The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

Books, Listed by Author

VAN LUSTBADER, ERIC; see under Lustbader, Eric Van (chron.)

VARE, ETHLIE ANN (chron.)

• * _Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda: The Broken Places (with Daniel Luzon Morris) (Tor 0-765-34408-4, May 2004, $6.99, 302pp, pb) [Andromeda] Reprint (Tor 2003) novelization, the second based on the TV series. Copyrighted by Tribune Entertainment and Fireworks Entertainment.

VARLEY, JOHN (Herbert) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Golden Globe (Ace 0-441-00643-4, Aug 2004, $7.99, 517pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Eight Worlds] Reissue (Ace 1998) SF novel of an actor/con-man on a solar-system tour. Part of his “Eight Worlds” universe. Fifth printing.
• * *The John Varley Reader (Ace 0-441-01195-0, Sep 2004, $16.00, 532 + ix, tp) Retrospective collection of 18 stories from Varley’s 30-year writing career, with a general introduction, afterword, and autobiographical story introductions by the author. (Contents)
• * _The John Varley Reader (SFBC #1173161, Oct 2004, $12.99, 532pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 2004) collection of 18 stories. This has ISBN 0-7394-4671-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Red Thunder (Ace 0-441-01162-4, May 2004, $7.99, 411pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) Reprint (Ace 2003) Heinleinesque SF novel.

VAUGHT, SUSAN (chron.)

• * *Stormwitch (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-952-5, Jan 2005, $16.95, 208pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy. In 1960s Mississippi, a Haitian girl uses her grandmother’s magic to ward off a witch in hurricane form.

VEDELER, HAROLD TORGER (chron.)

• * *Intersect: A Love Story (iUniverse 0-595-30435-4, Dec 2003, $12.95, 155pp, tp) Near-future SF novel about a world champion in the high-tech game that manufactures love. 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.

VELDE, VIVIAN VANDE; see under Vande Velde, Vivian (stories) (chron.)

VELON, ERNEST (chron.)

• * *The Toryuan Chronicles...Book One (iUniverse/Writers Club Press 0-595-16815-9, 2001, $9.95, 226 + viii, tp) [Alack Troyus] Collection of four SF stories about Alack Troyus, Special Service agent for the Amazian Empire. 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.

VENTRE-AUERFELD, EDNA (chron.)

• * *Penny’s Gift (Pocket/Paraview 0-7434-8206-9, Mar 2004, $6.99, 376pp, pb) Dark fantasy novel. A woman acquires the ability to psychically heal, but discovers too many people want her help — or her death.

VERISSIMO, LUIS FERNANDO (chron.)

• * *Borges and the Eternal Orang-utans (Harvill Press, The 1-8434-3097-5, Jun 2004, £12.00, 134pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel, translated by Margaret Jull Costa from the Portuguese.

VERNE, JULES (Gabriel) (1828-1905) (chron.)

• * _The Mysterious Island (Random House/Modern Library 0-8129-7212-0, Apr 2004, $6.95, 725 + xxxiii, tp, cover by Pal Szinyei Merse) [Nemo] Reprint (Modern Library 2001) classic adventure novel, translated by Jordan Stump. Introduction by Caleb Carr. This has the illustrations by Jules-Descartes Ferat from the original 1875 edition.
• * _The Mysterious Island (Penguin/Signet Classics 0-451-52941-3, Jul 2004, $6.95, 510 + xv, pb, cover by Karl Bodmer) [Nemo] Reprint (Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1875) classic adventure novel. The translator is not credited. There is a new introduction by Bruce Sterling and the afterword by Isaac Asimov from the 1986 Signet Classics edition.

VESS, CHARLES (1951- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Book of Ballads (Tor 0-765-31214-X, Nov 2004, $24.95, 192pp, hc, cover by Charles Vess) Reprint (Green Man Press 1997 as Ballads) illustrated anthology of ballads retold in graphic form and illustrated in b&w by Charles Vess, accompanied by the text of the original ballads; most originally appeared in Vess’s comic “The Book of Ballads and Sagas”. This expanded edition adds four stories, an introduction by Terri Windling, and an updated discography.

VIEHL, S. L.; pseudonym of Sheila Kelly (chron.)

• * *Bio Rescue (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45978-4, Jul 2004, $22.95, 311pp, hc, cover by Allen Douglas) [Bio Rescue] SF novel, first in a new series set in the “Stardoc” universe, about a squadron of surgically enhanced pilots. Viehl is a pen name for Sheila Kelly, who also writes as Lynn Viehl, Gena Hale, Jessica Hall, and Rebecca Kelly.
• * _Bio Rescue (SFBC #1165078, Jul 2004, $11.49, 311pp, hc, cover by Allen Douglas) [Bio Rescue] Reprint (Roc 2004) SF novel, first in a new series set in “Stardoc” universe. This is similar to the Roc edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. Viehl is a pen name for Sheila Kelly, who also writes as Lynn Viehl, Gena Hale, Jessica Hall, and Rebecca Kelly.
• * _Blade Dancer (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45946-6, Jul 2004, $6.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Allen Douglas) [StarDoc] Reprint (Roc 2003) SF novel, a standalone set in the universe of the “StarDoc” series. Viehl is a pen name for Sheila Kelly, who also writes as Lynn Viehl, Gena Hale, Jessica Hall, and Rebecca Kelly.

VIGUIÉ, DEBBIE (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Charmed: Pied Piper (Simon Spotlight 0-689-86853-7, Nov 2004, $5.99, 177pp, pb) [Charmed] Young-adult novelization, the 27th based on the TV show about three witches. Copyrighted by Spelling Television.
• * *Scarlet Moon (Simon Pulse 0-689-86716-6, Apr 2004, $5.99, 157pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Young-adult fantasy novel, a twist on “Little Red Riding Hood”.

VILLIERS de l’ISLE-ADAM, (Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, Comte de) (1838-1889) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Scaffold and Other Cruel Tales (Black Coat Press 1-932983-01-5, Aug 2004, $20.95, 278pp, tp, cover by Ladrönn) Collection of 27 stories, some with fantastic elements, translated with notes and biographical introduction by Brian Stableford. Order from Hollywood Comics.com, PO Box 17270, Encino CA 91416; [www.blackcoatpress.com]. (Contents)
• * *The Vampire Soul and Other Sardonic Tales (Black Coat Press 1-932983-02-3, Aug 2004, $20.95, 239pp, tp, cover by Ladrönn) Collection of nine Gothic/ironic stories, some with fantastic elements, translated from the original French and with notes and introduction by Brian Stableford. Order from Hollywood Comics.com, PO Box 17270, Encino CA 91416; [www.blackcoatpress.com]. (Contents)

VILOTT, RHONDI; [i.e., Rhondi A. Vilott Salsitz] (1949- ); see pseudonym Emily Drake (chron.)

VILOTT-SALSITZ, RHONDI A.; see under Vilott, Rhondi (chron.)

VINCENT, BEV (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King’s Magnum Opus (Penguin/NAL 0-451-21304-1, Oct 2004, $14.95, 351 + ix, tp, cover by Steve Stone) Non-fiction, reference, a companion to Stephen King’s “Dark Tower” series, with analysis and examination of the themes of all six books, and discussion of connections to other works by King.

VINGE, JOAN D.; [i.e., Joan Carol Dennison Vinge Frenkel] (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Dreamfall (Tor 0-765-30342-6, May 2004, $15.95, 431pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Catspaw] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1996) SF novel in the “Catspaw” series.

VINGE, VERNOR (Steffen) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Marooned in Realtime (Tor 0-765-30884-3, Oct 2004, $13.95, 271pp, tp, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Reprint (Bluejay 1986) SF novel.

VINING, DAN (chron.)

• * *The Quick (Jove 0-515-13719-7, Jun 2004, $7.99, 312pp, pb) Supernatural mystery novel. A Hollywood PI is one of the nightstalking Sailors. A first novel.

VIZZINI, NED (chron.)

• * *Be More Chill (Hyperion/Miramax 0-7868-0995-7, Jun 2004, $16.95, 287pp, hc, cover by Timothy Saccenti) Young-adult SF novel. A high-school dork swallows a supercomputer-in-a-pill guaranteed to get him whatever he most desires.

VONNEGUT, KURT, Jr. (1922-2007) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Breakfast of Champions (Random House/Vintage UK 0-099-84260-2, 2004, £6.99, 296pp, tp) Reissue (Delacorte 1973) SF novel. 13th printing.

VORNHOLT, JOHN (Blair, Jr.) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: A Time to Be Born (Pocket 0-7434-6765-5, Feb 2004, $6.99, 284pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: A Time to Die (Pocket 0-7434-6766-3, Mar 2004, $6.99, 296pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * _Star Trek, the Next Generation: Genesis Force (Pocket 0-7434-6502-4, Apr 2004, $6.99, 405pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Reprint (Pocket 2003) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

VYSNIAUSKAS (chron.)

• * _Digital Art for the 21st Century: Renderosity (with John Grant) See entry under John Grant.

WAGAR, W(alter) WARREN (1932-2004) (chron.)

• * *H.G. Wells: Traversing Time (Wesleyan University Press 0-8195-6725-6, Sep 2004, $34.95, 334 + xiii, hc) Non-fiction, a critical exploration of Wells’s interest in history and the human condition as reflected in his non-fiction and general fiction, as well as his SF. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. Order from University Press of New England, Order Dept., 37 Lafayette St., Lebanon NH 03766-1405; 800-421-1561; [www.wesleyan.edu/wespress]. [Wells]

WAGGONER, TIM (stories) (chron.)

• * *Defender, Book 1: Hyperswarm (ibooks 0-7434-9310-9, Sep 2004, $5.99, 334pp, pb) [Defender] Novelization, the first in a series based on the video game. Copyrighted by Midway Games.
• * *DragonLance: The New Adventures, Volume 1: Temple of the Dragonslayer (Wizards of the Coast/Mirrorstone 0-7869-3321-6, Jul 2004, $5.99, 239pp, tp, cover by Vinod Rams) [DragonLance: New Adventures] Young-adult novelization based on the roleplaying games. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * *DragonLance: The New Adventures, Volume 4: Return of the Sorceress (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3385-2, Nov 2004, $5.99, 242pp, tp, cover by Vinod Rams) [DragonLance: New Adventures] Young-adult novelization based on the roleplaying games.
• * *Necropolis (Gale Group/Five Star 1-59414-140-1, Apr 2004, $25.95, 247pp, hc, cover by John Boyington) Dark fantasy novel. PI Matthew Adrion seeks the Dawn Stone in the other-dimensional city of Necropolis. 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].
• * _Necropolis (Gale Group/Five Star 1-4104-0215-0, Nov 2004, $13.95, 247pp, tp, cover by John Boyington) Reprint (Five Star 2004) dark fantasy PI novel. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman.
• * *World of Darkness: Dark Ages: Gangrel (White Wolf 1-58846-847-X, Feb 2004, $6.99, 283pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [World of Darkness: Dark Ages: Clan] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the tenth “Clan” novel in the “Dark Ages” series. Copyrighted by White Wolf.

WAGNER, KARL EDWARD (1945-1994) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane (SFBC #63588, Feb 2004, $14.99, 439pp, hc, cover by Ken Kelly) [Kane] Reprint (Night Shade Books 2003) collection of 16 stories, two poems, a novel fragment, and an essay about Wagner’s dark fantasy hero. This is similar to the Night Shade edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

WALLACE, KAREN (chron.)

• * +Wendy (Simon & Schuster 0-689-86769-7, Jan 2004, $16.95, 307pp, hc) [Peter Pan] Associational young-adult novel, the story of Wendy Darling’s life before Peter Pan, with minor possible fantasy elements. First US edition (Simon & Schuster UK 2003).

WALLIS, JAMES (stories) (chron.)

• * +Warhammer: Mark of Heresy (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-049-1, Jan 2004, $7.99, 415pp, pb, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer: Marks of Chaos] Novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game, second in the “Marks of Chaos” series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. First US edition (Black Library UK 12/03).

WALTON, JO (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Prize in the Game (Tor 0-765-34670-2, May 2004, $6.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [*King’s Peace] Reprint (Tor 2002) fantasy novel, set in the world of The King’s Peace.
• * _Tooth and Claw (Tor 0-765-34909-4, Dec 2004, $6.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) Reprint (Tor 2003) fantasy novel in Victorian style, set in a world of dragons. World Fantasy Award winner.

WARD, DAYTON (stories) (chron.)

• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: A Time to Harvest (with Kevin Dilmore) (Pocket 0-7434-8298-0, May 2004, $6.99, 330pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: A Time to Sow (with Kevin Dilmore) (Pocket 0-7434-8299-9, Apr 2004, $6.99, 314pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: S.C.E.: Foundations (with Kevin Dilmore) (Pocket 0-7434-8300-6, Mar 2004, $6.99, 321pp, hc) [Star Trek: S.C.E.] Star Trek novelization originally published online in three parts. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

WARD, PHILIPPE; pseudonym of Philippe Laguerre (chron.)

• * *Artahe: The Legacy of Jules de Grandin (Black Coat Press 1-932983-09-0, Nov 2004, $22.95, 269pp, tp, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Dark fantasy novel featuring the grandson of Seabury Quinn’s supernatural investigator Jules de Grandin. Translated/adapted by David Kirshbaum from the French (CyLibris 1997 as Artahe). Ward is a pen name for Philippe Laguerre. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.blackcoatpress.com] or from Hollywood Comics.com, PO Box 17270, Encino CA 91416.

WARNEKE, SARA MARY (1957- ); see pseudonym Sara Douglass (chron.)

WARNER, HARRY (Backer), Jr. (1922-2003) (chron.)

• * _All Our Yesterdays (NESFA Press 1-886778-13-2, Sep 2004, $25.00, 399pp, hc, cover by Steve Stiles) Reprint (Advent 1969) book about fandom in the 1940s; this edition, edited by Joe Siclari & Deb Geisler, adds a section of new photos and an expanded index to the people, groups, and publications mentioned. Introduction by Wilson Tucker. Order from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701; [www.nesfapress.com].

WATERS, GALADRIEL (chron.)

• * _New Clues to Harry Potter: Book 5 (with Astre Mithrandir & E. L. Fossa) (Wizarding World Press 0-9723936-2-5, Mar 2004, $10.95, 134pp, tp) [Harry Potter] Reissue (Wizarding World Press 2003) non-fiction guide to the fifth book in the series. Third printing. [Rowling]

WATSON, H(enry) B(rereton) MARRIOTT (1863-1921) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Devil of the Marsh and Other Stories (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-070-0, May 2004, C$59.00, xxii+209pp, hc, cover by Keith Minnion) Edited, with an Introduction, by James Doig. Limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $46.00 and in the UK for £28.00. (Contents)

WATSON, IAN (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Shell Shock (Birmingham Science Fiction Group no ISBN, Nov 2004, no price, 20pp, ph) Original short story issued in a limited edition of 300 numbered copies, to coincide with Watson’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 34.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: The Inquisition War (Black Library 1-84416-138-2, Jul 2004, £7.99, 762pp, tp, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] Omnibus of three novels and two stories set in the “Warhammer 40,000” universe, with an introduction by Watson. The novels are Draco (1990 as Inquisitor), Harlequin (1994), and Chaos Child (1995). (Contents)
• * +Warhammer 40,000: The Inquisition War (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-138-2, Aug 2004, $9.99, 762pp, tp, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] Omnibus of three novelizations in the trilogy and two related stories, all based on the roleplaying game world. The novelizations are Draco (1990), Harlequin (1994) and Chaos Child (1995). A new introduction by Watson discusses the difficulties of writing novels based on an insane far-future. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. First US edition (Black Library 7/04).
• * _Whores of Babylon (Immanion Press 1-9048-5310-2, Apr 2004, £12.99, 226pp, tp) Reprint (Paladin 1988) SF novel; this has been revised and updated. Immanion Pres, 8 Rowley Grove, Stafford, Staffordshire ST17 9BJ UK; [www.immanionpress.wox.org].
• * _Yaleen (BenBella Books 1-932100-24-5, Apr 2004, $14.95, 536pp, tp, cover by Jael) [Yaleen] Reprint (SFBC 1986 as The Books of the Black Current) omnibus of three SF novels in a trilogy: The Book of the River (1984), The Book of the Stars (1984), and The Book of Being (1985). This has a new introduction by Stephen Baxter. BenBella Books, 6440 N Central Expressway, Suite 508, Dallas TX 75206; [www.benbellabooks.com].

WATSON, JUDE (chron.)

• * *Premonitions (Scholastic 0-439-60995-X, Jul 2004, $6.99, 241pp, pb, cover by Craig White) [Premonitions] Young-adult thriller. Grace’s unwanted premonitions are her only clue to her best friend’s disappearance.

WATSON, MARRIOTT; see under Watson, H. B. Marriott (stories) (chron.)

WATT-EVANS, LAWRENCE (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Dragon Venom (Tor 0-765-34170-0, Nov 2004, $7.99, 441pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Obsidian Chronicles] Reprint (Tor 2003) fantasy novel. Third in the “Obsidian Chronicles” series begun in Dragon Weather.

WATTS, PETER (stories) (chron.)

• * *Behemoth, Book One: B-Max (Tor 0-765-30721-9, Jul 2004, $24.95, 300pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Lenie Clarke] SF novel, the first half of a novel set in the same worlds as Starfish and Maelstrom. Lenie Clark confronts the mess the world has become since she released the Behemoth microbe.
• * *Behemoth, Book Two: Seppuku (Tor 0-765-31172-0, Jan 2005, $24.95, 303pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Behemoth] SF novel, second in a series of two set in the same worlds as Starfish and Maelstrom. Watts includes notes and references on the science involved.