The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001

Books, Listed by Author

HUTCHISON, DON(ald), ed. (1931- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Wild Things Live There: The Best of Northern Frights (Mosaic Press 0-88962-765-7, Oct 2001, $15.00, 263pp, tp, cover by Sylvia Nickerson) Anthology of 16 horror/dark fantasy stories originally published in the ’Northern Frights’ anthology series of stories about or written by Canadians. Foreword by Hutchison, introduction by Michael Rowe. Authors include Nancy Kilpatrick, Robert Charles Wilson, and Nalo Hopkinson. Order from Mosaic Press, 1252 Speers Road, Units 1 & 2, Oakville, Ontario Canada L6L 5N9; 905-825-2130; [mosaicpress@on.aibn.com]; in the US order from Mosaic Press, 4500 Witmer Industrial Estates, PMB 145, Niagara Falls NY 14305-1386; phone/fax 800-387-8992. (Contents)

HUXLEY, ALDOUS (Leonard) (1894-1963) (chron.)

• * _Ape and Essence (Dee, Ivan R./Elephant Paperbacks 0-929587-78-2, Jul 2001, $9.95, 205pp, tp) Reissue (Harper 1948) literary post-holocaust SF novel. No printing number is indicated; we last saw this in 1992.
• * _Brave New World (HarperCollins/Voyager Classics 0-00-711589-X, Jun 2001, £7.99, 237pp, tp) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1932) dystopian SF novel. Includes a 1946 Foreword by Huxley. “Voyager Classics” number five.

HUYCK, MICHAEL T., Jr., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _4X4 (with Michael Oliveri, Geoff Cooper & Brian Keene) See entry under Michael Oliveri.

HUYSMANS, CHARLES MARIE GEORGES (1848-1907); see pseudonym Joris-Karl Huysmans (stories) (chron.)

HUYSMANS, JORIS-KARL; pseudonym of Charles Marie Georges Huysmans, (1848-1907) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Là-Bas: A Journey into the Self (Dedalus 1-873982-74-7, Jul 2001, £7.99, 329pp, tp, cover by Aubrey Beardsley) Literary horror novel about Satanism, newly translated from the French original (1891), and with introduction, notes and chronology by Brendan King. Includes an afterword by Robert Irwin.

HYMAN, MILES (chron.)

• * _Nine Magic Wishes (with Shirley Jackson) See entry under Shirley Jackson.

HYND, NOEL (1947- ); see pseudonym A. McFedries (chron.)

IBBOTSON, EVA (Maria Charlotte Michele, née Wiesner) (1925- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Dial-a-Ghost (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-46693-2, Aug 2001, $15.99, 195pp, hc, cover by Kevin Hawkes) Young-adult humorous fantasy. Relatives hire ghosts to scare off an heir to the family mansion, but the ghosts have ideas of their own. Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. First US edition (Macmillan Children’s Books 1996).
• * *An Eva Ibbotson Collection: Which Witch?, The Secret of Platform 13, Island of the Aunts (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-46776-9, Jul 2001, $14.98, 231+231+281pp, hc, cover by Kevin Hawkes) Omnibus of three young-adult fantasy novels: Which Witch? (1979), The Secret of Platform 13 (1994), and Island of the Aunts (1999). The novels are separately paginated. (Contents)
• * _Island of the Aunts (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-230049-7, Oct 2001, $5.99, 281pp, tp, cover by Kevin Hawkes) Reprint (Macmillan Children’s Books 1999) young-adult humorous fantasy. Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes.
• * _Not Just a Witch (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-39799-0, Oct 2001, £4.99, 151pp, tp, cover by David Parkins) Reprint (Macmillan Children’s Books 1989) juvenile fantasy novel.
• * _The Secret of Platform 13 (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-130286-0, Oct 2001, $5.99, 231pp, tp, cover by Kevin Hawkes) Reissue (Macmillan Children’s Books 1994) young-adult humorous fantasy. Illustrated by Sue Porter. Tenth printing.
• * _Which Witch? (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-130427-8, Sep 2001, $5.99, 231pp, tp, cover by Kevin Hawkes) Reissue (Macmillan Children’s Books 1979) young-adult humorous fantasy. Fourth printing.

INGERMANSON, RANDALL (chron.)

• * _Oxygen (with John B. Olson) See entry under John B. Olson

INGRID, CHARLES; pseudonym of Rhondi Vilott, (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Sand Wars, Volume 1 (DAW 0-88677-956-1, Jan 2001, $7.99, 634pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate & Frank Morris) [Sand Wars] Omnibus of the first three of six military SF novels in the series: Solar Kill (1987), Lasertown Blues (1988), and Celestial Hit List (1988). Ingrid is a pen name for Rhondi V. Salsitz. (Contents)
• * *The Sand Wars, Volume 2 (DAW 0-88677-972-3, Feb 2001, $7.99, 576pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Sand Wars] Omnibus of three SF novels: Alien Salute (1989); Return Fire (1989), and Challenge Met (1990). Ingrid is a pen name for Rhondi V. Salsitz. (Contents)

IRVINE, IAN (1950- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dark Is the Moon (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-038-5, May 2001, £6.99, 667pp, pb, cover by Mark Sofilas) [Three Worlds: View from the Mirror] Reprint (Penguin Australia 1999) fantasy novel. Volume Three of “The View from the Mirror” Quartet. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Geomancer (Viking Australia 0-670-91226-3, Sep 2001, A$29.95, 621pp, tp, cover by Nick Stathopoulos) [Three Worlds: Well of Echoes] Fantasy novel, first in “The Well of Echoes” series set in the “Three Worlds” of “The View from the Mirror” quartet.
• * +A Shadow on the Glass (Warner Aspect 0-446-60984-6, Jul 2001, $6.99, 654pp, pb, cover by Mark Sofilas) [Three Worlds: View from the Mirror] Fantasy novel, Volume One in “The View from the Mirror” quartet. The uneasy co-existence of human races from three different worlds is disrupted by a magic mirror. First US edition (Penguin Australia 1998).
• * +The Tower on the Rift (Warner Aspect 0-446-60985-4, Jan 2002, $7.50, 659pp, pb, cover by Mark Sofilas) [Three Worlds: View from the Mirror] Fantasy novel, Volume Two in “The View from the Mirror” quartet. Three species of humans seek the knowledge of the Twisted Mirror. First US edition (Penguin Australia 1998).
• * _The Way Between the Worlds (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-073-3, Dec 2001, £7.99, 635pp, pb, cover by Mark Sofilas) [Three Worlds: View from the Mirror] Reprint (Penguin Australia 1999) fantasy novel. Volume four of “The View from the Mirror” Quartet. Rulke the Chaon begins to open the way between the worlds. [First U.K. edition]

IRVING, WASHINGTON (1783-1859) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Rip Van Winkle (North-South/SeaStar/Books of Wonder 1-58717-039-6, Sep 2000, $19.95, 109pp, hc, cover by Arthur Rackham) Reprint (Heinemann 1905) fantasy novella, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Afterword by Peter Glassman. This is dated 2000, but not seen until now.

ISAACS, J. D. (chron.)

• * *The MacPherson Criticality (D3 Press 1-931008-00-0, Apr 2001, $7.50, 333pp, tp) [Engineers and Assassins] Military SF novel, first in the “Engineers and Assassins” series. Order from D3 Press, PO Box 1425, Warrenville IL 60555; [www.d3press.com].

ISIDORE, SARAH (chron.)

• * *The World Tree (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-80320-8, Nov 2001, $6.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Rowena Morrill) [Daughters of Bast] Fantasy novel, the third in the “Daughters of Bast” Celtic/Egyptian fantasy series.

ISLER, EMANUEL (chron.)

• * _Chaosicon (with Christopher Leppek) See entry under Christopher Leppek.

JACKSON, PHILLIP ELLIS (chron.)

• * *Timeshift (AmErica House 1-58851-433-1, May 2001, $19.95, 211pp, tp) SF novel, first in a trilogy. New technology allows viewing of the past, and may provide answers needed to save all mankind from a toxic “ash”. This is copyrighted 2000, but not seen until now. Order online from America House Book Publishers at [www.publishamerica.com].

JACKSON, SHIRLEY (Hardie) (1919-1965) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Nine Magic Wishes (with Miles Hyman) (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-35525-8, Oct 2001, $16.00, unpaginated, hc, cover by Hyman Miles) Reprint (Crowell-Collier Press 1963) children’s picture-book with text by Jackson, and new illustrations by Miles Hyman.

JACOB, PIERS ANTHONY DILLINGHAM (1934- ); see pseudonym Piers Anthony (stories) (chron.)

JACOBS, DAVID (chron.)

• * *The Devil’s Night (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-17860-9, Feb 2001, $6.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Jeff Albrecht) [Universal Monsters] Movie tie-in horror novel, second in the “Universal Monsters” series based on the movie monsters. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Publishing Rights.

JACOBY, KATE; pseudonym of Tracy Oliphant (chron.)

• * _Black Eagle Rising (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-750-0, Jun 2001, £6.99, 457pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Elita] Reprint (Gollancz 2000) fantasy novel, The “Third Book of Elita” after Exile’s Return and Voice of the Demon. Jacoby is the pseudonym of Tracey Oliphant.
• * *Rebel’s Cage (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06886-8, Sep 2001, £17.99, 392pp, hc, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Elita] Fantasy novel. The “Fourth Book of Elita”. Jacoby is a pseudonym of Tracy Oliphant. A trade paperback edition (-06887-6, £10.99) was announced but not seen.

JACQ, CHRISTIAN (chron.)

• * *The Stone of Light, Volume III: Paneb the Ardent (Pocket 0-7434-0348-7, Mar 2001, $16.00, 392pp, tp, cover by Gary Halsey) [Stone of Light] Historical novel of ancient Egypt, with fantasy elements. Translated from the French (XO Editions 2000 as Paneb l’Ardent) by Sue Dyson.
• * +The Stone of Light: Nefer the Silent (Pocket 0-7434-0346-0, Apr 2000, $16.00, 388pp, tp) [Stone of Light] Historical novel of ancient Egypt, with fantasy elements. Volume one in a new series set in a forbidden ancient city. Translated from the French (XO Editions as Nefer le Silencieux) by Sue Dyson. This is dated 2000, but not seen until now. First US edition (S&S UK 3/00).
• * *The Stone of Light: Paneb the Ardent (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-86632-3, Mar 2001, £10.00, 441pp, tp) [Stone of Light] Historical fantasy novel. Book 3 in the series. Translated from the French original (Xo Editions 2001 as Paneb L’Ardent). A hardcover edition (-86631-5, £17.99) was announced but not seen.
• * *The Stone of Light: The Place of Truth (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-86634-X, Jul 2001, £10.00, 408pp, tp, cover by Blacksheep) [Stone of Light] Historical fantasy novel. Book four in a new series. Translated from the French original (Xo Editions 2001 as La Place de Vérité). A hardcover edition (-86633-1, £17.99) was announced but not seen.
• * +The Stone of Light: The Place of Truth (Pocket 0-7434-0349-5, Aug 2001, $16.00, 369pp, tp, cover by Gary Halsey) [Stone of Light] Historical novel of ancient Egypt, with fantasy elements. Volume four in a new series set in a forbidden ancient city. Translated from the French (XO Editions 2001 as La Place de Verite) by Sue Dyson. First US edition (Simon & Schuster UK 7/01).
• * _The Stone of Light: The Wise Woman (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-671-77374-7, Jul 2001, £6.99, 440pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Stone of Light] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 2000) fantasy novel. Second book in the series. Translated by Sue Dyson from the French original, La Femme Sage (XO Editions 2000).

JACQUES, BRIAN (1939- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Castaways of the Flying Dutchman (Penguin/Philomel 0-399-23601-5, Mar 2001, $22.95, 327pp, hc, cover by Michael Koelsch) [Ben and Ned] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in a new series about a boy and his dog who travel through time.
• * *Castaways of the Flying Dutchman (Viking UK 0-670-89925-9, Mar 2001, £12.99, i+327pp, hc, cover by Michael Koelsch) [Ben and Ned] Young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by Ian Schoenherr. The origin of the legend as seen through the eyes of a boy and his dog aboard the ship. Simultaneous with the US (Philomel Books) edition.
• * _The Legend of Luke (Ace 0-441-00773-2, Feb 2001, $6.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Troy Howell) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1999) young-adult talking animal fantasy in the “Redwall” series. Luke, father of Martin, is the first “Redwall” warrior.
• * _Lord Brocktree (Red Fox 0-09-941119-9, Jun 2001, £5.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Redwall] Reprint (Penguin/Philomel; Hutchinson 2000) young-adult animal fantasy novel. Book 13 in the “Redwall” series.
• * _Lord Brocktree (Ace 0-441-00872-0, Sep 2001, $6.99, 345pp, pb, cover by Troy Howell) [Redwall] Reprint (Philomel; Hutchinson 2000) young-adult talking animal fantasy in the “Redwall” series.
• * *A Redwall Winter’s Tale (Penguin Putnam/Philomel 0-399-23346-6, Sep 2001, $18.95, 72pp, hc, cover by Christopher Denise) [Redwall] Young-adult picture book in the “Redwall” series, a story illustrated by Christopher Denise. Traveling players come to Redwall, and the Dibbuns hear the story of Snow Badger who brings the snow.
• * *Taggerung (Hutchinson 0-09-176928-0, Aug 2001, £14.99, 437pp, hc, cover by Fangorn) [Redwall] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book 14 in the “Redwall” series. Illustrated by Peter Standley.
• * +Taggerung (Penguin/Philomel 0-399-23720-8, Sep 2001, $23.99, 438pp, hc, cover by Troy Howell) [Redwall] YA fantasy, the 14th in the “Redwall” series. Illustrated by Peter Standley. An otter, kidnapped from Redwall as a baby, grows to rebel against his new clan and seeks his home. First US edition (Hutchinson 8/01).

JAFFE, DANIEL M., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *With Signs & Wonders: An International Anthology of Jewish Fabulist Fiction (Invisible Cities Press 0-9679683-5-6, May 2001, $26.00, xxv + 333pp, hc, cover by Morris Watts-Zagha) Original anthology of 25 stories, nine previously published in English, many newly translated. Authors including Moacyr Scliar, Steve Stern, and Dina Rubina. Jaffe’s introduction discusses the Jewish fabulist tradition. Order from Invisible Cities Press, 50 State St., Montpelier VT 05602; website: [www.invisiblecitiespress.com]. (Contents)

JAMES, DONALD; pseudonym of Donald James Wheal, (1931-2008) (chron.)

• * *Vadim (Random House UK/Century 0-7126-8419-0, Jan 2001, £10.00, 408pp, tp) [Monstrum] Thriller, third in a near-future series after Monstrum and The Fortune Teller. 2020: a Russia-wide plague, its fleeing emigrants, and a murderous US Presidential campaign. A hardcover edition (-8442-5, £16.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _Vadim (Random House/Arrow 0-09-941064-8, Oct 2001, £6.99, 502pp, pb) [Monstrum] Reprint (Century 2001) thriller set in 2020, with plague in Russia, its fleeing emigrants, and a murderous US Presidential campaign. Third in a series after Monstrum and The Fortune Teller.

JAMES, M(ontague) R(hodes) (1862-1936) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *A Pleasing Terror: The Complete Supernatural Writings (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-024-7, Aug 2001, C$100.00, xlix+657pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe) Collection of all of James’s collected ghost stories, and much more besides, edited by Christopher Roden and Barbara Roden. This is a limited edition of 1000 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $75.00 and in the UK for £50.00. (Contents)

JAMES, PETER (1948- ) (chron.)

• * _Host (Orion 0-75283-745-1, Dec 2000, £6.99, 624pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1993) fantasy novel.

JARVIS, ROBIN (chron.)

• * +The Crystal Prison (North-South/SeaStar 1-58717-107-4, Sep 2001, $17.95, 249pp, hc, cover by Leonid Gore) [Deptford Mice] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the “Deptford Mice” trilogy about mice battling evil rats. Afterword by Peter Glassman. First US edition (Macdonald Young Books UK 1989).
• * _The Dark Portal (North-South/SeaStar 1-58717-112-0, Sep 2001, $6.95, 239pp, tp, cover by Leonid Gore) [Deptford Mice] Reprint (Purnell 1989) young-adult fantasy novel, first in the “Deptford Mice” trilogy about mice battling evil rats.
• * *Intrigues of the Reflected Realm: Deathscent (Collins 0-00-185702-9, Apr 2001, £12.99, 503pp, hc) Young-adult alternate-world fantasy novel. First in a new series. In the 178th year of the reign of Elizabeth Tudor, Queen of the animal-less isles of Englandia, a stranger brings change, invention, and chaos.
• * _A Warlock in Whitby (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-78869-0, Feb 2001, £5.99, 342pp, tp, cover by Robin Jarvis) [Whitby] Reprint (Sprint 1992) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 2 in “The Whitby Witches” series.
• * _The Whitby Child (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-78870-4, Feb 2001, £5.99, 423pp, tp, cover by Robin Jarvis) [Whitby] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1994) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 3 in “The Whitby Witches” series.
• * _The Whitby Witches (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-78868-2, Feb 2001, £5.99, 308pp, tp, cover by Robin Jarvis) [Whitby] Reprint (Sprint 1991) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 1 in “The Whitby Witches” series.
• * +Wyrd Museum: The Fatal Strand (Troll 0-8167-7007-7, Apr 2001, $4.95, 524pp, pb, cover by Shi Chen) [Wyrd Museum] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the “Wyrd Museum” trilogy about kids in a magical museum. First US edition (Collins UK 1998).
• * +Wyrd Museum: The Raven’s Knot (Troll 0-8167-7006-9, 2001, $4.95, 416pp, pb, cover by Shi Chen) [Wyrd Museum] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the “Wyrd Museum” trilogy about kids in a magical museum. First US edition (Collins UK 1996).
• * +Wyrd Museum: The Woven Path (Troll 0-8167-7005-0, 2001, $4.95, 409pp, pb, cover by Shi Chen) [Wyrd Museum] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in the “Tales from the Wyrd Museum” trilogy about kids in a magical museum. First US edition (Collins UK 1995).

JARVIS, SHAWN C., ed. (chron.)

• * *The Queen’s Mirror: Fairy Tales by German Women 1780-1900 (with Jeannine Blackwell) (University of Nebraska Press 0-8032-6181-0, May 2001, $29.95, 372pp, tp, cover by John Anster Fitzgerald) Anthology of 28 literary fairy tales originally written in German, translated by the editors. Blackwell’s introduction places the tales in cultural context; Jarvis’s afterword provides thematic analysis. Separate introductions to each author are included. There is a biblography. A hardcover edition ($60.00, -1299-2) was announced but not seen. Available from University of Nebraska Press, 233 N. 8th St., Lincoln NE 68588-0255; orders 800-755-1105; e-mail [pressmail@unl.edu]; website: [www.nebraskapress.unl.edu].

JEFFERSON, JEMIAH (chron.)

• * *Voice of the Blood (Leisure 0-8439-4830-2, Feb 2001, $5.99, 283pp, pb) Horror novel. A bored grad student in molecular biology becomes a vampire.

JENNINGS, GARY (1928-1999) (chron.)

• * *Aztec Blood (Tor/Forge 0-312-86251-2, Aug 2001, $25.95, 525pp, hc) [Aztec] Associational historical novel, third in series begun in Aztec.

JENSEN, DOROTHEA (chron.)

• * _The Riddle of Penncroft Farm (Harcourt/Gulliver Books 0-15-216441-3, Jul 2001, $6.00, 254pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt 1989) young-adult ghost novel.