The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

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PALWICK, SUSAN (1959- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Flying in Place (Tor 0-765-31386-3, May 2005, $11.95, 189pp, tp, cover by Kamil Vojnar) Reprint (Tor 1992) fantasy novel. Includes an 11-page reader’s guide.
* *The Necessary Beggar (Tor 0-765-31097-X, Oct 2005, $24.95, 316pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Fantasy novel. A family exiled from an idyllic realm must learn to live in a near-future America at war.
PAMPELLONNE, TERESE (chron.)

* *The Unwelcome Child (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1726-0, Dec 2005, $6.99, 318pp, pb) Horror novel. A pregnant woman believes she’s carrying the spirit of a murdered child.
PANSHIN, ALEXEI; [i.e., Alexis Adams Panshin] (1940- ) (chron.)

* _Rite of Passage (SFBC #1158493, Jan 2005, $10.99, 215pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Ace 1968) Nebula award-winning SF novel. This is #16 in the SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection; it has ISBN 0-7394-5000-X, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
PAOLINI, CHRISTOPHER (chron.)

* *Eldest (Doubleday UK 0-385-60790-3, Aug 2005, £14.99, xvii+681pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Inheritance] Young-adult fantasy novel, book two of Inheritance. Simultaneous with the US (Knopf) edition.
* *Eldest (Random House/Knopf 0-375-82670-X, Aug 2005, $21.00, 681pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Inheritance] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Inheritance trilogy. Eragon and his dragon must travel to the land of the elves for more training.
* _Eldest (SFBC #1193744, Sep 2005, $13.99, 681pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Inheritance] Reprint (Knopf 2005) fantasy novel, second in the “Inheritance” trilogy. This is similar to the Knopf edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Eragon (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55209-7, Jan 2005, £5.99, 517pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Inheritance] Reprint (Paolini International 2002) young-adult fantasy novel.
* _Eragon (Random House/Knopf 0-375-82669-6, Apr 2005, $9.95, 503pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Inheritance] Reprint (Paolini International 2002) fantasy novel, first in the “Inheritance” trilogy.
PARADIZ, VALERIE (chron.)

* *Clever Maids: The Secret History of the Grimm Fairy Tales (Basic Books 0-7382-0917-1, Dec 2004, $23.00, 222 + xvi, hc, cover by Walter Crane) Non-fiction, reference, a look at the women who provided many of the Grimm’s stories. Includes notes, bibliography, and index.
PARDOE, BLAINE LEE (chron.)

* *MechWarrior: Dark Age: Target of Opportunity (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46016-2, Feb 2005, $6.99, 297pp, pb) [MechWarrior: Dark Age] Novelization, the 14th based on the computer game based on the “Battletech” roleplaying game. Copyrighted by WizKids.
PARK, PAUL (Claibourne) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *A Princess of Roumania (Tor 0-765-31096-1, Aug 2005, $24.95, 368pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) Contemporary fantasy novel. An orphan grows up to learn she’s a princess with a magical heritage in another world.
PARKER, K. J. (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Devices and Desires (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-275-2, Apr 2005, £12.99, 548pp, tp) [Engineer] Fantasy novel, book one in The Engineer trilogy. A condemned engineer escapes, and falls in league with his country’s enemy.
* _Memory (SFBC #1169716, Dec 2004, $12.99, 572pp, hc) [Scavenger] Fantasy novel, third in the Scavenger trilogy. First US edition (Orbit 4/03).
* _Pattern (SFBC #1170674, Aug 2004, $12.99, 568pp, hc) [Scavenger] Reprint (Orbit 2002) dark fantasy novel, second in the “Scavenger” trilogy. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Shadow (SFBC #1161173, Apr 2004, $12.99, 572pp, hc) [Scavenger] Reprint (Orbit 2001) dark fantasy novel, the first in the “Scavenger” series. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
PARKIN, LANCE (chron.)

* *Doctor Who: The Gallifrey Chronicles (BBC Books 0-563-48624-4, Jun 2005, £5.99, 282pp, pb) [Doctor Who] SF novelization based on the television show. The last of the books featuring the 8th Doctor, this explains why the ninth Doctor is “the last of the Time Lords.”
* *Faction Paradox: Warlords of Utopia (Mad Norwegian Press 0-9725959-6-1, Nov 2004, $17.95, 180pp, tp, cover by Steve Johnson) [Faction Paradox] SF novel, the third in the Faction Paradox series created by Lawrence Miles, a spin-off from Doctor Who. Mad Norwegian Press, 909 NE Grant St. #303, Ankeny IA 50021; [www.madnorwegian.com].
PARTRIDGE, NORMAN (John) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Mr. Fox and Other Feral Tales (Subterranean Press 1-59606-032-8, Oct 2005, $40.00, 391pp, hc, cover by Tim Truman) Collection of 19 stories and one unpublished novel excerpt. Significantly expanded from the Stoker award-winning Roadkill Press 1992 edition with an added 11 stories, the novel excerpt, and a new introduction and comments on the stories and writing by the author. Foreword by Edward Bryant. This is a signed limited edition of 750; a traycased, lettered edition of 26 ($150.00) adds another three stories, two original. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com]. (Contents)
PATTERSON, JAMES (Brendan) (1947- ) (chron.)

* *Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment (Little Brown 0-316-15556-X, Apr 2005, $16.99, 423pp, hc, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Maximum Ride] Young-adult SF thriller, first in a series about six genetically altered kids with wings.
* _Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment (Hodder Headline 0-7553-2192-8, Jul 2005, £12.99, 406pp, hc) Reprint (Little, Brown 2005) young-adult SF novel of genetically engineered children. Though it borrows the situation and some names from When the Wind Blows and The Lake House, the author declares this is not in that series or world. [First U.K. edition]
PATTERSON, TERESA (chron.)

* _The World of Shannara (with Terry Brooks) See entry under Terry Brooks.
PATTON, FIONA (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Silver Lake (DAW 0-7564-0185-2, Nov 2005, $23.95, 386pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Warriors of Estavia] Fantasy novel, the first in The Warriors of Estavia series set in an city based on ancient Istanbul. A set of street urchins are chosen as champions by gods.
PATTOU, EDITH; [i.e., Edith Pattou Emery] (chron.)

* _East (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-205221-6, May 2005, $7.95, 507pp, tp, cover by Stephen T. Johnson) Reprint (Harcourt 2003) young-adult fairy-tale fantasy novel, a retelling of “East of the Sun and West of the Moon.”
* _Fire Arrow (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-205530-4, Sep 2005, $7.95, 332pp, tp, cover by Stephen T. Johnson) [Songs of Eirren] Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1998) young-adult fantasy novel, second in The Songs of Eirren series after Hero’s Song.
* _Hero’s Song (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-205542-8, Sep 2005, $7.95, 333pp, tp, cover by Michael Hussar) [Songs of Eirren] Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1991) young-adult Celtic fantasy novel, book one of The Songs of Eirren.
PAULSEN, GARY (Melvin) (1939- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Time Hackers (Random House/Lamb 0-385-74659-8, Feb 2005, $13.95, 87pp, hc) Young-adult SF adventure novella about two kids being hassled by pranksters with a time machine.
PAVER, MICHELLE (chron.)

* *Spirit Walker (Orion Children’s Books 1-8425-5171-X, Sep 2005, £8.99, 278pp, hc, cover by John Fordham) [Chronicles of Ancient Darkness] Young-adult fantasy novel, the second volume in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness.
* +Wolf Brother (HarperCollins 0-06-072825-6, Mar 2005, $16.99, 298pp, tp, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Chronicles of Ancient Darkness] Young-adult prehistoric fantasy about a boy and his wolf companion, the first in the “Chronicles of Ancient Darkness” series of six. First US edition (Orion 11/04).
* _Wolf Brother (SFBC #1178244, Jun 2005, $13.99, 298pp, hc, cover by Kamil Vojnar) Reprint (Orion 2004) young-adult prehistoric fantasy about a boy and his wolf companion, the first in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series.
* _Wolf Brother: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness (Orion Children’s Books 1-84255-131-0, Jun 2005, £4.99, 244pp, tp) [Wolf Brother] Reprint (Orion Children’s Books 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. Book one of a six-part series.
PAVLOU, STEL (chron.)

* _Decipher (St. Martin’s 0-312-99643-8, Feb 2005, $6.99, 584pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 2001) SF novel.
* *Gene (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-0859-5, Jan 2005, £12.99, 430pp, hc) Thriller with elements of historical fantasy. A detective discovers he’s a reincarnated warrior in a battle spanning three millennia.
PAXSON, DIANA L(ucile) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Ancestors of Avalon (with Marion Zimmer Bradley) See entry under Marion Zimmer Bradley.
* _Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Ancestors of Avalon (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46028-6, Jun 2005, $16.00, 363pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (Viking 2004) pre-Arthurian fantasy novel.
PEARSALL, ANTHONY (chron.)

* *The Lovecraft Lexicon: A Reader’s Guide to Persons, Places and Things in the Tales of H.P. Lovecraft (New Falcon Publications 1-56184-129-3, Jun 2005, $19.95, 472pp, tp, cover by Linda Joyce Franks) Non-fiction, reference, an encyclopedic guide to significant features and obscure references in HPL’s works, with a chronology of selected stories, and an appendix on “Caves, Caverns, Wells & Abysses.” [Lovecraft]
PEARSON, RIDLEY (1953- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Kingdom Keepers (Disney Editions 0-7868-5444-8, Sep 2005, $17.99, 325pp, hc, cover by David Frankland) Young-adult fantasy. Five child actors at Disney World must save the park from evil forces only they can see. Copyrighted by Page One.
PECK, DALE (1967- ) (chron.)

* *Drift House: The First Voyage (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-969-X, Sep 2005, $16.95, 437pp, hc, cover by Martin Hargreaves) Young-adult fantasy. Three children have adventures in a floating house. Simultaneous with the Bloomsbury UK edition.
* *The Drift House: The First Voyage (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7555-X, Sep 2005, £12.99, 437pp, hc, cover by Martin Hargreaves) Young-adult fantasy novel. Simultaneous with the US (Bloomsbury US) edition. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-8035-9) was announced but not seen.
PEEL, JOHN (Ronald) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Diadem: Worlds of Magic: Book of Earth (Llewellyn 0-7387-0613-2, Jan 2005, $4.99, 173pp, tp, cover by Bleu Turrell) [Diadem] Reprint (Scholastic 1997) young-adult fantasy novel, fifth in the series. This has been revised. Llewellyn, PO Box 64383, St. Paul MN 55164-0383; [www.llewellyn.com].
* _Diadem: Worlds of Magic: Book of Nightmares (Llewellyn 0-7387-0612-4, Mar 2005, $4.99, 177pp, tp, cover by Bleu Turrell) [Diadem] Reprint (Scholastic 1997) young-adult fantasy novel, sixth in the series.
* *Diadem: Worlds of Magic: Book of Oceans (Llewellyn 0-7387-0748-1, Sep 2005, $4.99, 202pp, tp, cover by Bleu Turrell) [Diadem] Young-adult fantasy novel, eighth in the series.
* *Diadem: Worlds of Magic: Book of War (Llewellyn 0-7387-0611-6, May 2005, $4.99, 257pp, tp, cover by Bleu Turrell) [Diadem] Young-adult fantasy novel, seventh in the series. This is original, but the copyright page indicates “previously published in 1997 by Scholastic, Inc.”
PELAN, JOHN C., ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Lost on the Darkside: Voices from the Edge of Horror (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46043-X, Sep 2005, $7.99, 387pp, pb) Original anthology of 15 horror stories, fourth in the Darkside series. Authors include Ramsey Campbell, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, and David Niall Wilson. (Contents)
* _Shadows Over Baker Street (with J. Michael Reaves) See entry under J. Michael Reaves.
PENDLE, GEORGE (chron.)

* *Strange Angel (Harcourt 0-15-100997-X, Jan 2005, $25.00, 350pp, hc) Associational biography of a rocket scientist and SF fan who became interested in the occult. Mostly set in Los Angeles in the ’30s with appearances by L. Ron Hubbard, Robert A. Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Anthony Boucher, and others. Includes note and index. [Parsons]
PEREZ, LANA (chron.)

* *Dungeons & Dragons: Knights of the Silver Dragon, Book 5: Figure in the Frost (Wizards of the Coast/Mirrorstone Books 0-7869-3587-1, Feb 2005, $5.99, 177pp, tp, cover by Emily Fiegenschuh) [Dungeons & Dragons: Knights of the Silver Dragon] Young-adult novelization based on the roleplaying game world, the fifth in a series. Perez is a pen name. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
* *Star Sisterz: Bright Lights for Bella (Wizards of the Coast/Mirrorstone 0-7869-3746-7, Aug 2005, $5.99, 129pp, tp, cover by Taia Morley) [Star Sisterz] Young-adult fantasy novelization, the third in a series based on the collectible charms game. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
PESTA, JOSEPH R. (chron.)

* *Countdown (iUniverse 0-595-36550-7, Aug 2005, $16.95, 239pp, tp) SF thriller. Agent Jake Keeler must stop terrorists threatening to destroy a planet with a stolen missile. A print-on-demand book, available online at [www.iuniverse.com], or from iUniverse, 2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100, Lincoln NE 68512; 800-288-4677.
PETTY, M. A. C. (chron.)

* *Thin Line Between (Cold Spring Press 1-59360-042-9, May 2005, $11.00, 326pp, tp) [Wandjina Quartet] Horror novel, book one of the Wandjina Quartet. Horror haunts a museum. A first novel.
PHILBRICK, (William) RODMAN (1951- ) (chron.)

* _Abduction (with Lynn Harnett) (Scholastic/Point 0-590-34808-6, Sep 2004, $5.99, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1998) YA horror novel. This is dated 2004, but not seen until now.
* _The Last Book in the Universe (Scholastic/Apple 0-439-77133-1, Jun 2005, $2.99, 223pp, tp, cover by David Shannon) Reprint (Blue Sky 2000) young-adult fantasy. Includes an After Words guide; 16th printing.
PHILLIPS, HOLLY (1969- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *In the Palace of Repose (Wildside Press/Prime Books 1-894815-58-0, May 2005, $29.95, 203pp, hc, cover by Thomas Cole) Original collection of nine stories, two reprints, of horror and the fantastic. Introduction by Sean Stewart. Wildside Press/Prime Books, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928; [www.primebooks.net]. (Contents)
PHILLIPS, SCOTT (1961- ) (chron.)

* *Friday the 13th: Church of the Divine Psychopath (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 1-84416-181-1, Aug 2005, $7.99, 403pp, pb) [Friday the 13th] Movie tie-in. Copyrighted by New Line Cinema. This has the same ISBN as the simultaneous Black Flame UK edition, but lists only US and Canadian prices.
PHILMUS, ROBERT M(ichael) (1943- ) (chron.)

* *Visions and Re-Visions: (Re)constructing Science Fiction (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-899-5, Dec 2005, £50.00, xiv + 411pp, hc) Non-fiction, a collection of critical essays looking at science fiction as a “revisionary” genre. Includes notes, bibliography, and index.
PICCIRILLI, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Edward Piccirilli] (1965- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _November Mourns (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58720-X, Jun 2005, $5.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Kevin Radford) [Choir of Ill Children] Horror novel, sequel to A Choir of Ill Children.
PIERCE, MEREDITH ANN (1958- ) (chron.)

* _Waters Luminous & Deep (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-240356-3, Nov 2005, $6.99, 311pp, tp, cover by Patrick Arrasmith) Reprint (Viking 2004) young-adult collection of eight stories.
PIERCE, TAMORA (1954- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Alanna: The First Adventure (Simon Pulse 0-689-87855-9, Jan 2005, $5.99, 274pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Oxford 1983) young-adult fantasy, first volume in the Song of the Lioness quartet.
* _Circle of Magic: Briar’s Book (Scholastic/Point 0-590-55411-5, Nov 2005, $5.99, 258pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Circle of Magic] Reissue (Scholastic 1999) young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in the quartet; 15th printing.
* _Circle of Magic: Tris’s Book (Scholastic/Point 0-590-55409-3, Nov 2005, $5.99, 251pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Circle of Magic] Reissue (Scholastic 1998) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the series; 15th printing.
* _The Circle Opens: Magic Steps (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96818-6, Nov 2005, £4.99, 218pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle Opens] Reprint (Scholastic Press 2000) young-adult fantasy novel.
* _The Circle Opens: Street Magic (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96820-8, Nov 2005, £4.99, 235pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle Opens] Reprint (Scholastic Press 2001) young-adult fantasy novel.
* _Emperor Mage (Simon Pulse 1-4169-0337-2, Jun 2005, $5.99, 358pp, pb, cover by Sammy Yuen, Jr.) [Immortals] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1994 as The Emperor Mage) young-adult fantasy novel, third in “The Immortals” series.
* _The Fire in the Forging (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96813-5, Aug 2005, £4.99, 198pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle of Magic] Reissue (Scholastic 1998 as Circle of Magic: Daja’s Book) young-adult fantasy novel.
* _First Test (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96809-7, Dec 2004, £5.99, 205pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Keladry] Reissue (Random House 1999) young-adult fantasy novel. Book one in the “Protector of the Small” quartet.
* _The Healing in the Vine (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96814-3, Aug 2005, £4.99, 216pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle of Magic] Reissue (Scholastic 1999 as Circle of Magic: Briar’s Book) young-adult fantasy novel.
* _In the Hand of the Goddess (Simon Pulse 0-689-87856-7, Jan 2005, $5.99, 264pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Oxford 1984) young-adult fantasy, second volume in the Song of the Lioness quartet.
* _Lady Knight (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96356-7, Dec 2004, £5.99, 370pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Keladry] Reissue (Random House 2002) young-adult fantasy novel. Book four in the “Protector of the Small” quartet.

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