The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

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MARTINE-BARNES, ADRIENNE (Zina) (1942- ) (chron.)

* _Traitor’s Sun (with Marion Zimmer Bradley) See entry under Marion Zimmer Bradley.
MASON, DAVID; [i.e., Samuel Mason] (1924-1974) (chron.)

* _The Deep Gods (Wildside Press 1-58715-062-X, 1999, $15.00, 192pp, tp) Reprint (Lancer 1973) fantasy novel. This is dated 1999 but not seen until now. An on-demand edition available from Wildside Press, PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045; www.wildsidepress.com
* _Kavin’s World (Wildside Press 1-58715-065-4, 1999, $15.00, 221pp, tp) Reprint (Lancer 1969) fantasy novel. This is dated 1999 but not seen until now. An on-demand edition available from Wildside Press, PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045; www.wildsidepress.com
* _The Shores of Tomorrow (Wildside Press 1-58715-064-6, 1999, $15.00, 240pp, tp) Reprint (Lancer 1971) SF novel. This is dated 1999 but not seen until now. An on-demand edition available from Wildside Press, PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045; www.wildsidepress.com
* _The Sorcerer’s Skull (Wildside Press 1-58715-063-8, 1999, $15.00, 192pp, tp) Reprint (Lancer 1970) fantasy novel. This is dated 1999 but not seen until now. An on-demand edition available from Wildside Press, PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045; www.wildsidepress.com
MASON, LISA (Susan) (1953- ) (chron.)

* *Pangaea, Book II: Imperium Afire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57571-6, May 2000, $6.50, 377pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Pangaea] Far future SF novel, second in a series. The Imperium turns to torture as revolutionary forces threaten the caste system and the dreams that control society. Illustrated by Tom Robinson.
MASSIN, KAIN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _Tessellations (with Jason R. Bleckly) See entry under Jason R. Bleckly
MASSON, SOPHIE (Veronique) (1959- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Green Prince (Hodder Headline Australia 0-7336-0791-8, Oct 2000, A$16.49, 189pp, tp) Fantasy novel based on folklore and a French fairy tale about water creatures. An orphan with webbed feet and an talent for fishing discovers he has an unexpected heritage in the waterworld.
* +Serafin (Saint Mary’s Press/StarMaker Books 0-88489-567-X, Jul 2000, $5.50, 139pp, pb) Young-adult fantasy novel based on the fairytale “Puss in Boots”. First US edition (Hodder Headline Australia 1996 as Carabas). Order from Saint Mary’s Press, 702 Terrace Heights, Winona MN 55987-1320; orders 800-533-8095; www.smp.org
MASTERS, ANTHONY (1940-2003) (chron.)

* *Mutant: Dissolvers (Scholastic UK 0-439-99638-4, Sep 2000, £3.99, 189pp, pb, cover by Bob Lea) Young adult horror novel. A “Point Horror” book.
* *Mutant: Night of the Toxic Slime (Scholastic UK 0-439-99640-6, Sep 2000, £3.99, 219pp, tp, cover by Bob Lea) Young adult horror novel. A “Point Horror” book.
MASTERTON, ANDREW (chron.)

* _The Last Days: The Apocryphon of Joe Panther (Picador 0-330-37562-8, May 2000, £7.99, 497pp, tp) Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 1999) literary fantasy novel of the fallen messiah as PI.
MASTERTON, GRAHAM (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

* +The Chosen Child (Tor 0-312-87382-4, Nov 2000, $23.95, 333pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) Dark fantasy novel. First US edition (Heinemann 1997).
* *Feelings of Fear (Severn House 0-7278-5594-8, Aug 2000, £17.99, viii+211pp, hc) Collection of 12 dark fantasy stories, three apparently original. (Contents)
* _The House that Jack Built (Leisure 0-8439-4746-2, Jun 2000, $5.50, 385pp, pb) Reprint (Heinemann 1996) horror novel of a haunted house.
MATHESON, RICHARD (Burton) (1926- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Mediums Rare (CD Publications 1-58767-007-0, Oct 2000, $40.00, 126pp, hc, cover by Harry O. Morris) Associational non-fiction collection of dramatized incidents in the history of psychics and psychic research. Order from CD Publications, PO Box 943, Abingdon MD 21009; e-mail: [cdancepub@aol.com]; website [www.cemeterydance.com].
* *Passion Play (CD Publications/G&G Books 1-58767-001-1, Nov 2000, $40.00, 192pp, hc, cover by Harry O. Morris) Associational crime novel, written in the ’80s but never before published. This is a signed, limited edition of 1000. Order from CD Publications, PO Box 943, Abingdon MD 21009; website [www.cemeterydance.com].
* _A Stir of Echoes (Boxtree 0-7522-7194-6, May 2000, £5.99, 211pp, pb) Reprint (Lippincott 1958) dark fantasy novel of awakened psychic abilities and life beyond death. Copyrighted 1958, 1986; “this edition first published 1999 by Tor Books.” A movie tie-in edition.
MATHEWS, ADRIAN (1957- ) (chron.)

* _Vienna Blood (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-927357-8, Jan 2000, £6.99, 312pp, hc) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1999) literary SF novel of genetics and a racially fragmented 2026.
MATTHEWS, RODNEY (1945- ) (chron.)

* _In Search of Forever (Paper Tiger, Nov 2000, tp, cover by Rodney Matthews) Reissue (Dragon’s World 1985) art book. Sixth printing.
* _In Search of Forever (Sterling Publishing/Paper Tiger 1-85028-003-7, Jan 2001, $21.95, 142pp, tp, cover by Rodney Matthews) Art book. First US edition (Dragon’s World 1985); this is the Paper Tiger 2000 reissue (sixth printing), distributed in the US by Sterling Publishing, 387 Park Ave. South, New York NY 10016-8810; 800-367-9692; website [www.sterlingpub.com].
MATTHEWS, SUSAN R(uth) (1954- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Colony Fleet (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-80316-X, Oct 2000, $6.50, 296pp, pb) SF novel of colonists about to make planetfall after centuries in space have destroyed their utopian ideals.
MATZ, (Jeffrey) MARC (1951?- ) (chron.)

* _Nocturne for a Dangerous Man (Tor 0-812-57537-7, Apr 2000, $6.99, 470pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) Reprint (Tor 1999) SF novel.
MAXINE, DAVID, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Oz-Story No. 6 (Hungry Tiger Press 1-929527-02-0, Sep 2000, $19.95, 224pp, tp, cover by John R. Neill) Annual anthology of nine stories, many rare or original, plus articles, comics and seven poems inspired by L. Frank Baum’s “Oz”. Authors include Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Ruth Plumly Thompson, and L. Frank Baum. Available from Hungry Tiger Press, 1516 Cypress Avenue, San Diego CA 92103-4517; add $3.50 postage.
MAY, J. C.; see under May, Julian (chron.)
MAY, JULIAN; [i.e., Julian “Judy” May Dikty] (1931- ) (chron.)

* _Orion Arm (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224714-3, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], £10.99, 364pp, hc, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Rampart Worlds] Reprint (Voyager 1999) SF novel. Book two in the “Rampart Worlds” trilogy, after Perseus Spur. An export-only edition (same details) was available in June 1999.
* +Orion Arm (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39519-0, Apr 2000, $6.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Rampart Worlds] SF novel, “Rampart Worlds” book two. The copyright page indicates “First American Edition April 1999” but this is the first US edition (Voyager 1999).
* *The Rampart Worlds #3: Sagittarius Whorl (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39518-2, Jan 2001, $6.99, 377pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Rampart Worlds] SF novel, “Rampart Worlds” book three.
MAY, KARA (chron.)

* _Yeti Boy (Collins 0-00-675453-8, Aug 2000, £3.99, 173pp, pb, cover by Mark Entwisle) Reprint (Collins 1999) young-adult fantasy novel. The original edition was not seen.
MAYER, BOB; [i.e., Robert Mayer] (1959- ); see pseudonyms Robert Doherty & Greg Donegan (chron.)
MAYNARD, L(en) H. (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Echoes of Darkness (with Michael P. N. Sims) (Sarob Press 1-902309-09-X, May 2000, £21.00, xii+179pp, hc, cover by Iain Maynard) Collection of 9 ghost stories, four original (including the novelette, ‘Ashushma’); and five reprints, including ‘Moths‘ (Enigmatic Novellas #1, 1998). A Limited Edition of 250 copies. Illustrated by Iain Maynard. Available from 41 Forest View, Mountain Ash, Wales CF45 3DU. (Contents)
MAYNE, WILLIAM (James Carter) (1928- ) (chron.)

* *Candlefasts (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-75752-3, Apr 2000, £12.99, 218pp, hc, cover by Mark Preston) [Earthfasts] Young-adult SF novel. Last in the “Earthfasts” trilogy.
* _Candlefasts (Hodder Silver 0-340-75753-1, Sep 2000, £4.99, 218pp, tp, cover by Mark Preston) [Earthfasts] Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 2000) young-adult SF novel. Last in the “Earthfasts” trilogy.
* _Cradlefasts (Hodder Signature 0-340-65126-1, Apr 2000, £4.99, 202pp, tp, cover by Steve Wallace) [Earthfasts] Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 1995) young-adult SF novel. Second in the “Earthfasts” trilogy.
* _Earthfasts (Hodder Signature 0-340-65327-2, Apr 2000, £4.99, 202pp, pb, cover by Steve Wallace) [Earthfasts] Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1966) young-adult SF novel. First in the “Earthfasts” trilogy.
MAYR, DALLAS WILLIAM (1946- ); see pseudonym Jack Ketchum (stories) (chron.)
MAZER, ANNE (stories) (chron.)

* _The Oxboy (Persea Books 0-89255-240-9, 2000, $6.95, 105pp, tp) Reprint (??? 1993) fantasy novella of a half-ox/half-human boy hiding his identity. The original edition was not seen.
MEANEY, JOHN (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Paradox (Bantam UK 0-593-04573-4, Jun 2000, £17.99, 406pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Nulapeiron Sequence] SF novel. The freedom of the underground populace of an isolated planet depends on the mysterious Pilots and a crystal given to a young boy.
MEIKLE, WILLIAM (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Millennium Macabre (Enigmatic Press no ISBN, 2000, $10.00, 66pp, ph, cover by Iain Maynard) Original collection of three dark fantasy stories, one co-written with Graeme Hurry. Illustrated by Iain Maynard. Originally published in the UK with ISSN 1464-1461, this is available in the US from Firebird Distributing, 2030 First Street, Unit 5, Eureka CA 95501; 800-353-3575.
MENDLESOHN, FARAH, ed. (chron.)

* _Terry Pratchett: Guilty of Literature (with Andrew M. Butler & Edward James) See entry under Andrew M. Butler
MERLA, PATRICK, ed. (chron.)

* _The Touch (with Steven-Elliot Altman) See entry under Steven-Elliot Altman.
MERLE, C. J. (chron.)

* *Of Honor and Treason (Speculation Press 0-9671979-3-7, Jun 2000, $11.50, 267pp, tp, cover by Steve A. Roberts) SF novel. An empire of humanoid aliens decides it’s time to destroy encroaching human star-empires. This is a print-on-demand edition. Available from Speculation Press, PO Box 543, DeKalb IL 60115; www.speculationpress.com.
MERRILL, CADE (chron.)

* *The Blair Witch Files: The Dark Room (Bantam 0-553-49363-9, Aug 2000, $4.99, 176pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Blair Witch Files] Young-adult novelization, “Case File #2” in this series loosely based on the movie. Packaged by Parachute Press; copyrighted by Artisan Pictures.
* *The Blair Witch Files: The Drowning Ghost (Bantam 0-553-49364-7, Oct 2000, $4.99, 176pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Blair Witch Files] Young-adult novelization, “Case File #3” in this series loosely based on the movie. Packaged by Parachute Press; copyrighted by Artisan Pictures.
* *The Blair Witch Files: The Witch’s Daughter (Bantam 0-553-49362-0, Aug 2000, $4.99, 181pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Blair Witch Files] Young-adult novelization, the first “Case File” loosely based on the movie. Packaged by Parachute Press; copyrighted by Artisan Pictures.
MERRILL, HUGH (chron.)

* *The Red Hot Typewriter: The Life and Times of John D. MacDonald (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-20905-3, Oct 2000, $24.95, 256pp, hc, cover by Scott Levine) Non-fiction, biography of the mystery writer who also wrote some notable SF. Includes bibliography and index. [MacDonald]
MERTZ, BARBARA (Louise) G(ross) (1927- ); see pseudonym Barbara Michaels (chron.)
MERTZ, JOSHUA (stories) (chron.)

* *Machine Dreams (Bald Mountain Books 0-9661664-4-2, Sep 2000, $16.00, 288pp, tp) SF novel of a corporate war for control of a new, full-sensory, biotech broadcast medium. A first novel. Available from Bald Mountain Books, PO Box 8420, Van Nuys CA 91409; website: [www.baldmountain.com]; e-mail: [info@baldmountain.com].
MESSINGHAM, SIMON (chron.)

* *Doctor Who: Tomb of Valdemar (BBC Books 0-563-55591-2, Feb 2000, £5.99, 278pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series, starring the fourth Doctor and Romana. Book 28 of the BBC “Missing Adventures” series.
METZ, MELINDA (chron.)

* *Roswell High: The Dark One (Pocket Pulse 0-671-03563-0, Jul 2000, $5.99, 170pp, pb) [Roswell High] Young-adult SF novel, ninth in the series. This is a TV tie-in edition. Copyrighted by Pocket Books; packaged by 17th Street Productions.
* _Roswell High: The Intruder (Pocket Pulse 0-671-77459-X, Mar 2000, $4.99, 168pp, pb) [Roswell High] Reissue (Archway 1999) young-adult SF novel, fifth in the series about some non-human inhabitants living in Roswell; this is a TV tie-in edition. Packaged by 17th Street Productions; copyrighted by Pocket Books.
* *Roswell High: The Rebel (Pocket Pulse 0-671-03562-2, Jun 2000, $5.99, 168pp, pb) [Roswell High] Young-adult SF novel, eighth in the series. Some of the students at Roswell High are not human. This is a TV tie-in edition. Packaged by 17th Street Productions; copyrighted by Pocket Books.
* *Roswell High: The Salvation (Pocket Pulse 0-671-03564-9, Aug 2000, $5.99, 168pp, pb) [Roswell High] Young-adult SF novel, tenth in the series. This is a TV tie-in edition. Copyrighted by Pocket Books; packaged by 17th Street Productions.
* _Roswell High: The Seeker (Pocket Pulse 0-671-77464-6, Jan 2000, $4.99, 168pp, pb) [Roswell High] Reissue (Archway 1999) young-adult SF novel, third in the series. This is a TV tie-in edition. Copyrighted by Pocket Books; packaged by Daniel Weiss Associates’s 17th Street Productions.
* *Roswell High: The Stowaway (Pocket Pulse 0-671-02379-9, Apr 2000, $4.99, 168pp, pb) [Roswell High] Young-adult SF novel, sixth in the series. This is a TV tie-in edition. Copyrighted by Pocket Books; packaged by 17th Street Productions.
* *Roswell High: The Vanished (Pocket Pulse 0-671-03561-4, May 2000, $4.99, 167pp, pb) [Roswell High] Young-adult SF novel, seventh in the series. Some of the students at Roswell High are not human. This is a TV tie-in edition. Packaged by 17th Street Productions; copyrighted by Pocket Books.
* _Roswell High: The Watcher (Pocket Pulse 0-671-77463-8, Feb 2000, $4.99, 171pp, pb) [Roswell High] Reissue (Archway 1998) young-adult SF novel, fourth in the series. Copyrighted by Pocket Books; packaged (“produced”) by 17th Street Productions.
MEYRINK, GUSTAV; [originally Gustav Meyer] (1868-1932) (chron.)

* _The Golem (Dedalus 1-873982-91-7, Feb 2000, £6.99, 262pp, tp) Reissue (Dedalus 1995) classic horror novel based on Jewish legend. Translated from the German (1915) by Mike Mitchell. Introduction by Robert Irwin. Available in the US from Subterranean Press at $10.99.
MEZRICH, BEN (1969- ); see pseudonym Holden Scott (chron.)
MICHAELS, BARBARA; pseudonym of Barbara G. Mertz, (1927- ) (chron.)

* _Other Worlds (HarperChoice 0-06-109749-7, Feb 2000, $6.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Donna Diamond) Reprint (HarperCollins 1999) collection of two clubroom-mystery stories with possible dark fantasy elements, one original.
MICHALSON, KAREN (chron.)

* *Enemy Glory (Tor 0-312-89061-3, Jan 2001, $24.95, 382pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Enemy Glory] Fantasy novel, first in a series. A young magician is disillusioned by continuing revolutions, and ends up a cleric of evil.
MIÉVILLE, CHINA (Tom) (1972- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _King Rat (Tor 0-312-89072-9, Oct 2000, $14.95, 318pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1998) dark fantasy novel.
* *Perdido Street Station (Macmillan UK 0-333-78172-4, Mar 2000, £16.99, 710pp, hc, cover by Edward Miller) [New Crobuzon] Dark fantasy novel of the metropolis New Crobuzon, which succumbs to chaos after a mysterious stranger asks a single question. A trade paperback edition (-78173-2) appeared simultaneously in Australia.
MILES, ROSALIND (chron.)

* +Guenevere: Knight of the Sacred Lake (Random House/Crown 0-609-60623-9, Mar 2000, $24.00, 419pp, hc, cover by Peter Johnson) [Guenevere] Arthurian novel with a feminist, New Age slant, second in the series. First US edition (Simon & Schuster UK 2000).
* *Guenevere: The Knight of the Sacred Lake (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-85136-9, Jan 2000, £9.99, 417pp, tp) [Guenevere] Arthurian fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Guenevere” trilogy. A hardcover edition (-85135-0, £16.99) was announced but not seen.
* _Guenevere: The Queen of the Summer Country (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-671-01812-4, Jan 2000, £6.99, 610pp, pb) [Guenevere] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1999) Arthurian fantasy novel. Volume one in the “Guenevere” trilogy.
MILLAR, MARTIN; see pseudonym Martin Scott (chron.)
MILLER, ELIZABETH (chron.)

* *Dracula: Sense & Nonsense (Desert Island Books 1-874287-24-4, Apr 2000, $29.95, 256pp, hc) Non-fiction examination of Bram Stoker’s Dracula and the myths, misconceptions, and scholarly errors that have risen around the novel and its title character. Introduction by Clive Leatherdale, series editor for “The Desert Island Dracula Library”. An index, a bibliography, and brief evaluations of various books on vampires are included. Originally published in the UK, this is available in the US from Firebird Distributing, 2030 First Street, Unit 5, Eureka CA 95501; 800-353-3575.

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