The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

DOBSON, MICHAEL (Singer) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _MacArthur’s War: A Novel of the Invasion of Japan (with Douglas Niles) See entry under Douglas Niles.

DOCKERY, KEVIN (chron.)

• * *Starstrike: Task Force Mars (with Douglas Niles) (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-49041-4, Jun 2007, $7.99, 282pp, pb) [SEALS in Space] Military SF novel, the first in the SEALS in Space series.

DOCTOROW, CORY (Efram) (1971- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Overclocked (Thunder’s Mouth Press 1-56025-981-7, Feb 2007, $15.95, 285pp, tp) Collection of six stories, four originally published online. Doctorow provides comments on the origins of each. (Contents)

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• * *Tesseracts Eleven (with Holly Phillips) (Hades/EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy 978-1-894063-03-6, Nov 2007, $19.95, 325pp, tp, cover by Jeff Johnson) Original anthology of 19 stories and five poems by Canadian writers, including Candas Jane Dorsey, Claude Lalumière, and Elisabeth Vonarburg. Introduction by Doctorow, afterword by Phillips. Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, PO Box 1714, Calgary AB T2P 2L7, Canada; [www.edgewebsite.com]. (Contents)

DODD, CHRISTINA (1953- ) (chron.)

• * *Scent of Darkness (Penguin/Signet 978-0-451-22173-5, Jul 2007, $7.99, 392pp, pb) [Darkness Chosen] Paranormal romance novel, first in the Darkness Chosen series about a cursed family of shapeshifters.
• * *Touch of Darkness (Penguin/Signet 978-0-451-22184-1, Aug 2007, $7.99, 378pp, pb) [Darkness Chosen] Paranormal romance novel, second in the Darkness Chosen series.

DODGSON, CHARLES LUTWIDGE (1832-1898); see pseudonym Lewis Carroll (chron.)

DOGAR, SHARON (chron.)

• * *Waves (The Chicken House 978-1-9052-9424-4, Apr 2007, £9.99, 345pp, hc, cover by Georgina Hounsome) Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *Waves (Scholastic/The Chicken House 978-0-434-87180-8, Apr 2007, $16.99, 327pp, hc) Young-adult gothic fantasy. A teen has a strange mental connection with his comatose sister. A first novel.

DOIG, JAMES, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Australian Gothic: An Anthology of Australian Supernatural Fiction 1867-1939 (Mandura, W.A.: Equilibrium Books, 2007, tp) (Contents)

DOKEY, (Mary) CAMERON (1956- ) (chron.)

• * *Before Midnight (Simon Pulse 978-1-4169-3471-4, Mar 2007, $5.99, 195pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Young-adult fantasy novel based on “Cinderella”, part of the Once Upon a Time series.
• * _The Storyteller’s Daughter (Simon Pulse 978-1-4169-3776-0, Mar 2007, $5.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Reissue (Simon Pulse 2002) young-adult fantasy novel, a retelling of the story of Shahrazad.

DOLLEY, CHRIS (chron.)

• * _Resonance (Baen 978-1-4165-2134-1, Jun 2007, $7.99, 556pp, pb, cover by Alan Pollack) Reprint (Baen 2005) SF novel of alternate realities.
• * *Shift (Baen 978-1-4165-2140-2, Jul 2007, $24.00, 322pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) SF novel. An astronaut’s pioneering voyage into higher dimensional space somehow sets loose a serial killer unbound by space and time.

DONAHUE, LINDA L. (stories) (chron.)

• * *A Man, A Plan, (Yet Lacking) A Canal — Panama (Yard Dog Press 978-1-893687-72-1, Mar 2007, $6.00, 69pp, ph) Chapbook dark fantasy novella of the privateer Captain Morgan, his attack on Panama, and ancient Mayan spirits. Order from Yard Dog Press, 710 W Redbud Lane, Alma AR 72921-7247; [www.yarddogpress.com].

DONALDSON, STEPHEN R(eeder) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Fatal Revenant (Penguin/Putnam 978-0-399-15446-1, Oct 2007, $27.95, 610pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant] Fantasy novel, book two in the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant quartet.
• * *Fatal Revenant (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07600-6, Oct 2007, £18.99, 789pp, hc) [Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant] Fantasy novel. Book two of The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Simultaneous with the US (Putnam) edition.
• * *Mordant’s Need (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07904-5, Jan 2007, £15.99, 979pp, tp) [*Mordant’s Need] Omnibus of the duology The Mirror of Her Dreams (1986) and A Man Rides Through (1987). (Contents)

DONKIN, ANDREW W. (chron.)

• * _Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel (with Giovanni Rigano & Eoin Colfer) See entry under Eoin Colfer.

DONNELLY, JOE (1950- ) (chron.)

• * *Jack Flint and the Redthorn Sword (Orion Children’s Books 978-1-84255-581-1, Aug 2007, £9.99, 392pp, hc) [Jack Flint] Young-adult fantasy novel. First in a new series.

DONNELLY, SEAN, ed. (chron.)

• * *W. Paul Cook: The Wandering Life of a Yankee Printer (Hippocampus Press 0-9771734-6-1, Aug 2007, $15.00, 237+x, tp) Non-fiction gathering of pieces by and about Cook, an avid amateur journalist and friend and publisher of H.P. Lovecraft and other authors of weird fiction. This has six pieces about Cook, and 13 articles and 25 poems written by Cook under his pen name Willis T. Crossman. This is a companion volume to Willis T. Crossman’s Vermont: Stories by W. Paul Cook (Hippocampus 2005, not seen). A print-on-demand edition available online at [www.hippocampuspress.com] or from Hippocampus Press, PO Box 641, New York NY 10156.

DONOHUE, KEITH (chron.)

• * _The Stolen Child (Doubleday/Anchor Books 978-1-4000-9653-4, May 2007, $13.95, 321pp, tp) Reprint (Talese 2006) fantasy novel about a human boy and the changeling boy who replaces him.

DORR, JAMES S. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Darker Loves: Tales of Mystery and Regret (Dark Regions Press 978-1-888993-41-7, Dec 2007, $16.95, 196pp, tp, cover by Matt Taggart) Collection of 14 stories, two original (three others originally published online, and three on CD-ROM), and ten poems. Introduction by Marge Simon. Order from Dark Regions Press, PO Box 1264, Colusa CA 95932; [http://darkregions.com]. (Contents)

DOUGLAS, CAROLE NELSON (1944- ) (chron.)

• * _Cat in a Quicksilver Caper (Tor/Forge 978-0-765-35269-9, Apr 2007, $6.99, 369pp, pb, cover by Jo Tronc) [Midnight Louie] Reprint (Forge 2006) associational mystery, number 18 in the Midnight Louie series partly narrated by a cat.
• * *Cat in a Red Hot Rage (Tor/Forge 978-0-7653-140117, May 2007, $24.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Jo Tronc) [Midnight Louie] Associational mystery, #19 in the Midnight Louie series, partly narrated by a cat.
• * _Catnap (Tor 978-0-812-51682-1, Jan 2007, $6.99, 241pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) [Midnight Louie] Reissue (Tor 1992) associational mystery novel, first in the Midnight Louie series partly narrated by a cat. Ninth printing.
• * *Dancing with Werewolves (Wildside Press/Juno Books 978-0-8095-7203-8, Nov 2007, $6.99, 394pp, pb) [Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator] Paranormal romance, the first featuring Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator.

DOUGLAS, IAN; pseudonym of William H. Keith, Jr., (1950- ) (chron.)

• * *Star Marines (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-380-81826-6, Feb 2007, $7.99, 371pp, pb) [Legacy] Military SF novel, the third book of the Legacy trilogy. Douglas is a pen name for William H. Keith, Jr.

DOUGLASS, SARA; pseudonym of Sara Mary Warneke, (1957- ) (chron.)

• * _BattleAxe (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-651106-9, Apr 2007, £6.99, 674pp, pb) [Axis] Reprint (HarperCollins Australia 1995) fantasy novel, book one in the Axis trilogy.
• * _Crusader (Tor 978-0-765-34280-5, Feb 2007, $7.99, 524pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Wayfarer Redemption] Reprint (Voyager Australia 1999) fantasy novel, book six of the Wayfarer Redemption series.
• * _Druid’s Sword (Tor 978-0-765-34445-8, May 2007, $7.99, 690pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Troy Game] Reprint (Tor 2006) fantasy novel, book four of the Troy Game.
• * _Enchanter (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-651107-6, Apr 2007, £6.99, 706pp, pb) [Axis] Reprint (HarperCollins Australia 1996) fantasy novel, the second in the Axis trilogy.
• * +The Serpent Bride (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-088213-6, May 2007, $26.95, 627pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Darkglass Mountain] Fantasy novel, first in the Darkglass Mountain series, which combines characters from The Wayfarer Redemption, Threshold, and Beyond the Hanging Wall. Simultaneous with the Voyager Australia and UK editions.
• * *The Serpent Bride (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-723238-3, May 2007, £7.99, 659pp, pb) [DarkGlass Mountain] Fantasy novel, book one of the DarkGlass Mountain series, combining characters from Threshold, Beyond the Hanging Wall, and The Wayfarer Redemption trilogy. Simultaneous with the Australian (HarperCollins Australia) and US (Eos) editions.
• * _Starman (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-651108-3, Apr 2007, £6.99, 733pp, pb) [Axis] Reprint (HarperCollins Australia 1996) fantasy novel, the third in the Axis trilogy.

DOWLING, TERRY (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear (CD Publications 1-58767-123-9, May 2006, $40.00, 314pp, hc, cover by Julia Morgan-Scott) Collection of 18 stories, two original. Introduction by Jonathan Strahan. This is a signed limited edition of 750; a traycased, leatherbound, lettered edition ($175) is also available. Dated 2006, but not seen until now. (Contents)
• * *Rynemonn (Coeur de Lion Publications 978-0-646-47787-9, Sep 2007, A$24.95, 302pp, tp, cover by Nick Stathopoulos) [Tom Rynosseros] Collection of 11 stories, three original, in the Tom Rynosseros series, with extensive bridging material. Coeur de Lion Publications, [www.coeurdelion.com.au]; [coeurdelion@optusnet.com.au]. (Contents)

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• * _The Jack Vance Treasury See entry under Jack Vance.

DOYLE, [Sir] ARTHUR (Ignatius) CONAN (1859-1930) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Lost World (Hodder Headline/Review 978-0-7553-3884-9, Jun 2007, £4.99, 275pp, tp) [Prof. Challenger] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1912) SF novel in the Professor Challenger series.

DOZOIS, GARDNER (Raymond) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Hunter’s Run (with Daniel Abraham & George R. R. Martin) See entry under George R. R. Martin

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• * *The Best of the Best, Volume 2: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-36342-7, Feb 2007, $19.95, 642+xi, tp) Anthology of 13 novellas/short novels selected from the first 20 volumes of Dozois’s year’s-best anthology series. Authors include Robert Silverberg, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Michael Swanwick. Preface by Dozois. A hardcover St. Martin’s edition (-36341-9, $40.00) is also available. (Contents)
• * _Dangerous Games (with Jack M. Dann) See entry under Jack M. Dann
• * _Dark Alchemy (with Jack M. Dann) (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-8955-6, Jun 2007, £16.99, 400pp, hc) Reprint (Berkley 2007 as Wizards by Dann & Dozois) original anthology of 18 fantasy stories. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 20th Annual Collection (Robinson 978-1-8452-9662-9, Sep 2007, £9.99, 723pp, tp, cover by Joe Roberts) Reprint (St. Martin’s Griffin 2007 as Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Fourth Annual Collection) SF anthology. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * *The New Space Opera (with Jonathan Strahan) (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-084675-6, Jun 2007, $15.95, 517pp, tp, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Original anthology of 18 stories. Authors include Gwyneth Jones, Ian McDonald, Stephen Baxter, and Dan Simmons. Simultaneous with the HarperCollins Australia edition. (Contents)
• * _Wizards (with Jack M. Dann) See entry under Jack M. Dann
• * *The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-fourth Annual Collection (St. Martin’s 978-0-312-36334-5, Jul 2007, $35.00, 662pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Best-of-the-Year anthology of 28 stories, with a summation of the year by Dozois. A St. Martin’s Griffin trade paperback edition (-36335-2, $21.95) is also available. (Contents)

DRAKE, DAVID (Allen) (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Balefires (Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-071-6, Apr 2007, $26.95, 303pp, hc, cover by Richard Pellegrino) Collection of 24 weird and fantastic stories, with extensive notes on each by Drake. A signed limited edition with added bibliography (-070-9, $49.00) is also available. Night Shade Books, 1423 33rd Ave., San Francisco CA 94122; [books@nightshadebooks.com]; [www.nightshadebooks.com]. (Contents)
• * *The Complete Hammer’s Slammers, Volume Two (Night Shade Books 978-1-892389-73-2, Jan 2007, $35.00, 395pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) [*Hammer’s Slammers] Collection/omnibus of three stories and four novels in the military SF series: At Any Price (1985), Counting the Cost (1987), Rolling Hot (1989), and The Warrior (1991). This is the second in a three-volume set. Drake provides a foreword on the influence of the Viet Nam War. Introduction by David G. Hartwell. A signed limited edition of 250 (-74-9, $60.00) is also available. Night Shade Books, 1423 33rd Ave., San Francisco CA 94122; [books@nightshadebooks.com]; [www.nightshadebooks.com]. (Contents)
• * _The Complete Hammer’s Slammers, Volume Two (SFBC #1231472, Feb 2007, $15.99, 505pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) [*Hammer’s Slammers] Reprint (Night Shade 2007) collection/omnibus of three stories and four novels in the military SF series: At Any Price (1985), Counting the Cost (1987), Rolling Hot (1989), and The Warrior (1991). This is similar to the Night Shade edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Dance of Time (with Eric Flint) See entry under Eric Flint.
• * _The Fortress of Glass (Tor 978-0-765-35116-6, Apr 2007, $7.99, 402pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Lord of the Isles: Crown of the Isles] Reprint (Tor 2006) fantasy novel, seventh in the overall Lord of the Isles series, and the first in the concluding trilogy the Crown of the Isles.
• * *The Mirror of Worlds (Tor 978-0-7653-1260-0, Jul 2007, $25.95, 333pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Lord of the Isles: Crown of the Isles] Fantasy novel, eighth in the overall Lord of the Isles series, and the second in the concluding trilogy The Crown of the Isles.
• * _The Way to Glory (Baen 978-1-4165-2106-8, May 2007, $7.99, 511pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Leary & Mundy] Reprint (Baen 2005) military SF novel of Lieutenant Leary and the RCN.

DRAPER, JESSICA (chron.)

• * *Hunting Gideon (Zarahemla Books 0-9787971-4-0, Sep 2007, $14.95, 175pp, tp) Near-future SF novel. FBI operative Sue Anne Jones uses a feline online avatar to track down a cyber-terrorist in virtual reality. Zarahemla Books, 869 E 2680 N, Provo UT 84604; [zarahemlabooks.com].

DRVENKAR, ZORAN (chron.)

• * _Tell Me What You See (with Chantal Wright,trans.) (Scholastic/The Chicken House 978-0-434-72453-1, Jan 2008, $6.99, 290pp, tp) Reprint (The Chicken House UK 2005) young-adult horror novel. Translated by Chantal Wright from the German Sag Mir Was Du Siehst (Carlsen 2002).

DUANE, DIANE (Elizabeth) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Wizards at War (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 978-0-15-205223-2, Jun 2007, $6.95, 552pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Wizardry] Reprint (Harcourt 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, volume eight in the Wizardry series.

DUBROVIN, BARBARA (chron.)

• * *Fantasy Fair: Bright Stories of Imagination (Storycraft Publishing 0-9638339-6-0, Feb 2007, $17.50, 114pp, tp, cover by Barbara Dubrovin) Collection of 11 young-adult fantasy stories. Illustrated by the author. Storycraft Publishing, PO Box 205, Masonville CO 80541-0205; 970-669-375.

DUCHAMP, L. TIMMEL (chron.)

• * *Blood in the Fruit (Aqueduct Press 978-1-933500-15-7, Jan 2008, $19.00, 550pp, tp) [*Marq’ssan Cycle] SF thriller of alien invasion, the fourth of five books in the Marq’ssan Cycle. The alien fleet returns to determine whether Earth should be quarantined. Aqueduct Press, PO Box 95787, Seattle WA 98145-2787; [www.aqueductpress.com]; [info@aqueductpress.com].

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• * *The WisCon Chronicles, Volume 1 (Aqueduct Press 978-1-933500-14-0, Aug 2007, $17.50, 195pp, tp) Non-fiction anthology documenting the 30th anniversary of WisCon, with 32 pieces (two reprints) including essays, panel transcripts, and one story, plus Q&A sessions conducted by Eileen Gunn with authors including Carol Emshwiller, Ted Chiang, and Ursula K. Le Guin. Aqueduct Press, PO Box 95787, Seattle WA 98145-2787; [www.aqueductpress.com]; [info@aqueductpress.com].

DUEY, KATHLEEN (chron.)

• * *Skin Hunger (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 978-0-689-84093-7, Jul 2007, $17.99, 357pp, hc, cover by David Ho) [Resurrection of Magic] Young-adult fantasy novel, book one in the series A Resurrection of Magic. A young woman joins others determined to restore the forbidden magic; generations later, all magic is controlled by two wizards who run an academy of magic.

DUFOSSÉ, CHRISTOPHE (chron.)

• * _School’s Out (Random House/Vintage UK 978-0-099-46672-7, Jan 2007, £6.99, 326pp, tp) Reprint (Heinemann 2006) literary fantasy novel. Translated by Shaun Whiteside from L’Heure de la Sortie (Denoel 2002).

DUNCAN, AIMEE (chron.)

• * _Tales of the Broken Moon, Book 2: The Lost Prince of Darkleaf (with Travis Hanson) See entry under Travis Hanson.

DUNCAN, DAVE; [i.e., David John Duncan] (1933- ) (chron.)

• * *The Alchemist’s Apprentice (Ace 0-441-01479-8, Mar 2007, $14.00, 313pp, tp, cover by Jim Griffin) [Alfeo Zeno] Historical fantasy novel, the first in a trilogy set in Renaissance Venice. Nostradamus’s apprentice, swordsman Alfeo Zeno, must clear his master of murder.
• * _Children of Chaos (Tor 978-0-765-35381-8, Feb 2007, $7.99, 421pp, pb, cover by Daniel Dos Santos) [Children of Chaos] Reprint (Tor 2006) SF/fantasy, first in a duology.
• * *Mother of Lies (Tor 978-0-7653-1484-0, May 2007, $24.95, 348pp, hc, cover by Daniel Dos Santos) [Children of Chaos] SF/fantasy, sequel to Children of Chaos, set on the dodecahedral world of Dodec.

DUNCAN, HAL (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Ink (Macmillan UK 978-1-4050-5209-2, Feb 2007, £17.99, 605pp, hc, cover by Christopher Gibbs) [Book of All Hours] Fantasy novel, the second in the Book of All Hours duology begun in Vellum.
• * +Ink (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-48733-9, Mar 2007, $15.95, 530pp, tp, cover by Christopher Gibbs) [Book of All Hours] SF novel of alternate worlds and war between the forces of order and chaos, the second and final in The Book of All Hours series begun in Vellum. First US edition (Macmillan UK 2/07).