The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2000


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Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing Stephen King (Book-of-the-Month Club 0-965-00643-9, 2000, no price, xxvi+431pp, hc, cover by Tony Vevers) Collection of King fiction and non-fiction, some previously uncollected.


Results of a Preliminary Investigation of Electrochemical Properties of Some Organic Matrices David C. Kopaska-Merkel (Eraserhead Press, 2000, $2.25, 20pp, ph)


The 2000 Rhysling Anthology ed. David C. Kopaska-Merkel (Science Fiction Poetry Assiciation, Apr 2000, no price, 56pp, ph) Anthology of 23 poems. Subtitled “The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Poetry of 1999”, this serves as the ballot for the SFPA’s Rhysling Awards. For information write M.B. Simon, SFPA President, 1412 NE 35th St, Ocala FL 34479.


Dark Matters Terry Lamsley (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-002-6, Mar 2000, C$56.00, xi+245pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Collection of ghost and horror stories, by the World Fantasy Award winning writer. “Evening with Harrod” is new to this book. This is a limited edition of 600 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $41.50 and in the UK for £26.00.


After Shocks: An Anthology of So-Cal Horror ed. Jeremy Lassen (Night Shade Books 0-9700097-0-4, 2000, $21.00, 221pp, hc) Original horror/magic realism anthology with all stories set in California.


Midnight Man Stephen Laws (Silver Salamander Press, 2000, $35.00, 263pp, hc, cover by Fredrik King) Horror collection. Limited to 300 signed copies. Also available in a signed and numbered leatherbound edition of 50 copies for $65.00, and in a trade paperback edition of 500 copies for $15.00.


Bad News ed. Richard Layman (CD Publications 1-881475-95-6, May 2000, $100.00, 340pp, hc) Slipcased Limited Edition of 500 signed copies.


Dreams of a Diseased Mind Steve Lines (BJM Press, 2000, £3.50, 68pp, tp) Collection of 25 Cthulhu Mythos sonnets by the fictional poet Haydon Atwood Prescott. Details taken from Steve Lines’ website (which also includes the text of the poems). [Not seen]


Naughty Kids ed. Angela D. Manning (Italy: ELI 88-8148-468-4, 2000, 116pp, tp) Textbook anthology of four stories.


Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Weird Fiction Magazine Index (1890-1999) Stephen T. Miller & William G. Contento (Locus Press, Apr 2000, $49.95, 2,752pp, CD-ROM) Non-fiction, reference. An index to magazines published from 1890 through 1999. Includes listings by author, title, cover artist, and issue.


Technology in American Literature ed. Kathleen N. Monahan & James S. Nolan (University Press of America 0-7618-1709-3, 2000, hc)


The Monster Maker and Other Stories W. C. Morrow (Seattle: Midnight House, 2000, $40.00, hc, cover by Allen Koszowski) Complete supernatural stories of this lesser known contemporary of Ambrose Bierce, edited with an introduction by S.T. Joshi and Stefan Dziemianowicz.


In the Dark E. Nesbit (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-005-0, Jun 2000, C$56.00, xv+223pp, hc, cover by Richard Lamb) Collection of ghost and horror fiction, edited by Hugh Lamb, adding a further seven stories to the previous collection of the same title (Equation Chillers, 1988). This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $41.50 and in the UK for £26.00.


Nemeton / A Fables Anthology ed. Megan Powell (Silver Lake Publishing, Oct 2000, vi+211pp, tp, cover by Megan Powell)


The Song of the Book Christopher Priest (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, Nov 2000, no price, 17pp, ph, cover by David A. Hardy) Original short article, with foreword and afterword by Rog Peyton, issued in a limited edition of 300 numbered copies, to coincide with Priest’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 30.


The Horror on the Stair and Other Weird Tales Arthur Quiller-Couch (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-90-7, Feb 2000, C$58.00, xiii+263pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe) Collection of the finest of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch’s weird tales, edited by S.T. Joshi. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $42.50 and in the UK for £26.50.


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