The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003
Books, Listed by Author
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- LALUMIÈRE, CLAUDE, ed. (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * *Open Space: New Canadian Fantastic Fiction (Red Deer Press 0-88995-281-7, Oct 2003, $16.95, 264pp, tp, cover by Jean-Pierre Normand) Original anthology of 21 Canadian stories. Authors include Colleen Anderson, Mark Anthony Brennan, and Drew Karpyshyn, Introduction by Cory Doctorow. Afterword by John Rose. Red Deer Press, 813 Mackimmie Library Tower, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary AB Canada T2N 1N4; US orders: 800-805-1083; 403-220-4334; [www.reddeerpress.com]. (Contents)
- * *Witpunk (with Marty Halpern) (Four Walls Eight Windows 1-56858-256-0, Apr 2003, $18.00, 346pp, tp) Anthology of 26 satiric stories, 11 original, many SF or fantasy. Authors with new stories include Leslie What, Paul Di Filippo, Bradley Denton, and Pat Murphy. (Contents)
- LANCASTER, KURT (chron.)
- * *Falling Towards Jupiter (Terminus Books 0-9722893-5-6, Apr 2003, $14.00, 248pp, tp) SF novel. A young woman with dreams of going to the Space Academy stumbles on a terrorist plot. Available from Terminus Books, 313 E. Third St., Suite A, Durango CO 81301; [www.terminusbooks.com]; [terminusbooks@aol.com]; add $2.00 postage.
- LANDIS, J. D. (chron.)
- * *The Taking (Ballantine 0-345-45006-X, Oct 2003, $24.95, 354pp, hc) Gothic historical novel with fantasy elements. A young woman in a small town about to be flooded gets caught up in a spooky triangle of blurred identities with a preacher and his wife.
- LANE, JOEL (Richard), ed. (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Beneath the Ground (The Alchemy Press 0-9532260-5-0, Mar 2003, £10.99, 203pp, tp, cover by Jim Pitts) Original anthology of 13 supernatural horror stories, three reprints. Authors include Ramsey Campbell, David Sutton, and Derek Fox. The Alchemy Press, 46 Oxford Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham B27 6DT, UK; [www.alchemypress.co.uk]. (Contents)
- LANG, ANDREW (1844-1912) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Helen of Troy (Wildside Press 1-59224-087-9, 2003, $13.95, 104pp, tp) Reprint (George Bell & Sons 1882) associational retelling in verse of the story of Helen of Troy, with notes by Lang on historical representations of Helens character. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong, PA 18928-0301.
- LANG, JEFFREY (stories) (chron.)
- LANGE, SUE (chron.)
- * *Tritcheon Hash (Metropolis Ink 0-9580543-8-X, Aug 2003, $14.95, 228pp, tp) Satiric science fiction novel. A test pilot must save the planet. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.metropolisink.com], or from Metropolis Ink, 5629 Windstone, Cave Creek AZ 85331.
- LANGFORD, DAVID (Rowland) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Up Through an Empty House of Stars: Reviews and Essays 1980-2002 Modern Myth (Wildside Press/Cosmos Books 1-59224-054-2, Jul 2003, $34.95, 310pp, hc) Non-fiction collection of 100 book reviews and essays, arranged chronologically. Indexes to titles and authors are included. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301.
- LANKFORD, J. R. (chron.)
- * *The Jesus Thief (Great Reads Books 0-9718694-1-3, Mar 2003, $26.95, 285pp, hc) SF thriller of an attempt to clone Christ from the Shroud of Turin.
- LANSDALE, JOE R(ichard Harold) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * _Captains Outrageous (Orion/Phoenix 0-75381-674-1, Apr 2003, £6.99, 319pp, tp) Reprint (Subterranean Press 2001) associational mystery novel.
- * _Freezer Burn (Orion/Phoenix 0-75381-670-9, Apr 2003, £6.99, 245pp, tp) Reprint (Crossroads Press 1999) associational detective novel with minor fantasy elements.
- * _High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale (Golden Gryphon Press 1-930846-17-7, Jul 2003, $15.95, 267pp, tp, cover by J. K. Potter) Reprint (Golden Gryphon 2000) collection of 21 stories. Available from Golden Gryphon Press, 3002 Perkins Road, Urbana IL 61802; [www.goldengryphon.com]; [gryphon@shout.net].
- * _Mucho Mojo (Orion/Phoenix 0-75381-669-5, Apr 2003, £6.99, 308pp, tp) [Hap Collins; Leonard Pine] Reprint (Warner/Mysterious Press 1994) dark suspense novel with minor fantasy elements.
- * _Rumble Tumble (Orion/Phoenix 0-75380-844-7, Apr 2003, £6.99, 242pp, tp) [Hap Collins; Leonard Pine] Reprint (Warner/Mysterious Press 1998) associational mystery novel.
- LARSON, GLEN A. (1937- ) (chron.)
- * _Battlestar Galactica Classic: The Tombs of Kobol (with Robert Thurston) (Pocket/ibooks 0-7434-5815-X, Feb 2003, $6.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Bob Larkin) [Battlestar Galactica] Reprint (Berkley 1979) novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Publishing Rights.
- * _Battlestar Galactica Classic: The Young Warriors (with Robert Thurston) (ibooks 0-7434-7517-8, Dec 2003, $6.99, 185pp, pb, cover by Bob Larkin) [Battlestar Galactica] Reprint (Berkley 1982) novelization based on an episode of the TV show. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Publishing Rights.
- LASSEN, JEREMY, ed. (stories) (chron.)
- LASSITER, RHIANNON (chron.)
- * *Rights of Passage: Borderland (Oxford University Press 0-19-275237-5, Jul 2003, £4.99, 218pp, tp) [Rights of Passage] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a trilogy. Three teenagers cross into the parallel universe of Shattershard.
- * _Waking Dream (Macmillan Childrens Books 0-330-39701-X, Jul 2003, £4.99, 312pp, tp) Reprint (Macmillan Childrens Books 2002, not seen) young-adult fantasy novel.
- LAUMER, (John) KEITH (1925-1993) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Future Imperfect (Baen 0-7434-3606-7, May 2003, $14.00, 372pp, tp, cover by Richard Martin) Collection of six dystopian stories and one novel, Catastrophe Planet (Berkley Medallion 1966). Compiled, edited, and with an afterword by Eric Flint. (Contents)
- * *A Plague of Demons & Other Stories (Baen 0-7434-3588-5, Feb 2003, $15.00, 438pp, tp, cover by Richard Martin) Collection of one SF novel, A Plague of Demons (1965), plus seven stories of human contact with aliens. Edited and with an introduction by Eric Flint. (Contents)
- LAWHEAD, STEPHEN R. (1950- ) (chron.)
- * *Patrick: Son of Ireland (HarperCollins/Morrow/Zondervan 0-06-001281-1, Mar 2003, $25.95, 454pp, hc, cover by Steven Stone) Historical novel with minor fantasy elements, the story of Irelands St. Patrick, including Druid connections. Simultaneous with the HarperCollins UK edition.
- LAWRENCE, MARGERY [i.e., Margery Harriet Lawrence Towle] (1889-1969) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Casebook of Miles Pennoyer: Volume One (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-058-1, Nov 2003, C$60.00, xii+286pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe) [Miles Pennoyer] The first seven Miles Pennoyer cases were originally published as Number Seven Queer Street in 1945. This volume collects together the first six Pennoyer stories, the last two of which have never been printed in North America. Limited to 600 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $47.50 and in the UK for £29.00. (Contents)
- LAWS, ROBIN D. (stories) (chron.)
- * *Warhammer: Honour of the Grave (Black Library 1-84416-004-1, May 2003, £5.99, 283pp, pb, cover by Christopher Moeller) [Warhammer] Novelization set in the roleplaying game universe.
- * +Warhammer: Honour of the Grave (Black Library 0-7434-4354-3, Jun 2003, $6.99, 283pp, pb, cover by Christopher Moeller) [Warhammer] Novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game. Copyrighted by Games Workshop Ltd. First US edition (Black Library UK 5/03).
- LAWS, STEPHEN (1952- ) (chron.)
- * +Darkfall (Leisure 0-8439-5218-0, Jun 2003, $6.99, 358pp, pb) Horror novel. Lightning sends a high-rises occupants to a nightmare world. First US edition (NEL 1992).
- LAWSON, CHRIS (stories) (chron.)
- * *Written in Blood (MirrorDanse Books 0-9586583-9-0, Dec 2003, A$18.95, 153pp, tp, cover by Shaun Tan) Collection of six stories, two substantially revised, and five essays taken from the Frankenstein Journal, Lawsons online blog. There is an interview with the author by Simon Brown. Available from MirrorDanse Books, PO Box 3542, Parramatta NSW 2124, Australia; [mirrordanse@optusnet.com.au]; [www.tabula-rasa/MirrorDanse/]. (Contents)
- LAY, CAROL (chron.)
- * _Justice League of America: Wonder Woman: Mythos (SFBC #57070, Apr 2003, $9.99, 304pp, hc, cover by Alex Ross) [Wonder Woman] Reprint (Pocket 2003) novelization based on the DC comic books. Copyrighted by DC Comics. This has ISBN 0-7394-3370-9; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- LAYMON, KELLY, ed. (stories) (chron.)
- * *Excitable Boys (Night Shade Books 0-9700097-1-2, 2003, $12.00, 144pp, tp, cover by GAK) Original anthology inspired by the annual World Horror Convention Gross Out Contest. (Contents)
- LAYMON, RICHARD (Carl) (1947-2001) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * +Blood Games (Leisure 0-8439-5181-8, Nov 2003, $6.99, 467pp, pb) Horror novel. Five young women run into trouble at an abandoned resort. First US edition (Headline 1992). This claims to be the restored edition.
- * +Darkness, Tell Us (Leisure 0-8439-5047-1, Mar 2003, $6.99, 392pp, pb) Horror novel. College kids with a Ouija call up a demanding spirit. First US edition (Headline Overseas 1991).
- * +No Sanctuary (Leisure 0-8439-5103-6, Jul 2003, $6.99, 333pp, pb) Associational non-supernatural serial killer horror novel. First US edition (Hodder Headline 2001).
- * +To Wake the Dead (Leisure 0-8439-5104-4, Sep 2003, $24.00, 386pp, hc) Horror novel. An Egyptian mummy comes to life. Introduction by Dean Koontz. First US edition (Hodder Headline 4/03).
- LAYNE, DEBORAH, ed. (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Polyphony, Volume 2 (with Jay Lake) (Wheatland Press 0-9720547-1-5, Apr 2003, $16.95, 297pp, tp) Original anthology of 16 slipstream stories. Authors include Lucius Shepard, Jack Dann, Lisa Goldstein, and Michael Bishop. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.wheatlandpress.com], or from Wheatland Press, PO Box 1818, Wilsonville OR 97070. (Contents)
- * *Polyphony, Volume 3 (with Jay Lake) (Wheatland Press 0-9720547-3-1, Oct 2003, $16.95, 386pp, tp) Original anthology of 21 slipstream stories. Authors include Jack Dann, Michael Bishop, Kit Reed, and Nina Kiriki Hoffman. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.wheatlandpress.com], or from Wheatland Press, PO Box 1818, Wilsonville OR 97070. (Contents)
- LEBBON, TIM (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * _Exorcising Angels (with Simon Clark) See entry under Simon Clark.
- * _Face (Leisure 0-8439-5195-8, May 2003, $6.99, 355pp, pb) Reprint (Night Shade Books 2001) horror novel. A family is terrorized by a hitchhiker.
- LEBOW, JESS (stories) (chron.)
- LEE, ALAN (1947- ) (chron.) (assoc.)
- LEE, EDWARD; pseudonym of Lee Edward Seymour, (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Infernal Angel (CD Publications 1-58767-075-5, Sep 2003, $40.00, 302pp, hc, cover by Erik Wilson) [City Infernal] Horror novel, sequel to City Infernal. This is a signed, limited edition of 750; a traycased, leatherbound, lettered edition of 26 with additional color artwork ($175.00) is also available.
- * _Monstrosity (Leisure 0-8439-5075-7, Apr 2003, $6.99, 373pp, pb) Reprint (CD Publications 2002, not seen) horror novel. A security guard is stalked by a monstrous creature.
- * _Portrait of the Psychopath as a Young Woman (with Elizabeth Steffen) (Necro Publications 1-889186-38-4, Jul 2003, $19.95, 287pp, tp, cover by Chris Trammell) Reprint (Necro Publications 1998) associational non-supernatural serial-killer horror novel. Necro Publications, PO Box 540298, Orlando FL 32854-0298; [www.necropublications.com].
- LEE, J. ARDIAN (chron.)
- * _Outlaw Sword (Ace 0-441-01078-4, Jul 2003, $6.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Dan Craig) [Son of the Sword] Reprint (Ace 2002) fantasy novel, sequel to Son of the Sword.
- * _Son of the Sword (Ace 0-441-01050-4, Feb 2003, $6.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Paul Robinson) [Son of the Sword] Reprint (Ace 2001) fantasy time-travel novel. An enchanted broadsword carries a contemporary man back to 1713 Scotland.
- * *Sword of King James (Ace 0-441-01059-8, Jul 2003, $14.00, 322pp, tp, cover by Dan Craig) [Son of the Sword] Fantasy time-travel novel, third in the series begun in Son of the Sword.
- LEE, SAMANTHA; pseudonym of Maggie Webb (chron.)
- * *Demon (Scholastic UK 0-439-97891-2, Sep 2003, £4.99, 256pp, pb) [Demon] Young-adult horror novel. A Point Horror title.
- LEE, SHARON (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * _Carpe Diem (with Steve Miller) (Ace 0-441-01022-9, Feb 2003, $6.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Liaden] Reprint (Del Rey 1989) SF novel in the Liaden universe.
- * *The Cats Job (with Steve Miller) (SRM Publisher no ISBN, Nov 2002, $10.00, 48pp, ph) Chapbook collection of four stories about cats, one original, two by Lee, one by Miller, and one by both. This is Feline Adventures in Fact and Fancy No. 1; it is dated 2002, but not seen until now. Order from SRM Publisher, PO Box 179, Unity ME 04988; [www.korval.com]. (Contents)
- * _I Dare (with Steve Miller) (Ace 0-441-01085-7, Aug 2003, $7.50, 408pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Liaden] Reprint (Meisha Merlin 2002) SF space-adventure novel set in the Liaden Universe, the final volume in the Agent of Change sequence.
- * _Plan B (with Steve Miller) (Ace 0-441-01053-9, May 2003, $6.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Liaden] Reprint (Meisha Merlin 1999) SF space-adventure novel set in the Liaden Universe.
- * *Shadows and Shades (with Steve Miller) (SRM Publisher no ISBN, Nov 2002, $10.00, 64pp, ph) [Liaden] Chapbook collection of two stories, one original, Adventures in the Liaden Universe #8. This is dated 2002, but not seen until now. Order from SRM Publisher, PO Box 179, Unity ME 04988; [www.korval.com]. (Contents)
- * *The Tomorrow Log (with Steve Miller) (Meisha Merlin 1-892065-87-8, Feb 2003, $16.00, 345pp, tp, cover by Christian McGrath) SF adventure novel. Gem would rather be a thief than the prophesied great captain of a spaceship. Previously available as an ebook. A hardcover edition (-86-X, $30.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Meisha Merlin Publishing, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031; [www.MeishaMerlin.com]; [email@meishamerlin.com].
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- * *Low Port (with Steve Miller) (Meisha Merlin 1-59222-013-4, Sep 2003, $16.00, 354pp, tp, cover by Christian McGrath) Original anthology of 20 stories about the characters usually in the background. A hardcover edition (-012-6, $30.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- LEE, TANITH; [i.e., Tanith Lee Kaiine] (1947- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * _A Bed of Earth (Overlook Press 1-58567-455-9, Nov 2003, $14.95, 330pp, tp, cover by J. K. Potter) [Secret Books of Venus] Reprint (Overlook Press 2002) dark fantasy novel, volume three of The Secret Books of Venus.
- * _The Claidi Collection: Books I-III (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-47205-3, Jun 2003, $18.99, 673pp, hc, cover by Victor Lee) [Claidi Journals] Reprint (SFBC 2002 as The Claidi Journals) omnibus of three novels in the young-adult series: Wolf Tower (1998 as Law of the Wolf Tower), Wolf Star (2000 as Wolf Star Rise), and Wolf Queen (2001 as Queen of the Wolves).
- * *Mortal Suns (Overlook Press 1-58567-207-6, Sep 2003, $26.95, 335pp, hc, cover by Gustav Klimt) Fantasy novel set in an alternate world similar to Ancient Greece. A kings daughter, born without feet, struggles to survive the power struggles around her.
- * _Red Unicorn (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34568-4, Apr 2003, $5.99, 191pp, tp, cover by Daniel Dos Santos) [Black Unicorn] Reprint (Tor 1997) young-adult fantasy novel. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications; text copyrighted by Tanith Lee.
- * *Venus Preserved (Overlook Press 1-58567-474-5, Nov 2003, $25.95, 316pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) [Secret Books of Venus] Dark fantasy novel, fourth and final volume of The Secret Books of Venus, set in an alternate 18th-century Venice.
- * _Wolf Queen (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-250187-5, Sep 2003, $6.99, 216pp, tp, cover by Victor Lee) [Claidi Journals] Reprint (Hodder Silver 2001 as Queen of the Wolves) young-adult fantasy, Book III of The Claidi Journals.
- * +Wolf Wing (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-47162-6, Sep 2003, $16.99, 229pp, hc, cover by Victor Lee) [Claidi Journals] Young-adult fantasy, fourth and final book of The Claidi Journals. First US edition (Hodder Silver 12/02).
- LEE, VERNON; pseudonym of Violet Paget, (1856-1935) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Supernatural Tales: Excursions into Fantasy (Owen, Peter 0-7206-1194-6, Nov 2003, £9.95, 222pp, tp) Reissue (Peter Owen 1955, abridged from The Snake Lady and Other Stories, Grove 1954) collection of six supernatural stories. Introduction by Irene Cooper Willis. Lee is a pen name for Violet Paget. (Contents)
- LE FANU, J(oseph Thomas) SHERIDAN (1814-1873) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Haunted Baronet and Others: Ghost Stories 1861-70 (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-056-5, Jul 2003, C$59.00, xxxvi+189pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Collection of supernatural stories covering the period between 1861 and 1870, edited, with an Introduction, by Jim Rockhill. This is a limited edition of 650 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $45.00 and in the UK for £28.00. (Contents)
- * *The Mr. Justice Harbottle and Others (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-079-4, Mar 2003, C$58.00, xxxvi+223pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Collection of supernatural stories covering the period between 1861 and 1870, edited, with an Introduction, by Jim Rockhill. This is a limited edition of 650 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $47.50 and in the UK for £28.00. (Contents)
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