The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Books, Listed by Author

LUCENO, JAMES (chron.) (continued)

• * _Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil (SFBC #1180966, Feb 2005, $14.99, 339pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars: Dark Lord] Reprint (Del Rey 2005) Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos: Hero’s Trial (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-48038-4, Apr 2005, $4.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Rick Berry) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos] Reissue (Del Rey LucasBooks 2000) Star Wars novelization, book one of Agents of Chaos. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This is a Special Price edition.
• * _Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos: Jedi Eclipse (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-48039-2, Apr 2005, $4.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Rick Berry) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos] Reissue (Del Rey LucasBooks 2000) Star Wars novelization, book two of Agents of Chaos. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This is a Special Price edition.

LUCKHURST, ROGER (stories) (chron.)

• * *Science Fiction (Polity Press 0-7456-2893-1, Feb 2005, £16.99, 305pp, tp) [Paolozzi, Eduardo] Non-fiction, a critical cultural history of SF. Includes notes, selected bibliography, and index. Part of the Cultural History of Literature series. A hardcover edition (-2892-3, £55.00) was announced but not seen.

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• * *Late Victorian Gothic Tales (Oxford University Press 0-19-280480-4, Jun 2005, £8.99, xliv+256pp, tp, cover by Edvard Munch) Collection of 12 gothic stories, edited and with an extensive introduction and notes by Luckhurst. In the Oxford World’s Classics series. (Contents)

LUDLOW, FRANK, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Emerald Eye: the best Irish imaginative fiction (with Roelof Goudriaan) (Aeon Press 0-9534784-4-0, Oct 2005, €9.99, 293pp, tp, cover by Denise O’Moore) Anthology of 18 stories by Irish authors including Bob Shaw, Anne McCaffrey, and James White. Order from Aeon Press, 8 Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1, Republic of Ireland, or online at [http://homepage.eircom.net/˜albedo1/html/aeon_press_books.html]. (Contents)

LUMLEY, BRIAN (1937- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Brian Lumley’s Freaks (Subterranean Press 1-59606-004-2, Nov 2004, $35.00, 82pp, hc, cover by Allen Koszowski) Collection of five stories, one original, with a foreword by the author. Illustrated by Allen Koszowski. This is a signed, limited edition of 750; a lettered edition of 26 ($150.00) is also available. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com]. (Contents)
• * _Harry Keogh: Necroscope and Other Weird Heroes! (Tor 0-765-31060-0, Sep 2005, $14.95, 319pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Tor 2003) collection of eight stories of Titus Crow, Harry Keogh, and David Hero and Eldin the Wanderer.
• * _The House of Cthulhu (Tor 0-765-31073-2, Sep 2005, $24.95, 254pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Primal Land] Reprint (Weirdbook 1984) collection of ten Lovecraftian stories, volume one of Tales of the Primal Land. This follows the Headline 1991 edition, which added one story and dropped two.
• * *The House of the Temple (Endeavor Press 0-9728656-3-2, Nov 2004, $45.00, 115pp, hc, cover by Alan Clark) Collection of two stories, one Lovecraftian, one humorous. Interior illustrations by Allen Koszowski. This is a signed limited edition of 300; a lettered edition of 52 ($150.00, -2-4) is also available. Endeavor Press, PO Box 4307, Chicago IL 60680; [www.endeavorpress.com]. (Contents)
• * _Necroscope: Deadspawn (Tor 0-812-50835-1, Apr 2005, $7.99, 602pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Necroscope] Reissue (Grafton 1991) vampire horror novel, fifth in the “Necroscope” series. Eighth printing.

LUNN, JOHN (chron.)

• * *The Aquanauts (Tundra 0-88776-727-3, Nov 2005, $8.95, 221pp, tp, cover by John Lunn) Young-adult SF novel. Teens living in an undersea laboratory are accidentally hurled billions of years into the future.

LUPACK, ALAN (chron.)

• * *The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend (Oxford University Press 0-19-280287-9, Jul 2005, £50.00, 496pp, hc, cover by Sir Edward Burne-Jones) Reference book, a wide-ranging guide covering all details, characters, and places of the Arthurian tales, tracing them to their most likely first appearances in history or literature, with discussion of many modern fictional interpretations.

LUPOFF, PAT, ed. (chron.)

• * _The Best of Xero (with Richard A. Lupoff) (Tachyon Publications 1-892391-17-1, Aug 2005, $19.95, 255pp, tp, cover by Larry Ivie) Reprint (Tachyon 2004) non-fiction, a selection of essays, correspondence, and art from the fanzine Xero (1960-1962). Tachyon Publications, 1459 18th St. #139, San Francisco CA 94107; [www.tachyonpublications.com].

LUPOFF, RICHARD A(llen) (1935- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Master of Adventure: The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Revised Edition (University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books 0-8032-8030-0, May 2005, $16.95, 307 + xl, tp, cover by Al Williamson & Reed Crandall) Reprint (Canaveral Press 1965 as Edgar Rice Burroughs: Master of Adventure, revised Ace 1975) non-fiction, revised and updated with new foreword by Michael Moorcock, introduction by Lupoff, and essay by Phillip R. Burger. Includes bibliography and index. Order from University of Nebraska Press, 1111 Lincoln Mall, Lincoln NE 68588-0630; 800-755-1105; [pressmail@unl.edu]; [www.bisonbooks.com].
• * *Terrors (Elder Signs Press 0-9759229-6-3, Sep 2005, $16.95, 360pp, tp, cover by Steven Gilberts) Collection of 16 stories, most pastiches, many with Lovecraftian elements. (Contents)

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• * _The Best of Xero (with Pat Lupoff) See entry under Pat Lupoff.

LUSTBADER, ERIC VAN (1946- ) (chron.)

• * _Mistress of the Pearl (Tor 0-812-57235-1, Nov 2005, $7.99, 723pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Pearl Saga] Reprint (Voyager 2003 as The Cage of Nine Banestones) fantasy novel, third in “The Pearl” series.

LYMAN, JEFFREY, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _No Longer Dreams: An Anthology of Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction (with Danielle Ackley-McPhail, L. Jagi Lamplighter & Lee C. Hillman) See entry under Danielle Ackley-McPhail.

LYNCH, JIM (chron.)

• * _The Highest Tide (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7844-3, Oct 2005, £10.99, 246pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury USA 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

LYNN, ELIZABETH A(nne) (1946- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dragon’s Treasure (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-35558-9, Apr 2005, £6.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Dragon] Reprint (Tor UK 2003) fantasy novel. The sequel to Dragon’s Winter.
• * _Dragon’s Treasure (Ace 0-441-01259-0, Oct 2005, $6.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [Dragon] Reprint (Tor UK 2003) fantasy novel, sequel to Dragon’s Winter.

LYNN, RUTH NADELMAN (1948- ) (chron.)

• * *Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults: A Comprehensive Guide, Fifth Edition (Greenwood/Libraries Unlimited 1-59158-050-1, May 2005, $65.00, 1128 + lxxxii, hc) Non-fiction, annotated bibliography of English-language YA fantasy novels and collections. This expands on the 1995 Bowker fourth edition with new listings for 2,880 books (deleting 80), including books published through 2004, for almost 4,500 main entries and over 7,600 titles listed; the Research Guide has been dropped. Order from Libraries Unlimited, 88 Post Road West, Westport CT 06881; [www.lu.com].

LYNN, TRACY (chron.)

• * _Snow (Simon Pulse 1-416-90518-9, Jun 2005, $5.99, 259pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Reissue (Simon Pulse 2003) young-adult novel based on “Snow White.” Copyrighted by Elizabeth Braswell. Fourth printing.

LYONS, STEVE (chron.)

• * _Strontium Dog: Fistful of Strontium (with Jaspre Bark) See entry under Jaspre Bark.
• * *The Triangle (ibooks 1-59687-161-X, Dec 2005, $12.95, 246pp, tp) Novelization of the SciFi Channel TV miniseries. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications; copyrighted by Electric-Entertainment.

LYTTON, LORD BULWER; see under Bulwer-Lytton, Edward (stories) (chron.)

MacALISTER, KATIE; pseudonym of Marthe Arends, (1962- ) (chron.)

• * *Fire Me Up (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 0-451-21494-3, May 2005, $6.99, 352pp, pb) [Aisling Grey] Supernatural romance novel, the second featuring Aisling Grey, Guardian to a dragon lord. This is copyrighted by Marthe Arends; MacAlister also writes YA novels as Katie Maxwell.
• * *Sex, Lies, and Vampires (Dorchester/Love Spell 0-505-52555-0, Feb 2005, $6.99, 342pp, pb) [Otherworld] Vampire romance. Moravian Dark Ones want historian Nell Harris to fight a demon lord with powers she denies having. This is copyrighted by Marthe Arends; MacAlister also writes YA novels as Katie Maxwell.

McALLISTER, M. I. (chron.)

• * *The Mistmantle Chronicles: Urchin of the Riding Stars (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7355-7, Jan 2005, £12.99, 330pp, hc, cover by Gary Blythe) [Mistmantle Chronicles] Young-adult animal fantasy novel. First in a new series. A trade paperback edition (-7810-9, £6.99) was announced but not seen.

McAULEY, PAUL J. (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Little Machines (PS Publishing 1-902880-94-3, Apr 2005, £35.00, ix+328pp, hc, cover by Chesley Bonestell) Collection of 17 stories, one rewritten. Introduction by Greg Bear. The author includes an afterword on the writing of each story. This is a limited edition of 500 signed by McAuley; a slipcased edition of 200 (-93-5, $60.00) signed by McAuley and Bear is also available. Available from Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk]. (Contents)
• * *Mind’s Eye (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-3887-7, Sep 2005, £12.99, 422pp, hc, cover by Darren Wall) Thriller with possible SF elements. A trade paperback edition (-3888-5, £10.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _White Devils (Tor 0-765-34679-6, Apr 2005, $7.99, 537pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 2004) near-future SF biotech thriller.
• * _White Devils (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-6157-6, Jul 2005, £6.99, 662pp, pb, cover by Jonny Ring) Reprint (Tor; Simon & Schuster UK 2004) SF thriller.

MacAVOY, R(oberta) A(nn) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * _Lens of the World (ibooks 0-7434-8698-6, Mar 2005, $6.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Richard Corben) [Lens of the World] Reprint (Morrow 1990) fantasy novel, the first book in the Lens of the World trilogy.

McBAIN, ED, ed.; pseudonym of Evan Hunter, (1926-2005) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Transgressions (Tor/Forge 0-765-30851-7, May 2005, $27.95, 783pp, hc) Associational original anthology of ten mystery novellas by authors including Stephen King, Sharyn McCrumb, Walter Mosley, and Joyce Carol Oates. (Contents)

McBEAN, BRETT (stories) (chron.)

• * +The Last Motel (Biting Dog Publications 0-9729485-3-8, Feb 2005, $16.95, 258pp, tp, cover by Keith Minnion) Associational non-supernatural horror novel. A limited hardcover edition of 500 (-2-X, $40.00) with added original story “The Cycle” is also available. A first novel. This is the first US edition (Wild Roses Productions Australia 6/03). A print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.bitingdogpress.com], or from Biting Dog Publications, PO Box 2739, Duluth GA 30096. (Contents)

McBRIDE, RITA, ed. (chron.)

• * +Futureways (with Glen Russamen) (Arsenal Pulp Press 1-55152-172-5, Apr 2005, $14.95, 200pp, tp) Anthology in the form of a collaborative “faux science fiction novel” about an art exhibition in the distant future, with 14 chapters each written by different, uncredited authors including Nalo Hopkinson, Matthew Light, and Peter Maas. Co-published by Arsenal Pulp Press, the Whitney Museum of American Art and Printed Matter, Inc. Order from Arsenal Pulp Press, 103-1014 Homer Street, Vancouver BC Canada V6B 2W9; 604-687-4233; 888-600-PULP; [www.arsenalpulp.com]; [contact@arsenalpulp.com]. This first US edition appears to be the Canadian first edition (10/04).

McCAFFREY, ANNE (Inez) (1926- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Acorna’s Children: First Warning (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-052538-X, Aug 2005, $24.95, 290pp, hc, cover by Chris McGrath) [*Acorna’s Children] SF novel based on a comic-book idea by McCaffrey, first in a new series that picks up with the next generation after the “Acorna the Unicorn Girl” series.
• * _Acorna’s Children: First Warning (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (SFBC #1190974, Sep 2005, $12.99, 285pp, hc, cover by John Ennis) [*Acorna’s Children] Reprint (Eos 2005) SF novel based on a comic-book idea by McCaffrey, first in a trilogy that picks up with the next generation after the “Acorna the Unicorn Girl” series.
• * _Acorna’s Rebels (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (Severn House 0-7278-6237-5, May 2005, £19.99, 381pp, hc, cover by Paul Dickinson) [Acorna] Reprint (Eos 2003) SF novel based on a comic-book idea by McCaffrey, sixth in the Acorna the Unicorn Girl series.
• * _Acorna’s Search (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (Severn House 0-7278-6136-0, Nov 2004, £18.99, 351pp, hc, cover by Paul Dickinson) [Acorna] Reprint (HarperCollins/Eos 2001) SF novel based on a comic-book idea by McCaffrey, fifth in the “Acorna the Unicorn Girl” series.
• * _Acorna’s Triumph (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15275-7, Mar 2005, £6.99, 382pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Acorna] Reprint (HarperCollins/Eos 2004) SF novel based on a comic-book idea by McCaffrey, seventh in the Acorna the Unicorn Girl series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Changelings (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-47002-8, Jan 2006, $19.95, 273pp, hc, cover by Terese Nielsen) [Petaybee: Twins] SF novel, fourth in the Petaybee series begun in Powers That Be. Twins Ronan and Murel seek the origins of their shape-shifting talent.
• * *Moreta’s Ride (SFBC #1188075, Apr 2005, $12.99, 445pp, hc, cover by Paul Youll) [Pern] Omnibus of two novels of the Dragonriders of Pern: Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern (1983) and Nerilka’s Story (1986). (Contents)
• * _Powers That Be (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38779-1, Jan 2006, $6.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Scott M. Fischer) [Petaybee] Reissue (Del Rey 1993) SF novel, first in the series.

McCAFFREY, TODD (chron.)

• * *Dragonsblood (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44124-9, Jan 2005, $24.95, 438pp, hc, cover by David Stevenson) [Pern] SF novel in Anne McCaffrey’s “Dragonriders of Pern” series. This is the first solo novel by her son Todd.
• * _Dragonsblood (SFBC #1174220, Feb 2005, $13.99, 438pp, hc, cover by Les Edwards) [Pern] Reprint (Del Rey 2005) SF novel in Anne McCaffrey’s “Pern” series. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price on the back jacket.
• * _Dragonsblood (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-05361-3, Apr 2005, £16.99, iv+436pp, hc, cover by Les Edwards) [Pern] Reprint (Del Rey 2005) SF novel in Anne McCaffrey’s Pern series by her son. Introduction by Anne McCaffrey. [First U.K. edition]

McCANN, JAMES (chron.)

• * +Rancour (Simply Read Books 1-894965-31-0, Oct 2005, $10.95, 237pp, tp, cover by A. Matsoureff) [Rancour] Young-adult horror novel about a vampire-hunting werewolf. Available from Simply Read Books, 501-5525 West Boulevard, Vancouver BC Canada V6M 3W6; [www.simplyreadbooks.com]; 604-727-2960.

McCARTHY, WIL(liam Terence) (1966- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *To Crush the Moon (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58717-X, Jun 2005, $6.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Monarchs of Sol] Far-future SF novel, the fourth and final volume of the Queendom of Sol series begun in The Collapsium. Efforts to transform the moon into a habitable world may be too late for the overpopulated Queendom.

McCAUGHREAN, GERALDINE (1951- ) (chron.)

• * +Not the End of the World (HarperTempest 0-06-076030-3, Jul 2005, $16.99, 244pp, hc, cover by Richard Tuschman) Young-adult fantasy, the story of Noah’s Ark seen through human and animal eyes. First US edition (Oxford University Press 10/04).

McCONCHIE, LYN (1946?- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Beast Master’s Circus (with Andre Norton) See entry under Andre Norton.
• * _The Duke’s Ballad (with Andre Norton) See entry under Andre Norton.
• * _Silver May Tarnish (with Andre Norton) See entry under Andre Norton.

McCORMACK, MIKE (1965- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Notes from a Coma (Cape, Jonathan 0-224-07361-3, May 2005, £10.99, 200pp, tp) Literary SF novel. The penal system tests putting prisoners in deliberate comas. A hardcover edition (-07360-5, £16.99) is also available.

McCORMACK, PATRICK (chron.)

• * +The Last Companion (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1494-8, Jan 2005, $25.00, 401pp, hc) Post-Arthurian novel. A small group seeks to protect Arthur’s legacy after his death. This is the first US edition of a book originally published by Raven 1997, and in a revised edition by Robinson 2005.
• * _The Last Companion (Robinson 1-84529-150-6, Mar 2005, £7.99, ix+401pp, tp, cover by Julek Heller) [Albion Chronicle] Reprint (Raven 1997 as Albion: The Last Companion) Arthurian fantasy novel. Book one of the Albion Chronicle. This is a revised edition.

McCORMACK, UNA (chron.)

• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Hollow Men (Pocket 0-7434-9151-3, May 2005, $7.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Tom Hallman) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

McDERMOTT, WILL (stories) (chron.)

• * *Necromunda: Blood Royal (with Gordon Rennie) (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-190-0, Jul 2005, $6.99, 254pp, pb) [Kal Jericho] Novelization based on the universe of the SF war game, the first in a series featuring bounty hunter Kal Jericho. This has the same ISBN as the simultaneous Black Library UK edition, but only gives US and Canadian prices.
• * *Necromunda: Blood Royal (with Gordon Rennie) (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-8441-6190-0, Jul 2005, £5.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Clint Langley) [Necromunda] Novelization based on the game, featuring Kal Jericho.

McDEVITT, JACK; [i.e., John Charles McDevitt] (1935- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Polaris (SFBC #1175914, Dec 2004, $12.49, 370pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Alex Benedict] Reprint (Ace 2004) SF novel, related to A Talent for War. This is similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.