The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

Books, Listed by Author

PRATCHETT, TERRY (David John) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *Rincewind the Wizzard (SFBC #00286, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $14.98, 649pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [Discworld] Omnibus of four novels in the “Discworld” series featuring the title character: The Colour of Magic (1983), The Light Fantastic (1986), Sourcery (1988), Eric (1990). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-0345-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *The Science of Discworld (with Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen) (Ebury Press 0-09-186515-8, Jun ’99, £14.99, 336pp, hc, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Associational non-fiction using the Discworld wizards’ accidental creation of a new universe, Roundworld as a humorous springboard for a series of popularist explanations for the sciences of our world.

PRESTON, DOUGLAS (1956- ) (chron.)

• * *Thunderhead (with Lincoln Child) (Warner 0-446-52337-2, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $25.95, 483pp, hc) [Relic] Thriller with possible supernatural elements, featuring the journalist from Relic and Reliquary. A group searching for the fabled Anasazi lost City of Gold encounters fatal greed, Native American witches, and ancient secrets that lead to death.

PRESTON, PETER (chron.)

• * _51st State (Penguin UK 0-140-27580-0, Aug ’99, £6.99, 294pp, pb) Reprint (Viking UK 1998) satirical near-future SF novel.
• * *Bess (Viking UK 0-670-88765-X, Aug ’99, £15.99, 306pp, hc) Satirical near-future SF novel of the end of the British monarchy, and the establishment of a democracy.

PREUSS, PAUL (F.) (1942- ) (chron.)

• * _Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime: Volume 1 (Pocket/ibooks 0-671-03888-5, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $14.00, 328pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) [Venus Prime] Reprint (Avon 1987 as Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime, Volume 1: Breaking Strain) SF novel, first in a series based on a concept by Clarke, whose afterword to the original is now the introduction. There is a new afterword by Preuss. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

PRICE, ROBERT M(cNair), ed. (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Antarktos Cycle (Chaosium 1-56882-146-8, Aug ’99, $19.95, 572pp, tp, cover by John Snyder) Anthology of one poem and 10 quasi-Lovecraftian stories, including two novels: Edgar Allan Poe’s The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and John Taine’s The Greatest Adventure (1929). Price’s introduction discusses the themes of exploration and hollow-Earth fantasy. (Contents)
• * *The Ithaqua Cycle (Chaosium 1-56882-124-7, May ’99 [Jun ’99], $12.95, 256pp, tp, cover by H. E. Fassl) Anthology of 14 Lovecraftian horror stories about “the wind-Walker of the Icy Wastes,” an elemental “Old One” actually created by August Derleth. Price discusses this, and how it fits in the Lovecraft mythos; each story is prefaced with comments on its place in the cycle. Authors include Algernon Blackwood, August Derleth, and Brian Lumley. This is dated 1998, but not published until now. Order from Chaosium, 950 56th St, Oakland CA 94608. (Contents)
• * *Tales Out of Innsmouth: New Stories of the Children of Dagon (Chaosium 1-56882-127-1, 1999, $13.95, 284pp, tp) Anthology of 13 stories, 9 original, about Lovecraft’s seaside town of Innsmouth. (Contents)

PRICE, SUSAN (1955- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Ghost Wife (Scholastic UK 0-590-11384-4, Feb ’99, £3.50, 174pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel of possession and murderous spirits. A “Point Horror Unleashed” title.

PRIEST, CHRISTOPHER (McKenzie) (1943- ); see pseudonym John Luther Novak (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Dream Archipelago (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-671-03388-3, May ’99 [Jun ’99], £5.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Dream Archipelago] Collection of six interlinked stories set in the Archipelago, the neutral zone in a world at war. The five previously published stories are all revised for this edition, and a new short story (‘The Equatorial Moment’) sets the scene. A limited hardcover edition (£16.99) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
• * *eXistenZ (HarperEntertainment 0-06-102027-3, May ’99 [Mar ’99], $6.50, 278pp, pb) Novelization of the movie about gaming that goes beyond virtual reality. Includes eight unpaginated pages of stills. Copyrighted by Alliance Atlantis Communications.
• * +The Extremes (St. Martin’s 0-312-20541-4, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $24.95, 393pp, hc, cover by Scott Levine) Near-future SF thriller of mass murders and virtual reality. First US edition (Simon & Schuster UK 1998).
• * _The Extremes (Simon & Schuster/Scribner UK 0-684-81941-4, Sep ’99, £6.99, 396pp, tp, cover by Holly Warburton) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1998) near-future SF thriller of mass murders and virtual reality. There is a new Postscript by John Clute. Winner of the 1999 British Science Fiction Award.
• * *Inverted World & Fugue for a Darkening Island (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-671-03390-5, Jun ’99, £6.99, 377pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Omnibus of two SF novels (Faber & Faber 1974, NEL 1972). The books are separately paginated. (Contents)
• * *The Space Machine & A Dream of Wessex: Omnibus I (Simon & Schuster UK/Earthlight 0-671-03389-1, May ’99, £6.99, 567pp, pb) Omnibus of the two SF novels (Faber & Faber, 1976 and 1977). The books are separately paginated. (Contents)

PRINGLE, DAVID (William), ed. (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * +The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy (Overlook Press 0-87951-937-1, May ’99 [Mar ’99], $35.00, 256pp, hc, cover by Gerry Grace) Non-fiction, reference. Lavishly illustrated encyclopedia. Introduction by Terry Pratchett. Copyrighted by Carlton Books Limited. First US edition (Carlton 1998).

PRONZINI, BILL; [i.e., William John Pronzini] (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Masques (Leisure 0-8439-4501-X, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $4.99, 269pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1981) horror novel/thriller of voodoo and murder at the New Orleans Mardi Gras.

PUGMIRE, WILLIAM “WILUM”; H. (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dreams of Lovecraftian Horror (Mythos Books 0965943348, Dec ’99, 91pp, pb, cover by Stanley C. Sargent) Collection of 14 Lovecraftian stories. (Contents)

PULLMAN, PHILIP (Nicholas) (1946- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Clockwork (Scholastic Signature 0-590-12998-8, Oct ’99, $4.99, 112pp, pb, cover by Leonid Gore) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1996) young-adult fantasy novella about an apprentice clockmaker who sells his soul. Illustrated by Leonid Gore.
• * +The Firework-Maker’s Daughter (Scholastic/Levine 0-590-18719-8, Oct ’99, $15.95, 97pp, hc, cover by S. Saelig Gallagher) Young-adult fantasy novella of a girl determined to get the Fire-Fiend’s secret ingredient to help her father win a contest. Illustrated by S. Saelig Gallagher. First US edition (Transworld 1995).
• * _The Golden Compass (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41335-0, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $5.99, 351pp, pb) [His Dark Materials] Reissue (Scholastic UK 1995 as His Dark Materials: Northern Lights) young-adult alternate-world fantasy. Ninth printing.
• * _His Dark Materials 2: The Subtle Knife (Random House/Knopf Paperbacks 0-375-80211-8, Oct ’99, $10.00, 326pp, tp, cover by Eric Rohmann) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 1997) fantasy novel, second in a trilogy.
• * _His Dark Materials 2: The Subtle Knife (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41336-9, Oct ’99 [Dec ’99], $5.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) [His Dark Materials] Reissue (Knopf 1997) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to the award-winning The Golden Compass. Fourth printing.
• * *I Was a Rat!...or The Scarlet Slippers (Transworld/Doubleday 0-385-40979-6, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £10.99, 175pp, hc, cover by Peter Bailey) Young-adult satirical fantasy novel about Cinderella’s attendant and how the media sanctifies royalty.

PULVER, JOSEPH S., Sr. (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Nightmare’s Disciple (Chaosium 1-56882-118-2, Jun ’99, $14.95, 395pp, tp, cover by Lissanne Lake) Lovecraftian horror novel. A detective tracks a Cthulhu-worshipping serial killer in contemporary Schenectady NY. Order from Chaosium, 950-A 56th St, Oakland CA 94608-3129.

PYNCHON, THOMAS (Ruggles, Jr.) (1937- ) (chron.)

• * _The Crying of Lot 49 (HarperPerennial Classics 0-06-093167-1, 1999 [Mar ’99], $12.00, 152pp, tp, cover by Mark Penberthy) Reprint (Lippincott 1966) satiric quasi-fantasy novel.
• * _Gravity’s Rainbow (Penguin 0-14-018859-2, 1999 [Dec ’99], $16.95, 760pp, tp) Reissue (Viking 1973) classic literary SF novel. Ninth printing.
• * _V. (HarperPerennial Classics 0-06-093021-7, 1999 [Mar ’99], $14.00, 533pp, tp, cover by Mark Penberthy) Reprint (Lippincott 1963) satiric literary novel with fantasy elements.

QUINN, DANIEL (1935- ) (chron.)

• * _My Ishmael: A Sequel (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-71711-4, Mar ’99, £9.99, 274pp, tp) [Ishmael] Reprint (Bantam 1997) metaphysical quasi-SF novel, third in the series begun in Ishmael. [First U.K. edition]

RABE, JEAN (Marie) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *DragonLance: The Silver Stair (TSR 0-7869-1315-0, Jan ’99, $5.99, 314pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Bridges of Time] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game. “Bridges of Time” book three. Copyrighted by TSR.

RADFORD, IRENE (chron.)

• * *Guardian of the Balance (DAW 0-88677-826-3, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $23.95, 529pp, hc, cover by Gordon Crabb) [*Merlin’s Descendants] Arthurian fantasy novel, first in the “Merlin’s Descendants” series. Merlin’s daughter Wren tries to prevent Arthur’s downfall.
• * *The Renegade Dragon (DAW 0-88677-855-7, Nov ’99, $6.99, 386pp, pb, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) [Dragon Nimbus] Fantasy novel, “Dragon Nimbus History #3”, sixth book overall in series.

RAIN, DAVID (C.) (1961- ); see pseudonym Tom Arden (stories) (chron.)

RAINEY, MARK; see under Rainey, Stephen Mark (stories) (chron.)

RAINEY, STEPHEN MARK (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dark Shadows: Dreams of the Dark (with Elizabeth Massie) (HarperEntertainment 0-06-105752-5, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $6.99, 378pp, pb) [Dark Shadows] Novelization based on the TV show. Introduction by Lara Parker. Copyrighted by Dan Curtis Productions.

RAMSDEN, MARK (chron.)

• * *The Dungeonmaster’s Apprentice (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-623-3, Oct ’99, £7.99, 216pp, tp) [Dark Magus and the Sacred Whore] Associational S&M novel with black magic elements. A sequel to The Dark Magus and the Sacred Whore.

RAMSLAND, KATHERINE M(arie Johnston) (1953- ) (chron.)

• * _Dean Koontz: A Writer’s Biography (Headline 0-7472-5999-2, Jan ’99 [May ’99], £8.99, 508pp, tp) Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) biographical book. [Koontz]
• * _Piercing the Darkness: Undercover with Vampires in America Today (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-105945-5, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $6.99, 546pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism 1998) non-fiction look at the underground vampire culture. There is a new chapter discussing the vampire community’s response to the book.

RAND, AYN; pseudonym of Alissa Rosenbaum, (1905-1982) (chron.)

• * _Anthem (Penguin/Plume 0-452-28125-3, Dec ’99, $13.95, 253pp, tp, cover by Nick Gaetano) Reprint (Cassell 1938) dystopian novel. This follows the 1995 Dutton anniversary edition, even to the “expanded 50th anniversary edition” on the cover.
• * _Atlas Shrugged (Penguin/Plume 0-452-01187-6, Aug ’99 [Sep ’99], $17.95, 1168pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Gaetano) Reprint (Random House 1957) philosophical novel about a near-future society. This has the introduction by Leonard Peikoff from the 1992 Signet 35th anniversary edition.

RANKIN, ROBERT (Fleming) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Apocalypso (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14589-0, Jul ’99 [May ’99], £5.99, 365pp, pb, cover by John Alexander & Robert Rankin) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1998) humorous SF/fantasy novel.
• * *Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60056-9, Dec ’99 [Nov ’99], £16.99, 272pp, hc) [Brentford] Humorous fantasy novel in the “Brentford” series. A very odd rock band have a timely method of finding a new manager.
• * *Snuff Fiction (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-40944-3, Jul ’99 [May ’99], £16.99, 257pp, hc, cover by John Alexander & Robert Rankin) Darkly humorous SF novel of the Millennium Bug and the resurgent popularity of snuff.
• * _Snuff Fiction (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14590-4, Dec ’99 [Oct ’99], £5.99, 361pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1999) humorous fantasy novel.

RANSMAYR, CHRISTOPH (1954- ) (chron.)

• * _The Dog King (Random House/Vintage 0-679-76860-2, Nov ’98 [Jan ’99], $14.00, 355pp, tp) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1997) literary alternate history novel. Translated from the German Morbus Kitahara (S. Fischer 1995) by John E. Woods.

RASMUSSEN, ALIS A. (1958- ); see pseudonym Kate Elliott (chron.)

RATHBONE, JULIAN (Christopher) (1935-2008) (chron.)

• * _Trajectories (Orion/Phoenix 0-75380-845-5, Sep ’99, £6.99, 288pp, tp, cover by Gary Day-Ellison & G & D Day) Reprint (Gollancz 1998) satirical SF novel of the fractured future of 2035.

RATHBONE, WENDY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Scrying the River Styx (Anamnesis Press 1-892842-13-0, May ’99 [Sep ’99], $5.95, 34pp, ph, cover by Ric Frane) Poetry collection of 13 poems, six original. Available from Anamnesis Press, PO Box 51115, Palo Alto CA 94303; anamnesis@compuserve.com (Contents)

RAY, JEAN; pseudonym of Raymond Jean Marie de Kremer, (1887-1964) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *My Own Private Spectres (with Hubert Van Callenbergh,trans.) (Seattle: Midnight House, 1999, $40.00, hc, cover by Allen Koszowski) Collection of classic supernatural stories from the 1920s and 30s, some of which have never before been translated into English. (Contents)

RAYBAN, CHLOË (chron.)

• * _Virtual Sexual Reality (Red Fox 0-09-940417-6, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], £3.99, 188pp, pb) [Wild Child] Reissue (The Bodley Head 1994) young-adult SF/fantasy novel in the “Wild Child” series. A girl is sex-changed when a Virtual Reality machine goes wrong. A tie-in edition to the film Virtual Sexuality.

READ MAGAZINE, EDITORS of, ed. (chron.)

• * *Read into the Millennium: Tales of the Future (The Millbrook Press 0-7613-0962-4, Jan ’99, hc) (Contents)

REAVES, J(ames) MICHAEL (1950- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Voodoo Child (Tor 0-812-51993-0, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $6.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Michael Koelsch) Reprint (Tor 1998) horror novel of voodoo in New Orleans.

REAVES, MICHAEL; see under Reaves, J. Michael (chron.)

RECKNOR, ELLEN K. (1951- ) (chron.)

• * *Prophet Annie (Avon 0-380-79513-2, Mar ’99, $12.00, 330pp, tp, cover by Raquel Jaramillo) Western ghost novel, the memoir of a widow whose late husband sticks around to pass on vital information.

REDDING, JUDITH M., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Night Shade: Gothic Tales by Women (with Victoria A. Brownworth) See entry under Victoria A. Brownworth

REDMOND, PATRICK (1966- ) (chron.)

• * *Something Dangerous (Hyperion 0-7868-6552-0, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $23.95, 343pp, hc) Horror novel. Troubled English schoolboys dabble in blackmail and the occult with disastrous results. A first novel.

REED, DAVID V.; pseudonym of David Vern, (1924-1989) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Whispering Gorilla/Return of the Whispering Gorilla (with Don Wilcox) See entry under Don Wilcox.

REED, KIT (1932- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Seven for the Apocalypse (University Press of New England/Wesleyan 0-8195-6382-X, Jun ’99, $16.95, 218pp, tp, cover by Joseph Reed) Collection of eight stories, including the Tiptree-nominated novella “Little Sisters of the Apocalypse”, with an introduction by the author discussing her inspirations. A hardcover edition (-6381-1, $40.00) was announced but not seen. Available from University Press of New England, 23 South Main St, Hanover NH 03755; orders 800-421-1561; add $5.00 postage. (Contents)

REED, ROBERT (David) (1956- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Dragons of Springplace (Golden Gryphon Press 0-9655901-6-X, Apr ’99 [Jan ’99], $23.95, 312pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Collection of 11 stories by a perennial award nominee. Order from Golden Gryphon Press, 364 West Country Lane, Collinsville IL 62234. (Contents)

REEVE, MARK (chron.)

• * _Michael Moorcock’s Multiverse (with John Ridgway, Michael Moorcock & Walter Simonson) See entry under Michael Moorcock.

REEVES-STEVENS, (Francis) GARFIELD (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Icefire (with Judith Reeves-Stevens) See entry under Judith Reeves-Stevens.
• * _Quicksilver (with Judith Reeves-Stevens) See entry under Judith Reeves-Stevens.
• * _Star Trek: Dark Victory (with William Shatner & Judith Reeves-Stevens) See entry under William Shatner.
• * _Star Trek: Spectre (with William Shatner & Judith Reeves-Stevens) See entry under William Shatner.

REEVES-STEVENS, JUDITH (Evelyn) (1953?- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Icefire (with Garfield Reeves-Stevens) (Pocket 0-671-01403-X, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $6.99, 703pp, pb, cover by Tony Greco) [Icefire] Reprint (Pocket 1998) SF thriller. Nuclear explosions free the Ross Ice Shelf from Antarctica.
• * *Quicksilver (with Garfield Reeves-Stevens) (Pocket 0-671-02853-7, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $24.00, 489pp, hc, cover by Tony Greco) Associational near-future SF thriller. Enemy commandos take over the Pentagon and a devastating superweapon.