The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

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BOULLE, PHILIPPE, ed. (chron.)

* *World of Darkness: Vampire: The Clan Novel Saga, Vol. 4: End Games (White Wolf 1-58846-854-2, Apr 2004, $17.99, 592pp, tp, cover by John Van Fleet) [World of Darkness: Vampire: Clan] Omnibus/anthology, fourth of four parts combining 13 novelizations based on the roleplaying game, with chapters from the various novels arranged chronologically, with added material from anthologies (Clan Novel Anthology and The Beast Within), and original material.
BOVA, BEN(jamin William) (1932- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Asteroid Wars (SFBC #1164446, Jun 2004, $14.99, 982pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) [Grand Tour: Asteroid Wars] Omnibus of three SF novels in the trilogy: The Precipice (2001), The Rock Rats (2002), and The Silent War (2004). This has ISBN 0-7394-4404-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
* _City of Darkness (Tor Teen 0-765-34361-4, Mar 2004, $6.99, 152pp, tp, cover by Rob G) Reprint (Scribner 1976) young-adult SF novel of a far-future Manhattan in ruins.
* *Faint Echoes, Distant Stars: The Science and Politics of Finding Life Beyond Earth (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-380-97519-X, Mar 2004, $25.95, 335pp, hc) Associational non-fiction science book.
* _Hour of the Gremlins (with Gordon R. Dickson) See entry under Gordon R. Dickson
* *Powersat (Tor 0-765-30923-8, Jan 2005, $24.95, 400pp, hc) [Grand Tour: Asteroid Wars] Near-contemporary SF thriller showing the early life of Dan Randolph, a major player in “The Asteroid Wars” books.
* _Saturn (Tor 0-812-57942-9, Sep 2004, $7.99, 471pp, pb, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2003) SF novel.
* *The Silent War (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-76962-9, Feb 2004, £18.99, 439pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Grand Tour: Asteroid Wars] SF novel, the third volume in “The Asteroid Wars” series.
* +The Silent War (Tor 0-312-84878-1, May 2004, $24.95, 380pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) [Grand Tour: Asteroid Wars] SF novel, third book in “The Asteroid Wars” about battles over the potential wealth from mines in the asteroid belts. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 2/04).
* _The Silent War (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-76963-7, Aug 2004, £7.99, 437pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Grand Tour: Asteroid Wars] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2004) SF novel. “The Asteroid Wars: III”, sequel to The Precipice and The Rock Rats.
_____, ed. * _The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A (Tor 0-765-30534-8, Dec 2004, $29.95, 529pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1973) anthology of 11 classic SF novellas.
BOWEN, CARL (chron.)

* *Exalted: A Day Dark as Night (White Wolf 1-58846-859-3, May 2004, $7.99, pb) [Exalted] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, a distant prequel to the “World of Darkness”. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
BOWLER, TIM (chron.)

* *Apocalypse (Oxford University Press 0-19-271926-2, Oct 2004, £12.99, 341pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel.
BOWYER, CLIFFORD B. (chron.)

* *The Imperium Saga: The Adventures of Kyria #1: The Child of Prophecy (Silver Leaf Books 0-9744354-0-6, Sep 2004, $5.99, 182pp, tp, cover by June Brigman & Roy Richardson) [Imperium Saga] Young adult fantasy novel in the Imperium Saga, the first in a sub-series about a village girl who is the prophesied Chosen One who will save the Seven Kindoms. This is dated 2004, but not seen until now. Silver Leaf Books, PO Box 6460, Holliston MA 01746; 888-823-6450; [www.SilverLeafBooks.com].
* *The Imperium Saga: The Adventures of Kyria #2: The Awakening (Silver Leaf Books 0-9744354-1-4, Nov 2004, $5.99, 182pp, tp, cover by June Brigman & Roy Richardson) [Imperium Saga] Young adult fantasy novel in the Imperium Saga, the second in a sub-series about a village girl who is the prophesied Chosen One who will save the Seven Kindoms. This is dated 2004, but not seen until now. Silver Leaf Books, PO Box 6460, Holliston MA 01746; 888-823-6450; [www.SilverLeafBooks.com].
* *The Imperium Saga: The Impending Storm (Silver Leaf Books 0-9744354-4-9, Dec 2003, $27.95, 463pp, hc, cover by Logan Lubera, Norman Lee & Lisa Lubera) [Fall of the Imperium] Fantasy novel of an empire of Seven Kindoms, an ancient evil, and an elven prophecy of a girl savior. Book one of the “Fall of the Imperium” trilogy. Silver Leaf Books, PO Box 6460, Holliston MA 01746; 888-823-6450; [www.SilverLeafBooks.com]; add $3.95 shipping.
BOYLE, FIONNA (chron.)

* *A Muggle’s Guide to the Wizarding World: Exploring the Harry Potter Universe (ECW Press 1-55022-655-X, Sep 2004, $14.95, 466 + xv, tp) [Harry Potter] Young-adult reference. Includes index. [Rowling]
BRADBURY, RAY(mond Douglas) (1920- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Cat’s Pajamas (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-06-058565-X, Jul 2004, $24.95, 234 + xix, hc, cover by Ray Bradbury) Original collection of 22 stories, one a “story-poem,” two reprints. (Contents)
* _Fahrenheit 451 (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-718170-1, Aug 2004, £6.99, 184pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1953) classic dystopian SF novel. This is a 50th Anniversary Edition. with “A New Introduction” (2003), and “Burning Bright: An afterword” from the 40th Anniversary edition.
* _Switch on the Night (Random House/Dell Dragonfly 0-553-11244-9, Sep 2004, $6.99, unpaginated, tp, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Reprint (Pantheon 1955) children’s picture book; this has the illustrations by Leo & Diane Dillon from the 1993 Knopf edition.
BRADLEY, MARION (Eleanor) ZIMMER (1930-1999) (stories) (chron.)

* _Ancestors of Avalon (with Diana L. Paxson) (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-713843-1, Aug 2004, £17.99, xvii+363pp, hc, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Viking 2004 as Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Ancestors of Avalon by Diana Paxson) fantasy novel. The prequel to Bradley’s solo The Mists of Avalon. [First U.K. edition]
* *Darkover: First Contact (DAW 0-7564-0224-7, Sep 2004, $7.99, 512pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Darkover] SF omnibus of two “Darkover” novels: Darkover Landfall (1972) and Two to Conquer (1980). (Contents)
* *A Flame in Hali (with Deborah J. Ross) (DAW 0-7564-0218-2, Aug 2004, $24.95, 466pp, hc, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Darkover: Clingfire] SF novel set on Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover in the age of the Hundred Kingdoms, the third volume in the “Clingfire” trilogy.
* _A Flame in Hali (with Deborah J. Ross) (SFBC #1170919, Oct 2004, $12.49, 466pp, hc, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Darkover: Clingfire] Reprint (DAW 2004) SF novel set on Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover in the age of The Hundred Kingdoms, the third volume in the “Clingfire” trilogy. This is similar to the DAW edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *To Save a World (DAW 0-7564-0250-6, Dec 2004, $7.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Darkover] Omnibus of two “Darkover” novels: The Planet Savers (1962) and The World Wreckers (1971), plus short story “The Waterfall”. (Contents)
* _Zandru’s Forge (with Deborah J. Ross) (DAW 0-7564-0184-4, Jun 2004, $7.99, 528pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Darkover: Clingfire] Reprint (DAW 2003) SF novel set on Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover in the age of The Hundred Kingdoms, the second volume in the “Clingfire” trilogy.
BRANDON, PAUL (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Wild Reel (Tor 0-765-30880-0, Jun 2004, $14.95, 332pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) Contemporary urban fantasy. The Irish Faerie King pursues the mortal woman he loves to Brisbane Australia, where the faerie court is a little out of place.
BRAUNBECK, GARY A. (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _In Silent Graves (Leisure 0-8439-5329-2, Apr 2004, $6.99, 378pp, pb) Reprint (Obsidian Press 2000 as The Indifference of Heaven) horror novel. Introduction by Michael Marano. This has been slightly revised, and is copyrighted 2004.
BRAY, LIBBA (chron.) (assoc.)

* *A Great and Terrible Beauty (Random House/Delacorte 0-385-73028-4, Dec 2003, $16.95, 403pp, hc, cover by Michael Frost) [Great and Terrible Beauty] Young-adult fantasy novel. An English teen raised in India is sent to a London boarding school where she discovers she has supernatural powers.
BRAY, PATRICIA (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Devlin’s Justice (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58477-4, Apr 2004, $6.50, 388pp, pb, cover by Manuel Perez Clemente Sanjulian) [Sword of Change] Fantasy novel, third in “The Sword of Change” trilogy. The king betrays Devlin to the enemy.
BRECCIA, ENRIQUE (chron.)

* _Lovecraft (with Keith Giffen & Hans Rodionoff) See entry under Hans Rodionoff.
BRENNAN, CAITLIN; pseudonym of Judith Tarr, (1955- ) (chron.)

* *The Mountain’s Call (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80210-2, Sep 2004, $13.95, 459pp, tp) [White Magic] Romantic fantasy novel, first in the “White Magic” trilogy. A woman disguises herself as a boy to train as one of the elite Riders of the gods. Brennan is a pen name for Judith Tarr.
BRENNAN, HERBIE; pseudonym of J. H. Brennan, (1940- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Faerie Wars (Bloomsbury 0-7475-6467-1, Mar 2004, £5.99, 368pp, tp, cover by Carol Lawson & Ian Butterworth) [Faerie Wars] Reprint (Bloomsbury 2003) young-adult fantasy novel.
* _Faerie Wars (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-943-6, Sep 2004, $7.95, 368pp, pb) [Faerie Wars] Reprint (Bloomsbury 2003) young-adult fantasy novel, first in the “Faerie Wars” series.
* *The Purple Emperor (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-880-4, Oct 2004, $17.95, 431pp, hc, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Faerie Wars] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the “Faerie Wars” series. Simultaneous with the UK (Bloomsbury) edition.
* *The Purple Emperor (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7479-0, Oct 2004, £12.99, 431pp, hc, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Faerie Wars] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Faerie Wars. Simultaneous with the Bloomsbury USA edition.
BRENNAN, J(ames) H(erbert) (1940- ); see pseudonym Herbie Brennan (chron.)
BRENNAN, NOEL-ANNE (Gerson) (1948- ) (chron.)

* *The Blood of the Land (Ace 0-441-01154-3, Apr 2004, $6.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Song of the Land] Fantasy novel, book two of “The Song of the Land”. Rilsin rules, but her deposed cousin is raising an army.
BRENNAN, TOM (chron.)

* *The One True Prince (Gale Group/Five Star 1-59414-139-8, May 2004, $25.95, 300pp, hc, cover by Charles Bernard) SF novel with a fantasy feel, set in a future where much technology has been lost. An infant prince is cloned to ensure the succession. A first novel. 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].
BRESLIN, THERESA (chron.)

* *The Dream Master: Arabian Nights (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60425-4, Aug 2004, £10.99, 206pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Dream Master] Young-adult fantasy novel. Fourth in the series. Illustrated by Wyatt. Cy accidentally draws Shahr-Azad the storyteller from Ancient Arabia to today.
* _The Dream Master: Gladiator (Transworld/Corgi Yearling 0-440-86501-8, Aug 2004, £4.99, 169pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Dream Master] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2003) young-adult fantasy novel. Third in the series. Illustrated by Wyatt.
BREWER, GENE (stories) (chron.)

* *K-PAX: The Trilogy (Bloomsbury 0-7475-6695-X, Dec 2003, £9.99, 787pp, tp, cover by William Webb) [K-PAX] Omnibus of the three novels: K-PAX (1995), On a Beam of Light (2001), and K-PAX III: The Worlds of prot (2001), plus an original short story, “prot’s report”. (Contents)
BRIDGES, BILL (chron.)

* *World of Darkness: Werewolf: The Last Battle (White Wolf 1-58846-856-9, Feb 2004, $7.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Ron Spencer) [Time of Judgment] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the second volume in the “Time of Judgment” trilogy.
BRIGGS, PATRICIA (née Rowland) (1965- ) (chron.)

* *Raven’s Shadow (Ace 0-441-01187-X, Aug 2004, $6.99, 334pp, pb, cover by Jerry Vanderstelt) [*Raven’s Shadow] Fantasy novel, the first in a series of two. A Raven mage, one of the last of the wizard clans, seeks her missing husband.
BRIGGS, STEPHEN (1951- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The New Discworld Companion (with Terry Pratchett) See entry under Terry Pratchett.
BRIN, (Glen) DAVID (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Kil’n People (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-152-7, Jul 2004, £6.99, 611pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 2002 as Kiln People) SF novel.
BRITAIN, KRISTEN (chron.)

* _First Rider’s Call (DAW 0-7564-0193-3, Aug 2004, $7.99, 596pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Green Rider] Reprint (DAW 2003) fantasy novel, sequel to Green Rider.
BRITE, POPPY Z. (1967- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Liquor (Random House/Crown/Three Rivers Press 1-4000-5007-3, Apr 2004, $13.95, 339pp, tp) [Liquor] Associational novel about friends running a restauraunt in New Orleans.
* *Triads (with Christa Faust) (Subterranean Press 1-931081-40-9, Sep 2004, $40.00, 231pp, hc, cover by Miran Kim) Horror novel expanded by adding two sections to the novella “Triads” (1997). Interrelated horror stories of homophobia, anti-Asian bigotry, and a possible vengeful ghost. This is a signed hardcover edition; a deluxe limited edition of 250 with an extra section and two related stories (-41-7, $60.00) is also available. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com].
BRODERICK, DAMIEN (Francis) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *x, y, z, t: dimensions of science fiction (Wildside Press/Borgo Press 1-58715-408-0, May 2004, $17.95, 264pp, tp, cover by Anders Sandberg) Critical non-fiction, an examination of science fiction as a distinctive form of literature. Includes an appendix on Australian SF, bibliography, and index. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online from [www.wildsidepress.com], or from PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928.
BROECKER, RANDY (chron.)

* _Fantasy of the 20th Century: An Illustrated History (Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-6571-5, Nov 2004, $19.95, 256pp, tp, cover by Donato Giancola) Reprint (Collectors Press 2001) lavishly illustrated pictorial history of modern genre fantasy, from pulps to present. This is “published exclusively for Barnes & Noble by Collectors Press.”
BROOKE, KEITH N. (1966- ); see pseudonym Nick Gifford (stories) (chron.)
BROOKS, TERRY; [i.e., Terrence Dean Brooks] (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _High Druid of Shannara: Jarka Ruus (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43576-1, Sep 2004, $7.99, 391pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: High Druid of Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey 2003) fantasy novel in the Shannara series, first book in the “High Druid of Shannara” series set 20 years after “The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara”.
* *High Druid of Shannara: Tanequil (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43574-5, Sep 2004, $26.95, 357pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: High Druid of Shannara] Fantasy novel in the Shannara series, second book in the “High Druid of Shannara” series set 20 years after “The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara”.
* *High Druid of Shannara: Tanequil (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-5674-3, Sep 2004, £17.99, 357pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: High Druid of Shannara] Fantasy novel, the second in the series. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
* _High Druid of Shannara: Tanequil (SFBC #1169914, Oct 2004, $14.99, 357pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: High Druid of Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) fantasy novel in the Shannara series, second book in the “High Druid of Shannara” series. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Sometimes the Magic Works (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46551-2, Feb 2004, $12.95, 197pp, tp) Reprint (Del Rey 2003) non-fiction, autobiography, focusing on how Brooks became a writer.
* _The Sword of Shannara Trilogy (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-287-6, Jan 2004, £14.99, 1191pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 2002) fantasy omnibus of the first three “Shannara” novels: The Sword of Shannara (1977), The Elfstones of Shannara (1982), and The Wishsong of Shannara (1985). [First U.K. edition]
* _The Sword of Shannara, Volume One: the Warlock Lord (Time Warner UK/Atom 1-904233-40-6, Mar 2004, £4.99, 243pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara] Reprint (Random House 1977 as part of The Sword of Shannara) fantasy novel, the first third of the first book in the “Shannara” series.
* _The Sword of Shannara, Volume Two: The Druid’s Keep (Time Warner UK/Atom 1-904233-41-4, Apr 2004, £4.99, 244pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara] Reprint (Random House 1977 as part of The Sword of Shannara) fantasy novel.
* *The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara Trilogy (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 1-4165-0204-1, Dec 2004, £12.99, 1270pp, tp) [Shannara: Voyage of the Jerle Shannara] Omnibus of the three fantasy novels in the trilogy: Ilse Witch (2000), Antrax (2001), and Morgawr (2002). The books are separately paginated. (Contents)
BROSNAN, JOHN (Raymond) (1947-2005) (chron.)

* *Mothership (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07492-2, Feb 2004, £10.99, 280pp, tp, cover by Emma Wallace) SF novel of a 9,000-mile-long generation spaceship with a feudalistic social structure facing a threat from deep space. A hardcover edition (-07491-4, £17.99) was announced but not seen.
BROTHERTON, MIKE (chron.)

* _Star Dragon (Tor 0-765-34677-X, Jan 2005, $6.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Stephen Martiniere) Reprint (Tor 2003) SF novel.
BROWN, ALICE (1857-1948) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Empire of Death and Other Strange Stories (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-057-3, Sep 2003, $45.00, 175 + xviii, hc, cover by Deborah McMillion-Nering) Collection of 11 stories and 15 poems. Edited and with an introduction by Jessica Amanda Salmonson. This is a limited edition of 500; it is dated 2003, but not seen until now. (Contents)
BROWN, CHARLES N(ikki) (1937-2009) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-2003) (with William G. Contento) (Locus Press, Mar 2004, $49.95, 6,099pp, CD-ROM) Non-fiction, reference. This edition indexes SF books, magazines, and stories published from 1984 through 2003. Included in the index is Contento’s Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections which covers those books published before 1984.

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