The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- SPIGNESI, STEPHEN J(ohn) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * _The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia (Contemporary Books 0-8092-3911-6, Mar 92 [Apr 92], $35.00, 778pp, hc) Reprint (Popular Culture Ink 1991 as The Shape Under the Sheet: The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia) non-fiction, reference book. A complete guide to everything that concerns Stephen King.
- * _The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia (Contemporary Books 0-8092-3818-7, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $21.95, 778pp, tp) Reprint (Popular Culture Ink 1991) non-fiction, reference book. A complete guide to everything that concerns Stephen King.
- * *The Lost Work of Stephen King: A Guide to Unpublished Manuscripts, Story Fragments, Alternative Versions, and Oddities (Carol Publishing Group/Birch Lane Press 1-55972-469-2, Oct 98 [Nov 98], $24.95, 361pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. A bio-bibliographic look at Kings lesser-known works, arranged in chronological order, interspersed with biographical information. This is the first trade edition; a limited edition from Overlook Connection was announced but not seen. Carol Publishing/Birch Lane, 120 Enterprise Ave, Secaucus NJ 07094; credit card orders 800-866-1966. [King]
- * *The Second Stephen King Quiz Book (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17306-6, Jul 92, $3.99, 252pp, pb) Non-fiction, the second collection of quizzes and puzzles with King and his work as the subject. [King]
- * *The Shape Under the Sheet: The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia (Popular Culture Ink 1-56075-018-9, Oct 91 [Apr 92], $110.00, 778pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. A complete guide to everything that concerns Stephen King, laden with minutae. Includes an index to characters in Kings work plus primary and secondary bibliographies. This is a limited edition, a 1991 book not seen until now.
- * *The Stephen King Quiz Book (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16708-2, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $3.95, 203pp, pb) Non-fiction; quiz book of 100 quizzes with King and his work as the subject.
- * _The Stephen King Quiz Book (NEL 0-450-54573-3, Sep 91, £3.99, 203pp, pb) Reprint (Signet 1990) collection of quizzes based on Stephen Kings stories and novels. This also contains a bibliography of all of Kings books and stories, but only quotes current U.S. editions thereof! [First U.K. edition]
- * *The V.C. Andrews Trivia and Quiz Book (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17925-0, Mar 94, $3.99, 385pp, pb) Non-fiction. A collection of quizzes and puzzles about Andrews (and Andrewss) books. Includes a detailed synopsis of all the novels. [Andrews, Andrewsą]
- SPILLSBURY, JULIAN; see pseudonym John Tempest
- SPINRAD, NORMAN (Richard) (1940- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Agent of Chaos (Franklin Watts 0-531-15072-0, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $16.95, 179pp, hc) Reprint (Belmont 1967) sf novel, with a new introduction by Barry Malzberg. This is the first hardcover edition.
- * _Bug Jack Barron (Grafton 0-586-03535-4, Feb 88 [Jan 88], £3.50, 384pp, pb) Reissue (Avon; Walker 1969) sf novel. Still one of Spinrads best books. (PSP)
- * _Bug Jack Barron (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29795-3, Aug 92 [Jul 92], $5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Avon; Walker 1969) sf novel.
- * _Bug Jack Barron (Easton Press no ISBN, Feb 93, no price, 327pp, hc) Reprint (Walker 1969) sf novel, with an introduction by James Blaylock and illustrations by Frank Kelly Freas. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
- * *Child of Fortune (Bantam Spectra 0-553-5089-3, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $16.95, 483pp, hc) [*Void Captains Tale] Sf novel. A companion volume (but not a sequel) to The Void Captains Tale.
- * _Child of Fortune (SFBC #6291, Oct 85 [Nov 85], $6.50, 467pp, hc) [*Void Captains Tale] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1985) sf novel. A companion volume to The Void Captains Tale.
- * _Child of Fortune (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25690-4, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $4.50, 499pp, pb) [*Void Captains Tale] Reprint (Bantam 1985) sf novel.
- * *The Children of Hamelin (Tafford Publishing 0-9623712-3-8, Oct 91 [Aug 91], $19.95, 310pp, hc, cover by Kent Bash) Associational mainstream novel about 1960s New York City and a couple drawn into a dangerous cult.
- * *Deus X (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29677-9, Jan 93 [Dec 92], $3.99, 177pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Sf novella about the Catholic Church.
- * _The Iron Dream (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25289-5, Jun 86 [May 86], $3.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1972) alternate-world sf novel where Hitler is an sf writer. This one was banned in Germany.
- * *Journals of the Plague Years (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37399-4, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $9.95, 147pp, tp) SF novella first published in 1988 as part of the Full Spectrum anthology. This is its first solo publication, and includes a new afterword by Spinrad.
- * *Little Heroes (Bantam Spectra 0-553-05207-1, Jul 87 [Jun 87], $18.95, 486pp, hc) Sf novel of sex, drugs, and rocknroll.
- * _Little Heroes (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27033-8, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $4.95, 563pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1987) near-future rocknroll sf novel.
- * _Little Heroes (Grafton 0-586-20362-1, Aug 89, £6.99, 733pp, tp, cover by Alan Craddock) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1987) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Little Heroes (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27033-8, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $5.99, 563pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reissue (Bantam 1987) near-future sf novel; second printing.
- * _The Men in the Jungle (Grafton 0-586-20420-2, Apr 89 [Mar 89], £3.50, 316pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) Reprint (Doubleday 1967) sf novel.
- * _The Mind Game (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25061-2, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $3.50, 342pp, pb) Reprint (Jove 1980) novel. Non-sf, set in Hollywood, listed for Spinrad completists only.
- * *Other Americas (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27214-4, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.95, 273pp, pb) Collection of four novellas. Recommended. (CNB) (Contents)
- * _Pictures at 11 (Bantam 0-553-57265-2, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $5.99, 453pp, pb, cover by Francisco Maruca) Reprint (Bantam 1994) associational thriller.
- * *Pictures at Eleven (Bantam 0-553-37384-6, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $12.95, 455pp, tp) Associational thriller novel about a television news team covering their own kidnapping by ecoterrorists.
- * *Riding the Torch (Bluejay 0-312-94391-1, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $6.95, 166pp, tp) This novella first appeared in a three-novella anthology, The Threads of Time (1974), was reprinted in a two-novella anthology, Binary Star #1 (1978), and now appears alone for the first time. This edition is illustrated by Tom Kidd and has afterwords by Robert L. Forward and James Frenkel. Its one of Spinrads best stories. Recommended. (CNB)
- * *Russian Spring (Bantam 0-553-07586-1, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $22.50, 567pp, hc, cover by Mick McGinty) Near-future sf novel set in a world where America is declining and the success of perestroika has made Russia the worlds strongest power.
- * _Russian Spring (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29869-0, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $5.99, 643pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Bantam 1991) near-future sf novel set in a world where America is declining and the success of perestroika has made Russia the worlds strongest power.
- * *Science Fiction in the Real World (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1538-6, Jul 90 [Aug 90], $24.95, 234pp, hc) Non-fiction; critical analysis of the sf genre, rewritten and expanded from Spinrads Asimovs column. A trade paperback edition (-1671-4) is also available.
- * _Songs from the Stars (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24879-0, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $2.95, 275pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1980) sf novel about hippies and 60s values in the future.
- * *Vampire Junkies (Gryphon Books 0-936071-37-0, Jan 94 [Feb 94], $9.95, 74pp, tp, cover by Allen Koszowski) Vampire novella that originally appeared in Tomorrow in 1993.
- * _The Void Captains Tale (Timescape 0-671-49899-1, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $2.95, 250pp, pb) [*Void Captains Tale] Reprint (Simon & Schuster Timescape 1983) sf novel.
- * _The Void Captains Tale (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25995-4, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $3.50, 217pp, pb) [*Void Captains Tale] Reprint (Timescape 1983) sf novel.
- * _A World Between (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25893-1, Jul 86 [Jun 86], $3.95, 344pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1979) satirical sf novel about a war between the sexes.
- SPIVACK, CHARLOTTE (Ruth Kesler Roscoe) (1926- )
- * *The Company of Camelot: Arthurian Characters in Romance and Fantasy (with Roberta Lynne Staples) (Greenwood Press 0-313-27981-0, Dec 94 [Feb 95], $45.00, 162pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical discussion of the development of Arthurian characters as they appear in contemporary fantasy and romance. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders: 800-225-5800.
- * *Merlins Daughters: Contemporary Women Writers of Fantasy (Greenwood 0-313-24194-5, Jan 87 [Mar 87], $29.95, 185pp, hc) Nonfiction, critical study of 10 women fantasy writers.
- * *Ursula K. Le Guin (Twayne 0-8057-7393-2, Jun 84 [May 84], $14.95, 182pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study. Not seen. Also announced in tp (-7430-0, $5.95). [Le Guin]
- SPOHRER, C. R.
- * *Femala (Dorrance Publishing 0-8059-3389-1, Sep 93, $8.95, 140pp, tp, cover by Christopher Schreve) Sf novel of Earth being forced to come to terms with a female-dominated galaxy. A first novel. Available from Dorrance Publishing, 643 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh PA 15222.
- SPRAGUE, GILBERT M.
- * *The Nome Kings Shadow in Oz (Emerald City Press 0-929605-18-7, Jul 92 [Aug 92], $9.95, 112pp, tp, cover by Donald Abbott) [Oz] Childrens fantasy novel, a direct sequel to Ozma of Oz using Frank L. Baums characters, with illustrations by Donald Abbott in the style of W.W. Denslow. A signed, 350-copy limited hardcover edition (-19-5, $34.95) was announced but not seen. Order from Books of Wonder, 132 7th Ave, New York NY 10011, 800-835-4315.
- SPREACHMAN, J. R.
- * *Caribe (Dutton 0-525-24320-8, Jan 86, $17.95, 280pp, hc) Thriller with supernatural and sf elements, including an immortal dwarf.
- SPRING, MICHAEL, ed.
- SPRINGER, NANCY (Connor) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Apocalypse (Baen 0-671-69819-2, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $3.95, 341pp, pb) Fantasy novel about the four horsewomen of the apocalypse invading a Pennsylvania town.
- * _Apocalypse (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-081-0, Nov 89 [Dec 89], $25.00, 267pp, hc, cover by Ned Dameron) Reprint (Baen 1989) fantasy novel. There is no dustjacketthe cover art is printed on the cloth binding. This is a first hardcover edition of 1,000 copies.
- * _The Black Beast (Corgi 0-552-12428-1, 1985 [Sep 85], £1.75, 207pp, pb) [Book of the Isle] Reprint (Timescape 1982) fantasy novel.
- * *The Blind God is Watching (Silver Salamander Press 0-940841-67-3, Dec 94 [Mar 95], $30.00, 182pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Very dark fantasy novel, with an introduction by Lucy Taylor. Signed, limited edition; dated 1994, but just seen. A deluxe limited edition ($65.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Blue Moon Books, 360 West First, Eugene OR 97401; credit card orders 800-738-2660.
- * *Chains of Gold (Arbor House 0-87795-830-0, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $15.95, 230pp, hc) Romantic fantasy novel of intended victims fleeing ritual sacrifice.
- * _Chains of Gold (Macdonald 0-356-14801-7, Aug 87, £10.95, 230pp, hc) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Chains of Gold (Orbit 0-7088-8257-9, May 88, £2.95, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel.
- * _Chains of Gold (Tor 0-812-55494-9, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $2.95, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel of romance.
- * *Chance & Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate (Baen 0-671-65337-7, Sep 87 [Aug 87], $3.50, 240pp, pb) Collection of 8 stories and three poems; the second half of the title work is a new continuation. Grim, effective fantasy and horror (FCM). (Contents)
- * *Damnbanna (Pulphouse/Axolotl 1-56146-119-9, Mar 92, $10.00, 79pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Dark fantasy novella of a girl who takes up with the devils rebellious son. This trade paperback edition is limited to 525 copies. A 300-copy hardcover edition (-149-0, $35.00) and a 75-copy limited leatherbound edition (-179-2, $60.00) are also available. All states are signed by the author. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
- * *Fair Peril (Avon 0-380-78413-0, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $12.00, 246pp, tp, cover by Mary Grandpré) Contemporary fantasy novel. A recently divorced storyteller declines to kiss a frog prince, so he lures her daughter to fairyland at the mall. A hardcover edition (-97345-6, $23.00) is also available.
- * _Fair Peril (SFBC #14733, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $10.98, 246pp, hc, cover by Mary Grandpré) Reprint (Avon 1996) contemporary fantasy novel. This is similar to the Avon hardcover edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Fair Peril (AvoNova 0-380-79430-6, Jul 97 [Jun 97], $5.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Mary Grandpré) Reprint (Avon 1996) contemporary fantasy novel.
- * *Godbond (Tor 0-812-55496-5, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.95, 278pp, pb) [Sea King] Fantasy novel, Book Three in The Sea King trilogy.
- * _Godbond (Orbit 0-7088-4439-1, Jan 90, £3.50, 278pp, pb) [Sea King] Reprint (Tor 1988) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Sea King trilogy.
- * *The Hex Witch of Seldom (Baen 0-671-65389-X, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $15.95, 276pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a modern girl and an enchanted horse.
- * _The Hex Witch of Seldom (Baen 0-671-69808-7, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $3.50, 276pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1988) contemporary fantasy novel.
- * *A Horse to Love (Harper & Row 0-06-025824-1, 1987 [Feb 87], $11.50, 181pp, hc) Non-sf/fantasy, associational; juvenile novel by an sf author.
- * *I Am Mordred (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-23143-9, Apr 98, $16.99, 184pp, hc, cover by Bryan Leister) [I Am Mordred] Young-adult Arthurian novel. Young Mordred is unable to escape his destiny.
- * *Larque on the Wing (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-13175-1, Feb 94 [Jan 94], $20.00, 277pp, hc, cover by Rick Lovell) Fantasy novel. A 40-year-old wife and mother mysteriously conjures up a doppelganger of herself at age ten, who wont accept her later life choices and refuses to leave her alone.
- * _Larque on the Wing (AvoNova 0-380-76742-2, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $4.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Rick Lovell) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1994) contemporary fantasy novel. Winner of the Tiptree Award.
- * *Madbond (Tor 0-812-55486-8, Jun 87 [May 87], $2.95, 214pp, pb) [Sea King] Fantasy novel, Book I in the Sea King trilogy.
- * _Madbond (Orbit 0-7088-8263-3, Jun 88, £2.99, 214pp, pb) [Sea King] Reprint (Tor 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the Sea King trilogy..
- * *Metal Angel (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45330-1, Apr 94 [Mar 94], $4.99, 316pp, pb) Fantasy novel of an angel who comes to Earth and becomes a rock star.
- * *Mindbond (Tor 0-812-55492-2, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $2.95, 243pp, pb) [Sea King] Fantasy novel, Vol. II of The Sea King Trilogy.
- * _Mindbond (Orbit 0-7088-8291-9, Apr 89, £3.50, 243pp, pb) [Sea King] Reprint (Tor 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Sea King trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Not on a White Horse (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31366-7, Mar 88 [Apr 88], $13.95, 182pp, hc) Associational. Non-sf young-adult horse novel by a fantasy author.
- * *Red Wizard (Macmillan/Atheneum 0-689-31485-X, Mar 90 [Apr 90], $13.95, 138pp, hc, cover by Toby Gowing) Young-adult fantasy novel of a boy transported to an alternate world where he must defeat an evil warlock.
- * _The Sable Moon (Corgi 0-552-12427-3, Jul 85 [Jun 85], £1.95, 264pp, pb) [Book of the Isle] Reprint (Pocket 1981) fantasy novel, conclusion of the Book of the Isle trilogy. First British edition.
- * _The Silver Sun (Pocket 0-671-61117-8, Dec 85, $3.50, 292pp, pb) [Book of the Isle] Reissue (Pocket 1980) fantasy novel, Vol. II of Book of the Isles. This is a revised version of The Book of Suns (Pocket 1977).
- * *Stardark Songs (W. Paul Ganley 0-932445-58-6, Sep 93 [Mar 94], $20.00, 96pp, hc, cover by Teanna Byerts) Poetry collection, with illustrations by Teanna Byerts. A trade paperback edition (-49-7, $7.95) and a signed deluxe edition (-50-0, $35.00) were announced but not seen. This is a 1993 book not seen until now. Available from W. Paul Ganley, PO Box 149, Buffalo NY 14226-0149. (Contents)
- * _The White Hart (Corgi 0-552-12403-6, Sep 84 [Aug 84], £1.75, 202pp, pb) [Book of the Isle] Reprint (Pocket 1979) fantasy novel, first in The Book of the Isle trilogy.
- * _The White Hart (Pocket 0-671-60683-2, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $3.50, 222pp, pb) [Book of the Isle] Reissue (Pocket 1979) fantasy novel.
- * *Wings of Flame (Tor 0-312-93932-9, May 85 [Apr 85], $13.95, 252pp, hc) Fantasy quest novel.
- * _Wings of Flame (Tor 0-812-55484-1, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $2.95, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) fantasy novel.
- * _Wings of Flame (Arrow 0-09-945860-8, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £2.95, 252pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) fantasy novel.
- SPRUG, JOSEPH W., comp.
- * *Index to Fairy Tales, 1987-1992: Including 310 Collections of Fairy Tales, Folktales, Myths, and Legends... (Scarecrow Press 0-8108-2750-6, Sep 94 [Oct 94], $59.50, 588pp, hc) Non-fiction reference book, seventh in a series of fairy tale indexes. Full subtitle: Including 310 Collections of Fairy Tales, Folktales, Myths, and Legends with Significant pre-1987 Titles Not Previously Indexed. The index is of subject (Basket, Bats, etc.), not of specific fantasy images, and few fiction books are mentioned. Order from Scarecrow Press, 52 Liberty St, Metuchen NJ 08840.
- SPRUILL, STEVEN G(regory) (1946- ) (stories)
- * *Daughter of Darkness (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-64941-0, Nov 96 [Oct 96], £16.99, 312pp, hc) [Rulers of Darkness] Dark fantasy novel, sequel to Rulers of Darkness. The vampire cop dedicated to killing other vampires must confront his own son and granddaughter.
- * +Daughter of Darkness (Doubleday 0-385-48432-1, Jun 97 [May 97], $22.95, 307pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Rulers of Darkness] Vampire medical thriller/horror novel. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1996).
- * _Daughter of Darkness (NEL 0-340-64942-9, Jun 97 [Jul 97], £5.99, 372pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Rulers of Darkness] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) horror novel. Sequel to Rulers of Darkness.
- * _The Genesis Shield (Tor 0-812-53508-1, Dec 93 [Nov 93], $5.99, 374pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1985) near-future political/medical thriller; second printing.
- * _The Imperator Plot (Tor 0-812-55488-4, Jun 85 [May 85], $2.95, 283pp, pb) [Kane & Pendrake] Reprint (Doubleday 1983) sf novel.
- * *My Soul to Take (St. Martins 0-312-09879-0, Mar 94 [Apr 94], $22.00, 295pp, hc, cover by Joe Burleson) Medical thriller with sf elements. A new microchip implant designed to restore sight has the side effect of allowing the recipients to also see the future.
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