The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2002

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Sweep # 8: Changeling Cate Tiernan (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-230057-8, Oct 2001, $4.99, 188pp, pb, cover by Barry Marcus) [Sweep] Young-adult fantasy novel, eighth in a series about a teen discovering her powers for witchcraft. Copyrighted by packager 17th Street Productions. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now. Second printing.

Sweep: Origins Cate Tiernan (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-230109-4, Apr 2002, $4.99, 184pp, tp, cover by Barry Marcus) [Sweep] Young-adult fantasy novel, 11th in a series about a teen witch. Copyrighted by packager 17th Street Productions.

The Annotated Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-13470-0, Sep 2002, $28.00, 399pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1937) young-adult fantasy novel, with extensive annotations by Douglas A. Anderson. This is a revised and expanded edition.

Bilbo’s Last Song J. R. R. Tolkien (Random House/Knopf 0-375-82373-5, Sep 2002, $12.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1990) children’s picture book version of the Tolkien poem, illustrated by Pauline Baynes.

Book of Lost Tales 1 J. R. R. Tolkien (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37521-1, Mar 2002, $6.99, 345pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1983) fantasy collection. 21st printing.

Book of Lost Tales 1 J. R. R. Tolkien (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37521-1, Jun 2002, $6.99, 345pp, pb, cover by Andrew Burward-Hoy) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1983) fantasy collection. 22nd printing.

Book of Lost Tales 2 J. R. R. Tolkien (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37522-X, Mar 2002, $6.99, 391pp, pb) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1984) fantasy collection. 17th printing.

Book of Lost Tales 2 J. R. R. Tolkien (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37522-X, Jul 2002, $6.99, 391pp, pb, cover by Andrew Burward-Hoy) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1984) fantasy collection. 19th printing.

The Fellowship of the Ring J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-26051-X, 2002, $27.50, 410pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1954) fantasy novel, book one of “The Lord of the Rings”. This has full-color illustrations by Alan Lee.

The Fellowship of the Ring J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-26026-9, Sep 2002, $12.00, 398pp, tp) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1954) fantasy novel, book one of “The Lord of the Rings”. This movie tie-in edition has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.

The Fellowship of the Ring J. R. R. Tolkien (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33970-3, Oct 2002, $6.99, 458pp, pb) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1954) fantasy novel, book one of “The Lord of the Rings”. This movie tie-in edition has the 1965 introduction by Tolkien, and the 1973 introduction by Peter S. Beagle. It indicates 109th printing.

The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-26030-7, Aug 2002, $10.00, 365pp, tp, cover by J. R. R. Tolkien) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1937) young-adult fantasy novel, prequel to “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. This has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.

The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33968-1, Oct 2002, $6.99, 305pp, pb, cover by Ted Nasmith) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1937) young-adult fantasy novel, prequel to “The Lord of the Rings”. 132nd printing.

The Lord of the Rings J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-26025-0, Aug 2002, $20.00, 1137pp, tp) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1968) classic fantasy novel/omnibus. This is a movie tie-in edition; it has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.

The Lord of the Rings J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-26024-2, Aug 2002, $38.00, 1137 + xviii, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1968) classic fantasy novel. This movie tie-in edition follows the 1994 reset edition; it has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.

The Return of the King J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-26055-2, 2002, $27.50, 416pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel, book three of “The Lord of the Rings”. This has full-color illustrations by Alan Lee.

The Return of the King J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-26028-5, Sep 2002, $12.00, 412pp, tp) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel, book three of “The Lord of the Rings”. This movie tie-in edition has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.

The Return of the King J. R. R. Tolkien (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33973-8, Nov 2002, $7.99, 491pp, pb, cover by Ted Nasmith) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel, book three of “The Lord of the Rings”. This movie tie-in edition has the 1973 introduction by Peter S. Beagle. 122nd printing.

The Shaping of Middle Earth J. R. R. Tolkien (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40043-7, Jan 2003, $6.99, 471pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1986) collection of variant texts and notes on The Lord of the Rings, edited by Christopher Tolkien. Volume four in “The History of Middle Earth”. 14th printing.

A Tolkien Miscellany J. R. R. Tolkien (SFBC #51697, Jul 2002, $14.99, 369pp, hc, cover by Gary Lippincott) Collection/omnibus of Smith of Wootton Major (1967), Farmer Giles of Ham (1949), Tree and Leaf (1064), The Adventures of Tom Bombadil (1962), and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1975). New art by Gary Lippincott.

The Tolkien Reader J. R. R. Tolkien (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34506-1, Apr 2002, $6.99, 251pp, pb, cover by Michael Dringenberg) Reissue (Ballantine 1966) collection. 60th printing.

The Two Towers J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-26059-5, 2002, $27.50, 336pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel, book two of “The Lord of the Rings”. This has full-color illustrations by Alan Lee.

The Two Towers J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-26027-7, Sep 2002, $12.00, 327pp, tp) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel, book two of “The Lord of the Rings”. This movie tie-in edition has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.

The Two Towers J. R. R. Tolkien (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33971-1, Nov 2002, $7.99, 398pp, pb) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1954, 1965) fantasy novel, book two of “The Lord of the Rings”. This movie tie-in edition has the 1973 introduction by Peter S. Beagle. 121st printing.

Unfinished Tales J. R. R. Tolkien (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35711-6, Feb 2002, $6.99, 493pp, pb, cover by Tony DiTerlizzi) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1980) fantasy collection. 24th printing.

The Slynx Tatyana Tolstaya (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-12497-7, Jan 2003, $24.00, 278pp, hc, cover by Luba Lukova) Satirical post-holocaust SF novel, set in a Russia 200 years after “The Blast”, in a time when mice are considered food and books are banned. Translated from Russian by Jamey Gambrell.

The Wall Barry Tomkins (Publish America 1-59129-327-8, Jul 2002, $19.95, 223pp, tp) SF novel. Aliens arrive and take over a peaceful village in the 24th century.

The Assassins of Tamurin S. D. Tower (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-97803-2, Jan 2003, $25.95, 454pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) Fantasy novel. A young woman raised to be an assassin begins to doubt her mission.

The Great Good Thing Roderick Townley (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-85328-9, Oct 2002, $4.99, 216pp, tp, cover by Stephanie Anderson) [Great Good Thing] Reprint (Atheneum 2001) young-adult fantasy.

Into the Labyrinth Roderick Townley (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-84615-0, Oct 2002, $16.95, 254pp, hc, cover by Stephanie Anderson) [Great Good Thing] Young-adult fantasy, sequel to The Great Good Thing. The characters discover the Internet.

Anne McCaffrey: Science Fiction Storyteller Martha P. Trachtenberg (Enslow Publishers 0-7660-1151-8, 2001, $20.95, 112pp, hc) Young-adult biography, with lists of books by McCaffrey, suggestions for further reading, and an index. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now. [Anne McCaffrey]

The Dragon DelaSangre Alan F. Troop (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45871-0, Mar 2002, $5.99, 292pp, pb) [Dragon DelaSangre] Fantasy novel, the first in a series. A businessman is secretly a lonely dragon searching for a female of his own kind.

Ursula K. Le Guin Heinz Tschachler (Boise State University Press 0-88430-147-8, May 2001, $5.95, 57pp, ph) Non-fiction chapbook of a critical essay on themes of the American West in the work of Ursula K. Le Guin. A selected bibliography is included. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now. Available from the Western Writers Series, Department of English, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise ID 83725; 208-426-1190; [wws@boisestate.edu]; [http://english.boisestate.edu/westernwriters].

Space: 1999: Alien Seed E. C. Tubb (Eagle One Media 0-9714785-0-3, Mar 2002, $5.99, 196pp, pb, cover by Michelangelo Cicerone) [Space: 1999] Reprint (Futura/Orbit 1976) novelization based on the television series. This has a new preface by Tubb.

The Garden in Bloom Jeffrey Turner (Yard Dog Press 1-893687-30-9, Jun 2002, $6.00, 66pp, ph, cover by Tad Wood) Chapbook SF novella of three generations of an alien family fighting to protect their garden home. Introduction by Selina Rosen. Order from Yard Dog Press, 710 W. Redbud Lane, Alma AR 72921-7247; e-mail: [srosen.lstran@juno.com]; website: [www.yarddogpress.com]; add $2.00 postage.

Over the Wine-Dark Sea H. N. Turteltaub (Tor 0-765-34451-3, Nov 2002, $6.99, 458pp, pb, cover by Andrew Burward-Hoy) Reprint (Forge 2001) associational historical novel of seafaring adventure in the Mediterranean of 310 B.C. Turteltaub is a pen name for Harry Turtledove.

Advance and Retreat Harry Turtledove (Baen 0-7434-3576-1, Dec 2002, $27.00, 394pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [War Between the Provinces] Fantasy novel, third in the “War Between the Provinces” series begun in Sentry Peak.

American Empire: Blood & Iron Harry Turtledove (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40566-8, Jul 2002, $7.99, 630pp, pb) [American Empire] Reprint (Del Rey 2001) SF alternate history novel, first in a series sequel to the “Great War” saga.

American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold Harry Turtledove (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44421-3, Jul 2002, $27.95, 503pp, hc) [American Empire] SF alternate history novel, second in a series sequel to the “Great War” saga. In the 1920s, the United States and Confederate States keep a fragile peace in the aftermath of the Great War in Europe.

American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold Harry Turtledove (SFBC #51529, Jul 2002, $13.99, 547pp, hc) [American Empire] Reprint (Del Rey 2002) SF alternate history novel, second in a series sequel to the “Great War” saga. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

Colonization: Aftershocks Harry Turtledove (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43024-7, Mar 2002, $6.99, 611pp, pb, cover by Viktor Koen) [Colonization] Reprint (Del Rey 2001) alternate-history SF novel, third in a series sequel to the “Worldwar” tetralogy.

Counting Up, Counting Down Harry Turtledove (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44226-1, Feb 2002, $16.00, 407pp, tp, cover by Istvan Orosz) Collection of 17 stories, with introductions to each by Turtledove.

Ruled Britannia Harry Turtledove (SFBC #54002, Nov 2002, $12.50, 458pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) Alternate history SF novel set in a world where Britain was conquered by the Spanish Armada. This is simultaneous with and similar to the NAL edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

Ruled Britannia Harry Turtledove (Penguin/NAL 0-451-20717-3, Nov 2002, $24.95, 458pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) Alternate history SF novel set in 1597 in a world where Britain was conquered by the Spanish Armada. This is simultaneous with the SFBC edition.

Rulers of the Darkness Harry Turtledove (Tor 0-765-30036-2, Apr 2002, $27.95, 576pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Darkness] Fantasy novel, fourth in the “Darkness” series.

Through the Darkness Harry Turtledove (Tor 0-812-58919-X, Apr 2002, $7.99, 684pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Darkness] Reprint (Tor 2001) fantasy novel, third in the “Darkness” series.

Alternate Generals II ed. Harry Turtledove & Martin H. Greenberg (Baen 0-7434-3528-1, Jul 2002, $24.00, 339pp, hc, cover by Dru Blair) Original anthology of stories of alternate military history. Greenberg is only mentioned on the copyright page. Authors include Turtledove, Esther M. Friesner, and Chris Bunch.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Mark Twain (Dover 0-486-41591-0, Jul 2001, $2.50, 268pp, tp, cover by Eugene M. Frandzen) Reprint (Webster 1889) classic humorous time-travel Arthurian novel. This is a Dover Thrift Edition; it is dated 2001, but not seen until now.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Mark Twain (Random House/Modern Library 0-375-75780-5, Jan 2002, $7.95, 465pp, tp) Reprint (Webster 1889) classic humorous time-travel fantasy Arthurian novel. This has a new introduction by Roy Blount, Jr., biography and notes from a 1993 Random House edition, plus commentary by William Dean Howells, Syvester Baxter, and G.K. Chesterton.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Mark Twain (University of California Press 0-520-23576-2, Jun 2002, $15.95, 479pp, tp) Reprint (Webster 1889) classic humorous time-travel Arthurian novel. This “Mark Twain Library” edition follows the University of California Press 1983 authoritative edition.

The Diaries of Adam and Eve Mark Twain (Fair Oaks Press 0-9658811-5-6, Mar 2002, $14.00, 125pp, tp, cover by Michael Mojher) Reprint (Fair Oaks 1997, not seen) humor/satire omnibus/collection. This combines Eve’s Diary (1906) and Extracts from Adams’s Diary (1904) — previously published together as The Private Life of Adam and Eve: Being Extracts from Their Diaries, Translated from the Original Mss. (Harper 1931) — with “Eve Speaks”, “That Day in Eden”, “Adam’s Soliloquy”, and selections from the unfinished “Autobiography of Eve”. Edited and with an afterword by Don Roberts. Illustrated by Michael Mojher.

The Tarzan Novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs: An Illustrated Reader’s Guide David A. Ullery (McFarland 0-7864-0825-1, Mar 2001, $45.00, 298pp, hc) [Tarzan] Non-fiction, reference. A guide to the “Tarzan” books, with an Ape-English Dictionary, lists of characters, summaries of the books, illustrations from various editions, and index. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now. Order from McFarland & Company, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; credit card orders 800-253-2187; [www.mcfarlandpub.com]; add $4.00 postage. [Edgar Rice Burroughs]

Ard Magister Laura J. Underwood (Yard Dog Press 1-893687-52-X, May 2002, $16.00, 268pp, tp, cover by Sandra SanTara) [Conor Manahan] Celtic fantasy novel featuring Conor Mac Manahan in the land of Keltora. Order from Yard Dog Press, 710 W. Redbud Lane, Alma AR 72921-7247; e-mail: [srosen.lstran@juno.com]; website: [www.yarddogpress.com]; add $2.00 postage.

Shadows, Legends & Secrets John Urbancik (Flesh & Blood Press, Mar 2002, $5.00, 38pp, ph, cover by John Pierro) Chapbook original collection of eight stories, two reprints. Order from Flesh & Blood Press, 121 Joseph St., Bayville NJ 08721; e-mail [horrorjack@aol.com].

George Allan England: Scientific Romancer Virgil Utter (Galactic Central 1-871133-59-9, Aug 2002, $6.00, ix + 68pp, ph) Non-fiction reference, a primary and secondary bibliography. Available in the US from Chris Drumm, PO Box 445, Polk City IA 50226-0445; [Cdrummbks@aol.com]; [www.philsp.cwc.net]. [George Allan England]

Perley Poore Sheehan: Shadow Master Virgil Utter (Galactic Central 1-871133-60-2, Jul 2002, $3.00, ix + 30pp, ph) Non-fiction reference, a primary and secondary bibliography. Available in the US from Chris Drumm, PO Box 445, Polk City IA 50226-0445; [Cdrummbks@aol.com]; [www.philsp.cwc.net]. [Perley Poore Sheehan]

Twin Visions Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell (Thunder’s Mouth Press 1-56025-379-7, Aug 2002, $32.50, 128pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) Art book. First US edition (Paper Tiger 7/02).

Zathura Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-25396-3, Oct 2002, $18.00, unpaginated, hc, cover by Chris Van Allsburg) [Jumanji] Children’s picture book, sequel to Jumanji, written and illustrated by Van Allsburg. Two boys find a game that sends them into outer space.

Martyrs Edo van Belkom (Design Image Group 1-891946-13-7, Jan 2002, $15.95, 273pp, tp) Horror novel. Archeologists unearthing an old Jesuit mission in Canada uncover an imprisoned demon. Available from The Design Image Group, PO Box 2325, Darien IL 60561; [www.designimagegroup.com]; add $2.00 postage.

The World of Null-A A. E. van Vogt (Tor/Orb 0-765-30097-4, Oct 2002, $14.95, 272pp, tp, cover by Mark Rogers) [Null-A] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1948) classic SF novel.

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