The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

Books, Listed by Author

GEMMELL, DAVID A(ndrew) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Knights of Dark Renown (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-633-5, Oct ’99, £5.99, 400pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) Reissue (Legend 1989) fantasy novel.
• * _Midnight Falcon (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14257-3, Mar 2000, £5.99, 528pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Rigante] Reprint (Bantam UK 1999) fantasy novel. Book Two in the “Rigante” series after Sword in the Storm.
• * _Morningstar (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-785-4, Oct ’99, £5.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (Legend 1992) fantasy novel.
• * +Winter Warriors (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43230-4, Jun 2000, $6.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Drenai] Fantasy novel in the “Drenai” series. First US edition (Bantam UK 1997).
• * _Wolf in Shadow (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-788-9, Aug ’99, £5.99, 326pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Sipstrassi: Stones of Power; Jon Shannow] Reprint (Century 1987) fantasy novel. Book 1 in the “Sipistrassi/Jon Shannow” series.

GENTLE, MARY R(osalyn) (1956- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Ash: A Secret History (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06900-7, Jun 2000, £20.00, 1112pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Book of Ash] Epic fantasy/SF novel of a female mercenary in 15th century Burgundy, and her secret memoirs suddenly discovered in the 21st century. Split into four volumes in the US, two already published: The Book of Ash #1: A Secret History (Avon Eos 10/99); The Book of Ash #2: Carthage Ascendant (Avon Eos 2/00). A trade paperback edition (-06901-5, £14.99) was announced but not seen.
• * *The Book of Ash #2: Carthage Ascendant (Avon Eos 0-380-80550-2, Feb 2000, $6.99, 424pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Book of Ash] Medieval fantasy/alternate history novel, part two of four.
• * +The Book of Ash #3: The Wild Machines (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-81113-8, Aug 2000, $6.99, 391pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Book of Ash] SF/medieval fantasy novel, part three of four. The female mercenary Ash discovers machines trying to change history. First US edition (Gollancz 6/00 as part of Ash: A Secret History).
• * +The Book of Ash #4: Lost Burgundy (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-81114-6, Dec 2000, $6.99, 482pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Book of Ash] Medieval fantasy/alternate history novel, final of four parts. First US edition (Gollancz 4/00 as part of Ash: A Secret History).

GEORGE, STEPHEN R(obert) (1959- ); see pseudonym Jack Ellis (chron.)

GEPFERT, ELZBIETA, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Chosen by Fate: Zajdel Award Winners (with Grzegorz Kozubski & Piotr W. Cholewa) (Katowice, Warszawa: SuperNOWA 8370541429, 2000, 202pp, tp, cover by Tomasz Baginski) English language anthology of award-winning Polish SF stories. The J.A. Zajdel Award is the “Polish ’Hugo,” presented at the Polish National Convention, POLCON." (Contents)

GERAS, ADÈLE (chron.)

• * *Troy (Scholastic UK 0-439-01409-3, Mar 2000, £14.99, 346pp, hc, cover by Ben Warner) Young-adult fantasy novel set at the end of the Trojan War. Venus causes the sister of Helen’s handmaiden to fall in love with a soldier; and the fate of all three becomes bound with the fate of Troy.

GERNSBACK, HUGO (1884-1967) (chron.)

• * _Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660 (University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books 0-8032-7098-4, Sep 2000, $13.95, 300pp, tp, cover by Frank R. Paul) Reprint (Stratford 1925) classic far-future SF novel. This commemorative edition features the Frank R. Paul illustrations from the first edition, and has Gernsback’s prefaces from the 1925 and 1950 editions. There is a new introduction by Jack Williamson. Order from University of Nebraska Press, 233 N. 8th Street, Lincoln NE 68588-0255; 800-755-1105; [www.nebraskapress.unl.edu]; [pressmail@unl.edu]; add $4.00 postage.

GERRITSEN, TESS (1953- ) (chron.)

• * _Gravity (HarperCollins UK 0-00-651308-5, Jul 2000, £6.99, 342pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1999) near-future SF medical thriller. A biological experiment aboard the International Space Station unleashes a deadly plague. A hardcover edition (-226124-3, £16.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Gravity (Pocket 0-671-01677-6, Oct 2000, $7.99, 385pp, pb, cover by Tom Hallman) Reprint (Pocket 1999) near-future SF medical thriller set aboard the International Space Station.

GERROLD, DAVID; pseudonym of Jerrold David Friedman, (1944- ) (chron.)

• * *Jumping Off the Planet (Tor 0-312-89069-9, Mar 2000, $19.95, 285pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Starsiders] SF novel, first in “The Starsiders” trilogy. A family trip to the moon involves corporate espionage.

GIBBONS, ALAN (chron.)

• * *Shadow of the Minotaur (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-721-8, Feb 2000, £4.99, 217pp, tp, cover by Ian Butterworth) [Legendeer] Young-adult fantasy novel. A boy discovers a virtual reality based on Greek myth is actually an alternate reality. Book One in the “Phoenix” series.

GIBSON, WILLIAM (Ford) (1948- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _All Tomorrow’s Parties (Ace 0-441-00755-4, Aug 2000, $13.95, 278pp, tp) [Virtual Light] Reprint (Putnam 1999) SF novel, a sequel to Virtual Light and Idoru.
• * _All Tomorrow’s Parties (Penguin UK 0-14-026613-5, Oct 2000, £6.99, 277pp, tp) [Virtual Light] Reprint (Putnam; Viking UK 1999) SF novel, third in a loosely connected trilogy with Virtual Light and Idoru.
• * _Burning Chrome and Other Stories (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-07461-9, Jun 2000, £5.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) SF collection.
• * _Count Zero (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-07121-0, May 2000, £5.99, 335pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Neuromancer] Reprint (Gollancz; Arbor House 1986) SF novel, second in the “Neuromancer” trilogy.
• * _Mona Lisa Overdrive (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20747-3, Jun 2000, £5.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Neuromancer] Reprint (Gollancz 1988) SF novel.
• * _Neuromancer (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-06645-4, May 2000, £5.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Neuromancer] Reprint (Ace 1984) classic “cyberpunk” novel. First in a trilogy. Winner of the Nebula, Hugo, and Philip K. Dick Awards.
• * _Neuromancer (Ace 0-441-00746-5, Jul 2000, $13.95, 276pp, tp, cover by Rick Berry) [Neuromancer] Reprint (Ace 1984) SF novel, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick awards. This has a new afterword by Jack Womack.

GIFFORD, JAMES (chron.)

• * *Robert A. Heinlein: A Reader’s Companion (Nitrosyncretic Press 0-9679874-0-7, May 2000, $24.00, 281pp, tp) Non-fiction reference guide to Heinlein’s works, each discussed separately with comments on the stories’ genesis, themes, any oddities or anomalies — but no plot summaries. There are lists of works by type, a discussion of the Future History, notes, and indexes. Foreword by L. Sprague de Camp & Catherine Crook de Camp. Order from Nitrosyncretic Press, PO Box 4313, Citrus Heights CA 95611; www.nitrosyncretic.com [Heinlein]

GIFT, THEO; pseudonym of Dora Henrietta Boulger, (1847-1923) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Not for the Night-Time (Sarob Press 1-902309-11-1, Aug 2000, £18.00, xiv+73pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe) Reprint (Roper & Drowley 1889) collection of 4 ghost stories. Volume four in the “Richard Dalby’s Mistresses of the Macabre” series. Limited to 300 numbered copies. (Contents) [Not seen]

GILMAN, LAURA ANNE (1967- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Deep Water (with Josepha Sherman) (Pocket Pulse 0-671-03919-9, Feb 2000, $4.99, 178pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Novelization based on the TV show based on the movie. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.

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• * *Treachery and Treason (with Jennifer Heddle) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45778-1, Mar 2000, $5.99, 326pp, pb) Original anthology of 21 stories “that celebrate the worst in human nature.” Authors include Esther M. Friesner, Jerry Oltion, and Lois Tilton. (Contents)

GIRÓN, SÈPHERA (chron.)

• * *Eternal Sunset (DarkTales Publications 0-9672029-8-1, Apr 2000, $19.99, 200pp, tp) Horror novel of contemporary witchcraft and vampires. This is an on-demand book, available online at www.darktales.com, or from PO Box 675, Grandview MO 64030; add $4.00 shipping.

GLADWELL, ADÈLE OLIVIA (chron.)

• * _Blood and Roses: The Vampire in 19th Century Literature (Creation Books 1-84068-007-5, 1999, $19.95, 286pp, tp, cover by Edvard Munch) Reprint (Creation Press 1992) vampire anthology of 18 stories and novel excerpts. This is revised, dropping three stories and adding a new introduction and four new pieces by Charles Nodier, Charles Baudelaire, Le Comte de Lautréamont, and Jean Lorrain.

GLASS, JOSEPH; pseudonym of Joseph Libertson, 1946- ) (chron.)

• * +Blood (Simon & Schuster 0-684-85963-7, Jul 2000, $24.00, 399pp, hc) [Susan Shader] Serial-killer thriller with fantasy elements, sequel to Eyes, featuring Susan Shader, a police psychologist with psychic powers. First US edition (Macmillan UK 3/00).

GLASSMAN, PETER, ed. (chron.)

• * *Oz: The Hundredth Anniversary Celebration (HarperCollins/Books of Wonder 0-688-15915-X, Oct 2000, $24.95, 52pp, hc, cover by Maurice Sendak) [Oz] Picture-book collection of appreciations, both in art and prose, subtitled Thirty Favorite Artists and Writers Celebrate One Hundred Years of Oz. Introduction by Peter Glassman. Participants include Leo & Diane Dillon, Madeleine L’Engle, Jules Feiffer, Kinuko Y. Craft, and Lloyd Alexander.

GLOSS, MOLLY (1944- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Wild Life (Simon & Schuster 0-684-86798-2, Jun 2000, $24.00, 255pp, hc) Lost race novel. A female writer of SF and fantasy potboilers in 1905 becomes lost in the American Northwestern frontier, and is rescued by quasi-human beasts.

GLOSSBRENNER, ALFRED (chron.)

• * *About the Author (with Emily Glossbrenner) (Harcourt/Harvest 0-15-601302-9, Jun 2000, $16.00, 309pp, tp) Associational non-fiction guide to popular novelists, allowing two pages to each author with brief discussion of their lives and major works. Among the mostly mainstream authors are some SF names including Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, William Gibson, and Robert A. Heinlein — even Robert Jordan and J.K. Rowling. A section on genre fiction gives lists of award-winning and top novels in SF, fantasy, and horror.

GLOSSBRENNER, EMILY (chron.)

• * _About the Author (with Alfred Glossbrenner) See entry under Alfred Glossbrenner.

GODDARD, KEN (chron.)

• * _First Evidence (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57913-4, Feb 2000, $6.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) [Colin Cellars] Reprint (Bantam 1999) police-procedural SF thriller of alien contact.

GOKHALE, NAMITA (chron.)

• * _The Book of Shadows (Little, Brown UK 0-316-85155-8, Feb 2000, £16.99, 217pp, hc) Reprint (Penguin Books India 1999) literary fantasy novel. A disfigured woman retreats to her childhood Himalayan home and encounters the forlorn ghosts of its previous inhabitants. [First U.K. edition]

GOLDEN, CHRISTIE (chron.)

• * *Star Trek Voyager: Dark Matters, Book One: Cloak and Dagger (Pocket 0-671-03582-7, Nov 2000, $6.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek Voyager: Dark Matters] Star Trek novelization, first in a trilogy. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek Voyager: Dark Matters, Book Three: Shadow of Heaven (Pocket 0-671-03584-3, Dec 2000, $6.99, 261pp, pb) [Star Trek Voyager: Dark Matters] Star Trek novelization, third in a trilogy. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek Voyager: Dark Matters, Book Two: Ghost Dance (Pocket 0-671-03583-5, Nov 2000, $6.99, 265pp, pb) [Star Trek Voyager: Dark Matters] Star Trek novelization, second in a trilogy. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

GOLDEN, CHRISTOPHER (1967- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Immortal (with Nancy Holder) (SFBC #06329, Mar 2000, $10.98, 309pp, hc) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Reprint (Pocket 1999) novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film. This is similar to the Pocket edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Immortal (with Nancy Holder) (Pocket 0-671-04175-4, May 2000, $5.99, 309pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Reprint (Pocket 1999) novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row (Pocket 0-7434-0046-1, Oct 2000, $22.95, 305pp, hc) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Novelization based on the TV show, but set in 1940. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * _Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row (SFBC #33033, Oct 2000, $11.50, 305pp, hc) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Reprint (Pocket 2000) novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film. This is similar to the Pocket edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _X-Men: Codename Wolverine (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-17111-6, May 2000, $6.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [X-Men] Reprint (Boulevard 1998) novelization based on the comic-book characters. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Marvel Characters.

GOLDMAN, WILLIAM (W.) (1931- ) (chron.)

• * _The Princess Bride (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34803-6, Nov 2000, $6.99, 398pp, pb, cover by Sergio Martinez) Reissue (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1973) humorous fantasy novel; this follows the 1998 Ballantine 25th Anniversary edition with new material by Goldman. 53rd printing.
• * _The Silent Gondoliers (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44263-6, Jan 2001, $10.00, 110pp, tp, cover by Paul Giovanopoulos) Reprint (Del Rey 1983) fantasy novella? subtitled A Fable by S. Morgenstern.

GOLDSBOROUGH, F. (chron.)

• * *Charmed: The Crimson Spell (Pocket Pulse 0-671-04164-9, Apr 2000, $4.99, 181pp, pb) [Charmed] Young-adult novelization, the third based on the TV show about three witches. Copyrighted by Spelling Television.

GOLDSTEIN, LISA (Joy) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Dark Cities Underground (Tor 0-312-86827-8, Jul 2000, $13.95, 252pp, tp, cover by Donato Giancola) Reprint (Tor 1999) contemporary fantasy novel.

GONZALEZ, J. F. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Clickers (with Mark Williams) (DarkTales Publications 0-9672029-7-3, Mar 2000, $24.99, 238pp, tp) Horror novel of a small town attacked by giant crabs. This is an on-demand book, available online at www.darktales.com, or from PO Box 675, Grandview MO 64030; add $4.00 shipping.

GOODKIND, TERRY (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Faith of the Fallen (Tor 0-312-86786-7, Aug 2000, $27.95, 539pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Fantasy novel, sixth in “The Sword of Truth”. Richard is captured by a Sister of the Dark while visiting his boyhood home. A signed, limited edition (-87521-5, $200.00) was announced but not seen.
• * *Faith of the Fallen (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07081-1, Aug 2000, £17.99, 539pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Fantasy novel. Book 6 of “The Sword of Truth” sequence. Simultaneous with the US (Tor) edition.
• * _Faith of the Fallen (SFBC #11315, Oct 2000, $13.98, 688pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Reprint (Tor 2000) fantasy novel, sixth in “The Sword of Truth”. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Soul of the Fire (Tor 0-812-55149-4, Mar 2000, $7.99, 788pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy novel, fifth in “The Sword of Truth” series.
• * _Soul of the Fire (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-854-X, Apr 2000, £6.99, 643pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy novel. Book five of “The Sword of Truth”.

GOONAN, KATHLEEN ANN (1952- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Crescent City Rhapsody (Avon Eos 0-380-97711-7, Mar 2000, $24.00, 430pp, hc, cover by Gregory Bridges) [Nanotech Cycle] SF novel, the third in, but a prequel to, the “Nanotech Cycle” series begun in Queen City Jazz. Catastrophic events spur development of nanotechnology.
• * _Crescent City Rhapsody (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-888-4, Sep 2000, £5.99, 564pp, pb, cover by Gregory Bridges) [Nanotech Cycle] Reprint (Avon Eos 2000) SF novel. The third in the “Nanotech Cycle” series - a prequel to Queen City Jazz and Mississippi Blues. Catastrophic events spur development of nanotechnology. [First U.K. edition]

GORDON, GUY, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _T’nT: Telzey & Trigger See entry under James H. Schmitz.
• * _Trigger & Friends See entry under James H. Schmitz.

GOREY, EDWARD (St. John) (1925-2000) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Iron Tonic: or, A Winter Afternoon in Lonely Valley (Harcourt 0-15-100437-4, Oct 2000, $10.00, unpaginated, hc, cover by Edward Gorey) Reprint (Albondocani Press 1969) humorous art book, illustrated by the author. Previously published only as a limited edition of 226.

GORMAN, ED(ward Joseph) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Moonchasers and Other Stories (Tor/Forge 0-312-87718-8, Dec 2000, $14.95, 383pp, tp, cover by Stephen Johnson) Reprint (Forge 1996) collection of 17 stories.
• * _The Poker Club (Leisure 0-8439-4683-0, Feb 2000, $5.99, 393pp, hc) Reprint (CD Publications 1999) associational non-supernatural horror novel.

GOSHGARIAN, GARY (1942- ); see pseudonym Gary Braver (chron.)

GOTLIEB, PHYLLIS (Fay, née Bloom) (1926-2009) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Violent Stars (Tor 0-312-87253-4, Jun 2000, $14.95, 284pp, tp) [Flesh and Gold] Reprint (Tor 1999) SF novel, sequel to Flesh and Gold.

GOULART, RON(ald Joseph) (1933- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Comic Book Culture: An Illustrated History (Collectors Press 1-888054-38-7, Jul 2000, $49.95, 204pp, hc, cover by Alex Kotzky) Non-fiction, art book. A lavishly illustrated history of American Golden Age comics. Available from Collectors Press, PO Box 230986, Portland OR 97281; 800-423-1848.

GOULD, SANDRA LEE (chron.)

• * _Faraday’s Popcorn Factory (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-25385-0, Feb 2000, $13.95, 273pp, tp, cover by Jody Hewgill) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1998) fantasy novel. A woman falls in love with a man who is literally the son of the weather.