The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

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HICKMAN, TRACY (Raye) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

* _DragonLance: Tales of the Fifth Age: Rebels and Tyrants (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
* _DragonLance: The Best of Tales (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
HIGGINBOTTOM, DAVID (1923- ); see pseudonym Nicholas Fisk (stories) (chron.)
HIGGINS, GRAHAM (1953- ) (chron.)

* _Guards! Guards! (with Terry Pratchett & Stephen Briggs) See entry under Terry Pratchett.
HILGARTNER, BETH; [i.e., Elizabeth Hilgartner] (1957- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *A Business of Ferrets (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-18-5, Apr 2000, $14.00, 281pp, tp, cover by Charles Keegan) [Business of Ferrets] Fantasy novel. An apprentice thief and other slum kids defeat the schemes of nobles. Meisha Merlin Publishing, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031; www.MeishaMerlin.com
HOBAN, RUSSELL (Conwell) (1925- ) (chron.)

* _The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz (Bloomsbury 0-7475-4908-7, Sep 2000, £6.99, 183pp, tp) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1973) literary fantasy novel.
* _The Mouse and His Child (Faber and Faber 0-571-20222-5, Apr 2000, £4.99, 165pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1967) young-adult fantasy novel. Illustrated by Lillian Braun. A “Faber Children’s Classic” edition.
HOBB, ROBIN; pseudonym of Megan Lindholm, (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Mad Ship (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57564-3, Mar 2000, $6.99, 850pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Liveship Traders] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1999) fantasy novel, second in “The Liveship Traders” series, set in the same world as the “Farseer” series. Hobb is a pen-name for Megan Lindholm.
* _Mad Ship (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649886-8, Mar 2000, £6.99, 906pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Liveship Traders] Reprint (Voyager 1999) fantasy novel. Second in “The Liveship Traders” trilogy. Hobb also writes as Megan Lindholm.
* *Ship of Destiny (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225480-8, Mar 2000, £16.99, 677pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Liveship Traders] Fantasy novel, the third volume in “The Liveship Traders” trilogy. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-226167-7, £10.99) was announced but not seen. Hobb also writes as Megan Lindholm.
* +Ship of Destiny (Bantam Spectra 0-553-10323-7, Aug 2000, $24.95, 581pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Liveship Traders] Fantasy novel, third in “The Liveship Traders” trilogy, set in the same world as the “Farseer” series. Hobb is a pen-name for Megan Lindholm. First US edition (Voyager 3/00).
* _Ship of Destiny (SFBC #10635, Sep 2000, $12.50, 581pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Liveship Traders] Reprint (Voyager 2000) fantasy novel, third in “The Liveship Traders” series, set in the same world as the “Farseer” series. Hobb is a pen-name for Megan Lindholm. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
HODGELL, P(atricia) C(hristine) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Dark of the Gods (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-26-6, Aug 2000, $20.00, 667pp, tp, cover by Kevin Murphy) [Kencyrath] Collection/omnibus of two fantasy novels, God Stalk (1982) and Dark of the Moon (1985), and the 1984 story “Bones”. A hardcover edition (-25-8, $40.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
HODGSON, WILLIAM HOPE (1877-1918) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *William Hope Hodgson’s The House on the Borderland (with Richard Corben & Simon Revelstroke) (DC Comics/Vertigo 1-56389-545-5, Nov 2000, $29.95, 186pp, hc, cover by Richard Corben) Graphic novel adaptation of the classic (1908) SF horror novel. Adapted by Corben and Revelstroke, with illustrations by Corben. Introduction by Alan Moore.
HOFFMAN, ALICE (1952- ) (chron.)

* *The River King (Penguin/Putnam 0-399-14599-0, Jul 2000, $23.95, 324pp, hc) Mainstream novel with fantasy elements, including ghosts, set in a weird Massachusetts prep school.
HOFFMAN, BARRY (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Born Bad (Leisure 0-8439-4793-4, Nov 2000, $5.99, 392pp, pb) Reprint (CD Publications 2000) associational serial killer novel.
HOFFMAN, NINA KIRIKI (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _A Red Heart of Memories (Ace 0-441-00768-6, Dec 2000, $12.95, 329pp, tp, cover by Tim Barrall) [Matt Black] Reprint (Ace 1999) contemporary fantasy novel, part of the “Matt Black” series of stories.
HOGAN, JAMES P(atrick) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Cradle of Saturn (Baen 0-671-57866-9, May 2000, $6.99, 529pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) [Cradle of Saturn] Reprint (Baen 1999) SF novel of a colony on the moons of Saturn.
* *The Legend that was Earth (Baen 0-671-31945-0, Oct 2000, $24.00, 346pp, hc, cover by Dru Blair) SF novel. One man discovers that too-helpful aliens are a threat to human freedom.
* _Outward Bound (Tor 0-812-57191-6, Feb 2000, $5.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Jupiter] Reprint (Tor 1999) young-adult SF novel, sixth in the “Jupiter” series.
* _Realtime Interrupt (Baen 0-671-57884-7, Aug 2000, $6.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Patrick Turner) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1995) SF thriller. Scientists are trapped in their own virtual reality.
* _Thrice Upon a Time (Baen 0-671-31948-5, Nov 2000, $6.99, 400pp, pb, cover by Patrick Turner) Reprint (Del Rey 1980) SF time travel novel.
HOH, DIANE (1937- ) (chron.)

* _The Accident (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-99763-1, Jul 2000, £3.99, 165pp, pb, cover by Genzo) Reissue (Scholastic 1991) young-adult horror novel.
HOLDER, NANCY (Lindsay Jones) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Angel: Not Forgotten (Pocket Pulse 0-671-04145-2, Apr 2000, $4.99, 243pp, pb) [Angel] Novelization, the second based on the TV series, a spin-off of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
* _Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Immortal (with Christopher Golden) See entry under Christopher Golden.
* *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Evil that Men Do (Pocket 0-671-02635-6, Jul 2000, $6.99, 335pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
* *Gambler’s Star, Book Three: Invasions (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-79314-8, May 2000, $5.99, 243pp, pb, cover by J. K. Potter) [*Gambler’s Star] SF novel, third in the series about a lunar Las Vegas. Earth declares war against the moon.
HOLLAND, CECELIA (Anastasia) (1943- ) (chron.)

* *The Angel and the Sword (Tor/Forge 0-312-86890-1, Dec 2000, $22.95, 304pp, hc, cover by Greg Call) Fantasy novel set in ninth-century medieval Europe. A guardian angel protects warrior Roderick the Beardless, really princess Ragny, rightful queen of Spain.
* _Floating Worlds (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07142-7, Nov 2000, £9.99, 542pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1976) SF novel. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.
* _The Kings in Winter (Tor/Forge 0-312-86888-X, Feb 2000, $12.95, 205pp, tp, cover by Paul Youll) Reprint (Atheneum 1967) associational historical novel of Ireland during the reign of Brian Boru.
* _The Pillar of the Sky (Tor/Forge 0-312-86887-1, Jul 2000, $14.95, 560pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1985) associational prehistorical novel about Stonehenge.
HOLLAND, DAVID (chron.)

* *Murcheston: The Wolf’s Tale (Tor/Forge 0-312-87213-5, Feb 2000, $23.95, 349pp, hc, cover by David Bowers) Werewolf novel. A Victorian aristocrat turned werewolf documents his experiences in a journal.
HOLLINGSHEAD, GREG (chron.)

* _The Healer (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-655145-9, Nov ’99, £6.99, 309pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 1999) literary fantasy novel. Winner of the Rogers Prize for fiction.
HOLMES, GUY (W.) (1965- ) (chron.)

* *P.E.A.C.E. (Simon & Schuster 0-684-87079-7, Dec 2000, $23.00, 313pp, hc) Near-future dystopian SF novel of a Police Enforced Anti-Crime Environment in NYC, where citizens are intensely monitored and cops carry tranquilizer guns. A first novel.
HOLT, THOMAS; see under Holt, Tom (stories) (chron.)
HOLT, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Charles Louis Holt] (1961- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Alexander At The World’s End (Little, Brown/Abacus 0-349-11315-7, May 2000, £7.99, 465pp, tp, cover by Colin Hadley) Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1999) associational historical novel.
* *The First Tom Holt Omnibus (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-025-3, Sep 2000, £7.99, 570pp, tp, cover by Steve Lee) Humorous fantasy omnibus of Flying Dutch (1991), and Faust Among Equals (1994). (Contents)
* *Olympiad: An Historical Novel (Little, Brown UK 0-316-85390-9, May 2000, £16.99, xvi+368pp, hc, cover by Colin Hadley) Associational historical novel re-imagining the first Olympiad, in 776 BC.
* _Only Human (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-949-0, Jan 2000, £5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Paul Cemmick) Reprint (Orbit 1999) humorous fantasy novel.
* _Snow White and the Seven Samurai (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-988-1, Jun 2000, £5.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Paul Cemmick) Reprint (Orbit 1999) humorous fantasy novel of computers and fairy tale characters.
* *Valhalla (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-983-0, Jun 2000, £15.99, 277pp, hc, cover by Paul Cemmick) Humorous fantasy novel of a cocktail waitress arriving in the place of dead heroes.
HOOD, DANIEL (1967- ) (chron.)

* *King’s Cure (Ace 0-441-00789-9, Dec 2000, $5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Liam Rhenford] Fantasy novel. Fifth in the mystery series featuring magical investigator Liam Rhenford and the dragon Fanuilh.
HOOPER, MEREDITH (chron.)

* _The Journal of Watkin Stench (Hodder Silver 0-340-75733-7, Dec 2000, £3.99, 131pp, tp, cover by Martin Macrae) [Watkin Stench] Reprint (Lutterworth 1988) young-adult animal fantasy novel. First in a series.
* *The Pole-seekers (Hodder Silver 0-340-75734-5, Dec 2000, £3.99, 167pp, tp, cover by Sydney Coulridge) [Watkin Stench] Young-adult animal fantasy novel. The sequel to The Journal of Watkin Stench.
HOPE-LEWIS, BARBARA (1944- ); see pseudonym Barbara Erskine (chron.)
HOPKINS, MARIANE (June) S(oroka) (1951- ) (chron.)

* *Fandom Directory No. 19 (Fandata Publications 0-933215-19-3, Mar 2000, $19.95, 528pp, tp, cover by Earl Geier) Non-fiction, reference. Directory of fans (comics, media, SF, etc.), fan publications, conventions, retail stores, fan clubs and genre research libraries. There are also alphabetical and zip code order general listings. Order from Fandata Publications, 7614 Cervantes Ct., Springfield VA 22153; www.fandata.com; add $4.50 postage.
HOPKINSON, NALO (1960- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Midnight Robber (Warner Aspect 0-446-67560-1, Mar 2000, $13.95, 330pp, tp, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) SF novel of Carnival time on a Caribbean-colonized planet.
* _Midnight Robber (SFBC #33590, Dec 2000, $9.98, 330pp, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Reprint (Warner Aspect 2000) SF novel of Carnival time on a Caribbean-colonized planet. This has ISBN 0-7394-1359-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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* *Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction (Invisible Cities Press 0-9679683-2-1, Oct 2000, $14.95, 318pp, hc, cover by Michel Ange Altidort) Anthology of 20 fantastical stories, nine original, by authors of Caribbean background. A hardcover edition (-1-3, $24.95) was announced but not seen. Order from Invisible Cities Press, 50 State St., Montpelier VT 05602; website: [www.invisiblecitiespress.com]. (Contents)
HORN, SHIFRA (chron.)

* _Four Mothers (Picador USA 0-312-26323-6, Jun 2000, $14.00, 278pp, tp, cover by Michelle Barnes) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1999) literary fantasy novel of a cursed Jerusalem family whose daughters have psychic talents. Translated by Dalya Bilu from the Hebrew (Sifriat Ma’ariv 1996). This includes a two-page Reading Group Guide.
HORVATH, GILLIAN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Highlander: An Evening at Joe’s (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-17749-1, Sep 2000, $12.95, 288pp, tp) [Highlander] Original anthology of 14 stories and eight vignettes based on the television series based on the movie, with stories by the show’s cast and crew. Foreword by Executive Producer Bill Panzer. Copyrighted by Davis Panzer Productions. (Contents)
HOSTETTER, CARL F., ed. (chron.)

* _Tolkien’s Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-Earth (with Verlyn Flieger) See entry under Verlyn Flieger.
HOUARNER, GERARD (Daniel) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Dead Cat Bounce (Space & Time 0-917053-12-5, Jun 2000, $5.00, 28pp, ph, cover by GAK) Chapbook story told by a dead cat. Illustrated by GAK. Order from Space & Time, 138 West 70th St 4B, New York NY 10023-4468; add $1.50 postage.
HOUGHTON, GORDON (chron.)

* +Damned If You Do (Picador USA 0-312-26288-4, Sep 2000, $13.00, 302pp, tp) Humorous dark fantasy. A dead man becomes Death’s assistant. First US edition (Anchor UK 8/99 as The Apprentice).
HOUSMAN, CLEMENCE (1861-1955) (chron.)

* _The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis (Green Knight Publishing 1-928999-08-5, Jul 2000, $14.95, 319pp, tp) Reprint (Methuen 1905) rare Arthurian fantasy novel, with a new introduction by Douglas A. Anderson. Available from Wizard’s Attic, 900 Murmansk St., Suite 7, Oakland CA 94607; orders 800-213-1493; www.wizards-attic.com.
HOWARD, ROBERT E(rvin) (1906-1936) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Conan Chronicles: Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-996-1, Aug 2000, £6.99, 548pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Conan] Fantasy collection of Howard’s definitive stories of Conan, in internal chronological order. Book one of two. Edited and with an afterword by Stephen Jones. Volume 8 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series. (Contents)
HOWARD, STELLA (chron.)

* _Xena: Warrior Princess: Prophecy of Darkness (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-17084-5, Dec 2000, $5.99, 215pp, pb) [Xena] Reissue (Boulevard 1997) fantasy novelization, fourth in the series based on the TV show. Copyrighted by MCA Publishing Rights. Fourth printing.
HOWARTH, LESLEY (chron.)

* *I Managed a Monster (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-130752-8, Aug 2000, £3.99, 122pp, tp, cover by Gavin Reece) Young-adult fantasy novel.
HOWE, JOHN (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Hobbit: A Three-Dimensional Picture Book (with J. R. R. Tolkien) See entry under J. R. R. Tolkien
* _The Map of Tolkien’s Beleriand and the Lands to the North (with Brian Sibley) See entry under Brian Sibley.
HOWES, MARGARET (J.) (1928?-2008) (chron.)

* *The Wrong World (FTL Publications 0-9653575-1-1, Apr 2000, $9.95, 159pp, tp, cover by Terry Miller & Rita Miller) SF novel. A young man travels to an unfamiliar planet in search of the father he’s never met. Order from FTL Publications, PO Box 1363, Minnetonka MN 55345-0363; http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/FTL_Publications
HUBBARD, L(afayette) RON(ald, Sr.) (1911-1986) (stories) (chron.)

* _Battlefield Earth (Bridge 0-88404-681-8, Mar 2000, $7.99, 1050pp, pb) Reissue (St. Martin’s 1982) SF novel. This is a movie tie-in edition. Ninth printing.
* _Battlefield Earth (SFBC #01633, May 2000, $14.98, 945pp, hc) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1982) SF novel. This has ISBN 0-7394-0950-6; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Battlefield Earth (New Era 1-900944-88-X, May 2000, £5.99, 1050pp, pb) Reissue (St. Martin’s 1982) SF novel. This is a film tie-in edition.
HUBERMAN, CARL (1938?- ) (chron.)

* *Kingdom Come (Pan 0-330-36776-5, Aug 2000, £5.99, 451pp, pb, cover by Peter Sherrard) SF novel. Twin girls, in a town where most people are possessed by an alien intelligence, may be the only power able to stop a giant meteor on a collision course with Earth.
HUBY, PETER (chron.)

* *Pasiphae (Dewi Lewis Publishing 1-899235-87-6, Jun 2000, £8.99, 155pp, tp) Literary fantasy novel retelling the story of Pasiphae, wife of Minos of Crete, mistress to a bull, mother of the Minotaur. A first novel.
HUFF, TANYA (Sue) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Valor’s Choice (DAW 0-88677-896-4, Apr 2000, $6.99, 409pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Torin Kerr] Military SF novel. A platoon gets sent as part of a diplomatic mission to an alien world.
HUGHES, CAROL (chron.)

* +Jack Black & the Ship of Thieves (Random House 0-375-80472-2, Sep 2000, $15.95, 231pp, hc, cover by Greg Newbold) Young-adult adventure novel with elements of fantasy. Jack Black encounters an airship, a miracle pirate ship, and an automated war machine. First US edition (Bloomsbury 1997).
HUGHES, MONICA (Mary née Ince) (1925-2003) (chron.)

* _The Keeper of the Isis Light (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-83390-3, Jun 2000, $4.99, 232pp, pb, cover by Greg Call) [Isis] Reprint (Atheneum 1981) young-adult SF novel, first in a trilogy.
HUGHES, RHYS H. (1967?- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Smell of Telescopes (Tartarus Press 1-87262144-9, 2000, £25.00, 280pp, hc) Collection of 26 stories, signed limited edition of 250. (Contents)
HULL, PAUL (1939- ) (chron.)

* _Death of a Marionette (with Frank M. Robinson) See entry under Frank M. Robinson
HULME, JULIET MARION (1938- ); see pseudonym Anne Perry (chron.)

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