The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

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The Silver Collar Mathilde Madden (Black Lace 978-0-352-34141-9, Oct 2007, £7.99, 266pp, pb) [Iris and Alfie] Erotic werewolf novel, the first in a trilogy about the werewolf Alfie and werewolf hunter Iris.

Doctor Who: Sick Building Paul Magrs (BBC Books 978-1-8460-7269-7, Sep 2007, £6.99, 243pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series, book 17 in the new series featuring the tenth Doctor.

Something Borrowed Paul Magrs (Hodder/Headline Review 978-0-7553-3290-8, Sep 2007, £11.99, 310pp, tp) [Brenda and Effie] Fantasy novel, sequel to Never the Bride. A hardcover edition (-3289-2, £19.99) was announced but not seen.

Son of a Witch Gregory Maguire (Hodder/Headline Review 978-0-7553-4154-2, Sep 2007, £14.99, 399pp, hc) [Oz: Wicked Years] Reprint (ReganBooks 2005) fantasy novel, a next-generation sequel to Wicked. A trade paperback (export) edition (-4155-9, £11.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]

Maddigan’s Fantasia Margaret Mahy (Faber and Faber 978-0-571-23016-7, May 2007, £6.99, 441pp, tp, cover by Kristian Olson) Reprint (HarperCollins New Zealand 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.

The Castle in the Forest Norman Mailer (Little, Brown UK 978-0-316-86133-5, Feb 2007, £17.99, 477pp, hc) Reprint (Random House 2007) fantasy novel of the life of Hitler narrated by an assistant to the devil [First U.K. edition]

The Declaration Gemma Malley (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-8775-0, Sep 2007, £10.99, 301pp, hc) [Declaration] Young-adult SF novel.

The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril Paul Malmont (Random House/Vintage UK 978-0-09-950733-8, Mar 2007, £7.99, 328pp, tp) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 2006) associational novel. Walter Gibson and Lester Dent get involved with the possible murder of H.P. Lovecraft. [First U.K. edition]

Time Hunter: Child of Time George Mann & David J. Howe (Telos 978-1-84583-104-2, Aug 2007, £9.99, 149pp, tp, cover by Matthew Laznicka) [Time Hunter] Novelization in the series spun off from Doctor Who, the 11th and final book in the Honoré Lechasseur series. A deluxe hardback edition (-105-9, £25.00) was announced but not seen.

The Solaris Book of New Fantasy ed. George Mann (BL Publishing/Solaris 978-1-84416-523-0, Dec 2007, £7.99, 510pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) Original anthology of 16 fantasy stories. Authors include Mark Chadbourn, Lucius Shepard, Steven Erikson, and Jay Lake.

The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction ed. George Mann (BL Publishing/Solaris 1-84416-448-9, Feb 2007, £7.99, 415pp, pb, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Original anthology of 16 stories. Authors include Brian Aldiss, Neal Asher, Stephen Baxter, and Paul Di Filippo. Simultaneous with the Solaris US edition.

The Sword of Angels John Marco (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07778-6, Dec 2006, £6.99, 792pp, pb, cover by Terry Pastor) Reprint (DAW 2005) fantasy novel.

Blade of Fortriu Juliet Marillier (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0-330-42670-1, Mar 2007, £7.99, 652pp, pb) [Bridei Chronicles] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 2005) fantasy novel, book two of the Bridei Chronicles after The Dark Mirror.

Cybele’s Secret Juliet Marillier (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-1-4050-5205-4, Dec 2007, £14.99, 407pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) [Wildwood Dancing] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 2007) young-adult fantasy novel, second in a series after Wildwood Dancing. [First U.K. edition]

The Well of Shades Juliet Marillier (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-1-4050-4109-6, Mar 2007, £17.99, 557pp, hc) [Bridei Chronicles] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 2006) fantasy novel. Book three of the Bridei Chronicles. A trade paperback edition (-4110-2) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]

Wildwood Dancing Juliet Marillier (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0-330-43828-5, Dec 2007, £7.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) [Wildwood Dancing] Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 2006) young-adult fantasy novel set in Transylviania, the first in a series.

Voyager Jan Mark (Macmillan Children’s Books 978-0-330-41589-7, Feb 2007, £5.99, 280pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Riding Tycho] Reprint (Macmillan Children’s Books 2006) young-adult SF novel, a sequel to Riding Tycho.

Fangland John Marks (Random House/Vintage UK 978-0-09-950277-7, Apr 2007, £7.99, 385pp, tp, cover by Suzanne Dean) Reprint (Penguin Press 2007) fantasy novel inspired by Stoker’s Dracula. [First U.K. edition]

Wicked Lovely Melissa Marr (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 978-0-00-725531-3, Aug 2007, £12.99, 332pp, hc, cover by Darren Hopes) [Wicked Lovely] Reprint (HarperTeen 2007) young-adult fantasy novel. First of a trilogy, and a first novel. Sensitive teen Aislinn is chosen by the faerie Winter King to be his Queen. [First U.K. edition]

The Intruders Michael Marshall (HarperCollins UK 978-0-00-720997-2, Apr 2007, £12.99, 404pp, hc) Thriller/horror novel with supernatural/SF elements. Marshall is a pseudonym of Michael Marshall Smith.

The Summoner Gail Z. Martin (BL Publishing/Solaris 978-1-84416-468-4, Feb 2007, £7.99, 637pp, pb, cover by Michael Komarck) [Chronicles of the Necromancer] Fantasy novel, the first in the Chronicles of the Necromancer series. Prince Matris Drayke calls up the dead for help against his patricide brother. A first novel.

Hunter’s Run George R. R. Martin, Gardner Dozois & Daniel Abraham (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-726021-0, Sep 2007, £18.99, 394pp, hc) SF novel, an expansion of the novella “The Shadow Twin”. This includes an uncredited afterword discusses the 30-year development of the novel, and separate question-and-answers sessions with the authors.

Dreamsongs George R. R. Martin (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08148-2, Oct 2007, £14.99, 1182pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Subterranean Press 2003 as GRRM: A RRetrospective) collection of 32 stories, two original (early non-SF), and two television scripts, with extensive commentary by Martin on his writing career. Introduction by Gardner Dozois. There is a bibliographical checklist by Leslie Kay Swigart.

The Plague Clem Martini (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7583-5, Jan 2007, £6.99, 263pp, tp, cover by Carol Lawson & Ian Butterworth) [Crow Chronicles] Reprint (Kids Can Press/KCP Fiction 2005) young-adult fantasy. Book two in the Crow Chronicles trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

The New John R. Mason (Golden Apple 978-1-904073-56-7, May 2007, £6.99, 207pp, tp) [Olympus] Science fantasy novel. Third in the Olympus series after The Kronos Factor and Return to Olympus.

Edgewise Graham Masterton (Severn House 978-0-7278-9186-0, Mar 2007, £9.99, 252pp, tp) Reprint (Severn House 2006, not seen) horror novel of a realtor menaced by a spirit after she refuses to fulfil a bargain.

Unspeakable Graham Masterton (Severn House 978-0-7278-6489-5, Feb 2007, £18.99, 265pp, tp) Reprint (Pocket Star 2005) horror novel. A deaf child-welfare officer and her daughter come under supernatural attack. [First U.K. edition]

I Am Legend Richard Matheson (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08198-7, Dec 2007, £6.99, 161pp, pb) Reprint (Gold Medal 1954) SF horror novel. This is a movie tie-in edition.

Bitterwood James Maxey (BL Publishing/Solaris 978-1-84416-487-5, Jul 2007, £7.99, 488pp, pb, cover by Michael Komarck) [Bitterwood] Fantasy novel. A dragonslayer starts a revolution against the rule of the dragons.

Sorcerer’s Moon Julian May (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-712325-4, Feb 2007, £12.99, 645pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) [Boreal Moon Tale] Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel, book three of the Boreal Moon Tale.

Sorcerer’s Moon Julian May (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-712326-1, Aug 2007, £7.99, 645pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) [Boreal Moon Tale] Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel. Book three of The Boreal Moon Tale series.

The Mistmantle Chronicles: The Heir of Mistmantle M. I. McAllister (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-7515-3, Mar 2007, £6.99, 374pp, tp, cover by Gary Blythe) [Mistmantle Chronicles] Young-adult animal fantasy novel, the third book in the series.

The Mistmantle Chronicles: Urchin and the Heartstone M. I. McAllister (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-7513-9, Apr 2007, £6.99, 361pp, tp, cover by Gary Blythe) [Mistmantle Chronicles] Reprint (Bloomsbury 2006) young-adult animal fantasy novel. Book two in the series after Urchin of the Riding Stars.

Cowboy Angels Paul McAuley (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07935-9, Sep 2007, £12.99, 390pp, tp) Alternate-history SF novel in which gates to parallel Earths have been established, and “the Real” America has been fomenting revolutions in other realities. A hardcover edition (-07934-2, £18.99) was announced but not seen.

Fairyland Paul McAuley (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08110-9, Aug 2007, £7.99, 373pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1995) SF novel. This is a Gollancz “Future Classics” edition.

Players Paul McAuley (Simon & Schuster UK 978-0-7432-7618-4, Feb 2007, £11.99, 391pp, tp) Associational police-procedural mystery about an online gamer who decides to get real.

Dragon’s Fire Anne & Todd McCaffrey (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-15348-5, Nov 2007, £6.99, 523pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [Pern] Reprint (Del Rey 2006) SF novel in Anne McCaffrey’s Pern series.

Acorna’s Children: Second Wave Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-15537-3, Jul 2007, £6.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Acorna’s Children] Reprint (Eos 2006) SF novel based on a comic-book idea by McCaffrey. Second in a series (after First Warning) that picks up with the next generation after the Acorna the Unicorn Girl series. [First U.K. edition]

Changelings Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-15440-6, Jan 2007, £6.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Petaybee: Twins] Reprint (Del Rey 2006) SF novel, fourth in the Petaybee series begun in Powers That Be, and first in the Twins of Petaybee subseries. Twins Ronan and Murel seek the origins of their shape-shifting talent.

Maelstrom Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (Transworld/Bantam UK 978-0-593-05613-4, Dec 2006, £17.99, 237pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) [Petaybee: Twins] SF novel, book two of the Twins of Petaybee series. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.

The Road Cormac McCarthy (Macmillan/Picador UK 0-330-44753-X, Nov 2006, £16.99, 241pp, hc) Reprint (Knopf 2006) SF novel. A nameless father and son traverse a devastated USA. [First U.K. edition]

Growing Up Again Catriona McCloud (Orion 978-0-75287-489-0, Jan 2007, £9.99, 327pp, tp) Fantasy novel. A woman wakes up as herself when she was younger. A hardcover edition (-488-3, £18.99) was announced but not seen.

Growing Up Again Catriona McCloud (Orion 978-0-7528-8248-2, Oct 2007, £6.99, 327pp, tp) Reprint (Orion 2007) fantasy novel. A woman wakes up in herself when she was younger. A first novel.

Necromunda: Cardinal Crimson Will McDermott (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-372-5, May 2006, £6.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Clint Langley) [Necromunda] Fantasy novelization based on the roleplaying game. This was published in 2006 but not seen till now.

Brasyl Ian McDonald (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08051-5, Jun 2007, £18.99, 405pp, hc, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Pyr 2007) SF novel. A trade paperback edition (-08050-8, £12.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]

Ancient Appetites Oisín McGann (Transworld/Doubleday UK 978-0-385-61086-5, Jul 2007, £10.99, 440pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) Alternate-history Victorian fantasy novel, in which the Wildernstern family inherit by assassination.

Small-Minded Giants Oisín McGann (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-55473-2, Jul 2007, £5.99, 354pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday UK 2006) young-adult SF novel.

Henry Tumour Anthony McGowan (Definitions 978-0-099-48823-1, Apr 2007, £5.99, 307pp, tp, cover by Jerry Paris) Reprint (Doubleday UK 2006) young-adult fantasy novel. A bullied teenager’s brain tumour has a literal life of its own. Includes illustrations by Andy Horan.

Odalisque Fiona McIntosh (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-460-9, Jul 2007, £7.99, 474pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Percheron] Reprint (HarperCollins Voyager Australia 2005) fantasy novel, the first book in the Percheron series. [First U.K. edition]

Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy: Fulgrim: Visions of Treachery Graham McNeill (Black Library 1-84416-476-4, Jul 2006, £6.99, 510+vii, pb) [Warhammer 40,000: Horus Heresy] Novelization based on the world of the SF roleplaying game.

Warhammer: Defenders of Ulthuan Graham McNeill (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-516-2, Dec 2007, £6.99, 415pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer] Novelization based on the world of the roleplaying game.

Angel Cliff McNish (Orion Children’s Books 978-1-84255-111-0, Jun 2007, £9.99, 275pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel.

Breathe Cliff McNish (Orion Children’s Books 978-1-84255-559-0, May 2007, £6.99, 232pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) Reprint (Orion Children’s Books 2006) young-adult ghost novel.

The Succubus Blues Richelle Mead (Transworld/Bantam UK 978-0-553-81892-5, Aug 2007, £6.99, 496pp, pb) [Georgina Kincaid] Reprint (Kensington 2007) fantasy novel. First in a trilogy about a succubus who works in a bookstore. [First U.K. edition]

Bone Song John Meaney (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07954-0, Feb 2007, £10.99, 346pp, tp) Dark science fantasy detective novel set in a city powered by the psychic energy of the dead. A hardcover edition (-07955-7, £18.99) was announced but not seen.

Glorifying Terrorism ed. Farah Mendlesohn (Rackstraw Press 978-0-9554688-0-3, Feb 2007, £15.00, 268pp, hc, cover by Curio-CityCatKilla) Anthology of 23 original stories, a prose poem, and one reprint story. Written in response to the 2006 Terrorism Act, which makes “glorifying” terrorism a criminal offence. Authors include Ken Macleod, Gwyneth Jones, and Charles Stross. Available from 23 Ranelagh Road, London N17 6XY, UK.

The Glass Word Kai Meyer (Egmont 978-1-4052-1639-5, Apr 2007, £5.99, 324pp, tp, cover by Mark Robertson) [Dark Reflections] Young-adult fantasy novel, the third in the Flowing Queen trilogy. Translated by Anthea Bell from the German Die Glaeserne Wort (Loewe 2002).

The Shell Magicians Kai Meyer (Egmont 978-1-4052-1636-4, Aug 2007, £5.99, 344pp, tp, cover by Sarah Coleman) [Wave Walkers] Young-adult fantasy novel, the second book in the Pirates trilogy. Translated by Anthea Bell from the German original Die Muschelmagier (Leowe 2004). The US edition was translated by Elizabeth D. Crawford, with the title The Wave Walkers: Pirate Emperor (McElderry Books 5/07).

The Wave Runners Kai Meyer (Egmont 978-1-4052-1635-7, May 2007, £5.99, 372pp, tp, cover by Sarah Coleman) [Wave Walkers] Reprint (McElderry 2006 as The Wave Walkers: Pirate Curse) young-adult pirate fantasy novel, the first in a trilogy. Translated by Anthea Bell from the German Die Wellenläufer (Loewe 2003). [First U.K. edition]

Eclipse Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown UK/Atom 978-1-904233-89-3, Oct 2007, £12.99, 628pp, hc) [Twilight] Reprint (Little, Brown 2007) young-adult vampire novel, third in the series begin in Twilight. A trade paperback (Airport) edition (-90-9, £8.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]

New Moon Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown UK/Atom 978-1-904233-86-2, Apr 2007, £12.99, 563pp, hc) [Twilight] Reprint (Little, Brown 2006) young-adult vampire romance novel, the second in a series after Twilight. A trade paperback edition (-87-9, £8.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]

New Moon Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown UK/Atom 978-1-904233-88-6, Sep 2007, £6.99, 594pp, tp) [Twilight] Reprint (Little, Brown 2006) young-adult vampire novel, second in a series after Twilight.

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