The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

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HICKMAN, TRACY (Raye) (stories) (chron.) (continued)
_____, ed. * _DragonLance: Dragons of Time (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
HIGGINS, F. E. (chron.)

* +The Black Book of Secrets (Feiwel & Friends 978-0-312-36844-9, 2007, $14.95, 273pp, hc) Young-adult Dickensian/gothic novel with fantasy elements. Ludlow Fitch flees his horrible family and gets a job with a pawnbroker who trades for people’s darkest secrets. A first novel. First US edition (Macmillan UK 1/07).
HIGHTMAN, JASON (chron.)

* _Samurai (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-054016-6, Sep 2007, $6.99, 389pp, tp, cover by Vince Natale) [Saint of Dragons] Reprint (Eos 2006) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Saint of Dragons.
HILBURN, LYNDA (chron.)

* *The Vampire Shrink (Medallion Press 978-1-933836-23-2, Oct 2007, $15.95, 392pp, tp) [Vampire Shrink] Paranormal romance. Psychologist Kismet Knight doesn’t believe in vampires until she becomes involved in the vampire underworld and a murder investigation.
HILGER, RONALD S., ed.

* _The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith, Volume 2: The Door to Saturn See entry under Clark Ashton Smith.
HILL, A. W. (chron.)

* *The Last Days of Madame Rey (Carroll & Graf 978-0-78671-881-8, Apr 2007, $24.95, 328pp, hc, cover by Whitney Cookman) [Stephan Raszer] Dark fantasy mystery, the second in the Stephan Raszer Investigations series about a psychic detective. A neo-Nazi cult may be triggering earthquakes.
HILL, JOE; pseudonym of Joseph Hillstrom King, (1971- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _20th Century Ghosts (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08192-5, Oct 2007, £14.99, 389pp, hc, cover by edward. bettison. com) Reprint (PS Publishing 2005) fantasy/horror collection, winner of multiple awards including the Stoker and British Fantasy Awards. This follows the Morrow 2007 edition with one added story.
* *Heart-Shaped Box (HarperCollins/Morrow 978-0-06-114793-7, Feb 2007, $24.95, 376pp, hc) Horror novel. A collector of the macabre buys a ghost on the Internet. A first novel.
* _Heart-Shaped Box (SFBC #1225373, Feb 2007, $12.49, 376pp, hc) Reprint (Morrow 2007) horror novel. This is similar to the Morrow edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Heart-Shaped Box (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-000-0, Mar 2007, $50.00, 343pp, hc, cover by Vincent Chong) Reprint (Morrow 2007) horror novel. This signed, limited edition of 500 is sold out, as is a deluxe edition of 200 with added section ($75.00), and a traycased leatherbound lettered edition of 15. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com].
* _Heart-Shaped Box (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07912-0, Mar 2007, £12.99, 365pp, hc, cover by Edward Bettison) Reprint (Morrow 2007) dark fantasy novel. Jude Coyne buys a boxed ghost off the Internet. A trade paperback (Airport) edition (-07913-7, £10.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
* *The Saved (PS Publishing no ISBN, Dec 2007, free, 27pp, hc) Horror novelette. Distributed free with the Winter 2007 issue of Postscripts. Volume three in the “PS Holiday Chapbook” series.
* _Saved (PS Publishing no ISBN, Dec 2007, no price, 27pp, ph, cover by James Hannah) Reprint (PS Publishing 2005 as part of the deluxe edition of 20th Century Ghosts) novelette in hardcover chapbook form. This is PS Holiday Chapbook #3, given out free with subscriptions to Postscripts magazine; hardcover subscribers get signed copies. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].
* +20th Century Ghosts (HarperCollins/Morrow 978-0-06-114797-5, Oct 2007, $24.95, xiv+316pp, hc) Collection of 15 stories. This first US edition (PS Publishing 2005) adds one story, “Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead”, and drops the story notes; the introduction by Christopher Golden has been slightly revised. Issued without a dust jacket. (Contents)
HILL, JOEY W. (chron.)

* *The Vampire Queen’s Servant (Berkley Heat 978-0-425-21590-6, Jul 2007, $14.00, 373pp, tp) Erotic vampire novel.
HILL, LAUREL ANNE (chron.)

* *Heroes Arise (KOMENAR Publishing 978-0-9772081-4-2, Oct 2007, $24.95, 198pp, hc, cover by Jasmine Nakagawa) Fantasy novel/parable. The reptilian kren Gundack seeks a human’s help in gaining revenge against a fellow kren. Illustrated by Jasmine Nakagawa. A first novel. Komenar Publishing, 1756 Lacassie Ave., Suite 202, Walnut Creek CA 94596-7002; [www.komenarpublishing.com].
HILL, SANDRA (chron.)

* *Down and Dirty (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21793-1, Nov 2007, $7.99, 324pp, pb, cover by Don Sipley) [Rough and Ready] Time-travel romance in a series about medieval Norse women and Navy SEALS, sequel to Rough and Ready.
HILL, STUART (chron.)

* +Blade of Fire (Scholastic/The Chicken House 978-0-439-84122-1, Feb 2007, $18.99, 574pp, hc, cover by Gary Blythe & Carol Lawson) [Icemark Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy, the second volume in the Icemark Chronicles trilogy. First US edition (The Chicken House UK 9/06).
* _Blade of Fire (The Chicken House 978-1-905294-29-9, May 2007, £6.99, 640pp, tp, cover by Mark Edwards & Carol Lawson) [Icemark Chronicles] Reprint (The Chicken House 2006) young-adult fantasy novel. Second in The Icemark Chronicles after The Cry of the Icemark.
HILLMAN, LEE C., ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _Bad-Ass Faeries (with Jeffrey Lyman, Danielle Ackley-McPhail & L. Jagi Lamplighter) See entry under Danielle Ackley-McPhail.
HINES, JIM C. (1974- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Goblin Hero (DAW 978-0-7564-0442-0, May 2007, $6.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Mel Grant) [Jig the goblin] Fantasy novel, sequel to Goblin Quest.
_____, ed. * _Heroes in Training (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
HITER, SHIRLEY (chron.)

* *Creator Born (Infinity Publishing.com 0-7414-3177-7, Jun 2006, $18.95, 351pp, tp) Fantasy novel. A woman is chosen by the Creator to save her world. This is dated 2006, 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].
HJORTSBERG, WILLIAM (Reinhold) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Falling Angel (Centipede Press/Millipede Press 1-933618-08-6, Nov 2006, $14.00, 302pp, tp, cover by Stanislaw Zagorski) Reprint (Harcourt 1978) occult mystery. Introduction by Jim Crumley. Foreword by Ridley Scott. The author provides an afterword and bonus story, “Sidekick”. A signed, hardcover edition (-09-4, $65.00) and a deluxe leatherbound edition ($250.00) are also available. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now. Millipede Press, 2565 Teller Court, Lakewood CO 80214; [www.millipedepress.com]. (Contents)
HOARE, ANDY (chron.)

* *Warhammer 40,000: Star of Damocles (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-478-3, Aug 2007, £6.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader] Novelization set in the roleplaying game universe. Book two in the Rogue Trader subseries.
* +Warhammer 40,000: Star of Damocles (BL Publishing/Black Library US 978-1-84416-478-3, Sep 2007, $7.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer 40,000] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK edition (8/07) but gives only US and Canadian prices.
HOBAN, RUSSELL (Conwell) (1925- ) (chron.)

* _Linger Awhile (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-8577-0, Jan 2007, £7.99, 160pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2006) fantasy novel.
* +Linger Awhile (Godine, David R. 978-1-56792-326-1, Jun 2007, $15.95, 134pp, tp) Contemporary fantasy novel. An old man falls in love with a long-dead actress and finds a way to bring her to life — as a b&w vampire cowgirl. First US edition (Bloomsbury 1/06).
HOBB, ROBIN; pseudonym of Megan Lindholm, (1952- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Forest Mage (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-719616-6, Feb 2007, £12.99, 660pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Soldier Son] Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel, book two in the Soldier Son trilogy. Hobb is a pseudonym for Megan Lindholm.
* _Forest Mage (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-719617-3, Jul 2007, £7.99, 818pp, pb) [Soldier Son] Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel. Book two of the Soldier Son trilogy. Hobb also writes as Megan Lindholm.
* _Forest Mage (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-075829-5, Dec 2007, $7.99, 726pp, pb) [Soldier Son] Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel, the second in the Soldier Son trilogy.
* *Renegade’s Magic (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-719618-0, Jul 2007, £20.00, 616pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Soldier Son] Fantasy novel, book three of the Soldier Son trilogy. Hobb also writes as Megan Lindholm.
* +Renegade’s Magic (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-075764-9, Jan 2008, $25.95, 662pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Soldier Son] Fantasy novel, the third in the Soldier Son trilogy. First US edition (Voyager 7/07)
HODGELL, P(atricia) C(hristine) (1951- ) (chron.)

* _To Ride a Rathorn (SFBC #1231469, Mar 2007, $12.99, 472pp, hc, cover by Christian McGrath) [*Jamethiel Priest’s-Bane] Reprint (Meisha Merlin 2006) fantasy novel, sequel to Seeker’s Mask. This is similar to the Meisha Merlin edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
HODGES, BARBARA M. (chron.)

* _Shadow Worlds (with Darrell Bain) See entry under Darrell Bain.
HØEG, PETER (1957- ) (chron.)

* +The Quiet Girl (Farrar Straus Giroux 978-0-374-26369-0, Nov 2007, $26.00, 408pp, hc) Near-future thriller about a psychic clown coerced by the Danish government into tracking down a girl who shares his abilities. Translated by Nadia Christensen from the Danish Den stille pige (Rosinante 2006), First US edition (Harvill Secker 10/07).
* _The Woman and the Ape (Farrar Straus Giroux/Picador 978-0-312-42712-2, Nov 2007, $14.00, 261pp, tp) Reprint (Farrar Straus Giroux 1996) literary SF novel about a woman who becomes involved with an intelligent ape. Translated by Barbara Haveland from the Danish Kvinden og aben.
HOEYE, MICHAEL (chron.)

* _No Time Like Show Time (Penguin/Puffin 978-0-14-240982-4, Oct 2007, $7.99, 277pp, tp, cover by François Roca) [Hermux Tantamoq] Reprint (Putnam 2004) young-adult talking-animal fantasy mystery novel, third in the Hermux Tantamoq series.
* _The Sands of Time (Penguin/Puffin 978-0-14-240983-1, Oct 2007, $7.99, 277pp, tp, cover by François Roca) [Hermux Tantamoq] Reprint (Terfle Books 2001) young-adult talking-animal fantasy mystery novel in the Hermux Tantamoq series, sequel to Time Stops for No Mouse.
* _Time Stops for No Mouse (Penguin/Puffin 978-0-14-240984-8, Oct 2007, $7.99, 250pp, tp, cover by François Roca) [Hermux Tantamoq] Reprint (Terfle Books 2000) young-adult fantasy mystery novel, the first in the series featuring talking mouse Hermux Tantamoq.
* *Time to Smell the Roses (Penguin/Putnam 978-0-399-24490-2, Oct 2007, $15.99, 273pp, hc, cover by François Roca) [Hermux Tantamoq] Young-adult talking-animal fantasy mystery novel, fourth in the Hermux Tantamoq series.
HOFFMAN, ALICE (1952- ) (chron.)

* _The Ice Queen (Random House/Vintage UK 0-099-48883-3, Nov 2006, £6.99, 211pp, tp) Reprint (Little, Brown 2005) literary fantasy novel.
HOGAN, JAMES P(atrick) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Echoes of an Alien Sky (Baen 978-1-4165-2108-2, Feb 2007, $24.00, 317pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) SF novel. A mission from Venus studies the archaeological remains of Earth’s long-dead inhabitants.
* *The Two Worlds (Baen 978-1-4165-3725-0, Sep 2007, $7.99, 855pp, pb) [Giants] Omnibus of the third and fourth novels in the Giants series: Giants’ Star (1981) and Entoverse (1991). There is a new introduction by Hogan on the inspiration for the novels. (Contents)
HOLDER, NANCY (Lindsay Jones) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Rose Bride (Simon Pulse 978-1-4169-3535-3, Jun 2007, $5.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Young-adult fantasy novel based loosely on “The White Bride and the Black Bride”, part of the Once Upon a Time series of fairytale retellings.
HOLDSTOCK, ROBERT (Paul) (1948-2009) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Broken Kings (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07930-4, Jan 2007, £14.99, 357pp, hc) [Merlin Codex] Fantasy novel, book three of The Merlin Codex series. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-07931-1, £12.99) was announced but not seen.
* +The Broken Kings (Tor 978-0-7653-1109-2, May 2007, $27.95, 367pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Merlin Codex] Fantasy novel, book three of the Merlin Codex. First US edition (Gollancz 1/07).
* _Celtika (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07973-1, Jan 2007, £7.99, 326pp, tp) [Merlin Codex] Reprint (Earthlight UK 2001) fantasy novel. Book one of the Merlin Codex.
* _The Iron Grail (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07974-8, Jan 2007, £7.99, 310pp, tp) [Merlin Codex] Reprint (Earthlight UK 2002) fantasy novel. Book two of the Merlin Codex.
* *The Mythago Cycle: Volume Two (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07972-4, Oct 2007, £14.99, 552pp, tp, cover by Alan Lee) [Mythago] Omnibus of two fantasy novels: The Hollowing (1993) and Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn (1997). (Contents)
* _Mythago Wood (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07970-0, Feb 2007, £14.99, 296pp, hc) [Mythago] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) fantasy novel in the Mythago series. Winner of the World Fantasy Award.
HOLLANDS, NEIL (chron.)

* *Read On...Fantasy Fiction: Reading Lists for Every Taste (Greenwood/Libraries Unlimited 978-1-59158-330-1, Jul 2007, $30.00, 210+xix, tp) Non-fiction, reference, a series of lists of fantasy titles organized by type of story, characters, setting, mood, and writing style, with appendices on trilogies and award winners. Includes index. Order from Libraries Unlimited, 88 Post Road West, Westport CT 06881; [www.lu.com].
HOLLY, EMMA (stories) (chron.)

* *Fairyville (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21705-4, Sep 2007, $14.00, 310pp, tp, cover by Judy York) Erotic fantasy romance about a woman who sees dead people and fairies.
* *Heat of the Night (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21135-9, Jan 2007, $14.00, 357pp, tp, cover by Judy York) Omnibus/collection of two fantasy paranormal romances: Hunting Midnight (2003) and sequel novella “The Night Owl”. (Contents)
HOLT, THOMAS; see under Holt, Tom (stories) (chron.)
HOLT, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Charles Louis Holt] (1961- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Barking (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-285-8, Mar 2007, £12.99, 404pp, hc, cover by Parin Shah) Humorous fantasy novel.
HONG, CATHY PARK (stories) (chron.)

* *Dance Dance Revolution (Norton 978-0-393-06484-1, May 2007, $23.95, 120pp, hc) Near-future SF poem, set in a desert city where refugees from a revolution have created a new culture — and the dialect in which the poem is written.
HOOBLER, DOROTHY (chron.)

* _The Monsters: Mary Shelley & the Curse of Frankenstein (with Thomas Hoobler) (Little, Brown/Back Bay 978-0-316-06640-2, Aug 2007, $14.99, 374pp, tp, cover by Henry Fuseli) Reprint (Little, Brown 2006) non-fiction, a historical/biographical look the creation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. This includes a readers’ guide. [Shelley]
HOOBLER, THOMAS (1944?- ) (chron.)

* _The Monsters: Mary Shelley & the Curse of Frankenstein (with Dorothy Hoobler) See entry under Dorothy Hoobler.
HOOK, NEIL (chron.)

* _Different Engines: How Science Drives Fiction and Fiction Drives Science (with Mark L. Brake) See entry under Mark L. Brake
HOOPER, (Glenda) KAY (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Haunting of Josie (Bantam 978-0-553-59047-0, Jan 2008, $6.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Tony Greco) Reissue (Bantam Loveswept 1994) paranormal romance.
HOPE-LEWIS, BARBARA (1944- ); see pseudonym Barbara Erskine (chron.)
HOPKINSON, NALO (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The New Moon’s Arms (Warner 978-0-446-57691-8, Feb 2007, $23.99, 323pp, hc) Mainstream novel with elements of magical realism. A woman starting menopause rediscovers her childhood gift for finding things.
HORNBY, NICK (chron.)

* *Slam (Penguin/Puffin UK 978-0-141-38297-5, Oct 2007, £12.99, 293pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel of a boy thrown randomly forward along his own timeline, and then back, allowing him to be aware of future events.
HOROWITZ, ANTHONY (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Devil and His Boy (Penguin/Puffin 978-0-14-240797-4, Jan 2007, $6.99, 182pp, tp) Reissue (Walker Books UK 1998) young-adult historical novel with elements of fantasy.
* _Evil Star (Scholastic/Apple 978-0-439-68008-0, Jun 2007, $6.99, 318pp, tp, cover by Justin Brandstater) [Gatekeepers] Reprint (Walker UK 2006) young-adult horror novel, second in the Gatekeepers series, significantly re-written from the Pentagram series from the 1980s.
* +More Horowitz Horror (Penguin/Philomel 978-0-399-24519-0, Apr 2007, $11.99, 210pp, hc) Young-adult original collection of nine horror stories. This is bound in boards. First US edition (Orchard Books UK 2000, not seen). (Contents)
* +Nightrise (Scholastic Press 978-0-439-68001-1, Jul 2007, $17.99, 365pp, hc, cover by Justin Brandstater) [Gatekeepers] Young-adult horror novel, third in The Gatekeepers series, significantly re-written from the Pentagram series from the 1980s. First US edition (Walker UK 4/07).
* _Raven’s Gate (Scholastic/Apple 0-439-68009-3, Oct 2006, $6.99, 254pp, tp, cover by Justin Brandstater) [Gatekeepers] Reprint (Scholastic 2005) young-adult horror novel, first in The Gatekeepers series. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.
HORTON, RICHARD, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Fantasy: The Best of the Year: 2007 Edition (Wildside Press/Prime Books 978-0-8095-5650-2, May 2007, $13.95, 358pp, tp, cover by John Everett Millais) Best-of-the-year anthology of 16 stories, with an introduction on the year in fantasy by the editor. Authors include Geoff Ryman, Peter S. Beagle, and Ysabeau Wilce. Prime Books, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.prime-books.com]. (Contents)

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