Locus Bestsellers   HARDCOVERS Months on list Last month 1) Crossroads of Twilight, Robert Jordan (Tor) 2 1 2) Pattern Recognition, William Gibson (Putnam) 1 - 3) Conquistador, S. M. Stirling (Penguin/Roc) 1 - 4) The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara: Morgawr, Terry Brooks (Ballantine Del Rey) 6 - 5) The Gathering Storm, Kate Elliott (DAW) 1 - 6) March to the Stars, David Weber & John Ringo (Baen) 3 2 7) Golden Fool, Robin Hobb (Bantam Spectra) 2 3 8) Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (Tor) 6 7 9) Evolution, Stephen Baxter (Ballantine Del Rey) 1 - 10) Drowning World, Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine Del Rey) 1 -   PAPERBACKS 1) The Changeling Plague, Syne Mitchell (Penguin/Roc) 1 - 2) The Return of the King, J. R. R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 9 5 3) Pyramid Scheme, Eric Flint & Dave Freer (Baen) 1 - 4) The Two Towers, J. R. R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 16 9 5) The Fellowship of the Ring, J. R. R. Tolkien (Del Rey) 17 8 6) Terraforming Earth, Jack Williamson (Tor) 1 - 7) Swordspoint, Ellen Kushner (Bantam Spectra) 1 - 8) Diuturnity's Dawn, Alan Dean Foster (Del Rey) 1 - *) Freedom's Ransom, Anne McCaffrey (Ace) 1 - *) Hominids, Robert J. Sawyer (Tor) 1 -   TRADE PAPERBACKS 1) The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 27 - 2) The Tomorrow Log, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Meisha Merlin) 1 - 3) The Silmarillion, J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin) 4 5 4) The Book of Athyra, Steve Brust (Ace) 1 - *) Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, Christopher Moore (HarperPerennial) 1 -   MEDIA-RELATED 1) Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic I: Remnant, Sean Williams & Shane Dix (Del Rey) 1 - 2) Star Wars: The Approaching Storm, Alan Dean Foster (Del Rey) 4 1 3) Daredevil, Greg Cox (Penguin/Onyx) 1 - 4) Star Trek: Gemini, Mike W. Barr (Pocket) 1 - 5) Angel: Impressions, Doranna Durgin (Simon Pulse) 1 -   GAMING-RELATED 1) MechWarrior: Dark Age: A Call to Arms, Loren L. Coleman (Roc) 1 - 2) Forgotten Realms: Legacy of the Drow Collector's Edition, R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) 3 5 3) The Thousand Orcs, R. A. Salvatore (Wizards of the Coast) 4 - 4) DragonLance: The Players of Gilean: Tales from the World of Krynn, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, eds. (Wizards of the Coast) 1 - 5) MechWarrior: Dark Age: Ghost War, Michael A. Stackpole (Roc) 3 5 Crossroads of Twilight dominated hardcovers for the second month straight; Pattern Recognition led the next title by 150 points. New runner-up: Robert J. Sawyer's Humans (Tor). We had 83 nominees, well up from 60 last month. The Changeling Plague headed the paperback list by a slim margin. New runner-up: The Braided World by Kay Kenyon (Bantam Spectra). Nominees: 102, well up from 78. The Lord of the Rings led trade paperbacks by a wide margin. New runner-up: The Other Wind by Ursula K. Le Guin (Ace). Nominees: 66, up from 62. Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic I: Remnant topped media-related titles by a solid margin. Nominees: 29, down from 38. MechWarrior: Dark Age: A Call to Arms led the gaming-related category with three times as many points as the next title. Nominees: 36, up from 24. Compiled with data from Barnes & Noble/B. Dalton (USA), Basilisk Dreams (Canada), The Booksmith (CA), Borderlands (CA), DreamHaven (MN), Heroes & Dragons (CO), Lone Star (TX), Midtown Comics (NY), Musicland Group (MN), Mysterious Galaxy (CA), Pages for All Ages (IL), Pandemonium Books & Games (MA), John W. Rollins, Bookseller (MI), Saint Mark’s (NY), The Stars Our Destination (IL), Toadstool (2 in NH), Totem Bookshop (WA), Waldenbooks/BGI (USA). Data period: February 2003.

May 2003