The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

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SMITH, MICHAEL MARSHALL (1965- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* +Only Forward (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57970-3, Sep 2000, $6.50, 341pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) SF novel. A detective seeks a missing VIP. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 1994).
* _What You Make It (HarperCollins UK 0-00-651007-8, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], £6.99, xiv+400pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1999) collection of 17 stories and one poem, including several originals.
SMITH, ROBERT PETER (1956- ); see under Morwood, Peter (chron.)
SMITH, SHERWOOD; pseudonym of Christine I. Smith Lowentrout, (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Echoes in Time (with Andre Norton) See entry under Andre Norton.
* *Voyage of the Basset: Journey to Otherwhere (Random House 0-375-80051-4, Aug 2000, $3.99, 202pp, tp, cover by James C. Christensen) [Voyage of the Basset] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in a series based on James C. Christensen’s Voyage of the Basset. Copyrighted by Christensen and The Greenwich Workshop.
SMYTH, EDMUND J., ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Jules Verne: Narratives of Modernity (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-704-2, Mar 2000, £16.95, viii+160pp, tp) Anthology of essays on Verne’s fiction, its context, content, intent, influences, and importance to the history of SF. None of the extensively quoted French texts are translated into English. A hardcover edition (-694-1, £32.50) was announced but not seen. (Contents) [Verne]
SOESBEE, REE (chron.)

* *Legend of the Five Rings: The Crane (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1659-1, Nov 2000, $6.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Gerald Brom) [Legend of the Five Rings: Clan War] Novelization based on the card game, “The Clan War” #3. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
SOMTOW, S. P.; pseudonym of Somtow Sucharitkul, (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Crow: Temple of Night (SFBC #17719, Dec ’99, $10.98, 221pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Crow] Reprint (HarperEntertainment 1999) novelization based on the movies about the comic-book character. Copyrighted by Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation. This has ISBN 0-7394-0735-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _The Crow: Temple of Night (HarperEntertainment 0-06-105993-5, Dec 2000, $6.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielson) [Crow] Reprint (HarperEntertainment 1999) novelization based on the movies about the comic-book character. Copyrighted by Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation.
* *Tagging the Moon: Fairy Tales from L.A. (Night Shade Books 1-892389-06-1, May 2000, $25.00, 277pp, hc, cover by John Picacio) Collection of ten stories, one original, with a gallery of ten photos by the author. Illustrated by GAK. A limited hardcover edition of 100 (-05-3, $55.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Night Shade Books, 560 Scott #304, San Francisco CA 94117. (Contents)
* *The Ultimate Mallworld (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-07-X, Apr 2000, $15.00, 333pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Mallworld] Collection of the humorous SF collection/fix-up novel Mall World (Starblaze 1981 as by Somtow Sucharitkul) plus two new stories, with a framing prologue and epilogue. Illustrated by Karl Kofoed. Order from Meisha Merlin Publishing, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031; [www.MeishaMerlin.com]. (Contents)
SPECTOR, CRAIG (S.) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Light at the End (with John Mason Skipp) See entry under John Mason Skipp.
* *To Bury the Dead (Harper Paperbacks 0-380-79305-9, Dec 2000, $6.99, 335pp, pb) Associational horror novel of a firefighter obsessed by his daughter’s murder.
SPIEGELMAN, ART, ed. (1948- ) (chron.)

* *Little Lit: Folklore & Fairy Tale Funnies (with Françoise Mouly) (HarperCollins/Cotler 0-06-028624-5, Oct 2000, $19.95, 64pp, hc, cover by Art Spiegelman) Art book, a gathering of 16 comics based on fairy tales, plus an endpaper board game, ’Fairy Tale Road Rage’. Author/artists include David Mazzucchelli, Charles Burns, and David Macaulay.
SPINNER, STEPHANIE (1943- ) (chron.)

* *Be First in the Universe (with Terry Bisson) (Delacorte 0-385-32687-4, Feb 2000, $14.95, 133pp, hc, cover by Eric Brace) [Be First in the Universe] Young-adult SF/fantasy novel of aliens and magic. Twins discover a weird store run by aliens at the mall.
SPINRAD, NORMAN (Richard) (1940- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Greenhouse Summer (Tor 0-812-56656-4, Sep 2000, $6.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Shelley Eshkar & Jan Uretsky) Reprint (Tor 1999) near-future SF novel about the greenhouse effect.
SPOFFORD, HARRIET (Elizabeth Prescott) (1835-1921) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Moonstone Mass and Others (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-008-5, Sep 2000, C$53.00, xxxvi+181pp, hc, cover by Deborah McMillion-Nering) Collection of all the known fantastic tales of this mid-Nineteenth Century American female author edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $40.00 and in the UK for £25.00. (Contents)
SPRIGGS, ROBIN LOCHLANN (stories) (chron.)

* *Wondrous Strange: Tales of the Uncanny (Circle Myth Press 0-9634296-0-4, Jan 2001, $13.00, 261pp, tp, cover by Lady Kel) Collection of 25 horror stories, nine reprints. Available from Circle Myth, PO Box 431, Murrayville GA 30564; e-mail [CircleMythPress@aol.com]. (Contents)
SPRINGER, NANCY (Connor) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Plumage (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-380-80120-5, Dec 2000, $23.00, 234pp, hc, cover by Cathleen Toelke) Fantasy novel. A woman’s life changes when she starts seeing people in mirrors as birds.
* _Sky Rider (HarperCollins 0-380-97565-6, Jul 2000, $4.95, 117pp, pb, cover by Griesbach & Martucci) Reprint (Avon Tempest 1999) young-adult ghost story.
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* *Ribbiting Tales (Penguin/Philomel 0-399-23312-1, Oct 2000, $16.99, 117pp, hc, cover by Tony DiTerlizzi) Original young-adult anthology of eight stories about frogs. Illustrated by Tony DiTerLizzi. Authors include Brian Jacques, Jane Yolen, and Bruce Coville. (Contents)
STABLEFORD, BRIAN (Michael) (1948- ); see pseudonym Brian Craig (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Architects of Emortality (Tor 0-812-57643-8, May 2000, $6.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Emortality] Reprint (Tor 1999) SF novel.
* *The Fountains of Youth (Tor 0-312-87206-2, May 2000, $24.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Emortality] SF novel in the future of Inherit the Earth. In the 31st century, an Emortal historian writes the memoir of his five centuries of life.
* *Year Zero (Sarob Press 1-902309-10-3, Jun 2000, £22.50, 221pp, hc, cover by Tim Denton) Satirical millennial fantasy novel. Molly’s determination to get a fresh start in 2000 leads her to a rejuvenated Elvis, angels, demons, fays, and alien greys. Illustrated by Tim Denton. This is a limited edition of 300. Available from 41 Forest View, Mountain Ash, Wales CF45 3DU UK.
STACKPOLE, MICHAEL A(ustin) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Dark Glory War (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57807-3, Mar 2000, $5.99, 402pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) Fantasy novel. Young men undergoing a coming-of-age test encounter invaders and a magic sword.
* *Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide (SFBC #11527, Jul 2000, $12.98, 537pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Dark Tide] Omnibus of two Star Wars novelizations in the “Dark Tide” series: Onslaught (2000) and Ruin (2000). Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-1111-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
* *Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide 1: Onslaught (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-42854-4, Feb 2000, $6.99, 292pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Dark Tide] Star Wars novelization, the first of two parts. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
* *Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide 2: Ruin (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-42856-0, Jun 2000, $6.99, 292pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Dark Tide] Star Wars novelization, book two of “Dark Tide”. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
* _Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide: Onslaught (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-940993-3, Feb 2000, £5.99, 292pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Dark Tide] Reprint (Del Rey Lucasbooks 2000) SF novelization. [First U.K. edition]
* _Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide: Ruin (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-940994-1, Jun 2000, £5.99, 292pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Dark Tide] Reprint (Del Rey Lucasbooks 2000) SF novelization. [First U.K. edition]
STAIG, LAURENCE (chron.)

* *Carnival of the Dead (Scholastic UK 0-439-99639-2, Sep 2000, £3.99, 202pp, pb, cover by Bob Lea) [Mutant] Young adult horror novel. One of the “Mutant” sub-set of the “Point Horror” books.
STAPLEDON, (William) OLAF (1886-1950) (chron.)

* _Sirius (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07057-9, Aug 2000, £9.99, 200pp, tp) Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1944) SF novel of a super-intelligent dog and his love affair with a girl. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.
STAPLES, SUZANNE FISHER (chron.)

* *Shiva’s Fire (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-36824-4, Apr 2000, $17.00, 276pp, hc, cover by Deborah Lanino) Young adult fantasy novel. A girl in India wants to be a dancer, but has some mystical talents as well.
STASHEFF, CHRISTOPHER (1944- ) (chron.)

* *The Crusading Wizard (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39246-9, Mar 2000, $6.99, 380pp, pb, cover by Dreu Pennington-McNeil) [Wizard in Rhyme] Fantasy novel, seventh in the “Wizard in Rhyme” series. Matt goes to Jerusalem to help fend off barbarians.
* *The Feline Wizard (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39245-0, Jun 2000, $6.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Dreu Pennington-McNeil) [Wizard in Rhyme] Fantasy novel, eighth in the “Wizard in Rhyme” series. Royal Wizard Matt Mantrell seeks feline sorceress Balkis, stranded in a strange world.
* *The Haunted Wizard (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39248-5, Jan 2000, $6.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Alan Pollack) [Wizard in Rhyme] Fantasy novel in the “Wizard in Rhyme” series.
* *A Wizard and a Warlord (Tor 0-312-86649-6, Feb 2000, $22.95, 224pp, hc, cover by Peter Peebles) [Warlock: Rogue Wizard] SF novel. Seventh in the “Rogue Wizard” series featuring renegade psychic wizard Magnus D’Armand, the son of the “Warlock in Spite of Himself”.
* _A Wizard and a Warlord (Tor 0-812-54167-7, Nov 2000, $6.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Warlock: Rogue Wizard] Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel. Seventh in the “Rogue Wizard” series featuring renegade psychic wizard Magnus D’Armand, the son of the “Warlock in Spite of Himself”.
* *A Wizard in the Way (Tor 0-312-86648-8, Sep 2000, $22.95, 224pp, hc, cover by Peter Peeples) [Warlock: Rogue Wizard] SF novel in the “Rogue Wizard” series featuring the son of the “Warlock”.
STAUB, WENDY CORSI (1964- ) (chron.)

* *Charmed: Voodoo Moon (Pocket Pulse 0-671-04166-5, Aug 2000, $5.99, 181pp, pb) [Charmed] Young-adult novelization, the fifth based on the TV show about three sisters who are witches. Copyrighted by Spelling Television.
* _Witch Hunt (Pinnacle 0-7860-1247-1, Sep 2000, $3.99, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Zebra/Z-Fave 1995) time-travel horror novel, originally published as young-adult. This is the first Pinnacle edition, but indicates second printing.
STEELE, ALLEN (Mulherrin, Jr.) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Clarke County, Space (Ace 0-441-11044-4, Jun 2000, $5.99, 231pp, pb, cover by Syd Dutton) Reissue (Ace 1990) SF novel. Second printing.
* *Oceanspace (Ace 0-441-00685-X, Feb 2000, $21.95, 375pp, hc, cover by Danilo Ducak) SF novel of a self-sufficient undersea research station.
* _Oceanspace (SFBC #06574, Apr 2000, $14.98, 375pp, hc, cover by Danilo Ducak) Reprint Ace 2000) SF novel of an undersea research station. This is similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Orbital Decay (Ace 0-441-49851-5, Apr 2000, $5.99, 324pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) Reissue (Ace 1989) SF novel. Third printing.
STEELE, JOHN H.; see pseudonym Gherbod Fleming (stories) (chron.)
STEIBER, ELLEN (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The X-Files: Grotesque (HarperEntertainment 0-06-447179-9, Aug ’99, $4.50, 136pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novellazation, #12 in the sequence. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film. This is dated 1999, but not seen until now.
* *The X-Files: Haunted (HarperEntertainment 0-06-106618-4, Oct 2000, $4.50, 136pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novellazation, #15 in the sequence. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
* _X-Files: Haunted (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648354-2, Dec 2000, £3.99, 128pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Reprint (HarperEntertainment 2000) young-adult novelization of an episode of the TV series. Book 15 in the series. [First U.K. edition]
STEIG, WILLIAM (1907-2003) (chron.)

* *Wizzil (with Quentin Blake) (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-38466-5, Aug 2000, $16.00, 32pp, hc, cover by Quentin Blake) Children’s picture book about a mischievous witch, illustrated by Quentin Blake.
STEINER, BARBARA (Annette) (1934- ) (chron.)

* _The Phantom (Scholastic UK 0-439-01317-8, Oct 2000, £3.99, 198pp, pb) Reissue (Scholastic 1993) young-adult horror novel. A “Point Horror” title.
STEPHENSEN-PAYNE, PHIL(ip Andrew) (1952- ) (chron.)

* *Grant Allen: Hill-Top Philosopher: A Working Bibliography (with Virgil Utter) (Galactic Central Publications 1-871133-52-1, Nov ’99, £5.00, viii+106pp, ph) Primary and secondary bibliography of Allen, issued as an A5-sized booklet. Available from 25a Copgrove Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS8 2SP, and from PO Box 445, Polk City, Iowa 50226-0445, USA. [Allen]
STEPHENSON, NEAL (1959- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Cryptonomicon (HarperPerennial 0-380-78862-4, May 2000, $16.00, 918pp, tp, cover by Liz Kenyon) Reprint (Avon 1999) Pynchonesque quasi-SF thriller of cryptographers.
* _Cryptonomicon (Arrow 0-09-941067-2, May 2000, £7.99, 918pp, tp) Reprint (Avon 1999) Pynchonesque quasi-SF thriller of cryptographers.
* _Cryptonomicon (Avon 0-380-97346-4, Sep 2000, $27.50, 918pp, hc, cover by Liz Kenyon) Reissue (Avon 1999) quasi-SF thriller of cryptographers. Winner of the Locus Award for Best SF Novel. 11th printing.
* _The Diamond Age (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38096-6, May 2000, $12.95, 455pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1995) Hugo-winning neo-Victorian SF novel.
* _Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38095-8, May 2000, $12.95, 441pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1992) SF novel. This has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.
STERLING, (Michael) BRUCE (1954- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Distraction (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-928-7, Sep 2000, £6.99, 489pp, pb, cover by Trevor Scobie) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1998) humorous near-future SF novel. A Washington spin-doctor faces a powerful opponent in Louisiana while American culture crumbles. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best SF Novel, 1999.
* *Zeitgeist (Bantam Spectra 0-553-10493-4, Nov 2000, $24.95, 293pp, hc, cover by Eric Dinyer) [Leggy Starlitz] Pre-millennial satirical fantasy technothriller featuring Sterling’s shady hustler Leggy Starlitz, as manager for a talentless girl group touring the Muslim Middle East.
STERN, D(avid) A. (chron.)

* *Blair Witch: Book of Shadows (Pocket 0-7434-1153-6, Nov 2000, $13.95, unpaginated, tp) [Blair Witch] Novelization in the form of miscellaneous, supposedly non-fiction research related to events in the second movie. Copyrighted by Artisan Pictures.
* *Blair Witch: The Secret Confession of Rustin Parr (Pocket 0-7434-1153-6, Aug 2000, $11.95, 151pp, tp) [Blair Witch] Novelization based on the same legends as the movie. Copyrighted by Artisan Pictures.
STEVENS-ARCE, JAMES (1945- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Soulsaver (Harcourt 0-15-100472-2, Sep 2000, $24.00, 264pp, hc, cover by Tom Stvan) Satiric SF novel of an American Christian dictatorship and a suicide plague in 2099 Puerto Rico. A first novel.
STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS (Balfour) (1850-1894) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Viking 0-670-88865-6, Mar 2000, $25.99, 105pp, tp, cover by François Place) Reprint (Scribner 1886) classic horror novella packaged for young readers with notes, photos, and art by François Place. This illustrated edition (with notes in French) was originally published in France by Editions Gallimard Jeunesse 1999. A simultaneous trade paperback edition (-88871-0, $17.99) was announced but not seen.
STEVERMER, CAROLINE (J.) (1955- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *When the King Comes Home (Tor 0-312-87214-3, Nov 2000, $22.95, 236pp, hc, cover by David Bowers) Fantasy novel. An artist’s apprentice obsessed with an old master’s works stumbles onto a magical plot to bring a legendary king back to life.
STEWART, IAN (chron.)

* _The Science of Discworld (with Jack Cohen & Terry Pratchett) See entry under Terry Pratchett.
* *Wheelers (with Jack Cohen) (Warner Aspect 0-446-52560-X, Nov 2000, $24.95, 505pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) SF novel of an archaeologist who finds ancient wheeled artifacted on Callisto.
* _Wheelers (with Jack Cohen) (SFBC #20034, Nov 2000, $12.50, 356pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Warner Aspect 2000) SF novel. This is similar to the Warner Aspect edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
STEWART, PAUL (chron.)

* *Midnight over Sanctaphrax (with Chris Riddell) (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60089-5, Oct 2000, £10.99, 368pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, Book Three of “The Edge Chronicles”.

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