The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

HECK, PETER J(ewell) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Phule’s Errand (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.

HEIDEL, R. ANDREW (stories) (chron.)

• * *Desperate Moon (PS Publishing 1-904619-28-2, Sep 2006, £25.00, 281 + xiii, hc, cover by Chris Erkmann) Collection/omnibus of 31 stories (22 original) and 13 poems in three collections, one a reprint of chapbook Beyond the Wall of Sleep (1998) and two new: Angry Sunflowers and Weep. Introduction by Harlan Ellison™. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a slipcased edition of 200 (-29-0, £60.00) signed by Heidel and Ellison is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk]. (Contents)

HEINLEIN, ROBERT A(nson) (1907-1988) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Farnham’s Freehold (Baen 1-4165-2093-7, Nov 2006, $15.00, 294pp, tp, cover by Stephen Hickman) Reprint (Putnam 1964) SF novel.
• * _Glory Road (Tor/Orb 0-765-31222-0, Apr 2006, $14.95, 319pp, tp, cover by Gregory Manchess) Reprint (Putnam 1963) SF/fantasy novel, a take-off on the basic fantasy plot. This includes a 1979 afterword by Samuel R. Delany.
• * *Outward Bound (SFBC #1214115, Jun 2006, $14.99, 586pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) Omnibus of three young-adult SF novels: Have Spacesuit—Will Travel (1958), Starship Troopers (1959), and Podkayne of Mars (1963), which includes both Heinlein’s original ending and the one first published. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-4891-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * _Red Planet (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-49318-4, Oct 2006, $13.95, 255 + xiii, tp, cover by John Picacio) Reprint (Scribner 1949) young-adult SF novel. This is the Del Rey 1990 revised edition, and adds a new introduction by William H. Patterson, Jr. and sample pages of the original, heavily edited manuscript.
• * _Space Cadet (Tor/Orb 0-765-31451-7, Nov 2006, $12.95, 223pp, tp, cover by Vincent di Fate) Reprint (Scribner 1948) young-adult SF novel.
• * _Starship Troopers (Ace 0-441-01410-0, Jul 2006, $14.00, 280pp, tp) Reprint (Putnam 1959) Hugo award-winning military SF novel.
• * _Time for the Stars (Tor 0-765-31493-2, Aug 2006, $23.95, 244pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Scribner 1956) young-adult SF novel.
• * *Variable Star (with Spider Robinson) (Tor 0-765-31312-X, Sep 2006, $24.95, 318pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) SF novel by Robinson based on an extensive outline by Heinlein.
• * _Variable Star (with Spider Robinson) (SFBC 978-0-765-31312-6, Oct 2006, $13.99, 318pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Reprint (Tor 2006) SF novel by Robinson based on an extensive outline by Heinlein. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

HELFERS, JOHN (stories) (chron.)

• * _Shadowrun: Aftershock (with Jean Rabe) See entry under Jean Rabe.

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• * _Slipstreams (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _The Valdemar Companion (with Denise Little) (DAW 0-7564-0390-1, Jun 2006, $7.99, 572pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar] Reprint (DAW 2001) non-fiction guide to Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar fantasies. Copyrighted by Lackey and packager Tekno Books. [Lackey]

HELPRIN, MARK (1947- ) (chron.)

• * *Freddy and Fredericka (Penguin 0-14-303725-0, Jul 2006, $15.00, 553pp, tp) Reprint (The Penguin Press 2005) comic allegorical novel.

HEMINGWAY, AMANDA; [born Amanda Jane Askew] (1955- ) (chron.)

• * +The Sword of Straw (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46080-4, Apr 2006, $12.95, 320pp, tp, cover by Greg Spalenka) [Sangreal] Fantasy novel, second in the Sangreal trilogy after The Greenstone Grail. First US edition (Voyager 11/05 as The Traitor’s Sword).
• * _The Traitor’s Sword (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-715389-9, Aug 2006, £6.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) [Sangreal] Reprint (Voyager 2005) fantasy novel, book two of the Sangreal trilogy. Hemingway also writes as Jan Siegel.

HEMRY, JOHN G.; see pseudonym Jack Campbell (stories) (chron.)

• * *Against All Enemies (Ace 0-441-01382-1, Jan 2006, $7.99, 336pp, pb) [Paul Sinclair] Military SF legal novel, the fourth featuring starship legal officer Paul Sinclair.

HENDEE, BARB (1963- ) (chron.)

• * _Sister of the Dead (with J. C. Hendee, Jr.) (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-366-X, Jan 2006, £6.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Kovech) [Noble Dead] Reprint (Roc 2005) dark fantasy vampire novel. Third in a series after Dhampir and Thief of Lives. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Traitor to the Blood (with J. C. Hendee, Jr.) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46066-9, Jan 2006, $23.95, 355pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Noble Dead] Dark fantasy vampire novel, fourth in The Noble Dead saga begun with Dhampir.
• * _Traitor to the Blood (with J. C. Hendee, Jr.) (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-571-9, Dec 2006, £6.99, 485pp, pb, cover by Martin McKenna) [Noble Dead] Reprint (Roc 2006) dark fantasy vampire novel, fourth in The Noble Dead saga begun with Dhampir. [First U.K. edition]

HENDEE, J. C., Jr. (chron.)

• * _Sister of the Dead (with Barb Hendee) See entry under Barb Hendee.
• * _Traitor to the Blood (with Barb Hendee) See entry under Barb Hendee.

HENDERSON, ALICE (chron.)

• * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Portal Through Time (Simon Spotlight Entertainment 1-4169-1918-X, Nov 2006, $6.99, 332pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Novelization based on characters from the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.

HENDERSON, C(hristopher-John) J(ames) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Tales of Inspector Legrasse (with H. P. Lovecraft) See entry under H. P. Lovecraft

HENDERSON, SAMANTHA, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _From the Trenches (with Joseph Paul Haines) See entry under Joseph Paul Haines.
• * *On Our Way to the Battle: Poetry from the Trenches (Carnifex Press, 2006, 25pp, ph, cover by Lars Jagatai Bunch) Original anthology of 26 speculative war poems, three reprints, a companion to the anthology From the Trenches. Limited edition of 150. (Contents)

HENDRIX, HOWARD V(incent) [Ph.D.] (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Labyrinth Key (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45597-5, Feb 2006, $6.99, 425pp, pb, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) Reprint (Del Rey 2004) near-future SF novel.
• * *Spears of God (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45598-3, Dec 2006, $14.95, 395pp, tp) [Labyrinth Key] Near-future SF novel featuring characters from The Labyrinth Key. Four mute children may hold the key to saving the planet.

HERBERT, BRIAN (Patrick) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Hunters of Dune (with Kevin J. Anderson) (Tor 0-765-31292-1, Aug 2006, $27.95, 524pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Dune] SF novel, the first of two volumes in the seventh and final novel in Frank Herbert’s original Dune Chronicles, based on an outline by Frank Herbert. Copyrighted by Herbert Properties.
• * _Hunters of Dune (with Kevin J. Anderson) (SFBC #1219694, Sep 2006, $14.99, 524pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Dune] Reprint (Tor 2006) SF novel. in a prequel series set 10,000 years before Frank Herbert’s Dune series. Copyrighted by Herbert Limited Partnership.
• * _Hunters of Dune (with Kevin J. Anderson) (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-83748-9, Sep 2006, £12.99, 524pp, tp) [Dune] Reprint (Tor 2006) SF novel. A hardcover edition (-83747-0, £18.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Road to Dune (with Kevin J. Anderson & Frank Herbert) See entry under Frank Herbert.

HERBERT, FRANK (Patrick) (1920-1986) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dune (Hodder 0-340-83993-7, Jun 2006, £6.99, 605pp, tp) [Dune] Reissue (Chilton 1965) SF novel, first in the series. A Hugo and Nebula Award winner.
• * _The Road to Dune (with Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson) (Hodder 0-340-83746-2, Mar 2006, £7.99, 380pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Dune] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2005) collection of Dune stories, letters, unpublished scenes, articles, and novel Spice Planet by Brian Herbert & Anderson, based on the outline by Frank Herbert.
• * _The Road to Dune (with Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson) (Tor 0-765-35370-9, Sep 2006, $7.99, 426pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Dune] Reprint (Tor 2005) collection of Dune pieces, some by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, plus unpublished items by Frank Herbert.

HERBERT, JAMES (John) (1943- ) (chron.)

• * _Nobody True (Tor 0-765-35061-0, Oct 2006, $7.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Blacksheep) Reprint (Macmillan UK 2003) horror novel.
• * *The Secret of Crickley Hall (Macmillan UK 1-405-00520-3, Sep 2006, £17.99, 600pp, hc) Horror novel.

HERMAN, PAUL (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Neverending Hunt: A Bibliography of Robert E. Howard (Hermanthis Press no ISBN, 2006, no price, xi+628pp, hc) Associational bibliography. Limited to 100 numbered copies, signed by Herman. (Contents) [Howard]

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• * _Gardens of Fear See entry under Robert E. Howard.
• * _Valley of the Worm See entry under Robert E. Howard.

HERNDON, CORY J. (chron.)

• * *Magic: The Gathering: Dissension (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-4001-8, May 2006, $6.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Zoltán Boros & Sziksai) [Magic: The Gathering: Ravnica Cycle] Novelization based on the card game, book three in the Ravnica Cycle. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * *Magic: The Gathering: Guildpact (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3989-3, Jan 2006, $6.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Magic: The Gathering: Ravnica Cycle] Novelization based on the card game, book two in the Ravnica Cycle. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

HERTER, DAVID (stories) (chron.)

• * *On the Overgrown Path (PS Publishing 1-905834-85-1, Sep 2006, £10.00, 120pp, tp, cover by John Everett Millais) [On the Overgrown Path] Dark fantasy novella about a composer who strays into an unknown village. Introduction by John Clute. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a hardcover edition of 300 (-84-3, £25.00) signed by Herter and Clute is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].

HETLEY, JAMES A.; also as Jay Caselberg (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dragon’s Eye (Ace 0-441-01372-4, Nov 2006, $7.99, 355pp, pb, cover by Lori Earley) Reprint (Ace 2005) contemporary fantasy novel.
• * *Dragon’s Teeth (Ace 0-441-01431-3, Nov 2006, $14.00, 327pp, tp, cover by Don Seegmiller) [*Dragon’s Eye] Contemporary fantasy novel, sequel to Dragon’s Eye.

HICKMAN, LAURA (chron.)

• * _Mystic Empire (with Tracy Hickman) See entry under Tracy Hickman.
• * _Mystic Quest (with Tracy Hickman) See entry under Tracy Hickman.

HICKMAN, TRACY (Raye) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _DragonLance Chronicles Special Edition (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
• * _DragonLance Chronicles: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (with Andrew Dabb, [et al] & Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
• * _DragonLance: Dragons of the Dwarven Depths (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
• * *Mystic Empire (with Laura Hickman) (Warner Aspect 0-446-53107-3, Apr 2006, $25.95, 400pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Bronze Canticles] Fantasy novel, book three of The Bronze Canticles.
• * _Mystic Empire (with Laura Hickman) (SFBC #1209644, Apr 2006, $12.99, 400pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Bronze Canticles] Reprint (Warner Aspect 2006) fantasy novel, book three of The Bronze Canticles. This is similar to the Warner Aspect edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Mystic Quest (with Laura Hickman) (Warner 0-446-61223-5, Mar 2006, $6.99, 575pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Bronze Canticles] Reprint (Warner Aspect 2005) fantasy novel, book two of The Bronze Canticles.
• * _Rose of the Prophet Trilogy (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.

HICKS, WALT, ed. (chron.)

• * *DeathGrip: Exit Laughing (HellBound Books 9780978915704, 2006, 462pp, tp) (Contents)

HIGHTMAN, JASON (chron.)

• * *Samurai (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-054014-1, Sep 2006, $15.99, 310pp, hc, cover by Vince Natale) [Saint of Dragons] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Saint of Dragons.
• * _Samurai (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 0-00-715909-9, Nov 2006, £5.99, 368pp, tp, cover by Bob Lee) [Saint of Dragons] Reprint (Eos 2006) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Saint of Dragons. [First U.K. edition]

HILL, STUART (chron.)

• * *Blade of Fire (The Chicken House 1-904442-88-9, Sep 2006, £10.99, 312pp, hc) [Icemark Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Cry of the Icemark (The Chicken House 1-9044-4260-9, May 2006, £6.99, 494pp, tp) [Icemark Chronicles] Reprint (The Chicken House 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Cry of the Icemark (Scholastic 0-439-68627-X, Jun 2006, $8.99, 472pp, tp) [Icemark Chronicles] Reprint (The Chicken House UK 2005) young-adult fantasy, first in the Icemark Chronicles trilogy. This includes a CD-ROM of supplemental material taped to the front cover.

HINES, JIM C. (1974- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Goblin Quest (DAW 0-7564-0400-2, Nov 2006, $6.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Mel Grant) [Jig the goblin] Reprint (Five Star 2004 as GoblinQuest) fantasy novel.

HINES, T. L. (chron.)

• * *Waking Lazarus (Bethany House 0-7642-0204-9, Jul 2006, $18.99, 297pp, hc) Christian thriller. A man, famous for repeatedly coming back from the dead, seeks anonymity in Montana, only to find a mysterious evil stalks his new town. Bethany House, 11400 Hampshire Ave. S., Bloomington MN 55438; [www.bethanyhouse.com]; 800-328-6109.

HINTON, S. E. (chron.)

• * _Hawkes Harbor (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-43760-7, Jun 2006, £6.99, 251pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 2004) vampire novel.

HIRSHBERG, GLEN (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *American Morons (Earthling Publications 0-9766339-8-1, Oct 2006, $24.00, 191pp, hc, cover by Jonas Yip) Collection of seven stories, two original and the rest all somewhat revised, with story notes by the author on the origins of each. A signed, limited edition of 150 ($50.00) is sold out; a lettered, traycased edition of 26 ($250.00) is also available. Earthling Publications, PO Box 413, Northborough MA 01532; [www.earthlingpub.com]. (Contents)

HITCHCOCK, COLLEEN (chron.)

• * *Rabbit Heart (Pocket 1-4165-0951-8, May 2006, $14.00, 360pp, tp) Historical novel with elements of dark fantasy. A woman in 1891 England literally kills men with sex, then has trouble with their ghosts.

HOARE, ANDY (chron.)

• * *Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Star (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-375-X, Jul 2006, £6.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Traders] Novelization based on the roleplaying game world, part of the Rogue Traders series.
• * +Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Star (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-375-X, Sep 2006, $7.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer 40,000] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK edition (8/06) but gives only US and Canadian prices.

HOBAN, RUSSELL (Conwell) (1925- ) (chron.)

• * _Come Dance with Me (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7889-3, Feb 2006, £7.99, 188pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2005) literary fantasy novel.
• * *Linger Awhile (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7984-9, Jan 2006, £10.99, 164pp, tp, cover by Mark Thomas) Quasi-SF novel. A man falls for a long-dead actress and finds a way to bring her to life.

HOBB, ROBIN; pseudonym of Megan Lindholm, (1952- ) (chron.)

• * *Forest Mage (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-719615-6, Jul 2006, £18.99, 660pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Soldier Son] Fantasy novel, book two in the Soldier Son trilogy. Hobb is a pseudonym for Megan Lindholm.
• * +Forest Mage (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-075763-9, Sep 2006, $25.95, 718pp, hc, cover by Christophe Vacher) [Soldier Son] Fantasy novel, the second in the Soldier Son trilogy. First US edition (Voyager 7/06).
• * _Forest Mage (SFBC #1219389, Sep 2006, $13.99, 718pp, hc, cover by Christophe Vacher) [Soldier Son] Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel, the second in the Soldier Son trilogy. This is similar to the Eos edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Shaman’s Crossing (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-719613-X, Feb 2006, £12.99, 533pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Soldier Son] Reprint (Voyager 2005) fantasy novel, book one in the Soldier Son trilogy. Hobb is a pseudonym for Megan Lindholm.
• * _Shaman’s Crossing (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-719614-8, Jul 2006, £7.99, 631pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Soldier Son] Reprint (Voyager 2005) fantasy novel, the first book in the Soldier Son trilogy. Hobb is a pseudonym for Megan Lindholm.
• * _Shaman’s Crossing (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-075828-7, Sep 2006, $7.99, 591pp, pb) [Soldier Son] Reprint (Voyager 2005) fantasy novel, the first in the Soldier Son trilogy. Hobb also writes as Megan Lindholm.

HODES, TAMAR (chron.)

• * +Raffy’s Shapes (Dufour/Accent Press 1-905170-17-3, Dec 2006, $13.95, 305pp, tp) Fantasy novel about a painter who is also a shapechanger. A first novel. This first US edition is the Accent Press UK (2006) edition. Order from Dufour Editions, PO Box 7, Chester Springs PA 19425-0007; 610-458-5005; [www.dufoureditions.com].