The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004
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The Devil in Me Christopher Fowler (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-768-X, Feb 2004, £6.99, 246pp, tp, cover by wall); Reprint (Serpent’s Tail 2001) collection of 12 mainstream/fantasy urban horror tales.
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Full Dark House Christopher Fowler (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-553-81552-0, Jul 2004, £6.99, 412pp, pb) [Bryant & May]; Reprint (Doubleday UK 2003) gothic mystery novel in the “Bryant & May” series.
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The Water Room Christopher Fowler (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60554-4, Sep 2004, £12.99, 400pp, hc, cover by James Macfarlane) [Bryant & May]; Gothic mystery novel. Second in a new series featuring “Bryant & May”, the decrepit detectives from Rune and Darkest Day, after Full Dark House.
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Goblins! Brian Froud & Ari Berk (Pavilion 1-86205-684-6, Oct 2004, £14.99, 90pp, hc, cover by Brian Froud); Art book on types of goblins, with art by Froud and text by Berk.
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Making History Stephen Fry (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-945706-7, Aug 2004, £6.99, 575pp, tp); Reissue (Hutchinson 1996) SF novel.
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Dragon Rider Cornelia Funke (Chicken House, The 1-903434-90-4, Aug 2004, £12.99, 527pp, hc, cover by Paul Howard); Young-adult fantasy novel, translated by Anthea Bell from Drachenreiter (Cecilie Dressler 1997). Includes a fold-out map. The original text is copyright 2000; a first English translation by Oliver Georg 2001 is noted on the copyright page.
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Inkheart Cornelia Funke (Chicken House, The 1-904442-21-8, Jun 2004, £6.99, 543pp, tp, cover by Carol Lawson) [Inkheart]; Reprint (The Chicken House 2003) young-adult fantasy novel. Translated by Anthea Bell from the original German Tintenherz (Cecilie Dressler Verlag 2003). The original UK edition was not seen.
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Cross Stitch Diana Gabaldon (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-991170-1, Oct 2004, £7.99, 863pp, pb, cover by Alison Groom) [Outlander]; Reissue (Century; Delacorte as Outlander 1991) fantasy time-travel novel. The first book in the “Outlander” series.
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Dragonfly in Amber Diana Gabaldon (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-929471-0, Oct 2004, £7.99, 963pp, pb, cover by Alison Groom) [Outlander]; Reissue (Delacorte 1992) fantasy novel. Book two in the “Outlander” series. 22nd printing.
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Drums of Autumn Diana Gabaldon (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-966431-6, Oct 2004, 1185pp, pb, cover by Alison Groom) [Outlander]; Reissue (Century 1997 as The Drums of Autumn) fantasy novel. Book four in the “Outlander” series. 12th printing.
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The Fiery Cross Diana Gabaldon (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-9712001-3, Oct 2004, £7.99, 1412pp, pb, cover by Alison Groom) [Outlander]; Reissue (Century 2001) fantasy novel. Book five in the “Outlander” series. Second printing.
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Lord John and the Private Matter Diana Gabaldon (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-946117-X, Oct 2004, £6.99, 475pp, pb, cover by Godfried Schalcken) [Outlander]; Reprint (Century 2003) associational historical murder mystery, first in a trilogy, related to the “Outlander” series. This edition adds a novella and an afterword.
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Voyager Diana Gabaldon (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-942851-2, Oct 2004, £7.99, 1059pp, pb, cover by Alison Groom) [Outlander]; Reissue (Delacorte 1994) fantasy novel. Book three in the “Outlander” series. 18th printing.
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Smallville: Shadows Diana G. Gallagher (Atom 1-904233-52-X, Jan 2004, £4.99, 261pp, tp) [Smallville]; Reprint (Warner Aspect 2003) novelization based on the television series based on DC Comics’ Superman. [First U.K. edition]
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Out of His Mind Stephen Gallagher (PS Publishing 1-902880-98-6, Aug 2004, £35.00, 412pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore); Collection of 22 stories (one original) with end notes on all the stories. Introduction by Brian Clemens. This is a limited edition of 500, signed by Gallagher; a slipcased edition of 200 (-97-8, £60.00) signed by Gallagher and Clemens is also available. Available from Hamilton House, 4 Park Ave., Harrogate, HG2 9BQ, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].
- · Introduction · Charles L. Grant · in
- · Magpie · ss Final Shadows, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991
- · Not Here, Not Now · ss Cold Cuts III, ed. Paul Lewis & Steve Lockley, Wales: Alun Books, 1995
- · By the River, Fontainebleau · ss F&SF Aug ’86
- · Driving Force · ss Fear! May/Jun( +1 ’89
- · The Visitors’ Book · ss Darklands, ed. Nicholas Royle, Edgerton Press, 1991
- · Little Angels · ss *
- · The Drain · nv Fantasy Tales, v.11 #4, ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1990
- · Old, Red Shoes · ss Ripper!, ed. Gardner Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, 1988
- · The Horn · nv Arrows of Eros, ed. Alex Stewart, NEL, 1989
- · Modus Operandi · ss New Crimes, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson, 1989
- · The Jigsaw Girl · ss Shadows #9, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1986
- · Fancy That! · ss Shivers for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara, 1995
- · Life Line · ss Dark Fantasies, ed. Chris Morgan, Legend, 1989
- · Like Shadows in the Dark · ss Shadows #10, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1987
- · No Life For Me Without You · nv F&SF Sep ’85
- · God’s Bright Little Engine · ss Tombs, Edward E. Kramer & Peter Crowther, White Wolf, 1995
- · O, Virginia · ss Marilyn: Shades of Blonde, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge, 1997
- · The Sluice · ss Narrow Houses, ed. Peter Crowther, Little Brown UK, 1992
- · Poisoned · ss Kimota #6 ’97
- · Casey, Where He Lies · ss Imagination, 1991
- · In Gethsemene · nv Heaven Sent, ed. Peter Crowther & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995
- · In There · aw *
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Rumors of War and Infernal Machines: Technomilitary Agenda-Setting in American and British Speculative Fiction Charles E. Gannon (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-708-5, Nov 2003, £20.00, 311pp, tp, cover by Mark Preston); Critical examination of ways speculative fiction has influenced and been influence by political/military beliefs about the future, from Victorian times to the present. This is dated 2003 but not seen until now. A hardcover edition (-698-4, £50.00) was announced but not seen.
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Fatal Women Esther Garber (Egerton House 0-9546275-5-5, May 2004, £12.99, 396pp, tp, cover by John Kaiine); Original collection of seven stories, one by Garber and Yolande Sorores, one by Sorores alone. Garber is a pen name for Tanith Lee; Sorores is a pen name for Juliette Shapiro. This is a print-on-demand edition. Egerton House, 3 Egerton Road, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, TN39 3HH, UK; [books@egertonhousepublishing.co.uk].
- 15 · Rherlotte · sn Fatal Women, Egerton House Publishing, 2004
- 145 · Virgile, The Widow · sn Fatal Women, Egerton House Publishing, 2004
- 255 · The Umbrella · ss Fatal Women, Egerton House Publishing, 2004
- 265 · The Woman Under the Umbrella · Yolande Sorores · ss Fatal Women, Egerton House Publishing, 2004
- 275 · Green Iris · na Fatal Women, Egerton House Publishing, 2004
- 351 · Rain · Esther Garber & Yolande Sorores · nv Fatal Women, Egerton House Publishing, 2004
- 381 · Le Jardin · ss Fatal Women, Egerton House Publishing, 2004
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34 Esther Garber (Egerton House 0-9546275-8-X, May 2004, £7.99, 150pp, tp, cover by John Kaiine); Lesbian erotic novel with surreal/fantastic elements. Garber is a pen name for Tanith Lee. This is a print-on-demand edition. Egerton House, 3 Egerton Road, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, TN39 3HH, UK; [books@egertonhousepublishing.co.uk].
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Grendel John Gardner (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07582-1, Aug 2004, £6.99, 123pp, tp, cover by Edward Miller); Reprint (Knopf 1971) fantasy novel. The tale of Beowulf told from Grendel’s point of view. Volume 41 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.
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Thursbitch Alan Garner (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-945936-1, Sep 2004, £6.99, 155pp, tp); Reprint (The Harvill Press 2003) literary fantasy novel.
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Warhammer 40,000: What Price Victory ed. Marc Gascoigne & Christian Dunn (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-077-7, Mar 2004, £5.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Scott Johnson) [Warhammer 40,000]; Anthology of seven stories, two original, set in the far-future world of the roleplaying game.
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Warhammer: Swords of the Empire ed. Marc Gascoigne & Christian Dunn (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-088-2, Mar 2004, £5.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Karl Kopinski) [Warhammer]; Anthology of six stories, two original, set in the world of the fantasy roleplaying game.
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Dusk Susan Gates (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-31705-1, Mar 2004, £4.99, 172pp, tp, cover by Ken de Silva); Young-adult SF novel about a military genetic experiment fusing human and avian DNA.
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Swords of Night and Day David Gemmell (Bantam UK 0-593-04447-9, Apr 2004, £17.99, 459pp, hc, cover by John Bolton) [Drenai: Skilgannon the Damned]; Fantasy novel in the “Drenai” sequence, second in the “Skilgannon the Damned” series after White Wolf.
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White Wolf David Gemmell (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14677-3, Apr 2004, £6.99, 589pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Drenai: Skilgannon the Damned]; Reprint (Bantam UK 2003) fantasy novel in the “Drenai” sequence, featuring Druss the Legend. First in a new series about “Skilgannon the Damned”.
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1610: A Sundial in a Grave Mary Gentle (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07552-X, Nov 2004, £8.99, 704pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards); Reprint (Gollancz 2003) alternate-history fantasy novel.
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Cartomancy Mary Gentle (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07532-5, Mar 2004, £6.99, 313pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards); Collection of 15 stories, one original, each with an afterword by Gentle.
- 1 · Cartomancy: An Introduction · lk Villains!, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK, 1992
- 11 · The Logistics of Carthage · na Worlds That Weren’t, ed. Laura Anne Gilman, Roc, 2002
- 86 · Afterword: 1477 and all that · aw *
- 91 · Kitsune · ss Odyssey #5 ’98
- 104 · Afterword to Kitsune · aw *
- 107 · The Road to Jerusalem · nv Interzone Oct ’91
- 144 · Afterword to The Road to Jerusalem · aw *
- 147 · Orc’s Drift · Mary Gentle & Dean Wayland · ss Valkyrie #3 ’97
- 155 · Afterword to Orc’s Drift · aw *
- 157 · The Tarot Dice · nv, 1988
- 179 · Afterword to The Tarot Dice · aw *
- 181 · The Harvest of Wolves · ss IASFM Dec ’83
- 190 · Afterword to The Harvest of Wolves · aw *
- 191 · Anukazi’s Daughter [Hundred Isles] · ss Isaac Asimov’s Tomorrow’s Voices, ed. editors of Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, Dial, 1984
- 207 · Afterword to Anukazi’s Daughter · aw *
- 209 · What God Abandoned · nv Weerde: Book 1, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK, 1992
- 237 · Afterword to What God Abandoned · aw *
- 239 · The Pits Beneath the World · ss Peter Davison’s Book of Alien Planets, ed. Peter Davison, Sparrow, 1983
- 249 · Afterword to Pits Beneath the World · aw *
- 251 · Cast a Long Shadow · ss *
- 267 · Afterword to Cast a Long Shadow · aw *
- 269 · A Sun in the Attic · ss Despatches from the Frontiers of the Female Mind, ed. Jen Green & Sarah Lefanu, London: The Women’s Press, 1985
- 286 · Afterword to Sun in the Attic · aw *
- 289 · A Shadow Under the Sea [Hundred Isles] · ss IASFM Oct ’83
- 300 · Afterword to A Shadow Under the Sea · aw *
- 301 · Human Waste · ss Interzone Jul ’94
- 307 · Afterword to Human Waste · aw *
- 309 · Cartomancy: Conclusion · lk Villains!, ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney, Roc UK, 1992
- 312 · Afterword · aw *
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Faces of Mist and Flame Jon George (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-3397-5, May 2004, £10.99, 390pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman); SF novel of mind transfer through time. A first novel.
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The Song of False Lovers Sylvie Germain (Dedalus 1-903517-25-7, Nov 2004, £8.99, 196pp, tp, cover by David Bird); Literary fantasy novel, translated by Christine Donougher from the French Chansons des mail-aimants (Editions Gallimard 2002). Introduction by Victoria Best.
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Angel Stations Gary Gibson (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-3445-9, Oct 2004, £10.99, 392pp, tp, cover by Steve Rawlings); SF novel.
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Pattern Recognition William Gibson (Penguin UK 0-14-026614-3, Jun 2004, £7.99, 357pp, tp); Reprint (Putnam 2003) contemporary thriller of a dysfunctional marketeer hired to investigate an addictive new form of webvertising.
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Flesh and Blood Nick Gifford (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-31605-5, Jan 2004, £4.99, 211pp, tp); Young-adult fantasy novel.
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The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Virago 0-86068-201-3, 2002, £4.99, 63pp, tp); Reissue (The Feminist Press 1973) short story plus an afterword by Elaine R. Hedges. Virago Modern Classics 50.
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Deep Trouble Debi Gliori (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60629-X, Jun 2004, £10.99, 304pp, hc) [Strega-Borgia family]; Humorous young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in the series about the magical Strega-Borgia family.
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Pure Dead Brilliant Debi Gliori (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-54751-4, Jun 2004, £5.99, 316pp, tp) [Strega-Borgia family]; Reprint (Doubleday UK 2003) young-adult humorous fantasy novel. Illustrated by Gliori. Third in the “Strega-Borgia” family series.
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Outcast: The Un-Magician Christopher Golden & Thomas E. Sniegoski (Simon & Schuster UK 0-689-87301-8, Nov 2004, £5.99, 277pp, tp) [Outcast]; Reprint (Aladdin 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. First in a series. [First U.K. edition]
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Naked Empire Terry Goodkind (HarperCollin/Voyager 0-00-714558-6, Feb 2004, £12.99, 663pp, tp, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth]; Reprint (Tor 2003) fantasy novel, eighth in “The Sword of Truth” series.
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Naked Empire Terry Goodkind (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-714559-4, Oct 2004, £7.99, 679pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth]; Reprint (Tor 2003) fantasy novel. A “Sword of Truth” novel.
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War C. S. Goto (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-152-8, Nov 2004, £5.99, 412pp, pb, cover by Creative Domain) [Warhammer 40,000]; Novelization based on a computer game based on the far-future roleplaying game universe.
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Smallville: Curse Alan Grant (Atom 1-904233-50-3, Mar 2004, £4.99, 274pp, tp) [Smallville]; Reprint (Warner Aspect 2004) novelization based on the television series based on DC Comics’ Superman. [First U.K. edition]
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Incompetence Rob Grant (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07449-3, Sep 2004, £6.99, 323pp, pb); Reprint (Gollancz 2003) satirical SF novel.
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Smallville: City Devin Grayson (Time Warner UK/Atom 1-904233-49-X, Mar 2004, £4.99, ix+257pp, tp) [Smallville]; Novelization based on the TV series about the young Superman. Simultaneous with the US (Little, Brown) edition. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
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Hound George Green (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-553-81534-2, Aug 2004, £6.99, 553pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant & Stephen Raw); Reprint (Bantam UK 2003) historical fantasy novel.
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Warhammer 40,000: Iron Hands Jonathan Green (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-094-7, Aug 2004, £6.99, 409pp, pb, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer 40,000]; Novelization set in the world of the roleplaying game. [Not seen]
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Warhammer: Magestorm Jonathan Green (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-074-2, Feb 2004, £5.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer]; Novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game.
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Deathstalker Legacy Simon R. Green (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07452-3, May 2004, £6.99, 504pp, pb) [Deathstalker Legacy]; Reprint (Gollancz 2002) SF novel, the first in a new “Deathstalker” series, set two centuries after the previous series.
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Deathstalker Return Simon R. Green (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07507-4, May 2004, £10.99, 390pp, tp) [Deathstalker Legacy]; Reprint (Roc 2004) SF novel. Second in the “Deathstalker Legacy” series set 200 years after the original “Deathstalker” series. A hardcover edition (-07508-2, £17.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
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Jigsaw Men Gary Greenwood (PS Publishing 1-902880-78-1, Jan 2004, £25.00, 103 + viii, hc, cover by Chris Nurse); SF/horror novella. A detective seeks a missing girl in a world where Frankenstein succeeded and Wells’s Martians invaded. Introduction by Mark Chadbourn. This is a limited edition of 300 signed by Greenwood and Chadbourn; a trade paperback edition of 500 signed by Greenwood (-77-3, £10.00) is also available. Available from PS Publishing, Hamilton House, 4 Park Ave., Harrogate, HG2 9BQ, UK.
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Jigsaw Men Gary Greenwood (PS Publishing 1-902880-77-3, Jan 2004, £10.00, 103pp, tp, cover by Chris Nurse); SF/horror novella, with an introduction by Mark Chadbourn. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Also available in a hardcover edition (-78-1, £25.00), limited to 300 numbered copies.
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The Science of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials Mary & John Gribbin (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-88462-2, Jul 2004, £4.99, 202pp, tp, cover by Tony Fleetwood); Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 2003) associational non-fiction. [Philip Pullman]
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Felaheen: The Third Arabesk Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-671-77370-4, May 2004, £6.99, 356pp, tp, cover by Darren Wall) [Ashraf Bey]; Reprint (Earthlight UK 2003) SF novel, third in the “Ashraf Bey” series.
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Lucifer’s Dragon Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-7827-4, Mar 2004, £6.99, 377pp, tp); Reprint (NEL 1998) SF novel.
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Stamping Butterflies Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07613-5, Nov 2004, £12.99, 389pp, hc); SF novel. A trade paperback edition (-07614-3, £10.99) was announced but not seen.
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Cerulean Sins Laurell K. Hamilton (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-201-9, Dec 2003, £6.99, 470pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Anita Blake]; Reprint (Berkley 2003) dark fantasy detective novel, 11th in the series featuring Anita Blake, vampire hunter.
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Incubus Dreams Laurell K. Hamilton (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-316-3, Oct 2004, £10.99, 658pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Anita Blake]; Dark fantasy novel. Book 12 in the “Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter” series. Simultaneous with the US (Berkley) edition.
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Incubus Dreams Laurell K. Hamilton (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-316-3, Oct 2004, £10.99, 658pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Anita Blake]; Dark fantasy novel, 12th in the “Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter” series. Simultaneous with the US (Berkley) edition.
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Pandora’s Star Peter F. Hamilton (Macmillan UK 1-4050-0019-8, Feb 2004, £17.99, 882pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Commonwealth Saga]; SF novel, the first of two parts in “The Commonwealth Saga”. A starship sent to investigate the disappearance of two stars encounters an alien civilization and releases a deadly threat. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-0020-1) was announced but not seen.
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