The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Books, Listed by Author

WATSON, JUDE (chron.)

• * *Disappearance (Scholastic 0-439-69688-7, Aug 2005, $6.99, 202pp, pb, cover by Craig White) [Premonitions] Young-adult thriller, sequel to Premonitions. Grace’s long-lost father returns with some dark secrets.
• * _Premonitions (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-31921-6, Apr 2005, £4.99, 241pp, tp) [Premonitions] Reprint (Scholastic 2004) young-adult dark fantasy novel. First in a new series about a psychic teen. [First U.K. edition]

WATSON, JULES (chron.)

• * +The Dawn Stag (Overlook Press 1-58567-621-7, Jan 2006, $24.95, 552pp, hc) [Dalriada] Historical novel with elements of fantasy, set in Scotland during the Roman conquest. The second book in the Dalriada trilogy. First US edition (Orion 6/05).
• * +The White Mare (Overlook Press 1-58567-620-9, Mar 2005, $24.95, 469pp, hc) [Dalriada] Historical novel with elements of fantasy, set in Scotland during the Roman conquest. The first book in “The Dalriada” trilogy. First US edition (Orion 3/04).

WATTS, LEANDER (chron.)

• * *Ten Thousand Charms (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-44897-7, May 2005, $16.00, 228pp, hc) Young-adult historical fantasy. A boy helps save a deposed king’s daughter from a wicked creature that wants her for his wife.

WAUGH, SYLVIA (1935?- ) (chron.)

• * _Who Goes Home? (Random House/Dell Yearling 0-440-41839-9, Jul 2005, $5.99, 213pp, tp, cover by Martin Matje) [Ormingat] Reprint (The Bodley Head 2003) young-adult SF novel, third in series begun in Space Race.

WEATHERILL, CAT (chron.)

• * *Barkbelly (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-138116-7, Apr 2005, £9.99, 341pp, hc, cover by Paul Hess) Young-adult fantasy about a wooden boy.

WEBB, NICK (chron.)

• * +Wish You Were Here: The Official Biography of Douglas Adams (Ballantine 0-345-47650-6, Apr 2005, $25.95, 346 + xiv, hc) Non-fiction, biography. Includes an index. First US edition (Headline 10/03). [Adams]
• * _Wish You Were Here: The Official Biography of Douglas Adams (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-47651-4, Jan 2006, $15.95, 346pp, tp) Reprint (Headline 2003) non-fiction, biography. [Adams]

WEBBER, MINDA (chron.)

• * *The Reluctant Miss Van Helsing (Dorchester/Love Spell 0-505-52638-7, Jan 2006, $6.99, 342pp, pb) Humorous vampire romance novel. A young lady, unhappy in the family trade of vampire hunting, compounds her problems by falling in love with her target.
• * *The Remarkable Miss Frankenstein (Dorchester/Love Spell 0-505-52637-9, Jul 2005, $5.99, 306pp, pb) Humorous vampire romance novel about the niece of the notorious Frankenstein, and her efforts to make the scientific Discovery of the Decade.

WEBER, DAVID M. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *At All Costs (Baen 1-4165-0911-9, Nov 2005, $26.00, 855pp, hc, cover by David Mattingly) [Honor Harrington] Military SF novel, the 11th in the Honor Harrington series. The Republic of Haven’s forces outnumber the Manticorans as war resumes. This includes a bound-in copy of The Baen CD-ROM Library, Version 9: The At All Costs Disk.
• * _At All Costs (SFBC #1199439, Dec 2005, $12.99, 855pp, hc, cover by David Mattingly) [Honor Harrington] Reprint (Baen 2005) military SF novel, the 11th in the Honor Harrington series. This is similar to the Baen edition, except it drops the bound-in CD-ROM, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Crown of Slaves (with Eric Flint) (Baen 0-7434-9899-2, Apr 2005, $7.99, 710pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Honor Harrington] Reprint (Baen 2003) SF novel, first in a series set in Weber’s Honor Harrington universe.
• * *Old Soldiers (Baen 1-4165-0898-8, Sep 2005, $26.00, 294pp, hc, cover by David Mattingly) [Bolo] Military SF novel featuring Keith Laumer’s Bolos.
• * _On Basilisk Station (Baen 1-4165-0937-2, Aug 2005, $3.99, 422pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Honor Harrington] Reissue (Baen 1993 as Honor Harrington: On Basilisk Station) military SF novel, first in the series. This is a “Special Limited Edition”; tenth printing.
• * _The Shadow of Saganami (Baen 1-4165-0929-1, Oct 2005, $7.99, 917pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Saganimi Island] Reprint (Baen 2004) military SF novel, first in a new series in the Saganimi Island series featuring students of Honor Harrington.
• * *The Stars at War II (with Steve White) (Baen 0-7434-9912-3, Jul 2005, $27.00, 1044pp, hc, cover by David Mattingly) Omnibus of two military SF novels: The Shiva Option (2002) and a revised and expanded Insurrection (1990). (Contents)
• * *We Few (with John Ringo) (Baen 0-7434-9881-X, Apr 2005, $26.00, 391pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) [Captain March] Military SF novel, fourth in the March/Prince Roger/Empire of Man series. Prince Roger returns home undercover to restore his mother’s Empire.
• * _Wind Rider’s Oath (Baen 1-4165-0895-3, Aug 2005, $8.95, 578pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Bahzell Bahnakson] Reprint (Baen 2004) fantasy novel, the third in the series featuring reluctant hero Bahzell Bahnakson.

WEBSTER, BUD, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Science Fiction Poetry Handbook See entry under Suzette Haden Elgin.

WEINBERG, ROBERT E(dward) (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *City of Heroes: The Web of Arachnos (CDS Books 1-59315-206-X, Oct 2005, $6.99, 377pp, pb, cover by George Perez) Novelization based on the online multiplayer game. Copyrighted by Cryptic Studios and NCsoft.

WEIS, MARGARET (Edith Baldwin) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * _DragonLance: Amber and Ashes (SFBC #1182743, Jan 2005, $12.99, 336pp, hc, cover by Matthew Stawicki) [DragonLance: Dark Disciple] Reprint (Wizards of the Coast 2004) novelization based on the roleplaying game, first volume of the Dark Disciple. This is similar to the WotC edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _DragonLance: Amber and Ashes (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3742-4, Jul 2005, $7.99, 364pp, pb, cover by Matthew Stawicki) [DragonLance: Dark Disciple] Reprint (Wizards of the Coast 2004) novelization based on the roleplaying game, first volume of the Dark Disciple. Copyrighted 2005 by Wizards of the Coast.
• * _DragonLance: The Annotated Legends (with Tracy Hickman) (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3974-5, Sep 2005, $24.95, 1190pp, tp, cover by Christophe Vacher) [DragonLance: Legends] Reprint (TSR 1988 as DragonLance Legends) omnibus of the three novelizations in the original “DragonLance Legends” series: Time of the Twins (1986), War of the Twins (1986), and Test of the Twins (1986); this is the 2003 annotated edition. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * _DragonLance: The Second Generation (with Tracy Hickman) (SFBC #1198605, Sep 2005, $11.99, 402pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [DragonLance] Reprint (TSR 1994) collection of five stories based on the roleplaying game, with poetry by Michael Williams and interior illustrations by Ned Dameron. Copyrighted 1994 by TSR, 2001 by Wizards of the Coast. This has ISBN 0-7394-5689-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Dragon’s Son (Tor 0-765-34391-6, Oct 2005, $7.99, 302pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Dragonvald] Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, the second book of “The Dragonvald” trilogy.
• * *Master of Dragons (Tor 0-765-30470-8, Nov 2005, $24.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Dragonvald] Fantasy novel, the third book of the Dragonvald trilogy.
• * _Master of Dragons (SFBC #1197772, Jan 2006, $12.50, 330pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Dragonvald] Reprint (Tor 2005) fantasy novel, the third book of “The Dragonvald” trilogy. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

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• * _DragonLance Tales, Volume 1: The Magic of Krynn (with Tracy Hickman) (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3593-6, Feb 2005, $6.99, 350pp, pb) [DragonLance: Tales] Reprint (TSR 1987) anthology of ten stories based on the roleplaying game, the first volume in the “DragonLance Tales” series. Copyrighted 2005 by Wizards of the Coast.
• * _DragonLance Tales, Volume II: Kender, Gully Dwarves, and Gnomes (with Tracy Hickman) (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3634-7, Apr 2005, $6.99, 364pp, pb, cover by Henry Higginbotham) [DragonLance: Tales] Reprint (TSR 1987) anthology of ten stories based on the roleplaying game, the second volume in the DragonLance Tales series. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * _DragonLance Tales, Volume IV: The Reign of Istar (with Tracy Hickman) (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3779-3, Sep 2005, $6.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Henry Higginbotham) [DragonLance: Tales] Reprint (TSR 1992) anthology of eight stories based on the roleplaying game, the third volume in the “DragonLance Tales” series. Copyrighted 1992 by TSR, 2005 by Wizards of the Coast.
• * _DragonLance Tales, Volume V: The Cataclysm (with Tracy Hickman) (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3775-0, Oct 2005, $6.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Henry Higginbotham) [DragonLance: Tales] Reprint (TSR 1992) anthology of 11 stories based on the roleplaying game. Copyrighted TSR 1992, Wizards of the Coast 2005.
• * _DragonLance Tales, Volume VI: The War of the Lance (with Tracy Hickman) (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3777-7, Dec 2005, $6.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Henry Higginbotham) [DragonLance Tales] Reprint (TSR 1992) anthology of 11 stories based on the roleplaying game. Copyrighted by TSR 1992, Wizards of the Coast 2005.

WEISSKOPF, T. K. F., ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Cosmic Tales: Adventures in Far Futures (Baen 0-7434-9887-9, Feb 2005, $6.99, 464pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Original anthology of six stories and one non-fiction piece by authors including James P. Hogan, Gregory Benford, and Dave Freer & Eric Flint. (Contents)

WELCH, MICHELLE M. (chron.)

• * *Chasing Fire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58823-0, Oct 2005, $6.50, 403pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Five Countries] Fantasy novel, third set in the Five Countries series begun in Confidence Game.

WELLER, SAM (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-06-054581-X, Apr 2005, $26.95, 384pp, hc) Biography based heavily on interviews with Bradbury. Includes notes, a selected bibliography, and index. [Bradbury]

WELLMAN, MANLY WADE (1903-1986) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Giants from Eternity (Night Shade Books 1-892389-96-7, Dec 2004, $25.00, 158pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Omnibus/collection of pulp SF novel Giants from Eternity (Avalon 1959) and novella “The Timeless Tomorrow”. A slipcased limited edition combining this and Strangers on the Heights ($150.00) is also available. Part of the Lost Wellman series. Night Shade Books, 3623 SW Baird St., Portland OR 97219; 503-452-0761; [books@nightshadebooks.com]; [www.nightshadebooks.com]. (Contents)
• * *Strangers on the Heights (Night Shade Books 1-892389-95-9, Dec 2004, $25.00, 157pp, hc, cover by Colleen Doran) Omnibus/collection of dark fantasy novel Strangers on the Heights (Pemberton 1950 as The Beasts from Beyond) and novella “Nuisance Value”, previously published in abridged form by Avalon 1950 as The Dark Destroyers. A leatherbound limited edition is available as part of a slipcased set with Giants from Eternity ($150.00). Night Shade Books, 3623 SW Baird St., Portland OR 97219; 503-452-0761; [books@nightshadebooks.com]; [www.nightshadebooks.com]. (Contents)

WELLS, H(erbert) G(eorge) (1866-1946) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Country of the Blind (Penguin UK 0-141-02245-0, May 2005, £1.50, 56pp, pb) SF collection of three stories. A “Penguin Pocket 70s”. (Contents)
• * _The First Men in the Moon (Penguin UK 0-141-44108-9, Mar 2005, £7.99, xxxvii+213pp, tp, cover by Kate Gibb) Reprint (Newnes 1901) SF novel. This is an annotated edition with introduction by China Miéville. A Penguin Classic.
• * *Graphic Classics Volume Three: H.G. Wells, Second Edition (Eureka Productions 0-9746648-3-9, May 2005, $11.95, 144pp, tp, cover by Seth Frail) Illustrated graphic anthology with nine graphic adaptations of stories by Wells. This is significantly revised from the 2002 first edition, with 95 new pages including lengthy adaptations of The Time Machine and The Invisible Man; five of the original adapted stories have been dropped. Order from Eureka Productions, 8778 Oak Grove Road, Mount Horeb WI 53572; [www.graphicclassics.com].
• * _The Invisible Man (Scholastic 0-439-57427-7, Sep 2004, $3.99, 196pp, pb) Reissue (Pearson 1897) classic SF novel. Introduction by M.T. Anderson. Third printing.
• * _The Invisible Man (Bantam Classic 0-553-21353-9, Jan 2005, $4.95, 137pp, pb, cover by Roger Kastel) Reissue (Pearson 1897) classic SF novel. This has the 1987 introduction by Anthony West. 29th printing.
• * _The Invisible Man (Penguin UK 0-141-43998-X, Mar 2005, £7.99, xxxvi+199pp, tp, cover by Kate Gibb) Reprint (C. Arthur Pearson 1897 as The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance) SF novel. This is an annotated edition. Introduction by Christopher Priest. A Penguin Classic.
• * _The Island of Doctor Moreau (Penguin Classics 0-141-44102-X, Jun 2005, $9.00, 139 + xxxiv, tp, cover by Kate Gibb) Reprint (Heinemann 1896) classic SF novel. The text has been edited and emended by Patrick Parrinder, drawing on various editions, and has a new introduction by Margaret Atwood and notes by Steven McLean. This international edition appears to be identical with the UK edition seen in March.
• * _The Island of Dr. Moreau (Bantam Classic 0-553-21432-2, Jan 2005, $4.95, 140 + xiii, pb, cover by Rousseau Le Douanier) Reissue (Heinemann 1896) classic SF novel. This has the 1994 introduction by Alan Lightman. Tenth printing.
• * _The Island of Dr. Moreau (Penguin UK 0-141-44102-X, Mar 2005, £7.99, xxxiv+139pp, tp, cover by Kate Gibb) Reprint (Heinemann 1896) SF novel. This is an annotated edition. Introduction by Margaret Atwood. A Penguin Classic.
• * *The Magic Shop (Purple Bear Books 1-933327-02-2, Nov 2005, $15.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Francois Roca) Fantasy story in picture-book form, illustrated by Francois Roca. This is the first English-language edition (Grimm Press Taiwan 1996).
• * _A Modern Utopia (Penguin UK 0-141-44112-7, Mar 2005, £7.99, xxxviii+281pp, tp, cover by Kate Gibb) Reprint (Chapman & Hall 1905) SF novel. Includes a 35pp excerpt from The Destiny Mask. Annotated edition, edited and with explanatory notes by Gregory Claeys, plus an introduction by Francis Wheen. A Penguin Classic.
• * _The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution (Penguin UK 0-141-44104-6, May 2005, £7.99, xxxv+530pp, tp) Reprint (Hutchinson 1933) SF novel. Edited by Patrick Parrinder. Introduction by John Clute. Notes by John D. Partington. (Contents)
• * _The Sleeper Awakes (Penguin Classics UK 0-141-44106-2, Mar 2005, £8.99, 252pp, tp) Reprint (Harper 1899 as When the Sleeper Wakes) SF novel. This has notes by Andy Sawyer and an introduction by Patrick Parrinder.
• * _The Time Machine (Penguin UK 0-14-143997-1, Mar 2005, £7.99, xxxiv+104pp, tp, cover by Kate Gibb) [Time Machine] Reprint (Heinemann 1895) SF novel. Annotated edition. Introduction by Marina Warner. A Penguin Classic.
• * _The Time Machine (Penguin Classics 0-141-43997-1, Apr 2005, $9.00, 104 + xxxiv, tp, cover by Kate Gibb) [Time Machine] Reprint (Heinemann 1895) classic SF novel with introduction by Marina Warner and notes by Steven McLean; edited and with biographical and textual notes by Patrick Parrinder. This is an international edition.
• * _The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds/The Island of Dr. Moreau (SFBC/QPBC 0-965-36206-X, Nov 2004, $14.99, 484pp, tp) Omnibus of three classic SF novels. This is a Quality Paperback Book Club edition, distributed by SFBC; it lacks both price and SFBC number.
• * _Tono-Bungay (Penguin UK 0-141-44111-9, Mar 2005, £8.99, xxxii+414pp, tp, cover by Kate Gibb) Reprint (Macmillan 1909) associational social satire of a worthless cure-all. Edited by Patrick Parrinder. Introduction and notes by Edward Mendelson. A Penguin Classic.
• * _The War in the Air (Penguin UK 0-141-44130-5, May 2005, £7.99, xxxii+296pp, tp) Reprint (George Bell & Sons 1908) SF novel. Edited by Patrick Parrinder. Introduction by Jay Winter. Notes by Andy Sawyer. (Contents)
• * _The War of the Worlds (Penguin UK 0-141-44103-8, Mar 2005, £7.99, xxxvi+199pp, tp, cover by Kate Gibb) Reprint (Heinemann 1898) SF novel. This is an annotated edition. Introduction by Brian Aldiss. A Penguin Classic.
• * _The War of the Worlds (Penguin Classics 0-141-44103-8, Apr 2005, $7.00, 199 + xxxvi, tp, cover by Alan Gutierrez) Reprint (Heinemann 1898) classic SF novel with introduction by Brian Aldiss and notes by Andy Sawyer; edited and with biographical and textual notes by Patrick Parrinder. This is an international edition, and indicates second printing.
• * _The War of the Worlds (New York Review Books 1-59017-158-6, May 2005, $16.95, 251pp, hc, cover by Edward Gorey) Reprint (Heinemann 1898) classic SF novel, with illustrations by Edward Gorey from the 1960 Looking Glass Library edition.
• * _The War of the Worlds (Tor 0-812-50515-8, Jun 2005, $4.99, 204 + xviii, pb, cover by Alan Gutierrez) Reissue (Heinemann 1898) classic SF novel with introduction and afterword by James Gunn. Ninth printing.
• * _The War of the Worlds (Random House/Modern Library 0-375-75923-9, Jun 2005, $5.95, 190 + xvii, tp) Reissue (Heinemann 1898) classic SF novel. Fifth printing.
• * _The War of the Worlds (Tor 0-812-50515-8, Jun 2005, $4.99, 204 + xviii, pb, cover by Alan Gutierrez) Reissue (Heinemann 1898) classic SF novel with introduction and afterword by James Gunn. 11th printing.
• * _The War of the Worlds (HarperFestival 0-06-079124-1, Jun 2005, $6.99, 230pp, tp) Reprint (Heinemann 1898) classic SF novel. This is an Adventure Classics edition, shrinkwrapped and packaged with a snap-together model of a Martian craft.
• * _The War of the Worlds (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin Classics 1-4169-0368-2, Jun 2005, $3.99, 308 + xvii, tp) Reprint (Heinemann 1898) classic SF novel, packaged for young adults. Foreword by Bruce Brooks. Includes a reading group guide.
• * _The War of the Worlds (Penguin UK 0-141-02418-6, Jun 2005, £6.99, 193pp, pb) Reissue (Heinemann 1898) SF novel. Film tie-in edition. Includes notes by Andy Sawyer. Seventh printing. (Contents)
• * *The War of the Worlds: Fresh Perspectives on the H.G. Wells Classic (BenBella Books 1-932100-55-5, May 2005, $17.95, 292pp, tp) Critical edition of Wells’s novella, plus 13 essays by authors including Stephen Baxter, Jack Williamson, and Ian Watson, with one reprint by Connie Willis. Historical introduction on Wells’ influence on modern SF by Robert Silverberg. BenBella Books, 6440 N. Central Expressway, Suite 508, Dallas TX 75206; [www.benbellabooks.com]; info: leah@benbellabooks.com (Contents) [ed: Glenn Yeffeth]

WELLS, MARTHA (1964- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Gate of Gods (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-97790-7, Nov 2005, $24.95, 409pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Fall of Ile-Rien] Fantasy novel, the third book of The Fall of Ile-Rien. The refugees travel across worlds seeking a way to stop the Gardier.
• * _The Ships of Air (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-80799-8, Nov 2005, $7.99, 474pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Fall of Ile-Rien] Reprint (Eos 2004) fantasy novel, the second book of “The Fall of Ile-Rien.”

WENTWORTH, K. D. (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Course of Empire (with Eric Flint) See entry under Eric Flint.

WENTZ, MICHAEL L. (chron.)

• * *Resurrection of Liberty (Novalibre Publishing 0-9767973-2-1, Oct 2005, $27.95, 339pp, hc) SF novel. Daniel Foster discovers his grandfather came from outer space and must recontact the aliens to save the Earth. Novalibre Publishing, 428 East Thunderbird Road #250; Phoenix AZ 85022.