The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003

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NOLAN, WILLIAM F(rancis) (1928- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Dark Universe (Leisure 0-8439-5190-7, Dec 2003, $6.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Marc Raddle) Reprint (Stealth Press 2001 as part of Dark Universe) collection of 19 stories, chosen by Nolan. Introduction by Christopher Conlon; individual story introductions by Nolan. (Contents)
* *Have You Seen the Wind? (BearManor Media 0-9714570-5-0, Jan 2003, $14.95, 125pp, tp) Collection of six stories, one original, plus 27 poems, five original. Order from BearManor Media, PO Box 750, Boalsburg PA 16827; [bearmanormedia.com]; [benohmart@yahoo.com]; add $4.00 postage. (Contents)
* *With Marlowe in L.A. (Sidecar Preservation Society no ISBN, Jun 2003, $8.00, 28pp, ph, cover by William F. Nolan) Chapbook fantasy short story, plus a poem. Philip Marlowe gives a tour of Raymond Chandler sites in the Los Angeles area. This is the first English-language edition. This is a limited edition of 175.
NORMAN, LISANNE (stories) (chron.)

* *Between Darkness and Light (DAW 0-7564-0015-5, Jan 2003, $6.99, 752pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Sholan Alliance] SF novel, seventh in the “Sholan Alliance” series.
NORTON, ALICE MARY; see under Norton, Andre (stories) (chron.)
NORTON, ANDRE; [born Alice Mary Norton] (1912-2005); formerly Alice Mary Norton (stories) (chron.)

* _Atlantis Endgame (with Sherwood Smith) (Tor 0-812-58415-5, Jan 2004, $6.99, 251pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Time Traders] Reprint (Tor 2002) SF novel in Norton’s “Time Traders” series.
* _Beast Master’s Ark (with Lyn McConchie) (Tor 0-765-34009-7, Jul 2003, $5.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Allen Douglas) [Hosteen Storm] Reprint (Tor 2002) SF novel, the first in a series of sequels to Norton’s The Beast Master.
* _A Crown Disowned (with Sasha Miller) (Tor 0-812-57760-4, Nov 2003, $6.99, 416pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan] Reprint (Tor 2002) fantasy novel. Third in the “Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan”.
* *Darkness and Dawn (Baen 0-7434-3595-8, Mar 2003, $15.00, 310pp, tp) Omnibus of Daybreak—2250 A.D. (1952 as Star Man’s Son: 2250 A.D.) and No Night Without Stars (1975). (Contents)
* _The Elvenbane (with Mercedes R. Lackey) (SFBC #52417, Aug 2002, $10.99, 390pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) Reissue (Tor 1991) fantasy novel. This has a new SFBC number; no printing number is given.
* _Elvenblood (with Mercedes R. Lackey) (SFBC #52418, Aug 2002, $11.99, 299pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Halfblood Chronicles] Reissue (Tor 1995) fantasy novel, second book in “The Halfblood Chronicles”. This has a new SFBC number on the back jacket; no printing number is given.
* _Elvenborn (with Mercedes R. Lackey) (Tor 0-812-57123-1, Oct 2003, $7.99, 449pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Halfblood Chronicles] Reprint (Tor 2002) fantasy novel, third book in “The Halfblood Chronicles”.
* _The Gates to Witch World (Tor/Orb 0-765-30051-6, Sep 2003, $17.95, 461pp, tp, cover by Mark Harrison) [Witch World] Reprint (Tor 2001) omnibus of the first three “Witch World” novels: Witch World (1963), Web of the Witch World (1964), and Year of the Unicorn (1965). Introduction by C.J. Cherryh.
* _Janus (Baen 0-7434-7180-6, Jan 2004, $6.99, 463pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Niall Renfro] Reprint (Baen 2002) SF omnibus of two SF novels, Judgment on Janus (1963) and Victory on Janus (1966).
* *The Solar Queen (Tor 0-765-30054-0, Dec 2003, $25.95, 382pp, hc, cover by Julie Bell) [Solar Queen] Omnibus of the first two novels in the series about Dane Thorson and the Free Trader spaceship crew: Sargasso of Space (1955) and Plague Ship (1956). (Contents)
* *Time Traders III (with Sherwood Smith) (SFBC #54748, Dec 2002, $12.99, 403pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Time Traders] Omnibus of two “Time Traders” novels: Echoes in Time (1999) and Atlantis Endgame (2002). This has ISBN 0-7394-3103-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
* _Warlock (Baen 0-7434-7151-2, Aug 2003, $7.99, 563pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Forerunner] Reprint (Baen 2002) SF omnibus of three SF novels, Storm Over Warlock (1960), Ordeal in Otherwhere (1964), and Forerunner Foray (1973).
NORTON, MARY (1903-1992) (chron.)

* _The Borrowers (Harcourt/Odyssey 0-15-204737-9, Apr 2003, $5.95, 180pp, tp, cover by Marla Frazee) [Borrowers] Reissue (Dent 1952) young-adult fantasy, first in the series. This has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.
* _The Borrowers (Harcourt 0-15-204928-2, Oct 2003, $19.95, 148pp, hc, cover by Maryna Norton) [Borrowers] Reissue (Dent 1952) young-adult fantasy, first in the series. A sticker indicates this is a 50th anniversary edition; it has new illustrations by Diana Stanley, a new foreword by Leonard S. Marcus, and a letter by Norton.
* _The Borrowers Afield (Harcourt/Odyssey 0-15-204732-8, Apr 2003, $5.95, 215pp, tp, cover by Marla Frazee) [Borrowers] Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1955) young-adult fantasy, second in the series. This has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.
* _The Borrowers Afloat (Harcourt/Odyssey 0-15-204733-6, Apr 2003, $5.95, 191pp, tp, cover by Marla Frazee) [Borrowers] Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1959) young-adult fantasy, third in the “Borrowers” series. This has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.
* _The Borrowers Aloft (Harcourt/Odyssey 0-15-204734-4, Apr 2003, $5.95, 224pp, tp, cover by Marla Frazee) [Borrowers] Reissue (Dent 1961) young-adult fantasy, fourth in the “Borrowers” series. This has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.
* _The Borrowers Avenged (Harcourt/Odyssey 0-15-204731-X, Apr 2003, $5.95, 298pp, tp, cover by Marla Frazee) [Borrowers] Reissue (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1982) young-adult fantasy, fifth in the “Borrowers” series. This has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.
NOVEMBER, SHARYN, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Firebirds (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-250142-5, Sep 2003, $19.99, 420pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Young-adult original anthology of 16 stories, one a b&w graphic collaboration by Emma Bull and Charles Vess. Other authors include Lloyd Alexander, Patricia A. McKillip, and Diana Wynne Jones. (Contents)
* _Firebirds (SFBC #19451, Oct 2003, $9.99, 420pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Firebird 2003) young-adult anthology. This is similar to the Firebird edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
NYBERG, BJÖRN (Emil Oscar) (1929- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Sagas of Conan (with L. Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter) See entry under L. Sprague de Camp.
NYE, JODY LYNN (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Myth Alliances (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
* _Myth-Told Tales (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
* _The Ship Who Saved Worlds (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
NYLUND, ERIC S. (1964- ) (chron.)

* *Halo: First Strike (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46781-7, Dec 2003, $6.99, 340pp, pb) Novelization based on the computer game. Copyrighted by Microsoft.
OATES, JOYCE CAROL (1938- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Beasts (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1103-5, Jan 2003, $11.00, 138pp, tp, cover by Henry Fuseli) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 2002) associational non-supernatural gothic horror novella.
* *Small Avalanches and Other Stories (HarperTempest 0-06-001217-X, Mar 2003, $16.99, 390pp, hc, cover by Adam Gaynor) Young-adult collection of 12 stories, two original, and at least four with SF or fantasy elements. (Contents)
ODOM, MEL(vin Lewis, III) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer/Angel: Cursed (Simon Pulse 0-689-86437-X, Nov 2003, $6.99, 440pp, hc) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer; Angel] Novelization based on the television shows. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
* *Hunters of the Dark Sea (Tor 0-765-30480-5, Jul 2003, $24.95, 397pp, hc) SF novel. Whalers in the 19th century are stalked by an alien predator.
OGBURN, JACQUELINE K. (chron.)

* _The Lady & the Lion (with Laurel Long) See entry under Laurel Long.
OGDEN, MARGARET (Astrid Lindholm) (1952- ); see under Lindholm, Megan (stories) (chron.)
O’GREEN, JENNIFER MITCHELL ROBERSON; see under Roberson, Jennifer (stories) (chron.)
O’KEEFE, DEBORAH (chron.)

* *Readers in Wonderland: The Liberating Worlds of Fantasy Fiction: From Dorothy to Harry Potter (Continuum 0-8264-1469-9, Jun 2003, $29.95, 222pp, hc, cover by Hope Dunlap) Non-fiction, critical, an exploration of what makes young-adult fantasy so popular, with discussion of numerous authors and their works, primarily from the last 50 years. Includes a bibliography and index. Continuum, 370 Lexington Ave., New York NY 10017; [info@continuum-books.com]; [www.continuumbooks.com].
O’LEARY, PATRICK (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Impossible Bird (Tor 0-765-30339-6, Mar 2003, $14.95, 366pp, tp, cover by Gregory Manchess) Reprint (Tor 2002) quasi-SF novel.
OLEXA, KEITH, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Hitting the Skids in Pixeltown: The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology 2 (with Christian O’Toole & Orson Scott Card) See entry under Orson Scott Card.
OLIVER, (Symmes) CHAD(wick) (1928-1993) (stories) (chron.)

* *Far from This Earth: Selected Stories of Chad Oliver, Volume 2 (NESFA Press 1-886778-48-5, Sep 2003, $24.00, 472pp, hc, cover by Jane Dennis) Collection of 20 stories. Introduction by editor Priscilla Olson. Available from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701; [www.nesrfa.org/press]; [press@nesfa.org]. (Contents)
* *A Star Above It: Selected Stories of Chad Oliver, Volume 1 (NESFA Press 1-886778-45-0, Sep 2003, $24.00, 473pp, hc, cover by Jane Dennis) Collection of 20 stories, with a biographical introduction by Howard Waldrop. Order from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701-0203; [www.nesfa.org/press]. (Contents)
OLSON, D. H., ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _The Eerie Mr. Murphy See entry under Howard Wandrei.
OLTION, JERRY (Brian) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Abandon in Place (Tor 0-312-87316-6, Feb 2003, $14.95, 365pp, tp, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Reprint (Tor 2000) SF novel.
* _The Getaway Special (Tor 0-312-87778-1, Sep 2003, $15.95, 400pp, tp, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Getaway Special] Reprint (Tor 2001) SF novel.
* *With Stars in Their Eyes (with Adam-Troy Castro) (Wildside Press/Betancourt & Company 1-59224-614-1, Oct 2003, $32.95, 209pp, hc) Collection of seven stories, one original (by Castro). There are three solo stories by each author, and one collaboration. Introduction by Stanley Schmidt. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301. (Contents)
O’MAHONY, DANIEL (1973- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Doctor Who Novellas: The Cabinet of Light (Telos 1-903889-18-9, Jul 2003, £10.00, 121pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Novellazation based on the TV series. Introduction by Chaz Brenchley. The deluxe edition adds a frontispiece by John Higgins, and is signed by O’Mahony, Brenchley, and Higgins. Licensed by the BBC. Available from 61 Elgar Avenue, Tolworth, Surrey KT5 9JP. A deluxe hardback edition (-19-7, £25.00) is also available.
O’NAN, STEWART (1961- ) (chron.)

* *The Night Country (Farrar Straus Giroux 0-374-22215-0, Oct 2003, $22.00, 229pp, hc) Ghost story. Survivors of a New England car crash in their teens are haunted by the accident.
O’NEILL, KEVIN (chron.)

* _The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Absolute Edition, Volume One (with Alan Moore) See entry under Alan Moore.
ONIONS, OLIVER (stories) (chron.)

* _Ghost Stories (Tartarus Press 1-872621-54-6, May 2003, £30.00, vii+455pp, hc) Reissue (??? ???) ghost collection. Note that the original (12/2000) edition omitted one story (“Tragic Casements”). Limited to 350 copies. (Contents) [Not seen]
ORDOVER, JOHN J., ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _Star Trek: Strange New Worlds VI (with Paula M. Block & Dean Wesley Smith) See entry under Dean Wesley Smith.
ORMAN, KATE (1968- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Doctor Who Novellas: Fallen Gods (with Jonathan Blum) See entry under Jonathan Blum.
* *Doctor Who: Blue Box (BBC Books 0-5635-3859-7, Mar 2003, £5.99, 271pp, pb) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 58 in the BBC “Missing Adventures” series featuring the Sixth Doctor. Orman also writes as Kate Forsyth.
ORTEGA, JOSHUA (chron.)

* _((Frequencies)) (Jodere Group 1-58872-069-1, Mar 2003, $24.00, 389pp, hc) Reprint (Omega Point Productions 2001) SF novel of Seattle in 2051.
ORWELL, GEORGE; pseudonym of Eric Blair, (1903-1950) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Animal Farm/1984 (Harcourt 0-15-101026-9, Jun 2003, $22.00, 385 + xiv, hc) Omnibus of Orwell’s classic cautionary novels: Animal Farm (1945) and 1984 (1949). This has a new introduction by Christopher Hitchens. (Contents)
* _Nineteen Eighty-Four (Penguin/Plume/Harcourt Brace 0-452-28423-6, May 2003, $14.00, 339pp, tp) [1984] Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1949) classic dystopian SF novel. This is a “Centennial Edition” (100 years after Orwell’s birth); it has a new foreword by Thomas Pynchon, a 1961 afterword by Erich Fromm, and a selected bibliography.
* _Nineteen Eighty-Four (SFBC no ISBN, Dec 2003, $10.99, 314pp, hc) [1984] Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1949) classic dystopian SF novel. This is similar to the 1949 Harcourt, Brace edition; the jacket lacks price, ISBN, and SFBC number.
OSBORNE-McKNIGHT, JUILENE (chron.)

* _Daughter of Ireland (Tor/Forge 0-765-34642-7, Mar 2003, $6.99, 336pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) Reprint (Forge 2002) historical novel with fantasy elements.
O’SHAUGHNESSY, DARREN; see pseudonym Darren Shan (stories) (chron.)
O’SHEA, (Catherine) PAT(ricia, née Shiels) (1931-2007) (chron.)

* _The Hounds of the Morrigan (Oxford University Press 0-19-275281-2, Jun 2003, £4.99, 469pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) Reprint (Oxford University Press 1985) young-adult fantasy novel.
O’TOOLE, CHRISTIAN, ed. (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Hitting the Skids in Pixeltown: The Phobos Science Fiction Anthology 2 (with Orson Scott Card & Keith Olexa) See entry under Orson Scott Card.
OXENBURY, HELEN (chron.)

* _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (with Lewis Carroll) See entry under Lewis Carroll.
PAGE, JAKE; [i.e., James Keena Page, Jr.] (1936- ) (chron.)

* *Cavern (University of New Mexico Press 0-8263-2227-1, Mar 2003, $13.95, 286pp, tp) Thriller. Newly discovered caverns hold a deadly secret born of nuclear waste. Order from University of New Mexico Press, 1720 Lomas Blvd. NE, Albuquerque NM 87106; 800-249-7737; [www.unmpress.com].
PAGEL, STEPHEN, ed. (chron.)

* _Bending the Landscape: Horror (with Nicola Griffith) See entry under Nicola Griffith.
PAGET, VIOLET (1856-1935); see pseudonym Vernon Lee (stories) (chron.)
PALAHNIUK, CHUCK (chron.)

* _Lullaby (Random House/Anchor 0-385-72219-2, Sep 2003, $13.95, 260pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 2002) blackly comic supernatural thriller about a lethal lullaby.
PALMER, CHRISTOPHER (chron.)

* *Philip K. Dick: Exhilaration and Terror of the Postmodern (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-628-3, May 2003, £18.95, 259 + xii, tp) Non-fiction, a critical examination of ways Dick’s life and works express the clash between humanism and postmodernism. A hardcover edition (-618-6, £39.95) was announced but not seen. Available in the US from International Specialized Book Services, 920 NE 58th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland OR 97213-3786; 503-287-3093; [www.isbs.com]. [Dick]
* +Philip K. Dick: Exhilaration and Terror of the Postmodern (ISBS/Liverpool University Press 0-85323-628-3, Jul 2003, $29.95, 259 + xii, tp) Non-fiction, a critical study of Dick’s work from historical and literary perspectives. There are notes, bibliography, and index. A hardcover edition (-618-6, $62.95) was announced but not seen. This is the Liverpool University Press edition, available in the US from International Specialized Book Services, 920 NE 58th Ave., Suite 300, Portland OR 97213-3786; [www.isbs.com]; 503-287-3093. [Dick]
PALMER, JOSEPH (chron.)

* *Dirty McNasty (Wizard Mountain Media 1-410-72438-7, Aug 2003, $8.95, 351pp, pb, cover by A. J. Dickerman) [Dirty McNasty Chronicles] SF thriller, the first in “The Dirty McNasty Chronicles”. A street kid with a split personality seeks vengeance in dark New Rogue City. Order from Wizard Mountain Media, PO Box 2561, Framingham MA 01703; [Wizardmountainmedia@comcast.net].
* *Dragon Stones (Wizard Mountain Media 1-410-74543-0, Aug 2003, $8.95, 272pp, pb, cover by A. J. Dickerman) [Dragon Stones] Fantasy novel, the first in the “Saga of the Dragon Stones”. Young Turin must learn to master the power of the Dragon Stone to save his homeland. Order from Wizard Mountain Media, PO Box 2561, Framingham MA 01703; [Wizardmountainmedia@comcast.net].
* *The Island Court: The Bottle of Saint Tucke (Wizard Mountain Media 1-410-74561-9, Aug 2003, $8.95, 320pp, pb, cover by A. J. Dickerman) [First King] Fantasy novel, the first in “The First King” trilogy. Order from Wizard Mountain Media, PO Box 2561, Framingham MA 01703; [Wizardmountainmedia@comcast.net].

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