The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

FLANAGAN, JOHN RICHARD (chron.) (continued)

• * +The Ranger’s Apprentice, Book Two: The Burning Bridge (Penguin/Philomel 0-399-2455-7, Jun 2006, $16.99, 262pp, hc, cover by John Blackford) Young-adult fantasy, second in the Ranger’s Apprentice series. Will and his friends uncover Morgareth’s new plot to defeat the Kingdom of Araluen. First US edition (Random House Australia 5/05).

FLANNERY, CONSTANCE O’DAY (chron.)

• * *Best Laid Plans (Tor 0-765-35403-9, Jun 2006, $6.99, 344pp, pb) Fantasy romance novel, the first in the Guardian series about a group of close women friends who dabble in magic.
• * *Twice in a Lifetime (Tor 0-765-35404-7, Dec 2006, $6.99, 292pp, pb) Fantasy romance about the Yellow Brick Road Gang and their spiritual searches.

FLEISCHMAN, PAUL (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _Graven Images: Three Stories (Candlewick Press 0-7636-2984-7, Mar 2006, $5.99, 116pp, tp, cover by Bagram Ibatoulline) Reprint (Harper 1982) young-adult collection of three spooky stories, only one with definite fantasy elements. A Newbery Honor book. This has a new afterword by the author. A hardcover edition (-2775-5, $16.99) is also available.

FLETCHER, CHARLIE (chron.)

• * *Stone Heart (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-91162-X, Oct 2006, £10.99, 484pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult fantasy novel.

FLETCHER, JANE (chron.)

• * *The Exile and the Sorcerer (Bold Strokes Books 1-933110-32-5, Feb 2006, $15.95, 314pp, tp, cover by Tobias Brenner) Fantasy novel, book one of the Lyremouth Chronicles. This is a “new revised edition” previously published as parts one and two of Lorimal’s Chalice (Fortitude Press 2002, not seen).
• * *The Traitor and the Chalice (Bold Strokes Books 1-933110-43-0, Jun 2006, $15.95, 335pp, tp, cover by Tobias Brenner) Fantasy novel, book two of the Lyremouth Chronicles. This is a “new revised edition” previously published as parts three and four of Lorimal’s Chalice (Fortitude Press 2002, not seen).

FLEWELLING, LYNN (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Oracle’s Queen (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-711312-9, Jun 2006, £7.99, 557pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) Fantasy novel, book three of the Tamir Triad.
• * *The Oracle’s Queen (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58345-X, Jul 2006, $7.50, 559pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) Fantasy novel, third in the Tamir trilogy set hundreds of years before the Nightrunner series. Simultaneous with the UK (Voyager) edition.

FLINT, ERIC (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *1634: The Ram Rebellion (with Virginia Easley DeMarce) (Baen 1-4165-2060-0, May 2006, $25.00, 496pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [1632] Original anthology of 19 stories set in the alternate world of 1632. (Contents)
• * *1635: The Cannon Law (with Andrew Dennis) (Baen 1-4165-0938-0, Oct 2006, $26.00, 420pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) SF novel in the series begun in 1632, sequel to 1634. The temporally displaced Americans’ diplomatic efforts in 1635 Rome are complicated by scheming cardinals and other conflicts within the Catholic church.
• * _1812: The Rivers of War (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46568-7, Nov 2006, $7.99, 534pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 2005 as The Rivers of War) alternate-history SF novel of the War of 1812.
• * *1824: The Arkansas War (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46569-5, Dec 2006, $25.95, 427pp, hc) Alternate-history SF novel.
• * *Boundary (with Ryk E. Spoor) (Baen 1-4165-0932-1, Mar 2006, $26.00, 457pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) SF novel. The discovery of a strange fossil on Earth leads a paleontologist to Mars.
• * _Boundary (with Ryk E. Spoor) (SFBC #1205596, Apr 2006, $12.99, 457pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) Reprint (Baen 2006) SF novel. This is similar to the Baen edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *The Dance of Time (with David A. Drake) (Baen 1-4165-0931-3, Feb 2006, $26.00, 468pp, hc, cover by Alan Pollack) SF alternate history novel, sixth and apparently final in the Belisarius series.
• * _The Rats, the Bats & the Ugly (with Dave Freer) (Baen 1-4165-2078-3, Aug 2006, $7.99, 521pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Baen 2004) humorous military SF novel, sequel to Rats, Bats, & Vats.

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• * *The Grantville Gazette II (Baen 1-4165-2051-1, Mar 2006, $25.00, 324pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [Ring of Fire] Shared-world alternate-history anthology of seven stories and a short novel, An Invisible War by Danita Ewing, plus four non-fiction articles, all set in the universe of 1632 and originally published online in the eponymous e-zine; submission guidelines are included. Preface and afterword by Flint. (Contents)
• * *The Grantville Gazette III (Baen 1-4165-0941-0, Jan 2007, $25.00, 313pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [Ring of Fire] Shared-world alternate-history anthology of seven stories, part two of the serial Euterpe by Enrico M. Toro, and four non-fiction articles, all set in the universe of 1632 and originally published online in the eponymous e-zine. Preface by Flint. (Contents)
• * _The Trouble with Aliens See entry under Christopher Anvil.
• * _The World Turned Upside Down (with James Baen & David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake

FLYNN, JOHN L. (chron.)

• * *The Jovian Dilemma (Galactic Books 0-9769400-5-1, Apr 2006, $9.95, 222pp, tp) SF first-contact novel/political thriller. A self-serving politician takes command of a mining station in orbit over Jupiter. A first novel. Galactic Books, PO Box 1442, Owings Mills MD 21117-9998.

FLYNN, MICHAEL F(rancis) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Eifelheim (Tor 0-765-30096-6, Oct 2006, $25.95, 320pp, hc) SF novel. A historian and a physicist research the disappearance of a small town in Germany where, unknown to them, a village priest made alien contact during the Black Death.
• * _Eifelheim (SFBC #1216009, Oct 2006, $12.49, 320pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 2006) SF novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

FONTANA, D(orothy) C(atherine) (1939- ) (chron.)

• * _Star Trek: Vulcan’s Glory (Pocket 1-4165-2462-2, Aug 2006, $4.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reissue (Pocket 1989) Star Trek novelization. This is a 40th anniversary edition with a new afterword by the author. Copyrighted by CBS Studios.

FORBECK, MATT (chron.)

• * *Blood Bowl: Dead Ball (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-8441-6201-X, Dec 2005, £5.99, 415pp, pb, cover by Max Bertolini) Novelization based on a fantasy football game, the second in the series.
• * *Blood Bowl: Death Match (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-202-8, Apr 2006, £6.99, 411pp, pb, cover by Max Bertolini) Novelization based on a fantasy football game, the third in the series.
• * +Blood Bowl: Death Match (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-202-8, May 2006, $7.99, 389pp, pb) Novelization, the third in a trilogy based on the Blood Bowl fantasy football game. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (4/06) edition, but only lists US and Canadian prices.
• * *Dungeons & Dragons: Knights of the Silver Dragon: Prophecy of the Dragons (Wizards of the Coast/Mirrorstone Books 0-7869-4031-X, Jun 2006, $5.99, 170pp, tp, cover by Emily Fiegenshuh) Young-adult novelization based on the roleplaying game world, book one of the Revelations Duet. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * *Dungeons & Dragons: Knights of the Silver Dragon: The Dragons Revealed (Wizards of the Coast/Mirrorstone Books 0-7869-4032-8, Aug 2006, $5.99, 167pp, tp, cover by Emily Fiegenshuh) Young-adult novelization based on the roleplaying game world, book two of the Revelations Duet. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * *Eberron: The Queen of Death (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-4012-3, Oct 2006, $6.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Adam Rex) Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the third book in The Lost Mark series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * *Eberron: The Road to Death (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3987-7, Jan 2006, $6.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Adam Rex) Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the secon book in The Lost Mark series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

FORBES, DAVID (chron.)

• * *The Amber Wizard (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-082011-X, Apr 2006, $7.99, 544pp, pb) Fantasy novel, the first book in the Osserian Saga. A prince may be the amber wizard of prophecy, but an enemy enchantment leads him to forbidden magic. A first novel.

FORD, JEFFREY (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Empire of Ice Cream (Golden Gryphon Press 1-930846-39-8, Apr 2006, $24.95, 319pp, hc, cover by John Picacio) Collection of 14 stories, one original, including the Nebula-winning title story. Order from Golden Gryphon Press, 3002 Perkins Road, Urbana IL 61802; [www.goldengryphon.com]. (Contents)

FOREMAN, COLIN (chron.)

• * *Killer in the Dark (Myroy Books 0-9548949-1-X, Mar 2006, £7.99, 365pp, tp, cover by Wayne Reynolds) Young-adult SF novel. Book two of the Keepers and Seekers quintet after To The End of the World (2004). Profits go towards the charity Childrens Hospice Scotland.

FORSTCHEN, WILLIAM R. (1950- ) (chron.)

• * _Honored Enemy (with Raymond E. Feist) See entry under Raymond E. Feist

FOSTER, ALAN DEAN (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Candle of Distant Earth (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46131-2, Jul 2006, $23.95, 262pp, hc, cover by David Stevenson) [Taken] SF novel, the third volume in the Taken trilogy.
• * _The Light-Years Beneath My Feet (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46130-4, Jun 2006, $6.99, 232pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) Reprint (Del Rey 2005) SF novel, volume two of the “Taken” trilogy.
• * _Running from the Deity (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46161-4, Dec 2006, $7.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Robert Hunt) Reprint (Del Rey 2005) SF novel, 11th in the Pip and Flinx series.
• * *Sagramanda (Prometheus/Pyr 1-59102-488-9, Oct 2006, $25.00, 284pp, hc, cover by John Picacio) Near-future SF thriller of India. A scientist steals corporate secrets and goes on the run in a city besieged by a serial killer and a man-eating tiger.
• * _Star Trek the Animated Series Logs Five and Six (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-49583-7, Aug 2006, $13.95, 388pp, tp) Reissue (Ballantine 1993 as part of Star Trek: Log Four/Log Five/Log Six) omnibus of two collections (1975 and 1976) of novelizations based on the animated TV show. This Star Trek 40th Anniversary edition has a new introduction by the author. Copyrighted by CBS Studios.
• * _Star Trek the Animated Series Logs Nine and Ten (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-49585-3, Aug 2006, $13.95, 424pp, tp) Reissue (Del Rey 1996 as Star Trek: Log Nine/Log Ten) omnibus of two novelizations based on the animated TV show (1977 and 1978). This Star Trek 40th Anniversary edition has a new introduction by the author. Copyrighted by CBS Studios.
• * _Star Trek the Animated Series Logs One and Two (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-49581-0, Aug 2006, $13.95, 370pp, tp) Reissue (Ballantine 1993 as part of Star Trek: Log One/Log Two/Log Three) omnibus of two collections (both 1974) of novelizations based on the animated Star Trek show. This Star Trek 40th Anniversary edition has a new introduction by the author. Copyrighted by CBS Studios.
• * _Star Trek the Animated Series Logs Seven and Eight (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-49584-5, Aug 2006, $13.95, 358pp, tp) Reissue (Ballantine 1993 as part of Star Trek: Log Seven/Log Eight/Log Nine) omnibus of two novelizations (both 1976) based on the animated TV show. This Star Trek 40th Anniversary edition has a new introduction by the author. Copyrighted by CBS Studios.
• * _Star Trek the Animated Series Logs Three and Four (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-49582-9, Aug 2006, $13.95, 400pp, tp) Reissue (Del Rey 1996 as Star Trek: Log Three/Log Four) omnibus of two collections (both 1975) of novelizations based on the animated TV show. This Star Trek 40th Anniversary edition has a new introduction by the author. Copyrighted by CBS Studios.
• * *The Taken Trilogy (SFBC #1214835, Jul 2006, $14.99, 628pp, hc, cover by Julie Bell) [Taken] Omnibus of the three novels in the series: Lost and Found (2004), The Light-Years Beneath My Feet (2005), and The Candle of Distant Earth (2006). This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7011-4; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *Trouble Magnet (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-48504-1, Dec 2006, $24.95, 272pp, hc, cover by Robert Hunt) SF novel in the Pip & Flinx series. Flinx visits a depraved planet looking for proof humans are worth saving.
• * _Trouble Magnet (SFBC #1220376, Dec 2006, $12.50, 272pp, hc, cover by Robert Hunt) Reprint (Del Rey 2006) SF novel in the Pip and Flinx series. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

FOSTER, JAMES D. (1952- ); see pseudonym James F. David (chron.)

FOSTER, JON (chron.)

• * *r/evolution: The Art of Jon Foster (Underwood Books 1-59929-003-0, Nov 2006, $27.00, 128pp, hc) Art book with over 100 color illustrations of cover art and other works, many with working sketches. Includes appreciations by various artists. Edited by Cathy Fenner, Arnie Fenner & Irene Gallo, with a biographical sketch by Cathy Fenner, foreword by Arnie Fenner, and afterword by 0Irene Gallo. Order from Underwood Books, PO Box 1919, Nevada City CA 95959; [www.underwoodbooks.com].

FOSTER, M(ichael) A(nthony) (1939- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Book of the Ler (DAW 0-7564-0352-9, Oct 2006, $15.00, 923pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) Omnibus of three SF novels: The Gameplayers of Zan (1977), The Warriors of Dawn (1975), and The Day of the Klesh (1979). (Contents)
• * *The Transformer Trilogy (DAW 0-7564-0356-1, Nov 2006, $15.00, 618pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Morphodite] Omnibus of three SF novels: The Morphodite (1981), Transformer (1983), and Preserver (1985). (Contents)

FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Seventy-Seven Clocks (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-553-81719-1, Sep 2006, £6.99, 477pp, tp, cover by David Frankland) [Bryant & May] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2005) gothic mystery novel, third in the Bryant & May series.
• * *Ten-Second Staircase (Transworld/Doublday UK 0-385-60886-1, Sep 2006, £12.99, 368pp, hc, cover by David Frankland) Gothic mystery novel, fourth in the Bryant & May series.
• * *Ten-Second Staircase (Bantam 0-553-80449-9, Nov 2006, $24.00, 356pp, hc, cover by Christopher Gibbs) Gothic mystery, fourth in the series featuring detectives Bryant and May.
• * _The Water Room (Bantam 0-553-58716-1, Apr 2006, $6.99, 476pp, pb, cover by Chris Spollen) Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) gothic mystery featuring detectives Bryant and May.

FOWLER, KAREN JOY, ed. (1950- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3 (with Pat Murphy, Deborah L. Notkin & Jeffrey D. Smith) (Tachyon Publications 1-892391-41-4, Jan 2007, $14.95, 272pp, tp) Anthology of ten stories and novel excerpts, most Tiptree Award winners or shortlisted, plus two essays. Introduction by Jeffrey D. Smith. Authors include Geoff Ryman, Nalo Hopkinson, Margo Lanagan, and Ted Chiang.

FRANCIS, DIANA PHARAOH (stories) (chron.)

• * *Path of Blood (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46082-0, May 2006, $7.99, 452pp, pb, cover by Alan Pollack) Fantasy novel, third and final in the series begun in Path of Fate.

FRANK, GARY (chron.)

• * *Forever Will You Suffer (Medallion Press 1-932815-69-4, Feb 2006, $6.99, 418pp, pb, cover by Adam Mock) Horror novel. Medallion Press, 225 Seabreeze Ave., Palm Beach FL 33480; [www.medallionpress.com].

FRANK, JACQUELYN (chron.)

• * *Jacob (Kensington/Zebra 0-8217-8065-4, Nov 2006, $6.99, 376pp, pb) Dark fantasy romance, the first in the Nightwalkers series. The Enforcer Demon Jacob has a forbidden passion for a human woman.

FRANKLIN, ANNA (chron.)

• * _The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Fairies (Paper Tiger 1-84340-240-8, Oct 2004, £14.99, 288pp, tp) Reprint (Vega Books 2002) art/reference work, with over 3,000 entries on fairies in folklore, legend, myth, and literature around the world. Extensively illustrated by Paul Mason and Helen Field. Published in 2004 but not seen until now. [First U.K. edition]

FRASIER, ANNE (chron.)

• * *Pale Immortal (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-41224-9, Sep 2006, $7.99, 367pp, pb) Horror novel with possible supernatural elements. Murders in a small town are believed to be the work of a vampire.

FRAYLING, CHRISTOPHER (John) (1946- ) (chron.)

• * *Mad, Bad and Dangerous?: The Scientist and the Cinema (Reaktion Books 1-86169-255-1, Nov 2005, £19.95, 239pp, hc) Associational non-fiction, a discussion of ways scientists are shown in film, with some discussion of the SF books on which many of the movies are based. Reaktion Books, 33 Great Sutton Street, London EC1V 0DX, UK; [www.reaktionbooks.co.uk]. Available in the US through the University of Chicago Press, 1427 East 60th Street, Chicago IL 60637-2954; [www.press.uchicago.edu].

FREEMAN, BOB (chron.)

• * *Shadows Over Somerset (KHP Industries/Black Death Books 0-9767914-4-7, May 2006, $15.00, 201pp, tp) Horror novel, the first book in the Cairnwood Manor series. Michael Somers travels to his grandfather’s deathbed and discovers a world of werewolves, vampires, witches, and a family curse. This a print-on-demand book available online at [www.khpindustries.com], or from KHP Industries, PO Box 588, Effort PA 18330.

FREEMAN, LORNA (chron.)

• * *The King’s Own (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46071-5, Feb 2006, $7.99, 421pp, pb) Fantasy novel, the second in the “Borderlands” series. King’s cousin and heir Rabbit loses control of his mage powers in town, sparking demands to ban magic.

FREEMANTLE, BRIAN (Harry) (1936- ); see pseudonym Jonathan Evans (chron.)

FREER, DAVE (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Rats, the Bats & the Ugly (with Eric Flint) See entry under Eric Flint.

FRIEDMAN, CELIA (chron.)

• * _Black Sun Rising (Little Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-541-7, Oct 2006, £7.99, 538pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (DAW 1991 as by C.S. Friedman) SF/fantasy novel, book one of the Coldfire trilogy set on a planet where magic works. Four people stand between the humans and an ancient alien evil. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Crown of Shadows (Little Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-543-3, Dec 2006, £7.99, 472pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (DAW 1995 as by C.S. Friedman) fantasy novel, book three of the Coldfire trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * _When True Night Falls (Little Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-542-5, Nov 2006, £7.99, 598pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (DAW 1993 as by C.S. Friedman) fantasy novel, second in the Coldfire trilogy.. [First U.K. edition]

FRIEDMAN, DAVID D. (chron.)

• * *Harald (Baen 1-4165-2056-2, Apr 2006, $24.00, 298pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) Fantasy novel. Farmer, storyteller, and sometime army commander Harald Haraldsson must persuade the new king to prepare for war. A first novel.