The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

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, MICHAEL; see pseudonym Mike Shepherd (stories) (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) [Guild] 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 (Beth) (1949- ) (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) [Walker Papers] 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) [Joe Grey] 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- ) (stories) (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) [Smokey Dalton] 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) [The Eight] Reprint (Ballantine 1989) fantasy novel.

NEWCOMB, ROBERT (chron.)

• * _Savage Messiah (SFBC #1202805, Feb 2006, $13.50, 574pp, hc, cover by Gerald Brom) [Destinies of Blood and Stone] 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) [Destinies of Blood and Stone] 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.) (assoc.)

• * *The Man from the Diogenes Club (MonkeyBrain Books 1-932265-17-1, Jun 2006, $15.95, 387pp, tp, cover by John Picacio) [Richard Jeperson; Diogenes Club] 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) [Dreamtime] Fantasy novel, book three of the Quicksilver trilogy.
• * _The Righteous Blade (SFBC #1201394, Jan 2006, $12.99, 327pp, hc, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Dreamtime] 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) [Dreamtime] 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) [Noble Warriors] 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) [Noble Warriors] 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 (Allen) (1954- ) (chron.)

• * _A Breach in the Watershed (Ace 0-441-00349-4, Nov 2006, $7.99, 449pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [Watershed] 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) [Watershed] 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) [DragonLance: Rise of Solamnia] 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) [DragonLance: Rise of Solamnia] 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 (stories) (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) [Children of the Red King] 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) [Children of the Red King] 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) [Children of the Red King] 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) [Magician] 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) [Mana; Burning City] 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) [Draco Tavern] 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) [Keys to the Kingdom] 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) [Keys to the Kingdom] 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) [Keys to the Kingdom] 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) [Gor] Reprint (Ballantine 1966) fantasy novel, the first in the Gor series, with the original Vallejo 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].