The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005


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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) [Sea of Trolls] 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) [Riftwar: Darkwar Saga] 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) [Riftwar] 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 Crimes] Humorous fantasy mystery novel, the first in the Nursery Crimes 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.


Something Rotten Jasper Fforde (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-82595-2, Apr 2005, £6.99, 400pp, tp, cover by Mark Thomas) [Thursday Next] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2004) humorous alternate-world fantasy novel. Fourth in the “Thursday Next” series.


The Well of Lost Plots Jasper Fforde (Hodder 0-340-83850-7, Apr 2005, £6.99, 365pp, tp) [Thursday Next] Reissue (Hodder & Stoughton 2003) humorous fantasy novel. Volume three in the Thursday Next series.


Belin’s Hill Catherine Fisher (Random House UK/Red Fox 0-09-948223-1, Mar 2005, £4.99, 166pp, tp, cover by Tim Edmonds) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1997) young-adult fantasy novel.


Darkhenge Catherine Fisher (The Bodley Head 0-370-32859-0, Mar 2005, £10.99, 314pp, hc, cover by Tim Edmonds) Young-adult fantasy novel.


The Scarab Catherine Fisher (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-87894-0, Jun 2005, £5.99, 426pp, tp, cover by Tracey Hurst & Jerry Paris) [Oracle Prophecies] Young-adult fantasy novel, the third in the Oracle trilogy.


The Rose of the World Jude Fisher (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-5936-X, Aug 2005, £11.99, 676pp, tp, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Fool’s Gold] Reprint (DAW 2005) fantasy novel. Last in the Fool’s Gold trilogy. A hardcover edition (-5935-1, £17.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]


The Red Judge Pauline Fisk (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7160-0, Jan 2005, £6.99, 202pp, tp) [Sabrina Fludde] Young-adult fantasy novel. A companion novel to Sabrina Fludde.


Sabrina Fludde Pauline Fisk (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7655-6, Jan 2005, £4.99, 256pp, tp) [Sabrina Fludde] Reprint (Bloomsbury 2001) young-adult fantasy novel.


Warhammer: Blood Bowl Matt Forbeck (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-8441-6200-1, Aug 2005, £5.99, 411pp, pb, cover by Max Bertolini) [Warhammer] Novelization based on the spin-off Warhammer football game.


The Cosmology of the Wider World Jeffrey Ford (PS Publishing 1-904619-82-7, Oct 2005, £10.00, 173 + vii, tp, cover by Kim Deitch) Fantasy short novel about the minotaur Belius. Expanded greatly from an eponymous story published 1990. Introduction by Jeff VanderMeer. This is a limited edition of 500 signed by Ford; a hardcover edition of 300 signed by Ford and VanderMeer (-83-5, £25.00) is also available. Available from PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].


To the End of the World Colin Foreman (Myroy Books 0-9548-9490-1, Jan 2005, £7.99, 332pp, tp, cover by Wayne Reynolds) [Keepers & Seekers] Young-adult time-travel fantasy novel, book one of Keepers & Seekers.


Stargate SG-1: Sacrifice Moon Julie Fortune (Fandemonium Books 0-9547343-1-9, 2005, £5.99, 213pp, pb) [Stargate SG-1] Reissue (Fandemonium Books 2004) novelization based on the TV series; second printing.


Demonized Christopher Fowler (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-786-8, Jan 2005, £7.99, 241pp, tp) Reprint (Serpent’s Tail 2004) collection of 17 stories.


Seventy-Seven Clocks Christopher Fowler (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60885-3, Sep 2005, £12.99, 448pp, hc, cover by Aidan Willis) [Bryant & May] Gothic mystery novel, third in the series featuring detectives Bryant & May. This is a reworking of Darkest Day.


The Water Room Christopher Fowler (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-553-81553-9, Sep 2005, £6.99, 430pp, tp, cover by Aidan Willis) [Bryant & May] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) gothic mystery novel, second in the Bryant & May series.


Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book: 10 3/4 Anniversary Edition Brian Froud & Terry Jones (Pavilion 1-86205-700-1, Sep 2005, £14.99, 70pp, tp, cover by Brian Froud) Reprint (Pavilion 1994) humorous art book. This edition includes a new introduction by Jones and Froud, eight new pages, and a DVD including a filmed interview with Lady Cottingham (Jones) and other bits.


Poe’s Progeny ed. Gary Fry (Gray Friar Press 0-9550922-0-5, Oct 2005, £11.99, 379pp, tp, cover by Robert Sammelin) Original anthology of 31 stories inspired by classic dark fiction. Authors include Tim Lebbon, Conrad Williams, Nicholas Royle, and Ramsey Campbell. Introduction by Michael Marshall Smith. A hardcover edition of 125 (-0-9) signed by Smith and Campbell is sold out. Gray Friar Press, 19 Ruffield Side, Delph Hill, Wyke, Bradford, West Yorkshire UK; [www.grayfriarpress.com].


Dragon Rider Cornelia Funke (The Chicken House 1-904442-48-X, Jun 2005, £5.99, 527pp, tp) Reprint (The Chicken House 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. Translated by Anthea Bell from Drachenreiter (Cecilie Dressler Verlag 1997).


Inkspell Cornelia Funke (Chicken House, The 1-90-444272-2, Oct 2005, £12.99, 682pp, hc, cover by Carol Lawson) [Inkheart] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Inkheart. Translated by Anthea Bell from the original German (2005). Simultaneous with the US (Scholastic) edition. A limited signed edition (-529405-0, £12.99) was announced but not seen.


Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: A Concordance: Volume II Robin Furth (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-83067-0, Nov 2005, £17.99, xviii+668pp, hc) Reprint (Scribner 2005) encyclopaedic guide to the final three volumes of the septet, covering characters, places, objects, languages, and so on. [First U.K. edition] [Stephen King]


A Breath of Snow and Ashes Diana Gabaldon (Random House UK/Century 0-7126-7983-9, Sep 2005, £18.99, 979pp, hc, cover by Alison Groom) [Outlander] Fantasy time-travel historical novel, sixth in the Outlander series. Simultaneous with the US (Delacorte) edition. A trade paperback edition (-8060-8, £14.99) was announced but not seen.


Faeries and Other Fantastical Folk: The Faery Paintings of Maxine Gadd Maxine Gadd (Artists’ and Photographers’ Press 1-904332-23-4, Sep 2005, £14.99, 112pp, hc, cover by Maxine Gadd) Art book. This has a padded cover, gilt edging, and no dust jacket. Available in the US through the SFBC. AAPPL, 10 Hillside, London SW19 4NH, UK; [www.aapl.com].


American Gods Neil Gaiman (Hodder Headline 0-7553-2281-9, Sep 2005, £7.99, 640+16pp, pb, cover by gray318) [American Gods] Reprint (Morrow 2001) fantasy novel. This edition follows Gaiman’s “preferred text” from the Hill House (2004) edition and adds an unpaginated section with an interview and other material.


Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman (Hodder Headline/Review 0-7553-0507-8, Sep 2005, £17.99, 348+44pp, hc, cover by gray318) [American Gods] Fantasy novel. Simultaneous with the US (Morrow) edition. This adds an unpaginated readers guide with a deleted scene, an interview with Gaiman, and discussion questions.


Stardust Neil Gaiman (Hodder Headline 0-7553-2282-7, Sep 2005, £7.99, 196+20pp, pb, cover by gray318) Reprint (DC/Vertigo 1998) fantasy novel. This edition adds an unpaginated section of extra material at the end.


The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7840-0, Sep 2005, £7.99, 55pp, tp, cover by Dave McKean) Reprint (White Wolf 1997) young-adult picture book. This follows the 2004 HarperCollins edition with a new afterword by Gaiman and audio CD with a reading by Gaiman.


Mirrormask Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean (Hodder Headline/Review 0-7553-2829-9, May 2005, £20.00, 331pp, hc) Art book, an illustrated script of the film written by Gaiman and designed/directed by McKean, with storyboards and stills. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.


MirrorMask Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean (Bloomsbury 0-7475-8111-8, Oct 2005, £14.99, 77pp, hc) Young-adult picture book based on the movie with text by Gaiman and illustrations (movie stills and art) by McKean.


Valley of Lights Stephen Gallagher (Telos 1-903889-74-X, May 2005, £9.99, 298pp, tp, cover by Martin McKenna) Reprint (NEL 1987) crime/horror novel. This adds a precursor novella, a diary about an aborted film version, and an interview with the author. Introduction by Stephen Laws; a new afterword by Gallagher. A signed, limited hardcover edition (-75-8, £30.00) was announced but not seen.. Telos Publishing, Beech House, Chapel Lane, Moulton, Cheshire, CW9 8PQ UK; [www.telos.co.uk].


I, Coriander Sally Gardner (Orion Children’s Books 1-8425-5290-2, Aug 2005, £8.99, 300pp, hc) Young-adult historical fantasy novel.


Firebird Susan Gates (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-31904-6, Jul 2005, £5.99, 212pp, tp) Young-adult SF novel set in a dystopian future.


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