The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

Books, Listed by Author

CALIFIA, PAT(rick) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *No Mercy (Alyson 1-55583-542-2, Jun 2000, $14.95, 260pp, tp, cover by Philip Pirolo) Collection of 11 erotic S/M stories, many with elements of SF, fantasy, and horror. Order from Alyson Publications, PO Box 4371, Los Angeles CA 90078-4371; orders 800-464-4574; www.alyson.com (Contents)

CALVINO, ITALO (1923-1985) (chron.)

• * _If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler (Harcourt Brace/Harvest 0-15-643961-1, Jul ’99, $13.00, 260pp, tp, cover by Shelton Walsmith) Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1981) literary fantasy collection. 17th printing.
• * _Mr. Palomar (Harcourt Brace/Harvest 0-15-662780-9, Jul ’99, $11.00, 130pp, tp, cover by Shelton Walsmith) Reissue (Secker & Warburg 1985) literary quasi-fantasy collection. 12th printing.
• * _The Nonexistent Knight and The Cloven Viscount (Harcourt/Harvest 0-15-665975-1, Jul ’99, $11.00, 246pp, tp, cover by Shelton Walsmith) Reissue (Random House 1962) literary fantasy collection. 13th printing.

CAMMICK S. P. (chron.)

• * *Last Breath: Station Rescue (Palm Coast Publishing 0-9671200-0-4, Jan 2000, $11.95, 318pp, tp, cover by Bob Cassell) SF novel. A meteor strike may be the last straw for a dying space station used to produce badly needed drugs for Earth.

CAMPBELL, J. RAMSEY; see under Campbell, Ramsey (stories) (chron.)

CAMPBELL, (John) RAMSEY (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * +Ghosts and Grisly Things (Tor 0-312-86758-1, Oct 2000, $24.95, 300pp, hc, cover by Barry Appell) Collection of 20 stories, one original. First US edition (Pumpkin Books 1998).
• * *Silent Children (Tor/Forge 0-312-87056-6, Jul 2000, $24.95, 352pp, hc, cover by David Seeley) Associational horror novel. A man steals children, tries to make them “perfect,” and kills them if he can’t.

CARD, ORSON SCOTT (1951- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Call of Earth (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-979-2, May 2000, £5.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Homecoming] Reprint (Tor 1993) SF novel. Volume Two of “Homecoming”.
• * _Earthborn (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-982-2, Jul 2000, £6.99, xiv+430pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Homecoming] Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel, fifth and final volume in the “Homecoming” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Earthfall (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-977-6, Jun 2000, £5.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Homecoming] Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel. Fourth volume of “Homecoming”. The ship from Harmony finally reaches Earth. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Enchantment (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41688-0, Mar 2000, $6.99, 419pp, pb, cover by Greg Spalenka) Reprint (Del Rey 1999) contemporary fantasy novel retelling a Russian version of “Sleeping Beauty”.
• * _Ender’s Game (Tor 0-812-58904-1, Sep 2000, $3.99, 324pp, pb) [Ender Wiggin] Reissue (Tor 1985) Hugo and Nebula Award winning SF novel, first in the “Ender” series. This is the 1999 special promotional edition, second printing.
• * _Ender’s Game (Tor 0-812-55070-6, Dec 2000, $6.99, 324pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Ender Wiggin] Reissue (Tor 1985) Hugo and Nebula Award winning SF novel, first in the “Ender” series. The text follows the 1991 revised edition. 10th printing.
• * _Ender’s Shadow (SFBC #06243, Dec ’99, $13.98, 384pp, hc, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Ender: Shadow] Reprint (Tor 1999) SF novel in the “Ender” series, in the same setting as Ender’s Game.
• * _Ender’s Shadow (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-998-9, Aug 2000, £6.99, 557pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Ender: Shadow] Reprint (Tor 1999) SF novel, first book in the “Shadow” trilogy. A parallel novel to Ender’s Game, following Ender’s classmate Bean. Includes a foreword by Card.
• * _Ender’s Shadow (Tor 0-812-57571-7, Dec 2000, $6.99, 469pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Ender: Shadow] Reprint (Tor 1999) SF novel, fifth in the “Ender” series, a “parallel novel” to Ender’s Game. An international mass market edition was announced for August (not seen).
• * _Ender’s War (SFBC #07327, Dec ’99, $14.98, 634pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) [Ender Wiggin] Reissue (SFBC 1986) omnibus of Ender’s Game (Tor 1985) and Speaker for the Dead (Tor 1986). This Guild America edition has ISBN 0-312-93738-5; it has a new book-club number (the third we’ve seen).
• * _The Memory of Earth (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-696-3, May 2000, £5.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Homecoming] Reprint (Tor 1992) SF novel. Volume One of “Homecoming”.
• * *Shadow of the Hegemon (Tor 0-312-87651-3, Jan 2001, $25.95, 365pp, hc, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Ender: Shadow] SF novel, sequel to Ender’s Shadow. A simultaneous limited leatherbound edition (-87774-9, $200.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _The Ships of Earth (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-980-6, May 2000, £5.99, 382pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Homecoming] Reprint (Tor 1994) SF novel. Volume Three of “Homecoming”.

CAREY, DIANE (L.) iI.e., Diane Carey-Brodeur] (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Star Trek: New Earth, Book 1: Wagon Train to the Stars (Pocket 0-671-04296-3, Jun 2000, $6.50, 352pp, pb) [Star Trek: New Earth] Star Trek novelization, first in a series of six. This includes chapter 11 of the Michael Jan Friedman’s serial novel, Star Trek: Starfleet: Year One. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * _Star Trek: New Earth, Book 2: Belle Terre (with Dean Wesley Smith) See entry under Dean Wesley Smith.
• * *Star Trek: New Earth, Book 6: Challenger (Pocket 0-671-04298-X, Aug 2000, $6.50, 396pp, pb) [Star Trek: New Earth] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

CAREY, LISA (chron.)

• * *In the Country of the Young (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-380-97675-7, Nov 2000, $24.00, 290pp, hc) Fantasy novel/ghost story. A reclusive painter meets a ghost girl who teaches him how to live again.

CARL, LILLIAN STEWART (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Along the Rim of Time (Writers Club 0-59509-333-7, Apr 2000, $13.95, 221pp, tp) Collection of 11 stories, one new. (Contents)

CARMODY, ISOBELLE (Jane) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +The Farseekers (Tor 0-312-86957-6, Aug 2000, $23.95, 316pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Obernewtyn Chronicles] Post-holocaust fantasy novel, book two of the “Obernewtyn Chronicles”. Elspeth leads a mission to the outside world to rescue an unusually powerful Misfit. First US edition (Penguin Australia 1990).
• * _Obernewtyn (Tor 0-812-58422-8, Jul 2000, $6.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Obernewtyn Chronicles] Reprint (Puffin Plus Australia 1987) post-holocaust fantasy novel, book one of the “Obernewtyn Chronicles”.
• * *Obernewtyn & The Farseekers (SFBC #03488, Sep 2000, $12.98, 440pp, hc, cover by Judy York) [Obernewtyn Chronicles] Omnibus of two post-holocaust fantasy novels in the “Obernewtyn Chronicles”: Obernewtyn (1987) and The Farseekers (1990). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-1211-6; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)

CARPENTER, HUMPHREY (William Bouverie) (1946-2005) (chron.)

• * _J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-05702-1, Jun 2000, $14.00, 288pp, tp) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1977) authorized biography of Tolkien. This includes the 1987 revisions. [Tolkien]

CARR, CALEB (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Killing Time (Random House 0-679-46332-1, Sep 2000, $25.95, 274pp, hc, cover by Kamil Vojnar) Near-future SF thriller. A criminologist in 2023 re-examines the 2018 assassination of a female President of the US.
• * _Killing Time (Little, Brown UK 0-316-85471-9, Nov 2000, £9.99, 310pp, tp) Reprint (Random House 2000) SF novel. In 2023, a tape showing the assassination of the US President is revealed as a fake. [First U.K. edition]

CARROLL, JENNY (chron.)

• * *The Mediator: Shadowland (Pocket Pulse 0-671-78791-8, Nov 2000, $4.99, 245pp, pb) [Mediator] Young-adult dark fantasy novel, the first in a series about a girl who communicates with the dead. Copyrighted by Meggin Cabot.

CARROLL, JERRY JAY (1940- ) (chron.)

• * _Dog Eat Dog (Ace 0-441-00740-6, Jun 2000, $6.50, 297pp, pb, cover by Joel Peter Johnson & Bruck & Moss) [Bogey] Reprint (Ace 1999) satirical fantasy novel, sequel to Top Dog.

CARROLL, JONATHAN (Samuel) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Heidelberg Cylinder (Mobius New Media 0-9703786-0-2, Nov 2000, $30.00, 73pp, hc, cover by Dave McKean) Fantasy novella. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,000; it is already sold out.
• * _Kissing the Beehive (Orion/Indigo 0-575-40291-1, Aug 2000, £6.99, 251pp, tp, cover by Splash) [Frannie McCabe] Reissue (Doubleday 1998) associational non-supernatural mystery.
• * _The Land of Laughs (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-999-6, Sep 2000, £6.99, 241pp, tp, cover by Joe del Tufo) Reprint (Viking 1980) fantasy novel. An author’s classic novel has transformed lives. Volume 9 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.
• * _The Marriage of Sticks (Orion/Indigo 0-575-40249-0, Aug 2000, £6.99, 282pp, tp, cover by Splash) [Frannie McCabe] Reprint (Gollancz 1999) dark fantasy novel.
• * _The Marriage of Sticks (Tor 0-312-87243-7, Nov 2000, $14.95, 270pp, tp) [Frannie McCabe] Reprint (Gollancz 1999) literary fantasy novel.

CARROLL, LEWIS; pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, (1832-1898) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Alice in Wonderland (with Lisbeth Zwerger) (North-South Books 0-7358-1166-0, Oct ’99, $19.95, 101pp, hc, cover by Lisbeth Zwerger) [Alice] Reprint (Macmillan 1865) children’s fantasy novel, in oversized picture-book format, with new illustrations by Lisbeth Zwerger. This may be the first English-language edition with these illustrations, which are copyrighted by Nord-Sud Verlag, Switzerland.
• * _Alice Through the Looking Glass (Creation Press 1-84068-021-0, Apr 2000, £6.95, 205pp, tp, cover by Trevor Brown) [Alice] Reprint (Macmillan 1871 as Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There) classic fantasy novel, with a new introduction by Jeremy Reed examining its psychedelia and sexual imagery. Available in the US at $10.95. A “Creation Classic Portable”.
• * _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-83375-X, Mar 2000, $3.99, 153 + xvi, pb, cover by Lewis Carroll) [Alice] Reprint (1865) classic children’s fantasy with illustrations by John Tenniel. This has a new foreword by Nancy Willard, and an 1876 afterword by Carroll, “An Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves Alice”. There is an unpaginated four-page Reading Group Guide.
• * _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Chronicle Books 0-8118-2274-5, Oct 2000, $19.95, 139pp, hc, cover by Margaret Tarrant) [Alice] Reprint (1865) classic children’s fantasy. Cooper Edens selected the illustrations by numerous artists including John Tenniel, Arthur Rackham, Charles Robinson, and Besse Pease Guttman.
• * _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-1619-6, 1999, $4.95, 250pp, tp, cover by John Tenniel) [Alice] Reprint (Macmillan 1865 and 1871) omnibus of two classic children’s fantasy novels, with the original illustration by Tenniel. This is dated 1999, but not seen until now.
• * _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Penguin/Signet Classic 0-451-52774-7, Dec 2000, $3.95, 240pp, pb, cover by John Tenniel) [Alice] Reprint (Macmillan 1865 and 1871) omnibus of two classic children’s fantasy novels, with the original illustration by Tenniel. This has a new introduction and “A Highly Selected Bibliography” by Mark Gardner.
• * _Alice’s Adventures under Ground (with Kim Deitch) (Word Play/Cottage Books 1-892847-01-9, Aug 2000, $17.95, 84pp, tp) [Alice] Reprint (Macmillan 1886) children’s novella, with new illustrations by Kim Deitch. This is the early version of Alice in Wonderland, handwritten and illustrated by Carroll in 1864, first published in facsimile by Macmillan in 1886; this is the first publication as a separate, type-set book. The book’s history is discussed in the foreword by Mark Burstein. A trade hardcover edition (-00-0, $29.95), and a signed (by the artist), limited edition of 250 (same ISBN, $60.00) were announced but not seen. Order from Word Play, 1 Sutter Street, San Francisco CA 94104; www.word-play.com; 415-397-3716.

CARTER, LIN; [i.e., Linwood Vrooman Carter] (1930-1988) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Callisto (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-0005-4, Jun 2000, $14.00, 418pp, tp, cover by Steranko) [Callisto] Omnibus of the first two fantasy novels in the “Callisto” series featuring adventurer Jon Dark: Jandar of Callisto (1972) and Black Legion of Callisto (1972). There is a new, tongue-in-cheek (maybe) introduction by John Betancourt. (Contents)
• * _The Man Who Loved Mars (Wildside Press 1-58715-030-1, 1999, $14.00, 157pp, tp, cover by Hugh Vogt) Reprint (Fawcett Gold Medal 1973) SF novel. This is dated 1999, but not seen until now; it is an on-demand edition available online from Wildside Press, PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045; www.wildsidepress.com

CARUS, MARIANNE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *That’s Ghosts for You: 13 Scary Stories (Front Street/Cricket Books 0-8126-2675-3, 2000, $15.95, 134+viii, hc, cover by Yong Sheng Xuan) Young-adult anthology of 13 stories, four original; most first appeared in Cricket. Authors include Nancy Etchemendy and Josepha Sherman. (Contents)

CARVER, JEFFREY A(llan) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * *Eternity’s End (Tor 0-312-85642-3, Dec 2000, $26.95, 555pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) SF adventure novel of space pirates, interstellar conspiracy, and a legendary spaceship.

CASHDAN, SHELDON (chron.)

• * _The Witch Must Die: How Fairy Tales Shape Our Lives (HarperCollins/Basic Books 0-465-00896-8, Jun 2000, $16.00, 283pp, tp) Reprint (Basic Books 1999) non-fiction, a critical/psychological look at the effects fairy tales have on readers.

CASIL, AMY STERLING (stories) (chron.)

• * *Without Absolution (Wildside Press 1-58715-117-0, Oct 2000, $15.00, 181pp, tp, cover by Amy Sterling Casil) Collection of nine stories, one original, and four original poems. Introduction by James P. Blaylock. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933. (Contents)

CASSUTT, MICHAEL (Joseph) (1954- ) (chron.)

• * _Missing Man (Tor 0-812-57786-8, Mar 2000, $6.99, 439pp, pb) Reprint (Forge 1998, not seen) technothriller set at NASA. We apparently missed the hardcover first edition.

CASTLE, MORT(on A.) (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Moon on the Water (DarkTales Publications 0-9672029-9-X, Aug 2000, $19.95, 175pp, tp) Collection of 18 horror stories. This is an on-demand book, available online at www.darktales.com, or from PO Box 675, Grandview MO 64030; add $4.00 shipping. (Contents)

CASTRO, ADAM-TROY (stories) (chron.)

• * *An Alien Darkness (Wildside Press 1-58715-153-7, Oct 2000, $15.00, 176pp, tp) Collection of 11 dark SF and fantasy stories, three original, some revised. Introduction by Jerry Oltion. The author’s afterword discusses what inspired each story. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045. (Contents)
• * *A Desperate, Decaying Darkness (Wildside Press 1-58715-152-9, Oct 2000, $15.00, 166pp, tp) Collection of 13 horror stories, three original, some revised. Introduction by Keith R.A. DeCandido. There is a new afterword by the author, in which he warns his mother which stories not to read. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045. (Contents)

CATROW, DAVID (chron.)

• * _Cinderella Skeleton (with Robert D. San Souci) See entry under Robert D. San Souci

CAVE, HUGH B(arnett) (1910-2004) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Bottled in Blonde (Fedogan & Bremer/F&B Mystery 1-878252-48-8, Aug 2000, $29.00, 241pp, hc, cover by Jill Bauman) [Peter Kane] Associational collection of nine pulp detective stories featuring hard-drinking PI Peter Kane. Foreword by Cave; introduction by Don Hutchison. A limited edition (-49-6, $95.00) was announced but not seen. Available from F&B Mystery, 3721 Minnehaha Ave S., Minneapolis MN 55406. (Contents)
• * *The Dawning (Leisure 0-8439-4739-X, Jul 2000, $5.50, 359pp, pb) Near-future horror novel. A group fleeing uninhabitable cities for the Canadian wilderness find the Earth is ready to fight back against its human abusers.
• * *The Lady Wore Black and Other Weird Cat Tales (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-007-7, Aug 2000, C$56.00, xiii+223pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe) Collection of Cave ghost stories, all involving cats. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $41.50 and in the UK for £26.00. (Contents)

CAVE, KATHRYN (chron.)

• * _Septimus Similon, Practising Wizard (Hodder Silver 0-340-77850-4, Jun 2000, £3.99, 231pp, pb, cover by Chris Riddell) Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 1996) young-adult fantasy novel.

CERCONE, KAREN ROSE (1957- ); see pseudonym L. A. Graf (stories) (chron.)

CHADBOURN, MARK (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Darkest Hour (Gollancz 0-575-06903-1, Oct 2000, £9.99, 467pp, tp, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Age of Misrule] Fantasy novel, Book Two of the “Age of Misrule” series after World’s End. The forces of darkness plan to resurrect the god of death. A hardcover edition (-06681-4, £16.99) is also available.
• * _World’s End (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-980-5, Sep 2000, £6.99, 557pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Age of Misrule] Reprint (Gollancz 1999) fantasy novel. Book One of “The Age of Misrule”.

CHALKER, JACK L(aurence) (1944-2005) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Balshazzar’s Serpent (Baen 0-671-57880-4, Aug 2000, $22.00, 291pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Three Kings] Far-future SF novel, first in a series of three. Religion and cyborg prophets keep civilization going on isolated planets.
• * *Ghost of the Well of Souls (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39485-2, Apr 2000, $6.99, 342pp, pb) [Well of Souls] SF novel, seventh in “The Saga of the Well World”.
• * *The Moreau Factor (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40296-0, Feb 2000, $6.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Min Choi) Near-future SF novel of a scientific conspiracy involving genetic engineering.

CHAMBERLIN, ANN (chron.)

• * _Leaving Eden (Tor/Forge 0-312-87511-8, Jun 2000, $13.95, 256pp, tp, cover by Michaelangelo) Reprint (Forge 1999) fantasy novel. Lilith’s daughter’s version of the story of Adam and Eve.