Sim, Dave, 233, 244, 269, 305

Simak, Clifford D., 193

SimCity 2000, 154–55

Simon, Brett, 215

Simon, Joe, 276, 278–81

Simon and Kirby Superheroes, Introduction to, 278–81

Simont, Marc, 354

Simpson, M. J., Hitchhiker: A Biography of Douglas Adams, 116

Sinatra, Nancy, 130

Sin City (movie), 226

Sinclair, Alex, 261

Sinclair, Iain, 107

“Sing” (song), 481

“Six to Six,” 156–61

Slade, David, 214

Sleeping Beauty, 45, 59

Slip of the Keyboard, A (Pratchett), Introduction to, 489–502

“Slip Under the Microscope, A” (Wells), 335

Smash!, 263

Smith, Cordwainer, 364

Smith, Jeff, 244, 267–73, 297, 305; Bone, 267–73, 305

Smoke and Mirrors (Gaiman), 61n

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 61–62

Soho (London), 158–60

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Adams), Introduction to, 367–72

“So Many Ways to Die in Syria Now: 2014,” 491–97

“Some Reflections on Myth (With Several Digressions onto Gardening, Comics and Fairy Tales),” 54–63

“Some Strangeness in the Proportion: The Exquisite Beauties of Edgar Allan Poe,” 317–21

Sondheim, Stephen, 107, 490

Son of Dracula (movie), 323

Soundings (Gibbs), 122

Space Voyager (magazine), 100, 117

Speculative fiction, 104, 177–80, 184, 187, 195

Spiegelman, Art, 73, 74, 142, 222, 293, 296, 297

Spin (magazine), “The Dresden Dolls: Hallowe’en 2010,” 477–82

Spinrad, Norman, 121, 258

Spirit (comics), 282–89

Spirit, The (Eisner), 222, 286–89, 291, 292–93

Sprang, Dick, 263, 266

Stalking the Nightmare (Ellison), 123

“Star, The” (Wells), 336

Stardust (Gaiman), 67–68, 82–83, 426–29, 431

Stardust (movie), 428

“Star Pit, The” (Delany), 165

Stars My Destination, The (Bester), Introduction to, 183–86

Steel, Danielle, 134

Stein, Gertrude, 125

Steinmeyer, Jim, 380–82

Stern, Howard, 122

Stewart, Thomas, 473

Stine, R. L., 7, 8, 85

Stoker, Bram, Dracula, 322–26

Stooges, the, 275

Stoppard, Tom, 74

Storey, Margaret, 17, 83

Stormbringer (Moorcock), 165

Storm of Wings, A (Harrison), 364

“Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham, The” (Wells), 335

“Story of the Stone Age, A” (Wells), 336

Stranger in a Strange Land (Heinlein), 171

“Study in Scarlet, A” (Poe), 317

Sturgeon’s Law, 42

“Suede” (song), 391–92

Sundance, 212–16

Sunday Times, 233–34; “On Stephen King,” 129–40

Superfolks (Mayer), 258

Superheroes, lineage of, 257–60

Supreme (Moore), 259

Švankmajer, Jan, 107

Swamp Thing, 265, 279

Swift, Jonathan, 68

Sword of Sorcery (Leiber), 166

Swords of Lankhmar, The (Leiber), 166

Syria, 491–97

Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Poe), 321

Tan, Amy, 130

Tate Gallery, 443–46

“Telling Lies for a Living . . . And Why We Do It,” 16–25

“Tell-Tale Heart, The” (Poe), 318, 320

Tennyson, Alfred, 474

“Terry Pratchett: An Appreciation,” 100–105

Thatcher, Margaret, 365

Theatre Is Evil (album), 484

“These Are Not Our Faces,” 93–94

Thesiger, Ernest, 202–3

Thespis, 253–54

They Might Be Giants, 394–96

They Might Be Giants (movie), 394

“Thing of It Is, The: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell,” 438–42

13 Clocks, The (Thurber), 353–55

Thomas, Theodore, 193

Thompson, Jim, 379

Thompson, Josiah, Gumshoe, 150–53

“Three Authors: On Lewis, Tolkien and Chesterton,” 33–38

Thurber, James, The 13 Clocks, 353–55

Tiger! Tiger! (Bester), 184, 187

Time Bandits (movie), 207

Time Machine, The (Wells), 330

Time Out (magazine): “Six to Six,” 156–61; “Waiting for the Man: Lou Reed,” 402–14