The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

ESDALE-BANKS, LESLIE; see pseudonym L. A. Banks (stories) (chron.)

ESKRIDGE, KELLEY (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dangerous Space (Aqueduct Press 978-0-1-933500-13, Jun 2007, $18.00, 255pp, tp, cover by Remedios Varos) Collection of seven stories, one original. The author’s first collection. Introduction by Geoff Ryman. Aqueduct Press, PO Box 95787, Seattle WA 98145-2787; [www.aqueductpress.com]. (Contents)

ESPINOZA, PEPPER; see pseudonym Jamie Craig (chron.)

ESSLEMONT, IAN CAMERON (chron.)

• * _Night of Knives (Transworld/Bantam UK 978-0-593-05781-0, Jun 2007, £14.99, viii+284pp, hc, cover by Steven Stone) [Malazan] Reprint (PS Publishing 2005) fantasy novel of the Malazan Empire.

ESTEP, JENNIFER (chron.)

• * *Hot Mama (Berkley 978-0-425-21734-4, Nov 2007, $14.00, 356pp, tp, cover by Stanley Chow) [Fiona Fine] Paranormal romance, a sequel to Karma Girl. Fiona Fine, AKA the superhero Fiera, has trouble getting back into dating after her boyfriend’s death.
• * *Karma Girl (Berkley 978-0-425-21511-1, May 2007, $14.00, 360pp, tp) [Fiona Fine] Paranormal romance. A newpaper reporter who specializes in exposing superheroes’ secret identities gets her comeuppance.

EVANS, BILL (chron.)

• * *Category 7 (with Marianna Jameson) (Tor/Forge 978-0-7653-1735-3, Jul 2007, $24.95, 383pp, hc) Thriller with SF elements. A billionaire uses rogue weather science to set off a huge hurricane.

EVANS, LINDA (chron.)

• * _Hell Hath No Fury (with David M. Weber) See entry under David M. Weber

EWING, AL (chron.)

• * +Pax Britannia: El Sombra (Abaddon Books US 978-1-905437-34-4, Aug 2007, $7.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Pax Britannia] Shared-world steampunk SF novel, the second in the series. This includes an unpaginated story by Jonathan Green. Copyrighted by Rebellion. This first US edition is the Abaddon UK 5/07 edition.
• * *Pax Britannica: El Sombra (Abaddon Books 978-1-905437-34-4, Jun 2007, £6.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Pax Britannia] Shared-world steampunk novel set in an alternate late 20th century, with a 160-year old Queen Victoria still on the throne.

EWING, LYNNE (chron.)

• * *The Final Eclipse (Hyperion 978-1-4231-0843-6, Dec 2007, $9.99, 265pp, hc, cover by Suza Scalora) [Daughters of the Moon] Young-adult contemporary fantasy, 13th in the Daughters of the Moon series.
• * *Sisters of Isis 1: The Summoning (Hyperion 978-1-4231-0342-4, Apr 2007, $9.99, 263pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Sisters of Isis] Young-adult contemporary fantasy novel, the first in a series about three young women who discover they are descendants of Egyptian pharaohs and have magical powers. This is a paper-over-board edition.
• * *Sisters of Isis 2: Divine One (Hyperion 978-1-4231-0343-1, Jun 2007, $9.99, 257pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Sisters of Isis] Young-adult contemporary fantasy, second in the Sisters of Isis series. This is a paper-over-board edition.
• * *Sisters of Isis 3: Enchantress (Hyperion 978-1-4231-0684-5, Sep 2007, $9.99, 252pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Sisters of Isis] Young-adult contemporary fantasy, third in a series. This is a paper-over-board edition.

EYRE, LUCY (chron.)

• * +If Minds Had Toes (Bloomsbury USA 978-1-59691-300-4, Apr 2007, $12.95, 281pp, tp, cover by Paul Jackson) Literary fantasy novel. A teen is drawn into a literal World of Ideas to settle a bet between Wittgenstein and Socrates. Illustrated by Paul Jackson. A first novel. First US edition (Bloomsbury UK 1/07).

FABRY, GLENN (chron.)

• * _Neverwhere (with Neil Gaiman & Mike Carey) See entry under Neil Gaiman.

FAHNESTOCK, TODD (chron.)

• * _Mistress of Winter (with Giles Carwyn) See entry under Giles Carwyn.

FALLON, JENNIFER (stories) (chron.)

• * +Warlord (Tor 978-0-7653-0991-4, Aug 2007, $26.95, 508pp, hc, cover by Paul Youll) [Wolfblade] Fantasy novel, book three of the Wolfblade trilogy. First US edition (Voyager Australia 2005).
• * _Warrior (Tor 978-0-7653-4870-8, Aug 2007, $7.99, 562pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Wolfblade] Reprint (Voyager Australia 2005) fantasy novel, the second volume in the Wolfblade trilogy.

FARDELL, JOHN (chron.)

• * +The Flight of the Silver Turtle (Penguin/Putnam 0-399-24382-8, Oct 2006, $15.99, 233pp, hc, cover by John Fardell) Young-adult adventure with SF elements. Zara, Ben, Sam, and Marcia help build a high-tech airplane and join a search for a long-lost secret invention. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now. First US edition (Faber & Faber 2006).
• * _The 7 Professors of the Far North (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-240735-6, Sep 2006, $6.99, 217pp, tp, cover by John Fardell) Reprint (Faber & Faber 2004) young-adult adventure with SF elements. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.

FARLAND, DAVID; pseudonym of David Wolverton, (1957- ) (chron.)

• * _Brotherhood of the Wolf (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-561-3, Feb 2007, £7.99, 678pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Runelords] Reprint (Earthlight UK 1999) fantasy novel. Book two in the Runelords series. Farland is a pseudonym of Dave Wolverton.
• * _The Lair of Bones (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-563-7, Mar 2007, £7.99, 472pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) [Runelords] Reprint (Tor 2003) fantasy novel. Book four in the Runelords series. Farland is a pseudonym of Dave Wolverton.
• * _Sons of the Oak (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-644-3, Aug 2007, £7.99, 423pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) [Runelords] Reprint (Tor 2006) fantasy novel, the fifth book in the Runelords series. Farland is a pseudonym of Dave Wolverton. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Sons of the Oak (Tor 978-0-7653-4108-2, Sep 2007, $7.99, 398pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Runelords] Reprint (Tor 2006) fantasy novel, fifth in The Runelords series, set eight years after The Lair of Bones. Farland is a pen name for Dave Wolverton.
• * _The Sum of All Men (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-560-6, Feb 2007, £7.99, 614pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) [Runelords] Reprint (Earthlight UK 1998) fantasy novel. Book one in the Runelords series, published in the US as The Runelords. Farland is a pseudonym of Dave Wolverton.
• * _Wizardborn (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-562-0, Mar 2007, £7.99, 488pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) [RunelordsRunelords] Reprint (Earthlight 2001) fantasy novel. Book three in the Runelords series. Farland is a pseudonym of Dave Wolverton.
• * *Worldbinder (Tor 978-0-7653-1665-3, Sep 2007, $24.95, 336pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Runelords] Fantasy novel, sixth in The Runelords series. Farland is a pen name for Dave Wolverton.

FARMER, NANCY; [born Nancy Forsythe Coe] (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Land of the Silver Apples (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 978-1-4169-0735-0, Aug 2007, $18.95, 496pp, hc, cover by Gene Mollica) [Sea of Trolls] Children’s fantasy novel, sequel to The Sea of Trolls. Jack’s sister Lucy is kidnapped again, this time by the Lady of the Lake

FARMER, PHILIP JOSÉ; (1918-2009) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The City Beyond Play (with Danny Adams) (PS Publishing 978-1-905834-25-9, Sep 2007, £40.00, viii+112pp, hc, cover by Dominic Harman) SF novella begun by Farmer in 1970 and finished by Adams. A murderer joins a community of medieval recreationists (Scadians) in the 22nd century. Introduction by Chris Roberson; afterword by Tracy Knight. This is a limited edition of 100 signed by both Farmer and Adams; a slipcased lettered edition of 26 signed by all contributors (£175.00) and an unsigned bound-in-boards edition of 500 (-24-2, £10.00) are also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].
• * _The Unreasoning Mask (Overlook Press 978-1-58567-715-3, Jan 2007, $14.95, 243pp, tp) Reprint (Putnam 1981) far-future SF novel.

FARRELL, DOUG (chron.)

• * *Glamour Job (BookSurge 978-1-4196-7496-9, Oct 2007, $19.96, 482pp, tp, cover by Doug Farrell) [Lunarcentric] Contemporary fantasy novel, the first book in the Lunarcentric trilogy. A woman in jail tells about her encounters with goblins in Chicago. A first novel. This is a print-on demand edition, available online at [www.booksurge.com]; BookSurge Publishing, 7290-B Investment Drive, Charleston SC 29418; 1-866-308-6235.

FARRIS, JOHN (L.) (1936- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *You Don’t Scare Me (Tor/Forge 978-0-312-85064-7, Apr 2007, $24.95, 302pp, hc) Horror novel. A woman believes a dead killer is still destroying anyone she ever gets close to.

FAUST, MINISTER; pseudonym of Malcolm Azania (chron.)

• * *From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-46637-2, Feb 2007, $13.95, 390pp, tp, cover by Greg Horn) Fantasy novel about therapist for superheroes and her work with one spectacularly dysfunctional team. Faust is a pen name for Malcolm Azania.

FEEHAN, CHRISTINE (chron.)

• * *Dark Celebration (Piatkus 0-7499-3707-6, Sep 2006, £10.99, 356pp, tp) [Carpathian] Vampire romance novel. Book 13 in the Carpathian series. Simultaneous with the US edition.
• * _Dark Celebration (Jove 978-0-515-14354-6, Oct 2007, $7.99, 393pp, pb) [Carpathian] Reprint (Berkley 2006) paranormal romantic suspense/dark fantasy novel in the Carpathian series.
• * _Dark Desire (Piatkus 0-7499-3748-3, Feb 2007, £6.99, 369pp, pb) [Carpathian] Reprint (Love Spell 1999) dark fantasy romance novel, the second book in the Carpathian series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Dark Gold (Piatkus 0-7499-3749-1, Feb 2007, £6.99, 304pp, pb) [Carpathian] Reprint (Love Spell 2000) paranormal romance. The third book in the Carpathian series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Dark Gold (Leisure 978-0-8439-5844-8, Mar 2007, $7.99, 334pp, pb) [Carpathian] Reprint (Love Spell 2000) romantic vampire novel, the third in the Carpathian series.
• * _Dark Guardian (Piatkus 0-7499-3811-0, Aug 2007, £6.99, 369pp, pb) [Carpathian] Reprint (Leisure 2002) vampire romance novel. Book eight in the Carpathian series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Dark Hunger (Berkley 978-0-425-21783-2, Oct 2007, $10.00, unpaginated, tp, cover by Zid) [Carpathian] Manga/graphic novel version of a paranormal romantic suspense/dark fantasy story in the Carpathian series. Illustrated by Zid; adapted by Dana Kurtin (credited only on the copyright page).
• * _Dark Legend (Piatkus 978-0-7499-3767-6, Aug 2007, £6.99, 382pp, pb) [Carpathian] Reprint (Leisure 2002) vampire romance novel. Book seven in the Carpathian series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Dark Magic (Piatkus 978-0-7499-3761-4, May 2007, £6.99, 350pp, pb) [Carpathian] Reprint (Love Spell 2000) fantasy novel, book four in the Carpathian series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Dark Possession (Berkley 978-0-425-21709-2, Sep 2007, $24.95, 358pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Carpathian] Paranormal romantic suspense/dark fantasy novel in the Carpathian series.
• * _Dark Prince (Piatkus 0-7499-3747-5, Feb 2007, £6.99, 308pp, pb) [Carpathian] Reprint (Love Spell 1999) fantasy novel. Book one in the Carpathian series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Deadly Game (Jove 978-0-515-14261-7, Mar 2007, $7.99, 333pp, pb) [GhostWalkers] Paranormal romantic suspense novel, fifth in the GhostWalkers series.
• * _Deadly Game (SFBC #1226512, May 2007, $12.99, 333pp, hc) [GhostWalkers] Reprint (Jove 2007) paranormal romantic suspense novel, fifth in the GhostWalkers series about genetically enhanced soldiers. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7947-6; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Safe Harbor (Jove 978-0-515-14318-8, Jul 2007, $7.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Dan O’Leary) [Drake Sisters] Paranormal romance in the Drake Sisters series.

FEIL, HILA (chron.)

• * _Blue Moon (Harcourt 978-0-15-205933-0, May 2007, $6.95, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1990) young-adult ghost novel.

FEIST, RAYMOND E(lias) (1945- ) (chron.)

• * _Flight of the Nighthawks (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-079279-4, Apr 2007, $7.99, 368pp, pb) [Riftwar: Darkwar Saga] Reprint (Voyager 2005) fantasy novel set in the world of Midkemia, first volume in the Darkwar Saga.
• * _Honored Enemy (with William R. Forstchen) (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-079284-8, Jun 2007, $7.99, 355pp, pb) [Riftwar: Legends] Reprint (Voyager 2001) fantasy novel, the first book of the Legends of the Riftwar series.
• * _Honored Enemy (with William R. Forstchen) (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-079283-1, Jun 2007, $13.95, 323pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Riftwar: Legends] Reissue (Voyager 2001) fantasy novel. The first book of the Legends of the Riftwar series.
• * +Into a Dark Realm (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-079280-0, Apr 2007, $25.95, 319pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Riftwar: Darkwar Saga] Fantasy novel set in the world of Midkemia, second volume in the Darkwar Saga. First US edition (Voyager 9/06).
• * _Into a Dark Realm (SFBC #1232152, Apr 2007, $13.99, 319pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Riftwar: Darkwar Saga] Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel set in the world of Midkemia, second volume in the Darkwar Saga. This is similar to the Eos first US edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Into a Dark Realm (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-713378-9, Apr 2007, £12.99, 386pp, tp, cover by Dominic Forbes) [Riftwar: Darkwar Saga] Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel. Book two of the Darkwar subseries of the Riftwar series.
• * _Into a Dark Realm (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-713379-6, Oct 2007, £6.99, 386pp, pb, cover by Dominic Forbes) [Riftwar: Darkwar Saga] Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel. Book two of the Darkwar subseries in the Riftwar series.
• * _Into a Dark Realm (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-713379-6, Oct 2007, £6.99, 386pp, pb, cover by Dominic Forbes) [Riftwar: Darkwar Saga] Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel, second in the Darkwar series, part of the Riftwar series.
• * +Murder in LaMut (with Joel Rosenberg) (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-079285-5, Aug 2007, $14.95, 324pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Riftwar: Legends] Fantasy novel. The second book of the Legends of the Riftwar series. First US edition (Voyager 6/02).

_____, et al.

• * *Magician: Apprentice, Volume One (with Michael Avon Oeming & Bryan Glass) (Marvel Publishing 978-0-7851-2589-1, Nov 2007, $15.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Brett Booth) [Riftwar] Graphic novel collecting the first six comic books in the ongoing adaptation of Feist’s Magician, the first book in the Riftwar series. Adapted by Michael Avon Oeming & Bryan Glass, with art by Brett Booth and Ryan Stegman.

FENNER, ARNIE, ed. (chron.)

• * _Spectrum 14: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (with Cathy Fenner) See entry under Cathy Fenner.

FENNER, CATHY, ed. (chron.)

• * *Spectrum 14: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (with Arnie Fenner) (Underwood Books 978-1-59929-006-5, Oct 2007, $39.95, 248pp, hc, cover by Andrew Jones) Art yearbook, this covers 2006 with reproductions of over 450 works by more than 300 artists, chosen by a jury. Arnie Fenner discusses “The Year in Review”. This includes a profile of Grand Master Award winner Syd Mead. A trade paperback edition (-007-2, $29.95) was announced but not seen. Order from Underwood Books, PO Box 1919, Nevada City CA 95959; [www.underwoodbooks.com].

FERRARI, MARK J(oseph) (1956- ) (chron.)

• * *The Book of Joby (Tor 978-0-7653-1686-8, Aug 2007, $27.95, 638pp, hc, cover by Mark J. Ferrari) Fantasy novel mixing the Book of Job and Arthurian myth. A trade paperback edition (-1753-7, $15.95) is also available. A first novel.

FÉVAL, PAUL (Henri Corentin) (1817-1887) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Anne of the Isles and Other Legends of Brittany (with Brian Stableford,trans.) (Black Coat Press 978-1-932983-92-0, Aug 2007, $20.95, 246pp, tp, cover by Anne-Claire Payet) Collection of four Gothic fantasy stories supposedly inspired by Breton folklore. Translated from the French by Brian Stableford, who also provides an introduction and notes. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.blackcoatpress.com], or from Hollywood Comics.com, PO Box 17270, Encino CA 91416. (Contents)

FÉVAL, PAUL (chron.)

• * *Felifax the Tiger Man (with Brian Stableford,trans.) (Black Coat Press 978-1-932983-88-3, Mar 2007, $24.95, 350pp, tp, cover by Hank Mayo) Adventure novel mixing Tarzan-style adventure and a Holmesian British detective. Translated from the French (Baudiniere, originally serialized in two parts as Felifax L’Homme Tigre [1929] and Londres en Folie [1930]) by Brian Stableford, who also provides introduction, afterword, and notes. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.blackcoatpress.com], or from Hollywood Comics.com, PO Box 17270, Encino CA 91416.

FFORDE, JASPER (chron.)

• * *First Among Sequels (Hodder & Stoughton 978-0-340-83575-3, Jul 2007, £12.99, 395pp, hc, cover by Mark Thomas) [Thursday Next] Humorous fantasy novel, book five in the Thursday Next series.
• * _The Fourth Bear (Hodder & Stoughton 978-0-340-83573-9, Jun 2007, £6.99, 388pp, tp) [Nursery Crimes] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2006) humorous fantasy novel, the second in the Nursery Crime series.
• * _The Fourth Bear (Penguin 978-0-14-303892-4, Jul 2007, $14.00, 382pp, tp, cover by Tom Gauld) [Nursery Crimes] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2006) humorous fantasy detective novel, second in the Nursery Crimes series.
• * +Thursday Next: First Among Sequels (Penguin/Viking 978-0-670-03871-8, Aug 2007, $24.95, 365pp, hc, cover by Viktor Koen) [Thursday Next] Humorous fantasy detective novel, fifth in the Thursday Next series. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 7/07).

FICHTELBERG, SUSAN (chron.)

• * _Tamora Pierce (with Bonnie Kunzel) See entry under Bonnie Kunzel.

FINCH, SHEILA (Rosemary) (1935- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Guild of Xenolinguists (Golden Gryphon Press 978-1-930846-48-7, Sep 2007, $24.95, 281+xiii, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Lingster] Collection of 11 stories, one original, in Finch’s Lingster series, with an afterword on the difficulties of communicating with aliens. Foreword by Ian Watson. (Contents)

FINN, ROBERT (chron.)

• * +Adept (Snowbooks 978-1-905005-57-4, Jun 2007, $14.95, 446pp, tp) Occult thriller. First US edition (Snowbooks 2004).

FINTUSHEL, ELIOT (stories) (chron.)

• * *Breakfast with the Ones You Love (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-38405-5, Mar 2007, $12.00, 275pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) Science fantasy novel mixing humor and Jewish mysticism. Runaway Lea Tillem’s psychic talent could help her boyfriend call down a spaceship to save the Chosen. A first novel.