The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2006

Books, Listed by Author

CAREY, JANET LEE (chron.)

• * *The Beast of Noor (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-87644-0, Jul 2006, $16.95, 497pp, hc) Young-adult dark fantasy novel about a village terrorized for centuries by a monster dog.

CAREY, MIKE (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Devil You Know (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-413-5, Apr 2006, £6.99, 470pp, pb, cover by Alex Williamson) [Felix Castor] Horror novel, the first in a series featuring hard-boiled exorcist Felix Castor in an alternate London. A first novel.
• * *Vicious Circle (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-414-3, Oct 2006, £7.99, 501pp, pb, cover by Alex Williamson) [Felix Castor] Fantasy novel featuring Felix Castor, sequel to The Devil You Know.

CARLO, PHILIP (1949- ) (chron.)

• * *Smiling Wolf (Leisure 0-8439-5678-X, Mar 2006, $6.99, 319pp, pb) Mystery with possible supernatural elements. An investigator searches for a journalist last seen investigating a group of supposed vampires.

CARMAN, PATRICK (chron.)

• * _Land of Elyon: Valley of Thorns (Scholastic UK 0-439-95998-5, May 2006, £4.99, 197pp, tp) [Land of Elyon] Reprint (Orchard Books 2005 as Beyond the Valley of Thorns) young-adult fantasy novel. Book two in the series.
• * *The Tenth City (Scholastic/Orchard 0-439-70095-7, May 2006, $11.99, 186pp, hc, cover by Brad Weinman) [Land of Elyon] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the Land of Elyon trilogy.

CARMODY, ISOBELLE (Jane) (1958- ) (chron.)

• * +Little Fur: The Legend Begins (Random House 0-375-83854-6, Oct 2006, $12.95, 195pp, hc, cover by Isobelle Carmody) [Little Fur] Young-adult fantasy, the first in a series about a toddler-sized troll protecting hidden trees in a city. First US edition (Penguin Australia 2005 as Little Fur: The Legend of Little Fur).
• * _Night Gate (Random House/Dell Yearling 0-375-83017-0, May 2006, $6.50, 255pp, tp, cover by Greg Spalenka) [Gateway] Reprint (Penguin Australia 2002 as Billy Thunder and the Night Gate) young-adult fantasy, first book in the “Gateway” trilogy.
• * +Winter Door (Random House 0-375-83018-9, May 2006, $16.95, 315pp, hc, cover by Greg Spalenka) [Gateway] Young-adult fantasy, the second book in the “Gateway” trilogy. First US edition (Penguin Australia 2003 as The Winter Door).

CARR, JOHN F(rancis) (1944- ) (chron.)

• * _Great Kings’ War (with Roland J. Green) (Pequod Press no ISBN, Aug 2006, $45.00, 484pp, hc, cover by Alan Gutierrez) [Kalvan] Reprint (Ace 1985) SF novel, the first in The Great Kings’ War trilogy, a sequel to H. Beam Piper’s Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen. This is a revised and expanded edition. Pequod Press, PO Box 80, Boalsburg PA 16827; [www.hostigos.com]; add $10.00 shipping.

CARRÈRE, EMMANUEL (1957- ) (chron.)

• * _I Am Alive and You Are Dead: A Journey into the Mind of Philip K. Dick (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7971-7, May 2006, £8.99, 315pp, tp, cover by Alex Williamson) Reprint (Metropolitan 2004) biography. [Dick]

CARRIERE, JEAN-CLAUDE (chron.)

• * *Please, Mr. Einstein (Harcourt 0-15-101422-1, Nov 2006, $22.00, 186pp, hc) Fantasy novel. A physics student gets lessons from Einstein over 60 years after his death. Translated from the French by John Brownjohn.

CARROLL, DAVID; see pseudonym Edwina Grey (chron.)

CARROLL, JONATHAN (Samuel) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Glass Soup (Tor 0-765-31180-1, Dec 2006, $13.95, 317pp, tp, cover by Rafal Olbinski) [White Apples] Reprint (Tor 2005) fantasy novel, a sequel to White Apples.

CARROLL, LEWIS; pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, (1832-1898) (chron.)

• * _The Annotated Hunting of the Snark: The Definitive Edition (Norton 0-393-06242-2, Sep 2006, $27.95, 152 + xlv, hc, cover by Henry Holiday) Reprint (Bramhall House 1962, revised and expanded 1981) associational annotated edition of the epic nonsense poem with extensive annotations by Martin Gardner. This “definitive” edition has a new preface by Gardner, an introduction by Adam Gopnik, an updated bibliography, and discussion of Internet websites of interest. This includes the original illustrations by Henry Holiday and some commentary by the artist, plus three later illustrations by Peter Newell; a sequel poem by J.A. Lindon; and an essay.

CARROLL, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * *The New Heroes: Sakkara (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 0-00-721093-0, Oct 2006, £5.99, 335pp, tp) [New Heroes] Young-adult fantasy novel, the second in a series about the children of superheroes after The Quantum Prophecy.
• * *The New Heroes: The Quantum Prophecy (HarperCollins UK Children’s Books 0-00-721092-2, Jan 2006, £5.99, 318pp, tp) [New Heroes] Young-adult fantasy novel. First in a new series. Children begin to develop new powers after all their world’s superheroes and villains vanish.

CARROLL, SUSAN; [i.e., Susan Carroll Coppula] (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _Midnight Bride (Ballantine 978-0-345-43636-8, Dec 2006, $6.99, 423pp, pb, cover by John Dolan) [S. Leger family] Reprint (Ballantine 2001) historical paranormal romance, third in the S. Leger family saga.
• * *The Silver Rose (Ballantine 0-345-48251-4, Mar 2006, $13.95, 515pp, tp) [Dark Queen] Historical fantasy novel of the Renaissance, third in the Dark Queen trilogy about the Cheney sisters.

CARTER, ANGELA (Olive, née Stalker), ed. (1940-1992) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Angela Carter’s Book of Fairy Tales (Virago 1-8440-8173-7, Nov 2005, £6.99, xxiv+486pp, tp, cover by Roxanna Bikadoroff) Omnibus of two fairy-tale anthologies: The Virago Book of Fairy Tales (1990) and The Second Virago Book of Fairy Tales (1992).

CARTER, DEAN VINCENT (chron.)

• * *The Hand of the Devil (The Bodley Head 0-370-32883-3, Feb 2006, £10.99, 295pp, hc, cover by Songe Riddle) Young-adult fantasy novel.

CARTER, R. J. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Time Hunter: The Sideways Door (with Troy Riser) (Telos 1-84583-102-0, Aug 2006, £7.99, 78pp, tp, cover by Matthew Laznicka) [Time Hunter] Novellazation, the tenth in a series about Honoré Lechasseur, introduced in Doctor Who: Cabinet of Light. Deluxe limited signed by author. This is second in the “final trilogy” about Lechasseur. Available from 61 Elgar Avenue, Tolworth, Surrey KT5 9JP. A deluxe hardback edition (-103-9, £25.00) was announced but not seen.

CARTER, ROBERT (chron.)

• * _The Giants’ Dance (HarperCollins UK 0-00-716925-6, Feb 2006, £6.99, 593pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Language of Stones] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2005) Arthurian historical fantasy novel; Arthur reincarnates in an alternate fifteenth century. Book Two of The Language of Stones.
• * *Whitemantle (HarperCollins UK 0-00-716926-4, May 2006, £17.99, ii+483pp, hc) [Language of Stones] Arthurian fantasy novel, third in The Language of Stones. An uncertain reincarnation of King Arthur seeks his true identity in an alternate 15th century threatened by an evil sorcerer. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-716928-0, £11.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _Whitemantle (Harper UK 0-00-716927-2, Nov 2006, £7.99, 528pp, pb) [Language of Stones] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2006) alternate 15th-century Arthurian fantasy novel. Book three of The Language of Stones.

CARTMEL, ANDREW (stories) (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: Atom Bomb Blues (BBC Books 0-563-48635-X, Dec 2005, £5.99, 277pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the world of the TV series, featuring the seventh Doctor and Ace.
• * *Through Time: An Unauthorised and Unofficial History of Doctor Who (Continuum 0-8264-1732-9, Dec 2005, $17.95, 226 + xiii, tp) [Doctor Who] Non-fiction, an episode guide to the SF television show. Includes bibliography and index. A hardcover edition (-1733-7, $24.95) was announced but not seen. Continuum, 15 East 26 Street, New York NY 10010; [www.continuumbooks.com].

CARVER, JEFFREY A(llan) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * *Battlestar Galactica (Tor 0-765-31541-6, Jan 2006, $14.95, 318pp, tp) [Battlestar Galactica] Novelization of the new version of the SF TV show. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Licensing. A hardcover edition (-31564-5, $25.95) was announced but not seen.
• * _Battlestar Galactica (SFBC #1205149, May 2006, $12.99, 318pp, hc) [Battlestar Galactica] Reprint (Tor 2006) novelization of the new version of the SF TV show. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Licensing. This is similar to the Tor hardcover edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Battlestar Galactica (Tor 0-765-35516-7, Jul 2006, $6.99, 322pp, pb) [Battlestar Galactica] Reprint (Tor 2006) novelization of the new version of the SF TV show. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Licensing.

CARWYN, GILES (chron.)

• * *Heir of Autumn (with Todd Fahnestock) (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-082975-3, Feb 2006, $24.95, 466pp, hc, cover by Thomas Thiemeyer) [Heir of Autumn] Fantasy novel, the first in a series. The exiled Heir of Autumn must discover a great secret to save the kingdom of Ohndarien. A first novel.
• * _Heir of Autumn (with Todd Fahnestock) (SFBC #1202806, Apr 2006, $12.99, 466pp, hc, cover by Thomas Thiemeyer) [Heir of Autumn] Reprint (Eos 2006) fantasy novel, the first in a series. This is similar to the Eos edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Heir of Autumn (with Todd Fahnestock) (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-082976-1, Nov 2006, $7.99, 585pp, pb, cover by Thomas Thiemeyer) [Heir of Autumn] Reprint (Eos 2006) fantasy novel, the first in a series.

CARY, KATE; see pseudonym Erin Hunter (chron.)

• * _Bloodline (Penguin/Razorbill 1-59514-078-6, Aug 2006, $8.99, 324pp, tp, cover by Peter Emmerich) [Dracula] Reprint (Razorbill 2005) young-adult vampire novel, a sequel of sorts to Stoker’s Dracula.

CASELBERG, JAY; also as James A. Hetley (stories) (chron.)

• * *Wall of Mirrors (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46119-3, Dec 2006, $6.99, 305pp, pb) [Jack Stein] SF mystery novel, fourth in the series about Psychic Investigator Jack Stein. Caselberg also writes as James A. Hetley.

CASH, STEVE (chron.)

• * *Time Dancers (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-47093-1, Jun 2006, $14.95, 395pp, tp) [Meq] Fantasy novel, second in “The Meq” trilogy about near-immortals who look like children.

CAST, P. C. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Divine by Choice (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80251-X, Dec 2006, $6.99, 424pp, pb) [Partholon] Romantic fantasy novel in the Partholon series. Shannon’s settling into life as a goddess in the magical land of Partholon when she is wrenched back to Oklahoma.
• * _Divine by Mistake (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80247-1, Sep 2006, $6.99, 698pp, pb) [Partholon] Reprint (Hawk Publishing 2001 as Goddess by Mistake) fantasy novel set in the world of the Partholon novels. This has been corrected, updated, and somewhat revised to fit with other books in the series.
• * *Goddess of the Rose (Berkley Sensation 0-425-20891-5, Feb 2006, $6.99, 345pp, pb, cover by Matt Mahurin) [Goddess Summoning] Fantasy romance novel in the Goddess Summoning series. Hekate asks a young woman from a family with magical green thumbs to wake the slumbering Realm of the Rose and tame its guardian beast.

CASTLE, JAYNE; pseudonym of Jayne Ann Krentz, (1948- ) (chron.)

• * *Ghost Hunter (Jove 0-515-14140-2, Jun 2006, $7.99, 327pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) Paranormal romance set on the world of Harmony where energy ghosts lurk in ancient alien ruins. This is a pen name for Jayne Ann Krentz, who also writes as Amanda Quick.

CASTLE, MORT(on A.), ed. (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *On Writing Horror, Revised Edition (Writer’s Digest 1-58297-420-9, Jan 2007, $16.99, 260 + xii, hc, cover by Gerald Brom) Reprint (Writer’s Digest 1997 as Writing Horror) non-fiction guide to writing horror, subtitled on the front cover “A Handbook by the Horror Writers of America”. This is revised and updated, with 44 essays, most revised and 24 new, on the changing horror field. Foreword by Stanley Wiater; there is a 1982 afterword by Harlan Ellison®.

CATANESE, P. W. (chron.)

• * *The Mirror’s Tale (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 1-4169-1251-7, Jun 2006, $4.99, 274pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Further Tales] Young-adult fantasy novel in the Further Tales series of fairytale sequels. Twin brothers descended from Snow White find the magic mirror.
• * _The Thief and the Beanstalk (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 1-4169-2500-7, May 2006, $2.99, 272pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Further Tales] Reissue (Aladdin 2005) young-adult fantasy novel in the Further Tales series, a sequel of sorts to “Jack and the Beanstalk”.

CATRAN, KEN (1944- ) (chron.)

• * *Voyage with Jason (Simply Read Books 1-894965-43-4, Sep 2006, $16.95, 208pp, tp, cover by Nick Stathopoulos) Young-adult fantasy adventure based on the Greek myth of Jason and the Argonauts. Simply Read Books, 501-5525 West Boulevard, Vancouver BC Canada V6M 3W6; [www.simplyreadbooks.com]; 604-727-2960.

CAVALLARO, MICHAEL J. (chron.)

• * *Cybernetica (Arcanum Books 0-9774533-2-4, Feb 2006, $15.95, 468pp, tp) SF novel of corporate intrigues in a world where humans have direct brain-to-computer connections. A first novel. Arcanum Books, PO Box 55, Nesconset NY 11767-0055; [www.cybernetica-boook.com].

CAVALLO, FRANK (chron.)

• * *The Lucifer Messiah (Medallion Press 1-932815-87-2, Jul 2006, $6.99, 389pp, pb) Horror novel. A man who disappeared in WWI reappears 30 years later looking the same. Medallion Press, 19802 Gunn Highway, Odessa FL 33556; [www.medallionpress.com].

CAVE, PATRICK (chron.)

• * +Sharp North (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 1-4169-1222-3, Apr 2006, $16.95, 518pp, hc) Young-adult SF novel. A young woman witnesses a murder in a future Britain where the rich elite keep illegal clones.

CHADBOURN, MARK (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Age of Misrule (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07918-5, Sep 2006, £8.99, 1350pp, tp, cover by Sue Michniewicz) [Age of Misrule] Omnibus of the fantasy trilogy: World’s End (1999), Darkest Hour (2000), and Almost Forever (2001). (Contents)
• * _The Hounds of Avalon (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07772-7, Jun 2006, £6.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [Dark Age] Reprint (Gollancz 2005) fantasy novel. Fantasy novel in the Dark Age series.
• * *Jack of Ravens (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07800-6, Jul 2006, £12.99, 374pp, tp) [Kingdom of the Serpent] Fantasy novel, the first in the Kingdom of the Serpent series. Jack Churchill is thrown back millennia in time and seen as a messenger from the gods. A hardcover edition (-07676-3, £17.99) was announced but not seen.

CHAFE, PAUL C. (chron.)

• * *Destiny’s Forge (Baen 1-4165-2071-6, Jul 2006, $25.00, 663pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Man-Kzin Wars] SF novel set in the world of the Man-Kzin Wars created by Larry Niven.

CHAN, AMY KIT-sze, ed. (chron.)

• * _World Weavers: Globalization, Science Fiction, and the Cybernetic Revolution (with Wong Kin Yuen & Gary Westfahl) See entry under Wong Kin Yuen.

CHANCE, KAREN (chron.)

• * *Touch the Dark (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46093-6, Jun 2006, $6.99, 307pp, pb) [Cassandra Palmer] Dark fantasy novel, the first in a series. Clairvoyant Cassandra Palmer is forced to work for vampires in return for protection.

CHARNAS, SUZY McKEE (1939- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Stagestruck Vampires & Other Phantasms (Tachyon Publications 1-892391-39-2, Nov 2006, $14.95, 328 + xvii, tp, cover by John Picacio) Reprint (Tachyon 2004) collection of eight stories and two original essays.

CHASE, CLIFFORD (chron.)

• * *Winkie (Grove 0-8021-1830-5, Jul 2006, $16.95, 240pp, hc) Fantasy novel about an abandoned teddy bear who comes to life and gets arrested as a terrorist mastermind. A first novel.

CHERNENKO, DAN; pseudonym of Harry Turtledove, (1949- ) (chron.)

• * _The Scepter’s Return (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46025-1, Jul 2006, $7.99, 472pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Scepter of Mercy] Reprint (Roc 2005) fantasy novel, third in The Scepter of Mercy series. Chernenko is a pen name for Harry Turtledove.

CHERRY, CAROLYN JANICE (1942- ); see under C. J. Cherryh; see under Cherryh, C. J. (chron.)

CHERRYH, C. J.; working name of Carolyn Janice Cherry, (1942- ) (chron.)

• * _Destroyer (DAW 0-7564-0333-2, Feb 2006, $7.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Foreigner] Reprint (DAW 2005) SF novel, seventh in the overall “Foreigner” series, first in a new sequence.
• * *Fortress of Ice (HarperCollins/Eos 0-380-97904-7, Oct 2006, $24.95, 402pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Fortress] Fantasy novel, fifth in the Fortress series.
• * _Fortress of Ice (SFBC #1222025, Nov 2006, $12.99, 402pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Fortress] Reprint (Eos 2006) fantasy novel, fifth in the Fortress series. This is similar to the Eos edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Pretender (DAW 0-7564-0374-X, Mar 2006, $25.95, 327pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Foreigner] SF novel, eighth in the overall “Foreigner” series, second in a new sequence.
• * _Pretender (SFBC #1207252, Mar 2006, $12.99, 327pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Foreigner] Reprint (DAW 2006) SF novel, eighth in the overall “Foreigner” series, second in a new sequence. This is similar to the DAW edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

CHETWYND-HAYES, R(onald Henry Glynn), ed. (1919-2001) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Tales to Freeze the Blood: More Great Ghost Stories (with Stephen Jones) (Carroll & Graf 0-78671-679-7, Sep 2006, $15.95, 270 + xxiii, tp) Anthology of 24 ghost stories selected by Jones from previous anthologies edited by Chetwynd-Hayes. Authors include Ambrose Bierce, M.R. James, and Steve Rasnic Tem. (Contents)

CHILD, LINCOLN (1957- ) (chron.)

• * _Book of the Dead (with Douglas Preston) See entry under Douglas Preston.