The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

THORNBURG, MARY K(atherine) PATTERSON (1940- ) (chron.)

• * *Underland (AuthorHouse 1-4259-0064-X, Dec 2005, $14.49, 224pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel. A girl finds herself in another universe where she is pursued for an object she was given by her missing brother. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.authorhouse.com] or from AuthorHouse, 1663 Liberty Drive, Suite 200, Bloomington IN 47403.

THORNTON, CECILIA; see pseudonym Cecilia Dart-Thornton (chron.)

THORPE, GAV (stories) (chron.)

• * +Warhammer 40,000: The Last Chancers (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-300-8, Apr 2006, $10.99, 765pp, tp, cover by Andrea Uderzo) [Warhammer 40,000: Last Chancers] Omnibus of three novelizations based on the roleplaying game, in the Last Chancers sub-series: 13th Legion (2000), Kill Team (2001), and Annihilation Squad (2004), plus two stories, and an introduction by the author on the origins of the Last Chancers. Copyrighted by Games Workshop Ltd. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (3/06) edition, but only has US and Canadian prices. (Contents)

THURLO, AIMÉE (Salsedo) (chron.)

• * _Surrogate Evil (with David Thurlo) See entry under David Thurlo.

THURLO, DAVID (c1949- ) (chron.)

• * *Surrogate Evil (with Aimée Thurlo) (Tor/Forge 0-765-31615-3, Dec 2006, $24.95, 320pp, hc) Native American vampire mystery, fourth in the series featuring Navajo Nightwalker police officer Lee Nez.

THURMAN, ROB (chron.)

• * *Nightlife (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46075-8, Mar 2006, $6.99, 339pp, pb) Contemporary dark fantasy novel. A half-human in New York City flees his father and his supernatural allies. A first novel.

TIER, MARK, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Freedom! (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg

TIERNAN, CATE (chron.)

• * *Balefire: A Necklace of Water (Penguin/Razorbill 1-59514-048-4, Mar 2006, $5.99, 250pp, pb) Young-adult dark fantasy novel, fourth and possibly final in the series. Copyrighted by Gabrielle Charbonnet.

TOLKIEN, J(ohn) R(onald) R(euel) (1892-1973) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Fellowship of the Ring (HarperEntertainment UK 0-00-720358-6, Oct 2005, £6.99, xxvii+531pp, pb, cover by J. R. R. Tolkien) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1954) fantasy novel, volume one of The Lord of the Rings. This is the 50th Anniversary “definitive” text (HarperCollins UK 2004). This includes a newly revised and expanded index. A hardcover edition (-720354-3, £18.99) was announced but not seen.

TOMLINSON, THERESA (chron.)

• * *The Moon Riders (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-084736-0, Nov 2006, $16.99, hc, cover by Aleta Rafton) Young-adult fantasy novel based on Greek legend. Myrina joins the Amazon warrior priestesses called the Moon Riders just as the Trojan War begins.

TOPOR, ROLAND (1938-1997) (chron.)

• * *The Tenant (Centipede Press/Millipede Press 1-933618-06-X, Oct 2006, $13.00, 216pp, tp, cover by Roland Topor) Collection of the psychological/surreal horror novel, plus four related stories, and a nine-page gallery of b&w art by the author. Introduction by Thomas Ligotti. The text of The Tenant is the 1966 Doubleday translation by Francis K. Price of the French (1965) original; stories are translated by Margaret Crosland & David Le Vay. A signed, hardcover edition (-07-8, $45.00) is also available. Millipede Press, 2565 Teller Court, Lakewood CO 80214; [www.centipedepress.com].

TOWNLEY, RODERICK (chron.)

• * _Into the Labyrinth (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 978-1-4169-1392-4, Apr 2006, $5.99, 254pp, tp, cover by Stephanie Anderson) Reprint (Atheneum 2002) young-adult fantasy, sequel to The Great Good Thing.

TRAVISS, KAREN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Matriarch (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-088231-X, Oct 2006, $7.99, 387pp, pb) SF novel, fourth in the series begun in City of Pearl.
• * _Star Wars Republic Commando: Triple Zero (Little Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-525-5, May 2006, £6.99, 403pp, pb, cover by Greg Knight) [Star Wars: Republic Commando] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey Lucasbooks 2006) Star Wars novelization based on the video game based on the universe of the movies. Second in a series. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-47751-0, Sep 2006, $7.99, 380pp, pb) Star Wars novelization based on the universe of the movies, second in the Legacy of the Force series. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * _Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines (SFBC #1222555, Sep 2006, $11.99, 380pp, hc, cover by Jason Felix) Reprint (Del Rey 2006) Star Wars novelization based on the universe of the movies. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7419-8; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Bloodlines (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-949203-2, Sep 2006, £6.99, v+380pp, pb) Novelization set in the Star Wars universe, the second book in a sub-series. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
• * *Star Wars: Republic Commando (SFBC #1209454, May 2006, $12.99, 612pp, hc) [Star Wars: Republic Commando] Omnibus of two Star Wars novelizations based on the video game based on the universe of the movies: Star Wars: Republic Commando: Hard Contact (2004) and Star Wars: Republic Commando: Triple Zero (2006); plus one story. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This has ISBN 0-7394-6686-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * _Star Wars: Republic Commando: Hard Contact (Little Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-524-7, Apr 2006, £6.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Greg Knight) [Star Wars: Republic Commando] Reprint (Del Rey Lucasbooks 2004) Star Wars novelization, the first in a series based on the video game based on the universe of the movies. First in a series. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Star Wars: Republic Commando: Triple Zero (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-49009-6, Mar 2006, $7.50, 427pp, pb) [Star Wars: Republic Commando] Star Wars novelization based on the video game based on the universe of the movies. This includes story “Star Wars: Omega Squad: Targets”. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.

TROOP, ALAN F. (chron.)

• * *A Host of Dragons (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46061-8, Jan 2006, $7.99, 340pp, pb) Fantasy novel, fourth in “The Dragon Delasangre” series.

TROTTER, WILLIAM R. (1943- ) (chron.)

• * +Warrener’s Beastie (Carroll & Graf 0-78671-328-3, Jul 2006, $17.95, 686pp, tp) Fantasy adventure based on elements of Norse myth. Allen Warrener, suffering a mid-life crisis, joins an expedition searching for legendary sea monster.

TUCKER, MIKE (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: The Nightmare of Black Island (BBC Books 0-563-48650-3, Sep 2006, £6.99, 250pp, hc) Novelization based on the TV series, featuring the 10th Doctor and Rose.

TURNER, MEGAN WHALEN (chron.)

• * _Instead of Three Wishes (HarperCollins/Eos Greenwillow 0-06-084231-8, Aug 2006, $5.99, 150pp, tp, cover by Brandon Dorman) Reprint (Morrow Greenwillow 1995) young-adult collection of seven fantasy stories.
• * *The King of Attolia (HarperCollins/Greenwillow 0-06-083577-X, Feb 2006, $16.99, 387pp, hc, cover by Vince Natale) Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the series begun in The Thief.
• * _The Queen of Attolia (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-084182-6, Feb 2006, $6.99, 362pp, tp, cover by Vince Natale) Reprint (Greenwillow 2000) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Thief.
• * _The Thief (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-082497-2, Feb 2006, $6.99, 280pp, tp) Reprint (Morrow/Greenwillow 1996) young-adult fantasy novel.

TUROWSKI, ERIC (chron.)

• * *Willing Servants (Rabid Press 0-9743039-4-1, Jul 2006, $14.95, 317pp, tp, cover by Jeff Peterson) Horror novel. A ghostbuster investigates a friend’s house in a neighborhood once stalked by the killer called the Predator Priest. Rabid Press, PO Box 4706, Horseshoe Bay TX 78657; [www.rabidpress.com].

TURTLEDOVE, HARRY (Norman) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Disunited States of America (Tor 0-765-31485-1, Sep 2006, $24.95, 288pp, hc) SF novel, the fourth book in the Crosstime Traffic series about traders doing business in alternate dimensions.
• * *End of the Beginning (Penguin/NAL 0-451-21668-7, Nov 2005, $25.95, 440pp, hc) Alternate history SF novel of the Japanese invasion of Hawaii, sequel to Days of Infamy.
• * _End of the Beginning (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46078-2, Aug 2006, $7.99, 519pp, pb) Reprint (NAL 2005) alternate history SF novel?
• * *Fort Pillow (St. Martin’s 0-312-35520-3, May 2006, $24.95, 329pp, hc) Associational historical novel of the Civil War.
• * _The Guns of the South (SFBC #1212478, Apr 2006, $12.99, 518pp, hc, cover by Tom Stimpson) Reissue (Ballantine 1992) alternate history SF novel of time-travel interference with the Civil War.
• * _Ruled Britannia (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46084-7, May 2006, $15.00, 458pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (NAL 2002) alternate history SF novel set in 1597 in a world where Britain was conquered by the Spanish Armada.
• * _Settling Accounts: Drive to the East (Hodder 0-340-82688-6, Feb 2006, £6.99, 594pp, pb, cover by Martin McKenna) Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 2005) alternate-history novel which follows Settling Accounts: Return Engagement in a trilogy sequel to The Great War and American Empire trilogies.
• * _Settling Accounts: Drive to the East (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46406-0, Jun 2006, $15.95, 594pp, tp) Reprint (Del Rey 2005) alternate-history novel, second in a series sequel to the Great War and American Empire series.
• * *Settling Accounts: The Grapple (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45725-0, Aug 2006, $26.95, 616pp, hc) Alternate-history novel, third in a series sequel to the Great War and American Empire series.
• * _Settling Accounts: The Grapple (SFBC #1212559, Aug 2006, $13.49, 616pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 2006) alternate-history novel, third in a series sequel to the Great War and American Empire series. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

TUTTLE, LISA (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Silver Bough (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38297-7, May 2006, $22.00, 339pp, hc, cover by John Taylor Dismukes) Fantasy novel. A landslide leaves a small Scottish community cut off from the rest of the country — and reality.
• * _The Silver Bough (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-58735-7, Jan 2007, $12.00, 337pp, tp, cover by John Taylor Dismukes) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2006) fantasy novel.

TWELVE HAWKS, JOHN (chron.)

• * _The Traveler (Random House/Vintage 0-307-27859-X, Jul 2006, $7.99, 480pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 2005) dystopian fantasy thriller, first in “The Fourth Realm” trilogy. A simultaneous trade paperback (1-4000-7929-2, $13.95, 456pp) is also available.
• * _The Traveller (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15269-2, Mar 2006, £6.99, 605pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday; Bantam UK 2005) fantasy novel, the first in the Fourth Realm trilogy..

TYSON, DONALD (1954- ) (chron.)

• * *Alhazred: Author of the Necronomicon (Llewellyn 0-7387-0892-5, Jul 2006, $24.95, 667pp, tp) Dark fantasy novel, the “autobiography” of the character created by H.P. Lovecraft.

UNDERWOOD, JAN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Day Shift Werewolf (3-Day Books 1-55152-208-X, Nov 2006, $11.95, 80pp, tp, cover by Liz Trueblood) Horror novella, winner of the 28th Annual International 3-Day Novel Contest. An unproductive werewolf, a claustrophobic mummy, and other unsuccessful monsters look for their roles in life.

UNDERWOOD, LAURA J. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dragon’s Tongue (Meisha Merlin 1-59222-028-2, Apr 2006, $16.95, 451pp, tp, cover by Matt Stawicki) Fantasy novel, the first book of The Demon-Bound. Mage-in-training Alaric Braidwine is pursued by a necromancer who believes he has the key to the legendary Tragon’s Tongue. Introduction by David B. Coe. A hardcover edition (-027-4, $25.95) is also available.

UNWIN, TIMOTHY (chron.)

• * *Jules Verne: Journeys in Writing (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-458-2, Oct 2005, £20.00, 284pp, tp) Non-fiction, a critical examination of Verne’s works. A hardcover edition (-468-X, £50.00) was announced but not seen. This is dated 2005 but not seen until now. University of Liverpool Press, 4 Cambridge St., Liverpool L69 7ZU, UK; distributed in the US by The University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th Street, Chicago IL 60637; [www.press.uchicago.edu]. [Verne]
• * *Jules Verne: Journeys in Writing (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-458-2, Nov 2005, £20.00, 242pp, tp) Critical study examining Verne’s work and its seeming intent to examine the definitions of fiction, non-fiction, and the changing form of the novel. A hardcover edition (-468-X, £50.00) was announced but not seen. [Verne]

URSU, ANNE (chron.)

• * *The Shadow Thieves (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 1-4169-0587-1, Mar 2006, $16.95, 424pp, hc, cover by Eric Fortune) Young-adult fantasy novel, book one in the Cronus Chronicles trilogy.

VADEBONCOEUR, JIM, Jr. (chron.)

• * _Everett Raymond Kinstler: The Artist’s Journey Through Popular Culture 1942-1962 (with Everett Raymond Kinstler) See entry under Everett Raymond Kinstler.

VALENTE, CATHERYNNE M. (stories) (chron.)

• * *In the Night Garden (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38403-1, Nov 2006, $14.00, 485pp, tp, cover by Jon Foster) Fantasy novel, the first in The Orphan’s Tales duet based on fairy tales. A girl in a garden tells a prince cautionary fairy tales, each actually a piece of her own history. Illustrated by Michael Wm. Kaluta.

VALLEJO, BORIS (1941- ) (chron.)

• * *Fabulous Fantasy Women (with Julie Bell) (Collins & Brown 1-84340-379-X, Oct 2006, £20.00, 128pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) Collection of over 100 paintings from the last 20 years, arranged thematically. Introduction and text by Julie’s sons, Anthony and David Palumbo.
• * +The Fabulous Women of Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell (with Julie Bell) (HarperCollins/Collins Design 0-06-115921-2, Nov 2006, $24.95, 128pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) Art book with over 100 color illustrations featuring women, almost all in fantastic situations. Introduction by Anthony & David Palumbo. First US edition (Paper Tiger 10/06).

VALLGREN, CARL-JOHAN (chron.)

• * +The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot: His Wonderful Love and His Terrible Hatred (HarperCollins 0-06-084199-0, Apr 2006, $23.95, 282pp, hc) Historical fantasy novel of the mute mind-reader’s adventures in 19th century Europe. Translated from the Swedish Den vidunderliga kärlekens historia (Bonniers 2002) by Paul and Veronica Britten-Austin. First US edition (Harvill 4/05).

VALLONE, LYNNE, ed. (chron.)

• * _The Norton Anthology of Children’s Literature: The Traditions in English (with Peter Hunt, Gillian Avery, Jack Zipes & Lissa Paul) See entry under Jack Zipes.

van BELKOM, EDO, ed. (1962- ) (chron.)

• * _Tesseracts Ten (with Robert Charles Wilson) See entry under Robert Charles Wilson.

VANCE, JACK; [i.e., John Holbrook Vance] (1916- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Lurulu (Harper Voyager 0-00-648210-4, Nov 2006, £7.99, 204pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) Reprint (Tor 2004) SF novel, a sequel to Ports of Call. [First U.K. edition]

VanderMEER, JEFF(rey Scott) (1968- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _City of Saints and Madmen: The Book of Ambergris (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38357-4, Mar 2006, $14.00, unpaginated, tp) Reprint (Cosmos 2001) collection of four stories set in VanderMeer’s city of Ambergris, plus a lengthy appendix with 12 related items. This follows the Prime 2002 edition with some revisions and adds the story “Learning to Leave the Flesh”; the chapbook of “The Exchange” is reproduced with new commentary, and the story “The Man With No Eyes” has been further decrypted.
• * *Shriek: An Afterword (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-5360-7, Feb 2006, £10.99, 370pp, tp, cover by Jonathan Edwards) Fantasy novel of VanderMeer’s city of Ambergris, in the form of Janice Shriek’s book-long afterword to her brother’s history of Ambergris, complete with diversions and commentary of a probably inappropriate nature.
• * +Shriek: An Afterword (Tor 0-765-31465-7, Aug 2006, $24.95, 348pp, hc, cover by Jonathan Edwards) Fantasy novel set in the world of Ambergris. First US edition (Macmillan UK 1/06).

VANDE VELDE, VIVIAN (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *All Hallows’ Eve: 13 Stories (Harcourt 0-15-205576-2, Sep 2006, $17.00, 226pp, hc) Young-adult collection of 13 horror/dark fantasy stories, one a reprint. (Contents)
• * _Now You See It... (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-205461-8, Jun 2006, $6.95, 275pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Harcourt 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _A Well-Timed Enchantment (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-204919-3, Jun 2006, $6.95, 228pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Crown 1990) young-adult time travel fantasy.

van EEKHOUT, GREG (stories) (chron.)

• * *Show and Tell and Other Stories (Tropism Press no ISBN, Aug 2006, $6.00, 56pp, ph) Chapbook collection of six stories, one original, with notes by the author describing the writing of each. Most originally appeared online in Strange Horizons. Illustrated by the author. Order from Tropism Press, 1034 McKinley Ave., Oakland CA 94610; [www.tropismpress.com]. (Contents)

VAN LUSTBADER, ERIC; see under Lustbader, Eric Van (chron.)

VAN PELT, JAMES (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Summer of the Apocalypse (Fairwood Press 0-9746573-8-7, Nov 2006, $17.99, 255pp, tp, cover by Paul Swenson) Post-holocaust SF novel following a teen looking for his father after plague wipes out most of humanity, then the same man 60 years later. A first novel. A print-on-demand edition, available online from [www.fairwoodpress.com] or from Fairwood Press, 5203 Quincy Ave SE, Auburn WA 98092.

van VOGT, A(lfred) E(lton) (1912-2000) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Transgalactic (Baen 1-4165-2089-9, Oct 2006, $15.00, 439pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Collection of 10 stories and novel The Wizard of Linn (1962); five stories became fix-up novel Empire of the Atom (1956), two are in the Ezwal series, and three stories were part of fix-up novel The Mixed Men (1952)/Mission to the Stars (1955). The texts are taken from original magazine publication, not the fix-up rewrites. Edited by Eric Flint & David Drake. (Contents)