The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003

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HICKMAN, TRACY (Raye) (chron.) (continued)

* _DragonLance: Dragons of Winter Night (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
* _DragonLance: The Annotated Legends (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
* _Journey into the Void (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
_____, ed. * _DragonLance: The Players of Gilean: Tales from the World of Krynn (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
HIGHFIELD, ROGER (chron.)

* _The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works (SFBC no ISBN, Apr 2003, $11.99, 322pp, hc) [Harry Potter] Reprint (Viking 2002) associational non-fiction, an examination of possible science behind the magic in the YA series. This is similar to the Viking edition, except it lacks a price.
* _The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works (Penguin 0-14-200355-7, Jun 2003, $14.00, 322 + xxii, tp, cover by Viktor Koen) [Harry Potter] Reprint (Viking 2002) associational non-fiction, an examination of possible science behind the magic in the YA series. [Rowling]
HIRSHBERG, GLEN (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Two Sams (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1255-4, Oct 2003, $23.00, 210 + xi, hc, cover by Brad Wilson) Collection of five ghost stories. Introduction by Ramsey Campbell. (Contents)
HITCHCOCK, DAVID (chron.)

* *Virtual Life (iUniverse 0-595-28445-0, Dec 2003, $16.95, 240pp, tp) SF novel. A teen finds a military virtual reality helmet and uses it to educate himself, not realizing its developers think he’s a foreign spy. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.iuniverse.com], or from iUniverse, 2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100, Lincoln NE 68512.
HITCHENS, CHRISTOPHER (stories) (chron.)

* _Why Orwell Matters (Perseus Books Group/Basic Books 0-465-03050-5, Sep 2003, $14.95, 211pp, tp) Reprint (Basic Books UK 2002) non-fiction, a critical assessment of Orwell’s life, politics, and works. [Orwell]
HOBAN, RUSSELL (Conwell) (1925- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Fremder (Bloomsbury 0-7475-6164-8, Oct 2003, £6.99, 184pp, tp) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1996) SF novel set in a dystopian future.
HOBB, ROBIN; pseudonym of Megan Lindholm, (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Fool’s Fate (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224728-3, Oct 2003, £18.99, ii+805pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Tawny Man] Fantasy novel, third in “The Tawny Man” trilogy set in the same world as the “Farseer” and “Liveship Traders” series. Hobb is a pseudonym for Megan Lindholm.
* _The Golden Fool (SFBC #54694, Jan 2003, $12.50, 520pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Tawny Man] Reprint (Voyager 2002) fantasy novel, second in “The Tawny Man” trilogy. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _The Golden Fool (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-711057-X, Mar 2003, £11.99, 632pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Tawny Man] Reprint (Voyager 2002) fantasy novel, second in “The Tawny Man” series set in the same world as the “Farseer” and “Liveship Traders” series. Hobb is a pseudonym for Megan Lindholm.
* _The Golden Fool (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648602-9, Oct 2003, £7.99, 712pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Tawny Man] Reprint (Voyager 2002) fantasy novel, the second book of “The Tawny Man” trilogy, set in the same world as the “Farseer” and “Liveship Traders” series. Hobb is a pseudonym for Megan Lindholm.
* _Golden Fool (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58245-3, Dec 2003, $6.99, 709pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Tawny Man] Reprint (Voyager 2002) fantasy novel, second in “The Tawny Man” trilogy.
HODGSON, WILLIAM HOPE (1877-1918) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Boats of the “Glen Carrig” and Other Nautical Adventures (Night Shade Books 1-892389-39-8, Jul 2003, $35.00, 513 + xi, hc, cover by Jason Van Hollander) Collection of the title novel and 23 stories, volume one of “The Collected Stories of William Hope Hodgson”. Edited and with a note on the texts by Jeremy Lassen. Order from Night Shade Books, 501 S. Williamette St., Newberg OR 97132; [www.nightshadebooks.com]. (Contents)
HOEYE, MICHAEL (chron.)

* _The Sands of Time (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-670-91307-3, Jul 2003, £9.99, 277pp, hc, cover by Christopher Inns) [Hermux Tantamoq] Reprint (Terfle Books 2001) young-adult talking-animal fantasy mystery novel in the “Hermux Tantamoq” series, sequel to Time Stops for No Mouse. Mouse watchmaker Hermux joins a search for the lost tomb of the legendary King of the Cats.
* _The Sands of Time (Penguin/Speak 0-14-250176-X, Sep 2003, $6.99, 277pp, tp, cover by Dale Champlin) [Hermux Tantamoq] Reprint (Terfle Books 2001) young-adult talking-animal fantasy mystery novel in the “Hermux Tantamoq” series, sequel to Time Stops for No Mouse.
* _Time Stops for No Mouse (SFBC no ISBN, Jan 2002, $9.99, 250pp, hc, cover by Dale Champlin) [Hermux Tantamoq] Reprint (Terfle Books 2000) young-adult fantasy mystery novel featuring talking mouse Hermux Tantamoq, first in a series. This is similar to the Putnam edition, except it lacks a price.
* _Time Stops for No Mouse (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-131512-1, Jan 2003, £4.99, 262pp, tp, cover by Christopher Inns) [Hermux Tantamoq] Reprint (Terfle Books 2000) young-adult animal fantasy novel. First in the “Hermux Tantamoq” series.
* _Time Stops for No Mouse (Penguin/Speak 0-698-11991-6, Feb 2003, $7.99, 250pp, tp, cover by Christopher Inns) [Hermux Tantamoq] Reprint (Terfle Books 2000) young-adult fantasy mystery novel featuring talking mouse Hermux Tantamoq, first in a series.
HOFFMAN, ALICE (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Aquamarine (Egmont 1-4052-0363-3, Mar 2003, £6.99, 105pp, tp) Reprint (Scholastic 2001) young-adult fantasy novella. Two girls try to help a mermaid stranded in a swimming pool by a storm. Illustrations by Lee Gibbons.
* *Green Angel (Scholastic Press 0-439-44384-9, Mar 2003, $16.95, 116pp, hc, cover by Matt Mahurin) Young-adult post-holocaust fantasy novella. Green loses her family and hides in the woods.
* _Indigo (Scholastic/Signature 0-439-25636-4, Jun 2003, $4.99, 84pp, tp, cover by Ericka O’Rourke) Reprint (Scholastic 2002) young-adult fantasy novella.
* _Practical Magic (Berkley 0-425-19037-4, Aug 2003, $13.00, 286pp, tp) Reprint (Putnam 1995) magic realism/dark fantasy novel.
* *The Probable Future (Doubleday 0-385-50760-7, Jun 2003, $24.95, 322pp, hc) Fantasy novel. Women of the Sparrow family all have psychic gifts, but young Stella’s clairvoyance brings her problems.
* _The Probable Future (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-7512-5, Oct 2003, £10.99, 322pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 2003) fantasy novel.
* *Water Tales (Scholastic 0-439-47414-0, Mar 2003, $5.99, 198pp, tp, cover by Jason Gregory Gold) Omnibus of two YA fantasy novellas: Aquamarine (2001) and Indigo (2002). (Contents)
HOFFMAN, EVA (chron.)

* _The Secret: A Fable for our Time (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-942845-8, Jan 2003, £6.99, 264pp, tp) Reprint (Secker & Warburg 2001) near-future dynastic thriller about human cloning.
HOFFMAN, MARY (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Stravaganza: City of Masks (Bloomsbury 0-7475-5533-8, Feb 2003, £10.99, 345pp, hc, cover by Ian Butterworth & Canaletto) [Stravaganza] Reissue (Bloomsbury 2002) young-adult fantasy parallel-Earth novel. First of a trilogy. Third printing.
* _Stravaganza: City of Masks (Bloomsbury 0-7475-6219-9, Jul 2003, £5.99, 345pp, tp, cover by Ian Butterworth) [Stravaganza] Reprint (Bloomsbury 2002) young-adult fantasy timeslip novel, the first in a series.
* *Stravaganza: City of Stars (Bloomsbury 0-7475-6123-0, Sep 2003, £12.99, 459pp, hc, cover by Carol Lawson) [Stravaganza] Young-adult fantasy timeslip novel, sequel to Stravaganza: City of Masks.
* +Stravaganza: City of Stars (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-839-1, Oct 2003, $17.95, 453pp, hc, cover by Carol Lawson) [Stravaganza] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in a trilogy. An unhappy girl travels to a parallel world that resembles Renaissance Italy, and becomes involved in plots surrounding a horse race. First US edition (Bloomsbury UK 9/03).
HOFFMAN, NINA KIRIKI (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *A Stir of Bones (Viking 0-670-03551-3, Sep 2003, $15.99, 211pp, hc, cover by Leonid Gore) [Matt Black] Young-adult dark fantasy novel, prequel to A Red Heart of Memories. Teens sneak into a haunted house.
* *Time Travelers, Ghosts, and Other Visitors (Gale Group/Five Star 0-7862-5338-X, Apr 2003, $25.95, 221pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Collection of nine stories, one original. Introduction by Leslie What. Order from Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville ME 04901; 800-223-1244; [www.galegroup.com/fivestar]. (Contents)
HOFMEYR, DIANNE (chron.)

* *The Waterbearer (Hodder Silver 0-340-85444-8, Apr 2003, £5.99, 198pp, tp, cover by Tracey Hurst & Jerry Paris) Young-adult fantasy novel.
HOGAN, JAMES P(atrick) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Anguished Dawn (Baen 0-7434-3581-8, Jun 2003, $26.00, 420pp, hc, cover by David Mattingly) SF novel. The Kronia colony on Saturn’s moons, last preserve of technology and human culture, plans to rebuild devastated Earth.
* _The Genesis Machine (Baen 0-7434-3597-4, Mar 2003, $6.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Patrick Turner) Reprint (Del Rey 1978) SF novel.
* _The Immortality Option (Baen 0-7434-7163-6, Oct 2003, $6.99, 401pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Code of the Lifemaker] Reprint (Del Rey 1995) SF novel, sequel to Code of the Lifemaker.
* _Martian Knightlife (Baen 0-7434-3591-5, Feb 2003, $6.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) Reprint (Baen 2001) SF novel of a future lone-wolf private investigator called the Knight.
HOGAN, LEE; pseudonym of Emily Devenport, (c1958- ) (chron.)

* *Enemies (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45919-9, Apr 2003, $6.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Belarus] SF novel, sequel to Belarus. The new galactic Union contacts the planet Belarus after centuries of isolation. The author also writes as Emily Devenport.
HOLDER, NANCY (Lindsay Jones) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Angel: Endangered Species (with Jeff Mariotte) (Simon Pulse 0-689-86210-5, Aug 2003, $5.99, 376pp, pb) [Angel] Reprint (Pulse 2002) novelization based on the TV series, a spin-off of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
* *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Blood and Fog (Simon Pulse 0-7434-0039-9, May 2003, $6.99, 291pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
* _Smallville: Hauntings (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-248-5, Jan 2003, £5.99, 280pp, pb) [Smallville] Reprint (Warner Aspect 2002) novelization based on the TV series.
* *Smallville: Silence (Warner Aspect 0-446-61359-2, Nov 2003, $5.99, 303pp, pb) [Smallville] Novelization based on the television series based on DC Comics’ Superman. Copyrighted by DC Comics
* *Wicked: Curse (with Debbie Viguié) (Simon Pulse 0-7434-2697-5, Jan 2003, $5.99, 291pp, pb, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Wicked] Young-adult dark fantasy, second in the series about a family of witches.
* *Wicked: Legacy (with Debbie Viguié) (Simon Pulse 0-7434-2698-3, May 2003, $5.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Wicked] Young-adult dark fantasy, third in the series about a family of witches.
* *Wicked: Spellbound (with Debbie Viguié) (Simon Pulse 0-7434-2699-1, Sep 2003, $5.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Wicked] Young-adult dark fantasy, fourth in the series about a family of witches.
HOLDSTOCK, ROBERT (Paul) (1948-2009) (chron.) (assoc.)

* +Celtika (Tor 0-765-30692-1, Mar 2003, $24.95, 350pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Merlin Codex] Fantasy novel, book one of the “Merlin Codex”. First US edition (Earthlight 2001).
* _Celtika (Tor 0-765-34904-3, Jan 2004, $6.99, 371pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Merlin Codex] Reprint (Earthlight 2001) fantasy novel, book one of the “Merlin Codex”.
* _The Hollowing (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-4079-X, Mar 2003, £6.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Mythago] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) fantasy novel in the “Mythago” series.
* _The Iron Grail (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-4032-3, Aug 2003, £6.99, 416pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Merlin Codex] Reprint (Earthlight UK 2002) fantasy novel, Book Two of “The Merlin Codex”.
* _Lavondyss (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-4078-1, Mar 2003, £6.99, 475pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Mythago] Reprint (Gollancz 1988) fantasy novel in the “Mythago” series. Interior illustrations by Alan Lee.
* _Mythago Wood (Tor/Orb 0-765-30729-4, Sep 2003, $14.95, 332pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Mythago] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) fantasy novel.
HOLT, JOHN (Robert) (1926-2006) (chron.)

* *Hunted (Globe Pequot Press/Lyons Press 1-58574-780-7, Jun 2003, $22.95, 188pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel set in the American West. The land itself seems to fight back against strip-mining in Montana. Order from The Globe Pequot Press, PO Box 480, Guilford CT 06437; 800-243-0495; [www.lyonspress.com].
HOLT, THOMAS; see under Holt, Tom (chron.)
HOLT, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Charles Louis Holt] (1961- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Little People (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-185-3, Mar 2003, £6.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Paul Cemmick) Reprint (Orbit 2002) humorous fantasy novel of a man who can see elves.
* *The Portable Door (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-158-6, Mar 2003, £16.99, 404pp, hc, cover by Paul Cemmick) [Paul Carpenter] Humorous fantasy novel. Paul Carpenter gets a new job with a firm of sorcerers.
* *A Song for Nero (Little, Brown UK 0-316-86113-8, Jan 2003, £16.99, 470pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) Associational historical novel with elements of secret history. Nero did not die by his own hand, but instead escaped to a life of music.
HOOPER, (Glenda) KAY (1957- ) (chron.)

* *Sense of Evil (Bantam 0-553-80300-X, Aug 2003, $23.95, 343pp, hc, cover by Alan Ayers) Mystery with psychic elements. The FBI sends a blonde psychic to find out who’s killing blondes in a small Southern town.
HOOVER, H(elen) M(ary) (1935- ) (chron.)

* _Another Heaven, Another Earth (Tor/Starscape 0-812-56761-7, Apr 2003, $5.99, 217pp, tp, cover by Daniel Horne) Reissue (Viking 1981) young-adult SF novel. Second printing.
* _This Time of Darkness (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34567-6, Mar 2003, $5.99, 161pp, tp, cover by Patrick Fairicy) Reprint (Viking Penguin 1980) young-adult SF novel.
HOPE-LEWIS, BARBARA (1944- ); see pseudonym Barbara Erskine (stories) (chron.)
HOPKINS, BRIAN (A.) (1960- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Tell Me a Story: The Saga of the Turtle Knight (Yard Dog Press 1-893687-36-8, Feb 2003, $6.00, 41pp, ph, cover by Antonia Zehler) Chapbook fantasy short story. Order from Yard Dog Press, 710 W. Redbud Lane, Alma AR 72921-7247; [srosen@juno.com]; [www.yarddogpress.com].
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* *13 Horrors (KaCSFFS Press 0-935128-04-2, Apr 2003, $19.95, 255pp, tp, cover by Gerald Brom) Original horror anthology of 13 stories published by the Kansas City Science Fiction & Fantasy Society for World Horror Convention 13. The authors, all previous WHC writer guests of honor, include Gene Wolfe, John Shirley, Ramsey Campbell, and Edward Bryant. Lists of past WHC guests, Stoker Awards, and IHG Awards are included. Foreword by Joe R. Lansdale; introduction by Brian A. Hopkins. This is a limited edition of 650; a signed, limited hardcover edition of 150 (-03-4, $75.00) is also available. Order from KaCSFFS, PO Box 36212, Kansas City MO 64171-6212; add $3.25 shipping; [kacsfrfspress2@aol.com]; [www.kcsciencefiction.org]. (Contents)
HOPKINSON, NALO (1960- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Salt Roads (Warner 0-446-53302-5, Nov 2003, $22.95, 394pp, hc, cover by Christian Clayton) Mainstream magical realism novel. An Afro-Caribbean goddess inhabits the bodies of women across time and space, bound together by salt.
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* *Mojo: Conjure Stories (Warner Aspect 0-446-67929-1, Apr 2003, $13.95, 340pp, tp, cover by Julie Metz) Original anthology of 19 fantasy stories, one a reprint, involving African-Caribbean cultures. Authors include Steven Barnes, Tananarive Due, and Neil Gaiman. (Contents)
HORSTMANN, ULRIKE, ed. (chron.)

* _Images of Masculinity in Fantasy Fiction (with Susanne Fendler) See entry under Susanne Fendler.
HOUARNER, GERARD (Daniel) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Dead Cat...Bigger Than Jesus (with GAK) (Necro Publications/Bedlam Press 1-889186-24-4, Apr 2003, $9.95, 42pp, pb, cover by GAK) [Dead Cat] Chapbook original collection of three stories about Dead Cat, two by Houarner and one by GAK, plus an introduction by said dead cat. Illustrated by GAK. This is a signed, limited edition of 400; a hardcover edition of 100 (-26-0, $45.00) was announced but not seen. Bedlam Press, PO Box 540298, Orlando FL 32854-0298; [www.necropublications.com]. (Contents)
* _Road to Hell (Leisure 0-8439-5065-X, Jan 2003, $5.99, 342pp, pb) [Max the Assassin] Reprint (Necro Publications 1999) horror novel of Max the Assassin, sequel to The Beast That Was Max.
HOWARD, ELIZABETH JANE (1923- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Three Miles Up (Tartarus Press 1-872621-75-9, May 2003, £25.00, xii+216pp, hc) Collection of four long stories (the sum total of Howard’s supernatural writings). Limited to 350 copies. (Contents) [Not seen]
HOWARD, ROBERT E(rvin) (1906-1936) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* +The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46151-7, Dec 2003, $14.95, 464 + xxv, tp, cover by Mark Schultz) [Conan] Collection of the first 13 Conan stories, arranged in the order written and edited by Patrice Louinet from Howard’s typescripts. Also includes a poem, the first submitted draft of Conan’s debut, drafts or synopses for six stories, and notes on Conan’s world by Howard. Illustrated by Mark Schultz. First US edition (Wandering Star 2003 as Robert E. Howard’s Complete Conan of Cimmeria, Volume One (1932-1933)); this has the color plates in b&w. This is also similar to the Millennium 2000 The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle; it drops one draft and two stories and adds three synopses, one poem, and two stories. (Contents)

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