The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000

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SMITH, DEAN WESLEY (stories) (chron.) (continued)

* _X-Men (with Kristine Kathryn Rusch) See entry under Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
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* *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds III (with John J. Ordover & Paula M. Block) (Pocket 0-671-03652-1, May 2000, $13.95, 305pp, tp) [Star Trek] Original Star Trek anthology of 20 stories written by fans as part of a contest (rules included). Editor Smith provides the introduction and hints for new writers. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. (Contents)
SMITH, JOHANNA M. (chron.)

* _Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Second Edition (St. Martin’s/Bedford 0-312-22762-0, 2000, $39.95, 470pp, hc) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Bedford 1992) non-fiction, part of the “Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism” series. This contains the complete 1831 text, but now adds a number of documents that help place the novel in its cultural contexts; two of the critical essays have been revised; the critical perspectives (Marxist, feminist, psychoanalytic, etc.) have been updated to include “Gender Criticism” and a broader view that combines various schools of criticism. A trade paperback edition (-19126-X) was announced but not seen. [Shelley]
SMITH, KRISTINE (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Code of Conduct (SFBC #02164, Feb 2000, $9.98, 346pp, hc, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Jani Kilian] Reprint (Avon Eos 1999) SF novel. An ex-soldier with a body rebuilt by aliens uncovers high-level conspiracies. This has ISBN 0-7394-0711-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Rules of Conflict (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-80784-X, Sep 2000, $6.50, 373pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Jani Kilian] SF novel, sequel to Code of Conduct. Jani is captured and returned to Earth to face political games and medical problems.
SMITH, L(ester) NEIL (1946- ) (chron.)

* *Forge of the Elders (Baen 0-671-57859-6, Apr 2000, $25.00, 534pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) SF novel. A socialist Earth meets capitalist aliens from a parallel Earth.
SMITH, MICHAEL MARSHALL (1965- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* +Only Forward (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57970-3, Sep 2000, $6.50, 341pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) SF novel. A detective seeks a missing VIP. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 1994).
* _What You Make It (HarperCollins UK 0-00-651007-8, Jan 2000 [Dec ’99], £6.99, xiv+400pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1999) collection of 17 stories and one poem, including several originals.
SMITH, ROBERT PETER (1956- ); see under Morwood, Peter (chron.)
SMITH, SHERWOOD; pseudonym of Christine I. Smith Lowentrout, (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Echoes in Time (with Andre Norton) See entry under Andre Norton.
* *Voyage of the Basset: Journey to Otherwhere (Random House 0-375-80051-4, Aug 2000, $3.99, 202pp, tp, cover by James C. Christensen) [Voyage of the Basset] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in a series based on James C. Christensen’s Voyage of the Basset. Copyrighted by Christensen and The Greenwich Workshop.
SMYTH, EDMUND J., ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Jules Verne: Narratives of Modernity (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-704-2, Mar 2000, £16.95, viii+160pp, tp) Anthology of essays on Verne’s fiction, its context, content, intent, influences, and importance to the history of SF. None of the extensively quoted French texts are translated into English. A hardcover edition (-694-1, £32.50) was announced but not seen. (Contents) [Verne]
SOESBEE, REE (chron.)

* *Legend of the Five Rings: The Crane (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1659-1, Nov 2000, $6.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Gerald Brom) [Legend of the Five Rings: Clan War] Novelization based on the card game, “The Clan War” #3. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
SOMTOW, S. P.; pseudonym of Somtow Sucharitkul, (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Crow: Temple of Night (SFBC #17719, Dec ’99, $10.98, 221pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Crow] Reprint (HarperEntertainment 1999) novelization based on the movies about the comic-book character. Copyrighted by Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation. This has ISBN 0-7394-0735-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _The Crow: Temple of Night (HarperEntertainment 0-06-105993-5, Dec 2000, $6.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielson) [Crow] Reprint (HarperEntertainment 1999) novelization based on the movies about the comic-book character. Copyrighted by Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation.
* *Tagging the Moon: Fairy Tales from L.A. (Night Shade Books 1-892389-06-1, May 2000, $25.00, 277pp, hc, cover by John Picacio) Collection of ten stories, one original, with a gallery of ten photos by the author. Illustrated by GAK. A limited hardcover edition of 100 (-05-3, $55.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Night Shade Books, 560 Scott #304, San Francisco CA 94117. (Contents)
* *The Ultimate Mallworld (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-07-X, Apr 2000, $15.00, 333pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Mallworld] Collection of the humorous SF collection/fix-up novel Mall World (Starblaze 1981 as by Somtow Sucharitkul) plus two new stories, with a framing prologue and epilogue. Illustrated by Karl Kofoed. Order from Meisha Merlin Publishing, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031; [www.MeishaMerlin.com]. (Contents)
SPECTOR, CRAIG (S.) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Light at the End (with John Mason Skipp) See entry under John Mason Skipp.
* *To Bury the Dead (Harper Paperbacks 0-380-79305-9, Dec 2000, $6.99, 335pp, pb) Associational horror novel of a firefighter obsessed by his daughter’s murder.
SPIEGELMAN, ART, ed. (1948- ) (chron.)

* *Little Lit: Folklore & Fairy Tale Funnies (with Françoise Mouly) (HarperCollins/Cotler 0-06-028624-5, Oct 2000, $19.95, 64pp, hc, cover by Art Spiegelman) Art book, a gathering of 16 comics based on fairy tales, plus an endpaper board game, ’Fairy Tale Road Rage’. Author/artists include David Mazzucchelli, Charles Burns, and David Macaulay.
SPINNER, STEPHANIE (1943- ) (chron.)

* *Be First in the Universe (with Terry Bisson) (Delacorte 0-385-32687-4, Feb 2000, $14.95, 133pp, hc, cover by Eric Brace) [Be First in the Universe] Young-adult SF/fantasy novel of aliens and magic. Twins discover a weird store run by aliens at the mall.
SPINRAD, NORMAN (Richard) (1940- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Greenhouse Summer (Tor 0-812-56656-4, Sep 2000, $6.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Shelley Eshkar & Jan Uretsky) Reprint (Tor 1999) near-future SF novel about the greenhouse effect.
SPOFFORD, HARRIET (Elizabeth Prescott) (1835-1921) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Moonstone Mass and Others (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-008-5, Sep 2000, C$53.00, xxxvi+181pp, hc, cover by Deborah McMillion-Nering) Collection of all the known fantastic tales of this mid-Nineteenth Century American female author edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $40.00 and in the UK for £25.00. (Contents)
SPRIGGS, ROBIN LOCHLANN (stories) (chron.)

* *Wondrous Strange: Tales of the Uncanny (Circle Myth Press 0-9634296-0-4, Jan 2001, $13.00, 261pp, tp, cover by Lady Kel) Collection of 25 horror stories, nine reprints. Available from Circle Myth, PO Box 431, Murrayville GA 30564; e-mail [CircleMythPress@aol.com]. (Contents)
SPRINGER, NANCY (Connor) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Plumage (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-380-80120-5, Dec 2000, $23.00, 234pp, hc, cover by Cathleen Toelke) Fantasy novel. A woman’s life changes when she starts seeing people in mirrors as birds.
* _Sky Rider (HarperCollins 0-380-97565-6, Jul 2000, $4.95, 117pp, pb, cover by Griesbach & Martucci) Reprint (Avon Tempest 1999) young-adult ghost story.
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* *Ribbiting Tales (Penguin/Philomel 0-399-23312-1, Oct 2000, $16.99, 117pp, hc, cover by Tony DiTerlizzi) Original young-adult anthology of eight stories about frogs. Illustrated by Tony DiTerLizzi. Authors include Brian Jacques, Jane Yolen, and Bruce Coville. (Contents)
STABLEFORD, BRIAN (Michael) (1948- ); see pseudonym Brian Craig (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Architects of Emortality (Tor 0-812-57643-8, May 2000, $6.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Emortality] Reprint (Tor 1999) SF novel.
* *The Fountains of Youth (Tor 0-312-87206-2, May 2000, $24.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Emortality] SF novel in the future of Inherit the Earth. In the 31st century, an Emortal historian writes the memoir of his five centuries of life.
* *Year Zero (Sarob Press 1-902309-10-3, Jun 2000, £22.50, 221pp, hc, cover by Tim Denton) Satirical millennial fantasy novel. Molly’s determination to get a fresh start in 2000 leads her to a rejuvenated Elvis, angels, demons, fays, and alien greys. Illustrated by Tim Denton. This is a limited edition of 300. Available from 41 Forest View, Mountain Ash, Wales CF45 3DU UK.
STACKPOLE, MICHAEL A(ustin) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Dark Glory War (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57807-3, Mar 2000, $5.99, 402pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) Fantasy novel. Young men undergoing a coming-of-age test encounter invaders and a magic sword.
* *Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide (SFBC #11527, Jul 2000, $12.98, 537pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Dark Tide] Omnibus of two Star Wars novelizations in the “Dark Tide” series: Onslaught (2000) and Ruin (2000). Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-1111-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
* *Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide 1: Onslaught (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-42854-4, Feb 2000, $6.99, 292pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Dark Tide] Star Wars novelization, the first of two parts. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
* *Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide 2: Ruin (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-42856-0, Jun 2000, $6.99, 292pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Dark Tide] Star Wars novelization, book two of “Dark Tide”. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
* _Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide: Onslaught (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-940993-3, Feb 2000, £5.99, 292pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Dark Tide] Reprint (Del Rey Lucasbooks 2000) SF novelization. [First U.K. edition]
* _Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Dark Tide: Ruin (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-940994-1, Jun 2000, £5.99, 292pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Dark Tide] Reprint (Del Rey Lucasbooks 2000) SF novelization. [First U.K. edition]
STAIG, LAURENCE (chron.)

* *Carnival of the Dead (Scholastic UK 0-439-99639-2, Sep 2000, £3.99, 202pp, pb, cover by Bob Lea) [Mutant] Young adult horror novel. One of the “Mutant” sub-set of the “Point Horror” books.
STAPLEDON, (William) OLAF (1886-1950) (chron.)

* _Sirius (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07057-9, Aug 2000, £9.99, 200pp, tp) Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1944) SF novel of a super-intelligent dog and his love affair with a girl. An “SF Collectors’ Edition”.
STAPLES, SUZANNE FISHER (chron.)

* *Shiva’s Fire (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-36824-4, Apr 2000, $17.00, 276pp, hc, cover by Deborah Lanino) Young adult fantasy novel. A girl in India wants to be a dancer, but has some mystical talents as well.
STASHEFF, CHRISTOPHER (1944- ) (chron.)

* *The Crusading Wizard (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39246-9, Mar 2000, $6.99, 380pp, pb, cover by Dreu Pennington-McNeil) [Wizard in Rhyme] Fantasy novel, seventh in the “Wizard in Rhyme” series. Matt goes to Jerusalem to help fend off barbarians.
* *The Feline Wizard (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39245-0, Jun 2000, $6.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Dreu Pennington-McNeil) [Wizard in Rhyme] Fantasy novel, eighth in the “Wizard in Rhyme” series. Royal Wizard Matt Mantrell seeks feline sorceress Balkis, stranded in a strange world.
* *The Haunted Wizard (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39248-5, Jan 2000, $6.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Alan Pollack) [Wizard in Rhyme] Fantasy novel in the “Wizard in Rhyme” series.
* *A Wizard and a Warlord (Tor 0-312-86649-6, Feb 2000, $22.95, 224pp, hc, cover by Peter Peebles) [Warlock: Rogue Wizard] SF novel. Seventh in the “Rogue Wizard” series featuring renegade psychic wizard Magnus D’Armand, the son of the “Warlock in Spite of Himself”.
* _A Wizard and a Warlord (Tor 0-812-54167-7, Nov 2000, $6.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Warlock: Rogue Wizard] Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel. Seventh in the “Rogue Wizard” series featuring renegade psychic wizard Magnus D’Armand, the son of the “Warlock in Spite of Himself”.
* *A Wizard in the Way (Tor 0-312-86648-8, Sep 2000, $22.95, 224pp, hc, cover by Peter Peeples) [Warlock: Rogue Wizard] SF novel in the “Rogue Wizard” series featuring the son of the “Warlock”.
STAUB, WENDY CORSI (1964- ) (chron.)

* *Charmed: Voodoo Moon (Pocket Pulse 0-671-04166-5, Aug 2000, $5.99, 181pp, pb) [Charmed] Young-adult novelization, the fifth based on the TV show about three sisters who are witches. Copyrighted by Spelling Television.
* _Witch Hunt (Pinnacle 0-7860-1247-1, Sep 2000, $3.99, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Zebra/Z-Fave 1995) time-travel horror novel, originally published as young-adult. This is the first Pinnacle edition, but indicates second printing.
STEELE, ALLEN (Mulherrin, Jr.) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Clarke County, Space (Ace 0-441-11044-4, Jun 2000, $5.99, 231pp, pb, cover by Syd Dutton) Reissue (Ace 1990) SF novel. Second printing.
* *Oceanspace (Ace 0-441-00685-X, Feb 2000, $21.95, 375pp, hc, cover by Danilo Ducak) SF novel of a self-sufficient undersea research station.
* _Oceanspace (SFBC #06574, Apr 2000, $14.98, 375pp, hc, cover by Danilo Ducak) Reprint Ace 2000) SF novel of an undersea research station. This is similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Orbital Decay (Ace 0-441-49851-5, Apr 2000, $5.99, 324pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) Reissue (Ace 1989) SF novel. Third printing.
STEELE, JOHN H.; see pseudonym Gherbod Fleming (stories) (chron.)
STEIBER, ELLEN (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The X-Files: Grotesque (HarperEntertainment 0-06-447179-9, Aug ’99, $4.50, 136pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novellazation, #12 in the sequence. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film. This is dated 1999, but not seen until now.
* *The X-Files: Haunted (HarperEntertainment 0-06-106618-4, Oct 2000, $4.50, 136pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novellazation, #15 in the sequence. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
* _X-Files: Haunted (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648354-2, Dec 2000, £3.99, 128pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Reprint (HarperEntertainment 2000) young-adult novelization of an episode of the TV series. Book 15 in the series. [First U.K. edition]
STEIG, WILLIAM (1907-2003) (chron.)

* *Wizzil (with Quentin Blake) (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-38466-5, Aug 2000, $16.00, 32pp, hc, cover by Quentin Blake) Children’s picture book about a mischievous witch, illustrated by Quentin Blake.
STEINER, BARBARA (Annette) (1934- ) (chron.)

* _The Phantom (Scholastic UK 0-439-01317-8, Oct 2000, £3.99, 198pp, pb) Reissue (Scholastic 1993) young-adult horror novel. A “Point Horror” title.
STEPHENSEN-PAYNE, PHIL(ip Andrew) (1952- ) (chron.)

* *Grant Allen: Hill-Top Philosopher: A Working Bibliography (with Virgil Utter) (Galactic Central Publications 1-871133-52-1, Nov ’99, £5.00, viii+106pp, ph) Primary and secondary bibliography of Allen, issued as an A5-sized booklet. Available from 25a Copgrove Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS8 2SP, and from PO Box 445, Polk City, Iowa 50226-0445, USA. [Allen]
STEPHENSON, NEAL (Town) (1959- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Cryptonomicon (HarperPerennial 0-380-78862-4, May 2000, $16.00, 918pp, tp, cover by Liz Kenyon) Reprint (Avon 1999) Pynchonesque quasi-SF thriller of cryptographers.
* _Cryptonomicon (Arrow 0-09-941067-2, May 2000, £7.99, 918pp, tp) Reprint (Avon 1999) Pynchonesque quasi-SF thriller of cryptographers.
* _Cryptonomicon (Avon 0-380-97346-4, Sep 2000, $27.50, 918pp, hc, cover by Liz Kenyon) Reissue (Avon 1999) quasi-SF thriller of cryptographers. Winner of the Locus Award for Best SF Novel. 11th printing.
* _The Diamond Age (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38096-6, May 2000, $12.95, 455pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1995) Hugo-winning neo-Victorian SF novel.
* _Snow Crash (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38095-8, May 2000, $12.95, 441pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1992) SF novel. This has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.
STERLING, (Michael) BRUCE (1954- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Distraction (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-928-7, Sep 2000, £6.99, 489pp, pb, cover by Trevor Scobie) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1998) humorous near-future SF novel. A Washington spin-doctor faces a powerful opponent in Louisiana while American culture crumbles. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best SF Novel, 1999.
* *Zeitgeist (Bantam Spectra 0-553-10493-4, Nov 2000, $24.95, 293pp, hc, cover by Eric Dinyer) [Leggy Starlitz] Pre-millennial satirical fantasy technothriller featuring Sterling’s shady hustler Leggy Starlitz, as manager for a talentless girl group touring the Muslim Middle East.
STERN, D(avid) A. (chron.)

* *Blair Witch: Book of Shadows (Pocket 0-7434-1153-6, Nov 2000, $13.95, unpaginated, tp) [Blair Witch] Novelization in the form of miscellaneous, supposedly non-fiction research related to events in the second movie. Copyrighted by Artisan Pictures.
* *Blair Witch: The Secret Confession of Rustin Parr (Pocket 0-7434-1153-6, Aug 2000, $11.95, 151pp, tp) [Blair Witch] Novelization based on the same legends as the movie. Copyrighted by Artisan Pictures.

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