The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002

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The Order War L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-85723-377-8, Jun 2002, £7.99, 581pp, pb) [Recluce] Reissue (Tor 1995) fantasy novel. Book four in the “Saga of Recluce”. Seventh printing.

Scion of Cyador L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-101-2, Apr 2002, £7.99, iv+819pp, pb) [Recluce: Saga] Reprint (Tor 2000) fantasy novel in the “Recluce” series; second in “The Saga of Recluce” sub-series after Magi’i of Cyador. Copyrighted 2002. [First U.K. edition]

The Shadow Sorceress L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-089-X, Feb 2002, £6.99, 532pp, pb, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Spellsong Cycle] Reprint (Tor 2001) fantasy novel. Book Four of “The Spellsong Cycle”, set after the first “Spellsong Trilogy”. Young sorceress Secca is left unprepared when her mentor dies. [First U.K. edition]

The Towers of the Sunset L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-85723-230-5, Jun 2002, £7.99, 536pp, pb, cover by Art Wolfe) [Recluce] Reissue (Tor 1992) fantasy novel. Book two in the “Saga of Recluce”. Ninth printing.

The White Order L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-85723-843-5, Jun 2002, £7.99, 566pp, pb, cover by ImageState) [Recluce] Reissue (Tor 1998) fantasy novel. Book eight in the “Saga of Recluce”. Third printing.

The Time Witches Michael Molloy (The Chicken House 1-903434-53-X, Nov 2002, £11.99, 298pp, hc) [Witch Trade] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in a trilogy after The Witch Trade.

The Witch Trade Michael Molloy (The Chicken House 1-903434-52-1, Jun 2002, £5.99, 284pp, tp) [Witch Trade] Reprint (The Chicken House 2001) young-adult fantasy novel.

Remnant Population Elizabeth Moon (Orbit 1-84149-136-5, Mar 2002, £6.99, 360pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Baen 1996) SF novel of first contact. An elderly woman, left behind when her colony is abandoned, meets aliens. [First U.K. edition]

The Speed of Dark Elizabeth Moon (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-141-1, Nov 2002, £6.99, 424pp, pb) Near-future thriller featuring an autistic man considering treatment to make him “normal.”

Corum: The Prince in the Scarlet Robe Michael Moorcock (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07366-7, Jun 2002, £6.99, 486pp, tp, cover by Richard Catt) [Corum] Reprint (Berkley 1977 as The Swords Trilogy) fantasy omnibus of the first three Corum books; includes the introduction from the 1992 Millennium edition. Volume 30 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.

The Dreamthief’s Daughter Michael Moorcock (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-671-03725-0, Feb 2002, £6.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Elric; Von Bek] Reprint (Earthlight UK 2001) fantasy novel of Elric, subtitled “A Tale of the Albino” on its cover. Note that the US edition differs slightly to the UK, seemingly around political content.

Firing the Cathedral Michael Moorcock (PS Publishing 1-902880-44-7, Oct 2002, £8.00, 112pp, tp, cover by Richard Powers) [Jerry Cornelius] SF novella of the assassin Jerry Cornelius. Introduction by Alan Moore. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a hardcover edition of 400 (-45-5, £25.00) is also available. PS Publishing, Hamilton House, 4 Park Avenue, Harrogate HG2 9BQ England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk]. [Not seen]

London Bone Michael Moorcock (Simon & Schuster/Scribner UK 0-684-86145-3, May 2002, £6.99, 245pp, tp) Reprint (Scribner UK 2001) collection of eight stories and an article, set primarily in London and in various Moorcock series.

Black Gods and Scarlet Dreams C. L. Moore (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07417-5, Jul 2002, £6.99, 438pp, tp, cover by Michaelangelo) Omnibus/collection of 15 “Jirel of Joiry” and “Northwest Smith” stories previously collected as Jirel of Joiry (1969) and Scarlet Dream (Donald M. Grant 1981). Volume 31 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.

Carolan’s Concerto Caiseal Mór (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-2901-X, Feb 2002, £6.99, 491pp, pb) Reprint (Random House Australia 1999) fantasy novel. Subtitled “A Toast to the Three Sacred Pastimes of Old Ireland: Music, Storytelling and Whiskey”. [First U.K. edition]

Innocent Aishling Morgan (Nexus 0-352-33699-4, May 2002, £6.99, 257pp, pb) Erotic fantasy of captivity and demons.

Pleasure Toy Aishling Morgan (Nexus 0-352-33634-X, Jul 2001, £6.99, 255pp, pb) Erotic fantasy novel set in an alternate world. Published in 2001, but not seen until now.

Altered Carbon Richard Morgan (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07321-7, Feb 2002, £17.99, 404pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Takeshi Kovacs] SF novel. In a universe where consciousness can be downloaded into another body after death (as long as you can afford it), a murdered investigator encounters a conspiracy that spans the stars. A first novel. A trade paperback edition (-07322-5, £9.99) was announced but not seen.

Altered Carbon Richard Morgan (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07390-X, Sep 2002, £6.99, 534pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Takeshi Kovacs] Reprint (Gollancz 2002) SF novel. A murdered investigator, downloaded into another body after death, encounters a conspiracy.

The Sleeping Sword Michael Morpurgo (Egmont Books 0-7497-4852-4, 2002, £9.99, 118pp, hc, cover by Michael Foreman) Young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by Michael Foreman. A blind young boy discovers a buried magical sword.

The Art of Rowena Rowena Morrill (Paper Tiger 1-85585-963-7, Sep 2002, £14.99, 112pp, tp, cover by Rowena Morrill) Reprint (Paper Tiger 2000) art book. Text by Doris Vallejo.

Fiddleback J. M. Morris (Macmillan UK 0-333-90629-2, Mar 2002, £10.00, 328pp, hc) Psychological thriller with dark fantasy elements. A woman searches for her missing brother, last seen with a mysterious “grey man.” A trade paperback edition (-90630-6) was announced but not seen. The author also writes as “Mark Morris”.

Doctor Who: Anachrophobia Jonathan Morris (BBC Books 0-563-53847-3, Mar 2002, £5.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Black Sheep) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 54 in the BBC “New Adventures” series.

The Uglimen Mark Morris (PS Publishing 1-902880-42-0, May 2002, £8.00, 144pp, tp, cover by Edward Miller) Associational horror novel. Introduction by Stephen Laws. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a hardcover edition of 300 (-43-9, £25.00) was announced but not seen. PS Publishing, Hamilton House, 4 Park Avenue, Harrogate HG2 9BQ, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk]; [crowth1@attglobal.net].

The Ruby of Carminel Roger Mortimer (Egmont 0-7497-4638-6, Jun 2002, £4.99, 234pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) Young-adult animal fantasy novel.

Black Angels Rita Murphy (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-39909-8, Jun 2002, £4.99, 153pp, tp, cover by Debbie Lush) Reprint (Delacorte 2001) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

Night Flying Rita Murphy (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-39895-4, Feb 2002, £4.99, 132pp, tp, cover by Debbie Lush) Reprint (Delacorte 2000) young-adult fantasy novel of a family whose females can fly, and one girl who questions their unforgiving rules. Winner of Delacorte Press Prize for a First Novel. [First U.K. edition]

The Twilight Ghost Magdalen Nabb (Collins 0-00-713397-9, Mar 2002, £4.99, 191pp, tp, cover by Sarah Perkins) Young-adult fantasy novel. Previously published in a German edition (Diogenes Verlag 2000).

The Dark Andrew Neiderman (Severn House 0-7278-5834-3, Apr 2002, £17.99, 294pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 1997) horror novel. Psychiatric patients are actually possessed.

The Dark Andrew Neiderman (Severn House 0-7278-5834-3, Apr 2002, £17.99, 294pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 1997) horror novel. Psychiatric patients are actually possessed.

The House of Arden E. Nesbit (Red Fox 0-09-940959-3, Sep 2001, £4.99, 314pp, tp, cover by David Frankland) Reprint (Macmillan 1908) young-adult fantasy novel. A Red Fox Classic.

The Fifth Sorceress Robert Newcomb (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-04961-6, Sep 2002, £10.99, 591pp, tp, cover by Justin Sweet) [Chronicles of Blood and Stone] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 2002) fantasy novel, first in “The Chronicles of Blood and Stone”. A kingdom is threatened by evil sorceresses who need one more member to achieve full power. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]

Firesong William Nicholson (Egmont 0-7497-4916-4, May 2002, £10.99, 341pp, hc, cover by Mark Edwards) [Wind on Fire] Young-adult fantasy novel, third volume in “The Wind on Fire” trilogy. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-4955-5, £7.99) was announced but not seen.

Slaves of the Mastery William Nicholson (Mammoth 0-7497-4901-6, May 2002, £5.99, 340pp, tp, cover by David Scutt) [Wind on Fire] Reprint (Mammoth 2001) young-adult fantasy novel, second in “The Wind on Fire” trilogy.

Griffin’s Castle Jenny Nimmo (Egmont Books 0-7497-4887-7, Apr 2002, £4.99, 183pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Methuen 1994) young-adult fantasy novel.

Midnight for Charlie Bone Jenny Nimmo (Egmont Books 0-7497-4888-5, Apr 2002, £4.99, 345pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Children of the Red King] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first volume in “The Red King Quintet”.

Milo’s Wolves Jenny Nimmo (Mammoth 0-7497-3675-5, 2001, £4.99, 245pp, tp, cover by Jacey) Young-adult fantasy novel.

Sabriel Garth Nix (Collins 0-00-713730-3, Sep 2002, £12.99, 367pp, hc) [Abhorsen] Reprint (HarperCollinsAustralia/Moonstone 1995) young-adult fantasy novel, first in a series. A good necromancer’s daughter has to continue his work. [First U.K. edition]

Falling Out Of Cars Jeff Noon (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60296-0, Nov 2002, £12.99, 345pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant & Grant Gee) Surreal novel of a woman traveling through a strangely transformed, diseased England.

The Ship of Fools Gregory Normington (Sceptre 0-340-82100-0, Mar 2002, £12.99, 277pp, hc, cover by Hieronymus Bosch) Literary fantasy novel. A first novel.

The Blue Road to Atlantis Jay Nussbaum (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-553-81489-3, Nov 2002, £8.99, 141pp, hc, cover by Julia Kushnirsky) Reprint (Warner 2002) literary fantasy novel retelling Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea from the viewpoint of the marlin and remora companion who were en route to Atlantis to save all fish in the oceans. [First U.K. edition]

The Silver Cloud Jenny Oldfield (Hodder Silver 0-340-85108-2, Mar 2002, £4.99, 229pp, tp, cover by David Kearney) [Dream Seeker] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in the “Dream Seeker” trilogy. A tribe of horses helps a human tribe in danger of dying out.

Scheherezade: A Tale Anthony O’Neill (Review 0-7472-6868-1, 2002, £10.99, 533pp, tp, cover by Edmund Dulac) Reprint (Flamingo Australia 2001) historical fantasy novel. Twenty years after her last story, Scheherezade is kidnapped, and must begin another tale long enough to save her life.

Scheherezade: A Tale Anthony O’Neill (Hodder Headline 0-7472-6528-3, Jul 2002, £6.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Edmund Dulac) Reprint (Flamingo Australia 2001) historical fantasy novel. Kidnapped Scheherezade must begin another tale long enough to save her life.

Firewing Ken Oppel (Hodder Silver 0-340-85255-0, Sep 2002, £5.99, 297pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Silverwing Saga] Reprint (HarperCollins Canada 2002) young-adult fantasy novel, the third in “The Silverwing Saga”. [First U.K. edition]

Literature and Science in the Nineteenth Century: An Anthology ed. Laura Otis (Oxford University Press 0-19-283979-9, Jul 2002, £9.99, xlii+576pp, tp, cover by Kate E. Gough) Anthology of 150 excerpts, poems, short stories, and articles about scientific thought, fictional and other, in the 19th century. Authors include H.G. Wells, Lewis Carroll, Mary Shelley, and Bram Stoker. Edited, with an introduction and extensive notes by Otis.

Pattern K. J. Parker (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-107-1, May 2002, £10.99, 568pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Scavenger Trilogy] Fantasy novel, the second book in the “Scavenger” trilogy after Shadow. Poldarn, the man who assumed a god’s name, continues to search for his lost memories.

Shadow K. J. Parker (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-105-5, May 2002, £6.99, 572pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Scavenger Trilogy] Reprint (Orbit 2001) fantasy novel. “The Scavenger Trilogy: Book One”.

Doctor Who: Trading Futures Lance Parkin (BBC Books 0-563-53848-1, Apr 2002, £5.99, 249pp, pb, cover by Black Sheep) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 55 in the BBC “New Adventures” series.

The Story Giant Brian Patten (Collins 0-00-711944-5, Oct 2002, £16.99, 222pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) Young-adult novel, illustrated by Chris Riddell. The Story Giant who collects all stories from round the world, re-tells fifty folktales in the hope one of four dreaming childen will know the single story he can never know.

Decipher Stel Pavlou (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-0384-3, Feb 2002, £5.99, 804pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 2001) SF novel.

A Book of Nonsense Mervyn Peake (Owen, Peter 0-7206-1163-8, Jun 2002, £7.95, 88pp, tp) Reprint (Peter Owen 1972) associational collection of poetry, with an introduction by Maeve Peake. A “Peter Owens Modern Classic”.

Dark of the Moon Maggie Pearson (Hodder Silver 0-340-79661-8, Apr 2001, £4.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Darren Locke) [Owl Light] Reissue (Hodder Children’s Books 1998) juvenile fantasy novel, a sequel to Owl Light. Published in 2001, but not seen until now.

Shadow of the Beast Maggie Pearson (Hodder Silver 0-340-79598-0, Aug 2002, £5.99, 212pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel.

The Alien Stories 1 ed. Dennis Pepper (Oxford University Press 0-19-275162-X, Jan 2002, £4.99, 150pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) Young-adult SF anthology of 14 stories, 11 of which were previously collected as part of The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (Oxford University Press 1998). This selection adds three stories by Howard Fast, Edward D. Hoch and Charles Sheffield.

Alien Stories 2 ed. Dennis Pepper (Oxford University Press 0-19-275189-1, Sep 2002, £3.99, 153pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) Reprint (Oxford 1998 as half of The Young Oxford Book of Aliens) young-adult SF anthology of 13 stories. This adds two stories by Gerald Kersh and Nancy Kress. Illustrated by Ian Miller.

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