The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

ATHANS, PHILIP (chron.)

• * *Forgotten Realms: Scream of Stone (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4271-8, Jun 2007, $6.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Carl Critchlow) [Forgotten Realms: Watercourse] Novelization based on the world of the roleplaying game, the third book in The Watercourse trilogy. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

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• * *Dragons: Worlds Afire (with Patrick McGilligan, Mark Sehestedt & Susan J. Morris) (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4166-9, Jun 2006, $29.95, 142pp, hc, cover by Duane O. Myers) Original anthology/art book with four novellas about dragons set in the Forgotten Realms, DragonLance, Eberron, and Magic, the Gathering game universes. Illustrated by various artists. The authors are R.A. Salvatore, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, Keith Baker, and Scott McGough. (Contents)
• * *Forgotten Realms: Realms of War (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4934-2, Jan 2008, $6.99, 337pp, pb, cover by Raymond Swanland) [Forgotten Realms: Twilight War] Original anthology of 12 stories in the Twilight War series based on the fantasy roleplaying game. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. (Contents)
• * _Forgotten Realms: The Halls of Stormweather (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4244-2, Feb 2007, $6.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Raymond Swanland) [Forgotten Realms: Sembia] Reissue (Wizards of the Coast 2000) original anthology of seven stories based on the fantasy roleplaying game, the first book in the Sembia: Gateway to the Realms series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

ATHERTON, NANCY (T.) (1955- ) (chron.)

• * _Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea (Penguin/Puffin 978-0-14-303830-6, Jan 2007, $7.99, 322pp, pb, cover by Jerry Lofaro) [Aunt Dimity] Reprint (Viking 2006) mystery/ghost novel, 11th in the series.
• * *Aunt Dimity Goes West (Viking 978-0-670-03840-4, Feb 2007, $22.95, 228pp, hc) [Aunt Dimity] Mystery/ghost novel, 12th in the series. A Colorado vacation gives Lori a 100-year-old mystery to solve.

ATTANASIO, A(lfred) A(ngelo) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Conjure Book (Wildside Press/Prime Books 978-0-8095-5773-8, Feb 2007, $12.95, 171pp, tp, cover by Timothy Lantz) Dark fantasy novel. A lonely 13-year-old finds a book of spells that really work and decides to contact her dead mother. Prime Books, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.prime-books.com].
• * *Twice Dead Things (Elder Signs Press 0-9759229-9-8, Sep 2006, $16.95, 305pp, tp, cover by Leo Scarpelli) Collection of 11 stories, one new; two are “experiments” compiled from shorter pieces, two of which are new. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now. Elder Signs Press, PO Box 389, Lake Orion MI 48361-0389; [www.eldersignspress.com]. (Contents)

ATWATER-RHODES, AMELIA (stories) (chron.)

• * _Falcondance (Random House/Delacorte 98-0-440-23885-03, May 2007, $7.99, 183pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [*Kiesha’ra] Reprint (Delacorte 2006) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the Kiesha’ra series.
• * *Wyvernhail (Random House/Delacorte 978-0-385-73436-3, Sep 2007, $14.99, 174pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [*Kiesha’ra] Young-adult fantasy novel, fifth and final in the Kiesha’ra series.

AUFDEM-BRINKE, ELEANOR F. (1950- ); see pseudonyms J. D. Robb & Nora Roberts (stories) (chron.)

AVARY, ROGER (chron.)

• * _Beowulf: The Script Book (with Neil Gaiman) See entry under Neil Gaiman.

AXLER, JAMES; house pseudonym (chron.)

• * *Deathlands: Cannibal Moon (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-62587-1, Mar 2007, $6.50, 346pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 77th in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Deathlands: Remember Tomorrow (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-62589-5, Sep 2007, $6.50, 346pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 79th in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Deathlands: Sky Raider (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-62588-8, Jun 2007, $6.50, 347pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 78th in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Deathlands: Sunspot (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-62590-1, Dec 2007, $6.50, 336pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 80th in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Outlanders: Closing the Cosmic Eye (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-63853-6, Feb 2007, $6.50, pb) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 40th in the overall series. Axler is a house name; the author is probably Victor Milan. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Outlanders: Dark Goddess (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-63856-7, Nov 2007, $6.50, 336pp, pb) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 43nd in the series. The Overlord Lilitu needs human help to overthrow her fellow aliens. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Outlanders: Satan’s Seed (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-63855-0, Aug 2007, $6.50, 346pp, pb) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 42nd in the overall series. The author is probably Mark Ellis. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Outlanders: Skull Throne (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-63854-3, May 2007, $6.50, 349pp, pb) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 41st in the overall series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.

AZANIA, MALCOLM; see pseudonym Minister Faust (chron.)

BACHELDER, CHRIS (chron.)

• * _US! (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-8595-4, Aug 2007, £7.99, 302pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2006, not seen) satirical fantasy of Upton Sinclair continually brought back to life by the Left, and killed by the Right. [First U.K. edition]

BACHMAN, RICHARD; pseudonym of Stephen King, (1947- ) (chron.)

• * *Blaze (Scribner 978-1-4165-6585-4, Jun 2007, $25.00, 285pp, hc) Horror novel about a dimwitted crook who hears his dead partner’s voice in his head, directing a kidnapping. This is a trunk novel by Stephen King, who provides the foreword and a short story, “Memory”. (Contents)
• * *Blaze (Hodder & Stoughton 978-0-340-95222-1, Jun 2007, £16.99, 321pp, hc, cover by Keenan) Horror novel with possible supernatural elements. Bachman is a pen name for Stephen King, who provides a preface under his own name. This is revised from an unpublished manuscript written 1972-73. Simultaneous with the US (Scribner) edition.

BACON-SMITH, CAMILLE (M.) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * _Daemon Eyes (DAW 978-0-7564-0445-1, Jul 2007, $7.99, 598pp, pb, cover by Chris McGrath) [Kevin Bradley] Reprint (SFBC 1999 as Daemons, Inc.) omnibus of two dark fantasy detective novels, Eye of the Daemon (1996) and Eyes of the Empress (1998). The novels have been somewhat updated, and a new prologue added.

BAILEY, HILARY (1936- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Frankenstein’s Bride (Sourcebooks Landmark 978-1-4022-0870-6, Oct 2007, $16.95, 253+xxi, tp) [Frankenstein] Omnibus of Hilary Bailey’s Frankenstein’s Bride (Simon & Schuster UK 1995; this appears to be the first US edition), a sequel to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818), also included here. (Contents)

BAILEY, LEN (chron.)

• * *Fantasms (Tor/Starscape 978-0-765-30982-2, Feb 2007, $17.95, 295pp, hc, cover by Paul Hess) [Danny Ray] Young-adult fantasy, sequel to Clabbernappers. Junior cowboy champion Danny Ray returns to the Kingdom of Elidor to rescue Princess Amber from kidnappers.

BAILEY, ROBIN WAYNE; [i.e., Robert Wayne Bailey] (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Turn Left to Tomorrow (Yard Dog Press 978-1-893687-84-4, Jul 2007, $16.00, 242pp, tp, cover by Andrew Probert) Collection of 11 stories, one original, showcasing Bailey’s SF. Order from Yard Dog Press, 710 W Redbud Lane, Alma AR 72921-7247; [www.yarddogpress.com]. (Contents)

BAIN, DARRELL (chron.)

• * *Alien Infection (Twilight Times Books 1-931201-23-4, May 2006, $16.95, 175pp, tp, cover by Kurt Ozinga) SF suspense novel. A lab technician accidentally infects himself with a patient’s blood but keeps it secret when government agents try to remove all traces of the patient. Originally published as an e-book in 2005, this edition is dated 2006, but not seen until now. Twilight Times Books, PO Box 3340, Kingsport TN 37664; 423-323-0183; [www.twilighttimesbooks.com].
• * *Shadow Worlds (with Barbara M. Hodges) (Twilight Times Books 978-1-933353-79-1, Jul 2007, $16.95, 191pp, tp) SF novel. An experiment involving alternate dimensions goes wrong and people start stumbling onto the bodies of their dead doubles. Twilight Times Books, PO Box 3340, Kingsport TN 37664; 423-323-0183; [www.twilighttimesbooks.com].

BAKER, E. D. (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Salamander Spell (Bloomsbury USA 978-1-59990-018-6, Sep 2007, $16.95, 248pp, hc, cover by Joe Heiner & Kathy Heiner) [Frog Princess] Young-adult fantasy novel, a prequel to the Tales of the Frog Princess series.
• * *Tales of the Frog Princess (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-8946-4, Nov 2007, £7.99, 758pp, tp, cover by Carrie Gifford) [Frog Princess] Omnibus of the first three books in the series: The Frog Princess (2002), Dragon’s Breath (2003), and Once Upon a Curse (2004). (Contents)

BAKER, KAGE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Gods and Pawns (Tor 0-765-31552-1, Jan 2007, $24.95, 335pp, hc, cover by Paul Youll) [The Company] Collection of eight stories of the Company, six reprints. (Contents)
• * _The Machine’s Child (Tor 978-0-7653-5461-7, Sep 2007, $7.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [The Company] Reprint (Tor 2006) SF novel in the Company series.
• * *Rude Mechanicals (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-087-6, Apr 2007, $35.00, 114pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) [The Company] SF novella in the Company series. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,500; a traycased, lettered edition of 26 ($150.00) is also available. Order from Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com].
• * _Sky Coyote (Tor 978-0-7653-1748-3, Dec 2007, $15.95, 310pp, tp, cover by Paul Youll) [The Company] Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1999) SF time-travel novel, sequel to In the Garden of Iden in The Company series.
• * *The Sons of Heaven (Tor 978-0-7653-1746-9, Jul 2007, $25.95, 431pp, hc, cover by Paul Youll) [The Company] SF novel, the final volume of the Company.

BAKER, MEGAN SYBIL; see under Sinclair, Linnea (chron.)

BAKER, RICHARD (chron.)

• * _Forgotten Realms: Farthest Reach (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-3756-1, May 2007, $6.99, 330pp, pb, cover by Adam Rex) [Forgotten Realms: Last Mythal] Reissue (Wizards of the Coast 2005) novelization based on the roleplaying game; “The Last Mythal” book two. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. Third printing.

BAKER, VIRGINIA ELLEN (chron.)

• * *Jack Knife (Jove 978-0-515-14252-5, Feb 2007, $7.99, 343pp, pb) [Jack the Ripper] Time-travel horror novel of Jack the Ripper. A first novel.
• * _Jack Knife (SFBC #1232454, Apr 2007, $11.99, 343pp, hc) [Jack the Ripper] Reprint (Jove 2007) time-travel horror novel of Jack the Ripper. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-8075-5; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

BAKKER, R. SCOTT (chron.)

• * _The Thousandfold Thought (Overlook Press 978-1-5567-883-9, Feb 2007, $15.95, 510pp, tp) [Prince of Nothing] Reprint (Overlook Press 2006) fantasy novel, third in The Prince of Nothing trilogy.
• * _The Thousandfold Thought (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-412-8, May 2007, £7.99, 625pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Prince of Nothing] Reprint (Penguin Canada 2006) fantasy novel, book three in The Prince of Nothing trilogy.

BALDRY, CHERITH (1947- ); see pseudonym Erin Hunter (stories) (chron.)

BALLANTYNE, TONY (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Divergence (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-58930-6, May 2007, $6.99, 389pp, pb, cover by John Blackford) [Recursion] SF novel, sequel to Capacity. Simultaneous with the Tor UK edition.
• * *Divergence (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0-330-44650-1, May 2007, £10.99, 328pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) [Recursion] SF novel, sequel to Capacity.

BALLARD, J(ames) G(raham) (1930-2009) (chron.)

• * _The Kindness of Women (Picador USA 978-0-312-42284-4, Dec 2007, $15.00, 343pp, tp, cover by Christoph Nieman) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1991) associational biographical novel, sequel to Empire of the Sun.
• * _Kingdom Come (HarperPerennial UK 978-0-00-723247-5, Jul 2007, £7.99, 240pp, tp) Reprint (Fourth Estate 2006) associational novel of a super-mall which seems to be the source of social division and violence.

BALMANNO, ROBERT (chron.)

• * *September Snow (Regent Press 978-1-58790-093-8, 2006, $15.95, 346pp, tp) [Blessings of Gaia] Dystopian SF novel, book one of The Blessings of Gaia. September Snow leads the rebellion against the repressive Gaia eco-religion and its corrupt government’s plans to alter the weather. Regent Press, 6020-A Adeline Street, Oakland CA 94608; [www.regentpress.net].

BANGS, NINA (chron.)

• * *Wicked Fantasy (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-20995-0, May 2007, $7.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Danny O’Leary) [Really Wicked Brothers] Paranormal romance, the third in the Really Wicked Brothers trilogy.
• * _Wicked Nights (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-22026-9, Oct 2007, $4.99, 295pp, pb) [Really Wicked Brothers] Reissue (Berkley Sensation 2005) paranormal romance, the first in the Really Wicked Brothers series.
• * *Wicked Pleasure (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-20372-9, Feb 2007, $7.99, 294pp, pb) [Really Wicked Brothers] Paranormal romance, the second in the Really Wicked Brothers series about cursed brothers working at an erotic fantasy park.

BANKS, IAIN (Menzies) (1954- ) (chron.)

• * _The State of the Art (Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-074-7, Apr 2007, $14.95, 188pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Reprint (Orbit 1991) collection of eight stories, including the title novella, previously published in the US as a separately book (Ziesing 1989). This follows the Night Shade first US edition with “A Few Notes on the Culture”.
• * *The Steep Approach to Garbadale (Little, Brown UK 978-0-316-73105-8, Mar 2007, £11.99, 390pp, tp) Associational mainstream novel. A trade paperback edition (-73106-5, £11.99) is also available.
• * +The Steep Approach to Garbadale (Macadam/Cage 978-1-59692-303-4, Dec 2007, $13.00, 390pp, tp) Associational mainstream novel. The author writes SF as Iain M. Banks. First US edition (Little, Brown UK 3/07).

BANKS, L. A.; pseudonym of Leslie Esdale-Banks (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Cursed (St. Martin’s Griffin 978-0-312-35237-0, Jul 2007, $14.95, 491pp, tp) [Vampire Huntress Legends] Vampire novel in the Vampire Huntress Legends series. The author also writes as Leslie E. Banks, both pen names for Leslie Esdaile Banks. This includes a reading group guide.
• * _The Forsaken (St. Martin’s 978-0-312-94860-3, Jul 2007, $7.99, 500pp, pb, cover by Vince Natale) [Vampire Huntress Legends] Reprint (St. Martin’s Griffin 2006) vampire novel, the seventh in the Vampire Huntress Legends series. This adds an original story in the series, “That First Kiss”. The author also writes as Leslie E. Banks, both pen names for Leslie Esdale Banks. (Contents)
• * *The Wicked (St. Martin’s Griffin 978-0-312-35236-3, Feb 2007, $14.95, 389pp, tp, cover by Vince Natale) [Vampire Huntress Legends] Vampire novel in the Vampire Huntress Legends series. The author also writes as Leslie E. Banks, both pen names for Leslie Esdale Banks.
• * _The Wicked (St. Martin’s 978-0-312-94606-7, Jan 2008, $7.99, 395pp, pb) [Vampire Huntress Legends] Reprint (St. Martin’s Griffin 2007) vampire novel in the Vampire Huntress Legends series. The author also writes as Leslie E. Banks, both pen names for Leslie Esdale Banks.

BARCLAY, JAMES (stories) (chron.)

• * *Shout for the Dead (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07622-4, Jan 2007, £12.99, viii+631pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) [Ascendants of Estorea] Fantasy novel, book two of The Ascendants of Estorea series after Cry of the Newborn. A hardcover edition (-07621-6, £17.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _A Shout for the Dead (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07982-3, Dec 2007, £7.99, 628pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) [Ascendants of Estorea] Reprint (Gollancz 2007) fantasy novel, book two of the Ascendants of Estorea series after Cry of the Newborn.

BARDIN, JOHN FRANKLIN (1916-1981) (chron.)

• * _The Deadly Percheron (Centipede Press/Millipede Press 1-933618-10-8, Dec 2006, $15.00, 223pp, tp, cover by Salvador Dali) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1946) associational mystery/psychological horror novel, plus the first chapters of the author’s unpublished final novel, I Love You, Terribly. Introduction by Jonathan Lethem. A signed, hardcover edition (-11-6, $65.00) is also available. Millipede Press, 2565 Teller Court, Lakewood CO 80214; [www.millipedepress.com].

BARDSLEY, MICHELE (R.) (chron.)

• * *Don’t Talk Back to Your Vampire (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 978-0-451-22170-4, Jul 2007, $6.99, 340pp, pb) [Eva LeRoy] Humorous paranormal romance, sequel to I’m the Vampire, That’s Why. Eva LeRoy — vampire, single mother, and librarian in Broken Heart OK — is falling for the vampire who killed her.

BARK, JASPRE (chron.)

• * +Sniper Elite: Spear of Destiny (Abaddon Books US 1-905437-04-8, Dec 2006, $7.99, 297pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Novelization inspired by the game. This is the Abaddon UK edition. Copyrighted by Rebellion.

BARKER, CLIVE (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Cabal (Pocket 978-0-7434-1732-7, 2007, $15.00, 358pp, tp) Reissue (Poseidon 1988) collection containing a short horror novel plus four stories. Sixth printing.
• * _The Great and Secret Show (HarperPerennial 978-0-06-093316-6, 2007, $18.95, 658pp, tp, cover by William Blake) Reissue (Collins 1989) dark fantasy novel. This has the 1999 introduction by Barker. Seventh printing.
• * _The Hellbound Heart (Harper 978-0-06-145288-8, Nov 2007, $11.95, 164pp, hc) Reissue (Dark Harvest 1986 as part of Night Visions 3) horror novella. Second printing.
• * *Mister B. Gone (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-726261-8, Oct 2007, £15.00, 148pp, hc, cover by Mary Schuck) Horror novel. Simultaneous with the HarperCollins US edition.
• * *Mister B. Gone (HarperCollins 978-0-06-018298-4, Nov 2007, $24.95, 248pp, hc) Horror novel in the form of a demon’s memoir. Simultaneous with the HarperCollins UK edition.