The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006
Books, Listed by Author
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- GREEN, ROLAND J(ames) (1944- ) (chron.)
- GREEN, SIMON R(ichard) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Deathstalker (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-60160-4, May 2006, £7.99, 571pp, pb, cover by Sonar) [Deathstalker] Reprint (Gollancz 1995) SF novel, the first in the series.
- * _Deathstalker Coda (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07706-9, Feb 2006, £6.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Sonar) [Deathstalker] Reprint (Gollancz 2005) SF novel. Last in the Deathstalker series.
- * _Deathstalker Coda (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46024-3, Mar 2006, $7.99, 409pp, pb, cover by Patrick Jones) [Deathstalker] Reprint (Roc 2005) SF novel, third in a series set 200 years after the first Deathstalker series, eighth (and apparently final) in the overall Deathstalker series.
- * *Raising Hell in the Nightside (SFBC #1208566, Apr 2006, $14.99, 530pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [John Taylor] Omnibus of three novels in the Nightside series: Hex and the City (2005); Paths Not Taken (2005), and Sharper than a Serpents Tooth (2006). This has ISBN 0-7394-6528-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
- * *Sharper Than a Serpents Tooth (Ace 0-441-01387-2, Mar 2006, $6.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [John Taylor] Dark fantasy hard-boiled mystery, sixth in the Nightside series featuring John Taylor.
- * _Swords of Haven: The Adventures of Hawk & Fisher (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46086-3, Jun 2006, $15.00, 540pp, tp, cover by Jerry Vanderstelt) [Hawk & Fisher] Reprint (Roc 1999) omnibus of three medieval-fantasy detective novels: Hawk & Fisher (1990), Winner Takes All (1991), and The God Killer (1991).
- * _A Walk on the Nightside (Ace 0-441-01448-8, Sep 2006, $15.00, 392pp, tp, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [John Taylor] Reprint (SFBC 2004 as Everybody Comes to the Nightside) omnibus of three novels in the Nightside series of dark fantasy mysteries featuring John Taylor: Something from the Nightside (2003), Agents of Light and Darkness (2003), and Nightingales Lament (2004).
- GREENBERG, MARTIN H(arry), ed. (1941- ) (chron.)
- * *Children of Magic (with Kerrie Hughes) (DAW 0-7564-0361-8, Jun 2006, $7.99, 308pp, pb) Original anthology of 17 stories about children with magical talents. Authors include Jane Lindskold, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Alan Dean Foster. Introduction by Hughes. (Contents)
- * *Fantasy Gone Wrong (with Brittiany A. Koren) (DAW 0-7564-0380-4, Sep 2006, $7.99, 309pp, pb) Original anthology of 16 humorous fantasy stories. Authors include Brian Stableford, Esther M. Friesner, and Janny Wurts. (Contents)
- * *Freedom! (with Mark Tier) (Baen 1-4165-2072-4, Jul 2006, $14.00, 516pp, hc, cover by Carol Heyer) Omnibus of two anthlogies of Libertarian SF stories: Give Me Liberty! (2003) and Visions of Liberty (2004). (Contents)
- * *Ghosts in Baker Street (with Jon L. Lellenberg & Daniel Stashower) (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1400-X, Feb 2006, $16.95, 232 + viii, tp) [Sherlock Holmes] Original anthology of 10 supernatural mystery stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, with a foreword by Dr. Watson discussing Holmess disbelief in ghosts, and non-fiction articles by Loren D. Estleman, Caleb Carr, and Barbara Roden on Holmess literary influence. Story authors include Estleman, H. Paul Jeffers, and Bill Crider. (Contents)
- * _Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Treasury (with Joseph D. Olander & Isaac Asimov) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
- * *Millennium 3001 (with Russell Davis) (DAW 0-7564-0322-7, Feb 2006, $7.50, 312pp, pb) Original anthology of 13 stories of the 31st century. Authors include Brian Stableford, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and Jack Williamson. (Contents)
- * *Slipstreams (with John Helfers) (DAW 0-7564-0357-X, May 2006, $7.50, 307pp, pb) Original anthology of 20 genre-blending stories. Authors include Alan Dean Foster, Robert J. Sawyer, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Jane Lindskold. (Contents)
- GREENWOOD, ED (stories) (chron.)
- GRESH, LOIS H(arriet), ed. (1956- ) (chron.)
- GREY, EDWINA; pseudonym of David Carroll, Evan Paliatseas & Kyla Ward (chron.)
- * *Prismatic (Hachetter Livre Australia/Lothian 0-7344-0968-0, Jun 2006, A$19.95, 362pp, pb) Thriller. A plague of madness strikes Sydney and bioterrorism is suspected. A first novel. This is a pen name for David Carroll, Evan Paliatseas, & Kyla Ward. Lothian Books, 132 Albert Road, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205 Australia; [www.lothian.com.au].
- GRIFFITH, GEORGE; pseudonym of George C. Griffith-Jones, (1857-1906) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The World Peril of 1910 (Apogee Books 0-9738203-6-5, Aug 2006, $9.95, 269pp, pb) Reprint (White 1907) SF novel, plus the story The Great Crellin Comet from which it was expanded. Afterword by Rob Godwin. This is a WorldCon edition. Apogee Books, Box 62034, Burlington Ont Canada L7R 4K2; [www.apogeespacebooks.com]. (Contents)
- GRIFFITH-JONES, GEORGE C(hetwynd) (1857-1906); see pseudonym George Griffith (stories) (chron.)
- GRIMSLEY, JIM (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Last Green Tree (Tor 0-765-30530-5, Dec 2006, $25.95, 400pp, hc) [The Ordinary] Science fantasy novel set in the world of The Ordinary.
- GRIMWOOD, JON COURTENAY; see under Courtenay Grimwood, Jon (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- GROPPI, SUSAN MARIE, ed. (stories) (chron.)
- GROSSMAN, DAVID (chron.)
- * *Lions Honey (Grove/Canongate U.S. 1-84195-742-9, Jun 2006, $18.95, 155pp, hc, cover by Shonagh Rae) [Myths] Fantasy novel in the Myths series, this time retelling the story of Sampson and Delilah. Translated by Stuart Schoffman. Simultaneous with the Canongate UK edition.
- GRUBER, MICHAEL (1940- ) (chron.)
- GUERRIER, SIMON, ed. (stories) (chron.)
- * *Doctor Who: Short Trips: Time Signature (Big Finish 1-84435-235-8, Sep 2006, £14.99, 209pp, hc, cover by Stuart Manning) [Doctor Who] Anthology of original stories based on the TV series. Volume 18 in the series. (Contents)
- GUILFOILE, KEVIN (chron.)
- * _Cast of Shadows (Random House/Vintage 1-4000-7826-1, May 2006, $13.95, 321pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 2005) near-future thriller.
- GUNN, DEREK (chron.)
- * *Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder (KHP Industries/Black Death Books 0-9767914-8-X, Oct 2006, $14.99, 215pp, tp) [Vampire Apocalypse] Horror novel. Vampires take over the world, opposed by a small band of rebels. This a print-on-demand book available online at [www.khpindustries.com], or from KHP Industries, PO Box 588, Effort PA 18330.
- GUNN, JAMES E(dwin) (1923- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Inside Science Fiction: Second Edition (Scarecrow Press 0-8108-5714-6, Apr 2006, $35.00, 249 + viii, tp) Reprint (Borgo Press 1992) non-fiction, a collection of 21 critical essays on science fiction. This adds four new chapters and updates others.
- GURAN, PAULA, ed. (stories) (chron.)
- * *Best New Paranormal Romance (Wildside Press/Juno Books 0-8095-5653-7, Oct 2006, $12.95, 313pp, tp, cover by Timothy Lantz) Best of the year anthology with 12 stories by authors including Elizabeth Bear, Jane Yolen, and Elizabeth Hand. Wildside Press/Juno Books, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.juno-books.com]. (Contents)
- HAARSMA, P. J. (chron.)
- * *The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1 (Candlewick Press 0-7636-2709-7, Sep 2006, $15.99, 262pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Young-adult SF novel. A boy with the unprecedented ability to link his mind to computers is blamed for computer malfunctions on an alien world.
- HADDIX, MARGARET PETERSON (chron.)
- * _Among the Enemy (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-85797-7, Sep 2006, $5.99, 214pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Shadow Children] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 2005) young-adult SF novel, sixth in the Shadow Children series begun in Among the Hidden.
- * *Among the Free (Simon & Schuster 0-689-85798-5, Jun 2006, $16.95, 194pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Shadow Children] Young-adult SF novel, the final volume of The Shadow Children. Luke unintentionally causes a revolt.
- HAGUE, MICHAEL (chron.)
- _____, ed.
- * _The Book of Fairies (HarperCollins 0-06-089187-4, Nov 2006, $9.99, 127pp, tp, cover by Michael Hague) Reprint (HarperCollins 2000) childrens anthology/picture book of five stories, two poems, and one novel excerpt about fairies. Illustrated by Hague.
- HAHN, MARY DOWNING (1937- ) (chron.)
- * *Witch Catcher (Houghton Mifflin/Clarion 0-618-50457-5, Jul 2006, $16.00, 236pp, hc, cover by Greg Swearingen) Young-adult fantasy novel. Jens life changes when she and her father move into a West Virginia mansion.
- HAINES, JOSEPH PAUL, ed. (stories) (chron.)
- * *From the Trenches (with Samantha Henderson) (Carnifex Press 0-9789583-2-2, Feb 2007, $12.95, 172pp, tp) Original anthology of 15 speculative war stories. Authors include Jay Lake, Kameron Hurley, and Anil Menon. Order from Carnifex Press, PO Box 1686, Ormond Beach FL 32175; [www.carnifexpress.nte]. (Contents)
- HAINING, PETER (Alexander), ed. (1940-2007) (chron.)
- * _The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1603-7, Aug 2005, $13.95, 689pp, tp) Reprint (Robinson 2000) anthology of 43 stories about haunted houses. This edition adds seven stories; it indicates second printing, but the 2005 first printing was not seen.
- HAIRSTON, ANDREA (stories) (chron.)
- * *Mindscape (Aqueduct Press 1-933500-03-4, Mar 2006, $19.50, 445pp, tp, cover by Pam Sanders) SF novel. Peace efforts are sabotaged on an Earth divided into warring zones by an alien Barrier. A first novel. Aqueduct Press, PO Box 95787, Seattle WA 98145-2787; [www.aqueductpress.com]; [info@aqueductpress.com].
- HALAM, ANN; pseudonym of Gwyneth Jones, (1952- ) (chron.)
- * _Siberia (Orion Childrens Books 1-84255-268-6, Feb 2006, £5.99, 233pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) Reprint (Orion Childrens Books 2005) young-adult SF/fantasy novel. Halam is a pen name for Gwyneth Jones.
- * _Siberia (Random House/Laurel-Leaf 0-553-49414-7, Nov 2006, $5.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Adam Larson) Reprint (Orion 2005) young-adult fantasy.
- HALDEMAN, JOE W.; [i.e., Joseph William Haldeman] (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Forever War (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07908-8, Aug 2006, £7.99, vii+271pp, tp, cover by Marc Adams) [Forever War] Reprint (St. Martins 1975) classic SF novel, with a new introduction by Peter F. Hamilton. This is the reinstated text. Part of the Ten Greatest SF Books of All Time series. (Contents)
- * _Old Twentieth (Ace 0-441-01343-0, Aug 2006, $7.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Ace 2005) far-future SF novel.
- * *Peace and War (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07919-3, Nov 2006, £7.99, 697pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) [Forever War] Omnibus of The Forever War (1974; this is the 1997 definitive version), Forever Free, and Forever Peace. (Contents)
- * *A Separate War and Other Stories (Ace 0-441-01407-0, Aug 2006, $23.95, 269 + xviii, hc) Collection of 15 stories, one original (Haldemans Last Dangerous Visions story). Haldeman provides an introduction and notes on the writing of each story. Foreword by Connie Willis. (Contents)
- * *War Stories (Night Shade Books 1-59780-022-8, Jan 2006, $29.00, 398pp, hc) Omnibus/collection of war fiction with seven stories, two poems, and associational novels War Year (1972) and 1968 (1994). The author provides new introductions on how these came to be written and the influence of the war in Vietnam. A limited edition (-023-6, $49.00) is also available. Night Shade Books, 1470 NW Saltzman Road, Portland OR 97229; 503-643-5824; [night@nightshadebooks.com]; [www.nightshadebooks.com]. (Contents)
- HALE, SHANNON (chron.)
- * _Enna Burning (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-906-1, Sep 2006, $8.95, 317pp, tp, cover by Alison Jay) [Goose Girl] Reprint (Bloomsbury USA 2004) young-adult fantasy, a companion to The Goose Girl.
- * *River Secrets (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-901-0, Sep 2006, $17.95, 290pp, hc, cover by Alison Jay) [Goose Girl] Young-adult fantasy, set in the world of The Goose Girl. A useless young man joins soldiers on a peacekeeping mission and discovers his odd ways have their uses.
- * *River Secrets (Bloomsbury 0-7475-8073-1, Sep 2006, £12.99, 290pp, hc, cover by Alison Jay) Young-adult fantasy novel. A trade paperback edition (-8441-9, £6.99) was announced but not seen.
- HALLAWAY, TATE; pseudonym of Lyda Morehouse (chron.)
- * *Tall, Dark & Dead (Berkley 0-425-20972-5, May 2006, $14.00, 295pp, tp, cover by Margarete Gockel) [Garnet Lacey] Humorous vampire romance. A witch hiding from Vatican witch hunters finds herself attracted to a vampire alchemist. Hallaway is a pen name for Lyda Morehouse.
- * _Tall, Dark & Dead (SFBC #1209013, May 2006, $10.99, 295pp, hc, cover by Margarete Gockel) [Garnet Lacey] Reprint (Berkley 2006) humorous vampire romance. This has ISBN 0-7394-6775-6; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- HAMBLY, BARBARA (Joan) (1951- ) (chron.)
- * _Circle of the Moon (Warner 0-446-61817-9, Nov 2006, $6.99, 528pp, pb, cover by Jethro Soudant) [Sisters of the Raven] Reprint (Warner Aspect 2005) fantasy novel, sequel to Sisters of the Raven.
- * *Renfield: Slave of Dracula (Berkley 0-425-21168-1, Sep 2006, $23.95, 306pp, hc) [Dracula] Vampire novel telling the story of Draculas servant.
- HAMILTON, LAURELL K. (1963- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Danse Macabre (Berkley 0-425-20797-8, Jul 2006, $25.95, 483pp, hc, cover by Craig White) [Anita Blake] Dark fantasy novel in the Anita Blake series. Anita thinks she might be pregnant.
- * _Danse Macabre (SFBC #1215938, Jul 2006, $13.99, 483pp, hc, cover by Craig White) [Anita Blake] Reprint (Berkley 2006) dark fantasy novel in the Anita Blake series. This is similar to the Berkley edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * *Danse Macabre (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-474-7, Jul 2006, £12.99, 483pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Anita Blake] Dark fantasy novel in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. The 13th book in the series (14th if you count Micah). Simultaneous with the US (Berkley) edition.
- * _The Killing Dance (Berkley 0-425-20906-7, Apr 2006, $24.95, 356pp, hc, cover by Craig White) [Anita Blake] Reprint (Ace 1997) dark fantasy detective novel, sixth in the series featuring Anita Blake, vampire hunter. This has a new afterword by the author.
- * _A Kiss of Shadows (Ballantine 0-345-49065-7, Apr 2006, $4.99, 468pp, pb) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Reissue (Ballantine 2000) erotic dark fantasy mystery featuring half-faerie princess Meredith Gentry.
- * *Micah (Jove 0-515-14087-2, Mar 2006, $7.99, 280pp, pb) [Anita Blake] Dark fantasy detective novel, 13th in the series featuring Anita Blake, vampire hunter.
- * _Micah (SFBC #1209809, Mar 2006, $10.99, 245pp, hc, cover by Gary Blythe) [Anita Blake] Reprint (Jove 2006) dark fantasy detective novel, 13th in the series featuring Anita Blake, vampire hunter. This has ISBN 0-7394-6547-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * +Mistrals Kiss (Ballantine 0-345-44358-6, Dec 2006, $23.59, 212pp, hc, cover by Judy York) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Erotic dark fantasy mystery, fifth in the Meredith Gentry series featuring a faerie princess working in the human world as a PI.
- * _Mistrals Kiss (SFBC #1228371, Jan 2007, $13.99, 212pp, hc) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Reprint (Ballantine 2006) erotic dark fantasy mystery, fifth in the Meredith Gentry series. This is similar to the Ballantine edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * *Nightshade Tavern (SFBC #1196924, Nov 2005, $14.99, 850pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Anita Blake] Omnibus of two novels in the Anita Blake, Vampire Executioner series: Obsidian Butterfly (2000) and Narcissus in Chains (2001). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-6121-4; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
- * _Ravenloft: Death of a Darklord (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-4122-7, Jul 2006, $14.95, 306pp, tp, cover by Jon Foster & Matt Adelsperger) [Ravenloft] Reprint (TSR 1995) horror novelization based on the roleplaying game, part of the Covenant series. Copyrighted 1995 TSR, 2006 Wizards of the Coast.
- * _Strange Candy (SFBC #1222564, Sep 2006, $12.99, 257pp, hc) Reprint (Berkley 2006) collection of 14 stories, one a new Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter story. This is similar to the Berkley edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * *Strange Candy (Berkley 0-425-21201-7, Oct 2006, $23.95, 257 + xii, hc, cover by Craig White) Collection of 14 stories, six original, one a new Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter story. Hamilton provides new story introductions. (Contents)
- * _A Stroke of Midnight (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-553-81633-0, Jul 2006, £6.99, 523pp, pb) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Reprint (Ballantine 2005) fantasy novel. Book four in the Meredith Gentry series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _A Stroke of Midnight (Ballantine 0-345-44360-8, Dec 2006, $7.99, 385pp, pb, cover by Judy York) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Reprint (Ballantine 2005) erotic dark fantasy mystery, fourth in the Meredith Gentry series featuring a faerie princess working in the human world as a PI.
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