There and Back Again the Latest Science Fiction and Fantasy for Your Patrons and You
02/26/04, 04:00:00 PM-05:15:00 PM.
Presented by Bonnie Kunzel and Diana Tixier Herald authors of Strictly Science Fiction
1. Armstrong, Jennifer and Nancy Butcher. . The Kiln. Fire-Us Trilogy Book 3. Eos, 2003. 0060080507
$16.99. (Paperback) 006447271X $5.99. Survival. Post-Apocalypse. Viruses. (Gr. 5-9) Previous titles
in series: The Kindling. The Keepers of the Flame [SF]
2. Ash, Sarah. Lord of Snow and Shadows: Tears of Artamon Book 1. Bantam, 2003. 0553803344
$21.95. (Paperback) 0553803344. $7.50, Good vs. evil. Shape-shifting. Dragons. (Adult) [FAN]
3. Barry, Max. Jennifer Government. Doubleday, 2003. 0385507593 $19.95. (Trade Paperback)
1400030927 $12.95. Dystopian futures. Capitalism. (Adult) [SF]
4. Bear, Greg. Darwin's Children. Ballantine, 2003. 0345448359 $24.95 (Paperback) 0345448367 $7.50.
(Abridged audio) 0739302345 $29.95. Genetic mutations. Social control. Viruses. Sequel to Darwin’s
Radio. (Adult) [SF]
5. Bell, Hilari. The Goblin Wood. Eos 0060513713. $16.99. (Paperback) 006051373X. Witches; Knights;
goblins; magic; war (Gr. 5-10). [FAN] Flame. The Book of Sorahb #1. Simon & Schuster, 2003. 0-
689-85413-7 $16.95. Politics. War. Race relations. (Gr. 6-10) [FAN]
6. Brennan, Herbie. Faerie Wars. Bloomsbury, 2003. 1-58234-810-3. $17.95. Parallel worlds. Fairies. (Gr.
5-8) [FAN]
7. Britain, Kristen. First Rider's Call. DAW, 2003. 0756402093. $24.95. Magic. Messengers. Sequel to
Green Rider. (Adult) [FAN]
8. Bujold, Lois McMaster. The Paladin of Souls. Eos, 2003. 0380979020. $24.95. Journeys. Middle-aged
women. Stand alone sequel to The Curse of Chalion. (Adult) [FAN]
9. Calhoun, Dia. White Midnight. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. 0-374-38389-8 $18.00. Teenaged
brides. Apple growing. Fairy tales. (Gr. 9+) [FAN]
10. deLint, Charles. The Harp of the Grey Rose: The Legend of Cerin Songweaver. Firebird, 2004.
0142400602 $6.99. Music. Magic. Orphans. (Gr. 7+) [FAN]
11. Dickinson, Peter. The Tears of the Salamander. Wendy Lamb, 2003. 0-385-73098-5 $16.95 (library
binding) 0-385-90125-9 $18.99. Singers. Italy. Volcanoes. (Gr. 6-9) [FAN]
12. Douglass, Sara. Beyond the Hanging Wall. Tor, 2003. 076530449X $24.95. Missing children.
Physicians. Apprentices. Mining. (Adult) [FAN]
13. Du Prau, Jeanne. The City of Ember. Random House, 2003. 0-375-82273-9 $15.95. Adventure. Postapocalyptic.
Underground cities. (Gr. 5-7) [FAN]
14. Farmer, Nancy. House of the Scorpion. (Gr. 6-10) Atheneum, 2002. 0-689-85222-3. $17.95.
(Paperback) 0689836872. Award winners. Clones. Drug lords. (Gr. 6-10) [SF]
15. Fforde, Jasper. Lost in a Good Book. Penguin, 2003. $24.95. 0670031909. (Unabridged audio cassette)
1565117565 $36.95 Unabridged audio cd) 1565117573 $36.95 Time travel. Detection. (Adult) Other
titles in series: The Eyre Affair. The Well of Lost Plots. [FAN]
16. Fisher, Jude. Wild Magic. Book Two of Fool's Gold. DAW, 2003. $23.95. 0756401453. Magic.
(Adult) [FAN]
17. Funke, Cornelia. Inkheart. 2003. Scholastic. 0439531640 $19.95. Books and reading. Characters in
literature. Magic (Gr. 4-8) [FAN]
18. Goodman, Alison. Singing the Dogstar Blues. 2003. (Gr. 8+) Viking 2003 0-670-03610-2.
$16.99. Time travel; detection; aliens. [SF]
19. Hale, Shannon. Goose Girl. Bloomsbury , 2003. $17.95. 158234843X. Fairy tales. (Gr. 6-9) [FAN]
20. Hayden, Patrick Nielsen, ed. New Skies. Tor, 2003. 0-765-30016-8 $19.95. Short stories. (Adult) [SF]
21. Herbert, Brian and Kevin J. Anderson. Dune: The Machine Crusade. Tor, 2003. 076530158X. Dune
(Imaginary place). Politics. Robots. (Adult) [SF]
22. Hobb, Robin. Golden Fool. The Tawny Man, Book II. Bantam, 2003. 0553801511 $24.95.
(Paperback) 0553582453 $6.99. Assassins. (Adult) Sequel to Fool’s Errand. [FAN]
23. Hoffman, Alice. Green Angel. 2003. Gardening. Grief. Post-apocalyptic. (Gr. 8+) [SF]
24. Hoffman,Mary. Stravaganza: City of Stars. Bloomsbury, 2003 Time travel; Stepfamilies; Horses. (Gr.
6-10) . Second in series started with Stravaganza: City of Masks. [FAN]
25. Hunter, Erin. Into the Wild. Warriors Series. Book 1 . HarperCollins, 2003. 0060000023 $15.99.
Cats. (Gr. 5+) Sequels are: Fire and Ice. Forest of Secrets. Rising Storm. [FAN]
27. Jones, Diana Wynne. The Merlin Conspiracy. Greenwillow, 2003. 0-06-052318-2 $16.99 (library
binding) 0-06-052319-0. Magic; Self-perception; Parallel worlds. (Gr. 6-10) [FAN]
28. Lackey, Mercedes. The Fairy Godmother. Luna, 2004. 0-373-80202-1 $24.95. Fairy godmothers.
Fairy tales. Cinderella. (Adult) [FAN]
29. Lackey, Mercedes and James Mallory. The Outstretched Shadow. The Obsidian Trilogy. Book
1. Tor, 2003. 0765302195. Magic. (Adult) [FAN]
30. Lindskold, Jane. The Dragon of Despair. Through Wolf's Eyes. Book 3 Tor , 2003. 0765302594
$27.95. Politics. Wolves. (Adult) Sequel to Through Wolf's Eyes. Wolf’s Head, Wolf’s Heart. [FAN]
31. Lowachee, Karin. Burndive. Warner Aspect, 2003. 0-446-61318-5 $6.99. Politics. Kidnapping. Aliens.
(Adult)Sequel to Warchild. [SF]
32. Lubar, David. Flip. Tor, 2003 . 0-765-30149-0. $17.95. Twins. Peer pressure. Bullies. Alien
technology. (Gr. 5-8) [SF]
33. Marillier, Juliet. Wolfskin. Tor, 2003. 0765306727. Vikings. Myth and legend. (Adult) [FAN]
34. McCaffrey, Anne and Todd McCaffrey. Dragon's Kin. Tor, 2003. 0345461983 $24.95. Pern
(Imaginary place). Mining. (Adult) [SF]
35. McKinley, Robin. Sunshine. Berkley, 2003. 0425191788 $23.95. Vampires. Occult (Adult) [FAN]
36. McNaughton, Janet. An Earthly Knight. HarperCollins, 2004. 006008992X $15.99 (Library binding)
0060089938. Myth and legend. Scotland. (Gr. 7+) [FAN]
37. Modesitt, L. E. The Wellspring of Chaos. Recluse #12. Tor, 2004. 0765309076 $27.95. Recluse
(imaginary place). Order vs. chaos. (Adult) The series started in 1991 with The Magic of Recluse and
this title follows Scion of Cyador. [FAN]
38. Moon, Elizabeth. Trading in Danger. Del Rey, 2003 0345447603. $24.95. Space adventure. (Adult)
[SF]
39. Nix, Garth. Abhorsen. HarperCollins, 2003. 0060278250 (Library binding) 0060278269 (Gr. 7+)
Third in a series following Sabriel and Lireal. [FAN] Mister Monday. The Keys to the Kingdom 1.
Scholastic, 2003. 0-439-55123-4 $5.99. (Gr. 5-8) Adventurer and Adventurers. [FAN]
40. November, Sharyn, ed., Firebirds. Firebird, 2003. 0142501425 $19.99. Short stories. Anthologies. (Gr.
9+) [FAN]
41. Owens, Robin D. Heart Thief. Berkley, 2003. 0425190722. Celtic lore. Romance. magic. (Adult).
[FAN/SF]
42. Paolini, Christopher. Eragon. Book 1. Inheritance. Knopf, 2003. 0375826688 (Library binding)
0375926682 Dragons. (Gr. 7+) The sequel, The Eldest is to be published in 2004. (Adult) [FAN]
43. Pattou, Edith. East. Harcourt, 2003. 0-15-204563-5. Fairy tales. (Gr. 7+) [FAN]
44. Pierce, Tamora. Trickster’s Choice. Random House, 2003. 0-375-81466-3 $17.95. (Unabridged audio)
Listening Library 0-807-21791-3 $30. Slaves. Politics. Pirates. (Gr. 5-8) [FAN]
45. Pratchett, Terry. Wee Free Men. HarperCollins, 2003. 0-06-001236-6 Witches. Myth and legend.
Discworld (Imaginary place) (Gr. 6-10) [FAN]
46. Prose, Francine. After. Joanna Cotler, 2003. 0060080817 $16.99. School violence. Unexplained
phenomena. (Gr. 6-10) [SF]
47. Reeve, Philip - Mortal Engines: A Novel. Eos, 2003. 0060082070 $16.99. (Library binding)
0060082089 $17.89. Mechanical cities. Post apocalyptic. (Gr. 9+) [SF]
48. Ridley, John. Those Who Walk in Darkness. Warner, 2003. 0-446-53093-X $24.94. Near future.
Paranormal powers. Genetic mutation. Police procedural. (Adult) [SF]
49. Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Scholastic 0-439-35806-X $29.99.
(Library binding) 0-439-56761-0 $34.99. (Unabridged audio) tape: 0-807-22028-0 $45.00 CD: 0-807-
22029-9 $75.00. (Gr. 5+) [FAN]
50. Sawyer, Robert. Hominids. (Hugo Award 2003) Tor, 2002. 0765345005. Parallel worlds. Evolution.
(Adult) Sequels: Humans. Hybrids. [SF]
51. Simmons, Dan. Ilium. Eos, 2003. 0380978938 $25.95. Aliens. Far future. Myth and legend. (Adult)
[SF]
52. Slade, Arthur. Dust, Delacorte, 2003. 0-385-73004-7 $15.95 (Library binding) 0-385-90093-7.
Drought, Missing children; Saskatchewan, Canada. (Gr. 6-9) [FAN]
53. Stroud, Jonathan. The Amulet of Samarkand. Bartimaeus Trilogy. Book One. Hyperion, 2003. -
7868-1859-X $17.95. (Paperback) 0-7868-5143-0 $14.00 (Unabridged audio) Listening Library, 0-
8072-1953-3. Magic; apprentices; djinns. (Gr. 5+) [FAN]
54. Tepper, Sheri S. The Companions. Eos, 2003. 0-06-05382-x $25.95. Dogs. Aliens. Anthropology.
(Adult) [SF]
55. Weis, Margaret. Mistress of Dragons. Tor, 2003. 0765304686 $25.95. Dragons. Magic. (Adult)
[FAN]
56. Westerfield, Scott. The Risen Empire Book 1. Succession. Tor Books, 2003 0765305550 $24.95.
Space opera. (Adult) [SF]
57. Wilson, Robert Charles. Blind Lake. Tor , 2003. 0765302624 $24.95 Aliens. Journalists. Quarantines.
(Adult) [SF]
58. Wrede, Patricia C. & Caroline Stevermer. Sorcery & Cecelia, or, the Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being
the correspondence of two Young Ladies of Quality regarding various Magical Scandals in London
and the Country. Harcourt, 2003 (reissue). 0-15-204615-1 $17.00. Epistolary novels. Regency era
England. Cousins. Magic. (Adult) [SF]
59. Yolen, Jane. Sword Of The Rightful King: A Novel Of King Arthur. Silver Whistle, 2003. Knights
and knighthood. Middle Ages. (Gr. 6-9) [FAN]
60. Zahn, Timothy. Dragon and Thief: A Dragonback Adventure. Tor, 2003. 0-765-30124-5 $24.95.
Aliens. Tattoos. Criminals. Orphans. (Adult) [SF]
Additional Handouts
In the interests of saving trees and lessening the weight of what you have to carry home we have placed the
remainder of our handouts for this session on a web page.
The following handouts are at http://www.sff.net/people/dherald/pla.htm
Science Fiction and Fantasy Resources
The Teen Scene (Science Fiction for Teens)
Annotated List of Recent Science Fiction and Fantasy --- Page 2