The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007
Books, Listed by Author
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- WESTERFELD, SCOTT (David) (chron.) (continued)
- * _Parasite Positive (Little, Brown UK/Atom 978-1-9056-5407-9, Jun 2007, £5.99, 270pp, tp) [Peeps] Reprint (Penguin/Razorbill 2005 as Peeps) young-adult contemporary SF vampire novel. A carrier tracks down the women he accidentally infected with a parasite that turned them into vampires. First in a series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Specials (Simon Pulse 978-1-4169-4795-0, Sep 2007, $9.99, 372pp, tp) [Uglies] Reprint (Simon Pulse 2006) young-adult SF novel, third in a trilogy.
- WESTFAHL, GARY (chron.)
- * *Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction (McFarland 978-0-7864-3079-6, Jul 2007, $35.00, 273pp, tp) Non-fiction, a critical look at Gernsback’s influence on science fiction. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. This is book five in the Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy. McFarland, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; 800-253-2187; [www.mcfarlandpub.com]. [Gernsback]
- WEXLER, MICHAEL (chron.)
- WEYN, SUZANNE (1955- ) (chron.)
- * _Bar Code Rebellion (Scholastic 0-439-80385-3, Aug 2006, $5.99, 265pp, pb) [Bar Code] Reissue (Scholastic 2006) young-adult SF novel, sequel to The Bar Code Tattoo. Kayla joins the resistance. Second printing.
- * *Reincarnation (Scholastic 978-0-545-01323-9, Dec 2007, $17.99, 293pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy of two souls reincarnated over and over again across the ages, linked by love and green jewels.
- WHARTON, EDITH (Newbold, née Jones) (1862-1937) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Demanding Dead: More Stories of Terror and the Supernatural (Owen, Peter 978-0-7206-1272-1, Mar 2007, £10.95, 214pp, tp, cover by Alexander Parsonage) Collection of eight stories, plus a plot summary and excerpt from an unfinished novel. Edited and with an introduction by Peter Haining. (Contents)
- WHATES, IAN, ed. (stories) (chron.)
- * *disLOCATIONS (NewCon Press 978-0-9555791-0-3, Jul 2007, £10.99, 133pp, tp, cover by Andy Bigwood) Original anthology of nine stories about displaced people; one story was previously published online. Authors include Pat Cadigan, Brian Stableford, and Ken MacLeod. This is a limited edition of 500 signed by all contributors. NewCon Press, 41 Wheatsheaf Road, Alconbury Weston, Cambs, PE28 4LF, UK; [www.newconpress.com]. (Contents)
- WHELAN, GERALDINE; see pseudonym O. R. Melling (chron.)
- WHIDDON, KAREN (chron.)
- WHITE, JUDE (née Gilliam) (1947- ); see pseudonym Jude Deveraux (chron.)
- WHITE, STEVE; pseudonym of Robert McGarvey, (1948- ) (chron.)
- * _Blood of the Heroes (Baen 978-1-4165-2143-3, Aug 2007, $7.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Baen 2006) time-travel SF novel.
- WHITESIDE, DIANE (stories) (chron.)
- WHITESIDE, SHAUN, trans.
- WHITFIELD, KIT (chron.)
- * _Bareback (Random House/Vintage UK 978-0-099-49945-9, 2007, £6.99, 548pp, tp) Reprint (Cape 2006) alternate world where most people are werewolves.
- WHITLOCK, DEAN (1950?- ) (chron.)
- WHITNEY-ROBINSON, VORONICA (chron.)
- * _Forgotten Realms: Sands of the Soul (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4337-1, Nov 2007, $6.99, 293pp, pb, cover by Raymond Swanland) [Forgotten Realms: Sembia] Reprint (Wizards of the Coast 2002) novelization based on the roleplaying game, book six of Sembia: Gateway to the realms. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
- WHITTINGHAM, ELIZABETH A. (chron.)
- * *The Evolution of Tolkien’s Mythology (McFarland 978-0-7864-3281-3, Oct 2007, $35.00, 220pp, tp) Non-fiction, a critical exploration of Tolkien’s development of the mythic elements of The Lord of the Rings, drawing heavily on Tolkien’s The History of Middle-earth. A bibliography and index are included. McFarland, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; 800-253-2187; [www.mcfarlandpub.com]. [Tolkien]
- WHYTE, JACK (chron.)
- * _The Eagle (Tor 978-0-8125-6899-8, Dec 2007, $7.99, 674pp, pb, cover by Edward Miller) [Camulod Chronicles] Historical Arthurian novel, eighth and final in The Camulod Chronicles. First US edition (Viking Canada 2005).
- * *The Knights of the Black and White (Penguin/Putnam 0-399-15396-9, Aug 2006, $25.95, 548pp, hc) [Knights Templar] Associational historical novel, first in a trilogy about the Knights Templar. This is dated 8/06, simultaneous with the Penguin Canada edition, but was not seen until now.
- * _The Knights of the Black and White (Jove 978-0-515-14333-1, Jul 2007, $9.99, 749pp, pb) [Knights Templar] Reprint (Putnam 2006) associational historical novel, the first in a trilogy about the Knights Templar.
- WILBANKS, DAVID T. (stories) (chron.)
- WILD, K. (chron.)
- * *FightGame (The Chicken House 978-1-905294-23-7, Jun 2007, £5.99, 270pp, tp) [FightGame] Young-adult novel with supernatural elements.
- WILD, KATE (chron.)
- * *Fight Game (Scholastic/Chicken House 978-0-439-87175-4, Jun 2007, $16.99, 279pp, hc, cover by Justin Brandstater) Young-adult novel with supernatural elements, about a gypsy teen infiltrating a teen fighting ring.
- WILD, MIKE (chron.)
- * +Caballistics, Inc.: Better the Devil (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 978-1-84416-432-5, Apr 2007, $7.99, 254pp, pb) Novelization based on 2000 AD comics. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Flame UK 3/07 edition, but only lists US and Canadian prices. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S.
- WILD, PETER, ed. (stories) (chron.)
- * *Perverted by Language: Fiction inspired by The Fall (Serpent’s Tail 978-1-85242-929-4, Jun 2007, £8.99, 271pp, tp) Original anthology of 23 stories inspired by the songs of the group The Fall. Authors include Steve Aylett, Nicholas Royle, and Jeff VanderMeer. (Contents)
- WILDE, OSCAR (Fingal O’Flahertie Wills) (1854-1900) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Collected Works (Barnes and Noble Classics 978-0-7607-8310-8, 2006, $12.95, 1417+xl, hc, cover by Tranquillo Cremona) Reprint (as part of The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde 1931) collection of the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), 14 stories (including several fairy tales and “The Canterville Ghost”), nine plays, 26 essays, and 94 poems (including numerous “prose poems”). Introduction by Mark Hennessy. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.
- WILHELM, KATE; [i.e., Katie Gertrude Meredeth Wilhelm Knight] (1928- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Sleight of Hand (Harlequin/Mira Books 978-0-7783-2488-1, Jul 2007, $6.99, 398pp, pb) [Barbara Holloway] Reprint (Mira 2006) associational mystery featuring lawyer Barbara Holloway.
- * _Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07914-2, Oct 2006, £6.99, 251pp, tp, cover by Jon Sullivan) Reprint (Harper & Row 1976) Hugo Award winning SF novel. Part of the SF Masterworks series.
- * *A Wrongful Death (Harlequin/Mira Books 978-0-7783-2491-1, Sep 2007, $24.95, 345pp, hc) [Barbara Holloway] Associational mystery featuring lawyer Barbara Holloway.
- WILKINSON, CAROLE (chron.)
- * _Dragon Keeper (Macmillan Children’s Books UK 978-0-330-44109-4, Feb 2007, £4.99, 338pp, tp, cover by Michael Yuen) [Dragon Keeper] Reprint (Black Dog Books Australia 2003) young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a series. Copyrighted 2003, 2006.
- * _Dragon Keeper (Hyperion 978-1-4231-0171-0, Apr 2007, $5.99, 339pp, tp) [Dragon Keeper] Reprint (Black Dog Books Australia 2003) young-adult fantasy novel of ancient China.
- * _Dragon Keeper: Garden of the Purple Dragon (Macmillan Children’s Books UK 978-0-330-44111-7, Feb 2007, £8.99, 337pp, hc, cover by Michael Yuen) [Dragon Keeper] Reprint (Black Dog Books Australia 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, the second in a series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Dragonkeeper (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-44108-6, Feb 2006, £8.99, 338pp, hc, cover by Michael Yuen) [Dragon Keeper] Reprint (Black Dog Books Australia 2003) young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a series. Copyrighted 2003, 2006, suggesting some revisions from the original. Published in 2006 but not seen until now. [First U.K. edition]
- * +Garden of the Purple Dragon (Hyperion 978-1-4231-0338-7, Jul 2007, $16.99, 355pp, hc) [Dragon Keeper] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Dragon Keeper. Ping must protect the baby dragon Kai at the Imperial Palace. First US edition (black dog books Australia 2005).
- WILKS, EILEEN (Marie) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Blood Lines (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21344-5, Jan 2007, $7.99, 339pp, pb, cover by John Blackford) [Lily Yu] Dark fantasy/romantic suspense novel, third in series about Lily Yu, an FBI agent in a special Magical Crimes Division.
- * *Night Season (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-22015-3, Jan 2008, $7.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Don Sipley) [Lily Yu] Dark fantasy/romantic suspense novel, fourth in the series featuring Lily Yu, begun in Tempting Danger. FBI agent Cynna Weaver’s pregnant with lupine sorcerer Cullen Seabourne’s child.
- WILLIAMS, BRIAN (chron.)
- WILLIAMS, CONRAD (1969- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _London Revenant (Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-075-4, Feb 2007, $14.95, 227pp, tp, cover by Caniglia) Reprint (The Do-Not Press 2004) horror novel of London’s Underground.
- * *The Scalding Rooms (PS Publishing 978-1-905834-87-7, Apr 2007, £10.00, 102pp, hc, cover by Edward Miller) Associational horror novella of dark doings in a slaughterhouse. Introduction by Graham Joyce. This is a paper-over-boards edition of 500 signed by Williams; a dustjacketed hardcover edition of 300 (-88-4, £25.00) signed by both Williams and Joyce is also available. Available from PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].
- * *The Unblemished (Earthling Publications 978-0-9766339-9-X, Oct 2006, $45.00, 367pp, hc, cover by Chris Nurse) Dark fantasy novel. Introduction by Jeff VanderMeer. Illustrated by Chris Nurse. This signed, limited edition of 500 and a slipcased edition of 15 ($250.00) are both sold out. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now. Earthling Publications, PO Box 413, Northborough MA 01532; [earthlingpub@yahoo.com]; [www.earthlingpub.com].
- WILLIAMS, LIZ; [i.e., Elizabeth Helen Laura Williams] (1965- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Bloodmind (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-1-4050-5549-9, Feb 2007, £10.99, 293pp, tp, cover by Greg Bridges) [Darkland] Far-future SF novel, the second in a series after Darkland.
- * _Darkland (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0-330-42691-6, Feb 2007, £6.99, 424pp, pb, cover by Greg Bridges) [Darkland] Reprint (Tor UK 2006) gothic SF novel of the far future where an assassin is betrayed by her ex-lover, and seeks revenge. First in a series.
- * _The Demon and the City (Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-047-1, May 2007, $14.95, 242pp, tp, cover by Jon Foster) [Detective Inspector Chen] Reprint (Night Shade 2006) dark fantasy mystery, the second featuring Detective Inspector Chen.
- * *Precious Dragon (Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-082-2, Jun 2007, $24.95, 242pp, hc, cover by Jon Foster) [Detective Inspector Chen] Dark fantasy mystery, the third featuring Detective Inspector Chen. Chen is assigned to escort an emissary from Heaven on a mission to Hell. A limited edition (-083-9, $49.00) is also available.
- WILLIAMS, MAIYA (chron.)
- * _The Golden Hour (Abrams/Amulet 978-0-8109-9216-7, 2006, $5.95, 259pp, tp, cover by Jon Foster) [Golden Hour] Reprint (Amulet 2004) young-adult fantasy time-travel novel. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.
- * _The Hour of the Cobra (Abrams/Amulet 978-0-8109-9362-4, Oct 2007, $5.95, 297pp, tp, cover by Jon Foster) [Golden Hour] Reprint (Amulet 2006, not seen) young-adult SF time-travel novel, the second in a series after The Golden Hour. Kids travel back in time to meet Cleopatra.
- * *The Hour of the Outlaw (Abrams/Amulet 978-0-8109-9355-6, Oct 2007, $16.95, 334pp, hc, cover by Jon Foster) [Golden Hour] Young-adult SF time-travel novel, the third in The Golden Hour series. The young history detectives search for a teen time-traveler lost during the California Gold Rush.
- WILLIAMS, MARK LONDON (chron.)
- * _Danger Boy, Episode 3: Trail of Bones (Candlewick Press 978-0-7636-3410-0, Sep 2007, $5.99, 300pp, tp, cover by Michael Koelsch) [Danger Boy] Reprint (Candlewick Press 2005) young-adult time-travel SF novel, third in the series.
- * *Danger Boy, Episode 4: City of Ruins (Candlewick Press 0-7636-2871-9, Feb 2007, $12.99, 329pp, hc, cover by Michael Koelsch) [Danger Boy] Young-adult time-travel SF novel, fourth in the series. Eli Sands and his friends go to ancient Jerusalem. Bound in boards.
- * _Danger Boy: Episode 2: Dragon Sword (Candlewick Press 978-0-7636-3290-8, Apr 2007, $4.99, 273pp, tp, cover by Michael Koelsch) [Danger Boy] Reprint (Tricycle Press 2001 as Danger Boy #2: Dino Sword) young-adult near-future SF novel. Eli Sands’s search through time for his mother takes him to WWII San Francisco and Arthurian England.
- WILLIAMS, PAUL (Steven), ed. (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)
- WILLIAMS, ROBERT PAUL (1957- ); see pseudonym Tad Williams (stories) (chron.)
- WILLIAMS, SEAN (Llewellyn) (1967- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Cenotaxis (MonkeyBrain Books 978-1-932265-26-2, Nov 2007, $9.95, 110pp, tp, cover by Sparth) [Astropolis] SF novella set in the same universe as the Astropolis series. A messiah leads humans back to long-abandoned Earth, only to be opposed by a man claiming to be God. MonkeyBrain, PO Box 200126-Austin TX 78720; [info@monkeybrainbooks.com]; [www.monkeybrainbooks.com].
- * +The Hanging Mountains (Prometheus/Pyr 978-1-59102-544-3, Jul 2007, $25.00, 475pp, hc, cover by Greg Bridges) [Books of the Cataclysm] Fantasy novel, book three of the Books of the Cataclysm series. First US edition (Voyager Australia 12/05).
- * *Saturn Returns (Ace 978-0-441-01493-4, May 2007, $7.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Stephan Martiniere) [Astropolis] SF novel, the first in the Astropolis series. A murdered man, reborn with missing memories in a secondhand body, investigates his own murder.
- * _Saturn Returns (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-518-7, Jul 2007, £10.99, 291pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Astropolis] Reprint (Ace 2007) SF novel, book one in the Astropolis series. A mercenary is resurrected after 200 years, memory blanked, with a sex change, and under attack. [First U.K. edition]
- WILLIAMS, SHEILA, ed. (stories) (chron.)
- * *Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine 30th Anniversary Anthology (Tachyon Publications 978-1-892391-47-6, Jul 2007, $14.95, 349pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) Anthology of 17 stories originally published in Asimov’s. Authors include John Varley, Robert Silverberg, Connie Willis, and Octavia E. Butler. (Contents)
- WILLIAMS, TAD; pseudonym of Robert Paul Williams, (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Dragonbane Chair (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-85723-616-3, Jun 2007, £8.99, 930pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Memory, Sorrow & Thorn] Reprint (DAW 1988) fantasy novel. The first book of the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series.
- * *Rite (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-066-1, Dec 2006, $35.00, 480pp, hc, cover by Mark A. Nelson) Collection of 16 stories, five non-fiction pieces, and two unproduced ideas for television, with introductions to each by the author. This signed limited edition is sold out; a traycased, leatherbound, lettered edition of 26 ($200.00) is still available. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com]. (Contents)
- * *Shadowplay (DAW 978-0-7564-0358-8, Mar 2007, $26.95, 656pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Shadowmarch] Fantasy novel, sequel to Shadowmarch.
- * *Shadowplay (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-291-9, Mar 2007, £18.99, xiv+656pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Shadowmarch] Fantasy novel, the second book in the Shadowmarch trilogy. A trade paperback edition (-292-6, £12.99) was announced but not seen. Simultaneous with the US (DAW) edition.
- * _Shadowplay (SFBC #1231561, Apr 2007, $12.99, 656pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Shadowmarch] Reprint (Orbit 2007) fantasy novel, sequel to Shadowmarch. This is similar to the DAW edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Stone of Farewell (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-85723-786-3, Jun 2007, £8.99, 874pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Memory, Sorrow & Thorn] Reprint (DAW 1990) fantasy novel. Book two of the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series.
- * _To Green Angel Tower: Siege (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-85723-787-0, Jun 2007, £7.99, 815pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Memory, Sorrow & Thorn] Reprint (DAW 1993 as part of To Green Angel Tower) fantasy novel. Book four of the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series.
- * _To Green Angel Tower: Storm (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-85723-583-8, Jun 2007, £7.99, 815pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Memory, Sorrow & Thorn] Reprint (DAW 1993 as part of To Green Angel Tower) fantasy novel. Book three of the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series.
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