The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002

Books, Listed by Author

SHAN, DARREN (chron.) (continued)

• * _The Vampire Prince: The Saga of Darren Shan: Book 6 (Collins 0-00-711516-4, Jul 2002, £4.99, 161pp, tp, cover by Tim Byrne) [Darren Shan] Reissue (Collins 2002) young-adult horror novel. Third printing. Shan is a pseudonym of Darren O’Shaughnessy.
• * _The Vampire’s Assistant: The Saga of Darren Shan: Book 2 (Collins 0-00-675513-5, Jul 2002, £3.99, 168pp, tp, cover by Tim Byrne) [Darren Shan] Reissue (Collins 2000) young-adult horror novel. Eighth printing. Shan is a pseudonym of Darren O’Shaughnessy.

SHATNER, WILLIAM (1931- ) (chron.)

• * *Quest for Tomorrow: Shadow Planet (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-105119-5, Nov 2002, $23.95, 326pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Quest for Tomorrow] SF novel, fifth in the series.
• * *Star Trek: Captain’s Peril (with Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens) (Pocket 0-7434-4819-7, Oct 2002, $25.00, 335pp, hc, cover by Mark Gerber) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * _Star Trek: Captain’s Peril (SFBC #54000, Nov 2002, $13.99, 335pp, hc, cover by Mark Gerber) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 2002) Star Trek novelization. Shatner’s co-authors are credited on the title page and inside back cover only. 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.

SHAW, HEATHER (stories) (chron.)

• * *Floodwater (with Tim Pratt) (Tropism Press no ISBN, Dec 2002, $4.00, 10pp, ph, cover by Richard Doyle) Collection of three stories, one collaboration and a solo story by each. Order from Tropism Press, PO Box 13222, Berkeley CA 94712-4222; [www.sff.net/people/timpratt/press.html]. (Contents)

SHAYNE, MAGGIE; pseudonym of Margaret Benson (chron.)

• * _Twilight Hunger (SFBC #19162, May 2002, $9.99, 393pp, hc) [Wings in the Night] Reprint (Mira 2002, not seen) vampire romance novel. This has ISBN 0-7394-2377-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

SHEA, MICHAEL (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Break Point (Severn House 0-7278-5785-1, Jan 2002, £18.99, 204pp, hc) Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1982 as Tomorrow’s Men) near-future thriller set in a Britain where vigilante groups loyal to opposing parties rule the streets.
• * _Endgame (Severn House 0-7278-5717-7, Jul 2002, £17.99, 205pp, hc) Reprint (Gollancz 1973 as The Dollar Covenant by Michael Sinclair) near-future political thriller of an American telecommunications company attempting a takeover of an independent Scotland.

SHEARER, ALEX (chron.)

• * *Great Blue Yonder (Houghton Mifflin/Clarion 0-618-21257-4, Apr 2002, $15.00, 184pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy. Harry’s dead, but determined to get back to Earth to take back some words he regrets.
• * *The Stolen (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-333-96815-8, Apr 2002, £9.99, 262pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel.

SHECKLEY, ROBERT (1928-2005) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Dimensions of Sheckley (NESFA Press 1-886778-29-9, Apr 2002, $29.00, 538pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Omnibus of four SF novels and one novella: Immortality, Inc. (1959), Journey Beyond Tomorrow (1962), Mindswap (1966), Dimension of Miracles (1968), and novella Minotaur Maze (1990), previously available only in a small-press limited edition. Introduction by Mike Resnick, afterword by Tom Gerencer. Available from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701-0203; [www.nesfapress.com]; add $3.00 shipping. (Contents)
• * _Dimensions of Sheckley (SFBC #52643, Sep 2002, $14.50, 538pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (NESFA Press 2002) omnibus of four SF novels and one novella: Immortality, Inc. (1958), Journey Beyond Tomorrow (1963), Mindswap (1966), Dimension of Miracles (1968), and novella Minotaur Maze (1990). This is similar to the NESFA edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

SHEFFIELD, CHARLES (A.) (1935-2002) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Amazing Dr. Darwin (Baen 0-7434-3529-X, Jun 2002, $24.00, 328pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Erasmus Darwin] Collection of six stories of the astounding adventures of Charles Darwin’s grandfather Erasmus. Three stories were previously collected as Erasmus Magister (Ace 1982). (Contents)
• * *Between the Strokes of Night (Baen 0-7434-3568-0, Nov 2002, $15.00, 343pp, tp, cover by David Mattingly) Hard SF novel. This is significantly revised and expanded from the 1985 version (Baen), to take into account new cosmological theories about the expanding universe, with a new ending. Sheffield’s introduction discusses the revisions.
• * _Cold As Ice (Tor 0-812-51163-8, Mar 2002, $6.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Cold As Ice] Reissue (Tor 1992) SF novel. Third printing.
• * *Dark As Day (Tor 0-312-87634-3, Mar 2002, $27.95, 479pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Cold As Ice] SF novel, sequel to Cold As Ice. Thirty years after the Great War that devastated the Solar System, researchers uncover a forgotten weapon, an alien signal, and a threat to the survival of the human race.
• * _Dark As Day (SFBC #50970, May 2002, $13.99, 479pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Cold As Ice] Reprint (Tor 2002) SF novel, sequel to Cold As Ice. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *The Lady Vanishes and Other Oddities of Nature (Gale Group/Five Star 0-7862-4169-1, Jun 2002, $24.95, 284pp, hc) Collection of 11 stories, one original. Order from Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville ME 04901; 207-859-1000; [www.galegroup.com]. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Ed Gorman. (Contents)
• * *Resurgence (Baen 0-7434-3567-2, Nov 2002, $24.00, 374pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Heritage Universe] SF novel, the fifth in the “Heritage Universe” series. Hans Rebka, interstellar troubleshooter, investigates the destruction of whole star systems.

SHELLEY, MARY W(ollstonecraft Godwin) (1797-1851) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dracula/Frankenstein (with Bram Stoker) See entry under Bram Stoker.
• * _Frankenstein (Barnes & Noble 1-5661-9141-6, 2002, $4.95, 242pp, tp) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Lackington 1818) classic SF novel. This appears to be a 1993 edition, not previously listed; this indicates 11th printing.
• * _Frankenstein (State Street Press 0-681-80714-8, 2002, $6.98, 259pp, hc, cover by Aristides Ruiz) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Lackington 1818) classic horror novel. This appears to follow a 1988 Random House Value Publishing edition, with illustrations by Lyn Ward. An instant remainder edition.

SHELLEY, RICHARD M.; see under Shelley, Rick (chron.)

SHELLEY, RICK; [i.e., Richard Michael Shelley] (1947-2001) (chron.)

• * *Spec Ops Squad: Deep Strike (Ace 0-441-00952-2, Jul 2002, $6.99, 249pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Spec Ops Squad] Military SF novel, second in the series.

SHEPARD, LUCIUS (Taylor) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Valentine (Four Walls Eight Windows 1-56858-215-3, Feb 2002, $18.00, 181pp, hc, cover by Clayton Burkhart) Associational novel, with elements of magic realism, of lovers stranded by a hurricane in Florida.
• * _Valentine (Four Walls Eight Windows 1-56858-251-X, Jan 2003, $11.95, 181pp, tp) Reprint (Four Walls Eight Windows 2002) associational novel, with elements of magic realism, of lovers stranded by a hurricane in Florida.

SHERMAN, CORDELIA CAROLINE; see under Sherman, Delia (stories) (chron.)

SHERMAN, DAVID (chron.)

• * *Demontech: Onslaught (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44374-8, Feb 2002, $6.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Demontech] Military fantasy novel, first in a series. Marines fight the Dark Prince in an alternate universe.
• * *Starfist: Kingdom’s Fury (with Dan Cragg) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44372-1, Jan 2003, $6.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Military SF novel, eighth in a series about 25th-century Marines.
• * *Starfist: Kingdom’s Swords (with Dan Cragg) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44371-3, May 2002, $6.99, 357pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Starfist] Military SF novel, seventh in a series about 25th-century Marines.

SHERMAN, DELIA; [i.e., Cordelia Caroline Sherman] (1951- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Fall of the Kings (with Ellen Kushner) See entry under Ellen Kushner.

SHERRILL, STEVEN (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break (Picador USA 0-312-30892-2, Nov 2002, $14.00, 313pp, tp, cover by Sandra Hendler) Reprint (John F. Blair 2000) literary contemporary fantasy novel.

SHERWOOD, FRANCES (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Book of Splendor (Norton 0-393-02138-6, Jul 2002, $25.95, 348pp, hc, cover by Pieter Cornelis Dommerson) Literary fantasy novel with elements of Jewish mysticism set in 17th-century Prague.
• * _The Book of Splendor (SFBC 0-393-02138-6, Sep 2002, $12.99, 348pp, hc, cover by Pieter Cornelis Dommerson) Reprint (Norton 2002) literary fantasy novel with elements of Jewish mysticism set in 17th-century Prague. The cover lacks both price and SFBC number.

SHETTERLY, WILL(iam Howard) (1955- ) (chron.)

• * _Dogland (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34233-2, Apr 2002, $5.99, 445pp, tp, cover by Greg Newbold) [Dogland] Reprint (Tor 1997) magic realism/quasi-autobiographical novel set in 1950s Florida, repackaged for young adults.

SHIEL, M(atthew) P(hipps) (1865-1947) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Prince Zaleski (Tartarus Press 1-872621-71-6, Nov 2002, £27.50, xxvii+187pp, hc) [Prince Zaleski] Collection of the three tales originally collected in the John Lane 1893 edition, along with three further stories (one unfinished), which were later ’collaborations’ with the poet and writer John Gawsworth, plus a new introduction by Brian Stableford, and a note on the genesis of the three later stories. Limited to 400 copies. (Contents) [Not seen]

SHIELDS, CHARLES J. (chron.)

• * *Mythmaker: The Story of J.K. Rowling (Chelsea House 0-7910-6719-X, Mar 2002, $21.95, 111pp, hc) Young-adult non-fiction, in the “Who Wrote That?” series. Includes a chronology, list of sources, and an index. [Rowling]

SHIMERMAN, ARMIN (chron.)

• * *The Merchant Prince, Volume Two: Outrageous Fortune (with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro) (Pocket 0-671-03593-2, Oct 2002, $6.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Jerry Vanderstelt) [Merchant Prince] Science fiction time-travel novel, the second featuring Elizabethan notable Dr. John Dee. Copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.

SHINN, SHARON (Ruth) (1957- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Jenna Starborn (Ace 0-441-00900-X, Apr 2002, $14.95, 381pp, tp, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) SF novel, a far-future twist on Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre.
• * _Summers at Castle Auburn (Ace 0-441-00928-X, May 2002, $7.50, 342pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) Reprint (Ace 2001) fantasy novel.

SHIPPEY, TOM; [i.e., Thomas A. Shippey] (1943- ) (chron.)

• * _J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of the Century (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-25759-4, Sep 2002, $13.00, 347pp, hc) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2000) non-fiction, critical examination of Tolkien’s works. Winner of the World Fantasy Award. [Tolkien]

SHIRLEY, JOHN (Patrick) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Demons (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44647-X, Mar 2002, $25.00, 372pp, hc, cover by David Stevenson) Near-future post-apocalypse horror novel in two parts, the first published as a separate book with the same title (CD Publications 2000, not seen).

SHUSTERMAN, NEAL (Douglas) (1962- ) (chron.)

• * _The Dark Side of Nowhere (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34243-X, Jul 2002, $5.99, 185pp, tp, cover by David Gaadt) Reprint (Little, Brown 1997) young-adult SF/horror about an alien conspiracy.
• * _MindQuakes: Stories to Shatter Your Brain (Tor 0-765-34188-3, Feb 2002, $5.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Robert Papp) Reprint (Tor 1996) collection of ten young-adult horror stories.
• * _MindStorms: Stories to Blow Your Mind (Tor 0-765-34189-1, Mar 2002, $5.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Robert Papp) Reprint (Tor 1996) collection of ten young-adult horror stories.
• * *The Shattered Sky (Tor 0-312-85508-7, Jun 2002, $23.95, 414pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Shards] SF novel, the third in the “Star Shards” trilogy. The grown-up Star Shards face an alien invasion.

SHWARTZ, SUSAN M(artha) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Second Chances (Tor 0-812-57912-7, Apr 2002, $7.99, 454pp, pb, cover by David Seeley) Reprint (Tor 2001) SF novel, an homage to Joseph Conrad described as “Lord Jim in space.”
• * *Suppose They Gave a Peace and Other Stories (Gale Group/Five Star 0-7862-4166-7, Jun 2002, $23.95, 317pp, hc) Collection of 10 stories. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg. Order from Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville ME 04901; 207-859-1000; [www.galegroup.com]. (Contents)

SIBLEY, BRIAN (1949- ) (chron.)

• * *The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-25800-0, 2002, $29.95, 192pp, hc) [Middle-Earth] Non-fiction guide to the making of the movies, extensively illustrated with stills, with minor discussion of design work by artists including Alan Lee and John Howe. Foreword by Ian McKellen.

SIEGEL, JAN; pseudonym of Amanda Hemingway, (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Dragon Charmer (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44258-X, Aug 2002, $6.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) [Way of the Witch] Reprint (Voyager 2000 as The Dragon-Charmer) fantasy novel, the second in the trilogy begun in Prospero’s Children.
• * *The Way of the Witch (SFBC #53000, Sep 2002, $14.99, 627pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [Way of the Witch] Omnibus of three fantasy novels in a trilogy: Prospero’s Children (1999), The Dragon Charmer (2000), and The Witch Queen (2002). This has ISBN 0-7394-2849-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * +The Witch Queen (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43903-1, Aug 2002, $24.00, 344pp, hc, cover by Eric Peterson) [Way of the Witch] Fantasy novel, the third in the trilogy begun in Prospero’s Children. First US edition (Voyager 7/02 as Witch’s Honour).
• * *Witch’s Honour (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225839-0, Jul 2002, £17.99, 312pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Way of the Witch] Fantasy novel. Third and last in the “Prospero” series after Prospero’s Children and The Dragon-Charmer. Siegel is a pseudonym of Amanda Hemingway. A trade paperback edition (-225840-4, £10.99) was announced but not seen.

SILVA, DAVID (Beecher) (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Family Book 2: Into the Darkness (with Kevin McCarthy) See entry under Kevin McCarthy.

SILVERBERG, ROBERT (1935- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dying Inside (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-3508-7, Feb 2002, $12.00, 239pp, tp, cover by Duncan Long) Reprint (Scribner’s 1972) classic SF novel of a telepath whose abilities are fading.
• * *Hawksbill Time Two (FoxAcre Press 0-9709711-6-8, Apr 2002, $15.00, 213pp, tp) Collection of the SF novel Hawksbill Station (Doubleday 1968), plus the earlier novella by the same title, plus a new foreword and afterword on how they were written. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.foxacre.com], or from FoxAcre Press, 401 Ethan Allen Ave., Takoma Park MD 20912. (Contents)
• * *In Another Country and Other Short Novels (Gale Group/Five Star 0-7862-3876-3, Mar 2002, $24.95, 311pp, hc, cover by Ken Barr) Collection of four novellas, with introduction by Silverberg. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Ed Gorman. Available from Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville ME 04901; 207-859-1000; [www.galegroup.com]. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Ed Gorman. (Contents)
• * _The King of Dreams (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648613-4, Jan 2002, £6.99, 514pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor: Prestimion] Reprint (Voyager 2001) SF novel in “The Majipoor Cycle”.
• * _The King of Dreams (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-102052-4, May 2002, $7.50, 480pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor: Prestimion] Reprint (Voyager 2001) fantasy novel in the “Majipoor” series, third in the “Prestimion” sub-series, and “the concluding volume in the Majipoor Cycle.”
• * *The Longest Way Home (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07352-7, May 2002, £10.99, 213pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) SF novel. After the seemingly placid folk of Homeworld rise and massacre their ruling families, the son of a Great House must make a 10,000 mile journey homeward. A hardcover edition (-07351-9, £16.99) was announced but not seen.
• * +The Longest Way Home (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-97858-X, Jul 2002, $25.95, 294pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) SF novel. A rebellion forces a young man of the Master class to take refuge among the planet’s Indigenes. First US edition (Gollancz 5/02).
• * _The Man in the Maze (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-5274-7, Nov 2002, $12.00, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Avon 1969) SF novel. This has a new introduction by Neil Gaiman.
• * _The Masks of Time (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07218-0, Sep 2002, £9.99, 252pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Ballantine 1968) SF time-travel novel. Previously published in the UK as Vornan-19. A “Gollancz SF Collectors’ Edition”.
• * _The Masks of Time (Sterling Publishing/Gollancz 0-575-07218-0, Feb 2003, $14.95, 252pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Ballantine 1968) SF novel. This is the 2002 Gollancz “SF Collectors’” edition, distributed in the US by Sterling Publishing, 387 Park Ave. S., New York NY 10016-8810; 800-805-5489; [www.sterlingpub.com].
• * _Tower of Glass (Sterling Publishing/Gollancz 0-575-07097-8, Aug 2001, $14.95, 206pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Scribner 1970) SF novel. This is a special printing (dated 8/01) of the 2000 Gollancz “SF Collectors’” edition, distributed in the US by Sterling Publishing, 387 Park Ave. S., New York NY 10016-8810; 800-805-5489; [www.sterlingpub.com].
• * _Up the Line (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-4497-3, Jun 2002, $12.00, 298pp, tp, cover by Eric J. Hellar) Reprint (Ballantine 1969) SF time travel novel.

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• * *Fantasy: The Best of 2001 (with Karen Haber) (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-5247-X, Jun 2002, $7.99, 419pp, pb, cover by Scott Grimando) Best-of-the-year anthology of 11 stories. Authors include Ursula K. Le Guin, Lucius Shepard, and Ted Chiang. Copyrighted by ibooks. (Contents)