The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002
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The Estorian Chronicles, Book I: Cave of Departure Nikki Tate (Orca Book Publishers/Sono Nis Press 1-55039-119-4, 2001, $6.95, 233pp, tp, cover by Jim Brennan) [Estorian Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in a series. A 12-year-old boy banished from his tribe seeks to become a storyteller. Available in the US from Orca Book Publishers, Box 468, Custer WA 98240-0468; 800-210-5277; [www.islandnet.com/sononis/].
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On Wings of a Dragon Cora Taylor (Fitzhenry & Whiteside 1-55041-674-X, Oct 2001, $15.95, 251pp, hc, cover by Martin Springett) Young-adult fantasy novel. A young woman and her dragon restore a kingdom to its rightful heir. Available from Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 195 Allstate Parkway, Markham Ont Canada L3R 4T8; 121 Harvard Ave. Suite 2, Allston MA 02134; 800-805-1083; [www.fitzhenry.ca].
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Resurrection Karen E. Taylor (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1471-7, Sep 2002, $5.99, 302pp, pb) [Vampire Legacy] Vampire detective novel, sixth in the Vampire Legacy series featuring vampire Deidre and her ex-detective lover, Mitch.
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Smallville: Arrival Michael Teitelbaum (Little, Brown 0-316-17359-2, Sep 2002, $5.99, 162pp, pb) [Smallville] Novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
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Slain in the Spirit Melanie Tem (Leisure 0-8439-4989-9, Apr 2002, $5.99, 317pp, pb) Associational non-supernatural horror novel. A nearly blind woman is kidnapped by a man who wants to save her soul.
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Immodest Proposals: The Complete Science Fiction of William Tenn, Volume One William Tenn (SFBC #52644, Sep 2002, $14.50, 618pp, hc, cover by H. R. Van Dongen) Reprint (NESFA Press 2001) collection of 33 stories, the first of two volumes. This is similar to the NESFA edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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The Fresco Sheri S. Tepper (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-81658-X, Feb 2002, $7.50, 459pp, tp, cover by Jean Targete) Reprint (Eos 2000) SF novel. Aliens ask a bookstore manager to take a message of peace to Washington.
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The Visitor Sheri S. Tepper (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-97905-5, Apr 2002, $26.00, 407pp, hc, cover by Greg Spalenka) Far-future, long-post-holocaust SF novel. An orphaned girl seeks the truth behind myths of scientists working to restore the devastated Earth.
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In the Shadow of the Wall: Vietnam Stories That Might Have Been ed. Byron R. Tetrick & Martin H. Greenberg (Cumberland House 1-58182-252-9, Jun 2002, $14.95, 270pp, tp) Original anthology of 17 alternate-history stories about the Vietnam War. Authors include Orson Scott Card, Barry N. Malzberg, Joe Haldeman, and Michael Swanwick. Greenberg is not mentioned, but this is copyrighted by Techno Books and Tetrick. Available from Cumberland House, 431 Harding Industrial Park Drive, Nashville TN 37211; 615-832-1171; [www.CumberlandHouse.com].
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Between Jean Thesman (Viking 0-670-03561-0, May 2002, $15.99, 197pp, hc, cover by Michio Hoshino) Young-adult contemporary fantasy novel. Siblings staying with family friends realize the nearby forest is an endangered mythical place.
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The Colour Out of Space ed. D. Thin (New York Review Books 1-59017-026-1, Oct 2002, $13.95, 354pp, tp, cover by Charles Burns) Anthology of 12 stories of cosmic horror. Authors include Bram Stoker, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, and H.P. Lovecraft.
- 3 · Ms. Found in a Bottle · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Baltimore Saturday Visitor Oct 19, 1833
- 17 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves Dec 2, 1893
- 31 · Moxons Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Apr 16, 1899
- 43 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics Dec 7, 1893
- 55 · An Inhabitant of Carcosa · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Newsletter Dec 25, 1886
- 61 · The Repairer of Reputations · R. W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow, New York & Chicago: F. Tennyson Neely, 1895
- 99 · The House of Sounds · M. P. Shiel · nv The Pale Ape and Other Pulses, London: T. Werner Laurie, 1911
- 133 · The White People · Arthur Machen · nv Horlicks Magazine Jan 04
- 179 · The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories, London: Eveleigh Nash, 1907
- 237 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review Dec 08
- 271 · Seatons Aunt · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury Apr 22
- 307 · The Colour Out of Space · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Amazing Sep 27
- 343 · A Note on the Selection · D. Thin · aw
- 351 · About the Authors · Misc. · bg
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Soldier of the Legion Marshall S. Thomas (Timberwolf Press 1-58752-039-7, Jun 2002, $14.95, 280pp, tp, cover by Ron Miller) [Beta 3] Military SF novel, first in the Beta 3 series. Available from Timberwolf Press, 202 N. Allen St., Suite A, Allen TX 75013; [www.TimberWolfPress.com].
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Cobwebs and Whispers Scott Thomas (Delirium Books 1-929653-13-1, Jun 2001, $36.00, 228pp, hc, cover by Colleen Crary) Original collection of 26 horror stories, nine reprints. Foreword by Jeff VanderMeer. Introduction by Michael Pendragon. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now. Delirium Books, PO Box 338, North Webster IN 46555; e-mail: [deliriumbooks@kconline.com]; website: [www.deliriumbooks.com].
- 5 · Foreword · Jeff VanderMeer · fw
- 9 · Introduction · Michael Pendragon · in
- 12 · Cobwebs · ss *
- 28 · Sleep of the Flower God · ss *
- 34 · The Cathedral at Humberfield · ss Elegia, 1994
- 42 · Joseph Warrens Invention · ss *
- 51 · Dearg-Due · ss A Vampire Bestiary, ed. Jeffrey Thomas, Necropolitan Press, 1996
- 64 · Strange Things About Birds · ss *
- 68 · Sharp Medicine · ss The Darklands Project Jan 98; originally appeared in the audio collection Tales from the Grave, 1993.
- 74 · Little Mercy · ss Elegia, 1993
- 80 · Hunter of Gulls · ss *
- 87 · Crow Apples · ss *
- 93 · Laben Bloiss Death · vi *
- 95 · The Thorn Dance · ss *
- 108 · Ellette · vi Penny Dreadful #11 99
- 113 · The Collector in the Mill · ss Black Rose #1 98
- 124 · Dream of Dead Eyes · ss *
- 137 · Widows Pond · vi *
- 139 · The Apple Track · ss Penny Dreadful #4 97
- 146 · The Beast on the Plain · ss *
- 156 · Vale of the White House · ss *
- 167 · Marcy Waters · vi *
- 170 · The Wreck at Wickhampton · ss Dead of Night Fll/Win 93
- 178 · Whispers · ss *
- 189 · Touched with Broken Clouds · ss Penny Dreadful #8 98
- 197 · The Harvest of War · ss *
- 105 · Puppet and the Train · ss *
- 224 · A Fine Death for Hubert Hillaby · ss *
- 229 · Biographies · Misc. · bg
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Dark Blood James M. Thompson (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1433-4, Jul 2002, $5.99, 348pp, pb) [Night Blood] Vampire novel, sequel to Night Blood.
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Wild Blood Kate Thompson (Hyperion 0-7868-1422-5, Jun 2002, $5.99, 261pp, tp, cover by Suza Scalora) [Switchers] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1999) young-adult fantasy, third in the trilogy begun in Switchers.
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DragonLance: Sister of the Sword Paul B. Thompson & Tonya C. Cook (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-2789-5, May 2002, $6.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Corey Wolfe) [DragonLance: Barbarians] Novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game, third in The Barbarians sub-series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
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The American Fantasy Tradition ed. Brian M. Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg (Tor 0-765-30152-0, Sep 2002, $27.95, 604pp, hc) Anthology of 43 pieces of American fantasy. Includes a select critical bibliography. Greenberg is not mentioned but this is copyrighted by Thomsen and Tekno Books.
- 11 · this changed everything · Gerald Blair · pm, 2001
- 19 · Foreword · Brian M. Thomsen · fw
- 21 · Introduction: An Approach to an American Fantasy Tradition · Brian M. Thomsen · in
- · PART I: FOLK, TALL AND WEIRD TALES
- 29 · Rip Van Winkle · Washington Irving · ss The Sketch Book, 1819
- 41 · Feathertop: A Moralized Legend · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss Mosses from an Old Manse, Wiley & Putnam, 1846
- 54 · Uncle Remus · Joel Chandler Harris · gp
- 61 · The Saga of Pecos Bill · Edward OReilly · ss The Century Oct 23
- 66 · Rosys Journey · Louisa May Alcott · ss Lulus Library. Vol. 1. A Christmas Dream, Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1886
- 73 · The Yellow Sign · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow, New York & Chicago: F. Tennyson Neely, 1895
- 86 · The Shadow Over Innsmouth · H. P. Lovecraft · na Visionary Press: Everett, PA, 1936
- 129 · O Ugly Bird! [John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss F&SF Dec 51
- 140 · The Fool [Nathan] · David Drake · nv Whispers VI, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1987
- 165 · Narrow Valley · R. A. Lafferty · ss F&SF Sep 66
- 175 · Jackalope [Mad Amos Malone] · Alan Dean Foster · ss F&SF Apr 89
- 187 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss New Yorker Jun 26 48
- 194 · Children of the Corn · Stephen King · nv Penthouse Mar 77
- 214 · Buffalo Gals, Wont You Come Out Tonight · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences, Capra Press, 1987
- · PART II: FANTASTIC AMERICANA
- 237 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review Dec 08
- 260 · A Ghost Story · Mark Twain · ss Werners Readings and Recitations, 1888
- 265 · The Other Lodgers · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Aug 07
- 267 · Maame Pelagie · Kate Chopin · ss
- 273 · The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post Oct 24 36
- 283 · The Valley Was Still · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales Aug 39
- 293 · The Howling Man [as by C. B. Lovehill] · Charles Beaumont · ss Rogue Nov 59
- 304 · Twenty-Three · Avram Davidson · ss Asimovs Jul 95
- 313 · We Are the Dead · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales Apr 37
- 317 · Where the Summer Ends · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Dark Forces, ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980
- 337 · Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa · W. P. Kinsella · ex Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982
- 347 · Hatrack River [Alvin Maker] · Orson Scott Card · nv IASFM Aug 86
- 366 · The Hero of the Night · Bradley Denton · ss F&SF Jan 88
- 376 · The Whimper of Whipped Dogs · Harlan Ellison · ss Bad Moon Rising, ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row, 1973
- · PART III: LANDS OF ENCHANTMENT AND EVERYDAY LIFE
- 391 · The Griffin and the Minor Canon · Frank Stockton · ss St. Nicholas Magazine Oct, 1885
- 401 · The Enchanted Buffalo · L. Frank Baum · ss The Delineator May 05
- 407 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Stetson · ss New England Magazine Jan, 1892
- 419 · The Moving Finger · Edith Wharton · ss Harpers Mar 01
- 430 · Slow Sculpture · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Feb 70
- 445 · The Coin Collector [The Other Wife] · Jack Finney · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jan 30 60
- 455 · Prey · Richard Matheson · ss Playboy Apr 69
- 464 · The Geezenstacks · Fredric Brown · ss Weird Tales Sep 43
- 471 · Paladin of the Lost Hour · Harlan Ellison · nv Universe 15, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1985
- 487 · The Black Ferris · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 48
- 493 · Bed & Breakfast · Gene Wolfe · nv Dantes Disciples, ed. Peter Crowther & Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1996
- 509 · Dead Run · Greg Bear · ss Omni Apr 85
- 527 · Her Pilgrim Soul · Alan Brennert · pl Twilight Zone Dec 86; broadcast on CBS television, December 13, 1985.
- 556 · Mrs. Todds Shortcut · Stephen King · nv Redbook May 84
- 574 · Among the Handlers or, The Mark 16 Hands on Assembly of Jesus Risen, Formerly Snake-o-rama · Michael Bishop · nv Dantes Disciples, ed. Peter Crowther & Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1996
- 603 · Select Critical Bibliography · Misc. · bi
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Oceans of Space ed. Brian M. Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg (DAW 0-7564-0063-5, Mar 2002, $6.99, 315pp, pb) Original anthology of 16 SF stories of adventure on the high seas of space. Authors include Andre Norton, Ron Goulart, and Jody Lynn Nye.
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Alternate Gettysburgs ed. Brian Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg (Berkley 0-425-18377-7, Feb 2002, $6.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Yaun-Lee) Original alternate-history anthology of 11 stories and an appendix of five non-fiction items, including Lincolns Gettysburg Address. Authors including Harold Coyle, Simon Hawke, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Introduction by Thomsen.
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Alternate Gettysburgs ed. Brian Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg (SFBC #51253, Jul 2002, $9.99, 342pp, hc, cover by Yuan-Lee) Reprint (Berkley 2002) original alternate-history anthology of 11 stories and an appendix of five non-fiction items. This has ISBN 0-7394-2642-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back cover.
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Gothic Writers: A Critical and Bibliographical Guide ed. Douglass H. Thomson, Jack G. Voller & Frederick S. Frank (Greenwood Press 0-313-30500-5, Nov 2001, $99.95, 516pp, hc) Non-fiction, a collection of 54 critical essays, most focusing on individual authors, from Mary Shelley and Horace Walpole to Stephen King and Joyce Carol Oates. Includes bibliography and indexes. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800; [www.greenwood.com].
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Bad Things Tamara Thorne (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1477-6, Mar 2002, $5.99, 429pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1994 as Panic by Chris Curry) horror novel of a haunted house.
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The Forgotten Tamara Thorne (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1475-X, Nov 2002, $5.99, 383pp, pb) Horror novel. A mans lost childhood memories hide haunting horrors.
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Warhammer: The Claws of Chaos Gav Thorpe (Games Workshop/Black Library 0-7434-4319-5, Sep 2002, $6.95, 280pp, tp, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer: Slaves to Darkness] Novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game, first in the Slaves to Darkness series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop Ltd. First US edition (Black Library UK 8/02).
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Second Sunrise David & Aimée Thurlo (Tor/Forge 0-765-30441-4, Nov 2002, $24.95, 336pp, hc) [Lee Nez] Native American vampire mystery, first in a series featuring Navajo Nightwalker police officer Lee Nez.
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Isaac Asimovs Robots and Aliens 2 Robert Thurston & Jerry Oltion (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-3513-3, Mar 2002, $14.00, 438pp, tp, cover by Paul Rivoche) [Robot City] Omnibus of two novelizations in the series based on a concept by Asimov: Isaac Asimovs Robot City: Robots and Aliens Book 3: Intruder (1990) by Thurston and Isaac Asimovs Robot City: Robots and Aliens Book 4: Alliance (1990) by Oltion. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- · Isaac Asimovs Robot City: Robots and Aliens 3: Intruder · Robert Thurston · n. New York: Ace, 1990
- · Isaac Asimovs Robot City: Robots and Aliens 4: Alliance · Jerry Oltion · n. New York: Ace, 1990
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Metal of Night Mark Tiedemann (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-65-7, May 2002, $16.00, 372pp, tp, cover by Ed Cox) [Compass Reach] SF novel, sequel to Compass Reach. Introduction by Jack McDevitt.
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Asimovs Aurora Mark W. Tiedemann (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-4460-4, Apr 2002, $14.95, 421pp, tp) [Robot Series] SF mystery set in Isaac Asimovs Robot world. This includes an 18-page Chronology of the Robot-Empire-Foundation Universe by Attila Torkos. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
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Asimovs Aurora Mark W. Tiedemann (SFBC #52495, Sep 2002, $12.99, 422pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Robot Series] Reprint (ibooks 2002) SF mystery set in Isaac Asimovs Robot world. This has ISBN 0-7394-2847-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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Sweep # 9: Strife Cate Tiernan (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-230107-8, Jan 2002, $4.99, 188pp, pb, cover by Marci Senders) [Sweep] Young-adult fantasy novel, ninth in a series about a teen discovering her powers for witchcraft. Copyrighted by packager 17th Street Productions.
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Sweep #10: Seeker Cate Tiernan (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-230108-6, Mar 2002, $4.99, 172pp, pb, cover by Barry Marcus) [Sweep] Young-adult fantasy novel, tenth in a series about a teen discovering her powers for witchcraft. Copyrighted by packager 17th Street Productions.
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Sweep #12: Eclipse Cate Tiernan (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-230110-8, Jul 2002, $4.99, 187pp, pb, cover by Barry Marcus) [Sweep] Young-adult fantasy novel, 12th in a series about a teen discovering her powers for witchcraft. Copyrighted by packager 17th Street Productions.
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Sweep #13: Reckoning Cate Tiernan (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-230086-1, Aug 2002, $4.99, 188pp, pb, cover by Barry Marcus) [Sweep] Young-adult fantasy novel, 13th in a series about a teen discovering her powers for witchcraft. Copyrighted by packager 17th Street Productions.
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Sweep #14: Full Circle Cate Tiernan (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-230182-5, Oct 2002, $4.99, 190pp, pb, cover by Barry Marcus) [Sweep] Young-adult fantasy novel, 14th in a series about a teen discovering her powers for witchcraft. Copyrighted by packager 17th Street Productions.
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