The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

SPIGNESI, STEPHEN J(ohn) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia (Contemporary Books 0-8092-3911-6, Mar ’92 [Apr ’92], $35.00, 778pp, hc) Reprint (Popular Culture Ink 1991 as The Shape Under the Sheet: The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia) non-fiction, reference book. A complete guide to everything that concerns Stephen King.
• * _The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia (Contemporary Books 0-8092-3818-7, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $21.95, 778pp, tp) Reprint (Popular Culture Ink 1991) non-fiction, reference book. A complete guide to everything that concerns Stephen King.
• * *The Lost Work of Stephen King: A Guide to Unpublished Manuscripts, Story Fragments, Alternative Versions, and Oddities (Carol Publishing Group/Birch Lane Press 1-55972-469-2, Oct ’98 [Nov ’98], $24.95, 361pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. A bio-bibliographic look at King’s lesser-known works, arranged in chronological order, interspersed with biographical information. This is the first trade edition; a limited edition from Overlook Connection was announced but not seen. Carol Publishing/Birch Lane, 120 Enterprise Ave, Secaucus NJ 07094; credit card orders 800-866-1966. [King]
• * *The Second Stephen King Quiz Book (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17306-6, Jul ’92, $3.99, 252pp, pb) Non-fiction, the second collection of quizzes and puzzles with King and his work as the subject. [King]
• * *The Shape Under the Sheet: The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia (Popular Culture Ink 1-56075-018-9, Oct ’91 [Apr ’92], $110.00, 778pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. A complete guide to everything that concerns Stephen King, laden with minutae. Includes an index to characters in King’s work plus primary and secondary bibliographies. This is a limited edition, a 1991 book not seen until now.
• * *The Stephen King Quiz Book (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16708-2, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 203pp, pb) Non-fiction; quiz book of 100 quizzes with King and his work as the subject.
• * _The Stephen King Quiz Book (NEL 0-450-54573-3, Sep ’91, £3.99, 203pp, pb) Reprint (Signet 1990) collection of quizzes based on Stephen King’s stories and novels. This also contains a bibliography of all of King’s books and stories, but only quotes current U.S. editions thereof! [First U.K. edition]
• * *The V.C. Andrews Trivia and Quiz Book (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17925-0, Mar ’94, $3.99, 385pp, pb) Non-fiction. A collection of quizzes and puzzles about Andrews’ (and Andrews™’s) books. Includes a detailed synopsis of all the novels. [Andrews, Andrews崧

SPILLSBURY, JULIAN; see pseudonym John Tempest

SPINRAD, NORMAN (Richard) (1940- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Agent of Chaos (Franklin Watts 0-531-15072-0, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $16.95, 179pp, hc) Reprint (Belmont 1967) sf novel, with a new introduction by Barry Malzberg. This is the first hardcover edition.
• * _Bug Jack Barron (Grafton 0-586-03535-4, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], £3.50, 384pp, pb) Reissue (Avon; Walker 1969) sf novel. Still one of Spinrad’s best books. (PSP)
• * _Bug Jack Barron (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29795-3, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Avon; Walker 1969) sf novel.
• * _Bug Jack Barron (Easton Press no ISBN, Feb ’93, no price, 327pp, hc) Reprint (Walker 1969) sf novel, with an introduction by James Blaylock and illustrations by Frank Kelly Freas. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * *Child of Fortune (Bantam Spectra 0-553-5089-3, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $16.95, 483pp, hc) [*Void Captain’s Tale] Sf novel. A companion volume (but not a sequel) to The Void Captain’s Tale.
• * _Child of Fortune (SFBC #6291, Oct ’85 [Nov ’85], $6.50, 467pp, hc) [*Void Captain’s Tale] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1985) sf novel. A companion volume to The Void Captain’s Tale.
• * _Child of Fortune (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25690-4, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $4.50, 499pp, pb) [*Void Captain’s Tale] Reprint (Bantam 1985) sf novel.
• * *The Children of Hamelin (Tafford Publishing 0-9623712-3-8, Oct ’91 [Aug ’91], $19.95, 310pp, hc, cover by Kent Bash) Associational mainstream novel about 1960s New York City and a couple drawn into a dangerous cult.
• * *Deus X (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29677-9, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $3.99, 177pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Sf novella about the Catholic Church.
• * _The Iron Dream (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25289-5, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $3.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1972) alternate-world sf novel where Hitler is an sf writer. This one was banned in Germany.
• * *Journals of the Plague Years (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37399-4, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $9.95, 147pp, tp) SF novella first published in 1988 as part of the Full Spectrum anthology. This is its first solo publication, and includes a new afterword by Spinrad.
• * *Little Heroes (Bantam Spectra 0-553-05207-1, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $18.95, 486pp, hc) Sf novel of sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll.
• * _Little Heroes (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27033-8, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $4.95, 563pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1987) near-future rock’n’roll sf novel.
• * _Little Heroes (Grafton 0-586-20362-1, Aug ’89, £6.99, 733pp, tp, cover by Alan Craddock) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1987) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Little Heroes (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27033-8, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $5.99, 563pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reissue (Bantam 1987) near-future sf novel; second printing.
• * _The Men in the Jungle (Grafton 0-586-20420-2, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], £3.50, 316pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) Reprint (Doubleday 1967) sf novel.
• * _The Mind Game (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25061-2, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $3.50, 342pp, pb) Reprint (Jove 1980) novel. Non-sf, set in Hollywood, listed for Spinrad completists only.
• * *Other Americas (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27214-4, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $3.95, 273pp, pb) Collection of four novellas. Recommended. (CNB) (Contents)
• * _Pictures at 11 (Bantam 0-553-57265-2, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $5.99, 453pp, pb, cover by Francisco Maruca) Reprint (Bantam 1994) associational thriller.
• * *Pictures at Eleven (Bantam 0-553-37384-6, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $12.95, 455pp, tp) Associational thriller novel about a television news team covering their own kidnapping by ecoterrorists.
• * *Riding the Torch (Bluejay 0-312-94391-1, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $6.95, 166pp, tp) This novella first appeared in a three-novella anthology, The Threads of Time (1974), was reprinted in a two-novella anthology, Binary Star #1 (1978), and now appears alone for the first time. This edition is illustrated by Tom Kidd and has afterwords by Robert L. Forward and James Frenkel. It’s one of Spinrad’s best stories. Recommended. (CNB)
• * *Russian Spring (Bantam 0-553-07586-1, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $22.50, 567pp, hc, cover by Mick McGinty) Near-future sf novel set in a world where America is declining and the success of perestroika has made Russia the world’s strongest power.
• * _Russian Spring (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29869-0, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $5.99, 643pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Bantam 1991) near-future sf novel set in a world where America is declining and the success of perestroika has made Russia the world’s strongest power.
• * *Science Fiction in the Real World (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1538-6, Jul ’90 [Aug ’90], $24.95, 234pp, hc) Non-fiction; critical analysis of the sf genre, rewritten and expanded from Spinrad’s Asimov’s column. A trade paperback edition (-1671-4) is also available.
• * _Songs from the Stars (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24879-0, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.95, 275pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1980) sf novel about hippies and ’60s values in the future.
• * *Vampire Junkies (Gryphon Books 0-936071-37-0, Jan ’94 [Feb ’94], $9.95, 74pp, tp, cover by Allen Koszowski) Vampire novella that originally appeared in Tomorrow in 1993.
• * _The Void Captain’s Tale (Timescape 0-671-49899-1, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.95, 250pp, pb) [*Void Captain’s Tale] Reprint (Simon & Schuster Timescape 1983) sf novel.
• * _The Void Captain’s Tale (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25995-4, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $3.50, 217pp, pb) [*Void Captain’s Tale] Reprint (Timescape 1983) sf novel.
• * _A World Between (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25893-1, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $3.95, 344pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1979) satirical sf novel about a war between the sexes.

SPIVACK, CHARLOTTE (Ruth Kesler Roscoe) (1926- )

• * *The Company of Camelot: Arthurian Characters in Romance and Fantasy (with Roberta Lynne Staples) (Greenwood Press 0-313-27981-0, Dec ’94 [Feb ’95], $45.00, 162pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical discussion of the development of Arthurian characters as they appear in contemporary fantasy and romance. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders: 800-225-5800.
• * *Merlin’s Daughters: Contemporary Women Writers of Fantasy (Greenwood 0-313-24194-5, Jan ’87 [Mar ’87], $29.95, 185pp, hc) Nonfiction, critical study of 10 women fantasy writers.
• * *Ursula K. Le Guin (Twayne 0-8057-7393-2, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $14.95, 182pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study. Not seen. Also announced in tp (-7430-0, $5.95). [Le Guin]

SPOHRER, C. R.

• * *Femala (Dorrance Publishing 0-8059-3389-1, Sep ’93, $8.95, 140pp, tp, cover by Christopher Schreve) Sf novel of Earth being forced to come to terms with a female-dominated galaxy. A first novel. Available from Dorrance Publishing, 643 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh PA 15222.

SPRAGUE, GILBERT M.

• * *The Nome King’s Shadow in Oz (Emerald City Press 0-929605-18-7, Jul ’92 [Aug ’92], $9.95, 112pp, tp, cover by Donald Abbott) [Oz] Children’s fantasy novel, a direct sequel to Ozma of Oz using Frank L. Baum’s characters, with illustrations by Donald Abbott in the style of W.W. Denslow. A signed, 350-copy limited hardcover edition (-19-5, $34.95) was announced but not seen. Order from Books of Wonder, 132 7th Ave, New York NY 10011, 800-835-4315.

SPREACHMAN, J. R.

• * *Caribe (Dutton 0-525-24320-8, Jan ’86, $17.95, 280pp, hc) Thriller with supernatural and sf elements, including an immortal dwarf.

SPRING, MICHAEL, ed.

• * *Tomorrow (Scholastic 0-590-34579-6, 1987, 191pp, tp, cover by Georgia O’Keeffe) Textbook. (Contents)

SPRINGER, NANCY (Connor) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Apocalypse (Baen 0-671-69819-2, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 341pp, pb) Fantasy novel about the four horsewomen of the apocalypse invading a Pennsylvania town.
• * _Apocalypse (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-081-0, Nov ’89 [Dec ’89], $25.00, 267pp, hc, cover by Ned Dameron) Reprint (Baen 1989) fantasy novel. There is no dustjacket—the cover art is printed on the cloth binding. This is a first hardcover edition of 1,000 copies.
• * _The Black Beast (Corgi 0-552-12428-1, 1985 [Sep ’85], £1.75, 207pp, pb) [Book of the Isle] Reprint (Timescape 1982) fantasy novel.
• * *The Blind God is Watching (Silver Salamander Press 0-940841-67-3, Dec ’94 [Mar ’95], $30.00, 182pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Very dark fantasy novel, with an introduction by Lucy Taylor. Signed, limited edition; dated 1994, but just seen. A deluxe limited edition ($65.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Blue Moon Books, 360 West First, Eugene OR 97401; credit card orders 800-738-2660.
• * *Chains of Gold (Arbor House 0-87795-830-0, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $15.95, 230pp, hc) Romantic fantasy novel of intended victims fleeing ritual sacrifice.
• * _Chains of Gold (Macdonald 0-356-14801-7, Aug ’87, £10.95, 230pp, hc) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Chains of Gold (Orbit 0-7088-8257-9, May ’88, £2.95, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel.
• * _Chains of Gold (Tor 0-812-55494-9, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $2.95, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel of romance.
• * *Chance & Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate (Baen 0-671-65337-7, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 240pp, pb) Collection of 8 stories and three poems; the second half of the title work is a new continuation. Grim, effective fantasy and horror (FCM). (Contents)
• * *Damnbanna (Pulphouse/Axolotl 1-56146-119-9, Mar ’92, $10.00, 79pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Dark fantasy novella of a girl who takes up with the devil’s rebellious son. This trade paperback edition is limited to 525 copies. A 300-copy hardcover edition (-149-0, $35.00) and a 75-copy limited leatherbound edition (-179-2, $60.00) are also available. All states are signed by the author. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
• * *Fair Peril (Avon 0-380-78413-0, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $12.00, 246pp, tp, cover by Mary Grandpré) Contemporary fantasy novel. A recently divorced storyteller declines to kiss a frog prince, so he lures her daughter to fairyland at the mall. A hardcover edition (-97345-6, $23.00) is also available.
• * _Fair Peril (SFBC #14733, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $10.98, 246pp, hc, cover by Mary Grandpré) Reprint (Avon 1996) contemporary fantasy novel. This is similar to the Avon hardcover edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Fair Peril (AvoNova 0-380-79430-6, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $5.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Mary Grandpré) Reprint (Avon 1996) contemporary fantasy novel.
• * *Godbond (Tor 0-812-55496-5, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $3.95, 278pp, pb) [Sea King] Fantasy novel, Book Three in “The Sea King” trilogy.
• * _Godbond (Orbit 0-7088-4439-1, Jan ’90, £3.50, 278pp, pb) [Sea King] Reprint (Tor 1988) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Sea King” trilogy.
• * *The Hex Witch of Seldom (Baen 0-671-65389-X, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $15.95, 276pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a modern girl and an enchanted horse.
• * _The Hex Witch of Seldom (Baen 0-671-69808-7, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.50, 276pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1988) contemporary fantasy novel.
• * *A Horse to Love (Harper & Row 0-06-025824-1, 1987 [Feb ’87], $11.50, 181pp, hc) Non-sf/fantasy, associational; juvenile novel by an sf author.
• * *I Am Mordred (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-23143-9, Apr ’98, $16.99, 184pp, hc, cover by Bryan Leister) [I Am Mordred] Young-adult Arthurian novel. Young Mordred is unable to escape his destiny.
• * *Larque on the Wing (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-13175-1, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $20.00, 277pp, hc, cover by Rick Lovell) Fantasy novel. A 40-year-old wife and mother mysteriously conjures up a “doppelganger” of herself at age ten, who won’t accept her later life choices and refuses to leave her alone.
• * _Larque on the Wing (AvoNova 0-380-76742-2, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $4.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Rick Lovell) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1994) contemporary fantasy novel. Winner of the Tiptree Award.
• * *Madbond (Tor 0-812-55486-8, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $2.95, 214pp, pb) [Sea King] Fantasy novel, Book I in the “Sea King” trilogy.
• * _Madbond (Orbit 0-7088-8263-3, Jun ’88, £2.99, 214pp, pb) [Sea King] Reprint (Tor 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Sea King” trilogy..
• * *Metal Angel (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45330-1, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $4.99, 316pp, pb) Fantasy novel of an angel who comes to Earth and becomes a rock star.
• * *Mindbond (Tor 0-812-55492-2, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $2.95, 243pp, pb) [Sea King] Fantasy novel, Vol. II of “The Sea King Trilogy”.
• * _Mindbond (Orbit 0-7088-8291-9, Apr ’89, £3.50, 243pp, pb) [Sea King] Reprint (Tor 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Sea King” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Not on a White Horse (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31366-7, Mar ’88 [Apr ’88], $13.95, 182pp, hc) Associational. Non-sf young-adult horse novel by a fantasy author.
• * *Red Wizard (Macmillan/Atheneum 0-689-31485-X, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], $13.95, 138pp, hc, cover by Toby Gowing) Young-adult fantasy novel of a boy transported to an alternate world where he must defeat an evil warlock.
• * _The Sable Moon (Corgi 0-552-12427-3, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], £1.95, 264pp, pb) [Book of the Isle] Reprint (Pocket 1981) fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Book of the Isle” trilogy. First British edition.
• * _The Silver Sun (Pocket 0-671-61117-8, Dec ’85, $3.50, 292pp, pb) [Book of the Isle] Reissue (Pocket 1980) fantasy novel, Vol. II of “Book of the Isles”. This is a revised version of The Book of Suns (Pocket 1977).
• * *Stardark Songs (W. Paul Ganley 0-932445-58-6, Sep ’93 [Mar ’94], $20.00, 96pp, hc, cover by Teanna Byerts) Poetry collection, with illustrations by Teanna Byerts. A trade paperback edition (-49-7, $7.95) and a signed deluxe edition (-50-0, $35.00) were announced but not seen. This is a 1993 book not seen until now. Available from W. Paul Ganley, PO Box 149, Buffalo NY 14226-0149. (Contents)
• * _The White Hart (Corgi 0-552-12403-6, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], £1.75, 202pp, pb) [Book of the Isle] Reprint (Pocket 1979) fantasy novel, first in “The Book of the Isle” trilogy.
• * _The White Hart (Pocket 0-671-60683-2, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $3.50, 222pp, pb) [Book of the Isle] Reissue (Pocket 1979) fantasy novel.
• * *Wings of Flame (Tor 0-312-93932-9, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $13.95, 252pp, hc) Fantasy quest novel.
• * _Wings of Flame (Tor 0-812-55484-1, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) fantasy novel.
• * _Wings of Flame (Arrow 0-09-945860-8, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £2.95, 252pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) fantasy novel.

SPRUG, JOSEPH W., comp.

• * *Index to Fairy Tales, 1987-1992: Including 310 Collections of Fairy Tales, Folktales, Myths, and Legends... (Scarecrow Press 0-8108-2750-6, Sep ’94 [Oct ’94], $59.50, 588pp, hc) Non-fiction reference book, seventh in a series of fairy tale indexes. Full subtitle: Including 310 Collections of Fairy Tales, Folktales, Myths, and Legends with Significant pre-1987 Titles Not Previously Indexed. The index is of subject (Basket, Bats, etc.), not of specific fantasy images, and few fiction books are mentioned. Order from Scarecrow Press, 52 Liberty St, Metuchen NJ 08840.

SPRUILL, STEVEN G(regory) (1946- ) (stories)

• * *Daughter of Darkness (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-64941-0, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], £16.99, 312pp, hc) [Rulers of Darkness] Dark fantasy novel, sequel to Rulers of Darkness. The vampire cop dedicated to killing other vampires must confront his own son and granddaughter.
• * +Daughter of Darkness (Doubleday 0-385-48432-1, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $22.95, 307pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Rulers of Darkness] Vampire medical thriller/horror novel. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1996).
• * _Daughter of Darkness (NEL 0-340-64942-9, Jun ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 372pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Rulers of Darkness] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) horror novel. Sequel to Rulers of Darkness.
• * _The Genesis Shield (Tor 0-812-53508-1, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $5.99, 374pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1985) near-future political/medical thriller; second printing.
• * _The Imperator Plot (Tor 0-812-55488-4, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $2.95, 283pp, pb) [Kane & Pendrake] Reprint (Doubleday 1983) sf novel.
• * *My Soul to Take (St. Martin’s 0-312-09879-0, Mar ’94 [Apr ’94], $22.00, 295pp, hc, cover by Joe Burleson) Medical thriller with sf elements. A new microchip implant designed to restore sight has the side effect of allowing the recipients to also see the future.