The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004
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Firebird: A Trilogy Kathy Tyers (Bethany House 0-7642-2927-3, Dec 2004, $14.99, 271pp, tp) [Firebird] Reprint (SFBC 2000) omnibus of three SF novels in the trilogy: Firebird (1987), Fusion Fire (1988), and Crown of Fire (2000). These all follow the revised text of the Bethany House editions.
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Shivering World Kathy Tyers (Bethany House 0-7642-2676-2, Mar 2004, $12.99, 398pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1991) SF novel. This has been revised, and has a 2004 copyright. Order from Baker Book House, PO Box 6287, Grand Rapids MI 49516-6287; 616-676-9185; orders 800-877-2665; [www.bethanyhouse.com].
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Naughty Fairy Tales from A to Z ed. Alison Tyler (Penguin/Plume 0-452-28555-0, Sep 2004, $14.00, 202pp, tp, cover by Roxanna Bikadoroff) Reprint (Venus Book Club 2003, not seen) original anthology of 26 erotic retellings of fairy tales, fables, and nursery rhymes, all short and many not fantastic.
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The Complete Tolkien Companion J. E. A. Tyler (St. Martins Griffin 0-312-33912-7, Nov 2004, $17.95, 715pp, tp, cover by Ted Nasmith) Reprint (Pan 1976 as The Tolkien Companion) reference, an encyclopedic guide to persons, places, and things in Tolkiens books. This follows the 2003 St. Martins hardcover edition, still copyrighted 1976, but with a Foreword to the Third Edition and revised from the previous edition. A Thomas Dunne book. [J. R. R. Tolkien]
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Necronomicon: The Wanderings of Alhazred Donald Tyson (Llewellyn 0-7387-0627-2, Dec 2004, $17.95, 269 + xviii, tp) Associational re-creation of the book of magic invented by H.P. Lovecraft. [H. P. Lovecraft]
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Chronicles of the Last War Laura J. Underwood (Yard Dog Press 1-893687-60-0, Mar 2004, $18.00, 370pp, tp, cover by David Deen) [Ard-Taebh] Original collection of two stories and the short novel The Black Hunter (previously published in electronic format) in Underwords Celtic/Keltoran tales of the kingdom of Ard-Taebh. Order from Yard Dog Press, 710 W. Redbud Lane, Alma AR 72921-7247; e-mail: [srosen.lstran@juno.com]; website: [www.yarddogpress.com]; add $2.00 postage.
- 11 · The Black Hunter · n. Embiid Publishing, 2002
- 227 · Willowherb · na *
- 343 · Wyrd · nv *
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The Labyrinth Catherynne M. Valente (Wildside Press/Prime Books 1-894815-65-3, Aug 2004, $29.95, 181pp, hc, cover by Aurélien Police) Fantasy novel. Introduction by Jeff VanderMeer. A first novel. Prime Books, PO Box 36503, Canton OH 44735; [www.primebooks.com]. Sean Wallace [saw@neo.rr.com].
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Dragonfly Heart Jeffrey Valka (iUniverse 0-595-32189-5, Jul 2004, $13.95, 173pp, tp, cover by Mike Bohatch) Original collection of 77 short stories/vignettes, ten reprints. 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.
- · Door Number One: DEATH
- 3 · Drown · vi *
- 5 · Adrift · vi *
- 7 · Island · vi *
- 10 · Letters in the Sand · vi Mind in Motion #47 99
- · Door Number Two: REBIRTH
- 17 · Rite of Spring · vi *
- 18 · Season Cycle · vi *
- 20 · Country Life · vi *
- 22 · The Tower · vi *
- 26 · Strawberry Rabbit · vi *
- 28 · Deep Must · vi *
- 30 · The Song · vi *
- 31 · Narcisse · vi *
- 33 · Luna · vi *
- · Door Number Three: FLIGHT
- 37 · Moths · vi *
- 38 · Butterfly Mind · vi *
- 40 · Working Model · vi *
- 42 · Happy Birdcage, Dear Leda · vi *
- 44 · Trisexual · vi *
- 46 · The Hangmans Beautiful Daughter · vi *
- 48 · Summertime · vi *
- 49 · Good Bait · vi *
- 50 · Nomads · vi *
- 51 · Dessert · vi *
- 52 · Communion · vi *
- 54 · Progress · vi Mind in Motion #45 98
- · Door Number Four: THE ROAD
- 59 · Harlequin Horse · vi *
- 61 · Stigmata · vi Anti-Matter, 1993
- 62 · JFK in Ecstacy · vi *
- 63 · Car Wash · vi *
- 64 · Family Aquarium · vi Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, 1998
- 66 · Twilight Café · vi *
- 68 · X-ray [Out-Take from a Road Movie Never Filmed] · vi Mind in Motion #44 98
- 69 · Windy City · vi *
- 71 · The Twilight Revolution · vi *
- 72 · The Manifesto · vi *
- 76 · The Uprising · vi *
- 77 · Vicious Circle · vi *
- 78 · Time · vi *
- · Door Number Five: THE DESERT
- 83 · Gallery of Years · vi *
- 85 · Fortune · vi *
- 87 · Sideshow · vi *
- 89 · Vesuvius · vi *
- 91 · Old West · vi *
- 93 · Magdalene · vi *
- 95 · Black Umbrellas · vi Café Irreal (online) #4, 2000
- 97 · Shower Scene · vi *
- · Door Number Six: THE PRINTED WORD
- 101 · Writers Nightmare · vi *
- 103 · The Minds Playground · vi *
- 104 · In the Library · vi *
- 105 · The Reader · vi *
- 106 · Icarus · vi *
- 108 · Words Escape Me · vi *
- · Door Number Seven: AGONY & ECSTACY
- 113 · Horror Movie · vi *
- 115 · The Red Eye · vi Mind in Motion #42 97
- 116 · Roses · vi *
- 117 · Danse Macabre · vi *
- 119 · Kingdom of Sugar · vi The Nocternal Lyric #57, 2000
- 121 · On the Beach · vi *
- 123 · The Writer · vi *
- 124 · Like a Pisces · vi *
- 126 · Dead Rat Silent · vi *
- 128 · Cement Table · vi *
- 130 · Inner City · vi *
- 132 · Childhood Memory · vi *
- · Door Number Eight: INNOCENCE
- 137 · Tooth Fairy · vi *
- 139 · Absinthe · vi *
- 141 · Rocket · vi *
- 143 · Stars [The Gift] · vi Mind in Motion #42 97
- 145 · Insomnia · vi *
- 147 · Nostalgia · vi *
- · Door Number Nine: THE HEART
- 151 · Pearl [Hearts Desire] · ss Pirate Writings #15 97
- 156 · Dragonfly Heart · vi *
- 157 · Infant Dreams · vi *
- · Door Number Ten: THE SOUL
- 161 · Falling Angels · vi *
- 162 · Demons · vi *
- 163 · Purgatory · vi *
- 164 · Endless, Eternal · vi *
- 169 · Afterword · aw
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Wolf Pack Edo van Belkom (Tundra 0-88776-669-2, Oct 2004, $12.95, 182pp, tp, cover by Cindy Reichle) [Wolf Pack] Young-adult werewolf novel. A forest ranger takes in orphan wolf cubs that turn out to be shapeshifters.
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In Lands That Never Were: Tales of Swords and Sorcery from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ed. Gordon Van Gelder (Thunders Mouth 1-56858-314-1, Sep 2004, $15.95, 395 + xi, tp, cover by Dariusz Jasiczak) Anthology of 12 sword & sorcery stories originally published in F&SF. Authors include Fritz Leiber, Pat Murphy, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Jeffrey Ford.
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Emphyrio Jack Vance (ibooks 0-7434-9775-9, Jan 2005, $11.95, 315pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Doubleday 1969) SF novel.
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The Languages of Pao Jack Vance (ibooks 0-7434-8714-1, Aug 2004, $11.95, 220pp, tp, cover by Scott Grimando) Reprint (Avalon 1958) SF novel. This follows the revised text of the Vance Integral Edition.
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Lurulu Jack Vance (Tor 0-312-86727-1, Dec 2004, $22.95, 204pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Gaean Reach] SF novel, sequel to Ports of Call, continuing the Wodehousian adventures of an interplanetary con man.
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To Live Forever Jack Vance (ibooks 0-7434-7921-1, Mar 2004, $11.95, 267pp, tp, cover by Scott Grimando) Reprint (Ballantine 1956) SF novel.
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Heir Apparent Vivian Vande Velde (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-205125-2, Jun 2004, $6.95, 315pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Harcourt 2002) young-adult SF novel about a virtual reality fantasy game.
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Now You See It... Vivian Vande Velde (Harcourt 0-15-205311-5, Jan 2005, $17.00, 275pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Young-adult fantasy novel. Wendy finds glasses that let her see things no one else can.
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Wizard at Work Vivian Vande Velde (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-205309-3, Aug 2004, $5.95, 134pp, pb, cover by Greg Swearingen) Reprint (Harcourt 2003) young-adult fantasy novel.
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Secret Life Jeff VanderMeer (Golden Gryphon Press 1-930846-27-4, Jun 2004, $24.95, 305pp, hc, cover by Scott Eagle) Collection of 23 stories, three original, plus one significantly revised from previous online publication. Five stories, including one original, are set in the world of Ambergris. The author provides notes on the writing of each piece. Introduction by Jeffrey Ford. Order from Golden Gryphon Press, 3002 Perkins Road, Urbana IL 61802; [www.goldengryphon.com].
- · Introduction: The Secrets of VanderMeer · Jeffrey Ford · in *
- · Secret Life · ss *
- · Flight Is for Those Who Have Not Yet Crossed Over · ss The Third Alternative #17 98
- · The Bone-Carvers Tale · ss Asimovs Apr 95
- · The Sea, Mendeho, and Moonlight [Veniss] · ss Visions Spr 90
- · The Festival of the Freshwater Squid · ss *
- · The General Who Is Dead [Ambergris] · ss Freezer Burn Magazine #5 96
- · Ghost Dancing with Manco Tupac · nv Imagination Fully Dilated 2, ed. Elizabeth Engstrom, IFD Publishing, 2000
- · Learning to Leave the Flesh · ss Dreams from the Strangers Café #5 96
- · Greensleeves · ss
- · Detectives and Cadavers [Veniss] · ss Science Fiction Review Apr 92
- · Exhibit H: Torn Pages Discovered in the Vest Pocket of an Unidentified Tourist · ss *
- · Black Duke Blues · ss The Silver Web #13 96
- · The Emperors Reply · ss Magic Realism Sum 93
- · The Compass of His Bones · ss *
- · Balzacs War [Veniss] · nv The Third Alternative #14 97
- · A Heart for Lucretia [Veniss] · ss The Silver Web Win/Spr 93
- · London Burning · ss Worlds of Fantasy & Horror Sum 94
- · Corpse Mouth and Spore Nose · ss *
- · The Machine · ss Strangewood Tales, ed. Jack Fisher, Eraserhead Press, 2002
- · Mahout · ss Asimovs mid-Dec 92
- · The Mansions of the Moon (A Cautionary Tale) [as by Anon.] · ss Nemonymous Nov, 2001
- · The City · ss *
- · Experiment #25 from the Book of Winter: The Croc and You [Ambergris] · ss The Book of Winter, Hoegbottom Press, 1999
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Why Should I Cut Your Throat? Excursions into the Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Jeff VanderMeer (MonkeyBrain Books 1-932265-11-2, Oct 2004, $15.95, 332pp, tp, cover by Scott Eagle) Non-fiction collection of 38 essays on writing, reviews, criticism, and more. MonkeyBrain, 11204 Crossland Dr., Austin TX 78726; [info@monkeybrainbooks.com]; [www.monkeybrainbooks.com].
- · PREAMBLE
- 9 · Why Should I Cut Your Throat When I Can Just Ask You for the Money? · Jeff VanderMeer · ar The Silver Web Fll/Win 93
- · CAREER AND CRAFT
- 29 · Rum Runners, Tiny Castles, And Allergies [A Profile] · Jeff VanderMeer · ar Tangent #14 96; revised.
- 33 · The Leviathan Anthology Series: A Short Overview · Jeff VanderMeer · ar Fantastic Metropolis (website) Aug 16, 2002
- 42 · Sudden Hummingbirds, Sudden Dislocations: The Interstitial Experience · Jeff VanderMeer · ar
- _42 · Approach 1.0: The Interstitial as Personal Experience · Jeff VanderMeer · ar Interstitial Arts Foundation Web site, 2003
- _44 · Approach 2.0: The Interstitial as Theory · Jeff VanderMeer · ar VanderWorld blog Sep 3, 2003
- 51 · City of Saints & Madmen: The Untold Story · Jeff VanderMeer · ar Agony Column Apr 5, 2004
- 84 · A Short Essay on Teaching Creative Writing · Jeff VanderMeer · ar VanderWorld blog Jul 27, 2003
- 88 · Scott Eagle: The Interview · Jeff VanderMeer · iv The Silver Web #15, 2001 [Scott Eagle]
- 96 · The Best Fireworks Display Youve Ever Seen · Peter Wild · iv Bookmunch Web site Mar 9, 2002 [Jeff VanderMeer]; interview with Jeff VanderMeer.
- · INTERLUDE
- 109 · World Fantasy Convention 25: 1999 · Jeff VanderMeer · ar The VanderWorld Report Nov 99
- · REVIEWS
- 123 · The Circus of the Earth and the Air by Brooke Stevens · Jeff VanderMeer · br Science Fiction Eye #13 94 [Brooke Stevens]
- 126 · Pulphouse #18-The Jesus Issue, edited by Damon Knight · Jeff VanderMeer · br Tangent #10 95
- 131 · Lorien Lost by Michael King · Jeff VanderMeer · br Council for Literature of the Fantastic Newsletter #4 97 [Michael King]
- 134 · Longing for Blood by Vilma Kadleckova · Jeff VanderMeer · rv Tangent #18 97 [Vilma Kadleckova]
- 136 · F&SFJanuary 1997 Issue, edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch · Jeff VanderMeer · rv Tangent #18 97
- 140 · Read This #1: 1997 · Jeff VanderMeer · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #111 97
- 147 · Shadow Bones by David Memmott · Jeff VanderMeer · br The New York Review of Science Fiction #144, 2000 [David Memmott]
- 149 · The 20th Centurys Greatest Hits: A Top 40 List by Paul Williams · Jeff VanderMeer · rv The New York Review of Science Fiction #148, 2000 [Paul Williams]
- 154 · Read This #2: 2000 · Jeff VanderMeer · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #147, 2000
- 163 · Island of the Sequined Love Nun and The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore · Jeff VanderMeer · br The New York Review of Science Fiction #9, 2001 [Christopher Moore]
- 170 · Silent Children by Ramsey Campbell · Jeff VanderMeer · br The New York Review of Science Fiction #150, 2001 [Ramsey Campbell]
- 174 · Look to Windward by Iain M. Banks · Jeff VanderMeer · br The New York Review of Science Fiction #149, 2001 [Iain Banks]
- 179 · Thraxas by Martin Scott · Jeff VanderMeer · br Nova Express v6 #1, 2001 [Martin Scott]
- 181 · The Scar by China Miéville · Jeff VanderMeer · br The Washington Post Book World Jul 21, 2002 [China Miéville]
- 184 · Light by M. John Harrison · Jeff VanderMeer · br SF Site, 2002 [M. John Harrison]
- 188 · Toxicology by Steve Aylett · Jeff VanderMeer · br Interzone Mar, 2002 [Steve Aylett]
- 190 · Observatory Mansions by Edward Carey · Jeff VanderMeer · br Locus Online Oct 15, 2002 [Edward Carey]
- 193 · Read This #3: 2002 · Jeff VanderMeer · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction, 2002
- 197 · In Springdale Town by Robert Freeman Wexler · Jeff VanderMeer · br Locus Online May 14, 2003 [Robert Freeman Wexler]
- 202 · Trampoline ed. Kelly Link · Jeff VanderMeer · br Locus Online Sep 13, 2003 [Kelly Link]
- · INTERLUDE
- 207 · Vanishing Books, Fake Diseases, and Alien Babies: A Myopic View of ReaderCon 14 (2002) · Jeff VanderMeer · ar Locus Online Jul 19, 2002
- · CRITICISM
- 215 · Edward Whittemores Jerusalem Quartet · Jeff VanderMeer · cr Locus Online Nov 11, 2002 [Edward Whittemore]
- 222 · The Death of the Imagination? The-Nothing-You-Havent-Seen-Before Sermon · Jeff VanderMeer · cr Tangent #11 95
- 226 · Horror: Alive or Dead? A Discussion of the Current Horror Malaise · Jeff VanderMeer · cr Jabberwocky #2 92
- 244 · Cordwainer Smith: An Appreciation · Jeff VanderMeer · cr The Alien Online Feb, 2002 [Cordwainer Smith]
- 247 · Barry Hugharts Slight Flaw [Barry Hughart] · Jeff VanderMeer · cr Supernatural Fiction Writers, 2nd Edition, 2003 [Barry Hughart]
- 256 · The Infernal Desire Machines of Angela Carter · Jeff VanderMeer · cr Carnage Hall #5 94 (+1) [Angela Carter]
- 294 · Angela Carter: A Personal Appreciation · Jeff VanderMeer · cr Jabberwocky #2 92 [Angela Carter]
- · CODA
- 297 · Anarchy, Surrealism, Dead Authors, & Ambergris · Jeff VanderMeer · ar The VanderWorld Report Nov, 2002
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Gene Roddenberrys Andromeda: The Broken Places Ethlie Ann Vare & Daniel 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.
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The Golden Globe John Varley (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.
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The John Varley Reader John Varley (Ace 0-441-01195-0, Sep 2004, $16.00, 532 + ix, tp) Retrospective collection of 18 stories from Varleys 30-year writing career, with a general introduction, afterword, and autobiographical story introductions by the author.
- · Picnic on Nearside · nv F&SF Aug 74
- · Overdrawn at the Memory Bank · nv Galaxy May 76
- · In the Hall of the Martian Kings · na F&SF Feb 77
- · Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance · nv Galaxy Jul 76
- · The Barbie Murders [Anna-Louise Bach] · nv IASFM Jan/Feb 78
- · The Phantom of Kansas · nv Galaxy Feb 76
- · Beatnik Bayou · nv New Voices III, ed. George R. R. Martin, Berkley, 1980
- · Air Raid [as by Herb Boehm] · ss IASFM Spr 77
- · The Persistence of Vision · na F&SF Mar 78
- · PRESS ENTER [] · na IASFM May 84
- · The Pusher · ss F&SF Oct 81
- · Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo · na Blue Champagne, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1986
- · Options · nv Universe 9, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1979
- · Just Another Perfect Day · ss Twilight Zone Jun 89
- · In Fading Suns and Dying Moons · nv Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian, ed. Janis Ian and Mike Resnick, DAW, 2003
- · The Flying Dutchman · ss Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Avon Eos, 1998
- · Good Intentions · ss Playboy Nov 92
- · The Bellman [Anna-Louise Bach] · nv Asimovs Jun, 2003
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The John Varley Reader John Varley (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.
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Red Thunder John Varley (Ace 0-441-01162-4, May 2004, $7.99, 411pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Red Thunder] Reprint (Ace 2003) Heinleinesque SF novel.
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Stormwitch Susan Vaught (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-952-5, Jan 2005, $16.95, 208pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy. In 1960s Mississippi, a Haitian girl uses her grandmothers magic to ward off a witch in hurricane form.
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Intersect: A Love Story Harold Torger Vedeler (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.
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The Toryuan Chronicles...Book One Ernest Velon (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.
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Pennys Gift Edna Ventre-Auerfeld (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.
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The Mysterious Island Jules Verne (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.
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The Mysterious Island Jules Verne (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.
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The Book of Ballads Charles Vess (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 Vesss comic The Book of Ballads and Sagas. This expanded edition adds four stories, an introduction by Terri Windling, and an updated discography.
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