The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002

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Restoration Carol Berg (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-111-X, Sep 2002, £9.99, 471pp, tp) [Rai-Kirah] Reprint (Roc 2002) fantasy novel, the third book of “The Rai-Kirah”. [First U.K. edition]

Revelation Carol Berg (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-045-8, Aug 2002, £6.99, 485pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Rai-Kirah] Reprint (Roc 2001) fantasy novel. Book Two of “The Rai-Kirah”, sequel to Transformation. Seyonne sets off alone to learn more about demon nature.

Roger Zelazny’s The Dawn of Amber John Gregory Betancourt (ibooks UK 0-7434-4552-X, Sep 2002, £10.99, 299pp, tp, cover by Scott Grimando) [Amber] SF/fantasy novel. First in a prequel trilogy to the “Amber” series. Simultaneous with the US (ibooks) edition.

Doctor Who: Amorality Tale David Bishop (BBC Books 0-563-53850-3, Apr 2002, £5.99, 284pp, pb, cover by Black Sheep) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 51 in the BBC “Missing Adventures” series starring the 3rd Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith.

The Angel Factory Terence Blacker (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-48024-3, Mar 2002, £4.99, 229pp, tp) Reprint (Macmillan Children’s Books 2001) young-adult SF/fantasy novel. A teenager’s investigation of his perfect life reveals it to be neither perfect, nor even life as he understood it.

Dead Gorgeous Malorie Blackman (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60009-7, Aug 2002, £10.99, 219pp, hc) Young-adult ghost novel. A teenage girl discovers her family hotel has an unwillingly permanent guest.

Noughts & Crosses Malorie Blackman (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-54632-1, Apr 2002, £5.99, 443pp, tp) [Noughts and Crosses] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2001) alternate world where people are either noughts or crosses, and a love affair leads to tragedy.

Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood Algernon Blackwood (House of Stratus 0-7551-0813-2, May 2002, £6.99, vii+418pp, tp, cover by Mark Bollon) Reprint (Dover Publications 1973) collection of 13 stories, selected by E.F. Bleiler. This edition drops the original Bleiler introduction.

The Dance of Death and Other Stories Algernon Blackwood (House of Stratus 0-7551-0791-8, May 2002, £6.99, 137pp, tp, cover by Mark Bollon) Reprint (Herbert Jenkins 1927) collection of six horror stories.

The Human Chord Algernon Blackwood (House of Stratus 0-7551-0799-3, May 2002, £6.99, 190pp, tp, cover by Mark Bollon) Reprint (Macmillan & Co. 1910) mystic fantasy novel.

John Silence, Physician Extraordinary Algernon Blackwood (House of Stratus 0-7551-0802-7, May 2002, £6.99, 324pp, tp, cover by Mark Bollon) [John Silence] Reprint (Eveleigh Nash 1908) collection of five ghost/horror novellas in the “John Silence” series.

Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys Francesca Lia Block (Time Warner UK/Atom 1-904233-04-X, Sep 2002, £5.00, 113pp, tp, cover by George Smith) [Weetzie Bat] Reprint (HarperCollins 1992) young-adult quasi-fantasy novel. Third in the “Dangerous Angels” series. [First U.K. edition]

Dangerous Angels Part 1: Weetzie Bat Francesca Lia Block (Time Warner/Atom 1-904233-03-1, Jul 2002, £5.00, 102pp, tp, cover by George Smith) [Weetzie Bat] Reprint (Harper & Row 1990) young-adult quasi-fantasy novel. First in a five-book series. “Atom"is the new young-adult imprint of Time Warner Books.

Missing Angel Juan Francesca Lia Block (Time Warner UK/Atom 1-904233-06-6, Nov 2002, £5.00, 135pp, tp, cover by George Smith) [Weetzie Bat] Reprint (HarperCollins 1993) young-adult quasi-fantasy novel. Fourth in the “Dangerous Angels” series. [First U.K. edition]

Witch Baby Francesca Lia Block (Time Warner UK/Atom 1-904233-05-8, Sep 2002, £5.00, 114pp, tp, cover by George Smith) [Weetzie Bat] Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) young-adult quasi-fantasy novel. Second in the “Dangerous Angels” series. [First U.K. edition]

The Dragon Queen Alice Borchardt (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-05062-2, Aug 2002, £10.99, 473pp, tp, cover by Scott McKowen) Reprint (Del Rey 2001) Arthurian fantasy novel of Guinevere as a magical warrior queen, facing a Merlin who wants to prevent peace. [First U.K. edition]

The Book of Imaginary Beings Jorge Luis Borges (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-944263-9, Sep 2002, £6.99, 172pp, tp) Reprint (Dutton 1969) fantasy collection. Translated by Borges & Norman Thomas di Giovanni from El Libro de Los Seres (Buenos Aires, 1967).

The Rock Rats Ben Bova (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-76958-0, Feb 2002, £16.99, 440pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Grand Tour: Asteroid Wars] SF novel, the second in “The Asteroid Wars” sub-series in Bova’s series about the colonization of the Solar System.

The Rock Rats Ben Bova (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-76959-9, Aug 2002, £6.99, 440pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Grand Tour: Asteroid Wars] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2002) SF novel. “The Asteroid Wars: II”.

The Storm Stephen Bowkett (Orion Children’s Books 1-85881-874-5, Mar 2002, £4.99, 230pp, tp, cover by Stuart Williams) [Wintering] Young-adult SF novel, second in “The Wintering” Trilogy.

The Wintering: Thaw Stephen Bowkett (Orion Children’s Books 1-85881-875-3, Oct 2002, £4.99, 230pp, tp, cover by Stuart Williams) [Wintering] Young-adult SF novel. Volume three of “The Wintering” Trilogy, after The Wintering: Ice and Storm.

Points in Time: Tales from Morocco Peter Bowles (Owen, Peter 0-7206-1137-7, Jun 2002, £7.95, 92pp, tp) Reprint (Peter Owen 1982) collection of short stories and vignettes, many based in folklore and fantasy. A “Peter Owens Modern Classic”.

From the Dust Returned Ray Bradbury (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-2998-2, Sep 2002, £6.99, 204pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 2001) dark-fantasy mosaic novel of the Elliott family.

The Illustrated Man Ray Bradbury (HarperCollins/Voyager Classics 0-00-712774-X, Aug 2002, £7.99, 240pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1951) fantasy/SF collection of 16 connected stories. This follows the revised UK (Rupert Hart-Davis, 1952) contents, with the addition of a further story from 1953. “Voyager Classics” Number 33.

Lady of the Trillium Marion Zimmer Bradley (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649660-1, May 2001, £5.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Trillium] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1995) fantasy novel. Third sequel to Black Trillium, the collaborative novel by Andre Norton, Julian May, and Bradley. This was published in 2001, but not seen until now.

Hand of the King’s Evil Chaz Brenchley (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-035-0, Jan 2002, £7.99, 760pp, pb, cover by Barbara Lofthouse) [Outremer] Fantasy novel, the third book in the “Outremer” trilogy.

K-PAX Gene Brewer (Bloomsbury 0-7475-5752-7, Apr 2002, £6.99, 231pp, tp) [K-PAX] Reissue (St. Martin’s 1995) literary quasi-SF novel, the first in a series. This is film tie-in edition.

Kil’n People David Brin (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-138-1, May 2002, £10.99, 502pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 2002 as Kiln People) SF thriller of a world where disposable bodies are common. [First U.K. edition]

Kil’n People David Brin (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-152-7, Dec 2002, £6.99, 611pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 2002 as Kiln People) SF thriller of a world where disposable bodies are common.

A Presence In Her Life Louise Brindley (Severn House 0-7278-5841-6, Dec 2002, £18.99, 250pp, hc) Ghost story. A recently bereaved widow finds she is sharing an isolated mansion with another bereft soul.

The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Book Three: Morgawr Terry Brooks (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-6109-6, Sep 2002, £17.99, 401pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: Voyage of the Jerle Shannara] Fantasy novel in the “Shannara” series. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition. A trade paperback edition (-6108-8, £10.99) was announced but not seen.

The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Book Two: Antrax Terry Brooks (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-1495-0, Jul 2002, £6.99, 405pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: Voyage of the Jerle Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey; Earthlight UK 2001) fantasy novel, sequel to Ilse Witch. In the “Shannara” series.

New York Blues Eric Brown (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07301-2, Sep 2002, £6.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Virex] SF novel, book two in the “Virex” trilogy after New York Nights.

Magic ed. Sarah Brown & Gil McNeil (Bloomsbury 0-7475-5746-2, Jun 2002, £6.99, 304pp, tp) Original young-adult anthology. Foreword by J.K. Rowling.

Hunted N. M. Browne (Bloomsbury 0-7475-5519-2, Jan 2002, £5.99, 336pp, tp, cover by Astrid Werner) [Ursula and Dan] Young-adult fantasy novel. A comatose girl’s spirit inhabits the body of a fox in another world.

Little Green Men Christopher Buckley (Allison & Busby 07-490-0505-X, 2001, £6.99, 317pp, tp) Reprint (Random House 1999) satiric novel of the human conspiracy behind alien abductions. Published in 2001, but not seen till now. [First U.K. edition]

The Prussian Bride Yuri Buida (Dedalus 1-903517-06-0, Aug 2002, £9.99, 363pp, tp) Literary fantasy/mainstream collection, translated by Oliver Ready. The collection represents roughly three-quarters of Prusskaya nevesta (Moscow, 1998).

The Curse of Chalion Lois McMaster Bujold (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-713360-X, Jul 2002, £11.99, 442pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Royina Ista] Reprint (Eos 2001) fantasy novel. A down-on-his-luck warrior finds the gods have plans for him when he gets a job tending a princess in a cursed family. [First U.K. edition]

Doctor Who: Palace of the Red Sun Christopher Bulis (BBC Books 0-563-53849-X, Mar 2002, £5.99, 284pp, pb, cover by Black Sheep) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 50 in the BBC “Missing Adventures” series starring the 6th Doctor and Peri.

Corsair Chris Bunch (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-106-3, Feb 2002, £6.99, 406pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) Reprint (Orbit 2001) fantasy novel. Gareth Radnor, former clerk and current prisoner, must escape to lead the Corsairs against a full-scale invasion.

The Demon King Chris Bunch (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-85723-761-7, Aug 2002, £6.99, 551pp, pb, cover by Trevor Scobie) [Seer King] Reissue (Warner Aspect; Orbit 1998) fantasy novel. The second book in “The Seer King” trilogy. Third printing.

Dragonmaster Book One: Storm of Wings Chris Bunch (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-104-7, Apr 2002, £9.99, 409pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) [Dragonmaster] Fantasy novel, the first in a new series. In a tripartite war, Hal Kailas enlists as dragon-flyer.

The Seer King Chris Bunch (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-85723-490-1, Aug 2002, £6.99, 618pp, pb, cover by Trevor Scobie) [Seer King] Reissue (Warner Aspect 1997) fantasy novel. Book one in “The Seer King” trilogy. Fifth printing.

Warrior King Chris Bunch (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-85723-951-2, Aug 2002, £6.99, 453pp, pb, cover by Trevor Scobie) [Seer King] Reissue (Warner Aspect 1999 as The Warrior King) fantasy novel. Book three in “The Seer King” trilogy. This indicates first printing (2000), but has new cover art.

An Angel for May Melvin Burgess (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-036981-3, Feb 2002, £4.99, 158pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1995) time slip adventure.

Burning Issy Melvin Burgess (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-131383-8, Feb 2002, £4.99, 150pp, tp) Reprint (Andersen Press 1992) young-adult historical novel with fantasy elements. A young girl in the 17th century is suspected of witchcraft.

The Earth Giant Melvin Burgess (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-037444-2, Feb 2002, £4.99, 143pp, tp) Reprint (Andersen Press 1995) young-adult fantasy novel. Seventh printing.

The Ghost Behind the Wall Melvin Burgess (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-131027-8, Feb 2002, £4.99, 130pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Andersen Press 2000) young-adult ghost novel.

Ghost of Chance William S. Burroughs (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-457-5, Sep 2002, £6.99, 59pp, tp) Reprint (Library Fellow of the Whitney Museum of American Art 1991) literary fantasy novelette, illustrated with 16 plates by Burroughs.

Calypso Dreaming Charles Butler (CollinsVoyager 0-00-712856-8, May 2002, £4.99, 191pp, tp) Young-adult dark fantasy novel. On an idyllic island, a young girl’s dreams always come true.

Lord Soho Richard Calder (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-0896-9, Jun 2002, £6.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Malignos] SF fix-up novel made up of six far-future SF stories in the “Malignos” series, following descendants of Richard Pike and his Malignos wife.

The Darkest Part of the Woods Ramsey Campbell (PS Publishing 1-902880-38-2, Apr 2002, £35.00, 350pp, hc, cover by Edward Miller) Horror novel. Dark forces lurk in the village of Goodmanswood. Introduction by Peter Straub. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; an additional slipcased edition of 200 (-39-0, £55.00) is also available. PS Publishing LLP, Hamilton House, 4 Park Avenue, Harrogate HG2 9BQ, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].

Ramsey Campbell, Probably Ramsey Campbell (PS Publishing 1-902880-40-4, Oct 2002, £30.00, 441pp, tp, cover by J. K. Potter) Non-fiction collection of 68 essays, articles, introductions, and other pieces. Edited by S.T. Joshi, with an introduction by Douglas E. Winter, and an afterword by Campbell. This is a signed, limited edition of 500. A slipcased hardcover edition of 200 (-41-2, £65.00) was announced but not seen. PS Publishing, Hamilton House, 4 Park Avenue, Harrogate HG2 9BQ England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].

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