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IN THIS ISSUE:

[Part 1]
Editor's Desk
Reviews
Dark Prince by Christine Feehan
The Killing Game by Iris Johansen
Crossroads by Stephen Kenson
Lady of Sherwood by Jennifer Roberson
Movies
The 13th Warrior
The Blair Witch Project
Q&A
News & Notes
1999 Hugo Award Winners

[Part 2]
Coming Soon to a Shelf Near You
October 1999 - June 2000 and beyond
Classifieds

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EDITOR'S DESK: A Death in the Family
Melanie C. Duncan, Editor/Publisher

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My planned editorial has been postponed in lieu of sad news.
Marion Zimmer Bradley, author of The Mists of Avalon, the Darkover
universe novels, and editor of her self-titled fantasy magazine, died
Sept. 25 of complications following a massive heart attack on Sept. 21.
Her books struck a chord with readers from a variety of genres:
historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, paranormal fiction, and
on and on. Over the span of fifty years as a writer (she was 69 when
she journeyed on ahead of her fans), she was acquainted with, worked
with, influenced, encouraged or criticized a wide range of writers:
Diana L. Paxson, Mercedes Lackey and Elizabeth Waters are but a few.
Her Sword & Sorceress anthologies read like a who's who of
writers; if you made it into one of MZB's publications, you passed
some of the most stringent writing requirements in the science fiction
and fantasy fields. She didn't accept bullshit or trash, and she was
always the first to say so in the introductions to her books and in
her writer's guidelines. She also had the most famous set of initials
next to Donald A. Wollheim.
She still has one or two titles that will be published posthumously,
but we have lost a bright spirit in the fantasy world, and her family and
friends have lost so much more.
Go with love, MZB. Blessings on your journey.

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REVIEWS

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Feehan, Christine. Dark Prince.
1999. 314p. Love Spell, $4.99 ISBN 0505523302.
[Paranormal Romance/Vampire]

Reviewed by Melanie C. Duncan

Mikhail Dubrinsky, one of the few members of the Carpathian race
left, is tired all the way to his soul. His people are extremely
long-lived, seemingly immortal to the few humans in the know, and
gifted with the ability to shapeshift and converse telepathically.
They pay for their gifts with a close bond to the earth, a close
bond that requires them to sleep in the earth for renewal and to
use blood as sustenance. As Mikhail ponders the looming futility
of finding a mate to share his life with, American Raven Whitney
touches his thoughts with her own. Shocked out of his doldrums,
Mikhail tracks her to a local inn where he arranges to meet her.
Raven is recovering from using her telepathy to track serial killers,
but after meeting Mikhail, her talents are needed again as she and
the few remaining Carpathians become targets of a cult of "vampire
hunters." As she begins to learn exactly who and what Mikhail is,
she confronts her darkest fears and the myths of vampires to share
his life. Carpathian males who never find a mate grow increasingly
emotionless and eventually turn "vampire" in an attempt to enjoy
something, anything again. Feehan provides an intriguingly fresh
take in a market saturated with Bela Lugosi clones. A definite
keeper for fans of the paranormal and vampires in particular, and
peopled with enough intriguing men to fuel the imagination in
many more books to come.

Available at Amazon.com,
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0505523302/o/qid=938749924/sr=8-1/002
-8150438-3450843

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Johansen, Iris. The Killing Game.
1999. 384p. Bantam, $23.95 ISBN 0553106244.
[Psychological Thriller]

Reviewed by Melanie C. Duncan

"According to the newspapers, she had everything. A good marriage, a
family, friends. � Then one day she left home and never came back. No
warning. No reason. � That's what's most frightening. � A madman chooses
you at random and takes away everything. It's not fair."
--Eve Duncan, forensic sculptor

The second Eve Duncan book is just as chilling as The Face of
Deception
was. Eve reconstructs the faces of lost children from the bareness of their
skulls, always hoping one will be her daughter. At least she saw her
daughter's killer punished�or so she thought. Tough, sexy Joe Quinn finally
gets it together and goes after Eve on the remote island where she's been
staying with John Logan for the past year. The key to her return to the
States is the news he thinks her daughter's bones have been unearthed at
Talladega Falls in North Georgia. The bones were part of a mass burial site
revealed by a landslide. As Eve jumps back into her career, Joe hovers
protectively and a spunky foster child becomes the bait in a game with
"Dom," the real killer of Eve's daughter. With an extremely intelligent
serial killer taunting her at every turn, and with a rapidly increasing
body count, Eve is forced to re-evaluate the things, and people, most
important in her life. Johansen offers her trademark psychological thrills
with undercurrents of passion in a game that keeps all the players guessing
until the bitter end.

Available at Amazon.com,
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553106244/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-5/00
2-8150438-3450843

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Kenson, Stephen. Crossroads [Shadowrun].
1999. 288p. Penguin, $5.99 ISBN 0451457404 .
[Fantasy]

Reviewed by Beth Spires, MS, MT(ASCP)

Shadowrun is an RPG, a role-playing game, set in an alternate Earth
where magic has come back into the world giving rise to metahumans such as
elves, dwarves, orcs and trolls. Mega-corporations vie for power alongside
traditional governments and wage private wars utilizing those who owe no
loyalty except to the almighty nuyuen. They are Shadowrunners and possess
many different skills. There are shamans, who manipulate the primal forces
of nature; street samurai, who have technologically enhanced their bodies
with cybernetic implants; mages, who cast a variety of spells; and deckers,
who interface directly into their computers and work in a virtual world
known as "the Matrix".
Crossroads is the story of a mage, Talon. Talon finds himself
returning to Boston after a ten year absence when a woman arrives at his
apartment looking for associates of Jason Vale, Talon's former mentor.
Talon had left Boston after getting revenge on those responsible for
Jason's death. But in his quest for revenge, Talon unleashed a spirit,
which feeds on his anger and hatred, and has grown powerful waiting to
be reunited with its creator. But there are those who would leash the
spirit for their own uses, so Talon has to dodge mega-corporations and
yakuza in his quest to destroy the spirit.
Crossroads is a good stand-alone novel in the Shadowrun series. While
the book refers to events that have taken place in previous novels, it is
not necessary to have read those to follow the story. Kenson previously
authored game books for the Shadowrun RPG. The book moves along briskly and
as it is told from first person perspective, keeps the reader guessing
along with Talon.

Available at Amazon.com,
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451457404/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
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Roberson, Jennifer. Lady of Sherwood.
Nov. 1999. 384p. Kensington, $24 ISBN 1575664755.
[Historical Fiction]

Reviewed for Booklist by Melanie C. Duncan
(Since Booklist will be printing the "official" review I wrote, I can't
duplicate it here, but I can give you a brief rundown.)

Five years have passed since the events in Lady of the Forest.
Robin and Marian live quietly in her manor, with Will Scathlocke, Little
John, Much and Friar Tuck. Pardoned by King Richard, they have avoided
the Sheriff of Nottingham as much as possible, but the King is dying in
France. Dying, ironically, as a common thief after attempting to take a
castle for a nonexistent treasure. Long live King John. Once again Robin
and his men take to Sherwood Forest to avoid the Sheriff's long-awaited
vengeance. While Lady of Sherwood stands well enough alone, it is best
savored as the sequel it is meant to be. Roberson draws you in, and before
you know it, midnight is long gone, the last page turns, and you still want
more Robin, more Marian, more Roberson.

Available at Amazon.com,
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1575664755/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

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MOVIES

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The 13th Warrior, starring Antonio Banderas, directed by John McTiernan.

Reviewed by Melanie C. Duncan

The 13th Warrior, based on Michael Crichton's book Eaters of the Dead,
which is based on the Old English poem "Beowulf," is a great way to forget
the real world for a couple of hours. Banderas, more often accused of being
eye candy than an outstanding actor, is credible as an Islamic emissary
sent to the frozen North because of an indiscretion with another man's
wife. Bewildered by the giant North men he encounters, nonetheless he joins
them on a quest to rid Hrothgar's hall of the monsters attacking
relentlessly. Beowulf (pronounced "bull-vai") proves there's a brain hidden
underneath all that blonde hair. Banderas (I'm not even attempting to spell
his character's name <g>) is forced to confront his inner fears of the
unknown and failure. While I've heard through the Net that historical
re-enactors have problems with the costumes and weapons, the rest of us can
watch in blissful ignorance and wonder right along with Banderas exactly
what is he facing? While my brother-in-law claims there are too many
close-ups of Banderas for it to be a guy movie, my sister and I had no
objections.

Visit http://movies.go.com/the13thwarrior/ for more information.

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The Blair Witch Project, out on video Oct. 22

Reviewed by Beth Spires, MS, MT(ASCP)

One of the hottest movies to have been released this summer comes to
home video in October, just in time for Halloween. While some would argue
that this is a ground-breaking movie of terror and suspense, I would have
to firmly disagree. The first-person, jerky motion of the camera made me
motion sick, however that could have been forgiven if the movie was even
the least bit suspenseful or scary. I cared nothing for the main
characters and by the time the movie was over, I was hoping SOMETHING would
happen to them just relieve the boredom. They never really even explained
what the Blair Witch was. For those of you with children who want to see the
movie, my advice is to preview it first. There is very strong language in
the movie and the f-word is used frequently, as everything from an
adjective, to a noun, to a verb. My advice, if you want to rent a
suspenseful movie for Halloween: Rent the original Psycho, or any movie by
Hitchcock. If you want a scary movie, rent Halloween I or The Exorcist.
The reaction of one movie-goer to Blair Witch pretty much sums it up.
"Well, was that it?"

If you still want to see it or own the video, visit Amazon.com for VHS at
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00001QGUL/o/thebookdragonrev/sr=2-1/
002-8150438-3450843,
or DVD at
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00001QGUM/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-1/00
2-8150438-3450843.

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Q & A

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Q: Are all of Terry Pratchett's books "Discworld" novels?
A: No. Just his most recent ones. He's also written Good Omens with Neil
Gaiman, Truckers, Diggers, Wings, The Carpet People, The Dark Side of the
Sun, Johnny & the Dead, and Johnny & the Bomb which aren't set on Discworld.

Q: When is Robert Jordan's next book in the "Wheel of Time" series
going to come out?
A: No time soon. I'm keeping check, and Jordan has said there will be 10-12
books.

Q: Is the new Logston book set in her Shadow universe?
A: No. Exile by Anne Logston is set in the same universe as her earlier
novel, The Guardian's Key.

Q: Do you assign the category labels or are they straight from the publisher?
A: I'm assigning category labels based upon what I learn from the
publishers and from my years of experience as a librarian.

Q: You list Pegasus in Space as final in a trilogy. How does this tie in
with the Rowan books?
A: Pegasus in Space is the third book in the grouping Get Off the Unicorn
and Pegasus in Flight. It will be a bridge of sorts to the Rowan series,
according to Ms. McCaffrey (as spoken to at DragonCon July 3, 1999 in
Atlanta, GA).

Q: Is the new Robert Parker book a Spenser book?
A: No. Family Honor is the first book in a new series starring Boston
private investigator Sunny Randall which reviewers are already calling the
series with the female Spenser. Parker supposedly wrote it with actress and
friend, Helen Hunt, in mind.
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NEWS & NOTES

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1999 HUGO WINNERS
Contributed by Sharon Lee, co-author of Plan B

Best Novel of 1998: To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
Best Novella of 1998: "Oceanic" by Greg Egan
Best Novelette of 1998: "Taklamakan" by Bruce Sterling
Best Short Story of 1998: "The Very Pulse of the Machine" by Michael
Swanwick
Best Related Book of 1998: The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of by Thomas
M. Disch
Best Dramatic Presentation of 1998: The Truman Show (Paramount)
Best Professional Editor of 1998: Gardner Dozois (Asimov's)
Best Professional Artist of 1998: Bob Eggleton
Best Semiprozine of 1998: Locus, edited by Charles N. Brown
Best Fanzine of 1998: Ansible, edited By Dave Langford
Best Fan Writer of 1998: Dave Langford
Best Fan Artist of 1998: Ian Gunn

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer of 1997 or 1998
(Sponsored by Dell Magazines)
Nalo Hopkinson

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Marcia Kiser announced The Romantic Bower, http://www.theromanticbower.com,
will become a monthly print magazine beginning January 2000.

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Fantasy, Folklore and Fairytales
http://www.fantasytoday.com/Fantasy_eZine/fantasy_ezine.html is up and
running.

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MysteryNet, http://www.MysteryNet.com, launches the official Agatha
Christie Website, http://www.MysteryNet.com/AgathaChristie, this fall.

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Author Dave Wolverton set a new world record for the largest single author
booksigning since Kevin J. Anderson for Ai! Pedrito. He signed 1,845 copies
of A Very Strange Trip, based on a short story. Both titles give co-author
credit to the late L. Ron Hubbard who wrote the original short stories.

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Charlotte Austin ceased publication of The Quill Magazine in September due
to a trademark dispute over the name with another company.

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The Amazing Chuck Rothman has already put pictures of Albacon on the Web!
Check 'em out at http://www.albacon.org/photos/photos1.htm. (Site suggested
by Sharon Lee, http://www.korval.com/bloorue.)

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Barnes & Noble stores will discontinue use of the New York Times bestseller
list as a benchmark for discounting books. Instead, B&N will use its own
sales data to create lists of discounted books. Alan Kahn, chief operating
officer for Barnes & Noble, told the Times, "The fact is that our list,
which we cut every weekend, more accurately reflects what goes on in our
stores. Any retailer wants to sell more of what they're selling." The Times
list includes sales data from several chain stores, as well as independent
retailers.

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Newly discovered short stories by Raymond Carver will soon be published. Over
a decade after the author's death from lung cancer at age 50, writer Tess
Gallagher, his widow, found the stories while cleaning his previously
untouched desk. Gallagher told the Associated Press, "These will be the last
writings of Ray's to offer of this nature. It's been lovely to have his
stories in the house again, of course. A great excitement and a pleasure."
Gallagher found the stories in March, but held on to them until she could
find an editor she trusted to work with the pieces.

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In New York, seven writers are receiving the first Readers' Choice Awards,
organized by Friends of Libraries U.S.A. and voted on by readers who filled
out write-in ballots at more than 1,000 libraries. Fiction - Wally Lamb's
I Know This Much Is True; Nonfiction - Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods;
Biography - Christopher Reeve's Still Me; Mystery/thriller - Sue Grafton's
N is for Noose; Romance - Danielle Steel's The Long Road Home; Science
fiction - Mary Doria Russell's Children of God; and Self-help - Cassandra
Danz's
Mrs. Greenthumbs Plows Ahead.

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Beginning in January, the Oxford American will devote 25-30 magazine pages
to the previously unpublished novel A Painted House by editor John Grisham.
It will continue doing so over the next year.

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Sharon Lee and Steve Miller will publish "Naratha's Shadow", a short story,
in Such a Pretty Face, a Meisha Merlin anthology to be published in 2000.
Their short story, "Choice of Weapons," appears in Absolute Magnitude #12.

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Hasbro purchased Wizards of the Coast for $325 million, according to
Publisher's Weekly (9/20/99). WOTC, known for Magic: The Gathering, had
acquired TSR in 1997. Reportedly, the company's line of cards, RPGs and
novels will continue unchanged.

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Meisha Merlin announced the contracts with P. C. Hodgell are signed! God
Stalk and Dark of the Moon will be released in a single combined omnibus in
September 2000 premiering at the WorldCon in Chicago. Seeker's Mask in 2001
in September at WorldCon, and an option on as yet untitled new novel in the
series. An artist has yet to be chosen. Meisha Merlin will do each of these
titles in both a single print autographed hardcover and a regular soft
cover edition.

Meisha Merlin has also picked up the rights to Jody Lynn Nye's Mythology
series. The first three titles-Mythology 101, Mythology Abroad, and Higher
Mythology-will be published in a single omnibus edition, Applied Mythology, in
September 2000 and premiering at the WorldCon in Chicago. Her new novel,
Advanced Mythology, will be published in September 2001 and premiering at
WorldCon. Don Maitz, who did the original covers, has agreed to do our covers.
Meisha Merlin will do each of these titles in both a single print autographed
hardcover and a regular soft cover edition.

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Abbreviations guide:
(eb) = electronic book
(hc) = hardcover
(pb) = paperback
(tpb) = trade paperback
NA = Information not available at press time.
* = New addition to prepublication list since last issue.
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COMING SOON TO A SHELF NEAR YOU

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[Editor's Note: I've been receiving information about numerous new releases
which I will not have time to add to this issue because of my deadline. So
if you are an author who sent your information to me and you don't see your
name here, please don't worry. It will appear next issue!]
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Late September Arrivals:

*Binchy, Maeve. Tara Road (hc). $24.95, Delacorte [Fiction].
The newest Oprah selection, and the first popular fiction title chosen.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385335121/o/thebookdragonrev/sr=2-1/
002-8150438-3450843

*Patrick, Ann. The Wandering Minstrel (eb). $NA,
http://www.newconceptspublishing.com [Romance]. For more information, visit
http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/writer1.

*Rasey, Patricia. Deadly Obsession (eb). $NA, http://darkstarpublications.com.
Visit http://www.romfort.org/Rasey.html for more information.

*Twilight Visions (eb). $NA, http://darkstarpublications.com [Anthology].

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OCTOBER 1999

*Anthony, Piers. Xone of Contention (hc). $24.95, Tor [Fantasy].
The next Xanth novel.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312866917/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

Bambara, Toni Cade. Those Bones Are Not My Child (hc). $29.95,
Pantheon [Fiction]. Based on Atlanta child murders of the 1980s.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0679442618/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

*Bardsley, Michele R. Daddy in Training (eb). $NA, http://www.hardshell.com
[Romance].

Brooks, Terry. Angel Fire East (hc). $25.95, Del Rey [Fantasy].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345379640/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-1/00
2-8150438-3450843

Cameron, Stella. Key West (hc). $23, Kensington [Romance].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1575664542/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843 Reviewed for Publisher's Weekly.

Craven, Wes. Fountain Society (hc). $25, Simon & Schuster [Horror].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684846608/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-1/00
2-8150438-3450843

*Delisi, Elizabeth. Since All is Passing. $NA, Avid Press.
Visit http://members.tripod.com/~ElizabethDelisi/ for more information.

Evans, Richard Paul. The Looking Glass (hc). $17.95, Simon & Schuster
[Fiction].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684867818/o/thebookdragonrev/sr=2-1/
002-8150438-3450843

Francis, Dick. Second Wind (hc). $24.95, Putnam [Mystery].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0399145621/o/thebookdragonrev/sr=2-1/
002-8150438-3450843

Gibson, William. All Tomorrow's Parties (hc). $24.95, Putnam [Science
Fiction].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0399145796/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-2/00
2-8150438-3450843

Grafton, Sue. O is for Outlaw (hc). $26, Henry Holt [Mystery].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0805059555/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-1/00
2-8150438-3450843

Grimes, Martha. The Lamorna Wink (hc). $22.95, Viking [Mystery].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670888702/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

*Hayden, Patrick Nielsen. Starlight 2 (tpb). $14.95, Tor [Fantasy/Short
Story Collection].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312863128/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-2/00
2-8150438-3450843

Herbert, Brian, and Kevin Anderson. Dune: House Atreides (hc).
$27.50, Bantam [Science Fiction].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0553110616/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-1/00
2-8150438-3450843

Herbert, James. Others (hc). $25.95, Forge [Horror].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312872933/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-1/00
2-8150438-3450843

*Jordan, Robert. The Further Chronicles of Conan (hc). $24.95, Tor [Fantasy].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312871953/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

*Keyes, J. Gregory. Babylon 5: Final Reckoning (pb). $5.99, Ballantine
[Science Fiction].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345427173/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

Kurland, Lynn. The More I See You (pb). $6.99, Jove [Romance/Time Travel].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0425171078/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-1/00
2-8150438-3450843

Lackey, Mercedes. The River's Gift (hc). $14.95, ROC [Fantasy].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0451457595/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

Lackey, Mercedes, and Larry Dixon. The Chrome Borne (pb). $6.99, Baen
[Fantasy].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671578340/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

Lackey, Mercedes, and Larry Dixon. Owlknight (hc). $24.95, DAW [Fantasy].
Final book of "Darian's Tale" trilogy.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0886778514/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

*Levinson, Paul. The Silk Code (hc). $23.95, Tor [Science Fiction]
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312868235/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

*Lieber, Fritz. Dark Ladies (tpb). $17.95, Tor [Fantasy]. Contains Conjure
Wife and Our Lady of Darkness (Winner of the World Fantasy Award).
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/031286972X/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-1/00
2-8150438-3450843

Little, Denise, ed. Realms of Dragons: The Universes of Margaret Weis and
Tracy Hickman (hc). $29.95, HarperPrism [Non-fiction].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061052396/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

Logston, Anne. Exile (pb). $6.50, Ace [Fantasy]. Set in the universe of The
Guardian's Key.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0441006698/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

Michaels, Fern. Yesterday (hc). $24, Kensington [Fiction].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1575664674/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-4/00
2-8150438-3450843 This link will take you to the listing on Amazon.com, but
read my review for Booklist before making a final decision. I'd recommend
checking it out from the library instead.

Mosley, Walter. Walkin' the Dog (hc). $24.95, Little, Brown [Mystery].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316966207/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-4/00
2-8150438-3450843

Paretsky, Sara. Hard Time (hc). $24.95, Dell/Delacorte [Mystery].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0385313632/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-1/00
2-8150438-3450843

Pascal, Francine. Fearless (pb). $5.99, Pocket [Young Adult].
First book in a new series about an adventurous, mystery-solving teen who
lacks a "fear" gene.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671039415/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-1/00
2-8150438-3450843

Patterson, James. Pop! Goes the Weasel (hc). $26.95, Little, Brown
[Psychological Thriller]. An Alex Cross book.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0316693286/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-2/00
2-8150438-3450843

Pearson, Ryne Douglas. Top Ten (hc). $22.95, Putnam [Suspense].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0399144994/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

Perry, Anne. The Twisted Root (hc). $25, Ballantine [Mystery].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345433254/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-1/00
2-8150438-3450843

Pratchett, Terry. Carpe Jugulum (hc). $24, HarperCollins [Science Fiction].
A Discworld novel.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061051586/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

Robb, J.D. Loyalty in Death (pb). $6.99, Berkley [Mystery]. Robb, a.k.a.
Nora Roberts, continues her popular futuristic detective series.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/042517140X/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

*Roessner, Michaela. The Stars Compel (hc). $25.95, Tor [Fantasy]. Sequel
to The Stars Dispose.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312857551/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

*Salvatore, R.A. The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime (Star Wars) (hc). $24.95,
Del Rey [Science Fiction].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345428447/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-2/00
2-8150438-3450843

Stabenow, Dana. So Sure of Death (hc). $23.95, Dutton [Mystery].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0525945199/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

Turow, Scott. Personal Injuries (hc). $27, Farrar, Straus & Giroux [Legal
Thriller].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0374281947/o/thebookdragonrev/sr=2-1/
002-8150438-3450843

Tyree, Omar. Sweet St. Louis (hc). $23, Simon & Schuster [Multicultural].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684856107/thebookdragonrev/sr=1-1/00
2-8150438-3450843

*Watt-Evans, Lawrence. Dragon Weather (hc). $26.95, Tor [Fantasy].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312869789/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

Wesley, Valerie Wilson. Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do (hc). $24,
Avon [Multicultural].
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0380977036/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

*White, James. Double Contact (hc). $24.95, Tor [Science Fiction].
A Sector General novel by the late White.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312869789/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

*Wolfe, Gene. On Blue's Waters (hc). $24.95, Tor [Science Fiction]. The
first in the "Book of the Short Sun" trilogy set in the years after the
"Book of the Long Sun" tetralogy.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312866143/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

*Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn. Communion Blood (hc). $26.95, Tor [Vampire].
Saint-Germain is back in a novel Publisher's Weekly (9/20/99, p.79, not my
review) calls a "�richly textured tale of political intrigue spiced with
hot blood."
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/031286793X/thebookdragonrev/002-81504
38-3450843

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NOVEMBER 1999

Baldacci, David. Saving Faith (hc). $26.95, Warner [Fiction].

Boxleitner, Bruce. Frontier Earth (hc). $21.95, Ace [Science Fiction].

Brown, Dale. Battle Born (hc). $24.95, Bantam [Fiction].

Buchanan, Edna. Garden of Evil (hc). $24, Avon [Mystery].

Claremont, Chris, and George Lucas. Shadow Star (hc). $24.95,
Bantam [Fantasy]. Third book in series involving Elora Danan.

Crichton, Michael. Timeline (hc). $26.95, Knopf [Fiction].

Deveraux, Jude. High Tide (hc). $24, Pocket [Fiction].

Douglas, Carole Nelson. Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit (hc).
$NA, Forge [Mystery].

Feist, Raymond E. Krondor the Assassins (hc). $25, Avon Eos [Fantasy].
Book II of "The Riftwar Legacy."

Forsyth, Frederick. The Phantom of Manhattan (hc). $19.95,
St. Martin's [Fiction].

Kerr, Katharine. The Black Raven (tpb). $13.95, Bantam [Fantasy].
Book II of "The Dragon Mage."

Mayor, Archer. Occam's Razor (hc). $23.95, Mysterious Press [Mystery].

McKinney-Whetstone, Diane. Blues Dancing (hc). $24, HarperCollins [Fiction].

O'Brian, Patrick. Blue at the Mizzen (hc). $24, W.W. Norton [Fiction].
Book 20 in the Aubrey-Maturin series.

Redfield, James. The Secret of Shambhala (hc). $23.95, Warner [Fiction].

*Roberson, Jennifer. Lady of Sherwood (hc). $24, Kensington [Fantasy].
Sequel to Lady of the Forest; see review this issue.

*Singer, Cherie. Wulfe's Woman (eb). $NA, http://www.hardshell.com [Romance].

Spencer, LaVyrle. The Fulfillment (hc). $18.50, Avon [Fiction].
Reprint. Spencer retired from writing in 1998.

Steel, Danielle. Irresistible Forces (hc). $26.95, Dell/Delacorte [Fiction].

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DECEMBER 1999

Brown, Sandra. In a Class by Itself (hc). $18.95, Bantam [Fiction].
Reprint of an early series romance.

Clarke, Arthur C., and Michael P. Kube-McDowell. The Trigger (hc).
$24.95, Bantam [Science Fiction].

Haldeman, Joe. Forever Free (hc). $NA, Ace [Science Fiction].
Final volume in trilogy.

Kellerman, Jonathan. Monster (hc). $25.95, Random House [Fiction].

McBain, Ed. The Last Dance (hc). $25, Simon & Schuster [Mystery].
Book 50 of the 87th Precinct series.

McCaffrey, Todd J. Dragonholder (hc). $19.95, Del Rey [Non-fiction].
McCaffrey's son looks at the world his mother created.

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JANUARY 2000

Bradford, Barbara Taylor. Where You Belong (hc). $26,
Doubleday [Fiction].

Braun, Lilian Jackson. The Cat Who Robbed a Bank (hc).
$23.95, Putnam [Mystery].

Connelly, Michael. Void Moon (hc). $24.95, Little, Brown [Fiction].

DeMille, Nelson. The Lion's Game (hc). $26, Warner [Fiction].

Griffin, W.E.B. Secret Honor (hc). $25.95, Putnam [Fiction].

Hamilton, Laurell K. Obsidian Butterfly (hc). $21.95, Ace [Paranormal].

Hillerman, Tony. Hunting Badger (hc). $25, HarperCollins [Mystery].

*Hinze, Vicki. Acts of Honor (pb). $5.99, St. Martin's [Psychological
Suspense].

Jance, J.A. Kiss of the Bees (hc). $24, Avon [Mystery].

Kerr, Katharine, and Kate Daniel. Polar City Nightmare (hc).
Orion/Gollancz [Science Fiction].

Koontz, Dean. False Memory (hc). $NA, Bantam [Horror].

Krentz, Jayne Ann. Soft Focus (hc). $23.95, Putnam [Fiction].

Lescroart, John. Nothing But the Truth (hc). $24.95,
Dell/Delacorte [Fiction].

Martini, Steve. The Attorney (hc). $25.95, Putnam [Mystery].

*Singer, Cherie. Hawke's Haven (eb). $NA, http://www.hardshell.com [Romance].

White, Stephen. Cold Case (hc). $24.95, Dutton [Fiction].

*Woodiwiss, Kathleen. A Season Beyond a Kiss (tpb). $14, Avon [Romance].
After two appearances in novellas, Jeff Birmingham and his bride finally
settle down (we hope!). Publication date changed from October 1999.

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FEBRUARY 2000
Asaro, Catherine. Ascendant Sun (hc). $NA, Tor [Science Fiction].

Constantine, Storm. Sea Dragon Heir (hc). $NA, Tor [Fantasy].

Dexter, Colin. The Remorseful Day (hc). $24, Crown [Mystery].

*Ewing, Elise. From This Day Forward (eb). $NA, Starlight Writer
Publications (http://www.starpublications.com)

Garwood, Julie. Heartbreaker (hc). $24.95, Pocket [Romance].
A contemporary from a bestselling historical writer.

Grisham, John. The Brethren (hc). $NA, Doubleday [Fiction].

Hambly, Barbara. The Knight of the Demon Queen (hc). $NA,
Ballantine/Del Rey [Fantasy].

Hiaasen, Carl. Sick Puppy (hc). $24, Knopf [Fiction].

*Legends 3 (pb). $6.99, Tor [Story Collection].

Lee, Sharon, and Steve Miller. Partners in Necessity (hc). $NA, Meisha
Merlin [Science Fiction].Contains Agent of Change, Conflict of Honors, and
Carpe Diem.

Pinto, Ricardo. The Chosen (hc). $NA, Tor [Fantasy].

Reich, Christopher. The Runner (hc). $NA, Dell/Delacorte [Fiction].

Rice, Luanne. Follow the Stars Home (hc). $NA, Bantam [Fiction].

Wilson, F. Paul. Conspiracies (hc). $24.95, Forge [Horror].

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MARCH 2000

Datlow, Ellen, and Terri Windling, eds. Black Hearts, Ivory Bones (tpb).
$NA, Avon [Fantasy].

Hobb, Robin. Ship of Destiny (hc). $NA, HarperCollins/Voyager [Fantasy].

Hopkinson, Nalo. Midnight Robber (tpb). $NA, Warner Aspect [Science Fiction].

Moorcock, Michael. King of the City (hc). $NA, Avon [Fantasy].

*Rasey, Patricia. Kiss of Deceit (eb). $NA, http://darkstarpublications.com
Visit http://www.romfort.org/Rasey.html for more information.

Westlake, Donald E. The Hook (hc). $NA, Mysterious Press [Mystery].

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APRIL 2000

McCaffrey, Anne. Pegasus in Space (hc). $NA, Ballantine/Del Rey [Science
Fiction]. Final volume in "Pegasus" trilogy.

*Patrick, Ann. Model in Flight (eb). $NA,
http://www.newconceptspublishing.com [Romance]. Visit
http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/writer1 for more information.

Pratchett, Terry. The Fifth Elephant (hc). $NA, HarperPrism [Fantasy].

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MAY 2000

Bradley, Marion Zimmer. Priestess of Avalon (hc). $NA, HarperCollins/Voyager
[Fantasy].

Cherryh, C.J. Fortress of Dragons (hc). $NA, HarperPrism [Fantasy].

Niven, Larry. Saturn's Race (hc). $NA, Tor [Science Fiction].

Rucker, Rudy. Realware (tpb). $NA, Avon Eos [Science Fiction].

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JUNE 2000

Pullman, Philip. His Dark Materials 3: The Amber Spyglass (hc). $NA,
Random House/Knopf [Young Adult/Fantasy].

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FEBRUARY 2001

*Lee, Sharon, and Steve Miller. Pilot's Choice. Meisha Merlin [Science
Fiction].
Liaden Universe title.

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FEBRUARY 2002

*Lee, Sharon, and Steve Miller. I Dare. Meisha Merlin [Science Fiction].
Liaden Universe title.
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