The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002

Books, Listed by Author

APPLEGATE, K. A. (chron.)

• * *Remnants 10: Lost and Found (Scholastic 0-590-88494-8, Jan 2003, $4.99, 134pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Remnants] Young-adult post-holocaust SF novel. The remnants’ ship finds Earth again after 500 years.
• * *Remnants 5: Mutation (Scholastic 0-590-88194-9, Feb 2002, $4.99, 160pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Remnants] Young-adult post-holocaust SF novel. The remnants of humanity are on a spaceship controlled by an alien computer that is out of control.
• * *Remnants 6: Breakdown (Scholastic 0-590-88195-7, Apr 2002, $4.99, 152pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Remnants] Young-adult post-holocaust SF novel. Yago challenges Mother, the spaceship’s computer that creates nightmare worlds for the Remnants.
• * *Remnants 7: Isolation (Scholastic 0-590-88196-5, Jul 2002, $4.99, 158pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Remnants] Young-adult post-holocaust SF novel.
• * _Remnants 7: Isolation (Scholastic UK 0-439-97955-2, Nov 2002, £4.99, 150pp, tp, cover by Tim Edmonds) [Remnants] Reprint (Scholastic 2002) young-adult SF novel. Book 7 in a series about survivors after the destruction of Earth. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Remnants 8: Mother, May I? (Scholastic 0-590-88273-2, Sep 2002, $4.99, 137pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Remnants] Young-adult post-holocaust SF novel.
• * *Remnants 9: No Place Like Home (Scholastic 0-590-88492-1, Nov 2002, $4.99, 151pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Remnants] Young-adult post-holocaust SF novel.
• * _Remnants: Breakdown (Scholastic UK 0-439-97953-6, Sep 2002, £4.99, 164pp, tp, cover by Tim Edmonds) [Remnants] Reprint (Scholastic 2002) young-adult SF novel. Book six in a series about survivors after the destruction of Earth. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Remnants: Destination Unknown (Scholastic UK 0-439-97940-4, Jan 2002, £4.99, 151pp, tp, cover by Tim Edmonds) [Remnants] Reprint (Scholastic 2001) young-adult SF novel, second in a series about survivors of the destruction of Earth. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Remnants: Mutation (Scholastic UK 0-439-97947-1, Jul 2002, £4.99, 160pp, tp, cover by Tim Edmonds) [Remnants] Reprint (Scholastic 2002) young-adult SF novel, book five in a series about survivors after the destruction of Earth. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Remnants: Nowhere Land (Scholastic UK 0-439-97944-7, May 2002, £4.99, 169pp, tp, cover by Tim Edmonds) [Remnants] Reprint (Scholastic 2001) young-adult SF novel. Fourth book in a series about survivors after the destruction of Earth. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Remnants: The Mayflower Project (Scholastic UK 0-439-97939-0, Jan 2002, £4.99, 170pp, tp, cover by Tim Edmonds) [Remnants] Reprint (Scholastic 2001) young-adult SF novel, first in a series. Eighty people are selected to escape the destruction of Earth by an asteroid. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Remnants: Them (Scholastic UK 0-439-97941-2, Mar 2002, £4.99, 163pp, tp, cover by Tim Edmonds) [Remnants] Reprint (Scholastic 2001) young-adult SF novel, the third in a series about survivors on a spaceship after the destruction of Earth. [First U.K. edition]

ARDEN, TOM; pseudonym of David Rain, (1961- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who Novellas: Nightdreamers (Telos 1-903889-07-3, May 2002, £25.00, 105pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Original novella based on the TV series. Foreword by Jo Grant. This is a signed, limited deluxe edition, which adds frontispiece art by Martin McKenna. Arden is a pseudonym for David Rain. Licenced by the BBC. Available from 61 Elgar Avenue, Tolworth, Surrey KT5 9JP. Telos is a venture of David J. Howe and Stephen James Walker. A trade hardcover edition (-06-5, £10.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _Empress of the Endless Dream (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-60196-5, Nov 2002, £6.99, 592pp, pb, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [Orokon] Reprint (Gollancz 2001) fantasy novel, the fifth book of “The Orokon”. Arden is a pseudonym for David Rain.
• * +The Harlequin’s Dance (Sterling Publishing/Gollancz 0-575-07475-2, Feb 2003, $14.95, 448pp, tp, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [Orokon] Fantasy novel, first in “The Orokon” series. Arden is a pen name for David Rain. First US edition (Gollancz 1997); this is a special 2002 Gollancz trade paperback edition with US price, distributed in the US by Sterling Publishing, 387 Park Ave. S., New York NY 10016-8810; 800-805-5489; [www.sterlingpub.com].
• * *Shadow Black (Big Engine 1-903468-05-1, Oct 2002, £8.99, 298pp, tp, cover by Deirdre Counihan) Satirical gothic fantasy novel set in the 1950s, at the seaside mansion called Shadow Black. Arden is a pseudonym of Australian-born David Rain.

ARMSTRONG, JENNIFER; [i.e., Jennifer Mary Armstrong Kunstler] (1961- ) (chron.)

• * *Fire-Us Trilogy: Book 1: The Kindling (with Nancy Butcher) (HarperCollins 0-06-008048-5, Apr 2002, $15.95, 224pp, hc, cover by John Van Fleet) [Fire-Us Trilogy] Young-adult near-future, post-holocaust SF novel, first in a trilogy. Kids try to survive in a world depopulated by a deadly virus.
• * *Fire-Us Trilogy: Book 2: The Keepers of the Flame (with Nancy Butcher) (HarperCollins 0-06-008049-3, Nov 2002, $15.99, 231pp, hc, cover by John Van Fleet) [Fire-Us Trilogy] Young-adult near-future, post-holocaust SF novel, second in a trilogy. The kids find Grown-ups five years after the deadly virus wiped out all adults.

ARMSTRONG, KELLEY (chron.)

• * _Bitten (Penguin/Plume 0-452-28348-5, Jan 2003, $13.00, 372pp, tp) [Women of the Otherworld] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 2001) werewolf novel, the first book of “Women of the Otherworld”.

ARRIGAN, MARY (chron.)

• * _Grimstone’s Ghost (Collins 0-00-675480-5, Mar 2001, £3.99, 160pp, tp) Reprint (Collins 2000) young-adult ghost novel. This was published in 2001, but not seen until now.
• * *Lawlor’s Revenge (Collins 0-00-713765-6, Sep 2002, £4.99, 208pp, tp, cover by Mark Harrison) Young-adult fantasy novel.

ASARO, CATHERINE (Ann) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Quantum Rose (Tor 0-812-56883-4, Feb 2002, $7.99, 419pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Skolian Empire] Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel, the sixth “Ruby Empire” novel of the Skolian Imperialate.
• * _Spherical Harmonic (Tor 0-812-56882-6, Aug 2002, $6.99, 370pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Skolian Empire] Reprint (Tor 2001) SF novel, the seventh novel of the Skolian Empire.

ASHE, ARAN (chron.)

• * *Slave-Mines of Tormunil (Nexus 0-352-33695-1, Apr 2002, £6.99, 272pp, pb) [Chronicles of Tormunil] Erotic fantasy novel, third in the “Chronicles of Tormunil”. Ashe also writes as “Valentina Cilescu”.

ASHER, NEAL L. (1961- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Gridlinked (Pan 0-330-48433-8, Mar 2002, £6.99, 522pp, pb, cover by Steve Rawlings) [Gridlinked] Reprint (Macmillan UK 2001) SF novel. An agent Cormac tries to protect a mysterious project while being pursued by an unrelenting psychopathic killer.
• * *The Skinner (Macmillan UK 0-333-90364-1, Mar 2002, £9.99, 474pp, tp, cover by Steve Rawlings) [Spatterjay] SF novel. Three visitors to the waterworld Spatterjay are caught in an invasion by deadly aliens.

ASHLEY, MIKE, ed.; [i.e., Michael Raymond Donald Ashley] (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction (Robinson 1-84119-375-5, Mar 2002, £6.99, xiii+498pp, tp, cover by Pete Rozycki) Anthology of 22 SF stories, with two originals by Stephen Baxter and Eric Brown. Other authors include Connie Willis, Brian W. Aldiss, and Philip K. Dick. (Contents)
• * +The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1004-7, Jun 2002, $11.95, 498pp, tp, cover by Pete Rozycki) Anthology of 22 SF stories, two original by Stephen Baxter and Eric Brown. Other authors include Brian W. Aldiss, Philip K. Dick, and Connie Willis. First American edition (Robinson 2002).
• * _The Merriest Knight: The Collected Arthurian Tales of Theodore Goodridge Roberts See entry under Theodore Goodridge Roberts.
• * _The Mirror and Other Strange Reflections See entry under Arthur Porges.

ASIMOV, ISAAC; [anglicized from Isaak Iudich Azimov] (1920-1992) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Empire Novels (SFBC #54892, Dec 2002, $14.99, 545pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) Reprint (Doubleday 1961 as Triangle) omnibus of three SF novels: The Stars, Like Dust (1951), The Currents of Space (1952), and Pebble in the Sky (1950). This has ISBN 0-7394-3105-6; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *It’s Been a Good Life (Prometheus Books 1-57392-968-9, Mar 2002, $25.00, 309pp, hc, cover by Jay Kay Klein) Biography, condensed from Asimov’s three-volume autobiography, with previously unpublished pieces, including the revelation that Asimov actually died of AIDS. Edited by Janet Jeppson Asimov. Prometheus Books, 59 John Glenn Dr., Amherst NY 14228-2197; orders 800-421-0351; [www.prometheusbooks.com]; email: [pbooks6205@aol.com].

ASPRIN, ROBERT LYNN (1946-2008) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Another Fine Myth/Myth Conceptions (Ace 0-441-00931-X, May 2002, $7.99, 395pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Myth] Reprint (SFBC 1984 as part of Myth Adventures) omnibus of the first two humorous fantasy novels in the “Myth Adventures” series: Another Fine Myth (1978) and Myth Conceptions (1980).
• * *For King & Country (with Linda Evans) (Baen 0-7434-3539-7, Aug 2002, $24.00, 442pp, hc, cover by Larry Elmore) SF time-travel adventure novel. Captain Trevor Stirling travels back in time to stop a terrorist’s plans to kill King Arthur. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
• * *M.Y.T.H. Inc. in Action/Sweet Myth-tery of Life (Ace 0-441-00982-4, Oct 2002, $7.99, 357pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Myth] Omnibus of the ninth and tenth humorous fantasy novels in the “Myth Adventures” series: M.Y.T.H. Inc. in Action (1990) and Sweet Myth-tery of Life (1994). (Contents)
• * *M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link/Myth-Nomers and Impervections (Ace 0-441-00969-7, Sep 2002, $7.99, 330pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Myth] Omnibus of the seventh and eighth humorous fantasy novels in the “Myth Adventures” series: M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link (1986) and Myth-Nomers and Impervections (1987). (Contents)
• * _Myth Directions/Hit or Myth (Ace 0-441-00943-3, Jun 2002, $7.99, 329pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Myth] Reprint (SFBC 1984 as part of Myth Adventures) omnibus of the third and fourth humorous fantasy novels in the “Myth Adventures” series: Another Fine Myth (1978) and Myth Conceptions (1980). (Contents)
• * *Myth-ing Persons/Little Myth Marker (Ace 0-441-00953-0, Jul 2002, $7.99, 327pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Myth] Omnibus of the sixth and seventh humorous fantasy novels in the “Myth Adventures” series: Myth-ing Persons (1984) and Little Myth Marker (1985). (Contents)
• * _Myth-ion Improbable (Ace 0-441-00962-X, Aug 2002, $6.99, 198pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Myth] Reprint (Meisha Merlin 2001) humorous fantasy novel in the “Myth” series, set between volumes three and four in the series.
• * *Something M.Y.T.H. Inc. (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-88-6, Sep 2002, $16.00, 203pp, tp) [Myth] Humorous fantasy novel, 12th in the “Myth” series. Available from Meisha Merlin Publishing, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031; [www.meishamerlin.com].

ATTEBERY, BRIAN (Leonard) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * *Decoding Gender in Science Fiction (Routledge 0-415-93950-X, Sep 2002, $22.95, 210pp, hc) Non-fiction, a critical examination of the treatment of gender in SF. This includes notes and an index. A hardcover edition (-949-6, $85.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Routledge, 29 West 35th St., New York NY 10001; [www.routledge-ny.com]; 800-634-7064.

ATWATER-RHODES, AMELIA (chron.)

• * *Midnight Predator (Random House/Delacorte 0-385-32794-3, May 2002, $9.95, 248pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Young-adult vampire novel. Vampire killer Turquoise Draka goes undercover as a slave in the legendary city of Midnight.

ATWOOD, MARGARET (Eleanor Kilian) (1939- ) (chron.)

• * _The Blind Assassin (Doubleday/Anchor Books 0-385-72095-5, Sep 2001, $14.00, 524pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday/Talese 2000) associational novel set in the 1940s, with an SF novel-within-a-novel involved. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now.

ATZMON, GILAD (chron.)

• * *A Guide to the Perplexed (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-826-0, Oct 2002, £7.99, 151pp, tp) Satirical SF novel. Translated by Philip Simpson from the original (Keter Publishing House, Jerusalem 2001). A first novel. In 2052, the memoir of Gunther Wünker is examined for clues on why the State of Israel failed (again).

AUDLEY, ANSELM (chron.)

• * _Heresy (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-1484-5, May 2002, £6.99, 503pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Aquasilva] Reprint (Earthlight UK 2001) fantasy novel. Book one of the “Aquasilva” trilogy.
• * _Heresy (Pocket 0-7434-2739-4, Sep 2002, $7.99, 530pp, pb, cover by Jerry Vanderstelt) [Aquasilva] Reprint (Earthlight UK 2001) fantasy novel set on the watery world of Aquasilva. First US edition (Earthlight 6/01).
• * *Inquisition (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7432-0965-6, May 2002, £10.00, 400pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Aquasilva] Fantasy novel, second in the “Aquasilva” trilogy, after Heresy.
• * +Inquisition (Pocket 0-7434-2740-8, Oct 2002, $25.00, 400pp, hc, cover by Jerry Vanderstelt) [Aquasilva] Fantasy novel, sequel to Heresy. A young nobleman stumbles on a religious takeover by Fire worshipers in the watery world of Aquasilva. First US edition (Earthlight 5/02).

AUEL, JEAN M(arie, née Untinen) (1936- ) (chron.)

• * _The Clan of the Cave Bear (Bantam 0-553-25042-6, Mar 2002, $7.99, 495pp, pb, cover by Hiroko) [*Earth’s Children] Reissue (Crown 1980) prehistoric novel, second in the “Earth’s Children” series. 70th printing.
• * _The Clan of the Cave Bear (Hodder & Stoughton/Coronet 0-340-26883-2, Apr 2002, £7.99, 587pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [*Earth’s Children] Reissue (Crown 1980) prehistoric fantasy novel. Volume one in the “Earth’s Children” series.
• * _The Clan of the Cave Bear (Bantam 0-553-38167-9, Jul 2002, $14.95, 451pp, tp, cover by Hiroko) [*Earth’s Children] Reprint (Crown 1980) prehistoric novel, first in the “Earth’s Children” series.
• * _The Mammoth Hunters (Bantam 0-553-28094-5, Mar 2002, $7.99, 723pp, pb, cover by Hiroko) [*Earth’s Children] Reissue (Crown 1985) prehistoric novel, third in the “Earth’s Children” series. 40th printing.
• * _The Mammoth Hunters (Hodder & Stoughton/Coronet 0-340-39311-4, Apr 2002, £7.99, 784pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [*Earth’s Children] Reprint (Crown 1985) prehistoric fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Earth’s Children” series.
• * _The Mammoth Hunters (Bantam 0-553-38164-4, Jul 2002, $14.95, 624pp, tp, cover by Hiroko) [*Earth’s Children] Reprint (Crown 1985) prehistoric novel, third in the “Earth’s Children” series.
• * _The Plains of Passage (Bantam 0-553-28941-1, Mar 2002, $7.99, 868pp, pb, cover by Hiroko) [*Earth’s Children] Reissue (Crown 1990) prehistoric novel, fourth in the “Earth’s Children” series. 24th printing.
• * _The Plains of Passage (Hodder & Stoughton/Coronet 0-340-54742-1, Apr 2002, £7.99, 975pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [*Earth’s Children] Reprint (Crown 1990) prehistoric fantasy novel. Volume four in the “Earth’s Children” series.
• * _The Plains of Passage (Bantam 0-553-38165-2, Jul 2002, $14.95, 738pp, tp, cover by Hiroko) [*Earth’s Children] Reprint (Crown 1990) prehistoric novel, fourth in the “Earth’s Children” series.
• * _The Plains of Passage (SFBC no ISBN, Jul 2002, $12.50, 760pp, hc, cover by Hiroko) [*Earth’s Children] Reissue (Crown 1990) prehistoric novel, fourth in the “Earth’s Children” series. This is similar to the 2002 Crown edition; the jacket lacks a price.
• * *The Shelters of Stone (Random House/Crown 0-609-61059-7, Apr 2002, $28.95, 753pp, hc, cover by Hiroko) [*Earth’s Children] Prehistoric novel, fifth in the “Earth’s Children” series.
• * *The Shelters of Stone (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-82195-7, Apr 2002, £18.99, xii+769pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [*Earth’s Children] Prehistorical fantasy novel, volume five in the “Earth’s Children” series. Simultaneous with the US (Random House) edition.
• * _The Shelters of Stone (SFBC no ISBN, May 2002, $14.99, 753pp, hc, cover by Hiroko) [*Earth’s Children] Reprint (Crown 2002) prehistoric novel, fifth in the “Earth’s Children” series. This is similar to the Crown edition, except the jacket lacks a price.
• * _The Valley of Horses (Bantam 0-553-25053-1, Mar 2002, $7.99, 544pp, pb, cover by Hiroko) [*Earth’s Children] Reissue (Crown 1982) prehistoric novel, second in the “Earth’s Children” series. 50th printing.
• * _The Valley of Horses (Hodder & Stoughton/Coronet 0-340-32964-5, Apr 2002, £7.99, 588pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [*Earth’s Children] Reprint (Crown 1982) prehistoric fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Earth’s Children” series.
• * _The Valley of Horses (Bantam 0-553-38166-0, Jul 2002, $14.95, 483pp, tp, cover by Hiroko) [*Earth’s Children] Reprint (Crown 1982) prehistoric novel, second in the “Earth’s Children” series.

AUFDEM-BRINKE, ELEANOR F. (1950- ); see pseudonyms J. D. Robb & Nora Roberts (chron.)

AUSTIN, SHERRY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Mariah of the Spirits and Other Southern Ghost Stories (Overmountain Press 1-57072-231-5, Oct 2002, $14.95, 181pp, tp) Collection of 13 ghost stories. A hardcover edition (-239-0, $24.95) was announced but not seen. Available from The Overmountain Press, PO Box 1261, Johnson City TN 37605. (Contents)

AXELSSON, MAJGULL (chron.)

• * *April Witch (Random House/Villard 0-375-50517-2, Apr 2002, $24.95, 408pp, hc, cover by Jay Koelzer) Fantasy novel of a institutionalized woman, a mute paraplegic with supernatural powers. Translated by Linda Schenck from the Swedish Aprilhäxean (Prisma Publishers 1997).

AXLER, JAMES; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * *Deathlands: Amazon Gate (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62569-3, Sep 2002, $6.50, 346pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 59th in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Deathlands: Breakthrough (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62567-7, Mar 2002, $5.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 57th in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Deathlands: Destiny’s Truth (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62570-7, Dec 2002, $6.50, 349pp, pb) [Deathlands: Illuminated Ones] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, second book in “The Illuminated Ones” series, 60th in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Deathlands: Salvation Road (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62568-5, Jun 2002, $5.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 58th in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Outlanders: Devil in the Moon (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63834-5, May 2002, $5.99, 346pp, pb) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 21th in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.