The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

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The Alteration Kingsley Amis (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-946108-0, Jul 2004, £7.99, 203pp, tp, cover by Andy Lovell); Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1976) SF novel.

The Green Man Kingsley Amis (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-946107-2, Jul 2004, £6.99, 175pp, tp); Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1969) fantasy novel.

Yellow Dog Martin Amis (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-926759-4, Jun 2004, £7.99, 339pp, tp, cover by Stephen Parker); Reprint (Jonathan Cape 2003) literary novel with minor fantasy and SF elements.

The Saga of Seven Suns, Book Two: A Forest of Stars Kevin J. Anderson (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-3066-2, Jun 2004, £6.99, 727pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Saga of Seven Suns]; Reprint (Earthlight 2003) SF novel, sequel to Hidden Empire.

The Saga of Seven Suns: Book Three: Horizon Storms Kevin J. Anderson (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-5671-9, Aug 2004, £10.99, 659pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Saga of Seven Suns]; Reprint (Warner Aspect 2004) SF novel. [First U.K. edition]

As Good as Dead in Downtown Neil Arksey (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-131052-9, Feb 2004, £4.99, 224pp, tp); Young-adult near-future dystopian SF novel of a young assassin hired to capture genetically modified twins.

Dime Store Magic Kelley Armstrong (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-323-6, Feb 2004, £6.99, pb) [Women of the Otherworld]; Contemporary fantasy novel, the third in a series after Bitten and Stolen, featuring a minor character from those books. Simultaneous with the Random House (Canada) edition.

Industrial Magic Kelley Armstrong (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-340-6, Sep 2004, £6.99, 528pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) [Women of the Otherworld]; Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2004) fantasy novel. Fourth in the “Women of the Otherworld” series and the second featuring Paige Winterbourne. [First U.K. edition]

Artaud’s The Monk Antonin Artaud (Creation 1-84068-064-4, Aug 2003, £9.95, 310pp, tp); Gothic horror novel, a radically revised version of The Monk by Matthew Lewis (1794). Translated from the French (1931) by John Philips. Introduction by Stephen Barber.

Lord of Snow and Shadows Sarah Ash (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-553-81470-2, Jan 2004, £6.99, 688pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Tears of Artamon]; Reprint (Bantam UK 2003) fantasy novel. Book One of “The Tears of Artamon”.

Prisoner of Ironsea Tower Sarah Ash (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-04984-5, May 2004, £10.99, 470pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Tears of Artamon]; Fantasy novel, book two of “The Tears of Artamon”.

Cowl Neal Asher (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-0137-2, Mar 2004, £17.99, 406pp, hc, cover by Steve Rawlings); SF novel. An innocent woman and a 22nd-century programmable killer are drawn into a battle against a time-traveling menace.

The Line of Polity Neal Asher (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-48435-4, Mar 2004, £7.99, 663pp, pb, cover by Steve Rawlings); Reprint (Tor UK 2003) SF novel. Polity agent Cormac investigates a rebellion.

Somnabulists Allen Ashley (Elastic Press 0-9543747-8-9, Jul 2004, £5.00, 190pp, tp); SF/fantasy/horror collection.

Bloodlust Chronicles: Faith Lisette Ashton (Chimera 1-903931-58-4, Dec 2003, £6.99, 253pp, pb) [Bloodlust Chronicles]; Erotic vampire novel, the first in a trilogy.

I, Robot Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-02532-4, Aug 2004, £6.99, 249pp, pb) [Robot Series]; Reissue (Gnome Press 1950) seminal collection of nine “Robot” stories. This is a movie tie-in edition. 18th printing.

Oryx and Crake Margaret Atwood (Virago 1-8440-8028-5, Apr 2004, £7.99, 433pp, tp); Reprint (McClelland & Stewart 2003) literary SF novel.

Crusade Anselm Audley (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-1503-5, Feb 2004, £6.99, 589pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Aquasilva]; Reprint (Earthlight UK 2003) fantasy novel. Book Three of “The Aquasilva Trilogy” after Heresy and Inquisition.

The Various Steve Augarde (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-54858-8, Aug 2004, £5.99, 448pp, tp, cover by Steve Augarde) [Various]; Reprint (David Fickling Books 2003) young-adult fantasy novel. First in a trilogy.

Dummyland Steve Aylett (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07410-8, Jan 2004, £6.99, 119pp, pb) [Accomplice]; Reprint (Gollancz 2002) literary SF/fantasy novel, third in the “Accomplice” series.

Karloff’s Circus Steve Aylett (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07089-7, Feb 2004, £9.99, 128pp, tp) [Accomplice]; Surreal SF/fantasy novel, the fourth book of “Accomplice”.

Cloud 8 Grant Bailie (IG Publishing 0-9703125-2-0, Feb 2003, $14.95, 277pp, tp, cover by Joseph Tulman); Satiric fantasy novel. James Broadhurst, killed in a car crash, finds the afterlife wildly different to what anyone expects. A first novel. Imported to the UK from 5 August 04 at £9.99 and distributed by Turnaround, Unit 3, Olympia Trading Estate, Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6TZ.

The Fermata Nicholson Baker (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-946692-9, Aug 2004, £5.99, 303pp, tp); Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1994) literary SF novel.

The Darkness That Comes Before R. Scott Bakker (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-5668-9, Mar 2004, £10.99, 577pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Prince of Nothing]; Reprint (Penguin Canada 2003) fantasy novel, the first volume in “The Prince of Nothing” series. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]

The Abbey Mysteries: The Buried Cross Cherith Baldry (Oxford University Press 0-19-275362-2, Apr 2004, £4.99, 214pp, tp, cover by Chris Mould & Stephen Raw) [Abbey Mysteries]; Young-adult historical novel with fantasy elements. First in a new series based around Arthurian myth.

The Abbey Mysteries: The Scarlet Spring Cherith Baldry (Oxford University Press 0-19-275364-9, Oct 2004, £4.99, 192pp, tp, cover by Chris Mould) [Abbey Mysteries]; Young-adult historical novel with fantasy elements. Third in a new series based around Arthurian myth.

The Abbey Mysteries: The Silent Man Cherith Baldry (Oxford University Press 0-19-275363-0, Jul 2004, £4.99, 197pp, tp, cover by Chris Mould & Stephen Raw) [Abbey Mysteries]; Young-adult historical mystery with Arthurian fantasy elements, second in the series.

The Reliquary Ring Cherith Baldry (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-49207-1, Apr 2004, £6.99, 471pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen); Reprint (Macmillan UK 2003) fantasy novel of an alternate Venice.

The Roses of Roazon Cherith Baldry (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-333-98969-4, Apr 2004, £12.99, 487pp, tp, cover by Mick Posen); Fantasy novel. An accusation of heresy allows the eternal home of demons to rise from the waters.

Recursion Tony Ballantyne (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-4139-0, Jul 2004, £12.99, 345pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) [Recursion]; SF novel. A battle against self-relicating machinery on a distant planet is entwined with a 20th century mystery.

Crash J. G. Ballard (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-946689-9, Aug 2004, £5.99, 224pp, pb); Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1973) SF novel.

Millennium People J. G. Ballard (HarperPerennial UK 0-00-655161-0, Jun 2004, £7.99, 294pp, tp, cover by Richard Green); Reprint (Flamingo 2003) associational novel of middle-class terrorism in London. This edition adds a 17-page appendix of features, interviews, articles, etc.

Demons of Chitrakut Ashok K. Banker (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-178-0, Jun 2004, £6.99, 628pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Ramayana]; Fantasy novel, the third book of “The Ramayana” based on the ancient Indian epic.

The Algebraist Iain M. Banks (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-155-1, Oct 2004, £17.99, 534pp, hc); SF novel. A trade paperback edition (-239-6, £10.99) was announced but not seen.

Demonstorm James Barclay (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07332-2, Aug 2004, £10.99, 438pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) [Legends of the Raven]; Fantasy novel. Last in the trilogy after Elfsorrow and Shadowheart, which follows the “Chronicles of the Raven” trilogy. A hardcover edition (-07333-0, £18.99) is also available.

Shadowheart James Barclay (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07544-9, Jul 2004, £6.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Laura Brett) [Legends of the Raven]; Reprint (Gollancz 2003) fantasy novel. Book 5 in the “Raven” series, and second in the new “Legends” subset.

Abarat Clive Barker (HarperCollins UK 0-00-651370-0, Jul 2004, £6.99, 431pp, pb) [Books of Abarat]; Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2002) young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by Clive Barker.

Abarat II: Days of Magic, Nights of War Clive Barker (HarperCollins UK 0-00-710045-0, Oct 2004, £20.00, 491pp, hc, cover by Clive Barker) [Books of Abarat]; Young-adult fantasy novel, profusely illustrated by Barker. Second of a quartet.

Eating Mammals John Barlow (Fourth Estate 0-00-716648-6, Mar 2004, £14.99, 265pp, hc, cover by Rose Cooper); Collection of 3 original, linked literary fantasy novellas, based on true stories.

Star Bores/Star Bores: The Prequel Steve Barlow & Steve Skidmore (HarperCollins UK 0-00-719208-8, Sep 2004, £6.99, 401pp, hc); Omnibus of two Star Wars parodies in Ace double format: Star Bores (1999) and the new Star Bores: The Prequel.

Tales of the Dark Forest: 4: Knyghtmare Steve Barlow & Steve Skidmore (CollinsVoyager 0-00-710866-4, Aug 2004, £5.99, 254pp, tp) [Tales of the Dark Forest]; Young-adult fantasy novel.

Star Wars: The Cestus Deception Steven Barnes (Random House UK/Century 1-8441-3692-2, Jun 2004, £17.99, 401pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars]; Star Wars novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.

Jennifer Government Max Barry (Time Warner UK/Abacus 0-349-11762-4, Feb 2004, £6.99, 335pp, tp); Reprint (Doubleday 2003) satirical SF novel set in a future where companies dominate the world.

Doctor Who: The Deadstone Memorial Trevor Baxendale (BBC Books 0-563-48622-8, Oct 2004, £6.99, 280pp, pb) [Doctor Who]; Novelization based on the TV series, featuring the eighth Doctor.

Behemoth Stephen Baxter (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07604-6, Nov 2004, £8.99, 793pp, pb) [Mammoth]; Omnibus of the three novels in the “Mammoth” series: Silverhair (1999), Longtusk (2000), and Icebones (2001).

Coalescent Stephen Baxter (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07553-8, Jun 2004, £6.99, 536pp, pb) [Xeelee: Destiny’s Children]; Reprint (Gollancz 2003) SF novel, the first book of “Destiny’s Children”.

Exultant Stephen Baxter (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07429-9, Sep 2004, £12.99, 490pp, tp) [Xeelee: Destiny’s Children]; SF novel, book two of “Destiny’s Children” after Coalescent. A hardcover edition (-07428-0, £17.99) was also published.

Mayflower II Stephen Baxter (PS Publishing 1-904619-16-9, Aug 2004, £10.00, 88pp, tp, cover by Edward Miller) [Xeelee]; SF novella in the “Xeelee” series. Introduction by Adam Roberts. This is a limited edition of 500 signed by Baxter; a hardcover edition of 300 (-17-7; £25.00) signed by Baxter and Roberts is also available. Available from Hamilton House, 4 Park Ave., Harrogate, HG2 9BQ, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].

Revolutions in the Earth: James Hutton and the True Age of the Earth Stephen Baxter (Orion/Phoenix 0-75381-761-6, Feb 2004, £8.99, 245pp, tp); Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2003) associational biography. [James Hutton]

Darwin’s Children Greg Bear (HarperCollins UK 0-00-713238-7, Mar 2004, £6.99, 473pp, pb) [Darwin’s Radio]; Reprint (Del Rey 2003) SF novel.

Dead Lines Greg Bear (HarperCollins UK 0-00-712976-9, May 2004, £17.99, 295pp, hc); SF thriller/ghost story. A new communications system can contact the dead.

Dead Lines Greg Bear (HarperCollins UK 0-00-712977-7, Nov 2004, £6.99, 295pp, pb); Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2004) SF novel.

The Looking Glass Wars Frank Beddor (Egmont 1-4052-0987-9, Sep 2004, £12.99, 376pp, hc, cover by Christina Craemer) [Alice]; Young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a trilogy based on the world of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.

Fallen Angel Stephanie Bedwell-Grime (Telos 1-903889-69-3, Nov 2004, £9.99, 216pp, tp) [Porsche Winter]; Humorous fantasy novel. Second in the “Porsche Winter” series. Available from Beech House, Chapel Lane, Moulton, Cheshire CW9 8PQ, and at www.telos.co.uk .

Beyond Infinity Gregory Benford (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-188-8, Mar 2004, £6.99, 451pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Against the Fall of Night]; SF novel. Simultaneous with the US (Warner Aspect) edition.

Smallville: Greed Cherie Bennett & Jeff Gottesfeld (Time Warner UK/Atom 1-904233-45-7, Feb 2004, £4.99, 166pp, tp) [Smallville]; Reprint (Little, Brown 2003) novelization based on the TV series based on DC Comics’ Superman. [First U.K. edition]

Smallville: Sparks Cherie Bennett & Jeff Gottesfeld (Time Warner UK/Atom 1-904233-47-3, Apr 2004, £4.99, 165pp, tp) [Smallville]; Novelization based on the TV series about Superman’s adolescence. Simultaneous with the US (Little, Brown) edition. Copyrighted by DC Comics.

Doctor Who: Short Trips: Steel Skies ed. John Binns (Big Finish 1-84435-045-2, Dec 2003, £14.99, 235pp, hc) [Doctor Who]; Original anthology of 16 stories based on the TV series. Volume five in the series.

Doctor Who: Empire of Death David Bishop (BBC Books 0-563-48615-5, Mar 2004, £5.99, 280pp, pb) [Doctor Who]; Novelization based on the TV series, featuring the fifth Doctor and Nyssa.

The Etched City K. J. Bishop (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-4160-9, Jan 2004, £10.99, 332pp, tp); Reprint (Prime Press 2003) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

Dangerous Reality Malorie Blackman (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55167-8, Feb 2004, £4.99, 183pp, tp, cover by Kate Clarke); Reprint (Doubleday UK 1999) young-adult fantasy novel.

Knife Edge Malorie Blackman (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60527-7, Feb 2004, £12.99, 364pp, hc) [Noughts and Crosses]; Young-adult SF novel in the “Noughts and Crosses” series.

Pig-heart Boy Malorie Blackman (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55166-X, Feb 2004, £4.99, 210pp, tp, cover by Kate Clarke); Reprint (Doubleday UK 1997) young-adult fantasy novel.

Thief! Malorie Blackman (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55165-1, Feb 2004, £4.99, 229pp, tp, cover by Kate Clarke); Reprint (Doubleday UK 1995) young-adult fantasy novel.

Soul Stealer Martin Booth (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-131038-3, Apr 2004, £4.99, 242pp, tp, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Alchemist’s Son]; Young-adult fantasy novel. Book Two in “The Alchemist’s Son” trilogy after Doctor Illuminatus. Booth died in February 2004, and it is likely the series will remain incomplete.

The Raven Warrior Alice Borchardt (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-553-81513-X, Jun 2004, £6.99, 624pp, pb, cover by Scott McKowen) [Tales of Guinevere]; Reprint (Bantam UK 2003) fantasy novel, second in the “Tales of Guinevere” series.

Time Hunter: The Clockwork Woman Claire Bott (Telos 1-903889-39-1, Jun 2004, £7.99, tp) [Honoré Lechasseur]; Novellazation, third in a series about Honoré Lechasseur, a character introduced in Doctor Who: Cabinet of Light. A deluxe hardback edition (1-903889-40-5, £25.00) was announced but not seen. Available from 61 Elgar Avenue, Tolworth, Surrey KT5 9JP.

The Silent War Ben Bova (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-76962-9, Feb 2004, £18.99, 439pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Asteroid Wars]; SF novel, the third volume in “The Asteroid Wars” series.

The Silent War Ben Bova (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-76963-7, Aug 2004, £7.99, 437pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Asteroid Wars]; Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2004) SF novel. “The Asteroid Wars: III”, sequel to The Precipice and The Rock Rats.

Apocalypse Tim Bowler (Oxford University Press 0-19-271926-2, Oct 2004, £12.99, 341pp, hc); Young-adult fantasy novel.

Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-718170-1, Aug 2004, £6.99, 184pp, pb); Reprint (Ballantine 1953) classic dystopian SF novel. This is a 50th Anniversary Edition. with “A New Introduction” (2003), and “Burning Bright: An afterword” from the 40th Anniversary edition.

Ancestors of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley & Diana L. Paxson (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-713843-1, Aug 2004, £17.99, xvii+363pp, hc, cover by Dominic Harman); Reprint (Viking 2004 as Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Ancestors of Avalon by Diana Paxson) fantasy novel. The prequel to Bradley’s solo The Mists of Avalon. [First U.K. edition]

Faerie Wars Herbie Brennan (Bloomsbury 0-7475-6467-1, Mar 2004, £5.99, 368pp, tp, cover by Carol Lawson & Ian Butterworth) [Faerie Wars]; Reprint (Bloomsbury 2003) young-adult fantasy novel.

The Purple Emperor Herbie Brennan (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7479-0, Oct 2004, £12.99, 431pp, hc, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Faerie Wars]; Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Faerie Wars. Simultaneous with the Bloomsbury USA edition.

The Dream Master: Arabian Nights Theresa Breslin (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60425-4, Aug 2004, £10.99, 206pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Dream Master]; Young-adult fantasy novel. Fourth in the series. Illustrated by Wyatt. Cy accidentally draws Shahr-Azad the storyteller from Ancient Arabia to today.

The Dream Master: Gladiator Theresa Breslin (Transworld/Corgi Yearling 0-440-86501-8, Aug 2004, £4.99, 169pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Dream Master]; Reprint (Doubleday UK 2003) young-adult fantasy novel. Third in the series. Illustrated by Wyatt.

K-PAX: The Trilogy Gene Brewer (Bloomsbury 0-7475-6695-X, Dec 2003, £9.99, 787pp, tp, cover by William Webb) [K-PAX]; Omnibus of the three novels: K-PAX (1995), On a Beam of Light (2001), and K-PAX III: The Worlds of prot (2001), plus an original short story, “prot’s report”.

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