The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

Books, Listed by Author

VANCE, JACK; [i.e., John Holbrook Vance] (1916- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Big Planet (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07117-6, Jul 2000, £9.99, 218pp, tp) Reprint (Avalon 1957) SF novel. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”. [First U.K. edition]
• * +Tales of the Dying Earth (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-994-5, Apr 2000, £7.99, 741pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Dying Earth] Fantasy omnibus of all the “Dying Earth” books: The Dying Earth (1950); The Eyes of the Overworld (1966); Cugel’s Saga (1983); and Rhialto the Marvellous (1984). Volume 4 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * _Tales of the Dying Earth (Tor/Orb 0-312-87456-1, Sep 2000, $16.95, 741pp, tp, cover by John Berkey) [Dying Earth] Reprint (SFBC 1999 as The Compleat Dying Earth) omnibus of the four fantasy books in the series: The Dying Earth (1950), The Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Cugel’s Saga (1983), and Rhialto the Marvellous (1984).

VanderMEER, JEFF(rey Scott) (1968- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Book of Winter (Hoegbottom Press no ISBN, Dec ’99, no price, unpaginated, ph) [Ambergris] Chapbook collection of three stories, supposedly published by “Hoegbottom Press” in VanderMeer’s mythical city of Ambergris. This is a limited edition of 50 published as a holiday present, not for sale. (Contents)

van der SPEK, INEZ (chron.)

• * *Alien Plots: Female subjectivity and the Divine in the Light of James Tiptree’s ‘A Momentary Taste of Being’ (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-824-3, Feb 2000, £14.00, 241pp, tp, cover by Lucebert) Critical study of Tiptree/Sheldon’s fiction and life, focussing on a single story (not included) interpreted in a variety of ways. A hardcover edition (-814-6, £32.99) was announced but not seen. [Tiptree]

VANDE VELDE, VIVIAN (1951- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Magic Can be Murder (Harcourt 0-15-202665-7, Sep 2000, $17.00, 197pp, hc, cover by Tristan Elwell) Young-adult dark fantasy mystery. A teen witch needs more than magic to keep her mother away from witch hunters and a charge of murder.
• * *The Rumpelstiltskin Problem (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-05523-1, Sep 2000, $17.00, xii + 116pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy collection presenting six alternate versions of the fairy tale.

VAN GELDER, GORDON (Mark), ed. (1966- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology (with Edward L. Ferman) See entry under Edward L. Ferman

VAN HOLLANDER, JASON (stories) (chron.)

• * _Necromancies and Netherworlds (with Darrell Schweitzer) See entry under Darrell Schweitzer.

VANSITTART, PETER (1920-2008) (chron.)

• * *Hermes in Paris (Peter Owen 0-7206-1106-7, Sep 2000, £16.50, 234pp, hc, cover by Andrew Corbett) Literary fantasy novel. The god Hermes holidays in Paris at the court of Napoleon III, creating a series of illusions that disturb, but cannot change, the reality of a society heading for war.

van VOGT, A(lfred) E(lton) (1912-2000) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +The Empire of Isher (Tor/Orb 0-312-87500-2, May 2000, $14.95, 352pp, tp, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Isher] Omnibus of the two “Isher” novels: The Weapon Shops of Isher (1951) and The Weapon Makers (1947). First US edition (NEL 1988 as The Weapon Shops of Isher; and, The Weapon Makers).
• * _The Empire of Isher (SFBC #03318, Jul 2000, $11.98, 352pp, tp, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Isher] Reprint (NEL 1988 as The Weapon Shops of Isher; and, The Weapon Makers) omnibus of Isher novels: Weapon Shops of Isher (1951) and The Weapon Makers (1947). This follows the extensively revised 1952 edition. This has ISBN 0-7394-1124-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

VARDEMAN, ROBERT E(dward) (1947- ) (chron.)

• * *VOR: Hell Heart (Warner Aspect 0-446-60492-5, Nov 2000, $6.50, 271pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [VOR] SF novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by FASA.

VARGO, JOSEPH, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Tales from the Dark Tower (with Christine Filipak) (Monolith Graphics 0-9675756-1-3, Jun 2000, $25.00, 287pp, hc, cover by Joseph Vargo) Original anthology of 13 dark fantasy and horror stories based on the gothic artwork of Joseph Vargo, included here. Order from Monolith Graphics, www.monolithgraphics.com. (Contents)

VELDE, VIVIAN VANDE; see under Vande Velde, Vivian (stories) (chron.)

VERNE, JULES (Gabriel) (1828-1905) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (HarperCollins/Books of Wonder 0-688-10535-1, Oct 2000, $21.95, 394pp, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) [Nemo] Reprint classic SF novel, with full-color illustrations by the Dillons. Afterword by Peter Glassman. This is the Bantam 1962 translation by Anthony Bonner.
• * *The Eternal Adam and Other Stories (Everyman 0-75380-870-6, Nov ’99, £4.99, viii+247pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) Collection of twelve stories. Edited by Peter Costello. (Contents)

VIDAL, GORE; [i.e., Eugene Luther Vidal, Jr.] (1925- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Smithsonian Institution (Little, Brown/Abacus 0-349-11072-7, Jan 2000 [Oct ’99], £6.99, 260pp, tp) Reprint (Random House 1998) surreal, quasi-SF time-travel novel. A Little, Brown UK hardcover (1998) was not seen.

VIEHL, S. L.; pseudonym of Sheila Kelly (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Beyond Varallan (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45793-5, Jul 2000, $6.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Alan Pollack) [Stardoc] SF novel, sequel to Stardoc. Dr. Cherijo Grey Veil joins her late husband’s clan of warriors to avoid returning to Earth, where as a clone she would be nothing more than a lab rat.
• * *Stardoc (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45773-0, Jan 2000, $6.99, 394pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Stardoc] SF novel of a young doctor on a frontier planet with many alien races. A first novel.

VINCENT, NIK (chron.)

• * _Warhammer: Hammers of Ulric (with James Wallis & Dan Abnett) See entry under Dan Abnett.

VINGE, JOAN D.; [i.e., Joan Carol Dennison Vinge Frenkel] (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Tangled up in Blue (Tor 0-312-87196-1, Jun 2000, $22.95, 235pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Snow Queen] SF novel set in the universe of The Snow Queen. A Hegemonic Police officer faces killers and conspiracy on unfriendly Tiamat.
• * _Tangled up in Blue (SFBC #14578, Sep 2000, $11.98, 235pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Snow Queen] Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel, a sequel to The Snow Queen. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

VINGE, VERNOR (Steffen) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Across Realtime (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-147-2, Mar 2000, £6.99, ii+533pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Bobbles] Reissue (SFBC 1986) omnibus of The Peace War and Marooned in Realtime. (Contents)
• * _A Deepness in the Sky (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-851-5, Apr 2000, £6.99, 757pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Fire Upon the Deep] Reprint (Tor 1999) SF novel. A prequel to the award-winning A Fire Upon the Deep.
• * _A Fire Upon the Deep (Tor 0-812-51528-5, Feb 2000, $6.99, 613pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Fire Upon the Deep] Reissue (Tor 1992) Hugo-winning far-future SF novel. Seventh printing.
• * _A Fire Upon the Deep (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-127-8, Mar 2000, £6.99, 579pp, pb) [Fire Upon the Deep] Reprint (Tor 1992) Hugo Award-winning far-future SF novel.

VOLSKY, PAULA (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Grand Ellipse (Bantam Spectra 0-553-10804-2, Oct 2000, $23.95, 549pp, hc, cover by Daniel Merrian) Fantasy novel. A young woman enters a round-the-world race in hopes of meeting its sponsor, a capricious monarch who controls a powerful new weapon that could save the world.

VONNEGUT, KURT, Jr. (1922-2007) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction (Berkley 0-425-17446-8, Aug 2000, $13.95, 357pp, tp, cover by Paul Bacon) Reprint (Putnam 1999) collection of 23 “vintage” stories.

VORNHOLT, JOHN (Blair, Jr.) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Knock on Wood (Pocket Archway 0-671-04070-7, Sep 2000, $4.99, 118pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Young-adult novelization, 33rd in the series based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: Gemworld: Book One (Pocket 0-671-04270-X, Feb 2000, $6.50, 251pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation: Gemworld] Star Trek novelization. This has chapter seven of Michael Jan Friedman’s serial novel, Star Trek: Starfleet: Year One. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: Gemworld: Book Two (Pocket 0-671-04271-8, Feb 2000, $6.50, 233pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation: Gemworld] Star Trek novelization. This has chapter seven of Michael Jan Friedman’s serial novel, Star Trek: Starfleet: Year One. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: The Genesis Wave, Book One (Pocket 0-7434-1180-3, Sep 2000, $23.95, 308pp, hc, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek, the Next Generation: Genesis Wave] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

VUKCEVICH, RAY (1940- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Man of Maybe Half-A-Dozen Faces (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-24652-8, Feb 2000, $22.95, 245pp, hc) Associational hard-boiled detective novel featuring an investigator with a multiple-personality disorder. A first novel.

WAKEFIELD, H(erbert) RUSSELL (1888-1964) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Reunion at Dawn and Other Uncollected Ghost Stories (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-000-X, Apr 2000, C$53.00, xv+171pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe) Collection of the balance of uncollected (and mostly not previously published) Wakefield ghost and horror stories, assembled decades earlier for Arkham House, edited by Peter Ruber, with an Afterword by Barbara Roden. This is a limited edition of 600 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $40.00 and in the UK for £25.00. (Contents)

WALKER, LARS (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Year of the Warrior (Baen 0-671-57861-8, Mar 2000, $6.99, 562pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Omnibus of two historical fantasy novels about an Irishman captured by Vikings: Erling’s World (Baen 1997) and the previously unpublished The Ghost of the God-Tree. (Contents)

WALL, JOHN W. (1910-1989); see pseudonym Sarban (stories) (chron.)

WALLACE, SEAN, ed. (chron.)

• * _Fantasy Annual 3 (with Philip Harbottle) See entry under Philip Harbottle.
• * _Fantasy Annual 4 (with Philip Harbottle) See entry under Philip Harbottle.

WALLIS, JAMES (chron.)

• * _Warhammer: Hammers of Ulric (with Dan Abnett & Nik Vincent) See entry under Dan Abnett.

WALOTSKY, RONALD (1943-2002) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Inner Visions (SFBC 1-85585-774-X, May 2000, $17.98, 112pp, tp, cover by Ron Walotsky) Art book. Foreword by Joe Haldeman, afterword by Alan Dean Foster, and ten tributes from by others including Robert Weinberg, Ed Ferman, and Jim Burns. This appears to be identical with the UK (Paper Tiger) edition.
• * *Inner Visions: The Art of Ron Walotsky (Paper Tiger 1-85585-774-X, Apr 2000, £14.99, 112pp, tp, cover by Ron Walotsky) Massive collection of artwork from the last 30 years, with a complete bibliography as appendix. Book, magazine, and album covers; personal works. Foreword by Joe Haldeman, Afterword by Alan Dean Foster. Middlewords by Jim Burns, Vincent Di Fate, Bob Eggleton, Ed Ferman, Jane and Howard Frank, Don Maitz, and others.

WALPOLE, PETER (chron.)

• * *The Healer of Harrow Point (Hampton Roads 1-57174-167-4, May 2000, $11.95, 131pp, tp, cover by David Brown) Young-adult fantasy. A boy has a healing touch for animals, but his father expects him to go deer hunting. A first novel. Hampton Roads Publishing, 134 Burgess Lane, Charlottesville VA 22902; 800-766-8009.

WALSH, JOHN EVANGELIST (Jr.) (1927- ) (chron.)

• * _Midnight Dreary: The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-22732-9, May 2000, $14.95, 199pp, tp) Reprint (Rutgers University Press 1998) non-fiction, biography probing into the cause of Poe’s death. This is being promoted as a “true crime” book. [Poe]

WALTERS, NICK (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: The Fall of Yquatine (BBC Books 0-563-55594-7, Mar 2000, £5.99, 286pp, pb) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series, starring the 8th Doctor. Book 32 of the BBC “New Adventures” series.

WALTON, JO (stories) (chron.)

• * *The King’s Peace (Tor 0-312-87229-1, Oct 2000, $26.95, 416pp, hc, cover by Julie Bell) [*King’s Peace] Fantasy novel with Celtic/Arthurian overtones. A woman warrior fights to help her king unite a kingdom against barbarian invaders. A first novel.
• * _The King’s Peace (SFBC #33048, Nov 2000, $13.50, 416pp, hc, cover by Julie Bell) [*King’s Peace] Reprint (Tor 2000) fantasy novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

WANDREI, DONALD (Albert) (1908-1987) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Frost (Fedogan & Bremer/F&B Mystery 1-878252-42-9, Dec 2000, $29.00, 306pp, hc, cover by Les Edwards) [Prof. I.V. Frost] Associational collection of eight pulp stories from the mid-1930s featuring scientist/detective Professor I.V. Frost. Edited and with an introduction by D. H. Olson. Illustrated by Les Edwards. A deluxe limited edition of 100 (-43-7, $95.00) is also available. Order from Fedogan & Bremer, 3721 Minnehaha Avenue S., Minneapolis MN 55406; e-mail: [fedbrem@visi.com]. (Contents)

WARHOLA, JAMES (chron.)

• * _Bigfoot Cinderrrrrella (with Tony Johnston) See entry under Tony Johnston.

WARNEKE, SARA MARY (1957- ); see pseudonym Sara Douglass (chron.)

WARNER, MARINA (Sarah) (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-947951-6, Feb 2000, £10.99, xxii+458pp, tp) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1994) critical history of folk tales and fairy stories, and the underlying social realities, particularly for females.
• * _No Go the Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling, and Making Mock (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-973981-X, Feb 2000, £10.99, xii+435pp, tp) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1998) heavily illustrated companion to From the Beast to the Blonde, moving from its feminist themes to a discussion of anxiety and figures of terror (mainly identified as male) in myth, fantasy fiction, and the modern horror thriller.

WARNER, SYLVIA TOWNSEND (1893-1978) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Salutation (Tartarus Press 1-872621-50-3, Aug 2000, $49.95, 255pp, hc) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1932) collection of 15 stories. Introduction by Claire Harman. Originally published in the UK (£25.00); available in the US from Firebird Distributing, 2030 First St., Unit 5, Eureka CA 95501; 707-444-1434; www.firebirddistributing.com

WARRINGTON, FREDA (1956- ) (chron.)

• * *The Sapphire Throne (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-0826-8, Apr 2000, £6.99, 527pp, pb, cover by Mick van Houten) [Jewelfire Trilogy] Fantasy novel. Book Two of “The Jewelfire Trilogy” after The Amber Citadel.

WASSNER, GARY (chron.)

• * *Gemquest: The Twins (iUniverse.com/Writer’s Showcase 0-595-09328-0, Aug 2000, $22.95, 484pp, tp) [Gemquest] Fantasy novel, first in a series. The evil Dark Lord seeks the last heir to the Gwendollen throne. A first novel. This is a print-on-demand book, available online from www.iUniverse.com, or iUniverse.com, 620 N. 48th St., Suite 201, Lincoln NE 68504-3467.

WATSON, IAN (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Embedding (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07133-8, Sep 2000, £9.99, 254pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1973) SF novel about the power and influence of linguisitics. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”. Winner of the 1975 Prix Apollo.

WATT-EVANS, LAWRENCE (1954- ); see pseudonym Nathan Archer (stories) (chron.)

• * _Dragon Weather (Tor 0-812-58955-6, Dec 2000, $6.99, 553pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Obsidian Chronicles] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy novel.
• * *Night of Madness (Tor 0-312-87368-9, Nov 2000, $24.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Daniel Horn) [Ethshar] Fantasy novel in the “Ethshar” series. An object falls from the sky, bringing a mysterious wave of magic and madness.

WATTS, PETER (stories) (chron.)

• * _Starfish (Tor 0-812-57585-7, Feb 2000, $6.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Lenie Clarke] Reprint (Tor 1999) SF novel of surgically altered workers in a deadly Pacific rift.

WAUGH, CHARLES G., ed. (1943- ) (chron.)

• * _Isaac Asimov’s Magical Worlds of Fantasy: Faeries (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Science Fiction: Classic Stories from the Golden Age of Science Fiction (with Martin H. Greenberg & Isaac Asimov) See entry under Isaac Asimov.

WAUGH, SYLVIA (1935?- ) (chron.)

• * *Space Race (The Bodley Head 0-370-32671-7, Jan 2000, £10.99, 208pp, hc, cover by Mark Edwards) [Ormingat] Young-adult SF novel. Aliens living secretly on Earth must try to get back to their ship.
• * +Space Race (Delacorte 0-385-32766-8, Aug 2000, $15.95, 241pp, hc, cover by Martin Matje) [Ormingat] Young-adult SF novel. An 11-year-old boy raised as human on Earth doesn’t want to go back to the heme planet he no longer remembers. First US edition (The Bodley Head 1/00).

WEBB, MAGGIE; see pseudonym Samantha Lee (chron.)