The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

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SHEPARD, LUCIUS (Taylor) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *A Handbook of American Prayer (Thunder’s Mouth 1-56858-281-1, Sep 2004, $22.00, 264pp, hc) Fantasy novel. Wardlin Stuart’s prayers are answered, but his growing fame brings conflict with a fundamentalist minister.
* *Liar’s House (Subterranean Press 1-59606-002-6, Aug 2004, $35.00, 90pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) [Griaule] Fantasy novel set in the world of the dragon Griaule. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a traycased, leatherbound, lettered edition of 26 ($150.00) is also available. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com].
* *Trujillo (PS Publishing 1-902880-85-4, Aug 2004, £35.00, 682pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Collection of 11 stories, one original. Introduction by Michael Swanwick. This is a limited edition of 500 signed by Shepard; a slipcased edition of 200 (-86-2, £60.00) signed by Shepard and Swanwick is also available. Hamilton House, 4 Park Ave., Harrogate, HG2 9BQ, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].
* *Two Trains Running (Golden Gryphon Press 1-930846-23-1, Mar 2004, $22.95, 112 + xiv, hc, cover by John Picacio) Collection of an article and two novellas, one original, about hobos. Golden Gryphon Press, 3002 Perkins Road, Urbana IL 61802; [www.goldengryphon.com]. (Contents)
* *Viator (Night Shade Books 1-892389-44-4, Aug 2004, $25.00, 170pp, hc, cover by John Picacio) Horror novel. Men investigating a wrecked ship go insane. A limited edition of 150 (-45-2, $45.00) is also available.
SHEPHERD, MIKE; pseudonym of Michael Moscoe (chron.)

* *Kris Longknife: Deserter (Ace 0-441-01227-2, Dec 2004, $7.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Scott Grimando) [Kris Longknife] SF novel, second in the “Kris Longknife” series. Kris seeks a missing friend. Shepherd is a pen name for Mike Moscoe.
* *Kris Longknife: Mutineer (Ace 0-441-01142-X, Feb 2004, $7.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Scott Grimando) [Kris Longknife] SF novel. A privileged young woman enlists in the marines against her parents’ wishes, and gets caught in fighting between Earth and warring colony worlds. Shepherd is a pen name for Mike Moscoe.
SHERMAN, DAVID (stories) (chron.)

* *Star Wars: Jedi Trial (with Dan Cragg) (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-46114-2, Nov 2004, $25.95, 345pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
* _Star Wars: Jedi Trial (with Dan Cragg) (Random House UK/Century 1-8441-3799-6, Nov 2004, £17.99, 345pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) novelization based on the Star Wars universe. [First U.K. edition]
* _Star Wars: Jedi Trial (with Dan Cragg) (SFBC #1171166, Nov 2004, $14.99, 345pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Starfist: A World of Hurt (with Dan Cragg) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46052-9, Dec 2004, $19.95, 312pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Starfist] Military SF novel, tenth in a series about 25th-century Marines.
* _Starfist: Lazarus Rising (with Dan Cragg) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44373-X, Dec 2004, $6.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Reprint (Del Rey 2003) military SF novel, ninth in a series about 25th-century Marines.
SHERMAN, JOSEPHA (stories) (chron.)

* *The Secret of the Unicorn Queen, Volume I: Swept Away!/Sun Blind (with Gwen Hansen) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46849-X, Aug 2004, $6.99, 233pp, tp, cover by Scott Fischer) [Secret of the Unicorn Queen] Young-adult omnibus of two fantasy novels: Swept Away (1988) by Sherman and Sun Blind (1988) by Hansen. Part of the Imagine program for young adults. Copyrighted by Parachute Press. (Contents)
* *Star Trek: Vulcan’s Soul, Book One: Exodus (with Susan M. Shwartz) (Pocket 0-7434-6356-0, Jul 2004, $24.95, 262pp, hc) [*Star Trek: Vulcan’s Soul] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
SHERROW, C. G. (chron.)

* *Goorg-Chee: A Sci-Fi Quest For Freedom (iUniverse 0-595-27921-X, Oct 2003, $14.95, 184pp, tp) SF novel. A man and various aliens find themselves without memory, stranded on a strange world. This is dated 2003, but not seen until now; it is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.iuniverse.com], or from iUniverse, 2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100, Lincoln NE 68512.
SHETTERLY, WILL(iam Howard) (1955- ) (chron.)

* _Elsewhere (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-205209-7, Aug 2004, $6.95, 248pp, tp) [Borderland] Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1991) young-adult fantasy novel in the “Borderland” shared-world series.
* _Nevernever (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-205210-0, Aug 2004, $6.95, 226pp, tp) [Borderland] Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1993) young-adult fantasy in the “Borderland” shared-world series, sequel to Elsewhere.
* _Nightspeeder (with Emma Bull) See entry under Emma Bull.
* _War for the Oaks (with Emma Bull) See entry under Emma Bull.
SHINN, SHARON (Ruth) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Angel-Seeker (Ace 0-441-01134-9, Mar 2004, $23.95, 483pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Samaria] SF novel in the “Samaria” series.
* _Angelica (Ace 0-441-01146-2, Mar 2004, $7.99, 545pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Samaria] Reprint (Ace 2003) SF novel in the “Samaria” series, set earlier in the planet’s history.
* _Heart of Gold (Ace 0-441-00821-6, Oct 2004, $6.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Michael Evans) Reissue (Ace 2000) SF romance novel of a scientist and a rebel on a planet divided between the haves and the have-nots. Second printing.
* *The Safe-Keeper’s Secret (Viking 0-670-05910-2, May 2004, $16.99, 222pp, hc, cover by Matt Mahurin) [*Safe-Keeper’s Secret] Young-adult fantasy novel. Fiona wants to follow in her mother’s footsteps as village Safe-Keeper, but family secrets may intrude.
SHIRAS, WILMAR H(ouse) (1908-1990) (chron.)

* _Children of the Atom (Red Jacket Press 0-9748895-0-4, Sep 2004, $39.95, 240pp, hc, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) Reprint (Gnome Press 1953) classic SF novel. This is a deluxe, slipcased facsimile of the Gnome Press edition. Red Jacket Press, 3099 Maqua Place, Mohegan Lake NY 10547; [www.redjacketpress.com].
SHIRLEY, JOHN (Patrick) (1953- ) (chron.)

* *Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas (Penguin/Tarcher 1-58542-287-8, Apr 2004, $15.95, 301pp, tp) Associational biography of G.I. Gurdjieff. [Gurdjieff]
SHREWSBURY, STEVEN L. (stories) (chron.)

* *Bulletproof Soul (KHP Industries/Black Death Books 0-9747680-0-6, Dec 2003, $20.00, 256pp, hc) [Dack Shannon] Original collection of 20 horror/noir stories, most previously published online, many with genre elements, about albino covert agent Dack Shannon in the Majestic Universe. This is a print-on-demand book available online at [www.khpindustries.com], or from KHP Industries, PO Box 588, Effort PA 18330. (Contents)
SHUSTERMAN, NEAL (Douglas) (1962- ) (chron.)

* _The Eyes of Kid Midas (Simon Pulse 0-689-87349-2, Sep 2004, $4.99, 182pp, pb) Reprint (Little, Brown 1992) young-adult fantasy novel about a boy with magic sunglasses.
* _Full Tilt (Simon Pulse 0-689-87325-5, Sep 2004, $4.99, 201pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 2003) young-adult horror novel about a phantom carnival.
SHWARTZ, SUSAN M(artha) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Hostile Takeover (Tor 0-765-30461-9, Dec 2004, $24.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) SF novel. A financial analyst’s audit on a colony planet uncovers a complicated plot that threatens humankind.
* _Star Trek: Vulcan’s Soul, Book One: Exodus (with Josepha Sherman) See entry under Josepha Sherman.
SIDDONS, (Sybil) ANNE RIVERS (1936- ) (chron.)

* _The House Next Door (SFBC #1174453, Feb 2005, $10.99, 346pp, hc) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1978) horror novel about a haunted house. A 1981 introduction by Stephen King is included. This is a special “Stephen King Horror Library” edition distributed by SFBC.
SIDNEY-FRYER, DONALD, ed.; pseudonym of Donald S. Fryer, (1934- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Gaspard de la Nuit See entry under Aloysius Bertrand.
SILVERBERG, ROBERT (1935- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Downward to the Earth (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07523-6, Feb 2004, £6.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (SFBC 1970) SF novel. Volume 56 in the “SF Masterworks” series.
* _Phases of the Moon: Six Decades of Masterpieces by the SFWA Grand Master (ibooks 0-7434-9801-1, Oct 2004, $15.95, 623pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Subterranean 2004 subtitled Stories from Six Decades) collection of 23 stories spanning Silverberg’s career.
* *Phases of the Moon: Stories from Six Decades (Subterranean Press 1-931081-99-9, Aug 2004, $40.00, 625pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Collection of 23 stories spanning Silverberg’s career, with introductions by the author. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,500; a lettered edition of 26 ($150.00) is also available. (Contents)
* _Roma Eterna (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-81488-9, May 2004, $7.99, 449pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Eos 2003) SF alternate-history quasi-novel in ten parts, covering millennia in a Roman Empire that never fell.
* _Roma Eterna (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07556-2, Jul 2004, £6.99, 385pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (HarperCollins/Eos 2003) SF mosaic novel collecting 10 alternate-history stories set in a world where the Roman Empire did not fall.
* _Sailing to Byzantium (ibooks 0-7434-8711-7, Jun 2004, $7.99, 419 + viii, pb, cover by Lawrence Alma-Tadema) Reprint (ibooks 2000) collection of five novellas.
* _The World Inside (ibooks 0-7434-8723-0, Sep 2004, $11.95, 233pp, tp, cover by Luis Royo) Reprint (Doubleday 1971) SF novel.
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* *Between Worlds (SFBC #1152964, Aug 2004, $12.99, 398pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) Original anthology of six far-future SF stories, with an introduction by Silverberg. Authors include Stephen Baxter, Nancy Kress, and Mike Resnick. This has ISBN 1-58288-108-1; it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back jacket. (Contents)
* _Legends II (SFBC #61772, Feb 2004, $14.99, 642pp, hc) Reprint (Voyager 2003) original anthology of 11 short novels by modern masters of fantasy, set in their most popular series. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Legends II (HarperCollin/Voyager 0-00-715435-6, Feb 2004, £11.99, 645pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) Reprint (Voyager 2003) original anthology of 11 short novels by modern masters of fantasy, set in their most popular series.
* _Legends II (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-715436-4, Aug 2004, £7.99, 714pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Reprint (Voyager 2003) original anthology of 11 short novels by modern masters of fantasy, set in their most popular series.
* _Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-47577-1, Nov 2004, $7.99, 401 + x, pb) Reprint (Voyager 2003) second half of the original anthology of 11 short novels by modern masters of fantasy;this has stories by Terry Brooks, George R.R. Martin, Diana Gabaldon, Orson Scott Card, and Elizabeth Haydon.
* _Legends II: Shadows, Gods, and Demons (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-47577-1, Nov 2004, $7.99, 370 + x, pb) Reprint (Voyager 2003) first half of the original anthology of 11 short novels by modern masters of fantasy; this has stories by Neil Gaiman, Anne McCaffrey, Tad Williams, Robin Hobb, Robert Silverberg, and Raymond E. Feist.
SIMAK, CLIFFORD D(onald) (1904-1988) (chron.)

* _City (Old Earth Books 1-882968-28-X, Sep 2004, $27.00, 251pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [City (Websters)] Reprint (Gnome 1952) classic SF fix-up novel/collection. This is a “Clifford D. Simak Centennial Edition”. Order from Old Earth Books, PO Box 19951, Baltimore MD 21211; [www.oldearthbooks.com].
* _Way Station (Old Earth Books 1-882968-27-1, Aug 2004, $27.00, 225pp, hc, cover by Randy J. Lagana) Reprint (Doubleday 1963) Hugo-winning SF novel. This is a Clifford D. Simak Centennial Edition. Available from Old Earth Books, PO Box 19951, Baltimore MD 21211-0951; [www.oldearthbooks.com].
SIMMONS, DAN (1948- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Hard as Nails (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-99468-0, Sep 2004, $6.99, 357pp, pb) [Joe Kurtz] Reprint (St. Martin’s Minotaur 2003) associational mystery, the third featuring ex-PI Joe Kurtz.
* _Hyperion Omnibus (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07626-7, Dec 2004, £12.99, 779pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Hyperion] Reprint (SFBC 1990 as Hyperion Cantos) omnibus of the Hugo Award-winning novel, Hyperion (1989), and its sequel, The Fall of Hyperion (1990). [First U.K. edition]
* _Ilium (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07560-0, Mar 2004, £7.99, 642pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Ilium] Reprint (Eos 2003) SF novel.
SIMMONS, WILLIAM P. (stories) (chron.)

* *By Reason of Darkness (Prime Books/House of Dominion 1-930997-44-2, Mar 2004, $29.95, 282pp, hc, cover by Joakim Back) Collection of 23 stories of dark and fantastic fiction, 12 original. Introduction by Gary Braunbeck; afterword by T.M. Wright. Order from Prime Books, PO Box 36503, Canton OH 44735; [www.primebooks.net]. (Contents)
SIMPSON, M. J. (chron.)

* _Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams (Hodder & Stoughton/Coronet 0-340-82489-1, Feb 2004, £8.99, xviii+394pp, tp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2003) biography. Foreword by John Lloyd. This has been slightly revised and updated, but retains its 2003 copyright. [Adams]
SIMPSON, WENDY (chron.)

* *Echoes of a Distant Storm (New Age Dimensions/Kids’ Dimension 1-59611-014-7, Aug 2004, $15.99, 286pp, tp, cover by Melissa Alvarez) Young-adult fantasy novel. Descendants of five heroes must keep an evil being bound. Available from New Age Dimensions, PO Box 772097, Coral Springs FL 33077; [www.vitalcore.com].
SIMS, MICHAEL P. N., ed. (1952- ) (chron.)

* _Darkness Rising, Volume Seven: Screaming in Colours (with L. H. Maynard) See entry under L. H. Maynard
SINGH, SONIA (chron.)

* *Goddess for Hire (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-059036-X, Jul 2004, $13.95, 305pp, tp, cover by Lisa Plaskett) Fantasy novel. An unemployed California woman discovers she is the incarnation of Kali. A first novel.
SINGLETON, LINDA JOY (chron.)

* *The Seer: Don’t Die, Dragonfly (Llewellyn Publications 0-7387-0526-8, Oct 2004, $4.99, 269pp, tp) [Sabine Rose] Young-adult fantasy mystery, first in a series about a psychic teen. Sabine Rose pretends to be normal at her new school. The author also writes as L.J. Singleton. Available from Llewellyn Publications, PO Box 64383, St. Paul MN 55164-0383; 800-THE-MOON; [www.llewellyn.com].
SINISALO, JOHANNA (chron.)

* +Troll: A Love Story (Grove 0-8021-4129-3, May 2004, $12.00, 278pp, tp, cover by Honi Werner) SF horror novel mixing romance and black humor, winner of Finland’s prestigious Finlandia Award. A young, gay photographer finds a troll. Translated by Herbert Lomas from the 2000 Finnish Ennen päivänlaskua ei voi. First US edition (Peter Owen 5/03 as Not Before Sundown). A first novel.
SIZEMORE, SUSAN (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *I Thirst for You (Pocket Star 0-7434-6743-4, Jun 2004, $6.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Tom Hallman) [I Burn for You] Vampire romance novel, sequel to I Burn for You.
* _I Thirst for You (SFBC #66114, Jul 2004, $9.99, 325pp, hc) [I Burn for You] Reprint (Pocket Star 2004) vampire romance novel, sequel to I Burn for You. This has ISBN 0-7394-4295-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Moons’ Dancing (with Marguerite Krause) See entry under Marguerite Krause.
* _Moons’ Dreaming (with Marguerite Krause) See entry under Marguerite Krause.
SKETCHLEY, MARTIN (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Affinity Trap (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-5734-0, Feb 2004, £10.99, 306pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Structure] SF novel. An Earth dictator secretly deals arms with one group of aliens while seeking political alliance with their enemies. A first novel.
SKIDMORE, STEVE (chron.)

* _Star Bores/Star Bores: The Prequel (with Steve Barlow) See entry under Steve Barlow.
* _Tales of the Dark Forest: 4: Knyghtmare (with Steve Barlow) See entry under Steve Barlow.
SKURZYNSKI, GLORIA (chron.)

* _The Clones (Simon Pulse 0-689-84264-3, Jan 2004, $5.99, 204pp, pb) [Virtual War Chronologs] Reprint (Atheneum 2002) young-adult SF novel, second in the “Virtual War Chronologs”.
* _Virtual War (Simon Pulse 0-689-86785-9, Jan 2004, $5.99, 182pp, pb) [Virtual War Chronologs] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1997) young-adult SF novel.
SLADE, ARTHUR (chron.)

* _Dust (Random House/Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22976-6, Sep 2004, $5.99, 183pp, tp, cover by Jonathan Barkat) Reprint (Lamb 2003) young-adult fantasy novel set in the Depression era.
SLADEK, JOHN (Thomas) (1937-2000) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* +The Complete Roderick (Overlook Press 1-58567-587-3, Oct 2004, $17.95, 611pp, tp) [Roderick] Omnibus of the complete texts of Roderick (1980) and Roderick at Random (1983). Includes notes. First US edition (Gollancz 2001).
SLEATOR, WILLIAM (Warner, III) (1945- ) (chron.)

* *The Boy Who Couldn’t Die (Abrams/Amulet 0-8109-4824-9, Mar 2004, $16.95, 162pp, hc) Young-adult horror novel. A boy afraid of death gets a voodoo immortality treatment and turns to killing others.
* _House of Stairs (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-034580-9, Oct 2004, $5.99, 166pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1974) young-adult SF novel.
* _Parasite Pig (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-240086-6, Feb 2004, $6.99, 212pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Barney] Reprint (Dutton 2002) young-adult SF novel, sequel to Interstellar Pig.
SMEDMAN, LISA (stories) (chron.)

* *The Apparition Trail (Hades Publications/Tesseract Books 1-894063-22-8, Sep 2004, $14.95, 266pp, tp) Alternate-history/steampunk SF novel of the paranormal investigations of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Order from Hades Publications/Tesseract Books, PO Box 1714, Calgary Alberta Canada T2P 2L7; 403-254-0160; [www.edgewebsite.com].

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