The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

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HALDEMAN, JOE W.; [i.e., Joseph William Haldeman] (1943- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Camouflage (Ace 0-441-01161-6, Aug 2004, $23.95, 296pp, hc, cover by Craig White) SF novel. An immortal creature learns what it to be human in this evocation of the South Seas.
* _Camouflage (SFBC #1171291, Oct 2004, $11.99, 296pp, hc, cover by Craig White) Reprint (Ace 2004) SF novel. This is similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Guardian (Ace 0-441-01106-3, Aug 2004, $7.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Craig White) Reprint (Ace 2002) SF novel.
HALE, DEBORAH (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Wizard’s Ward (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80205-6, Apr 2004, $13.95, 409pp, tp) [Waiting King] Fantasy romance novel. Maura seeks the legendary “Waiting King” with the help of a rough outlaw.
HALE, SHANNON (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Enna Burning (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-889-8, Sep 2004, $17.95, 319pp, hc, cover by Alison Jay) [Goose Girl] Young-adult fantasy, a companion to The Goose Girl. Enna’s country, Bayern, goes to war and she must decide whether to use magic to set fires.
HAMBLY, BARBARA (Joan) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Days of the Dead (Bantam 0-553-58162-7, May 2004, $6.99, 409pp, pb) [Benjamin January] Reprint (Bantam 2003) associational historical mystery, the seventh featuring Benjamin January, a free Creole in antebellum New Orleans.
* *Dead Water (Bantam 0-553-10964-2, Aug 2004, $25.00, 301pp, hc) [Benjamin January] Associational historical mystery, the eighth featuring Benjamin January, a free Creole in antebellum New Orleans.
HAMILTON, DARRELL DEH (chron.)

* *All Two Human (Caroba Publishing 0-9664564-1-6, Oct 2004, $12.95, 208pp, tp) Near-future SF novel. A boy discovers he’s an experimental human-alien hybrid. This is copyrighted 2002, but no previous edition is known. A print-on-demand edition. Caroba Publishing, 5939 W. Pico Blvd., Suite 214, Los Angeles CA 90035.
HAMILTON, LAURELL K. (1963- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Cerulean Sins (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-201-9, Dec 2003, £6.99, 470pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Anita Blake] Reprint (Berkley 2003) dark fantasy detective novel, 11th in the series featuring Anita Blake, vampire hunter.
* _Cerulean Sins (Jove 0-515-13681-6, Sep 2004, $7.99, 524pp, pb) [Anita Blake] Reprint (Berkley 2003) dark fantasy detective novel, 11th in the series featuring Anita Blake, vampire hunter. This includes a bound-in “bonus collectible postcard.”
* _Circus of the Damned (Berkley 0-425-19427-2, Apr 2004, $22.95, 307pp, hc, cover by Craig White) [Anita Blake] Reprint (Ace 1995) dark fantasy novel, third in the “Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter” series. This has a new afterword by the author.
* _Guilty Pleasures (Berkley 0-425-19754-9, Aug 2004, $13.00, 355pp, tp) [Anita Blake] Reprint (Ace 1993) dark fantasy novel, first in the “Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter” series.
* *Incubus Dreams (Berkley 0-425-19824-3, Oct 2004, $23.95, 658pp, hc) [Anita Blake] Dark fantasy detective novel, 12th in the series featuring Anita Blake, vampire hunter. A group of vampires is killing strippers.
* _Incubus Dreams (SFBC #1173317, Oct 2004, $12.99, 658pp, hc) [Anita Blake] Reprint (Berkley 2004) dark fantasy detective novel, 12th in the series featuring Anita Blake, vampire hunter. This is similar to the Berkley edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Incubus Dreams (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-316-3, Oct 2004, £10.99, 658pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Anita Blake] Dark fantasy novel. Book 12 in the “Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter” series. Simultaneous with the US (Berkley) edition.
* *Incubus Dreams (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-316-3, Oct 2004, £10.99, 658pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Anita Blake] Dark fantasy novel, 12th in the “Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter” series. Simultaneous with the US (Berkley) edition.
* _Nightseer (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45143-0, May 2004, $6.99, 303pp, pb) Reissue (Roc 1992) fantasy novel of revenge. Tenth printing.
* *Seduced by Moonlight (Ballantine 0-345-44356-X, Feb 2004, $23.95, 372pp, hc, cover by Judy York) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Erotic dark fantasy mystery, third in the series featuring a faerie princess working in the human world as Meredith Gentry, PI.
* _Seduced by Moonlight (SFBC #63165, Feb 2004, $12.99, 372pp, hc) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Reprint (Ballantine 2004) erotic dark fantasy mystery, third in the “Meredith Gentry” series. This is similar to the Ballantine edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Seduced by Moonlight (Ballantine 0-345-44359-4, Jan 2005, $7.50, 409pp, pb, cover by Judy York) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Reprint (Ballantine 2004) erotic dark fantasy mystery, third in the series featuring a faerie princess working in the human world as Meredith Gentry, PI.
HAMILTON, PETER F. (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Pandora’s Star (Macmillan UK 1-4050-0019-8, Feb 2004, £17.99, 882pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Commonwealth Saga] SF novel, the first of two parts in “The Commonwealth Saga”. A starship sent to investigate the disappearance of two stars encounters an alien civilization and releases a deadly threat. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-0020-1) was announced but not seen.
* +Pandora’s Star (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46162-2, Mar 2004, $26.95, 758pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Commonwealth Saga] Far-future SF novel, part one of “The Commonwealth Saga”. An expedition to a strangely shielded star accidentally releases an alien threat to the vast human Commonwealth. First US edition (Macmillan UK 2/04).
* _Pandora’s Star (SFBC #64324, Mar 2004, $13.49, 758pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Commonwealth Saga] Reprint (Macmillan UK 2004) far-future SF novel, part one of “The Commonwealth Saga”. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
HAMILTON, VIRGINIA; [i.e., Virginia Esther Hamilton Adoff] (1936-2002) (chron.)

* *Wee Winnie Witch’s Skinny (with Barry Moser) (Scholastic/Blue Sky 0-590-28880-6, Aug 2004, $16.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Barry Moser) Children’s picture book, illustrated by Barry Moser. An original horror story in traditional African-American style.
HAMMOND, JOHN R. (chron.)

* *H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine: A Reference Guide (Greenwood Press/Praeger 0-313-33007-7, Nov 2004, $79.95, 149pp, hc) Non-fiction, an examination of the book’s editions, critical reception, ideas, and more. Includes nine unpaginated pages of photos, notes, and index. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; 800-225-5800; [www.greenwood.com]. [Wells]
HANCOCK, NIEL (Anderson) (1941- ) (chron.)

* _Calix Stay (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34617-6, Jun 2004, $5.99, 245pp, tp, cover by Hala Wittwer) [Circle of Light] Reprint (Popular Library 1977) YA animal fantasy, third in the “Circle of Light” series. This includes a nine-page reader’s guide.
* _Faragon Fairingay (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34616-8, Apr 2004, $5.99, 304pp, tp, cover by Hala Wittwer) [Circle of Light] Reprint (Popular Library 1977) YA animal fantasy, second in the “Circle of Light” series.
* _Greyfax Grimwald (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34613-3, Feb 2004, $5.99, 373pp, tp, cover by Hala Wittwer) [Circle of Light] Reprint (Popular Library 1977) YA animal fantasy, first in the “Circle of Light” series.
* _Squaring the Circle (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34618-4, Aug 2004, $5.99, 356pp, tp, cover by Hala Wittwer) [Circle of Light] Reprint (Popular Library 1977) YA animal fantasy, fourth in the “Circle of Light” series. This includes a 12-page reader’s guide.
HAND, BILL (chron.)

* *The DragonChild (Branch & Vine Publishers 1-57688-025-7, 2003, $17.95, 315pp, tp, cover by Rachel Bonaccorso) [Redaemian Chronicles] Fantasy novel, book three in “The Redaemian Chronicles”. Branch & Vine Publishers, PO Box 1297, Radford VA 24143; [www.branchandvinepublishers.com].
HAND, ELIZABETH (Francis) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Catwoman (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-47652-2, Jun 2004, $6.99, 275pp, pb) [Catwoman] Novelization based on the movie based on the comic-book character. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
* *Mortal Love (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-06-105170-5, Jul 2004, $24.95, 364pp, hc, cover by Dante Gabriel Rossetti) Fantasy novel about a woman who is muse and subject of obsession of men such as Algernon Swinburne, Edward Burne-Jones, and others through to the present day.
HAND, JUDITH (chron.)

* *The Amazon and the Warrior (Tor 0-765-34936-1, May 2004, $7.99, 351pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) Historical fantasy novel of the Trojan war. Achilles tries to conquer the Amazons’ land of Themiskyra.
HANLEY, VICTORIA (chron.)

* _The Healer’s Keep (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-54817-0, Aug 2004, £5.99, 413pp, tp, cover by Emma Chichester Clark) Reprint (David Fickling Books 2002) young-adult fantasy novel.
* *The Light of the Oracle (Fickling Books, David 0-385-60753-9, Aug 2004, £10.99, 312pp, hc, cover by Emma Chichester Clark) Young-adult fantasy novel.
HANSEN, GWEN (stories) (chron.)

* _The Secret of the Unicorn Queen, Volume I: Swept Away!/Sun Blind (with Josepha Sherman) See entry under Josepha Sherman.
HANSON, DONNA MAREE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _Encounters: An Anthology of Australian Speculative Fiction (with Maxine McArthur) See entry under Maxine McArthur.
HANSON, WIL (chron.)

* *Smoke in the Wind (Gale Group/Five Star 1-59414-214-9, Dec 2004, $25.95, 438pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark & Paul Groendes) Fantasy novel. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg’s Tekno Books and Ed Gorman. Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Dr., Waterville ME 04901; [www.galegroup.com/fivestar].
HARBAUGH, KAREN (chron.)

* _Night Fires (SFBC #61898, Jan 2004, $9.99, 356pp, hc, cover by Franco Accornero) Reprint (Dell 2003) vampire novel. This has ISBN 0-7394-3870-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
HARBOTTLE, PHILIP (James), ed. (1941- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Fantasy Adventures # 8 (Wildside Press/Cosmos Books 1-59224-215-4, Apr 2004, $15.00, 165pp, tp, cover by Ron Turner) Original anthology of five stories, one a reprint, plus Other Eyes Watching by John Russell Fearn (Pendulum 1946 as by Polton Cross). Original stories are by Philip E. High, John Glasby, Sydney J. Bounds, and Tony Glynn. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301. (Contents)
* *Fantasy Adventures # 9 (Wildside Press/Cosmos Books 1-59224-216-2, Apr 2004, $15.00, 179pp, tp, cover by Sydney Jordan) Original anthology of four stories, one a reprint, plus Stranger in Our Midst by John Russell Fearn (? 1950). Original stories are by Sydney J. Bounds, Philip E. High, and Brian Ball. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.cosmos-books.com], or from PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301. (Contents)
* *Fantasy Adventures #10 (Wildside Press/Cosmos Books 1-59224-217-0, Apr 2004, $15.00, 163pp, tp, cover by Sydney Jordan) Anthology of fives stories, three original, plus the novel Climate Incorporated by John Russell Fearn adds back 15,000 words cut from the 1959 novella. Authors include Brian Ball, Sydney J. Bounds, and John Glasby. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.cosmos-books.com] or from PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301. (Contents)
HARDY, DAVID A(ndrews) (1936- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* +Futures: 50 Years in Space: The Challenge of the Stars (with Patrick Moore) (Harper Design International 0-06-073038-2, Aug 2004, $24.95, 112pp, hc, cover by David A. Hardy) Associational non-fiction/art book on space exploration and the solar system, an update of the 1972 The Challenge of the Stars and its 1978 revision The New Challenge of the Stars, discussing changes in scientific knowledge and space painting between the books’ conception in 1954 and 2004. First US edition (Artists’ and Photographers’ Press 5/04).
HARDY, JASON M. (chron.)

* *MechWarrior: Dark Age: The Scorpion Jar (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46020-0, Dec 2004, $6.99, 313pp, pb) [MechWarrior: Dark Age] Novelization, the 13th based on the computer game based on the “Battletech” roleplaying game. Copyrighted by WizKids.
HARINGTON, DONALD (1935- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Cockroaches of Stay More (Toby Press, The 1-59264-072-9, Apr 2004, $14.95, 303pp, tp, cover by Wendell Minor) [Stay More] Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1989) literary fantasy/talking insect novel. This is an international edition. The Toby Press, POB 8531, New Milford CT 06676-8531; [www.tobypress.com].
* *With (Toby Press 1-59264-05-8, Apr 2004, $19.95, 491pp, hc, cover by Wendell Minor) [Stay More] Southern fantasy novel in the generally non-genre series about the town of Stay More. An abducted and abandoned girl communicates with animals and a ghost.
HARLAN, THOMAS (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *House of Reeds (Tor 0-765-30193-8, Mar 2004, $25.95, 414pp, hc) [Sixth Sun] Alternate-world SF novel, second book of “The Sixth Sun” series, set five centuries after Wasteland of Flint. The Aztecs’ descendants seek to expand from ruling Earth to becoming players in alien politics.
* _Wasteland of Flint (Tor 0-765-34113-1, Feb 2004, $7.99, 483pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Tor 2003) near-future SF novel set in an alternate future ruled by the Aztecs.
HARMON, JIM; [i.e., James Judson Harmon] (1933- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Harmon’s Galaxy (Wildside Press/Cosmos Books 0-8095-0026-4, Nov 2004, $15.00, 199pp, tp, cover by J. T. Lindroos) Collection of 13 stories, one original, with comments on each by Harmon. Introduction by Richard Lupoff. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.cosmos-books.com] or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301. (Contents)
HARPER, M. A. (chron.)

* _The Year of Past Things (Harcourt 0-15-101116-8, Jan 2005, $23.00, 362pp, hc) Reprint (Hill St. Press 2003) ghost story about a haunted New Orleans restaurateur.
HARRIS, ANNE (chron.)

* *Inventing Memory (Tor 0-312-86539-2, Mar 2004, $25.95, 351pp, hc, cover by Larry Moore) Fantasy novel. The goddess Inanna choses a slave for a mission in ancient Sumer; a contemporary woman researching Sumerian myths volunteers for a dangerous scientific experiment.
HARRIS, CHARLAINE; [i.e., Charlaine Harris Schulz] (1951- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Club Dead (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-301-5, May 2004, £6.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Lisa Desimini) [Sookie Stackhouse] Reprint (Ace 2003) humorous vampire mystery, third in the series featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. [First U.K. edition]
* *Dead to the World (Ace 0-441-01167-5, May 2004, $19.95, 291pp, hc, cover by Lisa Desimini) [Sookie Stackhouse] Humorous Southern vampire mystery novel, the fourth featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse.
* _Dead Until Dark (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-299-X, Mar 2004, £5.99, 326pp, pb, cover by Lisa Desimini) [Sookie Stackhouse] Reprint (Ace 2001) humorous Southern gothic vampire mystery novel in the “Sookie Stackhouse” series, set in a contemporary world where vampires are legal. [First U.K. edition]
* _Living Dead in Dallas (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-300-7, Apr 2004, £6.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Lisa Desimini) [Sookie Stackhouse] Reprint (Ace 2002) humorous fantasy novel. A “Sookie Stackhouse” novel, sequel to Dead Until Dark. [First U.K. edition]
HARRIS, DEBORAH TURNER (1951- ) (chron.)

* _The Adept: The Lodge of the Lynx (with Katherine Kurtz) See entry under Katherine Kurtz.
* _The Adept: The Templar Treasure (with Katherine Kurtz) See entry under Katherine Kurtz.
* _Dagger Magic (with Katherine Kurtz) See entry under Katherine Kurtz.
* _Death of an Adept (with Katherine Kurtz) See entry under Katherine Kurtz.
HARRIS, MICAH (chron.)

* *Heaven’s War (with Michael Gaydos) (Image Comics 1-58240-330-9, Nov 2003, $12.95, 119pp, tp, cover by Michael Gaydos) Graphic novel, written by Harris and illustrated by Gaydos, of a mystic confrontation between Aleister Crowley and The Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and Charles Williams.
HARRIS, ROBERT J. (chron.)

* _Atalanta and the Arcadian Beast (with Jane Yolen) See entry under Jane Yolen.
* _Jason and the Gorgon’s Blood (with Jane Yolen) See entry under Jane Yolen.
* _Prince Across the Water (with Jane Yolen) See entry under Jane Yolen.
HARRISON, EMMA (chron.)

* *Charmed: A Tale of Two Pipers (Simon Spotlight 0-689-86850-2, May 2004, $5.99, 203pp, pb) [Charmed] Young-adult novelization, the 24th based on the TV show about three witches. Copyrighted by Spelling Television.
HARRISON, HARRY; [legalized from Henry Maxwell Dempsey] (1925- ) (chron.)

* _Bill the Galactic Hero (ibooks 0-7434-8707-9, Jul 2004, $6.99, 185 + ix, pb, cover by Steve Fastner & Rich Larsen) [Bill the Galactic Hero] Reprint (Doubleday 1965) humorous SF novel, first in a series.
* _West of Eden (ibooks 0-7434-8718-4, Jun 2004, $7.99, 483pp, pb, cover by Douglas Henderson) [Eden] Reprint (Bantam 1984) prehistoric/alternate-history SF novel. This has the 2000 introduction by Harrison.
HARRISON, KIM; pseudonym of Dawn Cook, (1966- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Dead Witch Walking (HarperTorch 0-06-057296-5, May 2004, $6.99, 416pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Rachel Morgan] Humorous dark fantasy novel about a witch PI in a world where non-humans (vampires, pixies, weres, etc.) live openly with humans. Harrison is a pen name for Dawn Cook.
HARRISON, M(ichael) JOHN (1945- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* +The Course of the Heart (Night Shade Books 1-892389-97-5, Jun 2004, $27.00, 184pp, hc, cover by David Lloyd) Literary fantasy novel. Three students perform a ritual that haunts them years later. First US edition (Gollancz 1992). A signed, limited edition of 150 with an added story (-98-3, $45.00) is also available. Night Shade Books, 3623 SW Baird St., Portland OR 97219; 503-452-0761; [night@nightshadebooks.com]; [www.nightshadebooks.com].

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