The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

Books, Listed by Author

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

• * *Forgotten Realms: The Nether Scroll (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1566-8, Sep 2000, $6.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Alan Pollack) [Forgotten Realms: Lost Empires] Novelization based on the role-playing games, “Lost Empires” #4. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * *Out of Time (Ace 0-441-00751-1, Jul 2000, $5.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Phil Howe) [Emma Merrigan] Contemporary fantasy novel. A librarian accidentally awakens long-dormant powers within her.

ABBEY, MARILYN LORRAINE; see under Abbey, Lynn (stories) (chron.)

ABNETT, DAN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Warhammer 40,000: First & Only (Black Library 1-84154-101-X, Sep ’99, £5.99, 272pp, pb, cover by Kenson Low) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] SF novelization in the “Gaunt’s Ghosts” series, based on the role-playing games. Published in 1999, but not seen until now. Copyrighted by Games Workshop.
• * +Warhammer 40,000: First & Only (Games Workshop/Black Library 0-671-78375-0, Mar 2000, $6.95, 272pp, pb, cover by Kenson Low) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] Far-future novelization based on the role-playing game world, in the “Gaunt’s Ghosts” series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop Ltd.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Ghostmaker (Black Library 1-84154-032-3, May 2000, £5.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Martin Hanford) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] SF novelization in the “Gaunt’s Ghosts” series, based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by Games Workshop.
• * +Warhammer 40,000: Ghostmaker (Games Workshop/Black Library 0-671-78410-2, Sep 2000, $6.95, 287pp, pb, cover by Martin Hanford) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] Far-future novelization based on the role-playing game world, second in the “Gaunt’s Ghosts” series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop Ltd. First US edition (Black Library UK 1999).
• * *Warhammer: Hammers of Ulric (with Nik Vincent & James Wallis) (Black Library 1-84154-033-1, Apr 2000, £5.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Martin Hanford) [Warhammer: White Wolves] Novelization based on the fantasy role-playing games. Copyrighted by Games Workshop.
• * +Warhammer: Hammers of Ulric (with Nik Vincent & James Wallis) (Games Workshop/Black Library 0-671-78421-8, Oct 2000, $6.95, 320pp, pb, cover by Martin Hanford) [Warhammer: White Wolves] Far-future novelization based on the role-playing game world, in the “White Wolves” series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop Ltd. First US edition (Black Library UK 4/00).

ACHILLI, JUSTIN (stories) (chron.)

• * *World of Darkness: Giovanni (White Wolf 1-56504-826-1, Apr 2000, $5.99, 267pp, tp, cover by John Van Fleet) [World of Darkness: Clan] Novelization of the “Clan”, based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by White Wolf.

ACKROYD, PETER (Warwick) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * +The Plato Papers (Doubleday 0-385-49768-7, Feb 2000, $21.95, 173pp, hc, cover by Timothy Hsu) Satiric SF novella, the observations of a 3700 AD Plato studying a past (partly our present) only sketchily understood. First US edition (Chatto & Windus 4/99).
• * _The Plato Papers (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-928995-4, Mar 2000, £6.99, 139pp, tp) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1999) satirical SF novella set in 3700.

ADAMS, DOUGLAS (Noel) (1952-2001) (chron.)

• * _The Hitchhiker’s Trilogy (SFBC #03306, Jun 2000, $14.98, 839pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Hitchhiker] Reprint (Heinemann 1995 as The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts omnibus of the five novels in the series: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979), The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980), Life, the Universe and Everything (1982), So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (1984), and Mostly Harmless (1992).

ADAMS, RICHARD (George) (1920- ) (chron.)

• * *The Outlandish Knight (Severn House 0-7278-5496-8, Jan 2000, £17.99, 249pp, hc) Mainstream historical novel, by the author of Watership Down, of a family present at turning points in history.

ADRIAN, JACK, ed.; pseudonym of Christopher Lowder, (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 2000 (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-011-5, Nov 2000, C$50.00, xiii+148pp, hc, cover by Rob Suggs) Anthology of weird stories by well-known authors. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.50 and in the UK for £23.50. (Contents)

AIKEN, JOAN (Delano) (1924-2004) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Cuckoo Tree (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-07023-0, Oct 2000, $5.95, 289pp, tp, cover by Edward Gorey) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Cape 1971) young-adult alternate-history novel, fifth in the “Wolves” series. A hardcover edition (-07024-9, $15.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _Dangerous Games (Delacorte 0-440-41593-4, Jul 2000, $4.99, 251pp, tp, cover by Christer Eriksson) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Delacorte 1999) young-adult alternate-history fantasy novel of Dido Twite, the ninth book in the “Wolves Chronicles”.
• * _Limbo Lodge (Red Fox 0-09-926627-X, Apr 2000, £3.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Delacorte 1999 as Dangerous Games) young-adult fantasy novel. Book five (ninth published) in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence.
• * _The Stolen Lake (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-07020-6, Oct 2000, $16.00, 314pp, tp, cover by Edward Gorey) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Cape 1981) young-adult alternate-history novel in the “Wolves” series. A trade paperback edition (-07021-4, $5.95) was announced but not seen.
• * _The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Delacorte 0-385-32790-0, Nov 2000, $16.95, 181pp, hc, cover by Edward Gorey) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Cape 1962) YA alternate-history novel, first in the “Wolves” series. Illustrated by Pat Marriott and Patricia Eleanor Howard.

ALBON, R. V. (chron.)

• * *Tales from the Vienna Woods (The Book Guild 1-85776-454-4, Nov 2000, £8.95, 85pp, hc, cover by Viccari Wheele) Collection of 13 original folk tales, told to a traveller at a Vienna Woods inn.

ALCOCK, VIVIEN (Dolores) (1924-2003) (chron.)

• * _The Monster Garden (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-00337-1, Apr 2000, $4.95, 164pp, pb, cover by Barbara McClintock) Reprint (Methuen 1988) young-adult SF novel of genetic engineering.
• * _The Stonewalkers (Mammoth 0-7497-0707-0, Oct ’99, £4.50, 142pp, pb) Reprint (Methuen 1981) young-adult fantasy novel.

ALDISS, BRIAN W(ilson) (1925- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Art After Apogee: The relationships between an idea, a story, and painting (with Rosemary Phipps) (Avernus 1-871503-07-8, Aug 2000, £, 31+8pp, ph, cover by Brian Aldiss) Chapbook combining Aldiss’s story “Apogee Again”, originally published in the anthology moorcock@60.com, with comments by Aldiss and artist Rosemary Phipps. Includes eight full-page, unpaginated illustrations, both b&w drawings by Aldiss and full-color paintings by Phipps. This is a signed, limited edition of 100. order from Avernus, 39 St. Andrews Road, Old Headington, Oxford OX3 9DL UK; website: [www.brianwaldiss.com].
• * *A Chinese Perspective (James Goddard no ISBN, Aug 2000, £7.95, 72pp, ph) SF novella originally published in anthology Anticipations (1978). The text has been revised and there is a new introduction by Aldiss. This is apparently first in a series of “Science Fiction Rediscoveries”. Available from James Goddard, Flat 4, 13 Lockwood St., Driffield East Yorkshire YO25 6RU, UK; or The Official Brian W. Aldiss Web site: [www.brianwaldiss.com].
• * _Non-Stop (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-998-8, Sep 2000, £6.99, 241pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Faber 1958) classic SF novel of exploration and revelation. Volume 33 in the “SF Masterworks” series.
• * *A Plutonian Monologue on His Wife’s Death (Frogmore Press, The 0-9531383-7-2, 2000, £3.25, 19pp, ph) Collection of seven poems written as a response to his wife’s death. A limited edition of 200 numbered copies, signed by Aldiss.
• * _When the Feast is Finished: A Memoir of Love and Bereavement (with Margaret Aldiss) (Little, Brown/Warner UK 0-7515-2995-8, May 2000, £7.99, 230pp, tp) Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1999 as When the Feast is Finished: Reflections on Terminal Illness) memoir.
• * +White Mars, or, The Mind Set Free (with Roger Penrose) (St. Martin’s 0-312-25473-3, Apr 2000, $23.95, 323pp, hc) Utopian SF novel of a new Martian colony cut off from communication from Earth. First US edition (Little, Brown UK 11/99).
• * _White Mars, Or, The Mind Set Free: A 21st-Century Utopia (with Roger Penrose) (Warner UK 0-7515-2978-8, Nov 2000, £7.99, 323pp, tp) Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1999) SF novel of colonists on an unspoilt 21st-century Mars.

ALDISS, MARGARET (Christie, née Manson) (1933-1997) (chron.)

• * _When the Feast is Finished: A Memoir of Love and Bereavement (with Brian W. Aldiss) See entry under Brian W. Aldiss

ALDRIN, EDWIN E(ugene) “BUZZ”, Jr. (1930- ) (chron.)

• * *The Return (with John Barnes) (Tor 0-312-87424-3, May 2000, $25.95, 301pp, hc) Thriller of a space shuttle PR disaster, and nuclear war between India and Pakistan that threatens the International Space Station.

ALEXANDER, BRANDON (chron.)

• * *Charmed: Kiss of Darkness (Pocket Pulse 0-671-04163-0, Feb 2000, $4.99, 182pp, pb) [Charmed] Young-adult novelization, the second based on the TV show about three witches. Copyrighted by Spelling Television.

ALEXANDER, LLOYD (Chudley) (1924-2007) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-130704-8, Mar 2000, $4.99, 107pp, tp, cover by Mark Hess) Reprint (Dutton 1973) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The El Dorado Adventure (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-130463-4, Dec 2000, $5.99, 164pp, tp, cover by Stan Watts) [Vesper Holly] Reprint (Dutton 1987) young-adult Graustarkian/alternate world adventure, the second in the “Vesper Holly” series.
• * *How the Cat Swallowed Thunder (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-46449-2, Aug 2000, $16.99, 40pp, hc, cover by Judith Byron Schachner) Children’s picture book telling why cats purr. Illustrated by Judith Byron Schachner.
• * _The Illyrian Adventure (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-130313-1, Dec 2000, $5.99, 132pp, tp, cover by Stan Watts) [Vesper Holly] Reprint (Dutton 1986) young-adult Graustarkian/alternate world adventure, the first in the “Vesper Holly” series.
• * _The Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-130816-8, Jul 2000, $4.99, 204pp, pb, cover by C. F. Payne) Reprint (Dutton 1970) young-adult fantasy about a violinist’s adventures, winner of the National Book Award.

ALLEN, MIKE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Defacing the Moon (DNA Publications no ISBN, Jun 2000, $3.50, 38pp, ph, cover by Mike Allen) Chapbook collection of 28 poems, four original, with illustrations by the author. Order from DNA Publications, PO Box 2988, Radford VA 24143-2988. (Contents)

ALLEN, ROGER MacBRIDE (1957- ) (chron.)

• * *The Depths of Time (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37811-2, Mar 2000, $13.95, 426pp, tp) [Chronicles of Solace] SF novel. The Chronologic Patrol guards timeshaft wormholes to prevent time paradoxes.

ALMOND, DAVID (chron.)

• * *Counting Stars & Other Stories (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-78479-2, Nov 2000, £10.00, 181pp, hc, cover by Jeff Fisher) Collection of 18 mainstream and fantasy stories.
• * _Skellig (Hodder Signature 0-340-71600-2, Jun 2000, £4.99, 170pp, tp, cover by Fletcher Sibthorp) Reissue (Hodder Signature 1998) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _Skellig (Random House/Dell Yearling 0-440-41602-7, Sep 2000, $4.99, 182pp, pb, cover by Kamil Vojnar) Reprint (Hodder Signature 1998) young-adult fantasy novel, winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award for Children’s Literature.

ALTMAN, STEVEN-ELLIOT, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Touch (with Patrick Merla) (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-0715-6, Oct 2000, $14.00, 347pp, tp) Original anthology of 23 stories about a fictitious epidemic of sense-deprivation spread by touch. Created by Altman and edited by Merla as a benefit project for charities HEAL (Health Education AIDS Liaison) and F.A.C.T. (Foundation for Advancement in Cancer Therapy). Authors include Tananarive Due, Kit Reed, William F. Nolan, and Sean Stewart. Introduction by Katherine Dunn. There are two illustrations by Edward Gorey. (Contents)

AMBROSE, DAVID (Edwin) (1943- ) (chron.)

• * *The Discrete Charm of Charlie Monk (Macmillan UK 0-333-73514-5, Jan 2000, £10.00, 344pp, hc) SF thriller of altered memory, virtual reality, and a man turned into a James Bond-like superhero.

ANDAHAZI, FEDERICO (chron.)

• * *The Merciful Women (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60053-4, May 2000, £12.99, 188pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel, translated by Alberto Manguel from the Spanish (Las Piadosas, 1998). In 1816, Polidori is offered the ultimate vampire story if he will donate precious fluid to mysterious sisters.
• * +The Merciful Women (Grove 0-8021-1674-4, Oct 2000, $22.00, 188pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel. A mysterious benefactor offers Doctor Polidori a riveting vampire story to share with Byron and the Shelleys. Translated by Alberto Manguel from the Spanish (1998 as Las Piedosas). First US edition (Doubleday UK 2000).

ANDERSON, JANET S. (chron.)

• * _Going Through the Gate (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-130698-X, Mar 2000, $4.99, 134pp, tp, cover by Elizabeth Sayles) Reprint (Dutton 1997) young-adult fantasy novel.

ANDERSON, K. J.; see under Anderson, Kevin J. (stories) (chron.)

ANDERSON, KEVIN J(ames) (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Dune: House Atreides (with Brian Herbert) See entry under Brian Herbert.
• * _Dune: House Harkonnen (with Brian Herbert) See entry under Brian Herbert.
• * _Prelude to Dune II: House Harkonnen (with Brian Herbert) See entry under Brian Herbert.
• * _Prelude to Dune: House Atreides (with Brian Herbert) See entry under Brian Herbert.
• * *Titan A.E.: Akima’s Story (with Rebecca Moesta) (Ace 0-441-00738-4, May 2000, $5.99, 181pp, pb) [Titan A.E.] Novelization based on the film. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * *Titan A.E.: Cale’s Story (with Rebecca Moesta) (Ace 0-441-00737-6, May 2000, $5.99, 181pp, pb) [Titan A.E.] Novelization based on the movie. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.

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• * *The Outer Limits: Armageddon Dreams (Tessloff Publishing Inc./BSV 1-58185-7039, Apr 2000, $12.95, 255pp, tp) Contain’s Harlan Ellison’s original script of “Soldier” with a companion story by Anderson and adaptations of other Outer Limits episodes. (Contents)

ANDERSON, POUL (William) (1926-2001) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Genesis (Tor 0-312-86707-7, Feb 2000, $23.95, 253pp, hc) SF novel. An astronaut uploaded into a computer to explore space returns to Earth a billion years later.
• * _Genesis (SFBC #06091, Mar 2000, $11.98, 253pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Hokas Pokas! (with Gordon R. Dickson) (Baen 0-671-57858-8, Feb 2000, $6.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Hokas] Collection of two stories and the novel Star Prince Charlie (Putnam 1975) in the humorous SF series about literal-minded alien teddy bears. The stories and prologue were previously collected as part of Hoka! (Wallaby 1983). (Contents)
• * *The Imperial Stars (SFBC #07415, Jun 2000, $14.98, 487pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Dominic Flandry] Omnibus of three SF novels in the “Flandry” series: Ensign Flandry (1966), The Rebel Worlds (1969), and A Circus of Hells (1970). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-1013-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * _Operation Luna (Tor 0-812-58027-3, Sep 2000, $6.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Steven Matuchek; Ginny Greylock] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy novel, sequel to Operation Chaos.
• * _Tau Zero (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07099-4, May 2000, £9.99, 190pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1970) SF novel. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.
• * *Virgin Planet and Star Ways (Baen 0-671-31944-2, Sep 2000, $6.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) Omnibus of two SF novels: Virgin Planet (1959) and Star Ways (1956). (Contents)

ANDERSSON, C. DEAN (chron.)

• * _Warrior Witch of Hel (Hawk Publishing 0-9673131-9-8, Jul 2000, $14.95, 218pp, tp, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Bloodsong] Reprint (Warner 1985 as by Asa Drake) fantasy novel, first in the “Bloodsong” series. This appears to be a print-on-demand book, available online at www.hawkpub.com, or from Hawk Publishing, 6420 S. Richmond Ave, Tulsa OK 74136-1619; 877-429-5782.

ANDREWS^®, THE NEW VIRGINIA; see under Andrews®, V. C. (stories) (chron.)

ANDREWS^®, V. C. [The New Virginia Andrews^®] (stories) (chron.)

• * *Eye of the Storm (Pocket 0-671-03983-0, Sep 2000, $7.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Hudson] Associational gothic horror novel, third in a new series. A hardcover edition (-03982-2, $24.95) is also available. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Vanda General Partnership.
• * *Lightning Strikes (Pocket 0-671-00769-6, Jul 2000, $7.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Hudson] Associational gothic horror novel, second in the “Rain” series. Rain disguises herself as a servant to learn more about her family. A hardcover edition (-00768-8, $24.95) was announced but not seen. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Vanda General Partnership.
• * *Orphans (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-671-02199-0, Jan 2000, £6.99, 170+168+167+169pp, pb) [Orphans] Associational omnibus of the first four gothic horror novels in the “Orphans” series. The novels are paginated separately. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. (Contents)
• * +Orphans (Pocket 0-7434-0361-4, Aug 2000, $7.99, 659pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Orphans] Associational omnibus of the first four gothic horror novels in the “Orphans” series, all 1998: Butterfly, Crystal, Brooke, and Raven. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Vanda General Partnership. First US edition (Pocket UK 6/00).
• * _Rain (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-86066-X, 2000, £16.99, 440pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Hudson] Reprint (Pocket 2000 as by V.C. Andrews) associational gothic horror novel, first in a new series. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Rain (Pocket 0-671-00767-X, Mar 2000, $7.99, 440pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Hudson] Associational gothic horror novel, first in a new series. A hardcover edition (-00764-5, $24.00) was announced but not seen. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Vanda General Partnership.