The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

GASCOIGNE, MARC, ed. (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *Warhammer: Tales of the Old World (with Christian Dunn) (BL Punblishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-452-3, Apr 2007, £9.99, 765pp, tp) [Warhammer] Collection of 37 stories based on the fantasy roleplaying game. Many were previously anthologized in Warhammer: Realm of Chaos (1999) and Warhammer: Lords of Valour (2001), plus some originals. (Contents)
• * +Warhammer: Tales of the Old World (with Christian Dunn) (BL Publishing/Black Library US 978-1-84416-452-3, May 2007, $11.99, 761pp, tp, cover by David Gallagher) [Warhammer] Anthology of 36 stories, seven original, based on the fantasy roleplaying game. Many were previously collected in Warhammer: Rules of Chaos (2000) and Warhammer: Lords of Valour (2001). Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (4/07) edition, but only gives US and Canadian prices.

GATES, R(andy) PATRICK (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *’Vaders (Kensington/Pinnacle 978-0-7860-1825-3, Jul 2007, $6.99, 494pp, pb) Horror novel. Spores turn people into monsters.

GATISS, MARK (chron.)

• * _The Devil in Amber (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 978-0-7434-8380-3, Jul 2007, £7.99, 248pp, tp) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 2006) fantasy novel.

GAVIN, RICHARD (stories) (chron.)

• * *Omens (Mythos Books 978-0-9789911-2-8, Apr 2007, $30.00, 132+xiv, tp, cover by Harry O. Morris) Original collection of 12 horror stories, five reprints. Mythos Books, 351 Lake Ridge Road, Poplar Bluff MO 63901-2160; [www.mythosbooks.com]. (Contents)

GEAR, KATHLEEN (Marie) O’NEAL (1954- ) (chron.)

• * _Bone Walker (with W. Michael Gear) (Tor 978-0-7653-5998-8, Jan 2008, $4.99, 662pp, pb) [Anasazi Mysteries] Reissue (Forge 2001) anthropological mystery/horror novel, third in the Anasazi Mysteries series. This is a special price edition.
• * *It Dreams in Me (Tor/Forge 978-0-7653-1167-2, Jun 2007, $12.95, 254pp, tp, cover by Vince Natale) [It Sleeps in Me] Prehistoric novel with supernatural elements, third in the series begun in It Sleeps in Me.
• * _It Wakes in Me (Tor 978-0-765-35026-8, Mar 2007, $7.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Vince Natale) [It Sleeps in Me] Reprint (Forge 2006) prehistoric novel with supernatural elements, sequel to It Sleeps in Me.
• * _The Summoning God (with W. Michael Gear) (Tor 978-0-7653-5999-5, Jan 2008, $4.99, 561pp, pb) [Anasazi Mysteries] Reissue (Forge 2000) anthropological mystery/horror novel, second in the Anasazi Mysteries series. This is a special price edition.
• * _The Visitant (with W. Michael Gear) (Tor 978-0-7653-6000-7, Jan 2008, $4.99, 498pp, pb) [Anasazi Mysteries] Reissue (Forge 1999) horror novel/anthropological mystery, first in the Anasazi Mysteries series.

GEAR, W(illiam) MICHAEL (1955- ) (chron.)

• * _Bone Walker (with Kathleen O’Neal Gear) See entry under Kathleen O’Neal Gear.
• * _The Summoning God (with Kathleen O’Neal Gear) See entry under Kathleen O’Neal Gear.
• * _The Visitant (with Kathleen O’Neal Gear) See entry under Kathleen O’Neal Gear.

GEAUTERRE, GEOFF (chron.)

• * *Behold the Eyes of Light (Twilight Times Books 1-933353-26-0, Oct 2006, $16.95, 179pp, tp, cover by Ardy M. Scortt) [Eyes of Light] Fantasy novel, the first book in the Eyes of Light series. This appeared as an ebook in 2004. A mutant feline from a dying planet uses her gift to travel across dimensions in search of a way to save her people. Twilight Times Books, PO Box 3340, Kingsport TN 37664; [www.twilighttimesbooks.com].

GEE, EMILY (chron.)

• * *Thief with No Shadow (BL Publishing/Solaris 978-1-84416-469-1, Apr 2007, £7.99, 463pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Fantasy novel. Melke the Thief steals a necklace that is a family’s only hope of breaking a curse.
• * *Thief with No Shadow (BL Publishing/Solaris US 978-1-84416-469-1, May 2007, $7.99, 463pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Fantasy novel. A thief discovers a stolen necklace is the key to breaking a curse.

GEE, HENRY, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Futures from Nature (Tor 978-0-7653-1805-3, Nov 2007, $24.95, 320pp, hc) Anthology of 100 stories of possible futures originally published in Nature. Authors include Arthur C. Clarke, Cory Doctorow, Michael Moorcock, and Kim Stanley Robinson. (Contents)

GELB, JEFF(rey B.), ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Dark Delicacies II: Fear (with Del Howison) See entry under Del Howison.
• * _Dark Delicacies: Original Stories of the Macabre from Today’s Greatest Horror Writers (with Del Howison) See entry under Del Howison.
• * *Hot Blood XIII: Dark Passions (with Michael Garrett) (Kensington 9780907582-1413-3, Aug 2007, $12.95, 325pp, tp) Original anthology of 20 erotic horror stories, 13th in the Hot Blood series. Authors include Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, David J. Schow, and Thomas Tessier. (Contents)

GELLIS, ROBERTA (Leah, née Jacobs) (1927- ) (chron.)

• * _By Slanderous Tongues (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey

GEMMELL, DAVID A(ndrew) (1948-2006) (chron.)

• * _Dark Prince (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-49478-8, Mar 2007, $7.99, 542pp, pb) [Lion of Macedon] Reprint (Legend 1991) fantasy novel, sequel to Lion of Macedon.
• * *Troy: Fall of Kings (with Stella Gemmell) (Transworld/Bantam UK 978-0-593-05225-9, Aug 2007, £17.99, 496pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Troy] Fantasy novel, the third in the trilogy by David Gemmell, completed by his widow. A trade paperback (Airport) edition (-05226-6, £10.99) was announced but not seen.
• * +Troy: Fall of Kings (with Stella Gemmell) (Ballantine 978-0-345-47703-3, Jan 2008, $25.95, 447pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Troy] Historical fantasy novel of ancient Troy, third in the series by David Gemmell, finished after his death by wife Stella. First US edition (Bantam UK 9/07).
• * +Troy: Shield of Thunder (Ballantine 978-0-345-47701-9, Apr 2007, $25.95, 490pp, hc, cover by Craig Howell) [Troy] Historical fantasy novel of ancient Troy, second in the series. First US edition (Bantam UK 9/06).
• * _Troy: Shield of Thunder (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-15112-2, Apr 2007, £6.99, 640pp, pb) [Troy] Reprint (Bantam UK 2006) fantasy novel, the second in a trilogy.
• * _Troy: Shield of Thunder (Ballantine 978-0-345-47702-6, Dec 2007, $14.95, 490pp, tp, cover by Craig Howell) [Troy] Reprint (Bantam UK 2006) historical fantasy novel of ancient Troy, second in the series.

GEMMELL, STELLA (chron.)

• * _Troy: Fall of Kings (with David A. Gemmell) See entry under David A. Gemmell

GENTLE, MARY R(osalyn) (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * +Ilario: The Lion’s Eye (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-082183-8, Jul 2007, $14.95, 303pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Story of the First History] Medieval fantasy/alternate history novel, book one of A Story of the First History. This is the first US edition, the first of two parts originally published in the UK as a single volume by the same title (Gollancz 11/06).
• * _Ilario: The Lion’s Eye (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08041-6, Dec 2007, £8.99, 663pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) [Story of the First History] Reprint (Gollancz 2006) medieval fantasy/alternate history novel in the First History series.
• * +Ilario: The Stone Golem (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-134498-5, Sep 2007, $14.95, 361pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Story of the First History] Medieval fantasy/alternate history novel, the second part of Ilario: The Lion’s Eye (Gollancz 11/06); this is the first US edition.
• * _Rats and Gargoyles (SFBC #1229187, Apr 2007, $12.99, 420pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Reprint (Bantam UK 1990) fantasy novel. This SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection edition has ISBN 978-0-7394-8204-9; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

GENTRY, ED (chron.)

• * *Forgotten Realms: Neversfall (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4782-9, Dec 2007, $6.99, 312pp, pb, cover by David Seidman) [Forgotten Realms: Citadels] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, part of The Citadels subseries. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

GEORGE, DAVID R., III (stories) (chron.)

• * *Star Trek: Crucible: Kirk: The Star to Every Wandering (Pocket 978-0-7434-9170-9, Mar 2007, $7.99, 292pp, pb, cover by John Picacio) [Star Trek: Crucible] Star Trek novelization, the third book in a series. This is a 40th anniversary edition. Copyrighted by CBS Studios.

GEORGE, JESSICA DAY (chron.)

• * *Dragon Slippers (Bloomsbury USA 978-1-59990-057-5, Apr 2007, $16.95, 324pp, hc, cover by Peter Ferguson) [Dragon Slippers] Young-adult fantasy. A girl decides to seek her own fortune, unwittingly aided by magic slippers acquired from a dragon.
• * *Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow (Bloomsbury USA 978-1-59990-109-1, Jan 2008, $16.95, 328pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy based on the Norwegian fairy tale “East of the Sun, West of the Moon”. A woodcutter’s daughter agrees to spend a year with a bear in his castle of ice.

GEORGE, JON (chron.)

• * _Zootsuit Black (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0-330-41985-7, Apr 2007, £6.99, 399pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Tor UK 2006) SF novel.

GERAS, ADÈLE (chron.)

• * _Ithaka (Harcourt 978-0-15-206104-3, Aug 2007, $6.95, 360pp, tp, cover by Erich Lessing) Reprint (Fickling UK 2005) young-adult account of Penelope’s wait for Odysseus’s return from Troy.

GERLACH, STEVE (stories) (chron.)

• * +Love Lies Dying (Bloodletting Press 978-0-9768531-5-2, Mar 2007, $45.00, 617pp, hc, cover by Vince Natale) Associational psychological thriller/horror novel. Introduction by Brian Keene. First US edition (Probable Cause Productions Australia 2002). This is a signed, limited edition of 300; a deluxe lettered edition of 26 is also available. Bloodletting Press, 3732 Havenhurst Ct., Modesto CA 95355; [www.bloodlettingpress.com]; [bloodlettingpress@yahoo.com].

GERNSBACK, HUGO (1884-1967) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Hugo Gernsback: A Man Well Ahead of His Time (Poptronix 978-1-4196-5858-0, Jun 2007, $29.99, tp) Non-fiction, an autobiography (in biography form) by Gernsback written in the 1950s, found and edited by Larry Steckler after he closed down Gernsback Publications in 2002. This mostly covers Gernsback’s inventions, electronics magazines, etc., with not much SF. Black-and-white illustrations include magazine covers, photos, and numerous patents filed by Gernsback. An appendix includes 20 April Fool’s articles by Gernsback, published as by Mohammed Ulysses Fips, about nonexistant inventions. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.booksurge.com].

GERRITSEN, TESS (1953- ) (chron.)

• * _The Mephisto Club (Ballantine 978-0-345-47700-2, Aug 2007, $7.99, 429pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 2006) mystery with possible supernatural elements.

GERROLD, DAVID; pseudonym of Jerrold David Friedman, (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Involuntary Human (NESFA Press 978-1-886778-68-9, Feb 2007, $27.00, 477pp, hc, cover by Gary A. Lippincott) Collection of 14 stories, one original; three novel excerpts, one from the unfinished sixth book in The War Against the Chtorr series; an unproduced and previously unpublished script for Star Trek: The Next Generation; limericks; quotes from “Solomon Short”; and discussions of the writing of each piece by Gerrold. Introduction by Spider Robinson. Published for Gerrold’s appearance as GoH at Boskone 44. This is a signed edition; a signed, slipcased edition (-69-6, $45.00) is also available. Available from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701; [www.nesfa.org/press]; add $2.50 postage. (Contents)
• * _The Martian Child (Tor 978-0-7653-5976-6, Sep 2007, $6.99, 190pp, pb) Reprint (Forge 2002) associational autobiographical novel about a single father and his adopted son who thinks he’s a Martian. This is a movie tie-in edition. A trade paperback edition (-2003-2, $12.95) is also available.

GERSHON, DANN (chron.)

• * _Camp Creepy Time (with Gina Gershon) See entry under Gina Gershon.

GERSHON, GINA (chron.)

• * *Camp Creepy Time (with Dann Gershon) (Penguin/Putnam 978-0-399-24737-8, May 2007, $16.99, 215pp, hc, cover by Zach Baldus) Young-adult fantasy novel. Einstein P. Fleet finds camp worse than he expected: kids are turning into monsters, and the counselors are aliens.

GEVERS, NICK, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Infinity Plus (with Keith N. Brooke) See entry under Keith N. Brooke

GIBBONS, ALAN (chron.)

• * *The Rise of the Blood Moon (Orion Children’s Books 1-84255-178-7, Jul 2006, £5.99, 346pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) [Lost Souls] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first in the Lost Souls series.
• * *Scared to Death (Orion Children’s Books 978-1-84255-177-6, Jul 2007, £6.99, 378pp, hc) Young-adult dark fantasy novel.

GIBSON, GARY M. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Stealing Light (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0-230-70040-6, Oct 2007, £16.99, 441pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Stealing Light] SF novel, the first book in a trilogy. Aliens control the secret to FTL travel in the 25th century.

GIBSON, WILLIAM (Ford) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Spook Country (Putnam 978-0-399-15430-0, Aug 2007, $25.95, 371pp, hc, cover by Nicole LaRoche) Quasi-SF novel exploring the paranoid present through four characters who inadvertently become tangled in a web of espionage, politics, and art.
• * _Spook Country (Penguin Audio 978-0-14-314220-1, Aug 2007, $29.95, audio bx, cover by Nicole LaRoche) Audiobook edition of the Putnam (2007) quasi-SF novel. This is an unabridged nine-CD set, read by Robertson Dean.

GIFUNE, GREG F. (chron.)

• * _The Bleeding Season (Delirium Books 978-1-929653-77-5, Oct 2007, $16.95, 339pp, tp, cover by Alan M. Clark) Reprint (Delirium Books 2003, not seen) horror novel. Delirium Books, PO Box 338, North Webster IN 46555; [deliriumbooks@kconline.com]; [www.deliriumbooks.com].

GILKERSON, WILLIAM (chron.)

• * _The Brotherhood of Pirates (Transworld/Corgi 978-1-8623-0440-6, May 2007, £5.99, 362pp, tp) Reprint (Trumpeter Books 2006 as Pirate’s Passage) young-adult fantasy novel of a sea captain in the 1950s who appears to know a bit too much about the time of pirates. [First U.K. edition]

GILLER, MARC (chron.)

• * _Prodigal (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-58787-6, Nov 2007, $6.99, 514pp, pb, cover by John Warden) [Lea Prism] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2006) SF novel, sequel to Hammerjack.

GILLIVER, PETER (chron.)

• * *The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary (with Jeremy Marshall & Edmund Weiner) (Oxford University Press 0-19-861069-6, Apr 2006, £12.99, 240pp, hc) Critical book. [Tolkien]

GILMAN, CAROLYN IVES (stories) (chron.)

• * *Aliens of the Heart (Aqueduct Press 978-1-933500-17-1, Nov 2007, $9.00, 114pp, ph, cover by Kathryn Wilham) Chapbook collection of four stories, one original, of the American heartland. Part of the Conversation Pieces chapbook series. Aqueduct Press, PO Box 95787, Seattle WA 98145-2787; [www.aqueductpress.com]. (Contents)

GILMAN, DAVID (chron.)

• * *The Devil’s Breath (Penguin/Puffin UK 978-0-141-32302-2, Jun 2007, £6.99, 387pp, tp) [Max Gordon] Young-adult thriller with fantasy elements, first book in the Max Gordon series.

GILMAN, FELIX (chron.)

• * *Thunderer (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-80676-2, Jan 2008, $24.00, 437pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Thunderer] Epic fantasy novel set in the ever-changing Dickensian city of Ararat. A first novel.

GILMAN, LAURA ANNE (1967- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Burning Bridges (Harlequin/Luna 978-0-373-80274-6, Jun 2007, $14.95, 410pp, tp) [Retrievers] Contemporary urban fantasy/mystery novel, fourth in the Retrievers series. Wren has to take a visible role in the magical community as attacks against magic users and nonhuman Fatae escalate.

GILSON, P. D. (chron.)

• * *Gaea: Beyond the Son (Helios Publishing 978-0-9803910-0-8, Oct 2007, $21.99, 299pp, hc, cover by Tomas Kuklik) [Gaea] Novelization based on the Gaea Universe created by David Lagettie. This is a print-on-demand edition. Copyrighted by SimLogic Pty.

GINGRICH, NEWT (chron.)

• * _Never Call Retreat (with William R. Forstchen) (St. Martin’s 978-0-312-94931-0, Apr 2007, $7.99, 609pp, pb) [Gettysburg] Reprint (St. Martin’s 2005) alternate-history novel of the American Civil War, the third in a trilogy. A Thomas Dunne book.
• * *Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8th (with William R. Forstchen) (St. Martin’s 978-0-312-36350-5, May 2007, $25.95, 366pp, hc, cover by Shasti O’Leary Soudant) [Pearl Harbor] Alternate-history novel of WWII. This is a Thomas Dunne book.

GLASBY, J(ohn) S(tephen) (1928- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Crimson Peril (Gryphon Publications 1-58250-085-1, May 2007, $16.00, 118pp, tp, cover by Ron Turner) [Golden Amazon] SF novella continuing John Russell Fearn’s Golden Amazon series; this is #29 in the series. Introduction by Philip Harbottle. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; [www.gryphonbooks.com].
• * *Seetee Sun (Gryphon Publications 1-58250-084-3, May 2007, $16.00, 123pp, tp, cover by Ron Turner) [Golden Amazon] SF novella continuing John Russell Fearn’s Golden Amazon series; this is #28 in the series. Introduction by Philip Harbottle. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; [www.gryphonbooks.com].

GLASS, BRYAN, et al. (chron.)

• * _Magician: Apprentice, Volume One (with Raymond E. Feist & Michael Avon Oeming) See entry under Raymond E. Feist

GLEASON, COLLEEN (chron.)

• * *The Rest Falls Away (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 978-0-451-22007-3, Jan 2007, $6.99, 347pp, pb) [Gardella Vampire Chronicles] Paranormal Regency romance, the first in the Gardella Vampire Chronicles. Victoria is chosen on the eve of her debut to be the latest vampire slayer in the Gardella family.