The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

CHILDS, LISA (chron.) (continued)

• * *Persecuted (Harlequin/Silhouette Nocturne 978-0-373-61761-6, Apr 2007, $5.25, 273pp, pb) [Witch Hunt] Paranormal romance in the Witch Hunt series. Elena Jones has visions of death and romance.

CHIMA, CINDA WILLIAMS (chron.)

• * _The Warrior Heir (Hyperion 978-0-7868-3917-9, Apr 2007, $8.99, 426pp, tp) [Warrior Heir] Reprint (Hyperion 2006) young-adult contemporary fantasy novel.
• * *The Wizard Heir (Hyperion 978-1-4231-0487-2, May 2007, $16.99, 458pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Warrior Heir] Young-adult contemporary fantasy novel, a companion to The Warrior Heir. An untrained wizard hopes to get control of his powers at his new school.

CHRISTENSEN, ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * *Stargate Atlantis: Casualties of War (Fandemonium Books 978-1-905586-06-6, 2007, $7.95, 342pp, pb) [Stargate Atlantis] Novelization based on the TV series based on the film, sixth in the series. Copyrighted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This is an international edition with US and UK prices.

CHRISTIAN, M. (chron.)

• * *The Very Bloody Marys (Haworth Positronic Press 978-1-56023-535-4, Jul 2007, $12.95, 171pp, tp) Contemporary vampire novel. A gay vampire cop in San Francisco has to stop a gang of Vespa-riding vampires on a killing spree. Haworth Press, 10 Alice Street, Binghamton NY 13904-1580; [www.HaworthPress.com]; orders 800-429-6784.

CHRISTOPHER, SHANE; pseudonym of Matthew J. Costello, (1948- ) (chron.)

• * *Nowhere (Berkley 978-0-425-21588-3, May 2007, $7.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Tony Greco) Supernatural police procedural horror novel featuring detective David Rodriguez and reporter Mari Kinsella. Christopher is a pen name for Matt Costello.

CIENCIN, (Malcolm) SCOTT (1962- ) (chron.)

• * *Charmed: High Spirits (Simon Spotlight Entertainment 978-1-4169-3668-8, Apr 2007, $6.99, 215pp, pb) [Charmed] Young-adult novelization based on the TV show about three witches. Copyrighted by Spelling Television.

CISCO, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * *The Traitor (Wildside Press/Prime Books 978-0-8095-7235-9, Oct 2007, $12.95, 149pp, hc, cover by Harry Morris) Horror novel of a spirit eater sent to track down a sould burner. Prime Books, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850; [www.prime-books.com].

CLAMP, CATHY (chron.)

• * _Moon’s Fury (with C. T. Adams) See entry under C. T. Adams
• * _Touch of Madness (with C. T. Adams) See entry under C. T. Adams

CLAPP, PATRICIA; [i.e., Patricia Clapp Cone] (1912-2003) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Jane-Emily and Witches’ Children (Harper 978-0-06-124501-5, Aug 2007, $12.95, 275pp, tp) Omnibus of the young-adult ghost story Jane-Emily (1969) and associational novel of the Salem Witch Trials, Witches’ Children (1982). (Contents)

CLARE, CASSANDRA (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Mortal Instruments, Book One: City of Bones (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 978-1-4169-1428-0, Apr 2007, $17.99, 485pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Mortal Instruments] Young-adult urban fantasy, the first in the Mortal Instruments trilogy. Clary Fray witnesses an impossible murder in a club and becomes involved in the Shadowhunters’ war against demons.

CLARK, DOUGLAS W. (stories) (chron.)

• * *DragonLance: Protecting Palanthas (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4808-6, Nov 2007, $6.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [DragonLance: Champrions] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, book four of Champrions. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

CLARK, G(ary) O. (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *25¢ Rocket Ship to the Stars (Dark Regions Press 1-888993-43-X, Jan 2007, $6.95, 50pp, ph, cover by Marge Simon) Chapbook collection of 35 poems. Dark Regions Press, PO Box 1264, Colusa CA 95932. (Contents)

CLARK, SIMON (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Darker (CD Publications 978-1-68767-030-5, Aug 2007, $40.00, 586pp, hc, cover by Chad Savage) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) horror novel. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,000; a leatherbound, traycased, lettered edition of 26 ($175.00) is also available. CD Publications, 132-B Industry Lane, Unit 7, Forest Hill MD 21050; [www.cemeterydance.com].
• * *Lucifer’s Ark (Severn House 978-0-7278-6580-9, Nov 2007, £18.99, 250pp, hc) Associational thriller.
• * *Midnight Bazaar: A Secret Arcade of Strange and Eerie Tales (Hale, Robert 978-0-7090-8344-3, Jul 2007, £18.99, 224pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) Collection of eight stories, two original. It includes the novella She Loves Monsters (Necessary Evil Press 2006), which has lost its last few paragraphs. (Contents)
• * *This Rage of Echoes (Leisure 978-0-8439-5494-4, Nov 2007, $7.99, 342pp, hc) Horror novel. Mason is being attacked by Echomen, strange doubles of himself.

CLARKE, ARTHUR C(harles) (1917-2008) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Firstborn (with Stephen M. Baxter) (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-49157-2, Jan 2008, $25.95, 364pp, hc, cover by David Stevenson) [A Time Odyssey] SF novel, third in the Time Odyssey trilogy. The Firstborn plan to stop mankind with a quantum bomb.
• * _Tales from the White Hart (PS Publishing 978-1-905834-77-8, Dec 2007, £20.00, 210 + xi, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) [Harry Purvis (White Hart)] Reprint (Ballantine 1957) collection of 16 bar stories; this 50th Anniversary edition adds a new story written in collaboration with Stephen Baxter, who also provides the introduction; this includes Clarke’s preface to the 1969 edition. This is a paper-over-boards edition of 500 signed by Clarke; a slipcased hardcover edition of 200 signed by Clarke and Baxter (-78-5, £50.00) is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].

CLARKE, SUSANNA (Mary) (1959- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (Bloomsbury 0-7475-8703-5, Oct 2006, £16.99, 235pp, hc) Fantasy collection. Illustrated by Charles Vess. Simultaneous with the Bloomsbury USA edition.
• * _The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-9240-2, Sep 2007, £7.99, 235pp, tp, cover by Petra Borner) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2006) literary fantasy collection. Illustrated by Charles Vess.
• * _The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories (Bloomsbury USA 978-1-59691-383-5, Oct 2007, $13.95, 235pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2006) collection of eight stories, most set in the same world as Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Illustrated by Charles Vess.

CLARKE, WILL (chron.)

• * _Lord Vishnu’s Love Handles (Simon & Schuster 978-0-7432-7148-6, Jun 2006, $14.00, 292pp, tp) Reprint (1stbooks 2002) humorous spy novel with fantasy elements. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.
• * _The Worthy (Simon & Schuster 978-0-7432-7316-9, Jul 2007, $14.00, 240pp, tp) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 2006, not seen) humorous ghost story about the angry ghost of a privileged frat boy who plots revenge for his hazing death.

CLE, TROY; pseudonym of Troy Tompkins (chron.)

• * *Marvelous World: The Marvelous Effect (Simon & Schuster 978-1-4169-3958-0, May 2007, $14.99, 369pp, hc, cover by Daryl Mandryk) Young-adult contemporary fantasy. An inter-city teen becomes a Celestial-Like Entity — a CLE — and will need his superpowers to stop the CEs coming to destroy Earth. A first novel; CLE is a pen name for Troy Tompkins. This is copyrighted 2005, 2007, but no previous edition is known.

CLEGG, DOUGLAS (Alan) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Mordred, Bastard Son (Alyson 978-1-55583-987-1, Jan 2007, $14.95, 260pp, tp) [Mordred mac Lot] Reprint (Alyson 2006) Arthurian novel with Mordred as hero, not villain. First volume in the Mordred Trilogy.
• * _The Vampyricon: The Lady of Serpents (Ace 978-0-441-01529-0, Sep 2007, $7.99, 291pp, pb, cover by Judy York) [Vampyricon] Reprint (Ace 2006) medieval sword and sorcery/vampire novel, second in The Vampyricon trilogy.
• * *The Vampyricon: The Queen of Wolves (Ace 978-0-441-01523-8, Sep 2007, $23.95, 314pp, hc, cover by Judy York) [Vampyricon] Medieval sword and sorcery/vampire novel, third in The Vampyricon trilogy.
• * *Wild Things: Four Tales (CD Publications 1-58767-156-5, 2006, $20.00, 97pp, hc, cover by Caniglia) Collection of four stories, two original, with a foreword by Clegg. (Contents)

CLEMENS, JIM; pseudonym of Jim Czajkowski (chron.)

• * _Hinterland (SFBC #1225807, Jan 2007, $12.49, 463pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Godslayer Chronicles] Reprint (Roc 2006) fantasy novel, second in the Godslayer Chronicles. Clemens is a pen name for Jim Czajkowski, who also writes as James Rollins. This is similar to the Roc edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Hinterland (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-303-9, May 2007, £7.99, 577pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Godslayer Chronicles] Reprint (Orbit 2006) fantasy novel. Book two of the Godslayer Chronicles. Copyrighted by James Czaijkowski. Interior maps by Steve Perry.
• * _Hinterland (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46130-8, Nov 2007, $7.99, 514pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Godslayer Chronicles] Reprint (Roc 2006) fantasy novel, second in the Godslayer Chronicles. Clemens is a pen name for Jim Czajkowski, who also writes as James Rollins.

CLEMENS, SAMUEL LANGHORNE (1835-1910); see pseudonym Mark Twain (stories) (chron.)

CLEMENT-DAVIES, DAVID (chron.)

• * *Fell (Abrams/Amulet 978-0-8109-1185-7, Oct 2007, $19.95, 523pp, hc, cover by Chad W. Beckerman) [Sight] Young-adult fantasy about Transylvanian wolves, sequel to The Sight. The lone wolf Fell helps a human girl accused of being a changeling.
• * _Fire Bringer (Penguin/Firebird 978-0-14-240873-5, Aug 2007, $8.99, 498pp, pb, cover by Kenny McKendry) Reissue (Macmillan 1999) young-adult historical fantasy featuring deer in Scotland during Norse invasions.
• * _The Sight (Penguin/Firebird 978-0-14-240874-2, Aug 2007, $8.99, 465pp, pb) [Sight] Reissue (Macmillan UK 2001) young-adult fantasy of wolves in Transylvania with unusual powers.
• * _The Telling Pool (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-7289-3, Aug 2007, £6.99, 360pp, tp, cover by butterworthdesign.com) Reprint (Amulet 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Telling Pool (Abrams/Amulet 978-0-8109-9257-3, Oct 2007, $7.95, 360pp, tp, cover by Dan Craig) Reprint (Amulet 2005) young-adult historical fantasy with elements of Arthurian legend.

CLEMENT-MOORE, ROSEMARY (chron.)

• * *Prom Dates from Hell (Delacorte 978-0-385-73412-7, Mar 2007, $15.99, 308pp, hc) [Maggie Quinn] Young-adult dark fantasy. Ancient evil threatens Maggie’s high school prom.

COCHRANE, JULIE (chron.)

• * _Sister Time (with John Ringo) See entry under John Ringo.

COCKAYNE, STEVE (chron.)

• * _The Good People (Little, Brown UK/Atom 978-1-904233-63-3, Jul 2007, £5.99, 343pp, tp) Reprint (Atom 2006) young-adult fantasy novel.

COE, DAVID B. (chron.)

• * _Shapers of Darkness (Tor 978-0-812-59021-0, Feb 2007, $7.99, 477pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Winds of the Forelands] Reprint (Tor 2005) fantasy novel, fourth in the Winds of the Forelands series.
• * *The Sorcerers’ Plague (Tor 978-0-7653-1638-2, Dec 2007, $25.95, 397pp, hc, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Blood of the Southlands] Fantasy novel, the first book of Blood of the Southlands, a sequel series to Winds of the Forelands.
• * *Weavers of War (Tor 978-0-765-31246-4, Feb 2007, $27.95, 430pp, hc, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Winds of the Forelands] Fantasy novel, fifth and final in the Winds of the Forelands series.
• * _Weavers of War (Tor 978-0-7653-5106-7, Jan 2008, $7.99, 511pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Winds of the Forelands] Reprint (Tor 2007) fantasy novel, fifth and final in the Winds of the Forelands series.

COLAVITO, JASON (chron.)

• * *Knowing Fear: Science, Knowledge and the Development of the Horror Genre (McFarland 978-0-7864-3273-8, Apr 2008, $35.00, 458pp, tp) Non-fiction, an exploration of the relationship between science, culture, and horror, tracing its development from 18th-century Gothic literature to current books and film. Includes notes, bibliography, index, available from McFarland, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; 800-253-2187; [www.mcfarlandpub.com].

COLE, ALLAN (1943- ) (chron.)

• * _When the Gods Slept (Dorchester/Cosmos Books 978-0-8439-5909-3, Aug 2007, $6.99, 448pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Timuras] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) fantasy novel, book one of the Timuras trilogy. Previously published in the US as Wizard of the Winds.

COLE, EMERSON (chron.)

• * *Nemesis Circle (Severn House 978-0-7278-6537-3, Jul 2007, £18.99, 314pp, hc, cover by R. Evry) [Connor Brock, I.C.E.] Near-future SF thriller. The second Connor Brock novel after GodSword.

COLE, KRESLEY (chron.)

• * _No Rest for the Wicked (SFBC #1212630, Feb 2007, $11.99, 356pp, hc) [Immortals After Dark] Reprint (Pocket Star 2006) dark fantasy romance, the second in the series begun in A Hunger Like No Other. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7427-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night (Pocket 978-1-4165-4703-7, Nov 2007, $6.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Vince Natale) [Immortals After Dark] Dark fantasy romance, the third in the Immortals After Dark series begun in A Hunger Like No Other. A ruthless Highland werewolf seeks revenge against a witch but finds himself forced to protect her.

COLE, STEPHEN (chron.)

• * *The Aztec Code (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-8427-8, Mar 2007, £6.99, 312pp, tp) [Thieves Like Us] Young-adult thriller with SF and fantasy elements, sequel to Thieves Like Us.
• * *Doctor Who: Sting of the Zygons (BBC Books 978-1-8460-7225-3, Apr 2007, £6.99, 248pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the world of the TV series.
• * _Thieves Like Us (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-8951-8, Feb 2007, £6.99, 350pp, tp) [Thieves Like Us] Reprint (Bloomsbury 2006) young-adult thriller with SF and fantasy elements. First in a series.
• * _Thieves Like Us (Bloomsbury USA 978-1-59990-041-4, Apr 2007, $7.95, 350pp, tp, cover by Ian Keltie) [Thieves Like Us] Reprint (Bloomsbury 2006) young-adult thriller with fantasy elements about teen geniuses turned thieves.
• * +Thieves Till We Die (Bloomsbury USA 978-1-59990-082-7, May 2007, $16.95, 312pp, hc, cover by Ian Keltie) [Thieves Like Us] Young-adult thriller with possible supernatural elements, sequel to Thieves Like Us. A mission to steal a Central American artifact leads to a cult trying to revive an ancient god. First US edition (Bloomsbury 3/07 as The Aztec Code).

COLEMAN, LOREN L., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Wizards, Inc. (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg

COLFER, EOIN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Airman (Hyperion 978-1-4231-0750-7, Jan 2008, $17.99, 412pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) Young-adult associational historical (1890) adventure novel about a wrongly imprisoned Irish boy who builds a glider to escape. Simultaneous with the Puffin UK edition.
• * _Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony (Penguin/Puffin UK 978-0-141-32079-3, May 2007, £6.99, 376pp, tp) [Artemis Fowl] Reprint (Puffin 2006) humorous young-adult fantasy novel. Book five in the series.
• * *Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel (with Andrew W. Donkin & Giovanni Rigano) (Hyperion/Miramax 978-0-7868-4882-9, Sep 2007, $9.99, unpaginated, tp, cover by Giovanni Rigano) [Artemis Fowl] Young-adult graphic novel version of Colfer’s fantasy novel (Talk Miramax 2001), adapted by Colfer & Donkin, with art by Rigano. A hardcover edition ($18.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel (with Andrew W. Donkin & Giovanni Rigano) (Penguin/Puffin UK 978-0-141-32296-4, Oct 2007, £7.99, 110pp, tp, cover by Giovanni Rigano) [Artemis Fowl] Reprint (Miramax 2007) young-adult graphic novel based on the book by Colfer, adapted by Donkin with art by Rigano. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony (SFBC #1218669, Nov 2006, $11.49, 385pp, hc, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Artemis Fowl] Reprint (Pocket UK 2006) young-adult fantasy novel, fifth in the series about a young criminal genius. This is similar to the Miramax edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception (Hyperion/Miramax 978-1-4231-0399-8, Apr 2007, $5.99, 497pp, pb, cover by Ellice M. Lee) [Artemis Fowl] Reprint (Miramax 2005) young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in the series. This indicates second printing, but was not seen previously.

COLLINS, SUZANNE (chron.)

• * *Gregor and the Code of the Claw (Scholastic Press 978-0-439-79143-4, May 2007, $17.99, 412pp, hc, cover by August Hall) [Underland Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, fifth and final in the Underland Chronicles about a boy who finds a portal into a strange Underland beneath NYC.
• * _Gregor and the Marks of Secret (Scholastic/Apple 978-0-439-79146-5, May 2007, $5.99, 343pp, tp, cover by August Hall) [Underland Chronicles] Reprint (Scholastic 2006) young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in the Underland Chronicles.
• * _Gregor and the Rats of Underland (The Chicken House 978-1-904442-81-3, Mar 2007, £5.99, 256pp, tp) [Underland Chronicles] Reprint (Scholastic Press 2003 as Gregor the Overlander) young-adult fantasy novel, the first book of the Underland Chronicles.

COMPTON, STONEY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Russian Amerika (Baen 978-1-4165-2116-7, Apr 2007, $24.00, 439pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) Alternate history SF novel. A charter captain in 1987 Russian Alaska becomes involved in a revolution.

CONEY, MICHAEL G(reatrex) (1932-2005) (chron.)

• * _Hello Summer, Goodbye (PS Publishing 978-1-905834-52-5, Dec 2007, £20.00, 192pp, hc, cover by Edward Miller) Reprint (Gollanz 1975) SF novel. Introduction by Brian W. Aldiss. This is a paper-over-boards edition; a two-book slipcased set (with I Remember Pallahaxi, -54-9, £50.00) is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].
• * *I Remember Pallahaxi (PS Publishing 978-1-905834-53-2, Dec 2007, £20,00, 260 + xii, hc, cover by Edward Miller) [Hello Summer, Goodbye] SF novel, a sequel to Hello Summer, Goodbye set centuries later. This includes the author’s note Coney added when he made the book available free online before his death in 2005. Introduction by Eric Brown. This is a paper-over-boards edition; a two-book slipcased set (with Hello Summer, Goodbye, -54-9, £50.00) is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].