The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

SABERHAGEN, FRED(erick Thomas) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *A Sharpness on the Neck (Tor 0-312-85799-3, Oct ’96, $23.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Joe Curcio) [Dracula] Vampire novel in the “Dracula” series. Contemporary Radcliffes fail to believe that vampires are out to avenge an ancestor’s deeds.
• * _A Sharpness on the Neck (Tor 0-812-55005-6, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $5.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Joe Curcio) [Dracula] Reprint (Tor 1996) vampire novel in the “Dracula” series.
• * *Shiva in Steel (Tor 0-312-86326-8, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $23.95, 318pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Berserker] Military SF novel, eighth in the “Berserkers” series.
• * _Shiva in Steel (SFBC #01359, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $11.98, 318pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Berserker] Reprint (Tor 1998) military SF novel, eighth in the “Berserkers” series. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Sightblinder’s Story (Orbit 0-7088-4225-9, Mar ’89, £2.99, 248pp, pb) [Lost Swords] Reprint (Tor 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Book of the Lost Swords” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Sixth Book of Lost Swords: Mindsword’s Story (Tor 0-312-85128-6, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $16.95, 250pp, hc, cover by Martin Andrews) [Lost Swords] Fantasy novel, ninth “Swords” book overall.
• * _The Sixth Book of Lost Swords: Mindsword’s Story (Tor 0-812-51118-2, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.50, 250pp, pb, cover by Martin Andrews) [Lost Swords] Reprint (Tor 1990) fantasy novel, ninth “Swords” book overall.
• * _Specimens (Tor 0-812-52579-5, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 216pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe) Reprint (Popular Library 1976) sf novel of a man possessed by an alien entity.
• * *The Third Book of Lost Swords: Stonecutter’s Story (Tor 0-312-93073-9, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $15.95, 247pp, hc) [Lost Swords] Fantasy novel, sixth in the magic swords series.
• * _The Third Book of Lost Swords: Stonecutter’s Story (Tor 0-812-55307-1, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $4.50, 247pp, pb) [Lost Swords] Reprint (Tor 1988) fantasy novel. Sixth in the “Swords” series.
• * _The Third Book of Lost Swords: Stonecutter’s Story (Orbit 0-7088-4308-5, Oct ’89, £2.99, 247pp, pb) [Lost Swords] Reprint (Tor 1988) fantasy novel. Volume six in the “Swords” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Third Book of Swords (Tor 0-812-55303-9, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $7.95, 320pp, tp) [Swords] Fantasy novel.
• * _The Third Book of Swords (Tor 0-812-55307-1, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $2.95, 320pp, pb) [Swords] Reprint (Tor 1984) fantasy novel, third in a trilogy.
• * _The Third Book of Swords (Orbit 0-7088-8151-3, Dec ’86, £2.50, 320pp, pb) [Swords] Reprint (Tor 1984) fantasy novel, “Swords” #3.
• * _Thorn (Tor 0-812-50316-3, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.95, 299pp, pb, cover by Glenn Hastings) [Dracula] Reprint (Ace 1980) vampire horror novel, fourth book of the “Dracula” series.
• * _The Ultimate Enemy (Ace 0-441-84318-2, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $2.75, 242pp, pb) [Berserker] Reissue (Ace 1979) collection of 9 “Berserker” stories.
• * _The Ultimate Enemy (Gollancz 0-575-04451-9, Jul ’90, £3.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Terry Pastor) [Berserker] Reprint (Ace 1979) sf collection. Volume 5 in the “Berserker” series.
• * _The Veils of Azlaroc (Ace 0-441-86066-4, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.50, 216pp, pb) Reissue (Ace 1978) sf novel.
• * _The Veils of Azlaroc (Tor/Otherworlds Club no ISBN, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], no price given, 216pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1978) sf novel. This is a freebie given away by Waldenbooks to buyers of Berserker Base. There were 15,000 copies printed by Tor for the club. Listed for Saberhagen completists and collectors of oddities.
• * _The Veils of Azlaroc (Tor 0-812-55324-1, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $2.95, 216pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1978) sf novel.
• * _The Water of Thought (Tor 0-812-55290-3, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.95, 251pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1981) sf novel. This was an expanded version of an earlier book (Ace 1965).
• * *The White Bull (Baen 0-671-69794-3, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $3.95, 323pp, pb) Science fiction novel — immortal figures from Greek mythology seek to penetrate the truth. This edition also contains a sample chapter from Lois McMaster Bujold’s Brothers in Arms.
• * _Woundhealer’s Story (Orbit 0-7088-8276-5, Aug ’88, £3.50, 281pp, pb) [Lost Swords] Reprint (Tor 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Lost Swords” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

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• * *An Armory of Swords (Tor 0-312-85414-5, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $21.95, 314pp, hc) [Lost Swords] Original anthology of stories set in Saberhagen’s “Lost Swords” universe. (Contents)
• * _An Armory of Swords (SFBC #10394, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $10.98, 314pp, hc) [Lost Swords] Reprint (Tor 1995) anthology of stories set in Saberhagen’s “Lost Swords” universe. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _An Armory of Swords (Tor 0-812-52283-4, May ’96, $6.99, 317pp, pb) [Lost Swords] Reprint (Tor 1995) original anthology of stories set in Saberhagen’s “Lost Swords” universe.
• * *Berserker Base (Tor 0-812-55316-0, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $6.95, 316pp, pb) [Berserker] Collection of stories by 7 authors, including connecting material by Saberhagen, originator of the “Berserker” series. Author credits appear only in the acknowledgements, not on the contents page, making it look like a novel. (Contents)
• * _Berserker Base (SFBC #4655, Jun ’85 [Jul ’85], $4.98, 218pp, hc) [Berserker] Reprint (Tor 1985) anthology of “Berserker” stories. This edition doesn’t pretend to be a novel, but the authors’ names only appear on the copyright page, not on the contents page. This is the first hardcover edition.
• * _Berserker Base (Tor 0-812-55327-6, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.95, 316pp, pb) [Berserker] Original anthology of “Berserker” stories by Saberhagen and 6 others, described as a “collaborative novel.”
• * _Berserker Base (Gollancz 0-575-04453-5, Mar ’90, £3.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Terry Pastor) [Berserker] Reprint (Tor 1985) collection of stories by 7 authors, including connecting material by Saberhagen, originator of the “Berserker” series. Author credits appear only in the acknowledgements, not on the contents page, making it look like a novel.
• * *Machines That Kill (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Ace 0-441-51358-1, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $2.75, 326pp, pb) Anthology of 15 stories including famous ones such as “Killdozer!” (Sturgeon), “Alpha Ralpha Boulevard” (Smith), “Fondly Fahrenheit” (Bester), etc. There are no introductions or forewords. (Contents)
• * _Machines That Kill (Tor 0-812-52059-9, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $3.50, 341pp, pb, cover by Maelo Cintron) Reprint (Ace 1984) anthology of 15 sf stories.

SÁ-CARNEIRO, MÁRIO de

• * *Lucio’s Confession (Dedalus 1-873982-80-1, Nov ’93 [Dec ’93], £6.99, 121pp, tp, cover by Lise Weisgerber) First English translation, by Margaret Jull Costa, of a Portuguese literary fantasy novel (A Confissao de Lúcio, 1913) with an introduction by Dr. Eugénio Lisboa.

SACHS, MARILYN (1927- )

• * *Ghosts in the Family (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-45421-7, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $15.99, 167pp, hc, cover by Beth Peck) Young-adult ghost novel. An orphaned San Francisco girl is visited by the ghost of a Spanish ancestor.

SACIUK, OLENA H(ikawyj) (1940- )

• * *The Shape of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Seventh International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (Greenwood 0-313-26198-9, Jan ’90 [Feb ’90], $42.95, 270pp, hc) Anthology of 25 academic essays originally presented at the Seventh International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts in 1986.

SACKETT, JEFFREY (Allyn) (1949- )

• * *Blood of the Impaler (Bantam 0-553-28183-6, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.95, 340pp, pb) Vampire horror novel about a descendant of Vlad the Impaler.
• * *Candlemas Eve (Bantam 0-553-27068-0, May ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.95, 355pp, pb) Satanic horror novel.
• * *The Demon (Bantam 0-553-28596-3, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.50, 373pp, pb, cover by Steve Assel) Horror novel of an ex-carnival geek hiding a supernatural secret.
• * *Mark of the Werewolf (Bantam 0-553-28450-9, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $3.95, 323pp, pb, cover by Steve Assel) Werewolf horror novel. Neofascists try to create a lycanthropic legion.
• * *Stolen Souls (Bantam 0-553-26937-2, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $3.95, 341pp, pb) Horror novel of ancient Egyptian cults in Upstate New York; a first novel.

SACKETT, MIKE

• * *The Bog Spell (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-358-X, 1996 [Aug ’96], $7.99, 155pp, tp, cover by Mike Sackett) Young-adult dark fantasy novel. A man must battle an ancient druid spell. Order from Royal Fireworks Printing Co., First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; credit card orders 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.

SADLER, BARRY (1940-1989)

• * _Casca # 1: The Eternal Mercenary (Jove 0-515-09535-4, Aug ’91 [Oct ’91], $3.95, 246pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1979) fantasy adventure novel, first book of the long-running series; fourth printing.
• * _Casca # 2: God of Death (Jove 0-515-09919-8, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $3.95, 218pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1979) fantasy adventure novel in the long-running series; second printing.
• * _Casca # 3: The War Lord (Jove 0-515-09996-1, Oct ’91, $3.99, 182pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1980) fantasy adventure novel in the long-running series; second printing.
• * _Casca # 4: Panzer Soldier (Jove 0-515-09472-2, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $3.99, 218pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1980) fantasy adventure novel in the long-running series; third printing.
• * _Casca # 5: The Barbarian (Jove 0-515-09147-2, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $3.99, 184pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1981) fantasy adventure novel in the long-running series; third printing.
• * _Casca # 6: The Persian (Jove 0-515-10796-4, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $3.99, 216pp, pb) [Casca] Reprint (Charter 1982) military fantasy adventure novel in the long-running series.
• * _Casca # 7: The Damned (Jove 0-515-09473-0, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $3.99, 204pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1982) fantasy adventure novel in the long-running series; third printing.
• * _Casca # 8: Soldier of Fortune (Jove 0-515-09723-3, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $3.99, 181pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1983) fantasy adventure novel in the long-running series; second printing.
• * _Casca # 9: The Sentinel (Jove 0-515-09997-X, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $3.99, 172pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1983) fantasy adventure novel in the long-running series; second printing.
• * *Casca #10: The Conquistador (Charter 0-441-09241-1, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.50, 172pp, pb) [Casca] Historical fantasy novel, in the “Eternal Mercenary” series.
• * _Casca #10: The Conquistador (Charter 0-441-09322-1, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.75, 172pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1984) fantasy novel in the “Eternal Mercenary” series. This second printing actually came out in March, just a month after the first printing.
• * _Casca #10: The Conquistador (Jove 0-515-09601-6, May ’92, $3.99, 172pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1984) fantasy adventure novel in the long-running series; second printing.
• * *Casca #11: The Legionnaire (Charter 0-441-09244-6, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.50, 169pp, pb) [Casca] Fantasy novel, in the “Eternal Mercenary” series.
• * _Casca #11: The Legionnaire (Jove 0-515-09602-4, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $3.99, 169pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1984) fantasy adventure novel in the long-running series; second printing.
• * *Casca #12: The African Mercenary (Charter 0-441-09260-8, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.50, 217pp, pb) [Casca] Novel in the military fantasy series, “The Eternal Mercenary”.
• * _Casca #12: The African Mercenary (Jove 0-515-09474-9, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $3.99, 217pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1984) military fantasy about an immortal soldier. This volume is set in an African dictatorship. Fourth printing.
• * _Casca #13: The Assassin (Jove 0-515-09911-2, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $3.99, 183pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1985) military fantasy novel in the long-running series; second printing.
• * _Casca #14: The Phoenix (Jove 0-515-09471-4, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $3.99, 188pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1985) fantasy adventure novel in the long-running series; fourth printing.
• * _Casca #15: The Pirate (Jove 0-515-09599-0, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $3.99, 167pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1985) fantasy adventure novel in the long-running series; sixth printing.
• * *Casca #17: The Warrior (Ace Charter 0-441-09353-1, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $2.95, 185pp, pb) [Casca] Fantasy novel in the “Eternal Mercenary” series. This time, Casca encounters “cannibals and carnage in a savage paradise.”
• * _Casca #17: The Warrior (Jove 0-515-09603-2, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $3.99, 185pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1987) fantasy adventure novel in the long-running series; third printing.
• * *Casca #18: The Cursed (Jove 0-515-09109-X, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $2.95, 187pp, pb) [Casca] Latest in a fantasy adventure series about an eternal mercenary. This one is set in China at the turn of the century.
• * _Casca #18: The Cursed (Jove 0-515-09109-X, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $3.99, 187pp, pb, cover by Cliff Miller) [Casca] Reissue (Jove 1987) fantasy adventure novel in the long-running series; fourth printing.
• * *Casca #19: The Samurai (Jove 0-515-09516-8, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $2.95, 176pp, pb) [Casca] Fantasy/adventure novel about a warrior cursed to eternal life; 19th in the series. This one is set in feudal Japan.
• * _Casca #19: The Samurai (Jove 0-515-09516-8, Feb ’93, $3.99, 171pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1988) fantasy adventure novel in the long-running series; third printing.
• * *Casca #20: Soldier of Gideon (Jove 0-515-09701-2, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $2.95, 168pp, pb) [Casca] Immortal mercenary fantasy adventure novel set in the 20th century Middle East.
• * _Casca #20: Soldier of Gideon (Jove 0-515-09701-2, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $3.99, 168pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1988) fantasy adventure novel in the long-running series; fourth printing.
• * *Casca #21: The Trench Soldier (Jove 0-515-09931-7, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $2.95, 168pp, pb) [Casca] Novel in a military fantasy series about an eternal mercenary. Casca fights in WWI.
• * _Casca #21: The Trench Soldier (Jove 0-515-09931-7, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $3.99, 168pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Jove 1989) fantasy adventure novel in the long-running series; third printing.
• * *Casca #22: The Mongol (Jove 0-515-10240-7, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $2.95, 170pp, pb) [Casca] Fantasy novel, 22nd book of “The Eternal Mercenary” series.
• * _Casca #22: The Mongol (Jove 0-515-10240-7, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $3.99, 170pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Jove 1990) fantasy adventure novel in the long-running series about an immortal mercenary; third printing.
• * *Casca: Desert Mercenary (Ace Charter 0-441-09336-1, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 188pp, pb) [Casca] Fantasy novel, “The Eternal Mercenary” #16.
• * *Casca: The Assassin (Ace Charter 0-441-09327-2, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $2.75, 183pp, pb) [Casca] Fantasy novel, #13 in the “Eternal Mercenary” series.
• * _Casca: The Eternal Mercenary (Charter 0-441-21773-7, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.75, 246pp, pb) [Casca] Reissue (Charter 1979) fantasy novel, sixth printing of this first novel in the series about an immortal soldier.
• * *Casca: The Phoenix (Charter 0-441-09329-9, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $2.95, 188pp, pb) [Casca] Fantasy novel, “The Eternal Mercenary” #14.
• * *Casca: The Pirate (Ace Charter 0-441-09331-0, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $2.95, 167pp, pb) [Casca] Fantasy novel, “The Eternal Mercenary” #15

SADLER, FRANK (Orin) (1939- )

• * *The Unified Ring: Narrative Art and the Science-Fiction Novel (UMI 0-8357-1598-1, 1984 [May ’85], $24.95 + postage, 117pp, hc) Non-fiction, literary criticism. This revision of a doctoral thesis appeared in 1984, but we didn’t see it until 1985.

SADLER, GLENN EDWARD, ed. (stories)

• * _The Gifts of the Child Christ See entry under George MacDonald.

SAENZ, MICHAEL (stories)

• * *Shatter (with Peter B. Gillis) (Ballantine Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-90288-9, Mar ’88, $12.95, unpaginated, tp) Sf graphic novel produced on a MacIntosh computer. This reproduces the first 11 episodes from various comic books.

SAGAN, CARL (Edward) (1934-1996) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Contact (Simon & Schuster 0-671-43400-4, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $18.95, 432pp, hc) According to the publisher, this novel about man’s first contact with intelligent life beyond earth “is not science fiction.” It is, however, fiction about science and the future. A first novel.
• * _Contact (Century 0-7126-9503-6, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £10.95, 432pp, hc) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1985) sf novel.
• * _Contact (Pocket 0-671-62321-4, Apr ’86, $3.50, 434pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1985) sf novel. Special Export edition.
• * _Contact (QPB/S&S 72-2442, Jun ’86, $9.95, 432pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1985) sf novel. Identical to the S&S edition except for soft cover with jacket imprinted, and lack of ISBN number.
• * _Contact (Pocket 0-671-43422-5, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $4.95, 434pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1985) sf novel.
• * _Contact (Arrow 0-09-946950-2, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], £3.50, 431pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1985) sf novel. This has a 1986 copyright date, but has only just appeared.
• * _Contact (Pocket 0-671-00410-7, Jun ’97, $6.99, 434pp, pb) Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1985) first-contact SF novel. This is a movie tie-in edition. 10th printing.
• * _Contact (SFBC #17483, Sep ’97, $9.95, 358pp, hc) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1985) first-contact SF novel. This is a movie tie-in edition.

SAGARA, MICHELLE M. (1963- ); also as Michelle Sagara West (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Chains of Darkness, Chains of Light (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37949-7, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $4.99, 373pp, pb) [Sundered] Fantasy novel, fourth book of “The Sundered” series.
• * *Children of the Blood (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37621-8, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $4.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Tom Stimpson) [Sundered] Fantasy novel, second book of “The Sundered” series. The single surviving child of the forces of light is enslaved by darkness, but is determined to win the ultimate battle.
• * *Into the Dark Lands (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37232-8, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $3.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Tom Stimpson) [Sundered] Fantasy novel; first of a series. A young female warrior whose talent is for healing becomes the last hope for the forces of light in a battle with darkness. A first novel.
• * *Lady of Mercy (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37948-9, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $4.99, 339pp, pb) [Sundered] Fantasy novel, third book of “The Sundered.”

SAGE, ALISON

• * *The Devil Rides Out (with Dennis Wheatley) (Beaver 0-09-949750-6, May ’87 [Oct ’87], £1.75, 155pp, pb) [Duke de Richleau] Juvenile abridged retelling of classic Black Magic novel. Volume 4 in the “Fleshcreepers” series.