The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

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DAHL, ROALD (stories) (chron.) (continued)

* _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Random House/Knopf/Borzoi 0-375-83460-5, May 2005, $14.95, 155pp, hc) [Charlie] Reissue (Knopf 1964) young-adult fantasy novel with illustrations by Quentin Blake. This is a movie tie-in edition.
* _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-31990-9, Jun 2005, £5.99, 190pp, tp) [Charlie] Reprint (Knopf 1964) young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a series. This is a film tie-in edition with eight pages of colour stills.
* *A Taste of the Unexpected (Penguin UK 0-141-02298-1, May 2005, £1.50, 56pp, tp) Collection of three stories selected from Completely Unexpected Tales (Penguin, 1986). One of the “Penguin 70s”. (Contents)
DALE, ANNA (chron.)

* _Whispering to Witches (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-699-2, Sep 2005, $7.95, 297pp, tp, cover by Melvyn Grant) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2004) young-adult contemporary fantasy novel.
* _Whispering to Witches (Bloomsbury 0-7475-6910-X, Sep 2005, £5.99, 297pp, tp, cover by Melvyn Grant) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. A first novel. The original edition was not seen.
DALMAS, JOHN; pseudonym of John Robert Jones, (1926- ) (chron.)

* _The Second Coming (Baen 1-4165-0903-8, Sep 2005, $7.99, 505pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) Reprint (Baen 2004) near-future fantasy novel. The world’s new savior is a black Canadian software genius.
D’AMMASSA, DON(ald Eugene) (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (Facts on File 0-8160-5924-1, Jun 2005, $65.00, 538 + v, tp) Non-fiction, reference, a guide to major authors and works of genre SF (fantasy excluded). Includes index and bibliographies.
* *Haven (Gale Group/Five Star 1-59414-229-7, Dec 2004, $25.95, 291pp, hc, cover by Christopher Wait) SF mystery novel. Avery’s quiet recuperation on the pastoral planet Meadow is disturbed by the discovery of a dead body and political conspiracy.
DANIEL, TONY (stories) (chron.)

* _Superluminal (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-102026-5, Mar 2005, $7.99, 533pp, pb, cover by Gregory Bridges) [Metaplanetary] Reprint (Eos 2004) SF novel, sequel to Metaplanetary.
DANN, JACK (Mayo) (1945- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Rebel: An Imagined Life of James Dean (Harper 0-06-075177-0, Aug 2005, $13.95, 401pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo Australia 2004) alternate-history/fantasy novel.
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* *Beyond Singularity (with Gardner R. Dozois) (Ace 0-441-01363-5, Dec 2005, $7.99, 288 + xi, pb, cover by Ben Gibson) SF anthology of 14 stories. Authors include Brian W. Aldiss, Greg Egan, and Michael Swanwick. (Contents)
* *Nebula Awards Showcase 2005 (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46015-4, Mar 2005, $15.95, 328pp, tp) Anthology of Nebula Award-winners and nominees: 12 stories and two excerpts from the winning novel and novella. This also includes three Rhysling Award-winning poems, commentary on SF from six authors, a look at 2004 movies by Lucius Shepard, plus articles on and stories by Grandmaster Robert Silverberg and Author Emeritus Charles L. Harness. The 39th volume in the annual series. (Contents)
* *Robots (with Gardner R. Dozois) (Ace 0-441-01321-X, Sep 2005, $6.99, 305 + xii, pb) Anthology of 12 stories about robots. Authors include James Patrick Kelly, Howard Waldrop, and Gene Wolfe. (Contents)
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* *The Fiction Factory (Golden Gryphon Press 1-930846-36-3, Oct 2005, $24.95, 310 + xvii, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Collection of 18 collaborative stories. Dann discusses the collaborative process in a general introduction, and adds individual story introductions along with comments by most of his co-authors: Susan Casper, Gardner Dozois, Gregory Frost, Jack C. Haldeman II, Barry N. Malzberg, Michael Swanwick, Janeen Webb, and George Zebrowski. Order from Golden Gryphon Press, 3002 Perkins Road, Urbana IL 61802; [www.goldengryphon.com]. (Contents)
DANN, JOSHUA (1956- ); see pseudonym J. D. Austin (chron.)
DANTEC, MAURICE G. (chron.)

* *Babylon Babies (MIT Press/Semiotext(e) 1-58435-023-7, Nov 2005, $19.95, 526pp, tp) Futuristic noir thriller. A veteran of Sarajevo escorts a woman pregnant with a genetically engineered messiah. Translated by Noura Wedell from the French of the same title (Gallimard 1999). Distributed by MIT Press, 55 Hayward St., Cambridge MA 02142-1315; [http://mitpress.mit.edu].
DANVERS, DENNIS (Howard) (1947- ); see pseudonym Robert Sydney (chron.)
DARABONT, FRANK (stories) (chron.)

* *Walpuski’s Typewriter (CD Publications 1-58767-059-3, Jun 2005, $25.00, 108pp, hc, cover by Bernie Wrightson) Dark fantasy novella. A newly repaired typewriter changes a writer. Includes an introduction by the author. Also available in a signed, limited edition of 400 ($50.00) and a traycased leatherbound lettered edition ($200.00).
DART-THORNTON, CECILIA; pseudonym of Cecilia Thornton (chron.)

* +The Iron Tree (Tor 0-765-31205-0, Feb 2005, $24.95, 399pp, hc, cover by Gordon Crabb) [Crowthistle Chronicles] Fantasy novel, first in the “Crowthistle Chronicles” trilogy. First US edition (Tor UK 11/04).
* _The Iron Tree (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-4711-9, Apr 2005, £10.99, v+425pp, tp, cover by Julek Heller) [Crowthistle Chronicles] Reprint (Tor UK 2004) fantasy novel, the first book in The Crowthistle Chronicles.
* _The Iron Tree (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-43301-6, Aug 2005, £7.99, 591pp, pb, cover by Julek Heller) [Crowthistle Chronicles] Reprint (Tor UK 2004) fantasy novel, the first book in The Crowthistle Chronicles.
DATLOW, ELLEN (Sue), ed. (1949- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold (with Terri Windling) (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-87837-0, Apr 2005, $4.99, 165 + x, tp, cover by Kamil Vojnar) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 2003) YA anthology.
* *The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection (with Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant) (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-34194-6, Aug 2005, $19.95, 480 + cxxviii, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Best-of-the-year anthology of 39 stories, five poems, and 128 additional pages containing a necrology by James Frenkel, summations of 2004 fantasy and horror by the editors, a media summary by Edward Bryant, a comics summary by Charles Vess, a music summary by Charles de Lint, and a manga/anime summary by Joan D. Vinge. Also available as a St. Martin’s hardcover (-34193-8, $35.00). Packaged and copyrighted by James Frenkel & Associates. (Contents)
DAVID, JAMES F.; pseudonym of James D. Foster, (1952- ) (chron.)

* *Judgment Day (Tor/Forge 0-765-30915-7, Apr 2005, $24.95, 655pp, hc) Christian apocalyptic SF thriller. A Fellowship given the divine gift of an FTL drive flees Earth and the new Lord of Darkness.
DAVID, PETER (Allen) (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Sir Apropos of Nothing, Book Three: Tong Lashing (Pocket/Star 0-7434-4913-4, Jun 2005, $7.99, 424pp, pb, cover by Sonia Hillios) [Sir Apropos of Nothing] Reprint (Pocket 2003) fantasy novel, third in the series.
* _Star Trek New Frontier: After the Fall (Pocket 0-7434-9185-8, Dec 2005, $7.99, 369pp, pb) [Star Trek: New Frontier] Reprint (Pocket 2004) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
DAVIDSON, ELLEN DEE (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Stolen Voices (Lobster Press 1-897073-16-X, Oct 2005, $9.95, 188pp, tp) Young-adult dystopian SF novel about a teen ostracized by the rigid society in which she lives. Lobster Press, 1620 Sherbrooke St. West, Suites C & D, Montreal Quebec Canada H3H 1C9; [www.lobsterpress.com].
DAVIDSON, JENNY (chron.)

* *Heredity (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-864-3, Feb 2005, £9.99, 278pp, tp) SF thriller of genetic engineering. A contemporary woman is determined to give birth to the son of 18th-century criminal, Jonathan Wild.
DAVIDSON, MaryJANICE (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Betsy the Vampire Queen (SFBC #1200784, Dec 2005, $14.99, 707pp, hc, cover by Walter Velez) [Betsy, Queen of the Vampires] Omnibus of four humorous vampire novels in the series: Undead and Unwed (2004), Undead and Unemployed (2004), Undead and Unappreciated (2005), and Undead and Unreturnable (2005). This has ISBN 0-7394-6139-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
* *Derik’s Bane (Berkley Sensation 0-425-19997-5, Jan 2005, $6.50, 292pp, pb) [Wyndham Werewolf] Werewolf romance/chick-lit novel, the first in the “Wyndham Werewolf” series introduced in two earlier novellas. Werewolf Derik Gardner finds himself too attracted to the latest incarnation of Morgan Le Fay to kill her.
* *Hello, Gorgeous! (Kensington/Brava 0-7582-0804-9, Mar 2005, $14.00, 195pp, tp) Contemporary SF/chick-lit romance. An injured beauty salon owner is turned into a nano-tech cyborg and expected to stop bad guys.
* *Jennifer Scales and the Ancient Furnace (with Anthony Alongi) (Berkley Jam 0-425-20598-3, Aug 2005, $8.99, 259pp, tp) [Jennifer Scales] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a series. Jennifer hits puberty and learns she’s descended from dragons.
* *Really Unusual Bad Boys (Kensington/Brava 0-7582-0891-X, Sep 2005, $14.00, 241pp, tp) Original collection of three romantic fantasy novellas about three brothers from a magic kingdom who end up winning wives from other worlds and times. (Contents)
* *Undead and Unappreciated (Berkley Sensation 0-425-20433-2, Jul 2005, $19.95, 271pp, hc, cover by Chris Long) [Betsy, Queen of the Vampires] Werewolf romance/chick-lit novel, the third in the series about Betsy, Queen of the Vampires. A prophecy says Betsy’s sister is the spawn of Satan.
* _Undead and Unappreciated (Berkley Sensation 0-425-20722-6, Dec 2005, $6.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Chris Long) [Betsy, Queen of the Vampires] Reprint (Berkley Sensation 2005) vampire romance/chick-lit novel, the third in the series about Betsy, Queen of the Vampires.
* *Undead and Unreturnable (Berkley Sensation 0-425-20816-8, Nov 2005, $21.95, 250pp, hc, cover by Chris Long) [Betsy, Queen of the Vampires] Humorous vampire romance/chick-lit novel, fourth in the series about Betsy, Queen of the Vampires. A serial killer threatens to disrupt Betsy’s plans for Christmas — and her spring wedding to the previously despised Sinclair.
DAVIES, MURRAY (1947- ) (chron.)

* _Collaborator (Macmillan/Pan 0-330-49080-X, Sep 2004, £6.99, 651pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan UK 2003) alternate-history SF novel of Britain under Nazi rule in 1940. Published in 2004 but not seen until now.
DAVIS, JAY; pseudonym of Charles Nuetzel, (1934- ) (chron.)

* _Parting the Veil (Tor 0-765-34836-5, Jul 2005, $7.99, 384pp, pb) Reprint (Forge 2004, not seen) inspirational suspense novel of a man pulled back from death and given the power to see evil.
DAVIS, LEXI (chron.)

* *Pretty Evil (Pocket 1-4165-0525-3, Oct 2005, $14.00, 368pp, tp) Horror novel. A realtor defends three sexy bachelors from a house haunted by a sexy shape-shifting demon. A first novel.
DAVIS, RUSSELL (1970- ); see pseudonym David Cian (stories) (chron.)
DAYTON, GAIL (chron.)

* *The Compass Rose (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80216-1, Mar 2005, $13.95, 454pp, tp) Fantasy romance novel. A “godstruck” woman must learn to use her new powers to defend her nation. Copyrighted by Gail Shelton.
de ANGELES, LY (chron.)

* *The Quickening (Llewellyn 0-7387-0664-7, Aug 2005, $15.95, 276pp, tp, cover by Jonathan Hunt) Urban fantasy novel. A young woman discovers her fey nature and finds herself in the middle of a war.
DEATON, HOLLY LISLE; see under Lisle, Holly (chron.)
de BIE, ERIK SCOTT (chron.)

* *Forgotten Realms: Ghostwalker (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3962-1, Dec 2005, $6.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Raymond Swanland) [Forgotten Realms: Fighters] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, part of The Fighters subseries. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
de CAMP, L(yon) SPRAGUE (1907-2000) (stories) (chron.)

* *Years in the Making: The Time-Travel Stories of L. Sprague de Camp (NESFA Press 1-886778-47-7, Feb 2005, $25.00, 377pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Collection of six stories, six poems, and one essay on time travel, plus the novel Lest Darkness Fall. Introduction by Harry Turtledove. This is the first in a series of collections of de Camp’s works. NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701. (Contents)
* _Years in the Making: The Time-Travel Stories of L. Sprague de Camp (SFBC #1192207, Sep 2005, $12.50, 377pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (NESFA Press 2005) collection of six stories, six poems, one essay on time travel, and the novel Lest Darkness Fall. This is similar to the NESFA edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
DeCANDIDO, KEITH R. A. (stories) (chron.)

* *Serenity (Pocket Star 1-4165-0755-8, Sep 2005, $6.99, 260pp, pb) Novelization of the movie based on the short-lived TV series Firefly. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Licensing.
* *Spider-man: Down These Mean Streets (Pocket Star 1-4165-0968-2, Sep 2005, $7.99, 268pp, pb, cover by Joe Jusko) Novelization based on the comic-book character. Copyrighted by Marvel Characters.
* _Spider-Man: Down These Mean Streets (SFBC #1198483, Sep 2005, $10.99, 268pp, hc, cover by Joe Jusko) [Spider-Man] Reprint (Pocket 2005) novelization based on the comic-book character. Copyrighted by Marvel Characters. This has ISBN 0-7394-5687-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Star Trek, the Next Generation: I.K.S. Gorkon, Book Three: Enemy Territory (Pocket 1-4165-0014-6, Mar 2005, $7.99, 334pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek, the Next Generation: I.K.S. Gorkon] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
* *Star Trek: Articles of the Federation (Pocket 1-4165-0015-4, Jun 2005, $7.99, 399pp, pb, cover by Mark Gerber) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
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* *Star Trek: Tales from the Captain’s Table (Pocket 1-4165-0520-2, Jun 2005, $14.00, 337pp, tp, cover by Mark Gerber) [Star Trek] Original anthology of nine Star Trek bar stories. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. (Contents)
DEDMAN, STEPHEN (stories) (chron.)

* *Never Seen by Waking Eyes (Writers.com Books/infrapress 0-9766544-0-7, Jul 2005, $15.95, 224pp, tp) Collection of 24 stories, one original. The author provides an afterword on the inspirations for each story. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.writers.com/publishing] or from Writers.com Books, 87 South Meadowcroft Dr., Akron OH 44313. (Contents)
DEEGAN, BRIAN (chron.)

* *The Wave of Space Truth (Magnoff Publishing 0-9548316-0-8, Aug 2005, £6.99, 250pp, tp) SF novel. Three friends in California experience the Wave of Space Truth. Magnoff Publishing, Sutdio C, 165 Caledonian Road, London N1 0SL, UK; [www.magnoffpublishing.co.uk].
DE HAVEN, TOM (1949- ) (chron.)

* *It’s Superman! (Chronicle 0-8118-4435-8, Oct 2005, $24.95, 425pp, hc, cover by Chris Ware) [Superman] Novelization about the comic book character’s early years in the 1930s and ’40s. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
* _It’s Superman! (SFBC #1198835, Nov 2005, $12.50, 425pp, hc, cover by Chris Ware) [Superman] Reprint (Chronicle Books 2005) novelization about the comic-book character’s early years in the 1930s and ’40s. Copyrighted by DC Comics. This is similar to the Chronicle Books edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
DELANEY, JOE (chron.)

* _The Spook’s Apprentice (Random House UK/Red Fox 0-099-45645-1, Jul 2005, £5.99, 325pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Spook] Reprint (The Bodley Head 2004) young-adult fantasy novel.
* *The Spook’s Curse (The Bodley Head 0-370-32827-2, Jul 2005, £8.99, 424pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Spook] Young-adult fantasy novel. Second in a series after The Spook’s Apprentice. The Spook and his new apprentice confront the corrupting power of The Bane.
DELANEY, JOSEPH H(enry) (1932-1999) (chron.)

* +The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch (HarperCollins/Greenwillow 0-06-076618-2, Sep 2005, $14.99, 358pp, hc, cover by Scott McKowen) Young-adult dark fantasy. Thomas Ward learns quickly that the hardest part of being an apprentice Spook (ghostbuster) is staying alive. A first novel. First US edition (The Bodley Head 7/04 as The Spook’s Apprentice by Joe Delaney).
DELANY, SAMUEL R(ay, Jr.) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *About Writing: 7 Essays, 4 Letters & 5 Interviews (Wesleyan University Press 0-8195-6716-7, Jan 2006, $24.95, 419 + xii, tp) How-to guide/collection of essays, correspondence, and interviews aimed at creative writers, with a new 59-page introduction and an appendix of more basic tips for beginning writers. A hardcover edition (-6715-9, $65.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Wesleyan University Press c/o University Press of New England, 23 S. Main St., Hanover NH 03755; 800-421-1561; [University.Press@Dartmouth.edu]; add $5.00 postage. (Contents)
* *Phallos (Bamberger Books 0-917453-41-7, Nov 2004, $14.00, 95pp, tp, cover by John Del Gaizo & Lawrence Alma-Tadema) Philosophical novella with homoerotic and fantasy elements, in the form of a modern critical essay looking at an anonymous gay porn novel about the search for an ancient diety’s jeweled phallus in ancient Rome. Much revised and expanded from a previous version appearing in the magazine Callaloo. This is dated 2004, but not seen until now. Bamberger Books, PO Box 350, Whitmore Lake MI 48189.
DE LARRABEITI, MICHAEL (1937- ) (chron.)

* _The Borribles (Tor Teen 0-765-35005-X, Jul 2005, $6.99, 214pp, tp) [Borribles] Reprint (Bodley Head 1976) young-adult fantasy novel.
* _The Borribles Go for Broke (Tor Teen 0-765-35006-8, Nov 2005, $6.99, 216pp, tp) [Borribles] Reprint (Bodley Head 1981) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Borribles.
* _The Borribles: Across the Dark Metropolis (Tor Teen 0-765-35007-6, Jan 2006, $6.99, 297pp, tp) [Borribles] Reprint (Bodley Head 1981) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the Borribles series.
DEL CARLO, ERIC (chron.)

* _Wartorn: Resurrection (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
de LINT, CHARLES (Henri Diederick Hoefsmit) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Hour Before Dawn and Two Other Stories from Newford (Subterranean Press 1-59606-027-1, Jun 2005, $35.00, 114pp, hc, cover by Charles de Lint) [Newford] Collection of three Newford stories, one original. Illustrated by the author. (Contents)

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