The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

ABALOS, RAFAEL (chron.)

• * *Grimpow: The Invisible Road (Random House/Delacorte 978-0-385-73374-8, Oct 2007, $17.99, 493pp, hc, cover by David Argemi) Young-adult historical fantasy novel set in 14th-century Spain. The boy Grimpow acquires a stone that gives him visions and sets him on a quest. Translated by Noël Baca Castex from the Spanish Grimpow: El Camino Invisible (Montena 2005).

ABBEY, LYNN; [i.e., Marilyn Lorraine Abbey] (1948- ) (chron.)

• * _Rifkind’s Challenge (Tor 978-0-7653-5203-3, Jun 2007, $6.99, 328pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Rifkind] Reprint (Tor 2006) sword and sorcery novel set in the world of Daughter of the Bright Moon and Black Flame.

ABBEY, MARILYN LORRAINE; see under Abbey, Lynn (chron.)

ABÉ, SHANA (chron.)

• * _The Dream Thief (Bantam 978-0-553-58805-7, Sep 2007, $6.99, 335pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Drakon] Reprint (Bantam 2006) fantasy romance novel, the second in a trilogy.
• * *Queen of Dragons (Bantam 978-0-553-80528-4, Jan 2008, $18.00, 289pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Drakon] Fantasy romance novel, the third in the Drakon trilogy about shapeshifting dragons in 18th-century England.

ABERCROMBIE, JOE (chron.)

• * +The Blade Itself (Prometheus/Pyr 978-1-59102-594-8, Sep 2007, $15.00, 529pp, tp) [First Law] Fantasy novel, book one of the First Law series. First US edition (Gollancz 5/06).
• * _The First Law: Book One: The Blade Itself (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07979-3, Mar 2007, £7.99, 536pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) [First Law] Reprint (Gollancz 2006) fantasy novel.
• * *The First Law: Book Two: Before They Are Hanged (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07788-1, Mar 2007, £9.99, 441pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) [First Law] Fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-07787-4, £17.99) was announced but not seen.

ABNETT, DAN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Torchwood: Border Princes (BBC Books 978-0-563-48654-1, Jan 2007, £6.99, 254pp, hc) [Torchwood] Second novelization based on the world of the TV series spun off from the new Doctor Who.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Brothers of the Snake (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-475-2, Jun 2007, £6.99, 315pp, hc, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer 40,000] Novelization based on the far-future roleplaying game universe.
• * +Warhammer 40,000: Brothers of the Snake (BL Publishing/Black Library US 978-1-84416-475-2, Jul 2007, $19.99, 315pp, hc, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer 40,000] Novelization based on the far-future roleplaying game world. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (6/07) edition, but only has the US and Canadian prices on the cover. Copyrighted by Games Workshop.
• * _Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts: The Founding (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-369-5, Feb 2007, £9.99, 767pp, tp) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] Reprint (Black Library 2003) omnibus of three novelizations in the Gaunt’s Ghosts series set in the universe of the SF roleplaying game: First & Only (1999), Ghostmaker (2000), and Necropolis (2000). This also includes one story. (Contents)
• * _Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts: The Founding (BL Publishing/Black Library US 978-1-84416-369-4, Mar 2007, $11.99, 767pp, tp) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] Reprint (Black Library 2003) omnibus of three novelizations based on the SF roleplaying game, all in the Gaunt’s Ghosts series: First & Only (1999), Ghostmaker (2000), and Necropolis (2000), plus a story and a compendium. Copyrighted by Games Workshop.
• * _Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts: The Saint (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-479-0, Aug 2007, £10.99, 1023pp, tp, cover by Clint Langley) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] Reprint (Black Library 2004) omnibus of books four through seven in the Gaunt’s Ghosts series of novelizations based on the world of the roleplaying game. (Contents)
• * _Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts: The Saint (BL Publishing/Black Library US 978-1-84416-479-0, Sep 2007, $11.99, 1019pp, tp, cover by Clint Langley) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] Reprint (Black Library 2004) omnibus of four novelizations based on the far-future roleplaying game world. This has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (8/09) edition, but only has the US and Canadian prices on the cover. Copyrighted by Games Workshop Ltd.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: His Last Command (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-239-7, Oct 2006, £6.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Alex Boto) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] Novelization based on the SF roleplaying game universe, book two of The Lost subseries in the Gaunt’s Ghosts series.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Only in Death (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-428-8, Nov 2007, £16.99, 306pp, hc, cover by Clint Langley) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] Novelization based on the far-future roleplaying game, part of the Gaunt’s Ghosts series.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Only in Death (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-428-8, Nov 2007, £16.99, 307pp, hc, cover by Clint Langley) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] Novelization set in the roleplaying game universe, part of the Gaunt’s Ghosts series and fourth in The Lost quartet.
• * +Warhammer 40,000: Only in Death (BL Publishing/Black Library US 978-1-84416-428-8, Dec 2007, $19.99, 307pp, hc, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer 40,000: Gaunts Ghosts: Lost] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK edition (11/07) but gives only US and Canadian prices.
• * +Warhammer 40,000: Ravenor Rogue (BL Publishing/Black Library US 978-1-84416-460-8, Apr 2007, $19.99, 304pp, hc, cover by Wayne England) [Warhammer 40,000: Ravenor] Novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game world, third in the Ravenor series. Simultaneous with the Black Library UK edition; the dust jacket has a misprinted US price in pounds, with a sticker over it. Copyrighted by Games Workshop Ltd.
• * _Warhammer 40,000: The Armour of Contempt (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-402-8, Nov 2007, £6.99, 415pp, pb, cover by Cos Koniotis) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] Reprint (Black Library 2006) novelization set in the roleplaying game universe. Book ten in the Gaunt’s Ghosts series, third in The Lost quartet.
• * _Warhammer 40,000: The Armour of Contempt (BL Publishing/Black Library US 978-1-84416-402-8, Dec 2007, $7.99, 415pp, pb, cover by Cos Koniotis) [*Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts] Reprint (Black Library 2006) novelization based on the roleplaying game universe. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK edition (11/07) but gives only US and Canadian prices.
• * *Warhammer: Lord of Ruin (with Mike Lee) (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-195-9, Sep 2007, £6.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer: Malus Darkblade] Novelization set in the roleplaying game universe, part of the Malus Darkblade series.
• * +Warhammer: Lord of Ruin (with Mike Lee) (BL Publishing/Black Library US 978-1-84416-195-9, Oct 2007, $7.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer: Malus Darkblade] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe, in the Malus Darkblade series. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK edition (9/07) but gives only US and Canadian prices.
• * *Warhammer: Warpsword (with Mike Lee) (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-194-2, Feb 2007, £6.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer: Malus Darkblade] Novelization based on the world of the roleplaying game, the fourth in the Malus Darkblade series.
• * +Warhammer: Warpsword (with Mike Lee) (BL Publishing/Black Library US 978-1-84416-194-2, Mar 2007, $7.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer: Malus Darkblade] Novelization based on the fantasy roleplaying game, fourth in the Malus Darkblade subseries. Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (2/07) edition, but only lists US and Canadian prices.

ABRAHAM, DANIEL (James) (1969- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *A Betrayal in Winter (Tor 978-0-7653-1341-6, Aug 2007, $24.95, 317pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) [Long Price] Fantasy novel, volume two in the Long Price quartet.
• * _Hunter’s Run (with George R. R. Martin & Gardner R. Dozois) See entry under George R. R. Martin
• * *The Long Price: Book One: Shadow and Betrayal (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-611-5, Oct 2007, £12.99, iv+593pp, tp) [Long Price] Omnibus of the first two books of the Long Price quartet, originally published in the US by Tor: A Shadow in Summer (2006) and A Betrayal in Winter (2007). (Contents)
• * _A Shadow in Summer (Tor 978-0-7653-5187-6, Aug 2007, $7.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Stephan Martiniere) [Long Price] Reprint (Tor 2006) fantasy novel, volume one in the Long Price quartet.

ACEVEDO, MARIO (chron.)

• * _The Nymphos of Rocky Flats (HarperCollins/Rayo 978-0-06-143888-2, Jan 2008, $7.99, 266pp, pb, cover by Danny O’Leary) [Felix Gomez] Reprint (Rayo 2006) humorous Latino vampire mystery featuring vampire detective Felix Gomez.
• * *X-Rated Bloodsuckers (HarperCollins/Rayo 978-0-06-083327-5, Mar 2007, $13.95, 370pp, tp, cover by William Staehle) [Felix Gomez] Humorous Latino vampire novel, second in series featuring vampire detective Felix Gomez, this time tracking the killer of a surgeon turned porn star.

ACKLEY-McPHAIL, DANIELLE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Bad-Ass Faeries (with L. Jagi Lamplighter, Lee C. Hillman & Jeffrey Lyman) (Marietta Publishing 1-892669-40-4, May 2007, $15.00, 206pp, tp, cover by Amy Brown) Original anthology of 19 stories of not-so-nice faeries. Authors include Keith R.A. DeCandido, Patrick Thomas, and C.J. Henderson. Editors not listed above are Lee Hillman & Jeff Lyman. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.mariettapublishing.com] or from Marietta Publishing, 677 Valleyside Drive, Dallas GA 30157. (Contents)

ACOSTA, MARTA (chron.)

• * *Midnight Brunch (Pocket 978-1-4165-2039-9, May 2007, $14.00, 328pp, tp) [Milagro] Humorous vampire romance novel, sequel to Happy Hour at Casa Dracula. Milagro begins to suspect the vampires are keeping secrets from her.

ADAMS, C. T. (chron.)

• * *Moon’s Fury (with Cathy Clamp) (Tor 978-0-7653-5664-2, Oct 2007, $6.99, 371pp, pb) [Sazi shapeshifters] Werewolf romance in the Sazi series.
• * *Touch of Madness (with Cathy Clamp) (Tor 978-0-7653-5663-5, Jun 2007, $6.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Kate Reilly] Paranormal romance, sequel to Touch of Evil. Kate Reilly’s facing trial, vampires want her to investigate the killing of their young, and her werewolf boyfriend’s pack is trying to split them up.

ADAMS, DANNY (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The City Beyond Play (with Philip José Farmer) See entry under Philip José Farmer.

ADAMS, JOHN JOSEPH, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Wastelands (Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-105-8, Jan 2008, $15.95, 333pp, tp) Anthology of 22 post-apocalyptic SF stories, one original. Authors include Stephen King, Orson Scott Card, Cory Doctorow, and Octavia E. Butler. (Contents)

ADDISON, LINDA D. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Being Full of Light, Insubstantial (Space & Time 978-0-917053-16-0, Jul 2007, $10.00, 109pp, tp, cover by Brian James Addison) Original collection of 79 poems, 21 reprints. Order from Space & Time, 138 West 70th St. (4B), New York NY 10023-4468; add $1.50 postage. (Contents)

AD-HOC EDITORIAL COLLECTIVE, THE, ed. (chron.)

• * *Readercon 18 Souvenir Book (Readercon, Jul 2007, 72pp, quarto, cover by Tamara Gurevitz) (Contents)

ADKINS, TRAVIS, ed. (chron.)

• * _The Undead, Volume 2: Skin and Bones (with D. L. Snell) See entry under D. L. Snell
• * _The Undead, Volume 3: Flesh Feast (with D. L. Snell) See entry under D. L. Snell

ADRIAN, CHRIS (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Children’s Hospital (Grove/McSweeney’s 978-0-8021-4333-4, Oct 2007, $14.95, 615pp, tp, cover by Andrew Schoultz) Reprint (McSweeney’s 2006) literary postholocaust fantasy novel.

ADRIAN, LARA (chron.)

• * *Kiss of Crimson (Dell 978-0-553-58938-2, Jun 2007, $6.99, 387pp, pb) [Midnight Breed] Paranormal vampire romance, second in the Midnight Breed series.
• * *Kiss of Midnight (Dell 978-0-553-58937-5, May 2007, $6.99, 402pp, pb) [Midnight Breed] Paranormal romance in the Midnight Breed. A mortal woman becomes involved with vampires.
• * _Kiss of Midnight (SFBC #1235256, Jun 2007, $11.99, 402pp, hc) [Midnight Breed] Reprint (Dell 2007) paranormal romance. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-8102-8, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Midnight Awakening (Dell 978-0-553-58939-9, Dec 2007, $6.99, 369pp, pb) [Midnight Breed] Paranormal vampire romance, third in the Midnight Breed series. Elise Chase uses her psychic powers to hunt vampires.

AGUIRRE, FORREST (stories) (chron.)

• * *Swans Over the Moon (Wheatland Press 978-0-9794054-0-2, Jun 2007, $14.95, 112pp, tp) Fantasy novella. The ruling Judicar of Procellarium, madman or genius, faces his biggest challenge: his daughters. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.wheatlandpress.com], or from Wheatland Press, PO Box 1818, Wilsonville OR 97070.

AIDINOFF, ELSIE V. (chron.)

• * _The Garden (Definitions 978-0-099-48407-3, Apr 2007, £6.99, 400pp, tp, cover by Alison Jay) Reprint (HarperTempest 2004) young-adult novel of the Garden of Eden, narrated by Eve. A first novel.

AINSWORTH, GILL, ed. (chron.)

• * _Gratia Placenti: For the Sake of Pleasing (with Jason B. Sizemore) See entry under Jason B. Sizemore

ALBRIGHT, DONN, ed.

• * _The Dragon Who Ate His Tale See entry under Ray Bradbury.
• * _Match to Flame: The Fictional Path to Fahrenheit 451 See entry under Ray Bradbury.

ALDISS, BRIAN W(ilson) (1925- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *HARM (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-49671-3, Jun 2007, $21.95, 225pp, hc, cover by Tifenn Python) Near-future SF novel and political allegory. A writer, imprisoned and tortured by the Hostile Activities Research Ministry, seems to be connected with a colonist on a remote planet.
• * _HARM (Duckworth 978-0-7156-3699-2, Aug 2007, £14.99, 228pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 2007) SF novel. [First U.K. edition]

_____, ed.

• * _A Science Fiction Omnibus (Penguin Classics UK 978-0-141-18892-8, Nov 2007, £9.99, xii+578pp, tp) Reprint (Penguin 1973 as A Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus) omnibus of three anthologies: Penguin Science Fiction (1961), More Penguin Science Fiction (1963), and Yet More Penguin Science Fiction (1964). This updated edition has a new introduction by Aldiss, adds ten stories, and drops 15.

ALEXANDER, ALMA (chron.)

• * *Worldweavers: Gift of the Unmage (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-083955-0, Mar 2007, $16.99, 389pp, hc, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Worldweavers] Fantasy novel, the first in the Worldweavers series. Thea, the seventh child of two seventh children, displays a disappointing lack of magic.

ALEXANDER, LLOYD (Chudley) (1924-2007) (chron.)

• * *The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio (Holt, Henry 978-0-8050-8333-0, Feb 2007, $18.95, 306pp, hc, cover by Laurent Linn) Associational young-adult adventure. Carlo and his friends follow a treasure map into trouble in the Arabian Nights-like realm of Keshavar.
• * _Taran Wanderer (Holt 0-8050-8051-1, May 2006, $5.99, 220pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reissue (Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1967) young-adult fantasy novel, fourth book of the Chronicles of Prydain.
• * _The Xanadu Adventure (Penguin/Puffin 978-0-14-240786-8, Feb 2007, $5.99, 145pp, tp, cover by Stan Watts) [Vesper Holly] Reprint (Dutton 2005) young-adult Graustarkian/alternate world adventure, sixth in the Vesper Holly series.

ALLEN, JUSTIN (chron.)

• * *Slaves of the Shinar (Overlook Duckworth 978-1-58567-916-X, Jul 2007, $25.95, 429pp, hc) Epic historical fantasy novel of ancient Mesopotamia mixing elements of “Genesis” and “Gilgamesh”, with but only minor supernatual elements. A first novel.

ALLEN, ROGER MacBRIDE (1957- ) (chron.)

• * *BSI: Starside: Death Sentence (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-58727-2, Jun 2007, $6.99, 482pp, pb, cover by Jerry Vanderstelt & James Wang) [Bureau of Special Investigations] Far-future SF novel, the second in a series about the Bureau of Special Investigations.

ALLEN, SARAH ADDISON (chron.)

• * +Garden Spells (Bantam 978-0-553-80548-2, Sep 2007, $20.00, 290pp, hc, cover by Melody Cassen) Mainstream novel with fantasy elements, about a small town and the women of one family known for their magic talents. A first novel. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 8/07).

ALLENDE, ISABEL (1942- ) (chron.)

• * _Kingdom of the Golden Dragon (HarperCollins/Rayo 978-0-06-058944-8, Aug 2007, $7.99, 437pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Alexander Cold] Reissue (HarperCollins 2004) young-adult fantasy adventure/magic realism novel, sequel to City of the Beasts. Translated from the Spanish Reino del Dragon de Oro by Margaret Sayers Peden.

ALLSTON, AARON (Dale) (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Betrayal (Random House UK/Arrow LucasBooks 978-0-099-49116-3, Apr 2007, £6.99, 480pp, pb, cover by Jason Felix) [Star Wars: Legacy of the Force] Reprint (Century 2006) Star Wars novelization. Book one in a new subseries.
• * _Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Betrayal (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 978-0-345-47735-4, May 2007, $7.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Jason Felix) [Star Wars: Legacy of the Force] Reprint (Del Rey 2006) Star Wars novelization. This adds two stories by Karen Traviss: “In His Image” and “Two-Edged Sword”. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. (Contents)
• * *Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Exile (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 978-0-345-47753-8, Mar 2007, $7.99, 337pp, pb) [Star Wars: Legacy of the Force] Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * *Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Exile (Random House UK/Arrow LucasBooks 978-0-099-49205-4, Mar 2007, £6.99, 337pp, pb) [Star Wars: Legacy of the Force] Star Wars novelization. Book four in a subseries. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
• * _Star Wars: Legacy of the Force: Exile (SFBC #1231473, Apr 2007, $10.99, 337pp, hc, cover by Jason Felix) [Star Wars: Legacy of the Force] Reprint (Del Rey 2007) Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-8166-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.