* Pohl, Frederik Chasing Science: Science as Spectator Sport
(Tor 0-312-86711-5, $23.95, 251pp, hc, December 2000, jacket design Howard Grossman/12E Design)
Nonfiction by Pohl about his life-long fascination with science as an outsider: "part memoir, part travel guide, and part science primer" according to the description on Amazon. The 180 or so pages of text is followed by a 50 page appendix listing places mentioned in the text, including science and technology centers around the world, and an index. (Fri 1 Dec 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.