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1998 Novels, Collections and Anthologies

This is a list of Canadian literature of the fantastic. Only those which are novels or novel-length collections are eligible for the Sunburst Award.

Novels (alphabetical by author)

  • Anderson-Dargatz, Gail, A Recipe For Bees (Toronto, Knopf Canada, 1998) HC
  • Bates, Martine, The Taker's Key (Red Deer, AB, Red Deer College Press, 1998) TD
  • Beverley, Jo, The Lord of Elphindale (New York, Zebra, 1998), found in Faery Magic PB
  • ——, Forbidden Magic (New York, Topaz, 1998) PB
  • Bowering, George, Diamondback Dog (Montreal, Roussan, 1998) TD
  • Bradley, Rebecca, Lady Pain (London, Gollancz, 1998) HC
  • ——, Temutma (Hong Kong, Asia 2000, 1998) TD, with Stewart Sloan
  • Brooks, Martha, Bone Dance (Groundwood, Toronto, 1998) TD
  • Brouwer, Sigmund, Galilee Man (Nashville, Thomas Nelson 1998) PB
  • Burgess, Tony, Pontypool Changes Everything (Toronto, ECW, 1998) TD
  • Coupland, Douglas, Girlfriend in a Coma (Toronto, HarperCollins, 1998) HC
  • Cross, Claire, Once Upon a Kiss (New York, Jove, 1998) PB
  • ——, The Last Highlander (New York, Jove, 1998) PB
  • Czerneda, Julie E., Beholder's Eye (New York, Daw, 1998) PB
  • DeBrandt, Don, Steeldriver (New York, Ace, 1998) PB
  • de Lint, Charles, Someplace to Be Flying (New York, Tor, 1998) HC
  • Dickson, Gordon R., The Dragon in Lyonesse (New York, Tor, 1998) HC
  • Duncan, Dave, The Gilded Chain (New York, Avon, 1998) HC
  • Finn, Felicity, Jeremy and the Air Pirates (Toronto, Second Story Press, 1998) TD
  • Frank & Gillian (Frank Mcenaney and Gillian Hemstock), Luminosity (Toronto, Random House Canada, 1998) HC
  • Franklin, Sarah B., Daughter of Troy (New York, Avon, 1998) TD
  • Galloway, Priscilla, Snake Dreamer (Toronto, Stoddart, 1998) HC
  • Gardner, James Alan, Commitment Hour (New York, Avon, 1998) PB
  • Gilkerson, William, Ultimate Voyage (Boston, Shambhala, 1998) HC
  • Goobie, Beth, The Only Good Heart (Toronto, Pedlar Press, 1998) TD
  • ——, Colours of Carol Molev (Montreal, Roussan, 1998) TD
  • Gotlieb, Phyllis, Flesh and Gold (New York, Tor, 1998) HC
  • Gowdy, Barbara, The White Bone (Toronto, HarperFlamingo, 1998) HC
  • Greenwood, Ed, The Mercenaries (Renton, WA, TSR, 1998) PB
  • ——, The Diamond (Renton, WA, TSR, 1998) PB, co-author: J. Robert King
  • ——, The Temptation of Elminster (Renton, WA, TSR, 1998) HC
  • Hale, Michael, A Fold in the Tent of the Sky (New York, Morrow, 1998) HC
  • Hemstock, Gillian, Luminosity: see Frank & Gillian
  • Highway, Tomson, Kiss of the Fur Queen (Toronto, Doubleday, 1998) HC
  • Hill, Peter B., The Bacoo (Toronto, VanderHill, 1998) TD
  • Hodgson, Barbara, The Sensualist (Vancouver, Raincoast Books, 1998) HC
  • Hollingshead, Greg, The Healer (Toronto, HarperCollins, 1998) HC
  • Hood, Ken, Demon Knight (New York, HarperPrism, 1998) PB
  • Hopkinson, Nalo, Brown Girl in the Ring (New York, Warner Aspect, 1998) TD
  • Huff, Tanya, Summon the Keeper (New York, Daw, 1998) PB
  • Hughes, Monica, The Story Box (Toronto, HarperCollins, 1998) TD
  • Jocelyn, Marthe, The Invisible Harry (Toronto, Tundra, 1998) HC
  • Kay, Guy Gavriel, Sailing to Sarantium (Toronto, Viking, 1998) HC
  • Kearsley, Susanna, Named of the Dragon (Toronto, Doubleday Canada, 1998) HC
  • Kilpatrick, Nancy, Dracul (San Diego, Lucard Publishing, 1998) TD
  • Kinsella, W.P., Magic Time (Toronto, Doubleday, 1998) HC
  • Knight, Amarantha, The Darker Passions: The Pit and the Pendulum (New York, Masquerade Books, 1998) PB
  • Knight, David, Saaritz (Toronto, Childe Thursday, 1998) TD
  • Kositsky, Lynne, Candles (Montreal, Roussan, 1998) TD
  • Kushner, Donn, Life on Mars (Toronto, Childe Thursday, 1998) TD
  • Mackay, Scott, Outpost (New York, Tor, 1998) HC
  • Matas, Carol, and Perry Nodelman, Out of their Minds (New York, Simon & Schuster, 1998) HC
  • Mcenaney, Frank, Luminosity: see Frank & Gillian
  • Meynard, Yves, The Book of Knights (New York, Tor, 1998) HC
  • Mihalyi, Victoria, Tribe of Star Bear (Nepean, ON, Borealis, 1998) TD
  • O'Brien, Michael D., Eclipse of the Sun (San Francisco, Ignatius Press, 1998) HC
  • O'Hara, Timothy J., Nostradamus' Daughter (Calgary, AB, Black Lion, 1998) PB
  • Patton, Fiona, The Painter Knight (New York, Daw, 1998) PB
  • Perrin, Don, Hung Out (N.Y., ROC, 1998) PB, with Margaret Weis
  • Pierson, Chris, Spirit of the Wind (Renton, WA, TSR, 1998) PB
  • Reeves-Stevens, Judy & Garfield, Spectre (New York, Pocket Books, 1998) HC; co-author: William Shatner
  • ——, Icefire (New York, Pocket Books, 1998) HC
  • Roberts, David Wyn, The Alchemist's Song (Winnipeg, MB, Great Plains Publications, 1998) TD
  • Rosenberg, Joel, The Crimson Sky (New York, Avon, 1998) PB
  • Russell, Sean, The Compass of the Soul (New York, Daw, 1998) HC
  • Ryman, Geoff, 253 (New York, St. Martin's Griffin, 1998) TD
  • Sawyer, Robert J., Factoring Humanity (New York, Tor, 1998) HC
  • Scrimger, Richard, The Nose From Jupiter (Toronto, Tundra Books, 1998) TD
  • Sinclair, Alison, Cavalcade (London, Millenium, 1998) HC
  • Slade, Arthur G., The Haunting of Drang Island (Victoria, BC, Orca, 1998) TD
  • Slade, Michael, Primal Scream (Toronto, Viking Canada, 1998) HC
  • Slater, Ian, Battlefront (New York, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1998) PB
  • Stewart, Sean, Mockingbird (New York, Acem 1998) HC
  • Stirling, S.M., Island in the Sea of Time (New York, Roc, 1998) PB
  • van Belkom, Edo, Mister Magick, in The Quintessential World of Darkness (Clarkston, GA, White Wolf, 1998) TD
  • Walters, Eric, Stranded (Toronto, HarperCollins 1998) TD
  • West, Michelle, The Uncrowned King (New York, Daw, 1998) PB
  • Weir, Joan, The Witcher (Victoria, BC, Polestar, 1998) TD
  • Willett, Edward, The Dark Unicorn (Unionville, N.Y., Royal Fireworks Press, 1998) TD
  • Wilson, Robert Charles, Darwinia (New York, Tor, 1998) HC

Collections

  • Bennett, Nancy, Father Was a Demon from the Stars (Toronto, Transversions, 1998) CHB
  • Robinson, Spider, User Friendly (New York, Baen, 1998) PB
  • van Belkom, Edo, Death Drives a Semi (Kingston, ON, Quarry Press, 1998) TD
  • Weiner, Andrew, This Is the Year Zero (Lawrencetown Beach, NS, Pottersfield Press, 1998) TD

Anthologies

  • Czerneda, Julie, ed., Packing Fraction and Other Tales of Science and Imagination (Toronto, Trifolium Books, 1999) PB, released Oct. 1998
  • Henderson, Eric & Madeline Sonik, eds., Fresh Blood (Winnipeg, Ravenstone, 1998) TD
  • Hughes, Monica, ed., What If...? (Toronto, Tundra, 1998) TD
  • Kilpatrick, Nancy and Thomas S. Roche, eds., In the Shadow of the Gargoyle (New York, Ace, 1998) TD
  • Knight, Amarantha, ed., Demon Sex (New York, Masquerade Books, 1998) PB
  • Manchester, Susan, ed., Divine Realms (Winnipeg, MB, Turnstone Press, 1998)
  • Magnini, Micheal, ed., North of Infinity (Oakville, Mosaic, 1998) TD
  • Manguel, Alberto, ed., The Ark in the Garden (Toronto, MacFarlane Walter & Ross, 1998) TD
  • Sawyer, Robert J., and Skene-Melvin, David, eds., Crossing the Line: Canadian Mystery Fiction with a Twist (Lawrencetown Beach, NS, Pottersfield Press, 1998) TD
  • Shainblum, Mark, and John Dupuis, eds., Arrowdreams (Winnipeg, MB, Nuage Editions, 1997) TD; printed and distributed 1998

Note: HC=Hardcover; TD=Trade Cover; PB=Paperback Copyright 1998 - All Rights Reserved