The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

Books, Listed by Author

FENNER, ARNIE, ed. (chron.)

• * _Spectrum 6: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (with Cathy Fenner) See entry under Cathy Fenner.

FENNER, CATHY, ed. (chron.)

• * *Spectrum 6: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (with Arnie Fenner) (Underwood Books 1-887424-47-4, Nov ’99, $25.00, 167+xiii, tp, cover by Jim Burns) Art book. Sixth in a series of yearbooks of professional fantasy art, with full-color reproductions of over 200 pieces chosen by a jury. Arnie Fenner provides a discussion of the year in review. A hardcover edition (-46-6, $35.00) is also available. Order from Underwood Books, PO Box 1609, Grass Valley CA 95945; add $4.00 shipping.

FERMAN, EDWARD L(ewis), ed. (1937- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology (with Gordon Van Gelder) (Tor 0-312-86973-8, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $24.95, 381pp, hc) Anthology of 21 stories that appeared in the magazine from 1994-98. Authors include Kate Wilhelm, Ursula K. Le Guin, Bruce Sterling, and Gene Wolfe. (Contents)

FERRIS, CHRIS (chron.)

• * *Narrating Utopia: Ideology, Gender, Form in Utopian Literature (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-604-6, Jul ’99, £14.95, xii+268pp, tp, cover by Frances Dorsey) Critical work on how utopian literature is always affected (“distorted”) by the social psychology of its author, and why much recent utopian literature is by women. A hardcover edition (-594-5, £32.00) was announced but not seen.

FILIPACCHI, AMANDA (chron.)

• * *Vapor (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0617-1, 1999 [Jun ’99], $22.95, 313pp, hc, cover by René Magritte) Surreal literary fantasy of a woman who gets involved with a man who literally makes clouds, a twisted version of the Pygmalion myth.

FINCH, SHEILA (Rosemary) (1935- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *David Brin’s Out of Time 2: Tiger in the Sky (Avon 0-380-79971-5, Jul ’99, $4.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Peter Bollinger & Cliff Nielsen) [Out of Time] Young-adult time-travel SF novel, “created by” David Brin. Teens are “yanked” out of the late 20th century to save a scientific base from fast-breeding fuzzy alien pests.

FINNEY, JACK; [i.e., Walter Braden Finney] (1911-1995) (stories) (chron.)

• * _About Time (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 0-684-84866-X, 1998 [Jun ’99], $11.00, 219pp, tp) Reprint (S&S/Fireside 1986) collection of 12 stories. This is dated 1998, but not seen until now.

FINNEY, WALTER BRADEN (1911-1995); see under Finney, Jack (stories) (chron.)

FISHER, CATHERINE (chron.)

• * *The Interrex (The Bodley Head 0-370-32436-6, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], £10.99, 213pp, hc, cover by Richard Jones) [Book of the Crow] Young-adult fantasy/SF novel. Volume Two of “The Book of the Crow”, after The Relic Master.
• * _The Relic Master (Red Fox 0-09-926393-9, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], £3.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Richard Jones) [Book of the Crow] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1998) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume One of “The Book of the Crow”.

FISK, PAULINE (1948- ) (chron.)

• * *The Candle House (The Bodley Head 0-370-32411-0, Sep ’99, £10.99, 264pp, hc, cover by Tim Gaudion) Young-adult fantasy novel of parallel lives, fate, and identity.

FLAMMARION, (Nicholas) CAMILLE (1842-1925) (chron.)

• * _Omega: The Last Days of the World (University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books 0-8032-6898-X, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $14.95, 287pp, tp, cover by R. W. Boeche) Reprint (Cosmopolitan 1894) apocalyptic history of the future of the universe by the famous French astronomer, originally published in French as La fin du monde (1893). Introduction by Robert Silverberg. Order from University of Nebraska Press, 312 North 14th St, PO Box 880484, Lincoln NE 68588-0484; 800-755-1105.

FLEISCHMAN, PAUL (1952- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Graven Images: Three Stories (HarperTrophy 0-06-440186-3, Feb ’99, $4.95, 85pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reprint (Harper 1982) young-adult collection of three spooky stories, only one with definite fantasy elements. A Newbery Honor book. This has new illustrations by John Jude Palencar.

FLEISCHMAN, (Albert) SID(ney) (1920- ) (chron.)

• * _The Ghost in the Noonday Sun (Dell Yearling 0-440-41583-7, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $4.50, 131pp, tp, cover by Peter Sis) Reprint (Morrow 1986) young-adult pirate ghost novel.

FLEMING, GHERBOD; pseudonym of John H. Steele (chron.)

• * *World of Darkness: Assamite (White Wolf 1-56504-809-1, Dec ’99, $5.99, 265pp, tp, cover by John Van Fleet) [World of Darkness: Clan] Novelization of the “Clan”, based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
• * *World of Darkness: Gangrel (White Wolf 1-56504-803-2, Jun ’99, $5.99, 270pp, tp, cover by John Van Fleet) [World of Darkness: Clan] Novelization of the “Clan”, based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
• * *World of Darkness: Ventrue (White Wolf 1-56504-805-9, Aug ’99 [Sep ’99], $5.99, 269pp, tp, cover by John Van Fleet) [World of Darkness: Clan] Novelization of the “Clan”, based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by White Wolf.

FLETCHER, JO(anna Louise Gould), ed. (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Horror at Halloween (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-09-7, Oct ’99 [Nov ’99], £7.99, 402pp, tp, cover by Terry Oakes) [Oxrun Station] Original anthology/mosaic novel of five linked stories about bizarre Halloween happenings in the town of Oxrun Station, originally created by Charles Grant, who contributes a story. Other authors are John Gordon, Stephen Bowkett, Diane Duane, and Craig Shaw Gardner. “Created” by Stephen Jones, who shares the copyright with Jo Fletcher. Order from Pumpkin Books, MeG Publishing, PO Box 297, Nottingham NG2 4GW, England. Available in the US from Firebird Distributing, 2030 First Street, Unit 5, Eureka CA 95501; 800-353-3575 ($14.00). (Contents)

FLEWELLING, LYNN (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Traitor’s Moon (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57725-5, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $6.50, 540pp, pb) [Nightrunner] Fantasy novel, third in the “Nightrunner” series. Seregil joins a deperate diplomatic mission to his homeland, from which he was exiled for an unforgiveable crime.

FLINT, ERIC (1947- ) (chron.)

• * *Destiny’s Shield (with David A. Drake) (Baen 0-671-57817-0, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $23.00, 471pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Belisarius] Historical/alternate world SF novel, third in the series featuring Byzantine general Belisarius vs. the alien Malwa in 6th century India.

FLYNN, MICHAEL F(rancis) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Rogue Star (Tor 0-812-54299-1, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $6.99, 667pp, pb) [Firestar] Reprint (Tor 1998) near-future SF novel, sequel to Firestar.

FONSTAD, KAREN WYNN (1945-2005) (chron.)

• * _The Atlas of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth: Revised Edition (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10277-X, May ’99 [Jun ’99], £14.99, xiv+210pp, tp) Reissue (Houghton Mifflin 1992) illustrated reference work to the geography of Tolkien’s world. Revised from the 1981 original. Third edition. [Tolkien]

FONTENAY, CHARLES L(ouis) (1917-2007) (chron.)

• * *Kipton & the Delusions of Tante Else (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-456-X, Jun ’99, $7.99, 187pp, tp, cover by Mary Hanson-Roberts) [Kipton Chronicles] Young-adult SF mystery, 17th in “The Kipton Chronicles”. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
• * *Kipton & the Matter Transmitter (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-455-1, Jun ’99, $7.99, 186pp, tp, cover by Mary Hanson-Roberts) [Kipton Chronicles] Young-adult SF mystery, 15th in “The Kipton Chronicles”. Kipton gets engaged. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
• * *Kipton & the Riddle of Sandstone (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-457-8, Jun ’99, $7.99, 185pp, tp, cover by Mary Hanson-Roberts) [Kipton Chronicles] Young-adult SF mystery, 18th in “The Kipton Chronicles”. University student Kipton gets major help from budding 10-year-old detective Kellianne. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
• * *Kipton and the Martian Maidens (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-417-9, Feb ’99, $7.99, 183pp, tp, cover by Mary Hanson-Roberts) [Kipton Chronicles] Young-adult SF mystery, 16th in “The Kipton Chronicles”. Murder interrupts Kipton’s attempt to have an all-girl camp out. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, PO Box 399, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
• * *Kipton and the Monorail Murder (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-418-7, Jan ’99 [Feb ’99], $7.99, 185pp, tp, cover by Mary Hanson-Roberts) [Kipton Chronicles] Young-adult SF mystery, twelfth in “The Kipton Chronicles”. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, PO Box 399, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
• * *Kipton on Phobos (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-416-0, Jan ’99 [Feb ’99], $7.99, 188pp, tp, cover by Mary Hanson-Roberts) [Kipton Chronicles] Young-adult SF mystery, 13th in “The Kipton Chronicles”. There are dinosaurs on Mars’ moon. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, PO Box 399, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
• * *Target: Grant, 1862 (Royal Fireworks/Silk Label 1-928767-01-X, Jun ’99, $9.99, 252pp, tp, cover by John Gampert) SF time-travel novel. A man uses an untested time machine to change the outcome of the American Civil War. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.

FOOS, LAURIE (chron.)

• * *Twinship (Harcourt 0-15-100417-X, Sep ’99 [Oct ’99], $23.00, 262pp, hc) Absurd/literary fantasy novel. A woman unexpectedly gives birth to her own clone, which her mother kidnaps.

FORD, FORD MADOX; [Name originally: Ford Madux Heuffer] (1873-1939) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Inheritors (with Joseph Conrad) See entry under Joseph Conrad.

FORD, JEFFREY (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Memoranda (Avon Eos 0-380-80262-7, Oct ’99, $12.00, 231pp, tp, cover by Phil Singer) [Well-Built City] Fantasy novel, second in a trilogy begun in World Fantasy Award-winning novel The Physiognomy. Ex-physiognomer Clay enters his enemy’s dreams in search of a cure for plague.

FORD, JOHN M(ilo) (1957-2006) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Star Trek: How Much for Just the Planet? (Pocket 0-671-03859-1, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $3.99, 253pp, pb) [Star Trek: Worlds Apart] Reissue (Pocket 1987) Star Trek novelization, repackaged as a “classic Star Trek novel” and named Book 2 of “Worlds Apart”. This has a new ISBN and indicates first printing. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * _Star Trek: The Final Reflection (Pocket 0-671-03853-2, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $3.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek: Worlds Apart] Reissue (Pocket 1984) Star Trek novelization, repackaged and named Book 1 of “Worlds Apart”. This has a new ISBN and indicates first printing. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

FORSTCHEN, WILLIAM R. (1950- ) (chron.)

• * *The Lost Regiment #8: Men of War (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45770-6, Dec ’99, $6.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Lost Regiment] Military SF novel, eighth in the series about Civil War soldiers transported into an alternate world.
• * *Prometheus (Baen 0-671-57795-6, Feb ’99, $6.99, 284pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Star Voyager Academy] Military SF novel, third in the “Star Voyager Academy” series.
• * *Shattered Light 3: Catseye (with Jaki Demarest) (Pocket 0-671-03268-2, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $6.50, 392pp, pb, cover by David A. Cherry) [Shattered Light] Novelization based on the CD-ROM/online game from Catware. Copyrighted by Catware.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: The Forgotten War (Pocket 0-671-01159-6, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $6.50, 270pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization. This has the second chapter in Michael Jan Friedman’s 12-part serial novel Star Trek: Starfleet: Year One. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

FORSYTH, KATE (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +The Pool of Two Moons (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45690-4, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $6.99, 557pp, pb, cover by Judy Yorke) [Witches of Eileanan] Celtic fantasy novel, second in “The Witches of Eileanan” trilogy. Twins Iseult and Isabeau finally meet as they help overthrow the evil sorceress queen. First US edition (Random House Australia/Arrow 1998).

FOSTER, ALAN DEAN (1946- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Carnivores of Light and Darkness (Warner Aspect 0-446-60697-9, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $6.50, 356pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Journeys of the Catechist] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1998) fantasy novel, book one of “Journeys of the Catechist”.
• * _Cat-a-Lyst (Ace 0-441-64661-1, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $5.99, 327pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) Reissue (Ace 1991) humorous SF novel. Fifth printing.
• * _Codgerspace (Ace 0-441-71851-5, Nov ’99, $5.99, 309pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Reissue (Ace 1992) humorous SF novel. Second printing.
• * _Cyber Way (Ace 0-441-13245-6, Sep ’99 [Nov ’99], $5.99, 307pp, pb, cover by James Gurney) Reissue (Ace 1990) near-future SF/Navajo mystery novel. Fourth printing.
• * _Design for Great-Day (with Eric Frank Russell) (Tor 0-812-52460-8, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $5.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reissue (Tor 1995) SF novel, an expansion by Foster of Russell’s 1953 novella. Second printing.
• * _Glory Lane (Ace 0-441-51664-5, May ’99, $5.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Jim Gurney) Reprint (Ace 1987) humorous SF novel. Sixth printing.
• * *The Hand of Dinotopia (HarperCollins 0-06-028005-0, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $22.95, 409pp, hc, cover by James Gurney) [Dinotopia] Young-adult novelization based on James Gurney’s “Dinotopia”. Illustrations by James Gurney; copyrighted by James Gurney.
• * *Into the Thinking Kingdoms (Warner Aspect 0-446-52136-1, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $23.00, 376pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Journeys of the Catechist] Fantasy novel, book two in the “Journeys of the Catechist”.
• * *Phylogenesis (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41862-X, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $24.00, 327pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Founding of the Commonwealth] SF novel of the birth of the Commonwealth of the “Pip and Flinx” novels. A mad Thranx poet and a human criminal speed contact between their races.
• * _Quozl (Ace 0-441-69454-3, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $5.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Jim Gurney) Reprint (Ace 1989) humorous SF novel. Fifth printing.
• * _Slipt (Severn House 0-7278-2269-1, Jan ’99, £17.99, 265pp, hc) Reprint (Berkley 1984) SF novel of pollution and genetic mutation. First World Hardcover.

FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Soho Black (Warner UK 0-7515-2825-0, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], £6.99, 378pp, tp) Reprint (Warner UK 1998) dark fantasy novel.
• * *Uncut: Twenty-One Short Stories (Warner UK 0-7515-2644-4, Jul ’99, £7.99, 406pp, tp) Collection of dark fantasy stories, including four originals. (Contents)

FOWLER, KAREN JOY (1950- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Black Glass (Ballantine 0-345-42653-3, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $12.95, 242pp, tp) Reprint (Holt 1998) collection of 15 stories. This is a “Reader’s Circle” edition with 16-page group-discussion guide.

FOX, ASTRID (chron.)

• * *Rika’s Jewel (Virgin/Sapphire 0-352-33367-7, Jun ’99, £6.99, 225pp, tp) Erotic lesbian sword-and-sorcery novel set in the 11th century.

FOX, LINDA REAMES; see pseudonym Jocelin Foxe (chron.)

FOXE, JOCELIN; pseudonym of Linda Reames Fox & Joyce Cottrell (chron.)

• * *The Wild Hunt: Child of Fire (Avon Eos 0-380-79912-X, Dec ’99, $5.99, 323pp, pb, cover by J. K. Potter) [Wild Hunt] Fantasy novel, second in the series. The cursed men of the Wild Hunt are called to rescue a boy of destiny kidnapped by barbarians. Copyrighted by Linda Reames Fox and Joyce Cottrell.

FRANK, HOWARD (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Frank Collection: A Showcase of the World’s Finest Fantastic Art (with Jane Frank) See entry under Jane Frank.

FRANK, JANE (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Frank Collection: A Showcase of the World’s Finest Fantastic Art (with Howard Frank) (Paper Tiger 1-85585-732-4, Nov ’99 [Dec ’99], £14.99, 112pp, tp) Illustrated guide to the Franks’s extensive collection of works by acclaimed SF and fantasy artists of the 20th Century.

FRANK, MARIETTA (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Back in the Spaceship Again: Juvenile Science Fiction Series Since 1945 (with Karen Sands) See entry under Karen Sands.

FRANKLAND, EDWARD PERCY (1884-1958) (chron.)

• * *Arthur the Bear of Britain (Green Knight Publishing 1-56882-102-6, Mar ’99 [Jun ’99], $14.95, 350pp, tp, cover by Randy Gallegos) Historical Arthurian novel, with a new foreword by Raven Frankland and a new introduction by Raymond H. Thompson, along with the original foreword by D. Lloyd George and afterword by the author. This is dated 1998, but not seen until now. First US edition (McDonald 1944 as The Bear of Britain). Order from Green Knight c/o Chaosium, 950-A 56th St, Oakland CA 94608.

FRANKLIN, MADELAINE L’ENGLE; see pseudonym Madeleine L’Engle (stories) (chron.)

FRANKOWSKI, LEO A. (1943-2008) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *A Boy and His Tank (Baen 0-671-57796-4, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $21.00, 273pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Boy and His Tank] Military SF novel. The people of a solid-metal planet survive by turning out mercenaries bonded through virtual reality with intelligent tanks.
• * *The Fata Morgana (Baen 0-671-57822-7, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $21.00, 313pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) SF novel. Two engineers find the legendary Western Isles.

FRAZETTA, FRANK (1928- ) (chron.)

• * *Legacy (Underwood Books 1-887424-49-0, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $35.00, 189pp, tp, cover by Frank Frazetta) Art book, with reproductions of cover art, movie posters, comics, etc., some famous works and others previously unpublished. Edited by Arnie & Cathy Fenner. Foreword on “Frank Frazetta, Edgar Rice Burroughs, & Illustration” by Danton Burroughs, introduction by Nick Meglin, biography by Arnie Fenner, and an appreciation by Michael Friedlander. The limited, slipcased edition of 2500 (-48-2, $125.00) has different jacket art, and 16 additional pages of illustrations; it is out of print at the publisher. Order from Underwood Books, PO Box 1609, Grass Valley CA 95945; add $4.00 shipping.