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Mailing Date:
26 June 2003
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THE MAGAZINE OF THE SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY FIELD
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Locus Bestsellers
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Months
on list |
Last
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| 1) | Kushiel's Avatar, Jacqueline Carey (Tor) | 1 | - |
| 2) | Hell's Faire, John Ringo (Baen) | 1 | - |
| 3) | Talon of the Silver Hawk, Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Eos) | 1 | - |
| 4) | Worlds of Honor #4: The Service of the Sword, David Weber, ed. (Baen) | 2 | 5 |
| 5) | Cerulean Sins, Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley) | 1 | - |
| 6) | Darwin's Children, Greg Bear (Ballantine Del Rey) | 1 | - |
| 7) | Pattern Recognition, William Gibson (Putnam) | 3 | 3 |
| 8) | Crossroads of Twilight, Robert Jordan (Tor) | 4 | 2 |
| 9) | Red Thunder, John Varley (Ace) | 1 | - |
| 10) | White Wolf, David Gemmell (Ballantine Del Rey) | 1 | - |
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PAPERBACKS | | |
| 1) | When the Devil Dances, John Ringo (Baen) | 1 | - |
| 2) | A Storm of Swords, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) | 2 | 1 |
| 3) | Vitals, Greg Bear (Del Rey) | 1 | - |
| 4) | Kushiel's Chosen, Jacqueline Carey (Tor) | 2 | 3 |
| 5) | Hidden in Sight, Julie E. Czerneda (DAW) | 1 | - |
| 6) | Bones of the Earth, Michael Swanwick (HarperTorch) | 1 | - |
| 7) | Star Corps, Ian Douglas (Eos) | 1 | - |
| 8) | American Gods, Neil Gaiman (HarperTorch) | 8 | - |
| 9) | Dark as Day, Charles Sheffield (Tor) | 1 | - |
| 10) | Paper Mage, Leah R. Cutter (Roc) | 2 | 5 |
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TRADE PAPERBACKS | | |
| 1) | The Eyre Affair, Jasper Fforde (Penguin) | 1 | - |
| 2) | The Tomorrow Log, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Meisha Merlin) | 3 | 1 |
| 3) | Interstellar Patrol, Christopher Anvil (Baen) | 1 | - |
| 4) | The Silmarillion, J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) | 6 | 3 |
| 5) | Demons, John Shirley (Del Rey) | 1 | - |
| *) | The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) | 29 | - |
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MEDIA-RELATED | | |
| 1) | Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II: Refugee, Sean Williams & Shane Dix (Del Rey) | 1 | - |
| 2) | X-Men 2, Chris Claremont (Del Rey) | 2 | 3 |
| 3) | Star Wars: Tatooine Ghost, Troy Denning (Del Rey) | 2 | 1 |
| 4) | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Left Hand of Destiny, Book One, J. G. Hertzler & Jeffrey Lang (Pocket) | 1 | - |
| 5) | Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic I: Remnant, Sean Williams & Shane Dix (Del Rey) | 3 | 2 |
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GAMING-RELATED | | |
| 1) | Halo: The Flood, William C. Dietz (Del Rey) | 1 | - |
| 2) | Dragons of a Vanished Moon, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (Wizards of the Coast) | 5 | 1 |
| 3) | MechWarrior: Dark Age: The Ruins of Power, Robert E. Vardeman (Roc) | 1 | - |
| 4) | Warhammer 40,000: Warriors of Ultramar, Graham McNeill (Pocket) | 1 | - |
| 5) | Halo: The Fall of Reach, Eric Nylund (Del Rey) | 2 | - |
Kushiel's Avatar debuted at number one on the hardcover list by a solid margin. There was no new runner-up. We had 88 nominees, well up from 62 last month.
When the Devil Dances easily took first place in the paperbacks category. New runner-up: The Golden Age by John C. Wright. Nominees: 88, up from 67.
The Eyre Affair edged out The Tomorrow Log for first place in the trade paperback category. New runner-up: Tom Godwin's The Cold Equations and Other Stories (Baen). Nominees: 52, up from 43.
Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II: Refugee had no close competition on the media-related list. Nominees: 29, up from 24. Halo: The Flood topped gaming-related books with nearly twice as many votes as the next title. Nominees: 26, up from 23.
Compiled with data from Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton (USA), Basilisk Dreams (Canada), The Booksmith (CA), Borderlands (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), The Stars Our Destination (IL), Toadstool (2 in NH), Totem Bookshop (WA), Waldenbooks/BGI (USA). Data period: April 2003.
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