The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001

Books, Listed by Author

BEARD, HENRY N. (chron.)

• * _Bored of the Rings (with Douglas C. Kenney) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45261-5, Dec 2001, $12.00, 149pp, tp) Reissue (Signet 1969) parody of The Lord of the Rings. This is a “NOT the inspiration for ANY epic motion picture” non-tie-in edition. 11th printing.

BEBRIS, CARRIE A. (chron.)

• * *Forgotten Realms: Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1387-8, Jul 2001, $6.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Brom) [Forgotten Realms: Phlan Trilogy] Novelization of the SSI computer game based on the “Phlan Trilogy” based on the fantasy role-playing game. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

BECKER, BONNY (chron.)

• * *My Brother, the Robot (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-46792-0, Oct 2001, $15.99, 136pp, hc, cover by Roger Roth) Young-adult SF novel. Chip feels like a failure when his family buys a robot designed to be “the perfect son”.

BEETZ, KIRK H. (chron.)

• * *Exploring C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia (Beacham Publishing 0-933833-58-X, Feb 2001, $16.95, 625pp, tp) Non-fiction teachers’ guide to the “Narnia” books, with sections on Lewis’s life and theology, his YA writing, and Narnia in general and book by book. Includes bibliography, Internet resources, and index. In the “Beacham’s Sourcebooks for Teaching Young Adult Fiction” series. [Lewis]

BELDEN, DAVID (Corderoy) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * _Children of Arable (NetPub/Vivisphere Publishing 1-58776-057-6, Oct 2001, $18.00, 346pp, tp) [Gendering] Reprint (NAL/Signet 1987) SF novel, the first book of the “Gendering” series, revised from the earlier edition. This is a print-on-demand book available online at [www.vivisphere.com], or from NetPub/Vivisphere Publishing, 2 Neptune Rd., Poughkeepsie NY 12601; credit card orders 800-724-1100.

BELL, ANN (chron.)

• * *My Friend Henry: Henry Tudor Comes Back from The Dead to Right His Earthly Mistakes (The Book Guild 1-85776-551-6, Mar 2001, £16.95, 191pp, hc, cover by Hamilton Paige) Fantasy novel of King Henry VIII returned to Earth to confront and transcend his former actions. Includes a Foreword by Dr Kenneth McAll.

BELL, HILARI (chron.)

• * *A Matter of Profit (Hyperion 0-06-029513-9, Sep 2001, $16.95, 281pp, hc) Young-adult SF novel. A young man on an unfamiliar alien world investigates a plot to assassinate the emperor.

BELL, JULIE (1958- ) (chron.)

• * _Sketchbook (with Boris Vallejo) See entry under Boris Vallejo.
• * _Superheroes: The Heroic Visions of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell (with Boris Vallejo) See entry under Boris Vallejo.

BELLAIRS, JOHN (Anthony) (1938-1991) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Pedant and the Shuffly (The Mythopoeic Press 1-887726-07-1, Jun 2001, $7.00, xiv + 73pp, tp, cover by Marilyn Fitschen) Reprint (Macmillan 1968) humorous children’s story in Thurberesque style, illustrated by Marilyn Fitschen. There is a biographical introduction by Brad Strickland, and a bibliography of Bellairs’s work. Order from The Mythopoeic Society, PO Box 1363, Minnetonka MN 55345; website [www.mythsoc.org].

BEMAN, DONALD (K.) (1943- ) (chron.)

• * *Dead Love (Leisure 0-8439-4951-1, Dec 2001, $5.99, 346pp, pb) Horror novel. A writer trying to come to terms with his past finds evil in his hometown.

BENARD, CHERYL (1953- ) (chron.)

• * *Turning on the Girls (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-28178-5, Mar 2001, $23.00, 312pp, hc, cover by Kenneth Willardt) Satirical SF novel of a “utopia” run by women, where a Ministry of Thought worker seeks to find acceptable sexual fantasies for women, and ends up infiltrating a counterrevolutionary men’s movement.

BENDER, HY (chron.)

• * _The Sandman Companion (DC Comics/Vertigo 1-56389-644-3, Feb 2001, $12.95, 274pp, tp, cover by Dave McKean) [Sandman] Reprint (Vertigo 1999) non-fiction guide to the award-winning comic book series, including interviews with writer/creator Neil Gaiman.

BENFORD, GREGORY (Albert) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Against the Fall of Night and Beyond the Fall of Night (with Arthur C. Clarke) See entry under Arthur C. Clarke
• * _Artifact (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-062-8, Jul 2001, £6.99, 416pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) Reprint (Tor 1985) contemporary SF novel. Copyrighted 2001, suggesting amendments or revisions from the original, even beyond the changes in the 1998 (Avon Eos) edition. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millennia (HarperPerennial 0-380-79346-6, Dec 2000, $13.00, 225pp, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Avon Bard 1999) associational non-fiction about attempts to leave messages for the far future, as well as extra-terrestrial civilizations.
• * _Eater (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-017-2, Jan 2001, £6.99, 384pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Eos 2000) SF novel. A black hole hurtling towards Earth sends a message. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Eater (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-79056-4, May 2001, $6.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Amy Halperin) Reprint (HarperCollins/Eos 2000) SF novel of an intelligent black hole passing near Earth.
• * _The Martian Race (Warner Aspect 0-446-60890-4, Jan 2001, $6.99, 446pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Martian Race] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1999) SF novel.

BENJAMIN, CURT; pseudonym (chron.)

• * *The Prince of Shadow (DAW 0-7564-0005-8, Sep 2001, $23.95, 426pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Seven Brothers] Fantasy novel, volume one of “Seven Brothers”. A young royal is kidnapped, enslaved, and becomes a gladiator as part of a plan to escape and free his homeland. Benjamin is “the pseudonym for a writer of...contemporary supernatural fantasy.”

BENNETT, CHERIE (chron.)

• * *Anne Frank and Me (with Jeff Gottesfeld) (Penguin/Putnam 0-399-23329-6, Mar 2001, $18.99, 289pp, hc, cover by Steve Cieslawski) Young-adult time-travel fantasy. A girl goes back in time to the life of a Jewish girl in Nazi-occupied Paris.

BENNETT, GERTRUDE (née Barrows) (1884-1948); see pseudonym Francis Stevens (stories) (chron.)

BENNETT, NIGEL (stories) (chron.)

• * *His Father’s Son (with P. N. Elrod) (Baen 0-671-31981-7, Apr 2001, $24.00, 337pp, hc, cover by Jamie Murray) [Lancelot: vampire] Vampire novel, third in the series featuring a vampire Lancelot in contemporary Canada.

BENSON, E(dward) F(rederic) (1867-1940) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson (Robinson 1-84119-432-8, Nov 2001, £7.99, xvi+624pp, tp) Reprint (Robinson 1992) omnibus of 54 stories and an 1895 essay. Edited and with an introduction by Richard Dalby, plus a foreword by Joan Aiken. Includes all of The Room in the Tower (1912), Visible and Invisible (1923), Spook Stories (1928), and More Spook Stories (1934).
• * *Desirable Residences and Other Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-212304-1, 1991, £15.95, 278pp, hc, cover by Sir John Lavery) Collection of 27 stories, mainly humorous items but including three uncollected ghost stories. (Contents) [ed: Jack Adrian]
• * *Mrs. Amworth (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-018-2, Jul 2001, C$56.00, xxiii+198pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Collection of supernatural stories, edited by Jack Adrian, third in a series designed to bring back into print all of Benson’s supernatural fiction in the order of writing. This is a limited edition of 600 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $41.50 and in the UK for £26.00. (Contents)

BERBERICK, NANCY VARIAN (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *DragonLance: The Inheritance (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1861-6, May 2001, $6.99, 284pp, pb, cover by Bradley Williams) [DragonLance] Novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

BERG, CAROL (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Revelation (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45842-7, Aug 2001, $6.99, 485pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Rai-Kirah] Fantasy novel, sequel to Transformation. Seyonne sets off alone to learn more about demon nature.
• * _Revelation (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-076-8, Sep 2001, £10.99, 485pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Rai-Kirah] Reprint (Penguin/Roc 2001) fantasy novel. Book Two of “The Rai-Kirah” after Transformation. The demons defeated by Seyonne return to attack his family. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Transformation (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-075-X, Mar 2001, £9.99, 506pp, tp) [Rai-Kirah] Reprint (Roc 2000) fantasy novel, Book One of “The Rai-Kirah”. A slave must save his vicious new master from demons. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Transformation (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-044-X, Aug 2001, £6.99, 506pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Rai-Kirah] Reprint (Penguin/Roc 2000) fantasy novel. Book One of “The Rai-Kirah”.

BERGLUND, E(dward) P(aul) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Shards of Darkness (Mythos Books 0-9659433-6-4, 2000, $14.95, 158pp, tp, cover by D. L. Hutchinson) Collection of 11 stories. Introduction by Robert M. Price. This is dated 2000, but not seen until now. Order from Mythos Books, 218 Hickory Meadow Lane, Poplar Bluff MO 63901-2160; [dwynn@LDD.net]; [www.abebooks.com/home/mythosbooks/]; 573-785-7710. (Contents)

BERGSTROM, ELAINE (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Blood to Blood: The Dracula Story Continues (SFBC #33537, Jan 2001, $9.98, 310pp, hc, cover by Jim Griffin) [Dracula] Reprint (Ace 2000) vampire novel based on characters from Bram Stoker’s Dracula. This is a sequel to Mina. It lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

BERLINER, JANET (stories) (chron.)

• * _Rite of the Dragon (Wildside Press 1-58715-287-8, 2001, $16.95, 264pp, tp, cover by Robert L. Fleck) Reprint (Donning 1981 as by Janet Gluckman) fantasy novel of witchcraft and Apartheid in South Africa. This is a “20th Anniversary Edition” with a new introduction by the author. A print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045.

BERMAN, STEVE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Trysts (Lethe Press 1-59021-000-X, Sep 2001, $13.00, 148pp, tp, cover by Matt Bauer) Original collection of 13 “queer and weird” dark fantasy stories, one previously published, four appearing previously online. Order from Lethe Press, 102 Heritage Ave., Maple Shade NJ 08052; [www.lethepress.com]. (Contents)

BERNER, DAVID, II (chron.)

• * *The Nequia (BookBerner Publishing 0-9677633-2-0, Oct 2001, $19.95, 224pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel. A nameless adventurer travels to the land of the dead to rescue the last soul of forbidden light. Available from BookBerner Publishing, PMB 201, 2023 E. Sims Way, Port Townsend WA 98368; [www.bookberner.bizland.com]; email [bookberner@bizland.com].

BERRY, ADRIAN (Michael) (1937- ) (chron.)

• * *The Giant Leap (Tor 0-312-87785-4, Sep 2001, $24.95, 342pp, hc) Associational non-fiction science, speculating on interstellar travel and colonization, with occasional reference to SF. Berry has written SF, and also writes as Martin Hale.

bes SHAHAR, ELUKI (1956- ); see pseudonym Rosemary Edghill (stories) (chron.)

BESTER, ALFRED (1913-1987) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Stars My Destination (SFBC #02407, Jan 2001, $50.00, 258pp, hc) Reprint (Signet 1957) SF classic. This special leatherbound, gilt-edged edition (ISBN 0-7394-0907-7) follows the text of the 1996 Vintage trade paperback edition, with the corrected text edited by Alex & Phyllis Eisenstein. It has no jacket, lacks price and SFBC number, and is available only to current members.
• * _The Stars My Destination (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07337-3, Oct 2001, £14.99, x+258pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Sidgwick & Jackson 1956 as Tiger! Tiger!) classic SF novel. This follows the US text. Includes the Neil Gaiman introduction from the 1999 Millennium edition. Volume IV in the “SF Masterworks” hardcover series.

BETANCOURT, JOHN GREGORY (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Gates of Hades (Tor 0-812-53912-5, Mar 2001, $5.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Latif Kazbekov) Fantasy novel based on the Greek myths of Jason and the Argonauts. Hercules goes to the underworld to rescue his friend Jason.

BICKLEY, GILLIAN, ed. (chron.)

• * *Hong Kong Invaded! A ’97 Nightmare (Hong Kong University Press 962-209-526-7, 2001, $26.95, 303pp, tp) Non-fiction book reprinting, with extensive historical notes, an anonymous SF novella predicting the invasion of Hong Kong by France and Russia in 1897. Originally published by The China Mail in 1897 as both serial and pamphlet. Introduction by I.F. Clarke. Includes maps, illustrations by Arthur Hacker, period photos, extensive notes, bibliography, index, and a key by Bickley to the real identities of characters. Order from Hong Kong University Press, 14/F Hing Wai Centre, 7 Tin Wan Praya Rd, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, SAR; email: [hkupress@hkucc.hku.hk]; website [www.hkupress.org]; postage: add $5.50 surface, $9.99 air.

BIGGLE, LLOYD, Jr. (1923-2002) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _A Galaxy of Strangers (Wildside Press/Cosmos Books 1-58715-461-7, Jun 2001, $14.95, 177pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1976) collection of eight stories. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online from [www.wildsidepress.com], or from PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928.

BILLINGSLEY, FRANNY (chron.)

• * _The Folk Keeper (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-84461-1, Sep 2001, $4.95, 162pp, tp, cover by Leonid Gore) Reprint (Atheneum 1999) young-adult fantasy novel about a girl charged with keeping the wild underground folk under control.

BIRD, ISOBEL (chron.)

• * *Circle of Three 1: So Mote it Be (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-447291-4, Feb 2001, $4.99, 230pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Circle of Three] Young-adult contemporary dark fantasy mystery novel, first in a series about three teens learning witchcraft.
• * *Circle of Three 2: Merry Meet (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-447292-2, Feb 2001, $4.99, 206pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Circle of Three] Young-adult dark fantasy mystery novel, second in a series about three teen witches. The trio attend their first Wiccan rite.
• * *Circle of Three 3: Second Sight (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-447293-0, Mar 2001, $4.99, 228pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Circle of Three] Young-adult dark fantasy mystery novel, third in a series about three teen witches.
• * *Circle of Three 4: What the Cards Said (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-447294-9, Apr 2001, $4.99, 229pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Circle of Three] Young-adult dark fantasy mystery novel, fourth in a series about three modern-day witches.
• * *Circle of Three 5: In the Dreaming (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-447295-7, May 2001, $4.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Circle of Three] Young-adult dark fantasy mystery novel, fifth in a series about three modern-day witches.
• * *Circle of Three 6: Ring of Light (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-447296-5, Jun 2001, $4.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Circle of Three] Young-adult dark fantasy mystery novel, sixth in a series about three modern-day witches.
• * *Circle of Three 7: Blue Moon (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-447297-3, Jul 2001, $4.99, 235pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Circle of Three] Young-adult dark fantasy mystery novel, seventh in a series about three modern-day witches.
• * *Circle of Three 8: The Five Paths (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-447298-1, Aug 2001, $4.99, 236pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Circle of Three] Young-adult dark fantasy mystery novel, eighth in a series about three modern-day witches.
• * *Circle of Three 9: Through the Veil (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-447299-X, Sep 2001, $4.99, 231pp, pb) [Circle of Three] Young-adult dark fantasy mystery novel, ninth in a series about three modern-day witches.
• * *Circle of Three 10: Making the Saint (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-447367-8, Oct 2001, $4.99, 227pp, pb) [Circle of Three] Young-adult dark fantasy mystery novel, tenth in a series about three modern-day witches.
• * *Circle of Three 11: The House of Winter (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-447368-6, Nov 2001, $4.99, 234pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Circle of Three] Young-adult dark fantasy mystery novel, 11th in a series about three modern-day witches.
• * *Circle of Three 12: Written in the Stars (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-000604-8, Dec 2001, $4.99, 224pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Circle of Three] Young-adult dark fantasy mystery novel, 12th in a series about three modern-day witches.
• * _Circle of Three: Book 1: So Mote it Be (Collins 0-00-712036-2, Jul 2001, £3.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Circle of Three] Reprint (Avon 2001) young-adult fantasy novel. Three girls are drawn together in the first stage of becoming Wiccans. First in a new series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Circle of Three: Book 2: Merry Meet (Collins 0-00-712037-0, Jul 2001, £3.99, 204pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Circle of Three] Reprint (Avon 2001) young-adult fantasy novel. Second in a series about teen witches. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Circle of Three: Book 3: Second Sight (Collins 0-00-712038-9, Jul 2001, £3.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Circle of Three] Reprint (Avon 2001) young-adult fantasy novel. Third in a series about teen witches. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _Circle of Three: Book 4: What the Cards Said (Collins 0-00-712039-7, Oct 2001, £3.99, 230pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Avon 2001) young-adult dark fantasy mystery, fourth in a series about three modern-day witches. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Circle of Three: Book 5: In the Dreaming (Collins 0-00-712040-0, Oct 2001, £3.99, 211pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Avon 2001) young-adult dark fantasy mystery, fifth in a series about three modern-day witches. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Circle of Three: Book 6: Ring of Light (Collins 0-00-712041-9, Oct 2001, £3.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Avon 2001) young-adult dark fantasy mystery, sixth in a series about three modern-day witches. [First U.K. edition]

BISCHOFF, DAVID (Frederick) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Diplomatic Touch (Foggy Windows Books/Afterburner 1-930947-06-2, Feb 2001, $12.95, 160pp, tp, cover by Pelaez) Humorous, erotic SF novel of a husband and wife team of intergalactic diplomats. Order from Foggy Windows, PO Box 2358, Scarborough ME 04070; 207-885-0247; website [www.foggywindows.com].
• * *Farscape: Ship of Ghosts [ghost written by Martha Bayless] (Boxtree 0-7522-7233-0, Sep 2001, £5.99, 257pp, pb) [Farscape] Novelization based on the TV series. Bischoff acknowledges Martha Bayless as co-author. Copyrighted by the Jim Henson Company.