The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

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LARIAR, LAWRENCE (1908-1981); see pseudonym Michael Lawrence (chron.)
LARKE, GLENDA (chron.)

* +The Tainted (Ace 0-441-01419-4, Jul 2006, $7.99, 432pp, pb, cover by Scott Grimando) Fantasy novel. The third book in the Isles of Glory trilogy. First US edition (HarperCollins Australia 2004).
LASSEN, JEREMY, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _The Night Land and Other Perilous Romances See entry under William Hope Hodgson.
LAURIE, VICTORIA (chron.)

* *Killer Insight (Penguin/Signet 0-451-21933-3, Sep 2006, $6.99, 288pp, pb) Fantasy mystery novel, fourth in the Psychic Eye series featuring psychic Abby Cooper.
LAWHEAD, STEPHEN R. (1950- ) (chron.)

* *Hood (Little, Brown UK/Atom 1-904233-70-8, Aug 2006, £12.99, 438pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone & Getty Images) [King Raven] Young-adult fantasy novel, book one of King Raven. The story of Robin Hood is relocating to the borders of Wales just after the Norman Conquest. A trade paperback edition (-93-7, £8.99) was announced but not seen.
* +Hood (Thomas Nelson/WestBow Press 1-59554-085-7, Nov 2006, $24.99, 480pp, hc) [King Raven] Historical fantasy novel, the first volume in the King Raven trilogy retelling the story of Robin Hood with a Welsh setting. First US edition (Atom 8/06).
LAWRENCE, MICHAEL; pseudonym of Lawrence Lariar, (1908-1981) (chron.)

* _Small Eternities (Orchard Books 1-84362-870-8, Sep 2005, £5.99, 284pp, tp) [Aldous Lexicon] Reprint (Orchard Books 2004) young-adult fantasy novel, book two of The Aldous Lexicon trilogy.
* _Small Eternities (HarperCollins/Greenwillow 0-06-072482-X, Oct 2006, $7.99, tp, cover by Chad W. Beckerman) Reprint (Orchard Books UK 2004) young-adult fantasy of kids traveling between parallel worlds, the second book of the Withern Rise trilogy.
LAWS, ROBIN D. (chron.)

* *City of Heroes: The Freedom Phalanx (CDS Books 1-59315-221-3, Apr 2006, $6.99, 394pp, pb, cover by George Perez) Novelization based on the online multiplayer game. Copyrighted by Cryptic Studios and NC Interactive.
LAWSON, D. L. (chron.)

* *Crimson Heir (ibooks 1-59687-165-2, Dec 2005, $7.99, 273pp, pb) Vampire novel. A vampire hides her enemies as a Goth singer. The cover gives the author as D.P. Lawson; inside it’s D.L. Lawson; copyrighted by ibooks.
LAWSON, JOHN (Arthur) (chron.)

* *The Raven (PublishAmerica 1-4241-4380-2, Aug 2006, $29.95, 618pp, tp, cover by Jason Nunes) [Witch Ember] Fantasy novel, sequel to Witch Ember. A paladin defeated by a witch re-examines his life and beliefs. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.publishamerica.com].
LAWSON, VALERIE (chron.)

* +Mary Poppins She Wrote: The Life of P.L. Travers (Simon & Schuster 0-7432-9816-0, Oct 2006, $25.00, 401 + xi, hc) Non-fiction, biography. Includes notes, bibliography, index, and 16 unpaginated pages of photos. First US edition (Hodder Headline Australia 1999 as Out of the Sky She Came). [Travers]
LAYMON, RICHARD (Carl) (1947-2001) (stories) (chron.)

* +After Midnight (Leisure 0-8439-5180-X, Mar 2006, $7.99, 438pp, pb) Associational non-supernatural horror novel. First US edition (Headline 1997).
* _The Cellar (Leisure 0-8439-5748-4, Oct 2006, $7.99, 309pp, pb) [Beast House Chronicles] Reprint (Warner 1980) horror novel.
* *Darkness, Tell Us and One Rainy Night (Hodder Headline 0-7553-3174-5, Sep 2006, £7.99, 757pp, tp) Omnibus of two horror novels: Darkness, Tell Us (1991) and One Rainy Night (1991). (Contents)
* _The Glory Bus (Hodder Headline 0-7472-6733-2, Dec 2005, £6.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Headline 2005) associational horror novel.
* _Into the Fire (Leisure 0-8439-5732-8, Jul 2006, $7.99, 374pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 4/05 as The Glory Bus) horror novel.
* *The Richard Laymon Collection 1: The Beast House Trilogy (Hodder Headline 0-7553-3167-2, Mar 2006, £7.99, iv+885pp, tp) [Beast House Chronicles] Omnibus of three horror novels: The Cellar (1980), The Beast House (1986), and The Midnight Tour (1998). (Contents)
* *Richard Laymon Collection 2: The Woods are Dark and Out Are The Lights (Hodder Headline 0-7553-3169-9, Apr 2006, £7.99, 472pp, tp) Omnibus of two horror novels: The Woods Are Dark (1983) and Out Are the Lights (1982). (Contents)
* *Richard Laymon Collection 4: Beware! and Dark Mountain (Hodder Headline 0-7553-3171-0, Jun 2006, £7.99, 501pp, tp) Omnibus of two horror novels: Beware! (1985) and Dark Mountain (1987 as Tread Softly by Richard Kelly). (Contents)
* *The Richard Laymon Collection 5: Flesh and Resurrection Dreams (Headline 0-7553-3172-9, Jul 2006, £7.99, 631pp, tp) Fantasy omnibus. (Contents)
* *The Richard Laymon Collection 6: Funland and The Stake (Headline 0-7553-3173-7, Aug 2006, £7.99, 888pp, tp) Fantasy omnibus. (Contents)
* *Richard Laymon Collection Volume 3: Night Show and Allhallow’s Eve (Hodder Headline 0-7553-3170-2, May 2006, £7.99, 438pp, tp) Horror omnibus. (Contents)
LAYNE, DEBORAH, ed. (chron.)

* *Polyphony 6 (with Jay Lake) (Wheatland Press 0-9755903-4-0, Nov 2006, $18.95, 347pp, tp) Original anthology of 25 slipstream stories. Authors include Robert Reed, Esther Friesner, and Tim Pratt. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.wheatlandpress.com], or from Wheatland Press, PO Box 1818, Wilsonville OR 97070. (Contents)
LAYNE, STEVEN L. (chron.)

* *Mergers (Pelican Publishing 1-58980-183-0, Feb 2006, $15.99, 206pp, hc, cover by Nathan R. Baron) Young-adult dystopian SF time-travel novel. Four racially diverse young people with special powers must travel back in time to stop the Merger which eliminated racial differences. Pelican Publishing Company, 1000 Burmaster St., Gretna LA 70053; [www.pelicanpub.com].
LEBBON, TIM (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Berserk (Leisure 0-8439-5430-2, Jan 2006, $6.99, 337pp, pb) Reprint (Necessary Evil Press 2005) horror novel of military experiments gone wrong.
* *Dusk (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38364-7, Feb 2006, $12.00, 386pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Noreela: Dead of Night] Dark fantasy novel, first in “The Dead of Night” duology. Rafe Baburn may be the special child who will bring magic back to the war-ravaged land.
* *Hellboy: Unnatural Selection (Pocket Star 1-4165-0783-3, Apr 2006, $7.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Mike Mignola) [Hellboy] Novelization based on the dark fantasy movie and comic book by Mike Mignola. Copyrighted by Mike Mignola.
LeBLANC, DEBORAH (chron.) (assoc.)

* *A House Divided (Leisure 0-8439-5730-1, Jun 2006, $6.99, 326pp, pb) Horror novel. A builder divides and moves a house haunted by a family that really likes to stick together.
LEE, BRUNO (chron.)

* *Warhammer: Vermintide (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-286-9, Jan 2006, £6.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Alex Boyd) [Warhammer] Novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game.
* +Warhammer: Vermintide (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-286-9, Feb 2006, $7.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Alex Boyd) [Warhammer] Novelization based on the roleplaying game world. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (1/06) edition, but only lists US and Canadian prices.
LEE, EDWARD; pseudonym of Lee Edward Seymour, (1957- ) (chron.)

* _Slither (Leisure 357, Nov 2006, $6.99, 357pp, pb) Reprint (Necro Publications 2006, not seen) horror novel of giant parasitic worms.
LEE, (Bert) GENTRY (1942- ) (chron.)

* _Rama II (with Arthur C. Clarke) See entry under Arthur C. Clarke
LEE, JULIANNE (chron.)

* *Knight Tenebrae (Ace 0-441-01439-9, Sep 2006, $7.99, 357pp, pb, cover by Judy York) [Knight Tenebrae] Fantasy time-travel novel. A female reporter and a male fighter jet pilot are transported back to 1306 Scotland. The author also writes as J. Ardian Lee.
LEE, MIKE (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Warhammer: Bloodstorm (with Dan Abnett) See entry under Dan Abnett.
* _Warhammer: Reaper of Souls (with Dan Abnett) See entry under Dan Abnett.
LEE, RACHEL; pseudonym of Susan Civil-Brown & Christian Brown (chron.)

* _Imminent Thunder (Harlequin/Silhouette 0-373-47081-9, Sep 2006, $4.99, 249pp, pb) Reissue (Silhouette 1993) horror romance. Lee is a pen name for Sue Civil-Brown & Cristian Brown.
* *Shadows of Destiny (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80261-7, Jan 2007, $6.99, 392pp, pb) [Ilduin] Fantasy novel, third in the Ilduin trilogy begun in Shadows of Myth. Lee is a pen name for Sue Civil-Brown & Christian Brow.
LEE, ROBERT N., ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Damned Nation (with David T. Wilbanks) (HellBound Books 0974244791, Jan 2006, $9.99, 441pp, tp) (Contents)
LEE, SHARON (1952- ) (chron.)

* _Balance of Trade (with Steve Miller) (Ace 0-441-01397-X, Jun 2006, $7.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Liaden] Reprint (Meisha Merlin 2004) SF adventure novel in the Liaden universe.
* *Crystal Dragon (with Steve Miller) (Meisha Merlin 1-59222-087-8, Feb 2006, $25.95, 359pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Liaden: Great Migration] SF adventure novel in the Liaden universe, book two of the Great Migration duology.
* _Crystal Soldier (with Steve Miller) (Meisha Merlin 1-59222-084-3, Feb 2006, $16.95, 321pp, tp, cover by Donato Giancola) [Liaden: Great Migration] Reprint (Meisha Merlin 2005) SF adventure novel in the Liaden universe, book one of the Great Migration duology.
* _Partners in Necessity (with Steve Miller) (Meisha Merlin 978-1-59222-118-9, Sep 2006, $23.95, 844pp, tp, cover by Michael Herring) [Liaden] Reissue (Meisha Merlin 2000) omnibus of three SF adventure novels of the Liaden universe: Conflict of Honors (1988), Agent of Change (1988), and Carpe Diem (1989). Introduction by Anne McCaffrey.
LEE, TANITH; [i.e., Tanith Lee Kaiine] (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *L’Amber (Egerton House Publishing 1-905016-06-9, Apr 2006, £8.75, 240pp, tp) Associational psychological thriller.
* *L’Amber (Egerton House Publishing 1-905016-06-9, Apr 2006, £8.75, 240pp, tp, cover by John Kaiine) Associational novel.
* _Here in Cold Hell (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-41310-4, Aug 2006, £6.99, 496pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) [Lionwolf] Reprint (Tor UK 2005) fantasy novel, second in the Lionwolf trilogy.
* _Law of the Wolf Tower (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-91812-8, May 2006, £5.99, 235pp, tp, cover by Haydn Corner) Reissue (Hodder Children’s Books 1998) young-adult fantasy novel.
* _Piratica (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-240644-9, Aug 2006, $6.99, 288pp, tp, cover by Glenn Harrington) [Piratica] Reprint (Hodder 2004) associational YA pirate adventure.
* *Piratica II: Return to Parrot Island (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-89357-5, Feb 2006, £5.99, 398pp, tp, cover by John Avon) [Piratica] Young-adult fantasy novel.
* +Piratica II: Return to Parrot Island (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-47769-1, Oct 2006, $17.99, 320pp, hc, cover by Glenn Harrington) [Piratica] Associational young-adult pirate adventure. First US edition (Hodder 2/06).
* _Wolf Star Rise (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-91813-6, Sep 2006, £5.99, 197pp, tp, cover by Haydn Corner) [Claidi Journals] Reprint (Hodder Silver 2000) young-adult fantasy novel. Book two in the series.
LEFEBVRE, MARK LESLIE; see pseudonym Mark Leslie (stories) (chron.)
LE GUIN, URSULA K(roeber) (1929- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Catwings (Scholastic/Orchard 0-439-55189-7, Oct 2006, $3.99, 48pp, tp, cover by S. D. Schindler) [Catwings] Reprint (Orchard 1988) associational children’s fantasy story, first book of the Catwings series. Illustrated by S.D. Schindler.
* _Catwings Return (Scholastic/Orchard 0-439-55190-0, Oct 2006, $3.99, 55pp, tp, cover by S. D. Schindler) [Catwings] Reprint (Orchard 1989) associational children’s fantasy story, second book of the Catwings series. Illustrated by S.D. Schindler.
* _The Dispossessed (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07903-7, Aug 2006, £7.99, xii+336pp, tp, cover by Marc Adams) Reprint (Harper & Row 1974) classic, award-winning SF novel, with a new Introduction by Richard Morgan. Part of the Ten Greatest SF Books of All Time series. (Contents)
* _Gifts (Harcourt 0-15-205124-4, Apr 2006, $7.95, 274pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Annals of the Western Shore] Reprint (Harcourt 2004) young-adult fantasy novel.
* *Incredible Good Fortune (Shambhala Publications 1-59030-314-8, Mar 2006, $18.00, 96 + xi, hc) Associational collection of 66 poems. (Contents)
* _Jane on Her Own (Scholastic/Orchard 0-439-55192-7, Oct 2006, $3.99, 48pp, tp, cover by S. D. Schindler) [Catwings] Reprint (Orchard 1999) children’s fantasy story, fourth book of the Catwings series. Illustrated by S.D. Schindler.
* *Voices (Orion Children’s Books 1-8425-5507-3, May 2006, £10.99, 364pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Annals of the Western Shore] Young-adult fantasy novel. Second in The Annals of the Western Shore after Gifts. [First U.K. edition]
* +Voices (Harcourt 0-15-205678-5, Sep 2006, $17.00, 341pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Annals of the Western Shore] Young-adult fantasy novel, a companion book to Gifts in the Annals of the Western Shore. The city of Ansul is controlled by invaders, desert men who consider reading and writing evil. First US edition (Orion Children’s Books 5/06).
* _Wonderful Alexander and the Catwings (Scholastic/Orchard 0-439-55191-9, Oct 2006, $3.99, 48pp, tp, cover by S. D. Schindler) [Catwings] Reprint (Orchard 1994) children’s fantasy story, third book of the Catwings series. Illustrated by S.D. Schindler.
LEIBER, FRITZ (Reuter, Jr.) (1910-1992) (stories) (chron.)

* _Lankhmar, Book 1: Swords and Deviltry (Dark Horse Comics/DH Press 1-59582-079-5, Nov 2006, $12.95, 192pp, tp, cover by Heidi Fainza) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reprint (Ace 1970 as Swords and Deviltry) collection of three stories, the first book in the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series.
LEIGH, LORA (chron.)

* *Harmony’s Way (Berkley Sensation 0-425-21305-6, Dec 2006, $6.99, 312pp, pb) Erotic SF romance set in the world of the Breeds, genetically altered humans with feline DNA.
* _Harmony’s Way (SFBC #1225316, Jan 2007, $11.99, 312pp, hc) Reprint (Berkley Sensation 2006) erotic SF romance set in the world of the Breeds, genetically altered humans with feline DNA. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7673-4; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Megan’s Mark (Berkley Sensation 0-425-20964-4, May 2006, $6.99, pb) Erotic SF romance. Empath Megan Fields becomes involved with one of the genetically altered Breeds while investigating murders.
* _Megan’s Mark (SFBC #1211074, Jun 2006, $10.99, 295pp, hc) Reprint (Berkley Sensation 5/06) erotic SF romance. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-6779-4; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
LEIGH, STEPHEN (Walter) (1951- ); see pseudonym S. L. Farrell (stories) (chron.)
LEINSTER, MURRAY; pseudonym of Will F. Jenkins, (1896-1975) (stories) (chron.)

* _This World Is Taboo (Wildside Press 1-55742-901-4, 2006, $12.95, 102pp, tp) [Calhoun (Med Service)] Reprint (Ace 1961) SF novel in the Med Service series. A print-on-demand edition. Wildside Press, 9710 Travile Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.wildsidepress.com].
LELLENBERG, JON L., ed. (1946- ) (chron.)

* _Ghosts in Baker Street (with Daniel Stashower & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
LESLIE, MARK, ed.; pseudonym of Mark Leslie Lefebvre (stories) (chron.)

* *North of Infinity II (Mosaic Press 0-88962-864-5, Sep 2006, $17.00, 128pp, tp, cover by Samuel Tharmaratnam) Original anthology of 12 stories. Authors include Nancy Kilpatrick, Robert J. Sawyer, and Andrew Weiner. Order from Mosaic Press, 1252 Speers Road, Units 1 & 2, Oakville, Ont., Canada L6L 5N9; in the US from Mosaic Press, 4500 Witmer Industrial Estates, PMB 145, Niagara Falls NY 14305-1386: 1-800-387-8992; [www.mosaic-press.com]. (Contents)
LESSING, DORIS (May, née Taylor) (1919- ) (chron.)

* _Mara and Dann: An Adventure (HarperPerennial 0-06-093056-X, Dec 2005, $15.95, 407pp, tp, cover by Mara and Dann) Reissue (HarperFlamingo 1999) far-future SF novel. Third printing.
* _The Story of General Dann and Mara’s Daughter, Griot and the Snow Dog (Harper Perennial 978-0-06-053013-6, Jan 2007, $13.95, 282pp, tp) [Mara and Dann] Reprint (Fourth Estate 2005) far-future SF novel, a sequel to Mara and Dann.
LETHEM, JONATHAN (Allen) (1964- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Disappointment Artist (Random House/Vintage 1-4000-7681-1, Mar 2006, $12.95, 149pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 2005) non-fiction collection of cultural commentary and personal essays.
* *How We Got Insipid (Subterranean Press 1-59606-054-9, Jun 2006, $35.00, 107pp, hc, cover by Blake Lethem) Collection of two stories, with a new afterword by the author. Illustrated by Blake Lethem. This is a signed limited edition of 1,500; a lettered edition of 26 is also available ($225.00). Order from Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com]. (Contents)
LEVENE, REBECCA (chron.)

* +Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 1-84416-269-9, Apr 2006, $7.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Ben Flynn & Mark Harrison) Novelization based on the computer game based on the 2000AD comic book character. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Flame UK (3/06) edition, but only gives US and Canadian prices. Copyrighted by Rebellion A/S.

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