The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

Books, Listed by Author

BROWN, ERIC (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Parallax View (with Keith N. Brooke) See entry under Keith N. Brooke

BROWN, REBECCA (Bard) (1948- ); see pseudonym Rebecca Ore (chron.)

BROWN, RICHARD (chron.)

• * *Golden Armour: The Helmet (Hippo 0-590-63775-4, Feb 2000, £3.99, 212pp, tp, cover by David Scutt) [Golden Armour] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book 1 in a new series. A supernatural young brother and sister seek the magical armour that will restore the peace of their land.
• * *Golden Armour: The Shield (Hippo 0-590-63777-0, Feb 2000, £3.99, 204pp, tp, cover by David Scutt) [Golden Armour] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book 2 in the series.
• * *Golden Armour: The Spurs (Hippo 0-439-01207-4, Jun 2000, £3.99, 211pp, tp, cover by David Scutt) [Golden Armour] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in a series.

BROWN, STAN, ed. (chron.)

• * _DragonLance: Bertrem’s Guide to the Age of Mortals: Everyday Life in Krynn of the Fifth Age (with Paul B. Thompson & Nancy Varian Berberick) See entry under Nancy Varian Berberick.

BRUNNER, JOHN (Kilian Houston) (1934-1995) (chron.)

• * _The Jagged Orbit (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07052-8, Aug 2000, £9.99, 397pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 1969) SF novel of a racially-divided future controlled by weapons cartels. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.

BRUST, STEVEN (Karl Zoltan) (1955- ) (chron.)

• * _Five Hundred Years After (Tor 0-812-51522-6, Nov 2000, $6.99, 576pp, pb, cover by Sam Rakeland) [Dragaeran] Reissue (Tor 1994) swashbuckling fantasy novel in the “Dragaeran” universe. Third printing.
• * _To Reign in Hell (Tor/Orb 0-312-87049-3, Jul 2000, $13.95, 286pp, tp) Reprint (SteelDragon Press 1984) fantasy novel of Lucifer’s rebellion against Heaven. Foreword by Roger Zelazny.

BUCKLEY, CHRISTOPHER (chron.)

• * _Little Green Men (HarperPerennial 0-06-095557-0, Mar 2000, $13.00, 301pp, tp) Reprint (Random House 1999) satiric novel of the (human) conspiracy behind alien abductions.

BUDRYS, ALGIRDAS JONAS (1931-2008); see under Algis Budrys (stories) (chron.)

BUDRYS, ALGIS, ed.; working name of Algirdas Jonas Budrys, (1931-2008) (stories) (chron.)

• * *L. Ron Hubbard Presents the Best of Writers of the Future (Bridge 1-57318-204-4, Sep 2000, $14.95, 414pp, tp, cover by Frank Frazetta) Anthology of 19 stories, 16 by contest winners appearing in the first eight “Writers of the Future” volumes, including such now-familiar names as Nancy Farmer, Karen Joy Fowler, James Alan Gardner, Robert Reed, and Nina Kiriki Hoffman. The remaining three stories are by contest judges Anne McCaffrey, Frederik Pohl, and Tim Powers. There are new illustrations by “Illustrators of the Future” winners. There are articles on writing by Frank Herbert and Algis Budrys, an introduction by Budrys, and Hubbard’s introduction to the first WotF anthology. (Contents)
• * *L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XVI (Bridge 1-57318-203-6, Sep 2000, $7.99, 495pp, pb) Original anthology of 13 stories by contest winners, illustrated by “Illustrators of the Future” winners. There are articles on writing and art by L. Ron Hubbard, Judith Homan, Algis Budrys, and Michael H. Payne. (Contents)

BUJOLD, LOIS (Joy) McMASTER (1949- ) (chron.)

• * _A Civil Campaign (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-0829-2, Jun 2000, £6.99, 405pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Miles Vorkosigan] Reprint (Baen 1999) SF romance novel in the “Miles Vorkosigan” series. Political chaos surrounds the Emperor’s wedding and Miles’ own courtship. [First U.K. edition]
• * _A Civil Campaign (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-0829-2, Jun 2000, £6.99, 408pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Miles Vorkosigan] Reprint (Baen 1999) SF romance novel in the “Miles Vorkosigan” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _A Civil Campaign (Baen 0-671-57885-5, Aug 2000, $7.99, 534pp, pb, cover by Patrick Turner) [Miles Vorkosigan] Reprint (Baen 1999) SF romance novel in the “Miles Vorkosigan” series.
• * _Shards of Honor (NESFA Press 1-886778-20-5, Sep 2000, $22.00, 236pp, hc, cover by David A. Cherry) [Miles Vorkosigan] Reprint (Baen 1986) SF novel featuring Miles Vorkosigan’s parents, the first-published novel in the series. This has a new foreword by James M. Bryant, and timelines and genealogies by editor Suford Lewis. Order from NESFA Pres, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701; add $2.00 postage.
• * _The Spirit Ring (Baen 0-671-57870-7, May 2000, $6.99, 369pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reissue (Baen 1992) fantasy novel. Third printing.

BULIS, CHRISTOPHER (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: Imperial Moon (BBC Books 0-563-53801-5, Aug 2000, £5.99, 281pp, pb) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 33 of the BBC “Missing Adventures” series, featuring the 5th Doctor.

BULYCHEV, KIRILL; pseudonym of Igor Vsevelodovich Mozheiko, (1934-2003) (chron.)

• * *Those Who Survive (Xlibris/Fossicker Press 0-7388-1561-6, Sep 2000, $18.00, 384pp, tp) SF novel of Earth explorers stranded on a hostile planet. Translated from the Russian by John H. Costello. Bulychev is a pen name for Igor V. Mojeiko. This is a print-on-demand book, also available in hardcover (-1560-8, $25.00); order online at [www.xlibris.com]; or from Xlibris Corporation, 426 Walnut St., Philadelphia PA 19106; credit card orders 888-7-xlibris; add $4.00 shipping.

BUNCH, CHRIS(topher Renshaw) (1943-2005) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Empire Stone (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-965-2, Mar 2000, £10.99, 359pp, tp, cover by David O’Connor) Fantasy novel. Peirol of the Moorlands is tricked into seeking a long-lost gem from a ruined temple on the far side of the world.
• * +The Empire Stone (Warner Aspect 0-446-60886-6, Jun 2000, $6.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) Fantasy novel. A dwarf gem trader unwillingly seeks a cursed stone. First US edition (Orbit 3/00).
• * *Firemask (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45687-4, Feb 2000, $6.99, 342pp, pb) [Last Legion] Military SF novel, second in the “Last Legion” trilogy. A frontier patrol force becomes the law when the interstellar Confederation empire collapses.
• * _Sten (with Allan Cole) (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-007-5, Jun 2000, £5.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Sten] Reprint (Del Rey 1982) SF novel, first in the eight-book “Sten” series about a rebel who becomes a military hero. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Sten 2: The Wolf Worlds (with Allan Cole) (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-008-3, Oct 2000, £5.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Sten] Reprint (Del Rey 1984 as The Wolf Worlds) SF novel. First in the eight-book series about a rebel who becomes a military hero. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Sten 3: The Court of a Thousand Suns (with Allan Cole) (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-009-1, Nov 2000, £5.99, 275pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Del Rey 1986 as The Court of a Thousand Suns) SF novel. Third in the eight-book series about a rebel who becomes a military hero. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Sten 4: Fleet of the Damned (with Allan Cole) (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-010-5, Dec 2000, £5.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Sten] Reprint (Del Rey 1988 as Fleet of the Damned) SF novel. Fourth in the eight-book series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Storm Force (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45688-2, Oct 2000, $6.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Last Legion] Military SF novel, third in the “Last Legion” trilogy.
• * _The Warrior King (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-951-2, Jan 2000 [Nov ’99], £6.99, 453pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Scaife) [Seer King] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1999) fantasy novel. Last in a trilogy after The Seer King and The Demon King.
• * _The Warrior King (Warner Aspect 0-446-60790-8, Mar 2000, $6.99, 434pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Seer King] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1999) fantasy novel, third in the trilogy begun in The Seer King.

BUNCH, DAVID R. (1925-2000) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Heartacher and the Warehouseman (Anamnesis Press 0-9631203-7-9, Jun 2000, $12.95, 105pp, tp, cover by Toni Luna Daniels) Poetry collection of 62 poems, 25 previously published. Introduction by Darrell Schweitzer. Available from Anamnesis Press, PO Box 95, Ridgecrest CA 93556; price includes postage. (Contents)

BURGAUER, STEVEN (E.) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _The Brazen Rule (iUniverse.com/zero-g press 0-595-00545-4, Aug 2000, $18.95, 366pp, tp) [Matthews Chronicles] Reprint (Northwest Publishing 1995) SF novel, sequel to Fornax. A general fights government corruption in 2342. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at www.iuniverse.com, or from zero-g press, Steven Burgauer, 6605 N. Rustic Oak Ct., Peoria IL 61614; 800-643-1327.
• * _Fornax (Replica Books 0-7351-0332-1, Jun 2000, $21.95, 410pp, tp) [Matthews Chronicles] Reprint (Northwest Publishing 1994) SF novel. Available from zero-g press, 6605 N. Rustic Oak Ct, Peoria IL 61614; e-mail: SCIFI20@prodigy.net
• * _The Last American (Replica Books 0-7351-0447-6, Jul 2000, $19.95, 407pp, tp) [Matthews Chronicles] Reprint (Northwest Publishing 1996) SF novel, third in “The Matthews Chronicles” that began with Fornax. In 2398, political intrigue and Native American demands for a homeland threaten to tear the US apart. Available from zero-g press, 6605 N. Rustic Oak Ct., Peoria IL 61614; 309-692-2953.
• * *Treachery on the Dark Side (zero-g press 1-892086-03-4, Feb 2000, $15.95, 317pp, tp, cover by Victoria Priebe) [Matthews Chronicles] SF novel of Fornax Nehrengel on an adventure to Mars and back. Fifth in the series begun in The Brazen Rule. Order from zero-g press, 6605 N. Rustic Oak Ct, Peoria IL 61614; 800-643-1327.

BURGESS, ANTHONY; pseudonym of John Anthony Burgess Wilson, (1917-1993) (chron.)

• * _A Clockwork Orange (Penguin UK 0-14-029105-9, Nov 2000, £5.99, 149pp, pb) Reissue (Heinemann 1962) SF novel. A video tie-in edition. Available only as part of a boxed set with the widescreen video version at £17.99.

BURKE, JOHN (Frederick) (1922- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *We’ve Been Waiting for You And Other Tales of Unease (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-006-9, Jul 2000, C$56.00, xvi+251pp, hc, cover by Jason van Hollander) Collection of fantasy/horror tales, previously uncollected, from this prolific contemporary writer, mostly from original anthologies, plus the title story done for this volume. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $41.50 and in the UK for £26.00. (Contents)

BURNS, JIM (1948- ) (chron.)

• * _Lightship (Paper Tiger 1-85028-011-8, Sep 2000, £14.99, 125pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) Reissue (Dragon’s World 1985) art book. Third printing.
• * +Lightship: Jim Burns, Master of SF Illustration (with Christopher Evans) (Sterling Publishing/Paper Tiger 1-85028-011-8, Feb 2001, $21.95, 125pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) Art book. Text by Chris Evans. Preface by Robert Silverberg. First US edition (Paper Tiger 1985). This is the 2000 Paper Tiger reissue (third printing), distributed in the US by Sterling Publishing, 387 Park Ave. South, New York NY 10016-8810; 800-367-9692; website [www.sterlingpub.com].

BURNS, STEPHEN L. (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Call from a Distant Shore (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45792-7, Aug 2000, $6.99, 361pp, pb) SF novel. An alien’s telepathic cries for help cause sensitive humans, including the commander of a defect-plagued Mars mission, to think they’re going insane.

BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE (1875-1950) (stories) (chron.)

• * _At the Earth’s Core (University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books 0-8032-6174-8, Mar 2000, $12.95, 296pp, tp, cover by J. Allen St. John) [Pellucidar] Reprint (McClurg 1922) SF novel, the first book in the “Pellucidar” series. This is a commemorative edition, with new introduction by Gregory Benford, afterword by Phillip R. Burger, a glossary, and a contemporary review of the first edition. Illustrations by J. Allen St. John. Order from University of Nebraska Press, 312 North 14th St, PO Box 880484, Lincoln NE 68588-0484; 800-755-1105.

BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S(eward) (1914-1997) (chron.)

• * _Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader (Grove 0-8021-3694-X, Jul 2000, $15.00, 532pp, tp, cover by Kate Simon) Reprint (Grove 1999) associational collection of approximately 120 articles, stories, and excerpts covering works from 1929 to 1997.

BUSIEK, KURT (1960- ) (chron.)

• * _Spider-Man: Goblin Moon (with Nathan Archer) (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-17403-4, Jul 2000, $6.99, 263pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Spider-Man] Reprint (Boulevard 1999) novelization based on the comic book character. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia, copyrighted by Marvel Characters.
• * _Spider-Man: Goblin Moon (with Nathan Archer) (SFBC #33069, Nov 2000, $9.98, 263pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Spider-Man] Reprint (Putnam 1999) novelization based on the comic-book character. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia, copyrighted by Marvel Characters. This is similar to the Putnam edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

BUTCHER, JIM (1971- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Storm Front (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45781-1, Apr 2000, $6.99, 322pp, pb) [Dresden Files] Humorous dark fantasy novel, book one in the “Dresden Files”. The Chicago police ask wizard Harry Dresden (listed in the yellow pages) to consult on a grisly murder. A first novel.

BUTLER, ANDREW M., ed. (chron.)

• * *Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature (with Edward James & Farah Mendlesohn) (The Science Fiction Foundation 0-903007-01-0, May 2000, £10.00, 183+x, tp, cover by Josh Kirby) Critical non-fiction, a collection of ten essays evaluating Pratchett’s works. Introduction by David Langford; preface by the editors. There are primary and secondary bibliographies and an index. Order from the Science Fiction Foundation, c/o 22 Addington Road, Reading RG1 5PT, UK. [Pratchett]

BUTLER, OCTAVIA E(stelle) (1947-2006) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Lilith’s Brood (Warner Aspect 0-446-67610-1, Jun 2000, $13.95, 746pp, tp) [Xenogenesis] Reprint (SFBC 1989 as Xenogenesis) omnibus of the “Xenogenesis” trilogy: Dawn (1988), Adulthood Rites (1988), and Imago (1989).
• * _Parable of the Talents (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4645-1, Apr 2000, £9.99, 365pp, tp, cover by Aude Van Ryn) [Parable] Reprint (Seven Stories Press 1998) dystopian SF novel, sequel to Parable of the Sower. Lauren and her daughter mature in the war-torn world of 2032. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Wild Seed (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07145-1, Dec 2000, £9.99, 248pp, tp) [Patternist] Reprint (Doubleday 1980) SF novel. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.

BUTLER, ROBERT OLEN (Jr.) (1945- ) (chron.)

• * *Mr. Spaceman (Grove 0-8021-1660-4, Jan 2000, $23.00, 223pp, hc, cover by Serge Andreyev & Michael Tedesco) Quasi-SF novel. An alien interviews 12 gamblers from a casino-bound bus to learn about humanity.

BUTTS, NANCY (chron.)

• * _The Door in the Lake (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-130978-4, Oct 2000, $5.99, 159pp, tp, cover by Eric Peterson) Reprint (Front Street 1998) young-adult SF novel.

BYARS, BETSY (Cromer) (1928- ) (chron.)

• * _The Winged Colt (Red Fox 0-09-942581-5, Feb 2000, £2.99, 128pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) Reissue (Viking Press 1973 as The Winged Colt of Casa Mia) young-adult fantasy novel.

BYATT, ANTONIA S(usan Drabble) (1936- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Biographer’s Tale (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6945-1, Jun 2000, £15.99, 265pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel.
• * _Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-927376-4, Nov ’99, £6.99, 230pp, tp, cover by Edvard Munch) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1998) collection of 6 mainstream and literary fantasy stories, including the original fantasy novella, ‘Cold’.
• * _Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice (Random House/Vintage 0-375-70575-9, 2000, $12.00, 230pp, tp, cover by Edvard Munch) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1998) collection of six stories.

CACEK, P(atricia) D. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Canyons (Tor 0-312-87383-2, Dec 2000, $23.95, 302pp, hc) Horror novel/mystery. A tabloid journalist is saved from a mugger by a werewolf.

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• * *Bell, Book & Beyond: An Anthology of Witchy Tales (Design Image Group 1-891946-09-9, Nov 2000, $15.95, 287pp, tp) Original anthology of 21 horror stories about witches, by little-known writers, part of the “New Voices in Terror” line presented by the Horror Writers of America. Available from The Design Image Group, PO Box 2325, Darien IL 60561; credit card orders 800-563-5455. (Contents)

CADIGAN, PAT(ricia Oren Kearney) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Dervish Is Digital (Macmillan UK 0-333-77953-3, Oct 2000, £9.99, 230pp, tp) [Dore Konstantin] SF novel, featuring Detective Dore Konstantin of Tea from an Empty Cup.
• * _Mindplayers (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07136-2, Sep 2000, £9.99, 276pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1987) SF novel. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.

CADY, JACK (Andrew) (1932-2004) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The American Writer: Shaping a Nation’s Mind (St. Martin’s 0-312-20274-1, Oct ’99, $26.95, 372pp, hc, cover by David Johnson) Associational non-fiction survey of American literature, with only brief consideration of SF as it involves some of the themes discussed. Among the mostly mainstream authors discussed Cady includes works by Ursula K. Le Guin, Walter M. Miller, Jr., Peter S. Beagle, Greg Bear, James Branch Cabell, and H.P. Lovecraft. There is an index.

CALDECOTT, MOYRA (1927- ) (chron.)

• * _The Waters of Sul (Bladud Books 1-899142-27-4, 1998, £6.99, 272+x, pb, cover by Stuart Littlejohn) Reprint (Bladud Books 1997 as Aquae Sulis) historical novel with fantasy elements. Revised from the original edition. Published in 1998, but not seen until now.

CALDER, RICHARD (stories) (chron.)

• * *Malignos (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-671-03720-X, Apr 2000, £6.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) SF novel set in the 53rd century. To find a cure for his lover, Richard Pike must descend into the underground world of the malignos, the descendants of those who were genetically warped in the same catastrophe that wiped technology from Earth.

CALHOUN, DIA (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Aria of the Sea (Winslow Press 1-890817-25-2, Sep 2000, $15.95, 264pp, hc, cover by Gennady Spirin) Young adult fantasy novel. A girl must decide between being a dancer or a healer.