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 2002 - [13 Nov] Neal Asher, The Line of Polity – Tor UK (Pan Macmillan) sf, trade paperback. Proof copy received; scheduled March 2003. ISBN 033390365X • AbeBooks
October 2002 - [28 Oct] John Meaney, Context – Bantam sf hardback. Sequel to Paradox; "Book Two in the Nulapeiron Sequence". ISBN 0593047354 • AbeBooks
- [21 Oct] Richard Morgan, Broken Angels – Gollancz hardback sf. Proof copy received. Scheduled March 2003. ISBN 0575073233 • AbeBooks (Sequel to Altered Carbon. ISBN 057507390X • AbeBooks)
Also trade paperback ISBN 0575073241 • AbeBooks- [15 Oct] Ken MacLeod, Engine City – Orbit hardback sf. Book three of "Engines of Light". ISBN 1841491489 • AbeBooks
September 2002 - [12 Sep] Stephen Baxter, Evolution – Gollancz hardback sf. Proof copy received. Scheduled November 2002. ISBN 0575073411 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback ISBN 057507342X • AbeBooks- [5 Sep] Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, Legends of Dune: The Butlerian Jihad – Hodder & Stoughton hardback. ISBN 0340823305 • AbeBooks
- [5 Sep] Richard Morgan, Altered Carbon – Gollancz paperback of 2002 hardback. Reviewed in hardback. ISBN 057507390X • AbeBooks
- [2 Sep] Michael Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody – Gollancz fantasy, hardback. "Utterly unauthorized and totally exploitative" J.K. Rowling spoof. ISBN 057507454X • AbeBooks
August 2002 - [28 Aug] Harry Harrison, Stars and Stripes Triumphant – NEL paperback. "Book Three: Stars and Stripes." Reviewed for Amazon in hardback. ISBN 0340689226 • AbeBooks
- [20 Aug] Robert Rankin, The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse – Gollancz fantasy, hardback. Their first Rankin title since poaching him from Doubleday. ISBN 0575073136 • AbeBooks
- [13 Aug] Christopher Priest, The Separation – Scribner's, trade paperback. The Priest alternative history novel, characteristically strange. ISBN 0743220331 • AbeBooks
July 2002 - [24 Jul] M. John Harrison, Light – Gollancz sf hardback. Harrison's return to heartland sf. Proof copy received; scheduled 17 October 2002. ISBN 0575070250 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback ISBN 0575070269 • AbeBooks- [21 Jul] Ben Bova, The Rock Rats – NEL paperback. "The Asteroid Wars: II." Previously reviewed in hardback. ISBN 0340769599 • AbeBooks
- [18 Jul] Peter F. Hamilton, Misspent Youth – Macmillan sf hardback. Proof copy (signed and numbered) received; scheduled 8 November 2002. ISBN 0333900707 • AbeBooks
- [16 Jul] Adam Roberts, Stone – Gollancz sf trade paperback. ISBN 0575070641 • AbeBooks
- [15 Jul] Stephen Baxter, Phase Space: Stories from the Manifold and Elsewhere – Voyager hardback sf. Collection of 25 stories with framing material. Many have links to the "Manifold" trilogy (Time, Space, Origin). ISBN 0002257696 • AbeBooks
June 2002 - [28 Jun] Peter Hamilton, Fallen Dragon – Pan sf paperback. Reviewed in hardback edition. ISBN 0330480065 • AbeBooks
- [18 Jun] Alastair Reynolds, Redemption Ark – Gollancz C-format paperback sf. ISBN 0575068809 • AbeBooks
- [17 Jun] Walter Jon Williams, The Praxis – Earthlight trade paperback sf. "Book One of Dread Empire's Fall." A second proof copy received – scheduled 7 October. ISBN 074346110X • AbeBooks
Also hardback ISBN 0743461118 • AbeBooks- [11 Jun] Kevin J. Anderson, Hidden Empire – sf space opera. Proof copy of trade paperback received (again) from Earthlight; scheduled 1 July 2002. "The Saga of Seven Suns: Book One." ISBN 0743220455 • AbeBooks
Also hardback ISBN 0743220447 • AbeBooks
May 2002 - [23 May] Harry Harrison, Stars and Stripes Triumphant – Hodder & Stoughton hardback sf. Third in alternate history series. ISBN 0340689218 • AbeBooks
- [21 May] Peter Crowther, ed, Infinities – Gollancz hardback sf anthology. Four novelettes: "A Writer's Life" by Eric Brown, "The Human Front" by Ken MacLeod, "Diamond Dogs" by Alastair Reynolds, "Park Polar" by Adam Roberts. Third in "Foursight" anthology series. ISBN 0575073551 • AbeBooks
- [20 May] Robert Silverberg, The Longest Way Home – Gollancz trade paperback, standalone sf novel. ISBN 0575073527 • AbeBooks
Also hardback ISBN 0575073527 • AbeBooks- Jonathan Carroll, The Wooden Sea – Gollancz paperback. Reviewed earlier in hardback. ISBN 0575073519 • AbeBooks
April 2002 - [24 Apr] R.A. Salvatore, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones – Century sf hardback. What can one say? ISBN 0712684077 • AbeBooks
- [24 Apr] Harry Turtledove, American Empire: Blood and Iron – NEL paperback. Third in alternate-history WWI series. ISBN 0340715529 • AbeBooks
- [22 Apr] Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt – Macmillan hardback. Ten short chapters of the unfinished title novel, two short stories, about 50 nonfiction pieces (some very brief), and opening/closing material by others. ISBN 0333766571 • AbeBooks
March 2002 - [18 Mar] John A. Keel, The Mothman Prophecies – NEL paperback. Movie tie-in edition of this, er, classic of the woo-woo genre. ISBN 0340824468 • AbeBooks
- [13 Mar] Mike Ashley, The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction – Robinson sf trade paperback. Editor's choice of 22 sf stories from 1901 to 2002 (the latest being originals by Stephen Baxter and Eric Brown, the rest reprints). ISBN 1841193755 • AbeBooks
- [11 Mar] Robert Rankin, The Fandom of the Operator – Corgi sf paperback. Previously reviewed in hardback. ISBN 0552148970 • AbeBooks
February 2002 - [11 Feb] Richard Morgan, Altered Carbon – Gollancz sf hardback, reviewed earlier; finished copy now received. ISBN 0575073217 • AbeBooks
Also trade paperback ISBN 0575073225 • AbeBooks- [6 Feb] Ian McDonald, Ares Express – Earthlight sf paperback, reviewed earlier in hardback. Magic realism and big trains on Mars – lots of fun. ISBN 0671037544 • AbeBooks
- [1 Feb] Greg Egan, Schild's Ladder – Gollancz sf hardback edition (see below for large-format paperback). ISBN 0575070684 • AbeBooks
January 2002 - [31 Jan] Stephen Baxter, Icebones – Gollancz sf paperback. "Mammoth Book Three." ISBN 0575072989 • AbeBooks
- [31 Jan] Alan Dean Foster, Star Wars: The Approaching Storm – Century sf hardback. "Prologue to Star Wars: Episode II." ISBN 0712621865 • AbeBooks
- [31 Jan] Greg Egan, Schild's Ladder – Gollancz sf C-format paperback. Finished copy now received. More wildly ambitious sf of ideas. ISBN 0575071230 • AbeBooks
- [29 Jan] Ben Bova, The Rock Rats – NEL sf hardback. "The Asteroid Wars: II." ISBN 0340769580 • AbeBooks
- [17 Jan] Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen, The Science of Discworld II: The Globe – Ebury Press proof copy, hardback scheduled 2 May 2002. Half Discworld story, half pop-science. ISBN 0091882737 • AbeBooks
- [8 Jan] Tom Holt, Falling Sideways – Orbit hardback comic fantasy. ISBN 1841490873 • AbeBooks