The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

KIMBERLY, ALICE; pseudonym of Cleo Coyle (chron.)

• * *The Ghost and the Dead Deb (Berkley Prime Crime 0-425-19944-4, Sep 2005, $6.99, 260pp, pb, cover by Catherine Deeter) [Haunted Bookshop] Mystery with a ghost detective, second in the Haunted Bookshop series. This is dated 2005, but not seen until now.
• * *The Ghost and the Dead Man’s Library (Berkley Prime Crime 0-425-21265-3, Sep 2006, $6.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Catherine Deeter) [Haunted Bookshop] Mystery with a ghost detective, first in the “Haunted Bookshop” series. Buyers of rare editions of Poe are dying.

KIMBRIEL, KATHARINE ELISKA (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Wings of Morning (Yard Dog Press 1-893687-67-8, Jun 2005, $6.00, 37pp, ph, cover by Christopher Hershberger) Chapbook collection of two stories, one original and the other revised. This is dated 2005, but not seen until now. Order from Yard Dog Press, 710 W Redbud Lane, Alma AR 72921-7247; [www.yarddogpress.com]. (Contents)

KING, STEPHEN (Edwin) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Bag of Bones (Hodder 0-340-92135-8, Sep 2006, £7.99, 660pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1998) SF/horror novel.
• * _Carrie (Hodder 0-340-92094-7, Sep 2006, £7.99, 231pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1974) horror novel.
• * _Carrie (SFBC, Sep 2006, $12.49, 199pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1974) horror novel. This is similar to the Doubleday first edition, except it lacks a price.
• * *Cell (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 0-7432-9233-2, Feb 2006, $26.95, 351pp, hc, cover by Mark Stutzman) SF horror novel. Civilization is wiped out by The Pulse, delivered by cell phones.
• * _Cell (SFBC #1206192, Feb 2006, $13.49, 351pp, hc, cover by Mark Stutzman) Reprint (Scribner 2006) SF horror novel. This is similar to the Scribner edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Cell (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-92144-7, Feb 2006, £17.99, 398pp, hc) SF/horror novel. Simultaneous with the US (Scribner) edition.
• * _Cell (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-92145-5, Feb 2006, £11.99, 398pp, tp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2006) SF/horror novel. This edition is only available for sale in airports. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Cell (Pocket Star 1-4165-2451-7, Nov 2006, $9.99, 450pp, tp, cover by Lisa Litwack) Reprint (Scribner 2006) SF horror novel.
• * _Christine (Hodder 0-340-92097-1, Sep 2006, £7.99, 749pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1983) horror novel.
• * _Cujo (Hodder 0-340-89905-0, May 2006, £6.99, 345pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Viking 1981) associational novel.
• * _Danse Macabre (Hodder 0-340-89909-3, May 2006, £6.99, 479pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Everest House 1981) critical book.
• * _The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-89621-3, Nov 2005, £10.99, xxv+237pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Grant 1982) fantasy novel.
• * _The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (Hodder 0-340-83615-6, Jan 2006, £6.99, xxiii+781pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Grant 2003) fantasy novel.
• * _The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (Pocket 1-4165-1693-X, Feb 2006, $9.99, 931pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Grant 2003) dark fantasy Western novel, book five in “The Dark Tower” series.
• * _The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah (Hodder 0-340-83616-4, Apr 2006, £7.99, 450pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Grant 2004) fantasy novel.
• * _The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah (Pocket 1-4165-2149-6, Jun 2006, $9.99, 544pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Grant 2004) dark fantasy Western novel, book six in the series. This is an extra-tall “premium” mass-market edition.
• * _The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (Hodder 0-340-83617-2, Aug 2006, £6.99, 699pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2004) fantasy novel. An airside mass-market paperback edition (-82723-8, £6.99) is also available.
• * _The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (Pocket 1-4165-2452-5, Sep 2006, $9.99, 1050pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Grant/Scribner 2004) fantasy novel, book seven in The Dark Tower series. Illustrated by Michael Whelan. This is an oversized “premium” mass market paperback.
• * _The Dead Zone (Hodder 0-340-89903-4, May 2006, £6.99, 467pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Viking 1979) fantasy novel.
• * _Different Seasons (Hodder 0-340-89907-7, May 2006, £6.99, 560pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Viking 1982) original fantasy/horror collection.
• * _The Eyes of the Dragon (Hodder 0-340-89906-9, May 2006, £6.99, 427pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Viking 1987) fantasy novel. This was revised from the earlier edition from Philtrum (1985).
• * _Firestarter (Hodder 0-340-89904-2, May 2006, £6.99, 510pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Viking 1980) fantasy novel.
• * *Lisey’s Story (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 0-7432-8941-2, Oct 2006, $28.00, 513pp, hc) Horror novel. Lisey’s late husband, a bestselling writer, left papers leading her to the dark place where he got his inspiration, Boo’ya Moon. Simultaneous with the Hodder & Stoughton UK edition.
• * *Lisey’s Story (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-89893-3, Oct 2006, £17.99, 559pp, hc) Fantasy novel. Simultaneous with the US (Scribner) edition.
• * _Misery (Hodder 0-340-92097-1, Sep 2006, £7.99, 369pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1987) associational novel.
• * _Night Shift (SFBC #1072916, Sep 2006, $13.99, 336pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1978) collection. This is similar to the Doubleday first edition; it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back jacket.
• * _’Salem’s Lot (SFBC no ISBN, Sep 2006, $14.99, 439pp, hc, cover by Dave Christensen) Reprint (Doubleday 1975) vampire horror novel. This is similar to the Doubleday first edition; the jacket has minor alterations, and lacks both price and SFBC number.
• * _’Salem’s Lot: Illustrated Edition (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-92127-7, Apr 2006, £20.00, xiii+594pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1975) horror novel. This is the Centipede Press (2004) expanded edition with two related stories, alternate/deleted scenes, photographs by Jerry N. Uelsmann, and introduction and 1999 afterword by King.
• * _The Shining (SFBC no ISBN, Sep 2006, $14.99, 447pp, hc, cover by Dave Christensen) Reprint (Doubleday 1977) horror novel. This is similar to the Doubleday first edition; it lacks a price, ISBN, and SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Shining (Hodder 0-340-92093-9, Sep 2006, £7.99, 497pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1977) horror novel.
• * _Skeleton Crew (Hodder 0-340-89908-5, May 2006, £6.99, 612pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Putnam 1985) original fantasy/horror collection.
• * _The Stand (Hodder 0-340-92095-5, Sep 2006, £7.99, 1327pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1978) horror novel. This is the 1990 uncut edition.

KING, TABITHA (Jane) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * *Candles Burning (with Michael McDowell) (Berkley 0-425-21028-6, Jun 2006, $24.95, 423pp, hc, cover by Gene Mollica) Southern gothic/horror novel, begun by McDowell and finished by King after his death. Calley Dakin is no normal little girl.

KING, WILLIAM (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix: The First Omnibus (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-374-1, Aug 2006, $10.99, 763pp, tp) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix] Reprint (Black Library UK 2003) omnibus of three novelizations based on the fantasy roleplaying game: Trollslayer (2001), Skavenslayer (2001), and Daemonslayer (2003). Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (7/06) edition, but only lists US and Canadian prices.
• * _Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix: The Second Omnibus (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-417-9, Nov 2006, $10.99, 766pp, tp) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix] Reprint (Black Library UK 2004) omnibus of three novelizations based on the fantasy roleplaying game: Dragonslayer (2000), Beastslayer (2001), and Vampireslayer (2001). Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (10/06) edition, but only lists US and Canadian prices. (Contents)

KINGSBURY, DONALD (MacDonald) (1929- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Courtship Rite (SFBC #1206510, Aug 2006, $11.99, 409pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Timescape 1982) SF novel. This is an SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection edition; it has ISBN 978-0-7394-7183-8, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

KINSTLER, EVERETT RAYMOND (chron.)

• * *Everett Raymond Kinstler: The Artist’s Journey Through Popular Culture 1942-1962 (with Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.) (Underwood Books/JVJ Publishing 1-887424-93-8, Oct 2005, $24.95, 228pp, tp, cover by Everett Raymond Kinstler) Art book showcasing the noted portrait artist’s early pulp, book cover, and comics work, including a small amount of SF. Introduction by Robert Brustein. Published in conjunction with JVJ Publishing.

KIRK, MARY, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Journey Home (ImaJinn Books 0-9759653-5-2, 2005, $15.00, 239pp, tp) Original anthology of paranormal romance stories about wounded heroes. Authors include Mary Jo Putney, Rebecca York, and Catherine Asaro. Half of the authors’ royalties go to nonprofit organization Support Our Soldiers America. This is dated 2005, but not seen until now. A print-on-demand edition available online at [www.imajinnbooks.com]; ImaJinn Books, PO Box 545, Canon City CO 81215-0545; (Contents)

KIRKPATRICK, RUSSELL (chron.)

• * _Across the Face of the World (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-463-1, May 2006, £7.99, 554pp, tp) [Fire of Heaven] Reprint (HarperCollins Australia 2004) fantasy novel, book one of the Fire of Heaven trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

KLADSTRUP, KRISTIN (chron.)

• * *The Book of Story Beginnings (Candlewick Press 0-763-62609-0, Apr 2006, $15.99, 360pp, hc, cover by Tim Jessell) Young-adult fantasy novel. Kids a century apart stumble on a mysterious notebook that can bring stories to life. A first novel.

KLAGES, ELLEN (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Green Glass Sea (Penguin/Viking 0-670-06134-4, Oct 2006, $16.99, 323pp, hc) [Green Glass Sea] Associational young-adult historical novel of the Manhattan Project.

KLASS, DAVID (1960- ) (chron.)

• * *Firestorm (Farrar Straus Giroux 0-374-32307-0, Sep 2006, $17.00, 289pp, hc, cover by Cliff Neilsen) [Caretaker] Young-adult SF novel, the first book in the Caretaker trilogy. A teen is trapped in a space-time-bending game of survival.

KLASS, PHILIP (1920- ); see pseudonym William Tenn (stories) (chron.)

KLAUSE, ANNETTE CURTIS (chron.)

• * *Freaks (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 0-689-87037-X, Jan 2006, $16.95, 331pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Young-adult historical fantasy novel about the normal son of freak show entertainers.

KLEIN, T(heodore) E(ibon) D(onald) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Reassuring Tales (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-072-2, Aug 2006, $40.00, 167pp, hc, cover by Jason Eckhardt) Collection of ten stories (one a film treatment). The author’s introduction discusses the origins of the works, and why he included some he describes as “cringe-worthy.” This is a signed limited edition of 600; a lettered, slipcased, leatherbound edition of 26 ($100.00) is sold out. (Contents)

KNAAK, RICHARD A(llen) (1961- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Age of Conan: A Soldier’s Quest Volume II: The Eye of Charon (Ace 0-441-01445-3, Oct 2006, $6.99, 284pp, pb, cover by Justin Sweet) [*Conan: Soldier’s Quest] Novelization based on the world created by Robert E. Howard, the second book in a trilogy. Copyrighted by Conan Properties International.
• * *Age of Conan: A Soldier’s Quest Volume III: The Silent Enemy (Ace 0-441-01452-6, Dec 2006, $6.99, 283pp, pb, cover by Sweet. Justin) [*Conan: Soldier’s Quest] Novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s world. Copyrighted by Conan Properties International.
• * *Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: A Soldier’s Quest, Volume I: The God in the Moon (Ace 0-441-01422-4, Aug 2006, $6.99, 297pp, pb, cover by Justin Sweet) [*Conan: Soldier’s Quest] Fantasy novel based on the world created by Robert E. Howard, the first volume in a trilogy. Copyrighted by Conan Properties International.
• * *Diablo: The Sin War, Book One: Birthright (Pocket Star, Oct 2006, 0-7434-79, 326pp, pb) [Diablo: Sin War] Novelization based on the dark fantasy computer game, the first volume in a trilogy. Copyrighted by Blizzard Entertainment.
• * _DragonLance: The Minotaur Wars, Volume Three: Empire of Blood (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3978-8, Mar 2006, $6.99, 371pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [DragonLance: Minotaur Wars] Reprint (Wizards of the Coast 2005, not seen) novelization based on the roleplaying game, third in a series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

KNIGHT, ANGELA (stories) (chron.)

• * *Master of Swords (Berkley Sensation 0-425-20921-0, Sep 2006, $7.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) [Magekind] Contemporary dark fantasy novel with Arthurian elements in the Magekind series.
• * *Master of Wolves (Berkley Sensation 0-425-20743-9, Apr 2006, $7.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) [Magekind] Contemporary werewolf romance, third in a trilogy after Master of the Moon and Master of the Night. A werewolf pretends to be a dog to investigate a cop’s murder and falls for the police-dog handler.
• * *Mercenaries (Berkley Sensation 0-425-20616-5, Sep 2005, $14.00, 307pp, tp, cover by Franco Accornero) Collection of three erotic SF novellas of space mercenaries. One is original; two have been revised. (Contents)

KNIGHT, DEIDRE (chron.)

• * *Parallel Attraction (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 0-451-21811-6, Apr 2006, $6.99, 295pp, pb) [Midnight Warriors] SF paranormal romance novel. An exiled alien ruler incognito on Earth falls for an Earth woman.
• * *Parallel Heat (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 0-451-21965-1, Oct 2006, $6.99, 327pp, pb) [Midnight Warriors] SF paranormal romance novel, sequel to Parallel Attraction. An alien warrior becomes responsible for an Earth woman’s safety while their peoples are at war.

KNIGHT, E. E. (chron.)

• * *Dragon Avenger (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46109-6, Dec 2006, $14.00, 374pp, tp, cover by Paul Youll) [Age of Fire] Fantasy novel, the second book of The Age of Fire.
• * *Valentine’s Exile (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46087-1, Jun 2006, $23.95, 323pp, hc) [Vampire Earth] SF horror novel, book five of The Vampire Earth. David Valentine faces human enemies following his defeat of the vampire aliens.

KNOX, ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * +Dreamhunter (Farrar Straus Giroux 0-374-31853-0, Mar 2006, $19.00, 365pp, hc) [Dreamhunter Duet] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first book of the Dreamhunter Duet. First US edition (Faber & Faber 5/05 as The Rainbow Opera).
• * _The Rainbow Opera (Faber and Faber 0-571-22456-3, May 2006, £4.99, 398pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Dreamhunter Duet] Reprint (HarperCollins Australia 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, book one of the Dreamhunter Duet.

KOEHLER, KAREN (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Blackburn & Scarletti Mysteries, Volume 1 (KHP Industries/Black Death Books 0-9767914-7-1, Jun 2006, $14.99, 238pp, tp) [Blackburn & Scarletti] Collection of three dark fantasy stories, one original, two previously published online. This is a print-on-demand book available online at [www.khpindustries.com] or from KHP Industries, PO Box 588, Effort PA 18330. (Contents)

KOJA, KATHE (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Blue Mirror (Penguin/Speak 0-14-240693-7, Nov 2006, $6.99, 119pp, pb, cover by Rick Lieder) Reprint (Farrar Straus Giroux 2004) associational young-adult horror novella.
• * *Going Under (Farrar Straus Giroux/Foster 0-374-30393-2, Sep 2006, $16.00, 121pp, hc) Associational young-adult novella of a brother and sister in a twisted relationship. Draws on the myths of Persephone and Narcissus. A Frances Foster book.

KOMAN, VICTOR (1944- ) (chron.)

• * _The Jehovah Contract (KoPubCo 0-9777649-0-7, Aug 2006, $19.95, 274pp, tp) Reprint (Franklin Watts 1987) dark fantasy suspense novel about a man hired to assassinate God. Winner of the Prometheus Award. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.kopubco.com], or from KoPubCo, The Triplanetary Corporation, 5942 Edinger Ave, Ste 113-164, Huntington Beach CA 92649.
• * _Solomon’s Knife (KoPubCo 978-0-9777649-1-4, Aug 2006, $19.95, 263pp, tp) Reprint (Franklin Watts 1989) SF medical thriller, winner of the Prometheus Award. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.kopubco.com], or from KoPubCo, The Triplanetary Corporation, 5942 Edinger Ave, Ste 113-164, Huntington Beach CA 92649.

KONTIS, ALETHEA, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology (with Steve Savile) See entry under Steve Savile.

KOONTZ, DEAN R(ay) (1945- ) (chron.)

• * *Brother Odd (Bantam 0-553-80480-4, Dec 2006, $27.00, 364pp, hc, cover by Tom Hallman) [Odd Thomas] Horror novel, third in the Odd Thomas series. Odd Thomas goes to a monastery to learn to live again, but trouble follows him.
• * _Brother Odd (SFBC #1224570, Dec 2006, $13.99, 367pp, hc, cover by Tom Hallman) [Odd Thomas] Reprint (Bantam 2006) thriller/psych horror novel, third in the Odd Thomas series. This is similar to the Bantam edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Dark Rivers of the Heart (Hodder Headline 0-7472-4449-9, Sep 2005, £7.99, 728pp, pb) Reissue (Charnel House 1994) associational high-tech thriller. 20th printing.
• * _Dragon Tears (Berkley 0-425-20843-5, Feb 2006, $7.99, 412pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1993) horror novel. This has a new afterword by Koontz; 25th printing.
• * _Forever Odd (HarperCollins UK 0-00-719702-0, Dec 2005, £11.99, 335pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 2005) thriller, sequel to Odd Thomas. This edition is only sold in airports. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Forever Odd (HarperCollins UK 0-00-719699-7, Jul 2006, £6.99, 421pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 2005) fantasy novel.
• * _Forever Odd (Bantam 0-553-58826-5, Nov 2006, $7.99, 364pp, pb, cover by Tom Hallman) [Odd Thomas] Reprint (Bantam 2005) horror novel, sequel to Odd Thomas.
• * *The Husband (Bantam 0-553-80479-0, Jun 2006, $27.00, 400pp, hc, cover by Tom Hallman) Associational thriller.
• * _The Husband (HarperCollins UK 0-00-722655-1, Jul 2006, £17.99, 400pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 2006) associational thriller of the kidnap of a gardener’s wife. A trade paperback edition (-723183-0, £11.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Mr. Murder (Hodder Headline 0-7472-4223-2, Sep 2005, £7.99, 567pp, pb) Reissue (Headline 1993) fantasy novel. 18th printing.