The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004
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Blood Price Tanya Huff (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-356-2, Oct 2004, £6.99, 330pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) [Victory “Vicki” Nelson] Reprint (DAW 1991) dark fantasy novel. A female PI and an immortal vampire join forces to save Toronto from an ancient evil. Book 1 in the “Blood” series. [First U.K. edition]
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Blood Trail Tanya Huff (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-357-0, Nov 2004, £6.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) [Victory “Vicki” Nelson] Reprint (DAW 1992) fantasy novel. Book 2 in the “Blood” series. [First U.K. edition]
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Warhammer: Forged in Battle Justin Hunter (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-153-6, Nov 2004, £5.99, 248pp, pb) [Warhammer] Novelization based on the world of the roleplaying game.
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Scabbard’s Song Kim Hunter (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-240-X, May 2004, £6.99, 409pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Red Pavilions] Reprint (Orbit 2003) fantasy novel, third in “The Red Pavilions” trilogy.
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Scabbard’s Song Kim Hunter (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-240-X, May 2004, £6.99, 409pp, pb, cover by Black Sheep) [Red Pavilions] Reprint (Orbit 2003) fantasy novel, third in “The Red Pavilions” trilogy.
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The Valley of Secrets Charmian Hussey (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-89349-4, Oct 2004, £12.99, 386pp, hc) Reprint (Saint Piran Press 2003) young-adult fantasy novel.
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Hell to Pay Shaun Hutson (Time Warner UK 0-7515-3587-7, Mar 2004, £6.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Time Warner UK 2003) dark fantasy novel of loan-sharking, pedophilia, kidnapping, murder, and genetic tragedy.
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Brave New World Aldous Huxley (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-945816-0, Jul 2004, £7.99, 229pp, tp, cover by Carolyn Hubbard-Ford) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1932) SF novel.
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The Star of Kazan Eva Ibbotson (Macmillan Children’s Books 1-405-02054-7, Jul 2004, £12.99, 388pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-05084-5, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
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Alchymist Ian Irvine (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-233-7, Mar 2004, £12.99, v+690pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Three Worlds: Well of Echoes] Reprint (Penguin Australia 2003) fantasy novel, the third volume in “The Well of Echoes” quartet set in the “Three Worlds”. [First U.K. edition]
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Alchymist Ian Irvine (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-181-0, Oct 2004, £7.99, 704pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Three Worlds: Well of Echoes] Reprint (Penguin Australia 2003) fantasy novel, third in “The Well of Echoes” quartet.
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Chimaera Ian Irvine (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-324-4, Dec 2004, £12.99, 836pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Three Worlds: Well of Echoes] Reprint (Penguin Australia 2004) fantasy novel, fourth in “The Well of Echoes” quartet. [First U.K. edition]
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Tetrarch Ian Irvine (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-199-3, Feb 2004, £7.99, vi+692pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Three Worlds: Well of Echoes] Reprint (Penguin Australia 2002) fantasy novel, the second volume of “The Well of Echoes”.
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Trial Of Fire Kate Jacoby (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07405-1, May 2004, £6.99, 443pp, pb) [Elita] Reprint (Gollancz 2002) fantasy novel, the fifth and final book of “Elita”. Jacoby is a pseudonym of Tracy Oliphant.
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The Angel’s Command Brian Jacques (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-31521-0, Feb 2004, £5.99, 374pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Ben and Ned] Reprint (Philomel 2003) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Castaways of the Flying Dutchman.
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Loamhedge: A Tale of Redwall Brian Jacques (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-670-91068-6, Feb 2004, £12.99, 424pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Redwall] Reprint (Philomel 2003) Young-adult fantasy novel.
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Rakkety Tam Brian Jacques (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-670-91069-4, Oct 2004, £12.99, 371pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Redwall] Reprint (Philomel 2004) young-adult animal fantasy novel in the “Redwall” series.
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The New World Order Ben Jeapes (Random House UK/David Fickling Books 0-385-60686-9, Nov 2004, £12.99, 442pp, hc) Alternate history SF novel of alien interference in 17th century England.
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Dante’s Equation Jane Jensen (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-306-6, Aug 2004, £7.99, 695pp, pb, cover by John Picacio) Reprint (Del Rey 2003) SF novel. A rabbi and a physics researcher seek to solve the riddle of a Polish rabbi, mystic, and physicist who may have discovered a physical law of good and evil and interdimensional travel.
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The Merlin Conspiracy Diana Wynne Jones (Collins 0-00-715140-3, Mar 2004, £6.99, 473pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Deep Secret] Reprint (Collins 2003) young-adult fantasy novel.
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The Ogre Downstairs Diana Wynne Jones (Collins 0-00-715469-0, Dec 2003, £5.99, 234pp, tp) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1974) young-adult fantasy novel.
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The Tough Guide to Fantasyland Diana Wynne Jones (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07592-9, Oct 2004, £6.99, 246pp, hc, cover by Douglas Carrel & John Harris) Reprint (Vista 1996) humorous non-fiction guide, illustrated by Carrel. A mini-hardback edition.
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Castles Made of Sand Gwyneth Jones (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07395-0, Nov 2003, £6.99, 449pp, pb, cover by Anne Sudworth) [Bold as Love] Reprint (Gollancz 2002) near-future fantasy novel, second in a series after Bold as Love.
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Midnight Lamp Gwyneth Jones (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07543-0, Nov 2004, £6.99, 326pp, pb, cover by Anne Sudworth) [Bold as Love] Reprint (Gollancz 2003) near-future fantasy novel. Third in a series after Bold as Love and Castles Made of Sand.
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Fifteen ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson 1-84119-923-0, Oct 2004, £7.99, 624pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Annual dark fantasy anthology of 25 stories, including works by Gaiman, Fowler, Wolfe, Farris, Tem, Kiernan, and Exorcizing Angels by Simon Clark and Tim Lebbon. There is a long introduction on the year in horror, and a long Necrology by Jones and Kim Newman.
- 1 · Introduction: Horror in 2003 · Stephen Jones · in
- 93 · Fear the Dead · Ramsey Campbell · nv Fear Within, ed. Nicole Thomas, 3F Publications, 2003
- 114 · The Hanged Man of Oz · Steve Nagy · ss Gathering the Bones, ed. Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell & Jack Dann, Tor, 2003
- 129 · Mara · Michael Chislett · ss Conventional Vampires, ed. Tina Rath, The Dracula Society, 2003
- 143 · Cell Call · Marc Laidlaw · ss By Moonlight Only, ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, 2003
- 153 · In the Tunnels · Pauline E. Dungate · ss Beneath the Ground, ed. Joel Lane, The Alchemy Press, 2003
- 164 · Hunger: A Confession · Dale Bailey · ss F&SF Mar, 2003
- 178 · Seven Feet · Christopher Fowler · ss Demonized, Serpent’s Tail, 2004
- 195 · The Centipede · Susan Davis · ss All Hallows #33, 2003
- 205 · The Goat Cutter · Jay Lake · ss Greetings from Lake Wu, Wheatland Press, 2003
- 218 · Maybe Next Time · Michael Marshall Smith · ss More Tomorrow & Other Stories, Earthling Publications, 2003
- 232 · Story Time with the Bluefield Strangler · John Farris · ss Elvisland, Babbage Press, 2002
- 245 · Hunter Lake · Gene Wolfe · ss F&SF Oct/Nov, 2003
- 257 · Mr. Sly Stops for a Cup of Joe · Scott Emerson Bull · ss Gathering the Bones, ed. Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell & Jack Dann, Tor, 2003
- 265 · The Bereavement Photographer · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 13 Horrors, ed. Brian A. Hodge, KaCSFFS Press, 2003
- 279 · Kissing Carrion · Gemma Files · ss Kissing Carrion, Prime Books, 2003
- 299 · The White Hands · Mark Samuels · ss; Originally in substantially different form as ‘Amelia’ in Black Tears No. 1, 1993;; then in The White Hands and Other Weird Tales (Tartarus Press); restored for this book.
- 316 · Waycross [Dancy Flammarion] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2003
- 340 · Lucy, In Her Splendor · Charles Coleman Finlay · ss www.marsdust.com, 2003
- 354 · Dead Boy Found · Christopher Barzak · ss Trampoline, ed. Kelly Link, Small Beer Press, 2003
- 372 · The Haunting · Joyce Carol Oates · ss F&SF Apr, 2003
- 383 · Dancing Men · Glen Hirshberg · nv The Dark, ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2003
- 417 · Bitter Grounds · Neil Gaiman · nv Mojo: Conjure Stories, ed. Nalo Hopkinson, Warner Aspect, 2003
- 436 · Child of the Stones · Paul McAuley · nv Sci Fiction website Nov 12, 2003
- 477 · The Silence of the Falling Stars · Mike O’Driscoll · nv The Dark, ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2003
- 501 · Exorcizing Angels [“Exorcising Angels”] · Simon Clark & Tim Lebbon · na Exorcising Angels, Earthling Publications, 2003
- 553 · Necrology: 2003 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ar
- 615 · Useful Addresses · Stephen Jones · ms
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The Mammoth Book of New Terror ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson 1-84119-949-4, Nov 2004, £7.99, 497pp, tp, cover by John Picacio) Anthology of 26 dark fantasy stories, including five originals by Christopher Fowler, Graham Masterton, Brian Mooney, David J. Schow, and Tanith Lee & John Kaiine.
- 1 · Recreating the Terror · Stephen Jones · in
- 3 · Fruiting Bodies · Brian Lumley · nv Weird Tales Sum ’88
- 28 · Needle Song · Charles L. Grant · ss Midnight Sun #5 ’79
- 39 · Turbo-Satan · Christopher Fowler · ss *
- 49 · Talking in the Dark · Dennis Etchison · ss Shadows #7, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1984
- 69 · The Circus · Sydney J. Bounds · ss The 13th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, ed. Mary Danby, Fontana, 1980
- 77 · Foet · F. Paul Wilson · ss Borderlands 2, ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1991
- 88 · The Candle in the Skull · Basil Copper · ss Hallowe’en Hauntings, ed. Peter Haining, London: William Kimber, 1984
- 98 · The Chimney · Ramsey Campbell · ss Whispers, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1977
- 116 · Dark Wings · Phyllis Eisenstein · ss Shadows #5, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1982
- 124 · Reflection of Evil · Graham Masterton · ss *; Originally published in abridged form as ‘Half-Sick of Shadows’ on www.bbc.co.uk/cult/vampires , 2004.
- 143 · Mirror of the Night · E. C. Tubb · ss Fantasy Annual #2 ’98
- 152 · Maypole · Brian Mooney · ss *
- 172 · Under the Crust · Terry Lamsley · nv Under the Crust, Wendigo, 1993
- 204 · Tir Nan Og · Lisa Tuttle · ss F&SF Jan ’99
- 216 · A Living Legend · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv Tales from Beyond, William Kimber, 1982
- 242 · Wake-Up Call · David J. Schow · ss *
- 249 · The Fourth Seal · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers #6 ’75
- 271 · Unlocked · Tanith Lee & John Kaiine · nv *
- 302 · Closing Time · Neil Gaiman · ss McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books, 2003
- 314 · It Was the Heat · Pat Cadigan · ss Tropical Chills, ed. Tim Sullivan, Avon, 1988
- 330 · Fodder · Tim Lebbon & Brian Keene · ss Shivers, ed. Richard T. Chizmar, CD Publications, 2002
- 356 · Open Doors · Michael Marshall Smith · ss More Tomorrow & Other Stories, Earthling Publications, 2003
- 366 · Andromeda Among the Stones [Dandridge Cycle] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2002; originally published as a standalone chapbook by Subterranean Press that was distributed with the limited edition (only) of J.K. Potter’s Embrace the Mutation, ed. William Schafer & Bill Sheehan.
- 395 · Flowers on Their Bridles, Hooves in the Air · Glen Hirshberg · ss Sci Fiction website Aug 6, 2003
- 423 · Amerikanski Dead at the Moscow Institute, or: Children of Marx and Coca-Cola [“Amerikanski Dead at the Moscow Institute”] · Kim Newman · nv 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense, ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, 1999
- 450 · Among the Wolves · David Case · nv Fengriffen and Other Stories, Macdonald, 1971
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The Mammoth Book of Vampires ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson 1-84119-926-5, Jun 2004, £7.99, 630pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Reprint (Robinson 1992) anthology of 35 dark fantasy stories. This revised edition removes the five pre-1930 stories and a poem, substitutes one Kim Newman story for another, and adds nine reprints and three originals.
- 1 · The Children of the Night · Stephen Jones · in
- 3 · Human Remains · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood v3, Sphere, 1984
- 42 · Necros · Brian Lumley · ss The Second Book of After Midnight Stories, ed. Amy Myers, London: Kimber, 1986
- 57 · The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady · Brian M. Stableford · nv F&SF Aug ’88
- 77 · A Place to Stay · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Terrors 4: The Gollancz Book of Horror, ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, London: Gollancz, 1998
- 96 · The Brood · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Forces, ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980
- 107 · Root Cellar · Nancy Kilpatrick · ss The Vampire’s Crypt #4 ’91
- 113 · Hungarian Rhapsody [as by Wilson Kane] · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Jun ’58
- 122 · The Legend of Dracula Reconsidered as a Prime-Time TV Special · Christopher Fowler · nv Sharper Knives, Warner UK, 1992
- 136 · Vampire · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Cutting Edge, ed. Dennis Etchison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986
- 140 · Stragella · Hugh B. Cave · nv Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror Jun ’32
- 163 · A Week in the Unlife · David J. Schow · ss A Whisper of Blood, ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1991
- 168 · The House at Evening · Frances Garfield · ss Whispers #15 ’82
- 175 · Vampyrhhic Outcast · Simon Clark · ss, 2003; Original in Nailed by the Heart (17-31 July 2003).
- 184 · The Labyrinth · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv The Elemental, Fontana, 1974
- 207 · Beyond Any Measure · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers Mar ’82
- 250 · Dr. Porthos · Basil Copper · ss The Midnight People, ed. Peter Haining, Leslie Frewin, 1968
- 256 · Straight to Hell · Paul McAuley · ss The Third Alternative #24, 2000
- 272 · It Only Comes Out at Night · Dennis Etchison · ss Frights, ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martins, 1976
- 284 · Investigating Jericho [Saint-Germain] · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · na F&SF Apr ’92
- 325 · Dracula’s Chair · Peter Tremayne · ss The Count Dracula Fan Club Book of Vampire Stories, ed. Jeanne Youngson, Chicago: Adams Press, 1980
- 335 · A Taste for Blood · Sydney J. Bounds · ss *
- 341 · The Better Half · Melanie Tem · ss IASFM mid-Dec ’89
- 358 · The Devil’s Tritone · John Burke · ss *
- 373 · Chastel · Manly Wade Wellman · nv The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VII, ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1979
- 394 · Der Untergang des Abendlandesmenschen · Howard Waldrop · ss Chacal #1 ’76
- 405 · Red as Blood · Tanith Lee · ss F&SF Jul ’79
- 415 · Laird of Dunain · Graham Masterton · ss The Mammoth Book of Vampires, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1992
- 424 · A Trick of the Dark · Tina Rath · ss *
- 433 · Midnight Mass · F. Paul Wilson · na Axolotl Press: Eugene, OR, 1990
- 478 · Blood Gothic · Nancy Holder · ss Shadows #8, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1985
- 484 · Yellow Fog · Les Daniels · ex Donald M. Grant, 1986
- 553 · Fifteen Cards from a Vampire Tarot [“Fifteen Painted Cards from a Vampire Tarot”] · Neil Gaiman · ss The Art of Vampire the Masquerade, White Wolf Publishing, 1998; From The Art of Vampire: The Masquerade.
- 559 · Vintage Domestic · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss The Mammoth Book of Vampires, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1992
- 565 · Try a Dull Knife · Harlan Ellison · ss F&SF Oct ’68
- 576 · Andy Warhol’s Dracula: Anno Dracula 1978-1979 [“Andy Warhol’s Dracula”; Anno Dracula] · Kim Newman · na PS Publishing, 1999
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Dark Terrors 6: The Gollancz Book of Horror ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07407-8, Jul 2004, £7.99, 560pp, tp, cover by Gary Blythe) Reprint (Gollancz 2002) anthology of 33 original dark fantasy stories.
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The Great Hunt, Part One: The Hunt Begins Robert Jordan (Time Warner UK/Atom 1-904233-53-8, Jun 2004, £4.99, 371pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Wheel of Time] Reprint (Tor 1990 as part of The Great Hunt) the first part of the second book in “The Wheel of Time”. [First U.K. edition]
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The Great Hunt, Part Two: New Threads in the Pattern Robert Jordan (Time Warner UK/Atom 1-904233-54-6, Jun 2004, £4.99, 415pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Wheel of Time] Reprint (Tor 1990 as part of The Great Hunt) the second part of book two in “The Wheel of Time”.
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New Spring Robert Jordan (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-260-4, Jan 2004, £16.99, 334pp, hc) [Wheel of Time] Fantasy novel, first in a trilogy prequel to “The Wheel of Time” main sequence. Expanded from the novella in Legends. Simultaneous with the US (Tor) edition. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-338-4, £10.99) was announced but not seen.
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New Spring Robert Jordan (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-261-2, Dec 2004, £6.99, 423pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Wheel of Time] Reprint (Orbit 2004) fantasy novel in the “Wheel of Time” series.
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The Hunting of the Last Dragon Sherryl Jordan (Simon & Schuster UK 0-689-86062-5, 2004, £8.99, 243pp, tp, cover by Malcolm Davis) Reprint (HarperCollins 2002) young-adult historical fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Secret Sacrament Sherryl Jordan (Simon & Schuster UK 0-689-86045-5, 2004, £5.99, 383pp, tp, cover by Ian Winstanley) [Secret Sacrament] Reprint (Puffin New Zealand 1996) young-adult fantasy novel.
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Dance of the Assassins Hervé Jubert (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-87537-2, Feb 2004, £12.99, 343pp, hc, cover by Paul Young) [Devil’s Dances] Young-adult fantasy novel of a witch investigating murders in a virtual city. Translated by Anthea Bell from the French Le Quadrille des Assassins (Editions Albin Michael S.A. 2002).
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Fossil Circus John Kaiine (Egerton House 0-9546275-6-3, Jun 2004, £12.50, 321pp, tp, cover by John Kaiine) Contemporary dark fantasy/metaphysical thriller. A psychiatrist bequeaths some ex-patients a Victorian asylum. This is a print-on-demand edition. Egerton House, 3 Egerton Road, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, TN39 3HH, UK; [books@egertonhousepublishing.co.uk].
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Back to the Divide Elizabeth Kay (Chicken House, The 1-904442-27-7, Aug 2004, £11.99, 384pp, hc) [Divide] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Divide.
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The Divide Elizabeth Kay (Chicken House, The 1-904442-28-5, Mar 2004, £5.99, 320pp, tp) [Divide] Reprint (The Chicken House 2003) young-adult fantasy novel.
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The Last Light of the Sun Guy Gavriel Kay (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-5248-9, Apr 2004, £17.99, 501pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Sarantine Mosaic] Fantasy novel set in the world of The Sarantine Mosaic.
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The Last Light of the Sun Guy Gavriel Kay (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-5249-7, Apr 2004, £10.99, 501pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Sarantine Mosaic] Fantasy novel set in the world of The Sarantine Mosaic. This is supposedly simultaneous with the hardback listed two months earlier.
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The Sea Beggars: The Mark of Ran Paul Kearney (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-04776-1, Oct 2004, £10.99, 339pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Sea Beggars] Fantasy novel. First in a new series.
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Snare Katharine Kerr (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648039-X, Jan 2004, £7.99, 630pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Reprint (Voyager 2003) SF novel.
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Children of the Lamp: The Akhenaten Adventure P. B. Kerr (Scholastic UK 0-439-96365-6, Oct 2004, £12.99, 374pp, hc) [Children of the Lamp] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in a series. Simultaneous with the US (Orchard) edition. The author also writes as Philip Kerr.
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The Briar King Greg Keyes (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-41945-5, Jul 2004, £6.99, 552pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) [Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 2003) fantasy novel, first in “The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone”.
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A Calculus of Angels Greg Keyes (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-41998-6, Oct 2004, £7.99, 429pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) [Age of Unreason] Reprint (Del Rey 1999) historical fantasy novel, second in the “Age of Unreason” series. Ben Franklin and Sir Isaac Newton visit Prague and Venice looking for safety in the chaotic aftermath of the asteroid strike on London. [First U.K. edition]
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