The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

Books, Listed by Author

RUSCH, KRISTINE KATHRYN (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _The Tenth Planet: Oblivion (with Dean Wesley Smith) See entry under Dean Wesley Smith.
• * *X-Men (with Dean Wesley Smith) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44095-1, Jun 2000, $6.99, 239pp, pb) [X-Men] Novelization of the movie based on the Marvel comic book. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * _X-Men (with Dean Wesley Smith) (SFBC #13682, Jul 2000, $9.98, 239pp, hc) [X-Men] Reprint (Del Rey 2000) movie novelization. This has ISBN 0-7394-1148-9; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _X-Men (with Dean Wesley Smith) (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-0398-3, Aug 2000, £5.99, 239pp, pb) [X-Men] Reprint (Del Rey 2000) novelization of the movie based on the Marvel Comics characters. [First U.K. edition]

RUSCH, M. J. (chron.)

• * *Dome (1stBooks 1-58721-387-7, Dec 2000, 321pp, tp) Post-holocaust SF novel of Earth 100 years after the ozone layer disappears, and much of mankind lives in domed cities. This is a print-on-demand edition available online from www.1stbooks.com, or 1stBooks Library, 2511 West 3rd St., Suite #1, Boomington IN 47404; credit card orders 800-839-8640.

RUSHDIE, (Ahmed) SALMAN (1947- ) (chron.)

• * _The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-976601-9, Feb 2000, £6.99, 575pp, tp) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1999) literary fantasy novel of dissonance and harmony.
• * _The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Picador USA 0-312-25499-7, Mar 2000, $16.00, 575pp, tp) Reprint (Holt 1999) literary fantasy novel retelling the myth of Orpheus.
• * _Midnight’s Children (Penguin 0-14-028339-0, Jan 2000, $15.95, 533pp, tp, cover by Adam Niklewicz) Reprint (Cape 1980) literary SF novel of 1,000 telepathic children born the moment of India’s independence. This has been repackaged as part of the “Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century” series.

RUSSELL, ERIC FRANK (1905-1978) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Major Ingredients (NESFA Press 1-886778-10-8, Sep 2000, $29.00, 701pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Collection of 30 stories. Introductions by Jack L. Chalker and editor Rick Katze; afterword by Mike Resnick. Available from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701-0203; website: [www.nesfa.org/press]; e-mail: [sales@nesfa.org]; add $2.00 shipping. (Contents)
• * _Wasp (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07095-1, Apr 2000, £9.99, 175pp, tp, cover by Sue Michniewicz) Reprint (Avalon 1957) SF novel of interstellar warfare and terrorism. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.

RUSSELL, (Henry) KEN(neth Alfred) (1927- ) (chron.)

• * _Mike and Gaby’s Space Gospel (Little, Brown/Warner UK 0-7515-3015-8, Jun 2000, £6.99, 207pp, tp, cover by Bill Gregory) Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1999) humorous SF/fantasy novel by the film director.

RUSSO, RICHARD PAUL (1954- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Terminal Visions (Golden Gryphon Press 0-9655901-3-5, Sep 2000, $23.95, 237pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Collection of 14 stories, two substantially revised. Introduction by Karen Joy Fowler. Golden Gryphon Press, 3002 Perkins Road, Urbana IL 61802; 217-384-4205; www.goldengryphon.com (Contents)

RUVINSKY, MORRIE (chron.)

• * *Dream Keeper (Sasquatch 1-57061-167-X, Mar 2000, $23.95, 271pp, hc, cover by Simona Bortis) Fantasy novel of a white man adopted by Kwakiutl Indians, and transformed into an immortal sea lion.

RYAN, KATHLEEN (stories) (chron.)

• * *World of Darkness: Ravnos (White Wolf 1-56504-807-5, Feb 2000, $5.99, 265pp, tp, cover by John Van Fleet) [World of Darkness: Clan] Novelization of the “Clan”, based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by White Wolf.

RYMAN, GEOFF(rey Charles) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Unconquered Countries (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-648347-X, Nov ’99, £6.99, xii+275pp, tp) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1994) fantasy collection of four novellas, with an introduction by Samuel R. Delany and an afterword by the author. [First U.K. edition]

SABATIER, CLAUDINE (chron.)

• * _The Great Encyclopedia of Faeries (with Roland Sabatier & Pierre Dubois) See entry under Pierre Dubois.

SABATIER, ROLAND (chron.)

• * _The Great Encyclopedia of Faeries (with Pierre Dubois & Claudine Sabatier) See entry under Pierre Dubois.

SABELLA, ROBERT (chron.)

• * *Who Shaped Science Fiction? (Nova Science Publishers/Kroshka Books 1-56072-520-6, Feb 2000, $23.95, 282pp, hc) Non-fiction survey of the 100 most significant figures in the development of American SF, from John W. Campbell, Jr. (#1) to Kim Stanley Robinson (#100), with brief explanations of their contributions to the field and selective chronologies for each. Includes notes and a brief bibliography. Nova Science Books/Kroshka Books, 227 Main Street, Suite 100, Huntington NY 11743; 631-424-6682; novascience@earthlink.net; www.nexusworld.com/nova

SABERHAGEN, FRED(erick Thomas) (1930-2007) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Ariadne’s Web (Tor 0-812-59046-5, Jan 2001, $6.99, 424pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Books of the Gods] Reprint (Tor 2000) fantasy novel based on Greek myth, second in the “Book of the Gods” series.
• * *The Arms of Hercules (Tor 0-312-87776-5, Oct 2000, $14.95, 352pp, tp, cover by Julie Bell) [Books of the Gods] Fantasy novel, third in the “Book of the Gods” series. A simultaneous hardcover edition (-86774-3, $25.95) is also available.
• * _Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict: The Arrival (Tor 0-812-56888-5, Oct 2000, $5.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Earth: Final Conflict] Reprint (Tor 1999) novelization based on the TV series. Copyrighted by Tribune Entertainment and Alliance Atlantis Communications.
• * *Vlad Tapes (Baen 0-671-57878-2, Jul 2000, $6.99, 537pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Dracula] Omnibus of two vampire mystery novels: An Old Friend of the Family (1979) and Thorn (1980). (Contents)

SABUDA, ROBERT (chron.)

• * _The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A Commemorative Pop-Up (with L. Frank Baum) See entry under L. Frank Baum.

SALAS, MARIO MARCEL (chron.)

• * *Frankenstein: The Dawning and the Passing (Watercress Press 0-934955-42-5, Oct 2000, $14.95, 217pp, tp) [Frankenstein] SF novel, sequel to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, following two surgeons in the mid-1800s as they investigate the legend of the monster, with framing segments set in 2351.

SALLIS, JAMES (Chappell) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Time’s Hammers: The Collected Short Fiction of James Sallis (Toxic 1-902002-28-8, Oct 2000, £9.99, 398pp, tp) Collection of 49 SF and mainstream stories. Two are original; the rest are “fully revised” for this edition. (Contents)

SALMONSON, JESSICA AMANDA, ed. (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Moonstone Mass and Others See entry under Harriet Prescott Spofford.

SALTON, CATHERINE (chron.)

• * *Raphael and the Noble Task (HarperCollins 0-06-019675-0, Oct 2000, $20.00, 161pp, hc, cover by David Weitzman) Medieval fantasy novel about a griffin-shaped chimere/gargoyle who seeks a noble task, and finds it when a baby is abandoned at the Cathedral. Illustrated by David Weitzman.

SALVATORE, R(obert) A(nthony) (1959- ) (chron.)

• * *Bastion of Darkness (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42193-0, Aug 2000, $6.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) [Chronicles of Ynis Aielle] Fantasy novel, book three in the “Chronicles of Ynis Aielle”.
• * _The Demon Apostle (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39154-3, Apr 2000, $6.99, 524pp, pb, cover by Alan Pollack) [Demon Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 1999) fantasy novel, third in the “DemonWars” trilogy.
• * _The Demon Apostle (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-923-6, Sep 2000, £6.99, 524pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Demon Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 1999) fantasy novel. Last of the “Demon” trilogy after The Demon Awakens and The Demon Spirit. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Forgotten Realms: Canticle (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1604-4, Feb 2000, $6.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Daren Bader) [Forgotten Realms: Cleric] Reprint (TSR 1991) novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game, book one in “The Cleric Quintet”. Copyrighted 1991 by TSR and 2000 by Wizards of the Coast; the copyright page still indicates first printing and says “First Printing: October 1991”.
• * _Forgotten Realms: In Sylvan Shadows (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1605-2, Mar 2000, $6.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Daren Bader) [Forgotten Realms: Cleric] Reissue (TSR 1992) novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game, book two in “The Cleric Quintet”. Copyrighted 1992 by TSR, 2000 by Wizards of the Coast.
• * _Forgotten Realms: Night Masks (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1606-0, May 2000, $7.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Daren Bader) [Forgotten Realms: Cleric] Reprint (TSR 1992) novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game, book three in “The Cleric Quintet”. Copyrighted 1992 by TSR, 2000 by Wizards of the Coast.
• * *Forgotten Realms: Servant of the Shard (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1657-5, Oct 2000, $24.95, 348pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness] Novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game, sequel to Forgotten Realms: The Spine of the World. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * _Forgotten Realms: Servant of the Shard (SFBC #33538, Nov 2000, $12.50, 348pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness] Reprint (Wizards of the Coast 2000) novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game, sequel to Forgotten Realms: The Spine of the World. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. This is similar to the Wizards of the Coast edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy (SFBC #11964, Jul 2000, $12.50, 805pp, hc, cover by Jeff Easley) [Forgotten Realms: Dark Elf Trilogy] Reprint (TSR 1998) omnibus of three novelizations based on the fantasy role-playing game: Homeland (1990), Exile (1990), and Sojourn (1991). Copyrighted 1998 by TSR. This is similar to the 1998 TSR edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy Collector’s Edition (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1588-9, Feb 2000, $17.95, 805pp, pb, cover by Jeff Easley) [Forgotten Realms: Dark Elf Trilogy] Reprint (TSR 1998) omnibus of three novelizations based on the fantasy role-playing game: Homeland (1990), Exile (1990), and Sojourn (1991). Copyrighted 1998 by TSR, 2000 by Wizards of the Coast.
• * _Forgotten Realms: The Fallen Fortress (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1607-9, Jun 2000, $7.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Daren Bader) [Forgotten Realms: Cleric] Reissue (TSR 1993) novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game, book four in “The Cleric Quintet”. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * _Forgotten Realms: The Icewind Dale Trilogy Collector’s Edition (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1557-9, Jan 2000, $27.95, 1040pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale] Reprint (SFBC 1999) omnibus of three novelizations based on the fantasy role-playing game: The Crystal Shard (1988), Streams of Silver (1989), and The Halfling’s Gem (1990). This has a new introduction by Terry Brooks. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * _Forgotten Realms: The Spine of the World (SFBC #03119, Feb 2000, $11.98, 345pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness] Reprint (TSR 1999) novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR. This is similar to the TSR edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Forgotten Realms: The Spine of the World (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1404-1, Jun 2000, $7.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness] Reprint (TSR 1999) novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * *Mortalis (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43039-5, Jul 2000, $25.95, 484pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Demon Wars] Fantasy novel, first in the second “DemonWars” trilogy. Plague breaks out as the kingdom struggles in the aftermath of the war with the demon dactyl.
• * _Mortalis (SFBC #12380, Jul 2000, $12.98, 484pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Demon Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 2000) fantasy novel, first in the second “DemonWars” trilogy. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-42845-5, Jul 2000, $7.50, 398pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order] Reprint (Del Rey LucasBooks 1999) Star Wars novelization set 25 years after the original Star Wars movie. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.

SANDERS, LAWRENCE (1920-1998) (chron.)

• * _The Tomorrow File (Berkley 0-425-08179-6, Mar 2000, $7.50, 551pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1975) SF novel. 45th printing.

SANDERSON, RUTH (chron.)

• * *The Crystal Mountain (Little, Brown 0-316-77092-2, Sep ’99, $15.95, hc, cover by Ruth Sanderson) Children’s fairytale picture book, illustrated by the author. Three brothers try to recover a stolen tapestry.
• * _Where Have the Unicorns Gone? (with Jane Yolen) See entry under Jane Yolen.

SANDS, MARELLA; pseudonym of Martha Pigg, (1966- ) (chron.)

• * _Sky Knife (Tor 0-812-57764-7, Mar 2000, $6.99, 288pp, pb) [Sky Knife] Reprint (Forge 1997) historical fantasy novel of the ancient Maya.

SANSEVERE, JOHN (chron.)

• * _Circle of Three (with Erica Farber) See entry under Erica Farber.

SAN SOUCI, ROBERT D(aniel) (1946- ) (chron.)

• * *Cinderella Skeleton (with David Catrow) (Harcourt 0-15-202003-9, Oct 2000, $16.00, 32pp, hc, cover by David Catrow) Children’s picture book, a spooky version of “Cinderella” illustrated by David Catrow.

SANTANGELO, ELENA (Anne) (1956- ) (chron.)

• * *By Blood Possessed (St. Martin’s 0-312-20960-6, Oct ’99, $24.95, 326pp, hc) Mystery with supernatural elements. A contemporary woman senses Civil War events somehow tied to a present-day danger. A first novel.

SARABANDE, WILLIAM; pseudonym of Joan Lesley Hamilton Cline (chron.)

• * *Spirit Moon (Bantam 0-553-57909-6, Aug 2000, $6.99, 626pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [First Americans] Prehistoric novel, #11 in “The First Americans” series. Packaged by Book Creations, which holds joint copyright with the author. Sarabande is a pen name for Joan Lesley Hamilton Cline.

SARAMAGO, JOSÉ; (1922- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * +All the Names (Harcourt 0-15-100421-8, Oct 2000, $24.00, 238pp, hc, cover by Tony Baker) Associational novel with surreal elements, by a Nobel Prize-winning author. A city clerk is obsessed by a woman he knows only through a document. Translated from the Portuguese Todos os names (Caminho 1997) by Margaret Jull Costa. First US edition (Harvill 1999).
• * _The Tale of the Unknown Island (Harcourt/Harvest 0-15-601303-7, Oct 2000, $9.00, 51pp, tp, cover by Peter Sis) Reprint (Harcourt 1999) fantasy philosophical fable and love story, a short story by a Nobel Prize-winning author, illustrated by Peter Sis. Translated from the Portuguese O Conto da Ilha Desconhecida (1998) by Margaret Jull Costa.

SARBAN; pseudonym of John W. Wall, (1910-1989) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Ringstones and other Curious Tales (Tartarus Press 1-872621-51-1, Jul 2000, $55.95, 272pp, hc) Reprint (Peter Davies 1951) collection of six stories. This adds one recently discovered original story. Originally published in the UK (£27.50). This is a limited edition of 350. Available in the US from Firebird Distributing, 2030 First Street, Unit 5, Eureka CA 95501; 800-353-3575. (Contents)

SARRANTONIO, AL, ed. (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _999 (SFBC #03378, Nov ’99, $13.98, 666pp, hc, cover by Amy Halperin) Reprint (Avon 9/99) original anthology of 29 horror stories. This is similar to the Avon edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. Originally scheduled for 1999, but not seen until now.
• * _999 (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-74860-5, May 2000, £7.99, xx+828pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1999) anthology of 29 original stories by acclaimed authors.

SAUL, JOHN (Woodruff, III) (1942- ) (chron.)

• * *Nightshade (Ballantine 0-345-43329-7, Jun 2000, $25.95, 308pp, hc) Horror novel. Matt’s life is disrupted by his senile grandmother, old family secrets, and a dead aunt.
• * _The Right Hand of Evil (SFBC #19137, Dec ’99, $12.50, 314pp, hc, cover by Larry Lurin) Reprint (Ballantine 1999) Southern Gothic horror novel.
• * _The Right Hand of Evil (Ballantine 0-449-00583-6, May 2000, $7.99, 427pp, pb, cover by Larry Lurin) Reprint (Ballantine 1999) Southern Gothic horror novel.

SAVILE, STEVE (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Icarus Descending (Enigmatic Press 0-9537476-0-3, Dec ’99, £5.00, 74pp, ph, cover by Michael Gilroy) Chapbook original collection of two dark fantasy stories. Illustrated by Frank Mafrici. This 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 (Contents)
• * *Icarus Descending (Enigmatic Press 0-9537476-0-3, Dec ’99, $13.00, 74pp, tp, cover by Michael Gilroy) Original collection of two dark fantasy stories, illustrated by Frank Mafrici. Originally published in the UK, this is available in the US from Firebird Distributing, 2030 First Street, Unit 5, Eureka CA 95501; 800-353-3575.
• * *Secret Life of Colors (DarkTales Publications 0-9672029-4-9, Feb 2000, $19.99, 192pp, tp) Horror novel. A Native American ex-cop assists in tracking a supernatural serial killer. This is an on-demand book, available online at www.darktales.com, or from PO Box 675, Grandview MO 64030; add $4.00 shipping.

SAWYER, ROBERT J(ames) (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Calculating God (Tor 0-312-86713-1, Jun 2000, $23.95, 334pp, hc) Near-future SF novel. Aliens believe an ancient cataclysm on Earth and other worlds proves the existence of God.
• * _Flashforward (Tor 0-812-58034-6, Apr 2000, $6.99, 319pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1999) SF novel. The world gets a glimpse of the future.

SAYER, KAREN, ed. (chron.)

• * *Science Fiction, Critical Frontiers (with John Moore) (St. Martin’s 0-312-23112-1, Sep 2000, $59.95, 219pp, hc) Non-fiction gathering of 12 essays about SF and its criticism. Includes bibliographical references. This appears to be identical with the 2000 Macmillan UK edition (0-333-74086-6), not seen.