The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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SAXTON, JOSEPHINE (Mary Howard) (1935- ) (stories)

* *Jane Saint and the Backlash: The Further Travails of Jane Saint and The Consciousness Machine (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4189-1, Sep ’89, £4.95, 167pp, tp, cover by Colin Saxton) [Jane Saint] Collection of an original short novel and a revised novelette. (Contents)
* *Little Tours of Hell (Methuen/Pandora 0-86358-095-5, Dec ’86 [Aug ’87], $8.95, 146pp, tp) Collection of 14 stories with elements of horror and humor, “Tall Tales of Food and Holidays”. This is the 1986 British edition from Routledge & Kegan Paul/Pandora, now available in the U.S. through Methuen. A hardcover at $19.95 is also listed; not seen. (Contents)
* *The Power of Time (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-2955-7, Aug ’85 [Oct ’85], £9.95, 222pp, hc) Collection of 14 stories. (Contents)
* *The Power of Time (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-2956-5, Aug ’85 [Oct ’85], £3.95, 222pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
* *The Queen of the States (The Women’s Press 0-7043-3992-7, Mar ’86, £1.95, 175pp, pb) Sf novel.
* *The Travails of Jane Saint (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4037-2, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], £2.50, 194pp, pb, cover by Sara Schwartz) Sf/fantasy collection. (Contents)
SAXTON, JUDITH (1936- )

* +The Blue and Distant Hills (St. Martin’s 0-312-10944-X, May ’94 [Jun ’94], $25.95, 518pp, hc, cover by Gwyneth Jones) Romance set in England after World War II, where a lonely young woman meets a spirit from the Roman occupation of Britain and learns to love again. First American edition (Heinemann 1993).
SAYRE, CHERYL CURRY (1954- ); see pseudonym Chris Curry (stories)
SCANLON, NOEL

* *Apparitions (Hale 0-7090-1535-6, Apr ’84, £8.25, 208pp, hc) Horror novel. [Not seen]
* +Apparitions (Critic’s Choice 0-931773-57-1, Feb ’86, $2.95, 208pp, pb) Reprint (Robert Hale 1984) horror novel of an Indian cult on an Irish island. First U.S. edition.
* +Apparitions (Bart 1-55785-051-8, Sep ’88, $3.50, 208pp, pb) Horror novel set in Ireland. First U.S. edition (Hale 1984).
* _Black Ashes (St. Martin’s 0-312-90270-0, Jun ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.95, 222pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1985) novel of supernatural horror in modern India.
SCANZIANI, PIERO (1908- )

* *The White Book (Eureka Publishers of Windsor 1-873414-02-1, 1991 [Dec ’91], £14.99, 307pp, hc, cover by Sara Midda) Posthumous fantasy in which three dead people are given the task of defending Adam and Eve. Translated from the Italian (1968) by Linda Lappin. [Not seen]
SCAPARRO, JACK (1935- )

* *The Attic (Zebra 0-8217-3471-7, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.50, 350pp, pb) Horror novel of a girl endangered by a strange old woman with mysterious powers.
* *Deathsong (Zebra 0-8217-2730-3, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 346pp, pb) Modern family caught up in an 18th-century pianist’s curse.
* *Hocus Pocus (Zebra 0-8217-2298-0, Feb ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.95, 405pp, pb) Horror novel about a child with special powers.
SCARBOROUGH, CONSTANCE, ed. (stories)

* _The Haunted Hour (with Cynthia Manson) See entry under Cynthia Manson.
SCARBOROUGH, ELIZABETH ANN (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Bronwyn’s Bane (Bantam UK 0-553-17284-0, Oct ’87, £2.95, 286pp, pb) [Argonia] Reprint (Bantam 1983) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Argonia” series. [First U.K. edition]
* *Carol for Another Christmas (Ace 0-441-00366-4, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $18.00, 200pp, hc, cover by Doron Ben-Ami) Fantasy novel. The spirit of Ebenezer Scrooge arrives in the 20th Century to teach a woman the meaning of Christmas.
* *The Christening Quest (Bantam 0-553-25122-8, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $2.95, 231pp, pb) [Argonia] Fantasy novel, sequel to Bronwyn’s Bane.
* *The Drastic Dragon of Draco, Texas (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25887-7, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $3.50, 247pp, pb) Humorous fantasy novel set in the Wild West.
* *The Godmother (Ace 0-441-00096-7, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $19.95, 294pp, hc, cover by Tara McGovern) [Godmother] Fantasy novel about a Seattle social worker who encounters a fairy godmother.
* _The Godmother (Ace 0-441-00269-2, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Tara McGovern) [Godmother] Reprint (Ace 1994) fantasy novel about a contemporary fairy Godmother in Seattle.
* *The Godmother’s Apprentice (Ace 0-441-00252-8, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $19.95, 294pp, hc, cover by Tara McGovern) [Godmother] Fantasy novel. A contemporary apprentice fairy godmother trains in Ireland.
* _The Godmother’s Apprentice (Ace 0-441-00358-3, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $5.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Tara McGovern) [Godmother] Reprint (Ace 1995) fantasy novel, sequel to “The Godmother”.
* *The Godmother’s Web (Ace 0-441-00503-9, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $19.95, 308pp, hc, cover by Tara McGovern-Benson) [Godmother] Fantasy novel, third in the “Godmother” series. Contemporary conflicts mix with ancient magics on a Southwestern Indian reservation with a Navajo Godmother.
* *The Goldcamp Vampire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26717-5, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $3.50, 247pp, pb) Humorous fantasy novel about a vampire in the Yukon during the 1897 Gold Rush.
* *The Harem of Aman Akbar (Bantam 0-553-24441-8, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.95, 265pp, pb) Fantasy novel.
* _The Harem of Aman Akbar (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26718-3, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 265pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1984) humorous Arabian Nights fantasy novel; 2nd printing.
* *The Healer’s War (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-24828-8, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $17.95, 303pp, hc) Near-contemporary fantasy novel of a nurse in wartime Vietnam.
* _The Healer’s War (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28252-2, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $4.50, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1988) fantasy novel of a nurse in wartime Vietnam.
* *The Lady in the Loch (Ace 0-441-00582-9, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $19.95, 258pp, hc, cover by Jean-Yves Kervevain) Alternate-history fantasy/mystery novel. Author Walter Scott, while Sheriff of Edinburgh, investigates murder and encounters ghosts, gypsies, body snatchers, and a mad doctor.
* *Last Refuge (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37031-6, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $11.00, 326pp, tp, cover by Kevin Tweddell) [Nothing Sacred] Futuristic fantasy novel of a post-Armageddon world where survivors live in a magical oasis. Sequel to Nothing Sacred. A hardcover edition (-08961-7, $22.50) is also available.
* _Last Refuge (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56186-3, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $5.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Kevin Tweddell) [Nothing Sacred] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) futuristic fantasy novel of a post-Armageddon world where survivors live in a magical oasis. Sequel to Nothing Sacred.
* *Nothing Sacred (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-41530-3, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $10.95, 342pp, tp, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Nothing Sacred] Futuristic fantasy novel, about a POW nurse involved in a war a hundred years from now, set in Tibet. A hardcover edition (-26120-9, $21.95) is also available.
* _Nothing Sacred (SFBC #18462, Jul ’91 [Sep ’91], 283pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Nothing Sacred] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1991) futuristic fantasy novel of a POW nurse involved in a Tibetan war 100 years in the future.
* _Nothing Sacred (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29511-X, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 334pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Nothing Sacred] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1991) futuristic fantasy novel of a POW nurse involved in a Tibetan war 100 years in the future.
* _Power Lines (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
* _Power Play (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
* _Powers That Be (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
* _Song of Sorcery (Bantam UK 0-553-17282-4, Apr ’87, £1.95, 216pp, pb) [Argonia] Reprint (Bantam 1982) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Argonia” series. [First U.K. edition]
* *The Songkiller Saga: Phantom Banjo (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28761-3, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.99, 263pp, pb, cover by Pauline Ellison) [Songkiller Saga] Fantasy novel, first book of the “Songkiller Saga” series. The devils in hell are trying to wipe the greatest magical force for good left in the world — folk music. Recommended (SW).
* *The Songkiller Saga: Picking the Ballad’s Bones (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29363-X, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Pauline Ellison) [Songkiller Saga] Fantasy novel about folk music, second book of the “Songkiller Saga”.
* *The Songkiller Saga: Strum Again? (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29705-8, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Pauline Ellison) [Songkiller Saga] Humorous fantasy novel, third book of “The Songkiller Saga”. The Faerie Queen plans to sacrifice a folksinger.
* *Songs from the Seashell Archives, Vol. 1 (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26957-7, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $4.95, 552pp, pb) [Argonia] Omnibus edition of the first 2 books in the “Argonia” fantasy series, Song of Sorcery (Bantam 1982) and The Unicorn Creed (Bantam 1983). (Contents)
* *Songs from the Seashell Archives, Volume II (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27009-5, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $4.95, 390pp, pb) [Argonia] Omnibus volume of the fantasy novels Bronwyn’s Bane (1983) and The Christening Quest (1985). (Contents)
* _The Unicorn Creed (Bantam UK 0-553-17283-2, Jul ’87, £2.95, 340pp, pb) [Argonia] Reprint (Bantam 1983) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Argonia” series. [First U.K. edition]
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* _Space Opera (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
* *Warrior Princesses (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-783-6, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $5.99, 351pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) Original anthology of 20 fantasy stories about warrior princesses. Authors include Megan Lindholm, Elizabeth Moon, and Nina Kiriki Hoffman. (Contents)
SCARFONE, JAY

* _The Wizard of Oz: The Official 50th Anniversary Pictorial History (with William Stillman & John Fricke) See entry under John Fricke.
SCHAEFER, CHARLES

* *Star of the Sun (University Editions 1-56002-736-3, Jan ’98, $10.00, 277pp, tp) SF novel. An archeological find is somehow tied to a comet’s disastrous appearance in 2077. Available from University Editions, 59 Oak Lane, Spring Valley, Huntington WV 25704.
SCHAEFER, FRANK (1936- )

* +The Scapeweed Goat (Simon & Schuster Poseidon 0-671-67503-6, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $17.95, 200pp, hc) Utopian fantasy novel. In 1845, a hermit records his life in a secret utopian community deep in the heart of America. First American edition (Hamish Hamilton 1989).
* *Whose Song is Sung (Tor 0-312-85756-X, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $23.95, 300pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) Fantasy novel. Beowulf retold with an emphasis on history.
* _Whose Song is Sung (Tor 0-812-55012-9, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $6.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reprint (Tor 1996) fantasy novel, a retelling of Beowulf.
SCHAEFFER, SUSAN FROMBERG (1941- )

* *The Dragons of North Chittendon (Simon & Schuster/Little Simon 0-671-52587-5, 1986 [Jun ’86], $2.95, 208pp, pb) Juvenile fantasy novel, illustrated by Darcy May. There is also supposed to be a hardcover, but we haven’t seen it.
* *The Four Hoods and Great Dog (St. Martin’s 0-312-01431-7, Mar ’88, $12.95, 131pp, hc) Juvenile sf novel with talking animals that want to take the children back to their own world.
SCHAKEL, PETER J(ames) (1941- )

* *Reason and Imagination in C.S. Lewis: A Study of ‘Till We Have Faces’ (Eerdmans 0-8028-1998-2, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $8.95, 208pp, tp) Non-fiction, literary criticism. [Lewis]
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* *Word and Story in C.S. Lewis (with Charles A. Huttar) (University of Missouri Press 0-8262-0760-X, Mar ’92 [Apr ’92], $37.50, 316pp, hc) Non-fiction, a collection of 16 critical essays examining the work of C.S. Lewis, mostly his fiction, with an introduction by Peter J. Schakel. Order from University of Missouri Press, 2910 LeMone Blvd., Columbia MO 65201. [Lewis]
SCHAMI, RAFIK (1946- ) (stories)

* _Damascus Nights (Simon & Schuster/Scribners 0-684-80265-1, Aug ’95 [Mar ’96], $11.00, 263pp, tp, cover by Etienne Delessert) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1993) fantasy novel. A contemporary Arabian storyteller falls under a spell, and his friends gather to tell him stories, mostly fantasy. A first novel. Translated by Philip Boehm from the German (Beltz 1989 as Erzaehler der Nacht). We apparently missed the first edition.
SCHAUB, MARY H(unter) (1943-2009) (stories)

* _Flight of Vengeance (with Andre Norton & Pauline M. Griffin) See entry under Andre Norton.
* _The Magestone (with Andre Norton) See entry under Andre Norton.
SCHEICK, WILLIAM J(oseph), ed. (1941- )

* *The Critical Response to H.G. Wells (Greenwood Press 0-313-28859-3, Feb ’95 [Apr ’95], $55.00, 346pp, hc) Critical collection of 25 reviews and essays, most contemporary with the books, discussing Wells’s work, with an introduction by the editor. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [Wells]
SCHEIN, LORRAINE (1953- ) (stories)

* *The Raw Brunettes (Wordcraft of Oregon 1-877655-12-0, Feb ’95, $6.00, 36pp, ph, cover by Freddie Baer) Surreal fantasy novella in chapbook form, about a group of women with strange powers and magic handbags. There are illustrations by Freddie Baer, and an introduction by Rachel Pollack. A signed, limited edition. Order from Wordcraft of Oregon, PO Box 3235, La Grande OR 97850.
SCHELDE, PER

* *Androids, Humanoids, and Other Science Fiction Monsters: Science and Soul in Science Fiction Films (New York University Press 0-8147-7930-1, Jul ’93 [Aug ’93], $35.00, 279pp, hc) Associational non-fiction, a study of sf film and its folkloric origins by an anthropologist. Available from New York University Press, Washington Square, New York NY 10003.
SCHELLINGER, PAUL E(dward), ed. (1962- )

* _Twentieth-Century Science Fiction Writers, Third Edition (with Noelle Watson) See entry under Noelle Watson.
SCHENCK, HILBERT (van Nydeck), Jr. (1926- ) (stories)

* *Chronosequence (Tor 0-312-93079-8, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $17.95, 314pp, hc) Sf novel of historic mysteries, strange phenomena on a small island off the coast of New England — and the power of love. Recommended. (FCM)
* _Chronosequence (Tor 0-812-50320-1, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $3.95, 314pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel.
* _A Rose for Armageddon (Allison & Busby 0-85031-548-4, Jun ’84 [May ’84], £7.95, 190pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket Timescape 1982) sf novel. This is the first hardcover edition. Schocken is distributing it in the U.S. It’s an excellent novel by a masterful writer. (CNB)
* *Steam Bird (Tor 0-812-55400-0, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.50, 213pp, pb) Collection of the novella “Steam Bird” and the novelette “Hurricane Claude”. Recommended. (TM) (Contents)
SCHIFF, STUART DAVID, ed. (1946- ) (stories)

* *The Best of Whispers (Borderlands Press 1-880325-11-X, Nov ’94, $65.00, 471pp, hc, cover by Lee Brown Coye) Anthology of 23 horror stories from Whispers magazine, seven of them new stories from the unpublished Whispers VII, and an earlier version of “The Golden”, originally planned for the Lucius Shepard issue. Other authors include Ray Bradbury, Karl Edward Wagner, Fritz Leiber, Connie Willis, Melanie Tem, and Roger Zelazny. Includes a preface, “The End”, and an afterword by the editor. Order from Borderlands Press, PO Box 146, Brooklandville MD 21022; 800-528-3310. (Contents)
* _Whispers (Jove 0-515-08881-1, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $3.50, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1977) horror original anthology.
* _Whispers II (Jove 0-515-09252-5, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $3.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1979) horror original anthology.
* _Whispers III (Jove 0-515-09363-7, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.95, 258pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1981) original anthology of 14 horror stories.
* _Whispers III (Jove 0-515-09363-7, Jan ’88, $3.95, 258pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1981) horror anthology of 14 stories.
* _Whispers IV (Jove 0-515-09482-X, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.95, 240pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1983) anthology of horror stories.
* *Whispers V (Doubleday 0-385-18944-3, Feb ’85, $11.95, 208pp, hc) Anthology of 14 stories of horror/fantasy; most are originals. (Contents)
* _Whispers V (Jove 0-515-09641-5, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.95, 258pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1985) horror anthology.
* *Whispers VI (Doubleday 0-385-19927-9, Jul ’87, $12.95, 181pp, hc) Original anthology of 15 horror stories. (Contents)
* _Whispers VI (Jove 0-515-10010-2, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 257pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1987) original horror anthology of 15 stories.
SCHILLING, VIVIAN; pseudonym of Vivian Schilling-Parkinson, (1962- )

* *Sacred Prey (Truman Press 0-9637846-0-9, Jan ’94, $19.95, 245pp, hc, cover by Manny Rodriguez) Horror novel of a killer loanshark who finds himself in the body of one of his victims before the murder happens. A first novel.
* _Sacred Prey (St. Martin’s 0-312-95693-2, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $5.50, 279pp, pb) Reprint (Truman Press 1994) horror novel.
SCHILLING-PARKINSON, VIVIAN (1962- ); see pseudonym Vivian Schilling
SCHIMEL, LAWRENCE (1971- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Drag Queen of Elfland (Circlet/Ultra Violet Library 1-885865-17-1, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $10.95, 202pp, tp) Collection of 17 stories, four original to this volume, most with fantasy elements, all with homosexual themes. Introduction by Tanya Huff. This is the first book in the non-erotic, gay SF and fantasy imprint “The Ultra Violet Library”. (Contents)
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