The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

BUNCH, CHRIS(topher Renshaw) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Star Risk: Book Three: The Doublecross Program (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-455-0, Aug 2006, £6.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Star Risk, Ltd.] Reprint (Roc 2004) military SF novel, third in the Star Risk, Ltd. series about a group of space mercenaries. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Risk: Book Two: The Scoundrel Worlds (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-454-2, Jul 2006, £6.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Star Risk, Ltd.] Reprint (Roc 2003) military SF novel, second in the Star Risk, Ltd. series about a group of space mercenaries. [First U.K. edition]

BURBANK, L. G. (chron.)

• * *The Ruthless (Medallion Press 1-932815-21-X, Oct 2005, $11.99, 361pp, hc, cover by Adam Mock) [Lords of Darkness] Vampire novel, book two of the “Lords of Darkness” series. This is dated 2005, but not seen until now. Medallion Press, 225 Seabreeze Ave., Palm Beach FL 33480; [www.medallion press.com].
• * _The Soulless (Medallion Press 1-932815-57-0, May 2005, $11.99, 385pp, hc, cover by Adam Mock) [Lords of Darkness] Reprint (Echolon Press 2003 as by Leslie Burbank) paranormal vampire novel, book one of the “Lords of Darkness” series. This is the 2004 revised edition. Medallion Press, 225 Seabreeze Ave., Palm Beach FL 33480; [www.medallion press.com].

BURGAUER, STEVEN (E.) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _The Last American (iUniverse.com 0-595-37907-9, Jan 2006, $20.95, 360pp, tp) [Matthews Chronicles] Reprint (Northwest Publishing 1996) SF novel, third in “The Matthews Chronicles” that began with Fornax. This is copyrighted 2006 and may be revised. A print-on-demand edition available online at [www.iuniverse.com] or from iUniverse, 2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100, Lincoln NE 68512; 800-288-4677.

BURGESS, MICHAEL (Roy) (1948- ); see pseudonym Robert Reginald (chron.)

BURKE, KEALAN-PATRICK, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Night Visions 12 (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-070-8, Dec 2006, $30.00, 271pp, hc, cover by Russell Dickerson) Original anthology of eight stories by three authors: Simon Clark, Mark Morris, and P.D. Cacek. A signed limited edition of 250 ($50.00) is also available. Order from Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com]. (Contents)

BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE (1875-1950) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Men of Mars (SFBC #1199824, Apr 2006, $14.99, 584pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Barsoom (John Carter et al)] Omnibus of three SF novels in the Barsoom/John Carter of Mars series: A Fighting Man of Mars (1931), Swords of Mars (1936), and Synthetic Men of Mars (1940). This has ISBN 0-7394-6526-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * _Tanar of Pellucidar (University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books 0-8032-6257-4, Sep 2006, $12.95, 312 + x, tp, cover by Paul F. Berdanier) [Pellucidar] Reprint (Metropolitan Books 1930) SF novel, third in the Pellucidar series. There is a new introduction by Paul Cook. Order from University of Nebraska Press, 1111 Lincoln Mall, Lincoln NE 68588-0630; 800-755-1105; [pressmail@unl.edu]; [www.bisonbooks.com].
• * _Tarzan at the Earth’s Core (University of Nebraska Press/Bison Books 0-8032-6256-6, Sep 2006, $12.95, 301 + xi, tp, cover by J. Allen St. John) [Tarzan; Pellucidar] Reprint (Metropolitan Books 1930) SF novel, fourth in the Pellucidar series. There is a new introduction by Sean McMullen. Order from University of Nebraska Press, 1111 Lincoln Mall, Lincoln NE 68588-0630; 800-755-1105; [pressmail@unl.edu]; [www.bisonbooks.com].
• * _The Tarzan Twins (Wildside Press 1-55742-300-8, Aug 2006, $13.95, 96pp, tp) [Tarzan] Reprint (Volland 1927) young-adult novel in the Tarzan series. Introduction by Mike Resnick. Available from from Wildside Press, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.wildsidepress.com].

BURTON, JACI (chron.)

• * *Surviving Demon Island (Dell 978-0-440-24335-9, Jan 2007, $6.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) Supernatural romance. A reality show dumps its cast on an island with real demons.

BUTCHER, JIM (1971- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Academ’s Fury (Ace 0-441-01340-6, Dec 2006, $7.99, 529pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Codex Alera] Reprint (Ace 2005) epic fantasy novel, second in the Codex Alera series.
• * *Cursor’s Fury (Ace 0-441-01434-8, Dec 2006, $24.95, 442pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Codex Alera] Epic fantasy, third in the Codex Alera series. Tavi is undercover in the army when war breaks out.
• * _Dead Beat (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46091-X, May 2006, $7.99, 424pp, pb, cover by Chris McGrath) [Dresden Files] Reprint (Roc 2005) dark fantasy novel, book seven in the “Dresden Files” about Chicago wizard Harry Dresden.
• * _Dead Beat (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-528-X, Jun 2006, £6.99, 498pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Dresden Files] Reprint (Roc 2005) dark fantasy mystery novel, seventh book of the Dresden Files. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Proven Guilty (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46085-5, May 2006, $23.95, 406pp, hc, cover by Chris McGrath) [Dresden Files] Dark fantasy novel, book eight in the “Dresden Files” about Chicago wizard Harry Dresden. Black magic surfaces at a horror convention in Chicago.
• * *Spider-man: The Darkest Hours (Pocket Star 1-4165-1068-0, Jul 2006, $7.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Joe Jusko) [Spider-Man] Novelization based on the comic-book character. Copyrighted by Marvel Characters.
• * *Wizard by Trade (SFBC #1209109, Apr 2006, $13.99, 598pp, hc, cover by Daniel Dos Santos) [Dresden Files] Omnibus of the fourth and fifth dark fantasy-detective novels in The Dresden Files: Summer Knight (2002) and Death Masks (2003). This has ISBN 0-7394-6581-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)

BUTCHER, (Charles) WILLIAM (1951- ) (chron.)

• * *Jules Verne: The Definitive Biography (Thunder’s Mouth Press 1-56025-854-3, Jun 2006, $28.00, 369 + xxxii, hc) Non-fiction, biography. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke. [Verne]

BUTLER, CHARLES (chron.)

• * *Death of a Ghost (HarperCollins UK Children’s Books 0-00-712858-4, Jan 2006, £5.99, 202pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel.

BUTLER, OCTAVIA E(stelle) (1947-2006) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Fledgling (Warner 978-0-446-69616-6, Jan 2007, $13.99, 310pp, tp) Reprint (Seven Stories Press 2005) vampire novel.
• * _Lilith’s Brood (Warner 0-446-67610-1, Jan 2007, $18.99, 746pp, tp) [Xenogenesis] Reissue (SFBC 1989 as Xenogenesis) omnibus of the Xenogenesis trilogy: Dawn (1988), Adulthood Rites (1988), and Imago (1989). Seventh printing.
• * *Seed to Harvest (Warner 978-0-446-69890-0, Jan 2007, $18.99, 765pp, tp) [Patternist] Omnibus of the Patternist series: Wild Seed (1980), Mind of My Mind (1977), Clay’s Ark (1984), and Patternmaster (1976). (Contents)

BUTLER, S. C. (chron.)

• * *Reiffen’s Choice (Tor 0-765-31477-0, Sep 2006, $25.95, 463pp, hc, cover by Daniel Dos Santos) [Stoneways] Fantasy novel, the first in the Stoneways trilogy. 12-year-old Reiffen can regain his rightful throne if he makes a dark bargain with wizards. A first novel.

BYERS, RICHARD LEE (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Forgotten Realms: The Ruin (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-4003-4, May 2006, $6.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Forgotten Realms: Year of Rogue Dragons] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, “The Year of Rogue Dragons” book III. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

BYRNE, JEREMY G., ed. (chron.)

• * _Eidolon I (with Jonathan Strahan) See entry under Jonathan Strahan.

BYRNES, M. SCOTT (chron.)

• * *Revelations (Blue Stripe Books 0-9772674-0-7, May 2006, $19.95, 279pp, hc) Science fiction novel. A geologist on Mars makes a discovery that changes understanding of the nature of God and the imminence of Armageddon. Blue Stripe Books, 1015 31st St. NW, Suite 350, Washington DC 20007; [www.bluestripebooks.com].

CACH, LISA (chron.)

• * *A Babe in Ghostland (Pocket Star 0-7434-7090-7, Oct 2006, $6.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Chris Long) Paranormal romance. A psychic is hired to investigate a haunted house.

CADNUM, MICHAEL (1949- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Can’t Catch Me and Other Twice-Told Tales (Tachyon Publications 1-892391-33-3, Apr 2006, $14.95, 181pp, tp, cover by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law) Young-adult collection of 18 retold fairytales and myths, six original. (Contents)
• * *Nightsong: The Legend of Orpheus and Eurydice (Scholastic/Orchard 0-439-54535-8, Nov 2006, $16.99, 135pp, hc, cover by Hiro Kimura) [Metamorphoses] Young-adult fantasy novella, the second in a series based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses.

CAIN, JIMMIE E., Jr. (chron.)

• * *Bram Stoker and Russophobia: Evidence of the British Fear of Russia in Dracula and The Lady of the Shroud (McFarland 0-7864-2407-9, Mar 2006, $35.00, 203 + xi, tp) Non-fiction, a critical exploration of Victorian Russophobia as reflected in Dracula and The Lady of the Shroud. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. McFarland, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; 800-253-2187; [www.mcfarlandpub.com]. [Stoker]

CAINE, RACHEL; pseudonym of Roxanne Conrad, (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Devil’s Due (Harlequin/Silhouette Bombshell 0-373-51387-9, Jan 2006, $4.99, 290pp, pb) Supernatural thriller. This is copyrighted by Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, who also writes as Roxanne Longstreet and Roxanne Conrad.
• * *Firestorm (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46104-5, Sep 2006, $6.99, 294pp, pb) [Weather Warden] Contemporary fantasy novel, fifth in the “Weather Warden” series. Mother Earth is waking up and she’s not happy with humanity. This is copyrighted by Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, who also writes as Roxanne Longstreet and Roxanne Conrad.
• * *Glass Houses (Penguin/NAL Jam 0-451-21994-5, Oct 2006, $5.99, 239pp, pb) [Morganville Vampires] Vampire novel, book one in The Morganville Vampires series. A 16-year-old college student gets some really strange housemates. This is copyrighted by Roxanne Longstreet Conrad, who also writes as Roxanne Longstreet, Julie Fortune, and Roxanne Conrad.

CALDER, RICHARD (stories) (chron.)

• * *Babylon (PS Publishing 1-904619-57-6, Mar 2006, £35.00, 248pp, hc, cover by Thomas Cole) Alternate history fantasy novel. A young woman dreams of becoming a sacred prostitute in a parallel world, while Jack the Ripper kills Babylonian whores. Introduction by K.J. Bishop. This is a signed limited hardcover edition of 500; a slipcased edition of 200 signed by both Calder and Bishop (-58-4, £60.00) is also available. Available from PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].
• * *Babylon (PS Publishing 1-902880-57-6, Apr 2006, £25.00, xii+248pp, hc, cover by Thomas Cole) SF novel. Introduction by K.J. Bishop. Limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by Calder. Also available in a slipcased edition (-58-4, £60.00), limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by Calder & Bishop.

CALHOUN, DIA (chron.)

• * *Avielle of Rhia (Marhall Cavendish 0-7614-5320-2, Oct 2006, $17.00, 397pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. The people of Rhia fear Princess Avielle will inherit her great-grandmother’s propensity for evil magic.

CAMPBELL, ALAN (chron.)

• * *Scar Night (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-9035-9, Jul 2006, £17.99, 517pp, hc, cover by Dominic Harman) [Deepgate Codex] Fantasy novel, the first book in The Deepgate Codex. A first novel. The city of Deepgate, suspended by chains over the abyss for thousands of years, is betrayed. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-9036-4) was announced but not seen.
• * +Scar Night (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-38416-1, Jan 2007, $22.00, 421pp, hc) [Deepgate Codex] Fantasy novel. First US edition (Tor UK 7/06). Author is a video game designer.
• * _Scar Night (SFBC #1222828, Jan 2007, $10.99, 421pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Deepgate Codex] Reprint (Tor UK 2006) fantasy novel. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

CAMPBELL, BARBARA (chron.)

• * *Bloodstone (DAW 0-7564-0355-3, Aug 2006, $7.99, 566pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [*Trickster’s Game] Fantasy novel, the second in the Trickster’s Game series after Heartwood. Darak’s eldest son is captured by raiders.

CAMPBELL, J. RAMSEY; see under Campbell, Ramsey (stories) (chron.)

CAMPBELL, JACK; pseudonym of John G. Hemry (chron.)

• * *The Lost Fleet: Dauntless (Ace 0-441-01418-6, Jul 2006, $6.99, 293pp, pb, cover by Pat Turner) [Lost Fleet] Military SF novel, the first in a new series. John “Black Jack” Geary wakes after a century in cold sleep to find himself a hero expected to save the Alliance from its 100-year war with the Syndics. Campbell is a pen name for John G. Hemry.

CAMPBELL, JOHN W(ood, Jr.) (1910-1971) (chron.)

• * _The Black Star Passes (Wildside Press 1-55742-931-6, 2006, $13.95, 176pp, tp) Reprint (Fantasy Press 1953) collection of three SF stories from the 1930s, with the 1953 introduction by the author. A print-on-demand edition. Wildside Press, 9710 Travile Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.wildsidepress.com].

CAMPBELL, (John) RAMSEY (1946- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Face That Must Die (Centipede Press/Millipede Press 1-933618-02-7, Aug 2006, $14.00, 301pp, tp, cover by J. K. Potter) Reprint (Star 1979) associational serial-killer horror novel, plus one related story. This follows the 1983 Scream/Press revised edition, including illustrations by J.K. Potter; it adds a new introduction by Poppy Z. Brite and afterword by the author. A signed, hardcover limited edition of 300 (-03-5, $60.00) is also available. Millipede Press, 2565 Teller Court, Lakewood CO 80214; [www.centipedepress.com]. (Contents)
• * _The Overnight (Tor 0-765-35153-6, Apr 2006, $7.99, 390pp, pb) Reprint (PS Publishing 2004) horror novel about a large chain bookstore.
• * +Secret Story (Tor 0-765-31616-1, Jun 2006, $25.95, 398pp, hc) Associational horror novel. First US edition (PS Publishing 10/05 as Secret Stories).

CANAVAN, TRUDI (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Black Magician Trilogy (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 0-7088-0959-6, Jan 2006, £30.00, 1056pp, hc) [Black Magician] Fantasy omnibus of The Magicians’ Guild (2001), Novice (2002), and The High Lord (2003). This is a signed, boxed, shrinkwrapped edition limited to 1500 copies and sold exclusively in branches of Waterstones’ bookshops. (Contents)
• * *Last of the Wilds (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-081591-4, May 2006, $7.99, 558pp, pb) [Age of the Five] Fantasy novel, book two of Age of the Five. Simultaneous with the Voyager Australia edition.
• * _Last Of The Wilds (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-387-2, Aug 2006, £12.99, 614pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Age of the Five] Reprint (Voyager Australia 2006) fantasy novel. Book two of the Age of the Five series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Priestess of the White (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-386-4, Feb 2006, £7.99, 659pp, hc) [Age of the Five] Reprint (Voyager Australia 2005) fantasy novel, the first book of the Age of the Five. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Priestess of the White (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-081570-1, May 2006, $7.99, 592pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Age of the Five] Reissue (Voyager Australia 2005) fantasy novel, book one of Age of the Five. Second printing.
• * _Priestess of the White (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-515-8, Jul 2006, £7.99, ii+676pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Age of the Five] Reprint (Voyager Australia 2005) fantasy novel, the first book of Age of the Five.

CARD, ORSON SCOTT (1951- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Empire (Tor 0-765-31611-0, Nov 2006, $24.95, 351pp, hc, cover by Bob Warner) Near-future SF novel of a new American Civil War. A limited edition (-31860-1, $100.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _Empire (SFBC #1228166, Jan 2007, $12.99, 351pp, hc, cover by Bob Warner) Reprint (Tor 2006) SF novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Ender’s Game (SFBC #1206502, Mar 2006, $10.99, 261pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Tor 1985) Hugo and Nebula Award winning SF novel, first in the “Ender” series. This is #25 in the SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection; it has ISBN 0-7394-6473-6; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Ender’s Game (Tor 0-765-31738-9, Nov 2006, $18.95, 226 + xxi, hc) [Ender Wiggin] Reissue (Tor 1985) Hugo and Nebula Award winning SF novel, first in the “Ender” series. The text follows the 1991 revised edition. This is a bound-in-boards gift edition.
• * _Magic Street (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41690-2, Jul 2006, $14.95, 397pp, tp, cover by David Stevenson) Reprint (Del Rey 2005) contemporary fantasy novel.
• * _Saints (Hatrack River Publications/Subterranean Press 1-59606-086-7, Dec 2006, $35.00, 711pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) Reprint (Berkley 1984 as A Woman of Destiny) associational historical novel about the early days of the Mormon Church, with a new afterword by Card. This is the first hardcover edition; a leatherbound limited edition of 111 ($75.00) and a traycased lettered edition of 15 ($250.00) are sold out. Published by Hatrack River Publications in conjunction with Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterranean.com]; [www.hatrack.com].
• * _Shadow of the Giant (Tor 0-812-57139-8, Mar 2006, $7.99, 371pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Ender: Shadow] Reprint (Tor 2005) SF novel, fourth in the Shadow series related to the Ender series.
• * _Shadow of the Giant (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-207-8, Mar 2006, £6.99, 431pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Ender: Shadow] Reprint (Tor 2005) SF novel. Book four of the Shadow Saga and eighth in the Ender Wiggins series.
• * _Treason (Tor/Orb 0-765-30904-1, Feb 2006, $14.95, 275pp, tp, cover by John Harris) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1988) SF novel, expanded from the St. Martin’s 1979 edition.

CAREY, DIANE (L.) iI.e., Diane Carey-Brodeur] (1954- ) (chron.)

• * *Aliens: DNA War (Dark Horse Comics/DH Press 1-59582-032-9, May 2006, $6.99, 269pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Alien] Novelization based on characters from the movies. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.

CAREY, JACQUELINE (Ann) (1964- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Godslayer (Tor 0-765-35098-X, Jul 2006, $7.99, 404pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Sundering] Reprint (Tor 2005) fantasy novel, volume two of The Sundering.
• * *Kushiel’s Scion (Warner Aspect 0-446-50002-X, Jun 2006, $26.95, 753pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [*Kushiel’s Legacy: Imriel] Fantasy novel, first in the Imriel trilogy, fourth set in the world of Kushiel’s Dart.
• * _Kushiel’s Scion (SFBC #1212388, Jun 2006, $13.49, 753pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [*Kushiel’s Legacy: Imriel] Reprint (Warner Aspect 2006) fantasy novel, first in the Imriel trilogy set in the world of Kushiel’s Dart. This is similar to the Warner Aspect edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.