The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004
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Infernum: The Art of Jason Engle Jason Engle (Paper Tiger 1-84340-203-3, Oct 2004, £20.00, 128pp, hc, cover by Jason Engle) Collection of fantasy and mainstream art, with text by Engle.
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The Healthy Dead Steven Erikson (PS Publishing 1-904619-09-6, Aug 2004, £10.00, 103pp, tp, cover by Edward Miller) [Malazan; Bauchelain & Korbal Broach] Fantasy novella of necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach. Introduction by Paul Kearney. This is a limited edition of 500 signed by Erikson; a hardcover edition of 400 (-09-6, £25.00) signed by Erikson and Kearney is also available. Available from PS Publishing, Hamilton House, 4 Park Ave., Harrogate, HG2 9BQ, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].
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Midnight Tides Steven Erikson (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-04628-5, Mar 2004, £12.99, 698pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Malazan Book of the Fallen] Fantasy novel, the fifth volume of “The Malazan Book of the Fallen”. A hardcover edition (-04627-7, £20.00) is also available.
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Sands of Time Barbara Erskine (HarperCollins UK 0-00-651209-7, Apr 2004, £6.99, 416pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2003) collection of 23 stories and three poems.
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The Village of Widows Ravi Shankar Etteth (Transworld/Black Swan 0-552-77078-7, May 2004, £6.99, 302pp, tp, cover by Judy Haslam-Jones) Literary novel with fantasy elements. A hardback (Doubleday UK 0-385-60404-1, £12.99) scheduled for 1/04 was cancelled.
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Medalon Jennifer Fallon (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-326-0, May 2004, £7.99, 615pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Demon Child] Reprint (Voyager Australia 2000) fantasy novel, the first book of “The Demon Child” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
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The Sea of Trolls Nancy Farmer (Simon & Schuster UK 0-689-86043-9, Oct 2004, £12.99, 459pp, hc, cover by Mel Grant) [Sea of Trolls] Reprint (Atheneum 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Warhammer 40,000: Legacy Matthew Farrar (Black Library 1-84416-092-0, Jul 2004, £5.99, 251pp, pb, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer 40,000] Novelization based on the future-war roleplaying game universe, second in the “Shira Calpurnia” series.
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Exile’s Return Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224683-X, Sep 2004, £18.99, v+356pp, hc) [Conclave of Shadows] Fantasy novel, third book of “Conclave of Shadows”.
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King of Foxes Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224686-4, May 2004, £11.99, iii+374pp, tp, cover by Martin McKenna) [Conclave of Shadows] Reprint (Voyager 2003) fantasy novel, book two of “Conclave of Shadows”.
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Prince of the Blood Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-717616-3, Sep 2004, £7.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) fantasy novel.
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Jimmy the Hand Raymond E. Feist & Steve Stirling (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648390-9, Jun 2004, £6.99, 369pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Legends of the Riftwar] Reprint (Voyager 2003) fantasy novel, book three of “Legends of the Riftwar”, 15th in the overall “Rift” series.
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Something Rotten Jasper Fforde (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-83558-3, Jul 2004, £12.99, 400pp, hc, cover by Mark Thomas) [Thursday Next] Humorous alternate-world fantasy novel. Fourth in the “Thursday Next” series. A collector’s edition (£18.99) was announced but not seen.
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The Well of Lost Plots Jasper Fforde (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-82593-6, Jan 2004, £6.99, 368pp, tp) [Thursday Next] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2003) alternate-Earth humorous SF/fantasy novel. Third in the “Thursday Next” series after The Eyre Affair and Lost in a Good Book.
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The Archon Catherine Fisher (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-84377-2, Feb 2004, £5.99, i+392pp, tp, cover by Tracey Hurst & Jerry Paris) [Oracle Prophecies] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Oracle.
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The Glass Tower Catherine Fisher (Random House UK/Red Fox 0-09-947298-8, Aug 2004, £5.99, 351pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) Omnibus of three unconnected young-adult fantasy novels: The Conjuror’s Game (1990), The Candle Man (1994), and Fintan’s Tower (1991).
- 1 · The Conjuror’s Game · n. London: The Bodley Head, 1990
- 99 · The Candle Man [“The Candleman”] · n. London: The Bodley Head, 1994
- 237 · Fintan’s Tower · n. London: The Bodley Head, 1991
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Wild Magic Jude Fisher (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-4041-2, Jul 2004, £6.99, 565pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Fool’s Gold] Reprint (DAW 2003) fantasy novel. Book Two of “Fool’s Gold”. Fisher is a pseudonym of Jane Johnson.
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The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque Jeffrey Ford (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-41318-X, Apr 2004, £6.99, 324pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) Reprint (HarperCollins/Eos 2002) fantasy novel.
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Breathe: Everyone Has To Do It Christopher Fowler (Telos 1-903889-67-7, Jun 2004, £7.99, 102pp, tp) Dark fantasy novella of a business whose offices have an extreme “sick building syndrome.” Available from Beech House, Chapel Lane, Moulton, Cheshire CW9 8PQ. A limited, numbered hardcover edition (-68-5, £25.00) was announced but not seen.
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Demonized Christopher Fowler (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-848-1, Feb 2004, £10.00, x+241pp, tp, cover by wall) Original collection of 17 dark fantasy stories, four reprints.
- vii · Foreword: Into Darker Fiction · in *
- 1 · We’re Going Where the Sun Shines Brightly · ss Dark Terrors 6: The Gollancz Book of Horror, ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 2002
- 17 · Hitler’s Houseguest · ss *
- 34 · Dealing with the Situation · ss The Big Issue Christmas
- 43 · The Green Man · ss The Third Alternative #31, 2002
- 65 · Breaking Heart · ss *
- 74 · Where They Went Wrong · ss Terror Tales (Number One), ed. John B. Ford & Paul Kane, Rainfall Books, 2003
- 85 · In Safe Hands · nv *
- 106 · Seven Feet · ss *
- 125 · American Waitress · ss Crimewave #7, 2003
- 142 · Above the Glass Ceiling · ss *
- 156 · Personal Space · ss *
- 166 · Hop · ss *
- 177 · The Scorpion Jacket · ss *
- 189 · Feral · ss *
- 196 · One Night Out · ss *
- 206 · Emotional Response · nv *
- 231 · Cairo 6.1 · ss *
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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; Lord John Grey] 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, ix+409pp, 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].
- vii · Introduction · Brian Clemens · in *
- 1 · Magpie · ss Final Shadows, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991
- 21 · Not Here, Not Now · ss Cold Cuts III, ed. Paul Lewis & Steve Lockley, Wales: Alun Books, 1995
- 29 · By the River, Fontainebleau · ss F&SF Aug ’86
- 47 · Driving Force · ss Fear! May/Jun( +1 ’89
- 69 · The Visitors’ Book · ss Darklands, ed. Nicholas Royle, Edgerton Press, 1991
- 83 · Little Angels · ss *
- 91 · The Drain · nv Fantasy Tales, v.11 #4, ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1990
- 123 · Old, Red Shoes · ss Ripper!, ed. Gardner Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, 1988
- 141 · The Horn · nv Arrows of Eros, ed. Alex Stewart, NEL, 1989
- 167 · Modus Operandi · ss New Crimes, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson, 1989
- 179 · The Jigsaw Girl · ss Shadows #9, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1986
- 195 · Fancy That! · ss Shivers for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, O’Mara, 1995
- 203 · Life Line · ss Dark Fantasies, ed. Chris Morgan, Legend, 1989
- 225 · Like Shadows in the Dark · ss Shadows #10, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1987
- 245 · No Life for Me Without You, Vodyanoi · nv F&SF Sep ’85
- 273 · God’s Bright Little Engine · ss Tombs, Edward E. Kramer & Peter Crowther, White Wolf, 1995
- 291 · O, Virginia · ss Marilyn: Shades of Blonde, ed. Carole Nelson Douglas, Forge, 1997
- 305 · The Sluice · ss Narrow Houses, ed. Peter Crowther, Little Brown UK, 1992
- 323 · Poisoned · ss Kimota #6 ’97
- 335 · Casey, Where He Lies · ss Imagination, 1991
- 349 · In Gethsemene · nv Heaven Sent, ed. Peter Crowther & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995
- 383 · In There · bg Dancing with the Dark, ed. Stephen Jones, Vista, 1997
- 387 · End Notes · ms *
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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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