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A Dirty Job Christopher Moore (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-06-059027-0, Apr 2006, $24.95, 387pp, hc, cover by William Staehle); Humorous dark fantasy novel. Hypochondriac Charlie Asher is given the job of Death.
A Dirty Job Christopher Moore (SFBC #1207763, Oct 2006, $11.99, 387pp, tp, cover by William Staehle); Reprint (Morrow 2006) humorous dark fantasy novel. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7287-3; it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back cover.
You Suck: A Love Story Christopher Moore (HarperCollins/Morrow 978-0-06-059029-1, Jan 2007, $21.95, 328pp, hc); Humorous vampire novel, a sequel to Bloodsucking Fiends with crossover characters from other works.
Bad Prince Charlie John Moore (Ace 0-441-01396-1, May 2006, $6.99, 230pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez); Humorous fantasy novel. A dead king’s brothers and son conspire to get their kingdom invaded.
Bad Prince Charlie John Moore (SFBC #1209316, May 2006, $10.99, 230pp, hc, cover by Walter Velez); Reprint (Ace 2006) humorous fantasy novel. This has ISBN 0-7394-6688-9; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
Resenting the Hero Moira Moore (Ace 0-441-01388-0, Mar 2006, $7.50, 285pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki); Fantasy novel. A newly trained Shield is annoyed to be paired with an already legendary Source with whom to work magic. A first novel.
The Hero Strikes Back Moira J. Moore (Ace 0-441-01440-2, Sep 2006, $7.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki); Fantasy novel, sequel to Resenting the Hero.
V for Vendetta Steve Moore (Pocket Star 1-4165-1699-9, Feb 2006, $6.99, 358pp, pb); Novelization of the movie based on the graphic novel. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
Dark Future: Reality Bites Stuart Moore (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 1-84416-408-X, Nov 2006, $7.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Jaime Jones); Novelization based on the near-future SF roleplaying game universe. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (10/06) edition but gives only US and Canadian prices.
Destiny’s Forge T. M. Moore (Ikthalion Press 978-1-4116-1162-7, Aug 2006, $14.95, 386pp, tp, cover by Therri Moore); Science fantasy novel with alien vampires. Half-human, half-alien Antonia Bellero ends up on the starship Destiny’s Forge while seeking an ancient enemy.
To Taste the Dragon’s Blood T. M. Moore (Ikthalion Press 978-1-84728-336-8, Aug 2006, $16.95, 226pp, tp, cover by Therri Moore); Science fantasy novel with alien vampires in the Children of the Dragon series, a prequel to Destiny’s Forge. Ikthalion Press, 4451 Murietta Avenue #26, Sherman Oaks CA 91423; [www.ikthalion.com].
World of Eldaterra, Volume One: The Dragon Conspiracy P. R. Moredun (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-076665-4, Sep 2006, $7.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Allistair Ewen Mitchell); Reprint (Rookstone 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. This has an “Extras Inside” section with information on the book and author. Moredun is a pen name for Allistair Mitchell.
Dark Protector Alexis Morgan (Pocket 1-4165-2036-8, Jul 2006, $6.99, 322pp, pb); Dark fantasy romance. A Paladin warrior who dies repeatedly has a forbidden passion for the doctor who watches and revives him.
Altered Carbon Richard K. Morgan (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45769-2, Mar 2006, $7.99, 526pp, pb) [Takeshi Kovacs]; Reprint (Gollancz 2002) SF novel, first in the Takeshi Kovacs series.
Spin Control Chris Moriarty (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38214-4, Jul 2006, $12.00, 456pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll); SF novel, sequel to Spin State. Major Catherine Li and AI Hyacinth Cohen are sent to recapture a defecting clone and the genetic weapon it stole.
Spin Control Chris Moriarty (SFBC #1210738, Sep 2006, $11.99, 456pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll); Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2006) SF novel, sequel to Spin State. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7270-5; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight Gerald Morris (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-73748-0, Oct 2006, $6.95, 310pp, tp, cover by Lou Beach); Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 2004) young-adult Arthurian novel, sixth in “The Squire’s Tales” series featuring Squire Terence and Sir Gawain.
The Immaculate Mark Morris (Leisure 0-8439-5670-4, Feb 2006, $6.99, 342pp, pb); Reprint (Piatkus 1992) horror novel. This is updated and revised.
Wind Tamer P. R. Morrison (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-781-6, Oct 2006, $16.95, 336pp, hc, cover by Greg Call); Young-adult fantasy novel. Archie Stringweed becomes convinced the wind talks to him because of a family curse. A first novel. First US edition (Bloomsbury UK 2/06).
ParaSpheres: Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction: Fabulist and New Wave Fabulist Stories ed. Rusty Morrison & Ken Keegan (Omnidawn Publishing 1-890650-18-8, Apr 2006, $19.95, 638pp, tp, cover by Michael Parkes); Original anthology of 50 stories, 14 reprints, by authors including Kim Stanley Robinson, Angela Carter, Alasdair Gray, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Michael Moorcock. Editors’ note by Keegan, introduction by Rikki Ducornet.

17 · Introduction - A Memoir in the Form of a Manifesto · Rikki Ducornet · ss *
23 · Side Effects · Janice Law · ss *
35 · Ever and Anon · Kate Kasten · ss *
43 · The Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe · Angela Carter · ss Interzone #1 ’82
55 · Lithia Park · William Luvaas · ss *
62 · The Lucky Strike · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv Universe 14, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1984
95 · Third Initiation: A Gift from the Land of Dreams · Mary Mackey · ss *
107 · The Concert Pianist’s Flight · Carole Rosenthal · ss *
113 · The Town News · Justin Courter · nv *
144 · The Midnight Lover · Carol Schwalberg · ss *
152 · The Son of Chimera · Leena Krohn · ss *
159 · Night Reconnaissance · Tom La Farge · ss *
167 · Short-Term Memorial Park · Shelley Jackson · ss *
173 · The Magnificent Carp of Hichi Street · Paul Pekin · ss *
187 · The Tears of Niobe · L. Timmel Duchamp · nv *
211 · Lettuce · Rikki Ducornet · vi *
213 · Five Letters from an Eastern Empire · Alasdair Gray · na Eldritch Science, 1979
244 · White Girl · Maureen N. McLane · ss *
249 · Making Faces · Stephen Shugart · ss *
257 · The Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics · Rudy Rucker · ss New Blood Jul ’82
265 · Nobody’s Home · Ira Sher · ss *
273 · Jubilee Dreams · Karen Heuler · ss *
288 · An Accounting · Brian Evenson · ss *
299 · Nobody Walks in London · Terry Gates-Grimwood · ss *
309 · Armegedn, or The End of the Word · K. Bannerman · ss *
312 · The Third Jungle Book: A Mowgli Story · Michael Moorcock · ss *
322 · Gardener of Heart · Bradford Morrow · ss *
335 · Maryolatry · Laura Moriarty · ss *
340 · The Cloud Room · Kevin W. Reardon · ss *
358 · The Ice Cream Vendor · Leena Krohn · ss *
364 · The Tree · Noelle Sickels · ss *
374 · The Flowers · Mark Wallace · ss *
389 · The Tiger’s Eye · Gladys Swan · ss *
399 · Old Flames in New Bottles · Michael Andre-Driussi · ss *
411 · Power Couple, or Love Never Sleeps · Charlie Anders · ss *
419 · Who’s There? · Rikki Ducornet · ss *
420 · The Secret Paths of Rajan Khanna · Jeff VanderMeer · ss *
432 · Dream Catcher · Mercedes Sanchez · ss *
438 · The Night of Love’s Last Dance · Randall Silvis · ss *
453 · B, Longing · Robin Caton · ss *
470 · Three Tales · Laird Hunt · ss *
476 · About the Henbane City · Leena Krohn · ss *
480 · Losing the War · Stepan Chapman · vi Scheherazade #22, 2001
483 · Skunk · Justin Courter · nv *
519 · The White Man · Jeffrey Ford · ss Aberrations #29 ’95
525 · Finding the Words · Michael Constance · nv *
564 · English / History · Laura Mullen · ss *
582 · Ms. Lowe Visits Her Friends · Dorothy Bryant · ss *
596 · The Birthday of the World · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv F&SF Jun, 2000
624 · Lionflower Hedge · Ira Sher · ss *
626 · Cake · Michael Moorcock · ss *
The Crimson Comet Dean Morrissey & Stephen Krensky (HarperCollins 0-06-008068-X, Oct 2006, $16.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Dean Morrissey); Illustrated children’s picture book, with story by Morrissey and Krensky, illustrations by Morrissey. Kids dream of flying a homemade rocket ship to visit the Man-in-the-Moon.
The Monster Trap Dean Morrissey & Stephen Krensky (HarperTrophy 0-06-052500-2, Aug 2006, $6.99, unpaginated, tp, cover by Dean Morrissey); Reprint (HarperCollins 2004) illustrated children’s picture book, with story by Morrissey and Krensky, illustrations by Morrissey.
The Last Witchfinder James Morrow (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-06-082179-5, Mar 2006, $25.95, 526pp, hc, cover by Tompkins Harrison Matteson); Historical fantasy novel. Jennet Stearn’s determination to end the witch hunts takes her on a picaresque journey from 17th-century England to the American colonies. Published in French in 2003 as Le dernier chasseur de sorciers (Au Diable Vauvert 2003).
The Last Witchfinder James Morrow (SFBC #1203499, Oct 2006, $13.99, 526pp, tp, cover by Tompkins Harrison Matteson); Reprint (Morrow 2006) fantasy novel. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7465-5; it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back cover.
The Riddles of Epsilon Christine Morton-Shaw (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-072821-3, Oct 2006, $7.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Bernard Maisner); Reprint (Tegen Books 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.
47 Walter Mosley (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 Walter Mosley (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 Walter Mosley (Warner 0-446-61818-7, Jan 2007, $7.50, 226pp, pb); Reprint (Warner Aspect 2006) SF novel.
Fablehaven Brandon Mull (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.
Shadows All Around Her Catherine Mulvany (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.
Steamboy Sadayuki Murai (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).
Steel Sky Andrew C. Murphy (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].
Shirley Jackson: Essays on the Literary Legacy ed. Bernice M. Murphy (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]. [Shirley Jackson]
Thunderbird Falls C. E. Murphy (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80235-8, May 2006, $14.95, 408pp, tp); Contemporary fantasy, the second in The Walker Papers about shaman/police mechanic Joanne Walker.
The Outcast ed. Nicole R. Murphy (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].

4 · Introduction · Nicole R. Murphy · in *
9 · The Future Gun · Shane M. Brown · ss *
17 · Things of Beauty · Susan Wardle · ss *
28 · Sacrifice for the Nation · Monica Carroll · ss *
36 · Woman Train · Kaaron Warren · ss *
44 · Bakemono · Maxine McArthur · ss *
61 · The Fallen · Mik Bennett · ss *
68 · The Returned Soldier · Siobhan Bailey · ss *
76 · Awakening the Spirit · Kylie Seluka · ss *
90 · Twisted Beliefs · Cory Daniells · ss *
107 · Blue Stars for All Saviors’ Day · Cat Sparks · ss *
113 · $ave G@1axy F@$t! · Steven Cavanagh · ss *
127 · Holding Out for a Hero · Tansy Rayner Roberts · ss *
131 · Watcher · Ross Hamilton · ss *
144 · An Offer Too True to be Good · Andrew Sullivan · ss *
158 · The Mudfish Goddess · A. M. Muffaz · ss *
166 · The Rubbish Witch · Lily Chrywenstrom · ss *
177 · The Little Wooden Flute · Robert Hoge · ss *
184 · On The Way to Habassan · Richard Harland · ss *
199 · Lead Us Out of the Wilderness · David L. Kok · ss *
208 · Mine · Martin Livings · ss *
The City, Not Long After Pat Murphy (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.
Cat Breaking Free Shirley Rousseau Murphy (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-057812-2, Oct 2006, $6.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Beppe Giacobbe); Reprint (HarperCollins 2005) fantasy mystery novel, the 11th featuring talking cat Joe Grey.
Memory Linda Nagata (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.
Orbit John J. Nance (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.
Anime: From Akira to Howl’s Moving Castle Susan J. Napier (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.
UltraViolet Yvonne Navarro (Warner 0-446-61654-0, Mar 2006, $6.99, 291pp, pb); Movie novelization. Copyrighted by Screen Gems.
Finding Satan Andrew Neiderman (Pocket Star 1-4165-1683-2, Sep 2006, $7.99, 392pp, pb); Horror novel. Parapsychological researchers find a way to track pure evil.
Days of Rage Kris Nelscott (St. Martin’s Minotaur 0-312-32529-0, Mar 2006, $24.95, 336pp, hc); Associational mystery, the sixth featuring detective Smokey Dalton. Nelscott is a pen name for Kristine Kathryn Rusch.
Lionel and the Book of Beasts E. Nesbit & 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.
Jack and the Beanstalk E. Nesbit & 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.
Nocturne Jus Neuce (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].
Savage Messiah Robert Newcomb (SFBC #1202805, Feb 2006, $13.50, 574pp, hc, cover by Gerald Brom); 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 Robert Newcomb (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-47708-8, Jan 2007, $7.99, 518pp, pb, cover by Gerald Brom); Reprint (Del Rey 2006) fantasy novel, first in The Destinies of Blood and Stone trilogy sequel to the The Chronicles of Blood and Stone.
Pretend We’re Dead: Capitalist Monsters in American Pop Culture Annalee Newitz (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].
The Man from the Diogenes Club Kim Newman (MonkeyBrain Books 1-932265-17-1, Jun 2006, $15.95, 387pp, tp, cover by John Picacio) [Richard Jeperson]; 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].

1 · The End of the Pier Show · na Dark of the Night, ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1997
35 · You Don’t Have to Be Mad... · nv White of the Moon, ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1999
59 · Tomorrow Town · nv Sci Fiction website Nov 15, 2000
83 · Egyptian Avenue · ss J.K. Potter’s Embrace the Mutation, ed. William Schafer & Bill Sheehan, Subterranean Press, 2002
95 · Soho Golem · na Sci Fiction website Oct 13, 2004
137 · The Serial Murders · na Sci Fiction website Oct 5, 2005
201 · The Man Who Got Off the Ghost Train · na *
281 · Swellhead · na Night Visions 11, ed. Bill Sheehan, Subterranean Press, 2004
359 · Notes · ms *
383 · Afterword · aw *
389 · About the Author · Misc. Material · bg
The Righteous Blade Stan Nicholls (SFBC #1201394, Jan 2006, $12.99, 327pp, hc, cover by Jon Sullivan); 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 Stan Nicholls (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-073892-8, Nov 2006, $7.99, 327pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan); Reprint (Voyager 2004 as Quicksilver Zenith) fantasy novel, second in The Dreamtime trilogy.
The Farm Scott Nicholson (Kensington/Pinnacle 0-7860-1712-0, Jul 2006, $6.99, 394pp, pb); Horror novel.
Seeker William Nicholson (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).
Nielsen’s Fairy Tale Illustrations in Full Color Kay Nielsen (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.
A Breach in the Watershed Douglas Niles (Ace 0-441-00349-4, Nov 2006, $7.99, 449pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral); Reissue (Ace 1995) fantasy novel, book one of the Watershed trilogy. Eighth printing.
Darkenheight Douglas Niles (Ace 0-441-00456-3, Dec 2006, $7.99, 422pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral); Reissue (Ace 1996) fantasy novel. Book two of The Watershed trilogy. Fifth printing.
DragonLance: The Crown and the Sword Douglas Niles (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3788-2, Jun 2006, $6.99, 385pp, pb, cover by J. P. Targete); 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 Douglas Niles (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4247-3, Jan 2007, $6.99, 388pp, pb, cover by J. P. Targete); Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the third book in the Rise of Solamnia series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

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