The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

ANONYMOUS (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 978-0-345-49870-0, May 2007, $19.95, 995pp, tp, cover by David Stevenson) [Star Wars] Omnibus of the three movie novelizations: Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace by Terry Brooks (1999), Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones by R.A. Salvatore (2002), and Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Stover (2005). Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. (Contents)
• * *StarCraft Archive (Pocket 978-1-4165-4929-1, Nov 2007, $16.95, 722+x, tp, cover by Glenn Rane) [StarCraft] Omnibus of four novelizations based on the SF computer game series: StarCraft #1: Liberty’s Crusade by Jeff Grubb (2001), StarCraft #2: Shadow of the Xel’Naga by Gabriel Mesta (2001), StarCraft #3: Speed of Darkness (2002), and StarCraft: Uprising by Micky Neilson (2000). Copyrighted by Blizzard Entertainment. (Contents)
• * _The WarCraft Archive (SFBC #1226602, Nov 2006, $14.99, 613+ix, hc, cover by Glenn Rane) [WarCraft] Reprint (Pocket 2006) omnibus of four novelizations based on the computer game: WarCraft: Day of the Dragon by Richard A. Knaak (2001), WarCraft: Lord of the Clans by Christie Golden (2001), WarCraft: The Last Guardian by Jeff Grubb (2002), and novella Warcraft: Of Blood and Honor by Chris Metzen (published 2000 as an ebook). Copyrighted by Blizzard Entertainment. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-8024-3, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *What You Can’t See (Pocket 978-1-4165-4229-2, Jan 2008, $7.50, 425pp, pb) Original anthology of three paranormal romance stories. Authors are Allison Brennan, Karin Tabke, and Roxanne St. Claire. (Contents)
• * *Wild Thing (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21516-6, May 2007, $14.00, 394pp, tp) Original anthology of four paranormal romance stories by Maggie Shayne, Marjorie M. Liu, Alyssa Day, and Meljean Brook. (Contents)
• * *Witchy Business (Harlequin 037383716X, Sep 2007, $5.99, 304pp, pb) Original anthology of three supernatural romance novellas. (Contents)

ANTHONY, PIERS; pseudonym of Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob, (1934- ) (chron.)

• * *Air Apparent (Tor 978-0-7653-0410-0, Oct 2007, $24.95, 316pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Xanth] Fantasy novel, the 31st in the Xanth series.
• * _Stork Naked (Tor 978-0-7653-4312-3, Oct 2007, $6.99, 334pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Xanth] Reprint (Tor 2006) fantasy novel, the 30th in the Xanth series.

ANVIL, CHRISTOPHER; pseudonym of Harry C. Crosby, (1925-2009) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Trouble with Humans (Baen 978-1-4165-2142-6, Aug 2007, $15.00, 371pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Omnibus/collection of 13 stories of human/alien conflict, primarily from the alien point of view. Edited by Eric Flint. (Contents)

ARCHER, ALEX (chron.)

• * *Rogue Angel: Forbidden City (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-62123-1, Mar 2007, $6.50, 349pp, pb) [Annja Creed] Thriller with supernatural elements, fifth in the series about TV host/archaeologist/adventurer Annja Creed. The author is probably Mel Odom.
• * *Rogue Angel: God of Thunder (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-62125-5, Jul 2007, $6.50, 348pp, pb) [Annja Creed] Thriller with supernatural elements, seventh in the series about TV host/archaeologist/adventurer Annja Creed. The author is probably Mel Odom.
• * *Rogue Angel: Secret of the Slaves (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-62126-2, Sep 2007, $6.50, 348pp, pb) [Annja Creed] Thriller with supernatural elements, eighth in the series about TV host/archaeologist/adventurer Annja Creed. The author is probably Victor Milán.
• * *Rogue Angel: The Chosen (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-62122-4, Jan 2007, $6.50, 347pp, pb) [Annja Creed] Thriller with supernatural elements, fourth in the series about TV host/archaeologist/adventurer Annja Creed. The author is probably Victor Milan (alternating with Mel Odom).
• * *Rogue Angel: The Lost Scrolls (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-62124-8, May 2007, $6.50, 346pp, pb) [Annja Creed] Thriller with supernatural elements, sixth in the series about TV host/archaeologist/adventurer Annja Creed. The author is probably Victor Milan.
• * *Rogue Angel: Warrior Spirit (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-62127-9, Nov 2007, $6.50, 346pp, pb, cover by Tim Bradstreet) [Annja Creed] Thriller with supernatural elements, ninth in the series about TV host/archaeologist/adventurer Annja Creed. The author is probably Jon Merz.

ARCHER, PETER (chron.)

• * *DragonLance: The Great White Wyrm (Wizards of the Coast 9780907869-4260-2, Mar 2007, $6.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [DragonLance: Champions] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, third in the Champions subseries. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

ARENDS, MARTHE (1962- ); see pseudonym Katie MacAlister (stories) (chron.)

ARMINTROUT, JENNIFER (chron.)

• * *Blood Ties Book Three: Ashes to Ashes (Harlequin/Mira 978-0-7783-2494-2, Aug 2007, $6.99, 378pp, pb) [Blood Ties] Vampire novel, third in a series. The escaped Oracle is determined to turn the Soul Eater into a god and turn the world into a vampire paradise.

ARMITAGE, GARY EDRIC (1956- ); see pseudonym Robert Edric (stories) (chron.)

ARMSTRONG, JON (chron.)

• * *Grey (Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-065-5, Feb 2007, $14.95, 240pp, tp, cover by Jeremy Geddes) SF novel. An attempted assassination forces a wealthy young celebrity to question his seemingly perfect life. A first novel.

ARMSTRONG, KELLEY (stories) (chron.)

• * _Dime Store Magic (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-59015-9, Apr 2007, $4.99, 414pp, pb, cover by Michael Gesinger) [Women of the Otherworld] Reissue (Orbit 2004) fantasy novel, third in a series after Stolen.
• * *Exit Strategy (Bantam 978-0-553-58819-4, Jul 2007, $6.99, 480pp, pb) Associational thriller. Simultaneous with the Sphere UK edition.
• * *Exit Strategy (Sphere 978-0-7515-3812-0, Jul 2007, £6.99, 480pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) Associational thriller, the first in a series. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam) edition.
• * _Industrial Magic (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-59016-6, Apr 2007, $4.99, 528pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) [Women of the Otherworld] Reissue (Orbit 9/04) fantasy novel, fourth in the series begun in Bitten, after Dime Store Magic.
• * *No Humans Involved (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-8050865, May 2007, $20.00, 342pp, hc) [Women of the Otherworld] Dark fantasy novel in the Women of the Otherworld series. Celebrity necromancer Jaime Vegas goes on TV and finds herself haunted.
• * _No Humans Involved (SFBC #1232156, May 2007, $11.99, 342pp, hc, cover by Franco Accornero) [Women of the Otherworld] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2007) dark fantasy novel in the Women of the Otherworld series. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *No Humans Involved (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-395-4, May 2007, £12.99, 342pp, hc, cover by Dominic Harman) [Women of the Otherworld] Dark fantasy/paranormal romance novel featuring medium Jaime Vegas. Book seven in the Women of the Otherworld series. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.

ARMSTRONG, MATTHEW (chron.)

• * _The Chronicles of Narnia Pop-up (with C. S. Lewis & Robert Sabuda) See entry under Robert Sabuda.

ARNZEN, MICHAEL A(ndrew) (1967- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Proverbs for Monsters (Dark Regions Press 978-1-888993-54-7, Dec 2007, $19.95, 293pp, tp, cover by Matthew P. Schuster) Collection of 29 stories (one original) and 34 poems (two original), a retrospective of his best works selected by the author. This is a signed edition; a hardcover signed limited edition of 100 ($40.00) and a signed lettered edition of 26 ($125.00) are also available. Order from Dark Regions Press, PO Box 1264, Colusa CA 95932; [www.darkregions.com]. (Contents)

ARTHEN, INANNA (chron.)

• * *Mortal Touch (By Light Unseen Media 978-0-9793028-0-0, Aug 2007, $16.95, 368pp, tp) [Vampires of New England] Vampire novel in the Vampires of New England series. Regan reluctantly agrees to use her psychic powers to help investigate a rash of assault cases in her small town. This is a print-on-demand edition, available at [bylightunseenmedia.com], or from PO Box 1233, Pepperell MA 01463-3233.

ARTHUR, KERI (chron.)

• * *Dangerous Games (Dell Spectra 978-0-553-58959-7, Apr 2007, $6.99, 356pp, pb) [Riley Jenson] Paranormal romance novel, fourth in the Riley Guardian series featuring Riley Jenson, a vampire/werewolf hybrid working for a government organization policing supernatural races.
• * _Dangerous Games (SFBC #1226420, Apr 2007, $11.99, 356pp, hc) [Riley Jenson] Reprint (Dell Spectra 2007) dark fantasy novel, fourth in the Riley Jenson Guardian series.
• * _Dangerous Games (Piatkus 978-0-7499-3816-1, May 2007, £6.99, 356pp, pb) [Riley Jenson] Reprint (Dell 2007) paranormal romance novel, book four in the Riley Jenson series about a vampire-werewolf secret agent. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Embraced by Darkness (Dell Spectra 978-0-553-58961-0, Aug 2007, $6.99, 355pp, pb) [Riley Jenson] Dark fantasy novel, fifth in the Guardian series featuring Riley Jensen.
• * *Embraced by Darkness (Piatkus 978-0-7499-3817-8, Aug 2007, £6.99, 355pp, pb) [Riley Jenson] Reprint paranormal romance/thriller, book five in the Riley Jenson vampire-werewolf series set in Australia. Simultaneous with the US (Dell) edition.
• * _Full Moon Rising (Piatkus 978-0-7499-3813-0, Apr 2007, £6.99, 357pp, pb) [Riley Jenson] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2006) dark fantasy romance, the first book in the Riley Jenson series. Riley Jenson, a vampire/werewolf hybrid working for a government organization policing supernatural races, searches for her missing brother. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Kissing Sin (Dell Spectra 978-0-553-58846-0, Feb 2007, $6.99, 355pp, pb) [Riley Jenson] Dark fantasy novel, second in the Riley Jenson Guardian series after Full Moon Rising, featuring a vampire/werewolf hybrid working for a government organization policing supernatural races.
• * _Kissing Sin (SFBC #1220285, Apr 2007, $11.99, 355pp, hc) [Riley Jenson] Reprint (Dell Spectra 2007) dark fantasy novel, second in the Riley Jenson Guardian series. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-8050-2, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Kissing Sin (Piatkus 978-0-7499-3814-7, Apr 2007, £6.99, 355pp, pb) [Riley Jenson] Reprint (Dell Spectra 2007) paranormal romance, second in the Riley Jenson series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Tempting Evil (Dell Spectra 978-0-553-58847-7, Mar 2007, $6.99, 371pp, pb) [Riley Jenson] Dark fantasy paranormal romance novel, third in the Riley Jensen Guardian series.
• * _Tempting Evil (SFBC #1226419, Apr 2007, $11.99, 371pp, hc) [Riley Jenson] Reprint (Dell Spectra 2007) dark fantasy novel, third in the Riley Jenson Guardian series. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-8048-9; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Tempting Evil (Piatkus 978-0-7499-3815-4, Apr 2007, £6.99, 371pp, pb) [Riley Jenson] Reprint (Dell Spectra 2007) paranormal, third in the Riley Jenson vampire-werewolf series. [First U.K. edition]

ASAMATSU, KEN, ed. (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Dreaming God: Lairs of the Hidden Gods, Volume Four (Kurodahan Press 4-902075-14-8, Aug 2007, $20.00, 382pp, tp, cover by Akihiro Yamada) Original Lovecraftian anthology of seven stories and three essays. This is the fourth of four volumes originally published in two volumes in Japan (Sogensha 2002 as Hishinkai). Introduction by Robert M. Price. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.kurodahan.com], or from Kurodahan Press, #403 Tenjin 3-9-10, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0001, Japan. (Contents)

ASARO, CATHERINE (Ann) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Alpha (Baen 978-1-4165-5512-4, Dec 2007, $7.99, 332pp, pb, cover by Alan Pollack) [Sunrise Alley] Reprint (Baen 2006) SF novel, sequel to Sunrise Alley.
• * _Catch the Lightning (Tor 978-0-8125-5102-0, Aug 2007, $6.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Peter Bollinger) [Skolian Empire] Reissue (Tor 1996) SF novel set in the Skolian Empire, sequel to Primary Inversion. Second printing.
• * *The Fire Opal (Harlequin/Luna 978-0-373-80277-7, Jul 2007, $14.95, 313pp, tp) Fantasy romance novel. Priestess Ginger-Sun uses her magic to heal a stranger and becomes a target for violence.

ASHBLESS, JANINE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Burning Bright (Black Lace 978-0-352-34085-6, Jan 2007, £7.99, 271pp, pb) Erotic fantasy.

ASHBLESS, WILLIAM; pseudonym of Tim Powers & James P. Blaylock (stories) (chron.)

• * *Pilot Light (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-141-5, Dec 2007, $20.00, 68pp, hc, cover by Gahan Wilson) Fantasy story by Tim Powers & James P. Blaylock writing as Ashbless, who adds footnotes and a postscript complaining about Powers and Blaylock’s edit. Introduction by Powers and afterword by Blaylock. There is also an interview with Ashbless. Illustrated by Gahan Wilson. A signed, limited edition of 250 ($45.00) is also available. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com].

ASHBY, AMANDA (chron.)

• * *You Had Me at Halo (Penguin/NAL 978-0-451-22135-3, Aug 2007, $12.95, 288pp, tp) Fantasy romance novel. A dead woman is sent back to Earth to resolve some issues — but the male body she’s given is already occupied.

ASHENDEN, GAVIN (chron.)

• * *Charles Williams: Alchemy and Integration (Kent State University Press 978-0-87338-781-1, Jan 2008, $55.00, 275+xi, hc) Non-fiction, a critical exploration of Williams’s involvement as a young man in a neo-Rosicrucian group and his interest in the occult, and how they influenced his work. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. Kent State University Press, 307 Lowry Hall, PO Box 5190, Kent OH 44242-0001; [www.kentstateuniversitypress.com]. [Williams]

ASHER, NEAL L. (1961- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Brass Man (Tor 0-765-31731-1, Jan 2007, $14.95, 485pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Gridlinked] SF novel in the Gridlinked sequence. First US edition (Tor UK 4/05).
• * _Brass Man (SFBC #1228365, Jan 2007, $13.99, 485pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Gridlinked] Reprint (Tor UK 2005) SF novel in the Gridlinked sequence. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7859-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Hilldiggers (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-1-4050-5500-0, Jul 2007, £17.99, 474pp, hc, cover by Steve Rawlings) [Polity] SF novel set in the Polity universe.
• * _Polity Agent (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0-330-44152-0, Jul 2007, £7.99, 562pp, pb) [Polity] Reprint (Tor UK 2006) SF novel. Book four in the Agent Cormac series.
• * _Prador Moon (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0-230-53131-4, Nov 2007, £14.99, 202pp, hc, cover by Steve Rawlings) [Polity] Reprint (Night Shade 2006) SF novel set in the Polity universe. [First U.K. edition]

ASHLEY, AMANDA (chron.)

• * *Dead Sexy (Kensington/Zebra 978-0-8217-7834-0, Feb 2007, $6.99, 353pp, pb) Vampire romance novel. Ex-vampire hunter Regan Delaney tracks a killer attacking both humans and vampires. Copyrighted by Madeline Baker.
• * _Shades of Gray (Dorchester/Love Spell 978-0-505-52243-6, Apr 2007, $6.99, 390pp, pb) Reprint (Love Spell 1998) vampire romance. Copyrighted by Madeline Baker.

ASHLEY, JENNIFER; also as Allyson James (chron.)

• * *Immortals: The Calling (Dorchester/Love Spell 978-0-505-52687-8, May 2007, $6.99, 357pp, pb) [Immortals] Paranormal romance, the first in a shared-world series by various authors following five brothers, all Immortal demigods.
• * *Immortals: The Gathering (Dorchester/Love Spell 978-0-505-52688-5, Sep 2007, $6.99, 355pp, pb) [Immortals] Paranormal romance, fourth and final in a series by various authors following five brothers, all Immortal demi-gods.

ASHLEY, MIKE; [i.e., Michael Raymond Donald Ashley] (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Gateways to Forever: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1970 to 1980: A History of the Science-Fiction Magazine Volume III (Liverpool University Press 978-1-84631-003-4, Apr 2007, £19.99, xix+507pp, tp, cover by Kelly Freas) Critical work, third of four volumes, examining the magazines, fanzines, and related works of the 1970s. A hardcover edition (-002-7, £50.00) was announced but not seen.

ASIMOV, ISAAC; [anglicized from Isaak Iudich Azimov] (1920-1992) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Pebble in the Sky (Tor 978-0-7653-1912-8, Jan 2008, $24.95, 255pp, hc) [Trantorian Empire] Reprint (Doubleday 1950) SF novel in the Empire/Foundation sequence.

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• * _The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction (with Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg) (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1905-2, Mar 2007, $13.95, 532pp, tp) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1989 with subtitle Short Novels of the 1940s) anthology of ten stories.
• * _The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction (with Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg) (Robinson 978-1-84529-096-2, Mar 2007, £7.99, 532pp, tp, cover by Corbis) Reprint (Robinson 1989 as The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1940s) SF anthology of ten classic short novels.

ASKOUNIS, CHRISTINA (chron.)

• * _The Dream of the Stone (Simon Pulse 978-1-4169-1187-6, Apr 2007, $8.99, 290pp, tp, cover by Sammy Yuen, Jr.) Reprint (Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1993) young-adult contemporary fantasy novel.

ASPRIN, ROBERT LYNN (1946-2008) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Class Dis-Mythed (with Jody Lynn Nye) (Ace 978-0-441-01531-3, Sep 2007, $7.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Phil Foglio) [Myth] Reprint (Meisha Merlin 2005) fantasy novel in Asprin’s Myth Adventures series.
• * _M.Y.T.H. Inc. in Action (Ace 0-441-01484-4, Mar 2007, $7.99, 199pp, tp, cover by Walter Velez) [Myth] Reprint (Starblaze 1990) humorous fantasy novel, ninth in the Myth Adventures series.
• * *Myth Adventures (with Phil Foglio) (Airship Entertainment 978-1-890856-44-1, Nov 2007, $39.95, 234pp, tp, cover by Phil Foglio) [Myth] Graphic novel version of Another Fine Myth (1978), the first book in Asprin’s Myth series, adapted and illustrated by Phil Foglio, with inks by Tim Sale. This originally appeared in comic book form, and was collected in two volumes as Myth Adventures One (1985) and Myth Adventures Two (1987).
• * *Myth Adventures, Volume Two (Meisha Merlin 978-1-59222-113-4, Jan 2007, $24.95, 877pp, tp, cover by Phil Foglio) [Myth] Omnibus of the seventh through 12th humorous fantasy novels in the Myth Adventures series: M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link (1986), Myth-nomers and Im-pervections (1987), M.Y.T.H. Inc. in Action (1990), Sweet Myth-tery of Life (1994), Myth-ion Improbable (2001), and Something M.Y.T.H. Inc. (2002). A trade paperback hardcover edition (-112-73-0, $39.95) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
• * _Myth-nomers and Im-pervections (Ace 978-0-441-01461-3, Jan 2007, $6.99, 217pp, tp, cover by Walter Velez) [Myth] Reprint (Starblaze 1987) humorous fantasy novel, eighth in the Myth Adventures series.
• * *Myth-Told Tales (with Jody Lynn Nye) (Ace 978-0-441-01486-6, Mar 2007, $7.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Myth] Collection of nine stories, four new in Asprin’s Myth series, expanding significantly on the three stories in the 2003 Meisha Merlin collection by the same title. (Contents)