The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

SHECKLEY, ROBERT (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *The Collected Short Stories of Robert Sheckley Book Five (Pulphouse no ISBN, Sep ’91, no price, 344pp, hc) Collection of 36 stories with an introduction by K.W. Jeter, fifth volume of a five-book set. These books are only available as a 300-copy limited slipcased set, each leatherbound volume signed by the author and introducer. The price is $150.00. (Contents)
• * *The Collected Short Stories of Robert Sheckley Book Four (Pulphouse no ISBN, Sep ’91, no price, 275pp, hc) Collection of 20 stories with an introduction by Damon Knight, fourth volume of a five-book set. These books are only available as a 300-copy limited slipcased set, each leatherbound volume signed by the author and introducer. The price is $150.00. (Contents)
• * *The Collected Short Stories of Robert Sheckley Book One (Pulphouse no ISBN, Sep ’91, no price, 331pp, hc) Collection of 24 stories with an introduction by Roger Zelazny, first volume of a five-book set. These books are only available as a 300-copy limited slipcased set, each leatherbound volume signed by the author and introducer. The price is $150.00. (Contents)
• * *The Collected Short Stories of Robert Sheckley Book Three (Pulphouse no ISBN, Sep ’91, no price, 360pp, hc) Collection of 25 stories with an introduction by Harlan Ellison, third volume of a five-book set. These books are only available as a 300-copy limited slipcased set, each leatherbound volume signed by the author and introducer. The price is $150.00. (Contents)
• * *The Collected Short Stories of Robert Sheckley Book Two (Pulphouse no ISBN, Sep ’91, no price, 380pp, hc) Collection of 27 stories with an introduction by Mike Resnick, second volume of a five-book set. These books are only available as a 300-copy limited slipcased set, each leatherbound volume signed by the author and introducer. The price is $150.00. (Contents)
• * _Dimension of Miracles (Gollancz 0-575-03706-7, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], £8.95, 190pp, hc) Reissue (Dell 1968) humorous sf novel.
• * _Dimension of Miracles (Grafton 0-586-04551-1, Oct ’86, £2.50, 188pp, pb) Reissue (Dell 1968) humorous sf novel.
• * *Draconian New York (Tor/Forge 0-312-85130-8, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $20.95, 224pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Associational mystery novel featuring “Hob Draconian”, aging ex-hippie detective.
• * _Draconian New York (Tor/Forge 0-312-86359-4, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $12.95, 224pp, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Forge 1996) associational mystery novel featuring “Hob Draconian”, aging ex-hippie detective.
• * _A Farce to Be Reckoned With (with Roger Zelazny) See entry under Roger Zelazny.
• * *Godshome (Tor 0-312-86804-9, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $22.95, 251pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Humorous fantasy novel. Chaos erupts when a naive professor of comparative mythology invites gods back to earth.
• * *Hunter/Victim (NAL/Signet 0-451-15142-9, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.50, 269pp, pb) [Hunt] Sf novel, sequel to The 10th Victim and Victim Prime.
• * _Hunter/Victim (Methuen 0-413-18150-2, May ’88, £10.95, 238pp, hc) [Hunt] Reprint (Signet 1988) sf novel about the origins of The Hunt. Volume 3 in the “Hunt” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Hunter/Victim (Methuen 0-413-19450-7, Nov ’88, £3.50, 238pp, pb) [Hunt] Reprint (Signet 1988) sf novel. Volume 3 in the “Hunt” series.
• * _If at Faust You Don’t Succeed (with Roger Zelazny) See entry under Roger Zelazny.
• * _Immortality Inc. (Tor 0-812-51931-0, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $4.99, 250pp, pb, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Bantam 1959) sf novel, a movie-tie in edition for Freejack. This is an expanded version of a book originally published by Avalon in 1958 as Immortality Delivered.
• * _Immortality Inc. (Legend 0-09-915741-1, Apr ’92, £3.99, 204pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) Reprint (Bantam 1959) sf novel. Issued to tie in with the release of the film Freejack, which is based on it. This is a revised retitling of Immortality Delivered (Avalon 1958).
• * *Is That What People Do?: The Selected Short Stories of Robert Sheckley (Holt Rinehart & Winston 0-03-063707-4, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $19.95, 402pp, hc) Previously uncollected Sheckley. He’s one of the masters of short fiction. Highly recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
• * _Journey Beyond Tomorrow (Gollancz 0-575-03707-5, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], £8.95, 189pp, hc) Reissue (NAL/Signet 1962) humorous sf novel, third Gollancz printing.
• * _Journey Beyond Tomorrow (Gollancz 0-575-04122-6, Aug ’87, £3.50, 189pp, tp) Reprint (Signet 1962) sf novel. Volume 15 in the Gollancz Classic SF series.
• * _Mindswap (Gollancz 0-575-03705-9, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], £8.95, 216pp, hc) Reissue (Delacorte 1966) humorous sf novel.
• * _Mindswap (Grafton 0-586-06695-0, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £1.95, 191pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1966) sf novel.
• * *Minotaur Maze (Pulphouse/Axolotl no ISBN, Dec ’90, $10.00, 110pp, tp, cover by Donna Gordon) Fantasy novella about Theseus and the Minotaur. A signed hardcover limited edition of 300 copies ($35.00) and a deluxe leatherbound limited edition of 75 copies ($65.00) are also available.
• * _Options (Grafton 0-586-06711-6, Dec ’86, £2.50, 156pp, pb) Reprint (Pyramid 1975) sf novel.
• * *Soma Blues (Tor/Forge 0-312-86273-3, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $20.95, 222pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Associational mystery novel featuring “Hob Draconian,” aging ex-hippie detective.
• * _Soma Blues (Tor/Forge 0-312-86579-1, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $13.95, 222pp, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Forge 1997) associational mystery novel.
• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Laertian Gamble (Pocket 0-671-88690-8, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $5.99, 273pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * _The Status Civilization (Methuen 0-413-60150-1, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £2.25, 144pp, pb) Reprint (Signet 1960) sf novel.
• * *The Status Civilization/Mindswap (Legend 0-09-919921-1, Dec ’93, £4.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Dennis Barker) Sf omnibus. (Contents)
• * _The Tenth Victim (Methuen 0-413-16560-4, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], £2.50, 118pp, pb) [Hunt] Reprint (Ballantine 1966) sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Hunt” series.
• * *Victim Prime (Methuen 0-413-41790-5, Jan ’87, £9.95, 203pp, hc) [Hunt] Sf novel, an indirect (and very minor) sequel to The Seventh Victim (FCM).
• * +Victim Prime (NAL/Signet 0-451-14864-9, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.50, 221pp, pb) [Hunt] Sf novel, sequel to The 10th Victim. First U.S. edition (Methuen 1987).
• * _Victim Prime (Methuen 0-413-41800-6, Jul ’87, £2.50, 203pp, pb) [Hunt] Reprint (Methuen 1987) sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Hunt” series.
• * *Watchbird (Pulphouse no ISBN, Jul ’90, no price, 35pp, hc, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) Novelette in the Pulphouse Convention Series. This is a signed numbered edition limited to 126 copies (including a special binding).
• * *Xolotl (Pulphouse 1-56146-503-8, Jan ’91, $1.95, 41pp, pb, cover by Rick Lieder) Fantasy story. Short story paperback #3. A 100-copy, leatherbound limited edition ($20.00) is also available.

SHEFFIELD, CHARLES (A.) (1935-2002) (stories)

• * *Aftermath (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37893-7, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $13.95, 452pp, tp, cover by Paul Youll) [Aftermath] Near-future post-holocaust SF novel. The Alpha Centauri supernova devastates earth.
• * *Between the Strokes of Night (Baen 0-671-55977-X, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $3.50, 346pp, pb) Sf novel. Sheffield’s best hard science novel so far. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _Between the Strokes of Night (Headline 0-7472-3077-3, Dec ’87, £2.95, 346pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1985) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Between the Strokes of Night (Baen 0-671-55977-X, Nov ’92, $4.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reissue (Baen 1985) sf novel; third printing.
• * *The Billion Dollar Boy (Tor 0-312-86204-0, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $22.95, 255pp, hc, cover by Vincent di Fate) [Jupiter] Young-adult SF novel, second in the “Jupiter” series. A rich young man ends up stranded on a mining ship.
• * _The Billion Dollar Boy (Tor 0-812-53891-9, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $5.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Vincent di Fate) [Jupiter] Reprint (Tor 1997) young-adult SF novel, second in the “Jupiter” series.
• * *Brother to Dragons (Baen 0-671-72141-0, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $4.99, 261pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) Sf novel of a young man struggling for survival in a future world where the economic classes have polarized.
• * _Brother to Dragons (Easton Press no ISBN, Jan ’93, no price, 261pp, hc) Sf novel of a young man struggling for survival in a future world where the economic classes have polarized. This is published “simultaneously” with the Baen edition listed three 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.
• * *Cold As Ice (Tor 0-312-85139-1, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $19.95, 309pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) [Cold As Ice] Sf novel about a plan to transform one of Jupiter’s moons into a habitable world in the uneasy peace following a war between Earth and its colonies. (Recommended (CNB).
• * _Cold As Ice (SFBC #01549, Jul ’92 [Aug ’92], $9.98, 309pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) [Cold As Ice] Reprint (Tor 1992) sf novel. Similar to the Tor edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and the SFBC number is on the back jacket.
• * _Cold As Ice (Tor 0-812-51163-8, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $4.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Vincent DiFate) [Cold As Ice] Reprint (Tor 1992) sf novel about a plan to transform one of Jupiter’s moons into a habitable world in the uneasy peace following a war between Earth and its colonies.
• * *Convergence (Baen 0-671-87774-7, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $5.99, 299pp, pb, cover by Gary Freeman) [Heritage Universe] SF novel, fourth in the “Heritage Universe” series.
• * _Convergence (SFBC #15654, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $8.98, 299pp, hc, cover by Gary Freeman) [Heritage Universe] Reprint (Baen 1997) SF novel, fourth in the “Heritage Universe” series. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the Baen paperback edition; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Convergent Series (Baen 0-671-87791-7, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $6.99, 564pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Heritage Universe] Omnibus of two SF novels in the “Heritage Universe”: Summertide (1990) and Divergence (1991). A publisher’s note indicates they have been revised for this edition, but there is no evidence of significant change, nor updated copyrights. (Contents)
• * *The Cyborg from Earth (Tor 0-312-86407-8, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $22.95, 286pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Jupiter] Young-adult SF novel in the “Jupiter” series. The family screw-up is sent to space to fight a cyborg rebellion.
• * _The Cyborg from Earth (Tor 0-812-57184-3, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $5.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Jupiter] Reprint (Tor 1998) young-adult SF novel in the “Jupiter” series.
• * *Dancing with Myself (Baen 0-671-72185-2, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $4.99, 366pp, pb, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) Collection of 11 stories and five non-fiction articles, one original. (Contents)
• * *Divergence (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36039-7, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $16.95, 281pp, hc, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Heritage Universe] Sf novel, second book in the “Heritage Universe” series.
• * _Divergence (Gollancz 0-575-04999-5, Apr ’91, £13.99, 281pp, hc) [Heritage Universe] Reprint (Del Rey 1991) sf novel. Book Two of “The Heritage Universe”. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Divergence (Easton Press no ISBN, Jun ’91, no price, 281pp, hc) [Heritage Universe] Sf novel, second book in the “Heritage Universe” series, with an introduction by James Gunn and artwork by Bruce Jensen. This is published “simultaneously” with the Del Rey edition which appeared five months earlier. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Divergence (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36938-6, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $4.99, 293pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Heritage Universe] Reprint (Del Rey 1991) sf novel, second book of the “Heritage Universe” series.
• * _Divergence (Gollancz 0-575-05247-3, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], £3.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Heritage Universe] Reprint (Del Rey 1991) sf novel. Book two of “The Heritage Universe”.
• * *The Ganymede Club (Tor 0-312-85662-8, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $23.95, 352pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) [Cold As Ice] SF novel, set in the same universe as Cold As Ice. Mankind survives on the moons of Jupiter in the chaotic aftermath of the Great War.
• * _The Ganymede Club (SFBC #11433, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $11.98, 352pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) [Cold As Ice] Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel, set in the same universe as Cold As Ice. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Ganymede Club (Tor 0-812-54460-9, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $6.99, 342pp, pb, cover by John Berkey) [Cold As Ice] Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel, set in the same universe as Cold As Ice.
• * *Georgia on My Mind and Other Places (Tor 0-312-85663-6, Feb ’95, $21.95, 350pp, hc) Collection of 14 stories, with an introduction by the author, and an afterword to each story describing how it came to be written. (Contents)
• * _Georgia on My Mind and Other Places (Tor 0-312-86225-3, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $13.95, 350pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1995) collection.
• * *Godspeed (Tor 0-312-85317-3, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $21.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Vincent di Fate) Sf novel concerning human colonists’ efforts to regain an alien ultralightspeed technology.
• * _Godspeed (SFBC #02890, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $7.98, 352pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel concerning human colonists’ efforts to regain an alien ultralightspeed technology. Similar to the Tor edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Godspeed (Tor 0-812-51992-2, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $4.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Reprint (Tor 1993) young-adult SF novel.
• * *The Heritage Universe (SFBC #02422, Oct ’92, $14.98, 723pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Heritage Universe] Sf omnibus of Summertide (Del Rey 1990), Divergence (Del Rey 1991), and Transcendence (Del Rey 1992). (Contents)
• * _Higher Education (with Jerry E. Pournelle) See entry under Jerry E. Pournelle
• * _Higher Education (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (Tor 0-812-53890-0, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $5.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Vincent di Fate) [Jupiter] Reprint (Tor 1996) young-adult SF novel, first in the “Jupiter” series.
• * _The Judas Cross (with David F. Bischoff) (Special Editions Press 0-940841-94-0, Sep ’94 [Jun ’95], $30.00, 381pp, hc) Reprint (Warner 1994) signed, numbered, limited edition of 150. This is the first hardcover edition and has a 1994 copyright date, but was not seen until now. Order from Blue Moon Books, 360 West First, Eugene OR 97401.
• * *The Judas Cross (with David F. Bischoff) (Warner Aspect 0-446-60102-0, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $5.50, 361pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) World War I thriller/horror novel. A Frenchman hopes to use a sacred artifact to save his country, not understanding the full horror of the sacrifice he has to make.
• * _The McAndrew Chronicles (Tor 0-812-55429-9, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.50, 243pp, pb) [McAndrew] Reissue (Tor 1983) sf novel; 2nd printing.
• * *The Mind Pool (Baen 0-671-72165-8, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $4.99, 420pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Mind Pool] Sf novel of a galaxy threatened by cyborgs that can only be saved by human intervention. This is a heavily revised and expanded version of The Nimrod Hunt (Baen 1986).
• * _My Brother’s Keeper (Ace 0-441-55134-3, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 216pp, pb) Reissue (Ace 1982) sf novel of a man with memories from his dead brother’s brain, and danger from his brother’s past.
• * *The Nimrod Hunt (Baen 0-671-65582-5, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $3.50, 401pp, pb) Sf novel of androids, aliens, and moral philosophy. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _The Nimrod Hunt (Headline 0-7472-3078-1, Apr ’88, £3.50, 401pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1986) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *One Man’s Universe (Tor 0-812-52399-7, Dec ’93, $9.99, 308pp, tp, cover by Vincent DiFate) [McAndrew] Sf novel/collection expanded from The McAndrew Chronicles (Tor 1983), with a new introduction by the author. (Contents)
• * _Proteus Combined (Baen 0-671-87603-1, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $5.99, 485pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Behrooz Wolf] Reprint (SFBC 1989 as Proteus Manifest) sf omnibus of Sight of Proteus (Ace 1978) and its sequel Proteus Unbound (NEL 1988). This is the author’s preferred text, with the first part revised slightly from the more significantly revised text of the 1988 NEL edition of Sight of Proteus. (Contents)
• * *Proteus in the Underworld (Baen 0-671-87659-7, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $5.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Behrooz Wolf] SF novel in the “Proteus” series.
• * _Proteus in the Underworld (SFBC #07389, Jul ’95 [May ’95], $8.98, 304pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Behrooz Wolf] Reprint (Baen 1995) SF novel in the “Proteus” series. Similar to the Baen paperback edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. First hardcover edition.
• * *Proteus Manifest (SFBC #15032, Jul ’89 [Oct ’89], $6.98, 406pp, hc) [Behrooz Wolf] Omnibus of Sight of Proteus (Ace 1978) and Proteus Unbound (NEL 1989). (Contents)
• * *Proteus Unbound (NEL 0-450-43116-9, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], £2.99, 267pp, pb) [Behrooz Wolf] Sf novel. Sequel to Sight of Proteus.
• * +Proteus Unbound (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34434-0, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.95, 261pp, pb) [Behrooz Wolf] High-tech sf novel. Sequel to Sight of Proteus. First American edition (NEL 1989).
• * *Putting Up Roots (Tor 0-312-86241-5, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $21.95, 255pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Jupiter] SF novel, third in the “Jupiter” series. An autistic boy makes contact with alien creatures on a colony planet supposedly devoid of intelligent life.
• * _Putting Up Roots (Tor 0-812-53892-7, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $5.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Jupiter] Reprint (Tor 1997) young-adult SF novel, third in the “Jupiter” series.
• * _The Selkie (with David F. Bischoff) (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16779-1, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $4.95, 426pp, pb) Reissue (Macmillan 1982) sf/horror novel; 12th printing.
• * _Sight of Proteus (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34433-2, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.50, 246pp, pb) [Behrooz Wolf] Reprint (Ace 1978) sf novel.
• * _Sight of Proteus (NEL 0-450-48903-5, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], £2.99, 246pp, pb) [Behrooz Wolf] Reprint (Ace 1978) sf novel.
• * *Space Careers (with Carol Rosin) (Morrow 0-688-03182-X, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $16.95, 240pp, hc) Non-fiction study, of associational interest.
• * *Summertide (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36038-9, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $16.95, 257pp, hc, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Heritage Universe] Sf adventure novel, first book of the “Heritage Universe”.
• * _Summertide (Gollancz 0-575-04761-5, Apr ’90, £13.95, 257pp, hc) [Heritage Universe] Reprint (Del Rey 1990) sf novel. First book in the “Heritage Universe” series.
• * _Summertide (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36937-8, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $4.95, 281pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Heritage Universe] Reprint (Del Rey 1990) sf adventure novel, first book of the “Heritage Universe” series.