The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003


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Encyclopedia Cthulhiana: Second Edition Daniel Harms (Chaosium 1-56882-119-0, Dec 2003, $17.95, 425 + xx, tp, cover by H. E. Fassl) Reissue (Chaosium 2001) non-fiction, a reference guide to the “Cthulhu Mythos” originated by H.P. Lovecraft. Second printing. Order from Chaosium, 895 B Street #423, Hayward CA 94541; [www.chaosium.com]; 510-583-1000. [H. P. Lovecraft]


The Necronomicon Files: The Truth Behind the Legend: Revised and Expanded Edition Daniel Harms & John Wisdom Gonce, III (Red Wheel/Weiser 1-57863-269-2, Aug 2003, $26.95, 342 + xxvi, tp, cover by Toren Atkinson) Reprint (Night Shade 1998) non-fiction look at Lovecraft’s mystical book, debunking claims it really exists. This has been updated somewhat from the previous edition. [H. P. Lovecraft]


Trickster Steven Harper (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45941-5, Nov 2003, $6.99, 345pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Silent Empire] SF novel, the third of the “Silent Empire”. Father Kendi seeks his enslaved family.


Sleeper Steven Harriman (Berkley 0-425-18881-7, Feb 2003, $6.99, 329pp, pb, cover by Ben Perini) Horror novel. Something with deadly claws is kept cryogenically frozen in the Pentagon basement. Copyrighted by Steven Spruill.


Club Dead Charlaine Harris (Ace 0-441-01051-2, May 2003, $6.50, 258pp, pb, cover by Lisa Desimini) [Sookie Stackhouse] Humorous Southern vampire mystery novel, the third featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. Sookie’s vampire boyfriend Bill is out of town and in trouble.


Dead in Dixie Charlaine Harris (SFBC #57810, Jun 2003, $14.99, 612pp, hc, cover by Julie Bell) [Sookie Stackhouse] Omnibus of three humorous Southern gothic vampire mystery novels featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse: Dead Until Dark (2001), Living Dead in Dallas (2002), and Club Dead (2003). This has ISBN 0-7394-3471-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 255: British Fantasy and Science-Fiction Writers, 1918-1960 ed. Darren Harris-Fain (Gale 0-7876-5249-0, 2002, $190.00, 392 + xxiii, hc) Non-fiction, reference. This provides biographies, bibliographies, and lists of references for 30 authors including John Christopher, C.S. Lewis, George Orwell, and Olaf Stapledon. Harris-Fain’s introduction discusses the history of British SF. A cumulative index to the DLB series is included. Available from The Gale Group, 27500 Drake Road, Farmington Hills MI 48331, 800-877-4253; [www.gale.com]; [galeord@gale.com].


Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 261: British Fantasy and Science-Fiction Writers Since 1960 ed. Darren Harris-Fain (Gale 0-7876-6005-1, 2002, $190.00, 392 + xxi, hc) Non-fiction, reference. This provides biographies, bibliographies, and lists of references for 38 authors including Douglas Adams, Brian W. Aldiss, Neil Gaiman, and Ian Watson. Harris-Fain’s introduction discusses the period in British SF. A cumulative index to the DLB series is included. Available from The Gale Group, 27500 Drake Road, Farmington Hills MI 48331, 800-877-4253; [www.gale.com]; [galeord@gale.com].


Charmed: Something Wiccan This Way Comes Emma Harrison (Simon Pulse 0-689-85554-0, Mar 2003, $5.99, 214pp, pb) [Charmed] Young-adult novelization, the 17th based on the TV show about three witches. Copyrighted by Spelling Television.


Stainless Steel Trio Harry Harrison (Tor 0-765-30278-0, Jun 2003, $17.95, 493pp, tp, cover by Julie Bell) [Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz] Reprint (Tor 2002) omnibus of three humorous SF novels featuring “The Stainless Steel Rat”: A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born (1985), The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted (1987), and The Stainless Steel Rat Sings the Blues (1994).


Stars & Stripes Triumphant Harry Harrison (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40938-8, Dec 2003, $6.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Dennis Lyall) [Stars and Stripes] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2002) SF alternate-history novel, third in the “Stars and Stripes” trilogy.


Eye of the Wolf Troon Harrison (Fitzhenry & Whiteside 1-55005-072-9, Dec 2003, $14.95, 299pp, hc, cover by Carol Francisco) Young-adult SF. Chandra seeks her missing mother in 2205, when a new ice age approaches. Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 121 Harvard Ave., Suite 2, Allston MA 02134; [www.fitzhenry.ca]; [godwit@fitzhenry.ca].


The Hard SF Renaissance ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (SFBC #54747, Dec 2002, $14.99, 960pp, hc, cover by Gregory Manchess) Reprint (Tor 2002) SF anthology of 41 stories. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


The Hard SF Renaissance ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (Tor/Orb 0-312-87636-X, Oct 2003, $21.95, 960pp, tp, cover by Gregory Manchess) Reprint (Tor 2002) SF anthology of 41 stories.


Year’s Best Fantasy 2 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (SFBC #52272, Aug 2002, $10.99, 400pp, hc, cover by Tim White) Reprint (Eos 2002) “Year’s Best” anthology of 22 stories from 2001, the all-fantasy counterpart to Hartwell’s “Year’s Best SF” series. Only Hartwell is credited on the cover. This has ISBN 0-7394-2844-6; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


Year’s Best Fantasy 3 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-052180-5, Jul 2003, $7.99, 495pp, pb) “Year’s Best” anthology of 29 stories from 2002, the all-fantasy counterpart to Hartwell’s “Year’s Best SF” series. Authors include Nalo Hopkinson, China Miéville, and Michael Swanwick. The editors discuss the year in their introduction. Only Hartwell is credited on the cover.


Year’s Best SF 8 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-106453-X, Jun 2003, $7.99, 496pp, pb) “Year’s Best” anthology of 23 stories from 2002, all strictly genre SF. Only Hartwell is mentioned on the cover. Hartwell discusses the year in his introduction. Authors include Michael Moorcock, Gene Wolfe, and Ursula K. Le Guin.


Year’s Best SF 8 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (SFBC #57934, Jul 2003, $10.99, 496pp, hc) Reprint (Eos 2003) “Year’s Best” anthology of 23 genre SF stories from 2002. Only Hartwell is named on the jacket. This has ISBN 0-7394-3494-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


The Origins of Tolkien’s Middle-earth for Dummies Greg Harvey (Wiley/For Dummies 0-7645-4186-2, Oct 2003, $19.99, 338pp, tp) Non-fiction guide to the world of The Lord of the Rings. [J. R. R. Tolkien]


Battlestar Galactica: Paradis Richard Hatch & Brad Linaweaver (ibooks 0-7434-7441-4, Jul 2003, $22.95, 243pp, hc, cover by Bob Larkin) [Battlestar Galactica] Novelization based on the TV series. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Universal Studios Publishing Rights.


Battlestar Galactica: Resurrection Richard Hatch & Stan Timmons (ibooks 0-7434-5862-1, May 2003, $6.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Matt Busch) [Battlestar Galactica] Reprint (ibooks 2001) novelization based on the TV series. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Universal Studios Publishing Rights.


Shirley Jackson’s American Gothic Darryl Hattenhauer (State University of New York Press 0-7914-5608-0, Jan 2003, $21.95, 236 + x, hc) Non-fiction, a critical examination of Jackson’s dark fiction as “proto-postmodernist.” Includes notes, bibliography, and index. Order from State University of New York Press, 90 State St., Suite 700, Albany NY 12207; [www.sunypress.edu]. [Shirley Jackson]


Bedbugs Rick Hautala (Leisure 0-8439-5074-9, Mar 2003, $5.99, 390pp, pb) Reprint (CD Publications 1999, not seen) collection of 26 horror stories, all somewhat revised since their first publication. Afterword by Matthew J. Costello.


Cold River Rick Hautala (CD Publications 1-58767-073-9, Sep 2003, $30.00, 107pp, hc, cover by Glenn Chadbourne) Horror novella. A grieving man unable to sleep sees strange things at night. This is a signed limited edition of 750; a traycased leatherbound lettered edition of 26 ($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].


The Merchant of Vengeance Simon Hawke (Tor/Forge 0-765-30426-0, Dec 2003, $23.95, 253pp, hc) [Shakespeare & Smythe] Associational mystery, fourth in the “Shakespeare & Smythe” series involving Shakespeare as one of a team of sleuths.


Requiem for the Sun Elizabeth Haydon (Tor 0-812-56541-X, May 2003, $7.99, 587pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Symphony of Ages] Reprint (Tor 2002) fantasy novel, a continuation of the “Rhapsody” trilogy.


Portals in a Northern Sky Charles Douglas Hayes (Autodidactic Press 0-9621979-6-3, Feb 2003, $14.95, 255pp, tp) Reprint (Autodidactic Press 2002) near-future SF thriller. Autodidactic Press, PO Box 872749, Wasilla AK 99687; [autpress@alaska.net]; [www.autodidactic.com].


Hal Spacejock: Second Course Simon Haynes (Bowman Publishing 1-877034-18-5, Apr 2003, A$17.95, 312pp, tp, cover by Les Petersen) [Hal Spacejock] Humorous SF adventure novel, the second in a series about a space pilot. Order from Bowman Publishing, PO Box 495, Bentley WA 6982, Australia; [www.spacejock.com]; [orders@spacejock.com].


Naked Brunch Sparkle Hayter (Random House/Crown/Three Rivers Press 1-4000-4743-9, Apr 2003, $13.00, 222pp, tp, cover by Miles Hyman) Contemporary werewolf novel. A mousy secretary doesn’t know she’s started turning into a werewolf at night. First US edition (McClelland & Stewart 4/02).


Across the Nightingale Floor Lian Hearn (Penguin/Riverhead 1-57322-332-8, Jun 2003, $14.00, 290pp, tp) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Riverhead 2002) Japanese Samurai fantasy novel, first in a trilogy. Hearn is a pen name for Gillian Rubenstein.


Grass for His Pillow Lian Hearn (Penguin/Riverhead 1-57322-251-8, Aug 2003, $24.95, 292pp, hc) [Tales of the Otori] Japanese Samurai fantasy novel, second in the “Tales of the Otori” trilogy. Hearn is a pen name for Gillian Rubenstein.


Grass for His Pillow Lian Hearn (SFBC 1-57322-251-8, Oct 2003, $12.99, 292pp, hc) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Riverhead 2003) Japanese Samurai fantasy novel, second in a trilogy. Hearn is a pen name for Gillian Rubenstein.


City of Masks Daniel Hecht (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-341-1, Jan 2003, $24.95, 439pp, hc) [Cree Black] Mystery with dark fantasy elements, featuring psychic detective and parapsychologist Cree Black in New Orleans. Cree investigates the haunting of an old house with dark secrets.


The Door Into Summer Robert A. Heinlein (SFBC #55803, Mar 2003, $9.99, 166pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) Reprint (Doubleday 1957) SF novel, the first volume in the “SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection”. This has ISBN 0-7394-3129-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


Expanded Universe Robert A. Heinlein (Baen 0-7434-7159-8, Oct 2003, $22.00, 474pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) Reprint (Grosset & Dunlap 1980) collection of 27 essays and stories.


Expanded Universe Robert A. Heinlein (SFBC #35284, Dec 2003, $10.99, 474pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) Reprint (Grosset & Dunlap 1980) collection. This is similar to the Baen 2003 edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


Have Space Suit, Will Travel Robert A. Heinlein (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46107-X, Aug 2003, $6.99, 233pp, tp) Reprint (Scribner’s 1958) SF novel, part of the Del Rey “Imagine” series for young adults.


Infinite Possibilities Robert A. Heinlein (SFBC #57251, Jun 2003, $14.99, 568pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) Omnibus of three YA SF novels: Tunnel in the Sky (1955), Time for the Stars (1956), and Citizen of the Galaxy (1957). This has ISBN 0-7394-3385-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. This has a 2002 copyright, but apparently has only just appeared.


Tunnel in the Sky Robert A. Heinlein (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46623-3, Nov 2003, $6.99, 262pp, tp, cover by Jean Yves-Kervevan) Reprint (Scribner 1955) young-adult SF novel, part of the young-adult “Imagine” program.


A Just Determination John G. Hemry (Ace 0-441-01052-0, May 2003, $5.99, 259pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Paul Sinclair] Military SF legal thriller. Space navy Ensign Paul Sinclair is the lone legal officer on his first ship when the captain is called to court-martial.


Dhampir Barb & J. C. Hendee (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45906-7, Jan 2003, $5.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Koveck) [Noble Dead] Dark fantasy novel of a fraudulent vampire slayer who suddenly finds real vampires after her.


Anise Maren Henry (Wildside Press 1-58715-699-7, Jan 2003, $32.95, 260pp, hc) Near-future SF Southern gothic romance novel. Anise Hunt is one of the privileged few with normal genes in a world transformed by a virus. A first novel. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301.


Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert Brian Herbert (Tor 0-765-30646-8, Apr 2003, $27.95, 576pp, hc, cover by Gregory Manchess) Biography. This includes 16 unpaginated pages of b&w photos, plus a bibliography of Herbert’s works and an index. [Frank Herbert]


Dune: The Butlerian Jihad Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (Tor 0-765-34077-1, Sep 2003, $7.99, 683pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Dune] Reprint (Tor 2002) SF novel, first in the “Legends of Dune” series prequel to Frank Herbert’s “Dune” series. An open market edition (same information) was scheduled for 4/03.


Dune: The Machine Crusade Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (Tor 0-765-30158-X, Sep 2003, $27.95, 701pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Dune] SF novel, second in a prequel series set 10,000 years before Frank Herbert’s “Dune” series. A limited leatherbound edition (-30586-0, $200.00) was announced but not seen. Copyrighted by Herbert Limited Partnership.


Dune: The Machine Crusade Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (SFBC #03982, Sep 2003, $14.99, 643pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Dune] Reprint (Tor 2003) SF novel, second in a prequel series set 10,000 years before Frank Herbert’s “Dune” series. Copyrighted by Herbert Limited Partnership. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


Children of Dune Frank Herbert (Ace 0-441-10402-9, Feb 2003, $7.99, 408pp, pb) [Dune] Reissue (Berkley 1976) SF novel, third in the “Dune” series. This is a TV tie-in edition. 32nd printing.


Dune Messiah Frank Herbert (Ace 0-441-17269-5, Feb 2003, $7.99, 331pp, pb) [Dune] Reissue (Putnam 1969) SF novel, second in the “Dune” series. This is a TV tie-in edition. 33rd printing.


God Emperor of Dune Frank Herbert (SFBC #56103, Apr 2003, $9.99, 404pp, hc, cover by Brad Holland) [Dune] Reprint (Putnam 1981) SF novel, fifth in the “Dune” series. This SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-3391-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


Under Pressure Frank Herbert (SFBC #56104, Oct 2003, $9.99, 178pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) Reprint (Doubleday 1956 as The Dragon in the Sea) SF novel, the sixth in the SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection. This has ISBN 0-7394-3527-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


Once... James Herbert (Tor 0-765-34350-9, Jan 2003, $7.99, 461pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 2001) dark contemporary fairytale for adults.


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