The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

DICK, PHILIP K(indred) (chron.) (continued)

• * *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) [Christmas Carol] 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). (Contents)

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) [Cup of the World] 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) [Runner] 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) [Runner] Reprint (Ace 2005) far-future SF novel, first in a series.

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

• * *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 (G.) (1959- ) (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 (The Chicken House 1-904442-54-4, Oct 2005, £6.99, 265pp, tp, cover by Michael Foreman) [Brotherhood of the Conch] 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 (Efram) (1971- ) (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 fairytale 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) [Midnight Louie] Reprint (Forge 2005) associational mystery, #17 in the “Midnight Louie” series partly narrated by a cat.
• * *Cat in a Quicksilver Caper (Tor/Forge 0-765-31400-2, Jul 2006, $19.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Jo Tronc) [Midnight Louie] Associational mystery, #18 in the Midnight Louie series partly narrated by a cat.
• * _A Soul of Steel (Tor/Forge 0-765-34790-3, Dec 2006, $7.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Glenn Harrington) [Irene Adler; Sherlock Holmes] Reprint (Forge 1992 as Irene at Large) associational mystery in the Irene Adler series of Holmesian pastiches.

DOUGLAS, IAN; pseudonym of William H. Keith, Jr., (1950- ) (chron.)

• * *Battlespace (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-81825-6, Feb 2006, $7.50, 402pp, pb) [Legacy] Military SF novel, the second book of the Legacy trilogy.

DOUGLAS, KATE (chron.)

• * *Wolf Tales III (Kensington/Aphrodisia 0-7582-1388-3, Jan 2007, $12.95, 264pp, tp) [Chanku] Erotic werewolf novel, the third in a series about the Chanku race of shapeshifters.

DOUGLASS, SARA; pseudonym of Sara Mary Warneke, (1957- ) (chron.)

• * _Beyond the Hanging Wall (Tor 0-765-34377-0, Oct 2006, $7.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Greg Call) Reprint (Hodder Headline Australia 1996) fantasy novel.
• * +The Crippled Angel (Tor 0-765-30364-7, Jan 2006, $25.95, 365pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Crucible] Historical fantasy novel, the third book in the Crucible series. First US edition (Voyager Australia 2002).
• * _The Crippled Angel (Tor 0-765-34284-7, Aug 2006, $7.99, 483pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Crucible] Reprint (Voyager Australia 2002) fantasy novel, the third book in the Crucible series.
• * +Crusader (Tor 0-765-31518-1, Aug 2006, $27.95, 464pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Wayfarer Redemption] Fantasy novel, book six of the Wayfarer Redemption series. First US edition (Voyager Australia 11/99).
• * _Crusader (SFBC #1206270, Aug 2006, $13.99, 464pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Wayfarer Redemption] Reprint (Voyager Australia 1999) fantasy novel. This is similar to the Tor hardcover edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Druid’s Sword (Tor 0-765-30543-7, May 2006, $27.95, 606pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Troy Game] Fantasy novel, book four of the Troy Game. Simultaneous with the Voyager Australia edition.
• * _Pilgrim (Tor 0-765-34279-0, May 2006, $7.99, 639pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Wayfarer Redemption] Reprint (Voyager Australia 1997) fantasy novel, book five of The Wayfarer Redemption.
• * _The Wayfarer Redemption (Tor 0-765-35616-3, Jul 2006, $3.99, 629pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Wayfarer Redemption] Reissue (HarperCollins Australia 1995 as BattleAxe: Book One of the Axis Trilogy) fantasy novel, first in a six book series by the same title, originally published in Australia as two trilogies. This is a special reduced-price edition.

DOWNER, ANN (1960- ) (chron.)

• * *The Dragon of Never-Was (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-85571-0, Jul 2006, $16.95, 305pp, hc, cover by Omar Rayyan) [Hatching Magic] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Hatching Magic. Theodora Oglethorpe encounters magic in Scotland.
• * _Hatching Magic (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 1-4169-2497-3, May 2006, $2.99, 242pp, tp, cover by Omar Rayyan) [Hatching Magic] Reissue (Atheneum 2003) young-adult fantasy novel.

DOWNTON, DAVID (chron.)

• * _Fairie-ality, the Fashion Collection from the House of Ellwand (with Eugenie Bird & David Ellwand) See entry under David Ellwand.

DOYLE, DEBRA (1952- ) (chron.)

• * *Land of Mist and Snow (with James D. Macdonald) (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-081919-7, Dec 2006, $7.99, 304pp, pb) Historical fantasy novel of sea adventure during the American Civil War.

DOZOIS, GARDNER (Raymond), ed. (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Escape from Earth: New Adventures in Space (with Jack M. Dann) See entry under Jack M. Dann
• * _Futures Past (with Jack M. Dann) See entry under Jack M. Dann
• * _The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction: 19th Annual Collection (Robinson 1-84529-423-8, Sep 2006, £9.99, xlvi+721pp, tp, cover by Joe Roberts) Reprint (St. Martin’s 2006 as The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection) anthology of 30 SF stories, and Dozois’s Summation of the year. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Nebula Awards Showcase 2006 (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46064-2, Mar 2006, $15.95, 372pp, tp) Anthology of Nebula Award-winning fiction — ten stories and one novel excerpt — plus commentary on SF from five grand masters, an appreciation of Anne McCaffrey, and two Rhysling Award-winning poems. The 40th volume in the annual series. (Contents)
• * *One Million A.D. (SFBC #1175010, Jan 2006, $13.99, 399pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Original anthology of six stories of the far future. This has ISBN 0-7394-6273-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-35334-0, Jul 2006, $19.95, 810pp, tp, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Best-of-the-Year anthology of 30 stories, with a summation of the year by Dozois. A St. Martin’s hardcover edition (-35335-9, $35.00) is also available. (Contents)
• * _The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection (SFBC #1217189, Jul 2006, $15.99, 810pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Reprint (St. Martin’s 2006) best-of-the-Year anthology of 30 stories, with a summation of the year by Dozois.

DRAKE, DAVID (Allen) (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Bridgehead (Tor 0-765-35647-3, Jan 2007, $6.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe) Reissue (Tor 1986) SF novel.
• * *The Complete Hammer’s Slammers, Vol. 1 (Night Shade Books 1-892389-69-X, Mar 2006, $35.00, 395pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) [*Hammer’s Slammers] Collection of 20 stories (one original) and two non-fiction pieces in the military SF series. This is the first in a three-volume set. Drake provides a new story and afterword; new introduction by Gene Wolfe. Night Shade Books, 1470 NW Saltzman Road, Portland OR 97229; 503-643-5824; [books@nightshadebooks.com]; [www.nightshadebooks.com]. (Contents)
• * _The Complete Hammer’s Slammers, Vol. 1 (SFBC #1214405, Jun 2006, $14.99, 395pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) [*Hammer’s Slammers] Reprint (Night Shade Books 2006) collection of 20 stories (one original) and two non-fiction pieces in the military SF series, the first in a three-volume set. This is similar to the Night Shade edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Dance of Time (with Eric Flint) See entry under Eric Flint.
• * _The Forlorn Hope (Tor 0-765-35646-5, Sep 2006, $6.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Alan Gutierrez) Reissue (Tor 1984) military SF novel. Third printing.
• * *The Fortress of Glass (Tor 0-765-31259-X, Apr 2006, $25.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Lord of the Isles: Crown of the Isles] Fantasy novel, seventh in the overall Lord of the Isles series, and the first in the concluding trilogy The Crown of the Isles.
• * _Lord of the Isles (Tor 0-765-35476-4, Feb 2006, $3.99, 625pp, pb, cover by Kevin Murphy) [Lord of the Isles] Reissue (Tor 1997) fantasy novel, first in a series. This is a low-priced “Special Edition.”
• * _Master of the Cauldron (Tor 0-812-56170-8, Mar 2006, $7.99, 473pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Lord of the Isles] Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, sixth in the “Lord of the Isles” series.
• * *Other Times Than Peace (Baen 1-4165-2076-7, Aug 2006, $25.00, 331pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) Collection of 11 military SF stories, one revised and two original stories in the Hammer’s Slammers series. (Contents)
• * *Some Golden Harbor (Baen 1-4165-2080-5, Sep 2006, $25.00, 373pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Leary & Mundy] Military SF novel in the RCN series featuring Leary and Mundy.
• * _Some Golden Harbor (SFBC #1221613, Sep 2006, $12.99, 373pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Leary & Mundy] Reprint (Baen 2006) military SF novel in the RCN series. This is similar to the Baen edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

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• * _The World Turned Upside Down (with Eric Flint & James Baen) (Baen 1-4165-2068-6, Jun 2006, $15.00, 741pp, tp, cover by Thomas Kidd) Reprint (Baen 2005) anthology of 29 stories that hooked the editors on SF.

DUANE, DIANE (Elizabeth) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Star Trek: Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages (with Peter Morwood) (Pocket 978-1-4165-2577-6, Dec 2006, $16.00, 769pp, tp, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek: Rihannsu] Reprint (SFBC 2000 as Star Trek: Rihannsu by Diane Duane) Star Trek omnibus of four novels in the Rihannsu series: My Enemy, My Ally (1984), The Romulan Way (1987), Swordhunt (2000), and Honor Blade (2000). Copyrighted by CBS Studios.
• * *Star Trek: The Empty Chair (Pocket 1-4165-0891-0, Dec 2006, $7.99, 421pp, pb, cover by Tom Hallman) [Star Trek: Rihannsu] Star Trek novelization, the fifth in the Rihannsu saga. This is a 40th anniversary edition. Copyrighted by CBS Studios.

DUCHAMP, L. TIMMEL (stories) (chron.)

• * *Renegade (Aqueduct Press 1-933500-04-2, Jun 2006, $19.00, 616pp, tp) [*Marq’ssan Cycle] SF thriller of alien invasion in 2076 Seattle and government scapegoating of feminists. The second of five books in the Marq’ssan Cycle. Aqueduct Press, PO Box 95787, Seattle WA 98145-2787; [www.aqueductpress.com]; [info@aqueductpress.com].
• * *Tsunami (Aqueduct Press 1-933500-09-3, Jan 2007, $19.00, 525pp, tp) [*Marq’ssan Cycle] SF novel. The war over, the government seeks to regain power while internal conflicts threaten the Free Zone’s Co-op. The third of five books in the Marq’ssan Cycle. Aqueduct Press, PO Box 95787, Seattle WA 98145-2787; [www.aqueductpress.com]; [info@aqueductpress.com].

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• * *Talking Back: Epistolary Fantasies (Aqueduct Press 1-933500-05-0, Feb 2006, $9.00, 91pp, ph) Original anthology of 18 fantasy letters written to various people, including dead people and fictional characters. Authors include Eileen Gunn, Leslie What, and Carol Emshwiller. Part of the Conversation Pieces series. Aqueduct Press, PO Box 95787, Seattle WA 98145-2787; [www.aqueductpress.com]; [info@aqueductpress.com].

DUCHESS of NORTHUMBERLAND, THE (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Poison Diaries (Anova Books/Pavilion 1-86205-731-1, Oct 2006, £14.99, 76pp, hc, cover by Colin Stimpson) Heavily illustrated novella in the form of an artbook about poisonous plants, which gradually turns into a tale of horror, mass murder, and insanity. Illustrated by Colin Stimpson. Issued without a dustjacket, in a clear plastic cover.