The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

IRVINE, IAN (1950- ) (chron.)

• * *The Curse on the Chosen (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-470-8, Nov 2007, £12.99, 594pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Three Worlds: Song of the Tears] Fantasy novel, second in the Song of the Tears series, set in the Three Worlds. Simultaneous with the Viking Australia edition.
• * _The Fate of the Fallen (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-469-2, Jun 2007, £7.99, 607pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Three Worlds: Song of the Tears] Reprint (Penguin Australia 2006 as Torments of the Traitor) fantasy novel. Volume one of the Song of the Tears sequence in the Three Worlds series.

IRVING, CHRISTOPHER (chron.)

• * _Modern Masters Volume Eleven: Charles Vess (with Eric Nolen-Weathington & Charles Vess) See entry under Charles Vess.

IRWIN, ROBERT (Graham) (1946- ) (chron.)

• * _Satan Wants Me (Dedalus 978-1-903517-58-1, Jun 2007, £7.99, 320pp, tp, cover by David Bird) Reprint (Dedalus 1999) literary fantasy novel of sex and Satanism in the 1960s.

ISAAK, ELAINE (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Eunuch’s Heir (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-078259-7, Aug 2007, $7.99, 454pp, pb, cover by Aaron Campbell) [Prince Wolfram] Reprint (Eos 2006) fantasy novel, sequel to The Singer’s Crown.

ISANOVE, RICHARD (chron.)

• * _The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born (with Robin Furth, Peter David & Jae Lee) See entry under Robin Furth.

IVY, ALEXANDRA (chron.)

• * *Embrace the Darkness (Kensington/Zebra 978-0-8217-7937-8, Nov 2007, $6.99, 334pp, pb) [Guardians of Eternity] Vampire romance, the second book in the Guardians of Eternity trilogy.

JABES, SOPHIE (chron.)

• * *Alice, the Sausage (Dedalus 978-1-903517-51-2, Feb 2007, £6.99, 115pp, tp, cover by David Smith) Literary horror novel. Translated by Catherine Petit & Paul Buck from the French Alice la Saucisse (Editions Gallimard 2003).

JABLONSKI, CARLA (chron.)

• * *Silent Echoes (Penguin/Razorbill 978-1-59514-082-1, Feb 2007, $16.99, 344pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel about two girls communicating psychically across time, one working as a medium in the 19th-century, the other hospitalized for schizophrenia in modern-day New York City.

JACKSON, LISA; pseudonym of Susan Lynn Crose, (1951- ) (chron.)

• * *Sorceress (Penguin/Signet 978-0-451-22198-8, Sep 2007, $7.99, 406pp, pb) Paranormal romance of medieval Wales.

JACOB, CHARLEE (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Dark Moods (Wilder Publication 0-9773040-7-8, Jan 2007, $19.99, 247pp, tp) Vampire novel. This is a print-on-demand edition. Wilder Publications, PO Box 3005, Radford VA 24143-3005.
• * *The Indigo People (Wilder Publication 0-9773040-6-X, 2007, $19.99, 201pp, hc) Collection of 23 poems and 22 stories about vampires. A print-on-demand edition. Wilder Publications, PO Box 3005, Radford VA 24143-3005. (Contents)
• * *Vectors: A Week in the Death of a Planet (with Margaret Ballif Simon) (Dark Regions Press 978-1-888993-53-0, Jul 2007, $9.95, 89pp, tp, cover by Marge Simon) Collection of 53 linked poems by Jacob & Simon, writing both individually and together, with bridging prose material, about a plague that wipes out mankind in one week. Dark Regions Press, PO Box 1264, Colusa CA 95932. (Contents)

JACOB, PIERS ANTHONY DILLINGHAM (1934- ); see pseudonym Piers Anthony (chron.)

JACOBS, DEBORAH LYNN (chron.)

• * *Choices (Roaring Brook Press 978-1-59643-217-8, Sep 2007, $16.95, 189pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. An unhappy teen, disturbed by her brother’s death, unknowingly starts shifting between parallel universes.

JACQUES, BRIAN (1939- ) (chron.)

• * _Castaways of the Flying Dutchman (Ace 978-0-441-00914-5, Sep 2007, $7.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Michael Koelsch) [Ben and Ned] Reissue (Philomel 2001) young-adult fantasy novel, the first in the series. Fourth printing.
• * *Eulalia! (Penguin/Philomel 978-0-399-24209-0, Oct 2007, $23.99, 389pp, hc, cover by Troy Howell) [Redwall] Young-adult animal fantasy novel in the Redwall series. The hares of the Long Patrol help search for the new leader foretold for the badger fortress of Salamandastron.
• * _High Rhulain (Ace 978-0-441-01436-1, Apr 2007, $7.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Troy Howell) [Redwall] Reprint (Philomel 2005) young-adult animal fantasy novel in the Redwall series.
• * _Outcast of Redwall (Random House UK/Red Fox 978-1-862-30243-3, Aug 2007, £6.99, 360pp, tp) [Redwall] Reissue (Hutchinson 1995) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _Redwall (Random House UK/Red Fox 1-8623-0138-7, Aug 2006, £6.99, 351pp, tp) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1986) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _Redwall (Ace 978-0-441-00548-2, Apr 2007, $7.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Troy Howell) [Redwall] Reissue (Hutchinson 1986) YA talking animal fantasy. This is a 20th anniversary edition.
• * *Redwall: The Graphic Novel (with Stuart Moore & Brett Blevins) (Penguin/Philomel 978-0-399-24481-0, Oct 2007, $12.99, 143pp, tp, cover by Brett Blevins) [Redwall] Young-adult graphic-novel version of Jacques’s talking-animal fantasy, adapted by Stuart Moore and illustrated by Brett Blevins.
• * _Voyage of Slaves (Penguin/Puffin UK 978-0-141-31522-5, Mar 2007, £5.99, 356pp, tp, cover by David Elliott) [Ben and Ned] Reprint (Philomel Books 2006) young-adult fantasy novel, part of the Tales from the Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series.
• * _Voyage of Slaves (Ace 978-0-441-01528-3, Sep 2007, $7.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Michael Koelsch) [Ben and Ned] Reprint (Philomel 2006) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the series begun in Castaways of the Flying Dutchman.

JAMES, ALLYSON; also as Jennifer Ashley (chron.)

• * *The Black Dragon (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21844-0, Nov 2007, $6.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Aleta Rafton) [Dragon Heat] Paranormal romance, sequel to Dragon Heat. The witch Saba and the black dragon Malcolm team up to stop a white dragon terrorizing San Francisco.
• * *Dragon Heat (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21589-0, Jul 2007, $6.99, 293pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) [Dragon Heat] Paranormal romance.

JAMES, BETSY (chron.)

• * _Listening at the Gate (Simon Pulse 978-0-689-85069-1, Aug 2007, $8.99, 502pp, tp, cover by Rebecca Floyd) [Seeker Chronicles] Reprint (Atheneum 2006) young-adult fantasy, third in The Seeker Chronicles.

JAMESON, FREDRIC (1934- ) (chron.)

• * _Archaeologies of the Future: The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions (Verso 978-1-84467-538-8, Apr 2007, $24.95, 431pp, tp) Reprint (Verso 2005) non-fiction, an exploration of the relationship between utopian thinking and science fiction. This is an international edition.

JAMESON, MARIANNA (chron.)

• * _Category 7 (with Bill Evans) See entry under Bill Evans.

JARPE, MATTHEW (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Radio Freefall (Tor 978-0-7653-1784-1, Aug 2007, $24.95, 318pp, hc, cover by John Harris) Near-future SF novel. Rock stars, liberated AIs, and orbital and lunar colonies fight an attempt to take over the Earth. A first novel.

JEAN, VADIM (chron.)

• * _Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather: The Illustrated Screenplay (with Terry Pratchett) (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08039-3, Dec 2007, £14.99, 256pp, tp) [Discworkd] Reprint (Gollancz 2006) illustrated screenplay by Jean based on Pratchett’s Discworld novel.

JEFFERSON, JEMIAH (chron.)

• * *A Drop of Scarlet (Leisure 978-0-8439-5742-2, Jan 2007, $6.99, 342pp, pb) Vampire novel. A vampire scientist accidentally creates a drug other vampires will kill for.

JENKINS, A. M. (chron.)

• * *Repossessed (HarperTeen 978-0-06-083568-2, Jun 2007, $15.99, 218pp, hc, cover by Will Staehle) Young-adult dark fantasy novel/satire. A demon takes a vacation in the body of 17-year-old Shaun.

JENKINS, T. M. (chron.)

• * _The Waking (Macmillan/Pan 978-0-330-44032-5, Aug 2007, £6.99, 454pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan UK 2006) SF novel.

JENKINS, WILL(iam) F(itzgerald) (1896-1975); see pseudonym Murray Leinster (stories) (chron.)

JENNINGS, PATRICK (chron.)

• * *Wish Rider (Hyperion 1-4231-0010-7, Sep 2006, $15.99, 276pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy set during the Great Depression. A girl working in a logging camp finds seeds that grow magical horses. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.

JENSEN, LIZ (chron.)

• * _My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-8593-0, Jun 2007, £7.99, 303pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2006) fantasy novel.

JINKS, CATHERINE (1963- ) (chron.)

• * +Evil Genius (Harcourt 978-0-15-205988-0, May 2007, $17.00, 486pp, hc) [Evil Genius] Young-adult novel with SF elements. A child prodigy is trained to be evil and sent to a school for world domination. First US edition (Allen & Unwin 4/05).

JOHANSEN, IRIS (L.) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * *Pandora’s Daughter (St. Martin’s 978-0-312-36804-3, Oct 2007, $25.95, 374pp, hc, cover by Tom Hallman) Paranormal romance/thriller. Doctor Megan Blair’s repressed psychic powers resurface when someone tries to kill her.

JOHNSON, ALAYA DAWN (chron.)

• * *Racing the Dark (Agate Publishing/Bolden 987-1-932841-28-8, Sep 2007, $24.00, 371pp, hc, cover by Christina Beller) [Spirit Binders] Fantasy novel, book one of the Spirit Binders series. A girl on a backwater island is marked as having power. A first novel.

JOHNSON, JALEIGH (stories) (chron.)

• * *Forgotten Realms: The Howling Delve (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4278-7, Jul 2007, $6.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Erik Gist) [Forgotten Realms: Dungeons] Novelization based on the world of the roleplaying game, part of the Dungeons subseries. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

JOHNSON, JANE (chron.)

• * _The Secret Country (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 978-1-4169-3815-6, May 2007, $5.99, 323pp, tp, cover by Greg Call) [Eidolon Chronicles] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 2005) young-adult fantasy, the first book in the Eidolon Chronicles.
• * +The Shadow World (Simon & Schuster 978-1-4169-1783-0, Aug 2007, $15.99, 277pp, hc, cover by Greg Call) [Eidolon Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy, the second book in the Eidolon Chronicles. First US edition (Simon & Schuster UK 3/06, not seen).

JOHNSON, JEAN (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Master (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21706-1, Sep 2007, $14.00, 341pp, tp, cover by Franco Accornero) [Sons of Destiny] Fantasy romance, the third in the Sons of Destiny series.
• * *The Sword (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21440-4, Feb 2007, $14.00, 380pp, tp, cover by Franco Accornero) [Sons of Destiny] Fantasy romance, the first in the Sons of Destiny series. A woman is transported to a magical realm where eight brothers face a disastrous curse if any fall in love.
• * *The Wolf (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21463-3, Apr 2007, $14.00, 311pp, tp, cover by Franco Accornero) [Sons of Destiny] Fantasy romance, the second in the Sons of Destiny series.

JOHNSON, KATHLEEN JEFFRIE (chron.)

• * _A Fast and Brutal Wing (Holtzbrinck/Square Fish 978-0-312-37148-7, Oct 2007, $6.99b, 200pp, tp) Reprint (Roaring Brook Press 2004) young-adult novel with possible dark fantasy elements, about troubled siblings who may be shapeshifters — or insane killers.

JOHNSON, MAUREEN (chron.)

• * *Devilish (Penguin/Razorbill 1-59514-060-3, Sep 2006, $16.99, 263pp, hc) Young-adult dark fantasy of a deal with a devil at a girls’ prep school. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.
• * _Devilish (Penguin/Razorbill 978-1-59514-132-3, Aug 2007, $8.99, 263pp, tp) Reprint (Razorbill 2006) young-adult dark fantasy of a deal with a devil at a girls’ prep school.

JOHNSTON, AARON (chron.)

• * _Invasive Procedures (with Orson Scott Card) See entry under Orson Scott Card.

JOHNSTON, ANTONY (chron.)

• * *Dreams of Inan: Stealing Life (Abaddon Books 1-905437-12-9, Jan 2007, £6.99, 320pp, tp, cover by Mark Harrison) [Dreams of Inan] Fantasy novel, the second in a series by various authors. The thief Nicco, in debt to the mob, takes a seemingly easy job from a wizard.
• * +Dreams of Inan: Stealing Life (Abaddon Books US 978-1-905437-12-2, May 2007, $7.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Dreams of Inan] Science fantasy shared world novel. Copyrighted by Rebellion. This first US edition appears to be the Abaddon UK 1/07 edition.

JONES, DAVID (chron.)

• * *Baboon (Annick Press 978-1-55451-053-5, May 2007, $11.95, 169pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel. A boy mysteriously transforms into a baboon after a plane crash. A hardcover edition (-054-2, $21.95) was announced but not seen. Order from [www.annickpress.com].

JONES, DIANA WYNNE (1934- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Charmed Life (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 978-0-00-725529-0, Apr 2007, £6.99, 270+xviii, tp) [Chrestomanci] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1977) young-adult fantasy novel in the Chrestomanci series. This includes a readers’ guide. (Contents)
• * _The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume I (HarperCollins/Eos/Greenwillow 978-0-06-447268-5, Apr 2007, $7.99, 598pp, pb, cover by Brandon Dorman) [Chrestomanci] Reprint (Greenwillow 2001) omnibus of two YA fantasy novels in the Chrestomanci series: Charmed Life (1977) and The Lives of Christopher Chant (1988).
• * _The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume II (HarperCollins/Eos/Greenwillow 978-0-06-447269-2, Apr 2007, $7.99, 548pp, tp, cover by Brandon Dorman) [Chrestomanci] Reissue (Greenwillow 2001) omnibus of two YA fantasy novels in the Chrestomanci series: The Magicians of Caprona (1980) and Witch Week (1982).
• * *The Game (Penguin/Firebird 978-0-14-240718-9, Apr 2007, $11.99, 179pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) Young-adult fantasy novella, published in celebration of Firebird’s fifth anniversary.
• * _The Pinhoe Egg (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 978-0-00-722855-3, Apr 2007, £6.99, 400+xvi, tp) [Chrestomanci] Reprint (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 2006) young-adult fantasy novel in the Chrestomanci series. This includes a readers’ guide. (Contents)
• * _The Pinhoe Egg (HarperCollins/Eos/Greenwillow 978-0-06-113126-4, Oct 2007, $7.99, 468pp, pb, cover by Brandon Dorman) Reprint (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 2006) young-adult fantasy in the Chrestomanci series.
• * _The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (SFBC #1220431, Jan 2007, $10.99, 234pp, hc, cover by Tony Sahara) Reissue (Gollancz 1996) humorous non-fiction look at fantasy, in guide-book form. This follows the somewhat revised and expanded Firebird 2006 trade paperback edition, but is bound-in-boards and has ISBN 978-0-7394-7914-8, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

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• * _Spellbound (Houghton Mifflin/Kingfisher 978-0-7534-6144-0, Nov 2007, $6.95, 280pp, tp, cover by David Frankland) Reprint (Kingfisher UK 1994 as Fantasy Stories) young-adult anthology of 18 stories and excerpts.

JONES, FREWIN (chron.)

• * *The Faerie Path (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-087102-4, Feb 2007, $16.99, 312pp, hc, cover by Ali Smith) [Faerie Path] Young-adult contemporary fantasy novel. Anita discovers she’s the long-lost daughter of Oberon and Titania. Packaged and copyrighted by Working Partners Limited.
• * *The Lost Queen (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-087105-5, Oct 2007, $16.99, 335pp, hc, cover by Ali Smith) [Faerie Path] Young-adult contemporary fantasy novel, the second book of The Faerie Path. The long-lost daughter of Oberon and Titania returns to the mortal world to search for her missing mother. Packaged and copyrighted by Working Partners Limited.

JONES, GWYNETH (Ann) (1952- ); see pseudonym Ann Halam (stories) (chron.)

• * _Rainbow Bridge (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07976-2, Apr 2007, £7.99, 574pp, pb) [Bold as Love] Reprint (Gollancz 2006) SF novel, the last in a quintet after Bold as Love, Castles Made of Sand, Midnight Lamp, and Band of Gypsys.

JONES, HOWARD ANDREW, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Riders of the Steppes See entry under Harold A. Lamb.
• * _Swords of the Steppes See entry under Harold A. Lamb.

JONES, J(ulia) V(ictoria) (1963- ) (chron.)

• * *A Sword from Red Ice (Tor 978-0-7653-0634-0, Oct 2007, $27.95, 622pp, hc, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Sword of Shadows] Fantasy novel, the third book in the Sword of Shadows series.
• * *A Sword from Red Ice (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-117-2, Oct 2007, £18.99, xix+618pp, hc) [Sword of Shadows] Fantasy novel, book three in the Sword of Shadows series. A trade paperback edition (-118-9, £9.99) was announced but not seen. Simultaneous with the Tor US edition.

JONES, LINDA WINSTEAD (chron.)

• * *Prince of Fire (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21481-7, Apr 2007, $7.99, 314pp, pb) Paranormal romance. The Queen of the Anwyn is kidnapped by a shapeshifter.
• * *Prince of Magic (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21448-0, Mar 2007, $7.99, 312pp, pb) Paranormal romance, the first in a trilogy about witches.
• * *Prince of Swords (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21574-6, May 2007, $7.99, 291pp, pb, cover by Danny O’Leary) Paranormal romance.