The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Books, Listed by Author

HELFERS, JOHN (stories) (chron.) (continued)

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• * _In the Shadow of Evil (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg

HELPRIN, MARK (1947- ) (chron.)

• * *Freddy and Fredericka (Penguin Press, The 1-59420-054-8, Jul 2005, $27.95, 553pp, hc) Comic allegorical novel. The bumbling Prince of Wales and his frivolous wife are sent to America incognito and penniless to regain the lost British colonies.
• * _Winter’s Tale (Harcourt/Harvest 0-15-603119-1, Jun 2005, $15.00, 748pp, tp) Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1983) literary fantasy novel.

HEMINGWAY, AMANDA; [born Amanda Jane Askew] (1955- ) (chron.)

• * +The Greenstone Grail (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46078-2, Mar 2005, $16.95, 360pp, hc, cover by Greg Spalenka) Fantasy novel. First US edition (Voyager 5/04).
• * _The Greenstone Grail (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-715387-2, May 2005, £6.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Sangreal] Reprint (Voyager 2004) fantasy novel, first in the Sangreal trilogy. Hemingway also writes as Jan Siegel.
• * _The Greenstone Grail (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46079-0, Jan 2006, $12.95, 360pp, tp, cover by Greg Spalenka) Reprint (Voyager 2004) fantasy novel.
• * *The Traitor’s Sword (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-715388-0, Nov 2005, £12.99, i+311pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) [Sangreal] Fantasy novel, second in the Sangreal Trilogy. Hemingway also writes as Jan Siegel.

HEMRY, JOHN G. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Rule of Evidence (Ace 0-441-01262-0, Mar 2005, $6.99, 276pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Paul Sinclair] Military SF legal thriller, the third featuring naval-lawyer-in-space Paul Sinclair.

HENDEE, BARB (1963- ) (chron.)

• * _Dhampir (with J. C. Hendee, Jr.) (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-364-3, Jan 2005, £6.99, 441pp, pb, cover by Martin McKenna) Reprint (Roc 2003) dark fantasy novel of a fraudulent vampire slayer who suddenly finds real vampires after her. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Thief of Lives (with J. C. Hendee, Jr.) (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-365-1, Jun 2005, £6.99, 472pp, pb, cover by Kovech) [Magiere the dhampir] Reprint (Penguin/Roc 2004) fantasy novel. A sequel to Dhampir. [First U.K. edition]

HENDEE, J. C., Jr. (chron.)

• * _Dhampir (with Barb Hendee) See entry under Barb Hendee.
• * _Thief of Lives (with Barb Hendee) See entry under Barb Hendee.

HENDERSON, C(hristopher-John) J(ames) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Baby’s First Mythos (with Erica Henderson) (Z-Man Games 1-931748-25-X, Dec 2004, $9.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Erica Henderson) Reissue (Z-Man Games 2003) humorous children’s picture book, a Lovecraftian A-B-C and numbers book with text by C.J. Henderson and illustrations by Erica Henderson. Introduction by Robert M. Price; afterword by William Jones.

HENDERSON, ERICA (chron.)

• * _Baby’s First Mythos (with C. J. Henderson) See entry under C. J. Henderson.

HENDERSON, JAN-ANDREW (chron.)

• * *Hunting Charlie Wilson (Oxford University Press 0-19-275407-6, Feb 2005, £4.99, 276pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Secret City] Young-adult fantasy novel with Arthurian elements. Charlie is pursued by magical creatures sent by vengeful Morgana. Sequel to Secret City.
• * *Secret City (Oxford University Press 0-19-271957-2, Jan 2004, £4.99, 148pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Secret City] Young-adult Arthurian fantasy novel, the first in a series. This is dated 2004 but not seen until now.

HERBERT, BRIAN (Patrick) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Dune: The Battle of Corrin (with Kevin J. Anderson) (Tor 0-765-34079-8, Sep 2005, $7.99, 675pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Dune] Reprint (Tor 2004) SF novel, third in a prequel series set 10,000 years before Frank Herbert’s “Dune” series. An open market edition was announced for 4/05 but not seen. Copyrighted by Herbert Limited Partnership.
• * _Legends of Dune: The Battle of Corrin (with Kevin J. Anderson) (Hodder Headline 0-340-82338-0, Mar 2005, £7.99, 582pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Dune] Reprint (Tor 2004) SF novel in the Dune series.
• * _The Road to Dune (with Kevin J. Anderson & Frank Herbert) See entry under Frank Herbert.

HERBERT, FRANK (Patrick) (1920-1986) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Chapterhouse: Dune (SFBC #1185875, May 2005, $10.99, 436pp, hc, cover by John Schoenherr) [Dune] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) SF novel, fourth in the “Dune” series. This has ISBN 0-7394-5272-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Dune (Ace 0-441-01359-7, Aug 2005, $16.00, 528pp, tp) [Dune] Reissue (Chilton 1965) classic SF novel. This is a 40th Anniversary edition with a new afterword by Brian Herbert.
• * _The Great Dune Trilogy (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07070-6, Nov 2005, £14.99, 912pp, tp, cover by Robert Nicholls) [Dune] Reprint (Gollancz 1979) SF omnibus of the first three Dune books: Dune (1965), Dune Messiah (1969), and Children of Dune (1976). (Contents)
• * *The Road to Dune (with Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson) (Tor 0-765-31295-6, Sep 2005, $25.95, 489pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Dune] Collection of “Dune” pieces: four stories and a short novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, plus correspondence and unpublished pieces by Frank Herbert, including previously unpublished chapters and alternate endings from Dune and Dune Messiah. Foreword by Bill Ransom; preface by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson. (Contents)
• * *The Road to Dune (with Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson) (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-83745-4, Sep 2005, £11.99, 489pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Dune] Collection of stories, letters, and articles. Includes an original novel, Spice Planet: The Alternate Dune Novel based on the outline by Frank Herbert; plus unpublished scenes and chapters planned for the first Dune books; original Dune stories by Anderson and Brian Herbert; letters from Frank Herbert, and so on. Simultaneous with the US (Tor) edition.
• * _The Road to Dune (with Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson) (SFBC #1196708, Oct 2005, $13.99, 397pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Dune] Reprint (Tor 2005) collection of “Dune” pieces, including stories and a novel by Brian Herbert & Anderson, plus unpublished pieces by Frank Herbert. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

HERBERT, JAMES (John) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * +Nobody True (Tor 0-765-31212-3, Sep 2005, $25.95, 316pp, hc, cover by Blacksheep) Horror novel. James True comes back from an out-of-body experience to find he’s been brutally murdered. First US edition (Macmillan UK 2003).

HERBERT, MARY H(ouser) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *DragonLance: Return of the Exile (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3628-2, Feb 2005, $6.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [DragonLance: Linsha] Novelization based on the roleplaying game. Book three of the “Linsha” trilogy. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

HERMAN, JOHN (chron.)

• * _One Winter’s Night (with Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-240458-6, Sep 2005, $5.99, unpaginated, tp, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Reprint (Philomel 2003) associational children’s Christmas picture book.

HERMAN, PAUL, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Blood of the Gods and Other Stories See entry under Robert E. Howard.
• * _Graveyard Rats and Others See entry under Robert E. Howard.
• * _Moon of Skulls See entry under Robert E. Howard.

HERNANDEZ, GABRIEL (chron.)

• * _Clive Barker’s The Thief of Always (with Clive Barker & Kris Oprisko) See entry under Clive Barker.

HERNDON, CORY J. (chron.)

• * *Magic: The Gathering: Ravnica (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3792-0, Sep 2005, $6.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Magic: The Gathering] Novelization based on the card game, book one in the Ravnica cycle. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

HETLEY, JAMES A. (chron.)

• * *Dragon’s Eye (Ace 0-441-01328-7, Nov 2005, $14.00, 355pp, tp) Contemporary fantasy novel. Two Maine families with magical heritages must overcome their differences to oppose a dangerous sorcerer.
• * _The Winter Oak (SFBC #1177190, Feb 2005, $11.99, 295pp, hc, cover by Lori Earley) [Summer Country] Reprint (Ace 2004) contemporary fantasy novel, sequel to The Summer Country. This has ISBN 0-7394-5069-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Winter Oak (Ace 0-441-01255-8, Nov 2005, $6.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Lori Earley) [Summer Country] Reprint (Ace 2004) contemporary fantasy novel, sequel to The Summer Country.

HICKMAN, LAURA (chron.)

• * _Mystic Quest (with Tracy Hickman) See entry under Tracy Hickman.
• * _Mystic Warrior (with Tracy Hickman) See entry under Tracy Hickman.

HICKMAN, TRACY (Raye) (1955- ) (chron.)

• * _DragonLance: The Annotated Legends (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
• * _DragonLance: The Second Generation (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
• * *Mystic Quest (with Laura Hickman) (Warner Aspect 0-446-53106-5, Apr 2005, $24.95, 453pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Bronze Canticles] Fantasy novel, book two of The Bronze Canticles.
• * _Mystic Quest (with Laura Hickman) (SFBC #1186679, Apr 2005, $12.49, 453pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Bronze Canticles] Reprint (Warner Aspect 2005) fantasy novel, book two of The Bronze Canticles. This is similar to the Warner Aspect edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Mystic Warrior (with Laura Hickman) (Warner Aspect 0-446-61222-7, Mar 2005, $6.99, 495pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Bronze Canticles] Reprint (Warner Aspect 2005) fantasy novel. Volume two of “The Bronze Canticles.”

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• * _DragonLance Tales, Volume 1: The Magic of Krynn (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
• * _DragonLance Tales, Volume II: Kender, Gully Dwarves, and Gnomes (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
• * _DragonLance Tales, Volume IV: The Reign of Istar (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
• * _DragonLance Tales, Volume V: The Cataclysm (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
• * _DragonLance Tales, Volume VI: The War of the Lance (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.

HIGHSMITH, (Mary) PATRICIA (Plaugman) (1921-1995) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes (Bloomsbury 0-7475-5435-8, Feb 2005, £6.99, 189pp, pb) Reprint (Bloomsbury 1987) literary SF/fantasy collection. (Contents)

HIGHTMAN, JASON (chron.)

• * _The Saint of Dragons (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-054013-3, Aug 2005, $6.99, 364pp, pb, cover by Vince Natale) Reprint (Eos 2004) young-adult fantasy novel about St. George’s last descendants. This has a separately paginated 16-page section of extras including the author’s comments on the writing of the book and the screenplay for the movie version.
• * _The Saint of Dragons (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-054011-7, Aug 2005, $16.99, 291pp, hc, cover by Vince Natale) Reprint (Eos 2004) young-adult fantasy novel about St. George’s last descendants. Third printing.
• * _The Saint of Dragons (HarperCollins UK Children’s Books 0-00-715907-2, Oct 2005, £5.99, 349pp, tp) Reprint (Eos 2004) young-adult fantasy novel about St. George’s last descendants.

HILGER, RONALD S., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Star Changes See entry under Clark Ashton Smith.

HILL, JOE; pseudonym of Joseph Hillstrom King, (1971- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *20th Century Ghosts (PS Publishing 1-904619-46-0, Oct 2005, £15.00, 341 + xiv, tp) Collection of 14 stories, two original, with notes on each by the author. Introduction by Christopher Golden. This is a limited edition of 1,000; a hardcover edition of 500 signed by Hill (-47-9, £25.00) and a slipcased edition of 200 signed by Hill and Golden (-48-7, £60.00) are also available. Available from PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].

HILL, STUART (chron.)

• * *The Cry of the Icemark (Chicken House, The 1-904442-56-0, Jan 2005, £12.99, 494pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * +The Cry of the Icemark (Scholastic/The Chicken House 0-439-68626-1, Apr 2005, $18.95, 474pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Craft) Young-adult fantasy, first in a trilogy. A princess seeks help from Snow Leopards, vampires, and werewolves to defend her icy land. A first novel. First US edition (The Chicken House UK 3/05).

HILLMAN, LEE C., ed. (chron.)

• * _No Longer Dreams: An Anthology of Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction (with Jeff Lyman, Danielle Ackley-McPhail & L. Jagi Lamplighter) See entry under Danielle Ackley-McPhail.

HINTON, S. E. (chron.)

• * _Hawkes Harbor (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-5130-2, Jun 2005, £14.99, 251pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 2004) vampire novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Hawkes Harbor (Tor 0-765-34472-6, Oct 2005, $7.99, 289pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 2004) dark fantasy novel.

HOBAN, RUSSELL (Conwell) (1925- ) (chron.)

• * *Come Dance with Me (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7452-9, Feb 2005, £15.99, 188pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel of a psychic girl whose touch may be killing the men she loves.

HOBB, ROBIN; pseudonym of Megan Lindholm, (1952- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Shaman’s Crossing (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-719612-1, Jul 2005, £18.99, 533pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Soldier Son] Fantasy novel, the first in The Soldier Son trilogy. Hobb is a pseudonym for Megan Lindholm.
• * +Shaman’s Crossing (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-075762-0, Sep 2005, $25.95, 577pp, hc) [Soldier Son] Fantasy novel, the first in the Soldier Son trilogy. A young man destined to be a soldier falls afoul of enemy magic. First US edition (Voyager 7/05). Hobb also writes as Megan Lindholm.
• * _Shaman’s Crossing (SFBC #1194557, Nov 2005, $12.99, 510pp, hc) [Soldier Son] Reprint (Voyager 2005) fantasy novel, the first in the Soldier Son trilogy. This is similar to the Eos edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

HODGE, BRIAN (Keith) (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Hellboy: On Earth As It Is in Hell (Pocket Star 1-4165-0782-5, Oct 2005, $6.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Mike Mignola) [Hellboy] Novelization based on the dark fantasy movie and comic book by Mike Mignola. Copyrighted by Mike Mignola.

HODGES, BARBARA M. (chron.)

• * _The Blue Flame (Tigress Press 0-9740848-2-4, Dec 2004, $15.95, 414pp, tp, cover by David Deen) [Daradawn] Reprint (Hard Shell Word Factory 2001) fantasy novel, the first book in the “Daradawn” series. Tigress Press, 2509 Morning Glory Drive, Columbia MO 65202; [www.tigresspress.com].
• * _The Emerald Dagger (Tigress Press 0-9740848-1-6, 2003, $13.95, 291pp, tp, cover by David Deen) [Daradawn] Reprint (Tigress Press 2003) fantasy novel, the second book in the “Daradawn” series. Tigress Press, 2509 Morning Glory Drive, Columbia MO 65202; [www.tigresspress.com].

HODGSON, WILLIAM HOPE (1877-1918) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Adrift on the Haunted Seas: The Best Short Stories of William Hope Hodgson (Cold Spring Press 1-59360-049-6, Aug 2005, $11.00, 243pp, tp, cover by Daniel Govar) Collection of 17 stories and four poems. Edited and with an introduction by Douglas A. Anderson. Cold Spring Press, PO Box 284, Cold Spring Harbor NY 11724; [jopenroad@aol.com]. (Contents)
• * *The Ghost Pirates and Other Revenants of the Sea (Night Shade Books 1-892389-41-X, 2005, $35.00, xiv+541pp, hc, cover by Jason Van Hollander) Collection of the title novel and 28 stories, edited and with a note on the texts by Jeremy Lassen. Volume three in the “The Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson” series. (Contents)

HOFFMAN, ALICE (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Blackbird House (Ballantine Books 0-345-45593-2, Apr 2005, $13.95, 238 + ix, hc, cover by Kevin Robinson & Debra Lill) Reprint (Doubleday 2004) collection of 12 linked stories. This includes a reading group guide.
• * *The Foretelling (Little Brown 0-316-01018-9, Sep 2005, $16.99, 169pp, hc, cover by Matt Mahurin) Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *The Ice Queen (Little Brown 0-316-05859-9, Apr 2005, $23.95, 211pp, hc) Contemporary fantasy novel. A woman struck by lightning suffers strange side effects.
• * _The Ice Queen (Little Brown/Back Bay Books 0-316-15438-5, Jan 2006, $13.95, 211pp, tp) Reprint (Little Brown 2005) contemporary fantasy novel. This includes a six-page reading group guide.

HOFFMAN, MARY (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Stravaganza: City of Flowers (Bloomsbury 0-7475-6501-5, Mar 2005, £12.99, 489pp, hc, cover by Carol Lawson) [Stravaganza] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the series. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-7818-4, £5.99) was announced but not seen.
• * +Stravaganza: City of Flowers (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-887-1, May 2005, $17.95, 489pp, hc, cover by Carol Lawson) [Stravaganza] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the alternate world/timeslip series. First US edition (Bloomsbury 3/05).
• * _Stravaganza: City of Stars (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-982-7, Apr 2005, $7.95, 458pp, pb, cover by Carol Lawson) [Stravaganza] Reprint (Bloomsbury UK 2003) young-adult fantasy novel, second in a trilogy.

HOFFMAN, NINA KIRIKI (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _A Stir of Bones (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-240361-X, Jun 2005, $5.99, 211pp, pb, cover by Jay Cooper) [Matt Black] Reprint (Viking 2003) young-adult dark fantasy novel, prequel to A Red Heart of Memories.