The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Books, Listed by Author

STOLARZ, LAURIE FARIA (chron.)

• * *Red Is for Remembrance (Llewellyn 0-7387-0760-0, Aug 2005, $8.95, 320pp, tp) [Blue Is for Nightmares] Young-adult dark fantasy novel, third in the series about a Wiccan teen whose dreams foretell murder. Available from Llewellyn Publications, PO Box 64383, St. Paul MN 55164-0383; 800-THE-MOON; [www.lllewellyn.com].
• * *White Is for Magic (Llewellyn Publications 0-7387-0443-1, May 2004, $8.95, tp) [Blue Is for Nightmares] Young-adult dark fantasy novel, second in the series about a Wiccan teen whose dreams foretell murder. This is dated 2004, but not seen until now; it indicates thrid printing. Available from Llewellyn Publications, PO Box 64383, St. Paul MN 55164-0383; 800-THE-MOON; [www.lllewellyn.com].

STOLZE, GREG (chron.)

• * *World of Darkness: The Marriage of Virtue and Viciousness (White Wolf 1-58846-872-0, Jul 2005, $6.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Jason Alexander) [World of Darkness: Vampire: The Requiem] Novelization based on the “Vampire: The Requiem” roleplaying game. Copyrighted by White Wolf.

STONE, DAVE (1964- ) (chron.)

• * +Dark Future: Golgotha Run (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 1-84416-237-0, Oct 2005, $6.99, 251pp, pb, cover by Jaime Jones) [Dark Future: Golgotha] Novelization based on the near-future roleplaying game, first in the Golgotha series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition (Black Library 9/05) has the same ISBN as the UK, but only lists US and Canadian prices.

STONE, DAVID LEE (chron.)

• * *The Illmoor Chronicles: The Shadewell Shenanigans (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-87400-7, Jun 2005, £10.99, 273pp, hc) [Illmoor Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel. Third in a series.
• * _The Illmoor Chronicles: The Yowler Foul-Up (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-87399-X, Feb 2005, £5.99, v+259pp, tp, cover by Bob Lea) [Illmoor Chronicles] Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 2004) young-adult fantasy novel, second in a series. Illustrations by Bob Lea.

STOVER, MATTHEW WOODRING (chron.)

• * *Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Century 0-712-68427-1, Apr 2005, £17.99, 418pp, hc) [Star Wars] Novelization of the “third” film in the series; simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
• * _Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (SFBC #1187018, Apr 2005, $14.99, 419pp, hc) [Star Wars: Dark Lord] Reprint (Del Rey 2005) Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42884-6, Nov 2005, $7.50, 451pp, pb) [Star Wars: Dark Lord] Reprint (Del Rey 2005) Star Wars movie novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.

STRAHAN, JONATHAN, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Best Short Novels: 2005 (SFBC #1181126, Jun 2005, $12.99, 592 + xiv, hc, cover by Larry Price) Year’s Best anthology of ten novellas published in 2004, with a discussion of the year by Strahan. Authors include Stephen Baxter, Patricia A. McKillip, and Gregory Feeley. This has ISBN 1-58288-173-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * _Fantasy: The Best of 2004 (with Karen Haber) See entry under Karen Haber.
• * _The Locus Awards (with Charles N. Brown) (HarperCollins/Voyager Australia 0-7322-7873-2, Jul 2005, A$19.95, 677 + xvi, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Voyager Australia 2004) anthology of 18 Locus Award-winning stories.
• * _Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 (with Karen Haber) See entry under Karen Haber.

STRAUB, PETER (Francis) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _In the Night Room (HarperCollins UK 0-00-718442-5, Jul 2005, £6.99, 511pp, pb) [Tim Underhill; Tom Pasmore] Reprint (Random House 2004) fantasy novel.
• * _The Talisman/Black House (with Stephen King) See entry under Stephen King.

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

• * _Kong: King of Skull Island (with John Michlig & Joe DeVito) See entry under Joe DeVito.
• * *Mars Year One: Marsquake! (with Thomas E. Fuller) (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-86402-7, Feb 2005, $4.99, 175pp, hc, cover by Michael Koelsch) Young-adult SF novel, third in a trilogy about teens on Mars in 2085.
• * _Merian C. Cooper’s King Kong (with Joe DeVito) See entry under Joe DeVito.

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

• * *Accelerando (Ace 0-441-01284-1, Jul 2005, $24.95, 390pp, hc) [Macx Family] SF fix-up novel of a posthuman future, based on stories serialized in Asimov’s. Something is dismantling the planets of the solar system. (pagination from Orbit 2006 edition) (Contents)
• * _Accelerando (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-390-2, Aug 2005, £16.99, 433pp, hc) [Macx Family] Reprint (Ace 2005) SF mosaic novel composed from revised versions of the nine “Macx Family” stories in Asimov’s. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * _Accelerando (SFBC #1194005, Sep 2005, $12.50, 390pp, hc) [Macx Family] Reprint (Ace 2005) SF fix-up novel of a posthuman future. This is similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Family Trade (Tor 0-765-34821-7, May 2005, $6.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Merchant Princes] Reprint (Tor 2004) SF novel, the first in The Merchant Princes series.
• * *The Hidden Family (Tor 0-765-31347-2, Jun 2005, $24.95, 303pp, hc, cover by Paul Youll) [Merchant Princes] SF/fantasy novel, the second book of The Merchant Princes after The Family Trade. Miriam’s modern American ideas have some unexpected repercussions in trade across timelines.
• * _Iron Sunrise (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-335-X, Mar 2005, £15.99, 419pp, hc) [Singularity Sky] Reprint (Ace 2004) SF novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Iron Sunrise (Ace 0-441-01296-5, Jul 2005, $7.99, 433pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Singularity Sky] Reprint (Ace 2004) SF novel, second in the sequence begun in Singularity Sky.
• * _Iron Sunrise (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-336-8, Aug 2005, £6.99, 480pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Singularity Sky] Reprint (Ace 2004) SF novel, second in the sequence begun in Singularity Sky.
• * _Singularity Sky (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-334-1, Feb 2005, £6.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Singularity Sky] Reprint (Ace 2003) SF novel. An isolated human colony that supresses high technology is attacked by an information plague.

STROUD, JONATHAN (chron.)

• * +The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Three: Ptolemy’s Gate (Hyperion/Miramax 0-7868-1861-1, Jan 2006, $17.95, 501pp, hc, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Bartimaeus Trilogy] Young-adult contemporary fantasy novel, the third in a trilogy about a young magician and the djinn Bartimaeus in an England ruled by magicians.
• * _The Golem’s Eye (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55027-2, Oct 2005, £6.99, 570pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Bartimaeus] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Bartimaeus trilogy.
• * *Ptolemy’s Gate (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60616-8, Oct 2005, £12.99, 515pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Bartimaeus] Young-adult fantasy novel, book three in the Bartimaeus trilogy.

STRUZAN, DREW (chron.)

• * *Drew Struzan: Oeuvre (Dreamwave Productions 0-9732-7867-6, Dec 2004, $59.95, 254pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) Art book. Text by Jessie Horsting & Amy Horsting. Introduction by George Lucas. This is dated 2004, but not seen until now.

STUBBS, HARRY CLEMENT (1922-2003); see pseudonym Hal Clement (chron.)

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

• * *The Man Who Lost the Sea: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Volume X (North Atlantic 1-55643-519-3, Jan 2005, $35.00, 335pp, hc) Collection of 13 stories, two not previously collected. Foreword by Jonathan Lethem. This volume covers work written from 1957 to 1960. Edited and with extensive story notes by Paul Williams. (Contents)

STURGILL, ALYSSA (stories) (chron.)

• * *Spider Pie (Raw Dog Screaming 1-933293-05-5, Aug 2005, $10.95, 97pp, tp, cover by Kris Kuksi) Original collection of 24 irreal stories, seven reprints. This is the author’s first collection. Introduction by D. Harlan Wilson. Illustrated by Cake Earthhead. A print-on-demand edition is available online at [www.rawdogscreaming.com], or from Raw Dog Screaming Press, 5103 72nd Place, Hyattsville MD 20784. (Contents)

SULLIVAN, TRICIA (1968- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Double Vision (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-337-6, Jul 2005, £10.99, 377pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) SF novel.

SUMMERS, DAVID LEE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Hadrosaur Tales Volume XXI (Hadrosaur Productions 1-885093-36-5, Mar 2005, $5.95, vi+116pp+, tp, cover by Marcia Borell) continued as the magazine Tales of the Talisman. (Contents)

SUPRYNOWICZ, VIN (chron.)

• * *The Black Arrow (Mountain Media 0-9762516-0-4, Apr 2005, $24.95, 703pp, tp) Near-future SF novel. A masked freedom fighter emerges to lead the resistance to America’s repressive police state. A first novel. A leatherbound limited edition (-1-2, $48.95) is also available. Mountain Media, 3172 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 343, Las Vegas NV 89108; [www.libertybookshop.us]; add $3.00 postage.

SUSSEX, LUCY (Jane) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *A Tour Guide in Utopia (MirrorDanse Books 0-9757852-0-6, Aug 2005, A$24.95, 266pp, tp, cover by Deborah Klein) Collection of 12 stories from the ’90s to the present. Available from MirrorDanse Books, PO Box 3542, Parramatta NSW 2124, Australia; [mirrordanse@optusnet.com.au]; [www.tabula-rasa.info/MirrorDanse/]. (Contents)

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

• * _Black Ships Before Troy (Random House/Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-553-49483-X, Dec 2005, $5.99, 151pp, tp, cover by Jody Hegwill) Reprint (Frances Lincoln UK 1993) young-adult retelling of Homer’s The Iliad.
• * _The Wanderings of Odysseus (Random House/Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-553-49482-1, Dec 2005, $5.99, 135pp, tp, cover by Jody Hegwill) Reprint (Frances Lincoln UK 1995) young-adult retelling of Homer’s epic poem, with full-color illustrations by Alan Lee.

SUTHERLAND, LUKE (chron.)

• * _Venus as a Boy (Bloomsbury 0-7475-6905-3, Mar 2005, £6.99, 149pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2004) literary fantasy novel. A promiscuous youth looks back on his life while turning to gold.

SUTIN, LAWRENCE (1951- ) (chron.)

• * _Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1623-1, Aug 2005, $15.95, 352 + xiii, tp) Reprint (Harmony 1989) non-fiction, biography. This has a new introduction by the author. [Dick]

SUZUKI, KOJI (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dark Water (HarperCollins UK 0-00-720741-7, Aug 2005, £10.00, 294pp, hc) Reprint (Vertical 2004) collection of seven stories with a framing prologue and epilogue, including the original novella filmed as Dark Water. Originally published in Japanese as Honogurai mizu no soko kara (Kadokawa Shoten 1996). A trade paperback (OME) edition (-720742-5, £10.99) was announced but not seen. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * *Loop (Vertical 1-932234-15-2, Oct 2005, $24.95, 288pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) [Ring] Horror novel, third in the “Ring” trilogy. Translated by Glynne Walley from the Japanese Rupu (Kadokawa Shoten 1998).
• * _Ring (HarperCollins UK 0-00-717885-9, Mar 2005, £6.99, 292pp, pb) [Ring] Reprint (Vertical 2003) horror novel, first in a series. Translated by Glynne Whalley from the Japanese Ringu (Kadowaka Shoten 1991).
• * _Spiral (HarperCollins UK 0-00-717906-5, Mar 2005, £12.99, 281pp, hc) [Ring] Reprint (Vertical 2004) horror novel, second in a series after Ring. Translated by Glynne Whalley from the Japanese, Rasen (Kadowaka Shoten 1994). A trade paperback (OME) edition (-719236-3) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Spiral (HarperCollins UK 0-00-717907-3, Nov 2005, £6.99, 460pp, pb) [Ring] Reprint (Vertical 2004) horror novel, second in a series after Ring. Translated by Glynne Whalley.

SWAINSTON, STEPH (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *No Present Like Time (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07006-4, Apr 2005, £9.99, 317pp, hc, cover by Emma Wallace) [Castle] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Year of Our War.
• * +The Year of Our War (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-075387-0, Feb 2005, $13.95, 384pp, tp, cover by Christophe Sivet) [Castle] Fantasy novel. First US edition (Gollancz 4/04).
• * _The Year of Our War (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07642-9, Apr 2005, £6.99, 369pp, pb, cover by Emma Wallace) [Castle] Reprint (Gollancz 2004) fantasy novel, first in a series.

SWALLOW, JAMES (stories) (chron.)

• * +Judge Dredd: Whiteout (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 1-84416-219-2, Oct 2005, $6.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Clint Langley) [Judge Dredd] Novelization based on the 2000 AD comic book character. This first US edition (Black Flame UK 9/05) has the same ISBN as the UK, but only gives US and Canadian prices. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S.
• * *Rogue Trooper: Blood Relative (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 1-84416-167-6, Apr 2005, $6.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Dylan Teague) Novelization based on the 2000AD comic book. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S. Simultaneous with the UK edition.
• * +Warhammer 40,000: Blood Angels: Deus Sanguinius (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-155-2, May 2005, $6.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Phillip Sibbering) [Warhammer 40,000: Blood Angels] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe, the second volume in the “Blood Angels” series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (4/05) edition, but has US and Canadian prices only.

SWANN, S. ANDREW; pseudonym of S. A. Swiniarski, (1966- ) (chron.)

• * *The Dwarves of Whiskey Island (DAW 0-7564-0315-4, Oct 2005, $6.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Kline Maxwell] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Dragons of the Cuyahoga. Cleveland reporter Kline Maxwell investigates a tip from a dwarf.

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

• * _The Iron Dragon’s Daughter (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07605-4, Jan 2005, £6.99, 343pp, tp) [*Iron Dragon’s Daughter] Reprint (Millennium 1993) fantasy novel. Volume 42 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.
• * *The Periodic Table of Science Fiction (PS Publishing 1-904619-00-2, Jul 2005, £25.00, 274pp, hc) Collection of stories, one each for each element on the periodic table of elements, plus a few. There is a new afterword by Swanwick. Introduction by Theodore W. Gray. This is a limited edition of 500 signed by Swanwick; a slipcased edition of 200 signed by Swanwick and Gray is also available. Available from Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].

SWIFT, JONATHAN (1667-1745) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Gulliver’s Travels (Oxford University Press 0-19-280534-7, Mar 2005, £3.99, lix+362pp, tp) [Gulliver] Reprint (Benjamin Motte 1726 as Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts as by Lemuel Gulliver) classic satirical fantasy novel, edited with an introduction by Claude Rawson, and notes by Ian Higgins. (Contents)
• * *Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver (with Martin Jenkins & Chris Riddell) (Candlewick Press 0-7636-2409-8, Mar 2005, $19.99, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Gulliver] Art book, a children’s adaptation of Gulliver’s Travels, abridged by Martin Jenkins and illustrated by Chris Riddell.

SWINIARSKI, S(teven) A. (1966- ); see pseudonym S. Andrew Swann (chron.)

SYDNEY, ROBERT; pseudonym of Dennis Danvers, (1947- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Bright Spot (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58759-5, Jul 2005, $6.99, 337pp, pb, cover by Dave Johnson) SF detective novel. Actors Nick and Luella accidentally get involved in a deadly conspiracy. Sydney is a pen name for Dennis Danvers.

TAAFFE, SONYA (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Postcards from the Province of Hyphens (Prime Books, 2005, tp, cover by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema) (Contents)
• * *Singing Innocence and Experience (Wildside Press/Prime Books 0-8095-4479-2, Oct 2005, $17.95, 272pp, tp, cover by John William Waterhouse) Collection of 15 stories, two original, and eight poems. The author provides notes on the writing of each story. Introduction by Tim Pratt. Order from Prime Books, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928; [www.primebooks.net]. (Contents)

TALMA, TRINA L. (chron.)

• * *Silver and Blood (Lulu 1-4116-2411-4, Apr 2005, $9.74, 238pp, tp) Fantasy novel, the first book in a series. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.lulu.com].

TAMAI, TONY LEONARD (chron.)

• * _William Shakespeare’s Macbeth (with Arthur Byron Cover) See entry under Arthur Byron Cover.

TAMBOUR, ANNA; pseudonym (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Spotted Lily (Wildside Press/Prime Books 0-8095-4483-0, Apr 2005, $17.95, 272pp, tp, cover by Norman Lindsay) Fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-4482-2, $29.95) was announced but not seen. This is a print-on-demand book, available online from [www.primebooks.net] or from Prime Books, PO Box 36503, Canton OH 44735.

TAN, CECILIA, ed. (chron.)

• * *Blood Surrender (Avalon/Blue Moon Books 1-56201-445-5, Mar 2005, $14.95, 208pp, tp) Original anthology of 15 erotic horror stories, three reprints (two originally published electronically). Authors include Nancy Kilpatrick, Thomas S. Roche, and Maria Alexander. (Contents)
• * _Erotica Vampirica (Avalon Publishing Group/Blue Moon Books 1-56201-485-4, Jul 2005, $14.95, 188pp, tp) Reprint (Circlet Press 1996) anthology of 10 erotic vampire stories.

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

• * +The Lost Thing (Simply Read Books 1-894965-10-8, Apr 2005, $16.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Shaun Tan) Art/picture book. A boy finds a strange creature. First US edition (Lothian 2004).

TARR, JUDITH (1955- ); see pseudonym Caitlin Brennan (stories) (chron.)

• * *King’s Blood (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46045-6, Oct 2005, $16.00, 376pp, tp) [William the Conqueror] Historical novel with fantasy elements, sequel to Rite of Conquest. The son of William of Conqueror tries to rule without magic and the land suffers.