The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999
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- LUBAR, DAVID (chron.)
- * *Hidden Talents (Tor 0-312-86646-1, Jun 99 [May 99], $16.95, 213pp, hc, cover by Brian Romero) [Hidden Talents] Young-adult novel of a group of misfits with psychic abilities.
- LUCAS, GEORGE (Walton, Jr.) (1944- ) (chron.) (assoc.)
- LUMLEY, BRIAN (1937- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * _E-Branch: Invaders (NEL 0-340-73919-3, Aug 99 [Jul 99], £6.99, 550pp, pb, cover by George Underwood) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1999) SF/dark fantasy. First in a new Necroscope trilogy. The original hardback edition (-73918-5, £16.99) was not seen.
- * +Ghoul Warning and Other Omens... and Other Omens (Necronomicon Press/W. Paul Ganley no ISBN, Jun 99, $12.00, 98pp, tp, cover by Donald W. Schank) Poetry collection, a revised and expanded first US edition (Spectre Press 1982). This has new illustrations and an introduction by Donald W. Schank, and a new introduction by the author. This is a limited edition of 800; a signed, limited hardcover edition of 250 ($30.00) and a lettered edition of 26 were announced but not seen. Order from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, W. Warwick RI 02893; credit card orders 401-828-7161. (Contents)
- * _Maze of Worlds (Tor 0-812-57780-9, May 99 [Apr 99], $6.99, 493pp, pb, cover by Peter Bollinger) [House of Doors] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997 as The House of Doors: Second Visit) SF novel, sequel to The House of Doors.
- * *Necroscope: Invaders (Tor 0-312-86814-6, Jun 99 [May 99], $25.95, 416pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Necroscope: E-Branch] Vampire horror novel, first in the E-Branch trilogy in the Necroscope series.
- * _Titus Crow (Tor 0-312-86867-7, Feb 99 [Jan 99], $14.95, 347pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Titus Crow] Reprint (Tor 1997) omnibus, volume one in the omnibus reprint series of the Lovecraftian Titus Crow novels. This contains the first two novels, The Burrowers Beneath (1974) and The Transition of Titus Crow (1975, revised 1991).
- * _Titus Crow, Volume Two (Tor 0-312-86868-5, Oct 99 [Sep 99], $14.95, 318pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Titus Crow] Reprint (Tor 1997) omnibus of the third and fourth novels in the Lovecraftian Titus Crow series, The Clock of Dreams (1978) and Spawn of the Winds (1978).
- LUNDE, DAVID (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Nightfishing in Great Sky River (Anamnesis Press 1-892842-14-9, May 99 [Sep 99], $7.95, 57pp, ph) Poetry collection of 34 poems, four original. Available from Anamnesis Press, PO Box 51115, Palo Alto CA 94303; anamnesis@compuserve.com (Contents)
- LUPOFF, RICHARD A(llen), ed. (1935- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- LUSTBADER, ERIC VAN (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Pale Saint (HarperCollins UK 0-00-225565-0, Feb 99 [May 99], £16.99, 356pp, hc) SF thriller. A New York detective and a victims widow create and train the clone of a serial killer in an attempt to establish a psychic connection.
- LYNN, ELIZABETH A(nne) (1946- ) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * _Dragons Winter (Pan 0-330-35557-0, Mar 99 [Feb 99], £6.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Dragon] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1998) fantasy novel. First in the Dragon sequence.
- * _Dragons Winter (Ace 0-441-00611-6, Apr 99 [Mar 99], $5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Dragon] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1998) fantasy novel.
- * _Watchtower (Ace 0-441-00647-7, Sep 99 [Aug 99], $12.00, 220pp, tp, cover by William Geise) [Chronicles of Tornor] Reprint (Berkley 1979) fantasy novel, first in The Chronicles of Tornor. Winner of the World Fantasy Award.
- LYONS, STEVE (stories) (chron.)
- * *Doctor Who: Salvation (BBC Books 0-563-55566-1, Jan 99 [Nov 98], £4.99, 274pp, pb) Original novel based on the TV series. Book 17 in the BBC Missing Adventures series.
- * *Doctor Who: The Final Sanction (BBC Books 0-563-55584-X, Jul 99, £5.99, 284pp, pb) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 23 in the BBC Missing Adventures series.
- McARTHUR, MAXINE (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Time Future (Bantam Australia 1-86325-194-4, 1999 [Sep 99], A$15.95, 454pp, pb, cover by Greg Bridges) [Time Future] SF novel of interstellar war. Winner of the George Turner Prize. A first novel.
- McAULEY, PAUL J. (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * +Ancients of Days (Avon Eos 0-380-97516-5, Jul 99 [Jun 99], $16.00, 386pp, hc, cover by Gregory Bridges) [Confluence] SF novel. Book two of the Confluence trilogy. A Wolfian (Gene, not Thomas) world adventure set 10 million years in the future on a strange, exotic artifact peopled by even stranger characters. First US edition (Gollancz 1998).
- * _Ancients of Days (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-892-2, Sep 99, £6.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Confluence] Reprint (Gollancz 1998) SF novel in a trilogy. The Second Book of Confluence after Child of the River.
- * _Child of the River (Avon Eos 0-380-79296-6, Jun 99, $6.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Liz Kenyon) [Confluence] Reprint (Gollancz 1997) SF novel. Book one of the Confluence trilogy.
- * _Eternal Light (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-910-4, Sep 99, £6.99, 463pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Four Hundred Billion Stars] Reprint (Gollancz 1991) SF novel, sequel to Four Hundred Billion Stars.
- * _Pasquales Angel (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-909-0, Sep 99, £6.99, 384pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Gollancz 1994) SF alternate historical set in Renaissance Florence.
- * *Shrine of Stars (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06429-3, Sep 99, £16.99, 313pp, hc, cover by Paul Young) [Confluence] SF novel. Final book in the Confluence trilogy.
- McCAFFREY, ANNE (Inez) (1926- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Acornas People (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (HarperPrism 0-06-105094-6, Jul 99 [Jun 99], $24.00, 313pp, hc, cover by John Ennis) [Acorna] SF novel based on a comic-book idea by McCaffrey, third in the Acorna the Unicorn Girl series.
- * _Acornas People (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (SFBC #00684, Jul 99, $12.98, 313pp, hc, cover by John Ennis) [Acorna] Reprint (HarperPrism 1999) SF novel based on a comic-book idea by McCaffrey, third in the Acorna the Unicorn Girl series. This is similar to the HarperPrism edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Acornas Quest (with Margaret Ball) (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14748-6, Jul 99, £5.99, 411pp, pb) [Acorna] Reprint (HarperPrism 1998) SF novel based on a comic-book idea by McCaffrey, a sequel to Acorna: The Unicorn Girl. Acorna seeks her people. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Acornas Quest (with Margaret Ball) (HarperPrism 0-06-105790-8, Jul 99 [Jun 99], $6.50, 397pp, pb, cover by John Ennis) [Acorna] Reprint (HarperPrism 1998) SF novel based on a comic-book idea by McCaffrey, sequel to Acorna: The Unicorn Girl.
- * _The Crystal Singer Omnibus: Crystal Singer/Killashandra/Crystal Line (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14762-1, Oct 99, £6.99, 1079pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Killashandra] Reprint (Del Rey 1996 as The Crystal Singer Trilogy) SF omnibus of the three Crystal Singer novels. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Dinosaur Planet (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-090-6, Feb 99 [May 99], £5.99, 189pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Ireta] Reissue (Orbit 1977) SF novel, first in the Ireta series.
- * _Dinosaur Planet II: Survivors (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-089-2, Feb 99 [Apr 99], £5.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Ireta] Reissue (Ballantine Del Rey 1984 as Dinosaur Planet Survivors) SF novel. Book 2 of the Ireta series.
- * _Freedoms Challenge (Corgi 0-552-14627-7, May 99 [Apr 99], £5.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Catteni] Reprint (Ace/Putnam; Bantam UK 1998) SF novel, third in the Catteni sequence. The involuntary colonists of Botany take their rebellion off-planet.
- * _Freedoms Challenge (Ace 0-441-00625-6, Jun 99 [May 99], $6.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Catteni] Reprint (Ace/Putnam; Bantam UK 1998) SF novel, third in the Catteni series.
- * _The MasterHarper of Pern (Bantam UK 0-552-14274-3, Feb 99 [Jan 99], £5.99, 463pp, pb, cover by Steve Weston) [Pern] Reprint (Del Rey; Bantam UK 1998) SF novel in the Pern series.
- * +Nimishas Ship (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38825-9, Feb 99 [Jan 99], $25.00, 388pp, hc, cover by Michael Herring) SF novel. A female starship designer is stranded on a deadly planet while relatives scheme to take over her shipbuilding company. First US edition (Bantam UK 12/98).
- * _Nimishas Ship (SFBC #02545, Mar 99, $12.98, 388pp, hc, cover by Michael Herring) Reprint (Bantam UK 1998) SF novel about a female starship designer. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Nimishas Ship (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14628-5, Dec 99 [Sep 99], £5.99, 448pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Bantam UK 1998) SF novel.
- * _The Ship Who Sang (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-09115-4, Jun 99, £5.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Helva] Reprint (Walker 1969) SF novel.
- * *The Tower and the Hive (Ace/Putnam 0-399-14501-X, May 99 [Apr 99], $23.95, 302pp, hc, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Tower and the Hive] SF novel in the Rowan series. Descendants of the Rowan face opposition when humans get complacent about the threat of the alien Hivers.
- * _The Tower and the Hive (SFBC #19652, Jun 99 [May 99], $12.98, 302pp, hc, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Tower and the Hive] Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1999) SF novel in the Rowan series. This is similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _The Tower and the Hive (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-04324-3, Jun 99, £16.99, viii+296pp, hc, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Tower and the Hive] Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1999) SF novel, fifth in The Tower and the Hive series. [First U.K. edition]
- McCAFFREY, TODD (chron.)
- * *Dragonholder: The Life and Dreams (So Far) of Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42217-1, Nov 99, $19.95, 113pp, hc, cover by Rowena Morrill) Memoir of Anne McCaffrey by her son, something of a chatty family album with numerous photos, some of SF authors and editors. Includes a brief introduction by Anne McCaffrey.
- McCALL, DAN (Elliott) (1940- ) (chron.)
- * *Citizens of Somewhere Else: Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry James (Cornell University Press 0-8014-3640-0, May 99, $25.00, 200pp, hc) Nonfiction look at Hawthorne and James, and the possible influence of one on the other. Includes a note listing sources, and an index. Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State St., Ithaca NY 14850; 800-666-2211. [Hawthorne, James]
- McCARTHY, WIL(liam Terence) (1966- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Bloom (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-582-6, Jul 99, £9.99, 310pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Del Rey 1998) SF novel. Humans have fled an Earth overrun by a deadly biotech organism, but must confront the menace when it threatens their escape to the stars. A hardcover edition (-593-1, £16.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Bloom (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42465-4, Aug 99 [Jul 99], $6.99, 303pp, pb, cover by Rick Berry) Reprint (Del Rey 1998) SF novel of a deadly biotech organism. This includes an unpaginated, seven-page conversation with the author.
- McCAUGHREAN, GERALDINE (1951- ) (chron.)
- * *The Stones are Hatching (Oxford University Press 0-19-271797-9, Nov 99 [Sep 99], £5.99, 179pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult fantasy novel. A young boy is the chosen one who must save the world from the Hatchlings of the Stoor Worm.
- McCAY, BILL (chron.)
- * *Stargate: Resistance (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45664-5, Oct 99, $5.99, 296pp, pb) [Stargate] Novelization based on characters from the film. Fifth in the series. Copyrighted by Le Studio Canal + (U.S.).
- McCONNELL, ASHLEY (chron.)
- * *Stargate SG-1: The Price You Pay (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45726-9, Jul 99 [Jun 99], $5.99, 199pp, pb) [Stargate SG-1] Novelization based on the TV series based on the film, second in the series. Copyrighted by MGM Worldwide Television Productions.
- * _Stargate SG.1 (Macmillan/Channel 4 Books 0-7522-1869-7, Sep 99, £4.99, 202pp, pb) [Stargate SG-1] Reprint (Roc 1998) novelization based on the TV series based on the film, first in the new series. Copyrighted by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Channel 4 Books is a new imprint of Macmillan Publishers Ltd. [First U.K. edition]
- McCORMACK, MIKE (1965- ) (chron.)
- * +Crowes Requiem (Holt 0-8050-5370-0, May 99 [Mar 99], $23.00, 233pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel of a boy raised in rural Ireland, and a woman with claims to divinity. First US edition (Cape 1998).
- * _Crowes Requiem (Vintage UK 0-09-976721-X, May 99 [Apr 99], £5.99, 232pp, tp) Reprint (Cape 1998) literary fantasy novel.
- McCOY, MAX (1958- ) (chron.)
- * *Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Sphinx (Bantam 0-553-56197-9, Feb 99 [Jan 99], $5.50, 197pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Indiana Jones] Novelization based on the movies; #12 in the series. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
- McCRUMB, SHARYN (Elaine Atwood) (1948- ) (chron.)
- * _The Ballad of Frankie Silver (Penguin/Signet 0-451-19739-9, Mar 99 [Apr 99], $7.50, 396pp, pb) [Sheriff Spencer Arrowood] Reprint (Dutton 1998) mystery novel with minor fantasy elements, part of the Ballad series.
- * _The Ballad of Frankie Silver (NEL 0-340-71715-7, Mar 99, £5.99, 352pp, pb) [Sheriff Spencer Arrowood] Reprint (Dutton 1998) mystery novel with minor fantasy elements, part of the Ballad series.
- McCULLOUGH, COLLEEN; [i.e., Colleen McCullough-Robinson] (1937- ) (chron.)
- * _The Song of Troy (Orion 0-75281-763-9, Jan 99, £5.99, 483pp, tp) Reprint (Orion 1998) historical novel with fantasy elements, retelling The Iliad in a series of episodes narrated by Helen, Priam, Achilles, Odysseus, and the other major characters.
- McCULLOUGH, J. (chron.)
- * _Golf in the Year 2000 (Rutledge Hill Press 1-55853-664-7, Oct 98 [Jan 99], $12.95, 160pp, hc, cover by David Wariner) Reprint (Unwin 1892) predictive SF novel; a golfer falls into a trance in 1892 and wakes in 2000. McCullough is a 19th-century British author who wrote under the pseudonym J.A.C.K. Order from Rutledge Hill Press, 211 7th Ave N, Nashville TN 37219; 615-244-2700.
- McCURDY, HOWARD E. (chron.)
- * _Space and the American Imagination (Smithsonian Institution Press 1-56098-445-7, Mar 99 [Feb 99], $29.95, 294pp, tp, cover by Robert T. McCall) Non-fiction book discussing how SF and other elements of popular culture helped motivate the space program. Includes notes and index. We apparently missed the 1997 hardcover first edition. Order from Smithsonian Institution Press, PO Box 960, Herndon VA 20172-0960; credit card orders 800-782-4612; add $3.50 postage.
- McDERMOTT, ANNELLA, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- McDEVITT, JACK; [i.e., John Charles McDevitt] (1935- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Moonfall (HarperCollins UK 0-00-651170-8, May 99 [Apr 99], £6.99, 544pp, pb, cover by John Ennis) Reprint (HarperPrism 1998) SF novel. A hundred-mile-wide comet on a collision course with the moon.
- * _Standard Candles (SFBC #19487, May 99, $10.98, 248pp, hc, cover by Michael Dashow) Reprint (Tachyon 1996) collection. This is similar to the Tachyon edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- McDEVITT, JOHN CHARLES; see under McDevitt, Jack (stories) (chron.)
- MacDONALD, GEORGE (1824-1905) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * _The Princess and the Goblin (Dover 0-486-40787-X, Sep 99 [Oct 99], $2.50, 165pp, tp, cover by Thea Kliros) [Curdie] Reprint (Routledge 1872) classic young-adult fantasy novel.
- McDONALD, IAN (Neil) (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Chaga (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-875-2, Jun 99, £6.99, 413pp, pb) [Chaga] Reprint (Gollancz 1995) SF novel. Published in the US as Evolutions Shore.
- * _Chaga (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-875-2, Jun 99 [Aug 99], £6.99, 413pp, pb) [Chaga] Reprint (Gollancz 1995) SF novel. Published in the U.S as Evolutions Shore.
- * _Kirinya (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-876-0, Jun 99, £6.99, 412pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Chaga] Reprint (Gollancz 1998) SF novel, sequel to Chaga.
- MACDONALD, JAMES D(ouglas) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- MacEOIN, DENIS (1949- ); see pseudonym Jonathan Aycliffe (chron.)
- McFALL, KATHLEEN (chron.) (assoc.)
- McGARVEY, ROBERT (1948- ); see pseudonym Steve White (chron.)
- McGREGOR, ELIZABETH (chron.)
- * *Second Sight (Macmillan UK 0-333-74524-8, Feb 99 [Jan 99], £17.99, 380pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel. A woman begins to develop psychic connections to the dead.
- MacGREGOR, ROB(ert R.) (1948- ) (chron.)
- McGREW, ROBYN, ed. (stories) (chron.)
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