The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

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MARILLIER, JULIET (chron.) (continued)

* +Wildwood Dancing (Random House/Knopf/Borzoi 978-0-375-83364-9, Jan 2007, $16.99, 407pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) [Wildwood Dancing] Young-adult fantasy novel drawing on Transylvanian folklore. Five sisters find a portal to a magical world. Winner of the Aurealis Award. First US edition (Pan Macmillan Australia 7/06).
* _Wildwood Dancing (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0-330-43828-5, Dec 2007, £7.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) [Wildwood Dancing] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 2006) young-adult fantasy novel set in Transylviania, the first in a series.
MARIOTTE, JEFF(rey J.) (chron.)

* *DC Universe: Trail of Time (Warner 978-0-446-61659-1, Mar 2007, $6.99, 343pp, pb, cover by James Jean) Novelization, the third in a series based on the world of the comics. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
* *Missing White Girl (Jove 978-0-515-14308-9, Jun 2007, $6.99, 309pp, pb) Horror novel. A young woman’s kidnapping leads to an encounter with bizarre supernatural forces.
* *Supernatural: Witch’s Canyon (HarperEntertainment 978-0-06-137091-5, Nov 2007, $7.99, 355pp, pb) [Supernatural] Novelization based on the characters from the TV show. Copyrighted by Warner Bros. Entertainment.
* _30 Days of Night: Immortal Remains (with Steve Niles) See entry under Steve Niles.
MARK, JAN(et Marjorie) (1943-2006) (chron.)

* _Voyager (Macmillan Children’s Books 978-0-330-41589-7, Feb 2007, £5.99, 280pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Riding Tycho] Reprint (Macmillan Children’s Books 2006) young-adult SF novel, a sequel to Riding Tycho.
MARKHAM, WENDY (chron.)

* *If Only in My Dreams (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 978-0-451-22003-5, Dec 2006, $6.99, 390pp, pb) Time-travel romance. An actress playing a character in a historical movie finds herself in 1941 facing a doomed romance.
MARKS, JOHN (1963- ) (chron.)

* *Fangland (Penguin Press 978-1-59420-117-2, Jan 2007, $25.95, 387pp, hc) Vampire novel reworking Dracula. Strange things start happening after a TV reporter is sent to investigate an Eastern European crime boss.
* _Fangland (Random House/Vintage UK 978-0-09-950277-7, Apr 2007, £7.99, 385pp, tp, cover by Suzanne Dean) Reprint (Penguin Press 2007) fantasy novel inspired by Stoker’s Dracula. [First U.K. edition]
MARKS, LAURIE J. (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Water Logic (Small Beer Press 978-1-931520-23-2, Jun 2007, $16.00, 332pp, tp, cover by Frederic Cayley Robinson) [Elemental Logic] Fantasy novel, third in the Elemental Logic series. Small Beer Press, 176 Prospect Ave., Northampton MA 01060; [www.smallbeerpress.com].
MARLEY, LOUISE (née Campbell) (1952- ); see pseudonym Toby Bishop (stories) (chron.)

* *Absalom’s Mother & Other Stories (Fairwood Press 0-9789078-3-3, Apr 2007, $16.99, 230pp, tp, cover by Lou Anders) Collection of ten stories, two original. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.fairwoodpress.com], or from Fairwood Press, 5203 Quincy Ave SE, Auburn WA 98092. (Contents)
* _Singer in the Snow (Penguin/Firebird 978-0-14-240748-6, Feb 2007, $7.99, 304pp, tp) [Singers] Reprint (Viking 2005) young-adult science fantasy novel set in the same world as Marley’s adult novel Sing the Light.
MARR, MELISSA (chron.)

* *Wicked Lovely (HarperTeen 978-0-06-121465-3, Jun 2007, $16.99, 328pp, hc) [Wicked Lovely] Young-adult contemporary fantasy novel. A teen with the Sight attracts the dangerous attention of the faeries. A first novel.
* _Wicked Lovely (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 978-0-00-725531-3, Aug 2007, £12.99, 332pp, hc, cover by Darren Hopes) [Wicked Lovely] Reprint (HarperTeen 2007) young-adult fantasy novel. First of a trilogy, and a first novel. Sensitive teen Aislinn is chosen by the faerie Winter King to be his Queen. [First U.K. edition]
MARRONE, AMANDA (chron.)

* *Uninvited (Simon Pulse 978-1-4169-3978-8, Oct 2007, $8.99, 204pp, tp) Young-adult vampire romance. Jordan’s ex-boyfriend is dead, but won’t go away. A first novel.
MARSDEN, JOHN (chron.)

* _Burning for Revenge (Scholastic/Point 0-439-85803-8, Dec 2006, $8.99, 260pp, tp) [Tomorrow] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 1997) young-adult Australian near-future adventure, fifth in the Tomorrow series begun in Tomorrow When the War Began. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.
* _A Killing Frost (Scholastic 0-439-82912-7, Aug 2006, $8.99, 270pp, tp) [Tomorrow] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 1995 as The Third Day: The Frost) young-adult Australian near-future adventure, third in the Tomorrow series. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.
* _The Night Is for Hunting (Scholastic/Point 978-0-439-85804-5, Jan 2007, $8.99, 242pp, tp) [Tomorrow] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 1998) young-adult Australian near-future adventure, sixth in the Tomorrow series begun in Tomorrow When the War Began.
* _The Other Side of Dawn (Scholastic/Point 976-0-439-85805-2, Feb 2007, $8.99, 328pp, tp) [Tomorrow] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 1999) young-adult Australian near-future adventure, seventh and final in the Tomorrow series begun in Tomorrow When the War Began.
* _Out of Time (Tor Teen 978-0-765-35303-0, May 2007, $6.99, 127pp, pb, cover by Craig Phillips) Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 1990) young-adult SF novel about a boy with a time machine.
* +While I Live (Scholastic Press 978-0-439-78318-7, Apr 2007, $16.99, 299pp, hc) [Ellie Chronicles] Young-adult Australian near-future adventure, the first in the Ellie Chronicles set after the war in the Tomorrow series. First US edition (Pan Macmillan Australia 11/03).
MARSH, KATHERINE (chron.)

* *The Night Tourist (Hyperion 978-1-4231-0689-0, Sep 2007, $17.99, 232pp, hc, cover by David Frankland) Young-adult horror novel, a reworking of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Teen prodigy Jack discovers New York City has a ghostly underworld, where he hopes to see his dead mother.
MARSHALL, C. W., ed. (chron.)

* _Cylons in America: Critical Studies in Battlestar Galactica (with Tiffany Potter) See entry under Tiffany Potter.
MARSHALL, JEREMY (chron.)

* _The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary (with Edmund Weiner & Peter Gilliver) See entry under Peter Gilliver.
MARSHALL, MICHAEL; pseudonym of Michael Marshall Smith, (1965- ) (chron.)

* *The Intruders (HarperCollins UK 978-0-00-720997-2, Apr 2007, £12.99, 404pp, hc) Thriller/horror novel with supernatural/SF elements. Marshall is a pseudonym of Michael Marshall Smith.
* +The Intruders (HarperCollins/Morrow 978-0-06-123502-3, Aug 2007, $24.95, 392pp, hc) Suspense novel with possible supernatural elements. The author also writes as Michael Marshall Smith. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 3/07).
MARTIN, DAVID LOZELL (chron.)

* *Our American King (Simon & Schuster 978-0-7432-6731-1, Sep 2007, $25.00, 304pp, hc, cover by Shawn Shelan) Dystopian SF novel. A catastrophe leaves America ripe for a savior king, but federal forces aren’t ready to give up power.
MARTIN, GAIL Z. (chron.)

* *The Summoner (BL Publishing/Solaris US 978-1-84416-468-4, Feb 2007, $7.99, 637pp, pb, cover by Michael Komarck) [Chronicles of the Necromancer] Fantasy novel, the first in the Chronicles of the Necromancer series. A prince must learn to use his magic powers to control the dead to regain his throne. A first novel. This is simultaneous with the Solaris UK edition and has the same ISBN, but only lists US and Canadian prices.
* *The Summoner (BL Publishing/Solaris 978-1-84416-468-4, Feb 2007, £7.99, 637pp, pb, cover by Michael Komarck) [Chronicles of the Necromancer] Fantasy novel, the first in the Chronicles of the Necromancer series. Prince Matris Drayke calls up the dead for help against his patricide brother. A first novel.
MARTIN, GEORGE R(aymond) R(ichard) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Armageddon Rag (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-38307-2, Feb 2007, $15.00, 340pp, tp) Reprint (Poseidon 1983) dark fantasy rock-’n-roll novel.
* _Dreamsongs (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08148-2, Oct 2007, £14.99, 1182pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Subterranean Press 2003 as GRRM: A RRetrospective) collection of 32 stories, two original (early non-SF), and two television scripts, with extensive commentary by Martin on his writing career. Introduction by Gardner Dozois. There is a bibliographical checklist by Leslie Kay Swigart.
* _Dreamsongs: Volume I (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-80545-1, Nov 2007, $27.00, 683pp, hc, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Subterranean Press 2003 as the first part of GRRM: A RRetrospective) collection of 22 stories, with extensive commentary by Martin on his writing career. Introduction by Gardner Dozois.
* _Dreamsongs: Volume II (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-80658-8, Dec 2007, $27.00, 741pp, hc, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Subterranean Press 2003 as the last part of GRRM: A RRetrospective) collection of ten stories and two television scripts, with extensive commentary by Martin on his writing career, and a bibliographical checklist by Leslie Kay Swigart.
* _A Feast for Crows (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-58203-1, Nov 2007, $16.00, 755pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) [Song of Ice and Fire] Reprint (Voyager 2005) fantasy novel, book four of A Song of Ice and Fire.
* *Hunter’s Run (with Gardner R. Dozois & Daniel Abraham) (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-726021-0, Sep 2007, £18.99, 394pp, hc) SF novel, an expansion of the novella “The Shadow Twin”. This includes an uncredited afterword discusses the 30-year development of the novel, and separate question-and-answers sessions with the authors.
* +Hunter’s Run (with Gardner R. Dozois & Daniel Abraham) (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-137329-9, Jan 2008, $25.95, 303pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Collaborative SF novel, expanded from the novella “Shadow Twin” (by Dozois, Martin & Abraham). First US edition (Voyager 9/07).
* _The Ice Dragon (Tor/Starscape 978-0-7653-5539-3, Oct 2007, $5.99, 107pp, tp, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) Reprint (Ace 1980 as part of Dragons of Light) young-adult fantasy novella. Illustrated by Yvonne Gilbert.
MARTIN, KAT(hleen Kelly) (1947- ) (chron.)

* *The Summit (Harlequin/MIRA 978-0-7783-2470-6, Jul 2007, $7.99, 426pp, pb) [Scent of Roses] Paranormal romantic suspense, the second in a series begun in Scent of Roses.
MARTIN, MICHAEL A. (chron.)

* *Star Trek Excelsior: Forged in Fire (with Andy Mangels) (Pocket 978-1-4165-4716-7, Jan 2008, $7.99, 485pp, pb, cover by Tom Hallman) [Star Trek: Excelsior] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by CBS Studios.
* _Star Trek: Enterprise: The Good That Men Do (with Andy Mangels) See entry under Andy Mangels.
MARTIN, RAFE (chron.)

* _Birdwing (Scholastic/Levine 978-0-439-21168-0, Feb 2007, $6.99, 359pp, tp, cover by Matt Mahurin) Reprint (Levine 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, a sequel to the fairy tale “The Wild Swans”. This includes an After Words reader’s guide.
MARTINEZ, A. LEE (chron.)

* _In the Company of Ogres (Tor 978-0-765-35457-0, Apr 2007, $6.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Jeff Soto) Reprint (Tor 2006) humorous dark fantasy novel.
* *A Nameless Witch (Tor 978-0-7653-1868-7, May 2007, $24.95, 320pp, hc, cover by Jeff Soto) Humorous dark fantasy novel. An undead witch reluctantly teams up with a White Knight to stop a mad sorcerer. A trade paperback edition (-1548-9, $12.95) is also available.
MARTINI, CLEM (chron.)

* _The Plague (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7583-5, Jan 2007, £6.99, 263pp, tp, cover by Carol Lawson & Ian Butterworth) [Crow Chronicles] Reprint (Kids Can Press/KCP Fiction 2005) young-adult fantasy. Book two in the Crow Chronicles trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
MARUSEK, DAVID (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Counting Heads (Tor 978-0-7653-1754-4, Oct 2007, $14.95, 336pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Tor 2005) SF novel.
* *Getting to Know You (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-088-3, Apr 2007, $25.00, 297pp, hc, cover by Mark A. Nelson) Collection of ten stories. A signed, limited edition of 200 ($40.00) with an added story in chapbook form is also available. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com]. (Contents)
MASON, JOHN R. (chron.)

* *The New (Golden Apple 978-1-904073-56-7, May 2007, £6.99, 207pp, tp) [Olympus] Science fantasy novel. Third in the Olympus series after The Kronos Factor and Return to Olympus.
MASSEY, BRANDON R. (1973- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Other Brother (Kensington/Dafina 978-0-7582-1072-2, Nov 2007, $6.99, 410pp, pb) Reprint (Kensington 2006, not seen) horror novel about rival half-brothers with a supernatural connection.
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* *Whispers in the Night (Kensington/Dafina 978-0-7582-1741-7, Jul 2007, $14.00, 313pp, tp) Original anthology of 19 stories of horror and suspense by black authors, several with supernatural or SF elements. Only the editor’s introduction indicated this is the third volume in the Dark Dreams series. Authors include Tananarive Due, Wrath James White, and L.R. Giles. (Contents)
MASSIE, BETH (chron.)

* *Homeplace (Berkley 978-0-425-21689-7, Aug 2007, $6.99, 293pp, pb) Horror novel. A woman inherits her ancestral home and finds it haunted by more than bad memories. The author also writes as Elizabeth Massie.
MASTERTON, GRAHAM (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Edgewise (Severn House 978-0-7278-9186-0, Mar 2007, £9.99, 252pp, tp) Reprint (Severn House 2006, not seen) horror novel of a realtor menaced by a spirit after she refuses to fulfil a bargain.
* +Edgewise (Leisure 978-0-8439-5426-5, May 2007, $7.99, 326pp, pb) Horror novel. First US edition (Severn House 10/06).
* _Unspeakable (Severn House 978-0-7278-6489-5, Feb 2007, £18.99, 265pp, tp) Reprint (Pocket Star 2005) horror novel. A deaf child-welfare officer and her daughter come under supernatural attack. [First U.K. edition]
MATHESON, RICHARD (Burton) (1926- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _I Am Legend (with Steve Niles & Elman Brown) (IDW Publishing 978-1-9332-3921-7, Sep 2007, $19.95, 240pp, tp, cover by Elman Brown) Reissue (IDW 2004) graphic adaptation of the SF horror novel by Matheson (Gold Medal 1954), adapted by Steve Niles and illustrated by Elman Brown, originally published in four volumes by Eclipse Books. This is a movie tie-in edition; third printing.
* _I Am Legend (Tor 978-0-7653-5715-1, Nov 2007, $7.99, 312pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1995) collection of ten stories and the classic 1954 SF vampire novel of the title. This is a movie tie-in edition. A trade paperback edition (978-0-7653-1874-9, $14.95) is also available.
* _I Am Legend (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08198-7, Dec 2007, £6.99, 161pp, pb) Reprint (Gold Medal 1954) SF horror novel. This is a movie tie-in edition.
MATTHEWS, A. J.; pseudonym of Rick Hautala, (1949- ) (chron.)

* *Unbroken (Berkley 978-0-425-21480-0, Apr 2007, $7.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Supernatural thriller/horror novel. Matthews is a pen name for Rick Hautala.
MATTHEWS, HUGH (chron.)

* *Wolverine: Lifeblood (Pocket Star 978-1-4165-1073-4, Mar 2007, $7.99, 374pp, pb, cover by David Mack) [Wolverine] Novelization based on the comic book character. Copyrighted by Marvel Characters.
MAVERICK, LIZ (stories) (chron.)

* *Wired (Dorchester/Shomi 978-0-505-52724-0, Jul 2007, $6.99, 326pp, pb) Paranormal romance in the SHOMI action-romance line. Copyrighted by Elizabeth A. Edelstein.
MAXEY, JAMES A. (stories) (chron.)

* *Bitterwood (BL Publishing/Solaris US 978-1-84416-487-5, Jul 2007, $7.99, 491pp, pb, cover by Michael Komarck) [Bitterwood] Fantasy novel. The last dragon hunter, Bitterwood, plans to end dragon oppression of humans. This has the same ISBN as the simultaneous Solaris UK edition but gives only US and Canadian prices.
* *Bitterwood (BL Publishing/Solaris 978-1-84416-487-5, Jul 2007, £7.99, 488pp, pb, cover by Michael Komarck) [Bitterwood] Fantasy novel. A dragonslayer starts a revolution against the rule of the dragons.
MAY, J. C.; see under May, Julian (chron.)
MAY, JULIAN; [i.e., Julian “Judy” May Dikty] (1931- ) (chron.)

* _Sorcerer’s Moon (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-712325-4, Feb 2007, £12.99, 645pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) [Boreal Moon Tale] Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel, book three of the Boreal Moon Tale.
* _Sorcerer’s Moon (Ace 978-0-441-01515-3, Aug 2007, $7.99, 543pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Boreal Moon Tale] Reprint (Ace 2006) fantasy novel, third book in the Boreal Moon Tale.
* _Sorcerer’s Moon (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-712326-1, Aug 2007, £7.99, 645pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) [Boreal Moon Tale] Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel. Book three of The Boreal Moon Tale series.
MAYHUE, MELISSA (chron.)

* *Highland Guardian (Pocket 978-1-4165-3287-3, Nov 2007, $6.99, 354pp, pb, cover by Jaime DeJesus) Paranormal romance. A novelist with unwanted psychometric abilities falls for a half-fairy Guardian in Scotland
MAYNARD, L(en) H. (1953- ) (chron.)

* *Demon Eyes (with Michael P. N. Sims) (Leisure 978-0-8439-5972-7, Dec 2007, $7.99, 338pp, pb) Horror novel. Emma attends her boss’ weekend party at his estate when things get strange.
MAYR, DALLAS WILLIAM (1946- ); see pseudonym Jack Ketchum (stories) (chron.)
MEAD, RICHELLE (chron.)

* *Succubus Blues (Kensington 978-0-7582-1641-0, Mar 2007, $15.00, 343pp, tp) [Georgina Kincaid] Paranormal romance. Seattle succubus Georgina Kincaid has problems with dates and demons.
* _The Succubus Blues (Transworld/Bantam UK 978-0-553-81892-5, Aug 2007, £6.99, 496pp, pb) [Georgina Kincaid] Reprint (Kensington 2007) fantasy novel. First in a trilogy about a succubus who works in a bookstore. [First U.K. edition]

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