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Mailing Date:
31 March 2005
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THE MAGAZINE OF THE SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY FIELD
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Locus Bestsellers
| | HARDCOVERS |
Months
on list |
Last
month |
| 1) | Chainfire, Terry Goodkind (Tor) | 1 | - |
| 2) | Ordermaster, L. E. Modesitt Jr (Tor) | 1 | - |
| 3) | The System of the World, Neal Stephenson (HarperCollins/Morrow) | 5 | 9 |
| 4) | The Runes of the Earth, Stephen R. Donaldson (Putnam) | 4 | 1 |
| 5) | Dragonsblood, Todd McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey) | 1 | - |
| 6) | Homeward Bound, Harry Turtledove (Ballantine Del Rey) | 1 | - |
| 7) | High Druid of Shannara: Tanequil, Terry Brooks (Ballantine Del Rey) | 5 | 7 |
| 8) | To Light a Candle, Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory (Tor) | 3 | 8 |
| 9) | Shadowmarch, Tad Williams (DAW) | 3 | 4 |
| 10) | Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days, Alastair Reynolds (Ace) | 1 | - |
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PAPERBACKS | | |
| 1) | Dragon's Kin, Anne McCaffrey & Todd McCaffrey (Del Rey) | 1 | - |
| 2) | Sister of the Dead, Barb Hendee & J. C. Hendee (Roc) | 1 | - |
| 3) | Hammered, Elizabeth Bear (Bantam Spectra) | 1 | - |
| 4) | Chill Factor, Rachel Caine (Roc) | 1 | - |
| 5) | Seduced by Moonlight, Laurell K. Hamilton (Fawcett) | 1 | - |
| 6) | Gardens of the Moon, Steven Erikson (Tor) | 1 | - |
| 7) | The Good, the Bad, and the Undead, Kim Harrison (HarperTorch) | 1 | - |
| 8) | In the King's Service, Katherine Kurtz (Ace) | 1 | - |
| 9) | Naked Empire, Terry Goodkind (Tor) | 1 | - |
| 10) | Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury (Del Rey) | 7 | - |
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TRADE PAPERBACKS | | |
| 1) | Dreams Made Flesh, Anne Bishop (Roc) | 1 | - |
| 2) | The Knight, Gene Wolfe (Tor) | 1 | - |
| 3) | Quicksilver, Neal Stephenson (Perennial) | 5 | 1 |
| 4) | Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury) | 4 | 2 |
| 5) | The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century, Harry Turtledove & Martin H. Greenberg, eds. (Ballantine Del Rey) | 1 | - |
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MEDIA-RELATED | | |
| 1) | Star Wars: Survivor's Quest, Timothy Zahn (Del Rey) | 1 | - |
| 2) | Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil, James Luceno (Del Rey) | 1 | - |
| 3) | Star Trek: Ex Machina, Christopher L. Bennett (Pocket) | 1 | - |
| 4) | Star Wars: Republic Commando: Hard Contact, Karen Traviss (Del Rey) | 3 | 4 |
| 5) | Star Wars: Yoda: Dark Rendezvous, Sean Stewart (Del Rey) | 2 | 1 |
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GAMING-RELATED | | |
| 1) | Forgotten Realms: The Two Swords, R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) | 4 | 1 |
| 2) | Halo: The Fall of Reach, Eric Nylund (Del Rey) | 14 | 5 |
| 3) | Halo: First Strike, Eric Nylund (Del Rey) | 1 | - |
| 4) | Halo: The Flood, William C. Dietz (Del Rey) | 17 | 4 |
| 5) | The Art of Halo: Creating a Virtual World, Eric S. Trautmann (Ballantine Del Rey) | 1 | - |
Chainfire by Terry Goodkind was a head above the rest on the hardcovers list this month. New runner-up: The World Turned Upside Down, David Drake, Eric Flint, and Jim Baen, eds. (Baen). Nominees: 69, down from 75.
The paperback list was led by Anne and Todd McCaffrey's Dragon's Kin. New runner-up: Debt of Bones, Terry Goodkind (Tor). Nominees: 63, down from 79.
Dreams Made Flesh by Anne Bishop debuted at the top of the trade paperback list. New runner-up: Balance of Trade, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (Meisha Merlin). Nominees: 46, down from 59.
Star Wars: Survivor's Quest trounced the competition in the media-related category. Nominees: 29, down from 33.
Forgotten Realms: The Two Swords topped the gaming-related list for the fourth month running. Nominees: 24, down from 25.
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Compiled with data from Barnes & Noble (USA), Borderlands (CA), Borders (USA), Lone Star (TX), Midtown Comics (NY), Mysterious Galaxy (CA), McNally Robinson (2 in Canada), Saint Mark’s (NY), Toadstool (2 in NH), Uncle Hugo’s (MN), University Bookstore (WA), White Dwarf (Canada). Data period: January 2005.
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