The Locus Index to Science Fiction
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- SPARER, LAURIE AYLAMA TAYLOR; see under Taylor, L. A. (stories)
- SPARK, MURIEL; [i.e., Muriel Sarah Camberg Spark Stanford] (1918-2006) (stories)
- * _Mary Shelley (Constable 0-09-468460-X, Jul 88, £14.95, 248pp, hc) Reprint (Dutton 1987). Second revised edition of another Mary Shelley biography. [Not seen] [Shelley]
- * *Mary Shelley: A Biography (Dutton/William Abrahms 0-525-24535-9, Jul 87 [Aug 87], $18.95, 248pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography; this may be an expansion of an earlier work.
- * _Mary Shelley: A Biography (NAL Meridian 0-452-00951-0, Oct 88 [Mar 89], $8.95, 248pp, tp) Reprint (Dutton 1987) of the second revised edition of a biography which first appeared as Child of Light: A Reassesment of Mary Shelley (Tower Bridge Ltd 1951). [Shelley]
- * *The Stories of Muriel Spark (The Bodley Head 0-370-31020-9, Apr 87 [Oct 87], £12.95, 314pp, hc) Collection of short stories, some with a supernatural element. (Contents)
- SPARROW, SUSANNA
- SPEARING, JUDITH (Mary Harlow) (1922- )
- * _Ghosts Who Went to School (Hippo 0-590-40452-0, Aug 87, £1.95, 139pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1966) juvenile ghost novel. [First U.K. edition]
- SPEARS, HEATHER (1934- ) (stories)
- * *The Child of Atwar (Beach Holme/Tesseract 0-88878-35-3, Apr 93 [Aug 93], $7.95, 265pp, tp, cover by Daniel Goldenberg) [Moonfall] Post-holocaust sf novel; sequel to Moonfall. Available from Beach Holme Publishers, 4252 Commerce Circle, Victoria BC V8Z 4M2 Canada.
- * *Moonfall (Beach Holme Publishers 0-88878-306-X, Sep 91 [Oct 91], $6.95, 239pp, tp, cover by Gerald Luxton) [Moonfall] Post-holocaust sf novel. The destruction of the ozone layer has caused humans to mutate into a two-headed form, and when the moon is disintegrating, only the one surviving one-headed human can save the planet. A first novel.
- * *The Taming (Tesseract 1-895836-23-9, Jun 96 [Sep 96], C$8.95, 258pp, pb, cover by Daniel Goldenberg) [Moonfall] SF novel, third book in the trilogy that began with Moonfall and Children of Atwar. A limited edition hardcover (-24-7) was announced but not seen. Order from Tesseract Books, 214-21 10405 Jasper Ave, Edmonton Alberta Canada T5J 3S2; add $3.00 postage.
- SPEARS, KERMIT
- * *The Touch of Love (Vantage Press 0-533-07791-5, Jun 90, $11.95, 158pp, hc) Sf novel of aliens stranded on Earth and trying to adapt.
- SPECTOR, CAROLINE (stories)
- * *Shadowrun #18: Worlds Without End (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45496-0, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $4.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Shadowrun] Novelization based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by FASA Corporation. This first novel is the third book in the Immortals Trilogy, with prequels to follow.
- SPECTOR, CRAIG (S.) (1958- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- _____, ed.
- SPEDDING, ALISON (Louise) (1962- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *A Cloud Over Water (Unwin 0-04-440160-4, Sep 88 [Oct 88], £3.95, 348pp, pb) [Walk in the Dark] Alternate-world historical fantasy novel. Volume Two in the Walk in the Dark trilogy.
- * _A Cloud Over Water (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648266-X, May 98 [Apr 98], £5.99, xvi+348pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Walk in the Dark] Reprint (Unwin 1988 as by Spedding) fantasy novel, second book of A Walk in the Dark trilogy.
- * *The Road and the Hills (Allen & Unwin 0-04-823319-6, May 86, £10.95, 440pp, hc) [Walk in the Dark] Epic fantasy novel, Vol. 1 of A Walk in the Dark trilogy. A first novel. An alternate-history version of Alexander the Great.
- * _The Road and the Hills (Unwin 0-04-823365-X, Aug 88 [Jul 88], £3.95, 431pp, pb) [Walk in the Dark] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the Walk in the Dark trilogy.
- * _The Road and the Hills (Voyager 0-00-648267-8, Apr 97 [May 97], £5.99, 431pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Walk in the Dark] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1986 as by Spedding) SF novel. Book 1 in the A Walk in the Dark trilogy.
- * *Streets of the City (Unwin 0-04-440148-5, Nov 88, £3.95, 338pp, pb) [Walk in the Dark] Fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Walk in the Dark trilogy.
- SPEEDIE, JULIE (stories)
- * *Arthur Machen and The Sphinx (Tartarus Press 1-872621-08-2, Jul 91, no price, 24pp, ph) Article about Machen and Ada Leverson issued in a limited edition booklet of 100 copies, complete with pasted-in photographs. [Machen]
- SPEER, FLORA
- * *Destinys Lovers (Leisure 0-8439-2985-5, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $3.95, 361pp, pb) Romance novel with an sf setting, marketed as a futuristic romance.
- * *A Love Beyond Time (Leisure Love Spell 0-505-51948-8, May 94 [Apr 94], $4.99, 437pp, pb) Time-travel romance with a male protagonist. A virtual reality experiment gone wrong sends a 20th-century computer whiz to Charlemagnes camp, where he falls in love with a lusty serving wench...
- * *No Other Love (Leisure Love Spell 0-505-51916-X, Dec 93, $4.99, 395pp, pb) Futuristic romance. A ghostly woman appears to a member of an exploration team in a ruined city and fascinates him, particularly because she bears a striking resemblance to a fellow scientist.
- SPELLMAN, CATHY CASH (1941- )
- * _Bless the Child (Orion 1-85797-430-1, May 94 [Jun 94], £4.99, 510pp, pb) Reprint (Chapmans 1993) occult novel.
- SPENCE, DERMOT CHESSON (1904-1966) (stories) (assoc.)
- * _Little Red Shoes and Other Tales of the Odd and Unseen (Ghost Story Press no ISBN, 1995, £35.00, xvi+235pp, hc, cover by Steven Stapleton) Reprint (Williams & Norgate 1936) ghost collection. This edition adds an introduction by the authors son, and is limited to 350 numbered copies. [Not seen]
- SPENCE, WALTER (stories) (assoc.)
- SPENCER, DAVID (1954- )
- * *Alien Nation #6: Passing Fancy (Pocket 0-671-79517-1, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $5.50, 289pp, pb) [Alien Nation] Novelization based on the television series. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox.
- SPENCER, JAKE
- * *Swamp Master (Diamond 1-55773-661-8, Feb 92 [Jan 92], $3.99, 232pp, pb) [Swamp Master] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel, first book of a new series about an Indian shaman dedicated to preserving freedom in the ruins of civilization.
- * *Swamp Master #2: Hell on Earth (Diamond 1-55773-757-6, Aug 92 [Jul 92], $3.99, 215pp, pb) [Swamp Master] Sf novel set in post-holocaust Florida, second book of a series. A shaman leads freedom fighters against mutant death squads.
- * *Swamp Master #3: Unholy Alliance (Diamond 1-55773-836-X, Nov 92, $3.99, 197pp, pb) [Swamp Master] Post-holocaust mens adventure sf novel, third book of a series.
- SPENCER, JOHN (Barry) (1944-2002)
- * +Quake City (Dufour/Do-Not Press 1-899344-02-0, Apr 97 [Jun 97], $12.95, 146pp, tp) [Charley Case] SF mystery novel, third in the Charley Case series, set in the future 1997 Los Angeles after the big one has turned LA into an island. First US edition; this is the Do-Not Press edition (not previously listed) with Dufour stickers. Order from Dufour Editions, PO Box 7, Chester Springs PA 19425-0007; (610) 458-5005; fax (610) 458-7103.
- SPENCER, JOHN R.
- * *Icequake (Commonwealth Publications 1-55197-296-4, 1996 [Feb 97], $5.99, 413pp, pb) Post-holocaust SF novel. Rebels in a new Ice Age live in ice-buried cities. Copyrighted 1995; the copyright page indicates this is a 1996 edition; not seen until now. Commonwealth Publications, 9764-45th Ave, Edmonton AB Canada T6E 5C5; orders 800-491-7737; http://www.commonwealthpub.com
- SPENCER, KATHLEEN (Louise) (1947- )
- * *Charles Williams (Starmont House 0-916732-79-7, Jan 87, $7.95, 104pp, tp) Nonfiction, critical study. [Williams]
- SPENCER, WILLIAM BROWNING (1946- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Irrational Fears (White Wolf 1-56504-871-7, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $19.99, 233pp, hc, cover by Bill Koeb) Dark fantasy novel of an alcoholic contending with AA and a cult that believes alcoholism is an alien curse, and DTs are other-dimensional demons.
- * *Résumé with Monsters (The Permanent Press 1-877946-53-2, Feb 95, $22.00, 212pp, hc, cover by Bob Rowe) Associational satiric contemporary novel of a man whose working places are supposedly haunted by Lovecrafts monsters. Available from The Permanent Press, Noyac Road, Sag Harbor NY 11963.
- * _Résumé with Monsters (White Wolf 1-56504-913-6, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $5.99, 468pp, pb, cover by Bill Koeb) Reprint (The Permanent Press 1995) associational satiric contemporary novel of a man whose working places are supposedly haunted by Lovecrafts monsters.
- * _The Return of Count Electric (White Wolf 1-56504-871-7, Feb 98, $5.99, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Permanent Press 1993) collection of 11 stories. (Contents)
- * *Zod Wallop (St. Martins 0-312-13629-3, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $21.95, 278pp, hc, cover by Denis Tiani) Magic realism/fantasy novel. A childrens book illustrators last book is coming to life.
- * _Zod Wallop (White Wolf 1-56504-870-9, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $5.99, 360pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martins 1995) magic realism/fantasy novel. A childrens book illustrators last book is coming to life.
- SPIELBERG, STEVEN (Alan), [ref.] (1947- )
- * _The Steven Spielberg Story See entry under Tony Crawley.
- SPIGEL, LYNN, ed.
- SPIGNESI, STEPHEN J(ohn) (1953- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * _The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia (Contemporary Books 0-8092-3911-6, Mar 92 [Apr 92], $35.00, 778pp, hc) Reprint (Popular Culture Ink 1991 as The Shape Under the Sheet: The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia) non-fiction, reference book. A complete guide to everything that concerns Stephen King.
- * _The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia (Contemporary Books 0-8092-3818-7, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $21.95, 778pp, tp) Reprint (Popular Culture Ink 1991) non-fiction, reference book. A complete guide to everything that concerns Stephen King.
- * *The Lost Work of Stephen King: A Guide to Unpublished Manuscripts, Story Fragments, Alternative Versions, and Oddities (Carol Publishing Group/Birch Lane Press 1-55972-469-2, Oct 98 [Nov 98], $24.95, 361pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. A bio-bibliographic look at Kings lesser-known works, arranged in chronological order, interspersed with biographical information. This is the first trade edition; a limited edition from Overlook Connection was announced but not seen. Carol Publishing/Birch Lane, 120 Enterprise Ave, Secaucus NJ 07094; credit card orders 800-866-1966. [King]
- * *The Second Stephen King Quiz Book (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17306-6, Jul 92, $3.99, 252pp, pb) Non-fiction, the second collection of quizzes and puzzles with King and his work as the subject. [King]
- * *The Shape Under the Sheet: The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia (Popular Culture Ink 1-56075-018-9, Oct 91 [Apr 92], $110.00, 778pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. A complete guide to everything that concerns Stephen King, laden with minutae. Includes an index to characters in Kings work plus primary and secondary bibliographies. This is a limited edition, a 1991 book not seen until now.
- * *The Stephen King Quiz Book (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16708-2, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $3.95, 203pp, pb) Non-fiction; quiz book of 100 quizzes with King and his work as the subject.
- * _The Stephen King Quiz Book (NEL 0-450-54573-3, Sep 91, £3.99, 203pp, pb) Reprint (Signet 1990) collection of quizzes based on Stephen Kings stories and novels. This also contains a bibliography of all of Kings books and stories, but only quotes current U.S. editions thereof! [First U.K. edition]
- * *The V.C. Andrews Trivia and Quiz Book (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17925-0, Mar 94, $3.99, 385pp, pb) Non-fiction. A collection of quizzes and puzzles about Andrews (and Andrewss) books. Includes a detailed synopsis of all the novels. [Andrews, Andrewsą]
- SPILLSBURY, JULIAN; see pseudonym John Tempest
- SPINRAD, NORMAN (Richard) (1940- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * _Agent of Chaos (Franklin Watts 0-531-15072-0, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $16.95, 179pp, hc) Reprint (Belmont 1967) sf novel, with a new introduction by Barry Malzberg. This is the first hardcover edition.
- * _Bug Jack Barron (Grafton 0-586-03535-4, Feb 88 [Jan 88], £3.50, 384pp, pb) Reissue (Avon; Walker 1969) sf novel. Still one of Spinrads best books. (PSP)
- * _Bug Jack Barron (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29795-3, Aug 92 [Jul 92], $5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Avon; Walker 1969) sf novel.
- * _Bug Jack Barron (Easton Press no ISBN, Feb 93, no price, 327pp, hc) Reprint (Walker 1969) sf novel, with an introduction by James Blaylock and illustrations by Frank Kelly Freas. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
- * *Child of Fortune (Bantam Spectra 0-553-5089-3, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $16.95, 483pp, hc) [*Void Captains Tale] Sf novel. A companion volume (but not a sequel) to The Void Captains Tale.
- * _Child of Fortune (SFBC #6291, Oct 85 [Nov 85], $6.50, 467pp, hc) [*Void Captains Tale] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1985) sf novel. A companion volume to The Void Captains Tale.
- * _Child of Fortune (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25690-4, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $4.50, 499pp, pb) [*Void Captains Tale] Reprint (Bantam 1985) sf novel.
- * *The Children of Hamelin (Tafford Publishing 0-9623712-3-8, Oct 91 [Aug 91], $19.95, 310pp, hc, cover by Kent Bash) Associational mainstream novel about 1960s New York City and a couple drawn into a dangerous cult.
- * *Deus X (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29677-9, Jan 93 [Dec 92], $3.99, 177pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Sf novella about the Catholic Church.
- * _The Iron Dream (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25289-5, Jun 86 [May 86], $3.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1972) alternate-world sf novel where Hitler is an sf writer. This one was banned in Germany.
- * *Journals of the Plague Years (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37399-4, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $9.95, 147pp, tp) SF novella first published in 1988 as part of the Full Spectrum anthology. This is its first solo publication, and includes a new afterword by Spinrad.
- * *Little Heroes (Bantam Spectra 0-553-05207-1, Jul 87 [Jun 87], $18.95, 486pp, hc) Sf novel of sex, drugs, and rocknroll.
- * _Little Heroes (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27033-8, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $4.95, 563pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1987) near-future rocknroll sf novel.
- * _Little Heroes (Grafton 0-586-20362-1, Aug 89, £6.99, 733pp, tp, cover by Alan Craddock) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1987) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Little Heroes (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27033-8, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $5.99, 563pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reissue (Bantam 1987) near-future sf novel; second printing.
- * _The Men in the Jungle (Grafton 0-586-20420-2, Apr 89 [Mar 89], £3.50, 316pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) Reprint (Doubleday 1967) sf novel.
- * _The Mind Game (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25061-2, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $3.50, 342pp, pb) Reprint (Jove 1980) novel. Non-sf, set in Hollywood, listed for Spinrad completists only.
- * *Other Americas (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27214-4, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.95, 273pp, pb) Collection of four novellas. Recommended. (CNB) (Contents)
- * _Pictures at 11 (Bantam 0-553-57265-2, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $5.99, 453pp, pb, cover by Francisco Maruca) Reprint (Bantam 1994) associational thriller.
- * *Pictures at Eleven (Bantam 0-553-37384-6, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $12.95, 455pp, tp) Associational thriller novel about a television news team covering their own kidnapping by ecoterrorists.
- * *Riding the Torch (Bluejay 0-312-94391-1, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $6.95, 166pp, tp) This novella first appeared in a three-novella anthology, The Threads of Time (1974), was reprinted in a two-novella anthology, Binary Star #1 (1978), and now appears alone for the first time. This edition is illustrated by Tom Kidd and has afterwords by Robert L. Forward and James Frenkel. Its one of Spinrads best stories. Recommended. (CNB)
- * *Russian Spring (Bantam 0-553-07586-1, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $22.50, 567pp, hc, cover by Mick McGinty) Near-future sf novel set in a world where America is declining and the success of perestroika has made Russia the worlds strongest power.
- * _Russian Spring (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29869-0, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $5.99, 643pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Bantam 1991) near-future sf novel set in a world where America is declining and the success of perestroika has made Russia the worlds strongest power.
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