The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Books, Listed by Author

PRATCHETT, TERRY (David John) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _A Hat Full of Sky (HarperTrophy 0-06-058662-1, Jun 2005, $6.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Chris Gall) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) young-adult humorous fantasy novel of the Discworld, sequel to The Wee Free Men.
• * _Johnny and the Dead (HarperCollins 0-06-054188-1, Jan 2006, $15.99, 213pp, hc, cover by Dan Panosian) [Johnny Maxwell] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1993) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Johnny Maxwell series.
• * _The Light Fantastic (Harper Perennial 0-06-085588-6, Sep 2005, $13.95, 241pp, tp) [Discworld] Reprint (Colin Smythe 1985) fantasy novel, second in the Discworld series.
• * _Lords and Ladies (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15315-X, Aug 2005, £6.99, 396pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1992) humorous fantasy novel. Book 14 in the “Discworld” series. 14th printing.
• * _Men at Arms (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15316-8, Aug 2005, £6.99, 428pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1993) humorous fantasy novel. Book 15 in the “Discworld” series. 16th printing.
• * _Moving Pictures (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15294-3, Apr 2005, £6.99, 396pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1990) humorous fantasy novel. Book ten in the Discworld series. 18th printing.
• * _Only You Can Save Mankind (HarperCollins 0-06-054185-7, Jul 2005, $15.99, 208 + xi, hc, cover by Dan Panosian) [Johnny Maxwell] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1992) humorous young-adult SF/fantasy novel, the first in the Johnny Maxwell Trilogy. This has a 2004 introduction by Pratchett.
• * _Reaper Man (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15295-1, Apr 2005, £6.99, 351pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1991) humorous fantasy novel. Book 11 in the Discworld series. 19th printing.
• * *The Science of Discworld III: Darwin’s Watch (with Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen) (Ebury Press 0-091-89823-4, May 2005, £17.99, 344pp, hc, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Humorous associational non-fiction.
• * _Small Gods (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15297-8, Aug 2005, £6.99, 397pp, tp) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1992) humorous fantasy novel. Book 13 in the Discworld series.
• * *Thud! (HarperCollins 0-06-081522-1, Oct 2005, $24.95, 373pp, hc, cover by Scott McKowen) [Discworld] Discworld novel. The Ankh-Morpork City Watch braces for trouble on the anniversary of an ancient war between trolls and dwarves. Simultaneous with the Doubleday UK edition.
• * _Thud! (SFBC #1197241, Oct 2005, $12.99, 373pp, hc, cover by Scott McKowen) [Discworld] Reprint (HarperCollins 2005) Discworld novel. This is similar to the HarperCollins edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Thud! (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60867-5, Oct 2005, £17.99, 362pp, hc, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Humorous fantasy novel, 35th in the Discworld series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.
• * *Where’s My Cow? (HarperCollins 0-06-087267-5, Oct 2005, $16.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Discworld] Discworld picture book, a tie-in to Thud!. Illustrated by Melvyn Grant. Simultaneous with the UK edition (Doubleday UK).
• * *Where’s My Cow? (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60937-X, Oct 2005, £10.99, 24pp, hc, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Discworld] Children’s Discworld picture book, illustrated by Grant. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition. Commander Sam Vimes reads his baby son a bedtime story, as mentioned in Thud!
• * _Witches Abroad (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15296-X, Aug 2005, £6.99, 362pp, tp) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1991) humorous fantasy novel. Book 12 in the Discworld series.

PRATT, TIM; [i.e., Timothy Aaron Pratt] (1976- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38338-8, Dec 2005, $12.00, 412pp, tp) Fantasy novel. A comic-book creator finds elements of her neo-Western work coming to life. A first novel.

PREISS, BYRON (Cary), ed. (1953-2005) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Year’s Best Graphic Novels, Comics, and Manga (with Howard Zimmerman) (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-34326-4, Dec 2005, $19.95, 272pp, tp) Best-of-the-year comics anthology, with excerpts from 15 graphic novels, 11 comics, four manga, and six from other forms, including digital/electronic. Introduction by Neil Gaiman. Foreword by Howard Zimmerman. A St. Martin’s hardcover edition (-34325-6, $29.95) is also available.

PRESTON, DOUGLAS (1956- ) (chron.)

• * _Brimstone (with Lincoln Child) (Warner Vision 0-446-61275-8, May 2005, $7.99, 728pp, pb) [Aloysius Pendergast] Reprint (Warner 2004) fantasy/horror thriller.
• * *Dance of Death (with Lincoln Child) (Warner 0-446-57697-2, Jun 2005, $25.95, 451pp, hc) [Aloysius Pendergast] Thriller with possible dark fantasy elements, sequel to Brimstone, and bringing in characters from two other series. FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast faces a murderous scheme set up by his brother Diogenes, a criminal mastermind.
• * _Dance of Death (with Lincoln Child) (Warner 0-446-61709-1, Jan 2006, $7.99, 560pp, pb) [Aloysius Pendergast] Reprint (Warner 2005) thriller with possible dark fantasy elements, sequel to Brimstone, and bringing in characters from two other series.
• * _Relic (with Lincoln Child) (Tor 0-765-35494-2, Aug 2005, $4.99, 468pp, pb, cover by Jim Thiesen) [Relic] Reissue (Forge 1995 as Relic) horror novel. This is a special low-price edition.
• * _Reliquary (with Lincoln Child) (Tor 0-812-54283-5, Aug 2005, $4.99, 464pp, pb) [Relic] Reissue (Forge 1997) horror novel, sequel to Relic. This is a special low-price edition.
• * *Tyrannosaur Canyon (Tor/Forge 0-765-31104-6, Sep 2005, $24.95, 367pp, hc) Thriller/horror novel with possible SF elements. Paleontologists seeking dinosaurs uncover strange, possibly extraterrestrial particles.

PREUSS, PAUL (F.) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime, Volume 2 (ibooks 0-7434-9828-3, Jan 2005, $6.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Venus Prime] Reprint (Avon 1988 as Arthur C. Clark’s Venus Prime, Volume 2: Maelstrom) SF novel, first in a series based on a concept by Clarke, whose afterword to the original is now the introduction. This has the 2000 afterword by Preuss. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

PRICE, ROBERT M(cNair), ed. (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Tales Out of Dunwich (Hippocampus Press 0-9748789-9-5, Oct 2005, $20.00, 302pp, tp, cover by Philip Fuller) Anthology of ten Lovecraftian stories, one original. Authors include Jack Williamson, Nancy A. Collins, and Richard A. Lupoff. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online from [www.hippocampuspress.com] or from Hippocampus Press, PO Box 641, New York NY 10156. (Contents)

PRICE, SUSAN (1955- ) (chron.)

• * *Odin’s Voice (Simon & Schuster UK 1-416-90144-2, Aug 2005, £12.99, 335pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Mars] Young-adult SF novel of a future of the intersecting lives of a genetically designed teener and a downtrodden slave. First in the “Mars” series.

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• * _Horror Stories (Kingfisher 0-7534-1154-7, Jun 2005, £5.99, 255pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Reprint (Kingfisher 1995) young-adult horror anthology.

PRIEST, CHERIE (chron.)

• * _Four and Twenty Blackbirds (Tor 0-765-31308-1, Oct 2005, $13.95, 285pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Eden Moore] Reprint (Marietta 2003) historical paranormal mystery/family saga, first in a trilogy. Revised and expanded from the Marietta edition. A first novel.

PRIEST, CHRISTOPHER (McKenzie) (1943- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Glamour (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07579-1, Jun 2005, £7.99, 235pp, tp) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1984) SF novel. Copyrighted 1984, 1985, 1996, 2005, suggesting yet further revisions.
• * _The Prestige (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07580-5, Feb 2005, £7.99, 360pp, tp) Reprint (Touchstone 1995) SF novel.
• * _The Prestige (Tor 0-312-85886-8, Nov 2005, $14.95, 404pp, tp, cover by Govanni Battista Bracceli) Reissue (Simon & Schuster UK 1995) literary fantasy novel of rival stage magicians, winner of the James Tait Black Award and the World Fantasy Award. Third printing.

PRIOR, LILY (chron.)

• * _Ardor (HarperCollins/Ecco 0-06-052789-7, Jun 2005, $12.95, 205pp, tp) Reprint (Black Swan 2004) fantasy novel about a love spell gone awry. This includes a “P.S.” section with an interview with the author.

PULLMAN, PHILIP (Nicholas) (1946- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp (Scholastic/Levine 0-439-69255-5, Apr 2005, $16.95, 72pp, hc, cover by Sophy Williams) Young-adult picture book illustrated by Sophy Williams. First US edition (Scholastic UK 1993 as The Wonderful Story of Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp). The text is copyrighted 2005 and may be revised.
• * _His Dark Materials 1: The Golden Compass (SFBC #1048000, Oct 2005, $7.99, 399pp, tp, cover by Eric Rohmann) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1995 as His Dark Materials: Northern Lights) young-adult fantasy novel. This is similar to the Knopf trade paperback edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back.
• * _His Dark Materials 2: The Subtle Knife (SFBC #1079011, Oct 2005, $7.99, 326pp, tp) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 1997) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to the award-winning The Golden Compass. This is similar to the Knopf trade paperback edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back.
• * _His Dark Materials 3: The Amber Spyglass (SFBC #1039399, Oct 2005, $7.99, 518pp, tp) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 2000) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the trilogy. This is similar to the Knopf trade paperback edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _His Dark Materials II: The Subtle Knife (Scholastic UK 0-439-95462-2, Oct 2005, £12.99, 349pp, hc) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 1997) fantasy novel, the second in a trilogy. This is a Tenth Anniversary edition.
• * _His Dark Materials III: The Amber Spyglass (Scholastic UK 0-439-95463-0, Oct 2005, £12.99, 538pp, hc) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 2000) fantasy novel, the third in a trilogy. This is a Tenth Anniversary edition.
• * _His Dark Materials: Northern Lights (Scholastic UK 0-439-95461-4, Oct 2005, £12.99, 419pp, hc) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1995) fantasy novel, the first book in a trilogy. This is a Tenth Anniversary edition.
• * +The Scarecrow and His Servant (Random House/Knopf 0-375-81531-7, Sep 2005, $15.95, 229pp, hc, cover by Kevin Hawkes) Children’s picaresque fantasy novel. A scarecrow seeks adventure accompanied by a young orphan. First US edition (Doubleday UK 11/04).
• * _The Scarecrow and the Servant (Corgi Yearling 0-440-86376-7, Nov 2005, £4.99, 230pp, tp, cover by Peter Bailey) Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) young-adult fantasy novel.

PURDY, JAMES (Otis or Amos) (1914-2009) (stories) (chron.)

• * +Moe’s Villa & Other Stories (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1417-4, Oct 2004, $14.00, 274pp, tp) Original collection of 12 stories, several with fantasy or surreal elements. First US edition (Arcadia Books 9/00). (Contents)

PURSER-HALLARD, PHILIP (stories) (chron.)

• * *Faction Paradox: Of the City of the Saved... (Mad Norwegian Press 0-9725959-4-5, Apr 2004, $14.95, 244pp, tp, cover by Steve Johnson) [Faction Paradox] SF novel, the second in the Faction Paradox series created by Lawrence Miles, a spin-off from Doctor Who. This is dated 2004, but not seen until now. Mad Norwegian Press, 909 NE Grant St. #303, Ankeny IA 50021; [www.madnorwegian.com].
• * *Time Hunter: Peculiar Lives (Telos 1-903889-47-2, Jul 2005, £7.99, 133pp, tp, cover by Matthew Laznicka) [*Honoré Lechasseur] SF novelization, seventh in a series about Honoré Lechasseur, introduced in Doctor Who: Cabinet of Light. The afterword explains the book’s debt to Olaf Stapledon. The deluxe, limited, numbered edition is signed by the author. Available from Beech House, Chapel Lane, Moulton, Cheshire CW9 8PQ. A deluxe hardback edition (1-903889-48-0, £25.00) was announced but not seen.

PUTNEY, MARY JO (1946- ) (chron.)

• * *Stolen Magic (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-47689-1, Jun 2005, $23.95, 339pp, hc) Historical fantasy romance of magic-wielding Guardians in 18th-century England. The Earl of Falconer teams up with a fey young woman to defeat a rogue mage. Author also writes as Mary Jo Putney.

PYLE, HOWARD (1853-1911) (chron.)

• * _The Garden Behind the Moon (Dover 0-486-44073-7, Jun 2005, $7.95, 118 + x, tp, cover by Howard Pyle) Reprint (Scribner 1895) young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by the author.

PYPER, ANDREW (1968- ) (chron.)

• * *The Wildfire Season (HarperCollins UK 0-00-716505-6, Apr 2005, £12.99, 324pp, hc) Thriller with supernatural elements.

PYWELL, SHARON (chron.)

• * _What Happened to Henry (Berkley 0-425-20261-5, Jul 2005, $14.00, 342pp, tp) Reprint (Putnam 2004, not seen) novel with fantasy elements. A girl’s brother seems to share the mind of a Japanese man who witnessed the destruction of Hiroshima.

PYYKKONEN, CARRIE (chron.)

• * _Inside “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe”: Myths, Mysteries, and Magic from the Chronicles of Narnia (with Linda Washington & James Stuart Bell) See entry under James Stuart Bell.

QUINN, SEABURY (Grandin) (1889-1969) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Roads (Red Jacket Press 0-9748895-8-X, Jun 2005, $29.95, 110pp, hc, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) Reprint (Conrad H. Ruppert 1938) classic fantasy novella telling the origins of Santa Claus. This is a boxed facsimile of the Arkham House 1948 edition illustrated by Virgil Finlay; it includes a pamphlet with biographical information on author and artist. Red Jacket Press, 3099 Maqua Place, Mohegan Lake NY 10547; [www.redjacketpress.com].

RABE, JEAN (Marie) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Finest Choice (Tor 0-765-30821-5, Sep 2005, $24.95, 288pp, hc, cover by Romas Kukalis) Fantasy novel. The inexperienced Finest, Gallant-Stallion, tries to guide his human, the sister of a king-to-be.
• * _The Finest Creation (Tor 0-765-34727-X, Sep 2005, $6.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel. The equine Finest are sent to Earth to help guide the Fallen humans.

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• * _Renaissance Faire (with Andre Norton) See entry under Andre Norton.

RADFORD, IRENE (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Dragon’s Revenge (DAW 0-7564-0317-0, Nov 2005, $6.99, 420pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Stargods] Science fiction novel, third in The Stargods series.
• * *Guardian of the Freedom (DAW 0-7564-0178-X, Apr 2005, $24.95, 532pp, hc, cover by Gordon Crabb) [*Merlin’s Descendants] Arthurian fantasy novel, fifth in the “Merlin’s Descendants” series.

RAND, AYN; pseudonym of Alissa Rosenbaum, (1905-1982) (chron.)

• * _Anthem (Penguin/Plume 0-452-28635-2, Feb 2005, $15.00, 253pp, tp) Reissue (Cassell 1938) dystopian novel. This is a Centennial (of Rand’s birth) edition; the text follows the 1995 Dutton 50th anniversary edition with introduction by Leonard Peikoff and the hand-corrected text of the British edition as an appendix. A Signet paperback edition (0-451-19113-7, $7.99, 253pp, 22nd printing) is also available.
• * _Atlas Shrugged (Penguin/Plume 0-452-28636-0, Feb 2005, $25.00, 1168pp, tp) Reissue (Random House 1957) philosophical novel about a near-future society. This is a Centennial (of Rand’s birth) edition; a Signet massmarket paperback edition (0-451-17192-6, $8.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _Atlas Shrugged (SFBC #1187391, May 2005, $12.49, 1168pp, tp) Reprint (Random House 1957) philosophical novel about a near-future society. This is similar to the 2005 Plume Centennial edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back cover.

RANDALL, DAVID (chron.)

• * _Clovermead: In the Shadow of the Bear (Simon Pulse 1-4169-0715-7, Dec 2005, $5.99, 414pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (McElderry 2004) young-adult fantasy novel.

RANKIN, ROBERT (Fleming) (1949- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Brightonomicon (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07009-9, Jul 2005, £12.99, 361pp, hc) [Brentford] Humorous fantasy novel in the “Brentford” series. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-07668-2, £10.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _Knees Up Mother Earth (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07649-6, Jul 2005, £6.99, 439pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 2004) humorous fantasy novel.

RANSOM, CANDICE (chron.)

• * *Dungeons & Dragons: Knights of the Silver Dragon, Book 9: Key to the Griffon’s Lair (Wizards of the Coast/Mirrorstone 0-7869-3827-7, Oct 2005, $5.99, 182pp, tp, cover by Emily Fiegenschuh) [Dungeons & Dragons: Knights of the Silver Dragon] Young-adult novelization based on the roleplaying game world, the ninth in a series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

RASMUSSEN, ALIS A. (1958- ); see pseudonym Kate Elliott (chron.)

RAVIN, STATON (chron.)

• * *Black Powder (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 0-689-86876-6, Oct 2005, $16.95, 245pp, hc) Young-adult time-travel fantasy novel. A teen wants to prevent his friend’s death by going back in time to stop the invention of gunpowder.

RAWN, MELANIE (Robin) (1954- ) (chron.)

• * _Dragon Prince (DAW 0-7564-0301-4, Jun 2005, $15.00, 552pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Prince] Reprint (DAW 1988) fantasy novel, first in the “Dragon Prince” series.
• * _The Star Scroll (DAW 0-7564-0304-9, Jul 2005, $7.99, 589pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Prince] Reissue (DAW 1989) fantasy novel, second in the “Dragon Prince” series. 22nd printing.
• * _Sunrunner’s Fire (DAW 0-7564-0305-7, Aug 2005, $15.00, 485pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Prince] Reissue (DAW 1990) fantasy novel, third in the “Dragon Prince” trilogy.

RAYNER, JACQUELINE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: Winner Takes All (BBC Books 0-563-48627-9, May 2005, £6.99, 245pp, hc) [Doctor Who] SF novelization based on the TV series, featuring the ninth Doctor and Rose.

RAYNER, MARK A. (1966- ) (chron.)

• * *The Amadeus Net (ENC Press 0-9752540-1-4, Jul 2005, $19.00, 238pp, tp) Near-future SF novel. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is an immortal with problems in 2028. ENC Press, PO Box 833, Hoboken NJ 07030; [www.encpress.com].

REAVES, J(ames) MICHAEL, ed. (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Shadows Over Baker Street (with John C. Pelan) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45273-9, Mar 2005, $14.95, 446pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Sherlock Holmes] Reprint (Del Rey 2003) anthology of 18 Lovecraftian Sherlock Holmes stories.