The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002

Books, Listed by Author

SANDERS, WILLIAM (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _The Ballad of Billy Badass and the Rose of Turkestan (Wildside Press 1-58715-485-4, Oct 2001, $15.95, 285pp, tp, cover by Melisa Michaels) Reprint (Xlibris 1999, not seen) Native American fantasy novel. This is an on-demand edition available online at [www.wildsidepress.com] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928.
• * _The Wild Blue and the Gray (Wildside Press 1-58715-648-2, Jul 2002, $15.95, 194pp, tp) Reprint (Warner Questar 1991) alternate history novel. This is an on-demand edition available online at [www.wildsidepress.com] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928.

SANDERSON, RUTH (chron.)

• * *Cinderella (Little, Brown 0-316-77965-2, Apr 2002, $15.95, 32pp, hc, cover by Ruth Sanderson) Children’s picture book based on the fairy tale, illustrated by the author.

SANSOM, WILLIAM (1912-1976) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Various Temptations (Tartarus Press 1-872621-73-2, Dec 2002, £35.00, xv+350pp, hc) Collection of the best of the author’s fantastic and macabre short fiction. Limited to 350 copies. (Contents) [Not seen]

SANZ, JOSÉ; LUIS (chron.)

• * *Starring T. Rex! Dinosaur Mythology and Popular Culture (Indiana University Press 0-253-21550-1, Nov 2002, $17.95, 153pp, tp, cover by Frank Frazetta) Non-fiction, a critical exploration of dinosaur myths, from The Lost World of Arthur Conan Doyle to Godzilla, Jurassic Park, and Dinotopia. Translated from the Spanish by Philip Mason. A hardcover edition (-34153-1, $42.95) was announced but not seen. This is the British Film Institute (BFI) UK edition, available in the US from Indiana University Press, 601 N. Morton St., Bloomington IN 47404; 800-842-6796; [iuporder@indiana.edu]; [iupress.indiana.edu].

SARAMAGO, JOSÉ; (1922- ) (chron.)

• * *The Cave (Harcourt 0-15-100414-5, Nov 2002, $25.00, 307pp, hc) Associational novel, an allegory with surreal elements, by a Nobel Prize-winning author. A potter and his family live in the shadow of a giant mall/apartment complex. Translated from the Portuguese A Caverna (Editorial Caminho 2000) by Margaret Jull Costa.

SARBAN; pseudonym of John W. Wall, (1910-1989) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Sacrifice and Other Stories (Tartarus Press 1-872621-66-X, Jun 2002, £27.50, vi+256pp, hc) Collection of 4 novella-length stories two of which appear here for the first time. Limited to 350 copies. (Contents) [Not seen]

SARGENT, PAMELA (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Behind the Eyes of Dreamers and Other Short Novels (Gale Group/Five Star 0-7862-3879-8, Mar 2002, $23.95, 224pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) Collection of three novellas. Introduction by George Zebrowski. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg. Order from Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville ME 04901; 207-859-1000; [www.galegroup.com]. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Ed Gorman. (Contents)
• * _Child of Venus (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-105809-2, Aug 2002, $7.99, 496pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Venus of Dreams] Reprint (Eos 2001) SF novel of life on a partially terraformed Venus, the conclusion to the trilogy begun in Venus of Dreams and Venus of Shadows.
• * *The Mountain Cage and Other Stories (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-62-2, Apr 2002, $16.00, 363pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Collection of 13 stories. Introduction by Barry N. Malzberg. (Contents)

SARRANTONIO, AL, ed. (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction (SFBC #14643, Jan 2002, $12.50, 544pp, hc) Reprint (Roc 2001) original SF anthology of 30 stories. This is similar to the Roc edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45904-0, Dec 2002, $7.99, 665pp, pb) Reprint (Roc 2001) SF anthology of 30 stories.

SATTERFIELD, SUSAN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Mirror Images (Yard Dog Press 1-893687-29-5, Apr 2002, $6.00, 54pp, ph, cover by Rick Tinney) Chapbook SF novelette of an antique shop that is more than it seems. Order from Yard Dog Press, 710 W. Redbud Lane, Alma AR 72921-7247; e-mail: [srosen.lstran@juno.com]; website: [www.yarddogpress.com]; add $2.00 postage.

SAUL, JOHN (Woodruff, III) (1942- ) (chron.)

• * _The Manhattan Hunt Club (Ballantine 0-449-00652-2, May 2002, $7.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Phil Heffernan) Reprint (Ballantine 2001) associational non-supernatural horror novel/thriller.
• * *Midnight Voices (Ballantine 0-345-43331-9, Jun 2002, $25.95, 341pp, hc, cover by Phil Heffernan) Horror novel. A legendary Manhattan apartment building houses dark secrets.
• * _Midnight Voices (SFBC no ISBN, Jul 2002, $12.99, 341pp, hc) Reprint (Ballantine 2002) horror novel of a legendary Manhattan apartment building that houses secrets. This is similar to the Ballantine edition, except it lacks a price.

SAWYER, ROBERT J(ames) (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Hominids (Tor 0-312-87692-0, May 2002, $25.95, 441pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Neanderthal Parallax] SF novel of parallel worlds, the first book of “The Neanderthal Parallax”. A scientist from a world of Neanderthals is accidentally transported to ours.
• * *Iterations (Quarry Press/Out of this World 1-55082-295-0, Feb 2002, C$34.95, 301pp, hc) Collection of 22 stories, including three Aurora Award winners. Sawyer provides individual introductions describing how each story came to be written. Introduction by James Alan Gardner. Order from Quarry Press, PO Box 1061, Kingston ON K7L 4Y5 Canada; 613-548-8429; e-mail: [info@quarrypress.com]. (Contents)

SCARBOROUGH, ELIZABETH ANN (1947- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Acorna’s Search (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
• * _Acorna’s World (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
• * *Channeling Cleopatra (Ace 0-441-00897-6, Feb 2002, $21.95, 244pp, hc, cover by Scott Grimando) [Cleopatra] Near-future SF novel involving the mind-transfer technology introduced in Scarborough’s anthology Past Lives, Present Tense. An anthropologist and others seek to access Cleopatra’s memory through her DNA.

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• * _Past Lives, Present Tense (Ace 0-441-00904-2, Jan 2002, $6.99, 323pp, pb, cover by Diane Fenster) Reprint (Ace 1999 as edited by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough and Martin H. Greenberg) original anthology of 15 stories of people who use a technique involving DNA to share their minds with famous figures from the past.

SCHILLING, VIVIAN; pseudonym of Vivian Schilling-Parkinson, (1962- ) (chron.)

• * *Quietus (Hannover House 0-9637846-1-7, Jan 2002, $24.95, 600pp, hc, cover by Arnold Bocklin) Horror novel/psychological thriller with supernatural elements. A woman suffers visions after a near-death experience.

SCHILLING-PARKINSON, VIVIAN (1962- ); see pseudonym Vivian Schilling (chron.)

SCHMIDT, GARY D. (chron.)

• * *Straw into Gold (Houghton Mifflin/Clarion 0-618-05601-7, Apr 2001, $15.00, 172pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Young-adult fantasy based on the story of “Rumpelstiltskin”. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now.

SCHMIDT, STANLEY (Albert) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Argonaut (Tor 0-312-87726-9, Jul 2002, $25.95, 333pp, hc, cover by Alan Pollack) Near-future SF novel. Aliens use insects to reconnoiter Earth.
• * *Generation Gap and Other Stories (Gale Group/Five Star 0-7862-4161-6, Jun 2002, $23.95, 296pp, hc) Collection of 11 stories. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Ed Gorman. Order from Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville ME 04901; 207-859-1000; [www.galegroup.com]. (Contents)
• * _Tweedlioop (FoxAcre Press 0-9709711-2-5, Apr 2002, $13.50, 181pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1987) SF novel, with a new afterword by Schmidt. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.foxacre.com], or from FoxAcre Press, 401 Ethan Allen Ave., Takoma Park MD 20912.

SCHMITZ, JAMES H(enry) (1911-1981) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Eternal Frontier (Baen 0-7434-3559-1, Sep 2002, $16.00, 535pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Collection of 21 stories, only one previously collected, and the novel The Eternal Frontiers (1973). Afterword by editor Eric Flint, and a Schmitz chronography by co-editor Guy Gordon. (Contents)

SCHOLZ, CARTER (1953- ) (chron.)

• * *Radiance (Picador USA 0-312-26893-9, Feb 2002, $24.00, 388pp, hc, cover by David Baldeosingh Rotstein) Associational mainstream novel about researchers at a contemporary nuclear weapons lab.

SCHOW, DAVID J., ed. (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Lost Bloch, Volume 2: Hell on Earth See entry under Robert Bloch.

SCHROEDER, KARL (1962- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Permanence (Tor 0-765-30371-X, May 2002, $27.95, 447pp, hc, cover by Alan Pollack) Far-future SF adventure novel. A young woman running away from slavery discovers an abandoned spaceship.

SCHULTZ, DAVID E. (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _An H.P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia (with S. T. Joshi) See entry under S. T. Joshi

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• * _The Last Oblivion: Best Fantastic Poems of Clark Ashton Smith See entry under Clark Ashton Smith.

SCHULZ, CHARLAINE HARRIS; see under Harris, Charlaine (chron.)

SCHWEITZER, DARRELL (Charles) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Speaking of the Fantastic (Wildside Press 1-59224-001-1, Aug 2002, $16.00, 202pp, tp) Non-fiction collection of 11 interviews with writers including Terry Bisson, Ursula K. Le Guin, Frederik Pohl, and Dan Simmons. This is an on-demand edition available from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928; [www.wildsidepress.com]; [wildside@wildsidepress.com].

SCOTT, HOLDEN; pseudonym of Ben Mezrich, (1969- ) (chron.)

• * _Sceptic (Robert Hale 0-7090-6982-0, Jan 2002, £17.99, 322pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1999 as Skeptic) medical/paranormal thriller about scientifically created ghosts. [First U.K. edition]

SCOTT, JONATHAN D. (chron.)

• * *Lenegrin (Middleton Books 0-9716611-0-3, Jan 2002, $14.95, 293pp, tp, cover by Jonathan D. Scott) Allegorical fantasy novel of a man’s search for his memory and his destiny, and a quest for the legendary “Locus”. Order from Middleton Books, 3107 A. Ferrite Loop, Lawrenceville GA 30044; [www.middletonpress.com].

SCOTT, MARTIN; pseudonym of Martin Millar (chron.)

• * *Thraxas and the Dance of Death (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-121-7, May 2002, £5.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Mark Thomas) [Thraxas] Humorous fantasy novel, sixth in the “Thraxas” series. Scott is the pseudonym of Martin Millar.
• * _Thraxas and the Warrior Monks (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-731-5, Nov 2001, £5.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Mark Thomas) [Thraxas] Reissue (Orbit 1999) humorous fantasy novel, second in the “Thraxas” series. Scott is the pseudonym of Martin Millar.
• * _Thraxas at the Races (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-734-X, Nov 2001, £5.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Mark Thomas) [Thraxas] Reissue (Orbit 1999) humorous fantasy novel, third in the “Thraxas” series. Scott is the pseudonym of Martin Millar.

SEARCY, DAVID (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Last Things (Viking 0-670-03132-1, Oct 2002, $24.95, 278pp, hc) Horror novel. Toddlers and poultry disappear from a small Texas town.

SEBOLD, ALICE (chron.)

• * *The Lovely Bones (Little, Brown 0-316-66634-3, Jul 2002, $21.95, 329pp, hc, cover by Daniel Lee) Fantasy novel. A girl watches from heaven while her father tracks her murderer. A first novel.

SECREST, ROSE (chron.)

• * *Glorificemus: A Study of the Fiction of Walter M. Miller, Jr. (University Press of America 0-7618-2257-7, Jun 2002, $48.00, 143pp, hc) Non-fiction, a critical study of Miller’s works focusing on A Canticle for Leibowitz. (The sequel St. Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman is mentioned only in the bibliography.) There is an appendix with synopses of Miller’s short stories. An index and a bibliography are included. Order from University Press of America, 4720 Boston Way, Lanham MD 20706; 800-462-6420; [www.univpress.com]. [Miller]

SEDGWICK, MARCUS (chron.)

• * *The Dark Horse (Orion Children’s Books 1-84255-215-5, Jul 2002, £7.99, 187pp, hc, cover by Geoff Taylor) Young-adult fantasy novel based on Scandanavian mythology.
• * _Floodland (Random House/Dell Yearling 0-440-41683-3, Jul 2002, $5.50, 148pp, tp, cover by Danilo Ducak) Reprint (Orion 2000) young-adult SF novel of a girl accidentally left behind when her parents flee flooding caused by global warming.

SEHESTEDT, MARK, ed. (chron.)

• * *DragonLance: Masters of DragonLance Art (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-2798-4, Sep 2002, $24.95, 126pp, tp, cover by Matt Stawicki) [DragonLance] Art book, featuring works by artists including Brom, Matt Stawicki, and Jeff Easley. Foreword by Margaret Weis. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

SELESNICK, RICHARD (chron.)

• * _Scotlandfuturebog (with Nicholas Kahn) See entry under Nicholas Kahn.

SELF, WILL (1961- ) (chron.)

• * *Dorian (Viking UK 0-670-88996-2, Sep 2002, £16.99, 278pp, hc, cover by Intro) [Dorian Gray] Dark fantasy novel. A modern retelling of “Dorian Gray” set in the 1980s and 1990s: a beautiful young man’s soul is captured in an artistic installation.
• * +Dorian (Grove 0-8021-1729-5, Jan 2003, $24.00, 278pp, hc) [Dorian Gray] Literary fantasy novel drawing on The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, set against the AIDS epidemic of the ’80s and ’90s. First US edition (Viking UK 10/02).

SERVER, LEE (chron.)

• * *Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers (Facts on File/Checkmark Books 0-8160-4578-X, Nov 2002, $19.95, 304 + xvi, tp) Non-fiction, reference, a guide to over 200 “pulp pioneers and mass-market masters” in a variety of genres. Each author covered gets a biography and list of books; authors of interest include Isaac Asimov, Edgar Rice Burroughs, V.C. Andrews, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Fredric Brown. A hardcover edition (-4577-1, $60.00) was announced but not seen.

SEYMOUR, LEE EDWARD (1957- ); see pseudonym Edward Lee (stories) (chron.)

SEYMOUR, MIRANDA; pseudonym of Miranda Jane Sinclair, (1948- ) (chron.)

• * _Mary Shelley (Grove 0-8021-3948-5, Oct 2002, $20.00, 655pp, tp) Reprint (John Murray 2000, not seen) biography. Includes 32 unpaginated pages of b&w illustration. [Shelley]

SHAHAR, ELUKI bes; see under bes Shahar, Eluki (stories) (chron.)

SHALANT, PHYLLIS (chron.)

• * *When Pirates Came to Brooklyn (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-46920-6, Sep 2002, $16.99, 213pp, hc, cover by William Low) Young-adult novel with fantasy elements. A Jewish girl playing pirate games in 1960 Brooklyn encounters prejudice — and discovers she can really fly.

SHAN, DARREN; pseudonym of Darren O’Shaughnessy (chron.)

• * *Allies of the Night: The Saga of Darren Shan: Book 8 (Collins 0-00-713780-X, Nov 2002, £3.99, 186pp, tp, cover by Tim Byrne) [Darren Shan] Young-adult dark fantasy novel, the second book in “The Hunters” sub-trilogy. Shan is a pseudonym of Darren O’Shaughnessy.
• * _Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare (Little, Brown 0-316-60510-7, Jun 2002, $6.50, 257pp, tp, cover by Jennifer Nelson) [Darren Shan] Reprint (Collins 2000 as Cirque Du Freak) young-adult dark fantasy of a freak show full of vampires. Shan is a pen name for Darren O’Shaughnessy.
• * _Cirque du Freak: The Saga of Darren Shan: Book 1 (Collins 0-00-675416-3, Jul 2002, £3.99, 183pp, tp, cover by Tim Byrne) [Darren Shan] Reissue (Collins 2000) young-adult horror novel. Seventh printing. Shan is a pseudonym of Darren O’Shaughnessy.
• * _Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (Little, Brown 0-316-60684-7, Sep 2002, $6.50, 241pp, pb, cover by Sheila Smallwood) [Darren Shan] Reprint (Collins 2000) young-adult dark fantasy of vampires. Shan is a pen name for Darren O’Shaughnessy.
• * +Cirque Du Freak: Tunnels of Blood (Little, Brown 0-316-60763-0, Apr 2002, $15.95, 224pp, hc) [Darren Shan] Young-adult dark fantasy of vampires, third in the series supposedly written by schoolboy Darren Shan — a pen name for Darren O’Shaughnessy. First US edition (Collins 2000).
• * +Cirque Du Freak: Vampire Mountain (Little, Brown 0-316-60806-8, Sep 2002, $15.95, 195pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielson) [Darren Shan] Young-adult dark fantasy of vampires, fourth in the series supposedly written by schoolboy Darren Shan — a pen name for Darren O’Shaughnessy. Darren travels to the heart of the vampire world. First US edition (Collins 6/01).
• * *Hunters of the Dusk: The Saga of Darren Shan: Book 7 (Collins 0-00-713779-6, Jul 2002, £3.99, 177pp, tp, cover by Tim Byrne) [Darren Shan] Young-adult horror novel. Shan is a pseudonym of Darren O’Shaughnessy.
• * *The Saga of Darren Shan: Book 6: The Vampire Prince (Collins 0-00-711516-4, Feb 2002, £3.99, 161pp, tp) [Darren Shan] Young-adult dark fantasy novel, last of an internal trilogy. Betrayed by a supposed rescuer, Shan must redeem his heritage and learn his strange destiny. Shan is a pseudonym of Darren O’Shaughnessy.
• * _Trials of Death: The Saga of Darren Shan: Book 5 (Collins 0-00-711440-0, Jul 2002, £3.99, 167pp, tp, cover by Tim Byrne) [Darren Shan] Reissue (Collins 2001) young-adult horror novel. Fourth printing. Shan is a pseudonym of Darren O’Shaughnessy.
• * _Tunnels of Blood: The Saga of Darren Shan: Book 3 (Collins 0-00-675514-3, Jul 2002, £3.99, 162pp, tp, cover by Tim Byrne) [Darren Shan] Reissue (Collins 2000) young-adult horror novel. Sixth printing. Shan is a pseudonym of Darren O’Shaughnessy.
• * _Vampire Mountain: The Saga of Darren Shan: Book 4 (Collins 0-00-711441-9, Jul 2002, £3.99, 162pp, tp, cover by Tim Byrne) [Darren Shan] Reissue (Collins 2001) young-adult horror novel. Fifth printing. Shan is a pseudonym of Darren O’Shaughnessy.