SF Reviews for 2002

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Science Fiction/Fantasy Books Reviewed in December 2002 include:

ADVANCE AND RETREAT by Harry Turtledove BAEN, December 2002 **** Reviewed 12/28/02
LEGACIES by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. TOR, October 2002 **** Reviewed 12/28/02
EXILE'S HONOR by Mercedes Lackey DAW Books, October 2002 **** Reviewed 12/17/02
A BED OF EARTH by Tanith Lee Overlook Press, July 2002 *** Reviewed 12/11/02
PRETERNATURAL³ by Margaret Wander Bonanno TOR, September 2002 *** Reviewed 12/08/02
THE THOUSAND ORCS by R. A. Salvatore Forgotten Realms, Wizards of the Coast, November 2002 ** Reviewed 12/04/02

Science Fiction/Fantasy Books Reviewed in November 2002 include:

BURNING THE ICE by Laura J. Mixon TOR, August 2002 **** Reviewed 11/26/02
ROGER ZELAZNY'S THE DAWN OF AMBER by John Gregory Bethancourt ibooks, September 2002 *** Reviewed 11/20/02
WAR OF HONOR by David Weber Baen, October 2002 *** Reviewed 11/19/02
1633 by Eric Flint and David Weber Baen, August 2002 *** Reviewed 11/16/02
THE ALCHEMIST'S DOOR by Lisa Goldstein TOR, August 2002 ** Reviewed 11/14/02
TRANSCENSION by Damien Broderick TOR, February 2002 **** Reviewed 11/12/02
WOLF'S HEAD, WOLF'S HEART by Jane Lindskold TOR, August 2002 ** Reviewed 11/06/02

Science Fiction/Fantasy Books Reviewed in October 2002 include:

DISSOLUTION by Richard Lee Byers Wizards of the Coast, July 2002 *** Reviewed 10/29/02
REQUIEM FOR THE SUN by Elizabeth Haydon TOR, September 2002 *** Reviewed 10/25/02
THE TIDE OF VICTORY by Eric Flint and David Drake BAEN, 2001 *** Reviewed 10/22/02
FORTUNE'S STROKE by Eric Flint and David Drake BAEN, 2000 ** Reviewed 10/22/02
THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD by Harry Turtledove DEL REY, July 2002 ** Reviewed 10/18/02
THE MOCKING PROGRAM by Alan Dean Foster ASPECT, Warner Books, August 2002 **** Reviewed 10/08/02
SORCERY RISING by Jude Fisher DAW Books, July 2002 ** Reviewed 10/04/02

Science Fiction/Fantasy Books Reviewed in September 2002 include:

HIDDEN EMPIRE by Kevin J. Anderson Warner, July 2002 ** Reviewed 9/27/02
THE SKY SO BIG AND BLACK by John Barnes TOR, August 2002 **** Reviewed 9/25/02
FORWARD THE MAGE by Eric Flint and Richard Roach BAEN, March 2002 *** Reviewed 9/22/02
SHADOW PUPPETS by Orson Scott Card TOR, August 2002 *** Reviewed 9/20/02
A SCATTERING OF JADE by Alexander C. Irvine TOR, July 2002 **** Reviewed 9/14/02
THE VOYAGE OF THE JERLE SHANNARA: MORGAWR by Terry Brooks Del Rey, September 2002 **** Reviewed 9/06/02
THE SCAR by China Meiville Del Rey, July 2002 **** Reviewed 9/04/02

Science Fiction/Fantasy Books Reviewed in August 2002 include:

SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL by Holly Lisle Baen Books, January 1996 *** Reviewed 8/25/02
THE DARK LORD by Thomas Harlan TOR, July 2002 ** Reviewed 8/23/02
THE AMAZING DR. DARWIN by Charles Sheffield BAEN, June 2002 **** Reviewed 8/12/02
WHOLE WIDE WORLD by Paul McAuley TOR, May 2002 **** Reviewed 8/12/02
YESTERDAY'S DREAMS by Danielle Ackley-McPhail Mundania, 2006 *** Reviewed 8/09/02
FIRE LOGIC by Laurie J. Marks TOR, May 2002 ** Reviewed 8/01/02

Science Fiction/Fantasy Books Reviewed in July 2002 include:

ARCHFORM: BEAUTY by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. TOR, July 2002 **** Reviewed 7/27/02
A WORKING OF STARS by Debra Doyle and James D. MacDonald TOR, April 2002 ** Reviewed 7/21/02
1632 by Eric Flint BAEN, 2000 **** Reviewed 7/13/02
DRINKING MIDNIGHT WINE by Simon R. Green ROC 2001 (U.S., February 2002) *** Reviewed 7/12/02
PERMANENCE by Karl Schroeder TOR, May 2002 **** Reviewed 7/07/02
THE SALMON OF DOUBT by Douglas Adams Harmony Press, 2002 ** Reviewed 7/04/02
DESTINY by Elizabeth Haydon TOR, August 2001 *** Reviewed 7/02/02

Science Fiction/Fantasy Books Reviewed in June 2002 include:

THE ROCK RATS by Ben Bova TOR, April 2002 ** Reviewed 6/28/02
A CARESS OF TWILIGHT by Laurell K. Hamilton Ballantine Books, April 2002 **** Reviewed 6/25/02
SCHILD'S LADDER by Greg Egan EOS, May 2002 *** Reviewed 6/24/02
A BOY AND HIS TANK by Leo Frankowski BAEN, 1999 *** Reviewed 6/24/02
SPACELAND by Rudy Rucker TOR, May 2002 **** Reviewed 6/21/02
MINDWORLDS by Phyllis Gotlieb TOR, May 2002 * Reviewed 6/19/02
STARMAN by Sara Douglass TOR, 1996 (U.S. May 2002) ** Reviewed 6/15/02
BLOODTIDE by Melvin Burgess TOR, 1999 (U.S. November 2001) ** Reviewed 6/09/02
DESTINY'S SHIELD by Eric Flint and David Drake Baen, 2000 *** Reviewed 6/07/02
DARK ARARAT by Brian Stableford TOR, March 2002 ** Reviewed 6/03/02
IN THE HEART OF DARKNESS by Eric Flint and David Drake Baen Books, 1999 *** Reviewed 6/02/02

Science Fiction/Fantasy Books Reviewed in May 2002 include:

DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY by Lois McMaster Bujold Baen, May 2002 **** Reviewed 5/30/02
DOC SIDHE by Aaron Allston Baen Books, 1995 **** Reviewed 5/29/02
AN OBLIQUE APPROACH by David Drake & Eric Flint Baen Books, 1998 **** Reviewed 5/21/02
THE GREAT WAR: BREAKTHROUGHS by Harry Turtledove Del Rey, August 2000 *** Reviewed 5/11/02
THE TYRANT by Eric Flint and David Drake BAEN, April 2002 *** Reviewed 5/10/02
DARK AS DAY by Charles Sheffield TOR, March 2002 **** Reviewed 5/06/02
VINCALIS THE AGITATOR by Holly Lisle Warner Books, March 2002 ** Reviewed 5/03/02

Science Fiction/Fantasy Books Reviewed in April 2002 include:

Science Fiction/Fantasy Books Reviewed in March 2002 include:

THE ROBOTS OF DAWN by Isaac Asimov Del Rey, 1983 **** Reviewed 3/22/02
THE EXCALIBUR ALTERNATIVE by David Weber BAEN, January 2002 ** Reviewed 3/21/02
SHADOWSINGER by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. TOR, February 2002 ** Reviewed 3/10/02
THE DRAGON SOCIETY by Lawrence Watt-Evans TOR, December 2001 *** Reviewed 3/04/02
THE WATCH by Dennis Danvers EOS, January 2002 *** Reviewed 3/03/02

Science Fiction/Fantasy Books Reviewed in February 2002 include:

HOPSCOTCH by Kevin J. Anderson Bantam Books, February 2002 ** Reviewed 2/25/02
SHADOWS BITE by Stephen Dedman TOR, December 2001 *** Reviewed 2/24/02
RANKS OF BRONZE by David Drake BAEN, 1986 (see also reviews of other SF Classics from the 80s) ** Reviewed 2/20/02
THE ALCHEMIST by Donna Boyd Ballantine, January 2002 ** Reviewed 2/14/02
THE DARK WING by Walter H. Hunt TOR, December 2001 **** Reviewed 2/09/02

Science Fiction/Fantasy Books Reviewed in January 2002 include:

OMBRIA IN SHADOW by Patricia A. McKillip Ace Books, January 2002 **** Reviewed 1/31/02
NARCISSUS IN CHAINS by Laurell K. Hamilton Berkley Books, October 2001 ** Reviewed 1/27/02
MARCHING THROUGH PEACHTREE by Harry Turtledove BAEN, November 2001 *** Reviewed 1/20/02
KEEP ON THE BORDERLANDS by Ru Emerson Wizards of the Coast, 2001 ** Reviewed 1/17/02
QUEEN OF THE DEMONWEB PITS by Paul Kidd Wizards of the Coast, 2001 ** Reviewed 1/15/02
THE PRECIPICE by Ben Bova TOR, October 2001 *** Reviewed 1/14/02
THE OTHER WIND by Ursula K. Le Guin Harcourt, Inc. 2001 *** Reviewed 1/02/02