The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

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POPE, NICK (chron.) (continued)

* _Operation Thunder Child (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-684-85160-1, Oct 2000, £6.99, xii+292pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Operation Thunder Child] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1999) SF novel. First in a series.
POTTS, F. E. (stories) (chron.)

* *PDU-1 (ACS Publishing 0-9635210-4-7, Jun 2000, $19.95, 129pp, hc, cover by Anton Krajnc) Far-future SF novella. People have forgotten the world they live in is purely virtual, until their space-borne computer is endangered. Available from Pathway Book Service, 4 White Brook Road, Gilsum NH 03448; orders 800-345-6665.
POURNELLE, JERRY E(ugene) [Ph.D] (1933- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Burning City (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.
* _The Mote in God’s Eye (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.
POWELL, MEGAN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Nemeton / A Fables Anthology (Silver Lake Publishing, Oct 2000, vi+211pp, tp, cover by Megan Powell) (Contents)
POWERS, TIM(othy Thomas) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Declare (Subterranean Press 1-892284-79-0, Jun 2000, $75.00, 544pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Supernatural espionage novel set in 1963. This is a signed, limited edition of 474; a traycased, lettered edition of 26, each with a Powers original illustration, is also available.
POWLIK, JAMES (J.) (1966- ) (chron.)

* *Meltdown (Delacorte 0-385-33400-1, Nov 2000, $24.95, 335pp, hc) Technothriller of deadly radiation under the Arctic ice cap.
POZZESSERE, HEATHER GRAHAM (1953- ); see pseudonym Shannon Drake (chron.)
PRATCHETT, TERRY (David John) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Carpe Jugulum (HarperTorch 0-06-102039-7, Aug 2000, $6.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Carl D. Galian) [Discworld] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1998) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #23.
* _The Color of Magic (Harper 0-06-102071-0, Mar 2000, $3.99, 241pp, pb, cover by Ben Perrini) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1983) humorous fantasy novel, first in the “Discworld” series. This appears to be the first US edition to Americanize the spelling of “Colour” in the title.
* *Discworld Fools’ Guild Yearbook and Diary 2001 (with Stephen Briggs) (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07103-6, Aug 2000, £10.99, 127pp, hc) [Discworld] Humorous daybook based on Pratchett’s “Discworld”, supposedly the book issued to new students of the Fools’ Guild, with rules, history, rationale, warnings against being funny, and the like. Illustrated by Paul Kidby. Unpaginated.
* _Equal Rites (Harper 0-06-102069-9, Mar 2000, $3.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Ben Perrini) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1987) humorous fantasy novel, third in the “Discworld” series.
* _Eric (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-954-6, May 2000, £4.99, 155pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1990) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 9 in the “Discworld” series.
* +The Fifth Elephant (HarperPrism 0-061-05157-8, Apr 2000, $24.00, 336pp, hc) [Discworld] Humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #24. Members of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch travel to far Uberwald on a “diplomatic” mission. First US edition (Doubleday UK 11/99).
* _The Fifth Elephant (SFBC #20328, May 2000, $11.98, 321pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) [Discworld] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1999) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #24. This is similar to the HarperCollins edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _The Fifth Elephant (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14616-1, Nov 2000, £5.99, 460pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1999) humorous fantasy novel. Book 24 in the “Discworld” series.
* *The Gods Trilogy (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07036-6, Jul 2000, £16.99, 758pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Omnibus of three humorous fantasy novels in the “Discworld” series: Pyramids (1989); Small Gods (1992), and Hogfather (1996). (Contents)
* *Guards! Guards! (with Stephen Briggs & Graham Higgins) (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07071-4, Dec 2000, £9.99, 122pp, tp, cover by Graham Higgins) [Discworld] Graphic novel based on the 8th “Discworld” novel (Gollancz 1989). Adapted by Stephen Briggs, and illustrated by Graham Higgins. A hardcover edition (-06302-5, £16.99) is also available.
* _The Last Continent (HarperPrism 0-06-105907-2, Feb 2000, $6.50, 390pp, pb, cover by Ben Perrini) [Discworld] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1998) humorous fantasy novel, #22 in the “Discworld” series.
* _The Light Fantastic (Harper 0-06-102070-2, Mar 2000, $3.99, 241pp, pb, cover by Ben Perrini) [Discworld] Reprint (Colin Smythe 1985) fantasy novel, second in the “Discworld” series.
* _The Science of Discworld (with Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen) (Ebury Press 0-09-187477-7, May 2000, £6.99, 368pp, pb, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Reprint (Ebury Press 1999) associational humorous non-fiction using Pratchett’s Wizards as a springboard for a series of popular-science explanations. The cover design is credited to Nigel Partridge, but is the Kidby original.
* *The Truth (HarperCollins 0-380-97895-4, Nov 2000, $24.00, 324pp, hc) [Discworld] Humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #25. A journalist starts the first newspaper in Ankh-Morpork, and discovers the dangers of investigative reporting. Simultaneous with the UK edition.
* _The Truth (SFBC #05824, Nov 2000, $11.98, 274pp, hc) [Discworld] Reprint (HarperCollins 2000) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #25. A journalist starts the first newspaper in Ankh-Morpork. This is similar to the HarperCollins edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *The Truth (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60102-6, Nov 2000, £16.99, 319pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Humorous fantasy novel. Volume 25 in the “Discworld” series. William de Worde accidentally becomes editor of the first Discworld newspaper. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.
PRATT, (Murray) FLETCHER (1897-1956) (chron.)

* _The Compleat Enchanter (with L. Sprague de Camp) See entry under L. Sprague de Camp.
PREISS, BYRON (Cary) (1953-2005) (chron.)

* _Dragonworld (with J. Michael Reaves) (Pocket/ibooks 0-671-03907-5, Apr 2000, $18.00, 545pp, tp, cover by Joseph Zucker) Reprint (Bantam 1979) fantasy novel. Illustrated by Joseph Zucker. Copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
_____, ed. * _Are We Alone in the Cosmos? The Search for Alien Contact (with Ben Bova) See entry under Ben Bova.
PRESTON, DOUGLAS (1956- ) (chron.)

* *The Ice Limit (with Lincoln Child) (Warner 0-446-52587-1, Jun 2000, $25.95, 451pp, hc, cover by Franco Accornero) Thriller with SF elements. A meteorite discovered in Chile may not be what it seems.
* _Thunderhead (with Lincoln Child) (Warner 0-446-60837-8, Jul 2000, $7.50, 533pp, pb) [Relic] Reprint (Warner 1999) thriller with possible supernatural elements, featuring the journalist from Relic and Reliquary.
PREUSS, PAUL (F.) (1942- ) (chron.)

* _Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime 2 (Pocket/ibooks 0-671-03899-0, Jan 2000, $14.00, 282pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) [Venus Prime] Reprint (Avon 1988 as Arthur C. Clark’s Venus Prime, Volume 2: Maelstrom) SF novel, first in a series based on a concept by Clarke, whose afterword to the original is now the introduction. There is a new afterword by Preuss. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
* _Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime 3 (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-0001-1, May 2000, $14.00, 287pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) [Venus Prime] Reprint (Avon 1989 as Arthur C. Clark’s Venus Prime, Volume 3: Hide and Seek) SF novel, first in a series based on a concept by Clarke, whose afterword to the original is now the introduction. There is a new afterword by Preuss. There are 16 separately paginated pages of blueprints. Packaged and copyrighted 1989, 2000 by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
PRICE, SUSAN (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Elfgift (Scholastic/Point 0-439-01397-6, Apr 2000, £4.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Steve Kyte) [Elfgift] Reissue (Scholastic UK 1995) young-adult fantasy novel. First in a series.
* _Elfking (Scholastic/Point 0-439-01401-8, Apr 2000, £3.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Steve Kyte) [Elfgift] Reissue (Scholastic UK 1996) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Elfgift.
* _Foiling the Dragon (Scholastic/Point 0-439-01398-4, Apr 2000, £4.99, 260pp, pb, cover by Melvin Grant) Reissue (Scholastic UK 1994) humorous young-adult fantasy. A poet is kidnapped for a poetry-obsessed dragon.
* _The Sterkarm Handshake (Scholastic/Point 0-439-01408-5, Apr 2000, £5.99, 565pp, pb, cover by Mark Edwards) [Sterkarm] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1998) young-adult SF time-travel novel.
* +The Sterkarm Handshake (HarperCollins 0-06-028959-7, Aug 2000, $17.95, 438pp, hc, cover by Peter Bollinger) [Sterkarm] Young-adult time travel SF. Scientists studying medieval Scotland find a local tribe more trouble than they expected. First US edition (Scholastic UK 1998).
PRIEST, CHRISTOPHER (McKenzie) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Extremes (Warner Aspect 0-446-67645-4, May 2000, $12.95, 393pp, tp, cover by Rick Berry) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1998) near-future SF thriller of mass murders and virtual reality.
* *The Song of the Book (Birmingham Science Fiction Group no ISBN, Nov 2000, no price, 17pp, ph, cover by David A. Hardy) Original short article, with foreword and afterword by Rog Peyton, issued in a limited edition of 300 numbered copies, to coincide with Priest’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 30.
PRINCE, MAGGIE (chron.)

* _Memoirs of a Dangerous Alien (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-073-6, Mar 2000, £4.99, 180pp, tp, cover by blacksheep) [Memoirs of a Dangerous Alien] Reprint (Orion Children’s Books 1994) young-adult SF novel. First in a series.
PRONZINI, BILL; [i.e., William John Pronzini] (1943- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Night Freight (Leisure 0-8439-4706-3, May 2000, $5.50, 345pp, pb) Collection of 26 horror stories, one apparently original. (Contents)
PULLINGER, KATE (chron.)

* _Weird Sister (Orion/Phoenix 0-75381-064-6, Oct 2000, £6.99, 308pp, tp) Reprint (Phoenix House 1999) associational novel. The descendant of a woman condemned as a witch confronts the descendants of the family who condemned her.
PULLMAN, PHILIP (Nicholas) (1946- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Count Karlstein (Random House/Knopf 0-375-80348-3, Feb 2000, $4.99, 243pp, tp, cover by Kevin Hawkes) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1982) young-adult mock-gothic fantasy novel.
* *His Dark Materials (SFBC #20087, Nov 2000, $14.98, 740pp, hc, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [His Dark Materials] Omnibus of the young-adult fantasy trilogy: The Golden Compass (1995 as His Dark Materials 1: Northern Lights), The Subtle Knife (1997), and The Amber Spyglass (2000). This has ISBN 0-7394-1335-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
* _His Dark Materials 1: The Golden Compass (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41335-0, Oct 2000, $6.99, 351pp, pb) [His Dark Materials] Reissue (Scholastic UK 1995 as His Dark Materials: Northern Lights) young-adult alternate-world fantasy. 12th printing.
* _His Dark Materials 2: The Subtle Knife (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41336-9, Oct 2000, $6.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) [His Dark Materials] Reissue (Knopf 1997) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to the award-winning The Golden Compass. Eighth printing.
* *His Dark Materials 3: The Amber Spyglass (Random House/Knopf 0-679-87926-9, Oct 2000, $19.95, 518pp, hc, cover by Eric Rohmann) [His Dark Materials] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the trilogy. Lyra and Will travel through the underworld before getting caught in Lyra’s father’s battle against the Kingdom of Heaven.
* _His Dark Materials II: The Subtle Knife (Scholastic UK 0-439-99491-8, Nov 2000, £6.99, 341pp, tp) [His Dark Materials] Reissue (Knopf 1997) young-adult fantasy novel.
* _His Dark Materials III: The Amber Spyglass (Scholastic UK 0-590-54244-3, Nov 2000, £12.99, 548pp, hc, cover by David Scutt) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 2000) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
* +I Was a Rat! (Random House/Knopf 0-375-80176-6, Feb 2000, $15.95, 165pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. Cinderella’s page boy tries to survive as a human. First US edition (Doubleday UK 1999).
* _I Was a Rat!...or The Scarlet Slippers (Transworld/Corgi Yearling 0-440-86375-9, May 2000, £3.99, 175pp, tp, cover by Peter Bailey) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1999) young-adult satirical fantasy novel.
PYNCHON, THOMAS (Ruggles, Jr.) (1937- ) (chron.)

* _Gravity’s Rainbow (Penguin 0-14-018859-2, Jan 2000, $16.95, 760pp, tp) Reissue (Viking 1973) classic literary SF novel, 11th printing.
* _Gravity’s Rainbow (Penguin 0-14-028338-2, Jan 2000, $18.95, 776pp, tp) Reprint (Viking 1973) classic literary SF novel. This is a repackaged edition in the “Great Books of the 20th Century” series.
PYPER, ANDREW (1968- ) (chron.)

* +Lost Girls (Delacorte 0-385-33446-X, May 2000, $23.95, 388pp, hc) Gothic thriller. A lawyer investigates the disappearance of two young woman in a town with a haunted lake. A first novel. First US edition (HarperCollins Canada 1999).
* _Lost Girls (Macmillan UK 0-333-78602-5, May 2000, £12.00, 351pp, hc) Reprint (HarperCollins Canada 1999) ghost novel. A lawyer defends a teacher accused of killing two teenage girls whose bodies were never found. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]
QUILLER-COUCH, [Sir] ARTHUR T(homas) (1863-1944) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Horror on the Stair and Other Weird Tales (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-90-7, Feb 2000, C$58.00, xiii+263pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe) Collection of the finest of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch’s weird tales, edited by S.T. Joshi. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $42.50 and in the UK for £26.50. (Contents) [ed: S. T. Joshi]
QUIRK, TOM, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _Tales of Soldiers and Civilians and Other Stories See entry under Ambrose Bierce.
RABE, JEAN (Marie) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *DragonLance: Downfall (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1572-2, May 2000, $21.95, 378pp, hc, cover by Jerry Vanderstelt) [DragonLance: Dhamon Saga] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game, Volume One in “The Dhamon Saga”. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
RADFORD, IRENE (stories) (chron.)

* _Guardian of the Balance (DAW 0-88677-875-1, Mar 2000, $6.99, 594pp, pb, cover by Gordon Crabb) [*Merlin’s Descendants] Reprint (DAW 1999) Arthurian fantasy novel, first in the “Merlin’s Descendants” series.
* *Guardian of the Trust (DAW 0-88677-874-3, Mar 2000, $23.95, 462pp, hc, cover by Gordon Crabb) [*Merlin’s Descendants] Arthurian fantasy novel, second in the “Merlin’s Descendants” series. This includes the text of the Magna Carta of 1215, with notes discussing applications to the novel.
* *The Wizard’s Treasure (DAW 0-88677-913-8, Oct 2000, $6.99, 387pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Dragon Nimbus] Fantasy novel. Fourth in “The Dragon Nimbus” series.
RAIN, DAVID (C.) (1961- ); see pseudonym Tom Arden (chron.)
RALEIGH, RICHARD (chron.)

* _Shadows Bend (with David Barbour) See entry under David Barbour.
RANKIN, ROBERT (Fleming) (1949- ) (chron.)

* _Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14741-9, Oct 2000, £5.99, 382pp, pb) [Brentford] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1999) humorous fantasy novel in the “Brentford” series.
* *Waiting for Godalming (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60057-7, Oct 2000, £16.99, 264pp, hc) [Lazlo Woodbine] Humorous fantasy novel in the “Lazlo Woodbine” series. After God dies, his son Colin prepares to sell Earth to Lou Cypher, and God’s wife hires Woodbine to investigate the mysterious death.
RANSOM, BILL; [i.e., William Michael Ransom] (1945- ) (chron.)

* _The Jesus Incident (with Frank Herbert) See entry under Frank Herbert.
RASMUSSEN, ALIS A. (1958- ); see pseudonym Kate Elliott (chron.) (assoc.)
RavenWOLF, SILVER; pseudonym of Jenine E. Trayer, (1956- ) (chron.)

* *Witches’ Night Out (Llewellyn Publications 1-56718-728-5, Apr 2000, $4.99, 222pp, tp, cover by Patrick Faricy) [*Witches’ Chillers] Young-adult pagan/occult murder mystery, first in the new “Witches’ Chillers” series. A coven of five teens uses natural and supernatural means to investigate a friend’s death. Available from Llewellyn Publications, PO Box 64383, St. Paul MN 55164-0383. 800-THE-MOON; fax 651-291-1908; www.llewellyn.com
RAWN, MELANIE (Robin) (1954- ) (chron.)

* _The Golden Key (with Jennifer Roberson & Kate Elliott) (DAW 0-88677-899-9, Feb 2000, $7.99, 893pp, pb) Reissue (DAW 1996) fantasy novel of Renaissance-style art and politics. This has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.
RAYBAN, CHLOË (chron.)

* *Terminal Chic (The Bodley Head 0-370-32571-0, Jul 2000, £10.99, 188pp, hc) [Wild Child] Young-adult SF/fantasy novel. Fourth in the “Wild Child” series. Justine falls in love with a time traveller from 3001.
RAYNER, JACQUELINE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _Doctor Who: Short Trips and Side Steps (with Stephen Cole) See entry under Stephen Cole.
READ, WILLIAM I. I. (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Degrees of Fear (Sarob Press 1-902309-13-8, Nov 2000, £21.00, 183pp, hc, cover by Nick Maloret) New ‘Dennistoun’ collection comprising a further eight hilarious adventures featuring the hapless antiquary and the dons of Usher College, five previously unpublished. Limited to 250 numbered copies. (Contents) [Not seen]
REAVES, J(ames) MICHAEL (1950- ) (chron.)

* _Dragonworld (with Byron Preiss) See entry under Byron Preiss.

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