The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003

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Embrace the Twilight Maggie Shayne (SFBC #56421, Jun 2003, $9.99, 386pp, hc) Reprint (Mira 2003, not seen) vampire romance novel. This has ISBN 0-7394-3205-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

Uncanny Tales Robert Sheckley (Gale Group/Five Star 0-7862-5341-X, Jul 2003, $25.95, 252pp, hc, cover by RABZ) Collection of 16 stories. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman. Order from Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville ME 04901; 800-223-1244; [www.galegroup.com/fivestar].

The Amazing Dr. Darwin Charles Sheffield (Baen 0-7434-3613-X, Jun 2003, $7.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Baen 2002) collection of six stories of the astounding adventures of Charles Darwin’s grandfather Erasmus.

The Billion Dollar Boy Charles Sheffield (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34566-8, May 2003, $5.99, 255pp, tp, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Jupiter] Reprint (Tor 1997) young-adult SF novel, second in the “Jupiter” series.

The Cyborg from Earth Charles Sheffield (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34624-9, Nov 2003, $5.99, 286pp, tp, cover by Tim O’Brien) [Jupiter] Reprint (Tor 1998) young-adult SF novel in the “Jupiter” series.

Dark As Day Charles Sheffield (Tor 0-812-58031-1, Apr 2003, $7.99, 479pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Cold As Ice] Reprint (Tor 2002) SF novel, sequel to Cold As Ice.

Putting Up Roots Charles Sheffield (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34569-2, Apr 2003, $5.99, 247pp, tp, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Jupiter] Reprint (Tor 1997) young-adult SF novel, third in the “Jupiter” series.

Resurgence Charles Sheffield (SFBC #55013, Jan 2003, $11.99, 374pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Heritage Universe] Reprint (Baen 2002) SF novel, the fifth in the “Heritage Universe” series. This is similar to the Baen edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

Frankenstein Mary Shelley (Barnes & Noble Classics 1-59308-005-0, May 2003, $3.95, 247pp, pb, cover by Francisco José Goya y Lucientes) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Lackington 1818) classic SF novel. Introduction and notes by Karen Harbiener. Third printing.

Jump Pay Rick Shelley (Ace 0-441-00230-7, Jul 2003, $5.99, 283pp, pb, cover by Steve Gardner) [Lucky 13th] Reissue (Ace 1995) military SF. Third in the series featuring the “Lucky 13th” spaceborne. Copyrighted by Bill Fawcett and Associates. Third printing.

Side Show Rick Shelley (Ace 0-441-00123-8, Jun 2003, $5.99, 232pp, pb, cover by Steve Gardiner) [Lucky 13th] Reissue (Ace 1994) military SF novel, second in the series featuring the “Lucky 13th” spaceborne. Copyrighted by Bill Fawcett and Associates. Fourth printing.

Spec Ops Squad: Sucker Punch Rick Shelley (Ace 0-441-01007-5, Jan 2003, $6.99, 268pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Spec Ops Squad] Military SF novel, third in the series.

Until Relieved Rick Shelley (Ace 0-441-00019-3, May 2003, $5.99, 236pp, pb, cover by Roger Loveless) [Lucky 13th] Reissue (Ace 1994) military SF novel, first in the series featuring the “Lucky 13th” spaceborne. Copyrighted by Bill Fawcett and Associates. This indicates second printing, though a second printing was listed in 1997.

Aztechs Lucius Shepard (Subterranean Press 1-931081-50-6, Apr 2003, $35.00, 112pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Near-future SF novella set in the same world as Life During Wartime. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a lettered edition of 26 is also available.

Colonel Rutherford’s Colt Lucius Shepard (Subterranean Press 1-931081-74-3, Feb 2003, $40.00, 171pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Dark fantasy novel. A gun dealer acquires a gun with a perverse history. This appeared previously as an ebook; this is its first book publication. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com].

Louisiana Breakdown Lucius Shepard (Golden Gryphon Press 1-930846-14-2, Apr 2003, $21.95, 145 + xi, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Dark fantasy novella. A man stuck in a small Louisiana town encounters romance and the supernatural. Foreword by Poppy Z. Brite. Illustrations and afterword by J.K. Potter. Order from Golden Gryphon Press, 3002 Perkins Road, Urbana IL 61802; [www.goldengryphon.com].

Breakaway Joel Shepherd (HarperCollins/Voyager Australia 0-7322-7596-2, Feb 2003, A$18.95, 563pp, pb, cover by Carol McLean-Carr) [Cassandra Kresnov] SF thriller, the second novel featuring android Cassandra Kresnov. Cassandra fights anti-Federation terrorists on the planet Callay.

Demontech: Gulf Run David Sherman (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44376-4, Jan 2004, $6.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Demontech] Military fantasy novel, third in the series. Marines fight the Dark Prince in an alternate universe.

Demontech: Rally Point David Sherman (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44375-6, Feb 2003, $6.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Demontech] Military fantasy novel, second in the series. Marines fight the Dark Prince in an alternate universe.

Starfist: Lazarus Rising David Sherman & Dan Cragg (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46000-6, Dec 2003, $19.95, 307pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Starfist] Military SF novel, ninth in a series about 25th-century Marines.

Passion Tony Shillitoe (HarperCollins/Voyager Australia 0-7322-7195-9, Feb 2003, A$18.95, 609pp, pb, cover by Shane Parker) [Ashuak Chronicles] Fantasy novel, Book Two in “The Ashuak Chronicles”.

Walter B. Gibson and The Shadow Thomas J. Shimeld (McFarland 0-7864-1466-9, Mar 2003, $45.00, 190pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography of the prolific writer who as Maxwell Grant created The Shadow. Foreword by Gibson’s son, Robert W. Gibson. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. Order from McFarland & Company, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; 800-253-2187; [www.mcfarlandpub.com]; add $4.00 postage. [Walter B. Gibson]

The Merchant Prince, Volume Three: Capital Offense Armin Shimerman (Pocket Star 0-671-03594-0, Dec 2003, $7.99, 357pp, pb, cover by Jerry Vanderstelt) [Merchant Prince] Science fiction time-travel novel, the third featuring Elizabethan notable Dr. John Dee. Copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.

Angelica Sharon Shinn (Ace 0-441-01013-X, Mar 2003, $23.95, 485pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Samaria] SF novel in the “Samaria” series, set earlier in the planet’s history.

Jenna Starborn Sharon Shinn (Ace 0-441-01029-6, Mar 2003, $7.99, 369pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) Reprint (Ace 2002) SF novel, a far-future twist on Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre.

The Shape-Changer’s Wife Sharon Shinn (Ace 0-441-01061-X, Aug 2003, $12.95, 215pp, tp, cover by Dorian Vallejo) Reprint (Ace 1995) fantasy novel.

The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology Tom Shippey (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-25760-8, May 2003, $13.00, 379 + xviii, tp) Non-fiction, a critical examination of Tolkien’s works. Originally published in 1982 by Allen & Unwin, this first US edition has been updated from the 1992 revised and expanded Grafton edition. [J. R. R. Tolkien]

The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories ed. Tom Shippey (Oxford University Press 0-19-280382-4, Mar 2003, $16.95, 499pp, tp, cover by Dianne Harris) Reprint (Oxford UK 1994) anthology of 31 fantasy stories tracing the development of fantasy from the 1880s to the present, with an introduction by the editor and a selected bibliography. This is an international edition.

The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories ed. Tom Shippey (Oxford University Press 0-19-280381-6, Mar 2003, $16.95, 587 + xxvi, tp, cover by Michael Llewellyn) Reprint (Oxford 1992) anthology of 30 SF stories tracing the development of science fiction from the 1900s to the present, with an introduction by the editor and a selected bibliography. This is an international edition.

Crawlers John Shirley (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44652-6, Nov 2003, $14.95, 383pp, tp, cover by David Stevenson) SF horror novel. A top-secret government project goes terribly wrong.

Demons John Shirley (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44649-6, Apr 2003, $14.95, 372pp, tp, cover by David Stevenson) Reprint (Del Rey 2002) near-future post-apocalypse horror novel in two parts.

Full Tilt Neal Shusterman (Simon & Schuster 0-689-80374-5, Jun 2003, $16.95, 201pp, hc) Young-adult horror novel about a phantom carnival.

The Shattered Sky Neal Shusterman (Tor 0-812-52466-7, Nov 2003, $6.99, 452pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Shards] Reprint (Tor 2002) SF novel, the third in the “Star Shards” trilogy. The grown-up Star Shards face an alien invasion.

The Maps of Tolkien’s Middle-Earth Brian Sibley & John Howe (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-39110-X, Oct 2003, $29.95, 80pp, hc, cover by John Howe) Slipcased set of four maps and a book describing the lands of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, with text by Sibley and art by Howe. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 8/03). [J. R. R. Tolkien]

Songs & Sonnets Atlantean: The Second Series D. Sidney-Fryer (Wildside Press 1-59224-148-4, Jul 2003, $15.00, 152pp, tp) Poetry collection with 39 poems, some reprints, including translations of ten poems by Jose-Maria de Heredia. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928.

DragonLance: Tanis, The Shadow Years Barbara & Scott Siegel (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3039-X, Dec 2003, $6.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [DragonLance: Preludes] Reprint (TSR 1990) novelization based on the roleplaying game, the sixth in the “Preludes” series. Copyrighted 1990 by TSR, 2000 by Wizards of the Coast.

The Witch Queen Jan Siegel (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44259-8, Oct 2003, $6.99, 336pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) [Way of the Witch] Reprint (Voyager 2002 as Witch’s Honour) fantasy novel, the third in the trilogy begun in Prospero’s Children.

Echo and Narcissus Mark Siegel (Aardwolf Press 0-9706225-2-X, Jan 2003, $14.95, 249pp, tp, cover by Frank Wu) Dark fantasy novel. A singer and her songwriter companion must contend with the supernatural in Los Angeles. Available from Aardwolf Press, PO Box 14792, Durham NC 27709-4792; [www.aardwolfpress.com].

Cowslip Kirk Sigurdson (Terminus Books 0-9722893-0-5, Dec 2002, $14.00, 283pp, tp) Novel with fantasy elements, in the form of a journal. A rock star dying of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease has visions that appear to be supernatural. Order from Terminus Books, 1090 Farraday Road, Durango CO 81303; [terminusbooks@aol.com]; [www.terminusbooks.com]; add $2.00 postage.

All the Lonely People David B. Silva (Delirium Books 1-929653-57-3, Dec 2003, $45.00, 200pp, hc, cover by Mike Bohatch) Horror novel. A strange box changes the lives of those who look in it. This is a signed, limited edition of 300; a deluxe leatherbound edition of 26 ($175.00) is also available. Order from Delirium Books, PO Box 338, North Webster IN 46555; [www.deliriumbooks.com].

Horrible Beginnings ed. Steven H. Silver & Martin H. Greenberg (DAW 0-7564-0123-2, Mar 2003, $6.99, 316pp, pb) Anthology of 17 horror stories, the first-published stories by noted authors including Edward Bryant, Kim Newman, and Neil Gaiman. The living authors introduce their own stories; Stefan R. Dziemianowicz provides an introduction for Robert Bloch, and Frederik Pohl for Henry Kuttner.

Magical Beginnings ed. Steven H. Silver & Martin H. Greenberg (DAW 0-7564-0121-6, Feb 2003, $6.99, 343pp, pb, cover by James Gurney) Anthology of 16 stories that were their authors’ first sales, with new introductions by the authors, who include Andre Norton, Peter S. Beagle, and Ursula K. Le Guin. Introduction by Silver.

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