The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999

Books, Listed by Author

BEAR, GREG(ory Dale) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Hegira (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-902-3, Nov ’99, £5.99, 222pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) Reprint (Dell 1979) SF novel. The Revised Version of 1987.
• * _Strength of Stones (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-903-1, Nov ’99, £5.99, 221pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) Reprint (Ace 1981) SF novel formed from related novelettes.

BEARD, STEVE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Digital Leatherette (Codex 1-899598-12-X, Aug ’99, £8.95, 282pp, tp) An “ethno-techno London cyberpunk novel”. A first novel. A collage of surreal SF events after the Millennium. Distributed by Turnaround, Unit 3, Olympia Trading Estate, Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6TZ.

BECKETT, TERRI (chron.)

• * *Tribute Trail (with Chris Power) (Speculation Press 0-9671979-0-2, Sep ’99, $11.50, 256pp, tp, cover by Arlin Robins) Sword-and-sorcery fantasy novel. A kidnapped prince is sent as tribute to a tribe of horsemen. An on-demand edition. Available from Speculation Press, PO Box 543, DeKalb IL 60115; www.speculationpress.com.

BELL, JADRIEN; pseudonym of Christie Golden (chron.)

• * *A.D. 999 (Ace 0-441-00673-6, Nov ’99, $5.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) Millennial historical fantasy novel. Satan and Loki team to bring Apocalypse to Britain on the eve of the (first) millennium. Bell is a pen name for Christie Golden.

BELL, JULIE (1958- ) (chron.)

• * +Soft as Steel: The Art of Julie Bell (Thunder’s Mouth Press 1-56025-191-3, Jun ’99, $21.95, 128pp, hc, cover by Julie Bell) Art book with text by Nigel Suckling. Works are primarily fantasy illustrations for book covers, comic books, and trading cards, but this also has some private works, including portraits and figure studies. Introduction by Brian Aldiss. First US edition (Paper Tiger 1999).
• * *Soft as Steel: The Art of Julie Bell (with Nigel Suckling) (Paper Tiger 1-85585-677-8, Jun ’99 [Apr ’99], £14.99, 128pp, tp, cover by Julie Bell) Art book, with text by Suckling and an introduction by Brian Aldiss. Sections include comic books, warriors, a “Private Gallery”, and figure studies.

BELLAIRS, JOHN (Anthony) (1938-1991) (chron.)

• * _The Lamp from the Warlock’s Tomb (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-130077-9, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $4.99, 168pp, tp, cover by Edward Gorey) [Anthony Monday] Reprint (Dial 1987) young-adult fantasy novel in the “Anthony Monday” series.
• * _The Mansion in the Mist (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-034933-2, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $4.99, 170pp, tp, cover by Edward Gorey) [Anthony Monday] Reissue (Dial 1992) young-adult fantasy novel in the “Anthony Monday” series. Ninth printing.

BENFORD, GREGORY (Albert) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Cosm (Avon Eos 0-380-79052-1, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $6.99, 374pp, pb) Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) SF novel. A physicist creates a world and fights academia, government, and public opinion for control.
• * _Cosm (Orbit 1-85723-724-2, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], £6.99, 372pp, pb) Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) SF novel of a physicist who creates a universe.
• * *Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millennia (Avon Bard 0-380-97537-8, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $20.00, 225pp, hc, cover by Tom Canty) Associational non-fiction about attempts to leave messages for the far future, as well as extra-terrestrial civilizations.
• * *The Martian Race (Warner Aspect 0-446-52633-9, Dec ’99 [Nov ’99], $23.95, 340pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Martian Race] SF novel about an effort to win a huge prize by staging the first manned mission to Mars.
• * _Shiva Descending (with William Rotsler) (Tor 0-812-51690-7, Nov ’99, $6.99, 396pp, pb) Reissue (Avon 1980) SF disaster novel. Fourth printing.

BENNETT, DEBBIE, ed. (chron.)

• * *FantasyCon XXIII Program Book (FantasyCon no ISBN, Sep ’99, free, 46pp, A4) Convention programme book. (Contents)

BENSON, ANN; [i.e., Annalise E. Benson Glassman] (1950- ) (chron.)

• * *The Burning Road (Delacorte 0-385-33289-0, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $23.95, 467pp, hc) [Alejandro Canches; Janie Crowe] Very-near-future SF novel/historical, sequel to The Plague Tales. Physicians in 14th-century France and 2007 America continue to fight plagues and politics.

BENSON, E(dward) F(rederic) (1867-1940) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Passenger (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-81-8, Sep ’99, C$51.00, xx+153pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Collection of 14 ghost stories from 1912 to 1921, edited, and with an introduction by, Jack Adrian. This edition is limited to 600 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $39.00 and in the UK for £24.00. (Contents)

BENSON, GORDON (Kent), Jr. (1936-1996) (chron.)

• * _Raymond King Cummings: Explorer of the Infinite: A Working Bibliography (with Virgil Utter) See entry under Virgil Utter.
• * _Stanton Arthur Coblentz: Poet and Science Fictioneer: A Working Bibliography (with Virgil Utter) See entry under Virgil Utter.

BERBERICK, NANCY VARIAN (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *DragonLance: Dalamar the Dark (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1565-X, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], $5.99, 310pp, tp) [DragonLance: Classics] Novelization based on the role-playing games, part of the “DragonLance Classic” line. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

BERESFORD, J(ohn) D(avys) (1873-1947) (chron.)

• * _The Wonder (University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books 0-8032-6162-4, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $13.00, 295pp, tp, cover by R. W. Boeche) Reprint (Sidgwick & Jackson 1911 as The Hampdenshire Wonder) SF novel. Introduction by Jack L. Chalker. Order from University of Nebraska Press, 312 North 14th St, PO Box 880484, Lincoln NE 68588-0484; 800-755-1105.

BERLINER, JANET, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn Volume 2 (with Martin H. Greenberg & Peter S. Beagle) See entry under Peter S. Beagle

BERNARDIN, JAMES (chron.)

• * _Casey Jones’s Fireman: The Story of Sim Webb (with Nancy Farmer) See entry under Nancy Farmer.

BERNERS, LORD; [Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners] (1883-1950) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Collected Tales and Fantasies (Turtle Point Press & Helen Marx Books 1-885983-38-7, 1999 [Jun ’99], $16.95, 434pp, tp, cover by Jean Hannon Douglas) Omnibus of six novels and stories, including the SF short novel Count Omega (Constable 1941). (Contents)

BERRY, LIZ (chron.)

• * _The China Garden (Avon Tempest 0-380-73228-9, Oct ’99, $6.99, 285pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1994) young-adult fantasy novel.

BERTIN, JOANNE (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Dragon and Phoenix (Tor 0-312-86430-2, Nov ’99, $25.95, 539pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Last Dragonlord] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Last Dragonlord. Maurynna can’t repeat her transformation to dragon form, but a captured dragonlord needs rescue.
• * _Dragon and Phoenix (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-684-86051-1, Dec ’99, £9.99, 539pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Last Dragonlord] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy novel. Book 2 in a series after The Last Dragonlord. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Last Dragonlord (Tor 0-812-54541-9, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $5.99, 471pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Last Dragonlord] Reprint (Tor; Earthlight UK 1998) fantasy novel of shapechanging Dragonlords.
• * _The Last Dragonlord (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-671-02192-3, Dec ’99 [Nov ’99], £6.99, 397pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Last Dragonlord] Reprint (Tor; Earthlight UK 1998) fantasy novel. Book 1 of a new series.

BESHER, ALEXANDER (1951- ) (chron.)

• * *Chi (Orbit 1-85723-682-3, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], £10.99, 306pp, tp, cover by Bob Warner) [Gobi] SF novel. Third in the “Gobi” series after Rim and Mir. Frank and Trevor Gobi must stop drug-dealers who are siphoning “chi” energy from plantation slaves.
• * +Chi (Simon & Schuster 0-684-83088-4, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $24.00, 304pp, hc, cover by Evan Gaffney) [Gobi] Near-future virtual reality SF novel, third in the “Rim” trilogy. A drug cartel that deals in human chi essences has designs on a new superhuman race. First US edition (Orbit 1999).
• * _Chi (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-859-1, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], £6.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Gobi] Reprint (Orbit 1999) SF novel. Third in the “Gobi” series after Rim and Mir.

bes SHAHAR, ELUKI (1956- ); see pseudonym Rosemary Edghill (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

BESTER, ALFRED (1913-1987) (chron.)

• * _The Deceivers (Pocket/ibooks 0-671-03889-3, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $14.00, 268pp, tp) Reprint (Wallaby 1981) SF novel, with an afterword by Julius Schwartz and Elliott S. Maggin. Packaged by ibooks, a Byron Preiss company.
• * _The Demolished Man (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-822-1, Jul ’99, £6.99, 250pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Shasta 1953) classic SF novel, winner of the first Hugo Award. Volume 14 in the “SF Masterworks” series.
• * _The Stars My Destination (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-814-0, Mar ’99 [Apr ’99], £6.99, x+258pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Sidgwick & Jackson 1956 as Tiger! Tiger!) classic SF novel, with a new Introduction, “Of Time, and Gully Foyle” by Neil Gaiman. This follows the complete US text.

BETANCOURT, JOHN GREGORY (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: Double Helix 1: Infection (Pocket 0-671-03255-0, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $6.50, 226pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation: Double Helix] Star Trek novelization, first in a series of six. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

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• * *More Annotated H.P. Lovecraft (with Leigh Grossman) (Dell/DTP 0-440-50875-4, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $13.95, 312pp, tp) Collection of ten stories heavily annotated by S.T. Joshi and Peter Cannon. Introduction by Cannon. There is no table of contents. Illustrated with photos and art depicting places in Lovecraft’s life and works. Stories copyrighted by Arkham House, this edition copyrighted by Swordsmith Productions (Grossman) and The Wildside Press (Betancourt), and packaged by Wildside press. The editors are mentioned only on the copyright page. (Contents)

BETHKE, BRUCE (Raymond) (1955- ) (chron.)

• * *Wild Wild West (Warner Aspect 0-446-60767-3, May ’99, $6.99, 247pp, pb) Novelization of the movie based on the TV series. Includes eight unpaginated pages of b&w stills. Copyrighted by Warner Books.
• * _Wild Wild West (Boxtree 0-7522-1777-1, Jul ’99, £5.99, 247pp, pb) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1999) novelisation of the alternate history/SF movie, based on the 1960s TV series. [First U.K. edition]

BIBBY, JAMES A. (chron.)

• * *Shapestone (Orion/Gollancz 0-57506-867-1, Dec ’99, £9.99, 214pp, tp, cover by Paul Davis) [Ronan] Humorous fantasy novel set in the world of the “Ronan” books. Princess Macoby seeks the killer of her intended as the world heads towards destruction. A hardcover edition (1-85798-527-3, £16.99) was announced but not seen.

BILLINGSLEY, FRANNY (chron.)

• * *The Folk Keeper (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-82876-4, Oct ’99, $16.00, 162pp, hc, cover by Leonid Gore) Young-adult fantasy novel about a girl charged with keeping the wild folk underground under control.

BISHOP, ANNE (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Heir to the Shadows (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45672-6, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $5.99, 482pp, pb, cover by Matthew Innis) [Black Jewels] Fantasy novel, book two of the “Black Jewels” trilogy. Young Witch-to-be Jaenelle recovers as Saetan’s ward, wrapping the undead lord around her little finger while outsiders plot for power.

BISHOP, MICHAEL; pseudonym (chron.)

• * *Seven Deadly Sins (Checkmate Publishing 0-9669888-0-9, Mar ’99 [May ’99], $24.95, 382pp, hc, cover by Steve McBride) Horror novel. A man sells his soul and becomes a killer. This is a pseudonymous author who is not the well-known SF and fantasy Michael Bishop.

BISSON, TERRY (Ballantine) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Galaxy Quest (Ace 0-441-00718-X, Nov ’99, $5.99, 169pp, pb) Movie novelization. Aliens ask help from the cast of an old SF television show. Copyrighted by DreamWorks.

BLACKBURN, JULIA (chron.)

• * *The Leper’s Companions (Jonathan Cape 0-224-05127-X, Feb ’99 [Mar ’99], £14.99, 216pp, hc, cover by Paul Gauguin) Literary fantasy mosaic novel of mermaids and miracles, time travel and tragedy.
• * +The Leper’s Companions (Random House/Pantheon 0-679-43984-6, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $22.00, 197pp, hc) Literary fantasy/allegorical novel set in the Middle Ages. A man finds a mermaid on the beach and sets off a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. First American edition (Cape 1999).

BLACKFORD, RUSSELL (Kenneth) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Strange Constellations: A History of Australian Science Fiction (with Van Ikin & Sean McMullen) (Greenwood Press 0-313-25112-6, Jul ’99, $65.00, 247pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. Covers Australian SF from its pre-1925 roots in romances and utopian works, to its “serious recognition” in the 1990s. Includes bibliography and index. Part of the “Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy” series. Available from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Greenwood CT 06881; orders 800-225-5800.

BLACKMAN, MALORIE (chron.)

• * *Dangerous Reality (Doubleday UK 0-385-40680-0, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], £10.99, 192pp, hc, cover by Derek Brazell) Young-adult SF thriller of a robot seeker that finds more than was intended.

BLACKWOOD, ALAN (chron.)

• * *Plague of Angels (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14646-3, Dec ’99, £5.99, 542pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) Associational thriller of a threatened worldwide plague.

BLAIR, ERIC (Arthur) (1903-1950); see pseudonym George Orwell (stories) (chron.)

BLANPIED, PAMELA WHARTON (1937- ) (chron.)

• * _Dragons: The Modern Infestation (SFBC #03342, Apr ’99, $9.98, 142pp, hc) Reprint (Boydell Press UK 1979, revised 1996) humorous non-fiction scholarly nature guide to dragons, with mock photos, etc. This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-0158-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

BLATTY, BILL; see under Blatty, William Peter (stories) (chron.)

BLATTY, WILLIAM PETER (1928- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Exorcist (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14775-3, Oct ’99, £5.99, 320pp, pb) [Exorcist] Reprint (Harper & Row 1971) horror novel. Includes a new (June 1999) foreword by Blatty. This is a tie-in with the first-ever UK video/DVD (previously legally banned). 23rd printing.

BLAYLOCK, JAMES P(aul) (1950- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Rainy Season (Ace 0-441-00618-3, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $21.95, 356pp, hc, cover by Tim Barrall) Dark fantasy/ghost novel set in 1884 and modern rainy California.

BLAYLOCK, SUZANNE; pseudonym of Wendy Wootton (chron.)

• * *Getaway (Virgin/Sapphire 0-352-33443-6, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], £7.99, 241pp, tp) Erotic SF thriller. A woman’s theft of a secret microchip finally leads to her involvement with the Enclave, a lesbian movement secretly taking over the world.

BLEVINS, WIN (chron.)

• * *Ravenshadow (Tor/Forge 0-312-86565-1, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $25.95, 448pp, hc, cover by Jim Carroll) Contemporary fantasy of a Sioux seeking to return to the ways of his people through vision quests, reliving the disaster at Wounded Knee.

BLISH, JAMES (Benjamin) (1921-1975) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Cities in Flight (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-811-6, Feb ’99 [Apr ’99], £6.99, 607pp, tp, cover by John Harris) [Cities in Flight] Reprint (Avon 1970) omnibus of four classic SF novels: They Shall Have Stars (1957), A Life for the Stars (1962), Earthman, Come Home (1955) and The Triumph of Time (A Clash of Cymbals) (1958). This has the 1970 afterword.
• * _Star Trek: Spock Must Die! (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24634-8, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $5.50, 118pp, pb, cover by Kazuhiko Sano) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1970) Star Trek novelization. 20th printing.

BLISS, ROBERT W. (chron.)

• * *A.N.G.E.L.S. Inc. (McGraw-Hill/Primis Custom Publishing 0-07-229823-5, 1998 [Apr ’99], $7.75, 293pp, pb) Near-future SF novel. Genetically-engineered humans have an unexpected flaw in their makeup. A first novel. The book is copyrighted by McGraw-Hill, a reputable publisher, but a note on the copyright page makes it sound like a vanity press.

BLOCH, ROBERT (Albert) (1917-1994) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Lost Bloch, Volume 1: The Devil With You! (Subterranean Press 1-892284-19-7, May ’99, $40.00, 328pp, hc, cover by Bernie Wrightson) Collection of four short novels and novellas from the pulps, two previously uncollected. One was previously published as a solo book: “The Big Binge” (1971 as It’s All in Your Mind). Edited and with an introduction and an interview with Bloch by David J. Schow; foreword by Stefan Dzemianowicz. The subtitle does not appear on the jacket. This is a signed (by Dziemianowicz & Schow) limited edition of 724; a lettered edition is also available (-20-0, $150.00). Order from Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519. (Contents)

BLOCK, FRANCESCA LIA (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Hanged Man (HarperCollins/Cotler 0-06-440832-9, Sep ’99, $7.95, xii + 137pp, tp, cover by Suza Scalora) Reprint (HarperCollins 1994) associational YA novel with elements of magic realism. This has a 13-page reading group guide in the back.
• * *Violet & Claire (HarperCollins/Cotler 0-06-027749-1, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $14.95, 169pp, hc, cover by Suza Scalora) Associational young-adult novel set in Hollywood. Two teens, one who believes faeries were an ancient race, plan to make a movie.
• * _Weetzie Bat (HarperCollins 0-06-440818-3, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $7.95, 113pp, tp, cover by Suza Scalora) [Weetzie Bat] Reissue (Harper & Row 1990) young-adult contemporary fantasy novella, first in the “Weetzie Bat” series. This is a special 10th-Anniversary edition; a Charlotte Zolotow book. A hardcover edition (-020534-2, $14.95) is also available.