The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002

Books, Listed by Author

BOVA, BEN(jamin William) (1932- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Hour of the Gremlins (with Gordon R. Dickson) See entry under Gordon R. Dickson
• * _Jupiter (Tor 0-812-57941-0, Feb 2002, $7.99, 389pp, pb, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2000) SF novel.
• * _The Precipice (Tor 0-812-57989-5, Dec 2002, $7.99, 422pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Grand Tour: Asteroid Wars] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2001) SF novel, first book in “The Asteroid Wars”.
• * *The Rock Rats (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-76958-0, Feb 2002, £16.99, 440pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Grand Tour: Asteroid Wars] SF novel, the second in “The Asteroid Wars” sub-series in Bova’s series about the colonization of the Solar System.
• * +The Rock Rats (Tor 0-765-30227-6, Apr 2002, $24.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Peter Bollinger) [Grand Tour: Asteroid Wars] SF novel. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 2/02).
• * _The Rock Rats (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-76959-9, Aug 2002, £6.99, 440pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Grand Tour: Asteroid Wars] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2002) SF novel. “The Asteroid Wars: II”.

BOWEN, CARL (stories) (chron.)

• * *World of Darkness: Predator & Prey: Mage (White Wolf 1-56504-973-X, Feb 2002, $6.50, 286pp, tp, cover by William O’Connor) [World of Darkness: Predator & Prey] Novelization based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by White Wolf.

BOWKETT, STEPHEN (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Storm (Orion Children’s Books 1-85881-874-5, Mar 2002, £4.99, 230pp, tp, cover by Stuart Williams) [Wintering] Young-adult SF novel, second in “The Wintering” Trilogy.
• * *The Wintering: Thaw (Orion Children’s Books 1-85881-875-3, Oct 2002, £4.99, 230pp, tp, cover by Stuart Williams) [Wintering] Young-adult SF novel. Volume three of “The Wintering” Trilogy, after The Wintering: Ice and Storm.

BOWLES, PETER (chron.)

• * _Points in Time: Tales from Morocco (Owen, Peter 0-7206-1137-7, Jun 2002, £7.95, 92pp, tp) Reprint (Peter Owen 1982) collection of short stories and vignettes, many based in folklore and fantasy. A “Peter Owens Modern Classic”.

BRADBURY, RAY(mond Douglas) (1920- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Fahrenheit 451 (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34296-8, Mar 2002, $6.99, 179pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1953) classic SF novel. This edition has the 1982 afterword and 1979 coda by Bradbury. 28th printing.
• * _From the Dust Returned (HarperCollins/Avon 0-380-78961-2, Sep 2002, $6.99, 236pp, pb, cover by Charles Addams) Reprint (Morrow 2001) fix-up novel/collection of stories about a family of vampires.
• * _From the Dust Returned (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-2998-2, Sep 2002, £6.99, 204pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 2001) dark-fantasy mosaic novel of the Elliott family.
• * _Green Shadows, White Whale (HarperPerennial 0-380-78966-3, Dec 2002, $12.95, 237pp, tp, cover by Edward Sorel) Reprint (Knopf 1992) associational autobiographical mainstream novel. This has a new afterword by Bradbury.
• * +I Live By the Invisible (Dufour/Salmon Poetry 1-903392-20-9, Sep 2002, $14.95, 81pp, tp) Associational collection of 47 poems, 18 apparently original. This is the Irish edition from Salmon Poetry, with Dufour stickers. Order from Dufour Editions, Chester Springs PA 19425-0007; 610-458-5005. (Contents)
• * _The Illustrated Man (HarperCollins/Voyager Classics 0-00-712774-X, Aug 2002, £7.99, 240pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1951) fantasy/SF collection of 16 connected stories. This follows the revised UK (Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952) contents, with the addition of a further story from 1953. “Voyager Classics” Number 33. (Contents)
• * *Let’s All Kill Constance (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-06-051584-8, Jan 2003, $23.95, 210pp, hc, cover by José Luis Merino) Associational Hollywood mystery.
• * *One More for the Road (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-06-621106-9, Apr 2002, $24.95, 289pp, hc, cover by José Luis Merino) Original collection of 25 stories, nine reprints, with a new afterword by Bradbury. (Contents)
• * _One More for the Road (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-103203-4, Jan 2003, $6.99, 350pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 2002) collection of 25 stories.

BRADFORD, RICHARD (chron.)

• * +Lucky Him: The Biography of Kingsley Amis (Dufour/Peter Owen 0-7206-1117-2, Oct 2001, $37.95, 432pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography, with index and 16 unpaginated pages of photos. This is the Peter Owen UK edition, with Dufour stickers. Order from Dufour Editions, PO Box 7, Chester Springs PA 19425-0007; 610-458-5005; email: [Dufour8023@aol.com]; website: [http://go.to/Dufour]. [Amis]

BRADLEY, MARION (Eleanor) ZIMMER (1930-1999) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Ages of Chaos (DAW 0-7564-0072-4, May 2002, $6.99, 763pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Darkover] SF omnibus of two “Darkover” novels: Stormqueen! (1978) and Hawkmistress! (1982). (Contents)
• * _The Fall of Neskaya (with Deborah J. Ross) (DAW 0-7564-0053-8, Jul 2002, $6.99, 557pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Darkover: Clingfire] Reprint (DAW 2001) SF novel set on Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover in the age of The Hundred Kingdoms, first volume in the “Clingfire” trilogy.
• * *The Forbidden Circle (DAW 0-7564-0094-5, Nov 2002, $7.99, 570pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Darkover] SF omnibus of two “Darkover” novels: The Spell Sword (1974) and The Forbidden Tower (1977). (Contents)
• * *Heritage and Exile (DAW 0-7564-0065-1, Apr 2002, $7.99, 779pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Darkover] SF omnibus of two “Darkover” novels: The Heritage of Hastur (1975) and Sharra’s Exile (1981). (Contents)
• * _Lady of the Trillium (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649660-1, May 2001, £5.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Trillium] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1995) fantasy novel. Third sequel to Black Trillium, the collaborative novel by Andre Norton, Julian May, and Bradley. This was published in 2001, but not seen until now.
• * _Priestess of Avalon (with Diana L. Paxson) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45862-1, Jul 2002, $14.00, 394pp, tp, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) [Avalon] Reprint (Voyager 2000) pre-Arthurian fantasy.
• * *The Saga of the Renunciates (DAW 0-7564-0092-9, Aug 2002, $8.99, 1116pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Darkover] SF omnibus of three “Darkover” novels: The Shattered Chain (1976), Thendara House (1983), and City of Sorcery (1984). (Contents)

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• * *Sword and Sorceress XIX (DAW 0-7564-0049-X, Jan 2002, $6.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Original anthology of 25 fantasy stories. Authors include Diana Paxson, Esther Friesner, and Dorothy Heydt. Introduction by Elisabeth Waters. (Contents)

BRADSHAW, GILLIAN (Marucha) (1956- ) (chron.)

• * *Cleopatra’s Heir (Tor/Forge 0-765-30228-4, Jun 2002, $25.95, 447pp, hc) Associational historical novel/secret history of the son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, who escapes his assassins and goes underground.
• * _The Wolf Hunt (Tor 0-312-87595-9, Jun 2002, $14.96, 381pp, tp, cover by Carl B. Andreas Ruthart) Reprint (Forge 2001) historical novel with fantasy elements involving werewolves, based on one of the lais of Marie de France.

BRANDON, PAUL (chron.)

• * _Swim the Moon (Tor 0-312-87793-5, Sep 2002, $15.95, 380pp, tp, cover by Rafal Olbinski) Reprint (Tor 2001) romantic fantasy novel.

BRAY, PATRICIA (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Devlin’s Luck (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58475-8, May 2002, $5.99, 405pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Sword of Change] Fantasy novel, first in “The Sword of Change” trilogy. A man ready to die takes the deadly post of the gods’ Chosen One, defender to a fading kingdom.

BRENCHLEY, CHAZ (R.) (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Hand of the King’s Evil (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-035-0, Jan 2002, £7.99, 760pp, pb, cover by Barbara Lofthouse) [Outremer] Fantasy novel, the third book in the “Outremer” trilogy.

BREWER, GENE (chron.)

• * _K-PAX (Bloomsbury 0-7475-5752-7, Apr 2002, £6.99, 231pp, tp) [K-PAX] Reissue (St. Martin’s 1995) literary quasi-SF novel, the first in a series. This is film tie-in edition.

BRIGG, PETER (Alexander) (1942- ) (chron.)

• * *The Span of Mainstream and Science Fiction (McFarland 0-7864-1304-2, Mar 2003, $32.00, 212pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical study of a “new literary genre” called “span”: mostly mainstream works with SF elements. Special attention is given to the works of Doris Lessing and Thomas Pynchon. There are notes, bibliography, and index. Order from McFarland & Company, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; 800-253-2187; [www.mcfarlandpub.com]; add $4.00 postage.

BRIGGS, PATRICIA (née Rowland) (1965- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Dragon Bones (Ace 0-441-00916-6, Mar 2002, $6.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Ward of Hurog] Fantasy novel. A prince who’s played the fool must prove his competence when his father dies.

BRIGGS, STEPHEN (1951- ) (chron.)

• * _Discworld (Reformed) Vampyre’s Diary 2003 (with Terry Pratchett) See entry under Terry Pratchett.

BRIN, (Glen) DAVID (1950- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Contacting Aliens: An Illustrated Guide to David Brin’s Uplift Universe (with Kevin Lenagh) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37796-5, Jul 2002, $14.95, 191pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) [Uplift] Non-fiction guide to Brin’s “Uplift” novels, illustrated by Lenagh.
• * _Kiln People (SFBC #15326, Jan 2002, $12.99, 461pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Tor 2002) SF novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Kil’n People (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-138-1, May 2002, £10.99, 502pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 2002 as Kiln People) SF thriller of a world where disposable bodies are common. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Kil’n People (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-152-7, Dec 2002, £6.99, 611pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 2002 as Kiln People) SF thriller of a world where disposable bodies are common.
• * _Kiln People (Tor 0-765-34261-8, Jan 2003, $7.99, 569pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Tor 2002) SF thriller of a world where artificial disposable bodies are common.

BRINDLEY, LOUISE (chron.)

• * *A Presence In Her Life (Severn House 0-7278-5841-6, Dec 2002, £18.99, 250pp, hc) Ghost story. A recently bereaved widow finds she is sharing an isolated mansion with another bereft soul.

BRITE, POPPY Z. (1967- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Guilty but Insane (Subterranean Press 1-892284-89-8, Oct 2001, $40.00, 180pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Collection of 21 non-fiction pieces, three original. Eight pieces appeared in Cemetery Dance magazine in the column “Guilty but Insane”. A signed limited edition of 1250; a lettered edition of 26 is also available. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now. (Contents)

BROCK, DARRYL (chron.)

• * _If I Never Get Back (Penguin/Plume 0-452-28372-8, Sep 2002, $14.00, 470pp, tp) [Samuel Clemens Fowler] Reprint (Crown 1990) time-travel baseball fantasy novel.
• * *Two in the Field (Penguin/Plume 0-452-28356-6, Sep 2002, $14.00, 382pp, tp) [Samuel Clemens Fowler] Time-travel fantasy novel, sequel to baseball fantasy If I Never Get Back. Samuel Clemens Fowler seeks to return to his lost love in the 1870s.

BROCKMAN, ROBIN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * +Great Ghost Stories: 34 Classic Tale of the Supernatural (Random House/Gramercy 0-517-22095-4, 2002, $14.95, 519pp, hc) Anthology of 34 stories. This is an instant remainder edition. First US edition (Arcturus Publishing UK 2000 as Classic Tales of the Supernatural, not seen). (Contents)

BROCKMEIER, KEVIN (chron.)

• * *City of Names (Viking 0-670-03565-3, May 2002, $15.99, 137pp, hc, cover by Pamela Eklund) Young-adult fantasy. Howie’s book lets him magically transport himself around town.

BRODERICK, DAMIEN (Francis) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Spike: How Our Lives Are Being Transformed by Rapidly Advancing Technologies (Tor/Forge 0-312-87782-X, Feb 2002, $15.95, 380pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 2001) associational non-fiction, revised from the 1997 eponymous Australian popular science book.
• * *Transcension (Tor 0-765-30369-8, Feb 2002, $25.95, 348pp, hc, cover by David Seeley) Far-future SF novel. A high-tech utopia is threatened by the machines that make it possible.

BROECKER, RANDY (stories) (chron.)

• * _Art of Imagination: 20th Century Visions of Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy (with Frank M. Robinson & Robert E. Weinberg) See entry under Frank M. Robinson
• * *The Broecker Sampler: The Artwork of the Randy Broecker (American Fantasy Press 0-9610352-7-7, Apr 2002, $10.00, 24pp, ph, cover by Randy Broecker) Chapbook art book of Broecker’s b&w illustrations. Compiled and with an introduction by Robert T. Garcia. Order from American Fantasy Press, PO Box 1059, Woodstock IL 60098.

BROOKER, WILL (chron.)

• * *Using the Force: Creativity, Community, and Star Wars Fans (Continuum 0-8264-5287-6, May 2002, $27.95, 254pp, hc) Non-fiction, a critical study of the fan phenomenon, with limited discussion of novelizations, and substantial discussion of fan fiction. Includes bibliography and index. Continuum Books, 800-561-7704; [www.continuumbooks.com].

BROOKS, TERRY; [i.e., Terrence Dean Brooks] (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Sword of Shannara Trilogy (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45375-1, Sep 2002, $35.00, 1191pp, hc) [Shannara] Omnibus of the first three “Shannara” novels: The Sword of Shannara (1977), The Elfstones of Shannara (1982), and The Wishsong of Shannara (1985). This is a 25th Anniversary edition. (Contents)
• * _The Sword of Shannara Trilogy (SFBC #53002, Oct 2002, $17.50, 1191pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey 2002) omnibus of the first three “Shannara” novels: The Sword of Shannara (1977), The Elfstones of Shannara (1982), and The Wishsong of Shannara (1985). This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Antrax (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42865-X, Sep 2002, $7.99, 405pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: Voyage of the Jerle Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey; Earthlight UK 2001) fantasy novel, book two in “The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara” set a generation after The Talismans of Shannara.
• * *The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Book Three: Morgawr (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-6109-6, Sep 2002, £17.99, 401pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: Voyage of the Jerle Shannara] Fantasy novel in the “Shannara” series. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition. A trade paperback edition (-6108-8, £10.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Book Two: Antrax (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-1495-0, Jul 2002, £6.99, 405pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: Voyage of the Jerle Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey; Earthlight UK 2001) fantasy novel, sequel to Ilse Witch. In the “Shannara” series.
• * *The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Morgawr (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43572-9, Sep 2002, $27.95, 401pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: Voyage of the Jerle Shannara] Fantasy novel, book three in “The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara” set a generation after The Talismans of Shannara. Simultaneous with the UK (Earthlight) edition.
• * _The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Morgawr (SFBC #51530, Oct 2002, $14.99, 401pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: Voyage of the Jerle Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey 2002) fantasy novel, book three in “The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara”, set a generation after The Talismans of Shannara.

BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-1810) (chron.)

• * _Wieland, or The Transformation: An American Tale (Wildside Press 1-58715-979-1, Aug 2002, $29.95, 214pp, hc) Reprint (Caritat 1798) horror novel. This is a print-on-demand edition, available at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928.

BROWN, CHARLES N(ikki) (1937-2009) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-2001) (with William G. Contento) (Locus Press, May 2002, $49.95, 5,409pp, CD-ROM) Non-fiction, reference. This edition indexes SF books, magazines, and stories published from 1984 through 2001. Included in the index is Contento’s Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections which covers those books published before 1984.

BROWN, ERIC (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *New York Blues (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07301-2, Sep 2002, £6.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Virex] SF novel, book two in the “Virex” trilogy after New York Nights.

BROWN, FREDRIC (William) (1906-1972) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Martians and Madness: The Complete SF Novels of Fredric Brown (NESFA Press 1-886778-17-5, Sep 2002, $29.00, 633pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Omnibus of five SF novels: What Mad Universe (1949), The Lights in the Sky are Stars (1953), Martians, Go Home (1955), Rogue in Space (1957), and The Mind Thing (1961), plus two novellas rewritten and incorporated into Rogue in Space. This has a 1978 introduction by Philip Klass. NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701; add $2.00 postage. (Contents)

BROWN, SARAH, ed. (chron.)

• * *Magic (with Gil McNeil) (Bloomsbury 0-7475-5746-2, Jun 2002, £6.99, 304pp, tp) Original young-adult anthology. Foreword by J.K. Rowling.

BROWNE, N. M. (chron.)

• * *Hunted (Bloomsbury 0-7475-5519-2, Jan 2002, £5.99, 336pp, tp, cover by Astrid Werner) [Ursula and Dan] Young-adult fantasy novel. A comatose girl’s spirit inhabits the body of a fox in another world.
• * +Hunted (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-759-X, Jun 2002, $15.95, 336pp, hc, cover by Astrid Werner) [Ursula and Dan] Young-adult fantasy novel. First US edition (Bloomsbury 1/02).
• * +Warriors of Alavna (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-775-1, Sep 2002, $16.95, 312pp, hc) [Ursula and Dan] Young-adult fantasy time-travel novel. Ursula and Dan are transported back in time to a parallel world where they help the Combrogi tribe fight the Romans. First US edition (Bloomsbury 2000).

BRUST, STEVEN (Karl Zoltan) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Book of Taltos (Ace 0-441-00894-1, Jan 2002, $14.00, 389pp, tp, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Vlad Taltos] Omnibus of the fourth and fifth novels in the “Vlad Taltos” series: Taltos (1988) and Phoenix (1990). (Contents)