Best of 2003: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Here is a selection of our favourite Science Fiction & Fantasy titles published in 2003. See more favourites in our Best of 2003 shop.


1. A Gift of Dragons
A Gift of Dragons
Anne McCaffrey
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Bantam Press
3 Mar 2003
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For more than thirty years, Pern has conjured visions of brave men and women mounted upon the backs of dragons. As anyone knows who has been touched by the storytelling magic of Anne McCaffrey, to read of the exotic world of Pern is to inhabit it - and to ... Read more

2. Absolution Gap (Gollancz S.F.)
Absolution Gap (Gollancz S.F.)
Alastair Reynolds
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Gollancz
27 Nov 2003
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With Absolution Gap, Alastair Reynolds completes the star-spanning Inhibitors trilogy in which the previous books were Revelation Space and Redemption Ark. The Inhibitors are a mechanical plague, mindlessly but very resourcefully wiping out space-going civilisations that come to their notice. Their latest target is humanity, which lost a round ... Read more

3. Broken Angels (Gollancz S.F.)
Broken Angels (Gollancz S.F.)
Richard Morgan
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Gollancz
20 Mar 2003
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Broken Angels is a standalone sequel, to Richard Morgan's debut novel Altered Carbon--a high-tech, ultra-violent, noir SF thriller which attracted much attention, including a movie deal. Thirty years later, our super-soldier hero Takeshi Kovacs is wearing yet another body (swapping is easy in this future), already wounded in ... Read more

4. Coalescent: Destiny's Children Book One: Homo Superior: Bk.1 (Gollancz S.F.)
Coalescent: Destiny's Children Book One: Homo Superior: Bk.1 (Gollancz S.F.)
Stephen Baxter
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Gollancz
9 Oct 2003
Hardcover

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Stephen Baxter's novel Coalescent explores the SF possibilities of our own evolution--and whether, like ants or naked mole rats, a human community could develop a hive mind. In modern England, George Poole learns in mid-life that he once had a twin sister, given as an infant to The Puissant ... Read more

5. Doctor Who: Legend
Doctor Who: Legend
Justin Richards
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BBC Books
6 Nov 2003
Hardcover

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Doctor Who: The Legend is a large format, lavishly illustrated book, published to celebrate forty years of the UK's most popular science-fiction series. This epic publication takes the reader on a journey through four decades of TV history, covering every ... Read more

6. Fool's Fate (Tawny Man)
Fool's Fate (Tawny Man)
Robin Hobb
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Voyager
20 Oct 2003
Hardcover

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Fool's Fate concludes Robin Hobb's fantasy trilogy "The Tawny Man"--in which Fitz, narrator-hero of the "Farseer" trio beginning with Assassin's Apprentice, plunges into new complexities of politics and magic 15 years later. The goal is formal peace between Fitz's Six Duchies and the Outislander Raiders, ending a cycle of ... Read more

7. Jarka Ruus (High Druid of Shannara)
Jarka Ruus (High Druid of Shannara)
Terry Brooks
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Earthlight
1 Sep 2003
Hardcover

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The first instalment in a magical new SHANNARA trilogy Twenty years have passed since the events told in The Voyage Of The Jerle Shannara trilogy. Grianne Ohmsford, rescued from oblivion by her brother Bek, has renounced her former life as the evil Ilse Wi... Read more

8. King of Foxes (Conclave of Shadows)
King of Foxes (Conclave of Shadows)
Raymond E. Feist
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Voyager
3 Nov 2003
Hardcover

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'Talon of the Silver Hawk is a vibrant and compelling tale' Dreamwatch... Read more

9. Legends II
Legends II
Robert Silverberg
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Voyager
1 Sep 2003
Hardcover

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Praise for the first LEGENDS volume: 'The biggest names in contemporary fantasy have written novellas set in their most popular worlds. Fortunately, the standard matches the notion; maybe the contributors were spurred on by group rivalry' Time Out 'An es... Read more

10. Monstrous Regiment
Monstrous Regiment
Terry Pratchett
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Doubleday & Co Inc.
25 Sep 2003
Hardcover

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The Monstrous Regiment in question is made up of a vampire, a troll, Igor, a collection of misfits and a young woman who shoves a pair of socks down her pants to join the army. Here you have the characteristically charming novel by Terry Pratchett. Polly becomes Private Oliver ... Read more

11. Sandman: Endless Nights
Sandman: Endless Nights
Neil Gaiman
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Titan Books Ltd
24 Oct 2003
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With The Sandman: Endless Nights, bestselling author Neil Gaiman returns to the characters (and medium) that made him famous. It's a collection of seven short stories, each illustrated by some of the best artists working in contemporary comics (eg, Frank Quitely, Glenn Fabry and Milo Manara) and focusing on ... Read more

12. Dark Tower: Wolves of the Calla v. 5
Dark Tower: Wolves of the Calla v. 5
Stephen King
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Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
4 Nov 2003
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In Wolves of the Calla, volume five of Stephen King's epic fantasy western The Dark Tower, coincidence has, as Eddie Dean observes, been cancelled. Everything the gunslinger Roland and his companions encounter has taken on symbolic significance. So when they come to Calla Bryn Sturgis, named after the director ... Read more

13. The Lone Drow (Hunter's Blades Trilogy)
The Lone Drow (Hunter's Blades Trilogy)
R.A. Salvatore
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Wizards of the Coast
28 Oct 2003
Hardcover

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This title is the second hardcover release in the latest trilogy from R.A. Salvatore, which once again features his popular dark elf signature character. The hardcover release of the first title in this trilogy, had the highest debut ever for a Salvatore t... Read more

14. The Wee Free Men (A story of Discworld)
The Wee Free Men (A story of Discworld)
Terry Pratchett
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Doubleday & Co Inc.
1 May 2003
Hardcover

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When you have an author as good as Terry Pratchett writing for children, you expect that the result will be a novel of great invention, assured comic timing and a generally all-round highly readable fantasy ... Read more

15. White Wolf (The Damned Series, Book-1)
White Wolf (The Damned Series, Book-1)
David Gemmell
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Bantam Press
1 April 2003
Hardcover

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David Gemmell is Britain's most popular writer of hard-edged heroic fantasy. ... Read more




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