The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001

Books, Listed by Author

LEE, J. ARDIAN (chron.)

• * *Son of the Sword (Ace 0-441-00838-0, Jul 2001, $14.00, 324pp, tp, cover by Paul Robinson) [Son of the Sword] Fantasy time-travel novel. An enchanted broadsword carries a contemporary man back to 1713 Scotland.

LEE, MARY SOON (1965- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Winter Shadows and Other Tales (Dark Regions Press 1-888993-23-5, Nov 2001, $11.95, 148pp, tp, cover by A. B. Word) Collection of 20 stories, four original, with an introduction by the author on how she came to be a writer. Order from Dark Regions Press, PO Box 1558, Brentwood CA 94513; [isedmorey1@aol.com]; [http://darkregions.hypermart.net/]. (Contents)

LEE, SHARON (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Partners in Necessity (with Steve Miller) (SFBC #33700, Dec 2000, $14.98, 786pp, hc, cover by Michael Herring) [Liaden] Reprint (Meisha Merlin 2000) omnibus of three SF adventure novels of the “Liaden” universe: Conflict of Honors (1988), Agent of Change (1988), and Carpe Diem (1989). A scene previously edited out of Conflict of Honors has been restored. Introduction by Anne McCaffrey. This has ISBN 0-7394-1141-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Pilot’s Choice (with Steve Miller) (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-02-9, Feb 2001, $20.00, 605pp, tp, cover by Michael Herring) [Liaden] Omnibus of two original SF adventure novels of the “Liaden” universe: Local Custom and Scout’s Progress. There is an afterword by the authors; Anne McCaffrey provides the introduction to Local Custom, and Susan Krinard the introduction to Scout’s Progress. A hardcover edition (-11-8, $40.00) is also available. (Contents)

LEE, STAN(ley R.) [born Stanley Leiber] (1922- ) (chron.)

• * *The Alien Factor (with Stan Timmons) (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-3475-7, Oct 2001, $24.95, 283pp, hc, cover by John Ennis) SF alternate-history novel. Aliens land in Europe during WWII. Copyrighted by ibooks, Stan Lee, and Larry Schultz.

LEE, TANITH; [i.e., Tanith Lee Kaiine] (1947- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Castle of Dark (Hodder Silver 0-340-84373-X, Dec 2001, £4.99, 217pp, tp, cover by Haydn Cornner) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1978) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _East of Midnight (Hodder Silver 0-340-84372-1, Dec 2001, £4.99, 199pp, tp, cover by Haydn Cornner) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1977) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *Queen of the Wolves (Hodder Silver 0-340-74659-9, Jan 2001, £4.99, 178pp, pb) [Claidi Journals] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the “Wolf Tower” (US “The Claidi Journals”) series.
• * _White as Snow (SFBC #33941, Jan 2001, $11.98, 319pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Tor 2000) fairy-tale retelling. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _White as Snow (Tor 0-312-87549-5, Dec 2001, $14.95, 319pp, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Tor 2000) fairy-tale retelling of “Snow White”.
• * +Wolf Star (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-46673-8, Jun 2001, $16.99, 232pp, hc, cover by Victor Lee) [Claidi Journals] Young-adult fantasy, Book II of “The Claidi Journals”. Claidi is kidnapped and taken to a strange castle with changeable rooms. First US edition (Hodder Silver 2000 as Wolf Star Rise).
• * _Wolf Tower (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-230030-6, Oct 2001, $6.99, 223pp, tp, cover by Victor Lee) [Claidi Journals] Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 1998 as The Law of the Wolf Tower) young-adult fantasy, Book I of “The Claidi Journals”.

LE FANU, J(oseph Thomas) SHERIDAN (1814-1873) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Spalatro: Two Italian Tales (Sarob Press 1-902309-14-6, Mar 2001, £19.00, xxxi+60pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Collection of two nearly forgotten novelettes by the master of the Irish ghost story, edited & with an extensive introduction by Miles Stribling. Limited to 250 numbered copies. (Contents) [Not seen]

LE GUIN, URSULA K(roeber) (1929- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Always Coming Home (University of California Press 0-520-22735-2, Mar 2001, $14.95, 525pp, tp, cover by Granville Redmond) Reprint (Harper & Row 1985) SF novel/collection.
• * _The Farthest Shore (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-84534-0, Sep 2001, $6.99, 259pp, pb, cover by Rebecca Guay) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1972) YA fantasy novel, third in the “Earthsea” series.
• * _Jane on Her Own (Orchard 0-531-07180-4, Mar 2001, $3.59, 42pp, tp, cover by S. D. Schindler) [Catwings] Reprint (Orchard US 1999) associational children’s fantasy novel, fourth book of “The Catwings” series. Illustrated by S.D. Schindler.
• * _The Lathe of Heaven (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-951-1, Aug 2001, £6.99, 184pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Scribner’s 1971) classic SF novel. Volume 44 in the “SF Masterworks” series.
• * _The Left Hand of Darkness (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07219-9, Oct 2001, £14.99, 248pp, hc, cover by Tim White) Reprint (Ace 1969) classic SF novel in the “Hainish” cycle. Volume II in the “SF Masterworks” hardcover series. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Award.
• * *The Other Wind (Harcourt 0-15-100684-9, Sep 2001, $25.00, 246pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Earthsea] Fantasy novel in the “Earthsea” series. The sorcerer Alder seeks to prevent the dead from invading Earthsea.
• * *Tales from Earthsea (Harcourt 0-15-100561-3, May 2001, $24.00, 296pp, hc) [Earthsea] Original collection of five stories, two reprints, set in the world of the “Earthsea” novels. Le Guin’s foreword discusses the difficulties of researching an imaginary world, and provides background in “A Description of Earthsea”. (Contents)
• * *Tales from Earthsea & The Other Wind (SFBC #00816, Oct 2001, $14.99, 388pp, hc, cover by Gary Lippincott) [Earthsea] Omnibus of two “Earthsea” books: Tales from Earthsea (2001) and The Other Wind (2001). This SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-2123-9; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * _Tehanu (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-84533-2, Sep 2001, $6.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Rebecca Guay) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1990) Nebula Award-winning YA fantasy novel, fourth in the “Earthsea” series.
• * _The Telling (Ace 0-441-00863-1, Oct 2001, $13.95, 246pp, tp, cover by Victor Stabin) [League of All Worlds] Reprint (Harcourt 2000) SF novel in the “Hainish” cycle. Winner of the Locus Award.
• * _The Telling (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07258-X, Oct 2001, £9.99, 264pp, tp) [League of All Worlds] Reprint (Harcourt 2000) SF novel in the “Hainish” cycle. A hardcover edition (-07257-1, £16.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Tombs of Atuan (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-84536-7, Sep 2001, $6.99, 180pp, pb, cover by Rebecca Guay) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1971) YA fantasy novel, second in the “Earthsea” series.

LEIBER, FRITZ (Reuter, Jr.) (1910-1992) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Big Time (Tor/Orb 0-312-89078-8, Mar 2001, $12.95, 128pp, tp) [Change War] Reprint (Ace 1961) Hugo-winning SF short novel in the “Change War” series.
• * _The Black Gondolier & Other Stories (Midnight House 0-9675157-8-5, Oct 2001, $40.00, 201pp, hc, cover by Allen Koszowski) Collection of 18 stories. Edited by John Pelan & Steve Savile, who provide the introduction and afterword. This is a limited edition of 460; it is dated 2000, but was not seen until now. Order from Midnight House, 4128 Woodland Park Ave. N, Seattle WA 98103; [www.darksidepress.com]. (Contents) [ed: John C. Pelan]
• * *The First Book of Lankhmar (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-327-0, Jun 2001, £6.99, 762pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Fantasy omnibus of the first four “Swords” books: Swords and Deviltry (Ace, 1970); Swords against Death (Ace, 1970); Swords in the Mist (Ace, 1968) and Swords against Wizardry (Ace, 1968). Volume 18 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series. (Contents)
• * _Green Millennium (Olmstead Press 1-58754-109-2, Apr 2001, $14.95, 207pp, tp) Reprint (Abelard 1953) satiric SF novel.
• * *The Second Book of Lankhmar (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07358-6, Dec 2001, £8.99, 694pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Omnibus of the last three books in the “Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser” series: the novel The Swords of Lankhmar (1968) and two collections, Swords and Ice Magic (1977), and The Knight and Knave of Swords (1988). Volume 24 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series. (Contents)
• * _Thieves’ House: Tales of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Vol. 2 (White Wolf 1-56504-877-6, Jan 2001, $6.50, 288pp, tp, cover by Mike Mignola) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reprint (White Wolf 1995 as part of Ill Met in Lankhmar) collection of ten stories in the “Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser” series, seven originally collected in Swords Against Death, two originally collected in Swords in the Mist, and one from Bazaar of the Bizarre. (Contents)

LEIGH, STEPHEN (Walter) (1951- ); see pseudonym Matthew Farrell (stories) (chron.)

• * *Isaac Asimov’s Robots and Aliens 1 (with Cordell Scotten) (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-3474-9, Sep 2001, $14.00, 442pp, tp, cover by Paul Rivoche) Omnibus of two novelizations in the series based on a concept by Asimov: Isaac Asimov’s Robot City: Robots and Aliens Book 1: The Changeling (Ace 1989) by Leigh and Isaac Asimov’s Robot City: Robots and Aliens Book 2: Renegade (1989) by Scotten. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)

LEITH, VALERY; pseudonym of Tricia Sullivan, (1968- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Riddled Night (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57902-9, Jun 2001, $6.50, 721pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Everien] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2000) fantasy novel, the second book of “Everien”. Leith is a pen name for Tricia Sullivan.
• * _The Riddled Night (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-324-6, Nov 2001, £6.99, 516pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Everien] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2000) fantasy novel, the second book of the “Everien” trilogy. Leith is a pseudonym of Tricia Sullivan.
• * *The Way of the Rose (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37940-2, Sep 2001, $13.95, 415pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) [Everien] Fantasy novel, the third and final book of “Everien”. Despite the timeserpents’ damage that divides the land, Istar and others come together to put Everien back together again. Leith is a pen name for Tricia Sullivan.
• * _The Way of the Rose (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-549-4, Nov 2001, £9.99, 415pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Everien] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2001) fantasy novel, third in the “Everien” trilogy. A hardcover edition (0-575-07225-3, £16.99) was announced but not seen. Leith is a pseudonym of Tricia Sullivan. [First U.K. edition]

LEM, STANISLAW (1921-2006) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Memoirs of a Space Traveler (Northwestern University Press 0-8101-1732-0, 2000, $15.95, 153pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1982) collection of stories, the “Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy”. Translated by Joel Stern and Maria Swiecicka-Ziemianek. Originally published in Polish in 1971 as part of Dzienniki gwiazdowe (The Star Diaries). Northwestern University Press, 625 Colfax Street, Evanston IL 60208-4210; orders 800-621-2736.

LEMING, RON L. (1950- ) (chron.)

• * _The Gutbucket Quest (with Piers Anthony) See entry under Piers Anthony.

L’ÉPINE, ERNEST (Louis Victor Jules) (1826-1893) (chron.)

• * _The Days of Chivalry, or, The Legend of Croquemitaine (Rock, James A., & Company 0-918736-42-0, 2001, $18.95, 259pp, tp) Reprint (Cassell, Petter and Galpin 1863) retelling of a knightly tale with fantasy elements of Charlemagne and his 12 knights, “freely translated” by Tom Hood from the 1863 French of L’Épine. This has the text and Gustave Doré illustrations from the original English edition. This is a print-on-demand edition, available from James A. Rock & Company, 113 North Washington St., Box 347, Rockville MD 20850; [www.rockpublishing.com].

LEPPEK, CHRISTOPHER (1954- ) (chron.)

• * *Chaosicon (with Emanuel Isler) (Write Way 1-885173-78-4, Jun 2001, $24.95, 358pp, hc) Supernatural mystery of a small Kansas town struck by chaos. Order from Write Way Publishing, PO Box 441278, Aurora CO 80044; [www.writewaypub.com].

LERNER, JONATHAN (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * +Caught in a Still Place (Xlibris 0-7388-5498-0, 2000, $16.00, 89pp, tp) Post-holocaust novella. Survivors cope in remote coastal Florida after civilization falls apart. A first novel. First US edition (Serpent’s Tail 1989). This is dated 2000, but not seen until now. A print-on-demand book available online at [www.xlibris.com], or at 1-888-7-XLIBRIS.

LERNER, LISA (chron.)

• * *Just Like Beauty (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-18062-8, Jan 2002, $24.00, 279pp, hc) Satirical dystopian SF novel. A teen prepares for the annual Feminine Woman of Conscience Pageant despite disruptions including mutant grasshoppers. A first novel.

LESSING, DORIS (May, née Taylor) (1919- ) (chron.)

• * _Ben, In the World (HarperPerennial 0-06-093465-4, Aug 2001, $13.00, 178pp, tp, cover by Andrzej Dudzinski) [Fifth Child] Reprint (HarperFlamingo UK 2000) SF novel, sequel to The Fifth Child.

LESTER, SEELEG (chron.)

• * *Cobb’s Choice (Denlinger’s Publishers 0-87714-203-3, Mar 2001, $17.95, 292pp, tp, cover by Brad White & Sharon White) SF suspense novel. An artist enters a parallel world where he’s a criminal attorney with a deadly enemy. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.thebookden.com] or from Denlinger’s Publishers, PO Box 1030, Edgewater FL 32132.

LETHEM, JONATHAN (Allen) (1964- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Kafka Americana (with Carter Scholz) (Norton 0-393-32253-X, Aug 2001, $11.00, 100pp, tp) Reprint (Subterranean Press 1999) collection of five stories, one by the authors writing together, and two each written separately.
• * *This Shape We’re In (McSweeney’s Books 0-9703355-2-0, Apr 2001, $9.00, 55pp, hc, cover by Chester Brown) Surreal novelette of people who live in a “shape” of a horse, with locations named after the body parts they’re in.

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• * *Vintage Book of Amnesia (Random House/Vintage 0-375-70012-9, Oct 2000, $14.00, 414pp, tp) Anthology of 30 stories and one article (an Oliver Sacks case study) about amnesia. Authors include Philip K. Dick, Thomas M. Disch, Shirley Jackson, and Jorge Luis Borges. Lethem’s introduction discusses amnesia as a “modern mood” and genre, and provides “An Incomplete Annotated Bibliography of Amnesia Fiction”. (Contents)

LEVINE, GAIL CARSON (chron.)

• * *The Two Princesses of Bamarre (HarperCollins 0-06-029315-2, Apr 2001, $15.95, 241pp, hc, cover by Eric Bowman) Young-adult fantasy novel. The timid princess must save the kingdom and her bold sister.
• * _The Wish (HarperTrophy 0-06-447361-9, Sep 2001, $5.95, 197pp, tp, cover by Michael Koelsch) Reprint (HarperCollins 2000) young-adult contemporary fantasy novel.

LEVINSON, [Dr.] PAUL (1947- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Borrowed Tides (Tor 0-312-84869-2, Mar 2001, $22.95, 238pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Near-future SF novel about the launch of the first interstellar spaceship.
• * _Borrowed Tides (SFBC #36767, May 2001, $11.50, 238pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Reprint (Tor 2001) near-future SF novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Borrowed Tides (Tor 0-812-56151-1, Jan 2002, $6.99, 257pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Reprint (Tor 2001) near-future SF novel about the launch of the first interstellar spaceship.

LEVY, ROGER (chron.)

• * _Reckless Sleep (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-890-6, Jun 2001, £6.99, 426pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Reckless Sleep] Reprint (Gollancz 2000) SF novel. In a collapsing Britain of the far future, the population is entertained by increasingly perfect virtual realities, tested by the Far Warriors.

LEWIS, C(live) S(taples) (1898-1963) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Chronicles of Narnia (HarperCollins 0-06-623850-1, Oct 2001, $19.95, 767pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (HarperCollins 1998 as The Complete Chronicles of Narnia) omnibus of all seven “Narnia” books, with b&w illustrations by Pauline Baynes.
• * _The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew (Collins 0-00-712608-5, Oct 2001, £16.99, 221pp, hc, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1955 as The Magician’s Nephew) young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by Pauline Baynes. A large-format deluxe edition. Volume one in the “Narnia” series.
• * _The Complete Chronicles of Narnia (Collins 0-00-710024-8, Oct 2000, £29.99, 524pp, hc) [Narnia] Reprint (Collins 1998) young-adult fantasy omnibus of the seven “Narnia” novels. Introduction by Douglas Gresham. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.
• * _The Complete Chronicles of Narnia (Collins 0-00-710024-8, Oct 2001, £29.99, 524pp, hc, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reissue (Collins 1998) young-adult omnibus of the seven “Narnia” novels. Hand-coloured illustrations by Pauline Baines. Includes the Douglas Gresham introduction of the Collins 2000 edition. Second printing.
• * _The Horse and His Boy (Collins 0-00-671678-4, Oct 2001, £5.99, 237pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1954) young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Volume three in the “Narnia” series. Second printing.
• * _The Last Battle (Collins 0-00-671682-2, Oct 2001, £5.99, 222pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reissue (The Bodley Head 1956) young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Volume seven in the “Narnia” series. Second printing.
• * _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Collins 0-00-710031-0, Oct 2000, £16.99, 175pp, hc, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1950) young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by Pauline Baynes. A large-format Deluxe edition celebrating the 50th Anniversary. Volume two in the “Narnia” series. Published in 2000, but not seen until now.
• * _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Collins 0-00-671677-6, Oct 2001, £5.99, 197pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1950) young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Volume two in the “Narnia” series. Second printing.
• * _The Magician’s Nephew (HarperCollins 0-06-623826-9, Oct 2001, $24.95, 221pp, hc, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reprint (Bodley Head 1955) young-adult fantasy novel, book one in the “Narnia” series. This deluxe edition has the color illustrations by Pauline Baynes from the HarperCollins UK 1991 special deluxe edition.
• * _The Magician’s Nephew (Collins 0-00-671683-0, Oct 2001, £5.99, 208pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reissue (The Bodley Head 1955) young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Volume one in the “Narnia” series. Second printing.
• * _The Magician’s Nephew/Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe/The Horse and his Boy (Collins 0-00-710994-6, Feb 2001, £8.99, 666pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reprint (Collins 1996 as Three Books from the Chronicles of Narnia) young-adult fantasy omnibus of volumes 1, 2, 3 in the “Narnia” series.
• * *Out of the Silent Planet/Perelandra (HarperCollins/Voyager Classics 0-00-711793-0, Oct 2001, £7.99, vi+400pp, tp) [Cosmic] SF/mystical omnibus of the first two “Perelandra” novels: Out of the Silent Planet (John Lane, 1938); and Perelandra (Voyage to Venus) (John Lane, 1943). “Voyager Classics” Number 14. (Contents)