| Listings for this year are based solely on information from The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004 with no corroboration from any other sources. The month shown is for the receipt of the publication by Locus, not necessarily the month of publication.
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| Year
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Month
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Author
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Title
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SFBC ISBN
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Notes
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| 2004
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January
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Alfred Bester
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The Stars My Destination
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0-7394-3556-6
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Exclusive hardcover edition
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| 2004
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January
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A. Bertram Chandler
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John Grimes: Reserve Commodore
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0-7394-3965-0
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First edition thus
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| 2004
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January
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William C. Dietz
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For More Than Glory
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| 2004
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January
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David Drake
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The Far Side of the Stars
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| 2004
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January
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Dave Duncan
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Impossible Odds
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| 2004
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January
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P. N. Elrod
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The Vampire Files, Volume One
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0-7394-4061-6
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First hardcover edition
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| 2004
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January
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Karen Harbaugh
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Night Fires
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0-7394-3870-0
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First hardcover edition
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| 2004
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January
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Robert A. Heinlein
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For Us, the Living
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| 2004
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January
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Frank Herbert
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Dune
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| 2004
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January
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Mercedes Lackey
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Exile's Valor
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| 2004
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January
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Juliet E. McKenna
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The Assassin's Edge
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0-7394-3967-7
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First hardcover edition
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| 2004
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January
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Andre Norton
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The Solar Queen
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| 2004
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January
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R. A. Salvatore
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Forgotten Realms: The Lone Drow
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| 2004
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February
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Stephen Baxter
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Coalescent
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|
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| 2004
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February
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Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter
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Time's Eye
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| 2004
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February
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Eoin Colfer
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The Wish List
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| 2004
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February
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Thomas H. Cook
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Taken
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0-7394-4047-0
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First hardcover edition
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| 2004
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February
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Tananarive Due
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The Good House
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| 2004
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February
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David Gerrold
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Tales of the Star Wolf
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0-7394-4071-3
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First edition thus
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| 2004
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February
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Laurell K. Hamilton
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Seduced by Moonlight
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| 2004
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February
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Robert E. Howard
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The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian
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0-7394-4081-0
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First hardcover edition
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| 2004
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February
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Robert Jordan
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New Spring: The Novel
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|
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| 2004
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February
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Fritz Leiber
|
Swords' Masters
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0-7394-4205-8
|
Reissued edition
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| 2004
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February
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Madeleine L'Engle
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The Time Quartet
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0-7394-3970-7
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First edition thus
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| 2004
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February
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Bentley Little
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The Policy
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0-7394-3711-9
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First hardcover edition
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| 2004
|
February
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Julian May
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Conqueror's Moon
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| 2004
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February
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J. D. Robb
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Divided in Death
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| 2004
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February
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Luis Royo
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Visions
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| 2004
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February
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Shatner, Reeves-Stevens & Reeves-Stevens
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Star Trek: Captain's Blood
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| 2004
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February
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Robert Silverberg, ed.
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Legends II
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| 2004
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February
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Karl Edward Wagner
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Midnight Sun: The Complete Stories of Kane
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| 2004
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February
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Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
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DragonLance: The Annotated Legends
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| 2004
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February
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John C. Wright
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The Golden Age Trilogy
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0-7394-3965-0
|
First edition thus
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| 2004
|
February
|
Timothy Zahn
|
Star Wars: Survivor's Quest
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| 2004
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March
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Diane Duane
|
Wizard's Holiday
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| 2004
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March
|
Philip Jose Farmer
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To Your Scattered Bodies Go
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0-7394-4188-4
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Exclusive hardcover edition
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| 2004
|
March
|
Peter F. Hamilton
|
Pandora's Star
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|
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| 2004
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March
|
Robert A. Heinlein
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To The Stars
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0-7394-4260-0
|
First edition thus
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| 2004
|
March
|
Robin Hobb
|
Fool's Fate
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|
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| 2004
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March
|
Sherrilyn Kenyon
|
Dance With the Devil
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0-7394-3877-8
|
First hardcover edition
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| 2004
|
March
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Patricia A. McKillip
|
Alphabet of Thorn
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|
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| 2004
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March
|
Sean McMullen
|
Glass Dragons
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|
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| 2004
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March
|
Richard K. Morgan
|
Broken Angels
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0-7394-4220-1
|
First American hardcover edition
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| 2004
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March
|
Andre Norton & Lyn McConchie
|
Beast Master Team
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0-7394-4180-9
|
First edition thus
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| 2004
|
March
|
J. R. R. Tolkien
|
The Lord of the Rings
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0-7394-0825-9
|
Reissued edition
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| 2004
|
April
|
Gregory Benford
|
Beyond Infinity
|
|
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| 2004
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April
|
David Drake
|
The Reaches
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|
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| 2004
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April
|
Mercedes Lackey
|
Alta
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|
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| 2004
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April
|
Eric Van Lustbader
|
Mistress of the Pearl
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|
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| 2004
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April
|
Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
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Acorna's Triumph
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|
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| 2004
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April
|
Audrey Niffenegger
|
The Time Traveler's Wife
|
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Trade paperback
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| 2004
|
April
|
K. J. Parker
|
Shadow
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0-7394-4266-X
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First American edition
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| 2004
|
May
|
Neal Asher
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The Skinner
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|
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| 2004
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May
|
Julie E. Czerneda
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Survival
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|
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| 2004
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May
|
Jennifer Fallon
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Medalon
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|
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| 2004
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May
|
Raymond F. Feist
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King of Foxes
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|
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| 2004
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May
|
Eric Flint & Andrew Dennis
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1634: The Galileo Affair
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|
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| 2004
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May
|
Tracy & Laura Hickman
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Mystic Warrior
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|
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| 2004
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May
|
Tanya Huff
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Smoke and Shadows
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| 2004
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May
|
Alexander C. Irvine
|
Asimov's Have Robot, Will Travel
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| 2004
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May
|
Guy Gavriel Kay
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The Last Light of the Sun
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|
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| 2004
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May
|
Stephen King
|
The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger
|
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Trade paperback
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| 2004
|
May
|
Stephen King
|
The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three
|
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Trade paperback
|
| 2004
|
May
|
Stephen King
|
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
|
|
Trade paperback
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| 2004
|
May
|
Stephen King
|
The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass
|
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Trade paperback
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| 2004
|
May
|
J. K. Rowling
|
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
|
|
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| 2004
|
May
|
Maggie Shayne
|
Edge of Twilight
|
0-7394-4163-9
|
First hardcover edition
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| 2004
|
May
|
Lisa Smedman
|
Forgotten Realms: Extinction
|
|
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| 2004
|
May
|
Cordwainer Smith
|
Norstrilia
|
0-7394-4321-6
|
Exclusive hardcover edition
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| 2004
|
May
|
Caroline Stevermer
|
Scholarly Magics
|
0-7394-4317-8
|
First edition thus
|
| 2004
|
May
|
Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen
|
Heaven
|
|
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| 2004
|
May
|
Jonathan Strahan, ed.
|
Best Short Novels: 2004
|
1-58288-086-7
|
First edition
|
| 2004
|
June
|
Steven Barnes
|
Star Wars: The Cestus Deception
|
|
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| 2004
|
June
|
L. G. Bass
|
Sign of the Qin
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|
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| 2004
|
June
|
Greg Bear
|
Dead Lines
|
|
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| 2004
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June
|
Ben Bova
|
The Asteroid Wars
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0-7394-4404-2
|
First edition thus
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| 2004
|
June
|
C. J. Cherryh
|
Forge of Heaven
|
|
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| 2004
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June
|
Peter David
|
Spider-Man 2
|
0-7394-4451-4
|
First hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
June
|
Philip K. Dick
|
The Man in the High Castle
|
0-7394-4403-4
|
Exclusive hardcover edition
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| 2004
|
June
|
David Eddings
|
The Belgariad: Part I
|
0-7394-4414-X
|
Reissued edition
|
| 2004
|
June
|
David Eddings
|
The Belgariad, Part II
|
0-7394-4415-8
|
Reissued edition
|
| 2004
|
June
|
Steven Erikson
|
Gardens of the Moon
|
|
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| 2004
|
June
|
Cornelia Funke
|
Inkheart
|
|
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| 2004
|
June
|
David Gemmell
|
The Swords of Night and Day
|
|
|
| 2004
|
June
|
David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer, eds.
|
Year's Best SF 9
|
0-7394-4450-6
|
First hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
June
|
Lian Hearn
|
Brilliance of the Moon
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|
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| 2004
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May
|
Stephen King
|
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla
|
|
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| 2004
|
June
|
Ira Levin
|
The Stepford Wives
|
0-7394-4332-1
|
Exclusive hardcover edition
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| 2004
|
June
|
Ken MacLeod
|
Newton's Wake
|
|
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| 2004
|
June
|
George R. R. Martin
|
Tuf Voyaging
|
|
|
| 2004
|
June
|
Robert Newcomb
|
The Scrolls of the Ancients
|
|
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| 2004
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June
|
Larry Niven
|
Ringworld's Children
|
|
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| 2004
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June
|
John Saul
|
Black Creek Crossing
|
|
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| 2004
|
June
|
J. R. R. Tolkien
|
The Book of Lost Tales, Part Two
|
|
|
| 2004
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July
|
Kevin J. Anderson
|
The Saga of Seven Suns, Book 3: Horizon Storms
|
|
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| 2004
|
July
|
Isaac Asimov
|
The Foundation Trilogy
|
0-7394-4405-0
|
Reissued edition
|
| 2004
|
July
|
Gardner Dozois, ed.
|
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-first Annual Collection
|
|
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| 2004
|
July
|
Jeanne DuPrau
|
The People of Sparks
|
|
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| 2004
|
July
|
Simon R. Green
|
Everybody Comes to the Nightside
|
0-7394-4465-4
|
First edition thus
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| 2004
|
July
|
Diana L. Paxson
|
Marion Zimmer Bradley's Ancestors of Avalon
|
|
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| 2004
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July
|
Terry Pratchett
|
A Hat Full of Sky
|
|
|
| 2004
|
July
|
Al Sarrantonio, ed.
|
Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy
|
|
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| 2004
|
July
|
Susan Sizemore
|
I Thirst for You
|
0-7394-4295-3
|
First hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
July
|
S. L. Viehl
|
Bio Rescue
|
|
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| 2004
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July
|
Margaret Weis
|
The Dragon's Son
|
|
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| 2004
|
July
|
Roger Zelazny
|
The Dream Master
|
0-7394-4531-6
|
Exclusive hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
August
|
Richard Adams
|
Watership Down
|
1-58288-095-6
|
First edition thus
|
| 2004
|
August
|
Hamilton, York, Davidson & Wilks
|
Cravings
|
0-7394-4433-6
|
First hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
August
|
John Birmingham
|
Weapons of Choice
|
0-7394-4602-9
|
First hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
August
|
David Cian & Scott Ciencin
|
Transformers Trilogy
|
0-7394-4562-6
|
First edition thus
|
| 2004
|
August
|
Eoin Colfer
|
The Supernaturalist
|
|
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| 2004
|
August
|
Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds.
|
The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm
|
|
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| 2004
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August
|
New Gingrich & William R. Forstchen
|
Grant Comes East
|
|
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| 2004
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August
|
Elizabeth Haydon
|
Elegy for a Lost Star
|
|
|
| 2004
|
August
|
Frank Herbert
|
Heretics of Dune
|
0-7394-4604-5
|
Exclusive hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
August
|
Sherrilyn Kenyon
|
Kiss of the Night
|
0-7394-4273-2
|
First hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
August
|
Karen Marie Moning
|
The Immortal Highlander
|
|
|
| 2004
|
August
|
Andre Norton
|
Witch World: Swords & Spells
|
0-7394-4532-4
|
First edition thus
|
| 2004
|
August
|
K. J. Parker
|
Pattern
|
0-7394-4603-7
|
First hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
August
|
Mary Jo Putney
|
Kiss of Fate
|
|
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| 2004
|
August
|
Robert Silverberg, ed.
|
Between Worlds
|
1-58288-108-1
|
First edition thus
|
| 2004
|
August
|
Charles Stross
|
Timelike Diplomacy
|
0-7394-4564-2
|
First edition thus
|
| 2004
|
September
|
John Brunner
|
Stand on Zanzibar
|
0-7394-4593-6
|
Exclusive hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
September
|
Glen Cook
|
Garrett Investigates
|
0-7394-4752-1
|
First edition thus
|
| 2004
|
September
|
Jasper Fforde
|
The Well of Lost Plots
|
0-9659118-6-1
|
Trade paperback
|
| 2004
|
September
|
James Alan Gardner
|
Radiant
|
|
|
| 2004
|
September
|
Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
|
Dune: The Battle of Corrin
|
|
|
| 2004
|
September
|
Greg Keyes
|
The Charnel Prince
|
|
|
| 2004
|
September
|
China Mieville
|
Iron Council
|
|
|
| 2004
|
September
|
S. M. Stirling
|
Dies the Fire
|
|
|
| 2004
|
September
|
Harry Turtledove
|
Settling Accounts: Return Engagement
|
|
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| 2004
|
September
|
Sarah Zettel
|
The Firebird's Vengeance
|
|
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| 2004
|
October
|
John Gregory Betancourt
|
Roger Zelazny's To Rule in Amber
|
|
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| 2004
|
October
|
Marion Zimmer Bradley & Deborah J. Ross
|
A Flame in Hali
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Terry Brooks
|
High Druid in Shannara: Tanequil
|
|
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| 2004
|
October
|
Flavia Bujor
|
The Prophecy of the Stones
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Marc Cerasini
|
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
|
0-7394-4676-2
|
First hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
October
|
A. Bertram Chandler
|
John Grimes: Rim Runner
|
0-7394-4794-7
|
First edition thus
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Susanna Clarke
|
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Stephen R. Donaldson
|
The Runes of the Earth
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Nancy Farmer
|
The Sea of Trolls
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Feehan, Shayne, Holly, & Knight
|
Hot Blooded
|
0-7394-4608-8
|
First hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Christopher Golden
|
Justice League of America: Exterminators
|
0-7394-4665-7
|
First hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Joe Haldeman
|
Camouflage
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Laurell K. Hamilton
|
Incubus Dreams
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Sherrilyn Kenyon
|
Night Play
|
0-7394-4475-1
|
First hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Dean Koontz
|
The Taking
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Allan Zola Kronzek & Elizabeth Kronzek
|
The Sorcerer’s Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter, Second Edition
|
|
Trade paperback
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory
|
To Light a Candle
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Walter_M._Miller,_Jr.
|
A Canticle for Leibowitz
|
0-7394-4703-3
|
Exclusive hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Elizabeth Moon
|
The Deed of Paksenarrion
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Elizabeth Moon
|
Marque and Reprisal
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Frederik Pohl
|
The Boy Who Would Live Forever
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Terry Pratchett
|
Going Postal
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Michael Reaves & Steve Perry
|
Star Wars: Medstar
|
0-7394-4697-5
|
First edition thus
|
| 2004
|
October
|
John Ringo & Michael Z. Williamson
|
The Hero
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
J. D. Robb
|
Visions in Death
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Mark Schultz
|
Justice League of America: The Flash: Stop Motion
|
0-7394-4664-9
|
First hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Marcus Sedgwick
|
The Book of Dead Days
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
Jonathan Stroud
|
The Golem's Eye
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
G. P. Taylor
|
Shadowmancer
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
G. P. Taylor
|
Wormwood
|
|
|
| 2004
|
October
|
John Varley
|
The John Varley Reader
|
0-7394-4671-1
|
First hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
November
|
Herren, Ford, Ridge & Wolfe
|
Midnight Thirsts
|
0-7394-4668-1
|
First hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
November
|
Philip Athans
|
Forgotten Realms: Annihilation
|
|
|
| 2004
|
November
|
Margaret Ball
|
Disappearing Act
|
|
|
| 2004
|
November
|
Sara Douglass
|
Sinner
|
|
|
| 2004
|
November
|
Dave Duncan
|
The Jaguar Knights
|
|
|
| 2004
|
November
|
David & Leigh Eddings
|
The Treasured One
|
|
|
| 2004
|
November
|
Cathy & Arnie Fenner, eds.
|
Spectrum 11
|
|
|
| 2004
|
November
|
Alan Dean Foster
|
Sliding Scales
|
|
|
| 2004
|
November
|
Steven Gould
|
Jumper
|
|
|
| 2004
|
November
|
Steven Gould
|
Reflex
|
|
|
| 2004
|
November
|
Noel Hynd
|
Ghosts
|
0-7394-4575-8
|
First hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
November
|
Mercedes Lackey
|
Phoenix and Ashes
|
|
|
| 2004
|
November
|
Ursula K. Le Guin
|
The Left Hand of Darkness
|
0-7394-4881-1
|
Exclusive hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
November
|
Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
|
Balance of Trade
|
|
|
| 2004
|
November
|
George R. R. Martin
|
Fevre Dream
|
0-7394-4946-X
|
Exclusive hardcover edition
|
| 2004
|
November
|
John Moore
|
Heroics for Beginners
|
0-7394-4850-1
|
First hardcover edition
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| 2004
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November
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Tamora Pierce
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Protector of the Small
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0-7394-4698-3
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First edition thus
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| 2004
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November
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David Sherman & Dan Cragg
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Star Wars: Jedi Trial
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| 2004
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November
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Maria Tatar, ed.
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The Annotated Brothers Grimm
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| 2004
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November
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David Weber
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The Shadow of Saganami
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| 2004
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November
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Stephen Woodworth
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Through Violet Eyes
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0-7394-4642-8
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First hardcover edition
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| 2004
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November
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Return to Mars
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0-7394-4884-6
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First edition thus
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| 2004
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December
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Michael Crichton
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State of Fear
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| 2004
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December
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Esther M. Friesner, ed.
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Turn the Other Chick
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| 2004
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December
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Robert E. Howard
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The Bloody Crown of Conan
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0-7394-4971-0
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First hardcover edition
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| 2004
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December
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Matthew Hughes
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Black Brillion
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|
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| 2004
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December
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Jack McDevitt
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Polaris
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|
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| 2004
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December
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Alexei Panshin
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Rite of Passage
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0-7394-5000-X
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Exclusive hardcover edition
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| 2004
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December
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K. J. Parker
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Memory
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0-7394-4970-2
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First hardcover edition
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| 2004
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December
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Sean Russell
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The Shadow Roads
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|
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| 2004
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December
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R. A.Salvatore
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Forgotten Realms: The Two Swords
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|
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| 2004
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December
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Allen Steele
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Coyote Rising
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| 2004
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December
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Tad Williams
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Shadowmarch
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