The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005
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Witch Week Diana Wynne Jones (Collins 0-00-675517-8, Mar 2005, £5.99, 287pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Chrestomanci]; Reissue (Macmillan Children’s Books 1982) young-adult fantasy novel in the Chrestomanci series. Eighth printing.
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Band of Gypsys Gwyneth Jones (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07044-7, May 2005, £10.99, i+297pp, tp, cover by Anne Sudworth) [Bold as Love]; Near-future fantasy novel, fourth in the quintet begun in Bold as Love. A hardcover edition (-07043-9, £16.99) was announced but not seen.
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Divine Endurance Gwyneth Jones (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07012-9, Mar 2005, £6.99, xiv+305pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman); Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1984) SF novel.
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Sixteen ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson 1-84529-117-4, Nov 2005, £7.99, 610pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards); Annual dark fantasy anthology of 21 stories, including works by Neil Gaiman, Ramsey Campbell, and Poppy Z. Brite. Jones provides a long introduction on horror in 2004, and a necrology in collaboration with Kim Newman. Simultaneous with the Carroll & Graf US edition.
- 1 · Introduction: Horror in 2004 · Stephen Jones · in (*), 2005
- 81 · Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire · Neil Gaiman · nv Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales, ed. Deborah Noyes, Candlewick Press, 2004
- 94 · Lilies · Iain Rowan · ss Postscripts Sum, 2004
- 105 · Breaking Up · Ramsey Campbell · ss Acquainted with the Night, ed. Barbara Roden & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2004
- 116 · “The King”, in: Yellow · Brian Keene · ss Fear of Gravity, Delirium Books, 2004
- 131 · A Trick of the Dark · Tina Rath · ss The Mammoth Book of Vampires, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2004
- 140 · The Mutable Borders of Love · Leslie What · ss Amazing Nov, 2004
- 151 · Flour White and Spindle Thin · L. H. Maynard & M. P. N. Sims · ss Falling Into Heaven, Sarob Press, 2004
- 170 · Tighter · Christa Faust · ss Strange Bedfellows, ed. Jeff Gelb & Michael, Garrett, Kensington, 2004
- 181 · Restraint · Stephen Gallagher · ss Postscripts Spr, 2004
- 201 · Israbel · Tanith Lee · ss Realms of Fantasy Apr, 2004
- 217 · The Growlimb · Michael Shea · nv F&SF Jan, 2004
- 248 · This is Now · Michael Marshall Smith · ss, 2004; Originally published on www.bbc.co.uk/cult/vampires .
- 261 · Remnants · Tim Lebbon · nv Fears Unnamed, Leisure, 2004
- 301 · Safety Clowns · Glen Hirshberg · nv Acquainted with the Night, ed. Barbara Roden & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2004
- 326 · The Devil of Delery Street · Poppy Z. Brite · ss McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories, ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books, 2004
- 340 · Apocalypse Now, Voyager [Marty Burns] · Jay Russell · na Earthling Publications, 2004
- 387 · Stone Animals · Kelly Link · nv Conjunctions #43, 2004
- 426 · Soho Golem [Richard Jeperson] · Kim Newman · na Sci Fiction website Oct 13, 2004
- 472 · Spells for Halloween: An Acrostic · Dale Bailey · ss Charlotte Observer Oct 13, 2004 (+8); 9-part serial ending on 31 October; in “Catawba Valley Neighbors” section.
- 476 · My Death · Lisa Tuttle · na PS Publishing, 2004
- 543 · The Problem of Susan · Neil Gaiman · ss Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy, ed. Al Sarrantonio, Penguin/Roc, 2004
- 551 · Necrology · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · ar (*), 2005
- 602 · Useful Addresses · Stephen Jones · ms
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The Serpents of Arakesh: The Karazan Quartet V. M. Jones (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-138200-7, Apr 2005, £6.99, 279pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Karazan Quartet]; Reprint (HarperCollins New Zealand 2003) young-adult fantasy novel, the first in the Karazan Quartet. An unhappy underachiever meets a computer genius and discovers his new game is more than virtual reality. [First U.K. edition]
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Knife of Dreams Robert Jordan (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-163-2, Oct 2005, £20.00, 783pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Wheel of Time]; Fantasy novel. Book 11 of The Wheel of Time. Simultaneous with the US (Tor) edition. A trade paperback edition (-164-0, £12.99) was announced but not seen.
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Black Dust & Other Tales of Interrupted Childhood Graham Joyce (Beccon Publications/Westwood St. Thomas 1-870824-52-0, Nov 2005, £9.95, 62pp, tp, cover by Tony Baker); Collection of three stories. Introduction by Mark Chadbourn, afterword by Joyce, and comments by Jeffrey Ford and Jeff VanderMeer. Published by Westwood St. Thomas School in association with Beccon as a benefit for a school in South Africa. This is a signed, limited edition of 800; a hardcover edition of 125 signed by all contributors (-51-2, £24.95) is also available. Order online at [BlackDust@westwood-st-thomas.wilts.sch.uk].
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The Facts of Life Graham Joyce (Orion/Phoenix 0-75381-842-6, Nov 2004, £6.99, 298pp, tp); Reprint (Gollancz 2002) fantasy novel.
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The Limits of Enchantment Graham Joyce (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07231-8, Jan 2005, £14.99, 250pp, hc); A maybe-witch accepts her heritage as she comes of age in the 1960s.
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TWOC Graham Joyce (PS Publishing 1-904619-37-1, May 2005, £25.00, 205 + vii, hc, cover by James Hannah); Associational YA novel. Introduction by Rob Grant. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a slipcased hardcover edition of 200 (-36-3, £60.00) is also available. Available from PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].
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Dance of the Assassins Hervé Jubert (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-87538-0, Oct 2004, £6.99, 343pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) [Devil’s Dances]; Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 2004) young-adult fantasy novel of a witch investigating murders in a virtual city. Translated by Anthea Bell from the original Le Quadrille des Assassins (Editions Albin Michael S.A. 2002).
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Devil’s Tango Hervé Jubert (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-87540-2, Apr 2005, £6.99, 328pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) [Devil’s Dances]; Young-adult science fantasy novel, sequel to Dance of the Assassins. Translated from Un Tango Du Diable (Editions Albin Michel 2003).
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The Serpent Gift Lene Kaaberbol (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-88363-4, Feb 2005, £5.99, 423pp, tp, cover by Martin Macrae) [Shamer Chronicles]; Young-adult fantasy novel, the third in a quartet after The Shamer’s Daughter and The Shamer’s Signet. Translated by the author from the Danish Slangens Gave (Forlaget Forum 2003).
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The Shamer’s Daughter Lene Kaaberbol (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-89429-6, Feb 2005, £5.99, 220pp, tp, cover by Martin Macrae) [Shamer Chronicles]; Reprint (Hodder Silver 2002) young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a quartet. Translated by the author from the Danish Skammerens Datter (Forlaget Forum 2000).
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The Shamer’s Signet Lene Kaaberbol (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-89430-X, Feb 2005, £5.99, 220pp, tp, cover by Martin Macrae) [Shamer Chronicles]; Reprint (Hodder Silver 2003) young-adult fantasy novel, the second in a quartet. Translated by the author from the Danish Skammer Tegnet (Forlaget Forum 2001).
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The Shamer’s War Lene Kaaberbol (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-88362-6, Jun 2005, £5.99, 375pp, tp) [Shamer Chronicles]; Young-adult fantasy novel. Last in a quartet. Translated by the author from the Danish, Skammer Krigen (Forlaget Forum 2003).
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Back to the Divide Elizabeth Kay (Chicken House, The 1-904442-47-1, Mar 2005, £5.99, 384pp, tp) [Divide]; Reprint (The Chicken House 2004) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Divide.
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The Jinx on the Divide Elizabeth Kay (Chicken House, The 1-90444-270-6, Jul 2005, £11.99, 373pp, hc, cover by Ted Dewan & Ian Butterworth) [Divide]; Fantasy novel. Third in the series after The Divide and Back to the Divide.
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The Last Light of the Sun Guy Gavriel Kay (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-8423-1, Jul 2005, £7.99, 497pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant); Reprint (Viking Canada; Roc 2004) fantasy novel.
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The Mark of Ran Paul Kearney (Transworld/Corgi 0-553-81374-9, Sep 2005, £6.99, 400pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Sea Beggars]; Reprint (Bantam UK 2004) fantasy novel. First in the Sea Beggars series.
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Dance with the Devil Sherrilyn Kenyon (Piatkus 0-7499-3610-X, Jul 2005, £6.99, 343pp, pb) [Dark-Hunter]; Reprint (St. Martin’s 2003) dark fantasy novel. Book three in the Dark-Hunter series. Includes the short story, “A Dark-Hunter Christmas”.
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Night Embrace Sherrilyn Kenyon (Piatkus 0-7499-3609-6, Jun 2005, £6.99, 424pp, pb) [Dark-Hunter]; Reprint (St. Martin’s 2003) fantasy novel, the first in the Dark-Hunter series.
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Night Pleasures Sherrilyn Kenyon (Piatkus 0-7499-3608-8, Apr 2005, £6.99, 356pp, pb) [Dark-Hunter]; Reprint (St. Martin’s 2004) dark fantasy novel, second in the Dark Hunter series.
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Seize the Night Sherrilyn Kenyon (Piatkus 0-7499-3587-1, Mar 2005, £6.99, 339pp, pb) [Dark Hunter]; Reprint (St. Martin’s 2005) fantasy novel. Book six in the Dark Hunter series.
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Sins of the Night Sherrilyn Kenyon (Piatkus 0-7499-3592-8, Jul 2005, £6.99, 331pp, pb) [Dark-Hunter]; Reprint (Piatkus 2005) fantasy novel, seventh in the Dark-Hunter series. Includes the reprint short story, “The Beginning”.
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Children of the Lamp: The Akhenaten Adventure P. B. Kerr (Scholastic UK 0-439-95951-9, Sep 2005, £4.99, 392pp, tp) [Children of the Lamp]; Reprint (Scholastic UK 2004) young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a series about young djinn twins. This is a pen-name for Philip Kerr.
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Children of the Lamp: The Blue Djinn of Babylon P. B. Kerr (Scholastic UK 0-439-95950-0, Sep 2005, £9.99, 350pp, hc) [Children of the Lamp]; Young-adult fantasy novel, second in a series. This is a pen-name for Philip Kerr.
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Empire of Unreason Greg Keyes (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-41999-4, Jul 2005, £7.99, 395pp, pb) [Age of Unreason]; Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 2000) historical fantasy novel. Book Three of The Age of Unreason. [First U.K. edition]
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The Silver Claw Gary Kilworth (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55187-2, Apr 2005, £5.99, 280pp, tp); Young-adult animal fantasy novel. Investigative otter Udolphus Beck is summoned to Vequince to expose a conspiracy.
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The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-89622-1, Nov 2005, £10.99, 454pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Roland (Gunslinger)]; Reprint (Grant 1987) fantasy novel.
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The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-89624-8, Nov 2005, £12.99, 672pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Roland (Gunslinger)]; Reprint (Grant 1997) fantasy novel.
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The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-82716-5, Jan 2005, £14.99, 616pp, tp) [Roland (Gunslinger)]; Reprint (Grant/Scribner 2003) dark fantasy novel.
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The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla Stephen King (Hodder 0-340-82717-3, Aug 2005, £6.99, xix+616pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Roland (Gunslinger)]; Reprint (Donald M. Grant 2003) fantasy novel. This edition is not available for sale in the UK, but is for sale in Europe at a price of €9.50.
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The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-82719-X, Apr 2005, £14.99, 430pp, tp); Reprint (Donald M. Grant; Hodder & Stoughton 2004) fantasy novel.
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The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah Stephen King (Hodder 0-340-82720-3, Aug 2005, £6.99, xviii+436pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Roland (Gunslinger)]; Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2004) fantasy novel. This edition is not available for sale in the UK, but is for sale in Europe at a price of €9.50.
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The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-82722-X, Nov 2005, £14.99, 686pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Roland (Gunslinger)]; Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2004) fantasy novel.
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The Green Mile Stephen King (Orion 0-7528-6433-5, Mar 2005, £6.99, 453pp, tp); Reprint (Signet 1996 in six parts) associational novel.
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The Rainbow Opera Elizabeth Knox (Faber and Faber 0-571-22455-5, May 2005, £9.99, 398pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Dreamhunter Duet]; Reprint (HarperCollins Australia 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, the first book of The Dreamhunter Duet. [First U.K. edition]
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The Bad Place Dean Koontz (Hodder Headline 0-7472-3444-2, Dec 2005, £6.99, 500pp, pb, cover by blacksheep); Reissue (Putnam 1990) fantasy novel; 10th printing.
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Cold Fire Dean Koontz (Hodder Headline 0-7472-3605-4, Dec 2005, £7.99, 506pp, pb, cover by blacksheep); Reissue (Putnam; Headline 1991) fantasy novel; 22nd printing.
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Forever Odd Dean Koontz (HarperCollins UK 0-00-719698-9, Dec 2005, £17.99, 335pp, hc) [Odd Thomas]; Reprint (Bantam 2005) suspense novel/thriller about a man who can talk to the dead, sequel to Odd Thomas. [First U.K. edition]
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Life Expectancy Dean Koontz (HarperCollins UK 0-00-719694-6, Jan 2005, £17.99, 401pp, hc); Reprint (Bantam 2004) horror novel. Jimmy Tock’s dying grandfather prophesies five crucial days in newly-born Jimmy’s life. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-719700-4, £10.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
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Life Expectancy Dean Koontz (HarperCollins UK 0-00-719695-4, Aug 2005, £6.99, 531pp, pb); Reprint (Bantam 2004) horror novel.
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Strangers Dean Koontz (Hodder Headline 0-7472-3516-3, Sep 2005, £7.99, 710pp, pb); Reissue (W.H. Allen 1986) fantasy novel; 17th printing.
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The Taking Dean Koontz (HarperCollins UK 0-00-713077-5, Jan 2005, £6.99, 410pp, pb); Reprint (Random House 2004) SF horror novel of other-worldly intervention and apocalyptic urban change.
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Velocity Dean Koontz (HarperCollins UK 0-00-719696-2, Aug 2005, £17.99, 400pp, hc); Reprint (Bantam 2005) associational horror novel. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-719701-2, £10.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
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Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: Book One: Prodigal Son Dean Koontz & Kevin J. Anderson (HarperCollins UK 0-00-720313-6, Apr 2005, £5.99, vii+469pp, pb) [Frankenstein]; Reprint (Bantam 2005) novelization based on the teleplay by Koontz, who provides the introduction. [First U.K. edition]
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Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: Book Two: City of Night Dean Koontz & Ed Gorman (HarperCollins UK 0-00-720312-8, Oct 2005, £6.99, 455pp, pb) [Frankenstein]; Reprint (Bantam 2005) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Bloody Harvest Richard Kunzmann (Macmillan UK 1-4050-4101-3, Feb 2005, £10.99, 403pp, tp); Detective thriller with black magic elements. A first novel. Children are being murdered to provide sorcerous potions.
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The Dedalus Occult Reader: The Garden of Hermetic Dreams ed. Gary Lachman (Dedalus 1-903517-32-X, Jan 2005, £9.99, 368pp, tp); Anthology of 19 fantastic stories and novel excerpts, including two original translations.
- 7 · Introduction: Foraging in Atlantis · Gary Lachman · in *
- 17 · from Vathek [from Vathek] · William Beckford · ex London: Richard Bentley, 1786
- 36 · from The Devil in Love [from The Devil in Love] · Jacques Cazotte; trans. by Judith Landry · ex Dedalus, 1991
- 50 · from The Manuscript found in Saragossa [from The Manuscript found in Saragossa] · Jan Potocki; trans. by Christine Donougher · ex Dedalus, 1990
- 78 · The Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe; trans. by Mike Mitchell · nv *; New translation from Conversations of German Emigrants (1795).
- 109 · from The Golden Flower Pot [from The Golden Flower Pot] · E. T. A. Hoffmann; trans. by Mike Mitchell · ex *
- 136 · from Séraphita [from Séraphita] · Honoré de Balzac; trans. by Clara Bell · ex Dedalus, 1995
- 165 · from Journey to the Orient [from Journey to the Orient] · Gérard de Nerval; trans. by Norman Glass · ex
- 175 · from Zanoni [from Zanoni] · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · ex, 1842
- 178 · Occult Memories · Villiers de l’Isle-Adam; trans. by Hamish Miles · ss Contes Cruels, Calmann Levy, 1883
- 185 · from Là-Bas [from Là-Bas, 1891] · Joris-Karl Huysmans; trans. by Brendan King · ex Dedalus, 2001
- 195 · from The Fiery Angel [from The Fiery Angel] · Valery Briusov, Ivor Montagu; trans. by Sergei Nalbandov · ex, 1930
- 233 · The Story of Davidson’s Eyes [“The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes”] · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget Mar 28, 1895; The original title is unclear.
- 242 · A Victim of Higher Space [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Occult Review Dec ’14
- 265 · The Hashish Man · Lord Dunsany · ss A Dreamer’s Tales, J.W. Luce, 1910
- 271 · from The Hill of Dreams · Arthur Machen · ex London: Grant Richards, 1907
- 292 · The Horla [1887] · Guy de Maupassant; trans. by unknown · nv, 1944
- 317 · from The Golem · Gustav Meyrink; trans. by Mike Mitchell · ex Dedalus, 1995
- 332 · from Petersburg · Andrei Bely; trans. by David McDuff · ex, 1995
- 340 · from Satan Wants Me · Robert Irwin · ex, 1999
- 353 · Biographies · Gary Lachman · bg *
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Waking Merlin Tanya Landman (Walker UK 1-84428-964-8, Apr 2005, £4.99, 163pp, tp, cover by Thomas Taylor); Young-adult fantasy novel.
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The Unseen University Challenge: Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Quizbook David Langford (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07703-4, Jul 2005, £6.99, 250pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt); Reprint (Vista 1996) reference book. A mini-hardcover edition. Slightly revised and updated. [Terry Pratchett]
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Troll Fell Katherine Langrish (HarperCollins UK Children’s Books 0-00-717072-6, Jul 2005, £5.99, 318pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Troll]; Reprint (HarperCollins UK Children’s Books 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. First in a series.
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Troll Hill Katherine Langrish (HarperCollins UK Children’s Books 0-00-717074-2, Jul 2005, £10.99, 328pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Troll]; Young-adult fantasy novel. The sequel to Troll Fell.
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Shadowland Rhiannon Lassiter (Oxford University Press 0-19-275239-1, Jan 2005, £4.99, 200pp, tp) [Rights of Passage]; Young-adult fantasy novel. Third in the Rights of Passage series.
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Warhammer 40,000: Liar’s Peak Robin D. Laws (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-8441-6233-8, Aug 2005, £5.99, 408pp, pb, cover by David Gallagher) [Warhammer 40,000: Angelika Fleisher]; Novelization based on the SF roleplaying game, part of the Angelika Fleisher series.
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The Beast House and After Midnight Richard Laymon (Hodder Headline 0-7553-2660-1, 2005, £7.99, vi+780pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp); Omnibus of two novels: Beast House (1986) and After Midnight (1997). The novels are separately paginated.
- i · The Beast House [Beast House] · n. Sevenoaks: New English Library, 1986
- 375 · After Midnight · n. Headline Books, 1997
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The Glory Bus Richard Laymon (Hodder Headline 0-7472-6934-3, Apr 2005, £18.99, 342pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp); Associational non-supernatural horror novel.
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The Lake Richard Laymon (Hodder Headline 0-7472-6732-4, Dec 2004, £6.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp); Reprint (Headline 2004) associational novel.
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Changing Planes Ursula K. Le Guin (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07623-2, Jan 2005, £6.99, i+214pp, pb); Reprint (Harcourt 2003) collection of 16 SF stories (ten original).
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Gifts Ursula K. Le Guin (Orion 1-84255-498-0, Oct 2005, £5.99, 274pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt & Stephen Raw) [Annals of the Western Shore]; Reprint (Harcourt 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. First in a series.
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Lobster Guillaume Lecasble (Dedalus 1-903517-34-6, Jul 2005, £6.99, 110pp, tp, cover by David Smith); Literary fantasy novel, translated by Polly McLean from the French original (Éditions du Seuil, 2003).
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