The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

Books, Listed by Author

MARZULLI, L. A. (chron.)

• * *Nephilim (HarperCollins/Zondervan 0-310-22011-4, Jul ’99 [Oct ’99], $12.99, 457pp, tp) [Nephilim] Christian fantasy/UFO novel. A reporter discovers “alien grays” are really fallen angels up to no good.

MASON, LISA (Susan) (1953- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Pangaea, Book I: Imperium Without End (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57571-6, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $6.50, 392pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Pangaea] Far-future SF novel. In a dream-controlled society, revolutionaries bring back the dangerous dreams: violence, sex, and freedom.

MASSIE, ELIZABETH (1953- ) (chron.)

• * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Power of Persuasion (Pocket Pulse 0-671-02632-1, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $4.99, 196pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Young-adult novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * _Dark Shadows: Dreams of the Dark (with Stephen Mark Rainey) See entry under Stephen Mark Rainey.
• * _Welcome Back to the Night (Leisure 0-8439-4626-1, Nov ’99, $5.99, 393pp, pb) Dark fantasy novel. Dark visions lead a family to try to change the future.

MASSON, SOPHIE (Veronique) (1959- ) (chron.)

• * *Clementine (Hodder Children’s Books Australia 0-7336-0988-0, May ’99 [Oct ’99], A$12.95, 195pp, pb, cover by Graham Bliss) Fantasy novel based on a version of “Sleeping Beauty”.
• * *Cold Iron (Hodder Headline Australia 0-7336-0583-4, Apr ’98 [Oct ’99], A$12.95, 185pp, pb, cover by Graham Bliss) Fantasy novel based on the fairytale “Tattercoats” and Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This is dated 1998, but not seen until now.
• * *The Knight by the Pool (Bantam Australia 0-73380-178-1, Nov ’98 [Sep ’99], A$14.95, 418pp, pb, cover by Evert Ploeg) [Lay Lines Trilogy] Fantasy novel of Marie de France and Richard the Lionhart, first book in the “Lay Lines Trilogy”. This is dated 1998, but not seen until now.
• * *The Lady of the Flowers (Bantam Australia 0-73380-179-X, Sep ’99, A$14.95, 327pp, pb, cover by Evert Ploeg) [Lay Lines Trilogy] Fantasy novel of Marie de France, second book in the “Lay Lines Trilogy”. Court politics interfere with Marie’s efforts to rescue an enchanted knight.

MASTERTON, ANDREW (chron.)

• * _The Last Days: The Apocryphon of Joe Panther (Macmillan/Picador 0-330-37561-X, May ’99, £9.99, 497pp, tp) Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 1999) literary fantasy novel of the messiah fallen on hard times as PI, drug dealer, and killer. [First U.K. edition]

MASTERTON, GRAHAM (1946- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Prey (Leisure 0-8439-4633-4, Nov ’99, $4.99, 352pp, pb) Lovecraftian horror novel of the Cthulhu Mythos. First US edition (Severn House 1992).
• * *Snowman (Severn House 0-7278-5427-5, Sep ’99, £17.99, 218pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel, fourth in the “Rook” series about a psychic remedial teacher. A worldwide edition available in the US at $26.00.

MATAS, CAROL (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *A Meeting of Minds (with Perry Nodelman) (Simon & Schuster 0-689-81947-1, Oct ’99, $17.00, 199pp, hc, cover by Diana Bryan) [Minds] Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in the “Minds” quartet featuring Princess Lenora and Prince Coren. The couple are transported to contemporary Winnipeg, and indignant to find someone has been writing books about them.

MATHESON, RICHARD (Burton) (1926- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Hell House (Tor/Forge 0-312-86885-5, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $13.95, 301pp, tp, cover by Michael Deas) Reprint (Viking 1971) fantasy novel.
• * _I Am Legend (Millennium 1-85798-809-4, Jan ’99, £6.99, 160pp, tp, cover by Jim Thiesen) Reprint (Gold Medal 1954) SF/horror novel of the last, living man, in a world of vampires. Volume #2 in the “SF Masterworks” series.
• * _The Path: A New Look at Reality (Tor 0-312-87057-4, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $13.95, 143pp, hc) Reprint (Capra Press 1993 as The Path: Metaphysics for the ’90s) associational inspirational writing, a fictionalized conversation based on the writings of Theosophist Harold W. Percival. Introduction by Stan Madson, with a new “Note to the Reader” by Matheson.
• * _A Stir of Echoes (Tor 0-812-57212-2, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $5.99, 211pp, pb) Reprint (Lippincott 1958) dark fantasy novel. An experiment in hypnosis awakens a man’s psychic powers. A movie tie-in edition.

MATHEWS, ADRIAN (1957- ) (chron.)

• * *Vienna Blood (Jonathan Cape 0-224-05933-5, Feb ’99 [Mar ’99], £10.00, 312pp, hc) Literary SF novel of genetics and a racially fragmented 2026.

MATTHEWS, RODNEY (1945- ) (chron.)

• * _Last Ship Home (Paper Tiger 1-85028-095-9, Oct ’99 [Dec ’99], £14.99, 133pp, tp, cover by Rodney Matthews) Reprint (Paper Tiger 1989) art book, including book covers, posters, album covers, preliminary sketches, and his circular calendars. Updated by the inclusion of colour stills from the finally-realised Lavender Castle TV project, the book is copyrighted 1999.

MATTHEWS, SUSAN R(uth) (1954- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Avalanche Soldier (Avon Eos 0-380-80315-1, Dec ’99, $6.50, 251pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) SF novel. An elite paramilitary soldier pursues religious heretics, who may include her brother and the true Messiah.

MATZ, (Jeffrey) MARC (1951?- ) (chron.)

• * *Nocturne for a Dangerous Man (Tor 0-312-86935-5, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $25.95, 495pp, hc, cover by Peter Peebles) SF novel of a 21st-century man-of-many-identities hired to find a kidnapped employee of a powerful corporation. A first novel.

MAXIM, JOHN R. (1937- ) (chron.)

• * _Time Out of Mind (Avon 0-380-73006-5, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $6.99, 518pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1986) time-travel fantasy suspense novel.

MAY, J. C.; see under May, Julian (chron.)

MAY, JULIAN; [i.e., Julian “Judy” May Dikty] (1931- ) (chron.)

• * *Orion Arm (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224624-4, Jun ’99 [May ’99], £16.99, 364pp, hc, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Rampart Worlds] SF novel. Book two of the “Rampart Worlds” trilogy. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-224714-3) was announced but not seen.
• * _Perseus Spur (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648213-9, May ’99 [Apr ’99], £5.99, 330pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Rampart Worlds] Reprint (Voyager 1998) SF novel. Book one of the “Rampart Worlds” trilogy.
• * +Perseus Spur (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39510-7, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $6.99, 329pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Rampart Worlds] SF novel, “Rampart Worlds” book one. First US edition (Voyager 1998).

MAYER, BOB; [i.e., Robert Mayer] (1959- ); see pseudonyms Robert Doherty & Greg Donegan (chron.)

MAYNARD, L(en) H. (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Shadows at Midnight (with Michael P. N. Sims) (Sardo Press 1-902309-04-9, Dec ’99, 151, $34.95pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Reprint (William Kimber 1979) collection of 12 ghost stories, all revised; two stories have been added. Illustrated by Douglas Walters. (Contents)

MAYNE, WILLIAM (James Carter) (1928- ) (chron.)

• * _Antar and the Eagles (Walker 0-7445-7228-2, Oct ’99, £3.99, 210pp, pb, cover by Julek Heller) Reprint (Walker 1989) young-adult fantasy novel of a boy kidnapped by an eagle.

MEANS, HOWARD (chron.)

• * *C.S.A.: Confederate States of America (Morrow 0-688-16187-1, 1998 [Jan ’99], $24.00, 369pp, hc, cover by Alan Ayers) Alternate-history/near future thriller set in a world where the South won the Civil War. This is dated 1998, but not seen until now.

MEDIAVILLA, CINDY (chron.)

• * *Arthurian Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography (Scarecrow Press 0-8108-3644-0, May ’99 [Jul ’99], $24.50, 156pp, tp) Non-fiction, reference. A bibliographic listing of over 200 Arthurian novels, specifically focusing on literature appropriate for young adults, organized by major themes (discussed in the introduction), with index; appendices list books by reading level, give recommended titles for libraries, and note recent anthologies. Order from Scarecrow Press, 15200 NBN Way, PO Box 191, Blue Ridge Summit PA 17214-0191; credit card orders 800-462-6420; add $3.00 postage.

MELTON, J. GORDON (chron.)

• * *The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead, Second Edition (Visible Ink 1-57859-071-X, Nov ’98 [May ’99], $19.95, 919pp, tp) Non-fiction, a “fully-revamped” version of the 1994 guide to vampires in books, film, and myth, with updates covering the contemporary Goth/vampire scene, vampires on the Internet, and recent developments in vampire fiction. Includes 16 unpaginated pages of color photos. This is dated 1998, but not seen until now.

MEMMOTT, DAVID (stories) (chron.)

• * *Shadow Bones (Wordcraft of Oregon 1-877655-28-7, Aug ’99 [Jun ’99], $10.00, 114pp, tp) Collection of 12 fantastic stories, four original, most previously published in small press venues. Order from Wordcraft of Oregon, PO Box 3235, La Grande OR 97850. (Contents)

MERLIS, MARK (chron.)

• * _An Arrow’s Flight (St. Martin’s 0-312-24288-3, Sep ’99, $13.95, 376pp, tp, cover by Kill Karla Schwarz) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1998) gay literary fantasy novel that mixes contemporary elements with Greek legend. The son of Achilles is a stripper in the city. Winner of the Lambda Award.

MERRICK, HELEN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Women of Other Worlds: Excursions Through Science Fiction and Feminism (with Tess Williams) (University of Western Australia Press 1-876268-32-8, 1999 [Sep ’99], A$29.95, 472pp, tp, cover by Freddie Baer) Anthology of and about feminist SF, with 11 stories, 17 non-fiction pieces, and two poems. Authors include Elisabeth Vonarburg, Gwyneth Jones, Ursula K. Le Guin. Introduction by Jeanne Gomoll. There is a supplementary bibliography with a selected list of feminist SF. University of Western Australia Press, Nedlands, Western Australia 6907. (Contents)

MERTZ, BARBARA (Louise) G(ross) (1927- ); see pseudonym Barbara Michaels (stories) (chron.)

MESSINGHAM, SIMON (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: The Face-Eater (BBC Books 0-563-55569-6, Jan ’99 [Nov ’98], £4.99, 279pp, pb) Original novel based on the TV series.

METZ, MELINDA (chron.)

• * *Roswell High: The Intruder (Pocket Archway 0-671-02378-0, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $4.50, 168pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) [Roswell High] Young-adult SF novel, fifth in the series about some non-human inhabitants living in Roswell. Packaged by 17th Street Productions, a division of Daniel Weiss & Associates; copyrighted by Pocket Books.
• * _Roswell High: The Outsider (Pocket Pulse 0-671-77466-2, Nov ’99, $4.99, 170pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) [Roswell High] Reprint (Archway 1998) young-adult SF novel, first in a series, repackaged to go with the new TV show. Copyrighted by Pocket Books.
• * *Roswell High: The Seeker (Pocket Archway 0-671-02376-4, Jan ’99 [Feb ’99], $4.50, 168pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) [Roswell High] Young-adult SF novel, third in the series. Some of the students at Roswell High are not human. Copyrighted by the author and packager Daniel Weiss Associates.
• * *Roswell High: The Watcher (Pocket Archway 0-671-023, Feb ’99 [Apr ’99], $4.50, 171pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) [Roswell High] Young-adult SF novel, fourth in the series. Alien teen Max becomes ill because he can’t connect with the homeworld’s collective consciousness. Copyrighted by the author and 17th Street Productions, a division of packager Daniel Weiss Associates.
• * _Roswell High: The Wild One (Pocket Pulse 0-671-77465-4, Dec ’99, $4.99, 171pp, pb) [Roswell High] Reprint (Archway 1998) young-adult SF novel, second in the series; this is a TV tie-in edition. Copyrighted by Pocket Books; packaged by Daniel Weiss Associates’ 17th Street Productions.

MEYNARD, YVES (1964- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Book of Knights (Tor 0-312-86831-6, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $13.95, 222pp, tp, cover by Christian Jank) Reprint (Tor 1998) fantasy novel of knights and quests.

MEZRICH, BEN (1969- ); see pseudonym Holden Scott (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The X-Files: Skin (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224639-2, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £16.99, 261pp, hc) [X-Files] Novelization based on the TV series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.
• * *The X-Files: Skin (HarperEntertainment 0-06-105041-5, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $23.95, 261pp, hc) [X-Files] Novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * _The X-Files: Skin (SFBC #15128, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $11.98, 261pp, hc) [X-Files] Reprint (HarperEntertainment 1999) novelization based on the TV show. This is similar to the HarperEntertainment edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

MICHAELS, BARBARA; pseudonym of Barbara G. Mertz, (1927- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Other Worlds (HarperCollins 0-06-019235-6, Feb ’99, $23.00, 217pp, hc, cover by Donna Diamond) Collection of two clubroom-mystery stories with possible dark fantasy elements, one original, the other altered somewhat from its original appearance. Believers and debunkers of the supernatural, including Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini, debate explanations for cases involving a poltergeist and an apparently haunted house. (Contents)

MIDDLETON, HAYDN (1955- ) (chron.)

• * *Grimm’s Last Fairytale (Abacus 0-349-11120-0, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], £9.99, 249pp, tp, cover by Mark Preston) Associational historical/biographical novel of the final travelling days of Jacob Grimm, interwoven with the fairy tale of an eldest son seeking the Rose King’s castle.

MIÉVILLE, CHINA (Tom) (1972- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _King Rat (Pan 0-330-37098-7, Jun ’99 [May ’99], £5.99, 421pp, pb, cover by Mark Moran) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1998) literary dark fantasy novel.
• * +King Rat (Tor 0-312-89073-7, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $23.95, 318pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Dark fantasy novel of a kingdom of rats in subterranean London. First US edition (Macmillan UK 1998).

MILES, LAWRENCE (chron.)

• * *Dead Romance (Virgin/New Adventures 0-426-20532-4, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £5.99, 294pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Bernice Summerfield] SF novelization, “Doctor Who” without the Doctor. Book 19 in the “Bernice Summerfield” series.
• * *Doctor Who: Interference: Book One: Shock Tactic (BBC Books 0-563-55580-7, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], £5.99, 309pp, pb) Novelization based on the TV series, first in a two-part series Book 25 of the overall BBC “New Adventures” series.
• * *Doctor Who: Interference: Book Two: The Hour of the Geek (BBC Books 0-563-55582-3, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], £5.99, 314pp, pb) Novelization based on the TV series, second in a series of two. Book 26 of the BBC “New Adventures” series

MILES, ROSALIND (chron.)

• * *Guenevere: Queen of the Summer Country (Random House/Crown 0-609-60362-0, Feb ’99, $24.00, 424pp, hc, cover by Joel Peter Johnson) [Guenevere] Arthurian novel with a feminist, New Age slant, with matriarchal queen Guenevere stronger than the easily-manipulated Arthur.
• * _Guenevere: The Queen of the Summer Country (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-85134-2, May ’99, £9.99, 502pp, tp) [Guenevere] Reprint (Crown 1999) Arthurian novel concentrating on Guenevere as matriarchal ruler of the Summer Country. First in a trilogy. A hardcover edition (-85133-4, £16.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]

MILLAR, MARTIN; see pseudonym Martin Scott (chron.)

MILLER, JON de BURGH (chron.)

• * _The New Adventures: Twilight of the Gods (with Mark Clapham) See entry under Mark Clapham.

MILLER, STEPHEN T. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Weird Fiction Magazine Index (1890-1998) (with William G. Contento) (Locus Press, May ’99, $49.95, 2,594pp, CD-ROM) Non-fiction, reference. An index to magazines published from 1890 through 1998. Includes listings by author, title, cover artist, and issue.

MILLER, STEVE(n R.) (1950- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Plan B (with Sharon Lee) See entry under Sharon Lee.

MILLER, STEVE (chron.)

• * _DragonLance Reader’s Companion: The Odyssey of Gilthanas (with Stan & Douglas Niles) See entry under Douglas Niles.

MILLER, WALTER M(ichael, Jr.) (1922-1996) (chron.)

• * _Saint Leibowitz & the Wild Horse Woman (Bantam 0-553-38079-6, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $14.95, 434pp, tp, cover by Matt Zumbo) [St. Leibowitz, Order of] Reprint (Orbit 1997) SF novel, sequel to Miller’s A Canticle for Leibowitz, finished by Terry Bisson after Miller’s death.

MILLHAUSER, STEVEN (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Enchanted Night (Random/Crown 0-609-60516-X, Oct ’99 [Nov ’99], $17.00, 109pp, hc, cover by Greg Clarke) Quasi-fantasy novella about the transforming power of the moon on a hot summer night.
• * _The Knife Thrower and Other Stories (Random House/Vintage 0-679-78163-3, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $12.00, 228pp, tp) Reprint (Crown 1998) collection of 12 stories, one original, some fantastic, by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

MISHA; working name of Misha Nógha (chron.)

• * +Red Spider White Web (Wordcraft of Oregon 1-877655-29-5, Oct ’99 [Jul ’99], $12.00, 234pp, tp) Dystopian cyber-SF novel. First US edition (Morrigan 1990) Order from Wordcraft of Oregon, PO Box 32354, La Grande OR 97850.

MITCHELL, MARY ANN (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Drawn to the Grave (Leisure 0-8439-4638-5, Sep ’99 [Oct ’99], $4.99, 313pp, pb) Reissue (Leisure 1997) horror novel. This is dated 1999, has a new ISBN, and does not indicate a printing number.
• * *Sips of Blood (Leisure 0-8439-4555-9, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $5.50, 359pp, pb) [Vampire de Sade] Vampire novel about the undead Marquis de Sade.