The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

COOK, DAWN; see pseudonym Kim Harrison (stories) (chron.)

• * *Princess at Sea (Ace 0-441-01424-0, Aug 2006, $7.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Patrick Faricy) Fantasy novel, the second in a series after The Decoy Princess. Tess takes a role as ambassador while escorting the Queen on her honeymoon voyage.

COOK, GLEN (Charles) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *A Cruel Wind: A Chronicle of the Dread Empire (Night Shade Books 1-59780-055-4, Jul 2006, $35.00, 582 + ix, hc, cover by Raymond Swanland) [Dread Empire] Omnibus of the first three novels in the Dread Empire series: A Shadow of All Night Falling (1979), October’s Baby (1980), and All Darkness Met (1980). Introduction by Jeff Vandermeer. A leatherbound limited edition signed by Cook and VanderMeer (-054-6, $60.00) is also available. Night Shade Books, 1423 33rd Avenue, San Francisco CA 94122; 415-759-8901; [night@nightshadebooks.com]; [www.nightshadebooks.com]. (Contents)
• * _Shadows Linger (Tor 0-812-50842-4, Dec 2006, $6.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Keith Berdak) Reissue (Tor 1984) military fantasy novel, book two of The Chronicles of the Black Company. Eighth printing.
• * _Sung in Blood (Night Shade Books 1-59780-063-5, Nov 2006, $23.95, 172pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (NESFA 1990) fantasy novel. A limited edition (-064-3, $49.00) is also available. Night Shade Books, 1423 33rd Ave., San Francisco CA 94122; [night@nightshadebooks.com]; [www.nightshadebooks.com].
• * _The Tyranny of the Night (Tor 0-765-34596-X, Nov 2006, $7.99, 505pp, pb, cover by Raymond Swanland) Reprint (Tor 2005) fantasy novel, book one of The Instrumentalities of the Night.

COOK, TONYA C(arter) (chron.)

• * _DragonLance: Alliances (with Paul B. Thompson) See entry under Paul B. Thompson

COOLING, WENDY (chron.)

• * _D is for Dahl (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-131272-6, Sep 2005, £6.99, 149pp, tp, cover by Quentin Blake) Reprint (Puffin UK 2004) reference book, an encyclopedic guide to Dahl’s works. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. [Dahl]

COOMBS, KATE (chron.)

• * *The Runaway Princess (Farrar Straus Giroux 0-374-35546-0, Aug 2006, $17.00, 279pp, hc, cover by Jonathan Bean) Young-adult fantasy novel. Princess Meg decides to win the contest for her own hand.

COONEY, CAROLINE B. (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Time Travelers, Volume One (Random House/Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-553-49480-5, Jan 2006, $7.50, 210 + 210pp, pb, cover by Steve McAfee) [Time Travelers] Omnibus of the first two novels in the young-adult series of time-travel romances: Both Sides of Time (1995) and Out of Time (1996). (Contents)
• * *The Time Travelers, Volume Two (Random House/Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-553-49481-3, Jan 2006, $7.50, 200 + 261pp, pb, cover by Steve McAfee) [Time Travelers] Omnibus of the third and fourth novels in the young-adult series of time-travel romances: Prisoner of Time (1998) and For All Time (2001). (Contents)

COONTS, STEPHEN (Paul) (1946- ) (chron.)

• * _Saucer: The Conquest (Orion 0-75287-691-0, Jan 2006, £6.99, 324pp, pb, cover by Nick Castle) Reprint (St. Martin’s 2004) SF novel.

COOPER, BRENDA (stories) (chron.)

• * _Building Harlequin’s Moon (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.

COOPER, SUSAN (Mary) (1935- ) (chron.)

• * _The Magician’s Boy (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-91110-7, Sep 2005, £4.99, 101pp, tp, cover by Serena Riglietti) Reprint (McElderry 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Victory (Bodley Head, The 0-370-32891-4, Mar 2006, £8.99, 262pp, hc, cover by Steve Rawlings) Young-adult fantasy timeslip novel about a contemporary English girl forced to live in America, and a young boy aboard Nelson’s ship Victory at Trafalgar.
• * +Victory (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 1-4169-1477-3, Jul 2006, $16.95, 196pp, hc) Young-adult adventure with elements of fantasy time-shifting. A boy in 1805 and a girl in 2006, both on ships, are linked in time by Horatio Nelson. First US edition (The Bodley Head 3/06).

COPITHORNE, DANA (chron.)

• * *The Steam Magnate (Aio Publishing 1-933083-08-5, Oct 2006, $16.00, 313pp, tp, cover by Dana Copithorne) Surreal/literary fantasy novel of the Broken Glass City. Illustrated by the author. A first novel. Aio Publishing, PO Box 30788, Charleston SC 29417; [www.aiopublishing.com].

COPPLE-TOSIC, ALICE, trans.

• * _Impossible Stories (with Zoran Zivkovic) See entry under Zoran Zivkovic.

CORDELL, BRUCE R. (chron.)

• * *Forgotten Realms: Darkvision (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-4017-4, Sep 2006, $6.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) Novelization based on the roleplaying game, book three of The Wizards. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

CORDER, ZIZOU; pseudonym of Louisa Young & Isabel Adomakoh Young (chron.)

• * _Lionboy: The Truth (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-38054-3, Feb 2006, £12.99, 275pp, hc, cover by blacksheep) Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Lionboy: The Truth (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-240705-4, Oct 2006, $6.99, 232pp, tp) Reprint (Dial 2005) young-adult fantasy, the third in a trilogy. Corder is a pen name for Louisa Young & Isabel Adomakoh Young.

CORDEROY, CONOR (chron.)

• * *Dark Rain (Macmillan New Writing 0-230-00010-X, Apr 2006, £12.99, 243pp, hc) SF novel. Forty years of rain create mass poverty, while the wealthy shelter in domes and all finances are diverted to create a defence against approaching aliens. A first novel. A paperback edition (-00735-X) was announced but not seen.

CORDY, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * _The Lucifer Code (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15447-4, Feb 2006, £6.99, 441pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam UK 2001 as Lucifer) fantasy novel.

CORMAN, AVERY (1935- ) (chron.)

• * *The Boyfriend from Hell (St. Martin’s Press 0-312-34979-3, May 2006, $24.95, 249pp, hc) Horror novel with supernatural elements. A woman begins to wonder if her boyfriend is really evil.

CORNISH, D. M. (chron.)

• * +Monster Blood Tattoo, Book One: Foundling (Penguin/Putnam 0-399-24638-X, May 2006, $18.99, 434pp, hc, cover by D. M. Cornish) Young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by the author. Includes a 112 page glossary/appendix. First US edition (Omnibus Australia 2006).

COUNTER, BEN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Warhammer 40,000: Dark Adeptus (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-242-7, Jan 2006, £6.99, 401pp, pb, cover by Philip Sibbering) Novelization set in the universe of the roleplaying game. Book two of the Grey Knights sub-series.
• * +Warhammer 40,000: Dark Adeptus (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-242-7, Feb 2006, $7.99, 401pp, pb, cover by Philip Sibbering) Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe, second in the Grey Knights series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (1/06) edition, but has only US and Canadian prices.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Galaxy in Flames (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-393-8, Sep 2006, £5.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Neil Roberts) Novelization based on the world of the roleplaying game, part of the Horus Heresy sub-series.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Galaxy in Flames (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-393-8, Oct 2006, $7.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Neil Roberts) Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe, part of the Horus Heresy sub-series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This has the same ISBN as the simultaneous Black Library UK edition but gives only US and Canadian prices.
• * +Warhammer 40,000: Soul Drinkers Omnibus (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-416-0, Jan 2007, $10.99, 750pp, tp, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer 40,000: Soul Drinkers] Omnibus of three novelizations in the Soul Drinkers sub-series based on the roleplaying game universe: Soul Drinker (2002), The Bleeding Chalice (2003), and Crimson Tears (2005). This first US edition has the same ISBN as the simultaneous Black Library UK edition, but only gives US and Canadian prices. (Contents)

COURTENAY GRIMWOOD, JON (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _9Tail Fox (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07809-X, Aug 2006, £7.99, 326pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) Reprint (Gollancz 2005) fantasy novel.
• * *End of the World Blues (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07616-X, Aug 2006, £12.99, 342pp, hc) SF novel. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-07777-8, £10.99) was announced but not seen.
• * +Stamping Butterflies (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38377-9, Sep 2006, $12.00, 363pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) SF novel. The fate of the world hinges on two men dreaming of each other millennia apart. First US edition (Gollancz 11/04).

COVILLE, BRUCE (Farrington) (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Odds Are Good (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-205716-1, Apr 2006, $6.95, 330pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Omnibus of two YA collections: Oddly Enough (1994) and Odder than Ever (1999). (Contents)

COX, ERLE (1873-1950) (chron.)

• * _Out of the Silence (Capricorn Publishing 0-9774757-3-5, May 2006, $18.00, 248pp, tp) Reprint (Vidler Australia 1925) lost race novel of a seeming eugenic utopia. This is the “First Complete Edition” with the original text of the 1919 Australian newspaper serial, a 1947 prolog added as an afterword, and a postscript by John Costello discussing the book’s history and defending it against accusations of racism. This is a print-on-demand book available online at [www.capricornpublishing.com].

COX, (William) GREG(ory) (1959- ) (chron.)

• * *Infinite Crisis (Ace 0-441-01444-5, Oct 2006, $15.00, 371pp, tp, cover by Daniel Acuna) Novelization based on characters and events in the DC Comics universe. Introduction by Mark Waid. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
• * _Star Trek: The Eugenics Wars: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume Three: To Reign in Hell (Pocket 0-7434-5712-9, Jun 2006, $7.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) Reprint (Pocket 1/05) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

CRAGG, DAN (chron.)

• * _Star Wars: Jedi Trial (with David Sherman) See entry under David Sherman.
• * _Starfist: Flashfire (with David Sherman) See entry under David Sherman.
• * _Starfist: Force Recon, Book 2: Pointblank (with David Sherman) See entry under David Sherman.

CRAIG, JOE (chron.)

• * _Jimmy Coates: Assassin? (HarperTrophy 0-06-077265-4, Jul 2006, $5.99, 218pp, tp) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 3/05 as Jimmy Coates: Killer) young-adult SF novel.

CRAMER, KATHRYN (Elizabeth), ed. (1962- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Space Opera Renaissance (with David G. Hartwell) See entry under David G. Hartwell
• * _Year’s Best Fantasy 6 (with David G. Hartwell) See entry under David G. Hartwell
• * _Year’s Best SF 11 (with David G. Hartwell) See entry under David G. Hartwell

CRATER, THERESA (chron.)

• * *Under the Stone Paw (Hampton Roads 1-57174-449-5, Jan 2006, $16.95, 342pp, tp) Fantasy novel. A woman inherits an antique necklace and a forgotten family legacy involving keys to secrets buried under the Sphinx. Hampton Roads, 1125 Stoney Ridge Road, CHarlottesville VA 22902; [www.hrpub.com].

CRAWFORD, GARY WILLIAM (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Mysteries of Von Domarus (Gothic Press 0-913045-13-6, Aug 2006, $7.00, 39pp, ph, cover by Bruce Boston) Collection of of five stories, all revised. Order from Gothic Press, 1701 Lobdell Ave. No. 32, Baton Rouge LA 70806-8242; [www.gothicpress.com]. (Contents)

CROGGON, ALISON (chron.)

• * *The Crow (Walker Books UK 1-4063-0137-X, Jul 2006, £7.99, 509pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel, the third book in the Pellinor series.
• * _The Naming (Candlewick Press 0-763-63162-0, Apr 2006, $8.99, 492pp, tp, cover by Matt Mahurin) Reprint (Penguin Australia 2002 as The Gift) young-adult fantasy novel, the first book in the “Pellinor” quartet.
• * +The Riddle (Candlewick Press 0-7636-3015-2, Sep 2006, $17.99, 490pp, hc, cover by Matt Mahurin) Young-adult fantasy novel, the second book in the “Pellinor” quartet. Maerad and her mentor seek the answer to the Riddle of the Treesong. First US edition (Penguin Australia 11/04).

CROSBY, HARRY C. (1922- ); see pseudonym Christopher Anvil (stories) (chron.)

CROSS, JANINE (chron.)

• * *Shadowed by Wings (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46089-8, Aug 2006, $14.00, 354pp, tp, cover by Paul Youll) Dark fantasy novel, second in the Dragon Temple Saga after Touched by Venom.

CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, KEVIN (chron.)

• * *Gatty’s Tale (Orion Children’s Books 1-8425-5273-2, Oct 2006, £12.99, 388pp, hc, cover by Stephen Raw) Young-adult novel featuring the character from his Arthur series.
• * _King of the Middle March (Scholastic 0-439-26601-7, Mar 2006, $7.99, 409pp, tp, cover by Greg Call) Reprint (Orion 2003) young-adult Arthurian fantasy, third in the “Arthur” trilogy.
• * _The Seeing Stone (Orion/Phoenix 0-75382-121-4, Sep 2006, £6.99, 341pp, tp) Reprint (Orion Children’s Books 2000 as Arthur: The Seeing Stone) young-adult fantasy novel. Rejacketed for adults.

CROWLEY, JOHN (William) (1942- ) (chron.)

• * _Little, Big (Harper Perennial Modern Classics 0-06-112005-7, Oct 2006, $16.95, 538pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam 1981) fantasy novel. Winner of the 1982 World Fantasy Award.
• * _Lord Byron’s Novel: The Evening Land (Harper Perennial 0-06-055659-5, Jul 2006, $15.95, 465pp, tp) Reprint (Morrow 2005) associational novel about a gothic novel supposedly written by Byron and rescued by his daughter.

CROWTHER, PETER, ed. (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Forbidden Planets (DAW 0-7564-0330-8, Nov 2006, $7.99, 307pp, pb) Original anthology of 12 SF stories of dangerous worlds. Authors include Paul McAuley, Paul Di Filippo, Stephen Baxter, and Michael Moorcock. Introduction by Ray Bradbury. Afterword by Stephen Baxter. This is copyrighted by Crowther and Martin H. Greenberg’s Tekno Books. (Contents)
• * *Postscripts 6 (PS Publishing No ISBN, Mar 2006, £25.00, 143pp, hc, cover by Debbie Hughes) Original anthology/magazine with seven stories, an editorial by Steven Erikson, and an interview with Elizabeth Hand. This is the sixth issue, dated Spring 2006. Authors include Matthew Hughes, Stephen Baxter, and Conrad Williams. This is a limited edition of 150 signed by all contributors; a perfect-bound magazine edition (£6.00) is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk]. Contents listed under magazines.
• * *Postscripts Number 7 (PS Publishing No ISBN, Sep 2006, £25.00, 143pp, hc, cover by Radoslaw Walachnia) Original anthology/magazine with nine stories, an editorial by Lucius Shepard, and an interview with Howard Waldrop. This is the seventh issue, dated Summer 2006. Authors include Jack Dann, Rhys Hughes, and Jay Lake. This is a limited edition of 150 signed by all contributors; a perfect-bound magazine edition (£6.00) is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].
• * *Postscripts Number 8 (PS Publishing No ISBN, Sep 2006, £30.00, 144pp, hc, cover by Joseph Noel Patton) Original anthology/magazine with 11 stories and an editorial by Terry Bisson. This is the eighth issue, dated Autumn 2006. Authors include Michael Swanwick, Gene wolfe, and Matthew Hughes. This is a limited edition of 150 signed by all contributors; a perfect-bound magazine edition (£6.00) is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].

CUNNINGHAM, DAVE (chron.)

• * *CloudWorld (Faber and Faber 0-571-22366-4, Feb 2006, £6.99, 345pp, tp, cover by Ian Butterworth) Young-adult fantasy novel.

CUNNINGHAM, ELAINE (chron.)

• * *EverQuest: The Blood Red Harp (CDS Books 1-59315-224-8, Oct 2006, $6.99, 367pp, pb) Novelization based on the world of the online roleplaying game. Copyrighted by Sony Computer Entertainment America.
• * _Forgotten Realms: City of Splendors (with Ed Greenwood) See entry under Ed Greenwood.
• * *Shadows in the Starlight (Tor 0-765-30971-8, Feb 2006, $23.95, 286pp, hc) Dark fantasy mystery novel in the Changeling Detective series, sequel to Shadows in the Darkness, featuring Gwen “GiGi” Gellman.

CUNNINGHAM, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * _Specimen Days (HarperCollins/Fourth Estate UK 0-00-715605-7, Aug 2005, £14.99, 305pp, hc) Reprint (Farrar Straus Giroux 2005) literary novel with SF and fantasy elements. A three-part novel set in past, present, and future Manhattan, with recurring characters and references to Walt Whitman. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Specimen Days (Farrar Straus Giroux/Picador 0-374-29962-5, May 2006, $14.00, 336pp, tp) Reprint (Farrar Straus Giroux 2005) literary novel with SF and fantasy elements.
• * _Specimen Days (HarperPerennial UK 0-00-715606-5, Jun 2006, £7.99, 305pp, tp) Reprint (Farrar Straus Giroux 2005) SF novel in three parts, past through future. This adds supplementary material about the author, etc.

CUPP, SCOTT A., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Cross Plains Universe: Texans Celebrate Robert E. Howard (with Joe R. Lansdale) (MonkeyBrain Books/FACT 1-932265-22-8, Oct 2006, no price, 295pp, tp, cover by Gary Gianni) Original anthology of 21 stories paying homage to Robert E. Howard. Co-published by Monkeybrain and the Fandom Association of Central Texas, distributed free to members of the 2006 World Fantasy Convention; there are currently no plans to make it commercially available. Authors include Bradley Denton, Michael Moorcock, Howard Waldrop, and Gene Wolfe. Introduction by Cupp. (Contents)

CURLOVICH, JOHN MICHAEL; see pseudonym Michael Paine (stories) (chron.)

CUSICK, RICHIE TANKERSLEY (1952- ) (chron.)

• * +The Unseen, Part 4: Sin and Salvation (Penguin/Speak 0-14-240584-1, Mar 2006, $6.99, 377pp, tp, cover by Tony Sahara) Young-adult horror novel, fourth and final in the series. First US edition (Scholastic/Point UK as The Unseen IV).
• * +The Unseen: Blood Brothers (Penguin/Speak 0-14-240583-3, Jan 2006, $6.99, 247pp, tp, cover by Tony Sahara) Young-adult horror novel, third in the series. First US edition (Scholastic Point UK 4/05 as The Unseen III).