The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002

Books, Listed by Author

LENHARD, ELIZABETH (Karen) (1970- ) (chron.)

• * *Charmed: Charmed Again (Simon Pulse 0-7434-4264-4, Mar 2002, $5.99, 181pp, pb) [Charmed] Young-adult novelization, the tenth based on the TV show about three witches. Copyrighted by Spelling Television.
• * *Charmed: Date with Death (Simon Pulse 0-689-85078-6, Sep 2002, $5.99, 186pp, pb) [Charmed] Young-adult novelization, the 14th based on the TV show about three witches. Copyrighted by Spelling Television.

LENOX, TABITHA (chron.)

• * _Hidden Passions: Secrets from the Diaries of Tabitha Lenox (HarperEntertainment 0-06-102084-2, Jan 2002, $7.99, 401pp, pb) Reprint (HarperEntertainment 2001, not seen) novelization based on characters from the soap opera Passions, supposedly the diary of the witch Tabitha Lenox, annotated by her living doll, Timmy. This edition adds a 17-page appendix of “lost” love letters. The copyright page indicates this was “written by Alice Alfonsi.” Copyrighted by NBC Enterprises.

LESSING, DORIS (May, née Taylor) (1919- ) (chron.)

• * _Shikasta (HarperCollins/Voyager Classics 0-00-712776-6, Aug 2002, £8.99, 448pp, tp) [Canopus in Argos: Archives] Reprint (Cape 1979 as Re: Colonised Planet 5, Shikasta) SF novel. Book one in the “Canopus in Argos: Archives”. “Voyager Classics” Number 34.

LETHEM, JONATHAN (Allen) (1964- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Amnesia Moon (Faber and Faber 0-571-20964-5, Jul 2002, £7.99, 247pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1995 as Amnesia Moon: A road movie) SF novel (perhaps). An after-the-bomb Earth where the bombs never fell. A quest for questions rather than answers.

LEVIN, IRA (1929-2007) (chron.)

• * _Rosemary’s Baby (Bloomsbury 0-7475-5777-2, May 2002, £6.99, 216pp, tp) [Rosemary Reilly] Reprint (Random House 1967) horror novel. A Bloomsbury Film Classic.
• * _The Stepford Wives (HarperPerennial 0-06-008084-1, Aug 2002, $11.95, 123pp, tp) Reprint (Random House 1972) SF horror novel. New introduction by Peter Straub.

LEVINE, GAIL CARSON (chron.)

• * _The Two Princesses of Bamarre (Collins 0-00-711778-7, Apr 2002, £3.99, 255pp, tp, cover by Mel Grant) Reprint (HarperCollins 2001) young-adult fantasy novel. The timid princess must save the kingdom and her bold sister. [First U.K. edition]

LEVINSON, [Dr.] PAUL (1947- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Consciousness Plague (Tor 0-765-30098-2, Mar 2002, $24.95, 316pp, hc) [*Phil D’Amato] SF mystery novel, sequel to The Silk Code, featuring forensic detective Phil D’Amato. Dr. D’Amato investigates strange cases of memory loss.
• * _The Consciousness Plague (SFBC #50352, May 2002, $12.50, 316pp, hc) [*Phil D’Amato] Reprint (Tor 2002) SF mystery novel, sequel to The Silk Code, featuring forensic detective Phil D’Amato. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

LEWIS, C(live) S(taples) (1898-1963) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Chronicles of Narnia (Collins 0-00-711730-2, Oct 2001, £12.99, 767pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (Collins 1998) fantasy omnibus of the seven “Narnia” novels.
• * _The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew/The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe/The Horse and his Boy (Collins 0-00-710994-6, 2001, £8.99, 666pp, tp) [Narnia] Reprint (Collins 1996 as Three Books from the Chronicles of Narnia) young-adult fantasy omnibus of the first three “Narnia” books. Published in 2001, but not seen until now. (Contents)
• * _The Horse and His Boy (HarperTrophy 0-06-447106-3, Mar 2002, $5.95, 241pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1954) young-adult fantasy novel, book three in the “Narnia” series.
• * _The Horse and His Boy (Collins 0-00-711559-8, Jul 2002, £3.99, 240pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1954) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Narnia” series. Third printing.
• * _The Last Battle (HarperTrophy 0-06-447108-X, Mar 2002, $5.95, 228pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (Bodley Head 1956) young-adult fantasy novel, book seven in the “Narnia” series.
• * _The Last Battle (Collins 0-00-711554-7, Jul 2002, £3.99, 224pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reissue (The Bodley Head 1956) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume seven in the “Narnia” series. Third printing.
• * _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (HarperTrophy 0-06-447110-1, Mar 2002, $5.95, 206pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1950) young-adult fantasy novel, book two in the “Narnia” series.
• * _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Collins 0-00-711561-X, Jul 2002, £3.99, 203pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1950) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Narnia” series. Third printing.
• * _The Magician’s Nephew (HarperTrophy 0-06-447110-1, Mar 2002, $5.95, 221pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (Bodley Head 1955) young-adult fantasy novel, book one in the “Narnia” series.
• * _The Magician’s Nephew (Collins 0-00-711555-5, Jul 2002, £3.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reissue (The Bodley Head 1955) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume one in the “Narnia” series. Third printing.
• * _Prince Caspian (HarperTrophy 0-06-447105-5, Mar 2002, $5.95, 238pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1951) young-adult fantasy novel, book four in the “Narnia” series.
• * _Prince Caspian (Collins 0-00-711556-3, Jul 2002, £3.99, 240pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1951) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume four in the “Narnia” series. Third printing.
• * _The Screwtape Letters (HarperSanFrancisco 0-06-065293-4, Feb 2001, $8.00, 209pp, tp) Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1942) epistolary fantasy novel; it includes the piece “Screwtape Proposes a Toast”, and prefaces by Lewis from 1961 and 1982. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now.
• * _The Screwtape Letters with Screwtape Proposes a Toast (HarperCollins UK 0-00-628060-9, Apr 2002, £7.99, 209pp, tp) Reprint (Bles 1961) collection of The Screwtape Letters (1942) and the 1959 sequel story. This is a 60th Anniversary edition. Ninth printing. (Contents)
• * _The Silver Chair (HarperTrophy 0-06-447109-8, Mar 2002, $5.95, 257pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1953) young-adult fantasy novel, book six in the “Narnia” series.
• * _The Silver Chair (Collins 0-00-711558-X, Jul 2002, £3.99, 266pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1953) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume six in the “Narnia” series. Third printing.
• * _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (HarperTrophy 0-06-447107-1, Mar 2002, $5.95, 271pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1952) young-adult fantasy novel, book five in the “Narnia” series.
• * _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Collins 0-00-711560-1, Jul 2002, £3.99, 222pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1952) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume five in the “Narnia” series. Third printing.

LEWIS, D. F. (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Less Fashionable Side of the Galaxy (with Hertzan Chimera & Michael F. Korn) See entry under Michael F. Korn

LEWIS, LEON (chron.)

• * *Eccentric Individuality in William Kotzwinkle’s The Fan Man, E.T., Doctor Rat, and Other Works of Fiction and Fantasy (Mellen, Edwin, Press 0-7734-7310-6, Mar 2002, $99.95, 170pp, hc) Non-fiction, a critical examination of Kotzwinkle’s works. Includes bibliography and index. This is volume 49 in the “Studies in American Literature” series. Order from the Edwin Mellen Press, Box 450, Lewiston NY 14092-0450. [Kotzwinkle]

LEWIS, MICK (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: Combat Rock (BBC Books 0-563-53855-4, Jul 2002, £5.99, 281pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 54 in the BBC “Missing Adventures” series, featuring the Second Doctor, Jamie, and Victoria.

LICKISS, REBECCA (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Never After (Ace 0-441-00907-7, Jul 2002, $6.50, 261pp, pb, cover by Judy York) Fantasy novel set in a world of scrambled fairy tales. A prince seeking a bride in an enchanted castle finds sleeping princes instead.
• * _Never After (SFBC #52778, Oct 2002, $9.99, 261pp, hc, cover by Judy York) Reprint (Ace 2002) humorous fantasy novel. This has ISBN 0-7394-2853-5; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

LINDHOLM, MEGAN; [i.e., Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden] (1952- ); see pseudonym Robin Hobb (stories) (chron.)

• * _Cloven Hooves (HarperCollins/Voyager Classics 0-00-712773-1, Aug 2002, £8.99, 360pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1991) fantasy novel. A contemporary woman falls for a satyr. “Voyager Classics” Number 30.
• * _Harpy’s Flight (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-711252-1, Jan 2002, £5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Windsingers] Reprint (Ace 1983) fantasy novel. First in the “Windsingers” series.
• * _The Limbreth Gate (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-711254-8, May 2002, £6.99, 360pp, pb, cover by Paul Gregory) [Windsingers] Reprint (Ace 1984) fantasy novel. Book three of the “Ki and Vandien” quartet. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Luck of the Wheels (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-711255-6, Jul 2002, £5.99, 408pp, pb, cover by Paul Gregory) [Windsingers] Reprint (Ace 1989) fantasy novel. Book four of “The Ki and Vandien Quartet”. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Windsingers (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-711253-X, Mar 2002, £5.99, 392pp, pb, cover by Paul Gregory) [Windsingers] Reprint (Ace 1984) fantasy novel. Book Two of the “The Ki and Vandien Quartet”.
• * _Wizard of the Pigeons (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-711256-4, Aug 2002, £6.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Paul Gregory) Reprint (Ace 1986) fantasy novel set in modern Seattle and featuring a Vietnam vet/streetperson/wizard.

LINDSAY, DAVID (1876-1945) (chron.)

• * _A Voyage to Arcturus (University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books 0-8032-8004-1, Apr 2002, $13.95, 272 + xv, tp, cover by R. W. Boeche) Reprint (Methuen 1920) classic allegorical SF novel of a trip to another planet. This “Commemorative Edition” has a new introduction by John Clute; Loren Eisley’s afterword originally appeared as the introduction to a previous Scribner edition. Order from University of Nebraska Press, 233 North 8th St, Lincoln NE 68588-0484; credit card orders 800-755-1105; [pressmail@unl.edu]; [www.nebraskapress.unl.edu]; add $4.00 postage.

LINDSKOLD, JANE M. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Through Wolf’s Eyes (Tor 0-812-57548-2, Jun 2002, $7.99, 586pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Firekeeper] Reprint (Tor 2001) fantasy novel. Part of a WOMEN IN FANTASY promotion.
• * *Wolf’s Head, Wolf’s Heart (Tor 0-312-87426-X, Aug 2002, $27.95, 608pp, hc) [Firekeeper] Fantasy novel, sequel to Through Wolf’s Eyes. The Royal animals send Firekeeper on a quest for three magic objects.

LISLE, HOLLY (1960- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Courage of Falcons (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-795-0, Feb 2002, £6.99, 405pp, pb, 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.
• * *Memory of Fire (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-81837-X, May 2002, $6.99, 355pp, pb, cover by Alan Pollack) [World Gates] Fantasy novel, first in “The World Gates” trilogy. The Sentinels in the town of Cat Creek seek to prevent cross-dimensional abuses of magic.
• * *Vincalis the Agitator (Warner Aspect 0-446-67899-6, Mar 2002, $13.95, 391pp, tp, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Secret Texts] Fantasy novel, a prequel to “The Secret Texts” trilogy.

LITTLE, BENTLEY (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Collection (Penguin/Signet 0-451-20609-6, Jun 2002, $6.99, 453pp, pb) Collection of 32 stories. (Contents)
• * *The Return (Penguin/Signet 0-451-20687-8, Sep 2002, $6.99, 354pp, pb) Horror novel. A town’s legendary monster may be real.
• * _The Summoning (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1480-6, Feb 2002, $6.99, 541pp, pb) Reissue (Zebra 1993) horror novel of an undead creature in a small Arizona town. This has a new ISBN, but indicates second printing.

LITTLE, DENISE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Familiars (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-7564-0081-3, Jul 2002, $6.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Judy York) Original anthology of 15 fantasy stories about witches’ familiars. Authors include Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Andre Norton, and P.N. Elrod. Introduction by Little. Greenberg is not mentioned, but this is copyrighted by Little and Tekno Books. (Contents)
• * _The Valdemar Companion (with John Helfers) See entry under John Helfers.
• * *Vengeance Fantastic (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-7564-0084-8, Oct 2002, $6.99, 336pp, pb) Original anthology of 17 fantasy stories. Authors include Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, and Alan Rodgers. Greenberg is not mentioned, but this is copyrighted by Little and Tekno Books. (Contents)

LIVESEY, MARGOT (1953- ) (chron.)

• * *Eva Moves the Furniture (Holt, Henry 0-8050-6801-5, Sep 2001, $23.00, 232pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel. A woman’s life is disrupted by the meddling of two invisible friends.
• * _Eva Moves the Furniture (Picador USA 0-312-42103-6, Oct 2002, $13.00, 232pp, tp) Reprint (Henry Holt 2001) literary fantasy novel of a woman with invisible friends.

LLYWELYN, MORGAN (1937- ) (chron.)

• * _Finn Mac Cool (Tor 0-312-87737-4, May 2002, $15.95, 400pp, tp, cover by Gregory Manchess) Reprint (Tor 1994) historical novel with fantasy elements.
• * _Lion of Ireland (Tor 0-765-30257-8, Mar 2002, $15.95, 444pp, tp, cover by Gregory Manchess) [Lion of Ireland] Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1979) historical novel with minor fantasy elements.

LOGAN, SIMON (stories) (chron.)

• * *i-o (Prime Books 1-894815-05-X, 2001, $12.00, 110pp, tp, cover by Simon Logan) Original collection of eight “industrial SF” stories of a dark, sometimes hallucinogenic, future. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now. A print-on-demand book; order from Prime Books, PO Box 36503, Canton OH 44735; [www.primebooks.net]. (Contents)

LOGUE, MARY (Louise) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _Dancing with an Alien (HarperTempest 0-06-447209-4, Feb 2002, $6.95, 134pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (HarperCollins 2000) young-adult SF novel.

LONG, JEFF(rey B.) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * *Year Zero (Pocket 0-7434-0611-7, Apr 2002, $25.00, 407pp, hc) Near-future thriller. An archaeologist seeks to create clones from religious relics in hopes of finding a way to combat a 2,000-year-old plague.

LONN, OYSTEIN (chron.)

• * *The Necessary Rituals of Maren Gripe (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-711333-1, Dec 2001, £9.99, 151pp, tp) Literary fantasy novel.

LORENZINI, CARLO (1826-1890); see pseudonym Carlo Collodi (chron.)

LORRAIN, JEAN; pseudonym of Paul Duval, (1856-1906) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Nightmares of an Ether-Drinker (with Brian Stableford,trans.) (Tartarus Press 1-872621-65-1, Mar 2002, £27.50, xxxiv+247pp, hc) Ghost/horror collection. Limited to 350 copies. (Contents) [Not seen]

LOVECRAFT, H(oward) P(hillips) (1890-1937) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels of Terror (HarperCollins/Voyager Classics 0-00-712777-4, Jun 2002, £8.99, 552pp, tp) Reprint (Arkham House 1964 as At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels) fantasy horror collection of seven stories, including the four “Randolph Carter” stories. This edition drops “The Shunned House” and some introductory material. “Voyager Classics” Number 29. (Contents)
• * _The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (Penguin UK 0-141-18706-9, Aug 2002, £7.99, xxv+420pp, tp, cover by Michele Turriani) Reprint (Penguin US 1999) collection of 18 weird stories. Introduction and notes by editor S.T. Joshi.
• * _Lovecraft at Last: The Master of Horror in His Own Words (with Willis Conover, Jr.) (Cooper Square Press 0-8154-1212-6, Aug 2002, $27.95, 278pp, hc, cover by Virgil Finlay) Reprint (Carrolton Clark 1975) collection of letters between HPL and his young fan Willis Conover. This has a new introduction and a brief Lovecraft biography by S.T. Joshi, plus a brief biography of Conover. Order from Cooper Square Press, Rowman & Littlefield, 200 Park Avenue South, Suite 1109, New York NY 10003-1503; [www.coopersquarepress.com].
• * _The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories (Penguin UK 0-141-18707-7, Aug 2002, £7.99, xx+443pp, tp, cover by Michele Turriani) Reprint (Penguin US 2001) 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, with some additional corrections.
• * *Waking Up Screaming (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45829-X, Jan 2003, $6.99, 370 + xii, pb, cover by Dave McKean) Collection of 16 stories, all previously collected. Copyrighted by Arkham House. Introduction by Poppy Z. Brite. (Contents)

LOVEGROVE, JAMES (1965- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Hope (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-802-7, Jun 2002, £6.99, 220pp, tp) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1990) satirical SF novel. Slightly revised, and with a new afterword by Lovegrove.
• * *Imagined Slights (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-801-9, Jun 2002, £6.99, 276pp, pb) Collection of 13 stories, two original, mainly from small press and original anthologies. (Contents)

LOVISI, GARY (Anthony) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * *Collecting Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Paperbacks (Gryphon Books 1-58250-043-6, Feb 2002, $15.00, 137pp, tp) Non-fiction guide to collecting paperback SF, fantasy, and horror. This is revised and expanded from Instant Expert: Collecting Science Fiction and Fantasy (Alliance Books 1997). Available from Gryphon Books, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; [www.gryphonbooks.com].
• * *Souvenirs of Sherlock Holmes: Collected Articles on the Canon and the Pastiches (Gryphon Books 1-58250-044-4, Oct 2002, $15.00, 122pp, tp) Non-fiction collection of 11 articles, primarily for book collectors, on Arthur Conan Doyle’s creations, including two articles on Professor Challenger and The Lost World. Available from Gryphon Books, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; [www.gryphonbooks.com].

LOWACHEE, KARIN (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Warchild (Warner Aspect 0-446-61077-1, Apr 2002, $6.99, 451pp, pb) [Warchild] SF novel. A boy taken from his parents’ merchant spaceship by pirates survives by becoming a living weapon. Winner of the Aspect first novel contest.