The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

Books, Listed by Author

CIVIL-BROWN, SUSAN (1950- ); see pseudonym Rachel Lee (chron.)

CLAMP, CATHY (chron.)

• * _Hunter’s Moon (with C. T. Adams) See entry under C. T. Adams

CLARK, ALAN M. (1957- ) (chron.)

• * *The Paint in My Blood: Illustration and Fine Art (IFD Publishing 0-9671912-6-2, Dec 2004, $29.00, 151pp, tp, cover by Alan M. Clark) Art book with cover art and other paintings in full color, and comments on his work by Clark. Includes a CD with painting demonstrations and animations. A hardcover limited edition of 500 (-7-0, $49.00) and tray-cased lettered edition of 26 ($175.00) are also available. IFD Publishing, PO Box 40776, Eugene OR 97404; [www.ifdpublishing.com].

CLARK, DAVID AARON (1960- ) (chron.)

• * *The Fallen 2: Cold Religion (with David Rankin) (NBM 1-56163-406-9, Jan 2005, $10.95, unpaginated, tp) [Fallen]

CLARK, G(ary) O. (1945- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Bone Sprockets (Dark Regions Press 1-888993-45-6, Dec 2004, $6.95, 39pp, ph, cover by Frank Wu) Chapbook collection of 30 poems. Order from Dark Regions Press, PO Box 1558, Brentwood CA 94513; [isedmorey1@aol.com]; [http://darkregions.hypermart.net/]. (Contents)
• * *The Other Side of the Lens (Dark Regions Press 1-888993-38-3, Feb 2004, $6.95, 43pp, ph, cover by Marge Simon) Chapbook collection of 30 poems. Order from Dark Regions Press, PO Box 1558, Brentwood CA 94513; [isedmorey1@aol.com]; [http://darkregions.hypermart.net/].

CLARK, PUSHMAN, ed. (chron.)

• * *The Adventures of Damian Koehkh, MD: Space Doctor (RedJack 1-892619-06-7, Jul 2004, $20.00, 140pp, tp) Collection of TV scripts and stills from an apparently fictional show supposedly produced in 1962. Introduction by the editor. Copyrighted by Heidi Lampietti. RedJack, PO Box 633, Bayside CA 95524; [www.redjack.us].

CLARK, SIMON (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who Novellas: The Dalek Factor (Telos 1-903889-30-8, Mar 2004, £10.00, 139pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Novellazation based on the TV series. Foreword by Christopher Fowler. The deluxe hardcover (-31-6, £25.00) adds a frontispiece by Graham Humphreys and is signed by Clark, Fowler, and Humphreys. Available from 61 Elgar Avenue, Tolworth, Surrey KT5 9JP.
• * *In This Skin (Leisure 0-8439-5157-5, Jun 2004, $6.99, 372pp, pb) Horror novel. The closed-up Luxor Dance Hall holds a dark power.
• * *In This Skin (Hale, Robert 0-7090-7655-X, Aug 2004, £18.99, 317pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) Dark fantasy novel of a doorway to another world.

CLARKE, ARTHUR C(harles) (1917-2008) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Time’s Eye (with Stephen M. Baxter) (SFBC #62611, Feb 2004, $13.99, 337pp, hc, cover by David Stevenson) [A Time Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) SF novel, first in the series “A Time Odyssey”. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Time’s Eye (with Stephen M. Baxter) (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07530-9, Jun 2004, £12.99, 263pp, hc, cover by Terry Pastor & ridgeway) [A Time Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) SF novel, first of two books in “A Time Odyssey”. Time shatters, creating parallel histories and futures, while mysterious floating orbs watch. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-07561-9, £9.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Time’s Eye (with Stephen M. Baxter) (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07561-9, Nov 2004, £9.99, 263pp, tp, cover by Terry Pastor & ridgeway) [A Time Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) SF novel, book one of “A Time Odyssey”.

CLARKE, GERALD; see pseudonym Alan Grant (chron.)

CLARKE, (Victor) LINDSAY (1939- ) (chron.)

• * *The War at Troy (HarperCollins UK 0-00-715026-1, May 2004, £17.99, 450pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) [Troy] Historical fantasy novel. A friend of Ulysses retells the epic story. A trade paperback (airside only) edition was announced but not seen.

CLARKE, SUSANNA (Mary) (1959- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-416-7, Sep 2004, $27.95, 785pp, hc) [John Uskglass] Fantasy novel about the last two practicing magicians in 19th century England. A first novel.
• * *Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7055-8, Oct 2004, £17.99, 782pp, hc, cover by William Webb) [John Uskglass] Historical novel in which magic is real; a first novel.
• * _Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-416-7, Nov 2004, $27.95, 785pp, hc) [John Uskglass] Reissue (Bloomsbury 2004) fantasy novel about the last two practicing magicians in 19th Century England. This has a red dust jacket; eighth printing.

CLAY, JAMES; pseudonym of Phil Foglio, (1956- ) (chron.)

• * _That Darn Squid God (with Nick Pollotta) See entry under Nick Pollotta.

CLAYTON, (Patricia) JO (1939-1998) (chron.)

• * _Drum into Silence (with Kevin Murphy) (Tor 0-812-55124-9, Feb 2004, $6.99, 399pp, pb, cover by Greg Call) [Drums of Chaos] Reprint (Tor 2002) fantasy novel, third in the “Drums of Chaos” trilogy, finished by Murphy after Clayton’s death.

CLEGG, DOUGLAS (Alan) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Afterlife (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-41167-6, Dec 2004, $6.99, 261pp, pb) Supernatural suspense novel. Dark secrets haunt those who attended a special school for psychic children.
• * *The Attraction (Delirium Books 1-929653-58-1, Mar 2004, $39.95, 151pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Horror novella. A roadside attraction features an Aztec mummy. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a deluxe leatherbound edition of 26 ($175.00) is also available. Order from Delirium Books, PO Box 338, North Webster IN 46555; [www.deliriumbooks.com].
• * _Nightmare House (Leisure 0-8439-5177-X, May 2004, $6.99, 340pp, pb) [Justin Gravesend] Reprint (CD Publications 2002, not seen) collection of two horror novellas: “Nightmare House” and “Purity”. (Contents)

CLEMENS, SAMUEL LANGHORNE (1835-1910); see pseudonym Mark Twain (stories) (chron.)

CLEMENT, HAL; pseudonym of Harry Clement Stubbs, (1922-2003) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Noise (Tor 0-765-31032-5, Aug 2004, $13.95, 252pp, tp, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Tor 2003) SF novel set on an ocean planet.

CLEMENTS, ANDREW (chron.)

• * _Things Not Seen (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-240076-9, Mar 2004, $5.99, 251pp, tp, cover by Rafal Olbinski) [Things Not Seen] Reprint (Philomel 2002) young-adult fantasy novel.

COBB, JAMES H(arvey) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Cibola (Gale Group/Five Star 1-59414-108-8, Jan 2004, $25.95, 243pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) SF novel. A 22nd-century cop gets assigned to the Cibola Project to bring a gold-bearing asteroid into near-Earth orbit. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman. Order from Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville ME 04901; 800-223-1244; [www.galegroup.com/fivestar].

COBB, STEPHEN EUIN (chron.)

• * *Bones Burnt Black (August Press 0-9670346-7-1, May 2004, $13.95, 227pp, tp) SF novel. Seven passengers must find a way to stop their spaceship from falling into the sun. Available from August Press, PO Box 5998, Aiken SC 29804-5998; [www.augustpress.com].

COBLEY, MICHAEL (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Iron Mosaic (Immanion Press 1-9048-5303-X, May 2004, £17.99, 201pp, hc, cover by Bruce Wells) Collection of 17 stories, three apparently original. Introduction by Ian McDonald. Immanion Pres, 8 Rowley Grove, Stafford, Staffordshire ST17 9BJ UK; [www.immanionpress.wox.org]. (Contents)
• * _Shadowgod (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-1600-7, Mar 2004, £6.99, 468pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Shadowkings] Reprint (Earthlight UK 2003) fantasy novel, book two of the “Shadowkings” trilogy.

COCHRAN, MOLLY (1949- ) (chron.)

• * _The Broken Sword (with Warren B. Murphy) (Tor 0-812-54513-3, Jun 2004, $7.99, 468pp, pb, cover by Greg Call) [Forever King] Reissue (Tor 1997) Arthurian contemporary fantasy novel, second in the series begun in The Forever King. Second printing.
• * _The Forever King (with Warren B. Murphy) (Tor 0-812-51716-4, Jun 2004, $6.99, 402pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) [Forever King] Reissue (Tor 1992) Arthurian contemporary fantasy novel, first in a series. Eighth printing.
• * _The Third Magic (Tor 0-812-54512-5, Jun 2004, $7.99, 458pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Forever King] Reprint (Forge 2003) contemporary Arthurian fantasy, third in the series begun in The Forever King by Cochran & Warren Murphy.

COCHRANE, JULIE (chron.)

• * _Cally’s War (with John Ringo) See entry under John Ringo.

COCKAYNE, STEVE (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Iron Chain (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-215-9, Jan 2004, £6.99, 486pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Legends of the Land] Reprint (Orbit 2003) fantasy novel. Book Two of “Legends of the Land” after Wanderers and Islanders.
• * *The Seagull Drovers (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-157-8, Feb 2004, £12.99, 328pp, tp, cover by Bob Warner) [Legends of the Land] Fantasy novel, third in the “Legends of the Land” series.
• * _The Seagull Drovers (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-304-X, Aug 2004, £6.99, 388pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Legends of the Land] Reprint (Orbit 2004) fantasy novel. Third book of “Legends of the Land”.

CODRESCU, ANDREI (chron.)

• * *Wakefield (Workman/Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1-56512-372-7, May 2004, $24.95, 288pp, hc) Satiric late-20th-century deal-with-the-devil story. A motivational speaker bargains for an extra year in which to find his “true” life.

COE, DAVID B. (chron.)

• * _Seeds of Betrayal (Tor 0-812-58998-X, Apr 2004, $7.99, 580pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Winds of the Forelands] Reprint (Tor 2003) fantasy novel, second in the “Winds of the Forelands” tetralogy.

COHEN, CHARLES D. (chron.)

• * *The Seuss, the Whole Seuss, and Nothing but the Seuss: A Visual Biography of Theodore Seuss Geisel (Random House 0-375-82248-8, Mar 2004, $35.00, 389 + ix, hc, cover by Theodore Seuss Geisel) Art book/biography of the author and artist best known for his children’s books, but also covering his early advertising art, movies, and other works. [Geisel]

COHEN, JACK (chron.)

• * _Heaven (with Ian Stewart) See entry under Ian Stewart.
• * _What Does a Martian Look Like? (with Ian Stewart) (Ebury Press 0-091-88616-3, Feb 2004, £6.99, 369pp, tp) Reprint (Ebury Press 2002) associational non-fiction.

COLBERT, DAVID (chron.)

• * _The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter: A Treasury of Myths, Legends, and Fascinating Facts (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-31738-8, Nov 2003, £5.99, 243pp, tp, cover by John Fordham) [Harry Potter] Reprint (Lumina Press 2001) young-adult related work. This is an updated edition. [Rowling]
• * _The Magical Worlds of Harry Potter: A Treasury of Myths, Legends, and Fascinating Facts (Berkley 0-425-19891-X, May 2004, $14.00, 285pp, tp, cover by John Fordham) [Harry Potter] Reprint (Lumina Press 2001) non-fiction guide to myths and legends that play a part in the “Harry Potter” books. This has been expanded to include Order of the Phoenix. Illustrated by the author. [Rowling]

COLE, STEPHEN (chron.)

• * *The Wereling: Resurrection (Bloomsbury 0-7475-4504-X, Oct 2004, £5.99, 247pp, tp, cover by Ken de Silva) [Wereling] Young-adult werewolf novel. Book three in “The Wereling” trilogy.
• * *The Wereling: Wounded (Bloomsbury 0-7475-6462-0, Oct 2003, £5.99, 223pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel.

COLEMAN, LOREN L. (chron.)

• * *MechWarrior: Dark Age: Blood of the Isle (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45988-1, Aug 2004, $6.99, 291pp, pb) [MechWarrior] Novelization, the 11th based on the computer game based on the “Battletech” roleplaying game. Copyrighted by WizKids.

COLFER, EOIN (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +The Artemis Fowl Files (Hyperion/Miramax 0-7868-5639-4, Oct 2004, $12.95, 187pp, hc) [Artemis Fowl] Young-adult original fantasy collection of two stories and miscellaneous information from the series about a young criminal genius.
• * *The Artemis Fowl Files (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-38127-2, Oct 2004, £7.99, 195pp, hc, cover by Tony Fleetwood) [Artemis Fowl] Young-adult collection including interviews, diagrams, etc, plus The Seventh Dwarf (2004), and an original short story. Simultaneous with the US (Miramax) edition. (Contents)
• * _Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident (Hyperion/Miramax 0-7868-5147-3, May 2004, $5.99, 398pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Artemis Fowl] Reprint (Talk Miramax 2002) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the series.
• * _Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-131548-2, Apr 2004, £5.99, 329pp, tp) [Artemis Fowl] Reprint (Puffin UK 2003) humorous young-adult fantasy novel. Third in the “Artemis Fowl” series.
• * _Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code (Hyperion/Miramax 0-7868-1493-4, May 2004, $7.99, 309pp, tp, cover by Alex Ferrari) [Artemis Fowl] Reprint (Miramax 2003) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the series about a young criminal genius.
• * *Artemis Fowl: The Seventh Dwarf (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-31800-7, Mar 2004, £1.00, 59pp, tp) [Artemis Fowl] Young-adult fantasy novella in the “Artemis Fowl” series. Published for World Book Day.
• * *The Supernaturalist (Hyperion/Miramax 0-7868-5148-1, May 2004, $16.95, 267pp, hc) Young-adult futuristic novel with fantastic elements. Kids with psychic abilities try to save humanity from supernatural Parasites.
• * _The Supernaturalist (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-138040-3, Jun 2004, £12.99, 291pp, hc, cover by Tony Fleetwood) Reprint (Hyperion 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Supernaturalist (SFBC #1165068, Aug 2004, $9.99, 267pp, hc) Reprint (Miramax 2004) young-adult futuristic novel with fantastic elements. This is similar to the Miramax edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Wish List (Scholastic/Point 0-439-44336-9, Jul 2004, $6.99, 252pp, tp) Reprint (O’Brien Press Ireland 2000) young-adult fantasy novel.

COLGAN, JENNY (chron.)

• * *Do You Remember the First Time? (HarperCollins UK 0-00-715385-6, Aug 2004, £6.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Robyn Neild) Humorous fantasy novel of a thirty-something woman (and her parents) wished into becoming 20 years younger.

COLLIER, JAMES L(incoln) (1928- ) (chron.)

• * *The Empty Mirror (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-949-5, Sep 2004, $16.95, 192pp, hc) Young-adult historical dark fantasy novel. A boy loses his reflection to a ghostly doppelganger.

COLLINS, NANCY A(verill) (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dead Man’s Hand: Five Tales of the Weird West (White Wolf/Two Wolf Press 1-58846-875-5, Oct 2004, $17.99, 319pp, tp, cover by Thom Ang) Collection of five stories, one original, of the haunted Old West. Foreword by Joe R. Lansdale. (Contents)
• * _In the Blood (White Wolf/Two Wolf Press 1-58846-876-3, May 2004, $13.99, 260pp, tp, cover by Thom Ang) [Sonja Blue] Reprint (NAL 1992) vampire novel, second in the “Sonja Blue” series.

COLLINS, PAUL A. (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Earthborn (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34199-9, Jul 2004, $5.99, 249pp, tp, cover by Jon Foster) [Earthborn] Reprint (Tor 2003) SF novel, repackaged for young adults, with a reader’s guide.

COLLINS, ROBERT (chron.)

• * *The Soul Corporation (Heinemann 0-434-01212-2, Jun 2004, £10.99, 289pp, tp) SF thriller of a modern Faustian bargain. A first novel.

COLLINS, SUZANNE (chron.)

• * *Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane (Scholastic Press 0-439-65075-5, Sep 2004, $16.95, 312pp, hc, cover by August Hall) [Underland Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the “Underland Chronicles” after Gregor the Overlander, about a boy who finds a portal into a strange Underland beneath NYC.
• * _Gregor the Overlander (Scholastic/Apple 0-439-67813-7, Sep 2004, $5.99, 311pp, tp, cover by David Frankland) [Underland Chronicles] Reprint (Scholastic Press 2003) young-adult fantasy novel, first in “The Underland Chronicles” about a strange land beneath NYC.

COLLINS, (William) WILKIE (1824-1889) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Sensation Stories: Tales of Mystery and Suspense (Owen, Peter 0-7206-1220-9, Apr 2004, £12.50, 279pp, tp) Edited and with an Introduction by Peter Haining. (Contents)

COLLINS, WILLIAM WILKIE; see under Collins, Wilkie (stories) (chron.)

COLÓN, SUZAN (chron.)

• * _Smallville: Control (Atom 1-904233-46-5, Mar 2004, £4.99, 176pp, tp) [Smallville] Reprint (Little, Brown 2004 as Smallville: Temptation) young-adult novelization based on the television series based on DC Comics’ Superman. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Smallville: Runaway (Atom 1-904233-44-9, Jan 2004, £4.99, 193pp, tp) [Smallville] Reprint (Little, Brown 2003) young-adult novelization based on the television series based on DC Comics’ Superman. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Smallville: Temptation (Little, Brown 0-316-73478-0, Feb 2004, $6.99, 176pp, pb) [Smallville] Novelization based on the TV series about Superman as a teen. Copyrighted by DC Comics.

COLSON, JOSHUA (chron.)

• * *Synthetic Dreams: The Vale Incident (Llumina Press 1-932560-65-3, May 2004, $17.95, 230pp, tp) SF novel. A synthetic human, or synthan, military officer investigates illegal mining operations on an isolated planet. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.llumina.com] or from Llumina Press, PO Box 772246, Coral Springs, FL 33077-2246; 866-229-9244.