The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

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MÓR, CAISEAL (stories) (chron.)

* _The Circle and the Cross: Book One of The Wanderers (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-671-03728-5, May 2000, £6.99, 536pp, pb, cover by Caiseal Mór) [Wanderers] Reprint (Arrow Australia 1995) fantasy novel. Book One in “The Wanderers” trilogy about the battle between Roman Christianity and paganism in Ancient Ireland. [First U.K. edition]
* _The Song of the Earth (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-671-03729-3, Jul 2000, £6.99, 533pp, pb, cover by Caiseal Mór) [Wanderers] Reprint (Arrow Australia 1996) fantasy novel, second in “The Wanderers” trilogy. A Roman Catholic bishop aims to corrupt the Druidic traditions in Ancient Ireland. [First U.K. edition]
* _The Water of Life (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-671-03730-7, Oct 2000, £6.99, iv+542pp, pb, cover by Caiseal Mór) [Wanderers] Reprint (Arrow Australia 1997) fantasy novel. Book three in “The Wanderers” trilogy based on Celtic myth. [First U.K. edition]
MOREIRA, SILVANA, ed. (chron.)

* *The Voyage/A Viagem (with António de Macedo) (Simetria Portugal 972-974-95-3-1, Sep 2000, no price, 156 + 164pp, tp, cover by João Cesário) Original anthology of 11 SF stories with a “voyage” theme, printed double format in both English and Portuguese. Authors include Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro, Daniel Tércio, and Manuel Seabra. (Contents)
MORGAN, RUPERT (chron.)

* *Let There Be Lite (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-04548-3, Mar 2000, £9.99, 350pp, tp, cover by John Alexander) Satirical SF novel of an alternate Earth. The Vice President of the United States of Atlantis adopts a scheme to end all crime, and George Bailey almost makes a deposit. A first novel.
MORGNER, IRMTRAUD (chron.)

* _The Life and Adventures of Trobadora Beatrice as Chronicled by Her Minstrel Laura (University of Nebraska Press 0-8032-8260-5, Jun 2000, $25.00, 492pp, tp) Feminist fantasy novel set in the early 1970s. Subtitled A Novel in Thirteen Books and Seven Intermezzos. Beatrice wakes after 800 years sleep, goes to East Germany, and quests for a unicorn with help from a half-dragon half-woman. Translated from the German Leben und Abenteuer der Trobadora Beatiz nach Zeugnissen ihrer Spielfrau Laura (Aufbau 1974) by Jeanette Clausen. Introduction by Clausen and Silke von der Emde.
MÖRING, MARCEL (chron.)

* *In Babylon (Morrow 0-688-17645-3, Apr 2000, $24.00, 417pp, hc, cover by Scott Kernan) Fantasy novel of a Dutch fairy-tale writer researching his family history with help from family ghosts. Translated from the Dutch (Meulenhoff 1997) by Stacey Knecht. First US edition (Flamingo UK 1999, not listed).
MORRILL, ROWENA (1944- ) (chron.)

* *The Art of Rowena (with Doris Vallejo) (Paper Tiger 1-85585-778-2, Oct 2000, £20.00, 112pp, hc, cover by Rowena Morrill) Art book, with text by Doris Vallejo. Foreword by Greg and Tim Hildebrandt. An index and a list of published works are included.
* +The Art of Rowena (with Doris Vallejo) (Sterling Publishing/Paper Tiger 1-85585-778-2, Feb 2001, $29.95, 112pp, hc, cover by Rowena Morrill) Art book. This is the Paper Tiger UK edition, distributed in the US by Sterling Publishing, 387 Park Ave. South, New York NY 10016-8810; 800-367-9692; website [www.sterlingpub.com].
MORRIS, ANTHONY (stories) (chron.)

* *Candlelight Ghost Stories (Enigmatic Press no ISBN, Apr ’99, £4.00, 53pp, ph, cover by Iain Maynard) Chapbook original collection of ghost stories. This has ISSN 1464-1461; it was published in 1999, but not seen until now. Enigmatic press, 1 Gibbs Field, Bishops Stortford, Herts CM23 4EY England; www.epress.force9.co.uk
MORRIS, GERALD (chron.)

* *The Savage Damsel and the Dwarf (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-97126-8, Apr 2000, $15.00, 213pp, hc) [*Squire’s Tale] Young-adult Arthurian novel, third in the series begun in The Squire’s Tale featuring Squire Terence and Sir Gawain. Lady Lynet seeks help for her besieged castle.
* _The Squire’s Tale (Random/Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22823-9, Jan 2000, $4.50, 212pp, pb, cover by Lou Beach) [*Squire’s Tale] Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1998) young-adult Arthurian novel. An orphan becomes squire to Sir Gawain at Camelot.
MORRIS, JONATHAN (chron.)

* *Doctor Who: Festival of Death (BBC Books 0-563-53803-1, Sep 2000, £5.99, 280pp, pb) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 34 of the BBC “Missing Adventures” series, featuring the 4th Doctor and Romana.
MORRISH, ROBERT, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween (with Richard T. Chizmar) See entry under Richard T. Chizmar
MORRISSEY, DEAN (chron.)

* *The Christmas Ship (HarperCollins 0-06-028575-3, Nov 2000, $16.95, 32pp, hc, cover by Dean Morrissey) Children’s picture book with story and art by Dean Morrissey, the third tale featuring Joey, who helps a troubled toymaker deliver toys for Santa.
MORROW, JAMES (Kenneth) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Eternal Footman (Harcourt/Harvest 0-15-601081-X, Oct 2000, $14.00, 359pp, tp, cover by Simon Ng) [Towing Jehovah] Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1999) satiric fantasy novel, third in the trilogy begun in Towing Jehovah.
* _This Is the Way the World Ends (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07101-X, May 2000, £9.99, 319pp, tp) Reprint (Henry Holt 1986) SF novel. Unborn souls put the survivors of global nuclear war on trial. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.
MORROW, WILLIAM C(hambers) (1853-1923) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Monster Maker and Other Stories (Seattle: Midnight House, 2000, $40.00, hc, cover by Allen Koszowski) Complete supernatural stories of this lesser known contemporary of Ambrose Bierce, edited with an introduction by S.T. Joshi and Stefan Dziemianowicz. (Contents) [ed: S. T. Joshi]
MORWOOD, PETER; [name legally changed from Robert Peter Smith] (1956- ) (chron.)

* _Star Trek: Rihannsu, Book 2: The Romulan Way (with Diane Duane) See entry under Diane Duane.
MOSCOE, MICHAEL (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Price of Peace (Ace 0-441-00695-7, Jan 2000, $5.99, 322pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [First Casualty] Military SF novel, sequel to The First Casualty. The war is over, so newly posted spaceship captain Izzy Umboto goes after pirates and slavers.
MOSLEY, WALTER (Ellis) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Blue Light (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-733-7, Sep 2000, £6.99, 296pp, tp, cover by Keenan) Reprint (Little, Brown 1998) fantasy/SF novel. The Blues, genetically altered victims of the blue light that struck Earth in the 1960s, must oppose one of their own - the Grey Man, semi-living embodiment of death.
MOULY, FRANÇOISE, ed. (chron.)

* _Little Lit: Folklore & Fairy Tale Funnies (with Art Spiegelman) See entry under Art Spiegelman.
MOZHEIKO, IGOR VSEVELODOVICH (1934-2003); see pseudonym Kirill Bulychev (chron.)
MUDDOCK, J(ames) E(dward) (1843-1934); see pseudonym Dick Donovan (stories) (chron.)
MUNBY, A(lan) N(oel) L(atimer) (1913-1974) (chron.)

* _The Alabaster Hand and Other Ghost Stories (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-83-4, Dec ’99, $49.95, 135pp, hc, cover by Rachel A. Crittenden) Reissue (Dobson 1949) collection. This second printing is a limited edition of 350.
MURPHY, PAT(rice Ann) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _There and Back Again: By Max Merriwell (SFBC #06572, Mar 2000, $12.50, 300pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Max Merriwell] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy/SF novel, supposedly written by Max Merriwell; a space-opera retelling of The Hobbit. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _There and Back Again: By Max Merriwell (Tor 0-812-54172-3, Oct 2000, $6.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Max Merriwell] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy/SF novel, supposedly written by Max Merriwell; a space-opera retelling of The Hobbit.
* *Wild Angel (Tor 0-312-86626-7, Aug 2000, $23.95, 287pp, hc, cover by Dean Williams) [Max Merriwell] Fantasy/SF novel of a female “Tarzan”, supposedly by Mary Maxwell, second in a series of novels written by “Max Merriwell” under various pen-names.
MURPHY, RITA (chron.)

* *Night Flying (Delacorte 0-385-32748-X, Nov 2000, $14.95, 129pp, hc, cover by Chris Sheban) Young-adult fantasy novel of a family whose females can fly, and one girl who questions their unforgiving rules.
MURPHY, SHIRLEY ROUSSEAU (1928- ) (chron.)

* *Cat Spitting Mad (HarperCollins 0-06-105098-9, Jan 2001, $23.00, 228pp, hc, cover by Mark Hess) [Joe Grey] Fantasy mystery novel, the sixth featuring talking cat Joe Grey. Joe has to clear a cop of murder.
* _Cat to the Dogs (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-105988-9, Oct 2000, $6.50, 286pp, pb, cover by Mark Hess) [Joe Grey] Reprint (HarperCollins 2000) fantasy mystery novel, the fifth featuring talking cat Joe Grey.
MURRAY, WILL(iam Patrick) (1953- ) (chron.)

* *Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Empyre (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-16816-6, Aug 2000, $6.50, 279pp, pb, cover by Joe Jusko) Novelization based on the Marvel comics. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia/BP Books; copyrighted by Marvel Characters.
NAGATA, LINDA (née Webb) (1960- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Vast (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06902-3, Mar 2000, £16.99, 359pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Deception Well] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1998) SF novel. Survivors of an ancient alien war travel on a giant spaceship to find their enemies’ homeworld. A sequel to Deception Well (1997), which is not yet published in the UK. [First U.K. edition]
NAPOLI, DONNA JO (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Beast (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-83589-2, Sep 2000, $17.00, 260pp, hc, cover by Rafal Olbinski) [Beauty and the Beast] Young-adult fantasy novel, telling the Beast’s side of “Beauty and the Beast”. A Persian prince who angers a fairy is cursed.
* _Sirena (Scholastic 0-590-38389-2, Sep 2000, $4.99, 210pp, pb, cover by Rafal Oblinski) Reprint (Scholastic 1998) young-adult fantasy novel.
NASIR, JAMIL (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Distance Haze (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57995-9, Mar 2000, $5.99, 278pp, pb) SF novel. An SF writer joins an institute with a mission to find God.
NAVARRO, YVONNE (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Paleo (Pocket 0-7434-0034-8, Sep 2000, $6.99, 257pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
* *DeadTimes (DarkTales Publications 0-9672029-5-7, Mar 2000, $24.99, 244pp, tp) Horror novel. A woman sells her soul to get nine extra lives. This is an on-demand book, available online at www.darktales.com, or from PO Box 675, Grandview MO 64030; add $4.00 shipping.
* *That’s Not My Name (Bantam 0-553-57750-6, Jun 2000, $6.50, 423pp, pb) Associational psychological thriller.
NAYLOR, PHYLLIS REYNOLDS (1933- ) (chron.)

* *Jade Green (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-82005-4, Feb 2000, $16.00, 168pp, hc, cover by Mark Elliott) Young-adult ghost story/gothic novel. An orphan brings a memento in the forbidden color green to her uncle’s house, triggering strange noises. This is copyrighted 1999, but not seen until now.
NEIDERMAN, ANDREW (1940- ); see also V. C. Andrews® (chron.)

* *Curse (Pocket Star 0-671-04172-X, Oct 2000, $6.99, 357pp, pb) Horror novel. A miserly landlord’s death is blamed on a woman who sells spells and charms out of her tailoring shop.
NELSON, KATHLEEN H. (chron.)

* *The Human Thing (Dragon Moon Press 1-896944-03-5, Jul ’99, $19.95, 275pp, hc, cover by Sans Talbot) SF novel of a space captain turned into a cyborg after she is injured in an explosion.
NESBIT, E(dith) (1858-1924) (stories) (chron.)

* *In the Dark (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-005-0, Jun 2000, C$56.00, xv+223pp, hc, cover by Richard Lamb) Collection of ghost and horror fiction, edited by Hugh Lamb, adding a further seven stories to the previous collection of the same title (Equation Chillers, 1988). This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $41.50 and in the UK for £26.00. (Contents)
* _The Magic City (North-South/SeaStar 1-58717-025-6, Aug 2000, $9.95, 211pp, tp, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) Reprint (Macmillan 1910) YA fantasy novel. Illustrated by H.R. Millar. A hardcover edition (-024-8, $14.95) is also available.
NEUGROSCHEL, JOACHIM, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *The Dybbuk and the Yiddish Imagination: A Haunted Reader (Syracuse University Press 0-8156-2872-2, Nov 2000, $24.95, 412pp, tp, cover by Fred Wellner) Anthology of 30 diverse literary items about the dybbuk, dating from 1602 to the present, including a new translation of S. Ansky’s play, The Dybbuk, folk tales, verse, and stories, some never previously translated into English. Translated by editor Neugroschel. A hardcover edition (-2871-4, $49.95) was announced but not seen. Order from Syracuse University Press, 1600 Jamesville Ave., Syracuse NY 13244-5160; orders 800-365-8929; add $4.00 shipping. (Contents)
NEVILLE, KATHERINE (1945- ) (chron.)

* _The Eight (Hodder Headline 0-7472-3229-6, Dec ’99, £7.99, 694pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [The Eight] Reissue (Ballantine 1989) fantasy novel.
NEWMAN, KIM (James) (1959- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* +Apocalypse Movies: End of the World Cinema (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-25369-9, Jan 2000, $16.95, 272pp, tp) Non-fiction, a critical (but fond) exploration of movies of doom as an expression of popular paranoid obsessions. Foreword by David J. Schow. Includes bibliography and index. First US edition (Titan UK 1999 as Millennium Movies).
* _Bad Dreams (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-671-01031-X, Aug ’99, £5.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Jan Miller) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1990) horror novel.
* _Dracula Cha Cha Cha: Anno Dracula 1959 (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-85183-0, May 2000, £16.99, 291pp, hc, cover by Ian Miller) [Dracula] Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1998 as Judgment of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959) alternate-history vampire novel, third in Newman’s “Anno Dracula” series. The Vampire King is “living” it up in Italian exile while secret agents battle. [First U.K. edition]
* _Life’s Lottery: A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Book (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-671-01597-4, Aug 2000, £7.99, 615pp, tp) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1999) associational novel(s) in which a man’s life is shaped by the reader’s choices.
* _The Night Mayor (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-671-01030-1, Aug ’99, £5.99, 186pp, pb, cover by Jan Miller) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1989) SF/horror novel.
* *Seven Stars (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-671-77338-0, May 2000, £6.99, 386pp, pb, cover by Ian Miller) Collection of five pulp/dark fantasy stories in various Newman series, plus the title novel, a multi-part story — constructed around Stoker’s novel, The Jewel of Seven Stars — which uses characters from all the Newman series and others. (Contents)
* *Unforgivable Stories (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-671-02221-0, Aug 2000, £6.99, 340pp, tp, cover by Ian Miller) Collection of 14 dark fantasy/alternate-world SF stories, including ones about Dracula, Hyde, Poe, and John Major. (Contents)
* *Where the Bodies are Buried (Alchemy Press/Airgedlámh Publications 0-9532260-2-6, Jun 2000, £17.50, 143pp, hc, cover by Sylvia Starshine) Collection of four related satirical horror stories. Introduction by Peter Atkins. Illustrated by Randy Broecker. This is a signed, limited edition of 500. Order from The Alchemy Press, 46 Oxford Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham B27 6DT, UK. (Contents)
NICHOLLS, STAN (stories) (chron.)

* *Orcs: First Blood: Book 3: Warriors of the Tempest (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07069-2, Nov 2000, £9.99, 280pp, tp, cover by Fangorn) [Orcs: First Blood] Fantasy novel, final in the trilogy.
* _Orcs: First Blood: Legion of Thunder (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-560-5, Sep 2000, £5.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Orcs: First Blood] Reprint (Gollancz 1999 as Orcs: First Blood: Book 2: Legion of Thunder) fantasy novel. Second in a series.
NICHOLS, ADAM (chron.)

* *The Songster (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-572-9, Apr 2000, £6.99, 488pp, pb) [Whiteblade Saga] Fantasy novel. Book two of “The Whiteblade Saga” after The Paladin.
NICHOLSON, SCOTT (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Thank You for the Flowers (Parkway Publishers 1-887905-24-3, Sep 2000, $14.95, 190pp, tp, cover by John Shamburger) Collection of 13 stories of horror and suspense, including the 1998 L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Gold Award winner. The author’s afterword tells how the stories came to be written. Order from Parkway Publishers, Box 3678, Boone NC 28607; website: [www.parkwaypublishers.com]; e-mail: [parkwaypub@hotmail.com]. (Contents)
NICHOLSON, WILLIAM V. (chron.)

* +The Wind Singer (Hyperion 0-7868-0569-2, Oct 2000, $17.99, 358pp, hc, cover by Peter Sis) [Wind on Fire] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in the “Wind on Fire” trilogy. Rebellious twins in a city with a repressive educational system are forced to make a quest for the long-lost device of the title. Illustrated by Peter Sis. A first novel by a noted screenwriter. First US edition (Egmont Publishers 2000).
NIELSEN HAYDEN, PATRICK, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _Alternate Skiffy (with Mike Resnick) See entry under Mike Resnick.
NILES, DOUGLAS (Allen) (1954- ) (chron.)

* *Circle at Center (Ace 0-441-00728-7, Jun 2000, $13.00, 390pp, tp, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Seven Circles] Fantasy novel, book one of the “Seven Circles” trilogy. Otherworldly druids facing disaffection look to Earth to find a champion.

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