The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

MOORE, CHRISTOPHER (G.) (1946- ) (chron.)

• * _Bloodsucking Fiends (Little Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-449-6, Aug 2006, £6.99, 344pp, tp, cover by Byrne. Tim) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1995) humorous dark fantasy novel.
• * _Coyote Blue (Little Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-448-8, Jul 2006, £6.99, 340pp, tp, cover by Byrne. Tim) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1994) fantasy novel.
• * *A Dirty Job (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-06-059027-0, Apr 2006, $24.95, 387pp, hc, cover by William Staehle) Humorous dark fantasy novel. Hypochondriac Charlie Asher is given the job of Death.
• * _A Dirty Job (SFBC #1207763, Oct 2006, $11.99, 387pp, tp, cover by William Staehle) Reprint (Morrow 2006) humorous dark fantasy novel. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7287-3; it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back cover.
• * _Island of the Sequined Love Nun (Little Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-450-X, Sep 2006, £6.99, 403pp, tp, cover by Tim Byrne) Reprint (Avon 1997) gonzo fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Practical Demonkeeping (Little Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-447-X, Apr 2006, £6.99, 221pp, tp, cover by Tim Byrne) Reprint (Heinemann 1992) humorous dark fantasy novel.
• * *You Suck: A Love Story (HarperCollins/Morrow 978-0-06-059029-1, Jan 2007, $21.95, 328pp, hc) Humorous vampire novel, a sequel to Bloodsucking Fiends with crossover characters from other works.

MOORE, JAMES A. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Bloodstained Oz (with Christopher Golden) See entry under Christopher Golden.

MOORE, JOHN (chron.)

• * *Bad Prince Charlie (Ace 0-441-01396-1, May 2006, $6.99, 230pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) Humorous fantasy novel. A dead king’s brothers and son conspire to get their kingdom invaded.
• * _Bad Prince Charlie (SFBC #1209316, May 2006, $10.99, 230pp, hc, cover by Walter Velez) Reprint (Ace 2006) humorous fantasy novel. This has ISBN 0-7394-6688-9; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

MOORE, MOIRA (chron.)

• * *Resenting the Hero (Ace 0-441-01388-0, Mar 2006, $7.50, 285pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) Fantasy novel. A newly trained Shield is annoyed to be paired with an already legendary Source with whom to work magic. A first novel.

MOORE, MOIRA J. (chron.)

• * *The Hero Strikes Back (Ace 0-441-01440-2, Sep 2006, $7.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) Fantasy novel, sequel to Resenting the Hero.

MOORE, STEVE (chron.)

• * *V for Vendetta (Pocket Star 1-4165-1699-9, Feb 2006, $6.99, 358pp, pb) Novelization of the movie based on the graphic novel. Copyrighted by DC Comics.

MOORE, STUART (stories) (chron.)

• * +Dark Future: Reality Bites (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 1-84416-408-X, Nov 2006, $7.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Jaime Jones) Novelization based on the near-future SF roleplaying game universe. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (10/06) edition but gives only US and Canadian prices.

MOORE, T. M. (chron.)

• * *Destiny’s Forge (Ikthalion Press 978-1-4116-1162-7, Aug 2006, $14.95, 386pp, tp, cover by Therri Moore) Science fantasy novel with alien vampires. Half-human, half-alien Antonia Bellero ends up on the starship Destiny’s Forge while seeking an ancient enemy.
• * *To Taste the Dragon’s Blood (Ikthalion Press 978-1-84728-336-8, Aug 2006, $16.95, 226pp, tp, cover by Therri Moore) Science fantasy novel with alien vampires in the Children of the Dragon series, a prequel to Destiny’s Forge. Ikthalion Press, 4451 Murietta Avenue #26, Sherman Oaks CA 91423; [www.ikthalion.com].

MOREDUN, P. R.; pseudonym of Allistair Mitchell (chron.)

• * _World of Eldaterra, Volume One: The Dragon Conspiracy (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-076665-4, Sep 2006, $7.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Allistair Ewen Mitchell) Reprint (Rookstone 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. This has an “Extras Inside” section with information on the book and author. Moredun is a pen name for Allistair Mitchell.

MOREHOUSE, LYDA; see pseudonym Tate Hallaway (chron.)

MORGAN, ALEXIS (chron.)

• * *Dark Protector (Pocket 1-4165-2036-8, Jul 2006, $6.99, 322pp, pb) Dark fantasy romance. A Paladin warrior who dies repeatedly has a forbidden passion for the doctor who watches and revives him.

MORGAN, RICHARD K(ingsley) (1965- ) (chron.)

• * _Altered Carbon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45769-2, Mar 2006, $7.99, 526pp, pb) [Takeshi Kovacs] Reprint (Gollancz 2002) SF novel, first in the Takeshi Kovacs series.

MORIARTY, CHRIS (chron.)

• * *Spin Control (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38214-4, Jul 2006, $12.00, 456pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) SF novel, sequel to Spin State. Major Catherine Li and AI Hyacinth Cohen are sent to recapture a defecting clone and the genetic weapon it stole.
• * _Spin Control (SFBC #1210738, Sep 2006, $11.99, 456pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2006) SF novel, sequel to Spin State. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7270-5; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

MORRIS, GERALD (chron.)

• * _The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-73748-0, Oct 2006, $6.95, 310pp, tp, cover by Lou Beach) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 2004) young-adult Arthurian novel, sixth in “The Squire’s Tales” series featuring Squire Terence and Sir Gawain.

MORRIS, JAN (1926- ) (chron.)

• * *Hav (Faber and Faber 0-571-22983-2, Nov 2006, £16.99, 301pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons) Collection of tales about an imaginary city, combining Last Letters from Hav (1985) plus original novella Hav of the Myrmidons.

MORRIS, MARK (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Immaculate (Leisure 0-8439-5670-4, Feb 2006, $6.99, 342pp, pb) Reprint (Piatkus 1992) horror novel. This is updated and revised.

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• * *Cinema Macabre (PS Publishing 1-902880-44-4, Mar 2006, £35.00, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Non-fiction, a gathering of 50 essays on favorite horror films by authors including Brian Aldiss, Neil Gaiman, Graham Joyce, Elizabeth Hand, and Ramsey Campbell. Introduction by Jonathan Ross; foreword by Mark Morris. Hardback limited to 500 copies; slipcased edition of 200 numbered (-45-2. £) is also available. Available from PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].

MORRISON, P. R. (chron.)

• * *The Wind Tamer (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7950-4, Feb 2006, £12.99, 336pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. Book one in a new series.
• * *Wind Tamer (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-781-6, Oct 2006, $16.95, 336pp, hc, cover by Greg Call) Young-adult fantasy novel. Archie Stringweed becomes convinced the wind talks to him because of a family curse. A first novel. First US edition (Bloomsbury UK 2/06).

MORRISON, RUSTY, ed. (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *ParaSpheres: Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction: Fabulist and New Wave Fabulist Stories (with Ken Keegan) (Omnidawn Publishing 1-890650-18-8, Apr 2006, $19.95, 638pp, tp, cover by Michael Parkes) Original anthology of 50 stories, 14 reprints, by authors including Kim Stanley Robinson, Angela Carter, Alasdair Gray, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Michael Moorcock. Editors’ note by Keegan, introduction by Rikki Ducornet. (Contents)

MORRISSEY, DEAN (chron.)

• * *The Crimson Comet (with Stephen Krensky) (HarperCollins 0-06-008068-X, Oct 2006, $16.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Dean Morrissey) Illustrated children’s picture book, with story by Morrissey and Krensky, illustrations by Morrissey. Kids dream of flying a homemade rocket ship to visit the Man-in-the-Moon.
• * _The Monster Trap (with Stephen Krensky) (HarperTrophy 0-06-052500-2, Aug 2006, $6.99, unpaginated, tp, cover by Dean Morrissey) Reprint (HarperCollins 2004) illustrated children’s picture book, with story by Morrissey and Krensky, illustrations by Morrissey.

MORROW, JAMES (Kenneth) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Last Witchfinder (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-06-082179-5, Mar 2006, $25.95, 526pp, hc, cover by Tompkins Harrison Matteson) Historical fantasy novel. Jennet Stearn’s determination to end the witch hunts takes her on a picaresque journey from 17th-century England to the American colonies. Published in French in 2003 as Le dernier chasseur de sorciers (Au Diable Vauvert 2003).
• * *The Last Witchfinder (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-85258-2, Mar 2006, £12.99, 497pp, hc) Historical fantasy novel about witchcraft, Newton, and the new science; the story is narrated by Newton’s most famous book. Simultaneous with the US (Morrow) edition. This first appeared in French (Au Diable Vauvert 2003 as Le Dernier Chasseur de Sorciers). A trade paperback (OME) edition (-85259-0, £10.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _The Last Witchfinder (SFBC #1203499, Oct 2006, $13.99, 526pp, tp, cover by Tompkins Harrison Matteson) Reprint (Morrow 2006) fantasy novel. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7465-5; it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back cover.

MORSE, DREW, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *The 2006 Rhysling Anthology (Science Fiction Poetry Association/Prime Books 0-8095-6264-2, May 2006, $12.95, 148pp, tp, cover by Maxfield Parrish) Anthology of 88 poems. Subtitled “The Best Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Poetry of 2005”, this serves as the ballot for the SFPA’s Rhysling Awards. A list of past winners is included. For information write Mike Allen, SFPA President, 3514 Signal Hill Ave. NW, Roanoke VA 24017; [www.sfpoetry.com]. (Contents)

MORTON-SHAW, CHRISTINE (chron.)

• * _The Riddles of Epsilon (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 0-00-719982-1, May 2006, £5.99, 395pp, tp) Reprint (HarperCollins Children’s Books 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Riddles of Epsilon (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-072821-3, Oct 2006, $7.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Bernard Maisner) Reprint (Tegen Books 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.

MORWOOD, PETER; [name legally changed from Robert Peter Smith] (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Star Trek: Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages (with Diane Duane) See entry under Diane Duane.

MOSCOE, MIKE; see pseudonym Mike Shepherd (chron.)

MOSLEY, WALTER (Ellis) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _47 (Little Brown 0-316-01635-7, Nov 2006, $7.99, 232pp, tp) Reprint (Little Brown 2005) young-adult historical fantasy about a plantation slave boy.
• * _The Wave (SFBC #1198645, Feb 2006, $11.50, 209pp, hc) Reprint (Warner Aspect 2006) SF novel. This is similar to the Warner Aspect edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Wave (Warner 0-446-61818-7, Jan 2007, $7.50, 226pp, pb) Reprint (Warner Aspect 2006) SF novel.

MOWLL, JOSHUA (chron.)

• * _Operation Red Jericho (Walker UK 1-4063-0175-2, Sep 2006, £4.99, 273+xxv, tp) Reprint (Candlewick Press 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, book one of the Guild trilogy. Includes fold-out maps and other documentation.

MULL, BRANDON (chron.)

• * *Fablehaven (Shadow Mountain 1-59038-581-0, Jun 2006, $16.95, 359pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. Kids discover their grandfather is really the keeper of a refuge for magical creatures, not all of them benign. A first novel.

MULVANY, CATHERINE (c1948- ) (chron.)

• * *Shadows All Around Her (Pocket Star 978-1-4165-4081-6, Jan 2007, $4.99, 357pp, pb, cover by Craig White) Paranormal romance. A woman seeking her abducted stepfather runs into a sexy playboy with dark secrets.

MURAI, SADAYUKI (chron.)

• * *Steamboy (VizMedia 1-4215-0145-7, Nov 2005, $17.99, 192pp, hc, cover by Tatsuya Tomaru) Novelization based on the steampunk anime film. Translated by Naoko Amemiya from the Japanese (Kadokawa Shoten Publishing 2004).

MURPHY, ANDREW C. (chron.)

• * *Steel Sky (Per Aspera Press 0-9745734-5-0, May 2006, $24.95, 347pp, hc, cover by Linda Hsien-Ling Tso) Post-holocaust SF novel. The remnants of humanity live in an underground city with a highly stratified society. A first novel. Per Aspera Press, 1425 N. 46th Street, Seattle WA 98103; [www.perasperapress.com].

MURPHY, BERNICE M., ed. (chron.)

• * *Shirley Jackson: Essays on the Literary Legacy (McFarland 0-7864-2312-9, Oct 2005, $35.00, 296 + viii, tp, cover by Justin Kempton) Non-fiction, a gathering of 14 essays, five original and the rest from the last two decades, on Jackson’s works, with a long introduction by the editor. Includes notes, bibliography, index. McFarland, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; 800-253-2187; [www.mcfarlandpub.com]. [Jackson]

MURPHY, C. E. (chron.)

• * *Thunderbird Falls (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80235-8, May 2006, $14.95, 408pp, tp) Contemporary fantasy, the second in The Walker Papers about shaman/police mechanic Joanne Walker.

MURPHY, GRAHAM J. (chron.)

• * _Ursula K. Le Guin: A Critical Companion (with Susan M. Bernardo) See entry under Susan M. Bernardo

MURPHY, NICOLE R., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Outcast (CSFG Publishing 0-977519-20-1, Apr 2006, A$20.00, 213pp, tp, cover by Les Petersen) Original anthology of 20 stories about outcasts, exiles, and strangers by Australian authors including Maxine McArthur, Cory Daniells, and Cat Sparks. Illustrated by Brian Smith. Published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. Available from CSFG Publishing, PO Box 1153, Woden ACT 2606, Australia; [www.austspeculativefiction.com.au]. (Contents)

MURPHY, PAT(rice Ann) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The City, Not Long After (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-240405-5, Apr 2006, $7.99, 247pp, tp, cover by Tony Sahara) Reprint (Doubleday 1989) SF novel, repackaged for young-adults.

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• * _The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3 (with Deborah L. Notkin, Jeffrey D. Smith & Karen Joy Fowler) See entry under Karen Joy Fowler.

MURPHY, SHIRLEY ROUSSEAU (1928- ) (chron.)

• * _Cat Breaking Free (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-057812-2, Oct 2006, $6.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Beppe Giacobbe) Reprint (HarperCollins 2005) fantasy mystery novel, the 11th featuring talking cat Joe Grey.

MURRAY, PETER J. (chron.)

• * *Bonebreaker (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-91120-4, May 2006, £5.99, 216pp, tp, cover by Paul B. Davies) Young-adult fantasy novel.

NAGATA, LINDA (née Webb) (1960- ) (chron.)

• * _Memory (Tor 0-765-34076-3, Jan 2006, $7.99, 416pp, pb, cover by David Bowers) Reprint (Tor 2003) SF novel set on a constructed world whose inhabitants have forgotten their origins.

NANCE, JOHN J. (1946- ) (chron.)

• * *Orbit (Simon & Schuster 0-7432-5052-4, Mar 2006, $25.00, 275pp, hc) Very-near-future SF novel. A man who wins a free trip into space is stranded alone in orbit when an accident kills the pilot and cuts off all communication.

NAPIER, SUSAN J. (chron.)

• * _Anime: From Akira to Howl’s Moving Castle (St. Martin’s/Palgrave Macmillan 1-4039-7052-1, Dec 2005, $17.95, 355 + xviii, tp) Reprint (Palgrave Macmillan 2001 as Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke) non-fiction, reference, a guide to Japanese animation. This edition has been updated to include recent films, and has a new foreword discussing developments in the field since 2001.

NASSISE, JOSEPH M. (stories) (chron.)

• * *More Than Life Itself (Telos 1-84583-042-3, Mar 2006, £7.99, 73pp, tp) Horror novella. A man goes to terrible lengths to save his dying daughter. A signed, limited deluxe hardback edition (-97-9, £25.00) was announced but not seen. Telos Publishing, 61 Elgar Avenue, Tolworth, Surrey KT5 9JP, UK; [www.telos.co.uk].

NAVARRO, YVONNE (1957- ) (chron.)

• * *UltraViolet (Warner 0-446-61654-0, Mar 2006, $6.99, 291pp, pb) Movie novelization. Copyrighted by Screen Gems.

NEIDERMAN, ANDREW (1940- ); see also V. C. Andrews® (chron.)

• * *Finding Satan (Pocket Star 1-4165-1683-2, Sep 2006, $7.99, 392pp, pb) Horror novel. Parapsychological researchers find a way to track pure evil.

NELSCOTT, KRIS; pseudonym of Kristine Kathryn Rusch, (1960- ) (chron.)

• * *Days of Rage (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-32529-0, Mar 2006, $24.95, 336pp, hc) Associational mystery, the sixth featuring detective Smokey Dalton. Nelscott is a pen name for Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

NESBIT, E(dith) (1858-1924) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Jack and the Beanstalk (with Matt Tavares) (Candlewick Press 0-7636-2124-2, Oct 2006, $16.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Matt Tavares) Reprint (Hodder 1908 as part of The Old Nursery Stories) children’s picture book with story by Nesbit and new color illustrations by Tavares.
• * *Lionel and the Book of Beasts (with Michael Hague) (HarperCollins 0-688-1400608, Oct 2006, $16.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Michael Hague) Picture book based on a story by E. Nesbit, retold and illustrated by Michael Hague.

NEUCE, JUS (chron.)

• * *Nocturne (Aio Publishing 1-9330830-1-8, Oct 2005, $14.00, 373pp, tp) SF novel about a colony planet, the first in a series. A first novel. This is dated 2005, but not seen until now. Aio Publishing, PO Box 30788, Charleston SC 29417; [www.aiopublishing.com].

NEUENSCHWANDER, BRYN; see pseudonym Marie Brennan (stories) (chron.)

NEVILLE, KATHERINE (1945- ) (chron.)

• * _The Eight (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15467-9, May 2006, £6.99, 733pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1989) fantasy novel.