At this time I regularly wrote up books for Amazon UK, as formerly linked below; but Amazon's ghastly database kept losing the reviews from their pages and now I prefer not to link to Amazon anyway. Instead, all the reviews are collected along with much else in my ebook Short Shrift: A Big Book of Little Reviews, which see. Sometimes the same reviews turned up at Amazon.com. – David Langford. See the most recent Amazon log page.
November 2003 - [25 Nov] Richard Morgan, Market Forces – Gollancz hardback sf. Proof copy received; scheduled March 2004. Nearish-future (2049) corporate mayhem, billed as "mainstream" just like Margaret Atwood's sf. ISBN 0575075120 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback: ISBN 0575075678 • AbeBooks- [17 Nov] Robert Carter, The Language of Stones – HarperCollins. Arthurian fantasy, to be heavily promoted; proof copy received. Hardback scheduled April 2004. ISBN 000716923X • AbeBooks
- [14 Nov] Christopher Priest, The Separation – Gollancz hardback sf. First hardback edition (from new publisher) of 2002 alternate-history title, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke and British SF Association awards. ISBN 0575070021 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback (not seen): ISBN 0575070137 • AbeBooks- [13 Nov] Alastair Reynolds, Absolution Gap – Gollancz hardback sf. "Concludes the story of the Inhibitors told in Revelation Space and I>Redemption Ark." ISBN 0575074345 • AbeBooks
Also C-format paperback (not seen): ISBN 0575074353 • AbeBooks
October 2003 - [10 Oct] Stephen Baxter, Coalescent – Gollancz hardback sf. "Destiny's Children: Book One." ISBN 057507423X • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback: ISBN 0575074248 • AbeBooks- [8 Oct] Michael Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel – Gollancz hardback fantasy parody. ISBN 0575075589 • AbeBooks
September 2003 - Robin Hobb, Fool's Fate – Voyager hardback fantasy. "The Tawny Man III." ISBN 0002247283 • AbeBooks
August 2003 - [18 Aug] Stephen Baxter, Evolution – Gollancz paperback sf. Reissue of 2002 hardback. ISBN 0575074094 • AbeBooks
- [13 Aug] Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver – Heinemann hardback historical fiction. "Volume One of the Baroque Cycle"; the promised prequel to Cryptonomicon. Proof copy received; scheduled 2 October. ISBN 0434008176 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback: ISBN 0434008931 • AbeBooks
And, weirdly, the proof has its own ISBN: ISBN 043488460X • AbeBooks- [5 Aug] Terry Goodkind, Naked Empire – Voyager hardback fantasy. Book 8 of the "Sword of Truth" sequence, still with lead characters established in book 1. ISBN 0007145578 • AbeBooks
- [4 Aug] Stan Nicholls, Quicksilver Rising – Voyager trade paperback fantasy. "Book One of the Quicksilver Trilogy." Proof copy received: scheduled 4 August. ISBN 0007141491 • AbeBooks
- [1 Aug] Dean R. Koontz The Face – Voyager hardback fantasy. Psychological stalker/killer thriller with supernatural intrusions. ISBN 0007130694 • AbeBooks
July 2003 - [30 Jul] James Barclay, Shadowheart – Gollancz C-format paperback fantasy. ISBN 0575073314 • AbeBooks
June 2003 - [24 Jun] Frederick Forsyth, Avenger – Bantam hardback thriller. Proof copy received; scheduled September 2003. See note on Bad Men below. ISBN 0593050932 • AbeBooks
- [20 Jun] John Connolly, Bad Men – Hodder & Stoughton hardback, supernatural (I think) thriller. ISBN 0340826177 • AbeBooks
- [19 Jun] Kevin J. Anderson, A Forest of Stars – Earthlight sf, C-format paperback. "The Saga of Seven Suns: Book Two." ISBN 0743461215 • AbeBooks
- [19 Jun] Peter F. Hamilton, Misspent Youth – Macmillan paperback sf. Reissue of 2002 title, reviewed that year. ISBN 0330480227 • AbeBooks
- [19 Jun] Greg Keyes, The Briar King – Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) fantasy hardback. Reviewed in proof; finished copy now received. "The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone: Book One." ISBN 1405033517 • AbeBooks
- [17 Jun] Robert Rankin, The Witches of Chiswick – Gollancz hardback sf/fantasy. ISBN 0575073144 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback: ISBN 0575075473 • AbeBooks
May 2003 - [15 May] Chris Wooding, The Weavers of Saramyr – Gollancz hardback fantasy. "Book One of The Braided Path." ISBN 0575074418 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback: ISBN 0575074426 • AbeBooks- [13 May] Lian Hern, Grass For His Pillow – Macmillan fantasy. Proof copy of hardback received; scheduled September 2003. "Tales of the Otori", following on from Across the Nightingale Floor. ISBN 1405005823 • AbeBooks
- [9 May] Greg Keyes, The Briar King – Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) fantasy. Proof copy received; hardback scheduled July 2003. "The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone: Book One." ISBN 1405033517 • AbeBooks
- [6 May] David Lawrence, Nothing Like the Night – Penguin/Michael Joseph crime, C-format paperback. ISBN 0718145003 • AbeBooks
- [2 May] David Gemmell, White Wolf – Bantam UK fantasy hardback. "Book One of The Damned" – a new subseries in the Drenai saga. ISBN 0593044444 • AbeBooks
April 2003 - [4 Apr] David & Leigh Eddings, The Elder Gods – Voyager hardback fantasy. "Book One of The Dreamers." Proof copy received – scheduled 15 July 2003. ISBN 0007157584 • AbeBooks
March 2003 - [20 Mar] Terry Pratchett & Stephen Briggs, The New Discworld Companion – Gollancz fantasy reference, trade paperback. Latest expansion of 1994 title. ISBN 0575074671 • AbeBooks
February 2003 - [14 Feb] Kim Stanley Robinson, The Years of Rice and Salt – Voyager paperback sf (alternate history, anyway). Reissue of 2002 title. Shortlisted for BSFA and Arthur C. Clarke awards. ISBN 0006511481 • AbeBooks
- [13 Feb] William Gibson, Pattern Recognition – Penguin hardback. Proof copy received; scheduled April 2003. ISBN 0670875597 • AbeBooks
January 2003 - [31 Jan] Sarah Ash, Lord of Snow and Shadows – Bantam UK fantasy. "Book One of the Tears of Artanon." Scheduled May 2003. ISBN 0593049837 • AbeBooks
Also US edition, Bantam Spectra, scheduled July 2003. ISBN 0553803344 • AbeBooks- [29 Jan] Robert Ludlum, The Janson Directive – Orion hardback thriller. ISBN 0752845896 • AbeBooks
- [27 Jan] Katharine Kerr, Snare – Voyager trade paperback sf. ISBN 0002246171 • AbeBooks
- [23 Jan] Simon R. Green, Deathstalker Legacy – Gollancz C-format paperback sf. New outbreak of "Deathstalker" space opera series (six previous books, plus prequels): despite determined pushing of eponymous hero over the Reichenbach Falls, his similarly named descendant takes up the tale. ISBN 0575072474 • AbeBooks
- [21 Jan] Steve Cash, The Meq – Macmillan fantasy, trade paperback. "A Lyric Fantasy", first in a trilogy. ISBN 1405000112 • AbeBooks