The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

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) [Lea Prism] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2005) SF noir thriller.
• * *Prodigal (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38332-9, Oct 2006, $12.00, 404pp, tp, cover by John Warden) [Lea Prism] 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- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Bring It On (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80240-4, Jul 2006, $14.95, 377pp, tp) [Retrievers] 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) [Grail Quest] 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) [Grail Quest] 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) [Grail Quest] 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) [Retrievers] 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) [Strega-Borgia family] 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) [Strega-Borgia family] 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) [Final Dance] 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) [Ravenloft] Reprint (TSR 1991) horror novelization based on the roleplaying 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) [WarCraft] 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) [Oz] 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) [Hollow] 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) [Hollow] 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) [Veil] 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) [Menagerie] Dark fantasy novel, third in The Menagerie series.
• * _Straight On ’Til Morning (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46106-1, Sep 2006, $14.00, 320pp, tp) [Peter Pan] 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”. (Contents)

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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) [Companions] 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) [Companions] 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) [Companions] 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) [Event Group] 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) [Sword of Truth] 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) [Sword of Truth] 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) [Sword of Truth] Fantasy novel, tenth 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) [Sword of Truth] Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel, number ten 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.) (assoc.)

• * _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) [Eldarn Sequence] 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].

GORDON, LINDSAY (chron.)

• * *Angel (Nexus 0-352-34009-6, Dec 2005, £7.99, 274pp, pb) Erotic fantasy novel.

GORDON, RAY (chron.)

• * *Unearthly Desires (Nexus 0-352-34036-3, Jun 2006, £6.99, 236pp, pb) Erotic fantasy of alien possesion.

GOREY, EDWARD (St. John) (1925-2000) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Amphigorey Again (Harcourt 0-15-101107-9, Oct 2006, $35.00, unpaginated, hc, cover by Edward Gorey) Art book, an omnibus/collection of 28 items, all previously uncollected, three previously unpublished and several privately published, some unfinished work. Twelve items are in color. (Contents)

GOSS, THEODORA; [born Theodora Esther Muszbek] (1968- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *In the Forest of Forgetting (Wildside Press/Prime Books 0-8095-5691-X, May 2006, $24.95, 255 + xiv, hc, cover by Virginia Lee) Fantasy collection of 16 stories, two original. Introduction by Terri Windling. Prime Books, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.prime-books.com].

GOTO, C. S. (stories) (chron.)

• * +Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Tempest (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-399-7, Oct 2006, $7.99, 412pp, pb, cover by Philip Sibbering) [Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe, third in the Dawn of War series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK edition (9/06) but gives only US and Canadian prices.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Warrior Coven (Games Workshop/Black Library 1-84416-365-2, May 2006, £6.99, 409pp, pb) [Warhammer 40,000: Death Watch] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe. A “Warhammer 40000” novel; sequel to Warrior Brood in the “Death Watch” series.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Warrior Coven (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-365-2, Jun 2006, $7.99, 409pp, pb, cover by Phillip Sibbering) [Warhammer 40,000: Death Watch] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, sequel to Warhammer 40,000: Warrior Brood. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (5/05) edition, but only lists US and Canadian prices.

GRAHAM, HEATHER; pseudonym of Heather Graham Pozzessere, (1953- ) (chron.)

• * *Kiss of Darkness (Harlequin/Mira 0-7783-2343-9, Sep 2006, $7.99, 389pp, pb) Paranormal romantic suspense novel. An investigation into missing tourists in Transylvania leads to New Orleans and rumors of vampires.
• * _Kiss of Darkness (SFBC #1221147, Nov 2006, $10.99, 389pp, hc) Reprint (Mira 2006) supernatural romance. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7380-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Last Cavalier (Harlequin/Silhouette 0-373-47082-7, Sep 2006, $4.99, 249pp, pb) Reissue (Silhouette 1994) horror romance novel.
• * *The Vision (Harlequin/Mira 0-7783-2321-8, Jun 2006, $7.99, 411pp, pb) Horror novel. A diver’s a vision of a dead woman is a warning of evil.

GRANT, ALAN; pseudonym of Gerald Clarke (stories) (chron.)

• * *DC Universe: Last Sons (Warner 0-446-61656-7, Feb 2006, $6.99, 322pp, pb, cover by James Jean) [DC Universe] Novelization, the first in a new series based on the world of the comics. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
• * _DC Universe: Last Sons (SFBC #1217989, Jun 2006, $10.99, 322pp, hc, cover by James Jean) [DC Universe] Reprint (Warner 2006) novelization, the first in a new series based on the world of the comics. Copyrighted by DC Comics. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-69620-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

GRANT, GAVIN J., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror 2006: Nineteenth Annual Collection (with Ellen Datlow & Kelly Link) See entry under Ellen Datlow.

GRAY, KEITH (chron.)

• * _The Fearful (Definitions 0-09-945656-7, Aug 2006, £5.99, 393pp, tp, cover by Andy Briggs) Reprint (The Bodley Head 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.

GRAYSON, DEVIN (chron.)

• * *DC Universe: Inheritance (Warner 0-446-61657-5, Jun 2006, $6.99, 336pp, pb, cover by James Jean) [DC Universe] Novelization, the second in a series based on the world of the comics. Copyrighted by DC Comics

GREANIAS, THOMAS (chron.)

• * _Raising Atlantis (Pocket 1-4165-2445-2, Jun 2006, $4.99, 337pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket Star 2005) thriller about ancient artifacts in Antarctica.

GREELEY, ANDREW M(oran) (1928- ) (chron.)

• * _Angel Light (Tor 0-765-35597-3, Dec 2006, $6.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Jeffrey Terreson) [Angel Fire] Reissue (Forge 1995) religious fantasy novel, sequel to Angel Fire.

GREEN, JONATHAN (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Warhammer 40,000: Conquest of Armageddon (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-196-X, Dec 2005, £6.99, 414pp, pb, cover by Klaus Scherwinski) [Warhammer 40,000: Black Templars] Novelization based on the SF roleplaying game, second in the Black Templars series.