Locus Bestsellers   HARDCOVERS Months on list Last month 1) American Gods, Neil Gaiman (Morrow) 1 - 2) The Skies of Pern, Anne McCaffrey (Del Rey) 3 2 3) Priestess of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley & Diana Paxson (Viking) 2 4 4) Reunion, Alan Dean Foster (Del Rey) 1 - 5) Issola, Steven Brust (Tor) 1 - 6) Thief of Time, Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins) 3 1 7) Passage, Connie Willis (Bantam Spectra) 2 6 8) Hammerfall, C.J. Cherryh (Eos) 1 - 9) Winter's Heart, Robert Jordan (Tor) 8 7 10) Kushiel's Dart, Jacqueline Carey (Tor) 1 -   PAPERBACKS     1) Brightly Burning, Mercedes Lackey (DAW) 1 - 2) In the Company of Others, Julie E. Czerneda (DAW) 1 - 3) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 8 6 4) Saturn's Race, Larry Niven & Steven Barnes (Tor) 1 - *) Time Future, Maxine McArthur (Warner Aspect) 1 - 6) Lt. Leary Commanding, David Drake (Baen) 1 - 7) The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 4 8 8) Spindle's End,Robin McKinley (Ace) 1 - 9) Callahan's Key, Spider Robinson (Bantam Spectra) 2 1 10) Dune, Frank Herbert (Ace) 4 -   TRADE PAPERBACKS     1) The Mists of Avalon, Marion Zimmer Bradley (Del Rey) 57 1 2) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 7 3 3) The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 9 2 4) Smoke and Mirrors, Neil Gaiman (HarperPerennial) 1 - 5) Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson (HarperPerennial) 11 -   MEDIA-RELATED     1) Star Trek, the Next Generation: Section 31: Rogue, Andy Mangels & Michael A. Martin (Pocket) 1 - 2) Star Trek Voyager: Section 31: Shadow, Dean Wesley Smith & Kristine Kathryn Rusch(Pocket) 1 - 3) Star Wars: Cloak of Deception, James Luceno (Del Rey) 1 - 4) Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Edge of Victory I: Conquest, Greg Keyes (Del Rey) 3 4 5) Star Wars: Rogue Planet, Greg Bear (Del Rey) 2 1   GAMING-RELATED     1) Lord of the Five Rings: The Crab, Stan Brown (Wizards of the Coast) 1 - 2) Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Dave Stern (Pocket) 2 4 3) Magic: The Gathering: Apocalpyse, J. Robert King (Wizards of the Coast) 1 - 4) BattleTech: Test of Vengeance, Bryan Nystul (Roc) 1 - 5) DragonLance: Dragons of a Lost Star, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (Wizards of the Coast) 3 1 American Gods slaughtered the hardcover competition this month. Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds (Ace) was the new runner-up. We had 83 nominees, the same as last month. Brightly Burning led paperbacks, with In the Company of Others just a few points behind. New runner-up: Alan Dean Foster's Dirge (Del Rey). Nominees:106, down from 109. The Mists of Avalon led trade paperbacks for the fourth month straight. Cryptonomincon is back. Supertoys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss (St. Martin's) was the new runner-up. Nominees: 69, up from 65. Star Trek, the Next Generation: Section 31: Rogue topped the media-related category. Nominees: 34, up from 27. Lord of the Five Rings: The Crab had a slim lead in the gaming-related category. Nominees: 29, down from 31. Compiled with data from: Adventures in Crime & Space (TX), Amazon.com (USA), Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton (USA), Basilisk Dreams (Canada), Borders Bookstores (USA), Dangerous Visions (CA), DreamHaven (MN), Heroes & Dragons (CO), Lone Star (TX), Midtown Comics (NY), Musicland Group (MN), Mysterious Galaxy (CA), Pages for All Ages (IL), Pandemonium Books & Games (MA), John W. Rollins, Bookseller (MI), Saint Mark's (NY), Science Fiction & Mystery Bookshop (GA), The Stars Our Destination (IL), Toadstool (2 in NH), Totem Bookshop (WA), Uncle Hugo's (MN), University Bookstore (WA), Waldenbooks/BGI (USA), White Dwarf (Canada). Data period: June 2001.

September 2001