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Death Match Lincoln Child (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-947863-3, Oct 2005, £6.99, 422pp, pb); Reprint (Doubleday 2004) thriller with SF elements. [First U.K. edition]
Death’s Dominion Simon Clark (Hale, Robert 0-7090-8189-8, Dec 2006, £18.99, 224pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan); Reprint (Leisure 2006) fantasy/horror novel. Science has learned to reanimate the dead; the harder part is killing them again. [First U.K. edition]
London Under Midnight Simon Clark (Severn House 0-7278-6398-3, Jun 2006, £18.99, 214pp, hc); Horror novel.
The Tower Simon Clark (Hale, Robert 0-7090-8002-6, Jan 2006, £18.99, 224pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan); Horror novel. Five young people house-sit an empty building.
Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07733-6, Apr 2006, £6.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone); Reprint (Gollancz 1973) SF novel, the first book in the Rama series. Volume 65 in the SF Masterworks series.
Sunstorm Arthur C. Clarke & Stephen Baxter (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07801-4, Apr 2006, £6.99, 332pp, pb); Reprint (Del Rey 2005) SF novel. The second book in the series A Time Odyssey, after Time’s Eye.
Rama II Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07722-0, Jan 2006, £6.99, 495pp, pb); Reprint (Gollancz 1989) SF novel. Second in the Rama series begun in Clarke’s solo Rendezvous with Rama.
The Return from Troy Lindsay Clarke (HarperCollins UK 0-00-715256-6, Apr 2006, £7.99, 493pp, tp, cover by Alan Lee); Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2005) fantasy novel retelling the Odyssey.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Susanna Clarke (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7988-1, Sep 2005, £8.99, 1006pp, tp, cover by Portia Rosenberg) [John Uskglass]; Reprint (Bloomsbury USA 2004) historical novel in which magic is real.
She’s Alone Richard Bruce Clay (Poetry Monthly Press, Sep 2006, £6.50, 126pp, tp); SF novel. A woman wakes to discover all other women have been exterminated and being female is punishable by death. Robert Bruce Clay, 21 Wheeler Street, Stourbridge, West Midlands, DY8 1XL, UK; add £1.00 postage, £2.50 in the US.
Hinterland James Clemens (Little Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-442-9, Nov 2006, £11.99, v+463pp, tp, cover by blacksheep); Fantasy novel, the second in the Godslayer Chronicles. Copyrighted by James Czaijkowski. Simultaneous with the US (Roc) edition.
Shadowfall James Clemens (Little Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-302-3, Apr 2006, £7.99, 674pp, pb); Reprint (Orbit 2005) fantasy novel, the first book of the Godslayer Chronicles.
The Alchemists of Barbal David Clement-Davies (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-41008-3, Feb 2006, £5.99, 341pp, tp); Reprint (Macmillan Children’s Books 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.
The Telling Pool David Clement-Davies (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7288-7, May 2006, £12.99, 360pp, hc, cover by Clark Melinsky); Reprint (Amulet Books 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
The Asti Spumante Code Toby Clements (Time Warner 0-7515-3768-3, Apr 2005, £5.99, 247pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons); Parody of The Da Vinci Code. Published in 2005 but not seen until now.
Shadowmasque Michael Cobley (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-5682-4, Jun 2005, £10.99, iv+448pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone); Fantasy novel, the third book of the Shadowkings trilogy.
Shadowmasque Michael Cobley (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-1601-5, Aug 2006, £6.99, 448pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone); Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 2005) fantasy novel, the third book of The Shadowkings trilogy.
The Good People Steve Cockayne (Little Brown UK/Atom 1-904233-62-7, Jul 2006, £12.99, 343pp, hc, cover by Matt Murphy); Young-adult fantasy novel. A trade paperback edition (-92-9, £8.99) was announced but not seen.
GodSword Emerson Cole (Severn House 0-7278-6350-9, Feb 2006, £18.99, 395pp, hc); Political thriller with fantasy elements, the first in the Connor Brock, I.C.E. series.
Doctor Who: The Art of Destruction Stephen Cole (BBC Books 0-563-48651-1, Sep 2006, £6.99, 253pp, hc); Original novel based on the TV series, featuring the 10th Doctor and Rose. Book 11 in the sequence.
Doctor Who: The Feast of the Drowned Stephen Cole (BBC Books 0-563-48644-9, Apr 2006, £6.99, 249pp, hc); Novelization based on the TV series, featuring the 10th Doctor and Rose.
Thieves Like Us Stephen Cole (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7954-7, Feb 2006, £6.99, 350pp, tp, cover by Ian Butterworth); Young-adult thriller with SF and fantasy elements. Young criminals are recruited to undertake a quest.
Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony Eoin Colfer (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-38268-6, Aug 2006, £12.99, 376pp, hc, cover by Kev Walker); Humorous young-adult fantasy novel. Book five in the series about a boy criminal mastermind.
Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception Eoin Colfer (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-31549-0, Apr 2006, £6.99, 355pp, tp, cover by Kev Walker); Reprint (Puffin 2005) humorous young-adult fantasy novel, the fourth book in the series..
Half Moon Investigations Eoin Colfer (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-38270-8, Jun 2006, £12.99, 311pp, hc, cover by Kev Walker); Humorous young-adult fantasy novel. First in a new series.
Final Destination: Looks Could Kill Nancy A. Collins (BL Publishing/Black Flame 1-84416-316-4, Jan 2006, £6.99, 383pp, pb); Horror novelization based on the world of the movie.
Final Destination 2 Nancy A. Collins & Natasha Rhodes (BL Publishing/Black Flame 1-84416-318-0, Jan 2006, £6.99, 415pp, pb); Horror novelization.
Gregor and the Rats of Underland Suzanne Collins (Chicken House, The 1-904442-42-0, Jan 2006, £8.99, 256pp, hc); Reprint (Scholastic Press 2003 as Gregor the Overlander) young-adult fantasy novel. A boy and his little sister find a portal into a strange Underland beneath NYC. [First U.K. edition]
The Book of Lost Things John Connolly (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-89946-8, Sep 2006, £12.99, 310pp, hc); Dark fantasy novel.
D is for Dahl Wendy Cooling (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-131272-6, Sep 2005, £6.99, 149pp, tp, cover by Quentin Blake); Reprint (Puffin UK 2004) reference book, an encyclopedic guide to Dahl’s works. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. [Roald Dahl]
Saucer: The Conquest Stephen Coonts (Orion 0-75287-691-0, Jan 2006, £6.99, 324pp, pb, cover by Nick Castle); Reprint (St. Martin’s 2004) SF novel.
The Magician’s Boy Susan Cooper (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-91110-7, Sep 2005, £4.99, 101pp, tp, cover by Serena Riglietti); Reprint (McElderry 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
Victory Susan Cooper (Bodley Head, The 0-370-32891-4, Mar 2006, £8.99, 262pp, hc, cover by Steve Rawlings); Young-adult fantasy timeslip novel about a contemporary English girl forced to live in America, and a young boy aboard Nelson’s ship Victory at Trafalgar.
Lionboy: The Truth Zizou Corder (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-38054-3, Feb 2006, £12.99, 275pp, hc, cover by blacksheep); Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
Dark Rain Conor Corderoy (Macmillan New Writing 0-230-00010-X, Apr 2006, £12.99, 243pp, hc); SF novel. Forty years of rain create mass poverty, while the wealthy shelter in domes and all finances are diverted to create a defence against approaching aliens. A first novel. A paperback edition (-00735-X) was announced but not seen.
The Lucifer Code Michael Cordy (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15447-4, Feb 2006, £6.99, 441pp, pb); Reprint (Bantam UK 2001 as Lucifer) fantasy novel.
Warhammer 40,000: Dark Adeptus Ben Counter (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-242-7, Jan 2006, £6.99, 401pp, pb, cover by Philip Sibbering); Novelization set in the universe of the roleplaying game. Book two of the Grey Knights sub-series.
Warhammer 40,000: Galaxy in Flames Ben Counter (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-393-8, Sep 2006, £5.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Neil Roberts); Novelization based on the world of the roleplaying game, part of the Horus Heresy sub-series.
9Tail Fox Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07809-X, Aug 2006, £7.99, 326pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett); Reprint (Gollancz 2005) fantasy novel.
End of the World Blues Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07616-X, Aug 2006, £12.99, 342pp, hc); SF novel. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-07777-8, £10.99) was announced but not seen.
The Crow Alison Croggon (Walker Books UK 1-4063-0137-X, Jul 2006, £7.99, 509pp, tp); Young-adult fantasy novel, the third book in the Pellinor series.
Gatty’s Tale Kevin Crossley-Holland (Orion Children’s Books 1-8425-5273-2, Oct 2006, £12.99, 388pp, hc, cover by Stephen Raw); Young-adult novel featuring the character from his Arthur series.
The Seeing Stone Kevin Crossley-Holland (Orion/Phoenix 0-75382-121-4, Sep 2006, £6.99, 341pp, tp); Reprint (Orion Children’s Books 2000 as Arthur: The Seeing Stone) young-adult fantasy novel. Rejacketed for adults.
Postscripts 6 ed. Peter Crowther (PS Publishing No ISBN, Mar 2006, £25.00, 143pp, hc, cover by Debbie Hughes); Original anthology/magazine with seven stories, an editorial by Steven Erikson, and an interview with Elizabeth Hand. This is the sixth issue, dated Spring 2006. Authors include Matthew Hughes, Stephen Baxter, and Conrad Williams. This is a limited edition of 150 signed by all contributors; a perfect-bound magazine edition (£6.00) is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk]. Contents listed under magazines.
Postscripts Number 7 ed. Peter Crowther (PS Publishing No ISBN, Sep 2006, £25.00, 143pp, hc, cover by Radoslaw Walachnia); Original anthology/magazine with nine stories, an editorial by Lucius Shepard, and an interview with Howard Waldrop. This is the seventh issue, dated Summer 2006. Authors include Jack Dann, Rhys Hughes, and Jay Lake. This is a limited edition of 150 signed by all contributors; a perfect-bound magazine edition (£6.00) is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].
Postscripts Number 8 ed. Peter Crowther (PS Publishing No ISBN, Sep 2006, £30.00, 144pp, hc, cover by Joseph Noel Patton); Original anthology/magazine with 11 stories and an editorial by Terry Bisson. This is the eighth issue, dated Autumn 2006. Authors include Michael Swanwick, Gene wolfe, and Matthew Hughes. This is a limited edition of 150 signed by all contributors; a perfect-bound magazine edition (£6.00) is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].
CloudWorld Dave Cunningham (Faber and Faber 0-571-22366-4, Feb 2006, £6.99, 345pp, tp, cover by Ian Butterworth); Young-adult fantasy novel.
Specimen Days Michael Cunningham (HarperCollins/Fourth Estate UK 0-00-715605-7, Aug 2005, £14.99, 305pp, hc); Reprint (Farrar Straus Giroux 2005) literary novel with SF and fantasy elements. A three-part novel set in past, present, and future Manhattan, with recurring characters and references to Walt Whitman. [First U.K. edition]
Specimen Days Michael Cunningham (HarperPerennial UK 0-00-715606-5, Jun 2006, £7.99, 305pp, tp); Reprint (Farrar Straus Giroux 2005) SF novel in three parts, past through future. This adds supplementary material about the author, etc.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-131964-X, Oct 2005, £8.99, 147pp, tp, cover by Quentin Blake); Reprint (Knopf 1964) young-adult fantasy novel. Illustrated by Quentin Blake. This is a film tie-in edition.
White Marie Darrieussecq (Faber and Faber 0-571-22388-5, May 2006, £6.99, 145pp, tp); SF novel set in 2015 Antarctica. Translated by Ian Monk from the French original (P. O. L., 2003).
Weatherwitch Cecilia Dart-Thornton (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-4714-3, Nov 2006, £17.99, xx+375+iv, hc, cover by Julek Heller); Reprint (Tor Australia 2006) fantasy novel, the third book of the Crowthistle Chronicles. [First U.K. edition]
The Well of Tears Cecilia Dart-Thornton (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-4712-7, Nov 2005, £17.99, 509pp, hc, cover by Julek Heller); Fantasy novel, the second in the Crowthistle Chronicles. This was supposedly simultaneous with the Tor Australia (2005) edition, but was not seen until of now.
The Well of Tears Cecilia Dart-Thornton (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-43302-4, Nov 2006, £7.99, xix+795+ix, pb, cover by Julek Heller); Reprint (Tor Australia 2005) fantasy novel, second in the Crowthistle Chronicles.
Shrouded by Darkness: Tales of Terror ed. Alison L. R. Davies (Telos 1-84583-046-6, Sep 2006, £12.99, 387pp, tp); Anthology of 23 horror stories (nine original) and one drawing. Royalties go to DebRA, a charity for the skin disease Epidermolysis Bullosa. Available from 61 Elgar Avenue, Tolworth, Surrey KT5 9JP.

vii · Introduction · Alison L. R. Davies · in (*), 2006
xi · Foreword · Stephen Jones · fw (*), 2006
13 · Cenobyte · Clive Barker · il (*), 2006
15 · Hell Came Down · Tim Lebbon · ss The Darker Side: Generations of Horror, ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2002
29 · Making a Noise in This World · Charles de Lint · nv Warrior Fantastic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 2000
50 · Going Bad · Alison L. R. Davies · ss, 2000
59 · Neighbours from Hell [“Neighbors from Hell”] · Graham Masterton · nv Cemetery Dance #38, 2002
82 · An Unremarkable Man · Justina Robson · ss *
95 · Life’s a Beach · Darren Shan · ss *
99 · Of the Wild and Berserk Prince Dracula · Paul Finch · nv *
122 · Feeders and Eaters · Neil Gaiman · ss Keep Out the Night, ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, 2002; Originally published in different form in Revolver, 1990.
131 · Feather · Gary Greenwood · ss Sackcloth & Ashes #4 ’99
139 · Cutting Criticism · James Lovegrove · ss *
152 · One Copy Only · Ramsey Campbell · ss Shelf Life, ed. Greg Ketter, DreamHaven Books, 2002
169 · An Appropriate Pen · Dawn Knox · ss *
174 · Paca Muc · Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis · ss *
194 · An Old Passion · Storm Constantine · ss, 1996; Originally in convention booklet for The Festival of the Imagination, Australia, 1996.
221 · Walking Wounded · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Terrors 3, ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, London: Gollancz, 1997
239 · Blackfriars · David J Howe · nv *
274 · The Heart of New Orleans · Poppy Z. Brite · ss City Slab #1, 2002
284 · Mannequins [“Mannequins in Aspects of Terror”] · Mark Samuels · ss; Revised from original in The White Hands and Other Weird Tales (Tartarus Press, 20030).
301 · Jewels in the Dust · Peter Crowther · ss Haunted Holidays, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Russell Davis, DAW, 2004
320 · 20-20 Vision · Debbie Bennett · nv *
343 · Red · Richard Christian Matheson · vi Night Cry Sum ’86
345 · Seven Feet · Christopher Fowler · ss Demonized, Serpent’s Tail, 2004
362 · The Extraordinary Limits of Darkness · Simon Clark · ss *
379 · About the Authors · Misc. Material · ms (*), 2006
The Fire Thief Terry Deary (Kingfisher 0-7534-1148-2, Jan 2006, £7.99, 253pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt); Young-adult fantasy novel. Prometheus escapes his torment, and travels through time, only to risk recapture to save his new friends.
Serenity Keith R. A. DeCandido (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 1-4165-0288-2, Sep 2005, £6.99, 257pp, pb); Novelisation based on the movie based on the TV series, Firefly. Simultaneous with the 2005 US (Pocket Star) edition, but not seen until now.
The Pirates! in an Adventure with Communists Gideon Defoe (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-84867-4, Sep 2006, £7.99, 167pp, hc); Humorous surreal literary fantasy, third in a series after The Pirates! in an adventure with Scientists and The Pirates! in an adventure with Whaling. Copyrighted by Defoe and Richard Murkin. A mini-hardback edition.
The Spook’s Curse Joe Delaney (Random House UK/Red Fox 0-09-945646-X, Jul 2006, £5.99, 424pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt); Reprint (The Bodley Head 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. Second in a series after The Spook’s Apprentice.
The Spook’s Secret Joe Delaney (Bodley Head, The 0-370-32828-0, Jul 2006, £8.99, 454pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt); Young-adult fantasy novel. Third in a series after The Spook’s Apprentice and The Spook’s Curse.
Star Wars: Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen Troy Denning (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-949106-0, Oct 2005, £6.99, 333pp, pb); SF novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
Star Wars: Dark Nest III: The Swarm War Troy Denning (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-949107-9, Jan 2006, £6.99, xii+357pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen); SF novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Tempest Troy Denning (Random House UK/Arrow/Lucasbooks 0-09-949204-0, Dec 2006, £6.99, iii+392pp, pb); SF novelization. Book three in a sub-series. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
The Cosmic Puppets Philip K. Dick (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07670-4, Jan 2006, £6.99, 143pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore); Reprint (Ace 1957) SF novel.
A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07681-X, Aug 2006, £6.99, 219pp, tp); Reprint (Doubleday 1977) SF novel. A film tie in edition.
A Scanner Darkly Philip K. Dick (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07892-8, Sep 2006, £10.99, 189pp, tp); Graphic novel based on the screenplay by Richard Linklater based on the novel by Philip K. Dick (Doubleday 1977).
Ubik Philip K. Dick (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07921-5, Aug 2006, £7.99, xi+208pp, tp, cover by Marc Adams); Reprint (Doubleday 1969) SF novel with a new Introduction by Michael Marshall Smith. Part of the Ten Greatest SF Books of All Time series.

vii · Introduction · Michael Marshall Smith · in (*), 2006
The Zap Gun Philip K. Dick (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07672-0, Jun 2006, £6.99, 252pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore); Reprint (Pyramid 1967) SF novel.
A Christmas Carol and other Christmas Books Charles Dickens (Oxford University Press 0-19-280694-7, Sep 2006, £6.99, xlviii+438pp, tp); Reprint (Chapman and Hall 1852 as Christmas Books) fantasy/ghost omnibus/collection. Dickens’ annual Christmas tales. This later edition adds an article about Christmas from 1851. Edited with introduction and notes by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst. A hardcover edition (£12.99) was announced but not seen.

vii · Introduction · Robert Douglas-Fairhurst · in (*), 2006
xxx · Note on the Text · Robert Douglas-Fairhurst · ms (*), 2006
xxxii · Select Bibliography · Robert Douglas-Fairhurst · bi (*), 2006
xxxvi · Chronology of Charles Dickens · Robert Douglas-Fairhurst · bg (*), 2006
3 · Preface · pr
5 · A Christmas Carol: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas · na London: Chapman & Hall, 1843
85 · The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang An Old Year Out and A New Year In · na Bradbury & Evans, 1844
163 · The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale Of Home · na Bradbury & Evans, 1845
245 · The Battle of Life: A Love Story · na Bradbury & Evans, 1846
323 · The Haunted Man · na Bradbury & Evans, 1848
409 · Appendix 1: What Christmas Is As We Grow Older [“What Christmas Is As We Grow Older ”] · ar Household Words Christmas, 1851
415 · Appendix 2: Dickens’s Reading Version of A Christmas Carol · Misc. Material · ms; Holograph of Dickens’ notes for the reading, plus brief introduction by the editor.
438 · Explanatory Notes · Robert Douglas-Fairhurst · ms (*), 2006
The Widow and the King John Dickinson (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55246-1, Apr 2006, £6.99, 613pp, tp); Reprint (Fickling 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, the second in a series after The Cup of the World.
Queen of Dreams Chitra Divakaruni (Time Warner UK/Abacus 0-349-11941-4, Dec 2005, £7.99, 307pp, tp); Reprint (Doubleday 2004) literary fantasy novel.

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