The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

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BAKER, E. D. (chron.)

* *No Place for Magic (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-654-2, Sep 2006, $15.95, 250pp, hc, cover by Jeff Nentrup) [Frog Princess] Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in the Tales of the Frog Princess begun in The Frog Princess. Emma and frog-prince Eadric seek his parents’ blessing on their marriage, only to find his homeland in chaos.
* _Once Upon a Curse (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-911-8, Sep 2006, $6.95, 244pp, tp, cover by Kim Bender) [Frog Princess] Reprint (Bloomsbury USA 2004) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the Tales of the Frog Princess series.
BAKER, KAGE (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Children of the Company (Tor 0-765-35367-9, Aug 2006, $7.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [The Company] Reprint (Tor 2005) SF collection/fix-up novel of “The Company”, sixth in the series.
* *Dark Mondays (Night Shade Books 1-59780-051-1, Jun 2006, $26.95, 231pp, hc, cover by Mike Dringenberg) Collection of nine stories, five original, one significantly revised. A limited edition with added story (-050-3, $49.00) is also available. (Contents)
* *The Machine’s Child (Tor 0-765-31551-3, Sep 2006, $24.95, 351pp, hc, cover by Paul Youll) [The Company] SF novel in the Company series. Mendoza, rescued by Alec Checkerfield, is ready to fight back against the Company.
* _Mendoza in Hollywood (Tor 0-765-31530-0, May 2006, $15.95, 334pp, tp, cover by Paul Youll) [The Company] Reprint (Harcourt 2000) SF time-travel novel, third in the Company series.
* _Mother Aegypt and Other Stories (Night Shade Books 1-59780-057-0, Oct 2006, $14.95, 255pp, tp, cover by Michael Dringenberg) Reprint (Night Shade 2004) collection of 13 stories.
BAKER, KEITH (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Eberron: The Gates of Night (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-4013-1, Nov 2006, $6.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Mark Zug) [Eberron: Dreaming Dark] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, book three of The Dreaming Dark series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
* *Eberron: The Shattered Land (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3821-8, Feb 2006, $6.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Mark Zug) [Eberron: Dreaming Dark] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, book two of The Dreaming Dark series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
BAKER, RICHARD (stories) (chron.)

* *Forgotten Realms: Final Gate (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-4002-6, Jun 2006, $6.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Adam Rex) [Forgotten Realms: Last Mythal] Novelization based on the roleplaying game; the third book of The Last Mythal trilogy. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
BAKKER, R. SCOTT (chron.)

* *The Thousandfold Thought (Overlook Press 1-58567-705-1, Jan 2006, $26.95, 503pp, hc) [Prince of Nothing] Fantasy novel, third in “The Prince of Nothing” trilogy. Simultaneous with the Penguin Canada edition.
* *The Thousandfold Thought (Penguin Canada 0-14-301535-4, Jan 2006, C$26.00, 510pp, hc, cover by David Rankine) [Prince of Nothing] Fantasy novel, third in “The Prince of Nothing” trilogy.
* _The Thousandfold Thought (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-411-9, May 2006, £12.99, 503pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Prince of Nothing] Reprint (Penguin Canada; Overlook Press 2006) fantasy novel, book three of The Prince of Nothing trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
* _The Warrior-Prophet (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-410-0, Jan 2006, £7.99, 740pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Prince of Nothing] Reprint (Penguin Canada 2004) fantasy novel. Book two of The Prince of Nothing after The Darkness That Comes Before.
BALDRY, CHERITH (1947- ); see pseudonym Erin Hunter (stories) (chron.)
BALL, MARGARET (Elizabeth) (1947- ) (chron.)

* _Disappearing Act (Baen 1-4165-2091-0, Oct 2006, $7.99, 426pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Baen 2004) SF novel.
BALLANTYNE, TONY (stories) (chron.)

* _Capacity (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-42700-8, Nov 2006, £6.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) [Recursion] Reprint (Tor UK 2005) SF novel. Second in a series.
* +Capacity (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-58929-0, Jan 2007, $6.99, 390pp, pb, cover by John Blackford) [Recursion] SF novel, sequel to Recursion. First US edition (Tor UK 11/05).
* +Recursion (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58928-8, Sep 2006, $6.99, 406pp, pb, cover by John Blackford) [Recursion] SF novel. A 23rd-century entrepreneur gets involved in a war of machines. A first novel. First US edition (Tor UK 7/04).
* _Recursion (SFBC #1221048, Sep 2006, $11.99, 406pp, hc, cover by John Blackford) [Recursion] Reprint (Tor UK 2004) SF novel. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7271-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
BALLARD, J(ames) G(raham) (1930-2009) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Atrocity Exhibition (HarperPerennial UK 0-00-711686-1, Sep 2006, £7.99, 184+22pp, tp) Reprint (Re/Search 1990) literary SF collection, to be read as a single, fragmented narrative. Originally from Jonathan Cape 1970, this edition includes the William Burroughs preface, the annotations by Ballard, and two of the additional stories from the Re/Search edition, but omits its illustrations and the other two additional stories. This new edition adds a short story, interview, and other pieces. (Contents)
* _Cocaine Nights (HarperPerennial UK 0-00-655064-9, Sep 2006, £7.99, 329+24pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 1996) associational novel. A colony of British ex-patriates in Spain conceals a hidden world of crime, drugs, and sexual abuse. This edition adds a short story, interview, and other pieces. (Contents)
* _The Complete Short Stories Volume I (Harper Perennial UK 0-00-724229-8, Sep 2006, £10.99, 773pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 2001 as half of The Complete Short Stories) SF/fantasy collection. (Contents)
* _The Complete Short Stories Volume II (Harper Perennial UK 0-00-724576-9, Sep 2006, £10.99, 775pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 2001 as half of The Complete Short Stories) SF/fantasy collection. This edition drops the story ‘The Ultimate City’ (1976). (Contents)
* _The Day of Creation (Harper Perennial UK 0-00-722789-2, Sep 2006, £7.99, 287+20pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1987) SF novel. This edition adds a short story, interview, and other pieces. (Contents)
* _The Drowned World (HarperPerennial UK 0-00-722183-5, Feb 2006, £7.99, 175+16pp, tp) Reprint (Berkley 1962) SF novel. (Contents)
* _Empire of the Sun (HarperPerennial UK 0-00-722152-5, Feb 2006, £7.99, 351+32pp, tp) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) associational novel. (Contents)
* _High-Rise (Harper Perennial UK 0-586-04456-6, Sep 2006, £7.99, 173+18pp, tp) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1975) SF novel. This edition adds a short story, interview, and other pieces. (Contents)
* *Kingdom Come (Fourth Estate 0-00-723246-2, Sep 2006, £17.99, 280pp, hc) Associational novel of a super-mall and social division.
* _Super-Cannes (Harper Perennial UK 0-00-655160-2, Sep 2006, £7.99, 392+22pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 2000) literary fantasy novel. This edition adds a short story, interview, and other pieces. (Contents)
BALZAC, HONORÉ; de (1799-1850) (chron.)

* _The Centenarian, or The Two Beringhelds (Wesleyan University Press 0-8195-6797-3, Jul 2006, $29.95, 308 + lvi, hc) Reprint (Arno Press 1976) gothic SF novel of a 400-year-old scientist who must kill to maintain his life, and his son, a general in Napoleon’s army. Translation of the French Le Centenaire, ou le deux Beringheld (1822 as by Horace de Saint-Aubin). Translated and annotated by George Slusser and Daniele Chatelain, who discuss the novel’s place in the French SF tradition. Order from Wesleyan University Press c/o University Press of New England, 1 Court Street, Suite 250, Lebanon NH 03766-1358; 800-421-1561; [University.Press@Dartmouth.edu]; [www.upne.com]; add $5.00 postage.
BAMA, JAMES (Elliott) (1926- ) (chron.)

* *James Bama: American Realist (with Brian M. Kane) (Flesk Publications 0-9723758-8-0, Oct 2006, $34.95, 160pp, hc, cover by James Bama) Art book primarily looking at Bama’s cover art, with separate chapters on his SF/horror and Doc Savage covers. Includes numerous working photos, and quotes from numerous artists. Text by Brian M. Kane, with introduction by Harlan Ellison® and Foreword by Len Leone.
BANGS, NINA (chron.)

* *A Taste of Darkness (Leisure 0-8439-5634-8, May 2006, $6.99, 337pp, pb) Vampire/shapeshifter romance novel. A vampire charged with protecting his clan’s purity falls for a werecat.
BANKER, ASHOK K. (chron.)

* *King of Ayodhya (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-331-7, Jun 2006, £8.99, 501pp, tp, cover by Art of Legend India) [Ramayana] Fantasy novel, the sixth book in the Ramayana sextet based on the ancient Indian epic.
BANKS, IAIN (Menzies) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Algebraist (Night Shade Books 1-59780-044-9, Jun 2006, $14.95, 434pp, tp, cover by Lee Moyer) Reprint (Orbit 2004) SF novel.
BANKS, L. A.; pseudonym of Leslie Esdale-Banks (stories) (chron.)

* *The Damned (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-33624-1, Feb 2006, $14.95, 479pp, tp, cover by Vince Natale) [Vampire Huntress Legends] Vampire novel in the “Vampire Huntress Legends” series. This has a “limited edition” poster inside the back cover. The author also writes as Leslie E. Banks, both pen names for Leslie Esdale Banks.
* _The Damned (St. Martin’s 978-0-312-93443-2, Jan 2007, $7.99, 492pp, pb) [Vampire Huntress Legends] Reprint (St. Martin’s Griffin 2006) vampire novel in the Vampire Huntress Legends series. The author also writes as Leslie E. Banks, both pen names for Leslie Esdale Banks.
* _The Forbidden (St. Martin’s 0-312-94002-5, Jul 2006, $7.99, 490pp, pb, cover by Vince Natale) [Vampire Huntress Legends] Reprint (St. Martin’s Griffin 2005) vampire novel, fifth in the Vampire Huntress Legends series. The author also writes as Leslie E. Banks, both pen names for Leslie Esdale Banks.
* *The Forsaken (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-35235-2, Jul 2006, $14.95, 416pp, tp, cover by Vince Natale) [Vampire Huntress Legends] Vampire novel, the seventh in the Vampire Huntress Legends series. The author also writes as Leslie E. Banks, both pen names for Leslie Esdale Banks.
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* *Vegas Bites (Parker Publishing/Noire Allure 1-60043-001-5, Oct 2006, $12.95, 346pp, tp) Original anthology of four werewolf romance stories set in a Las Vegas casino run by vampires, werewolves, and more. Authors are L.A. Banks, J.M. Jeffries, Seressia Glass, and Natalie Dunbar. (Contents)
BARBOUR, DAVID (chron.)

* _Shadows Bend (with Richard Raleigh) (Ace 0-441-01441-0, Sep 2006, $7.99, 360pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Ace 2000) dark fantasy novel. H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard confront Cthulhu.
BARCLAY, JAMES (chron.)

* _Cry of the Newborn (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07812-X, Sep 2006, £7.99, 861pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) [Ascendants of Estorea] Reprint (Gollancz 2005) fantasy novel, the first book of The Ascendants of Estorea series.
BARDSLEY, MICHELE (R.) (chron.)

* *Cupid, Inc. (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 0-451-21757-8, Feb 2006, $12.95, 261pp, tp) Original collection/fix-up novel of four erotic fantasy romance stories plus framing material about a contemporary Las Vegas sex-fantasy service run by Psyche, Eros, Aphrodite, and other gods.
* *I’m the Vampire, That’s Why (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 0-451-21937-6, Sep 2006, $6.99, 324pp, pb) [Eva LeRoy] Humorous paranormal romance. A single mother gets turned vampire by the crazed werewolf brother of a hunky Irish vampire.
BARKER, CLIVE (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War (HarperCollins/Cotler 0-06-059638-4, Oct 2006, $7.99, 557pp, pb, cover by Clive Barker) [Books of Abarat] Reissue (Cotler 2004) young-adult fantasy novel, the second of four in “The Books of Abarat”. This drops the illustrations by Barker. A Joanna Cotler book.
* _Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War (Harper Voyager 0-00-722772-8, Oct 2006, £7.99, 557pp, pb) [Books of Abarat] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2004) young-adult fantasy novel, the second in a quartet. This lacks the illustrations of the original.
BARKER, DOMINIC (chron.)

* *Blart: The Boy Who Didn’t Want to Save the World (Bloomsbury 0-7475-8074-X, Feb 2006, £5.99, 307pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult humorous fantasy novel. An ungainly 14-year-old pig-herder is the only one who might save the world.
BARNES, JOHN (Allen) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Armies of Memory (Tor 0-765-30330-2, Apr 2006, $25.95, 429pp, hc, cover by John Harris) Far-future SF novel. Special agent Giraut Leones learns an illegal alliance of worlds has gotten hold of deadly secrets.
* _The Armies of Memory (SFBC #1210839, Apr 2006, $12.99, 429pp, hc, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Tor 2006) far-future SF novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
BARNES, STEVEN; [i.e., Stephen Emory Barnes] (1952- ) (chron.)

* *Great Sky Woman (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45900-8, Jul 2006, $24.95, 347pp, hc, cover by Glenn Harrington) [First People] Prehistoric novel in the First People series. An African tribe living at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro faces invaders.
BARRIE, [Sir] JAMES M(atthew), Bart. (1860-1937) (chron.)

* _Peter Pan (Borders Classics 1-58726-408-0, 2006, $5.95, 197pp, tp, cover by Sigismund de Ivanowski) Reprint (Borders Classics 2003) collection of the classic young-adult fantasy novel (Hodder & Stoughton 1911 as Peter and Wendy) and adds “Peter Pan in Kensington”, originally published as six chapters of The Little White Bird (1902); plus short story “The Blot on Peter Pan”.
BARRON, T(om) A. (chron.)

* _The Great Tree of Avalon, Book II: Shadows on the Stars (Ace 0-441-01447-X, Oct 2006, $7.99, 364pp, pb, cover by David Elliott) [Great Tree of Avalon] Reprint (Philomel 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, second in a series set 1,000 years after “The Lost Years of Merlin”.
* *The Great Tree of Avalon, Book III: The Eternal Flame (Penguin/Philomel 0-399-24213-9, Oct 2006, $19.99, 377pp, hc, cover by David Elliott) [Great Tree of Avalon] Young-adult fantasy novel, third and final in The Great Tree of Avalon trilogy set 1,000 years after The Lost Years of Merlin series.
BARRY, DAVE (1947- ) (chron.)

* *Peter and the Shadow Thieves (with Ridley Pearson) (Disney Editions 0-7868-3787-X, Jul 2006, $18.99, 557pp, hc, cover by Greg Call) [Peter Pan] Young-adult fantasy, sequel to Peter and the Starcatchers, a prequel to J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. Illustrated by Greg Call.
* _Peter and the Starcatchers (with Ridley Pearson) (Walker UK 1-4063-0116-7, Feb 2006, £12.99, 464pp, hc, cover by Greg Call) [Peter Pan] Reprint (Disney Editions 2004) young-adult fantasy novel, a prequel to J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. [First U.K. edition]
* _Peter and the Starcatchers (with Ridley Pearson) (Hyperion/Disney Editions 0-7868-4907-X, May 2006, $7.99, 451pp, tp, cover by Greg Call) [Peter Pan] Reprint (Disney Editions 2004) young-adult fantasy, a prequel to J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. Illustrated by Greg Call.
* _Peter and the Starcatchers (with Ridley Pearson) (SFBC #1167441, Jun 2006, $10.99, 452pp, hc, cover by Greg Call) [Peter Pan] Reprint (Disney Editions 2004) young-adult fantasy, a prequel to J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. This is similar to the Disney Editions edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
BARTHOLD-YellowBOY, ERZEBET, ed. (chron.)

* _Cabinet des Fées: a fairy tale journal (with Helen Pilinovsky) See entry under Helen Pilinovsky.
BARTLETT, WAYNE (chron.)

* +Legends of Blood: The Vampire in History and Myth (with Flavia Idriceanu) (Greenwood Press/Praeger 0-275-98395-1, Nov 2006, $44.95, 205pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference, a look at the roots of the vampire myth, its development over time, and its use in literature and film. Includes eight unpaginated pages of b&w photos and illustrations, bibliography, and index. First US edition (Sutton 2005). Order from Praeger, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800; [www.praeger.com].
BARZAK, CHRISTOPHER (Michael), ed. (1975- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Rabid Transit: Long Voyages, Great Lies (with Alan DeNiro & Kristin Livdahl) (Velocity Press no ISBN, May 2006, $6.00, 92pp, tp) Original anthology/magazine of six stories, the fifth in a series from the writers’ group called the Ratbastards. Authors include David J. Schwartz, F. Brett Cox, and Heather Shaw. Order from Velocity Press, PO Box 28701, St. Paul MN 55128-0701; [www.taverners-koans.com/ratbastards]; add $1.50 postage. (Contents)
BASE, RON(ald) (1948- ) (chron.)

* *Magic Man (St. Martin’s 0-312-32809-5, Sep 2006, $24.95, 309pp, hc) Novel with possible fantasy elements. A man claiming to do magic comes to 1928 Hollywood in search of true love to break a curse.
BASS, L. G. (chron.)

* _Sign of the Qin (Hyperion 0-7868-5566-5, Aug 2006, $7.99, 383pp, tp, cover by Tim Zulewski) [Outlaws of Moonshadow Marsh] Reprint (Hyperion 2004) young-adult martial arts fantasy novel drawing on Chinese legends, the first in the Outlaws of Moonshadow Marsh trilogy.
BASSINGTHWAITE, DON (chron.)

* *Eberron: The Grieving Tree (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3985-0, Mar 2006, $6.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Michael Komarck) [Eberron: Dragon Below] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the second book of The Dragon Below. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
* *Eberron: The Killing Song (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-4243-6, Dec 2006, $6.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Michael Komarck) [Eberron: Dragon Below] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the third book of The Dragon Below. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
BATSON, WAYNE THOMAS (chron.)

* *The Door Within (Nelson, Thomas/Tommy Nelson 1-4003-0659-0, Sep 2005, $16.99, 316pp, hc) [Door Within] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first book of a trilogy. Lonely teen Aidan discovers a way into a fantastic Realm. This is dated 2005, but not seen until now.
* *The Rise of the Wyrm Lord (Nelson, Thomas/Tommy Nelson 1-4003-0737-6, Apr 2006, $16.99, 332pp, hc) [Door Within] Young-adult fantasy novel, the second book of The Door Within trilogy. Aidan’s new friend Antoinette comes to the realm, and has to decide whether to follow the one true king.
BAUM, L(yman) FRANK (1856-1919) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *A Wonderful Welcome to Oz (Random House/Modern Library Classics 0-8129-7494-8, Apr 2006, $15.95, 591 + xxi, tp) [Oz] Omnibus of three children’s fantasy novels about Oz: The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904), Ozma of Oz (1907), and The Emerald City of Oz (1910), including some illustrations by John R. Neill. Selected and with an introduction and reader’s guide by Gregory Maguire. (Contents)

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