The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

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ROBERTS, ADAM (1965- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Salt (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06896-5, Jul 2000, £16.99, 248pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) SF novel. Two Earth colonies, on a world covered in salt, move towards war. A first novel. A trade paperback edition (-06897-3, £9.99) is also available.
ROBERTS, ANN VICTORIA (chron.)

* *Moon Rising (Chatto & Windus 0-701-16352-6, Feb 2000, £15.99, 360pp, hc) Associational novel of Bram Stoker and a fictional love affair in 19th century Whitby that informed and guided the major events and characters of Dracula.
* _Moon Rising (Random House/Arrow 0-09-928148-1, Nov 2000, £5.99, 453pp, pb) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 2000) associational novel of Bram Stoker in Whitby.
ROBERTS, DOROTHY JAMES (1903-1990) (chron.)

* _Kinsmen of the Grail (Green Knight Publishing 1-928999-07-7, Jun 2000, $14.95, 319pp, tp, cover by Michael Cohen) Reprint (Little, Brown 1963) Arthurian fantasy novel featuring Gawin (Gawain). Introduction and afterword by Raymond H. Thompson. Order from Wizard’s Attic, 900 Murmansk St., Suite 7, Oakland CA 94607; www.wizards-attic.com; credit card orders 800-213-1493.
ROBERTS, JOHN MADDOX (1947- ) (chron.)

* _Legacy of Prometheus (with Eric Kotani) See entry under Eric Kotani.
ROBERTS, KATHERINE (stories) (chron.)

* _Song Quest (Element Children’s Books 1-902618-94-7, Oct 2000, $7.95, 236pp, tp, cover by Harvey Parker) [Echorium Sequence] Reprint (Element 1999) young-adult fantasy, first in the “Echorium” series about young Singers with special powers. This is an international edition.
ROBERTS, KEITH (John Kingston) (1935-2000) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Furies (Wildside Press 1-880448-85-8, 1999, $15.00, 192pp, tp) Reprint (Berkley 1966) SF novel. An on-demand edition available from Wildside Press, PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045; www.wildsidepress.com
* +The Grain Kings (Wildside Press 1-880448-84-X, 1999, $15.00, 208pp, tp) Collection of seven stories. First US edition (Hutchinson 1976). An on-demand edition available from Wildside Press, PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045; www.wildsidepress.com
* _Kiteworld (Wildside Press 1-880448-87-4, 1999, $15.00, 288pp, tp) [Kiteworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) collection of interrelated SF post-holocaust stories. An on-demand edition available from Wildside Press, PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045; www.wildsidepress.com
* _Pavane (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-937-6, Nov 2000, £6.99, viii+279pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) [Pavane] Reprint (Rupert Hart-Davis 1968) classic alternate-world SF mosaic novel. This is the revised version (Doubleday, 1969), adding ‘The White Boat’. Volume 35 in the “SF Masterworks” series.
ROBINS, MADELEINE E. (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Stone War (Tor 0-812-52431-4, Jun 2000, $6.99, 343pp, pb, cover by David Bowers) Reprint (Tor 1999) near-future fantasy novel of a devastated New York City.
ROBINSON, ANDREW J. (chron.)

* *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: A Stitch in Time (Pocket 0-671-03885-0, May 2000, $6.50, 396pp, pb, cover by Sonia R. Hillios) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization. This includes chapter ten of Michael Jan Friedman’s serial novel Star Trek: Starfleet: Year One. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
ROBINSON, FRANK M(alcolm) (1926- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Death of a Marionette (with Paul Hull) (Tor/Forge 0-312-87287-9, Jun 2000, $13.95, 320pp, tp) Reprint (Forge 1995) associational spy thriller.
* _The Power (Tor/Orb 0-312-86654-2, Mar 2000, $12.95, 222pp, tp) Reprint (Lippincott 1959) SF novel of a mutant superman in hiding. This revised version is copyrighted 1999.
* _Waiting (Tor 0-812-54164-2, Apr 2000, $6.99, 347pp, pb) Reprint (Forge 1999) thriller/horror novel of another race living among us.
ROBINSON, KIM STANLEY (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Blue Mars (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-21391-0, Dec ’99, £6.99, 787pp, pb) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1996) SF novel. Last in the “Mars” trilogy.
* _Escape from Kathmandu (Tor/Orb 0-312-87499-5, Jun 2000, $13.95, 319pp, tp, cover by Katie Robbins) [Freds] Reissue (Tor 1989) collection of four connected stories.
* _Green Mars (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-21390-2, Nov ’99, £6.99, 782pp, pb) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) SF novel in the “Mars” series. Hugo Award Winner (1994).
* _The Martians (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225932-X, Sep ’99, £9.99, 400pp, tp, cover by Peter Elson) [Mars] Reprint (Voyager 1999) SF collection in the Mars series.
* _The Martians (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649702-0, Apr 2000, £6.99, 457pp, pb) [Mars] Reprint (Voyager 1999) original SF collection in the Mars series.
* _The Martians (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57401-9, Oct 2000, $6.99, 434pp, pb, cover by Don Dixon) [Mars] Reprint (Voyager 1999) collection of pieces related to Robinson’s “Mars” series.
* _Red Mars (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-21389-9, Oct ’99, £6.99, 671pp, pb) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) SF novel. First in the “Mars” trilogy.
* _Red Mars (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56073-5, Apr 2000, $6.99, 573pp, pb, cover by Don Dixon) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) Nebula Award-winning SF novel, first in the “Mars” trilogy. 16th printing.
* _A Short, Sharp Shock (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-651078-7, Jun 2000, £5.99, 180pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) Reprint (Mark V. Ziesing 1990) surreal SF novel of a man seeking a lost woman. Maybe. [First U.K. edition]
ROBINSON, SPIDER (1948- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Callahan’s Key (Bantam Spectra 0-553-11163-9, Jul 2000, $23.95, 335pp, hc, cover by Don Maitz) [*Callahan’s Place] Humorous science fantasy novel. The regulars from Callahan’s bar move en masse to Florida, and save the world (again).
ROBSON, JUSTINA L(ouise) A(lice) (1968- ) (chron.)

* _Silver Screen (Pan 0-330-37566-0, Mar 2000, £5.99, 471pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1999) SF novel.
ROCHE, THOMAS S., ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _Graven Images (with Nancy Kilpatrick) See entry under Nancy Kilpatrick.
RODEN, BARBARA, ed. (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Shadows and Silence (with Christopher Roden) (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-011-3, Dec 2000, $45.00, 342pp, hc, cover by Jason van Hollander) Original anthology of 25 ghost stories. (Contents)
RODEN, CHRISTOPHER, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _Shadows and Silence (with Barbara Roden) See entry under Barbara Roden.
RODGERS, ALAN (Paul) (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Ghosts Who Cannot Sleep (Wildside Press 1-58715-106-5, Oct 2000, $15.00, 120pp, tp, cover by Amy Casil) Collection of five stories and five original poems. Introduction by Dean Wesley Smith. This is a print on demand book, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from Wildside Press, PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045. (Contents)
* *Her Misbegotten Son (Wildside Press 1-58715-155-3, Sep 2000, $14.00, 105pp, tp, cover by Amy Casil) Lovecraftian horror novella. This is a print on demand book, available online at www.wildsidepress.com, or from Wildside Press, PO Box 45, Gillette, NJ 07933.
RODWELL, IAN (stories) (chron.)

* _The Five Quarters (with Steve Duffy) See entry under Steve Duffy.
ROESSNER, MICHAELA; [i.e., Michaela-Marie Roessner-Herman] (1950- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Stars Compel (Tor 0-812-55015-3, Sep 2000, $6.99, 470pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Stars Dispose] Reprint (Tor 1999) historical fantasy novel, sequel to The Stars Dispose.
ROGERS, BRUCE HOLLAND; pseudonym of Bruce P. Rogers, (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Wind Over Heaven and Other Dark Tales (Wildside Press 1-58715-118-9, Oct 2000, $15.00, 150pp, tp) Collection of ten stories. Introduction by Alan Rodgers. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045. (Contents)
ROGERS, BRUCE P(aul) (1958- ); see pseudonym Bruce Holland Rogers (stories) (chron.)
ROGOW, ROBERTA (Winston) (1942- ) (chron.)

* *The Problem of the Evil Editor (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-20903-7, Jun 2000, $23.95, 298pp, hc) [Arthur Conan Doyle; Charles Dodgson] Associational mystery by a well-known fan writer, third in the series featuring Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll). The two attempt to clear Oscar Wilde of an obnoxious editor’s murder.
ROLLINS, JAMES; pseudonym of Jim Czajkowski (chron.)

* *Excavation (HarperTorch 0-380-81093-X, Jul 2000, $6.99, 416pp, pb) Horror novel. An archaeological team in Peru unearths a 400-year-old mummy that carries an unearthly plague. Copyrighted by Jim Czajkowski. Rollins also writes as James Clemens.
ROMAN, STEVEN A. (chron.)

* *X-Men/Doctor Doom: The Chaos Engine Trilogy: Book 1 (Pocket/BP Books 0-7434-0019-4, Jul 2000, $14.95, 369pp, tp, cover by Bob Larkin) [X-Men: Chaos Engine] Novelization based on the comic-book characters. Illustrated by Mark Buckingham. Copyrighted by Marvel Characters.
ROSE, MALCOLM (1953- ) (chron.)

* *Plague (Point 0-439-01013-6, Feb 2000, £4.99, 313pp, pb) Young-adult SF novel about a mysterious plague spreading through the UK.
ROSENBERG, JOEL (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Not Exactly the Three Musketeers (Tor 0-812-55046-3, Feb 2000, $6.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Greg Call) [Jason Cullinane] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy adventure novel, a parody of Dumas’s classic swashbuckling adventure set in the universe of the “Guardians of the Flame”.
* *Not Quite Scaramouche (Tor 0-312-86897-9, Jan 2001, $23.95, 301pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Jason Cullinane] Fantasy adventure novel, sequel to Not Exactly the Three Musketeers, second in the swashbuckling adventure/parody series featuring Jason Cullinane set in the universe of the “Guardians of the Flame”.
ROSENFELD, ARTHUR (Edward) (1953- ) (chron.)

* *A Cure for Gravity (Tor/Forge 0-312-87455-3, Sep 2000, $23.95, 269pp, hc) Mainstream novel with fantastic elements. A man tries to escape a ghost by crossing the country on a motorcycle, and intersects unexpectedly with a teenaged bank robber and a daughter he didn’t know he had.
ROUTLEY, JANE (1962- ) (chron.)

* _Aramaya (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-79460-8, Jun 2000, $6.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Dion] Reprint (Avon Eos 1999) fantasy novel, third in the series featuring the mage Dion.
* _Mage Heart (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-78127-1, May 2000, $6.99, 472pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Dion] Reissue (AvoNova 1996) fantasy novel. This has the same ISBN as the AvoNova edition, but indicates first Eos edition.
ROVIN, JEFF(rey Daniel) (1951- ) (chron.)

* *Fatalis (St. Martin’s 0-312-24103-8, May 2000, $25.95, 355pp, hc) Horror novel. Frozen prehistoric cats thaw and stalk the Southern California foothills.
ROWE, MICHAEL, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Queer Fear (Arsenal Pulp 1-55152-055-9, Nov 2000, $16.95, 252pp, tp) Original anthology of 18 horror stories with openly gay protagonists. Authors include Douglas Clegg, Michael Marano, Nancy Kilpatrick, and Caitlín R. Kiernan. (Contents)
ROWENA; [i.e., Rowena Morrill] (1944- ); see under Morrill, Rowena (chron.)
ROWLEY, CHRISTOPHER B. (chron.)

* *The Ancient Enemy (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45772-2, Feb 2000, $6.99, 436pp, pb, cover by Duane Myers) [Arna] Fantasy novel, the first book of “Arna”. Men reappear in a land where humans have been replaced by their creations, the watermots.
ROWLING, J. K. (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Scholastic 0-439-06487-2, Sep 2000, $6.99, 541pp, tp, cover by Mary GrandPré) [Harry Potter] Reprint (Bloomsbury 1998) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the “Harry Potter” series.
* *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Scholastic/Levine 0-439-13959-7, Jul 2000, $25.95, 734pp, hc, cover by Mary GrandPré) [Harry Potter] Young-adult fantasy, fourth in the series. Harry is forced to enter a dangerous magic competition.
* *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Bloomsbury 0-7475-4624-X, Jul 2000, £14.99, 636pp, hc, cover by Giles Greenfield) [Harry Potter] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book four of the planned seven-book series. Simultaneous with the US (Scholastic) edition.
* _Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (SFBC #03257, Aug 2000, $12.98, 734pp, hc, cover by Mary GrandPré) [Harry Potter] Reprint (Scholastic 2000) young-adult fantasy, the fourth in the “Harry Potter” series. This is similar to the Scholastic/Levine edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket; the jacket also lacks the metallic ink and embossing.
* _Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Bloomsbury 0-7475-4629-0, Mar 2000, £5.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Cliff Wright) [Harry Potter] Reprint (Bloomsbury 1999) young-adult fantasy novel. Third in the award-winning series.
* _Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Deluxe Edition (Scholastic/Levine 0-439-20352-X, Sep 2000, $75.00, 309pp, hc, cover by Mary GrandPré) [Harry Potter] Reprint (Bloomsbury 1997 as Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone) young-adult fantasy novel of a boy at a school for wizards. This is a gilt-edged, leatherbound deluxe edition.
ROYLE, NICHOLAS (John), ed. (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Time Out Book of London Short Stories: Volume 2 (Penguin 0-14-029623-9, Oct 2000, £7.99, xii+339pp, tp) Associational anthology of 29 stories, including some literary fantasy. Authors include Michael Moorcock, Paul J. McAuley, and Kim Newman. (Contents)
ROYO, LUIS (chron.)

* *Dreams (NBM 1-56163-241-4, Nov ’99, $18.95, 78pp, tp, cover by Luis Royo) Art book collecting fantasy cover-art images from the last 10 years. This is dated 1999, but not seen until now. Translated from the Spanish (NORMA 1999) by Annabel Manning. Order from NBM, 185 Madison Ave., Suite 1504, New York NY 10016; add $3.00 postage.
* _Dreams (SFBC #05677, Mar 2000, $17.98, 78pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) Reprint (NBM 1999, not seen) art book collecting cover-art images from historicals, fantasy, and SF. Translated by Annabel Manning from the Spanish (NORMA 1999). This has NBM ISBN 1-56163-241-4; the jacket lacks price, ISBN, and SFBC number.
RUBENSTEIN, GILLIAN (chron.)

* _Under the Cat’s Eye (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-82288-X, Mar 2000, $4.99, 204pp, tp, cover by Victor Lee) Reprint (Hodder Headline Australia 1997) young-adult fantasy of a strange boarding school.
RUBER, PETER, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Arkham’s Masters of Horror: The 60th Anniversary Anthology (Arkham House 0-87054-177-3, Jun 2000, $32.95, 444pp, hc, cover by Tony Patrick) Anthology of 21 stories, six original, by authors published during founder August Derleth’s lifetime, each with a preceding essay on the author by editor Ruber, who also provides an essay on Derleth. Lovecraft is represented by a selection of his letters to Derleth. This is a “60th Anniversary Anthology Retrospective of the First 30 Years of Arkham House.” Only one of the stories has appeared previously in any Arkham House book. Order from Arkham House, PO Box 546, Sauk City WI 53583; e-mail: sales@arkhamhouse.com (Contents)
* _Reunion at Dawn and Other Uncollected Ghost Stories See entry under H. Russell Wakefield.
RUCKA, GREG (1969- ) (chron.)

* _Batman: No Man’s Land (SFBC #01792, Feb 2000, $11.98, 430pp, hc, cover by Joe DeVito) [Batman] Novelization based on the DC comic. Copyrighted by DC Comics. This is similar to the Pocket edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Grendel: Past Prime (Berkley/Dark Horse 1-56971-398-7, Jul 2000, $14.95, 205pp, tp, cover by Matt Wagner) Futuristic SF novelization based on the comic book character created by Matt Wagner, with illustrations by Wagner. Copyrighted by Matt Wagner.
* _Grendel: Past Prime (SFBC #12363, Aug 2000, $12.98, 205pp, hc, cover by Matt Wagner) Reprint (Dark Horse 2000) futuristic SF “illustrated prose novel” based on the comic book character created by Matt Wagner, with illustrations by Wagner. The jacket lacks both price and SFBC number.
RUCKER, RUDY; [i.e., Rudolf von Bitter Rucker] (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Gnarl! (Four Walls Eight Windows 1-56858-159-9, May 2000, $35.00, 566pp, hc) Collection of 36 stories, one original. All but five appeared previously in Transreal! (WCS Books 1991). This is a companion to the non-fiction collection Seek!. Stories are arranged in the order written, with notes on how they came to be written. Some are collaborations with Bruce Sterling (two), Paul Di Filippo (two), and Marc Laidlaw (three). A trade paperback edition (-158-0, $17.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
* *Realware (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-80877-3, Jun 2000, $14.00, 305pp, tp) [Software] SF novel, fourth in the “Ware” series. Metamartians give out devices that give humans the power of mind over matter.
RUSCH, KRISTINE KATHRYN (1960- ); see pseudonyms Kristine Grayson & Kathryn Wesley (stories) (chron.)

* *The Black King (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58118-X, Aug 2000, $6.50, 549pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Black Throne] Fantasy novel, second and final in the “Black Throne” series set in the world of “The Fey”.
* *Star Trek: New Earth, Book 5: Thin Air (with Dean Wesley Smith) (Pocket 0-671-78577-X, Aug 2000, $6.50, 219pp, pb) [Star Trek: New Earth] Star Trek novelization, book five of six. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
* _The Tenth Planet: Final Assault (with Dean Wesley Smith) See entry under Dean Wesley Smith.

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