The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001

Books, Listed by Author

HOBB, ROBIN (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Ship of Destiny (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57565-1, Dec 2001, $6.99, 789pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Liveship Traders] Reprint (Voyager 2000) fantasy novel, third in “The Liveship Traders” trilogy, set in the same world as the “Farseer” series. Hobb is a pen-name for Megan Lindholm.
• * *The Tawny Man: Book One: Fool’s Errand (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224726-7, Oct 2001, £17.99, 584pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Tawny Man] Fantasy novel, set in the “Farseer” world, 15 years after the Red Ships’ War.

HODGELL, P(atricia) C(hristine) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * _Dark of the Gods (SFBC #36867, May 2001, $12.98, 596pp, hc, cover by Robert Gould) [Kencyrath] Reprint (Meisha Merlin 2000) collection/omnibus of two fantasy novels, God Stalk (1982) and Dark of the Moon (1985) and the 1984 story “Bones”. This has ISBN 0-7394-1745-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Seeker’s Mask (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-34-7, Apr 2001, $18.00, 523pp, tp, cover by Kevin Murphy) [Kencyrath] Reprint (Hypatia 1994) dark Fantasy novel. This has a new introduction by Charles de Lint.
• * _Seeker’s Mask (SFBC $37762, Jul 2001, $12.98, 523pp, hc, cover by Robert Gould) [Kencyrath] Reprint (Hypatia 1994) dark Fantasy novel. This has the introduction by Charles de Lint from the 2001 Meisha Merlin edition, and is the same internally; it has ISBN 0-7394-1887-4, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number pasted on the back jacket.

HODGSON, WILLIAM HOPE (1877-1918) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The House on the Borderland (Coppens & Frenks 90-76917-01-9, Jan 2001, $24.95, 176pp, hc) Reissue (Chapman Hall 1908) classic SF horror novel, with a new introduction by Brian Stableford. This is a limited edition, available from Coppens & Frenks online at [www.coppensfrenks.nl]; e-mail [coppens25@hetnet.nl]; or write Coppens & Frenks, Alexanderkade 122, 1018 ZC Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

HODOR, TIMOTHY (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Recluse (Monte Verita 3-900434-66-2, Dec 2000, $9.95, 86pp, tp, cover by Erika Giovanna Klien) Surreal novella of an alienated individual tormented by an inhuman society. This is dated 2000, but not seen until now. Published by Verlag Monte Verita, p.a. PS-Personal Systems OEG, Schoenbrunnerstrasse 91/Eingang Spengergasse, 1050 Vienna, Austria; e-mail [personal.systems@login.at]; available in the US from Left Bank Books, 92 Pike Street, Seattle WA 98101; [www.leftbankbooks.com].

HOEYE, MICHAEL (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Sands of Time (Terfle Books 0-9675111-2-7, Sep 2001, $12.95, 300pp, tp, cover by Dale Champlin) [Hermux Tantamoq] Young-adult talking-animal fantasy mystery novel in the “Hermux Tantamoq” series, sequel to Time Stops for No Mouse. Mouse-watchmaker Hermux joins a search for the lost tomb of the legendary King of the Cats.
• * *Time Stops for No Mouse (Terfle Books 0-9675111-1-9, Sep 2000, $12.95, 279pp, tp) [Hermux Tantamoq] Young-adult fantasy mystery novel featuring talking mouse Hermux Tantamoq, first in a series. Originally appeared in 2000, but not seen until now; this is the second printing.

HOFFMAN, ALICE (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Aquamarine (Scholastic 0-439-09863-7, May 2001, $16.95, 105pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novella. Two girls try to help a mermaid stranded in a swimming pool by a storm.
• * _The River King (Berkley Signature 0-425-17967-2, Jul 2001, $14.00, 344pp, tp, cover by Maggie Taylor) Reprint (Putnam 2000) mainstream novel with fantasy elements, including ghosts, set in a weird Massachusetts prep school.

HOFFMAN, BARRY (1947- ) (chron.)

• * *Judas Eyes (Gauntlet Press/Edge Books 1-887368-45-0, May 2001, $24.95, 406 + vi, hc, cover by Harry O. Morris) [Shara Farris] Vigilante crime/horror novel with supernatural elements, third in the “Eyes” series after Hungry Eyes and Eyes of Prey. Bounty hunter Shara Farris trails a serial killer too similar to herself. Afterword by Jack Ketchum. Order from Gauntlet Press, 309 Powell Rd., Springfield PA 19064; 610-328-5476; website [www.gauntletpress.com].

HOFFMAN, EVA (chron.)

• * *The Secret: A Fable for our Time (Secker & Warburg 0-436-25619-3, Sep 2001, £15.99, 263pp, hc) Near-future dynastic thriller about human cloning. A First Novel.

HOFFMAN, NINA KIRIKI (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Past the Size of Dreaming (Ace 0-441-00802-X, Mar 2001, $21.95, 342pp, hc, cover by Tim Barrall) [Matt Black; Tasha Dane; Terry Dane] Fantasy novel featuring “Matt Black”, sequel to Red Heart of Memories.

HOGAN, ERNEST (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Smoking Mirror Blues (Wordcraft of Oregon 1-877655-37-6, Sep 2001, $12.00, 210pp, tp) Science fiction novel. The Aztec trickster god is recreated through bio nanochips, and runs amok in near-future Hollywood. Order from Wordcraft of Oregon, PO Box 3235, La Grande OR 97850; [www.oregontrail.net/˜wordcraft].

HOGAN, JAMES P(atrick) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Legend that was Earth (Baen 0-671-31840-3, Oct 2001, $7.99, 503pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) Reprint (Baen 2000) SF novel of too-helpful aliens.
• * *Martian Knightlife (Baen 0-671-31844-6, Oct 2001, $22.00, 278pp, hc, cover by Clyde Caldwell) SF novel of a future lone-wolf private investigator called the Knight.

HOLDER, NANCY (Lindsay Jones) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer/Angel: Unseen 2: Door to Alternity (with Jeff Mariotte) (Pocket 0-7434-1894-8, Jul 2001, $6.99, 301pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer; Angel: Unseen] Novelization, second in a crossover trilogy based on the TV shows. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer/Angel: Unseen: Long Way Home (with Jeff Mariotte) (Pocket 0-7434-1895-6, Sep 2001, $6.99, 288pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer; Angel: Unseen] Novelization, third in a crossover trilogy based on the TV shows. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Book of Fours (Pocket 0-7434-1240-0, Apr 2001, $22.95, 337pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * _Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Book of Fours (SFBC #36191, Apr 2001, $11.50, 285pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Reprint (Pocket 2001) novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film. This is similar to the Pocket edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Unseen: The Burning (with Jeff Mariotte) (Pocket 0-7434-1893-X, May 2001, $6.99, 274pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer; Angel: Unseen] Novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.

HOLDSTOCK, ROBERT (Paul) (1948-2009) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Celtika (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-684-86036-8, Jan 2001, £16.99, 350pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Merlin Codex] Fantasy novel, Book One of “The Merlin Codex”. A tale of Merlin centuries before Arthur, and his involvement with Jason and the Argonauts.
• * _Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45857-5, Nov 2001, $6.99, 327pp, pb, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Mythago] Reprint (Roc 1997) fantasy novel in the “Mythago” cycle.

HOLLAND, CECELIA (Anastasia) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Angel and the Sword (Tor/Forge 0-312-86889-8, Nov 2001, $14.95, 304pp, tp, cover by Greg Call) Reprint (Forge 2000) fantasy novel set in ninth-century medieval Europe.
• * _Lily Nevada (Tor/Forge 0-312-87416-2, Jul 2001, $12.95, 224pp, tp, cover by Paul Wright) [Railroad Schemes] Reprint (Forge 1999) associational historical novel, sequel to Railroad Schemes.
• * _An Ordinary Woman (Tor/Forge 0-312-87417-0, Apr 2001, $13.95, 223pp, tp, cover by Albert Bierstadt) Reprint (Forge 1999) associational non-fiction biography of Nancy Kelsey, the first American woman in California.

HOLLAND, DAVID (chron.)

• * _Murcheston: The Wolf’s Tale (Tor 0-812-57928-3, Feb 2001, $6.99, 376pp, pb, cover by David Bowers) Reprint (Forge 2000) Victorian werewolf novel.

HOLMSTEN, BRIAN, ed. (chron.)

• * *The Complete War of the Worlds: Mars’ Invasion of Earth from H.G. Wells to Orson Welles (with Alex Lubertozzi) (Sourcebooks 1-57071-714-1, Apr 2001, $45.00, 202pp, hc) Anthology of H.G. Wells’s novel (Heinemann 1898), plus the radio broadcast script, letters, interviews, and the musical. Foreword by Ray Bradbury, and afterword by Ben Bova. This comes with two audio CDs. Sourcebooks, 1935 Brookdale Road, Suite 139, Naperville IL 60563; 630-961-3900; [www.sourcebooks.com]. [Wells]

HOLT, THOMAS; see under Holt, Tom (stories) (chron.)

HOLT, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Charles Louis Holt] (1961- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Nothing But Blue Skies (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-040-7, May 2001, £15.99, 317pp, hc, cover by Paul Cemmick) Humorous fantasy novel. Weathermen kidnap the father of a dragon (currently disguised as an estate agent), because the dragons keep making it rain in England.
• * _Valhalla (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-042-3, May 2001, £5.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Paul Cemmick) Reprint (Orbit 2000) humorous fantasy novel of a cocktail waitress arriving in the place of dead heroes.

HOMER (c850 BC) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Odyssey (Tor/Forge 0-312-86669-0, Nov 2001, $25.95, 432pp, hc) Associational non-fiction. Homer’s classic newly translated by R.L. Eickhoff, who also does retellings of Celtic myth as Randy Lee Eickhoff.

HONDA, MINEKO (chron.)

• * *The Imaginative World of C.S. Lewis: A Way to Participate in Reality (University Press of America 0-7618-1604-6, 2000, $52.50, 178 + xv, hc) Non-fiction, a critical examination of Lewis’s views of reality with God as the absolute Real, touching peripherally on his fantasy and SF. Includes index and bibliography. This is dated 2000, but not seen until now; a trade paperback edition (-1605-4, $29.50) was announced but not seen. University Press of America, 4720 Boston Way, Lanham MD 20706. [Lewis]

HOOD, ROBERT (Maxwell) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Shades: 01: Shadow Dance (Hodder Headline Australia 0-7336-1296-2, Jun 2001, A$14.95, 161pp, tp) [Shades] Young-adult horror novel, first in a series about ghostly youngsters called Shades. Nathan Maple can travel via shadows, and must avoid light.
• * *Shades: 02: Night Beast (Hodder Headline Australia 0-7336-1297-0, Jul 2001, A$14.95, 147pp, tp) [Shades] Young-adult horror novel, second in the series. Cassandra discovers her shadow world is infecting the living world.
• * *Shades: 03: Ancient Light (Hodder Headline Australia 0-7336-1298-9, Aug 2001, A$14.95, 153pp, tp) [Shades] Young-adult horror novel, third in the series about ghostly kids called Shades. A human friend of the Shades believes a Shadow creature is attacking her town.

HOPKINS, BRIAN (A.) (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Salt Water Tears (Dark Regions Press 1-888993-21-9, Nov 2001, $12.95, 176pp, tp, cover by A. B. Word) Collection of 10 stories, two original, all containing water in some form. Introduction by Gary A. Braunbeck. Order from Dark Regions Press, PO Box 1558, Brentwood CA 94513; [isedmorey1@aol.com]; [http://darkregions.hypermart.net/]. (Contents)

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• * *Extremes 3: Terror on the High Seas (CD Publications, 2001, $17.95, CD-ROM) Original anthology of 20 stories on a limited edition CD-ROM. (Contents)

HOPKINSON, NALO (1960- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Skin Folk (Warner Aspect 0-446-67803-1, Dec 2001, $12.95, 255pp, tp, cover by Mark Harrison) Collection of 15 stories, five original. A mix of SF and fantasy, many based on Caribbean folklore. (Contents)

HOPP, THOMAS P. (chron.)

• * *Dinosaur Wars (iUniverse.com/Authors Choice Press 0-595-14644-9, Apr 2001, $19.95, 407pp, tp) SF novel. Intelligent dinosaurs from space return to reclaim their homeworld — Earth. This is dated 2000, but not seen until now. A first novel. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.iuniverse.com], or from iUniverse.com, 620 North 48th St., Suite 201, Lincoln NE 68504-3467.

HOROWITZ, ANTHONY (1955- ) (chron.)

• * _The Devil and His Boy (Penguin/Puffin 0-698-11913-4, Sep 2001, $5.99, 182pp, tp, cover by Michael Chesworth) Reprint (Walker Books UK 1998) young-adult historical novel of Elizabethan England, with elements of fantasy. We apparently missed the hardcover first US edition (Philomel 2000).

HORWOOD, WILLIAM (1944- ) (chron.)

• * +The Willows at Christmas (St. Martin’s/Dunne 0-312-28386-5, Nov 2001, $21.95, 245pp, hc, cover by Patrick Benson) [Wind in the Willows] Animal fantasy novel; fourth sequel by Horwood to The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, illustrated by Patrick Benson. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 1999, not seen).

HOUARNER, GERARD (Daniel) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Beast That Was Max (Leisure 0-8439-4881-7, Jun 2001, $5.99, 392pp, pb) [Max the Assassin] Horror novel of an assassin with an inner demon.

HOWARD, MICHAEL JOHN (chron.)

• * *On the Head of a Pin (Denlinger’s Publishers 0-87714-241-6, Nov 2001, $8.95, 139pp, tp) Spiritual fantasy novel. A man stumbles on a spa where angels unwind from their heavenly duties. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.thebookden.com], or from Denlinger’s Bookstore, PO Box 1030, Edgewater FL 32132-1030.

HOWARD, ROBERT E(rvin) (1906-1936) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Conan Chronicles: Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-747-0, Apr 2001, £7.99, xii+575pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Conan] Collection of eight “Conan” stories (including the serial published as Conan the Conqueror), notes, and poetry by Howard. Edited and with an afterword by Stephen Jones. Volume 16 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series. (Contents)
• * *Nameless Cults: The Cthulhu Mythos Fiction of Robert E. Howard (Chaosium 1-56882-130-1, Nov 2001, $15.95, 353pp, tp, cover by Harry Fassl) Collection of 18 horror stories, including a round-robin tale done with C.L. Moore, A. Merritt, H.P. Lovecraft, and Frank Belknap Long. Four stories were fragments finished by editor Robert M. Price, C.J. Henderson, Joe Pulver, and August Derleth. Price also provides an introduction on Howard’s Lovecraftian work. Order from Chaosium, 900 Murmansk St., Oakland CA 94607; [www.chaosium.com]. (Contents)

HOWARTH, LESLEY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Ultraviolet (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-131078-2, Jun 2001, £4.99, 244pp, tp) Young-adult SF novel. Radiation has made it impossible to go outside for most of the year; teenagers hooked on cyber-realities try to live in the real world.

HOWE, JOHN (chron.)

• * *Myth and Magic: The Art of John Howe (HarperCollins UK 0-00-710795-1, Dec 2001, £19.99, 141pp, hc, cover by John Howe) Art book, lavishly illustrated. Foreword by Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, who discusses Howe’s influence on the films’ visual style. Afterword by Alan Lee; contributions from Anne McCaffrey, Robin Hobb, Garry Kilworth, Robert Holdstock, David Gemmell, Charles de Lint, Brian Sibley, and actor Sir Ian McKellen.

HOYLE, [Sir] FRED (1915-2001) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _A for Andromeda (with John Elliot) (Souvenir Press 0-285-63588-3, May 2001, £7.99, 174pp, tp, cover by Scott Prentice & Angela Hynd) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1962) SF novelisation of the 1961 TV script; first in a duology. Alien radio signals are used to programme a computer that creates a living being, a young girl.

HOYT, SARAH (Marques de) A(lmeida) (1962- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Ill Met by Moonlight (Ace 0-441-00860-7, Oct 2001, $21.95, 278pp, hc, cover by Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys) [William Shakespeare] Fantasy novel. Young Will Shakespeare falls afoul of fairies. A first novel.

HUDDLESTON, GILBERT ROGER (1874-1936); see pseudonym Roger Pater (stories) (chron.)

HUFF, TANYA (Sue) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Of Darkness, Light, and Fire (DAW 0-7564-0038-4, Dec 2001, $7.99, 513pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) Omnibus of two fantasy novels: Gate of Darkness, Circle of Light (DAW 1989) and Fire’s Stone (DAW 1990). (Contents)
• * *The Second Summoning (DAW 0-88677-975-8, Mar 2001, $6.99, 416pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Keepers] Contemporary fantasy novel, second in “The Keepers” after Summon the Keeper. Claire’s developing relationship with Dean is complicated after her little sister accidentally lets an angel loose in human form.

HUGHES, MATT(hew) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Fool Me Twice (Warner Aspect 0-446-60924-2, Aug 2001, $6.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Tim White) [Filidor Vesh; Old Earth] Fantasy novel, sequel to Fools Errant. The Archon’s apprentice pursues a thief to strange lands.
• * +Fools Errant (Warner Aspect 0-446-60923-4, Mar 2001, $6.99, 283pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Filidor Vesh; Old Earth] Satiric fantasy novel. First US edition (Maxwell Macmillan Canada 1994).
• * *Gullible’s Travels (SFBC #38432, Aug 2001, $12.98, 401pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [Filidor Vesh; Old Earth] Omnibus of two fantasy novels: Fools Errant (1994) and Fool Me Twice (2001). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-73394-1940-4; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)

HUMPHREY, NICOLE LUIKEN; see pseudonyms N. M. Luiken & Nicole Luiken (chron.)

HUNT, WALTER H. (chron.)

• * *The Dark Wing (Tor 0-765-30113-X, Dec 2001, $27.95, 491pp, hc, cover by David Seeley) [Dark Wing] Military SF novel. A scholar obsessed with exterminating the alien zor gets control of Earth’s fleet. A first novel.

HUNTER, KIM (chron.)

• * *Knight’s Dawn (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-031-8, Feb 2001, £9.99, 374pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Red Pavilions] Fantasy novel, first in “The Red Pavilions” trilogy. A wounded knight wakes with no memory, in a land whose last battle was one hundred years before.

HURWITZ, GREGG ANDREW (1973- ) (chron.)

• * *Minutes to Burn (HarperCollins/Cliff Street 0-06-018886-3, Aug 2001, $25.00, 414pp, hc) Near-future SF thriller of ecological disaster. Scientists and Navy SEALs stranded by earthquakes on an island in the Galápagos discover mutant disease and monsters.