Locus Bestsellers   HARDCOVERS Months on list Last month 1) Dune: The Battle of Corrin, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (Tor) 1 - 2) Iron Council, China Miéville (Ballantine Del Rey) 2 3 3) Dies the Fire, S. M. Stirling (Roc) 1 - 4) Settling Accounts: Return Engagement, Harry Turtledove (Ballantine Del Rey) 1 - 5) The Wizard of Karres, Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint & Dave Freer (Baen) 1 - 6) A Hat Full of Sky, Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins) 4 5 7) Elegy for a Lost Star, Elizabeth Haydon (Tor) 1 - 8) Something Rotten, Jasper Fforde (Viking) 1 - 9) Scepters, L. E. Modesitt Jr (Tor) 2 1 10) Camouflage, Joe Haldeman (Ace) 1 -   PAPERBACKS 1) Dune: The Machine Crusade, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (Tor) 1 - 2) Blood Rites, Jim Butcher (Roc) 1 - 3) Hell's Faire, John Ringo (Baen) 2 10 4) Heat Stroke, Rachel Caine (Roc) 1 - 5) The Wee Free Men, Terry Pratchett (Harcourt/Harvest) 3 4 6) Myth Alliances, Robert Asprin & Jody Lynn Nye (Ace) 1 - 7) First Rider's Call, Kristen Britain (DAW) 1 - 8) The Dark Path, Walter H. Hunt (Tor) 1 - 9) The Risen Empire, Scott Westerfeld (Tor) 1 - 10) Undead and Unemployed, MaryJanice Davidson (Berkley Sensation) 1 -   TRADE PAPERBACKS 1) The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin Grant, eds. (St. Martin's Griffin) 1 - 2) Pattern Recognition, William Gibson (Berkeley) 7 2 3) One King, One Soldier, Alexander C. Irvine (Ballantine Del Rey) 1 - 4) The Well of Lost Plots, Jasper Fforde (Penguin) 1 - 5) Staying Dead, Laura Anne Gilman (Harlequin/Luna) 1 -   MEDIA-RELATED 1) Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force, James Luceno (Del Rey) 1 - 2) Star Wars: Medstar 1: Battle Surgeons, Michael Reaves & Steve Perry (Del Rey) 2 1 3) Star Trek: The Next Generation: A Time to Kill, David Mack (Pocket) 1 - 4) Star Trek, the Next Generation: Stargazer: Enigma, Michael Jan Friedman (Pocket) 1 - 5) AVP: Alien vs. Predator, Marc Cerasini (HarperEntertainment) 2 3   GAMING-RELATED 1) Forgotten Realms: The Lone Drow, R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) 7 1 2) Halo: The Fall of Reach, Eric Nylund (Del Rey) 10 - 4) Forgotten Realms: Forsaken House, Richard Baker (Wizards of the Coast) 1 - *) Halo: First Strike, Eric Nylund (Del Rey) 9 5 5) Warhammer 40,000: Legacy, Matthew Farrer (Black Library) 1 - Dune titles led the pack this month, with Dune: The Battle of Corrin in first place in the hardcover category. New runner-up: Brimstone, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (Warner). Nominees: 52, down from 64. In paperbacks, Dune: The Machine Crusade came up on top. New runner-up: Raven's Shadow by Patricia Briggs (Ace). Nominees: 62, down from 86. The annual The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror was the leader in trade paperbacks. New runner-up: The Coyote Kings of the Space Age Bachelor Pad by Minister Faust (Del Rey). Nominees: 41, down from 51. Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: The Unifying Force took the media-related category. Nominees: 23, down from 32. The top spot in gaming-related titles was again taken by Forgotten Realms: The Lone Drow, with Halo titles still strong. Nominees: 17, down from 24. — — Compiled with data from Barnes & Noble (USA), Basilisk Dreams (Canada), Borderlands (CA), Lone Star (TC), Midtown Comics (NY), Mysterious Galaxy (CA), Saint Mark’s (NY), Toadstool (2 in NH), Uncle Hugo’s (MN), University Bookstore (WA), White Dwarf (Canada). Data period: August 2004.

November 2004