The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

SENF, CAROL A.

• * *The Vampire in 19th Century English Literature (Popular Press 0-87972-425-0, Apr ’90, $15.95, 204pp, tp, cover by Gary Dumm) Non-fiction; reference. A study of the development of the vampire as a symbol in English literature. A hardcover edition (-424-2) was announced but not seen. This has a 1988 copyright date, but was not seen until now.

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• * *The Critical Response to Bram Stoker (Greenwood Press 0-313-28527-6, Dec ’93 [Feb ’94], $55.00, 195pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. A collection of reviews of Stoker’s work, both period and contemporary, with a long introduction on Stoker’s life and works by the editor. Available from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [Stoker]

SENIOR, WILLIAM A.

• * *Stephen R. Donaldson’s Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (Kent State University Press 0-87338-528-4, Nov ’95, $35.00, 275pp, hc) [Thomas Covenant] Non-fiction, criticism. An analysis of Donaldson’s particular “Variations on the Fantasy Tradition” (the subtitle). Two interviews with Donaldson are included as appendixes; there are also notes, a bibliography, and an index. Available from Kent State University Press, PO Box 5190, Kent OH 44242-0001. [Donaldson]

SENKOVSKY, OSIP

• * *The Fantastic Journeys of Baron Brambeus (Peter Lang 0-8204-2203-7, Dec ’93 [May ’94], $32.95, 232pp, tp) Collection of four Russian SF stories from the mid-19th century, translated and with a long introduction and notes by Louis Pedrotti. This has a 1993 copyright date but was not seen until now. Available from Peter Lang Publishing, 62 West 45th St., New York NY 10036.

SENN, BRYAN

• * *Fantastic Cinema Subject Guide: A Topical Index to 2500 Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Films (with John Johnson) (McFarland & Company 0-89950-681-X, Apr ’93 [Jun ’93], $45.00, 682pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. An fully annotated and cross-indexed filmography arranging films by categories such as Aliens (subdivided into On Earth, In Outer Space, and Benevolent categories), Robots, and Zombie Flesh Eaters.

SENN, STEVEN

• * _The Double Disappearance of Walter Fozbek (Avon Camelot 0-380-62737-X, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.50, 120pp, pb) Reissue (Hastings House 1980) juvenile sf novel of a boy who wakes up to find that everyone else in the world is a dinosaur. Third printing.
• * *Ralph Fozbek and the Amazing Black Hole Patrol (Avon Camelot 0-380-89905-1, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.50, 102pp, pb) Juvenile sf novel of a boy chasing after an escaping black hole and finding himself in outer space.
• * *The Sand Witch (Avon Camelot 0-380-75298-0, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $2.50, 88pp, pb) Juvenile sf short novel with witches and aliens.

SERJEANT, WILLIAM (Antony Swithin) (1935-2002); see pseudonym Antony Swithin

SERLING, CAROL, ed. (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Adventures in the Twilight Zone (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-662-7, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $4.99, 332pp, pb, cover by Jean-Francois Podevin) Original anthology of 24 stories, only one (by Rod Serling) a reprint. This is the third in the “Twilight Zone” anthology series. (Contents)
• * *Journeys to the Twilight Zone (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-525-6, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $4.99, 287pp, pb, cover by George Long) Anthology of 16 stories with a Twilight Zone flavor, 15 original. Rod Serling’s story “Suggestion” is a reprint. Only Carol Serling’s name appears on the outside of the book. (Contents)
• * _Journeys to the Twilight Zone (with Martin H. Greenberg) (MJF Books 1-56731-093-1, 1997 [Sep ’97], $7.98, 287pp, hc) Reprint (DAW 1993) original anthology of 16 stories, one a reprint by Rod Serling. This is an instant remainder edition; it has no date other than the 1993 copyright; not seen until now.
• * *Return to the Twilight Zone (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-576-0, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $4.99, 336pp, pb, cover by Jean-Francois Podevin) Original anthology of 19 stories, 18 original, with one reprint by Rod Serling, and an introduction by Carol Serling. (Contents)
• * _Return to the Twilight Zone (with Martin H. Greenberg) (MJF Books 1-56731-092-3, 1997 [Sep ’97], $3.99, 336pp, hc) Reprint (DAW 1994) original anthology of 19 stories, one a reprint by Rod Serling. This is an instant remainder edition; it has no date other than the 1994 copyright; not seen until now.
• * *Rod Serling’s Night Gallery Reader (with Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh) (Dembner 0-934878-93-5, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $15.95, 326pp, hc) Anthology of 18 stories that were made into Night Gallery tv episodes. (Contents)

SERLING, ROBERT J(erome) (1918- )

• * *Something’s Alive on the Titanic (St. Martin’s 0-312-05159-X, Oct ’90, $18.95, 399pp, hc) Horror thriller about an expedition to retrieve smuggled gold from the sunken Titanic discovering that the ship is haunted.
• * _Something’s Alive on the Titanic (St. Martin’s 0-312-92999-4, Sep ’93, $5.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Neal McPheeters) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1990) ghost/horror novel about ghostly forces on the sunken Titanic.

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

• * *Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone (Bonanza/Crown, 1984, hc) Omnibus edition of two collections of stories adapted by Walter B. Gibson from The Twilight Zone TV show. (Contents)
• * *Stories from the Twilight Zone (Bantam Spectra 0-553-34329-7, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $9.95, 418pp, pb) Omnibus edition of 3 earlier collections: Stories from the Twilight Zone (Bantam 1960), More Stories from the Twilight Zone (Bantam 1961), and New Stories from the Twilight Zone (Bantam 1962), with 19 stories plus a new introduction by T.E.D. Klein. (Contents)
• * _The Twilight Zone: Complete Stories (TV Books 1-57500-111-X, Nov ’98, $22.95, 413pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1986 as Stories from the Twilight Zone) omnibus/collection of 19 short stories previously collected in Stories from the Twilight Zone (1960), More Stories from the Twilight Zone (1961), and New Stories from the Twilight Zone (1962). Introduction by T.E.D. Klein. Order from TV Books, 1619 Broadway, Ninth Floor, New York NY 10019.

SERRANO, JOE; see pseudonym Adrian Savage (stories)

SERVER, LEE

• * *Danger Is My Business: An Illustrated History of the Fabulous Pulp Magazines 1896-1953 (Chronicle Books 0-8118-0112-8, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $17.95, 144pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism. A lavishly illustrated history of the pulps, with chapters on the horror, sf, and Weird Tales-style publications. A hardcover edition (-0355-4, $27.50) was announced but not seen. Recommended (SW).
• * *Over My Dead Body: The Sensational Age of American Paperbacks 1945-1955 (Chronicle Books 0-8118-0550-6, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $16.95, 108pp, tp) Associational non-fiction. A brief history of American paperbacks (including some sf) before 1955, copiously illustrated with full-color cover reproductions. A hardcover edition (-0646-4, $29.95) was announced but not seen.

SERVICE, PAMELA F. (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *All’s Faire (Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70421-1, Apr ’93 [May ’93], $3.99, 87pp, pb) Young-adult fantasy novella. A young boy unhappy with his parents’ involvement in the SCA learns to appreciate history when he’s transported back to medieval England.
• * *Being of Two Minds (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31524-4, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $13.95, 169pp, hc, cover by Michael Hays) Young-adult fantasy thriller of a telepathic young girl’s adventures being in communication with the kidnapped prince of a small kingdom.
• * _Being of Two Minds (Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70415-7, Dec ’92 [Jan ’93], $3.99, 149pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1991) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *A Question of Destiny (Atheneum/Argo 0-689-31181-8, May ’86, $12.95, 160pp, hc) Young-adult sf/thriller novel of a sinister presidential advisor.
• * _A Question of Destiny (Macmillan Collier 0-02-044981-X, Mar ’88 [Apr ’88], $2.95, 160pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1986) young-adult sf novel.
• * *The Reluctant God (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31404-3, Apr ’88, $13.95, 211pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel about two teenagers, one an ancient Egyptian who has been in suspended animation, and their adventures in the present.
• * _The Reluctant God (Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70339-8, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $2.95, 182pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1988) young-adult fantasy novel of an ancient Egyptian boy Pharoah resurrected.
• * *Stinker from Space (Macmillan Scribner’s 0-684-18910-0, Mar ’88 [Apr ’88], $11.95, 83pp, hc) [Stinker] Young-adult sf novella. An alien takes over the body of a skunk.
• * _Stinker from Space (Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70330-4, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $2.95, 84pp, pb) [Stinker] Reprint (Scribner’s 1988) Young-adult sf novella about an alien in the body of a skunk.
• * *Stinker’s Return (Macmillan Scribner’s 0-684-19542-9, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $12.95, 96pp, hc, cover by Gail Owens) [Stinker] Children’s sf novella, sequel to Stinker from Space.
• * _Stinker’s Return (Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70438-6, Aug ’94, $3.99, 88pp, pb) [Stinker] Reprint (Scribners 1993) children’s SF novella about an alien, sequel to Stinker from Space.
• * *Storm at the Edge of Time (Walker 0-8027-8306-6, Oct ’94 [Jan ’95], $16.95, 179pp, hc, cover by Dennis Nolan) Young-adult fantasy novel about a modern girl who joins forces with a Viking boy and a boy from the far future in fighting the Forces of Darkness.
• * *Tomorrow’s Magic (Atheneum 0-689-31320-9, Sep ’87 [Oct ’87], $14.95, 191pp, hc) [*Winter of Magic’s Return] Arthurian post-holocaust fantasy novel, sequel to The Winter of Magic’s Return.
• * _Tomorrow’s Magic (Ballantine Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70305-3, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $2.95, 196pp, pb) [*Winter of Magic’s Return] Reprint (Atheneum 1987) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Winter of Magic’s Return.
• * *Under Alien Stars (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31621-6, Sep ’90 [Nov ’90], $13.95, 214pp, hc, cover by Ondre Pettingill) Young-adult sf novel of human resistance to alien conquerors using Earth as a military base.
• * _Under Alien Stars (Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70404-1, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $3.99, 181pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1990) young-adult sf novel of human resistance to aliens using Earth as a military base.
• * *Vision Quest (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31498-1, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $12.95, 136pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy. Young girl meets the ghosts of prehistoric Indians.
• * _Vision Quest (Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70372-X, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $2.95, 120pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1989) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *Weirdos of the Universe, Unite! (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31746-8, Mar ’92 [Apr ’92], $13.95, 136pp, hc, cover by Paul Henry) Young-adult sf/fantasy novel about two teenage misfits who join five mythological beings in saving the earth from space invaders.
• * *Weirdos of the Universe, Unite! (Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70429-7, Dec ’93, $3.99, 147pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan Atheneum 1992) young-adult sf/fantasy novel about two teenage misfits who join five mythological beings in saving the earth from space invaders.
• * *When the Night Wind Howls (Atheneum 0-689-31306-3, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $12.95, 153pp, hc) Juvenile ghost story.
• * _When the Night Wind Howls (Ballantine Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70279-0, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $2.50, 144pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1987) young-adult suspense/supernatural novel.
• * *Winter of Magic’s Return (Atheneum 0-689-31130-3, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $14.95, 192pp, hc) [*Winter of Magic’s Return] Young-adult fantasy novel: Merlin reborn in a post-holocaust world of magic. It may be a first novel.
• * _Winter of Magic’s Return (Ballantine/Juniper 0-449-70202-2, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $2.50, 194pp, pb) [*Winter of Magic’s Return] Reprint (Atheneum 1985) young-adult post-holocaust Arthurian fantasy novel(!).
• * _Winter of Magic’s Return (Ballantine Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70202-2, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $2.50, 194pp, pb) [*Winter of Magic’s Return] Reprint (Atheneum 1985) young-adult fantasy novel. In an England devastated by nuclear war, the legendary King Arthur returns to save the realm. Second printing.
• * *Wizard of Wind and Rock (Macmillan/Atheneum 0-689-31600-3, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], $13.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Laura Marshall) Children’s picture book, an Arthurian fantasy story illustrated by Laura Marshall.

SESSIONS, RICHARD

• * *Island Woman (Arch Grove Press 0-9659402-0-9, Oct ’97 [Aug ’97], $14.95, 288pp, tp, cover by R. E. Pierce) Time-travel historical novel. A modern woman is tricked into going to the American west coast in the early 1700s. Order from Arch Grove Press, PO Box 2387, Lake Oswego OR 97035; 503-624-7811.

SEVASTAKIS, MICHAEL

• * *Songs of Love and Death: The Classical American Horror Film of the 1930s (Greenwood Press 0-313-27949-7, May ’93 [Nov ’93], $49.95, 208pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. An analysis of 11 1930s horror films and their relationships to gothic literary conventions. Available from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders: 1-800-225-5800.

SEVERANCE, CAROL (Ann Wilcox) (1944- ) (stories)

• * *Demon Drums (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37448-7, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $3.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Island Warrior] Fantasy novel based on South Seas mythology. A female warrior’s attempt to escape the devastation of war is poisoned by an evil sorceress. A “Del Rey Discovery” book.
• * *Reefsong (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37231-X, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) Sf novel of a genetically altered woman on a mission for an interstellar company that owns her. A first novel.
• * *Sorcerous Sea (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37446-0, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $4.99, 261pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Island Warrior] Fantasy novel, third book in the “Island Warrior” series based on Polynesian legends.
• * *Storm Caller (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37447-9, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $4.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Island Warrior] Fantasy novel, second book in the “Island Warrior” series based on Polynesian legends.

SEVERSON, ELLEN DODGE

• * *DragonLance: Hederick the Theocrat (TSR 1-56076-817-7, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $4.95, 310pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Villains] Fantasy novelization based on the DragonLance game, fourth book of the “DragonLance Villains” series. Copyrighted by TSR.

SEWELL, ANNA (1820-1878) (stories)

• * _Black Beauty (with Robin McKinley) See entry under Robin McKinley.

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

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

• * _The Reluctant Devil (Mandarin 0-7493-0597-5, Aug ’91, £3.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Maria Macey) Reprint (Heinemann 1990) novel about the devil’s most incompetent assistant, who falls in love with a beautiful human girl.
• * _The Reluctant Devil (Mandarin 0-7493-1579-2, Sep ’93, £4.99, 214pp, tp) Reprint (Heinemann 1990) literary fantasy novel.
• * *The Reluctant Devil: A Cautionary Tale (Heinemann 0-434-69116-X, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], £12.95, 214pp, hc, cover by Irene Von Treskow) Novel about the devil’s most incompetent assistant, who falls in love with a beautiful human girl.
• * *Robert Graves: Life on the Edge (Holt 0-8050-3055-7, Oct ’95 [Dec ’95], $37.50, 524pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography. [Graves]
• * *The Vampire of Verdonia (Andre Deutsch 0-233-97867-4, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £5.95, 100pp, hc) Juvenile vampire novel.
• * _The Vampire of Verdonia (Knight 0-340-41466-9, Sep ’87 [Nov ’87], £1.95, 100pp, tp) Reprint (Deutsch 1986) juvenile horror novel.

SHAARA, MICHAEL (Joseph, Jr.) (1929-1988) (stories)

• * _The Herald (Avon 0-380-61382-4, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $2.95, 251pp, pb) Reprint (McGraw-Hill 1981) disaster plague novel by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

SHACKLETON-HILL, ANGELA

• * *Greensight (Allen & Unwin 0-04-823256-4, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], £8.95, 371pp, hc) Sf novel with a Celtic fantasy flavor.

SHACOCHIS, BOB; [i.e., Robert G. Shacochis] (1951- ) (stories)

• * _The Next New World (Penguin 0-14-012105-6, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], $7.95, 209pp, tp) Reprint (Crown 1989) collection of eight stories with fantasy or surrealistic elements. (Contents)

SHADWELL, THOMAS; pseudonym of John Gregory Betancourt, Arthur Byron Cover & Timothy Robert Sullivan

• * *Robert Silverberg’s Time Tours Volume 4: The Dinosaur Trackers (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-106053-4, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.50, 138pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Time Tours] Young-adult sf adventure novel, based on material by Silverberg, with an afterword by Silverberg and interior illustrations by Alex Nino. Series packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

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

SHAINBLUM, MARK, ed. (1963- ) (stories)

• * *Arrowdreams: An Anthology of Alternate Canadas (with John Dupuis) (Nuage Editions 0-921-833-51-2, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], C$19.95, 191pp, tp, cover by Paul McDonell) Anthology of 12 alternate history stories. Authors include Edo van Belkom, Dave Duncan, Nancy Kilpatrick, and Jean-Louis Trudel & Yves Meynard. Order from Nuage Editions, PO Box 206, RPO Corydon, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3M 3S7. (Contents)

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616) (stories)

• * *A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Donning/Starblaze 0-89865-710-5, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $9.95, 91pp, tp) Art book; Shakespeare’s play beautifully illustrated in full color by Charles Vess.

SHALLIS, MICHAEL

• * _Close Encounters? Science and Science Fiction (with Michael Shortland & Robert Lambourne) See entry under Robert Lambourne.

SHANOWER, ERIC (stories)

• * *The Enchanted Apples of Oz (First Comics/First Graphic Novel 0-915419-04-1, Apr ’86 [Jul ’86], $7.95, unpaginated, pb) [Oz] Graphic version of a story continuing the “Oz” fantasies originated by L. Frank Baum.
• * *The Giant Garden of Oz (Emerald City Press 0-929605-22-5, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $11.95, 178pp, tp, cover by Eric Shanower) [Oz] Children’s fantasy novel set in the world created by L. Frank Baum, with illustrations by the author in the manner of John R. Neill. A 350-copy hardcover collector’s edition (-23-3, $39.95) with an additional illustration was announced but not seen. Order from Books of Wonder, 132 7th Ave. at 18th St., New York NY 10011.