The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

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Wizardology Dugald A. Steer (Candlewick Press 0-7636-2895-6, Oct 2005, $19.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) Art book, a guide to wizards by “Master Merlin,” illustrated by Yvonne Gilbert, John Howe, Tomislav Tomic, and Helen Ward. First US edition (Templar Publishing UK 9/05).

A Rumor of Gems Ellen Steiber (Tor 0-312-85879-5, Jun 2005, $25.95, 464pp, hc, cover by Kazuhiko Sano) Contemporary fantasy novel. A skeptical woman gets caught up in magic in the city of Arcato, where gods and tricksters wander the streets.

Singer of Souls Adam Stemple (Tor 0-765-31170-4, Aug 2005, $22.95, 237pp, hc, cover by Charles Vess) [Singer of Souls] Contemporary fantasy novel. A street musician visits his grandmother in Scotland and falls afoul of faeries. A first solo novel.

The Big Empty, Book 3: Desolation Angels J. B. Stephens (Penguin/Razorbill 1-59514-008-5, Feb 2005, $6.99, 232pp, tp) Near-future post-apocalyptic young-adult SF about teens trying to survive in the evacuated, supposedly empty, Midwest.

The Big Empty, Book 4: No Exit J. B. Stephens (Penguin/Razorbill 1-59514-009-3, Jun 2005, $6.99, 247pp, tp) Near-future post-apocalyptic young-adult SF. A new strain of the virus that wiped out half the world threatens to be even worse.

The Confusion Neal Stephenson (Harper Perennial 0-06-073335-7, Aug 2005, $15.95, 815pp, tp) [Baroque Cycle] Reprint (Morrow 2004) historical novel with SF/fantasy elements, the second book in the “Baroque Cycle” after Quicksilver. Includes a 14-page readers guide.

The System of the World Neal Stephenson (Harper Perennial 0-06-075086-3, Sep 2005, $15.95, 892pp, tp, cover by Frederick de Wit) [Baroque Cycle] Reprint (Morrow 2004) historical novel with SF elements, third and final in “The Baroque Cycle”. This includes a 16-page “P.S.” reader’s guide.

The Cobweb Neal Stephenson & J. Frederick George (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38344-2, Jun 2005, $14.00, 416pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam 1996 as by Stephen Bury) associational thriller.

Interface Neal Stephenson & J. Frederick George (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38343-4, Jun 2005, $14.00, 618pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Bantam 1994 as by Stephen Bury) SF political thriller.

The Zenith Angle Bruce Sterling (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46865-1, May 2005, $6.99, 341pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) Reprint (Del Rey 2004) contemporary SF thriller. A computer wizard joins the government war on cyberterrorism and uncovers a deadly secret.

What Do You Say to a Naked Elf? Cheryl Sterling (Dorchester/Love Spell 0-505-52619-0, Jan 2005, $5.99, 326pp, pb) Fantasy romance novel. A woman pulled into a fantasy world finds she has magical powers and a special destiny.

Justice League of America: Superman: The Never-ending Battle Roger Stern (Pocket Star 0-7434-1714-3, Jun 2005, $6.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Alex Ross) [Superman] Novelization, the sixth and final in a series based on the DC Comic books. Copyrighted by DC comics.

Justice League of America: Superman: The Never-ending Battle Roger Stern (SFBC #1193797, Jul 2005, $10.99, 370pp, hc, cover by Alex Ross) [Justice League of America: Superman] Reprint (Pocket Star 2005) novelization, the sixth in a series based on the DC comic books. Copyrighted by DC comics. This has ISBN 0-7394-5538-9; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson (Bantam Classic 0-553-21277-X, Apr 2004, $3.95, 98pp, pb, cover by Henry Alexander) Reissue (Munro 1886) classic horror novel. This has the 1981 afterword and bibliography by Jerome Charyn. 35th printing.

River Rats Caroline Stevermer (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-205554-1, Oct 2005, $6.95, 305pp, tp, cover by Alfred Eisenstaedt) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992) young-adult post-holocaust SF novel.

Heaven Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen (Warner Aspect 0-446-61103-4, May 2005, $6.99, 428pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (Warner Aspect 2004) SF novel.

Touch Not the Cat Mary Stewart (HarperTorch 0-06-082372-0, Dec 2005, $7.99, 372pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1976) gothic novel with fantasy elements.

The Curse of the Gloamglozer Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Random House/Fickling 0-385-75076-5, Mar 2005, $12.95, 370pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Quint] Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in the “Edge Chronicles”. First US edition (Doubleday UK 2001).

The Last of the Sky Pirates Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Random House/Fickling 0-385-75078-1, Jul 2005, $12.95, 369pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Rook Barkwater] Young-adult fantasy novel, fifth in the “Edge Chronicles”. First US edition (Doubleday UK 9/02).

Vox Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Random House/Fickling 0-385-75080-3, Oct 2005, $12.95, 385pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Rook Barkwater] Young-adult fantasy novel, sixth in the “Edge Chronicles”. First US edition (Doubleday UK 9/03).

Star Wars: Yoda: Dark Rendezvous Sean Stewart (SFBC #1178156, Jan 2005, $10.99, 329pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars: Yoda] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This has ISBN 0-7394-5002-6; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

Raven Quest Sharon Stewart (Lerner/Carolrhoda 1-57505-894-4, Oct 2005, $15.95, 319pp, hc, cover by Carl Cook) Young-adult fantasy novel. An exiled young raven undertakes a quest to reclaim his honor. First US edition (Scholastic Canada 2003).

Dangerous Girls 2: The Taste of Night R. L. Stine (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-059618-X, Aug 2005, $5.99, 277pp, pb) [Dangerous Girls] Reprint (HarperCollins 2004) young-adult horror novel, second in the series about twins, one of whom has decided to become a vampire. Packaged and copyrighted by Parachute Publishing.

Fear Street Nights: Darkest Dawn R. L. Stine (Simon Pulse 0-689-87866-4, Aug 2005, $5.99, 182pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) Young-adult horror novel, third in a series. Copyrighted by Parachute Press.

Fear Street Nights: Midnight Games R. L. Stine (Simon Pulse 0-689-87865-6, Jul 2005, $5.99, 183pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) Young-adult horror novel, second in a series. Patrons of the bar called Nights start disappearing. Copyrighted by Parachute Publishing.

Fear Street Nights: Moonlight Secrets R. L. Stine (Simon Pulse 0-689-87864-8, Jun 2005, $5.99, 174pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) Young-adult horror novel, the first in a new trilogy.

Dies the Fire S. M. Stirling (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46041-3, Sep 2005, $7.99, 573pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Change War] Reprint (Roc 2004) SF novel, the first in a trilogy set in the world that the island of Nantucket left behind in the Island in the Sea of Time trilogy.

The Protector’s War S. M. Stirling (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46046-4, Sep 2005, $24.95, 486pp, hc, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Change War] SF novel, second in the trilogy begun in Dies the Fire, set in the world that the island of Nantucket left behind in Island in the Sea of Time trilogy.

The Protector’s War S. M. Stirling (SFBC #1191437, Oct 2005, $12.50, 483pp, hc, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Change War] Reprint (Roc 2005) SF novel, second in the trilogy begun in Dies the Fire. This is similar to the Roc edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

Red Is for Remembrance Laurie Faria Stolarz (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 Laurie Faria Stolarz (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].

World of Darkness: The Marriage of Virtue and Viciousness Greg Stolze (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.

Dark Future: Golgotha Run Dave Stone (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.

Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Matthew Stover (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 Matthew Stover (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.

Best Short Novels: 2005 ed. Jonathan Strahan (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.

The Locus Awards ed. Jonathan Strahan & 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.

Mars Year One: Marsquake! Brad Strickland & 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.

Accelerando Charles Stross (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)

Accelerando Charles Stross (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 Charles Stross (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 Charles Stross (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 Charles Stross (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.

The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Three: Ptolemy’s Gate Jonathan Stroud (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.

Drew Struzan: Oeuvre Drew Struzan (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.

The Man Who Lost the Sea: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Volume X Theodore Sturgeon (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.

Spider Pie Alyssa Sturgill (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.

The Black Arrow Vin Suprynowicz (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.

A Tour Guide in Utopia Lucy Sussex (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/].

Black Ships Before Troy Rosemary Sutcliff (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 Rosemary Sutcliff (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.

Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick Lawrence Sutin (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. [Philip K. Dick]

Loop Koji Suzuki (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).

The Year of Our War Steph Swainston (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).

Judge Dredd: Whiteout James Swallow (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 James Swallow (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 James Swallow (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.

The Dwarves of Whiskey Island S. Andrew Swann (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.

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