The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001

Books, Listed by Author

TOWNSEND, TOM (chron.)

• * *Shadow Kiss (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-528-0, Jul 2001, $9.99, 140pp, tp, cover by Chris Dodge) [Fairie Ring] Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in the “The Fairie Ring” series. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, PO Box 399 First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; (914) 726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.

TRAYER, JENINE E. (1956- ); see pseudonym Silver RavenWolf (chron.)

TSOURAS, PETER G., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Rising Sun Victorious (Greenhill Books, 2001, 256pp, hc) Original anthology of ten alternate history articles on how the Japanese won the Pacific War. (Contents)

TURNER, ALICE K., ed. (chron.)

• * _Snake’s-hands: a chapbook about the fiction of John Crowley (with Michael Andre-Driussi) See entry under Michael Andre-Driussi.

TURNER, DEBORAH HARRIS (chron.)

• * _The Temple and the Crown (with Katherine Kurtz) See entry under Katherine Kurtz.

TURNER, MEGAN WHALEN (chron.)

• * _The Queen of Attolia (HarperTrophy/Greenwillow 0-380-73304-8, Oct 2001, $6.95, 406pp, tp, cover by René Milot) [Thief] Reprint (Greenwillow 2000) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Thief.
• * _The Thief (CollinsVoyager 0-00-712175-X, Sep 2001, £4.99, 235pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Thief] Reprint (Morrow Greenwillow 1996) young-adult fantasy novel. The king’s magus sends an aggravating thief to find an ancient treasure. [First U.K. edition]

TURTELTAUB, H. N.; pseudonym of Harry Turtledove, (1949- ) (chron.)

• * *Over the Wine-Dark Sea (Tor/Forge 0-312-87660-2, Jul 2001, $25.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Andrew Burward-Hoy) Associational historical novel of seafaring adventure in the Mediterranean of 310 B.C. Turteltaub is a pen name for Harry Turtledove.

TURTLEDOVE, HARRY (Norman) (1949- ); see pseudonym H. N. Turteltaub (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *American Empire: Blood & Iron (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40565-X, Aug 2001, $27.95, 503pp, hc) [American Empire] SF alternate history novel, first in a new series sequel to the “Great War” saga. In the 1920’s, the United States and Confederate States keep a fragile peace in the aftermath of the Great War in Europe.
• * _American Empire: Blood & Iron (SFBC #38299, Aug 2001, $13.98, 567pp, hc) [American Empire] Reprint (Del Rey 2001) SF alternate history novel, first in a new series. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _American Empire: Blood & Iron (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-71551-0, Dec 2001, £18.99, 583pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [American Empire] Reprint (Del Rey 2001) SF novel, first in an alternate-history series, set after “The Great War” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Colonisation: Aftershocks (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-76909-2, Jul 2001, £16.99, 488pp, hc) [Colonization] Reprint (Del Rey 2001 as Colonization: Aftershocks) alternate-history SF novel, third in a quartet, set after the “Worldwar” quartet. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Colonisation: Aftershocks (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-76910-6, Dec 2001, £6.99, 661pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Colonization] Reprint (Del Rey 2001 as Colonization: Aftershocks) alternate-history SF novel, third in a quartet, set after the “Worldwar” quartet.
• * *Colonization: Aftershocks (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43021-2, Feb 2001, $26.00, 488pp, hc, cover by Viktor Koen) [Colonization] Alternate-history SF novel, third in a series sequel to the “Worldwar” tetralogy.
• * _Colonization: Aftershocks (SFBC #35370, Feb 2001, $12.98, 488pp, hc, cover by Viktor Koen) [Colonization] Reprint (Del Rey 2001) alternate-history SF novel, third in a series sequel to the “Worldwar” tetralogy. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Darkness Descending (Tor 0-812-57510-5, Mar 2001, $7.99, 718pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Darkness] Reprint (Tor; Earthlight UK 2000) fantasy novel, sequel to “Into the Darkness”.
• * _Darkness Descending (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-671-03305-0, Apr 2001, £6.99, x+594pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Darkness] Reprint (Tor; Earthlight UK 2000) epic fantasy novel. Second in a series, after Into the Darkness.
• * _The Great War: Breakthroughs (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-71549-9, Jan 2001, £17.99, 486pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Great War] Reprint (Del Rey 2000) alternate world SF novel, third in a quartet. The United States and the Confederate States fight on opposing sides in WW1. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Great War: Breakthroughs (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40564-1, Jul 2001, $7.99, 584pp, pb, cover by George Pratt) [Great War] Reprint (Del Rey 2000) alternate history SF novel, third in a four-book series.
• * _The Great War: Breakthroughs (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-71550-2, Jul 2001, £6.99, 657pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Great War] Reprint (Del Rey 2000) alternate world SF novel, third in a quartet. The United States and the Confederate States fight on opposing sides in WW1.
• * *Marching through Peachtree (Baen 0-671-31843-8, Nov 2001, $21.00, 409pp, hc, cover by David Mattingly) [War Between the Provinces] Fantasy novel, sequel to Sentry Peak, an alternate version of America’s Civil War, with the North trying to secede over King Avram’s plans to free their blond serfs.
• * _Sentry Peak (Baen 0-671-31846-2, Nov 2001, $7.99, 506pp, pb, cover by Carol Heyer) [War Between the Provinces] Reprint (Baen 2000) fantasy novel of a civil war between a kingdom’s northern and southern provinces.
• * *Through the Darkness (Tor 0-312-87825-7, Mar 2001, $27.95, 478pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Darkness] Fantasy novel, third in the “Darkness” series.
• * _Through the Darkness (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-684-86007-4, Apr 2001, £10.00, 471pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Darkness] Reprint (Tor 2001) fantasy novel. Third in the “Darkness” series. [First U.K. edition]

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• * *The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43990-2, Oct 2001, $18.00, 416 + xiii, tp) Anthology of 14 alternate-history stories. Authors include Larry Niven, Ward Moore, and Kim Stanley Robinson. Introduction on the history of alternate history by Turtledove. (Contents)
• * _The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century (with Martin H. Greenberg) (SFBC #03880, Nov 2001, $12.99, 416pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 2001) anthology of 14 alternate-history stories. This has ISBN 0-7394-2237-5; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *The Best Military Science Fiction of the 20th Century (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43989-9, May 2001, $18.00, 544pp, tp) Anthology of 13 military SF stories with introduction by Harry Turtledove. Authors include Poul Anderson, Philip K. Dick, and C.J. Cherryh. (Contents)

TUTTLE, LISA (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Windhaven (with George R. R. Martin) See entry under George R. R. Martin
• * *Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction (A. & C. Black 0-7136-5853-3, Oct 2001, £9.99, 167pp, tp) Reference book.

TYERS, KATHY; [i.e., Kathleen Luanne Moore Tyers] (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Firebird Trilogy (SFBC #33390, Dec 2000, $14.98, 288+319+320pp, hc) [Firebird] Omnibus of three SF novels in the trilogy: Firebird (1987), Fusion Fire (1988), and Crown of Fire (2000). These all follow the text of the Bethany House editions. This is a special Crossings Book Club edition (available through SFBC), with ISBN 0-7394-1380-5; it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * _Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Balance Point (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-42858-7, Jul 2001, $6.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order] Reprint (Del Rey LucasBooks/Century LucasBooks 2000) Star Wars novelization.
• * _Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Balance Point (Arrow 0-09-941029-X, Jul 2001, £5.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order] Reprint (Del Rey; Century 2000) novelization based on the “Star Wars” series, set more than 25 years after the third film. [First U.K. edition]

TYNES, JOHN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Delta Green Dark Theatres - Cthulhu Mythos Stories of Modern Horror (with Bob Kruger) See entry under Bob Kruger.

UNDERWOOD, LAURA J. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Bogie Woods and Other Tales of Conor Manahan (Yard Dog Press 1-893687-15-5, Mar 2001, $5.00, 60pp, ph, cover by Laura J. Underwood) [Conor Manahan; Ard-Taebh] Reprint (Glynnanis Publications 2000, not seen) chapbook collection of four Celtic fantasy stories, illustrated by the author. Order from Yard Dog Comics, 710 W Redbud Lane, Alma AR 72921-7247; e-mail: [srosen.lstran@juno.com]; website: [www.yarddogpress.com]; add $2.00 postage. (Contents)

URBANCIK, JOHN (stories) (chron.)

• * *A Game of Colors (Yard Dog Press 1-893687-19-8, Jun 2001, $5.00, 56pp, ph, cover by Peter Bradley) Chapbook occult/dark fantasy novella. Order from Yard Dog Press, 710 W Redbud Lane, Alma AR 72921-7247; e-mail: [srosen.lstran@juno.com]; website: [www.yarddogpress.com]; add $2.00 postage.

VALLEJO, BORIS (1941- ) (chron.)

• * *Mirage: New and Enlarged Edition (Paper Tiger 1-85585-909-2, May 2001, £14.99, 104pp, tp, cover by Boris Vallejo) Art book. Expanded from the first edition (Ballantine, 1983) by the addition of a painting (“Totem Pole”) suppressed from the original, plus seven works painted between 1991 and 1997. Foreword and explanatory text by Nigel Suckling.
• * *Sketchbook (with Julie Bell) (Paper Tiger 1-85585-929-7, Oct 2001, £20.00, 160pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell) Art book featuring sketches by the artists. Text by Nigel Suckling discusses the role of sketches in the creative process.
• * +Sketchbook (with Julie Bell) (Thunder’s Mouth 1-56025-347-9, Nov 2001, $34.95, 160pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell) Art book. First US edition (Paper Tiger 9/01).
• * _Superheroes: The Heroic Visions of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell (with Julie Bell) (Thunder’s Mouth Press 1-56025-339-8, Oct 2001, $34.95, 160pp, hc, cover by Julie Bell) Reprint (Paper Tiger 2000 as Titans: The Heroic Visions of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell) art book, with illustrations of Marvel characters. Text by Nigel Suckling. Thunder’s Mouth also published this as Titans in 2000; this edition has a new ISBN.

van BELKOM, EDO (1962- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Six-Inch Spikes (DarkTales Publications 1-930997-08-6, Feb 2001, $17.99, 174pp, tp) Collection of 16 erotic horror stories, four original; the author’s afterword discusses how the stories came to be written. Foreword by Michael Rowe. This is an on-demand book, available online at [www.darktales.com], or from PO Box 675, Grandview MO 64030; add $4.00 shipping. (Contents)
• * *Teeth (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-37-1, May 2001, $14.00, 255pp, tp) Horror novel, a terrifying take on the concept of the vagina dentata. Introduction by Richard Laymon. Order online at [www.meishamerlin.com], or from Meisha Merlin, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031.

VanderMEER, JEFF(rey Scott) (1968- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *City of Saints and Madmen: The Book of Ambergris (Wildside Press/Cosmos 1-58715-436-6, Aug 2001, $15.00, 219pp, tp, cover by Scott Eagle) [Ambergris] Collection of four surreal novellas, some revised, set in VanderMeer’s city of Ambergris. Introduction by Michael Moorcock. This is a print-on-demand edition available online a [www.wildsidepress.com] or from PO Box 301, Holicong PA, 18928-0301. (Contents)
• * *The Exchange (with Eric Schaller) (Hoegbottom Press no ISBN, May 2001, $6.99, unpaginated, ph, cover by Eric Schaller) Chapbook story written by VanderMeer and illustrated by Schaller, in the form of a booklet (supposedly written by Nicholas Sporlender and illustrated by Louis Verden) given out during the annual Festival of the Freshwater Squid in VanderMeer’s mythical city of Ambergris. An enclosed note, or “Appoggiatura,” explains some of the background. This is a limited edition of 300; a deluxe edition of 100 ($20.00) comes in a box with traditional Festival candle, mushrooms, and message pellet). Order online at [www.vandermeer.redsine.com] or from Hoegbottom & Sons, PO Box 4248, Tallahassee FL 32315; prices include postage.

VANDE VELDE, VIVIAN (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Being Dead (Harcourt 0-15-216320-4, Sep 2001, $17.00, 203pp, hc) Young-adult collection of seven dark fantasy stories of ghosts and the undead. (Contents)
• * _Never Trust a Dead Man (Random House/Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22828-X, Jul 2001, $4.99, 194pp, tp, cover by Tristan Elwell) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1999) young-adult dark fantasy mystery-horror-comedy. An Edgar Award winner.
• * _There’s a Dead Person Following My Sister Around (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-131281-5, Aug 2001, $4.99, 143pp, tp, cover by Tristan Elwell) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1999) young-adult humorous ghost novel.
• * _User Unfriendly (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-216353-0, Sep 2001, $6.00, 244pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1991) young-adult fantasy/SF novel of a deadly computer game that plugs directly into your brain.

VAN HISE, JAMES (V.), ed. (1949- ) (chron.)

• * _The Fantastic Worlds of Robert E. Howard (Van Hise, James no ISBN, Jan 2001, $17.95, 190pp, tp, cover by Steve Firchow) Reissue (James Van Hise 1997) non-fiction, a series of 21 articles, mostly from the fanzine REHUPA (The Robert E. Howard United Press Association), on Howard, his works, and artistic representation of those works, with numerous black-and-white illustrations. Second printing. Order from James Van Hise, 57754 Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley CA 92284; email [Jimvanhise@aol.com]; add $4.00 postage.

VAN LUSTBADER, ERIC; see under Lustbader, Eric Van (stories) (chron.)

VARVOGLI, ALIKI (chron.)

• * *The World that is the Book: Paul Auster’s Fiction (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-697-6, Sep 2001, £17.95, 184pp, tp) Non-fiction, a critical analysis of Auster’s work, and his debt to literary forebears such as Poe, Melville, and Kafka. A hardcover edition (-687-9, £39.95) was announced but not seen. [Auster]

VAUGHAN, RALPH E. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Sherlock Holmes and the Terror Out of Time (Gryphon Books 1-58250-041-X, Jan 2002, $15.00, 121pp, tp, cover by Alfred Klosterman, Holmes Sherlock & Challenger Professor) Lovecraftian novella featuring Doyle’s famous character and H.G. Wells’s Professor Challenger. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228; add $1.00 postage.

VELDE, VIVIAN VANDE; see under Vande Velde, Vivian (stories) (chron.)

VERNE, JULES (Gabriel) (1828-1905) (stories) (chron.)

• * _20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Penguin/Signet Classic 0-451-52819-0, Dec 2001, $5.95, 463pp, pb) [Nemo] Reprint classic SF novel, with a new afterword by Walter James Miller. Translated and with a foreword by Mendor T. Burnetti.

VICKERY, GILL (chron.)

• * *The Ivy Crown (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-79612-X, Sep 2001, £4.99, 198pp, tp, cover by Sam Hadley) Young-adult fantasy novel. Winner of The Fidler Award (sponsored by Hodder) for an author’s first novel.

VIEHL, S. L.; pseudonym of Sheila Kelly (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Endurance (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45814-1, Jan 2001, $6.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Jerry Vanderstelt) [Stardoc] SF novel, third in the “Stardoc” series. Doctor Cherijo Grey Veil Torin is a captive of the invading alien Hsktskt.
• * *Shockball (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45855-9, Nov 2001, $6.99, 409pp, pb, cover by Alan Pollack) [Stardoc] SF novel, fourth in the “Stardoc” series. Cherijo is trapped and returned to Earth to face her creator/father.

VILOTT, RHONDI; [i.e., Rhondi A. Vilott Salsitz] (1949- ); see pseudonyms Emily Drake & Charles Ingrid (stories) (chron.)

VILOTT-SALSITZ, RHONDI A.; see under Vilott, Rhondi (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

VINCENT, NIK (stories) (chron.)

• * _Warhammer: Gilead’s Blood (with Dan Abnett) See entry under Dan Abnett.

VINGE, JOAN D.; [i.e., Joan Carol Dennison Vinge Frenkel] (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Snow Queen (Warner Aspect 0-446-67664-0, Feb 2001, $13.95, 434pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Snow Queen] Reprint (Dial 1980) Hugo-winning SF novel.
• * _Tangled up in Blue (Tor 0-812-57636-5, Oct 2001, $6.99, 293pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Snow Queen] Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel set in the world of The Snow Queen.

VINGE, VERNOR (Steffen) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge (Tor 0-312-87373-5, Nov 2001, $27.95, 464pp, hc) Collection of most of Vinge’s short fiction, including one original “Fast Times at Fairmont High”. (Contents)
• * _A Deepness in the Sky (Tor 0-812-53635-5, Sep 2001, $7.99, 775pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Fire Upon the Deep] Reissue (Tor 1999) SF novel. Sequel to A Fire Upon the Deep. Second printing.

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• * *True Names and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier (with James R. Frenkel) (Tor 0-312-86207-5, Dec 2001, $14.95, 352pp, tp, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Non-fiction book of nine essays and articles on the development of the Internet, along with the Vinge story “True Names” that explored the concept of cyberspace before the global network existed. Preface by Frenkel, introduction by Vinge, and afterword by Marvin Minsky. (Contents)

VITOLA, DENISE (D.) (1957- ); see pseudonym Denny DeMartino (chron.)

VOLSKY, PAULA (chron.)

• * _The Grand Ellipse (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58012-4, Nov 2001, $6.99, 659pp, pb, cover by Daniel Merriam) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2000) fantasy novel of an alternate world round-the-world race.

VONARBURG, ÉLISABETH (Ferron-Wehrlin Morché) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Slow Engines of Time (Tesseract 1-895836-30-1, Sep 2000, $9.95, 183pp, tp) Collection of eight stories translated from French, one appearing in English for the first time. A limited hardcover edition (-31-X, $23.95) was announced but not seen. This is dated 2000, but not seen until now. Order from Tesseract Books, The Books Collective, #214, 10405 Jasper Ave., Edmonton AB T5J 3S2, 780-448-0590; [www.bookscollective.com]. (Contents)