The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

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LASSIEUR, A. L. (chron.)

* *Legend of the Five Rings: The Unicorn (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1658-3, Sep 2000, $6.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Gerald Brom) [Legend of the Five Rings: Clan War] Fantasy novelization based on the trading-card game, “The Clan War” #2. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
LASSITER, RHIANNON (chron.)

* *Hex: Ghosts (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-333-78047-7, May 2000, £9.99, x+198pp, hc, cover by Paul Young) [Hex] Young-adult SF novel. Last in the “Hex” trilogy after Hex and Hex: Shadows. The genetically-mutated Hexes band together against the tyrannical European Federation.
* _Hex: Shadows (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-37166-5, May 2000, £3.99, 187pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Hex] Reprint (Macmillan Children’s Books 1999) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Hex” trilogy.
LAURIA, FRANK (Jonathan) (1935- ) (chron.)

* *Pitch Black (St. Martin’s 0-312-97088-9, Feb 2000, $5.99, 195pp, pb) Novelization of the SF horror movie. Copyrighted by Polygram Holding.
LAWHEAD, STEPHEN R. (1950- ) (chron.)

* _Avalon: The Return of King Arthur (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-80297-X, Dec 2000, $6.99, 484pp, pb, cover by Paul Stinson) Reprint (Avon Eos 1999) near-future Arthurian fantasy.
* *The Black Rood (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224666-X, Feb 2000, £17.99, 437pp, hc, cover by Mick Posen) [Celtic Crusades] Historical fantasy novel, book two of “The Celtic Crusades”. A Scottish lord journeys to 12th century Jerusalem to seek the Black Rood held by the ambitious Knights Templar. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-224752-6, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
* +The Black Rood (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-105034-2, Jun 2000, $25.00, 437pp, hc, cover by Don Maitz) [Celtic Crusades] Historical novel with fantasy elements, second in the “Celtic Crusades” trilogy. First US edition (Voyager 2/00).
* _The Iron Lance (HarperPrism 0-06-105109-8, Apr 2000, $6.99, 630pp, pb, cover by Don Maitz) [Celtic Crusades] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1998) historical novel with fantasy elements, first in the “Celtic Crusades” trilogy.
LAWLER, RICK (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Sudden Impact: Unsafe Reading at Any Speed (iUniverse.com/toExcel 1-58348-585-6, Mar 2000, $9.95, 144pp, tp) Collection of 15 “hard-hitting” stories, seven original, most with SF or horror elements. The author’s introduction is taken from an article on “Dangerous” fiction. This is print-on-demand book, available online from www.iUniverse.com, or iUniverse.com, 620 N. 48th St., Suite 201, Lincoln NE 68504-3467. (Contents)
LAWRENCE, MARTHA C. (1956- ) (chron.)

* *Pisces Rising (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-20298-9, Mar 2000, $23.95, 254pp, hc) [Elizabeth Chase] Mystery novel, fourth in the “Elizabeth Chase” series about a detective/parapsychologist with psychic abilities.
LAWS, STEPHEN (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Midnight Man (Silver Salamander Press, 2000, $35.00, 263pp, hc, cover by Fredrik King) Horror collection. Limited to 300 signed copies. Also available in a signed and numbered leatherbound edition of 50 copies for $65.00, and in a trade paperback edition of 500 copies for $15.00. (Contents)
LAWSON, PHILIP; pseudonym of Paul Di Filippo & Michael Bishop (chron.)

* *Muskrat Courage (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-26207-8, Jun 2000, $23.95, 277pp, hc, cover by Joseph Daniel Fiedler) [Will Keats] Associational detective novel, sequel to Would It Kill You to Smile?. Lawson is a pseudonym for Michael Bishop and Paul Di Filippo.
LAYMAN, RICHARD, ed. (chron.)

* *Bad News (CD Publications 1-881475-95-6, May 2000, $100.00, 340pp, hc) Slipcased Limited Edition of 500 signed copies. (Contents)
LAYMON, RICHARD (Carl) (1947-2001) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Among the Missing (Hodder Headline 0-7472-6072-9, Dec ’99, £5.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Headline 1999) associational horror novel of serial murder. An export-only edition (same details) was available in October 1999.
* +Among the Missing (Leisure 0-8439-4788-8, Oct 2000, $5.99, 393pp, pb) Associational non-supernatural horror novel. First US edition (Headline 1999).
* _Come Out Tonight (Hodder Headline 0-7472-5828-7, Jul 2000, £5.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (CD Publications; Headline 1999) associational kidnap thriller.
* *Once Upon a Halloween (CD Publications 1-58767-012-7, Oct 2000, $40.00, 252pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Horror novel of a haunted house and human sacrifice. This is a signed, limited edition of 2,000. Order from Cemetery Dance Publications, PO Box 943, Abingdon MD 21009; website [www.cemeterydance.com].
* +One Rainy Night (Leisure 0-8439-4690-3, Feb 2000, $5.99, 410pp, pb) Horror novel. A black rain drives people mad. First US edition (Headline 1991).
* _The Travelling Vampire Show (Hodder Headline 0-7472-2052-2, Jun 2000, £17.99, 314pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Cemetery Dance 2000) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
* _The Travelling Vampire Show (Hodder Headline 0-7472-5829-5, Dec 2000, £6.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Cemetery Dance 2000) horror novel.
LEBBON, TIM (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Hush (with Gavin Williams) (RazorBlade Press 0-9-5314685-5, Sep 2000, £8.99, 213pp, tp, cover by Chris Nurse) SF/horror novel.
* *Naming of Parts (PS Publishing 1-902880-16-X, Jul 2000, £8.00, 80pp, tp, cover by Alan M. Clark) [Naming of Parts] Horror novella of zombies. Introduction by Steve Rasnic Tem. This is a signed, limited edition of 300; a hardcover edition of 200 (-17-1, £25.00) was announced but not seen. Available from PS Publishing, 98 High Ash Drive, Leeds LS17 8RE, UK.
* *Naming of Parts (Firebird/PS Publishing 1-902880-16-X, Jul 2000, $14.00, 80pp, tp, cover by Alan M. Clark) [Naming of Parts] Horror novella about zombies. Introduction by Steve Rasnic Tem. This is a signed, limited edition of 300; a hardcover edition of 200 (-17-1, $40.00) was announced but not seen. The trade paperback is available in the US from Firebird Distributing, 2030 First St., Unit 5, Eureka CA 95501; orders 800-353-3575; e-mail: [sales@firebirddistributing.com].
* *White (MOT Press 0-9537000-0-3, 1999, £4.00, 62pp, ph, cover by Lisa Busby) Horror novella. This is limited to 320 copies, signed by Lebbon, of which 300 are for sale. This was published in 1999 but has only just been seen.
LEBOW, JESS, ed. (chron.)

* *Magic: The Gathering: The Myths of Magic (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1529-3, Aug 2000, $7.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Michael Sutfin) [Magic: The Gathering] Original anthology of 10 stories and one novel excerpt based on the fantasy card games. (Contents)
LEE, ADAM; pseudonym of A. A. Attanasio, (1951- ) (chron.)

* _Octoberland (Avon Eos 0-380-80628-2, Jan 2000, $6.50, 308pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) [Dominions of Irth] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1998 as by A.A. Attanasio) fantasy novel, book three of “The Dominions of Irth”.
LEE, EDWARD; pseudonym of Lee Edward Seymour, (1957- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Bighead (Overlook Connection Press/Infinity 1-892950-13-8, 1999, $20.00, tp, cover by Erik Wilson) Reprint (Necro 1997, not listed) horror novel of a depraved monster that is more than the inbred homicidal rapist he appears. This is the author’s preferred version, restoring part of the final 20 pages; copyrighted 1999 by Lee Seymour. Illustrated by Erik Wilson. Order from Overlook Connection Press, PO Box 526, Woodstock GA 30188; www.overlookconnection.com
LEE, (Bert) GENTRY (1942- ) (chron.)

* _Double Full Moon Night (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57336-5, Feb 2000, $6.99, 405pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Rama] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1999) SF novel, sequel to Bright Messengers, set in the “Rama” universe.
* _The Garden of Rama (with Arthur C. Clarke) See entry under Arthur C. Clarke
* _Rama II (with Arthur C. Clarke) See entry under Arthur C. Clarke
* _Rama Revealed (with Arthur C. Clarke) See entry under Arthur C. Clarke
* *The Tranquility Wars (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09008-9, Dec 2000, $23.95, 481pp, hc, cover by Gregory Bridges) SF novel. Colonies spread throughout the solar system are battling each other for control while plagued by space pirates.
LEE, SAMANTHA; pseudonym of Maggie Webb (chron.)

* *Amy (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-01118-3, Jan 2000, £3.99, 158pp, pb) Dark fantasy novel of Hallowe’en vengeance.
* *The Bogle (Scholastic UK 0-439-01485-9, Nov 2000, £3.99, 252pp, pb) Young-adult dark fantasy novel. A “Point Horror Unleashed” title.
LEE, SHARON (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Partners in Necessity (with Steve Miller) (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-01-0, Feb 2000, $16.00, 850pp, tp, cover by Michael Herring) [Liaden] Omnibus of three SF adventure novels of the “Liaden” universe: Conflict of Honors (1988), Agent of Change (1988), and Carpe Diem (1989). A scene previously edited out of Conflict of Honors has been restored. Introduction by Anne McCaffrey. A hardcover edition (-10-X, $50.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Meisha Merlin Publishing, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031; [www.MeishaMerlin.com]; add $6.00 postage. (Contents)
LEE, STAN(ley R.), ed. [born Stanley Leiber] (1922- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *X-Men Legends (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-17082-9, Jun 2000, $12.00, 261pp, tp, cover by Vince Evans) [X-Men] Original anthology of 13 stories based on the comic books. Illustrations by Mike Zeck. Packaged by BP Books. Copyrighted by Marvel Entertainment Group. (Contents)
LEE, TANITH; [i.e., Tanith Lee Kaiine] (1947- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Law of the Wolf Tower (Hodder Silver 0-340-77828-8, Jan 2000, £4.99, 233pp, tp, cover by Haydn Cornner) [Claidi Journals] Reissue (Hodder Children’s Books 1998) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume one in a new series.
* *The Secret Books of Venus I & II (SFBC #05797, Dec ’99, $14.98, 426pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Secret Books of Venus] Omnibus of two dark fantasy novels set in an alternate 18th-century Venice: Faces Under Water (1998) and Saint Fire (1999). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-0699-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
* *White as Snow (Tor 0-312-86993-2, Dec 2000, $23.95, 319pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Fairy-tale retelling of “Snow White”. Introduction by “Fairy Tale Series” editor Terri Windling.
* *Wolf Star Rise (Hodder Silver 0-340-74647-5, Jan 2000, £4.99, 197pp, tp, cover by Haydn Corner) [Claidi Journals] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Wolf Tower” series.
* +Wolf Tower (Penguin/Dutton Children’s Books 0-525-46394-1, May 2000, $15.99, 223pp, hc, cover by Victor Lee) [Claidi Journals] Young-adult fantasy, Book I of “The Claidi Journals”. An orphaned teen serves a cruel royal family. First US edition (Hodder Children’s Books 1998 as The Law of the Wolf Tower).
LEEDS, MARC, ed. (chron.)

* *Kurt Vonnegut: Images and Representations (with Peter J. Reed) (Greenwood Press 0-313-30975-2, Jun 2000, $55.00, 198pp, hc) Non-fiction compilation of 16 critical essays on Vonnegut’s use of images in his works, and visual representations Vonnegut’s works in various media, plus a selected bibliography and index. There is a foreword by Vonnegut, and an introduction by the editors. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [Vonnegut]
LE FAY, M. MALEFICA GRENDELWOLF PENDRAGON; see under Pendragon, Michael M. (stories) (chron.)
LE GUIN, URSULA K(roeber) (1929- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Left Hand of Darkness (Ace 0-441-00731-7, Jul 2000, $12.95, 304pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 1969) classic SF novel, winner of the Hugo and Nebula Award.
* _The Left Hand of Darkness (Ace 0-441-47812-3, Jul 2000, $6.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Alex Ebel) Reissue (Ace 1969) classic SF novel, winner of the Hugo and Nebula Award. 57th Printing.
* *More Tales of the Catwings (Puffin 0-14-130531-2, Nov 2000, £4.99, 90pp, tp) [Catwings] Young-adult omnibus of two “Catwings” books: Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings (1994) and Jane on Her Own (1999). Illustrated by S.D. Schindler. (Contents)
* _Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28873-3, Apr 2000, $6.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Ian Miller & John Jude Palencar) [Earthsea] Reissue (Atheneum 1990) Nebula Award-winning YA fantasy novel, fourth in the “Earthsea” series. Tenth printing.
* *The Telling (Harcourt 0-15-100567-2, Sep 2000, $24.00, 264pp, hc) [League of All Worlds] SF novel in the “Hainish” cycle. An Observer for the Ekumen visits a world where old beliefs have been banned.
* _The Telling (SFBC #15258, Oct 2000, $11.98, 264pp, hc) [League of All Worlds] Reprint (Harcourt 2000) SF novel in the “Hainish” cycle. This is similar to the Harcourt edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _The Wind’s Twelve Quarters (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07139-7, Oct 2000, £9.99, xiv+303pp, tp) Reprint (Harper & Row 1975) SF collection of 17 stories published during the first 10 years of Le Guin’s SF career, including Hugo and Nebula award winners. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.
LEIBER, FRITZ (Reuter, Jr.) (1910-1992) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Big Time (Tor 0-312-89079-6, Apr 2000, $21.95, 128pp, hc) [Change War] Reprint (Ace 1961) Hugo-winning SF short novel in the “Change War” series.
* _Farewell to Lankhmar (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-850-7, Feb 2000, £6.99, 361pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reprint (Morrow 1988 as The Knight and Knave of Swords) final collection of four stories (one novel-length) in the “Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser” series.
* _Lankhmar: Tales of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Volume 1 (White Wolf 1-56504-874-1, Aug 2000, $6.50, pb, cover by Mike Mignola) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reprint (White Wolf 1995 as part of Ill Met in Lankhmar) collection of six stories in the “Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser” series, originally collected in Swords Against Death, with two stories from Swords and Deviltry. Copyrighted by White Wolf. (Contents)
* _The Wanderer (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07112-5, Jun 2000, £9.99, 346pp, tp) Reprint (Ballantine 1964) Hugo-winning SF novel of worldwide disaster caused by a travelling planet stopping to refuel in our solar system. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”
LEITH, VALERY; pseudonym of Tricia Sullivan, (1968- ) (chron.)

* _The Company of Glass (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-857-4, May 2000, £6.99, 397pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Everien] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1999) fantasy novel, first in the “Everien” trilogy. Leith is a pseudonym for Tricia Sullivan.
* _The Company of Glass (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57899-5, Jun 2000, $5.99, 523pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Everien] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1999) fantasy novel, the first book of “Everien”. Leith is a pen name for Tricia Sullivan.
* *The Riddled Night (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37939-9, Aug 2000, $13.95, 509pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) [Everien] Fantasy novel, the second book of “Everien”. Leith is a pen name for Tricia Sullivan.
* _The Riddled Night (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07075-7, Dec 2000, £10.99, 516pp, tp, cover by Blacksheep) [Everien] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2000) fantasy novel, the second book of “Everien” after The Company of Glass. Leith is a pseudonym of Tricia Sullivan. A hardcover edition (-07074-9, £16.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
LEMING, RON L. (1950- ) (chron.)

* _The Gutbucket Quest (with Piers Anthony) See entry under Piers Anthony.
LEONARD, PAUL (1961- ) (chron.)

* *Doctor Who: Turing Test (BBC Books 0-563-53806-6, Oct 2000, £5.99, 244pp, pb) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 39 of the BBC “New Adventures” series, its characters include code-breaker Alan Turing and novelist/spy Graham Greene.
LERANGIS, PETER (1955- ) (chron.)

* *The Sixth Sense (Scholastic 0-439-20163-2, Mar 2000, $5.99, 170pp, pb) Young-adult novelization based on the movie about a boy who sees ghosts, with eight unpaginated pages of color stills. The author is not credited except for his last name on the spine, and an author biography; the front cover and title page read “M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense”. An unpaginated 14-page interview with director Shyamalan is included. Copyrighted by Spyglass Entertainment Group.
LESSING, DORIS (May, née Taylor) (1919- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Ben, In the World (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-226195-2, Jun 2000, £16.99, 178pp, hc) [Fifth Child] SF novel, sequel to The Fifth Child.
* +Ben, In the World (HarperCollins 0-06-019628-9, Aug 2000, $23.00, 178pp, hc, cover by Andrzej Dudzinski) [Fifth Child] SF novel, sequel to The Fifth Child. First US edition (HarperFlamingo UK 6/00).
* _Mara and Dann (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-655083-5, Apr 2000, £6.99, viii+407pp, tp) [Mara and Dann] Reprint (HarperFlamingo 1999) SF novel in which the North is colder than ever, and the South unbearably hot.
LETHEM, JONATHAN (Allen) (1964- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Kafka Americana (with Carter Scholz) (Subterranean Press 1-892284-43-X, Dec ’99, $40.00, 100pp, hc, cover by Perry Hoberman) Collection of five stories, one by the authors writing together, and two each written separately. This is a signed limited edition of 600; a lettered edition of 26 is also available (-44-8, $100.00). Order from Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; www.subterraneanpress.com (Contents)
* _Motherless Brooklyn (Random House/Vintage 0-375-72483-4, Oct 2000, $13.00, 311pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1999) associational detective novel. Winner of the 1999 National Book Critics Circle Award.
LEVINE, GAIL CARSON (chron.)

* _Ella Enchanted (Collins 0-00-675548-8, Sep 2000, £3.99, 259pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Ella Enchanted] Reprint (HarperCollins 1997) humorous young-adult fantasy novel. A fairy’s gift turns out to be a curse for a princess forced to be always obedient. [First U.K. edition]
* *The Wish (HarperCollins 0-06-027900-1, May 2000, $15.95, 197pp, hc, cover by Patrick Faricy) Young-adult contemporary fantasy novel. An old woman grants a girl’s wish to be the most popular in her school.

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