The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

STABLEFORD, BRIAN (Michael) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The New Faust at the Tragicomique (Black Coat Press 978-1-932983-91-3, Apr 2007, $20.95, 189pp, tp, cover by Michelle Bigot) Horror novel with possible fantasy elements. Mysterious deaths disrupt attempts to stage an updated version of Faust in 1899 Paris. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.blackcoatpress.com], or from Hollywood Comics.com, PO Box 17270, Encino CA 91416.
• * *Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia (Routledge 0-415-97460-7, Sep 2006, $165.00, xxv+729pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference, a look at connections between science and literature, with 300 entries from acoustics to zoology, including SF and various subgenres, and over 40 authors. Includes bibliography and index. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 270 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10016; [www.routledge-ny.com].

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• * *News from the Moon (Black Coat Press 978-1-932983-89-0, Mar 2007, $22.95, 319pp, tp, cover by Gil Formosa) Anthology of nine French proto-SF stories from 1768 to 1902, translated from the French by Brian Stableford. Three previously appeared in English. Authors include Albert Robida and Guy de Maupassant. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.blackcoatpress.com], or from Hollywood Comics.com, PO Box 17270, Encino CA 91416. (Contents)

STACKPOLE, MICHAEL A(ustin) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *MechWarrior: Dark Age: Masters of War (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46137-7, Apr 2007, $6.99, 289pp, pb) [MechWarrior: Dark Age] Novelization, the 25th based on the computer game based on the Battletech roleplaying game. Copyrighted by WizKids.
• * *The New World (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-38239-6, Jul 2007, $15.00, 399pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) [Age of Discovery] Fantasy novel, third in The Age of Discovery trilogy.

STAHLER, DAVID, Jr. (chron.)

• * *The Seer (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-052288-9, Apr 2007, $16.99, 248pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Truesight] Young-adult SF novel, sequel to Truesight. Jacob flees the colony of the blind at Harmony only to find the sighted world equally hostile.

STANDISH, DAVID (chron.)

• * _Hollow Earth (Perseus Books Group/Da Capo Press 978-0-306-81533-1, Aug 2007, $16.95, 303pp, tp) Reprint (Da Capo 2006) non-fiction, subtitled “The Long and Curious History of Imagining Strange Lands, Fantastical Creatures, Advanced Civilizations, and Marvelous Machines Below the Earth’s Surface”.

STANLEY, DIANE (chron.)

• * _Bella at Midnight (HarperCollins 978-0-06-077575-9, Jan 2008, $6.99, 279pp, tp, cover by Bagram Ibatoulline) Reprint (HarperCollins 2006) young-adult fantasy loosely based on Cinderella.

STARTA, GARY (chron.)

• * *Blood Web (Charles River Press 1-9791304—8-5, Nov 2007, $16.95, 387pp, tp) [Caitlin Diggs] Paranormal suspense novel, the first in a series featuring FBI agent Caitlin Diggs. Diggs investigates a crystal with strange powers. Charles River Press, 541 Long Lane, Casper WY 82609; [www.charlesriverpress.com].

STATEN, JOSEPH (chron.)

• * *Halo: Contact Harvest (Tor 978-0-7653-1569-4, Oct 2007, $14.95, 396pp, tp) [Halo] Novelization based on the computer game, by one of the designers. Copyrighted by Microsoft.

STATON, CARMEN (chron.)

• * _Ruby (with Francesca Lia Block) See entry under Francesca Lia Block.

STAUB, WENDY CORSI (1964- ) (chron.)

• * *Lily Dale: Awakening (Bloomsbury/Walker US 978-0-8027-9654-7, Sep 2007, $15.95, 230pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. Calla moves to Lily Dale, a town of psychics, and starts to wonder if she might by psychic herself.

STEAD, REBECCA (chron.)

• * *First Light (Random House/Lamb 978-0-375-84017-3, Apr 2007, $15.99, 328pp, hc, cover by Ericka O’Rourke) Young-adult SF novel. Global warming researchers finds a lost colony living beneath the Greenland ice. A first novel.

STEADMAN, RALPH (1936- ) (chron.)

• * _Psycho Geography (with Will Self) See entry under Will Self.

STEELE, ALLEN (Mulherrin, Jr.) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Clarke County, Space (Ace 978-0-441-11044-5, Dec 2007, $7.99, 231pp, pb, cover by Syd Dutton) Reissue (Ace 1990) SF novel. Third printing.
• * _Lunar Descent (Ace 978-0-441-50485-5, Nov 2007, $7.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reissue (Ace 1991) SF novel. Third printing.
• * _Orbital Decay (Ace 978-0-441-49851-2, Oct 2007, $7.99, 324pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) Reissue (Ace 1989) SF novel. Fourth printing.
• * *The River Horses (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-132-3, Dec 2007, $35.00, 119pp, hc, cover by Ron Miller) [Coyote] SF novella in the Coyote series, set between Coyote Rising and Coyote Frontier. This is a signed, limited edition of 500. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com].
• * *Spindrift (Ace 978-0-441-01471-2, Apr 2007, $24.95, 354pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Coyote] SF novel set elsewhere in the universe of the Coyote series, at a time between events in Coyote Rising and Coyote Frontier. Survivors of an exploratory mission tell conflicting stories of an encounter with extraterrestrials and the ensuing conflict.
• * _Spindrift (SFBC #1234053, May 2007, $12.49, 354pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Coyote] Reprint (Ace 2007) SF novel set in the Coyote universe, in a different part of space. This is similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Spindrift (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-600-9, Jun 2007, £6.99, 390pp, pb, cover by Peter Cotton) [Coyote] Reprint (Ace 2007) SF novel set in the Coyote universe. [First U.K. edition]

STEER, DUGALD A. (chron.)

• * +A Guide to Wizards of the World (with A. J. Wood) (Candlewick Press 978-0-7636-3710-1, Aug 2007, $14.99, unpaginated, hc) Young-adult illustrated book about wizards, a companion to Wizardology, purporting to be by “Master Merlin.” Includes a sealed packet with special playing cards. Illustrations by John Howe, Anne Yvonne Gilbert, and others. First US edition (Templar Publishing UK 2006).
• * +The Wizardology Handbook (Candlewick Press 978-0-7636-3401-8, May 2007, $12.99, 78pp, hc) Young-adult illustrated spellbook, a companion to Wizardology purporting to be a text for student wizards by “Master Merlin.” Illustrations by John Howe, Anne Yvonne Gilbert, and others. First US edition (Templar Publishing UK 9/06).

STEIN, JEANNE C. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Blood Drive (Ace 978-0-441-01509-2, Jul 2007, $7.99, 297pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Anna Strong] Dark fantasy novel, sequel to The Becoming, featuring vampire bounty hunter Anna Strong.
• * *The Watcher (Ace 978-0-441-01546-7, Dec 2007, $7.99, 291pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Anna Strong] Dark fantasy novel, the third featuring vampire bounty hunter Anna Strong.

STEINBECK, JOHN (Ernst, Jr.) (1902-1968) (chron.)

• * _The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (Penguin/Viking 978-0-670-01824-6, Oct 2007, $29.95, x+402pp, hc, cover by Rachell Sumpter) Reissue (Farrar, Straus & Giroux 1976) Arthurian fantasy novel. This has a new foreword by Christopher Paolini.

STEMPLE, ADAM (chron.)

• * _Troll Bridge: A Rock ’n’ Roll Fairy Tale (with Jane Yolen) See entry under Jane Yolen.

STEPHENSON, NEAL (Town) (1959- ) (chron.)

• * _Snow Crash (SFBC #1229175, Mar 2007, $12.99, 454pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1992) SF novel. This is an SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection edition; it has ISBN 978-0-7394-8023-6, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Zodiac (Grove Press 978-0-8021-4315-0, Aug 2007, $14.00, 316pp, tp) Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1988) associational eco-thriller.

STERLING, (Michael) BRUCE (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Ascendancies: The Best of Bruce Sterling (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-113-2, Aug 2007, $38.00, 547pp, hc, cover by Peter Miller) Retrospective collection of 24 stories, including five in the Shaper/Mechanist universe, and three in the Leggy Starlistz series. Introduction by Karen Joy Fowler. Edited by Jonathan Strahan. A signed limited edition of 125 ($60.00) is also available. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com]. (Contents)
• * _Schismatrix Plus (SFBC #1206516, Nov 2006, $10.99, 395pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Mechanist-Shapers] Reprint (Ace 1996) collection of the novel Schismatrix plus five stories originally collected as part of Crystal Express (Arkham House 1989) set in the Shapers-Mechanists universe. This SFBC 50th Anniversary Edition has ISBN 978-0-7394-7657-4; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS (Balfour) (1850-1894) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Hodder Headline/Review 978-0-7553-3885-6, Jun 2007, £4.99, 210pp, tp) Collection of the classic horror novel (Scribner 1886), plus three other stories. (Contents)
• * _The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Selected Short Fictions (Barnes & Noble Classics 978-1-59308-350-2, 2007, $7.95, 254+xlv, hc, cover by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) Reprint (as part of The Complete Shorter Fiction Robinson 1991) collection of the classic horror novel (1886) plus five additional stories. Introduction and notes by Jenny Davidson. Third printing.

STEWART, ALEX; [i.e., Alexander Michael Stewart] (1958- ); see pseudonym Sandy Mitchell (stories) (chron.)

STEWART, PAUL (stories) (chron.)

• * +Clash of the Sky Galleons (with Chris Riddell) (Random House/Fickling 978-0-375-83742-5, Sep 2007, $12.99, 416pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Quint] Young-adult fantasy novel, ninth in the Edge Chronicles series. First US edition (Doubleday UK 9/06).
• * _Clash of the Sky Galleons (with Chris Riddell) (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-55127-4, Sep 2007, £5.99, 427pp, tp, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Quint] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2006) young-adult fantasy novel. The ninth book in the Edge Chronicles series, and third in the Quint trilogy.
• * *The Lost Barkscrolls (with Chris Riddell) (Transworld/Doubleday UK 978-0-385-61168-8, Sep 2007, £12.99, 439pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles] Omnibus/collection of four pieces in the Edge Chronicles universe: two original novels, and two novellas previously published as separate books: Cloud Wolf (2001) and The Stone Pilot (2006). Illustrations by Riddell. Includes a foldout timeline chart. Book ten of the series. (Contents)
• * *The Twig Trilogy (with Chris Riddell) (Transworld/Doubleday UK 978-0-385-61345-3, Sep 2007, £12.99, 1025pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles] Omnibus of the first three novels in the Edge Chronicles: Beyond the Deepwoods (1998), Stormchaser (1999) and Midnight over Sanctaphrax (2000). The novels are separately paginated. (Contents)
• * +The Winter Knights (with Chris Riddell) (Random House/Fickling 978-0-375-83741-8, Feb 2007, $12.99, 382pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Quint] Young-adult fantasy novel, eighth in the Edge Chronicles series. First US edition (Doubleday UK 9/05).

STIRLING, S(tephen) M(ichael) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Ice, Iron and Gold (Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-115-7, Oct 2007, $26.95, 279pp, hc, cover by Vincent Chong) Collection of 13 stories, one original, of military SF and fantasy. A signed limited edition of 150 (-114-3, $49.00) with one added story, is also available. Night Shade Books, 1423 33rd Ave., San Francisco CA 94122; [books@nightshadebooks.com]; [www.nightshadebooks.com]. (Contents)
• * _A Meeting at Corvallis (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46166-7, Sep 2007, $7.99, 622pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Change War] Reprint (Roc 2006) SF novel, third in the Change War trilogy begun in Dies the Fire.
• * _The Sky People (Tor 978-0-7653-5376-4, Oct 2007, $6.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Gregory Manchess) [Sky People] Reprint (Tor 2006) alternate-world SF adventure novel set on Venus.
• * *The Sunrise Lands (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46170-4, Sep 2007, $24.95, 453pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Change War] SF novel set in the same world as the Change War trilogy begun in Dies the Fire, picking up with the next generation.

STIVERS, VALERIE (chron.)

• * *Blood Is the New Black (Random House/Three Rivers Press 978-0-307-35213-2, Aug 2007, $13.95, 293pp, tp) Humorous vampire novel. The new girl at Tasty magazine can’t figure out how the other staffers manage to party all night and stay so thin.
• * _Blood Is the New Black (Hodder 978-0-340-93396-1, Oct 2007, £6.99, 293pp, tp) Reprint (Three Rivers Press 2007) humorous vampire novel. [First U.K. edition]

STOKER, BRAM; [i.e., Abraham Stoker] (1847-1912) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dracula (Barnes & Noble Classics 978-1-59308-160-7, 2007, $7.95, 417+xxix, hc, cover by Edward Holub) [Dracula] Reissue (Constable 1897) classic vampire novel. Introduction and notes by Brooke Allen. Second printing.
• * *Dracula’s Guest and Other Weird Stories (Penguin Classics 978-0-141-44171-9, Feb 2007, $15.00, 407+xlvi, tp, cover by Swava Harasymowicz) Omnibus of the title collection (1914) and novel The Lair of the White Worm (1911); the text follows the first editions, with minor corrections. Edited and with an introduction and notes by Kate Hebblethwaite. This is an international edition. (Contents)

STONE, DAVE (1964- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Professor Bernice Summerfield: The Two Jasons (Big Finish 978-1-84435-279-1, May 2007, £14.99, 216pp, hc, cover by Stuart Manning) [Professor Bernice Summerfield] SF novelization plus one story in the Professor Bernice Summerfield series. (Contents)

STONE, DAVID LEE (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Illmoor Chronicles: The Shadewell Shenanigans (Hyperion 978-0-7868-3796-0, Nov 2007, $7.99, 308pp, tp, cover by Bob Lea) [Illmore Chronicles] Reprint (Hodder 2005) young-adult humorous dark fantasy novel, third in the Illmore Chronicles trilogy.
• * _The Illmoor Chronicles: The Yowler Foul-Up (Hyperion 0-7868-5598-3, Sep 2006, $6.99, 289pp, tp, cover by Bob Lea) [Illmore Chronicles] Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 2004) young-adult humorous dark fantasy novel, second in the Illmore Chronicles trilogy. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.

STONE, SCOT R. (chron.)

• * _The Snowtear Wars, Book 1—The Chimes of Yawrana (Behler Publications 978-1-933016-42-9, Feb 2007, $18.95, 399pp, tp) Reprint (PublishAmerica 2004) fantasy novel. Behler Publications, 22365 El Toro Road #135, Lake Forest CA 92630; [www.behlerpublications.com].

STOTT, REBECCA (chron.)

• * *Ghostwalk (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 978-0-297-85136-3, Mar 2007, £12.99, 288pp, hc) Ghost story/murder mystery in which the death of a reclusive historian tangles with a historical murder in which Newton was a suspect.
• * *Ghostwalk (Random House/Spiegel & Grau 978-0-385-52106-2, May 2007, $24.95, 305pp, hc) Mystery novel with possible supernatural elements. A woman hired to complete a manuscript about Sir Isaac Newton finds strange links between murders in past and present. A first novel.

STOVER, EUGENE; see under Stover, Leon E. (chron.)

STOVER, LEON E(ugene) (1929-2006) (chron.)

• * _The Annotated H.G. Wells, Volume 9: Things to Come: A Critical Text of the 1935 London First Edition (with H. G. Wells) See entry under H. G. Wells

STRAHAN, JONATHAN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume One (Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-068-6, Mar 2007, $19.95, 479pp, tp, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Year’s best anthology with 24 stories. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Peter S. Beagle, Connie Willis, and Gene Wolfe. Night Shade Books, 1423 33rd Ave., San Francisco CA 94122; 415-759-8901; [night@nightshadebooks.com]; [www.nightshadebooks.com]. (Contents)
• * *Best Short Novels: 2007 (SFBC #1230075, Jun 2007, $12.99, 524+xiv, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Year’s Best anthology of eight novellas published in 2006, with a discussion of the year by Strahan. Authors include Kage Baker, Robert Reed, and Cory Doctorow. This has ISBN 978-1-58288-267-3, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *Eclipse One (Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-117-1, Oct 2007, $14.95, 263pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) Original anthology of 15 stories, the first in a series. Authors include Bruce Sterling, Garth Nix, Peter S. Beagle, and Terry Dowling. Night Shade Books, 1423 33rd San Francisco CA 94122; 415-759-8901; [night@nightshadebooks.com]; [www.nightshadebooks.com]. (Contents)
• * +Eidolon (with Jeremy G. Byrne) (Wildside Press/Prime Books 0-8095-6234-0, Jan 2007, $12.95, 285+x, tp, cover by Shaun Tan) Original anthology of 17 stories. Authors include Lucy Sussex, Margo Lanagan, Eleanor Arnason, and Jeff VanderMeer. First US edition (Eidolon Books 2006 as Eidolon I). A print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.prime-books.com] or from Wildside Press, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850.
• * _The Jack Vance Treasury See entry under Jack Vance.
• * _The New Space Opera (with Gardner R. Dozois) See entry under Gardner R. Dozois

STRATHERN, OONA (chron.)

• * *A Brief History of the Future (Carroll & Graf 978-0-78671-904-4, Mar 2007, $15.95, 322pp, tp) Associational non-fiction about ways we try to predict the future and the rise of futurists from science fiction. Simultaneous with the Constable & Robinson UK edition.

STRAUB, PETER (Francis) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Sides (Cemetery Dance Publications 978-1-58767-165-4, Jun 2007, $25.00, 310pp, hc) Collection of Straub’s non-fiction, including the reviews of his own books written under the persona of Putney Tyson Ridge. (Contents)
• * *Sides (CD Publications 978-1-58767-165-4, Aug 2007, $25.00, 310pp, hc, cover by Marni Horwitz) Non-fiction collection of 35 non-fiction pieces including introductions, afterwords, essays, a speech, and commentaries on Straub’s work by his alter ego, Putney Tyson Ridge. A signed, slipcased limited edition of 350 ($50.00) and traycased lettered edition of 52 ($200.00) are also available. Cemetery Dance Publications, 132-B Industry Lane, Unit #7, Forest Hill MD 21050; [www.cemeterydance.com].
• * _The Talisman (with Stephen King) See entry under Stephen King.

STRAUSS, VICTORIA (chron.)

• * _The Awakened City (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-124283-0, Jun 2007, $14.95, 449pp, tp, cover by Mark Harrison) [Burning Land] Reprint (Eos 2006) fantasy novel, sequel to The Burning Land.