The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

Books, Listed by Author

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

• * _The Bad Place (Berkley 0-425-19548-1, Jul 2004, $7.99, 427pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1990) horror novel. This has a new afterword by Koontz. 28th printing.
• * _Cold Fire (Berkley 0-425-19958-4, Dec 2004, $7.99, 431pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reissue (Headline 1991) horror novel. This has a new afterword by the author. 24th printing.
• * _The Face (HarperCollins UK 0-00-713071-6, Feb 2004, £6.99, 672pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 2003) dark fantasy thriller.
• * _The Face (Bantam 0-553-58448-0, May 2004, $7.99, 651pp, pb, cover by Tom Hallman) Reprint (Bantam 2003) horror novel.
• * *Life Expectancy (Bantam 0-553-80414-6, Dec 2004, $27.00, 401pp, hc, cover by Tom Hallman) Horror novel. His dying grandfather predicts newborn Jimmy Tock will face terrible events on five dates in the future.
• * _Midnight (Berkley 0-425-19451-5, Feb 2004, $7.99, 477pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1989) horror/SF thriller. This has a new afterword by Koontz. 28th printing.
• * _Odd Thomas (HarperCollins UK 0-00-713072-4, Jan 2004, £17.99, 388pp, hc) [Odd Thomas] Reprint (Bantam 2003) thriller about a cook who communicates with the dead. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-713073-2) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Odd Thomas (HarperCollins UK 0-00-713074-0, Aug 2004, £6.99, 420pp, pb) [Odd Thomas] Reprint (Bantam 2003) horror novel.
• * _Odd Thomas (Bantam 0-553-58449-9, Nov 2004, $7.99, 446pp, pb, cover by Tom Hallman) [Odd Thomas] Reprint (Bantam 2003) suspense novel/thriller about a short-order cook who communicates with the dead.
• * *Robot Santa: The Further Adventures of Santa’s Twin (HarperCollins 0-06-050943-0, Oct 2004, $19.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Phil Parks) [*Santa’s Twin] Christmas short story/picture book, sequel to Santa’s Twin. Bob builds a robot meant to help deliver presents. Illustrated by Phil Parks.
• * _Santa’s Twin (HarperCollins/Perennial Currents 0-06-057223-X, Oct 2004, $12.95, unpaginated, tp, cover by Phil Parks) [*Santa’s Twin] Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) Christmas short story/picture book about Santa’s evil twin. Illustrated by Phil Parks.
• * *The Taking (Bantam 0-553-80250-X, Jun 2004, $27.00, 338pp, hc) SF horror novel. A small community is cut off from the rest of the world by the arrival of aliens.
• * _The Taking (HarperCollins UK 0-00-713075-9, Aug 2004, £17.99, 338pp, hc) Reprint (Random House 2004) SF novel of other-worldly intervention and apocalyptic urban change. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Taking (SFBC #65834, Oct 2004, $13.49, 338pp, hc, cover by Tom Hallman) Reprint (Bantam 2004) SF horror novel. This is similar to the Bantam edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

KORN, MICHAEL F. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Swamp Witch Sauce Piquante and Scream Queen Bisque (Over a Bed of Rice) (Silver Lake Publishing 1-931095-78-7, Feb 2004, $13.95, 192pp, tp, cover by Jason Just) Horror collection of short novel The White Trash Witches’ Coven and novella “Pavane for a Scream Queen”. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.silverlakepublishing.com], or from Silver Lake Publishing, 11 S. Mansfield Road, Lansdowne PA 19050. (Contents)

KRAMER, EDWARD E., ed. (chron.)

• * _Grails: Quests of the Dawn (with Richard Gilliam & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Richard Gilliam.

KRAUSE, MARGUERITE (1955- ) (chron.)

• * *Moons’ Dancing (with Susan Sizemore) (Gale Group/Five Star 1-59414-063-4, Dec 2003, $25.95, 418pp, hc, cover by Charles Bernard) [Children of the Rock] Fantasy novel, the second of two parts, originally published in electronic form as Part Two of The Children of the Rock (Dark Star 1999). Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman. Order from Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville ME 04901; 800-223-1244; [www.galegroup.com/fivestar].
• * *Moons’ Dreaming (with Susan Sizemore) (Gale Group/Five Star 1-59414-062-6, Nov 2003, $25.95, 463pp, hc, cover by Charles Bernard) [Children of the Rock] Fantasy novel, the first of two volumes, originally published in electronic form as part one of The Children of the Rock (Dark Star 1999). A Shaper and a Keeper give birth to one of the rare Dreamers who can work the magic needed to save their world. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman. Order from Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville ME 04901; 800-223-1244; [www.galegroup.com/fivestar].

KRENSKY, STEPHEN (Alan) (1953- ) (chron.)

• * _A Christmas Carol (with Dean Morrissey & Charles Dickens) See entry under Charles Dickens.
• * _The Monster Trap (with Dean Morrissey) See entry under Dean Morrissey.

KRESS, NANCY (Anne, née Konigisor) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Beggars in Spain (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-073348-9, Dec 2004, $13.95, 400pp, tp, cover by John Picacio) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1993) SF novel, with a new preface by the author.
• * _Crossfire (Tor 0-765-34389-4, Apr 2004, $6.99, 364pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Crossfire] Reprint (Tor 2003) SF novel.
• * *Crucible (Tor 0-765-30688-3, Aug 2004, $24.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Crossfire] SF novel, sequel to Crossfire. Humans, allied with the alien Vines, hope an anti-aggressiveness virus can stop the war with the militaristic Furs.

KRINARD, SUSAN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Kinsman’s Oath (Berkley Sensation 0-425-19655-0, May 2004, $6.99, 403pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) SF romance novel. A telepathic human kidnapped and raised by the alien shaauri is rescued by a human ship.
• * *Shield of the Sky (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80211-0, Oct 2004, $13.95, 504pp, tp) [Rhenna] Alternate-history fantasy novel, first in a trilogy set in an alternate Mediterranean circa 290 BC. Rhenna of the Free People seeks to save a shapeshifter from the followers of the evil Stone God.

KRITZER, NAOMI (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Freedom’s Gate (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58673-4, Jul 2004, $6.99, 358pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Dead Rivers] Fantasy novel, first in the “Dead Rivers” trilogy based on Ancient Greek culture.

KROHN, LEENA (stories) (chron.)

• * *Tainaron: Mail from Another City (Wildside Press/Prime Books 1-930997-81-7, Dec 2004, $15.95, 124pp, tp, cover by Inari Krohn) Epistolary fantasy/surreal novella, written as a series of letters from a city of insects. Translated from the Finnish by Hildi Hawkins. Illustrated by Inari Krohn. A hardcover edition (-82-5, $29.95) was announced but not seen. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.primebooks.net] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301.

KRONZEK, ALLAN ZOLA (chron.)

• * _The Sorcerer’s Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter, Second Edition (with Elizabeth Kronzek) (Broadway Books 0-7679-1944-0, Aug 2004, $15.95, 331 + xv, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Broadway 2001) non-fiction, an encyclopedic look at magic in the Harry Potter books. This is a revised and expanded edition. [Rowling]
• * _The Sorcerer’s Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter, Second Edition (with Elizabeth Kronzek) (SFBC #1167442, Oct 2004, $10.99, 331pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Broadway 2001) non-fiction. This is similar to the Broadway 2004 revised and expanded edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back cover. [Rowling]

KRONZEK, ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * _The Sorcerer’s Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter, Second Edition (with Allan Zola Kronzek) See entry under Allan Zola Kronzek.

KROVATIN, CHRISTOPHER, ed. (chron.)

• * _The Best Ghost Stories Ever (Scholastic 0-439-57426-9, Sep 2004, $3.99, 180pp, pb, cover by Josh Graham) Reissue (Scholastic 2003) young-adult anthology of nine classic ghost stories.

KRYGIER, LEORA (chron.)

• * *When She Sleeps (Toby Press 1-59264-086-9, Nov 2004, $19.95, 205pp, hc) Fantasy novel. Half-sisters, one in America and one in Vietnam, see each other in their dreams.

KUBE-McDOWELL, MICHAEL P(aul) (1954- ) (chron.)

• * _Empery (ibooks 0-7434-8655-2, May 2004, $14.95, 454 + ix, tp) [Trigon Disunity] Reprint (Berkley 1987) SF novel, book three of the “Trigon Disunity” series. This has introductions by the author copyrighted 2003.
• * _Enigma (ibooks 0-7434-7916-5, Mar 2004, $13.95, 503pp, tp) [Trigon Disunity] Reprint (Berkley 1986) SF novel, book two of the “Trigon Disunity” series.
• * _Isaac Asimov’s Robot City, Book 1: Odyssey (ibooks 0-7434-7924-6, Jun 2004, $5.99, 211pp, pb) [Robot City] Reprint (Ace 1987) SF novel in the series based on a concept by Asimov. Copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _The Quiet Pools (ibooks 0-7434-9304-4, Jul 2004, $11.95, 371pp, tp, cover by Iacopo Bruno) Reprint (Ace 1990) SF novel.

KUMAR, JAY (chron.)

• * *Dark Woods (Berkley 0-425-19707-7, Jul 2004, $5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Sasquatch novel. Hunters find something strange in the woods.

KUPFER, ALLEN C. (chron.)

• * *The Journal of Professor Abraham Van Helsing (Tor/Forge 0-765-31011-2, Apr 2004, $19.95, 204pp, hc) [Dracula] Horror novel, in the form of a supposed journal of the vampire hunter from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, “edited and with critical commentary” by Kupfer. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.

KURTZ, JANE (chron.)

• * *The Feverbird’s Claw (HarperCollins/Greenwillow 0-06-000820-2, May 2004, $15.99, 295pp, hc, cover by Don Seegmiller) Young-adult fantasy novel. A girl from a walled city is captured by forest dwellers.

KURTZ, KATHERINE (Irene) (1944- ) (chron.)

• * _The Adept: The Lodge of the Lynx (with Deborah Turner Harris) (Ace 0-441-00344-3, Jan 2004, $6.99, 426pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Adept] Reissue (Ace 1992) fantasy mystery novel, second in the series. Copyrighted by Kurtz and packager Bill Fawcett and Associates; 11th printing.
• * _The Adept: The Templar Treasure (with Deborah Turner Harris) (Ace 0-441-00345-1, Feb 2004, $6.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Bryant Eastman) [Adept] Reissue (Ace 1993) fantasy mystery novel, third in the series. Copyrighted by Kurtz and packager Bill Fawcett and Associates. Ninth printing.
• * _Dagger Magic (with Deborah Turner Harris) (Ace 0-441-00304-4, Apr 2004, $6.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Joe Burleson) [Adam Sinclair] Reprint (Ace 1995) dark fantasy detective novel of Nazi and Tibetan magic, fourth in “The Adept” series. Sixth printing.
• * _Death of an Adept (with Deborah Turner Harris) (Ace 0-441-00484-9, May 2004, $7.50, 435pp, pb, cover by Joe Burleson) [Adept] Reprint (Ace 1996) dark fantasy detective novel, fifth in “The Adept” series. Fifth printing.
• * _Deryni Rising (Ace 0-441-01168-3, Jul 2004, $22.95, 269pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Deryni] Reprint (Ballantine 1970) fantasy novel, first in the original “Deryni” trilogy, slightly revised. This has a new introduction by Kurtz.

KUSHNER, ELLEN (Ruth) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Thomas the Rhymer (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58697-1, Jun 2004, $6.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Reprint (Morrow 1990) fantasy novel based on the ballad. Winner of the World Fantasy Award.

KYLE, DAVID A(ckerman) (1912- ) (chron.)

• * _The Dragon Lensman (Red Jacket Press 0-9748895-5-5, Sep 2004, $15.95, 240pp, tp, cover by Ron Miller) [Lensman] Reprint (Bantam 1980) SF novel based on E.E. “Doc” Smith’s “Lensman” series, the first in the “Second Stage Lensman” trilogy. This has a new introduction by the author. A hardcover edition (-2-0) is available only as part of a slipcased set in a limited edition of 250 ($150.00). Red Jacket Press, 3099 Maqua Place, Mohegan Lake NY 10547; [www.redjacketpress.com].
• * _Lensman from Rigel (Red Jacket Press 0-9748895-6-3, Sep 2004, $15.95, 240pp, tp, cover by Ron Miller) [Lensman] Reprint (Bantam 1982) SF novel based on E.E. “Doc” Smith’s “Lensman” series, the second in the “Second Stage Lensman” trilogy. This has a new introduction by the author. A hardcover edition (-3-9) is available only as part of a slipcased set in a limited edition of 250 ($150.00). Red Jacket Press, 3099 Maqua Place, Mohegan Lake NY 10547; [www.redjacketpress.com].
• * _Z-Lensman (Red Jacket Press 0-9748895-7-1, Sep 2004, $15.95, 256pp, tp, cover by Ron Miller) [Lensman] Reprint (Bantam 1983) SF novel based on E.E. “Doc” Smith’s “Lensman” series, the third in the “Second Stage Lensman” trilogy. This has a new introduction by the author. A hardcover edition (-4-7) is available only as part of a slipcased set in a limited edition of 250 ($150.00). Red Jacket Press, 3099 Maqua Place, Mohegan Lake NY 10547; [www.redjacketpress.com].

LACKEY, MERCEDES (Ritche) (1950- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Alta (DAW 0-7564-0216-6, Mar 2004, $24.95, 402pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Vetch] Fantasy novel, sequel to Joust. Former Altan serf Vetch becomes a Tian Jouster.
• * _Alta (SFBC #64697, Apr 2004, $12.99, 402pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Vetch] Reprint (DAW 2004) fantasy novel, sequel to Joust. This is similar to the DAW edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Burning Water (Tor 0-765-31317-0, Jan 2005, $14.95, 332pp, tp, cover by Hugh Syme) [Diana Tregarde] Reprint (Tor 1989) occult thriller, first book of the “Diana Tregarde” series.
• * _Exile’s Valor (SFBC #38481, Jan 2004, $12.99, 293pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar] Reprint (DAW 2003) fantasy novel, sequel to Exile’s Honor, featuring Herald Alberich. This is similar to the DAW edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Exile’s Valor (DAW 0-7564-0221-2, Oct 2004, $7.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar] Reprint (DAW 2003) fantasy novel, a standalone novel in the “Valdemar” series.
• * *The Fairy Godmother (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80202-1, Jan 2004, $24.95, 417pp, hc) Humorous romantic fantasy novel. A girl who should have been another Cinderella ends up being a fairy godmother instead.
• * _The Fairy Godmother (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80245-5, Nov 2004, $6.99, 481pp, pb) Reprint (Luna 2004) humorous romantic fantasy novel.
• * _Joust (DAW 0-7564-0153-4, Mar 2004, $6.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Vetch] Reprint (DAW 2003) fantasy novel. A serf boy becomes a servant to one of the dragon-riding Jousters who keep his people subjugated.
• * _The Outstretched Shadow (with James Mallory) (Tor 0-765-34141-7, Sep 2004, $7.99, 711pp, pb, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Obsidian] Reprint (Tor 2003) fantasy novel, first in the “Obsidian” trilogy.
• * *Phoenix and Ashes (DAW 0-7564-0246-8, Oct 2004, $24.95, 405pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Elemental Masters] Fantasy novel, the third in the “Elemental Masters” series. A small-town Cinderella is helped by a shell-shocked Air Master during WWI.
• * _Phoenix and Ashes (SFBC #1175922, Nov 2004, $12.49, 405pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Elemental Masters] Reprint (DAW 2004) fantasy novel, the third in the “Elemental Masters” series. This is similar to the DAW edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Sword of Knowledge (with Nancy Asire, Leslie Fish & C. J. Cherryh) See entry under C. J. Cherryh
• * *This Scepter’d Isle (with Roberta Gellis) (Baen 0-7434-7156-3, Feb 2004, $25.00, 480pp, hc, cover by Larry Dixon) [*This Scepter’d Isle] Fantasy novel. A rider of the Wild Hunt is assigned to bodyguard a child and make sure she grows up to be Elizabeth I. A bound-in CD-ROM disk with over 40 novels is included.
• * *To Light a Candle (with James Mallory) (Tor 0-765-30220-9, Oct 2004, $27.95, 656pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Obsidian] Fantasy novel, second in the “Obsidian” trilogy.
• * _To Light a Candle (with James Mallory) (SFBC #1170977, Oct 2004, $13.99, 656pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Obsidian] Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, second in the “Obsidian” trilogy. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *The Wizard of Karres (with Eric Flint & Dave Freer) (Baen 0-7434-8839-3, Aug 2004, $22.00, 313pp, hc, cover by Steve Hickman) [Witches of Karres] Science fantasy novel, a direct sequel to James H. Schmitz’s The Witches of Karres.

LAGUERRE, PHILIPPE; see pseudonym Philippe Ward (chron.)

LAI, LARISSA (1967- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _When Fox Is a Thousand (Arsenal Pulp Press 1-55152-168-7, Sep 2004, $16.95, 259pp, tp, cover by Myron Campbell) Reprint (Press Gang 1995) contemporary fantasy novel of a Vancouver BC woman haunted by an ancient Chinese fox spirit. Arsenal Pulp Press, 103-1014 Homer Street, Vancouver, BC Canada V6B 2W9; 604-687-4233; 888-600-PULP; [www.arsenalpulp.com].

LAIMO, MICHAEL (stories) (chron.)

• * *Deep in the Darkness (Leisure 0-8439-5314-4, Feb 2004, $6.99, 369pp, pb) [Golden Eyes] Horror novel set in the same world as the “Golden Eyes” story trilogy. A limited first edition from Flesh & Blood Press was announced but not seen.
• * *Sleepwalker (Delirium Books 1-929653-64-6, Dec 2004, $50.00, 407pp, hc) Horror novel. Richard Sparke’s nightmares start to spill over into the waking world. This is a signed, limited edition of 250. Delirium Books, PO Box 338, North Webster IN 46555; [www.deliriumbooks.com]; [sales@deliriumbooks.com].

LAKE, JAY; [i.e., Joseph Edward Lake, Jr.] (1964- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *American Sorrows (Wheatland Press 0-9755903-0-8, Sep 2004, $16.95, 169 + viii, tp, cover by Aynjel Kaye) Collection of four stories, two original. Includes Hugo nominee “Into the Gardens of Sweet Night”. Introduction by James Van Pelt. A print-on-demand book, available online at [www.wheatlandpress.com], or from Wheatland Press, PO Box 1818, Wilsonville OR 97070. (Contents)
• * *Dogs in the Moonlight (Wildside Press/Prime Books 1-930997-57-4, Nov 2004, $17.95, 156pp, tp) Collection of 16 stories, seven original, one previously published in online audio format. Introduction by Ray Vukcevich. A hardcover edition (-56-6, $29.95) was announced but not seen. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.primebooks.net] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301. (Contents)
• * *Green Grow the Rushes-Oh (Fairwood Press 0-9746573-0-1, Apr 2004, $6.99, 57pp, ph, cover by Keith Boulger) Chapbook collection of 12 stories based on an old counting song, originally published online at [www.strangehorizons.com]. Order from Fairwood Press, 5203 Quincy Ave. SE, Auburn WA 98092; add $1.00 postage; [www.fairwoodpress.com]; [info@fairwoodpress.com]. (Contents)