The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001
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- SINGLETON, SARAH (1966- ) (stories) (chron.)
- SINOR, BRADLEY H. (stories) (chron.)
- SIODMAK, CURT (1902-2000) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Wolf Man’s Maker: Memoir of a Hollywood Writer (Scarecrow Press 0-8108-3870-2, Feb 2001, $45.00, 455pp, hc) Reprint (Three Rivers Press 1997 as Even a Man Who is Pure in Heart...The Life of a Writer, Not Always to His Liking) autobiography of the noted filmmaker and novelist, with some revisions. Order from Scarecrow Press, 4720 Boston Way, Lanham MD 20706; 800-462-6420; [www.scarecrowpress.com].
- SIZEMORE, SUSAN (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Laws of the Blood: Companions (Ace 0-441-00875-5, Oct 2001, $5.99, 265pp, pb, cover by Miro Sinovic) [Laws of the Blood] Vampire novel, third in a series about vampire Enforcers. Chicago detective Selena Crawford, unwilling “companion” to the enforcer Istvan, helps investigate a vampire’s death.
- SKENE, ANTHONY; pseudonym of George Norman Philips, (1886-1972) (chron.)
- * *Monsieur Zenith the Albino (Savoy Books 0-86230-109-9, Oct 2001, £20.00, 250pp, hc) Reprint (Sampson Low 1936) associational pulp novel featuring albino outlaw-adventurer Monsieur Zenith, originally introduced as a villain in the “Sexton Blake” stories. Illustrated with pulp art by various artists. Introduction by Jack Adrian. Foreword by Michael Moorcock, who says Zenith influenced Moorcock’s Elric. Skene is a pen name for George Norman Philips. Savoy Books, 446 Wilmslow Road, Withington Manchester M20 3BW, UK; [www.savoy.abel.co.uk].
- SKIDMORE, STEVE (chron.)
- SKIPP, JOHN (Mason) (1957- ) (chron.)
- * _The Cleanup (with Craig Spector) (Stealth Press 1-58881-012-7, Feb 2001, $29.95, 394pp, hc, cover by Steve Montiglio) Reprint (Bantam 1987) horror novel. Available from Stealth Press, 336 College Ave., Lancaster PA 17603; [www.stealthpress.com].
- * _The Scream (with Craig Spector) (Stealth Press 1-58881-022-4, Jun 2001, $29.95, 437pp, hc, cover by Steve Montiglio) Reprint (Bantam 1988) horror novel. Available from Stealth Press, 336 College Ave., Lancaster PA 17603; [www.stealthpress.com].
- SLADEK, JOHN (Thomas) (1937-2000) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Complete Roderick (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-340-8, Oct 2001, £7.99, 611pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Satirical SF omnibus of Roderick (1980) & Roderick at Random (1983). Volume 45 in the “SF Masterworks” series. (Contents)
- * *The Lost Nose: A Programmed Book (Big Engine no ISBN, 2001, free, 18pp, ph) Free pamphlet distributed to advertise the forthcoming Sladek collection Maps.
- * _Tik-Tok (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07235-0, Feb 2001, £9.99, 184pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1983) satirical SF novel of a murderous robot. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.
- SLEATOR, WILLIAM (Warner, III) (1945- ) (chron.)
- * _The Boxes (Hodder Silver 0-340-78766-X, Dec 2000, £3.99, 167pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) [Boxes] Reprint (Penguin/Dutton 1998) young-adult SF/horror novel. A girl disobeys her uncle’s orders not to open two boxes. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Interstellar Pig (Hodder Silver 0-340-85062-0, Dec 2001, £4.99, 201pp, tp, cover by Anthony Robinson) [Barney] Reprint (Dutton 1984) young-adult SF novel.
- * *Marco’s Millions (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-46441-7, Jun 2001, $16.99, 161pp, hc, cover by Victor Lee) [Boxes] Young-adult SF novel, prequel to The Boxes. The boy Marco discovers a doorway to another planet, where time passes slowly.
- * _Marco’s Millions (Hodder Silver 0-340-78767-8, Dec 2001, £4.99, 134pp, tp, cover by Anthony Robinson) [Boxes] Reprint (Dutton 2001) young-adult SF/fantasy novel. A prequel to The Boxes. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Rewind (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-131101-0, Feb 2001, $4.99, 120pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Dutton 1999) young-adult SF/horror novel.
- SLONCZEWSKI, JOAN (Lyn) (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Brain Plague (SFBC #33289, Nov 2000, $12.50, 384pp, hc, cover by Alan Pollack) Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel of intelligent microbes colonizing the human race. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Brain Plague (Tor 0-812-57914-3, Mar 2001, $6.99, 384pp, pb, cover by Alan Pollack) Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel.
- SLUSSER, GEORGE E(dgar), ed. (1939- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *H.G. Wells’s Perennial Time Machine: Selected Essays from the Centenary Conference “The Time Machine: Past, Present, and Future" (with Patrick Parrinder & Danièle Chatelain) (University of Georgia Press 0-8203-2290-3, Aug 2001, $40.00, 216pp, tp) Anthology of 15 "selected essays from the Centenary Conference: The Time Machine: Past, Present, and Future” held at Imperial College, London, July 26-29 1995. Introduction by Slusser and Chatelain; afterword by Parrinder. Available from University of Georgia Press, 330 Research Dr., Athens GA 30602-4901; credit card orders: 800-266-5842. [Wells]
- SMEDMAN, LISA (chron.)
- * *Shadowrun: Tails You Lose (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45818-4, Feb 2001, $5.99, 273pp, pb, cover by Koveck) [Shadowrun] Novelization, 39th in the series based on the roleplaying game. Copyrighted by FASA.
- SMITH, D. W. “PROF”; see under Smith, Dean Wesley (stories) (chron.)
- SMITH, DEAN WESLEY (1950- ); see pseudonym Kathryn Wesley (stories) (chron.)
- * *Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Pocket 0-7434-2419-0, Jul 2001, $6.99, 230pp, pb) Novelization of the movie based on the computer game. Copyrighted by FFFP.
- * _Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-2419-0, Aug 2001, £5.99, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 2001) novelisation of the computer-animated film, based on the game. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Roswell: No Good Deed (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch) (Pocket 0-7434-1835-2, Sep 2001, $6.99, 239pp, pb) [Roswell] Novelization, the second in a four-book series based on the TV show based on the “Roswell High” series by Melinda Metz. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film, Regency Entertainment (USA), and Monarchy Enterprises B.V.
- * *Star Trek Voyager: Section 31: Shadow (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch) (Pocket 0-671-77478-6, Jun 2001, $6.99, 250pp, pb) [Star Trek Voyager; Section 31] Star Trek novelization, one of four in the “Section 31” series. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- * *Star Trek: Enterprise: By the Book (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch) (Pocket 0-7434-4871-5, Jan 2002, $6.99, 252pp, pb) [Star Trek: Enterprise] Novelization based on the TV series. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
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- * *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds IV (with John J. Ordover & Paula M. Block) (Pocket 0-7434-1131-5, May 2001, $14.95, 312pp, tp) [Star Trek] Original Star Trek anthology of 22 stories written by fans as part of a contest (rules included). Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. (Contents)
- SMITH, DOC; see under Smith, Edward E. (stories) (chron.)
- SMITH, E(dward) E(lmer) “DOC”; (1890-1965) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Skylark of Space (University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books 0-8032-9286-4, Mar 2001, $10.00, 159pp, tp, cover by O. G. Estes, Jr.) [Skylark (Seaton, Crane et al)] Reprint (Buffalo Book Co. 1946) classic SF novel, first in the “Skylark” series. This commemorative edition follows the 1958 revised text, and has an introduction by Vernor Vinge. Illustrated by O.G. Estes Jr. Order from University of Nebraska Press, 233 North 8th St, Lincoln NE 68588-0484; credit card orders 800-755-1105; email: [pressmail@unl.edu]; website: [www.nebraskapress.unl.edu]; add $4.00 postage.
- SMITH, ERNEST BRAMAH (1868-1942); see pseudonym Ernest Bramah (chron.)
- SMITH, GEOFFREY (1955- ); see pseudonym Geoffrey Farrington (chron.)
- SMITH, GUS (chron.)
- * *Feather & Bone (Big Engine 1-903468-03-5, Sep 2001, £8.99, 307pp, tp, cover by Deirdre Counihan) Dark fantasy novel. A first novel. Alison Rigg, civil servant and witch, loses her soul while investigating a supposed outbreak of BSE in Northumberland.
- SMITH, KRISTINE (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Law of Survival (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-80785-8, Oct 2001, $6.99, 392pp, pb) [Jani Kilian] SF novel, third in the “Jani Kilian” series begun in Code of Conduct. No longer a fugitive, Jani finds herself in the middle of dangerous intrigues over dealings with the alien idomeni.
- SMITH, L. J. (chron.)
- * _The Night World: Daughters of Darkness (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-68982-X, Nov 2001, £4.99, 228pp, pb, cover by Gary Marsh) [Nightworld] Reissue (Archway 1996) young-adult dark fantasy novel. Vampire sisters escape the Nightworld and find forbidden love with humans. Book two in the series.
- * _The Vampire Diaries: The Fury (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-84351-9, Nov 2001, £4.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Gary Marsh) Reprint (Harper Paperbacks 1991) young-adult dark fantasy novel.
- * _The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-84350-0, Oct 2001, £4.99, 210pp, pb, cover by Gary Marsh) Reprint (Harper Paperbacks 1991) young-adult horror novel.
- SMITH, L(ester) NEIL (1946- ) (chron.)
- * *The American Zone (Tor 0-312-87369-7, Dec 2001, $27.95, 350pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) [Probability Broach] SF novel, sequel to The Probability Broach. Detective Win Bear combats terrorists in the Libertarian Confederacy.
- * _Forge of the Elders (Baen 0-671-31982-5, Apr 2001, $7.99, 624pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Baen 2000) SF novel. A socialist Earth meets capitalist aliens from a parallel Earth.
- * _The Probability Broach (Tor/Orb 0-765-30153-9, Dec 2001, $15.95, 315pp, tp) [Probability Broach] Reprint (Del Rey 1980) SF novel.
- SMITH, MICHAEL MARSHALL (1965- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Cat Stories (Earthling Publications no ISBN, Sep 2001, $13.00, 71pp, ph, cover by Patti Kaufman) Chapbook collection of three stories, one original, with an introduction by the author. This is a signed, limited edition of 350; a hardcover, traycased edition of 15 is sold out. Order from Earthling Publications, 12 Pheasant Hill Drive, Shrewsbury MA 01545; [www.earthlingpub.com/]. (Contents)
- SMITH, SEAN (chron.)
- * *J.K. Rowling: A Biography (Michael O’Mara 1-85479-820-0, Sep 2001, £16.99, 224pp, hc) Biography of the author, including information on how her personal life probably influenced some content of the series. [Rowling]
- SMITH, SHERWOOD; pseudonym of Christine I. Smith Lowentrout, (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict: Augur’s Teacher (Tor 0-312-87799-4, Aug 2001, $14.95, 364pp, tp) [Earth: Final Conflict] Novelization based on the TV series. A hardcover edition (-87798-6, $25.95) was announced but not seen. Copyrighted by Tribune Entertainment Company and Alliance Atlantis Communications.
- SMITH, WILBUR (Addison) (1933- ) (chron.)
- * *Warlock (Macmillan UK 0-333-76134-0, Mar 2001, £18.99, 501pp, hc, cover by Syd Brak) [Egyptian] Mainstream novel with fantasy elements.
- * _Warlock (Macmillan UK 0-333-76138-3, Oct 2001, £12.99, 501pp, tp, cover by Stanislaw Fernandez) [Egyptian] Reprint (Macmillan UK 2001) historical novel with fantasy elements, third in a loosely connected series including River God and The Seventh Scroll.
- SNIEGOSKI, THOMAS E. (chron.)
- * *Angel: Soul Trade (Pocket Pulse 0-7434-0699-0, May 2001, $6.99, 325pp, pb) [Angel] Novelization based on the TV series, a spin-off of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
- SNYDER, LUCY A. (stories) (chron.)
- SOESBEE, REE (chron.)
- * *Legend of the Five Rings: The Dragon (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1883-7, Sep 2001, $6.99, 278pp, pb, cover by r. k. post) [Clan War] Novelization based on the card game, “The Clan War” #6. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
- SOLAMMEN, DOC (stories) (chron.)
- * *Tangy Bonanza (Necro Publications/Bedlam Press 1-889186-19-8, Jul 2001, $12.95, 191pp, tp) Original collection of two surreal and bizarre novellas that include such things as a giant poetry-reciting penis, fat valkyries, a dead mime, a talking junkie dog, and the god of chaos. This is a signed limited edition of 300; a lettered edition of 52 ($40.00) is also available. Necro Publications, PO Box 540298, Orlando FL 32854-0298; [www.necropublications.com]; [Necrodave@cfl.rr.com]. (Contents)
- SOLES, CARO (chron.)
- * *The Abulon Dance (Baskerville Books 0-9686776-2-2, Mar 2001, $14.95, 276pp, tp) [Abulon Dance] SF novel. A touring group of hermaphroditic dancers from Merculian are caught up in a civil war on patriarchal Abulon. Available from Baskerville Books, 3561 Sheppard Avenue East, Box 19, Toronto ON Canada M1T 3K8; [www.baskervillebooks.com].
- SPARHAWK, BUD (stories) (chron.)
- * *Dancing with Dragons (Wildside Press 1-58715-431-5, Apr 2001, $15.95, 253pp, tp, cover by Ramona Louise Wheeler) Collection of five stories set on various planets and satellites around the solar system. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online from [www.wildsidepress.com], or from PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928. (Contents)
- SPARK, MURIEL; [i.e., Muriel Sarah Camberg Spark Stanford] (1918-2006) (chron.)
- * _Memento Mori (New Directions 0-8112-1438-9, Jun 2000, $11.95, 224pp, tp) Reprint (1959) literary novel with fantasy elements. Some elderly friends receive apparently supernatural phone calls that warn them of their impending deaths. This is dated 2000, but not seen until now.
- SPECTOR, CRAIG (S.) (1958- ) (chron.) (assoc.)
- SPEDDING, SALLY (chron.)
- * *Wringland (Macmillan UK 0-333-90566-0, Sep 2001, £16.99, 547pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel. A first novel. A saleswoman for a housing development site in Black Fen becomes entangled with a vengeful spirit from a century before.
- SPENCER, K. A. (chron.)
- * *Days Gone By (AmErica House 1-58851-824-8, May 2001, $19.95, 133pp, tp) [TimeTraveler] Fantasy time-travel novel, first in the “TimeTraveler” series. A blow on the head transports a man back to 1926 Mackinac Island, Michigan. This is copyrighted 1999, but not seen until now. Order online from AmErica House Book Publishers at [www.publishamerica.com].
- SPENCER, WEN (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Alien Taste (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45837-0, Jul 2001, $6.50, 313pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Ukiah Oregon] SF mystery novel. Former feral child Ukiah Oregon learns the real source of the unusual talents he uses as a private investigator. A first novel.
- SPICER, ARWEN (chron.)
- * *Perdita (Wooded Hill Press 0-9619118-4-0, 2001, $15.25, 454pp, tp, cover by Arwen Spicer) Far-future ecological SF novel. The planet Perdita struggles with the ethics of a new technology. Order from Wooded Hill Press, PO Box 678, Glen Ellen CA 95442.
- SPIEGELMAN, ART, ed. (1948- ) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Little Lit: Strange Stories for Strange Kids (with Françoise Mouly) (HarperCollins/Cotler 0-06-028626-1, Oct 2001, $19.95, 64pp, hc, cover by Art Spiegelman) Art book with 16 strange stories in comics form, most with fantastic or surreal elements, a follow-up to Little Lit: Folklore and Fairy Tale Funnies. Artist/authors include Maurice Sendak, Jules Feiffer, Crockett Johnson, and Kim Deitch.
- SPIGNESI, STEPHEN J(ohn) (1953- ) (chron.)
- * *The Essential Stephen King (Career Press/New Page Books 1-56414-485-2, Jun 2001, $24.99, 359pp, hc) Reference guide ranking King’s 101 greatest novels, stories, movies, and more. There are also five brief articles on King by filmmakers a collector, and King authority George Beahm. Includes an index. [www.newpagebooks.com]; 800-227-3371. [King]
- SPINKA, PENINA KEEN (chron.)
- * *Picture Maker (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-94624-1, Jan 2002, $24.95, 464pp, hc) Pre-Columbian novel with elements of shamanistic fantasy. A woman with the power of prophecy travels across North America to meet the Inuit and a Norse man.
- SPINNER, STEPHANIE (1943- ) (chron.)
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