The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

CROSBY, HARRY C. (1925-2009); 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) [Dragon Temple Saga] 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) [Arthur] 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) [Arthur] 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) [Arthur] 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, UK; [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, UK; [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, UK; [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) [EverQuest] 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) [GiGi Gellman] 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) [Unseen] 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) [Unseen] Young-adult horror novel, third in the series. First US edition (Scholastic Point UK 4/05 as The Unseen III).

CZAJKOWSKI, JIM; see pseudonyms Jim Clemens & James Rollins (chron.)

CZERNEDA, JULIE E. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Migration (DAW 0-7564-0346-4, Apr 2006, $7.50, 520pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Species Imperative] Reprint (DAW 2005) SF novel, second in the Species Imperative series.
• * *Regeneration (DAW 0-7564-0345-6, May 2006, $24.95, 543pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Species Imperative] SF novel, third in the Species Imperative series.
• * _Regeneration (SFBC #1212820, Jun 2006, $12.49, 543pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Species Imperative] Reprint (DAW 2006) SF novel, third in the Species Imperative series. This is similar to the DAW edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

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• * *Mythspring (with Genevieve Kierans) (Red Deer Press 0-88995-340-6, Mar 2006, $18.95, 304pp, hc, cover by Kenn Brown & Chris Wren) Original anthology of 16 stories inspired by Canadian myths and songs, accompanied by the relevant lyrics or legend. Authors include Charles de Lint, Tanya Huff, and James Alan Gardner. Introduction by Czerneda. (Contents)

DABB, ANDREW (chron.)

• * _DragonLance Chronicles: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (with [et al], Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman) See entry under Margaret Weis.
• * _Forgotten Realms: Exile (with Tim Seeley & R. A. Salvatore) See entry under R. A. Salvatore
• * _Forgotten Realms: Homeland (with Tim Seeley & R. A. Salvatore) See entry under R. A. Salvatore
• * _Forgotten Realms: Sojourn (with Tim Seeley & R. A. Salvatore) See entry under R. A. Salvatore

D’AGOSTINO, RICHARD (chron.)

• * *Rite of Passage (Medallion Press 1-93-281554-6, Mar 2006, $6.99, 473pp, pb, cover by Adam Mock) Horror novel. An Egyptologist unearths an ancient seal with a prophecy that threatens all mankind. Medallion Press, 225 Seabreeze Ave., Palm Beach FL 33480; [www.medallion press.com].

DAHL, ROALD (1916-1990) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-131964-X, Oct 2005, £8.99, 147pp, tp, cover by Quentin Blake) [Charlie] Reprint (Knopf 1964) young-adult fantasy novel. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. This is a film tie-in edition.
• * *Collected Stories (Random House/Everyman’s Library 0-307-26490-4, Oct 2006, $30.00, 850 + xxxvii, hc) Collection of 51 stories for adults. Introduction by Jeremy Treglown. This includes a chronology. All stories have been previously collected; ten stories were first collected in Over to You (1946), 19 in Someone Like You (1953), 11 in Kiss Kiss (1960), four in Switch Bitch (1974), and two each in Tales of the Unexpected (1979), More Tales of the Unexpected (1980), and Collected Short Stories (1980). (Contents)

DAHLQUIST, GORDON W. (chron.)

• * *The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters (Bantam 0-385-34035-4, Aug 2006, $26.00, 760pp, hc, cover by Shasti O’Leary Soudant) [Glass Books of the Dream Eaters] Fantasy novel. A woman dumped by her fiancé seeks answers and uncovers a conspiracy out to rule the world through sex and dreams.

DALEY, BRITTANY A., ed. (chron.)

• * *Sin-a-Rama: Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of the Sixties (with Hedi Kholti, Earl Kemp & [et al]) (Feral House 1-932595-05-8, Feb 2005, $24.95, 287pp, hc, cover by Robert Bonfils) Non-fiction, reference, a guide to 1960s sex books whose pseudonymous authors included Marion Zimmer Bradley, Harlan Ellison, and Robert Silverberg, who provides an essay on “My Life as a Pornographer”. Includes profiles/interviews with 13 authors, as well as discussion of the publishing business, typical themes (including SF and “Some Weird Sin”), and pseudonyms. Lavishly illustrated with color cover images. This is dated 2005, but not seen until now. Feral House, PO Box 39910, Los Angeles CA 90039; [www.feralhouse.com].

D’AMMASSA, DON(ald Eugene) (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction (Infobase Publishing/Checkmark Books 0-8160-6924-7, Mar 2006, $21.95, 488 + viii, tp) Non-fiction, reference, a guide to major authors and works. Includes index and bibliographies. A hardcover edition (-6192-0, $65.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _Haven (Gale Group/Five Star 1-4104-0250-9, Mar 2006, $13.95, 291pp, tp, cover by Christopher Wait) Reprint (Five Star 2004) SF mystery novel.

DAMSGAARD, SHIRLEY (chron.)

• * *Charmed to Death (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-079353-8, Apr 2006, $6.99, 288pp, pb) [Ophelia and Abby] Fantasy mystery novel, sequel to Witch Way to Murder in the Ophelia and Abby series about a reluctant psychic Ophelia and her witch grandmother.
• * *The Trouble With Witches (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-079358-9, Sep 2006, $6.99, 292pp, pb) [Ophelia and Abby] Fantasy mystery novel, third in the Ophelia and Abby series about reluctant psychic Ophelia and her witch grandmother. Ophelia and Abby search for a missing teen in Minnesota.

DANIELEWSKI, MARK Z. (chron.)

• * _House of Leaves (Random House/Pantheon 0-375-70376-4, May 2006, $19.95, 709pp, tp) Reissue (Pantheon 2000) literary horror novel. This is a second edition, marked the “Remastered Full-Color Edition”, with a sticker for Only Revolution on the cover; it retains the 2000 copyright, and indicates 16th printing.
• * *Only Revolutions (Random House/Pantheon 0-375-42176-9, Sep 2006, $26.00, 360pp, hc) Experimental road-trip novel/poem about two perennial 16-year-olds across two centuries. Sam and Hailey each tell their own story in a variation on double format, with the stories on the same pages but running upside down to each other in opposite directions; select letters and words are printed in green, yellow, or red-violet; the multi-color page numbers rotate flip-book style.

DANIELL, TINA (chron.)

• * _DragonLance: The Companions (TSR 1-56076-340-X, Jun 2006, $5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [DragonLance: Meetings] Reprint (TSR 1992) novelization based on the roleplaying game, the sixth and final volume in the Meetings series. Copyrighted by TSR.

DANN, JACK (Mayo), ed. (1945- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Escape from Earth: New Adventures in Space (with Gardner R. Dozois) (SFBC #1173478, Aug 2006, $13.99, 420 + viii, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Young-adult original anthology of seven SF stories. Authors include Kage Baker, Orson Scott Card, and Joe Haldeman. (Contents)
• * *Futures Past (with Gardner R. Dozois) (Ace 0-441-01454-2, Nov 2006, $7.99, 290pp, pb) SF anthology of 14 stories of attempts to change history. Authors include L. Sprague de Camp, Roger Zelazny, and Kage Baker. (Contents)

DANN, JOHN R. (chron.)

• * _Song of the Earth (Tor 0-765-35047-5, Jan 2006, $7.99, 542pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Song of the Axe] Reprint (Forge 2005) prehistoric fantasy novel, prequel to Song of the Axe.

DANZIGER, PAULA (1944-2004) (chron.)

• * _This Place Has No Atmosphere (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-240680-5, May 2006, $5.99, 156pp, tp, cover by Tuesday Mourning) Reprint (Delacorte 1986) young-adult SF novel about a teen who moves to the moon.

DARRIEUSSECQ, MARIE (chron.)

• * *White (Faber and Faber 0-571-22388-5, May 2006, £6.99, 145pp, tp) SF novel set in 2015 Antarctica. Translated by Ian Monk from the French original (P.O.L., 2003).

DART-THORNTON, CECILIA; pseudonym of Cecilia Thornton (chron.)

• * _The Iron Tree (Tor 0-765-35054-8, Feb 2006, $7.99, 414pp, pb, cover by Gordon Crabb) [Crowthistle Chronicles] Reprint (Tor UK 2004) fantasy novel, first in the Crowthistle Chronicles trilogy.
• * +Weatherwitch (Tor 0-765-31207-7, Nov 2006, $25.95, 333pp, hc, cover by Julek Heller) [Crowthistle Chronicles] Fantasy novel, third in the Crowthistle Chronicles trilogy. First US edition (Tor Australia 10/06).
• * _Weatherwitch (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-4714-3, Nov 2006, £17.99, xx+375+iv, hc, cover by Julek Heller) [Crowthistle Chronicles] Reprint (Tor Australia 2006) fantasy novel, the third book of the Crowthistle Chronicles. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Well of Tears (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-4712-7, Nov 2005, £17.99, 509pp, hc, cover by Julek Heller) [Crowthistle Chronicles] Fantasy novel, the second in the Crowthistle Chronicles. This was supposedly simultaneous with the Tor Australia (2005) edition, but was not seen until now.
• * +The Well of Tears (Tor 0-765-31206-9, Feb 2006, $27.95, 480pp, hc, cover by Julek Heller) [Crowthistle Chronicles] Fantasy novel, second in the “Crowthistle Chronicles” trilogy. First US edition (Tor Australia 2005).
• * _The Well of Tears (Tor 0-765-35055-6, Nov 2006, $7.99, 493pp, pb, cover by Julek Heller) [Crowthistle Chronicles] Reprint (Tor Australia 2005) fantasy novel, second in the Crowthistle Chronicles trilogy.
• * _The Well of Tears (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-43302-4, Nov 2006, £7.99, xix+795+ix, pb, cover by Julek Heller) [Crowthistle Chronicles] Reprint (Tor Australia 2005) fantasy novel, second in the Crowthistle Chronicles.

DATLOW, ELLEN (Sue), ed. (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Dark of the Woods (with Terri Windling) (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-7607-8277-6, Jun 2006, $7.95, 331pp, hc) Omnibus of two YA fairytale anthologies: A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales (2001) and Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold (2003). Bound in boards. (Contents)
• * _The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm (with Terri Windling) (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-240406-3, Feb 2006, $9.99, 528pp, tp, cover by Charles Vess) Reprint (Viking 2004) YA/adult crossover anthology of 17 stories and three poems.
• * *Salon Fantastique (with Terri Windling) (Thunder’s Mouth Press 1-56025-833-0, Oct 2006, $16.95, 394pp, tp, cover by Jim Zaccaria) Original anthology of 15 fantasy stories. Authors include Peter S. Beagle, Gregory Maguire, and Lucius Shepard. (Contents)
• * *The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror 2006: Nineteenth Annual Collection (with Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant) (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-35614-5, Aug 2006, $19.95, 480 + cxxiii, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Best-of-the-year anthology with 35 stories, five poems, and 123 additional pages containing a necrology by James Frenkel, summations of 2005 fantasy and horror by the editors, a media summary by Edward Bryant, a comics summary by Charles Vess, a music summary by Charles de Lint, and a manga/anime summary by Joan D. Vinge. Also available as a St. Martin’s hardcover (-34193-8, $35.00). Packaged and copyrighted by James Frenkel & Associates. (Contents)

DAVID, JAMES F.; pseudonym of James D. Foster, (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _Footprints of Thunder (Tor 0-812-52402-0, Apr 2006, $7.99, 484pp, pb, cover by Paul Stinson) [Footprints of Thunder] Reissue (Forge 1995) thriller/horror novel. Fourth printing.
• * *Thunder of Time (Tor/Forge 0-765-30770-7, Apr 2006, $27.95, 400pp, hc) [Footprints of Thunder] Thriller/horror novel, sequel to Footprints of Thunder. Time unravels again and dinosaurs roam the earth.

DAVID, PETER (Allen) (1956- ) (chron.)

• * *Battlestar Galactica: Sagittarius Is Bleeding (Tor 0-765-31607-2, Oct 2006, $14.95, 350pp, tp) [Battlestar Galactica] Novelization, the third based on the new version of the SF TV show. A hardcover edition (-31605-6, $25.95) is also available. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Licensing.
• * *Fall of Knight (Ace 0-441-01402-X, Jun 2006, $24.95, 347pp, hc, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Knight Life] Contemporary Arthurian fantasy novel, third in the series begun in Knight Life.
• * *Fantastic 4 (Pocket Star 1-4165-0980-1, Jun 2005, $6.99, 369pp, pb) Novelization of the movie based on the Marvel Comics. This is dated 2005 but not seen until now. Movie copyrighted by KUMAR Mobiliengesellschaft mbH & Co. Projeckt Nr. 3 KG and Twentieth Century Fox Film; character likenesses copyrighted by Marvel Characters.
• * *Star Trek New Frontier: Missing in Action (Pocket 1-4165-1080-X, Feb 2006, $25.00, 341pp, hc, cover by Jerry Vanderstelt) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * _Star Trek New Frontier: Missing in Action (Pocket 0-7434-2959-1, Jan 2007, $7.99, 392pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 2006) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by CBS Studios.

DAVIDSON, AVRAM (James) (1923-1993) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Adventures in Unhistory (Tor 0-765-30760-X, Dec 2006, $25.95, 308 + xi, hc) Reprint (Owlswick Press 1993) non-fiction collection of essays. This includes the original illustrations by George Barr and has the 1993 preface by Peter S. Beagle as an introduction.