagined Worlds (with Eric S. Rabkin) (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1454-1, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $29.95, 302pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. Eighteen essays plus a forum discussion from the 9th Annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference, all exploring the concept of mindscape as a paradigm of the imaginative geographies constructed in fantasy and science fiction.
- * *Shadows of the Magic Lamp: Fantasy and Science Fiction in Film (with Eric S. Rabkin) (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1150-X, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $19.95, 259pp, hc) 14 essays presented at the 4th Eaton Conference, covering sf, fantasy, and the cinema.
- * *Storm Warnings: Science Fiction Confronts the Future (with Eric S. Rabkin & Colin Greenland) (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1376-6, Apr 87, $26.95, xi + 278pp, hc) Non-fiction, 17 essays written for the sixth Eaton Conference on Fantasy and Science Fiction, held in 1984. The most interesting section is about 1984 the novel. (CNB)
- * *Styles of Creation: Aesthetic Technique and the Creation of Fictional Worlds (with Eric S. Rabkin) (University of Georgia Press 0-8203-1491-9, Jan 93, $20.00, 271pp, tp) Non-fiction, a collection of 18 essays on stylistics and literary theory as applied to science fiction. A hardcover edition (-1455-2, $45.00) was announced but not seen. Available from University of Georgia Press, Athens GA 30602.
- SMALL, BERTRICE (1937- )
- * *A Moment in Time (Ballantine 0-345-36863-0, Sep 91 [Nov 91], $10.00, 496pp, tp, cover by Elaine Duillo) Celtic historical romance with fantasy elements. A young girl in ancient Britain falls in love with a man whose family was granted powers by Merlin himself.
- SMART, BRIAN, ed. (stories)
- * *Best of the Midwests Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror (ESA Books 0-9628684-0-X, 1991 [Jul 92], $4.95, 286pp, tp) Anthology of 21 stories that originally appeared in small press magazines, with illustrations by various artists and an introduction by the editor. This has a 1991 copyright date but was not seen until now. (Contents)
- * *Best of the Midwests Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: Volume II (ESA Books 0-9628684-1-8, 1993, tp) Anthology of 28 stories, mostly original, from authors predominant in the small press field. Initial printing was withdrawn because of problems over the cover varnish. (Contents)
- SMEDMAN, LISA (stories) (chron.)
- * *Shadowrun #33: Psychotrope (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45708-0, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $5.99, 278pp, pb) [Shadowrun] Novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by FASA.
- * *Shadowrun: Blood Sport (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45625-4, Jan 98 [Dec 97], $5.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Shadowrun] Novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by FASA.
- * *Shadowrun: The Lucifer Deck (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45377-8, Jan 97 [Dec 96], $5.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Carl Gallian) [Shadowrun] Novelization based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by FASA.
- SMEDS, DAVE (1955- ); see pseudonym Reed Manning (stories)
- * *The Schemes of Dragons (Ace 0-441-79559-5, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $3.50, 246pp, pb) [Sorcery Within] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Sorcery Within.
- * *The Sorcery Within (Ace 0-441-77557-8, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $2.95, 295pp, pb) [Sorcery Within] Fantasy novel, a first novel.
- * *X-Men: The Law of the Jungle (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-16486-1, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $6.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Bob Larkin) Novelization based on the comic-book characters. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Marvel Characters.
- _____, ed.
- SMETHURST, WILLIAM (Knowles) (1945- )
- * *Pasiphae (Headline 0-7472-1316-X, Jul 97, £16.99, 345pp, hc) SF/fantasy novel. A military communications/weapons satellite picks up thoughts from the 14th century, and a young archeological student finds herself living through the past.
- * _Pasiphae (Headline 0-7472-4817-6, Feb 98, £5.99, 502pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1997) SF/fantasy novel. An export-only edition was issued on 1 February 1998.
- SMILEY, JANE (Graves) (1949- )
- * *The Greenlanders (Knopf 0-394-55120-6, May 88 [Apr 88], $19.95, 558pp, hc) Historical novel, written in the style of the Icelandic Sagas. There are some slight fantasy elements. It tells the story of the lost Greenland colony, which eventually died out.
- * _The Greenlanders (Ballantine Ivy 0-345-35127-5, May 89 [Apr 89], $4.95, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1988) historical novel of a doomed Greenland settlement, with minor fantasy elements.
- SMITH, A(nthony) C(harles) H(ockley) (1935- )
- * _Labyrinth (P. Maitland 0-03-062436-3, Oct 87 [1987], £3.25, 186pp, hc) Reprint (Holt 1986) juvenile fantasy novel. [Not seen]
- * *Labyrinth: The Novel (Holt 0-03-007322-7, Jun 86, $3.95, 183pp, pb) Novelization of the fantasy film, with 8 pages of stills.
- * _Labyrinth: The Novel (Virgin 0-86369-151-X, Jun 86 [Nov 86], £2.50, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Holt 1986) novelization of fantasy film. Published in June, 1986, but not distributed to bookshops until November.
- SMITH, BEECHER; see under Smith, D. Beecher, II (stories)
- SMITH, BRIAN SCOTT
- * *When Shadows Fall (Leisure 0-8439-4313-0, Oct 97 [Apr 98], $4.99, 362pp, pb) Horror novel. A man must stop Satanists Halloween ritual to open a door to Darkness. This is dated 1997, but not seen until now.
- SMITH, CARA LOCKHART
- * +Parchment House (Macmillan/Four Winds 0-02-785845-6, Oct 89 [Apr 90], $12.95, 152pp, hc, cover by Cara Lockhart Smith) Young-adult fantasy novel set in a near-future English orphanage. First American edition (Methuen 1989). A dark and disturbing book, with a perverse gothic sensibility. Recommended (SW).
- SMITH, CHERYL A.
- * *The Falcon and the Serpent (Crossway Books 0-89107-556-9, Feb 90, $8.95, 318pp, tp, cover by David Yorke) Christian fantasy novel of an evil wizard and a battle for the souls of men.
- * _The Falcon and the Serpent (Minstrel 1-85424-127-3, May 91, £4.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Rodney Matthews) Reprint (Crossway 1990) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- SMITH, CLARK ASHTON (1893-1961) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Book of Hyperborea (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-87-9, Jul 96 [Aug 96], $9.95, 173pp, tp, cover by Robert H. Knox) Collection of 14 related stories, edited by Will Murray. The introduction and postscript by Murray give a history of the story cycle, and lost stories. This is a much-revised edition of Hyperborea (Ballantine 1971) edited by Lin Carter, with additional fragments, re-orderings, and reconciliation of texts enough to consider it a new book. Available from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893. (Contents)
- * *The Devils Notebook (Starmont House 1-557421-160-9, 1990 [Apr 91], $9.95, 82pp, tp, cover by Bruce Timm) Collection of epigrams and pensées by Smith plus a short collection of epigrams by others selected by him, with an introduction by Don Herron. A hardcover edition (-161-7, $19.95) was announced but not seen.
- * _The Dweller in the Gulf (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-07-0, Jan 93 [Feb 93], $2.50, 14pp, ph, cover by Robert H. Knox) Reissue (Necronomicon Press 1987) dark fantasy short story; third printing. Order from Necronomicon Press, 101 Lockwood St., West Warwick RI 02893.
- * _Mother of Toads (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-08-9, Jan 93 [Feb 93], $2.50, 12pp, ph, cover by Robert H. Knox) Reissue (Necronomicon Press 1987) dark fantasy short story; third printing. Order from Necronomicon Press, 101 Lockwood St., West Warwick RI 02893.
- * _Nostalgia of the Unknown: The Complete Prose Poetry of Clark Ashton Smith (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-01-1, Jan 93 [Feb 93], $5.95, 32pp, ph, cover by Robert H. Knox) Reissue (Necronomicon Press 1988) collection of prose poems and fragments; second printing. Order from Necronomicon Press, 101 Lockwood St., West Warwick RI 02893. (Contents)
- * *A Prophecy of Monsters (13th Hour Books no ISBN, Jan 96, $3.50, 8pp, ph, cover by Stanley Sargent) Lovecraftian short-short story first published in F&SF in 1954, reprinted here for the first time in book form, with an introduction by Paul A. Roales. Available from 13th Hour Books, 5714 Fenwick Drive, Alexandria VA 22303; add $1.50 postage.
- * *A Rendezvous in Averoigne: The Best Fantastic Tales of Clark Ashton Smith (Arkham House 0-87054-156-0, May 88, $22.95, 472pp, hc) Collection culled from various other collections, including the original uncut version of The City of Singing Flame. Introduction by Ray Bradbury; illustrations by J.K. Potter. (Contents)
- * *Strange Shadows: The Uncollected Fiction and Essays of Clark Ashton Smith (Greenwood 0-313-26611-5, May 89, $39.95, 281pp, hc) Annotated collection of Smiths previously unpublished work including short stories, prose-poems, plays, fragments and story synopses. Edited by Steve Behrends, Donald Sidney-Fryer, and Rah Hoffman, with an introduction by Robert Bloch. (Contents)
- * *Tales of Zothique (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-71-2, Jun 95, $11.95, 224pp, tp, cover by Jason C. Eckhardt & Homer D. Eckhardt) [Zothique] Collection of 21 related stories, edited by Will Murray with Steve Behrends. The introduction and postscript by Murray give a history of the story cycle, and lost stories. This is a much-revised edition of Zothique (Ballantine 1970) edited by Lin Carter, with additional fragments, re-orderings, and reconciliation of texts enough to consider it a new book. Available from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893. (Contents)
- * _The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-09-7, Jan 93 [Feb 93], $3.50, 16pp, ph) Reissue (Necronomicon Press 1988) dark fantasy short story; third printing. Order from Necronomicon Press, 101 Lockwood St., West Warwick RI 02893.
- SMITH, CORDWAINER; pseudonym of Paul M. A. Linebarger, (1913-1966) (stories)
- * _The Best of Cordwainer Smith (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32302-5, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $3.50, 377pp, pb) Reissue (SFBC 1975) collection edited by John J. Pierce. The one Smith book to read if you havent read any. Recommended. (CNB) 3rd Del Rey printing.
- * _The Instrumentality of Mankind (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32301-7, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $2.95, 238pp, pb) [Instrumentality of Mankind] Reissue (Del Rey 1979) collection. 2nd Del Rey printing.
- * _The Instrumentality of Mankind (Gollancz 0-575-04167-6, Nov 88, £3.50, 238pp, pb) [Instrumentality of Mankind] Reprint (Del Rey 1979) sf collection. Volume 28 in the VGSF Classics series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Instrumentality of Mankind (Gollancz 0-575-04459-4, Mar 89, £11.95, 238pp, hc, cover by John Avon) [Instrumentality of Mankind] Reprint (Del Rey 1979) sf collection.
- * _Norstrilia (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32300-9, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $2.95, 277pp, pb) [Instrumentality of Mankind] Reissue (Del Rey 1975) omnibus sf novel. Contains the complete text of the connected novels The Planet Buyer (1964) and The Underpeople (1968). The only novel (under this name) by one of the most individual writers in the field. Recommended. (CNB)
- * _Norstrilia (Gollancz 0-575-04235-4, Mar 88, £10.95, 275pp, hc) [Instrumentality of Mankind] Reprint (Del Rey 1975) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Norstrilia (Gollancz 0-575-04166-8, May 88, £2.95, 275pp, pb) [Instrumentality of Mankind] Reprint (Del Rey 1975) sf novel. Volume 24 in the VGSF Classics series.
- * _Norstrilia (NESFA Press 0-915368-61-7, Feb 95 [Mar 95], $20.95, 249pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) [Instrumentality of Mankind] Reprint (Del Rey 1975) SF novel, with an appendix of the material changed when the novel was split up for magazine publication, published as two volumes, then later recombined. The introduction is by Alan C. Elms. Order from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701-0203; add $2.00 postage.
- * _Quest of the Three Worlds (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32931-7, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $2.95, 208pp, pb) [Instrumentality of Mankind; *Casher ONeill] Reissue (Ace 1966) collection of 4 connected sf stories of adventurer Casher ONeill. This edition has the 1978 introduction by J.J. Pierce. Second Del Rey printing.
- * _Quest of the Three Worlds (Gollancz 0-575-04125-0, Dec 87, £2.50, 184pp, pb) [Instrumentality of Mankind; *Casher ONeill] Reprint (Ace 1966) sf collection. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Quest of the Three Worlds (Gollancz 0-575-04598-1, Oct 89 [1989], £11.95, 184pp, hc) [Instrumentality of Mankind; *Casher ONeill] Reprint (Ace 1966) sf collection. This edition contains the 1978 introduction. [Not seen]
- * _The Rediscovery of Man (Gollancz 0-575-04165-X, Jun 88, £3.50, 377pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1975, as The Best of Cordwainer Smith) sf collection. This book really lives up to its original title as the best of Cordwainer Smith and deserves a place on anyones bookshelf. Strongly recommended. (PSP) Volume 25 in the VGSF Classics series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Rediscovery of Man (Gollancz 0-575-04352-0, Sep 88 [Aug 88], £11.95, 377pp, hc) Reprint (Ballantine 1975, as The Best of Cordwainer Smith) sf collection.
- * *The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith (NESFA Press 0-915368-56-0, Jun 93, $24.95, 671pp, hc, cover by Jack Gaughan) Collection of 33 stories (including two unpublished works), Smiths complete output of short sf, with an introduction by John J. Pierce, edited by James A. Mann. Highly recommended (CNB). Order from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 07101-0203. (Contents)
- * _Space Lords (Ace 0-441-77743-0, Jul 84 [Jun 84], $2.50, 206pp, pb) Reprint (Pyramid 1965) collection by one of the most fascinating voices in sf. Recommended. (CNB)
- SMITH, CURTIS C(ooper) (1939- )
- * _Olaf Stapledon: a Bibliography (with Harvey J. Satty) See entry under Harvey J. Satty
- * *Welcome to the Revolution: The Literary Legacy of Mack Reynolds (Borgo Press 1-55742-236-2, 1995 [Feb 96], $17.00, 136pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical. A survey of Reynoldss political and literary career, with chronology, notes, selected bibliographies, and index. Order from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; add $2.50 shipping. Credit card orders: fax 909-888-4942. [Reynolds]
- _____, ed.
- * *Twentieth-Century Science-Fiction Writers, Second Edition (St. James 0-912289-27-9, Sep 86, $67.50, 933pp, hc) Non-fiction, bibliography/biography/critical study covering nearly all the American and English sf writers of the 20th century, plus pieces on selected foreign writers, 19th century writers, and fantasy writers. There are, individually, better bibliographical, biographical, and critical studies elsewhere, but not in one convenient place. It also does a good job on minor writers not covered anywhere else. Some of the work is sloppy and unchecked, but, on the whole, this is the best one-volume work of its kind and the only up-to-date one. Highly recommended. (CNB)
- SMITH, D. BEECHER, II, ed. (stories)
- * *Monsters from Memphis (Zapizdat Publications 1-880964-21-X, 1997 [Nov 97], $12.95, 345pp, tp, cover by Judith Wagner Hanson) Original anthology of 31 stories of SF, fantasy, or horror set in or otherwise related to Memphis, Tennessee. Authors include Tom Piccirilli, Don Webb, and Brent Monahan. This is a limited edition of 1,000. Order from Zapizdat Publications, PO Box 36, Palo Alto CA 94302. (Contents)
- SMITH, D. W. PROF; see under Smith, Dean Wesley (stories) (chron.)
- SMITH, DAVID ALEXANDER (1953- ) (stories)
- * *Homecoming (Ace 0-441-34259-0, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $3.95, 296pp, pb, cover by John Berkey) [Marathon] Space opera sf novel, third book of the Marathon trilogy.
- * *In the Cube (Tor 0-312-85448-X, Aug 93 [Jul 93], $18.95, 286pp, hc, cover by Wayne Barlowe) Sf/PI novel set in 21st-century Boston.
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