The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

BAUM, L(yman) FRANK (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Penguin/Signet Classics 0-451-53029-2, Oct 2006, $3.95, 220pp, pb) [Oz] Reissue (Hill 1900) classic children’s fantasy, the first book in the Oz series, with the original illustrations by W.W. Denslow. This has a new introduction by Regina Barreca.

BAUM, ROGER S(tanton) (1938- ) (chron.)

• * *The Oz Odyssey (Overmountain Press 1-57072-299-4, Feb 2006, $19.95, 161pp, hc, cover by Victoria Seitzinger) [Oz] Young-adult fantasy novel based on L. Frank Baum’s Oz, written by his great-grandson, a prequel to Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Full-color illustrations by Victoria Seitzinger.

BAXTER, STEPHEN M(ichael) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Emperor (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07433-7, Jul 2006, £10.99, 302pp, tp) [*Time’s Tapestry] SF novel, the first book in the Time’s Tapestry series. A hardcover edition (-07432-9, £17.99) was announced but not seen.
• * *Resplendent (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07896-0, Sep 2006, £12.99, 549pp, tp) [Xeelee] Collection of 19 stories, one original, the rest all revised, in the Xeelee series. Published somewhat inaccurately as Destiny’s Children Book Four. Includes three novellas originally published as separate editions: Reality Dust (2000), Riding the Rock (2002), and Mayflower II (2004). All the stories have been revised and are linked by the fictional Luru Parz as part of the same future history. A hardcover edition (-07895-2, £18.99) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
• * _Sunstorm (with Arthur C. Clarke) See entry under Arthur C. Clarke
• * _Transcendent (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45792-7, Aug 2006, $7.99, 505pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) [*Xeelee: Destiny’s Children] Reprint (Gollancz 2005) SF novel, book three of the Destiny’s Children (or Homo Superior) trilogy, in the “Xeelee” series.
• * _Transcendent (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07814-6, Sep 2006, £6.99, 522pp, pb) [*Destiny’s Children] Reprint (Gollancz 2005) SF novel, third in the Destiny’s Children series.

BEAGLE, PETER S(oyer) (1939- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Line Between (Tachyon Publications 1-892391-36-8, Jul 2006, $14.95, 231pp, tp) Collection of eight stories, two original (one a set of four fables). A signed, limited hardcover edition of 250 (-43-8, $45.00) was announced but not seen. Tachyon Publications, 1459 18th St. #139, San Francisco CA 94107; [www.tachyonpublications.com]. (Contents)

BEAR, ELIZABETH; [i.e., Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky] (1971- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Blood and Iron (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46092-8, Jul 2006, $14.00, 432pp, tp, cover by Paul Youll) [Promethean Age] Contemporary fantasy novel, the first in the Promethean Age series. The human Mages of the Prometheus Club battle to keep a powerful new Merlin from the control of the Faerie Queen.
• * *Carnival (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58904-0, Dec 2006, $6.99, 393pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) SF novel. Two ambassador-spies from Old Earth are sent to New Amazonia, where highly evolved women rule.
• * *The Chains That You Refuse (Night Shade Books 1-59780-048-1, May 2006, $14.95, 219pp, tp, cover by Samual Bak) Collection of 20 stories, four original (plus several originally published online), and two poems. This is a pen name for Sarah Bear Elizabeth Wishnevsky. Night Shade Books, 1470 NW Saltzman Road, Portland OR 97229; [night@nightshadebooks.com]; [www.nightshadebooks.com]. (Contents)

BEAR, GREG(ory Dale) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Blood Music (SFBC #1206506, Jun 2006, $10.99, 247pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Arbor House 1985) classic biotech SF novel, expanded from a Hugo-winning novelette. This is #25 in the SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection; it has ISBN 978-0-7394-6854-8, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * +Quantico (SFBC #1210082, Mar 2006, $14.99, 357pp, hc) SF thriller. FBI agents try to stop bio-engineer terrorists. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 11/05).
• * _Quantico (Harper UK 0-00-712979-3, Jul 2006, £6.99, 438pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2005) SF novel. Near-future SF novel of terrorist attacks throughout the world opposed by perhaps the final FBI graduates.
• * _/Slant (Tor 0-812-52482-9, Oct 2006, $6.99, 505pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Queen of Angels] Reissue (Legend 1997) SF novel of artificial intelligence, nanotech, and intrigue, sequel to Queen of Angels. Fourth printing.

BEARD, ED, Jr. (chron.)

• * *The Enchanted Realm: Art of Ed Beard, Jr. (ERS Publishing 0-9778818-0-6, Jul 2006, $17.95, 98pp, tp, cover by Ed Beard, Jr.) Art book collecting Beard’s fantasy illustrations (mostly dragons) with discussion of his career and techniques by the artist. Foreword by Larry Elmore. Enchanted Realm Studio, PO Box 302, Muncy PA 17756; [enchantedrealmstudio.com]; 800-887-8772.

BEBRIS, CARRIE A. (chron.)

• * *North by Northanger (Tor/Forge 0-765-31410-X, Apr 2006, $22.95, 318pp, hc, cover by Teresa Fasolino) [Mrs. & Mr. Darcy] Historical mystery with some supernatural elements, the third featuring Mrs. & Mr. Darcy of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
• * _Suspense and Sensibility or, First Impressions Revisited (Tor 0-765-35092-0, Mar 2006, $6.99, 301pp, pb, cover by Teresa Fasolino) [Mrs. & Mr. Darcy] Reprint (Forge 2006) mystery with supernatural gothic elements, the second featuring Mrs. & Mr. Darcy of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

BEDDOR, FRANK (chron.)

• * +The Looking Glass Wars (Penguin/Dial 978-0-8037-3153-0, Oct 2006, $17.99, 358pp, hc, cover by Brian Flora) [Alice] Young-adult fantasy based loosely on Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. First US edition (Egmont 9/04).
• * _The Looking Glass Wars (SFBC #1220905, Dec 2006, $10.99, 358pp, hc, cover by Brian Flora) [Alice] Reprint (Egmont 2004) young-adult fantasy. This is similar to the Dial US edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

BEDFORD, K. A. (chron.)

• * *Eclipse (Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 1-894063-30-9, Mar 2006, $14.95, 309pp, tp) SF novel. A new officer on the HMS Eclipse becomes part of a first contact team. Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, PO Box 1714, Calgary AB T2P 2L7, Canada; [www.edgewebsite.com].
• * *Hydrogen Steel (Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 1-894063-20-1, Dec 2006, $19.95, 367pp, tp, cover by Mark Evans) SF novel. Homicide inspector Zette McGee comes out of retirement to help a former android unjustly accused of murdering his family. Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, PO Box 1714, Calgary AB T2P 2L7 Canada; [www.edgewebsite.com].

BEDFORD-JONES, H(enry James O’Brien) (1887-1949) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The House of Skulls and Other Tales from the Pulps (Wildside Press 1-55742-550-7, 2006, $19.95, 204pp, tp) Associational collection of five pulp stories. Order from Wildside Press, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.wildsidepress.com]. (Contents)

BEELER, STAN, ed. (chron.)

• * +Reading Stargate SG-1 (with Lisa Dickson) (St. Martin’s/Palgrave Macmillan/I.B. Tauris 1-84511-183-4, Jul 2006, $14.95, 286 + xviii, tp) [Star Trek: Stargate SG-1] Non-fiction gathering of 12 academic essays looking at the SF television show. This is the I.B. Tauris UK edition, distributed in the US by Palgrave Macmillan.

BELL, HILARI (chron.)

• * *Forging the Sword (Simon & Schuster 0-689-85416-1, Jan 2007, $17.99, 494pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Farsala] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the Farsala trilogy.
• * *The Prophecy (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-059943-X, Jul 2006, $15.99, 194pp, hc, cover by Debra Lill) Young-adult fantasy novel. Scholarly Prince Perryn finds a prophecy telling how to stop the dragon from destroying the kingdom.
• * _Rise of a Hero (Simon Pulse 0-6898-5417-X, Jun 2006, $6.99, 578pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Farsala] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Farsala trilogy (previously The Book of Sorahb trilogy).
• * _The Wizard Test (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-059942-1, Jun 2006, $5.99, 166pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Eos 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.

BELL, JULIE (1958- ) (chron.)

• * _Fabulous Fantasy Women (with Boris Vallejo) See entry under Boris Vallejo.
• * _The Fabulous Women of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell (with Boris Vallejo) See entry under Boris Vallejo.

BENFORD, GREGORY (Albert) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Beyond Infinity (Warner 0-446-61157-3, Mar 2006, $6.99, 450pp, pb) [Against the Fall of Night] Reprint (Warner Aspect 2004) far-future SF novel expanded from his novella “Beyond the Fall of Night”, a sequel to Arthur C. Clarke’s Against the Fall of Night.
• * _The Sunborn (Warner 0-446-61158-1, Feb 2006, $6.99, 436pp, pb, cover by Don Dixon) [Martian Race] Reprint (Warner Aspect 2005) SF novel, a loose sequel to The Martian Race.

BENJAMIN, CURT; pseudonym (chron.)

• * _Lords of Grass and Thunder (DAW 0-7564-0342-1, Apr 2006, $7.99, 562pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Seven Brothers] Reprint (DAW 2005) fantasy novel set in the universe of the Seven Brothers trilogy.

BENNETT, CHRISTOPHER L. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Star Trek: Titan: Orion’s Hounds (Pocket 1-4165-0950-X, Jan 2006, $6.99, 379pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Trek: Titan] Star Trek novelization, third in the Titan series. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *X-Men: Watchers on the Walls (Pocket Star 1-4165-1067-2, May 2006, $7.99, 354pp, pb, cover by Arthur Suydam) [X-Men] Novelization based on the comic books. Copyrighted by Marvel Characters.

BENNETT, JOHN (1865-1956) (chron.)

• * *Tire Grabbers (Hcolom Press 0-9776783-0-X, Sep 2006, $19.95, 383pp, tp, cover by Peter Halfar) Fantasy novel. An unhappy boy manifests powers that could save mankind from the forces of Moloch. Hcolom Press, 605 E. 5th Ave., Ellensburg WA 98926.

BENNETT, NIGEL (chron.)

• * _Siege Perilous (with P. N. Elrod) (Baen 1-4165-2074-0, Jul 2006, $7.99, 433pp, pb, cover by Jamie Murray) [Lancelot: vampire] Reprint (Baen 2004) vampire novel, fourth in the series featuring a vampire Lancelot in contemporary Canada.

BENNETT, VERONICA (chron.)

• * *Angelmonster (Candlewick Press 0-7636-2994-4, May 2006, $15.99, 236pp, hc) Associational young-adult historical novel about Mary Shelley as a young woman, and the visions and obsessions that lead her to write Frankenstein. [Shelley]

BENSON, AMBER (stories) (chron.)

• * *Ghosts of Albion: Initiation (with Christopher Golden) (Subterranean Press 1-59606-028-X, Feb 2006, $40.00, 203pp, hc) [Ghosts of Albion] Collection of two scripts for the Victorian dark fantasy TV show, plus a short story. Introduction by Benson and afterword by Golden. (Contents)
• * *Ghosts of Albion: Witchery (with Christopher Golden) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-47131-8, Oct 2006, $14.95, 381pp, tp, cover by Gene Mollica) [Ghosts of Albion] Victorian dark fantasy novel based on characters created by the authors for a BBC animated Internet serial. Copyrighted by Benson Entertainment and the Daring Greatly Corporation.

BENSON, ANN; [i.e., Annalise E. Benson Glassman] (1950- ) (chron.)

• * *The Physician’s Tale (Delacorte 0-385-33505-9, Dec 2006, $24.00, 514pp, hc) [Alejandro Canches; Janie Crowe] SF novel, third in the series begun in The Plague Tales, interweaving past and future. Physicians, one in Europe during the Black Death, the other in the near future, continue to fight plagues and politics.

BENSON, JOHN M., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Best of Not One of Us (Wildside Press/Prime Books 0-8095-6215-4, Sep 2006, $14.95, 170pp, tp, cover by Timothy Lantz) Anthology of 15 stories of “otherness” originally published in the magazine Not One of Us. Prime Books, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.prime-books.com]. (Contents)
• * *Change (John Benson; Natick, MA, Feb 2006, $3.50, 32pp, octavo, cover by Teresa Tunaley) (Contents)

BENSON, MARGARET; see pseudonym Maggie Shayne (chron.)

BERES, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * *Grand Traverse (Medallion Press 1-932815-34-1, Sep 2005, $24.95, 367pp, hc) Near-future SF novel. This is dated 2005 but not seen until now. Medallion Press, 225 Seabreeze Ave., Palm Beach FL 33480; [www.medallion press.com].

BERMAN, JUDITH (chron.)

• * _Bear Daughter (Ace 0-441-01390-2, Dec 2006, $7.99, 422pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 2005) fantasy novel.

BERNARD, D. V. (chron.)

• * *How to Kill Your Boyfriend (In Ten Easy Steps) (Simon & Schuster/Strebor 1-59309-066-8, Jun 2006, $14.00, 254pp, tp) Humorous horror novel. A radio psychiatrist is kidnapped by a woman wanting help killing her boyfriend, who won’t stay dead.

BERNARDO, SUSAN M. (chron.)

• * *Ursula K. Le Guin: A Critical Companion (with Graham J. Murphy) (Greenwood Press 0-313-33225-8, Oct 2006, $65.00, 198 + xi, hc) Non-fiction, a critical guide to Le Guin’s SF and fantasy. This includes bibliography and index. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800; [www.greenwood.com]. [Le Guin]

BERRYHILL, SHANE (chron.)

• * *Chance Fortune and the Outlaws (Tor/Starscape 0-765-31468-1, Aug 2006, $17.95, 269pp, hc, cover by James Jean) [Chance Fortune] Young-adult fantasy, the first volume in The Adventures of Chance Fortune. A normal kid fakes his way into an academy for young persons with extraordinary powers. A first novel.

bes SHAHAR, ELUKI (1956- ); see pseudonym Rosemary Edghill (stories) (chron.)

BESSON, LUC (stories) (chron.)

• * _Arthur and the Forbidden City (HarperCollins 0-06-059628-7, Sep 2006, $5.99, 183pp, tp, cover by Brian Despain) [Arthur] Reprint (HarperCollins 2005) young-adult fantasy, sequel to Arthur and the Minimoys. Translated from the French Artur et la cite interdite (Intervista/Manitoba 2003) by Ellen Sowchek.
• * *Arthur and the Invisibles (HarperEntertainment 0-06-122726-9, Dec 2006, $7.99, 405pp, tp) [Arthur] Omnibus of two young-adult fantasy novels: Arthur and the Minimoys (2005) and Arthur and the Forbidden City (2005). Translated from the original French by Ellen Sowchek. A movie tie-in edition. (Contents)
• * _Arthur and the Minimoys (HarperTrophy 0-06-059625-2, May 2006, $5.99, 219pp, tp, cover by Brian Despain) [Arthur] Reprint (HarperCollins 2005) young-adult fantasy. Translated by Ellen Sowcheck from the French Artur et les Minimoys (Intervista 2002).

BESTER, ALFRED (1913-1987) (chron.)

• * _The Stars My Destination (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07909-6, Aug 2006, £7.99, x+254pp, tp, cover by Marc Adams) Reprint (Signet 1957) SF novel, with an introduction by Neil Gaiman. Part of the Ten Greatest SF Books of All Time series. (Contents)

BETANCOURT, JOHN GREGORY, ed. (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Horror: The Best of the Year: 2006 Edition (with Sean Wallace) (Wildside Press/Prime Books 0-8095-5648-0, May 2006, $13.95, 319pp, tp, cover by Pieter Claesz) Best-of-the-year anthology of 17 stories, with an introduction on the year in fantasy by the editors. (Betancourt is listed without “Gregory” on the cover, but it is included inside.) Authors include Joe R. Lansdale, Clive Barker, and Jeff Vandermeer. Prime Books, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.prime-books.com]. (Contents)

BIGELOW, JANE M. H. (chron.)

• * *Talisman (Pronghorn Press/Antelios 1-932636-20-X, Sep 2006, $19.95, 312pp, tp) Fantasy novel. A woman steals a gem from a temple and attracts the attention of the Goddess of Laughter. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.janebigelow.com], or from Jane M.H. Bigelow, 125 Pennsylvania St., Denver CO 80203.

BILLS, RANDALL N. (stories) (chron.)

• * _MechWarrior: Dark Age: Principles of Desolation (with Jason M. Hardy) See entry under Jason M. Hardy

BINDER, ALAN (chron.)

• * *Moonquake (Apogee Books 1-897350-00-7, Aug 2006, $9.95, 310pp, pb) Near-future hard SF novel of disaster on the first moon base. Apogee Books, Box 62034, Burlington Ont Canada L7R 4K2; [www.apogeespacebooks.com].

BINGHAM, EDIE (chron.)

• * *The Pride (Black Lace 0-352-33997-7, Oct 2005, £7.99, 274pp, pb) Fantasy novel. Erotic fantasy of a woman who belongs to a secret race of shapechangers, the Pride.

BIRD, EUGENIE (chron.)

• * _Fairie-ality, the Fashion Collection from the House of Ellwand (with David Ellwand & David Downton) See entry under David Ellwand.

BIRMINGHAM, JOHN (1964- ) (chron.)

• * _Designated Targets (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-45715-8, Jan 2007, $7.99, 429pp, pb, cover by Ben Perini) [Axis of Time] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 2005) SF alternate-history/time travel novel, second in The Axis of Time trilogy.

BISHOP, ANNE (chron.)

• * _Dreams Made Flesh (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46070-7, Feb 2006, $7.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Black Jewels] Reprint (Roc 2005) collection in the Black Jewels universe.
• * *Sebastian (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46073-1, Feb 2006, $23.95, 437pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Ephemera] Fantasy novel, the first book of Ephemera, a world of many fragmented landscapes connected only by magic bridges. Half-incubus Sebastian’s world is threatened by the release of an old evil.

BISHOP, DAVID (stories) (chron.)

• * *Fiends of the Eastern Front: Operation Vampyr (BL Publishing/Black Flame 1-84416-274-5, Dec 2005, £6.99, 254pp, pb) [Fiends of the Eastern Front] Novelization based on the 2000AD comics, the first book in a trilogy.
• * +Fiends of the Eastern Front: The Blood Red Army (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 1-84416-325-3, May 2006, $7.99, 255pp, pb) [Fiends of the Eastern Front] Novelization based on the 2000AD comics, the second in a trilogy. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Flame UK 4/06 edition, but only lists US and Canadian prices. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S.