The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001

Books, Listed by Author

ABBEY, LYNN; [i.e., Marilyn Lorraine Abbey] (1948- ) (chron.)

• * *Behind Time (Ace 0-441-00831-3, Jul 2001, $6.50, 296pp, pb, cover by Phil Howe) [Emma Merrigan] Contemporary fantasy novel, sequel to Out of Time. Emma Merrigan seeks a way to free her mother from a magical coma.

ABBEY, MARILYN LORRAINE; see under Abbey, Lynn (chron.)

ABNETT, DAN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts: Honour Guard (Black Library 1-84154-151-6, Aug 2001, £5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Martin McKenna) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] Novelization based on the SF role-playing game. Fourth in the “Gaunt’s Ghosts” series.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Honour Guard (Games Workshop/Black Library 0-7434-1167-6, Aug 2001, $6.95, 312pp, tp, cover by Martin McKenna) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] Novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game, fourth in the “Gaunt’s Ghosts” series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. Simultaneous with the UK edition (Black Library UK 2001).
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Malleus (Black Library 1-84154-204-0, Dec 2001, £5.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer 40,000: Eisenhorn] SF future-war novelization set in the world of the roleplaying game. Second in the “Eisenhorn” trilogy after Xenos.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Malleus (Games Workshop/Black Library 0-7434-1176-5, Dec 2001, $6.95, 318pp, tp, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer 40,000: Eisenhorn] Novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game world. Book two in the “Eisenhorn” trilogy. Copyrighted by Games Workshop Ltd. Simultaneous with the UK edition (Black Library UK).
• * +Warhammer 40,000: Necropolis (Games Workshop/Black Library 0-7434-1159-5, Dec 2000, $6.95, 301pp, tp, cover by Martin Hanford) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] Far-future novelization based on the role-playing game world, third in the “Gaunt’s Ghosts” series. This is dated 2000, but not seen until now. Copyrighted by Games Workshop Ltd. First US edition (Black Library UK 2000, not seen).
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Xenos (Black Library 1-84154-146-X, May 2001, £5.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer 40,000: Eisenhorn] SF novelization based on the world of the role-playing game. First in the “Eisenhorn” trilogy.
• * +Warhammer 40,000: Xenos (Games Workshop/Black Library 0-7434-1169-2, Jun 2001, $6.95, 314pp, tp, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer 40,000: Eisenhorn] Novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game world. Book one in the “Eisenhorn” trilogy. Copyrighted by Games Workshop Ltd. First US edition (Black Library UK 2001).
• * *Warhammer: Gilead’s Blood (with Nik Vincent) (Black Library 1-84154-140-0, Mar 2001, £5.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Paul Dainton) [Warhammer] Fantasy novelization based on the roleplaying game, featuring “Gilead Lothain”.
• * +Warhammer: Gilead’s Blood (with Nik Vincent) (Games Workshop/Black Library 0-7434-1163-3, Apr 2001, $6.95, 264pp, tp, cover by Paul Dainton) [Warhammer] Novelization based on the fantasy role-playing game world. Copyrighted by Games Workshop Ltd. First US edition (Black Library UK 2001).

ACHILLÉOS, CHRIS(tos) (1947- ) (chron.)

• * +Sirens (SFBC 1-903676-01-0, Jan 2001, $17.98, 128pp, hc, cover by Chris Achilleos) Art book with text by Nigel Suckling; introduction by Ray Harryhausen. This is the first US edition (Paper Tiger 1986); it appears to be the 2000 UK edition from Foundry Publications.

ACKERMAN, FORREST J(ames) (1916-2008) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Famous Forry Fotos (Sense of Wonder Press 0-918736-38-2, Nov 2001, $14.95, 117pp, tp) Non-fiction collection of over 70 years of photos featuring Forry and various sites, personalities, and memorabilia. Unfortunately, most of the photos are blurred. The publisher says this has been corrected in copies shipped after October 2002. Sense of Wonder Press, 113 North Washington St., Box 347, Rockville MD 20850; [www.senseofwonderpress.com].

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• * _Ackermanthology: Millennium Edition (Sense of Wonder Press 0-918736-25-0, Sep 2000, $14.95, 302pp, tp, cover by Anton Brzezinski) Reprint (General Publishing Group 1997) anthology of 65 stories, with introduction by John Landis. This “Millennium Edition” is dated 2000, but was not seen until now. Sense of Wonder Press, 113 North Washington St., Box 347, Rockville MD 20850. [www.senseofwonderpress.com].
• * *Rainbow Fantasia: 35 Spectrumatic Tales of Wonder (Sense of Wonder Press 0-918736-36-6, Aug 2001, $23.95, 555pp, tp) Anthology of 35 stories and one poem with colors in their titles. Authors include Robert W. Chambers, Brad Linaweaver, and Ray Cummings. Introduction by Anne Hardin. Sense of Wonder Press, 113 North Washington St., Box 347, Rockville MD 20850; [www.senseofwonderpress.com]. (Contents)

ADAMS, BENJAMIN, ed. (1966- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Children of Cthulhu: Chilling New Tales Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft (with John C. Pelan) See entry under John C. Pelan

ADAMS, RICHARD (George) (1920- ) (chron.)

• * _Watership Down (HarperPerennial 0-06-093545-6, May 2001, $12.00, 479pp, tp) [Watership Down] Reprint (Rex Collings 1972) novel about talking rabbits.

ADDISON, LINDA D. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Consumed, Reduced to Beautiful Grey Ashes (Space & Time 0-917053-13-3, Sep 2001, $7.00, 54pp, tp, cover by Colleen Crary) Original collection of 31 poems, ten reprints. Illustrated by Marge Simon. Introduction by Charlee Jacob. Order from Space & Time, 138 West 70th St (4B), New York NY 10023-4468; add $1.50 postage. (Contents)

ADRIAN, CHRIS (chron.)

• * *Gob’s Grief (Random House/Broadway 0-7679-0281-5, Jan 2001, $24.95, 358pp, hc) Literary historical novel with fantasy/SF elements. When one twin dies at 11 in the Civil War, his brother decides to build a machine that can bring the dead to life.

ADRIAN, JACK, ed.; pseudonym of Christopher Lowder, (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 2001 (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-026-3, Oct 2001, C$51.00, xv+173pp, hc, cover by Rob Suggs) Anthology of weird stories by well-known authors, all but one never before in book form. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $39.00 and in the UK for £24.00. (Contents)
• * _Couching at the Door: Strange and Macabre Tales See entry under D. K. Broster.
• * _Desirable Residences and Other Stories See entry under E. F. Benson.
• * _Mrs. Amworth See entry under E. F. Benson.

AHLBERG, ALLAN (stories) (chron.)

• * *My Brother’s Ghost (Viking 0-670-89290-4, Mar 2001, $9.99, 88pp, hc, cover by Gill Tyler) Young-adult fantasy novelette. A woman recalls her brother’s ghost helping her as a child.

AIKEN, BRADLEY M. (chron.)

• * *Starscape (iUniverse.com/Writers Club 0-595-13548-X, Jan 2001, $11.95, 181pp, tp) SF novel. Rediscovered Neanderthals, settled by humans on another world, return centuries later as invaders. A first novel. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.iuniverse.com], or write iUniverse.com, 620 North 48th St. Suite 201, Lincoln NE 68504-3467.

AIKEN, JOAN (Delano) (1924-2004) (stories) (chron.)

• * _A Necklace of Raindrops and Other Stories (Random House/Knopf 0-375-80584-2, Oct 2001, $15.95, 85pp, hc, cover by Kevin Hawkes) Reprint (Cape 1968) young-adult collection of eight stories, with new illustrations by Kevin Hawkes.
• * *Shadows & Moonshine (Godine, David R. 1-56792-167-1, Nov 2001, $18.95, 173pp, hc, cover by Pamela Johnson) Young-adult collection of 13 stories. Illustrated by Pamela Johnson. (Contents)
• * _The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Red Fox 0-09-941186-5, Apr 2001, £4.99, 192pp, tp, cover by Pat Marriott) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Cape 1962) fantasy novel, first book in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Illustrated by Pat Marriott. A “Red Fox Classic”.

ALDISS, BRIAN W(ilson) (1925- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _AI: Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-094-6, Jul 2001, £5.99, 232pp, pb) Reprint (Orbit 2001 as Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time) SF collection. A film tie-in edition.
• * _The Airs of Earth (House of Stratus 0-7551-0061-1, 2000, £6.99, 230pp, tp) Reprint (Faber & Faber 1963) collection of eight stories. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.houseofstratus.com]; e-mail: [sales@houseofstratus.com]; or from House of Stratus, 24C Old Burlington St., London W1X 1RL UK.
• * _Barefoot in the Head (House of Stratus 0-7551-0066-2, 2000, £6.99, 271pp, tp) Reprint (Faber & Faber 1969) SF novel. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.houseofstratus.com]; e-mail: [sales@houseofstratus.com]; or from House of Stratus, 24C Old Burlington St., London W1X 1RL UK.
• * _Cryptozoic! (House of Stratus 0-7551-0053-0, 2000, £6.99, 211pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1967) SF novel. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.houseofstratus.com]; e-mail: [sales@houseofstratus.com]; or from House of Stratus, 24C Old Burlington St., London W1X 1RL UK.
• * _Frankenstein Unbound (House of Stratus 0-7551-0069-7, 2000, £6.99, 188pp, tp) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Cape 1973) SF novel. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.houseofstratus.com]; e-mail: [sales@houseofstratus.com]; or from House of Stratus, 24C Old Burlington St., London W1X 1RL UK.
• * _Hothouse (House of Stratus 0-7551-0060-3, 2000, £6.99, 269pp, tp) [Gren (Hothouse)] Reprint (Faber & Faber 1962) SF novel. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.houseofstratus.com]; e-mail: [sales@houseofstratus.com]; or from House of Stratus, 24C Old Burlington St., London W1X 1RL UK.
• * _The Malacia Tapestry (House of Stratus 0-7551-0071-9, 2001, £6.99, 338pp, tp) Reprint (Cape 1976) fantasy/SF novel set in a city of changeless change at a timeless time. Copyrighted 1976, 2001. A worldwide edition, available in the US for $11.50. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.houseofstratus.com], or from House of Stratus, 24C Old Burlington St, London W1X 1RL.
• * _The Moment of Eclipse (House of Stratus 0-7551-0079-4, 2000, £6.99, 206pp, tp) Reprint (Faber & Faber 1970) collection of 14 stories. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.houseofstratus.com]; e-mail: [sales@houseofstratus.com]; or from House of Stratus, 24C Old Burlington St., London W1X 1RL UK.
• * _The Primal Urge (House of Stratus 0-7551-0059-X, 2001, £6.99, 221pp, tp, cover by Derek Edwards) Reprint (Ballantine 1961) SF novel of a new technology which allows true sexual attraction to be displayed on the forehead. Copyrighted 1961, 2001. A worldwide edition, available in the US for $11.50. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.houseofstratus.com], or from House of Stratus, 24C Old Burlington St, London W1X 1RL.
• * +Supertoys Last All Summer Long (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-28061-0, Jun 2001, $13.95, xix + 232pp, tp) SF collection of 18 stories, eight reprints. Aldiss’ introduction discusses his experiences with filmmakers Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg. First US edition (Orbit 1/01).
• * *Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-043-1, Jan 2001, £6.99, 232pp, tp) Original SF collection. (Contents)

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• * _Nebula Award Stories 2 (with Harry Harrison) (Stealth Press 1-58881-019-4, Apr 2001, $29.95, 291pp, hc, cover by Frank R. Paul) Reprint (Doubleday 1967) anthology of three 1966 Nebula Award winners and eight runners-up.

ALDRIN, EDWIN E(ugene) “BUZZ”, Jr. (1930- ) (chron.)

• * _The Return (with John Barnes) (Tor 0-812-57060-X, Jul 2001, $7.99, 340pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 2000) SF thriller.

ALEXANDER, LLOYD (Chudley) (1924-2007) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Drackenberg Adventure (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-130471-5, Jul 2001, $5.99, 152pp, tp, cover by Stan Watts) [Vesper Holly] Reprint (Dutton 1988) young-adult Graustarkian/alternate world adventure, the third in the “Vesper Holly” series.
• * *The Gawgon and the Boy (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-46677-0, May 2001, $17.99, 199pp, hc, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) Associational young-adult novel. A recently ill boy who likes to write stories gets tutored by his “gorgon” of an aunt, who feeds his fantasies with fascinating ideas.
• * _The Jedera Adventure (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-131238-6, Jul 2001, $5.99, 152pp, tp, cover by Stan Watts) [Vesper Holly] Reprint (Dutton 1989) young-adult Graustarkian/alternate world adventure, the fourth in the “Vesper Holly” series.
• * *A Lloyd Alexander Collection: The Arkadians, The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen, The Iron Ring (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-46777-7, 2001, $14.98, 272+273+283+xvi, hc) Omnibus of three young-adult fantasy novels: The Arkadians (1995), The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen (1991), and The Iron Ring (1997). (Contents)
• * _Westmark (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-131068-5, Jan 2002, $5.99, 184pp, pb, cover by Michel Bohbot) [Westmark] Reprint (Dutton 1981) young-adult fantasy novel, book one of the “Westmark” trilogy.

ALFONSI, ALICE (M.), ed. (1962- ) (chron.)

• * _Dark Seductions (with John Scognamiglio) (Kensington 0-7582-0047-1, Sep 2001, $12.00, 375pp, tp) Reprint (Zebra 1993) anthology of erotic horror.

ALISON, JANE (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Love-Artist (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-23179-6, Apr 2001, $23.00, 242pp, hc, cover by Sanjay Kothari) Mainstream historical novel with fantasy elements, set in ancient Rome. Ovid finds a young witch who becomes his inspiration for Medea.

ALLEN, JUDY (chron.)

• * *Lord of the Dance (Hodder Silver 0-340-79941-2, Sep 2001, £4.99, 119pp, tp, cover by Mark Preston) Young-adult fantasy novel.

ALLEN, ROGER MacBRIDE (1957- ) (chron.)

• * _The Depths of Time (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57497-3, Jul 2001, $6.50, 476pp, pb, cover by Gregory Bridges) [Chronicles of Solace] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2000) SF novel. The Chronologic Patrol guards timeshaft wormholes to prevent time paradoxes.

ALLSTON, AARON (Dale) (1960- ) (chron.)

• * *Sidhe-Devil (Baen 0-671-31993-0, Jun 2001, $6.99, 500pp, pb, cover by Patrick Turner) [Doc Sidhe] Fantasy novel, sequel to Doc Sidhe, set in an alternate world where an elven “Doc Savage” fights evil in a strangely familiar 1930s New York.

ALMOND, DAVID (chron.)

• * _Counting Stars (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-78480-6, Mar 2001, £4.99, 181pp, tp, cover by Jeff Fisher) Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 2000 as Counting Stars & other stories) collection of 18 mainstream and fantasy stories.
• * _Counting Stars & Other Stories (Hodder Signature 0-340-78480-6, Sep 2001, £4.99, 182pp, tp, cover by Jeff Fisher) Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 2000) collection of 18 mainstream and fantasy stories.
• * *Secret Heart (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-76482-1, Mar 2001, £10.00, 220pp, hc, cover by Darren Hopes) Young-adult novel with fantasy elements.
• * _Skellig (Random House/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22908-1, Sep 2001, $4.99, 182pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Hodder Signature 1998) young-adult fantasy novel, winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Award for Children’s Literature. This “Readers’ Circle Book” includes an unpaginated ten-page readers’ guide.
• * _Skellig (Hodder Signature 0-340-71600-2, Sep 2001, £4.99, 170pp, tp, cover by Darren Hopes) Reprint (Hodder Signature 1998) young-adult fantasy novel.

ALPHIN, ELAINE MARIE (1955- ) (chron.)

• * *Ghost Soldier (Holt, Henry 0-8050-6158-4, Sep 2001, $16.95, 216pp, hc, cover by Bob Crofut) Young-adult ghost novel. A boy is troubled by the ghost of a Civil War soldier.

ALTEN, STEVE (chron.)

• * *Domain (Tor/Forge 0-312-87476-6, Feb 2001, $25.95, 379pp, hc) Near-future science-fantasy thriller. A mental patient uncovers an alien link to the ancient Maya and an upcoming rare Galactic alignment.

AMANO, YOSHITAKA (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Sandman: The Dream Hunters (with Neil Gaiman) See entry under Neil Gaiman.

ANDAHAZI, FEDERICO (chron.)

• * _The Merciful Women (Transworld/Black Swan 0-552-99921-0, May 2001, £6.99, 189pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday UK 2000) dark fantasy novel, translated by Alberto Manguel from the Spanish original (Las Piadosas, 1998).

ANDERSON, DOUGLAS A(llen), ed. (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Scarecrow and Other Stories See entry under G. Ranger Wormser.

ANDERSON, K. J.; see under Anderson, Kevin J. (stories) (chron.)

ANDERSON, KEVIN J(ames) (1962- ); see pseudonym Gabriel Mesta (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Captain Nemo (Pocket 0-7434-4406-X, Jan 2002, $23.00, 357pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Nemo] Fantastic historical, the life story of Jules Verne’s Captain Nemo. The author also writes as Kevin J. Anderson.
• * *Dogged Persistence (Golden Gryphon Press 1-930846-03-7, Jun 2001, $25.95, xiv + 303pp, hc, cover by Dave Dorman) Collection of 18 stories, including works in collaboration with Doug Beason, Brian Herbert, Rebecca Moesta, and Neil Peart. Introduction by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. This is a signed edition. Golden Gryphon Press, 3002 Perkins Road, Urbana IL 61802; [www.goldengryphon.com]. (Contents)
• * _Dune: Fremen Justice (with Brian Herbert) See entry under Brian Herbert.
• * _Dune: House Corrino (with Brian Herbert) See entry under Brian Herbert.
• * _Dune: House Harkonnen (with Brian Herbert) See entry under Brian Herbert.
• * *Fantastic Voyage: Microcosm (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40943-4, May 2001, $6.99, 339pp, pb) SF novel. Scientists are reduced to microscopic size to enter an alien pod. Copyrighted by Fantastic Voyage Associates Company, Inc.
• * _Prelude to Dune II: House Harkonnen (with Brian Herbert) See entry under Brian Herbert.
• * _Prelude to Dune III: House Corrino (with Brian Herbert) See entry under Brian Herbert.

ANDERSON, POUL (William) (1926-2001) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Conan the Rebel (Tor 0-765-30072-9, Oct 2001, $23.95, 223pp, hc, cover by Charles Keegan) [Conan] Reprint (Bantam 1980) novel featuring Robert E. Howard’s barbarian. Copyrighted by Conan Properties.
• * _Genesis (Tor 0-812-58028-1, Feb 2001, $6.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel.
• * *Mother of Kings (Tor 0-312-87448-0, Sep 2001, $27.95, 444pp, hc, cover by Charles Keegan) Historical fantasy blending history and myth in the story of Gunnhild, tenth century Queen of England and Norway.