The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

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ALLSTON, AARON (Dale) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

* *Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Fury (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 978-0-345-47756-9, Dec 2007, $7.99, 356pp, pb) [Star Wars: Legacy of the Force] Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
* *Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Fury (Random House UK/Arrow LucasBooks 978-0-099-49207-8, Dec 2007, £6.99, 356pp, pb) [Star Wars: Legacy of the Force] Novelization based in the Star Wars universe. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
ALONGI, ANTHONY (chron.)

* _Jennifer Scales and the Ancient Furnace (with MaryJanice Davidson) See entry under MaryJanice Davidson.
* _Jennifer Scales and the Messenger of Light (with MaryJanice Davidson) See entry under MaryJanice Davidson.
* _The Silver Moon Elm (with MaryJanice Davidson) See entry under MaryJanice Davidson.
ALRIC, DAVIS (chron.)

* _The Promised One (Faber and Faber 978-0-571-23484-4, Apr 2007, £6.99, 404pp, tp, cover by David Dean) Reprint (Bladon Medical Publishing 2004) young-adult fantasy novel.
ALT, MADELYN (chron.)

* *Hex Marks the Spot (Berkley Prime Crime 978-0-425-21870-9, Dec 2007, $6.99, 246pp, pb) [Bewitching] Paranormal mystery, the third in the Bewitching Mystery series. Maggie O’Neill investigates the death of an Amish craftsman.
ALTER, STEPHEN (chron.)

* *The Phantom Isles (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-738-7, Feb 2007, $16.95, 210pp, hc, cover by John Rocco) Young-adult ghost fantasy. Kids accidentally summon an island’s ghosts trapped in library books.
ALTMAN, STEVEN-ELLIOT (chron.)

* _Batman: Fear Itself (with J. Michael Reaves) See entry under J. Michael Reaves.
AMANO, YOSHITAKA (chron.)

* *Worlds of Amano (Dark Horse Comics/DH Press 1-59582-064-7, Apr 2007, $27.95, 156pp, hc, cover by Yoshitaka Amano) Art book presenting an overview of the Japanese fantasy artist’s work. Edited and with an introduction by Jean Wacquet. Originally published in France; this is the first English language edition, translated by Samantha Robertson.
AMORY, JAY; pseudonym of James Lovegrove, (1965- ) (chron.)

* _The Fledging of Az Gabrielson (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07980-9, Aug 2007, £6.99, 347pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) [Clouded World] Reprint (Gollancz 2006) fantasy novel, book one of The Clouded World series. Amory is a pen name for James Lovegrove.
* *Pirates of the Relentless Desert (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08032-4, Aug 2007, £12.99, 396pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) [Clouded World] SF novel, book two of The Clouded World series after The Fledging of Az Gabrielson. A hardcover edition (-07880-4) was announced but not seen. Amory is a pen name for James Lovegrove.
AMSDEN, CHRISTINE (chron.)

* *Touch of Fate (Twilight Times Books 1-931201-97-8, Nov 2007, $18.95, 276pp, tp, cover by Kurt Ozinga) Paranormal suspense novel. Marianne’s ability to predict the future seems useless until a friend is murdered. Originally published as an e-book in 2006. Twilight Times Books, PO Box 3340, Kingsport TN 37664; 423-323-0183; [www.twilighttimesbooks.com].
ANDERMAHR, SONYA, ed. (chron.)

* *Jeanette Winterson: A Contemporary Critical Guide (Continuum 978-0-8264-9275-3, Dec 2007, $24.95, 177pp, tp) Non-fiction, an anthology of ten new critical essays on Winterson’s works. [Winterson]
ANDERS, LOU, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Fast Forward 1: Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge (Prometheus/Pyr 978-1-59102-486-6, Feb 2007, $15.00, 407pp, tp, cover by John Picacio) Original anthology of 19 stories and two poems. Authors include Kage Baker, Stephen Baxter, Gene Wolfe, and Paul Di Filippo. (Contents)
ANDERSON, BARTH (stories) (chron.)

* _The Patron Saint of Plagues (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-58835-4, Dec 2007, $6.99, 484pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2006) near-future SF thriller.
ANDERSON, EVANGELINE (stories) (chron.)

* *Pleasure Planet (Kensington/Aphrodisia 978-0-7582-1649-6, Mar 2007, $12.95, 274pp, tp) Original collection of three erotic SF stories. (Contents)
ANDERSON, JODI LYNN (chron.)

* _May Bird Among the Stars (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 978-1-4169-0608-7, May 2007, $5.99, 260pp, tp, cover by Jonathan Wayshak) [Ever After] Reprint (Atheneum 2006) young-adult fantasy novel, the second in the Ever After trilogy.
* *May Bird Warrior Princess (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 978-0-689-86925-9, Sep 2007, $16.99, 244pp, hc, cover by Jonathan Wayshak) [Ever After] Young-adult fantasy novel, the third in the May Bird (or Ever After) trilogy.
ANDERSON, JOHN AUBREY (chron.)

* *Abiding Darkness (Warner 978-0-446-17803-7, Jun 2007, $6.99, 420pp, pb) Horror novel. White and black children unite to fight in a war between good and evil in Mississippi in 1945. Book one in the Black or White Chronicles.
ANDERSON, K. J.; see under Anderson, Kevin J. (stories) (chron.)
ANDERSON, KEVIN J(ames) (1962- ); see pseudonym Gabriel Mesta (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Crystal Doors Book I: Island Realm (with Rebecca Moesta) See entry under Rebecca Moesta.
* _Crystal Doors, Book II: Ocean Realm (with Rebecca Moesta) See entry under Rebecca Moesta.
* _Hunters of Dune (with Brian Herbert) See entry under Brian Herbert.
* _Ill Wind (with Doug Beason) (Tor/Forge 978-0-765-35776-2, Mar 2007, $7.99, 563pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) Reissue (Tor 1995) SF thriller of biotechnology and ecological disaster.
* *The Last Days of Krypton (HarperEntertainment 978-0-06-134074-1, Nov 2007, $25.95, 412pp, hc, cover by James Jean) [Superman] Novelization about Superman’s homeworld. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
* _The Saga of Seven Suns 1: Hidden Empire (Orbit US 978-0-316-00344-5, Nov 2007, $7.99, 639pp, pb) [Saga of Seven Suns] Reissue (Warner Aspect 2002) SF novel, first in the Saga of Seven Suns trilogy.
* _The Saga of Seven Suns 2: A Forest of Stars (Orbit US 978-0-316-00345-2, Nov 2007, $7.99, 669pp, pb) [Saga of Seven Suns] Reissue (Warner Aspect 2003) SF novel, second in the Saga of Seven Suns trilogy.
* _The Saga of Seven Suns 3: Horizon Storms (Orbit US 978-0-316-00347-6, Nov 2007, $7.99, 626pp, pb) [Saga of Seven Suns] Reissue (Warner Aspect 2004) SF novel, third in the series.
* _The Saga of Seven Suns 4: Scattered Suns (Orbit US 978-0-316-00348-3, Nov 2007, $7.99, 691pp, pb) [Saga of Seven Suns] Reissue (Warner Aspect 2005) SF novel, fourth in the series.
* _The Saga of Seven Suns 5: Of Fire and Night (Orbit US 978-0-316-02173-9, Nov 2007, $7.99, 659pp, pb) [Saga of Seven Suns] Reprint (Warner Aspect 2006) SF novel, fifth in the series.
* *The Saga of Seven Suns 6: Metal Swarm (Orbit US 978-0-316-02174-6, Dec 2007, $25.99, 461pp, hc) [Saga of Seven Suns] SF novel, sixth in the series.
* _The Saga of Seven Suns: Book Five: Of Fire and Night (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 978-1-4615-0292-0, Aug 2007, £7.99, 708pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Saga of Seven Suns] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 2006) SF novel.
* _Sandworms of Dune (with Brian Herbert) See entry under Brian Herbert.
* _Slan Hunter (with A. E. van Vogt) See entry under A. E. van Vogt
ANDERSON, M. T. (stories) (chron.)

* _The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen (Harcourt 978-0-15-205407-6, Jun 2007, $5.95, 251pp, tp, cover by Tim Gabor) Reprint (Harcourt 2006) humorous young-adult SF, second in M.T. Anderson’s Thrilling Tales. Illustrated by Kurt Cyrus.
ANDERSON, POUL (William) (1926-2001) (stories) (chron.)

* *To Outlive Eternity and Other Stories (Baen 978-1-4165-2113-6, Mar 2007, $14.00, 501pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Collection of six novellas and the novel After Doomsday 1962. (Contents)
ANDREWS, ILONA; pseudonym of Andrew Gordon & Ilona Gordon (chron.)

* *Magic Bites (Ace 978-0-441-01489-7, Apr 2007, $6.99, 260pp, pb, cover by Chad Michael Ward) [Kate Daniels] Urban fantasy novel set in a world where an unstable magic has returned and technology only works intermittantly. Mercenary Kate Daniels faces both vampires and shapeshifters when she investigates her guardian’s death. Andrews is a pen name for the husband-wife writing team Andrew & Ilona Gordon.
ANDREWS, MARY (chron.)

* *The Fireborn Chronicles: Fireborn Found (Swimming Kangaroo Books 978-1-934041-50-5, Dec 2007, $14.99, 270pp, tp, cover by Laura Diehl) SF novel. A man from the Hive Planet works undercover for the Universal Government to uncover a ring of psionic criminals. This is a print-on-demand edition available from [www.swimmingkangaroo.com]; Swimming Kangaroo Books, 1907 Green Apple Lane, Arlington TX 76014.
ANDREWS, SCOTT (stories) (chron.)

* *The Afterblight Chronicles: School’s Out (Abaddon Books 978-1-905437-40-5, Sep 2007, £6.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Afterblight Chronicles] SF novel. Book three in a postapocalyptic series.
* +The Afterblight Chronicles: School’s Out (Abaddon Books US 978-1-905437-40-5, Oct 2007, $7.99, 288pp, pb) [Afterblight Chronicles] Shared world post-apocalypse SF novel. Copyrighted by Rebellion.
ANDREWS, TONI (chron.)

* *Beg for Mercy (Harlequin/MIRA 978-0-7783-2365-5, Sep 2007, $6.99, 309pp, pb) [Mercy Hollings] Paranormal romance in a series featuring Mercy Hollings, who has the unwanted power to make people do whatever she tells them.
ANDREWS^®, THE NEW VIRGINIA; see under Andrews®, V. C. (chron.)
ANDREWS^®, V. C. [The New Virginia Andrews^®] (chron.)

* _Rain (Pocket Star 978-0-671-00767-6, May 2007, $7.99, 440pp, pb) [Hudson Family] Reissue (Pocket 2000) associational gothic horror novel, first in a series. This is a movie tie-in edition. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Vanda General Partnership.
* *Secrets in the Attic (Pocket Star 978-1-4165-3082-4, Sep 2007, $7.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Secrets in the Attic] Associational gothic novel. A hardcover edition (-3088-6, $25.00) was announced but not seen. The author is probably still Andrew Niederman. Copyrighted by the Vanda General Partnership.
ANGHELIDES, PETER (chron.)

* *Torchwood: Another Life (BBC Books 978-0-563-48653-4, Jan 2007, £6.99, 253pp, hc) [Torchwood] Novelization based on the world of the TV series about supernatural investigators, spun off from the new Doctor Who.
ANNA, VIVI (chron.)

* *Blood Secrets (Harlequin/Silhouette Nocturne 978-0-373-61758-6, Mar 2007, $5.25, 283pp, pb) [Valorian Chronicles] Paranormal romance novel. Caine Valorian’s paranormally talented Otherworld Crime Unit gets a new recruit — an eager human female.
ANOLIK, RUTH BIENSTOCK, ed. (chron.)

* *Horrifying Sex: Essays on Sexual Difference in Gothic Literature (McFarland 978-0-7864-3014-7, Jun 2007, $39.95, 268pp, tp) Non-fiction, a selection of 16 essays about sex in Gothic literature from Edgar Allan Poe and Ann Radcliffe to Clive Barker. Each essay has notes and bibliography; a general index is also provided. Available from McFarland & Company, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; orders 800-253-2187; [www.mcfarlandpub.com].
ANONYMOUS (stories) (chron.)

* _Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Oxford University Press 978-0-19-954344-1, Dec 2007, $10.95, 300+xxxvii, tp) Reprint (Edward Lloyd 1850 as The String of Pearls) associational non-supernatural horror novel. The book’s history is murky; this was serialized in 1846-7 and published in expanded book form in 1850, but there may have been another version before the serial. This movie tie-in edition follows the text of the serial version, with some corrections. Edited and with historical introduction and notes by Robert L. Mack.
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* *666: The Number of the Beast (Scholastic/Point 978-0-545-02117-3, Sep 2007, $14.99, 330pp, hc) Young-adult original anthology of 18 horror stories. Authors include Christopher Pike, Joyce Carol Oates, Bentley Little, and P.D. Cacek. (Contents)
* *Beyond the Dark (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21876-1, Dec 2007, $14.00, 375pp, tp, cover by Don Sipley) Erotic paranormal romance anthology. Authors are Angela Knight, Diane Whiteside, Emma Holly, and Lora Leigh. (Contents)
* *Classic Tales of Horror Volume 1 (Bloody Books 0-9549476-8-1, Apr 2006, £9.99, 251pp, tp) Anthology of 15 dark fantasy stories. This was published in 2006 but not seen until now. (Contents)
* *Dead of Night (Jove 978-0-515-14367-6, Nov 2007, $7.99, 394pp, pb) Original anthology of four paranormal romance stories. Authors are J.D. Robb (with an Eve Dallas vampire story), Mary Blayney, Ruth Ryan Langan, and Mary Kay McComas. (Contents)
* *Demon’s Delight (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21381-0, Mar 2007, $14.00, 313pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Original anthology of four paranormal romance novellas. Authors are MaryJanice Davidson, Emma Holly, Vickie Taylor, Catherine Spangler. (Contents)
* *Dragon Lovers (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 978-0-451-22039-4, Mar 2007, $14.00, 375pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Original anthology of four fantasy romance stories involving dragons, by Jo Beverley, Mary Jo Putney, Karen Harbaugh, and Barbara Samuel. (Contents)
* *Elemental Magic (Berkley 978-0-425-21786-3, Nov 2007, $15.00, 378pp, tp) Original anthology of four fantasy romance stories. Authors are Sharon Shinn, Jean Johnson, Carol Berg, and Rebecca York. (Contents)
* *An Enchanted Season (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21785-6, Oct 2007, $14.00, 341pp, tp) Original anthology of four paranormal romance stories celebrating the winter holidays. Authors are Maggie Shayne, Erin McCarthy, Nalini Singh, and Jean Johnson. 563 (Contents)
* *Fendi, Ferragamo, & Fangs (Berkley Jam 978-0-425-21539-5, Jul 2007, $9.99, 278pp, tp) Young-adult original anthology of three linked chick-lit vampire stories about teens who enter a modeling contest and end up vampires. Authors are Julie Kenner, Johanna Edwards, and Serena Robar. (Contents)
* *Hell on Heels (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21527-2, Jun 2007, $14.00, 314pp, tp, cover by Danny O’Leary) Anthology of three paranormal romance stories about three daughters of Satan. Authors are Julie Kenner, Kathleen O’Reilly, and Dee Davis. (Contents)
* *Holiday with a Vampire (Harlequin/Silhouette Nocturne 978-0-373-61776-0, 2007, $5.25, 288pp, pb) Original anthology of two Christmas vampire romance novellas by Maureen Child and Caridad Piñeiro. (Contents)
* *Holidays Are Hell (Harper 978-0-06-123909-0, Nov 2007, $7.99, 374pp, pb) Original anthology of four supernatural romance stories by Kim Harrison, Lynsay Sands, Marjorie Liu, and Vicki Petersson. (Contents)
* *Judge Dredd: I Am the Law (BL Publishing/Black Flame 1-84416-412-8, Oct 2006, £8.99, 759pp, tp) [Judge Dredd] Omnibus of four novelisations based on the comic-book character: Dredd vs. Death by Gordon Rennie (2002), Bad Moon Rising by David Bishop (2004), Black Atlantic by Simon Jowett & Peter J. Evans (2004), and Eclipse by James Swallow (2004). (Contents)
* *Love on the Dark Side (Black Lace 978-0-352-34132-7, Aug 2007, £7.99, 269pp, pb) Original anthology of three stories of paranormal erotica and romance. (Contents)
* *Moon Fever (Pocket 978-1-4165-1490-9, Oct 2007, $6.99, 374pp, pb) Paranormal romance anthology with four stories by Susan Sizemore, Maggie Shayne, Lori Handeland, and Caridad Piniero. (Contents)
* _The Nightmare Factory: based on the stories by Thomas Ligotti (Fox Atomic Comics UK 978-0-00-726638-8, Oct 2007, £9.99, 109pp, tp, cover by Ashley Wood) Reprint (Fox Atomic Comics 2007) collection of four graphic adaptations of stories by Ligotti. Each story has a new introduction by Ligotti. [First U.K. edition] [Ligotti]
* *No Rest for the Witches (St. Martin’s 978-0-312-94921-1, Oct 2007, $7.99, 330pp, pb) Original anthology of four paranormal romance novellas by MaryJanice Davidson, Cheyenne McCray, Christin Warren, and Lori Handeland. (Contents)
* *On the Prowl (Berkley 978-0-425-21859-0, Aug 2007, $7.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Tony Mauro) Original anthology of four paranormal romance/urban fantasy stories. Authors are Patricia Briggs, Karen Chance, Sunny, and Eileen Wilks. (Contents)
* *Over the Moon (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21343-8, Jan 2007, $7.99, 330pp, pb) Original anthology of four paranormal romance stories. Authors are Angela Knight, MaryJanice Davidson, Virginia Kantra, and Sunny. (Contents)
* *Phantoms of the Phil: The Third Proceedings (Side Real Press 0-9542953-3-1, 2007, £15.00, hc) Original anthology of ghost stories read by their authors in Newcastle’s private library, the Literary and Philosophical Society. Limited to 300 numbered copies. (Contents)
* *Prom Nights from Hell (HarperCollins 978-0-06-125309-6, May 2007, $9.99, 304pp, tp) Young-adult original anthology of five stories of prom nights gone paranormally bad. Authors are Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer, and Lauren Myracle. (Contents)
* *Scary Stories (Chronicle Books 978-0-8118-5414-6, Oct 2006, $16.95, 182pp, hc, cover by Barry Moser) Young-adult horror anthology of 19 stories and a poem, illustrated by Moser. Introduction by Peter Glassman. (Contents)
* *Shards of Crimson (Dorchester/Love Spell 978-0-505-52710-3, Jan 2007, $7.99, 370pp, pb) [Crimson City] Shared-world original anthology of four stories set in the Crimson City series about a Los Angeles run by vampires. Authors are Liz Maverick, Patti O’Shea, Carolyn Jewel, and Jade Lee. (Contents)
* *Star Trek: Corps of Engineers: Grand Designs (Pocket 978-1-4165-4489-0, Jul 2007, $16.00, 634pp, tp) [Star Trek: Corps of Engineers] Anthology of six Star Trek stories, all originally published online. Copyrighted by CBS Studios. (Contents)
* *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Twist of Faith (Pocket 978-1-4165-3415-0, May 2007, $18.00, 660+xxiv, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Omnibus of four Star Trek: Deep Space Nine novelizations, all originally published in 2001: Avatar, Book One and Avatar, Book Two by S.D. Perry, Abyss by David Weddle & Jeffrey Lang, and Demons of Air and Darkness by Keith R.A. DeCandido, plus the story “Ivory and Horn” by Keith R.A. DeCandido. Introduction by David R. George III. Copyrighted by CBS Studios. (Contents)
* *Star Trek: Mirror Universe, Part 1: Glass Empires (Pocket 978-1-4165-2459-5, Feb 2007, $16.00, 456pp, tp) [Star Trek: Mirror Universe] Star Trek anthology of three short novels. Authors are Dayton Ward, Kevin Dilmore, & Mike Sussman; David Mack; and Greg Cox. Copyrighted by CBS Studios. (Contents)
* *Star Trek: Mirror Universe, Part 2: Obsidian Alliances (Pocket 978-1-4165-2471-7, Mar 2007, $16.00, 438pp, tp, cover by Tom Hallman) [Star Trek: Mirror Universe] Star Trek anthology of three short novels by Keith R.A. DeCandido, Peter David, and Sarah Shaw. Copyrighted by CBS Studios. (Contents)

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