The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

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AXLER, JAMES (chron.) (continued)

* *Deathlands: Rat King (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62561-8, Sep 2000, $5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 51st in the series. Ryan and his band are taken prisoner by inbred soldiers led by a mad general. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
* *Deathlands: Shadow World (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62559-6, Mar 2000, $5.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 49th in the series. Ryan Cawdor is taken to a parallel Earth where the nukecaust never happened. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
* *Deathlands: Zero City (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62562-6, Dec 2000, $5.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 52nd in the series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
* *Outlanders: Doom Dynasty (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63828-0, Nov 2000, $5.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Outlanders: Imperator Wars] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 15th in the overall series, first in “The Imperator Wars” trilogy. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
* *Outlanders: Hell Rising (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63827-2, Aug 2000, $5.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 14th in the series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
* *Outlanders: Shadow Scourge [by Mark Ellis] (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63826-4, May 2000, $5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 13th in the series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
* *Outlanders: Wreath of Fire (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63825-6, Feb 2000, $5.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, twelfth in the series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
AYCLIFFE, JONATHAN; pseudonym of Denis MacEoin, (1949- ) (chron.)

* *The Shadow on the Wall (Severn House 0-7278-5505-0, Feb 2000, £17.99, 217pp, hc) Ghost novel in the Jamesian tradition. When a Rector disturbs the tomb of a 14th century Abbot, something follows him from the shadow world. Aycliffe is a pen name for Denis McEoin, who also writes as Daniel Easterman.
AYLETT, STEVE (1967- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Atom (Four Walls Eight Windows 1-56858-175-0, Sep 2000, $14.95, 137pp, tp) [Beerlight] Surrealistic SF novel. A PI (with a fish for sidekick) in the nightmarish world of Beerlight seeks the missing brain of Franz Kafka.
* _Atom (Phoenix House 1-861591-24-1, Oct 2000, £9.99, 137pp, hc, cover by Graham Roundthwaite) [Beerlight] Reprint (Four Walls Eight Windows 2000) surreal SF novel set in the city of Beerlight, featuring the detective Taffy Atom and his partner, a fish. [First U.K. edition]
* _Bigot Hall: A Gothic Childhood (Orion/Indigo 0-575-40293-8, Oct 2000, £6.99, 153pp, tp, cover by Graham Roundthwaite) Reprint (Serif 1995) literary fantasy novel.
* _Crime Studio (Orion/Indigo 0-575-40294-6, Oct 2000, £6.99, 156pp, tp, cover by Graham Roundthwaite) [Beerlight] Reprint (Serif 1994) satirical literary SF novel set in Beerlight City.
* _The Inflatable Volunteer (Orion/Indigo 0-575-40265-2, Oct 2000, £6.99, 166pp, tp, cover by Graham Roundthwaite) Reprint (Phoenix House 1999) literary fantasy novel.
BABBITT, NATALIE (Moore) (1932- ) (chron.)

* _Tuck Everlasting (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Sunburst 0-374-48012-5, Apr 2000, $4.95, 171pp, pb, cover by Natalie Babbitt) Reprint (Farrar 1975) young-adult fantasy of a family that finds a way to never grow older. This 25th anniversary edition includes a new interview with the author.
BACON-SMITH, CAMILLE (M.) (1949- ) (chron.)

* *Science Fiction Culture (University of Pennsylvania Press 0-8122-1530-3, Feb 2000, $24.95, 319pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Non-fiction, critical exploration of the SF community, including the related publishing, computer, and hotel/convention industries, exploring the relationship between consumers and producers of SF. A hardcover edition (-3223-2, $49.95) was announced but not seen. Order from University of Pennsylvania Press, PO Box 4836, Hampden Station, Baltimore MD 21211; 800-445-9880.
BAER, WILL CHRISTOPHER (1966- ) (chron.)

* *Penny Dreadful (Viking 0-670-88920-2, Mar 2000, $22.95, 228pp, hc) [Kiss Me, Judas] Mainstream novel with fantasy/hallucinatory elements, sequel to Kiss Me, Judas. Phineas Poe enters an underground world of sadomasochistic goths involved in a dangerous role-playing game.
BAKER, KAGE (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _At the Edge of the West (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-70827-1, Apr 2000, £17.99, xii+334pp, hc, cover by Angelo Rinaldi) [The Company] Reprint (Harcourt 2000 as Mendoza in Hollywood) SF time-travel novel. Third in “The Company” series after In the Garden of Eden (1997) and Sky Coyote (1999). [First U.K. edition]
* _At the Edge of the West (Hodder & Stoughton/Coronet 0-340-70828-X, Aug 2000, £6.99, xii+334pp, pb, cover by Angelo Rinaldi) [The Company] Reprint (Harcourt 2000 as Mendoza in Hollywood) SF time-travel novel. Third in “The Company” series.
* *Mendoza in Hollywood (Harcourt 0-15-100448-X, Feb 2000, $24.00, 334pp, hc, cover by Michael Koelsch) [The Company] SF time-travel novel, third in “The Company” series. The immortals hang out in southern California at the time of the Civil War.
* _Sky Coyote (Avon Eos 0-380-73180-0, Mar 2000, $5.99, 289pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) [The Company] Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1999) SF time-travel novel, sequel to In the Garden of Iden in “The Company” series.
BAKER, MIKE, ed. (1965-1997) (stories) (chron.)

* *My Favorite Horror Story (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-914-6, Oct 2000, $6.99, 303pp, pb, cover by Koeveks) Anthology of 15 horror stories by authors including Robert Bloch, H.P. Lovecraft, and Ramsey Campbell. Each story was selected, and commented on, by authors including Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, Poppy Z. Brite, and Joyce Carol Oates. (Contents)
BAKER, RICHARD (chron.)

* *Forgotten Realms: The City of Ravens (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1401-7, Dec 2000, $6.99, 312pp, pb, cover by William O’Connor) [Forgotten Realms: Cities] Novelization based on the fantasy role-playing games, first in the “Cities” series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
BALLARD, J(ames) G(raham) (1930-2009) (chron.)

* _High-Rise (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-586-04456-6, 2000, £6.99, 173pp, tp) [Crash] Reissue (Cape 1975) SF novel. A Flamingo “Modern Classic”.
* *Super-Cannes (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-225847-1, Sep 2000, £16.99, 392pp, hc) Associational novel.
* _The Unlimited Dream Company (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-586-08995-0, 2000, £6.99, 220pp, tp) Reissue (Cape 1979) SF novel. A Flamingo “Modern Classic”.
BANKS, IAIN (Menzies) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* +The Business (Simon & Schuster 0-7432-0014-4, Oct 2000, $25.00, 393pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel about an ancient, secret organization. First US edition (Little, Brown UK 1999).
* _Complicity (Little, Brown/Abacus 0-349-11356-4, 1999, £6.99, 313pp, tp) Reissue (Little, Brown UK 1993) associational thriller about an Edinburgh journalist. A film tie-in edition.
* +Inversions (Pocket 0-671-03668-8, Feb 2000, $23.95, 343pp, hc, cover by Brian Bailey) [Culture] SF novel set on a backward planet. First US edition (Orbit 1998).
* *Look to Windward (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-969-5, Aug 2000, £16.99, 357pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Culture] SF novel in the “Culture” sequence.
* _The Wasp Factory (Little, Brown/Abacus 0-349-10177-9, 2000, £6.99, 184pp, tp) Reissue (Macmillan UK 1984) literary horror novel.
BANTOCK, NICK; [i.e., Nicholas Bantock] (1949- ) (chron.)

* *The Artful Dodger: Images & Reflections (Chronicle Books 0-8118-2752-6, Sep 2000, $40.00, 216pp, hc, cover by Nick Bantock) Art book/autobiography covering the career of artist Nick Bantock.
BARBOUR, DAVID (chron.)

* *Shadows Bend (with Richard Raleigh) (Ace 0-441-00765-1, Oct 2000, $13.00, 311pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Dark fantasy novel. H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard confront the ancient god Cthulhu.
BARCLAY, JAMES (chron.)

* _Dawnthief (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-860-4, Jul 2000, £6.99, 527pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Chronicles of the Raven] Reprint (Gollancz 1999) fantasy novel. Book One of “Chronicles of The Raven”.
* *Noonshade (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06895-7, Jul 2000, £9.99, 484pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino) [Chronicles of the Raven] Fantasy novel, Book Two of the “Chronicles of The Raven” after Dawnthief. The mercenaries must close a destructive rip in reality.
BARKER, CLIVE (1952- ) (chron.)

* _Cabal (Pocket 0-7434-1732-1, Jan 2001, $13.95, 358pp, tp) Reprint (Poseidon 1988) collection containing a short horror novel plus four stories.
* _The Essential Clive Barker: Selected Fictions (HarperCollins UK 0-00-651468-5, Oct 2000, £7.99, 618pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1999) selection of 53 excerpts from Barker’s novels and plays, plus four stories.
* _Galilee (HarperCollins UK 0-00-617805-7, Sep ’99, £6.99, 804pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins 1998) fantasy novel.
* _Imajica (HarperCollins UK 0-00-617804-9, Nov ’99, £7.99, 1136pp, pb, cover by David O’Connor) Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) fantasy novel.
* _Sacrament (HarperCollins UK 0-00-648264-3, Jul 2000, £6.99, 595pp, pb, cover by Bill Gregory) Reprint (HarperCollins; HarperCollins UK 1996) fantasy novel.
BARLOUGH, JEFFREY E(rnest) (1953- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Dark Sleeper (Ace 0-441-00730-9, Sep 2000, $14.95, 484pp, tp, cover by Jeff Barson) [Western Lights] Reprint (Western Lights 1998) dark fantasy novel, first in the “Western Lights” series. Two professors of metaphysics investigate reports of strange sightings and uncover an ancient evil that threatens the city of Salthead.
BARNES, JOHN (Allen) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Apocalypses & Apostrophes (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-855-8, Apr 2000, £6.99, 349pp, pb, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Tor 1999 as Apostrophes and Apocalypses) collection of 21 items of fiction and non-fiction, with comments by the author.
* *Candle (Tor 0-312-89077-X, Feb 2000, $22.95, 237pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) SF novel about individualism and society. Currie Culver seeks to capture the last person not plugged into the global net.
* _Candle (Tor 0-812-58968-8, Dec 2000, $6.99, 469pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel about individualism and society.
* *The Century Next Door (SFBC #06988, Apr 2000, $14.98, 552pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Omnibus of three novels: Orbital Resonance (1991), Kaleidoscope Century (1995), and Candle (2000). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-0885-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
* _Finity (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06891-4, Jan 2000, £9.99, 303pp, tp, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Tor 1999) alternate-history/virtual-reality novel. A hardcover edition (-06890-6, £16.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
* _The Return (with Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.) See entry under Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr.
BARNES, JULIAN (Patrick) (1946- ) (chron.)

* _England, England (Macmillan UK/Picador 0-330-37344-7, Sep ’99, £6.99, 266pp, tp, cover by Neil Gower) Reprint (Cape 1998) literary fable.
BARNES, STEVEN; [i.e., Stephen Emory Barnes] (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Achilles’ Choice (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.
* _The Descent of Anansi (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.
* _Iron Shadows (Tor 0-812-54808-6, Feb 2000, $6.99, 406pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1998) dark fantasy thriller. Detectives go undercover to investigate a mysterious cult.
* _Saturn’s Race (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.
BARR, MARLEEN S(andra), ed. (1953- ) (chron.)

* *Future Females, the Next Generation: New Voices and Velocities in Feminist Science Fiction Criticism (Rowman & Littlefield 0-8476-9126-8, Mar 2000, $22.95, 323 + xi, tp) Non-fiction, critical collection of essays looking at the latest trends in feminist SF. A 20-years-after follow-up to Future Females: A Critical Anthology. Contributors include Jane Donawerth, Sheila Finch, Joan Gordon, and Jeanne Cortiel. Foreword by James Gunn & Karen Hellekson. Includes index. Order from Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 4720 Boston Way, Lanham MD 20706; 800-462-6420; fax 800-338-4550; $3.00 postage.
BARRETT, NEAL (Patrick), Jr. (1929- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Dungeons & Dragons: The Movie (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1439-4, Nov 2000, $6.99, 278pp, pb) Movie novelization. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
* *Perpetuity Blues (Golden Gryphon Press 0-9655901-4-3, Feb 2000, $21.95, 247pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) Collection of 12 stories and three excerpts from The Hereafter Gang. Foreword by Terry Bisson. Golden Gryphon Press, 3002 Perkins Road, Urbana IL 61802; 217-384-4205. e-mail: sdsnmr@sdsnmr.com (Contents)
* *The Prophecy Machine (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58195-3, Dec 2000, $6.50, 342pp, pb, cover by Daniel Merriam) [Master Lizard Maker Finn] Fantasy novel. A Master Lizard Maker stranded in the strange land of Makasar is forced to work on an odd machine.
BARRIE, [Sir] JAMES M(atthew), Bart. (1860-1937) (stories) (chron.)

* _Peter Pan (Chronicle Books 0-8118-2297-4, Oct 2000, $19.95, 173pp, hc, cover by Roy Best) [Peter Pan] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1911) classic young-adult fantasy novel, with illustrations selected by Cooper Edens from works by 19th and 20th-century illustrators including Mabel Lucie Attwell, Flora White, Arthur Rackham, and Francis D. Bedford.
* _Peter Pan (Simon & Schuster 0-7432-1449-8, Nov 2000, $25.00, 135pp, hc, cover by Raquel Jaramillo) [Peter Pan] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1911) classic young-adult fantasy novel. This has new photo-illustrations by Raquel Jaramillo.
* _Peter Pan Book and Charm (HarperFestival 0-694-01318-8, Feb 2000, $5.95, unknown, tp, cover by Sean Beavers) [Peter Pan] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1911 as Peter Pan) children’s fantasy novel, packaged with a charm.
BARRON, T(om) A. (chron.)

* _The Fires of Merlin (Ace 0-441-00713-9, Sep 2000, $5.99, 270pp, pb, cover by Mike Wimmer) [Lost Years of Merlin] Reprint (Philomel 1998) young-adult Arthurian fantasy, volume three in “The Lost Years of Merlin” trilogy.
* _The Seven Songs of Merlin (Ace 0-441-00701-5, Feb 2000, $5.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Mike Wimmer) [Lost Years of Merlin] Reprint (Philomel 1997) young-adult Arthurian fantasy, volume two in a trilogy about the young Merlin.
* *The Wings of Merlin (Penguin/Philomel 0-399-23456-X, Oct 2000, $19.99, 353pp, hc, cover by Mike Wimmer) [Lost Years of Merlin] Young-adult Arthurian fantasy novel, fifth and final volume in “The Lost Years of Merlin” series.
BASSINGTHWAITE, DON (chron.)

* *Dark*Matter: If Whispers Call (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1679-6, Dec 2000, $6.99, 265pp, pb) [Dark*Matter] Novelization based on the dark SF roleplaying game. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
BATRAE, MARGOT (chron.)

* *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Switcheroo (Pocket Archway 0-671-04067-7, Mar 2000, $4.50, 147pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Young-adult novelization, 30th in the series based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions.
BAUM, L(yman) FRANK (1856-1919) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Annotated Wizard of Oz: A Centennial Edition (Norton 0-393-04992-2, Sep 2000, $39.95, 396pp, hc, cover by W. W. Denslow) [Oz] Reprint (Hill 1900 as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) children’s fantasy novel, heavily annotated by Michael Patrick Hearns. Preface by Martin Gardner. Illustrated by W.W. Denslow. This is a 100th-anniversary edition.
* _Glinda of Oz (Dover 0-486-41018-8, Mar 2000, $7.95, 279pp, tp, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1920) young-adult fantasy, 14th in the “Oz” series. Illustrated by John R. Neill. This has the text and illustrations of the first edition, with the color plates included as an unpaginated 12-page insert.
* _Glinda of Oz (HarperCollins/Books of Wonder 0-688-14978-2, May 2000, $21.95, 283pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1920) young-adult fantasy, 14th in the “Oz” series. Afterword by Peter Glassman. Illustrated by John R. Neill. This is a near-facsimile edition.
* _The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (Penguin/Signet Classic 0-451-52064-5, Oct 2000, $4.95, 151pp, pb, cover by N. C. Wyeth) Reissue (Bowen Merrill 1902) story of Santa Claus. Afterword by Max Apple. 13th printing.
* _The Wizard of Oz (Holt 0-8050-6430-3, Mar 2000, $29.95, 220pp, hc, cover by Michael Hague) [Oz] Reprint (Hill 1900 as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz) children’s fantasy novel. This has the Michael Hague illustrations of the 1982 Holt, Rinehart & Winston edition, but has a new ISBN. This is a 100th Anniversary Edition
* _The Wizard of Oz Book and Charm (HarperFestival 0-694-01319-6, Sep ’99, $5.95, unknown, tp, cover by Sean Beavers) [Oz] Reprint (Hill 1900 as “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”) children’s fantasy novel, packaged with a Ruby Slippers charm. This was originally announced for 1999, but not seen until now.
* _The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oxford University Press 0-19-283930-6, 2000, $10.95, 274 + xlvi, tp, cover by W. W. Denslow) [Oz] Reprint (Hill 1900) YA fantasy novel. This is an “Oxford World’s Classics” international edition with a lengthy introduction, notes, select bibliography, and a Baum chronology by editor Susan Wolstenholme from a 1997 “World’s Classics” edition (not previously listed); it has some of the original illustrations by W.W. Denslow.
* _The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 100th Anniversary Edition (HarperCollins/Books of Wonder 0-06-029323-3, Oct 2000, $24.95, 267pp, hc, cover by W. W. Denslow) [Oz] Reprint (Hill 1900) classic children’s fantasy, a near-facsimile edition of the first book in the “Oz” series. This special gilt-edged anniversary edition has a new ISBN, but retains the 1987 afterword by Peter Glassman. Illustrated by W.W. Denslow.
* *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A Commemorative Pop-Up (with Robert Sabuda) (Simon & Schuster/Little Simon 0-689-81751-7, Sep 2000, $24.95, 14pp+, hc, cover by Robert Sabuda) [Oz] Art book, a pop-up version of the classic YA fantasy by Baum, with art by Sabuda.
* _The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Centenary Edition (Pavilion 1-86205-343-X, Sep 2000, $24.95, 160pp, hc, cover by Michael Foreman) [Oz] Reprint (Hill 1900) YA fantasy novel. Illustrated by Michael Foreman. This is the 1999 UK edition (not previously listed) with stickers, and indicates second printing.

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