The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

Books, Listed by Author

LE GUIN, URSULA K(roeber) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Gifts (Orion 1-84255-107-8, Oct 2004, £10.99, 274pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Annals of the Western Shore] Reprint (Harcourt 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Orsinian Tales (HarperCollins/Perennial 0-06-076343-4, Dec 2004, $12.95, 216pp, tp) Reissue (Harper & Row 1976) collection.
• * _Searoad (Shambhala Publications 1-59030-084-X, Jan 2004, $13.95, 193pp, tp) Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) associational collection of ten mainstream stories set in coastal Oregon.
• * _Tales from Earthsea (Orion 1-8425-5214-7, Nov 2003, £5.99, xv+296pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Earthsea] Reprint (Harcourt 2001) original collection of five stories, two reprints, set in the world of the “Earthsea” novels. Le Guin’s foreword discusses the difficulties of researching an imaginary world, and provides background in “A Description of Earthsea”.
• * _Tehanu (Pocket 1-4165-0963-1, Dec 2004, $14.00, 281pp, tp) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1990) Nebula Award-winning YA fantasy novel, fourth in the “Earthsea” series. This is a TV movie tie-in edition.
• * _Very Far Away from Anywhere Else (Harcourt 0-15-205208-9, Oct 2004, $5.95, 133pp, tp) Reprint (Atheneum 1976) associational young-adult short novel.
• * *The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination (Shambhala Publications 1-59030-006-8, Jan 2004, $16.95, 304 + x, tp, cover by John Brown) Non-fiction collection of 30 essays, 12 reprints, several autobiographical, and others on books, writing, and miscellaneous topics. Order from Shambhala Publications, Horticultural Hall, 300 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115; [www.shambhala.com]. (Contents)
• * _The Wind’s Twelve Quarters (HarperCollins/Perennial 0-06-091434-3, Dec 2004, $13.95, 303pp, tp) Reprint (Harper & Row 1975) collection.
• * _A Wizard of Earthsea (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26250-5, Oct 2004, $7.99, 198pp, pb) [Earthsea] Reissue (Parnassus 1968) classic YA fantasy novel, first in the “Earthsea” series. This is a tie-in edition to the SCI FI Channel miniseries. A trade paperback tie-in edition (-38304-3, $14.00, 183pp, cover by Les Edwards) is also available.

LEIBER, FRITZ (Reuter, Jr.) (1910-1992) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Gonna Roll the Bones (with David Wiesner) (ibooks/Milk & Cookies Press 0-689-03591-8, Sep 2004, $16.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by David Wiesner) Picture book adaptation of the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning story by Leiber, illustrated by Wiesner. Text adapted by Sarah L. Thomson.
• * *Horrible Imaginings (Midnight House 0-9740589-5-5, 2004, $45.00, 246pp, hc, cover by Allen Koszowski) Ghost/horror collection. Limited to 520 copies, of which 500 have been offered for sale. (Contents)
• * _Swords in the Mist (ibooks 0-7434-9300-1, Jun 2004, $14.00, 427pp, tp, cover by Steranko) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reprint (White Wolf 1996 as Lean Times in Lankhmar) omnibus of the third and fourth collections in the “Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser” series: Swords in the Mist (1968) and Swords Against Wizardry (1968).
• * _Swords’ Masters (SFBC #63653, Feb 2004, $14.99, 536pp, hc, cover by Dean Morressey) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reissue (SFBC 1990) omnibus of collections and one novel featuring Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser: Swords Against Wizardry (1968), novel The Swords of Lankhmar (1968), and Swords and Ice Magic (1977). This has ISBN 0-7394-4205-8; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

LEIGH, STEPHEN (Walter) (1951- ); see pseudonym S. L. Farrell (stories) (chron.)

• * _Ray Bradbury Presents: Dinosaur Empire (with John J. Miller) (ibooks 0-7434-9781-3, Nov 2004, $6.99, 226pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe) Reprint (AvoNova 1995) time-travel SF novel.
• * _Ray Bradbury Presents: Dinosaur Planet (ibooks 0-7434-8654-4, Apr 2004, $6.99, 280pp, pb, cover by John Sibbick) [Dinosaur Planet] Reprint (AvoNova 1993) SF novel, “Dinosaur World” #2. Illustrated by John-Paul Genzo. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _Ray Bradbury Presents: Dinosaur Samurai (with John J. Miller) (ibooks 0-7434-9302-8, Jun 2004, $6.99, 239pp, pb) [Dinosaur World] Reprint (AvoNova 1993) time-travel SF novel, “Dinosaur World” #3. Illustrated by Brian Franczak. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _Ray Bradbury Presents: Dinosaur Warriors (ibooks 0-7434-9320-6, Aug 2004, $6.99, 245pp, pb) [Dinosaur Planet] Reprint (AvoNova 1993) time-travel SF novel, “Dinosaur World” #4. Illustrated by Nicholas Jainschigg. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _Ray Bradbury Presents: Dinosaur World (ibooks 0-7434-8653-6, Feb 2004, $6.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe) [Dinosaur Planet] Reprint (Avon 1992) SF novel, “Dinosaur World” #1. Illustrated by Wayne Barlowe. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

L’ENGLE, MADELEINE; pseudonym of Madelaine L’Engle Franklin, (1918-2007) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Time Quartet (SFBC #62046, Feb 2004, $14.99, 646pp, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) [Meg Murry] Omnibus of four YA novels: A Wrinkle in Time (1962), A Wind in the Door (1973), A Swiftly Tilting Planet (1978), and Many Waters (1986). This has ISBN 0-7394-3970-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)

LENNOX, MARY (chron.)

• * *The Moon Runners (Gale Group/Five Star 1-59414-107-X, Jan 2004, $25.95, 391pp, hc) Fantasy novel of ancient Greece and its gods. Princess Atalante of Thessaly, marked by Artemis, hopes to avert war with Macedonia. This was originally published as an e-book (RFI West 2002); copyrighted by Mary Glazer. 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].

LEONARD, ELMORE (John, Jr.) (1925- ) (chron.)

• * _A Coyote’s in the House (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-138001-2, Aug 2004, £9.99, 148pp, hc, cover by Lauren Child) Reprint (HarperEntertainment 2004) young-adult animal fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

LESLIE, MARK; pseudonym of Mark Leslie Lefebvre (stories) (chron.)

• * *One Hand Screaming (Stark Publishing 0-9735688-0-1, Sep 2004, $12.95, 155pp, tp, cover by Steve Gaydos) Collection of 16 stories (three original, two previously published electronically) and seven poems (one original), most horror. Leslie is a pen name for Mark Leslie Lefebvre. This is a print-on-demand edition, available at [www.starkpublishing.ca]. (Contents)

LETHEM, JONATHAN (Allen) (1964- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Fortress of Solitude (Faber and Faber 0-571-21933-0, Jan 2004, £12.99, 511pp, tp, cover by gray318) Reprint (Doubleday 2003) associational novel of two boys growing up in 1970s Brooklyn, one white and one black, both obsessed with superheroes. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Fortress of Solitude (Random House/Vintage 0-375-72488-5, Aug 2004, $14.95, 509pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 2003) associational novel.
• * *Men and Cartoons (Doubleday 0-385-51216-3, Nov 2004, $19.95, 160pp, hc) Collection of nine stories, most with fantasy elements, one original, others somewhat revised. (Contents)

LEVENE, REBECCA (chron.)

• * *Strontium Dog: Bad Timing (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 1-84416-110-2, Jul 2004, $6.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Greg Staples) Novelization based on the world of the comics. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S.

LEVIN, IRA (1929-2007) (chron.)

• * _The Stepford Wives (HarperTorch 0-06-07319-7, May 2004, $6.99, 195pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1972) SF horror novel. This is a tie-in to the movie remake; it has the 2002 introduction by Peter Straub as the afterword.
• * _The Stepford Wives (SFBC #66128, Jun 2004, $10.99, 131pp, hc) Reprint (Random House 1972) SF horror novel. The 2002 introduction by Peter Straub is now an afterword. This has ISBN 0-7394-4332-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

LEVIN, JOHN F. (chron.)

• * _The Great Divide (with Frank M. Robinson) See entry under Frank M. Robinson

LEVINE, GAIL CARSON (chron.)

• * _Ella Enchanted (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-055886-5, Mar 2004, $6.99, 274pp, tp) [Ella Enchanted] Reprint (HarperCollins 1997) young-adult fantasy novel. This is a movie tie-in edition.
• * _Ella Enchanted (Collins 0-00-717168-4, Nov 2004, £5.99, 259pp, pb) [Ella Enchanted] Reprint (HarperCollins 1997) young-adult fantasy novel. This is a film tie-in edition.
• * _The Two Princesses of Bamarre (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-057580-8, Mar 2004, $6.99, 293pp, pb, cover by Eric Bowman) Reprint (HarperCollins 2001) young-adult fantasy novel. The timid princess must save the kingdom and her bold sister.

LEVINSON, [Dr.] PAUL (1947- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Pixel Eye (Tor 0-765-31031-7, Jun 2004, $14.95, 334pp, tp, cover by Shelley Eshkar) [*Phil D’Amato] Reprint (Tor 2003) SF mystery novel, the third featuring forensic detective Phil D’Amato.

LEVY, ROGER (chron.)

• * _Dark Heavens (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07406-X, Feb 2004, £6.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Reckless Sleep] Reprint (Gollancz 2003) SF novel, set in the same world as Levy’s Reckless Sleep.

LEWIS, C(live) S(taples) (1898-1963) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Chronicles of Narnia (HarperCollins 0-06-059824-7, Nov 2004, $29.99, 778pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (HarperCollins 1998 as The Complete Chronicles of Narnia) omnibus of all seven “Narnia” books, with b&w illustrations by Pauline Baynes.
• * +The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume I: Family Letters 1905-1931 (HarperSanFrancisco 0-060-72763-2, Jul 2004, $34.95, 1057 + xiii, hc) Non-fiction, biographical/reference, the first of three volumes gathering Lewis’s extensive correspondence, arranged in chronological order. Edited and with a preface by Walter Hooper. Includes an appendix with biographies of some of the correspondents, and an index. First US edition (Fount 2000).
• * +The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, Volume II: Books, Broadcasts, and the War 1931-1949 (HarperSanFrancisco 0-060-72764-0, Jul 2004, $34.95, 1132 + xx, hc) Non-fiction, biographical/reference, the second of three volumes collecting Lewis’s extensive correspondence. Edited and with a preface by Walter Hooper. Includes an appendix with biographies of correspondents, and an index. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 4/04).

LEWIS, PAUL (chron.)

• * _The Ice Maiden (with Steve Lockley) See entry under Steve Lockley.

LEWIS, ROGER (1912-1987) (chron.)

• * *Anthony Burgess (St. Martin’s 0-312-32251-8, Mar 2004, $27.95, 434pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography. Includes chronology, bibliography, and index. A Thomas Dunne book. [Burgess]

L’HOMME, ERIK (chron.)

• * *The Mystery of Lord Sha (Chicken House, The 1-904442-29-3, Jun 2004, £5.99, 264pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Book of the Stars] Young-adult fantasy novel, the second part of “The Book of Stars” after Quadehar the Sorcerer. Translated by Ros Schwartz from the French original (Gallimard Jeunesse 2002).

LICHTENBERG, JACQUELINE (1942- ) (chron.)

• * _Dreamspy (BenBella Books 1-932100-25-3, Apr 2004, $14.95, 335pp, tp, cover by William O’Connor) [Those of My Blood] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1989) SF novel set in the same universe as Those of My Blood. BenBella Books, 6440 N. Central Expressway, Suite 508, Dallas TX 75206; [www.benbellabooks.com].

LILLIAN, GUY, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Noreascon 4 Program Book (Noreascon Four no ISBN, Sep 2004, no price, 240pp, quarto, cover by Bob Eggleton) (Contents)

LINAWEAVER, BRAD(ford Swain) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Battlestar Galactica: Paradis (with Richard Hatch) See entry under Richard Hatch.
• * _Worlds of Tomorrow: The Amazing Universe of Science Fiction Art (with Forrest J Ackerman) See entry under Forrest J Ackerman.

LINDHOLM, MEGAN; [i.e., Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden] (1952- ); see pseudonym Robin Hobb (stories) (chron.)

LINDSEY, (Helen) JOHANNA (Boston) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _Warrior’s Woman (Severn House 0-7278-6047-X, Jan 2004, £18.99, 422pp, hc) Reprint (Avon 1990) SF romance novel.

LINDSKOLD, JANE M. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Buried Pyramid (Tor 0-765-30260-8, May 2004, $26.95, 399pp, hc, cover by Eric Bowman) Fantasy adventure novel about an archeological expedition to find a legendary tomb in Egypt.
• * _The Dragon of Despair (Tor 0-765-34158-1, Apr 2004, $7.99, 739pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Firekeeper] Reprint (Tor 2003) fantasy novel, third in the series begun in Through Wolf’s Eyes.
• * *Wolf Captured (Tor 0-765-30936-X, Nov 2004, $27.95, 527pp, hc, cover by Julie Bell) [Firekeeper] Fantasy novel, fourth in the “Firekeeper” series begun in Through Wolf’s Eyes.

LINEBARGER, PAUL M(yron) A(nthony) (1913-1966); see pseudonym Cordwainer Smith (chron.)

LINK, KELLY (Denise), ed. (1969- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection (with Ellen Datlow & Gavin J. Grant) See entry under Ellen Datlow.

LISLE, HOLLY (1960- ) (chron.)

• * *Gods Old and Dark (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-81839-6, Apr 2004, $6.99, 324pp, pb) [World Gates] Fantasy novel, third in “The World Gates” trilogy.
• * *Midnight Rain (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-41175-7, Nov 2004, $6.99, 325pp, pb) Horror novel. A psychic gets telephone threats from her supposedly comatose, abusive ex-husband.

LISLE, REBECCA (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Copper (Putnam 0-399-24211-2, Feb 2004, $16.99, 186pp, hc, cover by Barry Root) Young-adult fantasy novel. First US edition (Andersen Press 10/02).

LITTLE, BENTLEY (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Policy (SFBC #14741, Feb 2004, $10.99, 295pp, hc) Reprint (Signet 2003) horror novel about a hellish insurance company. This has ISBN 0-7394-3711-9; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *The Resort (Penguin/Signet 0-451-21280-0, Sep 2004, $6.99, 390pp, pb) Horror novel. An Arizona spa hides horrors.

LITTLE, DENISE, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Magic Shop (DAW 0-7564-0173-9, Feb 2004, $6.99, 319pp, pb) Original anthology of 15 fantasy stories. Authors include Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Rosemary Edghill, and Jody Lynn Nye. This is copyrighted by Little and Martin H. Greenberg’s Tekno Books. (Contents)
• * *Rotten Relations (DAW 0-7564-0239-5, Dec 2004, $6.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) Original anthology of 15 stories about bad guys from fantasy and fairy tale. Authors include Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Josepha Sherman, and Robert Sheckley. This is copyrighted by Little and Martin H. Greenberg’s Tekno Books. (Contents)

LIVDAHL, KRISTIN, ed. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Rabid Transit: Petting Zoo (with Barth Anderson, Christopher Barzak & Alan DeNiro) See entry under Barth Anderson.

LLOYD, D. R. (chron.)

• * *The Sillymarillion (Cold Spring Press 1-59360-025-9, Sep 2004, $11.00, 166pp, tp) Humorous fantasy novel, a parody of Tolkien’s The Silmarillion.

LLYWELYN, MORGAN (1937- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Druids (Ballantine Del Rey 0-8041-0844-7, Feb 2004, $6.99, 404pp, pb, cover by Tom Stimpson) [Druids] Reissue (Morrow 1991) Celtic fantasy novel. 22nd printing.

LLYWELYN, ROBIN (chron.)

• * +White Star (Dufour/Parthian 1-902638-31-X, Jun 2004, $13.95, 129pp, tp, cover by Elfyn Lewis) Science fantasy novel. A man who accidentally starts a war with bad software tries to set things right and ends up a revolutionary hero. Winner of the Welsh National Eisteddfod Prose Medal. Translated from the Welsh (Gwasg Gomer 1992 as Seren Wen ar Gefndir Gwyn) by the author with editor Gwen Davies. This first US edition is the 2004 Parthian UK edition with Dufour stickers. Order from Dufour Editions, PO Box 7, Chester Springs PA 19425-0007; 610-458-5005; [www.dufoureditions.com].

LOBDELL, JARED (Charles) (1937- ) (chron.)

• * *The Scientifiction Novels of C.S. Lewis: Space and Time in the Ransom Series (McFarland 0-7864-1824-9, Jan 2005, $32.00, 194 + x, tp) Non-fiction examination of Lewis’s “space” trilogy as a sort of “satirical pageant and pastoral” — a categorization Lobdell extends to all science fiction. This includes bibliography and index. Order from McFarland & Company, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; credit card orders 800-253-2187; [www.mcfarlandpub.com]; add $4.00 postage. [Lewis]
• * _The World of the Rings: Language, Religion and Adventure in Tolkien (Carus Publishing/Open Court 0-8126-9569-0, Jun 2004, $22.95, 139pp, tp, cover by Ted Nasmith) Reprint (Eerdmans 1981 as England and Always: Tolkien’s World of the Rings) non-fiction, critical. A look at Tolkien’s religious faith and its influence on his work. This has been revised and adds a chapter on the significance of “north” and “west” in LotR. [Tolkien]

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• * _A Tolkien Compass (Carus Publishing/Open Court 0-87548-303-8, 2003, $15.95, 164 + xi, tp) Reprint (Open Court 1975) critical non-fiction; a gathering of ten essays on Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings. This second edition drops Tolkien’s own ’Guide to the Names in The Lord of the Rings’; it has a new foreword by Tom Shippey, and Lobdell’s postscript discusses changes in Tolkien criticism and public awareness. There is an index. [Tolkien]

LOCKE, JOHN, ed. (1632-1704) (chron.)

• * *Pulp Fictioneers: Adventures in the Storytelling Business (Adventure House 1-886937-83-4, Mar 2004, $20.00, 240pp, tp) Non-fiction anthology of articles, letters, etc. from pulp-era magazines, primarily Writer’s Digest and Author and Journalist, describing the business of writing and publishing. Locke provides historical background on the field in general and specific pieces. Available from Adventure House, 914 Laredo Road, Silver Spring MD 20901; [www.adventurehouse.com].

LOCKLEY, STEVE (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Ice Maiden (with Paul Lewis) (Pendragon Press 0-9538598-1-9, 2004, £4.99, 82pp, tp, cover by Terry Cooper) Horror novella. Limited to 250 numbered copies signed by the authors. (Contents)