The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

Books, Listed by Author

ABBEY, LYNN; [i.e., Marilyn Lorraine Abbey] (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Taking Time (Ace 0-441-01153-5, Apr 2004, $6.50, 328pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Emma Merrigan] Contemporary fantasy novel, third in the series begun in Out of Time. Emma goes back in time to find the violent act that spawned a family’s curse.

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• * *Thieves’ World: Enemies of Fortune (Tor 0-312-87490-1, Dec 2004, $26.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [*Thieves’ World] Shared-world original anthology of 12 stories. Authors include C.J. Cherryh & Jane Fancher, Dennis L. McKiernan, and Steven Brust. (Contents)

ABBEY, MARILYN LORRAINE; see under Abbey, Lynn (stories) (chron.)

ABBOTT, JAX (chron.)

• * *Super What? (Dorchester/Smooch 0-8439-5385-3, Aug 2004, $5.99, 199pp, pb) Young-adult fantasy. A teen in a family of superheroes comes into her superpowers unexpectedly on her first day at a new school. Copyrighted by Alesia Holliday.

ABNETT, DAN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Warhammer 40,000: Double Eagle (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-089-0, May 2004, £16.99, 313pp, hc) [Warhammer 40,000] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe.
• * +Warhammer 40,000: Double Eagle (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-089-0, Jul 2004, $19.99, 313pp, hc) [Warhammer 40,000] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe. Copyrighted by Games Workshop.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Eisenhorn (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-156-0, Nov 2004, £7.99, 764pp, tp) [Warhammer 40,000: Eisenhorn] Omnibus of three novelizations in the “Eisenhorn” trilogy, based on the roleplaying game: Xenos (2001), Malleus (2001), and Hereticus (2002), plus two related stories. (Contents)
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts: The Saint (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-125-0, Oct 2004, £30.00, 999pp, hc) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] Omnibus of four novels in the “Gaunt’s Ghosts” series set in the “Warhammer 40,000” universe. (Contents)
• * +Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts: The Saint (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-125-0, Nov 2004, $50.00, 999pp, hc) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] Omnibus of four novelizations based on the SF roleplaying game, all in the “Gaunt’s Ghosts” series: Honour Guard (2001), The Guns of Tanith (2002), Straight Silver (2002), and Sabbat Martyr (2003), copyrighted by Games Workshop. This is the first US edition; it appears to be identical with the UK edition (Black Library 10/04). (Contents)
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Ravenor (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-072-6, Feb 2004, £16.99, 318pp, hc) [Warhammer 40,000: Ravenor] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, featuring a character from the “Inquisitor Eisenhorn” trilogy.
• * +Warhammer 40,000: Ravenor (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-072-6, Mar 2004, $19.99, 318pp, hc) [Warhammer 40,000: Ravenor] Novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game world. Book one in the “Eisenhorn” trilogy. Copyrighted by Games Workshop Ltd. First US edition (Black Library UK 2/04).
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Traitor General (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-112-9, Oct 2004, $19.99, 308pp, hc, cover by Adrian Smith) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts: Lost] Novelization based on the roleplaying game world, eighth in the “Gaunt’s Ghosts” series, and first in “The Lost” story arc. A leatherbound limited edition of 300 with CD soundtrack (£50.00) was announced but not seen. Copyrighted by Games Workshop.

ABRAHAMS, PETER (1947- ) (chron.)

• * _The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (with Alan Dingman, Kees Moerbeek & Stephen King) See entry under Stephen King.

ACKERMAN, FORREST J(ames) (1916-2008) (chron.)

• * *Worlds of Tomorrow: The Amazing Universe of Science Fiction Art (with Brad Linaweaver) (Collectors Press 1-888054-93-X, Aug 2004, $39.95, 176pp, hc) Art book. A discussion of the themes and images of pulp SF art extensively illustrated by classic cover art. The artists are not credited. Order from Collectors Press, PO Box 230986, Portland OR 97281; [www.collectorspress.com]; 800-423-1848.

ACKROYD, PETER (Warwick) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Hawksmoor (Penguin UK 0-14-017113-4, Jul 2004, £7.99, 217pp, tp) Reissue (Hamish Hamilton 1985) associational/fantasy novel. 23rd printing.

ADAMS, C. T. (chron.)

• * *Hunter’s Moon (with Cathy Clamp) (Tor 0-765-34913-2, Dec 2004, $6.99, 328pp, pb, cover by Danilo) Werewolf romance. A Mafia hit man/werewolf falls for a client who wants him to kill her.

ADAMS, DOUGLAS (Noel) (1952-2001) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Random House/Crown/Harmony 1-4000-5292-0, Aug 2004, $13.95, 211pp, hc, cover by Peter Cross) [Hitchhiker] Reprint (Pan 1979) humorous SF novel, first in the “Hitchhiker’s Trilogy”. This has a sticker indicating it is a “25th Anniversary Facsimile Edition”. ion; a deluxe 25th Anniversary edition ($35.00) is scheduled for October.
• * _The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Random House/Crown/Harmony 1-4000-5293-9, Sep 2004, $35.00, 211pp, hc, cover by Peter Cross) [Hitchhiker] Reprint (Pan 1979) humorous SF novel, first in the “Hitchhiker’s Trilogy”. The is the “Illustrated 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition” with a new foreword by Terry Jones, an introduction and history of the book by M.J. Simpson, and afterword by Peter Guzzardi.
• * _The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Ballantine 0-345-39180-2, Nov 2004, $7.50, 216pp, pb) [Hitchhiker] Reissue (Pan 1979) humorous SF novel, first in the “Hitchhiker’s Trilogy”. 18th printing. A trade paperback ninth printing (-41891-3, $13.95) was also seen.
• * _Life, the Universe, and Everything (Ballantine 0-345-39182-9, Nov 2004, $7.50, 232pp, pb) [Hitchhiker] Reissue (Pan 1982) humorous SF novel, third in the “Hitchhiker’s Trilogy”. 13th printing.
• * _Mostly Harmless (Ballantine 0-345-41877-8, Nov 2004, $7.50, 218pp, pb) [Hitchhiker] Reissue (Heinemann 1992) humorous SF novel, fifth in the “Hitchhiker’s Trilogy”. 11th printing.
• * _The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Ballantine 0-345-39181-0, Nov 2004, $7.50, 245pp, pb) [Hitchhiker] Reissue (Pan 1980) humorous SF novel, second in the “Hitchhiker’s Trilogy”. 13th printing.
• * _So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (Ballantine 0-345-39183-7, Nov 2004, $7.50, 214pp, pb) [Hitchhiker] Reissue (Pan 1984) humorous SF novel, fourth in the “Hitchhiker’s Trilogy”. Eighth printing.

ADAMS, RICHARD (George) (1920- ) (chron.)

• * _Watership Down (SFBC #1165356, Aug 2004, $10.99, 521pp, hc, cover by Ditz) [Watership Down] Reprint (Rex Collings 1972) novel about talking rabbits. This is a special Bookspan/SpellBinders book club edition, complete with 93pp SparkNotes reader’s companion. It has ISBN 1-58288-095-6, lacks a price, and has the book club number on the back jacket.

ADAMS, SCOTT (chron.)

• * *The Religion War (Andrews McMeel 0-7407-4788-6, Sep 2004, $19.95, 179pp, hc) [*God’s Debris] Allegorical near-future SF novel, sequel to God’s Debris. The smartest man in the world tries to stop a cataclysmic war between Christians and Muslims in 2040.

ADRIAN, JACK, ed.; pseudonym of Christopher Lowder, (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 2003: Ghosts at ’The Cornhill’ 1931-1939 (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-060-3, Dec 2003, $42.00, 197 + xix, hc, cover by Rob Suggs) Anthology of 15 spooky stories from The Cornhill Magazine. This is a limited edition of 500. (Contents)
• * *The Ash-Tree Press Annual Macabre 2004: The Last ‘Queer Stories from Truth’ (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-077-8, Dec 2004, C$52.00, xxxix+140pp, hc, cover by Rob Suggs) Anthology of thirty-one short stories from the ‘Queer Story’ feature in Truth. This is a limited edition of 500. A world-wide edition available in the US for $43.00 and in the UK for £25.00. (Contents)

AGGELIS, STEVEN L., ed. (chron.)

• * *Conversations with Ray Bradbury (University Press of Mississippi 1-57806-641-7, Jul 2004, $20.00, 208 + xxxvi, tp) Non-fiction collection of interviews with Bradbury. There is an index. A hardcover edition ($48.00, -640-9) was announced but not seen. University Press of Mississippi, 3825 Ridgewood Road, Jackson MS 39211-6492; [www.upress.state.ms.us]. [Bradbury]

AGUIRRE, FORREST, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Leviathan 4: Cities (Night Shade Books/Ministry of Whimsy Press 1-892389-82-7, Dec 2004, $27.00, 247pp, hc, cover by Myrtle Von Damitz, III) Original anthology of ten stories, one a reprint, one expanded, by authors including Michael Cisco, Jay Lake, and K.J. Bishop. A limited edition (-79-7, $45.00) is also available. (Contents)

AHN, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * _Green Lantern: Sleepers, Book Two (with Christopher J. Priest) See entry under Christopher J. Priest

AIDINOFF, ELSIE V. (chron.)

• * *The Garden (HarperTempest 0-06-055605-6, May 2004, $16.99, 403pp, hc, cover by John Sann) Young-adult novel of the Garden of Eden, narrated by Eve. A first novel.

AIKEN, JOAN (Delano) (1924-2004) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Black Hearts in Battersea (Red Fox 0-099-45639-7, Mar 2004, £4.99, 251pp, tp, cover by Paul Hess) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1965) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 2 in the series.
• * _The Cuckoo Tree (Red Fox 0-099-45665-6, Mar 2004, £4.99, 303pp, tp, cover by Paul Hess) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1971) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 6 in the series.
• * _Dido and Pa (Red Fox 0-099-45666-4, Mar 2004, £4.99, 314pp, tp, cover by Paul Hess) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1986) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 7 in the series.
• * _Ghostly Beasts (Random House UK/Red Fox 0-09-943406-7, Sep 2004, £7.99, 143pp, tp, cover by Amanda Harvey) Reprint (Cape 2002) young-adult collection of 15 poems and stories.
• * _Limbo Lodge (Red Fox 0-099-45667-2, Mar 2004, £4.99, 220pp, tp, cover by Paul Hess) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Delacorte 1999 as Dangerous Games) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 5 in the series.
• * _Midnight Is a Place (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-70944-8, Dec 2003, £5.99, 362pp, tp, cover by Simon Bartram) Reissue (Cape 1974) young-adult fantasy novel. Fourth printing.
• * _Midwinter Nightingale (Cape, Jonathan 0-224-06489-4, Mar 2004, £10.99, 249pp, hc, cover by Paul Hess) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Delacorte Press 2003) young-adult fantasy novel. Book ten in the series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Nightbirds on Nantucket (Red Fox 0-099-45664-8, Mar 2004, £4.99, 202pp, tp, cover by Paul Hess) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Cape 1966) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 3 in the series.
• * _The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Red Fox 0-099-45663-X, Mar 2004, £4.99, 192pp, tp, cover by Paul Hess) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Cape 1962) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 1 in the series.

ALBARELLA, TONY, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _As Timeless As Infinity: The Complete Twilight Zone Scripts of Rod Serling: Volume One See entry under Rod Serling.

ALDISS, BRIAN W(ilson) (1925- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Affairs at Hampden Ferrers: An English Romance (Time Warner UK/Little, Brown UK 0-316-72581-1, Feb 2004, £16.99, 264pp, hc, cover by Jeff Fisher) Humorous fantasy novel of love conquering all reality.

ALEXANDER, ALMA (chron.)

• * +Secrets of Jin-Shei (HarperSanFrancisco 0-06-056341-9, May 2004, $24.95, 503pp, hc) Literary novel with fantasy elements about a secret sisterhood in a mythical medieval Chinese kingdom. The author also writes as Alma Hromic.

ALEXANDER, LLOYD (Chudley) (1924-2007) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-240225-7, Dec 2004, $6.99, 273pp, tp, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) Reprint (Dutton 1991) YA fantasy.
• * _The Rope Trick (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-240119-6, Aug 2004, $5.99, 195pp, tp, cover by Greg Spalenka) Reprint (Dutton 2002) young-adult fantasy about a female stage magician.
• * _Time Cat (Penguin/Puffin Modern Classics 0-14-240107-2, Apr 2004, $6.99, 206pp, pb, cover by Wayne McLoughlin) Reprint (Holt 1963) young-adult fantasy novel.

ALLEN, ANGELA C., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dark Thirst (Pocket 0-7434-9666-3, Oct 2004, $13.00, 304 + x, tp) Original anthology of six vampire stories by African American writers, including Omar Tyree, Linda Addison, and Kevin S. Brockenbrough. (Contents)

ALLEN, PETE S., ed. (chron.)

• * *Amityville House of Pancakes Omnibus, Vol. 1 (Creative Guy Publishing 1-894953-26-6, Apr 2004, $13.95, 212pp, tp, cover by Kris Dikemann) (Contents)

ALLENDE, ISABEL (1942- ) (chron.)

• * _City of the Beasts (HarperCollins/Rayo 0-06-053503-2, May 2004, $7.99, 406pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Alexander Cold] Reprint (HarperCollins 2002) young-adult fantasy adventure/magic realism novel. Translated from the Spanish Ciudad de las Bestias by Margaret Sayers Peden.
• * *Kingdom of the Golden Dragon (HarperCollins 0-06-058942-6, May 2004, $19.99, 437pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Alexander Cold] Young-adult fantasy adventure/magic realism novel, sequel to City of the Beasts. Alexander Cold and his grandmother go to the Himalayas looking for the legendary dragon statue. Translated from the Spanish Reino del Dragón de Oro by Margaret Sayers Peden.

ALLSTON, AARON (Dale) (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Terminator 3: Terminator Dreams (Tor 0-765-34910-8, Dec 2004, $6.99, 351pp, pb) [Terminator] Reprint (Tor 2003) novelization based on the world of the movie. Copyrighted by IMF Internationale Medien und Film & Co. 3 Produktions.
• * *Terminator 3: Terminator Hunt (Tor 0-765-30853-3, Dec 2004, $24.95, 317pp, hc) [Terminator] Novelization based on the world of the movie. Copyrighted by IMF Internationale Medien und Film & Co. 3 Produktions.

ALMOND, DAVID (chron.)

• * +The Fire-Eaters (Delacorte 0-385-73170-1, May 2004, $15.95, 218pp, hc, cover by Curtis Parker) Young-adult novel with possible fantasy elements. Bobby, a healer friend and a fire-eating illusionist learn to believe in miracles during the Cuban Missile Crisis. First US edition (Hodder 2003).

ALTEN, STEVE (chron.)

• * *Resurrection (Tor/Forge 0-312-87558-4, Feb 2004, $25.95, 431pp, hc, cover by mattherrmann.com) Thriller mixing aliens and Mayan myth. Twins may be heroes out of ancient prophesies.

ALTMAN, STEVEN-ELLIOT, ed. (chron.)

• * _The Touch (with Patrick Merla) (ibooks 0-7434-9298-6, Sep 2004, $6.99, 347pp, pb) Reprint (ibooks 2000) original anthology of 23 stories about a fictitious epidemic of sense-deprivation spread by touch.

AMIS, [Sir] KINGSLEY (William) (1922-1995) (chron.)

• * _The Alteration (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-946108-0, Jul 2004, £7.99, 203pp, tp, cover by Andy Lovell) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1976) SF novel.
• * _The Green Man (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-946107-2, Jul 2004, £6.99, 175pp, tp) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1969) fantasy novel.

AMIS, MARTIN (Louis) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * _Yellow Dog (Random House/Vintage UK 0-09-926759-4, Jun 2004, £7.99, 339pp, tp, cover by Stephen Parker) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 2003) literary novel with minor fantasy and SF elements.
• * _Yellow Dog (Random House/Vintage 1-4000-7727-3, Jan 2005, $14.00, 340pp, tp) Reprint (Cape 2003) associational satire of an alternate contemporary Britain.

AMODEO, JOHN (stories) (chron.)

• * _Zenda and the Gazing Ball (with Cassandra Westwood & Ken Petti) See entry under Ken Petti.
• * _Zenda: A New Dimension (with Cassandra Westwood & Ken Petti) See entry under Ken Petti.

ANACKER, JOHN (chron.)

• * *The Raven’s Ring Pin (Llewellyn Publications 0-7387-0433-4, Feb 2004, $12.95, 324pp, tp, cover by Matthew Archambault) Young-adult fantasy novel. A mysterious brooch sends a teen on an adventure in the world of the Norse gods.

ANDERS, LOU, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Live Without a Net (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45945-8, Jul 2004, $6.99, 388pp, pb, cover by John Picacio) Reprint (Roc 2003) anthology of 18 stories with alternative information technologies.
• * *Projections: Science Fiction in Literature & Film (MonkeyBrain Books 1-932265-12-0, Dec 2004, $15.95, 328pp, tp, cover by John Picacio) Non-fiction anthology of 29 essays, seven original, by authors including John Clute, David Brin, Lucius Shepard, and Michael Moorcock. MonkeyBrain Books, 11204 Crossland Drive, Austin TX 78726; [info@monkeybrainbooks.com]; [www.monkeybrainbooks.com]. (Contents)

ANDERSON, BARTH, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Rabid Transit: Petting Zoo (with Christopher Barzak, Alan DeNiro & Kristin Livdahl) (Velocity Press no ISBN, May 2004, $6.00, 67pp, ph, cover by Jesse McManus) Chapbook original anthology of seven stories, the third from the writers’ group called the Ratbastards. Authors include David Moles, M. Rickert, and Amber van Dyk. Order from Velocity Press, PO Box 28701, St. Paul MN 55128-0701; [www.taverners-koans.com/ratbastards]. (Contents)

ANDERSON, JANET S. (chron.)

• * _The Last Treasure (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-240217-6, Nov 2004, $6.99, 257pp, tp, cover by Tim Zeltner) Reprint (Dutton 2003) young-adult fantasy novel. A boy dreams of the old family home, haunted by an ancestor who hid a treasure there.

ANDERSON, K. J.; see under Anderson, Kevin J. (stories) (chron.)

ANDERSON, KEVIN J(ames) (1962- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dune: Hunting Harkonnens (with Brian Herbert) See entry under Brian Herbert.
• * _Dune: The Battle of Corrin (with Brian Herbert) See entry under Brian Herbert.
• * _Dune: The Machine Crusade (with Brian Herbert) See entry under Brian Herbert.
• * _Legends of Dune 2: The Machine Crusade (with Brian Herbert) See entry under Brian Herbert.
• * _Legends of Dune: The Battle of Corrin (with Brian Herbert) See entry under Brian Herbert.