The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

BELLAMY, EDWARD (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Looking Backward: 2000-1887 (Oxford World’s Classics 978-0-19-280629-1, Apr 2007, $12.95, 220+xxxvi, tp) Reprint (Ticknor & Co. 1888) SF novel. This follows the Houghton Mifflin 1889 text. Edited, with introduction and notes, by Matthew Beaumont.

BELLIS, NAOMI (chron.)

• * *Draw Down the Darkness (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 978-0-451-22095-0, Apr 2007, $6.99, 309pp, pb) Paranormal historical romance. A viscount/spy seeks to free his betrothed from a dark spell. Copyrighted by Naomi Lester.

BENFORD, GREGORY (Albert) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Beyond Human: Living with Robots and Cyborgs (with Elisabeth Malartre) (Tor/Forge 978-0-7653-1082-8, Sep 2007, $24.95, 272pp, hc, cover by Mark Summers) Associational non-fiction science book.

BENNETT, CHRISTOPHER L. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Spider-Man: Drowned in Thunder (Pocket Star 978-1-4165-1072-7, Jan 2008, $7.99, 288pp, pb, cover by John Van Fleet) [Spider-Man] Novelization based on the comic-book character. Copyrighted by Marvel Characters.
• * *Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Buried Age (Pocket 978-1-4165-3739-7, Jul 2007, $7.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Stephan Martiniere) [Star Trek: The Next Generation] Star Trek novelization in the Lost Era series. Copyrighted by CBS Studios.

BENNETT, VERONICA (chron.)

• * _Angelmonster (Candlewick Press 978-0-7637-3407-0, Sep 2007, $7.99, 234pp, tp) Reprint (Candlewick Press 2006) associational young-adult historical novel about Mary Shelley as a young woman.

BENOIT, M. D. (chron.)

• * *Synergy (Zumaya Publications 978-1-934135-13-6, Apr 2007, $15.99, 293pp, tp, cover by Bob Hobbs) SF novel. Scientists undertake illegal genetic research that could save a child’s life or turn into a deadly weapon. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.zumayapublications.com]; Zumaya Publications, 3209 S. IH35 #1086, Austin TX 78741-690501.

BENSON, AMBER (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Seven Whistlers (with Christopher Golden) (Subterranean Press 1-59606-068-8, Dec 2006, $40.00, 143pp, hc) Dark fantasy novella of the Wild Hunt in New England. This is a signed limited edition of 1,000; a lettered edition of 52 ($150.00) is also available. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton Wi 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com].

BENSON, ANN; [i.e., Annalise E. Benson Glassman] (1950- ) (chron.)

• * _The Physician’s Tale (Dell 978-0-440-23632-0, Oct 2007, $7.50, 655pp, pb) [Alejandro Canches; Janie Crowe] Reprint (Delacorte 2006) SF novel, third in the series begun in The Plague Tales.

BENSON, JOHN M., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Midrash (John Benson; Natick, MA, Feb 2007, $3.50, 32pp, octavo, cover by John Stanton) (Contents)

BENSON, MARGARET; see pseudonym Maggie Shayne (stories) (chron.)

BERG, CAROL (stories) (chron.)

• * *Flesh and Spirit (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46088-2, May 2007, $15.00, 408pp, tp, cover by Luis Royo) [Flesh and Spirit] Fantasy novel, the first in a duology. Rebellious Valen finds a book of maps that leads him to secrets and power struggles.

BERGREN, LISA T. (chron.)

• * *The Begotten (Berkley Praise 0-425-21016-2, Aug 2006, $23.95, 367pp, hc, cover by Steven Ferlauto) [Gifted] Christian historical thriller set in 1339, the first in a series about the Gifted, a group of people with mysterious spiritual gifts prophesied in an “uncanonized” letter of St. Paul.
• * _The Begotten (Berkley 978-0-425-21560-9, Sep 2007, $14.00, 434pp, tp, cover by Steven Ferlauto) [Gifted] Reprint (Berkley Praise 2006) Christian historical thriller set in 1339, the first in the Gifted series.
• * *The Betrayed (Berkley 978-0-425-21708-5, Sep 2007, $23.95, 405pp, hc, cover by Steven Ferlauto) [Gifted] Christian historical thriller, second in the Gifted series about a group of people with mysterious spiritual gifts.

BERGSTROM, ELAINE (1946- ); see pseudonym Marie Kiraly (chron.)

• * _Ravenloft: Tapestry of Dark Souls (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4367-8, Jun 2007, $12.95, 311pp, tp, cover by Erik M. Gist) [Ravenloft: Covenant] Reprint (TSR 1996) horror novelization in the Ravenloft: The Covenant series based on the roleplaying game. Copyrighted 1996 TSR, 2007 Wizards of the Coast.

BERMAN, STEVE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Vintage (Haworth Positronic Press 978-1-56023-631-3, Feb 2007, $12.95, 148pp, tp) Contemporary dark fantasy/ghost story. A gay Goth teen is haunted by a star athlete killed in 1957. Haworth Press, 10 Alice Street, Binghamton NY 13904-1580; [www.HaworthPress.com].

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• * *So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction (Haworth Positronic Press 978-1560235903, Sep 2007, $18.00, 370pp, tp) (Contents)

BERNARD, DAVID VALENTINE (chron.)

• * *Intimate Relations with Strangers (Simon & Schuster/Strebor 978-1-4165-4036-6, Sep 2007, $23.00, 244pp, hc) Near-future SF novel with possible supernatural elements. An American soldier in Africa ponders issues of time, reality, war, and love. The author also writes as D.V. Bernard.

BERRYHILL, SHANE (chron.)

• * _Chance Fortune and the Outlaws (Tor/Starscape 978-0-7653-5354-2, Jan 2008, $5.99, 272pp, tp, cover by James Jean) [Chance Fortune] Reprint (Starscape 2006) young-adult fantasy, the first volume in The Adventures of Chance Fortune. This includes a Reader’s Guide.

bes SHAHAR, ELUKI (1956- ); see pseudonym Rosemary Edghill (chron.)

BESSON, LUC (stories) (chron.)

• * _Arthur and the Invisibles (Faber and Faber 978-0-571-23246-8, Jan 2007, £6.99, 426pp, tp) [Arthur] Reprint (HarperEntertainment 2006) young-adult fantasy omnibus of Arthur and the Minimoys (2005) and Arthur and the Forbidden City (2005). This is a film tie-in edition. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]

BEYER, KIRSTEN (chron.)

• * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: One Thing or Your Mother (Simon Spotlight Entertainment 978-1-4169-3632-9, Jan 2008, $6.99, 231pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.

BHUMI, JAMES; pseudonym (chron.)

• * *June 2508 (Outskirts Press 1-4327-0045-6, Jan 2007, $14.95, 333pp, tp) SF novel. A young man emigrates to Mars. Bhumi is a pseudonym. A first novel. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.June2508.com].

BICK, ILSA J. (chron.)

• * *MechWarrior: Dark Age: Dragon Rising (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46141-4, Feb 2007, $6.99, 306pp, pb) [MechWarrior: Dark Age] Novelization, the 24th based on the computer game based on the Battletech roleplaying game. Copyrighted by WizKids.

BILLS, RANDALL N. (chron.)

• * *MechWarrior: Dark Age: Pandora’s Gambit (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46165-0, Aug 2007, $6.99, 292pp, pb) [MechWarrior: Dark Age] Novelization, the 27th based on the computer game based on the Battletech roleplaying game. Copyrighted by WizKids.

BILSBOROUGH, DAVID (chron.)

• * *The Wanderer’s Tale (Tor 978-0-7653-1867-1, Jul 2007, $24.95, 443pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) [Annals of Lindormyn] Epic fantasy novel, the first book in the Annals of Lindormyn. Bolldhe the Wanderer is one of a motley group of seven men recruited to stop the return of supernatural overlords out of legend. A first novel.
• * *The Wanderer’s Tale (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0-230-01448-0, Jul 2007, £14.99, 592pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) [Annals of Lyndormyn] Fantasy novel, book one in the Annals of Lyndormyn series. A first novel. Simultaneous with the Tor US edition.

BIRMINGHAM, JOHN (1964- ) (chron.)

• * +Final Impact (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-45716-5, Feb 2007, $14.95, 345pp, tp, cover by Ben Perini) [Axis of Time] SF novel, third in the Axis of Time trilogy. First US edition (Pan Macmillan Australia 8/06).
• * _Final Impact (SFBC #1227635, Feb 2007, $12.99, 345pp, hc, cover by Ben Perini) [Axis of Time] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 2006) SF novel, third in the Axis of Time trilogy. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7943-8; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Final Impact (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-45717-2, Jan 2008, $7.99, 399pp, pb, cover by Ben Perini) [Axis of Time] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 2006) SF novel, third in the Axis of Time trilogy.

BISHOP, ANNE (chron.)

• * *Belladonna (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46126-1, Mar 2007, $23.95, 436pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Ephemera] Fantasy novel, the second book of Ephemera.
• * _Daughter of the Blood (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46148-3, Jun 2007, $14.00, 373pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Black Jewels] Reprint (Roc 1998) fantasy novel, book one of the Black Jewels trilogy.
• * _Queen of the Darkness (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46171-1, Oct 2007, $14.00, 402pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Black Jewels] Reprint (Roc 2000) fantasy novel, book three of the Black Jewels trilogy.
• * _Sebastian (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46096-7, Mar 2007, $7.99, 436pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Ephemera] Reprint (Roc 2006) fantasy novel, the first book of Ephemera.

BISHOP, DAVID (stories) (chron.)

• * *Fiends of the Eastern Front (BL Publishing/Black Flame 978-1-84416-455-4, Feb 2007, £9.99, 766pp, tp) [Fiends of the Eastern Front] Omnibus of the trilogy based on the 2000 AD comics: Operation Vampyr (2005), The Blood Red Army (2006), and Twilight of the Dead (2006). (Contents)
• * +Fiends of the Eastern Front (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 978-1-84416-455-4, Mar 2007, $11.99, 751pp, tp) [Fiends of the Eastern Front] Omnibus of three novelizations in a trilogy based on 2000AD comics: Operation Vampyr (2005), The Blood Red Army (2006), and Twilight of the Dead (2006). This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Flame UK 2/07 edition, but only lists US and Canadian prices. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S.
• * *Fiends of the Rising Sun (BL Publishing/Black Flame 978-1-84416-494-3, Jul 2007, £6.99, 415pp, pb) [Fiends of the Eastern Front] Novelization based on the 2000 AD comic books.
• * *Fiends of the Rising Sun (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 978-1-84416-494-3, Aug 2007, $7.99, 415pp, pb) [Fiends of the Eastern Front] Novelization based on the 2000 AD comic. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S. This has the same ISBN as the simultaneous Black Flame UK edition, but only lists US and Canadian prices.
• * *Nikolai Dante: From Russia with Lust (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-454-7, Apr 2007, £9.99, 766pp, tp, cover by Richard Haupt) [Nikolai Dante] Omnibus of three novelizations based on the comic book character: Nikolai Dante: The Strangelove Gambit (2005), Nikolai Dante: Imperial Black (2005), and Nikolai Dante: Honour Be Damned (2006). (Contents)
• * +Nikolai Dante: From Russia with Lust (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 978-1-84416-454-7, May 2007, $11.99, 766pp, tp, cover by Rachel Haupt) [Nikolai Dante] Omnibus of three novelization based on the 2000AD comic-book character: The Strangelove Gambit (2005), Imperial Black (2005), and Honour Be Damned! (2006). This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Flame UK (4/07) edition, but only lists US and Canadian prices. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S.
• * *Warhammer: A Murder in Marienburg (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-474-5, Apr 2007, £6.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Jeff Johnson) [Warhammer: Marienburg] Novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game.
• * +Warhammer: A Murder in Marienburg (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 978-1-84416-474-5, Jun 2007, $7.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Jeff Johnson) [Warhammer: Marienburg] Novelization based on the world of the roleplaying game. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Flame UK (5/06) edition but gives only US and Canadian prices.

BISHOP, TOBY; pseudonym of Louise Marley, (1952- ) (chron.)

• * *Airs Beneath the Moon (Ace 0-441-01462-3, Jan 2007, $6.99, 326pp, pb, cover by Allen Douglas) [Horsemistress] Fantasy novel, the first in the Horsemistress saga. A farm girl accidentally bonds to a winged horse and has to go train with the aristocratic Horsemistresses. Bishop is a pen name for Louise Marley.

BLACK, CHARLES, ed.; pseudonym (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Black Book of Horror (Mortbury Press 978-0-9556061-0-6, Jun 2007, £10.00, 298pp, tp, cover by Paul Mudie) Original anthology of 18 horror stories, two reprints and one revised. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.freewebs.com/mortburypress/]; Mortbury Press, Shiloh, Nantglas, Llandrindod Wells, Powys LD1 6PD UK. (Contents)

BLACK, HOLLY (née Riggenbach) (1971- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Ironside (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 978-0-689-86820-7, May 2007, $16.99, 323pp, hc, cover by Sammy Yuen, Jr.) [Kaye] Young-adult contemporary fantasy, sequel to Tithe. The pixie changeling Kaye seeks her human counterpart in faerie, but ends up caught in court intrigues.

BLACK, JENNA (chron.)

• * *The Devil Inside (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-59044-9, Dec 2007, $6.99, 307pp, pb) [Morgan Kingsley] Dark fantasy/paranormal romance novel. Exorcist Morgan Kingsley gets possessed by a handsome demon bent on leading a rebellion.
• * *Secrets in the Shadows (Tor 978-0-765-35716-8, May 2007, $6.99, 293pp, pb) [Guardians of the Night] Vampire romance novel in the Guardians of the Night series.
• * *Shadows on the Soul (Tor 978-0-7653-5717-5, Sep 2007, $6.99, 293pp, pb) [Guardians of the Night] Vampire romance novel in the Guardians of the Night series.

BLACKMAN, MALORIE (stories) (chron.)

• * _Black & White (Simon Pulse 978-1-4169-0017-7, Jan 2007, $7.99, 489pp, tp, cover by Ulla Puggaard) [Noughts and Crosses] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2001 as Naughts & Crosses) young-adult SF novel, the first in a series.
• * +Knife Edge (Simon & Schuster 978-1-4169-0018-4, Jul 2007, $16.99, 362pp, hc, cover by Ulla Puggaard) [Noughts and Crosses] Young-adult SF novel, the second in a series set in an alternate world where pale-skinned naughts are discriminated against by the socially dominant dark-skinned crosses. First US edition (Doubleday UK 2/04); part was published for World Book Day as separate novella An Eye for an Eye (Corgi 2003).
• * *The Stuff of Nightmares (Transworld/Doubleday UK 978-0-385-61043-8, Oct 2007, £12.99, 342pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel based on 13 nightmares dreamed by Blackman; several were previously published, but have been completely rewritten to fit the book. (Contents)

BLACKWOOD, ALGERNON (Henry) (1869-1951) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Jimbo/The Education of Uncle Paul (Stark House 978-1-933586-13-7, Feb 2007, $19.95, 287pp, tp, cover by Campbell Shepard) Omnibus of two fantasy novels: Jimbo (1909) and The Education of Uncle Paul (1909). Order from Stark House Press, 2200 O Street, Eureka CA 95501; 707-444-8768; [www.starkhousepress.com]. (Contents)

BLACKWOOD, GARY L. (1945- ) (chron.)

• * _Second Sight (Penguin/Speak 978-0-14-240747-9, Mar 2007, $6.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Greg Call) Reprint (Dutton 2005) young-adult alternate history fantasy about psychics real and fake and a plot to kill President Lincoln.

BLAIR, ANNETTE (chron.)

• * *Sex and the Psychic Witch (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21663-7, Aug 2007, $6.99, 292pp, pb) [Cartwright triplets] Paranormal romance. Harmony Cartwright’s psychometric powers lead her to a man with a haunted castle in Salem, Massachusetts.

BLAYLOCK, JAMES P(aul) (1950- ); see pseudonym William Ashbless (stories) (chron.)

BLEDSOE, ALEX (chron.)

• * *The Sword-Edged Blonde (Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-112-6, Oct 2007, $24.95, 232pp, hc, cover by Justin Sweet) Sword and sorcery fantasy/hard-boiled mystery novel. Private investigator Eddie LaCrosse investigates a missing princess. A first novel. Night Shade Books, 1423 33rd Ave., San Francisco CA 94122; [www.nightshadebooks.com].

BLEVINS, BRETT (chron.)

• * _Redwall: The Graphic Novel (with Brian Jacques & Stuart Moore) See entry under Brian Jacques.

BLOCK, FRANCESCA LIA (1962- ) (chron.)

• * _Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books (HarperCollins/Cotler 978-0-06-440697-0, Jan 2007, $11.99, 478pp, tp, cover by Suza Scalora) [Weetzie Bat] Reissue (HarperTrophy 1998) omnibus of the five books in the young-adult quasi-fantasy series: Weetzie Bat (1989), Witch Baby (1991), Cherokee Bat and the Goat Boys (1992), Missing Angel Juan (1993), Baby Be-Bop (1995). This indicates a revised edition but no significant changes were noted.
• * _Ruby (with Carmen Staton) (Harper 978-0-06-084058-7, Jul 2007, $13.95, 209pp, tp) Reprint (HarperCollins 2006) fantasy novel.

BLOOR, EDWARD (chron.)

• * *Taken (Random House/Knopf 978-0-375-83636-7, Oct 2007, $16.99, 247pp, hc) Young-adult near-future SF novel. Kidnapping has become a growth industry in 2036, but Charity Meyers’s captors aren’t following the usual tactics.

BOGDANOV, ALEXANDER; pseudonym of Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Malinovskii, (1873-1928) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Red Star (Indiana University Press 978-0-253-20317-5, Feb 2007, $19.95, 257pp, tp) Reissue (Indiana University Press 1984) collection of two novellas and a poem, translated by Charles Rougle from the Russian. Edited by Loren R. Graham & Richard Stites, with essays by each. Fourth printing. Available from Indiana University Press, 601 N. Morton St., Bloomington IN 47404; credit card orders 800-842-6796; [http://iupress.indiana.edu].

BOHACZ, KEVIN (chron.)

• * _Immortality (CPrompt 978-0-9791815-0-4, Mar 2007, $27.95, 562pp, hc) SF novel. Environmental disasters and disease threaten to wipe out humanity — or transform it. This is copyrighted 2003, but did not appear until now. CPrompt, 8409 Pickwick Lane #118, Dallas TX 75225; [www.kbohacz.com].

BOLME, EDWARD (chron.)

• * *Eberron: Bound by Iron (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4264-0, Apr 2007, $6.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Michael Komarck) [Eberron: Inquisitives] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the first volume in the Inquisitives series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.