The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001

Books, Listed by Author

SKIDMORE, STEVE (chron.)

• * _Tales of the Dark Forest: Goodknyght! (with Steve Barlow) See entry under Steve Barlow.

SKIPP, JOHN M(ason) (1957- ) (chron.)

• * _The Cleanup (with Craig Spector) (Stealth Press 1-58881-012-7, Feb 2001, $29.95, 394pp, hc, cover by Steve Montiglio) Reprint (Bantam 1987) horror novel. Available from Stealth Press, 336 College Ave., Lancaster PA 17603; [www.stealthpress.com].
• * _The Scream (with Craig Spector) (Stealth Press 1-58881-022-4, Jun 2001, $29.95, 437pp, hc, cover by Steve Montiglio) Reprint (Bantam 1988) horror novel. Available from Stealth Press, 336 College Ave., Lancaster PA 17603; [www.stealthpress.com].

SLADEK, JOHN (Thomas) (1937-2000) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Complete Roderick (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-340-8, Oct 2001, £7.99, 611pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Satirical SF omnibus of Roderick (1980) & Roderick at Random (1983). Volume 45 in the “SF Masterworks” series. (Contents)
• * *The Lost Nose: A Programmed Book (Big Engine no ISBN, 2001, free, 18pp, ph) Free pamphlet distributed to advertise the forthcoming Sladek collection Maps.
• * _Tik-Tok (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07235-0, Feb 2001, £9.99, 184pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1983) satirical SF novel of a murderous robot. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.

SLEATOR, WILLIAM (Warner, III) (1945- ) (chron.)

• * _The Boxes (Hodder Silver 0-340-78766-X, Dec 2000, £3.99, 167pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) [Boxes] Reprint (Penguin/Dutton 1998) young-adult SF/horror novel. A girl disobeys her uncle’s orders not to open two boxes. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Interstellar Pig (Hodder Silver 0-340-85062-0, Dec 2001, £4.99, 201pp, tp, cover by Anthony Robinson) [Barney] Reprint (Dutton 1984) young-adult SF novel.
• * *Marco’s Millions (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-46441-7, Jun 2001, $16.99, 161pp, hc, cover by Victor Lee) [Boxes] Young-adult SF novel, prequel to The Boxes. The boy Marco discovers a doorway to another planet, where time passes slowly.
• * _Marco’s Millions (Hodder Silver 0-340-78767-8, Dec 2001, £4.99, 134pp, tp, cover by Anthony Robinson) [Boxes] Reprint (Dutton 2001) young-adult SF/fantasy novel. A prequel to The Boxes. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Rewind (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-131101-0, Feb 2001, $4.99, 120pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Dutton 1999) young-adult SF/horror novel.

SLONCZEWSKI, JOAN (Lyn) (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Brain Plague (SFBC #33289, Nov 2000, $12.50, 384pp, hc, cover by Alan Pollack) Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel of intelligent microbes colonizing the human race. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Brain Plague (Tor 0-812-57914-3, Mar 2001, $6.99, 384pp, pb, cover by Alan Pollack) Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel.

SLUSSER, GEORGE E(dgar), ed. (1939- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *H.G. Wells’s Perennial Time Machine: Selected Essays from the Centenary Conference “The Time Machine: Past, Present, and Future" (with Patrick Parrinder & Danièle Chatelain) (University of Georgia Press 0-8203-2290-3, Aug 2001, $40.00, 216pp, tp) Anthology of 15 "selected essays from the Centenary Conference: The Time Machine: Past, Present, and Future” held at Imperial College, London, July 26-29 1995. Introduction by Slusser and Chatelain; afterword by Parrinder. Available from University of Georgia Press, 330 Research Dr., Athens GA 30602-4901; credit card orders: 800-266-5842. [Wells]

SMEDMAN, LISA (chron.)

• * *Shadowrun: Tails You Lose (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45818-4, Feb 2001, $5.99, 273pp, pb, cover by Koveck) [Shadowrun] Novelization, 39th in the series based on the roleplaying game. Copyrighted by FASA.

SMITH, D. W. “PROF”; see under Smith, Dean Wesley (stories) (chron.)

SMITH, DEAN WESLEY (1950- ); see pseudonym Kathryn Wesley (stories) (chron.)

• * *Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Pocket 0-7434-2419-0, Jul 2001, $6.99, 230pp, pb) Novelization of the movie based on the computer game. Copyrighted by FFFP.
• * _Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-2419-0, Aug 2001, £5.99, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 2001) novelisation of the computer-animated film, based on the game. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Roswell: No Good Deed (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch) (Pocket 0-7434-1835-2, Sep 2001, $6.99, 239pp, pb) [Roswell] Novelization, the second in a four-book series based on the TV show based on the “Roswell High” series by Melinda Metz. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film, Regency Entertainment (USA), and Monarchy Enterprises B.V.
• * *Star Trek Voyager: Section 31: Shadow (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch) (Pocket 0-671-77478-6, Jun 2001, $6.99, 250pp, pb) [Star Trek Voyager; Section 31] Star Trek novelization, one of four in the “Section 31” series. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Enterprise: By the Book (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch) (Pocket 0-7434-4871-5, Jan 2002, $6.99, 252pp, pb) [Star Trek: Enterprise] Novelization based on the TV series. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

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• * *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds IV (with John J. Ordover & Paula M. Block) (Pocket 0-7434-1131-5, May 2001, $14.95, 312pp, tp) [Star Trek] Original Star Trek anthology of 22 stories written by fans as part of a contest (rules included). Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. (Contents)

SMITH, DOC; see under Smith, Edward E. (stories) (chron.)

SMITH, E(dward) E(lmer) “DOC”; (1890-1965) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Skylark of Space (University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books 0-8032-9286-4, Mar 2001, $10.00, 159pp, tp, cover by O. G. Estes, Jr.) [Skylark (Seaton, Crane et al)] Reprint (Buffalo Book Co. 1946) classic SF novel, first in the “Skylark” series. This commemorative edition follows the 1958 revised text, and has an introduction by Vernor Vinge. Illustrated by O.G. Estes Jr. Order from University of Nebraska Press, 233 North 8th St, Lincoln NE 68588-0484; credit card orders 800-755-1105; email: [pressmail@unl.edu]; website: [www.nebraskapress.unl.edu]; add $4.00 postage.

SMITH, ERNEST BRAMAH (1868-1942); see pseudonym Ernest Bramah (chron.)

SMITH, GEOFFREY (1955- ); see pseudonym Geoffrey Farrington (chron.)

SMITH, GUS (chron.)

• * *Feather & Bone (Big Engine 1-903468-03-5, Sep 2001, £8.99, 307pp, tp, cover by Deirdre Counihan) Dark fantasy novel. A first novel. Alison Rigg, civil servant and witch, loses her soul while investigating a supposed outbreak of BSE in Northumberland.

SMITH, KRISTINE (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Law of Survival (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-80785-8, Oct 2001, $6.99, 392pp, pb) [Jani Kilian] SF novel, third in the “Jani Kilian” series begun in Code of Conduct. No longer a fugitive, Jani finds herself in the middle of dangerous intrigues over dealings with the alien idomeni.

SMITH, L. J. (chron.)

• * _The Night World: Daughters of Darkness (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-68982-X, Nov 2001, £4.99, 228pp, pb, cover by Gary Marsh) [Nightworld] Reissue (Archway 1996) young-adult dark fantasy novel. Vampire sisters escape the Nightworld and find forbidden love with humans. Book two in the series.
• * _The Vampire Diaries: The Fury (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-84351-9, Nov 2001, £4.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Gary Marsh) Reprint (Harper Paperbacks 1991) young-adult dark fantasy novel.
• * _The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-84350-0, Oct 2001, £4.99, 210pp, pb, cover by Gary Marsh) Reprint (Harper Paperbacks 1991) young-adult horror novel.

SMITH, L(ester) NEIL (1946- ) (chron.)

• * *The American Zone (Tor 0-312-87369-7, Dec 2001, $27.95, 350pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) [Probability Broach] SF novel, sequel to The Probability Broach. Detective Win Bear combats terrorists in the Libertarian Confederacy.
• * _Forge of the Elders (Baen 0-671-31982-5, Apr 2001, $7.99, 624pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Baen 2000) SF novel. A socialist Earth meets capitalist aliens from a parallel Earth.
• * _The Probability Broach (Tor/Orb 0-765-30153-9, Dec 2001, $15.95, 315pp, tp) [Probability Broach] Reprint (Del Rey 1980) SF novel.

SMITH, MICHAEL MARSHALL (1965- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Cat Stories (Earthling Publications no ISBN, Sep 2001, $13.00, 71pp, ph, cover by Patti Kaufman) Chapbook collection of three stories, one original, with an introduction by the author. This is a signed, limited edition of 350; a hardcover, traycased edition of 15 is sold out. Order from Earthling Publications, 12 Pheasant Hill Drive, Shrewsbury MA 01545; [www.earthlingpub.com/]. (Contents)

SMITH, SEAN (chron.)

• * *J.K. Rowling: A Biography (Michael O’Mara 1-85479-820-0, Sep 2001, £16.99, 224pp, hc) Biography of the author, including information on how her personal life probably influenced some content of the series. [Rowling]

SMITH, SHERWOOD; pseudonym of Christine I. Smith Lowentrout, (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict: Augur’s Teacher (Tor 0-312-87799-4, Aug 2001, $14.95, 364pp, tp) [Earth: Final Conflict] Novelization based on the TV series. A hardcover edition (-87798-6, $25.95) was announced but not seen. Copyrighted by Tribune Entertainment Company and Alliance Atlantis Communications.

SMITH, WILBUR (Addison) (1933- ) (chron.)

• * *Warlock (Macmillan UK 0-333-76134-0, Mar 2001, £18.99, 501pp, hc, cover by Syd Brak) [River God] Mainstream novel with fantasy elements.
• * _Warlock (Macmillan UK 0-333-76138-3, Oct 2001, £12.99, 501pp, tp, cover by Stanislaw Fernandez) [River God] Reprint (Macmillan UK 2001) historical novel with fantasy elements, third in a loosely connected series including River God and The Seventh Scroll.

SNIEGOSKI, THOMAS E. (chron.)

• * *Angel: Soul Trade (Pocket Pulse 0-7434-0699-0, May 2001, $6.99, 325pp, pb) [Angel] Novelization based on the TV series, a spin-off of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.

SOESBEE, REE (chron.)

• * *Legend of the Five Rings: The Dragon (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1883-7, Sep 2001, $6.99, 278pp, pb, cover by r. k. post) [Clan War] Novelization based on the card game, “The Clan War” #6. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

SOLAMMEN, DOC (stories) (chron.)

• * *Tangy Bonanza (Necro Publications/Bedlam Press 1-889186-19-8, Jul 2001, $12.95, 191pp, tp) Original collection of two surreal and bizarre novellas that include such things as a giant poetry-reciting penis, fat valkyries, a dead mime, a talking junkie dog, and the god of chaos. This is a signed limited edition of 300; a lettered edition of 52 ($40.00) is also available. Necro Publications, PO Box 540298, Orlando FL 32854-0298; [www.necropublications.com]; [Necrodave@cfl.rr.com]. (Contents)

SOLES, CARO (chron.)

• * *The Abulon Dance (Baskerville Books 0-9686776-2-2, Mar 2001, $14.95, 276pp, tp) SF novel. A touring group of hermaphroditic dancers from Merculian are caught up in a civil war on patriarchal Abulon. Available from Baskerville Books, 3561 Sheppard Avenue East, Box 19, Toronto ON Canada M1T 3K8; [www.baskervillebooks.com].

SPARHAWK, BUD (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dancing with Dragons (Wildside Press 1-58715-431-5, Apr 2001, $15.95, 253pp, tp, cover by Ramona Louise Wheeler) Collection of five stories set on various planets and satellites around the solar system. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online from [www.wildsidepress.com], or from PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928. (Contents)

SPARK, MURIEL; [i.e., Muriel Sarah Camberg Spark Stanford] (1918-2006) (chron.)

• * _Memento Mori (New Directions 0-8112-1438-9, Jun 2000, $11.95, 224pp, tp) Reprint (1959) literary novel with fantasy elements. Some elderly friends receive apparently supernatural phone calls that warn them of their impending deaths. This is dated 2000, but not seen until now.

SPECTOR, CRAIG (S.) (1958- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Cleanup (with John Mason Skipp) See entry under John Mason Skipp.
• * _The Scream (with John Mason Skipp) See entry under John Mason Skipp.
• * _To Bury the Dead (Stealth Press 1-58881-010-0, Jan 2001, $24.95, 336pp, hc, cover by Rick Lieder) Reprint (HarperPaperbacks 2000) associational horror novel. Available from Stealth Press, 336 College Ave., Lancaster PA 17603; [www.stealthpress.com].

SPEDDING, SALLY (chron.)

• * *Wringland (Macmillan UK 0-333-90566-0, Sep 2001, £16.99, 547pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel. A first novel. A saleswoman for a housing development site in Black Fen becomes entangled with a vengeful spirit from a century before.

SPENCER, K. A. (chron.)

• * *Days Gone By (AmErica House 1-58851-824-8, May 2001, $19.95, 133pp, tp) [TimeTraveler] Fantasy time-travel novel, first in the “TimeTraveler” series. A blow on the head transports a man back to 1926 Mackinac Island, Michigan. This is copyrighted 1999, but not seen until now. Order online from AmErica House Book Publishers at [www.publishamerica.com].

SPENCER, WEN (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Alien Taste (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45837-0, Jul 2001, $6.50, 313pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Ukiah Oregon] SF mystery novel. Former feral child Ukiah Oregon learns the real source of the unusual talents he uses as a private investigator. A first novel.

SPICER, ARWEN (chron.)

• * *Perdita (Wooded Hill Press 0-9619118-4-0, 2001, $15.25, 454pp, tp, cover by Arwen Spicer) Far-future ecological SF novel. The planet Perdita struggles with the ethics of a new technology. Order from Wooded Hill Press, PO Box 678, Glen Ellen CA 95442.

SPIEGELMAN, ART, ed. (1948- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Little Lit: Strange Stories for Strange Kids (with Françoise Mouly) (HarperCollins/Cotler 0-06-028626-1, Oct 2001, $19.95, 64pp, hc, cover by Art Spiegelman) Art book with 16 strange stories in comics form, most with fantastic or surreal elements, a follow-up to Little Lit: Folklore and Fairy Tale Funnies. Artist/authors include Maurice Sendak, Jules Feiffer, Crockett Johnson, and Kim Deitch.

SPIGNESI, STEPHEN J(ohn) (1953- ) (chron.)

• * *The Essential Stephen King (Career Press/New Page Books 1-56414-485-2, Jun 2001, $24.99, 359pp, hc) Reference guide ranking King’s 101 greatest novels, stories, movies, and more. There are also five brief articles on King by filmmakers a collector, and King authority George Beahm. Includes an index. [www.newpagebooks.com]; 800-227-3371. [King]

SPINKA, PENINA KEEN (chron.)

• * *Picture Maker (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-94624-1, Jan 2002, $24.95, 464pp, hc) Pre-Columbian novel with elements of shamanistic fantasy. A woman with the power of prophecy travels across North America to meet the Inuit and a Norse man.

SPINNER, STEPHANIE (1943- ) (chron.)

• * _Be First in the Universe (with Terry Bisson) (Random House/Dell Yearling 0-440-41639-6, Mar 2001, $4.50, 133pp, tp, cover by Eric Brace) [Be First in the Universe] Reprint (Delacorte 2000) young-adult SF/fantasy novel of a weird store run by aliens at the mall.
• * *Expiration Date: Never! (with Terry Bisson) (Delacorte 0-385-32690-4, May 2001, $14.95, 118pp, hc, cover by Eric Brace) [Be First in the Universe] Young-adult SF/fantasy novel of a weird store run by aliens at the mall, sequel to Be First in the Universe.

SPINRAD, NORMAN (Richard) (1940- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Void Captain’s Tale (Tor/Orb 0-312-86825-1, Aug 2001, $13.95, 222pp, tp, cover by John Berkey) [*Void Captain’s Tale] Reprint (Timescape 1983) SF novel.

SPOTTE, STEPHEN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Home is the Sailor, Under the Sea: Mermaid Stories (Creative Arts Book Company 0-88739-266-0, 2000, $13.95, 148pp, tp) Original collection of 15 stories of mermaids of varying degrees of fantasy, but all weird. This is dated 2000 but was not seen until now. Order from Creative Arts Book Company, 833 Bancroft Way, Berkeley CA 94710; 800-848-7789. (Contents)

SPRINGER, NANCY (Connor) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _I Am Mordred (Hodder Silver 0-340-74959-8, 2000, £4.99, 212pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [I Am Mordred] Reprint (Putnam/Philomel 1998) young-adult Arthurian novel. Young Mordred is unable to escape his destiny. Published in 2000, but not seen until now. [First U.K. edition]
• * _I Am Mordred (Hodder Silver 0-340-74959-8, Oct 2000, £4.99, 212pp, tp) [I Am Mordred] Reprint (Putnam/Philomel 1998) young-adult Arthurian novel. Young Mordred is unable to escape his destiny. [First U.K. edition]
• * _I Am Mordred (Penguin/Firebird 0-698-11841-3, Jan 2002, $5.99, 184pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [I Am Mordred] Reprint (Philomel 1998) young-adult Arthurian novel.
• * *I Am Morgan le Fay (Penguin/Philomel 0-399-23451-9, Mar 2001, $17.99, 227pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [I Am Mordred] Young-adult Arthurian novel, companion to I Am Mordred.
• * *Rowan Hood, Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest (Penguin/Philomel 0-399-23368-7, Jun 2001, $16.99, 170pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Rowan Hood] Young-adult fantasy of Robin Hood’s daughter, Rowan.

SQUIRES, HARRY R. (chron.)

• * *What Rough Beast (Warner/iPublish.com 0-7595-5030-1, Sep 2001, $17.95, 434pp, tp) Dark fantasy novel. Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle disrupt a magic ritual and let an ancient force run wild in London. This is a POD edition, available from ipublish.com at [www.ipublish.com]; 800-759-0190.