The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

Books, Listed by Author

POLLOTTA, NICK (chron.) (continued)

• * *That Darn Squid God (with James Clay) (Wildside Press 1-59224-097-6, Feb 2004, $24.95, 291pp, hc, cover by Steven Fastner & Rich Larson) Humorous fantasy novel, mixing parody of H.P. Lovecraft, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and others. Signs foretell the return of the dreaded Squid God in Victorian England. Clay seems to be a pen name for Phil Foglio. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928.
• * _That Darn Squid God (with James Clay) (Wildside Press 0-8095-1580-6, Nov 2004, $15.95, 291pp, tp, cover by Fastner & Larson) Reprint (Wildside 2004) humorous fantasy novel, mixing parody of H.P. Lovecraft, H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, and others. Clay seems to be a pen name for Phil Foglio. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928.

POMPLUN, TOM, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Graphic Classics, Volume One: Edgar Allan Poe: Second Edition See entry under Edgar Allan Poe.
• * *Graphic Classics, Volume Ten: Horror Classics (Eureka Productions 0-9746648-1-2, Sep 2004, $9.95, 144pp, tp, cover by Mark A. Nelson) Illustrated anthology/graphic novel with 12 illustrated or comic-style adaptations of works by authors including Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, and Clark Ashton Smith. Eureka Productions, 8778 Oak Grove Road, Mount Horeb WI 53572; [www.graphicclassics.com]. (Contents)

POTTER, ALEXANDER B., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Sirius: The Dog Star (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg

POURNELLE, JERRY E(ugene) [Ph.D] (1933- ) (chron.)

• * _The Mote in God’s Eye (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.

POW, TOM (chron.)

• * *The Pack (Definitions 0-09-947563-4, Aug 2004, £4.99, x+243pp, tp) Young-adult post-holocaust SF novel set in a city divided into zones and territories.

POWELL, DENNING; see pseudonym Lee Denning (chron.)

POWERS, TIM(othy Thomas) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Powers of Two (NESFA Press 1-886778-51-5, Jan 2004, $24.00, 292 + viii, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Omnibus of two of Powers’ early novels: The Skies Discrowned (1976; a slightly different version was published by Tor 1986 as Forsake the Sky) and An Epitaph in Rust (1976 as Epitaph in Rust; corrected version NESFA 1989), both printed in corrected versions. Printed in honor of his GoH appearance at Arisia. Order from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701; [www.nesfapress.com]; add $3.00 shipping. (Contents)

POYARKOV, SERGEI (chron.)

• * _Flawless Imperfection (Poyarkov, Sergey 966-95718-0-6, Mar 2004, $49.50, 192pp, tp, cover by Sergey Poyarkov) Reprint (Poyarkov 2003) art book, with text in English and Russian. Originally designed to accompany a 2003 exhibit at the National Historical Museum of Ukraine, this “Second Expanded Edition” a 2004 exhibit at the Bogdan Varvara Khanenko City Museum of Art in Kiev, Ukraine. Available in the US from Bud Plant Comic Art, PO Box 1689, Grass Valley CA 95945-1689; 800-242-6642; [www.budplant.com].

PRATCHETT, TERRY (David John) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55202-X, Oct 2004, £5.99, 319pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [DiscworldDiscworld] Reissue (Doubleday UK 2001) humorous young-adult fantasy novel. Book 28 of the “Discworld” series. Second printing.
• * *The Art of Discworld (with Paul Kidby) (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07511-2, Sep 2004, £14.99, 128pp, hc, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Art book illustrating the major characters of the “Discworld” series. Introduction and text by Pratchett; illustrated by Paul Kidby.
• * +The Art of Discworld (with Paul Kidby) (HarperCollins 0-06-075827-9, Jan 2005, $29.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Art book about Pratchett’s fantasy world, with text by Pratchett and art by Kidby. First US edition (Gollancz 9/04).
• * _Carpe Jugulum (HarperTorch 0-06-102039-7, May 2004, $6.99, 378pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (Doubleday UK 1998) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #23. Eighth printing.
• * _The Carpet People (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55105-8, Oct 2004, £5.99, 250pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) Reissue (Colin Smythe 1971) humorous young-adult fantasy novel. This is the extensively revised (Doubleday UK 1992) edition. Third printing.
• * *The Celebrated Discworld Almanak for The Year of the Prawn (with Bernard Pearson) (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60683-4, Oct 2004, £9.99, 127pp, hc) Humorous non-fiction.
• * _The Color of Magic (HarperTorch 0-06-102071-0, May 2004, $6.99, 210pp, pb) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1983) humorous fantasy novel, first in the “Discworld” series. 16th printing.
• * _The Colour of Magic (Doubleday UK 0-385-60864-0, Sep 2004, £12.99, 287pp, hc) [Discworld] Reprint (Colin Smythe 1983) humorous fantasy novel, first in the “Discworld” series. This is a “21st Anniversary Edition.”
• * _Diggers (HarperTrophy 0-06-009494-X, Apr 2004, $5.99, 204pp, tp, cover by S. Saelig Gallagher) [Bromeliad] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1990) young-adult fantasy novel, second in “The Bromeliad” trilogy.
• * _Diggers (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55101-5, Oct 2004, £5.99, 221pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Nomes] Reissue (Doubleday UK 1990) humorous young-adult fantasy novel. Book two of the “Nomes” trilogy. Third printing.
• * _Equal Rites (HarperTorch 0-06-102069-9, May 2004, $6.99, 213pp, pb) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1987) humorous fantasy novel, third in the “Discworld” series. Tenth printing.
• * _Equal Rites (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15260-9, Sep 2004, £6.99, 285pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1987) humorous fantasy novel. Book three of the “Discworld” series. Rejacketed for adults. 23rd printing.
• * _Eric (HarperTorch 0-380-82121-4, May 2004, $6.99, 197pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1990) fantasy novel, a Discworld takeoff on Faust. Third printing.
• * _Feet of Clay (HarperTorch 0-06-105764-9, Mar 2004, $6.99, 357pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1996) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #19, by the UK numbering. 16th printing.
• * _The Fifth Elephant (HarperTorch 0-06-102040-0, May 2004, $6.99, 370pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (HarperPrism 2000) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #24. Sixth printing.
• * *Going Postal (HarperCollins 0-06-001313-3, Oct 2004, $24.95, 377pp, hc, cover by Scott McKowen) [Discworld: Moist von Lipwig] Humorous fantasy novel in the “Discworld” series. A con-man is given the job of reviving the moribund Ankh-Morpork postal system. Simultaneous with the UK edition (Doubleday UK).
• * _Going Postal (SFBC #1171641, Oct 2004, $12.49, 377pp, hc, cover by Scott McKowen) [Discworld: Moist von Lipwig] Reprint (HarperCollins 2004) humorous fantasy novel in the “Discworld” series. This is similar to the HarperCollins edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Going Postal (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60342-8, Oct 2004, £17.99, 352pp, hc, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld: Moist von Lipwig] Humorous fantasy novel. Volume 33 in the “Discworld” series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.
• * _Guards! Guards! (HarperTorch 0-06-102064-8, May 2004, $6.99, 355pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1989) humorous fantasy novel, eighth in the “Discworld” series. Seventh printing.
• * *A Hat Full of Sky (Doubleday UK 0-385-60736-9, Apr 2004, £12.99, 352pp, hc, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Young-adult humorous fantasy novel. Book 32 in the “Discworld” series, and the second “Tiffany Aching” novel after The Wee Free Men. The US (HarperCollins) edition is due June 1.
• * +A Hat Full of Sky (HarperCollins 0-06-058660-5, May 2004, $16.99, 278pp, hc, cover by Chris Gall) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Young-adult humorous fantasy novel of the Discworld, sequel to The Wee Free Men. Tiffany Aching leaves home to learn magic. First US edition (Doubleday UK 4/04).
• * _A Hat Full of Sky (SFBC #1159232, Jul 2004, $9.99, 280pp, hc, cover by Chris Gall) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Reprint (HarperCollins 2004) young-adult humorous fantasy novel of the Discworld, sequel to The Wee Free Men. Ths is similar to the HarperCollins edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Interesting Times (HarperTorch 0-06-105690-1, Mar 2004, $6.99, 368pp, pb) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1994) humorous fantasy novel. “Discworld” #17, by UK numbering. 13th printing.
• * _Jingo (HarperTorch 0-06-105906-4, Jun 2004, $6.99, 437pp, pb) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1997) humorous fantasy novel, #21 in the “Discworld” series (by UK numbering). 13th printing.
• * _Johnny and the Bomb (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55104-X, Oct 2004, £5.99, 264pp, tp, cover by hen) [Johnny Maxwell] Reissue (Doubleday UK 1996) humorous young-adult SF novel. Revised edition. Book three of the “Johnny Maxwell” series. Third printing.
• * _Johnny and the Dead (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55106-6, Oct 2004, £5.99, 232pp, tp, cover by hen) [Johnny Maxwell] Reissue (Doubleday UK 1993) humorous young-adult fantasy novel. Book two of the “Johnny Maxwell” series. Third printing.
• * _The Last Continent (HarperTorch 0-06-105907-2, Nov 2004, $6.99, 390pp, pb) [Discworld] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1998) humorous fantasy novel, #22 in the “Discworld” series. Ninth printing.
• * _The Light Fantastic (HarperTorch 0-06-102070-2, May 2004, $6.99, 241pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (Colin Smythe 1985) fantasy novel, second in the Discworld series. Tenth printing.
• * _The Light Fantastic (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15259-5, Sep 2004, £6.99, 285pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Colin Smythe 1986) humorous fantasy novel. Book two of the “Discworld” series.
• * _Lords and Ladies (HarperTorch 0-06-105692-8, May 2004, $6.99, 374pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1992) humorous fantasy novel, 14th in the “Discworld” series. 14th printing.
• * _Maskerade (HarperTorch 0-06-105691-X, Jun 2004, $6.99, 358pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1995) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #18, by the UK numbering. 12th printing.
• * _Men at Arms (HarperTorch 0-06-109219-3, May 2004, $6.99, 377pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1993) humorous fantasy novel, 15th in the “Discworld” series. 13th printing.
• * _Monstrous Regiment (HarperTorch 0-06-001316-8, Sep 2004, $7.50, 389pp, pb) [Discworld] Reprint (HarperCollins 2003) humorous fantasy novel in the “Discworld” series.
• * _Monstrous Regiment (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14941-1, Oct 2004, £6.99, 494pp, pb, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Reprint (HarperCollins; Doubleday UK 2003) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 31 in the “Discworld” series.
• * _Mort (HarperTorch 0-06-102068-0, May 2004, $6.99, 243pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1987) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #4. Seventh printing.
• * _Mort (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15261-7, Sep 2004, £6.99, 317pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1987) humorous fantasy novel. Book four of the “Discworld” series.
• * _The New Discworld Companion (with Stephen Briggs) (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07555-4, Jan 2004, £6.99, 472pp, tp, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1994 as The Discworld Companion) humorous reference work. This is the Gollancz 2003 updated and revised edition covering works through 2002.
• * *Once More with Footnotes (The NESFA Press 1-886778-57-4, Sep 2004, $25.00, 282pp, hc, cover by Omar Rayyan) Collection of 44 short pieces: 17 stories, 26 non-fiction pieces, and one poem, published in honor of Pratchett’s appearance as GoH at Noreascon 4, Worldcon 2004. Pratchett provides introductions to each piece, and a general “Apology”. Introduction by Esther Friesner; afterword by Priscilla Olson. Available from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701; [www.nesfa.org/press]; add $3.00 postage. (Contents)
• * _Only You Can Save Mankind (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55103-1, Oct 2004, £5.99, 238pp, tp, cover by hen) [Johnny Maxwell] Reissue (Doubleday UK 1992) humorous young-adult fantasy novel. Book one of the “Johnny Maxwell” series. Third printing.
• * _Pyramids (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15264-1, Sep 2004, £6.99, 183pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1989 as Pyramids (The Book of Going Forth)) humorous fantasy novel. Book seven of the “Discworld” series.
• * _Reaper Man (HarperTorch 0-06-102062-1, May 2004, $6.99, 353pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1991) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #10. Fifth printing.
• * _Sourcery (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15262-5, Sep 2004, £6.99, 334pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1988) humorous fantasy novel. Book five of the “Discworld” series.
• * _Thief of Time (HarperTorch 0-06-103132-1, May 2004, $6.99, 357pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (HarperCollins 2001) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #26. Sixth printing.
• * _Truckers (HarperTrophy 0-06-009496-6, Apr 2004, $5.99, 261pp, tp, cover by S. Saelig Gallagher) [Bromeliad] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1989) young-adult fantasy novel, first in “The Bromeliad” trilogy.
• * _Truckers (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55100-7, Oct 2004, £5.99, 267pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Nomes] Reissue (Doubleday UK 1989) humorous young-adult fantasy novel. Book one of the “Nomes” trilogy. Fifth printing.
• * _The Truth (HarperTorch 0-380-81819-1, May 2004, $6.99, 348pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (HarperCollins 2000) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #25. Fifth printing.
• * _The Wee Free Men (Corgi 0-552-54905-3, Feb 2004, £5.99, 318pp, tp, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2003) young-adult humorous fantasy novel. Volume 30 in the “Discworld” series, and first of the “Tiffany Aching” books.
• * _The Wee Free Men (HarperTrophy 0-06-001238-2, Jun 2004, $6.99, 377pp, pb, cover by Chris Gall) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Reprint (HarperCollins 2003) young-adult humorous fantasy novel of the Discworld, the first featuring Tiffany Aching.
• * _Wings (HarperTrophy 0-06-009495-8, Apr 2004, $5.99, 215pp, tp, cover by S. Saelig Gallagher) [Bromeliad] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1990) young-adult fantasy novel, third in “The Bromeliad” trilogy.
• * _Wings (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55102-3, Oct 2004, £4.99, 237pp, tp) [Nomes] Reissue (Doubleday UK 1990) humorous young-adult fantasy novel. Book three of the “Nomes” trilogy. Third printing.
• * _Witches Abroad (HarperTorch 0-06-102061-3, May 2004, $6.99, 374pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1991) humorous fantasy novel, “Discworld” #12. Fifth printing.
• * _Wyrd Sisters (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15263-3, Sep 2004, £6.99, 365pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1988) humorous fantasy novel. Book six of the “Discworld” series. 20th printing.

PREISS, BYRON (Cary), ed. (1953-2005) (chron.)

• * _Weird Heroes, Volume 1 (ibooks 0-7434-7955-6, Apr 2004, $6.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Steranko) Reprint (Pyramid 1975) anthology of five stories and an interview with Fritz Leiber. This is a 30th Anniversary edition with a new introduction by Preiss. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

PRESTON, DOUGLAS (1956- ) (chron.)

• * *Brimstone (with Lincoln Child) (Warner 0-446-53143-X, Aug 2004, $25.95, 499pp, hc) [Aloysius Pendergast] Thriller. FBI agent Pendergast investigates the seemingly supernatural murder of an art critic.
• * _Still Life With Crows (with Lincoln Child) (Warner 0-446-61276-6, Jul 2004, $7.99, 564pp, pb, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) Reprint (Warner 2003) associational thriller of strange murders in a small town.

PREUSS, PAUL (F.) (1942- ) (chron.)

• * _Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime, Volume 1 (ibooks 0-7434-9826-7, Dec 2004, $6.99, 328pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Venus Prime] Reprint (Avon 1987 as Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime, Volume 1: Breaking Strain) SF novel, first in a series based on a concept by Clarke, whose afterword to the original is now the introduction. This has the 1999 afterword by Preuss. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

PRICE, E(dgar) HOFFMANN (Trooper) (1898-1988) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Satan’s Daughter and Other Tales from the Pulps (Wildside Press 0-8095-1118-5, Nov 2004, $15.95, 236pp, tp) Collection of 13 stories. Introduction by Darrell Schweitzer. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301; [www.wildsidepress.com]. (Contents)

PRICE, ROBERT M(cNair), ed. (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The New Lovecraft Circle (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44406-X, Apr 2004, $14.95, 451pp, tp, cover by Gahan Wilson) Reprint (Fedogan & Bremer 1996) collection of 25 stories in the Cthulhu Mythos, with introduction by the editor and preface by Ramsey Campbell.
• * *Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror, Issue #8 (Wildside Press 0-8095-3341-3, 2003, $12.50, 111pp, tp, cover by Jason Van Hollander) Anthology/magazine in print-on-demand form, Volume 4, No. 1 of Strange Tales, and the first new issue since 1933, with eight stories by authors including Richard A. Lupoff, Darrell Schweitzer, and John Gregory Betancourt. This is dated 2003 but not seen until now. Available online at [www.wildsidepress.com], or from Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301. Contents indexed under magazines.

PRICE, SUSAN (1955- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +A Sterkarm Kiss (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-072197-9, Oct 2004, $16.99, 277pp, hc, cover by Pat Clark) [Sterkarm] Young-adult time-travel SF, sequel to The Sterkarm Handshake. The company tries sending its Time Tunnel to an alternate medieval Scotland to do business with a different version of the troublemaking Sterkarm tribe. First US edition (Scholastic UK 10/03).
• * _A Sterkarm Kiss (Scholastic UK 0-439-97842-4, Oct 2004, £6.99, 303pp, tp, cover by Shane Rebenschied) [Sterkarm] Reprint (Scholastic UK 2003) young-adult SF novel. The sequel to The Sterkarm Handshake.

PRIEST, CHRISTOPHER (McKenzie) (1943- ) (chron.)

• * _The Separation (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07003-X, Feb 2004, £6.99, 405pp, tp) Reprint (Scribner UK 2002) award-winning alternate-history novel.

PRIEST, CHRISTOPHER J. (chron.)

• * *Green Lantern: Sleepers, Book One (with Mike Baron) (ibooks 0-7434-8724-9, Jul 2004, $22.95, 265pp, hc, cover by John Watson) [Green Lantern: Sleepers] Novelization based on the comic books, the first volume in a trilogy. Copyrighted by DC Comics. (Christopher J. Priest is not British writer Christopher Priest.)
• * *Green Lantern: Sleepers, Book Two (with Michael Ahn) (ibooks 0-7434-9811-9, Jan 2005, $22.95, 314pp, hc, cover by John Watson) [Green Lantern] Novelization based on the comic books, the second volume in a trilogy. Copyrighted by DC Comics. (Christopher J. Priest is not British writer Christopher Priest.)

PRIOR, LILY (chron.)

• * *Ardour (Black Swan 0-552-77089-2, Mar 2004, £6.99, 216pp, tp) Literary fantasy novel. A mule’s love for a man casts a spell over the region.