The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

Books, Listed by Author

McHUGH, MAUREEN F. (1959- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _China Mountain Zhang (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-862-1, Sep ’99, £5.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reissue (Tor 1992) SF novel. Third printing.
• * _Half the Day Is Night (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-863-X, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], £6.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reissue (Tor 1994) SF thriller set in a 21st-Century undersea city.
• * _Mission Child (SFBC #03158, Feb ’99, $9.98, 385pp, hc, cover by Debra Lill) Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) SF novel of a rediscovered colony world that has forgotten its roots. This is similar to the Avon Eos edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Mission Child (Avon Eos 0-380-79122-6, Nov ’99, $6.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Michael Evans) Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) SF novel of a rediscovered colony world.
• * _Mission Child (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-861-3, Dec ’99, £6.99, 385pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) SF novel. Rediscovery devastates a colony world that has forgotten its roots. [First U.K. edition]

McINTEE, DAVID A. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: Autumn Mist (BBC Books 0-563-55583-1, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], £5.99, 236pp, pb) Novelization based on the TV series. Book 24 of the BBC “New Adventures” series starring the Eighth Doctor and Sam.
• * *Doctor Who: The Wages of Sin (BBC Books 0-563-55567-X, Feb ’99 [Dec ’98], £4.99, 250pp, pb) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 18 in the BBC “Missing Adventures” series.

McINTYRE, VONDA N(eel) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Moon and the Sun (SFBC #01992, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $11.50, 421pp, hc, cover by Gary Halsey) Reprint (Pocket 1997) alternate history/historical fantasy novel of a sea monster brought to the court of Louis XIV. Winner of the 1997 Nebula Award. This is similar to the Pocket edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

MACKAY, SCOTT (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Outpost (Tor 0-312-86842-1, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $14.95, 349pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1998) SF novel about an abandoned prison colony.

McKEAN, THOMAS (stories) (chron.)

• * *Into the Candlelit Room (Penguin/Putnam 0-399-23359-8, Aug ’99, $17.99, 215pp, hc, cover by Patrick Milbourn) Young-adult original collection of five horror stories. (Contents)

McKENNA, JULIET E. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Swordman’s Oath (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-740-4, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], £6.99, 566pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Tales of Einarinn] Fantasy novel, the sequel to The Thief’s Gamble in the “Tales of Einarinn” series.
• * +The Thief’s Gamble (HarperPrism 0-06-102036-2, Aug ’99, $6.99, 495pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Tales of Einarinn] Fantasy novel. A first novel. First US edition (Orbit 1999).
• * *The Thief’s Gamble: The First Tale of Einarinn (Orbit 1-85723-688-2, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], £5.99, 437pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Tales of Einarinn] Fantasy novel. A First novel. Livak the thief acquires an antique from a shrouded period in history.

McKENZIE, CHUCK (1970- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Worlds Apart (Hybrid Publishers Australia 1-876462-02-7, Mar ’99 [Nov ’99], A$15.95, 336pp, pb) [Zach Vance] Humorous SF novel, book one of the “Zach Vance” quartet. Disaster strikes when an ex-celebrity attends the launch of Earth’s first starship. A first novel. Order from Hybrid Publishers, PO Box 52, Ormond Vic 3204 Australia.

McKIERNAN, DENNIS L(ester) (1932- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Into the Fire (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45732-3, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $6.99, 531pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [*Mithgar: Hel’s Crucible] Reprint (Roc 1998) fantasy novel, set in the world of Mithgar. Book Two of the “Hel’s Crucible” duology.

McKILLIP, PATRICIA A(nne) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Riddle-Master (Ace 0-441-00596-9, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $16.00, 578pp, tp, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) [Riddle-Master] Reprint (SFBC 1979 as Riddle of Stars) omnibus of the three novels in the classic fantasy trilogy: The Riddle-Master of Hed (1976), Heir of Sea and Fire (1977), and Harpist in the Wind (1979). There is a new one-page introduction by McKillip.
• * _Song For the Basilisk (Ace 0-441-00678-7, Dec ’99, $6.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Reprint (Ace 1998) fantasy novel.

MACKSEY, KENNETH (John) (1923- ) (chron.)

• * _Invasion: The Alternate History of the German Invasion of England, July 1940 (SFBC #02002, Sep ’99, $10.98, 223pp, hc) Reprint (Arms and Armour Press 1980) alternate history of WWII, written in the form of a non-fiction military history. This Military Book Club edition (ISBN 0-7394-0370-2) is similar to a 1990 Greenhill Books edition; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

MACLAY, JOHN (B., Jr.) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Night Tales (John Maclay no ISBN, 1999 [Jun ’99], $9.95, 142pp, hc) Collection of 19 stories, one original. This is a limited edition of 500. Order from John Maclay, PO Box 16253, Baltimore MD 21210; price includes postage. (Contents)

MacLEOD, KEN(neth Macrae) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Cassini Division (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-730-7, Jun ’99 [May ’99], £6.99, 240pp, tp, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Fall Revolution] Reprint (Orbit 1998) SF novel.
• * +The Cassini Division (Tor 0-312-87044-2, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $22.95, 240pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Fall Revolution] SF novel. Humans face off against godlike post-humans. First US edition (Orbit 1998).
• * _The Cassini Division (SFBC #02212, Aug ’99 [Sep ’99], $11.50, 240pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Fall Revolution] Reprint (Orbit 1998) SF novel. Humans face off against godlike post-humans. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *The Sky Road (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-755-2, Jun ’99 [May ’99], £16.99, 291pp, hc) [Fall Revolution] SF novel. Centuries after humanity was barred from space, a lone rocket is readied for launch from Scotland.
• * +The Stone Canal (Tor 0-312-87053-1, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $24.95, 304pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Fall Revolution] SF novel of a human colony on the planet New Mars. First US edition (Legend 1996).

McMULLEN, SEAN (Christopher) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Centurion’s Empire (Tor 0-812-56475-8, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $6.99, 363pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) Reprint (Tor 1998) alternate/secret history SF novel.
• * *Souls in the Great Machine (Tor 0-312-87055-8, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $27.95, 448pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Greatwinter] SF novel, revised considerably from the two far-future SF novels in the “Greatwinter” series: Voices in the Light (1994) and Mirror Sun Rising (1995). In a low-tech 40th-century, a forgotten device threatens a new ice age.
• * _Souls in the Great Machine (SFBC #05556, Oct ’99, $13.98, 448pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Greatwinter] Reprint (Tor 1999) SF novel, revised considerably from the two far-future SF novels in the “Greatwinter” series: Voices in the Light (1994) and Mirror Sun Rising (1995). This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction (with Russell Blackford & Van Ikin) See entry under Russell Blackford.

McQUAY, MIKE; [i.e., Michael Dennis McQuay] (1949-1995) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Isaac Asimov’s Robot City: Volumes 1 and 2 (with Michael P. Kube-McDowell) See entry under Michael P. Kube-McDowell

MAGGIN, ELLIOT S. (1950- ) (chron.)

• * _Kingdom Come (with Mark Waid & Alex Ross) (Warner Aspect 0-446-60669-3, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $6.50, 395pp, pb, cover by Alex Ross) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1998) novelization based on the comics mini-series. The novel is credited as written by Elliot S. Maggin, “based on a story by Mark Waid and Alex Ross.” Copyrighted by DC Comics.

MAGRS, PAUL (stories) (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: The Blue Angel (with Jeremy Hoad) (BBC Books 0-563-55581-5, Sep ’99, £5.99, 279pp, pb) Novelization based on the TV series. Book 27 of the BBC “New Adventures”.

MAGUIRE, GREGORY (1955- ) (chron.)

• * *Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (HarperCollins/ReganBooks 0-06-039282-7, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $24.00, 368pp, hc, cover by Douglas Smith) Literary novel with debatable fantasy elements, a retelling of “Cinderella” set in 17th-century Holland. Illustrations by Bill Sanderson.
• * _Six Haunted Hairdos (HarperTrophy 0-06-440720-9, Aug ’99, $4.95, 151pp, tp, cover by Mark Elliot) [Hamlet Chronicles] Reprint (Clarion 1997) young-adult fantasy, sequel to Seven Spiders Spinning.

MALLORY, JAMES (chron.)

• * +Merlin, Part 1: The Old Magic (Warner Aspect 0-446-60766-5, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $6.99, 273pp, pb) [Merlin] Novelization of the TV movie/series. First US edition (Voyager 3/99).
• * +Merlin, Part 2: The King’s Wizard (Warner Aspect 0-446-60791-6, Dec ’99 [Nov ’99], $6.99, 291pp, pb) Novelization of the TV movie. Copyrighted by Hallmark Entertainment. First US edition (Voyager 10/99).
• * *Merlin: The King’s Wizard (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-651290-9, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], £6.99, 291pp, pb) [Merlin] Novelisation of the US TV fantasy series, told from Merlin’s point of view. Book two of a series.
• * *Merlin: The Old Magic (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-651289-5, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], £6.99, 333pp, pb) [Merlin] Novelisation based on the US TV series, reinventing Merlin’s biography. First in a series.

MALONEY, MACK; pseudonym of Brian Kelleher, (1952- ) (chron.)

• * *Wingman: The Tomorrow War (Pinnacle 0-7860-1025-8, Oct ’99, $5.99, 366pp, pb) [Wingman] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 16th in the series.

MANGUEL, ALBERTO (Adrian) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * _The Dictionary of Imaginary Places (with Gianni Guadalupi) (Harcourt Brace 0-15-100541-9, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $40.00, 755pp, hc, cover by Joachim Patenier) Reprint (Macmillan 1980, updated version Harvest 1987) non-fiction, reference. A dictionary of places from Atlantis to Middle Earth, updated and expanded from previous versions to include such places as Salman Rushdie’s Sea of Stories, Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, and J.K. Rowling’s Hogwarts. An index cross-references by author and title.

MANLOVE, C(olin) N(icholas) (1942- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +The Fantasy Literature of England (St. Martin’s 0-312-21987-3, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $49.95, 222pp, hc, cover by Arthur Rackham) Non-fiction, a critical examination of English fantasy, its history and types: metaphysical, secondary (alternate) world, emotive, comic, subversive, and children’s fantasy. Includes index and notes. This is the same as the Macmillan (UK) British edition. The book has both publishers plus both ISBNs on the copyright page.

MANLY, STANLEY (chron.)

• * *Raiders of the Low-Forehead (Creation Books/Attack 1-84068-031-8, Oct ’99 [Dec ’99], £6.99, 152pp, pb, cover by Paul McCaffery) Satirical novel of ultra-violent mobs in an unpoliced Northern England. Attack! is a new imprint from Creation Books (www.creationbooks.com).

MANN, JAMES A(nthony), ed. (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Compleat Boucher See entry under Anthony Boucher.

MANN, THOMAS (1875-1955) (chron.)

• * _Doctor Faustus (Random House/Vintage 0-375-70116-8, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $15.00, 535pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1998) contemporary retelling with Faust as a 20th century composer, translated by John E. Woods from the original German (Bermann-Fischer, Stockholm 1947).

MANNING, RUSS (chron.)

• * *Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar (Dark Horse Comics 1-56971-417-7, Jun ’99, $12.95, 80pp, tp, cover by Mark Schultz) [Tarzan] Graphic novelization of the fifth “Tarzan” novel, originally published as a series of Gold Key comic books adapted and illustrated by Russ Manning. Copyrighted by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
• * *Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan of the Apes (Dark Horse Comics 1-56971-416-9, May ’99 [Jun ’99], $12.95, 104pp, tp, cover by Mark Schultz) [Tarzan] Graphic novel/collection of classic Gold Key comic book versions of the first four “Tarzan” novels, adapted and illustrated by Russ Manning. Copyrighted by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.

MARANO, MICHAEL (stories) (chron.)

• * _Dawn Song (Tor 0-812-54547-8, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $6.99, 397pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielson) Reprint (Tor 1998) contemporary horror novel. Winner of the Stoker Award for First Novel.

MARCO, JOHN (chron.)

• * *The Jackal of Nar (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37984-4, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $14.95, 660pp, tp, cover by Doug Beekman) [Tyrants and Kings] Military fantasy novel, first book of “Tyrants and Kings”. A first novel. Simultaneous with the UK (Millennium) edition.
• * *The Jackal of Nar (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-567-2, Mar ’99, £9.99, 660pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Tyrants and Kings] Military fantasy novel. Book one of “Tyrants and Kings”. A first novel. A hardcover edition (-568-0, £17.99) is also available. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.

MARIOTTE, JEFF(rey J.) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Gen13: Netherwar (with Christopher Golden) See entry under Christopher Golden.

MARK, JAN(et Marjorie) (1943-2006) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Eclipse of the Century (Scholastic UK 0-590-54467-5, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £14.99, 442pp, hc) Young-adult millennial fantasy novel. A near-death experience leads Keith Chapman to the heart of Asia and an encounter ‘under a black sun at the end of a thousand years’.
• * _The Sighting (Puffin 0-14-037865-0, Jun ’99 [Jul ’99], £4.99, 186pp, pb, cover by Tom Connell) Reprint (Viking 1997) young-adult novel of a UFO sighting that broke up a family in the 1940s.

MARLEY, LOUISE (née Campbell) (1952- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Terrorists of Irustan (Ace 0-441-00619-1, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $13.00, 323pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) SF novel. A doctor uses her medical talents to protect women on a planet where females have few rights.

MARSDEN, JOHN (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Darkness Be My Friend (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-92274-7, Apr ’99 [May ’99], $15.00, 269pp, hc, cover by Vivienne Goodman) [Tomorrow] Young-adult Australian near-future adventure, fourth in the series beginning with Tomorrow When the War Began. Teens struggle to survive despite totalitarian invaders. First US edition (Pan Macmillan Australia 1996).
• * _The Dead of Night (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22771-2, Mar ’99 [Apr ’99], $4.50, 278pp, pb, cover by Vivienne Goodman) [Tomorrow] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 1994) young-adult Australian near-future adventure, sequel to Tomorrow When the War Began.
• * _A Killing Frost (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22832-8, Oct ’99, $4.99, 275pp, pb, cover by Vivienne Goodman) [Tomorrow] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 1995 as The Third Day: The Frost) young-adult Australian near-future adventure, third in the trilogy beginning with Tomorrow When the War Began.
• * *The Rabbits (with Shaun Tan) (Thomas C. Lothian 0-85091-878-2, 1998 [Jan ’99], A$22.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Shaun Tan) Children’s picture book, with text by Marsden and illustrations by Tan. A fantastic, allegorical version of the destruction of Australia by the arrival of European rabbits.

MARSTON, ANN (chron.)

• * _Broken Blade (HarperPrism 0-06-105627-8, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $5.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) [Rune Blade] Reissue (HarperPrism 1997) Celtic fantasy novel. Final book in the “Rune Blade” trilogy. Third printing.
• * *Cloudbearer’s Shadow (HarperPrism 0-06-105977-3, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $5.99, 330pp, pb, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) [Sword in Exile] Celtic fantasy novel, first book in the “Sword in Exile” trilogy, sequel to the “Rune Blade” trilogy.
• * *King of Shadows (HarperPrism 0-06-102041-9, Dec ’99, $5.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) [Sword in Exile] Fantasy novel, book two in the “Sword in Exile” trilogy.
• * _Kingmaker’s Sword (HarperPrism 0-06-105629-4, Feb ’99, $5.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) [Rune Blade] Reissue (HarperPrism 1996) fantasy novel, book one in the “Rune Blade” trilogy. Third printing.

MARTIN, GEORGE R(aymond) R(ichard) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +A Clash of Kings (Bantam Spectra 0-553-10803-4, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $25.95, 762pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Song of Ice and Fire] Fantasy novel, book two of “A Song of Ice and Fire”. First US edition (Voyager 11/98).
• * _A Clash of Kings (SFBC #02804, Apr ’99, $12.98, 761pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Song of Ice and Fire] Reprint (Voyager 1998) fantasy novel, book two of “A Song of Ice and Fire”. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _A Clash of Kings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-647989-8, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], £6.99, 741pp, pb) [Song of Ice and Fire] Reprint (Voyager 1998) fantasy novel. Book two of “A Song of Ice and Fire”.

MARTIN, THOMAS K. (chron.)

• * *MageLord: The House of Bairn (Ace 0-441-00623-X, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $5.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [MageLord] Fantasy novel, third in the trilogy.

MARTINAC, PAULA (1954- ) (chron.)

• * _Out of Time (Seal Press/Djuna Books 1-58005-020-4, Mar ’99, $12.95, 220pp, tp) Reprint (Seal 1990) lesbian ghost fantasy. Order from Seal Press, 3131 Western Avenue, Suite 410, Seattle WA 98121; 206-283-7844.

MARTINE-BARNES, ADRIENNE (Zina) (1942- ) (chron.)

• * _Traitor’s Sun (with Marion Zimmer Bradley) See entry under Marion Zimmer Bradley.

MARTINSON, HARRY (Edmund) (1904-1978) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Aniara: An Epic Science Fiction Poem (Story Line Press 1-885266-63-4, Feb ’99, $14.95, 157pp, tp, cover by Lennart Granberg) Reprint (UK 1963) SF epic poem, by a Nobel Prize-winning author, about refugees fleeing an unihabitable Earth in a luxury spaceship. This is the first “complete” English-language translation; translated from the Swedish by Stephen Klass & Leif Sjoberg, who also provide translators’ notes. Introduction on the poem and its history by Klass. Order from Story Line Press, Three Oaks Farm, PO Box 1240, Ashland OR 97520.