The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

TAYLOR, G. P. (chron.)

• * _The Curse of Salamander Street (Faber and Faber 978-0-571-23254-3, Jun 2007, £6.99, 335pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Shadowmancer] Reprint (Faber and Faber 2006) young-adult dark fantasy novel. The sequel to Shadowmancer.
• * *Mariah Mundi: The Midas Box (Faber and Faber 978-0-571-22650-4, Sep 2007, £9.99, 369pp, hc, cover by David Roberts) [Mariah Mundi] Young-adult fantasy novel. A trade paperback (airside) edition (-23836-1) was announced but not seen.
• * +The Shadowmancer Returns: The Curse of Salamander Street (Penguin/Putnam 978-0-399-24346-2, May 2007, $17.99, 240pp, hc) [Shadowmancer] Young-adult dark fantasy, fourth in the series begun in Shadowmancer. Kate and Thomas head to London for a new start. First US edition (Faber & Faber 9/06 as The Curse of Salamander Street).
• * +The Shadowmancer Returns: The Curse of Salamander Street (Strang Communications/Realms 978-1-59979-084-8, May 2007, $17.99, 236pp, hc) [Shadowmancer] Young-adult dark fantasy, fourth in the series begun in Shadowmancer. Kate and Thomas head to London for a new start. This is a special, slightly altered/expurgated text, copublished by Christian publisher Strang Communications and Penguin Group (USA), simultaneous with the Putnam first US edition (Faber & Faber 9/06 as The Curse of Salamander Street). The dustjacket lacks the foil on the Putnam version, and there is an extra “personal message” from the author starting, “As a committed Evangelical Christian...”.
• * _Tersias the Oracle (Penguin/Firebird 978-0-14-240846-9, May 2007, $8.99, 262pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Faber & Faber 2005 as Tersias) young-adult dark fantasy.

TAYLOR, HOLLY (chron.)

• * *Crimson Fire (Medallion Press 978-1-933836-034, Jun 2007, $14.99, 546pp, tp) [*Dreamer’s Cycle] Fantasy novel, second in The Dreamer’s Cycle after Night Birds’ Reign. Gwydion the Dreamer and Rhiannon of Kymru go undercover in Corania in the household of the strangely familiar Warleader, Havgan.

TAYLOR, JUSTIN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Apocalypse Reader (Thunder’s Mouth 978-1-56025-959-6, Jun 2007, $15.95, 318+svi, tp) Anthology of 34 stories, nine original, about the end of the world. Authors include H.P. Lovecraft, Kelly Link, H.G. Wells, and Michael Moorcock. (Contents)

TAYLOR, KAREN E. (1954?- ) (chron.)

• * *Twelve Steps from Darkness (Wildside Press/Juno Books 978-0-8095-5788-2, Jun 2007, $12.95, 206pp, tp, cover by Timothy Lantz) Dark fantasy romance. A woman trying to stay sober starts hearing voices. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.juno-books.com] or from Wildside Press, 9710 Traville Gateway Drive #234, Rockville MD 20850.

TAYLOR, L. A.; [i.e., Laurie Aylama Taylor Sparer] (1939-1996) (chron.)

• * _Cat’s Paw (FTL Publications 978-0-9653575-6-2, Oct 2007, $15.95, 194pp, tp, cover by Alicia Austin) Reprint (Ace 1995) fantasy mystery novel. Order from FTL Publications, PO Box 1363, Minnetonka MN 55345-0363; [www.ftlpublications.com].

TAYLOR, LAINI (chron.)

• * *Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer (Penguin/Putnam 978-0-399-24630-2, Jun 2007, $17.99, 437pp, hc, cover by Jim Di Bartolo) Young-adult fantasy novel. The faerie Magpie devotes her life to capturing devils, but the ancient Blackbringer may be more than she can handle. A first novel.

TAYLOR, RICHARD (chron.)

• * *The Haunting of Cambria (Tor 978-0-7653-1705-6, Jul 2007, $24.95, 303pp, hc) Horror novel. A widower buys a bed-and-breakfast that appears to be haunted. A first novel.

TAYLOR, TAWNY (chron.)

• * *Real Vamps Don’t Drink O-Neg (Kensington 978-0-7582-1509-3, Sep 2007, $12.95, 250pp, tp, cover by Patrick Jones) Paranormal romance. Paranormal researcher Sophie Hahn doesn’t believe until she meets sexy vampire professor Ric Vogel, who needs help researching some ancient relics.
• * *Sex and the Single Ghost (Kensington 978-0-7582-1508-6, Sep 2007, $6.99, 269pp, tp) Reprint (Kensington 2006) fantasy romance. A ghost gets a chance to briefly reanimate and try to solve her murder, now nine years in the past.

TAYLOR, TRAVIS S. (chron.)

• * *One Day on Mars (Baen 978-1-4165-5505-6, Oct 2007, $23.00, 290pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) [One Day on Mars] SF novel. Violent revolution breaks out on the Martian colony.
• * _Vorpal Blade (with John Ringo) See entry under John Ringo.

TEMPLETON, JULIA (chron.)

• * *Return to Me (Berkley Heat 978-0-425-21541-8, Aug 2007, $14.00, 265pp, tp) Erotic historical vampire romance set in the Scottish Highlands.

TEPPER, SHERI S. (1929- ) (chron.)

• * *The Margarets (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-117065-2, Jun 2007, $26.95, 508pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) SF novel. The only human child on a Phobos work colony creates imaginary companions, a series of Margarets that spread through the galaxy.

TESSIER, THOMAS (Edward) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Wicked Things (Leisure 978-0-8439-5560-6, Jun 2007, $6.99, 338pp, pb) Horror novel. Strange things happen in a small town.

TEVIS, WALTER S(tone, Jr.) (1928-1984) (chron.)

• * _Mockingbird (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07915-1, Jun 2007, £7.99, 278pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Doubleday 1980) SF novel. Volume 70 in the SF Masterworks series.

THIESS, JIM (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Eye of Argon (Wildside Press 0-8095-6261-8, Dec 2006, $10.00, 74pp, tp) Reprint (Hypatia Press 1987) infamously bad fantasy novelette frequently read at cons. This follows the original text published in the fanzine Osfan 10, including the long-missing last page recovered in 2004. Lee Weinstein discusses the story’s history in the introduction, previously published in slightly different form in The New York Review of Science Fiction. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.wildsidepress.com] or from Wildside Press, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850.

THOMAS, JEFFREY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Deadstock (BL Publishing/Solaris US 978-1-84416-447-9, Mar 2007, $7.99, 414pp, pb) [Punktown] Dark SF novel in the Punktown series. PI Jeremy Stake works for a wealthy client whose company makes synthetic life forms as playthings for the rich. This has the same ISBN as the simultaneous Solaris UK edition, but only has US and Canadian prices.
• * *Deadstock (BL Publishing/Solaris 978-1-84416-447-9, Mar 2007, £7.99, 414pp, pb) [Punktown] SF novel in the Punktown series.
• * *Doomsdays (Dark Regions Press 978-1-888993-48-0, Dec 2007, $18.95, 263pp, tp, cover by Robert Steven Connett) Collection of 22 stories, four original. This is a signed edition; a hardcover limited edition of 100 and a signed lettered edition of 26 are also available. Order from Dark Regions Press, PO Box 1264, Colusa CA 95932; [www.darkregions.com]. (Contents)

THOMAS, LEE (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Dust of Wonderland (Alyson 978-1-59350-011-5, Aug 2007, $24.95, 317pp, hc) Horror novel. Ken returns to New Orleans as violence plagues the family he left behind.

THOMAS, SCARLETT; pseudonym (1972- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The End of Mr. Y (Canongate 978-1-8476-7117-2, Jul 2007, £10.99, 452pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt 2006) literary fantasy novel. A PhD student finds a mysterious book which contains a recipe allowing a person to enter the others’ minds. [First U.K. edition]

THOMAS, SCOTT (Robert) (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Midnight in New England (Down East Books 978-0-89272-732-2, Oct 2007, $14.95, 175pp, tp) Collection of 18 horror and mystery stories set in 18th- and 19th-century New England, at least 11 previously published in small press venues; nine stories were previously collected in Cobwebs and Whispers (Delirium 2001). Available from Down East Books, PO Box 679, Camden ME 04843-0679; [www.downeastbooks.com]; 800-685-7962. (Contents)
• * *Over the Darkening Fields (Dark Regions Press 978-1-888993-50-9, Jul 2007, $16.95, 190pp, tp, cover by Jeffrey Thomas) Original collection of 26 stories, 11 reprints. Dark Regions Press, PO Box 1264, Colusa CA 95932. (Contents)

THOMAS, WILLIAM S. (chron.)

• * _Window Beyond the World (with John Howard Weeks) See entry under John Howard Weeks.

THOMPSON, DAWN (chron.)

• * *Blood Moon (Dorchester/Love Spell 978-0-505-52680-9, Mar 2007, $6.99, 357pp, pb) [Blood Moon] Regency vampire romance. Jon Hyde-Whyte seeks a cure for his vampirism before he drains his fiancé.
• * *The Brotherhood (Dorchester/Love Spell 978-0-505-52726-4, Aug 2007, $6.99, 338pp, pb) [Blood Moon] Regency vampire romance, sequel to Blood Moon.

THOMPSON, ELDON (chron.)

• * _The Obsidian Key (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-074153-2, Mar 2007, $7.99, 736pp, pb) [Legend of Asahiel] Reprint (Eos 2006) fantasy novel, the second volume in the Legend of Asahiel trilogy.

THOMPSON, KATE (chron.)

• * _The Fourth Horseman (Random House UK/Red Fox 978-0-099-49503-1, Jun 2007, £5.99, 271pp, tp) Reprint (The Bodley Head 2006) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *The Last of the High Kings (The Bodley Head 978-0-370-32925-3, Jun 2007, £12.99, 323pp, hc) [New Policeman] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The New Policeman.
• * +The New Policeman (HarperCollins/Greenwillow 0-06-117427-0, Feb 2007, $16.99, 442pp, hc, cover by Marc Tauss) [New Policeman] Young-adult fantasy. A teen seeks more time for his harried mother and learns secrets about his family and magic. Winner of the Whitbread and the Guardian Award. First US edition (The Bodley Head 5/05).
• * +Origins (Bloomsbury USA 978-1-58234-652-6, Nov 2007, $17.95, 313pp, hc) [Missing Link] Young-adult postholocaust SF novel, book three of the Missing Link trilogy. First US edition (The Bodley Head 6/03).

THOMPSON, KRISTIN (chron.)

• * *The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood (University of California Press 978-0-520-24774-1, Aug 2007, $29.95, 399+xxi, hc, cover by Victor Juhasz) [Middle-Earth] Non-fiction, a look at the making, marketing, licensing, and lasting effects of Peter Jackson’s film adaptions of Tolkien’s works. Includes notes, index, and eight unpaginated pages of color photos. University of California Press, 2120 Berkeley Way, Berkeley CA 94704-1012; [www.ucpress.edu].

THOMPSON, PAUL B. (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *DragonLance: Destiny (with Tonya C. Cook) (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4273-2, Oct 2007, $6.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [DragonLance: Elven Exiles] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, volume three of Elven Exiles. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

THOMPSON, RONDA; [born Ronda L. Widener] (1955-2007) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Confessions of a Werewolf Supermodel (St. Martin’s 978-0-312-94925-9, Oct 2007, $6.99, 343pp, pb) Werewolf romance. Supermodel Lou Kinipski career is threatened by her werewolf condition and a series of murders.

THOMPSON, VICKI LEWIS (1944- ) (chron.)

• * *Over Hexed (Penguin/Onyx 978-0-451-41248-5, Oct 2007, $7.99, 319pp, pb) [Over Hexed] Fantasy romance. A pair of magic matchmakers has been exiled to unmagical Big Knob, Indiana.

THORNE, GEOFFREY (chron.)

• * *Star Trek: Titan: Sword of Damocles (Pocket 978-1-4165-2694-0, Dec 2007, $7.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Trek: Titan] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by CBS Studios.

THORNE, JUSTIN (stories) (chron.)

• * *In the Shadows: an anthology of the curious (Sigel Press 978-1-905941-03-2, Jun 2007, £7.99, 203pp, tp, cover by Kevin Radthorne) Collection of 20 stories, eight reprints. Sigel Press, 51A Victoria Road, Cambridge CB4 3BW UK; [www.sigelpress.com]. Available in the US at for $15.98 from Sigel Press, 4403 Belmont Court, Medina OH 44256. (Contents)

THORNTON, CECILIA; see pseudonym Cecilia Dart-Thornton (chron.)

THORPE, DAVID (chron.)

• * *Hybrids (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 978-0-00-724784-4, May 2007, £5.99, 304pp, tp, cover by Benedict Campbell) Young-adult SF novel. A virus causes sufferers to merge with their machines. Winner of the HarperCollins/SAGA Magazine competition.

THURLO, AIMÉE (Salsedo) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * _Pale Death (with David Thurlo) See entry under David Thurlo.

THURLO, (Harry) DAVID (1949- ) (chron.)

• * _Pale Death (with Aimée Thurlo) (Tor 978-0-7653-5256-9, Sep 2007, $6.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Rich Deas) [Lee Nez] Reprint (Forge 2005) Native American vampire mystery, third in the series featuring Navajo Nightwalker police officer Lee Nez.

THURMAN, ROB (chron.)

• * *Moonshine (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46139-1, Mar 2007, $6.99, 338pp, pb) [Nightlife] Contemporary dark fantasy novel, sequel to Nightlife.

TIERNAN, CATE (chron.)

• * _Sweep # 1: Book of Shadows (Penguin/Speak 978-0-14-240986-2, Apr 2007, $6.99, 176pp, tp) [Sweep] Reprint (Puffin 2001) young-adult dark fantasy novel, first in a series about a teen discovering her powers for witchcraft. Packaged and copyrighted by 17th Street Productions.
• * _Sweep # 2: The Coven (Penguin/Speak 978-0-14-240987-9, Apr 2007, $6.99, 185pp, tp) [Sweep] Reprint (Puffin 2001) young-adult dark fantasy novel, second in a series about a teen discovering her powers for witchcraft. Packaged and copyrighted by 17th Street Productions.
• * _Sweep # 3: Blood Witch (Penguin/Speak 978-0-14-240988-6, Apr 2007, $6.99, 202pp, tp) [Sweep] Reprint (Puffin 2001) young-adult fantasy novel, third in a series about a teen discovering her powers for witchcraft. Copyrighted by Gabrielle Varela and packager 17th Street Productions.
• * _Sweep # 5: Awakening (Penguin/Speak 978-0-14-241020-2, Apr 2007, $6.99, 188pp, tp, cover by Barry Marcus) [Sweep] Reprint (Puffin 2001) young-adult fantasy novel, fifth in a series about a teen discovering her powers for witchcraft. Copyrighted by packager 17th Street Productions.

TODOROV, BORIANA (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Moon Rock (with Vladimir Todorov) (Simply Read Books 978-1-894965-77-4, Oct 2007, $19.95, 111pp, tp, cover by Vladimir Todorov) Young-adult surreal fantasy novella/picture book. Elliot steals his grandfather’s moon rock and becomes involved in a civil war on the moon. Illustrated by Vladimir Todorov. Available from Simply Read Books, 501-5525 West Boulevard, Vancouver BC Canada V6M 3W6; [www.simplyreadbooks.com]; 604-727-2960.

TODOROV, VLADIMIR (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Moon Rock (with Boriana Todorov) See entry under Boriana Todorov.

TOLKIEN, J(ohn) R(onald) R(euel) (1892-1973) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Children of Húrin (Houghton Mifflin 978-0-618-89464-2, Apr 2007, $26.00, 315pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Fantasy novel in the world of The Lord of the Rings, written by J.R.R. Tolkien and pieced together from various manuscripts by son Christopher. This includes a bound-in fold-out map.
• * *The Children of Húrin (HarperCollins UK 978-0-00-724622-9, Apr 2007, £18.99, 313pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Fantasy novel, reconstructed by Christopher Tolkien. Illustrated by Alan Lee. Simultaneous with the US (Houghton Mifflin) edition.
• * _The Children of Húrin (SFBC #1232364, May 2007, $14.99, 315pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 2007) fantasy novel in the world of The Lord of the Rings, written by J.R.R. Tolkien and reconstructed by son Christopher. This is similar to the Houghton Mifflin edition, except it lacks the bound-in map; the jacket lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back.
• * _The Fellowship of the Ring (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-33970-6, Oct 2007, $7.99, 458pp, pb) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1954) fantasy novel, the first of three parts in The Lord of the Rings. This has the 1965 foreword by Tolkien, and the 1973 introduction by Peter S. Beagle; 138th printing.
• * _The Hobbit (Houghton Mifflin 978-0-618-96863-3, Sep 2007, $25.00, xix+300pp, hc, cover by J. R. R. Tolkien) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1937) young-adult fantasy novel, prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy; the text is last copyrighted 1995. This has a preface by Christopher Tolkien excerpted from a 1987 edition, and a 2001 note by Douglas A. Anderson.
• * _Mr. Bliss (HarperCollins UK 978-0-00-725533-7, Oct 2007, £16.99, 100pp, hc, cover by J. R. R. Tolkien) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1982) children’s fantasy story. This is a revised/redesigned edition, with Tolkien’s original illustrated manuscript, side-by-side with a printed version.
• * _The Silmarillion (HarperCollins UK 978-0-00-726489-6, Nov 2007, £60.00, hc) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Houghton Mifflin; Allen & Unwin 1977) fantasy novel. This is a 30th Anniversary deluxe edition, quarter-bound, in a matching slipcase. The text has been revised and reset, and extras include a 1951 letter from Tolkien and a colour frontispiece by Tolkien.

TOMLINSON, HEATHER (chron.)

• * *The Swan Maiden (Holt 978-0-8050-8275-3, Jul 2007, $17.95, 292pp, hc, cover by Julia Breckenreid) Young-adult fantasy novel. A young woman raised to be a servant to her swan-maiden sisters discovers she has magic of her own. A first novel.

TOMLINSON, THERESA (chron.)

• * *The Voyage of the Snake Lady (HarperCollins 978-0-06-084739-5, Dec 2007, $17.99, 385pp, hc) [Moon Riders] Young-adult fantasy, sequel to The Moon Riders, about the Amazons after the fall of Troy.

TOMPKINS, TROY; see pseudonym Troy CLE (chron.)

TOWNLEY, RODERICK (chron.)

• * *The Constellation of Sylvie (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 978-0-689-85713-3, Apr 2006, $16.95, 192pp, hc, cover by Omar Ryann) [Sylvie] Young-adult fantasy, third in the Sylvie trilogy begun in The Great Good Thing. The characters’ book is sent on a four-year space mission to Jupiter. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.
• * *The Red Thread (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 978-1-4169-0894-4, Mar 2007, $17.99, 294pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy. A teen starts remembering a 400-year-old murder from a past life.