The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

LAWHEAD, STEPHEN R. (1950- ) (chron.)

• * _Hood (Thomas Nelson 978-1-59554-088-1, Jun 2007, $15.99, 479pp, tp) [King Raven] Reprint (Atom 2006) historical fantasy novel, the first volume in the King Raven trilogy retelling the story of Robin Hood with a Welsh setting.
• * _Hood (Little, Brown UK/Atom 978-1-904233-71-8, Jul 2007, £5.99, 438pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone & Getty Images) [King Raven] Reprint (Atom 2006) young-adult fantasy novel of Robin Hood, book one of King Raven.
• * _In the Hall of the Dragon King (Nelson, Thomas 978-1-59554-379-0, Sep 2007, $12.99, 376pp, hc) [Dragon King] Reprint (Crossway 1982) fantasy novel, book one in the Dragon King trilogy.
• * +Scarlet (Nelson, Thomas 978-1-59554-086-7, Sep 2007, $25.99, 449pp, hc) [King Raven] Historical fantasy novel, the second volume in the King Raven trilogy retelling the story of Robin Hood with a Welsh setting. First US edition (Atom 8/07).
• * *Scarlet (Little, Brown UK/Atom 978-1-904233-72-5, Sep 2007, £12.99, 427pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone & Getty Images) [King Raven] Young-adult fantasy novel of Robin Hood, the second book in the King Raven series set on the Welsh border just after the Norman Conquest. Includes an afterword, “The Turbulent Times of William Scatlock”. A trade paperback edition (£8.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _The Sword and the Flame (Nelson, Thomas 978-1-59554-381-3, Sep 2007, $12.99, 360pp, hc) [Dragon King] Reprint (Crossway 1984) fantasy novel, book three in the Dragon King trilogy.
• * _Warlords of Nin (Nelson, Thomas 978-1-59554-380-6, Sep 2007, $12.99, 404pp, hc) [Dragon King] Reprint (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel, book two in the Dragon King trilogy.

LAWRENCE, DEREK (chron.)

• * *Skaters, Trekkies and Cool Dudes (Soft Editions/Frontlist Books 978-1-84350-098-8, Feb 2007, £7.99, 231pp, tp, cover by Christina Cartwright) [Divine Cock-up] Humorous fantasy novel, the first volume in the Divine Cock-up trilogy. God and Lucifer go missing, and their minions team up to search for them on Earth. A print-on-demand edition. Soft editions, 21 Muirfield Station, Gullane, East Lothian EH31 2HY, UK; [www.softeditions.com].

LAWRENCE, MICHAEL; pseudonym of Lawrence Lariar, (1908-1981) (chron.)

• * *The Underwood See (Orchard Books UK 1-84362-875-9, Oct 2006, £12.99, 311pp, hc, cover by Chris Innis) [Aldous Lexicon] Young-adult fantasy novel, part three of the Aldous Lexicon trilogy.
• * +The Underwood See (HarperCollins/Greenwillow 978-0-06-072483-2, Mar 2007, $16.99, 372pp, hc, cover by Chad W. Beckerman) [Aldous Lexicon] Young-adult fantasy, third in the Aldous Lexicon. Aldous Underwood is the only one who knows the secret to navigating the shifting realities surrounding Withern Rise. First US edition (Orchard Books UK 10/06).
• * _The Underwood See (HarperTeen/Greenwillow 978-0-06-072485-6, Dec 2007, $7.99, 372pp, tp, cover by Chad W. Beckerman) [Aldous Lexicon] Reprint (Orchard Books UK 2006) young-adult fantasy, third in the Aldous Lexicon or Withern Rise trilogy.

LAWS, STEPHEN (1952- ) (chron.)

• * *Ferocity (Leisure 978-0-8439-5695-5, Jan 2007, $7.99, 337pp, pb) Horror novel. A mysterious big cat is slaughtering livestock on the Northumberland moors.

LAYMON, RICHARD (Carl) (1947-2001) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Amara and The Lake (Hodder Headline 978-0-7553-3185-7, Jul 2007, £7.99, 788pp, tp) Omnibus of two horror novels: Amara (2003) and Lake (2004). Volume 17 in the Richard Laymon Collection. (Contents)
• * *Among the Missing and Come Out Tonight (Hodder Headline 978-0-7553-3181-9, Apr 2007, £7.99, 729pp, tp) Omnibus of two associational horror novels. Volume 14 in the Richard Laymon Collection series. (Contents)
• * +The Beast House (Leisure 978-0-8439-5749-5, Mar 2007, $7.99, 334pp, pb) [Beast House Chronicles] Reprint (NEL 1986) horror novel, book two of the Beast House Chronicles after The Cellar.
• * *Fiends and After Midnight (Hodder Headline 978-0-7553-3180-2, Mar 2007, £7.99, 754pp, tp) Omnibus of the collection Fiends (1997) and novel After Midnight (1997). Volume 13 in the Richard Laymon Collection. (Contents)
• * *Island and Quake (Hodder Headline 978-0-7553-3178-9, Jan 2007, £7.99, 856pp, tp) Omnibus of two associational horror novels. Volume 11 in the Richard Laymon Collection series. (Contents)
• * _The Midnight Tour (Leisure 978-0-8439-5753-2, Jul 2007, $7.99, 599pp, pb) [Beast House Chronicles] Reprint (NEL 1986) horror novel, book three of the Beast House Chronicles. This is the CD Publications 1998 “writer’s cut” edition.
• * *Night in the Lonesome October and No Sanctuary (Hodder Headline 978-0-7553-3183-3, Jun 2007, £7.99, 726pp, tp) Omnibus of two associational horror novels. Volume 16 in the Richard Laymon Collection series. (Contents)
• * *Richard Laymon Collection 10: Savage and In The Dark (Hodder Headline 0-7553-3177-X, Dec 2006, £7.99, 886pp, tp) Omnibus of the two associational horror novels: Savage (1993) and In the Dark (1994). (Contents)
• * *The Richard Laymon Collection 8: Alarums and Blood Games (Hodder Headline 0-7553-3175-3, Oct 2006, £7.99, 758pp, tp) Fantasy/horror omnibus. (Contents)
• * +Savage (Leisure 978-0-8439-5751-8, Nov 2007, $7.99, 448pp, pb) [Jack the Ripper] Associational horror novel. A young man sees Jack the Ripper at work and swears to stop him, even when the trail leads to the American Wild West. First US edition (Headline 1993).
• * *The Travelling Vampire Show and Dreadful Tales (Hodder Headline 978-0-7553-3182-6, May 2007, £7.99, 855pp, tp) Omnibus of horror novel The Travelling Vampire Show (2000) and collection Dreadful Tales (2001). Volume 15 in the “Richard Laymon Collection” series. (Contents)

LEAHY, RICHARD (chron.)

• * *Tigra (Zumaya Otherworlds 978-1-934135-21-1, Dec 2006, $15.99, 319pp, tp) SF novel. A first novel. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.zumayapublications.com]; Zumaya Publications, 3209 S. IH35 #1086, Austin TX 87841-6905.

LEAVITT, MARTINE (chron.)

• * *Keturah and Lord Death (Boyds Mills Press/Front Street 978-1-932425-29-1, Sep 2006, $16.95, 216pp, hc) Young-adult medieval fantasy. Death gives a young woman one day in which to find true love and save her life. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.

LEBBON, TIM (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dawn (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-38365-2, Apr 2007, $12.00, 400pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Noreela: Dead of Night] Dark fantasy novel, second in the Dead of Night duology in the Noreela series.
• * _The Everlasting (Leisure 978-0-8439-5429-6, May 2007, $6.99, 325pp, pb) Reprint (Necessary Evil Press 3/07, not seen) horror novel.

LeBLANC, DEBORAH (chron.)

• * *Morbid Curiousity (Leisure 978-0-8439-5828-7, Jul 2007, $6.99, 351pp, pb) Horror novel. High school girls perform dark rituals that summon deadly forces.

LEE, EDWARD; pseudonym of Lee Edward Seymour, (1957- ) (chron.)

• * *House Infernal (Leisure 978-0-8439-5806-5, Oct 2007, $7.99, 369pp, pb) [City Infernal Saga] Horror novel, book three in the City Infernal Saga.

LEE, JAE (chron.)

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

LEE, JULIANNE (chron.)

• * *Knight’s Blood (Ace 978-0-441-01485-9, Mar 2007, $7.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Judy York) [Knight Tenebrae] Fantasy novel, sequel to Knight Tenebrae. The MacNeils’s child has been kidnapped and taken back into medieval Scotland. The author also writes as J. Ardian Lee.

LEE, MIKE (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Warhammer: Lord of Ruin (with Dan Abnett) See entry under Dan Abnett.
• * _Warhammer: Warpsword (with Dan Abnett) See entry under Dan Abnett.

LEE, SHARON (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Crystal Dragon (with Steve Miller) (Meisha Merlin 1-59222-090-8, Feb 2007, $16.95, 359pp, tp, cover by Donato Giancola) [Liaden: Great Migration] Reprint (Meisha Merlin 2006) SF adventure novel in the Liaden universe, book two of the Great Migration duology.
• * _Crystal Dragon (with Steve Miller) (Ace 978-0-441-01549-8, Dec 2007, $7.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Liaden: Great Migration] Reprint (Meisha Merlin 2006) SF adventure novel in the Liaden universe, book two of the Great Migration duology.
• * _Crystal Soldier (with Steve Miller) (Ace 978-0-441-01487-3, Mar 2007, $7.99, 330pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Liaden: Great Migration] Reprint (Meisha Merlin 2005) SF adventure novel in the Liaden universe, book one of the Great Migration duology.
• * _The Tomorrow Log (with Steve Miller) (Meisha Merlin 978-1-59222-127-1, May 2007, $6.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Christian McGrath) Reprint (Meisha Merlin 2003) SF adventure novel.

LEE, TANITH; [i.e., Tanith Lee Kaiine] (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Indigara (Penguin/Firebird 978-0-14-240922-0, Oct 2007, $11.99, 195pp, hc, cover by Daniel Dos Santos) Young-adult SF novella. Jet and her robot dog Otis stumble onto a strange underworld beneath their planet’s film capital, Ollywood.
• * *No Flame But Mine (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-1-4050-0636-1, Jun 2007, £10.99, 462pp, tp) [Lionwolf] Fantasy novel, book three of the Lionwolf trilogy.
• * _Queen of the Wolves (Hodder Children’s Books 978-0-340-91814-2, Feb 2007, £5.99, 178pp, tp, cover by Haydn Conner) [Claidi Journals] Reprint (Hodder Silver 2001) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *The Secret Books of Paradys (Overlook Duckworth 978-1-58567-987-4, Dec 2007, $24.95, 698pp, tp) [Secret Books of Paradys] Omnibus of four dark fantasy books in the Paradys Cycle: collection The Book of the Damned (1988), novel The Book of the Beast (1988), collection The Book of the Dead (1991), and novel The Book of the Mad (1993). A hardcover edition (-984-3, $35.00) is also available. This is an international edition. (Contents)
• * _Wolf Wing (Hodder Children’s Books 978-0-340-91815-9, Apr 2006, £5.99, 194pp, tp) [Claidi Journals] Reissue (Hodder Silver 2002) young-adult fantasy novel. This was published in 2006 but not seen till now.

LEE, TOSCA (chron.)

• * *Demon: A Memoir (NavPress 978-1-60006-123-3, Jun 2007, $12.99, 324pp, tp) Christian dark fantasy novel. Fallen angel Lucian tells his story to an editor who finds no meaning in life. A first novel. NavPress, PO Box 35001, Colorado Springs CO 80935; [www.navpress.com].

LE GUIN, URSULA K(roeber) (1929- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Powers (Harcourt 978-0-15-205770-1, Sep 2007, $17.00, 502pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Annals of the Western Shore] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the series begun in Gifts. A house slave who can sometimes see the future escapes. Simultaneous with the Orion Children’s Books UK edition.
• * *Powers (Orion Children’s Books 978-1-84255-531-6, Sep 2007, £10.99, 391pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Annals of the Western Shore] Young-adult fantasy novel, the third in the Annals of the Western Shore series after Gifts and Voices. Simultaneous with the US (Harcourt) edition.
• * _Voices (Orion Children’s Books 978-1-84255-561-3, May 2007, £6.99, 364pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Annals of the Western Shore] Reprint (Orion Children’s Books 2006) young-adult fantasy novel. Second in The Annals of the Western Shore series after Gifts

LEHR, NORMA (1939- ) (chron.)

• * *Dark Maiden (Wildside Press/Juno Books 978-0-8095-5780-6, Sep 2007, $12.95, 223pp, tp, cover by Jennifer Reagles) Paranormal romance. Sheila Miller believes a mysterious being took her baby’s life, but others think she’s crazy. Juno Books, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.juno-books.com].

LEIBER, FRITZ (Reuter, Jr.) (1910-1992) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Lankhmar, Book 2: Swords Against Death (Dark Horse/DH Press 978-1-59582-076-1, Aug 2007, $12.95, 246pp, tp, cover by Heidi Fainza) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reprint (Ace 1970 as Swords Against Death) collection of ten stories, the second book in the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series.
• * _Lankhmar, Book 3: Swords in the Mist (Dark Horse Books 978-1-59582-081-5, Oct 2007, $12.95, 206pp, tp) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reprint (Ace 1968) collection of six stories, the third book in the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series.
• * _Lankhmar, Volume 4: Swords Against Wizardry (Dark Horse Books 978-1-59582-078-5, Dec 2007, $12.95, 223pp, tp, cover by Heidi Fainza) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reprint (Ace 1968) collection of four stories, the fourth book in the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series.

LEIGH, LORA (stories) (chron.)

• * *Tanner’s Scheme (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21661-3, Aug 2007, $7.99, 330pp, pb) [Feline Breeds] Paranormal romance, the third in the Feline Breeds series.

LEINSTER, MURRAY; pseudonym of Will F. Jenkins, (1896-1975) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Murray Leinster Audioplays: A Logic Named Joe/First Contact (Wildside Press no ISBN, Dec 2007, $14.99, unpaginated, CD, cover by Goce Risteski) Audio CD collection of two audioplays adapted from stories by Leinster, originally aired in 1955 as part of the SF radio series X Minus One. Wildside Press, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.wildsidepress.com].
• * *The Runaway Skyscraper and Other Tales From the Pulps (Wildside Press 978-1-4344-8207-5, Aug 2007, $14.95, 130pp, tp) Collection of eight pulp stories, none previously collected. A print-on-demand edition. Wildside Press, 9710 Travile Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.wildsidepress.com]. (Contents)

L’ENGLE, MADELEINE; pseudonym of Madelaine L’Engle Franklin, (1918-2007) (chron.)

• * _An Acceptable Time (Holtzbrinck/Square Fish 978-0-312-36854-8, May 2007, $6.99, 335pp, pb, cover by Matt Maherin) [Meg Murry] Reprint (Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1989) young-adult time-slip fantasy novel, now included as the fifth book in the Murray Family cycle AKA the Time Quintet. A trade paperback edition (-36858-6, $6.99, 367pp, cover by Taeeun Yoo) is also available.
• * _Many Waters (Holtzbrinck/Square Fish 978-0-312-36861-6, May 2007, $6.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Matt Maherin) [Meg Murry] Reprint (Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1986) young-adult SF novel, fourth in the Time Quintet. A trade paperback edition (-36857-9, $6.99, 352pp, cover by Taeeun Yoo) is also available.
• * _A Swiftly Tilting Planet (Holtzbrinck/Square Fish 978-0-312-36860-9, May 2007, $6.99, 272pp, pb, cover by Matt Maherin) [Meg Murry] Reprint (Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1978) young-adult SF novel, the third book in the Time Quintet. A trade paperback edition (-36956-2, $6.99, 304pp, cover by Taeeun Yoo) is also available.
• * _A Wind in the Door (Holtzbrinck/Square Fish 978-0-312-36859-3, May 2007, $6.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Matt Maherin) [Meg Murry] Reprint (Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1973) young-adult SF novel, the second in the Time Quintet. A trade paperback edition (-36854-8, $6.99, 240pp, cover by Taeeun Yoo) is also available.
• * _A Wrinkle in Time (Holtzbrinck/Square Fish 978-0-312-36755-8, May 2007, $6.99, 202pp, pb, cover by Matt Maherin) [Meg Murry] Reprint (Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1962) young-adult SF novel, winner of the Newbery Medal. This has an appreciation by Anna Quindlen, a brief new interview with L’Engle, and her Newbery acceptance speech. A trade paperback edition (-36754-1, $6.99, 232pp, cover by Taeeun Yoo) is also available.

LENNON, JOAN (chron.)

• * *Questors (Penguin/Puffin UK 978-0-141-38151-0, Jan 2007, £9.99, 372pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult fantasy novel. Three worlds in perfect balance plan to send three heroes to heal a space-time disruption, but the heroes must start their quest as untrained children.
• * _Questors (Penguin/Puffin UK 978-0-141-31916-2, Jul 2007, £5.99, 572pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) Reprint (Puffin 2007) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * +Questors (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 978-1-4169-3658-9, Sep 2007, $16.99, 359pp, hc, cover by Jon Foster) Young-adult fantasy novel. Heroes in training are sent off much too young on a quest to save their worlds. First US edition (Puffin UK 1/07).

LERNER, EDWARD M. (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Fleet of Worlds (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.
• * _Moonstruck (Baen 978-1-4165-2111-2, Jan 2007, $7.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Doug Chaffee) Reprint (Baen 2005) near-future SF novel.

LESSING, DORIS (May, née Taylor) (1919- ) (chron.)

• * *The Cleft (HarperCollins/Fourth Estate UK 0-00-723343-4, Jan 2007, £16.99, 260pp, hc, cover by Richard Bravery) Fantasy novel, a fable of an all-female society that starts to produce males.
• * +The Cleft (HarperCollins 978-0-06-083486-9, Aug 2007, $25.95, 260pp, hc, cover by Richard Bravery) SF novel of the first humans, the all-female Clefts, and their dismay when “deformed” male babies are born. First US edition (Fourth Estate UK 1/07).

LESTER, JULIUS (chron.)

• * *Cupid (Harcourt 0-15-202056-X, Jan 2007, $17.00, 198pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy, a retelling of the story of Cupid and Psyche.

LETHEM, JONATHAN (Allen) (1964- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye (Harcourt/Harvest 978-0-15-603248-3, Mar 2007, $14.00, 294pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1996) collection of seven stories.
• * *You Don’t Love Me Yet (Doubleday 978-0-385-51218-3, 2007, $24.95, 224pp, hc) Associational mainstream novel about a complainer and a rock band.

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• * _Four Novels of the 1960s See entry under Philip K. Dick.

LEVENE, REBECCA (chron.)

• * *The Afterblight Chronicles: Kill or Cure (Abaddon Books 978-1-905437-32-0, Apr 2007, £6.99, 272pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Afterblight Chronicles] Shared-world postapocalypse SF novel, second in the series.
• * +The Afterblight Chronicles: Kill or Cure (Abaddon Books US 978-1-905437-32-3, Jun 2007, $7.99, 272pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Afterblight Chronicles] Post-holocaust SF novel, the second in a shared-world series about a world devastated by plague. This first US edition is the Abaddon UK (4/07) edition. Copyrighted by Rebellion.

LEVINE, ELANA, ed. (chron.)

• * *Undead TV: Essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (with Lisa Parks) (Duke University Press 978-0-8223-4043-0, Jan 2008, $21.95, 209pp, tp) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Critical non-fiction, a selection of eight essays on the TV show, its popularity, and effects on popular culture. Includes notes, bibliography, filmography, and index. Duke University Press, Box 90660, Durham NC 27708-0660; [www.dukeupress.edu].