The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

STEED, NEVILLE (continued)

• * _Hallowes’ Hell (Headline 0-7472-3451-5, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], £3.99, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1990) horror novel.

STEELBAUGH, LARRY

• * *Tankwar #2: Fireball (Berkley 0-425-12090-2, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $3.95, 186pp, pb) [Tankwar] Near-future military sf adventure novel.
• * *Tankwar #3: Firestorm (Berkley 0-425-12819-9, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $3.95, 202pp, pb) [Tankwar] Near-future military sf adventure novel.
• * *Tankwar #4: Firebrand (Berkley 0-425-12966-7, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $3.99, 201pp, pb) [Tankwar] Near-future military sf adventure novel in an ongoing series.
• * *TankWar V: Firefight (Berkley 0-425-13232-3, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $3.99, 185pp, pb) [Tankwar] Near-future military sf adventure novel in an ongoing series.
• * *Tankwar VI: Desert Prey (Berkley 0-425-13796-1, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $3.99, 167pp, pb) [Tankwar] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel, sixth book of a series.

STEELE, ALLEN (Mulherrin, Jr.) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *All-American Alien Boy (Old Earth Books 1-882968-06-9, Aug ’96, $15.00, 206pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Collection of 11 stories, with a general introduction by Steele, as well as individual introductions for each story. Available from Old Earth Books, PO Box 19951, Baltimore MD 21211-0951. (Contents)
• * _All-American Alien Boy (Ace 0-441-00460-1, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $5.99, 267pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Old Earth Books 1996) collection of 11 stories, with a general introduction by Steele, as well as individual introductions for each story.
• * *Clarke County, Space (Ace 0-441-11044-4, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $4.50, 231pp, pb, cover by Syd Dutton) Sf novel of man’s first orbital colony and its struggle for independence.
• * _Clarke County, Space (Legend 0-09-978750-4, Feb ’91, £4.99, 302pp, pb, cover by David A. Hardy) Reprint (Ace 1990) sf novel.
• * _Clarke County, Space (Legend 0-7126-3895-4, Feb ’91, £14.99, 302pp, hc, cover by David A. Hardy) Reprint (Ace 1990) sf novel.
• * *The Jericho Iteration (Ace 0-441-00097-5, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $19.95, 279pp, hc, cover by Mark Smollin) Near-future SF thriller set in St. Louis after a devastating earthquake.
• * _The Jericho Iteration (Ace 0-441-00271-4, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $5.50, 279pp, pb, cover by Mark Smollin) Reprint (Ace 1994) near-future SF thriller set in St. Louis after a devastating earthquake.
• * *A King of Infinite Space (HarperPrism 0-06-105286-8, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $23.00, 312pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Near Space] SF novel in the near-future “Near Space” series. A current-day rich kid gets frozen, and revived in the future.
• * *Labyrinth of Night (Legend 0-7126-5398-8, Jun ’92, £8.99, 353pp, tp, cover by Tony Roberts) Sf novel about a mission to Mars. A hardcover edition (-4814-3, £15.99) is also available.
• * +Labyrinth of Night (Ace 0-441-46741-5, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Sf novel about an alien structure on Mars. First American edition (Legend 1992).
• * _Labyrinth of Night (Legend 0-09-919931-9, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], £4.99, 353pp, pb, cover by Tony Roberts) Reprint (Legend 1992) sf novel set on Mars.
• * *Lunar Descent (Ace 0-441-50485-X, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $4.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Sf novel of labor unrest on a space station.
• * _Lunar Descent (SFBC #19171, Dec ’91, $8.98, 336pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Ace 1991) sf novel. First hardcover edition.
• * _Lunar Descent (Legend 0-09-992900-7, Jan ’92, £4.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Tony Roberts) Reprint (Ace 1991) sf novel set on the Moon in 2024. A hardcover edition (0-7126-4813-5, £15.99) is also available.
• * *Orbital Decay (Ace 0-441-49851-5, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.95, 324pp, pb) Sf novel about building a space station told in a style reminiscent of early Heinlein. A first novel. Recommended (CNB).
• * _Orbital Decay (Legend 0-09-974190-3, Feb ’90, £3.99, 414pp, pb, cover by Nick) Reprint (Ace 1989) gritty sf novel about espionage in space. Recommended. (PSP) Also available in hardcover (0-7126-3776-1, £14.95).
• * _Orbital Decay (SFBC #15887, Apr ’90 [Feb ’90], $7.98, 306pp, hc, cover by Romas) Reprint (Ace 1989) sf novel about building a space station told in a style reminiscent of early Heinlein.
• * _Orbital Decay (Legend 0-09-974190-3, Feb ’91, £4.99, 414pp, pb, cover by David A. Hardy) Reissue (Ace 1989) sf novel.
• * _Orbital Decay (Ace 0-441-49851-5, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $5.50, 324pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) Reissue (Ace 1989) SF novel. Second printing.
• * *Rude Astronauts (Legend 0-09-926001-8, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], £9.99, 261pp, tp, cover by Keith Scaife) Collection of ten sf stories, one original, and a selection of articles from Worcester Magazine. A hardcover edition (-926181-2, £14.99) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
• * +Rude Astronauts (Old Earth Books 1-882968-01-8, Apr ’93, $13.00, 243pp, tp, cover by Don Maitz) Collection of 15 sf stories with NASA photographs as interior illustrations. A hardcover limited, signed 100-copy edition (-00-X, $85.00) was announced but not seen. First American edition (Legend 1993). Order from Old Earth Books, PO Box 19951, Baltimore MD 21211.
• * _Rude Astronauts (Ace 0-441-00184-X, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $4.99, 263pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Legend 1992) SF collection, with the introduction from the U.S. edition (Old Earth 1993).
• * *The Tranquillity Alternative (Ace 0-441-00299-4, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $21.95, 306pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Alternate-world SF novel. An astronaut struggles to keep a terrorist from deploying weapons at a moon base.
• * _The Tranquillity Alternative (Ace 0-441-00433-4, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $5.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Ace 1996) alternate-world SF novel of an astronaut and a terrorist at a moon base.
• * *The Weight (Legend 0-09-948901-5, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], £12.99, 98pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Near Space] SF novella of a deep-space vessel owned by the extended family Smith.

STEELE, JOHN H.; see pseudonym Gherbod Fleming (stories)

• * *The World of Darkness: Tower of Babel (White Wolf 1-56504-853-9, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $5.99, 288pp, tp, cover by Jeff Miracola) [World of Darkness] Novelization based on the “Mage: the Ascension” game series, copyrighted by White Wolf.

STEELE, LINDA

• * *Ibis (DAW 0-88677-077-7, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $2.95, 221pp, pb) Sf novel, a first novel.

STEELE, MARY Q(uintard Goven) (1922-1992)

• * _The First of the Penguins (Greenwillow 0-688-04801-3, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $10.25, 152pp, hc) Reprint (Macmillan 1973) young-adult fantasy time travel novel.
• * _The First of the Penguins (NAL/Signet 0-451-14792-8, Sep ’87 [Nov ’87], $2.50, 158pp, pb) Reprint (Greenwillow 1973) young-adult fantasy time travel novel.

STEELEY, ROBERT DEREK (1920-1986); see pseudonym Robert D. Lee

STEFFEN, ELIZABETH (Allen) (1920-1993) (stories)

• * _Portrait of the Psychopath as a Young Woman (with Edward Lee) See entry under Edward Lee.

STEFFLER, JOHN

• * +The Afterlife of George Cartwright (Holt 0-8050-2462-X, May ’93, $22.50, 296pp, hc, cover by Raquel Jaramillo) Literary novel told from the point-of-view of the ghost of 18th-century Labrador explorer George Cartwright. First American edition (McClelland & Stewart 1992).

STEIBER, ELLEN (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The X Files Omnibus (with Les Martin) See entry under Les Martin.
• * *The X-Files #2: Eve (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648325-9, May ’97 [Jul ’97], £3.99, 140pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novelization of the TV series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.
• * *X-Files #4: Squeeze (HarperTrophy 0-06-440621-0, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $3.95, 102pp, tp) [X-Files] Young-adult novellazation based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
• * *The X-Files #5: Empathy (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648328-3, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], £3.99, 140pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novelisation of the TV series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.
• * _X-Files #9: Hungry Ghosts (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648332-1, Jun ’98, £3.99, 118pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Reprint (HarperTrophy 1998) novelisation of an episode of the TV series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The X-Files: Empathy (HarperTrophy 0-06-447173-X, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $4.50, 140pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novelization, fifth in the series for ages 12+. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * *The X-Files: Eve (HarperCollins 0-06-447172-1, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $4.50, 140pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novellazation, second in the new series for ages 12+. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * *The X-Files: Hungry Ghosts (HarperTrophy 0-06-447178-0, Jan ’98, $4.50, 118pp, pb) [X-Files] Young-adult novellazation. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.

STEIGER, BRAD; pseudonym of Eugene E. Olson, (1936- )

• * *The Chindi (Jove 0-515-10245-8, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $3.95, 264pp, pb) Horror novel. Ancient demon unearthed by landscaping.
• * _The Hypnotist (Charter 1-55773-271-X, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 266pp, pb) Reprint (Quicksilver 1979) horror novel of a hypnotist who controls souls.

STEIGLER, MARC

• * _Valentina: Soul in Sapphire (with Joseph H. Delaney) See entry under Joseph H. Delaney

STEIN, GARTH (Ferguson) (1964- )

• * *Raven Stole the Moon (Pocket 0-671-00459-X, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $22.00, 371pp, hc, cover by John Ennis) Horror novel/supernatural thriller. A woman investigating her son’s disappearance in Alaska uncovers forces out of Tlingit myth. A first novel.

STEIN, GERTRUDE (1874-1946) (stories)

• * _The World Is Round (Shambhala/Barefoot Books 1-56957-905-9, Sep ’93 [Oct ’93], $6.00, 145pp, hc, cover by Roberta Arenson) Reprint (William R. Scott 1939) children’s fable, with new illustrations by Roberta Arenson and a preface by series editor Jonathan Cott. This is a minature (8x12 cm.) book.

STEIN, KEVIN T(odd) (1965- ) (stories)

• * *DragonLance Preludes: Brothers Majere (TSR 0-88038-776-9, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.95, 349pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Preludes] Fantasy novelization based on the “DragonLance” game universe, with illustrations by Tom Baxa and an introduction by Margaret Weis. Third in the series.
• * _DragonLance Preludes: Volume Three: Brothers Majere (Penguin 0-14-012633-3, Mar ’90, £3.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Preludes] Reprint (TSR 1990) fantasy novelization.
• * *The Guide to Larry Niven’s Ringworld (Baen 0-671-72205-0, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $14.00, 188pp, tp, cover by David Mattingly) [Ringworld] Non-fiction, reference. A guide to Niven’s Known Space universe, including sections devoted to alien races, history of Known Space, technical data, and a glossary. With black-&-white illustrations by Todd Cameron Hamilton and James Clouse. [Niven]
• * *Twisted Dragon (Ace 0-441-83326-8, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $4.50, 187pp, pb, cover by Erik Olson) [Elfwood] Fantasy novel, third book of the “Elfwood” series. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.

STEIN, STEVEN L.

• * *Hex (Pocket 0-671-66325-9, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 362pp, pb) Horror novel about voodoo rituals in a small town.

STEINBACH, MEREDITH

• * *The Birth of the World As We Know It; Or, Teiresias (Northwestern University/Triquarterly 0-8101-5060-3, Nov ’96 [Jan ’97], $24.95, 192pp, hc, cover by Bernardino Luini) Literary fantasy novel. Teiresias, the Theban seer, recounts life in the past, in the contemporary world, and in the underworld. Order from Northwestern University Press, 625 Colfax St., Evanston IL 60208-4120; 847-491-7420; fax 847-491-8150.

STEINBERG, A. N.

• * *Manroot (Headline 0-7472-0960-X, Feb ’94, £16.99, 312pp, hc, cover by David Bergen) Dark romance novel of AmerIndian legends and soul transference.
• * _Manroot (Headline 0-7472-4501-0, Sep ’94, £5.99, 312pp, tp, cover by David Bergen) Reprint (Headline 1994) fantasy novel.

STEINER, BARBARA (Annette) (1934- ) (stories)

• * *The Coffin (Avon Flare 0-380-77783-5, Jul ’96 [Sep ’96], $3.99, 137pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. A coffin raised by floods holds evil.
• * *The Dark Chronicles Book 1: The Dance (Avon Flare 0-380-77441-0, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $3.99, 229pp, pb) [Dark Chronicles] Young-adult horror novel. A young ballerina joins a troupe that dances for the devil.
• * *The Dark Chronicles Book 2: The Gallery (Avon Flare 0-380-77689-8, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $3.99, 170pp, pb) [Dark Chronicles] Young-adult horror novel. A young artist is helped by an invisible presence.
• * *The Dark Chronicles Book 3: The Calling (Avon Flare 0-380-77994-3, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $3.99, 200pp, pb) [Dark Chronicles] Young-adult horror novel. A young dancer finds her company’s piece about vampires isn’t just a dance.
• * *The Dreamstalker (Avon Flare 0-380-76611-6, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $3.50, 150pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel of a teenage girl whose dreams doom anyone she dreams of to a horrible death.
• * *The Mummy (Scholastic UK 0-590-13595-3, Jun ’96, £3.50, 210pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel.
• * *Night Cries (Avon Flare 0-380-76990-5, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $3.50, 132pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. 13 people are stranded on an island haunted by the murderous dead.
• * *The Phantom (Scholastic 0-590-46425-6, Oct ’93, $3.50, 198pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel of a high school quarterback who shows up for a pep rally — even though he’s dead.
• * _The Phantom (Scholastic UK 0-590-55521-9, Jun ’94, £2.99, 198pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1993) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Photographer (Avon Flare 0-380-75758-3, Oct ’89 [Jan ’90], $2.95, 138pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel—a high-school homecoming court has the life drained out of them through their photograph.
• * _Spring Break (Scholastic UK 0-590-13947-9, Feb ’97, £3.50, 202pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1996) young-adult dark fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

STEINER, MERRILEE

• * *Eileen Goudge’s Swept Away #7: Pirate Moon (Avon Flare 0-380-75134-8, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $2.50, 168pp, pb) Juvenile time travel romance novel. A computer sends Ramona back to pirate times to meet the perfect boy.

STEMP, JANE

• * +Waterbound (Penguin/Dial 0-8037-1994-9, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $15.99, 229pp, hc, cover by Stephen Marchesi) Young-adult SF novel. Forgotten children live by an undergroung river under a futuristic city. First US edition (Hodder Children’s Books 1995).

STEPHANS, BRYNNE

• * *Dragonflight #1 (with Anne McCaffrey) (Eclipse Books 1-56060-074-8, Mar ’91, $4.95, 44pp, tp, cover by Mark Ferrari) [Pern] First part of a three-book graphic adaptation of McCaffrey’s novel, adapted by Brynne Stephens and illustrated by Lela Dowling and Cynthia Martin. Available from Eclipse Books, Box 1099. Forestville CA 95436.

STEPHEN, DAVID (1910- )

• * +Bodach the Badger (St. Martin’s 0-312-08737-3, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $10.95, 191pp, hc) Talking animal fantasy novel by the author of String Lug the Fox. First U.S. edition (Century 1983).

STEPHENS, BRYNNE (1958- ) (stories)

• * *The Dream Palace (Baen 0-671-65557-4, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 258pp, pb) Sort of an interactive-fiction book disguised as a straight fantasy novel. It’s associated with a contest offering a $500 prize plus a solid gold mage.

STEPHENS, J(ohn) HALL (1925- )

• * *Lift Off (Rodmell Press 1-872020-00-3, Dec ’89 [Jan ’90], £5.99, 148pp, tp, cover by Danny Flynn) Sf novel in which a geologist struggles to prevent part of the Earth’s crust breaking away and ’lifting off’ into orbit.

STEPHENS, JAMES (1882-1950) (stories)

• * _The Crock of Gold (Dover 0-486-29931-7, 1997 [Apr ’98], $6.95, 228pp, tp) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1912) fantasy novel about a stolen crock of leprechaun gold. This is a reproduction of the first edition. Illustrations by Thomas Mackenzie. This is dated 1997, but not seen until now.

STEPHENS, JOHN RICHARD, ed. (1958- ) (stories)

• * *Mysterious Cat Stories (with Kim Smith) (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-948-0, Jun ’93 [Jul ’93], $19.95, 303pp, hc) Anthology of 26 ghost and horror stories (both fiction and pseudo-non-fiction) concerning cats, from sources as varied as Lovecraft and an anonymous contributor to the San Francisco Examiner. This also includes editor Stephens’ rewritten version of William Baldwin’s 1553 story, Beware the Cat. (Contents)
• * _Mysterious Cat Stories (with Kim Smith) (Galahad Books 0-88365-872-0, 1994 [Nov ’94], $7.98, 303pp, hc) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1993) anthology of 26 fantastic stories about cats by such authors as Robert Bloch, H.P. Lovecraft, Saki, M.J. Engh, and Bram Stoker, with an introduction by the editors. This is an instant remainder edition.
• * *Vampires, Wine & Roses (Berkley 0-425-15741-5, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $14.00, 384pp, tp, cover by Victor Stabin) Anthology of 34 vampire stories, poems, and excerpts written by famous writers. The editor’s introduction discusses literary references to vampires dating back to ancient times. Authors include Anne Rice, William Shakespeare, Woody Allen, and Sting. (Contents)

STEPHENS, NICHOLAS (stories)

• * *Disney’s Enter if You Dare!: Scary Tales from the Haunted Mansion (Disney Press 0-7868-4003-X, Oct ’95 [Aug ’95], $3.50, 75pp, tp, cover by Sergio Martinez) Young-adult collection of six horror stories, with illustrations by Sergio Martinez. Also announced in hardcover (-5002-7) but not seen. (Contents)