The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

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PIERCE, TAMORA (stories) (chron.) (continued)

* _Lioness Rampant (Simon Pulse 0-689-87857-5, Jan 2005, $5.99, 384pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1988) young-adult fantasy, fourth volume in the Song of the Lioness quartet.
* _The Magic in the Weaving (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96815-1, Apr 2005, £4.99, 227pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle of Magic] Reissue (Scholastic 1997 as Circle of Magic: Sandry’s Book) young-adult fantasy novel, the first in the Circle of Magic quartet.
* _Page (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96811-9, Dec 2004, £5.99, 229pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Keladry] Reissue (Random House 2000) young-adult fantasy novel. Book two in the “Protector of the Small” quartet.
* _The Power in the Storm (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96816-X, Apr 2005, £4.99, 214pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle of Magic] Reissue (Scholastic 1998 as Circle of Magic: Tris’s Book) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Circle of Magic quartet.
* _The Realms of the Gods (Simon Pulse 1-4169-0817-X, Jun 2005, $5.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Sammy Yuen, Jr.) [Immortals] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1996) young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in “The Immortals” series.
* _Squire (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96812-7, Dec 2004, £5.99, 376pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Keladry] Reissue (Random House 2001) young-adult fantasy novel. Book three in the “Protector of the Small” quartet.
* *Tricksters (SFBC #1185012, Apr 2005, $12.99, 590pp, hc, cover by Greg Newbold) [Alianne] Omnibus of the two young-adult fantasy novels in a duology set in the world of Tortall: Trickster’s Choice (2003) and Trickster’s Queen (2004). This has ISBN 0-7394-5145-6; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
* _Trickster’s Choice (Scholastic UK 0-439-95892-X, Sep 2005, £5.99, 453pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Alianne] Reprint (Random House 2003) young-adult fantasy novel set in the world of Tortall, the first in a series of two following Alanna’s teenaged daughter Alianne.
* _Trickster’s Queen (Random House 0-375-82878-8, Oct 2005, $8.95, 469pp, tp, cover by Joyce Tenneson) [Alianne] Reprint (Random House 2004) young-adult fantasy novel, the second in a series of two set in the world of Tortall.
* _Wild Magic (Simon Pulse 1-4169-0343-7, Jun 2005, $5.99, 362pp, pb, cover by Sammy Yuen, Jr.) [Immortals] Reprint (Atheneum 1992) young-adult fantasy, first volume in “The Immortals” quartet.
* *The Will of the Empress (Scholastic Press 0-439-44171-4, Nov 2005, $17.99, 550pp, hc, cover by Circle Reforged) Young-adult fantasy novel, first in The Circle Reforged series following two previous Circle series. The four young mages reunite on a visit to a nearby country, where the Empress tries to get them to remain.
* _Wolf-Speaker (Simon Pulse 1-4169-0344-5, Jun 2005, $5.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Sammy Yuen, Jr.) [Immortals] Reprint (Atheneum 1994) young-adult fantasy, second volume in “The Immortals” quartet.
* _The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Simon Pulse 0-689-87858-3, Jan 2005, $5.99, 284pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1986) young-adult fantasy, third volume in the Song of the Lioness quartet.
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* *Young Warriors (with Josepha Sherman) (Random House 0-375-82962-8, Oct 2005, $17.95, 312pp, hc) Young-adult original anthology of 15 stories about warriors in their teens. Authors include Holly Black, Esther Friesner, Margaret Mahy, and Mike Resnick. Introduction by Pierce; afterword by Sherman. (Contents)
PIERSON, CHRISTOPHER (chron.)

* *DragonLance: Blades of the Tiger (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3569-3, Apr 2005, $6.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [DragonLance: Taladas Chronicles] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the first volume in the Taladas Chronicles. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
PIKE, CHRISTOPHER (chron.)

* _Alosha (Tor Teen 0-765-34960-4, Sep 2005, $5.99, 311pp, tp, cover by Daniel Dos Santos) [Alosha] Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, first in the “Alosha” trilogy.
* *The Shaktra (Tor/Starscape 0-765-31099-6, Oct 2005, $17.95, 334pp, hc, cover by Daniel Dos Santos) [Alosha] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Alosha trilogy.
PINBOROUGH, SARAH (chron.)

* *The Reckoning (Leisure 0-8439-5550-3, Oct 2005, $6.99, 338pp, pb) Horror novel. Four people are drawn together by a horror from out of their childhood.
PINEIRO, R(ogelio) J. (1961- ) (chron.)

* *Havoc (Tor/Forge 0-765-30833-9, Dec 2005, $27.95, 400pp, hc) SF techno-thriller about a rogue AI nanoassembler.
PINKWATER, DANIEL M(anus) (1941- ) (chron.)

* _Looking for Bobowicz (HarperTrophy 0-06-053556-3, Jan 2006, $5.99, 200pp, tp, cover by Jill Pinkwater) Reprint (HarperCollins 2004) middle-grade fantasy novel, a sequel to the children’s picture book about a six-foot superchicken. Illustrated by Jill Pinkwater.
PITCHER, CAROLINE (chron.)

* *Sky Shifter (Egmont 1-4052-0850-3, Jul 2005, £4.99, 153pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Year of Changes] Young-adult fantasy novel. Second in the Year of Changes quartet after Cloud Cat.
PLUM-UCCI, CAROL (chron.)

* _The She (Harcourt 0-15-205453-7, Aug 2005, $6.95, 354pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt 2003) young-adult mystery/horror novel.
POE, EDGAR ALLAN (1809-1849) (stories) (chron.)

* _Edgar Allan Poe Collection (HarperFestival 0-06-075881-3, Aug 2005, $6.99, 166pp, tp, cover by Dave McMacken) Young-adult reprint collection of nine stories and four poems, all from Ghostly Tales and Eerie Poems (1993). This is an Adventure Classics edition packaged with a snap-together model of a pendulum.
* _Eureka (University of Illinois Press 0-252-02849-X, Nov 2004, $35.00, 191 + xxxiv, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1848) associational non-fiction, a critical edition of Poe’s essay on the origins and future of the universe. Edited and with an introduction, notes, and textual variants by Stuart Levine & Susan F. Levine. Includes index and bibliography. Order from University of Illinois Press, 1325 South Oak St., Champaign IL 61820-6903; 800-537-5487; [www.press.uillinois.edu].
* _Tales of Terror (Random House/Knopf 0-375-83305-6, Oct 2005, $15.95, 72pp, hc, cover by Michael McCurdy) Young-adult collection of six stories, illustrated and with an introduction by Michael McCurdy. Includes a CD.
POHL, FREDERIK (George, Jr.) (1919- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Boy Who Would Live Forever (Tor 0-765-34935-3, Nov 2005, $7.99, 452pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Tor 2004) SF novel in the “Heechee” series.
* *Platinum Pohl (Tor 0-312-87527-4, Dec 2005, $27.95, 463pp, hc) SF collection of 30 stories by Frederik Pohl, including the Hugo-winning “Fermi and Frost” and “The Meeting” (co-authored by C.M. Kornbluth), with an afterword by the author. Introduction by James Frenkel. (Contents)
POMPLUN, TOM, ed. (chron.)

* *Graphic Classics, Volume Twelve: Adventure Classics (Eureka Productions 978-0-9746648-4-7, Jul 2005, $11.95, 144pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Illustrated graphic anthology with 13 illustrated or comic-style adaptations of adventure stories and poems, several with fantasy elements. Authors include Sax Rohmer, Rafael Sabatini, Edith Nesbit, and Arthur Conan Doyle. Eureka Productions, 8778 Oak Grove Road, Mount Horeb WI 53572; [www.graphicclassics.com].
POOLE, RICHARD (chron.)

* *The Book of Lowmoor: Jewel and Thorn (Simon & Schuster UK 0-689-87289-5, Feb 2005, £12.99, 391pp, hc, cover by blacksheep) [Book of Lowmoor] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first book in a trilogy. Two six-inch-tall youngsters undertake a quest in a world once inhabited by giants.
PORTER, LYNNETTE R. (chron.)

* *Unsung Heroes of The Lord of the Rings from the Page to the Screen (Greenwood Press/Praeger 0-275-98521-0, Apr 2005, $39.95, 224 + xiv, hc) Non-fiction, an examination of what makes a hero as seen in characters in Tolkien’s work and its film adaptations. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; 800-225-5800; [www.greenwood.com]. [Tolkien]
POTTER, ALEXANDER B., ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _Women of War (with Tanya S. Huff) See entry under Tanya S. Huff
POURNELLE, JERRY E(ugene) [Ph.D] (1933- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Burning Tower (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.
* _The Mote in God’s Eye (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.
POWERS, TIM(othy Thomas) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Anubis Gates (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07725-5, Sep 2005, £7.99, 464pp, tp, cover by Richard Carr) Reprint (Ace 1983) fantasy novel. Volume 47 in the Fantasy Masterworks series.
* _Last Call (HarperCollins/Perennial 0-380-72846-X, Oct 2005, $15.95, 535pp, tp) [Last Call] Reissue (Morrow 1992) fantasy/occult/mainstream novel set in Las Vegas. Sixth printing.
* *Strange Itineraries (Tachyon Publications 1-892391-23-6, Sep 2005, $15.95, 206 + xiv, tp) Collection of nine stories, a complete gathering of Powers’s short fiction including three collaborations with James P. Blaylock. Introduction by Paul Di Filippo. Tachyon Publications, 1459 18th St. #139, San Francisco CA 94107; [www.tachyonpublications.com]. (Contents)
POZZESSERE, HEATHER GRAHAM (1953- ); see pseudonym Shannon Drake (chron.)
PRATCHETT, TERRY (David John) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Art of Discworld (with Kidby Paul) (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07712-3, Oct 2005, £10.99, 124pp, tp, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 2004) art book illustrating the major characters of the Discworld series. Introduction and text by Pratchett and illustrations by Paul Kidby.
* _The Carpet People (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-61026-2, Sep 2005, £25.00, 250pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) Reprint (Colin Smythe 1971) humorous young-adult fantasy novel. This is a signed, slipcased Collector’s Edition of 1,000. The text follows the revised 1992 Doubleday UK edition.
* _The Color of Magic (HarperTorch 0-06-102071-0, Jul 2005, $6.99, 210pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1983) humorous fantasy novel, first in the “Discworld” series; 23rd printing.
* _The Color of Magic (Harper Perennial 0-06-085592-4, Sep 2005, $13.95, 210pp, tp) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1983) humorous fantasy novel, first in the “Discworld” series.
* _The Colour of Magic (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15292-7, Apr 2005, £6.99, 287pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Colin Smythe 1983) humorous fantasy novel. Book one in the Discworld series. 40th printing.
* _Equal Rites (Harper Perennial 0-06-085590-8, Sep 2005, $13.95, 213pp, tp) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1987) humorous fantasy novel, third in the “Discworld” series.
* _Going Postal (HarperTorch 0-06-050293-2, Oct 2005, $7.99, 394pp, pb) [Discworld] Reprint (HarperCollins 2004) humorous fantasy novel in the “Discworld” series.
* _Going Postal (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14943-8, Oct 2005, £6.99, 474pp, pb, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 33 in the Discworld series.
* _Guards! Guards! (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15293-5, Apr 2005, £6.99, 426pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1989) humorous fantasy novel, eighth in the Discworld series. 18th printing.
* _A Hat Full of Sky (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55144-9, May 2005, £6.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) humorous young-adult fantasy novel in the Discworld series, and the second Tiffany Aching novel after The Wee Free Men.
* _A Hat Full of Sky (HarperTrophy 0-06-058662-1, Jun 2005, $6.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Chris Gall) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) young-adult humorous fantasy novel of the Discworld, sequel to The Wee Free Men.
* _Johnny and the Dead (HarperCollins 0-06-054188-1, Jan 2006, $15.99, 213pp, hc, cover by Dan Panosian) [Johnny Maxwell] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1993) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Johnny Maxwell series.
* _The Light Fantastic (Harper Perennial 0-06-085588-6, Sep 2005, $13.95, 241pp, tp) [Discworld] Reprint (Colin Smythe 1985) fantasy novel, second in the Discworld series.
* _Lords and Ladies (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15315-X, Aug 2005, £6.99, 396pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1992) humorous fantasy novel. Book 14 in the “Discworld” series. 14th printing.
* _Men at Arms (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15316-8, Aug 2005, £6.99, 428pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1993) humorous fantasy novel. Book 15 in the “Discworld” series. 16th printing.
* _Moving Pictures (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15294-3, Apr 2005, £6.99, 396pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1990) humorous fantasy novel. Book ten in the Discworld series. 18th printing.
* _Only You Can Save Mankind (HarperCollins 0-06-054185-7, Jul 2005, $15.99, 208 + xi, hc, cover by Dan Panosian) [Johnny Maxwell] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1992) humorous young-adult SF/fantasy novel, the first in the Johnny Maxwell Trilogy. This has a 2004 introduction by Pratchett.
* _Reaper Man (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15295-1, Apr 2005, £6.99, 351pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1991) humorous fantasy novel. Book 11 in the Discworld series. 19th printing.
* *The Science of Discworld III: Darwin’s Watch (with Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen) (Ebury Press 0-091-89823-4, May 2005, £17.99, 344pp, hc, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Humorous associational non-fiction.
* _Small Gods (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15297-8, Aug 2005, £6.99, 397pp, tp) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1992) humorous fantasy novel. Book 13 in the Discworld series.
* *Thud! (HarperCollins 0-06-081522-1, Oct 2005, $24.95, 373pp, hc, cover by Scott McKowan) [Discworld] Discworld novel. The Ankh-Morpork City Watch braces for trouble on the anniversary of an ancient war between trolls and dwarves. Simultaneous with the Doubleday UK edition.
* _Thud! (SFBC #1197241, Oct 2005, $12.99, 373pp, hc, cover by Scott McKowan) [Discworld] Reprint (HarperCollins 2005) Discworld novel. This is similar to the HarperCollins edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Thud! (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60867-5, Oct 2005, £17.99, 362pp, hc, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Humorous fantasy novel, 35th in the Discworld series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.
* *Where’s My Cow? (HarperCollins 0-06-087267-5, Oct 2005, $16.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Discworld] Discworld picture book, a tie-in to Thud!. Illustrated by Melvyn Grant. Simultaneous with the UK edition (Doubleday UK).
* *Where’s My Cow? (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60937-X, Oct 2005, £10.99, 24pp, hc, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Discworld] Children’s Discworld picture book, illustrated by Grant. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition. Commander Sam Vimes reads his baby son a bedtime story, as mentioned in Thud!
* _Witches Abroad (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15296-X, Aug 2005, £6.99, 362pp, tp) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1991) humorous fantasy novel. Book 12 in the Discworld series.
PRATT, TIM; [i.e., Timothy Aaron Pratt] (1976- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38338-8, Dec 2005, $12.00, 412pp, tp) Fantasy novel. A comic-book creator finds elements of her neo-Western work coming to life. A first novel.
PREISS, BYRON (Cary), ed. (1953-2005) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Year’s Best Graphic Novels, Comics, and Manga (with Howard Zimmerman) (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-34326-4, Dec 2005, $19.95, 272pp, tp) Best-of-the-year comics anthology, with excerpts from 15 graphic novels, 11 comics, four manga, and six from other forms, including digital/electronic. Introduction by Neil Gaiman. Foreword by Howard Zimmerman. A St. Martin’s hardcover edition (-34325-6, $29.95) is also available.
PRESTON, DOUGLAS (chron.)

* _Brimstone (with Lincoln Child) (Warner Vision 0-446-61275-8, May 2005, $7.99, 728pp, pb) [Aloysius Pendergast] Reprint (Warner 2004) fantasy/horror thriller.
* *Dance of Death (with Lincoln Child) (Warner 0-446-57697-2, Jun 2005, $25.95, 451pp, hc) [Aloysius Pendergast] Thriller with possible dark fantasy elements, sequel to Brimstone, and bringing in characters from two other series. FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast faces a murderous scheme set up by his brother Diogenes, a criminal mastermind.
* _Dance of Death (with Lincoln Child) (Warner 0-446-61709-1, Jan 2006, $7.99, 560pp, pb) [Aloysius Pendergast] Reprint (Warner 2005) thriller with possible dark fantasy elements, sequel to Brimstone, and bringing in characters from two other series.
* _Relic (with Lincoln Child) (Tor 0-765-35494-2, Aug 2005, $4.99, 468pp, pb, cover by Tim Thiesen) [Relic] Reissue (Forge 1995 as Relic) horror novel. This is a special low-price edition.
* _Reliquary (with Lincoln Child) (Tor 0-812-54283-5, Aug 2005, $4.99, 464pp, pb) [Relic] Reissue (Forge 1997) horror novel, sequel to Relic. This is a special low-price edition.
* *Tyrannosaur Canyon (Tor/Forge 0-765-31104-6, Sep 2005, $24.95, 367pp, hc) Thriller/horror novel with possible SF elements. Paleontologists seeking dinosaurs uncover strange, possibly extraterrestrial particles.
PREUSS, PAUL (F.) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime, Volume 2 (ibooks 0-7434-9828-3, Jan 2005, $6.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Venus Prime] Reprint (Avon 1988 as Arthur C. Clark’s Venus Prime, Volume 2: Maelstrom) SF novel, first in a series based on a concept by Clarke, whose afterword to the original is now the introduction. This has the 2000 afterword by Preuss. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
PRICE, ROBERT M(cNair), ed. (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Tales Out of Dunwich (Hippocampus Press 0-9748789-9-5, Oct 2005, $20.00, 302pp, tp, cover by Philip Fuller) Anthology of ten Lovecraftian stories, one original. Authors include Jack Williamson, Nancy A. Collins, and Richard A. Lupoff. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online from [www.hippocampuspress.com] or from Hippocampus Press, PO Box 641, New York NY 10156. (Contents)
PRICE, SUSAN (1955- ) (chron.)

* *Odin’s Voice (Simon & Schuster UK 1-416-90144-2, Aug 2005, £12.99, 335pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Mars] Young-adult SF novel of a future of the intersecting lives of a genetically designed teener and a downtrodden slave. First in the “Mars” series.

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