The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

Books, Listed by Author

EGAN, GREG(ory Mark) (1961- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Luminous (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-573-7, Aug ’99, £5.99, 295pp, pb) Reprint (Millennium 1998) collection of 10 SF stories.
• * _Quarantine (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-590-7, Aug ’99, £5.99, 248pp, pb) Reprint (Legend 1992) SF novel of a 21st-century Earth separated from the rest of the universe by an impenetrable Bubble.
• * *Teranesia (Orion/Gollancz 0-57506-854-X, Aug ’99, £16.99, 248pp, hc) SF novel. On an almost-deserted Indonesian island, a young boy and his newly returned older sister seek the reason for inexplicable evolutionary changes.
• * +Teranesia (HarperPrism 0-06-105092-X, Dec ’99 [Nov ’99], $23.00, 293pp, hc, cover by Peter Gudynas) SF novel. A biology student investigates mysterious mutations in Indonesia. First US edition (Orion 8/99).

EHRENHAFT, DANIEL; see pseudonym Daniel Parker (chron.)

EICKHOFF, RANDY LEE (1945- ) (chron.)

• * *The Feast (Tor/Forge 0-312-86647-X, Mar ’99 [Apr ’99], $23.95, 254pp, hc) [Ulster Cycle] Fantasy novel, a retelling of the epic Irish legends of Cuchulainn, sequel to The Raid.

EIDSON, WILLIAM B. (chron.)

• * *The Blue Helix (Grant, Donald M./Vienna Books 1-880418-47-9, Nov ’99, $23.95, 274pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) Near-future SF novel. A couple discover a treatment that gives them superhuman abilities. Introduction by Bill Eidson, Jr. Available from Vienna Books, POB 187, Hampton Falls NH 03844.

ELIOT, GEORGE; pseudonym of Mary Ann Evans, (1819-1880) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Lifted Veil/Brother Jacob (Oxford University Press 0-19-283295-6, Sep ’99, £6.99, lii+104pp, tp, cover by William Powell Frith) Collection of two fantasy novellas, edited with an introduction and notes by Helen Small. (Contents)

ELLIOTT, KATE; pseudonym of Alis A. Rasmussen, (1958- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Burning Stone (DAW 0-88677-813-1, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $24.95, 755pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Crown of Stars] Fantasy novel, third in “The Crown of Stars” series. Liath and bastard-prince Sanglant become outcasts for their love. Elliott is a pen-name for Alis Rasmussen.
• * *The Burning Stone (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-760-9, May ’99 [Apr ’99], £17.99, 755pp, hc, cover by Melvin Grant) [Crown of Stars] Fantasy novel, third volume in the “Crown of Stars” series. Simultaneous with the US (DAW) edition. Elliott is a pseudonym of Alis Rasmussen.
• * _The Burning Stone (SFBC #01104, Jul ’99, $12.50, 755pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Crown of Stars] Reprint (DAW 1999) fantasy novel, third in “The Crown of Stars” series. Elliott is a pen-name for Alis Rasmussen. This is similar to the DAW edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Jaran (DAW 0-88677-513-2, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $6.99, 494pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Jaran] Reissue (DAW 1992) SF/romance novel, first book of the “Jaran” series. Elliott is a pen-name for Alis Rasmussen. Fourth printing.
• * _Prince of Dogs (DAW 0-88677-816-6, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $6.99, 618pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Crown of Stars] Reprint (DAW 1998) fantasy novel, second in “The Crown of Stars” series. Elliott is a pen-name for Alis Rasmussen.
• * _Prince of Dogs (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-723-4, May ’99, £6.99, 612pp, pb, cover by Melvin Grant) [Crown of Stars] Reprint (DAW 1998) fantasy novel, volume two of the “Crown of Stars” series. Elliott is a pen-name for Alis Rasmussen.

ELLIS, ALICE THOMAS; pseudonym of Anna Haycraft, (1932-2005) (chron.)

• * +The 27th Kingdom (Moyer Bell 1-5592-1250-0, Sep ’99 [Dec ’99], $22.95, 159pp, hc) Literary novel with fantasy elements, set in 1950s London. An unconventional family takes in a nun sent away from the convent because of her miraculous powers. First US edition (Britain 1982).

ELLIS, MARK; see house pseudonym James Axler

• * _Outlanders: Armageddon Axis [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Outlanders: Hellbound Fury [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Outlanders: Iceblood [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Outlanders: Night Eternal [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Outlanders: Outer Darkness [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.

ELLIS, NOVALYNE PRICE (1908- ) (chron.)

• * _One Who Walked Alone: Robert E. Howard, the Final Years (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-78-X, Dec ’98 [Feb ’99], $30.00, 317pp, hc) Reissue (Grant 1986) biography of Robert E. Howard. This is a movie tie-in edition. Third printing. Order from Donald M. Grant Publisher, PO Box 187, Hampton Falls NH 03844.

ELLISON™, HARLAN (Jay) (1934- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Edgeworks 1 (White Wolf 1-56504-829-6, Mar ’99, $16.99, 652pp, tp, cover by Jill Bauman) Reprint (White Wolf 1996) omnibus with a revised version of An Edge in My Voice (1985), and the apparently unchanged Over the Edge (1970), and a new introduction by Ellison.
• * _Edgeworks 2 (White Wolf 1-56504-830-X, Sep ’99, $16.99, 200 + 271pp, tp, cover by John K. Snyder, III) Reprint (White Wolf 1996) omnibus of the crime novel Spider Kiss (Fawcett/Gold Medal 1961 as Rockabilly) and collection Stalking the Nightmare (Phantasia Press 1982). This is copyrighted 1999, but the nature of any new or revised material is unknown.

ELROD, P(atricia) N(ead) (1954- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Vampire Files: A Chill in the Blood (Ace 0-441-00627-2, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $5.99, 327pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Jack Fleming (The Vampire Files)] Reprint (Ace 1998) vampire mystery, seventh in the “Vampire Files” series featuring hard-boiled vampire detective Jack Fleming. Winner of the Lord Ruthven Assembly Best Fiction Award.
• * *The Vampire Files: The Dark Sleep (Ace 0-441-00591-8, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $21.95, 359pp, hc) [Jack Fleming (The Vampire Files)] Vampire mystery, eighth in the series. Jack tangles with show-business people and learns a dark secret from his partner’s past.
• * _The Vampire Files: The Dark Sleep (SFBC #01941, Aug ’99, $10.98, 359pp, hc) [Jack Fleming (The Vampire Files)] Reprint (Ace 1999) vampire mystery, eighth in the series. This is similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

EMERSON, RU (1944- ) (chron.)

• * *Greyhawk: Against the Giants (TSR 0-7869-1379-7, Jul ’99, $5.99, 310pp, tp, cover by Doug Beekman) [Greyhawk] Novelization based on the role-playing game, first in a new line. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * *Xena, Warrior Princess: Go Quest, Young Man, Book I (Ace 0-441-00637-X, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $5.99, 273pp, pb, cover by Eric J. W. Lee) [Xena: Go Quest, Young Man] Novelization based on the TV show; book one in a trilogy. Copyrighted by Studios USA Television Distribution LLC.
• * _Xena: Warrior Princess: The Empty Throne (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-17062-4, Nov ’99, $5.99, 231pp, pb) [Xena] Reissue (Boulevard 1996) fantasy novelization, first in the series based on the TV show. Copyrighted by MCA Publishing Rights. Fifth printing.

EMERY, CLAYTON (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Forgotten Realms: Star of Cursrah (TSR 0-7869-1322-3, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $5.99, 310pp, tp, cover by Paul Jacquays) [Forgotten Realms: Lost Empires] Novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game. “Lost Empires” #3. Copyrighted by TSR.

EMSHWILLER, CAROL (Fries) (1921- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Leaping Man Hill (Mercury House 1-56279-101-X, Sep ’99 [Oct ’99], $14.95, 221pp, tp, cover by Russell Chatham) [Ledoyt] Associational Western, sequel to Ledoyt. Order from Mercury House, 736 Clementina St. #300, San Francisco CA 94103.

ENTICKNAP, MARTIN A. (chron.)

• * *Exodus: The Dolph/in Saga (Armstrong Valley Publishing 1-928798-35-7, Sep ’99 [Nov ’99], $16.50, 293pp, tp, cover by Martin A. Enticknap) Fantasy novel of an ancient race of dolphins facing disaster. This is an on-demand edition, available from Armstrong Valley Publishing, PO Box 1275, Murfreesboro TN 37133; 615-895-5445; or Amazon.com or Ingram.

ERICKSON, STEVE; [i.e., Stephen Michael Erickson] (1950- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Sea Came in at Midnight (Avon Bard 0-380-97766-4, Apr ’99, $23.00, 259pp, hc, cover by Byll Williams) Millennial magic realism, quasi-SF novel. A woman fleeing a cult mass-suicide finds refuge with a man obsessed with calendars, and changes history.

ERIKSON, STEVEN; [born Steve Rune Lundin] (1959- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Gardens of the Moon (Transworld/Bantam 0-593-04470-3, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £9.99, xiv+523pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Malazan Book of the Fallen] Epic fantasy novel, first in the “Malazan Book of the Fallen” series about a predatory Empress, an empire exhausted by decades of war, and the discontent of gods.

ESTLEMAN, LOREN D. (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _Journey of the Dead (Tor/Forge 0-812-54916-3, Jul ’99 [Sep ’99], $5.99, 251pp, pb) Reprint (Forge 1998) Western horror novel with supernatural elements. Winner of the Western Heritage Award and the Spur Award for Best Western Novel.

ETCHISON, DENNIS (William) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Dark Country (Alexander Publishing/EMR 1-893475-16-6, Apr ’99, $17.95, 227pp, tp, cover by Lydia Marano) Reprint (Scream/Press 1982) collection of 16 stories. Introduction by Ramsey Campbell. The earlier edition is not mentioned, or the copyright listed. Order from Alexander Publishing, 13243 Vanowen Ave. #5, North Hollywood CA 91605.

EVANS, MARY ANN (1819-1880); see pseudonym George Eliot (stories) (chron.)

EVANS, PETER J. (chron.)

• * *Mnemosyne’s Kiss (Virgin Worlds 0-7535-0380-8, Mar ’98, £6.99, 380pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) SF novel. A first novel.

FANCHER, JANE S(uzanne) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * *Ring of Destiny (DAW 0-88677-870-0, Dec ’99, $6.99, 708pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Dance of the Rings] Fantasy novel, book three in “Dance of the Rings”.

FARLAND, DAVID; pseudonym of David Wolverton, (1957- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Brotherhood of the Wolf (Tor 0-312-86742-5, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $26.95, 480pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Runelords] Fantasy novel, second in “The Runelords” series. Gaborn struggles to learn his powers as the Earth King in time to stop Raj Ahten’s cruel invasion. Simultaneous with the UK (Earthlight 1999) edition.
• * *The Brotherhood of the Wolf (Simon & Schuster UK/Earthlight 0-684-86055-4, May ’99 [Apr ’99], £9.99, v+596pp, tp, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Runelords] Fantasy novel, second in “The Runelords” series. Simultaneous with the US (Tor 1999) edition. Farland is a pseudonym of Dave Wolverton.
• * _Brotherhood of the Wolf (SFBC #02286, Aug ’99, $13.50, 480pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Runelords] Reprint (Tor; Earthlight UK 1999) fantasy novel, second in “The Runelords” series. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Runelords (Tor 0-812-54162-6, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $6.99, 613pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Runelords] Reprint (Earthlight 1998 as The Sum of All Men) fantasy novel, first in a series. Farland is a pen name for Dave Wolverton.
• * _The Sum of All Men (Simon & Schuster UK/Earthlight 0-671-02261-X, May ’99 [Apr ’99], £6.99, vi+661pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Runelords] Reprint (Earthlight 1998) fantasy novel, first book of “The Runelords” series (published in the US as The Runelords). Farland is a pseudonym of Dave Wolverton.

FARMER, NANCY; [born Nancy Forsythe Coe] (1941- ) (chron.)

• * *Casey Jones’s Fireman: The Story of Sim Webb (with James Bernardin) (Penguin Putnam/Pyllis Fogelman 0-8037-1929-9, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $15.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by James Bernardin) Children’s picture book, with story by Farmer based on the American folk story, but with a dark fantasy twist. Illustrations by Bernardin.

FARMER, PENELOPE (Jane) (1939- ) (chron.)

• * _A Castle of Bone (Red Fox 0-09-926718-7, Aug ’99, £3.99, 164pp, tp, cover by Emma Chichester-Clark) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1972) young-adult fantasy novel of a cupboard that transmutes its contents. This is the revised edition (The Bodley Head) of 1992.

FARMER, PHILIP JOSÉ; (1918-2009) (chron.)

• * *The Dark Heart of Time (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42463-8, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $6.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Heather Kern) [Tarzan] Tarzan® novel, the first by Farmer to be authorized by Burroughs’s estate. Tarzan searches for his kidnapped wife while evading hunters after him. Copyrighted by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
• * _Nothing Burns in Hell (Tor 0-812-56495-2, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $6.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Forge 1998) associational mystery set in the dark underside of Peoria, IL.

FARREN, MICK (1943- ) (chron.)

• * _Car Warriors: Back from Hell (Tor 0-812-51991-4, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $5.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Dan Smith & Jack Elmy) [Car Warriors] Novelization, the second based on the role-playing games. Characters are copyrighted by Steve Jackson Games and the text by the author.
• * *Jim Morrison’s Adventures in the Afterlife (St. Martin’s 0-312-20654-2, Nov ’99, $25.95, 453pp, hc) Fantasy novel of the afterlife adventures of Jim Morrison, Aimee Semple McPherson, and Doc Holliday.

FARRIS, JOHN (L.) (1936- ) (chron.)

• * _Sacrifice (Severn House 0-7278-5457-7, Sep ’99, £17.99, 320pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1994) dark fantasy novel of overwhelming paternal love. [First U.K. edition]

FAWCETT, BILL; [i.e., William Brian Fawcett] (1947- ); see pseudonym Quinn Fawcett (chron.)

FAWCETT, QUINN; pseudonym of Chelsea Quinn Yarbro & Bill Fawcett (chron.)

• * _Embassy Row (Tor/Forge 0-812-54522-2, Oct ’99, $6.99, 384pp, pb) [Mycroft Holmes] Reprint (Forge 1998) associational mystery, second in the series featuring Sherlock Holmes’s brother Mycroft. Fawcett is a pen name for Bill Fawcett & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.
• * *The Flying Scotsman (Tor/Forge 0-312-86364-0, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $24.95, 320pp, hc) [Mycroft Holmes] Associational mystery, third in the series featuring Sherlock Holmes’s brother Mycroft. Fawcett is a pen name for Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and Bill Fawcett.

FAWKES, RICHARD (chron.)

• * *The Face of the Enemy (HarperPrism 0-06-105795-9, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $5.99, 537pp, pb, cover by Richard Rossiter) Military SF novel. The Interstellar Defense League needs information on the attacking alien Remor.

FEARN, JOHN (Francis) RUSSELL (1908-1960) (stories) (chron.)

• * +The Golden Amazon: Lord of Atlantis (Gryphon Books 1-58250-021-5, Aug ’99, $15.00, 125pp, tp, cover by Ron Turner) [Golden Amazon] SF novel from the old British pulp era, eighth in the “Golden Amazon” series. First US edition (Zeon 1991). The introduction by Philip Harbottle discusses the series’ evolution. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; add $1.00 postage.
• * *The Slitherers (Gryphon Books 1-58250-018-5, Jun ’99 [Apr ’99], $15.00, 128pp, tp, cover by Ron Turner) Collection of two SF horror stories: the short novel The Slitherers (its first book publication) and an early treatment of the same theme in the story “Leeches from Space”. The introduction by Philip Harbottle describes the history of the novel. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; add $2.00 postage. (Contents)
• * *Triangle of Power (Gryphon Books 1-58250-022-3, Aug ’99 [Dec ’99], $15.00, 124pp, tp, cover by Ron Turner) [Golden Amazon] SF novel from the old pulp era, previously published only in serial form, ninth in the “Golden Amazon” series. The introduction by Philip Harbottle discusses the series’ evolution, in particular the influence of E.E. “Doc” Smith. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; www.gryphonbooks.com; add $1.00 postage.

FEINTUCH, DAVID (1944-2006) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Patriarch’s Hope (Warner Aspect 0-446-52458-1, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $24.00, 488pp, hc, cover by Steve Youll) [Nicholas Seafort] SF novel, sixth in the “Nicholas Seafort” series. Secretary General Seafort’s plans to clean up Earth’s ecology anger his beloved space Navy.

FEIST, RAYMOND E(lias) (1945- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Krondor The Betrayal (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224699-6, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], £10.99, 352pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Riftwar Legacy] Reprint (Avon Eos; Voyager 1998) fantasy novel. Volume five in the “Serpentwar Saga”. Book I of the “Riftwar Legacy”. Loosely derived from the CD-ROM adventure game, Betrayal at Krondor.
• * _Krondor The Betrayal (Avon Eos 0-380-79527-2, Oct ’99, $6.99, 390pp, pb, cover by Liz Kenyon) [Riftwar Legacy] Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) fantasy novel, book one of “The Riftwar Legacy”, based on the CD-ROM game, Betrayal at Krondor. An international edition apparently appeared 4/99, but was not seen.
• * +Krondor: The Assassins (Avon Eos 0-380-97707-9, Nov ’99, $25.00, 374pp, hc, cover by Liz Kenyon) [Riftwar Legacy] Fantasy novel, book two of “The Riftwar Legacy”, based on the CD-ROM game, Betrayal at Krondor. First US edition (Voyager 9/99).
• * _Shards of a Broken Crown (Avon Eos 0-380-78983-3, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $6.99, 514pp, pb, cover by Liz Kenyon) [Riftwar: Serpentwar] Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) fantasy novel, volume four in the “Serpentwar” saga. Includes a new 16-page guide to “The World of Midkemia”.
• * _Shards of a Broken Crown (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648348-8, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £6.99, xiv+498pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Riftwar: Serpentwar] Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) fantasy novel, volume four in the “Serpentwar” saga.

FELL, ALISON (chron.)

• * *The Mistress of Lilliput, or, The Pursuit (Doubleday UK 0-385-41051-4, Jan ’99 [Feb ’99], £12.99, 351pp, hc, cover by Paul Aston) Recursive literary fantasy novel in the form of the fantastic biography of Gulliver’s faithless wife, who follows her unwanted husband into the more libidinous byways of his adventures.