The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999
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- GEAR, W(illiam) MICHAEL (chron.) (continued)
- * _Relic of Empire (DAW 0-88677-492-6, Nov 99, $6.99, 626pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Forbidden Borders] Reissue (DAW 1992) SF novel, Forbidden Borders #2. Fourth printing.
- * _Requiem for the Conqueror (DAW 0-88677-477-2, Sep 99 [Aug 99], $6.99, 622pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Forbidden Borders] Reissue (DAW 1991) space opera/military SF novel, Forbidden Borders #1. Sixth printing.
- * _The Visitant (with Kathleen ONeal Gear) See entry under Kathleen ONeal Gear.
- * _The Web of Spider (DAW 0-88677-356-3, Feb 99 [Jan 99], $6.99, 648pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Warriors of Spider] Reissue (DAW 1989) SF novel, third in the Spider series. Fourth printing.
- GEHWEILER, BRUCE, ed. (stories) (chron.)
- GELLER, URI (1946- ) (chron.)
- * *Dead Cold (Headline 0-7472-7644-7, May 99, £9.99, 246pp, tp) Psychic thriller. A psychic senses a murderers crimes. A hardcover edition (-2128-6, £16.99) was announced but not seen.
- GEMMELL, DAVID A(ndrew) (1948-2006) (chron.)
- * _Dark Prince (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-666-1, May 99, £5.99, 547pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) [Lion of Macedon] Reprint (Legend 1991) fantasy novel. Volume two in the Lion of Macedon series.
- * _The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40799-7, Oct 99 [Sep 99], $6.99, 334pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Drenai; Druss the Legend] Reprint (Legend 1993) collection of four fantasy novellas in the Drenai series.
- * _Ghost King (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-642-4, May 99, £5.99, 336pp, pb, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [Sipstrassi: Stones of Power] Reprint (Century 1988) fantasy novel. Book 1 in the Stones of Power sequence of the Sipistrassi novels.
- * _The Hawk Eternal (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-852-4, Jul 99 [Aug 99], £5.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Hawk Queen] Reprint (Legend 1995) fantasy novel. Second Book of The Hawk Queen after Ironhands Daughter.
- * _Ironhands Daughter (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-851-6, Jul 99 [Aug 99], £5.99, 283pp, pb) [Hawk Queen] Reprint (Legend 1995) fantasy novel. First Book of The Hawk Queen.
- * _The Last Guardian (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-582-7, Aug 99, £5.99, 279pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Sipstrassi: Stones of Power; Jon Shannow] Reprint (Legend 1989) fantasy novel. Book 2 in the Jon Shannow sequence of the Sipistrassi series.
- * +The Legend of Deathwalker (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40800-4, May 99 [Apr 99], $6.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Drenai; Druss the Legend] Fantasy novel in the Druss the Legend"/"Drenai series. First US edition (Bantam UK 1996).
- * _Lion of Macedon (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-622-X, May 99, £6.99, 502pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) [Lion of Macedon] Reprint (Legend 1991) fantasy novel. Volume one in the Lion of Macedon series.
- * _Lion of Macedon (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-622-X, May 99 [Aug 99], £6.99, 502pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) [Lion of Macedon] Reissue (Legend 1991) fantasy novel. Book One of the Macedon series.
- * *Midnight Falcon (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-03722-7, Jun 99 [May 99], £16.99, 404pp, hc, cover by John Bolton) [Rigante] Fantasy novel. Book Two in the Rigante series after Sword in the Storm.
- * _Sword in the Storm (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14256-5, Jun 99 [May 99], £5.99, 478pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Rigante] Reprint (Bantam UK 1998) fantasy novel. Book One in the Rigante series.
- GENTLE, MARY R(osalyn) (1956- ) (chron.)
- * *The Book of Ash #1: A Secret History (Avon Eos 0-380-78869-1, Oct 99, $6.99, 424pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Book of Ash] Medieval fantasy novel, part one of four. A secret history of a woman mercenary in 15th-century Burgundy, supposedly written in 2001.
- GEORGE, DAVID R., III (stories) (chron.)
- GERRITSEN, TESS (1953- ) (chron.)
- * *Gravity (Pocket 0-671-01678-4, Sep 99 [Aug 99], $24.00, 342pp, hc) Near-future SF medical thriller. A biological experiment aboard the International Space Station unleashes a deadly plague.
- GIBSON, WILLIAM (Ford) (1948- ) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *All Tomorrows Parties (Putnam 0-399-14579-6, Oct 99, $24.95, 278pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) [Virtual Light] SF novel, third in a loosely connected trilogy with Virtual Light and Idoru. Characters converge on San Francisco while a Big Change is in the offing.
- * *All Tomorrows Parties (Viking UK 0-670-87557-0, Oct 99, £15.99, 277pp, hc) [Virtual Light] SF novel, last in a trilogy after Virtual Light and Idoru. Simultaneous with the US (Putnam) edition.
- * _All Tomorrows Parties (SFBC #05395, Nov 99 [Dec 99], $12.50, 278pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) [Virtual Light] Reprint (Putnam 1999) SF novel. This is similar to the Putnam edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- GILBERT, ANNE YVONNE (chron.)
- GILMAN, CHARLOTTE (Anna) PERKINS (Stetson) (1860-1935) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Herland, The Yellow Wall-Paper, and Selected Writings (Penguin 0-14-118062-5, Sep 99, $9.95, xxx + 353pp, tp) Collection combining the utopian feminist SF novel, 19 stories, and 18 poems. Editor Denise K. Knight provides introduction, notes, and suggestions for further reading. (Contents)
- GILMAN, LAURA ANNE (1967- ) (chron.)
- GLADSTEIN, MIMI REISEL, ed. (1936- ) (chron.)
- * *Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand (with Chris Matthew Sciabarra) (Penn State University Press 0-271-01831-3, Mar 99, $19.95, 413pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical collection of 19 essays, six reprints, most using Rands novels as a basis for their arguments. Part of Re-Reading the Canon, a series re-evaluating Western philosophers. Preface by Nancy Tuana. Includes a selected bibliography and index. A hardcover edition (-01830-5, $60.00) was announced but not seen. Order from: Penn State University Press, USB 1, Suite C, University Park PA 16802-1003; orders 800-326-9180; fax 877-PSU-BOOK; www.psu.edu/psupress
- GLADWELL, ADÈLE OLIVIA, ed. (stories) (chron.)
- * _Blood & Roses: The Vampire in 19th Century Literature (with James Havoc) (Creation Books 1-84068-007-5, Oct 99 [Nov 99], £11.95, 286pp, tp, cover by Edvard Munch) Reprint (Creation Press 1992) dark fantasy anthology of 18 stories and novel excerpts. Revised from the original edition, and includes four works newly translated (one by Brian Stableford). Illustrated by Felicien Rops. (Contents)
- GLANZMAN, SAM (chron.)
- GLASS, JAMES C. (stories) (chron.)
- * *Shanji (Baen 0-671-57789-1, Feb 99 [Jan 99], $6.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Shanji] SF novel. An child of two warring races must lead her planet against offworld forces. A first novel by a Writers of the Future winner (1991).
- GLASS, JOSEPH; pseudonym of Joseph Libertson, 1946- ) (chron.)
- * _Eyes (Ballantine/Fawcett Crest 0-449-00512-7, Feb 99 [Jan 99], $6.99, 354pp, pb) [Susan Shader] Reprint (Villard 1998) serial-killer procedural mystery featuring Dr. Susan Shader, a psychic criminal profiler.
- * _Eyes (Pan 0-330-35379-9, Apr 99 [Mar 99], £5.99, 405pp, pb) [Susan Shader] Reprint (Villard 1998) fantasy mystery of a criminal psychiatrist with second sight. Volume one in the Susan Shader series.
- GLENDINNING, VICTORIA (chron.)
- * *Jonathan Swift: A Biography (Holt 0-8050-6168-1, May 99 [Dec 99], $35.00, 324pp, hc) Associational biography. Includes a chronology, index, notes, and eight unpaginated pages of b&w illustrations. [Swift]
- GLOVER, SANDRA (chron.)
- * _The Nowhere Boy (Corgi 0-552-54647-X, May 99 [Apr 99], £3.99, 190pp, pb, cover by David Scutt) Reprint (Andersen Press 1997) young-adult SF novel. A fostered boy is telepathic, and alien(ated). The original edition was not seen.
- GLUT, DONALD F(rank) (1944- ) (chron.)
- * _Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-939-3, Jun 99 [May 99], £5.99, 219pp, pb) [Star Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 1980) Star Wars novelization, based on a story by George Lucas.
- GODDARD, KEN (chron.)
- * *First Evidence (Bantam 0-553-10864-6, Jun 99 [May 99], $23.95, 427pp, hc, cover by Franco Accornero) [Colin Cellars] Police-procedural SF thriller. A murder investigation leads to evidence of alien contact.
- GODWIN, PARKE (1929- ); see pseudonym Kate Hawks (chron.)
- * _Lord of Sunset (Avon 0-380-81064-6, Aug 99, $6.99, 566pp, pb, cover by Jeff Barson) Reprint (Avon 1998) associational historical novel of the Norman Conquest.
- GOINGBACK, OWL (1959- ) (chron.)
- * *Darker than Night (Penguin/Signet 0-451-19878-6, Nov 99, $6.50, 343pp, pb) Horror novel. A horror writer inherits a house with a gateway to another world.
- GOLDEN, CHRISTIE; see pseudonym Jadrien Bell (stories) (chron.)
- GOLDEN, CHRISTOPHER (1967- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Immortal (with Nancy Holder) (Pocket 0-671-04117-7, Oct 99 [Sep 99], $21.95, 309pp, hc) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
- * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Sins of the Father (Pocket 0-671-03928-8, Nov 99 [Oct 99], $5.99, 289pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
- * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Gatekeeper Trilogy (with Nancy Holder) (SFBC #05229, Oct 99 [Nov 99], $14.98, 721pp, hc) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Gatekeeper] Omnibus of three novelizations (all 1999) in a trilogy based on the TV show based on the movie: Out of the Madhouse, Ghost Roads, and Sons of Entropy. This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-0582-9; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox. (Contents)
- * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Gatekeeper Trilogy, Book One: Out of the Madhouse (with Nancy Holder) (Pocket 0-671-02434-5, Jan 99 [Feb 99], $5.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Gatekeeper] Novelization based on the TV show based on the movie. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
- * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Gatekeeper Trilogy, Book Three: Sons of Entropy (with Nancy Holder) (Pocket 0-671-02750-6, May 99, $5.99, 317pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Gatekeeper] Novelization based on the TV show based on the movie. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
- * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Gatekeeper Trilogy, Book Two: Ghost Roads (with Nancy Holder) (Pocket 0-671-02749-2, Mar 99 [Feb 99], $5.99, 368pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Gatekeeper] Novelization based on the TV show based on the movie. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
- * *Gen13: Netherwar (with Jeff Mariotte) (Ace 0-441-00621-3, Jun 99 [May 99], $5.99, 230pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) Novelization based on the comic book characters. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia, copyrighted by Wildstorm/DC Comics.
- * *Strangewood (Penguin/Signet 0-451-19765-8, Oct 99 [Sep 99], $6.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) Horror novel. A writers son is held hostage in the fantasy world his father created.
- * _X-Men: Codename Wolverine (SFBC #02978, Mar 99, $11.50, 332pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [X-Men] Reprint (Putnam 1998) novelization based on the comic books. This is similar to the Putnam edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- GOLDING, MICHAEL (chron.)
- * *Benjamins Gift (Warner 0-446-52110-8, Apr 99 [Dec 99], $22.00, 299pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel. A boy born in 1929 America has the ability to teleport.
- GOLDING, [Sir] WILLIAM (Gerald) (1911-1993) (chron.)
- * _Lord of the Flies (Penguin 0-14-028333-1, Oct 99 [Dec 99], $12.95, 182pp, tp, cover by Andrew Davidson) Reissue (Faber & Faber 1954) classic literary novel with SF elements. This has been repackaged as part of the Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century series.
- GOLDSTEIN, LISA (Joy) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Dark Cities Underground (Tor 0-312-86828-6, Jun 99 [May 99], $22.95, 252pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) Fantasy novel. A man, once the central figure of childrens fantasy books written by his mother, really does have access to a scary fantasy world.
- * _Dark Cities Underground (SFBC #02342, Aug 99, $11.50, 252pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- GOODEN, PHILIP, ed. (stories) (chron.)
- GOODKIND, TERRY (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Blood of the Fold (Tor 0-812-55147-8, Feb 99, $7.99, 623pp, pb, cover by Kevin Murphy) [Sword of Truth] Reissue (Tor 1996) fantasy novel, book three of The Sword of Truth. Third printing.
- * *Soul of the Fire (Tor 0-312-89054-0, Apr 99, $27.95, 508pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Fantasy novel, fifth in The Sword of Truth series. The magic Chimes released in a fight against plague now threaten the world. A limited edition ($200.00) was announced but not seen.
- * _Soul of the Fire (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-508-7, May 99, £16.99, 508pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy novel. Book five of The Sword of Truth. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Soul of the Fire (SFBC #00954, Jul 99 [Aug 99], $14.98, 643pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy novel, fifth in The Sword of Truth series. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Soul of the Fire (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-913-9, Nov 99, £10.99, 508pp, tp, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy novel. Book 5 of The Sword of Truth sequence.
- * _Stone of Tears (Tor 0-812-54809-4, Feb 99 [Jan 99], $7.99, 982pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Reissue (Tor 1995) fantasy novel, book two of The Sword of Truth. Fifth printing.
- * _Wizards First Rule (Tor 0-812-54805-1, Feb 99 [Mar 99], $6.99, 820pp, pb, cover by Doug Beekman) [Sword of Truth] Reissue (Millennium 1994) fantasy novel. Sixth printing.
- GOONAN, KATHLEEN ANN (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Bones of Time (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648318-6, May 99, £6.99, 382pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Tor 1996) near-future SF novel. Hawaiian king Kamehameha is illegally cloned from his bones. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Mississippi Blues (Tor 0-312-86893-6, Jun 99 [May 99], $15.95, 511pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Nanotech Cycle] Reprint (Tor 1997) SF novel, sequel to Queen City Jazz.
- GORDON, FRANCES; pseudonym of Bridget Wood, (1947- ) (chron.)
- * _Changeling (Headline 0-7472-5742-6, Dec 98 [Jan 99], £5.99, 376pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1998) dark fantasy novel based on Rumpelstiltskin.
- * *Wildwood (Headline 0-7472-2177-4, Jan 99 [Feb 99], £16.99, 314pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel of a fabulous forest, and the wolves in the wildwood.
- GORDON, JOHN (William) (1925- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Flesh Eater (Walker 0-7445-6073-X, Oct 98 [Jan 99], £3.99, 238pp, pb, cover by Julek Heller) Reprint (Walker 1998) young-adult horror novel of a mysterious beast, and the talisman it obeys. Published in 1998 but not seen until now. The earlier hardback (-5903-0, £9.99, 4.99) was not seen.
- * _The Midwinter Watch (Walker 0-7445-6959-1, Sep 99 [Oct 99], £3.99, 196pp, pb, cover by Paul Robinson) Reprint (Walker 1998) young-adult ghost novel. The original hardcover (-5932-4, £9.99) was not seen.
- * *Skinners (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-01215-5, Oct 99 [Sep 99], £3.99, 178pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. A horror writer begins to believe his own stories.
- GOREY, EDWARD (St. John) (1925-2000) (chron.)
- * *The Headless Bust (Harcourt Brace 0-15-100514-1, Oct 99, $15.00, unpaginated, hc, cover by Edward Gorey) Humorous art book, a Melancholy Meditation for the False Millennium. Illustrated by the author.
- GORMAN, ED(ward Joseph) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Poker Club (CD Publications 1-881475-68-9, Nov 99, $40.00, 350pp, hc, cover by Gail Cross) Associational non-supernatural horror novel. This is a signed, limited edition of 750. Order from CD Publications, PO Box 943, Abingdon MD 21009; 419-569-5683.
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