The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

FISHER, CATHERINE (chron.)

• * _Darkhenge (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-078584-0, Mar 2007, $7.99, 400pp, pb, cover by Ryan Obermeyer) Reprint (Bodley Head 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _Day of the Scarab (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-057165-8, Jul 2007, $7.99, 392pp, pb, cover by Nenad Jaksevic) [Oracle Prophecies] Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 2005 as The Scarab) young-adult fantasy novel, the third in the Oracle Prophecies series.
• * *Incarceron (Hodder 978-0-340-89360-9, May 2007, £5.99, 458pp, tp) Young-adult SF novel.

FLANAGAN, JOHN RICHARD (chron.)

• * +The Ranger’s Apprentice, Book Three: The Icebound Land (Penguin/Philomel 978-0-399-24456-8, Jun 2007, $16.99, 266pp, hc, cover by John Blackford) [*Ranger’s Apprentice] Young-adult fantasy, third in the Ranger’s Apprentice series. First US edition (Random House Australia 2006).
• * _Ranger’s Apprentice, Book Two: The Burning Bridge (Penguin/Puffin 978-0-14-240842-1, Jun 2007, $7.99, 262pp, tp, cover by John Blackford) [*Ranger’s Apprentice] Reprint (Random House Australia 2005) young-adult fantasy, second in the Ranger’s Apprentice series.
• * _Ranger’s Apprentice: Book 1: The Ruins of Gorlan (Transworld/Corgi Yearling 978-0-440-86738-8, Apr 2007, £5.99, 280pp, tp) [*Ranger’s Apprentice] Reprint (Random House Australia 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Ranger’s Apprentice: The Burning Bridge (Transworld/Corgi Yearling 978-0-440-86739-5, Aug 2007, £5.99, 263pp, tp, cover by blacksheep) [*Ranger’s Apprentice] Reprint (Random House Australia 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. The second book in a series. [First U.K. edition]

FLEISCHMAN, (Albert) SID(ney) (1920- ) (chron.)

• * _The 13th Floor (HarperCollins/Greenwillow 978-0-06-134503-6, Apr 2007, $5.99, 228pp, tp, cover by Tim Jessell) Reprint (Greenwillow 1995) young-adult ghost story/time-travel adventure. Illustrated by Peter Sis.
• * _The Ghost in the Noonday Sun (HarperCollins/Greenwillow 978-0-06-134502-9, Apr 2007, $5.99, 245pp, tp, cover by Tim Jessell) Reprint (Morrow 1986) young-adult pirate ghost novel.

FLETCHER, CHARLIE (chron.)

• * +Stoneheart (Hyperion 978-1-4231-0175-8, May 2007, $16.99, 452pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Stone Heart] Young-adult fantasy novel, book one of a trilogy. First US edition (Hodder Children’s Books 2006 as Stone Heart).

FLETCHER, MELANIE (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Lunari Mask/Sabre Dance (with Laura J. Underwood) See entry under Laura J. Underwood

FLETCHER, SUSAN (Clemens) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * *Alphabet of Dreams (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 978-0-689-85042-4, Sep 2006, $16.95, 294pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy set in biblical times. A boy with the power to know others’ dreams comes to the attention of the magus Melchior. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.

FLINN, ALEX (chron.)

• * *Beastly (HarperTeen 978-0-06-087416-2, Oct 2007, $16.99, 304pp, hc) Young-adult contemporary fantasy update of “Beauty and the Beast”. A popular but self-absorbed guy gets turned into a beast.

FLINT, ERIC (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *1634: The Baltic War (with David M. Weber) (Baen 978-1-4165-2102-0, May 2007, $26.00, 728pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [1632] Alternate history SF novel, part of the Ring of Fire series. The temporally displaced Americans are caught up in the war. This includes a disk of version 13 of the Baen CD-ROM library.
• * *1634: The Bavarian Crisis (with Virginia Easley DeMarce) (Baen 978-1-4165-4253-7, Oct 2007, $26.00, 690pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [1632] Alternate-world SF novel in the Ring of Fire series. Knowledge of the future leads an Austrian princess to an unforeseen conclusion that turns the Bavarian war into a major crisis.
• * _1634: The Ram Rebellion (with Virginia Easley DeMarce) (Baen 978-1-4165-7382-1, Dec 2007, $7.99, 702pp, pb, cover by Tom Kidd) [1632] Reprint (Baen 2006) anthology of 19 stories set in the alternate world of 1632.
• * _1635: The Cannon Law (with Andrew Dennis) (SFBC #1221229, Oct 2006, $12.99, 420pp, hc, cover by Tom kidd) [1632] Reprint (Baen 2006) SF novel in the series begun in 1632, sequel to 1634. This is similar to the Baen edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _1824: The Arkansas War (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-46570-2, Dec 2007, $7.99, 493pp, pb) [Trail of Glory] Reprint (Del Rey 2006) alternate-history SF novel.
• * _The Dance of Time (with David A. Drake) (Baen 978-1-4165-2137-2, Jul 2007, $7.99, 655pp, pb, cover by Alan Pollack) [Belisarius] Reprint (Baen 2006) SF alternate history novel, sixth and apparently final in the Belisarius series.
• * *Pyramid Power (with Dave Freer) (Baen 978-1-4165-2130-3, Aug 2007, $24.00, 369pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Pyramid] Humorous SF/fantasy novel, sequel to Pyramid Scheme. A second mission into the alien pyramid ends up in a world of the Norse gods.

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• * *The Best of Jim Baen’s Universe (Baen 978-1-4165-2136-5, Jul 2007, $25.00, 519pp, hc, cover by David Mattingly) Anthology of 25 stories originally published in the online magazine, along with four articles in remembrance of Jim Baen, including one on the genetics of death by Baen himself. Editor Flint provides an appreciation of Baen, and an afterword. This includes a bound-in CD-ROM of the Baen CD-ROM library Version 13. (Contents)
• * _Grantville Gazette II (Baen 978-1-4165-5510-0, Nov 2007, $7.99, 462pp, pb, cover by Tom Kidd) [1632] Reprint (Baen 2006) shared-world alternate-history anthology of seven stories, short novel An Invisible War by Danita Ewing, plus four non-fiction articles, all set in the universe of 1632.
• * _The Long Twilight and Other Stories See entry under Keith Laumer.
• * _The Trouble with Humans See entry under Christopher Anvil.

FLYNN, MICHAEL F(rancis) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Eifelheim (Tor 978-0-7653-1910-4, Nov 2007, $14.95, 320pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 2006) SF novel.

FOGLIO, PHIL (1956- ) (chron.)

• * _Myth Adventures (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.

FOON, DENNIS (chron.)

• * *The Keeper’s Shadow (Annick Press 978-1-55451-027-6, Sep 2006, $12.95, 410pp, tp, cover by Susan Madsen) [Longlight Legacy] Young-adult postholocaust science fantasy novel, third and final in The Longlight Legacy series. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now; a hardcover edition (-028-3) was announced but not seen. Available in the US from Firefly Books, PO Box 1338, Ellicott Station, Buffalo NY 14205; [www.annickpress.com].

FORBECK, MATT (stories) (chron.)

• * *Blood Bowl: Rumble in the Jungle (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-517-9, Dec 2007, £6.99, 436pp, pb, cover by Philip Sibbering) [Blood Bowl] Novelization based on the fantasy football game.
• * *Blood Bowl: The Omnibus (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-515-5, Nov 2007, £9.99, 798pp, tp, cover by Philip Sibbering) [Blood Bowl] Omnibus of the first three novelizations based on the fantasy-football game, with an introduction by Forbeck. (Contents)
• * +Blood Bowl: The Omnibus (BL Publishing/Black Library US 978-1-84416-515-5, Dec 2007, $11.99, 768pp, tp, cover by Philip Sibbering) [Blood Bowl] Omnibus of three novelizations in a trilogy based on the Blood Bowl fantasy football game: Blood Bowl (2005), Blood Bowl: Dead Ball (2005), and Blood Bowl: Death Match (2006). Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (11/07) edition, but only lists US and Canadian prices.

FORBES, DAVID (chron.)

• * *The Words of Making (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-08230329, Oct 2007, $7.99, 479pp, pb) [Osserian Saga] Fantasy novel, book two in the Osserian Saga. Invaders try to capture Prince Gerin Atreyano, the Amber Wizard, not believing he knows nothing of the powerful Words of Making.

FORDE, CATHERINE (chron.)

• * *The Tug of War (Egmont 978-1-4052-2005-7, Apr 2007, £5.99, 291pp, tp, cover by Marina Caruso) Young-adult SF novel.

FOREMAN, COLIN (chron.)

• * *A Moment Comes (Myroy Books 978-0-9548949-2-4, Mar 2007, £7.99, 320pp, tp, cover by Wayne Reynolds) Young-adult fantasy novel.

FORREST, CHRISTOPHER (chron.)

• * *The Genesis Code (Tor/Forge 978-0-7653-1603-5, Aug 2007, $23.95, 301pp, hc) Thriller involving advanced science and ancient mysteries. A scientist discovers an ancient coded text hidden in human DNA.

FORREST, ELIZABETH; pseudonym of Rhondi Vilott, (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *At Twilight’s Fall (DAW 978-0-7564-0434-5, May 2007, $16.00, 715pp, tp) Omnibus of two horror novels: Death Watch (1995) and Killjoy (1996). Forrest is a pen name for Rhondi Salsitz. (Contents)

FORREST, V. K. (chron.)

• * *Eternal (Kensington 978-0-7582-1716-5, Dec 2007, $15.00, 293pp, tp, cover by Chad Michael Ward) Vampire romantic suspense novel. Fia Kahill, a vampire FBI agent, tries to track a vampire slayer while keeping her desirable human partner from learning her secrets. Copyrighted by Colleen Faulkner.

FORSTCHEN, WILLIAM R. (1950- ) (chron.)

• * _Honored Enemy (with Raymond E. Feist) See entry under Raymond E. Feist
• * _Never Call Retreat (with Newt Gingrich) See entry under Newt Gingrich.
• * _Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8th (with Newt Gingrich) See entry under Newt Gingrich.

FORSYTH, KATE (stories) (chron.)

• * +The Heart of Stars (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46144-5, May 2007, $7.99, 424pp, pb) [*Rhiannon’s Ride] Fantasy novel, third in the Rhiannon’s Ride series. First US edition (Random House/Arrow Australia 1/07).

FORTUNE-WOOD, JAN (chron.)

• * *The Standing Ground (Cinnamon Press 978-1-905614-41-7, Dec 2007, £8.99, 190pp, tp) SF novel drawing on Arthurian legend. Luke meets a girl online who claims to live in a place outside the repressive government’s rule. Cinnamon Press, Meirion House, Glan yr afon, Tanygrisiau, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd LL41 3SU UK; [www.cinnamonpress.com].

FOSTER, ALAN DEAN (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Candle of Distant Earth (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-46133-9, Aug 2007, $6.99, 266pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) [Taken] Reprint (Del Rey 2006) SF novel, the third volume in the Taken trilogy.
• * *Patrimony (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-84507-6, Nov 2007, $24.95, 228pp, hc, cover by Robert Hunt) [Pip & Flinx] SF novel, the 13th and penultimate book in the Pip & Flinx series. Flinx gets a tip on finding his father.
• * *Transformers (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-49799-4, Jun 2007, $7.99, 291pp, pb) [Transformers] Novelization of the movie based on the toys. Copyrighted by Hasbro.
• * *Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-45-49798-7, Mar 2007, $6.99, 286pp, pb) [Transformers] Novelization, the official prequel to the movie based on the toys. Copyrighted by Hasbro.
• * _Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday (Titan 978-1-8457-6602-3, Apr 2007, £6.99, 286pp, pb) [Transformers] Reprint (Del Rey 2007) novelization, the official prequel to the movie based on the toys. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Trouble Magnet (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-48505-2, Nov 2007, $7.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Robert Hunt) [Pip & Flinx] Reprint (Del Rey 2006) SF novel in the Pip & Flinx series.

FOSTER, JAMES D. (1952- ); see pseudonym James F. David (chron.)

FOSTER, L. L.; pseudonym of Lori Foster (chron.)

• * *Servant: The Awakening (Berkley 978-0-425-21874-7, Oct 2007, $7.99, 292pp, pb, cover by John Blumen) [Servant] Paranormal romance/supernatural urban fantasy thriller, the first in a series. Demon slayer Gabrielle Cody comes under suspicion from homicide detective Luther Cross. This is a pen name for Lori Foster.

FOSTER, LORI; see pseudonym L. L. Foster (chron.)

FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Old Devil Moon (Serpent’s Tail 978-1-85242-925-6, Dec 2007, £7.99, 296pp, tp, cover by Harriman Steel) Original collection of 24 stories, four reprints. (Contents)
• * _Ten-Second Staircase (Bantam 0-553-80449-9, Feb 2007, $6.99, 464pp, pb, cover by Christopher Gibbs) [Bryant & May] Reprint (Doubleday UK 9/06) gothic mystery, fourth in the series featuring detectives Bryant and May.
• * _Ten-Second Staircase (Transworld/Bantam UK 978-0-553-81720-1, Sep 2007, £7.99, 400pp, pb) [Bryant & May] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2006) gothic mystery novel, fourth in a series featuring detectives Bryant & May.
• * *White Corridor (Bantam 978-0-553-80450-8, Jun 2007, $24.00, 339pp, hc, cover by Christopher Gibbs) [Bryant & May] Gothic mystery, fifth in the series featuring detectives Bryant and May.
• * _White Corridor (Transworld/Doubleday UK 978-0-385-61067-4, Jul 2007, £14.99, 304pp, hc, cover by David Frankland) [Bryant & May] Reprint (Bantam 2007) gothic mystery novel, fifth in the series featuring detectives Bryant & May. [First U.K. edition]

FOWLER, KAREN JOY (1950- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Jane Austen Book Club (Penguin/Plume 978-0-452-28900-0, Aug 2007, $14.00, 288pp, tp) Reissue (Putnam 2004) associational contemporary comedy of manners. This is a movie tie-in edition.

FOYT, VICTORIA (chron.)

• * *The Virtual Life of Lexie Diamond (HarperTempest 978-0-06-082563-8, Mar 2007, $16.99, 310pp, hc, cover by Paul S. Robinson) Young-adult mystery with SF/fantasy elements. A computer-obsessed teen investigates her mother’s death with “otherworldly” intervention from the Internet. A first novel.

FRANCIS, DIANA PHARAOH (chron.)

• * *The Cipher (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46179-7, Nov 2007, $7.99, 402pp, pb) [Crosspointe Chronicles] Fantasy novel, the first in the Crosspointe Chronicles series. Lucy Trenton’s ability to sense majick gets her into trouble that threatens her royal family.

FRANK, JACQUELYN (chron.)

• * *The Nightwalkers: Elijah (Kensington/Zebra 978-0-8217-8067-1, Jan 2008, $6.99, 360pp, pb) [Nightwalkers] Dark fantasy romance, the third in the Nightwalkers series.

FRANK, JANE, ed. (chron.)

• * *Paint or Pixel: The Digital Divide in Illustration Art (NonStop Press 978-1-933065-10-6, Feb 2008, $29.95, 160pp, hc) Non-fiction art book comparing computer-based art with more traditional methods, with essays and art by 31 artists including Chris Moore, Don Maitz, Bob Eggleton, Richard Hescox, and David Mattingly. Ten additional essays discuss the implications of digital art for collectors, museums, etc. NonStop, POB 981, Peck Slip Station, New York NY 10272-0981; [www.nonstop-press.com].

FRANKLIN, MADELAINE L’ENGLE; see pseudonym Madeleine L’Engle (chron.)

FRASIER, ANNE (chron.)

• * *Garden of Darkness (Penguin/Onyx 978-0-451-41247-8, Dec 2007, $7.99, 371pp, pb) [Rachel Burton] Horror novel, sequel to Pale Immortal. Medical examiner Rachel Burton tries to leave haunted Tuonela for the birth of her baby, but the discovery of a body drags her back.

FRAZETTA, FRANK (1928- ) (chron.)

• * *Spectrum Presents: Rough Work by Frank Frazetta (Spectrum Fantastic Art 978-1-59929-013-3, Oct 2007, $19.95, 127pp, hc, cover by Frank Frazetta) Art book with sketches, drawings, and conceptual art by Frazetta, many in color. Edited by Arnie & Cathy Fenner, with a biographical introduction by Arnie Fenner. This is bound-in-boards with a padded cover. Spectrum Fantastic Art, PO Box 4422, Overland Park KS 66204; [www.spectrumfantasticart.com].

FREER, DAVE (stories) (chron.)

• * _A Mankind Witch (Baen 978-1-4165-2115-0, Mar 2007, $7.99, 499pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Heirs of Alexandria] Reprint (Baen 2005) fantasy novel set in the world of The Shadow of the Lion co-authored with Mercedes Lackey & Eric Flint.
• * _Pyramid Power (with Eric Flint) See entry under Eric Flint.

FREITAS, DONNA (chron.)

• * *Killing the Imposter God: Philip Pullman’s Spiritual Imagination in His Dark Materials (with Jason King) (Wiley/Jossey-Bass 978-0-7879-8237-9, Sep 2007, $17.95, 224pp, tp) Non-fiction, a critical exploration of theological elements in Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. Includes an interview with Gregory Maguire about His Dark Materials, notes, and index. [Pullman]

FRIEDMAN, C(elia) S. (1955- ); also as Celia Friedman (chron.)

• * *Feast of Souls (DAW 0-7564-0336-7, Jan 2007, $25.95, 449pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Magisters] Fantasy novel, first in The Magisters trilogy. The former prostitute Kamala makes herself the first female to master the sorcery of the Magisters, only to discover it has a horrible price.
• * _Feast of Souls (SFBC #1225841, Jan 2007, $12.99, 449pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Magisters] Reprint (DAW 2007) fantasy novel, first in The Magisters trilogy. This is similar to the DAW edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

FRIEDMAN, CELIA (S.) (1955- ); also as C. S. Friedman (chron.)

• * _Feast of Souls (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-531-6, Apr 2007, £12.99, 449pp, tp) [Magisters] Reprint (DAW 2007) fantasy novel, book one in the Magister trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

FRIEDMAN, JERROLD DAVID (1944- ); see pseudonym David Gerrold (stories) (chron.)

FRIEDMAN, MICHAEL JAN (1955- ) (chron.)

• * *Predator: Flesh and Blood (with Robert Greenberger) (Dark Horse Books 978-1-59582-047-1, Sep 2007, $6.99, 237pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Predator] Novelization based on the world of the movies. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.