The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

Books, Listed by Author

GORMAN, ED(ward Joseph) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

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• * +Cat Crimes through Time (with Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff) (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0555-8, Jan ’99 [Feb ’99], $22.95, 335pp, hc) Associational original anthology of 21 stories of cats involved with mysteries through time. Authors include Carole Nelson Douglas, Peter Crowther, and Bentley Little. (Contents)
• * _Once Upon a Crime (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Berkley Prime Crime 0-425-17128-0, Oct ’99, $13.95, 416pp, tp, cover by Jeff Crosby) Reprint (Prime Crime 1998) original anthology of classic fairy tales retold by mystery writers.

GOTLIEB, PHYLLIS (Fay, née Bloom) (1926-2009) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Flesh and Gold (Tor 0-312-86830-8, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $13.95, 286pp, tp) [Flesh and Gold] Reprint (Tor 1998) SF novel.
• * *Violent Stars (Tor 0-312-86953-3, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $23.95, 284pp, hc) [Flesh and Gold] SF novel, sequel to Flesh and Gold.

GOTTLIEB, SHERRY (Maureen Gershon) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * *Worse than Death (Tor/Forge 0-312-87392-1, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $22.95, 251pp, hc) [Love Bite] Humorous vampire mystery, sequel to Love Bite. An L.A. policeman lets his undead lover turn him into a vampire, neither realizing he’ll be impotent.

GOULART, RON(ald Joseph) (1933- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Elementary, My Dear Groucho (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-20892-8, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $23.95, 261pp, hc, cover by Hal Just) [Groucho Marx] Associational mystery, third in the series. A Thomas Dunne book.
• * *Groucho Marx, Private Eye (St. Martin’s 0-312-19895-7, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $23.95, 263pp, hc, cover by Hal Just) [Groucho Marx] Associational mystery, second in the “Groucho Marx” series.

GOULD, STEVEN (Charles) (1955- ) (chron.)

• * _Helm (Tor 0-812-57135-5, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $6.99, 469pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Tor 1998) SF novel of a lost colony planet and ancient technology.

GOWDY, BARBARA (chron.)

• * +The White Bone (Holt 0-8050-6036-7, May ’99, $23.00, 330pp, hc) Literary “talking animal” fantasy novel of elephants seeking sanctuary and a legendary bone. First US edition (HarperFlamingo Canada 1998).
• * _The White Bone (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-225834-X, May ’99, £16.99, 340pp, hc) Reprint (HarperFlamingo Canada 1998) animal fantasy novel of a young elephant possessed of visionary powers, and the mythical White Bone that may lead her kind to The Safe Place. [First U.K. edition]

GRACE, PATRICIA (chron.)

• * _Baby No-Eyes (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4616-8, Apr ’99, £10.00, 294pp, tp, cover by Michelle Thompson) Reprint (Penguin New Zealand 1998) literary fantasy novel. A young boy grows up seeing the ghost of his stillborn, eyeless sister. [First U.K. edition]

GRAHAME, KENNETH (1859-1932) (chron.)

• * _The Wind in the Willows (Oxford World’s Classics 0-19-283515-7, 1999 [May ’99], $6.95, 150pp, tp, cover by Arthur Rackham) [Wind in the Willows] Reprint (Methuen 1908) of the classic ya animal fantasy novel, with introduction, chronology, and an updated (1999) bibliography by Peter Green. This is an international edition.
• * _The Wind in the Willows (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin Classics 0-689-83140-4, Aug ’99 [Oct ’99], $3.99, 305 + xvi, tp) [Wind in the Willows] Reprint (Methuen 1908) classic YA animal fantasy novel, illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. This has a new foreword by Susan Cooper, and a four-page reading guide.
• * _The Wind in the Willows (Dover 0-486-40785-3, Sep ’99 [Oct ’99], $2.00, 171pp, tp, cover by Barbara Steadman) [Wind in the Willows] Reprint (Methuen 1908) classic YA animal fantasy novel.

GRANT, CHARLES L(ewis) (1942-2006) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Black Oak: Winter Knight (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45762-5, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $5.99, 224pp, pb, cover by Rick Lieder) [Black Oak] Dark fantasy mystery, third in the series about investigators of the paranormal.
• * _Chariot (Tor/Forge 0-812-56285-2, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $5.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Mark Gerber) [Millennium Quartet] Reprint (Forge 1998) millennial horror novel, book three of the “Millennium Quartet”. Plague strikes.
• * *Riders in the Sky (Tor/Forge 0-312-86279-2, Dec ’99 [Nov ’99], $25.95, 304pp, hc, cover by Mark Gerber) [Millennium Quartet] Millenial dark fantasy novel, book four of the “Millennium Quartet”. War breaks out as the defenders of mankind fight to stop the united Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

GRANT, GLENN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Northern Suns (with David G. Hartwell) See entry under David G. Hartwell

GRANT, JOHN; pseudonym of Paul Barnett, (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (with John Clute) See entry under John Clute.

GRANT, LINDA; pseudonym of Linda V. Williams, (1942- ) (chron.)

• * _Vampire Bytes (Ballantine/Ivy 0-8041-1862-0, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $5.99, 304pp, pb) Reprint (Scribner 1998) associational mystery novel of role-playing games, and a computer programmer apparently killed by a vampire.

GRANT, RICHARD (1952- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Kaspian Lost (Avon/Spike 0-380-97672-2, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $24.00, 313pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel. A teen’s mystic experience leaves him with questions and a stint in a Remediation Program.
• * _Tex and Molly in the Afterlife (Avon/Spike 0-380-80706-8, Sep ’99 [Dec ’99], $13.50, 408pp, tp, cover by Haydn Cornner) Reprint (Avon 1996) literary fantasy novel about two dead hippies.

GRAUBART, PHILIP (chron.)

• * *Planet of the Jews (Creative Arts Book Company 0-88739-186-9, Jun ’99 [Sep ’99], $13.95, 201pp, tp) SF novel. Comic-book editor Judah Loeb hits it big with a story about Jews forced into a new diaspora into space. A first novel (by a rabbi).

GRAY, JULIA (chron.)

• * *Fire Music (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-735-8, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], £6.99, 538pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Ice Mage] Fantasy novel. The sequel to Ice Mage.

GRAY, MURIEL (1959- ) (chron.)

• * _Furnace (St. Martin’s 0-312-96903-1, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $6.99, 403pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday; HarperCollins UK 1997) supernatural mystery/horror novel.

GREEN, SHARON (1942- ) (chron.)

• * *Betrayals (Avon Eos 0-380-78810-1, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $6.50, 388pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) [Blending] Fantasy novel, book four of “The Blending”.
• * *Prophecy (Avon Eos 0-380-78811-X, Jul ’99, $6.50, 405pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) [Blending] Fantasy novel, book five of “The Blending”.

GREEN, SIMON R(ichard) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Deathstalker Destiny (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-877-9, Jul ’99, £6.99, 473pp, pb, cover by Peter Mennim) [Deathstalker] SF novel. Fifth and final book in the series.
• * +Deathstalker Destiny (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45756-0, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $6.99, 421pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Deathstalker] SF novel of galactic rebellion, fifth and final in the “Deathstalker” series. First US edition (Millennium 7/99).
• * *Guards of Haven (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45755-2, Nov ’99, $6.99, 567pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Hawk & Fisher] Omnibus of medieval-fantasy detective novels #4-6 in “The Adventures of Hawk & Fisher”: Wolf in the Fold (1991), Guard Against Dishonor (1991), The Bones of Haven (1992). (Contents)
• * _Haven of Lost Souls (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-900-7, Nov ’99, £6.99, 616pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Hawk & Fisher] Repring (Roc 1999 as Swords of Haven: The Adventures of Hawk & Fisher) omnibus of the first three fantasy-detective novels of the “Hawk and Fisher” series: No Haven for the Guilty (1990 as Hawk & Fisher), Devil Take The Hindmost (1991 as Hawk & Fisher: Winner Takes All), and The God Killer (1991). (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * *Swords of Haven: The Adventures of Hawk & Fisher (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45750-1, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $6.99, 540pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Hawk & Fisher] Omnibus of three medieval-fantasy detective novels: Hawk & Fisher (1990), Winner Takes All (1991), and The God Killer (1991). (Contents)

GREEN, TERENCE M(ichael) (1947- ) (chron.)

• * *A Witness to Life (Tor/Forge 0-312-86672-0, Apr ’99 [May ’99], $20.95, 240pp, hc) [Shadow of Ashland] Literary fantasy novel of a family history, prequel to fantasy time-travel novel Shadow of Ashland. Martin Radey’s death frees his soul to return to moments from his life and search for meaning.

GREENBERG, MARTIN H(arry) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Depak Chopra’s Lords of Light (with Deepak Chopra) See entry under Deepak Chopra.

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• * _100 Hilarious Little Howlers (with Stefan Dziemianowicz & Robert E. Weinberg) See entry under Stefan Dziemianowicz.
• * *Alien Abductions (with John Helfers) (DAW 0-88677-856-5, Oct ’99, $6.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) Original anthology of 11 stories of alien encounters. Authors include Alan Dean Foster, Peter Crowther, and Nina Kiriki Hoffman. Copyrighted by Tekno Books. (Contents)
• * _Cat Crimes through Time (with Larry Segriff & Ed Gorman) See entry under Ed Gorman.
• * _Catfantastic V (with Andre Norton) See entry under Andre Norton.
• * _Chicks ’n Chained Males (with Esther M. Friesner) See entry under Esther M. Friesner
• * *Children of the Night (Cumberland House 1-58182-037-2, Nov ’99, $12.95, 224pp, tp, cover by Becky Brauner) Anthology of 11 stories of ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and “lost children." (Contents)
• * _A Dangerous Magic (with Denise Little) See entry under Denise Little.
• * _Fantastic Alice (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
• * *First to Fight (Jove 0-515-12528-8, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $6.50, 356pp, pb) Associational original anthology of 10 military stories by authors including Harry Turtledove, S.M. Stirling, William C. Dietz, and H. Jay Riker (AKA Ian Douglas). (Contents)
• * _Flights of Fantasy (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey
• * *Future Crimes (with John Helfers) (DAW 0-88677-854-9, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $6.99, 306pp, pb) Original anthology of 16 SF stories. Authors include Alan Dean Foster, Norman Partridge, and Peter Crowther. Introduction by Helfers. Copyrighted by Tekno Books and Ed Gorman. (Contents)
• * _Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny (Avon Eos 0-380-80886-2, Oct ’99, $6.99, 474pp, pb) Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) original anthology of 23 stories, with notes by the authors on Zelazny’s influence.
• * *Merlin (DAW 0-88677-841-7, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $6.99, 308pp, pb, cover by John Howe) Original anthology of 20 Arthurian tales featuring the wizard Merlin. Authors include Charles de Lint, Andre Norton, and Michelle West. Introduction by John Helfers. (Contents)
• * _Moon Shots (with Peter Crowther) See entry under Peter Crowther.
• * *My Favorite Science Fiction Story (DAW 0-88677-830-1, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $6.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Angus McKie) Anthology of 17 SF stories by authors including Theodore Sturgeon, Keith Laumer, and Cordwainer Smith. Each story was selected, and commented on, by authors including Arthur C. Clarke, Anne McCaffrey, and Joe Haldeman. (Contents)
• * _My Favorite Science Fiction Story (SFBC #00941, Jul ’99, $9.98, 372pp, hc, cover by Angus McKie) Reprint (DAW 1999) anthology of 17 SF stories by, and selected by, noted authors. This lacks a price, has the SFBC number on the back jacket, and has ISBN 0-7394-0349-4.
• * _Once Upon a Crime (with Ed Gorman) See entry under Ed Gorman.
• * _Past Lives, Present Tense (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) See entry under Elizabeth Ann Scarborough.
• * _Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn Volume 2 (with Peter S. Beagle & Janet Berliner) See entry under Peter S. Beagle
• * _Prom Night (with Nancy Springer) See entry under Nancy Springer.
• * *Star*Drive: Starfall (TSR 0-7869-1355-X, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $5.99, 338pp, tp, cover by Gerald Brom) Original anthology of 11 stories set in the world of the SF role-playing game. Authors include Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Michael A. Stackpole, and Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber. Copyrighted by TSR. (Contents)
• * _Tales from the Eternal Archives #2: Earth, Air, Fire, Water (with Margaret Weis, Robyn McGrew & Janet Pack) See entry under Margaret Weis.
• * _Treasures of Fantasy (with Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman) See entry under Margaret Weis.
• * _Twice Upon a Time (with Denise Little) See entry under Denise Little.
• * *Vampire Slayers: Stories of Those who Dare to Take Back the Night (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (Cumberland House 1-58182-036-4, Sep ’99, $12.95, 239pp, tp) Vampire anthology of 11 stories. Authors include Manly Wade Wellman, Hugh B. Cave, and Charles de Lint. Available from Cumberland House, 431 Harding Industrial Park Drive, Nashville TN 37211. (Contents)

GREENE, ERIC (chron.)

• * _Planet of the Apes as American Myth: Race Politics, and Popular Culture (University Press of New England/Wesleyan 0-8195-6329-3, Mar ’99, $17.95, 248pp, tp) Reprint (McFarland 1996) study of the SF films and their popular impact. There is an updated preface by the author. This is dated 1998, but not seen until now. Foreword by Richard Slotkin. Available from University Press of New England, 23 South Main St, Hanover NH 03755; orders 800-421-1561; add $5.00 postage.

GREENWOOD, ED (stories) (chron.)

• * *Forgotten Realms: Silverfall: Stories of the Seven Sisters (TSR 0-7869-1365-7, Aug ’99, $14.99, 376pp, tp, cover by John Foster) [Forgotten Realms] Fantasy novelization/collection of seven linked novellas based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR. (Contents)
• * _Forgotten Realms: The Temptation of Elminster (Wizards of the Coast/TSR 0-7869-1427-0, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $5.99, 410pp, tp, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Forgotten Realms: Elminster] Reprint (TSR 1998) fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game, third in the series about the young Elminster. Copyrighted by TSR.

GREGORY, CHRIS (chron.)

• * *Star Trek: Parallel Narratives (St. Martin’s 0-312-22583-0, Dec ’99, $35.00, 225pp, hc) [Star Trek] Critical analysis of Star Trek as a reflection of popular culture, analyzing its psychological, political, and social themes and mythic elements. Includes bibliography and index.

GREGORY, DEBORAH (chron.)

• * +The Cornflake House (St. Martin’s 0-312-20290-3, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $21.95, 228pp, hc, cover by Gerard DeBois) Mainstream fantasy novel. A woman with magic talents tells about her unconventional family, and how her mother used her powers to win a cereal-box contest and move to the suburbs. A first novel. First US edition (Picador UK 2/99).

GRESH, LOIS H(arriet) (1956- ) (chron.)

• * *The Termination Node (with Robert E. Weinberg) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41245-1, Jan ’99, $24.00, 312pp, hc, cover by Barclay Shaw) Associational very-near-future thriller of computer hackers able to break the best security systems, and ready to eliminate anyone who might stop them.
• * _The Termination Node (with Robert E. Weinberg) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41246-X, Nov ’99, $6.99, 302pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1999) very-near-future SF thriller of computer hackers. Includes an unpaginated eight-page interview with the authors.

GRIFFIN, ERIC (chron.)

• * *World of Darkness: Tzimisce (White Wolf 1-56504-802-4, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $5.99, 272pp, tp, cover by John Van Fleet) [World of Darkness: Clan] Novelization of the “Clan” based on the “Vampire: the Masquerade” role-playing games. Copyrighted by White Wolf.

GRIFFITH, HELEN V. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Cougar (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-16337-8, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $15.00, 106pp, hc, cover by Nina Crews) Young-adult ghost novella. A boy faces bullies at a new school with the help of a ghost horse and a beat-up bike.

GRIFFITH, NICOLA (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Blue Place (Avon 0-380-79088-2, Jun ’99, $12.00, 308pp, tp) Reprint (Avon 1998) associational thriller.

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• * _Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction (with Stephen Pagel) (Overlook Press 0-87951-735-2, Nov ’99 [Dec ’99], $13.95, 375pp, tp, cover by J. K. Potter) Reprint (Overlook Press 1998) original anthology of 21 SF stories about gays and lesbians. The cover calls this “Volume I” in a series, but this is actually the second, following Bending the Landscape: Fantasy (White Wolf 1997).

GRIMM, GISELA von ARNIM (chron.)

• * _The Life of High Countess Gritta von Ratsinourhouse (with Bettine von Arnim) See entry under Bettine von Arnim.

GRIMWOOD, JON COURTENAY; see under Courtenay Grimwood, Jon (stories) (chron.)

GROELL, ANNE LESLEY (1966- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Cauldron of Iniquity (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45771-4, Dec ’99, $6.50, 437pp, pb, cover by Alan Pollack) [Cloak and Dagger] Fantasy novel, the third about trainee guild assassins “The Cloak & Dagger”. The duo get a holiday job as bodyguards at an illusion club.

GROSS, PHILIP (chron.)

• * *Facetaker (Scholastic UK 0-439-01232-5, Aug ’99, £3.99, 181pp, pb) Young-adult dark fantasy novel. A photobooth takes pictures — and souls.

GROSSMAN, LEIGH, ed. (chron.)

• * _More Annotated H.P. Lovecraft (with John Gregory Betancourt) See entry under John Gregory Betancourt.

GRUBB, JEFF (stories) (chron.)

• * *Magic: The Gathering: The Gathering Dark (TSR/Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1357-6, Jun ’99, $5.99, 342pp, tp, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Magic: The Gathering: Ice Age Cycle] Novelization based on the fantasy card game. First book in the “Ice Age Cycle”. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.