The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

SMITH, DAVID ALEXANDER (stories) (continued)

• * _In the Cube (Tor 0-812-52374-1, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.50, 286pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe) Reprint (Tor 1993) SF/PI novel set in 21st-century Boston.
• * *Rendezvous (Ace 0-441-71354-8, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.50, 280pp, pb) [Marathon] Sf novel, sequel to Marathon. Space opera.

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• * *Future Boston (Tor 0-312-85589-3, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $22.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Wayne Barlowe) Shared-world anthology of 27 stories by eight writers, 20 original, that establish a history of Boston from 1990-2100. Smith’s novel In the Cube is also part of this sequence, developed by the Cambridge Science Fiction Writers Workshop. With an afterword by the editor. (Contents)
• * _Future Boston (Tor/Orb 0-312-89028-1, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $13.95, 384pp, tp, cover by Wayne Barlowe) Reprint (Tor 1994) shared-world anthology of 27 stories by eight authors.

SMITH, DAVID C(laude) (1952- ) (stories)

• * *The Eyes of Night (Avon 0-380-76011-8, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $3.95, 254pp, pb, cover by Tim O’Brien) [Fair Rules of Evil] Horror novel of an evil medieval cult operating in the modern world. Sequel to The Fair Rules of Evil.
• * *The Fair Rules of Evil (Avon 0-380-75684-6, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 180pp, pb) [Fair Rules of Evil] Horror novel. A young woman raises her parents from the dead.
• * *H.G. Wells, Desperately Mortal (Yale 0-300-03672-8, Sep ’86 [Jan ’87], $29.95, 634pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography by “a believer in the possibility of a Wellsian future.” Published in 1986 but missed. This is a fascinating story of Wells’ life and loves. Wells the fiction writer gets little notice. (CNB) [Wells]
• * *The Passing of the Gods (Pinnacle 0-523-43073-6, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $3.50, 344pp, pb) [Fall of the First World] Fantasy novel, third in the “Fall of the First World” series.

SMITH, DAVID VanMETER

• * *Trinity Grove (Avon 0-380-75835-0, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $3.95, 277pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Horror novel of drug smugglers and druids. A first novel.

SMITH, DEAN WESLEY (1950- ); see pseudonyms Smith Gustafson & Sandy Schofield (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Abductors: Conspiracy (with Jonathan Frakes) See entry under Jonathan Frakes.
• * *Iron Man: Steel Terror (Pocket 0-671-00321-6, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $4.99, 140pp, pb, cover by Mike Zeck & Phil Zimelman) [Iron Man] Novelization based on the comic-book character. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia. Copyrighted by Marvel Characters.
• * *Laying the Music to Rest (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20934-8, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.95, 194pp, pb) Time-travel sf novel. A man seeking to exorcise a ghost becomes trapped in a time warp that lands him on the decks of the Titanic, doomed to relive the ship’s last six hours over and over. A first novel. This is an fascinating time-travel novel, crisply plotted and entertaining. Recommended (SW).
• * *Shadow Warrior: For Dead Eyes Only (Pocket 0-671-01879-5, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $5.99, 227pp, pb) Novelization based on an SF/martial arts CD-ROM game from 3D Realms Entertainment. Copyrighted by Apogee Software.
• * _Spider-Man: Carnage in New York (with David Michelinie) See entry under David Michelinie.
• * *Spider-Man: Goblin’s Revenge (Boulevard 1-57297-172-X, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $5.99, 212pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Spider-Man] Novelization based on the comic book characters, sequel to Spider-Man: Carnage in New York. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia Company; copyrighted by Marvel Characters.
• * _Spiderman: Carnage in New York (with David Michelinie) See entry under David Michelinie.
• * *Star Trek Voyager: Echoes (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Nina Kiriki Hoffman) (Pocket 0-671-00200-7, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $5.99, 278pp, pb) [Star Trek: Voyager] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek Voyager: The Escape (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch) (Pocket 0-671-52096-2, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $5.50, 244pp, pb) [Star Trek: Voyager] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation #41: Invasion! Book Two: The Soldiers of Fear (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch) (Pocket 0-671-54174-9, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $5.99, 234pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation; Invasion] Star Trek novelization, #41 in the ST:TNG series, second of four in the “Invasion!” series. Copyrighted by Paramount Picturs.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: Klingon! (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch) (Pocket 0-671-00257-0, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $5.99, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization, a tie-in to the Klingon CD-ROM.
• * *Star Trek: Day of Honor #4: Treaty’s Law (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch) (Pocket 0-671-00424-7, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $5.99, 277pp, pb) [Star Trek; Day of Honor] Star Trek novelization. Fourth and final in the crossover series. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Captain’s Table, Book Three: The Mist (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch) (Pocket 0-671-01471-4, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $6.50, 271pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; *Captain’s Table] Star Trek novelization. Includes a biography of Captain Sisko by Michael Jan Friedman. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Long Night (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch) (Pocket 0-671-55165-5, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $5.99, 274pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization, #14 in the sub-series. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Rings of Tautee (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch) (Pocket 0-671-00171-X, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $5.99, 242pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Steel (Tor 0-812-53931-1, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $6.99, 216pp, pb) Novelization of the film based on the comic books. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
• * *Unreal #2: Prophet’s Power (Pocket 0-671-01882-5, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $5.99, 214pp, pb) Novelization based on the CD-ROM game. Copyrighted by Epic Megagames.
• * *X-Men: The Jewels of Cyttorak (Boulevard 1-57297-329-3, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $6.50, 285pp, pb, cover by Vince Evans) [X-Men] Novelization based on the comic books. Packaged by Bryon Preiss, copyrighted by Marvel Characters.

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• * _SFWA Handbook: The Professional Writer’s Guide to Writing Professionally (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch) See entry under Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
• * *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (with John J. Ordover & Paula M. Block) (Pocket 0-671-01446-3, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $14.00, 371pp, tp, cover by Sonia R. Hillios) [Star Trek] Original anthology of 20 short stories set in the Star Trek worlds, written as part of a contest for non-professional writers. (Rules for next year’s contest are included.) Introduction by Smith; afterwords by Ordover and Block. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. (Contents)

SMITH, DOC; see under Smith, Edward E. (stories) (chron.)

SMITH, DODIE; [i.e., Dorothy Gladys Smith] (1896-1990)

• * _The Starlight Barking (St. Martin’s/Wyatt 0-312-15664-2, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $8.95, 147pp, tp) [Hundred and One Dalmatians] Reprint (Heineman 1967) young-adult talking animal SF novel, sequel to The Hundred and One Dalmatians. The dogs get a disturbing message from space. Illustrated by Janet & Anne Grahame-Johnstone.

SMITH, DONA; see pseudonym Sinclair Smith (stories)

SMITH, E(dward) E(lmer) “DOC”; (1890-1965) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Children of the Lens (Berkley 0-425-10034-0, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $2.95, 255pp, pb) [Lensmen] Reissue (Fantasy Press 1954) sf novel, “Lensman” #6. The finale of the most famous space opera series of all time. 3rd Berkley printing.
• * _Children of the Lens (Ripping Publishing 1-899884-21-1, Aug ’97 [Oct ’97], £5.99, 355pp, pb, cover by Warren Palmer & Neil Stuart Lawson) [Lensmen] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1954) SF novel. Book 6 in the classic “Lensman” space opera sequence.
• * _Children of the Lens (Old Earth Books 1-882968-14-X, Dec ’98, $15.00, 293pp, tp, cover by Ric Binkley) [Lensmen] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1954) SF novel, sixth and final in the “Lensman” series. This is a facsimile of the first edition. This has the same new foreword by John Clute that appears in Old Earth’s printing of the last four books in the series. Available from Old Earth Books, PO Box 19951, Baltimore MD 21211-0951.
• * *Chronicles of the Lensmen, Vol. 1 (SFBC #17820, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $14.98, 709pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) [Lensmen] Omnibus of the first three novels in the classic “Lensman” space opera series: Triplanetary (1948), First Lensman (1950), and Galactic Patrol (1950). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 1-56865-804-4; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket, and comes shrinkwrapped with a poster of the cover art. (Contents)
• * _First Lensman (Berkley 0-425-09053-1, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $2.75, 252pp, pb) [Lensmen] Reissue (Fantasy Press 1950) sf novel, “Lensman” #2; 4th Berkley printing.
• * _First Lensman (Ripping Publishing 1-899884-13-0, Jul ’97, £5.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Warren Palmer & Neil Stuart Lawson) [Lensmen] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1950) SF novel. Book two in the classic “Lensman” space opera sequence.
• * _First Lensman (Old Earth Books 1-882968-10-7, Nov ’97, $15.00, 306pp, tp, cover by A. J. Donnell) [Lensmen] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1950) SF novel, second in the “Lensman” series. This is a facsimile of the first edition. This has the same new foreword by John Clute that appears in Old Earth’s simultaneous printing of Triplanetary. Available from Old Earth Books, PO Box 19951, Baltimore MD 21211-0951.
• * _Galactic Patrol (Berkley 0-425-09503-7, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $2.95, 237pp, pb) [Lensmen] Reissue (Fantasy Press 1950) sf novel, “Lensman” #3. 3rd Berkley printing.
• * _Galactic Patrol (Ripping Publishing 1-899884-14-9, Jul ’97, £5.99, 334pp, pb, cover by Warren Palmer & Neil Stuart Lawson) [Lensmen] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1950) SF novel. Book three in the classic “Lensman” space opera sequence.
• * _Galactic Patrol (Old Earth Books 1-882968-11-5, Dec ’98, $15.00, 273pp, tp, cover by Ric Binkley) [Lensmen] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1950) SF novel, third in the “Lensman” series. This is a facsimile of the first edition. This has a new foreword by John Clute. Available from Old Earth Books, PO Box 19951, Baltimore MD 21211-0951.
• * _Gray Lensman (Berkley 0-425-09664-5, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $2.95, 253pp, pb) [Lensmen] Reissue (Fantasy Press 1951) sf novel, #4 in the “Lensman” series; 3rd Berkley printing.
• * _Gray Lensman (Ripping Publishing 1-899884-15-7, Jul ’97, £5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Warren Palmer & Neil Stuart Lawson) [Lensmen] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1951) SF novel. Book four in the classic “Lensman” space opera sequence.
• * _Gray Lensman (Old Earth Books 1-882968-12-3, Dec ’98, $15.00, 306pp, tp, cover by Hubert Rogers) [Lensmen] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1951) SF novel, fourth in the “Lensman” series. This is a facsimile of the first edition. It has the same new foreword by John Clute that appears in Old Earth’s printing of the last four books in the series. Available from Old Earth Books, PO Box 19951, Baltimore MD 21211-0951.
• * _The Imperial Stars (Grafton 0-586-04334-9, Feb ’87 [Jul ’87], £1.95, 155pp, pb) [*Family d’Alembert] Reissue (Pyramid 1976) sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Family D’Alembert” series.
• * *Revolt of the Galaxy (with Stephen Goldin) (Berkley 0-425-07675-X, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $2.75, 186pp, pb) [*Family d’Alembert] Sf novel, #10 in the “Family d’Alembert” series, based on work by “Doc” Smith, written by Goldin.
• * _Second Stage Lensman (Berkley 0-425-09787-0, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $2.95, 271pp, pb) [Lensmen] Reissue (Fantasy Press 1953) sf novel, Book 5 of the most famous space opera series.
• * _Second Stage Lensman (Ripping Publishing 1-899884-16-5, Jul ’97, £5.99, 361pp, pb, cover by Warren Palmer & Neil Stuart Lawson) [Lensmen] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1953) SF novel. Book five in the classic “Lensman” space opera sequence.
• * _Second-Stage Lensman (Old Earth Books 1-882968-13-1, Dec ’98, $15.00, 308pp, tp, cover by Ric Binkley) [Lensmen] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1953) SF novel, fifth in the “Lensman” series. This is a facsimile of the first edition. This has the same new foreword by John Clute that appears in Old Earth’s printing of the last four books in the series. Available from Old Earth Books, PO Box 19951, Baltimore MD 21211-0951.
• * _Skylark Duquesne (Berkley 0-425-06834-X, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.50, 238pp, pb) [Skylark (Seaton, Crane et al)] Reissue (Pyramid 1966) sf novel, 4th in the “Skylark” series.
• * _Skylark Duquesne (Berkley 0-425-09148-1, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 238pp, pb) [Skylark (Seaton, Crane et al)] Reissue (Pyramid 1966) sf novel; 3rd Berkley printing. The final book in the “Skylark” tetralogy, written more than 30 years after Skylark of Valeron and over half a century after The Skylark of Space.
• * _The Skylark of Space (Berkley 0-425-06561-8, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $2.50, 159pp, pb) [Skylark (Seaton, Crane et al)] Reissue (Buffalo 1946) sf novel, first in the “Skylark” series.
• * _The Skylark of Space (Berkley 0-425-08636-4, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $2.75, 159pp, pb) [Skylark (Seaton, Crane et al)] Reissue (Buffalo Book Co 1946) sf novel, first in the “Skylark” series. 5th Berkley printing.
• * _The Skylark of Space (Easton Press no ISBN, Jan ’92, no price, 303pp, hc) [Skylark (Seaton, Crane et al)] Reprint (Buffalo 1946) sf novel, first book of the “Skylark” series, with an introduction by Frederik Pohl and artwork by O.G. Estes, Jr. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Skylark of Valeron (Berkley 0-425-06766-1, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.50, 206pp, pb) [Skylark (Seaton, Crane et al)] Reissue (Fantasy Press 1949) sf novel, third in the “Skylark” series; 2nd Berkley printing.
• * _Skylark of Valeron (Berkley 0-425-08953-3, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 206pp, pb) [Skylark (Seaton, Crane et al)] Reissue (Fantasy Press 1949) sf novel, #3 in the “Skylark” series. 3rd Berkley printing.
• * _Skylark Three (Berkley 0-425-06596-0, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $2.50, 215pp, pb) [Skylark (Seaton, Crane et al)] Reissue (Fantasy Press 1948) sf novel, second in the “Skylark” series.
• * _Skylark Three (Berkley 0-425-08730-1, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 215pp, pb) [Skylark (Seaton, Crane et al)] Reissue (Fantasy Press 1948) sf novel, second in the “Skylark” series. Third Berkley printing.
• * _Skylark Three (Grafton 0-586-03947-3, Oct ’86, £1.95, 207pp, pb) [Skylark (Seaton, Crane et al)] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1948) sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Skylark” series.
• * _Triplanetary (Berkley 0-425-09055-8, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $2.95, 240pp, pb) [Lensmen] Reissue (Fantasy Press 1948) sf novel, “Lensman” #1. 4th Berkley printing. Part of the most famous space opera series.
• * _Triplanetary (Ripping Publishing 1-899884-12-2, Jul ’97, £5.99, 345pp, pb, cover by Warren Palmer & Neil Stuart Lawson) [Lensmen] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1948) SF novel. Book one in the classic “Lensman” space opera sequence.
• * _Triplanetary (Old Earth Books 1-882968-09-3, Nov ’97, $15.00, 287pp, tp, cover by A. J. Donnell) [Lensmen] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1948) SF novel, first in the “Lensman” series. This is a facsimile of the first edition, with a new foreword by John Clute. Available from Old Earth Books, PO Box 19951, Baltimore MD 21211-0951.

SMITH, ERNEST BRAMAH (1868-1942); see pseudonym Ernest Bramah (stories)

SMITH, ESTHER M. G.

• * *The Cascade Empire (Ashley Books 0-87949-209-0, 1989 [Jun ’89], $12.95, 165pp, tp) Feminist post-catastrophe sf novel set in the Pacific Northwest.

SMITH, EVELYN E. (1927-2000) (stories)

• * *The Copy Shop (Doubleday 0-385-03822-4, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $12.95, 178pp, hc) Sf novel. Aliens land in New York and nobody notices.

SMITH, FREDERICK N., ed.

• * *The Genres of Gulliver’s Travels (University of Delaware Press 0-87413-359-9, Apr ’91, $38.50, 265pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. A collection of ten essays on Swift’s novel, plus an introduction and an afterword by the editor. [Swift]

SMITH, GARY; see pseudonym Rudin Moore (stories)

SMITH, GEOFFREY (1955- ); see pseudonym Geoffrey Farrington (stories)

SMITH, GEORGE H(enry) (1922-1996); see pseudonym Hal Stryker (stories)

SMITH, GREGORY BLAKE (1951- )

• * *The Devil in the Dooryard (Morrow 0-688-06664-X, Sep ’86 [Dec ’86], $17.95, 336pp, hc) Fantasy novel, a literary ghost story; a first novel.
• * _The Devil in the Dooryard (Ballantine 0-345-34706-4, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $4.95, 308pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 1980) fantasy novel, a comic ghost story.

SMITH, GREGORY J.

• * *Captive Planet (Bethany/StarQuest 0-87123-868-3, 1986 [Jun ’86], price unknown, 176pp, pb) [Starquest] Sf novel of a planet in rebellion against oppression, first in a new line of sf “from a Christian perspective.” A first novel.
• * *Starquest, Vol.2: Operation Master Planet (Bethany House 0-87123-673-7, Oct ’86 [Jan ’87], $4.95, 189pp, tp) [Starquest] Sf novel, second in a Christian-oriented series. Issued in 1986 but not seen until now.

SMITH, GUY N(ewman) (1939- ) (stories)

• * *Abomination (Arrow 0-09-942190-9, May ’86, £1.95, 208pp, pb) Horror novel. “Man’s wildest nightmare surges from the poisoned earth.”
• * _Accursed (Arrow 0-09-956390-8, Feb ’88, £2.50, 239pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1983) horror novel.
• * *Alligators (Arrow 0-09-950150-3, Mar ’87, £2.25, 176pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _Bats Out of Hell (NEL 0-450-03873-4, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], £1.95, 157pp, pb) Reissue (NEL 1978) horror novel.
• * *The Black Fedora (Sphere 0-7474-0730-4, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], £3.99, 236pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) [Sgt. John Mayo] Horror novel.
• * *Bloodshow (Arrow 0-09-952270-5, Jul ’87, £2.50, 207pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *The Cadaver (Black Hill Books, Nov ’91, £10.50, 20pp, ph, cover by Tara Smith) Collection of two stories published to commemorate the 100th issue of Black Hill Collector. (Contents)