The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003

Books, Listed by Author

CLARKE, ARTHUR C(harles) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Imperial Earth (ibooks 0-7434-5902-4, Jun 2003, $12.95, 303pp, tp, cover by Kev Walker) Reprint (Gollancz 1975) SF novel. This has the text of the longer American edition (Harcourt 1976).
• * _The Other Side of the Sky (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-03988-4, Jul 2003, £6.99, x+245pp, pb, cover by Splash) Reprint (Harcourt Brace World 1958) SF collection. This adds a brief new introduction.
• * _Reach for Tomorrow (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-60046-2, Jun 2003, £6.99, x+166pp, pb, cover by Splash) Reprint (Ballantine 1956) SF collection. This adds a very brief new introduction.
• * _The Sentinel (ibooks 0-7434-7975-0, Jan 2004, $6.99, 299pp, pb, cover by Lebbeus Woods) Reprint (Berkley 1983) SF collection, illustrated by Lebbeus Woods. Copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _Tales of Ten Worlds (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07496-5, Sep 2003, £5.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Terry Pastor) Reprint (Harcourt, Brace and World 1962) collection of 15 SF stories.
• * *Time’s Eye (with Stephen M. Baxter) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45248-8, Jan 2004, $26.95, 337pp, hc, cover by David Stevenson) [A Time Odyssey] SF novel, first in the two-book series “A Time Odyssey”. Aliens divide up Earth so different areas follow different timelines, from prehistory to 2037. This comes with a bound-in CD-ROM containing two novels by Baxter and information on both authors.
• * _The Wind from the Sun (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-60052-7, Sep 2003, £5.99, x+193pp, pb, cover by Terry Pastor) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1972) SF collection of 17 stories and an article.

CLARKE, GERALD; see pseudonym Alan Grant (chron.)

CLARKE, JUDITH (Anne) (1943- ) (chron.)

• * *Starry Nights (Front Street 1-866920-79-0, Mar 2003, $15.95, 148pp, hc) Young-adult ghost novel. Jess is disturbed by her mother’s breakdown and her sister’s new obsession with contacting the dead.

CLARKE, (Victor) LINDSAY (1939- ) (chron.)

• * _Parzival and the Stone from Heaven (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-710929-6, Mar 2003, £6.99, 229pp, tp, cover by Alan Lee) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2001) fantasy novel.

CLEGG, DOUGLAS (Alan) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Hour Before Dark (Leisure 0-8439-5142-7, Sep 2003, $6.99, 370pp, pb) Reprint (Leisure 2002) horror novel.
• * *The Necromancer (CD Publications 1-58767-071-2, Sep 2003, $35.00, 134pp, hc, cover by Caniglia) [Justin Gravesend] Horror novella about Justin Gravesend, the man who created the strange house called Harrow from Nightmare House and other novels. Clegg includes an afterword on the mythos he is building. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,500; a leatherbound, traycased lettered edition of 52 with added color art ($125.00) is also available. Order from Cemetery Dance Publications, 132-B Industry Lane, Unit 7, Forest Hill MD 21050; [www.cemeterydance.com]; [info@cemeterydance.com].

CLEMENS, JIM; pseudonym of Jim Czajkowski (chron.)

• * _Wit’ch Gate (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-197-7, Jun 2003, £6.99, 530pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Banned and the Banished] Reprint (Del Rey 2001) fantasy novel. Book four of “The Banned and the Banished”. Clemens is a pen-name for Jim Czajkowski, who also writes as James Rollins. [First UK edition]
• * _Wit’ch Star (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-244-2, Aug 2003, £6.99, 739pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Banned and the Banished] Reprint (Del Rey 2002) fantasy novel, fifth and final in “The Banned and the Banished”. Clemens is a pen-name for Jim Czajkowski, who also writes as James Rollins.
• * _Wit’ch Star (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44265-2, Nov 2003, $6.99, 592pp, pb, cover by Michael Dringenberg) [Banned and the Banished] Reprint (Del Rey 2002) fantasy novel, fifth and final book of “The Banned and the Banished”. Clemens is a pen name for Jim Czajkowski, who also writes as James Rollins.
• * _Wit’ch War (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-190-X, Feb 2003, £7.99, 710pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Banned and the Banished] Reprint (Del Rey 2000) fantasy novel, Book Three of “The Banned and the Banished”. Clemens is a pen-name for Jim Czajkowski, who also writes as James Rollins.

CLEMENS, SAMUEL LANGHORNE (1835-1910); see pseudonym Mark Twain (chron.)

CLEMENT, HAL; pseudonym of Harry Clement Stubbs, (1922-2003) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Heavy Planet (SFBC #56449, Mar 2003, $13.99, 414pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Reprint (NESFA 2000 as The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 3: Variations on a Theme by Sir Isaac Newton) collection of two “Mesklin” novels, Mission of Gravity (1954) and Star Light (1971), plus two stories and an article. This has ISBN 0-7394-3291-5; it lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Noise (Tor 0-765-30857-6, Sep 2003, $23.95, 252pp, hc, cover by John Harris) SF novel. A researcher studies language development in a colony on an ocean planet.

CLEMENT-DAVIES, DAVID (chron.)

• * _The Sight (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-250047-X, Aug 2003, $7.99, 555pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan UK 2001) young-adult fantasy of wolves in Transylvania with unusual powers.

CLUTE, JOHN (Frederick) (1940- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Appleseed (Tor 0-765-30379-5, Feb 2003, $14.95, 337pp, tp, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Reprint (Orbit 2001) SF novel.
• * *Scores: Reviews 1993-2003 (Beccon Publications 1-870824-48-2, Sep 2003, £14.00, 427 + x, tp) Non-fiction collection of 125 reviews and essays by Clute, mostly from Interzone, The New York Review of Science Fiction , and Science Fiction Weekly. Some reviews are extensively revised. Includes a detailed index by Leigh Kennedy Priest. Available from 75 Rosslyn Avenue, Harold Wood, Essex RM3 0RG. A 50 copy hardcover edition (-47-4, £35.00) was also published. (Contents)

COBLEY, MICHAEL (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Shadowgod (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-6114-2, Feb 2003, £10.99, 468pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Shadowkings] Fantasy novel, second in the “Shadowkings” trilogy.

COCHRAN, MOLLY (1949- ) (chron.)

• * *The Third Magic (Tor/Forge 0-312-86440-X, Sep 2003, $24.95, 444pp, hc, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Forever King] Arthurian contemporary fantasy novel, the third in the series begun in The Forever King and The Broken Sword, both co-authored by Warren Murphy.

COCKAYNE, STEVE (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Iron Chain (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-156-X, Feb 2003, £10.99, 356pp, tp, cover by Bob Warner) [Legends of the Land] Fantasy novel, second in the “Legends of the Land” series after Wanderers and Islanders.
• * _Wanderers and Islanders (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-153-5, Jan 2003, £6.99, 397pp, pb) [Legends of the Land] Reprint (Orbit 2002) fantasy novel, Book One of “Legends of the Land”.

COE, DAVID B. (chron.)

• * _Rules of Ascension (Tor 0-812-58984-X, May 2003, $7.99, 658pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Winds of the Forelands] Reprint (Tor 2002) fantasy novel. First book in the “Winds of the Forelands” tetralogy.
• * *Seeds of Betrayal (Tor 0-312-87808-7, May 2003, $27.95, 540pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Winds of the Forelands] Fantasy novel, second in the “Winds of the Forelands” tetralogy.

COHEN, JACK (chron.)

• * _The Science of Discworld II: The Globe (with Terry Pratchett & Ian Stewart) See entry under Terry Pratchett.
• * +What Does a Martian Look Like? The Science of Extraterrestrial Life (with Ian Stewart) (Wiley, John 0-471-26889-5, Oct 2002, $27.95, 369pp, hc) Associational non-fiction speculating on the scientific possibilities of aliens and other life forms, with some discussion of aliens in SF books as well as movies. This is dated 2002, but not seen until now. First US edition (Ebury 2002 as Evolving the Alien, not seen).

COLE, STEPHEN (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Doctor Who: Timeless (BBC Books 0-563-48607-4, Aug 2003, £5.99, 275pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 65 in the BBC “New Adventures” series.

COLEBATCH, HAL (stories) (chron.)

• * *Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War (Baen 0-7434-3619-9, Aug 2003, $21.00, 343pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Man-Kzin Wars] Original collection of four stories set on the planet Wunderland in Larry Niven’s Known Space universe. (Contents)

COLEMAN, LOREN L. (stories) (chron.)

• * *MechWarrior: Dark Age: A Call to Arms (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45912-1, Feb 2003, $6.99, 305pp, tp) [MechWarrior] Novelization based on the “Battletech” roleplaying game. Copyrighted by WizKids.
• * *MechWarrior: Dark Age: By Temptations and by War (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45947-4, Dec 2003, $12.95, 293pp, tp) [MechWarrior: Dark Age] Novelization, the seventh based on the computer game based on the “Battletech” roleplaying game. Copyrighted by WizKids.

COLFER, EOIN (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Artemis Fowl (Hyperion/Miramax 0-7868-1787-9, May 2003, $5.99, 396pp, pb, cover by Tony Fleetwood) [Artemis Fowl] Reprint (Talk Miramax Books; Viking UK 2001) young-adult fantasy novel about a rich young evil genius and fairies.
• * _Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-131213-0, Apr 2003, £5.99, 288pp, tp) [Artemis Fowl] Reprint (Talk Miramax 2002) young-adult humorous fantasy novel. Second in the “Artemis Fowl” series.
• * _Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident (Hyperion/Miramax 0-7868-1708-9, May 2003, $6.99, 277pp, tp, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Artemis Fowl] Reprint (Talk Miramax 2002) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the series.
• * *Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code (Hyperion/Miramax 0-7868-1914-6, May 2003, $16.95, 309pp, hc, cover by Alex Ferrari) [Artemis Fowl] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the series about a young criminal genius. Artemis Fowl invents a supercomputer based on stolen fairy technology.
• * *Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-670-91352-9, May 2003, £12.99, 329pp, hc, cover by Tony Fleetwood) [Artemis Fowl] Humorous young-adult fantasy novel, third in the “Artemis Fowl” series.
• * _The Wish List (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-131592-X, Aug 2003, £5.99, 200pp, tp) Reprint (O’Brien Press 2000) humorous young-adult fantasy novel.
• * +The Wish List (Hyperion/Miramax 0-7868-1863-8, Oct 2003, $16.95, 252pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. A dead teen is given a chance to redeem herself by performing tasks back on Earth. First US edition (O’Brien Press 2000).

COLLIER, JOHN (Henry Noyes) (1901-1980) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Fancies and Goodnights (New York Review of Books 1-59017-051-2, May 2003, $14.95, 418 + xi, tp, cover by Neo Rauch) Reprint (Doubleday 1951) collection of 50 stories with a new Introduction by Ray Bradbury. (Contents)

COLLINGS, MICHAEL R(obert) (1947- ) (chron.)

• * *Horror Plum’d: An International Stephen King Bibliography and Guide 1960-2000 (Overlook Connection Press 1-892950-45-6, Jan 2003, $75.00, 547pp, hc, cover by Erik Wilson) Non-fiction, reference, a guide to King’s books, short fiction, short non-fiction, and poetry. The book bibliography includes plot summaries, secondary references, and lists of reprints and adaptations including film, audio, computer games, stage plays, TV, and videos. A casebound edition (-30-8, $95.00) is also available. Order from Overlook Connection Press, PO Box 526, Woodstock GA 30188; [overlookcn@aol.com]; [www.OverlookConnection.com]. [King]

COLLINS, MAX ALLAN (Jr.) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dark Angel: After the Dark (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45184-8, Jun 2003, $6.99, 258pp, pb, cover by Redseal) [Dark Angel] Novelization based on the SF television series. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * *Dark Angel: Skin Game (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45183-X, Feb 2003, $6.99, 260pp, pb, cover by Redseal) [Dark Angel] Novelization based on the SF television series. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * _Dark Angel: Skin Game (Ebury Press 0-0918-9032-2, Apr 2003, £5.99, 260pp, pb) [Dark Angel] Reprint (Del Rey 2003) novelization based on the TV series.

COLLINS, NANCY A(verill) (1959- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Darkest Heart (SFBC #55853, Feb 2003, $9.99, 184pp, hc, cover by Thom Ang) [Sonja Blue] Reprint (White Wolf 2002) horror novel, the fifth featuring the vampire Sonja Blue. This has ISBN 0-7394-3216-8; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Dead Roses for a Blue Lady (White Wolf/Two Wolf Press 1-58846-844-5, Oct 2003, $13.99, 196pp, tp) [Sonja Blue] Reprint (Crossroads Press 2002) collection of eight stories, four original, featuring vampire hunter Sonja Blue. (Contents)
• * _Knuckles and Tales (Biting Dog Publications 0-9729485-1-1, Sep 2003, $16.95, 267pp, tp, cover by J. K. Potter) Reprint (CD Publications 2001) collection of 15 Southern Gothic tales, five original. Illustrated by Bonnie Jacobs. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.bitingdogpress.com], or from Biting Dog Publications, PO Box 2739, Duluth GA 30096.
• * _Midnight Blue (SFBC #56168, Feb 2003, $14.99, 559pp, hc, cover by Thom Ang) [Sonja Blue] Reissue (White Wolf 1995) omnibus of three novels featuring the vampire Sonja Blue: Sunglasses After Dark (1989), In the Blood (1992), and Paint It Black (1995). This lacks a price and has a new SFBC number on the back jacket.

COLLINS, PAUL A. (1954- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Earthborn (Tor 0-765-30307-8, Apr 2003, $23.95, 240pp, hc, cover by Jon Foster) [Earthborn] SF novel. A boy raised in space crash-lands on an Earth returned to barbarism.

COLLINS, SUZANNE (chron.)

• * *Gregor the Overlander (Scholastic Press 0-439-43536-6, Sep 2003, $16.95, 311pp, hc, cover by Daniel Craig) [Underland Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel. A boy and his little sister find a portal into a strange Underland beneath NYC.

COLÓN, SUZAN (chron.)

• * *Smallville: Buried Secrets (Little, Brown 0-316-16848-3, Jun 2003, $5.99, 148pp, pb) [Smallville] Novelization based on the TV series about Superman as a teen. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
• * *Smallville: Buried Secrets (Time Warner UK/Atom 1-904233-27-9, Jun 2003, £5.00, 148pp, tp) Young-adult novelization of an episode from the series. Simultaneous with the US (Little, Brown) edition.
• * *Smallville: Runaway (Little, Brown 0-316-73476-4, Aug 2003, $5.99, 193pp, pb) [Smallville] Novelization based on the TV series about Superman as a teen. Copyrighted by DC Comics.

COLQUHOUN, ITHELL (chron.)

• * _Goose of Hermogenes (Peter Owen 0-7206-1177-6, Apr 2003, £9.95, iii+115pp, tp) Reprint (Peter Owen 1961) fantasy novel. A woman discovers her uncle is a black magician seeking the Philosopher’s Stone. There is a new foreword by Peter Owen, and an introduction by Eric Ratcliffe.
• * +Goose of Hermogenes (Dufour/Peter Owen 0-7206-1177-6, Sep 2003, $19.95, 115pp, tp) Gothic fantasy/surreal novel, with a new foreword by Peter Owen and introduction by Eric Ratcliffe. This is the Peter Owen (2003) edition with Dufour stickers. First US edition (Peter Owen 1961). Order from Dufour Editions, PO Box 7, Chester Springs PA 19425-0007; 610-458-5005; [www.dufoureditions.com].

CONDON, RICHARD (Thomas) (1915-1996) (chron.)

• * _The Manchurian Candidate (Four Walls Eight Windows 1-56858-270-6, Oct 2003, $13.95, 311 + xii, tp) Reprint (McGraw-Hill 1959) thriller with SF elements. This has a new introduction by Louis Menand. A “soon to be a new motion picture” tie-in edition.

CONGREVE, BILL, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Southern Blood: New Australian Tales of the Supernatural (Sandglass 0-958-07390-2, Jun 2003, $29.95, 320pp, tp) (Contents)

CONLON, CHRISTOPHER, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Filet of Sohl: The Classic Scripts and Stories of Jerry Sohl See entry under Jerry Sohl.

CONN, JOHN F. (chron.)

• * *The Society (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-49-5, Apr 2003, $16.00, 382pp, tp) Horror novel. Meisha Merlin Publishing, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031; [www.meishamerlin.com]; [email@meishamerlin.com].

CONNOLLY, JOHN (1968- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Bad Men (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-82618-5, Jun 2003, £10.99, 406pp, hc) [Melancholy Joe Dupree; *Charlie “Bird” Parker] Dark fantasy novel. Men plan to hunt and kill a woman on the Maine island of Sanctuary, but the island and its guardians know all too much about bloodletting. A hardcover edition (-82617-7, £14.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _The Killing Kind (Pocket Star 0-7434-5637-8, Mar 2003, $6.99, 436pp, pb) [*Charlie “Bird” Parker] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2001) mystery/suspense novel with elements of dark fantasy featuring ex-NYC detective Charlie Parker.
• * _The White Road (Hodder & Stoughton/Coronet 0-340-82120-5, Jan 2003, £6.99, 504pp, pb) [*Charlie “Bird” Parker] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2002) associational gothic thriller with dark fantasy elements.
• * +The White Road (Simon & Schuster/Atria 0-7434-5639-4, Mar 2003, $25.00, 392pp, hc) [*Charlie “Bird” Parker] Mystery/suspense novel with elements of dark fantasy featuring NYC detective Charlie Parker. Charlie faces old evil in South Carolina. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 3/02).

CONRAD, ROXANNE (Longstreet) (1962- ); see pseudonym Rachel Caine (chron.)

CONSTANTINE, STORM (1956- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Thorn Boy and Other Dreams of Dark Desire (Stark House 0-9667848-4-7, Dec 2002, $19.95, 231pp, tp, cover by Campbell Shepard) [Magravandias Chronicles] Original collection of nine stories, four reprints, set in the world of the “Chronicles of Magravandias”. Order from Stark House, 1945 P Street, Eureka CA 95501; 707-444-8768; [griffins@northcoast.com]. (Contents)
• * *The Wraiths of Will and Pleasure (Tor 0-765-30346-9, May 2003, $27.95, 496pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) [Wraethu] Fantasy novel, the first book in the “Wraethu History” series prequel to the “Wraethu” trilogy.

CONTENTO, WILLIAM G(uy) (1947- ) (chron.)

• * _The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-2002) (with Charles N. Brown) See entry under Charles N. Brown