The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Books, Listed by Author

MURAKAMI, HARUKI (chron.) (continued)

• * _Kafka on the Shore (Random House/Vintage 1-4000-7927-6, Dec 2005, $14.95, 467pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 2005) surreal/metaphysical novel. Translated by Philip Gabriel from the Japanese Umibe no Kafuka (Shinchosha 2002).

MURPHY, C. E. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Urban Shaman (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80223-4, Jun 2005, $13.95, 344pp, tp) [Walker Papers] Contemporary fantasy, the first in The Walker Papers. Police mechanic Joanne Walker discovers her powers as a shaman when she confronts the Wild Hunt in Seattle. A first novel.

MURPHY, DAVID. (chron.)

• * *Longevity City (Gale Group/Five Star 1-59414-352-8, Aug 2005, $25.95, 315pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) SF novel. Medical technology allows a select few a double lifespan.

MURPHY, PAT(rice Ann), ed. (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The James Tiptree Award Anthology 2 (with Deborah L. Notkin, Jeffrey D. Smith & Karen Joy Fowler) See entry under Karen Joy Fowler.

MURPHY, SHIRLEY ROUSSEAU (1928- ) (chron.)

• * *Cat Breaking Free (HarperCollins 0-06-057809-2, Dec 2005, $24.95, 335pp, hc, cover by Beppe Giacobbe) [Joe Grey] Fantasy mystery novel, the 11th featuring talking cat Joe Grey.
• * _The Catswold Portal (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-076540-2, Feb 2005, $6.99, 404pp, pb) Reprint (Roc 1992) fantasy novel of a cat/human shapeshifter and a threat from another world.

MURPHY, WARREN B(urton) (1933- ) (chron.)

• * _Grandmaster (with Molly Cochran) (Tor/Forge 0-765-31163-1, Dec 2005, $14.95, 431pp, tp) Reprint (Pinnacle 1984) thriller with SF/fantasy elements about a chess master CIA agent and his Russian nemesis. Winner of the Edgar Award. Part of the Otto Penzler Presents line, this has a new preface by Cochran and introduction by Penzler. A simultaneous hardcover edition (0-765-31160-7, $27.95) was announced but not seen.

MYERS, HOWARD L. (1930-1971) (chron.)

• * _The Creatures of Man (Baen 0-7434-9900-X, Apr 2005, $7.99, 628pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Baen 2003) SF collection of 19 stories.

MYERS, JOHN MYERS (1906-1988) (chron.)

• * _Silverlock (Ace 0-441-01247-7, Apr 2005, $14.95, 364 + xv, tp, cover by Dan Craig) Reprint (Dutton 1949) classic referential fantasy novel. This has the 1979 introductions by Poul Anderson, Larry Niven, and Jerry Pournelle and afterword by Karen Anderson.

NAPOLI, DONNA JO (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Breath (Simon Pulse 0-689-86177-X, Jul 2005, $5.99, 260pp, pb, cover by Paul Casale) Reprint (Atheneum 2003) young-adult historical novel with fantasy elements based on the story of the Pied Piper.
• * _The Great God Pan (Random House/Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22925-1, Feb 2005, $5.99, 146pp, pb, cover by Michael Morgenstern) Reprint (Wendy Lamb 2003) young-adult fantasy novel retelling the Greek myth of Pan and Iphigenia.

NASSISE, JOSEPH M. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Heretic (Pocket 0-7434-7095-8, Oct 2005, $6.99, 295pp, hc) [Templar Chronicles] Dark fantasy novel, the first in the Templar Chronicles. The man called the Heretic is part of the Vatican’s modern-day secret special forces, the Knights Templar, who battle the forces of darkness.

NATHAN, MICAH (chron.)

• * *Gods of Aberdeen (Simon & Schuster 0-7432-5082-6, Jun 2005, $24.00, 369pp, hc) Mainstream novel, a gothic/allegorical thriller with possible fantasy elements. A teen genius at a small New England college gets involved in secret alchemical research. A first novel.

NAVARRO, YVONNE (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Elektra (SFBC #1186463, Mar 2005, $10.00, 280pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket Star 2005) novelization of the movie based on the Marvel comics character. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film and Regency Entertainment. This has ISBN 0-7394-5109-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

NAYES, ALAN (chron.)

• * _Gargoyles (Tor 0-765-34056-9, Jan 2006, $6.99, 376pp, pb) Reprint (Forge 2001) SF thriller of genetic engineering.

NAYLOR, DOUG; see pseudonym Grant Naylor (chron.)

NAYLOR, GRANT; pseudonym of Rob Grant & Doug Naylor (chron.)

• * _Red Dwarf (Penguin UK 0-140-12437-3, Jan 2005, £6.99, 298pp, pb) Reissue (Penguin 1989) novelization based on the TV series. 36th printing.

NAZARIAN, VERA (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Clock King and the Queen of the Hourglass (PS Publishing 1-904619-22-3, Oct 2005, £10.00, vii+124pp, tp, cover by Edward Miller) SF novel set billions of years in the future. A fertile female of ancient human DNA is created in a posthuman world. Introduction by Charles de Lint. This is a limited edition of 500 signed by the author; a hardcover edition of 300 (-23-1, £25.00) signed by Nazarian and de Lint is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].

NEIDERMAN, ANDREW (1940- ); see also V. C. Andrews® (chron.)

• * _Amnesia (Severn House 0-7278-6144-1, Oct 2004, £18.99, 341pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 2001) horror novel.
• * *The Hunted (Pocket Star 0-7434-8320-0, Aug 2005, $7.99, 344pp, pb) Associational non-supernatural horror novel. Someone is stalking hunters in the woods.

NELSCOTT, KRIS; pseudonym of Kristine Kathryn Rusch, (1960- ) (chron.)

• * _Stone Cribs (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-33859-7, Feb 2005, $13.95, 323pp, tp, cover by Ed Holub) [Smokey Dalton] Reprint (St. Martin’s Minotaur 2004) associational mystery, the fourth featuring detective Smokey Dalton. Nelscott is a pen name for Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
• * *War at Home (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-32527-4, Mar 2005, $24.95, 336pp, hc, cover by Ed Holub) [Smokey Dalton] Associational mystery, the fifth featuring detective Smokey Dalton. Nelscott is a pen name for Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

NESBIT, E(dith) (1858-1924) (chron.)

• * _The Book of Dragons (Dover 0-486-43648-9, Sep 2004, $6.95, 156pp, tp, cover by Christy Shaffer) Reprint (Harper 1901) young-adult collection of eight stories. This has the original illustrations by H.R. Millar and H. Granville Fell.

NEVINS, JESS (chron.)

• * *The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana (MonkeyBrain Books 1-932265-08-2, Nov 2005, $50.00, 1009 + x, hc, cover by John Picacio) Non-fiction, an encyclopedic guide to characters and themes from genre works primarily from the Victorian age. Coverage includes works in other languages than English and from non-Western cultures. Introduction by Michael Moorcock. Includes bibliography. Order from MonkeyBrain, PO Box 200126, Austin TZ 78720; [info@monkeybrainbooks.com]; [www.monkeybrainbooks.com].

NEWBERY, LINDA (chron.)

• * _At the Firefly Gate (Orion/Dolphin 1-84255-143-4, Jul 2005, £5.99, 163pp, tp, cover by Jessica Meserve) Reprint (Orion Children’s Books 2004) young-adult fantasy novel.

NEWCOMB, ROBERT (chron.)

• * *Savage Messiah (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-47707-3, Jan 2006, $26.95, 574pp, hc, cover by Gerald Brom) [Destinies of Blood and Stone] Fantasy novel, first in The Destinies of Blood and Stone trilogy, sequel to the The Chronicles of Blood and Stone.
• * _The Scrolls of the Ancients (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-44897-9, Jul 2005, $7.99, 557pp, pb, cover by Justin Sweet) [Chronicles of Blood and Stone] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) fantasy novel, third in the “The Chronicles of Blood and Stone” begun in The Fifth Sorceress.
• * _The Scrolls of the Ancients (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-553-81455-9, Jul 2005, £6.99, 752pp, pb, cover by Justin Sweet) [Chronicles of Blood and Stone] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) fantasy novel, following The Fifth Sorceress and The Gates of Dawn. Volume III of The Chronicles of Blood and Stone.

NEWMAN, JAMES (stories) (chron.)

• * _Night of the Loving Dead (with James Futch) See entry under James Futch.

NEWMAN, KIM (James) (1959- ); see pseudonym Jack Yeovil (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dead Travel Fast (Dinoship 0-9728585-3-9, Jun 2005, $14.95, 321pp, tp) Collection of ten stories, with afterwords on each by Newman. (Contents)

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• * _Horror: Another 100 Best Books (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.

NEWSTEIN, HOLLY; see pseudonym H. R. Howland (chron.)

NICHOLLS, STAN (chron.)

• * _The Covenant Rising (SFBC #1177493, Feb 2005, $12.99, 410pp, hc) [Dreamtime] Reprint (Voyager 2003 as Quicksilver Rising) fantasy novel, first in “The Dreamtime” trilogy. This has ISBN 0-7394-5032-8; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Covenant Rising (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-073890-1, Dec 2005, $7.50, 410pp, pb) [Dreamtime] Reprint (Voyager 2003 as Quicksilver Rising) fantasy novel, first in “The Dreamtime” trilogy about a cursed warrior seeking a group of magicians called the Covenant.
• * +Orcs (Trafalgar Square/Gollancz 0-575-07487-6, Mar 2005, $14.00, 711pp, tp, cover by Scott Maple) [Orcs] Omnibus of the three fantasy novels in the series: Bodyguard of Lightning (1999), Legion of Thunder (1999) and Warriors of the Tempest (2000), plus the story “The Taking”. This first US edition (Gollancz 9/04) is actually the Gollancz edition with stickers. Distributed in the US by Trafalgar Square, PO Box 257, Howe Hill Road, North Pomfret VT 05053; 800-423-4525; [www.trafalgarsquarebooks.com].
• * _Quicksilver Zenith (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-714152-1, Mar 2005, £6.99, 327pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) [Quicksilver] Reprint (Voyager 2004) fantasy novel, second in the Quicksilver Trilogy.
• * +The Righteous Blade (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-073891-X, Jan 2006, $13.95, 327pp, tp, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Dreamtime] Fantasy novel, second in “The Dreamtime” trilogy about a warrior seeking a cure for his curse. First US edition (Voyager 9/04 as Quicksilver Zenith).

NICHOLSON, SCOTT (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Home (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1711-2, Aug 2005, $6.99, 349pp, pb) Horror novel set in a group home for troubled boys.

NICHOLSON, WILLIAM V. (chron.)

• * *Seeker (Egmont 1-4052-1895-9, Sep 2005, £12.99, 422pp, hc) [Noble Warriors] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first book of the Noble Warriors trilogy.
• * +The Society of Others (Doubleday/Talese 0-385-51327-5, Jan 2005, $23.95, 224pp, hc) Associational fable/Kafkaesque story of a nameless hitchhiking teen who winds up in a repressive country. First US edition (Doubleday UK 4/04, not seen).

NICOLE, CHRISTOPHER (Robin) (1930- ) (chron.)

• * *The Falls of Death (Severn House 0-7278-6149-2, Nov 2004, £18.99, 230pp, hc) Horror novel. A woman searches for her long-missing grandfather and the water of immortality.

NIELSEN HAYDEN, PATRICK, ed. (chron.)

• * _The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens (with Jane Yolen) See entry under Jane Yolen.

NIFFENEGGER, AUDREY (chron.)

• * *Three Incestuous Sisters (Abrams 0-8109-5927-5, Sep 2005, $27.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Audrey Niffenegger) Adult picture book in Goreyesque style with fantasy elements, about three sisters who all fall in love with the same young man. Illustrated with etchings by the author. Originally self-published as a hand-bound, hand printed series of ten.
• * *The Three Incestuous Sisters (Cape, Jonathan 0-224-07686-8, Sep 2005, £16.99, 164pp, hc, cover by Audrey Niffenegger) Adult picture book with fantasy elements, illustrated with etchings by the author.

NILES, DOUGLAS (chron.)

• * *DragonLance: Lord of the Rose (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3146-9, Mar 2005, $6.99, 392pp, pb, cover by J. P. Targete) [DragonLance: Rise of Solamnia] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the first book of the “Rise of Solamnia” series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * *War of the Worlds: New Millennium (Tor 0-765-31142-9, Jun 2005, $24.95, 332pp, hc, cover by Julie Bell) Contemporary SF technothriller, an update of Wells’s classic. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett and Associates.

NILES, STEVE (stories) (chron.)

• * _Guns, Drugs and Monsters (ibooks 1-59687-134-2, Oct 2005, $6.99, 229pp, pb, cover by Tim Bradstreet) [Cal McDonald, Monster Hunter] Reprint (IDW 2002, not seen) dark fantasy mystery novel, second in the Cal McDonald, Monster Hunter series.
• * _Savage Membrane (ibooks 1-4165-0409-5, Feb 2005, $6.99, 199pp, pb, cover by Breehn Burns) [Cal McDonald, Monster Hunter] Reprint (IDW 2002, not seen) dark fantasy mystery novel, first in the “Cal McDonald, Monster Hunter” series.

NIMMO, JENNY (1942- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Blue Boa (Egmont 1-4052-1830-4, Jun 2005, £5.99, xii+372pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Children of the Red King] Reprint (Egmont 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume III of the Children of the Red King quintet.
• * *The Castle of Mirrors (Egmont 1-4052-0127-4, Jun 2005, £10.99, xii+351pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Children of the Red King] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume IV of the Children of the Red King quintet.
• * +Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors (Scholastic/Orchard 0-439-54528-5, Jul 2005, $9.95, 410pp, hc, cover by Chris Sheban) [Children of the Red King] Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in the “Children of the Red King” quintet. First US edition (Egmont 6/05 as The Castle of Mirrors).
• * _The Owl Tree (Walker 1-84428-638-X, Sep 2004, £3.99, 96pp, tp, cover by Anthony Lewis) Reissue (Walker 1997) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Rinaldi Ring (Egmont 1-4052-1141-5, Apr 2005, £4.99, 186pp, tp, cover by Sharon Chai) Reprint (Mammoth 1999) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Snow Spider (Egmont 1-4052-1138-5, Apr 2004, £4.99, 122pp, tp, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [Gwyn Griffiths] Reissue (Methuen 1986) young-adult fantasy novel. First in the “Gwyn Griffiths” trilogy.
• * _The Snow Spider Trilogy (Egmont 1-40522-010-4, Jul 2005, £6.99, 480pp, tp, cover by Jessica Meserve) [Snow Spider] Reprint (Mammoth 1993) young-adult fantasy omnibus of The Snow Spider, Emlyn’s Moon, and The Chestnut Soldier. (Contents)

NIVEN, LARRY; [i.e., Laurence van Cott Niven] (1938- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Building Harlequin’s Moon (with Brenda Cooper) (Tor 0-765-31266-2, Jun 2005, $25.95, 400pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) SF novel. The first interstellar starship ends up in the wrong star system and must terraform a moon to get antimatter.
• * _Building Harlequin’s Moon (with Brenda Cooper) (SFBC #1189132, Jul 2005, $12.99, 400pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Reprint (Tor 2005) SF novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Burning Tower (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (Pocket 0-7434-1691-0, Feb 2005, $25.00, 430pp, hc, cover by Paul Youll) [Mana; Burning City] Prehistoric Los Angeles fantasy, sequel to The Burning City. Monster birds threaten the caravan routes that supply Tep’s Town.
• * _Burning Tower (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (SFBC #1180906, Feb 2005, $12.49, 430pp, hc, cover by Paul Youll) [Mana; Burning City] Reprint (Pocket 2005) prehistoric Los Angeles fantasy, sequel to The Burning City. This is similar to the Pocket edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Burning Tower (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-072-5, Apr 2005, £18.99, 430pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Mana; Burning City] Reprint (Pocket 2005) fantasy novel, sequel to The Burning City. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Magic Goes Away Collection (Pocket 0-7434-1693-7, Feb 2005, $13.00, 358pp, tp, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Mana] Omnibus of three fantasy books: novel The Magic Goes Away (1978), and two anthologies edited by Niven: The Magic May Return (1981), and More Magic (1984). (Contents)
• * _The Mote in God’s Eye (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (SFBC #1180876, Nov 2005, $12.99, 523pp, hc, cover by Lee MacLeod) [Mote] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1974) SF novel. This is #23 in the SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection; it has ISBN 0-7394-6095-1, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Ringworld (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07702-6, Jun 2005, £6.99, 288pp, tp, cover by Steven Vincent Johnson) [Ringworld] Reprint (Ballantine 1970) SF novel, winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Volume 60 in the “SF Masterworks” series.
• * _Ringworld’s Children (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-222-1, Apr 2005, £6.99, 355pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Ringworld] Reprint (Tor 2004) SF novel in the “Ringworld” series, set shortly after The Ringworld Throne.
• * _Ringworld’s Children (Tor 0-765-34102-6, Apr 2005, $7.99, 284pp, pb, cover by Stephan Martiniere) [Ringworld] Reprint (Tor 2004) SF novel in the “Ringworld” series after The Ringworld Throne.

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• * *Man-Kzin Wars XI (Baen 1-4165-0906-2, Oct 2005, $22.00, 371pp, hc) [Man-Kzin Wars] Original anthology of six stories set in Larry Niven’s Known Space universe. Authors are Hal Colebatch, Matthew Joseph Harrington, and Larry Niven. (Contents)

NIX, GARTH (1963- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Abhorsen (Collins 0-00-713735-4, Jan 2005, £5.99, 396pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Abhorsen] Reprint (HarperCollins Eos 2003) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the “Abhorsen” trilogy.
• * *Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-074713-7, Jul 2005, $16.99, 305 + xii, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Young-adult collection of 12 stories, one in the Abhorsen series, and one satiric piece about epic fantasy. Nix provides a general introduction on his writing career, and notes on most of the stories. (Contents)
• * _Drowned Wednesday (Collins 0-00-717505-1, Jun 2005, £5.99, 391pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Keys to the Kingdom] Reprint (Scholastic 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. Book three of The Keys to the Kingdom. [First U.K. edition]