The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

Books, Listed by Author

LEM, STANISLAW (1921-2006) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Eden (HBJ/Harvest 0-15-627806-5, Sep ’99, $17.00, 262pp, tp, cover by John Alfred Dorn, III) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1989) SF novel, translated from the Polish by Marc E. Heine. This is an “on demand” reproduction of the 1989 edition, and still indicates first edition.
• * _Fiasco (HBJ/Harvest 0-15-630630-1, Sep ’99, $17.00, 322pp, tp, cover by John Alfred Dorn, III) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1987) SF novel of attempted alien contact, translated from the Polish by Michael Kandel. This is an “on demand” reproduction of the 1988 Harvest edition, and indicates second printing.
• * _His Master’s Voice (HBJ/Harvest 0-15-640300-5, Jul ’99, $15.00, 199pp, tp, cover by David Diaz) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1983) SF novel, translated from the Polish Glospana (1968). This is an on-demand reproduction of the 1984 Harvest edition, and indicates second printing.
• * _His Master’s Voice (Northwestern University Press 0-8101-1731-2, Nov ’99, $14.95, 199pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1983) SF novel, translated by Michael Kandel from the Polish Glospana (1968). Order from Northwestern University Press, 625 Colfax Street, Evanston IL 60208-4210; orders 800-621-2736.
• * _A Perfect Vacuum (HBJ/Harvest 0-15-671686-0, Jul ’99, $15.00, 229pp, tp, cover by David Diaz) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979) associational collection of reviews of non-existent books. This is an on-demand reproduction of the 1983 Harvest edition, and indicates second printing.
• * _A Perfect Vacuum (Northwestern University Press 0-8101-1733-9, Nov ’99, $14.95, 229pp, tp, cover by David Diaz) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979) associational collection of reviews of non-existent books. Translated by Michael Kandel. Northwestern University Press, 625 Colfax Street, Evanston IL 60208-4210; orders 800-621-2736.

L’ENGLE, MADELEINE; pseudonym of Madelaine L’Engle Franklin, (1918-2007) (stories) (chron.)

• * _A Wrinkle in Time (Dell Yearling Newbery 0-440-22839-5, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $2.99, 198pp, pb, cover by Jody Lee) [Meg Murry] Reissue (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1962) young-adult SF novel. This is a special promotional edition, marked “Special low price” on the cover, with a new ISBN, and indicates first printing.

LEONARD, PAUL (1961- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: Revolution Man (BBC Books 0-563-55570-X, Apr ’99 [Feb ’99], £4.99, 251pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series.

LERANGIS, PETER (1955- ) (chron.)

• * *Sleepy Hollow (Pocket 0-671-03665-3, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $5.99, 194pp, pb) Novelization of the supernatural horror movie in which Ichabod Crane is a 1799 New York City constable investigating murders in a rural village. Includes the original (non-fantasy) “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures and Mandalay Pictures.

LEROUX, LISE (chron.)

• * _One Hand Clapping (Penguin UK 0-14-026748-4, Mar ’99 [Apr ’99], £6.99, 341pp, tp) Reprint (Viking UK 1998) literary SF novel. A woman decides to become a surrogate mother for body parts.

LESSER, RIKA (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Hansel and Gretel (with Paul O. Zelinsky) (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-46152-3, Feb ’99, $16.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1984) children’s picture book, illustrated by Zelinsky. A Newbery Honor book.

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

• * *Mara and Dann (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-225639-8, Apr ’99, £16.99, 407pp, hc) [Mara and Dann] Reprint (HarperFlamingo US 1998) SF novel. [First U.K. edition]

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

• * _Girl in Landscape (Random House/Vintage 0-375-70391-8, Feb ’99, $12.00, 280pp, tp, cover by Marc Tauss) Reprint (Doubleday 1998) magic realism/SF novel of a Brooklyn family on a rough frontier planet.
• * *Motherless Brooklyn (Doubleday 0-385-49183-2, Sep ’99 [Oct ’99], $23.95, 311pp, hc) Associational detective novel set in Brooklyn, featuring a detective with Tourette’s Syndrome.

LEVIN, BETTY (1927- ) (chron.)

• * *The Banished (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-16602-4, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $16.00, 152pp, hc, cover by Jos. A. Smith) [Ice Bear] Young-adult fantasy adventure, prequel to The Ice Bear. Young Siri helps deliver prized bears to the king to free the exiles of Starkland.

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

• * *Bestseller: Wired, Analog, and Digital Writings (Pulpless.Com 1-58445-033-9, Jun ’99, $19.95, 254pp, tp, cover by Billy Tackett) Collection of nine stories, three original, and nine essays. An on-demand edition, also available in a Paperless Book digital edition. Available from Pulpless.Com, 775 East Blithedale Ave., Suite 508, Mill Valley CA 94941; 500-367-7353; www.pulpless.com (Contents)
• * *Digital McLuhan: A Guide to the Information Millennium (Routledge 0-415-19251-X, May ’99 [Jun ’99], $27.95, 226pp, hc) Associational non-fiction, a critical look at the Marshall McLuhan’s prophetic insights into the media, as they relate to the Internet and the development of digital communications, and implications for the future. Includes bibliography and index. Order from Routledge, 29 W 35th St., New York NY 10001.
• * *The Silk Code (Tor 0-312-86823-5, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $23.95, 319pp, hc) [*Phil D’Amato] SF mystery novel featuring forensic detective Phil D’Amato. A first novel by a prolific writer of short fiction.

LEVITIN, SONIA (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Cure (Harcourt Brace/Silver Whistle 0-15-201827-1, Apr ’99 [May ’99], $16.00, 184pp, hc, cover by Carrie Graber) Young-adult SF novel. A young man in the utopian society of 2407 is deemed too individualistic, and “cured” by reliving the life of a Jew in 1348 Germany during the Black Death.

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

• * _Out of the Silent Planet (Simon & Schuster/Scribner Classics 0-684-83364-6, 1999 [Mar ’99], $22.00, 158pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) [Cosmic] Reprint (John Lane 1938) classic SF/fantasy novel, first in the “Cosmic” (or “Ransom”) trilogy. This indicates third printing of a 1996 Scribner Classics edition, but no hardcover was seen previously.
• * _Perelandra (Simon & Schuster/Scribner Classics 0-684-83365-4, 1999 [Mar ’99], $22.00, 190pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) [Cosmic] Reprint (John Lane 1943) fantasy/religious novel, second in the “Cosmic” trilogy. This indicates “first Scribner Classics edition 1996” and second printing, but an earlier hardcover was not seen.
• * _That Hideous Strength (Simon & Schuster/Scribner Classics 0-684-83367-0, 1999 [Mar ’99], $23.00, 380pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) [Cosmic] Reprint (John Lane 1945) SF thriller, third in the “Cosmic” trilogy. This indicates second printing of a 1996 edition, but no hardcover was seen previously.

LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818) (chron.)

• * _The Monk (Penguin Classics 0-14-043603-0, May ’99 [Jun ’99], $9.95, 386pp, tp) Reprint (1795) seminal gothic horror novel, with slight fantasy content. Edited with an introduction and notes by Christopher MacLachlan. This follows the 1976 Bell edition. An international edition, it apparently first appeared in the UK in 1998, but was not seen until now.

LEWIS, SIAN (chron.)

• * _Bath Rat (Red Fox 0-09-961201-1, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], £3.99, 185pp, pb) Reprint (Andersen Press 1999) young-adult fantasy novel. A super-intelligent rat helps a young boy to save community baths from closure.

LIBERTSON, JOSEPH (1946- ); see pseudonym Joseph Glass (chron.)

LINAWEAVER, BRAD(ford Swain) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Clownface (Pulpless.Com 1-58445-096-7, Sep ’99, $32.50, 573pp, tp, cover by Billy Tackett) Collection of 40 stories, eight original. Introduction by Victor Koman; one poem by Berl Boykin. Linaweaver provides introductions to each story. An on-demand edition, originally published in digital form in 1996; this is the first book publication. Available from Pulpless.Com, 775 East Blithedale Ave., Suite 508, Mill Valley CA 94941-7353; www.pulpless.com (Contents)
• * *The Land Beyond Summer (Pulpless.Com 1-58445-003-7, May ’99, $19.95, 205pp, tp, cover by John Ng) Fantasy novel. An on-demand edition, originally published in digital form in 1996; this is the first book publication. Available from Pulpless.Com, 775 East Blithedale Ave., Suite 508, Mill Valley CA 94941-7353; www.pulpless.com

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

LINDSAY, JEFFRY P.; pseudonym of Jeffrey Freundlich, (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _Dreamchild (with Hilary Hemingway) See entry under Hilary Hemingway.

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

• * *Legends Walking (Avon Eos 0-380-78850-0, Dec ’99, $6.99, 403pp, pb, cover by Gregory Bridges) [Changer] Contemporary fantasy novel, sequel to Changer. Arthur, Changer, and the Coyote-child Shahrazad face a fanatic determined to conquer the world through plague.
• * _Lord Demon (with Roger Zelazny) See entry under Roger Zelazny.

LINEBARGER, PAUL M(yron) A(nthony) (1913-1966); see pseudonym Cordwainer Smith (stories) (chron.)

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

• * _Diplomacy of Wolves (Warner Aspect 0-446-60746-0, Oct ’99 [Dec ’99], $6.50, 395pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Secret Texts] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1998) fantasy novel, first book of “The Secret Texts”.
• * _Diplomacy of Wolves (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-872-8, Nov ’99 [Dec ’99], £6.99, 406pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Secret Texts] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1998) fantasy novel. Book 1 of “The Secret Texts”.
• * _Diplomacy of Wolves: The Secret Texts Book 1 (Millennium 1-85798-585-0, Jan ’99, £9.99, 332pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Secret Texts] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1998) fantasy novel. To save her clan, a diplomat must reveal her secret power - one that will condemn her to death under their laws. A hardcover edition (-584-2, £16.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
• * _In the Rift (with Marion Zimmer Bradley) See entry under Marion Zimmer Bradley.
• * *Vengeance of Dragons (Warner Aspect 0-446-67396-X, Oct ’99 [Dec ’99], $12.99, 379pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino) [Secret Texts] Fantasy novel, second book of “The Secret Texts”. A young woman fights her shapechanger nature to become a diplomat, only to have her family destroyed by treachery.

LISLE, JANET TAYLOR (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Lost Flower Children (Penguin/Philomel 0-399-23393-8, Jun ’99, $16.99, 122pp, hc, cover by Satomi Ichikawa) Young-adult fantasy novel — maybe. Two children think they’ve found a magic tea set buried in the garden.

LITERSKY, DOROTHY M. GROBE (chron.)

• * *Derleth: Hawk..and Dove (The National Writers Press 0-88100-093-0, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $17.95, 238pp, tp) Non-fiction, biography of writer and Arkham House founder August Derleth, covering more of his personal life than most earlier books. A hardcover edition ($24.95) was announced but not seen. This is copyrighted 1997, but not seen until now. Order from the author at Seaside Sanctuary, One Kenmore Lane, Boynton Beach FL 33435-7309; 561-276-7309; add $3.20 postage.

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

• * +The House (Penguin/Signet 0-451-19224-9, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $6.99, 360pp, pb) Horror novel. Five strangers all remember haunted childhoods growing up in indentical houses. This appears to be the first US edition (Headline 1997 as Houses), but has a 1999 copyright.
• * _The Revelation (Penguin/Signet 0-451-19225-7, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $6.99, 327pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1990) horror novel. Winner of the Stoker Award for first novel.

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

• * *A Dangerous Magic (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-825-5, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $6.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) Original fantasy anthology of 15 stories of supernatural and “magic-crossed” lovers. Authors include Peter Crowther, John DeChancie, and Andre Norton. Greenberg is not mentioned by name, but this is copyrighted by Little and Tekno Books. (Contents)
• * *Realms of Dragons: The Universes of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (HarperPrism 0-06-105239-6, Nov ’99, $29.95, 218pp, hc, cover by Steve Youll) Non-fiction guide to the fantasy of Weis & Hickman, with cover-art illustrations, photos of and an interview with the authors, and articles by Amy Stout, Jean Rabe, and J. Robert King. Copyrighted by Weis and Hickman. [Weis, Hickman]
• * *Twice Upon a Time (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-835-2, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $6.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) Original anthology of 18 fairy tales and fables retold from the villains’ point of view. Authors include Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Esther Friesner, Nancy Springer, and Alan Rodgers. Greenberg is not mentioned by name, but this is copyrighted by Little and Tekno Books. (Contents)

LOBDELL, JARED (Charles) (1937- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Four Corners of the Tapestry (Pulpless.Com 1-58445-084-3, Jul ’99, $19.95, 202pp, tp, cover by Billy Tackett) [Palmer Hopkins] Original collection of four Lovecraftian occult detective stories from “A Casebook of Palmer Hopkins”. An on-demand edition, also available in a Paperless Book digital edition. Available from Pulpless.Com, 775 East Blithedale Ave., Suite 508, Mill Valley CA 94941; 500-367-7353; www.pulpless.com (Contents)

LOGSTON, ANNE (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Exile (Ace 0-441-00669-8, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $6.50, 263pp, pb, cover by Jim Griffin) [*Guardian’s Key] Fantasy novel, sequel to Guardian’s Key. The guardian’s daughter finds the world outside the Crystal Keep more wild and dangerous than she believed possible.
• * *Waterdance (Ace 0-441-00613-2, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $6.50, 263pp, pb, cover by Jeff Barson) [Firewalk] Fantasy novel, sequel to Firewalk. Peri wants to be a swordswoman, but her minor magical talents doom her to rule a country instead.

LONG, JAMES (1949- ) (chron.)

• * +Ferney (Bantam 0-553-10844-1, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $23.95, 339pp, hc, cover by Dave Henderson, Yook Louie & Sandy Young) Romantic time-travel fantasy novel. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 1998).

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

• * *The Descent (Random House/Crown 0-609-60293-4, Jul ’99, $24.00, 450pp, hc) [Descent] Lost-race/world-beneath horror novel. Greedy humans plot to take over newly discovered, globe-spanning networks of caverns inhabited by “demons” with a god-like (or Satanic) leader.
• * _The Descent (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06862-0, Sep ’99, £9.99, 450pp, tp) [Descent] Reprint (Crown 1999) SF/dark fantasy novel of the underground world and its demonic natives. A hardcover edition (-06861-2, £16.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]

LORELE, REYNA THERA (chron.)

• * *The Archer King (Blue Arrow Books 0-9625803-3-3, Oct ’99 [Nov ’99], $21.95, 463pp, tp) [Robin Hood] Fantasy novel of Robin Hood as a sacred king, following the old ways to protect the land. A first novel. Order from Blue Arrow Books, POB 1669-A, Pacific Palisades CA 90272; add $3.00 shipping.

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

• * *The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories (Penguin 0-14-118234-2, Oct ’99, $12.95, 420 + xxv, tp, cover by John Martin) Collection of 18 weird stories, all previously collected. Introduction and notes by editor S.T. Joshi. This is an international edition. (Contents)
• * _Crawling Chaos (Creation Press 1-871592-72-0, 1997 [Apr ’99], £11.95, 256pp, tp, cover by Robert Taylor) Reprint (Creation Press 1993 as Crawling Chaos: Selected Works 1920-1935) collection of 22 of Lovecraft’s stories, with an Introduction by Colin Wilson. Revised from the original by dropping the editor’s note and four stories, and adding three. A quality large-size paperback, issued in 1997 but not seen until now. (Contents)

LOVEGROVE, J(ames) M. H. (1965- ); also as James Lovegrove (chron.)

• * *Berserker: The Guardians Book 2 (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-556-7, Jun ’99, £5.99, 407pp, pb) [Guardians] SF novel. A sequel to The Krilov Continuum.
• * +The Guardians: Book 2: Berserker (TV Books 1-57500-048-2, Nov ’99 [Dec ’99], $9.95, 415pp, tp) [Guardians] SF novel, second in a trilogy. J.M.H. Lovegrove also writes as James Lovegrove. First US edition (Millennium 6/99).
• * +The Guardians: The Krilov Continuum (TV Books 1-57500-033-4, May ’99 [Jun ’99], $9.95, 351pp, tp) [Guardians] SF novel, first in a trilogy. J.M.H. Lovegrove also writes as James Lovegrove. First US edition (Millennium 1998).

LOVEGROVE, JAMES (1965- ); also as J. M. H. Lovegrove (stories) (chron.)

• * _Days (Orion/Millennium 0-75380-228-7, Mar ’99 [Apr ’99], £5.99, 329pp, pb, cover by Jon Gray) Reprint (Phoenix 1997) SF/dark fantasy satire.
• * _The Hand That Feeds (with Peter Crowther) See entry under Peter Crowther.
• * *How the Other Half Lives (PS Publishing 1-902880-00-5, Mar ’99, £8.00, 48pp, tp) SF/horror novella, with an introduction by Colin Greenland. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Also available in a hardcover edition (-01-3, £25.00), limited to 52 numbered copies.

LOWDER, CHRISTOPHER (A. J.) (1945- ); see pseudonym Jack Adrian (stories) (chron.)

LOWDER, JAMES (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Ravenloft: Spectre of the Black Rose (with Voronica Whitney-Robinson) (TSR 0-7869-1333-9, Mar ’99, $5.99, 312pp, tp, cover by Kevin McAnn) [Ravenloft] Novelization based on the dark-fantasy role-playing game, sequel to Lowder’s Ravenloft: Knight of the Black Rose. Copyrighted by TSR.

LOWENTROUT, CHRISTINE I. SMITH (1951- ); see pseudonym Sherwood Smith (stories) (chron.)

LOWRY, LOIS (1937- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Giver (Bantam 0-553-57133-8, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $6.99, 180pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1993) Newbery award-winning young-adult utopian SF novel. This is packaged for the adult market, and notably omits mention of the Newbery award.
• * _The Giver (Dell Yearling Newbery 0-440-22892-1, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $2.99, 180pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1993) Newbery award-winning young-adult utopian SF novel. This is a special promotional edition, with “Special low price” on the cover, and indicates first printing.