The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

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NILES, DOUGLAS (Allen) (chron.) (continued)

* *Fox on the Rhine (with Michael Dobson) (Tor/Forge 0-312-86894-4, Jun 2000, $27.95, 397pp, hc, cover by Bill Villareal) Alternate military history of WWII. Hitler is assassinated in 1944, Himmler seizes power, and Patton faces Rommel in a very different Battle of the Bulge.
NIMMO, JENNY (1942- ) (chron.)

* _Emlyn’s Moon (Mammoth 0-7497-0140-4, Feb 2000, £4.99, 158pp, pb, cover by John Stuart) [Snow Spider] Reissue (Methuen 1987) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Snow Spider” trilogy.
* _The Snow Spider (Mammoth 0-7497-0831-X, Feb 2000, £4.99, 143pp, pb, cover by John Stuart) [Snow Spider] Reissue (Methuen 1986) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume one in the “Snow Spider” trilogy.
NIVEN, LARRY; [i.e., Laurence van Cott Niven] (1938- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Achilles’ Choice (with Steven Barnes) (Tor 0-812-51083-6, Nov 2000, $6.99, 249pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) Reissue (Tor 1991) SF novel. Third printing.
* *The Burning City (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (Pocket 0-671-03660-2, Mar 2000, $24.95, 486pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Mana; Burning City] Pre-historic Los Angeles fantasy, first in a duology.
* _The Burning City (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (SFBC #06081, Mar 2000, $12.50, 505pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Mana; Burning City] Reprint (Pocket 2000) pre-historic Los Angeles fantasy, first in a duology set in the universe of The Magic Goes Away. This is similar to the Pocket edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _The Burning City (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (Orbit 1-84149-006-7, Apr 2000, £17.99, xxii+486pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Mana; Burning City] Reprint (Pocket 2000) fantasy novel, first in a duology set in a magical, prehistoric version of Los Angeles in the world of Niven’s The Magic Goes Away. [First U.K. edition]
* _The Descent of Anansi (with Steven Barnes) (Tor 0-812-51292-8, Jun 2000, $6.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Howard Chaykin) Reissue (Tor 1982) SF novel. Fourth printing.
* _A Gift from Earth (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-078-7, Apr 2000, £5.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Known Space] Reissue (Ballantine 1968) SF novel, in the “Known Space” series.
* _The Mote in God’s Eye (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (Pocket 0-671-74192-6, Dec 2000, $6.99, 560pp, pb, cover by Lee MacLeod) [Mote] Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1974) SF novel; 31st printing.
* _N-Space (Tor 0-812-51001-1, May 2000, $7.99, 693pp, pb, cover by Dave Archer) Reissue (Tor 1990) collection of fiction and non-fiction. Fifth printing.
* _Rainbow Mars (Tor 0-812-56678-5, May 2000, $6.99, 369pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Hanville Svetz] Reprint (Tor 1999) SF time-travel fantasy omnibus/collection of the title novel plus five related “Svetz” stories previously collected as part of The Flight of the Horse.
* _Ringworld (SFBC #12454, Oct 2000, $9.98, 313pp, hc, cover by Paul Youll) [Ringworld] Reissue (Ballantine 1970) classic SF novel, winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. This has a new SFBC number and ISBN 0-7394-1301-5; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Saturn’s Race (with Steven Barnes) (Tor 0-312-86726-3, May 2000, $24.95, 317pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Near-future SF novel of a “perfect” society with a dark secret.
* _Saturn’s Race (with Steven Barnes) (SFBC #10631, Jul 2000, $12.50, 317pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) 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.
* _World of Ptavvs (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-997-0, Apr 2000, £5.99, 188pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Known Space] Reissue (Ballantine 1966) SF novel.
NIX, GARTH (1963- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Seventh Tower: Aenir (Scholastic LucasBooks 0-439-17684-0, Jan 2001, $4.99, 233pp, tp, cover by Steve Rawlings) [Seventh Tower] Young-adult novel, third in a series of six. Tal and Milla search the spirit world of Aenir for the magical Codex. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
* *The Seventh Tower: Castle (Scholastic LucasBooks 0-439-17683-2, Sep 2000, $4.99, 215pp, tp, cover by Steve Rawlings) [Seventh Tower] Young-adult novel, second in a series of six. Tal returns to the Castle with the Icecarl warrior Milla. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
* *The Seventh Tower: The Fall (Scholastic LucasBooks 0-439-17682-4, Jun 2000, $4.99, 195pp, tp) [Seventh Tower] Young-adult novel set in the “Castle” world, the first of in a series of six. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
* _The Seventh Tower: The Fall (Scholastic LucasBooks 0-439-17682-4, Sep 2000, $4.99, 195pp, tp, cover by Steve Rawlings) [Seventh Tower] Reissue (Scholastic 2000) young-adult novel set in the “Castle” world, the first of in a series of six. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. Second printing.
NOLAN, JAMES S., ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _Technology in American Literature (with Kathleen N. Monahan) See entry under Kathleen N. Monahan
NOLAN, WILLIAM F(rancis) (1928- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Helltracks (CD Publications 1-881475-83-2, Jul 2000, $40.00, 328pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Reprint (Avon 1991) dark fantasy novel, rewritten and copyrighted 2000. There is a new introduction by Richard Matheson. Order from Cemetery Dance Publications, PO Box 943, Abingdon MD 21009; email: [Cdancepub@aol.com]; website [www.cemeterydance.com].
NOON, JEFF (1957- ) (chron.)

* _Automated Alice (Transworld/Anchor UK 0-552-99905-9, Nov 2000, £6.99, 252pp, tp) [Alice] Reprint (Crown 1996) literary fantasy novel, illustrated by Harry Trumbore.
* *Needle in the Groove (Transworld/Anchor UK 1-862-30091-7, May 2000, £9.99, 287pp, tp) Avant-regard mainstream novel set across the pop music culture from the 50s to now. Issued simultaneously with a CD of the same name, remixing concepts from the novel.
* _Nymphomation (Transworld/Anchor UK 0-552-99906-7, Nov 2000, £6.99, 363pp, tp) [Vurt] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1997) SF novel in the “Vurt” series.
* _Pixel Juice (Transworld/Anchor UK 1-862-30088-7, May 2000, £6.99, 350pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1998) original collection of almost 50 pieces, including several in the “Vurt” cycle.
NOONAN, ROSALIND (chron.)

* *Charmed: Whispers from the Past (Pocket Pulse 0-671-04165-7, Jun 2000, $5.99, 179pp, pb) [Charmed] Young-adult novelization, the fourth based on the TV show about three witches. Copyrighted by Spelling Television.
NORMAN, LISANNE (stories) (chron.)

* _Fire Margins (DAW 0-88677-718-6, Jun 2000, $6.99, 646pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Sholan Alliance] Reissue (DAW 1996) SF novel, third in the “Sholan Alliance” series. Fourth printing.
* _Fortune’s Wheel (DAW 0-88677-675-9, Jun 2000, $6.99, 646pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Sholan Alliance] Reissue (DAW 1995) SF novel, second in the “Sholan Alliance” series. Third printing.
* *Stronghold Rising (DAW 0-88677-898-0, Jun 2000, $6.99, 722pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Sholan Alliance] SF novel, sixth in the “Sholan Alliance” series.
NORTON, ALICE MARY; see under Norton, Andre (stories) (chron.)
NORTON, ANDRE; [born Alice Mary Norton] (1912-2005); formerly Alice Mary Norton (stories) (chron.)

* _Echoes in Time (with Sherwood Smith) (Tor 0-812-55274-1, Jul 2000, $5.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Time Traders] Reprint (Tor 1999) SF novel in Norton’s “Time Traders” series.
* _The Shadow of Albion (with Rosemary Edghill) (Tor 0-812-54539-7, Feb 2000, $6.99, 399pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) [Shadow of Albion] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy alternate-historical Napoleonic adventure novel.
* *Time Traders (Baen 0-671-31952-3, Nov 2000, $24.00, 370pp, hc, cover by Carol Russo) [Time Traders] SF omnibus of the first two novels in the “Time Traders” or “Ross Murdock” series: The Time Traders (1958) and Galactic Derelict (1959). (Contents)
* *To the King a Daughter (with Sasha Miller) (Tor 0-312-87336-0, Sep 2000, $23.95, 320pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan] Fantasy novel. A witch raises the prophesied Daughter of Ash in hiding from the Queen of Yew. Volume one of “The Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan”.
* *To the King a Daughter (with Sasha Miller) (SFBC #14141, Sep 2000, $11.98, 320pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan] Reprint (Tor 2000) fantasy novel, first in the “Oak” trilogy. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Wind in the Stone (SFBC 0-380-97602-1, Jan 2000, $11.50, 280pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Craft) Reprint (Avon Eos 1999) fantasy novel. This is similar to the Avon Eos edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Wind in the Stone (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-79556-6, Dec 2000, $6.50, 338pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Craft) Reprint (Avon Eos 1999) fantasy novel.
_____, ed. * _Four from the Witch World (Tor 0-812-51006-2, Aug 2000, $6.99, 275pp, pb, cover by Victoria Poyser) [Witch World] Reissue (Tor 1989) shared-world anthology. Second printing.
NORTON, MARY (1903-1992) (chron.)

* _Bed-Knob and Broomstick (Harcourt 0-15-202456-5, Sep 2000, $6.00, 227pp, tp, cover by Marla Frazee) Reprint (Dent 1957) young-adult fantasy novel. Illustrations by Erik Blegvad. A hardcover edition ($17.00, -202450-6) was announced but not seen.
NYE, JODY LYNN (1957- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Applied Mythology (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-21-5, Sep 2000, $20.00, 789pp, tp, cover by Don Maitz) [Mythology] Omnibus of three fantasy novels in the “Mythology” series: Mythology 101 (1990), Mythology Abroad (1991), and Higher Mythology (1993). Introduction by Diane Duane. There is a bibliography of Nye’s works, including non-fiction. A hardcover edition (-20-7, $40.00) was announced but not seen. Order online at [www.MeishaMerlin.com], or from Meisha Merlin, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031. (Contents)
* *The Grand Tour (Baen 0-671-57883-9, Aug 2000, $6.99, 467pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Dreamland] Fantasy novel, third in the “Dreamland” series. A Visitor from the Waking World becomes the unknowing target of an anti-Visitor conspiracy.
* _The Planet Pirates (with Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth N. Moon) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
NYLUND, ERIC S. (1964- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _A Signal Shattered (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-79294-X, Aug 2000, $6.99, 377pp, pb, cover by Amy Halperin) [Signal to Noise] Reprint (Avon Eos 1999) SF novel, sequel to Signal to Noise.
OAKES, DAVID A. (chron.)

* *Science and Destabilization in the Modern American Gothic: Lovecraft, Matheson, and King (Greenwood Press 0-313-31188-9, Jul 2000, $49.95, 144pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical examination of 20th-century American Gothic horror. Includes bibliography and index. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800.
O’BRIEN, GERRY (1954- ) (chron.)

* +Cleaning Up (Dufour/Colin Smythe 0-86140-416-5, Sep 2000, $9.95, 256pp, tp) [Borough] Humorous fantasy novel. A talking, megalomaniacal diamond gets involved in a heist. This is the Colin Smythe UK edition (not seen as of 8/12/00), with Dufour stickers. Order from Dufour Editions, Chester Springs PA 19425-0007; 610-458-5005; email: [Dufour8023@aol.com]; website: [http://go.to/Dufour].
O’CONNELL, JACK (1959- ) (chron.)

* _Word Made Flesh (HarperPerennial 0-06-109722-5, Jul 2000, $13.00, 326pp, tp, cover by Robert Stivers) Reprint (HarperFlamingo 1999) futuristic fantasy allegory/murder mystery.
ODOM, MEL(vin Lewis, III) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Angel: Redemption (Pocket Pulse 0-671-04146-0, Jun 2000, $5.99, 305pp, pb) [Angel] Novelization based on the TV series, a spin-off of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
* *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Revenant (Pocket Pulse 0-7434-0035-6, Jan 2001, $6.99, 386pp, pb, cover by John Vairo, Jr.) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
* *Forgotten Realms: The Sea Devil’s Eye (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-, May 2000, $7.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Don Maitz) [Forgotten Realms: Threat from the Sea] Novelization based on the role-playing games. Book three of “The Threat from the Sea”. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
* *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Mummy Dearest (Pocket Archway 0-671-04068-5, May 2000, $4.50, 161pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Young-adult novelization, 31st in the series based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions.
O’DONOHOE, NICK; [i.e., Nicholas Benjamin O’Donohoe] (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Gnomewrench in the Peopleworks (Ace 0-441-00760-0, Aug 2000, $6.50, 325pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Gnomewrench in the Dwarfworks] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Gnomewrench in the Dwarfworks. Gnome involvement at a furnace factory threatens a secret WWII military project.
OGDEN, MARGARET; see under Lindholm, Megan (stories) (chron.)
O’GREEN, JENNIFER MITCHELL ROBERSON; see under Roberson, Jennifer (chron.)
OLIPHANT, TRACY; see pseudonym Kate Jacoby (chron.) (assoc.)
OLSEN, LANCE (Martin) (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Freaknest (Wordcraft of Oregon 1-877655-35-X, Sep 2000, $12.00, 254pp, tp) SF novel of feral children in a Dickensian 2023 London. Order from Wordcraft of Oregon, PO Box 3235, La Grande OR 97850; www.oregontrail.net/˜wordcraft; price includes postage.
* *Sewing Shut My Eyes (FC2/Black Ice 1-57366-083-3, Mar 2000, $11.95, 143pp, tp, cover by Andi Olsen) Collection of nine surreal, darkly satiric stories. Illustrated by Andi Olsen. Order from Northwestern University Press, Chicago Distribution Center, 11030 South Langley Ave, Chicago IL 60628; 800-621-2736. (Contents)
OLSON, D. H., ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _Frost See entry under Donald Wandrei.
OLTION, JERRY (Brian) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Abandon in Place (Tor 0-312-87264-X, Nov 2000, $24.95, 365pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) SF novel. An expansion of the Nebula Award-winning story. A ghostly Saturn V rocket launches from Cape Canaveral, and then vanishes. NASA is shocked when the ghost launch occurs monthly, but lets a shuttle astronaut board the craft to find that reality becomes what you make of it. A first novel.
* *Star Trek: New Earth, Book 4: The Flaming Arrow (with Kathy Oltion) (Pocket 0-671-78562-1, Jul 2000, $6.50, 283pp, pb) [Star Trek: New Earth] Star Trek novelization. This includes the 12th and final chapter of Michael Jan Friedman’s serial novel, Star Trek: Starfleet: Year One. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
OLTION, KATHY (stories) (chron.)

* _Star Trek: New Earth, Book 4: The Flaming Arrow (with Jerry Oltion) See entry under Jerry Oltion.
O’NEILL, KEVIN (chron.)

* _The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, Vol. 1 (with Alan Moore) See entry under Alan Moore.
OPPEL, KENNETH (Kerry) (1967- ) (chron.)

* _Dead Water Zone (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-79219-1, Dec 2000, £3.99, 168pp, tp, cover by Ian Winstanley) Reprint (Kids Can Press 1992) young-adult SF novel.
* _Sunwing (Hodder Silver 0-340-75300-5, Apr 2000, £4.99, 279pp, tp) [Silverwing Saga] Reprint (HarperCollins Canada 1999) young-adult animal fantasy novel about bats. Sequel to Silverwing [First U.K. edition]
ORDOVER, JOHN J., ed. (chron.)

* _Star Trek: Strange New Worlds III (with Paula M. Block & Dean Wesley Smith) See entry under Dean Wesley Smith.
ORE, REBECCA (Brown); pseudonym of Rebecca Brown, (1948- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Outlaw School (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-79250-8, Nov 2000, $13.50, 310pp, tp, cover by Tom Canty) Near-future SF novel of a too-intelligent girl growing up in a dark future.
ORLOFF, ALVIN (chron.)

* *I Married an Earthling (Manic D Press 0-916397-64-5, Apr 2000, $13.95, 254pp, tp, cover by Maurice Vellekoop) Gay SF novel. An alien Earth Studies professor visits Earth, falling for a gay adolescent goth in San Francisco. A first novel.
O’SHAUGHNESSY, DARREN; see pseudonym Darren Shan (chron.)

* *Hell’s Horizon: The City: Book 2 (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-918-X, Feb 2000, £6.99, 456pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [The City] SF/fantasy alternate world novel, sequel to Ayuamarca: Procession of the Dead.
OSMUN, MARK HAZARD (chron.)

* *Marley’s Ghost (Twelfth Night Press 0-9673079-0-2, Sep 2000, $12.99, 317pp, tp, cover by Wendell Minor) [Christmas Carol] Fantasy/ghost novel, prequel to Dickens’s A Christmas Carol telling the story of the life (and afterlife) of Jacob Marley.
OWENS, EVERETT; pseudonym of Rob Thomas, (1965- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _The X-Files: Howlers (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648350-X, Sep ’99, £3.99, 124pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Reprint (HarperEntertainment 1999) SF/fantasy novelisation based on the Chris Carter series. Book 11 in the series. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film. [First U.K. edition]
* _X-Files: Regeneration (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648353-4, Mar 2000, £3.99, 135pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Reprint (HarperEntertainment 1999) young-adult novelization of the Chris Carter series. Book 14 in the series. [First U.K. edition]
* _X-Files: Regeneration (HarperEntertainment 0-06-106619-2, Sep 2000, $4.50, 120pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Reprint (HarperEntertainment 1999) young-adult novellazation based on the TV series, #14 in the series. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

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