The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999
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The Years Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois (SFBC #02285, Aug 99, $14.98, lix + 609pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (St. Martins 1999) best-of-the-year anthology. This is similar to the St. Martins edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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Isaac Asimovs Solar System ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace 0-441-00698-1, Dec 99, $6.50, 290pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) Anthology of 10 stories that originally appeared in Asimovs, each set on a different planet in our Solar System.
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Isaac Asimovs Valentines ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace 0-441-00602-7, Feb 99 [Jan 99], $5.99, 243pp, pb) Anthology of 10 stories about love that originally appeared in Asimovs magazine. Authors include Connie Willis, Terry Bisson, and Robert Silverberg.
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Isaac Asimovs Werewolves ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace 0-441-00661-2, Oct 99 [Sep 99], $5.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Lee MacLeod) Anthology of six stories that originally appeared in Asimovs magazine. Authors include Suzy McKee Charnas, S.P. Somtow, and Pat Murphy.
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Birds of Prey David Drake (Baen 0-671-57790-5, Feb 99, $6.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Baen 1984) SF time-travel novel of aliens at the fall of Rome.
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Cross the Stars David Drake (Baen 0-671-57821-9, Jul 99 [Jun 99], $1.99, 309pp, pb, cover by John Berkey) [Hammers Slammers] Reprint (Tor 1984) military SF novel in the Hammers Slammers series. A promotional edition at a special price.
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Fortress David Drake (Tor 0-812-53620-7, Apr 99 [Mar 99], $5.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Ron Walotsky) Reissue (Tor 1987) alternate-world SF novel. Third printing.
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Northworld Trilogy David Drake (Baen 0-671-57787-5, Mar 99 [Feb 99], $6.99, 799pp, pb, cover by Patrick Turner) [Northworld] Omnibus of three military SF novels: Northworld (1990), Northworld: Vengeance (1991), and Northworld: Justice (1992).
- · Northworld · n. New York: Ace, 1990
- · Northworld: Vengeance · n. New York: Ace, 1991
- · Northworld: Justice · n. New York: Ace, 1992
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Queen of Demons David Drake (Tor 0-812-56493-6, Jun 99 [May 99], $6.99, 647pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Lord of the Isles] Reprint (Tor 1998) fantasy novel, sequel to Lord of the Isles.
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Servant of the Dragon David Drake (Tor 0-312-86469-8, Aug 99, $26.95, 479pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Lord of the Isles] Fantasy novel, third in the Lord of the Isles series.
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Servant of the Dragon David Drake (SFBC #06231, Nov 99, $13.50, 463pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Lord of the Isles] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy novel, third in the Lord of the Isles series. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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With the Lightnings David Drake (Baen 0-671-57818-9, Jul 99 [Jun 99], $6.99, 400pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Lt. Leary] Reprint (Baen 1998) military SF novel.
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The Book of Night with Moon Diane Duane (Warner Aspect 0-446-60633-2, Mar 99 [Feb 99], $6.50, 446pp, pb, cover by Robert Goldstrom) [Book of Night with Moon] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) fantasy novel about the cat-wizards of Central Station, a spin-off from the Young Wizards series.
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Star*Drive: Storm at Eldala Diane Duane (TSR 0-7869-1334-7, Mar 99, $5.99, 345pp, tp, cover by r. k. post) [Star*Drive: Harbinger] Novelization based on the SF role-playing game. Second volume in the Harbinger trilogy. Copyrighted by TSR.
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To Visit the Queen Diane Duane (Warner Aspect 0-446-67318-8, Apr 99 [Mar 99], $14.99, 354pp, tp, cover by Bob Goldstrom) [Book of Night with Moon] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Book of Night with Moon. The feline wizards of Grand Central Station have to save the life of every Queen Victoria in every universe. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1998 as On Her Majestys Wizardly Service).
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To Visit the Queen Diane Duane (SFBC #19729, Jun 99 [May 99], $10.98, 354pp, hc, cover by Robert Goldstrom) [Book of Night with Moon] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1999) fantasy novel, sequel to The Book of Night with Moon. This has the text and cover art of the Warner Aspect trade paperback edition, but has new ISBN 0-7394-0212-9; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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A Wizard Abroad Diane Duane (Harcourt Brace/Magic Carpet 0-15-201207-9, May 99 [Apr 99], $6.00, 339pp, pb, cover by David Bowers) [Nita & Kit] Reprint (Corgi 1993) young-adult fantasy novel, volume four in the wizardry series.
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Resurrection Day Brendan DuBois (Putnam 0-399-14498-6, Jun 99 [Jul 99], $23.95, 389pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) Alternate-history suspense novel, set ten years after the Cuban Missle Crisis became a world-wide nuclear war. A reporter uncovers hints that JFK escaped the destruction of Washington DC.
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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Fortune Cookie Fox Cathy East Dubowski (Pocket Archway 0-671-02817-0, Sep 99, $4.50, 113pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Young-adult novelization, 26th in the series based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions.
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The Complete Butchers Tales Rikki Ducornet (Dalkey Archive Press 1-56478-229-8, Oct 99 [Nov 99], $11.95, 172pp, tp, cover by Rosamond Wolff Purcell) Reprint (Dalkey Archive 1994) collection of 57 fantastic stories. Available from Dalkey Archive Press, Illinois State University, Campus Box 4241, Normal IL 61790-4241.
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The Gilded Chain Dave Duncan (Avon Eos 0-380-79126-9, Sep 99, $6.99, 396pp, pb, cover by Hal Just) [Kings Blades] Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) swashbuckling fantasy adventure novel, book one of The Kings Blades.
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The Great Game Dave Duncan (SFBC #18295, Dec 97 [Jan 99], $15.98, 953pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Great Game] Omnibus of three fantasy novels in The Great Game: Past Imperative (1995), Present Tense (1996), and Future Indefinite (1997). This special Guild America edition has ISBN 1-56865-462-6; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- 1 · Past Imperative · n., 1995
- 317 · Present Tense · n., 1996
- 621 · Future Indefinite · n., 1997
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The Kings Daggers, Book One: Sir Stalwart Dave Duncan (Avon 0-380-80098-5, Nov 99, $4.99, 229pp, pb, cover by Patrick Whelan) [Kings Daggers] Fantasy adventure novel about students at Ironhall, where the Kings Blades are trained. Book one of The Kings Dagger trilogy, related to The Kings Blades series.
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Lord of the Fire Lands Dave Duncan (Avon Eos 0-380-97461-4, Oct 99, $23.00, 352pp, hc, cover by Paul Robinson) [Kings Blades] Fantasy adventure novel, book two of The Kings Blades. Two Blades reject their kings binding, and become outlaws.
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A Gift of Magic Lois Duncan (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22847-6, Jul 99 [Jun 99], $4.99, 230pp, pb, cover by Roy Volkmann) Reprint (Little, Brown 1971) young-adult fantasy novel.
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Full Tide of Night J. R. Dunn (Avon Eos 0-380-79050-5, Jul 99, $5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Liz Kenyon) Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) SF novel of rebellion on a colony planet.
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The Charwomans Shadow Lord Dunsany (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43192-8, Aug 99 [Jul 99], $12.00, 241pp, tp, cover by David Stevenson) Reprint (Putnam 1926) classic fantasy novel. Introduction by Peter S. Beagle. Part of the Impact line of classic reprints.
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The King of Elflands Daughter Lord Dunsany (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43191-X, Jul 99 [Jun 99], $12.00, 240pp, tp, cover by John W. Waterhouse) Reprint (Putnam 1924) classic fantasy novel. Introduction by Neil Gaiman. Part of the Impact line of classic reprints.
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Dragonfly Frederic S. Durbin (Arkham House 0-87054-175-7, Jul 99, $22.95, 298pp, hc, cover by Jason Van Hollander) Dark fantasy novel. A door in the basement of a funeral parlor leads a hunter and the 10-year-old girl called Dragonfly to an underground realm enslaved by an evil master. Order from Arkham House, PO Box 546, Sauk City WI 53583.
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Wolverines Daughter Doranna Durgin (Baen 0-671-57847-2, Jan 2000 [Dec 99], $6.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) Fantasy novel. A legendary warriors daughter seeks her father.
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The Battle for Castle Cockatrice Gerald Durrell (HarperTrophy 0-06-440780-2, Jun 99 [May 99], $4.95, 197pp, tp, cover by Griesbach & Martucci) Reprint (?? UK 1974 as The Talking Parcel) young-adult fantasy novel.
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100 Hilarious Little Howlers ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-1385-5, Oct 99, $7.98, 483pp, hc, cover by Lucy Corvino) Associational anthology of 100 humor stories, three original, with introduction by Dziemianowicz. Authors include C.M. Kornbluth, Gahan Wilson, Bob Shaw, and Ramsey Campbell. This is an instant remainder edition.
- ix · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in
- 1 · Absent-Mindedness in a Parish Choir · Thomas Hardy · vi Harpers Monthly May, 1891
- 3 · The Advent on Channel Twelve · C. M. Kornbluth · vi Star Science Fiction Stories #4, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1958
- 6 · The Adventures of Shamrock Jolnes [Shamrock Jolnes] · O. Henry · ss Sixes and Sevens, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1911
- 11 · After You, Montague · Howard Wandrei · vi The Arkham Collector Spr 71
- 13 · Agamemnons Career · Lucretia P. Hale · ss
- 20 · All Moon-Beasts Amorphous and Mephitic · Peter Cannon · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #90 95
- 25 · At Arms with Morpheus · O. Henry · ss Ainslees Oct 03
- 29 · Believing in the Twentieth Century · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Terra Incognita Win 96
- 38 · The Belle of Vallejo · W. L. Alden · vi
- 40 · Boots · Anton Chekhov · ss
- 44 · Brokers Loan · Donald Wandrei · vi, 1930
- 47 · The Captains Story · Mark Twain · ss
- 51 · The Case of Jack the Clipper, or A Fimbulwinters Tale · David Langford · ss Interzone Dec 97
- 57 · Chalk Talk · Edward Wellen · vi F&SF Mar 73
- 60 · A Change of Lifestyle · Joe & Karen Lansdale · vi Twilight Zone Nov/Dec 84
- 63 · Chasing the Ugly Dog · Tom Piccirilli · ss, 1993
- 67 · Christmas Afternoon · Robert C. Benchley · vi
- 70 · Christmas Eve in the Blue Chamber · Jerome K. Jerome · ss Told After Supper, Leadenhall Press, 1891
- 77 · Cinderella · Ring Lardner · vi Hearsts International Magazine Aug 23
- 80 · The Cleft · Gahan Wilson · ss The Cleft and Other Odd Tales, Tor, 1998
- 83 · Deflation 2001 · Bob Shaw · vi Amazing Sep 72
- 86 · Dentondagon! · Don Webb · vi Alternate Hilarities #4 93
- 88 · Detection Perfection · Tim Lebbon · ss *
- 96 · Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences · Edgar Allan Poe · ar Broadway Journal v2 #10
- 105 · A Difficult Subject · Jane Rice · ss Charm Sep 48
- 109 · The Dog That Spoke French · Vincent Starrett · vi
- 111 · The Drawing-Room Bureau · E. F. Benson · ss The Woman at Home Dec 15
- 119 · The Egg [The Triumph of the Egg] · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Dial Mar 20
- 128 · The Errors of Santa Claus · Stephen Leacock · ss
- 132 · The Final Apprentice · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Betcha Cant Read Just One, ed. Alan Dean Foster & Martin H. Greenberg, Ace, 1993
- 141 · Forgetful Charlie · Hugh B. Cave · ss Leatherneck, 1957
- 145 · Gandhi at the Bat · Chet Williamson · ss New Yorker Jun 20 83
- 149 · Getting Enough · Chet Williamson · ss Playboy Mar 87
- 153 · Great-Aunt Ella and the Stanley Steamer · Jane Rice · ss Charm Sep 46
- 159 · Gremlin · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Beyond Fantasy & Science Fiction #1 95
- 164 · The Grilling of Loren Ellery · Jack London · ss
- 169 · The Hand that Feeds · John Maclay · ss Bloodreams Jan 92
- 172 · The Hapless Bachelors · E. F. Benson · ss Pearsons Magazine Mar 21
- 183 · Hearing Aid · David Langford · ss Practical Computing Oct 82
- 191 · The Helping Hand · Robert Sheckley · vi Twilight Zone Apr 81
- 192 · The Hexer [as by H. W. Guernsey] · Howard Wandrei · ss Unknown Jun 39
- 204 · His First Day at Editing · Eugene Field · ss
- 209 · His First Operation · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss
- 215 · If at First You Dont Succeed, To Hell with It! · Charles E. Fritch · ss F&SF Aug 72
- 220 · An Imperfect Conflagration · Ambrose Bierce · vi The Wasp Mar 27, 1886
- 223 · In Mid-Atlantic · W. W. Jacobs · ss
- 229 · The Independent Fiend · Gordon Linzner · ss Bringing Down the Moon, ed. Jani Anderson, Space & Time, 1985
- 236 · Interlude in a Laboratory · Steve Rasnic Tem · vi IASFM Aug 3 81
- 237 · Kitty Answers · William Dean Howells · ss
- 243 · The Legend of Scotland · Lewis Carroll · ss
- 249 · The Life of Anybody · Robert Sheckley · vi Is That What People Do?, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984
- 251 · A Little Joke · Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins · ss
- 255 · Little Red in the Hood · Linda Addison · vi Tomorrow Nov 96
- 256 · The Lots Wife Caper [as by R. L. Stevens] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queens Anthology #25 73
- 263 · Luck · Mark Twain · ss Harpers Monthly Aug, 1891
- 267 · Lynx-Hunting [Whilomville Stories] · Stephen Crane · ss Harpers Monthly Sep, 1899
- 272 · Malice Aforethought [as by David Grinnell] · Donald A. Wollheim · ss F&SF Nov 52
- 277 · Mirror, Mirror · Tina & Tony Rath · ss Weird Tales Win 92-93
- 282 · Miss Crumps Song · Augustus Baldwin Longstreet · ss
- 286 · Miss Rennsdale Accepts · Booth Tarkington · ss
- 292 · Monologue in Baker Street · Vincent Starrett · vi
- 293 · Monster Tales: Return of the Jumbo Shrimp · Les Daniels · vi Necon Stories, ed. Necon Committee, Three Bobs Press, 1990
- 294 · Moti GujMuntineer · Rudyard Kipling · ss
- 301 · Mrs. Joseph Porter · Charles Dickens · ss
- 310 · Not Just Another Saint Paddys Day · Ben P. Indick · vi, 1993
- 313 · Nothing But the Best · Brian McNaughton · vi Masques #4, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1991
- 316 · Novelty and Romance: A Broken Spell · Lewis Carroll · ss
- 323 · Oil of Dog · Ambrose Bierce · ss Oakland Daily Evening Tribune Oct 11, 1890
- 327 · The Old, Old Story of How Five Men Went Fishing · Stephen Leacock · ss
- 333 · Our New Bedstead · Frederick Swartout Cozzens · ss
- 337 · Papas Planet · William F. Nolan · ss Playboy Apr 68
- 341 · Paranoid Fantasy #1 · Lawrence Watt-Evans · vi The American Atheist, 1975
- 343 · Patrons · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Space & Time May 75
- 345 · The Perfumed Garden · David H. Keller · ss The Gorgon v2 #4 48
- 352 · Personality Problem · Joe R. Lansdale · vi Twilight Zone Jan/Feb 83
- 353 · A Piece of Red Calico · Frank R. Stockton · ss
- 358 · Pig · Rudyard Kipling · ss
- 364 · Project Hush · William Tenn · ss Galaxy Feb 54
- 370 · Rheumatism Movement Cure · Robert Jones Burdette · vi
- 373 · The Saga of Lizzie Borden · Jane Rice · vi Charm Mar 46
- 376 · Santas Tenth Reindeer · Gordon Van Gelder · ss 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories, ed. Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr & Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday, 1984
- 379 · The Second Coming of a First Husband [Judge William Pitman Priest Old Judge Priest"] · Irvin S. Cobb · ss
- 387 · The Social Life of the Newt · Robert Benchley · ar Lilliput Dec 45
- 391 · Sorry, But We Only Offer That Course in the Fall · William Relling, Jr. · ss The Infinite Man, Scream/Press, 1989
- 394 · Speak · Henry Slesar · vi The Diners Club Magazine, 1965
- 396 · The Stalled Ox · Saki · ss
- 400 · The Stampeding of Lady Bastable · Saki · vi
- 403 · The Stout Gentleman: A Stage Coach Romance · Washington Irving · ss
- 412 · Sweet Violence · Morris Hershman · vi, 1992
- 413 · A Tale of Wet Days · Irvin S. Cobb · ss
- 420 · Tempest in a Tub · J. M. Bailey · vi
- 422 · Truman Capotes Trilby: The Facts · Garry Kilworth · ss Back Brain Recluse #15 90
- 430 · Two Dead Guys Walkin Around Eatin People · John R. Platt · ss, 1997
- 437 · Upon My Soul · Jack Ritchie · ss The Diners Club Magazine Jan 65
- 440 · The Vigil · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Strand Sep 12
- 449 · When a Felon Needs a Friend [as by Arnold English] · Morris Hershman · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Feb 58
- 456 · With Nott in the Terrible Targa · William F. Nolan · ss *
- 464 · Witch Hunt · Lawrence Schimel · vi *
- 466 · The Worst Fog of the Year · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Horizons #31 90
- 472 · X-ing a Paragrab · Edgar Allan Poe · ss, 1849
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Half Magic Edward Eager (Harcourt Brace/Odyssey 0-15-202068-3, Mar 99, $6.00, 192pp, tp, cover by Quentin Blake) Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1954) juvenile fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-202069-1, $17.00) is also available. This has new cover art, but retains the original illustrations by N.M. Bodecker.
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Knights Castle Edward Eager (Harcourt Brace/Odyssey 0-15-202073-X, Mar 99, $6.00, 198pp, tp, cover by Quentin Blake) Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1956) juvenile fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-202074-8, $17.00) is also available. This has new cover art, but retains the original illustrations by N.M. Bodecker.
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Magic by the Lake Edward Eager (Harcourt Brace/Odyssey 0-15-202076-4, Mar 99, $6.00, 190pp, tp, cover by Quentin Blake) Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1957) juvenile fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-202077-2, $17.00) is also available. This has new cover art, but retains the original illustrations by N.M. Bodecker.
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