The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Books, Listed by Author

STEER, DUGALD A. (chron.)

• * +Wizardology (Candlewick Press 0-7636-2895-6, Oct 2005, $19.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) Art book, a guide to wizards by “Master Merlin,” illustrated by Yvonne Gilbert, John Howe, Tomislav Tomic, and Helen Ward. First US edition (Templar Publishing UK 9/05).

STEIBER, ELLEN (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *A Rumor of Gems (Tor 0-312-85879-5, Jun 2005, $25.95, 464pp, hc, cover by Kazuhiko Sano) Contemporary fantasy novel. A skeptical woman gets caught up in magic in the city of Arcato, where gods and tricksters wander the streets.

STEMPLE, ADAM (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Pay the Piper (with Jane Yolen) See entry under Jane Yolen.
• * *Singer of Souls (Tor 0-765-31170-4, Aug 2005, $22.95, 237pp, hc, cover by Charles Vess) Contemporary fantasy novel. A street musician visits his grandmother in Scotland and falls afoul of faeries. A first solo novel.

STEPHENS, J. B. (chron.)

• * *The Big Empty, Book 3: Desolation Angels (Penguin/Razorbill 1-59514-008-5, Feb 2005, $6.99, 232pp, tp) Near-future post-apocalyptic young-adult SF about teens trying to survive in the evacuated, supposedly empty, Midwest.
• * *The Big Empty, Book 4: No Exit (Penguin/Razorbill 1-59514-009-3, Jun 2005, $6.99, 247pp, tp) Near-future post-apocalyptic young-adult SF. A new strain of the virus that wiped out half the world threatens to be even worse.

STEPHENSEN-PAYNE, PHIL(ip Andrew), ed. (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Eternity Lost See entry under Clifford D. Simak.

STEPHENSON, NEAL (1959- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Cobweb (with J. Frederick George) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38344-2, Jun 2005, $14.00, 416pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam 1996 as by Stephen Bury) associational thriller.
• * _The Confusion (Harper Perennial 0-06-073335-7, Aug 2005, $15.95, 815pp, tp) [Baroque Cycle] Reprint (Morrow 2004) historical novel with SF/fantasy elements, the second book in the “Baroque Cycle” after Quicksilver. Includes a 14-page readers guide.
• * _Interface (with J. Frederick George) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38343-4, Jun 2005, $14.00, 618pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Bantam 1994 as by Stephen Bury) SF political thriller.
• * _The System of the World (Harper Perennial 0-06-075086-3, Sep 2005, $15.95, 892pp, tp, cover by Frederick de Wit) [Baroque Cycle] Reprint (Morrow 2004) historical novel with SF elements, third and final in “The Baroque Cycle”. This includes a 16-page “P.S.” reader’s guide.

STEPHENSON, ROBERT N., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Robots and Time (with Shane Jiraiya Cummings) (Altair Australia 0-9577238-4-9, 2005, A$19.95, 189pp, tp) (Contents)

STERLING, (Michael) BRUCE (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Zenith Angle (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46865-1, May 2005, $6.99, 341pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) Reprint (Del Rey 2004) contemporary SF thriller. A computer wizard joins the government war on cyberterrorism and uncovers a deadly secret.

STERLING, CHERYL (chron.)

• * *What Do You Say to a Naked Elf? (Dorchester/Love Spell 0-505-52619-0, Jan 2005, $5.99, 326pp, pb) Fantasy romance novel. A woman pulled into a fantasy world finds she has magical powers and a special destiny.

STERN, ROGER (chron.)

• * *Justice League of America: Superman: The Never-ending Battle (Pocket Star 0-7434-1714-3, Jun 2005, $6.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Alex Ross) [Superman] Novelization, the sixth and final in a series based on the DC Comic books. Copyrighted by DC comics.
• * _Justice League of America: Superman: The Never-ending Battle (SFBC #1193797, Jul 2005, $10.99, 370pp, hc, cover by Alex Ross) [Justice League of America: Superman] Reprint (Pocket Star 2005) novelization, the sixth in a series based on the DC comic books. Copyrighted by DC comics. This has ISBN 0-7394-5538-9; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS (Balfour) (1850-1894) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Bantam Classic 0-553-21277-X, Apr 2004, $3.95, 98pp, pb, cover by Henry Alexander) Reissue (Munro 1886) classic horror novel. This has the 1981 afterword and bibliography by Jerome Charyn. 35th printing.

STEVERMER, CAROLINE (J.) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Magicians of Quality (with Patricia C. Wrede) See entry under Patricia C. Wrede
• * _River Rats (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-205554-1, Oct 2005, $6.95, 305pp, tp, cover by Alfred Eisenstaedt) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992) young-adult post-holocaust SF novel.

STEWART, ALEX; [i.e., Alexander Michael Stewart] (1958- ); see pseudonym Sandy Mitchell (stories) (chron.)

STEWART, IAN (stories) (chron.)

• * _Heaven (with Jack Cohen) (Warner Aspect 0-446-61103-4, May 2005, $6.99, 428pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (Warner Aspect 2004) SF novel.
• * _The Science of Discworld III: Darwin’s Watch (with Jack Cohen & Terry Pratchett) See entry under Terry Pratchett.

STEWART, MARY (Florence Elinor, née Rainbow) (1916- ) (chron.)

• * _Touch Not the Cat (HarperTorch 0-06-082372-0, Dec 2005, $7.99, 372pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1976) gothic novel with fantasy elements.

STEWART, PAUL (chron.)

• * +The Curse of the Gloamglozer (with Chris Riddell) (Random House/Fickling 0-385-75076-5, Mar 2005, $12.95, 370pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Quint] Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in the “Edge Chronicles”. First US edition (Doubleday UK 2001).
• * _Freeglader (with Chris Riddell) (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-54850-2, Sep 2005, £5.99, 415pp, tp, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Rook Barkwater] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. Book seven of The Edge Chronicles, third in the Rook Barkwater sequence. Illustrated by Riddell.
• * +The Last of the Sky Pirates (with Chris Riddell) (Random House/Fickling 0-385-75078-1, Jul 2005, $12.95, 369pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, fifth in the “Edge Chronicles”. First US edition (Doubleday UK 9/02).
• * +Vox (with Chris Riddell) (Random House/Fickling 0-385-75080-3, Oct 2005, $12.95, 385pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, sixth in the “Edge Chronicles”. First US edition (Doubleday UK 9/03).
• * *The Winter Knights (with Chris Riddell) (Doubleday UK 0-385-60720-2, Sep 2005, £12.99, 395pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Quint] Young-adult fantasy novel, book eight of The Edge Chronicles, and second in the Quint sequence after The Curse of the Gloamglozer. Illustrated by Riddell.

STEWART, (Michael) SEAN (1965- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Star Wars: Yoda: Dark Rendezvous (SFBC #1178156, Jan 2005, $10.99, 329pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars: Yoda] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This has ISBN 0-7394-5002-6; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

STEWART, SHARON (chron.)

• * +Raven Quest (Lerner/Carolrhoda 1-57505-894-4, Oct 2005, $15.95, 319pp, hc, cover by Carl Cook) Young-adult fantasy novel. An exiled young raven undertakes a quest to reclaim his honor. First US edition (Scholastic Canada 2003).

STINE, R(obert) L(awrence) (1943- ) (chron.)

• * _Dangerous Girls 2: The Taste of Night (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-059618-X, Aug 2005, $5.99, 277pp, pb) [Dangerous Girls] Reprint (HarperCollins 2004) young-adult horror novel, second in the series about twins, one of whom has decided to become a vampire. Packaged and copyrighted by Parachute Publishing.
• * *Fear Street Nights: Darkest Dawn (Simon Pulse 0-689-87866-4, Aug 2005, $5.99, 182pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) Young-adult horror novel, third in a series. Copyrighted by Parachute Press.
• * *Fear Street Nights: Midnight Games (Simon Pulse 0-689-87865-6, Jul 2005, $5.99, 183pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) Young-adult horror novel, second in a series. Patrons of the bar called Nights start disappearing. Copyrighted by Parachute Publishing.
• * *Fear Street Nights: Moonlight Secrets (Simon Pulse 0-689-87864-8, Jun 2005, $5.99, 174pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) Young-adult horror novel, the first in a new trilogy.

STIRLING, S(tephen) M(ichael) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dies the Fire (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46041-3, Sep 2005, $7.99, 573pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Dies the Fire] Reprint (Roc 2004) SF novel, the first in a trilogy set in the world that the island of Nantucket left behind in the Island in the Sea of Time trilogy.
• * *The Protector’s War (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46046-4, Sep 2005, $24.95, 486pp, hc, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Dies the Fire] SF novel, second in the trilogy begun in Dies the Fire, set in the world that the island of Nantucket left behind in Island in the Sea of Time trilogy.
• * _The Protector’s War (SFBC #1191437, Oct 2005, $12.50, 483pp, hc, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Dies the Fire] Reprint (Roc 2005) SF novel, second in the trilogy begun in Dies the Fire. This is similar to the Roc edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

STOLARZ, LAURIE FARIA (chron.)

• * *Red Is for Remembrance (Llewellyn 0-7387-0760-0, Aug 2005, $8.95, 320pp, tp) [Blue Is for Nightmares] Young-adult dark fantasy novel, third in the series about a Wiccan teen whose dreams foretell murder. Available from Llewellyn Publications, PO Box 64383, St. Paul MN 55164-0383; 800-THE-MOON; [www.lllewellyn.com].
• * *White Is for Magic (Llewellyn Publications 0-7387-0443-1, May 2004, $8.95, tp) [Blue Is for Nightmares] Young-adult dark fantasy novel, second in the series about a Wiccan teen whose dreams foretell murder. This is dated 2004, but not seen until now; it indicates thrid printing. Available from Llewellyn Publications, PO Box 64383, St. Paul MN 55164-0383; 800-THE-MOON; [www.lllewellyn.com].

STOLZE, GREG (chron.)

• * *World of Darkness: The Marriage of Virtue and Viciousness (White Wolf 1-58846-872-0, Jul 2005, $6.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Jason Alexander) [World of Darkness: Vampire: The Requiem] Novelization based on the “Vampire: The Requiem” roleplaying game. Copyrighted by White Wolf.

STONE, DAVE (1964- ) (chron.)

• * +Dark Future: Golgotha Run (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 1-84416-237-0, Oct 2005, $6.99, 251pp, pb, cover by Jaime Jones) [Dark Future: Golgotha] Novelization based on the near-future roleplaying game, first in the Golgotha series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition (Black Library 9/05) has the same ISBN as the UK, but only lists US and Canadian prices.

STONE, DAVID LEE (chron.)

• * *The Illmoor Chronicles: The Shadewell Shenanigans (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-87400-7, Jun 2005, £10.99, 273pp, hc) [Illmoor Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel. Third in a series.
• * _The Illmoor Chronicles: The Yowler Foul-Up (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-87399-X, Feb 2005, £5.99, v+259pp, tp, cover by Lea. Bob) [Illmoor Chronicles] Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 2004) young-adult fantasy novel, second in a series. Illustrations by Bob Lea.

STOVER, MATTHEW WOODRING (chron.)

• * *Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Century 0-712-68427-1, Apr 2005, £17.99, 418pp, hc) [Star Wars] Novelization of the “third” film in the series; simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
• * _Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (SFBC #1187018, Apr 2005, $14.99, 419pp, hc) [Star Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 2005) Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42884-6, Nov 2005, $7.50, 451pp, pb) [Star Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 2005) Star Wars movie novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.

STRAHAN, JONATHAN, ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Best Short Novels: 2005 (SFBC #1181126, Jun 2005, $12.99, 592 + xiv, hc, cover by Larry Price) Year’s Best anthology of ten novellas published in 2004, with a discussion of the year by Strahan. Authors include Stephen Baxter, Patricia A. McKillip, and Gregory Feeley. This has ISBN 1-58288-173-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * _Fantasy: The Best of 2004 (with Karen Haber) See entry under Karen Haber.
• * _The Locus Awards (with Charles N. Brown) (HarperCollins/Voyager Australia 0-7322-7873-2, Jul 2005, A$19.95, 677 + xvi, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Voyager Australia 2004) anthology of 18 Locus Award-winning stories.
• * _Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 (with Karen Haber) See entry under Karen Haber.

STRAUB, PETER (Francis) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _In the Night Room (HarperCollins UK 0-00-718442-5, Jul 2005, £6.99, 511pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 2004) fantasy novel.
• * _The Talisman/Black House (with Stephen King) See entry under Stephen King.

STRICKLAND, (William) BRAD(ley) (1947- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Kong: King of Skull Island (with John Michlig & Joe DeVito) See entry under Joe DeVito.
• * *Mars Year One: Marsquake! (with Thomas E. Fuller) (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-86402-7, Feb 2005, $4.99, 175pp, hc, cover by Michael Koelsch) Young-adult SF novel, third in a trilogy about teens on Mars in 2085.
• * _Merian C. Cooper’s King Kong (with Joe DeVito) See entry under Joe DeVito.

STROSS, CHARLES (1964- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Accelerando (Ace 0-441-01284-1, Jul 2005, $24.95, 390pp, hc) [Macx Family] SF fix-up novel of a posthuman future, based on stories serialized in Asimov’s. Something is dismantling the planets of the solar system.
• * _Accelerando (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-390-2, Aug 2005, £16.99, 433pp, hc) [Macx Family] Reprint (Ace 2005) SF mosaic novel composed from revised versions of the nine “Macx Family” stories in Asimov’s. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * _Accelerando (SFBC #1194005, Sep 2005, $12.50, 390pp, hc) [Macx Family] Reprint (Ace 2005) SF fix-up novel of a posthuman future. This is similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Family Trade (Tor 0-765-34821-7, May 2005, $6.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Merchant Princes] Reprint (Tor 2004) SF novel, the first in The Merchant Princes series.
• * *The Hidden Family (Tor 0-765-31347-2, Jun 2005, $24.95, 303pp, hc, cover by Paul Youll) [Merchant Princes] SF/fantasy novel, the second book of The Merchant Princes after The Family Trade. Miriam’s modern American ideas have some unexpected repercussions in trade across timelines.
• * _Iron Sunrise (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-335-X, Mar 2005, £15.99, 419pp, hc) [Singularity Sky] Reprint (Ace 2004) SF novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Iron Sunrise (Ace 0-441-01296-5, Jul 2005, $7.99, 433pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Singularity Sky] Reprint (Ace 2004) SF novel, second in the sequence begun in Singularity Sky.
• * _Iron Sunrise (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-336-8, Aug 2005, £6.99, 480pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Singularity Sky] Reprint (Ace 2004) SF novel, second in the sequence begun in Singularity Sky.
• * _Singularity Sky (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-334-1, Feb 2005, £6.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) Reprint (Ace 2003) SF novel. An isolated human colony that supresses high technology is attacked by an information plague.

STROUD, JONATHAN (chron.)

• * +The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Three: Ptolemy’s Gate (Hyperion/Miramax 0-7868-1861-1, Jan 2006, $17.95, 501pp, hc, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Bartimaeus Trilogy] Young-adult contemporary fantasy novel, the third in a trilogy about a young magician and the djinn Bartimaeus in an England ruled by magicians.
• * _The Golem’s Eye (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55027-2, Oct 2005, £6.99, 570pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Bartimaeus] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Bartimaeus trilogy.
• * *Ptolemy’s Gate (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60616-8, Oct 2005, £12.99, 515pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Bartimaeus] Young-adult fantasy novel, book three in the Bartimaeus trilogy.

STRUZAN, DREW (chron.)

• * *Drew Struzan: Oeuvre (Dreamwave Productions 0-9732-7867-6, Dec 2004, $59.95, 254pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) Art book. Text by Jessie Horsting & Amy Horsting. Introduction by George Lucas. This is dated 2004, but not seen until now.

STUBBS, HARRY CLEMENT (1922-2003); see pseudonym Hal Clement (chron.)

STURGEON, THEODORE; [born Edward Hamilton Waldo] (1918-1985) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Man Who Lost the Sea: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Volume X (North Atlantic 1-55643-519-3, Jan 2005, $35.00, 335pp, hc) Collection of 13 stories, two not previously collected. Foreword by Jonathan Lethem. This volume covers work written from 1957 to 1960. Edited and with extensive story notes by Paul Williams. (Contents)

STURGILL, ALYSSA (stories) (chron.)

• * *Spider Pie (Raw Dog Screaming 1-933293-05-5, Aug 2005, $10.95, 97pp, tp, cover by Kris Kuksi) Original collection of 24 irreal stories, seven reprints. This is the author’s first collection. Introduction by D. Harlan Wilson. Illustrated by Cake Earthhead. A print-on-demand edition is available online at [www.rawdogscreaming.com], or from Raw Dog Screaming Press, 5103 72nd Place, Hyattsville MD 20784. (Contents)

SULLIVAN, TRICIA (1968- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Double Vision (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-337-6, Jul 2005, £10.99, 377pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) SF novel.