The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005
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The Sapphire Rose David Eddings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20374-5, 2005, £7.99, 652pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Elenium] Reissue (HarperCollins UK 1991) fantasy novel. Book three of The Elenium. 19th printing.
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The Sapphire Rose David Eddings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20374-5, Jun 2005, £7.99, 652pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Elenium] Reissue (HarperCollins UK 1991) fantasy novel, third book of The Elenium; 19th printing.
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Crystal Gorge David & Leigh Eddings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-715764-9, Jun 2005, £18.99, iii+517pp, hc, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Dreamers] Fantasy novel, book three of The Dreamers. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-715765-7) was announced but not seen.
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The Elder Gods David & Leigh Eddings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-715760-6, Jan 2005, £7.99, ii+424pp, pb, cover by Darian Cassdidy & Highway 51) [Dreamers] Reprint (Voyager 2003) fantasy novel. Book One of The Dreamers.
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The Treasured One David & Leigh Eddings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-715763-0, May 2005, £6.99, 519pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Dreamers] Reprint (Voyager 2004) fantasy novel, book two of The Dreamers Quartet.
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The Stardragons Bob Eggleton & John Grant (Paper Tiger 1-84340-123-1, Apr 2005, £20.00, 111pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Collection of stories by Grant (AKA Paul Barnett) written to complement Eggletons artwork. A companion book to Dragonhenge.
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In the Ruins Kate Elliott (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-272-8, Sep 2005, £12.99, 528pp, tp, cover by Melvin Grant) [Crown of Stars] Reprint (DAW 2005) fantasy novel, the sixth book of the Crown of Stars series. A hardcover edition (-271-X, £18.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
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Ambergate Patricia Elliott (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-88246-8, Mar 2005, £5.99, 436pp, tp, cover by Mark Edwards) [Murkmere] Young-adult fantasy novel. A sequel to Murkmere.
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Fishin with Grandma Matchie Steven Erikson (PS Publishing 1-904619-12-6, Oct 2005, £10.00, tp) Fantasy novella, a kids account of his unusual familys encounter with Satan. Introduction by Graham Joyce. This is a limited edition of 500 signed by Erikson; a hardcover edition of 400 signed by Erikson and Joyce (-13-4, £25.00) is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].
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Midnight Tides Steven Erikson (Transworld/Corgi 0-553-81314-5, Mar 2005, £6.99, 940pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Malazan Book of the Fallen] Reprint (Bantam UK 2004) fantasy novel, fifth in the Malazan Book of the Fallen.
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Night of Knives Ian Cameron Esslemont (PS Publishing 1-904619-18-5, Apr 2005, £35.00, 285 + vii, hc, cover by Edward Miller) [Malazan] Fantasy novel set in the world of Malazan, co-created by Steven Erikson. This is a limited edition of 200 copies signed by the author; a slipcased edition of 500 signed by Esslemont and Erikson (-19-3, £60.00) is also available. Available from PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].
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Eye of the Labyrinth Jennifer Fallon (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-352-X, Nov 2005, £7.99, 530pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Second Sons] Reprint (Voyager Australia 2003) fantasy novel, book two of the Second Sons trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
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Harshini Jennifer Fallon (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-328-7, Aug 2005, £7.99, 625pp, pb) [Demon Child] Reprint (Voyager Australia 2001) fantasy novel, third in the Demon Child trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
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Lion of Senet Jennifer Fallon (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-351-1, Oct 2005, £7.99, 564pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Second Sons] Reprint (Voyager Australia 2002) fantasy novel, the first book in The Second Sons trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
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Lord of the Shadows Jennifer Fallon (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-353-8, Dec 2005, £7.99, 580pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Second Sons] Reprint (Voyager Australia 2003) fantasy novel, third book in the Second Sons trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
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Treason Keep Jennifer Fallon (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-327-9, Jan 2005, £7.99, i+662pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Demon Child] Reprint (Voyager Australia 2001) fantasy novel, the second book of The Demon Child trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
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The Lair of Bones David Farland (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-671-02951-7, Apr 2005, £6.99, 429pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Runelords] Reprint (Tor 2003) fantasy novel, book four The Runelords. Farland is a pseudonym of Dave Wolverton.
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The Sea of Trolls Nancy Farmer (Simon & Schuster UK 0-689-86096-X, Apr 2005, £6.99, 459pp, tp, cover by Mel Grant) [Sea of Trolls] Reprint (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Doctor Who: Short Trips: A Day in the Life ed. Ian Farrington (Big Finish 1-84435-147-5, Jun 2005, £14.99, 244pp, hc, cover by Red Ink) [Doctor Who] Original anthology of 17 stories based on the TV series. Volume 13 in the series.
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Exiles Return Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224687-2, Apr 2005, £11.99, 356pp, tp, cover by Dominic Forbes) [Conclave of Shadows] Reprint (Voyager 2004) fantasy novel, book three of Conclave of Shadows.
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Exiles Return Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648359-3, Sep 2005, £6.99, 356pp, pb) [Conclave of Shadows] Reprint (Voyager 2004) fantasy novel set in the world of Midkemia, book three of The Conclave of Shadows trilogy.
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Flight of the Nighthawks Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-713374-X, Oct 2005, £18.99, 420pp, hc, cover by Dominic Forbes) [Riftwar: Darkwar Saga] Fantasy novel, book one in the Darkwar series sequel to the Conclave of Shadows series.
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King of Foxes Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648358-5, Feb 2005, £6.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Martin McKenna) [Conclave of Shadows] Reprint (Voyager 2003) fantasy novel. The second book of Conclave of Shadows.
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Prince of the Blood Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-717616-3, 2005, £7.99, 470pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) [Riftwar] Reissue (Doubleday Foundation 1989) fantasy novel. This is the revised (Bantam Spectra 2004) text.
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The Big Over Easy Jasper Fforde (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-83567-2, Jul 2005, £12.99, 402pp, hc, cover by Mark Thomas) [Nursery Crimes] Humorous fantasy mystery novel, the first in the Nursery Crimes series set in the world of nursery rhymes.
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The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-73356-X, Apr 2005, £7.99, 384pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Thursday Next] Reissue (NEL 2001) humorous fantasy novel, first in the Thursday Next series. 23rd printing.
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Lost in a Good Book Jasper Fforde (Hodder 0-340-73357-8, Apr 2005, £6.99, 372pp, tp) [Thursday Next] Reissue (Hodder & Stoughton 2002) humorous fantasy novel, second in the Thursday Next series. This has the same ISBN as the NEL edition of the same date.
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Lost in a Good Book Jasper Fforde (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-73357-8, Apr 2005, £6.99, 372pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Thursday Next] Reissue (Hodder & Stoughton 2002) humorous fantasy novel, second in the Thursday Next series. 11th printing. This has the same ISBN as the Hodder edition of the same date.
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Something Rotten Jasper Fforde (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-82595-2, Apr 2005, £6.99, 400pp, tp, cover by Mark Thomas) [Thursday Next] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2004) humorous alternate-world fantasy novel. Fourth in the Thursday Next series.
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The Well of Lost Plots Jasper Fforde (Hodder 0-340-83850-7, Apr 2005, £6.99, 365pp, tp) [Thursday Next] Reissue (Hodder & Stoughton 2003) humorous fantasy novel. Volume three in the Thursday Next series.
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Belins Hill Catherine Fisher (Random House UK/Red Fox 0-09-948223-1, Mar 2005, £4.99, 166pp, tp, cover by Tim Edmonds) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1997) young-adult fantasy novel.
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Darkhenge Catherine Fisher (The Bodley Head 0-370-32859-0, Mar 2005, £10.99, 314pp, hc, cover by Tim Edmonds) Young-adult fantasy novel.
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The Scarab Catherine Fisher (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-87894-0, Jun 2005, £5.99, 426pp, tp, cover by Tracey Hurst & Jerry Paris) [Oracle Prophecies] Young-adult fantasy novel, the third in the Oracle trilogy.
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The Rose of the World Jude Fisher (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-5936-X, Aug 2005, £11.99, 676pp, tp, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Fools Gold] Reprint (DAW 2005) fantasy novel. Last in the Fools Gold trilogy. A hardcover edition (-5935-1, £17.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
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The Red Judge Pauline Fisk (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7160-0, Jan 2005, £6.99, 202pp, tp) [Sabrina Fludde] Young-adult fantasy novel. A companion novel to Sabrina Fludde.
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Sabrina Fludde Pauline Fisk (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7655-6, Jan 2005, £4.99, 256pp, tp) [Sabrina Fludde] Reprint (Bloomsbury 2001) young-adult fantasy novel.
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Warhammer: Blood Bowl Matt Forbeck (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-8441-6200-1, Aug 2005, £5.99, 411pp, pb, cover by Max Bertolini) [Warhammer] Novelization based on the spin-off Warhammer football game.
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The Cosmology of the Wider World Jeffrey Ford (PS Publishing 1-904619-82-7, Oct 2005, £10.00, 173 + vii, tp, cover by Kim Deitch) Fantasy short novel about the minotaur Belius. Expanded greatly from an eponymous story published 1990. Introduction by Jeff VanderMeer. This is a limited edition of 500 signed by Ford; a hardcover edition of 300 signed by Ford and VanderMeer (-83-5, £25.00) is also available. Available from PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].
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To the End of the World Colin Foreman (Myroy Books 0-9548-9490-1, Jan 2005, £7.99, 332pp, tp, cover by Wayne Reynolds) [Keepers & Seekers] Young-adult time-travel fantasy novel, book one of Keepers & Seekers.
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Stargate SG-1: Sacrifice Moon Julie Fortune (Fandemonium Books 0-9547343-1-9, 2005, £5.99, 213pp, pb) [Stargate SG-1] Reissue (Fandemonium Books 2004) novelization based on the TV series; second printing.
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Demonized Christopher Fowler (Serpents Tail 1-85242-786-8, Jan 2005, £7.99, 241pp, tp) Reprint (Serpents Tail 2004) collection of 17 stories.
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Seventy-Seven Clocks Christopher Fowler (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60885-3, Sep 2005, £12.99, 448pp, hc, cover by Aidan Willis) [Bryant & May] Gothic mystery novel, third in the series featuring detectives Bryant & May. This is a reworking of Darkest Day.
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The Water Room Christopher Fowler (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-553-81553-9, Sep 2005, £6.99, 430pp, tp, cover by Aidan Willis) [Bryant & May] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) gothic mystery novel, second in the Bryant & May series.
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Lady Cottingtons Pressed Fairy Book: 10 3/4 Anniversary Edition Brian Froud & Terry Jones (Pavilion 1-86205-700-1, Sep 2005, £14.99, 70pp, tp, cover by Brian Froud) Reprint (Pavilion 1994) humorous art book. This edition includes a new introduction by Jones and Froud, eight new pages, and a DVD including a filmed interview with Lady Cottingham (Jones) and other bits.
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Poes Progeny ed. Gary Fry (Gray Friar Press 0-9550922-0-5, Oct 2005, £11.99, 379pp, tp, cover by Robert Sammelin) Original anthology of 31 stories inspired by classic dark fiction. Authors include Tim Lebbon, Conrad Williams, Nicholas Royle, and Ramsey Campbell. Introduction by Michael Marshall Smith. A hardcover edition of 125 (-0-9) signed by Smith and Campbell is sold out. Gray Friar Press, 19 Ruffield Side, Delph Hill, Wyke, Bradford, West Yorkshire UK; [www.grayfriarpress.com].
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Dragon Rider Cornelia Funke (The Chicken House 1-904442-48-X, Jun 2005, £5.99, 527pp, tp) Reprint (The Chicken House 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. Translated by Anthea Bell from Drachenreiter (Cecilie Dressler Verlag 1997).
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Inkspell Cornelia Funke (Chicken House, The 1-90-444272-2, Oct 2005, £12.99, 682pp, hc, cover by Carol Lawson) [Inkheart] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Inkheart. Translated by Anthea Bell from the original German (2005). Simultaneous with the US (Scholastic) edition. A limited signed edition (-529405-0, £12.99) was announced but not seen.
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Stephen Kings The Dark Tower: A Concordance: Volume II Robin Furth (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-83067-0, Nov 2005, £17.99, xviii+668pp, hc) Reprint (Scribner 2005) encyclopaedic guide to the final three volumes of the septet, covering characters, places, objects, languages, and so on. [First U.K. edition] [Stephen King]
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A Breath of Snow and Ashes Diana Gabaldon (Random House UK/Century 0-7126-7983-9, Sep 2005, £18.99, 979pp, hc, cover by Alison Groom) [Outlander] Fantasy time-travel historical novel, sixth in the Outlander series. Simultaneous with the US (Delacorte) edition. A trade paperback edition (-8060-8, £14.99) was announced but not seen.
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Faeries and Other Fantastical Folk: The Faery Paintings of Maxine Gadd Maxine Gadd (Artists and Photographers Press 1-904332-23-4, Sep 2005, £14.99, 112pp, hc, cover by Maxine Gadd) Art book. This has a padded cover, gilt edging, and no dust jacket. Available in the US through the SFBC. AAPPL, 10 Hillside, London SW19 4NH, UK; [www.aapl.com].
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American Gods Neil Gaiman (Hodder Headline 0-7553-2281-9, Sep 2005, £7.99, 640+16pp, pb, cover by gray318) [American Gods] Reprint (Morrow 2001) fantasy novel. This edition follows Gaimans preferred text from the Hill House (2004) edition and adds an unpaginated section with an interview and other material.
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Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman (Hodder Headline/Review 0-7553-0507-8, Sep 2005, £17.99, 348+44pp, hc, cover by gray318) [American Gods] Fantasy novel. Simultaneous with the US (Morrow) edition. This adds an unpaginated readers guide with a deleted scene, an interview with Gaiman, and discussion questions.
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Stardust Neil Gaiman (Hodder Headline 0-7553-2282-7, Sep 2005, £7.99, 196+20pp, pb, cover by gray318) Reprint (DC/Vertigo 1998) fantasy novel. This edition adds an unpaginated section of extra material at the end.
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The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7840-0, Sep 2005, £7.99, 55pp, tp, cover by Dave McKean) Reprint (White Wolf 1997) young-adult picture book. This follows the 2004 HarperCollins edition with a new afterword by Gaiman and audio CD with a reading by Gaiman.
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Mirrormask Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean (Hodder Headline/Review 0-7553-2829-9, May 2005, £20.00, 331pp, hc) Art book, an illustrated script of the film written by Gaiman and designed/directed by McKean, with storyboards and stills. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.
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MirrorMask Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean (Bloomsbury 0-7475-8111-8, Oct 2005, £14.99, 77pp, hc) Young-adult picture book based on the movie with text by Gaiman and illustrations (movie stills and art) by McKean.
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Valley of Lights Stephen Gallagher (Telos 1-903889-74-X, May 2005, £9.99, 298pp, tp, cover by Martin McKenna) Reprint (NEL 1987) crime/horror novel. This adds a precursor novella, a diary about an aborted film version, and an interview with the author. Introduction by Stephen Laws; a new afterword by Gallagher. A signed, limited hardcover edition (-75-8, £30.00) was announced but not seen.. Telos Publishing, Beech House, Chapel Lane, Moulton, Cheshire, CW9 8PQ UK; [www.telos.co.uk].
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I, Coriander Sally Gardner (Orion Childrens Books 1-8425-5290-2, Aug 2005, £8.99, 300pp, hc) Young-adult historical fantasy novel.
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Firebird Susan Gates (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-31904-6, Jul 2005, £5.99, 212pp, tp) Young-adult SF novel set in a dystopian future.
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