The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000


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Warriors of the Rainbow A. D. Harvey (Bloomsbury 0-7475-4732-7, Mar 2000, £9.99, 184pp, tp, cover by Nathan Burton) Literary SF novel.


Butchershop in the Sky: Premature Ejaculations 1989-1999 James Havoc (Creation Press 1-871592-66-6, Apr 2000, £11.95, 206pp, tp) Dark fantasy omnibus/collection of gruesome and surreal stories, vignettes, graphic strips, and photography. Includes the novellas Raism (1989) and White Skull (1996), the collection Satanskin (1992), and the graphic novel Meathook Seed, along with other pieces. Available in the US at $19.95.


Rhapsody Elizabeth Haydon (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-990-2, Aug 2000, £6.99, v+609pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Rhapsody] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy novel, first in a series. Singer Rhapsody escapes an old enemy to find herself forced to accompany an assassin on an unexpected journey. [First U.K. edition]


The Door Into Summer Robert A. Heinlein (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07054-4, Aug 2000, £9.99, 190pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1957) SF novel of cold sleep and time travel. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.


Prelude to Dune II: House Harkonnen Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-75177-0, Sep 2000, £17.99, vi+626pp, hc, cover by Gerry Grace) [Dune] SF novel. Second prequel to Frank Herbert’s “Dune” series. Copyrighted by the Herbert Limited Partnership. A trade paperback edition (-76908-4, £10.00) was announced but not seen.


Prelude to Dune: House Atreides Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-75176-2, Apr 2000, £6.99, 603pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) [Dune] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1999: Bantam Spectra as Dune: House Atreides) SF novel. First in a trilogy-prequel to Dune. The cover retains the UK title, but the title page has altered. Unlike the US edition, this is copyrighted by the authors.


Chapterhouse: Dune Frank Herbert (NEL 0-450-05886-7, Sep 2000, £6.99, 476pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) [Dune] Reissue (Gollancz 1985) SF novel, sixth in the series. 20th printing.


The Dosadi Experiment Frank Herbert (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-944-9, Jul 2000, £6.99, 336pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Jorj X. McKie] Reprint (Putnam 1977) SF novel, sequel to Whipping Star,


Heretics of Dune Frank Herbert (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-450-05777-1, Sep 2000, £6.99, 508pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) [Dune] Reissue (Gollancz; Putnam 1984) SF novel. Volume five in the series; 24th printing.


The Jesus Incident Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-945-7, Jul 2000, £6.99, 405pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Putnam 1979) SF novel.


The Ghosts of Sleath/’48 James Herbert (Encore 0-00-760397-5, Jun 2000, £7.99, 409+330pp, pb) Omnibus of two recent horror novels (paginated separately).


Others James Herbert (Macmillan UK 0-333-76136-7, Nov ’99, £9.99, 504pp, tp) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1999) horror novel.


Others James Herbert (Pan 0-330-37612-8, Jul 2000, £5.99, 504pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1999) dark fantasy novel based on an incident in Herbert’s own life.


The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz Russell Hoban (Bloomsbury 0-7475-4908-7, Sep 2000, £6.99, 183pp, tp) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1973) literary fantasy novel.


The Mouse and His Child Russell Hoban (Faber and Faber 0-571-20222-5, Apr 2000, £4.99, 165pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1967) young-adult fantasy novel. Illustrated by Lillian Braun. A “Faber Children’s Classic” edition.


Mad Ship Robin Hobb (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649886-8, Mar 2000, £6.99, 906pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Liveship Traders] Reprint (Voyager 1999) fantasy novel. Second in “The Liveship Traders” trilogy. Hobb also writes as Megan Lindholm.


Ship of Destiny Robin Hobb (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225480-8, Mar 2000, £16.99, 677pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Liveship Traders] Fantasy novel, the third volume in “The Liveship Traders” trilogy. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-226167-7, £10.99) was announced but not seen. Hobb also writes as Megan Lindholm.


The Accident Diane Hoh (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-99763-1, Jul 2000, £3.99, 165pp, pb, cover by Genzo) Reissue (Scholastic 1991) young-adult horror novel.


Floating Worlds Cecelia Holland (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07142-7, Nov 2000, £9.99, 542pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1976) SF novel. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.


The Healer Greg Hollingshead (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-655145-9, Nov ’99, £6.99, 309pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 1999) literary fantasy novel. Winner of the Rogers Prize for fiction.


Alexander At The World’s End Tom Holt (Little, Brown/Abacus 0-349-11315-7, May 2000, £7.99, 465pp, tp, cover by Colin Hadley) Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1999) associational historical novel.


The First Tom Holt Omnibus Tom Holt (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-025-3, Sep 2000, £7.99, 570pp, tp, cover by Steve Lee) Humorous fantasy omnibus of Flying Dutch (1991), and Faust Among Equals (1994).


Olympiad: An Historical Novel Tom Holt (Little, Brown UK 0-316-85390-9, May 2000, £16.99, xvi+368pp, hc, cover by Colin Hadley) Associational historical novel re-imagining the first Olympiad, in 776 BC.


Only Human Tom Holt (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-949-0, Jan 2000, £5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Paul Cemmick) Reprint (Orbit 1999) humorous fantasy novel.


Snow White and the Seven Samurai Tom Holt (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-988-1, Jun 2000, £5.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Paul Cemmick) Reprint (Orbit 1999) humorous fantasy novel of computers and fairy tale characters.


Valhalla Tom Holt (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-983-0, Jun 2000, £15.99, 277pp, hc, cover by Paul Cemmick) Humorous fantasy novel of a cocktail waitress arriving in the place of dead heroes.


The Journal of Watkin Stench Meredith Hooper (Hodder Silver 0-340-75733-7, Dec 2000, £3.99, 131pp, tp, cover by Martin Macrae) [Watkin Stench] Reprint (Lutterworth 1988) young-adult animal fantasy novel. First in a series.


The Pole-seekers Meredith Hooper (Hodder Silver 0-340-75734-5, Dec 2000, £3.99, 167pp, tp, cover by Sydney Coulridge) [Watkin Stench] Young-adult animal fantasy novel. The sequel to The Journal of Watkin Stench.


The Conan Chronicles: Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle Robert E. Howard (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-996-1, Aug 2000, £6.99, 548pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Conan] Fantasy collection of Howard’s definitive stories of Conan, in internal chronological order. Book one of two. Edited and with an afterword by Stephen Jones. Volume 8 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.


I Managed a Monster Lesley Howarth (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-130752-8, Aug 2000, £3.99, 122pp, tp, cover by Gavin Reece) Young-adult fantasy novel.


Battlefield Earth L. Ron Hubbard (New Era 1-900944-88-X, May 2000, £5.99, 1050pp, pb) Reissue (St. Martin’s 1982) SF novel. This is a film tie-in edition.


Kingdom Come Carl Huberman (Pan 0-330-36776-5, Aug 2000, £5.99, 451pp, pb, cover by Peter Sherrard) SF novel. Twin girls, in a town where most people are possessed by an alien intelligence, may be the only power able to stop a giant meteor on a collision course with Earth.


Pasiphae Peter Huby (Dewi Lewis Publishing 1-899235-87-6, Jun 2000, £8.99, 155pp, tp) Literary fantasy novel retelling the story of Pasiphae, wife of Minos of Crete, mistress to a bull, mother of the Minotaur. A first novel.


The Road to Mars: A Post-Modem Novel Eric Idle (Pan 0-330-48180-0, 2000, £5.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Paul Hess) Reprint (Pantheon; Boxtree 1999) SF novel.


A Shadow on the Glass Ian Irvine (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-003-2, May 2000, £6.99, xiv+586pp, pb, cover by Mark Sofilas) [Three Worlds: View from the Mirror] Reprint (Penguin Australia 1998) fantasy novel. Volume One of “The View from the Mirror” quartet. [First U.K. edition]


The Tower on the Rift Ian Irvine (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-005-9, Nov 2000, £6.99, xvi+664pp, pb, cover by Mark Sofilas) [Three Worlds: View from the Mirror] Reprint (Penguin Australia 1998) fantasy novel, second in “The View from the Mirror” quartet. [First U.K. edition]


Satan Wants Me Robert Irwin (Bloomsbury 0-7475-5165-0, Oct 2000, £6.99, 320pp, tp, cover by William Webb) Reprint (Dedalus 1999) literary novel with fantasy elements of sex and satanism in the 1960s.


Black Eagle Rising Kate Jacoby (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07078-1, Jul 2000, £9.99, 457pp, tp, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Elita] Fantasy novel, the third “Book of Elita”, following Exile’s Return and Voice of the Demon. A hardcover edition (-06526-5, £16.99) is also available.


Voice of the Demon Kate Jacoby (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-926-0, May 2000, £6.99, 478pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Elita] Reprint (Gollancz 1999) fantasy novel, the second in the “Books of Elita” after Exile’s Return.


The Black Pharaoh Christian Jacq (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-86073-2, Dec ’99, £9.99, 344pp, tp) Fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-85127-X, £16.99) was announced but not seen. Set 500 years after Rameses. Translated by Sue Dyson.


The Black Pharoah Christian Jacq (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-671-01805-1, Jun 2000, £5.99, 344pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1999) ancient Egyptian fantasy novel, translated from the French (Laffont, 1999) by Sue Dyson.


Ramses: Under the Western Acacia Christian Jacq (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-671-01024-7, Jan 2000, £5.99, 354pp, pb) [Ramses] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1999) Volume 5 in an Egyptian/historical fantasy series.


The Stone of Light: Nefer the Silent Christian Jacq (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-86628-5, Mar 2000, £10.00, 390pp, tp) [Stone of Light] Ancient Egyptian fantasy novel, translated from the French by Sue Dyson. Volume one in a new series. A hardcover edition (-86627-7, £17.99) was announced but not seen.


The Stone of Light: The Wise Woman Christian Jacq (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-86630-7, Sep 2000, £10.00, 440pp, tp) [Stone of Light] Historical novel with fantasy elements, second in the series. Translated by Sue Dyson from the French La Femme Sage (XO Editions 2000). A hardcover edition (-86629-3, £17.99) was announced but not seen.


The Legend of Luke Brian Jacques (Red Fox 0-09-926605-9, Jul 2000, £4.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1999) Young-adult animal fantasy novel. Book 12 in the “Redwall” series. Illustrated by Fangorn.


Lord Brocktree Brian Jacques (Hutchinson 0-09-176877-2, Sep 2000, £12.99, 370pp, hc, cover by Fangorn) [Redwall] Young-adult animal fantasy novel. Book 13 in the “Redwall” series.


New English Library Book of Internet Stories ed. Maxim Jakubowski (NEL 0-340-76974-2, Nov 2000, £6.99, xi+384pp, pb) Original anthology of 24 genre and mainstream stories. Authors include China Miéville, Kim Newman, Pat Cadigan, and Ian Watson.


Possession Peter James (Orion 0-75283-746-X, Dec 2000, £6.99, 290pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) Reprint (Gollancz 1988) fantasy novel.


The Truth Peter James (Orion 0-75281-666-7, Dec 2000, £6.99, 501pp, pb) Reissue (Orion 1997) SF/horror novel.


The Deptford Histories: Book One: The Alchymist’s Cat Robin Jarvis (Hodder Silver 0-340-78865-8, Sep 2000, £5.99, 365pp, tp, cover by Robin Jarvis) [Deptford Histories] Reprint (Sprint 1991) young-adult fantasy novel.


The Deptford Histories: Book Three: Thomas Robin Jarvis (Hodder Silver 0-340-78867-4, Sep 2000, £5.99, 458pp, tp, cover by Robin Jarvis) [Deptford Histories] Reprint (Macdonald Young Books 1995 as Thomas: Book Three of The Deptford Histories) young-adult fantasy novel.


The Deptford Histories: Book Two: The Oaken Throne Robin Jarvis (Hodder Silver 0-340-78866-6, Sep 2000, £5.99, tp, cover by Robin Jarvis) [Deptford Histories] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1993) young-adult fantasy novel.


The Deptford Mice: Book One: The Dark Portal Robin Jarvis (Hodder Silver 0-340-78862-3, Jul 2000, £5.99, 275pp, tp, cover by Robin Jarvis) Reprint (Purnell 1989) young-adult fantasy novel.


The Deptford Mice: Book Three: The Final Reckoning Robin Jarvis (Hodder Silver 0-340-78864-X, Jul 2000, £5.99, 336pp, tp, cover by Robin Jarvis) [Deptford Mice] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1990) young-adult fantasy novel.


The Deptford Mice: Book Two: The Crystal Prison Robin Jarvis (Hodder Silver 0-340-78863-1, Jul 2000, £5.99, 289pp, tp, cover by Robin Jarvis) [Deptford Mice] Reprint (Macdonald 1989) young-adult fantasy novel.


Wingéd Chariot Ben Jeapes (Scholastic Press UK 0-439-01454-9, Feb 2000, £6.99, 356pp, tp) Young-adult SF novel. Maybe-murder thriller in a future society transformed by time travel.


Unseen! Paul Jennings (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-130515-0, Apr 2000, £3.99, 158pp, tp, cover by Keith McEwan) Reprint (Penguin Australia 1998) young-adult collection of eight original fantasy/mainstream stories. [First U.K. edition]


Shiva 3000 Jan Lars Jensen (Macmillan UK 0-333-78081-7, Mar 2000, £9.99, 326pp, tp, cover by Mark Harrison) Reprint (Harcourt 1999) SF novel. The gods of the Hindu pantheon walk far-future Earth. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]


Bladerunner 4: Eye & Talon K. W. Jeter (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06865-5, Dec 2000, £16.99, 236pp, hc) [Blade Runner] SF novel, fourth in the series based on the movie and Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?.


The Blood Tree Paul Johnston (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-71705-X, Jun 2000, £16.99, 390pp, hc) [Dalrymple] SF thriller of murder, child abduction, and covert genetic engineering. Fourth in the “Dalrymple” series set in the Edinburgh city-state of 2026.


The Blood Tree Paul Johnston (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-71706-8, Nov 2000, £5.99, 434pp, pb) [Dalrymple] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2000) SF thriller of murder, child abduction, and covert genetic engineering that reaches into Dalrymple’s own past. Fourth in the “Dalrymple” series.


Black Maria Diana Wynne Jones (Collins 0-00-185741-X, Jul 2000, £10.99, 240pp, hc, cover by Paul Hess) Reprint (Methuen 1991) young-adult fantasy novel. A paperback edition (-675528-3, £4.99) was announced but not seen.


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