The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002

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CANAVAN, TRUDI (chron.) (continued)

* *The Novice (HarperCollins/Voyager Australia 0-7322-7236-X, Jun 2002, A$18.95, 531pp, pb, cover by Les Petersen) [Black Magician Trilogy] Fantasy novel, the second book in “The Black Magician Trilogy”.
CANNON, C. W. (chron.)

* *Soul Resin (FC2 1-57366-099-X, Mar 2002, $13.95, 304pp, tp) Southern gothic/dark fantasy novel set in New Orleans, about a college dropout haunted by ghosts and blood. A first novel. FC2/Dept. of English, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL 32306-1580.
CARD, ORSON SCOTT (1951- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Children of the Mind (Tor 0-765-30474-0, Aug 2002, $15.95, 349pp, tp, cover by John Harris) [Ender Wiggin] Reprint (Tor 1996) SF novel. Fourth novel in the “Ender” series.
* _Ender’s Game (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34229-4, Feb 2002, $5.99, 324pp, tp, cover by David Gaadt) [Ender Wiggin] Reissue (Tor 1985) Hugo and Nebula Award winning SF novel, first in the “Ender” series, repackaged for young adults.
* _Ender’s Game (Time Warner/Atom 1-904233-02-3, Jul 2002, £5.00, 326pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Ender Wiggin] Reprint (Tor 1985) SF novel, first in the “Ender” series. Winner of the Nebula and Hugo Awards.
* _Ender’s Shadow (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34240-5, May 2002, $5.99, 469pp, tp, cover by David Gaadt) [Ender: Shadow] Reprint (Tor 1999) SF novel, fifth in the “Ender” series, a “parallel novel” to Ender’s Game. Repackaged for young adults.
* *First Meetings (Subterranean Press 1-931081-69-7, Sep 2002, $25.00, 149pp, hc, cover by Gail Cross) [Ender Wiggin] Collection of three stories, one original, set in the world of Ender’s Game. A signed, limited edition (-70-0, $60.00) is also available. Order from Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48503; [www.subterraneanpress.com], [subpress@earthlink.net]. (Contents)
* _Rebekah (Tor/Forge 0-765-34128-X, Dec 2002, $7.99, 404pp, pb, cover by Frederick Leighton, Lord) [Women of Genesis] Reprint (Shadow Mountain 2001) associational novel based on the Bible, second in the “Women of Genesis” trilogy. This includes a four-page reading group guide.
* *Shadow Puppets (Tor 0-765-30017-6, Aug 2002, $25.95, 348pp, hc, cover by Shane Rebenschied) [Ender: Shadow] SF novel, third in the “Shadow” series related to the “Ender” series. A simultaneous limited leatherbound edition (-0475-9, $200.00) was announced but not seen. Simultaneous UK (Orbit 2/02).
* _Shadow Puppets (SFBC #52163, Aug 2002, $13.99, 348pp, hc, cover by Shane Rebenschied) [Ender: Shadow] Reprint (Tor 2002) SF novel, third in the “Shadow” series related to the “Ender” series. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Shadow Puppets (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-098-9, Aug 2002, £17.99, 348pp, hc) [Ender: Shadow] SF novel. Book Three of “The Shadow Saga” and seventh in the “Ender Wiggin” series. Simultaneous with the US (Tor) edition.
* _Songmaster (Tor/Orb 0-312-87662-9, Dec 2002, $13.95, 348pp, tp, cover by Dennis Nolan) Reprint (Dial 1980) SF novel. This is the slightly revised Tor 1987 edition.
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* *Empire of Dreams and Miracles (with Keith Olexa) (Phobos Books 0-9720026-0-X, Sep 2002, $14.95, 262pp, tp, cover by Doug Chiang) Anthology of 12 stories, all winners of the first Annual Phobos Fiction Contest for new writers. Foreword by Lawrence Krauss. Phobos Entertainment, 325 Lafayette St., New York NY 10012; [www.phobosweb.com]. (Contents)
CAREY, JACQUELINE (Ann) (1964- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Kushiel’s Chosen (Tor 0-312-87239-9, Apr 2002, $27.95, 700pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [*Kushiel’s Legacy] Fantasy novel, sequel to Kushiel’s Dart, about a courtesan with a god-given fondness for pain, and a talent for intrigue.
* _Kushiel’s Chosen (SFBC #39578, May 2002, $13.99, 700pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [*Kushiel’s Legacy] Reprint (Tor 2002) fantasy novel, sequel to Kushiel’s Dart. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Kushiel’s Dart (Tor 0-765-34298-7, Mar 2002, $7.99, 901pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) [*Kushiel’s Legacy] Reprint (Tor 2001) fantasy novel. A girl with an inborn taste for masochism trains as courtesan and spy.
* _Kushiel’s Dart (Macmillan UK 1-405-00097-X, Sep 2002, £10.99, 701pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [*Kushiel’s Legacy] Reprint (Tor 2001) fantasy novel. A courtesan becomes involved in court intrigue. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]
CAREY, LISA (chron.)

* _In the Country of the Young (HarperPerennial 0-06-093774-2, Mar 2002, $12.95, 288pp, tp) Reprint (Morrow 2000) fantasy novel/ghost story.
CARMODY, ISOBELLE (Jane) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Ashling (Tor 0-812-58424-4, Nov 2002, $7.99, 467pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Obernewtyn Chronicles] Reprint (Viking Australia 1995) post-holocaust fantasy novel, book three of the “Obernewtyn Chronicles”.
CARPENTER, HUMPHREY (William Bouverie) (1946-2005) (chron.)

* _J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography (HarperCollins UK 0-00-713284-0, Jan 2002, £6.99, 384pp, pb) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1977) biography; includes eight pages of photographs. [Tolkien]
CARROLL, JENNY (chron.)

* _The Mediator: Ninth Key (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-743-43051-4, 2002, £4.99, 249pp, pb) [Mediator] Reprint (Pocket Pulse 2001) young-adult fantasy novel; second in a series about a girl who communicates with the dead. Copyrighted by Viacom International. Copyrighted 2002. [First U.K. edition]
* _The Mediator: Reunion (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-743-43052-2, 2002, £4.99, 246pp, pb) [Mediator] Reprint (Pocket Pulse 2001, not seen) young-adult fantasy novel in a series about a girl who communicates with the dead. Copyrighted by Viacom International. [First U.K. edition]
* _The Mediator: Shadowland (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-743-43050-6, 2002, £4.99, 245pp, pb) [Mediator] Reprint (Pocket Pulse 2000) young-adult fantasy novel in a series about a girl who communicates with the dead. Copyrighted by Viacom International. [First U.K. edition]
CARROLL, JONATHAN (Samuel) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Bones of the Moon (Tor/Orb 0-312-87312-3, May 2002, $13.95, 222pp, tp, cover by Patrick Arrasmith) [Bones of the Moon] Reprint (Century 1987) fantasy novel.
* _Voice of Our Shadow (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07367-5, Jan 2002, £6.99, 189pp, tp, cover by Joe del Tufo) Reprint (Viking 1983) fantasy novel. Volume 25 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.
* *White Apples (Tor 0-765-30388-4, Oct 2002, $24.95, 304pp, hc, cover by Gregory Manchess) [White Apples] Literary fantasy novel. A dead man is brought back to life and tries to find out why.
* _The Wooden Sea (Tor 0-765-30013-3, Feb 2002, $13.95, 302pp, tp, cover by Rafal Olbinski) [Frannie McCabe] Reprint (Tor 2001) literary fantasy novel, third in the “loose trilogy” begun in Kissing the Beehive and The Marriage of Sticks.
* _The Wooden Sea (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07291-1, May 2002, £6.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Joe del Tufo) [Frannie McCabe] Reprint (Tor 2001) literary fantasy novel. Third in a “loose trilogy” after Kissing the Beehive and The Marriage of Sticks.
CARROLL, LEWIS; pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, (1832-1898) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (North-South/Seastar 1-58717-152-X, Mar 2002, $19.95, 169pp, hc, cover by Arthur Rackham) [Alice] Reprint (1865) classic children’s fantasy, with the illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Afterword by Peter Glassman.
* _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Barnes & Noble Children’s Classics 0-7607-2779-1, 2002, $5.98, 250pp, hc, cover by Jack E. Davis) [Alice] Reprint (Macmillan 1865 and 1871) omnibus of two classic children’s fantasy novels, with the original illustration by Tenniel. Third printing. This is an instant remainder edition.
CARTER, ANGELA (Olive, née Stalker) (1940-1992) (chron.)

* _The Magic Toyshop (Virago 0-86068-190-4, 2001, £6.99, 200pp, tp) Reissue (Heinemann 1967) literary fantasy novel. 17th printing. A “Virago Modern Classic”. Published in 2001, but not seen until now.
CARTER, LIN; [i.e., Linwood Vrooman Carter] (1930-1988) (stories) (chron.)

* _Conan the Liberator (with L. Sprague de Camp) See entry under L. Sprague de Camp.
* _Conan the Swordsman (with Björn Nyberg & L. Sprague de Camp) See entry under L. Sprague de Camp.
CARTMEL, ANDREW (stories) (chron.)

* *Doctor Who Novellas: Foreign Devils (Telos 1-903889-11-1, Nov 2002, £25.00, 149pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Novellazation based on the TV series. The Doctor meets Carnacki, William Hope Hodgson’s fictional ghost-finder. The book includes “The Whistling Room” by Hodgson, and a foreword by Mike Ashley. This deluxe edition adds a frontispiece by Mike Collins, and is signed by Cartmel, Ashley, and Collins. Available from 61 Elgar Avenue, Tolworth, Surrey KT5 9JP; [www.telos.co.uk]. A hardcover edition (-10-3, £10.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
CARVER, LYNNE (chron.)

* *Dreaming Pigs (Paint Rock River Press 0-9709174-2-2, Jun 2002, $11.95, 256pp, tp) SF novel. Three down-on-their-luck people steal an experimental bioengineered pig grown for organ harvesting. Order from Paint Rock River Press, PO Box 14, Paint Rock AL 35764.
CASIL, AMY STERLING, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *switch.blade: School’s Out (Fictionwise, Jul 2002, $4.99, eBook) Original anthology. (Contents)
CASTLE, MORT(on A.) (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Moon on the Water (Leisure 0-8439-5032-3, Jul 2002, $5.99, 300pp, pb) Reprint (DarkTales Publications 2000) collection of 18 horror stories.
CASTRO, ADAM-TROY (stories) (chron.)

* _Spider-Man: Revenge of The Sinister Six (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-4463-9, May 2002, $6.99, 435pp, pb, cover by Mike Zeck & Phil Zimelman) [Spider-Man] Reprint (BP Books 2001) novelization based on the comic-book character. Copyrighted by Marvel Characters; packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
* *Spider-Man: Secret of The Sinister Six (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-4464-7, Apr 2002, $24.95, 442pp, hc, cover by Mike Zeck) [Spider-Man] Novelization based on the comic-book character. Copyrighted by Marvel Characters; packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
* _Spider-Man: Secret of The Sinister Six (SFBC #51805, Jul 2002, $12.50, 442pp, hc, cover by Mike Zeck) [Spider-Man] Reprint (ibooks 2002) novelization based on the comic-book character. Copyrighted by Marvel Characters; packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. This is similar to the ibooks edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Vossoff and Nimmitz: Just a Couple of Idiots Reupholstering Space and Time (Wildside Press 1-58715-292-4, Jul 2002, $32.95, 230pp, hc) [Vossoff and Nimmitz] Collection of eight humorous SF stories, one original, with four framing pieces, about a pair of bumbling crooks. The author’s afterword discusses the series’ development and the SF tradition of such stories. Introduction by Scott Edelman. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from PO Box 45, Gillette NJ 07933-0045. (Contents)
CAT, IVAN (chron.)

* *The Burning Heart of Night (DAW 0-88677-789-5, Jul 2002, $6.99, 591pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) SF novel. A starship pilot crashes on a colony planet threatened by a deadly disease.
CAVE, PATRICK (chron.)

* *Last Chance (Oxford University Press 0-19-275241-3, Nov 2002, £4.99, 168pp, tp, cover by Jo Samways) Young-adult SF/fantasy novel of a truly addictive toy.
CAVELOS, JEANNE (stories) (chron.)

* *Babylon 5: The Passing of the Techno-Mages (SFBC #19415, Mar 2002, $14.99, 874pp, hc, cover by Ashley Wood) [Babylon 5: Passing of the Techno-Mages] Omnibus of three novelizations based on the TV show: Babylon 5: The Passing of the Techno-Mages, Book I: Casting Shadows (2001); Babylon 5: The Passing of the Techno-Mages, Book II: Summoning Light (2001); and Babylon 5: The Passing of the Techno Mages, Book III: Invoking Darkness (2001). Copyrighted by Warner Bros. This SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-2395-9; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
* _Babylon 5: The Shadow Within (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45218-6, Dec 2002, $6.99, 259pp, pb, cover by Christian McGrath) [Babylon 5] Reprint (Dell 1997) novelization based on the SF TV show. Copyrighted by Warner Bros. Television.
CELA, CAMILO JOSÉ (chron.)

* *Boxwood (New Directions 0-8112-1497-4, Jul 2002, $25.95, 211pp, hc, cover by Juan Pablo Rada) Experimental novel with elements of fantasy and folklore, by a Nobel Prize winner. Translated by Patricia Haugaard from the Spanish Madera de Boj (Espasa Calpe 1999).
CERCONE, KAREN ROSE (1957- ); see pseudonym L. A. Graf (stories) (chron.)
CHABON, MICHAEL (1963- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Summerland (Hyperion 0-7868-0877-2, Sep 2002, $22.95, 500pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. A Little League player is recruited to save idyllic Summerland from an ancient enemy.
* _Summerland (Collins 0-00-712711-1, Nov 2002, £12.99, 500pp, hc) Reprint (Miramax 2002) young-adult fantasy novel. A baseball game could save the Summerlands. [First U.K. edition]
CHADBOURN, MARK (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Always Forever (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-60322-4, Sep 2002, £6.99, 560pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Age of Misrule] Reprint (Gollancz 2001) fantasy novel, third and final in “The Age of Misrule” trilogy.
* *The Devil in Green (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07274-1, Oct 2002, £10.99, 358pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) [Dark Age] Fantasy novel. Book one of “The Dark Age” series, sequel to “The Age of Misrule” trilogy. The Christian church, besieged now that magic has returned to Earth, hires Mallory, a mercenary and unbeliever with an unknown past. A hardcover edition (-07273-3, £17.99) was announced but not seen.
* *The Fairy Feller’s Master Stroke (PS Publishing 1-902880-32-3, May 2002, £8.00, 109pp, tp, cover by Richard Dadd) Fantasy novella about a man obsessed with a painting. Introduction by Neil Gaiman. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a hardcover edition of 300 (-33-1, £25.00) was announced but not seen. PS Publishing, Hamilton House, 4 Park Avenue, Harrogate HG2 9BQ, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk]; [crowth1@attglobal.net].
CHALKER, JACK L(aurence) (1944-2005) (chron.)

* _Melchior’s Fire (Baen 0-7434-3583-4, Jan 2003, $7.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Three Kings] Reprint (Baen 2001) near-future SF novel, second in the “Three Kings” trilogy after Balshazzar’s Serpent.
* _Midnight at the Well of Souls (Baen 0-7434-3522-2, Apr 2002, $6.99, 433pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Well of Souls] Reprint (Del Rey 1977) SF novel, first in the “Well of Souls” series.
CHAMBERS, STEPHEN (chron.)

* _Hope’s End (Tor 0-812-56464-2, Jul 2002, $6.99, 329pp, pb, cover by Andrew Burward-Hoy) [*Hope’s End] Reprint (Tor 2001) science fiction novel of political conflict on a colony planet reduced to medieval technology, and invaded by aliens.
* *Hope’s War (Tor 0-312-87350-6, Aug 2002, $24.95, 333pp, hc) [*Hope’s End] Science fiction novel, sequel to Hope’s End. Now King, Vel fights to save his city.
CHANDLER, A(rthur) BERTRAM (1912-1984) (stories) (chron.)

* *John Grimes: Survey Captain (SFBC #15900, Jan 2002, $14.99, 612pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [John Grimes] Omnibus of four Grimes novels: The Broken Cycle (1975), The Big Black Mark (1975), The Far Traveler (1977), and Star Courier (1977). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-2384-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
CHANDLER, ELIZABETH; pseudonym of Mary Claire Helldorfer (chron.)

* *Dark Secrets: Don’t Tell (Pocket Archway 0-7434-0029-1, Feb 2001, $4.99, 199pp, pb) [Dark Secrets] Young-adult horror novel, second in the “Dark Secrets” series. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now. Chandler is a pen name for Mary Claire Helldorfer.
* *Dark Secrets: No Time to Die (Pocket Archway 0-7434-0030-5, Nov 2001, $4.99, 210pp, pb, cover by Sandy Young) [Dark Secrets] Young-adult horror novel, third in the “Dark Secrets” series. Chandler is a pen name for Mary Claire Helldorfer. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now.
CHARNAS, SUZY McKEE (1939- ) (chron.)

* _The Bronze King (Wildside Press 1-58715-478-1, Jul 2001, $15.95, 196pp, tp) [Sorcery Hall] Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1985) young-adult contemporary fantasy novel, first in the “Valentine Marsh” or “Sorcery Hall” trilogy. This an on-demand edition available online at [www.wildsidepress.com] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928.
* _The Golden Thread (Wildside Press 1-58715-480-3, Jul 2001, $15.95, 209pp, tp) [Sorcery Hall] Reprint (Bantam Starfire 1989) young-adult contemporary fantasy novel, third in the “Valentine Marsh” or “Sorcery Hall” trilogy. This an on-demand edition available online at [www.wildsidepress.com] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928.
* *My Father’s Ghost: The Return of My Old Man and Other Second Chances (Putnam/Jeremy P. Tarcher 1-58542-185-5, Sep 2002, $23.95, 306pp, hc) Associational autobiographical account of caring for her aging father.
* _The Silver Glove (Wildside Press 1-58715-479-X, Jul 2001, $14.95, 162pp, tp) [Sorcery Hall] Reprint (Bantam 1988) young-adult contemporary fantasy novel, second in the “Valentine Marsh” or “Sorcery Hall” trilogy. This an on-demand edition available online at [www.wildsidepress.com] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928.
CHATRIAN, (Pierre) ALEXANDRE (1826-1890); see pseudonym Erckmann-Chatrian (stories) (chron.)
CHATRIAN, PIERRE A.; see under Chatrian, Alexandre (stories) (chron.)
CHEONG, FIONA (chron.)

* *Shadow Theatre (Soho 1-56947-287-4, Jun 2002, $24.00, 240pp, hc) Literary novel with fantasy elements, set in Singapore. A pregnant, unwed university professor returns home to Singapore after 15 years, and she and her friends see ghosts and spirits.
CHERRY, CAROLYN JANICE (1942- ); see under C. J. Cherryh; see under Cherryh, C. J. (stories) (chron.)

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