The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

SUMNER, MARK C. (stories) (continued)

• * *Extreme Zone: Common Enemy (Pocket Archway 0-671-01411-0, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $3.99, 185pp, pb) [Extreme Zone] Young-adult horror novel, fifth in the series.
• * *Extreme Zone: Dark Lies (Pocket Archway 0-671-00242-2, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $3.99, 184pp, pb) [Extreme Zone] Young-adult quasi-SF horror novel, second in a new series about teens investigating a mysterious project possibly involving ESP and aliens. Copyrighted by Daniel Weiss Associates and the author.
• * *Extreme Zone: Dead End (Pocket Archway 0-671-01414-5, Feb ’98 [Jun ’98], $3.99, 201pp, pb) [Extreme Zone] Young-adult horror novel, eighth in the series. Copyrighted by the author and Daniel Weiss Associates.
• * *Extreme Zone: Deadly Secrets (Pocket Archway 0-671-00244-9, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $3.99, 185pp, pb) [Extreme Zone] Young-adult SF/horror novel, fourth in the series. Copyrighted by Mark C. Sumner and Daniel Weis Associates.
• * *Extreme Zone: Inhuman Fury (Pocket Archway 0-671-01412-9, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $3.99, 183pp, pb) [Extreme Zone] Young-adult horror novel, sixth in the series. Copyrighted by Mark C. Sumner and Daniel Weiss Associates.
• * *Extreme Zone: Lost Soul (Pocket Archway 0-671-01413-7, Dec ’97, $3.99, 185pp, pb) [Extreme Zone] Young-adult horror novel, seventh in the series. Copyrighted by the author and Daniel Weiss Associates.
• * *Extreme Zone: Night Terrors (Pocket Archway 0-671-00241-4, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $3.99, 201pp, pb) [Extreme Zone] Young-adult horror novel, first in a new quasi-SF (in the X-Files vein) series. Two teens run into unknown forces when they investigate one’s strange dreams and the disappearance of the other’s father. Copyrighted by Daniel Weiss Associates and the author.
• * *Extreme Zone: Unseen Powers (Pocket Archway 0-671-00243-0, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $3.99, 186pp, pb) [Extreme Zone] Young-adult SF/horror novel, third in the series. Copyrighted by Daniel Weiss Associates and the author.
• * _The Hunger (Lions 0-00-675019-2, Jul ’94, £2.99, 220pp, pb) [Principal] Reprint young-adult horror novel, in Lions’ ‘Nightmares’ series of books. Internally described as a 3-in-1 and copyrighted 1993, 1992 & 1991. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Magic: The Gathering: The Prodigal Sorcerer (HarperPrism 0-06-105476-3, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $5.50, 309pp, pb, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Magic: The Gathering] Novelization, sixth in the series based on the card game. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * *News from the Edge: Insanity, Illinois (Ace 0-441-00511-X, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $5.99, 198pp, pb, cover by Jeff Walker) [Savvy McKinnon] SF novel, second in the series featuring tabloid reporter Savvy McKinnon. Strange things are happening in a small apple-farming town.
• * *News from the Edge: The Monster of Minnesota (Ace 0-441-00459-8, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $5.99, 198pp, pb, cover by Jeff Walker) [Savvy McKinnon] Humorous SF mystery novel. A tabloid reported investigates a lake monster.
• * _Nightmares - The Principal (Collins 0-00-674917-8, May ’94, £2.99, 213pp, pb) [Principal] Reprint (HarperPaperbacks 1994) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Principal (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-106175-1, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $3.50, 213pp, pb) [Principal] Young-adult horror novel about a high school principal who is also a vampire. Packaged by Daniel Weiss Associates and copyrighted by them and the author.
• * *The Substitute (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-106188-3, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $3.50, 220pp, pb) [Principal] Young-adult horror novel about a substitute teacher who is a vampire. Sequel to The Principal. Packaged by Daniel Weiss Associates and copyrighted by them and the author.

SUNDOWN, WILL; pseudonym of William Sanders

• * *The Hellbound Train (Popular Library 0-445-21025-7, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $4.95, 214pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Pockets of Resistance] Military sf adventure set in a totalitarian near-future America, sequel to Pockets of Resistance.
• * *Pockets of Resistance (Popular Library 0-445-21024-9, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $4.95, 215pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Pockets of Resistance] Military sf adventure set in a totalitarian near-future America. First book of a new series.

SUNSTEIN, EMILY W(eisberg) (1924-2007)

• * _Mary Shelley: Romance and Reality (Johns Hopkins University Press 0-8018-4218-2, Sep ’91, $15.95, 478pp, tp) Reprint (Little, Brown 1989) non-fiction, a biography of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. [Shelley]
• * *Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Romance and Reality (Little, Brown 0-316-82246-9, Jan ’89 [Mar ’89], $24.95, 478pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography of Mary Shelley. [Shelley]

SÜSKIND, PATRICK; [i.e., Patrick Süeskind] (1949- )

• * *Perfume (Knopf 0-394-55084-6, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $16.95, 255pp, hc) Horror novel, set in 18th-century Paris, of a murderer with a need to steal the perfect scent, “the very essence of humanity.” Translated from the German by John Woods.
• * _Perfume (QPB no ISBN, May ’87, $8.95, 255pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1986) horror novel. This is an exact reproduction of the Knopf edition, in trade paperback and without the ISBN number.
• * _Perfume (Pocket 0-671-64370-3, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $4.50, 310pp, pb) “Special export edition.” Reprint (Knopf 1986) horror novel of a murderer with a hypersensitivity to odor; a fascinating, if gruesome, exploration of a neglected sense. (FCM) Translated from the German by John E. Woods.
• * _Perfume (Pocket 0-671-64370-3, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $4.50, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1986) literary horror novel; first U.S. paperback, with the same ISBN as the June 1987 “special export edition.”
• * _Perfume (Simon & Schuster/Washington Square Press 0-671-74960-9, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $9.00, 310pp, tp, cover by Kinuko Craft) Reprint (Knopf 1986) World Fantasy Award-winning horror novel set in 18th-century Paris.
• * _Perfume (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-1967-6, Oct ’94 [Nov ’94], £10.95, 284pp, hc, cover by John E. Fisher) Reprint (Knopf 1986) horror novel. Miniature hardback edition. Translated from the German by John E. Woods.

SUSSEX, LUCY (Jane) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Deersnake (Hodder Headline Australia/Starlight 0-340-61271-1, 1994 [Aug ’95], A$11.95, 219pp, tp, cover by Marilyn Pride) Young-adult fantasy novel. Nominated for the Ditmar award. A 1994 publication not seen until now. Available from Justin Ackroyd, Slow Glass Books, GPO Box 2708X, Melbourne Victoria 3001, Australia; telephone/fax 61-3-96391511.
• * *My Lady Tongue & Other Tales (William Heinemann Australia 0-85561-363-7, 1990 [Jan ’91], no price, 280pp, tp, cover by Jon Quinn) Collection of nine stories including the Ditmar Award winning “My Lady Tongue”. This is an Australian edition. (Contents)
• * *The Scarlet Rider (Tor/Forge 0-312-85293-2, Sep ’96, $23.95, 350pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel. A researcher is haunted by the unknown author of a book written in the 1860s.

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• * _Contrary Modes (with Norman Talbot, Jenny Blackford & Russell Blackford) See entry under Jenny Blackford.
• * *The Lottery (Scholastic/Omnibus 1-86291-209-2, 1994 [Aug ’95], A$9.95, 164pp, tp, cover by Patricia Howes) Original anthology of nine SF stories, six original to this volume. This is copyrighted 1994, but not seen until now. Published in Australia. (A US edition is due from Scholastic US in 1996.) Available from Justin Ackroyd, Slow Glass Books, GPO 270X, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia; tel/fax: (61) 3 9639-1511. (Contents)
• * *The Patternmaker (Scholastic/Omnibus 1-86291-208-4, 1994 [Aug ’95], A$9.95, 164pp, tp, cover by Patricia Howes) Original young-adult anthology of nine SF stories, all but one original. This is copyrighted 1994, but not seen until now. Published in Australia. Available from Justin Ackroyd, Slow Glass Books, GPO 270X, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia; tel/fax: (61) 3 9639-1511. (Contents)
• * *She’s Fantastical (with Judith Raphael Buckrich) (Sybylla Feminist Press 0-908-20512-0, Aug ’95 [Feb ’96], A$22.95, 260pp, tp, cover by Deborah Klein) Anthology of 21 stories and three poems of Australian women’s speculative fiction, magical realism, and fantasy. There are author biographies, and a foreword by Ursula K. Le Guin. Order from Sybylla Feminist Press, First Floor, Ross House, 247-251 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia; (03) 9650-2217; fax -4175. (Contents)

SUSTER, GERALD (1951-2001)

• * _The Devil’s Maze (Roc UK 0-14-017436-2, Feb ’94, £4.99, 258pp, pb, cover by Robert Taylor) Reprint (Sphere 1979) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The God Game (NEL 0-340-66648-X, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £5.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Dark fantasy novel.
• * *The Labyrinth of Satan (NEL 0-340-66649-8, Nov ’97, £6.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Horror novel.

SUTCLIFF, ROSEMARY (1920-1992) (stories) (chron.)

• * +Black Ships Before Troy (Delacorte 0-385-31069-2, Oct ’93 [Dec ’93], $19.95, 128pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) Novella retelling the story of the early days of the siege of Troy. With full-color illustrations by Alan Lee throughout. First American edition (Frances Lincoln 1993).
• * _The Eagle of the Ninth (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-41930-2, Sep ’93, $4.95, 292pp, tp, cover by Charles Mikolaycak) [History of Britain] Reprint (Oxford 1954) associational young-adult historical novel in Sutcliff’s “History of Britain” series, only part of which is fantasy.
• * _The Hound of Ulster (Red Fox 0-09-997260-3, Jun ’92, £2.99, 192pp, pb, cover by Barbara Lofthouse) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1963) young-adult Celtic fantasy novel about Cuchulain.
• * _The Light Beyond the Forest (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037150-8, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $3.99, 144pp, pb, cover by Neal McPheeters) [Legends of King Arthur] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1979) young-adult Arthurian fantasy novel, second book of the “Legends of King Arthur”.
• * _The Light Beyond the Forest: The Quest for the Holy Grail (Red Fox 0-09-997450-9, Jun ’92, £2.99, 148pp, pb, cover by Barbara Lofthouse) [Legends of King Arthur] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1979) young-adult Arthurian fantasy novel. Part II of “The Legends of King Arthur”.
• * _The Mark of the Horse Lord (Dell Yearling 0-440-40161-5, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $4.95, 276pp, tp) Reprint (Oxford 1965) young-adult historical fantasy set in 2nd-century Roman Britain.
• * _The Road to Camlann (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037147-8, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $3.99, 143pp, pb, cover by Neal McPheeters) [Legends of King Arthur] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1981) young-adult Arthurian fantasy novel, third book of the “Legends of King Arthur”.
• * +The Shining Company (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-36807-4, May ’90 [Jun ’90], $14.95, 296pp, hc, cover by Charles Mikolaycak) Young-adult historical novel set in Britain in 600 A.D. about the conflict between Celt and Saxon. First American edition (Bodley Head 1990).
• * _The Silver Branch (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-46648-3, Sep ’93, $4.95, 232pp, tp, cover by Charles Mikolaycak) [History of Britain] Reprint (Oxford 1957) associational young-adult historical novel in Sutcliff’s “History of Britain” series, only part of which is fantasy.
• * _Song for a Dark Queen (Knight 0-340-24864-5, Jan ’87, £1.95, 176pp, pb) Reissue (Knight 1980) juvenile historical novel about Boadicea, with fantasy elements.
• * _Song for a Dark Queen (Red Fox 0-09-952791-X, Mar ’96 [May ’96], £3.50, 173pp, pb) Reprint (Knight 1980) young-adult historical fantasy novel.
• * _The Sword and the Circle (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037149-4, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $3.99, 261pp, pb, cover by Neal McPheeters) [Legends of King Arthur] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1981) young-adult Arthurian fantasy novel, first book of the “Legends of King Arthur”.
• * _The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (Red Fox 0-09-997460-6, Jun ’92, £3.50, 261pp, pb, cover by Barbara Lofthouse) [Legends of King Arthur] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1981) young-adult Arthurian fantasy novel. Part I of “The Legends of King Arthur”.
• * _Sword at Sunset (Tor 0-812-58852-5, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $4.50, 498pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1963) Arthurian historical/fantasy novel. The fantasy is minor. This is the best attempt to put Arthur into historical perspective. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * *Sword Song (The Bodley Head 0-370-32394-7, Jul ’97, £12.99, 272pp, hc, cover by Richard Jones) Associational young-adult historical novel. A banished youngster grows to manhood in the Norse world of Sutcliff’s The Shield Ring. Sutcliff’s unfinished final manuscript, transcribed by Anthony Lawton and edited by Jill Black.
• * _Tristan and Iseult (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-47982-8, Sep ’91 [Oct ’91], $3.95, 150pp, tp, cover by Charles Mikolaycak) Reprint (Bodley Head 1971) young-adult historical fantasy retelling the Arthurian legend.
• * +The Wanderings of Odysseus (Delacorte 0-385-32205-4, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $22.50, 119pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) Young-adult retelling of Homer’s epic poem, with full-color illustrations by Alan Lee. First US edition (Frances Lincoln UK 1995).
• * _Warrior Scarlet (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-48244-6, Nov ’94 [Dec ’94], $5.95, 207pp, tp, cover by Moline Kramer) Reprint (Oxford 1957) young-adult historical of Bronze-Age Britain, with the original illustrations by Charles Keeping.

SUTIN, LAWRENCE (1951- ) (chron.)

• * *Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick (Crown/Harmony 0-517-57204-4, Dec ’89, $25.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Rich Tassone) Biography of Philip K. Dick, with a foreword by Paul Williams. There are 8 pages of photos. This is an outstanding job, and is probably the best we’ll ever get on Dick. Recommended (CNB).
• * _Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick (Carol Publishing Group/Citadel 0-8065-1228-8, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $12.95, 352pp, tp) Reprint (Crown 1989) biography of Philip K. Dick, with eight pages of photos.
• * _Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick (Paladin 0-586-09086-X, Nov ’91, £8.99, 352pp, tp) Reprint (Crown 1989) biography of one of sf’s most beloved (and most controversial) authors, including the first appearance of the ‘story’ “11-17-80.” [First U.K. edition]
• * _Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21490-9, Feb ’94, £8.99, 352pp, pb) Reprint (Crown 1989) biographical book. [Dick]

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• * _The Shifting Realities of Philip K. Dick See entry under Philip K. Dick.

SUTPHEN, RICHARD (Charles) (1937- ) (stories)

• * *Sexpunks & Savage Sagas (Spine-Tingling Press 0-87554-476-2, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $18.95, 255pp, hc, cover by David Dixon) Collection of 14 horror stories, with notes by the author and a novel excerpt. A signed slipcased limited edition (-479-7, $50.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)

SUTTLE, THOM

• * *The Seed of Troxus (Top Lion Books 0-9634114-0-3, Sep ’92 [Nov ’92], $5.99, 364pp, pb) Self-published near-future sf novel.

SUTTON, DAVID A(mbrose), ed. (1947- ) (stories)

• * _The Anthology of Fantasy & The Supernatural (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
• * _The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
• * _Dark Terrors (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
• * _Dark Terrors 2 (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
• * _Dark Terrors 2: The Gollancz Book of Horror (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
• * _Dark Terrors 3 (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
• * _Dark Terrors 4 (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
• * _Dark Terrors: The Gollancz Book of Horror (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
• * _Dark Voices 2 (with Stephen Jones) (Severn House 0-7278-4196-3, Jun ’91 [May ’91], £11.99, 223pp, hc) Reprint (Pan 1990 as Dark Voices 2: The Pan Book of Horror) original horror anthology. First world hardcover edition.
• * *Dark Voices 2: The Pan Book of Horror (with Stephen Jones) (Pan 0-330-31373-8, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], £3.99, 223pp, pb, cover by Marshall Arisman) Original horror anthology. (Contents)
• * *Dark Voices 3: The Pan Book of Horror (with Stephen Jones) (Pan 0-330-32032-7, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], £4.50, 309pp, pb, cover by George Underwood) Original horror anthology. (Contents)
• * *Dark Voices 4: The Pan Book of Horror (with Stephen Jones) (Pan 0-330-32476-4, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], £4.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) Original horror anthology. (Contents)
• * *Dark Voices 5 The Pan Book of Horror (with Stephen Jones) (Pan 0-330-33024-1, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], £4.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Peter Mennim) Original horror anthology. (Contents)
• * *Dark Voices 6: The Pan Book of Horror (with Stephen Jones) (Pan 0-330-33505-7, Oct ’94 [Nov ’94], £5.99, 466pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) Collection of 19 original horror stories. (Contents)
• * _Fantasy Tales (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
• * _Fantasy Tales 5 (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
• * _Fantasy Tales 6 (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
• * _Fantasy Tales 7 (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
• * _The Giant Book of Fantasy Tales (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
• * *Voices from Shadow (Shadow Publishing no ISBN, Sep ’94 [Oct ’94], £3.99, 64pp, ph, cover by Jim Pitts) Critical articles reprinted from small press magazine Shadow: Fantasy Literature Review; all have been revised and updated. (Contents)

SUTTON, S. B.

• * *The Day the Televisions Stopped (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-123994-0, Sep ’92, $19.95, 212pp, hc, cover by Jennifer Hewitson) Sf novel. Television ceased working in 2002, and years later the event has gained mythic proportions. A first novel.

SUVIN, DARKO (Ronald) (1930- ) (stories)

• * *Positions and Presuppositions in Science Fiction (Kent State University Press 0-87338-356-7, Sep ’88 [Jun ’88], $26.00, 227pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study.
• * *Victorian Science Fiction in the U.K. (G.K. Hall 0-8161-8435-6, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $50.00, 461pp, hc) Non-fiction, scholarly work including bibliographical and biographical studies, plus an interpretive essay on “The Social Discourse of Victorian Science Fiction”.

SUYIN, HAN

• * *The Enchantress (Bantam 0-553-05071-0, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $16.95, 345pp, hc) Historical novel with elements of fantasy set in medieval China and Siam. Recommended. (CNB)