The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999


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A Midsummer Night’s Faery Tale Wendy Froud & Terri Windling (Simon & Schuster 0-684-85559-3, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $18.00, 52pp, hc, cover by Wendy Froud) [Midsummer Night’s Faery Tale] Children’s picture book. A fairy tale by Windling based on faery characters from Shakespeare’s play, illustrated through photos of Froud’s fantastic dolls.


Making History Stephen Fry (Soho Press 1-56947-150-9, 1999 [May ’99], $13.00, 381pp, tp, cover by Lloyd Ziff) Reprint (Hutchinson 1996) satiric time-travel/alternate world SF novel.


The Players Joseph Fullam (Sevenlong X Press 0-9672287-0-0, Sep ’99 [Dec ’99], $12.00, 160pp, tp) SF novel. Aliens new to intergalactic society risk expulsion when they travel to nearby Earth in 2024. Order from Sevenlong X Press, PO Box 60206, Staten Island NY 10306.


Home Kimberly A. Fuller (Tor 0-812-58428-7, Apr ’99, $4.99, 191pp, pb, cover by Joe Burleson) Reprint (Tor 1997) young-adult SF novel.


The Outlandish Companion Diana Gabaldon (Delacorte 0-385-32413-8, Jun ’99, $24.95, 577pp, hc) [Outlander] Non-fiction. A companion to Gabaldon’s “Outlander” series of time-travel historical romances, subtitled In Which Much Is Revealed Regarding Claire and Jamie Fraser, Their Lives and Times, Antecedents, Adventures, Companions, and Progeny, with Learned Commentary (and Many Footnotes) by Their Humble Creator. Often humorous, this includes synopses, a glossary, historical references, fan web sites, excerpts from works in progress, and a listing of foreign editions — with the author’s opinions of the cover art.


Gods & Tulips Neil Gaiman (Westhampton House, Aug ’99 [Oct ’99], $3.00, 38pp, ph, cover by Michael Wm. Kaluta) Associational, comic-book-format collection of three speeches about the comic-book industry, collecting, and the differences between writing for various media. Illustrations by Chester Brown and Rembrandt van Rijn. Text donated to and copyrighted by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.


Stardust Neil Gaiman (Avon/Spike 0-380-97728-1, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $22.00, 238pp, hc) Reprint (DC/Vertigo 1998) fantasy novel. This edition has been slightly rewritten and expanded, and has a new copyright.


The Sandman: The Dream Hunters Neil Gaiman & Yoshitaka Amano (DC Comics/Vertigo 1-56389-573-0, Oct ’99, $29.95, 128pp, hc, cover by Yoshitaka Amano) [Sandman] Fantasy novella based on Japanese legends, with text by Gaiman and extensive illustrations by Amano.


Stardust Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess (DC Comics/Vertigo 1-56389-470-X, Jul ’99, $19.95, 223pp, tp, cover by Charles Vess) Reprint (Vertigo 1998) fantasy novel by Neil Gaiman with extensive illustrations by Charles Vess about a young man’s adventures in faerie. This trade paperback edition is not dated; we listed it as “announced but not seen” when the hardcover appeared.


Star Trek Voyager: Battle Lines Dave Galanter & Greg Brodeur (Pocket 0-671-00259-7, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $6.50, 264pp, pb) [Star Trek: Voyager] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.


Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Obsidian Fate Diana G. Gallagher (Pocket 0-671-03929-6, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $5.99, 294pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.


Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Bridal Bedlam Diana G. Gallagher (Pocket Archway 0-671-02818-9, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $4.50, 165pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Young-adult novelization, 23rd in the series based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions.


Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Shamrock Shenanigans Diana G. Gallagher (Pocket Archway 0-671-02780-8, Feb ’99, $4.50, 159pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Young-adult novelization, 19th in the series based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions.


Anonymous Rex Eric Garcia (Random House/Villard 0-375-50326-9, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $23.00, 276pp, hc) [Vincent Rubio] Contemporary SF/fantasy lost-race novel. Private investigator Vincent Rubio is a velociraptor living in LA, in a world where dinosaurs didn’t die out, they went undercover. A first novel.


Leprechauns Craig Shaw Gardner (Kensington/Hallmark Entertainment 1-57566-535-2, Nov ’99, $5.99, 284pp, pb) TV movie novelization, with 16 unpaginated pages of color photos.


Spider-Man: Wanted Dead or Alive Craig Shaw Gardner (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-16930-8, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $6.99, 297pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Spider-Man] Reprint (Boulevard 1998) novelization based on the comic-book character. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Marvel Characters.


Vigilant James Alan Gardner (Avon Eos 0-380-80208-2, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $5.99, 374pp, pb) [Festina Ramos] SF novel, sequel to Expendable. A woman investigating government corruption finds a conspiracy, and needs help from Festina Ramos.


Vigilant James Alan Gardner (SFBC #03926, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $8.98, 374pp, hc, cover by Martin Andrews) [Festina Ramos] Reprint (Avon Eos 1999) SF novel, sequel to Expendable. This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-0157-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


All of an Instant Richard Garfinkle (Tor 0-312-86617-8, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $24.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Jan Uretsky & Shelley Eshkar) SF novel. Forces battle in a place out of time for control of history.


Elidor Alan Garner (Harcourt Brace/Magic Carpet 0-15-201797-6, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $6.00, 173pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) Reprint (Collins 1965) young-adult fantasy novel.


The Owl Service Alan Garner (Harcourt Brace/Magic Carpet 0-15-201798-4, Aug ’99, $6.00, 219pp, pb, cover by Paul Finn) Reprint (Collins 1967) Carnegie Medal-winning young-adult fantasy novel.


Lord Darcy Randall Garrett (SFBC #20315, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $14.98, 582pp, hc, cover by Denis Beauvais) [Lord Darcy] Reprint (SFBC 1983) omnibus of two collections and one novel: Murder and Magic (1979), Too Many Magicians (1966), and Lord Darcy Investigates (1981). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-0347-8; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


The Changeling War Peter Garrison (Ace 0-441-00552-7, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $13.00, 340pp, tp, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Changeling Saga] Fantasy novel, first in the “Changeling Saga”. Earth and its technology encounters the maze-like world of the Castle. Garrison is a pen name for Craig Shaw Gardner.


The Sorcerer’s Gun Peter Garrison (Ace 0-441-00648-5, Oct ’99, $13.00, 340pp, tp, cover by Don Maitz) [Changeling Saga] Fantasy novel, second in the “Changeling Saga”. The war continues between Earth and its technology and the magic, maze-like world of the Castle. Garrison is a pen name for Craig Shaw Gardner.


Biofire Ray Garton (CD Publications 1-881475-41-7, Feb ’99 [Nov ’99], $50.00, 459pp, hc, cover by Scott Vladimir Licina) Thriller with SF elements. A lab develops a “psychic doomsday weapon” involving an engineered virus that enhances latent PK powers. This is a signed, limited edition of 500. Order from CD Publications, PO Box 943, Abingdon MD 21009; 419-569-5683.


Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Resurrecting Ravana Ray Garton (Pocket 0-671-02636-4, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $5.99, 305pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.


Seductions Ray Garton (Subterranean Press 1-892284-17-0, Feb ’99 [Mar ’99], $50.00, 295pp, hc, cover by Gail Cross) Reprint (Pinnacle 1984) erotic horror novel of inhuman beings that entice human victims by offering to fulfill their wildest fantasies. There is a new introduction by Garton; afterword by Richard Laymon. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a lettered edition (-18-0, $195.00) is also available.


People of the Masks Kathleen O’Neal & W. Michael Gear (Tor 0-812-51561-7, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $6.99, 552pp, pb) [First North Americans] Reprint (Forge 1998) associational pre-historical novel, tenth in the “First North Americans” series.


The Visitant Kathleen O’Neal & W. Michael Gear (Tor/Forge 0-312-86531-7, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $19.95, 364pp, hc) [Anasazi Mysteries] Horror novel/mystery. Strange occurences haunt an anthropologist examining an Anasazi mass grave. First in the “Anasazi Mysteries” series.


The Artifact W. Michael Gear (DAW 0-88677-406-3, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $6.99, 526pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Warriors of Spider] Reissue (DAW 1990). Fifth printing.


Relic of Empire W. Michael Gear (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 W. Michael Gear (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 Web of Spider W. Michael Gear (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.


People of the Fire W. Michael & Kathleen O’Neal Gear (Tor 0-812-52150-1, Nov ’98 [Mar ’99], $6.99, 467pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [First North Americans] Reissue (Tor 1991) associational pre-historical novel, second in the “First North Americans” series. Ninth printing.


People of the Sea W. Michael & Kathleen O’Neal Gear (Tor 0-812-50745-2, Nov ’98 [Mar ’99], $6.99, 560pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [First North Americans] Reissue (Tor/Forge 1993) associational pre-historical novel, third in the “First North Americans” series. Fifth printing.


People of the Wolf W. Michael & Kathleen O’Neal Gear (Tor 0-812-52133-1, Nov ’98 [Apr ’99], $6.99, 435pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [First North Americans] Reprint (Tor 1990) associational pre-historical novel, first in the “First North Americans” series. 20th printing.


The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend David Gemmell (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.


The Legend of Deathwalker David Gemmell (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).


The Book of Ash #1: A Secret History Mary Gentle (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.


Gravity Tess Gerritsen (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.


All Tomorrow’s Parties William Gibson (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 Tomorrow’s Parties William Gibson (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.


Herland, The Yellow Wall-Paper, and Selected Writings Charlotte Perkins Gilman (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.


Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Visitors Laura Anne Gilman & Josepha Sherman (Pocket Archway 0-671-02628-3, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $4.99, 163pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Young-adult novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.


Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand ed. Mimi Reisel Gladstein & 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 Rand’s 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


Shanji James Glass (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).


Eyes Joseph Glass (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.


Jonathan Swift: A Biography Victoria Glendinning (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. [Jonathan Swift]


First Evidence Ken Goddard (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.


Lord of Sunset Parke Godwin (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.


Darker than Night Owl Goingback (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.


Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Sins of the Father Christopher Golden (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.


Strangewood Christopher Golden (Penguin/Signet 0-451-19765-8, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $6.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) Horror novel. A writer’s son is held hostage in the fantasy world his father created.


X-Men: Codename Wolverine Christopher Golden (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.


Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Immortal Christopher Golden & 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: The Gatekeeper Trilogy Christopher Golden & 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.


Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Gatekeeper Trilogy, Book One: Out of the Madhouse Christopher Golden & 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 Christopher Golden & 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 Christopher Golden & 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 Christopher Golden & 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.


Benjamin’s Gift Michael Golding (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.


Lord of the Flies William Golding (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.


Dark Cities Underground Lisa Goldstein (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 children’s fantasy books written by his mother, really does have access to a scary fantasy world.


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