The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001

Books, Listed by Author

ASHLEY, MIKE; [i.e., Michael Raymond Donald Ashley] (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Algernon Blackwood: An Extraordinary Life (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0928-6, Jan 2002, $28.00, 395pp, hc) Biography. An index is included. First US edition (Constable 2001 as Starlight Man: The Extraordinary Life of Algernon Blackwood).
• * *Starlight Man: The Extraordinary life of Algernon Blackwood (Constable 1-84119-417-4, Nov 2001, £20.00, xviii+395pp, hc) Detailed biography of the supernatural fiction writer, secret agent, member of the Golden Dawn, and radio and TV broadcaster. [Blackwood]
• * *The Time Machines: The Story of the Science-Fiction Pulp Magazines from the beginning to 1950 (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-865-0, Dec 2000, £12.95, xii+300pp, tp) Critical non-fiction, first of three volumes in “The History of the Science-Fiction Magazine”. Greatly expanded and rewritten from the non-fiction sections (introductions, essays, afterwords) in the original four-volume anthology series, “The History of the Science-Fiction Magazines” (1974-1978). This includes a select bibliography, index, and appendices on editors & publishers, cover artists, and non-English-language magazines. A hardcover edition (-855-3, £32.00) is also available.

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• * +The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0867-0, Jun 2001, $11.95, 528pp, tp, cover by Julek Heller) Anthology of 32 humorous fantasy stories, 13 original. Authors include James Bibby, Esther Friesner, and Tom Holt. First US edition (Robinson 5/01).
• * *The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy (Robinson 1-84119-080-2, Jun 2001, £6.99, xii+528pp, tp, cover by Julek Heller & Pete Rozycki) Original/reprint anthology of 32 humorous stories. Authors include David Langford, Tom Holt, and Esther M. Friesner. (Contents)
• * *The Mammoth Book of Fantasy (Robinson 1-84119-374-7, Sep 2001, £6.99, xii+500pp, tp, cover by John Howe) Anthology of 23 stories, one an original by Louise Cooper. Authors include Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Moorcock, A. Merritt, and James P. Blaylock. (Contents)
• * +The Mammoth Book of Fantasy (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0917-0, Nov 2001, $11.95, 500pp, tp, cover by John Howe) Anthology of 23 fantasy stories, one original. Authors include Louise Cooper, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tanith Lee, and Robert E. Howard. First American edition (Robinson 2001).

ASIMOV, ISAAC; [anglicized from Isaak Iudich Azimov] (1920-1992) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Complete Adventures of Lucky Starr (SFBC #38475, Aug 2001, $14.98, 701pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [*David “Lucky” Starr] Omnibus of the six novels in the “Lucky Starr” series, originally published as by Paul French: David Starr — Space Ranger (1952), Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids (1953), Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus (1954), Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury (1956), Lucky Starr and the Moons of Jupiter (1957), and Lucky Starr and the Rings of Saturn (1958). This unitary edition retains Asimov’s introductions to the SFBC two-volume edition in 1985, and his biographical note. This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-1941-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * _Foundation (HarperCollins/Voyager Classics 0-00-711587-3, Jun 2001, £7.99, 234pp, tp) [Foundation] Reissue (Gnome 1951) SF novel. First in the “Foundation” series. “Voyager Classics” number three.
• * _I, Robot (HarperCollins/Voyager Classics 0-00-711963-1, Dec 2001, £7.99, 249pp, tp) [Robot Series] Reprint (Gnome Press 1950) collection of nine stories in the classic “Robot” series. “Voyager Classics” Number 18.
• * _Robot Dreams (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-335-1, Apr 2001, £6.99, 474pp, pb, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot Series] Reprint (Berkley 1986) SF collection.
• * _Robot Visions (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-336-X, Apr 2001, £6.99, 511pp, pb, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot Series] Reprint (NAL/Roc 1990) SF collection.

ASPRIN, ROBERT LYNN (1946-2008) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *License Invoked (with Jody Lynn Nye) (Baen 0-671-31978-7, Mar 2001, $6.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Humorous contemporary fantasy novel. Irish acid-folk rock singer Fionna Kenmare is threatened by invisible attackers while touring in the US. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
• * _Myth Adventures One (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-36-3, May 2001, $16.00, 357pp, tp, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Myth] Reprint (SFBC 1984 as part of Myth Adventures) omnibus of the first two humorous fantasy novels in the “Myth Adventures” series: Another Fine Myth (1978) and Myth Conceptions (1980). Illustrated by Daniel R. Horne. A hardcover edition (-35-5, $35.00) was announced but not seen. Order online at [www.meishamerlin.com], or from Meisha Merlin, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031.
• * *Myth-ion Improbable (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-55-X, Sep 2001, $14.00, 198pp, tp, cover by Hoaug) [Myth] New humorous fantasy novel in the “Myth” series, though set between volumes three and four in the series. A hardcover edition (-54-1, $25.00) is also available. Order online at [www.meishamerlin.com], or from Meisha Merlin Publishing, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031.

ATHERTON, NANCY (T.) (1955- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Aunt Dimity: Detective (Viking 0-670-03021-X, Oct 2001, $22.95, 230pp, hc, cover by Jerry Lofaro) [Aunt Dimity] Mystery/ghost novel, seventh in the series. Ghostly Aunt Dimity prompts Lori to investigate the murder of a malicious gossip.

ATKINS, FRANCIS HENRY; see under Atkins, Frank (chron.)

ATKINS, FRANK; [i.e., Francis Henry Atkins, Sr.] (1847-1927); see pseudonym Frank Aubrey (chron.)

ATKINSON, KATE (chron.)

• * _Emotionally Weird (Transworld/Black Swan 0-552-99734-X, Mar 2001, £6.99, 413pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday UK 2000) associational humorous literary novel with characters including SF media fans and a bestselling fantasy author.

ATTANASIO, A(lfred) A(ngelo) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * *The Crow: Hellbound (HarperEntertainment 0-06-107350-4, Jul 2001, $15.00, 237pp, tp, cover by Gregory Bridges) [Crow] Novelization inspired by the movie/comic book created by James O’Barr. Copyrighted by Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation.

ATWATER-RHODES, AMELIA (chron.)

• * _Demon in My View (Random House/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22884-0, Sep 2001, $4.99, 176pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Delacorte 2000) young-adult vampire novel. Teenage published author Jessica meets a boy just like the villain from her vampire novel.
• * *Shattered Mirror (Random House/Delacorte 0-385-32793-5, Oct 2001, $9.95, 227pp, hc, cover by Phil Heffernan) Young-adult vampire novel. A young witch raised to destroy vampires is torn when one of her high-school classmates turns out to be a vampire who has sworn off human blood.

AUBREY, FRANK; pseudonym of Frank Atkins, (1847-1927) (chron.)

• * _The Devil-Tree of El Dorado (Wildside Press 1-58715-428-5, Apr 2001, $17.50, 392pp, tp) Reprint (Hutchinson 1896) fantasy lost-race novel. There is a new introduction by John Gregory Betancourt. A print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045.

AUDLEY, ANSELM (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Heresy (Simon & Schuster UK/Earthlight 0-7432-0950-8, Jun 2001, £10.00, 405pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Aquasilva] SF novel, Book One of the “Aquasilva” trilogy. Forces fight for change on a waterworld where all dissension is heresy.
• * +Heresy (Pocket 0-7434-2738-6, Sep 2001, $25.00, 405pp, hc, cover by Jerry Vanderstelt) [Aquasilva] Fantasy novel. A young nobleman stumbles on a religious takeover by Fire worshipers in the watery world of Aquasilva. A first novel. First US edition (Earthlight 6/01).

AUFDEM-BRINKE, ELEANOR F. (1950- ); see pseudonyms J. D. Robb & Nora Roberts (stories) (chron.)

AUSTIN, J. D.; pseudonym of Joshua Dann (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Bobby’s Girl (Ace 0-441-00823-2, Apr 2001, $5.99, 268pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Bobby] Humorous SF novel. A Hollywood director doesn’t know his girlfriend is an alien hiding on Earth. Austin is a pseudonym for Joshua Dann.
• * *Second Contact (Ace 0-441-00879-8, Nov 2001, $5.99, 199pp, pb, cover by Michael Koelsch) SF novel. Earth sends a ship to a world that has already responded violently to first contact. Austin is a pseudonym for Joshua Dann.

AXLER, JAMES; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * *Deathlands: Judas Strike (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62564-2, Jun 2001, $5.99, 348pp, pb) [Deathlands: Skydark Chronicles] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, Book II of the “Skydark Chronicles”, 54th in the overall series. Written by Nick Polotta. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Deathlands: Savage Armada (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62563-4, Mar 2001, $5.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Deathlands: Skydark Chronicles] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, first in the “Skydark Chronicles” trilogy, 53rd in the overall series. Axler is a house name; this novel was written by Nick Pollotta. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Deathlands: Shadow Fortress (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62565-0, Oct 2001, $5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Deathlands: Skydark Chronicles] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, third in the “Skydark Chronicles”, 55th in the overall series. Written by Nick Polotta. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Deathlands: Sunchild (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62566-9, Dec 2001, $5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 56th in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Outlanders: Purgatory Road (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63830-2, May 2001, $5.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Outlanders: Imperator Wars] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, Book III of the “Imperator Wars” trilogy, 17th in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Outlanders: Sargasso Plunder (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63831-0, Aug 2001, $5.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 18th in the series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Outlanders: Tigers of Heaven (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63829-9, Feb 2001, $5.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Outlanders: Imperator Wars] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, Book Two in the “Imperator Wars” trilogy, 16th in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Outlanders: Tomb of Time (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63832-9, Nov 2001, $5.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 19th in the series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.

AYCLIFFE, JONATHAN; pseudonym of Denis MacEoin, (1949- ) (chron.)

• * _The Talisman (Severn House 0-7278-5696-0, Feb 2001, £17.99, 209pp, hc) Reprint (Ash-Tree Press 1999) dark fantasy novel of an ancient statue which pits the dead against the living in modern London. Includes an introduction by the author (Denis McEoin, who also writes as Daniel Easterman). [First U.K. edition]

AYLETT, STEVE (1967- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +The Crime Studio (Four Walls Eight Windows 1-56858-148-3, Aug 2001, $14.95, 156pp, tp) [Beerlight] Collection of connected stories set in the surreal city of Beerlight. First US edition (Serif 1994). (Contents)
• * *Shamanspace (Codex 1-899598-20-0, Nov 2001, £6.99, 121pp, tp) Hallucinatory SF novel. In a future where god has been proven to exist, occult assassins race to kill him. Illustrated by Aylett.
• * _Toxicology (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07110-9, Sep 2001, £9.99, 131pp, tp, cover by Graham Roundthwaite & Nick Castle) Reprint (Four Walls Eight Windows 1999) collection of 26 reprint and original surreal/fantasy stories, some set in the “Beerlight” world. Expanded from the US edition by six stories, including two original. A hardcover edition (-07109-5, £16.99) is also available. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]

BAER, WILL CHRISTOPHER (1966- ) (chron.)

• * _Penny Dreadful (Penguin USA 0-14-029653-0, Feb 2001, $14.00, 386pp, tp) [Kiss Me, Judas] Reprint (Viking 2000) mainstream novel with fantasy/hallucinatory elements, sequel to Kiss Me, Judas.

BAIRD, STEVEN (chron.)

• * *Creiton’s Sword (iUniverse.com/Writers Showcase 0-595-13309-6, Jan 2001, $21.95, 455pp, tp) Medieval fantasy novel. Young Bryant of Bren runs away from his abusive father and becomes one of the elite Creiton’s Swords. A first novel. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.iuniverse.com], or write iUniverse.com, 620 North 48th St. Suite 201, Lincoln NE 68504-3467.

BAKER, KAGE (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Graveyard Game (Harcourt 0-15-100449-8, Feb 2001, $24.00, 298pp, hc) [The Company] SF novel of “The Company”, fourth in the series after Mendoza in Hollywood. Joseph and Lewis in 1996 start searching for the missing Mendoza, and uncover some nasty Company secrets.
• * *In Bad Company (SFBC #35371, Mar 2001, $12.98, 536pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) [The Company] Omnibus of the third and fourth novels of “The Company”: Mendoza in Hollywood (2000) and The Graveyard Game (2001). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-1663-4; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * _Mendoza in Hollywood (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-81900-7, Aug 2001, $6.99, 365pp, pb, cover by Michael Koelsch) [The Company] Reprint (Harcourt 2000) SF time-travel novel, third in “The Company” series. The immortals hang out in southern California at the time of the Civil War.
• * _On Company Time (SFBC #36398, Mar 2001, $12.98, 485pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [The Company] Reissue (SFBC 1999) omnibus of two novels of “The Company”: In the Garden of Iden (1998) and Sky Coyote (1999). This lacks a price and has a new SFBC number on the back jacket, but retains the ISBN of the 1999 edition.

BAKER, TRISHA (chron.)

• * *Crimson Kiss (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1416-4, Nov 2001, $5.99, 444pp, pb) [*Meghann O’Neill] Vampire novel, first in a trilogy. Meghann O’Neill is a psychologist specializing in victims of abusive relationships — and a vampire.

BALDICK, CHRIS(topher Giles), ed. (1954- ) (chron.)

• * _The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (Oxford University Press 0-19-286219-7, 2001, $16.95, 533pp, tp, cover by Michael Trevillion) Reprint (Oxford 1992) anthology of 37 gothic stories. This is an international edition.

BALDRY, CHERITH (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Exiled from Camelot (Green Knight Publishing 1-928999-16-6, Mar 2001, $14.95, 312pp, tp, cover by Richard Pace) Arthurian fantasy novel. Camelot is unsettled by the arrival of Arthur’s illegitimate son, Loholt. Available from Wizard’s Attic, 900 Murmansk St., Suite 5, Oakland CA 94607; orders 800-213-1493; 510-452-4951; online at [www.wizards-attic.com].

BALDWIN, ALFRED, Mrs.; see under Baldwin, Louisa (stories) (chron.)

BALDWIN, LOUISA; (Mrs. Alfred Baldwin) (1845-1925) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Shadow on the Blind And Other Ghost Stories (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-023-9, Jun 2001, C$53.00, xx+143pp, hc, cover by Allen Koszowski) Collection of ghost stories, adding one story to the 1895 volume of the same title. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $40.00 and in the UK for £25.00. (Contents)

BALLARD, J(ames) G(raham) (1930-2009) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Atrocity Exhibition (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-711686-1, May 2001, £7.99, viii+184pp, tp) Reprint (Re/Search 1990) literary SF collection, to be read as a single, fragmented narrative. Originally from Jonathan Cape 1970, this edition includes the William Burroughs preface, the annotations by Ballard, and two of the additional stories from the Re/Search edition, but omits its illustrations and the other two additional stories. There is a new “Author’s Note” by Ballard. (Contents)
• * _The Best Short Stories of J.G. Ballard (Picador USA 0-312-27844-6, Jul 2001, $14.00, 302pp, tp) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1978) collection of 19 stories, with an introduction by Anthony Burgess. This is the 1995 Holt/Owl edition with the text shrunk slightly, but otherwise identical (except for the copyright page and publisher indica).
• * *The Complete Short Stories (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-712405-8, Nov 2001, £25.00, ix+1189pp, hc) Collection of 96 SF/fantasy stories, four not previously collected. The rest previously appeared in The Voices of Time (1962), The Terminal Beach (1964), The Disaster Area (1967), The Day of Forever (1967), Vermilion Sands (1971), Low-Flying Aircraft 1976), The Venus Hunters (1980), Myths of the Near Future (1982), War Fever (1990), and The Atrocity Exhibition (1969). This compendium deliberately omits 22 stories: all but two of the stories from The Atrocity Exhibition (which Ballard does not consider to be a collection), and a further six stories published between 1970 and 1996. (Contents)
• * _Concrete Island (Picador USA 0-312-42034-X, Oct 2001, $13.00, 176pp, tp, cover by Kevin Laubacher) [Crash] Reissue (Cape 1974) associational mainstream novel.
• * _Crash (Picador USA 0-312-42033-1, Oct 2001, $13.00, 224pp, tp, cover by Davin Watne) [Crash] Reissue (Cape 1973) associational mainstream novel.
• * _The Crystal World (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-586-02419-0, Jun 2000, £6.99, 175pp, tp) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1966) SF novel. A Flamingo “Modern Classic”. Published in 2000, but not seen until now.
• * _The Day of Creation (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-654594-7, Apr 2001, £7.99, 287pp, tp, cover by Lucy Pope) Reprint (Gollancz 1987) associational novel.
• * _The Drought (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-711518-0, Apr 2001, £4.99, 233pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1965) apocalyptic SF novel. A “Flamingo Sixties Classic”.
• * _Rushing to Paradise (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-654814-8, Apr 2001, £7.99, 239pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 1994) associational ecological satire.
• * _Super-Cannes (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-655160-2, Aug 2001, £7.99, 392pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 2000) associational novel.
• * +Super-Cannes (Picador USA 0-312-28419-5, Oct 2001, $24.00, 392pp, hc) Associational mainstream novel. First US edition (Flamingo UK 2000).
• * _The Terminal Beach (Orion/Phoenix Press 0-575-40131-1, Mar 2001, £6.99, 221pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1964) SF collection of 12 stories.
• * _The Voices of Time (Orion/Phoenix Press 0-575-40130-3, Mar 2001, £6.99, 197pp, tp) Reprint (Berkley Medallion 1962 as The Voices of Time and Other Stories) SF collection of 8 stories. This is the Gollancz edition (as The Four-Dimensional Nightmare 1963, revised 1974).

BALLARD, MIGNON F(ranklin) (1934- ) (chron.)

• * _An Angel to Die For (Berkley Prime Crime 0-425-18208-8, Oct 2001, $5.99, 198pp, pb, cover by Lisa Desimini) [Augusta Goodnight] Reprint (St. Martin’s 11/00, not seen) mystery, second in a series featuring guardian angel/detective Augusta Goodnight.

BALLON, BRUCE (chron.)

• * *Call of Cthulhu: Unseen Masters (Chaosium 1-56882-120-4, Jan 2001, $23.95, 215pp, tp, cover by Matt Harpold) Gaming guide to a present-day version of the Lovecraftian role-playing game. Illustrated by Paul Carrick and Drashi Khendup. This includes a scenario involving schizophrenia, inspired in part by Philip K. Dick, and won the 2001 Mary Seeman Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Area of Psychiatry and Humanities from the University of Toronto. Order from Chaosium Inc., 900 Murmansk Street, Suite 5, Oakland CA 94607; [www.chaosium.com].