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2002 Novels, Collections and Anthologies

This is a list of books of literature of the fantastic by Canadians. Only those which are novels or novel-length collections are eligible for the Sunburst Award.

Novels (alphabetical by author)

  • Armstrong, Kelley, Stolen (Toronto, Random House, 2002) TD
  • Armstrong, Luanne, The Bone House (Vancouver, New Star Books, 2002) TD
  • Baird, Alison, Witches of Willowmere (Toronto, Penguin, 2002) TD
  • Bantock, Nick, Alexandria (Vancouver, Raincoast, 2002) HC
  • Begamudre, Ven, The Phantom Queen (Regina, SK, Coteau, 2002) PB
  • Blum, Vicki, The Promise of the Unicorn (Toronto, Scholastic, 2002) PB
  • Borsky, Mary, Benny Bensky and the Giant Pumpkin Heist (Toronto, Tundra, 2002) TD
  • Brouwer, Sigmund, Manchurian Sector (Wheaton IL, Tyndale, 2002) PB
  • ——, Last Stand (Wheaton, IL, Tyndale, 2002) PB
  • Buffie, Margaret, The Seeker (Toronto, KidsCan, 2002) HC
  • Cameron, Anne, Hardscratch Row (Madeira Park, BC, Harbour Publishing, 2002) TD
  • Czerneda, Julie, To Trade The Stars (New York, Daw, 2002) PB
  • de Lint, Charles, Seven Wild Sisters (Burton, MI, Subterranean Press, 2002) TD
  • Dodic, N.J., I Was Hitler's Cat (Toronto, Gutter Press, 2002) TD
  • Dube, Paulette, Talon (Edmonton, NeWest, 2002) TD
  • Duncan, Dave, Paragon Lost (New York, HarperCollins/Eos, 2002) HC
  • Dyer, K.C. Seeds of Time (Toronto, Dundurn, 2002) TD
  • Erikson, Steven, Blood Follows (Harrogate, England, PS Publishing, 2002) HC
  • ——, House of Chains (London, Transworld, 2002) HC
  • Ewan, Ann, Firedrake (Saskatoon, Thistledown, 2002) PB
  • Findlay, Jamieson, The Blue Roan Child (Toronto, Doubleday Canada, 2002) HC
  • Fodi, Lee Edward, Corranda's Crown (Unionville, NY, Royal Fireworks Press, 2002) TD
  • Gardner, James Alan, Trapped (New York, HarperCollins/Eos, 2002) PB
  • Giron, Sephera, The Birds and the Bees (New York, Leisure, 2002) PB
  • Gotlieb, Phyllis, Mindworlds (New York, Tor, 2002) HC
  • Greenwood, Ed, The Dragon's Ascension (New York, Tor, 2002) HC
  • ——, Forgotten Realms: Spellfire (Renton, WA, WOTC, 2002) TD
  • ——, Hand of Fire (Renton, WA, WOTC, 2002) TD
  • Hayter, Sparkle, Naked Brunch (Toronto, McClelland & Stewart, 2002) HC
  • Hayward, Amber, The Healer (Edmonton, Tesseract, 2002) HC
  • Huff, Tanya, The Better Part of Valor (New York, Daw, 2002) PB
  • Hughes, Monica, The Maze (Toronto, HarperCollins, 2002) TD
  • Hutsell-Manning, Linda, Jason and the Wonder Horn (Regina, SK, Coteau, 2002) TD
  • Jakober, Marie, Only Call Us Faithful (New York, Tor, 2002) HC
  • Jocelyne, Martha, The Invisible Enemy (Toronto, Tundra, 2002)
  • Labatt, Mary, The Mummy Lives (Toronto, Kids Can, 2002) HC
  • ——, One Terrible Halloween (Toronto, Kids Can, 2002) TD
  • Lai, Larissa, Salt Fish Girl (Toronto, Thomas Allen, 2002) HC
  • Lowachee, Karin, Warchild (New York, Warner Aspect, 2002) PB
  • Mackay, Scott, Orbis (New York, ROC, 2002) PB
  • McCloskey, Larry, Tom Thomson's Last Paddle (Vancouver, Beach Holme, 2002) TD
  • McCurdy, Joan Fitzgerald, The Burning Crown (Ottawa, Saratime, 2002) HC
  • Messer, Wendel, The Sink (Gravenhurst, ON, Breller, 2002) TD
  • Moloney, Susie, 362 Belisle Street (London, Michael Joseph, 2002) TD
  • Munroe, Jim, Everyone in Silico (Toronto, No Media Kings, 2002) TD
  • O'Connor, Edward, Astral Projection (Toronto, Random House, 2002) HC
  • Oppel, Kenneth, Firewing (Toronto, HarperCollins, 2002) TD
  • ——, A Creepy Case of Vampires (Toronto, Scholastic, 2002) PB
  • Orchard, Kerry, The Thoughtmaster's Conduit (Lake Park, GA, New Concepts Publishing, 2002) PB
  • Pflug, Ursula, Green Music (Edmonton, Tesseract, 2001 [not seen until Feb 2002]) TD
  • Pierson, Chris, Dragonlance: Divine Hammer (Renton, WA, WOTC, 2002) PB
  • Rollo, Gord, Crimson (Canton OH, Prime, 2002) TD
  • Rosenberg, Joel, Murder in Lamut (London, HarperCollins, 2002) HC; co-author: Raymond E. Feist
  • Russell, Sean, The Isle of Battle (New York, HarperCollins/Eos, 2002) HC
  • Rutledge, Margie, The Busybody Buddha (Toronto, Napoleon, 2002) TD
  • Ryman, Geoff, V.A.O. (Harrogate, England, PS Publishing, 2002) HC
  • Sawyer, Robert J., Hominids (New York, Tor, 2002) HC
  • Schroeder, Karl, Permanence (New York, Tor, 2002) HC
  • Scrimger, Richard, Noses Are Red (Toronto, Tundra, 2002) HC
  • Shatner, William, Shadow Planet (New York, HarperCollins/Eos, 2002) HC
  • ——, ST: Captain's Peril (New York, Pocket Books, 2002) HC
  • Shaw, Edith, The Lapsit Chronicles (Toronto, Delean-de Publishing, 2002) TD
  • Skvorecky, Josef, An Inexplicable Story: The Narrative of Questus Firmus Siculus (Toronto, Key Porter, 2002) HC
  • Slade, Arthur, Return of the Grudstone Ghosts (Regina, SK, Coteau, 2002) PB
  • Smedman, Lisa, Heirs of Prophecy (Renton, WA, WotC, 2002) PB
  • Smith, Susannah M., How The Blessed Live (Toronto, Coach House, 2002) TD
  • Smith, Russell, The Princess and the Whisk Heads (Toronto, Doubleday Canada, 2002) HC
  • Somma, J.E., After The Rain (Hamilton, ON, Daisy Books, 2001) TD
  • Sonik, Madeline, Arms (Roberts Creek, BC, Nightwood Editions, 2002) TD
  • Soper-Cook, Joanne, Waterborne (Fredericton, NB, Goose Lane, 2002) TD
  • Stirling, S.M., The Peshawar Lancers (New York, ROC, 2002) HC
  • ——, T2: The Rising Storm (New York, HarperEntertainment, 2002)
  • Tanner, Mike, Acting The Giddy Goat (Toronto, Cormorant, 2002) TD
  • Tate, Nikki, Cave of Departure (Vancouver, Sono Nis, 2002) TD
  • Taylor, Cora, Ghost Voyages II (Regina, SK, Coteau, 2002) TD
  • Taylor, G. Wells, When Graveyards Yawn (Baltimore, AmErica House, 2002) TD
  • Tumanov, Vlad, Jayden's Rescue (Toronto, Scholastic, 2002) PB
  • van Belkom, Edo, Martyrs (Darien, IL, Design Image Group, 2002) TD
  • Walton, Jo, The Prize in the Game (New York, Tor, 2002) HC
  • Warwaruk, Larry, Andrei and the Snow Walker (Regina, SK, Coteau, 2002) TD
  • Willett, Ed, Spirit Singer (U.S.A., Earthling Press, 2002) TD
  • Williams, Lynda, and Sinclair, Alison, Throne Price (Calgary, Edge, 2002) TD
  • Woods, Shirley, Jack, The Story of a Beaver (Markham, FHW, 2002) HC
  • Young, Louise, Icarus (Toronto, Thomas Allen, 2002) HC

Collections

  • de Lint, Charles, Waifs and Strays (New York, Viking, 2002) HC
  • ——, Tapping The Dream Tree (New York, Tor, 2002) HC
  • Robinson, Spider, God is an Iron and Other Stories (Michigan,Gale Group/Five Star, 2002) HC
  • Sawyer, Robert J., Iterations (Kingston, ON, Quarry, 2002) HC
  • Yee, Paul, Dead-Man's Gold and Other Stories (Toronto, Groundwood, 2002) HC

Anthologies

  • Arnason, David, The Demon Lover (Winnipeg, Turnstone, 2002) TD
  • Bok, Christian, Ground Works: Avant-Guard for Thee (Toronto, Anansi, 2002) HC
  • Chew, Kristen Pederson, The Bakka Anthology (Toronto, Bakka, 2002) TD
  • Czerneda, Julie E., Explorer (Toronto, Trifolium, 2002)
  • Kelly, Michael, Songs From Dead Singers  (New York, Catalyst Press, 2002) TD
  • Rollo, Gord, Dreaming of Angels (Canton, OH, Prime, 2002) HC; co-editor: Monica J. O'Rourke
  • Rowe, Michael, Queer Fear II (Vancouver, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2002) TD
  • Stanton, Steve, Sky Songs (Orillia, ON, Skysong Press, 2002) TD
  • van Belkom, Edo, Be Very Afraid (Toronto, Tundra, 2002)

Note: HC=Hardcover; TD=Trade Cover; PB=Paperback Copyright 2003 - All Rights Reserved