The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

Books, Listed by Author

PALMIERI, MARCO, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Star Trek: The Lives of Dax (Pocket 0-671-02840-5, Dec ’99 [Nov ’99], $14.00, 347pp, tp) [Star Trek] Original anthology of nine stories (one a two-part frame story) featuring the long-lived symbiotic character. Authors include Steven Barnes, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch. (Contents)

PANGBORN, GEORGIA WOOD (1872-1955) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Wind at Midnight (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-76-1, Aug ’99 [Nov ’99], $49.95, 176pp, hc, cover by Deborah McMillion-Nering) Collection of 16 supernatural stories and nine poems. Introduction by editor Jessica Amanda Salmonson. Preface by Patricia A. McKillip. This is a limited edition of 500. (Contents)

PAPADOPOULOS, GEORGE (chron.)

• * *The Last Dynasty of the Angels (OceanTides Publishing 0-9668015-0-4, Sep ’98 [Jun ’99], $14.95, 338pp, tp) SF novel of humanity’s lost home-planet and the foundation of a colony of “angels” on Earth. Translated from the Greek by Charles Moore. Copyrighted 1998, but not seen until now. For ordering information: apapadop@wppost.depaul.edu

PARDOE, BLAINE LEE (chron.)

• * *MechWarrior: By Blood Betrayed (with Mel Odom) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45766-8, Nov ’99, $5.99, 267pp, pb) [Battletech: MechWarrior] Novelization, third in a series based on the computer game based on the “Battletech” role-playing game. Copyrighted by FASA.
• * *MechWarrior: Roar of Honor (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45761-7, Oct ’99, $5.99, 259pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Battletech: MechWarrior] Novelization, second in a separate series based on computer games set in the “BattleTech” universe, based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by FASA.

PARETSKY, SARA (1947- ) (chron.)

• * _Ghost Country (Delta 0-385-33336-6, May ’99, $13.95, 400pp, tp, cover by Nicola Victor Ziroli) Reprint (Delacorte 1998) contemporary novel/fairy tale, with debatable fantasy elements.

PARK, SEVERNA (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Annunciate (Avon Eos 0-380-97737-0, Nov ’99, $23.00, 294pp, hc, cover by D. M. Bowers) SF novel set in a society stratified by degree of access to the computer network called the Mesh; network contamination forces three of the elite to seek the planet where the Mesh originated.
• * _Hand of Prophecy (Avon Eos 0-380-79158-7, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $5.99, 307pp, pb) [Speaking Dreams] Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) SF novel of slaves and interstellar war, set in the same universe as Speaking Dreams.

PARKER, DANIEL; pseudonym of Daniel Ehrenhaft (chron.)

• * *April (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-81822-X, Mar ’99, $3.99, 133pp, pb) [Countdown] Young-adult post-holocaust fantasy/horror novel, fourth in the “Countdown” series covering each month in 1999. Packaged by 17th Street Productions, a division of Daniel Weiss and Associates; copyrighted by them and Daniel Ehrenhaft (presumably the author’s real name).
• * *August (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-81826-2, Jul ’99 [Aug ’99], $3.99, 133pp, pb) [Countdown] Young-adult SF novel, eighth in the “Countdown” series covering each month in 1999. Packaged by 17th Street Productions and copyrighted by them and Daniel Ehrenhaft (presumably the author’s real name).
• * *December (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-81830-0, Nov ’99, $3.99, 130pp, pb) [Countdown] Young-adult millennial SF/dark fantasy novel, twelfth and final in the “Countdown” series covering each month in 1999. Packaged by 17th St. Productions and copyrighted by them and Daniel Ehrenhaft (presumably the author’s real name.)
• * *February (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-81820-3, Jan ’99 [Feb ’99], $3.99, 135pp, pb) [Countdown] Young-adult SF novel, second in the “Countdown” series covering each month in 1999. “Visionary” teens are drawn to a leader in the fight against the demon Lilith. Packaged by Daniel Weiss and Associates; copyrighted by them and Daniel Ehrenhaft (presumably the author’s real name.)
• * *January (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-81819-X, Dec ’98 [Feb ’99], $1.99, 137pp, pb) [Countdown] Young-adult post-holocaust fantasy novel, first in the “Countdown” series covering each month in 1999, combined with a contest to win $2,000. Worldwide power failures and plague leave only teenagers to face a demon named Lilith. Packaged by Daniel Weiss and Associates, and copyrighted by them and Daniel Ehrenhaft (presumably the author’s real name.)
• * *July (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-81825-4, Jun ’99 [Aug ’99], $3.99, 131pp, pb) [Countdown] Young-adult SF novel, seventh in the “Countdown” series covering each month in 1999. Packaged by 17th Street Productions; copyrighted by them and Daniel Ehrenhaft (presumably the author’s real name).
• * *June (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-81824-6, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $3.99, 133pp, pb) [Countdown] Young-adult SF novel, sixth in the “Countdown” series covering each month in 1999. Packaged by 17th Street Productions; copyrighted by them and Daniel Ehrenhaft (presumably the author’s real name).
• * *March (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-81821-1, Feb ’99, $3.99, 133pp, pb) [Countdown] Young-adult post-holocaust fantasy novel, third in the “Countdown” series covering each month in 1999. Packaged by Daniel Weiss and Associates; copyrighted by them and Daniel Ehrenhaft (presumably the author’s real name.)
• * *May (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-81823-8, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $3.99, 130pp, pb) [Countdown] Young-adult SF novel, fifth in the “Countdown” series covering each month in 1999. Packaged by 17th Street Productions, a division of Daniel Weiss and Associates; copyrighted by them and Daniel Ehrenhaft (presumably the author’s real name).
• * *November (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-81829-7, Oct ’99 [Nov ’99], $3.99, 132pp, pb) [Countdown] Young-adult millennial SF/dark fantasy novel, eleventh in the “Countdown” series covering each month in 1999. Packaged by 17th St. Productions and copyrighted by them and Daniel Ehrenhaft.
• * *October (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-81828-9, Sep ’99 [Nov ’99], $3.99, 132pp, pb) [Countdown] Young-adult millenial SF/dark fantasy novel, tenth in the “Countdown” series covering each month in 1999. Packaged by 17th St. Productions, and copyrighted by them and Daniel Ehrenhaft (presumably the author’s real name).
• * *September (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-81827-0, Aug ’99, $3.99, 132pp, pb) [Countdown] Young-adult SF novel, ninth in the “Countdown” series covering each month in 1999. Packaged by 17th Street Productions and copyrighted by them and Daniel Ehrenhaft (presumably the author’s real name).

PARKER, K. J. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Belly of the Bow (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-756-0, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £10.99, 442pp, tp, cover by Mick Van Houton) [Fencer Trilogy] Fantasy novel, second in the “Fencer” trilogy after Colours in the Steel. Bardas Loredan, fencer-at-law turned bowmaker, faces murderous sibling rivalry and an invasion of his new home.
• * _Colours in the Steel (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-610-6, Mar ’99 [May ’99], £6.99, 533pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houton) [Fencer Trilogy] Reprint (Orbit 1998) fantasy novel, first in the “Fencer Trilogy”.

PARKES, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * +The World of Michael Parkes (Steltman 90-71867-13-7, 1998 [Mar ’99], $49.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Michael Parkes) Art book. A collection of Parkes’ fantastic art, with 94 full-color plates, and commentaries on each by Maria Sedoff, in collaboration with Parkes. Introduction by John Russell Taylor.

PARKINSON, DAN(iel Edward) (1935-2001) (chron.)

• * *Faces of Infinity (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41381-4, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $6.50, 291pp, pb, cover by Heather Kern) [Gates of Time] Time-travel SF novel, book two of “The Gates of Time”. An evil genius from the future is opposed by a Kansas couple and their far-future friends. Packaged and copyrighted by Siegel & Siegel Ltd.
• * *Paradox Gate (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41382-2, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $5.99, 261pp, pb) [Gates of Time] Time-travel SF novel, book three of “The Gates of Time”. Packaged and copyrighted by Siegel & Siegel Ltd.
• * *Timecop: Blood Ties (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42197-3, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $5.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Timecop] Time-travel SF novelization based on the TV show based on the movie. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Publishing Rights.

PARRISH, MAXFIELD (1870-1966) (chron.)

• * *Maxfield Parrish 1870-1966 (with Sylvia Yount) (Abrams 0-8109-4367-0, May ’99 [Jun ’99], $39.95, 160pp, hc, cover by Maxfield Parrish) Art book/exhibition catalog with 132 illustrations, 81 in color, some apparently unpublished previously. Text by Yount, with an added article on Parrish’s painting methods by Mark F. Bockrath. Forewords by Serena Rattazzi and Daniel Rosenfeld. Published by Abrams in association with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, which holds the copyright.

PASSARELLA, JOHN (G.) (chron.)

• * *Wither (Pocket 0-671-02480-9, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $23.00, 304pp, hc, cover by Larry Lurin) [George Witherspoon] Horror novel. A demonic witches’ coven from the past awakens in contemporary Massachusetts. A first novel.

PASSMAN, DON(ald S.) (1945- ) (chron.)

• * *The Visionary (Warner 0-446-52159-0, Jun ’99, $25.00, 433pp, hc) Serial-killer thriller with psychic elements. A cop, a professor, and a reluctant psychic team to track a vicious killer.

PATTERSON, TERESA (chron.)

• * _The World of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time (with Robert Jordan) See entry under Robert Jordan.

PATTON, FIONA (1962- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Granite Shield (DAW 0-88677-842-5, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $6.99, 512pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Brannion] Fantasy novel, the third about the kingdom of Brannion. An illegitimate son of the Essusiate ruler of Brannion tries to reclaim the throne for the Triarctic faith.

PATTOU, EDITH; [i.e., Edith Pattou Emery] (chron.)

• * _Fire Arrow (Harcourt Brace/Magic Carpet 0-15-202264-3, Aug ’99, $6.00, 332pp, pb, cover by Michael Hussar) [Songs of Eirren] Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1998) young-adult fantasy novel, the “Second Song of Eirren”, sequel to Hero’s Song.

PAULSEN, GARY (Melvin) (1939- ) (chron.)

• * _Blue Light (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-333-74631-7, Jul ’99, £9.99, 248pp, hc, cover by Steve Kingston & Kim Thompson) Reprint (Delacorte 1998 as The Transall Saga) young-adult time-travel SF novel. A teen is transported to what appears to be another world. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Transall Saga (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21976-0, Nov ’99 [Dec ’99], $5.50, 248pp, pb, cover by Jon Paul Ferrara) Reprint (Delacorte 1998) young-adult time-travel SF novel.

PAXSON, DIANA L(ucile) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Hallowed Isle, Book Three: The Book of the Cauldron (Avon Eos 0-380-80547-2, Nov ’99, $10.00, 180pp, tp, cover by Tom Canty) [Hallowed Isle] Arthurian fantasy novel, third in the series.
• * *The Hallowed Isle, Book Two: The Book of the Spear (Avon Eos 0-380-80546-4, Apr ’99, $10.00, 200pp, tp) [Hallowed Isle] Arthurian fantasy novel, second in the series. A Saxon with a magic spear seeks Arthur.
• * *The Hallowed Isle: The Book of the Sword (Avon Eos 0-380-78870-5, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $10.00, 181pp, tp) [Hallowed Isle] Arthurian fantasy novel, first in a series.

PAYNE, MICHAEL H. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Blood Jaguar (Tor 0-812-56675-0, Oct ’99, $6.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) Reprint (Tor 1998) talking-animal fantasy; Bobcat has to stop the Blood Jaguar from bringing plague.

PEAKE, MERVYN (Laurence) (1911-1968) (chron.)

• * _A Book of Nonsense (Dufour/Peter Owen 0-7206-1059-1, Jan ’99 [Mar ’99], $16.95, 88pp, tp, cover by Mervyn Peake) Reprint (Peter Owen 1972) associational collection of 29 short humorous items and poems, with drawings by Peake. Introduction by Peake’s widow Maeve Gilmore. This is the 1998 Peter Owen edition, and lacks the usual stickers from Dufour.

PEARCE, (Ann) PHILIPPA (Christie) (1920-2006) (chron.)

• * _Tom’s Midnight Garden (Oxford University Press 0-19-271777-4, Jun ’99 [Aug ’99], £5.99, 229pp, tp, cover by Christian Birmingham) Reissue (Oxford University Press 1958) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _Tom’s Midnight Garden (Puffin UK 0-14-030893-8, Aug ’99, £4.99, 218pp, pb) Reissue (Oxford University Press 1958) young-adult fantasy novel.

PEARSON, KIT (1947- ) (chron.)

• * _Awake and Dreaming (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038166-X, Jun ’99 [Jul ’99], $4.99, 228pp, pb, cover by Ron Lightburn) Reprint (Viking Canada 1996) young-adult ghost novel. Theo wants a family so bad she dreams one that becomes real.

PEEL, JOHN (Ronald) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *2099: Betrayal (Scholastic 0-439-06031-1, Nov ’99 [Dec ’99], $4.99, 154pp, tp) [2099] Young-adult SF suspense novel, second in a series.
• * *2099: Doomsday (Scholastic 0-439-06030-3, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $4.99, 181pp, tp) [2099] Young-adult SF suspense novel, first in a new series.
• * *2099: Traitor (Scholastic 0-439-06032-X, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $4.99, 155pp, tp) [2099] Young-adult SF suspense novel, third in a series.

PELAN, JOHN C., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Last Continent: New Tales of Zothique (Bereshith/ShadowLands Press 0-9665662-4-6, Aug ’99, $60.00, 440pp, hc, cover by Rob Alexander) [Zothique] Original anthology of 19 dark fantasy stories inspired by the work of Clark Ashton Smith. Authors include Gerard Houarner, Gene Wolfe, Lucy Taylor, and Brian Stableford. Introduction by Donald Sidney-Fryer. Illustrated by Allen Koszowski and Fredrik King, This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a slipcased, deluxe edition of 50 with limited-edition prints (-3-8, $100.00) is also available. Order from Shadowlands Press, Bereshith Publishing, PO Box 2366, Centreville VA 20122-2366; www.bereshith.com (Contents)

PELEVIN, VICTOR (1962- ) (chron.)

• * *The Clay Machine-Gun (Faber and Faber/Harbord Publishing 0-571-19406-0, Apr ’99, £9.99, x+335pp, tp, cover by Victor Pelevin) Literary fantasy novel. Translated by Andrew Bromfield from the original Russian Chapaev I Pustota (1996).
• * _The Life of Insects (Faber and Faber 0-571-19405-2, Apr ’99, £6.99, 176pp, tp) Reprint (Harbord 1996) literary fantasy novel of a nightmarish future Russia where characters are simultaneously real people and actual insects. Translated from the Russian by Andrew Bromfield.

PELLEGRINO, CHARLES R. (1953- ) (chron.)

• * _Dust (Bantam UK 0-553-50706-0, Feb ’99, £5.99, 543pp, pb, cover by Black Sheep) Reprint (Avon 1998) SF thriller. Major ecological changes threaten all mankind. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Dust (Avon 0-380-78742-3, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $6.99, 450pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1998) SF thriller of ecological disaster.
• * _Star Trek, the Next Generation: Dyson Sphere (with George Zebrowski) See entry under George Zebrowski.

PEMBERTON, MARGARET (1943- ) (chron.)

• * _Undying Love (Severn House 0-7278-5453-4, Jul ’99 [Sep ’99], £16.99, 191pp, hc) Reprint (??? 1982 as Forever) dark fantasy novel. Beauregarde Clay is magically compelled to meet his lover, even after death. Based on ‘The Monkey’s Paw’. Copyrighted 1982, 1999, suggesting some revisions. A worldwide edition available in the US at $25.00.

PENN, MARY E. (stories) (chron.)

• * *In the Dark & Other Ghost Stories (Sarob Press 1-902309-06-5, Oct ’99, £18.00, xii+125pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe) Collection of eight supernature tales first published in The Argosy, edited & introduced by Richard Dalby. Volume two in the “Richard Dalby’s Mistresses of the Macabre” series. Limited to 250 numbered copies. (Contents) [Not seen]

PENROSE, ROGER (chron.)

• * _White Mars, Or, The Mind Set Free: A 21st-Century Utopia (with Brian W. Aldiss) See entry under Brian W. Aldiss

PERKINS, PENNY (chron.)

• * *Bob Bridges: An Apocalyptic Fable (Chrome Deco Press 0-9672304-0-3, Sep ’99 [Jun ’99], $13.95, 196pp, tp) SF novel. Bob Bridges predicts nuclear doom and gets help from a cockroach-philosopher from the future. A first novel. Order from Chrome Deco Press, PO Box 6507, Albany NY 12206; 1-877-791-8189; www.bobbridges.com

PERRAKIS, PHYLLIS STERNBERG, ed. (chron.)

• * *Spiritual Exploration in the Works of Doris Lessing (Greenwood Press 0-313-30568-4, Apr ’99 [Jul ’99], $55.00, 150pp, hc) Non-fiction, a compilation of nine essays exploring spirituality as depicted in Lessing’s work, with an emphasis on her SF. There is a bibliography and index. Part of the “Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy” series. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport CT 06881; Orders 800-225-5800. [Lessing]

PERRIN, DON (stories) (chron.)

• * _DragonLance: Brothers in Arms (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
• * _Hung Out (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.

PERRIN, NOEL (chron.)

• * *A Child’s Delight (University Press of New England/Dartmouth 0-87451-840-7, Nov ’97 [May ’99], $19.95, 161pp, hc) Collection of 30 short essays, most from Perrin’s “Rediscoveries for Children” column in the Washington Post. Each essay recommends “a wonderful but little-known book for children,” at least half of genre interest, including Mary Norton’s The Borrowers, T.H. White’s Mistress Masham’s Repose, and other genre books by authors including Lucy Boston, Edward Eager, Richard Adams, Diana Wynne Jones, and Ursula K. Le Guin. This is dated 1997 but not seen until now. Order from University Press of New England, 23 S. Main Street, Hanover NH 03755; orders 800-421-1561.

PERRY, ANNE; pseudonym of Juliet Marion Hulme, (1938- ) (chron.)

• * *Tathea (Headline 0-7472-2260-6, Feb ’99, £17.99, 378pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Tathea] Christian fantasy novel. An exiled, widowed queen learns that nothing matters except The Book.
• * +Tathea (Deseret Book/Shadow Mountain 1-573455-36-9, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $23.95, 522pp, hc) [Tathea] Fantasy novel. Tathea seeks the meaning of life and finds it in an ancient Book that she must translate so she can share the word of God and thwart the Great Enemy. First US edition (Headline 1999).

PERRY, ROBERT (stories) (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: Storm Harvest (with Mike Tucker) (BBC Books 0-563-55577-7, Jun ’99 [May ’99], £4.99, 279pp, pb) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novel based on the TV series. Book 22 in the BBC “Missing Adventures” series.