The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

LOVEGROVE, JAMES (1965- ); see pseudonym Jay Amory (stories) (chron.)

LOVISI, GARY (Anthony) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Secret Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Ramble House no ISBN, Mar 2007, $18.00, 154pp, tp, cover by Gavin L. O’Keefe) [Sherlock Holmes] Collection of three Sherlockian pastiches, all with SF or fantasy elements. Afterword by Richard Lupoff. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.ramblehouse.com]. (Contents)
• * *Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective in Paperback & Pastiche: A Survey, Index & Value Guide (Gryphon Books 1-58250-084-344-4, Dec 2007, $50.00, 180pp, tp) [Sherlock Holmes] Associational non-fiction, reference, a bibliography and guide to paperback Sherlockiana, both Doyle’s cannon and parodies and pastiches, including a number of works with SF and fantasy elements. Published in spiral-bound format. Substantially expanded and revised from Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective in Paperback (Gryphon Books 1990), adding chapbooks and trade paperbacks, non-fiction, essays, and other materials, organized by author. Available from Gryphon Books, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; [www.gryphonbooks.com].

LOWDER, JAMES, ed. (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Astounding Hero Tales: Thrilling Stories of Pulp Adventure (Hero Games 978-1-58366-060-7, Mar 2007, $16.99, 304pp, tp, cover by J. Allen St. John) Original anthology of 17 pulp-style stories. Authors include Hugh B. Cave, Ed Greenwood, and a “newly discovered” story from Lester Dent. Foreword by Hugh B. Cave. Hero Games, 1 Haight Street, Suite A, San Francisco CA 94102; [www.herogames.com]. (Contents)

LOWENTROUT, CHRISTINE I. SMITH (1951- ); see pseudonym Sherwood Smith (stories) (chron.)

LUBAR, DAVID (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Curse of the Campfire Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales (Tor/Starscape 978-0-7653-1807-7, Sep 2007, $15.95, 207pp, hc, cover by Bill Mayer) Young-adult original collection of 35 horror stories, two reprints. (Contents)
• * _Hidden Talents (Tor 978-0-765-35766-3, Feb 2007, $2.99, 222pp, tp, cover by Greg Swearingen) [Hidden Talents] Reissue (Tor 1999) young-adult novel of a group of misfits with psychic abilities. This is a specially priced edition.
• * *True Talents (Tor/Starscape 978-0-765-30977-8, Mar 2007, $17.95, 313pp, hc) [Hidden Talents] Young-adult novel of a group of misfits with psychic abilities, sequel to Hidden Talents.

LUCENO, JAMES (1947- ); see pseudonym Jack McKinney (stories) (chron.)

LUKYANENKO, SERGEI (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Day Watch (with Vladimir Vassilyev) (Heinemann 978-0-4340-1443-9, Jan 2007, £11.99, 487pp, tp) [Night Watch] Dark fantasy novel, second in the Night Watch trilogy. Translated by Andrew Bromfield from the bestselling Russian novel, Dnevnoj Dozor. A hardcover edition (-1608-2, £18.99) was announced but not seen.
• * +Day Watch (with Vladimir Vasiliev) (Hyperion/Miramax 978-1-4013-6020-7, Mar 2007, $13.95, 453pp, tp) [Night Watch] Dark fantasy novel, the second in a trilogy begun in Night Watch about a Moscow inhabited by the supernatural Others. Co-author Vladimir Vasiliev is credited on the title page but not the cover or copyright page. Translated by Adam Bromfield from the Russian Dnevnoj Dozor (1999). First US edition (Heinemann 1/07).
• * _The Night Watch (Random House UK/Arrow 978-0-099-48992-4, Jul 2007, £7.99, 489pp, tp) [Night Watch] Reprint (Miramax; Heinemann 2006) fantasy novel, the first in the the Night Watch trilogy. Translated by Andrew Bromfield from the Russian Nochnoi Dozor (1998).
• * *Twilight Watch (Hyperion/Miramax 978-1-4013-6021-4, Jun 2007, $14.95, 405pp, tp) [Night Watch] Dark fantasy novel, third in a trilogy begun in Night Watch about a Moscow inhabited by the supernatural Others, where the creatures of the Dark are policed by beings of Light on the Night Watch. Translated by Adam Bromfield from the Russian Sumerechnyy Dozor (2003).
• * _The Twilight Watch (Heinemann 978-0-434-01444-6, Jul 2007, £11.99, 440pp, tp) [Night Watch] Reprint (Miramax Books 2007 as Twilight Watch) dark fantasy novel, the third in the Night Watch series. Translated by Andrew Bromfield from the bestselling Russian novel Sumerechniy Dozor. [First U.K. edition]

LUMLEY, BRIAN (1937- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _A Coven of Vampires (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-1, Jun 2007, $35.00, 210pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Fedogan & Bremer 1998) collection of 13 horror stories. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,000; an accompanying chapbook was announced but not seen. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com].
• * _The House of Cthulhu (Tor 978-0-765-31074-3, Apr 2007, $14.95, 254pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Weirdbook 1984) collection of ten Lovecraftian stories, volume one of Tales of the Primal Land. This follows the Headline 1991 edition, which added one story and dropped two.
• * _Necroscope: The Touch (BL Publishing/Solaris 978-1-84416-485-1, Apr 2007, £9.99, 431pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Necroscope] Reprint (Tor 2006) horror novel in the Necroscope series. A new Necroscope faces aliens determined to destroy Earth. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Necroscope: The Touch (Tor 978-0-7653-5521-8, Sep 2007, $7.99, 502pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Necroscope] Reprint (Tor 2006) horror novel in the Necroscope series.
• * *The Taint and Other Novellas: Best Mythos Tales, Volume One (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-125-5, Oct 2007, $40.00, 279pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Collection of seven Lovecraftian stories, volume one of two in the Best Mythos Tales series collecting the best of Lumley’s Mythos stories. This edition is signed by both Lumley and Eggleton. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com]. (Contents)

LUPOFF, RICHARD A(llen) (1935- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Compleat Ova Hamlet (Ramble House 978-0-9774527-7-4, Jun 2007, $18.00, 250pp, tp, cover by Trina Robbins) Collection of 14 stories, one original, supposedly written by Ova Hamlet, each story a parody of the work of a different author, including J.G. Ballard, Harlan Ellison, H.P. Lovecraft, and Stephen King. Illustrated by Trina Robbins. Seven stories and the introduction by Philip Klass were previously published as The Ova Hamlet Papers (Pennyfarthing Press 1979). This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.ramblehouse.com], or from Ramble House, 443 Gladstone Blvd., Shreveport LA 71104. (Contents)
• * *Marblehead (Ramble House no ISBN, Dec 2006, $25.00, 472pp, tp, cover by Gavin L. O’Keefe) Associational mystery featuring H.P. Lovecraft. Introduction by Fender Tucker, who discusses how this was originally completely rewritten and published as Lovecraft’s Book (Arkham House 1985). This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.ramblehouse.com].

LUSTBADER, ERIC VAN (1946- ) (chron.)

• * *Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Betrayal (Orion 978-0-75288-513-1, Jun 2007, £17.99, 486pp, hc) Associational thriller. Simultaneous with the US (Warner) edition. A trade paperback (Airport) edition (-514-8, £14.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _The Testament (Tor 978-0-7653-5343-6, Aug 2007, $7.99, 469pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 2006) associational thriller.

LYMAN, JEFFREY, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Bad-Ass Faeries (with Danielle Ackley-McPhail, L. Jagi Lamplighter & Lee C. Hillman) See entry under Danielle Ackley-McPhail.

LYNCH, P. J. (chron.)

• * _A Christmas Carol (with Charles Dickens) See entry under Charles Dickens.

LYNCH, SCOTT (chron.)

• * _The Lies of Locke Lamora (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07975-5, Feb 2007, £7.99, 530pp, tp) [Gentleman Bastard] Reprint (Gollancz 2006) fantasy novel, the first in a series.
• * _The Lies of Locke Lamora (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-106-4, May 2007, $25.00, 549pp, hc, cover by Edward Miller) [Gentleman Bastard] Reprint (Gollancz 2006) fantasy novel. This signed, limited edition of 500 and a traycased, lettered edition of 15 are both sold out.
• * _The Lies of Locke Lamora (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-58894-1, Jul 2007, $6.99, 722pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Gentleman Bastard] Reprint (Gollancz 2006) fantasy novel.
• * *Red Seas Under Red Skies (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07925-0, Jul 2007, £12.99, 584pp, tp) [Gentleman Bastard] Fantasy novel, the second book of the Gentleman Bastard series begun in The Lies of Locke Lamora. A hardcover edition (-07695-2, £18.99) was announced but not seen.
• * +Red Seas Under Red Skies (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-80468-3, Aug 2007, $23.00, 559pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Gentleman Bastard] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Lies of Locke Lamora. First US edition (Gollancz 6/07).
• * _Red Seas Under Red Skies (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07967-0, Nov 2007, £7.99, 628pp, tp, cover by Benjamin Carré & Bragelonne) [Gentleman Bastard] Reprint (Gollancz 2007) fantasy novel. Book two in the Gentleman Bastard series after The Lies of Locke Lamora.

LYNN, ERIN; pseudonym of Erin McCarthy (chron.)

• * *Demon Envy (Berkley Jam 978-0-425-21737-5, Nov 2007, $9.99, 186pp, tp) [Demon Envy] YA paranormal romance. Kenzie is saddled with a geeky demon who messes up her life. Lynn is a pen name for Erin McCarthy.

LYTTON, LORD BULWER; see under Bulwer-Lytton, Edward (chron.)

MABERRY, JONATHAN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dead Man’s Song (Kensington/Pinnacle 978-0-7860-1816-1, Jun 2007, $6.99, 501pp, pb) [Pine Deep] Horror novel, the second in a trilogy. Pine Deep, a small town famous for a serial killer’s rampage 30 years before, faces a new evil.

MacALISTER, KATIE; pseudonym of Marthe Arends, (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Ain’t Myth-Behaving (Pocket Star 978-1-4165-2493-9, Oct 2007, $6.99, 353pp, pb) Original collection/omnibus of two paranormal romance novellas involving mythic characters: “Norse Truly” and “Stag Party”. (Contents)
• * *Holy Smokes (Penguin/Signet 978-0-451-22254-1, Nov 2007, $7.99, 341pp, pb) [Aisling Grey] Humorous supernatural romance novel, the fourth featuring Aisling Grey, Guardian, demon master, and mate to a dragon. Aisling and Drake’s efforts to get married are repeatedly foiled by the dragon war and Aisling’s new job as a lord of Hell. This is copyrighted by Marthe Arends; MacAlister also writes YA novels as Katie Maxwell.
• * *The Last of the Red-Hot Vampires (Penguin/Signet 978-0-451-22085-1, Apr 2007, $7.99, 354pp, pb) Paranormal romance novel. A sceptical physicist performs a spell and ends up with unwanted magical gifts and a hunky protector. Copyrighted by Marthe Arends; MacAlister also writes YA novels as Katie Maxwell.

McALLISTER, BRUCE (Hugh) (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Girl Who Loved Animals and Other Stories (Golden Gryphon Press 978-1-930846-49-5, Oct 2007, $24.95, xi+306pp, hc, cover by John Picacio) Collection of 17 stories from five decades of writing, appearing here in the author’s preferred texts. Introduction by Harry Harrison. Afterword by Barry N. Malzberg. Order from Golden Gryphon Press, 3002 Perkins Road, Urbana IL 61802; [www.goldengryphon.com]. (Contents)

McALLISTER, M. I. (chron.)

• * +The Mistmantle Chronicles: Book Three: The Heir of Mistmantle (Hyperion/Miramax 978-0-7868-5490-5, Sep 2007, $17.99, 316pp, hc, cover by Omar Rayyan) [Mistmantle Chronicles] Young-adult animal fantasy novel, the third in a series. Illustrated by Omar Rayyan. First US edition (Bloomsbury UK 3/07).
• * +The Mistmantle Chronicles: Book Two: Urchin and the Heartstone (Hyperion/Miramax 0-7868-5488-X, Sep 2006, $17.95, 297pp, hc, cover by Omar Rayyan) [Mistmantle Chronicles] Young-adult animal fantasy novel, the second in a series. An orphan squirrel has a great destiny. Illustrated by Omar Rayyan. First US edition (Bloomsbury UK 4/06). This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.
• * _The Mistmantle Chronicles: Book Two: Urchin and the Heartstone (Hyperion/Miramax 978-0-7868-5489-9, Sep 2007, $7.99, 297pp, tp, cover by Omar Rayyan) [Mistmantle Chronicles] Reprint (Bloomsbury UK 2006) young-adult animal fantasy novel, the second in a series about an orphan squirrel with a great destiny. Illustrated by Omar Ryann.
• * *The Mistmantle Chronicles: The Heir of Mistmantle (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-7515-3, Mar 2007, £6.99, 374pp, tp, cover by Gary Blythe) [Mistmantle Chronicles] Young-adult animal fantasy novel, the third book in the series.
• * _The Mistmantle Chronicles: Urchin and the Heartstone (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-7513-9, Apr 2007, £6.99, 361pp, tp, cover by Gary Blythe) [Mistmantle Chronicles] Reprint (Bloomsbury 2006) young-adult animal fantasy novel. Book two in the series after Urchin of the Riding Stars.

McAULEY, PAUL J. (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Cowboy Angels (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07935-9, Sep 2007, £12.99, 390pp, tp) Alternate-history SF novel in which gates to parallel Earths have been established, and “the Real” America has been fomenting revolutions in other realities. A hardcover edition (-07934-2, £18.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _Fairyland (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08110-9, Aug 2007, £7.99, 373pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1995) SF novel. This is a Gollancz “Future Classics” edition.
• * *Players (Simon & Schuster UK 978-0-7432-7618-4, Feb 2007, £11.99, 391pp, tp) Associational police-procedural mystery about an online gamer who decides to get real.

McBRIDE, MICHAEL (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Chronicles of the Apocalypse: Species (Elder Signs Press 0-9779876-8-X, Sep 2006, $17.95, 571pp, tp, cover by Mike Bohatch) Reprint (Black Death Books 2004 as Species) horror novel; most of humanity is wiped out, and the dead are angry. This appears to have been expanded. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now. Elder Signs Press, PO Box 389, Lake Orion MI 48361-0389; [www.eldersignspress.com].

McCABE, PAT(rick) (1955- ) (chron.)

• * +Winterwood (Bloomsbury USA 978-1-59691-163-5, Jan 2007, $23.95, 242pp, hc) Literary dark fantasy novel. An Irish shapeshifter goes to unusual lengths to build himself a happy family life. First US edition (Bloomsbury 11/06).

McCAFFREY, ANNE (Inez) (1926- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Acorna’s Children: Second Wave (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-052542-2, Jul 2007, $7.99, 315pp, pb) [*Acorna’s Children] Reprint (Eos 2006) SF novel based on a comic-book idea by McCaffrey, second in a series following the Acorna the Unicorn Girl series.
• * _Acorna’s Children: Second Wave (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-15537-3, Jul 2007, £6.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [*Acorna’s Children] Reprint (Eos 2006) SF novel based on a comic-book idea by McCaffrey. Second in a series (after First Warning) that picks up with the next generation after the Acorna the Unicorn Girl series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Acorna’s Children: Third Watch (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-052541-5, Aug 2007, $24.95, 271pp, hc, cover by Chris McGrath) [*Acorna’s Children] SF novel based on a comic-book idea by McCaffrey, third in a series following the Acorna the Unicorn Girl series.
• * _Changelings (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-15440-6, Jan 2007, £6.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Petaybee: Twins] Reprint (Del Rey 2006) SF novel, fourth in the Petaybee series begun in Powers That Be, and first in the Twins of Petaybee subseries. Twins Ronan and Murel seek the origins of their shape-shifting talent.
• * *Dragon Harper (with Todd McCaffrey) (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-48030-9, Dec 2007, $25.95, 302pp, hc, cover by Paul Youll) [Pern] SF novel in Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern series, set in the same time period as Dragon’s Kin and Dragon’s Fire. Apprentice harper Kindan helps search for a cure for a sudden plague.
• * _Dragon’s Fire (with Todd McCaffrey) (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-15348-5, Nov 2007, £6.99, 523pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [Pern] Reprint (Del Rey 2006) SF novel in Anne McCaffrey’s Pern series.
• * _Dragon’s Fire (with Todd McCaffrey) (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-48029-3, Dec 2007, $7.99, 405pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Pern] Reprint (Del Rey 2006) SF novel in the Pern series.
• * _If Wishes Were Horses (Dorchester/Cosmos Books 978-0-8439-5912-3, Oct 2007, $6.99, 114pp, pb, cover by Charles Bernard) Reprint (Roc 1998) fantasy novella.
• * *Maelstrom (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (Transworld/Bantam UK 978-0-593-05613-4, Dec 2006, £17.99, 237pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) [Petaybee: Twins] SF novel, book two of the Twins of Petaybee series. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
• * _Maelstrom (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (SFBC #1218418, Jan 2007, $13.99, 237pp, hc, cover by Terese Nielsen) [Petaybee: Twins] Reprint (Del Rey 2007) SF novel, fifth in the Petaybe series begun in Powers That Be, sequel to Changelings. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _No One Noticed the Cat (Dorchester/Cosmos Books 978-0-8439-5903-1, Jun 2007, $5.99, 182pp, pb, cover by Charles Bernard) Reprint (Wildside Press 1996) fantasy novella.
• * _Power Lines (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38780-5, Dec 2006, $7.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Scott M. Fischer) [Petaybee] Reissue (Del Rey 1994) SF novel, sequel to Powers that Be.

McCAFFREY, TODD (chron.)

• * _Dragon Harper (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
• * _Dragon’s Fire (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.

McCALL, DINAH; pseudonym of Sharon Sala, (1943- ) (chron.)

• * *The Survivors (Harlequin/Mira 978-0-7783-2435-5, Feb 2007, $6.99, 376pp, pb) Thriller with paranormal elements. Family members and a local psychic get messages to help a child after a plane goes down in the Appalachians.

McCAMMON, ROBERT R(ick) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * *The Queen of Bedlam (Pocket 978-1-4165-5111-9, Oct 2007, $16.00, 645pp, tp) [Speaks the Nightbird] Associational non-supernatural historical mystery/horror novel, sequel to Speaks the Nightbird. Matthew Corbett investigates murders in New York.
• * _Speaks the Nightbird (Pocket 978-1-4165-5250-5, Jul 2007, $16.00, 792pp, tp) [Speaks the Nightbird] Reprint (River City 2002) associational non-supernatural historical horror novel of witch hunts in late 17th-century America.

McCANN, JAMES (chron.)

• * *Pyre (Simply Read Books 978-1-894965-66-8, May 2007, $8.95, 173pp, tp, cover by A. Matsoureff) [Rancour] Young-adult horror novel about a vampire-hunting werewolf, sequel to Rancour.

McCARTHY, CORMAC (1933- ) (chron.)

• * _The Road (Macmillan/Picador UK 0-330-44753-X, Nov 2006, £16.99, 241pp, hc) Reprint (Knopf 2006) SF novel. A nameless father and son traverse a devastated USA. [First U.K. edition]