The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003

Books, Listed by Author

McKILLIP, PATRICIA A(nne) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Ombria in Shadow (Ace 0-441-01016-4, Feb 2003, $14.00, 298pp, tp, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Reprint (Ace 2002) fantasy novel.

McKINLEY, (Jennifer Carolyn) ROBIN (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Door in the Hedge (Penguin/Firebird 0-698-11960-6, Oct 2003, $6.99, 216pp, tp, cover by Robert Hunt) Reprint (Greenwillow 1981) collection of four stories.
• * _Elementals: Water (with Peter Dickinson) See entry under Peter Dickinson.
• * *Sunshine (Berkley 0-425-19178-8, Oct 2003, $23.95, 389pp, hc, cover by Masao Mukai) Dark fantasy novel. A woman called Sunshine gets involved with a vampire in an alternate world where vampires and Other Folk are known, if not legal.
• * *Sunshine (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-05102-5, Oct 2003, £10.99, 389pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Dark fantasy novel. A woman named Sunshine gets involved with vampires. Simultaneous with the US (Berkley) edition.
• * _Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits (with Peter Dickinson) (Ace 0-441-01056-3, May 2003, $14.00, 266pp, tp, cover by Trina Schart Hyman) Reprint (Putnam 2002) original collection of six stories, three by each author.

McLAREN, CLEMENCE (chron.)

• * *Aphrodite’s Blessings (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-84377-1, Jan 2002, $16.00, 202pp, hc) Young-adult collection of three love stories from Greek myth, told from the point of view of the women involved: Psyche, Atalanta, and Andromeda. The author’s note discusses the myths and their variations. This is dated 2002, but not seen until now.

McLAUGHLIN, MARK (stories) (chron.)

• * *Professor LaGungo’s Exotic Artifacts & Assorted Mystic Collectibles (Flesh & Blood Press no ISBN, Dec 2002, $5.00, 34pp, ph, cover by Chris Whitlow) Chapbook original poetry collection of 24 poems. Order from Flesh & Blood Press, 121 Joseph St., Bayville NJ 08721; [www.fleshandbloodpress.com]. (Contents)
• * *The Spiderweb Tree (Yellow Bat Press 0-9718215-6-9, Jun 2003, $3.00, 31pp, ph, cover by Mark McLaughlin) Chapbook original collection of 11 linked poems presenting twisted takes on fairy tales. Order from Yellow Bat Press, 1338 West Maumee, Idlewilde Manor #136, Adrian MI 49221; checks payable to Richard Geyer; [www.yellowbat.com]. (Contents)

MACLAY, JOHN (B., Jr.) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *A Little Red Book of Vampire Stories (Borderlands Press 1-880325-06-3, Mar 2003, $15.00, 111pp, hc) Original collection of ten vampire stories. This is a signed, limited edition of 500. Order from Borderlands Press, PO Box 1524, Grantam NH 03753; 800-528-3310; [www.borderlandspress.com]. (Contents)

MacLEOD, IAN R. (1956- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Light Ages (Ace 0-441-01055-5, May 2003, $23.95, 456pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Light Ages] Fantasy novel set in an industrial England powered by magic.
• * _The Light Ages (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-6242-4, Jun 2003, £17.99, 456pp, hc, cover by Edward Miller) [Light Ages] Reprint (Ace 2003) fantasy novel in which the Industrial Revolution was fueled by magic, not science. [First UK edition]

MacLEOD, KEN(neth Macrae) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Engine City (Tor 0-765-30502-X, Feb 2003, $24.95, 304pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) [Engines of Light] Far-future SF novel, book three of “The Engines of Light” trilogy. First US edition (Orbit 11/02).
• * _Engine City (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-203-5, Sep 2003, £6.99, 369pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Engines of Light] Reprint (Orbit 2002) SF novel, last of a trilogy: Engines of Light: Book Three.
• * _Engine City (Tor 0-765-34421-1, Jan 2004, $6.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Stephan Martiniere) [Engines of Light] Reprint (Orbit 2002) far-future SF novel, book three of “The Engines of Light” trilogy.
• * *The Engines of Light (SFBC #56946, Apr 2003, $17.99, 791pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Engines of Light] Omnibus of three SF novels in the series: Cosmonaut Keep (2000), Dark Light (2001), and Engine City (2002). This has ISBN 0-7394-3298-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * _The Human Front/A Writer’s Life (with Eric Brown) (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07505-8, Feb 2003, £5.99, 90+107pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Gollancz 2002 as part of Infinities edited by Peter Crowther) anthology of two novellas bound Ace double style. Each was published separately in 2001 by PS Publishing. (Contents)

McMAHON, GARY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Tiny Torments (ZedHed Press, Nov 2003, 26pp, ph) Collecton of eight (very) short stories, five original. (Contents)

McMULLEN, SEAN (Christopher) (1948- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Eyes of the Calculor (Tor 0-765-34512-9, Dec 2003, $7.99, 591pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Greatwinter] Reprint (Tor 2001) near-future SF novel, third in the “Greatwinter” series.
• * _The Miocene Arrow (Tor 0-765-34455-6, May 2003, $7.99, 598pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Greatwinter] Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel.

McNAMARA, PETER, ed. (1947-2004) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Forever Shores: Fiction of the Fantastic (with Margaret Winch) (Wakefield Press/Aphelion Publications 1 86254 622 3, Nov 2003, $A29.95, 365pp, tp) Original anthology of 18 stories. (Contents)
• * *Wonder Years: The Ten Best Australian Stories of a Decade Past (MirrorDanse Books/Aphelion Publications 0-9586583-7-4, Jun 2003, A$24.95, 319pp, tp, cover by Les Peterson) Anthology of 12 stories, ten chosen as the best of the past decade in Australia, plus two that deeply influenced the editor. Authors include Damien Broderick, Terry Dowling, Sean Williams, and Lucy Sussex. An appendix lists winners of the Aurealis and Ditmar Awards. Available from MirrorDanse Books, PO Box 3542, Parramatta NSW 2124, Australia; [mirrordanse@optusnet.com.au]; [www.tabula-rasa.info/MirrorDanse/]. (Contents)

McNEIL, GIL, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Summer Magic (with Sarah Brown) See entry under Sarah Brown.

McNEILL, GRAHAM (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Ambassador (Black Library 1-84416-051-3, Nov 2003, £5.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Paul Dainton) [Warhammer: Ambassador] Original novel set in the “Warhammer” universe.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Warriors of Ultramar (Black Library 1-84416-000-9, Mar 2003, £5.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Alex Boyd) [Warhammer 40,000: Ultramarines] Novelization of the “Ultramarines” set in the SF roleplaying game universe.
• * +Warhammer 40,000: Warriors of Ultramar (Games Workshop/Black Library 0-7434-4352-7, Apr 2003, $6.95, 317pp, tp, cover by Alex Boyd) [Warhammer 40,000: Ultramarines] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the second featuring the “Ultramarines”. First US edition (Black Library UK 3/03).
• * +Warhammer: The Ambassador (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-051-3, Dec 2003, $6.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Paul Dainton) [Warhammer: Ambassador] Novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. First US edition (Black Library UK 11/03).

McNISH, CLIFF (chron.)

• * *The Silver Child (Orion Children’s Books 1-84255-259-7, Aug 2003, £8.99, 167pp, hc, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Silver] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a new series.
• * _The Wizard’s Promise (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-844-3, Jul 2003, £4.99, 250pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Doomspell] Reprint (Orion Children’s Books 2002) young-adult fantasy novel, third in “The Doomspell Trilogy”.

MacPHAIL, CATHERINE (chron.)

• * *Another Me (Bloomsbury 0-7475-6460-4, Jun 2003, £5.99, 174pp, tp, cover by Yeti McCaldin) Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *Dark Waters (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-846-4, Feb 2003, $15.95, 176pp, hc) Young-adult ghost story set in Scotland.

MADSEN, DAVID (Lawrence) (1929- ) (chron.)

• * *A Box of Dreams (Dedalus 1-903517-22-2, Nov 2003, £8.99, 205pp, tp, cover by David Bird) Literary gothic fantasy novel of dreams within dreams, of shifting realities, Freud and yodeling.

MAGUIRE, GREGORY (1955- ) (chron.)

• * *Mirror Mirror (HarperCollins/ReganBooks 0-06-039384-X, Oct 2003, $24.95, 280pp, hc, cover by Douglas Smith) Historical fantasy novel, a version of “Snow White” set in 16th-century Italy where Bianca de Nevada meets Lucrezia Borgia.

MAHY, MARGARET (May) (1936- ) (chron.)

• * +Alchemy (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 0-689-85053-0, Apr 2003, $16.95, 207pp, hc, cover by Darren Hopes) Young-adult fantasy novel. Roland is blackmailed into befriending a strange girl interested in alchemy. First US edition (CollinsFlamingo 11/02).

MAIDMAN, ELLEN (chron.)

• * _Days Dark as Night (with Michael Tanner) See entry under Michael Tanner.

MALLICK, CARLTON, III (stories) (chron.)

• * *Teeth and Tongue Landscape/Angel Scene (with Richard Kadrey) (Eraserhead Press 0-9729598-4-X, Dec 2003, $13.95, unpaginated, tp, cover by Brian Doogan & Richard Kadrey) Anthology/omnibus of two bizarre stories bound Ace Double style: Angel Scene by Richard Kadrey (illustrated by the author) and Teeth and Tongue Landscape by Carlton Mellick III (illustrated by Brian Doogan). This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.eraserheadpress.com] or from Eraserhead Press, 16455 E. Fairlynn Drive, Fountain Hills AZ 85268. (Contents)

MALLORY, JAMES (chron.)

• * _The Outstretched Shadow (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey

MALONE, PATRICIA (chron.)

• * _The Legend of Lady Ilena (Random House/Dell Laurel-leaf 0-440-22909-X, Jul 2003, $5.50, 232pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Lady Ilena] Reprint (Delacorte 2002) young-adult Arthurian novel.

MALONEY, GEOFFREY (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Tales from the Crypto-System (Prime Books 1-894815-23-8, Nov 2003, $17.95, 291pp, tp, cover by Kirsten Bishop) Collection 21 stories, three new. (Contents)

MALONEY, MACK; pseudonym of Brian Kelleher, (1952- ) (chron.)

• * *Starhawk: Battle at Zero Point (Ace 0-441-01096-2, Sep 2003, $6.50, 341pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Starhawk] Far-future SF novel, fourth in the series. Maloney is a pen name for Brian Kelleher.

MALZBERG, BARRY N(athaniel), ed. (1939- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Best Time Travel Stories of All Time (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-5814-1, Feb 2003, $15.95, 440 + viii, tp, cover by Ralf Heimisch) Anthology of 15 stories. Authors include Poul Anderson, Philip K. Dick, and Geoffrey A. Landis. There is an unpaginated, 16-page, color comic-book adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder”. (Contents)

MAMATAS, NICK (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *3000 MPH in Every Direction at Once: Stories and Essays (Prime Books/Library Empyreal 1-930997-31-0, Jul 2003, $12.99, 143pp, tp) Collection of nine stories and eight essays. Introduction by Zoe Trope. Order from Prime Books, PO Box 36503, Canton OH 44735; [www.primebooks.net]. (Contents)

MANGELS, ANDY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Roswell: Pursuit (with Michael A. Martin) (Simon Pulse 0-689-85522-2, Sep 2003, $5.99, 241pp, pb) [Roswell] Novelization based on the TV show based on the “Roswell High” series by Melinda Metz. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film, Regency Entertainment (USA), and Monarchy Enterprises B.V.
• * *Roswell: Turnabout (with Michael A. Martin) (Simon Pulse 0-689-86410-8, Nov 2003, $5.99, 260pp, pb) [Roswell] Novelization based on the TV show based on the “Roswell High” series by Melinda Metz. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film, Regency Entertainment (USA), and Monarchy Enterprises B.V.
• * *Star Trek: The Lost Era: The Sundered (with Michael A. Martin) (Pocket 0-7434-6401-X, Aug 2003, $6.99, 384pp, pb) [Star Trek: The Lost Era] Star Trek novelization, first in a new series set between the original series and The Next Generation. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

MANN, JAMES A(nthony), ed. (1955- )

• * _A New Dawn: The Complete Don A. Stuart Stories See entry under John W. Campbell, Jr.

MANN, WILLIAM J.; see pseudonyms Geoffrey Huntingdon & Geoffrey Huntington (stories) (chron.)

MARCELLAS, DIANA (chron.)

• * _The Sea Lark’s Song (Tor 0-812-56178-3, Nov 2003, $7.99, 471pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Mother Ocean, Daughter Sea] Reprint (Tor 2002) fantasy novel, second in a trilogy begun in Mother Ocean, Daughter Sea.

MARCO, JOHN (chron.)

• * *The Devil’s Armor (DAW 0-7564-0155-0, Nov 2003, $24.95, 680pp, hc, cover by David Bowers) [Eyes of God] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Eyes of God.
• * _The Eyes of God (DAW 0-7564-0096-1, Jan 2003, $6.99, 779pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Eyes of God] Reprint (DAW 2002) fantasy novel.
• * _The Eyes of God (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07392-6, Feb 2003, £6.99, 789pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Eyes of God] Reprint (DAW 2002) fantasy novel, first in a new series. King Akeela needs the amulets called the Eyes of God to save his queen.

MARILLIER, JULIET (stories) (chron.)

• * _Child of the Prophecy (HarperCollins UK 0-00-648606-1, Jan 2003, £6.99, 577pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Sevenwaters] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 2001) fantasy novel, the third book of the “Sevenwaters” trilogy.
• * _Child of the Prophecy (Tor 0-765-34501-3, Jun 2003, $7.99, 555pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Sevenwaters] Reprint (Macmillan Australia 2001) Celtic fantasy novel, third in the “Sevenwaters” trilogy.
• * _Wolfskin (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-0038-4, Mar 2003, £16.99, iv+566pp, hc) [Saga of the Light Isles] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 2002) historical fantasy novel of the eighth-century confrontation between the Norse and the Picts. The first volume in the “Saga of the Light Isles”.
• * +Wolfskin (Tor 0-765-30672-7, Jun 2003, $25.95, 493pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) [Saga of the Light Isles] Fantasy novel, first of two in “The Saga of the Light Isles”. First US edition (Macmillan Australia 8/02).

MARIOTTE, JEFF(rey J.) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Angel: Endangered Species (with Nancy Holder) See entry under Nancy Holder.
• * *Angel: Sanctuary (Simon Pulse 0-689-85664-4, Apr 2003, $5.99, 306pp, pb) [Angel] Novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * *Angel: Solitary Man (Simon Pulse 0-689-86015-3, Dec 2003, $5.99, 292pp, pb) [Angel] Novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * *Charmed: Mirror Image (Simon Pulse 0-689-85790-X, Jul 2003, $5.99, 227pp, pb) [Charmed] Young-adult novelization, the 19th based on the TV show about three witches. Copyrighted by Spelling Television.
• * *Star Trek: The Lost Era (2355-2357): Deny Thy Father (Pocket 0-7434-6409-5, Dec 2003, $6.99, 352pp, pb) [Star Trek: Lost Era] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

MARSDEN, JOHN (chron.)

• * +The Rabbits (with Shaun Tan) (Simply Read Books 0-9688768-8-9, Sep 2003, $16.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Shaun Tan) Children’s picture book, a fantastic, allegorical interpretation of the European (rabbit) colonization of Australia, with text by Marsden and illustrations by Tan. First US edition (Lothian 1998); this is modified somewhat from the Australian edition, in larger format with text hand-written by Shaun Tan. Available from Simply Read Books, 501-5525 West Boulevard, Vancouver BC Canada V6M 3W6; 604-727-2960, [www.simplyreadbooks.com];

MARSHALL, MICHAEL; pseudonym of Michael Marshall Smith, (1965- ) (chron.)

• * _The Straw Men (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649998-8, Apr 2003, £6.99, 484pp, pb) [Straw Men] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2002) suspense novel with SF elements. This is a pen-name for Michael Marshall Smith.

MARTIN, GEORGE R(aymond) R(ichard) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _A Clash of Kings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-647989-8, Jan 2003, £7.99, 741pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Song of Ice and Fire] Reissue (Voyager 1998) fantasy novel. Book two of “A Song of Ice and Fire”.
• * _A Game of Thrones (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-647988-X, Jan 2003, £7.99, 835pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Song of Ice and Fire] Reissue (Voyager 1996) fantasy novel. Book one of “A Song of Ice and Fire”.
• * *GRRM: A RRetrospective (Subterranean Press 1-931081-90-5, Sep 2003, $40.00, 1283pp, hc, cover by Phil Parks) Collection of 32 stories, two original (early non-SF), and two television scripts, with extensive commentary by Martin on his writing career. Introduction by Gardner Dozois. There is a bibliographical checklist by Leslie Kay Swigart. A signed, limited edition (-91-3, $125.00) is also available. Order from Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com]. (Contents)
• * _A Storm of Swords (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57342-X, Mar 2003, $7.99, 1179pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Song of Ice and Fire] Reprint (Voyager 2000) fantasy novel, book three of “A Song of Ice and Fire”.
• * _A Storm of Swords: One: Steel and Snow (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-647990-1, Apr 2003, £7.99, xiii+661pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Song of Ice and Fire] Reprint (Voyager 2000 as half of A Storm of Swords) fantasy novel, the first part of the third volume in “A Song of Ice and Fire”.
• * _A Storm of Swords: Two: Blood and Gold (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-711955-0, Apr 2003, £6.99, viii+667pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Song of Ice and Fire] Reprint (Voyager 2000 as half of A Storm of Swords) fantasy novel, the second part of the third volume in “A Song of Ice and Fire”.