The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

SLAVICSEK, WILLIAM (stories) (continued)

• * _A Guide to the Star Wars Universe: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded (Boxtree 0-7522-0859-4, Apr ’95, £9.99, 495pp, tp, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Star Wars] Reprint (Ballantine 1994) non-fiction, reference. Completely rewritten and updated from A Guide to the Star Wars Universe by Raymond L. Velasco (Del Rey 1984). It includes comics, games, and books, as well as the original movies. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Torg: The Possibility Wars Book One: Storm Knights (with C. J. Tramontana) (West End 0-87431-301-5, May ’90, $4.95, 317pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Torg] Sf novelization based on the “Possibility Wars” game.

SLAYTON, DONALD K.

• * _Deke!: U.S. Manned Space: From Mercury to the Shuttle (with Michael Cassutt) (Tor/Forge 0-312-85918-X, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $14.95, 354pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1994) associational non-fiction. The autobiography of the late Mercury astronaut Deke Slayton, written with sf writer Michael Cassutt.

SLEATOR, WILLIAM (Warner, III) (1945- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Among the Dolls (Knopf Bullseye 0-679-80347-5, Mar ’91, $2.95, 70pp, tp, cover by Doron Ben-Ami) Reprint (Dutton 1975) young-adult fantasy novella, with illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman.
• * *The Beasties (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-45598-1, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $15.99, 198pp, hc, cover by Wendy Feldheim) Young-adult horror novel. A boy and his sister encounter deadly Beasties that survive by stealing human body parts.
• * *The Boxes (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-46012-8, May ’98, $15.99, 196pp, hc, cover by Victor Lee) [Boxes] Young-adult SF/horror novel. A girl disobeys her uncle’s orders not to open two boxes.
• * *The Boy Who Reversed Himself (Dutton 0-525-44276-6, Oct ’86 [Dec ’86], $12.95, 167pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of a trip into the fourth dimension.
• * _The Boy Who Reversed Himself (Macdonald 0-356-13955-7, Apr ’88, £2.50, 169pp, pb) Reprint (E.P. Dutton 1986) young-adult sf novel. Also available in hc (-13954-9) for £6.99. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Boy Who Reversed Himself (Bantam Starfire 0-553-28570-X, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $2.95, 167pp, pb, cover by Catherine Huerta) Reprint (Dutton 1986) young-adult sf novel of a trip into the fourth dimension.
• * _The Boy Who Reversed Himself (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038965-2, Feb ’98, $4.99, 167pp, tp, cover by Broeck Steadman) Reprint (Dutton 1986) young-adult SF horror novel. Kids travel to the fourth dimension.
• * *Dangerous Wishes (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-45283-4, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $14.99, 182pp, hc, cover by Broeck Steadman) [Spirit House] Young-adult fantasy/ghost novel, sequel to The Spirit House. Dom goes to Thailand to try to appease a vengeful spirit, and finds a computer that grants wishes.
• * _Dangerous Wishes (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038174-0, Sep ’97, $4.99, 182pp, tp, cover by Broeck Steadman) [Spirit House] Reprint (Dutton 1995) young-adult fantasy/ghost novel set in Thailand, sequel to The Spirit House.
• * *The Duplicate (Dutton 0-525-44390-8, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $12.95, 154pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel. A boy duplicates himself, but then can’t control the duplicate.
• * _The Duplicate (Bantam Starfire 0-553-28634-X, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $2.95, 154pp, pb, cover by Catherine Huerta) Reprint (Dutton 1988) young-adult sf novel.
• * _The Duplicate (Heinemann 0-434-96409-3, Feb ’91, £8.95, 180pp, hc) Reprint (Dutton 1988) young-adult sf novel about a machine that copies living things.
• * _The Duplicate (Mammoth 0-7497-0878-6, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], £2.99, 180pp, pb, cover by Bob Harvey) Reprint (Dutton 1988) young-adult sf novel about a machine that copies living things.
• * _Fingers (Bantam Starfire 0-553-25004-3, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $2.50, 197pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1983) young-adult sf novel.
• * _Fingers (Bantam Starfire 0-553-25004-3, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $2.50, 197pp, pb) Reissue (Atheneum 1983) young-adult humorous supernatural novel; 2nd Bantam printing.
• * _Fingers (Bantam Starfire 0-553-25004-3, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $2.95, 197pp, pb, cover by Catherine Huerta) Reissue (Atheneum 1983) young-adult occult novel; third printing.
• * _Green Futures of Tycho (Macdonald 0-356-13990-5, Jul ’88, £1.99, 122pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1981) young-adult sf novel. Also available in hc (-13989-1) for £5.99. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Green Futures of Tycho (Penguin US/Puffin 0-14-034581-7, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $3.95, 133pp, pb, cover by Linda Thomas) Reprint (Dutton 1981) young-adult sf novel.
• * _House of Stairs (Macdonald 0-356-13957-3, Apr ’88, £2.50, 155pp, tp) Reprint (E.P. Dutton 1974) young-adult sf novel. Also available in hc (-13956-5) for £6.99. [First U.K. edition]
• * _House of Stairs (Penguin US/Puffin 0-14-034580-9, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.95, 166pp, pb, cover by Brad Teare) Reprint (Dutton 1974) young-adult sf novel of kidnapped orphans trapped in a mysterious building.
• * *Interstellar Pig (Dutton 0-525-44098-4, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $11.95, 197pp, hc) [Barney] Young-adult sf novel about a board game and aliens.
• * _Interstellar Pig (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25564-9, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 196pp, pb) [Barney] Reprint (Dutton 1984) young-adult sf novel of a board game whose players are rival factions of aliens on Earth.
• * _Interstellar Pig (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-39787-X, Jan ’87, £6.95, 197pp, hc) [Barney] Reprint (Dutton 1984) juvenile sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Interstellar Pig (Teens 0-416-09812-6, May ’88, £1.95, 197pp, pb) [Barney] Reprint (Dutton 1984) young-adult sf novel.
• * _Interstellar Pig (Bantam Starfire 0-553-25564-9, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $3.50, 196pp, pb, cover by Catherine Huerta) [Barney] Reissue (Dutton 1984) young-adult sf novel; seventh printing.
• * _Interstellar Pig (Teens Mandarin 0-7497-1042-X, Sep ’92, £2.99, 197pp, pb, cover by Bob Harvey) [Barney] Reprint (Dutton 1984) young-adult sf novel.
• * _Interstellar Pig (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037595-3, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $3.99, 197pp, tp, cover by Broeck Steadman) [Barney] Reprint (Dutton 1984) young-adult SF novel. Aliens invade Earth using a strange game.
• * _Interstellar Pig (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-44098-4, Oct ’95 [Feb ’96], $15.99, 197pp, hc, cover by Broeck Steadman) [Barney] Reissue (Dutton 1984) young-adult SF novel. Aliens invade Earth using a strange game. Sixth hardcover printing.
• * _Into the Dream (Knopf Bullseye 0-679-80348-3, Jul ’91, $3.50, 137pp, tp, cover by Doron Ben-Ami) Reprint (Dutton 1979) young-adult fantasy novel of two psychic children who receive a telepathic cry for help.
• * *The Night the Heads Came (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-45463-2, Mar ’96, $15.99, 154pp, hc, cover by Denis Tiani) Young-adult satirical SF novel of alien-abduction. Two boys are abducted by grotesque aliens, and uncover plots involving pollution and hypnosis.
• * _The Night the Heads Came (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038441-3, Jun ’98 [Jul ’98], $4.99, 154pp, pb, cover by Broeck Steadman) Reprint (Dutton 1996) young-adult satirical SF novel of alien-abduction.
• * _Oddballs (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037438-8, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $3.99, 134pp, tp, cover by Steve Cieslawski) Reprint (Dutton 1993) associational collection of ten semi-autobiographical stories about the oddballs in the Sleator family.
• * *Others See Us (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-45104-8, Oct ’93, $14.99, 163pp, hc, cover by Jon Weiman) Young-adult sf novel of a teenage boy who develops telepathic powers after falling into a swamp filled with toxic waste.
• * _Others See Us (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037514-7, Dec ’95, $3.99, 163pp, tp) Reprint (Dutton 1993) young-adult SF novel. A teen dunked in toxic waste develops telepathic powers.
• * *Singularity (Dutton 0-525-44161-1, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $12.95, 170pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel.
• * _Singularity (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25627-0, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $2.95, 198pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1985) young-adult sf novel.
• * _Singularity (Macdonald 0-356-13992-1, Jul ’88, £2.50, 144pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1985) young-adult sf novel. Also available in hc (-13991-3) for £6.99. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _Singularity (Bantam Starfire 0-553-25627-0, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $2.95, 198pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) Reissue (Dutton 1985) young-adult sf novel; fifth printing.
• * _Singularity (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037598-8, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $3.99, 170pp, tp, cover by Broeck Steadman) Reprint (Dutton 1985) young-adult SF horror novel. Something in the locked shed out back keeps locals away from uncle’s farm.
• * *The Spirit House (Dutton 0-525-44814-4, Oct ’91 [Nov ’91], $13.95, 134pp, hc, cover by David Levinson) [Spirit House] Young-adult fantasy/mystery novel. Julie investigates the odd behavior of the Thai exchange student staying with her family and learns he was followed across the ocean by a wish-granting spirit.
• * _The Spirit House (Methuen 0-434-96048-9, Aug ’92, £9.99, 194pp, hc) [Spirit House] Reprint (Dutton 1991) young-adult fantasy/mystery novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Spirit House (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-036483-8, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $3.99, 134pp, pb, cover by Wayne McLoughlin) [Spirit House] Reprint (Dutton 1991) young-adult fantasy/mystery novel of a Thai exchange student followed across the ocean by a wish-granting spirit.
• * _The Spirit House (Mammoth 0-7497-1291-0, Jan ’94, £2.99, 194pp, pb, cover by Bob Harvey) [Spirit House] Reprint (Dutton 1991) young-adult ghost novel.
• * *Strange Attractors (Dutton 0-525-44530-7, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $13.95, 169pp, hc, cover by Ondre Pettingill) Young-adult time-travel sf novel. A young man becomes involved with a scientist and his daughter, who turn out to have evil dopplegangers.
• * _Strange Attractors (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-034582-5, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.95, 169pp, pb, cover by Linda Thomas) Reprint (Dutton 1990) young-adult sf novel.
• * _Strange Attractors (Heinemann 0-434-96411-5, May ’91, £8.95, 186pp, hc) Reprint (Dutton 1990) young-adult sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Strange Attractors (Mammoth 0-7497-0879-4, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], £2.99, 186pp, pb, cover by Bob Harvey) Reprint (Dutton 1990) young-adult sf novel about parallel worlds.

SLEPIAN, JAN

• * *Back to Before (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-22011-9, May ’93, $14.95, 170pp, hc, cover by Floyd Cooper) Young-adult time-travel fantasy novel of two 11-year-old cousins transported back to an earlier, happier time in their lives.
• * *The Mind Reader (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-23150-1, Sep ’97, $15.95, 132pp, hc, cover by Brian Selznick) Young-adult fantasy novel. A vaudeville mind-reader’s son discovers he can really read minds, and sees too much of people’s dark sides.

SLOAN, CAROLYN (1937- )

• * *Don’t Go Near the Water (Hippo 0-590-70968-2, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], £1.95, 101pp, pb) Young-adult ghost novel. Volume Two in the “Hauntings” series.
• * _The Sea Child (Piper 0-330-30594-8, Feb ’89, £1.99, 128pp, pb, cover by Jennifer Eachus) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1987) young-adult ghost novel.

SLOANE, BEN; pseudonym of Stephen R. Cox

• * *Horn: Blown Dead (Worldwide Library/Gold Eagle 0-373-64002-1, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $4.50, 301pp, pb) Sf/crime novel set on the mean streets of 21st-century New York, where a cyborg cop takes on crime.
• * *Horn: Hot Zone (Worldwide Library/Gold Eagle 0-373-64001-3, Dec ’90, $3.95, 300pp, pb) Sf/crime novel of a cyborg cop in 21st-century New York, part of a series.
• * *Horn: Outland Strip (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-64003-X, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.50, 299pp, pb) Sf/crime novel of a cyborg cop in 21st-century New York, part of a series.
• * *Horn: Ultimate Weapon (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-64004-8, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.50, 309pp, pb) Sf/crime novel set in 21st-century New York, about a cyborg cop taking on street crime. Part of an ongoing series.

SLOCA, SUE ELLEN (stories)

• * *Candles on the Pond (Pulphouse 1-56146-559-3, Jun ’92 [Jul ’92], $1.95, 44pp, pb, cover by Peggy Ranson) Original fantasy short story. Short Story Paperback #59. A 100-copy limited hardcover edition (-939-4, $20.00) is also available. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.

SLOMAN, ROBERT (stories)

• * *Doctor Who: The Scripts: The Daemons (with Barry Letts) (Titan 1-85286-324-2, Dec ’92, £4.99, 158pp, tp, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Script from a classic episode of Doctor Who, edited by John McElroy and with a background article by Stephen James Walker.

SLONAKER, LARRY

• * *Voice of the Visitor (Avon 0-380-75112-7, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $3.50, 227pp, pb) Fantasy horror novel.

SLONCZEWSKI, JOAN (Lyn) (1956- ) (stories)

• * *The Children Star (Tor 0-312-86716-6, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $24.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Hard bio-SF novel of a world with a hidden native intelligence, settled by genetically altered humans.
• * _The Children Star (SFBC #02213, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $12.50, 349pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Tor 1998) hard bio-SF novel of a world with a hidden native intelligence, settled by genetically altered humans. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Daughter of Elysium (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-12509-3, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $25.00, 521pp, hc, cover by Tim Jacobus) [Door Into Ocean] Sf novel set on the same world as A Door Into Ocean.
• * _Daughter of Elysium (Easton Press no ISBN, Nov ’93, no price, 521pp, hc) [Door Into Ocean] Sf novel set on the same world as A Door Into Ocean. This edition is being published “simultaneously” with the Morrow AvoNova edition listed four months ago. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Daughter of Elysium (AvoNova 0-380-77027-X, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $5.99, 521pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) [Door Into Ocean] Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1993) SF novel set on the same world as A Door Into Ocean.
• * *A Door Into Ocean (Arbor House 0-87795-763-0, Jan ’86, $17.95, 403pp, hc) [Door Into Ocean] Sf novel.
• * _A Door Into Ocean (SFBC #04564, Feb ’86 [Mar ’86], $5.98, 372pp, hc) [Door Into Ocean] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) sf novel.
• * _A Door Into Ocean (Avon 0-380-70150-2, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $3.95, 406pp, pb) [Door Into Ocean] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) anthropological sf novel set on a watery world of women who share everything.
• * _A Door Into Ocean (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4069-0, May ’87, £4.95, 403pp, tp) [Door Into Ocean] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) sf novel.
• * _A Door Into Ocean (Easton Press no ISBN, May ’92, no price, 403pp, hc) [Door Into Ocean] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) sf novel, with an introduction by Pamela Sargent and artwork by Michael Mariano. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Still Forms on Foxfield (Avon 0-380-75328-6, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $2.95, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1980) science fiction novel about a colony on an alien planet.
• * *The Wall Around Eden (William Morrow 1-55710-030-6, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $18.95, 288pp, hc) Ecology-conscious post-holocaust sf novel.
• * _The Wall Around Eden (Avon 0-380-71177-X, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $3.95, 288pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Morrow 1989) post-holocaust ecological sf novel.
• * _The Wall Around Eden (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4254-5, Mar ’91, £6.95, 288pp, tp, cover by Barbara Loftus) Reprint (Morrow 1989) post-holocaust sf novel.

SLOTE, ALFRED (H.) (1926- ) (stories)

• * _Clone Catcher (Harper/Trophy 0-06-440164-2, May ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.50, 154pp, pb) Reprint (Lippincott 1982) juvenile sf novel of a chase after a runaway clone.
• * _My Robot Buddy (Harper & Row/Trophy 0-06-440165-0, May ’86 [Jan ’87], $2.50, 70pp, tp) [Robot Buddy] Reissue (Lippincott 1975) juvenile sf novella. Published in 1986; missed.
• * _My Trip to Alpha 1 (Harper & Row/Trophy 0-06-440166-9, May ’86 [Jan ’87], $2.50, 96pp, tp) Reprint (Lippincott 1978) juvenile sf novella. Published in 1986; missed.
• * _Omega Station (Harper/Trophy 0-06-440167-7, May ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.50, 147pp, pb) [Robot Buddy] Reprint (Lippincott 1983) juvenile sf novel, sequel to My Robot Buddy.
• * *The Trouble on Janus (Lippincott 0-397-32158-9, Oct ’85, $11.50, 121pp, hc) [Robot Buddy] Young-adult sf novel in the series about Jack Jameson and his robot buddy Danny One. Illustrations by James Watts.
• * _The Trouble on Janus (Harper Trophy 0-06-440216-9, Mar ’88, $2.95, 175pp, tp) [Robot Buddy] Reprint (Lippincott 1985) juvenile sf novel, part of the “Jack and Danny One” series.

SLOUT, WILLIAM L. (1923- )

• * *The Trial of Dr. Jekyll (Borgo/Emeritus 0-8095-6252-9, Jun ’93 [Sep ’93], $10.00, 75pp, tp) Dramatic adaptation of Stevenson’s “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” with Jekyll fantasizing himself on trial for Hyde’s crimes. Available from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845.

SLUNG, MICHELE B(eth), ed. (1947- ) (stories)

• * *I Shudder at Your Touch (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45079-5, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $19.95, 379pp, hc, cover by Mel Odom) Anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror, four original, with a preface by the editor. Recommended (SW). (Contents)
• * _I Shudder at Your Touch (SFBC #18218, Nov ’91 [Dec ’91], $9.98, 379pp, hc, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Roc 1991) anthology of 22 horror stories. Similar to the Roc edition except it lacks an ISBN and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.
• * _I Shudder at Your Touch (Roc UK 0-14-015967-3, Nov ’91, £4.99, 380pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Roc 1991) anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror, six original, with a preface by the editor. The Patrick McGrath story “Cleave the Vampire, or A Gothic Pastorale” has been retitled “Not Cricket”. [First U.K. edition]
• * _I Shudder at Your Touch (Severn House 0-7278-4293-5, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], £13.99, 379pp, hc) Reprint (Roc 1991) anthology of erotic horror stories.
• * _I Shudder at Your Touch (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45160-0, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $5.99, 408pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Roc 1991) anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror, four original. Recommended (SW).
• * _I Shudder at Your Touch (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45160-0, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $5.99, 408pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reissue (Roc 1991) anthology of 22 stories of sexual horror; fourth printing.
• * _I Shudder at Your Touch (Roc UK 0-14-015967-3, Oct ’94, £4.99, 379pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reissue (Roc 1991) horror anthology. Third printing.