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Mailing Date:
27 January 2005
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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
month |
| 1) | Going Postal, Terry Pratchett (HarperCollins) | 3 | 2 |
| 2) | Shadowmarch, Tad Williams (DAW) | 1 | - |
| 3) | The Shadow of Saganami, David Weber (Baen) | 2 | 5 |
| 4) | The System of the World, Neal Stephenson (HarperCollins/Morrow) | 3 | 1 |
| 5) | The Runes of the Earth, Stephen R. Donaldson (Putnam) | 2 | 4 |
| 6) | The Treasured One, David Eddings & Leigh Eddings (Warner Aspect) | 1 | - |
| 7) | Banewreaker, Jacqueline Carey (Tor) | 1 | - |
| 8) | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury USA) | 3 | 6 |
| 9) | High Druid of Shannara: Tanequil, Terry Brooks (Ballantine Del Rey) | 3 | 7 |
| 10) | The Wizard, Gene Wolfe (Tor) | 1 | - |
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PAPERBACKS | | |
| 1) | Industrial Magic, Kelley Armstrong (Bantam Spectra) | 1 | - |
| 2) | There Will Be Dragons, John Ringo (Baen) | 1 | - |
| 3) | Omega, Jack McDevitt (Ace) | 1 | - |
| 4) | Hybrids, Robert J. Sawyer (Tor) | 1 | - |
| 5) | Orphanage, Robert Buettner (Warner Aspect) | 1 | - |
| 6) | The Fairy Godmother, Mercedes Lackey (Luna) | 1 | - |
| 7) | Debt of Bones, Terry Goodkind (Tor) | 1 | - |
| 8) | The Elder Gods, David Eddings & Leigh Eddings (Warner Vision) | 2 | 2 |
| 9) | The Grantville Gazette, Eric Flint, ed. (Baen) | 1 | - |
| 10) | High Druid of Shannara: Jarka Ruus, Terry Brooks (Ballantine Del Rey) | 3 | 7 |
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TRADE PAPERBACKS | | |
| 1) | Quicksilver, Neal Stephenson (Perennial) | 3 | 1 |
| 2) | The Bloody Crown of Conan, Robert E. Howard (Del Rey) | 1 | - |
| 3) | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury) | 2 | 2 |
| 4) | Light, M. John Harrison (Bantam Spectra) | 3 | 3 |
| 5) | Wicked, Gregory Maguire (HarperCollins) | 1 | - |
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MEDIA-RELATED | | |
| 1) | Star Wars: Republic Commando: Hard Contact, Karen Traviss (Del Rey) | 1 | - |
| 2) | Star Wars: Jedi Trial, David Sherman & Dan Cragg (Del Rey) | 2 | 4 |
| 3) | Blade: Trinity, Natasha Rhodes (Black Flame) | 1 | - |
| 4) | Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Weapons and Technology: Revised Edition, W. Haden Blackman (Del Rey) | 1 | - |
| 5) | Star Wars: Medstar 2: Jedi Healer, Michael Reaves & Steve Perry (Del Rey) | 2 | 1 |
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GAMING-RELATED | | |
| 1) | Forgotten Realms: The Two Swords, R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) | 2 | 1 |
| 2) | Halo: First Strike, Eric Nylund (Del Rey) | 11 | 3 |
| 3) | Halo: The Flood, William C. Dietz (Del Rey) | 15 | - |
| 4) | Halo: The Fall of Reach, Eric Nylund (Del Rey) | 12 | - |
| 5) | Forgotten Realms: The Lone Drow, R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) | 10 | 4 |
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett rose to the top of the hardcover list this month, with Shadowmarch by Tad Williams making its debut close behind. New runner-up: The Algebraist, Iain M. Banks (Orbit). Nominees: 61, up from 51.
Industrial Magic by Kelley Armstrong was a strong leader on the paperback list. New runner-up: Clothar the Frank, Jack Whyte (Penguin Canada). Nominees: 79, down a hair from 80.
Neal Stephenson’s Quicksilver swept the trade paperback list for the third month in a row. New runner-up: The Algebraist, Iain M. Banks (Orbit). Nominees: 53, down from 61.
Star Wars: Republic Commando: Hard Contact headed the media-related category. Nominees: 27, down from 31.
Forgotten Realms: The Two Swords had no close competition on the gaming-related list. Nominees: 21, down from 27.
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Compiled with data from Barnes & Noble (USA), Borderlands (CA), Borders Bookstores (USA), Lone Star (TX), Midtown Comics (NY), Mysterious Galaxy (CA), The Other Change of Hobbit (CA), McNally Robinson (2 in Canada), Saint Mark’s (NY), Toadstool (2 in NH), Uncle Hugo’s (MN), University Bookstore (WA), White Dwarf (Canada). Data period: November 2004.
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