The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- SWINDELLS, ROBERT (Edward) (stories) (continued)
- * _Room 13 (Yearling 0-440-86227-2, Oct 90 [Jan 91], £1.99, 158pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Fliss] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1989) young-adult horror novel.
- * *A Serpents Tooth (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-12207-4, Mar 88, £7.50, 136pp, hc) A teenage girl tries to cope with her mother protesting against a proposed Nuclear Fuel Dump, her clairvoyant dreams and a scattering of ghosts. The characters never really come alive in this thinly-disguised polemic about the evils of Nuclear Power. (PSP)
- * _A Serpents Tooth (Penguin 0-14-034017-3, Mar 90 [Apr 90], £2.50, 136pp, pb, cover by Sophy Williams) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1988) young-adult ghost/horror novel.
- * _The Thousand Eyes of Night (Yearling 0-440-86316-3, Aug 93, £2.99, 190pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1985) young-adult sf/horror novel.
- * *Timesnatch (Doubleday UK 0-385-40410-7, May 94 [Jun 94], £8.99, 172pp, hc, cover by Les Edwards) Young-adult sf novel. Illustrated by Jon Riley. When a 21st century scientist invents a time-machine that snatches living creatures from the past, a sinister group sees the chance to resurrect a monster.
- * _Timesnatch (Yearling 0-440-86322-8, Jun 95 [Aug 95], £2.99, 172pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1994) young-adult SF novel: the invention of a time machine in the 21st century gives a group the chance to resurrect a monster.
- * _Voyage to Valhalla (Knight 0-340-59054-8, Apr 94, £2.99, 122pp, pb) Reprint (Knight 1976) young-adult fantasy novel. Illustrated by Victor G. Ambrus.
- * _Voyage to Valhalla (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-59054-8, Feb 96 [Dec 95], £3.50, 122pp, pb, cover by Paul Hunt) Reprint (Knight 1976) young-adult horror novel.
- * *World Eater (Corgi Yearling 0-440-86349-X, Jul 96 [Aug 96], £3.50, 157pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) Young-adult SF novel. A new planet enters the solar system.
- SWINIARSKI, S(teven) A. (1966- ); see pseudonym S. Andrew Swann (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Flesh, the Blood, and the Fire (DAW 0-88677-879-4, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $5.99, 362pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) [Cleveland Undead] Dark fantasy detective novel of a serial killer and vampires loose in Depression-era Cleveland. Swiniarski also writes SF as S. Andrew Swann.
- * *Raven (DAW 0-88677-725-9, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $5.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) [Cleveland Undead] Dark fantasy novel. An ex-cop with amnesia, wanted for murder, discovers hes also become a vampire. Swiniarski also writes SF as S. Andrew Swann.
- SWIRSKI, PETER, ed.
- * *A Stanislaw Lem Reader (Northwestern University 0-8101-1495-X, Oct 97 [Feb 98], $14.95, 129pp, tp, cover by Bernardino Luini) Non-fiction gathering of articles about, and interviews with, Lem. Includes a primary and a secondary (English-only) bibliography. A hardcover edition (-1494-1, $49.95) was announced but not seen. This has a 1997 copyright, but was not seen until now. Order from Northwestern University Press, 625 Colfax St., Evanston IL 60208-4120. [Lem]
- SWITHIN, ANTONY; pseudonym of William Serjeant, (1935-2002)
- * *The Lords of the Stoney Mountains (Fontana 0-00-617939-8, Apr 91, £7.99, 374pp, tp) [Perilous Quest for Lyonesse] Fantasy novel. Book Two of The Perilous Quest for Lyonesse.
- * _The Lords of the Stoney Mountains (Fontana 0-00-617853-7, Jan 92 [Dec 91], £3.50, 374pp, pb) [Perilous Quest for Lyonesse] Reprint (Fontana 1991) fantasy novel. Book two of The Perilous Quest for Lyonesse.
- * *The Nine Gods of Safaddné (Fontana 0-00-617941-X, Jan 93, £7.99, 270pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Perilous Quest for Lyonesse] Fantasy novel. Book Four of The Perilous Quest for Lyonesse.
- * _The Nine Gods of Safaddné (Fontana 0-00-617855-3, Jun 93, £4.99, 270pp, pb) [Perilous Quest for Lyonesse] Reprint (Fontana 1993) fantasy novel. Book four of The Perilous Quest for Lyonesse.
- * *Princes of Sandastre (Fontana 0-00-617938-X, Jun 90, £5.99, 220pp, tp) [Perilous Quest for Lyonesse] Fantasy novel, a first novel. Book One of The Perilous Quest for Lyonesse.
- * _Princes of Sandastre (Fontana 0-00-617852-9, Nov 90, £2.99, 220pp, pb) [Perilous Quest for Lyonesse] Reprint (Fontana 1990) fantasy novel. Book One of The Perilous Quest for Lyonesse.
- * *The Winds of the Wastelands (Fontana 0-00-617940-1, Mar 92, £8.99, 289pp, tp) [Perilous Quest for Lyonesse] Fantasy novel. Book three of The Perilous Quest for Lyonesse.
- * _The Winds of the Wastelands (Fontana 0-00-617854-5, Oct 92, £4.99, 289pp, pb) [Perilous Quest for Lyonesse] Reprint (Fontana 1992) fantasy novel. Book three of The Perilous Quest for Lyonesse.
- SWYCAFFER, JEFFERSON P(utnam) (1956- ) (stories)
- * *Become the Hunted (Avon 0-380-89608-7, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $2.95, 160pp, pb) [Not in Our Stars] Sf novel; a prequel to his first novel, Not in Our Stars.
- * *The Empires Legacy (New Infinities 0-425-11270-5, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $3.50, 331pp, pb) [Concordat] Sf novel, Book 1 of The Concordat. This is distributed by Berkley.
- * *Not in Our Stars (Avon 0-380-88526-3, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.75, 222pp, pb) [Not in Our Stars] Sf novel.
- * *The Praesidium of Archive (Avon 0-380-89663-X, Jan 86 [Dec 85], $2.95, 197pp, pb) Collection of 6 connected sf stories. They all seem to be originals. This is the fourth book set in the Concordat universe. (Contents)
- * *Revolt and Rebirth (New Infinities 0-425-11343-4, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $3.50, 329pp, pb) [Concordat] Science fiction novel. Third book of the Tales of the Concordat. Centuries after a successful but ruinous revolution, one man attempts to begin a cultural rebirth. There are two slightly different editions: the above is distributed by Berkley, while the New Infinities direct edition lacks the ISBN number and has a code, 20-7004, instead.
- * *The Universal Prey (Avon 0-380-89662-1, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $2.95, 191pp, pb) [Concordat] Sf novel. Hes an assassin without fear...on a deadly mission that could blow the Concordat apart. Third book of a series.
- * *Voyage of the Planetslayer (New Infinities 0-425-11341-8, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.50, 312pp, pb) [Concordat] Sf space opera. Sequel to The Empiries Legacy. Part of Tales of the Concordat, a background based on gaming. There are actually two editions: the above one is distributed to the book trade by Berkley sales. The other, a straight New Infinites edition, lacks an ISBN, is numbered 20-7003, and is distributed directly to gaming stores.
- * *Warsprite (TSR 0-88038-915-X, Apr 90, $3.95, 313pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) Sf novel of robots from the future battling in Wyoming.
- * *Web of Futures (TSR 1-56076-059-1, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $3.95, 312pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) Sf novel of a drunk who encounters an alien.
- SYKES, S(ondra) C(atharine) (1943- ) (stories)
- * *Red Genesis (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28874-1, Aug 91 [Jul 91], $4.99, 360pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Sf novel of Mars colonization, first book of The Next Wave, a series of unrelated hard sf novels, with an introduction by Isaac Asimov and an essay by Eugene Mallove plus a bibliography. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. The covers on this series are different, and very impressive (CNB).
- * *U.S.S.A. Book 3 (Avon 0-380-75182-8, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $2.95, 170pp, pb) [U.S.S.A.] High school students battle a military dictatorship in 1996.
- SYMONS, JULIAN (Gustave) (1912-1994) (stories)
- * _Conan Doyle: Portrait of an Artist (Mysterious Press 0-89296-926-1, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $9.95, 137pp, tp) Reprint (G. Whizzard 1979) non-fiction, biography. [Doyle]
- SYNGE, (Phyllis) URSULA (1930-1981?)
- * *Swans Wing (Bodley Head (US) 0-370-30425-X, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $11.95, 155pp, hc) Fantasy novel, another sequel to Andersens fairytale The Wild Swan.
- * +Swans Wing (Ace 0-441-79094-1, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $2.95, 152pp, pb) Reprint (Bodley Head 1981) fantasy novel. First U.S. edition.
- SYVERTSEN, RYDER (Otto) (1941- ); see pseudonym Ryder Stacy; see house pseudonym John Sievert
- * _C.A.D.S. [as by John Sievert] See entry under John Sievert.
- * _C.A.D.S. # 2: Tech Battleground [as by John Sievert] See entry under John Sievert.
- * _C.A.D.S. # 3: Tech Commando [as by John Sievert] See entry under John Sievert.
- * _C.A.D.S. # 4: Tech Strike Force [as by John Sievert] See entry under John Sievert.
- * _C.A.D.S. # 5: Tech Satan [as by John Sievert] See entry under John Sievert.
- * _C.A.D.S. # 6: Tech Inferno [as by John Sievert] See entry under John Sievert.
- * _C.A.D.S. # 7: Doom Commander [as by John Sievert] See entry under John Sievert.
- * _C.A.D.S. # 8: Cybertech Killing Zone [as by John Sievert] See entry under John Sievert.
- * *Mystic Rebel #2: The Dancing Dead (Pinnacle 1-55817-079-0, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $3.95, 320pp, pb) [Mystic Rebel] Contemporary fantasy novel in a series set in Chinese-occupied Tibet.
- * *Mystic Rebel #3: Darkness Descends (Pinnacle 1-55817-141-X, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $3.95, 320pp, pb) [Mystic Rebel] Occult suspense novel set in Chinese-occupied Tibet.
- * *Mystic Rebel IV (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-243-2, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $3.95, 320pp, pb) [Mystic Rebel] Occult adventure novel about a CIA agent transformed into a hero with occult powers.
- * *Mystic Rebel VI: Fortress of Forbidden Destiny (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-550-4, Oct 91 [Nov 91], $3.95, 288pp, pb) [Mystic Rebel] Occult adventure novel about a CIA agent transformed into a hero with supernatural powers, sixth book in an ongoing series.
- * *Psychic Spawn (with Adrian Fletcher) (Popular Library 0-445-20420-6, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $3.95, pb) Horror novel.
- SZCZESUIL, TIMOTHY P., ed. (1961- ) (stories)
- * _Frankensteins and Foreign Devils See entry under Walter Jon Williams.
- * _His Share of Glory: The Complete Short Science Fiction of C.M. Kornbluth See entry under C. M. Kornbluth.
- SZIEMIANOWICZ, STEFAN
- SZILAGYI, STEVE(n Glenn) (1952- )
- * *Photographing Fairies (Ballantine 0-345-37751-6, Jul 92 [Jun 92], $18.00, 321pp, hc) Historical fantasy novel set in Victorian England. An American photographer is hired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to help ensure his sole claim to proof of the existence of fairies, which involves him in intrigue and sexual peculiarities. A first novel. Recommended (SW).
- * _Photographing Fairies (Ballantine 0-345-38323-0, May 93 [Apr 93], $10.00, 321pp, tp, cover by Edward Robert Hughes) Reprint (Ballantine 1992) historical fantasy novel set in Victorian England.
- SZILARD, LEO (1898-1964) (stories)
- * _The Voice of the Dolphins and Other Stories (Stanford University Press 0-8047-1753-2, May 92, $45.00, 200pp, hc) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1961) SF collection. This edition adds an introduction by historian Barton Bernstein, an afterword by Helen Weiss and one story from the 1967 Sphere reprint. (Contents)
- SZOLLOSI, THOMAS
- * *The Proving (Doubleday 0-385-24239-5, Jun 88 [Aug 88], $17.95, 256pp, hc) Psychological horror/detective novel with supernatural elements.
- * _The Proving (Avon 0-380-70788-8, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $3.95, 218pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1988) psychological horror/detective novel with supernatural elements.
- TADIE, ANDREW A., ed.
- TAGAMI, YOSHI
- * *Grey 1 (VIZ Select Comics 0-929279-15-8, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $2.95, 72pp, tp) Art book; graphic novel in b&w, first in a series. Foreword by Harlan Ellison. Translated from the Japanese (Tokuma Shoten 1988).
- TAKEI, GEORGE (1937- )
- * _Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
- * _To the Stars (Pocket 0-671-53623-0, Dec 95, $3.99, 213pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1994) associational non-fiction, the autobiography of Star Treks Sulu, with eight unpaginated pages of photos. This is a young-adult abridgement.
- * *To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei, Star Treks Mr. Sulu (Pocket 0-671-89008-5, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $22.00, 406pp, hc) [Star Trek] Associational non-fiction, the autobiography of Star Treks Sulu.
- * *To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei, Star Treks Mr. Sulu (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-89008-5, Oct 94 [Jan 95], £12.99, 406pp, hc, cover by Kelly Campbell) [Star Trek] Illustrated autobiography of the actor. Simultaneous with the US (Pocket) edition.
- * _To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei, Star Treks Mr. Sulu (Pocket 0-671-89009-3, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $12.00, 406pp, tp) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1994) associational non-fiction, the autobiography of Star Treks Sulu.
- TAL, STANISLAUS, ed.
- * _Bizarre Dreams (with Caro Soles) See entry under Caro Soles.
- * *Bizarre Sex and Other Crimes of Passion (Masquerade/Richard Kasak 1-56333-213-2, Jan 95 [Dec 94], $12.95, 211pp, tp, cover by Todd Elkin) Anthology of 21 stories of erotic horror and fantasy, ten original and the rest previously published in Tals eponymous magazine/anthology. (Contents)
- TALBOT, MICHAEL (Coleman) (1953-1992)
- * *The Bog (Morrow 0-688-05952-X, Apr 86 [Jun 86], $17.95, 310pp, hc) Fantasy/horror novel of an ancient necromancer in modern England, by the author of The Delicate Dependency.
- * _The Bog (Jove 0-515-09049-2, Jul 87 [Jun 87], $3.95, 314pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 1986) horror novel.
- * *Night Things (Morrow 0-688-07163-5, Jul 88, $16.95, 274pp, hc) Supernatural horror novel featuring a very strange mansion some good scene setting is foiled by standard characterization. (FCM)
- * _Night Things (Avon 0-380-70897-3, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $3.95, 248pp, pb, cover by James Warren) Reprint (Morrow 1988) horror novel of a house in the Adirondacks harboring an ancient evil.
- TALBOT, NORMAN (Clare), ed. (1936- ) (stories)
- TALBOTT, HUDSON
- TALCROFT, BARBARA L.
- * *Death of the Corn King: King and Goddess in Rosemary Sutcliffs Historical Fiction for Young Adults (Scarecrow Press 0-8108-2982-7, Apr 95 [Jun 95], $25.00, 164pp, hc) Non-fiction look at Sutcliffs use of sacrificial kings and goddess themes in her works, including her Arthurians. There is a short biography of Sutcliff, and a bibliography of her works. Order from University Press of America, 4720 Boston Way, Lanham MD 20706; credit card orders: 800-462-6420. [Sutcliff]
- TALLEY, STEVEN
- TALLIS, ROBYN; house pseudonym
- * *Planet Builders # 1: Mountain of Stolen Dreams (Ballantine Fawcett Ivy 0-8041-0201-5, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $2.95, 185pp, pb) [Planet Builders] Young-adult sf novel. A team of planetary engineers rushes to avoid a natural catastrophe on an unexplored planet. First in a series.
- * *Planet Builders # 2: Night of Ghosts and Lightning [by Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald] (Ballantine Ivy 0-8041-0202-3, Jan 89 [Dec 88], $2.95, 186pp, pb) [Planet Builders] Young-adult sf novel. Six teenagers with special powers fight to save a city from being torn apart by earthquakes. Tallis is a many-headed author, this time its Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald. This is a series packaged by Butterfield Press.
- * *Planet Builders # 3: Rebel from Alphorion (Ballantine Ivy 0-8041-0205-8, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $2.95, 186pp, pb) [Planet Builders] Young-adult sf novelization about friends linked by a psychic bond who help the rebels of a planet. The series is packaged by Butterfield Press, and the author has at least four heads.
- * *Planet Builders # 5: Zero-Sum Games [by Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald] (Ballantine Ivy 0-8041-0207-4, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $2.95, 182pp, pb) [Planet Builders] Young-adult sf series packaged and copyright by Butterfield Press. The author is a group, this time its Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald.
- * *Planet Builders # 6: Night of Two New Moons (Ballantine Ivy 0-8041-0209-0, May 89 [Apr 89], $2.95, 183pp, pb) [Planet Builders] Young-adult sf novelization. Part of a series packaged by Butterfield Press. The author is a group.
- * *Planet Builders # 8: Horrorvid (Ballantine Ivy 0-8041-0461-1, Jul 89 [Aug 89], $2.95, 185pp, pb) [Planet Builders] Young-adult sf novelization. The author is a group and the series is packaged by Butterfield Press.
- * *Planet Builders # 9: Giants of Elenna (Ballantine Ivy 0-8041-9046-X, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $2.95, 184pp, pb) [Planet Builders] Young-adult sf novelization, part of a series packaged by the Butterfield Press. The author is a group.
- * *Planet Builders #10: Fire in the Sky (Ballantine Ivy 0-8041-0463-8, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $2.95, 186pp, pb) [Planet Builders] Young-adult sf novelization. The author is a group and the series is packaged by Butterfield Press.
- TALMADGE-BICKMORE, DEBORAH
- * *The Apprentice (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36139-3, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $3.95, 263pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) Fantasy novel about an evil sorceress and her apprentice. A first novel.
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