The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

Books, Listed by Author

GARRETT, (Gordon) RANDALL (Phillip David) (1927-1987) (chron.)

• * _Lord Darcy (Baen 0-7434-7184-9, Feb 2004, $7.99, 719pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Lord Darcy] Reprint (SFBC 1983) omnibus/collection of fantasy novel Too Many Magicians (1979), and collections Murder and Magic (1979), and Lord Darcy Investigates (1981), plus two additional stories.

GARTH, JOHN (chron.)

• * +Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-33129-8, Dec 2003, $26.00, 398 + xviii, hc) Non-fiction, an authorized biography tracing the influence of WWI on Tolkien’s work. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 11/03). [Tolkien]

GARTON, RAY (1965- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Girl in the Basement and Other Stories (Subterranean Press 1-59606-012-3, Sep 2004, $40.00, 184pp, hc, cover by Glenn Chadbourne) Original horror collection of five stories. This is a signed, limited edition of 400; a lettered edition of 52 ($175.00) with an exclusive vampire novella is also available. Order from Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com]. (Contents)

GASCOIGNE, MARC, ed. (1962- ) (chron.)

• * *Warhammer 40,000: What Price Victory (with Christian Dunn) (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-077-7, Mar 2004, £5.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Scott Johnson) [Warhammer 40,000] Anthology of seven stories, two original, set in the far-future world of the roleplaying game. (Contents)
• * +Warhammer 40,000: What Price Victory (with Christian Dunn) (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-077-7, May 2004, $6.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Scott Johnson) [Warhammer 40,000] Anthology of seven stories, two original, based on the fantasy roleplaying game, most originally published in Inferno! Copyrighted by Games Workshop. First US edition (Black Library UK 4/04).
• * *Warhammer: Swords of the Empire (with Christian Dunn) (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-088-2, Mar 2004, £5.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Karl Kopinski) [Warhammer] Anthology of six stories, two original, set in the world of the fantasy roleplaying game. (Contents)
• * *Warhammer: Swords of the Empire (with Christian Dunn) (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-088-2, Jun 2004, $6.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Karl Kopinski) [Warhammer] Anthology of six stories, one original, based on the roleplaying game universe. Copyrighted by Games Workshop.

GATES, R(andy) PATRICK (1954- ) (chron.)

• * *The Prison (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1639-6, Nov 2004, $5.99, 429pp, pb) Horror novel. Prisoners are possessed by former inmates of their asylum-turned-prison.

GATES, SUSAN (chron.)

• * *Dusk (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-31705-1, Mar 2004, £4.99, 172pp, tp, cover by Ken de Silva) Young-adult SF novel about a military genetic experiment fusing human and avian DNA.

GATES-GRIMWOOD, TERRY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Demons and Demons (D-Press no ISBN, Dec 2004, £2.00, 27pp, ph, cover by Carole Humphreys) Horror collection. (Contents)

GAUCH, PATRICIA LEE (chron.)

• * _Hunter (with Joy Cowley) See entry under Joy Cowley.

GAYDOS, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * _Heaven’s War (with Micah Harris) See entry under Micah Harris.

GEAR, KATHLEEN (Marie) O’NEAL (1954- ) (chron.)

• * _People of the Owl (with W. Michael Gear) (Tor/Forge 0-812-58983-1, Jun 2004, $7.99, 598pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [First North Americans] Reprint (Forge 2003) associational prehistorical novel, 11th in the “First North Americans” series.
• * *People of the Raven (with W. Michael Gear) (Tor/Forge 0-765-30855-X, Sep 2004, $25.95, 494pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [First North Americans] Associational prehistorical novel, 12th in the “First North Americans” series.
• * _People of the Wolf (with W. Michael Gear) See entry under W. Michael Gear.

GEAR, W(illiam) MICHAEL (1955- ) (chron.)

• * _People of the Owl (with Kathleen O’Neal Gear) See entry under Kathleen O’Neal Gear.
• * _People of the Raven (with Kathleen O’Neal Gear) See entry under Kathleen O’Neal Gear.
• * _People of the Wolf (with Kathleen O’Neal Gear) (Tor 0-765-35030-0, May 2004, $3.99, 435pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [First North Americans] Reprint (Tor 1990) associational prehistorical novel, first in the “First North Americans” series. This is a “Special Edition” at a special price; it has a new ISBN and indicates first printing.

GEE, HENRY (chron.)

• * *The Science of Middle-earth (Cold Spring Press 1-59360-023-2, Nov 2004, $14.00, 253pp, tp) Associational non-fiction, a look at science as presented in Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Foreword by David Brin. Includes an index. [Tolkien]

GELB, JEFF(rey B.), ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Hot Blood (with Lonn Friend) (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1643-4, Jun 2004, $5.99, 350pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1989) erotic horror anthology.
• * _Hotter Blood (with Michael Garrett) (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1644-2, Sep 2004, $5.99, 336pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1991) erotic horror anthology with 24 stories.
• * _Hottest Blood (with Michael Garrett) (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1645-0, Sep 2004, $5.99, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1993) erotic horror anthology of 20 stories.
• * *Strange Bedfellows (with Michael Garrett) (Kensington 0-7582-0692-5, Nov 2004, $14.00, 323 + x, tp, cover by John Ennis) Original anthology of 19 erotic horror stories, 12th in the “Hot Blood” series. Authors include Greg Kihn, Michael Laimo, and Graham Masterton. (Contents)

GELLIS, ROBERTA (Leah, née Jacobs) (1927- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Overstars Mail: Imperial Challenge (Gale Group/Five Star 1-59414-228-9, Aug 2004, $25.95, 279pp, hc, cover by Charles Bernard) SF adventure novel about a space mailman unwillingly entangled in Empire politics. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman. Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville ME 04901; 800-223-1244; [www.galegroup.com/fivestar].
• * _This Scepter’d Isle (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey

GEMMELL, DAVID A(ndrew) (1948-2006) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Ironhand’s Daughter (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45838-9, Dec 2004, $7.50, 347pp, pb, cover by Christian McGrath) [Hawk Queen] Fantasy novel, book one of “The Hawk Queen”. Teenaged Sigarni is the last descendant of the legendary highland kings. First US edition (Legend 1995).
• * *Swords of Night and Day (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45833-8, Apr 2004, $24.95, 450pp, hc, cover by John Picacio) [Drenai: Skilgannon the Damned] Fantasy novel in the “Drenai Saga”, sequel to White Wolf. Simultaneous with the Bantam UK edition.
• * *Swords of Night and Day (Bantam UK 0-593-04447-9, Apr 2004, £17.99, 459pp, hc, cover by John Bolton) [Drenai: Skilgannon the Damned] Fantasy novel in the “Drenai” sequence, second in the “Skilgannon the Damned” series after White Wolf.
• * _The Swords of Night and Day (SFBC #66264, Jun 2004, $12.49, 450pp, hc, cover by John Picacio) [Drenai: Skilgannon the Damned] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) fantasy novel in the “Drenai Saga”, sequel to White Wolf. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _White Wolf (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45832-X, Mar 2004, $7.50, 462pp, pb, cover by John Picacio) [Drenai: Skilgannon the Damned] Reprint (Del Rey 2003) fantasy novel of Druss the Legend, ninth in the “Drenai Saga”.
• * _White Wolf (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14677-3, Apr 2004, £6.99, 589pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Drenai: Skilgannon the Damned] Reprint (Bantam UK 2003) fantasy novel in the “Drenai” sequence, featuring Druss the Legend. First in a new series about “Skilgannon the Damned”.

GENTLE, MARY R(osalyn) (1956- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _1610: A Sundial in a Grave (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07552-X, Nov 2004, £8.99, 704pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Reprint (Gollancz 2003) alternate-history fantasy novel.
• * *Cartomancy (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07532-5, Mar 2004, £6.99, 313pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Collection of 15 stories, one original, each with an afterword by Gentle. (Contents)

GEORGE, JON (chron.)

• * *Faces of Mist and Flame (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-3397-5, May 2004, £10.99, 390pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) SF novel of mind transfer through time. A first novel.

GERAS, ADÈLE (chron.)

• * +Sleeping Beauty (with Christian Birmingham) (Scholastic/Orchard 0-439-58180-X, Apr 2004, $18.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Christian Birmingham) Children’s picture book version of the fairy tale, with text by Geras and illustrations by Birmingham. First US edition (Scholastic UK 2003).

GERMAIN, SYLVIE (chron.)

• * *The Song of False Lovers (Dedalus 1-903517-25-7, Nov 2004, £8.99, 196pp, tp, cover by David Bird) Literary fantasy novel, translated by Christine Donougher from the French Chansons des mail-aimants (Editions Gallimard 2002). Introduction by Victoria Best.

GERRAND, ROB, ed. (chron.)

• * *The Best Australian Science Fiction Writing: A Fifty Year Collection (Black Inc. 1-86395-301-9, Nov 2004, A$24.95, 615pp, tp, cover by Juan Ford) Anthology of 30 stories chosen as the best of the last 50 years in Australia. Authors include A. Bertram Chandler, George Turner, Greg Egan, and Terry Dowling. Foreword by Gerrand; introduction by Russell Blackford. Black Inc., Level 5, 289 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia; [www.blackincbooks.com]. (Contents)

GERROLD, DAVID; pseudonym of Jerrold David Friedman, (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Alternate Gerrolds (BenBella Books 1-932100-37-7, Jan 2005, $14.95, 202 + xiii, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Collection of 16 stories. Introduction by Mike Resnick. BenBella Books, 6440 N. Central Expressway, Suite 508, Dallas TX 75206; [www.benbellabooks.com]. (Contents)
• * _The Flying Sorcerers (with Larry Niven) (BenBella Books 1-932100-23-7, Apr 2004, $14.95, 303pp, tp, cover by Boris Vallejo) Reprint (Ballantine 1971) humorous fantasy novel.
• * *Tales of the Star Wolf (SFBC #63342, Feb 2004, $14.99, 755pp, hc, cover by Paul Youll) [Star Wolf] Omnibus of three novels in the series: The Voyage of the Star Wolf (1990), The Middle of Nowhere (1995), and Blood and Fire (2004). This has ISBN 0-7394-4071-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)

GERTLER, NAT, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Comics Prose: Short Stories by Comics Writers (About Comics 0-9716338-6-X, Jun 2004, $9.95, 176pp, tp) Original anthology of 11 stories, four reprints, by comic book writers. Authors include Mike Baron, Steve Englehart, and Marv Wolfman. (Contents)

GHIUSELEV, IASSEN (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (with Lewis Carroll) See entry under Lewis Carroll.

GIAMBASTIANI, KURT R. A. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dreams of the Desert Wind (Fairwood Press 0-9746573-3-6, Sep 2004, $17.99, 252pp, tp) Contemporary fantasy novel, a supernatural mystery of the Middle East and a Bedouin woman with an earth-shattering secret. Order from Fairwood Press, 5203 Quincy Ave. SE, Auburn WA 98092; [www.fairwoodpress.com].
• * *From the Heart of the Storm (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45955-5, Jan 2004, $6.99, 352pp, pb, cover by David Cook) [Fallen Cloud] Western/alternate-history SF novel, fourth in the “Fallen Cloud” series begun in The Year the Cloud Fell.

GIBBER, ABNER, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Weird Trails, April 1933 (Wildside Press 0-8095-1150-9, Nov 2004, $19.95, 122pp, tp, cover by Ed Ward) Original anthology/magazine, a faux facsimile of an imaginary pulp “magazine of supernatural cowboy stories,” with 13 stories by authors including Ron Goulart, Mike Resnick, P.D. Cacek and Ray Faraday Nelson. Order from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301; [www.wildsidepress.com]. (Contents)

GIBSON, GARY M. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Angel Stations (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-3445-9, Oct 2004, £10.99, 392pp, tp, cover by Steve Rawlings) SF novel.

GIBSON, WILLIAM (Ford) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Neuromancer (Ace 0-441-01203-5, Nov 2004, $25.00, 371pp, hc) Reissue (Ace 1984) SF novel, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick awards. This 20th Anniversary Edition has a new introduction by Gibson discussing dated aspects of the novel, as well as the 2000 afterword by Jack Womack.
• * _Pattern Recognition (Berkley 0-425-19293-8, Feb 2004, $14.00, 357pp, tp, cover by Benita Raphan) Reprint (Putnam 2003) quasi-SF novel set in the present.
• * _Pattern Recognition (Penguin UK 0-14-026614-3, Jun 2004, £7.99, 357pp, tp) Reprint (Putnam 2003) contemporary thriller of a dysfunctional marketeer hired to investigate an addictive new form of webvertising.

GIFFEN, KEITH (chron.)

• * _Lovecraft (with Hans Rodionoff & Enrique Breccia) See entry under Hans Rodionoff.

GIFFORD, LAZETTE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Honor Bound (Yard Dog Press 1-893687-46-5, Feb 2004, $6.00, 57pp, ph, cover by Matthew Taggert) [Inner Worlds Council] Chapbook original collection of two SF stories set in her world of the Inner Worlds Council. Order from Yard Dog Press, 710 W Redbud Lane, Alma AR 72921-7247; [selinarosen@peoplepc.com]; [www.yarddogpress.com]. (Contents)

GIFFORD, NICK; pseudonym of Keith N. Brooke, (1966- ) (chron.)

• * *Flesh and Blood (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-31605-5, Jan 2004, £4.99, 211pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel.

GIFUNE, GREG F. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Saying Uncle (December Girl Press 1-929653-51-4, 2003, $15.99, 142pp, tp) Horror novel with possible fantasy elements, based on the eponymous short story. December Girl Press, 37 Earlham Way, Warwick RI 02886; [www.decembergirlpress.com].

GILCHRIST, R(obert) MURRAY (1868-1917) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Basilisk and Other Tales of Dread (Ash-Tree Press 1-55310-053-0, May 2003, $45.00, 187 + xvi, hc, cover by Paul Lowe) Collection of 24 stories, all the author’s known weird tales (two humorous), including the contents of The Stone Dragon and Other Tragic Romances (Methuen 1894). Edited and with an introduction by John Pelan & Christopher Roden. This is a limited edition of 500; it is dated 2003, but not seen until now. (Contents)

GILDEN, MEL (1947- ) (chron.)

• * _Surfing Samurai Robots (ibooks 0-7434-7926-2, May 2004, $6.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Dave Dorman) [Zoot Marlowe] Reprint (Lynx 1988) humorous SF novel. Copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

GILLIAM, RICHARD, ed. (chron.)

• * _Grails: Quests of the Dawn (with Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45964-4, Jan 2004, $6.99, 388pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) Reprint (Roc 1994) anthology of 21 stories and four poems about the Holy Grail. Afterword by Fritz Leiber. All but four of the stories appeared originally as part of Grails: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurences (Unnameable Press 1992).

GILLIGAN, ElizaBETH A. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Silken Shroud (DAW 0-7564-0179-8, Apr 2004, $6.99, 480pp, pb, cover by David Bowers) [Silken Magic] Historical fantasy novel, second in the “Silken Magic” series. In an alternate Renaissance Italy, Alessandra’s fiancé Mandero takes up the search for her body, helped by her spirit.

GILMAN, CHARLOTTE (Anna) PERKINS (Stetson) (1860-1935) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Yellow Wallpaper (Virago 0-86068-201-3, 2002, £4.99, 63pp, tp) Reissue (The Feminist Press 1973) short story plus an afterword by Elaine R. Hedges. Virago Modern Classics 50. (Contents)

GILMAN, LAURA ANNE (1967- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Staying Dead (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80209-9, Aug 2004, $13.95, 344pp, tp) [Retrievers] Contemporary urban fantasy/mystery novel, first in the “Retrievers” trilogy. A magic user who specializes in retrieving clients’ stolen property finds her latest target inhabited by an angry ghost.

GILMOUR, H(arriet) B. (1939-2009) (chron.)

• * *T*witches #10: Destiny’s Twins (with Randi Reisfeld) (Scholastic 0-439-49232-7, Feb 2004, $4.99, 211pp, tp, cover by David Loew) [T*witches] Young-adult fantasy novel. Twin sisters with strange powers fight evil.

GINGRICH, NEWT (chron.)

• * _Gettysburg (with William R. Forstchen) (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-30936-8, May 2004, $14.95, 463pp, tp, cover by Don Troiani) [Gettysburg] Reprint (St. Martin’s 2003) alternate-history novel of the American Civil War, the first in a trilogy. A Thomas Dunne book.
• * *Grant Comes East (with William R. Forstchen) (St. Martin’s 0-312-30937-6, Jun 2004, $24.95, 404pp, hc, cover by Don Troiani) [Gettysburg] Alternate history novel of the American Civil War, the second in a trilogy. A Thomas Dunne book.
• * _Grant Comes East (with William R. Forstchen) (SFBC #1164187, Aug 2004, $12.49, 404pp, hc, cover by Don Troiani) [Gettysburg] Reprint (St. Martin’s 2004) alternate-history novel of the American Civil War, the second in a trilogy. This is similar to the St. Martin’s edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

GINWAY, M. ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * *Brazilian Science Fiction: Cultural Myths and Nationhood in the Land of the Future (Bucknell University Press 0-8387-5564-X, May 2004, $50.00, 288pp, hc, cover by Ionaldo Cavalcanti) Non-fiction, a critical overview of the development of SF in Brazil from 1960 to 2000, with particular focus on the effects of modernization and the military dictatorship from 1964-85. This includes notes, bibliography, and index. Order from Associated University Presses, 2010 Eastpark Blvd., Cranbury NJ 08512; [AUP440@aol.com].