The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

Books, Listed by Author

CLARKE, ARTHUR C(harles) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _The Trigger (with Michael P. Kube-McDowell) (SFBC #17191, Jan 2000, $12.50, 550pp, hc) Reprint (Voyager 1999) SF novel. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Trigger (with Michael P. Kube-McDowell) (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224712-7, Jun 2000, £11.99, 550pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Voyager 1999) SF novel.
• * _The Trigger (with Michael P. Kube-McDowell) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57620-8, Sep 2000, $6.99, 626pp, pb) Reprint (Voyager 1999) SF novel.
• * _The Trigger (with Michael P. Kube-McDowell) (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648383-6, Nov 2000, £6.99, 550pp, pb) Reprint (Voyager 1999) SF novel.

CLEGG, DOUGLAS (Alan) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Mischief (Leisure 0-8439-4766-7, Sep 2000, $5.99, 359pp, pb) Horror novel of a haunted prep school in the Hudson River Valley.
• * *Mischief (CD Publications 1-58767-009-7, Sep 2000, $40.00, 260pp, hc, cover by Gail Cross) Horror novel. This is a signed, limited edition of 750. This was apparently simultaneous with the Leisure mass-market edition, seen in September. Order from Cemetery Dance Publications, PO Box 943, Abingdon MD 21009; e-mail: [cdancepub@aol.com]; website: [www.cemeterydance.com].
• * _You Come When I Call You (Leisure 0-8439-4695-4, Mar 2000, $5.99, 393pp, pb) Reprint (CD Publications 12/99) horror novel.

CLEMENS, JIM; pseudonym of Jim Czajkowski (chron.)

• * _Wit’ch Storm (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41708-9, May 2000, $6.99, 517pp, pb, cover by Gerald Brom) [Banned and the Banished] Reprint (Del Rey 1999) fantasy novel, book two of “The Banned and the Banished”.
• * *Wit’ch War (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41709-7, Jul 2000, $15.00, 547pp, tp, cover by Alan Pollack) [Banned and the Banished] Fantasy novel, book three of “The Banned and the Banished”.
• * _Wit’ch War (SFBC #14259, Aug 2000, $11.98, 547pp, hc, cover by Alan Pollack) [Banned and the Banished] Reprint (Del Rey 2000) fantasy novel, book three of “The Banned and the Banished”. This SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-1197-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

CLEMENS, SAMUEL LANGHORNE (1835-1910); see pseudonym Mark Twain (stories) (chron.)

CLEMENT, HAL; pseudonym of Harry Clement Stubbs, (1922-2003) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 2: Music of Many Spheres (NESFA Press 1-886778-07-8, Feb 2000, $25.00, 506pp, hc, cover by George Richard) Collection of 17 SF stories. There is an introduction by Ben Bova. Order from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701; www.nesfa.org/press; add $2.00 postage. (Contents)
• * *The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 3: Variations on a Theme by Sir Isaac Newton (NESFA Press 1-886778-08-6, Sep 2000, $25.00, hc, cover by Richard McKenna) [Mesklin] Collection of the “Mesklin” writings: Mission of Gravity (1954), Star Light (1971), two stories, and an article. Introduction by David Langford. Editors Anthony R. Lewis and Mark L. Olsen provide afterwords. Order from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701; website [www.nesfa.org/press]; add $2.00 postage. (Contents)
• * _Half Life (Tor 0-812-56660-2, Jun 2000, $6.99, 260pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1999) SF novel.
• * _Mission of Gravity (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07094-3, Apr 2000, £9.99, 203pp, tp, cover by Sue Michniewicz) [Mesklin] Reprint (Doubleday 1954) classic SF novel. First in a two-book series. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.

CLEMENT-DAVIES, DAVID (chron.)

• * +Fire Bringer (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-46492-1, Oct 2000, $19.95, 498pp, hc) Young-adult historical fantasy featuring deer in Scotland during Norse invasions. First US edition (Macmillan Children’s Books 1999).

CLIFF, KEN, ed. (chron.)

• * *The Art of Vampire: The Masquerade (with Carl Bowen) (White Wolf 1-56504-209-3, Jan 2000, $14.95, unpaginated, tp) Art book with illustrations by various artists from the role-playing game in the “World of Darkness”. Artists include Kent Williams, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Gerald Brom. Introduction by Neal Gaiman; other text by Rob Hatch, Justin Achilli, Richard Dansky, and Richard Thomas. This may be the version previously available only with the limited edition game; this is copyrighted 1998, but not seen until now.

CLINE, JOAN LESLEY HAMILTON; see pseudonym William Sarabande (chron.)

CLOUGH, B(renda) W(ang) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Doors of Death and Life (Tor 0-312-87064-7, May 2000, $23.95, 268pp, hc, cover by Barry Appell) Science fantasy novel. A man survives a burning space shuttle thanks to the Pearl of Immortality that once belonged to Gilgamesh.
• * *Suburban Gods (SFBC #07407, Jul 2000, $12.98, 454pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) Omnibus of two fantasy novels: How Like a God (1997) and Doors of Death and Life (2000). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-1108-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)

COE, DAVID B. (chron.)

• * *Eagle-Sage (Tor 0-312-86791-3, Apr 2000, $27.95, 479pp, hc, cover by Romas Kukalis) [LonTobyn Chronicle] Fantasy novel. Third book of the William L. Crawford Award-winning series, “The LonTobyn Chronicle”.

COGAN, PRISCILLA (chron.)

• * *Crack at Dusk: Crook of Dawn (Two Canoes Press 1-929590-05-9, Mar 2000, $25.95, 355pp, hc, cover by Lois Beardslee) [Winona] Novel with elements of Native American shamanism, third in the “Winona” series. A boy kidnapped and abused by Satanists is helped to reveal what happened through modern psychiatry and his uncle’s spirit magic.

COHEN, JACK (chron.)

• * _The Science of Discworld (with Terry Pratchett & Ian Stewart) See entry under Terry Pratchett.
• * _Wheelers (with Ian Stewart) See entry under Ian Stewart.

COLE, ALLAN (1943- ) (chron.)

• * _Sten (with Chris Bunch) See entry under Chris Bunch.
• * _Sten 2: The Wolf Worlds (with Chris Bunch) See entry under Chris Bunch.
• * _Sten 3: The Court of a Thousand Suns (with Chris Bunch) See entry under Chris Bunch.
• * _Sten 4: Fleet of the Damned (with Chris Bunch) See entry under Chris Bunch.

COLE, STEPHEN (stories) (chron.)

• * _Doctor Who: Parallel 59 (with Natalie Dallaire) See entry under Natalie Dallaire.
• * _Doctor Who: The Ancestor Cell (with Peter Anghelides) See entry under Peter Anghelides.

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• * *Doctor Who: Short Trips and Side Steps (with Jacqueline Rayner) (BBC Books 0-563-55599-8, Mar 2000, £6.99, 348pp, pb) [Doctor Who] TV tie-in anthology of 23 original stories based on the TV series, including “alternate takes on its central concept,” “revisionist” views, and tales for “purists." (Contents)

COLEMAN, LOREN L. (chron.)

• * *Battletech: Illusions of Victory (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45790-0, May 2000, $5.99, 265pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Battletech] Novelization, 47th in the overall series based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by FASA.

COLLINGS, MICHAEL R(obert) (1947- ) (chron.)

• * *Hauntings: The Official Peter Straub Bibliography (Overlook Connection Press 1-892950-16-2, Aug 2000, $29.95, 193pp, tp, cover by Erik Wilson) Non-fiction; a reference guide to the works of Straub, including fiction, poetry, non-fiction, liner notes for jazz records and CDs, plus a list of selected secondary sources, and an index. Black & white cover illustrations for books are included. Stanley Wiater provides an interview with Straub. A hardcover edition (-15-4, $45.00) is also available. This is dated 1999, but did not appear until now. Available from Overlook Connection Press, PO Box 526, Woodstock GA; credit card orders 770-926-1762; www.OverlookConnection.com; add $5.00 postage. [Straub]

COLLINS, NANCY A(verill) (1959- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Avenue X and Other Dark Streets (Xlibris 0738825654, Aug 2000, $31.99, 292pp, hc) Collection of 13 stories. (Contents)
• * _Sunglasses After Dark (White Wolf 1-56504-849-0, Mar 2000, $11.99, 191pp, tp, cover by Thom Ang) [Sonja Blue] Reprint (NAL Onyx 1989) Stoker Award-winning vampire novel, the first featuring the vampire Sonja Blue. This 10th-anniversary edition has a new introduction by Collins, and features illustrations by seven artists including Matt Howarth and Paul Mavrides.

COLLINS, PAUL A. (1954- ) (chron.)

• * *Cyberskin (Hybrid Publishers Australia 1-876462-11-6, 2000, A$14.95, 248pp, pb, cover by Marc McBride) SF novel/hard-boiled mystery featuring “splattie” movie star Calloway. Order from Hybrid Publishers, PO Box 52, Ormond Vic 3204 Australia.

CONDER, KEVIN (chron.)

• * *The Yellow Earth (1stBooks 1-58721-169-6, May 2000, $11.95, 285pp, tp) Near-future SF novel of an ex-football player addicted to a dangerous designer painkiller. This is a print-on-demand edition available online from The International Online Library at www.1stbooks.com, or 1st Books Library, 2511 West 3rd St., Suite #1, Boomington IN 47404; credit card orders 800-839-8640.

CONSTANTINE, STORM (1956- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Crown of Silence (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06678-4, Jun 2000, £16.99, 344pp, hc, cover by Anne Sudworth) [Magravandias Chronicles] Fantasy novel. Book Two of the “Chronicles of Magravandias”. A trade paperback edition (-07079-X, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
• * +Sea Dragon Heir (Tor 0-312-87306-9, Feb 2000, $24.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Doug Beekman) [Magravandias Chronicles] Fantasy novel, first in the “Magravandias Chronicles”. First US edition (Gollancz 6/99).
• * _Sea Dragon Heir (SFBC #06975, Apr 2000, $12.50, 384pp, hc, cover by Doug Beekman) [Magravandias Chronicles] Reprint (Gollancz 1999) fantasy novel, first in the “Magravandias Chronicles”. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Sea Dragon Heir (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-927-9, Jun 2000, £6.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Anne Sudworth) [Magravandias Chronicles] Reprint (Gollancz 1999) fantasy novel. Book One in the “Chronicles of Magravandias”.
• * _Silverheart (with Michael Moorcock) See entry under Michael Moorcock.
• * _Thin Air (Warner UK 0-7515-3032-8, Feb 2000, £5.99, 313pp, pb) Reprint (Warner UK 1999) associational mainstream novel of the rock world. The original (trade paperback) edition was not seen.

CONTENTO, WILLIAM G(uy) (1947- ) (chron.)

• * _The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1999) (with Charles N. Brown) See entry under Charles N. Brown
• * _Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Weird Fiction Magazine Index (1890-1999) (with Stephen T. Miller) See entry under Stephen T. Miller

COOK, GLEN (Charles) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Annals of the Black Company (SFBC #15776, Oct 2000, $14.98, 759pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [Black Company] Reissue (SFBC 1986) omnibus of three fantasy novels in the “Black Company” series: The Black Company (1984), Shadows Linger (1984), and The White Rose (1985). This repackaged edition has a new SFBC number, and ISBN 0-7394-1302-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Black Company (Tor 0-812-52139-0, Dec 2000, $5.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Keith Berdak) [Black Company] Reissue (Tor 1984) military fantasy novel, book one of “The Chronicles of the Black Company”. Ninth printing.
• * *The Black Company: Glittering Stone I (SFBC #10437, Oct 2000, $12.98, 631pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Black Company: Glittering Stone] Omnibus of two fantasy novels in the “Glittering Stone” subseries of the “Black Company” series: Bleak Seasons (1996) and She is the Darkness (1997). This SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-1299-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *The Black Company: Glittering Stone II (SFBC #10479, Oct 2000, $13.98, 806pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Black Company: Glittering Stone] Omnibus of two fantasy novels in the “Glittering Stone” subseries of the “Black Company” series: Water Sleeps (1999) and Soldiers Live (2000). This SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-1300-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *Soldiers Live (Tor 0-312-89057-5, Jun 2000, $25.95, 496pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Black Company: Glittering Stone] Military fantasy novel in the “Black Company” series, book four of “Glittering Stone”.
• * _Water Sleeps (Tor 0-812-55534-1, Mar 2000, $6.99, 470pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Black Company: Glittering Stone] Reprint (Tor 1999) military fantasy novel in the “Black Company” series, book three of “Glittering Stone”.

COOK, ROBIN (1940- ) (chron.)

• * *Abduction (Berkley 0-425-17736-X, Nov 2000, $7.99, 405pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) SF thriller. A research project in the Atlantic uncovers an underwater world whose inhabitants are unwilling to let the surface dwellers leave.
• * _Invasion (Berkley 0-425-15540-4, May 2000, $7.99, 338pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley 1997) near-future thriller of an alien plague. Seventh printing.

COOK, TONYA C(arter) (chron.)

• * _DragonLance: Children of the Plains (with Paul B. Thompson) See entry under Paul B. Thompson

COONEY, CAROLINE B. (1947- ) (chron.)

• * _The Cheerleader (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-01087-X, Feb 2000, £3.99, 179pp, pb) [*Vampire’s Promise] Reissue (Scholastic 1991) young-adult vampire novel.

COOPER, LOUISE (née Antell) (1952-2009) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Dark Caller (Hodder Silver 0-340-77854-7, May 2000, £4.99, 261pp, tp, cover by John Avon) [Shar Tillmer] Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 1997) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Shar Tillmer” series.
• * _Daughter of Storms (Hodder Silver 0-340-77852-0, May 2000, £4.99, 230pp, tp, cover by John Avon) [Shar Tillmer] Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 1996) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume one in the “Shar Tillmer” series.
• * _Keepers of Light (Hodder Silver 0-340-77853-9, May 2000, £4.99, 258pp, tp, cover by John Avon) [Shar Tillmer] Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 1998) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Shar Tillmer” series.
• * *Mirror, Mirror 2: Running Free (Hodder Silver 0-340-73983-5, May 2000, £4.99, 154pp, tp) [Mirror, Mirror] Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *Mirror, Mirror: Part One: Breaking Through (Hodder Silver 0-340-73982-7, Jan 2000, £4.99, 152pp, tp) [Mirror, Mirror] Young-adult SF novel. Volume one in a new series.
• * *The Spiral Garden (The British Fantasy Society 0-9524153-7-2, Aug 2000, £5.99, 117pp, tp, cover by Clive Sandall) Collection of five stories, one original, with an introduction by Diana Wynne Jones and a brief bibliography. (Contents)
• * _The Summer Witch (Hodder Headline 0-7472-5950-X, Aug 2000, £5.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Claudio Berni) Reprint (Headline 1999) fantasy novel of a dissatisfied young wife and her dream lover. The original edition was not seen.

COOPER, SUSAN (Mary) (1935- ) (chron.)

• * _The Boggart and the Monster (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-130207-0, May 2000, £4.99, 167pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Boggart] Reprint (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 1997) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Boggart. Canadian visitors inadvertantly carry a Scottish imp to meet his cousin at Loch Ness.
• * _Greenwitch (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-84034-9, Sep 2000, $4.99, 147pp, tp, cover by David Wiesner) [Dark Is Rising] Reprint (Atheneum 1974) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the “Dark is Rising” sequence.
• * _King of Shadows (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-130799-4, Sep 2000, £4.99, 181pp, tp, cover by Bill Gregory) Reprint (McElderry 1999) young-adult fantasy novel. A young actor slips through time to 1599, becoming a friend of the King of Shadows, Shakespeare.
• * _Over Sea, Under Stone (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-84035-7, Sep 2000, $4.99, 196pp, tp, cover by David Wiesner) [Dark Is Rising] Reprint (Cape 1965) young-adult fantasy novel, first in the “Dark is Rising” sequence.

CORBEN, RICHARD (Vance) (1940- ) (chron.)

• * _William Hope Hodgson’s The House on the Borderland (with Simon Revelstroke & William Hope Hodgson) See entry under William Hope Hodgson.

CORDY, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * _Crime Zero (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14604-8, Aug 2000, £5.99, 477pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam UK 1999) near-future SF novel. An attempt to eliminate criminal traits using gene therapy is hijacked by those with a more apocalyptic global agenda.

CORLETT, WILLIAM (Albert) (1938-2005) (chron.)

• * +The Magician’s House: The Door in the Tree (Pocket Archway 0-7434-1002-5, Dec 2000, $4.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [*Magician’s House] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in a quartet. First US edition (Bodley Head 1991).
• * +The Magician’s House: The Steps up the Chimney (Pocket Archway 0-7434-1001-7, Aug 2000, $4.99, 272pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [*Magician’s House] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in a quartet. Three siblings encounter magic at their uncle’s ancient house in Wales. First US edition (Bodley Head 1990).

CORNELL, PAUL (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: The Shadows of Avalon (BBC Books 0-563-55588-2, Feb 2000, £5.99, 274pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series, starring the 8th Doctor. Book 31 of the BBC “New Adventures” series.

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• * *Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dead Men Diaries (Big Finish Productions 1-903654-00-9, Sep 2000, £6.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Carolyn Edwards) [Bernice Summerfield] Original anthology of 11 SF adventure stories featuring interstellar archaeologist Bernice Summerfield, a Doctor Who spin-off character from New Adventures’ “Doctor Who without the Doctor” tie-ins. This can be ordered online at [www.bernicesummerfield.com] or in the US from the Ministry of Sound and Vision, [www.mosv.com]. (Contents)