The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

GEORGE, DAVID R., III (chron.) (continued)

• * *Star Trek: Crucible: Spock: The Fire and the Rose (Pocket 0-7434-9169-6, Dec 2006, $7.99, 388pp, pb, cover by John Picacio) Star Trek novelization, the third book in a series. This is a 40th anniversary edition. Copyrighted by CBS Studios.

GEORGE, FREDERICK (chron.)

• * _Cobweb (with Neal Stephenson) See entry under Neal Stephenson.

GEORGE, JON (chron.)

• * *Zootsuit Black (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-3398-3, May 2006, £10.99, 325pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) SF novel. A reality shift threatens to make millions of people disappear.

GEORGE, MARGARET (chron.)

• * *Helen of Troy (Penguin/Viking 0-670-03778-8, Aug 2006, $27.95, 611pp, hc) Fantasy novel based on Greek myth. Helen tells her story. Simultaneous with the Macmillan UK edition.

GERAS, ADÈLE (chron.)

• * _Ithaka (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-54799-9, Aug 2006, £5.99, 405pp, tp, cover by Alison Jay) Reprint (Fickling 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _Troy (Scholastic UK 0-439-95095-3, Aug 2006, £5.99, 362pp, tp, cover by Alison Jay) Reprint (Scholastic UK 2000) young-adult fantasy novel.

GERBER, MICHAEL (stories) (chron.)

• * *Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parodies (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07894-4, Jun 2006, £12.99, xiv+575pp, hc) [Barry Trotter] Omnibus of the humorous fantasy parody trilogy: Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody (2001), Barry Trotter and the Unnecessary Sequel (2003) and Barry Trotter and the Dead Horse (2004). (Contents)
• * *The Chronicles of Blarnia (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07720-4, Sep 2005, £6.99, 264pp, hc, cover by Douglas Carrel) Fantasy novel, a parody of the Narnia books. A mini-hardcover edition.

GERNSBACK, HUGO (1884-1967) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Scientific Adventures of Baron Münchausen (Apogee Books 0-9738203-5-7, Aug 2006, $9.95, 223pp, pb) Episodic SF novel, originally published as a serial in The Electrical Experimenter (1915-1917). Edited, abridged, and with a lengthy historical afterword by Robert Godwin. This is a WorldCon edition. Apogee Books, Box 62034, Burlington Ont Canada L7R 4K2; [www.apogeespacebooks.com].

GEROW, TINA (chron.)

• * *Fire Maiden (Triskelion Publishing 1-933874-37-6, Oct 2006, $7.99, 296pp, pb) Dark fantasy novel, sequel to Stone Maiden. Kefira must protect her pregnant sister from a Succubus queen and a vampire determined to steal the baby. Originally published as an ebook 8/06.

GERRITSEN, TESS (1953- ) (chron.)

• * *The Mephisto Club (Ballantine 0-345-47699-9, Sep 2006, $25.95, 355pp, hc) Mystery with possible supernatural elements. Detective Jane Rizzoli traces a murder to a club devoted to proving Satan walks on Earth.

GERROLD, DAVID, ed.; pseudonym of Jerrold David Friedman, (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Boarding the Enterprise: Transporters, Tribbles and the Vulcan Death Grip in Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek (with Robert J. Sawyer & Leah Wilson) (BenBella Books 978-1-932100-87-7, Aug 2006, $17.95, 214pp, tp) [Star Trek] Non-fiction gathering of 14 essays on Star Trek. Authors include Norman Spinrad, D.C. Fontana, and Adam Roberts. BenBella Books, 6440 N. Central Expressway, Suite 508, Dallas TX 75206; [www.benbellabooks.com]. info: leah@benbellabooks.com

GIBBINS, DAVID (chron.)

• * +Atlantis (Dell 0-553-58792-7, Oct 2006, $6.99, 465pp, pb) Thriller about a race to rediscover Atlantis. First US edition (Headline 2005).

GIBBONS, ALAN (chron.)

• * *Setting of a Cruel Sun (Orion Children’s Books 1-84255-179-5, Sep 2006, £5.99, 326pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) Young-adult fantasy novel. Second in the Lost Souls Stories series after Rise of the Blood Moon.
• * _Shadow of the Minotaur (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-721-8, Feb 2006, £5.99, 217pp, tp, cover by Ian Butterworth) Reprint (Dolphin 2000) young-adult fantasy novel. Book one of The Legendeer. 12th printing.
• * _Vampyr Legion (Orion Children’s Books 1-85881-835-4, Feb 2006, £5.99, 182pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) Reprint (Dolphin 2000) young-adult fantasy novel. Book two of The Legendeer trilogy.
• * _Warriors of the Raven (Orion Children’s Books 1-84255-001-2, Feb 2006, £5.99, 166pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) Reprint (Dolphin 2001) young-adult fantasy novel. Book three of The Legendeer trilogy.

GIBSON, GARY M. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Against Gravity (Trafalgar Square/Tor UK 1-4050-3446-7, Jul 2006, $16.95, 378pp, tp, cover by Steve Rawlings) SF novel. First US edition (Tor UK 2005); this is the Tor UK edition, available in the US from Trafalgar Square, PO Box 257, Howe Hill Road, North Pomfret VT 05053; 800-423-4525; [www.trafalgarsquarebooks.com].
• * _Against Gravity (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-42018-6, Jul 2006, £6.99, 524pp, pb, cover by Steve Rawlings) Reprint (Tor UK 2005) SF novel.

GIBSON, JAYEL (chron.)

• * *The Wrekening (Synergy Books 1-933538-30-9, Aug 2006, $14.95, 427pp, tp, cover by Michele-lee Phelan) Fantasy novel in the Ancient Mirrors Tales series. Cwen and her companions seek the Wreken Wyrm shards to stop evil from attacking their land. Synergy Books, 2100 Kramer Lane, Suite 300, Austin TX 78758; [www.bookpros.com]; 512-478-2028.

GIBSON, WILLIAM (Ford) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Count Zero (Ace 0-441-01367-8, Mar 2006, $14.00, 308pp, tp) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) SF novel.

GIDEON, MELANIE (chron.)

• * *Pucker (Penguin/Razorbill 1-59514-055-7, May 2006, $16.99, 273pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy. A severely scarred young man travels to another world where his looks are restored in exchange for his freedom.

GIFFORD, CLIVE (chron.)

• * *So You Think You Know “Discworld"? (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-91732-6, Sep 2006, £4.99, 156pp, tp) Associational quiz book. The author’s name does not appear on the cover or title page.

GIFFORD, NICK; pseudonym of Keith N. Brooke, (1966- ) (chron.)

• * *Erased (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-31732-9, Jan 2006, £5.99, 234pp, tp) Young-adult horror novel.

GILLAM, JAMES (chron.)

• * *Alpha City 2050 (with Julie Johnston) (Apogee Books 0-9738203-1-4, Aug 2006, $9.95, 190pp, pb) Young-adult near-future SF novel, the first in the Ticket to Orbit series following the space adventures of Jax Janssen. Apogee Books, Box 62034, Burlington Ont Canada L7R 4K2; [www.apogeespacebooks.com].

GILLER, MARC (chron.)

• * _Hammerjack (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58786-2, Sep 2006, $6.99, 449pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2005) SF noir thriller.
• * *Prodigal (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38332-9, Oct 2006, $12.00, 404pp, tp, cover by John Warden) SF novel, sequel to Hammerjack. Ex-hammerjack Lea Prism, now a corporate spook, fights to stop anti-technology terrorism.

GILLILAND, JUDITH HEIDE (chron.)

• * *Strange Birds (Farrar Straus Giroux 0-374-37275-6, May 2006, $17.00, 233pp, hc, cover by Jim LaMarche) Young-adult fantasy novel. Newly orphaned Anna befriends a herd of tiny winged horses. A first novel.

GILLIVER, PETER (chron.)

• * *The Ring of Words (with Jeremy Marshall & Edmund Weiner) (Oxford University Press 0-19-861069-6, Apr 2006, $25.00, 240 + xvi, hc) Non-fiction look at Tolkien’s involvement in the compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary and 100 of the most interesting words Tolkien used in his own writing. Includes bibiliography and index. [Tolkien]

GILMAN, CAROLYN IVES (stories) (chron.)

• * *Candle in a Bottle (Aqueduct Press 1-933500-07-7, May 2006, $9.00, 103pp, ph) SF novella in perfect-bound chapbook form. Part of the Conversation Pieces chapbook series. Aqueduct Press, PO Box 95787, Seattle WA 98145-2787; [www.aqueductpress.com].

GILMAN, LAURA ANNE (1967- ) (chron.)

• * *Bring It On (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80240-4, Jul 2006, $14.95, 377pp, tp) Contemporary urban fantasy/mystery novel, third in the Retrievers series.
• * *Grail Quest, Book 2: Morgain’s Revenge (HarperCollins 0-06-077282-4, Jul 2006, $10.99, 280pp, hc, cover by Don Seegmiller) Young-adult fantasy with Arthurian elements, the second in the Grail Quest trilogy. Copyrighted by Parachute Press.
• * *Grail Quest, Book 3: The Shadow Companion (HarperCollins 0-06-077285-9, Nov 2006, $10.99, 250pp, hc, cover by Don Seegmiller) Young-adult fantasy with Arthurian elements, the third in the Grail Quest trilogy. Copyrighted by Parachute Publishing.
• * *Grail Quest: The Camelot Spell (HarperCollins 0-06-077279-4, Mar 2006, $10.99, 291pp, hc, cover by Don Seegmiller) Young-adult fantasy with Arthurian elements, the first in the Grail Quest trilogy. Copyrighted by Parachute Press.
• * _Staying Dead (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80253-6, Jun 2006, $6.99, 411pp, pb) Reprint (Luna 2004) contemporary urban fantasy/mystery novel, first in the “Retrievers” trilogy.

GILMORE, FORD LYTLE (chron.)

• * _The Hollow: Enemies (with Christopher Golden) See entry under Christopher Golden.
• * _The Hollow: Mischief (with Christopher Golden) See entry under Christopher Golden.

GILMORE, KATE (chron.)

• * _The Exchange Student (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-68948-6, Jul 2006, $6.95, 217pp, tp, cover by Pamela A. Consolazio) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1999) young-adult SF novel about an alien exchange student.

GLICK, RUTH (Burtnick) (1942- ); see pseudonym Rebecca York (stories) (chron.)

GLIORI, DEBI (chron.)

• * *Deep Fear (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60631-1, Aug 2006, £10.99, 332pp, hc) Humorous young-adult fantasy novel, sixth in the Strega-Borgia series, with illustrations by Gliori. Issued without a dustjacket.
• * _Deep Water (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55047-7, Aug 2006, £5.99, 335pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday UK 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. Book five in the Strega-Borgia series.

GOETZE, JUTTA (chron.)

• * *Snow Wings (Allen & Unwin Australia 1-74114-463-9, Aug 2005, $15.95, 294pp, tp, cover by Steve Hunt) Young-adult fantasy novel. Young people battle evil in a strange snow-covered land. Available in the US through Independent Publishers Group, 814 N. Franklin St., Chicago IL 60610; 800-888-4741; [www.ipgbook.com].

GOLD, JOE (chron.)

• * *The Lamp Post Motel (Dailey Swan Publishing 0-9773676-8-1, Oct 2006, $14.95, 349pp, tp) SF novel. Anthropology researchers from the future put a motel owner’s mind into the bodies of the customers he normally watches through hidden cameras. Dailey Swan Publishing, 2544 Appian Way #101, Pinole CA 94564; [www.daileyswanpublishing.com].

GOLDEN, CHRISTIE (stories) (chron.)

• * _On Fire’s Wings (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80255-2, Aug 2006, $6.99, 439pp, pb) Reprint (Luna 2004) fantasy novel, the first in The Final Dance series.
• * _Ravenloft: Vampire of the Mists (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-4124-3, Sep 2006, $12.95, 312pp, tp, cover by Jon Foster) Reprint (TSR 1991) horror novelization based on the role-playing game, part of the Ravenloft Covenant series. Copyrighted 1991 TSR, 2006 Wizards of the Coast.
• * *World of WarCraft: Rise of the Horde (Pocket 978-0-7434-7138-1, Jan 2007, $7.99, 355pp, pb) Novelization based on the electronic game. This includes an unpaginated eight-page b&w insert with a WarCraft manga preview. Copyrighted by Blizzard Entertainment.

GOLDEN, CHRISTOPHER (1967- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Bloodstained Oz (with James A. Moore) (Earthling Publications, May 2006, $35.00, 116pp, hc) Dark fantasy novella drawing on L. Frank Baum’s Oz. A strange storm carries horrors from Oz to Depression-era Kansas. Introduction by Ray Garton. Illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a traycased, lettered edition of 26 ($175.00) is also available. Earthling Publications, PO Box 413, Northborough MA 01532; [earthlingpub@yahoo.com]; [www.earthlingpub.com].
• * _Ghosts of Albion: Initiation (with Amber Benson) See entry under Amber Benson.
• * _Ghosts of Albion: Witchery (with Amber Benson) See entry under Amber Benson.
• * *The Hollow: Enemies (with Ford Lytle Gilmore) (Penguin/Razorbill 1-59514-027-1, Jun 2006, $5.99, 198pp, tp, cover by Doron Ben-Ami) Young-adult horror novel, fourth in the series about teens in a cursed town.
• * *The Hollow: Mischief (with Ford Lytle Gilmore) (Penguin/Razorbill 1-59514-026-3, Feb 2006, $6.99, 214pp, tp, cover by Doron Ben-Ami) Young-adult horror novel, third in the series about teens in a cursed town.
• * *The Myth Hunters (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38326-4, Feb 2006, $12.00, 350pp, tp) Dark fantasy novel. A lawyer is recruited by Jack Frost to help stop the merging of their two realities. Book one in The Veil trilogy.
• * *Stones Unturned (with Thomas E. Sniegoski) (Ace 0-441-01446-1, Oct 2006, $7.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Christian McGrath) Dark fantasy novel, third in The Menagerie series.
• * _Straight On ’Til Morning (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46106-1, Sep 2006, $14.00, 320pp, tp) Reprint (Signet 2001) horror novel, a twist on the story of Peter Pan. This adds a new introduction by the author and a related story, “Runaway”.

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• * _The Complete Stephen King Universe (with Henry W. Wagner & Stanley Wiater) See entry under Stanley Wiater.

GOLDING, JULIA (chron.)

• * *The Gorgon’s Gaze (Oxford University Press 0-19-275457-2, Sep 2006, £8.99, 340pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult fantasy novel, book two in the Companions quartet after Secret of the Sirens.
• * *Secret of the Sirens (Oxford University Press 0-19-275456-4, Mar 2006, £8.99, 401pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult fantasy novel, book one of the Companions Quartet.
• * _Secret of the Sirens (Oxford University Press 0-19-275460-2, Aug 2006, £5.99, 401pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) Reprint (Oxford University Press 2006) young-adult fantasy novel. Book one in the Companions quartet.

GOLDING, [Sir] WILLIAM (Gerald) (1911-1993) (chron.)

• * _Lord of the Flies (Penguin/Perigee 0-399-50148-7, May 2006, $9.99, 208pp, pb) Reprint (Faber & Faber 1954) classic literary novel with SF elements. Notes by E.L. Epstein. This is a Premium (tall mass market) edition.

GOLDS, ARLENE (chron.)

• * *From Dream to Dream (Baen 1-4165-2066-X, Jun 2006, $25.00, 308pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) Fantasy novel. A woman’s dreams and nightmares become real. A first novel.

GOLEMON, DAVID L. (chron.)

• * *Event (St. Martin’s 0-312-35341-3, Sep 2006, $24.95, 352pp, hc) SF thriller. The Event Group investigates a UFO crash in the American Southwest. A Thomas Dunne book.

GONZALEZ, J. F. (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Beloved (Leisure 978-0-8439-5694-8, Dec 2006, $7.99, 369pp, pb, cover by Ron Leming) Reprint (Midnight Library 2005) horror novel.
• * _Survivor (Leisure 0-8439-5567-8, Feb 2006, $6.99, 373pp, pb) Reprint (Midnight Library 2004) associational non-supernatural horror novel, expanded from the novella “Maternal Instinct”.
• * *When the Darkness Falls (Midnight Library 0-9755144-7-4, Oct 2006, $15.00, 276pp, tp, cover by Richard Long) Collection of 14 stories, one original, with an introduction and notes on each story by the author. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.midnightlibrary.com].

GOODKIND, TERRY (1948- ) (chron.)

• * _Chainfire (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-714562-4, Feb 2006, £7.99, 740pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Tor 2005) fantasy novel in the Sword of Truth series.
• * _Debt of Bones (Tor 0-765-35154-4, Nov 2006, $4.99, 160pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) Reissue (Gollancz 2001) fantasy novel in The Sword of Truth series, somewhat revised from its appearance in the anthology Legends (1998). Fifth printing.
• * +Phantom (Tor 0-765-30524-0, Jul 2006, $29.95, 587pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) Fantasy novel, 10th in “The Sword of Truth” series. A signed, limited edition (-31554-8, $250.00) was announced but not seen. First US edition (Voyager 6/06).
• * *Phantom (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-714563-2, Jul 2006, £18.99, 589pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Fantasy novel in the Sword of Truth series. The penultimate book in the series.
• * _Phantom (HarperVoyager 0-00-714564-0, Dec 2006, £12.99, 589pp, tp, cover by Keith Parkinson) Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel, #10 in the Sword of Truth series.

GOPNIK, ADAM (chron.)

• * _The King in the Window (Hyperion/Miramax 0-7868-3894-9, Oct 2006, $9.99, 412pp, tp, cover by Thomas Woodruff) Reprint (Miramax 2005) young-adult fantasy adventure.

GORDON, ANDY, ed. (chron.)

• * _MuggleNet.com’s What Will Happen in Harry Potter 7 (with et al., Ben Schoen & Emerson Spartz) See entry under Ben Schoen.

GORDON, JAY M. (chron.)

• * _The Hickory Staff (with Robert Scott) See entry under Robert Scott.
• * *Lessek’s Key (with Robert Scott) (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07810-3, Aug 2006, £14.99, ii+509pp, tp) Fantasy novel. Book two of The Eldarn Sequence. A hardcover edition (-07608-9, £18.99) was announced but not seen.

GORDON, JOHN (William) (1925- ) (chron.)

• * *Left in the Dark: The Supernatural Tales of John Gordon (Medusa Press 978-0-9725324-1-9, Oct 2006, $40.00, 318 + xvi, hc) Collection of 30 stories, one original; many of the stories were previously collected in The Spitfire Grave and Other Stories (Kestrel), Catch Your Death and Other Stories (1984), and The Burning Baby and Other Ghosts (1992). Foreword by Frank Chigas; introduction by Gordon. This is a limited edition of 450; a deluxe signed edition of 50 ($60.00) is also available. Order from Medusa Press, PO Box 458, San Carlos CA 94070; [www.medusapress.com].