The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Books, Listed by Author

LASSITER, RHIANNON (chron.)

• * *Shadowland (Oxford University Press 0-19-275239-1, Jan 2005, £4.99, 200pp, tp) [Rights of Passage] Young-adult fantasy novel. Third in the Rights of Passage series.

LAUMER, (John) KEITH (1925-1993) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Imperium (Baen 0-7434-9903-4, May 2005, $25.00, 465pp, hc, cover by David Mattingly) [Imperium] Omnibus of three novels in the series: Worlds of the Imperium (1962), The Other Side of Time (1965), and Assignment in Nowhere (1968). Preface by Harry Turledove. Edited and with an afterword by Eric Flint. (Contents)
• * _A Plague of Demons (Baen 0-7434-9906-9, May 2005, $7.99, 564pp, pb, cover by Richard Martin) Reprint (Baen 2003) collection of one SF novel, A Plague of Demons (1965), plus seven stories of human contact with aliens. Edited and with an introduction by Eric Flint.

LAUREY, ROSEMARY (chron.)

• * *Be Mine Forever (Kensington/Zebra 0-8217-7663-0, Jul 2005, $6.50, 350pp, pb) Vampire novel. A woman with amnesia seeks the vampire who stole her memory.
• * _Be Mine Forever (SFBC #1189591, Oct 2005, $9.99, 350pp, hc) Reprint (Zebra 2005) vampire novel. This has ISBN 0-7394-5559-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

LAURIE, VICTORIA (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Better Read than Dead (Penguin/Signet 0-451-21558-3, Jun 2005, $6.99, 296pp, pb) [Abby Cooper] Fantasy mystery novel, second in the Psychic Eye series featuring psychic Abby Cooper. Abby reads tarot cards at a wedding and gets involved with the Mob.
• * *A Vision of Murder (Penguin/Signet 0-451-21715-2, Dec 2005, $6.99, 296pp, pb) [Abby Cooper] Fantasy mystery novel, third in the Psychic Eye series featuring psychic Abby Cooper. Abby invests in a fixer-upper that turns out to be haunted.

LAWRENCE, ANN (chron.)

• * *Do You Believe? (Tor 0-765-34888-8, May 2005, $6.99, 369pp, pb) Dark fantasy romance. A woman asks a horror writer for help finding her missing sister.

LAWRENCE, MICHAEL; pseudonym of Lawrence Lariar, (1908-1981) (chron.)

• * _A Crack in the Line (HarperTempest/Greenwillow 0-06-072479-X, Sep 2005, $7.99, 323pp, tp, cover by Chad W. Beckerman) [Aldous Lexicon] Reprint (Orchard Books UK 2003) young-adult fantasy novel, the first in the Aldous Lexicon. This includes 16 pages of extras on the author, his inspirations, etc.
• * +Small Eternities (HarperCollins/Greenwillow 0-06-072480-3, Sep 2005, $15.99, 322pp, hc) [Aldous Lexicon] Young-adult fantasy of kids traveling between parallel worlds, the second book of Withern Rise (AKA The Aldous Lexicon). First US edition (Orchard Books UK 9/04).

LAWS, ROBIN D. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Warhammer 40,000: Liar’s Peak (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-8441-6233-8, Aug 2005, £5.99, 408pp, pb, cover by David Gallagher) [Warhammer 40,000: Angelika Fleisher] Novelization based on the SF roleplaying game, part of the Angelika Fleisher series.
• * +Warhammer: Liar’s Peak (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-233-8, Sep 2005, $7.99, 408pp, pb, cover by David Gallagher) [Warhammer: Angelika Fleischer] Novelization based on the roleplaying game world, part of the Angelika Fleischer series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. First US edition (Black Library UK 8/05).

LAWS, STEPHEN (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Fear Me (Leisure 0-8439-5486-8, Jan 2005, $6.99, 435pp, pb) Vampire novel. The vampire Gideon gets beat up by some intended female victims, and seeks revenge. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1993 as Gideon); this is copyrighted 2005 and may be somewhat revised.

LAWSON, JOHN EDWARD (chron.)

• * *Last Burn in Hell (Raw Dog Screaming 0-9745031-6-9, Aug 2005, $13.95, 165pp, tp, cover by Dave Lipscomb) Satiric novel about a prison gigolo who has otherworldly encounters. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.rawdogscreaming.com], or from Raw Dog Screaming Press, 5103 72nd Place, Hyattsville MD 20784.

LAYDEN, JOE (chron.)

• * _There and Back Again: An Actor’s Tale (with Sean Astin) See entry under Sean Astin.

LAYMON, RICHARD (Carl) (1947-2001) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Beast House and After Midnight (Hodder Headline 0-7553-2660-1, 2005, £7.99, vi+780pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Omnibus of two novels: Beast House (1986) and After Midnight (1997). The novels are separately paginated. (Contents)
• * _Come Out Tonight (Leisure 0-8439-5183-4, Jul 2005, $7.99, 434pp, pb) Reprint (CD Publications 1999) associational non-supernatural horror novel.
• * *The Glory Bus (Hodder Headline 0-7472-6934-3, Apr 2005, £18.99, 342pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Associational non-supernatural horror novel.
• * +Into the Fire (Leisure 0-8439-5615-1, Sep 2005, $24.00, 374pp, hc) Horror novel. First US edition (Headline 4/05 as The Glory Bus).
• * _The Lake (Hodder Headline 0-7472-6732-4, Dec 2004, £6.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Headline 2004) associational novel.
• * _The Lake (Leisure 0-8439-5620-8, Nov 2005, $7.99, 402pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 2004) associational non-supernatural horror novel.
• * _Resurrection Dreams (Leisure 0-8439-5185-0, Mar 2005, $7.99, 370pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1988) horror novel.

LAYNE, DEBORAH, ed. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Nine Muses (with Forrest Aguirre) See entry under Forrest Aguirre.
• * *Polyphony, Volume 5 (with Jay Lake) (Wheatland Press 0-9755903-5-9, Oct 2005, $18.95, 418pp, tp, cover by Alexander Lamb) Original anthology of 31 slipstream stories. Authors include Jeff VanderMeer, Nick Mamatas, and Leslie What. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.wheatlandpress.com], or from Wheatland Press, PO Box 1818, Wilsonville OR 97070. (Contents)

LEBBON, TIM (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Desolation (Leisure 0-8439-5428-0, Mar 2005, $6.99, 309pp, pb) Horror novel. A man just out of a mental institution gets a room in a building full of very unusual people.

LeBLANC, DEBORAH (chron.)

• * *Grave Intent (Leisure 0-8439-5553-8, Jul 2005, $6.99, 374pp, pb) Horror novel. A gold coin stolen from a buried gypsy is cursed.

LEBOW, JESS (chron.)

• * *Forgotten Realms: Master of Chains (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3800-5, Sep 2005, $6.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Raymond Swanland) [Forgotten Realms: Fighters] Novelization based on the world of the roleplaying game, part of The Fighters series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

LECASBLE, GUILLAUME (chron.)

• * *Lobster (Dedalus 1-903517-34-6, Jul 2005, £6.99, 110pp, tp, cover by David Smith) Literary fantasy novel, translated by Polly McLean from the French original (Éditions du Seuil, 2003).

LEE, ALAN (1947- ) (chron.)

• * *The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10383-0, Sep 2005, £20.00, 192pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Art book showing the development of the paintings for the centenary edition of The Lord of the Rings, from concepts and sketches to some of the final works. Includes concept art for the Peter Jackson movie trilogy, plus new work produced specially for this book.
• * +The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-64014-2, Oct 2005, $30.00, 192pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Art book, a collection of sketches done in preparation for the centenary edition of The Lord of the Rings. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 9/05).

LEE, EDWARD; pseudonym of Lee Edward Seymour, (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Backwoods (Leisure 0-8439-5413-2, Oct 2005, $6.99, 340pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *Flesh Gothic (Leisure 0-8439-5412-4, Feb 2005, $6.99, 404pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _Incubi (Necro Publications 1-889186-40-6, Feb 2005, $19.95, 241pp, tp, cover by Chris Trammell) Reprint (Diamond 1991) horror novel, Cultists kill women to raise their god. Order from PO Box 540298, Orlando FL 32854-0298; [www.necropublications.com].

LEE, J. ARDIAN (chron.)

• * _Sword of the White Rose (Ace 0-441-01223-X, May 2005, $7.99, 323pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Son of the Sword] Reprint (Ace 2004) fantasy time-travel novel, fourth in the series begun in Son of the Sword.

LEE, MIKE (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Warhammer: Bloodstorm (with Dan Abnett) See entry under Dan Abnett.
• * _Warhammer: The Daemon’s Curse (with Dan Abnett) See entry under Dan Abnett.

LEE, RACHEL; pseudonym of Susan Civil-Brown & Christian Brown (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Shadows of Prophecy (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80219-6, Jan 2006, $13.95, 329pp, tp) [Ilduin] Fantasy novel, second in the Ilduin trilogy after Shadows of Myth. Lee is a pen name for Sue Civil-Brown & Christian Brown.

LEE, SHARON (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Crystal Soldier (with Steve Miller) (Meisha Merlin 1-59222-083-5, Mar 2005, $25.95, 321pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Great Migration] SF adventure novel in the “Liaden” universe, book one of the “Great Migration” duology.
• * *Sword of Orion (with Steve Miller) (Phobos Impact 0-9720026-8-5, Oct 2005, $14.95, 276pp, tp) [Beneath Strange Skies] SF novel, book one of Beneath Strange Skies. Teenaged Jerel Telmon discovers she’s part of a galactic struggle for freedom.

LEE, TANITH; [i.e., Tanith Lee Kaiine] (1947- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Black Unicorn (ibooks 1-59687-162-8, Dec 2005, $12.00, 138pp, tp, cover by Heather Cooper) [Black Unicorn] Reprint (Atheneum 1991) fantasy novel, first in a series.
• * _Cast a Bright Shadow (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-41309-0, May 2005, £6.99, 510pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) [Lionwolf] Reprint (Tor UK 2004) fantasy novel. Book one of The Lionwolf Trilogy.
• * *Here in Cold Hell (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-0635-8, Aug 2005, £10.99, 418pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) [Lionwolf] Fantasy novel, second in the Lionwolf trilogy after Cast a Bright Shadow.
• * *Metallic Love (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58471-5, Mar 2005, $6.99, 301pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Craft) [Silver Metal Lover] Sequel to The Silver Metal Lover, the 1981 SF novel of a teen in love with a robot.
• * _Venus Preserved (Overlook Press 1-58567-653-5, Apr 2005, $14.95, 316pp, tp, cover by J. K. Potter) [Secret Books of Venus] Reprint (Overlook 2003) dark fantasy novel, fourth and final volume of “The Secret Books of Venus”, set in an alternate 18th-century Venice.

LEEDER, MURRAY J. D. (chron.)

• * *Forgotten Realms: Son of Thunder (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3960-5, Jan 2006, $6.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Raymond Swanland) [Forgotten Realms: Fighters] Novelization based on the roleplaying game; part of the Fighters sub-series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

LE FANU, J(oseph Thomas) SHERIDAN (1814-1873) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Room in the Dragon Volant (Wildside Press 1-58715-671-7, Mar 2005, $17.95, 140pp, tp) [Martin Hesselius] Reprint (1872) horror novel. Wildside Press, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928-0301; [www.wildsidepress.com].

LE GUIN, URSULA K(roeber) (1929- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Beginning Place (Tor Teen 0-765-34625-7, Mar 2005, $6.99, 230pp, tp, cover by Scott M. Fischer) Reprint (Harper & Row 1980) young-adult fantasy.
• * _Changing Planes (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07623-2, Jan 2005, £6.99, i+214pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt 2003) collection of 16 SF stories (ten original).
• * _Changing Planes (Ace 0-441-01224-8, Aug 2005, $6.99, 239pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Harcourt 2003) collection of 16 stories. Winner of the 2004 Locus Award.
• * _The Compass Rose (HarperCollins/Perennial 0-06-091447-5, Mar 2005, $13.95, 368pp, tp) Reprint (Harper & Row 1982) collection.
• * _The Earthsea Trilogy (SFBC #1186229, May 2005, $14.99, 422pp, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) [Earthsea] Reprint (Gollancz 1977) omnibus of the three original Earthsea novels: A Wizard of Earthsea (1968), The Tombs of Atuan (1970), and The Farthest Shore (1972). This has ISBN 0-7394-5271-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Gifts (Orion 1-84255-498-0, Oct 2005, £5.99, 274pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt & Stephen Raw) [Annals of the Western Shore] Reprint (Harcourt 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. First in a series.
• * _The Left Hand of Darkness (SFBC #1158225, Nov 2004, $10.99, 209pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Ace 1969) classic SF novel, winner of the Hugo and Nebula Award. This is SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection #15, with ISBN 0-7394-4881-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Tombs of Atuan (Pocket 1-4165-0962-3, Nov 2004, $14.00, 180pp, tp) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1970) YA fantasy novel, second in the “Earthsea” series. This is a TV tie-in edition.

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• * _Kalpa Imperial (with Angélica Gorodischer) See entry under Angélica Gorodischer.

LEIGH, STEPHEN (Walter) (1951- ); see pseudonym S. L. Farrell (stories) (chron.)

LEINSTER, MURRAY; pseudonym of Will F. Jenkins, (1896-1975) (stories) (chron.)

• * *A Logic Named Joe (Baen 0-7434-9910-7, Jun 2005, $7.99, 600pp, pb, cover by Kurt Miller) Collection/omnibus of three stories and three novels: Gateway to Elsewhere (1954), The Duplicators (1964), and The Pirates of Zan (1959). Preface by Barry N. Malzberg. Edited by Eric Flint & Guy Gordon. (Contents)

LERNER, EDWARD M. (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Moonstruck (Baen 0-7434-9885-2, Feb 2005, $24.00, 291pp, hc, cover by Doug Chaffee) Near-future SF novel. Aliens arrive to evaluate humans for membership in the Galactic Commonwealth.
• * _Moonstruck (SFBC #1185633, May 2005, $11.99, 291pp, hc) Reprint (Baen 2005) SF novel. This is similar to the Baen edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

LEROUX, GASTON (1868-1927) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Phantom of the Opera (Black Coat Press 1-932983-13-9, Oct 2004, $24.95, 383pp, tp, cover by David Taylor) Associational classic non-supernatural horror novel, newly “adapted"/translated by Jean-Marc Lofficier & Randy Lofficier, who also supply a new story. With new illustrations by 47 artists. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online from [www.blackcoatpress.com], or from Hollywood Comics.com, PO Box 17270, Encino CA 914916.

LESSING, DORIS (May, née Taylor) (1919- ) (chron.)

• * +The Story of General Dann and Mara’s Daughter, Griot and the Snow Dog (HarperCollins 0-06-053012-X, Jan 2006, $24.95, 282pp, hc) [Mara and Dann] Far-future, SF novel, a sequel to Mara and Dann, set in a primitive Earth where an Ice Age born of present ecological abuse is finally receding. First US edition (Fourth Estate 6/05).

LESTEWKA, PATRICK (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Preserve (Necro Publications 1-889186-43-0, Sep 2004, $14.95, 306pp, tp, cover by Erik Wilson) Horror novel. Vietnam veterans are offered a strange new mission 20 years later. A first novel. This is dated 2004 but not seen until now. A signed, limited edition of 300; a signed hardcover edition of 52 (-44-9, $45.00) is sold out. Order from PO Box 540298, Orlando FL 32854-0298; [www.necropublications.com].

LETHEM, JONATHAN (Allen) (1964- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Disappointment Artist (Doubleday 0-385-51217-1, Mar 2005, $22.95, 149pp, hc) Non-fiction collection of cultural commentary and personal, often autobiographical, essays.
• * _Men and Cartoons (Random House/Vintage 1-4000-7680-3, Nov 2005, $12.95, 229pp, tp, cover by Gary Taxali) Reprint (Doubleday 2004) collection of 11 stories, most with fantasy elements. This adds two stories, both reprints.

LETTS, BARRY (1925-2009) (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: Island of Death (BBC Books 0-563-48631-7, Jul 2005, £5.99, 281pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series.

LEVENE, REBECCA (stories) (chron.)

• * *Final Destination: End of the Line (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 1-84416-176-5, Jun 2005, $7.99, 389pp, pb) [Final Destination] Novelization based on characters from the movie. Copyrighted by New Line Cinema. This is simultaneous with and has the same ISBN as the UK (Black Flame 6/05) edition, but only gives US and Canadian prices.

LEVINE, GAIL CARSON (chron.)

• * _The Wish (HarperTrophy 0-06-075911-9, May 2005, $5.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Judy York) Reprint (HarperCollins 2000) young-adult contemporary fantasy novel.

LEVITIN, SONIA (chron.)

• * *The Goodness Gene (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-47397-1, Sep 2005, $16.99, 259pp, hc, cover by Lori Thorn) Young-adult SF novel set in a dystopian society. A sheltered teen leaves his high-tech home to tour primitive outposts, and begins to question his world.

LEWIS, C(live) S(taples) (1898-1963) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Chronicles of Narnia (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 0-00-721502-9, Oct 2005, £16.99, 767pp, tp) [Narnia] Reprint (Collins 1998 as The Complete Chronicles of Narnia) young-adult fantasy omnibus. A film tie-in edition.
• * _From Narnia to A Space Odyssey: The War of Ideas Between Arthur C. Clarke and C.S. Lewis (with Arthur C. Clarke) See entry under Arthur C. Clarke
• * _The Horse and His Boy (HarperCollins 0-06-076487-2, Jun 2005, $10.95, 254pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1954) young-adult fantasy novel, book three in the “Narnia” series. Includes a reading group guide. This is a movie tie-in edition.
• * _The Last Battle (HarperCollins 0-06-076488-0, Jun 2005, $10.95, 228pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (Bodley Head 1956) young-adult fantasy novel, book seven in the “Narnia” series. This is a movie tie-in edition and includes a reading group guide.