The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

Books, Listed by Author

HARRISON, M(ichael) JOHN (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * +Light (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38295-0, Sep 2004, $16.00, 310pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) [Light] SF novel with intertwined narratives about a contemporary serial killer and a rogue spaceship in 2400. First US edition (Gollancz 10/02).
• * _Things That Never Happen (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07593-7, Nov 2004, £8.99, 436pp, tp, cover by Stanley Spencer) Reprint (Night Shade 2002) collection/omnibus of 24 stories, all but three previously collected in The Ice Monkey and Travel Arrangements. This edition lacks the China Miéville introduction, the author’s foreword and story notes of the original edition. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * *Tourism (Bantam Spectra no ISBN, Sep 2004, no price, 16pp, ph) SF short story published in chapbook form, issued as part of a promotion for Harrison’s Light, and available free at various bookstores carrying Light. The text is also available as a teaser for Light on Amazon.com.

HARRISON, METTE IVIE (chron.)

• * *Mira, Mirror (Viking 0-670-05923-4, Sep 2004, $17.99, 314pp, hc, cover by Lori Koefoed) Young-adult fantasy. A girl is transformed into a magic mirror by her own sister.

HARTWELL, DAVID G(eddes) (1941- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Christmas Stars (Tor 0-765-31095-3, Nov 2004, $14.95, 320pp, tp, cover by Brad Holland) Reprint (Tor 1992) anthology of 25 Christmas stories.

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• * _The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction: Volume Two (Robinson 1-84119-514-6, Jun 2004, £6.99, 617+xviii, tp, cover by Joe Roberts) Reprint (Tor 1997 as half of The Science Fiction Century) SF collection. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Year’s Best Fantasy 4 (with Kathryn Cramer) (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-052182-1, Jul 2004, $7.99, 484 +xi, pb) “Year’s Best” anthology of 21 stories from 2003, the all-fantasy counterpart to Hartwell & Cramer’s ’Year’s Best SF’ series. The editors discuss the year in their introduction. (Contents)
• * *Year’s Best SF 9 (with Kathryn Cramer) (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-057559-X, Jun 2004, $7.99, 500 + xii, pb, cover by Gregory Bridges) “Year’s Best” anthology of 20 stories from 2003, all strictly genre SF. The editors discuss the year in SF in the introduction. (Contents)
• * _Year’s Best SF 9 (with Kathryn Cramer) (SFBC #1165456, Jun 2004, $10.99, 500pp, hc, cover by Gregory Bridges) Reprint (Eos 2004) “Year’s Best” anthology of 20 stories from 2003, all strictly genre SF. This has ISBN 0-7394-4450-6; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

HARWOOD, JOHN (chron.)

• * *The Ghost Writer (Jonathan Cape 0-224-07113-0, Apr 2004, £10.99, 374pp, tp) Ghost novel. A first novel.
• * +The Ghost Writer (Harcourt 0-15-101074-9, Jul 2004, $25.00, 369pp, hc) Gothic horror novel/ghost story. A man finds clues to his mother’s past in stories written by his great-grandmother. A first novel. First US edition (Cape 4/04).

HATCH, RICHARD (chron.)

• * _Battlestar Galactica: Paradis (with Brad Linaweaver) (ibooks 0-7434-9834-8, Nov 2004, $6.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Bob Larkin) [Battlestar Galactica] Reprint (ibooks 2003) novelization based on the TV series. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Universal Studios Publishing Rights.
• * _Battlestar Galactica: Rebellion (with Alan Rodgers) (ibooks 0-7434-9802-X, Oct 2004, $6.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Frank Frazetta) Reprint (ibooks 2002) novelization based on the TV series. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Universal Studios Publishing Rights.

HAUF, MICHELE (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Seraphim (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80206-4, May 2004, $13.95, 410pp, tp) [Changelings] Medieval fantasy romance novel, first in a series of two. Seraphim becomes the Black Knight as she seeks revenge against her family’s killers.

HAUTALA, RICK; [i.e., Richard Andrew Hautala] (1949- ); see pseudonym A. J. Matthews (stories) (chron.)

HAUTMANN, CHAD (chron.)

• * _Billie’s Ghost (Penguin/Plume 0-452-28481-3, Nov 2004, $12.00, 164pp, tp) Reprint (VanMeter Publishing 2002) fantasy novel. A man mourning his late wife gets solace from a woman who looks and sings like Billie Holiday.

HAWKE, SIMON; [legalized from Nicholas Valentin Yermakov] (1951- ); formerly Nicholas V. Yermakov (chron.)

• * _Much Ado About Murder (Tor/Forge 0-765-30836-3, Jan 2004, $13.95, 237pp, tp) [Shakespeare & Smythe] Reprint (Forge 2002) associational mystery, third in the “Shakespeare & Smythe” series involving Shakespeare as one of a team of sleuths.

HAWKINS, DARREN (chron.)

• * *From the Hands of Hostile Gods (Silver Lake Publishing 1-931095-75-2, Dec 2003, $17.95, 359pp, tp, cover by Joe Wigfield) SF novel. Terra-formers on an unsettled planet suddenly become ill. A first novel. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.silverlakepublishing.com], or from Silver Lake Publishing, 11 S. Mansfield Road, Lansdowne PA 19050.

HAYDEN, PATRICK NIELSEN; see under Nielsen Hayden, Patrick (stories) (chron.)

HAYDEN, TERESA NIELSEN; see under Nielsen Hayden, Teresa (chron.)

HAYDON, ELIZABETH (stories) (chron.)

• * *Elegy for a Lost Star (Tor 0-312-87883-4, Aug 2004, $24.95, 317pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Symphony of Ages] Fantasy novel, second in the “Symphony of Ages” series following the “Rhapsody” trilogy.
• * _Elegy for a Lost Star (SFBC #1167015, Aug 2004, $12.49, 348pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Symphony of Ages] Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, second in the “Symphony of Ages” series following the “Rhapsody” trilogy. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Elegy for a Lost Star (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07309-8, Nov 2004, £14.99, 317pp, hc, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Symphony of Ages] Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, book five of the “Symphony of Ages”, a continuation of the series begun with the “Rhapsody” trilogy. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-07414-0, £10.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Requiem for the Sun (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07413-2, Nov 2004, £6.99, 436pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Symphony of Ages] Reprint (Tor 2002) fantasy novel, book four of the “Symphony of Ages” series begun with the “Rhapsody” trilogy. Haydon is a pseudonym.

HAYNES, SIMON (stories) (chron.)

• * *Hal Spacejock: Just Desserts (Bowman Publishing 1-877034-30-4, Apr 2004, A$17.95, 317pp, tp, cover by Les Petersen) [Hal Spacejock] Humorous SF adventure novel, the third in a series about a space pilot. Order from Bowman Publishing, PO Box 495, Bentley WA 6982, Australia; [www.spacejock.com]; [orders@spacejock.com].

HEARN, JULIE (chron.)

• * _Follow Me Down (Oxford University Press 0-19-275341-X, May 2004, £4.99, 269pp, tp) Reprint (Oxford University Press 2003) young-adult timeslip novel. A young boy travels back to the time of freak shows, genetic monsters, and medical piracy.

HEARN, LIAN; pseudonym of Gillian Rubenstein (chron.)

• * _Across the Nightingale Floor (Picador 0-330-49334-5, Apr 2004, £6.99, 311pp, tp) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Riverhead; Macmillan UK 2002) fantasy novel set in a mythic Japan; first of the “Tales of the Otori”. Lian Hearn is a pseudonym of Gillian Rubinstein.
• * _Across the Nightingale Floor (Young Picador 0-330-41528-X, Apr 2004, £6.99, v+308pp, tp) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Riverhead; Macmillan UK 2002) fantasy novel set in a mythic Japan; first of the “Tales of the Otori”. Lian Hearn is a pseudonym of Gillian Rubinstein.
• * *Brilliance of the Moon (Penguin/Riverhead 1-57322-270-4, Jun 2004, $24.95, 328pp, hc, cover by Andrea Ho) [Tales of the Otori] Japanese Samurai fantasy novel, third in the “Tales of the Otori” trilogy. Hearn is a pen name for Gillian Rubenstein.
• * _Brilliance of the Moon (SFBC #1164202, Jun 2004, $12.49, 330pp, hc, cover by Andrea Ho) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Riverhead 2004) Japanese Samurai fantasy novel, third in the “Tales of the Otori” trilogy. Hearn is a pen name for Gillian Rubenstein. This is similar to the Riverhead edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Brilliance of the Moon: Tales of the Otori: Book Three (Macmillan Children’s Books 1-4050-4135-8, Sep 2004, £12.99, 350pp, hc, cover by Corbis) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Riverhead Books 2004) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the “Tales of the Otori” trilogy set in a mythic Japan. Lian Hearn is a pseudonym of Gillian Rubinstein. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Grass for His Pillow (Young Picador 0-330-41526-3, Apr 2004, £6.99, vii+333pp, tp) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Riverhead 2003) fantasy novel set in a mythic Japan; second in the “Tales of the Otori” trilogy. Lian Hearn is a pseudonym of Gillian Rubinstein.
• * _Grass for his Pillow (Macmillan/Picador UK 0-330-41526-3, Apr 2004, £6.99, 333pp, tp) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Riverhead 2003) fantasy novel, second in the “Tales of the Otori” trilogy set in a mythic Japan. Lian Hearn is a pseudonym of Gillian Rubinstein.
• * _Grass for His Pillow (Penguin/Riverhead 1-59448-003-6, Jun 2004, $14.00, 315pp, tp) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Riverhead 2003) Japanese Samurai fantasy novel, second in the “Tales of the Otori” trilogy. Hearn is a pen name for Gillian Rubenstein.

HEARN, MICHAEL PATRICK (1950- ) (chron.)

• * _The Porcelain Cat (with Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) (ibooks/Milk & Cookies Press 0-689-03592-6, Sep 2004, $16.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Reprint (Little, Brown 1987) picture book with text by Hearn and illustrations by the Dillons. The illustrations are copyrighted 2004 and may be somewhat revised.

HECHT, DANIEL (1950- ) (chron.)

• * *Land of Echoes (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-393-4, Mar 2004, $24.95, 407pp, hc) [Cree Black] Mystery with dark fantasy elements, second in the series featuring psychic detective and parapsychologist Cree Black in New Orleans. Cree investigates a Navajo teen believed to be possessed.

HECK, PETER J(ewell) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _No Phule Like an Old Phule (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.

HEINLEIN, ROBERT A(nson) (1907-1988) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *For Us, the Living (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 0-743-25998-X, Jan 2004, $25.00, 260pp, hc, cover by Mark Stutzman) Science fiction novel, a long-lost first novel never before published. A man is transported from the 1930s to 2086, and finds his knowledge of the past useful in this new time. Introduction by Spider Robinson. Afterword by Robert James.
• * _For Us, the Living (SFBC #61827, Jan 2004, $14.99, 263pp, hc, cover by Mark Stutzman) Reprint (Scribner 2004) SF novel. This is similar to the Scribner edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _For Us, the Living (Pocket 0-7434-9154-8, Dec 2004, $7.99, 326pp, pb, cover by Mark Stutzman) Reprint (Scribner 2004) science fiction novel, a long-lost first novel. Introduction by Spider Robinson. Afterword by Robert James.
• * _Glory Road (Tor 0-765-31221-2, Oct 2004, $24.95, 319pp, hc, cover by Gregory Manchess) Reprint (Putnam 1963) SF/fantasy novel, a take-off on the basic fantasy plot. This includes a 1979 afterword by Samuel R. Delany.
• * _The Notebooks of Lazarus Long (Baen 0-7434-8844-X, Aug 2004, $12.00, 56pp, tp, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Lazarus Long] Reprint (Putnam 1978) collection of aphorisms from Heinlein’s Time Enough for Love, calligraphed and illuminated by Randy Asplund.
• * *To the Stars (SFBC #64764, Apr 2004, $14.99, 722pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) Omnibus of four YA SF novels: Between Planets (1951), The Rolling Stones (1952), Starman Jones (1953), and The Star Beast (1954). This has ISBN 0-7394-4260-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)

HELFERS, JOHN (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Twilight Zone, Book 3: Deep in the Dark (ibooks 0-7434-7978-5, Jan 2004, $12.95, 314pp, tp) [Twilight Zone] Novelization based on the TV series. Copyrighted by CBS Broadcasting.

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• * _Little Red Riding Hood in the Big Bad City (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Space Stations (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg

HELME, COLLEEN (chron.)

• * *Child of the Flame (American Book Publishing/Bedside Books 1-58982-137-8, Apr 2004, $22.00, 328pp, tp) Fantasy novel. A young woman with a rare gift and a sword of power holds the key to a nation’s survival. A first novel. American Book Publishing, PO Box 65624, Salt Lake City UT 84165; [www.american-book.com].

HEMINGWAY, AMANDA; [born Amanda Jane Askew] (1955- ) (chron.)

• * *The Greenstone Grail (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-715386-4, May 2004, £12.99, 376pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Sangreal] Fantasy novel, the first book in the “Sangreal” trilogy. Hemingway also writes as Jan Siegel.

HEMMINGSON, MICHAEL (1966- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Rose of Heaven (Wildside Press/Prime Books 1-930997-55-8, Nov 2004, $17.95, 153pp, hc, cover by J. T. Lindroos) Fantasy novel. A Catholic girl in 1911 with the power to perform miracles must deal with those who want to use her. A hardcover edition (-54-X, $29.95) was announced but not seen. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.primebooks.net] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301.

HEMRY, JOHN G. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Burden of Proof (Ace 0-441-01147-0, Mar 2004, $6.50, 293pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Paul Sinclair] Military SF legal thriller, the second featuring naval-lawyer-in-space Paul Sinclair.

HENDEE, BARB (1963- ) (chron.)

• * *Sister of the Dead (with J. C. Hendee, Jr.) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46009-X, Jan 2005, $7.50, 405pp, pb, cover by Koveck) [Noble Dead] Dark fantasy/vampire novel, third in the “Noble Dead” series begun in Dhampir.
• * *Thief of Lives (with J. C. Hendee, Jr.) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45953-9, Jan 2004, $6.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Koveck) [Magiere the dhampir] Dark fantasy/vampire novel, sequel to Dhampir. A hefty fee lures Magiere the dhampir to the capital to stop a vampire.

HENDEE, J. C., Jr. (chron.)

• * _Sister of the Dead (with Barb Hendee) See entry under Barb Hendee.
• * _Thief of Lives (with Barb Hendee) See entry under Barb Hendee.

HENDRICKS, ERIC S. (chron.)

• * *Stands the Archer (PublishAmerica 1-4137-3767-6, Oct 2004, $16.95, 190pp, tp) Fantasy novel, sequel to Covina. Covina is shipwrecked on an island in need of help from attacking Heart Eaters. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.publishamerica.com].

HENDRIX, HOWARD V(incent) [Ph.D.] (1959- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Labyrinth Key (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45596-7, Apr 2004, $14.95, 434pp, tp, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) Near-future SF novel. A government scientist is killed as the US and China race to develop a quantum computer.

HENRY, PHILIP (chron.)

• * *Vampire Dawn (KHP Industries/Black Death Books 0-9747680-2-2, Apr 2004, $20.00, 209pp, tp) Vampire novel. This is a print-on-demand book available online at [www.khpindustries.com], or from KHP Industries, PO Box 588, Effort PA 18330.

HERBERT, BRIAN (Patrick) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert (Tor 0-765-30647-6, Jul 2004, $16.95, 576pp, tp, cover by Gregory Manchess) Reprint (Tor 2003) biography. [Herbert]
• * *Dune: Hunting Harkonnens (with Kevin J. Anderson) (Wormhole Books 1-932030-21-2, Oct 2004, $15.00, 41pp, ph, cover by David Martin) [Dune] SF story in chapbook form, part of Herbert & Anderson’s “Dune” series, based on Frank Herbert’s work. Introduction by the authors. Illustrations by Joanna Erbach. This is a signed, limited edition of 750; a hardcover edition of 250 (-20-4, $35.00) and a lettered edition of 52 are also available. Order online at [www.wormholebooks.com], or order from Wormhole Books, 3005 Fairfield Ave., Fort Wayne IN 46807; e-mail: [info@wormholebooks.com].
• * *Dune: The Battle of Corrin (with Kevin J. Anderson) (Tor 0-765-30159-8, Aug 2004, $27.95, 620pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Dune] SF novel, third in a prequel series set 10,000 years before Frank Herbert’s “Dune” series. A limited leatherbound edition (-30587-9, $200.00) was announced but not seen. Copyrighted by Herbert Limited Partnership.
• * _Dune: The Battle of Corrin (with Kevin J. Anderson) (SFBC #1170425, Sep 2004, $14.99, 620pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Dune] Reprint (Tor 2004) SF novel, third in a prequel series set 10,000 years before Frank Herbert’s “Dune” series. Copyrighted by Herbert Limited Partnership. This is similar to the Tor edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Dune: The Machine Crusade (with Kevin J. Anderson) (Tor 0-765-34078-X, Aug 2004, $7.99, 767pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Dune] Reprint (Tor 2003) SF novel, second in a prequel series set 10,000 years before Frank Herbert’s “Dune” series. Copyrighted by Herbert Limited Partnership. An Open Market Edition was announced for 3/04 but not seen.
• * _Legends of Dune 2: The Machine Crusade (with Kevin J. Anderson) (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-82335-6, Mar 2004, £7.99, 664pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Dune] Reprint (Tor; Hodder & Stoughton 2003) SF novel in the “Dune” series. Copyrighted by Herbert Enterprises LLC.
• * _Legends of Dune: The Battle of Corrin (with Kevin J. Anderson) (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-82336-4, Sep 2004, £18.99, 622pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Dune] Reprint (Tor 2004) SF novel in the prequel series to Frank Herbert’s “Dune” sequence. Copyrighted by Herbert Enterprises. A trade paperback edition (-82337-2) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]

HERBERT, FRANK (Patrick) (1920-1986) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dune (SFBC #07683, Jan 2004, $10.99, 561pp, hc, cover by Bryn Barnard) [Dune] Reissue (Chilton 1965) classic SF novel. This has the ISBN of the 1984 Putnam edition, but the page count is different. The jacket lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back.
• * _Heretics of Dune (SFBC #1167016, Aug 2004, $10.99, 471pp, hc, cover by John Schoenherr) [Dune] Reissue (Putnam 1984) SF novel, sixth in the “Dune” series. This has ISBN 0-7394-4604-5; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.