The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

Books, Listed by Author

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ABBEY, LYNN; [i.e., Marilyn Lorraine Abbey] (1948- ) (chron.)

* *Jerlayne (DAW 0-88677-809-3, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $6.99, 519pp, pb, cover by Griesbach Martucci) Fantasy novel. Jerlayne must leave Faerie to discover why none of her children are elven.
ABBEY, MARILYN LORRAINE; see under Abbey, Lynn (chron.)
ab HUGH, DAFYDD; [legalized name] (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Star Trek, Deep Space Nine: Rebels Book Three: The Liberated (Pocket 0-671-01142-1, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $6.50, 238pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Rebels] Star Trek novelization, third in a trilogy. The title The Liberated is not noted on the cover. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
* *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Rebels Book One: The Conquered (Pocket 0-671-01140-5, Feb ’99, $6.50, 233pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Rebels] Star Trek novelization, first in a trilogy. The title The Conquered is not noted on the cover. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
* *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Rebels Book Two: The Courageous (Pocket 0-671-01141-3, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $6.50, 235pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Rebels] Star Trek novelization, second in a trilogy. The title The Courageous is not noted on the cover. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
ACHILLI, JUSTIN, ed. (chron.)

* _The World of Darkness: Dark Tyrants (with Rob Hatch) (White Wolf 1-56504-888-1, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $5.99, 320pp, tp) [World of Darkness] Reprint (White Wolf 1997) original anthology of 13 stories loosely based on the “Vampire: The Dark Ages” role-playing game. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
ACKERMAN, FORREST J(ames), ed. (1916-2008) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Science-Fiction Classics: The Stories that Morphed into Movies (TV Books 1-57500-040-7, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $15.95, 446pp, tp) Anthology of 15 classic SF stories that grew up to be movies. (Contents)
ACKROYD, PETER (Warwick) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Plato Papers (Chatto & Windus 1-85619-701-8, Apr ’99, £12.99, 139pp, hc) Satirical SF novella set in 3700, where the great orator Plato re-interprets our own era using meagre, censored fragments of literature and science.
ADAMS, DOUGLAS (Noel) (1952-2001) (chron.)

* _So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Ballantine 0-345-39183-7, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $6.99, 214pp, pb) [Hitchhiker] Reprint (Pan 1984) humorous SF novel, fourth in the “Hitchhiker’s” trilogy.
* _The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide (Random House Value/Portland House 0-517-12485-8, Jan ’99 [Mar ’99], $15.98, 815pp, hc) [Hitchhiker] Reprint (Heinemann 1995 as The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts; Random House/Wings 1996 as The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) omnibus of the five novels plus the story “Young Zaphod Plays it Safe”. This is a leatherbound, gilt-edged instant remainder edition, supposedly produced solely for Waldenbooks/Borders, and indicates second printing; it has the same ISBN as a 1997 hardcover edition also specially produced for Borders (not seen).
ADRIAN, JACK, ed.; pseudonym of Christopher Lowder, (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 1999 (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-88-5, Nov ’99, C$40.00, xiii+72pp, hc, cover by Rob Suggs) Anthology of 6 spooky stories by authors not usually associated with the genre. This is a limited edition of 500. A world-wide edition available in the US for $31.00 and in the UK for £19.00. (Contents)
* _The Passenger See entry under E. F. Benson.
* _Warning Whispers See entry under A. M. Burrage.
AHERN, JEROME MORRELL; see under Ahern, Jerry (chron.)
AHERN, JERRY; [i.e., Jerome Morrell Ahern] (1946- ) (chron.)

* *The Golden Shield of IBF (with Sharon A. Ahern) (Baen 0-671-57825-1, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $6.99, 489pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Fantasy novel. A beautiful Virgin Enchantress seeks help in the “other realm” of Earth and finds an FBI agent at an SF convention.
AHERN, SHARON A(nn) (1948- ) (chron.)

* _The Golden Shield of IBF (with Jerry Ahern) See entry under Jerry Ahern.
AICKMAN, ROBERT (Fordyce) (1914-1981) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Collected Strange Stories of Robert Aickman, Volume I (Tartarus Press 1-872621-47-3, Nov ’99, £35.00, xvi+399pp, hc, cover by Steven Stapleton) Collection of 22 stories, with an appreciation by David Tibet, and memoir by Ramsey Campbell. A limited edition of 500 copies. Available only with the simultaneous The Collected Strange Stories of Robert Aickman, Volume II. These volumes collect all known short fictions by Aickman. Available from 5 Birch Terrace, Hangingbirch Lane, Horam, East Sussex TN21 0PA. (Contents)
* *The Collected Strange Stories of Robert Aickman, Volume II (Tartarus Press 1-872621-48-1, Nov ’99, £35.00, viii+470pp, hc, cover by Steven Stapleton) Collection of 27 stories. A Limited Edition of 500 copies. Available only with the simultaneous The Collected Strange Stories of Robert Aickman, Volume I. These volumes collect all known short fictions by Aickman. Available from 5 Birch Terrace, Hangingbirch Lane, Horam, East Sussex TN21 0PA. (Contents)
AIKEN, JOAN (Delano) (1924-2004) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Black Hearts in Battersea (Red Fox 0-09-988860-2, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 251pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1965) young adult fantasy novel illustrated by Pat Marriott. Book two in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Ninth printing.
* _Black Hearts in Battersea (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-97128-4, Oct ’99, $5.95, 233pp, tp, cover by Edward Gorey) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Cape 1965) YA alternate-history novel, second in the “Wolves” series. A hardcover edition (0-395-97115-2, $15.00) was announced but not seen.
* _Cold Shoulder Road (Red Fox 0-09-955851-3, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 233pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1995) young adult fantasy novel. Book nine in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Third printing.
* _The Cuckoo Tree (Red Fox 0-09-988870-X, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 303pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1971) young adult fantasy novel illustrated by Pat Marriott. Book six in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Fourth printing.
* *Dangerous Games (Delacorte 0-385-32661-0, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $15.95, 251pp, hc, cover by Christer Eriksson) [Alternate England; James III] Young-adult alternate-history fantasy novel, the ninth book in the “Wolves Chronicles”. Dido Twite goes to a remote island in search of a gamemaster to amuse the ailing King James III.
* _Dido and Pa (Red Fox 0-09-988850-5, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 314pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1986) young adult fantasy novel illustrated by Pat Marriott. Book seven in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Fifth printing.
* _Is (Red Fox 0-09-910921-2, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 284pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1992) young adult fantasy novel illustrated by Pat Marriott. Book eight in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Fourth printing.
* *Limbo Lodge (Jonathan Cape 0-224-04664-0, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £12.99, 220pp, hc, cover by Mark Robertson) [Alternate England; James III] Young adult fantasy novel. Book five in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Simultaneous with the US (Delacorte as Dangerous Games) edition. This ninth-published of the series takes place between The Stolen Lake and The Cuckoo Tree.
* _Night Birds on Nantucket (Red Fox 0-09-988890-4, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 202pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1966) young adult fantasy novel illustrated by Pat Marriott. Book three in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Fifth printing.
* _Nightbirds on Nantucket (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-97185-3, Oct ’99, $5.95, 218pp, tp, cover by Edward Gorey) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Cape 1966) YA alternate-history novel, third in the “Wolves” series. A hardcover edition (0-395-97124-1, $15.00) was announced but not seen.
* _The Stolen Lake (Red Fox 0-09-988840-8, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 318pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1981) young adult fantasy novel illustrated by Pat Marriott. Book four in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Fourth printing.
* _The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Red Fox 0-09-997250-6, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 192pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1962) young adult fantasy novel illustrated throughout by Pat Marriott. Book one in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. 18th printing.
ALAIN-FOURNIER, HENRI (1886-1914) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Le Grand Meaulnes, or The Lost Domain, and Miracles (Tartarus Press 1-872621-38-4, Apr ’99, $49.95, 283 + xiv, hc, cover by Peter Strausfield) Omnibus of two books with elements of magic realism: the novel Le Grand Meaulnes, in a new translation by R.B. Russell from the French (1913); and the collection Miracles (1913) of poems and prose, translated by Adrian Eckersley, who provides introductions to both sections. This follows the 1986 expanded edition of Miracles, with the pieces in chronological order of composition. Originally published in the UK (£25.00). Available in the US from Firebird Distributing, 2030 First Street, Unit 5, Eureka CA 95501; 800-353-3575. (Contents)
ALDERMAN, GILL(ian) (1941- ) (chron.)

* *Lilith’s Castle (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648272-4, Jun ’99 [May ’99], £6.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Bill Gregory) Fantasy novel of a man transported into the mind of the Red Horse of Malthassa, in a land he believed he had invented, along with the magician Koschei, who has replaced him in our world.
ALDISS, BRIAN W(ilson) (1925- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Remembrance Day (Little, Brown/Abacus 0-349-11149-9, May ’99, £6.99, 311pp, tp) [Squire] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) associational mainstream novel with psychic elements. Third in the “Squire” quartet.
* _Somewhere East of Life (Little, Brown/Abacus 0-349-11148-0, May ’99, £6.99, 408pp, tp) [Squire] Reprint (Flamingo; Carroll & Graf 1994) SF novel. Fourth in the ‘Squire’ quartet.
* _The Twinkling of an Eye or My Life as an Englishman (Warner UK 0-7515-2871-4, Nov ’99, £9.99, 484pp, tp) Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1998) autobiography, illustrated with eight pages of photographs.
* +The Twinkling of an Eye, or, My Life as an Englishman (St. Martin’s 0-312-19346-7, Apr ’99, $32.50, 485pp, hc) Non-fiction, autobiography. Includes an index, and eight unpaginated pages of photos. First US edition (Little, Brown UK 1998).
* *When The Feast is Finished: Reflections on Terminal Illness (with Margaret Aldiss) (Little, Brown UK 0-316-64835-3, May ’99, £16.99, x+230pp, hc) Memoir of the final weeks of Margaret Aldiss’s life.
* *White Mars, Or, The Mind Set Free: A 21st-Century Utopia (with Roger Penrose) (Little, Brown UK 0-316-85243-0, Nov ’99, £16.99, 323pp, hc) SF novel of colonists on a 21st-century Mars which has been designated a preserve for science, legally protected from exploitation or development. Dr. Laurence Lustgarten - listed as Legal Advisor - contributes an appendix, ‘The United Nationalities Charter for the Settlement of Mars’, and Aldiss ends with his pamphlet (distributed January 1997), ‘APIUM: Association for the Protection and Integrity of an Unspoilt Mars’.
ALDISS, MARGARET (Christie, née Manson) (1933-1997) (chron.)

* _When The Feast is Finished: Reflections on Terminal Illness (with Brian W. Aldiss) See entry under Brian W. Aldiss
ALEXANDER, LLOYD (Chudley) (1924-2007) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Black Cauldron (Holt 0-8050-6131-2, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $17.95, 180pp, hc, cover by Evaline Ness) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reissue (Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1965) young-adult fantasy novel, second book of the “Chronicles of Prydain”. This is the first printing of a “revised” edition with a new glossary; the text is still copyrighted 1965.
* _The Black Cauldron (Dell Yearling Newbery 0-440-22883-2, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $2.99, 229pp, pb) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1965) young-adult fantasy novel, second book of the “Chronicles of Prydain”. This is a promotional edition, marked “Special low price” on the cover, with a new ISBN, and indicates first printing.
* _The Book of Three (Dell Yearling 0-440-40702-8, Jan ’99, $5.50, 224pp, pb) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1964) young-adult fantasy novel, first book of the “Chronicles of Prydain”. 42nd printing.
* _The Book of Three (Holt 0-8050-6132-0, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $17.95, 188pp, hc, cover by Evaline Ness) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reissue (Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1964) young-adult fantasy novel, first book of the “Chronicles of Prydain”. This “revised edition” indicates first printing; the text retains the 1964 copyright, but there is a new glossary.
* _The Castle of Llyr (Dell Yearling 0-440-41125-4, Feb ’99 [Apr ’99], $5.50, 206pp, tp) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reissue (Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1966) young-adult fantasy novel, third book of the “Chronicles of Prydain”. 30th printing.
* _The Castle of Llyr (Holt 0-8050-6133-9, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $17.95, 170pp, hc, cover by Evaline Ness) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reissue (Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1966) young-adult fantasy novel, third book of the “Chronicles of Prydain”. This is the first printing of a “revised edition”; the text retains the 1966 copyright, but a new glossary has been added.
* _The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain (Holt 0-8050-6130-4, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $17.95, 96pp, hc, cover by Sasha Meret) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reprint (Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1973) young-adult collection of eight stories; related to (or sixth book in) the “Chronicles of Prydain”. This follows the 1982 Dell omnibus edition that added two stories originally published separately; this also adds a new glossary.
* _The High King (Dell Yearling 0-440-43574-9, Mar ’99 [Apr ’99], $5.50, 304pp, tp, cover by Jody Lee) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reissue (Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1968) young-adult fantasy novel, fifth book of the “Chronicles of Prydain”. A Newbery Award winner. 38th printing.
* _The High King (Holt 0-8050-6135-5, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $17.95, 248pp, hc, cover by Evaline Ness) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reissue (Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1968) young-adult fantasy novel, fifth book of the “Chronicles of Prydain”. A Newbery Award winner. This is the first printing of a “revised edition” with a new glossary; the text retains the 1968 copyright.
* _The House Gobbaleen (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-056504-3, Feb ’99 [Mar ’99], $5.99, unpaginated, tp, cover by Diane Goode) Reprint (Dutton 1995) children’s picture book about an unwanted fairy guest, illustrated by Diane Goode.
* _The Iron Ring (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-130348-4, Jul ’99, $4.99, 283pp, tp, cover by Brad Weinman) Reprint (Dutton 1997) young-adult fantasy set in mythic India.
* _Taran Wanderer (Dell Yearling 0-440-48483-9, Mar ’99 [Apr ’99], $5.50, 272pp, tp) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1967) young-adult fantasy novel, fourth book of the “Chronicles of Prydain”. 26th printing.
* _Taran Wanderer (Holt 0-8050-6134-7, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $17.95, 218pp, hc, cover by Evaline Ness) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reissue (Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1967) young-adult fantasy novel, fourth book of the “Chronicles of Prydain”. This is the first printing of a “revised edition” with a new glossary; the text retains the 1967 copyright.
ALEXANDER, RIC, ed.; pseudonym of Peter Haining, (1940-2007) (chron.)

* _The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal (Orion 1-85798-553-2, May ’99 [Jun ’99], £6.99, 493pp, pb) Reprint (Orion 1998) anthology of 21 SF and fantasy stories, including two originals by Richard Laymon and Graham Masterton, and a foreword by Peter James.
ALKON, PAUL K(ent), ed. (1935- ) (chron.)

* _Transformations of Utopia: Changing Views of the Perfect Society (with Roger Gaillard, Danièle Chatelain & George E. Slusser) See entry under George E. Slusser
ALLEN, JUDY (chron.)

* *Seven Weird Days at No. 31 (Walker 0-7445-4190-5, May ’98 [Jan ’99], £6.99, 105pp, hc, cover by Derek Brazell) Young-adult ghost story of a haunted house, whose ghost doesn’t know she’s dead. Published in 1998 but not seen until now.
ALLEN, ROGER MacBRIDE (1957- ) (chron.)

* *David Brin’s Out of Time 3: The Game of Worlds (Avon 0-380-79969-3, Aug ’99, $4.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Peter Bollinger & Cliff Nielsen) [Out of Time] Young-adult SF novel, third in the series created by David Brin. Teens from the present are pulled into the far future to help mankind compete with unfriendly aliens.
* _Isaac Asimov’s Utopia (Ace 0-441-00471-7, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $6.50, 351pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Robot] Reprint (Orion 1996) SF novel, third book of the “Caliban” series continuing the late Isaac Asimov’s “Robot” series. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
ALLSTON, AARON (Dale) (1960- ) (chron.)

* *Star Wars X-Wing: Solo Command (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57900-2, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Star Wars: X-Wing] Star Wars novelization, seventh in the series based on the computer game based on the movies. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
* *Star Wars X-Wing: Solo Command (Bantam UK 0-553-50605-6, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], £5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Star Wars: X-Wing] Star Wars novelisation. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.
* *Star Wars X-Wing: Starfighters of Adumar (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57418-3, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $5.99, 291pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Star Wars: X-Wing] Star Wars novelization, ninth in the series based on the computer game based on the movies. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
* *Star Wars: X-Wing: Book Nine: Starfighters of Adumar (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-553-81271-8, Sep ’99, £5.99, 291pp, pb) [Star Wars: X-Wing] Original novel set in the Star Wars universe. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.
ALMOND, DAVID (chron.)

* +Skellig (Delacorte 0-385-32653-X, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $15.95, 182pp, hc, cover by Kamil Vojnar) Young-adult fantasy novel. A boy finds a strange creature in a run-down garage, a mix of man and bird with odd powers. First US edition (Hodder Signature 1998, not listed previously).
* _Skellig (Hodder Signature 0-340-71600-2, May ’99, £4.99, 170pp, tp, cover by Fletcher Sibthorp) Reissue (Hodder Signature 1998) young-adult fantasy novel. A boy finds a bedraggled bird-man with strange powers. Ninth printing. The original edition was not seen.
AMADO, JORGE (Luis) (1912-2001) (chron.)

* _Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-710-8, Jun ’99, £7.99, 553pp, tp, cover by David Lyttleton & John Oakey) Reprint (Knopf 1969) literary fantasy of a widow and her ghostly husband. Translated by Harriet de Onìs from the original (Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos, Brazil, 1966)
AMANO, YOSHITAKA (stories) (chron.)

* _The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (with Neil Gaiman) See entry under Neil Gaiman.

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