The Locus Index to Science Fiction

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from SAW • Berni M. Janssen • (ex)
From Science Fiction to Speculative Fiction • Peter F. Hamilton • (ar)
From Script to Screen • Brigid S. G. Cherry • (ar)
From Shadowed Places • Richard Matheson • (nv)
From Shanghai to Shepperton • J. G. Ballard • (ar)
from Shikasta • Doris Lessing • (ex)
from Snow Crash: Chapter 1 • Neal Stephenson • (ex)
from Software • Rudy Rucker • (ex)
from Some Things Black • Jacques Roubaud • (pm)
from Sorties: Out and Out: Attacks/Ways Out/Forays • Hélène Cixous • (ex)
From Stage Coach to Convict Ship • D. G. Rowlands • (ss)
From Stephen King • Stephen King • (ms)
from Stinger • Robert R. McCammon • (ex)
from Stories from the Nerve Bible: 12. Maps and Places • Laurie Anderson • (ex)
from Stories from the Nerve Bible: 15. Black Fire on White Fire • Laurie Anderson • (ex)
from Stories from the Nerve Bible: 24. Talkshow • Laurie Anderson • (ex)
from Stories from the Nerve Bible: 48. Stories from the Nerve Bible • Laurie Anderson • (ex)
from Stories from the Nerve Bible: 49. This Storm • Laurie Anderson • (ex)
from Straight Fiction • Thom Jurek • (ex)
From the “American Notebooks” • Nathaniel Hawthorne • (ex)
From the “London Times” of 1904 • Mark Twain • (ss)
From the (ulp!) Editor... • William J. Keaton • (ed)
From the Adab • Frank Herbert • (pm)
from The Almanac Branch • Bradford Morrow • (ex)
from The American Woman in the Chinese Hat • Carole Maso • (ex)
From the Annals of the Onomastic Society • Ian Watson • (ss)
from The Armies of the Night: from Part II: Friday Afternoon • Norman Mailer • (ex)
From the Beach • Derek Godat • (ss)
From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy, Marina Warner • Gary K. Wolfe • (br)
From the Belt Wars • Ann K. Schwader • (pm)
From the Bjarkamál • Anonymous • (pm)
From The Book of Nymphomation • Jeff Noon • (ss)
from The Book of the Dead Man (#2) • Marvin Bell • (pm)
From the Books of Alice Redfearn: A Didactic Parable • Gary A. Braunbeck • (ss)
From the Bookshelf • Mark L. Olson • (br)
From the Bookshelf:
___ Action and Suspense • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Alternate Worlds • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Best of the Best • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Breaking New Ground • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Breaking Old Ground • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Brilliant Fantasy, Flawed SF • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Brilliant Returns, Interesting Debuts • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ The Day After Tomorrow • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ The Fate of the Earth • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ First Novels and Others • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Genre Benders • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Hail and Farewell • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Humans and Others • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Lone Heroes • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Many Worlds • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Masters of the Field • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ New Worlds • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ On Life and Art • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Outer and Inner Space • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Powerful Imaginations • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Short Subjects • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ A Step to the Side • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Strange Days in Strange Lands • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Stretching the Boundaries • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Sunlight • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ A Valediction • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
___ Views of Armageddon • Janice M. Eisen • (br)
From the Brain Stem • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • (ed)
from The Bridge • Alex Jeffers • (nv)
From the Cage Cleaner • ElizaBeth A. Gilligan • (cl)
From the Chair to the Bed in One Easy Scream • Gregory L. Norris • (vi)
From the Cocoon • Mark McLaughlin • (ed)
From the Corner of the Eye • Michael F. Flynn • (ss)
From the Crock of Gold • James Stephens • (ss)
from The Crying of Lot 49 • Thomas Pynchon • (ex)
From the Crypts of Memory • Clark Ashton Smith • (pp)
From the Dark • H. P. Lovecraft • (ss)
From the Dark Star • Nathaniel Johnson, Jr. • (pm)
From the Dark Waters • David A. Drake • (ss)
From the Darkness • David G. Barnett • (ed)
From the Darkness and the Depths • Morgan Robertson • (nv)
From the Dead • Edith Nesbit • (ss)
From the Dead Letter File • Janet Kagan • (vi)
From the Desert • Roger Johnson • (vi)
From the Desk Of • George Alec Effinger • (ss)
From the Desk of Gilmer C. Merton • Gene Wolfe • (ss)
From the Desktop of Chaos • Bob Cook • (pm)
From the Diary of Hermione • Ardath F. Mayhar • (ss)
From the Diggings • D. G. Rowlands • (ss)
From the Dirac Sea to the Dark Lady • Aimee Kratts • (iv)
From the Double Ruins of Helix • Bruce Boston • (pm)
From the Dreadful Abyss • Nathaniel Johnson, Jr. • (pm)
From the Dream-Infested Deep • Nathaniel Johnson, Jr. • (pm)
From the Dust Returned • Ray Bradbury • (ss)
From the Earth to the Moon • Jules Verne • (n.)
The “From the Earth to the Stars” Complete Checklist • Philip Harbottle & Sean Wallace • (bi)
From the Editor • D. E. Davidson • (ed)
From the Editor • John DiDomenico • (ed)
From the Editor • Teresa Keene • (ed)
From the Editor • T. E. D. Klein • (in)
From the Editor • David C. Kopaska-Merkel • (pr)
From the Editor • Greg Meronek • (ed)
From the Editor • Bill Munster • (ed)
From the Editor’s Desk • Edward J. McFadden, III • (ed)
From the Editor’s Desk • Dean Wesley Smith • (ed)
From the Editor’s Dungeon • Jon L. Herron • (ed)
From the Editor’s Lair • Randy Dannenfelser • (ed)
From the Editor’s Lair • Cathy Shanks • (ed)
From the End of the Twentieth Century • John M. Ford • (ss)
From the Faery Lands • James Norman Hall • (ex)
from The Female Man • Joanna Russ • (ex)
From the Fifteenth District • Mavis Gallant • (ss)
From the Fifth Dimension: The Twilight Zone Returns! • Susan Ellison • (iv)
From the Files of: Rattlebone: Taxi Murders • C. G. C. Sequeira & Kurt Stone • (gs)
From the Fishbowl • David R. Bunch • (ss)
From the Foam, Aphrodite • Jonathan Waite • (vi)
From the Freeway • Elizabeth Hillman • (pm)
from The Ghost Writer: Femme Fatale • Philip Roth • (ex)
From the Government Printing Office • Kris Neville • (ss)
From the Heart’s Basement • Barry N. Malzberg • (cl)
From the Hedgehog’s Lair • Katharine Kerr • (ar)
From the Hughes High School Yearbook • Fredric Brown • (ms)
From the Hughes High School Yearbook • Misc. • (ms)
From the January 21, 2030 issue of Time • Michael D. Tilson • (vi)
From the Jaws of Defeat • Grey Rollins • (nv)
From the Journals of “Woodchuck Charlie” Robinson, Wilderness Guide & Trapper • W. D. Snodgrass • (vi)
From the Journals of John Kincaid • Don Webb • (pm)
From the Labyrinth of Night • Lillian Stewart Carl • (ss)
From the Lake • Pete Hamill • (ss)
From the Lands Beyond the Hill • Jeremy G. Byrne • (ed)
from The Legacy of Heorot • Steven Barnes, Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle • (ex)
From the Lighthouse • Garth Nix • (ss)
From the Log • Anselm Hollo • (pm)
From the Lower Deep • Hugh B. Cave • (ss)
From the Mage’s Shelf • Jeffrey V. Yule • (br)
from The Magic Goes Away • Larry Niven • (ex)
From the Memory a Rooted Sorrow • Nik Morton • (ss)
From the Misty Dark • Frank D. McSherry, Jr. • (in)
from The Moat Around Murcheson’s Eye • Larry Niven • (ex)
from The Mote in God’s Eye • Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle • (ex)
From the Mouths of Babes • J. Spencer Dreischarf • (ss)
From the Mouths of Babes • Bentley Little • (ss)
From the Mouths of Lizards • Bruce Boston • (pm)
from The New World • Frederick Turner • (pm)
From The New York Times: Martians Lack Language but Possess Organized Society • Frederik Pohl • (ms)
From the Night Wind Comes • David B. Silva • (nv)
From the Notebook of Dr. Stein • Gene Wolfe • (ss)
From the Orange Catholic Bible • Frank Herbert • (pm)
From the Other Side • Zachary Kane • (ss)
From the Papers of Helmut Hecker • Chet Williamson • (ss)
from The Patchwork Girl • Larry Niven • (ex)
From the People of the Houses of Earth in the Valley to the Other People Who Were on Earth Before Them • Ursula K. Le Guin • (pm)
From the Prior Estate • Mark Rich • (pm)
From the Publishers • John Gregory Betancourt & Kim Betancourt • (pr)
From the Pulp-It • Steve Algieri • (ed)
From the Reader’s Chair • ElizaBeth A. Gilligan • (br)
From the Rhysling Chair • W. Gregory Stewart • (in)
From the Rhysling Chair: A Special Thanks • Anonymous • (in)
from The Ringworld Engineers • Larry Niven • (ex)
From the Scriptorium • Robert M. Price • (ed)
from The Sea People • Maurilia Meehan • (ex)
From the Shadows • David Niall Wilson • (ed)
From the Shores of California to the Sands of Mars • Nigel Anthony Sellars • (iv)
From the Shores of Tripoli • Jonathan Shipley • (ss)
From the Slush to the Slicks • T. E. D. Klein • (ed)
from The Space Child’s Mother Goose • Frederick Winsor • (pm)
From The Star Maker • Olaf Stapledon • (ex)
From the Stolen Journals • Frank Herbert • (pm)
From the Sun • Marcus Alexander • (ss)
From the Swamp Rot Rises My Baby’s Dreams • Tom Piccirilli • (vi)
From the Teeth of Angels, Jonathan Carroll • Faren Miller • (br)
from The Things They Carried: How to Tell a True War Story • Tim O’Brien • (ex)
From the Tideless Sea • William Hope Hodgson • (ss)
From the Tombs • Harold Hood • (ss)
From the Tour Guide • G. F. O’Sullivan • (ss)
From the Translyvanian Joke Book • John Grey • (pm)
From the Travel Diary and Sketchbook of Braxton Montague Shew III:
___ Bang-tailed Petalmouth • Anonymous • (hu)
___ The Common Argoen of Huang’s World • Anonymous • (hu)
___ Groundsliding Bellywalker • Anonymous • (hu)
___ Zhburtz’ming of Gawain • Anonymous • (hu)
From the Travel Diary and Sketchbook of Braxton Montague Shew IV:
___ A Headwalker from Dholdon Town • Anonymous • (hu)
___ The Shree of Planet Dzehn • Anonymous • (hu)
From the Tree of Time • Fred Saberhagen • (ss)
From the Vasty Deep • H. Russell Wakefield • (ss)
From the Workshop • Steve Sneyd • (ms)
From the Yearning for War and the War’s Ending • Michael Williams • (nv)
From The Yellow Text of Thanos Khan • Don Webb • (pm)
From These Ashes • Fredric Brown • (ss)
From This Swamp • Henry Wessels • (ss)
From Tilbury Out • Iain Sinclair • (ex)
From Time to Time • Bruce Stanley Burdick • (ss)
From Time to Time, Jack Finney • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
from Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog: The Making of “Tooth Imprints on a Corn Dog” • Mark Leyner • (ex)
From Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America • Craig Baldwin • (ss)
from Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book: from Trippers and Askers • Maxine Hong Kingston • (ex)
from Trout Fishing in America: The Cover for Trout Fishing in America • Richard Brautigan • (ms)
from Trout Fishing in America: Trout Death by Port Wine • Richard Brautigan • (ex)
from Vive? • John Clute • (br)
From Western Trash to Japanese Origami • James E. Gunn • (is)

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