The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

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YOLEN, JANE (stories) (chron.) (continued)

* _The Magic Three of Solatia (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34807-1, Nov 2004, $5.99, 182pp, tp, cover by Pascal Milelli) Reprint (Crowell 1974) young-adult fantasy novel.
* _The One-Armed Queen (Tor Teen 0-765-34359-2, May 2004, $6.99, 351pp, tp, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Chronicles of Great Alta] Reprint (Tor 1998) fantasy novel, sequel to Yolen’s “Chronicles of Great Alta”.
* *Prince Across the Water (with Robert J. Harris) (Penguin/Philomel 0-399-23897-2, Oct 2004, $18.99, 290pp, hc, cover by Trina Schart Hyman) Young-adult historical novel with fantasy elements, about Bonnie Prince Charlie.
* _A Sending of Dragons (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-205128-7, May 2004, $6.95, 286pp, tp, cover by Dominick Domingo) [Pit Dragon] Reprint (Delacorte 1987) young-adult SF novel, book three in the “Pit Dragon” trilogy.
* _Sword of the Rightful King (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-202533-2, Aug 2004, $6.95, 361pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Harcourt 2003) young-adult Arthurian fantasy about the early days of Arthur’s court.
* *The Young Merlin Trilogy: Passager, Hobby, and Merlin (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-205211-9, Aug 2004, $6.95, 259pp, tp, cover by John Clapp) [Young Merlin] Omnibus of three Arthurian novellas for younger readers (7-10): Passager (1996), Hobby (1996), and Merlin (1997). (Contents)
YORK, J. STEVEN (stories) (chron.)

* *MechWarrior: Dark Age: Fortress of Lies (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45963-6, Feb 2004, $6.99, 297pp, pb) [MechWarrior: Dark Age] Novelization, the eighth based on the computer game based on the “Battletech” roleplaying game. Copyrighted by WizKids.
YOUNG, ISABEL ADOMAKOH; see pseudonym Zizou Corder (chron.)
YOUNG, KAREN ROMANO (chron.)

* *Cobwebs (HarperCollins/Greenwillow 0-06-029761-1, Aug 2004, $15.99, 188pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy. Nancy’s family has odd, spider-like talents.
YOUNG, LOUISA; see pseudonym Zizou Corder (chron.)
ZAHN, TIMOTHY (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Cobra Trilogy (Baen 0-7434-8847-4, Sep 2004, $24.00, 836pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) [Cobras] Omnibus of three military SF novels in the trilogy: Cobra (1985), Cobra Strike (1986), and Cobra Bargain (1988). A Baen Mega book. (Contents)
* *Dragon and Soldier (Tor/Starscape 0-765-30125-3, Jun 2004, $17.95, 299pp, hc, cover by Jon Foster) [Dragonback] SF novel, the second novel in the “Dragonback” series about a teen on the run and his dragonlike alien symbiote.
* _Dragon and Soldier (Tor/Starscape 0-765-35017-3, Jan 2005, $5.99, 301pp, tp, cover by Jon Foster) [Dragonback] Reprint (Starscape 2004) SF novel, the second novel in the “Dragonback” series about a teen on the run and his dragonlike alien symbiote. This includes a reader’s guide.
* _Dragon and Thief (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34272-3, Mar 2004, $5.99, 248pp, tp, cover by Jon Foster) [Dragonback] Reprint (Tor 2003) SF novel, the first novel in the “Dragonback” series about a teen on the run and his dragonlike alien symbiote.
* *The Green and the Gray (Tor 0-765-30717-0, Sep 2004, $27.95, 443pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) SF novel. Fighting breaks out among alien refugees living disguised as humans in NYC.
* *Star Wars: Survivor’s Quest (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-45916-4, Feb 2004, $25.95, 368pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
* _Star Wars: Survivor’s Quest (SFBC #63546, Feb 2004, $13.99, 368pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) novelization base on the movies. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Star Wars: Survivor’s Quest (Random House/Century 1-8441-3680-9, Feb 2004, £17.99, 368pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] SF novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition. Copyrighted by LucasFilm.
* _Star Wars: Survivor’s Quest (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-45918-0, Jan 2005, $6.99, 460pp, pb, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) Star Wars novelization. This adds the story “Fool’s Bargain” previously published as an e-book. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. (Contents)
ZAKOUR, JOHN (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Doomsday Brunette (with Lawrence Ganem) (DAW 0-7564-0090-2, Feb 2004, $6.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Michael Koelsh) [Zachary Nixon Johnson] SF mystery, sequel to The Plutonium Blonde.
ZEBROWSKI, GEORGE (Thaddeus), ed. [originally Jerzy Tadeuz Zebrowski] (1945- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Synergy SF: New Science Fiction (Gale Group/Five Star 1-4104-0221-5, Sep 2004, $25.95, 326pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Original anthology of eight stories, two poems, and two essays and two interviews with Cele Goldsmith Lalli and Ray Bradbury. Story authors include Charles Harness, Eleanor Arnason, Damien Broderick, and Janeen Webb. Packaged by Martin H. Greenberg’s Tekno Books and Ed Gorman. Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville ME 04901; 800-223-1244; [www.galegroup.com/fivestar]. (Contents)
ZELAZNY, ROGER (Joseph Christopher) (1937-1995) (stories) (chron.)

* _Damnation Alley (ibooks 0-7434-8662-5, Mar 2004, $6.99, 240pp, pb, cover by Dennis Calero) Reprint (Putnam 1969) SF novel.
* _The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth (ibooks 0-7434-7922-X, Apr 2004, $7.99, 510pp, pb, cover by Lebbeus Woods) Reprint (ibooks 2001) omnibus of two SF collections, The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth (1971), and Four for Tomorrow (Ace 1967). Copyrighted by Amber Limited; packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
* _The Dream Master (SFBC #1158080, Jul 2004, $10.99, 179pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Ace 1966) SF novel. SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection #12.
* _Lord of Light (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-056723-6, May 2004, $12.95, 296pp, tp, cover by Steven Stone) Reprint (Doubleday 1967) Hugo-winning SF novel of Hindu gods and demons.
* _Madwand (ibooks 0-7434-7526-7, Jan 2004, $11.95, 275pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Pol Detson; Changeling] Reprint (Phantasia Press 1981) fantasy novel, sequel to Changeling.
* _This Immortal (ibooks 0-7434-9784-8, Nov 2004, $11.95, 174pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reprint (Ace 1966) Hugo-winning SF novel.
* _To Die in Italbar (ibooks 0-7434-7914-9, Feb 2004, $6.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (ibooks 2003) omnibus of two novels, To Die in Italbar (1973) and A Dark Travelling (1987).
ZETTEL, SARAH (1966- ) (chron.)

* _Camelot’s Shadow (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-717108-0, May 2004, £12.99, 436pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Luna 2004 as In Camelot’s Shadow) Arthurian fantasy romance, the first in a series. [First U.K. edition]
* *The Firebird’s Vengeance (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-711405-2, Jan 2004, £12.99, 420pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Isavalta] Fantasy novel, the third book in the “Isavalta” trilogy.
* +The Firebird’s Vengeance (Tor 0-765-30812-6, Aug 2004, $27.95, 414pp, hc, cover by Romas Kukalis) Fantasy novel. First US edition (Voyager 1/04).
* _The Firebird’s Vengeance (SFBC #1168110, Sep 2004, $13.99, 414pp, hc, cover by Romas Kukalis) Reprint (Voyager 2004) fantasy novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _The Firebird’s Vengeance (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-711406-0, Sep 2004, £6.99, 499pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Isavalta Trilogy] Reprint (Voyager 2004) fantasy novel. Book Three of the “Isavalta Trilogy” after A Sorcerer’s Treason and The Usurper’s Crown.
* *In Camelot’s Shadow (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80204-8, Mar 2004, $13.95, 490pp, tp) Historical Arthurian fantasy novel, first in a series. A young woman promised to an evil sorcerer tries to evade him at Camelot.
* _The Usurper’s Crown (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-711402-8, Jan 2004, £6.99, 628pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Isavalta] Reprint (Voyager 2002) fantasy novel. Book Two of the “Isavalta” trilogy.
* _The Usurper’s Crown (Tor 0-812-56518-5, Feb 2004, $7.99, 532pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Isavalta] Reprint (Voyager 2002) fantasy novel, a prequel to A Sorcerer’s Treason in the “Isavalta” series.
ZICREE, MARC SCOTT (1955- ) (chron.)

* *Magic Time: Ghostlands (with Robert Charles Wilson) (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-105070-9, Dec 2004, $25.95, 468pp, hc, cover by Iain McCaig) [Magic Time] Fantasy novel, third in a multi-author series. Magic invades the modern world. Copyrighted by Paper Route, Inc.
ZIELINSKI, STEPHAN (chron.)

* *Bad Magic (Tor 0-312-87862-1, Dec 2004, $23.95, 251pp, hc, cover by Jon Foster) Offbeat fantasy novel set in an alternate contemporary world where forces of evil based in Southern California are opposed by a mixed group of mages in San Francisco. A first novel.
ZIMBARDO, ROSE A(bdelnour), ed. (1932- ) (chron.)

* *Understanding The Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism (with Neil D. Isaacs) (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-42251-X, Jul 2004, $25.00, 294pp, hc, cover by Charles Rennie Mackintosh) Non-fiction gathering of 14 essays on Tolkien’s work, by authors including C.S. Lewis, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Verlyn Flieger; there is a new essay on the movies by Tom Shippey. Includes introduction by Isaacs, index, and notes. [Tolkien]
ZINDEL, PAUL (1936-2003) (chron.)

* _The Doom Stone (Hyperion 0-7868-5151-1, Jul 2004, $5.99, 173pp, tp, cover by Wayne McLoughlin) Reprint (HarperCollins 1995) young-adult horror/adventure novel set at Stonehenge. This is copyrighted 1995, but indicates it has been “revised.” Zindel died in 2003.
ZINDELL, DAVID (1952- ) (chron.)

* _Lord of Lies (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648621-5, Mar 2004, £7.99, iii+676pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Ea Cycle] Reprint (Voyager 2003) fantasy novel, the second book of the “Ea Cycle” after The Lightstone.
ZIVKOVIC, ZORAN (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Compartments (with Alice Copple-Tosiç,trans.) (Polaris 86-83741-22-2, Jul 2004, $11.00, 90pp, tp, cover by Theodore Roussel) Fantasy novelette, translated from the Serbian Vagon (Polaris 2004) by Alice Copple-Tosic.
* *Four Stories Till the End (Polaris 86-83741-25-7, Nov 2004, no price, 188pp, tp, cover by Maurice Denis) Collection of four loosely linked novellas. Translated from the Serbian Cetiri price do kraja (Polaris 2004) by Alice Copple-Tosic. Polaris, Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 10E/162, 11070 Novi Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro; [polaris@eunet.yu]; see [www.zoranzivkovic.com] for information.
* +The Fourth Circle (Night Shade Books/Ministry of Whimsy Press 1-892389-65-7, Mar 2004, $27.00, 240pp, hc, cover by K. J. Bishop) Surreal/fantasy/SF novel about varied characters including a computer wizard, a medieval servant, Archimedes, Stephen Hawking, and Sherlock Holmes. Translated by Mary Popovic from the Serbian Cetvrti Krug (Polaris 1993). A first novel. A limited edition of 100 (-66-5, $45.00) is also available. First US edition (Polaris 1994).
* *Hidden Camera (Polaris 86-83741-23-0, Aug 2004, $11.00, 279pp, tp, cover by Frank Benson) Fantasy novel, translated from the Serbian Skrivena Kamera (Polaris 2003) by Alice Copple-Tosic. Polaris, Bulevar Mihajla Pupina 10E/162, 11070 Novi Beograd, Jugoslavija; [polaris@eunet.yu]; see [www.zoranzivkovic.com] for information.
* *The Library (Ministry of Whimsy Press/Polaris 86-83741-05-2, 2002, 134pp, tp, cover by Edouard Manet) Fantasy novella/collection of six linked stories about libraries. Winner of the World Fantasy Award. Translated from the Serbian Biblioteka (Plato 2002) by Alice Copple-Tosic. This English-language edition was published in Yugoslavia by Polaris in 2002, but was not seen until now.
ZUBRIN, ROBERT M. (chron.)

* *The Holy Land (Polaris Books 0-9741443-0-4, Nov 2003, $14.95, 298 + v, tp) Satirical SF novel. Space aliens fleeing oppression are settled in their ancient homeland of Kennewick, Washington, arousing the ire of fundamentalist fanatics.

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