The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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The Fey: Changeling Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Millennium 1-85798-487-0, May ’96, £9.99, 514pp, tp, cover by David O’Connor) [Fey] Fantasy novel. Second in the series after The Fey: Sacrifice. A hardcover edition (-484-6, £15.99) is also available.

The Fey: Sacrifice Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Orion 1-85798-310-6, Jun ’96, £6.99, 550pp, pb, cover by David O’Connor) [Fey] Reprint (Millennium 1995) fantasy novel. #1 in “Saga of the Fey”.

Star Wars: The New Rebellion Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Bantam UK 0-593-04084-8, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], £12.99, 383pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan & Jamie S. Warren Youll) [Star Wars] Star Wars novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.

Traitors Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Millennium 1-85798-449-8, Jan ’96 [Feb ’96], £4.99, 358pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Millennium 1993) SF/fantasy novel.

Grimus Salman Rushdie (Vintage UK 0-09-959271-1, Jul ’96, £6.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Ian Howard) Reprint (Gollancz 1975) literary SF novel.

Doctor Who Gary Russell (BBC Books 0-563-38000-4, May ’96 [Jul ’96], £3.99, 223pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization of the recent “made for TV” film.

The Scales of Injustice Gary Russell (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20477-8, Jul ’96, £4.99, 262pp, pb) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a worldwide edition and is available in the US for $5.95. Volume 24 in “The Missing Adventures”.

Blood Jay Russell (Raven 1-85487-466-7, Oct ’96, £5.99, 277pp, tp) SF/horror novel.

Celestial Dogs Jay Russell (Raven 1-85487-429-2, Jan ’96, £5.99, 264pp, pb, cover by J. K. Potter) [Marty Burns] Dark fantasy novel. A down-at-heel private eye’s search for a missing hooker leads to the bright lights of L. A. and the dark horrors of Japanese demonology. A first novel.

Black Lightning John Saul (Bantam UK 0-553-40860-7, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £4.99, 397pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Fawcett Columbine; Bantam UK 1995) horror novel.

CivilWarLand in Bad Decline: stories and a novella George Saunders (Jonathan Cape 0-224-04247-5, Feb ’96 [Mar ’96], £9.99, 179pp, tp, cover by Paul Redgrave) Literary SF collection of 7 stories set in a near-future USA.

Delta City Felicity Savage (Roc UK 0-45-145519-3, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], £5.99, 383pp, pb) [Humility Garden] Reprint (Roc 1996) fantasy novel. A sequel to Humility Garden. [First U.K. edition]

Humility Garden Felicity Savage (Roc UK 0-451-45518-5, May ’96, £5.99, 352pp, pb) [Humility Garden] Reprint (Roc 1995) fantasy novel. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]

Aliens: Rogue Sandy Schofield (Millennium 1-85798-412-9, Apr ’96, £4.99, 288pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Aliens] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1995) SF novelisation. Volume 6 in the “Aliens” series. Adapted from the Dark Horse comic. Schofield is a pseud of Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch. [First U.K. edition]

The Shattered Goddess Darrell Schweitzer (NEL 0-340-66058-9, Mar ’96, £5.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) Reprint (Starblaze 1982) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

Children of the Wheel: A History of the Future Pam Scobie (Oxford University Press 0-19-271662-X, Nov ’95, £6.99, 216pp, tp) Young-adult SF novel, written ‘from an original idea by Geoff Husson’. Published in 1995, but not seen until now.

Randalls Round Eleanor Scott (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-08-7, Feb ’96 [Jul ’96], £19.00, xvi+139pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Reprint (Ernest Benn 1929) collection of supernatural stories, with a new Introduction by Richard Dalby. Illustrated with photographs of the author (whose real name was Helen Leys). Limited to 500 numbered copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $32.00.

Man O’ War William Shatner (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-81610-5, Dec ’96, £12.99, 256pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) [Man O’ War] Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1996) SF novel. First in a new series about a career diplomat of the future. [First U.K. edition]

Tek Money William Shatner (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71936-X, Mar ’96, £9.99, 289pp, hc, cover by Dominic Lavery) [Jake Cardigan] Reprint (Ace 1995) SF novel. Volume 7 in the series. [First U.K. edition]

Tek Money William Shatner (Pocket UK 0-671-85456-9, Dec ’96, £4.99, 289pp, pb, cover by Dominic Lavery) [Jake Cardigan] Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1995) SF novel. Volume 7 in the series.

Archangel Sharon Shinn (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648257-0, Nov ’96 [Dec ’96], £5.99, 390pp, pb) [Archangel] Reprint (Ace 1996) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

Spellbinder: Book I: Riana’s World Mark Shirrefs & John Thomson (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-66737-0, Apr ’96, £3.99, 350pp, pb) [Spellbinder] Reprint (Hodder Headline Australia 1995) young-adult fantasy novelisation of the Spellbinder TV serial; first in a series. [First U.K. edition]

Spellbinder: Book II: Paul’s World Mark Shirrefs & John Thomson (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-66738-9, Apr ’96, £3.99, 367pp, pb) [Spellbinder] Reprint (Hodder Headline Australia 1995) young-adult fantasy novelisation of the Spellbinder TV serial; second in a series. [First U.K. edition]

The Disappeared David B. Silva (Headline 0-7472-4794-3, Feb ’96, £5.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Bob Corley) Reprint (Headline 1995) horror novel.

The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg Volume 4: The Road to Nightfall Robert Silverberg (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-21372-4, Jul ’96, £6.99, 347pp, tp) SF collection of 21 stories, all from the 1950s, including his first published story, “Gorgon Planet”. Silverberg’s own selection of the most worthy items from his incredibly prolific first decade, they are all dark, chilly and bitter, more representative of the artist Silverberg would become than examples of the slam-bang adventures that made him so popular at the time.

Starborne Robert Silverberg (HarperCollins Voyager 0-246-13776-2, Jul ’96, £15.99, 291pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novel. A starship searches for a planet to colonise in the hope of revitalising a decadent and decaying Earth. [First U.K. edition]

Endymion Dan Simmons (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 Dan Simmons (Headline 0-7472-3826-X, Oct ’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.

Blueheart Alison Sinclair (Millennium 1-85798-459-5, Nov ’96, £9.99, 348pp, tp) SF novel. The planet Blueheart is being colonised by humans adapted to its alien reality, but there are growing pressures for the planet to be terraformed instead. A hardcover edition (-458-7, £15.99) is also available.

Zombie Michael Slade (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 Michael Slade (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.

Dark Visions #2: The Possessed L. J. Smith (Collins 0-00-675195-4, Nov ’95 [Feb ’96], £2.50, 212pp, pb) [Dark Visions] Reprint (Pocket Archway 1995) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]

Dark Visions #3: The Passion L. J. Smith (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]

Star Wars: The Adventures of Lando Calrissian: Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon L. Neil Smith (Boxtree 0-7522-0326-6, Apr ’96, £4.99, 130pp, pb) [Star Wars: Lando Calrissian] Reprint (Ballantine 1983) Star Wars spin-off novelisation. Volume 2 in a trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

Star Wars: The Adventures of Lando Calrissian: Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu L. Neil Smith (Boxtree 0-7522-0321-5, Apr ’96, £4.99, 144pp, pb) [Star Wars: Lando Calrissian] Reprint (Ballantine 1983) Star Wars novelisation. Volume 1 in a trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

Star Wars: The Adventures of Lando Calrissian: Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of ThonBoka L. Neil Smith (Boxtree 0-7522-0331-2, Apr ’96, £4.99, 135pp, pb) [Star Wars: Lando Calrissian] Reprint (Ballantine 1983) Star Wars novelisation. Volume 3 in a trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

After the Darkness Michael Smith (Adlib 0-590-54260-5, Jul ’96, £6.99, 192pp, tp, cover by Nina Davis) Young-adult ghost novel. Ghosts of Jewish children who died in World War II still seek the reason for their death.

Spares Michael Marshall Smith (HarperCollins 0-00-224649-X, Oct ’96, £9.99, 305pp, hc, cover by Michael Marshall Smith) SF/horror novel of harvesting body parts.

Star Trek: The Tears of the Singers Melinda M. Snodgrass (Titan 1-85286-314-5, Apr ’96, £4.99, 252pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1984) SF novelization. Second printing.

The Pavilion of Frozen Women S. P. Somtow (Gollancz 0-575-06120-0, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £16.99, 272pp, hc, cover by Max Schindler) Collection of 8 SF, fantasy, and mainstream stories.

Vanitas S. P. Somtow (Vista 0-575-60051-9, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £5.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Max Schindler) [Timmy Valentine] Reprint (Transylvania Press Canada; Gollancz 1995) vampire novel, third in the “Timothy Valentine” series.

Daughter of Darkness Steven Spruill (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.

Rulers of Darkness Steven Spruill (Coronet 0-340-64940-2, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], £5.99, 391pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Rulers of Darkness] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1995) dark fantasy novel. Vampires seen as immortal humans who require blood to survive. First of a series.

Salamander’s Fire Brian M. Stableford (Legend 0-09-944351-1, May ’96 [Apr ’96], £16.99, 518pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Genesys] SF novel; sequel to Serpent’s Blood.

Serpent’s Blood Brian M. Stableford (Legend 0-09-944341-4, May ’96 [Apr ’96], £5.99, 485pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Genesys] Reprint (Legend 1995) SF novel: “The First Book of Genesys”.

Star Wars X-Wing: The Krytos Trap Michael A. Stackpole (Bantam UK 0-553-40925-5, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], £4.99, 355pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Star Wars: X-Wing] Star Wars novelisation. Book three of a quartet. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam) edition.

Star Wars: X-Wing Book One: Rogue Squadron Michael A. Stackpole (Bantam UK 0-553-40926-3, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], £4.99, 388pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Star Wars: X-Wing] Star Wars novelisation. Book 1 of a quartet. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam) edition.

Star Wars: X-Wing: Wedge’s Gamble Michael A. Stackpole (Bantam UK 0-553-40923-9, Jun ’96 [May ’96], £4.99, 357pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Star Wars: X-Wing] Star Wars novelisation. Book 2 of a quartet. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.

The Oathbound Wizard Christopher Stasheff (Legend 0-09-955691-X, Jun ’96 [May ’96], £5.99, 398pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Wizard in Rhyme] Reprint (Del Rey 1993) fantasy novel. Sequel to Her Majesty’s Wizard. [First U.K. edition]

The Witch Doctor Christopher Stasheff (Legend 0-09-955701-0, Nov ’96, £5.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Wizard in Rhyme] Reprint (Del Rey 1994) fantasy novel. Book 3 of “A Wizard in Rhyme”. [First U.K. edition]

The Mummy Barbara Steiner (Scholastic UK 0-590-13595-3, Jun ’96, £3.50, 210pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel.

James Blish: Author Mirabilis Phil Stephensen-Payne (Galactic Central Publications 1-871133-46-7, Aug ’96 [Sep ’96], £7.00, 161pp, ph) Reference work. A primary and secondary bibliography of James Blish’s work. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the States for $10.50 from Chris Drumm books.

The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson (Roc UK 0-451-45481-2, Jul ’96, £5.99, 499pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1995) neo-Victorian SF novel.

Globalhead Bruce Sterling (Phoenix 1-85799-444-2, Jun ’96, £5.99, 301pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) Reprint (Ziesing 1992) SF collection.

Holy Fire Bruce Sterling (Orion 1-85798-462-5, Jun ’96, £16.99, 296pp, hc) SF novel. In 2095, a female nonagenerian is offered yet another chance to rejuvenate.

Who Killed Kennedy James Stevens & David Bishop (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20467-0, Apr ’96 [May ’96], £4.99, 279pp, pb) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Spoof conspiracy thriller based in the Doctor Who universe. Or ours. Subtitled ‘The Shocking Secret Linking a Time Lord and a President’. Stevens is a pseudonym - or doesn’t exist. This is a world-wide edition, available in the US for $5.95. In “The New Adventures”.

The Howen Roger Stevens (Puffin 0-14-036417-X, Feb ’96, £4.50, 167pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Reprint (Viking 1993) young-adult SF/fantasy novel. A brother and sister find themselves in another world with other lost children. A first novel.

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories R. L. Stevenson (Everyman 0-460-87792-5, Jul ’96 [Oct ’96], £1.99, xx+252pp, pb, cover by S. G. Hulme Beaman) Reissue (Everyman 1992) thrift edition of a collection of 8 stories. Edited and with an Introduction by Claire Harman.

The Prince and the Pilgrim Mary Stewart (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-64992-5, Nov ’95 [Feb ’96], £15.99, 292pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) Arthurian fantasy novel. A 1995 book not seen until now.

The Prince and the Pilgrim Mary Stewart (Coronet 0-340-65411-2, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) Arthurian novel.

The Babysitter IV R. L. Stine (Scholastic UK 0-590-13709-3, Aug ’96, £3.50, 164pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1995) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]

Superstitious R. L. Stine (HarperCollins UK 0-00-225441-7, Apr ’96, £15.99, 390pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Warner 1995) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]

Point Horror 1: The R.L. Stine Special Edition R. L. Stine (Scholastic UK 0-590-54286-9, Oct ’96, £6.99, 378pp, hc) Young-adult horror omnibus of Babysitter 1, Babysitter 2, Babysitter 3.

Superstitious R. L. Stine (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649839-6, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], £5.99, 390pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Warner 1995) horror novel.

Babylon 5: Betrayals S. M. Stirling (Boxtree 0-7522-0163-8, Jun ’96, £4.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Bob Parkin) [Babylon 5] SF novelisation. Book 6 in the series. Simultaneous with the US (Dell) edition.

Dracula Bram Stoker (Oxford University Press 0-19-282462-7, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], £2.50, xxxviii+389pp, tp) [Dracula] Reprint (Constable 1897) horror novel. With an introduction and notes by Maud Ellman.

The Jewel of Seven Stars Bram Stoker (Alan Sutton 0-7509-0947-1, Feb ’96 [Mar ’96], £5.99, 178pp, pb, cover by Emily Little) Reprint (Heinemann 1903) dark fantasy novel.

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