The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003

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CONTENTO, WILLIAM G(uy) (chron.) (continued)

* _Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Weird Fiction Magazine Index (1890-2002) (with Stephen T. Miller) See entry under Stephen T. Miller
COOK, DAWN (1966- ) (chron.)

* *Forgotten Truth (Ace 0-441-01117-9, Dec 2003, $6.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Jerry Vanderstelt) [Truth] Fantasy novel, third in the “Truth” series. Alissa accidentally gets transported back to a time when the Hold is full of magic students.
COOK, GLEN (Charles) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Black Company Goes South (SFBC #52266, Aug 2002, $14.99, 757pp, hc, cover by Koveck) [Black Company] Omnibus of three fantasy novels of the “Black Company”: Shadow Games (1989), Dreams of Steel (1990), and The Silver Spike (1989). This has ISBN 0-7394-2843-8; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
* _The Garrett Files (SFBC #58515, Aug 2003, $14.99, 695pp, hc, cover by Alan Pollack) [Garrett] Reissue (SFBC 1989) omnibus of the first three fantasy mysteries featuring Garrett, P.I.: Sweet Silver Blues (1987), Bitter Gold Hearts (1988), and Cold Copper Tears (1989). This has ISBN 0-7394-3609-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Garrett, P.I. (SFBC #58514, Aug 2003, $14.99, 673pp, hc, cover by Alan Pollack) [Garrett] Omnibus of three fantasy mysteries featuring Garrett: Old Tin Sorrows (1989), Dread Brass Shadows (1990), and Red Iron Nights (1991). This has ISBN 0-7394-3608-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
COOK, RICK; [i.e., James Richard Cook] (1944- ) (chron.)

* _The Wiz Biz II: Cursed & Consulted (Baen 0-7434-3617-2, Jul 2003, $7.99, 661pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Wiz Zumwalt] Reprint (Baen 2001) omnibus of the third and fourth humorous fantasy novels in the series featuring programmer/wizard Wiz Zumwalt: The Wizardry Cursed (1991) and The Wizardry Consulted (1995).
COOK, THOMAS H. (1947- ) (chron.)

* _Taken (Contender Books 1-84357-082-3, Feb 2003, £6.99, 355pp, pb) Reprint (Dell 2002) novelization of the TV series.
COOK, TONYA C(arter) (chron.)

* _DragonLance: A Warrior’s Journey (with Paul B. Thompson) See entry under Paul B. Thompson
* _DragonLance: Darkness & Light (with Paul B. Thompson) See entry under Paul B. Thompson
* _DragonLance: Riverwind the Plainsman (with Paul B. Thompson) See entry under Paul B. Thompson
COONEY, CAROLINE B. (1947- ) (chron.)

* _Goddess of Yesterday (Random House/Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22930-8, Nov 2003, $5.99, 253pp, tp, cover by Tristan Elwell) Reprint (Delacorte 2002) young-adult historical fantasy novel retelling the start of the Trojan war.
* _The Vampire’s Promise #1: Deadly Offer (Scholastic 0-439-55395-4, Sep 2003, $4.99, 179pp, pb, cover by Craig White) [*Vampire’s Promise] Reprint (Scholastic 1991 as The Cheerleader) young-adult dark fantasy novel, first in a trilogy. Can a vampire make Althea part of the in crowd?
* _The Vampire’s Promise #2: Evil Returns (Scholastic 0-439-55396-2, Sep 2003, $4.99, 171pp, pb, cover by Craig White) [*Vampire’s Promise] Reprint (Scholastic 1992 as Return of the Vampire) young-adult dark fantasy novel, second in a trilogy.
* _The Vampire’s Promise 3: Fatal Bargain (Scholastic 0-439-55397-0, Sep 2003, $4.99, 174pp, pb, cover by Craig White) [*Vampire’s Promise] Reprint (Scholastic 1993 as The Vampire’s Promise) young-adult horror novel, third in the series.
COONTS, STEPHEN (Paul), ed. (1946- ) (chron.)

* _Combat (Tor/Forge 0-765-30830-4, Sep 2003, $17.95, 765pp, tp) Reprint (Tor/Forge 2001) anthology of ten military technothriller stories.
COOPER, LOREN W. (stories) (chron.)

* *The Lives of Ghosts ... and other shades of memory (Silver Lake Publishing 1-931095-37-X, Oct 2002, $11.95, 146pp, tp, cover by Steve Roverts) Collection of 11 stories. This was published in 2000 in electronic form in a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.silverlakepublishing.com]. (Contents)
COOPER, LOUISE (née Antell) (1952-2009) (stories) (chron.)

* *Doctor Who Novellas: Rip Tide (Telos 1-903889-13-8, Feb 2003, £25.00, 155pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Novellazation based on the TV series. Foreword by Stephen Gallagher. Afterword by Cooper. The deluxe edition adds a frontispiece by Fred Gambino, and is signed by Cooper, Gallagher, and Gambino. Available from 61 Elgar Avenue, Tolworth, Surrey KT5 9JP. A standard hardback edition (-12-X, £10.00) was announced but not seen.
* *Hunter’s Moon (Hodder Silver 0-340-85400-6, Jan 2003, £4.99, 219pp, tp) Young-adult dark fantasy novel.
* *Sea Horses (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-131439-7, Jul 2003, £4.99, 148pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Sea Horses] Young-adult fantasy novel.
COOPER, SUSAN (Mary) (1935- ) (chron.)

* _Green Boy (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-131556-3, May 2003, £5.99, 170pp, tp, cover by Oliver Burstein) Reprint (McElderry 2002) young-adult fantasy novel set in the Bahamas. Two boys, distressed by plans to develop a beloved island, stumble into a dystopian world where the ecology has already been destroyed.
* _Green Boy (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-84760-2, Sep 2003, $4.99, 195pp, tp, cover by Steve Rawlings) Reprint (McElderry 2002) young-adult fantasy novel set in the Bahamas.
CORBEN, RICHARD (Vance) (1940- ) (chron.)

* _Vic and Blood (with Harlan Ellison) See entry under Harlan Ellison.
CORDER, ZIZOU; pseudonym of Louisa Young & Isabel Adomakoh Young (chron.)

* *Lionboy (Puffin 0-14-138024-1, Oct 2003, £12.99, 336pp, hc, cover by Fred van Deelen) [Lionboy] Young-adult SF/fantasy novel. First of a trilogy. A future London, a boy who can speak cat searches for his kidnapped parents. Corder is the pseudonym for mother and ten-year-old daughter team, Louisa Young and Isabel Adomakoh Young.
CORNELL, PAUL, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Professor Bernice Summerfield: Life During Wartime (Big Finish 1-84435-062-2, Oct 2003, £14.99, hc, cover by Adrian Salmon) (Contents) [Not seen]
CORNWELL, BERNARD; pseudonym of Bernard Wiggins, (1944- ) (chron.)

* *Heretic (HarperCollins 0-06-053049-9, Oct 2003, $24.95, 355pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Grail Quest] Associational historical novel with possible fantasy elements set during the Hundred Years War, third and final in “The Grail Quest”.
* *Heretic (HarperCollins UK 0-00-714988-3, Oct 2003, £17.99, 326pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Grail Quest] Associational historical novel with possible fantasy elements. The third book in “The Grail Quest” series after Harlequin and Vagabond.
* _Vagabond (HarperCollins UK 0-00-651385-9, Apr 2003, £6.99, 500pp, pb) [Grail Quest] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2002) associational novel. Second in “The Grail Quest” series after Harlequin.
* _Vagabond (HarperTorch 0-06-053268-8, Sep 2003, $7.99, 443pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Grail Quest] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2002) associational historical novel with possible fantasy elements set during the Hundred Years War, second in “The Grail Quest” after The Archer’s Tale.
CORSARO, FRANK (chron.)

* *Kunma (Tor/Forge 0-765-30472-4, Jun 2003, $24.95, 302pp, hc, cover by Barry Appell) Horror novel. A psychiatrist takes a case that forces him to look in the Tibetan Book of the Dead. A first novel.
COSTELLO, MATTHEW J(ohn) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Artifact (with Janet Berliner, Kevin J. Anderson & F. Paul Wilson) See entry under Kevin J. Anderson
COULOMBE, CHARLES A., ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Classic Horror Stories (Globe Pequot Press/The Lyons Press 1-59228-200-8, 2003, $9.95, 333 + xiv, tp) Anthology of 16 supernatural horror stories from the early 1900s and before. Authors include Washington Irving, Charles Dickens, and Robert W. Chambers. (Contents)
COUNTER, BEN (chron.)

* *Daemon World (Black Library 1-84416-001-7, Apr 2003, £5.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Adrian Smith) Future-war novel set in the SF roleplaying game universe.
* +Warhammer 40,000: Daemon World (Games Workshop/Black Library 0-7434-4353-5, May 2003, $6.95, 282pp, tp, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer 40,000] Novelization based on the SF roleplaying game. Copyrighted by Games Workshop Ltd. First US edition (Black Library UK 4/03).
* *Warhammer 40,000: The Bleeding Chalice (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-054-8, Dec 2003, £6.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer 40,000: Soul Drinkers] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe.
* +Warhammer 40,000: The Bleeding Chalice (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-054-8, Jan 2004, $7.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer 40,000: Soul Drinkers] Novelization based on the roleplaying game. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. First US edition (Black Library UK 12/03).
COURTENAY GRIMWOOD, JON (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Empereur de L’Ouest (Birmingham Science Fiction Group no ISBN, Nov 2003, no price, 12pp, ph, cover by David Hicks) Short story published to commemorate Grimwood being Guest of Honur at Novacon 33, Nov-2003. Limited to 300 numbered copies. Volume 25 in the series.
* *Felaheen: The Third Arabesk (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-6117-7, May 2003, £12.99, 356pp, hc) [Arabesk] SF novel, following Pashazade: The First Arabesk and Effendi: The Second Arabesk.
COUZENS, GARY (1964- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Second Contact and other stories (Elastic Press 0-9543747-2-X, May 2003, £8.00, 282pp, tp) Collection of 19 mostly slipstream stories, one original. Elastic Press, 85 Gertrude Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 4SG, UK; [Elasticpress@elasticpress.com]; [www.elasticpress.com]. (Contents)
COVER, ARTHUR BYRON (1950- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Red Star (ibooks 0-7434-7532-1, Nov 2003, $14.95, 284pp, tp, cover by Christian Gossett) Novelization based on the alternate-history fantasy comic book created by Christian Gossett and written by Bradley Kayl. This includes 16 pages of color comics.
COVILLE, BRUCE (Farrington) (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Juliet Dove, Queen of Love (Harcourt 0-15-204561-9, Oct 2003, $17.00, 190pp, hc, cover by Tony DiTerlizzi) [Magic Shop] Young-adult humorous fantasy novel, the fifth in the “Magic Shop” series. A girl who hates attention gets an amulet that makes her irresistible to boys.
* _The Monsters of Morley Manor (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-204705-0, Sep 2003, $5.95, 221pp, tp, cover by John Berg) Reprint (Harcourt 2001) young-adult horror novel, revised and expanded from a 1996 serialized version.
* _The Monster’s Ring (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-85692-X, Sep 2003, $4.99, 105pp, tp, cover by Omar Rayyan) [Magic Shop] Reprint (Pantheon 1982) young-adult humorous fantasy novel, the first in the “Magic Shop” series. This follows the Harcourt 2002 revised and expanded 20th anniversary edition. Illustrated by Katherine Coville.
* _Philip José Farmer’s The Dungeon (with Richard A. Lupoff) See entry under Richard A. Lupoff
* _William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (with Dennis A. Nolan) (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-250168-9, Sep 2003, $7.99, unpaginated, tp, cover by Dennis Nolan) Reprint (Dial 1996) children’s picture book, with text by Coville and illustrations by Nolan.
COX, (William) GREG(ory) (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Daredevil (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-41080-7, Jan 2003, $6.99, 250pp, pb) Novelization of the movie. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film and Regency Entertainment (USA). This includes eight unpaginated pages of color stills.
* _Daredevil (SFBC #57281, Apr 2003, $9.99, 250pp, hc) Reprint (Onyx 2003) novelization of the movie; includes eight unpaginated pages of movies stills. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film and Regency Entertainment (USA). This has ISBN 0-7494-3340-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume Two (Pocket 0-7434-0644-3, Mar 2003, $6.99, 435pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek: Eugenics Wars] Reprint (Pocket 2002) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
* _Star Trek: The Q Continuum (Pocket 0-7434-8508-4, Oct 2003, $9.95, 362pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation: Q Continuum] Reprint (SFBC 1999) omnibus of three novelizations based on Star Trek, the Next Generation: Q-Space, Q-Zone, and Q-Strike (all Pocket 1998). This “Signature Edition” includes a ten-page interview with the author by Kevin Dilmore. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
* *Underworld (Pocket 0-7434-8071-6, Sep 2003, $6.99, 372pp, pb) Movie novelization. Copyrighted by Lakeshore Entertainment Group.
* _Underworld (Pocket 0-7434-8071-6, Dec 2003, $6.99, 372pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket 2003) movie novelization. Copyrighted by Lakeshore Entertainment Group. Third printing.
CRAFT, CHARLOTTE (chron.)

* _King Midas and the Golden Touch (with Kinuko Y. Craft) (HarperTrophy 0-06-054063-X, Oct 2003, $6.99, 32pp, tp, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Reprint (Morrow Junior 1999) children’s picture book retelling the Greek myth with paintings by Kinuko Craft.
CRAFT, KINUKO Y. (chron.) (assoc.)

* _King Midas and the Golden Touch (with Charlotte Craft) See entry under Charlotte Craft.
CRAGG, DAN (chron.)

* _Starfist: Lazarus Rising (with David Sherman) See entry under David Sherman.
CRAIG, CAIRNS (chron.)

* *Iain Banks’s Complicity: A Reader’s Guide (Continuum Contemporaries 0-8264-5247-7, 2002, $9.95, 91pp, tp) Non-fiction, a “Continuum Contemporaries” reader’s guide to Banks’s novel. Continuum Books, 370 Lexington Ave., New York NY 10017; 800-561-7704; [www.continuumbooks.com]. [Banks]
CRAMER, BRIAN (chron.)

* *Zero Calvin (iUniverse 0-595-29813-3, Dec 2003, $13.95, 169pp, tp, cover by Brian Cramer) SF novel. A cryogenically frozen man wakes in a utopian society run by an artificial intelligence that culls “detrimental” individuals. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.iuniverse.com], or from iUniverse, 2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100, Lincoln NE 68512.
CRAMER, KATHRYN (Elizabeth), ed. (1962- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Hard SF Renaissance (with David G. Hartwell) See entry under David G. Hartwell
* _Year’s Best Fantasy 2 (with David G. Hartwell) See entry under David G. Hartwell
* _Year’s Best Fantasy 3 (with David G. Hartwell) See entry under David G. Hartwell
* _Year’s Best SF 8 (with David G. Hartwell) See entry under David G. Hartwell
CRAWFORD, GARY WILLIAM (1953- ) (chron.)

* *Robert Aickman: An Introduction (Gothic Press 0-913045-10-1, May 2003, $20.00, 76pp, pb) Critical biography and bibliography of works by and about Aickman. Order from Gothic Press, 1701 Lobdell Ave. No. 32, Baton Rouge LA 70806-8242; [www.gothicpress.com]. [Aickman]
CREW, GARY (David) (1947- ) (chron.)

* _The Viewer (with Shaun Tan) See entry under Shaun Tan.
CRICHTON, (John) MICHAEL (1942-2008) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Andromeda Strain (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-054181-4, Nov 2003, $7.99, 331pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1969) SF thriller.
* _Congo (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-054183-0, Nov 2003, $7.99, 442pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1980) lost race novel.
* _Prey (HarperCollins UK 0-00-715453-4, Aug 2003, £6.99, 528pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2002) SF novel.
* _Prey (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-101572-5, Nov 2003, $7.99, 507pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins 2002) SF novel.
* _Timeline (Ballantine 0-345-41762-3, Sep 2003, $7.99, 496pp, pb, cover by Chip Kidd) Reissue (Knopf; Century 1999) SF time-travel novel. 12th printing.
* _Timeline (Ballantine 0-345-41762-3, Nov 2003, $7.99, 496pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1999) SF time-travel novel. This is a movie tie-in edition. 15th printing.
* _Timeline (Arrow 0-09-945792-X, Nov 2003, £6.99, xiii+496pp, pb) Reprint (Random House/Knopf; Century 1999) SF novel. A film tie-in edition.
CRILLEY, MARK (chron.)

* *Akiko and the Alpha Centauri 5000 (Random House/Delacorte 0-385-72969-3, Mar 2003, $9.95, 153pp, hc, cover by Mark Crilley) [Akiko] Children’s SF picture book based on the author’s comic book series, with illustrations by Crilley.
* *Akiko and the Journey to Toog (Random House/Delacorte 0-385-73042-X, Sep 2003, $9.95, 164pp, hc, cover by Mark Crilley) Young-adult SF novel based on the author’s comic book series, with illustrations by Crilley.
CRISP, QUENTIN S. (stories) (chron.)

* *Morbid Tales (Tartarus Press 1-872621-83-X, 2003, £27.50, 226pp, hc, cover by R. B. Russell) Collection of eight immaculately realised strange stories. Limited to 300 copies. (Contents)
CROCKER, CARTER (chron.)

* *The Tale of the Swamp Rat (Penguin/Philomel 0-399-23964-2, Sep 2003, $16.99, 232pp, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Young-adult animal fantasy novel. A runt rat raised by a wise old gator must save the swamp from drought. A first novel.
CRONIN, BRENDAN LEO (M. T.) (1907-1987); see pseudonym Michael Cronin (chron.)
CRONIN, MICHAEL; pseudonym of Brendan Leo Cronin, (1907-1987) (chron.)

* _Against the Day (Oxford University Press 0-19-275267-7, Jan 2003, £4.99, 212pp, tp) [Against the Day] Reprint (Oxford University Press 1998, not seen) young-adult alternate-world SF novel, first in a series about Britain under Nazi rule in 1940. Cronin’s first novel; the original edition (0-19-271760-X) was not seen.

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