The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000
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The Suburban Salamander Incident Andrew Harman (Little Brown/Orbit 1-85723-733-1, Feb 2000 [Dec ’99], £5.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen); Humorous fantasy novel. An eco-terrorist discovers mythical beasts in her basement.
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Mass: The Art of John Harris John Harris & Ron Tiner (Paper Tiger 1-85585-831-2, Sep 2000, £20.00, 112pp, hc); Art book with text by Ron Tiner.
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Stars and Stripes In Peril Harry Harrison (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-68919-6, Apr 2000, £16.99, 330pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Stars and Stripes]; Alternate-history SF novel, second volume in the “Stars and Stripes” trilogy. Accellerated technology brings WWI tactics to the 1860s conflict between the US and UK, which spreads to England and Ireland.
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Stars and Stripes In Peril Harry Harrison (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-68920-X, Sep 2000, £6.99, 330pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Stars and Stripes]; Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2000) alternate-history SF novel. Book Two in the “Stars and Stripes Trilogy”. The actual title page is mistakenly Stars and Stripes Forever: Stars and Stripes Trilogy: Book Two.
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A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! Harry Harrison (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07134-6, Sep 2000, £9.99, 192pp, tp); Reprint (Faber & Faber 1972) parallel-world SF novel. Published in the US as Tunnel Through the Deeps. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.
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The Centauri Device M. John Harrison (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-997-X, Jul 2000, £7.99, 205pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore); Reprint (Gollancz 1974) SF novel of a galactapocalyptic weapon only operable by the last descendant of the Centauran race. Volume 31 in the “SF Masterworks” series.
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Travel Arrangements: Short Stories M. John Harrison (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06832-9, May 2000, £9.99, 262pp, tp); SF/associational collection of 14 stories.
- 1 · Old Women [“Older Women”] · ss Woman’s Journal Mar ’84
- 19 · Small Heirlooms · ss Other Edens, ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, London: Unwin, 1987
- 35 · The Gift · nv Other Edens II, ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, London: Unwin, 1988
- 59 · The Horse of Iron and How We Can Know It and Be Changed by It Forever · ss Tarot Tales, ed. Rachel Pollack & Caitlin Matthews, Legend, 1989
- 77 · Gifco · nv MetaHorror, ed. Dennis Etchison, Dell Abyss, 1992; expanded.
- 109 · Anima · ss Interzone Apr ’92
- 135 · Empty · nv Sisters of the Night, ed. Barbara Hambly & Martin H. Greenberg, Warner Aspect, 1995
- 161 · Seven Guesses of the Heart · ss The Shimmering Door, ed. Katharine Kerr & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1996
- 179 · I Did It · ss A Book of Two Halves, ed. Nicholas Royle, Gollancz, 1996
- 187 · The East · ss Interzone Dec ’96
- 201 · Suicide Coast · ss F&SF Jul ’99
- 223 · The Neon Heart Murders · ss F&SF Apr, 2000
- 237 · Black Houses · ss The Ex Files, ed. Nicholas Royle, Quartet, 1998
- 255 · Science & The Arts · ss The Times Literary Supplement, 1999
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Viriconium M. John Harrison (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-995-3, Jul 2000, £7.99, 562pp, tp, cover by Albert Godwin & Richard Carr) [Viriconium]; Fantasy omnibus of novels The Pastel City (1971), A Storm of Wings (1980), and In Viriconium (1983), with the collection Viriconium Nights (1985). Volume seven in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.
- 1 · Viriconium Knights · nv Elsewhere v1, ed. Terri Winding & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1981
- 23 · The Pastel City · n. Sevenoaks: New English Library, 1971
- 153 · The Lords of Misrule · ss Savoy Dreams, ed. David Britton & Michael Butterworth, Savoy, 1984
- 167 · Strange Great Sins · ss Interzone #5 ’83
- 183 · A Storm of Wings · n. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980
- 363 · The Dancer from the Dance · nv Virconium Nights, Ace, 1985
- 387 · The Luck in the Head · nv Virconium Nights, Ace, 1984
- 413 · The Lamia and Lord Cromis · nv New Worlds Quarterly, ed. Michael Moorcock, London: Sphere, 1971
- 437 · In Viriconium · n. London: Gollancz, 1982
- 541 · A Young Man’s Journey to Viriconium · nv Interzone #12 ’85
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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.
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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.
- 7 · Foreword · James Williamson · fw *
- 11 · Introduction: Dwelling in the Sewers of the Sacred · Jack Sargeant · in *
- 17 · Raism: A Tribute to Gilles De Rais · gp, 1989; Meathook Seed, ss; Moon Scar, ss; Magick Slit, ss
- 47 · Meathook Seed · James Havoc & Mike Philbin · gs, 1992
- 79 · Satanskin: Snapshots from Hell · co, 1992
- 81 · Satan’s Skin · vi Satanskin, 1992
- 82 · Havoc · ss Satanskin, 1992
- 85 · Egg Cemetery · ss Satanskin, 1992
- 88 · Tropic of Scorpio · ss Satanskin, 1992
- 91 · The Venus Eye · ss Satanskin, 1992
- 94 · Devil’s Gold · ss Satanskin, 1992
- 97 · Shadow Sickness · vi Satanskin, 1992
- 99 · Dogstar Pact · ss Satanskin, 1992
- 102 · The Tears Tree · ss Satanskin, 1992
- 105 · Succubus Blues · vi Satanskin, 1992
- 107 · Syphilis Unbound · ss Satanskin, 1992
- 110 · Ditchfinder · ss Satanskin, 1992
- 113 · Crimes Against Pussycat · ss Satanskin, 1992
- 116 · Twin Stumps · ss Satanskin, 1992
- 119 · White Meat Fever · ss Satanskin, 1992
- 122 · Thirteen · ss Satanskin, 1992
- 125 · Tongue Cathedral · vi Satanskin, 1992
- 127 · The Colour Hell · ss Satanskin, 1992
- 130 · Demon’s Spice · ss Satanskin, 1992
- 133 · Zodiac Breath · vi Satanskin, 1992
- 135 · Third Eye Butterfly · James Havoc & Mike Philbin · gs Starry Wisdom, ed. D. M. Mitchell, Creation Books, 1995
- 141 · Gingerworld · gp *; Ginger Fever, vi; Ginger and Nutcracker, vi; Crimes Against Ginger, vi; Ginger’s Gold, vi; No Nuts for Ginger, vi; Hark! The Ginger Angel Sings, vi; Knock Down Ginger, vi; Night of the Ginger, vi; Ginger Takes the Biscuit, vi; Ginger Knows, vi
- 153 · White Skull: The Book of Misson · nv, 1996
- 191 · Ephemera: Fragments & Images
- 193 · In and Out of Flesh · ss, 1996
- 199 · Eat/Drink · vi *
- 200 · I, Catamaniac · vi *
- 201 · Zipper Fox: A Synopsis · ss *
- 203 · Crimes Against Pussycat: An Image Montage · pt *
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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]
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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”.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.
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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.
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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).
- 1 · The Ghosts of Sleath [David Ash] · n. HarperCollins UK, 1994
- 1 · ’48 · n. HarperCollins UK, 1996
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Others James Herbert (Macmillan UK 0-333-76136-7, Nov ’99, £9.99, 504pp, tp); Reprint (Macmillan UK 1999) horror novel.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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”.
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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.
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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.
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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).
- 1 · Flying Dutch [Who’s Afraid of Beowulf] · n. London: Orbit, 1991
- 281 · Faust Among Equals · n. London: Orbit, 1994
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
- x · Map of the Hyborian Age · Dave Senior · il; based on a map prepared by Robert E. Howard.
- 1 · The Hyborian Age · ar LANY Cooperative Publications, 1938; the first half was published in The Phantagraph, Feb, Aug, & Oct/Nov ’36.
- 25 · The Tower of the Elephant · nv Weird Tales Mar ’33
- 51 · The Hall of the Dead (synopsis) · uw The Last Celt: A Bio-Bibliography of Robert Ervin Howard, Glenn Lord, Donald M. Grant, 1976
- 53 · The God in the Bowl · ss The Tower of the Elephant, Donald M. Grant, 1975; originally published in a somewhat different version in Super Science Fiction, September 1952.
- 75 · Rogues in the House · nv Weird Tales Jan ’34
- 102 · The Hand of Nergal (fragment) · uw The Last Celt: A Bio-Bibliography of Robert Ervin Howard, Glenn Lord, Donald M. Grant, 1976
- 105 · The Frost-Giant’s Daughter · ss Rogues in the House, Donald M. Grant, 1976; originally published in a somewhat different version in Fantasy Fiction, August 1953.
- 114 · Queen of the Black Coast · nv Weird Tales May ’34
- 145 · The Vale of Lost Women · ss Magazine of Horror Spr ’67
- 163 · The Snout in the Dark (draft) · uw Jewels of Gwahlur, Donald M. Grant, 1979; originally published in a somewhat different version in Conan of Cimmeria (Lancer, 1969).
- 173 · Black Colossus · nv Weird Tales Jun ’33
- 212 · Shadows in the Moonlight · nv Weird Tales Apr ’34
- 246 · A Witch Shall Be Born · na Weird Tales Dec ’34
- 292 · Shadows in Zamboula · nv Weird Tales Nov ’35
- 326 · The Devil in Iron · nv Weird Tales Aug ’34
- 359 · The People of the Black Circle · na Weird Tales Sep ’34 (+2)
- 443 · The Slithering Shadow · nv Weird Tales Sep ’33
- 479 · Drums of Tombalku (draft) · uw The Pool of the Black One, Donald M. Grant, 1986; originally published in a somewhat different version in Conan the Adventurer (Lancer, 1966).
- 505 · The Pool of the Black One · nv Weird Tales Oct ’33
- 535 · Robert E. Howard and Conan: The Early Years · Stephen Jones · aw
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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]
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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]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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