Locus Online: Book Selections: 1999

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INDEX TO REVIEWS IN LOCUS MAGAZINE

BOOKSTORE LINKS

Here are 25 of the best SF/F/H books of 1999*: Locus Online's selections of two SF/F/H books each month (with one selection a pair), recommended [mostly] on the basis of reviews in Locus Magazine. Pages since July excerpt Locus reviews of each book.

The February 2000 issue of Locus Magazine will feature the reviewers' own summaries of the best books of the year.

December 1999
Greenhouse Summer Norman Spinrad	Science Fiction of the 20th Century: An Illustrated History Frank M. Robinson
November 1999
Teranesia Greg Egan	All Tomorrow's Parties William Gibson
October 1999
Mr. X Peter Straub	The Martians Kim Stanley Robinson
September 1999
Darwin's Radio Greg Bear	Ender's Shadow Orson Scott Card
August 1999
Centaurus: The Best of Australian Science Fiction David G. Hartwell & Damien Broderick, eds.	Ancients of Days Paul J. McAuley
July 1999
The Cassini Division Ken MacLeod	The Sub: A Study in Witchcraft Thomas M. Disch
June 1999
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection Gardner Dozois, ed. + Year's Best SF 4 David G. Hartwell, ed.	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J.K. Rowling
May 1999
Cryptonomicon Neal Stephenson	The Extremes Christopher Priest
April 1999
Black Light Elizabeth Hand	Waiting Frank M. Robinson
March 1999
A Deepness in the Sky Vernor Vinge	Finity John Barnes
February 1999
The Crook Factory Dan Simmons	Tower of Dreams Jamil Nasir
January 1999
Stardust Neil Gaiman	A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin

* This is not, it might be said, an official or retrospective list of the 25 best SF/F/H books of the year, but rather a list of meta-recommendations, selected by me on the basis of reviews by others, that grew month by month. A considered list might replace J.K. Rowling's second Harry Potter book by the third, for instance.

-- Mark R. Kelly, Locus Online editor

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