The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

Books, Listed by Author

LEVINSON, [Dr.] PAUL (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Silk Code (Tor 0-812-56775-7, Nov 2000, $6.99, 308pp, pb) [*Phil D’Amato] Reprint (Tor 1999) SF mystery novel featuring forensic detective Phil D’Amato. Winner of the Locus Award for Best First Novel.

LEVITIN, SONIA (chron.)

• * _The Cure (HarperTrophy 0-380-73298-X, Sep 2000, $4.59, 260pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Silver Whistle 1999) young-adult SF novel.

LEVY, ROGER (chron.)

• * *Reckless Sleep (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06899-X, Feb 2000, £10.99, 345pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Reckless Sleep] SF novel. In a collapsing far-future Britain, the population is entertained by increasingly perfect virtual realities, tested by psychic soldiers. A first novel. A hardcover edition (-06898-1, £16.99) was announced but not seen.

LEWIS, ANTHONY R(ichard) “TONY”; (1941- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Concordance to Cordwainer Smith, Third Edition (NESFA Press 1-886778-25-6, Sep 2000, $13.00, 189pp, tp) Non-fiction guide to Smith’s works, expanded and updated from earlier editions, and adding an annotated timeline of the Instrumentality. Order from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701; [www.nesfa.org/press]; add $2.00 postage. [Smith]

LEWIS, C(live) S(taples) (1898-1963) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Horse and His Boy (HarperCollins 0-06-440940-6, Sep 2000, $7.95, 224pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1954) young-adult fantasy novel, book three in the “Narnia” series. This is a special edition celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; it has the new color illustrations by Pauline Baynes from the HarperCollins UK 1991 special deluxe edition.
• * _The Last Battle (HarperCollins 0-06-440941-4, Sep 2000, $7.95, 211pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reprint (Bodley Head 1956) young-adult fantasy novel, book seven in the “Narnia” series. This is a special edition celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; it has the new color illustrations by Pauline Baynes from the HarperCollins UK 1991 special deluxe edition.
• * _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (HarperCollins 0-06-440942-2, Sep 2000, $7.95, 189pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1950) young-adult fantasy novel, book two in the “Narnia” series. This is a “50 Years” anniversary edition; it has the color illustrations by Pauline Baynes from the HarperCollins UK 1991 special deluxe edition.
• * _The Magician’s Nephew (HarperCollins 0-06-440943-0, Sep 2000, $7.95, 202pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reprint (Bodley Head 1955) young-adult fantasy novel, book one in the “Narnia” series. This is a 50th anniversary edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; it has the color illustrations by Pauline Baynes from the HarperCollins UK 1991 special deluxe edition.
• * _Out of the Silent Planet (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-628165-6, Jun 2000, £6.99, 167pp, tp) [Cosmic] Reprint (John Lane 1938) SF novel, first in the “Cosmic Trilogy”.
• * _Out of the Silent Planet/Perelandra/That Hideous Strength (SFBC #17092, Oct 2000, $14.98, 724pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Craft) [Cosmic] Reprint (Bodley Head 1990) omnibus of the three novels in the classic SF/fantasy “Space” (or “Ransom” or “Cosmic”) trilogy. This follows the 1997 Quality Paperback Book Club edition; it has ISBN 0-7394-1146-2, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Perelandra (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-628166-4, Aug 2000, £6.99, 228pp, tp) [Cosmic] Reprint (John Lane 1943) SF novel, second in the “Cosmic Trilogy”.
• * _Prince Caspian (HarperCollins 0-06-440944-9, Sep 2000, $7.95, 223pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1951) young-adult fantasy novel, book four in the “Narnia” series. This is an anniversary edition celebrating 50 years of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; it has the new color illustrations by Pauline Baynes from the HarperCollins UK 1991 special deluxe edition.
• * _The Silver Chair (HarperCollins 0-06-440945-7, Sep 2000, $7.95, 243pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1953) young-adult fantasy novel, book six in the “Narnia” series. This special edition commemorates the 50th anniversary of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; it has the color illustrations by Pauline Baynes from the HarperCollins UK 1991 special deluxe edition.
• * _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (HarperCollins 0-06-440946-5, Sep 2000, $7.95, 248pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1952) young-adult fantasy novel, book five in the “Narnia” series. This special edition commemorates the 50th anniversary of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; it has the color illustrations by Pauline Baynes from the HarperCollins UK 1991 special deluxe edition.

LEWIS, D. F. (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Only Connect (with Gordon Lewis) (Cartref 0-9533797-0-1, 1998, £5.00, 139pp, tp) Original collection of “ten honestly strange and mostly ghostly tales” by D.F. Lewis in collaboration with his father Gordon. (Contents)

LEWIS, GORDON (stories) (chron.)

• * _Only Connect (with D. F. Lewis) See entry under D. F. Lewis

LEWIS, TONY; see under Lewis, Anthony R. (stories) (chron.)

LEWITT, SHARIANN (1954- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Rebel Sutra (Tor 0-312-86451-5, Sep 2000, $24.95, 351pp, hc, cover by Tristan Elwell) SF novel. An inbred, genetically modified elite controls the colony world of Maya.
• * _Rebel Sutra (SFBC #33045, Nov 2000, $12.50, 351pp, hc, cover by Tristan Elwell) 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.

LEWTON, J. V.; pseudonym of Stephen Gresham, (1947- ) (chron.)

• * _Just Pretend (Pinnacle 0-7860-1251-X, Sep 2000, $3.99, 241pp, pb) Reprint (Zebra/Z-Fave 1994) horror novel of a teen with visions of impending murders; originally published as young-adult. This is the first Pinnacle edition, with a new ISBN, but indicates second printing.

LIBERTSON, JOSEPH (1946- ); see pseudonym Joseph Glass (chron.)

LINDHOLM, MEGAN; [i.e., Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden] (1952- ); see pseudonym Robin Hobb (stories) (chron.)

LINDSKOLD, JANE M. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Lord Demon (with Roger Zelazny) See entry under Roger Zelazny.

LINEBARGER, PAUL M(yron) A(nthony) (1913-1966); see pseudonym Cordwainer Smith (stories) (chron.)

LINES, STEVE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dreams of a Diseased Mind (BJM Press, 2000, £3.50, 68pp, tp) Collection of 25 Cthulhu Mythos sonnets by the fictional poet Haydon Atwood Prescott. Details taken from Steve Lines’ website (which also includes the text of the poems). (Contents) [Not seen]

LISLE, HOLLY (1960- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Courage of Falcons (Warner Aspect 0-446-67397-8, Oct 2000, $12.95, 405pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino) [Secret Texts] Fantasy novel, third book of “The Secret Texts” trilogy.
• * _Diplomacy of Wolves (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-872-8, Jan 2000, £6.99, 406pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Secret Texts] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1998) fantasy novel. Book one of “The Secret Texts”.
• * _The Otherworld (with Mercedes R. Lackey & Mark Shepherd) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey
• * _Vengeance of Dragons (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06868-X, Jun 2000, £16.99, 379pp, hc, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Secret Texts] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1999) fantasy novel. Book 2 of “The Secret Texts”. A young woman fights her shapechanger nature to become a diplomat, only to have her family destroyed by treachery. A trade paperback edition (-06869-8, £10.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Vengeance of Dragons (Warner Aspect 0-446-60885-8, Oct 2000, $6.50, 441pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Secret Texts] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1999) fantasy novel, second book of “The Secret Texts” trilogy.
• * _Vengeance of Dragons (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-758-6, Dec 2000, £6.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Secret Texts] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1999) fantasy novel. Book Two of “The Secret Texts” after Diplomacy of Wolves.

LITTLE, BENTLEY (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Summoning (Pinnacle 0-7860-1312-5, Dec 2000, $5.99, 541pp, pb) Reprint (Zebra 1993) horror novel of an undead creature in a small Arizona town.
• * +The Town (Penguin/Signet 0-451-20015-2, May 2000, $6.99, 376pp, pb) Horror novel. A man returns to the small Arizona town of his youth only to find it haunted. This appears to be the first US edition (Headline 1997 as Guests).
• * *The Walking (Penguin/Signet 0-451-20174-4, Nov 2000, $6.99, 373pp, pb) Horror novel. PI Miles Huerdeen tracks strange deaths that spread from a small Southwestern town, followed by the walking dead heading for Wolf Canyon, AZ.

LITTLE, DENISE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Perchance to Dream (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-888-3, Apr 2000, $6.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Craft) Original anthology of 14 fantasy stories of dreams and dreamworlds. Authors include Diane Duane, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Peter Crowther. Introduction by Little. Greenberg is not mentioned, but this is copyrighted by Little and Tekno Books. (Contents)

LIVELY, PENELOPE (Margaret) (1933- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Revenge of Samuel Stokes (Mammoth 0-7497-0601-5, Sep ’99, £4.50, 122pp, pb, cover by Sarah Perkins) Reissue (Heinemann 1981) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Voyage of QV66 (Mammoth 0-7497-0360-1, Aug ’99, £4.50, 173pp, pb, cover by Sarah Perkins) Reprint (Heinemann 1978) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Whispering Knights (Mammoth 0-7497-0787-9, Nov ’99, £4.50, 160pp, pb, cover by Sarah Perkins) Reissue (Heinemann 1971) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy (Mammoth 0-7497-0786-0, Nov ’99, £4.50, 142pp, pb, cover by Sarah Perkins) Reissue (Heinemann 1971) young-adult fantasy novel.

LIVERAKOS, L. A. (chron.)

• * *Poltergeist: The Legacy: The Shadows Between (Ace 0-441-00703-1, Oct 2000, $5.99, 230pp, pb, cover by Craig White) [Poltergeist: The Legacy] Novelization, the third based on the TV show based on the movie. Packaged by Tekno Books; copyrighted by MGM Worldwide Television Productions.

LLAMAS, LIDIA (chron.)

• * _Countdown in Alaska (with Charles LoPinto) See entry under Charles LoPinto.

LLYWELYN, MORGAN (1937- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Earth is Made of Stardust (Wildside Press 1-58715-159-6, Oct 2000, $14.95, 167pp, tp) Original collection of 20 stories, seven reprints. Introduction by Marvin Kaye. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045. (Contents)
• * *Etruscans (with Michael Scott) (Tor 0-312-86627-5, Mar 2000, $24.95, 335pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) Historical fantasy of a half-demon born in the early Roman Empire.

LOCKE, JOHN (1632-1704) (chron.)

• * _The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps (with John Gunnison & Doug Ellis) See entry under Doug Ellis.

LOCKLEY, JOHN (chron.)

• * _After the Fire II: A Still Small Voice (Word Publishing UK 1-86024-075-5, 1999, £6.99, 480pp, pb, cover by Michael Setchell) [After the Fire] Reissue (Word Publishing 1996) SF novel. Second in a series about a worldwide plague, and its continuing effects on a small British community. Second printing. Published in 1999, but not seen until now.

LOFFICIER, JEAN-MARC (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *French Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Pulp Fiction (with Randy Lofficier) (McFarland 0-7864-0596-1, Jul 2000, $95.00, 787pp, hc, cover by Moebius) Non-fiction, reference. The full subtitle reads A Guide to Cinema, Television, Radio, Animation, Comic Books and Literature from the Middle Ages to the Present. Covers various media in French, including works from Belgium and Canada, focusing mainly on literature, with an extensive bibliographic dictionary of authors, lists of awards, and an index. Foreword by Stephen R. Bissette. Order from McFarland & Company, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; credit card orders 800-253-2187 or www.mcfarlandpub.com; add $4.00 postage.
• * _Moebius’ Arzach (with Randy Lofficier) See entry under Randy Lofficier.

LOFFICIER, RANDY (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _French Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Pulp Fiction (with Jean-Marc Lofficier) See entry under Jean-Marc Lofficier.
• * *Moebius’ Arzach (with Jean-Marc Lofficier) (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-0015-1, Aug 2000, $14.00, 291pp, tp, cover by Moebius) Novelization based on the comic book character created by Jean “Moebius” Giraud. Copyrighted by Starwatcher Graphics.

LOFTING, HUGH (John) (1886-1947) (chron.)

• * _The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (Penguin/Signet Classic 0-451-52769-0, Sep 2000, $4.95, 254pp, pb, cover by Edward Hicks) [Doctor Dolittle] Reprint (1922) Newbery Award-winning young-adult fantasy novel of a scientist who learns the languages of animals, second in the series. This includes a selected bibliography, and a new introduction by Jerry Griswold.

LOGSTON, ANNE (chron.)

• * _Guardian’s Key (Ace 0-441-00327-3, Jul 2000, $5.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Jeff Barson) [*Guardian’s Key] Reissue (Ace 1996) fantasy novel of a serving girl who travels to a magic keep where every door is an entrace to a new world. 2nd printing.

LOGUE, MARY (Louise) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * *Dancing with an Alien (HarperCollins 0-06-028318-1, May 2000, $14.95, 134pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Young-adult SF novel. An alien teen has to bring an Earth girl back to his dying planet for breeding purposes.

LONDON, JACK; [i.e., John Griffith London] (1876-1916) (chron.)

• * _Before Adam (University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books 0-8032-7993-0, Mar 2000, $12.00, 296 + xiii, tp, cover by Charles Livingston Bull) Reprint (Macmillan 1907) SF novel of a modern man terrorized by visions of a prehistoric life. This has an introduction by Dennis L. McKiernan, plus Loren Eisley’s epilogue from the 1962 Simon & Schuster edition, and two contemporary reviews of the first edition. Illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull. Order from University of Nebraska Press, 312 North 14th St., PO Box 880484, Lincoln NE 68588-0484; 800-755-1105.

LONG, JAMES (1949- ) (chron.)

• * _Ferney (Bantam 0-553-58141-4, Oct 2000, $6.50, 437pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1998) romantic time-travel fantasy novel.
• * *Knowing Max (HarperCollins UK 0-00-225701-7, Nov ’99, £9.99, 314pp, tp, cover by Stuart Haygarth) Literary novel with fantasy elements of time displacement.

LONG, JEFF(rey B.) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * _The Descent (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-929-5, Sep 2000, £6.99, 561pp, pb) [Descent] Reprint (Crown 1999) lost-race/world-beneath horror novel.

LoPINTO, CHARLES (1952- ) (chron.)

• * *Countdown in Alaska (with Lidia Llamas) (EnviroCrime Mysteries 0-9677441-3-X, Nov 2000, $11.95, 230pp, tp) Technothriller/mystery. FBI agent Sean Ryan of the Environmental Crime Unit and an EPA investigator stumble upon nuclear terrorists in Alaska. Order from EnviroCrime Publishers, 41 Travers Ave., Yonkers NY; 914-963-3695; e-mail [envirocrime@usa.com]; website [www.envirocrime.com].

LORD-WOLFF, PETER (chron.)

• * *The Silence in Heaven (Tor/Forge 0-312-86675-5, Feb 2000, $24.95, 384pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel of angels banished to Earth, and the vampires one accidentally creates. First in a trilogy.

LOVECRAFT, H(oward) P(hillips) (1890-1937) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Annotated Supernatural Horror in Literature (Hippocampus Press 0-9673215-0-6, Sep 2000, $15.00, 172pp, tp) Non-fiction. Lovecraft’s 1927 essay, a historical survey of horror (originally published as a book in 1945), is annotated in detail by S.T. Joshi, who also provides an introduction and a bibliography of authors and works discussed, including critical studies. Order from Hippocampus Press, PO Box 641, New York NY 10156; e-mail: [info@hippocampuspress.com]; add $3.50 postage.
• * *Lord of a Visible World: An Autobiography in Letters (Ohio University Press 0-8214-1332-5, Jul 2000, $49.95, 435 + xix, hc, cover by Gary Gore) Collection of letters, edited by David E. Schulz & S.T. Joshi, arranged to give a picture of Lovecraft’s life, along with autobiographical excerpts from essays by Lovecraft, and the full text of his 1933 “Some Notes on a Nonentity”. Includes a glossary of names, notes, bibliography, and index. A trade paperback edition (-1333-3) was announced but not seen ($24.95). Order from Ohio University Press, University of Chicago Distribution Center, 11030 South Langley Ave., Chicago IL 60628; 773-568-1550; fax 773-660-2235.

LOVEGROVE, JAMES (1965- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Foreigners (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06894-9, Sep 2000, £16.99, 421pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) SF novel. In return for their miraculous material Crystech, the mysterious Foreigners ask only to be sung to, until one of them is murdered, and their relationship with humanity seems doomed.

LOVISI, GARY (Anthony) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Gargoyle (Gryphon Books 1-58250-033-9, Nov 2000, $15.00, 155pp, tp, cover by Ron Turner) Science fantasy novel. In the far future, investigator Onman Quay seeks to uncover the secrets of the monstrous Gargoyle. Portions of this novel appeared previously in The Gargoyle, a chapbook collection (1988). Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228; add $1.00 postage.

LOWDER, CHRISTOPHER (A. J.) (1945- ); see pseudonym Jack Adrian (stories) (chron.)

LOWDER, JAMES, ed. (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Doom of Camelot (Green Knight Publishing 1-928999-09-3, Aug 2000, $14.95, 319pp, tp, cover by Marc Fishman) Original anthology of 16 Arthurian stories exploring the fall of Camelot. Authors include Cherith Baldry, Phyllis Ann Karr, and Mike Ashley. Order from Green Knight Publishing, 900 Murmansk St., Suite 5, Oakland CA 94607; [www.greenknight.com]. (Contents)

LOWENTROUT, CHRISTINE I. SMITH (1951- ); see pseudonym Sherwood Smith (stories) (chron.)

LOWRY, LOIS (1937- ) (chron.)

• * *Gathering Blue (Houghton Mifflin/Lorraine 0-618-05581-9, Sep 2000, $15.00, 215pp, hc) Young-adult post-holocaust SF novel. A handicapped orphan with a talent for weaving must fight for a place in her low-tech society.