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The Books of 1999, Part I
compiled by Neil Walsh and John O'Neill

As noted in this issue's SF Insite column, we're busily preparing a list of the books that most impressed us in this year. In the meantime, here's your chance to select the best SF and Fantasy books published in 1999. Below is a list of nearly a thousand titles with a 1999 publication date -- virtually every book we received in the last twelve months. Those marked with a blue flag have been reviewed by our writers and editors.

Select from this list, or add your own choices, and send your votes by e-mail to editor@sfsite.com. And remember to drop by in thirty days to see how well your selections jive with the writers and editors of the SF Site.


Late December, 1998

Avon: Descent, Peter Telep
Pocket: The Star Trek Scriptbooks, Book One: The Q Chronicles, (trade paperback)
Pocket: The Star Trek Scriptbooks, Book Two: Becoming Human: The Seven of Nine Saga (trade paperback)
Pocket: A Place Among the Stars – The Women of Star Trek Voyager (postcards)
Avon/Spike: Stardust, Neil Gaiman (hardcover)
Tor: Intersections, edited by John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name, Richard Butner (reprint, trade paperback)
Tor: Dream A Little Dream, Piers Anthony & Julie Brady (hardcover)
Tor: Moonlight and Vines, Charles de Lint (collection, hardcover)
Tor: Godshome, Robert Sheckley (hardcover)
Bantam Spectra: Tower of Dreams, Jamil Nasir
Pocket: Star Trek: My Brother's Keeper #1: Republic, Michael Jan Friedman
Pocket: Star Trek: My Brother's Keeper #2: Constitution, Michael Jan Friedman
Tor: Murder in the Solid State, Wil McCarthy
Hard Shell Word Factory: Cyber-Scam 2000, Gary Sutton (e-book)
Pocket: Star Trek Cookbook, Ethan Phillips and William J. Birnes (trade paperback)
Avon/Eos: The Hallowed Isle, Diana L. Paxson (trade paperback)
Avon/Eos: Betrayals, Sharon Green
Avon/Eos: Cosm, Gregory Benford (reprint)
Avon/Eos: Hand of Prophecy, Severna Park (reprint)
Avon/Bard: Deep Time, Gregory Benford (nonfiction, hardcover)
Bantam Spectra: Contraband, George Foy (reprint, paperback)
Bantam Spectra: Reave the Just and Other Tales, Stephen R. Donaldson (hardcover)
Avon: The Blood Artists, Chuck Hogan (paperback)
Avon: Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury (reprint, hardcover)
DK Publishing: Star Wars: The Visual Dictionary, David West Reynolds (oversize hardcover)
DK Publishing: Star Wars: Incredible Cross Sections, David West Reynolds (oversize hardcover)

January, 1999

Dell: Area 51: The Mission, Robert Doherty
Tor: The Radiant Seas, Catherine Asaro (hardcover)
Gollancz: The Iron Wars: The Monarchies of God, Book Three, Paul Kearney
Tor: Colors of Chaos, L.E. Modesitt (hardcover)
AncientProphecies.com Press: The Pleistocene Redemption, Dan Gallagher (trade paperback)
Warner Aspect: The Warrior King, Chris Bunch (trade paperback)
Warner Aspect: Dinosaur Summer, Greg Bear (reprint)
St. Martin's Griffin: The Good Old Stuff, edited by Gardner Dozois (trade paperback)
St. Martin's Griffin: The Good New Stuff, edited by Gardner Dozois (trade paperback)
HarperPrism: Quest For Tomorrow #3: Step into Chaos, William Shatner (hardcover)
Tor: Apostrophes & Apocalypses, John Barnes (hardcover)
Tor: Phoenix Cafe, Gwyneth Jones (reprint, trade paperback)
Pocket: Star Trek: My Brother's Keeper #3: Enterprise, Michael Jan Friedman
Pocket: Star Trek Deep Space Nine #23: The 34th Rule, Armin Shimerman and David R. George III
Ace: Dog Eat Dog, Jerry Jay Carroll (trade paperback)
Pocket: Prophecies: 2000, Matthew Bunson (trade paperback)
Pocket: Whitley Strieber's Aliens, edited by Whitley Strieber
Del Rey: The Termination Node, Lois H. Gresh & Robert Weinberg (hardcover)
Ace: The Long Patrol, Brian Jacques (reprint, paperback)
Ace: Mattimeo, Brian Jacques (reprint, paperback)
Ace: Isaac Asimov's Valentines, edited by Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams
Ace: The Godmother's Web, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (reprint, paperback)
Tor: Not Exactly the Three Musketeers, Joel Rosenberg (hardcover)
Tor: Minions of the Moon, Richard Bowes (hardcover)
Houghton Mifflin: Darkness Be My Friend, John Marsden
Houghton Mifflin: The Squire, His Knight, and His Lady, Gerald Morris
DAW: Prince of Dogs, Kate Elliot (reprint)
DAW: A Dangerous Magic, edited by Denise Little
Roc: The Engines of Dawn, Paul Cook
Roc: Dragon Ultimate, Christopher Rowley
Roc: Shadowrun: Run Hard, Die Fast, Mel Odom
Eggplant Productions: The Goblin Market (e-book)
Avon: The Return, Marilyn Kaye
Morrow: Dessa Rose, Sherley Anne Williams (trade paperback)
HarperPrism: A King of Infinite Space, Allen Steele (reprint, paperback)
HarperPrism: Cloudbearer's Shadow, Ann Marston
Tor: The Tooth Fairy, Graham Joyce (reprint, trade paperback)
Warner Aspect: The Book of Night With Moon, Diane Duane (reprint, paperback)
Warner Aspect: Highlander: White Silence, Ginjer Buchanan
St. Martin's Press: The Extremes, Christopher Priest
Harcourt Brace: Sky Coyote, Kage Baker (hardcover)
Harcourt Brace: The Stone Fey, Robin McKinley, illustrated by John Clapp (oversize hardcover)
Tor: How To Save the World, edited by Charles Sheffield (reprint, trade paperback)
Golden Gryphon: The Dragons of Springplace, Robert Reed (hardcover)
Bantam Spectra: A Clash of Kings, George R.R. Martin (hardcover)
Bantam Spectra: Ship of Magic, Robin Hobb (reprint, paperback)
Bantam Spectra: Empire of the Ants, Bernard Werber (reprint, paperback)
Bantam Spectra: Star Wars: X-Wing, Solo Command, Aaron Allston
Bantam Spectra: Predator: Big Game, Sandy Schofield
Random House/Crown: The Invisible Princess, Faith Ringgold (illustrated kid's book)
Morrow: Spinners, Anthony McCarten (hardcover)
Tor: Touched by the Gods, Lawrence Watt-Evans (reprint, paperback)
White Wolf: Clan Novel: Toreador, Stewart Wieck
Tor: Titus Crow, Brian Lumley (reprint, trade paperback)

February, 1999

Avon/Eos: Vigilant, James Alan Gardner
Avon/Eos: Speaking Stones, Stephen Leigh
Avon/Eos: The Dominions of Irth, Book 2: The Shadow Eater, Adam Lee (reprint, paperback)
Avon: Dust, Charles Pellegrino (reprint, paperback)
Gollancz: Child of the River: First Book of Confluence, Paul J. McAuley (reprint, paperback)
Gollancz: Ancients of Days: Second Book of Confluence, Paul J. McAuley (hardcover)
Gollancz: The Harlequin's Dance: The First Book of The Orokon, Tom Arden (paperback)
Gollancz: The King and Queen of Swords: The First Book of The Orokon, Tom Arden (paperback)
Avon: Silver Birch, Blood Moon, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (trade paperback)
Armitage House: Delta Green: Alien Intelligence, edited by Bob Kruger & John Tynes (trade paperback)
Armitage House: A Guide to the Cthulhu Cult, Fred L. Pelton (trade paperback)
Pocket: Star Trek: Mission to Horatius, Mack Reynolds (hardcover, reprint, facsimile of 1967 edition)
Ace: Leopard Lord, Allana Morland
Ace: Captain, Rick Shelley
Ace: Tek Net, William Shatner (reprint)
Ace: Isaac Asimov's Utopia, Roger MacBride Allen (reprint, The Caliban Trilogy #3)
Ace: Riddle-Master: The Complete Trilogy, Patricia A. McKillip (trade paperback)
Del Rey: Nimisha's Ship, Anne McCaffrey (hardcover)
Tor: 1916, Morgan Llywelyn (reprint, paperback)
Little, Brown UK: The Sleeper in the Sands, Tom Holland (trade paperback)
Warner: Deliver us from Evil, Tom Holland (reprint, paperback)
Warner: Supping With Panthers, Tom Holland (reprint, paperback)
Anamnesis Press: Satan is a Mathematician, Keith Allen Daniels (poetry)
Knopf: Stealing Freedom, Elisa Carbone (hardcover)
Tor: Finity, John Barnes (hardcover)
Lonely Planet: Not the Only Planet: Science Fiction Travel Stories, compiled by Damien Broderick (trade)
Pocket: Star Trek Deep Space Nine #24: Rebels, Book One, Daffyd ab Hugh
Pocket: Star Trek Deep Space Nine #25: Rebels, Book Two, Daffyd ab Hugh
Avon: The Crook Factory, Dan Simmons (hardcover)
Simon & Schuster: Storm of the Century, Stephen King (trade paperback, screenplay)
Tor: The Art of Arrow Cutting, Stephan Dedman (reprint, trade paperback)
Tor: Ports of Call, Jack Vance (reprint, trade paperback)
Tor: The First Swords, Fred Saberhagen (omnibus, trade paperback)
DAW: Merlin's Descendants #1: Guardians of the Balance, Irene Radford (hardcover)
DAW: Dark Nadir, Lisanne Norman (A Sholan Alliance novel, #5)
DAW: Sword-Born, Jennifer Roberson (reprint, paperback)
DAW: My Favorite Science Fiction Story, edited by Martin H. Greenberg
Roc: Not of Woman Born, edited by Constance Ash
Roc: The Pool of Two Moons, Kate Forsyth
Roc: Battletech: Falcon Rising, Robert Thurston
Bantam: The Jackal of Nar, John Marco (trade paperback)
Bantam: Double Full Moon Night, Gentry Lee (hardcover)
Pocket: Star Trek: Day of Honor (omnibus, trade paperback)
Pocket: Quotable Star Trek, Jill Sherwin (trade paperback)
Xlibris: Haze of Joran, D.J. Sutherlin (self-published)
Xlibris: The Bondmate Chronicles, D.J. Sutherlin (self-published)
HarperPrism: Jingo, Terry Pratchett (reprint, paperback)
Univ. of Nebraska Press/Bison Books: The Land that Time Forgot, Edgar Rice Burroughs (Commemorative Ed)
Univ. of Nebraska Press/Bison Books: Omega: The Last Days of the World, Camille Flammarion (trade paperback)
Tor: Rainbow Mars, Larry Niven (hardcover)
Tor: A Deepness in the Sky, Vernon Vinge (hardcover)
Tor: Patterns, Pat Cadigan (reprint, trade paperback)
HarperPrism: The Last Continent, Terry Pratchett (hardcover)
Avon: Sisters of the Night #2: The Soul of an Angel, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (hardcover)
Warner Aspect: The Barbed Coil, J.V. Jones (reprint, paperback)
Warner Aspect: To Visit the Queen, Diane Duane (trade paperback)
Chiokis Enterprises: SpaceWays Weekly Anthology (e-book)
Del Rey: The Divided, Katie Waitman (trade paperback)



March, 1999

Tor: Mars Underground, William K. Hartmann (reprint, paperback)
Tor: Bretta Martyn, L. Neil Smith (reprint, paperback)
Del Rey: Colonization: Second Contact, Harry Turtledove (hardcover)
Tor: The Runelords, David Farland (reprint, paperback)
Tor: Between the Rivers, Harry Turtledove (reprint, paperback)
HarperPrism: The Wolf and the Crown, A.A. Attanasio (reprint, paperback)
Warner Aspect: A Cavern of Black Ice, J.V. Jones (hardcover)
Pocket: Star Trek Voyager #17: Death of a Neutron Star, Eric Kotani
Del Rey: Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Droids, Daniel Wallace (oversize paperback)
Avon/Eos: The Dominions of Irth Book 3: Octoberland, Adam Lee (trade paperback)
Avon/Eos: Warstalkers's Track, Tom Deitz
Avon/Eos: Gambler's Star, Book Two: Legacies and Lies, Nancy Holder
Avon/Eos: The Serpentwar Saga: Shards of a Broken Crown, Raymond E. Feist (reprint, paperback)
Pocket: Spectre, William Shatner (reprint, paperback)
Avon: Sisters of the Night: The Angry Angel, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (reprint, trade paperback)
Del Rey: The Demon Apostle, R.A. Salvatore (hardcover)
Four Walls/Eight Windows: Beast of the Heartland, Lucius Shepard (paperback)
Avon/Eos: Child of the River, Paul J McAuley (hardcover)
Overlook Press: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy, edited by David Pringle (oversized hardcover)
HarperPrism: Sailing to Sarantium, Guy Gavriel Kay (hardcover)
Warner Aspect: Into the Thinking Kingdoms, Alan Dean Foster (hardcover)
Arkham House: New Horizons, edited by August Derleth (hardcover)
Pocket: Star Trek The Next Generation: Dyson Sphere, George Zebrowski and Charles Pellegrino
Harcourt Brace: Nebula Awards 33, edited by Connie Willis (hardcover and trade)
Ace: The Changeling Saga, Book One: The Changeling War, Peter Garrison (trade paperback)
Pocket: Star Trek: Dark Victory, William Shatner (hardcover)
Ace: The Red Sky File, Denise Vitola
DAW: The Burning Stone (Crown of Stars, Book 3), Kate Elliot (hardcover)
Warner Aspect: Carnivores of Light & Darkness, Alan Dean Foster (reprint)
Warner Aspect: The Wild Swans, Peg Kerr (trade paperback)
Dell: The Uninvited, Nick Pope
HarperPrism: Foundation's Triumph (2nd Foundation Trilogy, book 3), David Brin (hardcover)
HarperPrism: Black Light, Elizabeth Hand (hardcover)
Bantam Spectra: Mad Ship, Robin Hobb (hardcover)
Bantam Spectra: Bloodwinter, Tom Deitz (trade paperback)
Bantam Spectra: X-Wing #8: Isard's Revenge, Michael A. Stackpole
Forge: Waiting, Frank M. Robinson (hardcover)
St. Martin's: The Year's Best Science Fiction 16, Edited by Gardner Dozois
Viking: The Other Ones, Jean Thesman (hardcover)
Philomel: The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
Dutton: The Boxes, William Sleator (hardcover)
Dutton: The Duplicate, William Sleator (reprint)
Dutton: Spinner, Donna Jo Napoli (hardcover)
Dutton: Gypsy Rizka, Lloyd Alexander (hardcover)
Dutton: The Iron Ring, Lloyd Alexander (reprint, trade paperback)
Puffin: The House Gobbaleen, Lloyd Alexander, illustrated by Diane Goode (oversize trade)
Puffin: The Arkadians, Lloyd Alexander (reprint, trade paperback)
Puffin: The Town Cats and Other Tales, Lloyd Alexander (reprint, trade paperback)
Puffin: The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha, Lloyd Alexander (reprint, trade paperback)
Puffin: The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain, Lloyd Alexander (reprint, trade paperback)
Puffin: Time Cat, Lloyd Alexander (reprint, trade paperback)
Puffin: The Wizard in the Tree, Lloyd Alexander (reprint, trade paperback)
Puffin: Dangerous Wishes, William Sleator (reprint, paperback)
Puffin: Singularity, William Sleator (reprint, paperback)
Puffin: The Night the Heads Came, William Sleator (reprint, paperback)
Puffin: Others See Us, William Sleator (reprint, paperback)
Puffin: The Boy Who Reversed Himself, William Sleator (reprint, paperback)
Puffin: House of Stairs, William Sleator (reprint, paperback)
Puffin: The Great Interactive Dream Machine, Richard Peck (reprint, paperback)

April, 1999

Ace: Inhuman Beings, Jerry Jay Carroll (reprint, paperback)
Ace: Dragon's Winter, Elizabeth A. Lynn (reprint, paperback)
Ace: Waterdance, Anne Logston
Simon & Schuster/Fireside: The Dictionary of Science Fiction Places, Brian Stableford (oversize trade paper)
Tor: Thief of Souls, Neal Shusterman (hardcover)
Avon Eos: Singer From the Sea, Sheri S. Tepper (hardcover)
Avon/Eos: Six Moon Dance, Sheri S. Tepper (reprint, paperback)
Avon/Eos: Fire Angels, Jane Routley (reprint, paperback)
Harcourt Brace: Oddly Enough, Bruce Coville (hardcover)
Harcourt Brace: Odder Than Ever, Bruce Coville (hardcover)
Harcourt Brace: Tartan Magic, Book One: The Wizard's Map, Jane Yolen
Harcourt Brace: Half Magic, Edward Eager (hardcover)
Harcourt Brace: The Time Garden, Edward Eager (hardcover)
Harcourt Brace: Knight's Castle, Edward Eager (hardcover)
Harcourt Brace: Magic by the Lake, Edward Eager (hardcover)
Avon/Eos: The Hallowed Isle #2: The Book of the Spear, Diana L. Paxson (trade paperback)
Tor: The Shadow of Albion, Andre Norton & Rosemary Edghill (hardcover)
Tor: The White Order, L.E. Modesitt (reprint, paperback)
Del Rey: Enchantment, Orson Scott Card (hardcover)
Roc: Heir to the Shadows, Anne Bishop
Roc: The Last Legion, Chris Bunch
Roc: Shadowrun: Crossroads, Stephen Kenson
DAW: Fearful Symmetries: The Return of Nohar Rajasthan, S. Andrew Swann
DAW: Jerlayne, Lynn Abbey
DAW: Twice Upon a Time, edited by Denise Little
Sphere: The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cave, Christopher Moore (hardcover)
Doubleday: Nobody's Safe, Richard Steinberg (hardcover)
Pocket: Star Trek: The Next Generation: Ship of the Line, Diane Carey (reprint)
Pocket: Star Trek: Voyager #18: Battle Lines, Dave Galanter and Greg Brodeur
EMI Classics: Return To the Centre of the Earth, Rick Wakeman, London Symphony Orchestra (Music CD)
Harcourt Brace: Never Trust a Dead Man, Vivian Vande Velde (hardcover)
Harcourt Brace: The Cure, Sonia Levitin (hardcover)
Tor: Sword of Truth, Book 5: Soul of the Fire, Terry Goodkind (hardcover)
Tor: Water Sleeps, Glen Cook (Glittering Stone, Book 3) (hardcover)
Avon/Bard: The Sea Came in at Midnight, Steve Erickson (hardcover)
Scribner: The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Stephen King (hardcover)
Tor: Northern Suns, edited by David G. Hartwell and Glenn Grant (hardcover)
Tor: Deep Secret, Diana Wynne Jones (hardcover)
Tor: Outward Bound, James P. Hogan (hardcover)
Tor: The Book of Knights, Yves Meynard (trade paperback, reprint)
Orb: Free Live Free, Gene Wolfe (trade paperback, reprint)
Bantam: Gardens of the Moon: A Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, Steven Erikson
Avon: Descent: Stealing Thunder, Peter Telep
TV Books: Sci-Fi Channel True-Life Encounter Series: UFO Sightings, Alan Baker (trade paperback)
TV Books: Sci-Fi Channel True-Life Encounter Series: Ghosts and Spirits, Alan Baker (trade paperback)
TV Books: Sci-Fi Channel True-Life Encounter Series: Powers of the Mind, John and Anne Spencer (trade)
TV Books: Sci-Fi Channel True-Life Encounter Series: Unexplained Natural Phenomena, Keith Tutt (trade)
TV Books: Sci-Fi Channel True-Life Encounter Series: Alien Contact, John and Anne Spencer (trade paperback)
TV Books: Invasion Earth: The Last Echo, Peter Cave (trade paperback)
TV Books: Sliders: The Classic Episodes, Brad Linaweaver (trade paperback)
Pocket: QuickSilver, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens (hardcover)
Pocket: IceFire, Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens (reprint)
St. Martin's: The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 12, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Warner Aspect: The Seafort Saga #6: Patriarch's Hope, David Feintuch (hardcover)
Ace: Wrapt in Crystal, Sharon Shinn (trade paperback)
Ace: The Alleluia Files, Sharon Shinn (reprint)
Ace: Timberjak, Don DeBrandt
Ace: The Fear of God, B.A. Chepaitis
Ace: Magelord #3: The House of Bairn, Thomas K. Martin
Berkley/Dark Horse: Star Wars: Dark Forces: Rebel Agent, William C. Dietz & Ezra Tucker (graphic novel, reprint)
Pocket: Resident Evil #3: City of the Dead, S.D. Perry
Pocket: Resident Evil #4: Underworld, S.D. Perry
HarperPrism: Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn, Volume 2, ed. Peter S. Beagle and Janet Berliner (reprint)
HarperPrism: Foundation and Chaos, Greg Bear (reprint)
Bantam Spectra: Heaven's Reach, David Brin (reprint)
Bantam Spectra: The Silver Metal Lover, Tanith Lee (reprint)
Bantam Spectra: Pangaea, Book I: Imperium Without End, Lisa Mason
DAW: The Black Swan, Mercedes Lackey (hardcover)
St. Martin's Press: The Science of Star Wars, Jeanne Cavelos (hardcover)
Ace: The Terrorists of Irustan, Louise Marley (trade paperback)
Avon Eos: Far Horizons, edited by Robert Silverberg (hardcover)
Pocket Books: Get a Life!, William Shatner with Chris Kreski (nonfiction, hardcover)
St. Martin's Press: Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!, Arthur C. Clarke (non-fiction)
Subterranean Press: All of Us Are Dying and Other Stories, George Clayton Johnson
Subterranean Press: Subterranean Gallery, edited by Richard Chizmar and William Schafer
DAW: Prom Night, edited by Nancy Springer
DAW: The Quartered Sea, Tanya Huff
Roc: Crystal Sage, Kara Dalkey
Roc: Battletech: Threads of Ambition, Loren L. Coleman (Book One of the Capellan Solution)
Roc: Against the Tide of Years, S.M. Stirling
White Wolf: Clan Novel: Tzimisce, Eric Griffin (Clan novel #2)

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