The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

SIMAK, CLIFFORD D(onald) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _The Visitors (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-28387-2, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $2.95, 282pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1980) sf novel; sixth printing.
• * _Way Station (SFBC #5710, Nov ’85, $4.98, 182pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1963) sf novel. This one was a Hugo winner.
• * _Way Station (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33246-6, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 236pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1963) sf novel of the keeper of Earth’s only galactic transfer station. A Hugo winner. Third Del Rey printing.
• * _Way Station (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33246-6, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $2.95, 236pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1963) sf novel, winner of the Hugo award. This printing drops the author’s afterword added in 1980.
• * _Way Station (Easton Press no ISBN, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], no price, 210pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1963) sf novel. This is a leatherbound, gilt edge edition available only to members of the Easton Press limited edition club. It contains an introduction by Jack Williamson and artwork by Vincent DiFate. This novel, considered Simak’s best, won the Hugo in 1964.
• * _Way Station (Macmillan Collier Nucleus 0-02-024871-7, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $9.00, 210pp, tp, cover by Barclay Shaw) Reprint (Doubleday 1963) sf novel. A Hugo Award winner.
• * _Way Station (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33246-6, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $5.99, 236pp, pb, cover by H. R. Van Dongen) Reissue (Doubleday 1963) Hugo Award-winning SF novel. The copyright page identifies this as the fourth printing, but it is at least the fifth. Despite it being noted on the copyright page, this printing omits the 1980 author’s afterword.
• * _The Werewolf Principle (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0100-5, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $3.95, 190pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1967) SF novel.
• * _Where the Evil Dwells (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33438-8, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 249pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1982) fantasy novel; fourth printing.
• * _Where the Evil Dwells (Mandarin 0-7493-0079-5, Aug ’89, £3.50, 249pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1982) fantasy novel.
• * _Why Call Them Back from Heaven (Avon 0-380-50575-4, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.50, 191pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1967) sf novel.

SIMMONS, DAN (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Banished Dreams (Roadkill Press, 1990 [Dec ’90], $3.00, 27pp, ph) Horror short story. This is a limited edition, signed and numbered, of 300 copies.
• * _Banished Dreams (Roadkill Press no ISBN, 1991 [May ’91], $4.00, 27pp, ph) Reissue (Roadkill Press 1990) horror short story, cut from Summer of Night; second printing. This is an unsigned and unlimited reprint of the earlier limited edition.
• * *Carrion Comfort (Dark Harvest 0-913165-37-9, Feb ’89, $21.95, 636pp, hc) Epic contemporary horror novel. Highly recommended. (FCM) A limited hardcover edition (-38-7) was announced but not seen.
• * _Carrion Comfort (Headline 0-7472-7986-1, Apr ’90, £8.95, 690pp, tp, cover by Karen Simmons) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1989) epic horror novel about two warring groups of ’mind vampires’. Strongly recommended. (PSP) Also available in hardcover (-0237-0, £14.95).
• * _Carrion Comfort (Warner 0-446-35920-3, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $5.95, 884pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1989) Stoker Award-winning epic vampire horror novel.
• * _Carrion Comfort (Headline 0-7472-3405-1, Nov ’90, £4.99, 992pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1989) horror novel.
• * *Children of the Night (Putnam 0-399-13717-3, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $21.95, 382pp, hc) Vampire horror novel. In post-Ceausescu Romania, an American hematologist working with AIDS-infected orphans discovers a vampire child whose blood may hold a cure for AIDS, only to have him kidnapped by Romania’s hidden vampire population. Recommended (SW). A signed limited edition announced by Lord John Press has not been seen.
• * _Children of the Night (Lord John Press 0-935716-63-7, Jul ’92, $125.00, 320pp, hc) Vampire horror novel. This is a 500-copy signed slipcased limited edition simultaneous with the Putnam edition. A 250-copy split-leatherbound edition ($250.00) and a 26-copy lettered leatherbound edition ($800.00) were announced but not seen.
• * _Children of the Night (Headline 0-7472-7925-X, Aug ’92, £8.99, 408pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Putnam 1992) horror thriller blending AIDS and vampires in modern-day Romania. Recommended (PSP). A hardcover edition (-0562-0, £15.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Children of the Night (SFBC #00114, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $10.98, 382pp, hc, cover by Hector Garrido) Reprint (Putnam 1992) vampire horror novel. Similar to the Putnam edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back cover.
• * _Children of the Night (Headline 0-7472-3899-5, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £4.99, 408pp, pb, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Putnam 1992) horror thriller blending AIDS and vampires in modern-day Romania.
• * _Children of the Night (Warner 0-446-36475-4, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $5.99, 451pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1992) vampire horror novel. In post-Ceausescu Romania, an American hematologist working with AIDS-infected orphans discovers a vampire child whose blood may hold a cure for AIDS, only to have him kidnapped by Romania’s hidden vampire population.
• * *Endymion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-10020-3, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $22.95, 468pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Hyperion] SF novel, third book in the “Hyperion” series.
• * _Endymion (SFBC #11060, Feb ’96, $10.98, 503pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Hyperion] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novel, third in the “Hyperion” world. This is similar to the Bantam edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Endymion (Headline 0-7472-0525-6, Feb ’96, £15.99, 441pp, hc) [Hyperion] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novel. Book 3 in the “Hyperion” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Endymion (Headline 0-7472-3826-X, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], £6.99, 600pp, pb) [Hyperion] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novel, third book in the “Hyperion” series. An export edition (same details) was due August 1996.
• * _Endymion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57294-6, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $5.99, 563pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Hyperion] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novel, third book in the “Hyperion” series.
• * *Entropy’s Bed at Midnight (Lord John Press 0-935716-51-3, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], $50.00, 35pp, hc) Signed and numbered edition of an original novelette, limited to 300 copies. A deluxe signed & slipcased limited edition was announced but not seen. Both editions are already out of print.
• * *The Fall of Hyperion (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-26747-9, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $8.95, 517pp, tp, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Hyperion] Epic science fiction novel, the second part of Hyperion. Also available in a hardcover edition (-24950-0, $19.95). In both states page 305 is missing and page 306 is printed twice. An errata sheet is available. Highly recommended (CNB).
• * _The Fall of Hyperion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28820-2, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $5.95, 517pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Hyperion] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) sf novel, “sequel” to Hyperion. A Nebula Award nominee. The combined novel is one of the high points in recent sf. Highly recommended (CNB).
• * _The Fall of Hyperion (Headline Overseas 0-7472-3604-6, Mar ’91, £4.99, 632pp, pb) [Hyperion] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) sf novel. Sequel to Hyperion. This is an “Open Market” edition and is available only in non-English-speaking countries. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Fall of Hyperion (Headline 0-7472-7964-0, Apr ’91, £7.99, 468pp, tp) [Hyperion] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) sf novel. Sequel to Hyperion. Also available in hardcover (-0344-X, £14.95). [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Fall of Hyperion (Headline 0-7472-3604-6, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], £5.99, 632pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Hyperion] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) sf novel. Sequel to Hyperion. Recommended (PSP).
• * _The Fall of Hyperion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28820-2, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 517pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Hyperion] Reissue (Doubleday Foundation 1990) SF novel. Fourth printing.
• * *Fires of Eden (Putnam 0-399-13922-2, Oct ’94, $22.95, 399pp, hc, cover by Hector Garrido) Dark fantasy novel of a real estate mogul confronted by the ancient gods of Hawaii.
• * _Fires of Eden (Headline 0-7472-1428-X, Dec ’94, £16.99, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1994) fantasy novel. A Hawaiian resort comes under threat from natural and supernatural forces. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Fires of Eden (SFBC #06173, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $10.98, 399pp, hc, cover by Hector Garrido) Reprint (Putnam 1994) dark fantasy novel set in Hawaii. This is similar to the Putnam edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Fires of Eden (Headline 0-7472-5005-7, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], £5.99, 503pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1994) fantasy/horror novel: a Hawaiian resort comes under threat from natural and supernatural forces. The Export edition (same details) was available 1 June 95.
• * _Fires of Eden (HarperPrism 0-06-105614-6, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $5.99, 408pp, pb, cover by Rick Lieder) Reprint (Putnam 1994) dark fantasy novel. A developer angers Hawaiian gods.
• * *Going After the Rubber Chicken (Roadkill Press no ISBN, Oct ’91, $8.00, 72pp, tp, cover by Dan Simmons) Non-fiction, a collection of three con guest-of-honor speeches by Simmons.
• * *The Hollow Man (Bantam Spectra 0-553-08252-3, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $20.00, 293pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) Sf novel of telepathy, chaos theory, and horror. Recommended (CNB).
• * _The Hollow Man (Headline 0-7472-7940-3, Nov ’92, £8.99, 312pp, tp, cover by Adrian Chesterman) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) sf novel about a telepath coming to terms with the death of his (telepathic) wife. Recommended (PSP). A hardcover edition (-0449-7, £15.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Hollow Man (Headline 0-7472-3814-6, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], £4.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Adrian Chesterman) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) sf novel about a telepath coming to terms with the death of his (telepathic) wife.
• * _The Hollow Man (Bantam 0-553-56350-5, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) sf novel of telepathy, chaos theory, and horror.
• * *Hyperion (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-26348-1, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $8.95, 482pp, tp) [Hyperion] Far-future sf novel about a pilgrimage to a place that holds the secrets of the universe on the eve of galactic Armageddon. Also available in hardcover (-24949-7, $18.95).
• * _Hyperion (Headline Overseas 0-7472-3482-5, 1990 [Dec ’90], £4.99, 502pp, pb) [Hyperion] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) sf novel. This is an ‘Open Market’ edition and is not available in the UK.
• * _Hyperion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28368-5, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $4.95, 482pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Hyperion] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) far-future sf novel. Highly recommended (CNB).
• * _Hyperion (Headline 0-7472-7983-7, Jul ’90, £7.99, 346pp, tp) [Hyperion] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) sf novel about the mysterious planet of Hyperion and the demon-like Shrike that inhabits it. This is really only the first half of the novel, which is concluded in The Fall of Hyperion. Recommended. (PSP) Also available in hardcover (-0243-5, £13.95).
• * _Hyperion (Headline 0-7472-3482-5, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], £4.99, 502pp, pb) [Hyperion] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) sf novel.
• * _Hyperion (Easton Press no ISBN, Feb ’94, no price, 482pp, hc) [Hyperion] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) Hugo-Award winning sf novel, with an introduction by Gary Westfahl, and illustrations by Byron Taylor. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Hyperion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28368-5, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 482pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Hyperion] Reissue (Doubleday Foundation 1989) SF novel. Ninth printing.
• * *Hyperion Cantos (SFBC #17088, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $12.98, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Hyperion] Omnibus of Hyperion (Doubleday Foundation 1989) and The Fall of Hyperion (Doubleday Foundation 1990). (Contents)
• * *Lovedeath (Warner 0-446-51756-9, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $19.95, 310pp, hc) Collection of five novellas, three apparently original. (Contents)
• * _Lovedeath (Headline 0-7472-4345-X, May ’94 [Apr ’94], £5.99, 468pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Warner; Headline 1993) collection.
• * _Lovedeath (Warner Vision 0-446-60077-6, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $5.99, 354pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reprint (Warner; Headline 1993 as Lovedeath: Five Tales of Love and Death) SF/fantasy collection.
• * *Lovedeath: Five Tales of Love and Death (Headline 0-7472-7866-0, Nov ’93, £8.99, 306pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Collection of five novellas, three original. A hardcover edition (-0950-2, £15.99) was announced but not seen. Simultaneous with US (Warner) edition.
• * *Phases of Gravity (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27764-2, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $4.50, 278pp, pb) Metaphysical time-travel sf novel.
• * _Phases of Gravity (Headline 0-7472-7979-9, Dec ’90, £7.99, 282pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) mainstream novel about an ex-astronaut coming to terms with life. Also available in hardcover (-0257-5, £13.95), and in a leatherbound edition, limited to 250 copies (£75.00).
• * _Phases of Gravity (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27764-2, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $4.95, 281pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1989) mainstream novel with some metaphysical fantasy elements, the story of a former astronaut coming to terms with earthbound life 20 years after his moonwalk; second printing. There is a new afterword by the author. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Phases of Gravity (Headline 0-7472-3602-X, Jun ’91, £4.50, 344pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) mainstream novel about an ex-astronaut coming to terms with life.
• * *Prayers to Broken Stones (Dark Harvest 0-913165-58-1, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $21.95, 322pp, hc, cover by Ron Lindahn & Val Lakey Lindahn) Collection of 13 stories, with an introduction by Harlan Ellison and illustrations by Ron Lindahn and Val Lakey Lindahn. A limited edition ($55.00) is also available. (Contents)
• * _Prayers to Broken Stones (Headline 0-7472-7935-7, Feb ’92, £8.99, 311pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1991) collection of 13 sf/horror stories, including the basis for the award-winning Carrion Comfort. Recommended (PSP). A hardcover edition (-0499-3, £15.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Prayers to Broken Stones (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29665-5, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $5.99, 403pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1991) collection of 13 stories, with an introduction by Harlan Ellison.
• * _Prayers to Broken Stones (Headline 0-7472-3816-2, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], £5.99, 469pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1991) sf/horror collection.
• * *The Rise of Endymion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-10652-X, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $23.95, 579pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Hyperion] SF novel, fourth and final book in the “Hyperion” series.
• * _The Rise of Endymion (SFBC #17846, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $12.98, 579pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Hyperion] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) SF novel, fourth book in the “Hyperion” series. This is similar to the Bantam edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Rise of Endymion (Headline 0-7472-7666-8, Oct ’97, £9.99, 600pp, tp) [Hyperion] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) SF novel, fourth in the “Hyperion” series. A hardcover edition (-2102-2, £16.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Rise of Endymion (Headline 0-7472-5893-7, Apr ’98 [May ’98], £6.99, 756pp, pb) [Hyperion] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) SF novel, final book in the “Hyperion Cantos” sequence. An export edition was available 1 March 98.
• * _The Rise of Endymion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57298-9, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $6.50, 709pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Hyperion] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) SF novel, fourth in the “Hyperion” series. Winner of the Locus Award for best SF novel.
• * *Song of Kali (Bluejay 0-312-94408-X, Nov ’85 [Dec ’85], $15.95, 311pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel set in Calcutta. A first novel. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Song of Kali (Tor 0-812-52566-3, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $3.95, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) horror/dark fantasy novel set in Calcutta, winner of the World Fantasy Award. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Song of Kali (Headline 0-7472-3044-7, Aug ’87, £2.95, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Song of Kali (Headline 0-7472-0033-5, Sep ’87, £9.95, 320pp, hc) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) horror novel. [Not seen]
• * _Song of Kali (Headline 0-7472-3044-7, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], £3.99, 311pp, pb) Reissue (Bluejay 1985) horror novel. Also available in hardcover (-0033-5).
• * _Song of Kali (Tor 0-812-51592-7, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $4.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Gary Smith) Reissue (Bluejay 1985) World Fantasy Award-winning horror novel; second printing.
• * _Song of Kali (Tor 0-312-86583-X, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $13.95, 311pp, tp) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) dark fantasy novel. Winner of the World Fantasy Award.
• * *Summer of Night (Putnam 0-399-13573-1, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $22.95, 555pp, hc, cover by Hector Garrido) [Dale Stewart] Horror novel of evil stalking young people in a small town.
• * _Summer of Night (Headline 0-7472-7957-8, Feb ’91, £8.99, 473pp, tp) [Dale Stewart] Reprint (Putnam 1991) horror novel about an ancient evil lurking in a school belltower. Recommended. (PSP) Also available in hardcover (-0370-9, £14.95).
• * _Summer of Night (BOMC no ISBN, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $19.95, 560pp, hc, cover by Ann Spinelli) [Dale Stewart] Reprint (Putnam 1991) horror novel. This is identical to the Putnam edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * _Summer of Night (Headline 0-7472-3653-4, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], £4.99, 634pp, pb) [Dale Stewart] Reprint (Putnam 1991) horror novel.
• * _Summer of Night (Warner 0-446-36266-2, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $5.99, 600pp, pb, cover by Peter Mueller) [Dale Stewart] Reprint (Putnam 1991) horror novel of evil stalking young people in a small town.
• * *Summer Sketches (Lord John Press 0-935716-59-9, Aug ’92, $25.00, 121pp, hc, cover by Dan Simmons) Excerpts from Simmons’ notebooks that illustrate the development of his fiction, with many sketches by the author. This is a signed limited edition. Available from Lord John Press, 19073 Los Alimos St., Northridge CA 91326.

SIMMONS, WILLIAM MARK (chron.)

• * *In the Net of Dreams (Popular Library Questar 0-445-21016-8, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $4.50, 307pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Dreamland] SF/fantasy novel set in a world of computer-generated dream games. A first novel.
• * *One Foot in the Grave (Baen 0-671-87721-6, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $5.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Chris Csejthe] Vampire novel. A man who doesn’t believe in vampires learns he is one.
• * *When Dreams Collide (Warner Questar 0-446-36154-2, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $4.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Dreamland] Sf/fantasy novel, second book of a series set in a world of computer-generated dream games.

SIMMS, WILLIAM GILMORE (1806-1870) (stories)

• * *Tales of the South (University of South Carolina Press 1-57003-086-3, Jul ’96, $49.95, 332pp, hc) Collection of 12 “fanciful” 19th-century stories about the American South, some supernatural and most with elements of folk tales. There is a chronology of Simms’s life (1806-1870) and works, and an introduction by editor Mary Ann Wimsatt. A trade paperback edition (-087-1, $17.95) was announced but not seen. Available from University of South Carolina Press, Business Office, 205 Pickens Street, Columbia SC 29208; orders 800-768-2500; add $4.00 postage. (Contents)