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Last Updated: 18 December 2003


These pages compile links and references for 2002 science fiction, fantasy, and horror books, including:

Descriptions:

  • Links to Locus Online's weekly Monitor pages, and Locus Magazine's monthly New & Notable lists

    Locus Magazine Reviews:

  • Entries for month of Locus issue, with reviewer's name (these reviews are available in the magazine only and are not online)

    Online Reviews:

  • Links to Reviews posted at Locus Online, Science Fiction Weekly, SF Site, Strange Horizons, Tangent Online, and Infinity Plus
  • Links to selected reviews in general publications, as noted on Locus Online's Field Inspections page

    Bestsellers:

  • Links to Locus Online's weekly general bestsellers chart, and Locus Magazine's monthly lists compiled from specialty bookstores

    Best of the Year:

  • Links to Locus's 2002 Recommended Reading List, and to best of the year lists from other sources, all of which are listed here and tallied here

    Awards:

  • Links to news (at this site or elsewhere) of awards nominations and results
  • Only original 2002 books are included, not reprints of 2001 or earlier books, except for first-US editions of books that earlier appeared in the UK, Australia, or elsewhere (indicated by +).

    Young Adult Novels 
    • Alexander, LloydThe Rope Trick • (Dutton, Oct)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2002 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Allende, IsabelCity of the Beasts • (HarperCollins, Nov)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2002 / Faren Miller
    Online Reviews:
    SF Chronicle
    Bestsellers:
    General: 12.29.02 ..12.29.02
    Best of 2002:
    Book Mag
    Locus Recommended Reading
    SFC - children's
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /young adult novel #8
    • Anderson, M. T.Feed • (Candlewick Press, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Feb 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    New York Times
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    New York Times
    PW - children
    Awards:
    Golden Duck winner
    Locus runner-up /young adult novel #10
    • Barker, CliveAbarat • (UK: HarperCollins UK/Joanna Cotler Books, Sep)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jul 2002 / Jonathan Strahan
    Nov 2002 / Bill Sheehan
    Bestsellers:
    General: 09.29.02 ..11.10.02
    Best of 2002:
    Amazon UK
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Int. Horror Guild winner
    Locus runner-up /young adult novel #2
    Stoker nominee
    + Barker, CliveAbarat • (Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jul 2002 / Jonathan Strahan
    Nov 2002 / Bill Sheehan
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    New York Times
    SF Chronicle
    Bestsellers:
    General: 12.08.02 ..12.22.02
    Best of 2002:
    Barnes & Noble 9-12
    Borders - kids
    Awards:
    Int. Horror Guild winner
    Locus runner-up /young adult novel #2
    Stoker nominee
    + Browne, N. M.Hunted • (Bloomsbury USA, Jun)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2002 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Chabon, MichaelSummerland • (Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Sep 2002 / Faren Miller
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly / John Clute
    New York Times
    SF Chronicle
    Washington Post
    Bestsellers:
    General: 09.15.02 ..01.26.03
    Best of 2002:
    Amazon - Editors' 50
    Barnes & Noble 9-12
    Book Mag
    Borders - kids
    Locus Recommended Reading
    SFC - children's
    Awards:
    Crawford finalist
    Locus runner-up /young adult novel #3
    Mythopoeic winner
    • Colfer, EoinArtemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident • (Hyperion/Talk Miramax Books, May)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2002 / Carolyn Cushman
    Bestsellers:
    General: 05.12.02 ..01.19.03
    Best of 2002:
    Book Mag
    • Cooper, SusanGreen Boy • (Simon & Schuster/McElderry, Mar)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Feb 2002 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Curley, MarianneThe Named • (UK: Bloomsbury, Jul)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Dec 2002 / Carolyn Cushman
    + Curley, MarianneThe Named • (Bloomsbury USA, Oct)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Dec 2002 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Duane, DianeA Wizard Alone • (Harcourt, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2002 / Carolyn Cushman
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /young adult novel #4
    • Farmer, NancyThe House of the Scorpion • (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    Online Reviews:
    New York Times
    Bestsellers:
    General: 02.16.03 ..02.23.03
    Best of 2002:
    Amazon - teens
    Borders - kids
    Locus Recommended Reading
    PW - children
    SFC - children's
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /young adult novel #5
    Mythopoeic finalist
    • Ferris, JeanOnce Upon a Marigold • (Harcourt, Oct)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2002 / Carolyn Cushman
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    + Frisk, PaulineThe Secret of Sabrina Fludde • (Bloomsbury USA, May)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2002 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Funke, CorneliaThe Thief Lord • (Scholastic, Sep)
    Online Reviews:
    New York Times
    Bestsellers:
    General: 09.01.02 ..07.27.03
    Best of 2002:
    Amazon - children 9-12
    Barnes & Noble 9-12
    Book Mag
    Locus Recommended Reading
    New York Times
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /young adult novel #6
    • Gaiman, NeilCoraline • (HarperCollins, Jul)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2002 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Aug 2002 / Bill Sheehan
    Sep 2002 / Edward Bryant
    Sep 2002 / Karen Haber
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly / John Clute
    SF Site
    Strange Horizons
    Salon
    USA Today
    Washington Post
    Bestsellers:
    General: 07.14.02 ..12.29.02
    Locus: Oct 2002
    Locus: Feb 2003
    Locus: Mar 2003
    Best of 2002:
    Amazon - Editors' 50
    Amazon - children 9-12
    Barnes & Noble 9-12
    Book Mag
    Borders - kids
    Locus Recommended Reading
    PW - children
    Awards:
    British SF winner
    Hugo winner
    Int. Horror Guild nominee
    Locus winner /young adult novel
    Mythopoeic finalist
    Stoker winner
    Stoker nominee
    World Fantasy nominee
    • Gerrold, DavidLeaping to the Stars • (Tor, Mar)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    • Greenburg, J. C.Andrew Lost • (Stepping Stones Books/Random House)
    Awards:
    Golden Duck winner
    + Halam, AnnDr. Franklin's Island • (Random House/Wendy Lamb Books, May)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2002 / Carolyn Cushman
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    • Hoffman, MaryStravaganza: City of Masks • (Bloomsbury USA, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Dec 2002 / Carolyn Cushman
    Best of 2002:
    Amazon - teens
    Locus Recommended Reading
    • Jacques, BrianTriss • (Penguin/Philomel, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Bestsellers:
    General: 10.13.02 ..02.09.03
    Locus: Jan 2003
    + Jarvis, RobinThorn Ogres of Hagwood • (Harcourt/Silver Whistle, Oct)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Matheson, RichardAbu and the 7 Marvels • (Gauntlet Press, Apr)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Apr 2002 / Bill Sheehan
    Awards:
    Stoker nominee
    • Nimmo, JennyMidnight for Charlie Bone • (UK: Egmont Books, Apr)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Nix, GarthSabriel • (UK: Collins, Sep)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jul 1995 / Carolyn Cushman
    Jan 1997 / Shira Daemon
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    Bestsellers:
    General: 09.29.02 ..10.13.02
    • Pierce, TamoraThe Circle Opens: Cold Fire • (Scholastic Press, Apr)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2002 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Pierce, TamoraProtector of the Small: Lady Knight • (Random House, Aug)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2002 / Carolyn Cushman
    Bestsellers:
    General: 09.08.02 ..10.13.02
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /young adult novel #7
    • Prue, SallyCold Tom • (UK: Oxford University Press, Jan)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Reeve, PhilipMortal Engines • (UK: Scholastic, Sep)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2003 / Faren Miller
    • Roberson, ChrisAny Time at All • (Clockwork Storybook, Sep)
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    • Sabin, E. RoseA School for Sorcery • (Tor, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Sep 2002 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Sleator, WilliamParasite Pig • (Dutton, Oct)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2002 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Townley, RoderickInto the Labyrinth • (Atheneum, Oct)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Feb 2003 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Vande Velde, VivianHeir Apparent • (Harcourt, Oct)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Dec 2002 / Carolyn Cushman
    Awards:
    Mythopoeic finalist
    • Yolen, JaneThe Bagpiper's Ghost • (Harcourt, Apr)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Novellas/Short Fiction 
    • Barclay, JamesLight Stealer • (UK: PS Publishing, Dec)
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    • Baxter, StephenRiding the Rock • (UK: PS Publishing, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Dec 2002 / Nick Gevers
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /novella #6
    • Campbell, RamseyThe Darkest Part of the Woods • (UK: PS Publishing, May)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Apr 2002 / Bill Sheehan
    Oct 2002 / Tim Pratt
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    SF Site
    Awards:
    British Fantasy nominee
    Int. Horror Guild nominee
    • Campbell, RamseyHain's Island • (Sidecar Preservation Society, Sep)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2003 / Edward Bryant
    • Chadbourn, MarkThe Fairy Feller's Master Stroke • (UK: PS Publishing, Jun)
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    Locus Online
    Awards:
    British Fantasy winner
    • de Lint, CharlesSeven Wild Sisters • (Subterranean Press, Mar)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /novella #4
    World Fantasy nominee
    • Di Filippo, PaulA Year in the Linear City • (UK: PS Publishing, May)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Apr 2002 / Jonathan Strahan
    May 2002 / Nick Gevers
    Dec 2002 / Rich Horton
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    SF Site
    Locus Online
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Hugo nominee
    Locus runner-up /novella #3
    Sturgeon finalist
    World Fantasy nominee
    • Dick, Philip K.The Minority Report • (Pantheon Books, May)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Bestsellers:
    Locus: Sep 2002
    • Erikson, StevenBlood Follows • (UK: PS Publishing, May)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Apr 2002 / Jonathan Strahan
    Feb 2003 / Edward Bryant
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Finch, PaulCape Wrath • (UK: Telos Publishing, Oct)
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    Awards:
    British Fantasy nominee
    Stoker nominee
    • Gaiman, NeilSnow Glass Apples: A Play for Voices • (Biting Dog Press)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2003 / Gary K. Wolfe
    • Geary, PatriciaThe Other Canyon • (Gorsky Press, Feb)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2002 / Faren Miller
    • Gorman, Ed, & Tom PiccirilliCast in Dark Waters • (Cemetary Dance Books, May)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2002 / Edward Bryant
    • Hopkins, Brian A.El Dia de los Muertos • (Earthling Publications, Oct)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2003 / Tim Pratt
    Feb 2003 / Edward Bryant
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Int. Horror Guild nominee
    Locus runner-up /novella #17
    Stoker winner
    • Kiernan, Caitlín R.In the Garden of Poisonous Flowers • (Subterranean Press, Apr)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Apr 2002 / Edward Bryant
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /novella #21
    • MacLeod, KenThe Human Front • (UK: PS Publishing, Jan)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Mar 2002 / Nick Gevers
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    SF Site
    Tangent Online
    Locus Online
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /novella #8
    • Miéville, ChinaThe Tain • (UK: PS Publishing, Dec)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    SF Site
    SF Site
    Locus Online
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    British Fantasy nominee
    Locus winner /novella
    • Morris, MarkThe Uglimen • (UK: PS Publishing, May)
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    SF Site
    Tangent Online
    • Reynolds, AlastairTurquoise Days • (Golden Gryphon Press, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Sep 2002 / Nick Gevers
    Sep 2002 / Jonathan Strahan
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /novella #9
    • Roberts, AdamPark Polar • (UK: PS Publishing, Jan)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Mar 2002 / Nick Gevers
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    SF Site
    Tangent Online
    • Ryman, GeoffV.A.O. • (UK: PS Publishing, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Sep 2002 / Jonathan Strahan
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    Locus Online
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /novelette #20
    • Shepard, LuciusValentine • (Four Walls Eight Windows, Feb)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Feb 2002 / Nick Gevers
    Apr 2002 / Bill Sheehan
    Online Reviews:
    Locus Online
    • Wolfe, Gene, & Neil GaimanA Walking Tour of the Shambles • (American Fantasy, Apr)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2002 / Edward Bryant
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Locus Online
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /novelette #3
    Collections & Omnibuses 
    • Adams, DouglasThe Salmon of Doubt • (UK: Macmillan UK, May)
    Best of 2002:
    Amazon UK
    • Adams, DouglasThe Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time • (Harmony Books, May)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    SF Site
    SF Site
    Bestsellers:
    General: 05.19.02 ..08.11.02
    Locus: Aug 2002
    Locus: Dec 2002
    Best of 2002:
    Borders - sf
    • Aguirre, ForrestThe Butterfly Artist • (Flesh & Blood Press, Oct)
    Online Reviews:
    Locus Online
    • Anderson, PoulGoing for Infinity • (Tor, Jun)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    New York Times
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #17
    • Anvil, ChristopherPandora's Legions • (Baen, Feb)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Apr 2002 / Carolyn Cushman
    • Baker, KageBlack Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers • (Golden Gryphon Press, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2002 / Faren Miller
    Nov 2002 / Nick Gevers
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    SF Site
    Strange Horizons
    SF Chronicle
    Best of 2002:
    January
    Locus Recommended Reading
    PW - sf
    SFC - sf
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #7
    • Barker, Trey R.Veil of the Soul • (Yard Dog Press, Apr)
    Online Reviews:
    Tangent Online
    • Barker, Trey R.Where the Southern Cross the Dog • (Fairwood Press, Jun)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2002 / Edward Bryant
    • Barlow, R. H., S. T. Joshi, Douglas A. Anderson & David E. Schultz, ed234Eyes of God: The Weird Fiction and Poetry of R. H. Barlow • (Hippocampus Press, Nov)
    Awards:
    Spectrum finalist
    • Barzak, Christopher, Barth Anderson, Alan DeNiro & Kristin LivdahlRabid Transit: New Fiction by the Ratbastards • (Velocity Press, Jun)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jul 2002 / Tim Pratt
    • Baxter, StephenPhase Space • (UK: HarperCollins/Voyager, Aug)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Sep 2002 / Jonathan Strahan
    Nov 2002 / Nick Gevers
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #15
    • Bear, GregThe Collected Stories of Greg Bear • (Tor, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Oct 2002 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #4
    • Berman, JudithLord Stink and Other Stories • (Small Beer Press)
    Online Reviews:
    Tangent Online
    Locus Online
    • Bloch, RobertThe Lost Bloch Volume III: Crimes and Punishments • (Subterranean Press, Dec)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Feb 2003 / Edward Bryant
    • Bond, NelsonThe Far Side of Nowhere • (Arkham House, Mar)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    Rain Taxi
    • Boston, BruceMasque of Dreams • (Wildside Press)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Oct 2002 / Tim Pratt
    • Boston, Bruce, & Marge SimonNight Smoke • (Miniature Sun Press/Quixsilver Press)
    Awards:
    Stoker nominee
    • Brackett, LeighMartian Quest: The Early Brackett • (Haffner Press, Dec)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: Classic Reprints
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2003 / Nick Gevers
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    • Bradbury, RayOne More for the Road • (HarperCollins/Morrow, Apr)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Apr 2002 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Online Reviews:
    Rain Taxi
    Best of 2002:
    Barnes & Noble
    Awards:
    Stoker winner
    • Brown, FredricMartians and Madness: The Complete SF Novels of Fredric Brown • (NESFA Press, Nov)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Dec 2002 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #13
    • Cacek, P. D.In the Spirit • (Wormhole Books, Jun)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2002 / Edward Bryant
    • Campbell, RamseyScared Stiff: Tales of Sex and Death • (Tor, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    • Card, Orson ScottFirst Meetings: Three Stories from the Enderverse • (Subterranean Press, Jul)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Oct 2002 / Bill Sheehan
    Online Reviews:
    Tangent Online
    • Castle, MortNations of the Living, Nations of the Dead • (Prime, Oct)
    Awards:
    Stoker nominee
    • Castro, Adam-TroyVossoff and Nimmitz: Just a Couple of Idiots Reupholstering Space and Time • (Wildside Press, Oct)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    • Chiang, TedStories of Your Life and Others • (Tor, Jul)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2002 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Sep 2002 / Rich Horton
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    Infinity Plus
    SF Weekly / John Clute
    Tangent Online
    Washington Post
    Bestsellers:
    General: 07.20.03 ..07.20.03
    Best of 2002:
    Amazon - sf
    Borders - sf
    Locus Recommended Reading
    PW - sf
    Washington Post
    Awards:
    Locus winner /collection
    Mythopoeic finalist
    • Collins, Nancy A.Dead Roses for a Blue Lady • (Subterranean Press, Apr)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Apr 2002 / Edward Bryant
    • Constantine, StormThe Thorn Boy & Other Dreams of Dark Desire • (Stark House, Dec)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    • Dalmas, JohnOtherwhens, Otherwheres: Favorite Tales • (Silver Dragon, Dec)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • de Lint, CharlesTapping the Dream Tree • (Tor, Nov)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2002 / Faren Miller
    Dec 2002 / Jonathan Strahan
    Bestsellers:
    Locus: Feb 2003
    Locus: Mar 2003
    • de Lint, CharlesWaifs and Strays • (Viking, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #10
    World Fantasy nominee
    • Devereaux, RobertCaliban and Other Tales • (Leisure, Mar)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2002 / Tim Pratt
    • Di Filippo, PaulBabylon Sisters and other posthumans • (Prime Books)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Locus Online
    • Di Filippo, PaulLittle Doors • (Four Walls Eight Windows, Nov)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Dec 2002 / Jonathan Strahan
    Jan 2003 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Locus Online
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #14
    • Dick, Philip K.Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick • (Pantheon, Nov)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #12
    • Dickson, Gordon R.Dorsai Spirit • (Tor, Jun)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Emshwiller, CarolReport to the Men's Club and Other Stories • (Small Beer Press, Aug)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2002 / Faren Miller
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly / John Clute
    SF Site
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #11
    Philip K. Dick finalist
    • Etchemendy, NancyCat in Glass and Other Tales of the Unnatural • (Cricket Books, Oct)
    Awards:
    Stoker nominee
    • Ford, JeffreyThe Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories • (Golden Gryphon Press, Jun)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    SF Site
    Strange Horizons
    Tangent Online
    Washington Post
    Locus Online
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    PW - sf
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #6
    World Fantasy winner
    • Foster, Alan DeanImpossible Places • (Ballantine Del Rey, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    • Friesner, EstherDeath and the Librarian and Other Stories • (Gale Group/Five Star, Dec)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    • Gaiman, NeilAdventures in the Dream Trade • (NESFA Press, Feb)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    • Garrett, Randall, edited by Eric FlintLord Darcy • (Baen, Jul)
    Bestsellers:
    Locus: Oct 2002
    • Gunn, JamesHuman Voices • (Five Star, Aug)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    • Hodge, BrianLies and Ugliness • (Night Shade Books, Aug)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2002 / Faren Miller
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Int. Horror Guild nominee
    • Hodgell, P. C.Blood & Ivory: A Tapestry • (Meisha Merlin, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Bestsellers:
    Locus: Jan 2003
    • Hook, AndrewThe Virtual Menagerie • (UK: Elastic Press)
    Awards:
    British Fantasy nominee
    • Hoyt, Sarah A.Crawling Between Heaven and Earth • (Dark Regions Press, Sep)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Tangent Online
    • Hughes, RhysNowhere Near Milkwood • (Prime Books)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    • Irvine, AlexRossetti Song • (Small Beer Press, Jul)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Online Reviews:
    Tangent Online
    Locus Online
    • Jackson, ShelleyThe Melancholy of Anatomy • (Anchor Books, Mar)
    Online Reviews:
    Locus Online
    Awards:
    Tiptree short list
    • Jacob, CharleeGuises • (Delirium Books, Jun)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Awards:
    Stoker nominee
    • Jens, TinaThe Blues Ain't Nothing' • (Design Image Group, Apr)
    Awards:
    Int. Horror Guild nominee
    Stoker nominee
    • Kelly, James PatrickStrange But Not a Stranger • (Golden Gryphon Press, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Sep 2002 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Oct 2002 / Nick Gevers
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    SF Site
    Strange Horizons
    New York Times
    Washington Post
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #9
    • King, StephenEverything's Eventual • (UK: Hodder & Stoughton, Mar)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Apr 2002 / Bill Sheehan
    Awards:
    British Fantasy nominee
    Int. Horror Guild nominee
    Locus runner-up /collection #5
    Stoker nominee
    • King, StephenEverything's Eventual • (Simon & Schuster/Scribner, Mar)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Apr 2002 / Bill Sheehan
    Online Reviews:
    New York Times
    New York Times
    Washington Post
    Bestsellers:
    General: 03.31.02 ..08.04.02
    Best of 2002:
    Book Mag
    Locus Recommended Reading
    PW - fiction/lit
    SFC - sf
    Awards:
    British Fantasy nominee
    Int. Horror Guild nominee
    Locus runner-up /collection #5
    Stoker nominee
    • Knight, BrianDragonfly • (Catalyst Press)
    Online Reviews:
    Tangent Online
    • Le Guin, Ursula K.The Birthday of the World and other stories • (HarperCollins, Mar)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Mar 2002 / Nick Gevers
    Apr 2002 / Faren Miller
    Apr 2002 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Jun 2002 / Rich Horton
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    SF Weekly / John Clute
    Strange Horizons
    Guardian
    New York Rev Bks
    Salon
    Washington Post
    Bestsellers:
    Locus: Jun 2002
    Best of 2002:
    Borders - sf
    Locus Recommended Reading
    PW - sf
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #2
    • Lebbon, TimWhite and Other Tales of Ruin • (Night Shade Books)
    Online Reviews:
    Locus Online
    • Lee, Mary SoonEbb Tide and Other Tales • (Dark Regions Press, Sep)
    Online Reviews:
    Tangent Online
    • Leiber, FritzSmoke Ghost & Other Apparitions • (Midnight House, Apr)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2002 / Edward Bryant
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #16
    • Leinster, MurrayMed Ship • (Baen, Aug)
    Bestsellers:
    Locus: Nov 2002
    • Ligotti, ThomasMy Work Is Not Yet Done • (Mythos Books, Jul)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Oct 2002 / Edward Bryant
    Awards:
    Int. Horror Guild nominee
    • Little, BentleyThe Collection • (Signet, Jun)
    Awards:
    Stoker nominee
    • Logan, SimonI-O • (Prime Books)
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    SF Site
    Strange Horizons
    Locus Online
    • Lovegrove, JamesImagined Slights • (UK: Orion/Gollancz, Jun)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Sep 2002 / Nick Gevers
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Lupoff, Richard A.Claremont Tales II • (Golden Gryphon Press, Feb)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    SF Site
    Locus Online
    • Matheson, RichardNightmare at 20,000 Feet • (Tor, Jan)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2002 / Edward Bryant
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #20
    • McCaffrey, AnneA Gift of Dragons • (Del Rey, Nov)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Bestsellers:
    General: 11.10.02 ..11.24.02
    Locus: Feb 2003
    Locus: Mar 2003
    • McKinley, Robin, & Peter Dickinson, eds.Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits • (Penguin Putnam, Jun)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Awards:
    World Fantasy nominee
    • McLaughlin, Mark, Rain Graves & David Niall WilsonThe Gossamer Eye • (Meisha Merlin, Jul)
    Awards:
    Stoker winner
    • Moore, C. L.Black Gods and Scarlet Dreams • (Gollancz, Jul)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Sep 2002 / Nick Gevers
    • Newton, KurtPsycho-Hunter’s Casebook • (DarkVesper Publishing, Dec)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Apr 2003 / Edward Bryant
    • Panshin, AlexeiNew Celebrations: The Adventures of Anthony Villiers • (ElectricStory.com, Mar)
    Online Reviews:
    Strange Horizons
    • Park, PaulIf Lions Could Speak • (Wildside Press/Cosmos Books)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Sep 2002 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    • Parks, RichardThe Ogre's Wife: Fairy Tales for Grownups • (Obscura Press, Aug)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2003 / Nick Gevers
    Online Reviews:
    Strange Horizons
    Awards:
    World Fantasy nominee
    • Philip, NeilThe Little People: Stories of Fairies, Pixies, and Other Small Folk • (Harry N. Abrams, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    • Piccirilli, TomThis Cape Is Red Because I've Been Bleeding • (Catalyst, Nov)
    Awards:
    Stoker nominee
    • Quinlan, Nigel, & Dermot RyanThis Way Up • (Ireland: Aeon)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    • Rand, KenTales of the Lucky Nickel • (Yard Dog Press, Aug)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Oct 2002 / Edward Bryant
    • Robinson, Frank M.Through My Glasses Darkly • (KaCSFFS Press, Jun)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    Tangent Online
    • Robinson, Kim StanleyVinland the Dream and Other Stories • (UK: HarperCollins/Voyager, May)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2002 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    • Rusch, Kristine KathrynThe Retrieval Artist and Other Stories • (Gale Group/Five Star, Sep)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Aug 2002 / Faren Miller
    • Sargent, PamelaThe Mountain Cage and Other Stories • (Gale Group/Five Star, Mar)
    Online Reviews:
    Washington Post
    • Sawyer, Robert J.Iterations • (Canada: Quarry/Out of This World, Feb)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Schmitz, James H., edited by Eric Flint & Guy GordonEternal Frontier • (Baen, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    • Sheckley, RobertDimensions of Sheckley • (NESFA Press, Feb)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2002 / Nick Gevers
    • Sheffield, CharlesThe Amazing Dr. Darwin • (Baen, Jun)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    Best of 2002:
    PW - sf
    • Sibson, Francis H.Tales of the Backveld • (Sidecard Preservations Society, Nov)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Feb 2003 / Edward Bryant
    • Simmons, DanWorlds Enough and Time • (Subterranean Press, Mar)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #3
    • Sladek, John, edited by David LangfordMaps: The Uncollected John Sladek • (UK: Big Engine, Jul)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    SF Site
    Washington Post
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #21
    • Smith, Clark AshtonThe Emperor of Dreams: The Lost Worlds of Clark Ashton Smith • (UK: Gollancz, Mar)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2002 / Nick Gevers
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    British Fantasy nominee
    • Smith, Clark Ashton, edited by S. T. Joshi & David E. SchultzThe Last Oblivion • (Hippocampus Press, Oct)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Sparhawk, BudSam Boone: Front to Back • (FoxAcre Press, Jul)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    • Stableford, BrianSwan Songs • (Big Engine, Mar)
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    SF Site
    Locus Online
    • Stross, CharlesToast and other rusted futures • (Wildside Press/Cosmos Books)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Sep 2002 / Jonathan Strahan
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #18
    • Sturgeon, Theodore, edited by Paul WilliamsBright Segment: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Volume VIII • (North Atlantic, May)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #8
    • Tem, Steve Rasnic, & Melanie TemImagination Box • (Lone Wolf [CD ROM])
    Awards:
    Int. Horror Guild nominee
    • Turner, JeffreyThe Garden in Bloom • (Yard Dog Press, Jun)
    Online Reviews:
    Tangent Online
    • Turtledove, HarryCounting Up, Counting Down • (Ballantine Del Rey, Feb)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2002 / Alyx Dellamonica
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /collection #18
    • Underwood, Laura J.Tangled Webs and Other Imaginary Weaving • (Dark Regions, Jan)
    Online Reviews:
    Tangent Online
    • Urbancik, JohnShadows, Legends, and Secrets • (Flesh and Blood Press)
    Online Reviews:
    Locus Online
    • Van Pelt, JamesStrangers and Beggars • (Fairwood Press, Jul)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jul 2002 / Tim Pratt
    Online Reviews:
    Tangent Online
    • VanderMeer, JeffCity of Saints and Madmen • (Prime, Jul)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2002 / Faren Miller
    Aug 2002 / Faren Miller
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    Tangent Online
    Washington Post
    Locus Online
    Best of 2002:
    Amazon - sf
    PW - sf
    Awards:
    World Fantasy nominee
    • Wagner, Karl EdwardGods in Darkness • (Night Shade Books, Jul)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Oct 2002 / Edward Bryant
    • Wagner, Karl EdwardRed Harvest • (Sidecar Preservation Society, Oct)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jan 2003 / Edward Bryant
    • Watson, IanThe Great Escape • (Golden Gryphon Press, May)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    May 2002 / Gary K. Wolfe
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    SF Site
    Strange Horizons
    Washington Post
    Locus Online
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Washington Post
    • Watt-Evans, LawrenceCelestial Debris • (FoxAcre Press, Apr)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    • Williamson, ChetFigures in Rain • (Ash-Tree Press, Aug)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Oct 2002 / Bill Sheehan
    Awards:
    Int. Horror Guild winner
    World Fantasy nominee
    • Williamson, JackSpider Island: The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson, Volume Four • (Haffner Press, Jun)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    • Wisman, KenFourteen Tales from a Shop Called Imagination • (Dark Regions Press)
    Online Reviews:
    Tangent Online
    • Wyndham, JohnNo Place Like Earth • (Darkside Press, Nov)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    • Zahn, TimothyStar Song and Other Stories • (Five Star, Dec)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Zebrowski, GeorgeIn the Distance, and Ahead in Time • (Five Star, Nov)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    • Zebrowski, GeorgeSwift Thoughts • (Golden Gryphon Press, Apr)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    Infinity Plus
    SF Weekly
    SF Site
    Strange Horizons
    Locus Online
    • Zelazny, RogerThe Last Defender of Camelot • (ibooks, Mar)
    Descriptions:
    New&Notable
    Anthologies 
    • Abbey, Lynn, ed.Thieves' World: Turning Points • (Tor, Nov)
    Online Reviews:
    SF Weekly
    SF Site
    • Andrews, Chris, ed.Machinations: An Anthology of Ingenious Designs • (Australia: CSFG Publishing, Aug)
    Awards:
    Ditmar nominee
    • Ashley, Mike, ed.The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction • (UK: Robinson, Mar)
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2002 / Nick Gevers
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /anthology #16
    + Ashley, Mike, ed.The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction • (Carroll & Graf, Jun)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Jun 2002 / Nick Gevers
    Best of 2002:
    Locus Recommended Reading
    Awards:
    Locus runner-up /anthology #16
    • Budrys, Algis, ed.L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XVIII • (Galaxy Press, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Locus Magazine Reviews:
    Nov 2002 / Tim Pratt
    Online Reviews:
    SF Site
    • Cadigan, Pat, ed.The Ultimate Cyberpunk • (ibooks, Sep)
    Descriptions:
    Monitor: New Books
    New&Notable
    Online Reviews:
    Infinity Plus
    SF Weekly
    SF Site