The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

MAGUIRE, GREGORY (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Leaping Beauty: and other animal fairy tales (HarperTrophy 0-06-056419-9, Mar 2006, $5.99, 197pp, tp, cover by Chris L. Demarest) Reprint (HarperCollins 2004) children’s collection of eight fractured fairy tales. This includes a humorous, 17-page “extras inside” section by Maguire.
• * _Six Haunted Hairdos (HarperTrophy 0-06-440720-9, Aug 2006, $5.99, 165pp, tp, cover by Dan Santat) [Hamlet Chronicles] Reissue (Clarion 1997) young-adult fantasy, sequel to Seven Spiders Spinning. This has been slightly revised/corrected.
• * _Son of a Witch (HarperCollins/Regan 0-06-074722-6, Oct 2006, $16.00, 337pp, tp, cover by Douglas Smith) [Oz: Wicked Years] Reprint (ReganBooks 2005) fantasy novel, sequel to Wicked.
• * _Wicked (SFBC #1212525, Jun 2006, $12.99, 409pp, hc) [Oz: Wicked Years] Reprint (Regan Books 1995) literary fantasy Oz novel, subtitled “The life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West”. This is a musical tie-in edition with 16 unpaginated pages of color photos; it has ISBN 0-7394-6897-5, lacks a price, and has the book club number on the back jacket.
• * _Wicked (Hodder Headline/Review 0-7553-3160-5, Sep 2006, £7.99, 495pp, tp) [Oz: Wicked Years] Reprint (Regan Books 1995) fantasy novel about the Wicked Witch of the West in Baum’s Oz books.

MAHFOUZ, NAGUIB (1911-2006) (chron.)

• * _The Seventh Heaven: Supernatural Stories (Random House/Anchor 0-307-27714-3, Dec 2006, $12.95, 164 + xxiv, tp) Reprint (American University in Cairo Press 2006, not seen) collection of 13 stories. Selected, introduced, and translated from the Arabic by Raymond Stock.

MAHY, MARGARET (May) (1936- ) (chron.)

• * _Maddigan’s Fantasia (Faber and Faber 0-571-23015-6, Sep 2006, £17.99, 441pp, hc, cover by Kristian Olson) Reprint (HarperCollins NZ 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

MAINES, REBECCA (stories) (chron.)

• * *Ex Cathedra (Twilight Tales 0-9779856-0-1, Jun 2006, $12.00, 165pp, tp) Collection of 11 stories, four original. Three were originally written as by Pamela D. Hodgson. Twilight Tales, PO Box 817, Chicago IL 60614; [www.TwilightTales.com]. (Contents)

MAJOR, JOSEPH T. (chron.)

• * *Heinlein’s Children: The Juveniles (Advent:Publishers 0-911682-33-3, Feb 2006, $25.00, 535 + xvi, hc) Non-fiction discussion of Heinlein’s juvenile novels, a chatty examination of each book’s plot while using it as a springboard to discuss aspects including Heinlein’s intent, editorial contribution, and cultural/historical context. All but one of the chapters were previously published in different form in FOSFAX. Introduction by Alexei Panshin. Includes bibliography and index. Order from Advent:Publishers, PO Box A3228, Chicago IL 60690; 773-725-5447; postage included in price. [Heinlein]

MALAN, VIOLETTE (chron.)

• * *The Mirror Prince (DAW 0-7564-0339-1, Jul 2006, $15.00, 309pp, tp, cover by Todd Lockwood) Fantasy novel. A history professor learns he’s really a faerie Prince Guardian from another world, and his life is in danger. A first novel.
• * _The Mirror Prince (SFBC #1209306, Jul 2006, $12.99, 309pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) Reprint (DAW 2006) fantasy novel. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7118-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

MALCOLM, SALLY (chron.)

• * *Stargate Atlantis: Rising (Fandemonium 0-9547343-5-1, Dec 2005, £6.99, 183pp, pb) [Stargate Atlantis] SF novelization based on the TV series.

MALLORY, JAMES (chron.)

• * _When Darkness Falls (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey

MALMONT, PAUL (chron.)

• * *The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril (Simon & Schuster 0-7432-8785-1, Jun 2006, $24.00, 371pp, hc) Pulp adventure with some some weird science and possible fantasy elements, featuring Walter Gibson and Lester Dent, creators of The Shadow and Doc Savage, with L. Ron Hubbard in the 1930s, investigating crimes and encountering a multitude of pulp writers.

MAMATAS, NICK (stories) (chron.)

• * _Move Under Ground (Wildside Press/Prime Books 0-8095-5673-1, Jul 2006, $14.95, 158pp, tp, cover by Travis Anthony Soumis) Reprint (Night Shade Books 2004) Lovecraftian Beat road novel. Prime Books, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.prime-books.com]

MANCUSI, MARI (chron.)

• * *Boys That Bite (Berkley Jam 0-425-20942-3, Apr 2006, $9.99, 262pp, tp) [Rayne McDonald] Young-adult vampire novel. Sunshine is accidentally bitten by her twin sister’s vampire boyfriend, and needs to find a cure fast.
• * *Stake That! (Berkley Jam 0-425-21210-6, Dec 2006, $9.99, 280pp, tp) [Rayne McDonald] Young-adult vampire novel, sequel to Boys that Bite. Rayne McDonald is a vampire slayer who’d rather be a vampire.

MANFREDI, VALERIO MASSIMO (chron.)

• * *The Tower (Macmillan UK 1-4050-5201-5, Oct 2006, £16.99, 295pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) Thriller with fantasy elements. An archeologist vanishes while searching for the legendary Tower of Solitude in the Sahara desert. Translated by Christine Fedderson-Manfredi from La Torre Della Solitudine (Mondadori 1996).

MANGELS, ANDY (stories) (chron.)

• * _Star Trek: Enterprise: Last Full Measure (with Michael A. Martin) See entry under Michael A. Martin

MANTEL, HILARY (Mary) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _Beyond Black (Holt/Picador 0-312-42605-4, May 2006, $14.00, 416pp, tp) Reprint (Holt 2005) fantasy novel of a psychic and her assistant in contemporary England. A John Macrae book.

MANZAREK, RAY (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Snake Moon (Night Shade Books 1-59780-041-4, Apr 2006, $23.95, 202pp, hc, cover by Mike Mignola) Dark fantasy novel. Two men from backwoods Tennessee during the Civil War set out to seek their destiny. Based on an original screenplay by Manzarek & Rick Valentine, who provides an afterword. A limited edition (-042-2, $49.00) is also available. Night Shade Books, 1470 NW Saltzman Road, Portland OR 97229; [www.nightshadebooks.com].

MARCANO, SCOTT (chron.)

• * *The People of the Sea (Infinity Publishing.com 0-7414-2730-3, Nov 2005, $16.95, 273pp, tp) Fantasy novel. Two lovers lost on the Great Sea find a possible home, but must first choose sides in a war between good and evil. This is dated 2005 but not seen until now. Infinity Publishing.com, 1094 New DeHaven Street, Suite 100, West Conshohocken PA 19428-2713; 877-BUY-BOOK; [www.buybooksontheweb.com].

MARCELLAS, DIANA (chron.)

• * _Twilight Rising, Serpent’s Dream (Tor 0-812-56179-1, Mar 2006, $7.99, 468pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Mother Ocean, Daughter Sea] Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, third in a trilogy begun in Mother Ocean, Daughter Sea.

MARCO, JOHN (chron.)

• * _The Sword of Angels (DAW 0-7564-0360-X, Jul 2006, $7.99, 980pp, pb, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Eyes of God] Reprint (DAW 2005) fantasy novel, the final book in the trilogy begun in The Eyes of God.

MARCUS, LEONARD S. (chron.)

• * *The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy (Candlewick Press 0-7636-2625-2, Mar 2006, $19.99, 202pp, hc, cover by Steve Cieslawski) Young-adult non-fiction, a collection of interviews with 13 fantasy writers including Lloyd Alexander, Ursula K. Le Guin, Garth Nix, and Philip Pullman.

MARILLIER, JULIET (stories) (chron.)

• * _Blade of Fortriu (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-4108-0, Mar 2006, £17.99, vii+549pp, hc, cover by fisheyeart) [Bridei Chronicles] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 2005) fantasy novel, book two of The Bridei Chronicles. [First U.K. edition]
• * +Blade of Fortriu (Tor 0-765-30996-3, Oct 2006, $27.95, 496pp, hc, cover by Vince Natale) [Bridei Chronicles] Fantasy novel, second in the Bridei Chronicles. First US edition (Pan Macmillan Australia 9/05)
• * _The Dark Mirror (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-42669-9, Mar 2006, £7.99, 664pp, pb, cover by fisheyeart) [Bridei Chronicles] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 2004) fantasy novel. Book one of The Bridei Chronicles.
• * _The Dark Mirror (Tor 0-765-30998-X, Jun 2006, $15.95, 512pp, tp, cover by Vince Natale) [Bridei Chronicles] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 2004) fantasy novel, first in the Bridei Chronicles.
• * _Wildwood Dancing (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-5204-X, Dec 2006, £14.99, 370pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) [Wildwood Dancing] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 2006) young-adult fantasy novel set in Transylvania. [First U.K. edition]

MARIOTTE, JEFF(rey J.) (chron.)

• * *Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: Marauders, Volume I: Ghost of the Wall (Ace 0-441-01379-1, Feb 2006, $6.99, 228pp, pb, cover by Justin Sweet) [Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: Marauders] Fantasy novel, the first in a new trilogy set in the world of Robert E. Howard’s Conan.
• * *Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: Marauders, Volume II: Winds of the Wild Sea (Ace 0-441-01386-4, Apr 2006, $6.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Justin Sweet) [Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: Marauders] Novelization in a series based on the world created by Robert E. Howard, the second volume in a subseries.
• * *Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: Marauders, Volume III: Dawn of the Ice Bear (Ace 0-441-01392-9, Jun 2006, $6.99, 231pp, pb, cover by Justin Sweet) [Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: Marauders] Novelization based on the world created by Robert E. Howard, the third part of a trilogy. Copyrighted by Conan Properties International.
• * _30 Days of Night: Rumors of the Undead (with Steve Niles) See entry under Steve Niles.

MARK, JAN(et Marjorie) (1943-2006) (chron.)

• * _Riding Tycho (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-40087-8, Jan 2006, £4.99, 215pp, tp) [Riding Tycho] Reprint (Macmillan Children’s Books 2005) young-adult SF novel.
• * *Voyager (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-333-99774-3, Jan 2006, £10.99, 280pp, hc) [Riding Tycho] Young-adult SF novel.

MARQUARDT, MICHELLE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Year’s Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume Two (with Bill Congreve) See entry under Bill Congreve.

MARSDEN, JOHN (chron.)

• * _Darkness Be My Friend (Scholastic/Point 0-439-85802-X, Oct 2006, $8.99, 259pp, tp) [Tomorrow] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 1996) young-adult Australian near-future adventure, fourth in the Tomorrow series.

MARSHALL, CHARLES HUNT; see pseudonym Peter Hunt (chron.)

MARSHALL, JEREMY (chron.)

• * _The Ring of Words (with Edmund Weiner & Peter Gilliver) See entry under Peter Gilliver.

MARSHALL, MICHAEL; pseudonym of Michael Marshall Smith, (1965- ) (chron.)

• * _Blood of Angels (HarperCollins UK 0-00-716397-5, Jun 2006, £6.99, 547pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2005) associational novel. Marshall is a pseudonym of Michael Marshall Smith.

MARTIN, GEORGE R(aymond) R(ichard) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dreamsongs (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07905-3, Sep 2006, £20.00, 1182pp, hc, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Subterranean Press 2003 as GRRM: A RRetrospective) collection of 32 stories, two original (early non-SF), and two television scripts, with extensive commentary by Martin on his writing career. Introduction by Gardner Dozois. There is a bibliographical checklist by Leslie Kay Swigart. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * _A Feast for Crows (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224740-2, May 2006, £12.99, 753pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Song of Ice and Fire] Reprint (Voyager 2005) fantasy novel, the fourth book of A Song of Ice and Fire.
• * _A Feast for Crows (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58202-X, Oct 2006, $7.99, 1060pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Song of Ice and Fire] Reprint (Voyager 2005) fantasy novel, book four of “A Song of Ice and Fire”.
• * _A Feast for Crows (Harper Voyager 0-00-648612-6, Nov 2006, £8.99, 933pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Song of Ice and Fire] Reprint (Voyager 2005) fantasy novel, the fourth book in the series A Song of Ice and Fire.
• * _The Ice Dragon (Tor/Starscape 0-765-31631-5, Oct 2006, $12.95, 107pp, hc, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) Reprint (Ace 1980 as part of Dragons of Light) young-adult fantasy novella. Illustrated by Yvonne Gilbert.

MARTIN, KAT(hleen Kelly) (1947- ) (chron.)

• * *Scent of Roses (Harlequin/Mira 0-7783-2326-9, Jun 2006, $7.99, 415pp, pb) [Scent of Roses] Paranormal romance/ghost story. A family counselor investigates a farm worker’s ghost sighting and uncovers dark secrets in the farm’s past.

MARTIN, MICHAEL A. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Star Trek: Enterprise: Last Full Measure (with Andy Mangels) (Pocket 1-4165-0358-7, May 2006, $7.99, 336pp, pb) [Star Trek: Enterprise] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

MARTINEZ, A. LEE (chron.)

• * _Gil’s All Fright Diner (Tor 0-765-35001-7, Jul 2006, $6.99, 268pp, pb, cover by Jeff Soto) Reprint (Tor 2005) humorous dark fantasy novel.
• * *In the Company of Ogres (Tor 0-765-31547-5, Aug 2006, $13.95, 352pp, tp, cover by Jeff Soto) Humorous fantasy novel. Never Dead Ned has to whip the motley monsters of Ogre Company into shape.

MARTÍNEZ, TOMÁS ELOY (chron.)

• * *The Tango Singer (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7644-0, Jan 2006, £12.99, 246pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel. A student seeking the origins of the tango finds himself living in the real model for a Borges story. Translated by Anne McLean from El Cantor de Tango (Planeta Argentina 2004).

MARTINI, CLEM (chron.)

• * _The Mob (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7578-9, Jan 2006, £12.99, 236pp, hc, cover by Carol Lawson) [Crow Chronicles] Reprint (KCP Fiction 2004) young-adult fantasy about crows, the first book in the Crow Chronicles trilogy. A first novel. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-8146-0) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Mob (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7580-0, Jul 2006, £6.99, 236pp, tp, cover by Carol Lawson) [Crow Chronicles] Reprint (KCP Fiction 2004) young-adult fantasy, the first in the The Crow Chronicles trilogy.

MARTINIERE, STEPHAN (chron.)

• * *Quantumscapes: The Art of Stephan Martiniere (Design Studio Press 1-933492-51-1, Dec 2006, $19.95, 95pp, tp, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Art book, the second in the Quantum series, collecting art from the last three years including book covers, film concepts, video game and card-game illustrations, with notes on each by the artist. Introduction by Lorne Lanning. Design Studio Press, 8577 Higuera Street, Culver City CA 90232; [www.designstudiopress.com].

MARUSEK, DAVID (1951- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Counting Heads (SFBC #1197742, Jan 2006, $12.50, 336pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Tor 2005) SF novel based on his award-winning story “We Were Out of Our Minds With Joy” about a complex overcrowded future Earth. This is similar to the Tor edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

MASELLO, ROBERT (chron.)

• * *Bestiary (Berkley 0-425-21280-7, Nov 2006, $7.99, 456pp, pb, cover by Mark Gerber) Horror novel. An ancient manuscript looses a deadly curse. Sequel to The Vigil.

MASESSA, ED (chron.)

• * *The Wandmaker’s Guidebook (with Daniel Jankowski) (Scholastic/Tangerine Press 0-439-86265-5, Oct 2006, $19.99, 20pp, hc, cover by Daniel Jankowski) Art book, a guide to making wands supposedly written by Master Wandmaker Coralis, with text by Masessa and illustrations by Jankowski. Includes fold-outs, enclosures, and a wand kit, etc.

MASON, JOHN R. (chron.)

• * *Return to Olympus (Golden Apple 1-904073-55-7, Jan 2006, £6.99, 202pp, tp) [Olympus] Allegorical SF novel, sequel to The Kronos Factor. Gods want to return to their home planet, Olympus. Available from Golden Apple, 15a Hoseside Road, Wallasey, Wirral, Cheshire CH45 0LA, UK; [www.goldenapple.u-net.com].

MASSEY, BRANDON R. (1973- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Twisted Tales (Kensington/Dafina 0-7582-1353-0, Jun 2006, $6.99, 314pp, pb) Original collection of 14 horror stories. (Contents)
• * _Within the Shadows (Kensington/Dafina 0-7582-1070-1, Jan 2007, $6.99, 444pp, pb) Reprint (Dafina 2005) horror novel.

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• * *Dark Dreams II: Voices from the Other Side (Kensington/Dafina 0-7582-1232-1, Apr 2006, $15.00, 290pp, tp) Original anthology of 17 stories of horror and suspense by Black authors, several with supernatural or SF elements. Authors include L.A. Banks, Eric Jerome Dickey, and Tananarive Due. (Contents)

MASSON, SOPHIE (Veronique) (1959- ) (chron.)

• * *Malvolio’s Revenge (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-88364-2, Sep 2005, £5.99, 329pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel partially based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
• * +Snow, Fire, Sword (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-079091-1, May 2006, $15.99, 359pp, hc, cover by Harvey Chan) Young-adult contemporary fantasy novel of Indonesia. First US edition (Random House Australia 2004).

MASTERTON, GRAHAM (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Descendant (Severn House 0-7278-6380-0, May 2006, £18.99, 216pp, hc) Horror novel. An American with Romanian ancestry is recruited to hunt down vampires.
• * *Night Wars (Leisure 0-8439-5427-2, Sep 2006, $6.99, 354pp, pb) [Night Warriors] Horror novel, the fourth volume in the Night Warriors series.
• * *Touchy and Feely (Severn House 0-7278-6332-0, Jan 2006, £18.99, 202pp, hc) [Sissy Sawyer] First in the Sissy Sawyer series, about a psychic fortuneteller.

MATHESON, RICHARD (Burton) (1926- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Bloodlines: Richard Matheson’s Dracula, I Am Legend and Other Vampire Stories (Gauntlet Press 1-887368-88-4, Oct 2006, $85.00, 520pp, hc, cover by Harry O. Morris) Collection of vampire works: three short stories, the novel I Am Legend (1954) and a screenplay version, plus a script for TV movie Bram Stoker’s Dracula, cast lists and pictures from various movies. Edited with preface, introductions, and an appendix by Mark Dawidziak. Appreciations by John Carpenter, Frank Spotnitz, Mick Garris, Richard Christian Matheson, Steve Niles, Rockne S. O’Bannon, and Ray Bradbury. This is a signed, limited edition of 500. (Contents)