The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

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Kissing the Beehive Jonathan Carroll (Orion/Vista 0-575-60281-3, Jun ’99, £6.99, 251pp, tp) [Frannie McCabe]; Reprint (Doubleday 1998) associational non-supernatural mystery. This has the three-page epilog from the Gollancz 1998 edition.

The Marriage of Sticks Jonathan Carroll (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06615-6, May ’99 [Apr ’99], £16.99, 282pp, hc) [Frannie McCabe]; Dark fantasy novel. Miranda Romanec sees her long-dead boyfriend waving to her from across the street.

The Wise Andrew Cartmell (Virgin Worlds 0-7535-0373-5, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], £6.99, 471pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino); Contemporary dark fantasy novel of a psychiatrist in love with her all-too-sane patient.

Brotherly Love & Other Tales of Trust and Knowledge David Case (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-12-7, May ’99 [Jun ’99], £16.99, x+276pp, hc, cover by Les Edwards); Original collection of six pieces of SF and dark fantasy, including the novella “The Terrestrial Fancy”. Introduction by Ramsey Campbell. Limited to a hardcover edition of 750 copies. Order from Pumpkin Books, MeG Publishing, PO Box 297, Nottingham NG2 4GW, England.

Isle of the Whisperers Hugh B. Cave (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-15-1, May ’99 [Jun ’99], £16.99, 265pp, hc, cover by John Coulthart); Dark fantasy/SF novel of entities waiting on the threshold of an inter-dimensional doorway, finally given admittance to our world and its resources. Illustrated by John Coulthart. Limited to a hardcover edition of 750 copies. Order from Pumpkin Books, MeG Publishing, PO Box 297, Nottingham NG2 4GW, England.

World’s End Mark Chadbourn (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06680-6, Aug ’99, £16.99, 424pp, hc, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Age of Misrule]; Fantasy novel. Book One in “The Age of Misrule” trilogy. Magic returns to modern Britain, and a group of companions must quest for four items to save the world. A trade paperback edition (-06782-9, £9.99) is also available.

The Enchantresses Vera Chapman (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60325-9, Feb ’99, £5.99, 223pp, pb, cover by Harvey Parker); Reprint (Gollancz 1998) Arthurian fantasy novel. All revisions and amendments are copyright to Mike Ashley, who finished and edited the book after Chapman’s death.

Fortress of Eagles: A Galasien Novel C. J. Cherryh (Voyager 0-00-648370-4, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], £5.99, 335pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [Fortress]; Reprint (HarperPrism 1998) fantasy novel, sequel to Fortress in the Eye of Time. [First U.K. edition]

Laptop of the Gods Peter Chippindale (Pocket UK 0-671-85568-9, Jun ’99, £6.99, 420pp, tp, cover by Stephen Player); Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1998) humorous fantasy novel.

Cold Fusion Windsor Chorlton (Orion 0-7528-2500-3, Apr ’99 [May ’99], £9.99, 308pp, tp); SF novel. A meteor impact triggers a worldwide winter in 2018. A hardcover edition (-0211-9, £16.99) was announced but not seen.

The New Adventures: Twilight of the Gods Mark Clapham & Jon de Burgh Miller (New Adventures 0-426-20536-7, Dec ’99 [Nov ’99], £5.99, 242pp, pb) [Bernice Summerfield]; SF novelization, “Doctor Who” without the Doctor. Book 23 in the “Bernice Summerfield” series. The publisher’s afterword by a departing Peter Darvill-Evans suggests this may be the last, for a long time (or ever), of the series.

Judas Tree Simon Clark (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-73913-4, Dec ’99, £17.99, 423pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant); Dark fantasy novel. A young woman on a Greek island holiday encounters ancient forces.

Expedition to Earth Arthur C. Clarke (Little Brown/Orbit 1-85723-903-2, May ’99, £9.99, xii+180pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino); Reprint (Ballantine 1953) collection of 11 stories, with a new (1998) preface by Clarke.

Expedition to Earth Arthur C. Clarke (Little Brown/Orbit 1-85723-918-0, Oct ’99 [Apr ’99], £5.99, xii+180pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino); Reprint (Ballantine 1953) collection of 11 stories, with a 1998 preface by Clarke.

Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! Arthur C. Clarke (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224697-X, Sep ’99, £19.99, xviii+555pp, hc); Reprint (St. Martin’s 1999) collection of 110 non-fiction works published between 1934 and 1998. Essays, articles, memoirs, reviews, introductions, and afterwords, each with a brief introduction setting the piece in context. Includes 16pp. of photographs. Edited by Ian T. Macauley. [First U.K. edition]

Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible Arthur C. Clarke (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06790-X, Nov ’99, £18.99, 213pp, hc, cover by blacksheep); Reprint (Gollancz 1962) non-fiction collection of essays written between 1959 and 1961; first published in book form in 1962, and revised in 1982. Copyrighted 1999, the essays have further revisions and commentary, and there is a new ‘Foreword to Millennial Edition’ (dated April 1999).

The Trigger Arthur C. Clarke & Michael Kube-McDowell (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224711-9, Nov ’99 [Sep ’99], £17.99, 550pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino); SF novel. A device that triggers all nearby explosive material meets opposition from politicians, the military... and those whose god is the gun.

Fire Bringer David Clement-Davies (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-333-76640-7, Oct ’99, £12.99, 551pp, hc, cover by Kenny McKendry); Young-adult animal fantasy novel. A stag marked for destiny, exiled in childhood, returns to free his herd from violent rule.

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy John Clute & John Grant (Little Brown/Orbit 1-85723-893-1, Apr ’99, £19.99, xvi+1076pp, tp, cover by Peter Goodfellow); Reprint (Orbit 1997) expanded version of the World Fantasy Award-winning reference. It adds a 26-page “Addenda and Corrigenda” section of amendments and updates to the original edition. The body of the text (including errors) remains unchanged.

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction John Clute & Peter Nicholls (Orbit 1-85723-897-4, Nov ’99, £25.00, xxxvi+1396pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore); Reprint (Orbit 1993) reference work. Winner of the Hugo Award for best non-fiction. Updated with 23 added pages of “New Data, Typographical Errors, Factual Corrections and Miscellanea”.

The Gods Awaken Allan Cole (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-68195-0, Jul ’99 [Aug ’99], £16.99, 454pp, hc, cover by Peter Elson) [Timura Trilogy]; Fantasy novel, third in the “Timura” trilogy, with a hero loosely based on the poet Omar Khayyam.

The Gods Awaken Allan Cole (Hodder/NEL 0-340-68196-9, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], £6.99, 453pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Timura Trilogy]; Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1999) fantasy novel, third volume of “The Timura Trilogy”. Last in a trilogy whose hero is loosely based on the poet Omar Khayyam.

Doctor Who: More Short Trips ed. Stephen Cole (BBC Books 0-563-55565-3, Mar ’99, £5.99, viii+341pp, pb) [Doctor Who]; Anthology of 18 original stories based on various incarnations of the TV character and his companions.

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