The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

SIROTA, MICHAEL B(arry) (continued)

• * *The Ultimate Bike Path (Ace 0-441-84391-3, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.99, 202pp, pb, cover by Glen Orbik) [Bicycling Through Space and Time] Humorous sf novel, sequel to Bicycling Through Space and Time, about a bicycle whose 22nd gear takes the rider into a different reality.
• * *The Well (Bantam 0-553-28843-1, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.50, 242pp, pb, cover by Jim Thiesen) Horror novel of an ancient Indian curse on the descendants of the early settlers in a small California town.

SÍS, PETER (1949- )

• * _Monday’s Troll (with Jack Prelutsky) See entry under Jack Prelutsky.
• * *The Three Golden Keys (Doubleday 0-385-47292-7, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $19.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Peter Sis) Picture book with fantastic illustrations in a style similar to Edward Gorey. A magic cat leads a man into old Czech legends and scenes from his childhood.

SISK, DAVID W.

• * *Transformations of Language in Modern Dystopias (Greenwood Press 0-313-30411-4, Dec ’97 [Feb ’98], $57.95, 206pp, hc) Critical examination of the use of language as a tool of oppression or liberation in 20th century dystopias, including Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, George Orwell’s 1984, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Suzette Haden Elgin’s Native Tongue, and Russell Hoban’s Riddley Walker. Includes a selected bibliography and index. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800.

SIZEMORE, SUSAN (1951- ) (chron.)

• * *Forever Knight: A Stirring of Dust (Boulevard 1-57297-238-6, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $5.99, 252pp, pb) Novelization based on the vampire-detective TV show. Copyrighted by TriStar Television.
• * *Wings of the Storm (HarperMonogram 0-06-108013-6, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $4.50, 337pp, pb) Time-travel romance. Dr. Jane Florian’s experiments with space-time anomalies land her in the Middle Ages, where she poses as a noblewoman.

SKAF, ROBERT

• * *The Story of the Planet Candy (Vantage Press 0-533-08393-1, Jan ’90, $13.95, 201pp, hc) Anti-Utopian sf novel from a vanity publisher.

SKAL, DAVID J(ohn) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Antibodies (Congdon & Weed 0-86553-199-4, Mar ’88, $15.95, 169pp, hc) Sf novel about cyborgs and religion.
• * _Antibodies (Worldwide Library 0-373-30308-4, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 220pp, pb) Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1988) sf/horror novel about cyborgs.
• * *Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of “Dracula” from Novel to Stage to Screen (Norton 0-393-02904-2, Oct ’90, $39.95, 242pp, hc) Non-fiction; reference. A detailed look at the 1931 Dracula and the Spanish-language version filmed simultaneously with a different cast. Fascinating material and many rare photographs. Recommended. (SW)
• * _Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of “Dracula” from Novel to Stage to Screen (Norton 0-393-30805-7, Oct ’91, $15.95, 242pp, tp) Reprint (Norton 1990) non-fiction, a history of Stoker’s Dracula as a literary property. Recommended (SW). [Stoker]
• * _Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of “Dracula” from Novel to Stage to Screen (Andre Deutsch 0-233-98766-5, Feb ’92, £15.99, 243pp, hc) Reprint (Norton 1990) detailed look at the history of Dracula as a literary property. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror (Norton 0-393-03419-4, May ’93, $25.00, 432pp, hc, cover by Edward Gorey) Non-fiction, criticism. An analysis of the history of horror and its place in pop culture. Recommended (SW).
• * _The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror (Penguin 0-14-024002-0, Oct ’94 [Aug ’94], $13.95, 432pp, tp) Reprint (Norton 1993) non-fiction criticism.
• * *Screams of Reason: Mad Science and Modern Culture (Norton 0-393-04582-X, Aug ’98 [Sep ’98], $29.95, 368pp, hc) Critical analysis of the role of the “mad scientist” in movies, books, and comics, and how this view of science reflects cultural changes. Includes notes and index.
• * *V is for Vampire (Penguin/Plume 0-452-27173-8, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $15.95, 288pp, tp) Non-fiction, reference, an A-Z guide to vampires in book and film. Includes a bibliography and appendices listing novels and films.

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• * _Dracula: Authoritative Text, Contexts, Reviews and Reactions, Dramatic and Film Variations, Criticism. (with Nina Auerbach) See entry under Nina Auerbach.
• * _Dracula: The Ultimate Illustrated Edition of the World-Famous Vampire Play See entry under Hamilton Deane.

SKEET, MICHAEL DENNIS, ed. (stories)

• * _Tesseracts⁴ (with Lorna Toolis) See entry under Lorna Toolis.

SKENE-MELVIN, DAVID, ed. (1936- ) (stories)

• * _Crossing the Line: Canadian Mysteries with a Fantastic Twist (with Robert J. Sawyer) See entry under Robert J. Sawyer

SKERL, JENNIE

• * *William S. Burroughs (Twayne 0-8057-7438-6, 1985 [Dec ’85], $15.95, 127pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study. [Burroughs]

SKILLETER, ANDREW

• * _Doctor Who: The Monsters (with Adrian Rigelsford) See entry under Adrian Rigelsford.

SKIMIN, ROBERT (Elwayne) (1929-1990)

• * *Gray Victory (St. Martin’s 0-312-01374-4, Feb ’88, $19.95, 378pp, hc) Alternate world novel, in which the South won the Civil War.
• * _Gray Victory (St. Martin’s 0-312-91375-3, Mar ’89, $4.95, 457pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1988) alternate-history novel set in 1866, just after the South has won the Civil War.

SKINNER, DAPHNE

• * _Tim Burton’s Nightmare before Christmas (Puffin 0-14-037121-4, Nov ’94 [Dec ’94], £3.50, 77pp, pb) Reprint (Hyperion 1993) juvenile adaptation of the screenplay, including 8 pages of stills.

SKINNER, MARGO; [i.e., Margaret Louise Skinner] (1921-1992) (stories)

• * *As Green As Emeraude (Dawn Heron Press 0-939790-04-1, 1990 [Dec ’90], $15.00, 88pp, tp) Collection of fantasy poetry with an introduction by Fritz Leiber. This is a limited edition of 500 copies, signed by Skinner and Leiber. (Contents)

SKIPP, JOHN (Mason) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Animals (with Craig Spector) (Bantam 0-553-29924-7, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $5.99, 449pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) Horror novel of a man who falls in love with a woman who is actually a predatory shapechanger.
• * *The Bridge (with Craig Spector) (Bantam 0-553-29027-4, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $4.99, 419pp, pb) Horror novel of sentient toxic waste.
• * _The Clean-up (with Craig Spector) (Bantam UK 0-553-17381-2, Aug ’87, £2.95, 379pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1987) humorous horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Cleanup (with Craig Spector) (Bantam 0-553-26056-1, Mar ’87, $3.95, 379pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *Dead Lines (with Craig Spector) (Bantam 0-553-27633-6, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.95, 309pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *Fright Night (with Craig Spector) (Tor 0-812-52564-7, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $2.95, 250pp, pb) Novelization of a horror movie script by Tom Holland.
• * _Fright Night (with Craig Spector) (Star 0-352-31800-7, Dec ’85 [Jan ’86], £2.25, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) novelization of a horror movie.
• * *The Light At the End (with Craig Spector) (Bantam 0-553-25451-0, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $3.95, 385pp, pb) Horror/dark fantasy of vampires in the Manhattan subway system.
• * _The Light at the End (with Craig Spector) (Bantam UK 0-553-17269-7, Aug ’86, £2.95, 400pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1986) horror novel.
• * _The Light at the End (with Craig Spector) (Bantam 0-553-25451-0, Nov ’91, $4.99, 385pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1986) horror novel of vampires in the New York subways; second printing.
• * _The Light at the End (with Craig Spector) (Bantam Falcon 0-553-25451-0, Feb ’92, $4.99, 385pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1986) horror novel of vampires in the New York subways; third printing.
• * *The Scream (with Craig Spector) (Bantam 0-553-26798-1, Feb ’88, $3.95, 420pp, pb) Rock & Roll horror novel.
• * _The Scream (with Craig Spector) (Bantam UK 0-553-17584-X, Sep ’88, £3.50, 420pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1988) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Scream (with Craig Spector) (Bantam 0-553-26798-1, Nov ’91, $4.99, 420pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1988) horror novel; third printing.
• * _The Scream (with Craig Spector) (Bantam Falcon 0-553-26798-1, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $4.99, 419pp, pb, cover by Stan Watts) Reissue (Bantam 1988) horror novel; fourth printing.

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• * *Book of the Dead (with Craig Spector) (Bantam 0-553-27998-X, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $4.50, 390pp, pb) [Living Dead] Original anthology of 16 zombie stories set in the same universe as George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. (Contents)
• * _Book of the Dead (with Craig Spector) (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-08-2, Jul ’89, $22.00, 334pp, hc) [Living Dead] Reprint (Bantam 1989) original anthology of 16 zombie stories set in the same universe as George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead. First hardcover edition, illustrated by J.K.Potter. A signed limited edition (-09-0) was also announced.
• * _Book of the Dead (with Craig Spector) (Bantam 0-553-27998-X, Nov ’91, $4.99, 390pp, pb) [Living Dead] Reissue (Bantam 1989) original semi-shared-world anthology of stories set in the world of George Romero’s “Living Dead” films; fourth printing.
• * *Book of the Dead 2: Still Dead (with Craig Spector) (Bantam Falcon 0-553-29839-9, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $4.99, 303pp, pb, cover by Richard Kriegler) [Living Dead] Original shared-world anthology of 19 stories set in the world of George Romero’s “Living Dead” films. With a foreword by Tom Savini and an introduction by the editors. A simultaneous hardcover edition was published by Mark V. Ziesing without the series title.
• * *Still Dead (with Craig Spector) (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-67-8, Jul ’92, $29.95, 276pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) [Living Dead] Original shared-world anthology of 19 stories set in the world of George Romero’s “Living Dead” films. With a foreword by Tom Savini and an introduction by the editors; full-color illustrations by Rick Berry which are worth the price alone. Simultaneous with the Bantam mass-market paperback edition. A signed limited edition (-68-6, $85.00) was announced but not seen. This edition does not have the series title on it. Order from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088. (Contents)

SKURZYNSKI, GLORIA (chron.)

• * *Cyberstorm (Simon & Schuster/Macmillan 0-02-782926-X, Jun ’95 [Jul ’95], $15.00, hc, cover by Jim Carroll) Young-adult SF novel. In a futuristic version of The Wizard of Oz, a near-future girl tries to save her dog through a virtual reality device.
• * *Virtual War (Simon & Schuster 0-689-81374-0, Jun ’97, $16.00, 152pp, hc, cover by Francesco Caseres) [Virtual War Chronologs] Young-adult SF novel. A young man trained to fight a virtual war only days away learns some disturbing facts about the real world.

SKY, KATHLEEN; pseudonym of Kathleen McKinney Goldin, (1943- )

• * _Death’s Angel (Titan 1-85286-536-9, Feb ’95, £4.50, 213pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Star Trek] Reprint (Bantam 1981) Star Trek novelisation. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Trek: Death’s Angel (Bantam 0-553-24637-2, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.95, 213pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1981) Star Trek novelization; 3rd printing.
• * _Star Trek: Death’s Angel (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24983-5, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.95, 213pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1981) Star Trek novel. 4th printing.
• * _Star Trek: Death’s Angel (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24983-5, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $4.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Kazuhiko Sano) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1981) Star Trek novelization. Sixth printing.
• * _Star Trek: Vulcan (Titan 1-85286-537-7, Apr ’95, £4.50, 175pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Star Trek] Reprint (Bantam 1978) novelisation, with an Introduction by David Gerrold. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Trek: Vulcan! (Bantam 0-553-24633-X, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.95, 175pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1978) Star Trek novelization; 3rd printing.
• * _Star Trek: Vulcan! (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24633-X, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $2.95, 175pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1978) Star Trek novel. 5th printing.
• * _Star Trek: Vulcan! (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24633-X, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $5.50, 175pp, pb, cover by Kazuhiko Sano) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1978) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. Sixth printing.
• * *Witchdame (Berkley 0-425-07449-8, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $2.95, 323pp, pb) Fantasy novel, first of a series.

SLADE, DEREK

• * *Invasion (Oriflamme Publishing 0-948093-08-0, Jul ’90 [1990], £4.50, 497pp, pb) Sf novel set in an alternative England in 1940 after a Nazi invasion.

SLADE, MICHAEL; pseudonym of John Banks, Jay Clarke, Lee Clarke & Richard Covell

• * *Cutthroat (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17452-6, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $4.99, 397pp, pb) [Supt. Robert de Clerq] Horror thriller of the search for a seemingly indestructible serial killer whose murders stretch back an impossible number of years. Slade is a pseudonym for several Vancouver lawyers.
• * _Cutthroat (NEL 0-450-58428-3, Mar ’93, £4.99, 397pp, pb) [Supt. Robert de Clerq] Reprint (Signet 1992) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Ghoul (W.H. Allen 0-491-03703-1, Sep ’87 [1987], £10.95, 416pp, hc) Horror novel. [Not seen]
• * _Ghoul (W.H. Allen Star 0-352-32131-8, Sep ’88, £3.99, 412pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1987) horror novel.
• * _Ghoul (NAL Signet 0-451-15959-4, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $4.50, 386pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1987) gory horror/police procedural novel.
• * _Ghoul (NEL 0-450-59113-1, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], £4.99, 386pp, pb) Reissue (W.H. Allen 1987) horror novel.
• * _Headhunter (NEL 0-450-59112-3, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], £4.99, 422pp, pb) Reissue (W.H. Allen 1982) horror novel.
• * *The Horses of Central Park (Scholastic 0-590-44659-2, 1992 [May ’92], $12.95, 119pp, hc, cover by Joe DiCesare) Young-adult fantasy about a boy who talks with horses. Author also writes horror novels.
• * *Ripper (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17702-9, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.99, 416pp, pb) [Supt. Robert de Clerq] Horror novel. Serial killers are committing murders in order to resurrect Jack the Ripper.
• * _Ripper (NEL 0-450-61002-0, Sep ’94, £16.99, 377pp, hc) [Supt. Robert de Clerq] Reprint (Signet 1994) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Ripper (NEL 0-340-61779-9, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], £4.99, 377pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Supt. Robert de Clerq] Reprint (Signet 1994) horror novel.
• * *Zombie (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-65777-4, Jun ’96 [May ’96], £16.99, 473pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Special X] Horror novel. Latest in the “Special X” series. Slade is the pseudonym of (now) two Canadian laywers.
• * _Zombie (NEL 0-340-65778-2, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], £5.99, 473pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Special X] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) horror novel.

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

• * _Black Alice (with Thomas M. Disch) See entry under Thomas M. Disch
• * _Black Aura (Walker 0-8027-3043-4, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.95, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1974) mystery about the occult.
• * *Bugs (Macmillan 0-333-49060-6, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], £12.95, 213pp, hc) Delightfully insane novel about an English writer who gets involved with an American project to build the perfect robot. Recommended. (PSP)
• * _Bugs (Paladin 0-586-09023-1, Feb ’91, £4.99, 224pp, tp, cover by Paul Sample) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1989) humorous sf novel.
• * *The Lunatics of Terra (Gollancz 0-575-03464-5, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], £7.95, 192pp, hc) Collection of 18 stories with afterwords to each by the author. Seven seem to be originals. (Contents)
• * _The Müller-Fokker Effect (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-548-5, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Hutchinson 1970) sf black comedy novel of an encoded personality. Recommended (CNB).
• * _The Reproductive System (Gollancz 0-575-03851-9, Sep ’86, £2.95, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1968) sf novel.
• * +Roderick (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-325-3, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.95, 347pp, pb) [Roderick] Satiric sf novel. First complete American edition (Granada 1980). The first half has appeared in the U.S. as Roderick (Pocket Timescape 1982), but the second half appears here for the first time. This hilarious novel of a robot growing up is highly recom-mended. (CNB)
• * +Roderick at Random (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-341-5, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.95, 317pp, pb) [Roderick] Satiric sf novel about robots, sequel to Roderick. First American edition (Granada 1983). Recommended, but be sure to read Roderick in the reprint or British edition. The Timescape version was cut. (CNB)
• * _Roderick at Random (Kerosina 0-948893-43-5, Apr ’90 [1990], £13.95, 320pp, hc) [Roderick] Reprint (Granada 1983) sf novel. Also available in a limited edition (-42-7, £40.00). First world hardcover edition.
• * _Tik-Tok (Corgi 0-552-12454-0, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], £1.95, 174pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1983) sf novel. First mass-market edition of this BSFA Award winner.
• * +Tik-Tok (DAW 0-88677-048-3, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $2.95, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1983) sf novel, first U.S. edition. This novel of a robot whose “Asimov circuit” goes wild won the 1984 British SF Award.

SLATER, PHILIP (Elliot) (1927- )

• * *How I Saved the World (Dutton 0-525-24355-0, Dec ’85 [Jan ’86], $16.95, 337pp, hc) Satirical literary novel of oddballs vs. a secret plan for nuclear disaster. This has a 1985 copyright, but we did not see it until 1986.
• * _How I Saved the World (Grove/Black Cat 0-394-62323-1, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $3.95, 337pp, pb) Reprint (EP Dutton 1985) Satiric novel (with fantasy elements) of impending apocalypse, astral travel, but otherwise minimal sf elements.

SLAVICSEK, WILLIAM (stories)

• * *A Guide to the Star Wars Universe: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38625-6, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $10.00, 495pp, tp, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Star Wars] Non-fiction, reference. An encyclopedic guide to the Star Wars universe. This is a completely rewritten and updated version of A Guide to the Star Wars Universe by Raymond L. Velasco (Del Rey 1984). It includes comics, games, and books, as well as the original movies. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.