The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

Books, Listed by Author

JONES, STEPHEN (Gregory), ed. (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _The Mammoth Book of Vampires (Robinson 1-84119-926-5, Jun 2004, £7.99, 630pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Reprint (Robinson 1992) anthology of 35 dark fantasy stories. This revised edition removes the five pre-1930 stories and a poem, substitutes one Kim Newman story for another, and adds nine reprints and three originals. (Contents)
• * _The Mammoth Book of Vampires (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1372-0, Jul 2004, $12.95, 630pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Reprint (Robinson 1992) anthology of 35 dark fantasy stories, revised edition. First US edition, (Robinson 2004).
• * +The Mammoth Book of Vampires (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1372-0, Aug 2004, $12.95, 628pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Revised edition of the 1992 vampire anthology; this drops six stories and one poem, and adds 13 stories, three original. First US edition (Robinson 5/04).
• * _World’s Greatest Horror Stories (with David Carson) (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-5466-7, Mar 2004, $7.95, 450pp, tp, cover by Simon Marsden) Reprint (Robinson 1994 as H.P. Lovecraft’s Book of Horror) anthology of 21 horror stories mentioned in H.P. Lovecraft’s essay, ’Supernatural Horror in Literature’, also included.

JONES, TAMARA SILER (chron.)

• * *Ghosts in the Snow (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58709-9, Nov 2004, $6.99, 465pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [Dubric Byerly] Police-procedural fantasy. A first novel.

JONSON, ANNEMARIE, ed. (chron.)

• * _Prefiguring Cyberculture: An Intellectual History (with Alessio Cavallaro & Darren Tofts) See entry under Darren Tofts.

JORDAN, NEIL (1950- ) (chron.)

• * +Shade (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-482-5, 2004, $24.95, 275pp, hc, cover by Adam Fuss) Mainstream novel with fantasy elements. A murdered woman’s ghost watches her family past and present. First US edition (John Murray 5/04).

JORDAN, ROBERT; pseudonym of James Rigney, Jr., (1948-2007) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Further Chronicles of Conan (Tor 0-765-30301-9, Sep 2004, $16.95, 509pp, tp, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Conan] Reprint (Tor 1999) omnibus of three of Jordan’s “Conan” novelizations: Conan the Magnificent (1984), Conan the Triumphant (1983), and Conan the Victorious (1984). Copyrighted by Conan Properties.
• * _The Great Hunt, Part One: The Hunt Begins (Time Warner UK/Atom 1-904233-53-8, Jun 2004, £4.99, 371pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Wheel of Time] Reprint (Tor 1990 as part of The Great Hunt) the first part of the second book in “The Wheel of Time”. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Great Hunt, Part Two: New Threads in the Pattern (Time Warner UK/Atom 1-904233-54-6, Jun 2004, £4.99, 415pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Wheel of Time] Reprint (Tor 1990 as part of The Great Hunt) the second part of book two in “The Wheel of Time”.
• * *New Spring (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-260-4, Jan 2004, £16.99, 334pp, hc) [Wheel of Time] Fantasy novel, first in a trilogy prequel to “The Wheel of Time” main sequence. Expanded from the novella in Legends. Simultaneous with the US (Tor) edition. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-338-4, £10.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _New Spring (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-261-2, Dec 2004, £6.99, 423pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Wheel of Time] Reprint (Orbit 2004) fantasy novel in the “Wheel of Time” series.
• * _New Spring: The Novel (SFBC #63420, Feb 2004, $12.99, 334pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Wheel of Time] Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, the first in a series prequel to “The Wheel of Time”. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

JORDAN, SHERRYL (chron.)

• * _The Hunting of the Last Dragon (Simon & Schuster UK 0-689-86062-5, 2004, £8.99, 243pp, tp, cover by Malcolm Davis) Reprint (HarperCollins 2002) young-adult historical fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Secret Sacrament (Simon & Schuster UK 0-689-86045-5, 2004, £5.99, 383pp, tp, cover by Ian Winstanley) Reprint (Puffin New Zealand 1996) young-adult fantasy novel.

JOSHI, S(unand) T(ryambak) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Evolution of the Weird Tale (Hippocampus Press 0-9748789-2-8, Aug 2004, $15.00, 216pp, tp, cover by Wallace Smith) Non-fiction, critical collection of essays about authors of weird fiction from the Golden Age (1880-1940) to now, including Robert W. Chambers, Robert Bloch, Fritz Leiber, Rod Serling, Dennis Etchison, and Poppy Z. Brite. All essays have been revised from previous appearances. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.hippocampuspress.com] or from Hippocampus Press, PO Box 641, New York NY 10156.
• * _Fritz Leiber and H.P. Lovecraft: Writers of the Dark (with Ben J. S. Szumskyj) See entry under Ben J. S. Szumskyj
• * _An H.P. Lovecraft Encyclopedia (with David E. Schultz) (Hippocampus Press 0-9748789-1-X, May 2004, $20.00, 339 + xx, tp, cover by Gaile Ivaska) Reprint (Greenwood 2001) non-fiction, reference, an alphabetical guide to Lovecraft’s works. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.hippocampuspress.com] or from Hippocampus Press, PO Box 641, New York NY 10156. [Lovecraft]
• * *Primal Sources: Essays on H.P. Lovecraft (Hippocampus Press 0-9721644-0-5, Feb 2004, $15.00, 208pp, tp, cover by Robert H. Knox) Non-fiction collection of 23 critical essays on Lovecraft, most originally published in Lovecraft Studies or Crypt of Cthulhu. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.hippocampuspress.com] or from Hippocampus Press, PO Box 641, New York NY 10156. [Lovecraft]

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• * _Out of the Immortal Night See entry under Samuel Loveman.

JOWETT, SIMON (chron.)

• * *Judge Dredd: Black Atlantic (with Peter J. Evans) (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 1-84416-108-0, Jun 2004, $6.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Dylan Teague) [Judge Dredd] Novelization based on the comic books. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S.

JOYCE, GRAHAM (William) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Partial Eclipse and Other Stories (Subterranean Press 1-931081-62-X, Mar 2004, $40.00, 226pp, hc) Collection of ten stories. Introduction by Bill Sheehan. This is a signed, limited edition of 1250; a lettered, traycased edition is also available ($150.00). This is dated 2003, but was not seen until now. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com]; [subpress@earthlink.net]. (Contents)

JUBERT, HERVÉ (chron.)

• * *Dance of the Assassins (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-87537-2, Feb 2004, £12.99, 343pp, hc, cover by Paul Young) [*Devil’s Dances] Young-adult fantasy novel of a witch investigating murders in a virtual city. Translated by Anthea Bell from the French Le Quadrille des Assassins (Editions Albin Michael S.A. 2002).

JUDSON, THEODORE (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Fitzpatrick’s War (DAW 0-7564-0196-8, Aug 2004, $19.95, 481pp, hc, cover by Gnemo) Alternate-history SF novel set in a 26th century where the US and Canada have been replaced by the rigid Confederacy of the Yukon, whose founder’s legend is being challenged by a newly surfaced memoir.

KAABERBØL, LENE (1960- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +The Shamer’s Daughter (Holt, Henry 0-8050-7541-0, May 2004, $16.95, 235pp, hc) [Shamer Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first in the “Shamer Chronicles”. A young woman is forced to use her unwanted ability to get shamed confessions from the guilty simply by looking into their eyes. Translated by the author from the Danish Skammerens Datter (Forum 2000). First US edition (Hodder Children’s Books 2002).

KAIINE, JOHN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Fossil Circus (Egerton House 0-9546275-6-3, Jun 2004, £12.50, 321pp, tp, cover by John Kaiine) Contemporary dark fantasy/metaphysical thriller. A psychiatrist bequeaths some ex-patients a Victorian asylum. This is a print-on-demand edition. Egerton House, 3 Egerton Road, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, TN39 3HH, UK; [books@egertonhousepublishing.co.uk].

KALIS, MYRANDA (chron.)

• * *World of Darkness: Dark Ages: Tzimisce (White Wolf 1-58846-852-6, Aug 2004, $6.99, 287pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [World of Darkness: Dark Ages: Clan] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the 13th and final “Clan” novel in the “Dark Ages” series.

KANE, PAUL (stories) (chron.)

• * *British Fantasy Society 2005 (with Marie O’Regan) (British Fantasy Society no ISBN, Nov 2004, £7.99, 13pp, spiral-bound, cover by Les Edwards) Calendar containing a round-robin by twelve fantasy authors retelling the story of Sir Gawain & the Green Knight. (Contents)

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• * _Terror Tales (Number Two) (with John B. Ford) See entry under John B. Ford
• * _Top International Horror: Contest Winners 2003 (with John B. Ford) See entry under John B. Ford

KASSIN, ELISA J., ed. (chron.)

• * _Star Trek: Strange New Worlds VII (with Paula M. Block, Dean Wesley Smith & John J. Ordover) See entry under Dean Wesley Smith.

KAUFMANN, NICHOLAS (chron.)

• * *Walk in Shadows (Prime Books/House of Dominion 1-930997-36-1, Feb 2004, $15.00, 259pp, tp, cover by Damon Andrews) Collection of 11 stories, two original. Introduction by Brian A. Hopkins. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.houseofdominion.com] or from Dominion, PO Box 36503, Canton OH 44735.

KAY, ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * *Back to the Divide (Scholastic/The Chicken House 0-439-63410-5, Jul 2004, $15.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Ted Dewan) [Divide] Young-adult fantasy, sequel to The Divide. Snakeweed follows Felix out of the world beyond The Divide and sets loose a magical disease. This has no dustjacket, and is bound so it opens in the middle of the front cover.
• * *Back to the Divide (Chicken House, The 1-904442-27-7, Aug 2004, £11.99, 384pp, hc) [Divide] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Divide.
• * _The Divide (Chicken House, The 1-904442-28-5, Mar 2004, £5.99, 320pp, tp) [Divide] Reprint (The Chicken House 2003) young-adult fantasy novel.

KAY, GUY GAVRIEL (1954- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Darkest Road (HarperPerennialCanada 0-00-639321-7, Mar 2004, C$19.95, 384 + xxii, tp, cover by Martin Springett) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel, book three of “The Fionavar Tapestry”. This 20th Anniversary (of book one) edition has a new afterword by Kay.
• * *The Last Light of the Sun (Viking Canada 0-670-04319-2, Mar 2004, C$37.00, 501pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Sarantine Mosaic] Fantasy alternate-history novel with the equivalents of Celts, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings in Britain.
• * +The Last Light of the Sun (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45965-2, Mar 2004, $24.95, 501pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Sarantine Mosaic] Fantasy alternate-history novel with the equivalent of Vikings and Celts in ancient Britain. First US edition (Viking Canada 2004).
• * *The Last Light of the Sun (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-5248-9, Apr 2004, £17.99, 501pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Sarantine Mosaic] Fantasy novel set in the world of The Sarantine Mosaic.
• * _The Last Light of the Sun (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-5249-7, Apr 2004, £10.99, 501pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Sarantine Mosaic] Fantasy novel set in the world of The Sarantine Mosaic. This is supposedly simultaneous with the hardback listed two months earlier.
• * _The Last Light of the Sun (SFBC 65725, May 2004, $12.49, 501pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Sarantine Mosaic] Reprint (Viking Canada 2004) fantasy alternate-history novel. This is similar to the Roc edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Summer Tree (HarperPerennialCanada 0-00-639319-5, Mar 2004, C$19.95, 305 + xvii, tp, cover by Martin Springett) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (McClelland & Stewart 1984) fantasy novel, book one of “The Fionavar Tapestry”. This is a 20th Anniversary edition with new forewords by Dena Taylor and Janeen Webb.
• * _The Wandering Fire (HarperPerennialCanada 0-00-639320-9, Mar 2004, C$19.95, 265 + xvii, tp, cover by Martin Springett) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel, book two of “The Fionavar Tapestry”. This is a 20th Anniversary (of book one) edition.

KAYE, MARVIN (Nathan), ed. (1938- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Dragon Quintet (Tor 0-765-31035-X, Apr 2004, $24.95, 302pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (SFBC 2003) original anthology of five novellas about dragons by Orson Scott Card, Elizabeth Moon, Tanith Lee, Mercedes Lackey, and Michael Swanwick.

KEARNEY, PAUL (1967- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Sea Beggars: The Mark of Ran (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-04776-1, Oct 2004, £10.99, 339pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Sea Beggars] Fantasy novel. First in a new series.

KEENE, BRIAN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Fear of Gravity (Delirium Books 1-929653-60-3, Mar 2004, $45.00, 244pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Original collection of 11 stories, four reprints, with introduction, afterword, and story notes by the author. This is a signed, limited edition of 400; a deluxe slipcased, leatherbound edition of 26 ($175.00) is also available. Order from Delirium Books, PO Box 338, North Webster IN 46555; [www.deliriumbooks.com]; [sales@deliriumbooks.com]. (Contents)
• * _The Rising (Leisure 0-8439-5201-6, Jan 2004, $6.99, 321pp, pb) [Rising] Reprint (Delirium 2003) horror novel. A man seeks his son despite the zombies destroying civilization.

KELLEHER, ANNE (chron.)

• * *Silver’s Edge (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80207-2, Jun 2004, $13.95, 488pp, tp) [Through the Shadowlands] Fantasy novel, first in the “Through the Shadowlands” duo.

KELLEHER, BRIAN (1952- ); see pseudonym Mack Maloney (chron.)

KELLER, MARK M. (chron.)

• * _Rivets!!! The Science Fiction Musicals of Mark M. Keller and Sue Anderson (with Sue Anderson) See entry under Sue Anderson.

KELLY, SHEILA; see pseudonym S. L. Viehl (chron.)

KEMP, DEBRA A. (chron.)

• * *The House of Pendragon, Book I: The Firebrand (Amber Quill Press 1-59279-883-7, May 2004, $15.50, 266pp, tp) Arthurian fantasy novel about Arthur’s illegitimate daughter. A first novel. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.amberquill.com].

KEMP, PAUL S. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Forgotten Realms: Dawn of Night (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3225-2, Jun 2004, $6.99, 302pp, pb, cover by Terese Nielsen) [Forgotten Realms: Erevis Cale] Novelization based on the roleplaying game. Book II in the “Erevis Cale” trilogy. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

KENNEDY, JOHN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Nova in a Bottle (Wormhole Books 1-932030-15-8, Mar 2004, $13.00, 61pp, ph, cover by Joanna Erbach) Chapbook original collection of three stories, one a reprint. Introductions by Edward Bryant and Connie Willis; afterword by Kennedy. Color illustrations by Joanna Erbach. This is a signed limited edition of 750; hardcover editions of 250 numbered (-14-X, $30.00) and 52 lettered are also available. This is dated 2003 but not seen until now. Order from Wormhole Books, 3005 Fairfield Ave., Fort Wayne IN 46807; [info@wormholebooks.com]; [www.wormholebooks.com]. (Contents)

KENYON, SHERRILYN (stories) (chron.)

• * _Dance with the Devil (SFBC #62162, Mar 2004, $9.99, 343pp, hc) [Dark-Hunter] Reprint (St. Martin’s 2003) vampire romance novel, third in the “Dark-Hunters” series. Kenyon also writes as Kinley MacGregor. This has ISBN 0-7394-3877-8; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Kiss of the Night (St. Martin’s 0-312-99241-6, Apr 2004, $6.99, 361pp, pb) [Dark-Hunter] Vampire romance novel, fourth in the “Dark-Hunters” series about vampire-like Daimon hunters; this follows Wulf. Kenyon also writes as Kinley MacGregor.
• * _Kiss of the Night (SFBC #65679, Aug 2004, $9.99, 361pp, hc) [Dark-Hunter] Reprint (St. Martin’s 2004) vampire romance novel, fourth in the “Dark-Hunters” series. Kenyon also writes as Kinley MacGregor. This has ISBN 0-7394-4273-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Night Play (St. Martin’s 0-312-99242-4, Aug 2004, $6.50, 362pp, pb) [Dark-Hunter] Vampire romance novel, fifth in the “Dark-Hunters” series about vampire-like Daimon hunters; this follows Were-Hunter Vane. Kenyon also writes as Kinley MacGregor.
• * _Night Play (SFBC #1170444, Oct 2004, $9.99, 362pp, hc) [Dark-Hunter] Reprint (St. Martin’s 2004) vampire romance novel, fifth in the “Dark-Hunters” series. Kenyon also writes as Kinley MacGregor. This has ISBN 0-7394-4475-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Night Pleasures (St. Martin’s 0-312-99836-8, Mar 2004, $2.99, 309pp, pb) [Dark-Hunter] Reissue (St. Martin’s 2002) vampire romance novel, first in the “Dark-Hunters” series about a vampire-like Daimon hunter. Kenyon also writes as Kinley MacGregor. This is a “special price” edition. Fourth printing.

KERNAGHAN, EILEEN (Shirley Monk) (1939- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Alchemist’s Daughter (Thistledown Press 1-894345-79-7, Sep 2004, $13.95, 187pp, tp, cover by Lori Koefoed) Young-adult fantasy novel set in Elizabethan England. Order from Thistledown Press, 633 Main St., Saskatoon SK S7H 0J8, Canada; www.thistledown.sk.ca
• * *Winter on the Plain of Ghosts (Flying Monkey Press 0-9734012-0-6, Jun 2004, $20.00, 254pp, tp) Historical fantasy novel of ancient Mohenjo-daro, one of the lost cities of the Indus Valley. Flying Monkey Press, 225 Townsend Place, New Westminster BC Canada V3L 1L4; [lonewolf@portal.ca].

KERNER, ELIZABETH (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Redeeming the Lost (Tor 0-312-89065-6, Jun 2004, $25.95, 398pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Song in the Silence] Fantasy novel, third in the series begun in Song in the Silence. The true dragons return to the human world.

KERR, KATHARINE (Nancy Brahtin) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Snare (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648039-X, Jan 2004, £7.99, 630pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Reprint (Voyager 2003) SF novel.
• * _Snare (Tor 0-812-55174-5, May 2004, $7.99, 676pp, pb, cover by Daniel Horne) Reprint (Voyager 2003) fantasy novel of a lost colony.

KERR, P. B. (1956- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Children of the Lamp: The Akhenaten Adventure (Scholastic/Orchard 0-439-67019-5, Oct 2004, $16.95, 355pp, hc) [Children of the Lamp] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in a series about 12-year-old fraternal twins who discover they’re part Djinn. Strange dreams and earthquakes spark a search for lost Djinn enslaved by an ancient Egyptian pharaoh. The author also writes as Philip Kerr.