The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

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Dark Visions ed. Douglas E. Winter (Orion/Indigo 0-575-40290-3, Aug 2000, £6.99, 381pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1988 as Night Visions 5) anthology of seven original stories by Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, and Dan Simmons.

The Book of the New Sun: Volume 1: Shadow and Claw Gene Wolfe (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-977-5, Mar 2000, £7.99, 603pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) [Book of the New Sun] Reprint (Sidgwick & Jackson 1983 as The Book of the New Sun, Volumes I & II) omnibus of The Shadow of the Torturer (1980) and The Claw of the Conciliator (1981). Shadow won the World Fantasy Award; Claw won the Nebula Award. Volume 1 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.

The Book of the New Sun: Volume 2: Sword and Citadel Gene Wolfe (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-700-4, Dec 2000, £7.99, 615pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) [Book of the New Sun] Reprint (Sidgwick & Jackson 1985 as The Book of the New Sun, Volumes III & IV) compendium of The Sword of the Lictor (1981) & The Citadel of the Autarch (1983). Sword won the British Fantasy Award in 1983. Volume 12 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.

Going, Going, Gone Jack Womack (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-651105-8, Dec 2000, £6.99, 218pp, pb) SF novel of alternate worlds and time travel.

Endgame Chris Wooding (Scholastic Press UK 0-439-99533-7, May 2000, £4.99, 158pp, tp) Young-adult SF novel. Four teenagers test their friendship to destruction in the days before nuclear war begins.

Orlando Virginia Woolf (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-998220-X, Feb 2000, £5.99, 219pp, tp, cover by Denis Doran) Reprint (Hogarth Press 1928) literary fantasy novel. This edition includes a new foreword by Jeanette Winterson and new introductions by Peter Ackroyd and Margaret Reynolds.

Grand Conspiracy Janny Wurts (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-710222-4, Aug 2000, £6.99, 643pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) [Wars of Light and Shadow: Alliance of Light] Reprint (Voyager 1999) fantasy novel. Volume five of “The Wars of Light and Shadow”; second book of “The Alliance of Light” trilogy.

Chocky John Wyndham (Penguin UK 0-14-003121-9, Jun 2000, £5.99, 153pp, pb, cover by Spencer Wilson) [Chocky] Reissue (Ballantine 1968) SF novel. 26th printing.

The Chrysalids John Wyndham (Penguin UK 0-14-001308-3, 2000, £6.99, 200pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reissue (Ballantine 1955 as Re-Birth) SF novel. 65th printing.

The Chrysalids John Wyndham (Penguin Classic UK 0-14-118147-8, Mar 2000, £6.99, xi+187pp, tp) Reprint (Ballantine 1955 as Re-Birth) SF novel. This edition includes a new introduction by M. John Harrison.

The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham (Penguin UK 0-14-118145-1, 1999, £5.99, xviii+233pp, tp) [Triffids] Reprint (Doubleday 1951) classic alien-invasion novel. Includes a new Introduction by Barry Langford. In the “Penguin Classic” series. Published in 1999, but not seen until now.

The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham (Penguin UK 0-140-28553-9, 1999, £4.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Linda Noble) [Triffids] Reprint (Doubleday 1951) classic alien-invasion novel. Published in 1999, but not seen until now.

The Day of the Triffids John Wyndham (Penguin UK 0-14-000993-0, 2000, £5.99, 272pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Triffids] Reissue (Doubleday 1951) classic alien-invasion novel. 57th printing.

The Kraken Wakes John Wyndham (Penguin UK 0-14-001075-0, Jun 2000, £5.99, 240pp, pb, cover by Spencer Wilson) Reissue (Michael Joseph 1953) SF novel. 35th printing.

The Midwich Cuckoos John Wyndham (Penguin UK 0-14-001440-3, 2000, £5.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reissue (Michael Joseph 1957) SF novel. 41st printing.

The Midwich Cuckoos John Wyndham (Penguin Classic UK 0-14-118146-X, Mar 2000, £6.99, xii+190pp, tp) Reprint (Michael Joseph 1957) SF novel. This edition includes a new introduction by Christopher Priest.

The Seeds of Time John Wyndham (Penguin UK 0-14-001385-7, 2000, £5.99, 222pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reissue (Michael Joseph 1956) SF collection. 31st printing.

Trouble with Lichen John Wyndham (Penguin 0-14-001986-3, Jun 2000, £5.99, 204pp, pb, cover by Spencer Wilson) Reissue (Michael Joseph 1960) SF novel. 25th printing.

The Spiritual Meadow Yoryis Yatromanolakis (Dedalus 1-873982-44-5, May 2000, £8.99, 178pp, tp, cover by Lise Weisberger) Literary fantasy novel of a teacher experiencing the past and future life of Greece and himself, on the day of his arrival on Porphyri. Translated from the Greek (Kedros Publishers, 1974) by Mary Argyraki, who also contributes an introduction.

The Bridge Janine Ellen Young (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-0415-7, Nov 2000, £6.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Warner Aspect 2000) SF novel. An alien communication appears as a virus that mutates humanity. [First U.K. edition]

Chronicles of Amber Roger Zelazny (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-726-8, Jun 2000, £8.99, 772pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Amber] Reprint (SFBC 1999 as The First Chronicles of Amber) fantasy omnibus of the first 5 novels in the 10-book “Amber” sequence: Nine Princes in Amber (1970), The Guns of Avalon (1972), Sign of the Unicorn (1975), The Hand of Oberon (1976), and The Courts of Chaos (1978), Volume 6 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series. [First U.K. edition]

This Immortal Roger Zelazny (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07115-X, Jun 2000, £9.99, 174pp, tp, cover by Sue Michniewicz) Reprint (Ace 1966) classic novel of an immortal, Conrad Nomikos. Co-winner of the Hugo Award for best novel, 1966. An “SF Collectors’ Edition” in the distinctive yellow jacket.

The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales ed. Jack Zipes (Oxford University Press 0-19-860115-8, Mar 2000, £35.00, xxxii+603pp, hc, cover by Edmund Dulac) Critical guide to the history, traditions, and development of fairy tales and related works, with sections on authors, films, art, illustration, psychology, and much more.

The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 2000 ed. Jack Adrian (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-011-5, Nov 2000, C$50.00, xiii+148pp, hc, cover by Rob Suggs) Anthology of weird stories by well-known authors. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.50 and in the UK for £23.50.

A Plutonian Monologue on His Wife’s Death Brian Aldiss (Frogmore Press, The 0-9531383-7-2, 2000, £3.25, 19pp, ph) Collection of seven poems written as a response to his wife’s death. A limited edition of 200 numbered copies, signed by Aldiss.

The Outer Limits: Armageddon Dreams ed. Kevin J. Anderson (Tessloff Publishing Inc./BSV 1-58185-7039, Apr 2000, $12.95, 255pp, tp) Contain’s Harlan Ellison’s original script of “Soldier” with a companion story by Anderson and adaptations of other Outer Limits episodes.

Holt Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Anon. (Holt Rinehart Winston 0-03-05294706, 2000, 310pp, tp) Textbook anthology.

The Time Machine and War of the Worlds ed. Anon. (Holt Rinehart Winston 0-03-56476-X, 2000, tp) Textbook anthology.

Phantom Perfumes and Other Shades: Memories of Ghost Stories Magazine ed. Mike Ashley (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-89-3, Jan 2000, C$58.00, xxxvi+244pp, hc, cover by Linda Dyde) Anthology of 17 stories that appeared in Ghost Stories between 1926 and 1931, with a checklist of the issues of the magazine, a complete index to the contributors, and a foreword by Hugh B. Cave. This edition is limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $42.50 and in the UK for £26.50.

Murder in the Dark: Short Fictions and Prose Poems Margaret Atwood (Virago 1-85381-680-9, 2000, £6.99, 110pp, tp, cover by DD) [Rubinstein, Eva] Reprint (Coach House 1983, Jonathan Cape 1984, Virago 1994, Virago 1997). [Not seen]

Tessellations ed. Jason R. Bleckly & Kain Massin (Blackwood, South Australia: Altair Publishing 0 957723 8 81, Apr 2000, A$9.95, 200pp, tp) Original anthology. [DKL]

Haunting Beauty Sir Charles Birkin (Midnight House, 2000, $40.00, 252pp, hc, cover by Allen Koszowski) Noted mid-Twentieth Century horror author’s own selection of his best short fiction, edited with an introduced by Mike Ashley.

Skull Full of Spurs: A Roundup of Weird Westerns ed. Jason Bovberg & Kirk Whitham (Dark Highway Press 0966262913, May 2000, $29.95, ix + 245pp, hc, cover by Allen G. Douglas) Original anthology of horror stories set in the old west. Limited edition of 1,000 copies.

Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury (Thorndike, ME: Center Point Publishing 1-58547-020-1, 1999, hc) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1962) classic dark fantasy novel. Large print edition.

The Cold Embrace and Other Ghost Stories Mary Elizabeth Braddon (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-004-2, May 2000, C$58.00, xxii+286pp, hc, cover by Jason C. Eckhardt) Collection of Braddon’s supernatural stories along with an article about her done for Windsor magazine back in 1897, edited by Richard Dalby. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $42.50 and in the UK for £26.50.

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