Locus Bestsellers   HARDCOVERS Months on list Last month 1) Shadow Puppets, Orson Scott Card (Tor) 1 - 2) The Salmon of Doubt, Douglas Adams (Random House) 4 1 3) 1633, David Weber & Eric Flint (Baen) 2 2 4) The Fifth Sorceress, Robert Newcomb (Del Rey) 1 - 5) Coraline, Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins) 2 3 6) The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Morgawr, Terry Brooks (Del Rey) 1 - 7) The Isle of Battle, Sean Russell (Eos) 1 - *) The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 7 - 9) Chindi, Jack McDevitt (Ace) 2 7 10) Freedom's Ransom, Anne McCaffrey (Ace) 3 4   PAPERBACKS     1) Myth-ion Improbable, Robert Asprin (Ace) 1 - 2) American Gods, Neil Gaiman (HarperTorch) 4 1 3) The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 10 9 4) Star Risk, Ltd., Chris Bunch (Roc) 1 - 5) Hammerfall, C.J. Cherryh (Eos) 1 - 6) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 21 4 7) The Return of the King, J.R.R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 6 - 8) Med Ship, Murray Leinster (Baen) 1 - 9) The Free Lunch, Spider Robinson (Tor) 1 - 10) Sir Apropos of Nothing, Peter David (Pocket) 2 7   TRADE PAPERBACKS 1) The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 22 - 2) A Storm of Swords, George R.R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) 4 2 3) The Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 6 - 4) The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 20 5 5) Sisters of the Raven, Barbara Hambly (Warner Aspect) 1 -   MEDIA-RELATED 1) Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Traitor, Matthew Stover (Del Rey) 2 4 2) Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand, Aaron Allston (Del Rey) 4 1 3) Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Mission: Gamma Book One: Twilight, David R. George III (Pocket) 1 - 4) Star Trek: Errand of Vengeance, Book Two: Killing Blow, Kevin Ryan (Pocket) 1 - 5) Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Little Things, Rebecca Moesta (Simon Pulse) 1 -   GAMING-RELATED 1) Forgotten Realms: Sea of Swords, R.A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) 5 - 2) DragonLance: Dragons of a Lost Star, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (Wizards of the Coast) 10 3 3) DragonLance: Dragons of a Fallen Sun, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (Wizards of the Coast) 14 4 4) DragonLance: Dragons of a Vanished Moon, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (Wizards of the Coast) 3 1 5) DragonLance: The Lioness, Nancy Varian Berberick (Wizards of the Coast) 1 - Shadow Puppets dominated hardbacks, with more than 100 points over the next title; The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time and 1633 made strong showings as well. Sir Apropos of Nothing, Book Two: The Woad to Wuin by Peter David (Pocket) was the new runner-up. We had 74 nominees, down from 87 last month. Myth-ion Improbable led the paperback category by a substantial margin. New runner-up: Terry Pratchett's Witches Abroad (HarperTorch). Nominees: 76, down from 91. The Lord of the Rings was back on top of the trade paperback category by a solid margin. New runner-up: The Outpost by Mike Resnick (Tor). Nominees: 54, down from 59. Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Traitor took over the top spot in media-related titles with three times as many points as the next title. Nominees: 40, down from 55. Forgotten Realms: Sea of Swords had no close competition in the gaming-related category. Nominees: 33, up from 31. Compiled with data from Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton (USA), Basilisk Dreams (Canada), Borders Bookstores (USA), 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), The Stars Our Destination (IL), Toadstool (2 in NH), Totem Bookshop (WA), Uncle Hugo’s (MN), Waldenbooks/BGI (USA), White Dwarf (Canada). Data period: August 2002.

November 2002