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Alice Through the Looking Glass Lewis Carroll (Creation Press 1-84068-021-0, Apr 2000, £6.95, 205pp, tp, cover by Trevor Brown) [Alice]; Reprint (Macmillan 1871 as Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There) classic fantasy novel, with a new introduction by Jeremy Reed examining its psychedelia and sexual imagery. Available in the US at $10.95. A “Creation Classic Portable”.
Septimus Similon, Practising Wizard Kathryn Cave (Hodder Silver 0-340-77850-4, Jun 2000, £3.99, 231pp, pb, cover by Chris Riddell); Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 1996) young-adult fantasy novel.
Darkest Hour Mark Chadbourn (Gollancz 0-575-06903-1, Oct 2000, £9.99, 467pp, tp, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Age of Misrule]; Fantasy novel, Book Two of the “Age of Misrule” series after World’s End. The forces of darkness plan to resurrect the god of death. A hardcover edition (-06681-4, £16.99) is also available.
World’s End Mark Chadbourn (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-980-5, Sep 2000, £6.99, 557pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Age of Misrule]; Reprint (Gollancz 1999) fantasy novel. Book One of “The Age of Misrule”.
Fortress of Owls C. J. Cherryh (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648391-7, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], £5.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [Fortress]; Reprint (HarperPrism 1999) fantasy novel, third in the “Fortress” or “Galasian” series. Tristen spends winter preparing for war while rumors of sorcery cause conflict at court. [First U.K. edition]
Phantoms and Fiends R. Chetwynd-Hayes (Hale 0-7090-6724-0, Aug 2000, £17.99, hc, cover by Edward Miller); Collection of 21 dark fantasy stories (two original). Edited by Stephen Jones, with a foreword by Charles Grant.

9 · Foreword: Finding the Signal · Charles Grant · fw *
13 · Moving Day · ss The Third Book of After Midnight Stories, ed. Amy Myers, London: Kimber, 1987
30 · She Walks on Dry Land · ss Haunted Shores, ed. Peter C. Smith, London: William Kimber, 1980
41 · The Bodmin Terror · ss Cornish Tales of Terror, ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, London: Fontana, 1970
57 · A Chill to the Sunlight · ss A Chill to the Sunlight, ed. Rick Ferreira, London: William Kimber, 1978
74 · The Catomado · ss Frighteners, ed. Mary Danby, London: Fontana Books, 1974
85 · Regression · nv The Fourth Book of After Midnight Stories, ed. Amy Myers, London: Kimber, 1988
101 · Matthew and Luke · ss The Eleventh Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1975
118 · Growth · ss The 15th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1982
133 · Born This Night · ss *
143 · The Sad Ghost · ss The Fourteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1978
162 · The Thing · ss The Seventh Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Herbert van Thal, London: Pan, 1966
170 · The Underground · ss After Midnight Stories, ed. Amy Myers, London: Kimber, 1985
186 · Shipwreck · ss Tales of Terror from Outer Space, ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1975
203 · Strange People · ss The Fifth Book of After Midnight Stories, ed. Amy Myers, London: Robert Hale, 1991
218 · Fog Ghost · ss Gaslight & Ghosts, ed. Stephen Jones & Jo Fletcher, 1988 World Fantasy Con/Robinson Pub., 1988
232 · The Frankenstein Syndrome · ss Dark Voices 4, ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, London: Pan, 1992
242 · My Dear Wife · ss The Thirteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1977
255 · A Sin of Omission · ss The 10th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1977
268 · Feet of Clay · nv *
299 · Non-Paying Passengers · ss The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1974
319 · It Came to Dinner · nv The 14th Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Herbert van Thal, London: Pan, 1973
348 · Afterword: On Writing and Wraiths · aw *
Swords Against the Millennium ed. Mike Chinn (Alchemy Press/Saladoth Productions 0-9532260-3-4, Sep 2000, £9.95, 180pp, tp, cover by Bob Covington); Original anthology of 11 Sword & Sorcery stories, two reprints. Authors include Cherith Baldry, Stan Nicholls, and Lisanne Norman. A signed, limited hardcover edition (-4-2, £25.00) was announced but not seen. Order from The Alchemy Press, 46 Oxford Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham B27 6DT, UK; [www.alchemypress.demon.co.uk].

12 · An Embarrassment of Champions · Chris Morgan · ss *
35 · Manslayer! · Simon R. Green · ss Airgedlámh Fll ’80
46 · The Stages of the God [as by Montgomery Comfort] · Ramsey Campbell · ss Whispers Nov ’74
54 · The Seventh Sigel · Cherith Baldry · ss *
67 · Dark Destroyer · Adrian Cole · nv *
96 · The Taking · Stan Nicholls · ss *
114 · Demon Slayer · Pauline E. Dungate · ss *
120 · Act of Sacrifice · Paul Lewis · ss *
136 · To Catch a Thief · Lisanne Norman · nv Spell Fantastic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, DAW, 2000
157 · Nyalis and the Cloud Hill Raiders · Anne Gay · ss *
168 · The Hunger of the Leaves · Joel Lane · ss *
Cold Fusion Windsor Chorlton (Orion 0-75282-685-9, Dec ’99, £5.99, 358pp, pb); Reprint (Orion 1999) SF novel. In 2018, a meteor impact has triggered a worldwide winter.
Lusts of the Forbidden Valentina Cilescu (Delta UK 0-7472-4829-X, Dec ’99, £5.99, 214pp, pb) [Kiss of Death]; Erotic dark fantasy novel in an epic vampire series.
Judas Tree Simon Clark (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-73914-2, May 2000, £6.99, 423pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore); Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1999) dark fantasy novel.
2001: A Space Odyssey: Special Edition Arthur C. Clarke (Little Brown/Orbit 1-84149-055-5, Dec 2000, £12.99, xxx+252pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Space Odyssey]; Reprint (Hutchinson 1968) SF novel based on the screenplay by Clarke and Stanley Kubrick. First in a series. Adds a new Introduction by Stephen Baxter; plus a ‘Foreword to the Special Edition’ and ‘To Stanley: In Memoriam’ (both 1999) by Clarke.

vii · Introduction · Stephen Baxter · in, 2000
xvii · To Stanley: In Memoriam · Arthur C. Clarke · fw
xix · Foreword to the Special Edition · Arthur C. Clarke · fw
xxix · Foreword · Arthur C. Clarke & Stanley Kubrick · fw
1 · 2001: A Space Odyssey · Arthur C. Clarke · n. New York: New American Library, 1968
The Fountains of Paradise Arthur C. Clarke (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-721-7, Oct 2000, £6.99, 157pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore); Reprint (Gollancz 1979) classic SF novel, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, BSFA and John W. Campbell awards. Includes an “Addition to the Afterword” from 1989. Volume 34 in the “SF Masterworks” series.
Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! Arthur C. Clarke (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648369-0, Jul 2000, £7.99, xviii+555pp, tp); Reprint (St. Martin’s 1999) collection of 100 non-fiction works published between 1934 and 1998.
Profiles of the Future Arthur C. Clarke (Orion/Indigo 0-575-40277-6, Dec 2000, £7.99, 213pp, tp, cover by blacksheep); Reprint (Gollancz 1962) non-fiction collection of essays written between 1959 and 1961. Subtitled “An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible”. Revised in 1982, the essays have further revisions and commentary, and there is a new “Foreword to Millennial Edition”.
Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke (Little Brown/Orbit 1-85723-158-9, Oct 2000, £5.99, 252pp, pb) [Rama]; Reissue (Gollancz 1973) SF novel. First in the “Rama” series. 12th printing.
The Sentinel Arthur C. Clarke (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-21204-3, Sep 2000, £5.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner); Reprint (Berkley 1983) SF collection.
The Light of Other Days Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224704-6, Sep 2000, £17.99, 312pp, hc); Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel. Quantum physics enables people to watch others any place and any time, altering humanity as privacy is lost and the truth about the past is revealed. [First U.K. edition]
The Trigger Arthur C. Clarke & Michael Kube-McDowell (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224712-7, Jun 2000, £11.99, 550pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino); Reprint (Voyager 1999) SF novel.
The Trigger Arthur C. Clarke & Michael Kube-McDowell (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648383-6, Nov 2000, £6.99, 550pp, pb); Reprint (Voyager 1999) SF novel.
The Garden of Rama Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee (Little Brown/Orbit 1-85723-021-3, Oct 2000, £6.99, 593pp, pb) [Rama]; Reissue (Bantam Spectra; Gollancz 1991) SF novel. Book three in the “Rama” series.
Rama II Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee (Little Brown/Orbit 1-85723-193-7, Oct 2000, £6.99, 495pp, pb) [Rama]; Reissue (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra 1989) SF novel. Book two in the “Rama” series.
Rama Revealed Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee (Little Brown/Orbit 1-85723-252-6, Oct 2000, £6.99, 633pp, pb) [Rama]; Reissue (Gollancz 1993) SF novel. Book four in the “Rama” series.
Mission of Gravity Hal Clement (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07094-3, Apr 2000, £9.99, 203pp, tp, cover by Sue Michniewicz) [Mesklin]; Reprint (Doubleday 1954) classic SF novel. First in a two-book series. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.
Doctor Who: Short Trips and Side Steps ed. Stephen Cole & Jacqueline Rayner (BBC Books 0-563-55599-8, Mar 2000, £6.99, 348pp, pb) [Doctor Who]; TV tie-in anthology of 23 original stories based on the TV series, including “alternate takes on its central concept,” “revisionist” views, and tales for “purists.”

3 · Introduction · Stephen Cole & Jacqueline Rayner · in
4 · The Longest Story in the World · Paul Magrs · ss *
9 · A Town Called Eternity: Part One · Lance Parkin & Mark Clapham · sl *
33 · Special Occasions: 1. The Not-So-Sinister Sponge · Gareth Roberts & Clayton Hickman · ss *
39 · Nothing At The End of the Lane: Part One: The Valiant Woman · Daniel O’Mahony · sl *
51 · Coundown to TV Action · Gary Russell · ss *; The story takes place between ‘Zeron Invason’ and ‘The Deadly Choice’.
67 · The Queen of Eros · Trevor Baxendale · nv *
94 · The Android Maker of Calderon IV · Miche Doherty · ss *
97 · Revenants · Peter Anghelides · nv *
122 · Please Shut the Gate · Stephen Lock · ss *
130 · Turnabout Is Fair Play · Graeme Burk · ss *
143 · Special Occasions: 2. Do You Love Anyone Enough? · Norman Ashby · vi *
144 · Nothing At The End of the Lane: Part Two: The Watchers on the Walls · Daniel O’Mahony · sl *
158 · Dr Who and the House on Oldark Manor · Justin Richards · ss *; takes place between Dr Who and the Daleks and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 AD.; Given as “The House on Oldark Manor” on the contents page.
174 · Gone Too Soon · Christopher M. Wadley · ss *
180 · Reunion · Jason Loborik · nv *
202 · Planet of the Bunnoids · Harriet Green · ss *
217 · Monsters · Tara Samms · nv *
249 · Special Occasions: 3. Better Watch Out: Better Take Care · Steve Burford · ss *; given as ‘..Out, Better..’ on the contents page.
254 · Face Value · Steve Lyons · nv *; takes place after one version of ‘The Ultimate Adventure’.
276 · Storm in a Tikka · Mike Tucker & Robert Perry · ss *; takes place between ‘Dimensions in Time’ and ‘Search Out Science’.
293 · Nothing At The End of the Lane: Part Three: The Only Living Thing · Daniel O’Mahony · sl *
315 · A Town Called Eternity: Part Two · Lance Parkin & Mark Clapham · sl *
337 · Special Occasions: 4. Playing with Toys · David Agnew · ss *
348 · Vrs · Lwrnc Mils · vi *
The Crown of Silence Storm Constantine (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06678-4, Jun 2000, £16.99, 344pp, hc, cover by Anne Sudworth) [Magravandias Chronicles]; Fantasy novel. Book Two of the “Chronicles of Magravandias”. A trade paperback edition (-07079-X, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
Sea Dragon Heir Storm Constantine (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-927-9, Jun 2000, £6.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Anne Sudworth) [Magravandias Chronicles]; Reprint (Gollancz 1999) fantasy novel. Book One in the “Chronicles of Magravandias”.
Thin Air Storm Constantine (Warner UK 0-7515-3032-8, Feb 2000, £5.99, 313pp, pb); Reprint (Warner UK 1999) associational mainstream novel of the rock world. The original (trade paperback) edition was not seen.
The Cheerleader Caroline B. Cooney (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-01087-X, Feb 2000, £3.99, 179pp, pb) [Vampire’s Promise]; Reissue (Scholastic 1991) young-adult vampire novel.
The Dark Caller Louise Cooper (Hodder Silver 0-340-77854-7, May 2000, £4.99, 261pp, tp, cover by John Avon) [Shar Tillmer]; Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 1997) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Shar Tillmer” series.
Daughter of Storms Louise Cooper (Hodder Silver 0-340-77852-0, May 2000, £4.99, 230pp, tp, cover by John Avon) [Shar Tillmer]; Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 1996) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume one in the “Shar Tillmer” series.
Keepers of Light Louise Cooper (Hodder Silver 0-340-77853-9, May 2000, £4.99, 258pp, tp, cover by John Avon) [Shar Tillmer]; Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 1998) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Shar Tillmer” series.
Mirror, Mirror 2: Running Free Louise Cooper (Hodder Silver 0-340-73983-5, May 2000, £4.99, 154pp, tp) [Mirror, Mirror]; Young-adult fantasy novel.
Mirror, Mirror: Part One: Breaking Through Louise Cooper (Hodder Silver 0-340-73982-7, Jan 2000, £4.99, 152pp, tp) [Mirror, Mirror]; Young-adult SF novel. Volume one in a new series.
The Spiral Garden Louise Cooper (The British Fantasy Society 0-9524153-7-2, Aug 2000, £5.99, 117pp, tp, cover by Clive Sandall); Collection of five stories, one original, with an introduction by Diana Wynne Jones and a brief bibliography.

9 · Introduction · Diana Wynne Jones · in *
13 · Cry · ss Other Edens III, ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, London: Unwin, 1989
29 · The Spiral Garden · ss Realms of Fantasy Aug ’97
49 · His True and Only Wife · ss Realms of Fantasy Apr ’95
77 · The Birthday Battle · ss The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 1997
91 · St Gumper’s Feast · nv *
116 · Bibliography · Anon. · bi *
The Summer Witch Louise Cooper (Hodder Headline 0-7472-5950-X, Aug 2000, £5.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Claudio Berni); Reprint (Headline 1999) fantasy novel of a dissatisfied young wife and her dream lover. The original edition was not seen.
The Boggart and the Monster Susan Cooper (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-130207-0, May 2000, £4.99, 167pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Boggart]; Reprint (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 1997) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Boggart. Canadian visitors inadvertantly carry a Scottish imp to meet his cousin at Loch Ness.
King of Shadows Susan Cooper (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-130799-4, Sep 2000, £4.99, 181pp, tp, cover by Bill Gregory); Reprint (McElderry 1999) young-adult fantasy novel. A young actor slips through time to 1599, becoming a friend of the King of Shadows, Shakespeare.
Crime Zero Michael Cordy (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14604-8, Aug 2000, £5.99, 477pp, pb); Reprint (Bantam UK 1999) near-future SF novel. An attempt to eliminate criminal traits using gene therapy is hijacked by those with a more apocalyptic global agenda.
Doctor Who: The Shadows of Avalon Paul Cornell (BBC Books 0-563-55588-2, Feb 2000, £5.99, 274pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Doctor Who: New Adventures]; Novelization based on the TV series, starring the 8th Doctor. Book 31 of the BBC “New Adventures” series.
Professor Bernice Summerfield and the Dead Men Diaries ed. Paul Cornell (Big Finish Productions 1-903654-00-9, Sep 2000, £6.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Carolyn Edwards) [Bernice Summerfield]; Original anthology of 11 SF adventure stories featuring interstellar archaeologist Bernice Summerfield, a Doctor Who spin-off character from New Adventures’ “Doctor Who without the Doctor” tie-ins. This can be ordered online at [www.bernicesummerfield.com] or in the US from the Ministry of Sound and Vision, [www.mosv.com].

5 · A Question of Identity · Caroline Symcox · ss *
23 · Steal from the World · Kate Orman · ss *
57 · The Light That Never Dies · Eddie Robson · ss *
75 · Heart of Glass · Daniel O’Mahony · ss *
87 · The Monster and the Archaeologists · Kathryn Sullivan · ss *
107 · Step Back in Time · Matt Jones · ss *
125 · Christmas Spirit · Cavan Scott & Mark Wright · ss *
145 · The Door into Bedlam · Dave Stone · ss *
179 · The Least Important Man · Steven Moffat · ss *
199 · Digging Up the Past · Mark Michalowski · ss *
213 · Epilogue · Misc. Material · aw *
215 · Appendix · Misc. Material · ms
218 · About the Authors · Misc. Material · bg
Harlequin Bernard Cornwell (HarperCollins UK 0-00-225965-6, Oct 2000, £16.99, 372pp, hc, cover by Bill Gregory) [Grail Quest]; Historical novel of the Hundred Years War, with fantasy elements. First book of “The Grail Quest”.
Fabulous Brighton ed. Elizabeth & Deirdre Counihan & Liz Williams (Shrew Press 0-9538481-0-8, Sep 2000, £4.99, 108pp, tp, cover by Deirdre Counihan); Anthology of 12 fantasy stories celebrating the town of Brighton, written by local authors including Nigel Brown, Peter James, and Lynn Truss. Foreword by Simon Fanshawe. Available from 14 Queens Park Rise, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 2ZF UK.

2 · Foreword · Simon Fanshawe · fw *
3 · The Green Man · Lynne Truss · ss *
8 · Sing a Song of Saxon · Nigel Brown · ss *
18 · Doctor Theo’s Excellent Tonic · Paul Laville · ss *; as “Dr Theo’s Excellent Tonic” in table of contents
34 · 12, Bolinbroke Avenue · Peter James · ss *
38 · Message in a Bottle · Elizabeth Counihan · ss *
48 · Insinuations · Deirdre Counihan · ss *
55 · Prince of Lamentations · Liz Williams · ss *
68 · Hove Druid: I Stole Stone to Save Seagulls · Nick Szczepanik · ss *
73 · To Walk Upon the Sea · Larry Matthews · ss *
84 · Déjà-Vu · Christopher Enby · ss *
91 · What the Butler Saw · Veronica Williams · ss *
97 · The Digger at the Dyke · Peter T. Garratt · ss *
Fountain Society Wes Craven (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-84660-8, Jan 2000, £12.99, 350pp, hc); Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1999) dark fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
Timeline Michael Crichton (Random House/Arrow 0-09-924472-1, Oct 2000, £5.99, 496pp, pb); Reprint (Knopf; Century 1999) SF time-travel novel. A group of historians are transported to 14th century France.
"Number Ninety" and other Ghost Stories B. M. Croker (Sarob Press 1-902309-08-1, Mar 2000, £25.00, xvi+151pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe); Collection of 15 stories, edited and introduced by Richard Dalby, and illustrated by Paul Lowe. Limited to 500 copies. Volume three in the “Mistresses of the Macabre” series. Available from 41 Forest View, Mountain Ash, Wales CF45 3DU.

ix · Introduction · Richard Dalby · in
1 · “Number Ninety” · ss Chapman’s Magazine of Fiction Dec, 1895
10 · The Former Passengers · ss To Let, Chatto & Windus, 1893
20 · “If You See Her Face” · ss To Let, Chatto & Windus, 1893
26 · The Red Bungalow · ss Odds and Ends, Hutchinson, 1919
39 · The Khitmatgar · ss To Let, Chatto & Windus, 1893
49 · Her Last Wishes · ss Kingdom of Kerry, 1896
58 · The Dâk Bungalow at Dakor · ss To Let, Chatto & Windus, 1893
70 · “To Let” · ss London Society Christmas, 1890
86 · The North Verandah · ss Odds and Ends, Hutchinson, 1919
94 · The First Comer · ss Kingdom of Kerry, 1896
101 · Trooper Thompson’s Information · ss Jason, and Other Stories, Chatto & Windus, 1899
107 · Who Knew the Truth? · ss The Old Cantonment, and Other Stories, Methurn, 1905
118 · La Carcassonne · pp The Old Cantonment, and Other Stories, Methurn, 1905
130 · Mrs. Ponsonby’s Dream · ss Jason, and Other Stories, Chatto & Windus, 1899
135 · The Door Ajar · ss The Old Cantonment, and Other Stories, Methurn, 1905
143 · Appendix One: Mrs. Croker · Helen C. Black · iv Pen, Pencil, Baton and Mask, Spottiswoode, 1896 [B. M. Croker]
150 · Appendix Two: Hindi (and Urdu) Glossary · Misc. Material · ms
151 · Sources · Misc. Material · bi
152 · Acknowledgements · Misc. Material · ms

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