At this time I regularly wrote up books for Amazon UK, as formerly linked below; but Amazon's ghastly database kept losing the reviews from their pages and now I prefer not to link to Amazon anyway. Instead, all the reviews are collected along with much else in my ebook Short Shrift: A Big Book of Little Reviews, which see. Sometimes the same reviews turned up at Amazon.com. – David Langford. See the most recent Amazon log page.
December 2000 - [23 Dec] John Barnes, Finity – Gollancz (Millennium pb line rebranded) sf paperback reissue. ISBN 1857987403 • AbeBooks
- [23 Dec] Stephen Baxter, Longtusk – Gollancz (Millennium pb line rebranded) sf paperback reissue – "Mammoth Book Two". ISBN 185798739X • AbeBooks
- [14 Dec] Terry Pratchett, Graham Higgins and Stephen Briggs, Guards! Guards! – Gollancz hardback graphic novel. Adaptation of Pratchett's 1989 comic police-procedural fantasy. ISBN 0575063025 • AbeBooks
- [13 Dec] Paul McAuley, The Secret of Life –Voyager sf hardback. ISBN 0002259044 • AbeBooks
- [11 Dec] John Whitbourn, Downs-Lord Day – Earthlight fantasy pb, second in "The Downs-Lord Triptych". ISBN 0671033018 • AbeBooks
November 2000 - [24 Nov] Bob Shaw, A Wreath of Stars – Gollancz yellowjacket sf reissue, trade pb. ISBN 0575071478 • AbeBooks
- [23 Nov] Octavia Butler, Wild Seed – Gollancz yellowjacket sf reissue, trade pb. ISBN 0575071451 • AbeBooks
- [22 Nov] Joe Haldeman, Forever Free – Millennium sf paperback reissue of the sole and, alas, inferior sequel to The Forever War (NB Forever Peace was a "thematic sequel" with another setting). ISBN 1857989317 • AbeBooks
- [21 Nov] James H. Schmitz, The Witches of Karres – Gollancz yellowjacket sf reissue, trade pb. One of my favourite sf comedies. ISBN 0575071443 • AbeBooks
- [20 Nov] John Crowley, Beasts – Gollancz yellowjacket sf reissue, trade pb. ISBN 0575071435 • AbeBooks
- [20 Nov] Stan Nicholls, Warriors of the Tempest – Gollancz fantasy trade pb. Third book of "Orcs: First Blood" trilogy. ISBN 0575070692 • AbeBooks
- [16 Nov] Robert Silverberg, Sailing To Byzantium – ibooks trade paperback. Five sf novellas: title story, "Homefaring", "Thomas the Proclaimer", "We Are For The Dark" and "The Secret Sharer". ISBN 0743407180 • AbeBooks
- [6 Nov] Ken MacLeod, Cosmonaut Keep – Orbit SF hardback. Enjoyable opening to his new "Engines of Light" sequence. ISBN 1857239865 • AbeBooks
October 2000 - [30 Oct] Anne McCaffrey, Pegasus in Space – Corgi paperback reissue. ISBN 0552146307 • AbeBooks
- [23 Oct] Keith Roberts, Pavane – Millennium SF Masterworks #35, trade paperback. Classic reissue. ISBN 1857989376 • AbeBooks
- [18 Oct] Wil McCarthy, The Collapsium – Gollancz C-format sf paperback. ISBN 0575068930 • AbeBooks
- [16 Oct] Clifford D. Simak, Way Station – Gollancz yellowjacket sf reissue, trade paperback. ISBN 0575071389 • AbeBooks
- [13 Oct] Theodore Sturgeon, The Dreaming Jewels – Gollancz yellowjacket sf reissue, trade paperback. ISBN 0575071400 • AbeBooks
- [12 Oct] James Lovegrove, The Foreigners – Gollancz sf hardback. ISBN 0575068949 • AbeBooks
- [11 Oct] Clive Barker, The Essential Clive Barker – Voyager trade paperback. An odd sampler of 70-odd prose snippets, with only four actual complete stories. ISBN 0006514685 • AbeBooks
September 2000 - Robert Rankin, Waiting For Godalming ISBN 0385600577 • AbeBooks
- Brian Aldiss, Non-Stop – Millennium SF Masterworks #33, trade pb. Lightly revised (a heat-ray welder becomes a laser, etc). ISBN 1857989988 • AbeBooks
- Peter F. Hamilton, The Confederation Handbook – Macmillan hardback. A "nonfiction companion" to the "Night's Dawn" trilogy. ISBN 0333785886 • AbeBooks
- Michael Moorcock and Storm Constantine, Silverheart – Earthlight fantasy hardback ISBN 0684866706 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback. ISBN 0743209435 • AbeBooks- Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth, Wolfbane – Gollancz yellowjacket SF, trade pb. ISBN 0575071354 • AbeBooks
Paperbacks of books reviewed earlier - Joanne Bertin, Dragon and Phoenix – Earthlight fantasy pb. ISBN 0671029398 • AbeBooks
- Jeff Long, The Descent – Orion sf/horror/thriller pb billed as just "Fiction". ISBN 1857989295 • AbeBooks
- Stan Nicholls, Legion of Thunder – Millennium fantasy pb. Second in "Orcs: First Blood" trilogy, with orcs going on a noble world-saving quest for a change. ISBN 1857985605 • AbeBooks
- Robert Rankin, Sex and Drugs and Sausage Rolls – Corgi pb ISBN 0552147419 • AbeBooks
August 2000 - John Brunner, The Jagged Orbit ISBN 0575070528 • AbeBooks
- Arthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter, The Light of Other Days ISBN 0002247046 • AbeBooks
- Philip K. Dick, Dr Bloodmoney, or How We Got Along After the Bomb ISBN 185798952X • AbeBooks
- ed. Robert Silverberg, The Ultimate Dinosaur ISBN 0743400062 • AbeBooks
- Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Roadside Picnic ISBN 0575070536 • AbeBooks
Paperbacks of books reviewed earlier - Jonathan Carroll, The Marriage of Sticks ISBN 0575402490 • AbeBooks
- Mark Chadbourn, World's End ISBN 1857989805 • AbeBooks
- Raymond E. Feist, Krondor: The Assassins ISBN 0006483356 • AbeBooks
- Harry Harrison, Stars and Stripes in Peril ISBN 034068920X • AbeBooks
- Jack McDevitt, Slow Lightning ISBN 0006483968 • AbeBooks
- Janny Wurts, Grand Conspiracy ISBN 0007102224 • AbeBooks
July 2000 - Stephen Baxter, Space (Manifold: 2) ISBN 0002257718 • AbeBooks
- Frank Herbert, The Dosadi Experiment ISBN 1857989449 • AbeBooks
- Katharine Kerr and Kate Daniel, Polar City Nightmare ISBN 0575068590 • AbeBooks
- Adam Roberts, Salt ISBN 0575068965 • AbeBooks
- John Sladek, The Reproductive System ISBN 0575071168 • AbeBooks
Paperbacks of books reviewed earlier - Stephen Baxter, Time (Manifold: 1) ISBN 0006511821 • AbeBooks
June 2000 - James Blish, A Case of Conscience ISBN 1857989244 • AbeBooks
- Tom Holt, Valhalla ISBN 1857239830 • AbeBooks
- Holly Lisle, Vengeance of Dragons ISBN 057506868X • AbeBooks
- Elizabeth Moon, Change of Command ISBN 1857239725 • AbeBooks
- Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith, X-Men ... oh dearie me. ISBN 0743403983 • AbeBooks
Paperbacks of books reviewed earlier - James Barclay, Dawnthief (Chronicles of the Raven 1) ISBN 1857988604 • AbeBooks
- Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky [Amazon.com review – Langford leaps the Atlantic!] ISBN 0812536355 • AbeBooks
May 2000 - Poul Anderson, Tau Zero ISBN 0575070994 • AbeBooks
- Iain M. Banks, Look to Windward ISBN 1857239695 • AbeBooks
- Greg Bear, Star Wars: Rogue Planet ISBN 0712680896 • AbeBooks
- Ray Bradbury, Long After Midnight ISBN 0671037692 • AbeBooks
- James Morrow, This Is the Way the World Ends ISBN 057507101X • AbeBooks
- Samuel R. Delany, The Jewels of Aptor ISBN 0575071001 • AbeBooks
- Frederik Pohl, Man Plus ISBN 1857989465 • AbeBooks
- Bob Shaw, Orbitsville ISBN 0575070986 • AbeBooks
April 2000 - Michael Bishop, No Enemy But Time ISBN 057507096X • AbeBooks
- Richard Calder, Malignos ISBN 067103720X • AbeBooks
- Hal Clement, Mission of Gravity ISBN 0575070943 • AbeBooks
- John Meaney, Paradox ISBN 0593045734 • AbeBooks
- Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, The Burning City ISBN 1841490067 • AbeBooks
- Eric Frank Russell, Wasp ISBN 0575070951 • AbeBooks
- Robert Silverberg, Tower of Glass ISBN 0575070978 • AbeBooks
- Theodore Sturgeon, More Than Human ISBN 1857988523 • AbeBooks
- Gene Wolfe, The Book of the New Sun 1: Shadow and Claw ISBN 1857989775 • AbeBooks
Paperbacks of books reviewed earlier - Anne McCaffrey, The Tower and the Hive ISBN 0552146293 • AbeBooks
- Vernor Vinge, A Deepness in the Sky ISBN 1857988515 • AbeBooks
March 2000 - Harry Harrison, Stars and Stripes in Peril ISBN 0340689196 • AbeBooks
- Anne McCaffrey, Pegasus in Space ISBN 0593043278 • AbeBooks
- Elizabeth Moon, Rules of Engagement ISBN 1857239644 • AbeBooks
- Linda Nagata, Vast ISBN 0575069023 • AbeBooks
- Vernor Vinge, Across Realtime ISBN 1857981472 • AbeBooks
- Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep ISBN 1857981278 • AbeBooks
- Freda Warrington, The Sapphire Throne ISBN 0743408268 • AbeBooks
Paperbacks of books reviewed earlier - Paul Kearney, The Iron Wars ISBN 1857989422 • AbeBooks
- Harry Turtledove, Into the Darkness ISBN 0671022822 • AbeBooks
February 2000 - Isaac Asimov, Buy Jupiter ISBN 1857989414 • AbeBooks
- Gregory Benford, Timescape ISBN 185798935X • AbeBooks
- Joanne Bertin, Dragon and Phoenix ISBN 0684860511 • AbeBooks
- Joanne Bertin, The Last Dragonlord ISBN 0671021923 • AbeBooks
- Alfred Bester, The Deceivers ISBN 0671038893 • AbeBooks
- David Brin, Foundation's Triumph ISBN 1841490008 • AbeBooks
- Philip K. Dick, Ubik ISBN 1857988531 • AbeBooks
- Simon R. Green, Haven of Lost Souls ISBN 1857989007 • AbeBooks
- Peter Haining (editor), Knights of Madness ISBN 185723958X • AbeBooks
- Jan Lars Jensen, Shiva 3000 ISBN 0333780817 • AbeBooks
- Fritz Leiber, Farewell to Lankhmar ISBN 1857988507 • AbeBooks
- Jack McDevitt, Slow Lightning ISBN 0002247356 • AbeBooks
- Michael Moorcock, Behold the Man ISBN 1857988485 • AbeBooks
- Darren O'Shaughnessy, Hell's Horizon ISBN 185798918X • AbeBooks
January 2000 - Tom Arden, The King and Queen of Swords ISBN 1857988981 • AbeBooks
- Isaac Asimov, The Gods Themselves ISBN 1857989341 • AbeBooks
- John Barnes, Finity ISBN 0575068914 • AbeBooks
- Stephen Baxter, Longtusk (Mammoth 2) ISBN 0575068582 • AbeBooks
- Greg Bear, Eternity ISBN 1857989015 • AbeBooks
- Greg Bear, Hegira ISBN 1857989023 • AbeBooks
- Greg Bear, Strength of Stones ISBN 1857989031 • AbeBooks
- Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree ISBN 0671037684 • AbeBooks
- David Drake, Queen of Demons ISBN 185798823X • AbeBooks
- Joe Haldeman, Forever Free ISBN 0575068531 • AbeBooks
- Joe Haldeman, Forever Peace ISBN 185798899X • AbeBooks
- Harry Harrison, The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus ISBN 0575068663 • AbeBooks
- Mo Hayder, Birdman ISBN 0593045203 • AbeBooks
- J.V. Jones, A Cavern of Black Ice ISBN 1857237439 • AbeBooks
- Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon ISBN 1857989384 • AbeBooks
- Fritz Leiber, Return to Lankhmar ISBN 1857988469 • AbeBooks
- Roger Levy, Reckless Sleep ISBN 057506899X • AbeBooks
- Alastair Reynolds, Revelation Space ISBN 0575068760 • AbeBooks
Also hardback ISBN 0575068752 • AbeBooks- R.A. Salvatore, The Demon Spirit ISBN 185798904X • AbeBooks
- Robert Silverberg, The Book of Skulls ISBN 1857989147 • AbeBooks
- Norman Spinrad, Bug Jack Barron ISBN 1902002180 • AbeBooks
- Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker ISBN 1857988078 • AbeBooks
- James Stoddard, The False House ISBN 0671037498 • AbeBooks
Paperbacks of books reviewed earlier - Stephen Baxter, Mammoth 1: Silverhair ISBN 1857988493 • AbeBooks