The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003

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DAVIS, DEBORA S. (chron.)

* *January 3rd ½ (Reed, Robert D. 1-931741-21-2, 2002, $24.95, 408pp, hc, cover by Christopher Schenck) Fantasy novel. Five people receive a mysterious offer: a day free of consequences. Order from Robert D. Reed Publishers, 750 La Playa, Suite 647, San Francisco CA 94121; 650-994-6570; [4bobreed@msn.com]; [www.rdrpublishers.com]; add $3.50 shipping.
DAVIS, GRANIA (Eve), ed. (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _¡Limekiller! See entry under Avram Davidson.
DAVIS, HANK, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _The Human Edge See entry under Gordon R. Dickson.
DAVIS, JACK E. (stories) (chron.)

* _The Picture of Morty and Ray (with Daniel M. Pinkwater) See entry under Daniel M. Pinkwater
DAVIS, RUSSELL (1970- ); see pseudonym David Cian (stories) (chron.)

* *The Twilight Zone, Book 2: A Gathering of Shadows (ibooks 0-7434-7471-6, Aug 2003, $12.95, 269pp, pb) Novelization based on the TV series. Copyrighted by CBS Broadcasting.
* *Waltzing with the Dead (Wildside Press/Betancourt & Company 1-59224-615-X, Jan 2004, $22.95, 239pp, hc) Collection of 14 stories (four original) and four poems (three original). Introduction by Ed Gorman. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301. (Contents)
DAVIS, SUSAN (stories) (chron.)

* *Delilah and the Dark Stuff (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-54794-8, Jun 2003, £4.99, 280pp, tp, cover by Roman Grey) [Henry Game] Young-adult fantasy novel, a sequel to The Henry Game. Using the dark arts for cosmetics and romance seems harmless, but one seeker believes no witch is innocent.
DAY, WILLIAM PATRICK (1950- ) (chron.)

* *Vampire Legends in Contemporary American Culture (University Press of Kentucky 0-8131-2242-2, Sep 2002, $29.95, 192pp, hc) Critical examination of the current popularity of vampires, and how it reflects attitudes about being human. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. Order from the University Press of Kentucky, PO Box 11578, Lexington KY 40576-1578; credit card orders 800-839-6855; [www.kentuckypress.com].
DEAN, PAMELA; [i.e., Pamela Collins Dean Dyer-Bennet] (1953- ) (chron.)

* _The Hidden Land (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-250143-3, Oct 2003, $6.99, 257pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Secret Country] Reprint (Ace 1986) fantasy novel, second in “The Secret Country” trilogy.
* _The Secret Country (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-250153-0, Oct 2003, $6.99, 371pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Secret Country] Reprint (Ace 1985) fantasy novel, first in the eponymous trilogy.
* _The Whim of the Dragon (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-250161-1, Dec 2003, $6.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Secret Country] Reprint (Ace 1989) fantasy novel, third in the “Secret Country” trilogy.
DEATON, HOLLY LISLE; see under Lisle, Holly (chron.)
de CAMP, L(yon) SPRAGUE (1907-2000) (stories) (chron.)

* _Conan and the Spider God (Tor 0-765-34017-8, Jun 2003, $6.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Vladimir Nenov) [Conan] Reprint (Bantam 1980) fantasy novelization based on the character created by Robert E. Howard. Copyrighted by Conan Properties.
* _None But Lucifer (with Horace L. Gold) See entry under Horace L. Gold
* *Sagas of Conan (with Lin Carter & Björn Nyberg) (Tor 0-765-31054-6, Jan 2004, $18.95, 476pp, tp, cover by Vladimir Nenov) [Conan] Omnibus of three fantasy novelizations based on the character created by Robert E. Howard: collection Conan the Swordsman (1978) by de Camp, Carter & Nyberg; novels Conan the Liberator (1979) by de Camp & Carter and Conan & the Spider God (1980) by de Camp. Copyrighted by Conan Properties. (Contents)
DeCANDIDO, KEITH R. A. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda: Destruction of Illusions (Tor 0-765-30483-X, Feb 2003, $24.95, 270pp, hc) [Andromeda] Novelization based on the TV series. Copyrighted by Tribune Entertainment Company and Alliance Atlantis Communications.
* _Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda: Destruction of Illusions (Tor 0-765-34407-6, Oct 2003, $6.99, 270pp, pb) [Andromeda] Reprint (Tor 2003) novelization based on the TV series. Copyrighted by Tribune Entertainment and Fireworks Entertainment.
* *Star Trek, the Next Generation: I.K.S. Gorkon, Book One: A Good Day to Die (Pocket 0-7434-5714-5, Nov 2003, $6.99, 287pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation: I.K.S. Gorkon] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
* *Star Trek, the Next Generation: I.K.S. Gorkon, Book Two: Honor Bound (Pocket 0-7434-5716-1, Dec 2003, $6.99, 255pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation: I.K.S. Gorkon] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
* *Star Trek: The Lost Era: 2328-2346: The Art of the Impossible (Pocket 0-7434-6405-2, Oct 2003, $6.99, 353pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
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* *Imaginings: An Anthology of Long Short Fiction (Pocket 0-7434-6665-9, Aug 2003, $14.00, 348 + xiii, tp, cover by Gary Halsey) Original anthology of ten novelettes by authors including Harry Turtledove, Janet Berliner, Charles L. Harness, and Sarah Zettel. (Contents)
* _The Ultimate Alien (with Byron Preiss & John Gregory Betancourt) See entry under Byron Preiss.
* _The Ultimate Dragon (with Byron Preiss & John Gregory Betancourt) See entry under Byron Preiss.
DEDMAN, STEPHEN (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Shadows Bite (Tor 0-765-30298-5, Mar 2003, $16.95, 334pp, tp) [Magistrale] Reprint (Tor 2001) martial-arts dark fantasy novel, sequel to The Art of Arrow Cutting.
DEDOPULOS, TIM (chron.)

* *World of Darkness: Vampire: Slave Ring (White Wolf 1-58846-814-3, May 2003, $6.99, 283pp, pb, cover by John Van Fleet) [World of Darkness: Vampire: Clan Brujah Trilogy] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, first in the “Clan Brujah Trilogy”. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
* *World of Darkness: Vampire: The Overseer (White Wolf 1-58846-815-1, Sep 2003, $6.99, 278pp, pb, cover by John Van Fleet) [World of Darkness: Vampire: Clan Brujah Trilogy] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, second in the “Clan Brujah Trilogy”. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
DeFELICE, CYNTHIA C. (chron.)

* _The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs (HarperTrophy 0-06-001172-6, Jan 2003, $5.99, 180pp, tp, cover by David Bowers) [Allie Nicholls] Reprint (Farrar Straus and Giroux 2001) young-adult ghost mystery, sequel to The Ghost of Fossil Glen.
DEISHER, KATHLEEN E. (chron.)

* *Beyond the Gloesmur (Lamp Post Publishing 1-892135-00-0, Jun 2003, $13.95, 269pp, tp, cover by Kathleen E. Deisher) [Gloesmur Scrolls] Young-adult fantasy novel, book one of “The Gloesmur Scrolls”. Illustrated by the author. A stable boy and a flying horse undertake a quest with a pampered princess. This is copyrighted 2002, but did not appear until now. Order from Lamp Post Publishing, 1741 Tallman Hollow Road, Montoursville PA 17754; 800-326-9273; [www.lamppostpublishing.com].
DELANEY, MATTHEW B. J. (chron.)

* *Jinn (St. Martin’s 0-312-27670-2, Feb 2003, $24.95, 439pp, hc) Horror novel. Eerie murders in Boston lead detectives to an inhuman killer. A first novel.
DELANY, SAMUEL R(ay, Jr.) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Aye, and Gomorrah (Random House/Vintage 0-375-70671-2, Apr 2003, $14.00, 383pp, tp) Collection of 15 stories, with an afterword from Distant Stars (Bantam 1981). This has essentially the same contents as Driftglass/Starshards (Grafton 1993), but drops one story and one article, and adds the story “Tapestry”. (Contents)
de LARRABEITI, MICHAEL (1934-2008) (chron.)

* _The Borrible Trilogy (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-49085-0, Apr 2003, £8.99, 726pp, tp) [Borribles] Reprint (Macmillan UK 2002) omnibus of the three “Borribles” fantasy novels: The Borribles (1976), The Borribles Go for Broke (1981), and The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis (1986).
de LINT, CHARLES (Henri Diederick Hoefsmit) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *A Circle of Cats (with Charles Vess) (Viking 0-670-03647-1, Jun 2003, $16.99, 44pp, hc, cover by Charles Vess) Children’s picture book with text by de Lint and illustrations by Vess. Cats save a girl from a deadly snake bite by turning her into a kitten.
* _Dreams Underfoot (Tor/Orb 0-765-30679-4, Aug 2003, $15.95, 414pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Newford] Reprint (Tor 1993) collection of 19 “Newford” stories.
* *A Handful of Coppers (Subterranean Press 1-931081-73-5, Feb 2003, $40.00, 333pp, hc, cover by MaryAnn Harris) Collection of 16 early heroic fantasy stories, four original. This is a signed, limited edition; a lettered, traycased edition of 52 ($200.00) is also available. (Contents)
* _The Little Country (SFBC #55894, Feb 2003, $13.99, 636pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Reissue (Morrow 1991) fantasy novel. This is similar to the Morrow edition, except it lacks a price and has a new SFBC number.
* _Mulengro (Tor/Orb 0-312-87399-9, Dec 2003, $14.95, 400pp, tp, cover by Fletcher Sibthorp) Reprint (Ace 1985) contemporary gypsy dark fantasy.
* *Philip José Farmer’s The Dungeon 3 (with Richard A. Lupoff) (ibooks 0-7434-7447-3, Jul 2003, $7.99, 275 + 295pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo) [Dungeon] Omnibus of the fifth and sixth novels in the series: Charles de Lint’s The Hidden City (1990) and Richard A. Lupoff’s The Final Battle (1990). (Contents)
* *Spirits in the Wires (Tor 0-312-87398-0, Aug 2003, $27.95, 448pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Newford] Fantasy novel in the Newford series. A Newford website crashes, and the people visiting it disappear.
* _Spirits in the Wires (SFBC #02782, Sep 2003, $13.99, 448pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Newford] Reprint (Tor 2003) fantasy novel in the Newford series. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Tapping the Dream Tree (Tor 0-312-86840-5, Sep 2003, $15.95, 541pp, tp, cover by Charles Vess) [Newford] Reprint (Tor 2002) contemporary fantasy novel set in de Lint’s town of Newford.
* _Triskell Tales (Subterranean Press 1-931081-83-2, Oct 2003, $25.00, 538pp, tp, cover by MaryAnn Harris) Reprint (Subterranean Press 2000) collection of 60 stories and poems, subtitled “22 Years of Chapbooks”, with foreword and illustrations by MaryAnn Harris. The hardcover edition (1-892284-78-2, $40.00) was also reissued as a second printing. Order from Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; 810-232-1489, or online at [www.subterraneanpress.com].
DELRIO, MARTIN; house pseudonym (chron.)

* *MechWarrior: Dark Age: A Silence in the Heavens (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45932-6, Jun 2003, $6.99, 297pp, pb) [MechWarrior: Dark Age: Proving Grounds] Novelization based on the computer game based on the “Battletech” roleplaying game. Part one of “The Proving Grounds” trilogy. Copyrighted by WizKids.
* *MechWarrior: Dark Age: Service for the Dead (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45943-1, Nov 2003, $6.99, 293pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [MechWarrior: Dark Age: Proving Grounds] Novelization based on the computer game based on the “Battletech” roleplaying game, the third volume in “The Proving Grounds” trilogy. Copyrighted by WizKids.
* *MechWarrior: Dark Age: Truth and Shadows (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45938-5, Aug 2003, $6.99, 294pp, pb) [MechWarrior: Dark Age: Proving Grounds] Novelization based on the computer game based on the “Battletech” roleplaying game. Book Two in “The Proving Grounds” trilogy. Copyrighted by WizKids.
DeNIRO, ALAN, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Rabid Transit: A Mischief of Rats (with Kristin Livdahl, Barth Anderson & Christopher Barzak) See entry under Barth Anderson.
DENNING, TROY (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Forgotten Realms: Crucible: The Trial of Cyric the Mad (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3117-5, Nov 2003, $6.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Gerald Brom) [Forgotten Realms: Crucible: Avatar] Reprint (TSR 1998) novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game. Book five in the “Avatar” series. Copyrighted 1998 by TSR, 2003 by Wizards of the Coast.
* _Forgotten Realms: Waterdeep (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3111-6, Jul 2003, $6.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Gerald Brom) [Forgotten Realms: Avatar] Reprint (TSR 1989 as by Richard Awlinson) novelization based on the roleplaying game, book three in the “Avatar” series. Copyrighted 1989 by TSR, 2003 by Wizards of the Coast.
* *Star Wars: Tatooine Ghost (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-45668-8, Mar 2003, $25.95, 403pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] Novelization based on the movies. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
* *Star Wars: Tatooine Ghost (Random House/Century 1-8441-3207-2, Mar 2003, £16.99, 403pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] Star Wars novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
* _Star Wars: Tatooine Ghost (SFBC #56819, Apr 2003, $14.99, 403pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 2003) novelization. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
* _Star Wars: Tatooine Ghost (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-45669-6, Jan 2004, $7.50, 456pp, pb, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 2003) novelization based on the movies. This adds two stories by Denning originally published as e-books. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
DENNIS, IAN (1952- ); see pseudonym T. F. Banks (chron.)
DERBY, MATTHEW (stories) (chron.)

* *Super Flat Times (Little, Brown/Back Bay 0-316-73857-3, May 2003, $13.95, 198pp, tp, cover by Kevin Dresser) Original collection of 21 literary stories, eight reprints, set in a future “crippled by the unfulfilled promised of technology." (Contents)
DERLETH, AUGUST (William) (1909-1971) (chron.)

* _The Lurker at the Threshold (with H. P. Lovecraft) See entry under H. P. Lovecraft
DEVENPORT, EMILY (1957- ); see pseudonym Lee Hogan (chron.)
DIAMOND, OLIVIA (chron.)

* *The Pluperfect Phantom (1stBooks 0-75962-880-7, 2001, $13.95, 393pp, tp) Time-travel ghost novel. A man must travel back in time to 1893 Chicago to confront the ghost of a serial killer that has abducted his girlfriend. This is dated 2001, but not seen until now; a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.1stbooks.com]; 800-839-8640.
DiCERTO, MIKE (chron.)

* *Milky Way Marmalade (Zumaya Publications 1-894942-21-3, May 2003, $15.00, 292pp, tp, cover by Martine Jardin) Humorous SF novel. A time-traveller seeking rock ’n’ roll ends up on a quest to save the wisest substance in the universe. Foreword by Ken Dashow. A first novel. Available online through [www.zumayapublications.com].
DICK, PHILIP K(indred) (1928-1982) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Cantata-140 (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07459-0, Mar 2003, £6.99, 188pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Ace 1966 as The Crack in Space) SF novel.
* _The Cosmic Puppets (Random House/Vintage 1-4000-3005-6, Nov 2003, $11.00, 143pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 1957) SF novel.
* _Deus Irae (with Roger Zelazny) (Random House/Vintage 1-4000-3007-2, Nov 2003, $12.00, 182pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1976) SF novel.
* _Eye in the Sky (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07456-6, May 2003, £6.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Ace 1957) SF novel.
* _Eye in the Sky (Random House/Vintage 1-4000-3010-2, Jun 2003, $12.00, 243pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 1957) SF novel.
* _Our Friends from Frolix 8 (Random House/Vintage 0-375-71934-2, Mar 2003, $12.00, 211pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 1970) SF novel.
* _Paycheck and Other Classic Stories (Kensington/Citadel Press 0-8065-2630-0, Sep 2003, $14.95, 404pp, tp, cover by Paul Bachem) Reissue (Underwood-Miller 1987 as The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Vol. One: Beyond Lies the Wub) collection of 25 stories. This is a movie tie-in edition. This has the 1987 introduction by Roger Zelazny and foreword by Steven Owen Godersky.
* _Solar Lottery (Random House/Vintage 1-4000-3013-7, Jun 2003, $12.00, 200pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 1955) SF novel.
* _Solar Lottery (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07455-8, Aug 2003, £6.99, 188pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Ace 1955) SF novel.
* _The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07480-9, Mar 2003, £6.99, 230pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Doubleday 1964) SF novel. Volume 52 in the “SF Masterworks” series.
* _Time Out of Joint (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07458-2, Sep 2003, £7.99, 220pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Lippincott 1959) SF novel. This includes the afterword by Lou Stathis from the 1984 Bluejay edition. Volume 55 in the “SF Masterworks” series.
* _The World Jones Made (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07457-4, Oct 2003, £6.99, 199pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Ace 1956) SF novel of a messianic leader rising to power by knowing the future one year ahead.
DICKENS, CHARLES (John Huffam) (1812-1870) (stories) (chron.)

* _A Christmas Carol (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-5029-7, Oct 2003, $9.95, 129 + xi, hc, cover by Mark Summers) [Christmas Carol] Reprint (Chapman & Hall 1843) classic Christmas ghost story. Illustrated by Mark Summers. Introduction by Mitch Glazer.
DICKINSON, CHARLES (chron.) (assoc.)

* _A Shortcut in Time (Tor/Forge 0-765-30639-5, Jan 2004, $14.95, 288pp, tp) Reprint (Forge 2003) fantasy time travel novel.
DICKINSON, PETER (Malcolm de Brissac) (1927- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Elementals: Water (with Robin McKinley) (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-54846-4, Oct 2003, £5.99, 301pp, tp, cover by Tracey & Jenny) Reprint (Penguin Putnam 2002 as Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits by McKinley & Dickinson) collection of six fantasy stories, first in a quartet based on the four elements.
* +The Kin (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-250120-4, Jun 2003, $7.99, 628pp, pb, cover by Angelo Rinaldi) [Kin] Young-adult omnibus of four prehistoric novels, all 1998: Noli’s Story, Suth’s Story, Po’s Story, and Mana’s Story. First US edition (Macmillan UK 1998); a simultaneous Putnam hardcover edition (0-399-24022-5, $24.99, 628pp) is also available.

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