The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001

Books, Listed by Author

SALVATORE, R(obert) A(nthony) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Forgotten Realms: Legacy of the Drow Collector’s Edition (SFBC #35189, Feb 2001, $13.98, 1077pp, hc, cover by Gerald Brom) [Forgotten Realms] Reprint (Wizards of the Coast 2001) omnibus of four novelizations based on the fantasy role-playing game: The Legacy (1992), Starless Night (1993), Siege of Darkness (1994), and Passage to Dawn (1996). This is similar to the Wizards of the Coast edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Forgotten Realms: Sea of Swords (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1898-5, Oct 2001, $25.95, 348pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness] Novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game, volume four in the “Paths of Darkness” series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * _Forgotten Realms: Sea of Swords (SFBC #00589, Dec 2001, $12.99, 348pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness] Reprint (Wizards of the Coast 2001) novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game, volume four in the “Paths of Darkness” series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. This is similar to the WotC edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Forgotten Realms: Servant of the Shard (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1878-0, Jul 2001, $7.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness] Reprint (Wizards of the Coast 2000) novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game, sequel to Forgotten Realms: The Spine of the World. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * _Forgotten Realms: The Cleric Quintet (SFBC #02288, Nov 2001, $13.99, 1036pp, hc, cover by Daniel Horne) [Forgotten Realms: Cleric] Reprint (TSR 1999) omnibus of five novelizations based on the fantasy role-playing game: Canticle (1991), In Sylvan Shadows (1992), Night Masks (1992), The Fallen Fortress (1993), and The Chaos Curse (1994). Copyrighted by TSR. This is similar to the TSR edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Forgotten Realms: The Icewind Dale Trilogy Collector’s Edition (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1811-X, Feb 2001, $19.95, 1040pp, tp, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale] Reprint (SFBC 1999) omnibus of three novelizations based on the fantasy role-playing game: The Crystal Shard (1988), Streams of Silver (1989), and The Halfling’s Gem (1990). This has a new introduction by Terry Brooks. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * _Mortalis (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43042-5, Apr 2001, $6.99, 556pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Demon Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 2000) fantasy novel in the “DemonWars Saga”.
• * _Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime (Arrow 0-09-940995-X, Jul 2000, £5.99, 398pp, pb) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order] Reprint (Del Rey; Century 1999) SF novelization.

SANDERSON, RUTH (chron.)

• * *The Golden Mare, the Firebird, and the Magic Ring (Little, Brown 0-316-76906-1, Apr 2001, $15.95, 32pp, hc, cover by Ruth Sanderson) Children’s picture book based on Russian fairy tales, illustrated by the author. A young huntsman seeking his fortune gets help from a magic horse.

SANDISON, ALAN, ed. (1932- ) (chron.)

• * *Histories of the Future: Studies in Fact, Fantasy and Science Fiction (with Robert Dingley) (St. Martin’s/Palgrave 0-312-23604-2, Sep 2000, $59.95, 202+xviii, hc) Non-fiction anthology of critical essays discussing SF and alternate history. Authors include Harry Harrison, Damien Broderick, Ken MacLeod, and Tom Shippey. This appears to be the 2000 UK edition (0-333-77641-0) with a sticker showing the US ISBN.

SANDLER, KAREN (chron.)

• * *Eternity (Hard Shell Word Factory 0-7599-0279-8, Mar 2001, $10.95, 184pp, tp, cover by Dirk A. Wolf) SF romance novel set in 2098. A pilot opposed to genetic experimentation is attracted to an asteroid-based scientist she’s supposed to sabotage. Originally published as an e-book in 1998.

SANDNER, DAVID (Matthew), ed. (1966- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Treasury of the Fantastic: Romanticism to Early Twentieth Century Literature (with Jacob Weisman) (North Atlantic/Frog/Tachyon Publications 1-58394-030-8, Feb 2001, $27.50, 747pp, hc, cover by Michael Dashow) Anthology of 46 stories and poems, by authors ranging from Coleridge, Byron, and Keats through Virginia Woolf and Algernon Blackwood. Foreword by Peter S. Beagle. (Contents)

SANDS, MARELLA; pseudonym of Martha Pigg, (1966- ) (chron.)

• * _Serpent & Storm (Tor 0-812-57765-5, Jun 2001, $6.99, 351pp, pb) [Sky Knife] Reprint (Forge 1999) historical fantasy novel of the ancient Maya, sequel to Sky Knife.

SARAMAGO, JOSÉ; (1922- ) (chron.)

• * _All the Names (Harcourt/Harvest 0-15-601059-3, Oct 2001, $14.00, 245pp, tp, cover by Tony Baker) Reprint (Harvill 1999) associational novel with surreal elements, by a Nobel Prize-winning author. Translated from the Portuguese Todos os names (Caminho 1997) by Margaret Jull Costa. This includes a reading group guide.

SARGENT, PAMELA (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Child of Venus (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-105027-X, May 2001, $25.00, 445pp, hc, cover by Jean Targete) [Venus of Dreams] SF novel of life on a partially terraformed Venus, the long-awaited conclusion to the trilogy begun in Venus of Dreams and Venus of Shadows.

SARRANTONIO, AL, ed. (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _999 (HarperPerennial 0-380-80518-9, Oct 2001, $16.00, 666pp, tp, cover by Amy Halperin) Reprint (Avon 1999) original anthology of 29 horror stories.
• * *Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45859-1, Dec 2001, $24.95, 544pp, hc) Original SF anthology of 30 stories. Authors include Stephen Baxter, Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Moorcock, Dan Simmons, and Gene Wolfe. (Contents)

SAUL, JOHN (Woodruff, III) (1942- ) (chron.)

• * *The Manhattan Hunt Club (Ballantine 0-345-43330-0, Aug 2001, $25.95, 313pp, hc, cover by Phil Heffernan) Associational non-supernatural horror novel/thriller. A secret society hunts humans in the tunnels under the city.
• * _Nightshade (Ballantine 0-449-00590-9, Jun 2001, $7.99, 399pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 2000) horror novel.

SAUNDERS, GEORGE (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Pastoralia (Bloomsbury 0-7475-5386-6, Sep 2001, £6.99, 188pp, tp, cover by Mark Thomas) Reprint (Riverhead Books 2000) literary fantasy novel.

SAUTER, DORIS ELAINE, ed. (chron.)

• * _What if Our World is Their Heaven?: The Final Conversations of Philip K. Dick (with Gwen Lee) See entry under Gwen Lee.

SAVILE, STEVE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Similar Monsters (Wildside Press/Cosmos Books 1-58715-404-8, Aug 2001, $12.00, 220pp, tp, cover by Geoff Priest) Collection of 15 stories, five original, one substantially revised, plus a long afterword. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301. (Contents)

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• * _The Black Gondolier & Other Stories See entry under Fritz Leiber.

SAWYER, ANDREW, ed. (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Speaking Science Fiction: Dialogues and Interpretations (with David Seed) (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-844-8, Nov 2000, £14.99, 248pp, tp) Non-fiction gathering of 17 critical essays on language in and about SF, originally given at a 1996 conference in Liverpool. Introduction by Brian W. Aldiss. Authors include Josef Nesvadba, Gwyneth Jones, and Brian Attebery. A hardcover edition (-834-9, £32.99) was announced but not seen. (Contents)

SAWYER, ROBERT J(ames) (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Calculating God (Tor 0-812-58035-4, Jul 2001, $6.99, 335pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 2000) near-future SF novel.
• * _End of an Era (Tor 0-312-87693-9, Sep 2001, $14.95, 247pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Ace 1994) SF novel. This edition has been somewhat revised.

SCALORA, SUZA (chron.)

• * *The Witches and Wizards of Oberin (HarperCollins/Cotler 0-06-029535-X, Sep 2001, $19.95, 44pp, hc, cover by Suza Scalora) Art book, a photographic guide to a secret group of witches and wizards.

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

• * _Acorna’s People (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
• * _Acorna’s Search (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
• * _Acorna’s World (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.

SCHAFER, WILLIAM K., ed. (chron.)

• * _California Sorcery (with William F. Nolan) See entry under William F. Nolan

SCHALLER, ERIC (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Exchange (with Jeff VanderMeer) See entry under Jeff VanderMeer.

SCHIEFELBEIN, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * *Vampire Vow (Alyson 1-55583-586-4, Jul 2001, $12.95, 203pp, tp) [Victor Decimus] Gay vampire novel. A vampire whose love was rejected by Jesus seeks revenge across the ages against the God of the Christians. Order from Alyson Publications, PO Box 4371, Los Angeles CA 90078-4371; orders 800-464-4574; [www.alyson.com]; e-mail: [mail@alyson.com].

SCHILDT, CHRIS (chron.)

• * *Frankenstein: The Legacy (Pocket 0-7434-3453-6, Oct 2001, $6.99, 193pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Frankenstein] Horror novel, based on the classic SF horror novel, setting it in 2001. Introduction by Sara Karloff.
• * *Night of Dracula (Pocket 0-7434-3452-8, Oct 2001, $6.99, 179pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Dracula] Vampire novel, based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula, set in 2001. Introduction by Bela G. Lugosi, son of the actor.

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

• * *Which Way to the Future? (Tor 0-765-30104-0, Dec 2001, $24.95, 255pp, hc, cover by Rick Fischer) Non-fiction collection of 35 essays originally published in Analog. (Contents)

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

• * *Agent of Vega & Other Stories (Baen 0-671-31847-0, Nov 2001, $6.99, 567pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Omnibus/collection of 11 pieces, a follow-up volume of Schmitz’s work not in the four-volume “The Complete Federation of the Hub” edited by Eric Flint and Guy Gordon. This includes the contents of the collection Agent of Vega (Gnome Press 1960) and seven more, five not previously collected. Preface by Mercedes Lackey. (Contents)
• * _The Best of James H. Schmitz (NESFA Press 0-915368-46-3, Dec 2000, $22.00, 243pp, hc, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) Reissue (NESFA Press 1991) collection of nine stories with introduction by Janet Kagan. Third printing. Order from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701; [www.nesfa.org/press]; add $2.50 postage.
• * *The Hub: Dangerous Territory (Baen 0-671-31984-1, Apr 2001, $6.99, 473pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Complete Federation of the Hub] Omnibus/collection of 10 pieces, the fourth and final volume in “The Complete Federation of the Hub” edited by Eric Flint and Guy Gordon. This includes the novel The Demon Breed (1968) and all but one of the stories (included in volume one) from Nice Day for Screaming and Other Tales of the Hub (1965). (Contents)

SCHOLZ, CARTER (1953- ) (chron.)

• * _Kafka Americana (with Jonathan Lethem) See entry under Jonathan Lethem.

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

• * *Eye (Subterranean Press 1-892284-82-0, Mar 2001, $40.00, 244pp, hc) Collection of 13 stories, two original. This is a signed limited edition of 1000; a lettered edition of 26 ($100) adds another original story, “Murder”. Schow’s lengthy afterword discusses the genesis of the stories. (Contents)

SCHRECK, NIKOLAS, ed. (chron.)

• * *Flowers from Hell: A Satanic Reader (Creation Books 1-84068-024-5, Oct 2001, £11.95, 285pp, tp, cover by Jean Delville) Anthology of short stories, novel excerpts, poetry, and other texts inspired by the concept of Satan. There is a long introduction by Schrek. Authors include John Milton, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, and Charles Baudelaire. (Contents)

SCHROEDER, KARL (1962- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Publishing Science Fiction (with Cory Doctorow) See entry under Cory Doctorow.
• * _Ventus (SFBC #34452, Jan 2001, $10.98, 477pp, hc, cover by Alan Pollack) [Ventus] Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel. This is similar to the Tor edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Ventus (Tor 0-812-57635-7, Nov 2001, $7.99, 662pp, pb, cover by Alan Pollack) [Ventus] Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel.

SCHUETZ, MELVIN H., ed.

• * _The Art of Chesley Bonestell See entry under Chesley Bonestell.

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

SCHUMACHER, BARRETT (chron.)

• * *Fear Itself (Tor/Forge 0-765-30130-X, Jan 2002, $26.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Horror novel. A woman’s premonitions about her own violent death come true, sending her husband on a mission to avert other foreseen deaths.

SCHUMACHER, JULIE A., ed. (chron.)

• * *The Sci-Fi Factor (with Terry Ofner) (Perfection Learning 0-7891-2848-9, Jan 2001, 143pp, tp) Textbook anthology. (Contents)

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

• * *The Great World and the Small: More Tales of the Ominous and Magical (Wildside Press/Cosmos Books 1-587-15345-9, Jul 2001, $16.00, 171pp, tp, cover by Jason Van Hollander) Collection of 16 weird stories. Illustrations by Jason Van Hollander. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online from [www.wildsidepress.com], or from PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045. (Contents)

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• * _Discovering H.P. Lovecraft (Wildside Press 1-58715-471-4, Sep 2001, $17.50, 163pp, tp) Reprint (Starmont House 1987) non-fiction gathering of essays on Lovecraft. Originally published in 1976 as Essays Lovecraftian, revised and expanded for the Starmont House edition, again updated and expanded here; it adds a reprint of Lin Carter’s “H.P. Lovecraft: The Books”, revised and annotated by S.T. Joshi and Robert M. Price. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online from [www.wildsidepress.com], or from PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301. [Lovecraft]

SCOGNAMIGLIO, JOHN, ed. (chron.)

• * _Dark Seductions (with Alice Alfonsi) See entry under Alice Alfonsi.

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

• * _Thraxas and the Elvish Isles (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-002-4, Nov 2001, £5.99, 249pp, pb, cover by Mark Thomas) [Thraxas] Reissue (Orbit 2000) humorous fantasy novel, fourth in the “Thraxas” series. Second printing. Scott is the pseudonym of Martin Millar.
• * *Thraxas and the Sorcerers (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-077-6, Nov 2001, £5.99, 266pp, pb, cover by Mark Thomas) [Thraxas] Humorous fantasy novel, fifth in the “Thraxas” series. Scott is the pseudonym of Martin Millar.

SCOTT, MELISSA (1960- ) (chron.)

• * _The Jazz (Tor 0-312-87542-8, Jun 2001, $14.95, 316pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 2000) near-future SF novel of spreaders of deliberate misinformation, or Jazz, on the Internet.
• * *Point of Dreams (with Lisa A. Barnett) (Tor 0-312-86782-4, Feb 2001, $25.95, 352pp, hc, cover by David Bowers) [Point of Hopes] Fantasy novel, sequel to Point of Hopes. In this world’s equivalent of the late Renaissance, Pointsman (investigator) Nicolas Rathe must find who killed a popular actor onstage.
• * _Point of Dreams (with Lisa A. Barnett) (Tor 0-312-87589-4, Dec 2001, $15.95, 352pp, tp, cover by David Bowers) [Point of Hopes] Reprint (Tor 2001) fantasy mystery novel, sequel to Point of Hopes.

SCOTT, MICHAEL (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Culai Heritage (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-17-7, Jan 2001, $20.00, 881pp, tp, cover by Kevin Murphy) [Tales of the Bard] Omnibus of three fantasy novels of Paedur the Bard: Magician’s Law (1987), Demon’s Law (1988), and Death’s Law (1989); all three are appearing in their first US edition (Sphere). (Contents)
• * _Etruscans (with Morgan Llywelyn) See entry under Morgan Llywelyn.
• * _The Merchant Prince (with Armin Shimerman) See entry under Armin Shimerman.

SCOTTEN, CORDELL (stories) (chron.)

• * _Isaac Asimov’s Robots and Aliens 1 (with Stephen Leigh) See entry under Stephen Leigh.

SCRIMGEOUR, ANTHONY (chron.)

• * *The Messiah FCA (The Book Guild 1-85776-554-0, Nov 2001, £16.95, 325pp, hc) Fantasy/SF novel. An accountant is given instructions by the angel Gabriel (aka Kylb) to become an ecological Messiah. Available from 25 High Street, Lewes, Sussex.

SEALY, KAREN (chron.)

• * *The Eighth House (Highbridge House 0-9678832-5-3, Jul 2000, $19.95, 307pp, tp) Supernatural suspense. A terrorist who made a pact with the devil in 1908 plans to destroy 2001 New York through telekinetic powers. A first novel. This is dated 2000, but not seen until now. It appears to be a print-on-demand book available from Highbridge Press, [www.highbridgepress.com]; or from Highbridge Press, PO Box 954, Mohegan Lake NY 10547.

SEARS, RICHARD (chron.)

• * *Last Day (Tor/Forge 0-312-87898-2, Nov 2001, $24.95, 254pp, hc) Thriller with paranormal elements. A cop with a bullet in his brain starts having strange visions.

SEDGWICK, MARCUS (chron.)

• * +Floodland (Delacorte 0-385-32801-X, Mar 2001, $15.95, 148pp, hc, cover by Danilo Ducak) Young-adult SF novel of a girl accidentally left behind when her parents flee flooding caused by global warming. First US edition (Orion 2000).