The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002


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Magic Time: Angelfire Marc Zicree & Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-105069-5, Dec 2002, $25.95, 367pp, hc, cover by Iain McCaig) [Magic Time] Fantasy novel, second in a multi-author series. Magic invades the modern world. Copyrighted by Paper Route, Inc.


Magic Time Marc Zicree & Barbara Hambly (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-105957-9, Nov 2002, $7.50, 423pp, pb, cover by Iain McCaig) Reprint (Eos 2001) fantasy novel, first in a multi-author series. Magic invades the modern world. Copyrighted by Paper Route, Inc.


The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World Jack Zipes (St. Martin’s/Palgrave Macmillan 0-312-29380-1, Dec 2002, $19.95, 331 + xx, tp) Non-fiction, critical biography of the fairy tale collectors, revised and expanded from the 1988 Routledge Kegan & Paul edition. All chapters have been been revised; the new preface discusses changes in critical and popular attitudes, and a new chapter covers the legacy of the Grimms, and significant new biographical information. There is a bibliography and index. [Jakob Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm]


Impossible Encounters Zoran Zivkovic (Ministry of Whimsy Press/Polaris, 2000, $10.00, 145pp, tp, cover by René Magritte) Collection of six stories. This English-language edition was published in Yugoslavia by Polaris in 2000, translated from the Serbian Nemoguci susreti (Polaris 2000) by Alice Copple-Tosic. Available in the US from Ministry of Whimsy Press, PO Box 4248, Tallahassee FL 32315; [www.ministryofwhimsy.com]; add $1.50 shipping.


Seven Touches of Music Zoran Zivkovic (Ministry of Whimsy Press/Polaris, 2001, $10.00, 162pp, tp, cover by Pablo Picasso) Collection of seven stories. This English-language edition was published in Yugoslavia by Polaris in 2001, translated from the Serbian Sedam dodira muzike (2001) by Alice Copple-Tosic. Available in the US from Ministry of Whimsy Press, PO Box 4248, Tallahassee FL 32315; [www.ministryofwhimsy.com]; add $1.50 shipping.


Time-Gifts Zoran Zivkovic (Ministry of Whimsy Press/Polaris, 1998, $10.00, 145pp, tp, cover by Salvador Dali) Surreal/fantasy novella. This English-language edition was published in Yugoslavia by Polaris in 1998, translated from the Serbian Vremenski darovi (Stubovi Kulture 1997) by Alice Copple-Tosic. Available in the US from Ministry of Whimsy Press, PO Box 4248, Tallahassee FL 32315; [www.ministryofwhimsy.com]; add $1.50 shipping.


The Writer Zoran Zivkovic (Ministry of Whimsy Press/Polaris, 1999, $8.00, 81pp, tp, cover by Salvador Dali) Surreal novelette. This English-language edition was published in Yugoslavia by Polaris in 1999, translated from the Serbian Pisac (Stubovi Kulture 1998) by Alice Copple-Tosic. Available in the US from Ministry of Whimsy Press, PO Box 4248, Tallahassee FL 32315; [www.ministryofwhimsy.com]; add $1.50 shipping.


First Landing Robert Zubrin (Ace 0-441-00963-8, Aug 2002, $6.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) Reprint (Ace 2001) near-future SF novel of the first manned mission to Mars.


Warhammer 40,000: Hereticus Dan Abnett (Black Library 1-84154-236-9, Jun 2002, £5.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer 40,000: Eisenhorn] Novelization based on the SF role-playing game universe, the third volume in the “Eisenhorn” trilogy.


Warhammer 40,000: Straight Silver Dan Abnett (Black Library 1-84154-262-8, Nov 2002, £5.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] Book six of the “Gaunt’s Ghosts” series set in the “Warhammer 40,000” universe.


Warhammer 40,000: The Guns of Tanith Dan Abnett (Black Library 1-84154-232-6, Apr 2002, £5.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Martin McKenna) [Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] Book 5 of the “Gaunt’s Ghosts” series set in the “Warhammer 40,000” universe.


The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams (Pan 0-330-25864-8, May 2002, £5.99, 180pp, pb) [Hitchhiker] Reprint (Pan 1979) humorous SF novel, book one in the series. This is a “Commemorative Edition”, with a brief biography of Adams updated to include mention of his death.


The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams (Picador 0-330-49119-9, May 2002, £6.99, 178pp, tp) [Hitchhiker] Reprint (Pan 1979) humorous SF novel, first in the series.


The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07484-1, Nov 2002, £5.99, 178pp, hc) [Hitchhiker] Reprint (Pan 1979) humorous SF novel based on the radio serial, book one in the series. A mini-hardback edition.


The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts Douglas Adams (Picador 0-330-49204-7, 2002, £9.99, xv+765pp, tp) [Hitchhiker] Reprint (Heinemann 1986) omnibus of the first four novels in the humorous SF series.


Life, the Universe, and Everything Douglas Adams (Picador 0-330-49120-2, 2002, £6.99, 199pp, tp) [Hitchhiker] Reprint (Pan 1982) humorous SF novel, third in the “Hitch Hiker’s Guide” series.


Life, the Universe, and Everything Douglas Adams (Pan 0-330-26738-8, May 2002, £5.99, 199pp, pb) [Hitchhiker] Reissue (Pan 1982) humorous SF novel; book three in the “Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” series. This is a “Commemorative Edition”, with a brief biography updated to include mention of Adams’s death.


Life, the Universe, and Everything Douglas Adams (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07485-X, Nov 2002, £5.99, 184pp, hc) [Hitchhiker] Reprint (Pan 1982) humorous SF novel, book three in the series. A mini-hardback edition.


Mostly Harmless Douglas Adams (Picador 0-330-49122-9, 2002, £6.99, 230pp, tp) [Hitchhiker] Reprint (Heinemann 1992) humorous SF novel; fifth book in the “Hitch Hiker’s Guide” series.


Mostly Harmless Douglas Adams (Pan 0-330-32311-3, May 2002, £5.99, 230pp, pb) [Hitchhiker] Reissue (Heinemann 1992) humorous SF novel; book five in the “Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” series. This is a “Commemorative Edition”, with a brief biography updated to include mention of Adams’s death.


The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Douglas Adams (Picador 0-330-49121-0, 2002, £6.99, 200pp, tp) [Hitchhiker] Reprint (Pan 1980) humorous SF novel, second in the “Hitch Hiker’s Guide” series.


The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Douglas Adams (Pan 0-330-26213-0, May 2002, £5.99, 200pp, pb) [Hitchhiker] Reissue (Pan 1980) humorous SF novel; book two in the “Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” series. This is a “Commemorative Edition”, with a brief biography updated to include mention of Adams’s death.


The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Douglas Adams (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07486-8, Nov 2002, £5.99, 196pp, hc) [Hitchhiker] Reprint (Pan 1980) humorous SF novel, book two in the series. A mini-hardback edition.


The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time Douglas Adams (Macmillan UK 0-333-76657-1, May 2002, £16.99, xxxv+295pp, hc, cover by David Tran) Collection of fiction and non-fiction pieces, including ten chapters assembled from the unfinished “Dirk Gently” novel The Salmon of Doubt, a reprint “Hitchhiker” short story, and other articles, essays, brief responses, commentaries, and biographical pieces. Edited by Peter Guzzardi. Introduction by Stephen Fry. Simultaneous with the US edition.


So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Douglas Adams (Picador 0-330-49123-7, 2002, £6.99, 167pp, tp) [Hitchhiker] Reprint (Pan 1984) humorous SF novel, fourth in the “Hitch Hiker’s Guide” series.


So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish Douglas Adams (Pan 0-330-28700-1, May 2002, £5.99, 167pp, pb) [Hitchhiker] Reissue (Pan 1984) humorous SF novel; book four in the “Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” series. This is a “Commemorative Edition”, with a brief biography updated to include mention of Adams’s death.


I’m a Believer Jessica Adams (Transworld/Black Swan 0-552-77083-3, Aug 2002, £6.99, 380pp, tp) Literary ghost novel. A man is haunted by his girlfriend’s spirit.


Ghostly Beasts Joan Aiken (Jonathan Cape 0-224-06463-0, Oct 2002, £12.99, 143pp, hc, cover by Amanda Harvey) Collection of 15 young-adult poems and stories, two original.


The Scream Joan Aiken (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-333-96009-2, Feb 2002, £9.99, 86pp, hc, cover by Michael Gibbs) Young-adult fantasy novella.


The Cretan Teat Brian Aldiss (House of Stratus 0-7551-1147-8, May 2002, £9.99, 206pp, hc, cover by Konstantina Koulieri & Derek Edwards) Humorous mainstream novel of authorship and authenticity, a fake icon, and all-too-real life. Includes an afterword by Aldiss on the book’s delay. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.houseofstratus.com], or from House of Stratus Ltd., Thirsk Industrial Estate, York Rd., Thirsk, North Yorkshire YO7 3BX.


Greybeard Brian Aldiss (House of Stratus 0-7551-0063-8, Mar 2001, £6.99, 258pp, tp) Reprint (Faber and Faber 1964) SF novel. This is dated 2001 but not seen till now. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.houseofstratus.com], or from House of Stratus Ltd., Thirsk Industrial Estate, York Rd., Thirsk, North Yorkshire YO7 3BX.


Super-State Brian Aldiss (Orbit 1-84149-144-6, May 2002, £16.99, 230pp, hc) Satirical SF novel set in a future Europe.


Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith’s Brian W. Aldiss (House of Stratus 0-7551-0077-8, Jan 2001, £7.99, 217pp, tp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1990 as Bury My Heart at W.H. Smith’s: A Writing Life) autobiographical work. This follows the limited Avernus edition, which added a further six chapters, and an appendix listing each of the 250 items issued with the limited edition. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now. Copyrighted 1990, 2001. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.houseofstratus.com], or from House of Stratus Ltd., Thirsk Industrial Estate, York Rd., Thirsk, North Yorkshire YO7 3BX.


Trillion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction Brian Aldiss & David Wingrove (House of Stratus 0-7551-0068-9, Sep 2001, £9.99, 639pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1986) non-fiction study of the genre, expanded from Aldiss’s Billion Year Spree. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.houseofstratus.com], or from House of Stratus Ltd., Thirsk Industrial Estate, York Rd., Thirsk, North Yorkshire YO7 3BX.


Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream Aaron Allston (Random House/Arrow Lucasbooks 0-09-941033-8, May 2002, £5.99, xii+304pp, pb, cover by Dave Seeley) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines] Reprint (Del Rey Lucasbooks 2002) original novel in the “Star Wars” series, set around 30 years after Star Wars: A New Hope [First U.K. edition]


Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand Aaron Allston (Random House/Arrow Lucasbooks 0-09-941034-6, Jun 2002, £5.99, xiii+367pp, pb) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines] Reprint (Del Rey Lucasbooks 2002) original novel in the “Star Wars” series, set around 30 years after Star Wars: A New Hope. [First U.K. edition]


Secret Heart David Almond (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-74369-7, Mar 2002, £4.99, 202pp, tp, cover by Darren Hopes) Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 2001) young-adult fantasy novel.


Dead Ground Chris Amies (Big Engine 1-903468-01-9, Jan 2002, £8.99, 222pp, tp, cover by Deirdre Counihan) Dark fantasy novel. A 1930s archeological expedition to the Pacific Islands witnesses a series of deaths around a sacred temple. A first novel.


Hidden Empire: The Saga of Seven Suns Kevin J. Anderson (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7432-2045-5, Jul 2002, £10.00, 679pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Saga of Seven Suns] SF novel; first in a series. Simultaneous with the US edition (Warner Aspect; as The Saga of Seven Suns, Book 1: Hidden Empire). A hardcover edition (-2044-7, £16.99) was announced but not seen.


The Broken Sword Poul Anderson (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07425-6, Sep 2002, £6.99, iii+274pp, tp, cover by Marten Eskil Winge) Reprint (Abelard-Schuman 1954) fantasy novel. This follows the original text, not the later revision. Volume 32 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.


Blackthorn, Whitethorn Rachel Anderson (Hodder Signature 0-340-68127-6, Nov 2001, £4.99, 150pp, tp, cover by Tim Clary) Reissue (Hodder Children’s Books 1997) young-adult ghost novel.


Darkest Hour Virginia Andrews(R) (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-4024-2, Sep 2002, £6.99, 394pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Cutler Family] Reprint (Pocket 1993 as by V.C. Andrews) associational gothic novel. The fifth book in the “Cutler Family” series. The author is probably Andrew Neiderman.


Dawn Virginia Andrews(R) (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-4026-9, Sep 2002, £6.99, 492pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Cutler Family] Reprint (Pocket 1990 as by V.C. Andrews) associational gothic novel. Book one in the “Cutler Family” series. The author is probably Andrew Neiderman.


The End of the Rainbow Virginia Andrews(R) (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-0916-7, Aug 2002, £6.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Hudson] Reprint (Pocket 2001) associational gothic horror novel, fourth and final in the “Hudson” series. The author is probably Andrew Neiderman. Copyrighted by the Vanda General Partnership.


Midnight Whispers Virginia Andrews(R) (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-4023-4, Sep 2002, £6.99, 458pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Cutler Family] Reprint (Pocket 1992 as by V.C. Andrews) associational gothic novel. Book four in the “Cutler Family” series. The author is probably Andrew Neiderman.


Secrets of the Morning Virginia Andrews(R) (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-4027-7, Sep 2002, £6.99, 533pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Cutler Family] Reprint (Pocket 1991 as by V.C. Andrews) associational gothic novel. Book two in the “Cutler Family” series. The author is probably Andrew Neiderman.


Twilight’s Child Virginia Andrews(R) (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-4025-0, Sep 2002, £6.99, 506pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Cutler Family] Reprint (Pocket 1992 as by V.C. Andrews) associational gothic novel. Book three in the “Cutler Family” series. The author is probably Andrew Neiderman.


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