The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

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) 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) SF novel, third in the Species Imperative series.
• * _Regeneration (SFBC #1212820, Jun 2006, $12.49, 543pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) 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) 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 (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) 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) 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) 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) Reprint (TSR 1992) novelization based on the role-playing 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) Reprint (Forge 2005) prehistorical 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) 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) 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) 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) Fantasy novel, the second in the Crowthistle Chronicles. This was supposedly simultaneous with the Tor Australia (2005) edition, but was not seen until of now.
• * +The Well of Tears (Tor 0-765-31206-9, Feb 2006, $27.95, 480pp, hc, cover by Julek Heller) 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) 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) 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 fairy tale anthologies: A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales (2001) and Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold (2003). Bound in boards.
• * _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) Reissue (Forge 1995) thriller/horror novel. Fourth printing.
• * *Thunder of Time (Tor/Forge 0-765-30770-7, Apr 2006, $27.95, 400pp, hc) 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) 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) 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.

DAVIDSON, MaryJANICE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dead and Loving It (Berkley Sensation 0-425-20795-1, Apr 2006, $14.00, 305pp, tp, cover by Chris Long) [Wyndham Werewolf] Collection of four humorous romance stories of the Wyndham werewolves, three originally published as e-books. (Contents)
• * *Drop Dead, Gorgeous! (Kensington/Brava 0-7582-1204-6, May 2006, $14.00, 200pp, tp) Contemporary SF/chick-lit romance, sequel to Hello, Gorgeous! about an ultra-secret organization using nano-tech cyborg agents.
• * *Jennifer Scales and the Messenger of Light (with Anthony Alongi) (Berkley Jam 0-425-21011-1, Jun 2006, $9.99, 328pp, tp, cover by Daniel O’Leary) Young-adult fantasy novel, the second in a series about a teen weredragon.
• * *Sleeping with the Fishes (Jove 0-515-14222-0, Dec 2006, $7.99, 268pp, pb) Paranormal romance, the first in a series. Fred the cranky mermaid investigates toxins in seawater with the help of a hunky marine biologist.
• * _Undead and Unpopular (Berkley Sensation 0-425-21029-4, Jun 2006, $22.95, 257pp, hc, cover by Chris Long) Humorous vampire novel, fifth in the series featuring Betsy the Vampire Queen.
• * _Undead and Unreturnable (Berkley Sensation 0-425-21081-2, Jun 2006, $6.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Chris Long) Reprint (Berkley Sensation 2005) vampire romance/chick-lit novel, the fourth in the series about Betsy, Queen of the Vampires.

DAVIES, ALISON L. R., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror (Telos 1-84583-046-6, Sep 2006, £12.99, 387pp, tp) Anthology of 23 horror stories (nine original) and one drawing. Royalties go to DebRA, a charity for the skin disease Epidermolysis Bullosa. Available from 61 Elgar Avenue, Tolworth, Surrey KT5 9JP. (Contents)

DAVIS, GRAEME (chron.)

• * *Eberron: Blood and Honor (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-4069-7, Sep 2006, $6.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Wayne Reynolds) Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the fourth volume in The War-Torn series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

DAVIS, HANK, ed.

• * _We the Underpeople See entry under Cordwainer Smith.

DAVIS, JONATHAN P. (chron.)

• * *Life, Inc. (AuthorHouse 1-4259-3414-5, Aug 2006, $10.95, 228pp, tp, cover by Todd Faris) Fantasy novel. The Stabilizer starts to question his role as an Agent of Death after thousands of years. A print-on-demand book, available online at [www.AuthorHouse.com]; 800-839-8640.

DAVIS, LINDA H. (chron.)

• * *Charles Addams: A Cartoonist’s Life (Random House 0-679-46325-9, Oct 2006, $29.95, 382pp, hc) Non-fiction, an associational biography with notes, index, photos, and cartoons. [Addams]

DAVIS, RUSSELL, ed. (1970- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Millennium 3001 (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg

DAVIS, TONI (chron.)

• * _The Return of Innocence (with Duane Simolke) See entry under Duane Simolke.

DAY, THOMAS A. (chron.)

• * *A Grey Moon Over China (Black Heron Press 0-930773-78-0, Oct 2006, $25.95, 358pp, hc, cover by Bryan Sears) SF novel. A first novel. Black Heron Press, PO Box 95676, Seattle WA 98145; [www.blackheronpress.com].

DAYTON, GAIL (chron.)

• * *The Barbed Rose (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80225-0, Mar 2006, $13.95, 441pp, tp) Fantasy romance novel, sequel to The Compass Rose. Copyrighted by Gail Shelton.

DEAN, CAMERON (chron.)

• * *Eternal Hunger (Ballantine 978-0-345-49255-5, Jan 2007, $6.99, 311pp, pb) Vampire romance novel, third in the Candace Steele Vampire Killer series.
• * *Luscious Craving (Ballantine 0-345-49254-4, Dec 2006, $6.99, 328pp, pb) Vampire romance novel, second in the Candace Steele Vampire Killer series.
• * *Passionate Thirst (Ballantine 0-345-49253-6, Nov 2006, $6.99, 301pp, pb) Vampire romance, the first in the Candace Steele Vampire Killer series. Candace works security for a Las Vegas concert when her old vampire boyfriend turns up.

DEAN, PAMELA; [i.e., Pamela Collins Dean Dyer-Bennet] (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Tam Lin (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-240652-X, Aug 2006, $8.99, 468pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (Tor 1991) contemporary fantasy novel based on the Scottish ballad. This has an updated introduction by Terry Windling.

de ANGELES, LY (chron.)

• * *The Shining Isle (Llewellyn 0-7387-0834-8, Apr 2006, $14.95, 297pp, tp, cover by Jonathan Hunt) Urban fantasy novel, sequel to The Quickening.

DEARY, TERRY (chron.)

• * *The Fire Thief (Kingfisher 0-7534-1148-2, Jan 2006, £7.99, 253pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult fantasy novel. Prometheus escapes his torment, and travels through time, only to risk recapture to save his new friends.
• * *Flight of the Fire Thief (Houghton Mifflin/Kingfisher 0-7534-5819-5, Oct 2006, $9.95, 225pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult fantasy, sequel to The Fire Thief. Prometheus again flees the gods’ revenge and ends up in 1795 in gritty Eden City. This is a bound-in-boards edition.

DEATON, HOLLY LISLE; see under Lisle, Holly (chron.)

de BALZAC, HONORÉ; see under Balzac, Honoré de (chron.)

DEBUS, ALLEN A. (chron.)

• * *Dinosaurs in Fantastic Fiction: A Thematic Survey (McFarland 0-7864-2672-1, Feb 2007, $55.00, 220pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Non-fiction, a guide to dinosaurs in literature from Jules Verne to Michael Crichton. Forewords by Donald F. Glut and Mark F. Berry. Includes notes, bibliography, index, and an appendix with short summaries of works not covered in the main text. McFarland, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; 800-253-2187; [www.mcfarlandpub.com].

deCANDIDO, KEITH R. A. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Blackout (Simon Spotlight Entertainment 1-4169-1917-1, Sep 2006, $6.99, 232pp, pb) Novelization based on characters from the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.

DeCANDIDO, KEITH R. A. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Serenity (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 1-4165-0288-2, Sep 2005, £6.99, 257pp, pb) Novelisation based on the movie based on the TV series, Firefly. Simultaneous with the 2005 US (Pocket Star) edition, but not seen until now.