The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001

Books, Listed by Author

CLARK, G(ary) O. (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *A Box Full of Alien Skies (Dark Regions Press 1-888993-19-7, Oct 2001, $5.95, 42pp, ph, cover by Margaret Ballif Simon) Chapbook collection of 31 poems. This is a signed, limited edition of 200. Order from Dark Regions Press, PO Box 1558, Brentwood CA 94513; [isedmorey1@aol.com]; [http://darkregions.hypermart.net/]. (Contents)

CLARK, SIMON (1958- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Blood Crazy (Leisure 0-8439-4825-6, Jan 2001, $5.99, 397pp, pb) Horror novel. Adults all over the world start killing children. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1995).
• * _Darkness Demands (Leisure 0-8439-4898-1, Jul 2001, $5.99, 395pp, pb) Reprint (Cemetery Dance 2000, not seen) horror novel. A neighborhood cemetery is home to an ancient entity.
• * *The Night of the Triffids (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-76600-X, Jun 2001, £17.99, ix+406pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Triffids] SF novel. A sequel to John Wyndham’s The Day of the Triffids - set 25 years after the end of that novel - when the world is plunged into sudden, total darkness.
• * _The Night of the Triffids (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-76601-8, Oct 2001, £6.99, ix+469pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Triffids] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2001) SF novel. A sequel to John Wyndham’s The Day of the Triffids set 25 years later.

CLARKE, ARTHUR C(harles) (1917-2008) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Against the Fall of Night and Beyond the Fall of Night (with Gregory Benford) (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-026-4, Oct 2000, £5.99, 326+vii, pb) Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1990 as Beyond the Fall of Night) SF omnibus.
• * _Childhood’s End (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44405-1, Jul 2001, $12.95, 240pp, tp) [Impact] Reprint (Ballantine 1953) classic SF novel in the “Impact” series. There is a new introduction by the author.
• * _Childhood’s End (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07263-6, Oct 2001, £14.99, 200pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Impact] Reprint (Ballantine 1953) SF novel. This is the revised (Pan 1990) version with its foreword by Clarke. Volume VI in the “SF Masterworks” hardcover series.
• * _The City and the Stars (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-763-2, Mar 2001, £6.99, 255pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1956) classic dystopian SF novel, expanded and revised from Against the Fall of Night. Volume 39 in the “SF Masterworks” series.
• * *The City and the Stars and The Sands of Mars (Warner Aspect 0-446-67796-5, Sep 2001, $14.95, 529pp, tp, cover by Don Dixon) Omnibus of two SF novels: The City and the Stars (1956) and The Sands of Mars (1951). This has a new introduction by Clarke. (Contents)
• * *The Collected Stories (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07065-X, Jan 2001, £20.00, x+966pp, hc, cover by blacksheep) Collection of “all Clarke’s published short fiction” — 104 vignettes, stories, and some articles, published between 1939 and 1999. All but a few have been included in earlier Clarke collections. Note that this magnificent collection does miss “At the Mountains of Murkiness” (1940), “Against the Fall of Night” (1948), “When the Twerms Came” (1972) and “Tales from the ’White Hart’ (1990): The Jet-Propelled Time Machine” (1990). (Contents)
• * _The Collected Stories (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-323-8, Oct 2001, £9.99, x+966pp, tp, cover by blacksheep) Reprint (Gollancz 2001) collection of 104 vignettes, stories, and articles published between 1939 and 1999.
• * +The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (Tor 0-312-87821-4, Feb 2001, $29.95, 966pp, hc) Collection of 104 stories, with a foreword by Clarke. First US edition (Gollancz 1/01).
• * _The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (SFBC #35027, Feb 2001, $14.98, 966pp, hc) Reprint (Gollancz 2001) collection of 104 stories, with foreword by Clarke. This is similar to the To edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke (Tor/Orb 0-312-87860-5, Jan 2002, $17.95, 966pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 2001) collection of 104 stories.
• * _Cradle (with Gentry Lee) (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-072-8, Oct 2000, £6.99, 374pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1988) SF novel.
• * _The Fountains of Paradise (Warner Aspect 0-446-67794-9, Sep 2001, $14.95, 330pp, tp, cover by Don Dixon) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979) Hugo and Nebula Award-winning SF novel.
• * _The Ghost from the Grand Banks (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-070-1, Oct 2000, £5.99, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) SF novel.
• * *The Ghost from the Grand Banks and The Deep Range (Warner Aspect 0-446-67795-7, Sep 2001, $14.95, 488pp, tp, cover by Don Dixon) Omnibus of two SF novels: The Ghost from the Grand Banks (1990) and The Deep Range (1957). This has a new introduction by Clarke. (Contents)
• * _The Hammer of God (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-194-5, Oct 2000, £5.99, 264pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra 1993) SF novel.
• * _The Light of Other Days (with Stephen M. Baxter) (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224753-4, May 2001, £9.99, 312pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel.
• * _The Songs of Distant Earth (HarperCollins/Voyager Classics 0-00-711586-5, Aug 2001, £7.99, 233pp, tp) Reprint (Ballantine/Del Rey 1986) SF novel. “Voyager Classics” number nine.
• * *The Space Trilogy (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-780-2, May 2001, £7.99, xii+506pp, tp, cover by John Harris) Omnibus of Islands in the Sky (Winston, 1952); The Sands of Mars (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1951) and Earthlight (Ballantine, 1955); there is a foreword and introduction (to Sands) by Clarke. (Contents)
• * _Tales from Planet Earth (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-2379-8, May 2001, $14.00, 307pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Legend 1990) SF collection of 14 stories; this follows the Bantam Spectra 1990 edition, with illustrations by Michael Whelan. This is a “2001 Anniversary Edition”. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

CLARKE, I(gnatius) F(rederic “Ian”), ed. (1918-2009) (stories) (chron.)

• * *British Future Fiction: Volume 1: The Beginnings (Pickering & Chatto 1-85196-617-X, Jan 2001, £550.00, hc) SF omnibus of 2 novels - The Reign of George VI (Anonymous, 1763) and The Coming Race (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1871) - plus supplementary material. Each novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 1 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN. Available from Pickering & Chatto, 21 Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2TH; [www.pickeringchatto.com]. (Contents) [Not seen]
• * *British Future Fiction: Volume 2: New Worlds (Pickering & Chatto 1-85196-617-X, Jan 2001, £550.00, hc) SF omnibus of 2 novels - Three Hundred Years Hence (William Delisle Hay, Newman & Co, 1881) and A Crystal Age (W. H. Hudson, T. Fisher Unwin, 1887; revised 1906. Each novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 2 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN. (Contents) [Not seen]
• * *British Future Fiction: Volume 3: The Marvels of Mechanism (Pickering & Chatto 1-85196-617-X, Jan 2001, £550.00, hc) SF omnibus of 2 novels - The Wreck of a World (William Grove, Digby & Long, 1889) and An American Emperor (Louis Tracy, C. Arthur Pearson, 1897; partially ghost-written by M. P. Shiel). Each novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 3 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN. (Contents) [Not seen]
• * *British Future Fiction: Volume 4: Women’s Rights: Yea and Nay (Pickering & Chatto 1-85196-617-X, Jan 2001, £550.00, hc) SF omnibus of 2 novels - The Revolt of Man (Walter Besant, William Blackwood, 1890) and Lesbia Newman (Henry Robert Samuel Dalton, George Redway, 1889). Each novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 4 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN. (Contents) [Not seen]
• * *British Future Fiction: Volume 5: Woman Triumphant (Pickering & Chatto 1-85196-617-X, Jan 2001, £550.00, hc) SF omnibus of 2 novels - Star of the Morning (Anonymous, Thomas Burleigh, 1906) and The Sex Triumphant (Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, George Routledge, 1909). Each novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 5 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN. (Contents) [Not seen]
• * *British Future Fiction: Volume 6: The Next Great War (Pickering & Chatto 1-85196-617-X, Jan 2001, £550.00, hc) SF anthology of 6 historical future war stories, including ‘The Battle of Dorking’ (George Tomkyns Chesney, 1871), and The Invasion of England (William Francis Butler, Sampson Low, 1882). Each story and novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 6 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN. (Contents) [Not seen]
• * *British Future Fiction: Volume 7: Disasters-to-come (Pickering & Chatto 1-85196-617-X, Jan 2001, £550.00, hc) SF omnibus of 3 novels - The Death Trap (Robert Cole, Greening & Co, 1907), The Great Raid (Lloyd Williams, Black and White Publishing Co., 1909) and Under the Red Ensign (Spencer Campbell, Andrew Melrose, 1912). Each novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 7 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN. (Contents) [Not seen]
• * *British Future Fiction: Volume 8: The End of the World (Pickering & Chatto 1-85196-617-X, Jan 2001, £550.00, hc) SF omnibus of 2 novellas and a novel - The Doom of the Great City (William Delisle Hay, Newman & Co, 1880), The Salvation of Nature (John Davidson, 1891) and The Lord of the World (Robert Hugh Benson, Sir Isaac Pitman, 1907). Each novel has an introduction by Clarke. Volume 8 of an 8-volume set, which is not to be sold separately, and which all share a common ISBN. (Contents) [Not seen]

CLARKE, (Victor) LINDSAY (1939- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Parzival and the Stone from Heaven (HarperCollins UK 0-00-710813-3, Sep 2001, £16.99, hc) Fantasy novel, a retelling of Wolfram von Eschenbach’s medieval version of the grail story.

CLEGG, DOUGLAS (Alan) (1958- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dark of the Eye (Subterranean Press 1-931081-26-3, Aug 2001, $40.00, 369pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 1994) horror novel. Hope Stewart’s power to heal or destroy makes her a target of deadly forces.
• * *The Infinite (Leisure 0-8439-4927-9, Sep 2001, $20.00, 377pp, hc, cover by Franco) Horror novel. A woman who wants to rehabilitate a haunted house calls in a ghost hunter and his group of psychic investigators.
• * *Naomi (Leisure 0-8439-4857-4, Apr 2001, $5.99, 344pp, pb) Horror novel of a subterranean world beneath Manhattan. Originally published online as a serial.

CLEMENS, JIM; pseudonym of Jim Czajkowski (chron.)

• * *Wit’ch Gate (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44244-X, Dec 2001, $24.00, 523pp, hc, cover by Jon J. Muth) [Banned and the Banished] Fantasy novel, book four of “The Banned and the Banished”. Clemens is a pen name for Jim Czajkowski, who also writes as James Rollins.
• * _Wit’ch War (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41710-0, Aug 2001, $6.99, 542pp, pb, cover by Alan Pollack) [Banned and the Banished] Reprint (Del Rey 2000) fantasy novel, book three of “The Banned and the Banished”.

CLEMENT-DAVIES, DAVID (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Fire Bringer (SFBC #33763, Dec 2000, $9.98, 498pp, hc, cover by Kenny McKendry) Reprint (Macmillan Children’s Books 1999) young-adult historical fantasy featuring deer in Scotland during Norse invasions. This is similar to the Dutton edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Fire Bringer (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-230060-8, Jan 2002, $6.99, 498pp, pb, cover by Kenny McKendry) Reprint (Macmillan Children’s Books 1999) young-adult historical fantasy featuring deer in Scotland during Norse invasions.

CLIMER, STEVEN LEE (1966- ) (chron.)

• * *Soul Temple (DarkTales Publications 1-930997-04-3, Jun 2001, $17.99, 182pp, tp) Horror novel. A man tries to banish the demon Thoth that threatens his unborn child. This is an on-demand book, available online at [www.darktales.com], or from PO Box 675, Grandview MO 64030; add $4.00 shipping.

CLORE, DAN (Carl) (1968- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Unspeakable and Others (Wildside Press 1-58715-483-8, Oct 2001, $19.95, 407pp, tp) Collection of 47 weird stories and sketches in Lovecraftian mode, including at least three non-fiction pieces. Introduction by S.T. Joshi. This is a print-on-demand edition, available at [www.wildsidepress.com] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928. (Contents)

CLOUGH, B(renda) W(ang) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Doors of Death and Life (Tor 0-312-87550-9, Jul 2001, $13.95, 268pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 2000) science fantasy novel.

CLUTE, JOHN (Frederick) (1940- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Appleseed (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-758-7, Apr 2001, £14.99, ii+337pp, hc) SF novel. On the eve of the Fourth Millennium (Earth count), a minor space trader enters an aeons-old conflict that might lead to the destruction of the cosmos.
• * +Appleseed (Tor 0-765-30378-7, Jan 2002, $25.95, 337pp, hc, cover by Shelley Eshkar) SF novel. A space trader gets involved when a data plague sweeps the galaxy. First US edition (Orbit 4/01).

COBLENTZ, STANTON A(rthur) (1896-1982) (chron.)

• * _Next Door to the Sun (Wildside Press 1-58715-180-4, Jan 2001, $14.95, 224pp, tp) Reprint (Avalon 1960) SF novel. An on-demand edition available online at [www.wildsidepress.com] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045.

COBLEY, MICHAEL (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Shadowkings (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7432-0717-3, Jul 2001, £10.00, 370pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Shadowkings] Fantasy novel. Book One of the “Shadowkings” trilogy. Five hosts hold pieces of the shattered soul of an evil deity. A first novel.

COBURN, ANN (chron.)

• * *Blind Side (Red Fox 0-09-940079-0, Mar 2001, £4.99, 136pp, pb) [Borderland Sequence] Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in “The Borderland Sequence”.

COCHRAN, LIN NIELSEN, ed. (chron.)

• * *Southern Fried Sci-Fi and Jambalaya Genres (with Scott Hancock) (Sursum Publishing 0-9675017-2-5, Dec 2001, $5.00, 107pp, tp) Original anthology of 16 stories and four poems by members of Nasfcas, the North Alabama Science Fiction and Cake Appreciation Society writers group. Foreword by Scott Hancock. Available from Sursum Publishing, 9531 Hemlock Drive, Huntsville AL 35803; [friedsf@hiwaay.net]; [http://nasfacas.topcities.com/].

COCKRELL, AMANDA (1948- ) (chron.)

• * *The Horse Catchers: Book Three: The Rain Child (HarperCollins/Avon 0-380-79551-5, Feb 2001, $6.50, 330pp, pb) [Horse Catchers] Prehistoric novel with elements of Native American myth and magical realism, third in a trilogy. Packaged by Book Creations, Inc., which shares the copyright with the author.

COE, DAVID B. (chron.)

• * _Eagle-Sage (Tor 0-812-56686-6, Mar 2001, $7.99, 626pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [LonTobyn Chronicle] Reprint (Tor 2000) fantasy novel. Third book of “The LonTobyn Chronicle”, winner of the William L. Crawford Award for best first fantasy series.

COHEN, JACK (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Wheelers (with Ian Stewart) See entry under Ian Stewart.

COLE, ADRIAN (Christopher Synnot) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Oblivion Hand (Wildside Press 1-58715-466-8, 2001, $15.95, 224pp, tp, cover by Jim Pitts) [Voidal] Collection of eight weird fantasy stories, two original, most revised, of the being called the Voidal. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online from [www.wildsidepress.com], or from PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928. (Contents)
• * *Storm Over Atlantis (Wildside Press/Cosmos Books 1-58715-385-8, 2001, $19.95, 279pp, tp, cover by Jim Pitts) Egyptian historical fantasy/adventure novel. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online from [www.wildsidepress.com], or from PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928.

COLE, ALLAN (1943- ) (chron.)

• * _Sten 5: Revenge of the Damned (with Chris Bunch) See entry under Chris Bunch.
• * _Sten 6: The Return of the Emperor (with Chris Bunch) See entry under Chris Bunch.
• * _Sten 7: Vortex (with Chris Bunch) See entry under Chris Bunch.
• * _Sten 8: Empire’s End (with Chris Bunch) See entry under Chris Bunch.

COLE, STEPHEN (chron.)

• * _Doctor Who: The Shadow in the Glass (with Justin Richards) See entry under Justin Richards.
• * *Doctor Who: Vanishing Point (BBC Books 0-563-53829-5, Apr 2001, £5.99, 278pp, pb) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 44 of the BBC “New Adventures” series, featuring the 8th Doctor.

COLEMAN, LOREN L. (chron.)

• * *BattleTech: Flashpoint (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45824-9, Apr 2001, $5.99, 270pp, pb, cover by Ed Cox) [Battletech] Novelization based on the role-playing games, #50 in the series. Copyrighted by FASA.
• * *BattleTech: Patriots and Tyrants (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45845-1, Sep 2001, $5.99, 275pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Battletech] Novelization based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by FASA.

COLEMAN, NEIL (chron.)

• * *The Osmid Version (Hodder Silver 0-340-79942-0, Sep 2001, £4.99, 164pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) Young-adult SF novel. When a young boy refuses his daily “Here and Now” pill, he begins to see the real world. A first novel.

COLFER, EOIN (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Artemis Fowl (Hyperion/Talk Miramax Books 0-7868-0801-2, May 2001, $16.95, 280pp, hc, cover by Tony Fleetwood) [Artemis Fowl] Young-adult fantasy novel. Young genius Artemis Fowl plans to kidnap a leprechaun to restore his family’s fortunes.
• * *Artemis Fowl (Viking UK 0-670-89962-3, May 2001, £12.99, 280pp, hc, cover by Tony Fleetwood) [Artemis Fowl] Humorous fantasy novel. A 12-year old criminal mastermind plans to kidnap a leprechaun. A trade paperback edition (-91183-6, £8.99), is exclusive to W.H. Smith’s bookshops. Simultaneous with the US (Hyperion/Talk Miramax Books) edition.

COLLINGS, MICHAEL R(obert) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Storyteller: The Official Orson Scott Card Bibliography and Guide (Overlook Connection Press 1-892950-26-X, Apr 2001, $59.95, 497pp, hc, cover by Erik Wilson) Non-fiction, reference. A bibliographic guide to Card’s works, fiction and non-fiction, with an essay on fantasy by Card, and a speech by Collings about Card. Includes chronology and indexes. Order from The Overlook Connection Press, PO Box 526, Woodstock GA 30188; credit card orders 770-926-1762; e-mail [OverlookCN@aol.com]; website [www.overlookconnection.com]. [Card]

COLLINGS, REX, ed. (chron.)

• * _Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories (Wordsworth Classics 1-85326-186-6, 1996, $3.95, 289pp, tp, cover by Caspar-David Friedrich) Reprint (Wordsworth Editions 1993) collection of 22 horror stories, plus an appendix of three true ghost stories. Price on sticker; this appears to be a tp instant remainder.

COLLINS, MAX ALLAN (Jr.) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * *The History of Mystery (Collectors Press 1-888054-53-0, Nov 2001, $45.00, 196pp, hc) Associational non-fiction art book, a lavishly illustrated pictorial history of mysteries from pulps to present, with 375 illustrations, mostly covers in full color. There is an index. Order from Collectors Press, PO Box 230986, Portland OR 97281; credit card orders 800-423-1848; [www.collectorspress.com].