The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

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The Invisible Girl Laura Ruby (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 978-0-00-721008-4, Aug 2007, £5.99, 335pp, tp, cover by Darren Hopes) [Wall and the Wing] Reprint (Eos 2006 as The Wall and the Wing) young-adult fantasy, the first in a series.

Winterbirth Brian Ruckley (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-424-1, Aug 2007, £7.99, 544pp, tp, cover by Gene Mollica) [Godless World] Reprint (Orbit 2006) fantasy novel, book one in The Godless World series.

Bad Monkeys Matt Ruff (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-9171-9, Aug 2007, £10.99, 227pp, tp) SF novel. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.

Shalimar the Clown Salman Rushdie (Random House/Vintage UK 0-099-42188-7, Sep 2006, £7.99, 398pp, tp, cover by Lynn Hat Zind) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 2005) literary fantasy novel.

The Country You Have Never Seen Joanna Russ (Liverpool University Press 978-0-85323-869-0, Oct 2007, £20.00, 305pp, tp) Critical collection of selected reviews (1966-1981), essays (1969-1989), and letters (1971-1995). A hardcover edition (-859-1, £50.00) was announced but not seen.

St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves Karen Russell (Chatto & Windus 978-0-7011-8118-5, May 2007, £11.99, 246pp, tp, cover by Antonio Pizanelio) Reprint (Knopf 2006) collection of ten stories, most with fantasy or surreal elements. [First U.K. edition]

The King’s Last Song Geoff Ryman (Harper UK 978-0-00-655210-9, Jan 2007, £7.99, 485pp, tp) [Vega, Pablo Corral] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2006) associational novel of Cambodia.

Was Geoff Ryman (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08147-5, Jul 2007, £7.99, 454pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992 as ‘Was...’) associational literary novel.

Everfree Nick Sagan (Transworld/Bantam UK 978-0-553-81599-3, Apr 2007, £6.99, 327pp, pb, cover by Villellieu Christophe & Tom Poland) [Idlewild] Reprint (Putnam 2006) postholocaust SF thriller, third in the trilogy after Idlewild and Edenborn. [First U.K. edition]

Septimus Heap Book Three: Physik Angie Sage (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-8397-4, Apr 2007, £12.99, 544pp, hc, cover by Mark Zug) [Septimus Heap] Young-adult fantasy novel. Interior illustrations by Mark Zug. Simultaneous with the US (Katherine Tegen Books) edition.

Septimus Heap Book Two: Flyte Angie Sage (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-8449-0, Mar 2007, £6.99, 521pp, tp, cover by Mark Zug) [Septimus Heap] Reprint (Bloomsbury 2006) young-adult fantasy novel. Interior illustrations by Mark Zug.

The Devil’s Right Hand Lilith Saintcrow (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-673-3, Nov 2007, £6.99, 405pp, pb, cover by Peter Cotton) [Dante Valentine] Reprint (Orbit US 2007) dark fantasy novel, the third in the Dante Valentine series. [First U.K. edition]

The Sorcerer’s Daughter Fay Sampson (Lion 978-0-7459-6072-2, May 2007, £5.99, 222pp, tp, cover by Oliver Burston) [Sorcerer] Young-adult fantasy novel, book two in a series.

The Last Wish Andrzej Sapkowski (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07782-9, Jun 2007, £12.99, 280pp, tp) [Geralt the witcher] Fantasy collection about Geralt the witcher. Translated by Danusia Stok from the Polish original (superNOWA 1993) Ostatnie zynczenie. A hardcover edition (-07783-6, £18.99) was announced but not seen.

In the Dark of the Night John Saul (Macmillan/Pan 978-0-230-01483-1, Jul 2007, £6.99, 407pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 2006) horror novel. Strange things start happening when teens become obsessed with broken objects found at a summer house. [First U.K. edition]

The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil and In Persuasion Nation George Saunders (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-8596-1, Apr 2007, £7.99, 358pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2006) collection/omnibus combining the novella The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil (2005) with the collection In Persuasion Nation (2006). [First U.K. edition]

Warhammer: Retribution Steven Savile (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-293-2, Mar 2007, £6.99, 409pp, pb, cover by Jeff Johnson) [Warhammer: Von Carstein] Novelization based on the world of the fantasy roleplaying game, the third book in the Von Carstein trilogy.

Warhammer: Retribution Steven Savile (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-293-2, Mar 2007, £6.99, 409pp, pb, cover by Jeff Johnson) [Warhammer: Von Carstein] Novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game universe, the third book in the Von Carstein trilogy.

Old Man’s War John Scalzi (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0-330-45216-8, Jun 2007, £6.99, 311pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Old Man’s War] Reprint (Tor 2005) SF novel, the first in a series. [First U.K. edition]

Warhammer 40,000: Descent of Angels Mitchel Scanlon (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-508-7, Oct 2007, £6.99, 453pp, pb, cover by Neil Roberts) [Warhammer 40,000: Horus Heresy] Novelization set in the roleplaying game universe, book six in the Horus Heresy subseries.

Last Light Alex Scarrow (Orion 978-0-7528-8614-5, Jul 2007, £9.99, 402pp, hc) SF novel. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-8615-2, £10.99) was announced but not seen.

A Thousand Suns Alex Scarrow (Orion 978-0-7528-8135-5, May 2007, £6.99, 485pp, pb) Reprint (Orion 2006, not seen) alternate history novel of Nazis with the atomic bomb.

The Swarm Frank Schätzing (Hodder 978-0-340-89524-5, Feb 2007, £7.99, 881pp, tp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2006) SF thriller. Translated by Sally-Ann Spencer from Der Schwarm (Kiepenheuer & Witsch 2004).

The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Michael Scott (Transworld/Doubleday UK 978-0-385-61293-7, May 2007, £12.99, 375pp, hc, cover by Michael Wagner) [Alchemyst] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a series. Simultaneous with the US (Delacorte) edition.

Endgame Andy Secombe (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0-330-43998-5, Sep 2007, £6.99, 326pp, pb) Reprint (Tor UK 2006) humorous fantasy novel about a wager between Satan and God.

Blood Red, Snow White Marcus Sedgwick (Orion Children’s Books 978-1-84255-184-4, Jul 2007, £9.99, 304pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel.

My Swordhand Is Singing Marcus Sedgwick (Orion Children’s Books 978-1-84255-558-3, May 2007, £6.99, 223pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) [My Swordhand Is Singing] Reprint (Orion Children’s Books 2006) young-adult fantasy novel.

The Book of Dave Will Self (Penguin UK 978-0-141-01454-8, Mar 2007, £7.99, 496pp, tp) Reprint (Viking UK 2006) SF novel.

Great Apes Will Self (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-8228-1, Apr 2007, £7.99, 493pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 1997) satirical fantasy novel.

Blood Beast Darren Shan (HarperCollins UK Children’s Books 978-0-00-723132-4, Jun 2007, £12.99, 262pp, hc, cover by Mel Grant) Young-adult horror novel, book five of The Demonata series. Shan is a pseudonym of Darren O’Shaughnessy.

Demon Apocalpyse Darren Shan (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 978-0-00-723133-1, Oct 2007, £12.99, 240pp, hc, cover by Mel Grant) [Demonata] Young-adult horror novel. Book six in The Demonata serues. Shan is a pseudonym of Darren O’Shaughnessy.

Slawter Darren Shan (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 0-00-723138-5, Jan 2007, £5.99, 155pp, tp, cover by Mel Grant) [Demonata] Reprint (HarperCollins UK Children’s Books 2006) young-adult horror novel. Book three of the Demonata series after Lord Loss and Demon Thief. Shan is a pseudonym of Darren O’Shaughnessy.

Resistance Owen Sheers (Faber and Faber 978-0-571-22963-5, Jun 2007, £14.99, 286pp, hc) Alternate history novel of Hitler winning in 1944.

Dagger Key and Other Stories Lucius Shepard (PS Publishing 978-1-904619=73-4, Sep 2007, £25.00, 473pp, hc, cover by JK Potter) Collection of nine stories, one original, two revised. Introduction by China Miéville. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a slipcased hardcover editon of 200 signed by both Shepard and Miéville (-74-1, £50.00) is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].

Hyperion Dan Simmons (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08114-7, Aug 2007, £7.99, 467pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) SF novel. This is a Gollancz “Future Classics” edition.

The Terror Dan Simmons (Transworld/Bantam UK 978-0-593-05762-9, Feb 2007, £12.99, 766pp, tp) Reprint (Little, Brown 2007) historical horror novel/thriller of an ill-fated Arctic expedition. A hardcover edition (-05763-6, £18.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]

London: City of Disappearances ed. Iain Sinclair (Penguin UK/Hamish Hamilton 978-0-241-14299-8, 2006, £22.50, 656pp, hc, cover by Timorous Beasties) Associational anthology of essays, articles, stories, poems, etc., ranging from non-fiction to surreal, exploring a borderline London where things disappear. Authors include Will Self, Michael Moorcock, J.G. Ballard, Alan Moore, and Marina Warner. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.

The Innocent’s Story Nicky Singer (Oxford University Press 0-19-272617-X, Oct 2006, £5.99, 217pp, tp) Reprint (Oxford University Press 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.

Angel Blood John Singleton (Penguin/Puffin UK 978-0-141-32019-9, May 2007, £5.99, 312pp, tp) Reprint (Puffin UK 2006) young-adult fantasy novel.

Cloud Cuckoo Land Steven Sivell (Ziji 978-0-9554051-0-5, Oct 2007, £9.99, 268pp, tp) SF novel. Leonard is one of many seeking a way to survive as Earth faces apocalyptic disaster. A first novel. Ziji Publishing, Flat 2, 182A Portobello Road, London W11 2EB.

The Liberty Gun Martin Sketchley (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 978-0-7434-6846-6, Oct 2007, £6.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Structure] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 2007) SF novel, the third book in the Structure series.

The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening L. J. Smith (Hodder Children’s Books 978-0-340-94501-8, Jul 2007, £4.99, 228pp, tp, cover by David McKay) [Vampire Diaries] Reprint (Harper Paperbacks 1991) young-adult horror novel, the first in a series.

The Vampire Diaries: The Struggle L. J. Smith (Hodder Children’s Books 978-0-340-94502-5, Jul 2007, £4.99, 215pp, tp, cover by David McKay) [Vampire Diaries] Reprint (Harper Paperbacks 1991) young-adult horror novel, second in a series.

Tomes of the Dead: The Words of Their Roaring Matthew Smith (Abaddon Books 978-1-905437-13-9, Jun 2007, £6.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Shared-world historical zombie horror novel.

The Phenomenon Russell J. Smith (Pegasus Elliot MacKenzie Publishers/Vanguard Press 978-1-84386-317-5, Jan 2007, £8.99, 259pp, tp) SF novel. The government is trying to wipe out a “disease” that causes telepathy. Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers, Sheraton House, Castle Park, Cambridge CB2 OAX UK; [www.pegasuspublishers.com].

The Quest Wilbur Smith (Macmillan UK 978-1-4050-0580-7, Apr 2007, £18.99, 504pp, hc) [Egyptian] Fantasy novel, fourth in the series begun in River God.

Poison Study Maria V. Snyder (Harlequin/MIRA UK 978-0-7783-0163-9, Sep 2007, £6.99, 409pp, pb) [Poison Study] Reprint (Luna 2005) fantasy romance novel, the first in a series.

The Electric Church Jeff Somers (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-615-3, Sep 2007, £9.99, 353+9pp, tp, cover by Jae Lee) [Avery Cates] SF novel, the first in the Avery Cates series. Includes an interview with Somers.

Warhammer 40,000: Desert Raiders Lucien Soulban (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-492-9, Dec 2007, £6.99, 249pp, pb, cover by Klaus Sherwinski) [Warhammer 40,000: Imperial Guard] Novelization based on the far-future roleplaying game, part of the Imperial Guard series.

The Shapeshifter: Dowsing the Dead Ali Sparkes (Oxford University Press 978-0-19-275468-4, Aug 2007, £5.99, 355pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Shapeshifter] Young-adult fantasy novel, the fourth in a series.

The Shapeshifter: Going to Ground Ali Sparkes (Oxford University Press 978-0-19-275467-7, May 2007, £5.99, 346pp, tp) [Shapeshifter] Young-adult fantasy novel, the third in a series.

The Shapeshifter: Running the Risk Ali Sparkes (Oxford University Press 978-0-19-275466-0, Jan 2007, £6.99, 363pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Shapeshifter] Young-adult fantasy novel, the second in a series.

The Afterblight Chronicles: The Culled Simon Spurrier (Abaddon Books 1-905437-01-3, Aug 2006, £6.99, 379pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Afterblight Chronicles] Shared-world postapocalype SF novel, the first in the series. Published in 2006, but not seen till now.

Contract Simon Spurrier (Hodder Headline 978-0-7553-3588-6, Jun 2007, £19.99, 312pp, hc, cover by Richard Green) Dark fantasy thriller of a killer whose victims seem to come back. The novel was originally serialized online at [www.itsallaboutthemoney.co.uk/].

Contract Simon Spurrier (Hodder Headline 978-0-7553-3590-9, Oct 2007, £7.99, 408pp, tp, cover by Richard Green) Reprint (Headline 2007) dark fantasy thriller of a killer whose victims come back.

Spindrift Allen Steele (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-600-9, Jun 2007, £6.99, 390pp, pb, cover by Peter Cotton) [Coyote] Reprint (Ace 2007) SF novel set in the Coyote universe. [First U.K. edition]

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson (Hodder Headline/Review 978-0-7553-3885-6, Jun 2007, £4.99, 210pp, tp) Collection of the classic horror novel (Scribner 1886), plus three other stories.

Clash of the Sky Galleons Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-55127-4, Sep 2007, £5.99, 427pp, tp, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Quint] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2006) young-adult fantasy novel. The ninth book in the Edge Chronicles series, and third in the Quint trilogy.

The Lost Barkscrolls Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Transworld/Doubleday UK 978-0-385-61168-8, Sep 2007, £12.99, 439pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles] Omnibus/collection of four pieces in the Edge Chronicles universe: two original novels, and two novellas previously published as separate books: Cloud Wolf (2001) and The Stone Pilot (2006). Illustrations by Riddell. Includes a foldout timeline chart. Book ten of the series.

The Twig Trilogy Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell (Transworld/Doubleday UK 978-0-385-61345-3, Sep 2007, £12.99, 1025pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles] Omnibus of the first three novels in the Edge Chronicles: Beyond the Deepwoods (1998), Stormchaser (1999) and Midnight over Sanctaphrax (2000). The novels are separately paginated.

Blood Is the New Black Valerie Stivers (Hodder 978-0-340-93396-1, Oct 2007, £6.99, 293pp, tp) Reprint (Three Rivers Press 2007) humorous vampire novel. [First U.K. edition]

Professor Bernice Summerfield: The Two Jasons Dave Stone (Big Finish 978-1-84435-279-1, May 2007, £14.99, 216pp, hc, cover by Stuart Manning) [Professor Bernice Summerfield] SF novelization plus one story in the Professor Bernice Summerfield series.

Ghostwalk Rebecca Stott (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 978-0-297-85136-3, Mar 2007, £12.99, 288pp, hc) Ghost story/murder mystery in which the death of a reclusive historian tangles with a historical murder in which Newton was a suspect.

The Atrocity Archives Charles Stross (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-569-9, Jun 2007, £6.99, xv+519pp, pb) [Bob Howard] Reprint (Golden Gryphon 2004) Lovecraftian dark fantasy novel, plus a related original novella, “The Concrete Jungle”. Introduction by Ken Macleod. Afterword by Stross. [First U.K. edition]

Glasshouse Charles Stross (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-8414-9393-0, Mar 2007, £6.99, 388pp, pb) [Accelerando] Reprint (Ace 2006) standalone SF novel set in the same universe as Accelerando. A 27th-century man on the run volunteers to take part in an experiment to recreate the 20th century. [First U.K. edition]

The Jennifer Morgue Charles Stross (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-570-5, Sep 2007, £6.99, 418pp, pb) [Bob Howard] Reprint (Golden Gryphon 2006) Lovecraftian dark fantasy novel, the sequel to The Atrocity Archives, plus a related story and an essay on James Bond. [First U.K. edition]

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