The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

LEVINE, GAIL CARSON (chron.)

• * *Fairest (HarperCollins 0-06-073408-6, Sep 2006, $16.99, 326pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) Young-adult fantasy novel, set in the same world as Ella Enchanted. A girl who believes she’s ugly has a kind heart and a magical voice and attracts attention from a handsome prince and a dangerous queen.
• * _The Two Princesses of Bamarre (HarperTrophy 0-06-440966-X, Aug 2006, $5.99, 241pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reissue (HarperCollins 2001) young-adult fantasy novel. This indicates a “revised edition.”
• * *Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly (HarperCollins/Collins 0-06-051960-6, Sep 2006, $5.99, 167pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Young-adult non-fiction, a guide for aspiring writers. A simultaneous hardcover (-051961-4, $16.99) is also available.

LEVINSON, [Dr.] PAUL (1947- ) (chron.)

• * *The Plot to Save Socrates (Tor 0-765-30570-4, Feb 2006, $25.95, 271pp, hc) SF time-travel novel. A graduate student from 2042 gets mixed up in time travel and an attempt to save the ancient Greek philosopher.

LEVITHAN, DAVID (stories) (chron.)

• * *Marly’s Ghost (Penguin/Dial 0-8037-3063-2, Jan 2006, $14.99, 163pp, hc) [Christmas Carol] Young-adult ghost novella, a contemporary Valentine’s Day retelling of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, with an author’s afterword on his writing process. Illustrated by Brian Selznick.

LEVY, MARC (1946- ) (chron.)

• * _Just Like Heaven (Pocket 1-4165-1311-6, Aug 2005, $7.99, 229pp, pb) Reprint (Atria 2000 as If Only It Were True, not seen) fantasy novel. A man falls in love with the spirit of a comatose woman. This is a 2005 movie tie-in edition, not seen previously. Translated from the French Et si c’etait vrai (Editions Robert Laffont 2000).

LEVY, ROBERT JOSEPH (chron.)

• * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Go Ask Malice (Simon Spotlight Entertainment 1-4169-1587-7, Jul 2006, $9.99, 243pp, tp) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Novelization based on the world of the TV series, the story of Faith in diary form. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * _Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Go Ask Malice (SFBC #1218165, Aug 2006, $12.99, 243pp, hc) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Reprint (Simon Spotlight Entertainment 2006) novelization based on the world of the TV series. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7138-8; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

LEVY, ROGER (chron.)

• * *Icarus (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07860-X, Aug 2006, £12.99, 421pp, tp) SF novel. A hardcover edition (-07859-6, £17.99) was announced but not seen.

LEWIS, C(live) S(taples) (1898-1963) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Chronicles of Narnia (HarperCollins 0-06-117426-2, Oct 2006, $34.99, 799pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reissue (HarperCollins 1998 as The Complete Chronicles of Narnia) omnibus of all seven “Narnia” books. This “Signature Edition” has b&w chapter heading illustrations by Pauline Baynes, and adds a pull-out color map and excerpts from The Chronicles of Narnia: Beyond the Wardrobe: The Official Guide to Narnia by E.J. Kirk.
• * _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (HarperCollins UK Children’s Books 0-00-720610-0, Oct 2005, £5.99, 189pp, tp) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1950) young-adult fantasy novel. Film edition, illustrated with colour plates from the film. Includes a postscript by Douglas Gresham (2000).
• * _The Magician’s Nephew (HarperCollins 0-06-087588-7, Jun 2006, $15.99, 202pp, hc, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reprint (Bodley Head 1955) young-adult fantasy novel, book one in the Narnia series. This is an oversized read-aloud edition, bound in boards, with b&w illustrations by Pauline Baynes.
• * _That Hideous Strength (HarperCollins UK 0-00-715717-7, Dec 2005, £7.99, 534pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Narnia] Reprint (John Lane 1945) SF novel, book three of the Cosmic Trilogy.

L’HOMME, ERIK (chron.)

• * +The Mystery of Lord Sha (Scholastic/The Chicken House 0-439-65073-9, Feb 2006, $5.99, 248pp, tp, cover by Mark Zug) [Book of the Stars] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Book of the Stars trilogy. Translated from the French (Gallimard 2002) by Roz Schwartz. First US edition (The Chicken House UK 6/04).

LIBBY, ALISA M. (chron.)

• * *The Blood Confession (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-47732-2, Aug 2006, $18.99, 392pp, hc, cover by Lori Thorn) Young-adult horror novel about Countess Bathory.

LINDHOLM, MEGAN; [i.e., Margaret Astrid Lindholm Ogden] (1952- ); see pseudonym Robin Hobb (chron.)

LINDSKOLD, JANE M. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Brother to Dragons, Companion to Owls (Tor/Orb 0-765-31481-9, Aug 2006, $14.95, 287pp, tp, cover by Patrick Arrasmith) Reprint (Avon 1994) SF novel.
• * _Child of a Rainless Year (Tor 0-765-34824-1, Jun 2006, $7.99, 437pp, pb, cover by Gary Kelley) Reprint (Tor 2005) contemporary fantasy novel.
• * *Wolf Hunting (Tor 0-765-31288-3, Apr 2006, $27.95, 528pp, hc, cover by Julie Bell) [Firekeeper] Fantasy novel, fifth in the “Firekeeper” series begun in Through Wolf’s Eyes. Firekeeper and Blind Seer help the soothsayer-jaguar Truth in the land of Liglim.
• * _Wolf Hunting (Tor 0-765-35143-9, Jan 2007, $7.99, 605pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Firekeeper] Reprint (Tor 2006) fantasy novel, fifth in the Firekeeper series begun in Through Wolf’s Eyes.

LINEBARGER, PAUL M(yron) A(nthony) (1913-1966); see pseudonym Cordwainer Smith (stories) (chron.)

LINK, KELLY (Denise) (1969- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Magic for Beginners (Harcourt/Harvest 0-15-603187-6, Sep 2006, $14.00, 297pp, tp, cover by Shelley Jackson) Reprint (Small Beer Press 2005) collection of nine stories.

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• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror 2006: Nineteenth Annual Collection (with Gavin J. Grant & Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.

LISLE, HOLLY (1960- ) (chron.)

• * _Talyn (Tor 0-765-34873-X, Dec 2006, $7.99, 576pp, pb, cover by Trinette Reed) [Korre] Reprint (Tor 2005) fantasy novel.

LISLE, REBECCA (chron.)

• * *The Curse of the Toads (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-89447-4, May 2006, £5.99, 266pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel.

LITTLE, BENTLEY (1960- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Burning (Penguin/Signet 0-451-21914-7, Aug 2006, $7.99, 391pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _The Burning (SFBC #1215306, Sep 2006, $10.99, 391pp, hc) Reprint (Signet 2006) horror novel. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7335-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Death Instinct (Penguin/Signet 0-451-21997-X, Dec 2006, $7.99, 381pp, pb) Reprint (Signet 1992 as by Phillip Emmons) associational serial-killer horror novel.

LITTLE, DENISE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Cosmic Cocktails (DAW 0-7564-0398-7, Dec 2006, $7.99, 312pp, pb) Original anthology of 15 space-bar stories. Authors include Loren L. Coleman, Sarah A. Hoyt, and Phaedra M. Weldon. Copyrighted by Little and Martin H. Greenberg’s Tekno Books. (Contents)
• * *Hags, Sirens & Other Bad Girls of Fantasy (DAW 0-7564-0369-3, Jul 2006, $7.99, 307pp, pb) Original anthology of 20 stories about troublemaking females from fantasy, fairytale, and myth. Authors include Rosemary Edghill, C.S. Friedman, and Laura Resnick. Copyrighted by the editor and Martin H. Greenberg’s Tekno Books. (Contents)
• * *The Magic Toybox (DAW 0-7564-0379-0, Aug 2006, $7.99, 308pp, pb) Original anthology of 14 stories involving toys. Authors include Esther M. Friesner, Jay Lake, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Copyrighted by Little and Martin H. Greenberg’s Tekno Books. (Contents)
• * _The Valdemar Companion (with John Helfers) See entry under John Helfers.

LIU, MARJORIE M. (1978- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Eye of Heaven (Leisure 0-8439-5765-4, Dec 2006, $6.99, 356pp, pb) [Dirk & Steele] Dark fantasy romance/mystery in the Dirk & Steele series about a global paranormal detective agency.
• * *The Red Heart of Jade (Leisure Love Spell 0-505-52631-X, Jul 2006, $6.99, 369pp, pb) [Dirk & Steele] Dark fantasy romance/mystery in the Dirk & Steele series about a global paranormal detective agency. Clairvoyant ex-cop Dean Campbell investigates unusual murders in Taipei and finds the childhood sweetheart he thought had died.
• * *Shadow Touch (Leisure Love Spell 0-505-52630-1, Feb 2006, $6.99, 354pp, pb) [Dirk & Steele] Dark fantasy romance/mystery in the Dirk & Steele series about a global paranormal detective agency. Clairvoyant ex-cop Dean Campbell investigates unusual murders in Taipei and finds the childhood sweetheart he thought had died.
• * *X-Men: Dark Mirror (Pocket Star 1-4165-1063-X, Jan 2006, $7.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Ashley Wood) [X-Men] Novelization based on the comic-book characters. Copyrighted by Marvel Characters.

LIVDAHL, KRISTIN, ed. (chron.)

• * _Rabid Transit: Long Voyages, Great Lies (with Christopher Barzak & Alan DeNiro) See entry under Christopher Barzak.

LIVINGS, MARTIN J. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Carnies (Hachetter Livre Australia/Lothian 0-7344-0969-9, Jun 2006, A$19.95, 322pp, pb) Horror novel. The people running a small-town carnival aren’t exactly human. A first novel. This is a pen name for David Carroll, Evan Paliatseas, & Kyla Ward. Lothian Books, 132 Albert Road, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205 Australia; [www.lothian.com.au].

LLOYD, TOM (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Stormcaller (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07727-1, Mar 2006, £12.99, 438pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Twilight Reign] Fantasy novel. First in a series. A first novel. A hardcover edition (-07726-3, £17.99) was announced but not seen.

LLYWELYN, MORGAN (1937- ) (chron.)

• * _Druids (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-49131-9, May 2006, $14.95, 451pp, tp, cover by Tom Stimpson) [Druids] Reprint (Morrow 1991) Celtic fantasy novel.
• * *The Greener Shore (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-47766-9, Jun 2006, $24.95, 301pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Druids] Celtic historical fantasy novel, sequel to Druids. Gallic druids fleeing Roman invaders find a new home in ancient Ireland.

LOFFICIER, JEAN-MARC, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 2: Gentlemen of the Night (with Randy Lofficier) (Black Coat Press 1-932983-60-0, Jan 2006, $22.95, 298pp, tp, cover by Fernando Calvi) Anthology of 23 pastiche stories featuring characters from French pulps and other fantastic fiction. Authors include Kim Newman, Jess Nevins, and Brian Stableford. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.blackcoatpress.com] or from Hollywood Comics.com, PO Box 17270, Encino CA 91416. (Contents)
• * *Tales of the Shadowmen: Danse Macabre (with Randy Lofficier) (Black Coat Press 978-1-932983-77-7, Jan 2007, $22.95, 294pp, tp, cover by Daylon) Anthology of 20 pastiche stories featuring characters from French pulps and other fantastic fiction, volume three in the series. Authors include Paul Di Filippo, Michael Moorcock, Chris Roberson, and Brian Stableford. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.blackcoatpress.com] or from Hollywood Comics.com, PO Box 17270, Encino CA 91416. (Contents)

LOFFICIER, RANDY, ed. (chron.)

• * _Tales of the Shadowmen, Volume 2: Gentlemen of the Night (with Jean-Marc Lofficier) See entry under Jean-Marc Lofficier.
• * _Tales of the Shadowmen: Danse Macabre (with Jean-Marc Lofficier) See entry under Jean-Marc Lofficier.

LONDON, JEANIE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Retrieval (Tor 0-765-35422-5, Oct 2006, $6.99, 340pp, pb) Dark fantasy romance novel. A dead woman guides souls to Purgatory, but Good and Evil are fighting for control of the passage between life and death.

LONG, NATHAN (chron.)

• * +Warhammer: Orcslayer (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-391-1, Nov 2006, $7.99, 399pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer] Novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (10/06) edition, but only lists US and Canadian prices.
• * *Warhammer: Tainted Blood (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-371-7, Jul 2006, $7.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Christer Sveen) [Warhammer: Blackhearts] Novelization based fantasy roleplaying game. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This has the same ISBN as the simultaneous Black Library UK edition, but only lists US and Canadian prices.
• * *Warhammer: The Broken Lance (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-243-5, Oct 2005, £5.99, 251pp, pb, cover by Christer Sveen) [Warhammer: Blackhearts] Novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game, part of the Black Hearts subseries.

LORD, DAVID THOMAS (stories) (chron.)

• * *Bound in Flesh (Kensington 1-57566-765-7, Aug 2006, $14.00, 298pp, tp) [Bound in Blood] Erotic gay vampire novel, sequel to Bound in Blood. The vampire Courbet and his lover Claude terrorize Las Vegas, opposed only by a victim — an ex-cop vampire — bent on revenge.

LOVE, KATHY (chron.)

• * *I Only Have Fangs for You (Kensington/Brava 0-7582-1135-X, Dec 2006, $14.00, 296pp, tp) [Young Brothers] Vampire romance, third in the series begun in Fangs for the Memories about vampire brothers who fall in love.

LOVECRAFT, H(oward) P(hillips) (1890-1937) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Collected Essays Volume 3: Science (Hippocampus Press 0-9748789-7-9, 2005, $40.00, 357pp, tp, cover by Virgil Finlay) Associational non-fiction collection of 128 articles and essays, plus several miscellaneous items, on science, primarily astronomy. Edited, with notes, index, and introduction, by S.T. Joshi. [ed: S. T. Joshi]
• * *Collected Essays Volume 4: Travel (Hippocampus Press 0-9761592-1-X, Mar 2006, $20.00, 300pp, tp, cover by Virgil Finlay) Associational non-fiction collection of 15 articles and essays on travel. Edited, with notes, index, and introduction, by S.T. Joshi. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.hippocampuspress.com] or from Hippocampus Press, PO Box 641, New York NY 10156. (Contents) [ed: S. T. Joshi]
• * *The Tales of Inspector Legrasse (with C. J. Henderson) (Mythos Books 0-9728545-3-3, Feb 2006, $20.00, 217pp, tp, cover by Ben Fogletto) [Inspector Legrasse] Collection of six Lovecraftian stories, three original, by C.J. Henderson featuring the character from H.P.L.’s “The Call of Cthulhu” (included). Introduction by Robert M. Price. Mythos Books, 351 Lake Ridge Road, Poplar Bluff MO 63901-2177; [www.mythosbooks.com]. (Contents)

LOVEGROVE, JAMES (1965- ); see pseudonym Jay Amory (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Provender Gleed (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07776-X, Aug 2006, £7.99, 330pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) Reprint (Gollancz 2005) SF novel.

LOWENTROUT, CHRISTINE I. SMITH (1951- ); see pseudonym Sherwood Smith (chron.)

LOWRY, LOIS (1937- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Gathering Blue (Random House/Delacorte 0-385-73256-2, Feb 2006, $8.95, 215pp, tp, cover by Lois Lowry) Reprint (Lorraine 2000) young-adult post-holocaust SF novel. This includes a reading group guide.
• * _The Giver (Random House/Delacorte 0-385-73255-4, Feb 2006, $8.95, 179pp, tp, cover by Lois Lowry) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1993) Newbery award-winning young-adult utopian SF novel. This includes a readers guide.
• * *Gossamer (Houghton Mifflin/Lorraine 0-618-68550-2, Apr 2006, $16.00, 140pp, hc) Young-adult contemporary fantasy novella. A trainee dream-giver tries to help an unhappy boy with nightmares.
• * _Messenger (Random House/Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-23912-5, Feb 2006, $6.50, 169pp, pb, cover by Lois Lowry) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 2004) young-adult SF novel that joins characters from The Giver and Gathering Blue.
• * _Messenger (Random House/Delacorte 0-385-73253-8, Sep 2006, $8.95, 169pp, tp, cover by Lois Lowry) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 2004) young-adult SF novel that joins characters from The Giver and Gathering Blue. This includes a readers guide.

LUBAR, DAVID (stories) (chron.)

• * _Invasion of the Road Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales (Tor/Starscape 0-765-35325-3, Sep 2006, $5.99, 180pp, tp, cover by Bill Mayer) Reprint (Starscape 2005) young-adult collection of 35 stories. This includes a reader’s guide.

LUCENO, JAMES (1947- ) (chron.)

• * *Star Wars: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (Century/Lucasbooks 1-8441-3305-2, Nov 2005, £17.99, 222pp, hc, cover by David Stevenson) [Star Wars: Dark Lord] SF novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
• * _Star Wars: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-949123-0, Jun 2006, £6.99, 238pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) [Star Wars: Dark Lord] Reprint (Del Rey; Century 2005) SF novelization.
• * _Star Wars: Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (Ballantine Del Rey Lucasbooks 0-345-47733-2, Jul 2006, $7.50, 338pp, pb) [Star Wars: Dark Lord] Reprint (Del Rey 2005) novelization.
• * _Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil (Random House/Arrow/Lucasbooks 0-09-948428-5, Jan 2006, £6.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars] Reprint (Lucasbooks/Century 2005) original novel based on the Star Wars films, its events occurring just prior to Revenge of the Sith.

LUKYANENKO, SERGEI (chron.)

• * *The Night Watch (Heinemann 0-4340-1412-5, Jul 2006, £10.99, 489pp, tp) [Night Watch] Dark fantasy novel, first in the eponymous trilogy. Translated by Andrew Bromfield from the Russian Nochnoi Dozor (1998). A hardcover edition (-1609-8, £18.99) was announced but not seen.
• * +Night Watch (Hyperion/Miramax Books 1-40135979-5, Aug 2006, $13.95, 455pp, tp) [Night Watch] Dark fantasy novel, the first in a trilogy about a Moscow inhabited by the supernatural Others, where the creatures of the Dark are policed by beings of Light on the Night Watch. Translated by Adam Bromfield from the Russian Nochnoi Dozor (1998). This is a movie tie-in edition. First US edition (Heinemann 7/06).

LUMLEY, BRIAN (1937- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Khai of Khem (Tor 0-765-31048-1, Oct 2006, $14.95, 320pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Berkley 1981 as Khai of Ancient Khem) horror novel about an ancient Egyptian in modern London.