The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Books, Listed by Author

DELANEY, JOSEPH H(enry) (chron.) (continued)

• * *The Spook’s Curse (The Bodley Head 0-370-32827-2, Jul 2005, £8.99, 424pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Spook] Young-adult fantasy novel. Second in a series after The Spook’s Apprentice. The Spook and his new apprentice confront the corrupting power of The Bane.

DELANY, SAMUEL R(ay, Jr.) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *About Writing: 7 Essays, 4 Letters & 5 Interviews (Wesleyan University Press 0-8195-6716-7, Jan 2006, $24.95, 419 + xii, tp) How-to guide/collection of essays, correspondence, and interviews aimed at creative writers, with a new 59-page introduction and an appendix of more basic tips for beginning writers. A hardcover edition (-6715-9, $65.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Wesleyan University Press c/o University Press of New England, 23 S. Main St., Hanover NH 03755; 800-421-1561; [University.Press@Dartmouth.edu]; add $5.00 postage. (Contents)
• * *Phallos (Bamberger Books 0-917453-41-7, Nov 2004, $14.00, 95pp, tp, cover by John Del Gaizo & Lawrence Alma-Tadema) Philosophical novella with homoerotic and fantasy elements, in the form of a modern critical essay looking at an anonymous gay porn novel about the search for an ancient diety’s jeweled phallus in ancient Rome. Much revised and expanded from a previous version appearing in the magazine Callaloo. This is dated 2004, but not seen until now. Bamberger Books, PO Box 350, Whitmore Lake MI 48189.

de LARRABEITI, MICHAEL (1934-2008) (chron.)

• * _The Borribles (Tor Teen 0-765-35005-X, Jul 2005, $6.99, 214pp, tp) [Borribles] Reprint (Bodley Head 1976) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Borribles Go for Broke (Tor Teen 0-765-35006-8, Nov 2005, $6.99, 216pp, tp) [Borribles] Reprint (Bodley Head 1981) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Borribles.
• * _The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis (Tor Teen 0-765-35007-6, Jan 2006, $6.99, 297pp, tp) [Borribles] Reprint (Bodley Head 1981) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the Borribles series.

DEL CARLO, ERIC (chron.)

• * _Wartorn: Resurrection (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.

de LINT, CHARLES (Henri Diederick Hoefsmit) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Hour Before Dawn and Two Other Stories from Newford (Subterranean Press 1-59606-027-1, Jun 2005, $35.00, 114pp, hc, cover by Charles de Lint) [Newford] Collection of three Newford stories, one original. Illustrated by the author. (Contents)
• * _Moonheart (Subterranean Press 1-59606-021-2, May 2005, $75.00, 506pp, hc, cover by Charles Vess) Reprint (Ace 1984) fantasy novel. This is a signed, limited 20th Anniversary edition, with color illustrations by Charles Vess; a deluxe leatherbound, slipcased edition of 400 (-022-0, $125.00) with two additional color plates and a section of working sketches, signed by author and artist and a traycased, lettered edition of 52 ($250.00) are also available. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com].
• * _Moonlight and Vines (Tor/Orb 0-765-30917-3, Jan 2006, $14.95, 384pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Newford] Reprint (Tor 1999) collection of urban fantasy stories set in de Lint’s city of Newford. Winner of the World Fantasy Award.
• * *Quicksilver & Shadow (Subterranean Press 1-59606-003-4, Mar 2005, $40.00, 357pp, hc, cover by MaryAnn Harris) Collection of 17 early stories, seven apparently original, a mix of SF, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, and three Borderland stories. This is the second volume of de Lint’s Collected Early Stories. This is a signed, limited edition; a lettered, traycased edition of 52 ($200.00) is also available. (Contents)
• * _Someplace to Be Flying (Tor/Orb 0-765-30757-X, Aug 2005, $14.95, 380pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reprint (Tor 1998) contemporary fantasy novel set in de Lint’s fictional Newford.
• * _Trader (Tor/Orb 0-765-30296-9, May 2005, $14.95, 352pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reprint (Tor 1997) contemporary fantasy novel of body-trading.

DEMAREST, JAKI (chron.)

• * *The Cardinal’s Heir (Medallion Press 1-932815-10-4, Nov 2004, $6.99, 352pp, pb) Historical novel with elements of the occult. Cardinal Richelieu’s niece is determined to avenge his death by poisoning. Medallion Press, 225 Seabreeze Ave., Palm Beach FL 33480; [www.medallion press.com].

DeNIRO, ALAN, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Rabid Transit: Menagerie (with Kristin Livdahl & Christopher Barzak) See entry under Christopher Barzak.

DENNING, TROY (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Forgotten Realms: The Giant Among Us (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3758-0, Jul 2005, $6.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Forgotten Realms: Twilight Giants] Reprint (TSR 1995) fantasy novelization based on the roleplaying game. Second book in the “Twilight Giants” trilogy. Copyrighted 1995 by TSR, 2005 by Wizards of the Coast.
• * _Forgotten Realms: The Ogre’s Pact (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3731-9, May 2005, $6.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Forgotten Realms: Twilight Giants] Reprint (TSR 1994) fantasy novelization based on the roleplaying game. First book in the “Twilight Giants” trilogy. Copyrighted 1994 TSR, 2005 Wizards of the Coast.
• * _Forgotten Realms: The Titan of Twilight (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3798-X, Oct 2005, $6.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Forgotten Realms: Twilight Giants] Reprint (TSR 1995) fantasy novelization based on the roleplaying game, third volume in the “Twilight Giants Trilogy”. Copyrighted 1995 by TSR, 2005 by Wizards of the Coast
• * *Star Wars: Dark Nest 1: The Joiner King (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-949105-2, Aug 2005, £6.99, xi+526pp, pb) [Star Wars: Dark Nest] Novelization based on the Star Wars universe. Includes a novella by Walter Jon Williams previously available only as an e-book. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition. (Contents)
• * *Star Wars: Dark Nest I: The Joiner King (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-46304-8, Aug 2005, $6.99, 526pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Wars: Dark Nest] Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * *Star Wars: Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-46303-X, Oct 2005, $6.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Wars: Dark Nest] Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * +Star Wars: Dark Nest III: The Swarm War (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-46305-6, Jan 2006, $6.99, 357pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Wars: Dark Nest] Star Wars novelization. First US edition (Arrow 11/05).

DENNIS, ANDREW (chron.)

• * _1634: The Galileo Affair (with Eric Flint) See entry under Eric Flint.

DENTON, BRADLEY (Clayton) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Laughin’ Boy (Subterranean Press 1-59606-016-6, Jun 2005, $40.00, 286pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Satirical novel with fantasy elements of terrorism and the media at the end of the 20th century.

de PIERRES, MARIANNE (chron.)

• * *Crash Deluxe (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-258-2, Jun 2005, £6.99, 324pp, pb) [Parrish Plessis] SF novel, the third in the Parrish Plessis series.
• * +Nylon Angel (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46037-5, Jul 2005, $6.99, 289pp, pb) [Parrish Plessis] SF novel, first in the Parrish Plessis series. First US edition (Orbit 1/04).

de SADE, MARQUIS; see under Sade, Marquis de (stories) (chron.)

DeVITO, JOE (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Kong: King of Skull Island (with Brad Strickland & John Michlig) (Dark Horse Comics/DH Press 1-59582-006-X, Dec 2004, $24.95, 167pp, hc, cover by Joe DeVito) Art book/illustrated SF/lost world novel about the giant ape, created and illustrated in color by DeVito, with text by Strickland & Michlig. Introduction by Ray Harryhausen.
• * *Merian C. Cooper’s King Kong (with Brad Strickland) (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-34915-7, Oct 2005, $12.95, 203pp, tp, cover by Joe DeVito) [King Kong] Movie novelization, an expanded rewrite of the 1932 novelization by Delos W. Lovelace. Illustrated by Joe DeVito. Foreword by James V. D’Arc. Copyrighted by Richard M. Cooper.

DeWEESE, GENE; [i.e., Thomas Eugene DeWeese] (1934- ) (chron.)

• * *Star Trek: Engines of Destiny (Pocket 0-671-03702-1, Mar 2005, $7.99, 338pp, pb, cover by James Wang) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

DICK, PHILIP K(indred) (1928-1982) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Confessions of a Crap Artist (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07464-7, Nov 2005, £7.99, 246pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Entwhistle 1975) associational mainstream novel of 1950s California.
• * _The Crack in Space (Random House/Vintage 1-4000-3006-4, Mar 2005, $12.00, 188pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 1966) SF novel.
• * _Dr. Futurity (Random House/Vintage 1-4000-3009-9, Aug 2005, $10.95, 169pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 1960) SF novel.
• * _Galactic Pot-Healer (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07462-0, Dec 2005, £6.99, 177pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Berkley 1969) SF novel.
• * _In Milton Lumky Territory (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07465-5, Jun 2005, £7.99, 213pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Dragon Press 1985) associational mainstream novel.
• * _Mary and the Giant (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07466-3, Jun 2005, £7.99, 232pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) associational mainstream novel.
• * _A Maze of Death (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07461-2, Dec 2005, £6.99, 190pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Doubleday 1970) SF novel. Volume 63 in the SF Masterworks series.
• * _Minority Report (Orion 0-752-86431-9, Mar 2005, £6.99, 290pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 2002) SF collection. (Contents)
• * _The Penultimate Truth (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07481-7, Feb 2005, £7.99, 191pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Belmont 1964) SF novel. Volume 58 in the SF Masterworks series.

DICKINSON, JOHN (chron.)

• * _The Cup of the World (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-54886-3, Jan 2005, £5.99, iv+419pp, tp) [Cup of the World] Reprint (David Fickling 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. Illustrations by Assheton Gorton. First in a new series.
• * *The Widow and the King (Random House UK/David Fickling 0-385-60838-1, Jan 2005, £12.99, iv+613pp, hc) [Cup of the World] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Cup of the World.
• * +The Widow and the King (Random House/Fickling 0-385-75084-6, Jun 2005, $18.95, 613pp, hc) [Cup of the World] Young-adult medieval fantasy, sequel to The Cup of the World. First US edition (Fickling UK 1/05).

DICKINSON, PETER (Malcolm de Brissac) (1927- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Gift Boat (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-42085-2, Feb 2005, £4.99, 138pp, tp) Reprint (Wendy Lamb 2004 as Inside Grandad) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _Inside Grandad (Random House/Dell Yearling 0-553-48782-5, Jun 2005, $5.50, 119pp, tp, cover by David Johnson) Reprint (Lamb 2004) young-adult fantasy novella.
• * _The Tears of the Salamander (Random House/Lamb 0-440-23823-4, Mar 2005, $7.95, 197pp, tp, cover by Dave McKean) Reprint (Macmillan UK 2003) young-adult fantasy novel.

DICKS, TERRANCE (1935- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: World Game (BBC Books 0-563-48636-8, Oct 2005, £5.99, 285pp, pb) [Doctor Who] SF novelization based on the TV series, featuring the 2nd Doctor.

DIETZ, WILLIAM C(orey) (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _For Those Who Fell (Ace 0-441-01267-1, Oct 2005, $7.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Legion of the Damned] Reprint (Ace 2004) military SF novel, sixth in the “Legion of the Damned” series.
• * _Halo: The Flood (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-421-6, Feb 2005, £6.99, 341pp, pb) [Halo] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 2003) second novelization based on the computer game. Copyrighted by Microsoft Corporation. [First U.K. edition]
• * *McCade on the Run (Ace 0-441-01242-6, Feb 2005, $14.00, 361pp, tp, cover by Christian McGrath) [Sam McCade] Omnibus of the last two novels in the series about bounty hunter Sam McCade: Alien Bounty (1990) and McCade’s Bounty (1990). (Contents)
• * *Runner (Ace 0-441-01326-0, Oct 2005, $24.95, 424pp, hc, cover by Craig White) Far-future SF, first in a series set in a far-flung civilization losing much of its technology. Interstellar courier Jak Rebo escorts a child targeted by assassins.

DI FILIPPO, PAUL (1954- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Emperor of Gondwanaland and Other Stories (Thunder’s Mouth Press 1-56025-665-6, Jul 2005, $15.95, 370 + x, tp, cover by Marcia Salo) Collection of 18 stories, one original, with comments on each by the author. (Contents)

DIKTY, JULIAN MAY (1931- ); see under May, Julian (chron.)

DILLON, DIANE (Claire Sorber) (1933- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _One Winter’s Night (with John Herman & Leo Dillon) See entry under John Herman.

DILLON, LEO; [i.e., Lionel John Dillon, Sr.] (1933- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _One Winter’s Night (with Diane Dillon & John Herman) See entry under John Herman.

DiMARCO, CRIS, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Northwest Passages (Fandom Press 1-59092-185-2, Nov 2005, $19.99, 468pp, tp, cover by Liz Danforth) Original anthology of one poem and 25 SF and fantasy stories, five reprints, of Cascadia AKA the Pacific Northwest, “hosted” by Cascadia Con. Authors include Bruce Holland Rogers, Uncle River, and Bruce Taylor. Published for Cascadia Con. Fandom Press, 7419 Ebbert Dr. SE, Port Orchard WA 98367; [www.windstormcreative.com]. (Contents)

DISCH, THOMAS M(ichael) (1940-2008) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *On SF (University of Michigan Press 0-472-06896-2, Aug 2005, $24.95, 271pp, tp) Non-fiction, a collection of 41 essays on science fiction, all reprints (some revised). Includes index. A hardcover edition (-09896-9, $60.00) was announced but not seen.

DiTERLIZZI, TONY (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You (with Holly Black) (Simon & Schuster 0-689-85941-4, Oct 2005, $24.95, 124pp, hc, cover by Tony DiTerlizzi) Art book, a tie-in to the children’s fantasy series The Spiderwick Chronicles; this purports to be the actual guide the children find, with illustrations and descriptions of 31 faerie species.

DIVAKARUNI, CHITRA BANERJEE (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Conch Bearer (Chicken House, The 1-904442-11-0, Oct 2004, £12.99, 265pp, hc, cover by Michael Foreman) [Brotherhood of the Conch] Reprint (Roaring Brook Press 2003) young-adult fantasy novel. The boy Anand must take a mystical conch shell from Calcutta to its Himalayan home. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Conch Bearer (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-87242-9, Mar 2005, $5.99, 265pp, tp, cover by Anton Petrov) [Brotherhood of the Conch] Reprint (Porter 2003) young-adult fantasy novel set in India.
• * *The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming (Millbrook/Roaring Brook Press 1-59643-067-2, Sep 2005, $16.95, 329pp, hc, cover by Susy Pilgrim Waters) [Brotherhood of the Conch] Young-adult fantasy novel set in Mughal India, book two of The Brotherhood of the Conch after The Conch Bearer. Anand travels to Bengal hundreds of years in the past.
• * _Queen of Dreams (Time Warner UK/Abacus 0-349-11608-3, Mar 2005, £10.99, 307pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 2004) associational novel. [First U.K. edition]

DIX, SHANE (stories) (chron.)

• * _Geodesica: Ascent (with Sean Williams) See entry under Sean Williams.

D’LACEY, CHRIS (chron.)

• * +The Fire Within (Scholastic/The Chicken House 0-439-67243-0, May 2005, $14.95, 340pp, hc, cover by Angelo Rinaldi) Young-adult fantasy novel. A college student takes a room in a house full of clay dragons that come to life. First US edition (Watts UK 2001).

DOCTOROW, CORY (Efram) (1971- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Eastern Standard Tribe (Tor 0-765-31045-7, Apr 2005, $12.95, 223pp, tp, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Reprint (Tor 2004) SF novel.
• * *Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town (Tor 0-765-31278-6, Jul 2005, $24.95, 315pp, hc, cover by Dave McKean) Contemporary fantasy novel.

DODDS, JOHN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Gameplayers (D-Press no ISBN, Mar 2005, £2.00, 23pp, ph, cover by Laura Cameron Johnson) Fantasy/horror collection. (Contents)

DODGSON, CHARLES LUTWIDGE (1832-1898); see pseudonym Lewis Carroll (stories) (chron.)

DOERR, ANTHONY (chron.)

• * *About Grace (Harper Perennial UK 0-00-714699-X, Jul 2005, £7.99, 402pp, tp) Literary fantasy novel. A psychic sees the death of his daughter and tries to prevent it.

DOKEY, (Mary) CAMERON (1956- ) (chron.)

• * *Charmed: Picture Perfect (Simon Spotlight Entertainment 1-4169-0025-X, Oct 2005, $5.99, 199pp, pb) [Charmed] Young-adult novelization, the 31st based on the TV show about three witches. Copyrighted by Spelling Television.

DOLLEY, CHRIS (chron.)

• * *Resonance (Baen 1-4165-0912-7, Nov 2005, $24.00, 389pp, hc, cover by Alan Pollack) SF novel of alternate realities. Obsessive-compulsive Graham Smith sees the world is an unstable place, and people are out to kill him.

DOMINGUE, RONLYN (chron.)

• * _The Mercy of Thin Air (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-7589-6, Oct 2005, £10.99, 308pp, tp) Reprint (Atria Books 2005) ghost novel. [First U.K. edition]

DONALDSON, STEPHEN R(eeder) (1947- ) (chron.)

• * _The Runes of the Earth (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07599-6, Apr 2005, £12.99, 593pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) [Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant] Reprint (Gollancz 2004) fantasy novel, first in The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.
• * _The Runes of the Earth (Ace 0-441-01304-X, Sep 2005, $16.00, 532pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant] Reprint (Putnam 2004) fantasy novel, book one in the “Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant” quartet.