The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

Books, Listed by Author

CORLETT, WILLIAM (Albert) (chron.) (continued)

• * _The Tunnel Behind the Waterfall: Being the Third Book of The Magician’s House (Red Fox 0-09-940728-0, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], £3.99, 280pp, pb) [*Magician’s House] Reissue (The Bodley Head 1991) young-adult fantasy novel. A tie-in edition to the new BBC TV serial.

CORNWELL, BERNARD; pseudonym of Bernard Wiggins, (1944- ) (chron.)

• * _Excalibur (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-20648-8, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $14.95, 436pp, tp, cover by David Bowers) [Warlord Chronicles] Reprint (Michael Joseph 1997) Arthurian novel, final in the trilogy that began with The Winter King.

CORTIEL, JEANNE (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Demand My Writing: Joanna Russ/Feminism/Science Fiction (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-624-0, May ’99 [Jun ’99], £15.95, 254pp, tp) Critical work on the author, written from a feminist perspective; includes a primary and secondary bibliography of Russ’s work. A hardcover edition (-614-3, £32.00) was announced but not seen. [Russ]

COSTA, MARGARET JULL, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Dedalus Book of Spanish Fantasy (with Annella McDermott) (Dedalus 1-873982-18-6, Apr ’99, £10.99, 359pp, tp, cover by Antoni Tàpies) Original anthology of 35 stories and excerpts edited and newly translated by Costa and McDermott. (Contents)

COSTELLO, MATTHEW J(ohn) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Masque (with F. Paul Wilson) See entry under F. Paul Wilson.

COTTRELL, JOYCE; see pseudonym Jocelin Foxe (chron.)

COUPLAND, DOUGLAS (1961- ) (chron.)

• * _Girlfriend in a Coma (HarperPerennial/Regan Books 0-06-098732-4, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $13.00, 284pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo UK 1998) fantasy novel, narrated by a ghost, about a woman who sees the end of the world while comatose. We apparently missed the hardcover first US edition (Regan 1998).

COURTENAY GRIMWOOD, JON (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *reMix (Simon & Schuster UK/Earthlight 0-671-02222-9, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £6.99, 360pp, tp) SF novel, set in a world where a virus is eating all the steel and the Fourth Reich is besieging Paris.

COVILLE, BRUCE (Farrington) (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Armageddon Summer (with Jane Yolen) See entry under Jane Yolen.
• * *Odder than Ever (Harcourt Brace 0-15-201747-X, May ’99, $16.00, 146pp, hc, cover by Michael Hussar) Young-adult collection of nine stories, three original, featuring unusual creatures including a ghost, a goblin, and a giant. “A Note from the Author” discusses how the stories came to be written. (Contents)
• * _The Skull of Truth (Pocket/Minstrel 0-671-02343-8, Jan ’99 [Mar ’99], $3.99, 195pp, tp, cover by Mark Garro) [Magic Shop] Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1997) young-adult humorous fantasy novel in the “Magic Shop” series. Illustrated by Gary A. Lippincott.
• * *Song of the Wanderer (Scholastic Press 0-590-45953-8, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $16.95, 330pp, hc, cover by Rebecca Guay) [Unicorn Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, book two of “The Unicorn Chronicles”. Cara must return to Earth and bring her grandmother back to the land of unicorns.

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• * *Bruce Coville’s Alien Visitors (Avon Camelot 0-380-80254-6, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $4.99, 197pp, tp, cover by Ernie Colon) Young-adult, mostly original anthology of fourteen stories, four reprints, by authors including Esther M. Friesner, Lois Tilton, and Sherwood Smith. Illustrated by Alex Sunder & John Nyberg. Copyrighted by General Licensing Company. (Contents)
• * *Bruce Coville’s Shapeshifters (Avon Camelot 0-380-80255-4, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $4.99, 180pp, tp, cover by Ernie Colon) Young-adult, mostly original anthology of 14 stories, five reprints, by authors including Jack Dann, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Jane Yolen, and Lawrence Watt-Evans. Illustrated by Ernie Colon and John Nyberg. (Contents)

COWLES, FREDERICK (Ignatius) (1900-1949) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Night Wind Howls: Complete Supernatural Stories (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-66-4, Mar ’99, C$60.00, xx+391pp, hc, cover by Linda Dyde) Reprint (Ghost Story Press 1993 as Fear Walks the Night: The Complete Ghost Stories of Frederick Cowles) omnibus of three collections: The Night Wind Howls (Muller, 1938), The Horror of Abbot’s Grange (Muller, 1936) and Fear Walks the Night (Ghost Story Press, 1993). This edition is limited to 600 copies and includes a foreword by the author’s son, an introduction by Hugh Lamb, and an account of true hauntings by Cowles, never before reprinted. A world-wide edition available in the US for $50.00 and in the UK for £31.00. (Contents)

COWLEY, KEN W. (1928- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Miscellany Macabre: Tales of the Unknown (The British Fantasy Society 0-952-41536-4, 1999 [Dec ’99], £5.99, 75pp, ph, cover by David J. Howe) Chapbook collection of ten stories, three original and one revised, with a revised article on pulp magazine Unknown. Introduction by Ramsey Campbell. Illustrated by David Bezzina. Available from The British Fantasy Society, c/o 3 Tamworth Close, Reading RG6 4EQ UK. (Contents)

COX, (William) GREG(ory) (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *X-Men & the Avengers: Gamma Quest: Book I: Lost and Found (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-16973-1, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $6.99, 263pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [X-Men; Avengers; Gamma Quest] Novelization based on the comic book characters. The “Lost and Found” part of the title does not appear on the cover. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Marvel Characters, Inc.
• * *X-Men and the Avengers: Gamma Quest, Book 2: Search and Rescue (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-16989-8, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $6.99, 263pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [X-Men; Avengers; Gamma Quest] Novelization, second in the trilogy based on the comic book characters. The “Search and Rescue” part of the title does not appear on the cover. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Marvel Entertainment Group.

COX, JOSEPHINE (1938- ); see pseudonym Jane Brindle (chron.)

CRAFT, CHARLOTTE (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *King Midas and the Golden Touch (with Kinuko Y. Craft) (Morrow Junior 0-688-13165-4, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $16.00, 32pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Children’s picture book, a re-telling of the Greek myth with lavish full-color Pre-Raphaelite-type paintings by Kinuko Craft.

CRAFT, KINUKO Y. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _King Midas and the Golden Touch (with Charlotte Craft) See entry under Charlotte Craft.

CRAGG, DAN (chron.)

• * _Starfist: Blood Contact (with David Sherman) See entry under David Sherman.

CRAVEN, WES; [i.e., Wesley Earl Craven] (1939- ) (chron.)

• * *Fountain Society (Simon & Schuster 0-684-84660-8, Oct ’99 [Aug ’99], $25.00, 350pp, hc) SF horror novel. A dying genius is offered a top-secret brain transplant operation that leaves two men in one body.

CRAWFORD, F(rancis) MARION (1854-1909) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Uncanny Tales (Tartarus Press, 1999, £25.00, 270pp, hc) Ghost collection. This edition adds one story not in the original (Tauchnitz 1911) publication of this title as well as stories by Crawford s sisters, Mary and Anne. Limited to 250 numbered copies. (Contents) [Not seen]

CRAWFORD, GARY WILLIAM (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *In Shadow Lands (Nashville House 0-910151-05-9, Oct ’99, $6.00, 29pp, ph, cover by Margaret Ballif Simon) Chapbook collection of 19 poems, many with gothic/dark fantasy elements. Illustrated by Margaret Ballif Simon. Order from Nashville House, PO Box 111864, Nashville TN 37222; postage included in price. (Contents)

CRICHTON, (John) MICHAEL (1942-2008) (chron.)

• * _The 13th Warrior (Ballantine 0-345-35461-3, Jul ’99 [Aug ’99], $7.99, 278pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1976 as Eaters of the Dead) retelling of “Beowulf”. This is a movie tie-in edition. Despite the retitle, this retains the earlier ISBN. 45th printing.
• * _The 13th Warrior (Arrow 0-09-927128-1, Aug ’99, £5.99, 186pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1976 as Eaters of the Dead) historical fantasy novel. A film tie-in edition. There is a 1993 Afterword by Crichton.
• * _The Andromeda Strain (Ballantine 0-345-37848-2, Oct ’99 [Dec ’99], $7.99, 288pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1969) SF thriller. 52nd printing.
• * _Jurassic Park (Ballantine 0-345-37077-5, Oct ’99 [Dec ’99], $7.99, 400pp, pb, cover by Chip Kidd) [Jurassic Park] Reissue (Knopf 1990) SF thriller. 18th printing.
• * _Sphere (Ballantine 0-345-35314-5, Oct ’99, $7.99, 371pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1987) SF novel. This is the 12th printing of the movie tie-in edition.
• * *Timeline (Random House/Knopf 0-679-44481-5, Nov ’99, $26.95, 450pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) SF time-travel novel. A group of scientists try to rescue an elderly history professor trapped in 15th-century France.
• * *Timeline (Century 0-7126-7825-5, Nov ’99, £16.99, xii+450pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) SF time-travel novel. A group of historians are transported to 14th century France. Simultaneous with the US (Knopf) edition. A (trade paperback) edition (-8433-6) was announced but not seen.
• * _Timeline (SFBC #06439, Feb 2000 [Dec ’99], $13.50, 443pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) Reprint (Knopf 1999) SF novel of time travel. This is similar to the Knopf edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

CRISPIN, A(nn) C(arol) (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Star Trek: Time for Yesterday (Pocket 0-671-03857-5, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $3.99, 303pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek: Yesterday Saga] Reissue (Pocket; Titan 1988) Star Trek novelization, repackaged as a “classic Star Trek novel” and named Book 2 of “The Yesterday Saga”. This has a new ISBN and indicates first printing. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * _Star Trek: Yesterday’s Son (Pocket 0-671-03851-6, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $3.99, 191pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek: Yesterday Saga] Reissue (Pocket 1983) Star Trek novelization, repackaged as a “classic Star Trek novel” and named Book 1 of “The Yesterday Saga”. This has a new ISBN and indicates first printing. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

CROMPTON, ANNE ELIOT (1930- ) (chron.)

• * *Percival’s Angel (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45757-9, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $5.99, 236pp, pb) Arthurian fantasy novel. A young Fey follows Percival to the court of King Arthur.

CROOK, JEFF (chron.)

• * *DragonLance: The Rose and the Skull (TSR 0-7869-1336-3, Mar ’99, $5.99, 312pp, tp, cover by Larry Elmore) [DragonLance: Bridges of Time] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game. “Bridges of Time” book four. A first novel. Copyrighted by TSR.

CROSS, RONALD ANTHONY (1937-2006) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The White Guardian (Tor 0-312-86839-1, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $15.95, 426pp, tp, cover by Shelley Eshkar & Jan Uretsky) [Eternal Guardians] Reprint (Tor 1998) SF/fantasy alternate-history conspiracy novel, book three of “The Eternal Guardians”.

CROWTHER, PETER (1949- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Hand That Feeds (with James Lovegrove) (Maynard Sims Productions 0-9536066-0-0, Aug ’99, £5.00, 63pp, ph) Chapbook novella of supernatural suspense. Order from Maynard Sims Productions, 1 Gibbs Field, Bishops Stortford, Herts CM23 4EY, UK. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Hand That Feeds (with James Lovegrove) (Maynard Sims Productions 0-9536066-0-0, Aug ’99, £5.00, 63pp, ph) Chapbook novella of supernatural suspense. Originally published in the UK, this is available in the US for $13.00 from Firebird Distributing, 2030 First Street, Unit 5, Eureka CA 95501; 800-353-3575.
• * *Lonesome Roads (RazorBlade Press 0-9531468-1-2, Aug ’99 [Sep ’99], $13.99, 145pp, tp, cover by Chris Nurse) Collection of three horror novellas, one original. Introduction by Graham Joyce. Available in the US from Firebird Distributing, 2030 First Street, Unit 5, Eureka CA 95501; 800-353-3575. (Contents)
• * *The Longest Single Note and Other Strange Compositions (CD Publications 1-881475-56-5, Jul ’99 [Nov ’99], $40.00, 379pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clarke) Collection of 22 stories, four original, plus three poems, and an extract from a novel in progress, with notes on the stories by the author. Introduction by Michael Marshall Smith. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a lettered edition of 26 was announced but not seen. Order from CD Publications, PO Box 943, Abingdon MD 21009; 419-569-5683. (Contents)

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• * *Moon Shots (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-848-4, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $6.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Chesley Bonestell) Original anthology of 16 stories in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the first manned moon landing. Authors include Brian Aldiss, Gene Wolfe, Paul J. McAuley, and Paul Di Filippo. Introduction by Ben Bova. Greenberg is not named as editor, but appears on the copyright page as Tekno Books, and is mentioned as co-editor in the notes. (Contents)

CUNNINGHAM, ELAINE (stories) (chron.)

• * _Forgotten Realms: Evermeet: Island of Elves (TSR 0-7869-1354-1, Mar ’99, $6.99, 490pp, tp, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [Forgotten Realms] Reprint (TSR 1998) novelization based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * *Forgotten Realms: The Dream Spheres (TSR 0-7869-1342-8, May ’99, $5.99, 375pp, tp, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Forgotten Realms] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.

CUSICK, RICHIE TANKERSLEY (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _Fatal Secrets (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-01217-1, Nov ’99, £3.99, 216pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1992) young-adult dark fantasy novel.
• * _The Lifeguard (Scholastic UK 0-590-63738-X, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 212pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1988) young-adult horror novel.

CZAJKOWSKI, JIM; see pseudonyms Jim Clemens & James Rollins (chron.)

CZERNEDA, JULIE E. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _A Thousand Words for Stranger (SFBC #20064, Feb ’98 [Jan ’99], $9.98, 366pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Trade Pact Universe] Reprint (DAW 1997) SF novel. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Ties of Power (DAW 0-88677-850-6, Oct ’99, $6.99, 484pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Trade Pact Universe] SF novel, sequel to A Thousand Words for Stranger in the newly-christened “Trade Pact Universe”. Attacks from her own people force Sira to take refuge with some over-eager aliens.

DAHL, ROALD (1916-1990) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Boy: Tales of Childhood (Penguin Puffin 0-14-031890-9, Jan ’99 [Feb ’99], $5.99, 176pp, tp, cover by Quentin Blake) Reissue (Cape 1984) associational collection of young-adult autobiographical essays of Dahl’s adventures from seven to 20. 42nd printing.
• * _Boy: Tales of Childhood (Penguin Puffin 0-14-130305-0, Jan ’99 [Apr ’99], $5.99, 176pp, tp, cover by Quentin Blake) Reissue (Cape 1984) associational collection of young-adult autobiographical essays of Dahl’s adventures from seven to 20. Though we recently listed a 42nd printing, this has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.
• * _Esio Trot (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-130464-2, Jun ’99 [Jul ’99], $4.99, 63pp, tp, cover by Quentin Blake) Reissue (Cape 1990) associational children’s story with illustrations by Quentin Blake; this repackaged edition indicates first printing.
• * _Going Solo (Penguin Puffin 0-14-130310-7, Jan ’99, $5.99, 210pp, tp, cover by Quentin Blake) Reprint (Cape 1986) associational young-adult autobiography of Dahl’s adult adventures up through WWII. We apparently missed the earlier editions.
• * _Going Solo (Penguin Puffin 0-14-130310-7, Jan ’99 [Apr ’99], $5.99, 210pp, tp, cover by Quentin Blake) Reissue (Cape 1986) associational young-adult autobiography of Dahl’s adult adventures up through WWII. This has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.

DALBY, RICHARD, ed. (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *12 Gothic Tales (Oxford University Press 0-192-88094-2, Jan ’99, $9.95, 256pp, tp) (Contents)
• * _The Phantom Coach: Collected Ghost Stories See entry under Amelia B. Edwards.

D’ALEMBERT, ARTHUR (chron.)

• * *The Song of the Swan (Universal Publishers 1-58112-868-1, 1998 [Jun ’99], $19.95, 188pp, tp) Science fiction. Data received from a supernova includes what seems to be a message from a dying civilization. This is copyrighted 1998 but not seen until now. An on-demand book; also available online at upublish.com in electronic format. Order from uPUBLISH.com, 7525 NW 61 Terrace, Suite 2603, Parkland FL 33067-2421; add $5.00 shipping.

DALEY, BRIAN C. (1947-1996) (chron.)

• * *GammaLAW: To Waters’ End (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42211-2, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $6.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [GammaLAW] SF novel, fourth and last in the series.

DALKEY, KARA (Mia) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Crystal Sage (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45640-8, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $5.99, 267pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Steel Rose] Contemporary fantasy novel, a distant sequel to Steel Rose. Amadan’s plan to transform Earth into an elf haven is uncovered by two housecleaners in Colorado.

DALMAS, JOHN; pseudonym of John Robert Jones, (1926- ) (chron.)

• * *The Lion Returns (Baen 0-671-57824-3, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $6.99, 460pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Lion of Farside] Fantasy novel, third in the series begun in The Lion of Farside. Macurdy abandons this world after tragedy strikes, only to find the dimension of Yuulith at war, again.

DANIEL, TONY (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Robot’s Twilight Companion (Golden Gryphon Press 09655901-5-1, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $24.95, 325pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Collection of nine stories. Order from Golden Gryphon Press, 3002 Perkins Road, Urbana IL 61802. (Contents)

DANIELLS, CORY (chron.)

• * +Broken Vows (Bantam 0-553-58097-3, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $5.99, 357pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [*Last T’En] Fantasy romance novel, first in “The Last T’En” trilogy. First US edition (Bantam Australia 1999 as The Last T’En).

DANIELS, KEITH ALLEN (1956-2001) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *I Think, Therefore Iamb (Anamnesis Press 1-892842-12-2, Jul ’99 [Sep ’99], $6.95, 50pp, ph, cover by Laughing Tiger Studios) Poetry collection of 37 poems, most original, by publisher Keith Allen Daniels. Available from Anamnesis Press, PO Box 51115, Palo Alto CA 94303; anamnesis@compuserve.com