The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Books, Listed by Author

LEWIS, C(live) S(taples) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (with Hiawyn Oram & Tudor Humphries) (HarperCollins 0-06-055650-1, Oct 2004, $16.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Tudor Humphries) [Narnia] Children’s picture book version of the young-adult fantasy novel (Geoffrey Bles 1950), book two in the “Narnia” series, retold by Hiawyn Oram and illustrated in color by Tudor Humphries. This is dated 2004 but not seen until now.
• * _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (HarperCollins 0-06-076489-9, Jun 2005, $10.95, 198pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1950) young-adult fantasy novel, book two in the “Narnia” series. This is a movie tie-in edition and includes a reading group guide.
• * _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 0-00-720228-8, Oct 2005, £5.99, 243pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1950) young-adult fantasy novel, the first in the Narnia series. Film tie-in edition.
• * _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (HarperEntertainment 0-06-076548-8, Nov 2005, $6.99, 206pp, pb) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1950) young-adult fantasy novel in the Chronicles of Narnia. This is a movie tie-in edition with eight unpaginated pages of color stills in addition to the b&w illustrations by Pauline Baynes. Also available is a trade paperback edition (-076546-1, $7.99) with different stills; one with different stills, different cover, and a reading group guide (-076544-5, $10.95), and a hardcover edition without stills (-076549-6, $16.99) are also available.
• * _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (HarperCollins 0-06-084524-4, Nov 2005, $14.99, 189pp, hc, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1950) young-adult fantasy novel in a large-format read-aloud edition, with b&w illustrations by Pauline Baynes. This is a movie tie-in edition.
• * _The Magician’s Nephew (HarperCollins 0-06-076490-2, Jun 2005, $10.95, 219pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (Bodley Head 1955) young-adult fantasy novel, book one in the “Narnia” series. This is a movie tie-in edition and includes a reading group guide.
• * _Out of the Silent Planet (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 0-7432-3490-1, Nov 2005, $13.00, 158pp, tp, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) [Cosmic] Reissue (John Lane 1938) classic SF/fantasy novel, first in the “Cosmic” (or “Ransom”) trilogy. Ninth printing.
• * _Out of the Silent Planet (HarperCollins UK 0-00-715715-0, Dec 2005, £6.99, 224pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Cosmic] Reprint (John Lane 1938) SF novel. Book one of the Cosmic Trilogy.
• * _Perelandra (HarperCollins UK 0-00-715716-9, Dec 2005, £6.99, 314pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Cosmic] Reprint (John Lane 1943) SF novel. Book two of the Cosmic Trilogy.
• * _Prince Caspian (HarperCollins 0-06-076492-9, Jun 2005, $10.95, 242pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1951) young-adult fantasy novel, book four in the “Narnia” series. This is a movie tie-in edition and includes a reading group guide.
• * _The Silver Chair (HarperCollins 0-06-076493-7, Jun 2005, $10.95, 268pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1953) young-adult fantasy novel, book six in the “Narnia” series. This is a movie tie-in edition and includes a reading group guide.
• * _The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (HarperCollins 0-06-076494-5, Jun 2005, $10.95, 274pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1952) young-adult fantasy novel, book five in the “Narnia” series. This is a movie tie-in edition and includes a reading group guide.

L’HOMME, ERIK (chron.)

• * *The Face of the Shadow (Chicken House, The 1-904442-43-9, Aug 2005, £5.99, 287pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Book of Stars] Young-adult fantasy novel. The third volume in The Book of Stars, after Quadehar the Sorcerer and The Mystery of Lord Sha. Translated by Ros Schwartz from the French, Le Visage de l’Ombre (Gallimard 2002).
• * _Quadehar the Sorcerer (Scholastic/The Chicken House 0-439-53648-0, Jan 2006, $5.99, 275pp, tp, cover by Mark Zug) [Book of the Stars] Reprint (The Chicken House UK 2003) fantasy novel, the first in the Book of the Stars trilogy. Translated from the French Qadehar le sorcier (Gallimard 2002) by Roz Schwartz.

LICKISS, REBECCA (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Remember Me? (Gale Group/Five Star 1-59414-313-7, Dec 2005, $25.95, 254pp, hc, cover by Thorsten Grambow) Humorous contemporary fantasy novel of confused identities in a world where all half-breeds are separated at birth into twins, one elf and one human. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman. Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Dr., Waterville ME 04901; 800-223-1244; [www.galegroup.com/fivestar].

LIGOTTI, THOMAS (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Shadow at the Bottom of the World (Cold Spring Press 1-59360-058-5, Oct 2005, $13.00, 259pp, tp, cover by Daniel Govar) Collection of 16 stories, all but one previously collected, here arranged in the order written, with an introduction by the author. Edited and with a foreword by Douglas A. Anderson. Cold Spring Press, PO Box 284, Cold Spring Harbor NY 11724; [jopenroad@aol.com]. (Contents)

LILLEY, ERNEST, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Future Washington (WSFA 0-9621725-4-5, Oct 2005, $16.95, 290pp, tp, cover by Mike Clarke) Original anthology of 16 stories about a future Washington DC. Authors include Kim Stanley Robinson, Joe Haldeman, and Cory Doctorow. Order from the Washington Science Fiction Association, 10404 43rd Avenue, Beltsville MD 20705; [www.wsfa.org]. (Contents)

LINAWEAVER, BRAD(ford Swain) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Battlestar Galactica: Destiny (with Richard Hatch) See entry under Richard Hatch.
• * _Battlestar Galactica: Redemption (with Richard Hatch) See entry under Richard Hatch.
• * _Doom: Knee-Deep in the Dead (with Dafydd ab Hugh) See entry under Dafydd ab Hugh.

LINDHOLM, MEGAN; [i.e., Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden] (1952- ); see pseudonym Robin Hobb (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Gypsy (with Steven Brust) See entry under Steven Brust.

LINDSAY, DAVID (1876-1945) (chron.)

• * _A Voyage to Arcturus (Dover 0-486-44198-9, Jun 2005, $9.95, 258pp, tp) Reprint (Methuen 1920) classic allegorical SF novel.

LINDSKOLD, JANE M. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Buried Pyramid (Tor 0-765-34159-X, Feb 2005, $7.99, 498pp, pb, cover by Eric Bowman) Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy adventure novel about an archeological expedition to find a legendary tomb in Egypt.
• * *Child of a Rainless Year (Tor 0-765-31513-0, May 2005, $14.95, 400pp, tp, cover by Gary Kelley) Contemporary fantasy novel. A woman returns to the home she left as a child after her mother disappeared, and discovers magical family secrets. A hardcover edition (-30937-8, $25.95) is also available.
• * _Wolf Captured (Tor 0-765-34823-3, Oct 2005, $7.99, 722pp, pb, cover by Julioe Bell) [Firekeeper] Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, fourth in the “Firekeeper” series begun in Through Wolf’s Eyes.

LINK, KELLY (Denise) (1969- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Magic for Beginners (Small Beer Press/Jelly Ink 1-931520-15-1, Jul 2005, $24.00, 273pp, hc, cover by Shelley Jackson) Collection of nine stories, three original. Illustrated by Shelley Jackson. A deluxe limited edition of 150 ($111.00) signed by Link and Jackson, with deck of cards, is also available. Order from Small Beer Press, 176 Prospect Ave., Northampton MA 01060; [www.lcrw.net]; [info@lcrw.net]. (Contents)

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• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection (with Gavin J. Grant & Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.

LISLE, HOLLY (1960- ) (chron.)

• * *Last Girl Dancing (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-41197-8, Jul 2005, $6.99, 311pp, pb) Serial killer mystery with psychic elements. Detective Jess Brubaker goes underground with her psychic partner to find out what happened to her sister.
• * *Talyn (Tor 0-765-30993-9, Aug 2005, $27.95, 524pp, hc, cover by Simon Thorpe) [Korre] Fantasy novel. Talyn, a soldier raised to fight in a magical war, suspects peace negotiators of treachery.

LISLE, JANET TAYLOR (1947- ) (chron.)

• * _The Crying Rocks (Simon Pulse 0-689-85320-3, Jul 2005, $6.99, 281pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 2003) young-adult novel with possible fantasy elements.

LITTLE, BENTLEY (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dispatch (Penguin/Signet 0-451-21677-6, Oct 2005, $7.99, 386pp, pb) Horror novel. Jason Hanford’s dream letter-writing job turns into a nightmare.

LITTLE, DENISE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Time After Time (DAW 0-7564-0310-3, Nov 2005, $7.50, 306pp, pb) Original anthology of 16 stories about tampering with time. Authors include Jay Lake, Jody Lynn Nye, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Copyrighted by Little and Martin H. Greenberg’s Tekno Books. (Contents)

LIVDAHL, KRISTIN, ed. (chron.) (assoc.)

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

LOBDELL, JARED (Charles) (1937- ) (chron.)

• * *The Rise of Tolkienian Fantasy (Carus Publishing/Open Court 0-8126-9458-9, 2005, $21.95, 188 + xvi, tp) Critical non-fiction exploring historical, mythological, and literary influences on Tolkien, and his influence in turn on fantasy. Includes bibliography and index. [Tolkien]

LOCKHART, DARRELL B., ed. (chron.)

• * *Latin American SF Writers: An A-Z Guide (Greenwood Press 0-313-30553-6, Apr 2004, $89.95, 230 + xviii, hc) Non-fiction, a reference to 70 writers of SF (no fantasy or magical realism), with discussions of their works plus biographical and bibliographical entries on each. This is dated 2004, but not seen until now. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800.

LOFFICIER, JEAN-MARC, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Tales of the Shadowmen 1: The Modern Babylon (with Randy Lofficier) (Black Coat Press 1-932983-36-8, Mar 2005, $22.95, 253pp, tp, cover by Mike Manley) Anthology of 14 pastiche stories featuring characters from French pulps and other fantastic fiction. Authors include Terrance Dicks, Robert Sheckley, and Brian Stableford, who also provides lists of “credits” identifying characters and their creators including Mary Shelley, Jules Verne, Arthur Conan Doyle, Georges Simenon, and H.P. Lovecraft. Introduction by Jean-Marc Lofficier. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.blackcoatpress.com] or from Hollywood Comics.com, PO Box 17270, Encino CA 91416. (Contents)

LOFFICIER, RANDY, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Tales of the Shadowmen 1: The Modern Babylon (with Jean-Marc Lofficier) See entry under Jean-Marc Lofficier.

LONG, NATHAN (stories) (chron.)

• * +Warhammer: The Broken Lance (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-243-5, Dec 2005, $6.99, 251pp, pb) [Warhammer: Blackhearts] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the second in the Black Hearts series. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (11/05) edition, but only gives US and Canadian prices.
• * +Warhammer: Valnir’s Bane (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-166-8, Jan 2005, $6.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer: Blackhearts] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe, part of the “Black Hearts” series. First US edition (Black Library 12/04).

LOVE, KATHY (chron.)

• * *Fangs for the Memories (Kensington/Brava 0-7582-1131-7, Sep 2005, $14.00, 308pp, tp) [Young Brothers] Vampire romance. A vampire’s brother falls in love with a mortal and forgets he’s a vampire.

LOVE, ROSALEEN (Lucille) (1940- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Traveling Tide (Aqueduct Press 0-9746559-9-6, May 2005, $9.00, 98pp, ph) Collection in perfect-bound chapbook form of five stories (three original) and two essays. Part of the “Conversation Pieces” chapbook series. Aqueduct Press, PO Box 95787, Seattle WA 98145-2787; [www.aqueductpress.com]. (Contents)

LOVECRAFT, H(oward) P(hillips) (1890-1937) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *At the Mountains of Madness (Random House/Modern Library 0-8129-7441-7, Jun 2005, $9.95, 186 + xxv, tp) Collection of the title novel plus the essay “Supernatural Horror in Literature”. The texts are the “definitive” versions edited by S.T. Joshi for Arkham House. Introduction by China Miéville. This includes an index to the essay and a chronology of HPL’s fiction. (Contents)
• * _The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories (Penguin UK 0-141-18789-1, Apr 2005, £9.99, 453pp, tp) Reprint (Penguin Classics 2004) collection of 21 weird stories, with introduction and notes by editor S.T. Joshi. [First U.K. edition] [Joshi]
• * *Letters from New York (Night Shade Books 1-892389-37-1, Feb 2005, $40.00, 332 + xx, hc) Collection of letters written by HPL during his residence in New York City, the second volume in the Lovecraft Letters series. Edited and with an introduction by S.T. Joshi & David E. Schultz. Letters are arranged chronologically. Includes a glossary of names and index.
• * *Letters to Rheinhart Kleiner (Hippocampus Press 0-9748789-5-2, Jul 2005, $20.00, 298pp, tp) Non-fiction collection of letters from Lovecraft to one of his earliest correspondents, with an appendix of poems by both, and essays by Kleiner on Lovecraft. Edited, annotated, and with an introduction by S.T. Joshi & David E. Schultz. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online from [www.hippocampuspress.com] or from Hippocampus Press, PO Box 641, New York NY 10156.
• * *Shadows of Death (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-48333-2, Nov 2005, $6.99, 324 + xii, pb, cover by Christopher Wray-McCann) Collection of 16 stories and four fragments. Introduction by Harlan Ellison. Copyrighted by Arkham House. (Contents)
• * *Tales (Library of America 1-931082-72-3, Feb 2005, $35.00, 838pp, hc) Collection of 22 stories presented in the probable order written, using corrected versions selected by Peter Straub and edited by S.T. Joshi for Arkham House and Hippocampus Press. Includes chronology and notes. Order from Library of America, 14 East 60th Street, New York NY 10022. (Contents) [ed: S. T. Joshi]

LOVEGROVE, JAMES (1965- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Provender Gleed (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07684-4, Sep 2005, £14.99, 330pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) SF novel of an alternate 20th-century Britain, ruled by The Families. A hardcover edition (-07683-6, £18.99) is also available.
• * _Worldstorm (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07656-9, Sep 2005, £7.99, 452pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) Reprint (Gollancz 2004) SF novel.

LOVELACE, DELOS W(heeler) (1894-1967) (chron.)

• * _King Kong (Grosset & Dunlap 0-448-43913-1, Sep 2005, $7.99, 219pp, tp, cover by Brian W. Dow) [King Kong] Reprint (Grosset & Dunlap 1932) novelization of the original movie as conceived by Edgar Wallace & Merian C. Cooper. This includes four unpaginated pages of b&w stills from the RKO film.
• * _King Kong (Random House/Modern Library 0-8129-7493-X, Sep 2005, $10.95, 156 + xxix, tp, cover by Brian W. Dow) [King Kong] Reprint (Grosset & Dunlap 1932) novelization of the original movie as conceived by Edgar Wallace & Merian C. Cooper. This has a new preface by Mark Cotta Vaz and introduction by Greg Bear.
• * _King Kong (Underwood Books 1-887424-91-1, Oct 2005, $9.95, 150pp, tp, cover by Jon Foster) [King Kong] Reprint (Grosset & Dunlap 1932) novelization of the screenplay (by Edgar Wallace & Merian C. Cooper), with new color illustrations by Dave Stevens, Jon Foster, Frank Frazetta, and Ken Steacy. Order from Underwood Books, PO Box 1919, Nevada City CA 95959; [www.underwoodbooks.com]. INFO from Arnie Fenner AFenner@amuniversal.com
• * _King Kong (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07876-6, Dec 2005, £6.99, 201pp, hc) [King Kong] Reprint (Grosset & Dunlap 1932) movie novelization. This is a tie-in to the new Peter Jackson film.

LOWACHEE, KARIN (chron.)

• * *Cagebird (Warner Aspect 0-446-61508-0, Apr 2005, $6.99, 429pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Warchild] SF novel, the third set in the world of Warchild.

LOWDER, CHRISTOPHER (A. J.) (1945- ); see pseudonym Jack Adrian (stories) (chron.)

LOWENTROUT, CHRISTINE I. SMITH (1951- ); see pseudonym Sherwood Smith (chron.)

LOWRY, LOIS (1937- ) (chron.)

• * _Gathering Blue (Random House/Bantam 0-553-49478-3, Jun 2005, $6.99, 215pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Lorraine 2000) young-adult post-holocaust SF novel.

LUBAR, DAVID (stories) (chron.)

• * *Invasion of the Road Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales (Tor/Starscape 0-765-31447-9, Sep 2005, $16.95, 192pp, hc, cover by Bill Mayer) Young-adult original collection of 35 stories. (Contents)

LUBERTOZZI, ALEX, ed. (chron.)

• * _The War of the Worlds (with Brian Holmsten) See entry under Brian Holmsten.

LUCAS, GEORGE (Walton, Jr.) (1944- ) (chron.)

• * _Star Wars: A New Hope (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-34146-5, May 2005, $5.99, 216pp, pb) [Star Wars] Reissue (Ballantine 1976 as Star Wars) SF novelization based on the first “Star Wars” film. This has the 1997 introduction by Lucas. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. 62nd printing.

LUCAS, TIM (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Book of Renfield: A Gospel of Dracula (Simon & Schuster/Touchstone 0-7432-4354-4, Jun 2005, $14.00, 403pp, tp) [Dracula] Horror novel, the story of Dracula’s mad minion told through the psychiatrist John Steward’s diaries and transcripts.

LUCENO, JAMES (1947- ) (chron.)

• * *Star Wars: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (Ballantine Del Rey Lucasbooks 0-345-47732-4, Dec 2005, $25.95, 322pp, hc) [Star Wars: Dark Lord] Novelization based on the world of the movies. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * _Star Wars: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (SFBC #1199705, Dec 2005, $14.99, 322pp, hc) [Star Wars: Dark Lord] Reprint (Del Rey 2006) novelization. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil (Random House UK/Century/Lucasbooks 1-8441-3871-2, Jan 2005, £17.99, 339pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] Novelization based on the world of the films. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
• * *Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-47572-0, Feb 2005, $25.95, 339pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars: Dark Lord] Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.