The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

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

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) (assoc.)

• * _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.

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• * _E.E. “Doc” Smith See entry under Joseph Sanders.
• * _The Omicron Invasion See entry under Stephen Goldin.

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) (assoc.)

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) (assoc.)

• * *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)
• * *The Camp (Sphere 0-7474-0058-X, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], £3.50, 288pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) Horror novel.
• * *Cannibals (Arrow 0-09-942200-X, Dec ’86, £1.95, 208pp, pb) Horror novel about mutated cannibal cave-dwellers lurking in the Scottish Highlands.
• * _Cannibals (Arrow 0-09-942200-X, Dec ’88 [1988], 2.50, 208pp, pb) Reissue (Arrow 1986) horror novel.
• * *Carnivore (Arrow 0-09-961090-6, Aug ’90, £3.50, 202pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * +Crab’s Moon (Dell 0-440-20023-7, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 181pp, pb) [Crabs] Horror novel, part of the “Crabs” series. “Tensed, shuddering with hunger, they lurched out of the sea maddened with a need to eat....” First U.S. edition (NEL 1984).
• * _Crabs’ Moon (Grafton 0-586-20494-6, Jul ’89, £2.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) [Crabs] Reprint (NEL 1984) horror novel.
• * +Crabs on the Rampage (Dell 0-440-20022-9, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.50, 186pp, pb) [Crabs] Horror novel, third in a series featuring killer crabs. “We’d wiped out those mutant monsters. The giant creatures whose hunger raged for human flesh were dead. Or were they?” First U.S. edition (New English Library 1981).
• * *Crabs: The Human Sacrifice (NEL 0-450-42139-2, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], £1.95, 171pp, pb) [Crabs] Horror novel.
• * +Crabs: The Human Sacrifice (Dell 0-440-20341-4, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.50, 184pp, pb) [Crabs] Horror novel in the “Killer Crabs” series. First American edition (NEL 1988).
• * *The Dark One (Zebra 0-8217-4941-2, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $4.50, 252pp, pb) Horror novel. Babysitting a 12-year-old for a weekend turns into a Satanic experience.
• * *Dead End (Zebra/Pinnacle 0-8217-5263-4, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $4.99, 252pp, pb) Horror novel. The dead come back to life in The Waste outside of town.
• * _Death Bell (Arrow 0-09-938230-X, Jul ’87, £2.25, 200pp, pb) [Death Bell] Reissue (Hamlyn 1980) horror novel.
• * *Demons (Arrow 0-09-948470-6, Nov ’87, £2.50, 184pp, pb) [Death Bell] Horror novel. Sequel to Death Bell.
• * _Doomflight (Arrow 0-09-936530-8, Dec ’86, £2.50, 221pp, pb) Reprint (Hamlyn 1981) horror novel.
• * _Entombed (Arrow 0-09-948490-0, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £1.95, 192pp, pb) Reissue horror novel.
• * +Entombed (Dell 0-440-12280-5, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $3.50, 189pp, pb) Horror novel. First U.S. edition (Arrow 1982).
• * _Entombed (Arrow 0-09-948490-0, Jan ’88 [Apr ’88], £2.50, 191pp, pb) Reissue (Hamlyn 1982) horror novel.
• * *The Festering (Arrow 0-09-961080-9, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], £2.99, 191pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *Fiend (Sphere 0-7474-0056-3, Jun ’88 [May ’88], £2.99, 312pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *The Island (Arrow 0-09-956410-6, May ’88, £2.50, 191pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _Killer Crabs (Dell 0-440-20340-6, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.50, 184pp, pb) [Crabs] Reprint (NEL 1978) horror novel about mutant killer crabs, first in a series.
• * *The Knighton Vampires (Piatkus 0-7499-0180-2, Apr ’93, £14.99, 183pp, hc, cover by Luis Rey) [Sgt. John Mayo] Horror novel.
• * _Locusts (Arrow 0-09-950300-X, Sep ’87, £2.50, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Hamlyn 1979) horror novel.
• * *Mania (Sphere 0-7474-0057-1, Jan ’89, £2.99, 234pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) Horror novel.
• * *The Master (Arrow 0-09-956530-7, Dec ’88, £2.50, 208pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *The Neophyte (NEL 0-450-05858-1, Jan ’86, £1.95, 312pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * +Night of the Crabs (Dell 0-440-20338-4, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.50, 170pp, pb) [Crabs] Horror novel in the “Killer Crabs” series. First American edition (NEL 1976).
• * _Night of the Crabs (Grafton 0-586-20493-8, Jul ’89, £2.99, 192pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) [Crabs] Reprint (NEL 1976) horror novel. This covers the same period as Crab’s Moon from a different angle.
• * +The Origin of the Crabs (Dell 0-440-20021-0, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.50, 186pp, pb) [Crabs] Horror novel. First U.S. edition (NEL 1979).
• * *Phobia (Grafton 0-586-20502-0, Apr ’90, £3.50, 252pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) Horror novel.
• * *The Plague (NEL 0-450-41686-0, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], £1.95, 160pp, pb) Horror novel. Sequel to Thirst.
• * *The Plague Chronicles (Piatkus 0-7499-0212-4, Dec ’93 [Jan ’94], £13.99, 220pp, hc, cover by Luis Rey) Sf/horror novel about the Earth being ravaged by a series of Biblical plagues.
• * *The Resurrected (Grafton 0-586-20501-2, Nov ’91, £3.99, 223pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) Horror novel.
• * _Satan’s Snowdrop (Arrow 0-09-948960-0, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £1.95, 219pp, pb) Reprint (Hamlyn 1980) horror novel.
• * _Slime Beast (Grafton 0-586-20496-2, Nov ’89, £2.99, 144pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) Reprint (NEL 1975) horror novel.
• * *Snakes (NEL 0-450-38958-8, Nov ’86, £1.95, 170pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _The Sucking Pit (Grafton 0-586-20495-4, Sep ’89, £2.99, 158pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) Reprint (NEL 1975) horror novel.
• * _Thirst (NEL 0-450-05045-9, Feb ’88, £2.50, 219pp, pb) Reissue (NEL 1980) horror novel.
• * *Throwback (NEL 0-450-05799-2, 1985, £1.95, 256pp, pb) Horror novel. [Not seen]
• * _Throwback (Arrow 0-09-956450-5, Sep ’88, £2.50, 256pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1985) horror novel.
• * *The Unseen (Sphere 0-7474-0345-7, May ’90, £3.50, 268pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _Warhead (NEL 0-450-05279-6, Feb ’88, £2.50, 256pp, pb) Reissue (NEL 1981) horror novel.
• * *Water Rites (Zebra/Pinnacle 0-8217-5553-6, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $4.99, 253pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *Witch Spell (Zebra 0-8217-4194-2, Jun ’93, $4.50, 286pp, pb) Supernatural horror novel of the daughter of a white witch and a warlock.
• * *The Wood (NEL 0-450-05847-6, 1985, £1.95, 171pp, pb) Horror novel. [Not seen]
• * +The Wood (Dell 0-440-19753-8, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $3.50, 191pp, pb) Horror novel. First U.S. edition (NEL 1985).
• * _The Wood (NEL 0-450-05847-6, Feb ’88, £1.95, 171pp, pb) Reissue (NEL 1985) horror novel.

SMITH, J.

• * _Death of a Marionette (with Frank M. Robinson) See entry under Frank M. Robinson

SMITH, JAMES V., Jr.

• * *Almost Human (Dell 0-440-20450-X, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 338pp, pb) Horror novel about a government experiment in genetics that creates monsters in the Nevada desert.