Somtow Bibliography


Books by S.P. Somtow

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1. STARSHIP AND HAIKU
Pocket Books, 1981, 1984; Del Rey Books, 1988 (Locus Award Winner), Wildside Press, 2000
Japanese ed. , Sutaashippu to Haiku, Hayakawa; 
Ger. Das letzte Haiku verhallt, Goldmann-Verlag






2. MALLWORLD
Donning, 1982, Tor Books, 1984
Ger. Der intergalaktische Hypermarkt, Goldmann-Verlag
Fr. Mallworld Graffiti, De Noël






3. FIRE FROM THE WINE-DARK SEA (Collection)
Donning, 1983






4. LIGHT ON THE SOUND 
Pocket Books, 1982, Bantam, 1986 (revised)
Ger. Singt dem Inquestor dunkle Lieder, Goldmann-Verlag
Fr. Lumière sur le detroît, De Noël

5. AQUILA IN THE NEW WORLD
Pocket Books, 1983, Del Rey Books, 1988
It. Aquiliade, Mondadori
Wildside Press, 2000






6. THE THRONE OF MADNESS
Pocket Books, 1983, Bantam Books, 1986
Fr. Le trône de folie, De Noël
Ger. Der dunkle Tron der Inquestoren, Goldmann-Verlag

7. VAMPIRE JUNCTION
Donning, 1984, Berkley, 1985, Tor Books, 1991
Br. MacDonald, 1985, Futura, 1985, Gollancz, 1992
Ger. Ich bin die Dunkelheit, Goldmann-Verlag
Fr. Vampire Junction, J’ai lu
Japanese, 2002
Russian, 2002
Named one of 40 “all-time greatest horror books” by the
Horror Writers Association






8. UTOPIA HUNTERS
Bantam Books, 1984
9. THE ALIEN SWORDMASTER
Pinnacle, 1985
Br. NEL, 1985
Ger. Der Fremde Ninja, Goldmann

10. THE DARKLING WIND
Bantam, 1985
Fr. Le vent des tenèbres, De Noël

11. THE FALLEN COUNTRY
Bantam, 1986
Ger. Das andere Land, Goldmann-Verlag
Thai, Muang Kaew, Vanlaya Press, 1996
Babbage Press, 2001

12. THE SHATTERED HORSE
Tor Books, 1986, 1987 (Daedalus Award Winner)
Br. Headline
Romanian in press
Diplodocus Press, 2005






13. FORGETTING PLACES
Tor Books, 1987 (Outstanding book of year from University of Iowa)
Fr. Messages de l’au-dela, Presses-Pocket, 1994
Th. Sai Samphan, Vanlaya Press, 1994
Wildside Press, 2000

14. SYMPHONY OF TERROR
Tor Books, 1988
Br. NEL
Ger. Symphonie des Schrecken, Goldmann-Verlag

15. AQUILA AND THE IRON HORSE
Del Rey Books, 1988
It. Il ritorno di Aquila, Mondadori
Wildside Press, 2000






16. AQUILA AND THE SPHINX
Del Rey Books, 1988
Wildside Press, 2000






17. MOON DANCE
Tor Books, 1990, 1991
(American Horror Award Nominee; Rocky Award Winner;
  HOMer Award Winner)
Br. Gollancz, 1991, 1992
Ger. Wolfsruf, Goldmann-Verlag
It. La danza della Luna, Armenia
Fr. J’ai lu, 1996






18. RIVERRUN
Avon Books, 1991
Br. Little, Brown, 1994

19. FIDDLING FOR WATERBUFFALOES
Pulphouse Press (chapbook) 1991

20. FOREST OF THE NIGHT  (alternative title: ARMORICA)
Avon Books, 1991
Br. Little, Brown, 1994
21. VALENTINE
Tor  Books, 1992, 1995
Br. Gollancz, 1992
Fr. J’ai Lu, 1999
Russian in press

22. I WAKE FROM A DREAM OF A DROWNED STAR CITY
Axolotl Press, 1992

23. JASMINE NIGHTS
(serialized in the Bangkok Post ) 1991
Br. Hamish Hamilton/Penguin, 1994, 1995
St. Martin’s Press, 1995
Ger. Droehmer, 1995
Th. River Books, 1996
Ital. (in press)
Th. (English language) Asia Books, 2001
Th. Tanlom Press, 2005
Fr. L’Année du Chameleon, 2006

24. MY COLD MAD FATHER (Short Story Collection)
Wildside Press, 2000 (in press)

25. A CERTAIN SLANT OF “I” (Collection of Essays)
Wildside Press, 2000 (in press)

26. WIZARD’S APPRENTICE
Rocky Award Winner, best young adult novel
Atheneum, 1993

27. CHUI CHAI — short fiction by S.P. Somtow
Thai, Vanlaya Press, 1995

28. NOVA — short fiction by S.P. Somtow 
Thai, Vanlaya Press, 1995

29. VANITAS — Escape from Vampire Junction
Can. Transylvania Press,1995
Br. Gollancz  1995, 1996
TOR Books 1996, 1997
Fr. J’ai lu, 1998

30. THE VAMPIRE’S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER
Atheneum, 1997
main selection of Junior Library Guild
Science Fiction Book Club, 1998
Fr., “Fille de Vampire,” 2000, Presses-Pocket

31. YESTERN 
White Wolf Publishing, 1997 (as part of Omnibus)

32. THE RIVERRUN TRILOGY (Omnibus Collection)
consists of Riverrun, Armorica, and Yestern
White Wolf Publishing, 1996
Science Fiction Book Club, 1996
Bulgarian in press






33. THE PAVILION OF FROZEN WOMEN — short story collection
nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Story Collection
nominated for World Fantasy Award for Best Collection
Br. Gollancz, 1996, 1997

34. DARKER ANGELS
nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for best novel
nominated for the International Horror Guild Award for best novel
nominated for the British Fantasy Award
Br. Gollancz, 1997
TOR Books, 1998
Gr. as “Skoteinoi Angeloi”, 2000
Ger as “Dunkle Engel”, 2001
Ger. mass market, 2005

35. BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE
serialized in weekly installments in THE NATION
2003 Iuniverse Books
repacked as THE OTHER CITY OF ANGELS
2007, Diplodocus Press






36. A LAP DANCE WITH THE LOBSTER LADY (chapbook)
Bereshith Press, 1998

37. DRAGON’S FIN SOUP — Eight Modern Siamese Fables
EMR, 1999. Babbage Press — 2000
Asia Books, 2002, Thailand

38. THE CROW — TEMPLE OF NIGHT
Harper Entertainment, 1999, 2000
Science Fiction Book Club, 1999
Fr., 2002

39. TAGGING THE MOON — Fairy Tales of Los Angeles
Nightshade Books, 2000

40. THE ULTIMATE MALLWORLD
Meisha Merlin Press, 2000
Fr. 2003

41. STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION —”DO COMETS DREAM?”
Simon and Schuster/Pocket Books, 2003 






42. MADANA — A Libretto
Maha Vajiralongkorn Foundation, 2001

43. MAE NAAK — A Libretto
published by Bangkok Opera Foundation
2003

44. BAI NA MARANA — collection
Thai short story collection
Tanlom Publishing
2004

45. OTHER EDENS — Story Collection
first published in German as “Untergang des Edens”
U.S. Diplodocus press, 2006






46. THE STONE BUDDHA’S TEARS
coming in 2007

47. S.P. SOMTOW’S “THE GREAT TALES”
Thai short story collection
Tanlom Publishing
2006

48. CHRONIQUES DE L’INQUISITIION, Vol 1
French omnibus of the Inquestor series, 2006

49. CHRONIQUES DE L’INQUISITION, Vol 2
Second volume of Frebch Omnibus, 2006

50. OPUS FIFTY
Diplodocus Press (2007)

51. OPERA EAST
The Inside Story of the Bangkok Opera’s
Tumultuous First Five Years

52. SONNETS ABOUT SERIAL KILLERS
Diplodocus Press 

53. NIRVANA EXPRESS



Short Fiction by S.P. Somtow


(G) Gardner Dozois recommended reading list (starting 1985)
(D) Ellen Datlow recommended reading list (starting 1988)
(L) Locus recommended reading list (starting 1990s)
(N) Nebula preliminary ballot
(I didn’t keep records of earlier mentions)
*=already translated into Thai
(F) reprinted in Fire from the Wine-dark Sea;
(U) reprinted, in altered form, in Utopia Hunters
(M) reprinted in Mallworld (P) reprinted in Pavilion of Frozen Women
(CMF) reprinted in My Cold Mad Father
(CC) reprinted in Chui Chai

1. “Sunsteps,” UNEARTH, Summer 1977 (F)
2. “The Thirteenth Utopia,” Analog, April 1979;
                       1980 Annual Worlds Best SF (DAW) (N)(F)
3. “A Day in Mallworld,” IASFM, October, 1979
                       also “Dzie´n w Mallworld,” Fantastyka magazine (Polish) (M)
4. “The Web Dancer,“ IASFM, Dec 1979
                       repr. WHY I LEFT HARRY’S ALL-NIGHT HAMBURGERS,
                       ed. Sheila Williams, 1992 (U)
5. “Comets and Kings,” Chrysalis 5, 1979 (Zebra Books)(F)
6. “Fire from the Wine-dark Sea,” Other Worlds 1, 1979 (P) (Zebra Books)(N)(F)(CMF)
7. “Darktouch,” IASFM Jan 1980
                       repr. in “Aliens and UFOs”, 1993 (F)
8. “Rabid in Mallworld,” IASFM Jun 1980;
                       Isaac Asimov’s Near Futures and Far, Dial Press, 1982 (M)
9. “Sing a Song of Mallworld,” IASFM Jul 1980 (N)(M)
10. “Light on the Sound,” IASFM August 1980 (novella                                                                                              version)
11. “Dear Caressa, or, This Towering Torment,” IASFM Sep                                   1980  (F)
12. “Angels’ Wings,” Chrysalis 8 (F)
13. “The Rainbow King,” IASFM 16/2/81 (U)
14. “The Vampire of Mallworld,” Amazing, May 1981(M)
15. “The Dust,” IASFM,  3/8/81 (Winner of the Edmond Hamilton                                      Award, 1982) (U)
16. “Mallworld Graffiti,” IASFM, 31/8/81 (M)
*17. “Absent Thee from Felicity Awhile,” Analog, 14/9/81 (Hugo Nominee)(N)(F)(CC)
    1982 Worlds Best SF (DAW)
18. “The Dark Side of Mallworld,” IASFM 26/10/81(M)
19. “The Jaws of Mallworld,” Mallworld, Donning/Starblaze, 1982
20. “The Last Line of the Haiku,” Amazing, Nov 1981(F)
21. “A Child of Earth and Starry Heaven,” Chrysalis 9, 1981(F)(CMF                                                                                      revised and retitled “The Bad News Express”)
22. “Aquila,” IASFM 18/1/82  (Hugo Nominee)
23. “Remembrances”, IASFM 15/3/82 (U)
24. “Aquila the God,” IASFM, Apr 1982 (F)
25. “Scarlet Snow,” IASFM, May 1982 (U)
26. “Coaster Time,” Fantasy Review, 1982 (F)
27. “The Fallen Country,” Elsewhere, Vol. 2 (1982) Strange                                                                                    Visions, ed. Donaldson, Bantam (1991)
28. “The Red Wizard”, tie-in story written for The Master
                       Elite game
29. “Aquila Meets Bigfoot,” Amazing, Jan 1983
30. “Aquila: The Final Conflict,” Amazing, May 1983
31. “The Shattered Horse,” Amazing, May 1984
32. “The Comet that Cried for its Mother,” Amazing, Sep 1984 (U)
33. “Coming of Age in the Greenhouse,” Stardate, Apr 1986
34. “Fiddling For Waterbuffaloes,” Analog Apr 1986 
                       also in TALES  FROM PLANET  EARTH, ed. Fred Pohl, St. Martin’s (1987) and                                                        1986 BEST SCIENCE FICTION, edited by Dozois (St. Martin’s  Press);
                       also 1991 chapbook from Pulphouse Press (L)(G)(N)
35. “ResurrecTech™,” Night Cry, Winter 1986, (Bram Stoker Award Nominee)
36. “Anna and the Ripper of Siam,” JACK THE RIPPER, ed.                                  Dozois  and Casper,                                          TOR, 1988 (G)(D)
*37. “The Madonna of the Wolves”, Asimov’s, November 1988
                       repr.  in GREAT TALES OF MADNESS AND THE MACABRE, 1990
                       ed.  Charles Ardai (D)
38. “Lottery  Night,” WFC Program Book, 1989;
                       Asimov’s, April 1990; 
                       YEAR’S BEST SF 7,   ed.  Dozois (N)
                       Fr. as “Lotterie Macabre”, Asimov’s, Presses-Pocket
39. “Cruise Eternity,” Pulphouse #8, 1990 (G)
40. “Hunting the Lion,”  Weird Tales, 1991 (G)(P)
•41. “Invasion Night,” tie-in story written for video game
                       Earthling
*42. “The Pavilion of Frozen Women,”  COLD SHOCKS, Avon Books, 1991, ed. Tim                                                Sullivan
                       Nominated for World Fantasy Award;
                       repr. Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, ed. Datlow  (L)(G)(CC)(P)
*43. “Kingdoms in the Sky,” Asimov’s, January 1992 (G)(D)(CC)(CMF)
44. “Dark River,” Midnight Graffiti, 1991
*45. “Chui Chai,” The Ultimate Frankenstein, Dell Books, 1991;
                       repr. The Year’s Best Fantasy,
                       1992 repr. Best New Horror 3,  1992 (UK and US.)
                       repr. The Giant Book of Best New Horror                                                                                                                                                               (UK)(L)(G)(CC)(P)
*46. “Darker Angels,” Confederacy of the Dead, ed. Ed Kramer, NAL,                                                                                 1993(CMF)(P)
                       repr. Best New Horror 5, 1994, UK (P)
*47. “ Fish are Jumpin’ and the Cotton is High”, Monsters in our  Midst, ed. Robert                                                       Bloch, TOR, 1992(P)
48. “I Wake from a Dream of a Drowned Star City”, Axolotl                                         Press,  1991
49. “Chiaroscuro” (collection, to come) 1991
50. “Though I Walk Through the Valley”, The Ultimate Zombie, ed.                                                                                        Betancourt, Dell, 1993 (P)
*51. “Gingerbread”, The Ultimate Witch, ed. Betancourt, Dell, 1993  (CC)(P)
52. “Mr. Death’s Blue-eyed Boy”, Phobias, NAL, ed. Kramer,                                 Webb, Greenberg,                                           Gilliam, et al. 1994(P)
53. “The Steel American”, Grails, ed. Ed Kramer, Unnameable Press,  1992 (L)(G)(D)(P)
54. “The Voice of the Hummingbird”, White Wolf Press, ed. Stewart Wieck, 1993 (D)
*55. “Tagging the Moon”, Asimov’s Magazine, mid-Dec, 1993, ed. Gardner Dozois (G)
56. “Dragon’s Fin Soup”, The Ultimate Dragon, ed. Betancourt & Preiss, 1995,                                                             nominated for World Fantasy Award,
                       repr. Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, ed Datlow and Windling
57. “The Hero’s Celluloid Journey”, Weird Tales, ed. Scithers, 1998
58. “Bug-eyed in Mallworld”, The Ultimate Alien, ed.  Betancourt, Preiss, et al. 1995
59. “The Captive Angel” (ex. from Vanitas) I, Vampire ed. Hank  Stine, Longmeadow                                                 Press
60. “But None I Think There Do Embrace,” Tombs, ed. Kramer and  Crowther, White                                                 Wolf, 1995
61. “Beloved Disciple,” Dark Destiny II, ed. Kramer White Wolf, 1995
62. “Diamonds Aren’t Forever”, David Copperfield’s World of the Impossible, ed. Gluckman,                                 1995,
                       nominated for the Theodore Sturgeon Award
63. “A Thief in the Night,” from Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal
                       Unicorn ed. Gluckman, 1995
64. “The Last Time I Died in Venice,” from AsianUp, 1996
65. “Brimstone and Salt,” Dark Destinies III, ed. Kramer,
                       White Wolf, 1996, nominated for the Bram Stoker Award,
                       winner, International Horror Guild Award
66. “The Ugliest Duckling”, Urban Legends, ed. Josepha Sherman and Keith                                                                DeCandido, DAW Books
66. “More Strange than True,” A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ed. M.                                                                                       Christian, 1998
68. “Red as Jade,” The Crow, ed. Ed Kramer, Del Rey/Ballantine, 1998
69. “The Sleeping Ice Princess,” in Fairy Tales of Los Angeles, 2000
70. “Dr. Rumpole,” Realms of Fantasy, 1998
71. “Avoiding Close Encounters,” unpublished
72. “A Lap Dance with the Lobster Lady”, in Strange Attraction, ed. Vince Harper,                                                       2000 ; also chapbook.
73. “The Mallworld Falcon”, in Ultimate Mallworld, 2000
74. “Vanilla Blood”, in Vampire Sextette, ed. Marvin Kaye, SFBC, 2000
75. “The Bird Catcher”,  in Museum of Horrors, ed. Dennis Etchison, 2001
                       World Fantasy Award Nominee
76. “A Different Eden,” in Kabbalah, ed. Edward Kramer, 2001
77. “Little Red  Caplets”— Aberrant Dreams
78. “Pawning the Queen” — Aberrant Dreams
79. “An Alien Heresy” — Asimov’s SF