The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

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JARMAN, HEATHER (chron.)

* *Star Trek Voyager: String Theory, Book III: Evolution (Pocket 1-4165-0781-7, Mar 2006, $7.99, 400pp, pb) [Star Trek: Voyager: String Theory] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
JARMAN, JULIA (chron.)

* _Peace Weavers (Scholastic UK 0-439-97771-1, Jan 2006, £4.99, 226pp, tp) Reprint (Andersen Press 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. Includes an afterword by Jarman.
JARMAN, ROSEMARY (Josephine) HAWLEY (née Smith) (1935- ) (chron.)

* *The Captain’s Witch (Egerton House 1-905016-07-7, 2005, £14.50, 401pp, tp, cover by John Kaiine) Dark fantasy novel. This is dated 2005, but not seen until now. A print-on-demand edition. Egerton House, 3 Egerton Road, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, TN39 3HH, UK; [books@egertonhousepublishing.co.uk].
JARVIS, ROBIN (chron.)

* _The Alchemist’s Cat (Chronicle Books 0-8118-5450-7, Aug 2006, $6.95, 301pp, tp, cover by Leonid Gore) [Deptford Histories] Reprint (Sprint 1991 as The Alchymist’s Cat) young-adult fantasy novel, the first in The Deptford Histories trilogy.
* +Thomas (Chronicle Books 0-8118-5412-4, Oct 2006, $17.95, 400pp, hc, cover by Leonid Gore) [Deptford Histories] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the Deptford Histories trilogy. First US edition (Macdonald Young Books 1995).
* +The Whitby Witches (Chronicle Books 0-8118-5413-2, Sep 2006, $17.95, 295pp, hc, cover by Jeff Peterson) [Whitby] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in a series. First US edition (Sprint 1991).
JEAN, VADIM (chron.)

* *Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather: The Illustrated Screenplay (with Terry Pratchett) (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07929-0, Nov 2006, £20.00, 252pp, hc) [Discworld] Non-fiction. The shooting script for the TV movie, illustrated with numerous stills and design sketches. Includes separate forewords by Jean and Pratchett and an afterword by producers Rod Brown & Ian Sharples.
JEAPES, BEN (1965- ) (chron.)

* _The New World Order (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55096-5, Jan 2006, £5.99, 432pp, pb, cover by Mark Oldroyd) Reprint (David Fickling Books 2004) alternate-history SF novel of alien interference in 17th-century England.
* _The New World Order (Random House/Laurel-Leaf 0-553-49491-0, Nov 2006, $6.50, 435pp, pb) Reprint (Fickling UK 2004) young-adult alternate-history SF novel.
JENKINS, T. M. (chron.)

* *The Waking (Macmillan UK 1-4050-8987-3, May 2006, £12.99, 371pp, hc) SF novel. Nate Sheehan’s cryogenically-frozen brain is transplanted into a new body 60 years after his murder.
JENKINS, WILL(iam) F(itzgerald) (1896-1975); see pseudonym Murray Leinster (stories) (chron.)
JENS, ANDERSEN (chron.)

* _Hans Christian Andersen (Overlook Duckworth 1-58567-737-X, Mar 2006, $22.95, 624pp, tp) Reprint (Overlook Duckworth 2005, not seen) biography of the Danish writer. Translated from the Danish (2003) by Tiina Nunnally. Includes notes and index. [Andersen]
JENSEN, JANE (1963- ) (chron.)

* _Dante’s Equation (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-43038-7, Apr 2006, $7.99, 593pp, pb, cover by John Picacio) Reprint (Del Rey 2003) SF novel.
JENSEN, LIZ (chron.)

* *My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time (Bloomsbury USA 1-59691-188-3, Jul 2006, $23.95, 305pp, hc) SF time travel novel. A 19th-century Danish prostitute turned cleaning lady finds a time machine and ends up in 21st century London. Simultaneous with the Bloomsbury UK edition.
* _My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time (SFBC #1211793, Jul 2006, $11.99, 305pp, hc) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2006) SF time travel novel. This is similar to the Bloomsbury edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time (Bloomsbury 0-7475-8418-4, Jul 2006, £12.99, 305pp, hc) Fantasy novel.
JOHNSON, JANE; see pseudonym Jude Fisher (chron.)

* _The Secret Country (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books UK 0-689-86080-3, Mar 2006, £5.99, 247pp, tp, cover by Adam Stower) [Eidolon Chronicles] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. First in a series.
* +The Secret Country (Simon & Schuster 1-4169-0712-2, May 2006, $14.95, 323pp, hc, cover by Greg Call) [Eidolon Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy, the first book in the Eidolon Chronicles. First US edition (Simon & Schuster UK 3/05).
JOHNSON, PETE (stories) (chron.)

* *Ghost Trouble (Transworld/Corgi Yearling 0-440-86691-X, Oct 2006, £5.99, 301pp, tp, cover by Jerry Paris) Omnibus of two young-adult horror novels: The Ghost Dog and The Creeper. (Contents)
JOHNSTON, JULIE (chron.)

* _Alpha City 2050 (with James Gillam) See entry under James Gillam.
JONES, ANDY, ed. (chron.)

* _Warhammer 40,000: Let the Galaxy Burn (with Marc Gascoigne) See entry under Marc Gascoigne.
JONES, CHRISTINA (chron.)

* _Love Potions (Piatkus 0-7499-3735-1, Oct 2006, £6.99, 303pp, tp) Reprint (Piatkus 2006, not seen) fantasy novel.
JONES, CLAUDIA (chron.)

* *Riding Out the Storm (Llewellyn 0-7387-0867-4, Apr 2006, $8.95, 234pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel. A teen disturbed by a near-drowning starts remembering a past life.
JONES, DIANA WYNNE (1934- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Conrad’s Fate (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 0-00-719087-5, Mar 2006, £5.99, 348pp, tp) [Chrestomanci] Reprint (Collins 2005) young-adult fantasy novel in the Chrestomanci series.
* _Conrad’s Fate (HarperCollins/Eos Greenwillow 0-06-074745-5, May 2006, $6.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Dan Craig) [Chrestomanci] Reprint (Collins 2005) young-adult fantasy in the “Chrestomanci” series.
* *The Pinhoe Egg (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 0-00-722854-6, Sep 2006, £12.99, 458pp, hc) [Chrestomanci] Young-adult fantasy novel in the Chrestomanci series.
* +The Pinhoe Egg (HarperCollins/Greenwillow 0-06-113124-5, Oct 2006, $17.99, 515pp, hc, cover by Brandon Dorman) [Chrestomanci] Young-adult fantasy in the “Chrestomanci” series. Feuding families of witches inadvertently attract the attention of the denizens of nearby Chrestomanci Castle. First US edition (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 9/06).
* _The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-240722-4, Oct 2006, $9.99, 234pp, tp, cover by Tony Sahara) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) humorous non-fiction look at fantasy, in guide-book form. This drops the illustrations and adds seven entries as sidebars: ARMAGEDDON, How to Compose a Ballad, GREEN MAN, What to Order at an Inn, etc.
* _Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories (HarperCollins/Eos/Greenwillow 0-06-055535-1, Feb 2006, $7.99, 592pp, pb, cover by Dan Craig) Reprint (Greenwillow 2004) young-adult collection of 16 stories.
JONES, GWYNETH (Ann) (1952- ); see pseudonym Ann Halam (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Band of Gypsys (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07645-3, Jun 2006, £6.99, 297pp, pb) [Bold as Love] Reprint (Gollancz 2005) futuristic Arthurian fantasy novel, fourth in the series begun in Bold as Love.
* *Rainbow Bridge (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07715-8, Jun 2006, £12.99, 374pp, tp) [Bold as Love] Near-future fantasy novel, the fifth and final in the quintet begun in Bold as Love.
JONES, HOWARD ANDREW, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _Warriors of the Steppes See entry under Harold A. Lamb.
* _Wolf of the Steppes See entry under Harold A. Lamb.
JONES, STEPHEN (Gregory), ed. (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *H.P. Lovecraft’s Book of the Supernatural (Pegasus Books 1-933648-01-5, Sep 2006, $15.95, 483 + xxiv, tp) Anthology of 20 classic stories deemed by Lovecraft to be influential to the horror field. Illustrated by Randy Broeker. Authors include Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, and Arthur Machen. (Contents)
* +The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Seventeen (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1833-1, Oct 2006, $13.95, 562pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Annual horror anthology of 22 stories, with an overview of the year 2005 by Jones, and a necrology by Jones and Kim Newman. Authors include Ramsey Campbell, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Clive Barker, and Carol Emshwiller. First US edition (Robinson 10/06). (Contents)
* _Tales to Freeze the Blood: More Great Ghost Stories (with R. Chetwynd-Hayes) See entry under R. Chetwynd-Hayes
JONES, STEPHEN GRAHAM (stories) (chron.)

* *Demon Theory (Macadam/Cage 1-59692-164-1, Jul 2006, $24.00, 437pp, hc) Horror novel, written in the form of a film treatment for a horror trilogy, with extensive annotations.
JONES, TAMARA SILER (chron.)

* *Valley of the Soul (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58711-0, Nov 2006, $6.99, 452pp, pb, cover by Edward Miller) [Dubric Byerly] Police-procedural medieval-style fantasy, third in the series about Castellan Dubric Byerly and his assistants.
JONES, V. M. (chron.)

* _The Serpents of Arakesh: Karazan the First (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-31942-9, Apr 2006, £5.99, 232pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Serpents of Arakesh] Reprint (HarperCollins New Zealand 2003 as Serpents of Arakesh: The Karazan Quartet) young-adult fantasy novel, book one in a series.
JONES, WILLIAM, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Arkham Tales: Legends of the Haunted City (Chaosium 1-56882-185-9, Jul 2006, $15.95, 288pp, tp, cover by Steven Gilberts) Original anthology of 17 stories based on the world of the Lovecraftian roleplaying game Call of Cthulhu. (Contents)
JORDAN, ROBERT; pseudonym of James Rigney, Jr., (1948-2007) (chron.)

* _The Conan Chronicles (Tor 978-0-765-30288-5, Jan 2007, $15.95, 510pp, tp, cover by Justin Sweet) [Conan] Reprint (Tor 1995) omnibus of three of Jordan’s Conan novelizations: Conan the Invincible (1982), Conan the Defender (1982), and Conan the Unconquered (1983). Copyrighted by Conan Properties.
* _Knife of Dreams (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-228-0, Aug 2006, £8.99, 813pp, pb) [Wheel of Time] Reprint (Orbit 2005) fantasy novel. Book 11 of The Wheel of Time.
* _Knife of Dreams (Tor 0-812-57756-6, Dec 2006, $7.99, 860pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Wheel of Time] Reprint (Tor 2005) fantasy novel, 11th in “The Wheel of Time”. An open market edition (-7756-6, $7.99) was announced for August but not seen.
JOSHI, S(unand) T(ryambak), ed. (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Collected Essays Volume 3: Science See entry under H. P. Lovecraft.
* _Collected Essays Volume 4: Travel See entry under H. P. Lovecraft.
* _Lovecraft’s New York Circle: The Kalem Club, 1924-1927 (with Mara Kirk Hart) See entry under Mara Kirk Hart.
JOYCE, GRAHAM (William) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Limits of Enchantment (Orion/Phoenix 0-75381-929-5, Jan 2006, £6.99, 264pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 2005) fantasy novel. A maybe-witch accepts her heritage as she comes of age in the 1960s.
* _Requiem (Tor 0-765-35541-8, Jul 2006, $7.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Girolamo Savoldo) Reprint (Michael Joseph; Creed 1995) dark fantasy novel.
* _TWOC (Faber 0-571-22513-6, Jun 2005, £6.99, 225pp, tp) Reprint (PS Publishing 2005) associational young-adult novel. This appeared in 2005 but was not seen until now.
JUBERT, HERVÉ (chron.)

* _Dance of the Assassins (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-077719-2, Oct 2006, $7.99, 505pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [*Devil’s Dances] Reprint (Hodder 2004) young-adult science fantasy novel, volume one in The Devil’s Dances trilogy. Translated by Anthea Bell from the French Quadrille des assassins (Editions Albin Michel 2002).
* +Devil’s Tango (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-077720-6, Oct 2006, $16.99, 376pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [*Devil’s Dances] Young-adult science fantasy mystery novel, volume two in The Devil’s Dances trilogy set in a future where technology has supposedly eliminated crime. Detective witch Roberta Morgenstern investigates weather manipulation and murder in the city of Basle. Translated by Anthea Bell from the French Tango du diable (Editions Albin Michel 2003). First US edition (Hodder Children’s Books 4/05).
KAABERBØL, LENE (1960- ) (chron.)

* +The Serpent Gift (Holt 0-8050-7770-7, May 2006, $18.95, 377pp, hc, cover by Dave Malone) [Shamer Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, the third in the “Shamer Chronicles”. Dina’s father, a man with a gift for lies and illusion, comes to claim his daughter. Translated by the author from the Danish Slangens Gave (Forlaget 2003). First US edition (Hodder Children’s Books 2/05).
* +The Shamer’s War (Holt 0-8050-7771-5, Sep 2006, $17.95, 356pp, hc) [Shamer Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, the fourth in the “Shamer Chronicles”. Translated by the author from the Danish Skammerkrigen (Forlaget Forum 2004). First US edition (Hodder Children’s Books 6/05).
KALSTEIN, DAVE (chron.)

* _Prodigy (SFBC #1201738, Aug 2006, $11.99, 322pp, tp) Reprint (St. Martin’s 2006) near-future SF dystopian novel. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7072-5; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back cover.
KANE, BRIAN M. (chron.)

* _James Bama: American Realist (with James Bama) See entry under James Bama.
KANE, PAUL, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *The British Fantasy Society: A Celebration (with Marie O’Regan) (British Fantasy Society, The 0-953-86816-8, Oct 2006, £11.99, 301pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) Anthology of stories, some original, by BFS members, with reminiscences by several about the BFS and/or Fantasycons. (Contents)
KARPYSHYN, DREW (chron.)

* *Star Wars: Darth Bane: Path of Destruction (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-47736-7, Oct 2006, $25.95, 324pp, hc) [Star Wars: Old Republic] Star Wars novelization based on the universe of the movies, in the Old Republic series. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
* *Star Wars: Darth Bane: Path of Destruction: A Novel of the Old Republic (Random House UK/Century/Lucasbooks 1-8441-3318-4, Oct 2006, £17.99, x+324pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Star Wars: Darth Bane] SF novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
KASISCHKE, LAURA (1961- ) (chron.)

* *Boy Heaven (HarperTempest 0-06-081314-8, Aug 2006, $16.99, 275pp, hc) Young-adult horror novel with supernatural elements. Cheerleaders at summer camp are stalked by local boys.
KAUFMAN, LLOYD (chron.)

* *The Toxic Avenger (with Adam Jahnke) (Thunder’s Mouth Press 1-56025-870-5, May 2006, $13.95, 273 + xiv, tp) SF novel based on Kaufman’s movie about a nerd turned superhero.
KAVAN, ANNA; pseudonym of Helen Woods Edmonds, (1901-1968) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Ice (Owen, Peter 0-7206-1268-3, Aug 2006, £8.95, vi+158pp, tp) Reissue (Peter Owen 1967) fantasy novel. Includes a new foreword by Christopher Priest.
KAVANAGH, HERMINIE TEMPLETON (1876-1933) (chron.)

* _Darby O’Gill (Tor 0-765-35462-4, Feb 2006, $5.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Charles Vess) Reprint (McClure, Philips 1903 as Darby O’Gill and the Good People by Herminie Templeton) novel about an Irishman and the fairies. This has been “textually regularized for modern readers.”
KAY, ELIZABETH (chron.)

* _Back to the Divide (The Chicken House 1-905294-19-0, Apr 2006, £5.99, 384pp, tp) [Divide] Reprint (The Chicken House US 2004) young-adult fantasy novel.
* _The Divide (The Chicken House 1-905294-20-4, Apr 2006, £5.99, 320pp, tp) [Divide] Reprint (The Chicken House US 2003) young-adult fantasy novel.
* _Jinx on the Divide (The Chicken House 1-904442-76-5, Apr 2006, £5.99, 373pp, tp) [Divide] Reprint (The Chicken House 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. Third in the series after The Divide and Back to the Divide.
KAY, GUY GAVRIEL (1954- ) (chron.)

* _The Darkest Road (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-721726-9, Feb 2006, £6.99, 420pp, pb, cover by Martin Springett) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel. Book three of The Fionavar Tapestry.
* _The Summer Tree (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-721724-2, Feb 2006, £6.99, 400pp, pb, cover by Martin Springett) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (McClelland & Stewart 1984) fantasy novel. Book one of The Fionavar Tapestry.
* _The Wandering Fire (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-721725-0, Feb 2006, £6.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Martin Springett) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel. Book two of The Fionavar Tapestry.
KAYE, MARVIN (Nathan), ed. (1938- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Dragon Quintet (Tor 0-765-34911-6, May 2006, $6.99, 302pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (SFBC 2003) anthology of five novellas about dragons by Orson Scott Card, Elizabeth Moon, Tanith Lee, Mercedes Lackey, and Michael Swanwick.
* *Forbidden Planets (SFBC #1178024, Jun 2006, $13.99, 322 + x, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) Original anthology of six SF stories about people doing things and going places they shouldn’t, including a Coyote story by Allen M. Steele and a Mid-World story by Alan Dean Foster. This has ISBN 1-58288-211-8; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
KEARNEY, PAUL (1967- ) (chron.)

* *The Sea Beggars (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-04777-X, Jul 2006, £11.99, 340pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [This Forsaken Earth] Fantasy novel, book two of This Forsaken Earth.

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