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What's New, September - December 2002

Tue 12.31 @100
Future History
New Author appearance listings -- (Note that the listings pages by Date, by Host, and by Author now have stable URLs)
Mon 12.30 @960
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers : Dean Koontz debuts
Wed 12.25 @800
Weblogs
Media Refractions: Reactions to Solaris and Star Trek: Nemesis
Wed 12.25 @780
Weblogs
Field Inspections Reviews of Elizabeth Moon, Michael Crichton, Stel Pavlou, others
Wed 12.25 @740
News
News Log: Southeastern SF awards winners; Aurealis shortlist; call for submissions
Tue 12.24 @900
Monitor
New Magazines
Tue 12.24 @295
Monitor
December New Books: Bruce Sterling, Edward Gorey, Harry Harrison, Brian Stableford, Walter Jon William, Andre Norton, Ray Bradbury, Robin Hobb, David Weber
Mon 12.23 @997
Reviews
John Shirley reviews, and Paul Levinson reacts to, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Mon 12.23 @280
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers : Michael Crichton still #1
Fri 12.20 @355
News
Best Books of 2002 Lists from Amazon UK, January | and Tally
Fri 12.20 @320
News
News Log: Le Guin leads war protest; Aurealis nominations
Fri 12.20 @295
Weblogs
Field Inspections Is Tolkien an enemy of progress, or opium of the indolent?; plus reviews by Paul Di Filippo; interviews with China Mieville, Suzy McKee Charnas; essay by John Kessel
Tue 12.17 @240
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers : Michael Crichton everywhere [12.19: updated BookScan ranks]
Mon 12.16 @260
Reviews
2 more reviews by John Shirley:
Taken, second half and
Star Trek: Nemesis

Fri 12.13 @300
Monitor
December New Books: Joe Haldeman's new novel; plus nonfiction by Brian Attebery, novels by Brust, Frost, Marley, McMullen, and Milton; and a collection by Di Filippo
Thu 12.12 @200
Monitor
New Magazines: Paula Guran leaves Horror Garage; Realms of Fantasy gets a website; Science Fiction Studies looks at Japanese SF; Spectrum SF goes occasional; plus Nova SF
Mon 12.09 @975
Reviews
2 reviews by John Shirley:
The Fellowship of the Ring, special DVD, and
Taken, first half

Sun 12.08 @890
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers : Michael Crichton
Fri 12.06 @1203
News
News Log: Southeastern Science Fiction Achievement Awards nominations announced
Fri 12.06 @1180
Weblogs
Field Inspections PKD and Information Awareness, in The New Yorker
Fri 12.06 @1138
News
Best Books of 2002 Lists from New York Times | and Tally
Fri 12.06 @300
Monitor
December New Books: First novels by Dale Bailey and Glen Hirshberg; plus Peter F. Hamilton, Jo Walton, and Stephen Jones's latest horror annual
Thu 12.05 @755
Future History
New Author appearance listings (note: the signing for Spectrum 9 artists in Burbank CA has been postponed to 21 Dec)
Thu 12.05 @220
Awards Index
Locus Index to SF Awards updated with 2002 results; 15 additional awards added
Tue 12.03 @200
Locus Magazine
December Issue interview excerpts
 • Orson Scott Card
 • Jacqueline Carey

Mon 12.02 @215
Weblogs
Media Refractions: Solaris, Taken
Mon 12.02 @215
Monitor
Today's update of the 2002 Books Directory groups this year's many notable Young Adult Novels into a separate category
Sun 12.01 @999
Future History
New Author appearance listings
Sun 12.01 @975
News
Best Books of 2002 Lists from Washington Post Book World | and Tally
Sun 12.01 @925
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers [updated Mon 12.02 with BookSense ranks]
Fri 11.29 @910
Reviews
Gary Westfahl reviews Steven Soderbergh's Solaris
Thu 11.28 @131
Features
New cartoon by Mark Heath: Alternate Time Travel
Wed 11.27 @805
Weblogs
Media Refractions (Solaris links), Aether Vibrations (poets)
Wed 11.27 @785
Weblogs
Field Inspections The New Yorker on Michael Crichton; Vernor Vinge in Esquire; pop fantasy; LA's sf history
Wed 11.27 @275
Monitor
November New Books: Michael Crichton does nano-technology; plus James Clemens, Richard Parks, Harry Turtledove, and anthologies by Dann & Dozois and Maria Tatar
Tue 11.26 @835
News
News Log: Ursula K. Le Guin wins Endeavour Award; Thomas E. Fuller dies; Paula Guran dismissed from Horror Garage
Tue 11.26 @210
Weblogs
Field Inspections Philip K. Dick's world; reviews of Michael Crichton; Michael Dirda on Terry Pratchett; YA novel reviews
Mon 11.25 @795
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Two Towers ties [updated Tue 11.26 with BookScan ranks]
Fri 11.22 @999
Monitor
November Magazines: Analog, Asimov's, Chronicle, F&SF
Fri 11.22 @999
Monitor
New in Paperback: Barker, Davidson, Dorsey, Harrison, Hunt, Koontz, McHugh, Modesitt, Mosley, Rice, Vaz, Weber
Fri 11.22 @280
Monitor
The 2002 Books Directory is updated with December issue references -- and the 2003 Directory pages are initialized, mostly with a limited selection of forthcoming titles
Fri 11.22 @250
Locus Magazine
December Issue
 • Table of Contents
 • Locus Bestsellers
 • New and Notable Books

Thu 11.21 @780
News
News Log: Nancy Farmer wins National Book Award; Bert Granet dies; Clarke-Bradbury SF Competition
Thu 11.21 @155
Locus Magazine
December Issue Profile, cover images
Thu 11.21 @155
Future History
Selected forthcoming books, from the December issue, from Nov '02 through Sep '03
Wed 11.20 @800
Appreciation
Roger MacBride Allen remembers Charles Sheffield
Wed 11.20 @305
Monitor
November New Books: Art of Jeffrey Jones; poetry of Clark Ashton Smith; a Chris Van Allsburg picture book; plus Charles de Lint, Diane Duane, Mary Hoffman, Will Hubbell, Susan R. Matthews, Frances Sherwood
Wed 11.20 @145
News
Best Books of 2002 Lists from San Francisco Chronicle, Amazon, Book Magazine, Publishers Weekly, Borders | and Tally
Wed 11.20 @145
Monitor
Locus Online's 2002 Books Directory pages now include links to 'Best of the Year' list links, as compiled above
Tue 11.19 @295
Weblogs
Field Inspections New York Times on children's books
Mon 11.18 @985
Reviews
Claude Lalumière: Collections by Stableford, Logan, Di Filippo
Mon 11.18 @985
Reviews
Rich Horton: Small Press SF
Sun 11.17 @875
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Terry Pratchett [updated Mon 11.18 @810: Nielsen BookScan rankings replace Bookseller, Amazon UK]
Sat 11.16 @055
Monitor
November E-Publications
Fri 11.15 @300
Monitor
November Classics In Print by Brian Aldiss, Robert Silverberg, Edward Whittemore; plus Alexander, Anthony, Collodi, and de Lint
Thu 11.14 @275
Monitor
November New Books: Novels by Harry Turtledove, Eva Hoffman, Allen Steele, Terry Pratchett; plus Cherryh, Clegg, Hoffman, Kube-McDowell, Lowder, Macdonald, McCaffrey, Sheffield, Wolverton, Yarbro, and 2 books about Harry Potter
Mon 11.11 @805
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Anne Rice, Dean Koontz (updated Wed 11.13 @995: added SF Chronicle ranks)
Mon 11.11 @295
Reviews
Jeff VanderMeer: Edward Whittemore's Jerusalem Quartet
Mon 11.11 @235
News
News Log: Jerry Sohl dies
Sun 11.10 @100
Weblogs
Media Refractions, Aether Vibrations
Sun 11.10 @050
Weblogs
Field Inspections Jonas on Bonanno and Barnes; A.S. Byatt on Terry Pratchett; USA Today highlights Conjunctions; reviews of Carroll, Priest, Dart-Thornton, Warner...
Sat 11.09 @973
Future History
More Author appearance listings
Sat 11.09 @930
Departments
Belated October Letters about Signs, vampire novels, R.A. Lafferty, and the Monkees
Sat 11.09 @070
Monitor
November Magazines: Say... was that a kiss?; plus new issues of Asimov's, Aurealis, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, New York Review of SF, and The Third Alternative
Fri 11.08 @325
News
News Log: Slow Glass Books closes; first Best-of-2002 lists; Andre De Toth, Nathan Juran, John Meredyth Lucas die; Rotsler Award
Fri 11.08 @280
Monitor
November New Books: Novels by M. John Harrison, Ellen Kushner & Delia Sherman, Ken MacLeod; Hartwell & Cramer's Hard SF anthology; Straub's Conjunctions; more
Wed 11.06 @285
News
News Log: Dangerous Visions bookstore to close; James White Award winner; actor Jonathan Harris dies; more
Wed 11.06 @205
Future History
New Author appearance listings
Tue 11.05 @990
News
News Log: Updates: added photo and statistics for World Fantasy Awards; short obit of Charles Sheffield
Tue 11.05 @870
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: J.K. Rowling
Sun 11.02 @999
News
News Log: World Fantasy Awards winners
Sat 11.02 @999
News
News Log: Charles Sheffield dies [update 11.03 @800: link to Washinton Post obit]
Wed 10.30 @225
Monitor
New in Paperback: Karen Haber's Tolkien essays; Marvin Kaye's vampire novellas; John A. Keel's mysterious beings; others
Tue 10.29 @865
Locus Magazine
November Issue
 • Betty Ballantine interview excerpts
 • James Patrick Kelly interview excerpts

Tue 10.29 @130
Reviews
Rich Horton: John Barnes and the Young Adult Novel
Tue 10.29 @130
Commentary
David Soyka: The Chronicles that Count: Children’s Literature That Really is for Adults
Mon 10.28 @830
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: R.A. Salvatore; Robin Hobb [updated 10.29 @300; 10.30 @263]
Sat 10.26 @140
Monitor
Classics In Print, October: Clement, Dangerous Visions, van Vogt; plus Bear, Card, Niven/Pournelle/Flynn, Wilson
Sat 10.26 @105
Monitor
Three October Magazines
Fri 10.25 @825
Monitor
Locus Online's 2002 Books Directory pages now include reviews (of 2002 books) posted at Infinity Plus
Fri 10.25 @770
Locus Magazine
November Issue
 • Table of Contents
 • Locus Bestsellers
 • New and Notable Books

Fri 10.25 @230
Monitor
October New Books: YA novels by Allende and Anderson; fairy books by Froud and Philip; a first fantasy novel by Naomi Kritzer; more
Thu 10.24 @180
Reviews
Claude Lalumière presents "A Vampire Hater's Concise Guide to Vampire Fiction" with a review of Marvin Kaye's anthology The Vampire Sextette
Wed 10.23 @795
News
News Log: SF writers petition against war; Avenue Victor Hugo Bookshop to close; Raymond T. McNally dies; Appreciation of Lloyd Biggle, Jr.; Awards; Announcements
Wed 10.23 @200
Locus Magazine
November Issue Profile, cover images
Tue 10.22 @800
Future History
New Author appearance listings
Mon 10.21 @230
Reviews
John Shirley reviews The Ring
Mon 10.21 @165
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Rowling, Weber, Williams [updated Tue 10.22 @100]
Fri 10.18 @950
Monitor
E-Publications
Fri 10.18 @750
Weblogs
Media Refractions Naqoyqatsi
Fri 10.18 @160
Monitor
October New Books: F. Paul Wilson's new Repairman Jack novel; plus Diane Duane, Martin J. Gidron, L.E. Modesitt Jr., Judith Tarr, and Timothy Zahn
Thu 10.17 @780
Weblogs
Field Inspections A visit with Clive Barker; Gerald Jonas reviews; Umberto Eco; Jonathan Carroll •
Tue 10.15 @130
Reviews
Jeff VanderMeer reviews "the best Gothic fantasy of the new century"
Tue 10.15 @130
Reviews
Claude Lalumière reviews new TV series Birds of Prey
Sun 10.13 @930
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: hardcovers by Weber, Williams, Lackey, Jacques, and Barker debut on US lists
Sat 10.12 @125
Monitor
Two October Magazines
Fri 10.11 @245
Monitor
October New Books: Christopher Priest's new novel, plus books by Stephen Baxter, Adam Roberts, James Alan Gardner, Walter Jon Williams, and J.C. Miller
Wed 10.09 @270
Weblogs
Field Inspections Neil Gaiman reviews Michael Chabon; review of Nelson Bond
Wed 10.09 @250
News
News Log: Neil Gaiman wins lawsuit; SESFA awards deadline extended
Tue 10.08 @300
Features
New cartoon by Mark Heath: Long-Standing Bar Bet
Mon 10.07 @175
News
News Log: Wynne Whiteford dies; Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire winners; plus news about Darren Nash, Ralph Vicinanza, and Paul Levinson, and more
Sun 10.06 @999
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Stephen King; Herbert & Anderson [updated 10.07 @770]
Sat 10.05 @065
Monitor
One last September Magazine
Fri 10.04 @845
Future History
New Author appearance listings include Goldstein, Mariotte, and Murphy tonight in Berkeley CA
Fri 10.04 @310
Monitor
October New Books by Barker, Duncan, Farmer, Jacques, Nicholson, Tarr, Weber, and Weist on Bradbury
Fri 10.04 @310
Monitor
E-Publications Reviews and commentary: Jeremy Lassen offers an open letter; Cheryl Morgan and Ernest Lilley report on ConJosé; plus essays by Carol Emshwiller, and more
Wed 10.02 @275
Weblogs
Aether Vibrations Americans writing books; Steven Pinker; Nick Cook; William Shatner; more
Wed 10.02 @238
Weblogs
Media Refractions Joss Whedon profile; Apocalypse movies; Hayao Miyazaki interview; BloodHag; Hollywood and NASA; restored Metropolis
Wed 10.02 @200
Weblogs
Field Inspections Gregory Feeley reviews Neil Gaiman, et al; more reviews of King, Chabon; Feist interview
Mon 9.30 @999
News
News Log: Margaret Sweatman wins Sunburst Award; plus news about Michael Crichton, Ellen Datlow, DAW Books, John Kessel, the OED, Robert J. Sawyer, and Nancy Stouffer
Sun 9.29 @905
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Herbert & Anderson [updated 9.30 @747]
Sun 9.29 @025
Future History
New Author appearance listings by Jeff Berkwits (tonight!), Ariel Cinii, R.A. Salvatore
Sat 9.28 @975
Monitor
September New Books by Bear, Carroll, King, and others
Sat 9.28 @830
Locus Magazine
October Issue
 • Dan Simmons interview excerpts
 • Jeff VanderMeer interview excerpts

Wed 9.25 @260
Departments
Letters -- more in response to Paula Guran's essay, and to John Shirley, and Rich Horton
Wed 9.25 @210
Reviews
John Shirley reviews Fall TV premieres: Firefly and John Doe
Wed 9.25 @180
Monitor
September Magazines: Interzone, Chronicle, SFWA Bulletin
Wed 9.25 @110
Locus Magazine
October Issue
 • Profile
 • Table of Contents
 • Locus Bestsellers
 • New and Notable Books

Tue 9.24 @970
Weblogs
Field Inspections
Tue 9.24 @798
News
News Log: Added link to LA Times obit of Robert L. Forward
Mon 9.23 @220
Reviews
John Shirley reviews Miyazaki's Spirited Away
Mon 9.23 @220
Reviews
Claude Lalumière reviews slipstream books by Mark Chadbourn and Lucius Shepard
Sun 9.22 @890
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Terry Brooks; Cornelia Funke [updated 9.23]
Sun 9.22 @865
News
News Log: Robert L. Forward dies; British Fantasy, Rhysling awards winners
Fri 9.20 @815
Future History
New Author appearance listings, including Michael Moorcock this Sunday in Berkeley
Fri 9.20 @255
Monitor
September New Books by Chabon, Herbert & Anderson, plus Cadigan's Cyberpunk anthology, The Matrix and philosophy, and Skal on Halloween
Wed 9.18 @170
Links
Links pages updated; Portal page, and Publishers page, somewhat rearranged...
Tue 9.17 @130
Features
New cartoon by Mark Heath: It Was This Big
Tue 9.17 @125
Future History
New Author appearance listings
Mon 9.16 @820
Departments
Letters in response to Paula Guran's essay
Mon 9.16 @820
Reviews
Rich Horton reviews new Australian SF
Sun 9.15 @830
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Iain Banks, Michael Chabon
Sun 9.15 @320
Monitor
Classics In Print, September: four by PKD; two by Frank Herbert; Anderson's annotated Hobbit; plus Bear, Delany, Doyle, Haldeman, Pournelle & Stirling, and others
Sun 9.15 @155
Monitor
New in Paperback: Pullman's trilogy; Shippey's Hugo nominee; others
Sat 9.14 @988
Monitor
September Magazines
Sat 9.14 @878
Monitor
More New Books, September (from Frankowski)
Fri 9.13 @999
News
News Log: Lloyd Biggle, Jr., Marion K. "Doc" Smith die
Thu 9.12 @260
Monitor
New Books, September
Wed 9.11 @785
Weblogs
Field Inspections Atwood on Le Guin; Iain Banks; more
Wed 9.11 @181
News
News Log: Farscape fans react; recalling 9/11
Mon 9.09 @270
Commentary
Paula Guran on Horror's Tribal Stand
Mon 9.09 @060
News
News Log: Forry Ackerman's woes; Press coverage of ConJosé
Mon 9.09 @041
Future History
New Author appearance listings: Carol Emshwiller reads; additional Terry Books dates
Sun 9.08 @999
Monitor
E-Publications Cory Doctorow in Salon; Adam Roberts on Perry Rhodan; Paula Guran on slushpile; Strange Horizons explains the analemma; Sci Fiction available on PDAs... What's new at Sf/f/h websites and e-zines
Sun 9.08 @900
Monitor
August Magazines: Aurealis returns; Mythic Delirium
Sun 9.08 @845
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Terry Brooks, Tamora Pierce, Stephen King; paperbacks
Fri 9.06 @280
Monitor
UK and small press New Books
Fri 9.06 @155
Future History
Selected Forthcoming Books listings, updated from the September issue of Locus Magazine, from Sept. '02 through June '03
Thu 9.05 @938
Weblogs
Field Inspections
Thu 9.05 @145
News
News Log: More Worldcon News: Glasgow wins '05; Nominees and honorable mentions; Dramatic Presentation category split; Plus: J. Lee Thompson dies • later @766: revised/added links
Wed 9.04 @999
Future History
New Author appearance listings
Tue 9.03 @885
News
News Log: Added Hugo Awards photos and link to voting breakdown; and further down added Gaylactic Spectrum Awards results to list of other awards
Tue 9.03 @775
Monitor
This week's SFFH Bestsellers: Orson Scott Card
Mon 9.02 @389
News
News Log: Hugo Awards winners
Sun 9.01 @795
News
News Log: Chesley, Prometheus, Sidewise, Golden Duck awards winners

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