The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

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RESNICKOFF, NED (chron.)

* *Fool’s Tavern (ibooks 0-7434-9295-1, Jul 2004, $6.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) Fantasy novel. A first novel by a 14-year-old.
REYNOLDS, ALASTAIR (1966- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Absolution Gap (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07557-0, May 2004, £6.99, 662pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Inhibitor] Reprint (Gollancz 2003) SF novel, third and final in the “Inhibitor” sequence begun in Revelation Space.
* +Absolution Gap (Ace 0-441-01158-6, Jun 2004, $24.95, 565pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Inhibitor] SF novel, third in the “Revelation Space” trilogy. First US edition (Gollancz 11/03).
* *Century Rain (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07436-1, Nov 2004, £14.99, 503pp, hc) SF novel. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-07437-X, £10.99) was announced but not seen.
* _Redemption Ark (Ace 0-441-01173-X, Jun 2004, $7.99, 694pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Inhibitor] Reprint (Gollancz 2002) SF novel, sequel to Revelation Space.
RHODES, NATASHA (chron.)

* *Blade: Trinity (BL Publishing/Black Flame 1-84416-106-4, Nov 2004, £6.99, 408pp, pb) [Blade] Novelization of the film.
* *Blade: Trinity (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 1-84416-106-4, Dec 2004, $7.99, 408pp, pb) Movie novelization. Copyrighted by New Line Cinema.
RICE, ANNE; [i.e., Howard Allan Frances O’Brien Rice] (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Blood Canticle (Ballantine 0-345-44369-1, Sep 2004, $7.99, 401pp, pb, cover by Domenichino) [Vampire Chronicles; Mayfair Witches] Reprint (Knopf 2004) vampire novel in the “Vampire Chronicles” and “Mayfair Witches” series, sequel to Blackwood Farm.
* _Blood Canticle (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-946017-3, Nov 2004, £6.99, 392pp, pb) [Vampire Chronicles; Mayfair Witches] Reprint (Knopf 2003) dark fantasy novel. Volume 12 overall in “The Vampire Chronicles” series, and second of the crossover books with the “Mayfair Witches” series, after Blackwood Farm.
* _Cry to Heaven (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-947138-8, Nov 2004, £6.99, 582pp, pb, cover by Arcangel Images) Reprint (Knopf 1982) associational historical novel.
* _Interview with the Vampire (Ballantine 0-345-47687-5, Sep 2004, $4.99, 342pp, pb) [Vampire Chronicles] Reissue (Knopf 1976) vampire horror novel, book one of “The Vampire Chronicles”. This edition has a “special price,” new ISBN, and indicates first printing.
* _The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-947137-X, Nov 2004, £6.99, 476pp, pb, cover by Arcangel Images) Reprint (Ballantine 1989) horror novel.
* *New Tales of the Vampires (Ballantine 0-345-47686-7, Sep 2004, $15.95, 637pp, tp, cover by Tony Greco) [Vampire Chronicles: New Tales of the Vampires] Omnibus of two vampire novels: Pandora (1998) and Vittorio, the Vampire (1999). (Contents)
* _The Tale of the Body Thief (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-947139-6, Nov 2004, £6.99, 680pp, pb, cover by Arcangel Images) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf; Chatto & Windus 1992) horror novel.
* _The Vampire Lestat (Ballantine 0-345-47688-3, Sep 2004, $4.99, 550pp, pb) [Vampire Chronicles] Reissue (Knopf 1985) dark fantasy novel, second book in “The Vampire Chronicles”. This issue has a “special price,” new ISBN, and indicates first printing.
* _The Witching Hour (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-947142-6, Nov 2004, £6.99, 1207pp, pb, cover by Arcangel Images) Reprint (Knopf 1990) horror novel.
RICE, HOWARD ALLAN FRANCES O’BRIEN; see under Rice, Anne (stories) (chron.)
RICHARDS, JUSTIN (stories) (chron.)

* *Doctor Who: Sometime Never (BBC Books 0-563-48611-2, Jan 2004, £5.99, 274pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series, featuring the 9th Doctor.
RICHARDS, L. B. (chron.)

* *The Adventures of Charley Tooth (Dorchester/Vortex 0-8439-5136-2, Sep 2004, $9.95, 311pp, tp) Humorous fantasy novel. Teenaged Charley finds himself suddenly in a very strange world where people think he’s an apprentice wizard, and expect him to perform party tricks.
RICHARDS, LEIGH (chron.)

* *Califia’s Daughters (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58667-X, Aug 2004, $6.99, 489pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) SF post-holocaust novel of a world with few surviving men, guarded carefully by women warriors. Richards also writes as Laurie R. King.
RICHARDSON, [Dr.] DARRELL C(oleman) (1918-2006) (chron.)

* *Those Macabre Pulps (Adventure House 1-886937-79-6, Aug 2004, $22.00, 111pp, tp) Non-fiction, both reference and art book, an index to 25 little-known macabre magazines of the pulp era, with listings of stories by author, and covers reproduced in full color. Cover artists and illustrators are noted where known. A general index is included. Available from Adventure House, 914 Laredo Road, Silver Spring MD 20901; [www.adventurehouse.com].
RICHÉ, DAVID, ed. (chron.)

* +The Art of Faery (Sterling/Paper Tiger 1-84340-095-2, May 2004, $29.95, 112pp, hc, cover by David Delamare) Art book, with faery art by 21 contemporary artists. Foreword by Brian Froud. This is the Paper Tiger UK second printing, distributed in the US by Sterling Publishing, 387 Park Avenue S., New York NY 10016-8810; 800-805-5489; [www.sterlingpub.com].
RICKMAN, PHIL(ip) (chron.)

* _The Lamp of the Wicked (Trafalgar Square/Macmillan UK 0-330-49032-X, Mar 2004, $8.95, 564pp, pb, cover by John Mason) [Merrily Watkins] Reprint (Macmillan UK 2003) dark fantasy mystery, the fifth in the “Merrily Watkins” series. This is the Pan 2003 paperback edition with stickers, available in the US from Trafalgar Square, Box 257, Howe Hill Road, North Pomfret VT 05053; 800-423-4525; [www.trafalgarsquarebooks.com].
* *The Prayer of the Night Shepherd (Macmillan UK 0-333-90806-6, Apr 2004, £17.99, 535pp, hc) [Merrily Watkins] Dark fantasy novel, sixth in the “Merrily Watkins” series.
RIDDELL, CHRIS (chron.)

* _Beyond the Deepwoods (with Paul Stewart) See entry under Paul Stewart.
* _The Edge Chronicles: Maps (with Paul Stewart) See entry under Paul Stewart.
* _Freeglader (with Paul Stewart) See entry under Paul Stewart.
* _Midnight Over Sanctaphrax (with Paul Stewart) See entry under Paul Stewart.
* _Muddle Earth (with Paul Stewart) See entry under Paul Stewart.
* _Stormchaser (with Paul Stewart) See entry under Paul Stewart.
* _Vox (with Paul Stewart) See entry under Paul Stewart.
RIGNEY, JAMES (Oliver), Jr. (1948-2007); see pseudonym Robert Jordan (chron.)
RINALDI, ANN (chron.)

* _Millicent’s Gift (HarperTrophy 0-06-441009-9, Mar 2004, $5.99, 218pp, tp, cover by David Bowers) Reprint (HarperCollins 2002) young-adult fantasy.
RINGO, JOHN (stories) (chron.)

* *Cally’s War (with Julie Cochrane) (Baen 0-7434-8845-8, Oct 2004, $25.00, 326pp, hc, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Posleen War] Military SF novel, fifth in Ringo’s “Posleen War” series begun in A Hymn Before Battle.
* *The Emerald Sea (Baen 0-7434-8833-4, Jul 2004, $25.00, 441pp, hc, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Duke Edmund Talbot] SF novel, sequel to There Will Be Dragons. Duke Edmund Talbot undertakes a diplomatic mission to the biotech-transformed mer-folk.
* _Hell’s Faire (Baen 0-7434-8842-3, Aug 2004, $7.99, 378pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Posleen War] Reprint (Baen 2003) military SF novel, fourth in the “Posleen War” series begun in A Hymn Before Battle.
* *The Hero (with Michael Z. Williamson) (Baen 0-7434-8827-X, Jun 2004, $24.00, 312pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) [Posleen War] Military SF novel, set in the universe of John Ringo’s “Posleen War”. A psychopathic human sniper and an alien Darhel warrior who cannot kill face off over an alien artifact.
* _The Hero (with Michael Z. Williamson) (SFBC #1170764, Oct 2004, $11.99, 312pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) [Posleen War] Reprint (Baen 2004) military SF novel, set in the universe of John Ringo’s “Posleen War”. This is similar to the Baen edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _March to the Stars (with David M. Weber) See entry under David M. Weber
* *The Road to Damascus (with Linda Evans) (Baen 0-7434-7187-3, Mar 2004, $25.00, 682pp, hc, cover by David Mattingly) [Bolo] Military SF novel of Keith Laumer’s “Bolos” based on a story fragment by Laumer.
* _There Will Be Dragons (Baen 0-7434-8859-8, Nov 2004, $7.99, 719pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Duke Edmund Talbot] Reprint (Baen 2003) SF novel. “Reenactors” of history and fantasy save their world when technology fails.
RIVOCHE, PAUL (chron.)

* _Isaac Asimov’s Derec 1 (with Doug Murray) See entry under Doug Murray.
ROARK, SARAH (chron.)

* *World of Darkness: Dark Ages: Tremere (White Wolf 1-58846-848-8, Apr 2004, $6.99, 283pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [World of Darkness: Dark Ages: Clan] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the 11th “Clan” novel in the “Dark Ages” series. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
ROBB, J. D.; pseudonym of Eleanor F. Aufdem-Brinke, (1950- ) (chron.)

* _Betrayal in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-0678-2, Jun 2004, £18.99, 361pp, hc) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 2001) SF novel. #12 in the “Eve Dallas” series. [First U.K. edition]
* _Betrayal in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-3438-7, Oct 2004, £6.99, 361pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 2001) SF novel. Book #12 in the “Eve Dallas” series.
* _Ceremony in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-3412-3, Jan 2004, £5.99, 327pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1997) SF novel, fifth in the “Eve Dallas” series of future police procedurals.
* _Conspiracy in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-3417-4, Jun 2004, £5.99, 378pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1999) SF novel, eighth in the “Eve Dallas” series.
* *Divided in Death (Putnam 0-399-15154-0, Jan 2004, $21.95, 357pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Near-future SF mystery novel, 18th in the “Eve Dallas” series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts.
* _Divided in Death (SFBC #63699, Feb 2004, $10.99, 292pp, hc) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Putnam 2004) near-future SF mystery novel, 18th in the “Eve Dallas” series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. This is similar to the Putnam edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Divided in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-3506-5, Aug 2004, £6.99, 328pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1998) SF novel. Book 18 in the “Eve Dallas” series.
* _Divided in Death (Berkley 0-425-19795-6, Sep 2004, $7.99, 354pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Putnam 2004) near-future SF mystery novel, 18th in the “Eve Dallas” series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts.
* _Holiday in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-0662-6, Jan 2004, £18.99, 330pp, hc) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1998) SF mystery novel. Book seven in the “Eve Dallas” series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. [First U.K. edition]
* _Holiday in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-3416-6, May 2004, £5.99, 330pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1998) SF novel. #7 in the “Eve Dallas” series.
* _Judgement in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-3437-9, Sep 2004, £6.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Stone) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 2000) SF novel. Book #11 in the “Eve Dallas” series.
* _Loyalty in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-0664-2, Mar 2004, £18.99, 373pp, hc) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1999) SF mystery novel. Book nine in the “Eve Dallas” series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. [First U.K. edition]
* _Loyalty in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-3418-2, Jul 2004, £5.99, 373pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1999) SF novel. Book 9 in the “Eve Dallas” series of future police procedurals.
* _Naked in Death (Putnam 0-399-15157-5, Mar 2004, $19.95, 294pp, hc) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1995) near-future SF mystery novel, first in the “Eve Dallas” series.
* _Rapture in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-3411-5, Jan 2004, £5.99, 314pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1996) SF mystery novel, fourth in the “Eve Dallas” series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts.
* _Remember When (with Nora Roberts) See entry under Nora Roberts.
* _Reunion in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-0680-4, Aug 2004, £18.99, 371pp, hc) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 2002) SF novel. Book 14 in the “Eve Dallas” series. [First U.K. edition]
* _Reunion in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-3440-9, Dec 2004, £6.99, 371pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 2002) SF novel. Book #14 in the “Eve Dallas” series.
* _Seduction in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-3439-5, Nov 2004, £6.99, 354pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 2001) SF novel. Book #13 in the “Eve Dallas” series.
* _Vengeance in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-3413-1, Jan 2004, £5.99, 343pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1997) SF novel. sixth in the “Eve Dallas” series of future police procedurals.
* +Visions in Death (Putnam 0-399-15171-0, Aug 2004, $21.95, 338pp, hc) [Eve Dallas] Near-future mystery, 19th in the series featuring Eve Dallas. First US edition (Piatkus 7/04).
* _Visions in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-3463-8, Aug 2004, £10.99, 360pp, tp) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Putnam’s 2004) SF novel. Book 19 in the “Eve Dallas” series.
* _Visions in Death (SFBC #1167152, Oct 2004, $10.99, 338pp, hc) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Putnam 2004) near-future mystery, 19th in the series featuring Eve Dallas. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. This is similar to the Putnam edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Visions in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-3499-9, Dec 2004, £6.99, 360pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Putnam 2004) SF novel. Book #20 in the “Eve Dallas” series.
* _Witness in Death (Berkley 0-425-17363-1, Feb 2004, $7.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Tony Greco) [Eve Dallas] Reissue (Berkley 2000) near-future SF mystery novel, tenth in the “Eve Dallas” series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. 13th printing.
* _Witness in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-0676-6, Apr 2004, £18.99, 359pp, hc) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 2000) SF novel. #10 in the “Eve Dallas” series. [First U.K. edition]
* _Witness in Death (Piatkus 0-7499-3436-0, Aug 2004, £6.99, 353pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 2000) SF novel. Book 10 in the “Eve Dallas” series.
ROBBINS, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Eugene Robbins] (1936- ) (chron.)

* _Villa Incognito (Bantam 0-553-38219-5, May 2004, $14.00, 243pp, tp, cover by Bill Slater) Reprint (Bantam 2003) literary fantasy novel involving the Japanese trickster Tanuki.
ROBERTS, A. R. R. R.; pseudonym of Adam Roberts, (1965- ) (chron.)

* *The Sellamillion (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07611-9, Sep 2004, £6.99, xxvii+283pp, hc) Fantasy parody, not just of The Silmarillion, but the entire Tolkien industry. A mini-hardback edition.
ROBERTS, ADAM (1965- ); see pseudonyms A. R. R. R. Roberts & Robertski Brothers (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Polystom (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07541-4, Jul 2004, £6.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Sonar) Reprint (Gollancz 2003) SF novel set in a universe where planets share a common atmosphere.
* _Science Fiction (Routledge 0-415-19205-6, Dec 2004, $18.95, 204pp, tp) Reissue (Routledge 2000) critical guide to science fiction, part of the “New Critical Idiom” series. This is an international edition without a price, and appears to be at least a fourth printing. Routledge, 29 W 35th St., New York NY 10001; [www.routledge-ny.com].
* *The Snow (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07181-8, Aug 2004, £10.99, 297pp, tp) SF novel. A hardcover edition (-07180-X, £17.99) was announced but not seen.
* +Stone (Trafalgar Square/Gollancz 0-575-07396-9, Mar 2004, $8.95, 338pp, pb) SF novel. First US edition (Gollancz 7/02); this is the 2003 Gollancz paperback edition with a Trafalgar Square sticker on the back. Available in the US from Trafalgar Square, PO Box 257, Howe Hill Road, North Pomfret VT 05053; 800-423-4525; [www.trafalgarsquarebooks.com].
* *Swiftly (Night Shade Books 1-892389-71-1, Jul 2004, $27.00, 247pp, hc) Collection of 12 stories, eight original, two previously published online. A limited edition of 100 (-72-X, $45.00) is also available. Night Shade Books, 3623 SW Baird St., Portland OR 97219; 503-452-0761; [night@nightshadebooks.com]; [www.nightshadebooks.com]. (Contents)
ROBERTS, KATHERINE (stories) (chron.)

* _Dark Quetzal (Scholastic 0-439-52309-5, Apr 2004, $5.99, 255pp, tp, cover by Daniel Dos Santos) [Echorium Sequence] Reprint (The Chicken House 2003) young-adult fantasy, the third in the “Echorium Sequence”, set 11 years after Crystal Mask.
* *The Mausoleum Murder (CollinsVoyager 0-00-711281-5, Dec 2003, £5.99, 296pp, tp, cover by Andy Parker) [Seven Fabulous Wonders] Young-adult historical fantasy novel in “The Seven Fabulous Wonders” series based on the seven ancient wonders of the world.
* *The Seven Fabulous Wonders: 5: The Olympic Conspiracy (CollinsVoyager 0-00-711282-3, Jul 2004, £4.99, 299pp, tp) [Seven Fabulous Wonders] Young-adult historical fantasy novel in a series based on the seven ancient wonders of the world.
ROBERTS, MARK, ed. (chron.)

* _The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases (with Jeff VanderMeer) See entry under Jeff VanderMeer.
ROBERTS, NORA; pseudonym of Eleanor F. Aufdem-Brinke, (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Blue Dahlia (Jove 0-515-13855-X, Nov 2004, $7.99, 353pp, pb) [In the Garden] Ghost novel/romance, the first in the “In the Garden” trilogy. Stella’s new house in Memphis is haunted by the Harper Bride, who destroys romances.
* _Blue Dahlia (Piatkus 0-7499-3533-2, Dec 2004, £6.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Stone) [In the Garden] Reprint (Jove 2004) ghost novel, first of the “In the Garden” trilogy.
* _Key of Light (Piatkus 0-7499-3427-1, Jan 2004, £6.99, 342pp, pb) [Sword of Truth] Reprint (Jove 2003) contemporary romance novel with fantasy elements, first in a trilogy. A hardcover edition (-0670-7, £16.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]

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