The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999 (original) (raw)

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Brute Orbits George Zebrowski (HarperPrism 0-06-105807-6, Aug ’99, $6.99, 342pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism 1998) near-future SF novel about asteroid-mine prisons. Winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award.

Cave of Stars George Zebrowski (HarperPrism 0-06-105299-X, Aug ’99, $24.00, 273pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Macrolife] SF novel, sequel to Macrolife. Conflict arises between two radically different societies created by the survivors of Earth’s destruction.

Star Trek, the Next Generation: Dyson Sphere George Zebrowski & Charles Pellegrino (Pocket 0-671-54173-0, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $6.50, 232pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

The Great Book of Amber: The Complete Amber Chronicles 1-10 Roger Zelazny (Avon Eos 0-380-80906-0, Dec ’99, $20.00, 1258pp, tp, cover by Tim White) [Amber] Omnibus of the first 10 novels in the “Amber” series: Nine Princes in Amber (1970), The Guns of Avalon (1972), Sign of the Unicorn (1975), The Hand of Oberon (1976), The Courts of Chaos (1978), Trumps of Doom (1985), Blood of Amber (1986), Sign of Chaos (1987), Knight of Shadows (1989), Prince of Chaos (1991).

Lord Demon Roger Zelazny & Jane Lindskold (Avon Eos 0-380-97333-2, Aug ’99, $23.00, 276pp, hc) Fantasy novel with a Chinese flavor. The demon Kai Wren’s search for a murderer leads through many dimensions, and a plot to renew the war between gods and demons.

Playing God Sarah Zettel (Warner Aspect 0-446-60758-4, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $6.99, 448pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1998) SF novel of human intervention on a dying alien planet.

Raptor Paul Zindel (Hyperion 0-7868-0338-X, Oct ’98 [Feb ’99], $14.95, 170pp, hc, cover by Daniel Horne) Young-adult horror/adventure novel. A paleontologist’s son finds real dinosaurs. This is dated 1998 but not seen until now.

Raptor Paul Zindel (Hyperion 0-7868-1224-9, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $4.99, 170pp, pb, cover by Daniel Horne) Reprint (Hyperion 1998) young-adult horror/adventure novel. A paleontologist’s son finds real dinosaurs.

Rats Paul Zindel (Hyperion 0-7868-0339-8, Aug ’99, $15.99, 204pp, hc, cover by Daniel Horne) Young-adult horror novel of mutant rats from a New York City dump.

Reef of Death Paul Zindel (Hyperion 0-7868-1309-1, Oct ’98 [Jul ’99], $5.99, 177pp, tp, cover by Daniel Horne) Reprint (Hyperion 1998) young adult horror/adventure novel. PC’s Australian vacation goes wrong when an undersea volcanic vent spawns deadly creatures, and a mad doctor is willing to kill to get her hands on an Aboriginal treasure.

When Dreams Came True: Classic Fairy Tales and their Tradition Jack Zipes (Routledge 0-415-92151-1, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], 19.99,238pp,tp)Non−fiction,criticallookatthesocialhistoryoffairytales,andhowdifferentauthorsusedthemtoimpartvaluestoreaders.Coverssuchdiverseworksas∗∗TheWizardofOz∗∗,∗∗Pinocchio∗∗,andthetalesofCharlesPerrault,theBrothersGrimm,FrankStockton,andHermannHesse.Includesbibliographyandindex.Ahardcoveredition(−92150−3,19.99, 238pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical look at the social history of fairy tales, and how different authors used them to impart values to readers. Covers such diverse works as The Wizard of Oz, Pinocchio, and the tales of Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, Frank Stockton, and Hermann Hesse. Includes bibliography and index. A hardcover edition (-92150-3, 19.99,238pp,tp)Non−fiction,criticallookatthesocialhistoryoffairytales,andhowdifferentauthorsusedthemtoimpartvaluestoreaders.Coverssuchdiverseworksas∗∗TheWizardofOz∗∗,∗∗Pinocchio∗∗,andthetalesofCharlesPerrault,theBrothersGrimm,FrankStockton,andHermannHesse.Includesbibliographyandindex.Ahardcoveredition(−92150−3,70.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Routledge, 7625 Empire Drive, Florence KY 41042; credit card orders 800-634-7064.

The Arabian Nights, Volume II ed. Jack Zipes (Penguin/Signet Classic 0-451-52749-6, Nov ’99, $6.95, 419pp, pb) Anthology of 62 stories, most set within six framing stories, newly selected and adapted from the classic Sir Richard Burton unexpurgated translation. Zipes’s afterword and introductory note discuss the stories’ origins and Burton’s translation. There is a bibliography.

The Plato Papers Peter Ackroyd (Chatto & Windus 1-85619-701-8, Apr ’99, £12.99, 139pp, hc) Satirical SF novella set in 3700, where the great orator Plato re-interprets our own era using meagre, censored fragments of literature and science.

The Collected Strange Stories of Robert Aickman, Volume I Robert Aickman (Tartarus Press 1-872621-47-3, Nov ’99, £35.00, xvi+399pp, hc, cover by Steven Stapleton) Collection of 22 stories, with an appreciation by David Tibet, and memoir by Ramsey Campbell. A limited edition of 500 copies. Available only with the simultaneous The Collected Strange Stories of Robert Aickman, Volume II. These volumes collect all known short fictions by Aickman. Available from 5 Birch Terrace, Hangingbirch Lane, Horam, East Sussex TN21 0PA.

The Collected Strange Stories of Robert Aickman, Volume II Robert Aickman (Tartarus Press 1-872621-48-1, Nov ’99, £35.00, viii+470pp, hc, cover by Steven Stapleton) Collection of 27 stories. A Limited Edition of 500 copies. Available only with the simultaneous The Collected Strange Stories of Robert Aickman, Volume I. These volumes collect all known short fictions by Aickman. Available from 5 Birch Terrace, Hangingbirch Lane, Horam, East Sussex TN21 0PA.

Black Hearts in Battersea Joan Aiken (Red Fox 0-09-988860-2, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 251pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1965) young adult fantasy novel illustrated by Pat Marriott. Book two in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Ninth printing.

Cold Shoulder Road Joan Aiken (Red Fox 0-09-955851-3, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 233pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1995) young adult fantasy novel. Book nine in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Third printing.

The Cuckoo Tree Joan Aiken (Red Fox 0-09-988870-X, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 303pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1971) young adult fantasy novel illustrated by Pat Marriott. Book six in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Fourth printing.

Dido and Pa Joan Aiken (Red Fox 0-09-988850-5, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 314pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1986) young adult fantasy novel illustrated by Pat Marriott. Book seven in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Fifth printing.

Is Joan Aiken (Red Fox 0-09-910921-2, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 284pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1992) young adult fantasy novel illustrated by Pat Marriott. Book eight in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Fourth printing.

Limbo Lodge Joan Aiken (Jonathan Cape 0-224-04664-0, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £12.99, 220pp, hc, cover by Mark Robertson) [Alternate England; James III] Young adult fantasy novel. Book five in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Simultaneous with the US (Delacorte as Dangerous Games) edition. This ninth-published of the series takes place between The Stolen Lake and The Cuckoo Tree.

Night Birds on Nantucket Joan Aiken (Red Fox 0-09-988890-4, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 202pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1966) young adult fantasy novel illustrated by Pat Marriott. Book three in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Fifth printing.

The Stolen Lake Joan Aiken (Red Fox 0-09-988840-8, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 318pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1981) young adult fantasy novel illustrated by Pat Marriott. Book four in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. Fourth printing.

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Joan Aiken (Red Fox 0-09-997250-6, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], £3.99, 192pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1962) young adult fantasy novel illustrated throughout by Pat Marriott. Book one in the “Alternate England/James III” sequence. 18th printing.

Lilith’s Castle Gill Alderman (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648272-4, Jun ’99 [May ’99], £6.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Bill Gregory) Fantasy novel of a man transported into the mind of the Red Horse of Malthassa, in a land he believed he had invented, along with the magician Koschei, who has replaced him in our world.

Remembrance Day Brian Aldiss (Little, Brown/Abacus 0-349-11149-9, May ’99, £6.99, 311pp, tp) [Squire] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) associational mainstream novel with psychic elements. Third in the “Squire” quartet.

Somewhere East of Life Brian Aldiss (Little, Brown/Abacus 0-349-11148-0, May ’99, £6.99, 408pp, tp) [Squire] Reprint (Flamingo; Carroll & Graf 1994) SF novel. Fourth in the ‘Squire’ quartet.

The Twinkling of an Eye or My Life as an Englishman Brian Aldiss (Warner UK 0-7515-2871-4, Nov ’99, £9.99, 484pp, tp) Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1998) autobiography, illustrated with eight pages of photographs.

When The Feast is Finished: Reflections on Terminal Illness Brian & Margaret Aldiss (Little, Brown UK 0-316-64835-3, May ’99, £16.99, x+230pp, hc) Memoir of the final weeks of Margaret Aldiss’s life.

White Mars, Or, The Mind Set Free: A 21st-Century Utopia Brian Aldiss & Roger Penrose (Little, Brown UK 0-316-85243-0, Nov ’99, £16.99, 323pp, hc) SF novel of colonists on a 21st-century Mars which has been designated a preserve for science, legally protected from exploitation or development. Dr. Laurence Lustgarten - listed as Legal Advisor - contributes an appendix, ‘The United Nationalities Charter for the Settlement of Mars’, and Aldiss ends with his pamphlet (distributed January 1997), ‘APIUM: Association for the Protection and Integrity of an Unspoilt Mars’.

The Unexplained: Stories of the Paranormal ed. Ric Alexander (Orion 1-85798-553-2, May ’99 [Jun ’99], £6.99, 493pp, pb) Reprint (Orion 1998) anthology of 21 SF and fantasy stories, including two originals by Richard Laymon and Graham Masterton, and a foreword by Peter James.

Seven Weird Days at No. 31 Judy Allen (Walker 0-7445-4190-5, May ’98 [Jan ’99], £6.99, 105pp, hc, cover by Derek Brazell) Young-adult ghost story of a haunted house, whose ghost doesn’t know she’s dead. Published in 1998 but not seen until now.

Star Wars X-Wing: Solo Command Aaron Allston (Bantam UK 0-553-50605-6, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], £5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Star Wars: X-Wing] Star Wars novelisation. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.

Star Wars: X-Wing: Book Nine: Starfighters of Adumar Aaron Allston (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-553-81271-8, Sep ’99, £5.99, 291pp, pb) [Star Wars: X-Wing] Original novel set in the Star Wars universe. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.

Skellig David Almond (Hodder Signature 0-340-71600-2, May ’99, £4.99, 170pp, tp, cover by Fletcher Sibthorp) Reissue (Hodder Signature 1998) young-adult fantasy novel. A boy finds a bedraggled bird-man with strange powers. Ninth printing. The original edition was not seen.

Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands Jorge Amado (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-710-8, Jun ’99, £7.99, 553pp, tp, cover by David Lyttleton & John Oakey) Reprint (Knopf 1969) literary fantasy of a widow and her ghostly husband. Translated by Harriet de Onìs from the original (Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos, Brazil, 1966)

Einstein’s Monsters Martin Amis (Vintage UK 0-099-76891-7, Jun ’99, £5.99, ix+132pp, tp) Reprint (Cape; Crown/Harmony 1987) associational collection of five stories, some SF.

Heavy Water and Other Stories Martin Amis (Vintage UK 0-09-927266-0, Jun ’99, £6.99, 231pp, tp) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1998) associational collection of nine stories, several fantasy and SF.

London Fields Martin Amis (Vintage UK 0-099-74861-4, Jun ’99, £6.99, 470pp, tp) Reprint (Cape 1989) literary fantasy novel.

Blindfold Kevin J. Anderson (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648306-2, May ’99 [Apr ’99], £5.99, 377pp, pb) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1995) SF novel. In a fragile society dependent on telepaths as Truthsaysers, someone is trying to subvert the system. [First U.K. edition]

Brooke The New Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster UK/Pocket 0-671-02195-8, Mar ’99, £2.99, 167pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Orphans] Reprint (Pocket Star 1998 as by V.C. Andrews) associational gothic horror novel, third in the “Orphans” series. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Virginia C. Andrews Trust and the Vanda Partnership. [First U.K. edition]

Butterfly The New Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster UK/Pocket 0-671-02197-4, Jan ’99, £2.99, 170pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Orphans] Reprint (Pocket Star 1998 as by V.C. Andrews) associational gothic horror novel, first in the new “Orphans” series. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Virginia C. Andrews Trust and the Vanda Partnership. [First U.K. edition]

Crystal The New Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster UK/Pocket 0-671-02198-2, Feb ’99, £2.99, 168pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Orphans] Reprint (Pocket Star 1998 as by V.C. Andrews) associational gothic horror novel, second in the “Orphans” series. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Virginia C. Andrews Trust and the Vanda Partnership. [First U.K. edition]

Music in the Night The New Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster UK/Pocket 0-684-82110-9, Jan ’99, £10.99, 315pp, tp) [Logan Family] Reprint (Pocket Star 1998 as by V.C. Andrews) associational gothic horror novel, fourth in the “Logan Family” series. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Virginia D. Andrews Trust and the Vanda Partnership.

Unfinished Symphony The New Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster UK/Pocket 0-671-00538-3, Jan ’99 [May ’99], £5.99, 344pp, pb) [Logan Family] Reprint (Pocket 1997 as by V.C. Andrews) associational gothic horror novel, third in the “Logan Family” series. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Virginia D. Andrews Trust and the Vanda Partnership.

Doctor Who: Frontier Worlds Peter Anghelides (BBC Books 0-563-55589-0, Nov ’99, £5.99, 272pp, pb) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series, starring the 8th Doctor. Book 29 of the BBC “New Adventures” series.

The Web 2027 ed. Anon. (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-599-0, May ’99, £5.99, 568pp, pb, cover by Black Sheep) [Web] SF Omnibus of the first six books in “The Web” series: The Web: Gulliverzone by Stephen Baxter (1997), The Web: Dreamcastle by Stephen Bowkett (1997), The Web: Untouchable by Eric Brown (1997), The Web: Spiderbite by Graham Joyce (1997), The Web: Lightstorm by Peter F. Hamilton (1998), and The Web: Sorceress by Maggie Furey (1998).

Babylon 5: Omnibus 1 ed. Anon. (Boxtree 0-7522-1778-X, Sep ’99 [Oct ’99], £6.99, ii+760pp, pb) [Babylon 5] SF omnibus of the first three novelizations (all Del Rey 1995): Voices by John Vornholt, Accusations by Lois Tilton, and Blood Oath by John Vornholt. The books are separately paginated.

Chilling Christmas Tales ed. Anon. (Scholastic UK 0-439-01283-X, Nov ’99, £3.99, 285pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic UK 1992) original anthology of ten young-adult horror stories, including pieces by Joan Aiken and Garry Kilworth.

Myths & Magic: The Complete Fantasy Reference ed. Anon. (Titan 1-84023-059-2, Apr ’99, £12.99, 277pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Writer’s Digest Books 1998 as The Writer’s Complete Fantasy Reference) reference work, with an introduction by Terry Brooks. A guide to the history, myths, costumes, crafts, and magics of many cultures. Internally dated February 1999. [First U.K. edition]

Star Wars Omnibus ed. Anon. (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-941-5, Jun ’99, £9.99, 505pp, tp) [Star Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 1987 as The Star Wars Trilogy) SF omnibus of the first three film novelisations.

The Web 2028 ed. Anon. (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-870-1, Nov ’99, £6.99, 630pp, pb) [Web] SF omnibus of the second six books in “The Web” series (all Dolphin 1998-1999). Authors are Stephen Baxter, Ken MacLeod, James Lovegrove, Maggie Furey, Pat Cadigan, and Eric Brown.

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