The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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SMITH, GUY N(ewman) (stories) (continued)

* *The Camp (Sphere 0-7474-0058-X, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], £3.50, 288pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) Horror novel.
* *Cannibals (Arrow 0-09-942200-X, Dec ’86, £1.95, 208pp, pb) Horror novel about mutated cannibal cave-dwellers lurking in the Scottish Highlands.
* _Cannibals (Arrow 0-09-942200-X, Dec ’88 [1988], 2.50, 208pp, pb) Reissue (Arrow 1986) horror novel.
* *Carnivore (Arrow 0-09-961090-6, Aug ’90, £3.50, 202pp, pb) Horror novel.
* +Crab’s Moon (Dell 0-440-20023-7, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 181pp, pb) [Crabs] Horror novel, part of the “Crabs” series. “Tensed, shuddering with hunger, they lurched out of the sea maddened with a need to eat....” First U.S. edition (NEL 1984).
* _Crabs’ Moon (Grafton 0-586-20494-6, Jul ’89, £2.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) [Crabs] Reprint (NEL 1984) horror novel.
* +Crabs on the Rampage (Dell 0-440-20022-9, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.50, 186pp, pb) [Crabs] Horror novel, third in a series featuring killer crabs. “We’d wiped out those mutant monsters. The giant creatures whose hunger raged for human flesh were dead. Or were they?” First U.S. edition (New English Library 1981).
* *Crabs: The Human Sacrifice (NEL 0-450-42139-2, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], £1.95, 171pp, pb) [Crabs] Horror novel.
* +Crabs: The Human Sacrifice (Dell 0-440-20341-4, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.50, 184pp, pb) [Crabs] Horror novel in the “Killer Crabs” series. First American edition (NEL 1988).
* *The Dark One (Zebra 0-8217-4941-2, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $4.50, 252pp, pb) Horror novel. Babysitting a 12-year-old for a weekend turns into a Satanic experience.
* *Dead End (Zebra/Pinnacle 0-8217-5263-4, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $4.99, 252pp, pb) Horror novel. The dead come back to life in The Waste outside of town.
* _Death Bell (Arrow 0-09-938230-X, Jul ’87, £2.25, 200pp, pb) [Death Bell] Reissue (Hamlyn 1980) horror novel.
* *Demons (Arrow 0-09-948470-6, Nov ’87, £2.50, 184pp, pb) [Death Bell] Horror novel. Sequel to Death Bell.
* _Doomflight (Arrow 0-09-936530-8, Dec ’86, £2.50, 221pp, pb) Reprint (Hamlyn 1981) horror novel.
* _Entombed (Arrow 0-09-948490-0, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £1.95, 192pp, pb) Reissue horror novel.
* +Entombed (Dell 0-440-12280-5, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $3.50, 189pp, pb) Horror novel. First U.S. edition (Arrow 1982).
* _Entombed (Arrow 0-09-948490-0, Jan ’88 [Apr ’88], £2.50, 191pp, pb) Reissue (Hamlyn 1982) horror novel.
* *The Festering (Arrow 0-09-961080-9, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], £2.99, 191pp, pb) Horror novel.
* *Fiend (Sphere 0-7474-0056-3, Jun ’88 [May ’88], £2.99, 312pp, pb) Horror novel.
* *The Island (Arrow 0-09-956410-6, May ’88, £2.50, 191pp, pb) Horror novel.
* _Killer Crabs (Dell 0-440-20340-6, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.50, 184pp, pb) [Crabs] Reprint (NEL 1978) horror novel about mutant killer crabs, first in a series.
* *The Knighton Vampires (Piatkus 0-7499-0180-2, Apr ’93, £14.99, 183pp, hc, cover by Luis Rey) [Sgt. John Mayo] Horror novel.
* _Locusts (Arrow 0-09-950300-X, Sep ’87, £2.50, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Hamlyn 1979) horror novel.
* *Mania (Sphere 0-7474-0057-1, Jan ’89, £2.99, 234pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) Horror novel.
* *The Master (Arrow 0-09-956530-7, Dec ’88, £2.50, 208pp, pb) Horror novel.
* *The Neophyte (NEL 0-450-05858-1, Jan ’86, £1.95, 312pp, pb) Horror novel.
* +Night of the Crabs (Dell 0-440-20338-4, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.50, 170pp, pb) [Crabs] Horror novel in the “Killer Crabs” series. First American edition (NEL 1976).
* _Night of the Crabs (Grafton 0-586-20493-8, Jul ’89, £2.99, 192pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) [Crabs] Reprint (NEL 1976) horror novel. This covers the same period as Crab’s Moon from a different angle.
* +The Origin of the Crabs (Dell 0-440-20021-0, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.50, 186pp, pb) [Crabs] Horror novel. First U.S. edition (NEL 1979).
* *Phobia (Grafton 0-586-20502-0, Apr ’90, £3.50, 252pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) Horror novel.
* *The Plague (NEL 0-450-41686-0, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], £1.95, 160pp, pb) Horror novel. Sequel to Thirst.
* *The Plague Chronicles (Piatkus 0-7499-0212-4, Dec ’93 [Jan ’94], £13.99, 220pp, hc, cover by Luis Rey) Sf/horror novel about the Earth being ravaged by a series of Biblical plagues.
* *The Resurrected (Grafton 0-586-20501-2, Nov ’91, £3.99, 223pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) Horror novel.
* _Satan’s Snowdrop (Arrow 0-09-948960-0, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £1.95, 219pp, pb) Reprint (Hamlyn 1980) horror novel.
* _Slime Beast (Grafton 0-586-20496-2, Nov ’89, £2.99, 144pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) Reprint (NEL 1975) horror novel.
* *Snakes (NEL 0-450-38958-8, Nov ’86, £1.95, 170pp, pb) Horror novel.
* _The Sucking Pit (Grafton 0-586-20495-4, Sep ’89, £2.99, 158pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) Reprint (NEL 1975) horror novel.
* _Thirst (NEL 0-450-05045-9, Feb ’88, £2.50, 219pp, pb) Reissue (NEL 1980) horror novel.
* *Throwback (NEL 0-450-05799-2, 1985, £1.95, 256pp, pb) Horror novel. [Not seen]
* _Throwback (Arrow 0-09-956450-5, Sep ’88, £2.50, 256pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1985) horror novel.
* *The Unseen (Sphere 0-7474-0345-7, May ’90, £3.50, 268pp, pb) Horror novel.
* _Warhead (NEL 0-450-05279-6, Feb ’88, £2.50, 256pp, pb) Reissue (NEL 1981) horror novel.
* *Water Rites (Zebra/Pinnacle 0-8217-5553-6, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $4.99, 253pp, pb) Horror novel.
* *Witch Spell (Zebra 0-8217-4194-2, Jun ’93, $4.50, 286pp, pb) Supernatural horror novel of the daughter of a white witch and a warlock.
* *The Wood (NEL 0-450-05847-6, 1985, £1.95, 171pp, pb) Horror novel. [Not seen]
* +The Wood (Dell 0-440-19753-8, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $3.50, 191pp, pb) Horror novel. First U.S. edition (NEL 1985).
* _The Wood (NEL 0-450-05847-6, Feb ’88, £1.95, 171pp, pb) Reissue (NEL 1985) horror novel.
SMITH, J.

* _Death of a Marionette (with Frank M. Robinson) See entry under Frank M. Robinson
SMITH, JAMES V., Jr.

* *Almost Human (Dell 0-440-20450-X, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 338pp, pb) Horror novel about a government experiment in genetics that creates monsters in the Nevada desert.
* *Beastmaker (Dell 0-440-20042-3, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.95, 382pp, pb) [Beastmaker] Biological horror novel.
* _Beastmaker (Grafton 0-586-20441-5, Jun ’89, £3.50, 336pp, pb, cover by Bruno Elletori) [Beastmaker] Reprint (Dell 1988) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
* *Beaststalker (Dell 0-440-20172-1, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 373pp, pb) [Beastmaker] Sf/horror novel, sequel to Beastmaker. U.S. military genetic mutation eats children and pets.
* _Beaststalker (Grafton 0-586-20779-1, May ’90, £3.99, 398pp, pb, cover by Bruno Elletori) [Beastmaker] Reprint (Dell 1988) horror novel. Sequel to Beastmaker.
* *The Lurker (Dell 0-440-20232-9, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.95, 299pp, pb) Horror novel about a “ghost” who kills.
* _The Lurker (Grafton 0-586-20903-4, Apr ’91, £3.99, 363pp, pb, cover by Bruno Elletori) Reprint (Dell 1989) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
SMITH, JENNIFER

* *Anne Rice: A Critical Companion (Greenwood Press 0-313-29612-X, Dec ’96, $29.95, 193pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical guide focusing on Rice’s non-erotic supernatural fiction. Includes a brief biography, bibliography and index. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [Rice]
SMITH, JOHANNA M.

* _Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (St. Martin’s/Bedford 0-312-04469-0, Jun ’95, $10.95, 358pp, tp) [Frankenstein] Reissue (Bedford 1992) non-fiction, part of the “Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism” series. Seventh printing. This contains the complete 1831 text, plus five critical essays that examine the work from different contemporary critical perspectives: Marxist, feminist, psychoanalytic, cultural, and reader-response criticism. Also includes an introduction providing biographical and historical contexts, and a survey of major critical response over time. [Shelley]
SMITH, JULIA (Mary Wylie); see pseudonym Jonathan Wylie (stories)

* _Shadow-Maze (with Mark J. A. Smith) See entry under Mark J. A. Smith
SMITH, JULIE DEAN (1960- )

* *Call of Madness (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36327-2, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $4.95, 311pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) Fantasy novel of a kingdom endangered by renegade magic. A first novel.
* *Mission of Magic (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36627-1, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.95, 324pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Caithan Crusade] Fantasy novel of a Princess trying to help wizards struck by uncontrollable magic, second book of the “Caithan Crusade” series.
* *The Sage of Sare (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37154-2, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $4.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Caithan Crusade] Fantasy novel, third book of the “Caithan Crusade” series.
* *The Wizard King (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37153-4, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $5.50, 337pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Caithan Crusade] Fantasy novel, fourth book of “A Caithan Crusade”.
SMITH, KAREN PATRICIA

* *The Fabulous Realm: A Literary-Historical Approach to British Fantasy, 1780-1990 (Scarecrow Press 0-8108-2673-9, Dec ’93 [Feb ’94], $55.00, 521pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. Despite the general title, this is an analysis of British children’s fantasy, with an emphasis on the historical events that influenced the works. It also covers modern work in New Zealand and Australia. Available from Scarecrow Press, PO Box 4167, Metuchen NJ 08840.
SMITH, KAY NOLTE (1932-1993)

* *Mindspell (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-35097-0, 1984, £8.95, 311pp, hc) Horror novel. [Not seen]
* _Mindspell (Coronet 0-340-38262-7, Nov ’86, £2.95, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1984) horror novel.
SMITH, KENT

* *Future X (Holloway House 0-87067-549-4, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 384pp, pb, cover by Glen Tarnowski) Sf novel of a future descendent of Malcolm X going back to the ’60s to save him.
SMITH, KIM, ed. (1955- ) (stories)

* _Mysterious Cat Stories (with John Richard Stephens) See entry under John Richard Stephens.
SMITH, L. J. (stories)

* _The Awakening (Bantam UK 0-553-40604-3, May ’93, £2.99, 276pp, pb) [Vampire Diaries] Reprint (Harper 1991) young-adult horror novel. Volume one in “The Vampire Diaries”. [First U.K. edition]
* *Dark Visions #1: The Strange Power (Pocket Archway 0-671-87454-3, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $3.50, 230pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Dark Visions] Young adult horror novel. Psychically gifted students at a special school are threatened by experimenters.
* _Dark Visions #1: The Strange Power (HarperCollins UK 0-00-675194-6, Nov ’95, £2.50, 230pp, pb) [Dark Visions] Reprint (Pocket Archway 1994) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
* *Dark Visions #2: The Possessed (Pocket Archway 0-671-87455-1, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $3.50, 212pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Dark Visions] Young-adult horror novel about a group of psychic teens haunted by a vision of a white house on a cliff.
* _Dark Visions #2: The Possessed (Collins 0-00-675195-4, Nov ’95, £2.50, 212pp, pb) [Dark Visions] Reprint (Pocket Archway 1995) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
* _Dark Visions #3: The Passion (HarperCollins UK 0-00-675196-2, Jan ’96, £2.50, 211pp, pb) [Dark Visions] Reprint (Pocket Archway 1995) young-adult horror novel, third in a series about a group of psychic teens. A powerful crystal is needed to stop a dangerous experiment that turns one teen into a psychic vampire. [First U.K. edition]
* *Dark Visions Collector’s Edition: The Strange Power, The Possessed, The Passion (Pocket Archway 0-671-02330-6, Dec ’98, $6.99, 230+212+211pp, pb, cover by Bill Schmidt) [Dark Visions] Omnibus of three young-adult horror novels in a trilogy about psychic teens: The Strange Power (1994), The Possessed (1995), and The Passion (1995). (Contents)
* *Dark Visions III: The Passion (Pocket Archway 0-671-87456-X, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $3.50, 211pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Dark Visions] Young-adult horror novel, third in the series about a group of psychic teens. A powerful crystal is needed to stop a dangerous experiment that turns one teen into a psychic vampire.
* _The Forbidden Game 1: The Hunter (Scholastic UK 0-590-55947-8, May ’95, £2.99, 228pp, pb) [Forbidden Game] Reprint (Pocket Archway 1994) young-adult horror novel. Jenny and her friends play a new game that suddenly propels them into a nightmare world. [First U.K. edition]
* _The Forbidden Game 2: The Chase (Scholastic UK 0-590-13156-7, Aug ’95, £2.99, 226pp, pb) [Forbidden Game] Reprint (Pocket Archway 1994) young-adult horror novel, second book of a series. [First U.K. edition]
* _The Forbidden Game 3: The Kill (Scholastic UK 0-590-13244-X, Oct ’95, £3.50, 228pp, pb) [Forbidden Game] Reprint (Pocket Archway 1994) young-adult horror novel, third book of a series. Jenny and her friends are trapped by an evil spirit in a nightmare amusement park. [First U.K. edition]
* *The Forbidden Game Collector’s Edition (Pocket Archway 0-671-01716-0, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $6.99, 686pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Forbidden Game] Omnibus of three young adult horror novels in the series: The Hunter, The Chase, and The Kill (all Archway 1994). Each novel is paginated separately. (Contents)
* _The Forbidden Game Volume 1: The Hunter (Pocket Archway 0-671-87451-9, Jun ’96 [Jul ’96], $3.99, 228pp, pb, cover by David Jarvis) [Forbidden Game] Reissue (Archway 1994) young adult horror novel, first in the series. Third printing.
* _The Forbidden Game Volume 2: The Chase (Pocket Archway 0-671-87452-7, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $3.50, 226pp, pb, cover by David Jarvis) [Forbidden Game] Reissue (Archway 1994) young adult horror novel, second in the series.
* *The Forbidden Game Volume I: The Hunter (Pocket Archway 0-671-87451-9, Mar ’94, $3.50, 228pp, pb, cover by David Jarvis) [Forbidden Game] Young-adult horror novel. Jenny and her friends play a new game that suddenly propels them into a nightmare world. First book of a new series.
* *The Forbidden Game Volume II: The Chase (Pocket Archway 0-671-87452-7, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $3.50, 226pp, pb, cover by David Jarvis) [Forbidden Game] Young-adult horror novel, second book of a series. Jenny and her friends are again the victims of a deadly ancient power who plays games with their lives as the stakes.
* *The Forbidden Game Volume III: The Kill (Pocket Archway 0-671-87453-5, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $3.50, 228pp, pb, cover by David Jarvis) [Forbidden Game] Young-adult horror novel, third book of a series. Jenny and her friends are trapped by an evil spirit in a nightmare amusement park.
* _The Forbidden Game Volume III: The Kill (Pocket Archway 0-671-87453-5, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $3.99, 228pp, pb, cover by David Jarvis) [Forbidden Game] Reissue (Archway 1994) young adult horror novel, third in the series. Second printing.
* _The Fury (Bantam UK 0-553-40606-X, May ’93, £2.99, 285pp, pb) [Vampire Diaries] Reprint (Harper 1991) young-adult horror novel. Volume three in “The Vampire Diaries”. [First U.K. edition]
* *Heart of Valor (Macmillan 0-02-785861-8, Oct ’90 [Nov ’90], $14.95, 227pp, hc, cover by Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh) [Night of the Solstice] Young-adult Arthurian fantasy novel, a sequel to The Night of the Solstice.
* _Heart of Valor (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-106173-5, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $3.50, 228pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Night of the Solstice] Reprint (Macmillan 1990) young-adult Arthurian fantasy novel, a sequel to The Night of the Solstice.
* *The Night of the Solstice (Macmillan 0-02-785840-5, Oct ’87, $14.95, 231pp, hc) [Night of the Solstice] Young-adult fantasy novel of magic and an evil sorcerer trying to gain entrance to our world. A first novel.
* _The Night of the Solstice (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-106172-7, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $3.99, 226pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Night of the Solstice] Reprint (Macmillan 1987) young-adult fantasy novel of an evil sorcerer trying to gain entrance to our world.
* _Night World: Witchlight (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-70955-3, May ’98, £3.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) [Nightworld] Reprint (Pocket Archway 1998 as Nightworld: Witchlight) young-adult horror novel. Book 9 in the series. [First U.K. edition]
* *Nightworld #1: Secret Vampire (Pocket Archway 0-671-55133-7, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $3.99, 228pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Nightworld] Young-adult vampire novel, first in a series about a secret society of vampires, werewolves, witches, and other creatures of darkness.
* *Nightworld #3: Spellbinder (Pocket Archway 0-671-55135-3, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $3.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Nightworld] Young-adult horror novel. Two teenage witches fall in love with the same human boy.
* _Nightworld 4: Dark Angel (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-69002-X, Apr ’97, £3.99, 209pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) [Nightworld] Reprint (Archway 1996) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
* _Nightworld 5: The Chosen (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-69003-8, May ’97, £3.99, 211pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) [Nightworld] Reprint (Archway 1997) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
* *Nightworld: Black Dawn (Pocket Archway 0-671-01476-5, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $3.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Nightworld] Young-adult horror novel, eighth in the series. A teen looking for her brother finds the Nightworld, and a slave-keeping vampire soulmate.
* _Nightworld: Black Dawn (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-70954-5, Feb ’98, £3.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) [Nightworld] Reprint (Pocket Archway 1997) young-adult horror novel, eighth in the series. A teen looking for her brother finds the Nightworld, and a slave-keeping vampire soulmate. [First U.K. edition]
* *Nightworld: Dark Angel (Pocket Archway 0-671-55136-1, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $3.99, 209pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Nightworld] Young-adult horror novel, fourth in the series. A girl has a near-death experience that draws her too close to the Nightworld.

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