The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

PIERCE, TAMORA (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Beka Cooper: Terrier (Random House 0-375-81468-X, Oct 2006, $18.95, 582pp, hc, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Beka Cooper] Young-adult fantasy, the first in the Beka Cooper or Provost’s Dog trilogy about a street girl trained to be a city guard in Tortall 200 years before Alanna: The First Adventure.
• * _Circle of Magic: Daja’s Book (Scholastic/Point 0-590-55410-7, Nov 2005, $5.99, 232pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Circle of Magic] Reissue (Scholastic 1999) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the quartet; 14th printing.
• * _Circle of Magic: Sandry’s Book (Scholastic/Point 0-590-55408-5, Nov 2005, $5.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Circle of Magic] Reissue (Scholastic 1997) young-adult fantasy novel, first in the quartet; 18th printing.
• * _Cold Fire: The Circle Opens 3 (Scholastic UK 0-439-96817-8, Mar 2006, £4.99, 310pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle Opens] Reprint (Scholastic Press 2002) young-adult fantasy novel. Book three in the series.
• * _Shatterglass: The Circle Opens 4 (Scholastic UK 0-439-96819-4, Mar 2006, £4.99, 323pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle Opens] Reprint (Scholastic Press 2003) young-adult fantasy novel. Book four in the series.
• * _The Will of the Empress (Scholastic 0-439-44172-2, Oct 2006, $8.99, 550pp, tp, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Circle of Magic] Reprint (Scholastic Press 2005) young-adult fantasy novel reuniting characters from the first two Circle series.

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• * _Young Warriors (with Josepha Sherman) (Random House 0-375-82963-6, Sep 2006, $8.95, 312pp, tp, cover by Barbara Corbeil) Reprint (Random House 2005) young-adult original anthology of 15 stories about warriors in their teens.

PIERSON, CHRISTOPHER (chron.)

• * *DragonLance: Trail of the Black Wyrm (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3979-6, Apr 2006, $6.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [DragonLance: Taladas] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the second volume in the Taladas trilogy. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

PIKE, CHRISTOPHER (chron.)

• * *The Shaktra (Tor Teen 0-765-34961-2, Sep 2006, $6.99, 334pp, pb, cover by Daniel Dos Santos) [Alosha] Reprint (Starscape 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Alosha trilogy.
• * *The Yanti (Tor Teen 0-765-31100-3, Oct 2006, $18.95, 398pp, hc, cover by Daniel Dos Santos) [Alosha] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the Alosha series.

PILINOVSKY, HELEN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Cabinet des Fées: a fairy tale journal (with Erzebet Barthold-YellowBoy) (Wildside Press/Prime Books 0-8095-6233-2, Jun 2006, $10.00, 113pp, tp, cover by Charles Vess) Original anthology/magazine of nine stories and three articles exploring fairytales. Authors include Mike Allen, Sonya Taaffe, and Catherynne M. Valente. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.prime-books.com] or from Prime Books, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850. (Contents)

PINBOROUGH, SARAH (J.) (chron.)

• * *Breeding Ground (Leisure 0-8439-5741-7, Sep 2006, $6.99, 339pp, pb) Horror novel. Women give birth to spidery creatures that use humans as hosts.

PINEAU, GISELE (chron.)

• * *Devil’s Dance (University of Nebraska Press 0-8032-8784-4, Oct 2006, $20.00, tp) Dark fantasy novel of a woman haunted by her sister’s ghost. Translated from the French Chair piment (Mercure de France 2002) by C. Dickson. A hardcover edition (-3749-9, $40.00) was announced but not seen. Order from University of Nebraska Press, PO Box 84555, Lincoln NE 68501-4555; 800-755-1105; [pressmail@unl.edu]; [www.bisonbooks.com].hc

PINES, EZRA (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Sense of Falling (Spilt Milk Press no ISBN, Dec 2006, $5.00, 62pp, ph, cover by Mark Rich) Chapbook collection of 11 stories, two original, and two collaborations with Richard Bowes. Introduction by Hal Duncan. Spilt Milk Press, PO Box 5014, Somerset NJ 08873; [http://spiltmilkpress.pbwiki.com]. (Contents)

PINIERO, CARIDAD (chron.)

• * *Death Calls (Harlequin/Silhouette Nocturne 0-373-61753-4, Nov 2006, $5.25, 298pp, pb) [Calling] Paranormal romance, sequel to Darkness Calls in The Calling series about FBI agent Diana Reyes and her vampire lover.

PINKWATER, DANIEL M(anus) (1941- ) (chron.)

• * *The Artsy Smartsy Club (HarperCollins 0-06-053557-1, May 2005, $15.99, 165pp, hc, cover by Jill Pinkwater) [Hoboken Chicken Emergency] Middle-grade fantasy novel, third in the series begun in The Hoboken Chicken Emergency about kids and a six-foot superchicken in New Jersey. Illustrated by Jill Pinkwater. This is dated 2005, but not seen until now.

PIÑOL, ALBERT SÁNCHEZ (chron.)

• * *Cold Skin (Farrar Straus Giroux 0-374-18239-6, Nov 2005, $20.00, 182pp, hc) Surreal anthropological SF novel. A solitary weather researcher on an Antarctic island discovers he has neighbors: vicious humanoid reptilian sea creatures, and an anti-social German who has tamed one of the “monsters.” Translated by Cheryl Leah Morgan from the Catalán La pell freda (La Campana 2002). A first novel.

PIPER, H(enry) BEAM (1904-1964) (chron.)

• * *Flight from Tomorrow (Wildside Press 1-55742-664-3, 2006, $12.95, 111pp, tp) Collection of five stories. This is a print-on-demand edition. Wildside Press, 9710 Travile Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.wildsidepress.com].
• * _Little Fuzzy (Wildside Press 0-8095-6282-0, 2006, $10.00, 176pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Avon 1962) classic SF novel.
• * _Null-ABC (with John J. McGuire) (Wildside Press 1-55742-932-4, Jul 2006, $29.95, 129pp, hc) Reprint (Ace Double 1957 as Crisis in 2140) SF novel; this follows the original version serialized in Astounding Feb-Mar 1953, which was revised for book publication.

PLUMMER, RACHEL (chron.)

• * *Dungeons & Dragons: Mystery of the Wizard’s Tomb (Wizards of the Coast/Mirrorstone 0-7869-3990-7, Feb 2006, $5.99, 176pp, tp, cover by Emily Fiegenschuh) [Dungeons & Dragons] Young-adult novelization based on the roleplaying game world, the 11th in a series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

POE, EDGAR ALLAN (1809-1849) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales (Penguin/Signet Classic 0-451-53031-4, Oct 2006, $5.95, 395 + xvi, pb) Reissue (Signet Classic 1960) collection of 15 classic horror stories. This has a new afterword by Regina Marler.
• * _Fiction and Poetry (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-8221-0, 2006, $12.95, 1027 + xi, hc) Reprint collection of 72 stories and 64 poems. Introduction by Dawn B. Sova.
• * _Major Tales and Poems (Borders Classics 1-58726-342-4, 2006, $6.95, 365pp, tp, cover by Gustave Doré) Reprint collection of 24 stories and 15 poems.

POGUE, WILLIAM R. (1930- ) (chron.)

• * _The Trikon Deception (with Ben Bova) See entry under Ben Bova.

POHL, FREDERIK (George, Jr.) (1919- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Gateway (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07899-5, Aug 2006, £7.99, vii+283pp, tp, cover by Marc Adams) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1977) Hugo and Nebula Award-winning SF novel, the first in the Heechee series. This has a new introduction by Alastair Reynolds. Part of the Ten Greatest SF Books of All Time series. (Contents)
• * _Platinum Pohl (SFBC #1198278, Jan 2006, $13.99, 463pp, hc, cover by David Gallo) Reprint (Tor 2005) SF collection of 30 stories. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Platinum Pohl (Tor/Orb 0-312-87527-4, Jan 2007, $16.95, 463pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 2005) SF collection of 30 stories by Frederik Pohl.

POMPLUN, TOM, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Graphic Classics, Volume Thirteen: Rafael Sabatini See entry under Rafael Sabatini.

POOLE, RICHARD (chron.)

• * _The Book of Lowmoor: Jewel and Thorn (Simon & Schuster UK Children’s Books 0-689-87290-9, Feb 2006, £6.99, 399pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Book of Lowmoor] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. First in a trilogy.
• * *The Brass Key (Simon & Schuster UK Children’s Books 0-689-87548-7, Feb 2006, £12.99, 403pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Book of Lowmoor] Young-adult fantasy novel. The second book in the Lowmoor trilogy.

POORTVLIET, RIEN; [i.e., Marien Poortvliet] (1933?- ) (chron.)

• * _Gnomes: 30th Anniversary Edition (with Wil Huygen) (Abrams 0-8109-5498-2, Aug 2006, $24.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Wil Huygen) Reprint (Abrams 1977) art book, originally published in Dutch Leven en werken van de kabouter (Van Holkema & Warendorf 1976). This is a 30th Anniversary edition with a new afterword and sketches by the author.

POPP, ROBIN T. (chron.)

• * *Seduced by the Night (Warner Forever 0-446-61627-3, May 2006, $6.50, 327pp, pb, cover by Craig White) [Night Slayer] Vampire romance novel, second in the Night Slayer series. A biochemist pursued by vampires is helped by a changeling vampire hunter.
• * _Seduced by the Night (SFBC #1214368, Sep 2006, $10.99, 349pp, hc, cover by Craig White) Reprint (Warner Forever 2006) supernatural romance novel. This has ISBN 978-07394-6787-X; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

POURNELLE, JERRY E(ugene) [Ph.D] (1933- ) (chron.)

• * _Burning Tower (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.

POW, TOM (chron.)

• * +The Pack (Roaring Brook Press 1-59643-159-8, Jun 2006, $16.95, 228pp, hc) Young-adult post-holocaust SF novel about kids surviving in a devastated city. A Neal Porter Book. First US edition (Definitions 8/04).

POWERS, RICHARD (1957- ) (chron.)

• * *The Echo Maker (Farrar Straus Giroux 0-374-14635-7, Oct 2006, $25.00, 451pp, hc) Associational literary novel about science. An accident leaves a man with a strange brain disorder.

POWERS, TIM(othy Thomas) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Anubis Gates (SFBC #1206505, Apr 2006, $10.99, 371pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Ace 1983) fantasy novel. Winner of the Philip K. Dick Award. This is #26 in the 50th Anniversary Collection; it has ISBN 0-7394-6593-7, lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *The Bible Repairman (Subterranean Press 1596060468, Jan 2006, $10.00, 26pp, ph) Pamphlet containing an original short story.
• * *A Soul in a Bottle (Subterranean Press 1-59606-075-1, Dec 2006, $22.00, 83pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Dark fantasy novelette about a used bookseller, a book of poems, and a mysterious girl. Illustrated by J.K. Potter. A signed, leatherbound, limited edition of 500 (-074-3, $45.00) with different dustjacket art and is also available. Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com].
• * *Three Days to Never (Subterranean Press 1-59606-049-2, Jul 2006, $80.00, 344pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Fantasy time-travel conspiracy thriller. Illustrated by J.K. Potter. This is a signed, limited edition of 474; a lettered edition of 26 is also available. Subterranean Press,PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com].
• * _Three Days to Never (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-380-97653-6, Aug 2006, $25.95, 420pp, hc, cover by Bradford Foltz) Reprint (Subterranean Press 7/06) fantasy time-travel/conspiracy thriller.
• * _Three Days to Never (SFBC #1213739, Aug 2006, $12.99, 420pp, hc, cover by Bradford Foltz) Reprint (Subterranean Press 2006) fantasy time-travel thriller. this is similar to the Morrow edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

POZZESSERE, HEATHER GRAHAM (1953- ); see pseudonym Heather Graham (chron.)

PRATCHETT, TERRY (David John) (1948- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Ankh-Morpork Post Office Handbook Discworld Diary 2007 (with Stephen Briggs) (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07723-9, Sep 2006, £12.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Humorous non-fiction, the annual desk calendar. Illustrated by Paul Kidby. Incudes a history of the Post Office, and prohibitions/regulations.
• * _The Colour of Magic (Hill House no ISBN, Mar 2006, $40.00, 205pp, hc) [Discworld] Reprint (Colin Smythe 1983) humorous fantasy novel, the first book in the Discworld series. This is a facsimile of the Smythe first edition, with two dust jackets, one from the first edition, one from the 1989 reissue with art by Josh Kirby. Available from Hill House Publishers, 491 Illington Road, Ossining NY 10562; [hillhousepublishers.com].
• * _Feet of Clay (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15325-7, Oct 2005, £6.99, 411pp, tp) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1996) humorous fantasy novel. Book 19 in the Discworld series; 12th printing.
• * _Good Omens (with Neil Gaiman) See entry under Neil Gaiman.
• * _A Hat Full of Sky (HarperTempest 0-06-058662-1, Aug 2006, $6.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Chris Gall) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Reissue (Doubleday UK 2004) young-adult humorous fantasy novel of the Discworld, sequel to The Wee Free Men. This is an “Extras Inside” edition.
• * _Hogfather (SFBC #1008918, Sep 2006, $11.99, 292pp, hc, cover by Roger De Muth) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1996) humorous fantasy novel, #20 in the Discworld series. This is similar to the 1998 HarperPrism edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Hogfather (HarperTorch 0-06-105905-6, Dec 2006, $7.99, 354pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1996) humorous fantasy novel, Discworld #20; 12th printing.
• * _Interesting Times (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15321-4, Oct 2005, £6.99, 431pp, tp) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1994) humorous fantasy novel. Book 17 in the Discworld series. 15th printing.
• * _Jingo (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15416-4, Feb 2006, £6.99, 461pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1997) humorous fantasy novel. Book 21 in the Discworld series; eighth printing.
• * _The Last Continent (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15418-0, Feb 2006, £6.99, 412pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Doubleday UK 1998) humorous fantasy novel. Book 22 in the Discworld series; 10th printing.
• * _Maskerade (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15323-0, Oct 2005, £6.99, 382pp, tp) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1995) humorous fantasy novel. Book 18 in the Discworld series. 11th printing.
• * _Only You Can Save Mankind (HarperTrophy 0-06-054187-3, Aug 2006, $5.99, 208pp, tp, cover by Bill Mayer) [Johnny Maxwell] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1992) humorous young-adult SF/fantasy novel, the first in the Johnny Maxwell Trilogy. This has a 2004 introduction by Pratchett.
• * _The Science of Discworld III: Darwin’s Watch (with Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen) (Ebury Press 0-09-189824-2, Aug 2006, £6.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Reprint (Ebury Press 2005) humorous associational non-fiction.
• * _Soul Music (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15319-2, Oct 2005, £6.99, 431pp, tp) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1994) humorous fantasy novel. Book 16 in the Discworld series; 15th printing.
• * _Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather: The Illustrated Screenplay (with Vadim Jean) See entry under Vadim Jean.
• * _Thud! (HarperTorch 0-06-081531-0, Sep 2006, $7.99, 382pp, pb, cover by Scott McKowen) [Discworld] Reprint (HarperCollins 2005) Discworld novel.
• * _The Wee Free Men (HarperTempest 0-06-001238-2, Aug 2006, $6.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Bill Mayer) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Reprint (HarperCollins 2003) young-adult humorous fantasy novel of the Discworld, the first featuring Tiffany Aching.
• * *Wintersmith (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60984-1, Sep 2006, £14.99, 399pp, hc, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Humorous young-adult fantasy novel in the Discworld series, the third featuring witch-in-training Tiffany Aching. The Wintersmith, spirit of Winter, falls in love with Tiffany.
• * *Wintersmith (HarperTempest 978-0-06-089031-5, Oct 2006, $16.99, 325pp, hc, cover by Bill Mayer) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Young-adult humorous fantasy novel of the Discworld, third in the Tiffany Aching series begun in The Wee Free Men. Simultaneous with the Doubleday UK edition.
• * _Wintersmith (SFBC #1221602, Oct 2006, $10.99, 325pp, hc, cover by Bill Mayer) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Reprint (HarperCollins 2006) young-adult humorous fantasy novel of the Discworld, third in the Tiffany Aching series. This is similar to the HarperCollins edition, except it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back jacket.

PRATT, (Murray) FLETCHER (1897-1956) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Long View (Wildside Press 1-55742-460-8, Jul 2006, $9.95, 50pp, tp) [Uller] SF novella, internally a facsimile reprint of the story as it appeared in the December 1952 issue of Startling Stories, including the introductory notes by Pratt. Wildside Press, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.wildsidepress.com].

PRATT, TIM; [i.e., Timothy Aaron Pratt] (1976- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Little Gods (Prime Books 0-8095-5686-3, Jun 2006, $14.95, 234pp, tp, cover by Daniel Conway) Reprint (Prime 2003) collection of 15 stories. This drops four poems from the first edition, but retains the introduction by Michaela Roessner and the author’s afterword. Order from Prime Books, PO Box 36503, Canton OH 44735; [www.primebooks.net].

PRESTON, DOUGLAS (1956- ) (chron.)

• * *Book of the Dead (with Lincoln Child) (Warner 0-446-57698-0, Jun 2006, $25.95, 454pp, hc, cover by Stanislaw Fernandez) [Aloysius Pendergast] Thriller with dark fantasy elements featuring FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast, sequel to Dance of Death. Agent Prendergast is in prison, framed for his psychotic brother’s murders.
• * _Tyrannosaur Canyon (Tor/Forge 0-765-34965-5, Sep 2006, $7.99, 398pp, pb) Reprint (Forge 2005) thriller/horror novel with possible SF elements.

PRICE, CHARLIE (chron.)

• * *Dead Connection (Roaring Brook Press 1-59643-114-8, May 2006, $16.95, 225pp, hc) Young-adult supernatural mystery. Murray, who talks to ghosts, thinks one of them is a missing cheerleader but no one believes him. A Deborah Brodie book.

PRIEST, CHERIE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Wings to the Kingdom (Tor 0-765-31309-X, Oct 2006, $14.95, 399pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Eden Moore] Historical paranormal mystery/family saga, second in a series. Eden Moore is called to talk to spirits rising on the Civil War battlefield at Chickamauga.

PRIEST, CHRISTOPHER (McKenzie) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Affirmation (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07577-5, Feb 2006, £7.99, 247pp, tp) Reprint (Faber 1981) SF novel.