The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

Books, Listed by Author

SAWYER, ROBERT J(ames) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Hybrids (Tor 0-765-34906-X, Nov 2004, $7.99, 394pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Neanderthal Parallax] Reprint (Tor 2003) SF novel of parallel worlds, the third book of “The Neanderthal Parallax”.
• * _Iterations (Red Deer Press 0-88995-303-1, Mar 2004, $16.95, 301pp, tp) Reprint (Out of this World 2002) collection of 22 stories, including three Aurora Award winners. Introduction by James Alan Gardner. Order from Red Deer Press, 813 MacKimmie Library Tower, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary Alberta Canada T2N 1N4; [www.reddeerpress.com].
• * *Relativity (ISFiC Press 0-9759156-0-6, Nov 2004, $25.00, 304pp, hc, cover by Jael) Collection of eight stories and 28 non-fiction pieces, with comments on each by Sawyer. Introduction by Mike Resnick. Critical article and crossword puzzle by Valerie Broege. A bibliography of Sawyer’s work is included. ISFiC Press, 707 Sapling Lane, Deerfield IL 60015; [www.isficpress.com]. (Contents)

SCALZI, JOHN (chron.)

• * *Old Man’s War (Tor 0-765-30940-8, Jan 2005, $23.95, 316pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) SF novel. John Perry joins the war against aliens on his 75th birthday. This is the author’s first novel to appear in book form; an earlier novel appeared online in 1999.

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

• * _Acorna’s Triumph (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
• * *Cleopatra 7.2 (Ace 0-441-01206-X, Dec 2004, $23.95, 321pp, hc, cover by Scott Grimando) [Cleopatra] Near-future SF novel, sequel to Channeling Cleopatra, involving the mind-transfer technology introduced in Scarborough’s anthology Past Lives, Present Tense. Two women have the cellular memories of Cleopatra, one unauthorized.

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

• * _Which Way to the Future? (Tor 0-765-30105-9, Jan 2004, $15.95, 255pp, tp, cover by Rick Fischer) Reprint (Tor 2001) non-fiction collection of 35 essays originally published in Analog.

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

• * _Eternal Frontier (Baen 0-7434-7190-3, Mar 2004, $7.99, 727pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Baen 2002) collection of 21 stories and the novel The Eternal Frontiers (1973).
• * _The Witches of Karres (Baen 0-7434-8837-7, Jul 2004, $16.00, 294pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) [Witches of Karres] Reprint (Baen 2002) SF/fantasy novel.

SCHOENFELD, HOWARD (1915-2004) (stories) (chron.)

• * *True and Almost True Stories (Gryphon Books 1-58250-072-X, Oct 2004, $16.00, 124pp, tp) Collection of eight SF and fantasy stories (including the classic “Built Up Logically”), four crime stories, and an autobiographical account of his imprisonment as a conscientious objector during WWII. Introduction by Michael Kurland. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228; add $1.00 postage. (Contents)

SCHOLZ, CARTER (1953- ) (chron.)

• * _The Amount to Carry (Picador USA 0-312-42333-0, Feb 2004, $13.00, 208pp, tp) Reprint (Picador USA 2003) Collection of 12 stories.

SCHONSTEIN, PATRICIA (chron.)

• * +A Time of Angels (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-06-056242-0, Dec 2004, $24.95, 223pp, hc) Contemporary fantasy novel. A magician tries to woo his errant wife back with magic, but the spell calls an unexpected visitor instead. First US edition (Bantam UK 9/03).

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

• * *Rock Breaks Scissors Cut (Subterranean Press 1-931081-81-6, Mar 2004, $40.00, 143pp, hc, cover by Caniglia) Horror novel of dream research. This is a signed, limited edition of 750; a lettered edition of 26 ($100.00) is also available. Order from Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com].

SCHUITEN, FRANÇOIS (chron.)

• * *The Book of Schuiten (with Benoît Peeters) (NBM 1-56163-402-6, Aug 2004, $45.00, 136pp, hc, cover by François Schuiten) Art book, featuring the surreal and fantastic art of Schuiten, focusing on works outside the comics field. Text by Benoît Peeters. Preface by Franco Dragone. Includes a chronology and an interview with the artist.

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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• * _Out of the Immortal Night See entry under Samuel Loveman.

SCHULTZ, MARK (chron.)

• * *Justice League of America: The Flash: Stop Motion (Pocket Star 0-7434-1713-5, Mar 2004, $6.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Alex Ross) [Justice League of America] Novelization, the third in a series based on the DC comic books. Copyrighted by DC comics.
• * _Justice League of America: The Flash: Stop Motion (SFBC #1173737, Oct 2004, $10.99, 325pp, hc, cover by Alex Ross) [Justice League of America: The Flash] Reprint (Pocket Star 2004) novelization, the third in a series based on the DC comic books. Copyrighted by DC comics. This has ISBN 0-7394-4664-9; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

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

SCHWADER, ANN (Marie) K(ennedy) (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Strange Stars & Alien Shadows: The Dark Fiction of Ann K. Schwader (Lindisfarne Press 0-9740297-3-4, Nov 2003, $28.00, 243 + xiii, hc, cover by Steve Lines) Collection of 19 stories, ten original, with a preface by the author. Edited and with an introduction and afterword by Kevin L. O’Brien. Introduction (“Promethes”) by Robert M. Price. This is dated 2003, but not seen until now. A print-on-demand edition available online at [www.clare.ltd.new.net], or from Lindisfarne Press, 3140 South Peoria Street, Suite 157, Aurora CO 80014-3155. (Contents)

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

• * *Speaking of the Fantastic II (Wildside Press 0-8095-1072-3, Oct 2004, $19.95, 197pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Non-fiction collection of 15 interviews with writers including Peter S. Beagle, Octavia Butler, Evangeline Walton, and Gene Wolfe. This is a print-on-demand edition available from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928; [www.wildsidepress.com]; [wildside@wildsidepress.com].

SCLIAR, MOACYR (Jaime) (1937- ) (chron.)

• * _The Centaur in the Garden (University of Wisconsin Press 0-299-18784-5, Mar 2003, $15.95, tp, cover by Pablo Picasso) Reprint (Available Press 1985) novel of a family with a centaur-like son. Translated by Margaret A. Neves from the Portuguese O Centauro no jardin (Editora Nova Frontiera Brazil 1980). Introduction by Ilan Stavans. University of Wisconsin Press, 1930 Monroe Street, Madison WI 53711; [www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress].

SCOTT, MANDA (Catriona) (1962- ) (chron.)

• * +Dreaming the Bull (Delacorte 0-385-33671-3, May 2004, $25.00, 345pp, hc, cover by Tom Hallman) [Boudica] Historical novel with fantasy elements, the second in a trilogy about ancient British warrior queen Boudica. First US edition (Bantam Press UK 2/04).
• * _Dreaming the Eagle (Dell/Delta 0-385-33773-6, Mar 2004, $14.00, 466pp, tp) [Boudica] Reprint (Delacorte 2003) historical novel with fantasy elements, the first in a trilogy about ancient British warrior queen Boudica.
• * _Dreaming the Eagle (Dell/Delta 0-385-33773-6, Oct 2004, $14.00, 466pp, tp) [Boudica] Reissue (Delacorte 2003) historical novel with fantasy elements, the first in a trilogy about Boudica. Second printing.

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

• * *Death and Thraxas (Baen 0-7434-8850-4, Sep 2004, $7.99, 472pp, pb, cover by Tom Kidd) [Thraxas] Omnibus of two humorous fantasy detective novels, the third and fourth in a series about a portly private eye in a magical city: Thraxas at the Races (1999) and Thraxas and the Elvish Isles (2000), the first US edition (Orbit) for both. (Contents)

SEBOLD, ALICE (chron.)

• * _The Lovely Bones (Little, Brown/Back Bay 0-316-16881-5, Apr 2004, $13.95, 330pp, tp, cover by Daniel Lee) Reprint (Little, Brown 2002) quasi-fantasy novel. A girl watches from heaven while her father tracks her murderer. This includes a separately paginated 13-page reading group guide.

SECOMBE, ANDY (chron.)

• * _Limbo (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-41161-6, Feb 2004, £6.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Limbo] Reprint (Tor UK 2003) humorous fantasy novel. First in a series.
• * *Limbo II: The Final Chapter (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-0485-1, Mar 2004, £10.99, 308pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Limbo] Humorous fantasy novel, sequel to Limbo.

SEDGWICK, MARCUS (chron.)

• * _The Book of Dead Days (Orion/Dolphin 1-84255-267-8, May 2004, £4.99, 270pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Book of Dead Days] Reprint (Orion Children’s Books 2003) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * +The Book of Dead Days (Random House/Lamb 0-385-73055-1, Oct 2004, $15.95, 273pp, hc, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Book of Dead Days] Young-adult fantasy about magic set in the 18th century. The stage magician Valerian needs his servant’s help to get out of his pact with evil. First US edition (Orion 7/03).
• * _The Book of Dead Days (SFBC #1167474, Oct 2004, $9.99, 273pp, hc, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Book of Dead Days] Reprint (Orion 2003) young-adult fantasy about magic set in the 18th century. This is similar to the Random House/Wendy Lamb edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *The Dark Flight Down (Orion Children’s Books 1-8425-5218-X, Jul 2004, £8.99, 234pp, hc, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Book of Dead Days] Young-adult fantasy novel. Sequel to The Book of Dead Days.
• * _The Dark Horse (Random House/Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-41908-5, Sep 2004, $5.99, 217pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Orion Children’s Books 2002) young-adult prehistoric fantasy about betrayal and ancient magic.

SEGRIFF, LARRY (chron.)

• * *Nightmare Logic (Gale Group/Five Star 1-59414-037-5, Mar 2004, $25.95, 254pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Horror novel. A man turns to magic to track down a killer. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman. Order from Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville ME 04901; 800-223-1244; [www.galegroup.com/fivestar].

SELF, WILL (1961- ) (chron.)

• * _Dorian (Grove 0-8021-4047-5, Feb 2004, $12.00278, 278pp, tp, cover by Charles Rue Woods) [Dorian Gray] Reprint (Viking UK 2002) literary fantasy novel drawing on The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.

SERLING, (Edward) ROD(man) (1924-1975) (stories) (chron.)

• * *As Timeless As Infinity: The Complete Twilight Zone Scripts of Rod Serling: Volume One (Gauntlet Press 1-887368-71-X, Apr 2004, $66.00, 448pp, hc, cover by Harry O. Morris) Associational collection of nine scripts, one with two alternate versions. Edited and with commentary by Tony Albarella. Appreciations by Richard Matheson and Rockne S. O’Bannon. This is a limited edition of 750, signed by Carol Serling. (Contents)

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

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

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

• * _Cirque Du Freak: A Living Nightmare (Little, Brown 0-316-90571-2, Apr 2004, $5.99, 257pp, pb, 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: Allies of the Night (Little, Brown 0-316-15570-5, Sep 2004, $15.99, 209pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielson) [Darren Shan] Young-adult dark fantasy of vampires, eighth in the series supposedly written by schoolboy Darren Shan — a pen name for Darren O’Shaughnessy. First US edition (Collins 2002).
• * +Cirque Du Freak: Hunters of the Dusk (Little, Brown 0-316-605596-4, Apr 2004, $15.95, 208pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielson) [Darren Shan] Young-adult dark fantasy of vampires, seventh in the series supposedly written by schoolboy Darren Shan — a pen name for Darren O’Shaughnessy. First US edition (Collins 2002).
• * _Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire Prince (Little, Brown 0-316-60274-4, Sep 2004, $6.99, 192pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielson) [Darren Shan] Reprint (Collin 2002) young-adult dark fantasy of vampires, sixth in the series supposedly written by schoolboy Darren Shan — a pen name for Darren O’Shaughnessy.
• * _Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant (Little, Brown 0-316-90572-0, Apr 2004, $5.99, 241pp, pb) [Darren Shan] Reissue (Collins 2000) young-adult dark fantasy of vampires, second in the series. Shan is a pen name for Darren O’Shaughnessy.
• * _Cirque Du Freak: Trials of Death (Little, Brown 0-316-00095-7, Jan 2005, $5.99, 202pp, tp, cover by Rick Raymond) [Darren Shan] Reprint (Collin 2001) young-adult dark fantasy of vampires, fifth in the series supposedly written by schoolboy Darren Shan — a pen name for Darren O’Shaughnessy.
• * _Cirque Du Freak: Tunnels of Blood (Little, Brown 0-316-90573-9, Sep 2004, $5.99, 224pp, pb, cover by Rick Raymond) [Darren Shan] Reprint (Collins 2000) young-adult dark fantasy of vampires, third in the series supposedly written by schoolboy Darren Shan — a pen name for Darren O’Shaughnessy.
• * _Cirque Du Freak: Vampire Mountain (Little, Brown 0-316-90574-7, Nov 2004, $5.99, 195pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielson) Reprint (Collins 2001) young-adult dark fantasy of vampires, fourth in the series supposedly written by schoolboy Darren Shan — a pen name for Darren O’Shaughnessy.
• * *Lord of the Shadows: The Saga of Darren Shan: Book 11 (Collins 0-00-715920-X, Jun 2004, £4.99, 185pp, tp) [Darren Shan] Young-adult horror novel. Shan is a pseudonym of Darren O’Shaughnessy.
• * *Sons of Destiny: The Saga of Darren Shan: Book 12 (Collins 0-00-715921-8, Oct 2004, £4.99, 208pp, tp, cover by Dominic Forbes) [Darren Shan] Young-adult dark fantasy novel. Book 12 and last of the series. Shan is a pseudonym of Darren O’Shaughnessy.
• * *Vampire Rites Trilogy (Collins 0-00-714375-3, Feb 2004, £9.99, 489pp, tp) [Darren Shan] Omnibus of the fourth through sixth volumes in the young-adult dark fantasy series. Shan is a pseudonym of Darren O’Shaughnessy. (Contents)

SHANGHVI, SIDDHARTH DHANVANT (chron.)

• * *The Last Song of Dusk (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-84757-0, Mar 2004, £12.99, 295pp, hc, cover by Ruth Thomlevold) Literary fantasy novel about an Indian family with magic talents.
• * +The Last Song of Dusk (Arcade Publishing 1-55970-734-8, Oct 2004, $23.95, 298pp, hc) Literary novel with fantasy elements. A beautiful couple in post-colonial India suffer hardships. A first novel. First US edition (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 3/04).

SHAPIRO, MARC (chron.)

• * _J.K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry Potter (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-32586-X, Mar 2004, $5.99, 228 + xi, tp) Reprint (Griffin 2000) young-adult non-fiction, an unauthorized biography of the author. This is “Completely Updated and with New Photos”, and has a new ISBN. [Rowling]

SHATNER, WILLIAM (1931- ) (chron.)

• * _Star Trek: Captain’s Blood (with Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens) (SFBC #63013, Feb 2004, $12.99, 335pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 2003) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. This is similar to the Pocket edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Star Trek: Captain’s Blood (with Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens) (Pocket 0-671-02130-3, Jan 2005, $6.99, 333pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 2003) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * _Star Trek: Captain’s Peril (with Judith Reeves-Stevens & Garfield Reeves-Stevens) (Pocket 0-671-02128-1, Feb 2004, $6.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Mark Gerber) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 2002) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

SHAYNE, MAGGIE; pseudonym of Margaret Benson (stories) (chron.)

• * *Edge of Twilight (Harlequin/Mira 0-7783-2022-7, Mar 2004, $6.99, 392pp, hc) [Wings in the Night] Vampire romance novel in the “Wings in the Night” series. Edge needs the legendary Golden Child to get vengeance on the man who murdered his young charges.
• * _Edge of Twilight (SFBC #64952, May 2004, $9.99, 392pp, hc) [Wings in the Night] Reprint (Mira 2004) vampire romance novel. This has ISBN 0-7394-4163-9; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Twilight Begins (Harlequin/Mira 0-778-32247-5, Oct 2004, $12.95, 507pp, tp) [Wings in the Night] Omnibus of two vampire romance novels in the “Wings in the Night” series: Twilight Phantasies (1993) and Twilight Memories (1994). Copyrighted by Margaret Benson. (Contents)

SHEARER, ALEX (chron.)

• * _Great Blue Yonder (Scholastic/Apple 0-439-56127-2, Oct 2004, $4.99, 184pp, tp, cover by Oliver Burston) Reprint (Clarion 2002) young-adult fantasy.
• * _The Speed of the Dark (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-41538-7, Feb 2004, £4.99, 280pp, tp) Reprint (Macmillan Children’s Books 2003) young-adult fantasy novel.

SHEFFIELD, CHARLES (A.) (1935-2002) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Between the Strokes of Night (Baen 0-7434-8824-5, May 2004, $7.99, 424pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Reprint (Baen 2002, revised from the 1985 edition) hard SF novel.
• * _Resurgence (Baen 0-7434-8819-9, Apr 2004, $7.99, 440pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Heritage Universe] Reprint (Baen 2002) SF novel, the fifth in the “Heritage Universe” series.

SHELDON, ALICE (Hastings Bradley Davey) (1915-1987); see pseudonym James Tiptree, Jr. (stories) (chron.)

SHELLEY, MARY W(ollstonecraft Godwin) (1797-1851) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Frankenstein (Borders 1-58726-088-3, 2003, $7.95, 192pp, hc) Reprint (Lackington 1818) classic SF novel. This is an instant remainder edition dated 2003, but not previously listed.

SHELTON, ARTEMUS (chron.)

• * *I See You with Extrasensory Eyes (Strong Signal Publishing 0-9740246-9-4, Oct 2003, $12.95, 227pp, tp, cover by Cory Ench & Catska Ench) SF novel. Telepathic lovers on different worlds plan to meet despite a war over silicon-based aliens.