The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

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

• * *StarCraft: Ghost: Nova (Pocket Star 0-7434-7134-2, Dec 2006, $7.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Glenn Rane) Novelization, a prequel to the SF computer game StarCraft: Ghost. Introduction by Chris Metzen. Copyrighted by Blizzard Entertainment.
• * *World of Warcraft: Cycle of Hatred (Pocket Star 0-7434-7136-9, Feb 2006, $7.99, 238pp, pb, cover by Glenn Rane) Novelization based on the electronic game series. Copyrighted by Blizzard Entertainment.

DECKER, SHERRY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Hook House and Other Horrors (Silver Lake Publishing 1-933511-09-5, Jan 2006, $12.95, 165pp, tp, cover by Barbara Duryea) Collection of 11 stories, one original. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.silverlakepublishing.com], or from Silver Lake Publishing, 11 S. Mansfield Road, Lansdowne PA 19050. (Contents)

DEDMAN, STEPHEN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Shadowrun: A Fistful of Data (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46116-9, Oct 2006, $6.99, 276pp, pb) Novelization based on the roleplaying game. Copyrighted by WizKids.

DEFOE, GIDEON (chron.)

• * *The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-84867-4, Sep 2006, £7.99, 167pp, hc) Humorous surreal literary fantasy, third in a series after The Pirates! in an adventure with Scientists and The Pirates! in an adventure with Whaling. Copyrighted by Defoe and Richard Murkin. A mini-hardback edition.

DE HAVEN, TOM (1949- ) (chron.)

• * _It’s Superman! (Ballantine 0-345-49392-3, Sep 2006, $13.95, 417pp, tp) Reprint (Chronicle Books 2005) novelization about the comic-book character’s early years. Copyrighted by DC Comics.

DEITZ, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Franklin Dietz] (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _Windmaster’s Bane (Ingalls/High Country Publishers 1-932158-71-5, Jul 2006, $50.00, hc, cover by Val & Ron Lindahn) Reprint (Avon 1986) contemporary Celtic/Appalachian fantasy novel, the first in the Adventures of David Sullivan series. This 20th anniversary edition has been updated and revised, and has illustrations and a new introduction by the author. This is a signed, limited edition of 450; a trade paperback edition (-72-3, $17.95) was announced but not seen. High Country Publishers, 197 New Market Center #135, Boone NC 28607; [www.windmastersbane.com].

de la CRUZ, MELISSA (chron.)

• * *Blue Bloods (Hyperion 0-7868-3892-2, May 2006, $15.99, 305pp, hc) Young-adult vampire novel. A teen in NYC discovers vampires came over on the Mayflower, and have been living disguised in high society ever since.

DELANEY, JOE (chron.)

• * _The Spook’s Curse (Random House UK/Red Fox 0-09-945646-X, Jul 2006, £5.99, 424pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) Reprint (The Bodley Head 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. Second in a series after The Spook’s Apprentice.
• * *The Spook’s Secret (Bodley Head, The 0-370-32828-0, Jul 2006, £8.99, 454pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult fantasy novel. Third in a series after The Spook’s Apprentice and The Spook’s Curse.

DELANEY, JOSEPH H(enry) (1932-1999) (chron.)

• * +The Last Apprentice: Curse of the Bane (HarperCollins/Greenwillow 0-06-076621-2, Sep 2006, $16.99, 468pp, hc, cover by Patrick Arrasmith) Young-adult dark fantasy. Thomas Ward learns quickly that the hardest part of being an apprentice Spook (ghostbuster) is staying alive. First US edition (The Bodley Head 2005 as The Spook’s Curse by Joe Delaney).
• * _The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch (HarperCollins/Greenwillow 0-06-076620-4, Aug 2006, $6.99, 358pp, tp, cover by Scott McKowen) Reprint (The Bodley Head 7/04 as The Spook’s Apprentice by Joe Delaney) young-adult dark fantasy about an apprentice Spook (ghostbuster), the first in a series.

DEL CARLO, ERIC (chron.)

• * _Wartorn: Obliteration (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.

de LINT, CHARLES (Henri Diederick Hoefsmit) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Blue Girl (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-240545-0, Apr 2006, $7.99, 368pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Viking 2004) young-adult contemporary fantasy novel set in de Lint’s town of Newford.
• * _The Harp of the Grey Rose (Subterranean Press 1-931081-87-5, Sep 2006, $40.00, 228pp, hc, cover by MaryAnn Harris) Reprint (Starblaze 1985) fantasy novel of Cerin the Songweaver. This is a signed, limited edition of 750; a lettered edition of 26 ($150.00) is also available.
• * *Triskell Tales 2 (Subterranean Press 1-59606-055-7, May 2006, $40.00, 178pp, hc, cover by Charles de Lint) Original collection of seven stories (one a collaboration with MaryAnn Harris) originally published by de Lint’s Triskell Press as chapbooks for private distribution. A signed, slipcased limited edition of 250 ($125.00) and a traycased lettered edition of 52 ($250.00) are also available. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; 810-232-1489; [www.subterraneanpress.com]. (Contents)
• * *Widdershins (Tor 0-765-31285-9, May 2006, $27.95, 560pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) Fantasy novel in the Newford series following Jilly Coppercorn and Geordie Riddell.

DEL VECCHIO, GENE (chron.)

• * *Sword of Anton (Pelican Publishing 1-58980-304-3, May 2006, $16.95, 248pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Pearl of Anton. Warrior girl Megani need companions to help her defeat the Wizard out to enslave the world. Pelican Publishing Company, 1000 Burmaster St., Gretna LA 70053; [www.pelicanpub.com].

DeMARCE, VIRGINIA EASLEY (stories) (chron.)

• * _1634: The Ram Rebellion (with Eric Flint) See entry under Eric Flint.

de MOSS, BIANCA, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Blood Sisters: Lesbian Vampire Tales (Alyson Books 1-55583-883-9, May 2006, $14.95, 267 + viii, tp) Original anthology of 18 lesbian vampire stories. (Contents)

DeNIRO, ALAN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead (Small Beer Press 1-931520-17-8, Jul 2006, $16.00, 215pp, tp) Collection of 16 stories, three original. Order from Small Beer Press, 176 Prospect Ave., Northampton MA 01060; [www.lcrw.net]; [info@lcrw.net]. (Contents)

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• * _Rabid Transit: Long Voyages, Great Lies (with Kristin Livdahl & Christopher Barzak) See entry under Christopher Barzak.

DENNING, TROY (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Star Wars: Dark Nest (SFBC #1205797, Jan 2006, $14.99, 357pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Wars: Dark Nest] Omnibus of three Star Wars novelizations in the Dark Nest trilogy: Star Wars: Dark Nest I: The Joiner King (2005), Star Wars: Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen (2005), and Star Wars: Dark Nest III: The Swarm War (2006). This has ISBN 0-7394-6330-6; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *Star Wars: Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-949106-0, Oct 2005, £6.99, 333pp, pb) SF novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
• * *Star Wars: Dark Nest III: The Swarm War (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-949107-9, Jan 2006, £6.99, xii+357pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) SF novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
• * *Star Wars: Legacy of the Force 3: Tempest (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-47752-9, Dec 2006, $7.99, 392pp, pb) Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * *Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Tempest (Random House UK/Arrow/Lucasbooks 0-09-949204-0, Dec 2006, £6.99, iii+392pp, pb) SF novelization. Book three in a sub-series. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
• * _Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Tempest (SFBC #1222565, Jan 2007, $11.99, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 2006) Star Wars novelization, third in a sub-series. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7705-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

DENNIS, ANDREW (stories) (chron.)

• * _1635: The Cannon Law (with Eric Flint) See entry under Eric Flint.

de PIERRES, MARIANNE (chron.)

• * +Code Noir (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46100-2, Jul 2006, $6.99, 308pp, pb) SF novel, second in the Parrish Plessis series. First US edition (Orbit 1/04).

DE WINTER, CORRINE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Valentine (Black Arrow Press no ISBN, Sep 2006, $5.00, unpaginated, ph) Chapbook poetry collection of 34 poems. Order from Black Arrow Press, PO Box 454, East Longmeadow MA 01028; [www.corrinedewinter.com].

DiCAMILLO, KATE (chron.)

• * _The Tale of Despereaux (Candlewick Press 0-7636-2529-9, May 2006, $7.99, 272pp, tp, cover by Timothy Basil Ering) Reprint (Candlewick Press 2003) young-adult fantasy novel about the adventures of a romantic mouse. Winner of the Newbery Medal. This includes a tear-out chapbook preview of The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.

DiCHARIO, NICHOLAS A. (stories) (chron.)

• * *A Small and Remarkable Life (Fitzhenry & Whiteside/Robert J. Sawyer Books 0-88995-342-2, Sep 2006, $16.95, 236pp, tp) SF novel. An extraterrestrial orphaned on Earth makes a life for himself in the Adirondack Mountains in the mid-1800s. Introduction by Mike Resnick. A first novel. A simultaneous hardcover edition (-336-8, $19.95) was announced but not seen. Robert J. Sawyer Books c/o Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 195 Allstate Parkway, Markham ON L3R 4T8, Canada; [www.robertjsawyerbooks.com].

DICK, PHILIP K(indred) (1928-1982) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Cosmic Puppets (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07670-4, Jan 2006, £6.99, 143pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Ace 1957) SF novel.
• * *A Scanner Darkly (Random House/Pantheon 0-375-42402-4, Feb 2006, $23.95, 189pp, tp) Graphic version of Dick’s novel (Doubleday 1977) composed of stills from the 2006 animated film.
• * _A Scanner Darkly (Random House/Vintage 1-4000-9690-1, May 2006, $12.95, 279pp, tp) Reissue (Doubleday 1977) SF novel. This is a movie tie-in edition; 23rd printing.
• * _A Scanner Darkly (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07681-X, Aug 2006, £6.99, 219pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1977) SF novel. A film tie in edition.
• * *A Scanner Darkly (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07892-8, Sep 2006, £10.99, 189pp, tp) Graphic novel based on the screenplay by Richard Linklater based on the novel by Philip K. Dick (Doubleday 1977).
• * _Ubik (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07921-5, Aug 2006, £7.99, xi+208pp, tp, cover by Marc Adams) Reprint (Doubleday 1969) SF novel with a new Introduction by Michael Marshall Smith. Part of the Ten Greatest SF Books of All Time series. (Contents)
• * *Vintage PKD (Random House/Vintage 1-4000-9607-3, Jun 2006, $11.95, 189pp, tp) Collection of 10 pieces: five novel excerpts, three stories, an autobiographical essay, and one letter.
• * _The Zap Gun (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07672-0, Jun 2006, £6.99, 252pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Pyramid 1967) SF novel.

DICKENS, CHARLES (John Huffam) (1812-1870) (stories) (chron.)

• * _A Christmas Carol (Tor 0-812-50434-8, Dec 2006, $3.99, 116 + xii, pb) Reissue (Chapman & Hall 1843) classic Christmas ghost story, with a biography of Dickens, foreword, and afterword by Jane Yolen. 14th printing.
• * _A Christmas Carol and other Christmas Books (Oxford University Press 0-19-280694-7, Sep 2006, £6.99, xlviii+438pp, tp) Reprint (Chapman and Hall 1852 as Christmas Books) fantasy/ghost omnibus/collection. Dickens’ annual Christmas tales. This later edition adds an article about Christmas from 1851. Edited with introduction and notes by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. A hardcover edition (£12.99) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
• * _Christmas Carol and Other Holiday Tales (Borders Classics 1-58726-422-6, 2006, $5.95, 224pp, tp) Reprint omnibus of three fantastic Christmas novels: A Christmas Carol (1843), The Chimes (1844), and A Cricket on the Hearth (1845).

DICKERSON, MATTHEW (chron.)

• * *Ents, Elves, and Eriador: The Environmental Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien (with Jonathan Evans) (University Press of Kentucky 0-8131-2418-2, Nov 2006, $35.00, 316 + xxvi, hc) Non-fiction, a look at the ecological philosophy revealed in Tolkien’s works. Foreword by John Elder; afterword by Tom Shippey. This is the first volume in the Culture of the Land Series. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. University Press of Kentucky, 663 South Limestone St., Lexington KY 40508-4008; [www.kentuckypress.com]. [Tolkien]

DICKINSON, JOHN (chron.)

• * _The Widow and the King (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55246-1, Apr 2006, £6.99, 613pp, tp) Reprint (Fickling 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, the second in a series after The Cup of the World.

DICKSON, LISA, ed. (chron.)

• * _Reading Stargate SG-1 (with Stan Beeler) See entry under Stan Beeler.

DIETZ, WILLIAM C(orey) (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Logos Run (Ace 0-441-01428-3, Oct 2006, $24.95, 357pp, hc, cover by Craig White) Far-future SF, sequel to Runner. Runner Jak Rebo must deliver the AI called Logos to a backwater planet.
• * _Runner (Ace 0-441-01409-7, Oct 2006, $7.99, 424pp, pb, cover by Craig White) Reprint (Ace 2005) far-future SF novel, first in a series.

DI FILIPPO, PAUL (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Creature from the Black Lagoon: Time’s Black Lagoon (Dark Horse Comics/DH Press 1-59582-033-7, May 2006, $6.99, 301pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) Novelization based on characters from the movies. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Licensing.
• * *Shuteye for the Timebroker (Thunder’s Mouth Press 1-56025-817-9, May 2006, $14.95, 312pp, tp, cover by Todd Schorr) Collection of 15 stories, two original. (Contents)

DIKTY, JULIAN MAY (1931- ); see under May, Julian (chron.)

DILMORE, KEVIN (stories) (chron.)

• * _Star Trek: Vanguard: Summon the Thunder (with Dayton Ward) See entry under Dayton Ward.

DINGUS, PETER (chron.)

• * *Proteus Rising (SpeculativeFictionReview.com 0-9785232-0-2, Nov 2006, $17.95, 459pp, tp, cover by Peter Dingus) SF novel of an illicit genetics experiment in a Martian colony. Authorities become alarmed by the appearance of apparently superhuman teens. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.speculativefictionreview.com].

DiPIETRO, JOE (chron.)

• * *A Split Second to Midnight (AuthorHouse 1-4208-5977-3, Aug 2005, 224pp, tp, cover by Sarah A. LeBlanc) SF thriller. A scientists seeks to stop ecological disaster with the help of aliens. A print-on-demand book, available online at [www.AuthorHouse.com]; 800-839-8640.

DIRGO, CRAIG (c1959- ) (chron.)

• * *Tremor (Berkley 0-425-20750-1, Jan 2006, $14.00, 314pp, tp) Techno-thriller with SF elements. Terrorists get their hands on a devastating lost invention of Nikola Tesla.

DIVAKARUNI, CHITRA BANERJEE (chron.)

• * _The Conch Bearer (Chicken House, The 1-904442-54-4, Oct 2005, £6.99, 265pp, tp, cover by Michael Foreman) Reprint (Porter 2003) young-adult fantasy novel. The boy Anand must take a mystical conch shell from Calcutta to its Himalayan home.
• * _Queen of Dreams (Time Warner UK/Abacus 0-349-11941-4, Dec 2005, £7.99, 307pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 2004) literary fantasy novel.

DIX, SHANE (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Geodesica (with Sean Williams) See entry under Sean Williams.
• * _Geodesica: Descent (with Sean Williams) See entry under Sean Williams.

DOCTOROW, CORY (stories) (chron.)

• * _Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town (Tor 0-765-31280-8, Jun 2006, $14.95, 315pp, tp, cover by Dave McKean) Reprint (Tor 2005) contemporary fantasy novel.

DODGSON, CHARLES LUTWIDGE (1832-1898); see pseudonym Lewis Carroll (chron.)

DOETSCH, RICHARD (chron.)

• * *The Thieves of Heaven (Dell 0-440-24288-6, May 2006, $6.99, 449pp, pb, cover by James Wang) Papal thriller with supernatural elements. A thief steals Vatican artifacts that could Keep humanity out of heaven forever. A first novel.

DOKEY, (Mary) CAMERON (1956- ) (chron.)

• * _Beauty Sleep (Simon Pulse 1-4169-4014-6, Oct 2006, $5.99, 186pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Reissue (Simon Pulse 2002) young-adult novel based on “Sleeping Beauty”, repackaged as part of the Once Upon a Time series.
• * *Golden (Simon Pulse 1-4169-0580-4, Mar 2006, $5.99, 179pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Young-adult novel based on the fairy tale of Rapunzel.

DOLLEY, CHRIS (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Resonance (SFBC #1199440, Jan 2006, $11.99, 389pp, hc, cover by Alan Pollack) Reprint (Baen 2005) SF novel of alternate realities. This is similar to the Baen edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

DOMINGUE, RONLYN (chron.)

• * _The Mercy of Thin Air (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 1-4165-1125-3, Jul 2006, £6.99, 308pp, tp) Reprint (Atria Books 2005) ghost novel.

DONNELLY, MARCOS (chron.)

• * _Letters from the Flesh (Fitzhenry & Whiteside/Robert J. Sawyer Books 0-88995-343-0, Apr 2006, $16.95, 191pp, tp, cover by Sam Weber) Reprint (Sawyer 2004) SF novel about aliens, Christianity, evolution versus creationism. Robert J. Sawyer Books, c/o Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 195 Allstate Parkway, Markham ON L3R 4T8; [www.robertjsawyerbooks.com].

DONOHUE, KEITH (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Stolen Child (Doubleday/Nan A. Talese 0-385-51616-9, May 2006, $23.95, 319pp, hc) Fantasy novel about a human boy stolen by hobgoblins and the changeling boy who replaces him. A first novel.
• * _The Stolen Child (SFBC #1200243, Dec 2006, $12.99, 319pp, tp) Reprint (Talese 2006) fantasy novel about a human boy stolen by hobgoblins and the changeling boy who replaces him. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7498-3; it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back cover.

DOUGLAS, CAROLE NELSON (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit (Tor/Forge 0-765-35268-0, Jun 2006, $6.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Jo Tronc) Reprint (Forge 2005) associational mystery, #17 in the “Midnight Louie” series partly narrated by a cat.