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Last Updated: 8 Nov 2004


These pages compile links and references for 2003 science fiction, fantasy, and horror books, including:

Descriptions:

  • Links to Locus Online's weekly Monitor pages, and Locus Magazine's monthly New & Notable lists

    Locus Magazine Reviews:

  • Entries for month of Locus issue, with reviewer's name (these reviews are available in the magazine only and are not online)

    Online Reviews:

  • Links to Reviews posted at Locus Online, Science Fiction Weekly, SF Site, Strange Horizons, Tangent Online, and Infinity Plus
  • Links to selected reviews in general publications, as noted on Locus Online's Field Inspections page

    Bestsellers:

  • Links to Locus Online's weekly general bestsellers chart, and Locus Magazine's monthly lists compiled from specialty bookstores

    Awards:

  • Links to news (at this site or elsewhere) of awards nominations and results

    • Books are original 2003 publications, except first-US editions of books that earlier appeared in the UK, Australia, or elsewhere (indicated by +).

    Young Adult Novels 
    • Aiken, Joan • Midwinter Nightingale • (Random House/Delacorte, Jun)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    Online Reviews:
    Guardian
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /young adult book #8
    • Allen, Will • Swords for Hire • (Centerpunch Press, Apr)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    SF Site
    • Augarde, Steve • The Various • (UK: David Fickling Books UK, Aug)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Apr 2004 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Barnes, John • In the Hall of the Martian King • (Warner Aspect, Jun)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    SF Site
    • Bell, Hilari • The Book of Sorahb, Volume One: Flame • (Simon & Schuster, Oct)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2004 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Bell, Hilari • The Goblin Wood • (Eos, Apr)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Bray, Libba • A Great and Terrible Beauty • (Delacorte, Dec)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Mar 2004 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Brennan, Herbie • Faerie Wars • (UK: Bloomsbury, Feb)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    + Brennan, Herbie • Faerie Wars • (Bloomsbury USA, May)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    New York Times
    • Browne, N. M. • Warriors of Camlann • (Bloomsbury USA, Apr)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Cabot, Meg • Haunted: A Tale of the Mediator • (HarperCollins, Feb)
    Bestsellers:
    General: 02.02.03 ..03.02.03
    • Calhoun, Dia • White Midnight • (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Oct)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Feb 2004 / Carolyn Cushman
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    • Colfer, Eoin • Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code • (UK: Viking, Apr)
    Bestsellers:
    General: 05.11.03 ..10.12.03
    + Colfer, Eoin • Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code • (Miramax, May)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    Bestsellers:
    General: 04.27.03 ..09.28.03
    Best of 2003:
    Barnes & Noble - 9-12
    + Colfer, Eoin • The Wish List • (Miramax Books, Oct)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2004 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Corder, Zizou • Lionboy • (Dial, Dec)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Coville, Bruce • Juliet Dove, Queen of Love • (Harcourt, Oct)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2004 / Carolyn Cushman
    • DiCamillo, Kate • The Tale of Despereaux • (Candlewick Press, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Awards:
    Mythopoeic nominee
    • Dickinson, Peter • The Tears of the Salamander • (UK: Macmillan UK, May)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /young adult book #14
    + Dickinson, Peter • The Tears of the Salamander • (Random House/Lamb, Aug)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /young adult book #14
    • DiTerlizzi, Tony, & Holly Black • The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 1: The Field Guide • (Simon & Schuster, May)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    Online Reviews:
    New York Times
    Bestsellers:
    General: 05.11.03 ..09.27.04
    Best of 2003:
    Amazon - children
    SF Chronicle - children's
    • DiTerlizzi, Tony, & Holly Black • The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 2: The Seeing Stone • (Simon & Schuster, May)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    Bestsellers:
    General: 05.11.03 ..06.01.03
    • DiTerlizzi, Tony, & Holly Black • The Spiderwick Chronicles, Book 3: Lucinda's Secret • (Simon & Schuster, Oct)
    Bestsellers:
    General: 10.19.03 ..10.19.03
    • Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee • The Conch Bearer • (Roaring Brook Press, Sep)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2004 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Downer, Ann • Hatching Magic • (Atheneum, May)
    Online Reviews:
    New York Times
    • Duane, Diane • The Wizard's Holiday • (Harcourt, Oct)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2004 / Carolyn Cushman
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Dunkle, Clare B. • The Hollow Kingdom • (Henry Holt, Oct)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2004 / Carolyn Cushman
    Awards:
    Mythopoeic winner
    • DuPrau, Jeanne • The City of Ember • (Random House, May)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    Online Reviews:
    New York Times
    SF Chronicle
    Best of 2003:
    Amazon - teens
    SF Chronicle - children's
    • Fisher, Catherine • The Oracle • (UK: Hodder Silver, Jan)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2004 / Carolyn Cushman
    Awards:
    Stoker finalists
    • Funke, Cornelia • Inkheart • (Chicken House, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2004 / Carolyn Cushman
    Bestsellers:
    General: 10.12.03 ..01.02.05
    Best of 2003:
    Amazon - children
    Barnes & Noble - 9-12
    Locus Recommended Reading
    SF Chronicle - children's
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /young adult book #6
    Mythopoeic nominee
    • Gaiman, Neil, illustrated by Dave McKean • The Wolves in the Walls • (HarperCollins, Aug)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Oct 2003 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Dec 2003 / Karen Haber
    Online Reviews:
    CNN
    January
    Bestsellers:
    General: 08.17.03 ..10.05.03
    Locus: Nov 2003
    Locus: Dec 2003
    Locus: Mar 2004
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    British SF winner
    Locus runner-up /non-fiction/art #2
    • Gerber, Michael • Barry Trotter & the Shameless Parody • (Aus: Penguin Australia, Jun)
    Bestsellers:
    General: 07.06.03 ..01.04.04
    • Gifford, Nick • Piggies • (UK: Puffin, Jan)
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    • Haber, Melissa Glenn • The Heroic Adventure of Hercules Amsterdam • (Dutton, Jun)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Sep 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Haddix, Margaret Peterson • Among the Hidden • (Simon & Schuster, Sep)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 1998 / Carolyn Cushman
    Oct 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Hale, Shannon • The Goose Girl • (Bloomsbury USA, Aug)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2004 / Carolyn Cushman
    Awards:
    Mythopoeic nominee
    • Hoffman, Alice • Green Angel • (Scholastic, Mar)
    Online Reviews:
    Strange Horizons
    • Hoffman, Mary • Stravaganza: City of Stars • (UK: Bloomsbury, Sep)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Oct 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /young adult book #15
    + Hoffman, Mary • Stravaganza: City of Stars • (Bloomsbury USA, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Oct 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /young adult book #15
    • Hoffman, Nina Kiriki • A Stir of Bones • (Viking, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2003 / Faren Miller
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Strange Horizons
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Endeavour nominee
    Locus runner-up /young adult book #5
    Stoker finalists
    • Irvine, Ian • Scrutator • (Australia: Penguin, Jul)
    Bestsellers:
    General: 10.19.03 ..10.26.03
    • Jacques, Brian • The Angel's Command • (Philomel, Mar)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Apr 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    Bestsellers:
    General: 04.13.03 ..04.20.03
    • Jacques, Brian • Loamhedge • (Philomel, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Bestsellers:
    General: 09.28.03 ..01.11.04
    Locus: May 2004
    • Jones, Diana Wynne • The Merlin Conspiracy • (UK: Collins, Apr)
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /young adult book #3
    • Jones, Diana Wynne • The Merlin Conspiracy • (HarperCollins/Greenwillow, Apr)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Apr 2003 / Faren Miller
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    New York Times
    SF Chronicle
    Washington Post
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /young adult book #3
    • Koller, Jackie French • The Keepers, Book One: A Wizard Named Nell • (Aladdin, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    • Lawrence, Michael • A Crack in the Line • (UK: Orchard UK, Sep)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2004 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Lubar, David • Flip • (Tor, Jul)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Lynn, Tracy • Snow • (Simon Pulse, Mar)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Napoli, Donna Jo • Breath • (Atheneum, Nov)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2004 / Carolyn Cushman
    + Nimmo, Jenny • Charlie Bone and the Time Twister • (Orchard Books, Sep)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    + Nimmo, Jenny • Midnight for Charlie Bone • (Orchard, Mar)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Nimmo, Jenny • The Time Twister • (UK: Egmont, Apr)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Nix, Garth • Abhorsen • (HarperCollins/Eos, Jan)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Dec 2002 / Carolyn Cushman
    Jan 2003 / Faren Miller
    Online Reviews:
    Strange Horizons
    Bestsellers:
    General: 01.19.03 ..09.28.03
    Locus: Apr 2003
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Aurealis winner
    Aurealis winner
    Ditmar nominee
    Locus runner-up /young adult book #2
    • Nix, Garth • The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 1: Mister Monday • (UK: Scholastic, Jul)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Apr 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Pattou, Edith • East • (Harcourt, Sep)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Oct 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Pierce, Tamora • The Circle Opens: Shatterglass • (Scholastic Press, Mar)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Apr 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Pierce, Tamora • Trickster's Choice • (Random House, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    Bestsellers:
    General: 10.05.03 ..11.30.03
    Best of 2003:
    January - kids
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /young adult book #7
    • Pratchett, Terry • The Wee Free Men • (UK: Transworld/Doubleday UK, May)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Mar 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    Mar 2003 / Jonathan Strahan
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    Bestsellers:
    General: 05.11.03 ..09.28.03
    Awards:
    Locus winner /young adult book
    Mythopoeic nominee
    • Pratchett, Terry • The Wee Free Men • (HarperCollins, May)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    New York Times
    SF Chronicle
    Washington Post
    Bestsellers:
    Locus: Aug 2003
    Locus: Sep 2003
    Locus: Oct 2003
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus winner /young adult book
    Mythopoeic nominee
    • Price, Susan • The Sterkarm Kiss • (UK: Scholastic UK, Oct)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Feb 2004 / Carolyn Cushman
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    + Prue, Sally • Cold Tom • (Scholastic, Jun)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Pullman, Philip • Lyra's Oxford • (UK: David Fickling Books, Oct)
    Bestsellers:
    General: 11.16.03 ..02.23.04
    • Pullman, Philip • Lyra's Oxford • (Knopf, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    New York Rev Bks
    Bestsellers:
    General: 11.02.03 ..11.02.03
    Best of 2003:
    Barnes & Noble - teens
    + Reeve, Philip • Mortal Engines • (HarperCollins/Eos, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2003 / Faren Miller
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Washington Post
    • Reeve, Philip • Predator's Gold • (UK: Scholastic UK, Sep)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2004 / Faren Miller
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /young adult book #13
    • Rodda, Emily • Deltora Quest Series 3, Book 1: Dragon's Nest • (Australia: Scholastic Press, Nov)
    Bestsellers:
    General: 02.02.04 ..05.03.04
    • Soto, Gary • The Afterlife • (Harcourt Children's Books, Sep)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Stroud, Jonathan • The Amulet of Samarkand • (Miramax, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2004 / Carolyn Cushman
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    New York Times
    Bestsellers:
    General: 12.07.03 ..03.08.04
    Best of 2003:
    Barnes & Noble - 9-12
    Locus Recommended Reading
    SF Chronicle - children's
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /young adult book #9
    • Taylor, G. P. • Shadowmancer • (UK: Faber Children's Books, Oct)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2004 / Carolyn Cushman
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    • Turtledove, Harry • Gunpowder Empire • (Tor, Dec)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2004 / Carolyn Cushman
    Online Reviews:
    Strange Horizons
    Awards:
    Golden Duck winner
    • Vande Velde, Vivian • Wizard at Work • (Harcourt, Apr)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Yolen, Jane • Sword of the Rightful King: A Novel of King Arthur • (Harcourt, May)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Online Reviews:
    Washington Post
    Novellas/Short Fiction 
    • Baker, Kage • The Angel in the Darkness • (Golden Gryphon Press, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2004 / Nick Gevers
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Green Man Review
    • Bisson, Terry • Dear Abbey • (UK: PS Publishing, Aug)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Sep 2003 / Jonathan Strahan
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    British SF shortlist
    Locus runner-up /novella #7
    • Bromhead, Geoffrey • Struck • (UK: Anvil Press, Jun)
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Online/Lalumière
    • Clark, Simon, & Tim Lebbon • Exorcising Angels • (Earthling Publications, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    • de Lint, Charles, & Charles Vess • Circle of Cats • (Viking, Jun)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Oct 2003 / Karen Haber
    Awards:
    World Fantasy nominee
    • de Lint, Charles • Refinerytown • (Subterranean Press)
    Online Reviews:
    Green Man Review
    • Hopkins, Brian A. • Tell Me a Story: the Saga of the Turtle Knight • (Yard Dog Press, Feb)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Apr 2003 / Edward Bryant
    • Matheson, Richard • Come Fygures, Come Shadowes • (Gauntlet Press, Feb)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2003 / Tim Pratt
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    • Partridge, Norman • The House Inside • (Subterranean Press, Mar)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2003 / Edward Bryant
    • Roberts, Adam • Jupiter Magnified • (UK: PS Publishing, Mar)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2003 / Rich Horton
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    SF Site
    • Shepard, Lucius • Aztechs • (Subterranean Press, May)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    • Stevenson, Jennifer • Solstice • (The Green Man Review)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    • Waldrop, Howard • A Better World's in Birth! • (Golden Gryphon, Jul)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2003 / Jonathan Strahan
    Aug 2003 / Nick Gevers
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Wexler, Robert Freeman • In Springdale Town • (UK: PS Publishing, Mar)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Oct 2003 / Faren Miller
    Nov 2003 / Rich Horton
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    Tangent Online
    Locus Online
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /novella #15
    • Wolfe, Gene • Talk of Mandrakes • (Sirius Fiction, Dec)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Feb 2004 / Nick Gevers
    Collections & Omnibuses 
    • Allen, Mike • Petting the Time Shark and Other Poems • (DNA Publications)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Online Reviews:
    Strange Horizons
    • Anderson, Barth, Christopher Barzak, Alan DeNiro & Kristin Livdahl • Rabid Transit: A Mischief of Rats • (Velocity Press, May)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2003 / Rich Horton
    Online Reviews:
    Tangent Online
    • Anvil, Christopher • Interstellar Patrol • (Baen, Apr)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    Bestsellers:
    Locus: Jul 2003
    • Arnzen, Michael • Dying • (Tachyon Publications, Apr)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2003 / Edward Bryant
    • Arnzen, Michael • Freakcidents • (DarkVesper Publishing, Mar)
    Online Reviews:
    Strange Horizons
    • Bailey, Dale • The Resurrection Man's Legacy and Other Stories • (Golden Gryphon Press, Nov)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Dec 2003 / Faren Miller
    Jan 2004 / Nick Gevers
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    SF Chronicle
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #19
    • Bear, Greg • W3 Women in Deep Time • (ibooks, Mar)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Bethke, Bruce, & Jerry Oltion • Isaac Asimov's Robots and Aliens 3 • (ibooks, Jan)
    Forthcoming, not yet seen, or not yet listed
    • Bishop, Michael • Brighten to Incandescence: 17 Stories • (Golden Gryphon Press, Jun)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2003 / Faren Miller
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    SF Weekly
    Washington Post
    Best of 2003:
    Kansas City Star
    Locus Recommended Reading
    • Blaylock, James P., & Tim Powers • The Devils in the Details • (Subterranean Press, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Sep 2003 / Nick Gevers
    • Blaylock, James P. • In for a Penny • (Subterranean Press, Aug)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #17
    • Blish, James • In This World, or Another • (Five Star, Jul)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    SF Site
    • Boston, Bruce • Pitchblende • (Dark Regions Press)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Awards:
    Stoker winner
    • Bradbury, Ray • The Best of Ray Bradbury: The Graphic Novel • (ibooks, Aug)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Dec 2003 / Karen Haber
    • Bradbury, Ray • Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales • (HarperCollins/Morrow, Aug)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jul 2003 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Best of 2003:
    Kansas City Star
    Locus Recommended Reading
    • Bradley, Marion Zimmer • A World Divided • (DAW, Dec)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    • Braunbeck, Gary A. • Graveyard People: The Collected Cedar Hill Stories, Volume 1 • (Earthling Publications, Jun)
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    • Brin, David • Tomorrow Happens • (NESFA Press, Feb)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2003 / Nick Gevers
    • Brite, Poppy Z. • The Devil You Know • (Subterranean Press, Feb)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Mar 2003 / Faren Miller
    • Brust, Steve • The Book of Athyra • (Ace, Feb)
    Bestsellers:
    Locus: May 2003
    • Burns, Cliff • Righteous Blood • (UK: PS Publishing, Mar)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2003 / Edward Bryant
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    Locus Online
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Online/Lalumière
    • Byatt, A. S. • The Little Black Book of Stories • (UK: Chatto & Windus, Nov)
    Online Reviews:
    Independent
    • Cady, Jack • Ghosts of Yesterday • (Night Shade Books, Jan)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2003 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Apr 2003 / Rich Horton
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #18
    World Fantasy nominee
    • Campbell, John W. , Jr., edited by James A. Mann • A New Dawn: The Don A. Stuart Stories of John W. Campbell, Jr. • (NESFA Press, Feb)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2003 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    • Campbell, Ramsey • Told by the Dead • (UK: PS Publishing, Jul)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2004 / Tim Pratt
    Awards:
    British Fantasy winner
    Int. Horror Guild nominee
    Stoker finalists
    • Castro, Adam-Troy • Tangled Strings • (Gale Group/Five Star, Aug)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    • Christian, M. • The Bachelor Machine • (Green Candy Press)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Locus Online
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Online/Ward
    • Clark, G. O. • The Other Side of the Lens • (Dark Regions Press)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2004 / Tim Pratt
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    + Dann, Jack • Jubilee • (Tor, Jan)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2001 / Jonathan Strahan
    Online Reviews:
    Strange Horizons
    New York Times
    • Dann, Jack • Visitations • (Gale Group/Five Star, Apr)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    SF Site
    • Davidson, Avram, edited by Grania Davis & Henry Wessells • ­Limekiller! • (Old Earth Books, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2003 / Jonathan Strahan
    Online Reviews:
    Emerald City
    SF Weekly
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #10
    • de Lint, Charles • A Handful of Coppers • (Subterranean Press, Dec)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Delany, Samuel R. • Aye, and Gomorrah: Stories • (Vintage, Apr)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    New York Times
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    • Dickson, Gordon R., edited by Hank Davis • The Human Edge • (Baen, Dec)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    • Doctorow, Cory • A Place So Foreign and Eight More: Stories • (Four Walls Eight Windows, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Sep 2003 / Faren Miller
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    SF Weekly
    SF Site
    New York Times
    Rain Taxi
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Online/Lalumière
    Locus Recommended Reading
    • Drake, David • Grimmer Than Hell • (Baen, Feb)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    • Effinger, George Alec • Budayeen Nights • (Golden Gryphon, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Sep 2003 / Nick Gevers
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    SF Weekly / John Clute
    SF Site
    Strange Horizons
    Green Man Review
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Online/Lalumière
    Locus Recommended Reading
    PW - sf
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #7
    • Eisenstein, Phyllis • Night Lives: Nine Stories of the Dark Fantastic • (Gale Group/Five Star, Apr)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Files, Gemma • Kissing Carrion • (Prime, Apr)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jul 2003 / Tim Pratt
    • Freeman, T. A. • Gray Areas • (Visibility Unlimited Publications, Jun)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    • Godwin, Tom • The Cold Equations & Other Stories • (Baen, Apr)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    • Hand, Elizabeth • Bibliomancy • (UK: PS Publishing, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Sep 2003 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Oct 2003 / Bill Sheehan
    Online Reviews:
    Washington Post
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Int. Horror Guild nominee
    Locus runner-up /collection #15
    Stoker finalists
    World Fantasy winner
    • Harrison, M. John • Things That Never Happen • (Night Shade Books, Jan)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    New York Times
    Locus Online
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    PW - sf
    Awards:
    British Fantasy nominee
    Locus runner-up /collection #12
    • High, Philip E., edited by Philip Harbottle • The Best of Philip E. High • (UK: Cosmos Books)
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    • Hirshberg, Glen • The Two Sams: Ghost Stories • (Carroll & Graf, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Oct 2003 / Bill Sheehan
    Dec 2003 / Faren Miller
    Online Reviews:
    Strange Horizons
    Washington Post
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    PW - sf
    Awards:
    Int. Horror Guild winner
    Locus runner-up /collection #24
    World Fantasy nominee
    • Hodgson, William Hope, edited by Jeremy Lassen • The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" and Other Nautical Adventures • (Night Shade Books, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Washington Post
    • Hoffman, Nina Kiriki • Time Travelers, Ghosts, and Other Visitors • (Five Star, Apr)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jul 2003 / Faren Miller
    • Howard, Robert E. • The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian • (Del Rey, Dec)
    Bestsellers:
    Locus: Mar 2004
    Locus: Apr 2004
    • Hsi-Kuo, Chang • The City Trilogy • (Columbia University Press, May)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly / John Clute
    SF Site
    • Humphrey, Andrew • Open the Box: And Other Stories • (UK: Elastic Press, Feb)
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    • Irvine, Alex • Unintended Consequences • (Subterranean Press, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Oct 2003 / Faren Miller
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #23
    • Kay, Guy Gavriel • Beyond This Dark House • (Canada: Penguin, Apr)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2003 / Tim Pratt
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Ketchum, Jack • The Peaceable Kingdom • (Subterranean, Apr)
    Online Reviews:
    Strange Horizons
    Awards:
    Stoker winner
    • Kirstein, Rosemary • The Steerswoman's Road • (Del Rey, Jul)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    • Korn, M. F. • All the Mutant Trash in All the Galaxies • (Eraserhead Press)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    • Lake, Jay • Greetings from Lake Wu • (Wheatland Press, Nov)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Dec 2003 / Nick Gevers
    Feb 2004 / Rich Horton
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Tangent Online
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #25
    • Laumer, Keith, edited by Eric Flint • Future Imperfect • (Baen, May)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    • Laumer, Keith • A Plague of Demons & Other Stories • (Baen, Feb)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    • Lawson, Chris • Written in Blood • (Australia: MirrorDanse Books, Aug)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    • Le Guin, Ursula K. • Changing Planes • (Harcourt, Jul)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jul 2003 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Aug 2003 / Nick Gevers
    Online Reviews:
    Guardian
    New York Times
    SF Chronicle
    USA Today
    Washington Post
    Washington Post
    Bestsellers:
    Locus: Oct 2003
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Locus Online/Ward
    NY Times
    Awards:
    Locus winner /collection
    Mythopoeic nominee
    • Lovecraft, H. P., edited by S. T. Joshi & David E. Schultz • From the Pest Zone: Stories from New York • (Hippocampus Press, Jan)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Lubar, David • In the Land of the Lawn Weenies and other misadventures • (Starscape, Jun)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    • Lupoff, Richard, & Bruce Coville • Philip Jos‚ Farmer's The Dungeon • (ibooks, Mar)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Maloney, Geoffrey • Tales from the Crypto-System • (Prime, Jul)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2003 / Rich Horton
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    Locus Online
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Online/Lalumière
    • Mamatas, Nick • 3000 MPH in Every Direction at Once • (Library Empyreal, Jul)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Oct 2003 / Tim Pratt
    • Martin, George R. R. • GRRM: A RRetrospective • (Subterranean Press, Aug)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Dec 2003 / Bill Sheehan
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Int. Horror Guild nominee
    Locus runner-up /collection #2
    World Fantasy nominee
    • Matheson, Richard • Duel: Terror Stories by Richard Matheson • (Tor, Jan)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Moorcock, Michael • The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius: Stories of the Comic Apocalypse • (Four Walls Eight Windows, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Oct 2003 / Faren Miller
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    • Morris, William • More to William Morris: Two Books that Inspired J.R.R. Tolkien • (Inkling Books, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    • Myers, Howard L., edited by Eric Flint • The Creatures of Man • (Baen, May)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    • Niven, Larry • The Integral Trees and The Smoke Ring • (Del Rey, Aug)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    • Niven, Larry • Scatterbrain • (Tor, Aug)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    • Norton, Andre • The Solar Queen • (Tor, Dec)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    • Oliver, Chad • Selected Stories of Chad Oliver, Volume 1: A Star Above It • (NESFA Press, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly / John Clute
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    • Oliver, Chad • Selected Stories of Chad Oliver, Volume 2: Far from This Earth • (NESFA Press, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly / John Clute
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    • Perry, Steve • Windowpane • (Five Star, Feb)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    SF Site
    • Pratt, Tim • Little Gods • (Prime Books, Nov)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2003 / Jonathan Strahan
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #21
    • Rich, Mark • Foreigners, and Other Familiar Faces • (Small Beer Press, Jun)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    • Rosenbaum, Benjamin • Other Cities • (Small Beer Press)
    Online Reviews:
    Tangent Online
    • Rowe, Christopher • Bittersweet Creek and Other Stories • (Small Beer Press)
    Online Reviews:
    Tangent Online
    • Russo, Richard Paul • Carlucci • (Ace, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    Bestsellers:
    Locus: Dec 2003
    • Scalise, Michelle • Intervals of Horrible Sanity • (Medium Rare Books, Aug)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Scholz, Carter • The Amount to Carry • (Picador, Feb)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    Washington Post
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    • Scott, Martin • Thraxas • (Baen, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Dec 2000 / Jonathan Strahan
    Bestsellers:
    Locus: Dec 2003
    • Sheckley, Robert • Uncanny Tales • (Five Star, Jul)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2003 / Tim Pratt
    • Smeds, Dave • Embracing the Starlight • (Dark Regions Press, Feb)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    Tangent Online
    • Smith, Michael Marshall • More Tomorrow & Other Stories • (Earthling Publications, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Mar 2004 / Tim Pratt
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    British Fantasy nominee
    Int. Horror Guild winner
    Locus runner-up /collection #22
    World Fantasy nominee
    • Spinrad, Norman • Deux X and Other Stories • (Five Star, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    Locus Online
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Online/Lalumière
    • Steele, Allen M. • American Beauty • (Gale Group/Five Star, May)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    SF Site
    • Sturgeon, Theodore, edited by Paul Williams • And Now the News...: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Volume IX • (North Atlantic Books, May)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Apr 2004 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #6
    • Swanwick, Michael • Cigar-Box Faust and Other Miniatures • (Tachyon Publications, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2003 / Tim Pratt
    Jan 2004 / Nick Gevers
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    SF Site
    SF Site
    • Tambour, Anna • Monterra's Deliciosa & Other Tales & • (Prime Books, Nov)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Feb 2004 / Faren Miller
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    • Tem, Steve Rasnic • The Hydrocephalic Ward • (Dark Regions Press)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2004 / Tim Pratt
    • Turowski, Eric • 21st Century Pulp : Complete Novellas and Short Stories • (iUniverse, Oct)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • van Vogt, A. E., edited by Joe Rico & Rick Katze • Transfinite: The Essential A.E. van Vogt • (NESFA Press, Feb)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2003 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    • Vance, Jack • The Dragon Masters • (ibooks, Aug)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Locus Online
    • VanderMeer, Jeff • The Day Dali Died • (Prime Books, Nov)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2004 / Nick Gevers
    • Wagner, Karl Edward • Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane • (Night Shade Books, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    Green Man Review
    • Waldrop, Howard • Custer's Last Jump and Other Collaborations • (Golden Gryphon Press, Apr)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Mar 2003 / Jonathan Strahan
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    SF Site
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #4
    • Waldrop, Howard • Dream Factories and Radio Pictures • (Wheatland Press, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Feb 2001 / Jonathan Strahan
    May 2001 / Mark R. Kelly
    • Weagly, John • The Undertow of Small Town Dreams • (Twilight Tales, Apr)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2003 / Edward Bryant
    • Weber, David • Empire from the Ashes • (Baen, Mar)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    Bestsellers:
    Locus: Jun 2003
    • Wellman, Manly Wade • Owls Hoot in the Daytime and Other Omens • (Night Shade Books, May)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    • Wellman, Manly Wade • Sin's Doorway and Other Ominous Entrances • (Night Shade Books, Feb)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    • West, Michelle • Speaking with Angels • (Gale Group/Five Star, Jun)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • White, James • General Practice • (Orb, May)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    Online Reviews:
    Strange Horizons
    • Winter, Laurel • A Galaxy in a Jar • (Dark Regions Press)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2004 / Tim Pratt
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Wolfe, Gene • Latro in the Mist • (Orb, Mar)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    Strange Horizons
    • Zivkovic, Zoran • The Book/The Writer • (Prime Books, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2004 / Nick Gevers
    • Zivkovic, Zoran • Steps through the Mist • (Polaris)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Anthologies 
    • Anders, Lou, ed. • Live Without a Net • (Penguin/Roc, Jul)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jul 2003 / Rich Horton
    Aug 2003 / Nick Gevers
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    Tangent Online
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /anthology #7
    • Anderson, Douglas A. • Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy • (Del Rey, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Bell, Andrea L., & Yolanda Molina Gavil n, eds. • Cosmos Latinos: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Latin America and Spain • (University Press of New England/Wesleyan, Jul)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    Strange Horizons
    Best of 2003:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /anthology #21
    • Berglund, Edward, ed. • Disciples of Cthulhu 2: Blashemous Tales of the Followers • (Chaosium, May)
    Bestsellers:
    Locus: Sep 2003
    • Bradley, Marion Zimmer, ed. • Sword and Sorceress XX • (DAW, Aug)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books