Library Journal articles from March 2005

Library Journal archives from March 2005

Throwing in the towel: it is not "leadership" to accept damaging budget cuts.(academic libraries, budget cuts, job cuts)(Editorial)
March 15, 2005... THEY HAVE TURNED US AGAINST OURSELVES. IN communities and on campuses all over America, they have convinced some of us that resources--the money--is so scarce that there is not enough to support libraries. They talk about "tax burdens" while...

How would you spend $20,000?(Snap Survey)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... "I would erect a huge sign outside the library that would include a TV screen, allowing us to market programs and services, Vegas style!" --Marshall Shore, Manager Ocotillo Branch Library Phoenix Public Library "Offer 20 $1000...

How to shoot down corny pickup lines.(front desk)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... "Can you tell me how to spell love? I'm writing a letter to you. Do you mean the agape love, or the love you have for someone you don't have a chance of ever getting?" --Scott Douglas, Dispatches from a Public Librarian, McSweeney's...

Where did I leave it now?(front desk)(gun forgot by police officer)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Reynoldsburg, OH, police chief Jeanne Miller was suspended without pay for one week after leaving her purse containing a 9 mm automatic (oops!) slung over a chair at a PC workstation at her city's branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library....

License your reading.(front desk)(Love Your Library--license plate campaign, New York)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... The New York State Legislature has created a "Love Your Library" license plate to benefit the New York State Library's Statewide Summer Reading Program. The additional $25 per plate will support summer reading at local libraries. The...

Berkeley budget cuts spur job fears: benefits costs, failed tax increase are culprits, or is it RFID?(LJ news)(Berkeley Public Library, radio frequency identification)
March 15, 2005... The Berkeley Public Library, CA, is reeling from a $1 million shortfall that will lead to the layoff of several library workers by July. In addition, the library's plan to install RFID (radio frequency identification) chips in all its...

Library elite lobby for Salinas.(LJ news)(Salinas City library closure)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Salinas has become the battle cry of the library world. A cadre of state and national library figures descended on the California city on February 23, hoping to block the closure of the city's library system (see News, LJ 311105, p. 16). The...

Herrera named SF city librarian.(LJ News)(Luis Herrera, San Francisco )
March 15, 2005... Also, San Antonio chooses Salazar, and Atlanta picks Szabo. Luis Herrera--for a decade director of information services for the city of Pasadena, CA--has been named San Francisco city librarian. Prior to his service in Pasadena, Herrera...

Blackwell's/ACRL winners named.(LJ News)(Blackwell's Book Services, Association of College and Research Libraries, Excellence in Academic Libraries Award)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Pierce College, Mt. Holyoke, and Univ. of Virginia libraries honored. The 2005 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award, sponsored by Blackwell's Book Services and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), go to the Pierce...

NJ to offer new databases.(LJ News)(New Jersey State Library)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Knowledge initiative to support students and entrepreneurs. The New Jersey State Library (NJSL) has been allotted an additional $6.9 million in the FY05 state budget to fund database purchases under a program called the Knowledge...

Criticas to become e-monthly.(LJ News)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Criticas, the bimonthly print source for English-language reviews of new adult and children's titles from the U.S. and international Spanish-language publishing world, will become a free monthly e-newsletter beginning September 2005. A joint...

Skepticism on municipal Wi-Fi.(LJ News)(New Millennium Research Council)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Report suggests library projects, however, as a viable alternative. A report issued February 3 by the Washington think tank New Millennium Research Council (NMRC) offers much skepticism about the plans by several U.S. cities and towns,...

ALC's access plan proceeds.(LJ News)(Americans for Libraries Council)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Coles to direct $2.7 million grant supporting older adults. The Americans for Libraries Council (ALC) has named Gloria Coles, the longtime director of the Flint Public Library, MI, to direct its National Lifelong Access initiative, which...

San Jose to offer executive MLIS.(LJ News)(master of library and information science)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... At Univ, of Illinois, students can earn digital libraries certificate. Two graduate programs in library and information science are offering advanced training beyond the master's degree, though nonlibrarians may also benefit. San Jose...

Will Google hurt French culture?(LJ News)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... France's national librarian seeks European search engine and more. While relations between Paris and Washington may have been warming, new tensions emerged between Paris and Palo Alto, CA, home of Google. France's national librarian...

CPL's Dempsey made troubleshooter.(LJ News)(Chicago Public Library, Mary Dempsey)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Chicago Public Library (CPL) commissioner Mary Dempsey, a favorite of Mayor Richard M. Daley, has been named interim head of the city's purchasing department, which has been rocked by irregularities regarding contracts and affirmative action...

Nora Rawlinson named Time Warner library services VP.(Time Warner Book Group)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Time Warner Book Group (TWBG) announced February 17 that it has appointed librarian and former Publishers Weekly(PW) editor Nora Rawlinson its first-ever VP of library services. Rawlinson, who started her new role March 1, "will orchestrate...

Steve Martin gives $1m to Huntington.(LJ News)(Huntington Library, Art Collection and Botanical Gardens)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Comedian and art aficionado Steve Martin has donated a hefty $1 million to the Huntington Library, Art Collection and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA. According to the Associated Press, the gift will be spread over a period of five years,...

COA takes action on accreditation.(Committee on Accreditation)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... The Committee on Accreditation (COA) of the American Library Association (ALA) has announced accreditation actions taken at the 2005 ALA Midwinter Meeting. COA will continue the accreditation of the following graduate programs leading to the...

Porn Star back on Houston shelves.(Jenna Jameson's How To Make Love Like a Porn Star)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Jenna Jameson's How To Make Love Like a Porn Star has been returned to the shelves at the Houston Public Library, TX--at least in principle, since there's a long reserve list. In January Houston mayor Bill White, responding to complaints,...

LJ seeks politician of the year nominees.(LJ News)
March 15, 2005... Are there political figures making a difference in your library community? The editors of LJ want to know about them and what they've achieved for libraries in your area. Past winners of this award include San Diego Mayor Dick Murphy (2004),...

Calendar.(LJ News)(Calendar)
March 15, 2005... MAY 4-6--Maryland Library Assn., Ocean City www.mdlib.org 9-11--Massachusetts Library Assn., North Falmouth www.masslib.org 11-13--Utah Library Assn., Ogden www.ula.org 12-13--New Hampshire Library Assn., Manchester...

Public Libraries of Saginaw.(appoints Trisha A. Burns)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Trisha A. Burns is now Director, Public Libraries of Saginaw, MI. She was Assistant Director, Bay County Library System, MI, since 2001.

New York Public Library.(appoints Anne L. Coriston, Mary Frances Cooper )(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Anne L. Coriston is now Deputy Director for Administrative Services, New York Public Library (NYPL). She was Vice President for Government and Community Affairs, NYPL, and a 2003 LJ Mover & Shaker. Mary Frances Cooper has been appointed...

Newberry Library.(Charles T. Cullen retires)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Charles T. Cullen will retire as President and Librarian, Newberry Library, Chicago, after nearly 20 years in the position, pending the hiring of his replacement.

Tidewater Community College (TCC) Library.(appoints Pearline Harmon)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Pearline Harmon is now Library Coordinator, Tidewater Community College (TCC) Library, Norfolk Campus, VA. She was Reference Librarian at TCC, Virginia Beach Campus. Lois Radford is Library Coordinator, TCC, Chesapeake Campus. She was...

U.S. National Library of Medicine.(people)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Betsy L. Humphreys has been appointed Deputy Director, U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. She was Associate Director for Library Operations at NLM since 1999.

Digital Library Federation's Aquifer Initiative.(people)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Katherine Kott has been named Director of the Digital Library Federation's Aquifer Initiative, Washington, DC. She was Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services, Stanford University Libraries, CA.

Fruitland Park Library.(appoints Mary Kay McGuire)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Mary Kay McGuire is now Director, Fruitland Park Library, Lake County Library System, Tavares, FL.

Providence Athenaeum.(appoints Alison Davis Maxell)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Alison Davis Maxell has been appointed the new Executive Director, Providence Athenaeum, succeeding Richard Olsen, who was Acting Director.

Palmer Institute for Public Library Organization and Management.(people)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Gerald D. Nichols has been appointed the first Director, Palmer Institute for Public Library Organization and Management, Long Island University C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, NY. He was Director, Suffolk Cooperative Library System, NY.

Lake County Public Library.(Phyllis Nowaczyk retires)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Phyllis Nowaczyk has retired from Highland Branch, Lake County Public Library, Merrillville, IN, after 50 years of service in various positions.

Portland State University Libraries.(appoints Helen H. Spalding )(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Helen H. Spalding is the new University Librarian, Portland State University Libraries, OR. She was Associate Director of Libraries, University of Missouri Kansas City, and was 2002-03 President of the Association of College and Research...

Alaska State Historical Library.(appoints Kay Shelton)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Kay Shelton is now Acting Director of the Division of Libraries, Archives and Museums, Alaska State Historical Library (ASHL), Juneau, replacing George Smith, who was Acting Director for the last two years. Shelton was Chief Librarian of ASHL...

PA libraries penalized for not joining electronic network: Upper St. Clair and Monroeville opt to retain their own ILS, claiming strengths lacking in county system.(infotech)
March 15, 2005... The Upper St. Clair (USC) and Monroeville libraries, PA, have had their local interlibrary loan (ILL) privileges stymied by Allegheny County for refusing to use fully the county's Electronic Information Network (eiN), a cooperative effort...

CO Newspaper project soars.(Databases)(Colorado Historic Newspaper Digital Project, Colorado Association of Libraries )(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Colorado Association of Libraries deems historic digital project tops. The Colorado Association of Libraries selected the Colorado Historic Newspaper Digital Project, managed by Brenda Bailey-Hainer, as the state's Outstanding Library...

Ingenta expands Infotrieve deal.(Industry News)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Ingenta content to be indexed by Infotrieve web crawler Ingenta and Infotrieve have deepened their existing relationship: the duo announced in February that Ingenta-hosted content is now being indexed by the latter's full-text crawler....

Ovid markets statistics tool.(Industry News)(Ovid Technologies Inc.)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Ovid Stats generates customized reports and is COUNTER compliant. Ovid Technologies has launched a new statistics tool for its Web Gateway interface. Called appropriately Ovid Stats, the product lets users monitor their libraries'...

Bowker debuts resource linker.(Industry News)(R.R. Bowker)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... Vendor-neutral system developed jointly with Openly Informatics. R.R. Bowker is now marketing Ulrich's Resource Linker. a link resolver tool that "integrates all of a library's periodicals to a single service and allows library patrons to...

Librarians form consultant group Kuhn, Moorehead, Farley band for Monte Sano Associates.(Infotech)(Patricia Kuhn, Mark Moorehead, Charles Farley)(Brief Article)
March 15, 2005... A trio of librarians, who also possess vast technical and business knowledge as seasoned veterans of the ILS vendor arena, have formed a new library and information industry consulting firm called Monte Sano Associates (www....

New in fiction and drama.(E-Views And Reviews)(www.alexanderstreetpress.com/products/ blfi.htm)
March 15, 2005... Black Short Fiction Twentieth Century North American Drama Alexander Street Press www.alexanderstreetpress.com/products/ blfi.htm Black Short Fiction (BSF) now Offers the full text of 760 stories and tales by 19 authors from Africa and...

The benefits of grid networks.(Digital Libraries)
March 15, 2005... With inexpensive, off-the-shelf hardware, libraries can do what was once difficult, expensive, or impossible. SOME RECENT EVENTS HAVE MADE me think about grid networks. By grid networks I mean both networks of computers and networks of...

The good fight: competition at the polls calls for creative marketing and new tactics.(Library Referenda 2004)(Cover Story)
March 15, 2005... Dueling libraries in Rhode Island, big wins for big cities, erosion of voter support for libraries in the Illinois heartland matched with the emergence of library support in the Southwest and the reupping of big California taxes. These were...

The choice is yours: LJ interviews the ALA presidential hopefuls.(ALA Presidential Candidates)(Interview)
March 15, 2005... Does it make any difference which candidate wins the election for president of the American Library Association (ALA)? To answer that question, LJ interviewed both aspirants: Leslie Burger, director of the Princeton Public Library, NJ, and...

Are we there yet?(Best Business Books 2004)
March 15, 2005... Though the American economy was still sluggish in 2004, the global economy had its best veal in more than two decades. Global economic growth was estimated at five percent in 2004, but forecasts indicate it will probably drop to three percent...

Rivers of change: academic librarians will face off with the big issues transforming the profession at the 12th national ACRL conference.(Conference Preview ACRL 2005)(Calendar)
March 15, 2005... For academic libraries today, change is the only constant. From the reinvention of the reference desk, to the challenges and opportunities of open access publishing, the focus +is not merely survival but how to strengthen the library, as the...

Winter wonders, spring hopefuls.(First Novelists 2005)
March 15, 2005... Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell may have been the only debut that lingered long on the best sellers fists last fall, but rarely has the season seen so many promising first novels. From Lorraine Adams's politically charged...

Forthcoming debuts.(books)
March 15, 2005... NORTHEAST Megan Abbott. Die a Little. S. & S. Feb. New York Eric Chase Anderson. Chuck Dugan is AWOL. Chronicle. May. New York Philip Beard. Dear Zoe. Viking. Mar. Pennsylvania. (LJ 2/15/05) Debra Borden. Passing Roscoe....

Is this the ninth circle of hell?(Nextgen)(survey, academic librarians)
March 15, 2005... IN 2003, DURING THE BIENNIAL migration of academic librarians to the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) conference, several of the programs in Charlotte, NC, discussed the recruitment and retention of the next generation but...

In defense of stupid users.(Backtalk)(user--friendly online search services)
March 15, 2005... AT THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Midwinter Meeting in January, I attended yet another industry program--this one under the aegis of NISO on metasearching--where attendees in a packed room discussed various aspects of searching lots of...

Prepub alert.
March 15, 2005... FICTION Arvin, Reed. Blood of Angels. HarperCollins. Jul. 2005. 288p. ISBN 0-06-059634-1. $24.95. Thomas Dennehy, senior prosecutor in Davidson County, TN, is all set to prosecute Sudanese refugee Moses Bol for murder. But then Bol...

Graphic novels.(The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion)(Epileptic)(Ultimate Fantastic Four: The Fantastic)(The Originals)(Othello, vol. 1)(Mary Jane, vol. 1)(Doom Patrol: The Painting That are Parks)(Sweet and Sensitive)(Flash Gordon)(Starman: Grand Guignol)(Carnet de Voyage)(The Book of Ballads)(The Will Eisner Companion: The Pioneering Spirit of the Father of the Graphic Novel)(The Hollow Grounds)(Ghost in the Shell, 2nd ed.)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... When Will Eisner died on January 3, 2005, at age 87, the comics world lost one of its towering figures, a man who had earned every superlative that comics creators and commentators could offer. One of comic-dom's most prestigious awards, the...

"Of men and beasts".(Pet Shop of Horrors vol. 10)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Akino, Matsuri. Pet Shop of Horrors. Vol. 10. Tokyopop. 2005. c.216p, tr. from Japanese by Jeremiah Bourque. ISBN 1-59532-185-3. pap. $9.99. F Deep in a back alley of Los Angeles's Chinatown lies a pet shop that sells "love, dreams, and...

Brady, Joan. Bleedout.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... * Brady, Joan. Bleedout. Touchstone: S. & S. Apr. 2005. c.384p. ISBN 0-7432-7008-8. $24.95. F When blind attorney Hugh Freyl is savagely murdered, many in Springfield, IL, assume that his protege, David Marion, is guilty since he was...

Child, Lee. One Shot: a Jack Reacher Hovel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... * Child, Lee. One Shot: A Jack Reacher Hovel. Delacorte. Jun. 2005. c.384p. ISBN 0-385-33668-3. $25. F When a sniper coolly picks off five victims in Indiana, forensic evidence points in controvertiblv to ex-army man James Barr, who...

Ellis, David. In the Company of Liars.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... * Ellis, David. in the Company of Liars. Putnam. Apr. 2005. c.384p. ISBN 0-399-15247-4. $24.95. F Edgar Award winner Ellis (Line or Vision; Jury of One) has put a new twist on thrillers--he's written his latest in reverse chronological...

Emmons, Josh. The Loss of Leon Meed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Emmons, Josh. The Loss of Leon Meed. Scribner. Jul. 2005. c.352p. ISBN 0-7432-6718-4. $24. F This is an ambitious and, for the most part, successful first novel about loss, recovery, and the yearning for human connection. The story...

Enquist, Per Olov. Lewi's Journey.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Enquist, Per Olov. Lewi's Journey. Overlook, dist. by Penguin Putnam. Mar. 2005. c.464p, tr. from Swedish by Tiina Nunnally. ISBN 1-58567-341-2. $25.95. F Enquist, one of Sweden's most acclaimed writers, follows up his New York Times...

Ephron, Amy. One Sunday Morning.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Ephron, Amy. One Sunday Morning. Morrow. May 2005. c.224p. ISBN 0-06-058552-8. $21.95. F Set in the 1920s, Ephron's fifth novel (after White Rose) gives all impression of the lives of upper-class women and their social realm. Mary Nell,...

Finder, Joseph. Company Man.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... * Finder, Joseph. Company Man. St. Martin's. Apr. 2005. c.528p. ISBN 0-312-31916-9. $24.95. F Nick Conover, CEO of the Stratton Corporation, is a nice guy. Unfortunately, the 5000 workers who were laid off from the failing office...

Francis, David. The Great Inland Sea.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Francis, David. The Great Inland Sea. MacAdam/Cage. May 2005. c.258p. ISBN 1-59692-116-1. $23. F Set in Australia and America in the late 1940s and early 1950s, this is the story of Day, a young Aussie growing up in the stark outback....

Grondahl, Jens Christian. An Altered Light.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Grondahl, Jens Christian. An Altered Light. Harcourt. Apr. 2005. c.320p. tr. from Danish by Anne Born. ISBN 0-15-101043-9. $25. F Who is Irene Beckman? As this story opens, the 56-year-old Irene is a successful and attractive lawyer,...

Q&A: Lee Child.(Interview)
March 15, 2005... A former television producer, the English-born Lee Child moved to the United States in 1998 shortly after the publication of his first Jack Reacher thriller, Killing Floor. His latest novel, One Shot (see review, p. 68), is the ninth to...

Humphreys, Helen. Wild Dogs.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Humphreys, Helen. Wild Dogs. Norton. Apr. 2005. c.192p. ISBN 0-393-06015-2. $22.95. F In this short novel, Canadian author Humphreys (The Lost Garden) recounts an unusual story as haunting as it is succinct. Near a forest inhabited by a...

Jones, Tayari. The Untelling.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Jones, Tayari. The Untelling. Warner. Apr. 2005. c.336p. ISBN 0-446-53246-0. $24.95. F In her bittersweet second novel, Jones returns to the city featured in her critically acclaimed debut, Leaving Atlanta. Protagonist Aria, still...

Kanon, Joseph. Alibi.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... * Kanon, Joseph. Alibi. Holt. May 2005. c.416p. ISBN 0-8050-7886-X. $26. F In 1946, Adam Miller comes to Venice to join his widowed mother, Grace, a member of the wealthy expatriate community Grace is eager for her son to meet her new...

Kanehara, Hitomi. Snakes and Earrings.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Kanehara, Hitomi. Snakes and Earrings. Button. May 2005. c.120p. tr. from Japanese by David James Karashima. ISBN 0-525-94889-9. pap. $17.95. F Kanehara's debut novel, published in Japan in 2003, resembles its protoganist, Lui. It is...

Karasyov, Carrie & Jill Kargman. Wolves in Chic Clothing.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Karasyov, Carrie & Jill Kargman. Wolves in Chic Clothing. Doubleday. Apr. 2005. c.304p. ISBN 0-7679-1780-4. $21.95. F Having moved to New York City to make a name for herself as a jewelry designer, Julia takes a job as a sales clerk at...

Krinsky, Natalie. Chloe Does Yale.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Krinsky, Natalie. Chloe Does Yale. Hyperion. Mar. 2005. c.272p. ISBN 1-4013-0107-X. $19.95. F Chloe Carrington is a Yale junior writing a sex column for the campus newspaper. Ironically, she is also suffering a dating slump, the result...

Langan, Fred. The Obit Man.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Langan, Fred. The Obit Man. Mosaic. Mar. 2005. c.242p. ISBN 0-88962-829-7. pap. $15. F In 1986, Jack Devlin is a 40-year-old Canadian journalist writing obituaries for a London paper (his specialty is the dwindling number of World War II...

Long, Kate. The Bad Mother's Handbook.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Long, Kate. The Bad Mother's Handbook. Ballantine. Apr. 2005. c.368p. ISBN 0-345-47965-3. $21.95. F Just when Karen thinks life can't get any worse--her 17-year-old daughter, Charlotte, is moody and withdrawn, and her elderly mother...

McEwan, Ian. Saturday.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... McEwan, Ian. Saturday. Doubleday. Mar. 2005. c.304p. ISBN 0-385-51180-9. $26. F Early one Saturday morning, neurosurgeon Henry Perowne watches a flaming aircraft descend over London--the fitting portent of a day when his life nearly goes...

McInerney, Monica. The Alphabet Sisters.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... McInerney, Monica. The Alphabet Sisters. Ballantine. Mar. 2005. c.432p. ISBN 0345-47953-X. pap. $13.95. F Australian siblings Anna, Bett, and Carrie Quinlan were known as the singing group the Alphabet Sisters throughout their childhood....

Marche, Stephen. Raymond + Hannah: a Love Story.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Marche, Stephen. Raymond + Hannah: A Love Story. Harvest: Harcourt. May 2005. c.224p. ISBN 0-15-603257-0. pap. $14. F Religion and culture cause some problems for a young couple in this unusually formatted first novel. Raymond and Hannah...

Benford, Gregory. The Sunborn.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Benford, Gregory. The Sunborn. Aspect: Warner. Mar. 2005. c.330p. ISBN 0-44653058-1. $24.95. SF After their historic voyage to Mars and their discovery of alien life on the red planet, astronauts Julia Barth and her husband, Viktor, have...

Clarke, Arthur C. & Stephen Baxter. Sunstorm.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Clarke, Arthur C. & Stephen Baxter. Sunstorm. Del Roy: Ballantine. (A Time Odyssey, Bk. 2). Mar. 2005. c.352p. ISBN 0-345-45250-X. $25.95. SF British officer Bisesa Dutt, newly returned from a bizarre out-of-time experience on another...

Eschbach, Andreas. The Carpet Makers.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... * Eschbach, Andreas. The Carpet Makers. Tor. Apr. 2005. c.320p, tr. from German by Doryl Jensen. ISBN 0-7653-0593-3. $24.95. SF Since recorded history, the men of Yahannochia and all the other cities of the world have spent their lives...

Feist, Raymond E. Exile Return.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Feist, Raymond E. Exile Return. Eos: HarperCollins. (Conclave of Shadows, Bk. 3). Apr. 2005. c.384p. ISBN 0-380-977109. $25.95. FANTASY Overthrown by the vengeance-seeking warrior Tal Hawkins, Kaspar, the former duke of Olasko, is...

Gardner, James Alan. Gravity Wells: Speculative Fiction Stories.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Gardner, James Alan. Gravity Wells: Speculative Fiction Stories. Eos: HarperCollins. May 2005. c.368p. ISBN 0-06-008770-6. pap. $15.95. SF From his whimsical tale of the end of the world ("Muffin Explains Teleology to the World at...

Kilpatrick, Nancy. Near Death: Power of the Blood World.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Kilpatrick, Nancy. Near Death: Power of the Blood World. Mosaic. Mar. 2005. c.235p. ISBN 0-88962-839-4. pap. $15. HORROR Paid to travel to London to kill a man who died more than a century before, drug addict/assassin Kathleen Stevens...

Louis, Edward S. Odysseus on the Rhine.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Louis, Edward S. Odysseus on the Rhine. Five Star: Gale. Apr. 2005. c.241p. ISBN 1-59414-281-5. $25.95. FANTASY After the death of his beloved Penelope, Odysseus hears stories about a group of fugitives from Troy who have fled to the...

May, Julian. Ironcrown Moon.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... May, Julian. Ironcrown Moon. Ace: Berkley, dist. by Penguin Putnam. (Boreal Moon Tale, Bk. 2). Apr. 2005. c.416p. ISBN 0-441-01244-2. $24.95. FANTASY Upon taking the throne of High Blenholme, King Conrig united an island at war, but...

Oltion, Jerry. Anywhere but Here.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Oltion, Jerry. Anywhere but Here. Tor. Mar. 2005. c.400p. ISBN 0-7653-0619-0. $25.95. SF Using the cheap new form of interstellar travel unexpectedly made available to the world, Trent and Diane Stinson leave their home in Wyoming in...

Sawyer, Robert J. Mindscan.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
March 15, 2005... Sawyer, Robert J. Mindscan. Tor. Apr. 2005. c.384p. ISBN 0-7653-1107-0. $24.95. SF By the middle of the 21st century, human consciousness can be placed into android bodies. Suffering from a terminal condition, Jake Sullivan abandons his...