The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

Books, Listed by Author

BIRK, SANDOW (chron.)

• * *Sandow Birk’s “In Smog and Thunder: Historical Works from the Great War of the Californias" (Laguna Art Museum 0-86719-497-9, Apr 2000, $19.95, 64pp, tp, cover by Sandow Birk) Alternate-history art book, with paintings (in an impressive variety of traditional historical styles) that depict a contemporary war between Northern and Southern California; straight-faced text describes the war in detail. A CD tour of the exhibit is included. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, CA, with essays by Claudine Isé, Marcia Tanner, and curator Tyler Stallings; foreword by museum director Bolton Colburn. Order from Laguna Art Museum, 307 Cliff Drive, Laguna Beach CA 92651-9990.

BIRKIN, [Sir] CHARLES (Lloyd), 5th Bart. (1907-1986) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Haunting Beauty (Midnight House, 2000, $40.00, 252pp, hc, cover by Allen Koszowski) Noted mid-Twentieth Century horror author’s own selection of his best short fiction, edited with an introduced by Mike Ashley. (Contents)

BISCHOFF, DAVID (Frederick) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Tripping the Dark Fantastic (Wildside Press 1-58715-135-9, Oct 2000, $15.00, 152pp, tp) Collection of eight dark fantasy stories, three original. Introduction by Charles Sheffield; “Forward” by Bischoff. This is a print on demand book, available online at www.wildsidepress.com, or from Wildside Press, PO Box 45, Gillette, NJ 07933. (Contents)

BISHOP, ANNE (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Invisible Ring (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45802-8, Oct 2000, $6.99, 398pp, pb, cover by Matthew Innis) [Black Jewels] Fantasy novel, a prequel to “The Black Jewels” trilogy. Jared helps the mysterious queen who purchased him escape attackers.
• * *Queen of the Darkness (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45673-4, Jan 2000, $5.99, 430pp, pb, cover by Matthew Innis) [Black Jewels] Fantasy novel, book three of the “Black Jewels” trilogy. Jaenelle becomes queen of the Shadow Realm as war threatens to the destroy the Blood.

BISHOP, MARY HARELKIN (1958- ) (chron.)

• * *Tunnels of Time (Coteau Books 1-55050-164-X, Oct 2000, $6.95, 262pp, tp, cover by Dawn Pearcey) Young-adult time-travel novel, subtitled ’A Moose Jaw Adventure.’ A girl in present-day Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan falls into the past in the time of Prohibition and rum-runners. Coteau Books, 401-2206 Dewdney Ave., Regina, Saskatchewan Canada S4R 1H3; 306-522-5152; email: [coteau@coteaubooks.com]; [www.coteaubooks.com].

BISHOP, MICHAEL (Lawson) (1945- ); see pseudonym Philip Lawson (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Blue Kansas Sky (Golden Gryphon Press 0-9655901-0-0, Oct 2000, $24.95, 263pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) Collection of four novellas, one original. Introduction by James Morrow. Golden Gryphon Press, 3002 Perkins Road, Urbana IL 61802; 217-384-4205; website: [www.goldengryphon.com]. (Contents)
• * _No Enemy But Time (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07096-X, Apr 2000, £10.99, 397pp, tp, cover by Sue Michniewicz) Reprint (Timescape 1982) SF time-travel novel. Winner of the 1982 Nebula Award. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.

BISSON, TERRY (Ballantine) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The 6th Day (Tor 0-812-57947-X, Nov 2000, $6.99, 229pp, pb) Novelization of SF movie about cloning. Copyrighted by Phoenix Pictures.
• * _Be First in the Universe (with Stephanie Spinner) See entry under Stephanie Spinner.
• * *In the Upper Room and Other Likely Stories (Tor 0-312-87404-9, May 2000, $24.95, 284pp, hc, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Collection of 16 stories, the oldest from 1994. (Contents)
• * *The X-Files: Miracle Man (HarperEntertainment 0-06-106617-6, Nov 2000, $4.50, 124pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novellazation, #16 in the sequence. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.

BLACKBURN, JULIA (chron.)

• * _The Leper’s Companions (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-927276-8, May 2000, £6.99, 216pp, tp) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1999) literary fantasy mosaic novel of mermaids, miracles, time travel, and tragedy.

BLACKMAN, MALORIE (chron.)

• * _Dangerous Reality (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-52840-4, Aug 2000, £3.99, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1999) young-adult SF thriller. A robot seeker finds more than intended.

BLACKSTOCK, NICK (chron.)

• * *Beast (Dewi Lewis Publishing 1-899235-92-2, Jun 2000, £8.99, 222pp, tp) Dark fantasy novel based on events in 1764 to 1767 when a man-eating wolf terrorised Europe. A first novel. Available from 8 Broomfield Road, Heaton Moor, Stockport SK4 4ND, UK.

BLACKWOOD, ALGERNON (Henry) (1869-1951) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Pan’s Garden (Tartarus Press 1-87262152-X, Oct 2000, $56.95, 296pp, hc) Reprint (Macmillan 1912) collection of 15 stories about wild places. There is a new introduction by Mike Ashley. This is a limited edition of 300, originally published in the UK (£27.50); available in the US from Firebird Distributing, 2030 First St., Unit 5, Eureka CA 95501; 707-444-1434; www.firebirddistributing.com

BLAIS, PHILIPPE (chron.)

• * *Leonardo’s Flight (Gates & Bridges 1-929953-00-3, Apr 2000, $21.00, 342pp, hc) SF time-travel novel. Leonardo da Vinci appears to give guidance to interns trying to stop sabotage at an aeronautics company.

BLAKE, QUENTIN (chron.)

• * _Wizzil (with William Steig) See entry under William Steig.

BLAKE, SARAH (chron.)

• * *Grange House (Picador USA 0-312-24544-0, Jul 2000, $24.00, 376pp, hc) Literary novel with elements of ghost story. A first novel.

BLAYLOCK, JAMES P(aul) (1950- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Rainy Season (Ace 0-441-00756-2, Aug 2000, $6.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Tim Barrall) Reprint (Ace 1999) dark fantasy/ghost novel.

BLEASE, KATHLEEN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *One Dark Night: 13 Masterpieces of the Macabre (Ballantine 0-345-44044-7, Sep 2000, $10.00, 206 + xiii, tp) Anthology of 13 classic gothic tales. Authors include F. Marion Crawford, Mark Twain, H.G. Wells, and Bram Stoker. (Contents)

BLECKER, RHODA; see pseudonym Roby James (chron.)

BLECKLY, JASON R., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Tessellations (with Kain Massin) (Blackwood, South Australia: Altair Publishing 0 957723 8 81, Apr 2000, A$9.95, 200pp, tp) Original anthology. [DKL] (Contents)

BLISH, JAMES (Benjamin) (1921-1975) (stories) (chron.)

• * _A Case of Conscience (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-924-4, Jun 2000, £6.99, 192pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino) [After Such Knowledge] Reprint (Ballantine 1958) Hugo-winning SF novel in Blish’s loose “After Such Knowledge” series. Volume 30 in the “SF Masterworks” series.
• * _A Case of Conscience (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43835-3, Sep 2000, $12.00, 242pp, tp) [After Such Knowledge] Reprint (Ballantine 1958) Hugo-winning SF novel of a Jesuit scientist and aliens. This has a new introduction by Greg Bear. Part of the “Impact” line of classic reprints.
• * _Cities in Flight (Overlook Press 1-58567-008-1, Feb 2000, $35.00, 593pp, hc, cover by Brad Holland) [Cities in Flight] Reprint (Avon 1970) classic SF omnibus of They Shall Have Stars (1957 as Year 2018), A Life for the Stars (1962), Earthman, Come Home (1955), and The Triumph of Time (1958). There is a new introduction by Betty Ballantine, and the 1970 afterword by Richard D. Mullen.
• * _Cities in Flight (SFBC #03443, Jun 2000, $14.98, 593pp, hc) [Cities in Flight] Reissue (Avon 1970) classic SF omnibus of They Shall Have Stars (1957 as Year 2018), A Life for the Stars (1962), Earthman, Come Home (1955), and The Triumph of Time (1958). This is similar to the 2000 Overlook edition, itself similar to the earlier SFBC edition; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

BLOCH, ROBERT (Albert), ed. (1917-1994) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Monsters in Our Midst (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Tor 0-312-86943-6, Jul 2000, $13.95, 303pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1993) anthology. Greenberg is listed only on the copyright page and dedication.

BLOCK, FRANCESCA LIA (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _I Was a Teenage Fairy (Harper Tempest 0-06-440862-0, May 2000, $7.95, 186pp, pb, cover by Suza Scalora) Reprint (Cotler 1998) young-adult fantasy novel. A girl befriends a tiny fairy with a big attitude.
• * *Nymph (Circlet Press 1-885865-30-9, Jul 2000, $16.95, 124pp, hc, cover by Jaeda DeWalt) Collection of nine connected erotic stories, several with fantastic elements. Order from Circlet Press, 1770 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 278, Cambridge MA 02140; 617-864-0492; circlet-info@circlet.com; www.circlet.com; add $3.50 postage. (Contents)
• * *The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold (HarperCollins/Cotler 0-06-028129-4, Oct 2000, $14.95, 229pp, hc) Young-adult collection of nine fairy tales retold and updated by Block. (Contents)
• * _Violet & Claire (HarperCollins/Cotler 0-06-447253-1, Oct 2000, $6.95, 169pp, tp, cover by Suza Scalora) Reprint (Cotler 1999) associational young-adult novel set in Hollywood.

BLOCK, PAULA M., ed. (chron.)

• * _Star Trek: Strange New Worlds III (with Dean Wesley Smith & John J. Ordover) See entry under Dean Wesley Smith.

BLOM, SUZANNE ALLÉS (chron.)

• * *Inca (Tor/Forge 0-312-87434-0, Oct 2000, $24.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Lynne Cannoy) Alternate history SF novel in which the Spanish conquistadores in Peru don’t have things all their own way. A first novel.

BLOXHAM, FREDRICK (chron.)

• * *Lycanthropia (Reed, Robert D. 1-885003-40-4, 2000, $25.00, 227pp, hc) Werewolf novel. Werewolves in Los Angeles have to track down lycanthropic killers to keep the police from investigating too closely.

BODKIN, ODDS (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Ghost of the Southern Belle (with Bernie Fuchs) (Little, Brown 0-316-02608-5, Sep ’99, $15.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Bernie Fuchs) Young-adult picture book ghost sea story, with text by Bodkin and art by Fuchs.

BONANNO, MARGARET WANDER (1950- ) (chron.)

• * *Preternatural Too: Gyre (Tor 0-312-86671-2, Apr 2000, $23.95, 319pp, hc, cover by Shelley Eshkar) [Preternatural] SF novel, sequel to Preternatural, about an SF writer getting messages from telepathic aliens.

BONANSINGA, JAY R. (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Bloodhound (Pan 0-330-37610-1, May 2000, £5.99, 338pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1999) detective thriller with fantasy elements about a true psychic in a missing-person case.

BONTEMPELLI, MASSIMO (1878-1960) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Separations (McPherson & Company 0-929701-61-5, May 2000, $28.00, 315pp, hc, cover by Leonor Fini) Omnibus of two novels by a pre-Borges magic realist: The Boy with Two Mothers (1929, winner of the Premio dei trenta) and The Life and Death of Adria and Her Children (1930). First English translation, by Estelle Gilson. Order from McPherson & Company, PO Box 1126, Kingston NY 12402; 800-613-8219; [bmcpher@ulster.net]; [www.mcphersonco.com] (Contents)

BOOTH, MARTIN (1944-2004) (chron.)

• * +The Doctor and the Detective: A Biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (St. Martin’s 0-312-24251-4, Jan 2000, $27.95, 371pp, hc) Non-fiction, a biography of the creator of Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger. Includes 16 unpaginated pages of photos, a bibliography, and an index. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1997 as The Doctor, the Detective, and Arthur Conan Doyle: A Biography of Arthur Conan Doyle).

BORCHARDT, ALICE (Allen, née O’Brien) (1939-2007) (chron.)

• * _Night of the Wolf (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224716-X, Nov ’99, £11.99, 454pp, tp) [Silver Wolf] Reprint (Del Rey 1999) romantic werewolf novel. Second in the series, after The Silver Wolf. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Night of the Wolf (Ballantine 0-345-42363-1, Jun 2000, $6.99, 502pp, pb, cover by Heather Kern) [Silver Wolf] Reprint (Del Rey 1999) historical dark fantasy novel, prequel to The Silver Wolf.
• * _Night of the Wolf (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648386-0, Jun 2000, £6.99, 502pp, pb) [Silver Wolf] Reprint (Del Rey 1999) historical dark fantasy novel, prequel to The Silver Wolf.
• * _The Silver Wolf (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648385-2, Nov ’99, £6.99, 460pp, pb) [Silver Wolf] Reprint (Del Rey 1998) romantic werewolf novel.

BORGES, JORGE LUÍS (1899-1986) (chron.)

• * *The Secret Books (with Sean Kernan) (Leetes Island Books 0-918172-21-7, Jan 2000, $35.00, 71pp, tp, cover by Sean Kernan) Collection of three stories (plus brief quotes and poems) by Borges, extensively illustrated with photographic still lifes by Sean Kernan, who provides an afterword. The stories follow the text of Collected Fictions (Viking 1998).

BOSTON, BRUCE (David) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Complete Accursed Wives (Dark Regions Press/Talisman 1-888993-19-7, Nov 2000, $9.95, 99pp, tp, cover by Margaret Ballif Simon) Collection of 40 poems. Co-published by Dark Regions and Talisman; order from Dark Regions Press, PO Box 6301, Concord CA 94524, or Talisman, Box 565572, Miami FL 33256. (Contents)

BOULGER, MRS. DORA HENRIETTA (née Havers) (1847-1923); see pseudonym Theo Gift (stories) (chron.)

BOULLE, PIERRE (Francois Marie-Louis) (1912-1994) (chron.)

• * _Planet of the Apes (Random House/Gramercy 0-517-20948-9, 2000, $6.99, 191pp, hc) [Planet of the Apes] Reprint (Vanguard 1963) SF novel. Translated from the French by Xan Fielding. This indicates second printing. An instant remainder edition.

BOVA, BEN(jamin William) (1932- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Immortality (Avon 0-380-79318-0, Jan 2000, $13.50, 283pp, tp) Reprint (Avon 1998) associational non-fiction about life-extension research.
• * *Jupiter (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-76764-2, Nov 2000, £16.99, xii+433pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) SF novel. A member of the “New Morality” religious group is planted on a clandestine mission to Jupiter, with a brief to reassure his leaders there is no intelligent life on the planet.
• * +Jupiter (Tor 0-312-87217-8, Jan 2001, $24.95, 368pp, hc, cover by John Harris) SF novel. An astronomer is sent to spy on scientists in orbit around Jupiter. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 11/00).
• * _The Kinsman Saga (Avon Eos 0-380-79317-2, Apr 2000, $6.99, 530pp, pb) [Kinsman] Reprint (Tor 1987) SF novel/omnibus, a slightly rewritten combination of Millennium (1976) and Kinsman (1979), about the space program and (then) near-future politics.
• * _Orion (Tor 0-812-53247-3, Jun 2000, $5.99, 432pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Orion] Reissue (Fireside 1984) SF novel. 11th printing.
• * _Privateers (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-79316-4, Nov 2000, $6.99, 392pp, pb) [Privateers] Reprint (Tor 1985) SF novel.
• * _Return to Mars (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-79725-9, Jul 2000, $6.99, 543pp, pb, cover by Gregory Bridges) [Mars] Reprint (Avon Eos 1999) SF novel, sequel to Mars.
• * *Venus (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-72846-9, Feb 2000, £16.99, 404pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) SF novel. A reward leads to a race to Venus and a world-changing surprise.
• * +Venus (Tor 0-312-87216-X, Apr 2000, $24.95, 382pp, hc, cover by John Harris) SF novel. A socialite joins a race to be the first to land on Venus and return. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 2/00).
• * _Venus (SFBC #06970, Apr 2000, $12.50, 347pp, hc, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2000) SF novel of a race to be the first to land on Venus and return. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Venus (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-72847-7, Jul 2000, £6.99, 404pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2000) SF novel.

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• * *Are We Alone in the Cosmos? The Search for Alien Contact (with Byron Preiss) (Pocket/ibooks 0-671-03892-3, Nov ’99, $16.00, 322pp, tp) Associational non-fiction gathering of 18 articles on SETI, including a new section on how to join the search via the Internet. This has been substantially revised from the 1992 First Contact (not listed). Copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

BOVBERG, JASON, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Skull Full of Spurs: A Roundup of Weird Westerns (with Kirk Whitham) (Dark Highway Press 0966262913, May 2000, $29.95, ix + 245pp, hc, cover by Allen G. Douglas) Original anthology of horror stories set in the old west. Limited edition of 1,000 copies. (Contents)

BOWEN, CARL (chron.)

• * *World of Darkness: Predator & Prey: Vampire (White Wolf 1-56504-969-1, Sep 2000, $6.50, 285pp, tp, cover by William O’Connor) [World of Darkness: Predator & Prey] Novelization based on the role-playing games, first in a series of six, a crossover of “Vampire: The Masquerade” and “Hunter: The Reckoning”. Copyrighted by White Wolf.

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• * _The Art of Vampire: The Masquerade (with Ken Cliff) See entry under Ken Cliff.

BOWES, RICHARD (Dirrane) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Minions of the Moon (Tor 0-312-87228-3, Feb 2000, $13.95, 320pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1999) urban dark fantasy novel.

BOWKETT, STEPHEN (1953- ) (chron.)

• * *Dreamtime: Dreamcatcher (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-652-1, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], £3.99, 115pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Dreamtime] Young-adult fantasy novel. First of a 6-book series by different authors (like “The Web”); using the myths and legends of the world. Contemporary children are pitted against the Shadowman, a dark figure manipulating dreams and reality in his bid to escape into the real world.

BOYD, DONNA (chron.)

• * _The Promise (HarperTorch 0-380-79096-3, Oct 2000, $6.99, 328pp, pb, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Passion] Reprint (Avon 1999) romantic werewolf novel, sequel to The Passion.

BOYLE, JOSEPHINE (1935- ) (chron.)

• * *The Spirit of the Family (Severn House 0-7278-5491-7, Dec ’99, £17.99, 282pp, hc) Contemporary ghost novel. The new occupant of a London flat is involved with the ghosts of previous occupants, still trying to tell their tragic tale. A worldwide edition, available in the US for $26.00.