The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

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HICKAM, HOMER H., Jr. (chron.) (continued)

* _Back to the Moon (SFBC #02870, Sep ’99, $11.98, 447pp, hc) Reprint (Delacorte 1999) SF thriller. This is similar to the Delacorte edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
HICKMAN, TRACY (Raye) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _DragonLance: The Annotated Chronicles (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
* _Nightsword (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
* _The NightSword: A Starshield Novel (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
_____, ed. * _DragonLance: Tales of the Fifth Age: Heroes and Fools (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis. * _Treasures of Fantasy (with Martin H. Greenberg & Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
HILL, WILLIAM (D.) (1959- ) (chron.)

* *California Ghosting (Otter Creek Press 1-890611-01-8, Mar ’98 [Nov ’99], $15.95, 514pp, tp) Dark fantasy mystery of murder and psychics at a haunted resort. This is dated 1998, but not seen until now.
HOAD, JEREMY (chron.)

* _Doctor Who: The Blue Angel (with Paul Magrs) See entry under Paul Magrs.
HOBAN, RUSSELL (Conwell) (1925- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *A Russell Hoban Omnibus (Indiana University Press 0-253-33586-8, Dec ’99, $39.95, 822pp, hc) Omnibus/collection of 23 pieces including four novels: Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz (1973), Turtle Diary (1975), Pilgermann (1983), and Mr. Rinyo-Clacton’s Offer (1998). Also includes six stories and and two essays previously collected in The Moment Under the Moment, and nine poems from The Last of the Wallendas and Other Poems, plus two samples of his YA writing, including part of an unfinished sequel to The Mouse and His Child. Available from Indiana University Press, 601 N. Morton St., Bloomington IN 47404; credit card orders 800-842-6796; add $4.00 postage. (Contents)
HOBB, ROBIN; pseudonym of Megan Lindholm, (1952- ) (chron.)

* *Mad Ship (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225479-4, Mar ’99 [Jan ’99], £17.99, 673pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Liveship Traders] Fantasy novel, book two of “The Liveship Traders”. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam) edition. Hobb is a pseudonym for Megan Lindholm.
* *Mad Ship (Bantam Spectra 0-553-10333-4, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $24.95, 647pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Liveship Traders] Fantasy novel, second in “The Liveship Traders” series, set in the same world as the “Farseer” series. Hobb is a pen-name for Megan Lindholm.
* _Mad Ship (SFBC #19785, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $11.98, 647pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Liveship Traders] Reprint (Voyager; Bantam Spectra 1999) fantasy novel, second in “The Liveship Traders” series, set in the same world as the “Farseer” series. Hobb is a pen-name for Megan Lindholm. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Ship of Magic (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57563-5, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $6.99, 809pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Liveship Traders] Reprint (Bantam Spectra; Voyager 1998) fantasy novel, first in “The Liveship Traders” series, set in the same world as the “Farseer” series. Hobb is a pen-name for Megan Lindholm.
* _Ship of Magic (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649885-X, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], £6.99, xii+880pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Liveship Traders] Reprint (Bantam Spectra; Voyager 1998) fantasy novel, set in the same world as the “Farseer” trilogy. Book One of “The Liveship Traders”. Hobb is a pseudonym for Megan Lindholm.
HOCKING, JOHN C. (chron.)

* _Conan and the Emerald Lotus (Tor 0-812-59061-9, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $5.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Conan] Reprint (Tor 1995) novelization based on the character created by Robert E. Howard. Copyrighted by Conan Properties.
HOFFMAN, BARRY (1947- ) (chron.)

* _Eyes of Prey (Leisure 0-8439-4567-2, Aug ’99, $5.50, 359pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) [Shara Farris] Reprint (Gauntlet 1998) horror novel with supernatural elements, sequel to Hungry Eyes.
HOFFMAN, NINA KIRIKI (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *A Red Heart of Memories (Ace 0-441-00651-5, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $21.95, 329pp, hc, cover by Tim Barrall) [Matt Black] Contemporary fantasy novel, part of the “Matt Black” series of stories. Matt convinces a wandering witch to return to his hometown to deal with the past.
HOGAN, CHUCK (1967- ) (chron.)

* _The Blood Artists (Avon 0-380-73146-0, Jan ’99, $6.99, 368pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 1998) near-future thriller of a virus that takes over a human body and becomes aware. We apparently missed the hardcover first edition.
HOGAN, JAMES P(atrick) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Cradle of Saturn (Baen 0-671-57813-8, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $24.00, 421pp, hc, cover by Dru Blair) [Cradle of Saturn] SF novel. A colony on the moons of Saturn finds evidence that a cataclysm is about to shake up the solar system.
* _Minds, Machines and Evolution (Baen 0-671-57843-X, Dec ’99 [Nov ’99], $6.99, 369pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1988) collection of stories and non-fiction essays. This adds a postscript, and separate afterword-updates for some pieces.
* _The Multiplex Man (Baen 0-671-57819-7, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $6.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Patrick Turner) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) SF novel. Winner of the Prometheus Award.
* *Outward Bound (Tor 0-312-86243-1, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $22.95, 220pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Jupiter] Young-adult SF novel, sixth in the “Jupiter” series. A 22nd-century teen in labor camp gets a chance to prove himself on a mission in space.
* _Outward Bound (SFBC #20263, Jun ’99, $10.50, 220pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Jupiter] Reprint (Tor 1999) young-adult SF novel, sixth in the “Jupiter” series. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Rockets, Redheads and Revolution (Baen 0-671-57807-3, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $6.99, 343pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Collection of fact and fiction, with six stories, one original, and nine essays, five original, most with additional comments by Hogan. (Contents)
* _Voyage from Yesteryear (Baen 0-671-57798-0, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $6.99, 382pp, pb, cover by Patrick Turner) Reprint (SFBC 1982) SF novel.
HOH, DIANE (1937- ) (chron.)

* _Funhouse (Scholastic UK 0-590-63739-8, Apr ’99, £3.99, 163pp, pb) Reissue (Scholastic 1990) young-adult horror novel.
HOLDEN, ELIZABETH (Rhoda Wintle) (1943- ); see pseudonym Louise Lawrence (chron.)
HOLDER, NANCY (Lindsay Jones) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Angel: City of (Pocket Pulse 0-671-04144-4, Dec ’99, $4.99, 177pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Novelization of the first episode in the TV spin-off of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
* _Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Immortal (with Christopher Golden) See entry under Christopher Golden.
* *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Angel Chronicles, Vol. 3 (Pocket Pulse 0-671-02631-3, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $4.99, 180pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Young-adult collection/novelization of three episodes of the TV show based on the movie. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film. (Contents)
* _Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Gatekeeper Trilogy (with Christopher Golden) See entry under Christopher Golden.
* _Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Gatekeeper Trilogy, Book One: Out of the Madhouse (with Christopher Golden) See entry under Christopher Golden.
* _Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Gatekeeper Trilogy, Book Three: Sons of Entropy (with Christopher Golden) See entry under Christopher Golden.
* _Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Gatekeeper Trilogy, Book Two: Ghost Roads (with Christopher Golden) See entry under Christopher Golden.
* *Gambler’s Star, Book Two: Legacies and Lies (Avon Eos 0-380-79313-X, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $5.99, 292pp, pb) [*Gambler’s Star] SF novel, second in the series about a lunar Las Vegas.
* *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Scarabian Nights (Pocket Archway 0-671-02804-9, Jul ’99, $4.50, 161pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Young-adult novelization, 24th in the series based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions.
* *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Up, Up, and Away (Pocket Archway 0-671-02805-7, Dec ’99, $4.50, 128pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Young-adult novelization, 28th in the series based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions.
HOLLAND, CECELIA (Anastasia) (1943- ) (chron.)

* *An Ordinary Woman (Tor/Forge 0-312-86528-7, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $21.95, 223pp, hc, cover by Albert Bierstadt) Non-fiction, associational biography of Nancy Kelsey, the first American woman in California.
* _Railroad Schemes (Tor/Forge 0-812-57900-3, Dec ’99 [Nov ’99], $5.99, 276pp, pb, cover by Currier & Ives) [Railroad Schemes] Reprint (Forge 1997) associational historical novel.
* _Valley of the Kings (Tor/Forge 0-312-86862-6, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $12.95, 231pp, tp, cover by Donato Giancola) Reprint (Dutton 1977 as by Elizabeth Eliot Carter) associational historical novel about Howard Carter’s search for the tomb of King Tut.
HOLLAND, TOM (1967- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Sleeper in the Sands (Little, Brown/Abacus 0-349-11221-5, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], £6.99, 428pp, pb) Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1998) dark fantasy novel spanning the millennia.
HOLLEMAN, GARY L(ayne) (1947- ) (chron.)

* _Howl-O-Ween (Leisure 0-8439-4639-3, Sep ’99 [Oct ’99], $4.99, 313pp, pb) Reissue (Leisure 1996) werewolf/voodoo novel. This is dated 1999, has a new ISBN, and does not indicate a printing number.
HOLLINGSHEAD, GREG (chron.)

* *The Healer (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-225797-1, Feb ’99 [Mar ’99], £10.99, 309pp, tp) Literary fantasy novel. A spiritual healer becomes the centre of violence.
HOLSTAD, SCOTT C. (stories) (chron.)

* *Shadows Before the Maiming (Gothic Press 0-913045-08-X, Oct ’99, $7.00, 50pp, ph, cover by Margaret Ballif Simon) Chapbook collection of 36 poems, most with horror elements. Available from Gothic Press, 4998 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge LA 70808-3043; postage included in price. (Contents)
HOLT, THOMAS; see under Holt, Tom (stories) (chron.)
HOLT, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Charles Louis Holt] (1961- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Alexander At The World’s End (Little, Brown UK 0-316-85058-6, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], £16.99, 434pp, hc) Associational historical novel of life and conquests of Alexander the Great, as narrated by a contemporary companion.
* *Only Human (Orbit 1-85723-693-9, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], £15.99, 343pp, hc, cover by Paul Cemmick) Humorous fantasy novel. When the Supreme Being Gets Away from It All for a few days, his interfering Son takes a hand and puts his foot in it.
* *Snow White and the Seven Samurai (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-898-2, Dec ’99 [Nov ’99], £15.99, 308pp, hc, cover by Paul Cemmick) Humorous fantasy novel of computers and fairy tale characters.
* _Wish You Were Here (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-687-4, Mar ’99 [Apr ’99], £5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Paul Cemmick) Reprint (Orbit 1998) humorous fantasy novel.
HOLTZER, SUSAN (1940- ) (chron.)

* *The Silly Season (St. Martin’s 0-312-20010-2, Feb ’99 [May ’99], $22.95, 261pp, hc, cover by Joe Burleson) Associational mystery. A history professor/UFOlogist turns up dead at an apparent UFO landing sight, and psychics, abductees, and millennialists make things difficult for investigators.
HORN, SHIFRA (chron.)

* *Four Mothers (St. Martin’s 0-312-20547-3, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $23.95, 276pp, hc, cover by Michelle Barnes) Literary fantasy novel of a cursed Jerusalem family whose daughters have psychic talents. Translated by Dalya Bilu from the Hebrew (Sifriat Ma’ariv 1996); the translation is copyrighted 1997, but no English-language edition has been seen previously.
HORWOOD, WILLIAM (1944- ) (chron.)

* _The Willows and Beyond (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-24497-5, Oct ’99, $12.95, 294pp, tp, cover by Patrick Benson) [Wind in the Willows] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1996) animal fantasy novel; third sequel by Horwood to The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.
HOUARNER, GERARD (Daniel) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Road to Hell (Necro Publications 1-889186-13-9, Sep ’99, $12.95, 208pp, tp, cover by Brandy Gill) [Max the Assassin] Horror novel featuring “Max the Assassin”. Max’s son Angel grows from baby to adult in days, while beset by the ghosts of Max’s victims. Introduction by Brian Hodge. This is a signed, limited edition of 300; a hardcover edition of 52 (-14-7, $40.00) was announced but not seen. Necro Publications, PO Box 540298, Orlando FL 32854-0298; add $1.50 postage for the trade paperback; the hardcover is sold out.
HOUGHTON, GORDON (chron.)

* *The Apprentice (Anchor UK 1-862-30036-4, Jul ’99 [Aug ’99], £9.99, 302pp, tp, cover by Joe Madeira) Humorous dark fantasy novel. Death chooses a zombie as a replacement apprentice. Job aims: eternal life, at the price of seven lives; or renewed death, immediate and final.
HOWARD, ROBERT E(rvin) (1906-1936) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane (Wandering Star 0-9534253-0-4, Mar ’98 [May ’99], $160.00, 417pp, hc, cover by Gary Gianni) [Solomon Kane] Collection of 13 stories and three poems featuring the grim adventurer, with Wyeth-worthy illustrations by Gary Gianni. Includes Lovecraft’s “In Memorium”, and a biography of Howard by Rusty Burke. A slipcased limited edition of 1050, signed by the artist, this comes with an extra set of six color plates, and a CD of the poems set to music. An ultra limited edition of 50 ($265.00, £160.00) was announced but not seen. This is dated 1998, but not seen until now. Order from Conquistador, 158 Kent House Rd, Beckenham, Kent BR3 1JY UK; phone/fax 44 (0) 181 659 9714; payment in UK funds (limited £90.00) or by credit card, only. (Contents)
* *The Ultimate Triumph (Wandering Star 0-9534253-2-0, 1999, 320pp, hc, cover by Frank Frazetta) Collection of seven stories and five poems with illustrations by Frank Frazetta. (Contents)
HOWARTH, LESLEY (stories) (chron.)

* *Paulina (Walker Books 0-7445-5948-0, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], £9.99, 214pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel of a family haunted, not merely by ghosts.
HOWE, JOHN (chron.)

* _The Hobbit: A 3-D Pop-Up Adventure Book (with J. R. R. Tolkien) See entry under J. R. R. Tolkien
HOWSON, JOCK (chron.)

* *2020: Hindsight (Jock Howson 0-9536141-0-7, 1999 [Jul ’99], $6.95, 466pp, tp) Darkly humorous SF novel, “An eyewitness account of the collapse of society in the British Isles in the Post-millennial period,” supposedly published in 2143.
HOYLE, TREVOR (1940- ) (chron.)

* *Mirrorman (Virgin Worlds 0-7535-0385-9, Mar ’98, £6.99, 470pp, pb) Dark fantasy novel. A convicted killer is offered eternal life if he agrees to kill one man — in every single incarnation in history, again and again.
HUBBARD, JUNE, ed. (chron.)

* *Cemetery Sonata (Chameleon Publishing 1892419025, Feb ’99, $23.95, 480pp, tp) Original anthology of 42 short ghost stories. (Contents)
HUBBARD, L(afayette) RON(ald, Sr.) (1911-1986) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Battlefield Earth (Bridge 0-88404-681-8, Dec ’99, $7.99, 1050pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) Reissue (St. Martin’s 1982) SF novel. This is a “soon to be a major motion picture” tie-in edition. Eighth printing.
* _Fear (Bridge 0-88404-759-8, Nov ’98 [Jan ’99], $6.99, 238pp, pb) Reissue (Bridge 1991; Gnome Press 1951 with “Typewriter in the Sky”) horror novel, with “bonus” short story/preview “Borrowed Glory”. Fifth printing.
HUBERMAN, CARL (1938?- ) (chron.)

* *Welcome to the 51st State (Pan 0-330-36777-3, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], £5.99, 392pp, pb) SF thriller of amnesia, pursuit, serial killing, and a discontented pilot at Area 51.
HUFF, TANYA (Sue) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Quartered Sea (DAW 0-88677-839-5, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $6.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Quarters] Fantasy novel in the “Quarters” series. A bard who can only work with water volunteers for a dangerous sea voyage.
* *Stealing Magic (Tesseract 1-895836-63-8, Oct ’99 [Dec ’99], $9.95, 202pp, tp, cover by Heather Bruton) [Magdelene; Terazin] Collection of nine fantasy stories, one original, featuring the wizard Magdelene and the thief Terazin. A limited hardcover edition (-64-6, $23.95) is also available. Order from Tesseract Books, The Books Collective, 214-21 Jasper Ave, Edmonton AB Canada T5J 3S2. (Contents)
* *What Ho, Magic! (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-04-5, Apr ’99 [May ’99], $16.00, 371pp, tp, cover by Todd Lockwood) Collection of 15 stories, one original. Huff prefaces each story with notes on its inspiration. Introduction by Michelle Sagara West. Order from Meisha Merlin Publishing, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031. (Contents)
HUGGINS, BYRON (chron.)

* *Hunter (Simon & Schuster 0-684-84461-3, Jan ’99, $25.00, 428pp, hc) SF thriller. The world’s best tracker hunts a superhuman monster spawned by outlaw genetic experiments.
HUGGINS, JAMES BYRON (1959- ) (chron.)

* _Hunter (Pocket Star 0-671-01535-4, Dec ’99 [Nov ’99], $6.99, 565pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1999, not seen) technothriller/horror novel. A man is hired by the military to track an abomination created by genetic experiments.
HUGHART, BARRY (1934- ) (chron.)

* _The Chronicles of Master Li and Number Ten Ox (SFBC #00283, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $14.98, 652pp, hc, cover by Kaja Foglio) [Master Li] Reprint (The Stars Our Destination 1998) omnibus of three fantasy novels set in ancient China: Bridge of Birds (1984), The Story of the Stone (1988), and Eight Skilled Gentlemen (1991). This is similar to the Stars Our Destination edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

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