The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

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SCOTT, MARTIN (chron.) (continued)

* *Thraxas at the Races (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-734-X, Jun ’99 [May ’99], £5.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Julian Gibson) [Thraxas] Humorous fantasy detective novel, third in the “Thraxas” series.
SCOTT, MELISSA (1960- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Shapes of Their Hearts (Tor 0-312-87247-X, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $14.95, 301pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1998) SF novel of an AI with the mind of a prophet.
SEARS, RICHARD (chron.)

* *First Born (Tor/Forge 0-312-87250-X, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $24.95, 300pp, hc) Millennial psychic thriller. A baby with healing powers is pursued by those thinking him the new Messiah or a half-alien.
SEGRIFF, LARRY, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _Cat Crimes through Time (with Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Ed Gorman.
SEYMOUR, LEE EDWARD (1957- ); see pseudonym Edward Lee (stories) (chron.)
SHAHAR, ELUKI bes; see under bes Shahar, Eluki (stories) (chron.)
SHATNER, WILLIAM (1931- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Get a Life! (with Chris Kreski) (Pocket 0-671-02131-1, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $24.00, 321pp, hc) Non-fiction, autobiography. Shatner explores the Star Trek fan phenomenon.
* _Star Trek: Avenger (SFBC #17516, Sep ’97 [Jan ’99], $10.98, 370pp, hc, cover by James Wang) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1997) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. This is similar to the Pocket edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket; it was scheduled for 1997, but not seen until now.
* *Star Trek: Dark Victory (with Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens) (Pocket 0-671-00882-X, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $23.00, 303pp, hc, cover by John Ennis) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization, sequel to Spectre. Shatner’s co-authors are credited on the title page and inside back cover only. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
* _Star Trek: Dark Victory (with Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens) (SFBC #00361, Jul ’99, $11.50, 303pp, hc, cover by John Ennis) [Star Trek: Spectre] Reprint (Pocket 1999) Star Trek novelization, sequel to Spectre. Shatner’s co-authors are credited on the title page and inside back cover only. This is similar to the Pocket edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Star Trek: Spectre (with Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens) (Pocket 0-671-00880-3, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $6.50, 372pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1998) Star Trek novelization, first of two parts. Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens are credited on the title page only. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
* *Step into Chaos (HarperPrism 0-06-105276-0, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $24.00, 242pp, hc, cover by Peter Peebles) [Quest for Tomorrow] SF novel, third in the “Quest for Tomorrow” series.
* _Step into Chaos (HarperPrism 0-06-105744-4, Dec ’99, $5.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Quest for Tomorrow] Reprint (HarperPrism 1999) SF novel, third in the “Quest for Tomorrow” series.
* _TekNet (Ace 0-441-00604-3, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $6.99, 260pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Jake Cardigan] Reprint (Ace 1997) SF novel, ninth and apparently last in the “Tek” series.
SHEA, SANDRA (chron.)

* *The Realm of Secondhand Souls (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-83810-X, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $23.00, 387pp, hc, cover by Susan Leopold) Literary fantasy/magical realism novel about an orphaned girl with special talents for sensing the history of objects.
SHECKLEY, ROBERT (1928-2005) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (Boxtree 0-7522-1813-1, Jun ’99, £5.99, 244pp, pb) [Babylon 5] Novelisation of the TV movie. Book #12 in the series. Simultaneous with the US (Ballantine) edition.
* _Godshome (Tor 0-312-86803-0, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $13.95, 251pp, tp, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Reprint (Tor 1999) humorous fantasy novel.
SHEFFIELD, CHARLES (A.) (1935-2002) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Aftermath (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57738-7, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $6.50, 547pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Aftermath] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1998) near-future post-holocaust SF novel. The Alpha Centauri supernova devastates earth.
* *The Borderlands of Science (Baen 0-671-57836-7, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $22.00, 367pp, hc, cover by Patrick Turner) Non-fiction book on “How to think like a scientist and write science fiction.” Includes index and bibliography of references.
* *Starfire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37894-5, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $13.95, 401pp, tp, cover by Cliff Mills) [Aftermath] SF novel, sequel to Aftermath. A search for a serial killer parallels efforts to shield the already devastated Earth from new waves of deadly high-energy particles.
* *Transvergence (Baen 0-671-57837-5, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $6.99, 534pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) [Heritage Universe] Omnibus of the third and fourth SF novels in the “Heritage Universe” series: Transcendence (1992) and Convergence (1997). (Contents)
_____, ed. * _How to Save the World (Tor 0-312-86784-0, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $14.95, 349pp, tp, cover by David Mattingly) Reprint (Tor 1995) original anthology of 13 SF stories featuring outrageous, high-tech solutions to the world’s problems.
SHELLEY, MARY W(ollstonecraft Godwin) (1797-1851) (stories) (chron.)

* _Frankenstein (Doubleday 0-385-48732-0, 1999 [Oct ’99], $18.95, 265pp, hc) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Lackington 1818) classic SF novel. This “New York Public Library Collector’s Edition” has the text of the revised third edition (Colburn & Bentley 1831), plus numerous illustrations from various early editions.
* _Frankenstein (Random House/Modern Library 0-375-75341-9, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $7.95, 303pp, tp) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Lackington 1818) classic SF novel, with a new introduction by Wendy Steiner. This has the text of the revised third edition (Colburn & Bentley 1831).
SHELLEY, RICHARD M.; see under Shelley, Rick (stories) (chron.)
SHELLEY, RICK; [i.e., Richard Michael Shelley] (1947-2001) (stories) (chron.)

* *Captain (Ace 0-441-00605-1, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $5.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Dirigent Mercenary Corps] Military SF novel, third in the “Dirigent Mercenary Corps” series.
* *Major (Ace 0-441-00680-9, Dec ’99, $5.99, 260pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Dirigent Mercenary Corps] Military SF novel, fourth in the “Dirigent Mercenary Corps” series.
SHEPARD, LUCIUS (Taylor) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

* +Beast of the Heartland and Other Stories (Four Walls Eight Windows 1-56858-126-2, Mar ’99, $10.95, 292pp, tp) Collection of seven long stories, including the Nebula Award-winning “Barnacle Bill the Spacer”. First US edition (Millennium 1997 as Barnacle Bill the Spacer and Other Stories).
SHEPHERD, MARK (chron.)

* *Lazerwarz (Baen 0-671-57806-5, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $5.99, 280pp, pb, cover by C. W. Kelly) [Serrated Edge] Fantasy novel set in Mercedes Lackey’s urban-fantasy world of the “Serrated Edge”. A nobody discovers his warrior nature through laser tag — and is discovered in turn by supernatural forces.
SHEPPARD, ROGER (chron.)

* *Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror: A Reader’s Guide (Library Association Career Development Group 1-901353-01-X, 1999 [Jun ’99], $48.00, 416pp, tp) Non-fiction reference. A guide to selected recommended works listed by author, concentrating on the period from 1960-1995, with brief descriptions, publishing information for first editions in the US and UK, awards, etc. Preface by Andy Sawyer. Published in the UK (£25.00); available in the US from Trigon Press, 117 Kent House Road, Beckenham Kent BR3 1JJ, England; e-mail: trigon@easynet.co.uk; add $4.00 for postage and handling.
SHERMAN, CORDELIA CAROLINE; see under Sherman, Delia (stories) (chron.)
SHERMAN, DAVID (chron.)

* *Starfist: Blood Contact (with Dan Cragg) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42527-8, Dec ’99, $6.50, 344pp, pb) [Starfist] Military SF novel, fourth in a series about 25th-century Marines.
SHERMAN, DELIA; [i.e., Cordelia Caroline Sherman] (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Through a Brazen Mirror (Circlet Press 1-885865-24-4, Jun ’99, $14.95, 283pp, tp, cover by Cortney Skinner) Reprint (Ace 1989) fantasy novel. There is a new introduction by Ellen Kushner.
_____, ed. * _The Essential Bordertown (with Terri Windling) See entry under Terri Windling.
SHERMAN, JOSEPHA (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Visitors (with Laura Anne Gilman) See entry under Laura Anne Gilman.
* *Star Trek: Vulcan’s Heart (with Susan M. Shwartz) (Pocket 0-671-01544-3, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $23.00, 378pp, hc, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
* _Star Trek: Vulcan’s Heart (with Susan M. Shwartz) (SFBC #02345, Aug ’99, $11.50, 378pp, hc, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1999) Star Trek novelization, sequel to Vulcan’s Forge. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. This is similar to the Pocket edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
SHIMERMAN, ARMIN (stories) (chron.)

* *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The 34th Rule (with David R. George, III) (Pocket 0-671-00793-9, Jan ’99, $6.50, 425pp, pb, cover by Sonia R. Hillios) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
SHINER, LEWIS (Gordon) (1950- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Say Goodbye: The Laurie Moss Story (St. Martin’s 0-312-24110-0, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $23.95, 245pp, hc) Associational novel of a woman’s struggles in the rock music business.
SHINN, SHARON (Ruth) (1957- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Alleluia Files (Ace 0-441-00620-5, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $6.99, 436pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Archangel] Reprint (Ace 1998) SF novel, third in the “Archangel” series.
* _The Shape-Changer’s Wife (Ace 0-441-00261-7, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $5.99, 200pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) Reissue (Ace 1995) fantasy novel. Second printing.
* *Wrapt in Crystal (Ace 0-441-00616-7, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $13.95, 324pp, tp, cover by Jean Targete) SF novel. An agent investigates the murders of priestesses in a planet’s two religions.
SHIRLEY, JOHN (Patrick) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Eclipse (Babbage Press 1-930235-00-3, Dec ’99, $17.95, 376pp, tp, cover by Lydia C. Marano) [Song Called Youth] Reprint (Bluejay 1985) SF novel, book one of the “pre-holocaust” trilogy, “A Song Called Youth”. This has been significantly revised and updated, and has a new copyright. Available on-demand from at www.babbagepress.com or write Babbage Press, 8740 Penfield Ave, Northridge CA 91324.
* *Really, Really, Really, Really, Weird Stories (Night Shade Books 1-892389-02-9, Mar ’99, $16.95, 392pp, tp, cover by Alan M. Clark) Collection of 37 stories, 10 original, several revised or hard-to-find. Stories are arranged in order of increasing weirdness. A limited hardcover edition (-01-0, $70.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Night Shade Books, 870 East El Camino Real #133, Mountain View CA 94040; website www.nightshadebooks.com (Contents)
* _Wetbones (Leisure 0-8439-4525-7, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $5.50, 332pp, pb) Reprint (Ziesing 1992) horror novel.
SHUSTERMAN, NEAL (Douglas) (1962- ); see pseudonym Easton Royce (stories) (chron.)

* _The Dark Side of Nowhere (Tor 0-812-56878-8, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $4.99, 185pp, pb, cover by David Gaadt) Reprint (Little, Brown 1997) young-adult SF/horror about an alien conspiracy.
* *Downsiders (Simon & Schuster 0-689-80375-3, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $16.00, 246pp, hc, cover by Greg Harlin) Young-adult thriller about a lost civilization in the forgotten tunnels under New York City.
* *Thief of Souls (Tor 0-312-85507-9, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $21.95, 253pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Shards Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the “Star Shards Chronicles”, after Scorpion Shards. The ex-misfit Star Shards face an evil out of the ancient past.
SHWARTZ, SUSAN M(artha) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Cross and Crescent (Tor 0-312-86807-3, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $14.95, 382pp, tp, cover by Richard Bober) [Shards of Empire] Reprint (Tor 1997) historical fantasy of the Byzantine empire, set in the same universe as Shards of Empire.
* _Star Trek: Vulcan’s Heart (with Josepha Sherman) See entry under Josepha Sherman.
SIEBERT, STEVEN (chron.)

* *Cleopatra’s Needle (Tor/Forge 0-312-86748-4, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $23.95, 368pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielson) Thriller with dark-fantasy elements. An archaelologist and a Mosad agent try to keep terrorists from using a stolen Egyptian relic that may unleash a power of Biblical proportions.
SIEGEL, JAN; pseudonym of Amanda Hemingway, (1955- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Prospero’s Children (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225835-8, Oct ’99, £12.99, xviii+331pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) [Way of the Witch] Fantasy novel. A first novel.
SILVERBERG, ROBERT (1935- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Alien Years (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-21110-1, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], £6.99, 453pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Voyager 1998) SF novel of alien invasion and occupation.
* _The Alien Years (HarperPrism 0-06-105111-X, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $6.99, 488pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) Reprint (Voyager 1998) SF novel of alien occupation of Earth.
* _The Book of Skulls (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-914-7, Dec ’99, £6.99, 222pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Scribner 1971) SF novel. Volume 23 in the “SF Masterworks” series.
* *Lord Prestimion (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224678-3, Feb ’99 [Dec ’98], £16.99, 434pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor: Prestimion] SF novel in the “Majipoor” series. Valentine uncovers evidence of a war hidden 1,000 years before by then Coronal Lord Prestimion. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-225667-3, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
* +Lord Prestimion (HarperPrism 0-06-105028-8, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $25.00, 416pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor: Prestimion] SF novel in the “Majipoor” series. Prestimion uses magic to erase his people’s memories of war, then has to explain away the damage. First US edition (Voyager 2/99).
* _Lord Prestimion (SFBC #01942, Sep ’99, $11.98, 416pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor: Prestimion] Reprint (Voyager 1999) SF novel in the “Majipoor” series. This is similar to the HarperPrism edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Lord Prestimion (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-651103-1, Sep ’99, £6.99, 434pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor: Prestimion] Reprint (Voyager 1999) fantasy novel in the “Majipoor” cycle.
* _Lord Valentine’s Castle (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648377-1, Sep ’99, £6.99, 506pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] Reprint (Harper & Row 1980) SF novel. First in the “Majipoor” cycle.
* _To Live Again (Pulpless.Com 1-58445-018-5, May ’99, $19.95, 245pp, tp, cover by Billy Tackett) Reprint (Doubleday 1969) SF novel. An on-demand edition, also available in a Paperless Book digital edition. Available from Pulpless.Com, 775 East Blithedale Ave., Suite 508, Mill Valley CA 94941-7353; www.pulpless.com
* _To Open the Sky (Pulpless.Com 1-58445-045-2, Jun ’99, $19.95, 234pp, tp, cover by Billy Tackett) [Blue Fire] Reprint (Ballantine 1967) SF novel. An on-demand edition, also available in a Paperless Book digital edition. Available from Pulpless.Com, 775 East Blithedale Ave., Suite 508, Mill Valley CA 94941; 500-367-7353; www.pulpless.com
* *Valentine of Majipoor (SFBC #02048, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $17.98, 806pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Majipoor] Omnibus of three SF novels: Lord Valentine’s Castle (1980), The Majipoor Chronicles (1982), and Valentine Pontifex (1983). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-0043-6; it comes shrinkwrapped with a poster of the cover art. (Contents)
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* *Far Horizons (Avon Eos 0-380-97630-7, May ’99, $27.50, 482pp, hc) Original anthology of 11 novellas, an SF version of Legends, with authors writing in their best-known worlds, including Frederik Pohl’s ’Heechee’, Dan Simmons’s ’The Hyperion Cantos’, Orson Scott Card’s ’Ender’, and Ursula K. Le Guin’s ’The Ekumen’. (Contents)
* _Far Horizons (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-942-3, Jun ’99, £17.99, 481pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Avon Eos 1999) original anthology of 11 short novels in some of the most famous series in SF by Le Guin, Haldeman, Card, Brin, Silverberg, Simmons, Kress, Pohl, Benford, McCaffrey and Bear. Each has an Introduction by its author. [First U.K. edition]
* _Far Horizons (SFBC #01212, Jul ’99 [Aug ’99], $13.98, 482pp, hc) Reprint (Avon Eos 1999) original anthology of 11 SF novellas, with authors writing in their best-known worlds. This is similar to the Avon Eos edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Legends (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225667-3, Jun ’99 [May ’99], £11.99, xiv+591pp, tp, cover by Josh Kirby & Geoff Taylor) Reprint (Tor 1998) original anthology of 11 short novels by modern masters of fantasy, set in their most popular series.
* _Legends: Volume 1 (Tor 0-812-56663-7, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $6.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Tor 1998 as part of a single volume) original anthology of four short novels by modern masters of fantasy: this has stories by King, Silverberg, Card, and Feist. (Contents)
* _Legends: Volume 2 (Tor 0-812-57523-7, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $6.99, 379pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) Reprint (Tor 1998 as part of a single volume) anthology of three short novels by modern masters of fantasy. This has stories by Goodkind, McCaffrey, and George R.R. Martin. (Contents)
SIMAK, CLIFFORD D(onald) (1904-1988) (stories) (chron.)

* _Over the River and Through the Woods: The Best Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak (SFBC #00282, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $9.98, 219pp, hc, cover by Michael Dashow) Reprint (Tachyon 1996) collection of eight stories, with introduction by Poul Anderson. This is similar to the Tachyon edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

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