The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

POWERS, TIM(othy Thomas) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Expiration Date (Tor/Orb 978-0-765-31752-0, Mar 2007, $15.95, 381pp, tp, cover by Sara Hayward) [Last Call] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1995; this follows the revised Tor 1996 edition) fantasy novel about ghosts in modern Los Angeles.
• * _Three Days to Never (Harper 978-0-380-79837-7, Dec 2007, $7.99, 405pp, pb, cover by Bradford Foltz) Reprint (Subterranean Press 2006) fantasy time-travel/conspiracy thriller.

POWYS, JOHN COWPER (1872-1963) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Porius (Overlook Duckworth 978-1-58567-366-7, Aug 2007, $37.95, 751pp, hc) Reprint (Macdonald 1951) historical novel with Arthurian elements. This is a new unabridged edition, edited/restored from Powys’ original manuscripts by Morine Krissdottir & Judith Bond, who provide editorial notes, plus a foreword by Krissdottir. A previous restored edition was published by Colgate Press in 1994.

POZZESSERE, HEATHER GRAHAM (1953- ); see pseudonym Heather Graham (stories) (chron.)

PRATCHETT, TERRY (David John) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Art of Discworld (with Paul Kidby) (Harper 978-0-06-121194-2, Sep 2006, $19.95, unpaginated, tp, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 2004) art book about Pratchett’s fantasy world, with text by Pratchett and art by Kidby.
• * _Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman) See entry under Neil Gaiman.
• * _Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman) (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08048-5, Oct 2007, £9.99, 345pp, hc) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) humorous fantasy novel.
• * _Hogfather (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-15510-6, Oct 2006, £6.99, 445pp, pb) [Discworld] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2002) humorous fantasy novel, Discworld #29. This is a movie tie-in edition. Fourth printing.
• * _Johnny and the Bomb (HarperCollins 978-0-06-054191-0, Apr 2007, $16.99, 245pp, hc, cover by Bill Mayer) [Johnny Maxwell] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1996) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the Johnny Maxwell series.
• * _Johnny and the Dead (HarperTrophy 978-0-06-054190-3, Apr 2007, $5.99, 213pp, tp, cover by Bill Mayer) [Johnny Maxwell] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1993) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Johnny Maxwell series.
• * _The Last Hero (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08196-3, Sep 2007, £8.99, 176pp, tp, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 2001) humorous fantasy novel. Book 27 in the Discworld series. Illustrated throughout by Paul Kidby.
• * _The Light Fantastic (Hill House no ISBN, May 2007, $40.00, 217pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Reprint (Colin Smythe 1986) humorous fantasy novel, the second book in the Discworld series. This is a facsimile of the Smythe first edition, the second in the Discworld x 12 series of reproductions. Available from Hill House Publishers, 491 Illington Road, Ossining NY 10562; [hillhousepublishers.com].
• * *Lu-Tze’s Yearbook of Enlightenment (with Stephen Briggs) (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07784-9, Aug 2007, £12.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Humorous non-fiction, the annual Discworld desk diary. Illustrated by Paul Kidby. This features the philosophy of the history monk, Lu-Tze.
• * *Making Money (HarperCollins 978-0-06-116164-3, Sep 2007, $25.95, 394pp, hc, cover by Scott McKowen) [Discworld: Moist von Lipwig] Discworld novel featuring Moist von Lipwig from Going Postal. Moist’s success in reforming Ankh-Morpork’s Post Office gets him a new job at the Royal Bank and Mint. Simultaneous with the Doubleday UK edition.
• * *Making Money (Transworld/Doubleday UK 978-0-385-61101-5, Sep 2007, £18.99, 349pp, hc, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld: Moist von Lipwig] Humorous fantasy novel. Book 36 in the Discworld series, and a sequel to Going Postal. Moist von Lipwig moves from the Post Office to the Central Bank.
• * _Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather: The Illustrated Screenplay (with Vadim Jean) See entry under Vadim Jean.
• * _Thud! (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15267-6, Oct 2006, £6.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2005) humorous fantasy novel, #35 in the Discworld series.
• * *The Unseen University Cut Out Book (with Alan Batley & Bernard Pearson) (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60944-2, Oct 2006, £14.99, 166pp, tp) [Discworld] Non-fiction art book with a model of, and text on, the Discworld wizards’ school.
• * _Wintersmith (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-55369-8, Sep 2007, £6.99, 400pp, tp, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2006) humorous fantasy novel. Book 35 in the Discworld series and third in the Tiffany Aching series.
• * _Wintersmith (HarperTeen 978-0-06-089033-9, Oct 2007, $7.99, 450pp, pb, cover by Bill Mayer) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Reprint (HarperTempest 2006) young-adult humorous fantasy novel of the Discworld, third in the Tiffany Aching series begun in The Wee Free Men.
• * *The Wit & Wisdom of Discworld (Transworld/Doubleday UK 978-0-385-61177-0, Sep 2007, £14.99, 304pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Discworld] Collection of quotes, conversations, and jokes from the Discworld books, grouped by book and in their order of publication. Compiled by Stephen Briggs.
• * *The Wit & Wisdom of Discworld (Harper 978-0-06-137050-2, Oct 2007, $22.95, 360pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Discworld] Humorous quote book full of extracts from Pratchett’s Discworld novels. Compiled and with an introduction by Stephen Briggs. This includes an index. Simultaneous with the Doubleday UK edition.

PRATT, DEBORAH (chron.)

• * *The Vision Quest, Book One: The Age of Light (VGM Publishing 978-0-9787309-0-1, Jan 2007, $21.54, 366pp, hc) Science fantasy novel. A young man on the newly-risen continent of Atlantia must learn to master his powers to fight the biodroid Black Guard. A first novel. V Global Media, 8205 Santa Monica Blvd. #1-299, West Hollywood CA 90046; [www.thevisionquest.com].

PRATT, (Murray) FLETCHER (1897-1956) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Mathematics of Magic: The Enchanter Stories of de Camp and Pratt (with L. Sprague de Camp) See entry under L. Sprague de Camp.

PRATT, T. A.; Pratt, T(imothy) A(aron) (1976- ); also as Tim Pratt (stories) (chron.)

• * *Blood Engines (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-58998-6, Oct 2007, $6.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Daniel Dos Santos) [Marla Mason] Urban fantasy novel, the first in a series featuring sorcerer Marla Mason. The author also writes as Tim Pratt.

PRATT, TIM; [i.e., Timothy Aaron Pratt] (1976- ); also as T. A. Pratt (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Hart & Boot & Other Stories (Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-053-2, Jan 2007, $14.95, 211pp, tp, cover by Richard Marchand) Collection of 13 stories, one original. Pratt provides notes on the genesis of each story. Night Shade Books, 1423 33rd Ave., San Francisco CA 94122; (415) 759-8901; [night@nightshadebooks.com]; [www.nightshadebooks.com]. (Contents)
• * *If There Were Wolves (Wildside Press/Prime Books 0-8095-5757-6, Sep 2006, $10.00, 87pp, tp, cover by Richard Herman Eschke) Collection of 32 poems, eight original. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now. A POD edition, available online at [www.prime-books.com] or from Prime Books, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850. (Contents)

PRESTON, DOUGLAS (1956- ) (chron.)

• * _Book of the Dead (with Lincoln Child) (Warner Vision 978-0-446-61850-2, Jul 2007, $7.99, 604pp, pb, cover by Stanislaw Fernandez) [Aloysius Pendergast] Reprint (Warner 2006) thriller with dark fantasy elements featuring FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast, sequel to Dance of Death.
• * _Tyrannosaur Canyon (Macmillan/Pan 978-0-330-44864-2, Mar 2007, £6.99, 502pp, pb) Reprint (Tor/Forge 2005) thriller/horror novel with possible SF elements. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Wheel of Darkness (with Lincoln Child) (Warner 978-0-446-58028-1, Aug 2007, $25.99, 388pp, hc, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) [Aloysius Pendergast] Thriller with dark fantasy elements in the Aloysius Pendergast series, a standalone set after The Book of the Dead.

PREVOST, GUILLAUME (chron.)

• * *The Book of Time (Scholastic/Levine 978-0-439-88375-7, Sep 2007, $16.99, 213pp, hc, cover by Brian Flora) [Book of Time] Young-adult fantasy time-travel novel, the first book in the eponymous trilogy. Sam searches through time for his missing father. Translated from the French Le livre du temps, Tome 1: La pierre sculptée (Gallimard Jeunesse 2006) by William Rodarmor.

PRICE, SUSAN (1955- ) (chron.)

• * _Odin’s Voice (Simon & Schuster UK 1-416-90145-0, Aug 2006, £6.99, 313pp, tp) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.

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• * _The Dark Side: Truly Terrifying Tales (Houghton Mifflin/Kingfisher 978-0-7534-6143-3, Nov 2007, $6.95, 269pp, tp) Reprint (Kingfisher UK 1995 as Horror Stories) young-adult anthology of 24 horror stories.

PRIEST, CHERIE (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Dreadful Skin (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-080-7, Feb 2007, $25.00, 234pp, hc, cover by Mark Geyer) Horror novel in three parts; the first was previously serialized online. An Irish nun with a gun stalks a werewolf across post-Civil War America. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,500. Illustrated by Mark Geyer. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanPress.com].
• * *Not Flesh Nor Feathers (Tor 978-0-7653-1310-2, Oct 2007, $14.95, 365pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Eden Moore] Dark fantasy novel, third in a series about reluctant medium Eden Moore. Supernatural forces cause serious flooding in Chattanooga.

PRIEST, CHRISTOPHER (McKenzie) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Prestige (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07906-1, Nov 2006, £7.99, 360pp, tp) Reprint (Touchstone 1995) fantasy novel. This is a film tie-in edition.
• * _The Separation (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08115-4, Aug 2007, £7.99, 374pp, tp) Reprint (Scribner UK 2002) SF novel of an alternate World War II. This is a Gollancz “Future Classics” edition.

PRIESTLEY, CHRIS (stories) (chron.)

• * *Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-8922-8, Oct 2007, £9.99, 239pp, hc, cover by David Roberts) Collection of 11 horror stories as told to a young boy by his mysterious uncle in a dark dark house in a dark dark wood. (Contents)

PRUCHER, JEFF, ed. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction (Oxford University Press 978-0-19-530567-8, Apr 2007, $29.95, 342+xxxi, hc, cover by Alvim Corrêa) Non-fiction, reference, a dictionary of commonly used science fiction and fannish terms, many gathered by the Oxford English Dictionary Science Fiction Citations Project. Listings include citations from the first known usage in print, and subsequent uses. Introduction by Gene Wolfe. Includes bibliographic listings.

PRUE, SALLY (chron.)

• * *The Truth Sayer (Oxford University Press 978-0-1927-5440-0, May 2007, £5.99, 278pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a series about a boy who escapes to our world.

PRYCE, MALCOLM (chron.)

• * *Don’t Cry for Me Aberystwyth (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-8016-4, Apr 2007, £12.99, 278pp, hc, cover by Mark Thomas) [Louie Knight] Humorous dark fantasy thriller, fourth in the Louie Knight series set in an alternate Wales.

PULLMAN, PHILIP (Nicholas) (1946- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Amber Spyglass (Scholastic UK 978-0-439944-68-7, Mar 2007, £7.99, x+532pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 2000 as His Dark Materials III: The Amber Spyglass) young-adult fantasy novel. This includes an appendix of holographic text and pictures.
• * _His Dark Materials (Random House/Knopf Borzoi 978-0-375-84722-6, Apr 2007, $21.99, 934+x, tp, cover by Douglas Mullen) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (SFBC 2000) omnibus of the young-adult fantasy trilogy: The Golden Compass (1995 as His Dark Materials 1: Northern Lights), The Subtle Knife (1997), and The Amber Spyglass (2000). This adds sections of “Lantern Slides”, notes and vignettes of missing scenes from each novel. This is a movie tie-in edition. A paper-over-board hardcover edition (-94722-3, $26.99) is also available. (Contents)
• * _His Dark Materials (Scholastic UK 978-1-407106-42-7, Aug 2007, £30.00, 1016pp, hc) [His Dark Materials] Reissue (SFBC 2000) omnibus of the young-adult fantasy trilogy: Northern Lights (1995), The Subtle Knife (1997), and The Amber Spyglass (2000).
• * _His Dark Materials III: The Amber Spyglass (Random House/Knopf 978-0-375-84673-1, Aug 2007, $22.99, 518pp, hc) [His Dark Materials] Reissue (Knopf 2000) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the trilogy. This is a deluxe edition with 14 unpaginated pages of “Mary Malone’s Papers” illustrated by Ian Beck (copyrighted 2005). The jacket has a sticker announcing the upcoming film of The Golden Compass.
• * _His Dark Materials, Book I: The Golden Compass (Random House/Yearling 978-0-440-41832-0, Apr 2007, $7.50, 399pp, tp, cover by Eric Rohmann) [His Dark Materials] Reissue (Scholastic UK 1995 as His Dark Materials: Northern Lights) young-adult alternate-world fantasy. This is a “soon to be a major motion picture” tie-in edition; 20th printing.
• * _His Dark Materials, Book II: The Subtle Knife (Random House/Knopf 978-0-375-84672-4, Aug 2007, $22.99, 326pp, hc) [His Dark Materials] Reissue (Knopf 1997) fantasy novel, second in a trilogy. This is a Deluxe 10th Anniversary edition, with an added, unpaginated 17-page section of “Dr. Grumman’s Papers” illustrated by Ian Beck (copyrighted 2005). This has a sticker announcing the upcoming movie of The Golden Compass.
• * _His Dark Materials: Northern Lights (Scholastic UK 978-0-439944-66-3, 2007, £6.99, 413pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) [His Dark Materials] Reissue (Scholastic UK 1995) young-adult fantasy novel, the first book in the trilogy. This “Junior Edition” includes the 2005 Tenth Anniversary appendix; fifth printing. A “Classic Edition” (978-0-439-95178-4, cover by David Scutt), tenth printing; and a tie-in to The Golden Compass movie (978-1-407104-05-8, 397pp) are also available.
• * _His Dark Materials: The Amber Spyglass (Scholastic UK 978-0-439944-68-7, 2007, £7.99, 532pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) [His Dark Materials] Reissue (Knopf 2000) young-adult fantasy novel, book three in the series. This “Junior Edition” includes the 2005 Tenth Anniversary appendix; third printing. A “Classic Edition” (978-0-439-94365-9, cover by David Scutt), ninth printing; and a tie-in to The Golden Compass film (978-1-407104-06-5, £6.99, 522pp) are also available.
• * _His Dark Materials: The Subtle Knife (Scholastic UK 978-0-439944-67-0, 2007, £6.99, 341pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) [His Dark Materials] Reissue (Knopf 1997) young-adult fantasy novel, book two in the trilogy. This “Junior Edition” includes the 2005 Tenth Anniversary appendix; sixth printing. A “Classic Edition” (978-0-439-95179-1, cover by David Scutt), ninth printing; and a tie in to The Golden Compass film (978-1-407104-07-2, 326pp) are also available.
• * _Lyra’s Oxford (Random House/Knopf 978-0-375-84369-3, Oct 2007, $6.99, 55pp, pb, cover by John Lawrence) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Fickling 2003) young-adult fantasy story set in the world of the His Dark Materials trilogy, illustrated by John Lawrence, and with a bound-in foldout map.
• * _Northern Lights (Scholastic UK 978-0-439944-66-3, Mar 2007, £7.99, 412pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1995 as His Dark Materials: Northern Lights) young-adult fantasy novel. This includes an appendix of holographic text and pictures. A deluxe oversized “Lantern Slides” edition (978-1-4071-0254-2, £10.99, xii+232pp, cover by John Lawrence) is also available.
• * _The Scarecrow and His Servant (Random House/Yearling 978-0-440-42130-6, May 2007, $6.50, 229pp, tp, cover by Kevin Hawkes) Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) children’s picaresque fantasy novel.

PUTNEY, MARY JO (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *A Distant Magic (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-47691-3, Aug 2007, $24.95, 337pp, hc, cover by Gene Mollica) [Guardians] Historical fantasy romance in the Guardians series.
• * _The Marriage Spell (Ballantine 978-0-345-44919-1, Jun 2007, $6.99, 365pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 2006) fantasy Regency romance set in an England where all but the upper class commonly practice magic. A lord is forced into marriage with the lady wizard who heals him after an accident.

PYNCHON, THOMAS (Ruggles, Jr.) (1937- ) (chron.)

• * *Against the Day (Penguin 978-0-14-311256-3, Oct 2007, $18.00, 1085pp, tp, cover by Tullio Crali) Reprint (Penguin Press 2006) mainstream novel of a slightly alternate world just after WWI.

QUICK, AMANDA; pseudonym of Jayne Ann Krentz, (1948- ) (chron.)

• * _Second Sight (Piatkus 978-0-7499-3791-1, May 2007, £6.99, 390pp, pb) [Arcane Society] Reprint (Putnam 2006) paranormal romance/suspense novel. Book one in the Arcane Society series, which will continue under the author’s real name, Jayne Anne Krentz.

RABE, JEAN (Marie) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Dragon Mage (with Andre Norton) See entry under Andre Norton.
• * *DragonLance: The Rebellion (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4280-0, Aug 2007, $6.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [DragonLance: Stonetellers] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, first in The Stonetellers series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * _Return to Quag Keep (with Andre Norton) See entry under Andre Norton.
• * _A Taste of Magic (with Andre Norton) See entry under Andre Norton.

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• * *Pandora’s Closet (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 978-0-7564-0437-6, Aug 2007, $7.99, 308pp, pb) Original anthology of 19 stories about wearable items that cause trouble. Authors include Louise Marley, Jane Lindskold, Michael A Stackpole, and Sarah Zettel. (Contents)
• * _Pirates of the Blue Kingdoms (with Stephen D. Sullivan) See entry under Stephen D. Sullivan
• * *Time Twisters (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 978-0-7564-0405-5, Jan 2007, $7.99, 306pp, pb) Original anthology of 17 SF time-travel stories. Authors include Harry Turtledove, Kevin J. Anderson, and Gene DeWeese. Introduction by Rabe. (Contents)

RABIN, STATON (chron.)

• * *The Curse of the Romanovs (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 978-1-4169-0208-9, Jul 2007, $17.99, 273pp, hc) Young-adult time-travel adventure. Tsarevich Alexei Romanov travels from 1916 Russia to 2010 NYC, where he finds a distant cousin working on a genetic cure for hemophilia.

RADFORD, IRENE (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Dragon Nimbus Novels, Volume 1 (DAW 978-0-7564-0451-2, Oct 2007, $8.99, 986pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Dragon Nimbus] Omnibus of the first three fantasy novels in the series: The Glass Dragon (1994), The Perfect Princess (1995), and The Loneliest Magician (1996). (Contents)
• * *The Dragon Nimbus Novels, Volume 2 (DAW 978-0-7564-0453-6, Dec 2007, $8.99, 714pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Dragon Nimbus] Omnibus of the fourth and fifth novels in the overall series, the first two in the Dragon Nimbus History subseries: The Dragon’s Touchstone (1997) and The Last Battlemage (1998). (Contents)