The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

GAIMAN, NEIL (Richard) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *Fragile Things (Hodder Headline 0-7553-3412-4, Sep 2006, £16.99, 366pp, hc) Collection of 23 stories (and one embedded in the introduction) and eight poems. Simultaneous with the US (William Morrow) edition, although the contents are slightly different. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-3413-2, £11.99) was announced but not seen.
• * +Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-06-051522-8, Oct 2006, $26.95, 360 + xxxi, hc) Collection of 25 stories, one original, and eight poems. Gaiman discusses the origins of each in his introduction. First US edition (Hodder Headline 9/06). Slightly revised from the UK edition. (Contents)
• * _Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders (SFBC #1221406, Oct 2006, $13.49, 360pp, hc) Reprint (Morrow 2006) collection. This is similar to the Morrow edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett) (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-06-085396-4, Mar 2006, $29.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Haydn Cornner) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) satirical fantasy novel. This adds a new foreword, some answers to frequently asked questions, and essays on each other by the authors. There are two versions of the dust jacket, one with Crowley and one with Aziraphale.
• * _Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett) (SFBC #1206514, Oct 2006, $12.99, 330pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) satirical fantasy novel. This SFBC 50th Anniversary Edition follows text of the Morrow 2006 edition; it has ISBN 978-0-7394-7414-3, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett) (HarperTorch 0-06-085398-0, Dec 2006, $7.99, 412pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) satirical fantasy novel. This includes the added material of the Morrow 2006 edition.
• * _Neverwhere (Hodder Headline/Review 0-7553-2280-0, Sep 2005, £7.99, iii+372+x, pb) Reprint (BBC Books 1996) fantasy novel. This is the author’s preferred text, with a new introduction, prologue, and a reading group guide. (Contents)
• * _Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions (Hodder Headline/Review 0-7553-2283-5, Sep 2005, £7.99, 384+vi, tp) Reprint (Avon 1998) fantasy collection. This includes an unpaginated reading group guide.

GALENORN, YASMINE (chron.)

• * *One Hex of a Wedding (Berkley Prime Crime 0-425-21117-7, Aug 2006, $6.99, 260pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [*Chintz ’n China] Mystery with supernatural/horror elements, fifth in the Chintz ’n China mystery series.

GALLAGHER, DIANA G(race) (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Bad Bargain (Simon Spotlight Entertainment 1-4169-1919-8, Dec 2006, $6.99, 192pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * *Charmed: Hurricane Hex (Simon Spotlight Entertainment 1-4169-1467-6, Feb 2006, $6.99, 213pp, pb) [Charmed] Young-adult novelization based on the TV show about three witches. Copyrighted by Spelling Television.

GALLOWAY, GAINES (chron.)

• * *Revenant (Wheatmark 1-58736-643-6, Aug 2006, $13.95, 155pp, tp) Original collection of 11 horror stories. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.wheatmark.com] or from Wheatmark, 610 East Delano Street, Suite 104, Tucson AZ 85705.

GAMBOE, SCOTT (chron.)

• * *The Killing Frost (Medallion Press 1-932815-98-8, Sep 2006, $6.99, 589pp, pb, cover by James Tampa) SF space opera novel. Captain Arano Lakeland leads an elite military group in a covert war against “renegade” forces of the Bromidian Empire.

GANTOS, JACK (chron.)

• * *The Love Curse of the Rumbaughs (Farrar Straus Giroux 0-374-33690-3, May 2006, $17.00, 185pp, hc, cover by Andrea Deszo) Young-adult humorous gothic novel with possible supernatural elements. A curse makes family members love too much.

GARCIA, LAURA GALLEGO (chron.)

• * *The Valley of the Wolves (Scholastic/Levine 0-439-58553-8, Apr 2006, $16.99, 247pp, hc, cover by Bill Tsukuda) Young-adult fantasy. Dana goes to study sorcery with the Maestro. Translated from the Spanish Valle de los Lobos (Ediciones SM 2000) by Margaret Sayers Peden.

GARCÍA y ROBERTSON, R(odrigo) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Firebird (Tor 0-765-31356-1, May 2006, $24.95, 320pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Fantasy novel. The orphan girl Aria helps a foreign knight return a Firebird egg to its nest.

GARDNER, CRAIG SHAW (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Battlestar Galactica: The Cylons’ Secret (Tor 0-765-31579-3, Aug 2006, $14.95, 302pp, tp) [Battlestar Galactica] Novelization, the second based on the new version of the SF TV show. A hardcover edition (-31578-5, $25.95) was announced but not seen.
• * _Bride of the Slime Monster (Ace 0-441-07950-4, Sep 2006, $6.99, 213pp, pb) [Cineverse Cycle] Reissue (Ace 1990) fantasy novel, second in the Cine Cycle or Cineverse Cycle. Second printing.
• * _Revenge of the Fluffy Bunnies (Ace 0-441-71833-7, Oct 2006, $6.99, 216pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Cineverse Cycle] Reissue (Ace 1990) fantasy novel, the third in the Cineverse Cycle. Third printing.
• * _Slaves of the Volcano God (Ace 0-441-76977-2, Aug 2006, $6.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Cineverse Cycle] Reissue (Ace 1989) humorous fantasy novel, book one of the Cineverse Cycle.

GARDNER, LYN (chron.)

• * *Into the Woods (Random House/Fickling UK 0-385-61035-1, Sep 2006, £12.99, 428pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel.

GARDNER, SALLY (chron.)

• * _I, Coriander (Orion Children’s Books 1-84255-504-9, Jun 2006, £5.99, 298pp, tp) Reprint (Orion Children’s Books 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.

GARNER, ALAN (1934- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Elidor (Harcourt/Odyssey Classics 0-15-205624-6, Mar 2006, $6.95, 173pp, tp, cover by Greg Call) Reprint (Collins 1965) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Moon of Gomrath (Harcourt/Odyssey 0-15-205630-0, Oct 2006, $6.95, 199pp, tp, cover by Greg Call) [Alderley Edge] Reissue (Collins 1963) classic young-adult fantasy novel in the Tales of Alderley, sequel to The Weirdstone of Brisingamen. This has a new afterword by the author.
• * _The Owl Service (Harcourt/Odyssey Classics 0-15-205618-1, Mar 2006, $6.95, 219pp, tp, cover by Greg Call) Reprint (Collins 1967) Carnegie Medal-winning young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Stone Book Quartet (HarperPerennial UK 0-00-720494-9, Feb 2006, £7.99, 172pp, tp) Reprint (Collins 1983) fantasy omnibus. This adds a reader’s guide section. (Contents)
• * _The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (Harcourt/Odyssey 0-15-205636-X, Oct 2006, $6.95, 272pp, pb, cover by Greg Call) Reprint (Collins 1960) classic young-adult fantasy novel, a Tale of Alderley. This has a new afterword by the author.

GARRETT, MICHAEL, ed. (1949- ) (chron.)

• * _Hot Blood X (with Jeffrey B. Gelb) See entry under Jeffrey B. Gelb

GARTON, RAY (1965- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Live Girls (Leisure 0-8439-5674-7, Aug 2006, $6.99, 337pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1987) vampire novel.
• * *The Loveliest Dead (Leisure 0-8439-5648-8, Jan 2006, $6.99, 372pp, pb) Horror novel. A family’s new house is haunted.

GASCOIGNE, MARC, ed. (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Warhammer 40,000: Bringers of Death (with Christian Dunn) (Black Library 1-8441-6232-X, Aug 2005, £5.99, 253pp, pb) [Warhammer 40,000] Anthology of four novelettes, one original, and a new short novel, Xenocide, set in the roleplaying game universe. (Contents)
• * +Warhammer 40,000: Let the Galaxy Burn (with Andy Jones) (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-342-3, May 2006, $10.99, 750pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) [Warhammer 40,000] Anthology/omnibus of 38 stories based on the far-future SF roleplaying game, three original, most published first in Inferno! and previously anthologized in Into the Maelstrom (1999), Dark Imperium (2001), and Words of Blood (2002). Introduction by Gascoigne. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (4/06) edition, but only gives US and Canadian prices. (Contents)
• * +Warhammer 40,000: Tales from the Dark Millennium (with Christian Dunn) (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-418-7, Nov 2006, $7.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Michael Komark) [Warhammer 40,000] Original anthology of eight stories based on the collectible card game based on the fantasy roleplaying game, some previously published online. Introduction by Steve Horvath. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (10/06) edition, but only gives US and Canadian prices.
• * *Warhammer: The Cold Hand of Betrayal (with Christian Dunn) (Games Workshop/Black Library 1-84416-288-5, Apr 2006, £6.99, 252pp, pb) [Warhammer] Anthology of nine stories set in the roleplaying game universe. (Contents)
• * +Warhammer: The Cold Hand of Betrayal (with Christian Dunn) (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-342-3, May 2006, $7.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Jeff Johnson) [Warhammer] Original anthology of nine stories based on the fantasy roleplaying game. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (4/06) edition, but only gives US and Canadian prices.

GATES, R(andy) PATRICK (1954- ) (chron.)

• * *Grimm Reapings (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1640-X, Feb 2006, $6.99, 382pp, pb) [Grimm Memorials] Horror novel, sequel to Grimm Memorials.

GEAR, KATHLEEN (Marie) O’NEAL (1954- ) (chron.)

• * _It Sleeps in Me (Tor 0-765-35025-4, Jul 2006, $6.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Vince Natale) [It Sleeps in Me] Reprint (Forge 2005) prehistoric novel with supernatural elements.
• * *It Wakes in Me (Tor/Forge 0-765-31482-7, Jul 2006, $13.95, 268pp, tp, cover by Vince Natale) [It Sleeps in Me] Prehistoric novel with supernatural elements, sequel to It Sleeps in Me.
• * _People of the Moon (with W. Michael Gear) (Tor 0-765-34758-X, Nov 2006, $7.99, 615pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [First North Americans] Reprint (Forge 2005) associational pre-historical novel, 13th in the First North Americans series.

GEAR, W(illiam) MICHAEL (1955- ) (chron.)

• * _The Athena Factor (Tor/Forge 0-765-35023-8, Jul 2006, $7.99, 533pp, pb) Reprint (Forge 2005) thriller of genetic engineering.
• * _People of the Moon (with Kathleen O’Neal Gear) See entry under Kathleen O’Neal Gear.

GEBBIE, MELINDA (chron.)

• * _Lost Girls (with Alan Moore) See entry under Alan Moore.

GELB, JEFF(rey B.), ed. (chron.)

• * _Dark Delicacies: Original Stories of the Macabre from Today’s Greatest Horror Writers (with Del Howison) See entry under Del Howison.
• * _Hot Blood X (with Michael Garrett) (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1651-5, Apr 2006, $6.99, 335pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1998) original anthology of 17 stories, one a reprint, of erotic horror.

GELLIS, ROBERTA (Leah, née Jacobs) (1927- ) (chron.)

• * _Ill Met by Moonlight (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey

GEMMELL, DAVID A(ndrew) (1948-2006) (chron.)

• * _Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15111-4, Apr 2006, £6.99, 624pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Troy] Reprint (Bantam UK 2005) fantasy novel, the first in a trilogy.
• * _Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-49457-1, Oct 2006, $14.95, 476pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Bantam UK 2005) historical fantasy novel of ancient Troy.
• * *Troy: Shield of Thunder (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-05222-6, Sep 2006, £17.99, 480pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Troy] Fantasy novel. Second in a trilogy after Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow.

GENTLE, MARY R(osalyn) (1956- ) (chron.)

• * *Ilario: The Lion’s Eye (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07660-7, Nov 2006, £14.99, 663pp, tp) [Story of the First History] SF novel, set earlier in the First History, the same world as Ash. Part was previously published as Under the Penitence (PS Publishing 2004) in slightly different form. A hardcover edition (-07661-5, £20.00) is also available.

GEORGE, DAVID R., III (chron.)

• * *Star Trek: Crucible: McCoy: Provenance of Shadows (Pocket 0-7434-9168-8, Sep 2006, $7.99, 627pp, pb) [Star Trek: Crucible] Star Trek novelization, the first book in a series. This is a 40th anniversary edition. Copyrighted by CBS Studios.
• * *Star Trek: Crucible: Spock: The Fire and the Rose (Pocket 0-7434-9169-6, Dec 2006, $7.99, 388pp, pb, cover by John Picacio) [Star Trek: Crucible] Star Trek novelization, the third book in a series. This is a 40th anniversary edition. Copyrighted by CBS Studios.

GEORGE, FREDERICK (chron.)

• * _Cobweb (with Neal Stephenson) See entry under Neal Stephenson.

GEORGE, JON (chron.)

• * *Zootsuit Black (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-3398-3, May 2006, £10.99, 325pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) SF novel. A reality shift threatens to make millions of people disappear.

GEORGE, MARGARET (chron.)

• * *Helen of Troy (Penguin/Viking 0-670-03778-8, Aug 2006, $27.95, 611pp, hc) Fantasy novel based on Greek myth. Helen tells her story. Simultaneous with the Macmillan UK edition.

GERAS, ADÈLE (chron.)

• * _Ithaka (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-54799-9, Aug 2006, £5.99, 405pp, tp, cover by Alison Jay) Reprint (Fickling 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _Troy (Scholastic UK 0-439-95095-3, Aug 2006, £5.99, 362pp, tp, cover by Alison Jay) Reprint (Scholastic UK 2000) young-adult fantasy novel.

GERBER, MICHAEL (stories) (chron.)

• * *Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parodies (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07894-4, Jun 2006, £12.99, xiv+575pp, hc) [Barry Trotter] Omnibus of the humorous fantasy parody trilogy: Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody (2001), Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel (2003) and Barry Trotter and the Dead Horse (2004). (Contents)
• * *The Chronicles of Blarnia (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07720-4, Sep 2005, £6.99, 264pp, hc, cover by Douglas Carrel) Fantasy novel, a parody of the Narnia books. A mini-hardcover edition.

GERNSBACK, HUGO (1884-1967) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Scientific Adventures of Baron Münchausen (Apogee Books 0-9738203-5-7, Aug 2006, $9.95, 223pp, pb) Episodic SF novel, originally published as a serial in The Electrical Experimenter (1915-1917). Edited, abridged, and with a lengthy historical afterword by Robert Godwin. This is a WorldCon edition. Apogee Books, Box 62034, Burlington Ont Canada L7R 4K2; [www.apogeespacebooks.com].

GEROW, TINA (chron.)

• * *Fire Maiden (Triskelion Publishing 1-933874-37-6, Oct 2006, $7.99, 296pp, pb) [Stone Maiden] Dark fantasy novel, sequel to Stone Maiden. Kefira must protect her pregnant sister from a Succubus queen and a vampire determined to steal the baby. Originally published as an ebook 8/06.

GERRITSEN, TESS (1953- ) (chron.)

• * *The Mephisto Club (Ballantine 0-345-47699-9, Sep 2006, $25.95, 355pp, hc) Mystery with possible supernatural elements. Detective Jane Rizzoli traces a murder to a club devoted to proving Satan walks on Earth.

GERROLD, DAVID, ed.; pseudonym of Jerrold David Friedman, (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Boarding the Enterprise: Transporters, Tribbles and the Vulcan Death Grip in Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek (with Robert J. Sawyer & Leah Wilson) (BenBella Books 978-1-932100-87-7, Aug 2006, $17.95, 214pp, tp) [Star Trek] Non-fiction gathering of 14 essays on Star Trek. Authors include Norman Spinrad, D.C. Fontana, and Adam Roberts. BenBella Books, 6440 N. Central Expressway, Suite 508, Dallas TX 75206; [www.benbellabooks.com]. info: leah@benbellabooks.com

GIBBINS, DAVID (chron.)

• * +Atlantis (Dell 0-553-58792-7, Oct 2006, $6.99, 465pp, pb) Thriller about a race to rediscover Atlantis. First US edition (Headline 2005).

GIBBONS, ALAN (chron.)

• * *Setting of a Cruel Sun (Orion Children’s Books 1-84255-179-5, Sep 2006, £5.99, 326pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Lost Souls] Young-adult fantasy novel. Second in the Lost Souls Stories series after Rise of the Blood Moon.
• * _Shadow of the Minotaur (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-721-8, Feb 2006, £5.99, 217pp, tp, cover by Ian Butterworth) [Legendeer] Reprint (Dolphin 2000) young-adult fantasy novel. Book one of The Legendeer. 12th printing.
• * _Vampyr Legion (Orion Children’s Books 1-85881-835-4, Feb 2006, £5.99, 182pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) [Legendeer] Reprint (Dolphin 2000) young-adult fantasy novel. Book two of The Legendeer trilogy.
• * _Warriors of the Raven (Orion Children’s Books 1-84255-001-2, Feb 2006, £5.99, 166pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) [Legendeer] Reprint (Dolphin 2001) young-adult fantasy novel. Book three of The Legendeer trilogy.

GIBSON, GARY M. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Against Gravity (Trafalgar Square/Tor UK 1-4050-3446-7, Jul 2006, $16.95, 378pp, tp, cover by Steve Rawlings) SF novel. First US edition (Tor UK 2005); this is the Tor UK edition, available in the US from Trafalgar Square, PO Box 257, Howe Hill Road, North Pomfret VT 05053; 800-423-4525; [www.trafalgarsquarebooks.com].
• * _Against Gravity (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-42018-6, Jul 2006, £6.99, 524pp, pb, cover by Steve Rawlings) Reprint (Tor UK 2005) SF novel.

GIBSON, JAYEL (chron.)

• * *The Wrekening (Synergy Books 1-933538-30-9, Aug 2006, $14.95, 427pp, tp, cover by Michele-lee Phelan) [Ancient Mirrors Tales] Fantasy novel in the Ancient Mirrors Tales series. Cwen and her companions seek the Wreken Wyrm shards to stop evil from attacking their land. Synergy Books, 2100 Kramer Lane, Suite 300, Austin TX 78758; [www.bookpros.com]; 512-478-2028.

GIBSON, WILLIAM (Ford) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Count Zero (Ace 0-441-01367-8, Mar 2006, $14.00, 308pp, tp) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) SF novel.