Top 10 Editors' Picks: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Dan Simmons's Ilium was our favorite book of the year in Science Fiction & Fantasy. See more editors' picks and customers' favorites in our Best of 2003 Store.

1. Ilium
Ilium
Dan Simmons 		Avg. Customer Review:
4.1
In Stock
Eos
July 22, 2003
Hardcover

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Genre-hopping Dan Simmons returns to science fiction with the vast and intricate masterpiece ... Read more
2. The Speed of Dark
The Speed of Dark
Elizabeth Moon 		Avg. Customer Review:
4.4
Out of Print--Limited Availability
Ballantine Books
January 1, 2003
Hardcover

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Corporate life in early 21st-century America is even more ruthless than it was at the turn of the millennium. Lou Arrendale, well compensated for his remarkable pattern-recognition skills, enjoys his job and expects never to lose it. But he has a new boss,... Read more
3. The Briar King (Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, Book 1)
The Briar King (Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone, Book 1)
J. Gregory Keyes 		Avg. Customer Review:
4.2
Out of Print--Limited Availability
Del Rey
January 21, 2003
Hardcover

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The Briar King, Greg Keyes's latest elegant entry into the world of high fantasy, lays the groundwork for what promises to be a mesmerizing four-book series--the Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone. Keyes spins his tale in a meticulously crafted fantasy realm on the brink of apocalyptic change. The Briar ... Read more
4. Pattern Recognition
Pattern Recognition
William Gibson 		Avg. Customer Review:
3.7
Currently unavailable
Putnam Adult
February 3, 2003
Hardcover

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The first of William Gibson's usually futuristic novels to be set in the present, ... Read more
5. In the Forests of Serre
In the Forests of Serre
Patricia A. McKillip 		Avg. Customer Review:
4.4
Currently unavailable
Ace Hardcover
June 3, 2003
Hardcover

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Like Ursula K. Le Guin and Jane Yolen, World Fantasy Award winner Patricia A. McKillip (author of ... Read more
6. Spin State
Spin State
Chris Moriarty 		Avg. Customer Review:
3.9
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Spectra
September 30, 2003
Paperback

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In her debut novel, the terrific thriller Spin State, Chris Moriarty melds cutting-edge science with post-cyberpunk fiction and neo-noir suspense to create a complex, believable future inhabited by one of the most intriguing characters in modern science fiction. Major Catherine Li is a veteran United Nations ... Read more
7. Zulu Heart
Zulu Heart
Steven Barnes 		Avg. Customer Review:
4.7
Currently unavailable
Aspect
March 1, 2003
Hardcover

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Zulu Heart returns to the 19th Century of Steven Barnes's justly acclaimed novel Lion's Blood, a brilliant alternate history in which black Africans have colonized the New World with white Europeans as their slaves. As Zulu Heart opens, New World nobleman Kai ibn Jallaleddin is a ... Read more
8. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Cory Doctorow 		Avg. Customer Review:
3.7
Out of Print--Limited Availability
Tor Books
February 1, 2003
Hardcover

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A lot of ideas are packed into this short novel, but Doctorow's own best idea was setting his story in Disney World, where it's hard to tell whether technology serves dreams or vice versa. Jules, a relative youngster at more than a century old, is a conten... Read more
9. Red Thunder
Red Thunder
John Varley 		Avg. Customer Review:
3.6
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Ace Hardcover
April 1, 2003
Hardcover

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Debuting in 1974, John Varley became the decade's freshest, most exciting, and most important new science fiction author. He dominated the Seventies with numerous stories and two novels, set mostly in his Eight Worlds future history. By 1984 he had won thr... Read more
10. Kushiel's Avatar (Kushiel's Legacy)
Kushiel's Avatar (Kushiel's Legacy)
Jacqueline Carey 		Avg. Customer Review:
4.5
Out of Print--Limited Availability
Tor Books
April 1, 2003
Hardcover

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The promise of Kushiel's Dart (2001), the first volume of Carey's immense trilogy set in a skewed Renaissance world, is more than realized in this splendid conclusion. In the 10 years since the action of the second, relatively uneventful volume, Kushiel's ... Read more



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