The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

SMITH, L(ester) NEIL (stories) (continued)

• * _Classic Star Wars: The Lando Calrissian Adventures (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39443-7, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $10.00, 409pp, tp, cover by William Schmidt) [Star Wars: Lando Calrissian] Reissue (Ballantine Del Rey 1994) omnibus of novelizations based on the Star Wars character. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * *Contact and Commune (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20710-8, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.95, 199pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe) Sf novel of alien first contact and interspecies conflict.
• * *Converse and Conflict (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20712-4, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $4.95, 199pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe) Sf novel of a man from a parallel universe and his trusty talking dog hired to protect an alien secret from mankind.
• * *The Crystal Empire (Tor 0-312-94070-X, Oct ’86 [Nov ’86], $17.95, 449pp, hc) Alternate-world sf novel, a romance set in an Earth dominated by the Sino-Aztec and Saracen-Jewish empires. This was supposed to be a Bluejay Book but appeared from Tor. The copyright page has “A Bluejay International Edition.”
• * _The Crystal Empire (Grafton 0-586-20043-6, Jun ’88, £3.95, 511pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1986) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Crystal Empire (Tor 0-812-55425-6, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $4.50, 449pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1986) sf alternate world novel.
• * *The Gallatin Divergence (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30383-0, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $2.95, 223pp, pb) [North American Confederacy] Sf novel, part of a parallel-world series about the North American Confederacy.
• * *Henry Martyn (Tor 0-312-93186-7, Sep ’89, $17.95, 437pp, hc) [Nathaniel Blackburn] Sf adventure novel of an interstellar pirate in the style of Captain Blood.
• * _Henry Martyn (Tor 0-812-50550-6, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.99, 437pp, pb, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Nathaniel Blackburn] Reprint (Tor 1989) sf adventure novel of an interstellar pirate.
• * _Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon (SFBC #3588, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $4.98, 151pp, hc) [Star Wars: Lando Calrissian] Reprint (Del Rey 1983) sf novel based on a “Star Wars” character. First hardcover edition.
• * _Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu (SFBC #3639, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $4.98, 149pp, hc) [Star Wars: Lando Calrissian] Reprint (Del Rey 1983) novel based on a “Star Wars” character. First hardcover edition.
• * *Pallas (Tor 0-312-85676-8, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $23.95, 447pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Sf political adventure novel of intrigue and conflict over the control of a frontier planet.
• * _Pallas (Tor 0-812-50904-8, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $5.99, 447pp, pb, cover by Nick Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1993) SF political adventure novel.
• * _The Probability Broach (Tor 0-812-53875-7, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $6.99, 305pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Probability Broach] Reprint (Del Rey 1980) SF novel.
• * _Star Wars: The Adventures of Lando Calrissian: Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon (Boxtree 0-7522-0326-6, Apr ’96, £4.99, 130pp, pb) [Star Wars: Lando Calrissian] Reprint (Ballantine 1983) Star Wars spin-off novelisation. Volume 2 in a trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Wars: The Adventures of Lando Calrissian: Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu (Boxtree 0-7522-0321-5, Apr ’96, £4.99, 144pp, pb) [Star Wars: Lando Calrissian] Reprint (Ballantine 1983) Star Wars novelisation. Volume 1 in a trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Wars: The Adventures of Lando Calrissian: Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka (Boxtree 0-7522-0331-2, Apr ’96, £4.99, 135pp, pb) [Star Wars: Lando Calrissian] Reprint (Ballantine 1983) Star Wars novelisation. Volume 3 in a trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Taflak Lysandra (Avon 0-380-75323-5, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $3.50, 230pp, pb) Sf adventure novel set in Smith’s Libertarian Utopia.
• * *Tom Paine Maru (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-29243-X, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $2.75, 273pp, pb) [North American Confederacy] Sf novel.
• * *The Wardove (Berkley 0-425-09207-0, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $2.95, 223pp, pb) [Nathaniel Blackburn] Sf adventure/mystery novel of sabotage on a starship.

SMITH, MARK (J. A.); see pseudonym Jonathan Wylie (stories)

• * +Shadow-Maze (with Julia Smith) (Warner Questar 0-446-36531-9, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $5.50, 330pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Fantasy novel. First American edition (Corgi 1992).

SMITH, MARTIN CRUZ; [born Martin William Smith] (1942- )

• * _Nightwing (Hill & Co. 0-940595-05-2, May ’87, $9.95, 224pp, tp) Reprint (Norton 1977) thriller/horror novel with an American Indian mythology background.
• * _Nightwing (Ballantine 0-345-37059-7, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $4.95, 210pp, pb) Reprint (Norton 1977) horror thriller of deadly vampire bats in the Southwest.

SMITH, MARY C.

• * *The Undesirables (Black Heron Press 0-930773-47-0, Apr ’98, $24.95, 358pp, hc, cover by Cami Lemke) Dystopian SF novel of the 22nd century. An official in love with a murdered Undesirable tries to change government policy. Winner of the 1997 Black Heron Press Award for Social Fiction. Order from Black Heron Press, PO Box 95676, Seattle WA 98145.

SMITH, MICHAEL

• * *After the Darkness (Adlib 0-590-54260-5, Jul ’96, £6.99, 192pp, tp, cover by Nina Davis) Young-adult ghost novel. Ghosts of Jewish children who died in World War II still seek the reason for their death.

SMITH, MICHAEL MARSHALL (1965- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *One of Us (HarperCollins UK 0-00-225600-2, Jul ’98, £14.99, 307pp, hc) SF novel. A dream-minder holds a bad memory that’s not his own. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam) edition.
• * *One of Us (Bantam 0-553-10605-8, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $23.95, 302pp, hc, cover by Tom Hallman) SF/suspense novel. An ex-criminal is offered big money to hold other people’s memories.
• * *Only Forward (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21774-6, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], £4.99, 455pp, pb) Fantasy novel. Bizarre and enthralling portrait of a world that might have been.. or is.
• * _Only Forward (HarperCollins UK 0-00-651266-6, Jul ’98, £6.99, 310pp, tp) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1994) SF novel.
• * *Spares (HarperCollins 0-00-224649-X, Oct ’96, £9.99, 305pp, hc, cover by Michael Marshall Smith) SF/horror novel of harvesting body parts.
• * +Spares (Bantam 0-553-10604-X, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $22.95, 322pp, hc, cover by Ron Zinn) SF novel/surreal black comedy. A man guarding “spare” people uncovers the dark secret of their existence. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 1996).
• * _Spares (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21775-4, Jul ’97, £5.99, 305pp, pb) Reprint (Voyager 1996) SF/horror novel of harvesting body parts.
• * _Spares (Bantam 0-553-57901-0, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $6.50, 354pp, pb, cover by Ron Zinn) Reprint (Voyager 1996) SF/horror clone novel.

SMITH, NICHOLAS D(abney), ed. (1949- ) (stories)

• * _Thought Probes: Philosophy Through Science Fiction Literature, Second Edition (with Fred D. Miller, Jr.) See entry under Fred D. Miller, Jr.
• * _Utopian Studies 1 (with Gorman Beauchamp & Kenneth Roemer) See entry under Gorman Beauchamp.
• * _Utopian Studies II (with Michael S. Cummings) See entry under Michael S. Cummings

SMITH, NORA A., ed.

• * _The Arabian Nights (with Kate Douglas Wiggin) See entry under Kate Douglas Wiggin.

SMITH, NYX (stories)

• * *Shadowrun: Fade to Black (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45287-9, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $4.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Shadowrun] Fantasy novelization based on the Shadowrun game, with interior illustrations by Larry MacDougal. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA.
• * *Shadowrun: Steel Rain (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45593-2, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $5.99, 275pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Shadowrun] Novelization based on the role-playing game, #24 in the series. Copyrighted by FASA Corporation.
• * *Shadowrun: Striper Assassin (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45254-2, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $4.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Romas) [Shadowrun] Fantasy novelization based on the Shadowrun game, with interior illustrations by Janet Aulisio. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA.
• * _Shadowrun: Striper Assassin (Roc UK 0-14-023352-0, Jul ’93, £4.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Romas) [Shadowrun] Reprint (Roc 1993) fantasy novelization. Volume 11 in the series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Shadowrun: Who Hunts the Hunter (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45369-7, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $4.99, 270pp, pb, cover by Romas Croallus) [Shadowrun] Fantasy novelization, #16 in the series based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by FASA.

SMITH, P. (stories)

• * _Sherlock Holmes In: The Loss of the British Bark Sophy Anderson/Sherlock Holmes In: The Grey Nun Legacy (with Gary Lovisi) See entry under Gary Lovisi.

SMITH, R. DIXON (1944- ) (stories)

• * *Lost in the Rentharpian Hills: Spanning the Decades with Carl Jacobi (Bowling Green University Popular Press 0-87972-288-6, Sep ’85 [Oct ’85], $8.95, 146pp, pb) Non-fiction, biography and bibliography of a Weird Tales writer, illustrated with photos and magazine artwork. [Jacobi]
• * *Lost in the Rentharpian Hills: Spanning the Decades with Carl Jacobi (Bowling Green University Popular Press 0-87972-287-8, Sep ’85 [Oct ’85], $17.95, 146pp, hc) Hardcover version of the above. [Jacobi]

SMITH, RICHARD R(ein) (1930- ); see pseudonym Damon Castle (stories)

SMITH, ROBERT ARTHUR (1944- )

• * *Silent Witness (Fawcett Crest 0-449-14668-5, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $3.95, 246pp, pb) Mad doctor horror novel.
• * *Vampire Notes (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14541-7, Feb ’90, $3.95, 241pp, pb) Vampire horror novel.

SMITH, ROBERT CHARLES (1938- ); see pseudonym Robert Charles

SMITH, ROBERT PETER (1956- ); see under Morwood, Peter (stories)

SMITH, ROLAND

• * *Sasquatch (Hyperion 0-7868-0368-1, Apr ’98 [Jul ’98], $15.45, 188pp, hc, cover by Dan Brown) Young-adult lost-race novel. A boy’s seemingly crazy father joins a sasquatch hunt.

SMITH, SHERWOOD; pseudonym of Christine I. Smith Lowentrout, (1951- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Borrowers (Puffin 0-140-39049-9, Nov ’97, £3.99, 121pp, tp) [Borrowers] Young-adult novelization of the new film, including eight pages of stills.
• * +The Borrowers (Harcourt Brace 0-15-201748-8, Jan ’98, $4.50, 105pp, tp) [Borrowers] Novelization of the movie based on the books by Mary Norton. Copyrighted by Harcourt Brace. First US edition (Puffin 1997).
• * *Court Duel (Harcourt Brace 0-15-201609-0, Mar ’98, $17.00, 245pp, hc, cover by Victor Lee) [Crown and Court Duet] Young-adult fantasy novel, Book 2 of “The Crown and Court Duet”. Barefoot countess and ex-warrior Meliara has to face the social skirmishes at court.
• * *Crown Duel (Harcourt Brace 0-15-201608-2, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $17.00, 214pp, hc, cover by Victor Lee) [Crown and Court Duet] Young-adult fantasy novel, Book 1 of “The Crown and Court Duet”.
• * _Derelict for Trade (with Andre Norton) See entry under Andre Norton.
• * _A Mind For Trade (with Andre Norton) See entry under Andre Norton.
• * *The Phoenix in Flight (with Dave Trowbridge) (Tor 0-812-52024-6, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Exordium] Sf novel, first book of the “Exordium” series. The black sheep son of a star emperor runs from his ceremonial duty, a crime punishable by death.
• * *A Prison Unsought (with Dave Trowbridge) (Tor 0-812-52026-2, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.50, 473pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Exordium] SF novel, third book of the “Exordium” series.
• * *The Rifter’s Covenant (with Dave Trowbridge) (Tor 0-812-52027-0, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $4.99, 462pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Exordium] SF novel, fourth book of the “Exordium” series.
• * *Ruler of Naught (with Dave Trowbridge) (Tor 0-812-52025-4, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $4.50, 470pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Exordium] Sf novel, second book of the “Exordium” series.
• * *The Thrones of Kronos (with Dave Trowbridge) (Tor 0-812-52028-9, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $5.99, 604pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Exordium] SF novel, fifth and final book of the “Exordium” series.
• * *Wren to the Rescue (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-200975-2, Sep ’90, $15.95, 216pp, hc, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Wren] Young-adult fantasy of an orphan girl who discovers that her best friend is a Princess in hiding.
• * _Wren to the Rescue (Dell Yearling 0-440-40773-7, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $3.50, 216pp, tp, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Wren] Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1990) young-adult fantasy of an orphan girl who discovers that her best friend is a Princess in hiding.
• * *Wren’s Quest (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-200976-0, Apr ’93 [May ’93], $16.95, 199pp, hc, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Wren] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Wren to the Rescue, about Wren’s search for her parentage, and the machinations of a sinister wizard.
• * *Wren’s War (Harcourt Brace 0-15-200977-9, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $17.00, 210pp, hc, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Wren] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the “Wren” series. The mage-school students save the kingdom one more time before graduation.

SMITH, SINCLAIR; pseudonym of Dona Smith (stories)

• * *The Diary (Scholastic UK 0-590-55926-5, Jan ’95, £2.99, 189pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. A girl is the reincarnation of a murder victim — and the murderer is still around.
• * _Double Date (Scholastic UK 0-590-19751-7, Feb ’98, £3.50, 170pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1996) young-adult ghost novel. A “Point Horror” book. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Dream Date (Scholastic 0-590-46126-5, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $3.25, 213pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel of a young girl whose dream lover becomes more and more real until he begins taking over her waking life.
• * *Let Me Tell You How I Died (Scholastic 0-590-47786-2, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $3.50, 189pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel about a girl who is the reincarnation of a murder victim — whose killer was reincarnated as well.
• * _Second Sight (Scholastic UK 0-590-19066-0, Mar ’97, £3.50, 166pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1996) young-adult dark fantasy novel. Copyrighted by Dona Smith. [First U.K. edition]

SMITH, STEPHANIE A(nn) (1959- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Boy Who Was Thrown Away (Atheneum 0-689-31343-8, Sep ’87 [Oct ’87], $14.95, 250pp, hc) [Snow-Eyes] Young-adult fantasy novel, a sequel to Snow Eyes.
• * _The Boy Who Was Thrown Away (DAW 0-88677-320-2, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.50, 255pp, pb) [Snow-Eyes] Reprint (Atheneum 1987) fantasy novel, sequel to Snow-Eyes.
• * *Other Nature (Tor 0-312-85638-5, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $21.95, 253pp, hc, cover by Shelley Eshkar) SF novel. Adults in a small town on the Oregon coast in the 21st century resist changes to humanity made by genetic engineering.
• * _Other Nature (Tor 0-312-86352-7, Jun ’97, $13.95, 253pp, tp, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel.
• * *Snow-Eyes (Atheneum/Argo 0-689-31129-X, Sep ’85, $13.95, 185pp, hc) [Snow-Eyes] Young-adult fantasy novel, a first novel. Well-written with haunting atmosphere, but the plot is weak. Keep an eye out for Smith’s next book. (DLN)
• * _Snow-Eyes (DAW 0-88677-286-9, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.50, 222pp, pb) [Snow-Eyes] Reprint (Atheneum 1985) young-adult fantasy novel.

SMITH, STEVEN R., ed. (stories)

• * *Folklore, Fable, & Fantasy (Galde Press 1-880090-19-8, 1995 [Jul ’96], $14.95, 263pp, tp, cover by Charles Scogins) Original anthology of 17 stories of myth, magic, and personal transformation. The authors are better known in pagan circles than SF. This book has a 1995 copyright date, but was not seen until now. Available from Galde Press, PO Box 460, Lakeville MN 55044; orders 800-777-3454. (Contents)

SMITH, SUSAN; [i.e., Susan Vernon Smith Mendonca] (1950- )

• * *Changing Places (Scholastic/Point 0-590-33580-4, Dec ’86, $2.50, 155pp, pb) Young-adult fantasy novel of a boy and girl who switch bodies. The fairy godfather involved is a computer.
• * *Samantha Slade #2: Confessions of a Teenage Frog (Pocket Archway 0-671-63714-2, Oct ’87, $2.50, 133pp, pb) [Samantha Slade] Juvenile fantasy novel.
• * *Samantha Slade #3: Our Friend, Public Nuisance No. 1 (Pocket Archway 0-671-63715-0, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $2.50, 144pp, pb) [Samantha Slade] Juvenile fantasy novel, third in a series about the sitter for an “Addams Family"-like family. Includes magic, pet dinosaurs, etc.
• * *Samantha Slade #4: The Terrors of Rock and Roll (Pocket Archway 0-671-63716-9, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $2.50, 160pp, pb) [Samantha Slade] Juvenile fantasy novel starring a Charles Addams-type family.
• * *Samantha Slade, Monster-Sitter (Pocket Archway 0-671-63713-4, Oct ’87, $2.50, 130pp, pb) [Samantha Slade] Juvenile fantasy novel, first in a series.

SMITH, TERRENCE LORE (1942-1988)

• * *Yours Truly, from Hell (St. Martin’s 0-312-89828-2, Jul ’87, $17.95, 336pp, hc) Horror novel of a psychic and his visions of Jack the Ripper.
• * _Yours Truly, from Hell (Grafton 0-586-20082-7, Jul ’88, £3.50, 412pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1987) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]

SMITH, TEVIS CLYDE (1908-1984)

• * *Report On a Writing Man & Other Reminiscences of Robert E. Howard (Necronomicon Press no ISBN, Oct ’91, $6.95, 48pp, ph) Non-fiction, history, a collection of material on Robert E. Howard by one of his friends plus an introduction by Novalyne Price Ellis and an essay on Smith by Rusty Burke.

SMITH, THOMAS G(raham) (1938- )

• * *Industrial Light & Magic: The Art of Special Effects (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32263-0, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $50.00, 280pp, hc) Non-fiction, coffee table pictorial book on ILM’s film special effects, with an introduction by George Lucas.