The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001

Books, Listed by Author

NAGATA, LINDA (née Webb) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Limit of Vision (SFBC #36250, May 2001, $12.50, 349pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) Reprint (Tor 2001) near-future SF novel of out-of-control biotechnology. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Vast (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-745-4, Feb 2001, £6.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Deception Well] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1998) SF novel. Survivors of an ancient alien war travel on a giant spaceship to find their enemies’ homeworld. Sequel to Deception Well.

NAPOLI, DONNA JO (chron.)

• * _Crazy Jack (Random House/Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22788-7, Aug 2001, $5.50, 134pp, pb, cover by Mary GrandPré) Reprint (Delacorte 1999) young-adult fantasy, a retelling of “Jack and the Beanstalk”.
• * _Spinners (with Richard Tchen) (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-131110-X, Feb 2001, $5.99, 197pp, pb, cover by Donna Diamond) Reprint (Dutton 1999) young-adult fantasy, a dark retelling of “Rumpelstiltskin”.

NASH, MARY (chron.)

• * _Mrs. Coverlet’s Magicians (Hyperion/Volo 0-7868-1518-3, Jun 2001, $1.99, 190pp, tp, cover by August Hall) Reprint (Little, Brown 1961) young-adult fantasy novel. Part of the “Lost Treasures” series of YA reprints.

NAUMAN, A. D. (chron.)

• * *Scorch (Soft Skull Press 1-887128-64-6, Nov 2001, $12.00, 223pp, tp, cover by Paige Imatani) Near-future dystopian SF novel of an America controlled by three huge conglomerates. A first novel.

NAVARRO, YVONNE (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Willow Files, Vol. 2 (Pocket Pulse 0-7434-0043-7, Feb 2001, $5.99, 208pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Willow Files] Collection/novelization of three episodes from the TV show. This includes eight unpaginated pages of color stills. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film. (Contents)

NAYES, ALAN (chron.)

• * *Gargoyles (Tor/Forge 0-765-30010-9, Aug 2001, $24.95, 380pp, hc) SF thriller of genetic engineering. A pre-med student serving as a surrogate mother uncovers a terrifying biomedical experiment.

NAYLOR, PHYLLIS REYNOLDS (1933- ) (chron.)

• * _Jade Green (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-82002-X, Jun 2001, $4.99, 169pp, tp, cover by Mark Elliott) Reprint (Atheneum 2000) young-adult ghost story/gothic novel.

NEASON, REBECCA (chron.)

• * *The Thirteenth Scroll (Warner Aspect 0-446-60953-6, Jun 2001, $6.99, 432pp, pb, cover by Daniel Craig) [Lysandra] Fantasy novel. Blind healer Lysandra goes on a quest to save the rightful heir to the throne.

NEIDERMAN, ANDREW (1940- ); see also V. C. Andrews® (chron.)

• * *Amnesia (Pocket 0-7434-1267-2, Jun 2001, $6.99, 341pp, pb) Horror novel, a twist on the myth of Circe. A man with amnesia has trouble accepting the life everyone insists is his.

NELSCOTT, KRIS; pseudonym of Kristine Kathryn Rusch, (1960- ) (chron.)

• * *A Dangerous Road (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-26264-7, Jul 2000, $24.95, 325pp, hc) [Smokey Dalton] Associational mystery, first in a series. This is dated 2000, but not seen until now. Nelscott is a pen name for Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
• * _A Dangerous Road (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-97643-7, Jun 2001, $6.50, 324pp, pb) [Smokey Dalton] Reprint (Minotaur 2000) associational mystery, first in a series. Nelscott is a pen name for Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
• * *Smoke-Filled Rooms (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-26265-5, Aug 2001, $24.95, 308pp, hc, cover by Joseph Daniel Fiedler) [Smokey Dalton] Associational mystery, second in a series. Nelscott is a pen name for Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

NESBIT, E(dith) (1858-1924) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Book of Dragons (North-South/SeaStar 1-58717-106-6, Sep 2001, $9.95, 177pp, tp, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) Reprint (Harper 1899 as The Complete Book of Dragons) young adult collection of eight stories. Illustrated by H.R. Millar. A hardcover edition (-105-8, $14.95) was announced but not seen. There is an afterword by Peter Glassman
• * _Wet Magic (North-South/SeaStar 1-58717-055-8, Apr 2001, $9.95, 181pp, tp, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) Reprint (Macmillan 1913) YA fantasy novel. Illustrated by H.R. Millar. Afterword by Peter Glassman. A hardcover edition (-054-X, $14.95) was announced but not seen.

NEWMAN, KIM (James) (1959- ); see pseudonym Jack Yeovil (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Doctor Who Novellas: Time and Relative (Telos 1-903889-02-2, Nov 2001, £10.00, 119pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Novelization in diary form, based on the TV series, and set before the first episode. Foreword and afterword by Justin Richards. The signed, limited deluxe edition will have a frontispiece by Bryan Talbot. Available from 61 Elgar Avenue, Tolworth, Surrey KT5 9JP.
• * _Dracula Cha Cha Cha: Anno Dracula 1959 (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-671-02209-1, May 2001, £6.99, 288pp, tp) [Dracula] Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1998 as Judgment of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959) alternate-history vampire novel. Third in Newman’s series after Anno Dracula and The Bloody Red Baron.

NEWMAN, ROBERT W. (chron.)

• * _Merlin’s Mistake (Hyperion/Volo 0-7868-1545-0, Jun 2001, $1.99, 348pp, tp, cover by Greg Newbold) Reprint (Atheneum 1970) young-adult fantasy novel.

NICHOLLS, STAN (stories) (chron.)

• * _Orcs: First Blood: Warriors of the Tempest (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-562-1, Sep 2001, £6.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Orcs: First Blood] Reprint (Gollancz 2000) fantasy novel, third in the trilogy.

NICHOLS, ADAM (chron.)

• * *The Curer (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-531-1, Mar 2001, £6.99, 440pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Whiteblade Saga] Fantasy novel. Book three in “The Whiteblade Saga”.

NICHOLSON, WILLIAM V. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Slaves of the Mastery (Mammoth 0-7497-4152-X, May 2001, £10.99, ii+340pp, hc, cover by Mark Edwards) [Wind on Fire] Young-adult fantasy novel, volume two in “The Wind on Fire” series. Five years after the events of The Wind Singer, the city of Aramanth is destroyed, and Kestrel Hath and her missing brother must learn the secrets of the Singers.
• * +Slaves of the Mastery (Hyperion 0-7868-0570-6, Sep 2001, $17.99, 434pp, hc, cover by Peter Sis) [Wind on Fire] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the “Wind on Fire” trilogy. The city of Amaranth, freed of the evil Morah, is left too weak to defend itself from attack. Illustrated by Peter Sis. First US edition (Mammoth 2001).
• * _The Wind Singer (Mammoth 0-7497-4471-5, May 2001, £5.99, 341pp, tp, cover by David Scutt) [Wind on Fire] Reprint (Mammoth 2000) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume one of “The Wind on Fire”. A young girl and her twin brother seek the source of the evil that grips the city of Aramanth. Winner of the Smarties Gold Prize Award. The original edition was not seen.

NIELSEN HAYDEN, PATRICK, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Starlight 3 (Tor 0-312-86780-8, Jul 2001, $24.95, 350pp, hc, cover by Edward Miller) Original anthology of 16 stories by authors including Stephen Baxter, Terry Bisson, and Maureen F. McHugh. (Contents)

NILES, DOUGLAS (Allen) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *DragonLance: The Messenger (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1571-4, Feb 2001, $6.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Gerald Brom) [DragonLance: Icewall] Novelization based on the role-playing game, first volume in the “Icewall” trilogy. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * *World Fall (Ace 0-441-00855-0, Sep 2001, $14.95, 359pp, tp, cover by Jean Targete) [Seven Circles] Fantasy novel, book two of the “Seven Circles” trilogy. Druid priestess Miradel returns to her circle changed after being forced to live as a human.

NISSENSON, HUGH (1933- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Song of the Earth (Workman/Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1-56512-298-4, May 2001, $24.95, 244pp, hc, cover by Hugh Nissenson) Near-future SF novel, a portrait of an artist as a young man — genetically engineered to be an old-fashioned “manual” artist. This includes 13 unpaginated pages of full-color reproductions of the author’s own artwork.

NIVEN, LARRY; [i.e., Laurence van Cott Niven] (1938- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Burning City (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-84149-028-8, Jan 2001, £7.99, vi+678pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Mana; Burning City] Reprint (Pocket 2000) fantasy novel. First in a new series.
• * _The Burning City (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (Pocket 0-671-03661-0, Jun 2001, $6.99, 613pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Mana; Burning City] Reprint (Pocket 2000) pre-historic Los Angeles fantasy, first in a duology.
• * _Ringworld (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07339-X, Oct 2001, £14.99, 288pp, hc, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Ringworld] Reprint (Ballantine 1970) classic world-creation novel. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Award. Volume VIII in the “SF Masterworks” hardcover series.
• * _Saturn’s Race (with Steven Barnes) (Tor 0-812-58010-9, Jun 2001, $7.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Tor 2000) Near-future SF novel of a “perfect” society with a dark secret.

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• * *Man-Kzin Wars IX (Baen 0-671-31838-1, Jan 2002, $22.00, 339pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Man-Kzin Wars] Original anthology set in Larry Niven’s Known Space universe. This has stories by Poul Anderson, Hal Colebatch, Paul Chafe, and Larry Niven. (Contents)

NIX, GARTH (1963- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Lirael, Daughter of the Clayr (HarperCollins 0-06-027823-4, Apr 2001, $16.95, 487pp, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) [Abhorsen] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Sabriel. Sabriel’s son Prince Sameth, unable to fight necromancers like his mother, teams up with Lirael, who lacks her people’s ability to see the future, but has useful talents of her own. First US edition (Allen & Unwin Australia 2001).
• * *The Seventh Tower: Above the Veil (Scholastic LucasBooks 0-439-17685-9, Apr 2001, $4.99, 248pp, tp, cover by Steve Rawlings) [Seventh Tower] Young-adult novel, fourth in a series of six. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * *The Seventh Tower: Into Battle (Scholastic LucasBooks 0-439-17686-7, Aug 2001, $4.99, 201pp, tp, cover by Steve Rawlings) [Seventh Tower] Young-adult fantasy novel, fifth in a series of six. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * *The Seventh Tower: The Violet Keystone (Scholastic LucasBooks 0-439-17687-5, Nov 2001, $4.99, 233pp, tp, cover by Steve Rawlings) [Seventh Tower] Young-adult fantasy novel, sixth in a series of six. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.

NOLAN, WILLIAM F(rancis) (1928- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dark Universe (Stealth Press 1-58881-035-6, Oct 2001, $29.95, 470pp, hc, cover by Marc Raddle) Collection of 41 stories, chosen by Nolan as his best work from 1951-2001, arranged in the order written. Introduction by Christopher Conlon; preface and individual story introductions by Nolan. Available online at [www.stealthpress.com], or from Stealth Press, 336 College Ave., Lancaster PA 17603. (Contents)

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• * _California Sorcery (with William K. Schafer) (Ace 0-441-00808-9, Feb 2001, $5.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) Reprint (CD Publications 1999) original anthology of 12 stories, three reprints. Authors include Richard Matheson, Charles Beaumont, and Ray Bradbury. There are introductions by Christopher Conlon and William F. Nolan.

NOON, JEFF (1957- ) (chron.)

• * _Needle in the Groove (Transworld/Black Swan 0-552-99919-9, May 2001, £6.99, 287pp, tp) Reprint (Anchor UK 2000) avant-(re)gard mainstream novel set across the pop music culture from the 50s to now.

NORTELL, BRUCE (chron.)

• * *The Third Chair (Lendtroninc 0-9674812-1-X, Mar 2001, $24.95, 396pp, tp) Science fiction and fantasy novel combining visits to Middle Earth and outer space. Available from Lendtroninc, 1220 Market Building, Wilmington DE 19801, or online from [www.bookch.com].

NORTON, ALICE MARY; see under Norton, Andre (stories) (chron.)

NORTON, ANDRE; [born Alice Mary Norton] (1912-2005); formerly Alice Mary Norton (stories) (chron.)

• * _Black Trillium (with Marion Zimmer Bradley & Julian May) See entry under Marion Zimmer Bradley.
• * *The Gates to Witch World (Tor 0-765-30050-8, Dec 2001, $27.95, 461pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Witch World] Omnibus of the first three “Witch World” novels: Witch World (1963), Web of the Witch World (1964), and Year of the Unicorn (1965). Introduction by C.J. Cherryh. (Contents)
• * *Knight or Knave (with Sasha Miller) (Tor 0-312-87337-9, Jun 2001, $23.95, 318pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan] Fantasy novel. Second in the “Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan” after To the King a Daughter.
• * _Knight or Knave (with Sasha Miller) (SFBC #37197, Jun 2001, $12.98, 318pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan] Reprint (Tor 2001) fantasy novel. Second in the “Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan” after To the King a Daughter. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Leopard in Exile (with Rosemary Edghill) (Tor 0-312-86428-0, Apr 2001, $24.95, 347pp, hc) [Shadow of Albion] Fantasy historical adventure novel, sequel to Shadow of Albion.
• * _Leopard in Exile (with Rosemary Edghill) (SFBC #36476, May 2001, $12.50, 347pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) [Shadow of Albion] Reprint (Tor 2001) fantasy historical adventure novel, sequel to Shadow of Albion. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Star Soldiers (Baen 0-671-31827-6, Aug 2001, $18.00, 434pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) SF omnibus of two SF novels, Star Guard (1955) and Star Rangers (1953). (Contents)
• * _Time Traders (SFBC #34453, Jan 2001, $11.98, 370pp, hc, cover by Carol Russo) [Time Traders] Reprint (Baen 2000) SF omnibus of the first two novels in the “Time Traders” or “Ross Murdock” series: The Time Traders (1958) and Galatic Derelict (1959). This is similar to the Baen edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Time Traders (Baen 0-671-31829-2, Aug 2001, $6.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Carol Russo) [Time Traders] Reprint (Baen 2000) SF omnibus of the first two novels in the “Time Traders” or “Ross Murdock” series: The Time Traders (1958) and Galactic Derelict (1959).
• * *Time Traders II: The Defiant Agents/Key Out of Time (Baen 0-671-31968-X, Feb 2001, $19.00, 370pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Time Traders] SF omnibus of Norton’s last two solo novels in the “Time Traders” or “Ross Murdock” series: The Defiant Agents (1962) and Key Out of Time (1963). (Contents)
• * _Time Traders II: The Defiant Agents/Key Out of Time (SFBC #37707, Jul 2001, $10.98, 370pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Time Traders] Reprint (Baen 2001) SF omnibus of Norton’s last two solo novels in the “Time Traders” or “Ross Murdock” series: The Defiant Agents (1962) and Key Out of Time (1963). This is similar to the Baen edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _To the King a Daughter (with Sasha Miller) (Tor 0-812-57757-4, Jun 2001, $6.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan] Reprint (Tor 2000) fantasy novel, volume one of “The Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan”.

NORTON, MARY (1903-1992) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Bedknobs and Broomsticks (Orion/Dolphin 1-84255-072-1, Sep 2001, £4.99, 190pp, tp) Reissue (J.M. Dent 1957 as Bedknob and Broomstick) young-adult fantasy omnibus of The Magick Bed-knob (Hyperion Press 1945) and Bonfires and Broomsticks (J.M. Dent 1947). (Contents)

NOVAK, KAREN (1958- ) (chron.)

• * _Five Mile House (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-159-1, Oct 2001, $14.95, 228pp, tp, cover by Henry Meynell Rheam) Reprint (Bloomsbury USA 2000, not seen) contemporary ghost story. An ex-police detective moves into a haunted house and runs into Wiccans seeking an ancient magical text.

NYE, JODY LYNN (1957- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Advanced Mythology (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-47-9, Sep 2001, $16.00, 395pp, tp, cover by Don Maitz) [Mythology] Fantasy novel, the fourth in the “Mythology” series. Keith Doyle and the Little Folk face mysterious forces and an industrial spy. A hardcover edition (-46-0, $30.00) was announced but not seen. Order online at [www.meishamerlin.com], or from Meisha Merlin, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031.
• * _License Invoked (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.

NYLUND, ERIC S. (1964- ) (chron.)

• * *Halo: The Fall of Reach (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45132-5, Nov 2001, $6.99, 340pp, pb) Novelization based on the computer game. Copyrighted by Microsoft.

NYSTUL, BRYAN (chron.)

• * *BattleTech: Test of Vengeance (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45836-2, Jun 2001, $5.99, 269pp, pb) [Battletech] Novelization, #51 in the series based on the role-playing games. A first novel.

OATES, JOYCE CAROL (1938- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Beasts (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0896-4, Jan 2002, $15.95, 138pp, hc, cover by Henry Fuseli) Associational non-supernatural gothic horror novella. A college student in the 1970s gets involved with a charismatic professor with a sculptress wife.
• * *Faithless: Tales of Transgression (HarperCollins/Ecco Press 0-06-018525-2, Mar 2001, $27.00, 386pp, hc) Associational collection of 21 crime and non-supernatural horror stories, one original. (Contents)

O’BARR, JAMES, ed. (chron.)

• * _The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams (with Edward E. Kramer) (Donald M. Grant 1-880418-45-2, Mar 2001, $225.00, 526pp, hc) [Crow] Reprint (Del Rey 1998) original anthology of 20 stories and 10 poems inspired by the comic book and movies. This adds a Harlan Ellison story to the contents of the Del Rey trade paperback edition, which had dropped the Andrew Vachss story from the hardcover, and added one story by Ed Bryant; there are 19 full-page color illustrations previously printed only in black-and-white. This is a signed (by 39 artists and authors), slipcased, limited edition of 1,500. Donald M. Grant, PO Box 187, Hampton Falls NH 03844; [www.grantbooks.com]; add $7.00 shipping.