The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

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NEWCOMB, ROBERT (chron.)

* _Savage Messiah (SFBC #1202805, Feb 2006, $13.50, 574pp, hc, cover by Gerald Brom) Reprint (Del Rey 2006) fantasy novel, first in the Destinies of Blood and Stone trilogy sequel to The Chronicles of Blood and Stone trilogy. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Savage Messiah (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-47708-8, Jan 2007, $7.99, 518pp, pb, cover by Gerald Brom) Reprint (Del Rey 2006) fantasy novel, first in The Destinies of Blood and Stone trilogy sequel to the The Chronicles of Blood and Stone.
NEWITZ, ANNALEE (chron.)

* *Pretend We’re Dead: Capitalist Monsters in American Pop Culture (Duke University Press 0-8223-3745-2, Sep 2006, $21.95, 223pp, tp) Critical non-fiction postulating that zombies, serial killers, and other fictional monsters act out the problems of soul-crushing capitalism. Discusses fiction, films, Hollywood, and real serial killers. Includes notes, bibliography, filmography, and index. Duke University Press, Box 90660, Durham NC 27708-0660; [www.dukeupress.edu].
NEWMAN, KIM (James) (1959- ); see pseudonym Jack Yeovil (stories) (chron.)

* *The Man from the Diogenes Club (MonkeyBrain Books 1-932265-17-1, Jun 2006, $15.95, 387pp, tp, cover by John Picacio) [Richard Jeperson] Collection of eight stories, one original, featuring the supernatural cases of 1970s secret agent Richard Jeperson. Newman provides an afterword on how the stories came to be written. Order from MonkeyBrain, 11204 Crossland Dr., Austin TX 78726; [info@monkeybrainbooks.com]; [www.monkeybrainbooks.com]. (Contents)
NICHOLLS, STAN (chron.)

* *Quicksilver Twilight (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-714153-X, Oct 2006, £14.99, 441pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) Fantasy novel, book three of the Quicksilver trilogy.
* _The Righteous Blade (SFBC #1201394, Jan 2006, $12.99, 327pp, hc, cover by Jon Sullivan) Reprint (Voyager 2004 as Quicksilver Zenith) fantasy novel, second in “The Dreamtime” trilogy about a cursed warrior seeking a group of magicians called the Covenant. This has ISBN 0-7394-6285-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _The Righteous Blade (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-073892-8, Nov 2006, $7.99, 327pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) Reprint (Voyager 2004 as Quicksilver Zenith) fantasy novel, second in The Dreamtime trilogy.
NICHOLSON, SCOTT (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Farm (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1712-0, Jul 2006, $6.99, 394pp, pb) Horror novel.
NICHOLSON, WILLIAM V. (chron.)

* *Jango (Egmont 1-4052-2422-3, Sep 2006, £12.99, 419pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel, book two of the Noble Warriors trilogy.
* +Seeker (Harcourt 0-15-205768-4, May 2006, $17.00, 413pp, hc, cover by Douglas Mullen) Young-adult fantasy novel, first in the Noble Warriors trilogy. Three young people try to prove they are worthy to become Noble Warriors. First US edition (Egmont 9/05).
* _Seeker (Egmont 1-4052-2665-X, Sep 2006, £6.99, 422pp, tp) Reprint (Egmont 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, book one of the Noble Warriors trilogy.
NIELSEN, KAY (chron.)

* *Nielsen’s Fairy Tale Illustrations in Full Color (Dover 0-486-44902-5, Jul 2006, $12.95, 64pp, tp, cover by Arthur Rackham) Art book, a collection of 59 full-color plates originally published in four books of fairy-tales.
NILES, DOUGLAS (chron.)

* _A Breach in the Watershed (Ace 0-441-00349-4, Nov 2006, $7.99, 449pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) Reissue (Ace 1995) fantasy novel, book one of the Watershed trilogy. Eighth printing.
* _Darkenheight (Ace 0-441-00456-3, Dec 2006, $7.99, 422pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) Reissue (Ace 1996) fantasy novel. Book two of The Watershed trilogy. Fifth printing.
* *DragonLance: The Crown and the Sword (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3788-2, Jun 2006, $6.99, 385pp, pb, cover by J. P. Targete) Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the second book of the Rise of Solamnia series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
* *DragonLance: The Measure and the Truth (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4247-3, Jan 2007, $6.99, 388pp, pb, cover by J. P. Targete) Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the third book in the Rise of Solamnia series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
* _War of the Worlds: New Millennium (Tor 0-765-35000-9, Nov 2006, $7.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) Reprint (Tor 2005) contemporary SF technothriller, an update of Wells’s classic. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett and Associates.
NILES, STEVE (chron.)

* *30 Days of Night: Rumors of the Undead (with Jeff Mariotte) (Pocket Star 0-7434-9651-5, Feb 2006, $7.99, 401pp, pb) Horror novel based on the world of the horror graphic novels created by Niles. FBI Special Agent Andy Gray, investigating what turned his partner into an undead killer, ends up in Barrow, Alaska.
NIMMO, JENNY (1942- ) (chron.)

* _Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors (Egmont 1-4052-2465-7, Jun 2006, £5.99, 351pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) Reprint (Egmont 2005 as The Castle of Mirrors) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume four of the Children of the Red King quintet.
* *Charlie Bone and the Hidden King (Scholastic/Orchard 0-439-54530-7, Jun 2006, $9.99, 441pp, hc, cover by Chris Sheban) Young-adult fantasy novel, fifth in the Children of the Red King quintet. This is bound in boards. Simultaneous with the Egmont UK edition.
* *Charlie Bone and the Hidden King (Egmont 1-4052-0128-2, Jun 2006, £10.99, 366pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume five of the Children of the Red King quintet.
* _Emlyn’s Moon (Scholastic/Orchard 0-439-84676-5, Jan 2007, $9.99, 152pp, hc, cover by Brandon Dorman) Reprint (Methuen 1986) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Magician trilogy. Previously published in the US as Orchard of the Crescent Moon (Dutton 1989).
NIVEN, LARRY; [i.e., Laurence van Cott Niven] (1938- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Building Harlequin’s Moon (with Brenda Cooper) (Tor 0-765-35129-3, Apr 2006, $7.99, 501pp, pb, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Reprint (Tor 2005) SF novel.
* _Burning Tower (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (Pocket 0-7434-1692-9, Oct 2006, $7.99, 655pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) Reprint (Pocket 2005) pre-historic Los Angeles fantasy, sequel to The Burning City.
* *The Draco Tavern (Tor 0-765-30863-0, Jan 2006, $24.95, 304pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) [Draco Tavern] Collection of 27 stories and vignettes, four original, about a spaceport bar that caters to aliens. (Contents)
* _The Draco Tavern (Tor 0-765-34771-7, Dec 2006, $6.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Reprint (Tor 2006) collection of 27 stories and vignettes about a spaceport bar that caters to aliens.
NIX, GARTH (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-074715-3, Aug 2006, $6.99, 415pp, pb, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Reprint (Eos 2005) young-adult collection of 12 stories, one in the Abhorsen series, and one satiric piece about epic fantasy.
* _Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories (HarperCollins UK Children’s Books 0-00-722145-2, Nov 2006, £12.99, 352pp, hc) Reprint (Eos 2005) young-adult collection of 12 stories, one in the Abhorsen series, and one satiric piece about epic fantasy. Nix provides a general introduction on his writing career, and notes on most of the stories. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
* _The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 3: Drowned Wednesday (Scholastic 0-439-43656-7, Mar 2006, $6.99, 387pp, tp, cover by John Blackford) Reprint (Allen & Unwin Australia 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, third in a seven-part series.
* *The Keys to the Kingdom, Book 4: Sir Thursday (Scholastic 0-439-70087-6, Mar 2006, $16.99, 344pp, tp, cover by John Blackford) Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in a seven-part series. Simultaneous with the Australian (Allen & Unwin) edition.
* _Shade’s Children (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 0-00-723212-8, Aug 2006, £12.99, 347pp, hc) Reprint (HarperCollins Children’s Books 1997) young-adult SF novel.
* *Sir Thursday (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 0-00-717507-8, Mar 2006, £5.99, 427pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth book of The Keys to the Kingdom series. Simultaneous with the US (Scholastic) and Australian (Allen & Unwin) editions.
NORMAN, JOHN; pseudonym of John Frederick Lange, Jr., (1931- ) (chron.)

* _Tarnsman of Gor (Wildside Press/E-Reads 0-8095-5615-4, Mar 2006, $14.95, 160pp, tp, cover by Boris Vallejo) Reprint (Ballantine 1966) fantasy novel, the first in the Gor series, with the original Boris cover. Available from from Wildside Press, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.wildsidepress.com].
NORTHRUP, ROB (chron.)

* *Dungeons & Dayjobs (Awkwardly Publishing no ISBN, Jan 2006, $12.94, 166pp, tp) Collection of 13 stories (six original, several published online) and five recipes. Order from Robert T. Northrup, Awkwardly Publishing, 705 Irving St., Jackson MI 49202; [http://evilbobdayjob.tripod.com].
NORTON, ALICE MARY; see under Norton, Andre (stories) (chron.)
NORTON, ANDRE; [born Alice Mary Norton] (1912-2005); formerly Alice Mary Norton (stories) (chron.)

* *Beast Master’s Quest (with Lyn McConchie) (Tor 0-765-31453-3, Jun 2006, $24.95, 302pp, hc, cover by Julie Bell) SF novel, the third in a series of sequels to Norton’s The Beast Master.
* _Dragon Blade (with Sasha Miller) (Tor 0-765-34660-5, Dec 2006, $6.99, 336pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) Reprint (Tor 2005) fantasy novel, fourth in the Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan.
* _Dragon Magic (Tor/Starscape 0-765-35300-8, Aug 2006, $5.99, 215pp, tp, cover by Tristan Elwell) Reprint (Crowell 1972) young-adult fantasy novel in the Magic Books series. This includes a reader’s guide.
* _Fur Magic (Tor/Starscape 0-765-35299-0, Apr 2006, $5.99, 152pp, tp, cover by Tristan Elwell) Reprint (World 1968) young-adult fantasy novel. This includes a six-page reader’s guide.
* _Lavender-Green Magic (Tor/Starscape 0-765-35301-6, Nov 2006, $5.99, 262pp, tp, cover by Tristan Elwell) Reprint (Crowell 1974) young-adult fantasy novel in the Magic series.
* _Masks of the Outcasts (SFBC #1198672, Jun 2006, $11.99, 343pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Baen 2005) omnibus of two novels: Catseye (1961) and Night of Masks (1964). This is similar to the Baen edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Moonsinger (Baen 1-4165-2061-9, May 2006, $25.00, 403pp, hc, cover by Alan Pollack) [Moonsinger] Omnibus of two novels about the Moonsinger Maelen: Moon of Three Rings (1966) and Exiles of the Stars (1971). (Contents)
* _Quag Keep (Tor 0-765-31302-2, May 2006, $13.95, 270pp, tp, cover by Justin Sweet) [Quag Keep] Reprint (Atheneum 1978) fantasy novel based on the world of Dungeons & Dragons.
* *Quag Keep & Return to Quag Keep (with Jean Rabe) (SFBC #1206501, Mar 2006, $12.99, 435pp, hc, cover by J. P. Targete) [Quag Keep] Omnibus of two novels: Quag Keep (1978) and Return to Quag Keep (2006). This has ISBN 0-7394-6418-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
* *Return to Quag Keep (with Jean Rabe) (Tor 0-765-31298-0, Jan 2006, $24.95, 304pp, hc, cover by Justin Sweet) [Quag Keep] Fantasy novel, sequel to Quag Keep, the first novel based on Dungeons & Dragons. Introductions by Gary Gygax, Norton, and Rabe. Packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
* _Silver May Tarnish (with Lyn McConchie) (SFBC #1197759, Feb 2006, $12.99, 284pp, hc, cover by Daniel Dos Santos) Reprint (Tor 2005) fantasy novel in Norton’s Witch World series, written by McConchie. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Silver May Tarnish (with Lyn McConchie) (Tor 0-765-34553-6, Nov 2006, $6.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Daniel Dos Santos) Reprint (Tor 2005) fantasy novel in Andre Norton’s Witch World series, written by McConchie.
* *A Taste of Magic (with Jean Rabe) (Tor 0-765-31527-0, Nov 2006, $24.95, 303pp, hc, cover by Tristan Elwell) Fantasy novel, started and plotted by Norton and finished by Rabe.
* _A Taste of Magic (with Jean Rabe) (SFBC #1220014, Nov 2006, $12.99, 303pp, hc, cover by Tristan Elwell) Reprint (Tor 2006) fantasy novel, started and plotted by Norton and finished by Rabe. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Three Hands for Scorpio (Tor 978-0-765-34385-7, Jan 2007, $6.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) Reprint (Tor 2005) fantasy novel.
NOTKIN, DEBORAH L., ed. (chron.)

* _The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3 (with Jeffrey D. Smith, Karen Joy Fowler & Pat Murphy) See entry under Karen Joy Fowler.
NOURIE, DANA (chron.)

* *Arlyn and the Purloin Bane, Book 1 (Sacred Oak Publishing 978-0-9779-3841-4, Jul 2006, $15.99, 281pp, tp) Fantasy novel, the first in a series. Arlyn finds refuge with the Endowed after her village is destroyed evil raiders. A first novel. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.sacredoakspublishing.com]; Sacred Oaks Publishing, PO Box 15306, San Jose CA 95153.
NOVEMBER, SHARYN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Firebirds Rising (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-240549-3, Apr 2006, $19.99, 528pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Young-adult original anthology of 16 stories. Authors include Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Tamora Pierce, and Diana Wynne Jones. (Contents)
NOVIK, NAOMI (stories) (chron.)

* *Black Powder War (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-48130-5, Jun 2006, $7.50, 365pp, pb) [Temeraire] Fantasy novel, the third in the Temeraire historical fantasy series set in the Napoleonic era. Temeraire returns overland from China to pick up valuable dragon eggs in Istanbul.
* +His Majesty’s Dragon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-48128-3, Apr 2006, $7.50, 356pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) [Temeraire] Historical fantasy novel, the first in a series with dragons in the Napoleonic era. A sea captain unintentionally bonds with the newly hatched dragon, Temeraire. A first novel. First US edition (Voyager 1/06 as Temeraire).
* _His Majesty’s Dragon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-48128-3, Apr 2006, $7.50, 356pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) [Temeraire] Reissue (Voyager 1/06 as Temeraire) historical fantasy novel, the first in the Temeraire series about dragons in the Napoleonic era. Third printing.
* *Temeraire (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-721909-1, Jan 2006, £12.99, 327pp, hc, cover by Dominic Harman) Fantasy novel of military dragons in the Napoleonic era, the first in a series. A first novel.
* _Temeraire (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-721911-3, Aug 2006, £6.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel, the first in a series.
* *Temeraire: In the Service of the King (SFBC #1212789, Jun 2006, $14.99, 833pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Temeraire] Omnibus of three historical fantasy novels in the series with dragons in the Napoleonic era: His Majesty’s Dragon (2006 as Temeraire), Throne of Jade (2006), and Black Powder War (2006). (Contents)
* _Temeraire: Throne of Jade (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-721912-1, Aug 2006, £12.99, 375pp, hc, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Del Rey 2006) fantasy novel. Book two in the Temeraire series. [First U.K. edition]
* *Throne of Jade (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-48129-1, May 2006, $7.50, 399pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) [Temeraire] Fantasy novel, the second in the Temeraire historical fantasy series set in the Napoleonic era. The dragon Temeraire and his captain travel to China.
NOYES, DEBORAH, ed. (chron.)

* _Gothic!: Ten Original Dark Tales (Candlewick Press 0-7636-2737-2, Jul 2006, $7.99, 241pp, tp, cover by Pia Schachter) Reprint (Candlewick Press 2004) young-adult original anthology of ten stories.
NUGENT, TOM, Jr., ed. (chron.)

* _LiftPort (with Bill Fawcett & Michael Laine) See entry under Bill Fawcett.
NYE, JODY LYNN (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Strong-Arm Tactics (Meisha Merlin 1-59222-045-2, Jan 2006, $16.95, 363pp, tp, cover by Don Maitz) Humorous military SF novel, the first book in The Wolf Pack series about a platoon of misfits. Trouble erupts on a supposedly simple courier mission to the galaxy’s greatest amusement park. A hardcover edition (-044-4, $25.95) was announced but not seen. Order from Meisha Merlin, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031; [www.meishamerlin.com].
NYLUND, ERIC S. (1964- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Halo: Ghosts of Onyx (Tor 0-765-31568-8, Nov 2006, $12.95, 383pp, tp) Novelization based on the computer game. Copyrighted by Microsoft.
ODOM, MEL(vin Lewis, III) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Hunter’s League: His Legacy Avenged (Simon Pulse 0-689-86635-6, Mar 2006, $5.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Dave Seeley) Young-adult dark fantasy thriller set in 1887 England, fourth in the “Hunter’s League” series.
* _Lord of the Libraries (Tor 0-765-34650-8, Dec 2006, $7.99, 371pp, pb, cover by Greg & Tim Hildebrant) Reprint (Tor 2005) fantasy novel, third in the series begun in The Rover.
O’DONOHOE, NICK; [i.e., Nicholas Benjamin O’Donohoe] (1952- ) (chron.)

* _The Magic and the Healing (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-240707-0, Nov 2006, $7.99, 326pp, pb, cover by Tony Sahara) Reprint (Ace 1994) fantasy novel, first in the Crossroads series about veterinary students helping mythic creatures. Repackaged for young adults.
OGDEN, MARGARET; see under Lindholm, Megan (chron.)
OGILVY, IAN (chron.)

* _Measle and the Dragodon (HarperCollins 0-06-058690-7, Sep 2006, $6.99, 344pp, tp, cover by Jimmy Pickering) Reprint (Oxford University Press 2004) young-adult fantasy, sequel to Measle and the Wrathmonk.
* _Measle and the Mallockee (Oxford University Press 0-19-271993-9, Jul 2006, £6.99, 372pp, tp, cover by Chris Mould) Reprint (Oxford University Press 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. Book three in the series.
* *Measle and the Slitherghoul (Oxford University Press 0-19-272615-3, Sep 2006, £8.99, 358pp, tp, cover by Chris Mould) Young-adult fantasy novel, the fourth book in the Measle series.
O’GREEN, JENNIFER MITCHELL ROBERSON; see under Roberson, Jennifer (stories) (chron.)
OHISHI, KEI (chron.)

* *Ju-on (Dark Horse Comics/DH Press 1-59582-071-X, Sep 2006, $8.95, 235pp, tp) Novelization of the Japanese horror film and videos. This is the first English language edition, translated by Joe Swift from the Japanese (Kadokawa Shoten 2003).

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