* Harris, John, & Ron Tiner Mass: The Art of John Harris
(Paper Tiger 1-85585-831-2, $29.95, 112pp, hc, May 2000, jacket art John Harris)
Collection of works, with text by Ron Tiner, by the painter perhaps best-known on US books for the covers to Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game and its sequels (though the paintings are not identified as such in this volume). (Thu 31 Aug 2000)

* Shapiro, Marc J.K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry Potter
(St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-27224-3, $4.99, 15+107pp, tpb, August 2000, cover design by Michael Storrings)
An unauthorized biography, cobbled together from newspaper and magazine accounts, and aimed at a readership even younger than that of the Harry Potter books themselves: ''Peter and Ann [Rowling's parents] felt they had the perfect life. Only one thing could enrich their story. And that came in November 1965, when the couple announced to family and friends that Ann was pregnant with their first child. The next nine months were a joyous and exciting time for Peter and Ann as they made preparations for the arrival of their child…'' (pages 18-19). (Fri 4 Aug 2000)

* Stanley, John Creature Features: The Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movie Guide, Updated Edition
(Berkley Boulevard 0-425-17517-0, $12, 12+596pp, tpb, August 2000, cover design by Matt Tepper)
Extensive index of several thousand SF, fantasy and horror films, with paragraph-length descriptions and 1 to 5 star ratings. Not exhaustive (no entry for Red Planet Mars, 1952, for example), and many of the ratings seem overly generous (3-1/2 stars for Lost in Space?), but useful for having more information about more genre films than most general film guides. (Fri 4 Aug 2000)

This page lists selected new nonfiction books -- pertaining directly to science fiction, fantasy, and horror, as well as books of associational interest -- seen published this month, mostly via bookstores sightings (though all books received for review will be listed). For a comprehensive listing of new books pertaining to SFFH published each month, see Locus Magazine. Its Books Received listings are accumulated as the online Locus Index. Key: * = first edition, + = first US edition. Date with publisher info is official publication month; date in parentheses at paragraph end is date seen or received.