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

September, 1999

Millennium: Martian Time-Slip, Philip K Dick (reprint, trade paperback)

Orion: Dawn Thief, James Barclay (trade paper)

ShadowLands Press: The Last Continent: New Tales of Zothique, edited by John Pelan

Subterranean Press: A Touch of the Creature, Charles Beaumont

Pocket: Gravity, Tess Gerritsen

Tor: Tea From an Empty Cup, Pat Cadigan (reprint, paperback)

Ace: Better Angels, Howard V. Hendrix

NAL: 2001, A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke (hardcover, reprint)

Roc: Tamsin, Peter S. Beagle (hardcover)

DAW: Darian's Tale, Book 3: Owlknight, Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon (hardcover)

DAW: Darian's Tale, Book 2: Owlsight, Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon (reprint, paperback)

DAW: Blood Moon, Sharman DiVono

DAW: Future Crimes, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers

Perigee/Berkley: Healthy Exchanges Cookbook, JoAnna M. Lund (um, cookbook)

Avon: 999, edited by Al Sarrantonio (hardcover)

Ace: Dune, Frank Herbert (reprint, hardcover)

Avon Eos: Iris, William Barton and Michael Capobianco (reprint, paperback)

Avon Eos: The Gilded Chain, Dave Duncan (reprint, paperback)

Avon Eos: The Daughter of Bast, Book 1: The Hidden Land, Sarah Isidore

Avon: Scientific UFOlogy, Kevin D. Randle (non-fiction, trade paperback)

Pantheon: The Road to Mars, Eric Idle (hardcover)

Pocket/Touchstone: Skies of Fury, Patricia Barnes-Svarney and Thomas E. Svarney (non-fiction, trade paperback)

WotC: Forgotten Realms: Beyond the High Road, Troy Denning

Tor: Legends, Volume 1, edited by Robert Silverberg (reprint, paperback)

Avon Eos: A Signal Shattered, Eric S. Nylund (hardcover)

Hard Shell Word Factory: Dark Changeling, Margaret L. Carter (disk)

Hard Shell Word Factory: Clickers, J.F. Gonzalez and Mark Williams (disk)

Hard Shell Word Factory: Witness Protection, Atk Butterfly (disk)

White Wolf: Clan Novel #5: Lasombra, Richard E. Dansky

White Wolf: Clan Novel #6: Ventrue, Gherbod Fleming

Pocket: Soldier of Light, John de Lancie and Tom Cool (hardcover)

WotC: DragonLance: Heroes and Fools: Tales of the Fifth Age, edited by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman

Pocket: The Star Trek Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded Edition, Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda (trade)

Tor: Dragon Weather, Lawrence Watt-Evans (hardcover)

HarperPrism: Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett (hardcover)

Ace: Exile, Anne Logston

Ace: Isaac Asimov's Werewolves, edited by Gardner Dozois and Sheila Williams

Ace: Laws of the Blood: The Hunt, Susan Sizemore

Ace: Cat-A-Lyst, Alan Dean Foster (reprint, paperback)

Ace: The Lost Years of Merlin, T.A. Barron (reprint, paperback)

Scribner: Hearts in Atlantis, Stephen King

Roc: Winter Knight (Black Oak, Book 3), Charles Grant

Berkley Boulevard: The Oath of Stonekeep, Troy Denning

Berkley Jam: Tom Clancy's Net Force #2: End Game

Ace: A Red Heart of Memories, Nina Kiriki Hoffman (hardcover)

Avon Eos: Avalon: The Return of King Arthur, Stephen R. Lawhead (hardcover)

Del Rey: A Virtual Soil, Kevin Teixeira

Del Rey: Tales of the Timuras, Book Three: The Gods Awaken, Allan Cole

Del Rey: The Chronicles of Ynis Aielle, Book Two: The Witch's Daughter, R.A. Salvatore (reprint, paperback)

Bantam Spectra: Dune: House Atreides, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson (hardcover)

Bantam Spectra: Biting the Sun, Tanith Lee (omnibus, paperback)

Bantam Spectra: Distraction, Bruce Sterling (reprint, paperback)

Tor: The Silk Code, Paul Levinson (hardcover)

Tor: The Best From Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology, edited by Edward L. Ferman & Gordon van Gelder (hardcover)

Tor: The Stars Compel, Michaela Roessner (hardcover)

Tor: Communion Blood, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (hardcover)

Tor: Blood Roses, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (reprint, trade paperback)

Tor: Architects of Emortality, Brian Stableford (hardcover)

Tor: Dark Ladies, Fritz Leiber (omnibus, trade paperback)

Pocket: Star Trek: The Next Generation: Triangle: Imzadi II, Peter David (reprint, paperback)

Pocket: Star Trek: Across the Universe, Pamela Sargent and George Zebrowski

Tor: Xone of Contention, Piers Anthony (hardcover)

Tor: The Book of the Short Sun, Volume One: On Blues Waters, Gene Wolfe (hardcover)

Tor: Titus Crow, Volume 2, Brian Lumley (reprint, omnibus, trade paperback)

Tor: Starlight 2, edited by Patrick Nielsen Hayden (reprint, trade paperback)

Tor: The Marriage of Sticks, Jonathan Carroll (hardcover)

Tor: The Further Chronicles of Conan, Robert Jordan (omnibus, hardcover)

Tor: Zombie Lover, Piers Anthony (reprint, paperback)

Simon & Schuster: A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale, Wendy Froud & Terri Windling (hardcover, illustrated)

Tor: The Dark Side of Nowhere, Neal Shusterman

Tor: Y2K, R.J. Pineiro

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October, 1999

Pocket/Sonnet Books: Dawnflight, Kim Headlee

Xlibris: The King of Vinland's Saga, Stuart W. Mirsky (trade paperback)

SFF Net: The Age of Reason: Stories for a New Millennium (Darkfire, Book 2) - Edited by Kurt Roth (trade paperback)

TV Books: Mysteries and Magic, John and Anne Spencer (trade paperback)

Tor: Household Gods, Judith Tarr and Harry Turtledove (hardcover)

Avon/Eos: Memoranda, Jeffrey For (trade paperback)

Avon Eos: The King's Blades, Book 2: Lord of the Fire Lands, Dave Duncan (hardcover)

Avon Eos: Krondor: The Betrayal, Raymond Feist (reprint, paperback)

HarperPrism: Silverhair, Stephen Baxter (hardcover)

White Wolf: Eternal Hearts, Lucy Taylor and John Bolton(hardcover)

VictorGollanz: Teranesia, Greg Egan

Roc: The River's Gift, Mercedes Lackey (hardcover)

Roc: Stargate: Resistance, Bill McCay

Roc: Mechwarrior: Roar of Honor, Blaine Lee Pardoe

DAW: Death Storm, Anne Knight

Publication date: 11 October 1999

DAW: Alien Abductions, edited by Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers

DAW: The Trade Pact Universe #2: Tides of Power, Julie Czerneda

Four Walls Eight Windows: Toxicology, Steve Aylett (trade paperback)

St. Martin's Press: Apocalypse Movies: End of the World Cinema, Kim Newman (nonfiction)

Golden Gryphon: The Robot's Twilight Companion, Tony Daniel (hardcover)

Ace: The Radon File, Denise Vitola

Ace: In the Shadow of the Gargoyle, edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and Thomas S. Roche (reprint, paperback)

Ace: A Phule and His Money, Robert Asprin with Peter J. Heck

Ace: Poltergeist: The Legacy: The Hidden Saint, Rick Hautala

Putnam: All Tomorrow's Parties, William Gibson (hardcover)

Warner Aspect: Playing God, Sarrah Zettel (reprint, paperback)

Bantam Spectra: The Last Rune, Book 1: Beyond the Pale, Mark Anthony (reprint, paperback)

Bantam Spectra: The Black Raven, Katharine Kerr (trade paperback)

Bantam Spectra: Starfire, Charles Sheffield (trade paperback)

Bantam Spectra: Shadow Moon, Book 3: Shadow Star, Chris Claremont and George Lucas (hardcover)

Bantam Spectra: Miracle and Other Christmas Stories, Connie Willis (hardcover)

Pocket: Star Trek: New Worlds, New Civilizations, Michael Jan Friedman (oversize hardcover)

Pocket: Star Trek Voyager: Captain Proton: Defender of the Earth, D.W. "Prof." Smith (trade paperback)

Bison Books: Mizora, A World of Women, Mary E. Bradley Lane (trade paperback)

Bison Books: The Wonder, J.D. Beresford (trade paperback)

Bison Books: When Worlds Collide, Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer (trade paperback)

Fireside Books: The Official eBay Guide, Laura Fisher Kaiser & Michael Kaiser (trade paperback, nonfiction)

St. Martin's Press: Encyclopedia of Hell, Miriam Van Scott (trade paperback, nonfiction)

Del Rey/Lucas Books: Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Vector Prime, R.A. Salvatore (hardcover)

Tor: There and Back Again, Pat Murphy (hardcover)

Tor: BIOS, Robert Charles Wilson (hardcover)

Tor: Operation Chaos, Poul Anderson (reprint, trade paperback)

Tor: The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus, Harry Harrison (hardcover)

Tor: Golden Fleece, Robert J. Sawyer (reprint, trade paperback)

Tor: Greenhouse Summer, Norman Spinrad (hardcover)

Tor: Double Contact, James White (hardcover)

Tor: The Shape of Their Hearts, Melissa Scott (reprint, trade paperback)

Tor: All of an Instant, Richard Garfinkle (hardcover)

Tor: The Cleft and Other Odd Tales, Gahan Wilson (reprint, trade paperback)

Tor: Echoes in Time, Andre Norton and Sherwood Smith (hardcover)

Del Rey: Angel Fire East, Terry Brooks (hardcover)

Harcourt Brace: The Eternal Footman, James Morrow (hardcover)

Tor: The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein, Robert A. Heinlein (hardcover)

Pocket: Star Trek: New Frontier #7: The Quiet Place, Peter David

Pocket: Star Trek: New Frontier #8: Dark Allies, Peter David

Millennium: Lady Pain, Rebecca Bradley

Millennium: Lean Times in Lankhmar, Fritz Leiber (reprint)

Millennium: Luminous, Greg Egan (reprint)

Millennium: Quarantine, Greg Egan (reprint)

Millennium: Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner (reprint)

VictorGollanz: World's End, Mark Chadbourn

VictorGollanz: Discworld: Assassin's Guild Yearbook and Diary 2000, Terry Pratchett and and Stephen Briggs

Xlibris: Battle-Chasers, T.S. Robinson (trade paperback)

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November, 1999

Millennium: Beyond Lies the Wub, Philip K. Dick (reprint, trade paperback)

Millennium: Second Variety, Philip K. Dick (reprint, trade paperback)

Millennium: The Father Thing, Philip K. Dick (reprint, trade paperback)

Millennium: The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le Guin (reprint, trade paperback)

Millennium: Dreaming in Smoke, Tricia Sullivan

Starlight Writer: Moon's Dreaming, Marguerite Krause and Susan Sizemore (e-book)

Starlight Writer: Moon's Dancing, Marguerite Krause and Susan Sizemore (e-book)

Crossroads Publishers: Gravity, James Butler (e-book)

Universal Publishers: The Song of the Swan, Arthur D'Alembert (trade paperback)

Universal Publishers: The Song of the Swan II, Arthur D'Alembert (trade paperback)

Spectrutek.com: 3 Passports to Paradise, R.A. Leigh (trade paperback)

Del Rey: The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend, David Gemmell (reprint, paperback)

Del Rey: Typhon's Children, Toni Anzetti

Del Rey: Stars & Stripes Forever, Harry Harrison (reprint, paperback)

HarperPrism: Diaspora, Greg Egan (reprint, paperback)

HarperPrism: Cat in the Dark, Shirley Rousseau Murphy

Simon & Schuster: Atlantis Rising, Robert Sullivan & Glenn Wolff

HarperPrism: Realms of Dragons: The Universes of Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (art book, hardcover)

Avon: In the Beginning Was the Command Line, Neal Stephenson (non-fiction, trade paperback)

Bantam Spectra: Star Wars: Tales From the New Republic, edited by Peter Schweighofer and Craig Carey

Bantam Spectra: Aliens vs. Predator: WAR, S.D. Perry

Bantam Spectra: The Veiled Web, Catherine Asaro

Bantam Spectra: The Last Rune, Book 2: The Keep of Fire, Mark Anthony (trade paperback)

Bantam Spectra: The Trigger, Arthur C. Clarke and Michael Kube-McDowell (hardcover)

Bantam: Seize the Night, Dean Koontz (reprint, paperback)

Del Rey: The Rivan Codex, David and Leigh Eddings (reprint, paperback)

Del Rey: The Termination Node, Lois H. Gresh & Robert Weinberg (reprint, paperback)

Tor: Apostrophes & Apocalypses, John Barnes (reprint, trade paperback)

Tor: Darker Angels, S.P. Somtow (reprint, trade paperback)

Tor: Dragon and Phoenix, Joanne Bertin (hardcover)

Tor: Darksong Rising, L.E. Modesitt, Jr.

Tor: Shiva in Steel, Fred Saberhagen (reprint, paperback)

DAW: Precursor, C.J. Cherryh (hardcover)

DAW: The Dragon Nimbus History #3: The Renegade Dragon, Irene Radford

DAW: Forbidden Borders #2: Relic of Empire, W. Michael Gear (reprint, paperback)

DAW: Tales From the Eternal Archives #2: Earth, Air, Fire, Water, edited by Margaret Weis

Roc: The Lightbringer Trilogy #3: The Last Star at Dawn, Oliver Johnson (trade paperback)

Roc: Guards of Haven: The Adventures of Hawk & Fisher, Simon R. Green (omnibus, paperback)

Roc: MechWarrior: By Blood Betrayed, Blaine Lee Pardoe and Mel Odom

Boulevard/Berkley: Xena: The Warrior Princess: The Empty Throne, Run Emerson

Ace: GalaxyQuest, Terry Bisson

Ace: Codgerspace, Alan Dean Foster

Ace: The Prodigal Sun: Evergence, Sean Williams & Shane Dix

Ace: AD 999, Jadrien Bell

Ace: Past Lives, Present Tense, edited by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (trade paperback)

Ace: Frontier Earth, Bruce Boxleitner (hardcover)

Tor: Legends 2, edited by Robert Silverberg (reprint, paperback)

Warner Aspect: The Martian Race, Gregory Benford (hardcover)

Warner Aspect: Vor: Into the Maelstrom, Loren L. Coleman

Warner Aspect: Merlin, Part 2: The King's Wizard, James Mallory

Tor: Dragon, Steven Brust (reprint, paperback)

Avon Eos: The Annunciate, Severna Park (hardcover)

Avon Eos: The Hallowed Isle Book 3: The Book of the Cauldron, Diana L. Paxon (trade paperback)

Avon Eos: Sir Stalwart: Book One of the King's Daggers, Dave Duncan

Avon Eos: Wind in the Stone, Andre Norton (hardcover)

Avon Eos: Mission Child, Maureen F. McHugh (reprint, paperback)

Avon Eos: Code of Conduct, Kristine Smith

Avon Eos: The Garden of Stone, Victoria Strauss

Tor/Orb: Darker Than Your Think, Jack Williamson (reprint, trade paperback)

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Early December, 1999

Pumpkin Books: The Wishmaster, Peter Atkins (hardcover)

Pumpkin Books: Brotherly Love, David Case (hardcover)

Pumpkin Books: Horror at Halloween, edited by Jo Fletcher (trade paperback)

Pumpkin Books: White of the Moon, edited by Stephen Jones (hardcover)

Pumpkin Books: Waltzes and Whispers, Jay Russell (hardcover)

Millennium: The Drowned World, J.G. Ballard (reprint, trade paperback)

Millennium: A Scanner Darkly, Philip K. Dick (reprint, trade paperback)

Millennium: Dark Terrors 4, edited by Stephen Jones and David Sutton

Millennium: Eternal Light, Paul J. McAuley (reprint, paperback)

Millennium: Pasquale's Angel, Paul J. McAuley (reprint, paperback)

Millennium: Bodyguard of Lightning, Book 1 of Orcs: First Blood, Stan Nicholls (paperback)

Millennium: Legion of Thunder, Book 2 of Orcs: First Blood, Stan Nicholls (trade paperback)

Millennium: Emphyrio, Jack Vance (trade paperback)

Millennium: The Sirens of Titan, Kurt Vonnegut (reprint, trade paperback)

Necropolitan Press: The Hoegbotton Guide to The Early History of Ambergris by Duncan Shriek, Jeff VanderMeer (trade paperback)

Rosalita Associates: Acts of the Apostles, John F.X. Sundman (trade paperback)

Millennium: Corrupting Dr. Nice, John Kessel (reprint, paperback)

Millennium: Owlflight, by Mercedes Lackey and Larry Dixon (paperback)

Millennium: Ancients of Days: The Second Book of Confluence, by Paul J. McAuley (reprint, paperback)

Vista: Fairyland, by Paul J. McAuley (paperback)

Millennium: The Demon Awakens, R.A. Salvatore (paperback)

HarperPrism: The Book of End Times, John Clute (non-fiction, hardcover)

Ace: Forever Free, Joe Haldeman (hardcover)

Ace: Isaac Asimov's Solar System, edited by Gardner Dozois and Sheila Williams

Ace: Major, Rick Shelley

Ace: Song for the Basilisk, Patricia A. McKillip (reprint, paperback)

Ace: The Winter Queen, Devin Cary

Bantam: False Memory, Dean Koontz (hardcover)

Avon Eos: Krondor the Assassins, Raymond E. Feist (hardcover)

Overlook: Bending the Landscape, edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel (reprint, trade paperback)

Del Rey: Starfist, Book IV: Blood Contact, David Sherman and Dan Cragg

Del Rey: The Saga of the Well World: The Sea is Full of Stars, Jack L. Chalker

Del Rey: The Golden Cat, Gabriel King (reprint, paperback)

Del Rey: Babylon 5: Legions of Fire, Book 1: The Long Night of Centauri Prime, Peter David & J.M. Straczynski

St. Martin's Press: UFO Headquarters, Susan Wright (non-fiction, reprint, paperback)

Tor: 01-01-00, R.J. Pineiro (reprint, paperback)

Tor: Finity, John Barnes (reprint, paperback)

Tor: The Path of Daggers, Robert Jordan (reprint, paperback)

Tor: Moonlight & Vines, Charles de Lint (reprint, paperback)

Tor: The Book of the Gods, Volume II: Ariadne's Web, Fred Saberhagen (hardcover)

Tor: Godshome, Robert Sheckley (reprint, trade paperback)

DAW: Flights of Fantasy, edited by Mercedes Lackey

DAW: Dance of the Rings, Book 3: Ring of Destiny, Jane S. Fancher

Roc: The Lost Regiment #8: Men of War, William R. Forstchen

Roc: The Cloak and Dagger, Book 3: Cauldron of Iniquity, Anne Lesley Groell

Overlook: The Secret Books of Venus, Book II: Saint Fire, Tanith Lee (hardcover)

Tor: The Truthsayer's Apprentice, Deborah Christian (trade paperback)

S&S Audio: Alien Voices: Star Trek: Spock Vs. Q, starrting Leonard Nimoy and John de Lancie (audio book)

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