The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

Books, Listed by Author

LU, ALVIN (1969- ) (chron.)

• * *The Hell Screens (Four Walls Eight Windows 1-56858-167-X, Nov 2000, $22.00, 195pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel. A Chinese American interested in murders past and present is beset by vengeful spirits in Taipei. A first novel.

LUCAS, GEORGE (Walton, Jr.) (1944- ) (chron.)

• * _Shadow Star (with Chris Claremont) See entry under Chris Claremont.

LUCENO, JAMES (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos (SFBC #15786, Oct 2000, $12.98, 480pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos] Omnibus of two novelizations in the series: Jedi Eclipse (2000) and Hero’s Trial (2000). Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-1298-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos II: Jedi Eclipse (Random House/Arrow/Lucasbooks 0-09-941024-9, Oct 2000, £5.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Rick Berry) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order] Novelization based on the Star Wars characters, the second of two parts. Simultaneous with the US (Ballantine Del Rey Lucasbooks) edition.
• * *Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos: Hero’s Trial (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-42860-9, Aug 2000, $6.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Rick Berry) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos] Star Wars novelization, book one of “Agents of Chaos”. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * *Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos: Hero’s Trial (Random House/Arrow Lucasbooks 0-09-940997-6, Aug 2000, £5.99, vi+352pp, pb, cover by Rick Berry) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos] Novelization based on the Star Wars characters; first in a two-part adventure. Simultaneous with the US (Ballantine Del Rey Lucasbooks) edition.
• * *Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos: Jedi Eclipse (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-42859-5, Oct 2000, $6.99, 348pp, pb) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos] Star Wars novelization, book two of “Agents of Chaos”. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.

LUIKEN, NICOLE; pseudonym of Nicole Luiken Humphrey (chron.)

• * *Violet Eyes (Pocket Pulse 0-7434-0077-1, Jan 2001, $5.99, 246pp, pb) [Violet Eyes] Young-adult SF novel. Two gifted teens with violet eyes discover they are the subjects of a secret experiment in genetic engineering. Luiken is a pen name for Nicole Luiken Humphrey, who also writes as N.M. Luiken.

LUMLEY, BRIAN (1937- ) (chron.)

• * *Necroscope: Defilers (Tor 0-312-87261-5, May 2000, $25.95, 446pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Necroscope: E-Branch] Vampire horror novel, second in the “E-Branch” trilogy in the “Necroscope” series.
• * _Necroscope: Defilers (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-79245-0, Sep 2000, £16.99, 220pp, hc) [Necroscope: E-Branch] Reprint (Tor 2000) vampire horror novel, second in the “E-Branch” trilogy in the “Necroscope” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Necroscope: Invaders (Tor 0-812-57552-0, May 2000, $6.99, 534pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Necroscope: E-Branch] Reprint (Tor 1999) vampire horror novel, first in the “E-Branch” trilogy in the “Necroscope” series.
• * _Titus Crow, Volume Three (Tor 0-312-86866-9, Oct 2000, $15.95, 380pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Titus Crow] Reprint (Tor 1997 as Titus Crow III) omnibus of the fifth and sixth novels in the Lovecraftian “Titus Crow” series, In the Moons of Borea (1979) and Elysia: The Coming of Cthulhu (1989).

LYNN, ELIZABETH A(nne) (1946- ) (chron.)

• * _The Dancers of Arun (Ace 0-441-00687-6, Jan 2000, $13.00, 245pp, tp, cover by Judy York) [Chronicles of Tornor] Reprint (Berkley 1979) fantasy novel, second in “The Chronicles of Tornor”.
• * _A Different Light (Ace 0-441-00790-2, Dec 2000, $5.99, 183pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) Reprint (Berkley 1978) fantasy novel.
• * _The Northern Girl (Ace 0-441-00727-9, May 2000, $14.00, 470pp, tp, cover by Judy York) [Chronicles of Tornor] Reprint (Berkley 1980) fantasy novel, third in “The Chronicles of Tornor”.

LYONS, STEVE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: Space Age (BBC Books 0-563-53800-7, May 2000, £5.99, vi+237pp, pb) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 34 of the BBC “New Adventures” series.

McAULEY, PAUL J. (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Ancients of Days (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-79297-4, May 2000, $6.99, 404pp, pb, cover by Gregory Bridges) [Confluence] Reprint (Gollancz 1998) SF novel. Book two of the “Confluence” trilogy.
• * _Confluence (SFBC #11320, Oct 2000, $14.98, 878pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Confluence] Omnibus of the three far-future SF novels in the “Confluence” trilogy: Child of the River (1997), Ancients of Days (1998), and Shrine of Stars (1999). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-1271-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *Making History (PS Publishing 1-902880-08-8, Apr 2000, £8.00, 74pp, tp, cover by David A. Hardy) [Quiet War] SF novella, chronologically the first of a series dealing with the aftermath of McAuley’s “Quiet War”. Introduction by Michael Swanwick. This is a signed limited edition of 300; a hardcover edition of 200 (-05-6) was announced but not seen. PS Publishing, 98 High Ash Drive, Leeds LS17 8RE, England.
• * *Making History (PS Publishing 1-902880-08-0, Apr 2000, $18.00, 74pp, tp, cover by David A. Hardy) [Quiet War] SF novella, chronologically the first of several dealing with the aftermath of McAuley’s “Quiet War”. This is a signed, limited edition of 300; a hardcover edition of 200 (-09-9) 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.
• * +Shrine of Stars (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-97517-3, Sep 2000, $18.00, 372pp, hc, cover by Gregory Bridges) [Confluence] SF novel. Book three of the “Confluence” trilogy. An exotic adventure set 10 million years in the future on a strange artifact peopled by even stranger characters. First US edition (Gollancz 1999).
• * _Shrine of Stars (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-981-3, Sep 2000, £6.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Confluence] Reprint (Gollancz 1999) SF novel. “The Third Book of Confluence”.

McCAFFREY, ANNE (Inez) (1926- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Acorna’s People (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-105983-8, Jul 2000, $6.99, 399pp, pb, cover by John Ennis) [Acorna] Reprint (HarperPrism 1999) SF novel based on a comic book idea by McCaffrey, third in the “Acorna the Unicorn Girl” series.
• * _Acorna’s People (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-54659-3, Jul 2000, £5.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Acorna] Reprint (HarperPrism 1999) SF novel based on a comic-book idea by McCaffrey. Third in the “Acorna the Unicorn Girl” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Acorna’s World (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-105095-4, Aug 2000, $24.00, 306pp, hc, cover by John Ennis) [Acorna] SF novel based on a comic book idea by McCaffrey, fourth in the “Acorna the Unicorn Girl” series.
• * _Acorna’s World (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (SFBC #12392, Aug 2000, $11.98, 306pp, hc, cover by John Ennis) [Acorna] Reprint (Eos 2000) SF novel based on a comic-book idea by McCaffrey, fourth in the “Acorna the Unicorn Girl” series. This is similar to the Eos edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Coelura (Tor 0-812-50297-3, Oct 2000, $5.99, 156pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) Reissue (Underwood-Miller 1983) short SF romance novel. Fifth printing.
• * _Generation Warriors (with Elizabeth N. Moon) (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-033-7, 1999, £5.99, 345pp, pb) [Planet Pirates] Reissue (Baen 1991) SF novel, third in the “Planet Pirates” series. Published in 1999, but not seen until now.
• * _Nimisha’s Ship (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43425-0, Jan 2000, $6.99, 361pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) Reprint (Bantam UK 1998) SF novel of a female starship designer stranded on a deadly planet. This includes an unpaginated, seven-page interview with McCaffrey.
• * _Pegasus in Flight (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36897-5, Apr 2000, $6.99, 293pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Daffyd op Owen; Talents] Reissue (Del Rey 1990) SF novel, volume two in the “Talents” series. 13th printing.
• * *Pegasus in Space (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43466-8, Apr 2000, $25.00, 373pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Talents] SF novel, third in the “Talents” series. Talents protect a vital space station from sabotage.
• * *Pegasus in Space (Bantam UK 0-593-04327-8, Apr 2000, £16.99, 427pp, hc, cover by Paul Young) [Talents] SF novel, third in the “Talents” series after To Ride Pegasus and Pegasus in Flight. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
• * _Pegasus in Space (SFBC #06998, May 2000, $12.50, 350pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Talents] Reprint (Del Rey 2000) SF novel, third in the “Talents” series. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Pegasus in Space (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14630-7, Dec 2000, £5.99, 520pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Talents] Reprint (Del Rey; Bantam UK 2000) SF novel, third in the “Talents” series.
• * _The Planet Pirates (with Elizabeth N. Moon & Jody Lynn Nye) (Baen 0-671-31962-0, Dec 2000, $26.00, 890pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Planet Pirates] Reprint (Baen 1993) omnibus of three novels: Sassinak by McCaffrey & Moon (1990), The Death of Sleep by McCaffrey & Nye (1990), and Generation Warriors by McCaffrey & Moon (1992). Copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
• * _The Tower and the Hive (Ace 0-441-00720-1, May 2000, $6.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Tower and the Hive] Reprint (Ace 1999) SF novel in the “Rowan” series.
• * _The Tower and the Hive (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14629-3, May 2000, £5.99, 396pp, pb) [Tower and the Hive] Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1999) SF novel. Last in “The Tower and the Hive” quintet after The Rowan, Damia, Damia’s Children and Lyon’s Pride.
• * _The Wings of Pegasus (SFBC #17187, May 2000, $12.98, 446pp, hc, cover by Dean Morrissey) [Daffyd op Owen; Talents] Reissue (SFBC 1991) SF omnibus of one collection and one novel in the “Talents” series: To Ride Pegasus (1973) and Pegasus in Flight (1990). No printing indicator is given; this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

McCARTEN, ANTHONY (chron.)

• * _Spinners (Picador 0-330-39048-1, Apr 2000, £6.99, 263pp, tp, cover by Craig Hopson) Reprint (Vintage New Zealand 1998) literary SF novel about alien abductions.

McCARTHY, WIL(liam Terence) (1966- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Bloom (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-856-6, May 2000, £6.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Del Rey 1998) SF novel.
• * *The Collapsium (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40856-X, Aug 2000, $24.95, 325pp, hc, cover by David Stevenson & Heather Kern) [Monarchs of Sol] Hard SF novel of manners set in a solar system ruled by a queen.
• * _The Collapsium (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06893-0, Sep 2000, £10.99, 325pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Monarchs of Sol] Reprint (Del Rey 2000) hard SF novel of manners set in a solar system ruled by a queen. A hardcover edition (-06892-2, £16.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]

McCAUGHREAN, GERALDINE (1951- ) (chron.)

• * +The Stones Are Hatching (HarperCollins 0-06-028765-9, May 2000, $15.95, 230pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult fantasy. The world-eating Stoor Worm awakens after centuries of sleep. First US edition (Oxford University Press 1999).

McCLOUD, SCOTT (chron.)

• * *Reinventing Comics (HarperPerennial 0-06-095350-0, Oct 2000, $22.95, 250pp, tp, cover by Scott McCloud) Art book. An exploration of comics in graphic form, this follow-up to Understanding Comics looks at the state of the art and industry, and explores future possibilities, including online delivery and digital art.

McCONNELL, ASHLEY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Stargate SG-1: The First Amendment (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45777-3, Mar 2000, $5.99, 190pp, pb) [Stargate SG-1] Novelization based on the TV series based on the film, third in the series. Copyrighted by MGM Worldwide Television Productions.
• * _Stargate SG.1: The Price You Pay (Macmillan/Channel 4 Books 0-7522-1868-9, Sep ’99, £4.99, 199pp, pb) [Stargate SG-1] Reprint (Roc 1999) novelization based on the TV series based on the film, second in the new series. Copyrighted by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. [First U.K. edition]

McCORMACK, PATRICK (chron.)

• * _Albion: The Last Companion (Robinson 1-85487-412-8, May 2000, £7.99, 470pp, tp) [Albion] Reprint (Raven 1997) Arthurian fantasy novel. Volume one in the “Albion” series.
• * *Albion: The White Phantom (Robinson 1-84119-051-9, May 2000, £7.99, 454pp, tp) [Albion] Arthurian fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Albion” series.

McCUNIFF, MARA (chron.)

• * _The Vampire Memoirs (with Traci Briery) (Pinnacle 0-7860-1124-6, Jun 2000, $5.99, 425pp, pb) [Vampire Memoirs] Reissue (Zebra 1991 as by Traci Briery) vampire novel, the “memoirs” of Mara McCuniff. This says “First Pinnacle printing” but indicates second printing.

McDEVITT, JACK; [i.e., John Charles McDevitt] (1935- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Hello Out There (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-23-1, Aug 2000, $20.00, 669pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Omnibus of two SF novels: The Hercules Text (1986) and A Talent For War (1989). The Hercules Text has been significantly rewritten and updated; McDevitt discusses the alterations in his foreword. Introduction by James Patrick Kelly. A hardcover edition (-22-3, $40.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Meisha Merlin, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031; [www.MeishaMerlin.com]. (Contents)
• * *Infinity Beach (HarperPrism 0-06-105123-3, Feb 2000, $24.00, 435pp, hc, cover by Craig Attebery) SF novel. The search for non-terrestrial life continues even after nine worlds have been settled by Earth colonists.
• * _Infinity Beach (SFBC #19950, Feb 2000, $12.50, 435pp, hc, cover by Craig Attebery) Reprint (HarperPrism 2000) SF novel. This is similar to the HarperPrism edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Slow Lightning (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224735-6, Mar 2000, £10.99, 435pp, tp) Reprint (HarperPrism 2000 as Infinity Beach) SF novel. Humanity believes itself to be alone in the universe. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Slow Lightning (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648396-8, Sep 2000, £6.99, 540pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism 2000 as Infinity Beach) SF novel of alien non-contact. With nine worlds colonised, humanity knows itself to be alone in the universe. It is wrong.

McDEVITT, JOHN CHARLES; see under McDevitt, Jack (stories) (chron.)

MacDONALD, GEORGE (1824-1905) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Complete Fairy Tales (Penguin Classics 0-14-043737-1, 1999, $13.95, 354 + xxvi, tp, cover by Arthur Rackham) Reprint (Eerdmans 1996 as part of The Gifts of the Christ Child) collection of 11 stories, all of MacDonalds’s shorter fairy tales, arranged in chronological order as written, with section headings discussing MacDonald’s development of the fairy-tale form. Framing material to some of the stories (from previous book publication) has been restored, and two slightly abridged sections from At the Back of the North Wind added. There is a new introduction and notes by U.C. Knoepflmacher. This is an international edition dated 1999. (Contents)

McDONALD, IAN (Neil) (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Tendeléo’s Story (Firebird/PS Publishing 1-902880-12-9, Aug 2000, $14.00, 91pp, tp, cover by David A. Hardy) [Chaga] SF novella in the “Chaga” sequence. Introduction by Robert Silverberg. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a hardcover edition of 300 (-13-7, $40.00) also appeared. 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].
• * *Tendeléo’s Story (PS Publishing 1-902880-12-9, Aug 2000, £8.00, 91pp, tp, cover by David A. Hardy) [Chaga] SF novella in the “Chaga” sequence. Introduction by Robert Silverberg. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a hardcover edition of 300 (-13-7, £25.00) is also available. Available from PS Publishing, 98 High Ash Drive, Leeds LS17 8RE, UK; website: [www.editorial-services.co.uk/pspublishing].

MACDONALD, JAMES D(ouglas) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Circle of Magic: Danger in the Palace (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Circle of Magic: School of Wizardry (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Circle of Magic: Secret of the Tower (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Circle of Magic: The Wizard’s Statue (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict: Requiem for Boone (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.
• * _The Stars Asunder (with Debra Doyle) See entry under Debra Doyle.

McDONOUGH, THOMAS R(edmond) (1945- ) (chron.)

• * _The Architects of Hyperspace (iUniverse.com/Backinprint.com 0-595-00730-9, Oct 2000, $16.95, 265pp, tp) Reprint (Avon 1987) SF novel about the search for a lost alien civilization built around a neutron star. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.iuniverse.com], or write iUniverse.com, 620 North 48th St. Suite 201, Lincoln NE 68504-3467. McDonough’s website is [www.TomSpace.com].

MacEOIN, DENIS (1949- ); see pseudonyms Jonathan Aycliffe & Daniel Easterman (chron.)

McGRAW, CHARLES G. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Frost (with Mark Andrew Garland) See entry under Mark Andrew Garland.

McGREGOR, ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * _Second Sight (Pan 0-330-37210-6, Sep ’99, £6.99, 459pp, pb, cover by James Walker) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1999) occult novel.

MacGREGOR, ROB(ert R.) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * _Just/in Time (with Billy Dee Williams) See entry under Billy Dee Williams.
• * _PSI/Net (with Billy Dee Williams) See entry under Billy Dee Williams.

MacGREGOR, T(rish) J(aneshutz) [i.e., Patricia Marie Janeshutz MacGregor] (1947- ) (chron.)

• * _The Seventh Sense (Pinnacle 0-7860-1083-5, Mar 2000, $6.99, 350pp, pb) Reprint (Kensington 1999, not seen) mystery novel with psychic elements. An FBI agent develops ESP after an accident, and uses it to track her husband’s killer.