The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

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HERBERT, JAMES (John) (1943- ) (chron.)

* _Nobody True (Macmillan/Pan 0-330-41167-5, Jun 2004, £6.99, 503pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan UK 2003) SF horror novel.
* _Portent (Macmillan/Pan 0-330-37624-1, Jan 2004, £6.99, 406pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1992) SF horror novel.
HERBERT, MARY H(ouser) (1957- ) (chron.)

* *DragonLance: Flight of the Fallen (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3245-7, Sep 2004, $6.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [DragonLance: Linsha] Novelization based on the roleplaying game. Book two of the “Linsha” trilogy. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
HERMAN, PAUL, ed.

* _Gates of Empire and Other Tales of the Crusades See entry under Robert E. Howard.
* _Shadow Kingdoms See entry under Robert E. Howard.
* _Treasures of Tartary and Other Heroic Tales See entry under Robert E. Howard.
HERNDON, CORY J. (chron.)

* *Magic: The Gathering: The Fifth Dawn (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3205-8, May 2004, $6.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Jim Murray) [Magic: The Gathering: Mirrodin Cycle] Novelization based on the card game, Book III of the “Mirrodin Cycle”. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
HERREN, GREG, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual (Haworth/Harrington Park/Southern Tier 1-56023-394-X, Mar 2004, $16.95, 208pp, tp) Original anthology of 14 stories of homosexual horror. Authors include Victoria A. Brownworth, Lawrence Schimel, and William J. Mann. Available from The Haworth Press, 10 Alice Street, Binghamton NY 13904-1580; [www.haworthpress.com]; [orders@haworthpress.com]. (Contents)
HERSEY, HAROLD (Brainerd), ed. (1893-1956) (chron.)

* *Ghost Stories, June 1931 (Wildside Press 0-8095-0083-3, Nov 2004, $19.95, 128pp, tp) Anthology/magazine, internally a facsimile reprint of the June 1931 issue, Volume 10, No. 6 of Ghost Stories, though the size (6" x 9.25") is smaller than the original pulp publication. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301. (Contents)
HESCOX, RICHARD (1949- ) (chron.)

* *The Deceiving Eye: The Art of Richard Hescox (Paper Tiger 1-84340-184-3, Jul 2004, £20.00, 128pp, hc, cover by Richard Hescox) Art book, with critical and biographical text by Randy M. Dannenfelser, and an introduction by Hescox.
HESSE, KAREN (chron.)

* _The Music of Dolphins (Oxford University Press 0-19-271960-2, Jun 2004, £4.99, 181pp, tp, cover by Peter Sutton) Reprint (Scholastic 1996) young-adult novel of a girl raised by dolphins. [First U.K. edition]
HETLEY, JAMES A.; also as Jay Caselberg (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Summer Country (Ace 0-441-01220-5, Nov 2004, $6.99, 361pp, pb, cover by Lori Earley) [Summer Country] Reprint (Ace 2002) Celtic fantasy novel.
* *The Winter Oak (Ace 0-441-01201-9, Nov 2004, $14.00, 295pp, tp, cover by Lori Earley) [Summer Country] Contemporary fantasy novel, sequel to The Summer Country. The dark witch Fiona returns with a dragon ally.
HICKMAN, LAURA (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Mystic Warrior (with Tracy Hickman) See entry under Tracy Hickman.
HICKMAN, TRACY (Raye) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _DragonLance Chronicles Part 6: A Dawn of Dragons (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
* _DragonLance: Test of the Twins (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
* _DragonLance: The Annotated Legends (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
* _DragonLance: Time of the Twins (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
* _DragonLance: War of the Twins (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
* _Journey into the Void (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
* *Mystic Warrior (with Laura Hickman) (Warner Aspect 0-446-53105-7, Apr 2004, $24.95, 433pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Bronze Canticles] Fantasy novel. Volume one of “The Bronze Canticles”.
* _Mystic Warrior (with Laura Hickman) (SFBC #65133, May 2004, $12.49, 433pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Bronze Canticles] Reprint (Warner Aspect 2004) fantasy novel. Volume one of “The Bronze Canticles”. This is similar to the Warner Aspect edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
_____, ed. * _Dragonlance: The Best of Weis & Hickman: Dragons in the Archives (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
HIGASHINO, KEIGO (chron.)

* *Naoko (Vertical 1-932234-07-1, May 2004, $14.95, 282pp, tp) Dark fantasy/black comedy/mystery. A man’s recently deceased wife’s personality seems to be inhabiting their daughter.
HIGH, PHILIP E(mpson) (1914-2006) (stories) (chron.)

* *A Step to the Stars (Cosmos Books 0-8095-0027-2, 2004, $15.00, 173pp, tp, cover by Ron Turner) Original collection of 10 stories. (Contents)
HIGHTMAN, JASON (chron.)

* _The Saint of Dragons (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 0-00-715906-4, Jun 2004, £12.99, 350pp, hc) [Saint of Dragons] Reprint (Eos 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
* *The Saint of Dragons (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-054011-7, Aug 2004, $15.99, 291pp, hc, cover by Vince Natale) [Saint of Dragons] Young-adult fantasy novel about St. George’s last descendants. A first novel by a screenwriter.
HIGNUTT, DIANA (chron.)

* *Empress of Clouds (Behler Publications 0-9748962-4-1, Dec 2004, $16.95, 286pp, tp, cover by Sun Son) [Moonsword] Fantasy novel, sequel to Moonsword. A faerie warlord threatens the kingdom of Lorm and its prince-turned-princess. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.behlerpublications.com] or from Behler Publications, 22365 El Toro Road #135, Lake Forest CA 92630.
HILDEBRANDT, GREG(ory J.) (1939- ) (chron.)

* _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (with Lewis Carroll) See entry under Lewis Carroll.
HINES, JIM C. (1974- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *GoblinQuest (Gale Group/Five Star 1-59414-230-0, Nov 2004, $25.95, 338pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) [Jig the goblin] Fantasy novel. Goblin run Jig is captured by adventurers needing a guide. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg’s Tekno Books and Ed Gorman. Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Dr., Waterville ME 04901; 800-223-1244; [www.galegroup.com].
HINTON, CRAIG (chron.)

* *Doctor Who: Synthespians (BBC Books 0-563-48617-1, Jul 2004, £5.99, 276pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the TV series.
HINTON, S. E. (chron.)

* *Hawkes Harbor (Tor 0-765-30563-1, Sep 2004, $21.95, 251pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel. An asylum patient may have encountered a vampire.
HIRSHBERG, GLEN (stories) (chron.)

* _The Two Sams (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1458-1, Sep 2004, $14.00, 210pp, tp, cover by Brad Wilson) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 2003) collection of five ghost stories.
HOARE, ANDY (stories) (chron.)

* *Warhammer 40,000: The 13th Black Crusade (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-099-8, Nov 2004, $29.95, 95pp, tp, cover by Paul Dainton & Karl Kopinski) [Warhammer 40,000] Novelization/art book, a “history” of events in the far-future roleplaying game, with primary text by Hoare, and supplemental text and illustrations by various authors and artists. This is an international edition. Copyrighted by Games Workshop.
HOBAN, RUSSELL (Conwell) (1925- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Her Name Was Lola (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7024-8, Nov 2003, £15.99, 207pp, hc) Literary novel with fantasy elements. A writer with two girlfriends loses his memory after one casts a spell to get rid of him.
* +Her Name Was Lola (Arcade Publishing 1-55970-726-7, Jul 2004, $24.00, 207pp, hc) Literary novel with fantasy elements. A writer cheating on two women loses his memory after one casts a spell to get rid of him. First US edition (Bloomsbury 1/04).
* _Her Name Was Lola (Bloomsbury 0-7475-6837-5, Aug 2004, £7.99, 207pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2003) fantasy novel.
HOBB, ROBIN; pseudonym of Megan Lindholm, (1952- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* +Fool’s Fate (Bantam Spectra 0-553-80154-6, Feb 2004, $24.95, 631pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Tawny Man] Fantasy novel, third in “The Tawny Man” trilogy. First US edition (Voyager 10/03).
* _Fool’s Fate (SFBC #63257, Mar 2004, $12.49, 725pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Tawny Man] Reprint (Voyager 2003) fantasy novel, third 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.
* _Fool’s Fate (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-711058-8, Mar 2004, £11.99, 805pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Tawny Man] Reprint (Voyager 2003) fantasy novel, third and final in “The Tawny Man” trilogy set in the same world as the “Farseer” and “Liveship Traders” series. Hobb is a pseudonym for Megan Lindholm.
* _Fool’s Fate (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648603-7, Oct 2004, £7.99, 805pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Tawny Man] Reprint (Voyager 2003) fantasy novel, last in the “Tawny Man” trilogy. Hobb is a pseudonym for Megan Lindholm.
* _Fool’s Fate (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58246-1, Dec 2004, $6.99, 914pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Tawny Man] Reprint (Voyager 2003) fantasy novel, third in “The Tawny Man” trilogy.
HOCH, ADAM (chron.)

* *Providence Vanished (iUniverse 0-595-32729-X, Oct 2004, $12.95, 156pp, tp) [Flames of Antioch] Fantasy novel, the first book of “The Flames of Antioch”. Perseus learns he is the one foretold to recover an oracle’s stolen book. 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.
HODGSON, WILLIAM HOPE (1877-1918) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Ghost Pirates (Ash-Tree Press/Classic Macabre 1-55310-055-7, 2003, $21.00, 135 + ix, tp, cover by Jason Van Hollander) Reprint (Stanley Paul 1909) horror novel. Introduction by Chico Kidd. Alternate endings are included in appendices, along with a discussion of variant texts by Douglas A. Anderson. This is dated 2003, but not seen until now.
* *The House on the Borderland and Other Mysterious Places (Night Shade Books 1-892389-39-8, Mar 2004, $35.00, 466pp, hc, cover by Jason Van Hollander) Collection of the title novel and 20 stories of mystery and suspense, including the nine collected in Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder (Mycroft & Moran 1947, itself expanded from the Eveleigh Nash 1913 edition). This is volume two 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. Willamette St., Newberg OR 97132; [www.nightshadebooks.com]. (Contents)
HOEYE, MICHAEL (chron.) (assoc.)

* *No Time Like Show Time (Penguin/Putnam 0-399-23880-8, Sep 2004, $14.99, 277pp, hc, cover by Chris Inns) [Hermux Tantamoq] Young-adult talking-animal fantasy mystery novel, third in the “Hermux Tantamoq” series. Hermux investigates threatening letters at the Varmint Theater.
* _No Time Like Show Time (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-670-91308-1, Oct 2004, £12.99, 277pp, hc, cover by Christopher Inns) [Hermux Tantamoq] Reprint (Putnam 2004) young-adult humorous fantasy novel. Third in the series about mouse detective Hermux Tantamoq. [First U.K. edition]
HOFFMAN, ALICE (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Blackbird House (Doubleday 0-385-50761-5, Jul 2004, $19.95, 225+ix, hc) Collection of 12 linked stories about a house, its inhabitants and ghosts. (Contents)
* _Blackbird House (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-7513-3, Aug 2004, £12.99, 225pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 2004) literary fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
* _Green Angel (Scholastic 0-439-44385-7, Jun 2004, $5.99, 116pp, tp, cover by Matt Mahurin) Reprint (Scholastic Press 2003) young-adult post-holocaust fantasy novella.
* _Indigo (Egmont 1-4052-0365-X, Jul 2004, £4.99, 100pp, tp) Reprint (Scholastic 2002) young-adult fantasy novella. [First U.K. edition]
* _The Probable Future (Ballantine 0-345-45591-6, Jun 2004, $13.95, 336pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 2003) fantasy novel of the psychic women of the Sparrow family. This includes a 14-page reader’s guide.
* _The Probable Future (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-945386-X, Aug 2004, £6.99, 322pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 2003) fantasy novel.
* _The Probable Future (Ballantine 0-345-45591-6, Dec 2004, $13.95, 336pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 2003) fantasy novel of a family of psychic women. Seventh printing.
HOFFMAN, EVA (chron.)

* _The Secret (Ballantine 0-345-46536-9, May 2004, $12.95, 257pp, tp) Reprint (Secker & Warburg 2001) near-future SF novel about a teen who discovers she’s her mother’s clone.
HOFFMAN, MARY (chron.)

* _Stravaganza: City of Masks (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-917-7, Oct 2004, $7.95, 345pp, pb, cover by Canaletto) [Stravaganza] Reprint (Bloomsbury 2002) young-adult fantasy novel.
* _Stravaganza: City of Stars (Bloomsbury 0-7475-6500-7, Sep 2004, £6.99, 459pp, tp, cover by Carol Lawson) [Stravaganza] Reprint (Bloomsbury 2003) young-adult fantasy timeslip novel. Second in a series, after Stravaganza: City of Masks.
HOFFMAN, NINA KIRIKI (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _A Fistful of Sky (Ace 0-441-01177-2, Jun 2004, $6.99, 353pp, pb, cover by Judy York) Reprint (Ace 2002) fantasy novel. Gypsum is a very late bloomer in her family’s magic abilities.
HOGAN, JAMES P(atrick) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Anguished Dawn (Baen 0-7434-9876-3, Jan 2005, $7.99, 503pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Cradle of Saturn] Reprint (Baen 2003) SF novel, sequel to Cradle of Saturn. This adds a “Kronian Legacy” chronology by Attila Torkos.
* *Kicking the Sacred Cow (Baen 0-7434-8828-8, Jul 2004, $24.00, 374pp, hc, cover by Allan Pollock) Associational non-fiction, an examination of dogma and hidebound attitudes in the sciences.
HOLBERG, LEWIS; see under Holberg, Ludvig A. (chron.)
HOLBERG, [Baron] LUDVIG (A.) (1684-1754) (chron.)

* _The Journey of Niels Klim to the World Underground (University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books 0-8032-7348-7, Oct 2004, $16.95, 234 + xlvii, tp, cover by R. W. Boeche) Reissue (Nebraska Press 1960) utopian SF novel, originally published in Latin and first published in English in the UK (Astley & Collins 1742) as A Journey to the World Under-ground by Nicholas Klimius. This is translated and introduced by James I. McNelis, Jr.; it has a new preface by Peter Fitting. Order from University of Nebraska Press, 312 North 14th St, PO Box 880484, Lincoln NE 68588-0484; 800-755-1105.
HOLDER, NANCY (Lindsay Jones) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer/Angel: Heat (Simon Spotlight 0-689-86017-X, Jul 2004, $17.95, 456pp, hc) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer; Angel] Novelization based on the TV shows. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
* _Smallville: Silence (Time Warner UK/Atom 1-904233-51-1, Feb 2004, £4.99, 303pp, tp) [Smallville] Reprint (Aspect 2003) novelization based on the TV series based on DC Comics’ Superman. [First U.K. edition]
* *Spirited (Simon Pulse 0-689-87063-9, Nov 2004, $5.99, 255pp, pb) Young-adult fantasy novel based loosely on “Beauty and the Beast” and set in the American colonies in 1756.
HOLDSTOCK, ROBERT (Paul) (1948-2009) (chron.)

* +The Iron Grail (Tor 0-765-30726-X, Mar 2004, $24.95, 301pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Merlin Codex] Fantasy novel, book two of the “Merlin Codex”. Merlin and Jason return to Alba only to face war with the Otherworld. First US edition (Earthlight 8/02).
* _The Iron Grail (Tor 0-765-34987-6, Jan 2005, $6.99, 323pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Merlin Codex] Reprint (Earthlight 2002) fantasy novel, book two of the “Merlin Codex”.
* _Lavondyss (Tor/Orb 0-765-30731-6, Jul 2004, $15.95, 414pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Gollancz 1984) fantasy novel.
HOLLAND, CECELIA (Anastasia) (1943- ) (chron.)

* _The Soul Thief (Tor/Forge 0-312-86997-5, Mar 2004, $14.95, 300pp, tp) [Soul Thief] Reprint (Forge 2002) associational historical Viking novel.
* *The Witches’ Kitchen (Tor/Forge 0-312-84886-2, Apr 2004, $24.95, 384pp, hc) [Soul Thief] Historical fantasy novel of Vikings, sequel to The Soul Thief.
HOLLAND, STEPHEN (1962- ) (chron.)

* *The Trials of Hank Janson (Telos 1-903889-84-7, May 2004, £12.99, 336pp, tp, cover by Reginald Heade & David Howe) Associational non-fiction, a biography of Stephen Frances, who primarily wrote crime fiction as Janson, focusing on his 1954 obscenity trial and its affect on UK paperback publishing. Illustrated with 16 pages of colour stills, and a complete bibliography. [Frances]
HOLT, THOMAS; see under Holt, Tom (stories) (chron.)
HOLT, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Charles Louis Holt] (1961- ) (stories) (chron.)

* +Divine Comedies (Trafalgar Square/Orbit 1-84149-145-4, Sep 2004, $13.99, 614pp, tp, cover by Ben Sharpe) Omnibus of two humorous fantasy novels: Here Comes the Sun (1993) and Odds and Gods (1995). This first US edition (Orbit 12/02) is actually a 2004 Orbit reissue, with stickers; a 2003 import was scheduled but not seen. Distributed in the US by Trafalgar Square, PO Box 257, Howe Hill Road, North Pomfret VT 05053; 800-423-4525; [www.trafalgarsquarebooks.com].
* *Fishy Wishes (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-347-3, Oct 2004, £8.99, 646pp, tp, cover by Bella Pagan) Omnibus of two humorous fantasy novels: Wish You Were Here (1998) and Djinn Rummy (1995). (Contents)

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