The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003

Books, Listed by Author

KING, STEPHEN (Edwin) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three (Penguin/Plume 0-452-28470-8, Jun 2003, $17.95, 407 + xvii, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Grant 1987) dark-fantasy Western novel, second in the series. This has the new series introduction by King, and the original illustrations by Phil Hale, including the color plates. A simultaneous Viking hardcover edition (0-670-03255-7, $35.00) is also available.
• * _The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three (Penguin/Signet 0-451-21085-9, Aug 2003, $7.99, 464pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reissue (Grant 1987) dark-fantasy Western novel. this has the new series introduction by King, and indicates first printing.
• * _The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-82976-1, Aug 2003, £7.99, 455pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Grant 1987) dark fantasy Western quasi-novel. This has King’s new series introduction.
• * _The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands (Penguin/Plume 0-452-28471-6, Jun 2003, $17.95, 422 + xvi, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reissue (Grant 1991) dark-fantasy Western novel, third in the series. This has the new series introduction by King, and the original illustrations (including color plates) by Ned Dameron. A simultaneous Viking hardcover edition (0-670-03256-5, $35.00) is also available.
• * _The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands (Penguin/Signet 0-451-21086-7, Sep 2003, $7.99, 590pp, pb) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reissue (Grant 1991) dark fantasy Western novel. This has the new series introduction by King, and indicates first printing.
• * _The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-82977-X, Sep 2003, £7.99, xvi+584pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Grant 1991) dark fantasy novel, third in the series. This includes the new introduction by King, but drops the original illustrations. (Contents)
• * _The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (Penguin/Plume 0-452-28472-4, Jun 2003, $18.95, 672 + xvi, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reissue (Donald M. Grant 1997) fantasy novel, book four in “The Dark Tower” series. This has the new series introduction by King, and the Grant 1997 illustrations (including color plates) by Dave McKean. A simultaneous Viking hardcover edition (0-670-03257-3, $40.00) is also available.
• * _The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (Penguin/Signet 0-451-21087-5, Oct 2003, $7.99, 699 + xxviii, pb) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reissue (Donald M. Grant 1997) fantasy novel, book four in “The Dark Tower” series. Illustrated by Dave McKean. This has the new series introduction and the 1996 afterword by King.
• * _The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-82978-8, Oct 2003, £7.99, xxix+845pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Grant 1997) fantasy novel, including the new Introduction, “On Being Nineteen”.
• * *The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (Grant, Donald M. 1-880418-55-X, Oct 2003, $50.00, 736pp, hc, cover by Bernie Wrightson) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Fantasy novel, book five in “The Dark Tower” series, with full-color illustrations by Bernie Wrightson. This is a limited artist edition of 3,500, signed by Wrightson; a deluxe boxed, limited edition of 1,300 (-54-1, $175.00) signed by both King and Wrightson is also available. Order from Donald M. Grant, PO Box 187, Hampton Falls NH 03844; 603-778-7191; [www.grantbooks.com].
• * _The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (Grant/Scribner, Donald M. 1-880418-56-8, Nov 2003, $35.00, xix + 714pp, hc, cover by Bernie Wrightson) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Grant 2003) dark fantasy Western novel, book five in “The Dark Tower” series. This is the first trade edition, co-published by Donald M. Grant and Scribner.
• * *The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-82715-7, Nov 2003, £25.00, 616pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Fantasy novel in the series, illustrated with 12 colour plates by Berni Wrightson. Simultaneous with the US (Grant / Scribner) edition A limited hardcover edition (-87974-2, £450.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _Dreamcatcher (Pocket 0-7434-6752-3, Jan 2003, $7.99, 882pp, pb) Reissue (Scribner 2001) SF/horror novel set in King’s town of Derry, Maine. This movie tie-in edition has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.
• * _Dreamcatcher (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-73463-9, Apr 2003, £6.99, 694pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2001) fantasy novel. This is a film tie-in edition.
• * _Everything’s Eventual (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-77074-0, Mar 2003, £6.99, xx+538pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2002) collection of 14 stories.
• * _From a Buick 8 (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-77070-8, Jun 2003, £6.99, 467pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2002) horror novel. A car seems to hide the entrance to strange worlds.
• * _From a Buick 8 (Pocket 0-7434-1768-2, Nov 2003, $7.99, 487pp, pb, cover by Tom Hallman) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2002) horror novel.

KING, WILLIAM (1959- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-022-X, Oct 2003, £5.99, 283pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer 40,000: Wolfclaw] Reprint (Black Library 1999) novelization based on the roleplaying game, first in the “Space Wolf” series.
• * _Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-022-X, Nov 2003, $6.99, 283pp, pb) [Warhammer 40,000: Wolfclaw] Reissue (Black Library UK 2000) novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game, in the “Space Wolf” series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop Ltd. This has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Wolfblade (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-021-1, Oct 2003, £6.99, 411pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer 40,000: Wolfclaw] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, fourth in the “Space Wolf” series.
• * +Warhammer 40,000: Wolfblade (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-021-1, Nov 2003, $7.99, 411pp, pb) [Warhammer 40,000: Wolfclaw] Novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game, in the “Space Wolf” series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop Ltd. First US edition (Black Library UK 10/03).
• * _Warhammer: Daemonslayer (Black Library 1-84416-026-2, Jul 2003, £5.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix] Reprint (Black Library 1999) fantasy novel set in the roleplaying game universe. Book three in the “Gotrek and Felix” series.
• * _Warhammer: Daemonslayer (Black Library 0-671-78389-0, Aug 2003, $6.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix] Reissue (Black Library UK 2000) novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game, third in the “Gotrek & Felix” series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This still indicates first printing.
• * _Warhammer: Dragonslayer (Black Library 1-84416-027-0, Jul 2003, £5.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix] Reprint (Black Library 2000) fantasy novel set in the roleplaying game universe. Book four in the “Gotrek and Felix” series.
• * _Warhammer: Dragonslayer (Black Library 0-7434-1157-9, Aug 2003, $6.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix] Reissue (Black Library 2000) novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game, fourth in the “Gotrek & Felix” series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This still indicates first printing.
• * *Warhammer: Giantslayer (Black Library 1-84154-273-3, Apr 2003, £5.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix] Novelization set in the universe of the roleplaying game. Book seven in the “Gotrek and Felix” series.
• * +Warhammer: Giantslayer (Games Workshop/Black Library 0-7434-4346-2, May 2003, $6.95, 317pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix] Novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game, seventh in the “Gotrek & Felix” series. First US edition (Black Library UK 4/03). Copyrighted by Games Workshop.
• * *Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-067-X, Oct 2003, £30.00, 1006pp, hc, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix] Omnibus of the first four “Gotrek and Felix” novelizations set in the roleplaying game universe: Trollslayer (1999), Skavenslayer (1999), Daemonslayer (1999), and Dragonslayer (2000). (Contents)
• * +Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-067-X, Nov 2003, $50.00, 1006pp, hc, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix] Omnibus of four novelizations based on the fantasy roleplaying game, all in the “Gotrek & Felix” series: Trollslayer (1999), Skavenslayer (1999), Daemonslayer (1999), and Dragonslayer (2000). Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This is the first US edition; it appears to be identical with the UK edition (Black Library 10/03).
• * _Warhammer: Skavenslayer (Black Library 1-84416-003-3, Apr 2003, £5.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix] Reprint (Black Library 1999) novelization set in the universe of the roleplaying game. Book two in the “Gotrek and Felix” series. Copyrighted 2003.
• * _Warhammer: Skavenslayer (Black Library 0-671-78385-8, May 2003, $6.95, 310pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix] Reissue (Black Library UK 1999) novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game, the second in the “Gotrek & Felix” series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop.
• * _Warhammer: Trollslayer (Black Library 1-84416-002-5, Apr 2003, £5.99, 315pp, pb) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix] Reprint (Black Library 1999) fantasy novelization set in the roleplaying game universe. Book one in the “Gotrek and Felix” series. Copyrighted 2003.
• * _Warhammer: Trollslayer (BL Publishing/Black Library 0-671-78373-4, May 2003, $6.95, 303pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix] Reissue (Black Library UK 1999) novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game, first in the “Gotrek & Felix” series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop Ltd.

KINGSBURY, EVAN; pseudonym of Robert W. Walker, (1948- ) (chron.)

• * *Fire & Flesh (Jove 0-515-13440-6, Jan 2003, $6.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Craig White) Horror novel. Bizarre deaths by burning lead investigators to legends of a serpent god. Kingsbury is a pen-name for Robert W. Walker.

KIRCHOFF, MARY (Lynn) (1959- ) (chron.)

• * _DragonLance: Flint the King (with Douglas Niles) (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3021-7, Nov 2003, $6.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [DragonLance: Preludes] Reprint (TSR 1990) novelization based on the roleplaying game, the fifth in the “Preludes” series.
• * _DragonLance: Kendermore (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-2947-2, Apr 2003, $6.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Mark Zug) [DragonLance: Preludes] Reprint (TSR 1989) fantasy novelization based on the roleplaying game, second in the “Preludes” subseries. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

KIRK, CONNIE ANN (chron.)

• * *J.K. Rowling: A Biography (Greenwood Press 0-313-32340-2, 2003, $27.50, 141 + xiii, hc) Non-fiction, a biography of the author of the Harry Potter books aimed at high school students. Includes timeline, bibliography, and index. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [Rowling]

KIRK, RUSSELL (Amos) (1918-1994) (stories) (chron.)

• * *What Shadows We Pursue: Ghost Stories Volume Two (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-051-4, Mar 2003, C$59.00, xiv+247pp, hc, cover by Russell Kirk) Second of two volumes collecting together Russell Kirk’s short supernatural fiction, edited with an Introduction, by John Pelan. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $45.00 and in the UK for £28.00. (Contents) [ed: John C. Pelan]

KIRSTEIN, ROSEMARY (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Lost Steersman (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46229-7, Sep 2003, $14.95, 419pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Steerswoman] SF novel, third in the series begun in The Steerswoman. The steerswoman Rowan encounters a former colleague who leads her to a new mystery about the creatures of the Outskirts.
• * *The Steerswoman’s Road (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46105-3, Jul 2003, $15.95, 653pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Steerswoman] Omnibus of two SF novels: The Steerswoman (1989) and The Outskirter’s Secret (1992). (Contents)

KIRWAN, LARRY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Liverpool Fantasy (Thunder’s Mouth Press 1-56025-497-1, May 2003, $14.95, 310pp, tp, cover by Greg Tucker) Alternate history about a world in which the Beatles split up in 1962, and are about to reunite in 1987 Liverpool. A first novel.

KLASKY, MINDY L. (1964- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Glasswright’s Test (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45931-8, Jun 2003, $6.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Jerry Vanderstelt) [Glasswright] Fantasy novel, fourth in the “Glasswright” series.

KLAW, RICK (stories) (chron.)

• * *Geek Confidential: Echoes from the 21st Century (MonkeyBrain Books 1-932265-06-6, Aug 2003, $18.95, 255pp, tp, cover by John Picacio) Non-fiction collection of columns and essays (two original, most originally published online) on topics including SF, bookselling, and censorship; plus reviews, interviews with Tom Doherty and Michael Moorcock, and a comic adaptation of a Joe R. Lansdale story. Introduction by Michael Moorcock. Order from MonkeyBrain, PO Box 200126-Austin TZ 78720; [info@monkeybrainbooks.com]; [www.monkeybrainbooks.com].

KNAAK, RICHARD A(llen) (1961- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _DragonLance: The Legend of Huma (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3137-X, Jan 2004, $6.99, 379pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [DragonLance: Heroes] Reprint (TSR 1988) novelization, first in the “Heroes” series. Copyrighted 2004 by Wizards of the Coast.
• * *DragonLance: The Minotaur Wars, Volume One: Night of Blood (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-2938-3, Jun 2003, $24.95, 344pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [DragonLance: Minotaur Wars] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, first in a new series. Prologue by Margaret Weis. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * _DragonLance: The Minotaur Wars, Volume One: Night of Blood (SFBC #61799, Nov 2003, $12.49, 344pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [DragonLance: Minotaur Wars] Reprint (Wizards of the Coast 2003) novelization based on the roleplaying game. This is similar to the Wizards of the Coast edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

KNIGHT, AMARANTHA; pseudonym of Nancy Kilpatrick, (1946- ) (chron.)

• * _The Darker Passions: Frankenstein (Circlet Press 1-885865-35-X, Oct 2003, $14.95, 217pp, tp, cover by Adrian Welch) [Darker Passions; Frankenstein] Reprint (Masquerade 1995) erotic horror novel based on Mary Shelley’s classic. Knight is a pen name for Nancy Kilpatrick. Order from Circlet Press, 1770 Massachusetts Ave. #278, Cambridge MA 02140; [www.circlet.com].

KNIGHT, E. E. (chron.)

• * *Way of the Wolf (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45939-3, Sep 2003, $6.50, 391pp, pb, cover by Koveck) [Vampire Earth] SF horror novel, Book One of “The Vampire Earth”. Aliens who feed on human souls have taken Earth, opposed by guerillas who call themselves the Wolves. Previously published as an e-book. A first novel. Copyrighted by Eric E. Frisch.

KNIGHT, J.; pseudonym of Jan S. Strnad (chron.)

• * _Risen (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1612-4, Jan 2004, $5.99, 407pp, pb) Reprint (Xlibris 2000 as by Jan Strnad) horror novel. Knight is a pen name for Jan Steven Strnad.

KNIPFEL, JIM (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Buzzing (Random House/Vintage 1-4000-3183-4, Mar 2003, $12.00, 259pp, tp) Offbeat novel with possible SF elements. Reporter Roscoe Baragon goes from covering the “kook beat” to piecing together a paranoid conspiracy theory of his own — one that might just be true. A first novel.

KNOX, ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * *Daylight (Ballantine 0-345-45795-1, Apr 2003, $23.95, 356pp, hc) Literary vampire novel. A New Zealand police expert on vacation in France finds a dead body and his investigation leads to a community of vampires.

KOCHER, PAUL H(arold) (1907- ) (chron.)

• * _Master of Middle-Earth: The Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46560-1, Sep 2003, $12.95, 247pp, tp, cover by Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1972) non-fiction, critical study. [Tolkien]

KOEHLER, KAREN (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Maiden #1: Out of the Ashes (KHP Industries/Black Death Books 0-9679220-3-8, Jul 2003, $16.00, 245pp, tp) SF novel of a cyborg woman on a mission of vengeance. This is a print-on-demand book available online at [www.khpindustries.com].
• * *Slayer: Stigmata (KHP Industries/Black Death Books 0-9679220-8-9, Sep 2003, $29.00, 558pp, tp) [Alek Knight] Horror novel featuring the vampire hunter Alek Knight. This is a print-on-demand book available online at [www.khpindustries.com] or from KHP Industries, PO Box 588, Effort PA 18330.

KOFOED, KARL B. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Galactic Geographic Annual 3003 (Paper Tiger 1-84340-070-7, Apr 2003, £14.99, 127pp, tp, cover by Karl Kofoed) Art book emulating National Geographic, showing the most interesting places of 3003 in words and pictures. Based on the series in Heavy Metal magazine. Edited by Paul Barnett.
• * +Galactic Geographic Annual 3003 (Sterling/Paper Tiger 1-84340-070-7, Jun 2003, $21.95, 128pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Art book, a supposed annual issue of a future magazine. This is the Paper Tiger UK edition, distributed in the US by Sterling Publishing, 387 Park Avenue S., New York NY 10016-8810; 800-805-5489; [www.sterlingpub.com].

KOLLER, JACKIE FRENCH (1948- ) (chron.)

• * *The Keepers, Book Two: The Wizard’s Apprentice (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-85591-5, Oct 2003, $4.99, 175pp, tp, cover by Rebecca Guay) [Keepers] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in a trilogy. Princess Nell’s father changes his mind and refuses to let her study wizardry.
• * *The Keepers: A Wizard Named Nell (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-85591-5, Oct 2003, $4.99, 180pp, tp, cover by Rebecca Guay) [Keepers] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in a trilogy.

KONDO, YOJI, ed. (1933- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Interstellar Travel and Multi-Generation Space Ships (with Frederick Bruhweiler, John Moore & Charles Sheffield) (Apogee Books 1-896522-99-8, Jul 2003, $24.95, 125pp, hc, cover by Paul McGhee) Associational non-fiction, a collection of papers presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science symposium in 2002, considering the technical and social issues of interstellar travel. Authors include Geoffrey Landis, Joe Haldeman, and Robert Forward.

KOONTZ, DEAN R(ay) (1945- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _By the Light of the Moon (SFBC #54913, Feb 2003, $13.50, 353pp, hc, cover by Tom Hallman) Reprint (Headline 2002) horror novel. This is similar to the Bantam US edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _By the Light of the Moon (Hodder Headline 0-7472-6682-4, Aug 2003, £6.99, 472pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 2002) horror novel.
• * _By the Light of the Moon (Bantam 0-553-58276-3, Nov 2003, $7.99, 460pp, pb, cover by Tom Hallman) Reprint (Headline 2002) horror novel.