The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007
Books, Listed by Author
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- GLEASON, COLLEEN (chron.) (continued)
- GLICK, RUTH (Burtnick) (1942- ); see pseudonym Rebecca York (stories) (chron.)
- GLIORI, DEBI (chron.)
- * _Deep Fear (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-55048-2, Apr 2007, £5.99, 332pp, tp) [Strega-Borgia family] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2006) humorous young-adult fantasy novel. Book six in the Strega-Borgia series, with illustrations by Gliori.
- GLOVER, JASON (chron.)
- * *The Perception Experiment (Thirdeye Publications 978-0-9790981-2-3, Apr 2007, $14.95, 324pp, tp) Dystopian SF novel. A man begins to realize his perfect world is produced through mind control. Thirdeye Publications, PO Box 2423, Traverse City MI 49685; [www.thirdeyepublications.com].
- GLYER, DIANA PAVLAC (chron.)
- * *The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien as Writers in Community (Kent State University Press 978-0-87338-890-0, Apr 2007, $45.00, 293+xix, tp) Non-fiction, a critical examination of Tolkien, Lewis, and the other Inklings and their influence on each other. Includes bibliography and index. [Lewis, Tolkien]
- GOLDEN, BRUCE (stories) (chron.)
- * *Better Than Chocolate (Zumaya Publications 978-1-934135-46-4, May 2007, $14.99, 292pp, tp, cover by Dan Skinner & Martine Jardin) SF mytery novel. San Francisco Police Inspector Noah Dane’s murder investigation leads to a new virtual reality experience. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.zumayapublications.com]; Zumaya Publications, 3209 S. IH35 #1086, Austin TX 78741-6905.
- GOLDEN, CHRISTIE (chron.)
- * *StarCraft: Dark Templar, Book Two: Shadow Hunters (Pocket Star 978-0-7434-7126-8, Dec 2007, $7.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Glenn Rane) [StarCraft: Dark Templar] Novelization based on the SF computer game series, the second volume in a trilogy. Copyrighted by Blizzard Entertainment.
- * *StarCraft: The Dark Templar Saga: Firstborn (Pocket Star 978-0-7434-7125-1, Jun 2007, $7.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Glenn Rane) [StarCraft: Dark Templar] Novelization based on the SF computer game series. Copyrighted by Blizzard Entertainment.
- GOLDEN, CHRISTOPHER (1967- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Baltimore: Or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire (with Michael Mignola) See entry under Michael Mignola.
- * *The Borderkind (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-38327-0, Apr 2007, $12.00, 375pp, tp) [Veil] Dark fantasy novel, book two of the Veil series.
- * *Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Dark Congress (Simon Spotlight Entertainment 978-1-4169-3631-2, Aug 2007, $9.99, 270pp, tp) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Novelization based on the world of the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
- * *Crashing Paradise (with Thomas E. Sniegoski) (Ace 978-0-441-01532-0, Sep 2007, $7.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Christian McGrath) [Menagerie] Dark fantasy novel, fourth in The Menagerie series.
- * *Hellboy: The Dragon Pool (Pocket Star 978-1-4165-0785-7, Apr 2007, $7.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Mike Mignola) [Hellboy] Novelization based on the dark fantasy movie and comic book by Mike Mignola. Copyrighted by Mike Mignola.
- * _The Myth Hunters (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-58778-4, Feb 2007, $6.99, 414pp, pb) [Veil] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2006) dark fantasy novel, book one in The Veil trilogy.
- * _The Seven Whistlers (with Amber Benson) See entry under Amber Benson.
- GOLDING, JULIA (chron.)
- * *The Chimera’s Curse (Oxford University Press 978-0-19-275459-2, Sep 2007, £8.99, 342pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Companions] Young-adult fantasy novel, book four in the Companions quartet. Follows Secret of the Sirens, The Gorgon’s Gaze, Mines of the Minotaur.
- * *Mines of the Minotaur (Oxford University Press 978-0-19-275458-5, Mar 2007, £8.99, 311pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Companions] Young-adult fantasy novel, book three of the Companions Quartet.
- * _Mines of the Minotaur (Oxford University Press 978-0-19-275462-2, Aug 2007, £5.99, 311pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Companions] Reprint (Oxford University Press 2007) young-adult fantasy novel, book three in the Companions Quartet.
- GOLDMAN, WILLIAM (W.) (1931- ) (chron.)
- * _The Princess Bride (Harcourt 978-0-15-603521-7, Oct 3007, $8.00, 456+xliv, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1973) humorous fantasy novel. A trade paperback edition (-603515-6, $15.00, xli+414pp) and hardcover edition (-101544-3, $25.00, xli+414pp) are also available.
- GOLEMON, DAVID L. (chron.)
- * _Event (St. Martin’s 978-0-312-37028-2, Apr 2007, $6.99, 482pp, pb) [Event Group] Reprint (St. Martin’s 2006) SF thriller. The Event Group investigates a UFO crash in the American Southwest. A Thomas Dunne book.
- * *Legend (St. Martin’s 978-0-312-35263-9, Aug 2007, $24.95, 339pp, hc, cover by Larry Ronsant) [Event Group] SF thriller of the Event Group. The legend of El Dorado leads the Event Group to the Amazon jungle and deadly Inca secrets. A Thomas Dunne book.
- GOODKIND, TERRY (1948- ) (chron.)
- * *Confessor (Tor 978-0-7653-1523-6, Nov 2007, $29.95, 603pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Fantasy novel, 11th and final in The Sword of Truth series. A leatherbound, signed, limited edition (-1555-7, $250.00) was announced but not seen. Simultaneous with the Voyager UK edition.
- * *Confessor (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-725082-0, Nov 2007, £20.00, 605pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Fantasy novel, the 11th and final in the Sword of Truth series. Simultaneous with the US (Tor) edition.
- * _Phantom (Tor 978-0-7653-444328, Jun 2007, $7.99, 673pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel, tenth in the Sword of Truth series.
- * _Phantom (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-714565-2, Jun 2007, £6.99, 645pp, pb) [Sword of Truth] Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel, the tenth in the Sword of Truth series.
- GOODMAN, ALISON M. (chron.)
- * *Killing the Rabbit (Bantam 978-0-553-59011-1, Aug 2007, $6.99, 433pp, pb) Associational thriller. A documentary maker’s genetically different subjects start disappearing.
- GOODWIN, OTIS V., III (chron.)
- * *Ethan — Site 39 (Inkwater Press 978-1-59299-206-5, Dec 2006, $23.95, 233pp, tp) SF novel, the first in a series. Humans from Alpha Centauri colonize Earth 5,000 years after an asteroid collision wiped out civilization. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online from [www.inkwaterbooks.com] or from Inkwater Press, 6750 SW Franklin, Suite A, Portland OR 97223.
- GOONAN, KATHLEEN ANN (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *In War Times (Tor 978-0-7653-1355-3, May 2007, $25.95, 348pp, hc) Alternate-world SF novel. A military engineer in WWII is given plans for a device that can literally change history.
- GORDON, ANDREW; see pseudonym Ilona Andrews (chron.)
- GORDON, ILONA; see pseudonym Ilona Andrews (chron.)
- GORDON, JOHN (William) (1925- ) (stories) (chron.)
- GORDON, LINDSAY, ed. (chron.)
- * +Love on the Dark Side (Black Lace US 978-0-352-34132-7, Oct 2007, $7.99, 269pp, tp) Original anthology of 15 erotic paranormal romance stories by women. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the 8/07 Black Lace UK edition, but only give US and Canadian prices.
- GORDON, RODERICK (chron.)
- * +Tunnels (with Brian Williams) (Scholastic/Chicken House 978-0-439-87177-8, Jan 2008, $17.99, 472pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Tunnels] Young-adult dark fantasy novel. Will Burrows and a friend go looking for Will’s missing father down a tunnel that leads to a dangerous lost underground world beneath London. Illustrated by Brian Williams. A first novel. First US edition (Mathew & Son 3/05 as The Highfield Mole; this follows the somewhat revised Chicken House UK 2007 edition.).
- GOREY, EDWARD (St. John) (1925-2000) (chron.)
- * _Amphigorey Again (Harvest 978-0-15-603021-2, 2007, $22.00, 256pp, tp, cover by Edward Gorey) Reprint (Harcourt 2006) fantasy/horror collection.
- GORMAN, ED(ward Joseph) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *The Collected Ed Gorman: Volume One: Out There in the Darkness (PS Publishing 978-1-905834-13-6, Apr 2007, £15.00, 401pp, hc, cover by Duncan Long) Associational collection of 19 crime and mystery stories. Introduction by Lawrence Block. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; copies signed by both Gorman and Block are available as part of a slipcased two-book set with The Collected Ed Gorman Volume Two: The Moving Coffin (set -15-0, £75.00). PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk]. (Contents)
- * *The Collected Ed Gorman: Volume Two: The Moving Coffin (PS Publishing 978-1-905834-14-3, Apr 2007, £15.00, 395pp, hc, cover by Duncan Long) Associational collection of 20 crime and mystery stories. Introduction by Max Allan Collins. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; copies signed by both Gorman and Collins are available as part of a slipcased two-book set with The Collected Ed Gorman Volume Two: The Moving Coffin (set -15-0, £75.00). PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk]. (Contents)
- GOSS, THEODORA, ed.; [born Theodora Esther Muszbek] (1968- ) (stories) (chron.)
- GOTLIEB, PHYLLIS (Fay, née Bloom) (1926-2009) (chron.)
- * *Birthstones (Fitzhenry & Whiteside/Robert J. Sawyer Books 978-0-88995-385-7, Aug 2007, $16.95, 221pp, tp) SF novel. Aliens invade a planet where women are little more than wombs and men can teleport, but have little control of the ability. Introduction by Nalo Hopkinson. A hardcover edition (-390-1, $23.95) was announced but not seen. Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 195 Allstate Parkway, Markham ON L3R 4T8, Canada; [www.fitzhenry.ca].
- GOTO, C. S. (stories) (chron.)
- * *Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Tempest (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-399-7, Sep 2006, £6.99, 412pp, pb) [Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War] Novelization based on the world of the SF roleplaying game, the third book in the Dawn of War subseries. This was published in 2006 but not seen till now.
- * *Warhammer 40,000: Eldar Prophecy (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-451-6, Feb 2007, £6.99, 400pp, pb, cover by Paul Danson) [Warhammer 40,000] Novelization based on the far-future roleplaying game.
- * +Warhammer 40,000: Eldar Prophecy (BL Publishing/Black Library US 978-1-84416-451-6, Mar 2007, $7.99, 362pp, pb) [Warhammer 40,000] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe. This includes an unpaginated appendix/glossary on the world of Kaelor. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK edition (2/07) but gives only US and Canadian prices.
- GOULART, RON(ald Joseph) (1933- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Cheap Thrills (Hermes Press 1-932563-74-1, Jun 2007, $29.99, 208pp, tp) Reprint (Arlington House 1972) guide to the pulps, redesigned with new illustrations and documentary material, including facsimiles of correspondence between Goulart and pulp creators. A hardcover edition (-75-X, $49.99) was announced but not seen.
- GOULD, STEVEN (Charles) (1955- ) (chron.)
- * *Jumper: Griffin’s Story (Tor 978-0-7653-1827-5, Aug 2007, $24.95, 286pp, hc) [Jumper] SF novel, part of the series begun in Jumper; this follows a new character created for the film Jumper.
- GRABIEN, DEBORAH (1954- ) (chron.)
- * *New-Slain Knight (St. Martin’s Minotaur 978-0-312-37400-6, Nov 2007, $24.95, 228pp, hc) [Haunted Ballad] Fantasy mystery, the fifth in the Haunted Ballad series based on traditional folk ballads.
- GRAHAM, HEATHER; pseudonym of Heather Graham Pozzessere, (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Dead Room (Harlequin/Mira 978-0-7783-2430-0, Mar 2007, $24.95, 379pp, pb) Horror novel. An archaeologist investigates a burial ground in Manhattan and uncovers evil with the help of her late fiancé’s ghost.
- * *The Séance (Harlequin/Mira 978-0-7783-2465-2, Oct 2007, $7.99, 371pp, pb) Horror novel. A Ouija board summons a dead detective whose unsolved case from 15 years before is eerily similar to a new serial killing.
- GRAN, SARA (chron.)
- * _Come Closer (Berkley 978-0-425-21647-7, Jul 2007, $6.99, 194pp, tp) Reprint (Soho 2003) horror novel. Strange happenings make Amanda think she might be possessed.
- GRANDBOIS, PETER (chron.)
- * *The Gravedigger (Chronicle Books 978-0-8118-5350-7, Jun 2006, $23.95, 255pp, hc) Fantasy novel. Ghosts tell their stories to a village gravedigger in Spain. A first novel. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.
- GRANT, GAVIN J., ed. (stories) (chron.)
- GRANT, ROB (chron.)
- * *Fat (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07420-5, Dec 2006, £9.99, 297pp, hc) Humorous SF novel. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-07678-X, £10.99) was announced but not seen.
- * _Fat (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07820-8, Jul 2007, £6.99, 329pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 2006) SF novel.
- GRANT, SUSAN (chron.)
- * _Contact (Dorchester/Love Spell 978-0-505-52499-7, Aug 2007, $6.99, 369pp, pb) Reprint (Love Spell 2002) military SF romance.
- * *How to Lose an Extraterrestrial in 10 Days (Harlequin/HQN 978-0-373-77241-4, Aug 2007, $6.99, 377pp, pb) [Your Planet or Mine?] SF romance featuring characters from Your Planet or Mine?. The extraterrestrial assassin Reef gets stuck on Earth minus most of his powers.
- * *My Favorite Earthling (Harlequin/HQN 978-0-373-77192-9, Mar 2007, $6.99, 378pp, pb) SF romance. A galactic warrior-queen decides to chasten the upstart planet Earth.
- GRAY, R. GARLAND (chron.)
- * *Fey Born (Medallion Press 978-1-932815-82-5, Dec 2006, $6.99, 278pp, pb) [Predestined] Fantasy romance, the second in a series begun in Predestined (2005). Frail farm girl Lana becomes a host for the spirit of a stolen fey sword. Medallion Press, 1020 Cedar Avenue, No. 2N, St. Charles IL 60174; [www.medallionpress.com].
- GRAZIER, KEVIN R., ed. (chron.)
- * *Science of Dune: An Unauthorized Exploration into the Real Science Behind Frank Herbert’s FIctional Universe (BenBella Books 978-1-933771-28-1, Jan 2008, $17.95, 232+ix, tp) [Dune] Associational non-fiction, a selection of 16 original essays on the science behind Herbert’s Dune. BenBella Books, 6440 N. Central Expressway, Suite 508, Dallas TX 75206; [www.benbellabooks.com].
- GREBOWICZ, MARGRET, ed. (chron.)
- * *SciFi in the Mind’s Eye: Reading Science Through Science Fiction (Carus Publishing/Open Court 978-0-8126-9630-1, Sep 2007, $34.95, 323pp, tp) Non-fiction gathering of 20 essays on the way science fiction influences science and culture, and vice versa. Authors include L. Timmel Duchamp, Nicola Griffith, and Nancy Kress. Afterword by Terry Bisson. An index is included.
- GREEN, CHRIS MARIE (chron.)
- * *Vampire Babylon: Night Rising (Ace 978-0-441-01467-5, Feb 2007, $14.00, 325pp, tp) [Vampire Babylon] Vampire novel, the first in the Vampire Babylon series. Stuntwoman Dawn Madison returns to Hollywood to investigate her PI father’s disappearance and finds horrors she thought only existed onscreen.
- GREEN, JONATHAN (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * +Pax Britannia: Unnatural History (Abaddon Books US 978-1-905437-10-8, Jul 2007, $7.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Pax Britannia] Steampunk SF novel, set in a shared world where Queen Victoria is celebrating the 160th year of her reign. Copyrighted by Rebellion. This first US edition is the Abaddon UK 2/07 edition.
- * *Pax Britannica: Unnatural History (Abaddon Books 978-1-905437-10-8, Feb 2007, £6.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Pax Britannia] Shared-world steampunk novel set in an alternate late 20th century.
- * *Pax Brittania: Unnatural History (Abaddon Books 978-1-905437-10-8, Feb 2007, £6.99, 304pp, tp) [Pax Britannia] Alternate world steampunk novel, the first in a series of novels to be penned by different authors.
- GREEN, SIMON R(ichard) (1955- ) (chron.)
- * _Guards of Haven (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46169-8, Sep 2007, $16.00, 567pp, tp, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Hawk & Fisher] Reprint (Roc 1999) omnibus of medieval-fantasy detective novels #4-6 in “The Adventures of Hawk & Fisher”: Wolf in the Fold (1991), Guard Against Dishonor (1991), The Bones of Haven (1992).
- * *Hell to Pay (Ace 0-441-01460-7, Jan 2007, $6.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [John Taylor] Dark fantasy hard-boiled mystery, seventh in the Nightside series featuring John Taylor. The daughter of the Griffin is kidnapped.
- * *The Man with the Golden Torc (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07939-7, May 2007, £10.99, 362pp, tp, cover by Sonar) [Secret Histories] Fantasy novel, book one of the Secret Histories about Eddie Drood, AKA Shaman Bond, member of a family that has protected Britain from supernatural threats for centuries. A hardcover edition (-07938-0, £17.99) was announced but not seen.
- * +The Man with the Golden Torc (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46145-2, Jun 2007, $23.95, 393pp, hc, cover by Paul Young) [Secret Histories] Fantasy novel, the first in a new series. Eddie Drood (code name Shaman Bond) is on the run from his own family, the secret defenders of humanity against the supernatural. First US edition (Gollancz 5/07).
- GREEN, TERENCE M(ichael) (1947- ) (chron.)
- * _Sailing Time’s Ocean (Red Deer Press/Robert J. Sawyer Books 0-88995-357-0, Sep 2006, $16.95, 263pp, tp) Reprint (McClelland & Stewart 1992 as Children of the Rainbow) SF time travel novel of a time-traveling descentdant of the Bounty mutineers. This has been somewhat revised, with a foreword by the author discussing the book’s history. Afterword by Robert J. Sawyer.
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