The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War C. S. Goto (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-152-8, Dec 2004, $7.99, 387pp, pb) [Warhammer 40,000]; Novelization based on the computer game based on the world of the roleplaying game. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. First US edition (Black Library 10/04).
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Hopeful Monsters Hiromi Goto (Arsenal Pulp Press 1-55152-157-1, Sep 2004, $15.95, 175pp, tp); Collection of 11 stories (two original, the rest all slightly revised) of family, culture, myth, and magic realism by a winner of the Tiptree Award. Arsenal Pulp Press, 103-1014 Homer Street, Vancouver BC Canada V6B 2W9; 604-687-4233; 888-600-PULP; [www.arsenalpulp.com].
- · Night · ss
- · Osmosis · ss
- · Tilting · ss
- · Stinky Girl · ss
- · Tales from the Breast · ss Ms. Sep/Oct ’96
- · Drift · ss
- · Home Stay · ss
- · From Across a River · ss
- · Camp Americana · ss
- · Hopeful Monsters · ss
- · All Possible Moments · ss
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Comic Book Encyclopedia Ron Goulart (HarperEntertainment 0-06-053816-3, Nov 2004, $49.95, 378pp, cover by J. Scott Campbell); Associational non-fiction, an alphabetical guide to comics and their creators, extensively illustrated in color. Includes index. This is more an extension than a revision of Goulart’s The Encyclopedia of American Comics (Facts on File 1990), dropping most comic strips and focusing instead on expanded and updated coverage of comic books and their creators.
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Reflex Steven Gould (Tor 0-312-86421-3, Dec 2004, $25.95, 380pp, hc) [Jumper]; SF novel, sequel to Jumper. Davy’s wife learns to teleport when he’s kidnapped.
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The Famous Flower of Serving Men Deborah Grabien (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-33387-0, Nov 2004, $22.95, 215pp, hc, cover by Phillip De Bay) [Haunted Ballad]; Fantasy mystery, second in a series based on traditional folk ballads.
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Dungeons & Dragons: Knights of the Silver Dragon, Book 4: Eye of Fortune Denise R. Graham (Wizards of the Coast/Mirrorstone Books 0-7869-3169-8, Dec 2004, $5.99, 180pp, tp, cover by Emily Fiegenschuh) [Dungeons & Dragons: Knights of the Silver Dragon]; Young-adult novelization based on the roleplaying game world, the fourth in a series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
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Monument Ian Graham (Ace 0-441-01135-7, Apr 2004, $14.00, 373pp, tp, cover by Jerry Vanderstelt); Fantasy novel. A vagrant steals a powerful artifact. A first novel. First US edition (Orbit 2002).
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The Ancient Legacy Mitchell Graham (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-050676-8, Jan 2005, $7.99, 513pp, pb) [Fifth Ring]; Fantasy novel, third in “The Fifth Ring” trilogy. Graham is a pen name for Mitchell Gross.
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The Wind in the Willows and Other Writings Kenneth Grahame (Borders Classics 1-58726-115-4, 2004, $9.95, 333pp, hc); Omnibus of YA fantasy The Wind in the Willows (Methuen 1908) and two associational autobiographical works The Golden Age (1895) and Dream Days (1898). An instant remainder edition.
- · The Wind in the Willows · n. London: Methuen, 1908
- · The Golden Age · nf, 1895
- · Dream Days · nf, 1898
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Operation Medusa Jim Grand (Jove 0-515-13749-9, Jun 2004, $6.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Tony Randazzo) [Unit Omega]; Supernatural thriller, second in the series about the paranormal investigators of Unit Omega.
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Sex Secrets of Ancient Atlantis John Grant (Wildside Press/Cosmos Books 1-930997-89-2, Nov 2004, $15.95, 166pp, tp); Humorous “epistolary fringe-SF novel,” a mock academic discussion of archaeological discoveries about Atlantis. This is “Revised & Expanded” from the Panther 1984 edition; it appears to be the first US edition. Grant is a pen name for Paul Barnett. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.cosmos-books.com] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301.
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Take No Prisoners John Grant (Willowgate Press 1-930008-09-0, May 2004, $13.95, 247 + xi, tp); Collection of 15 stories, two original. Order from Willowgate Press, PO Box 6529, Holliston MA 01746; [www.willowgatepress.com]; [willowgatepress@yahoo.com].
- 1 · Wooden Horse · nv The Third Alternative #32, 2002
- 28 · The Glad Who Sang a Mermaid in from The Probability Sea · ss Interzone May ’95
- 53 · A Lean and Hungry Look · ss *
- 61 · I Could Have a General Be / In the Bright King’s Arr-umm-ee · ss Stories of Fear II, ed. Richard Lee, 2002; revised from The Rising Sun, 2000.
- 69 · Snare · nv Strange Pleasures, ed. Sean Wallace, Cosmos Books, 2001
- 102 · The Dead Monkey Puzzle · ss Underworlds Feb, 2004
- 111 · All the Best Curses Last for a Lifetime [“Beast”, as by Paul Barnett] · nv Odyssey Nov/Dec ’97
- 134 · A Case of Four Fingers · nv The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001
- 152 · Sheep · ss *
- 158 · The Machine It Was That Cried · nv Digital Dreams, ed. David V. Barrett, NEL, 1990
- 186 · Coma · ss Strange Pleasures 3, ed. John Grant & Dave Hutchinson, Prime Books, 2004
- 196 · Mouse · ss infinity plus (online) Feb, 2001
- 219 · How I Slept with the Queen of China · ss *; first published, in somewhat different form, as part of the novel The World, Headline 1992.
- 226 · Imogen [as by Paul Barnett] · nv Shakespearean Whodunnits, ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 1997
- 244 · MeTopia · vi Dreaming of Angels, ed. Gord Rollo & Monica J. O’Rourke, 2002
- 248 · About the Author · Misc. Material · bg
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Digital Art for the 21st Century: Renderosity John Grant & Vysniauskas (Harper Design International 0-06-073037-4, Aug 2004, $29.95, 160pp, tp); Art book looking at 21 artists who use digital rendering in fantastic art, including genre artists Ron Miller and John Picacio. First US edition (Artists’ and Photographers’ Press 5/04).
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The Ends of Our Tethers Alasdair Gray (Canongate 1-84195-547-7, Apr 2004, $21.00, 181pp, hc, cover by Alasdair Gray); Associational collection of 13 stories, with end notes by the author. First US edition (Canongate UK 2003).
- 1 · Big Pockets with Buttoned Flaps · ss New Writings 9, Vintage, 2000
- 10 · Swan Burial · ss
- 16 · No Bluebeard · ss
- 60 · Pillow Talk · ss
- 63 · Moral Philosophy Exam · ss
- 66 · Job’s Skin Game · ss; a shorter version was broadcast by BBC Scotland and published in Prospect April 2003.
- 91 · Miss Kincaid’s Autumn · ss
- 104 · My Ex Husband · ss
- 108 · Sinkings · ss
- 114 · Aiblins · ss; a shorter version was published in Prospect 17 April 2003.
- 142 · Property · ss
- 146 · 15 February 2003 · ar; based on an article published in the Herald 17 Feb 2003.
- 161 · Wellbeing · ss; the last chapter of a political pamphlet, “Why Scots Should Rule Scotland” (Canongate 1997).
- 173 · End Notes and Critic Fuel · aw
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The Ravenous T. M. Gray (KHP Industries/Black Death Books 0-9747680-5-7, Sep 2004, $15.00, 204pp, tp); Horror novel. Evil lurks in a small town in Maine. This is a print-on-demand book available online at [www.khpindustries.com], or from KHP Industries, PO Box 588, Effort PA 18330.
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Smallville: City Devin Grayson (Warner Aspect 0-446-61362-2, Mar 2004, $5.99, 257pp, pb) [Smallville]; Novelization based on the television series based on DC Comics’ Superman. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
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Absolutely Captivated Kristine Grayson (Kensington/Zebra 0-8217-7597-9, Jan 2004, $6.50, 384pp, pb) [Utterly Charming]; Contemporary fantasy romance novel, fifth in the series begun in Utterly Charming. Grayson is a pen name for Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
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Xombies Walter Greatshell (Berkley 0-425-19744-1, Aug 2004, $6.99, 346pp, pb); Horror novel. A fast-spreading virus turns victims into deadly maniacs.
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Emerald Magic: Great Tales of Irish Fantasy ed. Andrew M. Greeley (Tor 0-765-30504-6, Feb 2004, $25.95, 364pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant); Anthology of 15 stories of Irish fantasy, two reprints, by authors including Charles de Lint, Diane Duane, and Tanith Lee.
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Warhammer 40,000: Iron Hands Jonathan Green (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-094-7, Sep 2004, $7.99, 409pp, pb, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer 40,000]; Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. First US edition (Black Library UK 8/04).
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Warhammer: Magestorm Jonathan Green (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-074-2, Mar 2004, $6.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer]; Novelization based on the roleplaying game. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. First US edition (Black Library UK 3/04).
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Pulp: Poems in the Pulp Tradition Scott E. Green (W. Paul Ganley 0-932445-69-1, Sep 2004, $7.00, 32pp, ph, cover by Charles Momberger); Chapbook poetry collection with 34 poems, seven original. Introduction by Herb Kauderer. This is a signed, limited edition of 100; a hardcover edition of 20 (-70-5, $50) was announced but not seen. Order from W. Paul Ganley, PO Box 149, Buffalo NY 14667-0149; [wpaulg@aol.com].
- 3 · Sense of Place, Sense of Mystery · Herb Kauderer · in *
- 5 · Zelazny: An Elegy · pm *
- 5 · Mars beckons close · pm *
- 6 · Chicago Street, Winter · pm *
- 6 · Arkham-Oxrun Station Run · pm *
- 7 · [untitled poem] · pm Sycophant #2
- 7 · Grizzly Nightmares · pm Dark Voices, ed. Jack Fisher & Nancy Bennett, Flesh & Blood Press, 2002
- 7 · Last Line · pm Whispers from the Shattered Forum #2, 2000
- 7 · Ed Calhoon · pm Star*Line v27 #1, 2004
- 8 · The Breath of Sharks · pm Dreams & Nightmares #57, 2000
- 9 · Wrap Around My Bones · pm The Blood Review Oct ’90
- 9 · The Quiet Dark · pm Haunts #20 ’90
- 10 · ...trapped in his flesh... · pm *
- 10 · Near Portales, Freedom Shouts · pm The Williamson Effect, ed. Roger Zelazny, Tor, 1996
- 11 · The Trickster’s Domain · pm Star*Line v22 #4 ’99
- 11 · ...hidden in her limestone flesh... · pm Scared Naked Magazine #3, 2003
- 12 · ...Montana nights, ancient winds... · pm *
- 12 · Wellman, A Farewell · pm *
- 13 · Tindalos Triad · pm *
- 14 · Genteel Taste · pm Haunts #11/12 ’87
- 15 · Shadow, A Perspective · pm Eldritch Tales #16 ’88;
- 16 · Slowly Rolling in Neutral · pm Eldritch Tales #13 ’87
- 16 · Limehouse Terror · pm Xenophilia #3
- 17 · Ghost Cars · pm Xenophilia #9
- 18 · Cairn on the shore of the Gulf of Finland · pm Dreams & Nightmares #53 ’99
- 20 · Spare Shadow · pm Pandora #20 ’88
- 20 · Roses of Ashes · pm Eldritch Tales #14 ’87
- 21 · And Night Gaunts Fade in Power · pm Haunts #23 ’92
- 22 · Rosewolf · pm Star*Line v16 #3 ’93
- 22 · Centaur Love · pm *
- 23 · Lost in the Corn · pm Haunts #28 ’94
- 23 · Whispers · pm Eldritch Tales #11 ’85
- 24 · Deep in the White · pm Haunts #16 ’89
- 24 · Leys · pm Owlflight #2 ’81
- 25 · Wind Lost in the Night · pm Haunts #26 ’93
- 26 · Federal Hill: Draped in Mist · pm Deathrealm Spr ’90
- 27 · Growing Old on a Frank Paul cover · pm Xenophilia #2
- 27 · Five Skirmishes of the Earth-Mars War · gp Would That It Were
- __27 · I. Skirmish at Carfax Abbey · pm Would That It Were
- __28 · II. Channel Battle · pm Would That It Were
- __28 · III: Air Strike · pm Would That It Were
- __29 · IV: An African City Falls · pm Would That It Were
- __29 · V: Fu; Hero of Earth · pm Would That It Were
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Deathstalker Return Simon R. Green (Penguin/Roc 0-451-42821-8, Jan 2004, $23.95, 474pp, hc, cover by Patrick Jones) [Deathstalker]; SF novel, second in a series set 200 years after the first “Deathstalker” series. Outlawed Lewis Deathstalker seeks Owen Deathstalker for help against the Terror.
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Everybody Comes to the Nightside Simon R. Green (SFBC #1164769, Jul 2004, 14.99, 384pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [John Taylor]; Omnibus of three novels in the “Nightside” series: Something from the Nightside (2003), Agents of Light and Darkness (2003), and Nightingale’s Lament (2004). This has ISBN 0-7394-4465-4; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- 1 · Something from the Nightside · n. New York: Ace, 2003
- 123 · Agents of Light and Darkness · n. New York: Ace, 2003
- 251 · Nightingale’s Lament · n. New York: Ace, 2004
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Nightingale’s Lament Simon R. Green (Ace 0-441-01163-2, May 2004, $6.50, 217pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [John Taylor]; Dark fantasy hardboiled mystery, third in the “Nightside” series featuring John Taylor.
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Civil War Fantastic ed. Martin H. Greenberg (ibooks/BP Books 0-7434-8741-9, Sep 2004, $11.95, 308pp, tp); Reprint (DAW 2000) anthology of 18 fantasy stories about the Civil War.
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Merlin ed. Martin H. Greenberg (ibooks/BP Books 0-7434-8728-1, Jul 2004, $11.95, 376 + viii, tp, cover by Scott Grimando); Reprint (DAW 1999) anthology of 20 stories.
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My Favorite Fantasy Story ed. Martin H. Greenberg (ibooks/BP Books 0-7434-8744-3, Jul 2004, $11.95, 423pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards); Reprint (DAW 2000) anthology of 18 fantasy stories selected and prefaced by noted authors.
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White House Horrors ed. Martin H. Greenberg (ibooks/BP Books 0-7434-8731-1, Aug 2004, $6.99, 316pp, pb); Reprint (DAW 1996) original anthology of 16 horror stories about US presidents (and candidates). Introduction by Ed Gorman, who may be an unnamed editor. Copyrighted by Tekno Books and Ed Gorman.
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Wizard Fantastic ed. Martin H. Greenberg (ibooks/BP Books 0-7434-8730-3, May 2004, $12.95, 389pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg); Reprint (DAW 1997) anthology of 21 stories about wizards.
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Faerie Tales ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Russell Davis (DAW 0-7564-0182-8, May 2004, $6.99, 309pp, pb); Original anthology of 12 stories. Authors include Charles de Lint, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Tanya Huff, and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough.
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Haunted Holidays ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Russell Davis (DAW 0-7564-0223-9, Oct 2004, $6.99, 310pp, pb); Original anthology of 13 non-Halloween holiday horror stories. Authors include Peter Crowther, Esther Friesner, and Nancy Holder. Introduction by Russell Davis.
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Little Red Riding Hood in the Big Bad City ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers (DAW 0-7564-0233-6, Jul 2004, $6.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Corbis); Original anthology of 17 updated and urbanized fairy tales. Authors include Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Alan Dean Foster, and Pamela Sargent. Introduction by John Helfers.
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Space Stations ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers (DAW 0-7564-0176-3, Mar 2004, $6.99, 320pp, pb); Original anthology of 14 SF stories about space stations. Authors include Robert J. Sawyer, Pamela Sargent, Jack Williamson, and Gregory Benford.
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Sirius: The Dog Star ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Alexander Potter (DAW 0-7564-0186-0, Jun 2004, $6.99, 310pp, pb); Original anthology of 16 stories featuring dogs. Authors include Rosemary Edghill, Tanya Huff, and Nancy Springer.
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Vamps ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (ibooks/BP Books 0-7434-9312-5, Aug 2004, $6.99, 422pp, pb); Reprint (DAW 1987) anthology of 15 stories about female vampires.
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Jack the Ripper ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh & Frank D. McSherry, Jr. (ibooks/BP Books 0-7434-9313-3, Aug 2004, $6.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Phil Zimelman); Reprint (DAW 1988 as Red Jack) anthology of eight horror stories about the famous killer. Introduction by McSherry.
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