The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005
Books, Listed by Author
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- MORGAN, RICHARD K(ingsley) (chron.) (continued)
- * +Woken Furies (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-47971-8, Oct 2005, $24.95, 450pp, hc, cover by Christian McGrath) [Takeshi Kovacs] SF novel, the third in the Takeshi Kovacs series. First US edition (Gollancz 3/05).
- * _Woken Furies (SFBC #1194571, Nov 2005, $12.50, 450pp, hc, cover by David Stevenson) [Takeshi Kovacs] Reprint (Gollancz 2005) SF novel. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- MORLOCK, FRANK J., ed. (stories) (chron.)
- * *Frankenstein Meets the Hunchback of Notre-Dame: Plays (Black Coat Press 1-932983-38-4, Jul 2005, $20.95, 225pp, tp, cover by David Rabbitte) Anthology of two plays: The Monster and the Magician, or Frankenstein Revisited by Charles Nodier, Antoine Nicolas Béraud & Jean Toussaint Merle and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Paul Foucher & Paul Meurice. Translated/adapted from the French and with a new story by Frank J. Morlock. This is a print-on-demand edition available from [www.blackcoatpress.com] or from Hollywood Comics.com, PO Box 17270, Encino CA 91416. (Contents)
- MORRELL, DAVID (Bernard) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Nightscape (Subterranean Press 1-59606-000-X, Sep 2004, $35.00, hc) Collection of eight stories. This is a signed, limited edition of 1500; a lettered edition of 52 ($150.00) with bonus material is also available. Order from Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com]. (Contents)
- MORRIS, GERALD (chron.)
- * _The Ballad of Sir Dinadan (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-54894-7, Jun 2005, $5.95, 242pp, tp, cover by Lou Beach) [*Squire’s Tale] Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 2003) young-adult Arthurian novel, fifth in the series begun in The Squire’s Tale featuring Squire Terence and Sir Gawain.
- * *The Lioness & Her Knight (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-50772-8, Oct 2005, $16.00, 343pp, hc, cover by Lou Beach) [*Squire’s Tales] Young-adult Arthurian novel, seventh in “The Squire’s Tales” series. A knight’s bored daughter seeks thrills in Camelot, accompanied by a young knight and a fool.
- MORRIS, MARK (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Nowhere Near an Angel (PS Publishing 1-902880-99-4, Oct 2005, £25.00, 368pp, hc, cover by Seamus A. Ryan) Associational horror/dark mainstream novel about an ex-punk haunted by his past. Introduction by Stephen Gallagher. This is a limited edition of 500 signed by Morris; a slipcased edition of 200 signed by Morris and Gallagher (-22-6, £60.00) is also available. Available from PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].
- MORRIS, TEE (stories) (chron.)
- * *Legacy of Morevi (Dragon Moon Press 1-896944-29-9, Dec 2005, $19.95, 351pp, tp, cover by Theo Black) [Morevi: Arathellean Wars] Fantasy novel set in the world of Morevi: The Chronicles of Rafe & Askana by Morris & Lisa Lee; this is the first book of the Arathellean Wars. Dragon Moon Press, PO Box 64312, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2K 6J7; [www.dragonmoonpress.com].
- MORRIS, WILLIAM (1834-1896) (stories) (chron.)
- * _News from Nowhere (Dover 0-486-43427-3, 2004, $8.95, 193 + ix, tp) Reprint (Longmans, Green 1896) utopian time-travel novel. A 19th-century man visits 22nd-century England, a socialist utopia. This follows the Longmans, Green 1912 edition; it is dated 2004, but not seen until now.
- MORROW, JILL (chron.)
- * *The Open Channel (Pocket/Paraview 0-7434-8627-7, Apr 2005, $7.50, 404pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) [Angel Cafe] Dark fantasy novel, sequel to The Angel Café. Katerina and Stephen’s 13-year-old daughter Julia starts having realistic dreams and visions.
- MORSE, DREW, ed. (stories) (chron.)
- * *The 2005 Rhysling Anthology (Science Fiction Poetry Association 1-888993-51-0, May 2005, $9.95, 104pp, tp, cover by Tim Mullins) Anthology of 61 poems. Subtitled “The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Poetry of 2004”, this serves as the ballot for the SFPA’s Rhysling Awards. A list of past winners is included. Published in cooperation with Dark Regions Press. For information write Mike Allen, SFPA President, 3514 Signal Hill Ave. NW, Roanoke VA 24017; [www.sfpoetry.com]. (Contents)
- MORTON-SHAW, CHRISTINE (chron.)
- * *The Riddles of Epsilon (HarperCollins/Tegen Books 0-06-072819-1, May 2005, $16.99, 375pp, hc, cover by Bernard Maisner) Young-adult fantasy novel. A spirit leads Jess to a series of riddles and codes that stop an ancient threat. A first novel.
- * *The Riddles of Epsilon (HarperCollins UK Children’s Books 0-00-719981-3, Oct 2005, £12.99, 396pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel.
- MORWOOD, PETER; [name legally changed from Robert Peter Smith] (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Book of Years, Volume #2 (DAW 0-7564-0307-3, Jul 2005, $7.99, 581pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) [Book of Years] Omnibus of two fantasy novels: The Dragon Lord (1986) and The War Lord (1989 as The Warlord’s Domain). (Contents)
- * *The Book of Years, Volume 1 (DAW 0-7564-0306-5, Jun 2005, $7.99, 552pp, pb) [Book of Years] Omnibus of two fantasy novels: The Horse Lord (1983) and The Demon Lord (1984). (Contents)
- MOSCOE, MICHAEL; see pseudonym Mike Shepherd (stories) (chron.)
- MOSLEY, WALTER (Ellis) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *47 (Little, Brown 0-316-11035-3, May 2005, $16.99, 232pp, hc) Young-adult historical fantasy. A plantation slave boy meets the mysterious Tall John and learns about magic and freedom.
- * *The Wave (Warner Aspect 0-446-53363-7, Jan 2006, $22.95, 209pp, hc) SF novel. A seemingly prank phone call leads a man to discover an alien life-form billions of years old.
- MURAKAMI, HARUKI (1949- ) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Kafka on the Shore (Random House/Knopf 1-4000-4366-2, Feb 2005, $25.95, 436pp, hc) Surreal/metaphysical novel about a runaway teen and an aging simpleton.
- * _Kafka on the Shore (Random House/Vintage 1-4000-7927-6, Dec 2005, $14.95, 467pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 2005) surreal/metaphysical novel. Translated by Philip Gabriel from the Japanese Umibe no Kafuka (Shinchosha 2002).
- MURPHY, C. E. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Urban Shaman (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80223-4, Jun 2005, $13.95, 344pp, tp) [Walker Papers] Contemporary fantasy, the first in The Walker Papers. Police mechanic Joanne Walker discovers her powers as a shaman when she confronts the Wild Hunt in Seattle. A first novel.
- MURPHY, DAVID (stories) (chron.)
- * *Longevity City (Gale Group/Five Star 1-59414-352-8, Aug 2005, $25.95, 315pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) SF novel. Medical technology allows a select few a double lifespan.
- MURPHY, PAT(rice Ann), ed. (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- MURPHY, SHIRLEY ROUSSEAU (1928- ) (chron.)
- * *Cat Breaking Free (HarperCollins 0-06-057809-2, Dec 2005, $24.95, 335pp, hc, cover by Beppe Giacobbe) [Joe Grey] Fantasy mystery novel, the 11th featuring talking cat Joe Grey.
- * _The Catswold Portal (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-076540-2, Feb 2005, $6.99, 404pp, pb) Reprint (Roc 1992) fantasy novel of a cat/human shapeshifter and a threat from another world.
- MURPHY, WARREN B(urton) (1933- ) (chron.)
- * _Grandmaster (with Molly Cochran) (Tor/Forge 0-765-31163-1, Dec 2005, $14.95, 431pp, tp) Reprint (Pinnacle 1984) thriller with SF/fantasy elements about a chess master CIA agent and his Russian nemesis. Winner of the Edgar Award. Part of the Otto Penzler Presents line, this has a new preface by Cochran and introduction by Penzler. A simultaneous hardcover edition (0-765-31160-7, $27.95) was announced but not seen.
- MUSK, JUSTINE (chron.)
- * *BloodAngel (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46052-9, Oct 2005, $6.99, 343pp, pb) [BloodAngel] Horror novel. Horrors sweeping the nation are somehow tied to a new rock singer. A first novel.
- MYERS, HOWARD L. (1930-1971) (chron.)
- * _The Creatures of Man (Baen 0-7434-9900-X, Apr 2005, $7.99, 628pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Baen 2003) SF collection of 19 stories.
- MYERS, JOHN MYERS (1906-1988) (chron.)
- * _Silverlock (Ace 0-441-01247-7, Apr 2005, $14.95, 364 + xv, tp, cover by Dan Craig) Reprint (Dutton 1949) classic referential fantasy novel. This has the 1979 introductions by Poul Anderson, Larry Niven, and Jerry Pournelle and afterword by Karen Anderson.
- NAPOLI, DONNA JO (chron.) (assoc.)
- * _Breath (Simon Pulse 0-689-86177-X, Jul 2005, $5.99, 260pp, pb, cover by Paul Casale) Reprint (Atheneum 2003) young-adult historical novel with fantasy elements based on the story of the Pied Piper.
- * _The Great God Pan (Random House/Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22925-1, Feb 2005, $5.99, 146pp, pb, cover by Michael Morgenstern) Reprint (Wendy Lamb 2003) young-adult fantasy novel retelling the Greek myth of Pan and Iphigenia.
- NASSISE, JOSEPH M. (stories) (chron.)
- * *Heretic (Pocket 0-7434-7095-8, Oct 2005, $6.99, 295pp, hc) [Templar Chronicles] Dark fantasy novel, the first in the Templar Chronicles. The man called the Heretic is part of the Vatican’s modern-day secret special forces, the Knights Templar, who battle the forces of darkness.
- NATHAN, MICAH (chron.)
- * *Gods of Aberdeen (Simon & Schuster 0-7432-5082-6, Jun 2005, $24.00, 369pp, hc) Mainstream novel, a gothic/allegorical thriller with possible fantasy elements. A teen genius at a small New England college gets involved in secret alchemical research. A first novel.
- NAVARRO, YVONNE (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Elektra (SFBC #1186463, Mar 2005, $10.00, 280pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket Star 2005) novelization of the movie based on the Marvel comics character. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film and Regency Entertainment. This has ISBN 0-7394-5109-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- NAYES, ALAN (chron.)
- * _Gargoyles (Tor 0-765-34056-9, Jan 2006, $6.99, 376pp, pb) Reprint (Forge 2001) SF thriller of genetic engineering.
- NAYLOR, DOUG; see pseudonym Grant Naylor (chron.)
- NAYLOR, GRANT; pseudonym of Rob Grant & Doug Naylor (chron.)
- * _Red Dwarf (Penguin UK 0-140-12437-3, Jan 2005, £6.99, 298pp, pb) Reissue (Penguin 1989) novelization based on the TV series. 36th printing.
- NAZARIAN, VERA (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Clock King and the Queen of the Hourglass (PS Publishing 1-904619-22-3, Oct 2005, £10.00, vii+124pp, tp, cover by Edward Miller) SF novel set billions of years in the future. A fertile female of ancient human DNA is created in a posthuman world. Introduction by Charles de Lint. This is a limited edition of 500 signed by the author; a hardcover edition of 300 (-23-1, £25.00) signed by Nazarian and de Lint is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].
- NEIDERMAN, ANDREW (1940- ); see also V. C. Andrews® (chron.)
- * _Amnesia (Severn House 0-7278-6144-1, Oct 2004, £18.99, 341pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 2001) horror novel.
- * *The Hunted (Pocket Star 0-7434-8320-0, Aug 2005, $7.99, 344pp, pb) Associational non-supernatural horror novel. Someone is stalking hunters in the woods.
- NELSCOTT, KRIS; pseudonym of Kristine Kathryn Rusch, (1960- ) (chron.)
- * _Stone Cribs (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-33859-7, Feb 2005, $13.95, 323pp, tp, cover by Ed Holub) [Smokey Dalton] Reprint (St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004) associational mystery, the fourth featuring detective Smokey Dalton. Nelscott is a pen name for Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
- * *War at Home (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-32527-4, Mar 2005, $24.95, 336pp, hc, cover by Ed Holub) [Smokey Dalton] Associational mystery, the fifth featuring detective Smokey Dalton. Nelscott is a pen name for Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
- NESBIT, E(dith) (1858-1924) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Book of Dragons (Dover 0-486-43648-9, Sep 2004, $6.95, 156pp, tp, cover by Christy Shaffer) Reprint (Harper 1901) young-adult collection of eight stories. This has the original illustrations by H.R. Millar and H. Granville Fell.
- NEVINS, JESS (chron.)
- * *The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana (MonkeyBrain Books 1-932265-08-2, Nov 2005, $50.00, 1009 + x, hc, cover by John Picacio) Non-fiction, an encyclopedic guide to characters and themes from genre works primarily from the Victorian age. Coverage includes works in other languages than English and from non-Western cultures. Introduction by Michael Moorcock. Includes bibliography. Order from MonkeyBrain, PO Box 200126, Austin TZ 78720; [info@monkeybrainbooks.com]; [www.monkeybrainbooks.com].
- NEWBERY, LINDA (chron.)
- * _At the Firefly Gate (Orion/Dolphin 1-84255-143-4, Jul 2005, £5.99, 163pp, tp, cover by Jessica Meserve) Reprint (Orion Children’s Books 2004) young-adult fantasy novel.
- NEWCOMB, ROBERT (chron.)
- * *Savage Messiah (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-47707-3, Jan 2006, $26.95, 574pp, hc, cover by Gerald Brom) [Destinies of Blood and Stone] Fantasy novel, first in The Destinies of Blood and Stone trilogy, sequel to the The Chronicles of Blood and Stone.
- * _The Scrolls of the Ancients (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44897-9, Jul 2005, $7.99, 557pp, pb, cover by Justin Sweet) [Chronicles of Blood and Stone] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) fantasy novel, third in the “The Chronicles of Blood and Stone” begun in The Fifth Sorceress.
- * _The Scrolls of the Ancients (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-553-81455-9, Jul 2005, £6.99, 752pp, pb, cover by Justin Sweet) [Chronicles of Blood and Stone] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) fantasy novel, following The Fifth Sorceress and The Gates of Dawn. Volume III of The Chronicles of Blood and Stone.
- NEWMAN, JAMES (stories) (chron.)
- NEWMAN, KIM (James) (1959- ); see pseudonym Jack Yeovil (stories) (chron.)
- * *Dead Travel Fast (Dinoship 0-9728585-3-9, Jun 2005, $14.95, 321pp, tp) Collection of ten stories, with afterwords on each by Newman. (Contents)
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- NEWSTEIN, HOLLY; see pseudonym H. R. Howland (chron.)
- NICHOLLS, STAN (chron.)
- * _The Covenant Rising (SFBC #1177493, Feb 2005, $12.99, 410pp, hc) [Dreamtime] Reprint (Voyager 2003 as Quicksilver Rising) fantasy novel, first in “The Dreamtime” trilogy. This has ISBN 0-7394-5032-8; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _The Covenant Rising (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-073890-1, Dec 2005, $7.50, 410pp, pb) [Dreamtime] Reprint (Voyager 2003 as Quicksilver Rising) fantasy novel, first in “The Dreamtime” trilogy about a cursed warrior seeking a group of magicians called the Covenant.
- * +Orcs (Trafalgar Square/Gollancz 0-575-07487-6, Mar 2005, $14.00, 711pp, tp, cover by Scott Maple) [Orcs] Omnibus of the three fantasy novels in the series: Bodyguard of Lightning (1999), Legion of Thunder (1999) and Warriors of the Tempest (2000), plus the story “The Taking”. This first US edition (Gollancz 9/04) is actually the Gollancz edition with stickers. Distributed in the US by Trafalgar Square, PO Box 257, Howe Hill Road, North Pomfret VT 05053; 800-423-4525; [www.trafalgarsquarebooks.com].
- * _Quicksilver Zenith (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-714152-1, Mar 2005, £6.99, 327pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) [Dreamtime] Reprint (Voyager 2004) fantasy novel, second in the Quicksilver Trilogy.
- * +The Righteous Blade (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-073891-X, Jan 2006, $13.95, 327pp, tp, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Dreamtime] Fantasy novel, second in “The Dreamtime” trilogy about a warrior seeking a cure for his curse. First US edition (Voyager 9/04 as Quicksilver Zenith).
- NICHOLSON, SCOTT (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Home (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1711-2, Aug 2005, $6.99, 349pp, pb) Horror novel set in a group home for troubled boys.
- NICHOLSON, WILLIAM V. (chron.)
- * *Seeker (Egmont 1-4052-1895-9, Sep 2005, £12.99, 422pp, hc) [Noble Warriors] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first book of the Noble Warriors trilogy.
- * +The Society of Others (Doubleday/Talese 0-385-51327-5, Jan 2005, $23.95, 224pp, hc) Associational fable/Kafkaesque story of a nameless hitchhiking teen who winds up in a repressive country. First US edition (Doubleday UK 4/04, not seen).
- NICOLE, CHRISTOPHER (Robin) (1930- ) (chron.)
- * *The Falls of Death (Severn House 0-7278-6149-2, Nov 2004, £18.99, 230pp, hc) Horror novel. A woman searches for her long-missing grandfather and the water of immortality.
- NIELSEN HAYDEN, PATRICK, ed. (chron.)
- NIFFENEGGER, AUDREY (chron.)
- * *Three Incestuous Sisters (Abrams 0-8109-5927-5, Sep 2005, $27.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Audrey Niffenegger) Adult picture book in Goreyesque style with fantasy elements, about three sisters who all fall in love with the same young man. Illustrated with etchings by the author. Originally self-published as a hand-bound, hand printed series of ten.
- * *The Three Incestuous Sisters (Cape, Jonathan 0-224-07686-8, Sep 2005, £16.99, 164pp, hc, cover by Audrey Niffenegger) Adult picture book with fantasy elements, illustrated with etchings by the author.
- NILES, DOUGLAS (Allen) (1954- ) (chron.)
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