The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

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ANGHELIDES, PETER (stories) (chron.)

* *Doctor Who: The Ancestor Cell (with Stephen Cole) (BBC Books 0-563-53809-0, Jul 2000, £5.99, 287pp, pb) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 36 of the BBC “New Adventures” series, starring the 8th Doctor.
ANONYMOUS, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: How I Survived My Summer Vacation, Vol. 1 (Pocket Pulse 0-7434-0040-2, Aug 2000, $5.99, 273pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Anthology of six stories based on the TV show, by Nancy Holder, Yvonne Navarro, Michelle West, Cameron Dokey, and Paul Ruditis. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film. (Contents)
* *Forgotten Realms: The Halls of Stormweather (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1560-9, Jul 2000, $7.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Terese Nielsen) [Forgotten Realms: Sembia] Fantasy original anthology/novelization, a novel in seven parts by different authors, the first in the “Sembia” sub-series based on the fantasy role-playing game. Authors are Richard Lee Byers, Clayton Emery, Ed Greenwood, Dave Gross, Paul Kemp, Lisa Smedman, and Voronica Whitney-Robinson. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. (Contents)
* *Holt Anthology of Science Fiction (Holt Rinehart Winston 0-03-05294706, 2000, 310pp, tp) Textbook anthology. (Contents)
* *Mervyn Peake: Two Lives (Random House/Vintage UK 0-099-28286-0, Dec ’99, £8.99, xxiv+302pp, tp) Omnibus of two accounts of Peake’s life: his wife Maeve Gilmore’s A World Away (1970; includes a 1983 preface by Michael Moorcock); and his son Sebastian’s A Child of Bliss (1989). Sebastian Peake adds a new foreword to this edition. (Contents)
* *Mystery, Magic, Voodoo & the Holy Grail (HarperCollinsAustralia/Voyager 0-7322-6580-0, Sep 2000, 382pp, tp, cover by Vivien Kubbos) Original anthology of eight stories, edited by the contributors’ agent Selwa Anthony, who is not credited. Authors include Kim Wilkins, Ian Irvine, and Caiseal Mór. (Contents)
* *Star Trek: The Captain’s Table, Books One-Six (Pocket 0-671-04052-9, Mar 2000, $16.95, 1143pp, tp) [*Captain’s Table] Omnibus of six Star Trek: The Captain’s Table novelizations, all published 1998: War Dragons by L.A. Graf, Dujonian’s Hoard by Michael Jan Friedman, The Mist by Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Fire Ship by Diane Carey, Once Burned by Peter David, and Where Sea Meets Sky by Jerry Oltion. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. (Contents)
* *The Time Machine and War of the Worlds (Holt Rinehart Winston 0-03-56476-X, 2000, tp) Textbook anthology. (Contents)
* *Voyager 5: Collector’s Edition (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-761265-6, Sep 2000, free, 118pp, pb) Anthology of five original stories by Kim Stanley Robinson, Robin Hobb, Juliet Marillier, Jan Siegel, and Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter. Issued free to celebrate the Voyager imprint’s fifth anniversary. (Contents)
* *Whispered from the Grave (Design Image Group 1-891946-07-2, Apr 2000, $15.95, 253pp, tp) Original anthology of 14 ghost stories, one a reprint. Authors include P.D. Cacek, Edo van Belkom, and Barry Hoffman. This is dated 1999, but did not appear until now. Order from Design Image Group, 231 South Frontage Road, Suite 17, Burr Ridge IL 60521; 800-563-5455; www.designimagegroup.com (Contents)
ANTHONY, MARK (Russell Lee) (1966- ) (chron.)

* _The Last Rune, Book Two: The Keep of Fire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57932-0, Dec 2000, $6.99, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Last Rune] Reprint (Earthlight 1999) fantasy novel, book two in the “Last Rune” series.
* _The Last Rune, Book Two: The Keep of Fire (Simon & Schuster UK/Earthlight 0-671-02884-7, Dec 2000, £6.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Last Rune] Reprint (Earthlight UK 1999) fantasy novel.
ANTHONY, PATRICIA (1947- ) (chron.)

* _Flanders (Berkley 0-425-17293-7, Apr 2000, $13.95, 354pp, tp, cover by Diane Fenster) Reprint (Ace 1998) historical quasi-fantasy of WWI.
ANTHONY, PIERS; pseudonym of Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob, (1934- ) (chron.)

* *The Dastard (Tor 0-312-86900-2, Oct 2000, $24.95, 303pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Xanth] Humorous fantasy novel, 24th in the “Xanth” series.
* *The Gutbucket Quest (with Ron L. Leming) (Tor 0-312-86463-9, May 2000, $22.95, 288pp, hc, cover by Tristan Elwell) Fantasy novel. A Texas bluesman is tranported to a world where the blues have real power, embodied in a guitar named The Gutbucket. There are author’s notes by Anthony, and an afterword by Leming.
* _Heaven Cent (Tor 0-812-57498-2, May 2000, $6.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Xanth] Reprint (Avon 1988) fantasy novel, “Xanth” #11.
* _Man from Mundania (Tor 0-812-57497-4, Dec 2000, $6.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Xanth] Reprint (Avon 1989) humorous fantasy novel, 12th in the “Xanth” series.
* *The Secret of Spring (with Jo Anne Taeusch) (Tor 0-312-86464-7, Mar 2000, $22.95, 249pp, hc, cover by Tristan Elwell) Humorous fantasy novel. A sorcerer’s daughter flees an evil wizard, seeking the help of an unsuspecting pen pal — a genetically engineered human/plant crossbreed — on another planet.
* _Vale of the Vole (Tor 0-812-57496-6, Mar 2000, $6.99, 291pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Xanth] Reprint (Avon 1987) humorous fantasy novel, tenth in the “Xanth” series.
* _Xone of Contention (Tor 0-812-55523-6, Oct 2000, $6.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Xanth] Reprint (Tor 1999) humorous fantasy novel, 23rd in the “Xanth” series.
ANTHONY, SELWA, ed.

* _Mystery, Magic, Voodoo & the Holy Grail See entry under Anonymous.
APONE, CLAUDIO (chron.)

* *My Grandfather Jack the Ripper (Herodias 1-928746-16-0, Jan 2001, $19.00, 201pp, hc, cover by Linda Paul) Young-adult horror novel. A teen discovers the family house was the site of Jack the Ripper’s last murder, and uses his psychic talents to travel back in time to witness it. Translated from the original Italian Mio Nono Jack Lo Squartatore (La Spiga 1998). This is an international edition. Order from Herodias, 1603 79th St., Brooklyn NY 11214; orders 800-219-9116.
APPLE, HOPE (chron.)

* _To Be Continued: An Annotated Guide to Sequels, Second Edition (with Merle L. Jacob) See entry under Merle L. Jacob
APPLEGATE, K. A. (chron.)

* *Everworld: Brave the Betrayal (Scholastic 0-590-87854-9, Jul 2000, $4.99, 197pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Everworld] Young-adult fantasy of kids trapped in a magical parallel universe. Seventh in the series.
* *Everworld: Fear the Fantastic (Scholastic 0-590-87764-X, Mar 2000, $4.99, 186pp, pb, cover by Greg Spalenka) [Everworld] Young-adult fantasy of kids trapped in a magical parallel universe. Sixth in the series. This comes shrinkwrapped with a magnet; a free promotional CD is provided separately.
* *Everworld: Gateway to the Gods (Scholastic 0-590-87766-6, May 2000, $4.99, 176pp, pb, cover by Greg Spalenka) [Everworld] Young-adult fantasy of kids trapped in a magical parallel universe. Seventh in the series.
* *Everworld: Inside the Illusion (Scholastic 0-590-87855-7, Sep 2000, $4.99, 189pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Everworld] Young-adult fantasy of kids trapped in a magical parallel universe. Ninth in the series.
* *Everworld: Understand the Unknown (Scholastic 0-590-87986-3, Nov 2000, $4.99, 179pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Everworld] Young-adult fantasy of kids trapped in a magical parallel universe. Tenth in the series.
ARCHER, NATHAN; pseudonym of Lawrence Watt-Evans, (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Spider-Man: Goblin Moon (with Kurt Busiek) See entry under Kurt Busiek.
ARDEN, TOM; pseudonym of David Rain, (1961- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Sisterhood of the Blue Storm (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06373-4, Nov 2000, £17.99, 558pp, hc, cover by Kevin Jenkins ) [The Orokon] Fantasy novel, the Fourth Book of “The Orokon”.
* _Sultan of the Moon and Stars (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-988-0, Nov 2000, £6.99, 681pp, pb, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [The Orokon] Reprint (Gollancz 1999) fantasy novel, the Third Book of “The Orokon”.
ARENSBERG, ANN (chron.)

* _Incubus (Ballantine 0-345-43816-7, May 2000, $14.00, 322pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1999) dark fantasy novel of a small town invaded by an incubus. This includes an unpaginated eight-page reader’s guide.
* _Sister Wolf (Ballantine 0-345-43818-3, Jul 2000, $14.00, 210pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1980) dark fantasy novel.
ARIAZAD; pseudonym of Varoujan Kazanjian (chron.)

* *Gulliver in Cloneland: The Fifth Travel of Gulliver (The Book Guild 1-85776-546-X, Oct 2000, £14.95, 199pp, hc) [Gulliver] Fantasy novel, set after the Jonathan Swift book, subtitled The complete text, including the passages deemed inappropriate for publication by the author. Gulliver visits a land of cloned males, and its neighbour, the land of all women. A first novel. Ariazad is a pseudonym for Varoujan Kazanjian.
ARKSEY, NEIL (chron.)

* *Playing on the Edge (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-130750-1, Aug 2000, £4.99, 232pp, tp, cover by Tony Fleetwood) Young-adult SF novel set in a world controlled by two rival soccer super leagues.
ARNOLD, BRUCE (chron.)

* +Swift: An Illustrated Life (Dufour/Lilliput Press 1-901866-39-4, Sep 2000, $16.95, 128pp, tp, cover by Thomas Pooley) Critical biography of the author of Gulliver’s Travels. Includes notes, index, and a select bibliography. This is the 1999 Lilliput UK edition (not seen) with Dufour stickers. Order from Dufour Editions, PO Box 7, Chester Springs PA 19425-0007; 610-458-5005. [Swift]
ARTHUR, ROBERT P. (chron.)

* *Crazy Horse in Heaven (Stonehall Publishing 0-9669930-1-2, Nov 2000, $22.95, 320pp, hc) Surreal post-holocaust quasi-SF novel. Ten men wander the wilderness to salvage old books, but find reality unstable. This is copyrighted 1999, but not published until now. Order from Stonehall Publishing, 900 Timber Creek Place, Virginia Beach VA 23464.
ASARO, CATHERINE (Ann) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Ascendant Sun (Tor 0-312-86824-3, Mar 2000, $24.95, 377pp, hc) [Skolian Empire] SF novel, a direct sequel to The Last Hawk. The heir to the Skolian Empire becomes a slave to sadistic telepaths.
* *The Phoenix Code (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58154-6, Dec 2000, $5.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) SF thriller about a project to create a self-aware android.
* *The Quantum Rose (Tor 0-312-89062-1, Dec 2000, $24.95, 398pp, hc, cover by Julie Bell) [Skolian Empire] SF novel, the sixth “Ruby Empire” novel of the Skolian Imperialate.
ASHLEY, MIKE, ed.; [i.e., Michael Raymond Donald Ashley] (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Haunting Beauty See entry under Charles Birkin.
* _The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy II (SFBC #06812, Jan 2000, $11.98, 494 + xiv, hc, cover by Julek Heller) Reprint (Robinson 1999 as The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy) anthology. This SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-0714-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Phantom Perfumes and Other Shades: Memories of Ghost Stories Magazine (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-89-3, Jan 2000, C$58.00, xxxvi+244pp, hc, cover by Linda Dyde) Anthology of 17 stories that appeared in Ghost Stories between 1926 and 1931, with a checklist of the issues of the magazine, a complete index to the contributors, and a foreword by Hugh B. Cave. This edition is limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $42.50 and in the UK for £26.50. (Contents)
ASIMOV, ISAAC; [anglicized from Isaak Iudich Azimov] (1920-1992) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Bicentennial Man (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-932-5, Mar 2000, £6.99, 211pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1976) collection of 11 stories and a poem. A movie tie-in edition.
* _The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories (SFBC #01639, Feb 2000, $10.98, 211pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Doubleday 1976) collection; a remote tie-in to the movie (mentioned on the front cover flap. This SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-0816-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Buy Jupiter (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-941-4, Feb 2000, £6.99, 255pp, pb, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Doubleday 1975) collection of 24 SF stories with anecdotal introductions by Asimov.
* _The Complete Robot (SFBC #33046, Nov 2000, $12.98, 559pp, hc) Reissue (Doubleday 1982) SF collection. This is similar to the Doubleday edition; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _The End of Eternity (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07118-4, Jul 2000, £9.99, 189pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1955) classic SF novel. A time-travelling Eternal manipulates reality and its paradoxes to ensure the survival of his lover. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.
* _The End of Eternity (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-02440-9, Dec 2000, £5.99, 189pp, pb, cover by Dominic Forbes) Reprint (Doubleday 1955) SF novel.
* _The Foundation Trilogy (SFBC #02335, May 2000, $50.00, 227+227+225pp, hc) [Foundation] Reprint (SFBC 1963) classic SF trilogy. This leatherbound, gilt-edged edition has ISBN 0-7394-0903-4; it has no jacket, lacks both price and SFBC number, and is available to current SFBC members only.
* _The Gods Themselves (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-934-1, Feb 2000, £6.99, 288pp, tp, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Doubleday 1972) Hugo and Nebula Award-winning SF novel.
* _Robots and Murder (SFBC #06516, Nov ’99, $14.98, 745pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Reprint (Del Rey 1988 as The Robot Novels) omnibus of three robot mystery novels: The Caves of Steel (1954), The Naked Sun (1957), The Robots of Dawn (1983). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-0701-5; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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* _Isaac Asimov’s Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Faeries (with Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh) (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-2369-9, 2000, $10.95, 374pp, tp) Reprint (Roc 1991) anthology of 18 stories.
* _Science Fiction: Classic Stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction (with Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg) (Galahad 1-57866-106-4, Aug 2000, $9.99, 466pp, hc) Reissue (Robinson 1989 as part of The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s) anthology of nine short novels. This is a reissue of a 1991 instant remainder edition not previously listed; there is no printing indicator.
ASPRIN, ROBERT LYNN (1946-2008) (chron.)

* *The House that Jack Built (with Linda Evans) (Baen 0-671-31965-5, Jan 2001, $6.99, 469pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Time Scout] SF time-travel adventure novel, fourth in the Time Scout series. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
* *Phule Me Twice (with Peter J. Heck) (Ace 0-441-00791-0, Dec 2000, $6.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [*Phule’s Company] Humorous SF novel, fourth in the series. A robot double of Captain Phule complicates efforts to protect a planet from invasion.
* *Ripping Time (with Linda Evans) (Baen 0-671-57867-7, May 2000, $6.99, 458pp, pb, cover by John Monteleone) [Time Scout] SF time-travel adventure novel, third in the Time Scout series. Reformed con-artist Skeeter Jackson seeks a senator’s missing daughter who fled from killers to the London of Jack the Ripper. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
ATHANS, PHILIP (stories) (chron.)

* *Forgotten Realms: Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1569-2, Sep 2000, $6.99, 245pp, pb) [*Forgotten Realms: Baldur’s Gate] Novelization based on the computer game from BioWare and Interplay based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
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* *Forgotten Realms: Realms of the Deep (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1568-4, Mar 2000, $5.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Don Maitz) [Forgotten Realms: Threat from the Sea] Original anthology of 12 stories based on “The Threat from the Sea” series based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. (Contents)
ATHERTON, NANCY (T.) (1955- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil (Viking 0-670-89179-7, Oct 2000, $22.95, 247pp, hc, cover by Jerry Lofaro) [Aunt Dimity] Mystery/ghost novel, sixth in the series. Lori runs into a dangerous ghost, and needs Aunt Dimity’s help to lay it to rest.
ATKINS, PETER (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Morningstar (Stealth Press 1-58881-000-3, Sep 2000, $24.95, 244pp, hc, cover by Steve Montiglio) Reprint (Harper 1992) horror novel. Available from Stealth Press, 336 College Ave., Lancaster PA 17603; website: [www.stealthpress.com].
ATTANASIO, A(lfred) A(ngelo) (1951- ); see pseudonym Adam Lee (chron.)

* _The Perilous Order (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-69630-3, Sep ’99, £6.99, 340pp, pb) [Arthor] Reprint (HarperPrism 1998 as The Wolf and the Crown) Arthurian fantasy, third in the “Arthor” series.
* _The Serpent and the Grail (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-105973-0, Jul 2000, $6.99, 387pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Arthor] Reprint (HarperPrism 1999) Arthurian novel, fourth in the “Arthor” series. The tale of Arthor’s journey to regain the Grail with his mother Ygrane.
ATWATER-RHODES, AMELIA (chron.)

* *Demon in My View (Delacorte 0-385-32720-X, May 2000, $9.95, 176pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Young-adult vampire novel. Teenage published author Jessica meets a boy just like the villain from her vampire novel.
* _In the Forests of the Night (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22816-6, May 2000, $4.99, 147pp, pb, cover by Eric Dinyer) Reprint (Delacorte 1999) young-adult vampire novel.
ATWOOD, MARGARET (Eleanor Kilian) (1939- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Blind Assassin (Doubleday/Talese 0-385-47572-1, Oct 2000, $26.00, 524pp, hc) Associational novel set in the 1940s, with an SF novel-within-a-novel involved.
* _Murder in the Dark: Short Fictions and Prose Poems (Virago 1-85381-680-9, 2000, £6.99, 110pp, tp, cover by DD) [Rubinstein, Eva] Reprint (Coach House 1983, Jonathan Cape 1984, Virago 1994, Virago 1997). (Contents) [Not seen]
AUERBACH, NINA (1943- ) (chron.)

* *Daphne du Maurier: Haunted Heiress (University of Pennsylvania Press 0-8122-3530-4, Jan 2000, $24.95, 180pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical biography. Order from University of Pennsylvania Press, PO Box 4836, Hampden Station, Baltimore MD 21211; 800-445-9880. [du Maurier]
AUFDEM-BRINKE, ELEANOR F. (1950- ); see pseudonym J. D. Robb (chron.)
AXLER, JAMES; house pseudonym (chron.)

* *Deathlands: Pandora’s Redoubt (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62560-X, Jun 2000, $5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 50th in the series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.

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