The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

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WARD, J. R. (chron.) (continued)

* *Lover Unbound (Penguin/Signet 978-0-451-22235-0, Oct 2007, $7.99, 502pp, pb) [Black Dagger Brotherhood] Vampire romance novel, fifth in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Copyrighted by Jessica Bird.
WARD, JAMES M(ichael) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Dragonfrigate Wizard Halcyon Blithe (Tor 978-0-7653-5111-1, Dec 2007, $7.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Jon Foster) [Halcyon Blithe] Reprint (Tor 2006) fantasy novel of Hornblower-style sea adventure, second in the Halcyon Blithe series.
WARNEKE, SARA MARY (1957- ); see pseudonym Sara Douglass (chron.)
WARNER, WILLIAM JOHN (1866-1936); see pseudonym Cheiro (stories) (chron.)
WARREN, CHRISTINE (stories) (chron.)

* *The Demon You Know (St. Martin’s 978-0-312-34777-2, May 2007, $6.99, 344pp, pb) [Others] Supernatural romance novel, the third in the Others series.
* *Howl at the Moon (St. Martin’s 978-0-312-94790-3, Nov 2007, $6.99, 331pp, pb) [Others] Supernatural romance novel in the Others series.
WARREN, KAARON (stories) (chron.)

* +The Glass Woman (Wildside Press/Prime Books 978-0-8095-7296-0, Oct 2007, $14.95, 260pp, tp) Collection of 21 stories, one original, most originally published in the Australian small press. This is the first US edition, with some revisions and two added stories, from The Grinding House (CSFG Australia 2005). Prime Books, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.prime-books.com].
WATERS, HEATHER (chron.)

* *Destiny’s Warrior (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21962-1, Dec 2007, $6.99, 325pp, pb) Paranormal romance. Nakkole is sent to guard Gavin, the royal heir of the fae, who was raised as human and doesn’t believe in magic.
* *The Devil’s Possession (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21664-4, Aug 2007, $6.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Phil Heffernan) Historical paranormal romance. A pregnant woman claims a condemned witch as the father of her child, and ends up married to him.
WATT-EVANS, LAWRENCE (1954- ) (chron.)

* _The Misenchanted Sword (Dorchester/Cosmos Books 978-0-8439-5916-1, Jan 2008, $6.99, 350pp, pb) [Ethshar] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) fantasy novel in the Ethshar series.
* *The Ninth Talisman (Tor 978-0-7653-1027-9, May 2007, $25.96, 317pp, hc, cover by Raymond Swanland) [Annals of the Chosen] Fantasy novel, book two of the Annals of the Chosen.
* _The Spartacus File (with Carl Parlagreco) (Wildside Press 0-8095-5683-9, Dec 2006, $12.95, 179pp, tp, cover by Charles Bernard) Reprint (Wildside Press 2005, not seen) SF novel. This trade paperback edition is dated 2006, but not seen until now. Wildside Press, [www.wildsidepress.com].
* _The Spriggan Mirror (Dorchester/Cosmos Books 978-0-8439-5907-9, Sep 2007, $6.99, 365pp, pb, cover by Charles Bernard) Reprint (Wildside Press 2006) SF novel.
* _The Wizard Lord (Tor 978-0-765-34901-2, Apr 2007, $7.99, 358pp, pb, cover by Raymond Swanland) [Annals of the Chosen] Reprint (Tor 2006) fantasy novel, the first volume in the Annals of the Chosen.
WATTS, LEANDER (chron.)

* _Beautiful City of the Dead (Houghton Mifflin/Graphia 978-0-618-59499-3, Sep 2007, $7.99, 254pp, tp, cover by Sammy Yuen, Jr.) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 2006) young-adult fantasy. A teen’s Ghost Metal band makes more than music.
WATTS, PETER (stories) (chron.)

* _Blindsight (SFBC #1215902, Nov 2006, $12.99, 384pp, hc, cover by Thomas Pringle) Reprint (Tor 2006) SF first contact novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
WAUGH, CHARLES G., ed. (1943- ) (chron.)

* _The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction (with Martin H. Greenberg & Isaac Asimov) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
WEATHERILL, CAT (chron.)

* _Snowbone (Penguin/Puffin UK 978-0-141-31873-8, Apr 2007, £5.99, 340pp, tp, cover by Sarah Dearlove) [Ashenpeake Island] Reprint (Puffin 2006) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Barkbelly in the Ashenpeake Island series. Interior illustrations by Sarah Dearlove.
* *Wild Magic (Penguin/Puffin UK 978-0-141-32114-1, Jul 2007, £5.99, 278pp, tp, cover by Zdenko Basic) Young-adult fantasy novel.
WEAVER, TOM (1958- ) (chron.)

* *Universal Horrors: The Studio’s Classic Films, 1931-1946, Second Edition (with Michael Brunas & John Brunas) (McFarland 978-0-7864-2974-5, Jun 2007, $55.00, 608pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference, a guide to the 86 horror movies of the period including Frankenstein and Dracula. This is revised and updated from the 1990 McFarland edition (not seen). There is an index. McFarland, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; 800-253-2187; [www.mcfarlandpub.com].
WEBB, BETH (stories) (chron.)

* *Fire Dreamer (Macmillan Children’s Books UK 978-1-4050-9177-0, Sep 2007, £12.99, 420pp, hc) [Star Dancer] Young-adult fantasy novel. Second in a quartet after Star Dancer.
* _Star Dancer: The Book of Air (Macmillan Children’s Books UK 978-0-330-44570-2, May 2007, £5.99, 343pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) [Star Dancer] Reprint (Macmillan Children’s Books UK 2006) young-adult fantasy novel. First in a quartet.
WEBB, CATHERINE (chron.)

* _The Obsidian Dagger, Being the Further Extraordinary and Unusual Adventures of Horatio Lyle (Little, Brown UK/Atom 978-1-904233-79-4, Feb 2007, £5.99, 330pp, tp) [Horatio Lyle] Reprint (Atom 2006) young-adult fantasy novel.
WEBBER, MINDA (chron.)

* *Bustin’ (Dorchester/Love Spell 978-0-505-52705-9, Jan 2007, $6.99, 323pp, pb) Humorous vampire romance novel. Samantha Hammett’s family paranormal investigation business is threatened by new competition.
* *The Reinvented Miss Bluebeard (Dorcheseter/Love Spell 978-0-505-52706-8, Jul 2007, $6.99, 310pp, pb) Humorous paranormal romance novel. A 19th-century young lady with an infamous father becomes a psychiatrist for potty paranormals.
WEBER, DAVID M. (chron.)

* _1634: The Baltic War (with Eric Flint) See entry under Eric Flint.
* _At All Costs (Baen 978-1-4165-4414-2, Oct 2007, $7.99, 880pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Honor Harrington] Reprint (Baen 2005) military SF novel, the 11th in the Honor Harrington series. This drops the bound-in CD-ROM of the hardcover edition.
* *Hell Hath No Fury (with Linda Evans) (Baen 978-1-4165-2101-3, Mar 2007, $26.00, 498pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) [*Hell’s Gate] Fantasy novel, sequel to Hell’s Gate. This includes a bound-in CD-ROM.
* _In Fury Born (Baen 978-1-4165-2131-0, Aug 2007, $7.99, 856pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Reprint (Baen 2006) SF novel, expanded and much revised from Path of the Fury (1992).
* *Off Armageddon Reef (Tor 0-765-31500-9, Jan 2007, $25.95, 607pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Safehold] SF novel, the first in the Safehold series. The few human survivors of a war with aliens establish a colony with safe, undetectable medieval-level technology — until a long-dormant android wakes.
* _Off Armageddon Reef (SFBC #1224422, Apr 2007, $14.99, 607pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Safehold] Reprint (Tor 2007) SF novel, the first in the Safehold series. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Off Armageddon Reef (Tor 978-0-7653-5397-9, Jan 2008, $7.99, 789pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Safehold] Reprint (Tor 2007) SF novel, the first in the Safehold series.
* _Old Soldiers (Baen 978-1-4165-2104-4, Feb 2007, $7.99, 372pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Bolo] Reprint (Baen 2005) military SF novel featuring Keith Laumer’s Bolos.
WEEKS, JOHN HOWARD (chron.)

* *Window Beyond the World (with William S. Thomas) (Smart Monkey Books 0-595-40284-4, 2006, $14.95, 199pp, tp) Fantasy novel. A man’s midlife crisis is complicated by a dead relative’s spirit, seeking help. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.smartmonkeybooks.com] or from Smart Monkey Books, PO Box 40756, Santa Barbara CA 93140.
WEIN, ELIZABETH E. (stories) (chron.)

* *The Lion Hunter (Penguin/Viking 978-0-670-06163-1, Jun 2007, $16.99, 227pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Winter Prince: Mark of Solomon] Associational YA Arthurian novel, the first in the Mark of Solomon series, fourth in an overall series begun in The Winter Prince. Copyrighted by Elizabeth Gatland.
WEINBAUM, STANLEY G(rauman) (1902-1935) (chron.)

* *The Black Heart (Leonaur 978-1-84677-070-8, Apr 2006, £17.99, 246pp, hc) Collection/omnibus of The Dark Other (1950) and three stories. Volume four in The Collected Science Fiction & Fantasy of Stanley G. Weinbaum. A trade paperback edition (-049-4, £9.99) is also available.
* _Interplanetary Odysseys (Leonaur 978-1-84677-070-8, Apr 2006, £17.99, 284pp, hc) [Ham Hammond] Reprint (Hyperion 1974) as part of A Martian Odyssey & Other Science Fiction Tales collection of ten interplanetary adventures, including the classic “A Martian Odyssey” and the complete “Ham” Hammond series. This add one story, the posthumous “Tidal Moon” completed by Helen Weinbaum. Volume one in The Collected Science Fiction & Fantasy of Stanley G. Weinbaum. A trade paperback edition (-060-9, £9.99) is also available.
* *Other Earths (Leonaur 978-1-84677-072-6, Apr 2006, £17.99, 329pp, hc) Collection of four futuristic stories and novel The Black Flame (1948). Volume two in The Collected Science Fiction & Fantasy of Stanley G. Weinbaum. A trade paperback edition (-062-3, £9.99) is also available.
* *Strange Genius (Leonaur 978-1-84677-055-5, Apr 2006, £17.99, 270pp, hc) Collection of novel The New Adam (1939) and six stories, including the complete “van Manderpootz” stories. Volume three in The Collected Science Fiction & Fantasy of Stanley G. Weinbaum. A trade paperback edition (-048-7, £9.99) is also available.
WEINER, EDMUND (chron.)

* _The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary (with Peter Gilliver & Jeremy Marshall) See entry under Peter Gilliver.
WEIS, LIZZ (stories) (chron.)

* _Warrior Angel (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
WEIS, MARGARET (Edith Baldwin) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _DragonLance: Dragons of the Dwarven Depths (with Tracy Hickman) (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4261-9, May 2007, $7.99, 582pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [DragonLance: Lost Chronicles] Reprint (Wizards of the Coast 2006) novelization based on the roleplaying game, the first volume in The Lost Chronicles. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
* *DragonLance: Dragons of the Highlord Skies (with Tracy Hickman) (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4333-3, Jul 2007, $25.95, 456pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [DragonLance: Lost Chronicles] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the second volume in The Lost Chronicles. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
* _DragonLance: Dragons of the Highlord Skies (with Tracy Hickman) (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4860-4, Jan 2008, $7.99, 599pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [DragonLance: Lost Chronicles] Reprint (Wizards of the Coast 2007) novelization based on the roleplaying game, the second volume in The Lost Chronicles. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
* _Master of Dragons (Tor 978-0-7653-4392-5, Jul 2007, $7.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Dragonvald] Reprint (Tor 2005) fantasy novel, the third book of the Dragonvald trilogy.
* *Warrior Angel (with Lizz Weis) (HarperCollins/Avon 978-0-06-083325-1, Mar 2007, $6.99, 354pp, pb) [Warrior Angel] Paranormal romance novel. A long-dead Knight Templar battles the Dark Angels of Hell until summoned back to Earth to protect one woman.
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* *DragonLance: Dragons of Time (with Tracy Hickman) (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4295-4, Apr 2007, $6.99, 323pp, pb, cover by Nilson Hamm) [DragonLance] Original anthology of 12 stories based on the roleplaying game. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. (Contents)
WEISS, HELEN S., ed. (chron.)

* _Dreams and Visions (with M. Jerry Weiss) See entry under M. Jerry Weiss.
WEISS, M. JERRY, ed. (chron.)

* _Dreams and Visions (with Helen S. Weiss) (Tor/Starscape 978-0-765-35107-4, Apr 2007, $5.99, 251pp, tp, cover by Paul Hess) Reprint (Starscape 2006) young-adult anthology of 14 stories.
WELCH, PATRICK (chron.)

* *Cynnador (Twilight Times Books 978-1-933353-76-0, Dec 2006, $16.95, 179pp, tp, cover by Gin E. L. Fenton) Fantasy novel of the magical merchant city of Cynnador. This appeared as an ebook in 2003. Twilight Times Books, PO Box 3340, Kingsport TN 37664; [www.twilighttimesbooks.com].
WELDON, PHAEDRA M. (stories) (chron.)

* *Wraith (Ace 978-0-441-01497-2, Jun 2007, $14.00, 378pp, tp, cover by Christian McGrath) [Zoe Martinique] Fantasy novel, the first in the Zoe Martinique series. A first novel.
WELLINGTON, DAVID (stories) (chron.)

* _Monster Island (Snowbooks 978-1-90500-547-5, May 2007, £7.99, 271pp, pb) [Monster Island] Reprint (Thunder’s Mouth 2006) zombie horror novel, the first book in a trilogy. In a world overrun by zombies, a heavily armed group of schoolgirls comes to NYC in search of medicine. Originally serialised online on the author’s website. [First U.K. edition]
* _Monster Nation (Snowbooks 978-1-90500-548-2, Jul 2007, £7.99, 362pp, pb) [Monster Island] Reprint (Thunder’s Mouth 2006) horror novel, the second book in a trilogy after Monster Island. [First U.K. edition]
* *Monster Planet (Thunder’s Mouth Press 978-1-56025-867-4, Jul 2007, $14.99, 302pp, tp) [Monster Island] Horror novel, the third book in a trilogy set in a world overrun by zombies. Originally serialized online.
* *Monster Planet (Snowbooks 978-1-90500-549-9, Oct 2007, £7.99, 415pp, pb) [Monster Island] Zombie horror novel, the third book in a trilogy. Simultaneous with the US (Thunder’s Mouth) edition. [Not seen]
* *99 Coffins (Random House/Crown/Three Rivers Press 978-0-307-38171-2, Dec 2007, $13.95, 295pp, tp) Vampire novel. Laura Caxton investigates a gravesite with 100 coffins, 99 holding vampires and one ominously empty.
* *13 Bullets (Random House/Crown/Three Rivers Press 978-0-307-38143-9, May 2007, $13.95, 323pp, tp) Vampire novel. A Pennsylvania state trooper uncovers proof that vampires aren’t extinct as believed.
WELLS, H(erbert) G(eorge) (1866-1946) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Annotated H.G. Wells, Volume 9: Things to Come: A Critical Text of the 1935 London First Edition (with Leon E. Stover) (McFarland 978-0-7864-3038-3, Apr 2007, $60.00, 261pp, hc) Critical edition of the classic SF novel, with an introduction, annotations, and appendices by Leon Stover. Order from McFarland & Co., Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; 800-253-2187; [www.mcfarlandpub.com].
* _The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories (Penguin Classics 978-0-141-44198-6, 2007, $14.00, 432+xxxii, tp, cover by Kate Gibb) Reprint (Dent 1998 as part of Complete Short Stories collection of 23 stories. Introduction by Neil Gaiman. Edited by Patrick Parrinder, with notes by Andy Sawyer. This is an international edition.
* _The Time Machine and The Invisible Man (Barnes & Noble Classics 978-1-59308-325-0, 2007, $7.95, 256+xxviii, hc, cover by Brenda Chrystie) Reprint omnibus of two classic SF novels: The Time Machine (1895) and The Invisible Man (1897). Introduction and notes by Alfred Mac Adam. This is an instant remainder edition. Fourth printing.
* _The Time Machine and The Invisible Man (Penguin/Signet Classics 978-0-451-53070-7, Oct 2007, $4.95, 292pp, pb) Reprint omnibus of two classic SF novels: The Time Machine (1895) and The Invisible Man (1897). This has a new afterword by Paul Youngquist and a 1984 introduction by John Calvin Batchelor.
WELLS, MARTHA (1964- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Stargate Atlantis: Entanglement (Fandemonium Books 1-905586-03-5, 2007, $7.95, 282pp, pb) [Stargate Atlantis] Novelization based on the TV series based on the film, sixth in the series. Copyrighted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This is an international edition with US and UK prices.
WERNER, C. L. (1973- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Warhammer: Palace of the Plague Lord (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-481-3, Aug 2007, £6.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [Warhammer] Novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game universe.
* +Warhammer: Palace of the Plague Lord (BL Publishing/Black Library US 978-1-84416-481-3, Sep 2007, $7.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [Warhammer] Novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (8/07) edition, but only lists US and Canadian prices.
* *Warhammer: Witch Killer (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-395-4, Dec 2006, £6.99, 251pp, pb, cover by Darius Hinks) [Warhammer: Witch Hunter] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe. Book three of the Witch Hunter series. This was published in 2006 but not seen till now.
WEST, MICHELLE SAGARA (1963- ); also as Michelle M. Sagara (stories) (chron.)

* _Chains of Darkness, Chains of Light (BenBella Books 978-1-933771-18-2, Apr 2007, $14.95, 373pp, tp) [Sundered] Reprint (Del Rey 1994 as by Michelle Sagara) fantasy novel, book four of the Sundered. BenBella Books, 6440 N. Central Expressway, Suite 617, Dallas TX 75206; [www.benbellabooks.com].
WESTERFELD, SCOTT (David) (1963- ) (chron.)

* *Extras (Simon Pulse 978-1-4169-5117-9, Oct 2007, $16.99, 417pp, hc) [Uglies] Young-adult SF novel, fourth in the trilogy begun in Uglies. Social status is the new thing, constantly monitored and rated.
* _The Last Days (Penguin/Razorbill 978-1-59514-128-6, Aug 2007, $8.99, 289pp, tp) [Peeps] Reprint (Razorbill 2006) young-adult contemporary SF vampire novel, a loose sequel to Peeps.
* _The Last Days (Little, Brown UK/Atom 978-1-905654-06-2, Aug 2007, £5.99, 257pp, tp) [Peeps] Reprint (Penguin/Razorbill 2006) young-adult fantasy/horror novel. The sequel to Parasite Positive (US Peeps). [First U.K. edition]
* _Midnighters, Vol. 3: Blue Noon (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-051959-9, Feb 2007, $6.99, 505pp, pb, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Midnighters] Reprint (Eos 2006) young-adult fantasy novel, third in a trilogy about teens with special talents that give them an extra hour each day.

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