The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

HAMILTON, PETER F. (1960- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Judas Unchained (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46166-5, Mar 2006, $26.95, 827pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Commonwealth Saga] Far-future SF novel, part two of “The Commonwealth Saga”. First US edition (Macmillan UK 2005).
• * _Judas Unchained (SFBC #1207014, Apr 2006, $13.49, 827pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Commonwealth Saga] Reprint (Macmillan UK 2005) far-future SF novel, part two of “The Commonwealth Saga”. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Judas Unchained (Macmillan/Pan 0-330-49353-1, May 2006, £7.99, 1235pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Commonwealth Saga] Reprint (Macmillan UK 2005) SF novel, the second part of the Commonwealth Saga after Pandora’s Star.

HAMMOND, RAY (chron.)

• * *The Cloud (Macmillan/Pan 0-330-44187-6, Mar 2006, £6.99, 389pp, pb) SF novel.
• * _Extinction (Macmillan/Pan 0-330-48596-2, Oct 2005, £6.99, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 2005) SF novel. The original edition was not seen.

HAND, ELIZABETH (Francis) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Chip Crockett’s Christmas Carol (Beccon Publications 1-870824-49-0, Apr 2006, £19.00, 133pp, hc, cover by Judith Clute) Reprint (PS Publishing 2003 as part of Bibliomancy: Four Novellas) fantasy novella. This has been somewhat revised, and has a new afterword by the author. Illustrated by Judith Clute. Beccon, 75 Rosslyn Ave., Harold Wood, Essex RM3 0RG UK; [beccon@dial.pipex.com].
• * *Saffron and Brimstone: Strange Stories (Dark Horse Comics/M Press 1-59582-096-5, Oct 2006, $14.95, 240pp, tp) Collection of eight stories, one original, with an afterword by Hand. This has three of the four novellas collected in Bibliomancy. (Contents)

HAND, STEPHEN (chron.)

• * *Friday the 13th: Carnival of Maniacs (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 1-84416-380-6, Jun 2006, $6.99, 414pp, pb) [Friday the 13th] Novelization based on the character from the movies. Copyrighted by New Line Cinema. This is simultaneous with and has the same ISBN as the Black Flame UK edition, but only gives US and Canadian prices.

HANDELAND, LORI (1961- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Crescent Moon (St. Martin’s 0-312-93848-9, Feb 2006, $6.99, 338pp, pb) [Nightcreatures] Werewolf romance novel in the Nightcreatures series. A cryptozoologist seeks to prove her late husband’s theories by finding a werewolf near New Orleans.
• * *Midnight Moon (St. Martin’s 0-312-93849-7, Aug 2006, $6.99, 341pp, pb) [Nightcreatures] Dark fantasy romance novel in the Nightcreatures series. A voodoo priestess from New Orleans goes to Haiti to investigate rumors of zombies.
• * *Rising Moon (St. Martin’s 0-312-93850-0, Jan 2007, $6.99, 338pp, pb) [Nightcreatures] Werewolf romance novel in the Nightcreatures series. A PI goes to New Orleans looking for her long-lost sister.

HANLEY, VICTORIA (chron.)

• * _The Light of the Oracle (Random House/Laurel-Leaf 0-553-49502-X, Dec 2006, $6.50, 312pp, pb, cover by Greg Spalenka) Reprint (Fickling UK 2004) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Seer and the Sword (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55270-4, Jan 2006, £5.99, 357pp, tp, cover by Emma Chichester-Clark) Reprint (Scholastic UK 2000) young-adult fantasy novel.

HARBOTTLE, PHILIP (James) (1941- ) (chron.)

• * _Chameleon Planet (with John Russell Fearn) See entry under John Russell Fearn.

HARDIE, KERRY (chron.)

• * *The Bird Woman (Little, Brown 0-316-07623-6, Aug 2006, $24.99, 370pp, hc) Fantasy novel. A woman has visions and starts developing healing powers that attract unwanted attention.

HARDINGE, FRANCES (stories) (chron.)

• * +Fly by Night (HarperCollins 0-06-087627-1, May 2006, $16.99, 487pp, hc, cover by Brett Helquist) Young-adult fantasy novel about a girl, a goose, and a con man in an alternate 18th-century England. A first novel. First US edition (Macmillan UK 10/05).
• * _Fly by Night (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-41826-2, Oct 2006, £5.99, 436pp, tp, cover by Brett Helquist) Reprint (Macmillan Children’s Books 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.

HARDY, ELIZABETH BAIRD (chron.)

• * *Milton, Spenser and The Chronicles of Narnia: Literary Sources for the C.S. Lewis Novels (McFarland 0-7864-2876-7, Jan 2007, $35.00, 188pp, tp) Non-fiction, a critical look at possible influences of Spenser’s The Faerie Queen and Milton’s Paradise Lost on the Narnia books. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. McFarland, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; 800-253-2187; [www.mcfarlandpub.com]. [Lewis]

HARDY, JASON M. (chron.)

• * *MechWarrior: Dark Age: Principles of Desolation (with Randall N. Bills) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46081-2, Aug 2006, $6.99, 291pp, pb) [MechWarrior: Dark Age] Novelization, the 21st based on the computer game based on the “Battletech” roleplaying game. Copyrighted by WizKids.
• * *Shadowrun: Drops of Corruption (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46083-9, May 2006, $6.99, 273pp, pb) [Shadowrun] Novelization, fourth in the new series based on the roleplaying game. Copyrighted by WizKids.

HARPER, MEG (chron.)

• * *Fur (Usborne 0-7460-7305-4, May 2006, £5.99, 207pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel.

HARPER, STEVEN (chron.)

• * *LCSI: Luna City Special Investigations: Dead Man on the Moon (Phobos Impact 0-9770708-2-4, Jan 2006, $14.95, 248pp, tp) SF mystery novel. Harper is a pen name for Steven Piziks.

HARRIS, CHARLAINE; [i.e., Charlaine Harris Schulz] (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Dead as a Doornail (Ace 0-441-01333-3, May 2006, $7.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Lisa Desimini) [Sookie Stackhouse] Reprint (Ace 2005) humorous Southern vampire mystery novel, the fifth featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse.
• * *Definitely Dead (Ace 0-441-01400-3, May 2006, $23.95, 324pp, hc, cover by Lisa Desimini) [Sookie Stackhouse] Humorous Southern vampire mystery novel, the sixth featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. Sookie goes to New Orleans to take care of a recently deceased cousin’s estate and gets caught up in events at the vampire court.
• * _Definitely Dead (SFBC #1212661, May 2006, $12.99, 324pp, hc, cover by Lisa Desimini) [Sookie Stackhouse] Reprint (Ace 2006) humorous Southern vampire mystery novel, the sixth featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. This is similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Grave Sight (Berkley Prime Crime 0-425-21289-0, Nov 2006, $7.99, 293pp, pb) [Harper Connelly] Reprint (Berkley Prime Crime 2005) paranormal mystery, the first in a series featuring Harper Connelly.
• * *Grave Surprise (Berkley Prime Crime 0-425-21203-3, Oct 2006, $23.95, 295pp, hc, cover by David Hollenbach) [Harper Connelly] Paranormal mystery, the second in a series featuring Harper Connelly, who can see the dead. Harper demonstrates her powers for an anthropology professor and finds an extra body.

HARRIS, ROBERT J. (chron.)

• * _Prince Across the Water (with Jane Yolen) See entry under Jane Yolen.

HARRISON, HARRY; [legalized from Henry Maxwell Dempsey] (1925- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers (BenBella Books 1-932100-83-0, Jun 2006, $14.95, 212pp, tp, cover by Don Maitz) Reprint (Putnam 1973) humorous SF novel. BenBella Books, 6440 N. Central Expressway, Suite 617, Dallas TX 75206; [www.benbellabooks.com].

HARRISON, KIM; pseudonym of Dawn Cook, (1966- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Dead Witch Walking (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-723609-3, Oct 2006, £6.99, 416pp, pb) [Rachel Morgan] Reprint (HarperTorch 2004) dark fantasy novel, the first book in the Rachel Morgan series about a witch PI in a world where non-humans live openly with humans. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Dead Witches Tell No Tales (SFBC #1218350, Aug 2006, $14.99, 839pp, hc, cover by Chris McGrath) [Rachel Morgan] Omnibus of two humorous dark fantasy novels about a witch PI: Every Which Way But Dead (2005) and A Fistful of Charms (2006). Harrison is a pen name for Dawn Cook. This has ISBN 0-7394-7083-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * _Every Which Way But Dead (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-723612-3, Oct 2006, £6.99, 501pp, pb) [Rachel Morgan] Reprint (HarperTorch 2005) SF/fantasy novel, the third book in the Rachel Morgan series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *A Fistful of Charms (HarperTorch 0-06-078819-4, Jul 2006, $7.99, 510pp, pb) [Rachel Morgan] Humorous dark fantasy novel about a witch PI, fourth in the series begun in Dead Witch Walking. Rachel needs darker magics to deal with a werewolf problem. Harrison is a pen name for Dawn Cook.
• * _A Fistful of Charms (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-723613-1, Oct 2006, £6.99, 510pp, pb) [Rachel Morgan] Reprint (HarperTorch 2006) SF/fantasy novel, the fourth book in the Rachel Morgan series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Good, the Bad, and the Undead (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-723611-5, Oct 2006, £6.99, 453pp, pb) [Rachel Morgan] Reprint (HarperTorch 2005) SF/fantasy novel, the second book in the Rachel Morgan series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *This Witch for Hire (SFBC #1206475, Feb 2006, $14.99, 707pp, hc, cover by Chris McGrath) [Rachel Morgan] Omnibus of two humorous dark fantasy novels about a witch PI: Dead Witch Walking (2004) and The Good, The Bad and the Undead (2005). Harrison is a pen name for Dawn Cook. This has ISBN 0-7394-6380-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)

HARRISON, M(ichael) JOHN (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Course of the Heart (Night Shade Books 1-59780-040-6, Mar 2006, $13.95, 198pp, tp, cover by David Lloyd) Reprint (Gollancz 1992) literary fantasy novel.
• * *Nova Swing (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07027-7, Nov 2006, £17.99, 246pp, hc, cover by Dominic Harman) [Light] SF novel, sequel to Light. A trade paperback edition (-07028-5, £9.99) was announced but not seen.

HART, MARA KIRK, ed. (chron.)

• * *Lovecraft’s New York Circle: The Kalem Club, 1924-1927 (with S. T. Joshi) (Hippocampus Press 0-9761592-9-5, Mar 2006, $15.00, 240pp, tp, cover by Barbara Briggs Silbert) Associational non-fiction, a gathering of correspondence by George Kirk along with various items written by The Kalem Club, a group of eight New York writers including Kirk, H.P. Lovecraft, Frank Belknap Long, and Rheinhart Kleiner. Brief biographies of and writings by the club members are also included, along with bibliography and index. Preface by Peter Cannon. Introduction by Mara Kirk Hart. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.hippocampuspress.com] or from Hippocampus Press, PO Box 641, New York NY 10156. [Lovecraft]

HART, MATT (chron.)

• * *The Black Sphinx (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55421-9, Mar 2006, £5.99, 295pp, tp, cover by David Roberts) Young-adult fantasy novel set on an alternate Earth.

HART, RAVEN (chron.)

• * _The Vampire’s Seduction (Ballantine 0-345-47975-0, Apr 2006, $6.99, 408pp, pb) [Savannah Vampire Chronicles] Vampire novel. A playboy vampire in Savannah GA faces off against an ancient enemy.

HARTFORD, BRUCE (chron.)

• * *The Gandhi Ring (Westwind Writers 0-9778000-0-8, Jul 2006, $19.50, 609pp, tp, cover by Johan Roll) SF novel. A PI and a civil rights activist fight for the rights of Artificial People in 2052 San Francisco. This is a print-on-demand edition. Westwind Writers, 2301 Harrison St. #205, San Francisco CA 94110; [www.wwwriters.com].

HARTWELL, DAVID G(eddes), ed. (1941- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Science Fiction Century, Volume 1 (Tor/Orb 0-312-86484-1, Mar 2006, $21.95, 511pp, tp, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Tor 1997 as part of The Science Fiction Century) anthology. This break-up volume has 26 of the original’s 45 stories.
• * _The Science Fiction Century, Volume 2 (Tor/Orb 0-765-31492-4, Oct 2006, $21.95, 508pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1997 as part of The Science Fiction Century) anthology; this breakup volume has 19 of the original’s 45 stories.
• * *The Space Opera Renaissance (with Kathryn Cramer) (Tor 0-765-30617-4, Jul 2006, $39.95, 941pp, hc) SF anthology of 32 stories, arranged chronologically and thematically to explore the evolution of space opera as outlined in the editors’ introduction. (Contents)
• * _The Space Opera Renaissance (with Kathryn Cramer) (SFBC #1215904, Aug 2006, $17.99, 941pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 2006) SF anthology of 32 stories. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Year’s Best Fantasy 6 (with Kathryn Cramer) (Tachyon Publications 1-892391-37-6, Sep 2006, $14.95, 355 + x, tp, cover by David M. Bowers) Best-of-the-year anthology with 23 stories of genre fantasy, with a summation of the year by the editors. This is the sixth volume in the series previously published by Eos. Authors include Bruce Sterling, Neil Gaiman, Jeff VanderMeer, and Connie Willis. Tachyon Publications, 1459 18th St. #139, San Francisco CA 94107; [www.tachyonpublications.com]. (Contents)
• * *Year’s Best SF 11 (with Kathryn Cramer) (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-087341-8, Jun 2006, $7.99, 493 + xiv, pb) “Year’s Best” anthology of 31 stories from 2005, all strictly genre SF. The editors discuss the year in SF in the introduction. Authors include Gardner Dozois, Vonda N. McIntyre, and Cory Doctorow. (Contents)
• * _Year’s Best SF 11 (with Kathryn Cramer) (SFBC #1213066, Jun 2006, $12.99, 496 + xiv, hc, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Eos 2006) “Year’s Best” anthology of 31 stories from 2005, all strictly genre SF. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-6924-8; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

HARVEY, GILL (chron.)

• * *Orphan of the Sun (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7900-8, May 2006, £12.99, 310pp, hc, cover by Carol Lawson) Young-adult fantasy novel of ancient history.

HARVEY, KENNETH J(oseph) (1962- ) (chron.)

• * _The Town that Forgot How to Breathe (St. Martin’s/Picador 0-312-42480-9, Sep 2006, $14.00, 471pp, tp) Reprint (Raincoast Books 2003) gothic horror novel.

HAUF, MICHELE (chron.)

• * *Rhiana (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80234-X, May 2006, $14.95, 411pp, tp) [Changelings] Medieval fantasy romance novel, third in the Changelings series begun in Seraphim. Rhiana discovers she has a special way with the dragons attacking her village.
• * _Seraphim (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80241-2, Apr 2006, $6.99, 504pp, pb) [Changelings] Reprint (Luna 2004) medieval fantasy romance novel, first in The Changelings series of two.

HAUTMAN, PETE(r Murray) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * *Rash (Simon & Schuster 0-689-86801-4, Jun 2006, $15.95, 249pp, hc) Young-adult satirical near-future SF novel. A teen unjustly arrested is sold to a multinational corporation as forced labor.

HAVENS, CANDACE (chron.)

• * *Charmed & Ready (Berkley 0-425-21161-4, Sep 2006, $14.00, 245pp, tp) [Charmed] Fantasy romance novel, sequel to Charmed & Dangerous.

HAWES, JAMES (chron.)

• * _Speak for England (Random House/Vintage UK 0-099-47017-9, Jan 2006, £7.99, 338pp, tp) Reprint (Cape 2005) satirical novel of a stranded game-show contestant.

HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL (1804-1864) (chron.)

• * _The Celestial Railroad and Other Stories (Penguin/Signet Classics 0-451-53020-9, Aug 2006, $5.95, 318 + xviii, pb) Reissue (Signet Classics 1963) collection of 18 stories, several with supernatural elements. This has a new introduction by Ross C. Murfin.

HAYDON, ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * *The Assassin King (Tor 978-0-765-30565-7, Jan 2007, $25.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Luis Royo) [Symphony of Ages] Fantasy novel, third in the Symphony of Ages series following the Rhapsody trilogy.
• * *The Floating Island (Tor/Starscape 0-765-30867-3, Sep 2006, $17.95, 368pp, hc, cover by Jason Chan) [Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme series. Illustrated by Brett Helquist. Includes readers guide.

HAYNES, SIMON (chron.)

• * _Hal Spacejock: Second Course (Fremantle Arts Centre Press 1-92106-466-8, Mar 2006, A$19.95, 364pp, pb, cover by Les Peterson) [Hal Spacejock] Reprint (Bowman Publishing 2003) humorous SF adventure novel featuring a space pilot, the second in a series. The text has been revised. Fremantle Arts Centre Press, PO Box 158, North Fremantle WA 6159, Australia; [www.fremantlepress.com.au].

HEAD, TOM, ed. (chron.)

• * *Conversations with Carl Sagan (University Press of Mississippi 1-57806-736-7, Feb 2006, $20.00, 167 + xxv, tp) Non-fiction collection of interviews with celebrity scientist Sagan; his single novel, Contact, is only mentioned in passing. Includes chronology, bibliography, and index. A hardcover edition ($50.00, -735-9) was announced but not seen. University Press of Mississippi, 3825 Ridgewood Road, Jackson MS 39211-6492; [www.upress.state.ms.us]. [Sagan]

HEARN, JULIE (chron.)

• * _The Minister’s Daughter (Simon Pulse 0-689-87691-2, Dec 2006, $7.99, 264pp, tp) Reprint (Oxford 2003 as The Merrybegot) young-adult historical fantasy.

HEARN, LIAN; pseudonym of Gillian Rubenstein (chron.)

• * _Brilliance of the Moon: Episode One: Battle for Maruyama (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-240623-6, May 2006, $6.50, 212pp, tp, cover by Hokusai) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Riverhead 2004) Japanese Samurai fantasy novel, the first part of the third book in the “Tales of the Otori” trilogy. Hearn is a pen name for Gillian Rubenstein.
• * _Brilliance of the Moon: Episode Two: Scars of Victory (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-240594-9, May 2006, $6.50, 281pp, tp, cover by Kuniyoshi) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Riverhead 2004) Japanese Samurai fantasy novel, the second part of the third book in the “Tales of the Otori” trilogy. Hearn is a pen name for Gillian Rubenstein.
• * *The Harsh Cry of the Heron (Penguin/Riverhead 1-59448-923-8, Sep 2006, $26.95, 508pp, hc) [Tales of the Otori] Japanese samurai fantasy novel, the fourth and last in the Tales of the Otori series. Hearn is a pen name for Gillian Rubenstein.
• * *Harsh Cry of the Heron (Macmillan UK 1-4050-9210-6, Sep 2006, £16.99, 631pp, hc) [Tales of the Otori] Fantasy novel, a coda/sequel to the Tales of the Otori series. Hearn is a pseudonym of Gillian Rubinstein. A hardcover edition (£10.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _The Harsh Cry of the Heron (SFBC #1223508, Nov 2006, $13.49, 508pp, hc) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Riverhead 2006) Japanese samurai fantasy novel, the fourth and last in the Tales of the Otori series. Hearn is a pen name for Gillian Rubenstein. This is similar to the Riverhead edition, except it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back jacket.