The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Books, Listed by Author

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RUSSE, SAVANNAH (chron.)

* *Beyond the Pale (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 0-451-21564-8, Jun 2005, $6.99, 295pp, pb) [Darkwing Chronicles] Vampire novel, book one of The Darkwing Chronicles. The government forces vampire Daphne Urban to spy for them. Copyrighted by Charlee Trantino.
* _Beyond the Pale (SFBC #1190611, Aug 2005, $10.99, 295pp, hc) [Darkwing Chronicles] Reprint (Signet Eclipse 2005) vampire novel, book one of The Darkwing Chronicles. This has ISBN 0-7394-5486-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
RUSSELL, GARY (chron.)

* *Doctor Who: Spiral Scratch (BBC Books 0-563-48626-0, Aug 2005, £5.99, 277pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series.
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* *Doctor Who: Short Trips: Repercussions (Big Finish 1-84435-048-7, Jun 2004, £14.99, 246pp, hc, cover by Stuart Manning) [Doctor Who] Original anthology of 16 stories based on the TV series. Volume eight in the series. (Contents)
RUSSELL, J. S.; pseudonym; see under Russell, Jay (stories) (chron.)
RUSSELL, JAY (S.) (1961- ); pseudonym (stories) (chron.)

* *Apocalypse Now, Voyager (Earthling Publications 0-9744203-8-7, Dec 2004, $14.00, 86pp, tp, cover by J. K. Potter) [Marty Burns] Horror novella featuring Los Angeles PI Marty Burns. Introduction by Paul McAuley. This is a signed, limited edition of 400; a lettered hardcover edition of 15 is also available. Earthling Publications, 12 Pheasant Hill Drive, Shrewsbury MA 01545; [earthlingpub@yahoo.com]; [www.earthlingpub.com].
RUSSELL, MARY DORIA (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *A Thread of Grace (Random House 0-375-50184-3, Feb 2005, $25.95, 430pp, hc) Associational historical thriller about Jewish refugees in Italy during WWII.
* _A Thread of Grace (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60866-7, Mar 2005, £16.99, 426pp, hc) Reprint (Random House 2005) associational novel. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
* _A Thread of Grace (Ballantine 0-449-00413-9, Dec 2005, $14.95, 442pp, tp) Reprint (Random House 2005) associational historical thriller about Jewish refugees in Italy during WWII. This includes a 12-page reader’s guide.
RUSSELL, P. CRAIG (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, Volume 4 (with Oscar Wilde) See entry under Oscar Wilde.
* _Opera Adaptations Vol. 3 (NBM 1-56163-389-5, Jun 2004, $17.95, 140pp, tp, cover by P. Craig Russell) Reprint (Eclipse 1991) graphic novel adaptations of Pelleas & Melisande, Salome, Ein Heldentraum, and Cavalleria Rusticana, some originally published in comic-book form. This is the third volume in The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations.
RUSSELL, SEAN (1952- ) (chron.)

* _The Shadow Road (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-191-8, Jan 2005, £17.99, 438pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [*Swans’ War] Reprint (Eos 2004 as The Shadow Roads) fantasy novel. Third book of “The Swans’ War” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
* _The Shadow Road (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-225-6, Jul 2005, £7.99, 520pp, pb) [*Swans’ War] Reprint (Eos 2004 as The Shadow Roads) fantasy novel, third in the Swans’ War trilogy, after The One Kingdom and The Isle of Battle.
* _The Shadow Roads (SFBC #1172394, Dec 2004, $12.99, 433pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [*Swans’ War] Reprint (Eos 2004) fantasy novel, book three in the “Swans’ War” trilogy. This is similar to the Eos edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _The Shadow Roads (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-79229-X, Nov 2005, $7.99, 450pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [*Swans’ War] Reprint (Eos 2004) fantasy novel, book three in the “Swans’ War” trilogy.
RUSSO, RICHARD PAUL (1954- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Rosetta Codex (Ace 0-441-01330-9, Dec 2005, $14.95, 375pp, tp) SF novel. A boy on a lawless world may be the key to deciphering mysterious alien artifacts.
* *The Rosetta Codex (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-298-1, Dec 2005, £6.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) SF novel. Simultaneous with the US (Ace) edition. A boy marooned on a dangerous world may be the key to translating ancient alien texts.
RUTLEDGE, FLEMING (chron.)

* *The Battle for Middle-earth: Tolkien’s Divine Design in the Lord of the Rings (Eerdmans 0-8028-2497-8, Sep 2004, $20.00, 373pp, tp, cover by Ted Nasmith) Non-fiction look at Tolkien’s “devine design” in The Lord of the Rings. Eerdmans Books, 255 Jefferson Ave SE, Grand Rapids MI 49503-4570; 800-253-7521; www.eerdmans.com. [Tolkien]
RYAN, C. J. (chron.)

* *Dexta (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58776-5, Aug 2005, $6.99, 451pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Gloria VanDeen] SF novel. Imperial bureaucrat Gloria VanDeen investigates trouble on a backwater planet.
* *Glorious Treason (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58777-3, Dec 2005, $6.99, 404pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Gloria VanDeen] SF novel, the second featuring Gloria VanDeen of the Department of Extraterrestrial Affairs. Gloria is assigned to “democratize” a backwater planet so the Empire can exploit it.
RYAN, KEVIN (chron.)

* *Star Trek: Errand of Fury, Book One: Seeds of Rage (Pocket 0-7434-8053-8, Apr 2005, $7.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Ben Perini) [Star Trek: Errand of Fury] Star Trek novelization, first in a trilogy. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
RYMAN, GEOFF(rey Charles) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Air (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07697-6, Jul 2005, £14.99, 390pp, hc) Reprint (St. Martin’s Griffin 2004) SF novel. A new communications technology called Air arrives at a remote village. Expanded from the story “Have Not Have”. This edition has minor corrections and changes. A trade paperback edition (-07698-4, £10.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
* _The Child Garden (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07690-9, Aug 2005, £7.99, 388pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1989) SF novel.
* _Was (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07669-0, Jan 2005, £7.99, 454pp, tp, cover by Richard Carr) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992 as ‘Was...’) associational novel inspired by The Wizard of Oz. Volume 43 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.
_____, ed. * _Tesseracts Nine (with Nalo Hopkinson) See entry under Nalo Hopkinson.
SABERHAGEN, FRED(erick Thomas) (1930-2007) (stories) (chron.)

* *Berserker Death (Baen 0-7434-9886-0, Feb 2005, $25.00, 755pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) [Berserker] Omnibus of three books in the “Berserker” series: collection The Berserker Wars (1981) and novels Berserker: Blue Death (1985) and Berserker Kill (1993). (Contents)
* _Rogue Berserker (SFBC #1180946, Mar 2005, $10.99, 281pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) [Berserker] Reprint (Baen 2005) SF novel in the Berserker series. This is similar to the Baen edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
SABIN, ELENORA ROSE (chron.)

* _When the Beast Ravens (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34759-8, Jan 2006, $5.99, 275pp, tp, cover by Merilee Heyer) [School for Sorcery] Reprint (Tor 2005) fantasy novel, the third in the series begun in A School for Sorcery.
SADE, MARQUIS de (1740-1814) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Gothic Tales of the Marquis de Sade (Owen, Peter 0-7206-1251-9, May 2005, £9.95, 188pp, tp) Reprint (Neville Spearman 1965 as Eugénie de Franval and Other Stories) collection. Translated from the French (Contes et Fabliaux d’un Troubadour ProvenÇal du XVIIIe Siècle) by Margaret Crosland, who also provides an introduction. (Contents)
SAGAN, NICK (chron.)

* _Edenborn (Penguin/NAL 0-451-21527-3, Aug 2005, $13.95, 311pp, tp) [Idlewild] Reprint (Putnam 2004) post-holocaust SF thriller, sequel to Idlewild.
* _Edenborn (Transworld/Corgi 0-553-81598-9, Aug 2005, £6.99, 427pp, pb) [Idlewild] Reprint (Bantam UK 2004) SF novel, sequel to Idlewild.
SAGARA, MICHELLE M.; also as Michelle Sagara West (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Cast in Shadow (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80236-6, Aug 2005, $13.95, 409pp, tp) Fantasy novel, first in a trilogy. Murders drag officer of the law Kaylin back to the crime-ridden fiefs she fled as a child.
SAGE, ANGIE (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Septimus Heap, Book One: Magyk (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7820-6, Mar 2005, £5.99, 564pp, tp, cover by Mark Zug) [Septimus Heap] Young-adult fantasy novel. A first novel. Simultaneous with the US (Tegen Books) edition. A hardcover edition (-7587-8, £12.99) is also available.
* *Septimus Heap, Book One: Magyk (HarperCollins/Tegen Books 0-06-057731-2, Mar 2005, $17.99, 564pp, hc, cover by Mark Zug) [Septimus Heap] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in a series. Septimus is stolen at birth by the midwife who declares him dead. Illustrated by Mark Zug. This includes a CD-Rom. A first novel. A Katherine Tegen Book.
* _Septimus Heap, Book One: Magyk (SFBC #1177666, Jun 2005, $15.29, 564pp, hc) [Septimus Heap] Reprint (HarperCollins/Tegen Books 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. This lacks the CD-ROM of the Tegen Books edition; the jacket lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
SAHM, M. (chron.)

* *The Art of Getting Bent (Unsung Fu Publishers 0-9760590-3-7, Jan 2005, $12.95, 343pp, tp) Near-future post-holocaust SF novel. Mankind is divided into animal gene-enhanced Splices and cybernetic Cypures. A first novel. Unsung Fu Publishers/Magic Junk, PO Box 344, Mamaroneck NY 10543; [www.magicjunk.com].
SAID, S. F. (chron.)

* *The Outlaw Varjak Paw (Random House/Fickling UK 0-385-60755-5, Nov 2005, £10.99, 266pp, hc, cover by Dave McKean) [Varjak Paw] Young-adult animal fantasy novel about a cat, sequel to Varjak Paw. Illustrated by Dave McKean.
* _Varjak Paw (Random House/Dell Yearling 0-440-42076-8, May 2005, $5.99, 255pp, tp, cover by Dave McKean) [Varjak Paw] Reprint (Fickling UK 2003) young-adult talking animal fantasy, illustrated by Dave McKean.
ST. JOHN, J(ames) ALLEN (1872-1957) (chron.)

* *Grand Master of Adventure Art: The Drawings of J. Allen St. John (with J. David Spurlock) (Watson-Guptill/Vanguard Productions 1-887591-61-3, Jan 2005, $24.95, 176pp, tp, cover by J. Allen St. John) Art book with black-and-white illustrations, mostly for works by Edgar Rice Burroughs, with a selection of illustrations of pulp fiction by others. Edited and with text by J. David Spurlock. A hardcover edition (-62-1, $35.00) and deluxe slipcased hardcover (-63-X, $49.95) were announced but not seen.
SAKNUSSEMM, KRISTOPHER (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Zanesville (Random House/Villard 0-8129-7416-6, Oct 2005, $14.95, 485pp, tp) Satiric near-future SF novel. An amnesiac wanders a much-altered America searching for his identity. A first novel.
SALISBURY, GAVIN (stories) (chron.)

* *Foreign Parts (D-Press no ISBN, Apr 2005, £2.00, 31pp, ph, cover by Marcia Borell) Fantasy/horror collection. (Contents)
SALO, DAVID (chron.)

* *A Gateway to Sindarin: A Grammar of an Elvish Language from J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings (University of Utah Press 0-87480-800-6, 2004, $49.95, 438 + xvi, hc) Non-fiction guide to one of the languages created by Tolkien as part of the world of The Lord of the Rings, based on Tolkien’s published material. Includes appendices with glossaries, and an annotated bibliography. [Tolkien]
SALSITZ, RHONDI A. VILOTT; see under Vilott, Rhondi (chron.)
SALVATORE, R(obert) A(nthony) (1959- ) (chron.)

* _Forgotten Realms: Homeland (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3953-2, Dec 2005, $7.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Forgotten Realms: Legend of Drizzt; Forgotten Realms: Dark Elf Trilogy] Reprint (TSR 1990) novelization, book one of the Legend of Drizzt; originally the first book of the Dark Elf trilogy. This drops the introduction and afterword from the 2004 hardcover edition. Copyrighted 1990 by TSR, 2004 by Wizards of the Coast.
* _Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3995-8, Sep 2005, $19.95, 1166pp, tp, cover by Daren Bader) [Forgotten Realms: Paths of Darkness] Reprint (Wizards of the Coast 2004) omnibus of four novelizations in the series based on the fantasy roleplaying game: The Silent Blade (1998), The Spine of the World (1999), Servant of the Shard (2000), and Sea of Swords (2001). Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
* *Forgotten Realms: Promise of the Witch-King (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3823-4, Oct 2005, $27.95, 345pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Forgotten Realms: Sellswords] Novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game, Book II of The Sellswords. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
* _Forgotten Realms: Servant of the Shard (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3950-8, Jun 2005, $7.99, 371pp, pb, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Forgotten Realms: Sellswords] Reissue (Wizards of the Coast 2000) novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game, the first book of “The Sellswords”. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
* _Forgotten Realms: Streams of Silver (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3762-9, Jul 2005, $25.95, 340pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Forgotten Realms: Legend of Drizzt] Reprint (TSR 1989) novelization based on the roleplaying game, fifth volume in “The Legend of Drizzt” series, originally published as book two of the Icewind Dale trilogy. Copyrighted 1989 by TSR, 2005 by Wizards of the Coast.
* _Forgotten Realms: The Crystal Shard (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3613-4, Mar 2005, $25.95, 336pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Forgotten Realms: Legend of Drizzt] Reprint (TSR 1988) novelization based on the roleplaying game, fourth volume in “The Legend of Drizzt” series. Introduction by Mary Kirchoff. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
* _Forgotten Realms: The Halfling’s Gem (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3825-0, Nov 2005, $25.95, 336pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale] Reprint (TSR 1990) novelization, the third book of the Icewind Dale trilogy and the sixth book of the Legend of Drizzt. This has a new introduction by James Merendino. Copyrighted by TSR 1990, Wizards of the Coast 2005.
* _Forgotten Realms: The Two Swords (SFBC #1180265, Dec 2004, $12.99, 339pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [*Forgotten Realms: Hunter’s Blades] Reprint (Wizards of the Coast 2004) novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game. Book three in the Hunter’s Blades trilogy. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. This is similar to the Wizards of the Coast edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Forgotten Realms: The Two Swords (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3790-4, Sep 2005, $7.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Todd Lockwood) [*Forgotten Realms: Hunter’s Blades] Reprint (Wizards of the Coast 2004) novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game. Book three in the Hunter’s Blades trilogy. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
* _The Highwayman (CDS Books 1-59315-214-0, Apr 2005, $7.99, 405pp, pb, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Chronicles of Corona] Reprint (CDS Books 2004) fantasy novel, the first book of the Chronicles of Corona in the world of the Demon Wars. This drops the Drizzt Do’Urden story included in the first edition. CDS Books, 425 Madison Avenue, New York NY 10017; [www.shopcdsbooks.com].
SAMPSON, JEFF (chron.)

* *DragonLance: The New Adventures, Volume 8: Dragon Spell (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3744-0, Jul 2005, $5.99, 239pp, tp, cover by Vinod Rams) [DragonLance: New Adventures] Young-adult novelization based on the roleplaying games. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
SANDERSON, BRANDON (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Elantris (Tor 0-765-31177-1, May 2005, $24.95, 492pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Standalone epic fantasy. A first novel.
* _Elantris (SFBC #1181983, May 2005, $12.49, 492pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Reprint (Tor 2005) Standalone epic fantasy. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
SANDERSON, RUTH (chron.)

* *The Snow Princess (Little Brown 0-316-77982-2, Oct 2004, $16.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Ruth Sanderson) Children’s picture book based on a Russian ballet, illustrated by the author. This is dated 2004 but not seen until now.
SARAMAGO, JOSÉ; (1922- ) (chron.)

* _The Double (Harcourt/Harvest 0-15-603258-9, Oct 2005, $14.00, 324pp, tp, cover by Claudine G. Mansour) Reprint (Harvill 2004) literary, semi-allegorical novel with possible fantasy elements. Translated from the Portuguese O Homen Duplicado (Editorial Caminho 2002) by Margaret Jull Costa.
SARRANTONIO, AL (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Haydn of Mars (Ace 0-441-01236-1, Jan 2005, $6.50, 262pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Masters of Mars] Far-future SF novel, the first in a trilogy. A princess in exile vows to save her beloved Republic.
* *Hornets and Others (CD Publications 1-58767-098-4, Jun 2005, $40.00, 226pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Collection of 17 horror stories, two original. A signed, limited edition of 750; a traycased lettered edition of 26 ($175.00) is also available. This is dated 2004 but did not appear until now. Cemetery Dance Publications, 132-B Industry Lane, Unit 7, Forest Hill MD 21050; [www.cemeterydance.com]. (Contents)
* *Sebastian of Mars (Ace 0-441-01337-6, Oct 2005, $6.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Masters of Mars] Far-future SF novel, the second in a trilogy after Haydn of Mars.
_____, ed. * _Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46036-7, Jun 2005, $16.00, 578pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (Roc 2004) original fantasy anthology of 29 stories.
SASSER, CHARLES W(ayne) (1942- ) (chron.)

* *Dark Planet (Medallion Press 1-932815-13-9, Apr 2005, $6.99, 393pp, pb, cover by Adam Mock) Military SF novel. A human-alien crossbreed is sent on a mission to investigate an enemy base. Medallion Pres, 225 Seabreeze Ave., Palm Beach FL 33480; [www.medallion press.com].
SAUL, JOHN (Woodruff, III) (1942- ) (chron.)

* _Black Creek Crossing (Ballantine 0-449-00654-9, May 2005, $7.99, 459pp, pb, cover by Phil Heffernan) Reprint (Ballantine 2004) horror novel.
SAUNDERS, GEORGE (stories) (chron.)

* *The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil (Berkley/Riverhead 1-59448-152-0, Sep 2005, $13.00, 131pp, tp, cover by Benjamin Gibson) Satirical allegorical novella. Inner Horner, a country large enough for only one resident at a time, suddenly shrinks until it’s too small to hold an entire person, and Outer Horner declares an invasion. Illustrated by Benjamin Gibson. This indicates third printing, but no previous editions were seen.

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