The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

MARCELLAS, DIANA (chron.)

• * _Twilight Rising, Serpent’s Dream (Tor 0-812-56179-1, Mar 2006, $7.99, 468pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, third in a trilogy begun in Mother Ocean, Daughter Sea.

MARCO, JOHN (chron.)

• * _The Sword of Angels (DAW 0-7564-0360-X, Jul 2006, $7.99, 980pp, pb, cover by Todd Lockwood) Reprint (DAW 2005) fantasy novel, the final book in the trilogy begun in The Eyes of God.

MARCUS, LEONARD S. (chron.)

• * *The Wand in the Word: Conversations with Writers of Fantasy (Candlewick Press 0-7636-2625-2, Mar 2006, $19.99, 202pp, hc, cover by Steve Cieslawski) Young-adult non-fiction, a collection of interviews with 13 fantasy writers including Lloyd Alexander, Ursula K. Le Guin, Garth Nix, and Philip Pullman.

MARILLIER, JULIET (stories) (chron.)

• * _Blade of Fortriu (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-4108-0, Mar 2006, £17.99, vii+549pp, hc, cover by fisheyeart) Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 2005) fantasy novel, book two of The Bridei Chronicles. [First U.K. edition]
• * +Blade of Fortriu (Tor 0-765-30996-3, Oct 2006, $27.95, 496pp, hc, cover by Vince Natale) Fantasy novel, second in the Bridei Chronicles. First US edition (Pan Macmillan Australia 9/05)
• * _The Dark Mirror (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-42669-9, Mar 2006, £7.99, 664pp, pb, cover by fisheyeart) Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 2004) fantasy novel. Book one of The Bridei Chronicles.
• * _The Dark Mirror (Tor 0-765-30998-X, Jun 2006, $15.95, 512pp, tp, cover by Vince Natale) Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 2004) fantasy novel, first in the Bridei Chronicles.
• * _Wildwood Dancing (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-5204-X, Dec 2006, £14.99, 370pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 2006) young-adult fantasy novel set in Transylviania. [First U.K. edition]

MARIOTTE, JEFF(rey J.) (chron.)

• * _30 Days of Night: Rumors of the Undead (with Steve Niles) See entry under Steve Niles.
• * *Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: Marauders, Volume I: Ghost of the Wall (Ace 0-441-01379-1, Feb 2006, $6.99, 228pp, pb, cover by Justin Sweet) Fantasy novel, the first in a new trilogy set in the world of Robert E. Howard’s Conan.
• * *Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: Marauders, Volume II: Winds of the Wild Sea (Ace 0-441-01386-4, Apr 2006, $6.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Justin Sweet) Novelization in a series based on the world created by Robert E. Howard, the second volume in a subseries.
• * *Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures: Marauders, Volume III: Dawn of the Ice Bear (Ace 0-441-01392-9, Jun 2006, $6.99, 231pp, pb, cover by Justin Sweet) Novelization based on the world created by Robert E. Howard, the third part of a trilogy. Copyrighted by Conan Properties International.

MARK, JAN(et Marjorie) (1943-2006) (chron.)

• * _Riding Tycho (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-40087-8, Jan 2006, £4.99, 215pp, tp) Reprint (Macmillan Children’s Books 2005) young-adult SF novel.
• * *Voyager (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-333-99774-3, Jan 2006, £10.99, 280pp, hc) Young-adult SF novel.

MARQUARDT, MICHELLE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Year’s Best Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy: Volume Two (with Bill Congreve) See entry under Bill Congreve.

MARSDEN, JOHN (chron.)

• * _Darkness Be My Friend (Scholastic/Point 0-439-85802-X, Oct 2006, $8.99, 259pp, tp) Reprint (Pan Macmillan Australia 1996) young-adult Australian near-future adventure, fourth in the Tomorrow series.

MARSHALL, CHARLES HUNT; see pseudonym Peter Hunt (chron.)

MARSHALL, JEREMY (chron.)

• * _The Ring of Words (with Edmund Weiner & Peter Gilliver) See entry under Peter Gilliver.

MARSHALL, MICHAEL; pseudonym of Michael Marshall Smith, (1965- ) (chron.)

• * _Blood of Angels (HarperCollins UK 0-00-716397-5, Jun 2006, £6.99, 547pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2005) associational novel. Marshall is a pseudonym of Michael Marshall Smith.

MARTIN, GEORGE R(aymond) R(ichard) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dreamsongs (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07905-3, Sep 2006, £20.00, 1182pp, hc, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Subterranean Press 2003 as GRRM: A RRetrospective) collection of 32 stories, two original (early non-SF), and two television scripts, with extensive commentary by Martin on his writing career. Introduction by Gardner Dozois. There is a bibliographical checklist by Leslie Kay Swigart. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * _A Feast for Crows (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224740-2, May 2006, £12.99, 753pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Voyager 2005) fantasy novel, the fourth book of A Song of Ice and Fire.
• * _A Feast for Crows (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58202-X, Oct 2006, $7.99, 1060pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) Reprint (Voyager 2005) fantasy novel, book four of “A Song of Ice and Fire”.
• * _A Feast for Crows (Harper Voyager 0-00-648612-6, Nov 2006, £8.99, 933pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Voyager 2005) fantasy novel, the fourth book in the series A Song of Ice and Fire.
• * _The Ice Dragon (Tor/Starscape 0-765-31631-5, Oct 2006, $12.95, 107pp, hc, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) Reprint (Ace 1980 as part of Dragons of Light) young-adult fantasy novella. Illustrated by Yvonne Gilbert.

MARTIN, KAT(hleen Kelly) (1947- ) (chron.)

• * *Scent of Roses (Harlequin/Mira 0-7783-2326-9, Jun 2006, $7.99, 415pp, pb) Paranormal romance/ghost story. A family counselor investigates a farm worker’s ghost sighting and uncovers dark secrets in the farm’s past.

MARTIN, MICHAEL A. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Star Trek: Enterprise: Last Full Measure (with Andy Mangels) (Pocket 1-4165-0358-7, May 2006, $7.99, 336pp, pb) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

MARTINEZ, A. LEE (chron.)

• * _Gil’s All Fright Diner (Tor 0-765-35001-7, Jul 2006, $6.99, 268pp, pb, cover by Jeff Soto) Reprint (Tor 2005) humorous dark fantasy novel.
• * *In the Company of Ogres (Tor 0-765-31547-5, Aug 2006, $13.95, 352pp, tp, cover by Jeff Soto) Humorous fantasy novel. Never Dead Ned has to whip the motley monsters of Ogre Company into shape.

MARTÍNEZ, TOMÁS ELOY (chron.)

• * *The Tango Singer (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7644-0, Jan 2006, £12.99, 246pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel. A student seeking the origins of the tango finds himself living in the real model for a Borges story. Translated by Anne McLean from El Cantor de Tango (Planeta Argentina 2004).

MARTINI, CLEM (chron.)

• * _The Mob (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7578-9, Jan 2006, £12.99, 236pp, hc, cover by Carol Lawson) Reprint (KCP Fiction 2004) young-adult fantasy about crows, the first book in the Crow Chronicles trilogy. A first novel. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-8146-0) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Mob (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7580-0, Jul 2006, £6.99, 236pp, tp, cover by Carol Lawson) Reprint (KCP Fiction 2004) young-adult fantasy, the first in the The Crow Chronicles trilogy.

MARTINIERE, STEPHAN (chron.)

• * *Quantumscapes: The Art of Stephan Martiniere (Design Studio Press 1-933492-51-1, Dec 2006, $19.95, 95pp, tp, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Art book, the second in the Quantum series, collecting art from the last three years including book covers, film concepts, video game and card-game illustrations, with notes on each by the artist. Introduction by Lorne Lanning. Design Studio Press, 8577 Higuera Street, Culver City CA 90232; [www.designstudiopress.com].

MARUSEK, DAVID (1951- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Counting Heads (SFBC #1197742, Jan 2006, $12.50, 336pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Tor 2005) SF novel based on his award-winning story “We Were Out of Our Minds With Joy” about a complex overcrowded future Earth. This is similar to the Tor edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

MASELLO, ROBERT (chron.)

• * *Bestiary (Berkley 0-425-21280-7, Nov 2006, $7.99, 456pp, pb, cover by Mark Gerber) Horror novel. An ancient manuscript looses a deadly curse. Sequel to The Vigil.

MASESSA, ED (chron.)

• * *The Wandmaker’s Guidebook (with Daniel Jankowski) (Scholastic/Tangerine Press 0-439-86265-5, Oct 2006, $19.99, 20pp, hc, cover by Daniel Jankowski) Art book, a guide to making wands supposedly written by Master Wandmaker Coralis, with text by Masessa and illustrations by Jankowski. Includes fold-outs, enclosures, and a wand kit, etc.

MASON, JOHN R. (chron.)

• * *Return to Olympus (Golden Apple 1-904073-55-7, Jan 2006, £6.99, 202pp, tp) Allegorical SF novel, sequel to The Kronos Factor. Gods want to return to their home planet, Olympus. Available from Golden Apple, 15a Hoseside Road, Wallasey, Wirral, Cheshire CH45 0LA, UK; [www.goldenapple.u-net.com].

MASSEY, BRANDON R. (1973- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Twisted Tales (Kensington/Dafina 0-7582-1353-0, Jun 2006, $6.99, 314pp, pb) Original collection of 14 horror stories. (Contents)
• * _Within the Shadows (Kensington/Dafina 0-7582-1070-1, Jan 2007, $6.99, 444pp, pb) Reprint (Dafina 2005) horror novel.

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• * *Dark Dreams II: Voices from the Other Side (Kensington/Dafina 0-7582-1232-1, Apr 2006, $15.00, 290pp, tp) Original anthology of 17 stories of horror and suspense by Black authors, several with supernatural or SF elements. Authors include L.A. Banks, Eric Jerome Dickey, and Tananarive Due. (Contents)

MASSON, SOPHIE (1959- ) (chron.)

• * *Malvolio’s Revenge (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-88364-2, Sep 2005, £5.99, 329pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel partially based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.
• * +Snow, Fire, Sword (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-079091-1, May 2006, $15.99, 359pp, hc, cover by Harvey Chan) Young-adult contemporary fantasy novel of Indonesia. First US edition (Random House Australia 2004).

MASTERTON, GRAHAM (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Descendant (Severn House 0-7278-6380-0, May 2006, £18.99, 216pp, hc) Horror novel. An American with Romanian ancestry is recruited to hunt down vampires.
• * *Night Wars (Leisure 0-8439-5427-2, Sep 2006, $6.99, 354pp, pb) Horror novel, the fourth volume in the Night Warriors series.
• * *Touchy and Feely (Severn House 0-7278-6332-0, Jan 2006, £18.99, 202pp, hc) First in the Sissy Sawyer series, about a psychic fortune teller.

MATHESON, RICHARD (Burton) (1926- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Bloodlines: Richard Matheson’s Dracula, I Am Legend and Other Vampire Stories (Gauntlet Press 1-887368-88-4, Oct 2006, $85.00, 520pp, hc, cover by Harry O. Morris) Collection of vampire works: three short stories, the novel I Am Legend (954) and a screenplay version, plus a script for TV movie Bram Stoker’s Dracula, cast lists and pictures from various movies. Edited with preface, introductions, and an appendix by Mark Dawidziak. Appreciations by John Carpenter, Frank Spotnitz, Mick Garris, Richard Christian Matheson, Steve Niles, Rockne S. O’Bannon, and Ray Bradbury. This is a signed, limited edition of 500.
• * _I Am Legend (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07900-2, Aug 2006, £7.99, viii+161pp, tp, cover by Marc Adams) Reprint (Gold Medal 1954) classic SF/horror novel with a new introduction by Stephen King. Part of the Ten Greatest SF Books of All Time series. (Contents)
• * *I Am Legend/Hell House (SFBC/QPBC #1216770, Sep 2006, $14.49, 301pp, tp) Omnibus of collection I Am Legend (Tor 1995) and novel Hell House (1971). This has ISBN 978-1-58288-233-8; it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back cover. (Contents)

MATTHEWS, SUSAN R(uth) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Warring States (Meisha Merlin 1-59222-094-0, Jan 2006, $16.95, 395pp, tp, cover by Chris McGrath) CHECK - WANT!! SF novel, set in the world of the Judiciary. Andrej Koscuisko takes advantage of unrest to try to free his bond-involuntary Security slaves. A hardcover edition (-093-2, $24.95) is also available.

MAY, J. C.; see under May, Julian (chron.)

MAY, JULIAN; [i.e., Julian “Judy” May Dikty] (1931- ) (chron.)

• * _Ironcrown Moon (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-712323-X, Oct 2005, £7.99, 502pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2004) fantasy novel. Book Two of The Boreal Moon Tale.
• * _Ironcrown Moon (Ace 0-441-01299-X, Apr 2006, $7.99, 450pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2004) fantasy novel, second book in the “Boreal Moon Tale”.
• * *Sorcerer’s Moon (Ace 0-441-01383-X, Aug 2006, $25.95, 451pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) Fantasy novel, third book in the Boreal Moon Tale. Simultaneous with the Voyager UK edition.
• * *Sorcerer’s Moon (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-712324-8, Aug 2006, £18.99, 645pp, hc, cover by Dominic Harman) Fantasy novel, book three of the Boreal Moon Tale trilogy.

MAYNARD, L(en) H. (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Shelter (with Michael P. N. Sims) (Leisure 0-8439-5706-9, Jul 2006, $6.99, 321pp, pb) Horror novel. Something deadly lurks under an abandoned house.

MAYR, DALLAS WILLIAM (1946- ); see pseudonym Jack Ketchum (stories) (chron.)

MAYR, SUZETTE (chron.)

• * +Venous Hum (Arsenal Pulp Press 1-55152-170-9, Apr 2005, $16.95, 231pp, tp) Satiric near-future horror novel of lesbians, suburbia, and cannibalistic undead vegetarians. This first US edition was scheduled for 2005 but not seen until now, and is identical to the Canadian (Arsenal Pulp 2004). Arsenal Pulp Press, 103-1014 Homer Street, Vancouver BC Canada V6B 2W9; 604-687-4233; 888-600-PULP; [www.arsenalpulp.com].

MEANEY, JOHN (stories) (chron.)

• * _Resolution (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-553-81358-7, Jan 2006, £6.99, 567pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam UK 2005) SF novel. Book three in the Nulapeiron Sequence after Paradox and Context.
• * +Resolution (Prometheus/Pyr 1-59102-437-4, Mar 2006, $25.00, 493pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) SF novel, third in the Nulapeiron Sequence. First US edition (Bantam UK 12/04). Order from Prometheus Books, 59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst NY 14228-2197; 800-421-0351; [www.pyrsf.com].
• * +To Hold Infinity (Prometheus/Pyr 1-59102-489-7, Sep 2006, $25.00, 499pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) SF novel. An Earth biologist seeking her son on a distant planet finds him missing and accused of murder. First US edition (Bantam UK 1998).

MEDEIROS, TERESA (1962- ) (chron.)

• * *The Vampire Who Loved Me (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-076303-5, Oct 2006, $6.99, 373pp, pb) Vampire romance.
• * _The Vampire Who Loved Me (SFBC #1217061, Dec 2006, $11.99, 373pp, hc) Reprint (Avon 2006) vampire romance. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7371-9; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

MEDLEY, LINDA (chron.)

• * *Castle Waiting (Fantagraphics Books 1-56097-747-7, Apr 2006, $29.95, 457pp, hc, cover by Linda Medley) Graphic novel collecting the complete first volume (plus a new final chapter) of the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning b&w comic book about the everyday lives of the unusual inhabitants of a castle in a fairy-tale world. Introduction by Jane Yolen. Fantagraphics Books, 7563 Lake City Way NE, Seattle WA 98115; [www.fantagraphics.com].

MEGANCK, GLENN (chron.)

• * *George and the Angels (Beachfront Entertainment 1-892339-59-5, Apr 2006, $25.00, 290pp, hc) Contemporary fantasy novel. George’s life is gray until he starts hearing angels, and everyone thinks he’s crazy. Beachfront Publishing, PO Box 811922, Boca Raton FL 33481;[www.beachfrontentertainment.com].

MEIER, SHIRLEY (Marie) (1960- ) (chron.)

• * _Exodus (with Steve White) See entry under Steve White.

MEIKLE, DENIS (chron.)

• * *The Ring Companion (Titan Books 1-84576-001-8, Oct 2005, £16.99, 271pp, tp) Guide to the movie, its sequels, prequels and remakes, and the Japanese novels by Koji Suzuki that inspired them.

MELLING, O. R.; pseudonym of Geraldine Whelan (chron.)

• * +The Summer King (Abrams/Amulet 0-8109-5969-0, May 2006, $16.95, 359pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Young-adult Celtic fantasy novel, the second book in The Chronicles of Faerie. Laurel investigates the mysterious death of her twin and ends up on a quest to find the missing Summer King and save Faerie. This first US edition (Viking Canada 1999) has been revised. Melling is a pen name for G.V. Whelan.

MELUCH, R(ebecca) M. (1956- ) (chron.)

• * _The Myriad (DAW 0-7564-0320-0, Jan 2006, $6.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) Reprint (DAW 2005) military SF novel, first in the Tour of the Merrimack series.
• * *Wolf Star (DAW 0-7564-0324-3, Jan 2006, $23.95, 328pp, hc, cover by Romas Kukalis) Military SF novel, second in the Tour of the Merrimack series.

MELZER, PATRICIA (chron.)

• * *Alien Constructions: Science Fiction and Feminist Thought (University of Texas Press 0-292-71307-X, Jul 2006, $24.95, 325 + x, tp) Non-fiction, a critical look at feminist SF, with special focus on posthuman embodiment, difference and identity, and the films Alien Resurrection and The Matrix. Includes notes, bibliography, and index.

MENDLESOHN, FARAH (stories) (chron.)

• * *Diana Wynne Jones: Children’s Literature and the Fantastic Tradition (Routledge 0-415-97023-7, Dec 2005, $95.00, xxxiii + 240pp, hc) Non-fiction, a critical examination of the YA fantasies of Diana Wynne Jones. Includes notes, bibliographies, and index. Part of the Children’s Literature and Culture series. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 270 Madison Ave., New York NY NY 10016; [www.routledge-ny.com].

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• * _Concussed (with Peter Young & Bridget Bradshaw) See entry under Bridget Bradshaw.
• * *Polder: A Festschrift for John Clute and Judith Clute (Old Earth Books 1-882968-34-4, Mar 2006, $40.00, 308pp, hc, cover by Judith Clute) Original anthology, a mix of six stories (two reprints), three novel excerpts (all reprints), two poems (one reprint), and 15 non-fiction pieces in honor of critic John Clute and artist Judith Clute. Includes bibliography and notes. Order from Old Earth Books, PO Box 19951, Baltimore MD 21211; [www.oldearthbooks.com]. (Contents)