The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000
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Dreamtime: Ice Tower Chris Evans (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-709-9, Aug 2000, £3.99, 119pp, pb) [Dreamtime] Third of a 6-book series by different authors. In a tale based on Celtic myths, Rhys and Jack are transported to the world of the Ice Tower.
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From a Past Life Penny Faith (Flame 0-340-72842-6, Feb 2000, £10.00, 323pp, tp) Ghost novel of two women linked despite being born 70 years apart.
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From a Past Life Penny Faith (Hodder & Stoughton/Flame 0-340-72843-4, Oct 2000, £6.99, 323pp, pb) Reprint (Flame 2000) ghost novel.
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Brotherhood of the Wolf David Farland (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-0827-6, Apr 2000, £6.99, 610pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Runelords] Reprint (Tor; Earthlight UK 1999) fantasy novel. Book 2 of “The Runelords”. Farland is a pseudonym of Dave Wolverton.
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The Aquarian Frontier B. T. Fearon (The Book Guild 1-85776-056-5, Feb 2000, £6.95, 190pp, tp) SF/fantasy thriller. A paranormal group defends Britain against an evil with greater psychic powers.
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Patriarch’s Hope David Feintuch (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-961-X, Apr 2000, £6.99, 488pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Nicholas Seafort] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1999) SF novel, sixth in the “Nicholas Seafort” series. Secretary General Seafort’s plans to clean up Earth’s ecology anger his beloved space Navy. [First U.K. edition]
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Krondor: Tear of the Gods Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224680-5, Nov 2000, £17.99, 372pp, hc, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Riftwar Legacy] Fantasy novel. Third of “The Riftwar Legacy”, and based on the game, Return to Krondor.
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Krondor: The Assassins Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224695-3, Sep ’99, £16.99, 352pp, hc, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Riftwar Legacy] Fantasy novel. Volume six in the “Serpentwar Saga”. Book II of the “Riftwar Legacy”.
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Krondor: The Assassins Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224700-3, Mar 2000, £10.99, 352pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Riftwar Legacy] Reprint (Voyager 1999) fantasy novel, book two of “The Riftwar Legacy”, based on the CD-ROM game, Betrayal at Krondor.
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Krondor: The Assassins Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648335-6, Sep 2000, £5.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Riftwar Legacy] Reprint (Voyager 1999) fantasy novel. Volume Six in the “Serpentwar Saga”. Book II of the “Riftwar Legacy”.
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Krondor: The Betrayal Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648334-8, Nov ’99, £6.99, 418pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Riftwar Legacy] Reprint (Avon Eos; Voyager 1998) fantasy novel. Volume five in the “Serpentwar Saga”. Book I of the “Riftwar Legacy”.
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Krondor: The Betrayal Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648334-8, Nov ’99, £6.99, 418pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Riftwar Legacy] Reprint (Avon Eos; Voyager 1998) fantasy novel. Book I of the Riftwar Legacy.
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Daughter of the Empire Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-07481-3, Nov 2000, £6.99, 528pp, pb) [Riftwar: Empire] Reissue (Doubleday 1987) fantasy novel in the “Riftwar” series, first in the “Empire” trilogy. Seventh printing.
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Mistress of the Empire Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20379-6, Nov 2000, £7.99, 860pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Riftwar: Empire] Reissue (Doubleday Foundation; HarperCollins UK 1992) fantasy novel, third in the “Empire” trilogy. Fifth printing.
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Servant of the Empire Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20381-8, Nov 2000, £7.99, 837pp, pb) [Riftwar: Empire] Reissue (Doubleday Foundation 1990) fantasy novel. Second in the “Empire” trilogy. 11th printing.
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The Mistress of Lilliput, or, The Pursuit Alison Fell (Transworld/Anchor UK 1-862-30048-8, Jan 2000, £6.99, 351pp, tp, cover by Paul Aston) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1999) recursive literary fantasy novel.
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Adventures of the Ingenious Alfanhui Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio (Dedalus 1-873982-59-3, Nov 2000, £8.99, 199pp, tp, cover by Jean Corbechon & David Bird) Literary fantasy novel, translated by Margaret Jull Costa from the Spanish original (1951). A worldwide edition available from SCB Distributors, California, for $13.99.
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The Dark Satanic... Paul Finch (Enigmatic Press, Jan ’99, £4.00, 61pp, ph, cover by Gerald Gaubert) Chapbook original collection of “two terror tales from the north of England.” This has ISSN 1464-1461. Enigmatic press, 1 Gibbs Field, Bishops Stortford, Herts CM23 4EY England; www.epress.force9.co.uk
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The Shadow’s Beneath Paul Finch (Enigmatic Press 0-9537476-1-1, Apr 2000, £4.00, 80pp, ph, cover by Gerald Gaubert) Original collection of three supernatural stories, one a reprint. Volume three in the “Enigmatic Variations” series.
- 5 · Hell in the Cathedral · nv *
- 29 · Beyond the Ramparts · nv *
- 61 · The Devils of Lakeland · ss Enigmatic Tales #2 ’98
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Pilgrim Timothy Findley (Faber and Faber 0-571-20268-3, May 2000, £10.99, 486pp, tp) Reprint (HarperCollins Canada 1999) literary fantasy novel. An immortal is psychoanalysed by Carl Jung after a 1912 suicide attempt. [First U.K. edition]
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Flain’s Coronet Catherine Fisher (The Bodley Head 0-370-32602-4, Feb 2000, £10.99, 234pp, hc, cover by Richard Jones) [Book of the Crow] Young-adult SF/fantasy novel, volume three of “The Book of the Crow”.
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The Interrex Catherine Fisher (Red Fox 0-09-926394-7, Feb 2000, £3.99, 213pp, pb) [Book of the Crow] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1999) young-adult fantasy/SF novel, volume two of “The Book of the Crow”.
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The Lammas Field Catherine Fisher (Hodder Silver 0-340-73699-2, Jan 2000, £4.99, 172pp, pb, cover by Andrew Potter) Young-adult fantasy novel.
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Monster Maker Nicholas Fisk (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-74992-X, Oct ’99, £3.99, 156pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) Reprint (Pelham Books 1979) young-adult fantasy novel.
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The Candle House Pauline Fisk (Red Fox 0-09-960071-4, Jul 2000, £4.99, 264pp, pb) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1999) young-adult fantasy novel of parallel lives, fate, and identity.
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Temple of the Winds James Follett (Severn House 0-7278-5568-9, May 2000, £17.99, viii+308pp, hc) [Temple of the Winds] SF/fantasy novel, first in a trilogy. A community isolated behind a mysterious force-field reverts to the mythic patterns of life in Olde England.
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Wicca James Follett (Severn House 0-7278-5626-X, Nov 2000, £17.99, 314pp, hc) [Temple of the Winds] SF/fantasy novel, second in a trilogy after Temple of The Winds. A community, isolated behind a mysterious force-field, reverts to the ways of Olde England, including laws on witchcraft.
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Calabash Christopher Fowler (Little, Brown/Warner UK 0-7515-3040-9, May 2000, £8.99, 346pp, tp) Associational novel of a dissatisfied teenager in 1970s Britain who escapes into the richly imagined fantasy kingdom of Calabash.
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Treading on the Past Derek M. Fox (Enigmatic Press 0-9537476-2-X, May 2000, £5.00, 83pp, ph, cover by Frank Mafrici) Original collection of four supernatural stories. Volume four in the “Enigmatic Variations” series.
- 5 · Introduction · Mark Chadbourn · in
- 7 · Echoes · nv *
- 31 · Packy’s Room · ss *
- 47 · Millstone · ss *
- 67 · Treading on the Past · ss *
- 82 · Praise for Derek M. Fox · Misc. · ms * [Derek M. Fox]
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Frank Kelly Freas: As He Sees It Frank Kelly & Laura Brodian Freas (Paper Tiger 1-85585-848-7, Nov 2000, £20.00, 112pp, hc, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) Art book, with art by Frank Kelly Freas from a wide range of sources: cover illustrations, portraits, private commisions, and work for NASA. The text, written with Laura Brodian Freas, discusses the craft and business of art and publishing. Foreword by Tim Powers.
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This Alien Shore C. S. Friedman (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648375-5, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], £6.99, 564pp, pb) Reprint (DAW 1998) SF novel. Mutated colonists form a new race that controls interstellar commerce. Copyrighted 2000, with no earlier ascription. [First U.K. edition]
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The Heart of Myrial Maggie Furey (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-971-7, Jul 2000, £5.99, 505pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Shadowleague] Reprint (Orbit 1999) fantasy novel, “Book One of The Shadowleague”.
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Smoke and Mirrors Neil Gaiman (Headline 0-7472-7418-5, Dec ’99, £9.99, 374pp, tp) Reprint (Avon 1998) collection of 35 stories and poems. This is an expanded version of Gaiman’s earlier collection Angels & Visitations (DreamHaven 1993). Copyrighted 1999, this edition adds five items not in the US original, including an original story and vignette. A hardcover edition (-7424-X, £16.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
- 1 · Reading the Entrails: A Rondel · pm The Fortune Teller, ed. Lawrence Schimel & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1997
- 2 · An Introduction · in
- 5 · The Wedding Present · ss Dark Terrors 4: The Gollancz Book of Horror, ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, London: Gollancz, 1998
- 34 · Chivalry · ss Grails: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurences, ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Atlanta, GA: Unnameable Press, 1992
- 48 · Nicholas Was... · vi Drabble II: Double Century, ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon Publications, 1990
- 49 · The Price · ss On Cats & Dogs: Two Tales, DreamHaven Books, 1997
- 56 · Troll Bridge · ss Snow White, Blood Red, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, AvoNova, 1993
- 68 · Don’t Ask Jack · vi Overstreet’s FAN, 1995
- 71 · The Goldfish Pool and Other Stories · nv David Copperfield’s Beyond Imagination, ed. David Copperfield, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1996
- 106 · Eaten (Scenes from a Moving Picture) · pm Off-Limits, ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin’s, 1996
- 113 · The White Road · pm Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Morrow AvoNova, 1995
- 125 · Queen of Knives · pm Tombs, Edward E. Kramer & Peter Crowther, White Wolf, 1995
- 135 · The Facts in the Case of the Departure of Miss Finch · ss Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated Fll ’98
- 154 · Changes · ss Crossing the Border: Tales of Erotic Ambiguity, ed. Lisa Tuttle, Gollancz, 1998
- 164 · Daughter of Owls · vi Tales of the Unanticipated #18 ’97
- 167 · Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar · ss The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 1998
- 179 · Virus · pm Digital Dreams, ed. David V. Barrett, NEL, 1990
- 182 · Looking for the Girl · ss Penthouse, 1985
- 194 · Only the End of the World Again · ss Shadows Over Innsmouth, ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer, 1994
- 212 · Bay Wolf [Lawrence Talbot] · pm Smoke and Mirrors, Avon, 1998
- 220 · Fifteen Painted Cards from a Vampire Tarot · ss The Art of Vampire the Masquerade, White Wolf Publishing, 1998
- 228 · We Can Get Them For You Wholesale · ss Knave (UK) v16 #7 ’89
- 239 · One Life Furnished with Early Moorcock [Elric] · ss Elric: Tales of the White Wolf, ed. Edward E. Cramer, White Wolf, 1994
- 254 · Cold Colours · pm Midnight Graffiti Win ’90
- 265 · The Sweeper of Dreams · pp Overstreet’s FAN, 1996
- 267 · Foreign Parts · nv Words Without Pictures, ed. Steve Niles, Eclipse, 1990
- 283 · Vampire Sestina · pm Fantasy Tales, v.10 #2, ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1989
- 285 · Mouse · ss Touch Wood, ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, 1993
- 295 · The Sea Change · pm Overstreet’s FAN, 1995
- 299 · How Do You Think It Feels? · ss In the Shadow of the Gargoyle, ed. Nancy Kilpatrick & Thomas S. Roche, Ace, 1998
- 308 · When We Went to See the End of the World by Dawnie Morningside, age 11¼ · ss Smoke and Mirrors, Avon, 1998
- 315 · Desert Wind · pm Smoke and Mirrors, Avon, 1998
- 317 · Tastings · ss Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, HarperPrism, 1998
- 325 · In the End · vi Strange Kaddish: Tales You Won’t Hear from Bubbie, ed. Clifford Lawrence Meth & Ricia Mainhardt, Aardwolf Publishing, 1996
- 327 · Babycakes · vi Taboo #4 ’90
- 329 · Murder Mysteries · nv Midnight Graffiti, ed. Jessica Horsting & James Van Hise, Warner, 1992
- 361 · Snow, Glass, Apples. · ss DreamHaven Books, 1995
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Smoke and Mirrors Neil Gaiman (Hodder Headline 0-7472-6368-X, May 2000, £5.99, 431pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1998) collection of 35 stories and poems, an expanded version of Gaiman’s earlier collection Angels & Visitations (1993).
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Stardust Neil Gaiman (Hodder Headline 0-7472-6369-8, Jan 2000, £5.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Lalique) Reprint (DC/Vertigo 1998) fantasy novel of a young man’s quest into Faerie to retrieve a fallen star. This lacks the illustrations of the DC Comics/Vertigo edition and follows the slightly revised Avon text.
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Dark Universe Daniel F. Galouye (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07137-0, Oct 2000, £9.99, 154pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam 1961) SF novel. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.
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Anonymous Rex Eric Garcia (HarperCollins UK 0-00-225962-1, Mar 2000, £10.99, 276pp, tp) [Vincent Rubio] Reprint (Random House/Villard 1999) satiric SF/fantasy novel of an intelligent dinosaur masquerading as human. Private investigator Vincent Rubio is a velociraptor living undercover in LA. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Bikini Planet David Garnett (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-950-4, Feb 2000, £5.99, 344pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Bikini Planet] Humorous SF novel. A 20th-century cop wakes after 300 years and is recruited into a battle for the ultimate holiday resort.
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Warhammer 40,000: Into the Maelstrom ed. Marc Gascoigne & Andy Jones (Black Library 1-84154-103-6, Sep ’99, £5.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Wayne England) [Warhammer 40,000] Anthology of stories set in the “Warhammer 40,000” universe, all reprinted from Inferno! magazine. Published in 1999, but not seen until now. Copyrighted by Games Workshop.
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Warhammer: Realm of Chaos ed. Marc Gascoigne & Andy Jones (Black Library 1-84154-107-9, Jan 2000, £5.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Martin Hanford) [Warhammer] Original anthology of 12 stories based on the SF role-playing games. Copyrighted by Games Workshop.
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Pagans Susan Gates (Scholastic UK 0-439-01469-7, Aug 2000, £4.99, 123pp, tp, cover by Mark Preston) Young-adult fantasy novel.
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Doctor Who: Last of the Gadarene Mark Gatiss (BBC Books 0-563-55587-4, Jan 2000 [Nov ’99], £5.99, 284pp, pb) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series, starring the third Doctor. Book 27 of the BBC “Missing Adventures” series.
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Bloodstone David Gemmell (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-832-X, Aug ’99, £5.99, 298pp, pb, cover by John Dolton) [Sipstrassi; Jon Shannow] Reprint (Legend 1994) fantasy novel. Book 3 in the “Sipistrassi/Jon Shannow” series.
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Hero in the Shadows David Gemmell (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-04435-5, Mar 2000, £16.99, 328pp, hc, cover by John Bolton) [Drenai; Waylander] Fantasy novel in the “Drenai” series. The third “Waylander” novel.
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Knights of Dark Renown David Gemmell (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-633-5, Oct ’99, £5.99, 400pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) Reissue (Legend 1989) fantasy novel.
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Midnight Falcon David Gemmell (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14257-3, Mar 2000, £5.99, 528pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Rigante] Reprint (Bantam UK 1999) fantasy novel. Book Two in the “Rigante” series after Sword in the Storm.
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Morningstar David Gemmell (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-785-4, Oct ’99, £5.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (Legend 1992) fantasy novel.
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Wolf in Shadow David Gemmell (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-788-9, Aug ’99, £5.99, 326pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Sipstrassi: Stones of Power; Jon Shannow] Reprint (Century 1987) fantasy novel. Book 1 in the “Sipistrassi/Jon Shannow” series.
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Hero in the Shadows David A. Gemmell (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14674-9, Oct 2000, £6.99, 446pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Drenai; Waylander] Reprint (Del Rey; Bantam UK 2000) fantasy novel in the “Drenai” series and the third “Waylander” novel.
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Ash: A Secret History Mary Gentle (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06900-7, Jun 2000, £20.00, 1112pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Book of Ash] Epic fantasy/SF novel of a female mercenary in 15th century Burgundy, and her secret memoirs suddenly discovered in the 21st century. Split into four volumes in the US, two already published: The Book of Ash #1: A Secret History (Avon Eos 10/99); The Book of Ash #2: Carthage Ascendant (Avon Eos 2/00). A trade paperback edition (-06901-5, £14.99) was announced but not seen.
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Troy Adèle Geras (Scholastic UK 0-439-01409-3, Mar 2000, £14.99, 346pp, hc, cover by Ben Warner) Young-adult fantasy novel set at the end of the Trojan War. Venus causes the sister of Helen’s handmaiden to fall in love with a soldier; and the fate of all three becomes bound with the fate of Troy.
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Gravity Tess Gerritsen (HarperCollins UK 0-00-651308-5, Jul 2000, £6.99, 342pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1999) near-future SF medical thriller. A biological experiment aboard the International Space Station unleashes a deadly plague. A hardcover edition (-226124-3, £16.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
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Shadow of the Minotaur Alan Gibbons (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-721-8, Feb 2000, £4.99, 217pp, tp, cover by Ian Butterworth) [Legendeer] Young-adult fantasy novel. A boy discovers a virtual reality based on Greek myth is actually an alternate reality. Book One in the “Phoenix” series.
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All Tomorrow’s Parties William Gibson (Penguin UK 0-14-026613-5, Oct 2000, £6.99, 277pp, tp) [Virtual Light] Reprint (Putnam; Viking UK 1999) SF novel, third in a loosely connected trilogy with Virtual Light and Idoru.
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Burning Chrome and Other Stories William Gibson (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-07461-9, Jun 2000, £5.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) SF collection.
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Count Zero William Gibson (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-07121-0, May 2000, £5.99, 335pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Neuromancer] Reprint (Gollancz; Arbor House 1986) SF novel, second in the “Neuromancer” trilogy.
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Mona Lisa Overdrive William Gibson (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20747-3, Jun 2000, £5.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Neuromancer] Reprint (Gollancz 1988) SF novel.
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