The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2001

Books, Listed by Author

PRATCHETT, TERRY (David John) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *The Rincewind Trilogy (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07236-9, May 2001, £16.99, 568pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Humorous fantasy omnibus of three “Discworld” books featuring the wizard Rincewind: Sourcery (1988), Eric (1990), and Interesting Times (1994). (Contents)
• * _Sourcery (HarperTorch 0-06-102067-2, Feb 2001, $6.50, 260pp, pb) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1988) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #5.
• * *Tales of Discworld (SFBC #20042, Nov 2000, $14.98, 742pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [Discworld] Omnibus of three novels in the “Discworld” series: Pyramids (1989), Moving Pictures (1990), and Small Gods (1992). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-1391-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *Thief of Time (HarperCollins 0-06-019956-3, May 2001, $24.00, 324pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) [Discworld] Humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #26. Simultaneous with the UK edition.
• * _Thief of Time (SFBC #35465, May 2001, $12.50, 324pp, hc) [Discworld] Reprint (HarperCollins 2001) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #26. This is similar to the HarperCollins edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Thief of Time (Doubleday UK 0-385-60188-3, May 2001, £16.99, 316pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Humorous fantasy novel. Volume 26 in the “Discworld” series. The first fully accurate clock threatens to end the world.
• * _The Truth (HarperTorch 0-380-81819-1, Sep 2001, $6.99, 348pp, pb) [Discworld] Reprint (HarperCollinsDoubleday UK 2000) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #25.
• * _The Truth (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14768-0, Nov 2001, £5.99, 444pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Reprint (HarperCollins; Doubleday UK 2000) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 25 in the “Discworld” series.
• * _Wyrd Sisters (HarperTorch 0-06-102066-4, Feb 2001, $6.50, 265pp, pb) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1988) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #6.

PRATT, (Murray) FLETCHER (1897-1956) (chron.)

• * _The Well of the Unicorn (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07267-9, Nov 2001, £6.99, xii+338pp, tp, cover by Paul Gregory) Reprint (Sloane 1948 as by George U. Fletcher) classic fantasy novel. An “Author’s Note” explains the novel is set after the events in Lord Dunsany’s tale, “King Argimenes and the Unknown Warrior”. Volume 23 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.

PRESTON, DOUGLAS (1956- ) (chron.)

• * _The Ice Limit (with Lincoln Child) (Warner Vision 0-446-61023-2, Jul 2001, $7.99, 493pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) Reprint (Warner 2000) thriller with SF elements.

PREUSS, PAUL (F.) (1942- ) (chron.)

• * _Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime 4 (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-1285-0, Jan 2001, $14.00, 306pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) [Venus Prime] Reprint (Avon 1990 as Arthur C. Clark’s Venus Prime, Volume 4: The Medusa Encounter) SF novel, fourth in a series based on a concept by Clarke, whose afterword to the original is now the introduction. There is a new afterword by Preuss. There are 16 separately paginated pages of blueprints. Packaged and copyrighted 1989, 2001 by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime 5 (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-3472-2, Dec 2001, $14.00, 286pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) [Venus Prime] Reprint (Avon 1990 as Arthur C. Clark’s Venus Prime, Volume 5: The Diamond Moon) SF novel, fifth in a series based on a concept by Clarke, whose afterword to the original is now the introduction. There is a new afterword by Preuss. Packaged and copyrighted 1990, 2001 by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime 6 (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-4470-1, Jan 2002, $14.00, 302pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) [Venus Prime] Reprint (Avon 1991 as Arthur C. Clark’s Venus Prime #6: The Shining Ones) SF novel, sixth in a series based on a concept by Clarke. Packaged and copyrighted 1991, 2001 by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

PRICE, DAVID (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Evil Eye (BJM Press, 2001, 101pp, tp) Details taken from David Price’s website. (Contents)

PRICE, E(dgar) HOFFMANN (Trooper) (1898-1988) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Book of the Dead: Friends of Yesteryear: Fictioneers and Others (Arkham House 0-87054-179-X, Jul 2001, $34.95, xxii + 423pp, hc) Memoir of the pulp fiction era and the Fictioneers, originally written in the late 1970s; there are four additional biographical essays by Price, plus a piece about Price by Monte Linsley, an interview by Gregorio Montejo, and a bibliography by Virgil Utter. Edited and with notes by Peter Ruber. Introduction by Jack Williamson. Includes 24 unpaginated pages of photos. Order from Arkham House, PO Box 546, Sauk City WI 53583; [www.arkhamhouse.com]. (Contents)

PRICE, ROBERT M(cNair), ed. (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Acolytes of Cthulhu (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-47-X, Jun 2001, $32.00, xvi + 390pp, hc, cover by Gahan Wilson) Anthology of 28 Lovecraftian stories, one in a new translation. Price’s lengthy introduction discusses the devotion of Lovecraft fans. Authors include Manly Wade Wellman, Jorge Luis Borges, Randall Garrett, and Neil Gaiman. Illustrated by Gahan Wilson. Order from Fedogan & Bremer, 3721 Minnehaha Ave. S., Minneapolis MN 55406; 612-721-8848. (Contents)

PRICE, SUSAN (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Hauntings (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-62655-0, Jun 2001, £4.99, 173pp, tp) Reissue (Hodder Children’s Books 1995) young-adult collection of ten original fantasy and ghost stories. Seventh printing. A “Signature” title. (Contents)
• * _Nightcomers (Hodder Signature 0-340-65605-0, Oct 2001, £5.99, 154pp, tp, cover by Graham Bence) Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 1997) young-adult collection of nine original ghost stories. Seventh printing.
• * *The Wolf-Sisters (Hodder Silver 0-340-80544-7, Oct 2001, £4.99, 166pp, tp, cover by Sandy Gardner) Historical fantasy novel. A Saxon man becomes involved with three shape-changing sisters.

PRINCE, MAGGIE (chron.)

• * _Pulling the Plug on the Universe (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-270-4, Dec 2000, £4.99, 169pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Memoirs of a Dangerous Alien] Reprint (Orion Children’s Books 1995) young-adult SF novel. Second in a series after Memoirs of a Dangerous Alien.

PRINGLE, DAVID (William), ed. (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Ant-Men of Tibet, and Other Stories (Big Engine 1-903468-02-7, Jul 2001, £7.99, x+255pp, tp, cover by SMS) SF/fantasy anthology of 10 stories from Interzone, including Baxter’s eponymous sequel to The First Men in the Moon. (Contents)
• * _Warhammer 40,000: Deathwing (with Neil Jones) See entry under Neil Jones.

PRITCHETT, BRAD (chron.)

• * *Tongues of Men and Angels (iUniverse.com/Writers Showcase 0-595-14557-4, Feb 2001, $18.95, 376pp, tp) Contemporary fantasy novel with elements of SF, horror, and mystery. Strange beings give humans unusual abilities. A first novel. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.iuniverse.com].

PUGMIRE, WILLIAM “WILUM”; H. (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Tales of Love and Death (Delirium Books 1-929653-15-8, May 2001, $6.50, 72pp, ph, cover by Mark McLaughlin) Chapbook collection of 16 Lovecraftian horror stories, two original. This is a signed, limited edition of 300. Order from Delirium Books, PO Box 338, North Webster IN 46555; e-mail: [deliriumbooks@kconline.com]; website: [www.deliriumbooks.com]; add $1.00 postage. (Contents)

PULLMAN, PHILIP (Nicholas) (1946- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Amber Spyglass (Scholastic Press UK 0-439-99414-4, Sep 2001, £7.99, 550pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Roerich) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 2000 as His Dark Materials III: The Amber Spyglass) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Amber Spyglass (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-99358-X, Sep 2001, £6.99, 350pp, tp, cover by David Scutt & Philip Pullman) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 2000 as His Dark Materials III: The Amber Spyglass) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Firework-Maker’s Daughter (Scholastic Signature 0-439-22420-9, Jun 2001, $4.99, 97pp, tp, cover by S. Saelig Gallagher) Reprint (Transworld 1995) young-adult fantasy novella of a girl determined to get the Fire-Fiend’s secret ingredient to help her father win a contest. Illustrated by S. Saelig Gallagher.
• * _The Golden Compass (Dell Yearling 0-440-41832-1, May 2001, $5.99, 399pp, tp, cover by Eric Rohmann) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1995 as His Dark Materials: Northern Lights) young-adult alternate-world fantasy.
• * _His Dark Materials (Scholastic Press UK 0-439-99434-9, Nov 2001, £25.00, 1016pp, hc, cover by David Scutt) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (SFBC 2000) omnibus of the award-winning trilogy: Northern Lights (1995), The Subtle Knife (1997), and The Amber Spyglass (2000). [First U.K. edition]
• * _His Dark Materials 1: The Golden Compass (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41335-0, Aug 2001, $6.99, 351pp, pb) [His Dark Materials] Reissue (Scholastic UK 1995 as His Dark Materials: Northern Lights) young-adult alternate-world fantasy. 16th printing.
• * _His Dark Materials 1: The Golden Compass (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41335-0, Oct 2001, $6.99, 351pp, pb, cover by Steven Rawlings) [His Dark Materials] Reissue (Scholastic UK 1995 as His Dark Materials: Northern Lights) young-adult alternate-world fantasy. 17th printing.
• * _His Dark Materials 2: The Subtle Knife (Dell Yearling 0-440-41833-X, May 2001, $5.99, 326pp, tp, cover by Eric Rohmann) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 1997) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to the award-winning The Golden Compass.
• * _His Dark Materials 2: The Subtle Knife (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41336-9, Aug 2001, $6.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) [His Dark Materials] Reissue (Knopf 1997) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to the award-winning The Golden Compass. Ninth printing.
• * _His Dark Materials 2: The Subtle Knife (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41336-9, Oct 2001, $6.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Steven Rawlings) [His Dark Materials] Reissue (Knopf 1997) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to the award-winning The Golden Compass. 11th printing.
• * _His Dark Materials 3: The Amber Spyglass (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41337-7, Oct 2001, $6.99, 467pp, pb, cover by Steven Rawlings) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 2000) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the trilogy.
• * _I Was a Rat!...or The Scarlet Slippers (Transworld/Corgi Yearling 0-440-86489-5, Nov 2001, £4.99, 175pp, tp) Reissue (Doubleday UK 1999) young-adult satirical fantasy novel. A TV tie-in edition. Seventh printing.
• * _Northern Lights (Scholastic Press UK 0-439-99412-8, Sep 2001, £6.99, 399pp, tp) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1995 as His Dark Materials: Northern Lights) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Subtle Knife (Scholastic Press UK 0-439-99413-6, Sep 2001, £6.99, 341pp, tp) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 1997 as His Dark Materials 2: The Subtle Knife) young-adult fantasy novel.

PULVER, MARY MONICA; [i.e., Mary Monica Pulver Kuhfeld] (1943- ) (chron.)

• * _Murder at the War (FTL Publications 0-9653575-2-X, May 2001, $12.95, 168pp, tp, cover by Terry Miller & Rita Miller) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1987) associational mystery of a murder at an SCA event. Order from FTL Publications, PO Box 1363, Minnetonka MN 55345-0363; http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/FTL_Publications

PULVER KUHFELD, MARY MONICA; see under Pulver, Mary Monica (chron.)

PURDY, JEANNE (chron.)

• * *Alix in Academe (Creative Arts Book Company 0-88739-245-8, May 2000, $13.95, 148pp, tp) Fantasy novel. Alix falls asleep during a Dean’s boring talk and wakes in an academic Wonderland. This is dated 2000 but was not seen until now. Order from Creative Arts Book Company, 833 Bancroft Way, Berkeley CA 94710; 800-848-7789.

PYPER, ANDREW (1968- ) (chron.)

• * _Lost Girls (Dell 0-440-23546-4, May 2001, $6.50, 452pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins Canada 1999) gothic thriller.

QUICK, WILLIAM T(homas) (1946- ) (chron.)

• * *Planet of the Apes (Boxtree 0-7522-2019-5, Jul 2001, £5.99, 280pp, pb) [Planet of the Apes] Novelisation of the film based on the original Pierre Boulle novel. Includes eight pages of colour stills. Simultaneous with the US (HarperEntertainment) edition.
• * *Planet of the Apes (HarperEntertainment 0-06-107635-X, Aug 2001, $6.99, 280pp, pb) [Planet of the Apes] Novelization of the Tim Burton film. Includes eight unpaginated pages of color stills. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * _Planet of the Apes (SFBC #38867, Aug 2001, $9.98, 280pp, hc) [Planet of the Apes] Reprint (HarperEntertainment 2001) novelization of the Tim Burton film. Includes eight unpaginated pages of color stills. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film. This has ISBN 0-7394-1973-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

QUINN, DANIEL (1935- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *After Dachau (Context Books 1-893956-13-X, Feb 2001, $21.95, 231pp, hc) Alternate-history SF novel. A rich man’s son determined to find proof of reincarnation finds a woman with amnesia who believes she’s an artist from the past — just after the Nazis won WWII. Context Books, 368 Broadway, Suite 314, New York NY 10013; website [www.contextbooks.com].
• * *The Man Who Grew Young (with Tim Eldred) (Context Books 1-893956-17-2, Aug 2001, $19.95, 98pp, tp, cover by Tim Eldred) Graphic novel of an immortal man in a world where time runs backwards, and people are born in graves and age into the womb. A hardcover edition (-18-0, $28.95) and signed limited hardcover edition (-19-9, $59.95) were announced but not seen. Context Books, 368 Broadway, Suite 314, New York NY 10013; website [www.contextbooks.com].

RABE, JEAN (Marie) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *DragonLance: Betrayal (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1860-8, Jun 2001, $24.95, 346pp, hc, cover by Jerry Vanderstelt) [DragonLance: Dhamon Saga] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game, Volume Two in “The Dhamon Saga”. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * _DragonLance: Downfall (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1814-4, Mar 2001, $7.99, 397pp, pb, cover by Jerry Vanderstelt) [DragonLance: Dhamon Saga] Reprint (Wizards of the Coast 2000) fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game, Volume One in “The Dhamon Saga”. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

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• * *Historical Hauntings (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-992-8, Mar 2001, $6.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Original anthology of 18 ghost stories. Authors include Andre Norton, Brian M. Thomsen, and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. (Contents)

RADFORD, IRENE (chron.)

• * _Guardian of the Trust (DAW 0-88677-995-2, Apr 2001, $6.99, 548pp, pb, cover by Gordon Crabb) [*Merlin’s Descendants] Reprint (DAW 2000) Arthurian fantasy novel, second in the “Merlin’s Descendants” series.
• * *Guardian of the Vision (DAW 0-88677-994-4, May 2001, $23.95, 519pp, hc, cover by Gordon Crabb) [*Merlin’s Descendants] Arthurian fantasy novel set in Elizabethan England, third in the “Merlin’s Descendants” series.

RAGAN, JACIE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Deadly Nightshade (Flesh & Blood Press no ISBN, Jun 2001, $5.00, 17pp, ph, cover by Keith Minnion) Chapbook poetry collection of 13 poems of the weird and dark fantastic. This is a limited edition of 150. Order from Flesh & Blood Press, 121 Joseph St., Bayville NJ 08721; e-mail [horrorjack@aol.com]. (Contents)

RAIN, DAVID (C.) (1961- ); see pseudonym Tom Arden (chron.)

RAINEY, MARK; see under Rainey, Stephen Mark (stories) (chron.)

RAINEY, STEPHEN MARK (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Balak (Wildside Press 1-58715-263-0, 2000, $16.95, 236pp, tp) Horror novel. A woman seeking her missing child uncovers Lovecraftian horrors. An on-demand edition available online at [www.wildsidepress.com] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045.

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• * *Song of Cthulhu: Tales of the Spheres Beyond Sound (Chaosium 1-56882-117-4, Sep 2001, $13.95, 211pp, tp, cover by Harry Fassl) Anthology of 20 Lovecraftian horror stories, nine apparently original. This appears to have been delayed a few years, with the original stories all copyrighted 1997. Authors include Thomas Ligotti, Caitlin R. Kiernan, and Thomas F. Monteleone. Order from Wizards Attic, 900 Murmansk St., Suite 5, Oakland CA 94607; [www.wizards-attic.com]; 800-213-1493. (Contents)

RAISOR, GARY L. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Graven Images (Overlook Connection Press 1-892950-29-4, Mar 2001, $35.00, 89pp, hc, cover by Colleen Crary) [Sinister Purposes] Horror novel of brutal violence, trailer trash, Jerry Springer, and a new Messiah; the first of four novellas in the “Sinister Purposes” series. Introduction by Edward Lee. this is a signed hardcover edition of 100; a signed trade paperback edition (-28-6, $19.95) and a signed, lettered, leatherbound edition ($150.00) were announced but not seen. Order from The Overlook Connection Press, PO Box 526, Woodstock GA 30188; credit card orders 770-926-1762; e-mail [OverlookCN@aol.com].

RALL, TED (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *2024 (NBM/ComicsLit 1-56163-279-1, Jul 2001, $16.95, 96pp, hc, cover by Ted Rall) [1984] Graphic novel updating and spoofing Orwell’s 1984. Introduction by Michael Charrington. Order from NBM, 555 8th Ave., Suite 1202, New York NY 10018; website [www.nbmpublishing.com].

RAMON y CAJAL, SANTIAGO (stories) (chron.)

• * *Vacation Stories (University of Illinois Press 0-252-02655-1, Jun 2001, $19.95, xxiii + 245pp, hc, cover by Glen C. Davies) Collection of five early SF tales, with an introduction and translation by Laura Otis from (Cuentos de vacaciones: Narraciones seudocientificas 1905 as by “Dr. Bacteria”). This is the first English translation. Available from University of Illinois Press, 1325 South Oak Street, Champaign IL 61820; orders 800-545-4703; website: [www.press.uillinois.edu]. (Contents)

RAND, WILLIAM E. (chron.)

• * *Painted Demons (iUniverse.com/Writers Club Press 0-595-12853-X, Sep 2000, $11.95, 223pp, tp) Collection of nine linked horror stories, alternating with framing segments about a man and a priest confronting a demon. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.iuniverse.com].
• * *That Way Madness Lies (iUniverse.com/Writers Club Press 0-595-09818-5, Aug 2000, $23.95, tp) Vampire novel. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.iuniverse.com].