The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001

Books, Listed by Author

BISCHOFF, DAVID (Frederick) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * +Farscape: Ship of Ghosts [ghost written by Martha Bayless] (Tor 0-765-34002-X, Jan 2002, $6.99, 277pp, pb) [Farscape] Tie-in novelization, third in the series based on the TV series. First US edition (Boxtree 2001). Copyrighted by the Jim Henson Company.
• * _Nightworld (Wildside Press 1-58715-264-9, Jan 2001, $14.95, 141pp, tp) [Nightworld] Reprint (Del Rey 1979) horror novel, first in the series. A print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045.

BISHOP, ANNE (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Pillars of the World (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45850-8, Oct 2001, $6.99, 420pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Tir Alainn] Fantasy novel. Witchhunters and Fae both pursue witches.

BISSETT, ALAN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Damage Land: New Scottish Gothic Fiction (Polygon 0-7486-6284-7, 2001, £9.99, 216pp, tp) Original anthology of 20 gothic stories, four reprints. (Contents)

BISSON, TERRY (Ballantine) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Be First in the Universe (with Stephanie Spinner) See entry under Stephanie Spinner.
• * _Expiration Date: Never! (with Stephanie Spinner) See entry under Stephanie Spinner.
• * _In the Upper Room and Other Likely Stories (Tor 0-312-87420-0, Jun 2001, $13.95, 284pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 2000) Collection of 16 stories, the oldest from 1994.
• * *The Pickup Artist (Tor 0-312-87403-0, Apr 2001, $22.95, 240pp, hc, cover by David Gallo) Satiric SF novel. A government agent gathers art destined to be destroyed to make room for new works.
• * _The X-Files: Miracle Man (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648355-0, Jan 2001, £3.99, 124pp, pb) [X-Files] Reprint (HarperEntertainment 2000) novelisation of the TV series. Book #16 in the series. [First U.K. edition]

BLACKARD, JOHN (chron.)

• * *Vintage Paperback Sources: A Bibliographic Guide (Gryphon Books 1-58250-032-0, Aug 2001, $15.00, 77pp, ph) Reference guide for paperback collectors, with bibliographic listings of references: books, dissertations, periodicals, websites, and more. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; [www.gryphonbooks.com].

BLACKER, TERENCE (1948- ) (chron.)

• * *The Angel Factory (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-333-90072-3, Jun 2001, £9.99, 229pp, hc) Young-adult SF/fantasy novel. A teenager discovers some strange facts about his seemingly perfect life.
• * _The Transfer (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-39786-9, Jun 2001, £4.99, 233pp, tp, cover by Anthony Robinson) Reprint (Macmillan Children’s Books 1998) young-adult SF novel of a computerised implant able to fast-forward and reverse the physical age of a football fan.

BLACKMAN, MALORIE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Noughts & Crosses (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60008-9, Feb 2001, £10.99, 445pp, hc) [Noughts and Crosses] Alternate world where people are either noughts or crosses, and a love affair leads to tragedy.

BLACKWELL, JEANNINE, ed. (chron.)

• * _The Queen’s Mirror: Fairy Tales by German Women 1780-1900 (with Shawn C. Jarvis) See entry under Shawn C. Jarvis

BLANCHOT, MAURICE (1907?-2003) (chron.)

• * _The Most High (University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books 0-8032-6190-X, May 2001, $18.00, 254pp, tp) Reprint (University of Nebraska Press 1996, not seen) dystopian SF novel of an absolute state that nonetheless suffers continual revolt. Introduction by Allan Stoekl, who translated from the French (Gallimard 1948). Order from University of Nebraska Press, 233 North 8th St., Lincoln NE 68588-0235; orders 800-755-1105; e-mail [pressmail@unl.edu].

BLAYLOCK, JAMES P(aul) (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Thirteen Phantasms and Other Stories (Edgewood Press 0-9701306-0-0, Dec 2000, $25.00, 256pp, hc, cover by Greg Spalenka) Collection of 16 stories, with an introduction by the author. Order from Edgewood Press, PO Box 380264, Cambridge MA 02238. (Contents)

BLEVINS, WIN (chron.)

• * _Ravenshadow (Tor/Forge 0-812-59017-1, Oct 2000, $6.99, 423pp, pb, cover by Jim Carroll) Reprint (Forge 1999) contemporary Native American fantasy.

BLISH, JAMES (Benjamin) (1921-1975) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Seedling Stars (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07239-3, May 2001, £9.99, 185pp, tp) Reprint (Gnome 1956) classic SF collection of four genetic engineering (“pantropy”) stories from the 1950s. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.

BLOCK, FRANCESCA LIA (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Echo (HarperCollins/Cotler 0-06-028127-8, Aug 2001, $14.95, 217pp, hc, cover by Suza Scalora) Young-adult quasi-fantasy novel told through linked stories. A troubled young woman believes her mother has otherworldly abilities, a boy is an angel, and a white horse her dead father.
• * _The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold (HarperCollins/Cotler 0-06-440745-4, Aug 2001, $6.95, 230pp, tp, cover by Suza Scalora) Reprint (Cotler 2000) young-adult collection of nine fairy tales retold and updated by Block.

BLOCK, PAULA M., ed. (chron.)

• * _Star Trek: Strange New Worlds IV (with Dean Wesley Smith & John J. Ordover) See entry under Dean Wesley Smith.

BLOM, SUZANNE ALLÉS (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Inca (Tor 0-812-57883-X, Dec 2001, $7.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Lynne Cannoy) Reprint (Forge 2000) alternate history SF novel of Spanish conquistadores in Peru.

BLOOM, HAROLD, ed. (1930- ) (chron.)

• * *Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five (Chelsea House 0-7910-5925-1, Jan 2001, $36.95, 143pp, hc) Non-fiction, a critical gathering of eight essays on Vonnegut’s work, by authors including Peter J. Reed, James Lundquist, and Lawrence R. Broer. In the “Modern Critical Interpretations” series. There is an index and a bibliography. [Vonnegut]
• * *Ray Bradbury (Chelsea House 0-7910-5914-6, Jan 2001, $36.95, 159pp, hc, cover by Robert Gerson) Non-fiction, a critical gathering of nine essays on Bradbury’s works, by authors including Gary K. Wolfe, Damon Knight, and Bradbury himself. Part of the “Modern Critical Views” series. There is an index and a bibliography. [Bradbury]

BONANNO, MARGARET WANDER (1950- ) (chron.)

• * _Preternatural Too: Gyre (Tor 0-312-87541-X, Aug 2001, $13.95, 320pp, tp) [Preternatural] Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel, sequel to Preternatural.

BONANSINGA, JAY R. (1959- ) (chron.)

• * _Oblivion (Pan 0-330-37611-X, May 2001, £6.99, 309pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 2000, not seen) dark fantasy novel. A defrocked priest is called to exorcise a famous mansion.

BONESTELL, CHESLEY (Knight, Jr.) (1888-1986) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Art of Chesley Bonestell (Paper Tiger 1-85585-884-3, Mar 2001, £35.00, 256pp, hc, cover by Chesley Bonestell) Art book and biography. Edited and with text by Ronald Miller & Frederick C. Durant, III, with Melvin H. Schuetz. Foreword by Sir Arthur C. Clarke. Includes an appendix of sources and an index. [ed: Ron Miller]
• * +The Art of Chesley Bonestell (Sterling Publishing/Paper Tiger 1-85585-884-3, Apr 2001, $49.95, 256pp, hc, cover by Chesley Bonestell) Art book, edited by Ronald Miller, Frederick C. Durant, III and Melvin H. Schuetz. This is the Paper Tiger UK edition, distributed in the US by Sterling Publishing, 387 Park Ave. South, New York NY 10016-8810; 800-367-9692; website [www.sterlingpub.com]. [ed: Ron Miller]

BOON, KEVIN ALEXANDER, ed. (chron.)

• * *At Millennium’s End: New Essays on the Work of Kurt Vonnegut (State University of New York Press 0-7914-4930-0, Apr 2001, $17.95, 204 + xii, tp, cover by Kurt Vonnegut) Non-fiction gathering of 10 critical essays on the works of Kurt Vonnegut, including one on Vonnegut films by Boon and David Pringle. Foreword by Vonnegut. There is an index. A hardcover edition (-4929-7, $54.50) was announced but not seen. Order from State University of New York Press, 90 State Street, Suite 700, Albany NY 12207; [www.sunypress.edu]. [Vonnegut]

BORCHARDT, ALICE (Allen, née O’Brien) (1939-2007) (chron.)

• * *The Dragon Queen (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44399-3, Oct 2001, $25.00, 473pp, hc, cover by Scott McKowen) Arthurian fantasy novel of Guinevere as a magical warrior queen, facing a Merlin who wants to prevent peace.
• * _The Dragon Queen (SFBC #07325, Nov 2001, $12.50, 473pp, hc, cover by Scott McKowen) Reprint (Del Rey 2001) Arthurian fantasy novel. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *The Wolf King (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43526-5, Mar 2001, $25.95, 375pp, hc, cover by John Ennis) [Silver Wolf] Historical dark fantasy novel, third in Borchardt’s werewolf series, set in the days of Charlemagne.
• * *Wolf King (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224717-8, Mar 2001, £11.99, 375pp, tp, cover by John Ennis & Tim Davis) [Silver Wolf] Alternate history dark fantasy novel. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
• * _The Wolf King (SFBC #36368, Apr 2001, $12.98, 341pp, hc, cover by John Ennis) [Silver Wolf] Reprint (Del Rey 2001) historical dark fantasy novel. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Wolf King (Ballantine 0-345-42365-8, Sep 2001, $6.99, 425pp, pb, cover by John Ennis) [Silver Wolf] Reprint (Del Rey 2001) historical dark fantasy novel.
• * _The Wolf King (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648387-9, Nov 2001, £6.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Tim Davis, John Ennis, David Stevenson & Min Choi) [Silver Wolf] Reprint (Del Rey; Voyager 2001) alternate history dark fantasy novel.

BORSKI, ROBERT (1950- ) (chron.)

• * *Cicerone Sinister: a guide to Gene Wolfe’s The Fifth Head of Cerberus (with Michael Andre-Driussi) (Sirius Fiction no ISBN, May 2001, $5.00, 32pp, ph) Chapbook non-fiction concordance and guide to Gene Wolfe’s The Fifth Head of Cerberus, much of the information extracted from the author’s website [http://webpages.charter.net/rborski/index.html], plus maps, an essay, and a brief index not on the website. Order from Sirius Fiction, PO Box 6248, Albany CA 94706-0248; website: [www.sirius.com/˜mantis/]; add $0.50 postage.

BOSTON, BRUCE (David) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Quanta (Miniature Sun Press 0-9676666-1-9, Nov 2001, $8.00, 63pp, ph, cover by Brandon Totman) Collection of 12 award-winning poems, with notes on each plus an essay on speculative poetry by Boston. Introduction by Andrew Joron. There is a bibliography of Boston’s books compiled by Boston and Brandon Totman. This is a signed, limited edition of 125; a lettered edition of 26 (-4-3, $10.00) is also available. Order from Miniature Sun Press, PO Box 11002, Napa Valley CA 94581; checks payable to Brandon Totman. (Contents)
• * *White Space (Dark Regions Press 1-888993-20-0, Nov 2001, $9.95, 90pp, tp, cover by Larry Whitney) Collection of 38 poems, 10 original, including “Ten Things Not to Say When You Meet a Famous SF Writer”. This is a signed, limited edition of 200. Order from Dark Regions Press, PO Box 1558, Brentwood CA 94513; [isedmorey1@aol.com]; [http://darkregions.hypermart.net/]. (Contents)

BOUCHER, CHRIS (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: Psi-ence Fiction (BBC Books 0-563-53814-7, Sep 2001, £5.99, 283pp, pb) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 45 of the BBC “Missing Adventures” series, featuring the 4th Doctor and Leela.

BOULLE, PIERRE (Francois Marie-Louis) (1912-1994) (chron.)

• * _Planet of the Apes (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44798-0, Jun 2001, $6.99, 268pp, pb) [Planet of the Apes] Reprint (Vanguard 1963) SF novel. Translated from the French by Xan Fielding.
• * _Planet of the Apes (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44798-0, Aug 2001, $6.99, 268pp, pb) [Planet of the Apes] Reissue (Vanguard 1963) SF novel. Translated from the French by Xan Fielding. Third printing.
• * _Planet of the Apes (Penguin UK 0-141-00295-6, Aug 2001, £5.95, 174pp, pb) [Planet of the Apes] Reissue (Vanguard 1963) SF novel, translated by Xan Fielding from the French La planete des singes (1963). A film tie-in edition. Previously published by Penguin as Monkey Planet.

BOVA, BEN(jamin William) (1932- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Jupiter (SFBC #35368, Feb 2001, $12.50, 368pp, hc, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2000) SF novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Jupiter (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-76765-0, Feb 2001, £6.99, 433pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2000) SF novel.
• * *The Precipice (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-76958-0, Feb 2001, £17.99, 439pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Asteroid Wars] SF novel. First in a new sub-series, “The Asteroid Wars”. Ecological disaster on Earth spurs efforts to mine the asteroid belt.
• * _The Precipice (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-76961-0, Aug 2001, £6.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Asteroid Wars] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2001) SF novel, first in “The Asteroid Wars” series about the colonisation, mining, and political battles of the asteroid belt.
• * +The Precipice (Tor 0-312-84876-5, Oct 2001, $25.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Asteroid Wars] SF novel, first book in “The Asteroid Wars” about efforts to mine the asteroid belt, and battles over the potential wealth. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 2001).
• * _Venus (Tor 0-812-57940-2, May 2001, $7.99, 405pp, pb, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2000) SF novel of a high-stakes race to Venus.

BOVET, BRITINA (chron.)

• * *From Another Side of Time (Blue Dolphin/Pelican Pond Publishing 1-57733-088-9, Jun 2001, $14.95, 176pp, tp, cover by Domingo Hernan) Science fantasy novel. Refugees from dying Earth seek a home on a planet with a medieval-level culture divided by warring clans. Order from Blue Dolphin Publishing, PO Box 8, Nevada City CA 95959; orders 800-643-0765; website [www.bluedolphinpublishing.com/Pelican Pond/].

BOWKETT, STEPHEN (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Wintering: Ice (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-873-7, May 2001, £4.99, 232pp, tp, cover by Stuart Williams) [Wintering] Young-adult SF novel. Volume One of “The Wintering” Trilogy.

BOXLEITNER, BRUCE (chron.)

• * _Frontier Earth (Ace 0-441-00794-5, Jan 2001, $6.99, 322pp, pb, cover by Cliff Miller) [Frontier Earth] Reprint (Ace 1999) SF novel.
• * *Frontier Earth: Searcher (Ace 0-441-00799-6, Jan 2001, $23.95, 328pp, hc, cover by Cliff Miller) [Frontier Earth] SF novel, second in the series. Disguised alien Macklin continues his quest in the American West of the 1880s.
• * _Frontier Earth: Searcher (Ace 0-441-00887-9, Dec 2001, $6.99, 328pp, pb, cover by Cliff Miller) [Frontier Earth] Reprint (Ace 2001) SF novel, second in the series. Disguised alien Macklin continues his quest in the American West of the 1880s.

BOYD, DONNA (chron.)

• * *The Alchemist (Ballantine 0-345-44114-1, Jan 2002, $22.95, 234pp, hc, cover by Phil Heffernan) Dark fantasy novel. Contemporary murder is related to ancient Egyptian magics and three immortal souls.

BOYLE, T(homas) CORAGHESSAN (1948- ) (chron.)

• * _A Friend of the Earth (Penguin 0-14-100205-0, Sep 2001, $13.00, 349pp, tp, cover by Marty Blake) Reprint (Viking 2000 as by Coraghessan Boyle) near-future SF novel of an ex-eco-terrorist coping after the ecology collapses.
• * _A Friend of the Earth (Bloomsbury 0-7475-5346-7, Oct 2001, £6.99, 275pp, tp) Reprint (Viking 2000 as by Coraghessan Boyle) near-future SF novel of an ex-eco-terrorist coping after the ecosphere collapses.

BOYNE, JOHN (chron.)

• * _The Thief of Time (Orion/Phoenix 0-75381-276-2, Sep 2001, £6.99, 424pp, tp) Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2000) literary fantasy novel. A man stops aging in 1758, and lives through the next 250 years.

BRACKEN, MICHAEL (Patrick) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Psi Cops (Wildside Press 1-58715-270-3, Apr 2001, $14.95, 209pp, tp, cover by Michelangelo Flores) Reprint (Books in Motion 1995) SF detective novel. A print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045.

BRADBURY, RAY(mond Douglas) (1920- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *A Chapbook for Burnt-Out Priests, Rabbis and Ministers (Cemetery Dance Publications 1-58767-010-0, 2001, $25.00, 192pp, hc, cover by Phil Parks) Collection of poetry, essays, and vignettes that have not been previously collected, most reprint but some new for the book. Limited to 1500 copies. Also available in a limited edition of 26 lettered leatherbound, traycased copies signed by the author, with a signed matted full color art print for $275. Also available in a limited edition of 350 signed and numbered slipcased copies bound in leather with additional color artwork for $75. (Contents)
• * _Dark Carnival (Gauntlet Press 1-887368-50-7, Oct 2001, $150.00, 479pp, hc, cover by Ray Bradbury) Reprint (Arkham House 1947) collection of dark fantasy stories. This adds four stories from 1943-46 not in the original collection, plus a new introduction by Bradbury, afterword by Clive Barker, notes from editor Donn Albright, a history of the book by Jonathan Eller, and reproductions of related ephemera. This is a limited edition of 700 signed by both Bradbury and Barker; a lettered, leatherbound, traycased edition of 52 with an added 25 pages ($1000.00) is also available.
• * _Fahrenheit 451 (HarperCollins/Voyager Classics 0-00-711710-8, Jun 2001, £7.99, 172pp, tp) Reprint (Ballantine 1953) SF novel set in a society which outlaws and burns books. This omits the two short stories from the first edition, and retains the original book text, without the later revisions. “Voyager Classics” number four.
• * _Fahrenheit 451 (SFBC/BOMC 0-965-02059-2, Nov 2001, $10.99, 190pp, hc, cover by Joseph Mugnaini) Reprint (Ballantine 1953) classic SF novel. This Book of the Month Club edition is also available from the SFBC. It reprints the original 1953 jacket art.
• * *From the Dust Returned (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-380-97382-0, Oct 2001, $23.00, 205pp, hc, cover by Charles Addams) Fix-up novel/collection of stories about a family of vampires. (Contents)
• * _From the Dust Returned (SFBC/BOMC no ISBN, Nov 2001, $11.50, 205pp, hc, cover by Charles Addams) Reprint (Morrow 2001) fix-up novel/collection of stories about a family of vampires. This is similar to the Morrow edition, except it lacks a price.