The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

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The Dark Marianne Curley (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7433-2, Feb 2005, £5.99, 334pp, tp, cover by Ian Butterworth) [Guardians of Time]; Reprint (Bloomsbury 2002) young-adult fantasy time-travel novel, second in the Guardians of Time trilogy

The Key Marianne Curley (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7334-4, Feb 2005, £6.99, 413pp, tp) [Guardians of Time]; Young-adult fantasy novel, third and final in the Guardians of Time trilogy.

The Named Marianne Curley (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7539-8, Feb 2005, £5.99, 333pp, tp, cover by Ian Butterworth) [Guardians of Time]; Reprint (Bloomsbury 2002) young-adult fantasy time-travel novel, first in the Guardians of Time trilogy

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-31990-9, Jun 2005, £5.99, 190pp, tp) [Charlie]; Reprint (Knopf 1964) young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a series. This is a film tie-in edition with eight pages of colour stills.

A Taste of the Unexpected Roald Dahl (Penguin UK 0-141-02298-1, May 2005, £1.50, 56pp, tp); Collection of three stories selected from Completely Unexpected Tales (Penguin, 1986). One of the “Penguin 70s”.

Whispering to Witches Anna Dale (Bloomsbury 0-7475-6910-X, Sep 2005, £5.99, 297pp, tp, cover by Melvyn Grant); Reprint (Bloomsbury 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. A first novel. The original edition was not seen.

The Iron Tree Cecilia Dart-Thornton (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-4711-9, Apr 2005, £10.99, v+425pp, tp, cover by Julek Heller) [Crowthistle Chronicles]; Reprint (Tor UK 2004) fantasy novel, the first book in The Crowthistle Chronicles.

The Iron Tree Cecilia Dart-Thornton (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-43301-6, Aug 2005, £7.99, 591pp, pb, cover by Julek Heller) [Crowthistle Chronicles]; Reprint (Tor UK 2004) fantasy novel, the first book in The Crowthistle Chronicles.

Heredity Jenny Davidson (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-864-3, Feb 2005, £9.99, 278pp, tp); SF thriller of genetic engineering. A contemporary woman is determined to give birth to the son of 18th-century criminal, Jonathan Wild.

Collaborator Murray Davies (Macmillan/Pan 0-330-49080-X, Sep 2004, £6.99, 651pp, pb); Reprint (Macmillan UK 2003) alternate-history SF novel of Britain under Nazi rule in 1940. Published in 2004 but not seen until now.

Crash Deluxe Marianne de Pierres (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-258-2, Jun 2005, £6.99, 324pp, pb) [Parrish Plessis]; SF novel, the third in the Parrish Plessis series.

The Wave of Space Truth Brian Deegan (Magnoff Publishing 0-9548316-0-8, Aug 2005, £6.99, 250pp, tp); SF novel. Three friends in California experience the Wave of Space Truth. Magnoff Publishing, Sutdio C, 165 Caledonian Road, London N1 0SL, UK; [www.magnoffpublishing.co.uk].

The Spook’s Apprentice Joe Delaney (Random House UK/Red Fox 0-099-45645-1, Jul 2005, £5.99, 325pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Spook]; Reprint (The Bodley Head 2004) young-adult fantasy novel.

The Spook’s Curse Joe Delaney (The Bodley Head 0-370-32827-2, Jul 2005, £8.99, 424pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Spook]; Young-adult fantasy novel. Second in a series after The Spook’s Apprentice. The Spook and his new apprentice confront the corrupting power of The Bane.

Star Wars: Dark Nest 1: The Joiner King Troy Denning (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-949105-2, Aug 2005, £6.99, xi+526pp, pb) [Star Wars: Dark Nest]; Novelization based on the Star Wars universe. Includes a novella by Walter Jon Williams previously available only as an e-book. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.

Confessions of a Crap Artist Philip K. Dick (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07464-7, Nov 2005, £7.99, 246pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore); Reprint (Entwhistle 1975) associational mainstream novel of 1950s California.

Galactic Pot-Healer Philip K. Dick (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07462-0, Dec 2005, £6.99, 177pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore); Reprint (Berkley 1969) SF novel.

In Milton Lumky Territory Philip K. Dick (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07465-5, Jun 2005, £7.99, 213pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore); Reprint (Dragon Press 1985) associational mainstream novel.

Mary and the Giant Philip K. Dick (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07466-3, Jun 2005, £7.99, 232pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore); Reprint (Arbor House 1987) associational mainstream novel.

A Maze of Death Philip K. Dick (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07461-2, Dec 2005, £6.99, 190pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore); Reprint (Doubleday 1970) SF novel. Volume 63 in the SF Masterworks series.

Minority Report Philip K. Dick (Orion 0-752-86431-9, Mar 2005, £6.99, 290pp, tp); Reprint (Gollancz 2002) SF collection.

The Penultimate Truth Philip K. Dick (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07481-7, Feb 2005, £7.99, 191pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore); Reprint (Belmont 1964) SF novel. Volume 58 in the SF Masterworks series.

The Cup of the World John Dickinson (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-54886-3, Jan 2005, £5.99, iv+419pp, tp) [Cup of the World]; Reprint (David Fickling 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. Illustrations by Assheton Gorton. First in a new series.

The Widow and the King John Dickinson (Random House UK/David Fickling 0-385-60838-1, Jan 2005, £12.99, iv+613pp, hc) [Cup of the World]; Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Cup of the World.

The Gift Boat Peter Dickinson (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-42085-2, Feb 2005, £4.99, 138pp, tp); Reprint (Wendy Lamb 2004 as Inside Grandad) young-adult fantasy novel.

Doctor Who: World Game Terrance Dicks (BBC Books 0-563-48636-8, Oct 2005, £5.99, 285pp, pb) [Doctor Who]; SF novelization based on the TV series, featuring the 2nd Doctor.

Halo: The Flood William C. Dietz (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-421-6, Feb 2005, £6.99, 341pp, pb) [Halo]; Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 2003) second novelization based on the computer game. Copyrighted by Microsoft Corporation. [First U.K. edition]

Queen of Dreams Chitra Divakaruni (Time Warner UK/Abacus 0-349-11608-3, Mar 2005, £10.99, 307pp, tp); Reprint (Doubleday 2004) associational novel. [First U.K. edition]

The Conch Bearer Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Chicken House, The 1-904442-11-0, Oct 2004, £12.99, 265pp, hc, cover by Michael Foreman); Reprint (Roaring Brook Press 2003) young-adult fantasy novel. The boy Anand must take a mystical conch shell from Calcutta to its Himalayan home. [First U.K. edition]

About Grace Anthony Doerr (Harper Perennial UK 0-00-714699-X, Jul 2005, £7.99, 402pp, tp); Literary fantasy novel. A psychic sees the death of his daughter and tries to prevent it.

The Mercy of Thin Air Ronlyn Domingue (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-7589-6, Oct 2005, £10.99, 308pp, tp); Reprint (Atria Books 2005) ghost novel. [First U.K. edition]

The Runes of the Earth Stephen Donaldson (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07599-6, Apr 2005, £12.99, 593pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) [Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant]; Reprint (Gollancz 2004) fantasy novel, first in The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.

The Runes of the Earth Stephen Donaldson (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07612-7, Oct 2005, £7.99, 755pp, pb) [Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant]; Reprint (Gollancz 2004) fantasy novel, the first book in the Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant.

The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 18th Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois (Robinson 1-8452-9116-6, Sep 2005, £9.99, xlv+722pp, tp); Reprint (St. Martin’s 2005 as The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Second Annual Collection) year’s best anthology of 28 stories. [First U.K. edition]

Death of an Ordinary Man Glen Duncan (Simon & Schuster/Scribner UK 0-7432-5228-4, Apr 2005, £7.99, 304pp, tp); Reprint (Scribner UK 2004) literary fantasy novel. A man returns from the dead.

Vellum: The Book of All Hours Hal Duncan (Macmillan UK 1-4050-5208-2, Aug 2005, £17.99, 499pp, hc) [Book of All Hours]; Fantasy novel, the first in The Book of All Hours series. A trade paperback edition (-5334-8, £10.99) was announced but not seen.

Ingo Helen Dunmore (HarperCollins UK Children’s Books 0-00-720487-6, Sep 2005, £12.99, 320pp, hc); Young-adult fantasy novel. Siblings in Cornwall discover an undersea world inhabited by Mers. First in a trilogy.

The City of Ember Jeanne DuPrau (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55238-0, Jan 2005, £4.99, 270pp, tp, cover by Tim Edmonds) [City of Ember]; Reprint (Random House 2003) young-adult SF novel of a future city succumbing to the final darkness.

Warhammer: Savage City Robert Earl (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-8441-6198-6, Jul 2005, £5.99, 253pp, pb) [Warhammer: Florin & Lorenzo]; Novelization based on the roleplaying game, part of the Florin and Lorenzo sub-series.

The Diamond Throne David Eddings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20372-9, 2005, £7.99, 496pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Elenium]; Reissue (Del Rey 1989) fantasy novel. The first book of The Elenium. 18th printing.

The Diamond Throne David Eddings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20372-9, Jun 2005, £7.99, 496pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Elenium]; Reissue (Del Rey 1989) fantasy novel, the first book of The Elenium; 18th printing.

The Ruby Knight David Eddings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20373-7, 2005, £7.99, 444pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Elenium]; Reissue (Grafton 1990) fantasy novel. Book two of The Elenium. 19th printing.

The Ruby Knight David Eddings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20373-7, Jun 2005, £7.99, 444pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Elenium]; Reissue (Grafton; Del Rey 1990) fantasy novel, second book of The Elenium; 19th printing.

The Sapphire Rose David Eddings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20374-5, 2005, £7.99, 652pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Elenium]; Reissue (HarperCollins UK 1991) fantasy novel. Book three of The Elenium. 19th printing.

The Sapphire Rose David Eddings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20374-5, Jun 2005, £7.99, 652pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Elenium]; Reissue (HarperCollins UK 1991) fantasy novel, third book of The Elenium; 19th printing.

Crystal Gorge David & Leigh Eddings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-715764-9, Jun 2005, £18.99, iii+517pp, hc, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Dreamers]; Fantasy novel, book three of The Dreamers. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-715765-7) was announced but not seen.

The Elder Gods David & Leigh Eddings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-715760-6, Jan 2005, £7.99, ii+424pp, pb, cover by Darian Cassdidy & Highway 51) [Dreamers]; Reprint (Voyager 2003) fantasy novel. Book One of “The Dreamers”.

The Treasured One David & Leigh Eddings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-715763-0, May 2005, £6.99, 519pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Dreamers]; Reprint (Voyager 2004) fantasy novel, book two of The Dreamers Quartet.

The Stardragons Bob Eggleton & John Grant (Paper Tiger 1-84340-123-1, Apr 2005, £20.00, 111pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton); Collection of stories by Grant (AKA Paul Barnett) written to complement Eggleton’s artwork. A companion book to Dragonhenge.

In the Ruins Kate Elliott (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-272-8, Sep 2005, £12.99, 528pp, tp, cover by Melvin Grant) [Crown of Stars]; Reprint (DAW 2005) fantasy novel, the sixth book of the Crown of Stars series. A hardcover edition (-271-X, £18.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]

Ambergate Patricia Elliott (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-88246-8, Mar 2005, £5.99, 436pp, tp, cover by Mark Edwards) [Murkmere]; Young-adult fantasy novel. A sequel to Murkmere.

Fishin’ with Grandma Matchie Steven Erikson (PS Publishing 1-904619-12-6, Oct 2005, £10.00, tp); Fantasy novella, a kid’s account of his unusual family’s encounter with Satan. Introduction by Graham Joyce. This is a limited edition of 500 signed by Erikson; a hardcover edition of 400 signed by Erikson and Joyce (-13-4, £25.00) is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].

Midnight Tides Steven Erikson (Transworld/Corgi 0-553-81314-5, Mar 2005, £6.99, 940pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Malazan Book of the Fallen]; Reprint (Bantam UK 2004) fantasy novel, fifth in the Malazan Book of the Fallen.

Night of Knives Ian Cameron Esslemont (PS Publishing 1-904619-18-5, Apr 2005, £35.00, 285 + vii, hc, cover by Edward Miller) [Malazan]; Fantasy novel set in the world of Malazan, co-created by Steven Erikson. This is a limited edition of 200 copies signed by the author; a slipcased edition of 500 signed by Esslemont and Erikson (-19-3, £60.00) is also available. Available from PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].

Eye of the Labyrinth Jennifer Fallon (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-352-X, Nov 2005, £7.99, 530pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Second Sons]; Reprint (Voyager Australia 2003) fantasy novel, book two of the Second Sons trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

Harshini Jennifer Fallon (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-328-7, Aug 2005, £7.99, 625pp, pb) [Demon Child]; Reprint (Voyager Australia 2001) fantasy novel, third in the Demon Child trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

Lion of Senet Jennifer Fallon (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-351-1, Oct 2005, £7.99, 564pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Second Sons]; Reprint (Voyager Australia 2002) fantasy novel, the first book in The Second Sons trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

Lord of the Shadows Jennifer Fallon (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-353-8, Dec 2005, £7.99, 580pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Second Sons]; Reprint (Voyager Australia 2003) fantasy novel, third book in the Second Sons trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

Treason Keep Jennifer Fallon (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-327-9, Jan 2005, £7.99, i+662pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Demon Child]; Reprint (Voyager Australia 2001) fantasy novel, the second book of “The Demon Child” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

The Lair of Bones David Farland (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-671-02951-7, Apr 2005, £6.99, 429pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Runelords]; Reprint (Tor 2003) fantasy novel, book four The Runelords. Farland is a pseudonym of Dave Wolverton.

The Sea of Trolls Nancy Farmer (Simon & Schuster UK 0-689-86096-X, Apr 2005, £6.99, 459pp, tp, cover by Mel Grant); Reprint (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

Doctor Who: Short Trips: A Day in the Life ed. Ian Farrington (Big Finish 1-84435-147-5, Jun 2005, £14.99, 244pp, hc, cover by Red Ink) [Doctor Who]; Original anthology of 17 stories based on the TV series. Volume 13 in the series.

Exile’s Return Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224687-2, Apr 2005, £11.99, 356pp, tp, cover by Dominic Forbes) [Conclave of Shadows]; Reprint (Voyager 2004) fantasy novel, book three of Conclave of Shadows.

Exile’s Return Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648359-3, Sep 2005, £6.99, 356pp, pb) [Conclave of Shadows]; Reprint (Voyager 2004) fantasy novel set in the world of Midkemia, book three of The Conclave of Shadows trilogy.

Flight of the Nighthawks Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-713374-X, Oct 2005, £18.99, 420pp, hc, cover by Dominic Forbes) [Darkwar]; Fantasy novel, book one in the Darkwar series sequel to the Conclave of Shadows series.

King of Foxes Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648358-5, Feb 2005, £6.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Martin McKenna) [Conclave of Shadows]; Reprint (Voyager 2003) fantasy novel. The second book of Conclave of Shadows.

Prince of the Blood Raymond E. Feist (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-717616-3, 2005, £7.99, 470pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman); Reissue (Doubleday Foundation 1989) fantasy novel. This is the revised (Bantam Spectra 2004) text.

The Big Over Easy Jasper Fforde (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-83567-2, Jul 2005, £12.99, 402pp, hc, cover by Mark Thomas) [Nursery Crime]; Humorous fantasy mystery novel, the first in the Nursery Crime series set in the world of nursery rhymes.

The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-73356-X, Apr 2005, £7.99, 384pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Thursday Next]; Reissue (NEL 2001) humorous fantasy novel, first in the Thursday Next series. 23rd printing.

Lost in a Good Book Jasper Fforde (Hodder 0-340-73357-8, Apr 2005, £6.99, 372pp, tp) [Thursday Next]; Reissue (Hodder & Stoughton 2002) humorous fantasy novel, second in the Thursday Next series. This has the same ISBN as the NEL edition of the same date.

Lost in a Good Book Jasper Fforde (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-73357-8, Apr 2005, £6.99, 372pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Thursday Next]; Reissue (Hodder & Stoughton 2002) humorous fantasy novel, second in the Thursday Next series. 11th printing. This has the same ISBN as the Hodder edition of the same date.

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