The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

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Cold Shoulder Road Joan Aiken (Red Fox 0-09-955851-3, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 233pp, pb) [Wolves Chronicles]; Reissue (Cape 1995) young adult fantasy novel. Book nine in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Third printing.

The Cuckoo Tree Joan Aiken (Red Fox 0-09-988870-X, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 303pp, pb) [Wolves Chronicles]; Reissue (Cape 1971) young adult fantasy novel illustrated by Pat Marriott. Book six in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Fourth printing.

Dido and Pa Joan Aiken (Red Fox 0-09-988850-5, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 314pp, pb) [Wolves Chronicles]; Reissue (Cape 1986) young adult fantasy novel illustrated by Pat Marriott. Book seven in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Fifth printing.

Is Joan Aiken (Red Fox 0-09-910921-2, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 284pp, pb) [Wolves Chronicles]; Reissue (Cape 1992) young adult fantasy novel illustrated by Pat Marriott. Book eight in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Fourth printing.

Limbo Lodge Joan Aiken (Jonathan Cape 0-224-04664-0, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £12.99, 220pp, hc, cover by Mark Robertson) [Wolves Chronicles]; Young adult fantasy novel. Book five in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Simultaneous with the US (Delacorte as Dangerous Games) edition. This ninth-published of the series takes place between The Stolen Lake and The Cuckoo Tree.

Night Birds on Nantucket Joan Aiken (Red Fox 0-09-988890-4, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 202pp, pb) [Wolves Chronicles]; Reissue (Cape 1966) young adult fantasy novel illustrated by Pat Marriott. Book three in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Fifth printing.

The Stolen Lake Joan Aiken (Red Fox 0-09-988840-8, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 318pp, pb) [Wolves Chronicles]; Reissue (Cape 1981) young adult fantasy novel illustrated by Pat Marriott. Book four in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Fourth printing.

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Joan Aiken (Red Fox 0-09-997250-6, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 192pp, pb) [Wolves Chronicles]; Reissue (Cape 1962) young adult fantasy novel illustrated throughout by Pat Marriott. Book one in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. 18th printing.

Lilith’s Castle Gill Alderman (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648272-4, Jun ’99 [May ’99], £6.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Bill Gregory); Fantasy novel of a man transported into the mind of the Red Horse of Malthassa, in a land he believed he had invented, along with the magician Koschei, who has replaced him in our world.

Remembrance Day Brian Aldiss (Little Brown/Abacus 0-349-11149-9, May ’99, £6.99, 311pp, tp) [Squire]; Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) associational mainstream novel with psychic elements. Third in the “Squire” quartet.

Somewhere East of Life Brian Aldiss (Little Brown/Abacus 0-349-11148-0, May ’99, £6.99, 408pp, tp) [Squire]; Reprint (Flamingo; Carroll & Graf 1994) SF novel. Fourth in the ‘Squire’ quartet.

The Twinkling of an Eye or My Life as an Englishman Brian Aldiss (Warner UK 0-7515-2871-4, Nov ’99, £9.99, 484pp, tp); Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1998) autobiography, illustrated with eight pages of photographs.

When The Feast is Finished: Reflections on Terminal Illness Brian & Margaret Aldiss (Little Brown UK 0-316-64835-3, May ’99, £16.99, x+230pp, hc); Memoir of the final weeks of Margaret Aldiss’s life.

White Mars, Or, The Mind Set Free: A 21st-Century Utopia Brian Aldiss & Roger Penrose (Little Brown UK 0-316-85243-0, Nov ’99, £16.99, 323pp, hc); SF novel of colonists on a 21st-century Mars which has been designated a preserve for science, legally protected from exploitation or development. Dr. Laurence Lustgarten - listed as Legal Advisor - contributes an appendix, ‘The United Nationalities Charter for the Settlement of Mars’, and Aldiss ends with his pamphlet (distributed January 1997), ‘APIUM: Association for the Protection and Integrity of an Unspoilt Mars’.

The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal ed. Ric Alexander (Orion 1-85798-553-2, May ’99 [Jun ’99], £6.99, 493pp, pb); Reprint (Orion 1998) anthology of 21 SF and fantasy stories, including two originals by Richard Laymon and Graham Masterton, and a foreword by Peter James.

Seven Weird Days at No. 31 Judy Allen (Walker 0-7445-4190-5, May ’98 [Jan ’99], £6.99, 105pp, hc, cover by Derek Brazell); Young-adult ghost story of a haunted house, whose ghost doesn’t know she’s dead. Published in 1998 but not seen until now.

Star Wars X-Wing: Solo Command Aaron Allston (Bantam UK 0-553-50605-6, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], £5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Star Wars X-Wing]; Star Wars novelisation. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.

Star Wars: X-Wing: Book Nine: Starfighters of Adumar Aaron Allston (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-553-81271-8, Sep ’99, £5.99, 291pp, pb); Original novel set in the Star Wars universe. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.

Skellig David Almond (Hodder Signature 0-340-71600-2, May ’99, £4.99, 170pp, tp, cover by Fletcher Sibthorp); Reissue (Hodder Signature 1998) young-adult fantasy novel. A boy finds a bedraggled bird-man with strange powers. Ninth printing. The original edition was not seen.

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Jorge Amado (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-710-8, Jun ’99, £7.99, 553pp, tp, cover by David Lyttleton & John Oakey); Reprint (Knopf 1969) literary fantasy of a widow and her ghostly husband. Translated by Harriet de Onìs from the original (Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos, Brazil, 1966)

Einstein’s Monsters Martin Amis (Vintage UK 0-099-76891-7, Jun ’99, £5.99, ix+132pp, tp); Reprint (Cape; Crown/Harmony 1987) associational collection of five stories, some SF.

Heavy Water and Other Stories Martin Amis (Vintage UK 0-09-927266-0, Jun ’99, £6.99, 231pp, tp); Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1998) associational collection of nine stories, several fantasy and SF.

London Fields Martin Amis (Vintage UK 0-099-74861-4, Jun ’99, £6.99, 470pp, tp); Reprint (Cape 1989) literary fantasy novel.

Blindfold Kevin J. Anderson (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648306-2, May ’99 [Apr ’99], £5.99, 377pp, pb); Reprint (Warner Aspect 1995) SF novel. In a fragile society dependent on telepaths as Truthsaysers, someone is trying to subvert the system. [First U.K. edition]

Brooke The New Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster UK/Pocket 0-671-02195-8, Mar ’99, £2.99, 167pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Orphans]; Reprint (Pocket Star 1998 as by V.C. Andrews) associational gothic horror novel, third in the “Orphans” series. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Virginia C. Andrews Trust and the Vanda Partnership. [First U.K. edition]

Butterfly The New Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster UK/Pocket 0-671-02197-4, Jan ’99, £2.99, 170pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Orphans]; Reprint (Pocket Star 1998 as by V.C. Andrews) associational gothic horror novel, first in the new “Orphans” series. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Virginia C. Andrews Trust and the Vanda Partnership. [First U.K. edition]

Crystal The New Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster UK/Pocket 0-671-02198-2, Feb ’99, £2.99, 168pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Orphans]; Reprint (Pocket Star 1998 as by V.C. Andrews) associational gothic horror novel, second in the “Orphans” series. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Virginia C. Andrews Trust and the Vanda Partnership. [First U.K. edition]

Music in the Night The New Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster UK/Pocket 0-684-82110-9, Jan ’99, £10.99, 315pp, tp) [Logan Family]; Reprint (Pocket Star 1998 as by V.C. Andrews) associational gothic horror novel, fourth in the “Logan Family” series. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Virginia D. Andrews Trust and the Vanda Partnership.

Unfinished Symphony The New Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster UK/Pocket 0-671-00538-3, Jan ’99 [May ’99], £5.99, 344pp, pb) [Logan Family]; Reprint (Pocket 1997 as by V.C. Andrews) associational gothic horror novel, third in the “Logan Family” series. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Virginia D. Andrews Trust and the Vanda Partnership.

Doctor Who: Frontier Worlds Peter Anghelides (BBC Books 0-563-55589-0, Nov ’99, £5.99, 272pp, pb) [Doctor Who: New Adventures]; Novelization based on the TV series, starring the 8th Doctor. Book 29 of the BBC “New Adventures” series.

The Web 2027 ed. Anon. (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-599-0, May ’99, £5.99, 568pp, pb, cover by Black Sheep) [Web]; SF Omnibus of the first six books in “The Web” series: The Web: Gulliverzone by Stephen Baxter (1997), The Web: Dreamcastle by Stephen Bowkett (1997), The Web: Untouchable by Eric Brown (1997), The Web: Spiderbite by Graham Joyce (1997), The Web: Lightstorm by Peter F. Hamilton (1998), and The Web: Sorceress by Maggie Furey (1998).

Babylon 5: Omnibus 1 ed. Anon. (Boxtree 0-7522-1778-X, Sep ’99 [Oct ’99], £6.99, ii+760pp, pb) [Babylon 5]; SF omnibus of the first three novelizations (all Del Rey 1995): Voices by John Vornholt, Accusations by Lois Tilton, and Blood Oath by John Vornholt. The books are separately paginated.

Chilling Christmas Tales ed. Anon. (Scholastic UK 0-439-01283-X, Nov ’99, £3.99, 285pp, pb); Reprint (Scholastic UK 1992) original anthology of ten young-adult horror stories, including pieces by Joan Aiken and Garry Kilworth.

Myths & Magic: The Complete Fantasy Reference ed. Anon. (Titan 1-84023-059-2, Apr ’99, £12.99, 277pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton); Reprint (Writer’s Digest Books 1998 as The Writer’s Complete Fantasy Reference) reference work, with an introduction by Terry Brooks. A guide to the history, myths, costumes, crafts, and magics of many cultures. Internally dated February 1999. [First U.K. edition]

Star Wars Omnibus ed. Anon. (Little Brown/Orbit 1-85723-941-5, Jun ’99, £9.99, 505pp, tp) [Star Wars]; Reprint (Del Rey 1987 as The Star Wars Trilogy) SF omnibus of the first three film novelisations.

The Web 2028 ed. Anon. (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-870-1, Nov ’99, £6.99, 630pp, pb) [Web]; SF omnibus of the second six books in “The Web” series (all Dolphin 1998-1999). Authors are Stephen Baxter, Ken MacLeod, James Lovegrove, Maggie Furey, Pat Cadigan, and Eric Brown.

Beyond the Pale Mark Anthony (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-671-02191-5, Nov ’99, £6.99, 527pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Last Rune]; Reprint (Earthlight UK 1998) fantasy novel. Book One of “The Last Rune”.

The Keep of Fire Mark Anthony (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-684-86041-4, Nov ’99, £9.99, 442pp, tp, cover by Steve Youll) [Last Rune]; Fantasy novel, second in the four-book series “The Last Rune”. Those recently returned from the otherworld are pursued for its secret.

Flanders Patricia Anthony (Black Swan 0-552-99820-6, Jun ’99 [May ’99], £6.99, 413pp, tp, cover by Hazel Cook & Hulton Getty); Reprint (Ace 1998) historical horror novel of WWI. A Texas sharpshooter’s second sight helps him to survive in the trenches. [First U.K. edition]

Mindwarp: Face the Fear Chris Archer (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-74018-3, Jan ’99, £3.99, 138pp, pb, cover by Paul Young); Reprint (Minstrel 1998) young adult SF/fantasy novel. Book 8 in the series. [First U.K. edition]

The King and Queen of Swords Tom Arden (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-898-1, Nov ’99, £6.99, 528pp, pb, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [The Orokon]; Reprint (Gollancz 1998) fantasy novel, the second book of “The Orokon”.

The Sultan of the Moon and Stars Tom Arden (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06372-6, Dec ’99 [Nov ’99], £16.99, 518pp, hc, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [The Orokon]; Fantasy novel, the third book of “The Orokon”. A trade paperback edition (-06779-9, £9.99) was announced but not seen.

Spin of the Sunwheel Elizabeth Arnold (Mammoth 0-7497-3389-6, Feb ’99 [Jul ’99], £4.99, 166pp, tp, cover by Ian Winstanley); Young-adult fantasy novel. Contemporary teenager Gwen, reincarnation of a Celtic Queen, joins a never-born goddess on a quest to ensure the new Millennium’s dawn.

The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy ed Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-84119-089-6, Oct ’99, £6.99, xiv+494pp, tp, cover by Julek Heller); Anthology of 34 humorous stories, nine original or significantly revised for this book. Authors include Gene Wolfe, Esther Friesner, and Tom Holt.

Royal Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-85487-893-X, Feb ’99, £6.99, xiv+434pp, tp, cover by The Senate); Associational anthology of 25 original whodunnits involving royal families. Authors include Tom Holt, Stephen Baxter, Richard Lupoff, Paul Barnett, and Peter Tremayne.

Another Fine Myth Robert Asprin (Little Brown/Orbit 1-85723-805-2, Jan ’99 [Apr ’99], £5.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Myth]; Reprint (Starblaze 1978) humorous fantasy novel. Book one in the series.

Myth Conceptions Robert Asprin (Little Brown/Orbit 1-85723-804-4, Jan ’99 [Apr ’99], £5.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Myth]; Reprint (Starblaze 1980) humorous fantasy novel. Book two in the series.

Myth Directions Robert Asprin (Little Brown/Orbit 1-85723-803-6, Jan ’99 [Apr ’99], £5.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Myth]; Reprint (Starblaze 1982) humorous fantasy novel. Book three in the series.

Wishmaster and other stories Peter Atkins (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-18-6, Oct ’99 [Nov ’99], £16.99, x+255pp, hc, cover by Les Edwards); Dark fantasy collection of 10 stories, an epic poem, and the original screenplay for the film Wishmaster. Introduction by Ramsey Campbell. Illustrated by Randy Broeker. A hardcover edition, limited to 750 copies.

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