The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

STRICKLAND, (William) BRAD(ley) (1947- ) (chron.)

• * *Grimoire: Tracked by Terror (Penguin/Dial 978-0-8037-3061-8, Oct 2007, $15.99, 182pp, hc, cover by Brandon Dorman) [Grimoire] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Grimoire trilogy. Jarvey and Betsy are lost in the many worlds held within a magical book.

STRICKLER, PAUL M. (chron.)

• * _The Calling (Black Castle Entertainment 1-4276-0655-2, Sep 2006, $15.00, 538pp, tp) Reprint (Crystal Dreams Publishing 2006, not seen) horror novel. A family’s new house in Michigan comes with a sinister past. Second printing. Black Castle Entertainment, PO Box 888184, Grand Rapids MI 49588-8184; [www.horrorplace.com].

STRIEBER, (Louis) WHITLEY (1945- ) (chron.)

• * *2012 (Tor 978-0-7653-1896-1, Sep 2007, $24.95, 319pp, hc) [War for Souls] Thriller of the Mayan astronomical end of the world and an alien presence. The first book in The War for Souls series?
• * _The Grays (Tor/Forge 978-0-7653-5259-0, Jun 2007, $7.99, 371pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 2006) SF novel of aliens among us.

STRIKE-McCORD, JACQUELYN BROOKS (chron.)

• * _The Challenge of JHWH (with Symm Hawes McCord) See entry under Symm Hawes McCord.

STROSS, CHARLES (1964- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Atrocity Archives (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-569-9, Jun 2007, £6.99, xv+519pp, pb) [Bob Howard] Reprint (Golden Gryphon 2004) Lovecraftian dark fantasy novel, plus a related original novella, “The Concrete Jungle”. Introduction by Ken Macleod. Afterword by Stross. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Clan Corporate (Tor 978-0-7653-4822-7, Sep 2007, $6.99, 300pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Merchant Princes] Reprint (Tor 2006) fantasy/steampunk novel, third book of The Merchant Princes.
• * _Glasshouse (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-8414-9393-0, Mar 2007, £6.99, 388pp, pb) [Accelerando] Reprint (Ace 2006) standalone SF novel set in the same universe as Accelerando. A 27th-century man on the run volunteers to take part in an experiment to recreate the 20th century. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Glasshouse (Ace 978-0-441-01508-5, Jul 2007, $7.99, 333pp, pb) [Accelerando] Reprint (Ace 2006) standalone SF novel set in the same universe as Accelerando. A Hugo nominee.
• * *Halting State (Ace 978-0-441-01498-0, Oct 2007, $24.95, 351pp, hc, cover by Sophie Toulouse) Near-future SF novel. Edinburgh police Sergeant Sue Smith has to investigate a bank robbery in a virtual reality fantasy world.
• * _The Jennifer Morgue (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-570-5, Sep 2007, £6.99, 418pp, pb) [Bob Howard] Reprint (Golden Gryphon 2006) Lovecraftian dark fantasy novel, the sequel to The Atrocity Archives, plus a related story and an essay on James Bond. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Merchants’ War (Tor 978-0-7653-1671-4, Oct 2007, $24.95, 336pp, hc, cover by Paul Youll) [Merchant Princes] Fantasy/steampunk novel, fourth book of The Merchant Princes series.
• * *Missile Gap (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-058-6, Jan 2007, $35.00, 99pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) SF novella, originally published in anthology One Million Years AD, of a 1976 in which the Earth has been flat since the Cuban war in 1962. Illustrated by J.K. Potter. This is an unsigned second printing, but was not seen previously; the signed edition of 1,000 is sold out, but a traycased, lettered edition of 26 ($150.00) is still available. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com].

STROUD, JONATHAN (chron.)

• * _Ptolemy’s Gate (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55028-0, Oct 2006, £6.99, 515pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Bartimaeus] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the Bartimaeus trilogy.

STRUGATSKY, ARKADY (Natanovich) (1925-1991) (chron.)

• * _Roadside Picnic (with Boris Strugatsky) (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07978-6, Feb 2007, £6.99, 145pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Macmillan 1977 as part of Roadside Picnic/Tales of the Troika) SF novel. Volume 68 in the SF Masterworks series.

STRUGATSKY, BORIS (Natanovich) (1933- ) (chron.)

• * _Roadside Picnic (with Arkady Strugatsky) See entry under Arkady Strugatsky.

STURGEON, THEODORE; [born Edward Hamilton Waldo] (1918-1985) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Nail and the Oracle (North Atlantic Books 978-1-55643-661-1, Jul 2007, $35.00, xxxii+256pp, hc) Collection of 12 stories, with a foreword by Harlan Ellison, which covers Sturgeon’s work from 1957 to 1970. Edited and with extensive story notes by Paul Williams. Volume 11 in “The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon”.
• * *The Nail and the Oracle: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Volume XI (North Atlantic 1-55643-661-0, Jul 2007, $35.00, xxxii+256pp, hc) Collection of 12 stories. Foreword by Harlan Ellison®, who collaborated on one of the stories. This volume covers work written from 1957 to 1970. Edited and with extensive story notes by Paul Williams. North Atlantic Books, 1435 Fourth St., Berkeley CA 94710; [www.northatlanticbooks.com]. (Contents)
• * *The Theodore Sturgeon Audioplays: Mr. Costello, Hero/The Stars Are the Styx (Wildside Press no ISBN, Dec 2007, $14.99, unpaginated, CD, cover by Antony McAulay) Audio CD collection of two audioplays adapted from stories by Sturgeon, originally aired in 1956 as part of the SF radio series X Minus One. Wildside Press, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.wildsidepress.com].

SULLIVAN, STEPHEN D. (stories) (chron.)

• * *DragonLance: The New Adventures: Warrior’s Blood (Wizards of the Coast/Mirrorstone 978-0-7869-4300-5, May 2007, $5.99, 244pp, tp, cover by Vinod Rams) [DragonLance: The New Adventures: Goodlund] Young-adult novelization based on the world roleplaying game, second in the Goodlund trilogy. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * *DragonLance: The New Adventures: Warrior’s Bones (Wizards of the Coast/Mirrorstone 978-0-7869-4268-8, Nov 2007, $5.99, 243pp, tp, cover by Vinod Rams) [DragonLance: The New Adventures: Goodlund] Young-adult novelization based on the world roleplaying game, second in the Goodlund trilogy. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

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• * *Pirates of the Blue Kingdoms (with Jean Rabe) (Popcorn Press 978-1-4276-1088-1, Jun 2007, $18.95, 263pp, tp) Original shared-world anthology of 14 stories and three poems set in Sullivan & Rabe’s water world. Authors include Robert E. Vardeman, J. Robert King, and James M. Ward. Popcorn Press, PO Box 12, Elkhorn WI 53121; [www.popcornpress.com]. (Contents)

SULLIVAN, TRICIA (1968- ) (chron.)

• * *Sound Mind (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-405-0, Jan 2007, £7.99, 357pp, pb) Fantasy novel.

SUMMERS, GILLIAN (chron.)

• * *The Tree Shepherd’s Daughter (Llewellyn/Flux 978-0-7387-1081-5, Sep 2007, $9.95, 331pp, tp, cover by Derek Lea) [Faire Folk] Young-adult contemporary fantasy novel, book one of the Faire Folk trilogy. Kelly moves in with her Renaissance fair following father, and discovers elves along with medieval geeks.

SUNNY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Lucinda, Darkly (Berkley 978-0-425-21464-0, Aug 2007, $14.00, 277pp, tp) [Monere: Demon Princess Chronicles] Dark fantasy romance, the first in the Demon Princess Chronicles of the Monère. Lucinda, daughter of the High Lord of Hell, becomes interested in an outcast Monère warrior.
• * *Mona Lisa Blossoming (Berkley 978-0-425-21433-6, Feb 2007, $14.00, 246pp, tp) [Monere] Erotic dark fantasy romance of the Monère. Sequel to Mona Lisa Awakening. Mona Lisa takes her place as Queen of the Monère in Louisiana, despite being half human.

SUNSERI, JOHN (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Spiraling Worm (with David Conyers) See entry under David Conyers.

SUTCLIFF, ROSEMARY (1920-1992) (chron.)

• * _The King Arthur Trilogy (Random House UK/Red Fox 978-0-099-40164-3, Mar 2007, £6.99, 652pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) Reprint (Red Fox 1999 as King Arthur Stories) young-adult fantasy omnibus.

SUTHERLAND, TUI T. (chron.)

• * *Shadow Falling (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-085146-0, Oct 2007, $16.99, 356pp, hc, cover by Diana Sudyka) [Avatars] Young-adult fantasy, the second book of the Avatars series about five teens in a deserted post-apocalyptic 2087 who discover they are avatars of gods and must fight to the death.
• * _So This Is How it Ends (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-075029-9, Oct 2007, $6.99, 480pp, tp, cover by Tara McPherson) [Avatars] Reprint (Eos 2006) young-adult fantasy, the first book of the Avatars series.

SUTTON, DAVID A(mbrose) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Fisherman (Gothic Press 0-913045-15-2, Aug 2007, $6.00, 40pp, ph, cover by Marge Simon) Chapbook fantasy story. Order from Gothic Press, 2272 Quail Oak, Baton Rouge LA 70808-9023; [www.gothicpress.com].

SUZUKI, KOJI (chron.)

• * _Birthday (Vertical 978-1-932234-82-4, Sep 2007, $13.95, 216pp, tp, cover by Chip Kidd) Reprint (Vertical 2006) collection of three stories following female characters from the Ring trilogy. Translated by Glynne Walley from the Japanese Baasudei (Kadokawa Shoten 1999).
• * _Loop (HarperCollins UK 978-0-00-717909-1, Mar 2007, £6.99, 473pp, tp) [Ring] Reprint (Vertical 2005) horror novel, third in the Ring trilogy. Translated by Glynne Walley from the Japanese Rupu (Kadokawa Shoten 1998). [First U.K. edition]
• * _Ring (Harper UK 978-0-00-724013-5, Mar 2007, £6.99, 392pp, tp) [Ring] Reprint (Vertical 2003) horror novel, the first in a trilogy. Translated by Robert B. Rohmer & Glynne Walley from the Japanese Ringu (Kadokawa Shoten 1991).
• * _Spiral (Harper UK 978-0-00-724014-2, Mar 2007, £6.99, 460pp, tp) [Ring] Reprint (Vertical 2004) horror novel, second in a trilogy after Ring. Translated by Glynne Walley from the Japanese Rasen (Kadokawa Shoten 1995).

SVOBODA, TERESE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Tin God (University of Nebraska Press 0-8032-4331-6, Mar 2006, $24.95, 179pp, hc) Fantasy/magic realism novel. God is a Spanish explorer, then centuries later a Nebraska farm woman. Order from University of Nebraska Press, 1111 Lincoln Mall, Lincoln NE 68588-0630; 800-755-1105; [pressmail@unl.edu]; [www.bisonbooks.com].

SWAINSTON, STEPH (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Dangerous Offspring (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-075389-4, Jul 2007, $13.95, 325pp, tp, cover by Christophe Sivet) [Castle] Fantasy novel, third in the Castle series begun in No Present Like Time. This is the first US edition (Gollancz 4/07 as The Modern World).
• * *The Modern World (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07007-3, Apr 2007, £9.99, hc) [Castle] Fantasy novel, the third in the series begun in The Year of Our War. A trade paperback (airport only) edition (-07768-3, £10.99) was announced but not seen. [Not seen]
• * *The Modern World (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07007-3, May 2007, £14.99, 323pp, hc) [Castle] Fantasy novel, the third in the Castle series after The Year of Our War and No Present Like Time. A trade paperback (airport only) edition (-07768-3, £11.99) is also available.

SWALLOW, JAMES (stories) (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: Peacemaker (BBC Books 978-1-8460-7349-6, Dec 2007, £6.99, 288pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the TV series.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: The Flight of the Eisenstein (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-459-2, Mar 2007, £6.99, 409pp, pb, cover by Neil Roberts) [Warhammer 40,000: Horus Heresy] Novelization based on the universe of the far-future roleplaying game, the fourth book in the Horus Heresy series.
• * +Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: The Flight of the Eisenstein (BL Publishing/Black Library US 978-1-84416-459-2, Apr 2007, $7.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Neil Roberts) [Warhammer 40,000: Horus Heresy] Novelization based on the world of the roleplaying game. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (3/07) edition but gives only US and Canadian prices.

SWAN, EVA (chron.)

• * *The Bone Whistle (Wildside Press/Juno Books 978-0-8095-5792-9, Feb 2007, $12.95, 201pp, tp, cover by Timothy Lantz) Paranormal romance novel. Darly discovers her “dead” father was a wanaghi, a Native American spirit, and decides to go into his world to find him. Swan is a pen name for Erzebet Yellowboy. Wildside Press/Juno Books, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.juno-books.com].

SWAN, LUCY (chron.)

• * *The Adventures of Little Lou (Savoy Books 978-0-86130-1171-0, Nov 2007, £18.00, 127pp, hc) [Lord Horror] Fantasy novel in the Lord Horror mythos. A first novel. Savoy Books, 446 Wilmslow Rd., Withington, Manchester M20 3BW UK; [www.savoy.abel.co.uk].

SWANN, LEONIE (chron.)

• * +Three Bags Full (Doubleday/Flying Dolphin Press 978-0-385-52111-6, Jun 2007, $22.95, 343pp, hc) Fantasy mystery. Sheep investigate the murder of their shepherd. Translated by Anthea Bell from the German Glenkill (Goldmann 2005). A first novel. First US edition (Doubleday UK 2006). This indicates fourth printing, but was not seen previously.

SWANSCOMBE, WENDY (chron.)

• * *The Island of Dr. Sade (Nexus 978-0-352-34112-9, Aug 2007, £6.99, 238pp, pb) Erotic fantasy.

SWANWICK, MICHAEL (Jurgen) (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Dog Said Bow-Wow (Tachyon Publications 978-1-892391-52-0, Sep 2007, $14.95, 296pp, tp) Collection of 16 stories, one original. Introduction by Terry Bisson. Tachyon Publications, 1459 18th St. #139, San Francisco CA 94107; [www.tachyonpublications.com]. (Contents)
• * *The Dragons of Babel (Tor 978-0-7653-1950-0, Jan 2008, $25.95, 318pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) [*Iron Dragon’s Daughter] Fantasy novel set in the world of The Iron Dragon’s Daughter. A war-dragon crashes in a rural area of Faerie, setting young Will on a series of adventures.
• * *What Can Be Saved from the Wreckage?: James Branch Cabell in the Twenty-first Century (Temporary Culture 978-0-9764660-3-1, Nov 2007, $15.00, 51+vii, tp) Non-fiction, a critical essay exploring Cabell’s work. Includes notes and bibliography. Preface by Barry Humphries (AKA Dame Edna). A hand bound, limited edition of 17, each with a leaf signed by Cabell, is available only by subscription. Available from Temporary Culture, PO Box 43072, Upper Montclair NJ 07043-0072; [wessells@aol.com]; add $5.00 shipping. [Cabell]

SWEET, CAITLIN (chron.)

• * *The Silences of Home (Penguin Canada 0-14-301681-4, Apr 2006, C$24.00, 482pp, tp, cover by Martin Gould) [Telling of Stars] Fantasy novel, prequel to A Telling of Stars. This is dated 2005, but not seen until now.

SWENDSON, SHANNA (chron.)

• * *Damsel Under Stress (Ballantine 978-0-345-49292-0, May 2007, $12.95, 306pp, tp, cover by Nina Berkson) [Katie Chandler] Chick-lit fantasy novel, the third in a series begun in Enchanted, Inc., about Katie Chandler and her job at Magic, Spells, and Illusions, Inc. Katie gets an inept fairy godmother.

SWINDELLS, ROBERT (Edward) (1939- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Blitzed (Transworld/Corgi Yearling 978-0-552-55589-0, Jan 2007, £4.99, 174pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday UK 2002) young-adult timeslip novel of a young boy transported back to WWII London during the Blitz.
• * _Blitzed (Transworld/Corgi Yearling 978-0-552-55589-0, Jan 2007, £4.99, 174pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday UK 2002) young-adult timeslip SF novel of a young boy transported back to WW2 London in the Blitz.
• * *In the Nick of Time (Transworld/Corgi Yearling 978-0-552-55585-2, Jan 2007, £4.99, 213pp, tp, cover by Tracey & Jerry Paris) Young-adult time-slip fantasy.
• * _Nightmare Stairs (Transworld/Corgi Yearling 978-0-552-55590-6, Jan 2007, £4.99, 174pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1997) young-adult horror novel.
• * *Room 13 and Inside the Worm (Transworld/Corgi Yearling 978-0-552-55591-3, Jan 2007, £4.99, 158+190pp, tp) Omnibus of two young-adult horror novels. (Contents)
• * _Timesnatch (Transworld/Corgi Yearling 978-0-552-55592-0, Jan 2007, £4.99, 172pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1994) young-adult SF thriller.

SWINIARSKI, S(teven) A. (1966- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Blood & Rust (DAW 978-0-7564-0416-1, Mar 2007, $7.99, 632pp, pb) [Cleveland Undead] Omnibus of two dark fantasy novels about the Cleveland Undead: Raven (1996) and The Flesh, the Blood, and the Fire (1998). Swiniarski also writes SF as S. Andrew Swann. (Contents)

SZUMSKYJ, BEN(jamin) J. S., ed. (1982- ) (chron.)

• * *Black Prometheus: A Critical Study of Karl Edward Wagner (Gothic Press 0-913045-14-4, Jan 2007, $15.00, 75pp, ph, cover by John F. Mayer) Chapbook non-fiction gathering of seven critical essays. Authors include James Reasoner, Darrell Schweitzer, and Wagner himself. Foreword by John F. Mayer; introduction by Szumskyj. Order from Gothic Press, 1701 Lobdell Ave. No. 32, Baton Rouge LA 70806-8242; [www.gothicpress.com].
• * *Fritz Leiber: Critical Essays (McFarland 978-0-7864-2972-1, Jan 2008, $35.00, 207pp, tp) Non-fiction, a gathering of 11 critical essays on Leiber’s work. Authors include Justin Leiber, S.T. Joshi, and Bruce Byfield. Foreword by John Pelan. This includes an index. McFarland, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; 800-253-2187; [www.mcfarlandpub.com]. [Leiber]

TAAFFE, SONYA (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Dybbuk in Love (Wildside Press/Prime Books 0-8095-5077-6, Jun 2005, $8.00, 44pp, tp, cover by Anselm Feuerbach) Fantasy novelette. This is dated 2005, but not seen until now. A print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.primebooks.com], or from Prime Books, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850.

TALBOT, BRYAN (1952- ) (chron.)

• * *The Art of Bryan Talbot (NBM 978-1-56163-512-2, Dec 2007, $19.95, 96pp, tp, cover by Bryan Talbot) Art book, a collection of work from the comics artist. Introduction by Neil Gaiman.

TAN, SHAUN (Chi Yeong) (1974- ) (chron.)

• * *The Arrival (Hachette Children’s Books Australia/Lothian 0-7344-0694-0, Oct 2006, A$39.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Shaun Tan) Art/picture book.
• * +The Arrival (Scholastic/Levine 978-0-439-89529-3, Oct 2007, $19.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Shaun Tan) Art/picture book, a complete story without any words about immigration in a surrealistic world something like Manhattan in the early 20th-century. First US edition (Lothian 2006).

TARR, JUDITH (1955- ); see pseudonyms Caitlin Brennan & Kathleen Bryan (chron.)

• * _King’s Blood (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46136-0, Feb 2007, $7.99, 372pp, pb) [William the Conqueror] Reprint (Roc 2005) historical novel with fantasy elements, sequel to Rite of Conquest in the William the Conqueror series.