The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002

Books, Listed by Author

AXLER, JAMES (chron.) (continued)

• * *Outlanders: Dragoneye (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63835-3, Aug 2002, $6.50, 349pp, pb) [Dragon Kings] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 22th in the overall series, book two of “The Dragon Kings”. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Outlanders: Far Empire (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63836-1, Nov 2002, $6.50, 347pp, pb) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 23rd in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Outlanders: Prodigal Chalice (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63833-7, Feb 2002, $5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 20th in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.

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

• * _Atom (Phoenix 0-75381-271-1, Sep 2001, £6.99, 137pp, tp, cover by Nick Castle) Reprint (Four Walls Eight Windows 2000) literary SF novel set in the city of Beerlight, featuring detective Taffy Atom and his partner, a fish. Published in 2001, but not seen until now.
• * *Dummyland (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07087-0, Nov 2002, £9.99, 119pp, tp) [Accomplice] SF/fantasy novel, third in the “Accomplice” quartet.
• * *Only an Alligator (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06906-6, Jan 2002, £9.99, 133pp, tp) [Accomplice] Literary fantasy novel, the first in the “Accomplice” series.
• * _Only an Alligator (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-961-9, Jun 2002, £5.99, 133pp, pb) [Accomplice] Reprint (Gollancz 2002) literary fantasy novel.
• * _Toxicology (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07302-0, Sep 2002, £5.99, 131pp, tp, cover by Graham Roundthwaite) Reprint (Gollancz 2001) collection of 26 surreal/fantasy stories, some set in the “Beerlight” world. This has six more stories than the US original (Four Walls Eight Windows 1999).
• * *The Velocity Gospel (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07088-9, May 2002, £9.99, 131pp, tp) [Accomplice] Literary SF/fantasy novel, second in the “Accomplice” series after Only an Alligator.

BABBITT, NATALIE (Moore) (1932- ) (chron.)

• * _Tuck Everlasting (Bloomsbury 0-7475-5595-8, Feb 2002, £9.99, 119pp, hc) Reprint (Farrar 1975) young-adult fantasy novel about a family blessed, or maybe cursed, with eternal life. This is a “Soon to be a Disney picture” edition. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Tuck Everlasting (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Sunburst 0-374-48013-3, Oct 2002, $5.95, 139pp, tp) Reprint (Farrar 1975) young-adult fantasy of a family that finds a way to never grow older. This is a movie tie-in edition.

BACH, RICHARD (David) (1936- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Ferret Chronicles: Air Ferrets Aloft (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 0-7432-2753-0, Jun 2002, $15.00, 139pp, hc, cover by Richard Bach) [Ferret Chronicles] Animal fable series, set in a ferret society. Illustrated by the author.
• * *The Ferret Chronicles: Rescue Ferrets at Sea (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 0-7432-2750-6, Jun 2002, $15.00, 139pp, hc, cover by Richard Bach) [Ferret Chronicles] Animal fantasy novella, a fable featuring brave ferrets. Illustrated by the author.
• * *The Ferret Chronicles: Writer Ferrets Chasing the Muse (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 0-7432-2754-9, Oct 2002, $15.00, 189pp, hc, cover by Richard Bach) [Ferret Chronicles] Animal fable novella, third in the series set in a ferret society. Illustrated by the author.

BAILEY, DALE (1968- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Fallen (Penguin/Signet 0-451-20763-7, Nov 2002, $6.50, 281pp, pb) Horror novel. Something ancient sleeps beneath the town of Sauls Run.

BAILEY, ROBIN WAYNE; [i.e., Robert Wayne Bailey] (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Night’s Angel (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-68-1, May 2002, $20.00, 752pp, tp, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Frost] Omnibus of three novels in the “Frost” saga: Frost (1983), Skull Gate (1985), and Bloodsongs (1986), plus a new story. (Contents)

BAIN, DARRELL (chron.)

• * *Circles of Displacement (Hard Shell Word Factory 0-7599-0575-4, Jul 2002, $10.95, 171pp, tp, cover by Dirk A. Wolf) SF novel. Small circular areas of Texas are thrown into the distant past of the Pleistocene. Order from Hard Shell Word Factory, PO Box 161, Amherst Jct. WI 54407; [www.hardshell.com].
• * *The Sex Gates (with Jeanine Berry) (The Lighthouse Press 0-9714827-3-X, Apr 2002, $14.95, 297pp, tp) SF novel. Gates appear that give people new, healthy bodies — of the opposite sex. Order from The Lighthouse Press, PO Box 910, Deerfield Beach FL 33443-0910; [TheLighthousePress@attbi.com]; [www.LighthouseEditions.com].

BAKER, DAWN RIVERS (chron.)

• * *The Rise of the Phoenix (Wahmpreneur Publishing/Brighid’s Fire Books 0-9713278-1-5, Mar 2002, $10.95, 239pp, tp, cover by Shelly Russell) Fantasy novel. It previously appeared in 1999 as an e-book; this is a print-on-demand edition, available online from [www.brighidsfirebooks.com] or from Brighid’s Fire Books, PO Box 41, Sidney NY 13838.

BAKER, E. D. (chron.)

• * +The Frog Princess (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-799-9, Sep 2002, $15.95, 214pp, hc) [Frog Princess] Young-adult fantasy novel. A princess kisses a frog that claims to be a prince and turns into a frog herself. First US edition (Bloomsbury 9/02).

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

• * *Black Projects, White Knights (Golden Gryphon Press 1-930846-11-8, Aug 2002, $24.95, 288pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) [The Company] Collection of 14 stories, three original, about the “Company”. Order from Golden Gryphon Press, 3002 Perkins Road, Urbana IL 61802; [www.goldengryphon.com]. (Contents)

BAKER, TRISHA (chron.)

• * *Crimson Night (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1417-2, Apr 2002, $5.99, 446pp, pb) [*Meghann O’Neill] Vampire novel, second in a trilogy about vampire Meghann O’Neill, a psychologist specializing in victims of abusive relationships.

BALDWIN, LIZZ, ed. (chron.)

• * *Forgotten Realms: Realms of Shadow (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-2716-X, Apr 2002, $6.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Forgotten Realms] Original anthology of 12 stories based on the “Return of the Archwizards” subseries based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. (Contents)

BALFOUR, BRUCE J. (chron.)

• * *The Forge of Mars (Ace 0-441-00954-9, Sep 2002, $6.99, 404pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Tau Wolfsinger; Kate McCloud] SF novel. NASA discovers alien ruins on Mars.

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

• * _The Complete Short Stories (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-713812-1, Nov 2002, £16.99, ix+1189pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 2001) collection of 96 stories.
• * _The Drought (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-586-08996-9, Apr 2002, £6.99, 233pp, tp) Reprint (Cape 1965) apocalyptic SF novel. A “Flamingo Modern Classic”.
• * _Running Wild (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-654819-9, Apr 2002, £7.99, 106pp, tp) Reprint (Hutchinson 1988) associational thriller novella. A “Flamingo Modern Classic”.
• * _Vermillion Sands (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-927358-6, 2001, £6.99, 208pp, tp, cover by Richard Cummins) Reprint (Berkley Medallion 1971 as Vermilion Sands) collection of nine stories. Published in 2001, but not seen until now.

BANKS, IAIN (Menzies) (1954- ) (chron.)

• * _Complicity (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 0-7432-0018-7, Nov 2002, $13.00, 305pp, tp) Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1993) associational thriller. The author writes SF as Iain M. Banks.
• * *Dead Air (Time Warner/Little, Brown UK 0-316-86054-9, Sep 2002, £16.99, 408pp, hc) Associational contemporary novel of a radio shock-jock whose world starts to spiral towards destruction after 11 September 2001. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-86055-7, £10.99) is also available.
• * _Look to Windward (Pocket 0-7434-2192-2, Nov 2002, $6.99, 483pp, pb, cover by Jerry Vanderstelt) [Culture] Reprint (Orbit 2000) SF novel of the Culture.

BANKS, T. F.; pseudonym of Sean Russell & Ian Dennis (chron.)

• * *The Thief-Taker (Delacorte 0-385-33571-7, Oct 2001, $23.95, 276pp, hc) [Memoirs of a Bow Street Runner] Associational mystery, first in the “Memoirs of a Bow Street Runner” series. Banks is a pen-name for Sean Russell & Ian Dennis. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now.
• * _The Thief-Taker (Dell 0-440-23696-7, Oct 2002, $6.50, 325pp, pb) [Memoirs of a Bow Street Runner] Reprint (Delacorte 2001) associational mystery, first in the “Memoirs of a Bow Street Runner” series. Banks is a pen-name for Sean Russell & Ian Dennis.

BANTOCK, NICK; [i.e., Nicholas Bantock] (1949- ) (chron.)

• * *Alexandria (Chronicle Books 0-8118-3140-X, Oct 2002, $19.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Nick Bantock) [Griffin & Sabine] Art book, the fifth in the “Griffin & Sabine” series after The Gryphon.
• * *The Gryphon (Chronicle Books 0-8118-3162-0, Sep 2001, $19.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Nick Bantock) [Griffin & Sabine] Art book, the third in the Griffin & Sabine series.

BARCLAY, JAMES (chron.)

• * +Dawnthief (Sterling Publishing/Gollancz 1-85798-594-X, Mar 2002, $14.95, 416pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino) [Chronicles of The Raven] Fantasy novel, first in the “Chronicles of the Raven”. A first novel. This is a special printing (dated 2002) of the 1999 Gollancz trade paperback edition, distributed in the US by Sterling Publishing. First US edition (Gollancz 1999). Sterling Publishing, 387 Park Ave. S., New York NY 10016-8810; 800-805-5489; [www.sterlingpub.com].
• * *Elfsorrow (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07329-2, Aug 2002, £10.99, 454pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino) [Legends of the Raven] Fantasy novel. Book four of the “Legends of the Raven” series. A hardcover edition (-07328-4, £17.99) is also available.
• * _Nightchild (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07300-4, Jul 2002, £6.99, 527pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Chronicles of the Raven] Reprint (Gollancz 2001) fantasy novel. Book three in “Chronicles of the Raven”.

BARKER, CLIVE (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Abarat (HarperCollins UK 0-00-225952-4, Sep 2002, £17.99, 391 + xxv, hc) [Books of Abarat] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in “The Books of Abarat” quartet. Color illustrations by Barker. Simultaneous with the US edition. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-714904-2, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
• * *Abarat (HarperCollins/Joanna Cotler 0-06-028092-1, Oct 2002, $24.99, 391 + xxv, hc, cover by Clive Barker) [Books of Abarat] YA fantasy novel, first of four in “The Books of Abarat”. A girl enters a fantasy world where the evil Lord Carrion is trying to find her. Full-color illustrations by Barker.
• * _Coldheart Canyon (HarperCollins UK 0-00-651040-X, May 2002, £6.99, 751pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2001) dark fantasy novel set in Hollywood.
• * _Coldheart Canyon (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-103018-X, Nov 2002, $7.99, 686pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2001) ghost story/dark fantasy novel of Hollywood.
• * _The Damnation Game (Berkley 0-425-18893-0, Nov 2002, $7.99, 433 + xiv, pb) Reissue (Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1985) horror novel. This has a new introduction by Barker. 17th printing.
• * _Imajica (HarperCollins/Voyager Classics 0-00-712769-3, Apr 2002, £9.99, 1136pp, tp) Reissue (HarperCollins 1991) fantasy novel. “Voyager Classics” Number 25.
• * _Imajica (HarperPerennial 0-06-093726-2, Aug 2002, $19.95, 880pp, tp, cover by Macduff Everton) Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) dark fantasy novel. This has new illustrations by Richard Kirk, and an appendix glossary compiled by Hans Rueffert.
• * _The Inhuman Condition (Pocket 0-7434-1734-8, Mar 2001, $12.95, 180pp, tp) Reprint (Sphere 1985 as Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. IV) collection of five horror stories. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now.
• * _The Thief of Always (HarperTrophy 0-06-440994-5, Feb 2002, $5.95, 213pp, tp, cover by Dan Craig) Reprint (HarperCollins 1992) young-adult dark fantasy novel.

BARKER, NUGENT (1888-1955) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Written with my Left Hand (Tartarus Press 1-872621-67-8, Jul 2002, £27.50, x+264pp, hc) Reprint (Percival Marshall 1951) collection of twenty-one macabre, humour and fantasy stories. Limited to 350 copies. (Contents) [Not seen]

BARKER, TREY R. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Veil of the Soul (Yard Dog Press 1-893687-27-9, Apr 2002, $6.00, 59pp, ph, cover by Mary Bullock) Chapbook semi-surreal horror story about the life of Edgar Allan Poe. Order from Yard Dog Press, 710 W. Redbud Lane, Alma AR 72921-7247; e-mail: [srosen.lstran@juno.com]; website: [www.yarddogpress.com]; add $2.00 postage.

BARLOW, STEVE (chron.)

• * *Tales of the Dark Forest: 2: Whizzard! (with Steve Skidmore) (CollinsVoyager 0-00-710864-8, May 2002, £4.99, 255pp, tp, cover by Andy Parker) [Tales of the Dark Forest] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Goodknyght!

BARNES, JOHN (Allen) (1957- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Duke of Uranium (Warner Aspect 0-446-61081-X, Sep 2002, $6.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Jak Jinnaka] SF adventure novel, first in a series of three. A teen on a space station flunks the entrance exam to the Public Service Academy and gets sent on a secret mission to Earth.
• * _The Merchants of Souls (SFBC #15982, Feb 2002, $12.99, 398pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Million Open Doors] Reprint (Tor 2001) SF novel, third in the series begun in A Million Open Doors and Earth Made of Glass. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Merchants of Souls (Tor 0-812-58969-6, Nov 2002, $7.99, 398pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Million Open Doors] Reprint (Tor 2001) SF novel, third in the series begun in A Million Open Doors and Earth Made of Glass.
• * *A Princess of the Aerie (Warner Aspect 0-446-61082-8, Jan 2003, $6.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Jak Jinnaka] SF novel, second in a series of three about the misadventures of Jak Jinnaka, young secret agent of the solar system.
• * *The Sky So Big and Black (Tor 0-765-30303-5, Aug 2002, $24.95, 315pp, hc, cover by Vince Natale) [Orbital Resonance] SF novel in the sequence begun in Orbital Resonance. A group of school kids get an unexpected education when they are stranded in the Martian wilderness.

BARNES, STEVEN; [i.e., Stephen Emory Barnes] (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Charisma (Tor 0-312-87004-3, Jun 2002, $24.95, 380pp, hc, cover by Shane Rebenschied) SF thriller. Poor and minority children are imprinted with the mind of a successful black man — with a deadly secret.
• * *Lion’s Blood (Warner Aspect 0-446-52668-1, Feb 2002, $24.95, 461pp, hc) [*Lion’s Blood] Alternate history SF novel, subtitled A Novel of Slavery and Freedom in an Alternate America, set in 1863 in a world where Muslims have colonized the New World and keep Caucasian slaves.

BARNES, SUSAN (chron.)

• * *Kelly Karate Encounters the Moon Princess (McBook Publishers 0-9705777-2-9, 2001, $10.50, 152pp, tp, cover by Judith Cain Dotson) Fantasy novel of a female karate champion who fights dragons in a different dimension. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now. Order from Susan Barnes, 8988-L S. Sheridan #233, Tulsa OK 74133.

BARNETT, PAUL (Le Page), ed. (1949- ); see pseudonym John Grant (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Paper Tiger Fantasy Art Gallery (Sterling Publishing/Paper Tiger 1-85585-957-2, May 2002, $21.95, 144pp, tp) Art book gathering interviews with and art from 25 artists, originally published online on the Paper Tiger e-zine The Paper Snarl. Artists include Jim Burns, Frank Kelly Freas, and Nick Stathopoulos. Barnett is a pen name for John Grant. This is the Paper Tiger UK edition, distributed in the US by Sterling Publishing, 387 Park Ave. S., New York NY 10016-8810; 800-805-5489; [www.sterlingpub.com].
• * *Paper Tiger Fantasy Art Gallery (Paper Tiger 1-85585-957-2, Jun 2002, £14.95, 144pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns, David A. Hardy, Jael & Chris Moore) Art book, interviews with and art by 25 artists. The interviews originally appeared in Paper Tiger’s online magazine The Paper Snarl.

BARRIE, [Sir] JAMES M(atthew), Bart. (1860-1937) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Peter Pan (Barnes & Noble Children’s Classics 1-5661-9713-9, 2002, $5.98, 220pp, hc, cover by Jan Palmer) [Peter Pan] Reissue (Hodder & Stoughton 1911) classic young-adult fantasy novel. This has the 1995 introduction by Leonard S. Marcus. Eighth printing. An instant remainder edition.

BARRON, T(om) A. (chron.)

• * _The Fires of Merlin (Ace 0-441-00957-3, Jul 2002, $5.99, 220pp, tp, cover by Mike Wimmer) [Lost Years of Merlin] Reprint (Philomel 1998) young-adult Arthurian fantasy, volume three in “The Lost Years of Merlin” trilogy.
• * _The Lost Years of Merlin (Ace 0-441-00930-1, May 2002, $5.99, 284pp, tp, cover by Mike Wimmer) [Lost Years of Merlin] Reprint (Philomel 1996) young-adult Arthurian fantasy, volume one in a trilogy.
• * _The Lost Years of Merlin (Ace 0-441-01028-8, Jun 2002, $2.99, 270pp, pb, cover by Mike Wimmer) [Lost Years of Merlin] Reissue (Philomel 1996) young-adult Arthurian fantasy, volume one in a trilogy. This “Special Price” edition has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.
• * _The Mirror of Merlin (Ace 0-441-00965-4, Aug 2002, $5.99, 190pp, tp, cover by Mike Wimmer) [Lost Years of Merlin] Reprint (Philomel 1999) young-adult Arthurian fantasy, volume four in “The Lost Years of Merlin” trilogy.
• * _The Seven Songs of Merlin (Ace 0-441-00947-6, Jun 2002, $5.99, tp, cover by Mike Wimmer) [Lost Years of Merlin] Reprint (Philomel 1997) young-adult Arthurian fantasy, volume two in a trilogy about the young Merlin.
• * _Tree Girl (Ace 0-441-00994-8, Oct 2002, $5.99, 136pp, tp, cover by Trina Schart Hyman) Reprint (Philomel 2001) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Wings of Merlin (Ace 0-441-00988-3, Nov 2002, $6.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Mike Wimmer) [Lost Years of Merlin] Reprint (Philomel 2000) young-adult Arthurian fantasy novel, fifth and final volume in “The Lost Years of Merlin” series.

BATES, ANDREW (chron.)

• * *World of Darkness: Dark Ages: Cappadocian (White Wolf 1-58846-819-4, Nov 2002, $6.99, 270pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [World of Darkness: Dark Ages: Clan] Novelization based on the role-playing game, the third “Clan” novel in the “Dark Ages” series. Copyrighted by White Wolf.

BATES, BRIAN (chron.)

• * *The Real Middle Earth: Magic and Mystery in the Dark Ages (Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-07353-5, Nov 2002, £18.99, iv+292pp, hc) Non-fiction examination of the influence of aspects of early medieval European civilisations on Tolkien’s work. Includes 12 pages of colour photographs. [Tolkien]