The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003

Books, Listed by Author

PIKE, CHRISTOPHER (chron.)

• * *The Blind Mirror (Tor 0-312-85895-7, May 2003, $24.95, 351pp, hc) Horror novel of demonic possession.
• * _The Last Vampire (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-87745-6, Oct 2003, £5.99, 170pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) Reissue (Archway 1994) young-adult horror novel.
• * _Master of Murder (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-87747-2, Oct 2003, £5.99, 185pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) Reissue (Archway 1992) young-adult horror novel.
• * _Remember Me (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-87748-0, Oct 2003, £5.99, 268pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) Reissue (Archway 1989) young-adult horror novel.
• * _Weekend (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-87746-4, Oct 2003, £5.99, 204pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) Reissue (Scholastic 1986) young-adult horror novel.

PINKWATER, DANIEL M(anus) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Picture of Morty and Ray (with Jack E. Davis) (HarperCollins 0-06-623785-8, Aug 2003, $15.99, 32pp, hc, cover by Jack E. Davis) Children’s picture book, a take-off on The Picture of Dorian Gray, with text by Pinkwater and illustrations by Davis.

PINTO, RICARDO (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +The Standing Dead (Tor 0-312-87209-7, Mar 2003, $27.95, 560pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Stone Dance of the Chameleon] Fantasy novel, second book in “The Stone Dance of the Chameleon” trilogy. Carnelian and Osidian end up captives of plains nomads. First US edition (Bantam UK 5/02).
• * _The Standing Dead (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-553-81285-8, May 2003, £6.99, 730pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Stone Dance of the Chameleon] Reprint (Bantam UK 2002) fantasy novel. Book Two of “The Stone Dance of the Chameleon” Trilogy.

PLANK, ROBERT (1907-1983) (chron.)

• * _George Orwell’s Guide Through Hell: A Psychological Study of 1984, Second Edition (Wildside Press 0-89370-413-X, Jul 2003, $19.95, 136pp, tp) Reprint (Borgo Press 1986) non-fiction, an examination of Orwell’s classic novel, looking at its psychological roots and parallels in other works. This is the revised 1994 Borgo Press edition. Includes chronology, notes, bibliography, and index. A print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301. [Orwell]

PLUM-UCCI, CAROL (chron.)

• * *The She (Harcourt 0-15-216819-2, Oct 2003, $17.00, 280pp, hc) Young-adult mystery/horror novel. A boy investigates his parents’ death at sea — possibly caused by the legendary she-devil of the New Jersey coast.

POE, EDGAR ALLAN (1809-1849) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Fall of the House of Usher and other writings (Penguin UK 0-14-143981-5, Mar 2003, £3.99, 488pp, tp) Reprint (Penguin 1967 as Selected Writings of Edgar Allan Poe) collection, edited by David Galloway. A “Penguin Classics” edition. This includes a new chronology and a list of further reading by John Byam Liston Shaw.
• * _Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Pocket 0-7434-6746-9, Apr 2003, $5.99, 457 + xv, pb, cover by Janet Wooley) Reprint (Pocket 1951) collection of 21 stories and 34 poems. This is an “Enriched Classic” edition with suggestions for further reading and 20 excerpts from critical writing on Poe.
• * *The Raven and Other Writings (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin Classics 0-689-86352-7, Sep 2003, $3.99, 418 + xv, tp) Young-adult collection of 13 stories and 16 poems. Foreword by Avi. (Contents)
• * _Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-4872-1, 2003, $4.95, 456pp, hc) Reprint collection of 22 classic horror stories, with a new afterword by Ponty Claypole. This is a gilt-edged mini-hardback “Collector’s Library’ edition. (Contents)

POGORELSKY, ANTONY (chron.)

• * *The Little Black Hen (with Elizabeth James & Gennady Spirin) (Simply Read Books 1-894965-03-5, Sep 2003, $16.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Gennady Spirin) Children’s picture book illustrated by Spirin, based on a Russian fairy tale written by Pogorielsky in 1829 and retold by James. Available from Simply Read Books, 501-5525 West Boulevard, Vancouver BC Canada V6M 3W6; 604-727-2960, [www.simplyreadbooks.com].

POHL, FREDERIK (George, Jr.) (1919- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Chasing Science: Science as Spectator Sport (Tor 0-765-30829-0, Dec 2003, $14.95, 303pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 2000) associational non-fiction science book and travel guide. This edition is revised and updated with two new chapters.
• * _The Space Merchants (with C. M. Kornbluth) (SFBC #55569, Apr 2003, $9.99, 154pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Space Merchants] Reprint (Ballantine 1953) classic SF satire. The second volume in the “SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection”, this has ISBN 0-7394-3218-4; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Space Merchants (with C. M. Kornbluth) (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07528-7, Jul 2003, £6.99, 186pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (Ballantine 1953) classic SF novel. Volume 54 in the “SF Masterworks” series.

POOLE, JOSEPHINE; pseudonym of Jane Penelope Josephine Helyar, (1933- ) (chron.)

• * _Moon Eyes (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-84374-8, Aug 2002, £4.99, 150pp, tp, cover by Heli Heita) Reprint (Hutchinson 1965) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *Scorched (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-84375-6, Jul 2003, £5.99, 197pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel.

POTTER, ELLEN (chron.)

• * *Olivia Kidney (Penguin/Philomel 0-399-23850-6, Jun 2003, $15.99, 155pp, hc, cover by Peter H. Reynolds) Young-adult fantasy novel. Olivia’s new apartment building has talking lizards, a psychic, ghosts, and more.

POTTLE, BILL (chron.)

• * *Dream Quest (iUniverse/Writers Club Press 0-595-26804-8, Oct 2003, $16.95, 261 + viii, tp, cover by Charles DeGuzman) Fantasy novel. A dream sets a boy off on a quest. A first novel. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.iuniverse.com], or from iUniverse, 2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100, Lincoln NE 68512.

POURNELLE, JERRY E(ugene) [Ph.D] (1933- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Fallen Angels (with Michael F. Flynn & Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.
• * _Starswarm (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34531-5, Jul 2003, $5.99, 341pp, tp, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Jupiter] Reprint (Tor 1998) young-adult SF novel, fifth in the “Jupiter” series.

POW, TOM (chron.)

• * *Scabbit Isle (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-54986-X, Aug 2003, £4.99, 131pp, tp) Young-adult ghost novel set near an island where plague victims were once exiled.

POWERS, RICHARD (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Time of Our Singing (Farrar Straus Giroux 0-374-27782-6, Jan 2003, $27.00, 631pp, hc) Literary novel with SF elements of seeing through time. A mixed-race family involved in classical music copes with racism in 20th-century America.

POWERS, TIM(othy Thomas) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Devils in the Details (with James P. Blaylock) See entry under James P. Blaylock

POYARKOV, SERGEI (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Flawless Imperfection (Poyarkov, Sergey 966-95718-0-6, 2003, $49.50, 171pp, tp, cover by Sergey Poyarkov) Art book, with text in English and Russian, designed to accompany a 2003 exhibit at the National Historical Museum of Ukraine. Available in the US from Bud Plant Comic Art, PO Box 1689, Grass Valley CA 95945-1689; 800-242-6642; [www.budplant.com].

POZZESSERE, HEATHER GRAHAM (1953- ); see pseudonym Shannon Drake (chron.)

PRATCHETT, TERRY (David John) (1948- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (HarperTrophy 0-06-001235-8, May 2003, $5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Chris Gall) [Discworld] Reprint (HarperCollins 2001) young-adult “Discworld” humorous fantasy novel.
• * _The Bromeliad Trilogy (HarperCollins 0-06-009493-1, Oct 2003, $17.99, 502pp, hc, cover by S. Saelig Gallagher) [Bromeliad] Reprint (SFBC 1993) omnibus of three young-adult fantasy novels in “The Bromeliad” series: Truckers (1989), Diggers (1990), and Wings (1990).
• * _Hogfather (HarperTorch 0-06-105905-6, Nov 2003, $6.99, 354pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1996) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #20; 11th printing.
• * _Lords and Ladies (HarperTorch 0-06-105692-8, Mar 2003, $6.99, 374pp, pb) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1992) humorous fantasy novel, 14th in the “Discworld” series. 13th printing.
• * _Men at Arms (HarperTorch 0-06-109219-3, Jun 2003, $6.99, 377pp, pb, cover by Michael Sabanosh) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1993) humorous fantasy novel, 15th in the “Discworld” series. 12th printing.
• * *Monstrous Regiment (HarperCollins 0-06-001315-X, Oct 2003, $24.95, 353pp, hc, cover by Scott McKowen) [Discworld] Humorous fantasy novel in the “Discworld” series. A young woman pretends to be a man to join her country’s army.
• * *Monstrous Regiment (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60340-1, Oct 2003, £17.99, 352pp, hc, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Humorous fantasy novel. Polly Perks masquerades as a boy to join the army and find her brother. Volume 31 in the “Discworld” series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.
• * _Monstrous Regiment (SFBC #02849, Nov 2003, $12.99, 353pp, hc, cover by Scott McKowen) [Discworld] Reprint (HarperCollins 2003) humorous fantasy novel in the “Discworld” series. This is similar to the HarperCollins edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * +Nanny Ogg’s Cookbook (with Stephen Briggs & Paul Kidby) (Trafalgar Square/Orbit 0-552-14673-0, Aug 2003, $14.95, 176pp, tp, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Humorous cookbook based on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, with illustrations by Paul Kidby. This is the first US edition (Doubleday UK 1999); it is the Corgi 2001 trade paperback edition with a Trafalgar Square sticker. Order from Trafalgar Square, Box 257, Howe Hill Road, North Pomfret VT 05053; 800-423-4525; [www.trafalgarsquarebooks.com].
• * _Nanny Ogg’s Cookbook (with Stephen Briggs & Paul Kidby) (SFBC #14916, Oct 2003, $12.99, 176pp, hc, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1999) humorous cookbook based on Pratchett’s Discworld. This has ISBN 0-7394-3822-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The New Discworld Companion (with Stephen Briggs) (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07467-1, Mar 2003, £12.99, ii+280pp, tp, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1994 as The Discworld Companion) humorous reference work. Revised and expanded from the original to include works up to 2002, including the diaries, plays, and other spin-offs. There is an interview with Pratchett.
• * _Night Watch (HarperTorch 0-06-001312-5, Sep 2003, $7.50, 408pp, pb) [Discworld] Reprint (HarperCollins 2002) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #27.
• * _Night Watch (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14899-7, Oct 2003, £6.99, 474pp, pb, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2002) humorous fantasy novel, volume 29 in the “Discworld” series.
• * _The Science of Discworld II: The Globe (with Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen) (Ebury Press 0-091-88805-0, May 2003, £6.99, 368pp, pb, cover by Paul Kidby) Reprint (Ebury Press 2002) associational non-fiction, using Pratchett’s “Discworld” as a starting point for explorations of science and culture.
• * _Small Gods (HarperTorch 0-06-109217-7, Mar 2003, $6.99, 357pp, pb) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1992) humorous fantasy novel, 13th in the “Discworld” series. 15th printing.
• * _Soul Music (HarperTorch 0-06-105489-5, Jun 2003, $6.99, 373pp, pb) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1994) fantasy novel, 16th in the “Discworld” series. 15th printing.
• * _Sourcery (HarperTorch 0-06-102067-2, Sep 2003, $6.99, 260pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1988) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #5. 12th printing.
• * *The Wee Free Men (HarperCollins 0-06-001236-6, May 2003, $16.99, 264pp, hc, cover by Chris Gall) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Young-adult humorous fantasy novel of the Discworld. Tiffany rescues her little brother from the fairies with the help of pictsies. Simultaneous with the Doubleday UK edition.
• * *The Wee Free Men (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60533-1, May 2003, £12.99, 320pp, hc, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Young-adult humorous fantasy novel in the “Discworld” series. Illustrated by Paul Kidby. Tiffany Aching’s little brother is stolen by the Queen of the Fairies. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.
• * _The Wee Free Men (SFBC #57685, Jun 2003, $9.50, 264pp, hc, cover by Chris Gall) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Reprint (HarperCollins 2003) young-adult humorous fantasy novel of the Discworld. This is similar to the HarperCollins edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

PRATT, TIM; [i.e., Timothy Aaron Pratt] (1976- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Little Gods (Prime Books 1-894815-83-1, Nov 2003, $17.95, 224pp, tp, cover by Daniel Conway) Collection of 15 stories, one original, and four poems. Introduction by Michaela Roessner. The author’s afterword discusses the origins of each story. A hardcover edition is also available (82-3, $29.95). Order from Prime Books, PO Box 36503, Canton OH 44735; [www.primebooks.net]. (Contents)
• * _Wintering Away (with Heather Shaw) See entry under Heather Shaw.

PREISS, BYRON (Cary), ed. (1953-2005) (chron.)

• * _The Ultimate Alien (with John Gregory Betancourt & Keith R. A. DeCandido) (ibooks 0-7434-7468-6, Aug 2003, $6.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Dell/DTP 1995) anthology of 15 stories about aliens. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _The Ultimate Dracula (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-5820-6, Feb 2003, $7.99, 358pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Dell 1991 as edited by Preiss, David Keller, & Megan Miller) anthology. Copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _The Ultimate Dragon (with John Gregory Betancourt & Keith R. A. DeCandido) (ibooks 0-7434-5868-0, May 2003, $6.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Dell/DTP 1995) original anthology of 19 stories about dragons. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _The Ultimate Frankenstein (ibooks 0-7434-5838-9, Mar 2003, $7.99, 327pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Dell 1991 as edited by Byron Preiss, David Keller, Megan Miller, & John Gregory Betancourt) anthology of 19 stories. Copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

PRESTON, DOUGLAS (1956- ) (chron.)

• * _The Cabinet of Curiosities (with Lincoln Child) (Warner 0-446-61123-9, Jun 2003, $7.99, 629pp, pb) [Relic] Reprint (Warner 2002) thriller with fantasy elements, bringing together characters from Relic and Thunderhead.
• * _The Relic (with Lincoln Child) (Tor 0-812-54326-2, Jan 2004, $7.99, 474pp, pb, cover by Jim Thiesen) Reissue (Forge 1995 as Relic) horror novel about a deadly relic in a New York museum. Ninth printing.
• * *Still Life with Crows (with Lincoln Child) (Warner 0-446-53142-1, Jul 2003, $25.95, 435pp, hc) Associational thriller of strange murders in a small town.

PRICE, SUSAN (1955- ) (chron.)

• * _The King’s Head (Scholastic UK 0-439-98246-4, Feb 2003, £4.99, 188pp, tp, cover by Liz Pyle) Reprint (Scholastic Press 2002) young-adult fantasy novel. A “Point” title.
• * _The Sterkarm Handshake (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-447236-1, Feb 2003, $6.99, 566pp, pb, cover by Peter Bollinger) [Sterkarm] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1998) young-adult time travel SF.
• * _The Sterkarm Handshake (Scholastic UK 0-439-97896-3, Oct 2003, £4.99, 455pp, tp, cover by Shane Rebenschied) [Sterkarm] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1998) young-adult SF novel, the first in a series.
• * *A Sterkarm Kiss (Scholastic UK 0-439-97838-6, Oct 2003, £12.99, 303pp, hc, cover by Shane Rebenschied) [Sterkarm] Young-adult SF novel, sequel to The Sterkarm Handshake. The time-travellers out to harvest the wealth of the 16th century try to re-invent themselves as peacemakers rather than invaders.
• * *The Wolf’s Footprint (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-85589-4, Sep 2003, £3.99, 88pp, tp, cover by David Parkins) Young-adult fantasy novella.

PRICHARD, H. HESKETH; see under Prichard, Hesketh (stories) (chron.)

PRICHARD, (Hesketh Vernon) HESKETH [F.R.G.S.] (1876-1922) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Experiences of Flaxman Low (with Kate Prichard) See entry under Kate Prichard.

PRICHARD, KATE; [i.e., Katherine O’Brien Prichard] (1851-1935) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Experiences of Flaxman Low (with Hesketh Prichard) (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-050-6, Feb 2003, C$56.00, xxi+147pp, hc, cover by Deborah McMillion-Nering) [Flaxman Low] Reprint (Pearson 1899 as Ghosts, Being the Experiences of Flaxman Low by E. & H. Heron) collection of 12 stories about the eponymous detective, edited by Jack Adrian. In “The Ash-Tree Press Occult Detectives Library”. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $41.50 and in the UK for £26.00. (Contents)

PRIEST, CHRISTOPHER (McKenzie) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Separation (Gollancz 0-575-07002-1, Nov 2003, £9.99, 328pp, hc) Reprint (Scribner UK 2002) alternate/parallel history SF novel. Winner of The Arthur C Clarke Award 2002 and The British SF Award 2003. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-07013-7, £6.99) was announced but not seen.

PRILL, DAVID (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dating Secrets of the Dead (Subterranean Press 1-931081-60-3, Oct 2003, $35.00, 139pp, hc, cover by Tom Bagley) Original collection of three stories, one a reprint, plus the story that led to the writing of Serial Killer Days. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a slipcased lettered edition of 26 ($100.00) is also available. Order from Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com]. (Contents)

PRINCE, MAGGIE (chron.)

• * _The House on Hound Hill (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-33124-7, May 2003, $6.95, 242pp, tp, cover by Lisa Sharpe) Reprint (Orion 1996 as Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed) young-adult time-travel ghost novel.

PRUE, SALLY (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Cold Tom (Scholastic Press 0-439-48268-2, Jun 2003, $15.95, 187pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Young-adult fantasy about a boy cast out of his elf tribe for being half “demon” (human). A first novel. First US edition (Oxford 1/02).