The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001

Books, Listed by Author

ANDERSON, RACHEL (chron.)

• * _Blackthorn, Whitethorn (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-68127-6, Jun 2001, £4.99, 150pp, tp, cover by Tim Clarey) Reissue (Hodder Children’s Books 1997) young-adult ghost novel. Fourth printing. A “Signature” title.

ANDERSON, ROBERTA (Cuomo) (1942- ); see pseudonym Fern Michaels (chron.)

ANDERSON, TIMOTHY J. (chron.)

• * *Resisting Adonis (Tesseract 1-895836-84-0, Dec 2000, $11.95, 251pp, tp, cover by Evergon) Erotic SF thriller of the only perfect child in a dystopian future US. A hardcover edition (-83-2, $23.95) was announced but not seen. A first novel. This is dated 2000, but not seen until now. Order from Tesseract Books, The Books Collective, #214, 10405 Jasper Ave., Edmonton AB T5J 3S2; 780-448-0590; [www.bookscollective.com].

ANDRE-DRIUSSI, MICHAEL (stories) (chron.)

• * _Cicerone Sinister: a guide to Gene Wolfe’s The Fifth Head of Cerberus (with Robert Borski) See entry under Robert Borski.

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• * *Snake’s-hands: a chapbook about the fiction of John Crowley (with Alice K. Turner) (Sirius Fiction 0-9642795-8-4, May 2001, $5.00, 63pp, ph) Chapbook non-fiction, an anthology of 12 reviews and essays on Crowley by William H. Ansley, John Clute, Thomas M. Disch, and the editors. Preface by Harold Bloom. There is a brief bibliography of Crowley’s work. Order from Sirius Fiction, PO Box 6248, Albany CA 94706-0248; website: [www.sirius.com/˜mantis/]; add $1.00 postage. [Crowley]

ANDREWS, AUSTEN (chron.)

• * *Ultima: The Technocrat War: Book II: Masquerade (Pocket 0-7434-0380-0, Jan 2002, $6.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Jerry Vanderstelt) [Ultima: Machinations] Novelization based on the computer game series, the second of three in the “Machinations” series. Copyrighted by Electronic Arts.
• * *Ultima: The Technocrat War: Machinations, Book I (Pocket 0-7434-0379-7, Apr 2001, $6.50, 344pp, pb) [Ultima: Machinations] Novelization based on the computer game series, the first of three in the “Machinations” series. Copyrighted by Electronic Arts.

ANDREWS, V(irginia) C(leo) (1911-1986) (chron.)

• * _Lightning Strikes (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-0914-0, 2001, £6.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Hudson Family] Reprint (Pocket 2000) associational gothic horror novel. Second in the “Hudson Family” series after Rain. Copyrighted by the Vanda Partnership. The author is probably still Andrew Neiderman.
• * _Lightning Strikes (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-0842-0, Feb 2001, £16.99, 279pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Hudson Family] Reprint (Pocket 2000 as by V.C. Andrews) associational gothic horror novel. Second in the “Hudson Family” series after Rain. Copyrighted by the Vanda Partnership. The author is probably still Andrew Neiderman. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Rain (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-671-02964-9, Mar 2001, £5.99, 440pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Hudson Family] Reprint (Pocket 2000 as by V.C. Andrews) associational gothic horror novel. First in the “Hudson” series. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman.

ANDREWS, VIRGINIA; see under Andrews, V. C. (chron.)

ANDREWS^®, THE NEW VIRGINIA; see under Andrews®, V. C. (stories) (chron.)

ANDREWS^®, V. C. [The New Virginia Andrews^®] (stories) (chron.)

• * *Cinnamon (Pocket 0-671-03993-8, Jul 2001, $4.99, 184pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Shooting Stars] Associational gothic horror novel, first in the “Shooting Stars” series. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Vanda General Partnership.
• * *The End of the Rainbow (Pocket 0-671-03985-7, Feb 2001, $7.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Hudson] Associational gothic horror novel, fourth in the “Hudson” series begun with Rain. A hardcover edition (-03984-9, $24.95) was announced but not seen. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Vanda General Partnership.
• * *Falling Stars (Pocket 0-671-03987-3, Dec 2001, $7.99, 387pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Shooting Stars] Associational gothic horror novel, fifth and final in the “Shooting Stars” series. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Vanda General Partnership.
• * *Honey (Pocket 0-671-03996-2, Oct 2001, $4.99, 180pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Shooting Stars] Associational gothic horror novel, fourth in the “Shooting Stars” series. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Vanda General Partnership.
• * *Ice (Pocket 0-671-03994-6, Aug 2001, $4.99, 186pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Shooting Stars] Associational gothic horror novel, second in the “Shooting Stars” series. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Vanda General Partnership.
• * *Rose (Pocket 0-671-03995-4, Sep 2001, $4.99, 185pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Shooting Stars] Associational gothic horror novel, third in the “Shooting Stars” series. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Vanda General Partnership.
• * *The Wildflowers (Pocket 0-7434-2347-X, Jun 2001, $7.99, 584pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Wildflowers] Associational omnibus of four gothic horror novels in the “Wildflowers” series, all 1999: Misty, Star, Jade, and Cat. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Vanda General Partnership. (Contents)

ANONYMOUS, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *2001 - A Space Oddity (Staples 0-9536236-1-0, Nov 2000, £1.00, 114pp, tp, cover by Raymond Briggs) Second annual compilation of 100 short, short original stories (100 words each) selected from entrants to a children’s competition organised by Staples: The Office Superstore in aid of various charities such as Childline. “Celebrity” entries are also provided by Patrick Moore, Jane Asher & Raymond Briggs (although the Patrick Moore piece is actually non-fiction).
• * *After Twilight (Love Spell 0-505-52450-3, Sep 2001, $5.99, pb) Romantic fantasy anthology of three stories of demon lovers, by Amanda Ashley, Christine Feehan, and Ronda Thompson. (Contents)
• * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer, Vol. 1 (Pocket Pulse 0-7434-0045-3, Oct 2001, $9.00, 280pp, tp) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayer] Original anthology of seven stories loosely based on the TV show, about Slayers through the ages. Authors include Yvonne Navarro, Nancy Holder, and Doranna Durgin. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film. (Contents)
• * *The Clockwork Reader Volume 1 (Clockwork Storybook 0-9704841-4-3, Nov 2001, $8.00, 100pp, tp) Original anthology of four novel excerpts and six stories by Mark Finn, Chris Roberson, Matthew Sturges, and Bill Willingham. This is a print-on-demand edition available from Clockwork Storybook, PO Box 200126, Austin TX 78720; [www.clockworkstorybook.com]. (Contents)
• * *Decayed: 10 Years of Point Horror (Scholastic UK 0-439-99476-4, Oct 2001, £4.99, 676pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) Omnibus of three “Point Horror” titles: Trick or Treat (1989) and April Fools (1990) by Richie Tankersley Cusick, and Blood Sinister (1996) by Celia Rees. (Contents)
• * *DragonLance: Bertrem’s Guide to the War of Souls, Volume One (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1882-9, Sep 2001, $6.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: War of Souls] Original anthology/sourcebook with four quasi-fictional articles supposedly written by the role-playing game world’s inhabitants. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. (Contents)
• * *The Library of Classic Horror Stories (Running Press/Courage Books 0-7624-1116-3, 2001, $15.98, 1045pp, hc, cover by Gil Cohen) Anthology of eight stories and four novels: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (1886), Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897), The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells (1896), with two additional stories by Stevenson and six by Edgar Allan Poe. An instant remainder edition. Order from Running Press, 125 South 22nd St, Philadelphia PA 19103; add $2.50 postage. (Contents)
• * _Lords of the Night: Tales of Vampire Love (Kensington 0-7582-0049-8, Sep 2001, $12.00, 276pp, tp) Reprint (Zebra 1997) vampire-romance anthology of three stories by Janice Bennett, Sara Blayne, and Monique Ellis.
• * *Once Upon a Waltz (Kensington/Zebra 0-8217-6797-6, Mar 2001, $4.99, 256pp, pb) Original fantasy-romance anthology of fairy-tales retold in Regency settings by authors Carola Dunn, Karla Hocker, and Judith A. Lansdowne. (Contents)
• * *Out of This World (Jove 0-515-13109-1, Aug 2001, $7.50, 359pp, pb) Anthology of four stories of “paranormal romance”, including an original Eve Dallas novella by J.D. Robb. Original novellas by Susan Krinard and Maggie Shayne are accompanied by brief excerpts from their upcoming novels; Laurell K. Hamilton is represented by a long excerpt from her new Anita Blake novel Narcissus in Chains. (Contents)
• * _A Reader’s Companion to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (BOMC/QPBC #339382, Jan 2001, $2.98, 119pp, tp, cover by David Levine) Reissue (BOMC 1995) non-fiction gathering of 12 articles on Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, by authors including Ursula K. Le Guin, Isaac Asimov, and C.S. Lewis. We apparently missed the first printing; no printing indicator is given for this edition, which was received through the SFBC. [Tolkien]
• * *Star Trek: Gateways: What Lay Beyond (Pocket 0-7434-3112-X, Nov 2001, $24.00, 373pp, hc, cover by Greg Bridges,et al) [Star Trek; Gateways] Star Trek original anthology/mosaic novelization, the seventh and final volume in the crossover “Gateways” series, credited as by all six authors of the first six volumes: Diane Carey, Peter David, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Christie Golden, Robert Greenberger, and Susan Wright. This includes a 50-page timeline of Pocket/Simon & Schuster novels, short fiction, audiobooks, etc. published through December 2001. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. (Contents)
• * *Things That Go Bump in the Night (Ellora’s Cave 1843600234, 2001, 155pp, e-book) (Contents)
• * *World of Darkness: Red Talons and Fianna (White Wolf 1-56504-884-9, Sep 2001, $6.50, 286pp, tp, cover by Steve Prescott & Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh) [World of Darkness: Tribe] Omnibus of two novelizations in the “Tribe” series based on the role-playing games: Red Talons by Philippe Boulle and Fianna by Eric Griffin. Copyrighted by White Wolf. (Contents)
• * *World of Darkness: Shadow Lords & Get of Fenris (White Wolf 1-56504-855-5, Jul 2001, $6.50, 287pp, tp, cover by Steve Prescott & Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh) [World of Darkness: Tribe] Omnibus of two novelizations in the “Tribe” series, based on the role-playing games: Shadow Lords by Gherbod Fleming, and Get of Fenris by Eric Griffin. Copyrighted by White Wolf. (Contents)
• * *World of Darkness: Silent Striders & Black Furies (White Wolf 1-56504-883-0, May 2001, $6.50, tp) [World of Darkness: Tribe] Omnibus of two novelizations in the “Tribe” series, based on the “Werewolf: The Apocalypse” role-playing games. Copyrighted by White Wolf. (Contents)
• * _The Writer’s Complete Fantasy Reference (Writer’s Digest Books 1-58297-026-2, Feb 2001, $14.99, 277pp, tp, cover by Robin Wood) Reprint (Writer’s Digest Books 1998) non-fiction, a reference guide to elements of fantasy.

ANTHONY, MARK (Russell Lee) (1966- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Last Rune, Book Three: The Dark Remains (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38101-6, Mar 2001, $14.95, 497pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) [Last Rune] Fantasy novel, book three in “The Last Rune” series.
• * *The Last Rune, Book Three: The Dark Remains (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight UK 0-684-86042-2, Mar 2001, £9.99, 497pp, tp, cover by Steve Youll) [Last Rune] Fantasy novel, third in the series.
• * _The Last Rune, Book Three: The Dark Remains (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57935-5, Oct 2001, $6.99, 643pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Last Rune] Reprint (Bantam Spectra; Earthlight UK 2001) fantasy novel, book three in the “Last Rune” series.

ANTHONY, PIERS; pseudonym of Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob, (1934- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Dastard (Tor 0-812-57473-7, Oct 2001, $6.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Xanth] Reprint (Tor 2000) humorous fantasy novel, 24th in the “Xanth” series.
• * *DoOon Mode (Tor 0-312-87463-4, Apr 2001, $25.95, 368pp, hc, cover by Daniel Horne) [Mode] Fantasy novel, fourth in the ’Mode’ series. A young woman from this world becomes involved in a mad Emperor’s multi-dimensional games.
• * _The Gutbucket Quest (with Ron L. Leming) (Tor 0-812-56486-3, May 2001, $6.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) Reprint (Tor 2000) Fantasy novel. A Texas bluesman is tranported to a world where the blues have real power, embodied in a guitar named The Gutbucket. There are author’s notes by Anthony, and an afterword by Leming.
• * *How Precious Was That While (Tor 0-312-87464-2, Jul 2001, $25.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Non-fiction, autobiography, a companion to his 1989 Bio of an Ogre focusing primarily on Anthony’s recent career.
• * *Jason Striker Martial Arts Series: Volume III (with Roberto Fuentes) (Xlibris 1-4010-3353-9, 2001, $24.99, 443pp, tp) Collection including the last published “Jason Striker” novel, Amazon Slaughter (Berkley Medallion, 1976), the short story “Ki” (Vertex June 1974) and various unfinished and/or unpublished related pieces. (Contents)
• * _Muse of Art (Tor 0-812-57471-0, Apr 2001, $6.99, 631pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Geodyssey] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy novel, fourth in the “Geodyssey” series.
• * _Realty Check (Write Way 1-885173-99-7, 2001, $12.99, 214pp, tp) Reprint (Pulpless.com 1999) SF novel about a house so high-tech it seems magical. An on-demand edition, available from Write Way Publishing, PO Box 441278, Aurora CO 80044; 800-680-1493; [www.writewaypub.com].
• * _The Secret of Spring (with Jo Anne Taeusch) (Tor 0-812-56487-1, Jul 2001, $6.99, 276pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) Reprint (Tor 2000) humorous fantasy novel.
• * *Swell Foop (Tor 0-312-86900-2, Oct 2001, $24.95, 300pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Xanth] Humorous fantasy novel, 25th in the “Xanth” series. Cynthia Centaur must find Demon Earth to save Xanth from destruction.

ANTHONY, RAY (chron.)

• * *Empress (Ace UK 0-9526287-1-6, Aug 2001, £6.99, 412pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) SF novel. Two women battle to control a Galactic Empire. Available from PO Box 10289, London SW17 9ZF, UK.

ANZETTI, TONI; pseudonym of Ann Tonsor Zeddies, (1951- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Riders of Leviathan (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41872-7, Feb 2001, $6.99, 362pp, pb, cover by Dean Williams) [*Typhon’s Children] SF novel, sequel to Typhon’s Children, of colonists with altered DNA trying to survive on a deadly ocean planet.

APPLEGATE, K. A. (chron.)

• * *Everworld: Entertain the End (Scholastic 0-590-87996-0, May 2001, $4.99, 156pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Everworld] Young-adult fantasy of kids trapped in a magical parallel universe. 12th in the series.
• * *Everworld: Mystify the Magician (Scholastic 0-590-87988-X, Feb 2001, $4.99, 200pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Young-adult fantasy of kids trapped in a magical parallel universe. 11th in the series.
• * *Remnants 1: The Mayflower Project (Scholastic 0-590-87997-9, Jul 2001, $4.99, 170pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Remnants] Young-adult post-holocaust SF novel. Earth is hit by an asteroid, and the only survivors are in a spaceship.
• * *Remnants 2: Destination Unknown (Scholastic 0-590-88074-8, Aug 2001, $4.99, 151pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Remnants] Young-adult post-holocaust SF novel. Earth is hit by an asteroid, and the only survivors are 80 people in a spaceship.
• * *Remnants 3: Them (Scholastic 0-590-88078-0, Oct 2001, $4.99, 163pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Remnants] Young-adult post-holocaust SF novel. Earth is hit by an asteroid, and the only survivors are in a spaceship.
• * *Remnants 4: Nowhere Land (Scholastic 0-590-88193-0, Dec 2001, $4.99, 165pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Remnants] Young-adult post-holocaust SF novel. Earth is hit by an asteroid, and the only survivors are in a spaceship.

ARDEN, TOM; pseudonym of David Rain, (1961- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Empress of the Endless Dream (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06374-2, Nov 2001, £17.99, 448pp, hc, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [The Orokon] Fantasy novel, the fifth and final in “The Orokon” series.
• * _The Sisterhood of the Blue Storm (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-330-0, Nov 2001, £6.99, 698pp, pb, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [The Orokon] Reprint (Gollancz 2000) fantasy novel. “Fourth Book of The Orokon”.

ARMSTRONG, KELLEY (chron.)

• * *Bitten (Little, Brown UK 0-316-85539-1, Jun 2001, £10.99, 448pp, tp) [Women of the Otherworld] Dark fantasy novel of a female werewolf. A first novel.
• * +Bitten (Viking 0-670-89471-0, Oct 2001, $24.95, 343pp, hc, cover by Martina Hoogland Ivanow) [Women of the Otherworld] Werewolf novel. Elena Michaels survives a bite to become the only known female werewolf, and has trouble adapting to life both with ordinary humans, and with the hereditary male werewolves of the Pack. First US edition (Little, Brown UK 2001).

ARMSTRONG, RACHEL (chron.)

• * *The Gray’s Anatomy (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-635-7, Sep 2001, £10.00, 240pp, tp, cover by Keenan) Satirical SF novel. An alien’s investigation into human sexuality may lead to the corruption of its intellectual, anti-carnal race. A first novel.

ARNZEN, MICHAEL A(ndrew) (1967- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Fluid Mosaic (Wildside Press 1-58715-269-X, 2001, $13.95, 121pp, tp, cover by Renate Mueller) Collection of 13 horror stories, one original. Arnzen provides “Liner Notes” discussing how the stories came to be written. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045. (Contents)

ARRIGAN, MARY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Baldur’s Bones (Collins 0-00-711154-1, Jul 2001, £3.99, 190pp, tp, cover by Mark Harrison) Young-adult fantasy novel. Teenagers take home a skull from a Viking burial site.

ARSAND, DANIEL (chron.)

• * *The Land of Darkness (Dedalus 1-873982-99-2, Apr 2001, £8.99, 194pp, tp, cover by Will Gray) Literary fantasy historical novel. Translated by Christine Donougher from La province des ténèbres (France 1998). Introduction by Kate Britten. A first novel. In 1289, a caravan travels towards the mongol empire of Kubilai Khan.

ASARO, CATHERINE (Ann) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Ascendant Sun (Tor 0-812-56665-3, Feb 2001, $6.99, 371pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Skolian Empire] Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel, a direct sequel to The Last Hawk.
• * *Spherical Harmonic (Tor 0-312-89063-X, Dec 2001, $27.95, 428pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Skolian Empire] SF novel, the seventh novel of the Skolian Empire, a direct sequel to The Radiant Seas.

ASHER, NEAL L. (1961- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Gridlinked (Macmillan UK 0-333-90363-3, Mar 2001, £10.00, 426pp, tp, cover by Steve Rawlings) [Gridlinked] SF novel. Agent Cormac tries to protect a mysterious project on a distant planet, while being pursued by an unrelenting psychopathic killer.