The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

STERLING, (Michael) BRUCE (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Crystal Express (Legend 0-7126-3698-6, Jun ’90, £6.95, 317pp, tp, cover by Keith Scaife) Reprint (Arkham House 1989) collection of 12 stories, five set in the Shaper/Mechanist universe. Also available in hardcover (-3661-7, £12.99).
• * _Crystal Express (Ace 0-441-12423-2, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $4.50, 278pp, pb, cover by Ian Entwistle) Reprint (Arkham House 1989) collection of 12 stories.
• * _Crystal Express (Legend 0-09-972250-X, Aug ’91 [Sep ’91], £3.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Keith Scaife) Reprint (Arkham House 1989) sf collection.
• * _The Difference Engine (with William Gibson) See entry under William Gibson.
• * *Distraction (Bantam Spectra 0-553-10484-5, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $23.95, 439pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Humorous near-future SF novel. A Washington spin-doctor faces a powerful opponent in Louisiana while American culture crumbles.
• * *Globalhead (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-69-4, Sep ’92, $29.95, 301pp, hc, cover by William Latham) Collection of 13 stories, one original. A signed limited edition (-70-8, $65.00) was announced but not seen. Available from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088. (Contents)
• * _Globalhead (Millennium 1-85798-153-7, Apr ’94, £4.99, 301pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) Reprint (Ziesing 1992) SF collection. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Globalhead (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56281-9, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $5.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Mark V. Ziesing 1992) collection of 13 stories.
• * _Globalhead (Phoenix 1-85799-444-2, Jun ’96, £5.99, 301pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) Reprint (Ziesing 1992) SF collection.
• * *The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier (Bantam 0-553-08058-X, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $22.50, 313pp, hc) Associational non-fiction, an account of the Federal crackdown on illegal hacking activity.
• * _The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier (Bantam 0-553-56370-X, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $5.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Kirschner Caroff) Reprint (Bantam 1992) associational non-fiction, an account of the Federal crackdown on illegal hacking activity.
• * _The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier (Penguin 0-14-017734-5, Jan ’94, £6.99, 328pp, tp, cover by Gary Marsh) Reprint (Bantam 1992) associational non-fiction book about the US Secret Services’ attempt to put an end to illegal hacking. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Heavy Weather (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09393-2, Oct ’94 [Aug ’94], $21.95, 310pp, hc) SF novel, set in a Texas fringe civilization in a world beset by ecological disaster.
• * *Heavy Weather (Millennium 1-85798-193-6, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], £8.99, 280pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) SF novel. A hardcover edition (-192-8, £15.99) is also available. Simultaneous with US (Bantam Spectra) edition.
• * _Heavy Weather (Easton Press no ISBN, Nov ’94, no price, hc) SF novel, set in a fringe community in Texas being threatened by ecological disaster. This is being published “simultaneously” with the Bantam Spectra edition listed three months ago. This special leatherbound, gilt-edged edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Heavy Weather (Phoenix 1-85799-299-7, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], £5.99, 280pp, tp) Reprint (Millennium; Bantam Spectra 1994) SF novel, set in a Texas fringe civilisation in a world beset by ecological disaster.
• * _Heavy Weather (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57292-X, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1995) SF novel, set in a Texas fringe civilization in a world beset by ecological disaster.
• * *Holy Fire (Orion 1-85798-462-5, Jun ’96, £16.99, 296pp, hc) SF novel. In 2095, a female nonagenerian is offered yet another chance to rejuvenate.
• * +Holy Fire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09958-2, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $22.95, 326pp, hc, cover by Eric Dinyer) SF novel. A 93-year-old woman gets rejuvenated and decides to fully experience her new life at the end of the 21st century. First US edition (Orion 1996).
• * _Holy Fire (Easton Press no ISBN, Nov ’96, no price, 326pp, hc) Reprint (Orion 1996) SF novel. This special leatherbound, gilt-edged edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series, available by subscription only. This is “simultaneous” with the Bantam Spectra first US edition listed two months ago.
• * _Holy Fire (SFBC #14280, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $7.98, 294pp, hc, cover by Eric Dinyer) Reprint (Orion 1996) SF novel. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Holy Fire (Phoenix 1-85799-884-7, Mar ’97, £5.99, 296pp, tp, cover by Holly Warburton) Reprint (Orion 1996) horror novel.
• * _Holy Fire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57549-X, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $6.50, 358pp, pb, cover by Eric Dinyer) Reprint (Orion 1996) SF novel of life extension and rebellion.
• * _Involution Ocean (Ace 0-441-37206-6, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $2.95, 179pp, pb) Reprint (Jove 1977) sf novel. This edition has Sterling’s introduction to Mirrorshades as an afterword/advertisement for that anthology.
• * _Involution Ocean (Legend 0-09-958920-6, Sep ’88, £2.50, 175pp, pb) Reprint (Jove 1977) sf novel.
• * *Islands in the Net (Morrow/Arbor House 0-87795-952-8, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $18.95, 348pp, hc) Sf novel of a complex 21st century, by the primary spokesman of cyberpunk. Thoughtful, entertaining — and unrelated to Gibson’s tales of cyberspace. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Islands in the Net (Legend 0-7126-1667-5, Oct ’88, £5.95, 448pp, tp) Reprint (Arbor House 1988) sf novel. Also available in hc (-1662-4) for £11.95. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Islands in the Net (Ace 0-441-37423-9, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $4.50, 396pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1988) sf novel of 21st-century politics and economics. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _Islands in the Net (Legend 0-09-955200-0, Oct ’89, £4.50, 448pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1988) sf novel.
• * _Islands in the Net (Easton Press no ISBN, Jun ’94, no price, 348pp, hc) Reprint (Morrow/Arbor House 1988) SF novel. With an introduction by James Gunn and a frontispiece by Kent Bash. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * *Schismatrix (Arbor House 0-87795-645-6, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $15.95, 288pp, hc) [Mechanist-Shapers] Sf novel set in Sterling’s Shaper/Mech universe. A remarkable, intricate vision of the future. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Schismatrix (Penguin 0-14-008135-6, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], £2.50, 288pp, pb) [Mechanist-Shapers] Reprint (Arbor House 1985) sf novel. First paperback edition.
• * _Schismatrix (Ace 0-441-75400-7, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 288pp, pb) [Mechanist-Shapers] Reprint (Arbor House 1985) sf novel of an intricate future of Mechanists vs. Shapers. A Nebula nominee. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Schismatrix (Ace 0-441-75400-7, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $3.95, 288pp, pb) [Mechanist-Shapers] Reissue (Arbor House 1985) sf novel set in the Mechanist/Shaper universe; second printing.
• * *Schismatrix Plus (Ace 0-441-00370-2, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $13.00, 319pp, tp, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Mechanist-Shapers] Collection of the novel Schismatrix plus short fiction (originally collected as part of Crystal Express) set in the “Shapers-Mechanists” universe. There is a new introduction by Sterling. (Contents)

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• * _Mirrorshades (Ace 0-441-53382-5, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.50, 239pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor 1986) sf anthology, considered the cyberpunk book.
• * _Mirrorshades (Paladin 0-586-08782-6, Nov ’88, £4.95, 239pp, tp) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) anthology of 12 stories by Gibson, Bear, Rucker, Cadigan, and others, plus a preface on the “cyberpunk” movement. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Mirrorshades (HarperCollins UK 0-586-08782-6, Nov ’94, £4.99, 239pp, tp) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) SF anthology.
• * *Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (Arbor House 0-87795-868-8, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $16.95, 239pp, hc) Anthology of 12 stories by Gibson, Bear, Rucker, Cadigan, and others, plus a preface on the “cyberpunk” movement. (Contents)

STERMAN, BETSY (1927- )

• * *Backyard Dragon (with Samuel Sterman) (HarperCollins 0-06-020783-3, Jun ’93 [Aug ’93], $14.00, 189pp, hc, cover by David Wenzel) Young-adult fantasy novel of a 15th-century Welsh dragon who finds itself in modern New Jersey. Illustrations by David Wenzel.
• * *Too Much Magic (with Samuel Sterman) (Lippincott 0-397-32186-4, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $11.95, 154pp, hc) Juvenile science fiction novel (with magic).

STERMAN, SAMUEL (1918- )

• * _Backyard Dragon (with Betsy Sterman) See entry under Betsy Sterman.
• * _Too Much Magic (with Betsy Sterman) See entry under Betsy Sterman.

STERN, DAVID (1958- )

• * *Dr. Bones Book 5: Nightmare World (Ace 0-441-15669-X, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.50, 169pp, pb) [Dr. Bones] Sf adventure series with different authors, packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications, with visual material by Joel Hagan. As usual with this series, the copyright page contains the names of a number of people and organizations—the author’s name is not among them.

STERN, LARRY

• * *Fantasy World (Nexus 0-352-32953-X, Oct ’94 [Nov ’94], £4.99, 252pp, pb) Erotic SF novel.

STERN, ROGER (chron.)

• * *The Death and Life of Superman (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09582-X, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $19.95, 416pp, hc) [Superman] Novelization based on and considerably expanded from the “death of Superman” issues of the comic book.
• * _The Death and Life of Superman (SFBC #02262, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $9.98, 416pp, hc) [Superman] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) novelization based on and considerably expanded from the death of Superman issues of the comic book. Similar to the Bantam Spectra edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Death and Life of Superman (Bantam UK 0-553-40776-7, May ’94 [Apr ’94], £4.99, 478pp, pb) [Superman] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) SF novelization. Adapted from the story serialized in various DC comics.
• * _The Death and Life of Superman (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56930-9, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $5.99, 528pp, pb) [Superman] Reprint (Bantam 1993) SF novelization, adapted from the “Death of Superman” comics from DC.

STERN, STEVE (1947- ) (stories)

• * _Lazar Malkin Enters Heaven (Viking Penguin 0-14-010948-X, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $6.95, 249pp, tp) Reprint (Viking (1986) contemporary fantasy novel formed of linked stores. (Contents)
• * _Lazar Malkin Enters Heaven (Syracuse University Press 0-8156-0356-8, Oct ’95 [Dec ’95], $14.95, tp) Reprint (Viking 1986) collection of nine linked literary stories, many with fantasy elements, about a strange Jewish community in Memphis. In one, a boys sends his spinster aunt on a blind date with the archangel Azrael. Syracuse University Press, 1600 Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13244-5160; credit card orders 800-365-8929.

STERNAU, CYNTHIA, ed. (stories)

• * *The Secret Prophecies of Nostradamus (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-646-5, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Jean François Podevin) Original anthology of 11 stories based on the works of Nostradamus. (Contents)

STERNBACH, RICK; [i.e., Richard Michael Sternbach] (1951- ) (stories)

• * _Star Trek Technical Manual (with Michael Okuda) See entry under Michael Okuda.
• * *The Star Trek, the Next Generation Technical Manual (with Michael Okuda) (Pocket 0-671-70427-3, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $13.00, 183pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Non-fiction, reference. Guide to the world and technology of Star Trek, the Next Generation, with an introduction by Gene Roddenberry.

STETTEN, GEORGE

• * *Weissenbaum’s Eye (Zwitter Press 0-923056-00-9, Aug ’89 [Sep ’89], $4.95, 208pp, tp) Sf novel.

STEUSSY, MARTI; [i.e., Martha Jane Steussy] (1955- )

• * *Dreams of Dawn (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35233-5, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 313pp, pb) [Forest of the Night] Sf novel of conflict between colonists and natives, sequel to Forest of the Night.
• * _Dreams of Dawn (SFBC #14668, Apr ’89 [Jun ’89], $4.98, hc) [Forest of the Night] Reprint (Del Rey 1988) sf novel. Sequel to Forest of the Night. First hardcover edition.
• * *Forest of the Night (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33815-4, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $2.95, 265pp, pb) [Forest of the Night] Sf novel of alien, possibly sentient, tigers. This may be a first novel.

STEVENS, BROOKE (C.) (c1957- )

• * *The Circus of the Earth and the Air (Harcourt Brace 0-15-117987-5, Jan ’94, $23.95, 411pp, hc, cover by Francisco Mora) Literary fantasy novel of a man searching for his kidnapped wife through a mysterious world ruled by faceless circus masters. Illustrated with period circus photographs. A first novel.
• * _The Circus of the Earth and the Air (Harcourt Brace/Harvest 0-15-600206-X, Mar ’95, $12.00, 411pp, tp, cover by Francisco Mora) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1994) literary fantasy novel.

STEVENS, CAROL

• * *J.R.R. Tolkien (with David Stevens) (Starmont House 1-55742-237-0, May ’92 [Jul ’92], $9.95, 178pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism. A guide to Tolkien’s work, with selected primary and secondary bibliographies. A hardcover edition (-238-9, $19.95) was announced but not seen. Order from Starmont House, PO Box 851, Mercer Island WA 98040. [Tolkien]

STEVENS, DAVID (1933- )

• * _J.R.R. Tolkien (with Carol Stevens) See entry under Carol Stevens.

STEVENS, FRANCIS; pseudonym of Gertrude Bennett, (1884-1948) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Citadel of Fear (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-038-6, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $3.50, 270pp, pb) Reprint (Paperback Library 1970) fantasy novel first published as an Argosy serial in 1918. There’s a new introduction by Robert Weinberg. The lyric imagination and moments of dry humor raise this above standard early pulps — it’s still entertaining. (FCM)
• * _Claimed (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-155-2, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $3.95, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Avalon 1966) fantasy novel. The author, Gertrude Bennett (1884-1939?), one of the earliest woman fantasy writers, wrote this dark fantasy in 1920.
• * _The Heads of Cerberus (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-090-4, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $3.50, 190pp, pb) Reprint (Polaris 1952) sf novel of a parallel world. This was written in 1919 and, according to Robert Weinberg’s interesting introduction, was the first alternate-worlds novel. Stevens was also an early, important woman writer.
• * *Sunfire (Apex International no ISBN, 1996, $12.00, 74pp, tp, cover by Virgil Finlay) Fantasy adventure novella originally published in two parts in Weird Tales in 1923. A facsimile of the original first page of the magazine edition is included. Stevens is a pen-name of Gertrude Barrows Bennet. A limited edition of 500 numbered copies; an additional 60-copy special edition is also available ($18.00). Order from Editions Antares, La Magali, Chemin Calabro, 83160 La Valette, France; add $2.00 postage; checks in US or Canadian funds should be made out to Jean-Guy Harvey.

STEVENS, GORDON (1945- )

• * *And All the King’s Men (Chapmans 1-85592-002-6, Sep ’90 [1990], £13.95, hc) Novel about the British Resistance after a successful Nazi invasion.
• * _And All the King’s Men (Pan 0-330-31534-X, Sep ’91, £4.99, 543pp, pb, cover by Stuart McKay) Reprint (Chapmans 1990) alternate-world novel about occupied Britain in the ’40s.

STEVENS, JAMES (A.) (1945- ) (stories)

• * *Who Killed Kennedy (with David Bishop) (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20467-0, Apr ’96 [May ’96], £4.99, 279pp, pb) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Spoof conspiracy thriller based in the Doctor Who universe. Or ours. Subtitled ‘The Shocking Secret Linking a Time Lord and a President’. Stevens is a pseudonym - or doesn’t exist. This is a world-wide edition, available in the US for $5.95. In “The New Adventures”.

STEVENS, ROGER (stories)

• * _The Howen (Puffin 0-14-036417-X, Feb ’96, £4.50, 167pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Reprint (Viking 1993) young-adult SF/fantasy novel. A brother and sister find themselves in another world with other lost children. A first novel.

STEVENSON, DREW (1947- )

• * *The Case of the Visiting Vampire (Dodd Mead 0-396-08856-2, Nov ’86 [Jan ’87], $10.95, 124pp, hc) Associational; juvenile humorous “horror” novel, latest in the “Raymond Almond” series. The “vampire” turns out to be non-supernatural. Published in 1986; missed.

STEVENSON, FLORENCE (1922-1991)

• * *Household (Leisure 0-8439-2734-8, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $4.50, 392pp, pb) Horror novel. A cursed family searches for release for 300 years before finding hope in the Hollywood of the 1920s.
• * *The Sisterhood (Leisure 0-8439-2849-2, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.95, 342pp, pb) Horror novel of a women’s club that summons an entity from beyond.

STEVENSON, LAURA C(aroline) (1946- )

• * *The Island and the Ring (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-56401-8, Oct ’91 [Nov ’91], $15.95, 275pp, hc, cover by Vilma Ortiz) Young-adult fantasy novel of a fugitive princess who must confront an evil lord.
• * _The Island and the Ring (AvoNova 0-380-71915-0, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $4.50, 275pp, pb, cover by Philip Howe) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1991) young-adult fantasy novel of a fugitive princess who must confront an evil lord.
• * _The Island and the Ring (Mammoth 0-7497-1777-7, Nov ’94, £3.99, 275pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1991) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS (Balfour) (1850-1894) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Body Snatcher and Other Stories (NAL Signet 0-451-52153-6, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.50, 350pp, pb) Collection of 8 stories, some of which are fantasy. Edited by Jeffrey Meyers. (Contents)
• * _The Body-Snatcher (Books of Wonder 0-929605-74-8, Nov ’97 [Feb ’98], $5.95, 55pp, tp, cover by Jeff White) Horror short story published as part of the “Classic Frights” young-adult line. Illustrated by Jeff White. This is dated 1997, but not seen until now.
• * +The Bottle Imp (Clarion Books 0-395-72101-6, Feb ’96 [Mar ’96], $16.95, 60pp, hc, cover by Jacqueline Mair) Young-adult novella about a cursed bottle with a wish-granting imp inside, with color illustrations by Jacqueline Mair. The Stevenson story was first published in Samoan in 1891, appearing later that year in English. First US edition (Albion Press 1995).