The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Books, Listed by Author

LIGOTTI, THOMAS (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Shadow at the Bottom of the World (Cold Spring Press 1-59360-058-5, Oct 2005, $13.00, 259pp, tp, cover by Daniel Govar) Collection of 16 stories, all but one previously collected, here arranged in the order written, with an introduction by the author. Edited and with a foreword by Douglas A. Anderson. Cold Spring Press, PO Box 284, Cold Spring Harbor NY 11724; [jopenroad@aol.com]. (Contents)

LILLEY, ERNEST, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Future Washington (WSFA 0-9621725-4-5, Oct 2005, $16.95, 290pp, tp, cover by Mike Clarke) Original anthology of 16 stories about a future Washington DC. Authors include Kim Stanley Robinson, Joe Haldeman, and Cory Doctorow. Order from the Washington Science Fiction Association, 10404 43rd Avenue, Beltsville MD 20705; [www.wsfa.org]. (Contents)

LINAWEAVER, BRAD(ford Swain) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Battlestar Galactica: Destiny (with Richard Hatch) See entry under Richard Hatch.
• * _Battlestar Galactica: Redemption (with Richard Hatch) See entry under Richard Hatch.
• * _Doom: Knee-Deep in the Dead (with Dafydd ab Hugh) See entry under Dafydd ab Hugh.

LINDHOLM, MEGAN; [i.e., Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden] (1952- ); see pseudonym Robin Hobb (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Gypsy (with Steven Brust) See entry under Steven Brust.

LINDSAY, DAVID (1876-1945) (chron.)

• * _A Voyage to Arcturus (Dover 0-486-44198-9, Jun 2005, $9.95, 258pp, tp) Reprint (Methuen 1920) classic allegorical SF novel.

LINDSKOLD, JANE M. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Buried Pyramid (Tor 0-765-34159-X, Feb 2005, $7.99, 498pp, pb, cover by Eric Bowman) Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy adventure novel about an archeological expedition to find a legendary tomb in Egypt.
• * *Child of a Rainless Year (Tor 0-765-31513-0, May 2005, $14.95, 400pp, tp, cover by Gary Kelley) Contemporary fantasy novel. A woman returns to the home she left as a child after her mother disappeared, and discovers magical family secrets. A hardcover edition (-30937-8, $25.95) is also available.
• * _Wolf Captured (Tor 0-765-34823-3, Oct 2005, $7.99, 722pp, pb, cover by Julioe Bell) [Firekeeper] Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, fourth in the “Firekeeper” series begun in Through Wolf’s Eyes.

LINK, KELLY (Denise) (1969- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Magic for Beginners (Small Beer Press/Jelly Ink 1-931520-15-1, Jul 2005, $24.00, 273pp, hc, cover by Shelley Jackson) Collection of nine stories, three original. Illustrated by Shelley Jackson. A deluxe limited edition of 150 ($111.00) signed by Link and Jackson, with deck of cards, is also available. Order from Small Beer Press, 176 Prospect Ave., Northampton MA 01060; [www.lcrw.net]; [info@lcrw.net]. (Contents)

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• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection (with Gavin J. Grant & Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.

LISLE, HOLLY (1960- ) (chron.)

• * *Last Girl Dancing (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-41197-8, Jul 2005, $6.99, 311pp, pb) Serial killer mystery with psychic elements. Detective Jess Brubaker goes underground with her psychic partner to find out what happened to her sister.
• * *Talyn (Tor 0-765-30993-9, Aug 2005, $27.95, 524pp, hc, cover by Simon Thorpe) Fantasy novel. Talyn, a soldier raised to fight in a magical war, suspects peace negotiators of treachery.

LISLE, JANET TAYLOR (1947- ) (chron.)

• * _The Crying Rocks (Simon Pulse 0-689-85320-3, Jul 2005, $6.99, 281pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 2003) young-adult novel with possible fantasy elements.

LITTLE, BENTLEY (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dispatch (Penguin/Signet 0-451-21677-6, Oct 2005, $7.99, 386pp, pb) Horror novel. Jason Hanford’s dream letter-writing job turns into a nightmare.

LITTLE, DENISE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Time After Time (DAW 0-7564-0310-3, Nov 2005, $7.50, 306pp, pb) Original anthology of 16 stories about tampering with time. Authors include Jay Lake, Jody Lynn Nye, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Copyrighted by Little and Martin H. Greenberg’s Tekno Books. (Contents)

LIVDAHL, KRISTIN, ed. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Rabid Transit: Menagerie (with Christopher Barzak & Alan DeNiro) See entry under Christopher Barzak.

LOBDELL, JARED (Charles) (1937- ) (chron.)

• * *The Rise of Tolkienian Fantasy (Carus Publishing/Open Court 0-8126-9458-9, 2005, $21.95, 188 + xvi, tp) Critical non-fiction exploring historical, mythological, and literary influences on Tolkien, and his influence in turn on fantasy. Includes bibliography and index. [Tolkien]

LOCKHART, DARRELL B., ed. (chron.)

• * *Latin American SF Writers: An A-Z Guide (Greenwood Press 0-313-30553-6, Apr 2004, $89.95, 230 + xviii, hc) Non-fiction, a reference to 70 writers of SF (no fantasy or magical realism), with discussions of their works plus biographical and bibliographical entries on each. This is dated 2004, but not seen until now. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800.

LOFFICIER, JEAN-MARC, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Tales of the Shadowmen 1: The Modern Babylon (with Randy Lofficier) (Black Coat Press 1-932983-36-8, Mar 2005, $22.95, 253pp, tp, cover by Mike Manley) Anthology of 14 pastiche stories featuring characters from French pulps and other fantastic fiction. Authors include Terrance Dicks, Robert Sheckley, and Brian Stableford, who also provides lists of “credits” identifying characters and their creators including Mary Shelley, Jules Verne, Arthur Conan Doyle, Georges Simenon, and H.P. Lovecraft. Introduction by Jean-Marc Lofficier. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.blackcoatpress.com] or from Hollywood Comics.com, PO Box 17270, Encino CA 91416. (Contents)

LOFFICIER, RANDY, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Tales of the Shadowmen 1: The Modern Babylon (with Jean-Marc Lofficier) See entry under Jean-Marc Lofficier.

LONG, NATHAN (stories) (chron.)

• * +Warhammer: The Broken Lance (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-243-5, Dec 2005, $6.99, 251pp, pb) [Warhammer: Black Hearts] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the second in the Black Hearts series. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (11/05) edition, but only gives US and Canadian prices.
• * +Warhammer: Valnir’s Bane (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-166-8, Jan 2005, $6.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer: Black Hearts] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe, part of the “Black Hearts” series. First US edition (Black Library 12/04).

LOVE, KATHY (chron.)

• * *Fangs for the Memories (Kensington/Brava 0-7582-1131-7, Sep 2005, $14.00, 308pp, tp) Vampire romance. A vampire’s brother falls in love with a mortal and forgets he’s a vampire.

LOVE, ROSALEEN (Lucille) (1940- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Traveling Tide (Aqueduct Press 0-9746559-9-6, May 2005, $9.00, 98pp, ph) Collection in perfect-bound chapbook form of five stories (three original) and two essays. Part of the “Conversation Pieces” chapbook series. Aqueduct Press, PO Box 95787, Seattle WA 98145-2787; [www.aqueductpress.com]. (Contents)

LOVECRAFT, H(oward) P(hillips) (1890-1937) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *At the Mountains of Madness (Random House/Modern Library 0-8129-7441-7, Jun 2005, $9.95, 186 + xxv, tp) Collection of the title novel plus the essay “Supernatural Horror in Literature”. The texts are the “definitive” versions edited by S.T. Joshi for Arkham House. Introduction by China Miéville. This includes an index to the essay and a chronology of HPL’s fiction. (Contents)
• * _The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories (Penguin UK 0-141-18789-1, Apr 2005, £9.99, 453pp, tp) Reprint (Penguin Classics 2004) collection of 21 weird stories, with introduction and notes by editor S.T. Joshi. [First U.K. edition] [Joshi]
• * *Letters from New York (Night Shade Books 1-892389-37-1, Feb 2005, $40.00, 332 + xx, hc) Collection of letters written by HPL during his residence in New York City, the second volume in the Lovecraft Letters series. Edited and with an introduction by S.T. Joshi & David E. Schultz. Letters are arranged chronologically. Includes a glossary of names and index.
• * *Letters to Rheinhart Kleiner (Hippocampus Press 0-9748789-5-2, Jul 2005, $20.00, 298pp, tp) Non-fiction collection of letters from Lovecraft to one of his earliest correspondents, with an appendix of poems by both, and essays by Kleiner on Lovecraft. Edited, annotated, and with an introduction by S.T. Joshi & David E. Schultz. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online from [www.hippocampuspress.com] or from Hippocampus Press, PO Box 641, New York NY 10156.
• * *Shadows of Death (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-48333-2, Nov 2005, $6.99, 324 + xii, pb, cover by Christopher Wray-McCann) Collection of 16 stories and four fragments. Introduction by Harlan Ellison. Copyrighted by Arkham House. (Contents)
• * *Tales (Library of America 1-931082-72-3, Feb 2005, $35.00, 838pp, hc) Collection of 22 stories presented in the probable order written, using corrected versions selected by Peter Straub and edited by S.T. Joshi for Arkham House and Hippocampus Press. Includes chronology and notes. Order from Library of America, 14 East 60th Street, New York NY 10022. (Contents) [ed: S. T. Joshi]

LOVEGROVE, JAMES (1965- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Provender Gleed (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07684-4, Sep 2005, £14.99, 330pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) SF novel of an alternate 20th-century Britain, ruled by The Families. A hardcover edition (-07683-6, £18.99) is also available.
• * _Worldstorm (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07656-9, Sep 2005, £7.99, 452pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) Reprint (Gollancz 2004) SF novel.

LOVELACE, DELOS W(heeler) (1894-1967) (chron.)

• * _King Kong (Grosset & Dunlap 0-448-43913-1, Sep 2005, $7.99, 219pp, tp, cover by Brian W. Dow) Reprint (Grosset & Dunlap 1932) novelization of the original movie as conceived by Edgar Wallace & Merian C. Cooper. This includes four unpaginated pages of b&w stills from the RKO film.
• * _King Kong (Random House/Modern Library 0-8129-7493-X, Sep 2005, $10.95, 156 + xxix, tp, cover by Brian W. Dow) [King Kong] Reprint (Grosset & Dunlap 1932) novelization of the original movie as conceived by Edgar Wallace & Merian C. Cooper. This has a new preface by Mark Cotta Vaz and introduction by Greg Bear.
• * _King Kong (Underwood Books 1-887424-91-1, Oct 2005, $9.95, 150pp, tp, cover by Jon Foster) [King Kong] Reprint (Grosset & Dunlap 1932) novelization of the screenplay (by Edgar Wallace & Merian C. Cooper), with new color illustrations by Dave Stevens, Jon Foster, Frank Frazetta, and Ken Steacy. Order from Underwood Books, PO Box 1919, Nevada City CA 95959; [www.underwoodbooks.com]. INFO from Arnie Fenner AFenner@amuniversal.com
• * _King Kong (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07876-6, Dec 2005, £6.99, 201pp, hc) [King Kong] Reprint (Grosset & Dunlap 1932) movie novelization. This is a tie-in to the new Peter Jackson film.

LOWACHEE, KARIN (chron.)

• * *Cagebird (Warner Aspect 0-446-61508-0, Apr 2005, $6.99, 429pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Warchild] SF novel, the third set in the world of Warchild.

LOWDER, CHRISTOPHER (A. J.) (1945- ); see pseudonym Jack Adrian (stories) (chron.)

LOWENTROUT, CHRISTINE I. SMITH (1951- ); see pseudonym Sherwood Smith (chron.)

LOWRY, LOIS (1937- ) (chron.)

• * _Gathering Blue (Random House/Bantam 0-553-49478-3, Jun 2005, $6.99, 215pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Lorraine 2000) young-adult post-holocaust SF novel.

LUBAR, DAVID (stories) (chron.)

• * *Invasion of the Road Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales (Tor/Starscape 0-765-31447-9, Sep 2005, $16.95, 192pp, hc, cover by Bill Mayer) Young-adult original collection of 35 stories. (Contents)

LUBERTOZZI, ALEX, ed. (chron.)

• * _The War of the Worlds (with Brian Holmsten) See entry under Brian Holmsten.

LUCAS, GEORGE (Walton, Jr.) (1944- ) (chron.)

• * _Star Wars: A New Hope (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-34146-5, May 2005, $5.99, 216pp, pb) [Star Wars] Reissue (Ballantine 1976 as Star Wars) SF novelization based on the first “Star Wars” film. This has the 1997 introduction by Lucas. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. 62nd printing.

LUCAS, TIM (chron.)

• * *The Book of Renfield: A Gospel of Dracula (Simon & Schuster/Touchstone 0-7432-4354-4, Jun 2005, $14.00, 403pp, tp) [Dracula] Horror novel, the story of Dracula’s mad minion told through the psychiatrist John Steward’s diaries and transcripts.

LUCENO, JAMES (1947- ) (chron.)

• * *Star Wars: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (Ballantine Del Rey Lucasbooks 0-345-47732-4, Dec 2005, $25.95, 322pp, hc) [Star Wars: Dark Lord] Novelization based on the world of the movies. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * _Star Wars: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (SFBC #1199705, Dec 2005, $14.99, 322pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 2006) novelization. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil (Random House UK/Century/Lucasbooks 1-8441-3871-2, Jan 2005, £17.99, 339pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] Novelization based on the world of the films. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
• * *Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-47572-0, Feb 2005, $25.95, 339pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * _Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil (SFBC #1180966, Feb 2005, $14.99, 339pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 2005) Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos: Hero’s Trial (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-48038-4, Apr 2005, $4.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Rick Berry) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos] Reissue (Del Rey LucasBooks 2000) Star Wars novelization, book one of Agents of Chaos. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This is a Special Price edition.
• * _Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos: Jedi Eclipse (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-48039-2, Apr 2005, $4.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Rick Berry) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Agents of Chaos] Reissue (Del Rey LucasBooks 2000) Star Wars novelization, book two of Agents of Chaos. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This is a Special Price edition.

LUCKHURST, ROGER (stories) (chron.)

• * *Science Fiction (Polity Press 0-7456-2893-1, Feb 2005, £16.99, 305pp, tp) [Paolozzi, Eduardo] Non-fiction, a critical cultural history of SF. Includes notes, selected bibliography, and index. Part of the Cultural History of Literature series. A hardcover edition (-2892-3, £55.00) was announced but not seen.

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• * *Late Victorian Gothic Tales (Oxford University Press 0-19-280480-4, Jun 2005, £8.99, xliv+256pp, tp, cover by Edvard Munch) Collection of 12 gothic stories, edited and with an extensive introduction and notes by Luckhurst. In the Oxford World’s Classics series. (Contents)

LUDLOW, FRANK, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Emerald Eye: the best Irish imaginative fiction (with Roelof Goudriaan) (Aeon Press 0-9534784-4-0, Oct 2005, €9.99, 293pp, tp, cover by Denise O’Moore) Anthology of 18 stories by Irish authors including Bob Shaw, Anne McCaffrey, and James White. Order from Aeon Press, 8 Bachelors Walk, Dublin 1, Republic of Ireland, or online at [http://homepage.eircom.net/˜albedo1/html/aeon_press_books.html]. (Contents)

LUMLEY, BRIAN (1937- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Brian Lumley’s Freaks (Subterranean Press 1-59606-004-2, Nov 2004, $35.00, 82pp, hc, cover by Allen Koszowski) Collection of five stories, one original, with a foreword by the author. Illustrated by Allen Koszowski. This is a signed, limited edition of 750; a lettered edition of 26 ($150.00) is also available. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com]. (Contents)
• * _Harry Keogh: Necroscope and Other Weird Heroes! (Tor 0-765-31060-0, Sep 2005, $14.95, 319pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Tor 2003) collection of eight stories of Titus Crow, Harry Keogh, and David Hero and Eldin the Wanderer.
• * _The House of Cthulhu (Tor 0-765-31073-2, Sep 2005, $24.95, 254pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Primal Land] Reprint (Weirdbook 1984) collection of ten Lovecraftian stories, volume one of Tales of the Primal Land. This follows the Headline 1991 edition, which added one story and dropped two.
• * *The House of the Temple (Endeavor Press 0-9728656-3-2, Nov 2004, $45.00, 115pp, hc, cover by Alan Clark) Collection of two stories, one Lovecraftian, one humorous. Interior illustrations by Allen Koszowski. This is a signed limited edition of 300; a lettered edition of 52 ($150.00, -2-4) is also available. Endeavor Press, PO Box 4307, Chicago IL 60680; [www.endeavorpress.com]. (Contents)
• * _Necroscope: Deadspawn (Tor 0-812-50835-1, Apr 2005, $7.99, 602pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Necroscope] Reissue (Grafton 1991) vampire horror novel, fifth in the “Necroscope” series. Eighth printing.

LUNN, JOHN (chron.)

• * *The Aquanauts (Tundra 0-88776-727-3, Nov 2005, $8.95, 221pp, tp, cover by John Lunn) Young-adult SF novel. Teens living in an undersea laboratory are accidentally hurled billions of years into the future.

LUPACK, ALAN (chron.)

• * *The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend (Oxford University Press 0-19-280287-9, Jul 2005, £50.00, 496pp, hc, cover by Sir Edward Burne-Jones) Reference book, a wide-ranging guide covering all details, characters, and places of the Arthurian tales, tracing them to their most likely first appearances in history or literature, with discussion of many modern fictional interpretations.

LUPOFF, PAT, ed. (chron.)

• * _The Best of Xero (with Richard A. Lupoff) (Tachyon Publications 1-892391-17-1, Aug 2005, $19.95, 255pp, tp, cover by Larry Ivie) Reprint (Tachyon 2004) non-fiction, a selection of essays, correspondence, and art from the fanzine Xero (1960-1962). Tachyon Publications, 1459 18th St. #139, San Francisco CA 94107; [www.tachyonpublications.com].