The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

CLAMP, CATHY (chron.) (continued)

• * _Touch of Evil (with C. T. Adams) See entry under C. T. Adams

CLAREMONT, CHRIS(topher Simon) (1950- ) (chron.)

• * *X-Men: The Last Stand (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-49211-0, May 2006, $6.99, 337pp, pb) [X-Men] Novelization of the film based on the Marvel comics. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

CLARK, SIMON (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Death’s Dominion (Leisure 0-8439-5493-0, Nov 2006, $6.99, 342pp, pb) Horror novel. Scientists learn to raise the dead as docile servants.
• * _Death’s Dominion (Hale, Robert 0-7090-8189-8, Dec 2006, £18.99, 224pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) Reprint (Leisure 2006) fantasy/horror novel. Science has learned to reanimate the dead; the harder part is killing them again. [First U.K. edition]
• * *London Under Midnight (Severn House 0-7278-6398-3, Jun 2006, £18.99, 214pp, hc) Horror novel.
• * *The Tower (Hale, Robert 0-7090-8002-6, Jan 2006, £18.99, 224pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) Horror novel. Five young people house-sit an empty building.

CLARKE, ARTHUR C(harles) (1917- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Clarke’s Universe (ibooks 1-59687-306-X, Jan 2006, $12.95, 343pp, tp) Collection of the novel A Fall of Moondust (1961) plus two stories.
• * _Rama II (with Gentry Lee) (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07722-0, Jan 2006, £6.99, 495pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1989) SF novel. Second in the Rama series begun in Clarke’s solo Rendezvous with Rama.
• * _Rendezvous with Rama (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07733-6, Apr 2006, £6.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (Gollancz 1973) SF novel, the first book in the Rama series. Volume 65 in the SF Masterworks series.
• * _Sunstorm (with Stephen M. Baxter) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45251-8, Mar 2006, $7.99, 361pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) Reprint (Del Rey 2005) SF novel, second in the two-book series A Time Odyssey.
• * _Sunstorm (with Stephen M. Baxter) (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07801-4, Apr 2006, £6.99, 332pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 2005) SF novel. The second book in the series A Time Odyssey, after Time’s Eye.

CLARKE, GERALD; see pseudonym Alan Grant (stories) (chron.)

CLARKE, J(ames) BRIAN (1928- ) (chron.)

• * *Alphanauts (Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 1-894063-14-7, Jun 2006, $14.95, 325pp, tp, cover by David Willicome) SF novel, expanded from two stories appearing Analog. Space explorers unable to return to Earth attempt to colonize an alien world. Introduction by Robert J. Sawyer. Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, PO Box 1714, Calgary AB T2P 2L7, Canada; [www.edgewebsite.com].

CLARKE, (Victor) LINDSAY (1939- ) (chron.)

• * _The Return from Troy (HarperCollins UK 0-00-715256-6, Apr 2006, £7.99, 493pp, tp, cover by Alan Lee) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2005) fantasy novel retelling the Odyssey.

CLARKE, SUSANNA (Mary) (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7988-1, Sep 2005, £8.99, 1006pp, tp, cover by Portia Rosenberg) [John Uskglass] Reprint (Bloomsbury USA 2004) historical novel in which magic is real.
• * _Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Tor 0-765-35615-5, Aug 2006, $7.99, 1007pp, pb, cover by William Webb) [John Uskglass] Reprint (Bloomsbury 2004) fantasy novel about two magicians in 19th Century England.
• * *The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (Bloomsbury USA 1-59691-251-0, Oct 2006, $23.95, 235pp, hc, cover by Charles Vess) Collection of eight stories, one original, most set in the same world as Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Illustrated by Charles Vess. This lacks a dust jacket. Simultaneous with the Bloomsbury UK edition. (Contents)
• * _The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (SFBC #1220499, Nov 2006, $11.99, 235pp, hc, cover by Charles Vess) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2006) collection. This is bound-in-boards; it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back cover.

CLAY, RICHARD BRUCE (stories) (chron.)

• * *She’s Alone (Poetry Monthly Press no ISBN, Sep 2006, £6.50, 126pp, tp) SF novel. A woman wakes to discover all other women have been exterminated and being female is punishable by death. Robert Bruce Clay, 21 Wheeler Street, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 1XL, UK; add £1.00 postage, £2.50 in the US.

CLEGG, DOUGLAS (Alan) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Attraction (Leisure 0-8439-5411-6, Apr 2006, $6.99, 324pp, pb) Omnibus of two horror novellas originally published as separate books: The Attraction (2004) and The Necromancer (2003). (Contents)
• * *Mordred, Bastard Son (Alyson 1-55583-899-5, Jan 2006, $24.95, 260pp, hc) Arthurian novel with Mordred as hero, not villain. First volume in the Mordred Trilogy.
• * _Mordred, Bastard Son (SFBC #1208178, Apr 2006, $12.49, 260pp, hc) Reprint (Alyson 2006) Arthurian novel with Mordred as hero, not villain. First volume in the Mordred Trilogy. This is similar to the Alyson edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *The Vampyricon: The Lady of Serpents (Ace 0-441-01438-0, Sep 2006, $23.95, 291pp, hc, cover by Judy York) Medieval sword and sorcery/vampire novel, second in The Vampyricon trilogy.
• * _The Vampyricon: The Priest of Blood (Ace 0-441-01374-0, Sep 2006, $7.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Judy York) Reprint (Ace 2005) medieval sword and sorcery/vampire novel, the first in “The Vampyricon” trilogy.

CLEMENS, JIM; pseudonym of Jim Czajkowski (chron.)

• * *Hinterland (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46113-4, Nov 2006, $24.95, 463pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) Fantasy novel, second in the Godslayer Chronicles. Clemens is a pen name for Jim Czajkowski, who also writes as James Rollins. Simultaneous with the Orbit UK edition.
• * *Hinterland (Little Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-442-9, Nov 2006, £11.99, v+463pp, tp, cover by blacksheep) Fantasy novel, the second in the Godslayer Chronicles. Copyrighted by James Czaijkowski. Simultaneous with the US (Roc) edition.
• * _Shadowfall (Little Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-302-3, Apr 2006, £7.99, 674pp, pb) Reprint (Orbit 2005) fantasy novel, the first book of the Godslayer Chronicles.
• * _Shadowfall (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46050-2, Nov 2006, $7.99, 507pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (Orbit 2005) fantasy novel, first in the Godslayer series. Clemens is a pen name for Jim Czajkowski, who also writes as James Rollins.

CLEMENT-DAVIES, DAVID (chron.)

• * _The Alchemists of Barbal (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-41008-3, Feb 2006, £5.99, 341pp, tp) Reprint (Macmillan Children’s Books 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Telling Pool (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7288-7, May 2006, £12.99, 360pp, hc, cover by Clark Melinsky) Reprint (Amulet Books 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

CLEMENTS, TOBY (chron.)

• * *The Asti Spumante Code (Time Warner 0-7515-3768-3, Apr 2005, £5.99, 247pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) Parody of The Da Vinci Code. Published in 2005 but not seen until now.

CLOONAN, BECKY (chron.)

• * _Dracula (with Bram Stoker & Gary Reed) See entry under Bram Stoker.

CLUTE, JOHN (Frederick) (1940- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Darkening Garden: A Short Lexicon of Horror (Payseur & Schmidt no ISBN, Nov 2006, $45.00, 162pp, hc) Non-fiction, a selection of horror terms originally defined for a proposed encyclopedia of horror. Illustrated by 30 different artists; the illustrations are also available as Postcards of Doom, a set of 30 postcards in a limited edition of 300 ($20.00). This is a signed, limited edition of 500. Payseur & Schmidt c/o Alice Schmidt, PO Box 61249, Seattle WA 98141; [payseurandschmidt.com].

COBLEY, MICHAEL (1959- ) (chron.)

• * *Shadowmasque (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-5682-4, Jun 2005, £10.99, iv+448pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) Fantasy novel, the third book of the Shadowkings trilogy.
• * _Shadowmasque (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-1601-5, Aug 2006, £6.99, 448pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 2005) fantasy novel, the third book of The Shadowkings trilogy.

COBURN, ANN (chron.)

• * +Glint (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-084723-9, Jan 2007, $16.99, 423pp, hc, cover by Viktor Koen) Young-adult fantasy about girls on similar quests in two different worlds. First US edition (Red Fox 3/05).

COCHRANE, JULIE (chron.)

• * _Cally’s War (with John Ringo) See entry under John Ringo.

COCKAYNE, STEVE (chron.)

• * *The Good People (Little Brown UK/Atom 1-904233-62-7, Jul 2006, £12.99, 343pp, hc, cover by Matt Murphy) Young-adult fantasy novel. A trade paperback edition (-92-9, £8.99) was announced but not seen.

COE, DAVID B. (chron.)

• * _Bonds of Vengeance (Tor 0-812-59018-X, Jul 2006, $7.99, 496pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reprint (Tor 2005) fantasy novel, third in the Winds of the Forelands tetralogy.
• * _Rules of Ascension (Tor 0-812-58984-X, Jun 2006, $7.99, 658pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reissue (Tor 2002) fantasy novel. First book in the Winds of the Forelands tetralogy. Second printing.

COHEN, JACK (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Science of Discworld III: Darwin’s Watch (with Terry Pratchett & Ian Stewart) See entry under Terry Pratchett.

COLBERT, DAVID (chron.)

• * *The Magical Worlds of Philip Pullman (Berkley 0-425-20790-0, Apr 2006, $14.00, 158pp, tp, cover by Dan Craig) Non-fiction guide to myths, legends, and literature (particularly Milton’s “Paradise Lost” and William Blake) that play a part in Pullman’s His Dark Materials YA fantasy series. Includes bibliography and notes. [Pullman]

COLE, EMERSON (chron.)

• * *GodSword (Severn House 0-7278-6350-9, Feb 2006, £18.99, 395pp, hc) Political thriller with fantasy elements, the first in the Connor Brock, I.C.E. series.

COLE, KRESLEY (chron.)

• * *A Hunger Like No Other (Pocket Star 1-4165-0987-9, Apr 2006, $6.99, 360pp, pb) Dark fantasy romance, the first in a new series. A werewolf and a half vampire/half valkyrie share a forbidden love.
• * _A Hunger Like No Other (SFBC #1209371, Aug 2006, $10.99, 360pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket Star 2006) supernatural romance novel. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-6385-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *No Rest for the Wicked (Pocket Star 1-4165-0988-7, Nov 2006, $6.99, 356pp, pb) Dark fantasy romance, the second in the Immortals After Dark series begun in A Hunger Like No Other. A valkyrie assassin falls for a vampire tired of unlife.

COLE, STEPHEN (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: The Art of Destruction (BBC Books 0-563-48651-1, Sep 2006, £6.99, 253pp, hc) Original novel based on the TV series, featuring the 10th Doctor and Rose. Book 11 in the sequence.
• * *Doctor Who: The Feast of the Drowned (BBC Books 0-563-48644-9, Apr 2006, £6.99, 249pp, hc) Novelization based on the TV series, featuring the 10th Doctor and Rose.
• * *Thieves Like Us (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7954-7, Feb 2006, £6.99, 350pp, tp, cover by Ian Butterworth) Young-adult thriller with SF and fantasy elements. Young criminals are recruited to undertake a quest.

COLFER, EOIN (chron.)

• * *Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-38268-6, Aug 2006, £12.99, 376pp, hc, cover by Kev Walker) Humorous young-adult fantasy novel. Book five in the series about a boy criminal mastermind.
• * +Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony (Hyperion/Miramax 0-7868-4956-8, Oct 2006, $16.95, 385pp, hc, cover by Melvyn Grant) Young-adult fantasy novel, fifth in the series about a young criminal genius. First US edition (Pocket UK 8/06).
• * _Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (Hyperion/Miramax 0-7868-5290-9, Apr 2006, $7.99, 342pp, tp, cover by Ellice M. Lee) Reprint (Miramax 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in the series.
• * _Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-31549-0, Apr 2006, £6.99, 355pp, tp, cover by Kev Walker) Reprint (Puffin 2005) humorous young-adult fantasy novel, the fourth book in the series..
• * *Half Moon Investigations (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-38270-8, Jun 2006, £12.99, 311pp, hc, cover by Kev Walker) Humorous young-adult fantasy novel. First in a new series.

COLLIER, JAMES L(incoln) (1928- ) (chron.)

• * _The Empty Mirror (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-904-5, May 2006, $6.95, 192pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury USA 2004) young-adult historical dark fantasy novel.

COLLINS, NANCY A(verill) (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Final Destination 2 (with Natasha Rhodes) (BL Publishing/Black Flame 1-84416-318-0, Jan 2006, £6.99, 415pp, pb) Horror novelization.
• * *Final Destination 2 (with Natasha Rhodes) (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 1-84416-318-0, Feb 2006, $7.99, 415pp, pb) Movie novelization. Copyrighted by New Line Cinema. This has the same ISBN as the simultaneous Black Flame UK edition, but has only US and Canadian prices.
• * *Final Destination: Looks Could Kill (BL Publishing/Black Flame 1-84416-316-4, Jan 2006, £6.99, 383pp, pb) Horror novelization based on the world of the movie.
• * _Wild Blood (White Wolf/Two Wolf Press 1-58846-878-X, Sep 2005, $13.99, 223pp, tp, cover by Thom Ang) Reprint (Roc 1994) werewolf novel, plus related novella “The Nonesuch Horror” featuring Skinner Cade and Sonja Blue. This is dated 2005 but not seen until now. (Contents)

COLLINS, SUZANNE (chron.)

• * *Gregor and the Marks of Secret (Scholastic Press 0-439-79145-6, May 2006, $16.99, 343pp, hc, cover by August Hall) Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in the “Underland Chronicles” about a boy who finds a portal into a strange Underland beneath NYC.
• * _Gregor and the Rats of Underland (Chicken House, The 1-904442-42-0, Jan 2006, £8.99, 256pp, hc) Reprint (Scholastic Press 2003 as Gregor the Overlander) young-adult fantasy novel. A boy and his little sister find a portal into a strange Underland beneath NYC. [First U.K. edition]

CONGREVE, BILL, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Year’s Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume Two (with Michelle Marquardt) (MirrorDanse Books 0-9757736-1-5, Aug 2006, A$19.95, 285pp, tp, cover by Shaun Tan) Best-of-the-Year anthology with 12 stories, an introduction on Australian SF in 2005, and a list of recommended reading. Authors include Lucy Sussex, Jack Dann, and Greg Egan. Available from MirrorDanse Books, PO Box 3542, Parramatta NSW 2124, Australia; [mirrordanse@optusnet.com.au]; [www.tabula-rasa.info/MirrorDanse/]. (Contents)

CONLON, CHRISTOPHER (stories) (chron.)

• * *Thundershowers at Dusk: Gothic Stories (Rock Village Publishing 0-9766356-5-8, Mar 2006, $16.00, 113pp, tp) Collection of five stories, two original, of both supernatural and psychological horror. Rock Village Publishing, 41 Walnut Street, Middleborough MA 02346; [http://wordworkssdc.com]. (Contents)

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• * *Poe’s Lighthouse (Cemetery Dance Books 1-58767-128-X, May 2006, $40.00, 330pp, hc) (Contents)

CONNOLLY, JOHN (1968- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Black Angel (Pocket Star 0-7434-8787-7, Apr 2006, $7.99, 579pp, tp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2005) mystery/suspense novel with elements of dark fantasy featuring ex-NYC detective Charlie Parker.
• * *The Book of Lost Things (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-89946-8, Sep 2006, £12.99, 310pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel.
• * +The Book of Lost Things (Simon & Schuster/Atria, Nov 2006, $23.00, 339pp, hc, cover by Robert Ryan) Dark fantasy novel. A boy who takes refuge in books after his mother’s death finds himself in a fantasy world. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 9/06).

CONNORS, SCOTT, ed. (chron.)

• * *The Freedom of Fantastic Things: Selected Criticism on the Writing of Clark Ashton Smith (Hippocampus Press 0-9761592-5-2, Oct 2006, $20.00, 376pp, tp, cover by Franz Kupka) Critical non-fiction, a gathering of 26 essays (five original) on Smith’s works, plus a section of contemporary reviews, bibliography, and index. Authors include S.T. Joshi, Brian Stableford, and Fred Chappell. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.hippocampuspress.com] or from Hippocampus Press, PO Box 641, New York NY 10156.

CONRAD, ROXANNE (Longstreet) (1962- ); see pseudonym Rachel Caine (stories) (chron.)

CONROY, ROBERT (chron.)

• * *1862 (Ballantine/Presidio Press 0-345-48237-9, Jun 2006, $6.99, 410pp, pb) Alternate history SF novel in which England joins the Confederate side of the American Civil War.

CONSTABLE, KATE (chron.)

• * +The Tenth Power (Scholastic/Levine 0-439-55482-9, Mar 2006, $16.99, 306pp, hc, cover by Matt Manley) Young-adult fantasy novel, third in The Chanters of Tremaris trilogy. First US edition (Allen & Unwin Australia 2005).
• * _The Waterless Sea (Scholastic/Point 0-439-55481-0, Feb 2006, $5.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Matt Manley) Reprint (Allen & Unwin Australia 2003) young-adult fantasy novel, second in The Chanters of Tremaris trilogy.

CONSTANTINE, STORM (1956- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +The Ghosts of Blood and Innocence (Tor 0-765-30348-5, Jun 2006, $27.95, 460pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) Fantasy novel, the third book in the Wraethu History series prequel to the Wraethu trilogy. First US edition (Immanion Press 5/05).

CONVISER, JOSH (chron.)

• * *Echelon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-48502-5, Jul 2006, $13.95, 289pp, tp) Near-future SF thriller. The global electronic surveillance network called Echelon controls the world. A first novel.

COOGAN, PETER (chron.)

• * *Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre (MonkeyBrain Books 1-932265-18-X, Aug 2006, $15.95, 289pp, tp, cover by John Picacio) Non-fiction, a look at the roots of the superhero genre in mythology, SF, and the pulps, and its development through film, literature, and graphic novels. Introduction by Denny O’Neil. Includes bibliography, notes, and index. Order from MonkeyBrain, PO Box 200126-Austin TZ 78720; [info@monkeybrainbooks.com]; [www.monkeybrainbooks.com].