The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998


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The Grave-digger Hugh Scott (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-68331-7, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £3.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Young-adult horror novel.


The Body in the Driveway and Other Stories ed. Penny Scown (Scholastic UK 0-590-13644-5, Apr ’97, £3.50, 124pp, pb) Reprint (Ashton Scholastic New Zealand 1995) original young-adult dark fantasy anthology of six stories. Each has an Afterword by its author. [First U.K. edition]


Great Apes Will Self (Bloomsbury 0-7475-2987-6, May ’97, £15.99, 404pp, hc, cover by Daniel Lee) Literary fantasy novel.


Tek Kill William Shatner (Pocket UK 0-671-51646-9, Jul ’97 [Sep ’97], £5.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Jake Cardigan] Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1996) SF novel. Volume eight in the series. [First U.K. edition]


Star Trek: The Return William Shatner, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens (Pocket UK 0-671-52609-X, Apr ’97, £4.99, 371pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1996) novelization based on the Star Trek series.


Barnacle Bill the Spacer and Other Stories Lucius Shepard (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-500-1, Mar ’97, £9.99, 292pp, tp) Collection of seven long stories, including the Nebula Award-winning title novella. A hardcover edition (-501-X, £16.99) is also available.


The Dark Lagoon Simon M. Shinerock (Ripping Publishing 1-899884-18-1, Sep ’97 [Nov ’97], £5.99, 412pp, pb, cover by Warren Palmer) Horror novel. A first novel.


Jovah’s Angel Sharon Shinn (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648258-9, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £5.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Chris Baker) [Archangel] Reprint (Ace 1997) fantasy novel. Sequel to Archangel. [First U.K. edition]


The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg: Volume Five: Ringing the Changes Robert Silverberg (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-21373-2, Jul ’97, £6.99, 359pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino) SF collection of 20 stories published between 1963 and 1971. Each has an introduction on its genesis and place in Silverberg’s hectic writing and personal life.


Sorcerers of Majipoor Robert Silverberg (Macmillan UK 0-333-64486-7, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], £16.99, 534pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] SF novel. Book five in the “Majipoor” series, set a millennium before Lord Valentine’s Castle.


Sorcerers of Majipoor Robert Silverberg (Pan 0-330-34269-X, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], £6.99, 629pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Majipoor] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1997) SF novel. Book 5 in the “Majipoor” series, set a millennium before Lord Valentine’s Castle.


Starborne Robert Silverberg (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-21109-8, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], £5.99, 291pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novel.


The Civilisation Game and Other Stories Clifford Simak (Severn House 0-7278-5169-1, Jul ’97, £16.99, 250pp, hc) SF collection of seven stories, edited and with an introduction by Francis Lyall. Most of these relatively early stories have not been previously reprinted, and the Hugo Award-winning, novella “The Big Front Yard” has not been in any previous UK Simak collection.


The Rise of Endymion Dan Simmons (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]


Slow Chocolate Autopsy Iain Sinclair & Dave McKean (Phoenix House 1-861-59088-1, Nov ’97, £9.99, 193pp, tp, cover by Dave McKean) Literary dark fantasy collection about an unstable observer unstable in time, but restricted to London, and its darkest deeds. Subtitled “Incidents from the Notorious Career of Norton, Prisoner of London”. Graphic sections and illustrations by Dave McKean. A hardcover edition (£17.99) was announced but not seen.


Pasiphae William Smethurst (Headline 0-7472-1316-X, Jul ’97, £16.99, 345pp, hc) SF/fantasy novel. A military communications/weapons satellite picks up thoughts from the 14th century, and a young archeological student finds herself living through the past.


Children of the Lens E. E. “Doc” Smith (Ripping Publishing 1-899884-21-1, Aug ’97 [Oct ’97], £5.99, 355pp, pb, cover by Warren Palmer & Neil Stuart Lawson) [Lensmen] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1954) SF novel. Book 6 in the classic “Lensman” space opera sequence.


First Lensman E. E. “Doc” Smith (Ripping Publishing 1-899884-13-0, Jul ’97, £5.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Warren Palmer & Neil Stuart Lawson) [Lensmen] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1950) SF novel. Book two in the classic “Lensman” space opera sequence.


Galactic Patrol E. E. “Doc” Smith (Ripping Publishing 1-899884-14-9, Jul ’97, £5.99, 334pp, pb, cover by Warren Palmer & Neil Stuart Lawson) [Lensmen] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1950) SF novel. Book three in the classic “Lensman” space opera sequence.


Gray Lensman E. E. “Doc” Smith (Ripping Publishing 1-899884-15-7, Jul ’97, £5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Warren Palmer & Neil Stuart Lawson) [Lensmen] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1951) SF novel. Book four in the classic “Lensman” space opera sequence.


Second Stage Lensman E. E. “Doc” Smith (Ripping Publishing 1-899884-16-5, Jul ’97, £5.99, 361pp, pb, cover by Warren Palmer & Neil Stuart Lawson) [Lensmen] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1953) SF novel. Book five in the classic “Lensman” space opera sequence.


Triplanetary E. E. “Doc” Smith (Ripping Publishing 1-899884-12-2, Jul ’97, £5.99, 345pp, pb, cover by Warren Palmer & Neil Stuart Lawson) [Lensmen] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1948) SF novel. Book one in the classic “Lensman” space opera sequence.


Nightworld 4: Dark Angel L. J. Smith (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-69002-X, Apr ’97 [May ’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 L. J. Smith (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: Daughters of Darkness L. J. Smith (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-68982-X, Mar ’97, £3.99, 228pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) [Nightworld] Reprint (Archway 1996) young-adult vampire novel. Book two in the series. [First U.K. edition]


Nightworld: Enchantress L. J. Smith (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-69001-1, Mar ’97, £3.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) [Nightworld] Reprint (Archway 1996 as Nightworld: Spellbinder) young-adult vampire novel. Book three in the series. [First U.K. edition]


Nightworld: Secret Vampire L. J. Smith (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-68751-7, Mar ’97, £3.99, 228pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) [Nightworld] Reprint (Archway 1996 as Nightworld #1: Secret Vampire) young-adult vampire novel. First in a series about a secret society of vampires, werewolves, witches, and other creatures of darkness. [First U.K. edition]


Nightworld: Soulmate L. J. Smith (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-69004-6, Jul ’97, £3.99, 208pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) [Nightworld] Reprint (Archway 1997) young-adult vampire novel. Book six in the series. [First U.K. edition]


Nightworld: The Huntress L. J. Smith (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-70953-7, Dec ’97, £3.99, 226pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) [Nightworld] Reprint (Pocket Archway 1997) young-adult vampire novel. Book 7 in the series. [First U.K. edition]


Spares Michael Marshall Smith (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21775-4, Jul ’97, £5.99, 305pp, pb) Reprint (Voyager 1996) SF/horror novel of harvesting body parts.


The Borrowers Sherwood Smith (Puffin 0-140-39049-9, Nov ’97, £3.99, 121pp, tp) [Borrowers] Young-adult novelization of the new film, including eight pages of stills.


Second Sight Sinclair Smith (Scholastic UK 0-590-19066-0, Mar ’97, £3.50, 166pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1996) young-adult dark fantasy novel. Copyrighted by Dona Smith. [First U.K. edition]


Darker Angels S. P. Somtow (Gollancz 0-575-06122-7, Nov ’97, £16.99, 351pp, hc, cover by Max Schindler) Historical dark fantasy novel of voodoo, Civil War, and regeneration.


The Pavilion of Frozen Women S. P. Somtow (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60074-8, Aug ’97, £5.99, 272pp, pb, cover by Max Schindler) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) collection of ten SF, fantasy and mainstream stories, each with a small paragraph on its origin. Nominated for the World Fantasy Award.


Rapture David Sosnowski (Sceptre 0-340-68554-9, Dec ’96 [Jan ’97], £9.99, 295pp, tp) Reprint (Villard 1996) literary fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]


Rapture David Sosnowski (Sceptre 0-340-68555-7, Jul ’97, £6.99, 343pp, tp) Reprint (Villard 1996) literary SF novel.


The Road and the Hills Alison Spedding (Voyager 0-00-648267-8, Apr ’97 [May ’97], £5.99, 431pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Walk in the Dark] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1986 as by Spedding) SF novel. Book 1 in the “A Walk in the Dark” trilogy.


Daughter of Darkness Steven Spruill (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 Vintage Book of The Devil ed. Francis Spufford (Vintage UK 0-09-974461-9, Nov ’97, £7.99, 390pp, tp) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1992 as The Chatto Book of the Devil) anthology of devilish pieces from scripture, fiction, drama, poetry and myth.


Chimera’s Cradle Brian Stableford (Legend 0-09-944371-6, May ’97 [Mar ’97], £16.99, 508pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Genesys] SF/fantasy novel. “The Third Book of Genesys”, following Serpent’s Blood and Salamander’s Fire.


Salamander’s Fire Brian Stableford (Legend 0-09-944361-9, May ’97, £6.99, 518pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Genesys] Reprint (Legend 1996) SF novel. The sequel to Serpent’s Blood, and second in a trilogy that ends with Chimera’s Cradle.


Star Wars X-Wing: The Bacta War Michael A. Stackpole (Bantam UK 0-553-40924-7, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], £4.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Star Wars: X-Wing] Star Wars novelisation. Book four of a quartet. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.


TechnoFear Laurence Staig (Scholastic Press 0-590-54230-3, Nov ’97, £4.99, 154pp, tp) Collection of seven original SF/dark fantasy stories for young-adults. Scholastic Press is a new quality imprint.


The House at the Top of the Hill Kathlyn S. Starbuck (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648276-7, Oct ’97, £5.99, 346pp, pb) Fantasy novel.


The Fifth Sacred Thing Starhawk (Thorsons 0-7225-3502-3, 1997 [Nov ’97], £6.99, 600pp, pb, cover by Keith Batcheller) Reprint (Bantam 1993) utopian novel set in a 21st-century California in the throes of a North/South civil war. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]


Vampire$ John Steakley (Roc UK 0-451-45562-2, Jan ’97, £5.99, 357pp, pb) Reprint (Roc 1990) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]


The X-Files #2: Eve Ellen Steiber (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648325-9, May ’97, £3.99, 140pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novelization of the TV series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.


The X-Files #5: Empathy Ellen Steiber (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648328-3, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], £3.99, 140pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novelisation of the TV series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.


Spring Break Barbara Steiner (Scholastic UK 0-590-13947-9, Feb ’97, £3.50, 202pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1996) young-adult dark fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]


Brian Stableford: Genetic Revolutionary: A Working Bibliography Phil Stephensen-Payne (Galactic Central Publications 1-871133-49-1, Apr ’97, £5.00, 133pp, ph) Reference work. A primary and secondary bibliography of Stableford’s work. The bibiography is published as two separate booklets: Part 1 - Major Items, and Part 2 - Minor Items. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the States for $7.50 from Chris Drumm books. [Brian M. Stableford]


Margaret St. Clair: Space Frontierswoman: A Working Bibliography Phil Stephensen-Payne (Galactic Central Publications 1-871133-48-3, Apr ’97 [May ’97], £2.00, 30pp, ph) Third (revised) edition of a primary and secondary bibliography of Margaret St. Clair. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $3.50 from Chris Drumm books.


A. E. van Vogt: Master of Null-A: A Working Bibliography Phil Stephensen-Payne & Ian Covell (Galactic Central Publications 1-871133-45-9, May ’97, £5.00, 106pp, ph) Reference work. A primary and secondary bibliography of A.E. Van Vogt. Volume 47 in the “Bibliographies for the Avid Reader” series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the States for $7.50 from Chris Drumm books. [A. E. van Vogt]


Zodiac Neal Stephenson (Signet UK 0-451-45588-6, May ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 308pp, pb) Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1988) eco-thriller.


Holy Fire Bruce Sterling (Phoenix 1-85799-884-7, Mar ’97, £5.99, 296pp, tp, cover by Holly Warburton) Reprint (Orion 1996) horror novel.


Fear Street: 3 Stories in 1 R. L. Stine (Archway UK 0-671-00477-8, Nov ’96 [Feb ’97], £4.99, ii+505pp, pb) Young-adult dark fantasy omnibus of three novels in the “Fear Street” series from Archway: The New Girl, 1989; The Prom Queen, 1990; and The Stepsister, 1992. The books are separately paginated.


Fear Street: 3 Stories in 1 R. L. Stine (Pocket/Archway UK 0-671-00477-8, Nov ’96 [Feb ’97], £4.99, ii+505pp, pb) Young-adult dark fantasy omnibus of three novels in the “Fear Street” series: The New Girl (1989); The Prom Queen (1990); and The Stepsister (1992). The books are separately paginated.


Beyond Midnight Antoinette Stockenberg (Severn House 0-7278-5217-5, Jun ’97, £17.99, 403pp, hc) Reprint (St. Martin’s Press 1996) ghost novel. [First U.K. edition]


Dracula: or The Un-Dead Bram Stoker (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-04-6, Oct ’97, £16.99, 277pp, hc) [Dracula] The play script as written and performed for copyright purposes in 1897. Edited and extensively annotated by the SF illustrator Sylvia Starshine. A limited slipcased edition of 250 copies (-03-8, £27.50) is signed by the editor. Order from PO Box 297, Nottingham NG2 4GW.


Burning Heart Dave Stone (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20498-0, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], £4.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition, available in the US for $5.95. Volume 30 in “The Missing Adventures”.


The New Adventures: Ship of Fools Dave Stone (New Adventures 0-426-20510-3, Aug ’97 [Jun ’97], £4.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Bernice Summerfield] Novelization. Book four in the “Bernice Summerfield” series, the follow-on to the Doctor Who series, without the Doctor.


The Royal Four Amy Stout (NEL 0-340-65363-9, Jun ’97, £5.99, 384pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Sacred Seven] Fantasy novel. Sequel to The Sacred Seven.


Throwaways Ian Strachan (Mammoth 0-7497-1294-5, Feb ’97, £3.99, 154pp, tp) [Throwaways] Reissue (Methuen 1992) young-adult near-future SF novel. Tie-in to the BBC1 TV serial.


Wastelanders Ian Strachan (Methuen 0-7497-2908-2, Sep ’97, £3.99, 186pp, tp) [Throwaways] Young-adult SF novel set in a decimated, brutalised Britain, sequel to Throwaways.


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