The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

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HUFF, TANYA (Sue) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

* *A Confederation of Valor (DAW 0-7564-0399-5, Dec 2006, $8.99, 599pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Torin Kerr] Omnibus of two military SF novels featuring Staff Sergeant Torin Kerr: Valor’s Choice (2000) and The Better Part of Valor (2002). (Contents)
* *Smoke and Ashes (DAW 0-7564-0347-2, Jun 2006, $24.95, 373pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Victory Nelson (related)] Dark fantasy novel, third in the Tony Foster series, related to the Victory Nelson series. A strange stuntwoman warns Tony of a coming Demonic Convergence.
* _Smoke and Ashes (SFBC #1214685, Jun 2006, $12.99, 373pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Victory Nelson (related)] Reprint (DAW 2006) dark fantasy novel, related to the Victory Nelson series, third in a sub-series featuring Henry’s friend Tony. This is similar to the DAW edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Smoke and Mirrors (DAW 0-7564-0348-0, Jun 2006, $7.50, 404pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Victory Nelson (related)] Reprint (DAW 2005) dark fantasy novel, related to the Victory Nelson series, second in a new series featuring Henry’s friend Tony Foster.
* _Smoke and Mirrors (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-477-1, Dec 2006, £6.99, 460pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) [Victory Nelson] Reprint (DAW 2005) dark fantasy novel, related to the Victory Nelson series. Second in a series featuring Henry’s friend Tony. The TV crew of a vampire-detective show gets trapped in a real haunted house. [First U.K. edition]
* _Smoke and Shadows (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-476-3, Mar 2006, £6.99, 408pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) [Victory Nelson] Reprint (DAW 2004) dark fantasy novel, first in a new series related to the Victory Nelson series. [First U.K. edition]
* _Stealing Magic (Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 1-894063-34-1, May 2006, $13.95, 103pp+, tp, cover by David Willicome) [Magdelene; Terazin] Reprint (Tesseract 1999) collection of 11 fantasy stories, seven featuring the wizard Magdelene and four the thief Terazin, divided by character and printed in Ace double format (both sides with the same title). This adds two stories. Edge, PO Box 1714, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2L7, Canada; [www.edgewebsite.com]. (Contents)
HUGHES, CAROL (chron.)

* *Dirty Magic (Random House 0-375-83187-8, Sep 2006, $17.95, 416pp, hc, cover by Jon Foster) Young-adult fantasy. A strange girl pulls Joe into a gloomy world.
HUGHES, KERRIE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _Children of Magic (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
HUGHES, MATT(hew) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Majestrum (Night Shade Books 1-59780-061-9, Oct 2006, $24.95, 209pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [Archonate; Henghis Hapthorn] Fantasy novel set in the Archonate world, the first in a trilogy about Henghis Hapthorn, freelance discriminator of Old Earth. Night Shade Books, 1423 33rd Ave., San Francisco CA 94122; 415-759-8901; [night@nightshadebooks.com]; [www.nightshadebooks.com].
HUMPHREYS, CHRIS (chron.)

* *The Fetch (Random House/Knopf 0-375-83292-0, Jul 2006, $15.95, 357pp, hc) [Runestone Saga] Young-adult dark fantasy, the first volume in the Runestone Saga. A boy uses his fetch to travel through time and inhabit the bodies of his Viking ancestors.
HUNT, PETER, ed.; pseudonym of George Worthing Yates & Charles Hunt Marshall (chron.)

* _The Norton Anthology of Children’s Literature: The Traditions in English (with Gillian Avery, Jack Zipes, Lissa Paul & Lynne Vallone) See entry under Jack Zipes.
HUNT, WALTER H. (chron.)

* _The Dark Crusade (Tor 0-765-34983-3, Jun 2006, $7.99, 531pp, pb, cover by David Seeley) [Matt Pontowski] Reprint (Tor 2005) military SF novel, fourth in the series begun in The Dark Wing.
HUNTER, ERIN; pseudonym of Cherith Baldry & Kate Cary (chron.)

* _Warrior Cats: Fire and Ice (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 0-00-721788-9, Apr 2006, £4.99, 351pp, tp, cover by Wayne McLaughlin) [Warrior Cats] Reprint (HarperCollins 2003 as Warriors: Fire and Ice) animal fantasy novel. Book two in a subseries. [First U.K. edition]
* _Warrior Cats: Forest of Secrets (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 0-00-714004-5, Apr 2006, £4.99, 349pp, tp, cover by Wayne McLaughlin) [Warrior Cats] Reprint (HarperCollins 2003 as Warriors: Forest of Secrets) young-adult fantasy novel. Book three in a series. [First U.K. edition]
* _Warrior Cats: Into the Wild (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 0-00-721787-0, Apr 2006, £4.99, tp, cover by Wayne McLaughlin) [Warrior Cats] Reprint (HarperCollins 2003 as Warriors: Into the Wild) young-adult fantasy novel. The first book in a new series. [First U.K. edition]
* _Warrior Cats: Rising Storm (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 0-00-714005-3, Oct 2006, £4.99, 352pp, tp) [Warrior Cats] Reprint (HarperCollins 2004) animal fantasy novel. Book four in the series. [First U.K. edition]
* _Warriors: The New Prophecy: Dawn (HarperTrophy 0-06-074457-X, Dec 2006, $6.99, 335pp, tp, cover by Wayne McLoughlin) [Warriors: New Prophecy] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in a spin-off series about warrior cats. Packaged and copyrighted by Working Partners Limited.
* _Warriors: The New Prophecy: Midnight (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-074451-0, Apr 2006, $5.99, 303pp, tp, cover by Wayne McLoughlin) [Warriors: New Prophecy] Reprint (HarperCollins 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, first in a new trilogy and seventh overall in the series about warrior cats. Packaged and copyrighted by Working Partners Limited.
* _Warriors: The New Prophecy: Moonrise (HarperCollins 0-06-074454-5, Aug 2006, $5.99, 287pp, tp, cover by Wayne McLoughlin) [Warriors: New Prophecy] Reprint (HarperCollins 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, second in a new trilogy and eighth overall in the series about warrior cats. Packaged and copyrighted by Working Partners Limited.
* *Warriors: The New Prophecy: Starlight (HarperCollins 0-06-082758-0, Apr 2006, $15.99, 321pp, hc, cover by Wayne McLoughlin) [Warriors: New Prophecy] Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in a spin-off series about warrior cats. Packaged and copyrighted by Working Partners Limited.
* *Warriors: The New Prophecy: Sunset (HarperCollins 0-06-082769-6, Jan 2007, $16.99, 303pp, hc, cover by Wayne McLoughlin) [Warriors: New Prophecy] Young-adult fantasy novel, sixth in a spin-off series about warrior cats. Packaged and copyrighted by Working Partners Limited.
* *Warriors: The New Prophecy: Twilight (HarperCollins 0-06-082764-5, Sep 2006, $15.99, 519pp, hc, cover by Wayne McLoughlin) [Warriors: New Prophecy] Young-adult fantasy novel, fifth in a spin-off series about warrior cats. Packaged and copyrighted by Working Partners Limited.
HUNTER, EVAN (1926-2005); see pseudonym Ed McBain (chron.)
HUNTER, FAITH (chron.)

* *Bloodring (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46108-8, Nov 2006, $14.00, 336pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Rogue Mage; Thorn St. Croix] Near-future fantasy novel, the first in a series. Neomage Thorn St. Croix escapes her luxurious enclave prison and enters a human world caught in an ice age and a never-ending battle between seraphs and demons. The author also writes as Gwen Hunter.
HUSTON, CHARLIE (chron.)

* *No Dominion (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-47825-2, Jan 2007, $13.95, 251pp, tp) [Joe Pitt] Hard-boiled vampire mystery, second in a series about Manhattan vampire PI Joe Pitt. Joe tracks down the source of a new drug.
HUTSON, SHAUN (1958- ) (chron.)

* *Dying Words (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-432-1, Aug 2006, £17.99, 358pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) Horror novel.
* _Twisted Souls (Time Warner UK 0-7515-3523-0, Mar 2006, £6.99, 321pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Time Warner UK 2005) horror novel.
HUYGEN, WIL(librord Joseph) (1922- ) (chron.)

* _Gnomes: 30th Anniversary Edition (with Rien Poortvliet) See entry under Rien Poortvliet.
HUYSMANS, CHARLES MARIE GEORGES (1848-1907); see pseudonym Joris-Karl Huysmans (chron.)
HUYSMANS, JORIS-KARL; pseudonym of Charles Marie Georges Huysmans, (1848-1907) (chron.)

* _La-Bas: A Journey into the Self (Dedalus 1-873982-74-7, May 2006, £8.99, 329pp, tp, cover by Aubrey Beardsley) Reissue (Dedalus 2001) literary horror novel about Satanism, translated from the French original (1891). Introduction and notes by Brendan King; afterword by Robert Irwin. Second printing.
IBBOTSON, EVA (Maria Charlotte Michele, née Wiesner) (1925- ) (chron.)

* _The Beasts of Clawstone Castle (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-43465-9, May 2006, £4.99, 222pp, tp, cover by David Roberts) Reprint (Macmillan Children’s Books 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.
* +The Beasts of Clawstone Castle (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-47719-5, Aug 2006, $16.99, 243pp, hc, cover by Kevin Hawkes) Young-adult fantasy novel. Two kids hire ghosts to increase tourism at the family castle. First US edition (Macmillan UK 5/05).
* _The Star of Kazan (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-240582-5, Apr 2006, $5.99, 405pp, tp, cover by Kevin Hawkes) Reprint (Macmillan UK 2004) associational young-adult adventure.
IDRICEANU, FLAVIA (chron.)

* _Legends of Blood: The Vampire in History and Myth (with Wayne Bartlett) See entry under Wayne Bartlett.
INCLÁN, JESSICA (chron.)

* *When You Believe (Kensington/Zebra 0-8217-8080-8, Jun 2006, $15.00, 316pp, tp) Fantasy novel, the first in a trilogy. A San Francisco poet opens a door into another world.
IRVINE, ALEXANDER C. (1969- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Batman: Inferno (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-47945-9, Nov 2006, $7.99, 339pp, pb) Novelization based on the comic. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
* *Pictures from an Expedition (Night Shade Books 1-59780-049-X, Sep 2006, $14.95, 227pp, tp, cover by Patrick Arrasmith) Collection of 13 stories, one original. (Contents)
IRVINE, IAN (1950- ) (chron.)

* _Chimaera (Penguin Australia 0-14-300295-3, Sep 2005, A$21.95, 836pp, pb, cover by Marco Nero) [Three Worlds: Well of Echoes] Reprint (Viking Australia 2004) fantasy novel, fourth in The Well of Echoes quartet set in the Three Worlds. This is dated 2005 but not seen until now.
* _The Fate of the Fallen (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-468-2, Sep 2006, £12.99, ii+600pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Three Worlds: Song of the Tears] Reprint (Penguin Australia 2006 as Torments of the Traitor) fantasy novel. Book one of The Song of the Tears series in the Three Worlds universe, set ten years after the end of The Well of Echoes quartet. [First U.K. edition]
* *Runcible Jones: The Gate to Nowhere (Penguin/Puffin Australia 0-14-330158-6, Jan 2006, A$16.95, 442pp, tp, cover by Milivoj Ceran) [Runcible Jones] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a series. Runcible Jones and Mariam Orpiment are sent through a gate to the world of Iltior. This indicates second printing but has not been seen previously.
* *Torments of the Traitor (Penguin/Viking Australia 0-670-04188-2, Sep 2006, A$32.95, 836pp, tp, cover by Les Petersen) [Three Worlds: Song of the Tears] Fantasy novel, first in the Song of the Tears trilogy. The depraved God-Emperor Jal-Nish Hlar demands his rebellious son Nish become his lieutenant or return to prison.
IRVING, FRAZER (chron.)

* _Frankenstein (with Mary W. Shelley & Gary Reed) See entry under Mary W. Shelley
IRWIN, ROBERT (Graham) (1946- ) (chron.)

* _Exquisite Corpse (Dedalus 1-903517-38-9, Jul 2006, £6.99, 235pp, tp, cover by Ben Mitchell) Reprint (Dedalus 1995) literary fantasy novel.
ISAAK, ELAINE (chron.)

* *The Eunuch’s Heir (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-078255-2, Nov 2006, $15.95, 417pp, tp, cover by Aaron Campbell) [Prince Wolfram] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Singer’s Crown. Prince Wolfram learns his life is a lie and flees his country.
* _The Singer’s Crown (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-078254-4, Sep 2006, $7.99, 483pp, pb, cover by Aaron Campbell) [Prince Wolfram] Reprint (Eos 2005) fantasy novel.
ISHIGURO, KAZUO (1954- ) (chron.)

* _Never Le Me Go (Faber and Faber 0-571-22413-X, Mar 2006, £7.99, 282pp, tp) Reprint (Faber and Faber 2005) literary SF novel of human-clones used for spare parts.
IVY, ALEXANDRA (chron.)

* *When Darkness Comes (Kensington/Zebra 0-8217-7935-4, Jan 2007, $6.99, 359pp, pb) [Guardians of Eternity] Vampire romance, the first book in the Guardians of Eternity trilogy. Abby Barlow’s bad day gets worse when she becomes The Chalice who must hold back the darkness, protected by the vampire Dante. Copyrighted by Debbie Raleigh.
JACKSON, MELANIE (chron.)

* _Traveler (Dorchester/Love Spell 0-505-52533-X, Jun 2006, $5.99, 342pp, pb) [Wildside] Reissue (Love Spell 2003) paranormal romance in the Wildside series. Goblins plot to take over the world.
JACKSON, SHIRLEY (Hardie) (1919-1965) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics 0-14-303998-9, Nov 2006, $14.00, 182 + xxiii, tp) Reprint (Viking 1959) classic haunted-house novel. This has a new introduction by Laura Miller.
* _We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Penguin Classics 0-14-303997-0, Nov 2006, $14.00, 146 + xii, tp, cover by Thomas Ott) Reprint (Viking 1962) horror novel. This has a new introduction by Jonathan Lethem.
JACOB, PIERS ANTHONY DILLINGHAM (1934- ); see pseudonym Piers Anthony (chron.)
JACOBS, DEBORAH LYNN (chron.)

* *Powers (Roaring Brook Press 1-59643-112-1, Sep 2006, $16.95, 183pp, hc, cover by Angela Carlino) Young-adult horror novel. Psychic teens use their powers to get what they want. First US edition (Definitions 8/04).
JACQUES, BRIAN (1939- ) (chron.)

* _High Rhulain (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-38160-4, Jun 2006, £6.99, 341pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Redwall] Reprint (Puffin 2005) young-adult fantasy novel in the Redwall series.
* _Martin the Warrior (Random House UK/Red Fox 1-8623-0143-3, Aug 2006, £6.99, 383pp, tp, cover by blacksheep) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1993) young-adult fantasy novel in the Redwall series.
* _Mattimeo (Random House UK/Red Fox 1-8623-0140-9, Aug 2006, £6.99, 431pp, tp, cover by blacksheep) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1989) young-adult fantasy novel in the Redwall series.
* _Mossflower (Random House UK/Red Fox 1-8623-0139-5, Aug 2006, £6.99, 431pp, tp, cover by blacksheep) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1988) young-adult fantasy novel in the Redwall series.
* _Rakkety Tam (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-131283-1, Dec 2005, £5.99, 371pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Redwall] Reprint (Philomel 2004) young-adult animal fantasy novel in the Redwall series. Illustrated by David Elliot.
* _Rakkety Tam (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-240683-X, Sep 2006, $8.99, 371pp, tp, cover by Troy Howell) [Redwall] Reprint (Philomel 2004) young-adult animal fantasy novel in the Redwall series.
* _The Ribbajack and Other Haunting Yarns (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-240378-4, Aug 2006, $6.99, 168pp, tp, cover by Michael Koelsch) Reprint (Philomel 2004 as The Ribbajack and Other Curious Yarns) young-adult collection of six horror stories.
* *Voyage of Slaves (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-67-091324-3, Oct 2006, £12.99, 356pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Ben and Ned] Young-adult fantasy novel, the third in the Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series. Simultaneous with the US (Philomel) edition.
* *Voyage of Slaves (Penguin/Philomel 0-399-24549-9, Oct 2006, $23.99, 356pp, hc, cover by Michael Koelsch) [Ben and Ned] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the series begun in Castaways of the Flying Dutchman. Ben and Ned are captured by Mediterranean slavers. Simultaneous with the Puffin UK edition.
JAHNKE, ADAM (chron.)

* _The Toxic Avenger (with Lloyd Kaufman) See entry under Lloyd Kaufman.
JAKOBER, MARIE (1941- ) (chron.)

* _Only Call Us Faithful (Tor/Forge 0-765-30317-5, Jun 2006, $14.95, 381pp, tp) Reprint (Forge 2002) associational Civil War novel narrated by a ghost. Winner of the Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction.
JAMES, BETSY (chron.)

* *Listening at the Gate (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-85068-9, Mar 2006, $16.95, 502pp, hc) [Seeker Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy, third in The Seeker Chronicles about a young woman scorned by her father’s people and an outsider with her mother’s.
JAMES, P. D.; [i.e., Phyllis Dorothy James White] (1920- ) (chron.)

* _The Children of Men (Faber 0-571-22852-6, Jan 2006, £6.99, 278pp, tp) Reprint (Faber 1992) SF novel.
JAMES, PETER (1948- ) (chron.)

* _Sweet Heart (Orion 0-7528-7677-5, Nov 2005, £6.99, 335pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) fantasy novel.
JAMES, ROBY; pseudonym of Rhoda Blecker (chron.)

* *Beyond the Hedge (Wildside Press/Juno Books 0-8095-5679-0, Dec 2006, $12.95, 206pp, tp, cover by Timothy Lantz) Fantasy romance novel. Corporate executive Jennifer Paul finds herself in a magical world. Juno Books/Wildside Press, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.juno-books.com].
JANKOWSKI, DANIEL (chron.)

* _The Wandmaker’s Guidebook (with Ed Masessa) See entry under Ed Masessa.
JANSEN, MARK (chron.)

* *Apers (with Barbara Day Zinicola) (Dailey Swan Publishing 0-9773676-2-2, Apr 2006, $12.95, 205pp, tp) Near-future SF novel based on the authors’ screenplay. Genetic engineers making ape-based farm laborers accidentally produce one with high intelligence.

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