The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Books, Listed by Author

THOMSEN, BRIAN M., ed. (chron.)

• * _Masters of Fantasy (with Bill Fawcett) See entry under Bill Fawcett.

THOMSON, AMY (1958- ) (chron.)

• * _Storyteller (Ace 0-441-01256-6, Feb 2005, $7.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Tim O’Brian) Reprint (Ace 2003) SF novel.

THOMSON, RUPERT (1955- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Divided Kingdom (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7218-6, Apr 2005, £17.99, 396pp, hc, cover by William Webb) Literary SF fable of a Britain forcibly divided into four regions populated by different personality types, and a kidnapped eight-year-old boy.
• * +Divided Kingdom (Random House/Knopf 1-4000-4218-6, Jun 2005, $24.95, 338pp, hc) Cautionary SF novel of one boy’s rise in a UK forcibly divided into four parts. First US edition (Bloomsbury 4/05).

THORNTON, CECILIA; see pseudonym Cecilia Dart-Thornton (chron.)

THORPE, GAV (chron.)

• * *Warhammer: Grudge Bearer (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-8441-6197-8, Jun 2005, £6.99, 250pp, pb) [Warhammer] Novelization based on the roleplaying game.
• * +Warhammer: Grudge Bearer (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-197-8, Jul 2005, $6.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer] Novelization based on the world of the roleplaying game. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the 6/05 Black Library UK editions, but lists only the US and Canadian prices. Copyrighted by Games Workshop.

THURLO, AIMÉE (Salsedo) (chron.)

• * _Blood Retribution (with David Thurlo) See entry under David Thurlo.
• * _Pale Death (with David Thurlo) See entry under David Thurlo.

THURLO, DAVID (c1949- ) (chron.)

• * _Blood Retribution (with Aimée Thurlo) (Tor 0-765-34368-1, Sep 2005, $6.99, 271pp, pb, cover by Rich Deas) [Lee Nez] Reprint (Forge 2004) Native American vampire mystery, second in the series featuring Navajo Nightwalker police officer Lee Nez.
• * *Pale Death (with Aimée Thurlo) (Tor/Forge 0-765-31385-5, Oct 2005, $23.95, 254pp, hc, cover by Rich Deas) [Lee Nez] Native American vampire mystery, third in the series featuring Navajo Nightwalker police officer Lee Nez.

THURSTON, ROBERT (Donald) (1936- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Battlestar Galactica Classic: Saga of a Star World (with Glen A. Larson) See entry under Glen A. Larson

TIEDEMANN, MARK W. (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Asimov’s Aurora (ibooks 1-4165-0415-X, Mar 2005, $7.99, 422pp, pb) [Robot Series] Reprint (ibooks 2002) SF mystery set in Isaac Asimov’s “Robot” world. This includes an 18-page “Chronology of the Robot-Empire-Foundation Universe” by Attila Torkos. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * *Remains (BenBella Books 1-932100-49-0, Jul 2005, $14.95, 320pp, tp, cover by J. P. Targete) SF thriller. A security officer on Mars investigates his wife’s death.

TIERNAN, CATE (chron.)

• * *Balefire: A Chalice of Wind (Penguin/Razorbill 1-59514-045-X, Aug 2005, $5.99, 250pp, pb) [Balefire] Young-adult dark fantasy novel, first in a series about twin witches separated at birth and reunited as teens. Copyrighted by Gabrielle Charbonnet.
• * *Balefire: A Circle of Ashes (Penguin/Razorbill 1-59514-046-8, Aug 2005, $5.99, 216pp, pb) [Balefire] Young-adult dark fantasy novel, second in a series about twin teens with magic powers. Copyrighted by Gabrielle Charbonnet.
• * *Balefire: A Feather of Stone (Penguin/Razorbill 1-59514-047-6, Nov 2005, $5.99, 231pp, pb) [Balefire] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the series. Copyrighted by Gabrielle Charbonnet.

TIFFANY, GRACE (chron.)

• * *Ariel (HarperTempest/Geringer 0-06-075327-7, Sep 2005, $16.99, 232pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Young-adult fantasy revision of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. A Laura Geringer Book.

TIPTREE, JAMES, Jr.; pseudonym of Alice Sheldon, (1915-1987) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Her Smoke Rose Up Forever (SFBC #1180883, Jul 2005, $12.99, 492pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Arkham House 1990) collection, part of the SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection. This follows the slightly revised Tachyon 2004 edition; it has ISBN 0-7394-5512-5, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

TODD, LORETO (chron.)

• * +A Fire in His Head: The Adventures of the Wandering Aengus (University of Wisconsin Press/O’Brien 0-86278-757-2, Mar 2005, $19.95, 272pp, tp) Fantasy novel based on Celtic myth and a poem by Yeats. Aengus, the god of love, goes on a quest to find the girl of his dreams. This is the O’Brien Press Ireland 2002 edition, distributed in the US by University of Wisconsin Press, 1930 Monroe Street, Madison WI 53711; [www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress].

TOLKIEN, J(ohn) R(onald) R(euel) (1892-1973) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Fellowship of the Ring (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-34625-2, Jun 2005, $10.95, 506pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1954) fantasy novel, book one of The Lord of the Rings.
• * _The Lord of the Rings (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-64015-0, Oct 2005, $20.00, 1178pp, tp, cover by Alan Lee) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1968) classic fantasy novel/omnibus. This is a 50th anniversary edition. A hardcover edition (-64561-6, $38.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _The Return of the King (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-57497-2, Jun 2005, $10.95, 511pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel, book three of The Lord of the Rings. This indicates first printing.
• * _The Return of the King (HarperCollins UK 0-00-720360-8, Oct 2005, £6.99, xvi+590pp, pb, cover by J. R. R. Tolkien) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-720354-3, £18.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _The Two Towers (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-57495-6, Jun 2005, $10.95, 414pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Middle-Earth] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1955) fantasy novel, book two of The Lord of the Rings.
• * _The Two Towers (HarperCollins UK 0-00-720359-4, Oct 2005, £6.99, x+454pp, pb, cover by J. R. R. Tolkien) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1954) fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-720355-1, £18.99) was announced but not seen.

TOMASULA, STEVE (stories) (chron.)

• * _VAS: An Opera in Flatland (University of Chicago Press 0-226-80740-1, Dec 2004, $18.00, 367pp, tp) [Flatland] Reprint (Station Hill Press 2002) illustrated novel about the inhabitants of Edwin A. Abbot’s Flatland in the modern day. Square contemplates getting a vasectomy. Art and design by Stephen Farrell.

TOMBLIN, ERIK (stories) (chron.)

• * *Riverside Blues (Earthling Publications 0-9766339-2-2, Aug 2005, $14.00, 112pp, tp, cover by Jackie Berkley) Southern gothic horror novella. Introduction by James Newman. This is a signed limited edition of 300; a hardcover edition of 15 is also available. Earthling Publications, PO Box 413, Northborough MA 01532; [earthlingpub@yahoo.com]; [www.earthlingpub.com].

TOMPKINS, STEVEN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Black Stranger and Other American Tales See entry under Robert E. Howard.

TOWNSEND, JAMES DENNY (chron.)

• * *The Assassin’s Dream (Gale Group/Five Star 1-59414-282-3, Mar 2005, $25.95, 456pp, hc) SF novel. A genetic disease has killed two-thirds of the male population. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman. Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville ME 04901; 800-223-1244; [www.galegroup.com/fivestar].

TRAVISS, KAREN (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The World Before (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-054172-5, Nov 2005, $7.50, 388pp, pb) [City of Pearl] SF novel, third in the series begun in City of Pearl. Humans are going to be judged for the destruction of an alien race on Bezer’ej.

TRUMBAUER, LISA TRUTKOFF (chron.)

• * *Dungeons & Dragons: Knights of the Silver Dragon, Book 7: The Hidden Dragon (Wizards of the Coast/Mirrorstone 0-7869-3748-3, Jun 2005, $5.99, 178pp, tp, cover by Emily Fiegenschuh) [Dungeons & Dragons: Knights of the Silver Dragon] Young-adult novelization based on the roleplaying game world, the seventh in a series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

TURTELTAUB, H. N.; pseudonym of Harry Turtledove, (1949- ) (chron.)

• * _The Sacred Land (Tor 0-765-35072-6, Mar 2005, $7.99, 419pp, pb, cover by John Blackford) Reprint (Forge 2003) associational historical novel. Turteltaub is a pen name for Harry Turtledove.

TURTLEDOVE, HARRY (Norman) (1949- ); see pseudonym H. N. Turteltaub (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Bridge of the Separator (Baen 1-4165-0918-6, Dec 2005, $24.00, 390pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [Videssos] Fantasy novel in the Videssos series. A holy man decides that evil is stronger than good and sets out to change the official religion.
• * _Counting Up, Counting Down (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-47798-7, Mar 2005, $7.50, 412pp, pb, cover by Kim McGillivray) Reprint (Del Rey 2002) collection of 17 stories, with introductions to each by Turtledove.
• * _Curious Notions (Tor 0-765-34610-9, Dec 2005, $6.99, 272pp, pb, cover by Kazuhiko Sano) [Crosstime Traffic] Reprint (Tor 2004) SF novel, second in the “Crosstime Traffic” series.
• * _Days of Infamy (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46056-1, Nov 2005, $7.99, 520pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (NAL 2004) alternate-history SF novel set in a world where Japan invaded Hawaii during WWII.
• * *Every Inch a King (ISFiC Press 0-9759156-1-4, Nov 2005, $25.00, 314pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Humorous fantasy novel. A circus performer decides to pass himself off as the prince he resembles. ISFiC Press, 707 Sapling Lane, Deerfield IL 60015; [www.isficpress.com].
• * _Homeward Bound (SFBC #1178688, Feb 2005, $13.49, 597pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Worldwar; Colonization] Reprint (Del Rey 2005) alternate-history SF novel. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Homeward Bound (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-73482-5, Apr 2005, £18.99, 597pp, hc, cover by Martin McKenna) [Worldwar; Colonization] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) SF novel. SF novel which is a coda to the parallel-history “Worldwar” and “Colonization” series. Many of the characters from those series are deep-frozen and finally land on the aliens’ planet. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Homeward Bound (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-73483-3, Oct 2005, £7.99, 597pp, pb, cover by Martin McKenna) [Worldwar; Colonization] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) SF novel, a coda to the alternate-history Worldwar and Colonization series.
• * _Homeward Bound (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45847-8, Jan 2006, $7.99, 648pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Worldwar; Colonization] Reprint (Del Rey 2005) alternate-history SF novel following the “Worldwar” and “Colonization” series.
• * *In High Places (Tor 0-765-30696-4, Jan 2006, $22.95, 270pp, hc, cover by Kazuhiko Sano) [Crosstime Traffic] SF novel, third in the “Crosstime Traffic” series. Annette, a young Crosstime Traffic agent, is captured by slavers in a backward alternate world.
• * _Out of the Darkness (Tor 0-765-34362-2, Apr 2005, $7.99, 655pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Darkness] Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, sixth in the “Darkness” series.
• * _Out of the Darkness (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-6849-X, Oct 2005, £6.99, xiii+655pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Darkness] Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, sixth in the Darkness series.
• * *Settling Accounts: Drive to the East (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45724-2, Aug 2005, $26.95, 594pp, hc) [Settling Accounts] Alternate-history novel, second in a series sequel to the ’Great War’ and ’American Empire’ series.
• * _Settling Accounts: Drive to the East (SFBC #1194350, Sep 2005, $13.50, 594pp, hc) [Settling Accounts] Reprint (Del Rey 2005) alternate-history novel, second in a new series sequel to the ’Great War’ and ’American Empire’ series. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Settling Accounts: Drive to the East (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-82687-8, Oct 2005, £18.99, 594pp, hc, cover by Martin McKenna) [Settling Accounts] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 2005) alternate-history novel, second in a series sequel to The Great War and American Empire trilogies. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Settling Accounts: Return Engagement (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-82686-X, Jan 2005, £7.99, 623pp, pb, cover by Martin McRae) [Settling Accounts] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 2004) alternate-history SF novel. The first volume in a new series sequel to the “Great War” and “American Empire” series.
• * _Settling Accounts: Return Engagement (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46405-2, Jul 2005, $15.95, 623pp, tp) [Settling Accounts] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) alternate-history novel, first in a new series sequel to the ’Great War’ and ’American Empire’ series.
• * *A Time of Troubles I (Baen 1-4165-0904-6, Jun 2005, $26.00, 757pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Videssos: Troubles] Omnibus of two fantasy novels in the Videssos series: The Stolen Throne (1995) and Hammer and Anvil (1996). (Contents)
• * *A Time of Troubles II (Baen 1-4165-0899-6, Sep 2005, $26.00, 749pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [Videssos: Troubles] Omnibus of volumes three and four in the Videssos series: The Thousand Cities (1997) and Videssos Besieged (1998). (Contents)
• * _A World of Difference (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36076-1, Sep 2005, $6.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reissue (Del Rey 1990) alternate world SF novel. Fourth printing.

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• * *Alternate Generals III (Baen 0-7434-9897-6, Apr 2005, $24.00, 306pp, hc, cover by Jeff Easley) Original anthology of 13 stories of alternate military history. Authors include William Sanders, Mike Resnick, and Esther M. Friesner. This is copyrighted by Turtledove and Martin H. Greenberg. (Contents)
• * *The Enchanter Completed (Baen 0-7434-9904-2, May 2005, $6.99, 387pp, pb, cover by Tom Kidd) Original anthology of 14 stories, one a reprint, in honor of L. Sprague de Camp. Introduction by Harry Turtledove, afterword by Robert Silverberg. Authors include Darrell Schweitzer, Esther M. Friesner, and Poul Anderson. (Contents)
• * _The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age (with Noreen Doyle) (Tor 0-765-30287-X, Aug 2005, $14.95, 368pp, tp, cover by Peter Fiore) Reprint (Tor 2004) anthology of 14 historical fantasy stories about the Bronze Age.

TUTTLE, LISA (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Mysteries (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38296-9, Mar 2005, $21.00, 323pp, hc, cover by Mark Roland & John Taylor Dismukes) Dark fantasy mystery. Private investigator Ian Kennedy’s latest case leads to Faerie.
• * _The Mysteries (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58734-X, Jan 2006, $12.00, 349pp, tp, cover by Mark Roland & John Taylor Dismukes) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2005) dark fantasy mystery.
• * _The Pillow Friend (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38334-5, Jan 2006, $12.00, 335pp, tp) Reprint (White Wolf 1996) dark fantasy/psychological horror novel.

TWELVE HAWKS, JOHN (chron.)

• * *The Traveler (Doubleday 0-385-51428-X, Jul 2005, $24.95, 456pp, hc) [Fourth Realm] Dystopian fantasy thriller, first in “The Fourth Realm” trilogy. The Travellers oppose “The Vast Machine” of surveillance and control.
• * _The Traveler (SFBC #1177806, Jul 2005, $13.49, 456pp, hc) [Fourth Realm] Reprint (Doubleday 2005) Fantasy thriller, first in “The Fourth Realm” trilogy. This is similar to the Doubleday edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *The Traveller (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-05430-X, Jul 2005, £18.99, 456pp, hc) [Fourth Realm] Fantasy novel, the first book of the Fourth Realm trilogy. Simultaneous with the US (Doubleday) edition.

TYLER, VAL (chron.)

• * *The Greenwich Chronicles: The Time Wreccas (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-38156-6, Jan 2005, £9.99, 338pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Greenwich Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a series.

URREA, LUIS ALBERTO (chron.)

• * *The Hummingbird Daughter (Little Brown 0-316-74546-4, May 2005, $24.95, 499pp, hc, cover by Carol Hayes) Historical novel with fantasy elements about a girl with healing powers in 1889 Mexico.

UTLEY, STEVEN (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Beasts of Love (Wheatland Press 0-9720547-9-0, Oct 2005, $19.95, 285 + ix, tp, cover by Max Ernst) Collection of 31 stories, three original. Introduction by Lisa Tuttle. A print-on-demand book, available online at [www.wheatlandpress.com], or from Wheatland Press, PO Box 1818, Wilsonville OR 97070. (Contents)

VALENTE, CATHERYNNE M. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Oracles: A Pilgrimage (Wildside Press/Prime Books 0-8095-0045-0, Oct 2005, $8.00, 82pp, tp, cover by John Collier) Collection of 19 poems, seven reprints, with framing prose prologue and epilogue. Order from Prime Books, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928; [www.primebooks.net]. (Contents)
• * *Yume no Hon: The Book of Dreams (Wildside Press/Prime Books 0-8095-1087-1, Dec 2004, $27.95, 149pp, hc) Japanese fantasy novel. Prime Books, PO Box 36503, Canton OH 44735; [www.primebooks.com].

VALENTINE, JAMES (chron.)

• * _JumpMan: Rule 2: Don’t Even Think About It (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55059-0, Jun 2005, £5.99, 281pp, tp, cover by Spencer Wilson) [JumpMan] Reprint (Random House Australia 2003) humorous young-adult time-travel novel, in a series. [First U.K. edition]

VALLEJO, BORIS (1941- ) (chron.)

• * *The Ultimate Collection (with Julie Bell) (Paper Tiger 1-84340-315-3, Oct 2005, £25.00, 192pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) Selection of artwork picked by the artists from around two dozen earlier books, plus some recent works. Text by Nigel Suckling. Introduction by Bob Eggleton.
• * +The Ultimate Collection (with Julie Bell) (Collins Design 0-06-088102-X, Nov 2005, $29.95, 192pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) Art book, a selection of the artists’ best works from the early, middle, and late periods of their careers. Text by Nigel Suckling. Introduction by Bob Eggleton. First US edition (Paper Tiger 10/05).

VALLGREN, CARL-JOHAN (chron.)

• * *The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-reading Monster Hercules Barefoot, His Wonderful Love and His Terrible Hatred (Harvill Press, The 1-8434-3151-3, Apr 2005, £12.99, 282pp, hc) Fantasy historical novel. A terribly deformed boy born in an 18th-century brothel can read minds. Translated by Paul and Veronica Britten-Austin from the Swedish, Den Vidunderliga Kärlekens Historia (Albert Bonniers Forlag 2002).