The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001
Books, Listed by Author
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- LEWIS, C(live) S(taples) (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * _Prince Caspian (Collins 0-00-671679-2, Oct 2001, £5.99, 235pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1951) young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Volume four in the “Narnia” series. Second printing.
- * _The Silver Chair (Collins 0-00-671681-4, Oct 2001, £5.99, 253pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1953) young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Volume six in the “Narnia” series. Second printing.
- * _That Hideous Strength (HarperCollins/Voyager Classics 0-00-712202-0, Dec 2001, £7.99, 428pp, tp) [Cosmic] Reprint (John Lane 1945) SF/mystical novel; last of the three “Perelandra” novels. “Voyager Classics” Number 17.
- * _The Voyage of the “Dawn Treader" (Collins 0-00-671680-6, Oct 2001, £5.99, 256pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1952) young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Volume five in the "Narnia” series. Second printing.
- * _The Wisdom of Narnia (HarperCollins 0-06-623851-X, Oct 2001, $10.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Pauline Baynes) Non-fiction, a small gift-book of quotes taken from the “Chronicles of Narnia” with b&w illustrations by Pauline Baynes. First US edition (Collins 2001).
- LEWIS, MICK (chron.)
- * *Doctor Who: Rags (BBC Books 0-563-53826-0, Mar 2001, £5.99, 249pp, pb) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 39 of the BBC “Missing Adventures” series, starring the Third Doctor, Jo and UNIT.
- LEWITT, SHARIANN (1954- ) (chron.)
- * _Rebel Sutra (Tor 0-812-57118-5, Jul 2001, $7.99, 408pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel.
- LICKISS, REBECCA (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Eccentric Circles (Ace 0-441-00828-3, Jul 2001, $5.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Judy York) Fantasy novel. Piper inherits an old cottage with a back door leading into a fantasy world. A first novel.
- LIGHTMAN, ALAN (chron.)
- * _The Diagnosis (Bloomsbury 0-7475-5391-2, Sep 2001, £6.99, 369pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2000) literary fantasy novel.
- LINDHOLM, MEGAN; [i.e., Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden] (1952- ); see pseudonym Robin Hobb (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Reindeer People (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-711422-2, May 2001, £5.99, 332pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Reindeer People] Reprint (Ace 1988) prehistoric fantasy novel, first in a two-book series.
- * _Wolf’s Brother (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-711434-6, Jul 2001, £5.99, 236pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Reindeer People] Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel. Second in a duology after The Reindeer People. Lindholm also writes as Robin Hobb.
- LINDSKOLD, JANE M. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Through Wolf’s Eyes (Tor 0-312-87427-8, Aug 2001, $27.95, 594pp, hc, cover by Julie Bell) [Firekeeper] Fantasy novel. A young woman raised by unusual wolves may be the true heir to a kingdom.
- LINDSKOOG, KATHRYN (Ann) (1934-2003) (chron.)
- * *Sleuthing C.S. Lewis: More Light in the Shadowlands (Mercer University Press 0-86554-730-0, Jun 2001, $23.00, 416pp, hc, cover by Barclay Burns) Non-fiction, a revision and expansion of Light in the Shadowlands, furthering Lindskoog’s argument that C.S. Lewis’s posthumous books are partly forged. A hardcover edition (-741-6) was announced but not seen. Order from Mercer University Press, 6316 Peake Road, Macon GA 31210-3960; 912-301-2880; [www.mupress.org]. [Lewis]
- LINK, KELLY (Denise) (1969- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- LISLE, HOLLY (1960- ) (chron.)
- * _Courage of Falcons (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07086-2, Mar 2001, £10.99, 405pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Secret Texts] Reprint (Warner Aspect 2000) fantasy novel. Book 3 of “The Secret Texts” trilogy after Diplomacy of Wolves and Vengeance of Dragons. A hardcover edition (-07085-4, £17.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Courage of Falcons (Warner Aspect 0-446-61065-8, Aug 2001, $6.99, 433pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Secret Texts] Reprint (Warner Aspect 2000) fantasy novel, third book of “The Secret Texts” trilogy.
- LISLE, JANET TAYLOR (1947- ) (chron.)
- * _Forest (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-131095-2, Apr 2001, $4.99, 150pp, tp, cover by Hala Wittwer) Reprint (Orchard US 1993) young-adult fantasy novel of a war between humans and squirrels.
- * _The Lost Flower Children (Penguin/Puffin 0-698-11880-4, Apr 2001, $4.99, 122pp, tp, cover by Satomi Ichikawa) Reprint (Philomel 1999) young-adult fantasy novel.
- LITTLE, BENTLEY (1960- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *The Association (Penguin/Signet 0-451-20412-3, Sep 2001, $6.99, 438pp, pb) Horror novel. Barry and Maureen move into an exclusive community run by the Association, which enforces a terrifying set of restrictions.
- LITTLE, DENISE, ed. (stories) (chron.)
- * *A Constellation of Cats (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-7564-0016-3, Nov 2001, $6.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Mark Hess) Original anthology of 13 fantasy stories involving cats. Authors include Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and Karen Haber. Introduction by Little. Greenberg is not mentioned, but this is copyrighted by Little and Greenberg’s corporation, Tekno Books. (Contents)
- * *Creature Fantastic (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-7564-0007-4, Sep 2001, $6.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) Original anthology of 15 fantasy stories of magical creatures. Authors include Kristine Kathryn Rusch, P.N. Elrod, Alan Rodgers, and Rosemary Edghill. Introduction by Little. Greenberg is not mentioned, but this is copyrighted by Tekno Books. (Contents)
- * _The Valdemar Companion (with John Helfers) See entry under John Helfers.
- LLEWELLYN, ROBERT (chron.)
- * *Brother Nature (Hodder & Stoughton/Flame 0-340-75113-4, Oct 2001, £10.99, 372pp, tp) Humorous SF novel. Experiments to influence behaviour with inserted microchips end in murder.
- LLOYD, MARGARET (chron.)
- * *Hortishland (Hampton Roads 1-57174-233-6, Dec 2001, $13.95, 232pp, tp, cover by Frank Riccio) Visionary fantasy novel. The pocket worlds of Hortishland exist to help humans save the Earth from destruction. Order from Hampton Roads Publishing, 1125 Stoney Ridge Rd, Charlottesville VA 22902; 800-766-8009; [www.hrpub.com].
- LLYWELYN, MORGAN (1937- ) (chron.)
- * _Etruscans (with Michael Scott) (Tor 0-812-58012-5, Dec 2001, $6.99, 358pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) Reprint (Tor 2000) historical fantasy of a half-demon born in the early Roman Empire.
- * _The Isles of the Blest (Olmstead Press 1-58754-113-0, Apr 2001, $11.95, 202pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 1989) Celtic fantasy novel.
- LOEHLE, RICHARD (chron.)
- * *Regarding Bonobos... (Xlibris Corporation 0-7388-1513-6, Nov 2000, $16.00, 289pp, tp, cover by Richard Loehle) Post-holocaust SF novel. A secret organization creates a new species combining genes from humans and intelligent bonobos apes. A first novel by an artist whose work has included SF illustration. This is a print-on-demand book, available 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.
- LONG, JAMES (1949- ) (chron.)
- * _Silence and Shadows (Bantam 0-553-58144-9, Jan 2002, $6.50, 407pp, pb, cover by Brigid Collins) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1998) romantic time-travel fantasy novel.
- LONG, JEFF(rey B.) (1951- ) (chron.)
- * _The Descent (Jove 0-515-13175-X, Nov 2001, $7.99, 572pp, pb) [Descent] Reprint (Crown 1999) lost-race/world-beneath horror novel.
- LONGSTREET, ROXANNE; pseudonym of Roxanne Conrad, (1962- ) (chron.)
- * _Cold Kiss (Pinnacle 0-7860-1426-1, Sep 2001, $5.99, 251pp, pb) Reprint (Zebra 1995) vampire novel.
- LORD, DAVID THOMAS (chron.)
- * *Bound in Blood (Kensington 1-57566-764-9, May 2001, $14.00, 346pp, tp) [Bound in Blood] Erotic vampire novel. A gay vampire’s adventures from 19th-century Paris to contemporary NYC.
- LORD-WOLFF, PETER (chron.)
- * _The Silence in Heaven (Tor 0-812-54153-7, Mar 2001, $6.99, 472pp, pb) Reprint (Forge 2000) dark fantasy novel of angels banished to Earth, first in a trilogy.
- LOVECRAFT, H(oward) P(hillips) (1890-1937) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *The Ancient Track: The Complete Poetical Works of H.P. Lovecraft (Night Shade Books 1-892389-16-9, Jul 2001, $20.00, 557pp, tp, cover by Kenneth Waters) Collection of all of Lovecraft’s known poetry, over 350 poems and fragments and a play, edited with extensive notes and an introduction by S. T. Joshi. Illustrated by Thomas N. Brown, Jason Eckhardt, Allen Koszowski, Robert H. Knox, and Joey Zone. A hardcover edition (-15-0, $40.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * _At the Mountains of Madness (Arkham House 0-87054-038-6, Mar 2001, $25.95, 458 + xvii, hc, cover by Tony Patrick) Reissue (Arkham House 1964) collection; this follows the 1985 revised edition, edited and with notes on the text by S.T. Joshi; introduction by James Turner. This is the “Corrected Ninth Printing”. Order from Arkham House, PO Box 546, Sauk City WI 53583; website: [www.arkhamhouse.com].
- * *Black Seas of Infinity: The Best of H.P. Lovecraft (SFBC #36768, Oct 2001, $12.99, 536 + xix, hc, cover by Ian Miller) Collection of 19 stories. Edited and with an introduction by Andrew Wheeler. Appendices include Lovecraft’s history of the Necronomicon, autobiography, notes on writing weird fiction, and a chronology of his fiction. This has ISBN 0-7394-2009-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
- * _Dagon and Other Macabre Tales (Arkham House 0-87054-039-4, Mar 2001, $25.95, 448+lii, hc, cover by Tony Patrick) Reissue (Arkham House 1965) collection of stories; this follows the 1986 revised edition, edited and with notes on the text by S.T. Joshi; introduction by T.E.D. Klein. This is the “Corrected Ninth Printing”. Order from Arkham House, PO Box 546, Sauk City WI 53583; website [www.arkhamhouse.com].
- * _The Dunwich Horror and Others (Arkham House 0-87054-037-8, Jan 2001, $25.95, 433+xxvi, hc, cover by Tony Patrick) Reissue (Arkham House 1963) collection of stories; this follows the 1985 revised edition, edited and with notes on the text by S.T. Joshi; introduction by Robert Bloch. This is the “Corrected 11th Printing”.
- * _The Shadow Out of Time (Hippocampus Press 0-9673215-3-0, Aug 2001, $15.00, 136pp, tp, cover by Howard V. Brown) Classic horror story, a corrected text, edited and with extensive notes by S.T. Joshi & David E. Schultz. Order from Hippocampus Press, PO Box 641, New York NY 10156; e-mail: [info@hippocampuspress.com]; add $3.50 postage.
- * *The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories (Penguin 0-14-218003-3, Oct 2001, $13.00, 443 + xx, tp, cover by Gustave Doré) Collection of 12 weird stories, with introduction and notes by editor S. T. Joshi. The text follows that in Arkham House’s 1984-86 collections, also edited by Joshi, with some additional corrections. This is a “Penguin Twentieth-Century Classic” edition. (Contents)
- LOVEGROVE, JAMES (1965- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * _The Foreigners (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-791-8, Aug 2001, £6.99, 421pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Gollancz 2000) SF novel.
- LOWDER, CHRISTOPHER (A. J.) (1945- ); see pseudonym Jack Adrian (stories) (chron.)
- LOWDER, JAMES, ed. (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Book of All Flesh (Eden Studios 1-891153-87-0, Nov 2001, $15.95, 319pp, tp, cover by George Vasilakos) Anthology of 25 zombie stories loosely linked to the role-playing game All Flesh Must Be Eaten. Order from Eden Studios, 3426 Keystone Avenue #3, Los Angeles CA 90034; [www.edenstudios.net]. (Contents)
- LOWENSTEIN, SALLIE (chron.)
- * *Focus (Lion Stone Books 0-9658486-3-9, Jan 2001, $15.00, 284pp, tp) Young-adult SF novel. A young man who has trouble focusing on his future accompanies his family to an alien planet. Available from Lion Stone Books, 4921 Aurora Drive, Kensington MD 20895; e-mail [lionstone@juno.com].
- LOWENTROUT, CHRISTINE I. SMITH (1951- ); see pseudonym Sherwood Smith (stories) (chron.)
- LUBAR, DAVID (chron.)
- * _Hidden Talents (Tor 0-812-54170-7, Nov 2000, $5.99, 213pp, tp, cover by Brian Romero) [Hidden Talents] Reissue (Tor 1999) young-adult novel of a group of misfits with psychic abilities. Third printing.
- LUBERTOZZI, ALEX, ed. (chron.)
- LUCENO, JAMES (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Star Wars: Cloak of Deception (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-44298-9, Jun 2001, $26.00, 342pp, pb, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
- * _Star Wars: Cloak of Deception (SFBC #37674, Jun 2001, $13.98, 342pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 2001) Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Star Wars: Cloak of Deception (Random House/Century/Lucasbooks 0-7126-7157-X, Jul 2001, £14.99, 342pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] Reprint (Del Rey Lucasbooks 2001) novelization based in the “Star Wars” universe, and set just before The Phantom Menace. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm Ltd. [First U.K. edition]
- LUGONES, LEOPOLDO (1874-1938) (stories) (chron.)
- LUIKEN, N. M.; pseudonym of Nicole Luiken Humphrey (chron.)
- * *Running on Instinct (Tor/Forge 0-312-87344-1, Jul 2001, $23.95, 383pp, hc) Psychic thriller. Four persons have fears considered paranoid until violence strikes their lives in different ways, somehow all related to a nursery rhyme. Luiken is a pen name for Nicole Luiken Humphrey, who also writes as Nicole Luiken.
- LUIKEN, NICOLE; pseudonym of Nicole Luiken Humphrey (chron.)
- * *Silver Eyes (Pocket Pulse 0-7434-0078-X, Sep 2001, $5.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Jeanne M. Lee) [Violet Eyes] Young-adult SF novel, sequel to Violet Eyes. Two gifted teens with violet eyes discover they are the subjects of a secret experiment in genetic engineering. Luiken is a pen name for Nicole Luiken Humphrey, who also writes as N.M. Luiken.
- LUMLEY, BRIAN (1937- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Necroscope: Avengers (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-79247-7, Feb 2001, £17.99, 438pp, hc, cover by Paul Stanczykowski) [Necroscope: E-Branch] Vampire horror/SF novel, third in the “E-Branch” trilogy in the “Necroscope” series.
- * +Necroscope: Avengers (Tor 0-312-87923-7, Jun 2001, $25.95, 445pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Necroscope: E-Branch] Vampire horror novel, third in the “E-Branch” trilogy in the “Necroscope” series. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 2/01).
- * _Necroscope: Avengers (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-79248-5, Sep 2001, £6.99, 362pp, pb, cover by Paul Stanczykowski) [Necroscope: E-Branch] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2001) vampire horror/SF novel, third in the “E-Branch” trilogy in the “Necroscope” series.
- * +Necroscope: Deadspeak (Tor 0-312-87839-7, Dec 2001, $25.95, 367pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Necroscope] Reprint (Tor 1990) vampire horror novel, fourth in the “Necroscope” series.
- * _Necroscope: Defilers (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-79246-9, Feb 2001, £6.99, 659pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Necroscope: E-Branch] Reprint (Tor 2000) vampire horror/SF novel, second in the “E-Branch” trilogy in the “Necroscope” series.
- * _Necroscope: Defilers (Tor 0-812-56673-4, May 2001, $7.99, 630pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Necroscope: E-Branch] Reprint (Tor 2000) Vampire horror novel, second in the “E-Branch” trilogy in the “Necroscope” series.
- * _Psychomech (Tor 0-312-85371-8, Aug 2001, $15.95, 34pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Psychomech] Reprint (Granada 1984) horror novel, first in the “Psychomech” series.
- * _Psychosphere (Tor 0-312-85191-X, Oct 2001, $15.95, 300pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Psychomech] Reprint (Granada 1984) horror novel, second in the “Psychomech” series.
- * *The Whisperer and Other Voices (Tor 0-312-87695-5, Feb 2001, $24.95, 333pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Collection of nine stories, including short novel The Return of the Deep Ones. Introduction by the author. (Contents)
- LUPOFF, RICHARD A(llen) (1935- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * _Barsoom: Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Martian Vision (Gryphon Books 1-58250-039-8, Oct 2001, $16.00, 164pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Reprint (Mirage Press 1976) critical non-fiction. There is a new introduction by Lupoff, and new illustrations by George Barr. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; add $1.00 postage. [Burroughs]
- * *Claremont Tales (Golden Gryphon Press 1-930846-00-2, Apr 2001, $23.95, 290pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Collection of 12 stories, one original, in many genres. Lupoff provides a general foreword, plus introductions to the stories. Illustrated by Nicholas Jainschigg. A signed limited edition (-01-0, $100.00) was announced but not seen. Available from Golden Gryphon Press, 3002 Perkins Road, Urbana IL 61802; [www.goldengryphon.com]. (Contents)
- * *The Great American Paperback (Collectors Press 1-888054-50-6, Jul 2001, $60.00, 320pp, hc) Lavishly illustrated pictorial history of paperback publishing. There is an index. Order from Collectors Press, PO Box 230986, Portland OR 97281; credit card orders 800-423-1848; [www.collectorspress.com].
- LUSTBADER, ERIC VAN (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Ring of Five Dragons (Tor 0-312-87235-6, May 2001, $27.95, 576pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Pearl Saga] Fantasy novel, first in “The Pearl” series. Simultaneous with the Voyager UK edition.
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