The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

Books, Listed by Author

MIXON, LAURA J. (1957- ) (chron.)

• * _Proxies (Tor 0-812-52387-3, Oct ’99, $6.99, 468pp, pb) [Proxies] Reprint (Tor 1998) near-future SF thriller of virtually controlled android bodies.

MODESITT, L(eland) E(xton, Jr.) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Adiamante (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-842-7, Aug ’99, £6.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Kevin Murphy) Reprint (Tor 1996) SF novel. A former colony planet’s fleet of indestructible adiamante warships threatens Earth. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Colors of Chaos (Tor 0-312-86767-0, Jan ’99, $27.95, 634pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Recluce] Fantasy novel, ninth in the “Saga of Recluce”, sequel to The White Order. The story of White Chaos wizard Cerryl’s education and rise to power.
• * _Colors of Chaos (Tor 0-812-57093-6, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $7.99, 798pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Recluce] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy novel, ninth in the “Saga of Recluce”, a standalone sequel to The White Order.
• * *Darksong Rising (Tor 0-312-86822-7, Dec ’99 [Nov ’99], $27.95, 507pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Spellsong Cycle] Fantasy novel, third in The Spellsong Cycle. As regent of the kingdom of Defalk, ex-music teacher Anna Marshall faces intrigue and possible invasion.
• * _The Ecologic Envoy (Tor 0-812-54584-2, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $5.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe) [Ecolitan] Reissue (Tor 1986) SF novel, first in the “Ecolitan” series. Second printing.
• * *The Forever Hero (Tor 0-312-86838-3, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $17.95, 748pp, tp, cover by Wayne Barlowe) [Forever Hero] Omnibus of three novels in the far-future SF adventure trilogy: Dawn for a Distant Earth (1987), The Silent Warrior (1987), and In Endless Twilight (1988). (Contents)
• * _The Ghost of the Revelator (Tor 0-812-54536-2, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $6.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Johan Eschbach] Reprint (Tor 1998) alternate-world SF novel, sequel to Of Tangible Ghosts.
• * *Gravity Dreams (Tor 0-312-86826-X, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $24.95, 399pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) SF novel. A man raised in a conservative religious culture is exiled to a more-advanced space-faring civilization, and finds God — or at least a god-like being — in space.
• * _The Spellsong War (Orbit 1-85723-726-9, Feb ’99, £6.99, xi+656pp, pb, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Spellsong Cycle] Reprint (Tor 1998) fantasy novel. Book Two of “The Spellsong Cycle”. Sequel to The Soprano Sorceress. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The White Order (Tor 0-812-54171-5, Apr ’99, $6.99, 468pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Recluce] Reprint (Tor 1998) fantasy novel, eighth in the “Recluce” series.
• * _The White Order (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-843-5, Jun ’99, £6.99, iv+566pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Recluce] Reprint (Tor 1998) fantasy novel, eighth in the “Recluce” series. [First U.K. edition]

MOESTA, REBECCA (stories) (chron.)

• * _Star Wars: Young Jedi Knights: Under Black Sun (with Kevin J. Anderson) See entry under Kevin J. Anderson

MONETTE, PAUL (1945-1995) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Sanctuary: A Tale of Life in the Woods (Alyson 1-55583-531-7, Nov ’99 [Dec ’99], $9.95, 94pp, tp, cover by Vivienne Flesher) Reprint (Scribner 1997) fable and parable of a fox and rabbit in love. Illustrated by Vivienne Flesher.

MONTELEONE, THOMAS F(rancis, Jr.) (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Blood of the Lamb (Tor 0-812-52222-2, Nov ’99, $5.99, 421pp, pb, cover by Dave Fishman) Reprint (Tor 1992) horror novel of a priest cloned from the Shroud of Turin. Fourth printing.
• * *The Reckoning (Tor/Forge 0-312-86931-2, Nov ’99, $27.95, 415pp, hc, cover by Alan Ayers) Millennial horror novel. The new Pope, secretly created by the Vatican from DNA taken from the Shroud of Turin, is less Savior than Anti-Christ.

MOON, (Susan) ELIZABETH N(orris) (1945- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Change of Command (Baen 0-671-57840-5, Dec ’99, $21.00, 312pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Heris Serrano; Esmay Suiza] Military SF novel, third featuring Esmay Suiza from the “Heris Serrano” series. Esmay and Barin plan marriage over family objections while life-extension controversy leads to a political and military bloodbath.
• * _Hunting Party (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-881-8, Jul ’99, £5.99, 364pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Heris Serrano] Reprint (Baen 1993) SF novel of an ex-starship captain whose new job piloting an old lady’s yacht is as dangerous as the front lines of the fleet. Book One of “The Serrano Legacy”. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Once a Hero (Baen 0-671-57842-1, Dec ’99, $1.99, 400pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Heris Serrano; Esmay Suiza] Reissue (Baen 1997) military SF novel featuring a minor character from the “Heris Serrano” series. This special low-priced edition has a new ISBN and notes two previous printings.
• * _Rules of Engagement (SFBC #02806, Feb ’99, $9.98, 393pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Heris Serrano; Esmay Suiza] Reprint (Baen 1998) military SF novel, second featuring Esmay Suiza from the “Heris Serrano” series. This is similar to the Baen edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Rules of Engagement (Baen 0-671-57841-3, Dec ’99 [Nov ’99], $7.99, 497pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Heris Serrano; Esmay Suiza] Reprint (Baen 1998) military SF novel, second featuring Esmay Suiza.
• * _Sporting Chance (Baen 0-671-87619-8, Oct ’98 [Feb ’99], $6.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Heris Serrano] Reissue (Baen 1994) SF novel featuring “Heris Serrano”. This is dated 1998, but not seen until now. Second printing.
• * _Sporting Chance (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-882-6, Aug ’99, £5.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Heris Serrano] Reprint (Baen 1994) SF novel. Book Two of “The Serrano Legacy”, featuring spaceship captain Heris Serrano. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Winning Colours (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-880-X, Sep ’99, £5.99, 409pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Heris Serrano] Reprint (Baen 1995) SF novel, third in the “Serrano Legacy” series. Spaceship captain Heris Serrano fights an interstellar mafia. [First U.K. edition]

MOORCOCK, MICHAEL (John) (1939- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Behold the Man (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-848-5, Nov ’99, £6.99, 124pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) [Karl Glogauer] Reprint (Allison & Busby 1969) SF novel of a time-traveller replacing Christ. Volume 22 in the “SF Masterworks” series.
• * _Corum: The Prince with the Silver Hand (SFBC #20316, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $12.50, 342pp, hc, cover by Michael Mignola) [Corum] Reprint (Berkley 1978 as The Chronicles of Corum) omnibus of “Corum” novels four through six: The Bull and the Spear (1973), The Oak and the Ram (1973), and The Sword and the Stallion (1974). This is similar to the 1999 White Wolf edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * +Earl Aubec (White Wolf 1-56504-986-1, Nov ’99, $24.99, 590pp, hc, cover by Jon J. Muth) Fantasy omnibus/collection of 32 stories and the short novel The Golden Barge. First US edition (Millennium 1993), with minor corrections.
• * _Legends from the End of Time (White Wolf 1-56504-189-5, May ’99, $24.99, 347pp, hc, cover by Tom Canty) [Dancers at the End of Time] Reprint (Harper & Row 1976) fantasy collection. This follows the Millennium 1993 edition, with minor corrections.
• * *Michael Moorcock’s Multiverse (with Walter Simonson, Mark Reeve & John Ridgway) (DC Comics/Vertigo 1-56389-516-1, Nov ’99, $19.95, 287pp, tp, cover by Walter Simonson) Graphic novel of three interwoven stories, including such characters as Elric and Moorcock himself. Originally published as a series of comics, reorganized with new introductory material by Moorcock. Written by Moorcock, with art by Simonson, Reeve, and Ridgway.
• * _Prince with the Silver Hand (White Wolf 1-56504-188-7, Feb ’99 [Mar ’99], $24.99, 341pp, hc, cover by Michael Mignola) [Corum] Reprint (Berkley 1978 as The Chronicles of Corum) omnibus of “Corum” novels four through six: The Bull and the Spear (1973), The Oak and the Ram (1973), and The Sword and the Stallion (1974). This follows the Millennium 1993 edition, with minor corrections.

MOORE, CHRISTOPHER (George) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * *The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (Avon/Spike 0-380-73037-5, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $23.00, 304pp, hc, cover by Michael McGurl) Humorous dark fantasy novel. A sea monster may have something to do with a town’s increased libidoes.
• * _Practical Demonkeeping (Avon/Spike 0-380-73037-5, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $6.99, 293pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s; Heinemann 1992) humorous dark fantasy novel.

MOREIRA, SILVANA, ed. (chron.)

• * *Sinning in Sevens/Pecar a Sete (with António de Macedo) (Simetria Portugal 972-97495-2-3, Oct ’99 [Dec ’99], no price, 161 + 165pp, tp, cover by João Cesário) Original anthology of 11 SF stories on the theme of the Seven Deadly Sins, printed double format in both English and Portuguese. Authors include Jorge dos Santos, Norman Spinrad, Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro, and David Alan Prescott. (Contents)

MORELL, ABELARDO (chron.)

• * _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (with Lewis Carroll) See entry under Lewis Carroll.

MORLAND, ALANNA (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Leopard Lord (Ace 0-441-00606-X, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $5.99, 260pp, pb, cover by Jeff Barson) [Leopard Lord] Fantasy novel. A land’s lord inherits an unwanted shapechanging power that forces him to ravage his own subjects as a leopard. A first novel.
• * *Shackle and Sword (Ace 0-441-00646-9, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $5.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Michael Evans) [Leopard Lord] Fantasy novel, set in the world of Leopard Lord. An innkeeper’s son dreams of becoming a warrior, but is sold into slavery instead.

MORPURGO, MICHAEL (stories) (chron.)

• * *Joan of Arc (Harcourt Brace 0-15-201736-4, Mar ’99 [May ’99], $23.00, 122pp, hc, cover by Michael Foreman) Young-adult retelling with contemporary fantasy elements, and full-color illustrations by Michael Morpurgo. A contemporary girl in France hears a voice that tells her the story of Joan of Arc.

MORRIS, GERALD (chron.)

• * *The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-91211-3, Mar ’99, $15.00, 232pp, hc, cover by Lou Beach) [*Squire’s Tale] Young-adult Arthurian novel, sequel to The Squire’s Tale. Squire Terence and Sir Gawain have more adventures on the way to meet with the Green Knight.

MORRIS, MARK (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: Deep Blue (BBC Books 0-563-55571-8, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], £4.99, 249pp, pb) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 19 in the BBC “Missing Adventures” series.
• * *Genesis (Piatkus 0-7499-0436-4, Mar ’99 [May ’99], £17.99, 426pp, hc, cover by Paul Young) SF/dark fantasy novel of possession and mind warfare.
• * _Longbarrow (Piatkus 0-7499-3053-5, Mar ’99 [May ’99], £5.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) Reprint (Piatkus 1997) dark fantasy novel. A young boy tests the legend of the Seven Sleepers.

MORROW, JAMES (Kenneth) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Eternal Footman (Harcourt Brace 0-15-129325-2, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $24.00, 359pp, hc) [Towing Jehovah] Satiric fantasy novel, third in the trilogy begun in Towing Jehovah. God’s skull goes into orbit and a deadly plague of “death awareness” sweeps the Western world.

MOSLEY, WALTER (Ellis) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _Blue Light (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-611-X, Apr ’99, £9.99, 296pp, tp, cover by Stanley Donwood) Reprint (Little, Brown 1998) SF novel. A blue light transforms those it strikes on Earth in the 1960s. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Blue Light (Warner 0-446-60692-8, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $6.99, 371pp, pb, cover by Jesse Sanchez) Reprint (Little, Brown 1998) SF novel. A blue light from space transforms those it strikes.

MUIR, KATE (chron.)

• * *Suffragette City (Macmillan UK 0-333-74167-6, Jan ’99 [May ’99], £12.99, 313pp, hc, cover by Emma Parker) Fantasy novel. A 19th-century suffragette’s ghost appears to her 1999 descendant.
• * _Suffragette City (Pan 0-330-38971-8, Jul ’99, £5.99, 314pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1999) fantasy novel.

MUNROE, JIM (chron.)

• * +Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask (Avon/Spike 0-380-81043-3, Nov ’99, $12.50, 249pp, tp) Literary fantasy novel about a pair of slacker superheroes, one with the power to turn into a fly, the other to make things disappear. A first novel. First US edition (HarperCollins Canada 1998).

MURPHY, PAT(rice Ann) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *There and Back Again: By Max Merriwell (Tor 0-312-86644-5, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $24.95, 301pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) Fantasy/SF novel, supposedly written by Max Merriwell; a space-opera retelling of The Hobbit. An asteroid miner uncovers a clue to the location of an ancient alien wormhole map.

MURPHY, SHIRLEY ROUSSEAU (1928- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Cat in the Dark (HarperPrism 0-06-105947-1, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $5.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Mark Hess) [Joe Grey] Reprint (HarperPrism 1999) fantasy mystery novel, the fourth featuring talking cat Joe Grey.
• * _Cat Raise the Dead (HarperPrism 0-06-105602-2, Jan ’99 [Feb ’99], $5.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Joe Burleson) [Joe Grey] Reissue (HarperPrism 1997) fantasy mystery novel featuring talking cat Joe Grey. Fourth printing.
• * *Cat to the Dogs (HarperCollins 0-06-105097-0, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $23.00, 243pp, hc, cover by Mark Hess) [Joe Grey] Fantasy mystery novel, the fifth featuring talking cat Joe Grey.
• * *Wind Child (with The Dillons) (HarperCollins 0-06-024903-X, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $15.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Children’s picture book, with fairy-tale story by Murphy, of a girl born to a human mother and the East Wind. Illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon, plus photos of sculptures by Lee Dillon.

MURPHY, WARREN B(urton) (1933- ) (chron.)

• * *The Destroyer #115: Misfortune Teller (with Richard Sapir) (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63230-4, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $5.99, 348pp, pb) [Destroyer] Fantasy adventure thriller in the endless Remo Williams series, most without fantasy elements. A cult leader from Korea planning to take over the world gets prophetic guidance from the demonic Pythia of Delphi.

MURRAY, TERRY A. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Science Fiction Magazine Story Index, 1926-1995 (McFarland 0-7864-0691-7, Jul ’99 [Mar ’99], $65.00, 627pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. A bibliographic listing of the contents of 134 SF and fantasy magazines, primarily American, with an appendix listing prolific authors (with some titles), and indexes by author and title. McFarland, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; credit card orders 800-253-2187; add $4.00 postage.

NAHAI, GINA B. (chron.)

• * *Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith (Scribners UK 0-684-85139-3, Jul ’99 [Aug ’99], £9.99, 380pp, tp, cover by Keith Hagan) Literary fantasy novel. Afterword by Tina Jackson.
• * *Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith (Harcourt Brace 0-15-100388-2, Aug ’99, $24.00, 376pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel, following the lives of several Middle-Eastern women, one who magically sprouts wings and flies.

NAKAGAMI, KENJI (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Snakelust (Kodansha International 4-7700-2354-5, Jan ’99, $23.00, 147pp, hc) Collection of seven stories, several with ghosts, demons and visions. Translated by Andrew Rankin. (Contents)

NAPOLI, DONNA JO (chron.)

• * *Crazy Jack (Delacorte 0-385-32627-0, Oct ’99, $15.95, 134pp, hc, cover by Mary Grandpré) Young-adult fantasy, a retelling of “Jack and the Beanstalk”.
• * *Spinners (with Richard Tchen) (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-46065-9, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $15.99, 197pp, hc, cover by Donna Diamond) Young-adult fantasy, a dark retelling of “Rumpelstiltskin”.

NATTEL, LILIAN (chron.)

• * *The River Midnight (Scribner 0-684-85303-5, Jan ’99, $25.00, 414pp, hc) Historical novel with fantasy elements. The forceful midwife in a turn-of-the-century Polish Jewish community sees angels and argues with Death. A first novel.

NAVARRO, YVONNE (1957- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Willow Files, Vol. 1 (Pocket Pulse 0-671-03918-0, Dec ’99 [Nov ’99], $4.99, 194pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Willow Files] Young-adult collection/novelization of three episodes of the TV show based on the movie. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film. (Contents)

NEIDERMAN, ANDREW (1940- ); see also V. C. Andrews® (chron.)

• * *Neighborhood Watch (Pocket Star 0-671-02709-3, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $6.99, 326pp, pb, cover by James Wang) Associational non-supernatural horror novel of a too perfect controlled community.
• * _Surrogate Child (Pocket 0-671-04161-4, Dec ’99, $6.99, 358pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1988) horror novel.

NESBIT, E(dith) (1858-1924) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Five Children and It (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-13545-5, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $22.00, 242pp, hc, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) [Psammead] Reprint (Unwin 1902) classic juvenile fantasy novel. This has new color illustrations by Zelinsky and and afterword by Peter Glassman.

NEVILLE, KATHERINE (1945- ) (chron.)

• * _The Magic Circle (Ballantine 0-345-42313-5, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $7.99, 552pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1998) thriller of a race to gather and interpret ancient prophetic manuscripts. We apparently missed the first hardcover edition.

NEWCOMBE, ION, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *AntipodeanSF Anthology 1: 1998-1999 (Jade Creations 0-646-38044-3, Sep ’99 [Nov ’99], A$6.95, 78pp, ph) Anthology of 55 short-short stories from the online magazine AntipodeanSF. Available from PO Box 489, Macksville NSW Australia 2447; website: http://purl.nla.gov.au/NET/antisf/ (Contents)

NEWMAN, KIM (James) (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Andy Warhol’s Dracula (PS Publishing 1-902880-04-8, Oct ’99, £8.00, 66pp, tp, cover by Andy Warhol) [Dracula] Vampire novella in the “Anno Dracula” series. Vampires move in on ’70s Manhattan. Introduction by F. Paul Wilson. This is a signed limited edition of 500; a sold-out hardcover edition of 125 (-05-6, £25.00) was announced but not seen. PS Publishing, 98 High Ash Drive, Leeds LS17 8RE, England.