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This page compiles references to 2004 books (• 1st editions and + 1st US editions) that have been nominated for awards or appeared on 'best of the year' lists covering 2004.

Included are references to Locus Magazine's Locus Recommended Reading list from its February 2005 issue.

These references are also included on the 2004 Directory pages.

UK publishers are indicated by this color.








This Page Last Updated: 13 Apr 2005


Novels 
• Baker, KageThe Life of the World to Come • (Tor, Dec)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
+ Bakker, R. ScottThe Darkness that Comes Before • (Overlook Press, Jun)
Best of 2004:
PW
Awards:
Locus runner-up /first novel #8
• Banker, Ashok K.Demons of Chitrakut(UK: Time Warner UK/Orbit, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/Lalumière
• Banks, Iain M.The Algebraist(UK: Time Warner UK/Orbit, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
Hugo nominee
• Baxter, StephenExultant(UK: Orion/Gollancz, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
+ Baxter, StephenExultant • (Ballantine Del Rey, Dec)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Bear, GregDead Lines(UK: HarperCollins UK, May)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
+ Bear, GregDead Lines • (Ballantine, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Birmingham, JohnWeapons of Choice • (Del Rey, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
PW
• Budz, MarkCrache • (Bantam Spectra, Dec)
Best of 2004:
PW
• Cacek, P. D.The Wind Caller • (Leisure)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
+ Canavan, TrudiThe High Lord • (Eos, Sep)
Awards:
Ditmar nominee
• Canavan, TrudiThe Novice(UK: Orbit, Jul)
Awards:
Aurealis nominee
+ Canavan, TrudiThe Novice • (Eos, May)
Awards:
Aurealis nominee
• Clarke, SusannaJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell(UK: Bloomsbury, Sep)
Awards:
British SF shortlist
• Clarke, SusannaJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell(UK: Bloomsbury, Sep)
Awards:
British SF shortlist
Hugo nominee
• Clarke, SusannaJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell(UK: Bloomsbury, Sep)
Awards:
Hugo nominee
• Clarke, SusannaJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell • (Bloomsbury USA, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Amazon Top 50
Borders - sf
Emerald City
Locus Online/Lalumière
Locus Recommended Reading
Locus Online/VanderMeer
PW
SF Site editors
Time
Awards:
British SF shortlist
Hugo nominee
• Crichton, MichaelState of Fear(Australia: HarperCollins Australia, Dec)
Awards:
Prometheus nominee
• Crichton, MichaelState of Fear • (HarperCollins, Dec)
Best of 2004:
PW
Awards:
Prometheus nominee
• Di Filippo, PaulSpondulix • (Cambrian Publications, Jan)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Doctorow, CoryEastern Standard Tribe • (Tor, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Donaldson, Stephen R.The Runes of the Earth • (Putnam, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Borders - sf
+ Douglass, SaraThe Nameless Day • (Tor, Jul)
Best of 2004:
Amazon - sf
+ Dudman, ClareOne Day the Ice Will Reveal All Its Dead • (Viking, Feb)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/VanderMeer
+ Erikson, StevenGardens of the Moon • (Tor, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Borders - sf
• Erikson, StevenMidnight Tides(UK: Transworld/Bantam UK, Mar)
Best of 2004:
SF Site editors
• Everson, JohnCovenant • (Delirium Books)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Faust, MinisterThe Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad • (Ballantine Del Rey, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Amazon - sf
January
Locus Online/Lalumière
Locus Recommended Reading
SF Site editors
Awards:
Philip K. Dick nominee
• Fowler, Karen JoyThe Jane Austen Book Club • (Putnam, Apr)
Best of 2004:
PW
• Greer, Andrew SeanThe Confessions of Max Tivoli • (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Best of 2004:
Amazon - lit
• Grimwood, Jon CourtenayStamping Butterflies(UK: Orion/Gollancz, Nov)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
British SF shortlist
• Haldeman, JoeCamouflage • (Ace, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Hand, ElizabethMortal Love • (HarperCollins/Morrow, Jul)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
Locus Online/VanderMeer
+ Harrison, M. JohnLight • (Bantam Spectra, Aug)
Awards:
British SF nominee
Clarke shortlist
Locus runner-up /sf novel #6
Tiptree winner
• Heinlein, Robert A.For Us, the Living • (Scribner, Jan)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
+ Hobb, RobinFool's Fate • (Bantam Spectra, Feb)
Best of 2003:
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
Locus runner-up /fantasy novel #9
+ Holdstock, RobertThe Iron Grail • (Tor, Feb)
Awards:
Locus runner-up /fantasy novel #14
• Holland, CeceliaThe Witches' Kitchen • (Forge, Apr)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Hughes, MatthewBlack Brillion • (Tor, Nov)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Irvine, Alexander C.One King, One Soldier • (Ballantine Del Rey, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Jones, GwynethLife • (Aqueduct Press, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
Philip K. Dick winner
• Jones, Tamara SilerGhosts in the Snow • (Bantam Spectra, Nov)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Judson, TheodoreFitzpatrick's War • (DAW, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Borders - sf
Locus Recommended Reading
PW
• Kay, Guy GavrielThe Last Light of the Sun(Canada: Viking Canada, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Kay, Guy GavrielThe Last Light of the Sun • (Roc, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
January
Locus Recommended Reading
SF Site editors
• Kernaghan, EileenWinter on the Plain of Ghosts • (Flying Monkey Press, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/Lalumière
• Keyes, GregThe Charnel Prince • (Ballantine Del Rey, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Amazon - sf
Locus Recommended Reading
• Kidman, JamesBlack Fire • (Leisure)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Kiernan, Caitlˇn R.Murder of Angels • (Roc, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• King, StephenThe Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah • (Donald M. Grant/Scribner, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• King, StephenThe Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower(UK: Hodder & Stoughton, Sep)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• King, StephenThe Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower • (Donald M. Grant/Scribner, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Amazon - sf
Amazon Top 50
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Kirstein, RosemaryThe Language of Power • (Ballantine Del Rey, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Koontz, DeanLife Expectancy • (Bantam, Dec)
Best of 2004:
PW
• Kress, NancyCrucible • (Tor, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Krohn, Leena, translated by Hildi HawkinsTainaron: Mail from Another City • (Prime Books, Dec)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/VanderMeer
• Laimo, MichaelDeep in the Darkness • (Leisure/Flesh & Blood Press)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Lebbon, TimFears Unnamed • (Leisure Books, Feb)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Linaweaver, Brad, & Kent J. HastingsAnarquia • (Sense of Wonder Press)
Awards:
Prometheus nominee
+ Lynn, Elizabeth A.Dragon's Treasure • (Ace, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
+ MacLeod, KenNewton's Wake • (Tor, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
British SF shortlist
Prometheus nominee
• MacLeod, KenNewton's Wake: A Space Opera(UK: Time Warner UK/Orbit, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
• Mamatas, NickMove Under Ground • (Night Shade Books, May)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Martinez, Nina Marie­Caramba! • (Knopf, Apr)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/Lalumière
• McAuley, PaulWhite Devils(UK: Simon & Schuster UK, Jan)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Online/Lalumière
Locus Recommended Reading
+ McAuley, PaulWhite Devils • (Tor, Feb)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• McCarthy, WilLost in Transmission • (Bantam Spectra, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• McDonald, IanRiver of Gods(UK: Simon & Schuster UK, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
Clarke shortlist
Hugo nominee
• McGann, OisinThe Gods and their Machines • (Tor, Nov)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• McKillip, Patricia A.Alphabet of Thorn • (Ace, Feb)
Best of 2004:
Amazon - sf
Locus Recommended Reading
PW
• McMullen, SeanGlass Dragons • (Tor, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Micklem, SarahFirethorn • (Scribner, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Amazon - sf
Borders - sf
Locus Recommended Reading
• Mi‚ville, ChinaIron Council • (Ballantine Del Rey, Jul)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
Locus Online/VanderMeer
SF Site editors
Awards:
Clarke shortlist
Hugo nominee
• Mitchell, DavidCloud Atlas(UK: Sceptre, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
January
Locus Recommended Reading
SF Site editors
Awards:
Clarke shortlist
Nebula nominee
+ Mitchell, DavidCloud Atlas • (Random House, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Amazon Top 50
Locus Recommended Reading
Locus Online/VanderMeer
Awards:
Clarke shortlist
Nebula nominee
• Moon, ElizabethMarque and Reprisal • (Ballantine Del Rey, Oct)
Awards:
Prometheus nominee
• Moore, ChristopherThe Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror • (HarperCollins/Morrow, Dec)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/Lalumière
• Morehouse, LydaApocalypse Array • (Penguin/Roc, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Awards:
Philip K. Dick winner
• Morgan, RichardMarket Forces(UK: Orion/Gollancz, Mar)
Awards:
Clarke shortlist
• Niven, LarryRingworld's Children • (Tor, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Borders - sf
• Pratchett, TerryGoing Postal(UK: Transworld/Doubleday UK, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Pratchett, TerryGoing Postal • (HarperCollins, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
+ Reynolds, AlastairAbsolution Gap • (Ace, Jun)
Best of 2003:
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
British SF shortlist
Locus runner-up /sf novel #6
• Reynolds, AlastairCentury Rain(UK: Gollancz, Nov)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
British SF shortlist
• Robinson, Kim StanleyForty Signs of Rain(UK: HarperCollins UK, Jan)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
British SF shortlist
+ Robinson, Kim StanleyForty Signs of Rain • (Bantam, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
British SF shortlist
• Rosenberg, JoelPaladins • (Baen, Sep)
Best of 2004:
January
• Roth, PhilipThe Plot Against America • (Houghton Mifflin, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Amazon - lit
Amazon Top 50
Locus Recommended Reading
Locus Online/VanderMeer
PW
• Rucker, RudyFrek and the Elixir • (Tor, Apr)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Ryman, GeoffAir (Or, Have Not Have) • (St. Martin's Griffin, Sep)
Best of 2003:
PW - sf
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Online/Lalumière
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
Philip K. Dick nominee
• Shepard, LuciusA Handbook of American Prayer • (Thunder's Mouth, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/Lalumière
Locus Recommended Reading
• Shepard, LuciusViator • (Night Shade Books, Nov)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Online/Lalumière
Locus Recommended Reading
Locus Online/VanderMeer
+ Sinisalo, JohannaTroll: A Love Story • (Grove Press, May)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Awards:
Spectrum finalist
• Steele, AllenCoyote Rising • (Ace, Dec)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/Lalumière
• Stephenson, NealThe Confusion • (HarperCollins/Morrow, Apr)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
PW
• Stephenson, NealThe System of the World(UK: Heinemann, Oct)
Awards:
Clarke shortlist
Prometheus nominee
+ Stephenson, NealThe System of the World • (HarperCollins/Morrow, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Amazon Top 50
Locus Recommended Reading
PW
SF Site editors
Awards:
Clarke shortlist
Prometheus nominee
• Sterling, BruceThe Zenith Angle • (Ballantine Del Rey, May)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Stevenson, JenniferTrash Sex Magic • (Small Beer Press, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Stewart, Ian, & Jack CohenHeaven • (Warner Aspect, May)
Best of 2004:
Amazon - sf
• Stewart, SeanPerfect Circle • (Small Beer Press, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
Nebula nominee
• Straub, PeterIn the Night Room • (Random House, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
PW
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Strauss, VictoriaThe Burning Land • (HarperCollins/Eos, Feb)
Best of 2004:
January
• Stross, CharlesThe Family Trade • (Tor, Dec)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Stross, CharlesIron Sunrise • (Ace, Jul)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
Hugo nominee
• Swainston, StephThe Year of Our War(UK: Orion/Gollancz, Apr)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
• Thomas, LeeStained • (Wildside Press)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Traviss, KarenCity of Pearl • (HarperCollins/Eos, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
Philip K. Dick nominee
• Valente, Catherynne M.The Labyrinth • (Prime, Jul)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
• What, LeslieOlympic Games • (Tachyon Publications, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
• Wheeler, ThomasThe Arcanum • (Bantam, May)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Wilkins, KimThe Autumn Castle(UK: Gollancz, Jun)
Awards:
Aurealis finalist
• Williams, LizBanner of Souls • (Bantam Spectra, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
Philip K. Dick nominee
• Williams, TadShadowmarch • (DAW, Nov)
Best of 2004:
Amazon - sf
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
• Wolfe, GeneThe Knight • (Tor, Jan)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Online/Lalumière
Locus Recommended Reading
Locus Online/VanderMeer
PW
SF Site editors
Awards:
Nebula nominee
• Wolfe, GeneThe Wizard • (Tor, Nov)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
PW
SF Site editors
• Wood, N. LeeMaster of None • (Warner Aspect, Sep)
Best of 2004:
PW
• Woodworth, StephenThrough Violet Eyes • (Dell, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Wright, John C.The Last Guardian of Everness • (Tor, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Zivkovic, ZoranThe Fourth Circle • (The Ministry of Whimsy, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
SF Site editors
Young Adult Novels 
+ Allende, IsabelKingdom of the Golden Dragon • (HarperCollins, May)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Barker, CliveAbarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War • (HarperCollins/Cotler, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Amazon - teens
Amazon Top 50
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Browne, N. M.Basilisk(UK: Bloomsbury, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Burt, SteveOddest Yet • (Burt Creations)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• de Lint, CharlesThe Blue Girl • (Viking, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Amazon - teens
Locus Recommended Reading
• Farmer, NancyThe Sea of Trolls • (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Le Guin, Ursula K.Gifts • (Harcourt, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Amazon - teens
Locus Recommended Reading
• Mariotte, JeffWitch Season: Fall • (Simon Pulse)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Nix, GarthThe Keys to the Kingdom, Book 2: Grim Tuesday • (Scholastic, Jan)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Oppel, KennethAirborn(Canada: HarperCollins Canada, Feb)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
+ Oppel, KennethAirborn • (Eos, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
+ Reeve, PhilipPredator's Gold • (HarperCollins/Eos, Sep)
Awards:
Locus runner-up /young adult book #13
• Stroud, JonathanThe Golem's Eye • (Hyperion/Miramax, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Westerfeld, ScottMidnighters, Book One: The Secret Hour • (HarperCollins/Eos, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
Novellas/Short Fiction 
• Baxter, StephenMayflower II(UK: PS Publishing, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
• Erikson, StevenThe Healthy Dead(UK: PS Publishing, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
• Park, PaulNo Traveller Returns(UK: PS Publishing, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Reed, RobertMere • (Golden Gryphon Press, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/Lalumière
Locus Recommended Reading
Collections & Omnibuses 
• Arnzen, Michael100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories • (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Baker, KageMother Aegypt and Other Stories • (Night Shade Books, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Charnas, Suzy McKeeStagestruck Vampires & Other Phantasms • (Tachyon Publications, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Online/Lalumière
Locus Recommended Reading
• Cherryh, C. J.The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh • (DAW, Feb)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Crowley, JohnNovelties & Souvenirs: Collected Short Fiction • (HarperCollins/Perennial, May)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
Locus Online/VanderMeer
• Day, CathyThe Circus in Winter • (Harcourt, Jul)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/VanderMeer
• De Winter, CorinneThe Women at the Funeral • (Space & Time)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Di Filippo, PaulNeutrino Drag • (Four Walls Eight Windows, Apr)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/Lalumière
Locus Recommended Reading
• Duchamp, L. TimmelLove's Body, Dancing in Time • (Aqueduct Press, Apr)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Evenson, BrianThe Wavering Knife • (Fiction Collective II, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/VanderMeer
• Fowler, ChristopherDemonized(UK: Serpent's Tail, Jan)
Awards:
British Fantasy nominee
Stoker nominee
• Gentle, MaryCartomancy(UK: Orion/Gollancz, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Gunn, EileenStable Strategies and Others • (Tachyon Publications, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Amazon - sf
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
Philip K. Dick nominee
• Hughes, RhysA New Universal History of Infamy • (Ministry of Whimsy, Jan)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
• Jacob, CharleeThe Desert • (Dark Regions Press)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Jones, Diana WynneUnexpected Magic: Collected Stories • (HarperCollins/Greenwillow, May)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Joyce, GrahamPartial Eclipse and Other Stories • (Subterranean Press, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Lake, JayAmerican Sorrows • (Wheatland Press, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Lanagan, MargoBlack Juice(Australia: Allen & Unwin, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
Locus Online/VanderMeer
• MacLeod, Ian R.Breathmoss and Other Exhalations • (Golden Gryphon Press, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• McLaughlin, MarkMen Are From Hell, Women Are From The Galaxy Of Death • (Kelp Queen Press)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Monteleone, Thomas F.Fearful Symmetries • (Cemetery Dance, Dec)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Morrow, JamesThe Cat's Pajamas and Other Stories • (Tachyon Publications, Jul)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/Lalumière
Locus Recommended Reading
• Piccirilli, TomWaiting My Turn to Go Under the Knife • (Fairwood Press)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Roberts, AdamSwiftly: Stories that Never Were and Might Not Be • (Night Shade Books, Jul)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Sargent, PamelaThumbprints • (Golden Gryphon Press, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Shepard, LuciusTrujillo(UK: PS Publishing, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/Lalumière
Locus Recommended Reading
Locus Online/VanderMeer
• Shepard, LuciusTwo Trains Running • (Golden Gryphon Press, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
SF Site editors
• Silverberg, RobertPhases of the Moon: Stories from Six Decades • (Subterranean Press, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/Lalumière
Locus Recommended Reading
• Stableford, BrianDesigner Genes: Tales of the Biotech Revolution • (Gale Group/Five Star, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/Lalumière
• Stross, CharlesThe Atrocity Archives • (Golden Gryphon Press, May)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Online/Lalumière
• Tenn, WilliamDancing Naked: The Unexpurgated William Tenn • (NESFA Press, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
Hugo nominee
• VanderMeer, JeffSecret Life • (Golden Gryphon Press, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
SF Site editors
• Williams, ConradUse Once, Then Destroy • (Nightshade Books, May)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/VanderMeer
• Williams, LizThe Banquet of the Lords of Night and Other Stories • (Night Shade Books, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Williamson, JackSeventy-Five: The Diamond Anniversary of a Science Fiction Pioneer • (Haffner Press, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Wilson, GahanThe Best of Gahan Wilson • (Underwood Books, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Wolfe, GeneInnocents Aboard • (Tor, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
Anthologies 
• Benford, Gregory, ed.Microcosms • (DAW, Jan)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Brown, Charles N., & Jonathan Strahan, eds.The Locus Awards • (Eos, Jul)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Burke, Kealan-Patrick, ed.Quietly Now • (Borderlands)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Cavelos, Jeanne, ed.The Many Faces of Van Helsing • (Ace)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Chizmar, Richard, ed.Shivers III • (Cemetery Dance, Nov)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
+ Crowther, Peter, ed.Cities • (Four Walls Eight Windows, Apr)
Awards:
Locus runner-up /anthology #9
• Datlow, Ellen, & Terri Windling, eds.The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm • (Viking, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Datlow, Ellen, Kelly Link & Gavin Grant, eds.The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection • (St. Martin's Griffin, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Dozois, Gardner, ed.The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-first Annual Collection • (St. Martin's Griffin, Jul)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Haber, Karen, & Jonathan Strahan, eds.Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 • (ibooks, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Hartwell, David G., & Kathryn Cramer, eds.Year's Best Fantasy 4 • (Eos, Jul)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Hartwell, David G., & Kathryn Cramer, eds.Year's Best SF 9 • (Eos, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Hopkinson, Nalo, & Uppinder Mehan, eds.So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy • (Arsenal Pulp Press, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
• Jones, Stephen, ed.The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Fifteen • (Carroll & Graf, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Layne, Deborah, & Jay Lake, eds.Polyphony, Volume 4 • (Wheatland Press, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• McIntyre, Vonda N., ed.Nebula Awards Showcase 2004 • (Roc, Mar)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Moles, David, & Jay Lake, eds.All Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories • (Wheatland Press, Nov)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Recommended Reading
SF Site editors
• Nielsen Hayden, Patrick, ed.New Magics • (Tor, Jan)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Noyes, Deborah, ed.Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales • (Candlewick Press, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Piccirilli, TomThe Devil's Wine • (CD Publications)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Roden, Barbara & Christopher, eds.Acquainted with the Night • (Ash Tree Press)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Sargent, Pamela, ed.Conqueror Fantastic • (DAW, Apr)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/Lalumière
Locus Recommended Reading
• Sarrantonio, Al, ed.Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy • (Roc, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Silverberg, Robert, ed.Between Worlds • (SFBC, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
+ Silverberg, Robert, ed.Legends II • (Ballantine Del Rey, Jan)
Best of 2003:
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
Locus runner-up /anthology #2
• Strahan, Jonathan, ed.Best Short Novels: 2004 • (SFBC, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Turtledove, Harry, & Noreen Doyle, eds.The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age • (Tor, May)
Best of 2004:
Amazon - sf
Locus Recommended Reading
SF Site editors
Nonfiction 
• Ashley, Mike, & Robert A. W. LowndesThe Gernsback Days: A Study of the Evolution of Modern Science Fiction from 1911 to 1936 • (Wildside, Jul)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Borski, RobertSolar Labyrinth: Exploring Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun • (iUniverse, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Broderick, Damienx, y, z, t: Dimensions of Science Fiction • (Borgo Press/Wildside Press, Jan)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Carmien, EdwardThe Cherryh Odyssey • (Borgo Press, Nov)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Eller, Jonathan R., & William F. TouponceRay Bradbury: The Life of Fiction • (Kent State University Press, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Gilbey, RyanBFI Modern Classics: Groundhog Day(UK: BFI Publishing, Apr)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/Lalumière
• Jensen, Jan LarsNervous System: Or, Losing My Mind in Literature(Canada: Raincoast, Feb)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/Lalumière
• Joshi, S. T.The Evolution of the Weird Tale • (Hippocampus Press, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Le Guin, Ursula K.The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination • (Shambhala, Jan)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• McCabe, JosephHanging Out with the Dream King: Conversations with Neil Gaiman and His Collaborators • (Fantagraphics, Dec)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Mitchell, D. M.A Serious Life • (Savoy Books, May)
Best of 2004:
Emerald City
Locus Online/VanderMeer
• Monteleone, Thomas F.The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel • (Alpha Books)
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Palahniuk, ChuckStranger than Fiction: True Stories • (Doubleday, Jun)
Best of 2004:
Locus Online/Lalumière
• Schweitzer, DarrellSpeaking of the Fantastic II • (Wildside Press, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Vincent, BevThe Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus • (New American Library, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
Stoker nominee
• Weston, PeterWith Stars in My Eyes: My Adventures in British Fandom(UK: NESFA Press, Sep)
Awards:
Hugo nominee
Art & Graphics 
• CanigliaAs Dead As Leaves: The Art of Caniglia • (Shocklines Press)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Clark, Alan M.The Paint in My Blood • (IFD Publishing, Dec)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
Locus Online/VanderMeer
• Fenner, Cathy, & Arnie Fenner, eds.Spectrum 11: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art • (Underwood Books, Oct)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Hamilton, Virginia, illustrated by Leo & Diane DillonThe People Could Fly: The Picture Book • (Knopf, Nov)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Hardy, David A., & Patrick MooreFutures: 50 Years in Space: The Challenge of the Stars • (Harper Design International, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
Awards:
Hugo nominee
• Hescox, RichardThe Deceiving Eye: The Art of Richard Hescox(UK: Paper Tiger, Jul)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Meyer, Ilene, edited by Cathy & Arnie FennerIlene Meyer: Paintings, Drawings, Perceptions • (Underwood Books, Dec)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Parkinson, KeithKingsgate: The Art of Keith Parkinson • (SQP/Fanfare, May)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Peeters, Benoit, & Fran‡ois SchuitenThe Book of Schuiten • (NBM)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Pratchett, Terry, & Paul KidbyThe Art of Discworld(UK: Orion/Gollancz, Sep)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
+ Pratchett, Terry, & Paul KidbyThe Art of Discworld • (HarperCollins, Nov)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Richardson, Darrell C.Those Macabre Pulps • (Adventure House, Apr)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading
• Royo, LuisFantastic Art: The Best of Luis Royo • (NBM, Aug)
Best of 2004:
Locus Recommended Reading

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