The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

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The Crystal Cave Mary Stewart (Hodder 0-340-83992-9, Mar 2006, £6.99, 464pp, tp) [Merlin] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1970) fantasy novel, the first in the Merlin series.

Beyond the Deepwoods Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55422-7, Jul 2006, £5.99, 284pp, tp, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1998) young-adult fantasy novel. Book one of The Edge Chronicles.

Clash of the Sky Galleons Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60721-0, Sep 2006, £12.99, 427pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Quint] Young-adult fantasy novel, ninth in The Edge Chronicles.

The Curse of the Gloamglozer Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55425-1, Jul 2006, £5.95, 380pp, tp) [Edge Chronicles: Quint] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2001) young-adult fantasy novel in The Edge Chronicles. Book one of the Quint series.

The Edge Chronicles: The Stone Pilot Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Corgi 0-552-55439-1, Mar 2006, £1.00, 80pp, pb) [Edge Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novella in the Edge Chronicles series, published for World Book Day.

The Edge Chronicles: The Winter Knights Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55126-0, Jul 2006, £5.99, 416pp, tp, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Quint] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. Book eight in the series. Second in the Quint sequence after The Curse of the Gloamglozer.

Freeglader Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55428-6, Jul 2006, £5.95, 415pp, tp, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Rook Barkwater] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. Book seven overall in The Edge Chronicles and third in the Rook subseries.

Last of the Sky Pirates Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55426-X, Jul 2006, £5.95, 379pp, tp, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Rook Barkwater] Book five in The Edge Chronicles and first in the Rook subseries.

Midnight Over Sanctaphrax Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55424-3, Jul 2006, £5.95, 365pp, tp, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2000) young-adult fantasy novel. Book three in The Edge Chronicles.

Stormchaser Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55423-5, Jul 2006, £5.99, 394pp, tp, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1999) young-adult fantasy novel. Book two in The Edge Chronicles.

Vox Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55427-8, Jul 2006, £5.99, 395pp, tp, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Rook Barkwater] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2003) young-adult fantasy novel. Book six overall of The Edge Chronicles, and second in the Rook subseries.

Judge Dredd: Psykogeddon Dave Stone (BL Publishing/Black Flame 1-84416-321-0, Jan 2006, £6.99, 246pp, pb) [Judge Dredd] Novelization based on the comic book character.

The Illmoor Chronicles: The Dwellings Debacle David Lee Stone (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-89368-0, Jan 2006, £10.99, iii+273pp, hc, cover by Bob Lea) [Illmoor Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, book four in the series. Illustrated by Lee, with a map by Dave Bowyer.

The Illmoor Chronicles: The Dwellings Debacle David Lee Stone (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-89369-9, Jul 2006, £5.99, 273pp, tp, cover by Bob Lee) [Illmoor Chronicles] Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 2006) young-adult fantasy novel. Book four in the series.

The Illmoor Chronicles: The Shadewell Shenanigans David Lee Stone (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-87401-5, Jan 2006, £5.99, iii+273pp, tp, cover by Bob Lee) [Illmoor Chronicles] Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 2005) young-adult humorous fantasy novel, third in the series.

The Illmoor Chronicles: The Vanquish Vendetta David Lee Stone (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-89370-2, Jul 2006, £10.99, v+254pp, hc, cover by Bob Lea) [Illmoor Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, fifth in the series.

Carnal Possession Yvonne Strickland (Nexus 0-352-34062-2, Aug 2006, £6.99, 218pp, pb) Erotic sexual fantasy of witches and domination.

Accelerando Charles Stross (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-389-9, Jun 2006, £6.99, 433pp, pb) [Macx Family] Reprint (Ace 2005) SF novel.

Double Vision Tricia Sullivan (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-173-X, Apr 2006, £7.99, 377pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) Reprint (Orbit 2005) SF novel.

Divine Invasions: A Life of Philip K. Dick Lawrence Sutin (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07858-8, Feb 2006, £8.99, 352pp, tp) Reprint (Harmony 1989) biography. Includes eight pages of photographs. This edition adds the preface by Sutin from the 2005 Carroll & Graf edition. [Philip K. Dick]

Dark Water Koji Suzuki (HarperCollins UK 0-00-720743-3, Apr 2006, £6.99, 294pp, pb) Reprint (Vertical 2004) collection of seven stories with a framing prologue and epilogue, Originally published in Japanese as Honogurai mizu no soko kara (Kadokawa Shoten 1996).

No Present Like Time Steph Swainston (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07798-0, Jul 2006, £6.99, 414pp, pb, cover by Emma Wallace) [Castle] Reprint (Gollancz 2005) fantasy novel.

Warhammer 40,000: Deus Sanguinus James Swallow (Black Library 1-84416-155-2, May 2005, £5.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Phillip Sibbering) [Warhammer 40,000: Blood Angels] Novelization set in the roleplaying game universe. Second book in the Blood Angels series.

Warhammer 40,000: Faith & Fire James Swallow (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-289-3, Feb 2006, £6.99, 414pp, pb, cover by Karl Kopinski) [Warhammer 40,000: Sisters of Battle] Novelization set in the universe of the roleplaying game, first in the Sisters of Battle series.

Fresh Flesh Wendy Swanscombe (Nexus 0-352-34041-X, Jul 2006, £7.99, 252pp, pb) [Dracula] Erotic dark fantasy: Dracula invades a lesbian Europe.

The Curse of Salamander Street G. P. Taylor (Faber and Faber 0-571-22873-9, Sep 2006, £9.99, 335pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Shadowmancer] Young-adult dark fantasy novel, sequel to Shadowmancer.

Tersias G. P. Taylor (Faber and Faber 0-571-22153-X, Jun 2006, £6.99, 320pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) Reprint (Faber and Faber 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.

Innocence Kathleen Tessaro (HarperCollins UK 0-00-715145-4, Apr 2006, £6.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Jacqueline Bassett) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2005) ghost novel.

The Fourth Horseman Kate Thompson (The Bodley Head 0-370-32890-6, Jun 2006, £10.99, 250pp, hc, cover by Songe Riddle) Young-adult fantasy novel.

The New Policeman Kate Thompson (The Bodley Head 0-370-32823-X, May 2005, £10.99, 405pp, hc, cover by Paul Hess) [New Policeman] Young-adult fantasy novel.

The New Policeman Kate Thompson (Random House UK/Red Fox 0-09-945627-3, Apr 2006, £5.99, 409pp, tp, cover by Paul Hess) [New Policeman] Reprint (The Bodley Head 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.

Air & Fire Rupert Thomson (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3694-5, 2005, £7.99, 310pp, tp, cover by William Webb) Reissue (Bloomsbury 1993) literary fantasy novel. Published in 2005 but not seen till now.

Divided Kingdom Rupert Thomson (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7892-3, Apr 2006, £7.99, 196pp, tp, cover by William Webb) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2005) literary SF fable novel.

The Insult Rupert Thomson (Bloomsbury 0-7475-2601-X, 2005, £7.99, 406pp, tp, cover by William Webb) Reissue (Bloomsbury 1996) literary SF/fantasy novel. This was published in 2005 but not seen till now.

The Fellowship of the Ring J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperEntertainment UK 0-00-720358-6, Oct 2005, £6.99, xxvii+531pp, pb, cover by J. R. R. Tolkien) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1954) fantasy novel, volume one of The Lord of the Rings. This is the 50th Anniversary “definitive” text (HarperCollins UK 2004). This includes a newly revised and expanded index. A hardcover edition (-720354-3, £18.99) was announced but not seen.

Star Wars Republic Commando: Triple Zero Karen Traviss (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-525-5, May 2006, £6.99, 403pp, pb, cover by Greg Knight) [Star Wars: Republic Commando] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey Lucasbooks 2006) Star Wars novelization based on the video game based on the universe of the movies. Second in a series. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. [First U.K. edition]

Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines Karen Traviss (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-949203-2, Sep 2006, £6.99, v+380pp, pb) [Star Wars: Legacy of the Force] Novelization set in the Star Wars universe, the second book in a subseries. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.

Star Wars: Republic Commando: Hard Contact Karen Traviss (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-524-7, Apr 2006, £6.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Greg Knight) [Star Wars: Republic Commando] Reprint (Del Rey Lucasbooks 2004) Star Wars novelization, the first in a series based on the video game based on the universe of the movies. First in a series. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. [First U.K. edition]

Doctor Who: The Nightmare of Black Island Mike Tucker (BBC Books 0-563-48650-3, Sep 2006, £6.99, 250pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series, featuring the 10th Doctor and Rose.

Settling Accounts: Drive to the East Harry Turtledove (Hodder 0-340-82688-6, Feb 2006, £6.99, 594pp, pb, cover by Martin McKenna) [Settling Accounts] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 2005) alternate-history novel which follows Settling Accounts: Return Engagement in a trilogy sequel to The Great War and American Empire trilogies.

The Traveller John Twelve Hawks (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15269-2, Mar 2006, £6.99, 605pp, pb) [Fourth Realm] Reprint (Doubleday; Bantam UK 2005) fantasy novel, the first in the Fourth Realm trilogy.

Jules Verne: Journeys in Writing Timothy Unwin (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-458-2, Oct 2005, £20.00, 284pp, tp) Non-fiction, a critical study examining Verne’s work and its seeming intent to examine the definitions of fiction, non-fiction, and the changing form of the novel. A hardcover edition (-468-X, £50.00) was announced but not seen. This is dated 2005 but not seen until now. University of Liverpool Press, 4 Cambridge St., Liverpool L69 7ZU, UK; distributed in the US by The University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th Street, Chicago IL 60637; [www.press.uchicago.edu]. [Jules Verne]

Fabulous Fantasy Women Boris Vallejo & Julie Bell (Collins & Brown 1-84340-379-X, Oct 2006, £20.00, 128pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) Collection of over 100 paintings from the last 20 years, arranged thematically. Introduction and text by Julie’s sons, Anthony and David Palumbo.

Lurulu Jack Vance (Harper Voyager 0-00-648210-4, Nov 2006, £7.99, 204pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [Gaean Reach] Reprint (Tor 2004) SF novel, a sequel to Ports of Call. [First U.K. edition]

Shriek: An Afterword Jeff VanderMeer (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-5360-7, Feb 2006, £10.99, 370pp, tp, cover by Jonathan Edwards) [Ambergris] Fantasy novel of VanderMeer’s city of Ambergris, in the form of Janice Shriek’s book-long afterword to her brother’s history of Ambergris, complete with diversions and commentary of a probably inappropriate nature.

The Dreamwalker’s Child Steve Voake (Faber and Faber 0-571-22347-8, Jan 2006, £6.99, 300pp, tp, cover by Ian Butterworth) [Odoursin] Reprint (Faber and Faber 2005) young-adult SF novel, the first in a series.

The Web of Fire Steve Voake (Faber and Faber 0-571-22348-6, Jan 2006, £12.99, 318pp, hc, cover by Martin Macrae) [Odoursin] Young-adult SF novel. The sequel to The Dreamwalker’s Child.

A Man Without a Country Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Bloomsbury 0-7475-8406-0, Feb 2006, £14.99, 145pp, hc) Reprint (Seven Stories Press 2005) non-fiction collection. Edited by Daniel Simon. [First U.K. edition]

The Sirens of Titan Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07902-9, Aug 2006, £7.99, xiii+249pp, tp, cover by Marc Adams) Reprint (Dell 1959) classic satirical SF novel, with a new introduction by Jasper Fforde. Part of the Ten Greatest SF Books of All Time series.

H.I.V.E.: Higher Insititute of Villainous Education Mark Walden (Bloomsbury 0-7475-8370-6, Sep 2006, £12.99, 298pp, hc, cover by Ian Butterworth) [H.I.V.E.] Humorous young-adult SF novel. Teenagers are kidnapped to be trained as the super-villains of the future.

Doctor Who: Fear Itself Nick Wallace (BBC Books 0-563-48634-1, Sep 2005, £5.99, 276pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the world of the TV show.

The Butterflies of Memory Ian Watson (PS Publishing 1-904619-49-5, Jul 2006, £25.00, hc, cover by Vincent Chong) Collection of 17 stories, with a preface to each by the author. Introduction by Paul McAuley. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a slipcased edition of 200 (-50-9, £60.00) signed by Watson and McAuley is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].

Barkbelly Cat Weatherill (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-31874-0, Apr 2006, £5.99, 341pp, tp, cover by Paul Hess) [Ashenpeake Island] Reprint (Puffin UK 2005) young-adult SF novel. First in the Ashenpeake Island series.

Snowbone Cat Weatherill (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-38118-3, Apr 2006, £9.99, 340pp, hc, cover by Sarah Dearlove) [Ashenpeake Island] Young-adult fantasy novel. The sequel to Barkbelly in the Ashenpeake Island series.

Star Dancer: The Book of Air Beth Webb (Macmillan Childen’s Books 1-4050-9175-4, Sep 2006, £12.99, 343pp, hc) [Star Dancer] Young-adult fantasy novel. First in a quartet.

The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle Catherine Webb (Time Warner UK/Atom 1-904233-60-0, Feb 2006, £10.99, 311pp, hc, cover by Sally Taylor) [Horatio Lyle] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book one in a new series.

The Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle Catherine Webb (Little, Brown UK/Atom 1-904233-61-9, Sep 2006, £5.99, 311pp, tp, cover by Sally Taylor) [Horatio Lyle] Reprint (Atom 2006) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 1 in a series.

The Obsidian Dagger, Being the Further Extraordinary Adventures of Horatio Lyle Catherine Webb (Little, Brown UK/Atom 1-904233-69-4, Sep 2006, £10.99, 330pp, hc, cover by Sally Taylor) [Horatio Lyle] Young-adult fantasy novel, the second book in the Horatio Lyle series. A trade paperback edition (-85-6, £8.99) was announced but not seen.

Stargate Atlantis: Reliquary Martha Wells (Fandemonium 0-9547343-7-8, Mar 2006, £7.99, 225pp, pb) [Stargate Atlantis] SF novelization. Second in a series of novelisations of the TV series.

Midnighters: Blue Noon Scott Westerfeld (Little, Brown UK/Atom 1-904233-84-8, Nov 2006, £6.99, 344pp, tp) [Midnighters] Reprint (Eos 2005) young-adult SF novel, third in the series. [First U.K. edition]

Midnighters: The Secret Hour Scott Westerfeld (Atom 1-904233-82-1, Apr 2006, £6.99, 276pp, tp, cover by Trevor Scobie) [Midnighters] Reprint (Eos 2004 as Midnighters, Book One: The Secret Hour) SF novel. [First U.K. edition]

Midnighters: Touching Darkness Scott Westerfeld (Little, Brown UK/Atom 1-904233-83-X, Aug 2006, £6.99, 306pp, tp) [Midnighters] Reprint (Eos 2005) fantasy novel. Second in the trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

The Risen Empire Scott Westerfeld (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-372-4, Jan 2006, £7.99, 704pp, pb, cover by Stephen Martiniere) [Succession] Reprint (Orbit 2005) SF novel of the Succession, originally published as two novels: The Risen Empire (2003) and The Killing of Worlds (2004).

Time Pieces ed. Ian Whates (NewCon Press 0-9538190-4-3, Nov 2006, £9.99, 99pp, tp, cover by Fangorn) Original anthology of eight stories and the opening speech from Novacon3 by Ian Watson as H.G. Wells. Authors include Stephen Baxter, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Ian Watson, and Liz Williams. This is a limited edition of 500 signed by all contributors. NewCon Press, 41 Wheatsheaf Road, Alconbury Weston, Cambs, PE28 4LF, UK; [www.newconpress.com].

Mirror Mirror Stella Whitelaw (Severn House 0-7278-6333-9, Jan 2006, £18.99, 220pp, hc) Romantic thriller with ghost and fantasy elements.

Banner of Souls Liz Williams (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-42690-7, Feb 2006, £6.99, 426pp, pb, cover by Greg Bridges) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2004) SF novel set in a future where “haunt tech” energy is obtained from the realm of the dead, and the fate of humanity hinges on a Martian warrior and a special child.

Darkland Liz Williams (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-405-04125-0, Feb 2006, £12.99, 308pp, tp, cover by Greg Bridges) [Darkland] Gothic SF novel of the far future where an assassin is betrayed by her ex-lover, and seeks revenge.

Shadowmarch Tad Williams (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-443-7, Mar 2006, £7.99, 848pp, tp) [Shadowmarch] Reprint (Orbit 2004) fantasy novel, the first in a trilogy.

A Jealous Ghost A. N. Wilson (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-947866-8, Mar 2006, £6.99, 186pp, tp) Reprint (Hutchinson 2005) literary ghost novel.

Julian: A Christmas Story Robert Charles Wilson (PS Publishing 1-905834-26-8, Nov 2006, £10.00, 86 + ix, tp, cover by Edward Miller) SF novella of small-town America in 2176 during elections and war. Introduction by Robert J. Sawyer. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a hardcover edition of 300 (-27-6, £25.00) signed by both Wilson and Sawyer is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK.

Mervyn Peake: The Man and his Art ed. G. Peter Winnington (Owen, Peter 0-7206-1284-5, Sep 2006, £20.00, 216pp, hc, cover by Mervyn Peake) Art book/biography, a heavily illustrated collection of art, poetry, photographs, book illustrations, memoirs, and other works by Peake or about Peake. Compiled by Sebastian Peake & Alison Eldred. There are an introduction by Michael Moorcock, and articles by Winnington, with contributions from Moorcock, Langdon Jones, Joanne Harris, John Howe, and others. The book has no cover price.

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