The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003

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ASARO, CATHERINE (Ann) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

* _The Radiant Seas (Tor 0-812-58036-2, Mar 2003, $6.99, 491pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Skolian Empire; Soz] Reissue (Tor 1999) SF novel, sequel to Primary Inversion. Second printing.
* *Skyfall (Tor 0-765-30638-7, Oct 2003, $24.95, 317pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Skolian Empire] SF novel in the “Saga of the Skolian Empire” going back to the early days before the interstellar empire existed.
ASH, SARAH (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Lord of Snow and Shadows (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-04983-7, May 2003, £10.99, 484pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Tears of Artamon] Fantasy novel, book one of “The Tears of Artamon”. A young painter learns he is heir to the throne of an isolated kingdom, but assuming his heritage means assuming the dark powers which are in his blood.
* +Lord of Snow and Shadows (Bantam Spectra 0-553-80334-4, Aug 2003, $21.95, 480pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Tears of Artamon] Fantasy novel, book one of the “Tears of Artamon” series. First US edition (Bantam UK 5/03).
ASHER, NEAL L. (1961- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* +Gridlinked (Tor 0-765-30735-9, Aug 2003, $26.95, 426pp, hc) [Gridlinked] Far-future SF spy thriller. An agent trying to break his addiction to the AI net that allows interstellar travel must investigate a breakdown in the net on a distant planet. A first novel. First US edition (Macmillan UK 2001).
* _Gridlinked (SFBC #00277, Aug 2003, $12.50, 426pp, hc) [Gridlinked] Reprint (Macmillan UK 2001) SF Novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *The Line of Polity (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-333-90365-X, Mar 2003, £10.99, 547pp, tp, cover by Steve Rawlings) [Polity] SF novel. Polity agent Cormac investigates the destruction of an Outlink station and the unresolved rebellion on Masada.
* _The Skinner (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-48434-6, Mar 2003, £6.99, 583pp, pb, cover by Steve Rawlings) [Spatterjay] Reprint (Macmillan UK 2002) SF novel.
ASHTON, CHARLES (stories) (chron.)

* *Dragon Fire (Walker UK 0-7445-9061-2, Mar 2003, £7.99, 541pp, tp, cover by Niroot Puttapipat) [Dragon Fire] Young-adult fantasy omnibus of Jet Smoke and Dragon Fire (1991), Into the Spiral (1992), and The Shining Bridge (1993). (Contents)
ASIMOV, ISAAC; [anglicized from Isaak Iudich Azimov] (1920-1992) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The End of Eternity (SFBC #56486, Nov 2003, $9.99, 185pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) Reprint (Doubleday 1955) SF novel, the seventh volume in the SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection. This has ISBN 0-7394-3557-4 and lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Foundation (Moscow: Menedzher 5-8346-0215-0, 2003, 51 rubles, 252pp, pb, cover by N-K) [Foundation] Reprint (Gnome 1951) English language sf novel, student edition.
* _Gold (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-055652-8, Nov 2003, $14.95, 399pp, tp) Reprint (HarperPrism 1995) collection of SF and writings on SF. This adds an introduction by Orson Scott Card.
* *The Return of the Black Widowers (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1248-1, Dec 2003, $24.00, 335 + xv, hc) [Black Widowers] Associational collection of 17 mystery stories by Asimov, five previously uncollected. This includes two homage stories by William Brittain and Charles Ardai, who edited the collection. Introduction by Harlan Ellison, and an afterword by Asimov extracted from I. Asimov on “The Birth of the Black Widowers”. An Otto Penzler book. (Contents) [ed: William E. Brittain]
ASPRIN, ROBERT LYNN (1946-2008) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *E. Godz (with Esther M. Friesner) (Baen 0-7434-3605-9, May 2003, $17.00, 279pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) Humorous fantasy novel. Two siblings fight with magic and money to see who will be sole heir to their mother’s magic corporation, E.Godz.
* _For King & Country (with Linda Evans) (Baen 0-7434-7168-7, Nov 2003, $7.99, 533pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) Reprint (Baen 2002) SF time-travel adventure novel. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
* *Myth Alliances (with Jody Lynn Nye) (Meisha Merlin 1-59222-009-6, Aug 2003, $14.00, 262pp, tp, cover by Michael Komarck) [Myth] Fantasy novel in Asprin’s “Myth Adventures” series. Skeeve tries to stop ten female Pervects who have taken over a dimension of Wuhses. Introduction by Stephen Pagel. A hardcover edition (-008-8, $25.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Meisha Merlin, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031; [www.meishamerlin.com].
* *Myth-Told Tales (with Jody Lynn Nye) (Meisha Merlin 1-59222-001-0, Apr 2003, $8.00, 111pp, tp, cover by Michael Komarck) [Myth] Original collection of three stories in the “Myth” series, set after Something M.Y.T.H. Inc. The authors provide separate introductions on collaborating. Available from Meisha Merlin Publishing, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031; [www.meishamerlin.com]. (Contents)
* _Something M.Y.T.H. Inc. (Ace 0-441-01083-0, Aug 2003, $6.99, 198pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Myth] Reprint (Meisha Merlin 2002) humorous fantasy novel, 12th in the “Myth” series. Includes a story by Asprin & Jody Lynn Nye. (Contents)
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* *Thieves’ World: First Blood (with Lynn Abbey) (Tor 0-312-87488-X, Dec 2003, $14.95, 460pp, tp, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [*Thieves’ World] Omnibus of two shared-world anthologies, Thieves’ World (1979) and Tales of the Vulgar Unicorn (1980). This adds Poul Anderson’s final Cappen Varra story. (Contents)
ASTOR, JOHN JACOB (IV) (1864-1912) (chron.)

* _A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future (University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books 0-8032-5949-2, Nov 2003, $16.95, 234 + xv, tp, cover by Dan Beard) Reprint (Appleton 1894) SF novel of the year 2000. Introduction by S.M. Stirling. Illustrated by Dan Beard.
ATHERTON, NANCY (T.) (1955- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Aunt Dimity Beats the Devil (Penguin 0-14-100219-0, 2001, $5.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Jerry Lofaro) [Aunt Dimity] Reprint (Viking 2000) mystery/ghost novel, sixth in the series.
* *Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday (Viking 0-670-03200-X, Mar 2003, $22.95, 200pp, hc, cover by Jerry Lofaro) [Aunt Dimity] Mystery/ghost novel, eighth in the series. Lori and Aunt Dimity investigate deadly accidents on an earl’s estate.
* _Aunt Dimity: Detective (Penguin 0-14-200154-6, Jan 2003, $6.99, 230pp, pb, cover by Jerry Lofaro) [Aunt Dimity] Reprint (Viking 2001) mystery/ghost novel, seventh in the series.
* _Aunt Dimity’s Christmas (Penguin 0-14-029630-1, Nov 2003, $5.99, 215pp, pb, cover by Jerry Lofaro) [Aunt Dimity] Reprint (Viking 1999) mystery/ghost novel, fifth in the series. Fourth printing.
ATKINSON, KATE (stories) (chron.)

* *Not the End of the World (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60472-6, Nov 2002, £12.99, 278pp, hc, cover by Liane Payne) Original collection of 12 linked stories mixing everyday life with myth and apocalypse. (Contents)
ATRIUM, STELLA (chron.)

* *Seven Beyond (PublishAmerica 1-59129-601-3, 2002, $24.95, 280pp, tp) Fantasy novel. Dr. Meenins seeks to recover his memories. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.publishamerica.com].
ATWATER-RHODES, AMELIA (chron.)

* *Hawksong (Random House/Delacorte 0-385-73071-3, Jul 2003, $9.95, 243pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Young-adult fantasy novel. In a world of shapeshifters, an avian princess must wed the enemy leader, a cobra, to unite their warring kingdoms.
* _Midnight Predator (Random House/Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-23797-1, Dec 2003, $5.50, 248pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Delacorte 2002) young-adult vampire novel.
* _Shattered Mirror (Random House/Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22940-5, Jul 2003, $5.50, 227pp, pb, cover by Phil Heffernan) Reprint (Delacorte 2001) young-adult novel of teen witches and vampires.
ATWOOD, MARGARET (Eleanor Kilian) (1939- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Oryx and Crake (McClelland & Stewart 0-7710-0868-6, Apr 2003, C$37.99, 378pp, hc) Dystopian SF novel of a world devastated by ecological and scientific disasters.
* _Oryx and Crake (Bloomsbury 0-7475-6259-8, May 2003, £16.99, 374pp, hc) Reprint (McClelland & Stewart 2003) literary SF novel.
* +Oryx and Crake (Doubleday/Talese 0-385-50385-7, Jun 2003, $26.00, 376pp, hc) Dystopian SF novel of a world devastated by ecological and scientific disasters. First US edition (McClelland & Stewart Canada 4/03).
* _Oryx and Crake (SFBC no ISBN, Jul 2003, $12.99, 383pp, hc) Reprint (McClelland & Stewart 2003) dystopian SF novel of a world devastated by ecological and scientific disasters. This is similar to the US Doubleday/Nan A. Talese edition, except it lacks a price on the jacket.
AUDLEY, ANSELM (chron.)

* *Crusade (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-6119-3, Apr 2003, £10.99, iii+449pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Aquasilva] Fantasy novel, third in the “Aquasilva” trilogy.
* _Inquisition (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-1502-7, Apr 2003, £6.99, iv+550pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Aquasilva] Reprint (Earthlight 2002) fantasy novel, book two of the “Aquasilva” trilogy.
* _Inquisition (Pocket 0-7434-2742-4, Oct 2003, $7.99, 577pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Aquasilva] Reprint (Earthlight UK 2002) fantasy novel, second in the “Aquasilva” trilogy.
AUEL, JEAN M(arie, née Untinen) (1936- ) (chron.)

* _The Shelters of Stone (Hodder & Stoughton/Coronet 0-340-82196-5, May 2003, £7.99, 784pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [*Earth’s Children] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2002) prehistoric fantasy novel. Volume five in the “Earth’s Children” series.
* _The Shelters of Stone (Bantam 0-553-28942-X, Jul 2003, $7.99, 895pp, pb, cover by Hiroko) [*Earth’s Children] Reprint (Crown 2002) prehistoric novel, fifth in the “Earth’s Children” series.
AUFDEM-BRINKE, ELEANOR F. (1950- ); see pseudonyms J. D. Robb & Nora Roberts (chron.)
AUGARDE, STEVE (chron.)

* *The Various (Fickling, David 0-385-60474-2, Aug 2003, £12.99, 448pp, hc, cover by Steve Augarde) [Various] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a trilogy. A 12-year-old girl encounters “The Various” people, the source of stories of the little people and fairies.
AVI; pseudonym of Avi Wortis, (1937- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Mayor of Central Park (HarperCollins 0-06-000682-X, Aug 2003, $15.99, 193pp, hc, cover by Brian FLoca) Young-adult talking animal fantasy novel in Damon Runyan style. A popular squirrel in 1900 New York’s Central Park is more concerned with baseball than running things until his star pitcher disappears just as rats invade the park.
AXELSSON, MAJGULL (chron.)

* _April Witch (Random House 0-8129-6688-0, Apr 2003, $12.95, 419pp, tp, cover by Jay Koelzer) Reprint (Villard 2002) fantasy novel of an institutionalized woman, a mute paraplegic with supernatural powers. Translated by Linda Schenck from the Swedish Aprilhäxean (Prisma Publishers 1997). This adds a 10-page readers’ guide.
AXLER, JAMES; house pseudonym (chron.)

* *Deathlands: Bloodfire (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62574-X, Dec 2003, $6.50, 349pp, pb, cover by Deathlands: Scorpion God) Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, Book II of “Scorpion God” and 64th in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
* *Deathlands: Damnation Road Show (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62572-3, Jun 2003, $6.50, 348pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 62nd in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
* *Deathlands: Devil Riders (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62573-1, Sep 2003, $6.50, 346pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Deathlands: Scorpion God] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, Book I of “The Scorpion God” and 63rd in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
* *Deathlands: Skydark Spawn (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62571-5, Mar 2003, $6.50, 349pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 61st in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
* *Outlanders: Awakening (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63840-X, Nov 2003, $6.50, 348pp, pb) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 27th in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
* *Outlanders: Equinox Zero (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63837-X, Feb 2003, $6.50, 347pp, pb) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 24th in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
* *Outlanders: Sea of Plague (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63839-6, Aug 2003, $6.50, 347pp, pb) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 26th in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
* *Outlanders: Talon and Fang (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63838-8, May 2003, $6.50, 349pp, pb) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 25th in the overall series. Kane travels 25 years into an alternate future. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
AYLETT, STEVE (1967- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Velocity Gospel (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07394-2, Jan 2003, £6.99, 131pp, pb) [Accomplice] Reprint (Gollancz 2002) literary SF/fantasy novel, second in the “Accomplice” series after Only an Alligator.
BABBITT, NATALIE (Moore) (1932- ) (chron.)

* _Tuck Everlasting (Bloomsbury 0-7475-6417-5, Mar 2003, £5.99, 139pp, tp) Reprint (Farrar 1975) young-adult fantasy novel.
BACH, RICHARD (David) (1936- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Ferret Chronicles: Rancher Ferrets on the Range (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 0-7432-2755-7, Feb 2003, $15.00, 143pp, hc, cover by Richard Bach) [Ferret Chronicles] Animal fable novella, fourth in the series set in a ferret society. Illustrated by the author.
BAILEY, DALE (1968- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Fallen (SFBC #54120, Mar 2003, $9.99, 281pp, hc) Reprint (Signet 2002) horror novel. This has ISBN 0-7394-3005-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *House of Bones (Penguin/Signet 0-451-21079-4, Dec 2003, $6.99, 369pp, pb) Horror novel. An eccentric billionaire and his guests spend the night in an old public housing building with a dark history.
* *The Resurrection Man’s Legacy and Other Stories (Golden Gryphon Press 1-930846-22-3, Nov 2003, $24.95, 332 + xii, hc, cover by John Picacio) Collection of 11 stories, with story notes by Bailey on the writing of each. Introduction by Barry N. Malzberg. Golden Gryphon Press, 3002 Perkins Road, Urbana IL 61802; [www.goldengryphon.com]. (Contents)
BAILEY, ROBIN WAYNE; [i.e., Robert Wayne Bailey] (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Dragonkin (ibooks 0-7434-5854-0, Jul 2003, $13.95, 295pp, hc, cover by Troy Howell) Fantasy novel, the first volume in a trilogy. Young dragons go on a quest to find magical items that will point the way to a new home for magical creatures threatened by the spread of mankind.
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* *Architects of Dreams (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-98-3, May 2003, $16.00, 391pp, tp, cover by O. B. Solinsky) Anthology of 16 stories by SFWA Authors Emeritus Emil Petaja, Wilson Tucker, Judith Merril, Nelson Bond, and William Tenn. Introductions to the authors are provided (in order) by Bailey, Joe Haldeman, Connie Willis, Steven Gould, and James Gunn. A hardcover edition (-97-5, $35.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Meisha Merlin, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031; [www.meishamerlin.com]. (Contents)
BAKER, E. D. (chron.)

* *Dragon’s Breath (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-858-8, Oct 2003, $15.95, 292pp, hc, cover by Sean Murtha) [Frog Princess] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Frog Princess. A princess wants to break the spell on her aunt’s boyfriend.
BAKER, KAGE (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Angel in the Darkness (Golden Gryphon Press no ISBN, Oct 2003, $15.95, 76pp, tp) [The Company] SF novella about the “Company”. This is a signed, limited edition of 500. Order from Golden Gryphon Press, 3002 Perkins Road, Urbana IL 61802; [www.goldengryphon.com].
* *The Anvil of the World (Tor 0-765-30818-5, Aug 2003, $25.95, 350pp, hc, cover by Thomas Kidd) [Anvil of the World] Fantasy novel, the first in a new series. Smith is an assassin trying to retire, but trouble follows his new job as caravan master.
* *The Empress of Mars (Night Shade Books 1-892389-85-1, Sep 2003, $35.00, 103pp, hc) SF novella about a woman running a bar on a Mars settled by the British. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a lettered edition (-86-X, $100.00) is also available. Night Shade Books, 3623 Baird St. #7, Portland OR 97219; [books@nightshadebooks.com]; [www.nightshadebooks.com].
BAKER, RICHARD (chron.)

* *Forgotten Realms: Condemnation (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-2824-7, May 2003, $24.95, 344pp, hc, cover by Gerald Brom) [Forgotten Realms: Spider Queen] Novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game, third in “R.A. Salvatore’s War of the Spider Queen”, a six-part series based on a scenario by R.A. Salvatore. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
* _Forgotten Realms: Condemnation (SFBC #06430, Sep 2003, $12.99, 344pp, hc, cover by Gerald Brom) [Forgotten Realms: Spider Queen] Reprint (Wizards of the Coast 2003) novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game, third in “R.A. Salvatore’s War of the Spider Queen”. This is similar to the Wizards of the Coast edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
BAKER, TRISHA (chron.)

* *Crimson Shadows (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1556-X, Feb 2003, $5.99, 411pp, pb) [*Meghann O’Neill] Vampire novel, third in a trilogy. Meghann O’Neill’s twin children — a human girl, a vampire boy — are raised apart.
BAKKER, R. SCOTT (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Darkness That Comes Before (Penguin Canada 0-14-301374-2, Apr 2003, C$26.00, 594pp, tp, cover by David Rankine) [Prince of Nothing] Fantasy novel, the first in “The Prince of Nothing” trilogy. An impoverished prince becomes a prophet as a Holy War threatens to become the first battle of the Second Apocalypse. A first novel.
BALDRY, CHERITH (1947- ); see pseudonym Erin Hunter (stories) (chron.)

* *The Reliquary Ring (Macmillan UK 0-333-98944-9, Feb 2003, £10.99, 424pp, tp, cover by Mick Posen) Fantasy novel of an alternate Venice, where four “genics” (genetically-engineered virtual slaves) search for their fulfilment.
BALDWIN, BILL; [i.e., Merl William Baldwin, Jr.] (1935- ) (chron.)

* _Galactic Convoy (Timberwolf Press 1-58752-156-3, Nov 2003, $26.95, 333pp, hc, cover by Ron Miller) [Helmsman] Reprint (Popular Library Questar 1987) space opera SF novel, second in “The Helmsman” series. This is a revised “Director’s Cut” edition.

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