The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

PECK, DALE (chron.) (continued)

• * _Lost Cities: The Second Voyage (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-7878-9, Aug 2007, £6.99, 392pp, tp, cover by Martin Hargreaves) [Drift House] Reprint (Bloomsbury USA 2007 as The Lost Cities) young-adult fantasy novel, the second in the Drift House series. [First U.K. edition]

PEEK, BEN (chron.)

• * *Black Sheep (Wildside Press/Prime Books 978-0-8095-6263-3, Jul 2007, $14.95, 333pp, tp) Dystopian SF novel of a racially segregated world where multiculturalism is punished with Assimilation — the removal of race and identity. A first novel.

PEET, MAL (chron.)

• * *The Penalty (Candlewick Press 978-0-7636-3399-8, Sep 2007, $16.99, 262pp, hc, cover by Phil Schramm) Young-adult thriller with occult elements, set in an imaginary South American country. A young soccer star disappears.

PELEVIN, VICTOR (1962- ) (chron.)

• * _The Helmet of Horror (with Andrew Bromfield,trans.) (Grove/Canongate U.S. 978-1-84195-912-2, Feb 2007, $13.00, 274pp, tp) [Myths] Reprint (Canongate 2006) fantasy novel in the Myths series retelling the story of Theseus and the minotaur. Translated by Andrew Bromfield.

PEMBERTON, BONNIE (chron.)

• * *The Cat Master (Marshall Cavendish 978-0-7614-5340-6, Jul 2007, $16.99, 259pp, hc) Young-adult talking animal fantasy. The death of the cats’ leader sets off conflict between Indoor cats and Ferals. A first novel.

PENDLETON, THOMAS (chron.)

• * _Wicked Dead #1: Lurker (with Stefan Petrucha) See entry under Stefan Petrucha.
• * _Wicked Dead: Torn (with Stefan Petrucha) See entry under Stefan Petrucha.

PERRIAM, WENDY (Angela) (1940- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Biggest Female in the World and Other Stories (Hale, Robert 978-0-7090-8377-1, Jul 2007, £18.99, 223pp, hc) Original collection of 20 fantasy/mainstream stories. (Contents)

PERRY, DAL (chron.)

• * _Chris Bunch’s The Gangster Conspiracy (with Steve Perry) See entry under Steve Perry.

PERRY, STEVE(n Carl) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Chris Bunch’s The Gangster Conspiracy (with Dal Perry) (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46162-9, Jul 2007, $7.99, 339pp, pb) [Star Risk, Ltd.] Military SF novel, fifth in the Star Risk, Ltd. series created by Chris Bunch.
• * _Star Wars: Death Star (with J. Michael Reaves) See entry under J. Michael Reaves.

PERUMOV, NICK (chron.)

• * *Godsdoom (Zumaya Publications 978-1-934135-38-9, Apr 2007, $22.99, 539pp, tp) Sword-and-sorcer fantasy novel. Hedin, Sage of Darkness returns after a thousand years of exile. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.zumayapublications.com]; Zumaya Publications, 3209 S. IH35 #1086, Austin TX 78741-6905.

PETERSON, MATTHEW (chron.)

• * *Paraworld Zero (Blue Works 978-1-59092-491-4, Jan 2008, $16.99, 251pp, tp) [Parallel Worlds] Young-adult science fantasy novel, book one in the Parallel Worlds series. Simon Kent is transported to a futuristic world where he can perform magic. A first novel. Blue Works c/o Windstorm Creative, 7419 Ebbert Dr. SE, Port Orchard WA 98367; [www.windstormcreative.com].

PETRUCHA, STEFAN (1959- ) (chron.)

• * *Beowulf (with Kody Chamberlain) (HarperTrophy 978-0-06-134390-2, Oct 2007, $8.99, unpaginated, tp, cover by Kody Chamberlain) Graphic novel adaptation of the epic saga, with text by Petrucha and art by Kody Chamberlain.
• * *Timetripper Book Four: FutureImperfect (Penguin/Razorbill 978-1-59514-087-6, Apr 2007, $5.99, 216pp, pb) [Timetripper] Young-adult science fiction novel, fourth and final in a series based on the world of Petrucha’s comic Squalor.
• * *Wicked Dead #1: Lurker (with Thomas Pendleton) (HarperTeen 978-0-06-113849-5, Jul 2007, $7.99, 214pp, tp, cover by Shaun O’Boyle) [Wicked Dead] Young-adult horror novel, the first in a series in which the ghosts of dead girls tell their stories. Pendleton is a pen name for Lee Thomas.
• * *Wicked Dead: Torn (with Thomas Pendleton) (HarperTeen 978-0-06-113850-8, Sep 2007, $7.99, 198pp, tp) [Wicked Dead] Young-adult horror novel, the second in a series in which the ghosts of dead girls tell their stories. Pendleton is a pen name for Lee Thomas.

PETTERSSON, VICKI (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Scent of Shadows (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-089891-5, Mar 2007, $6.99, 455pp, pb) [Signs of the Zodiac] Supernatural novel, the first in the Signs of the Zodiac series. Joanna Archer pretends to be her murdered socialite sister to uncover the truth about superpowered beings in Las Vegas.
• * *The Taste of Night (HarperCollins/Avon 978-0-06-089892-2, Apr 2007, $6.99, 440pp, pb) [Signs of the Zodiac] Supernatural novel, second in the Signs of the Zodiac series. Joanna Archer must come to terms with her superpowers and help save Las Vegas from a plague released by her own father.

PHAIR, COLETTE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Nightmare in Silicon (Chiasmus Press 0-9785499-9-6, 2007, $14.95, 96pp, tp, cover by Alayna MacPherson) Cyberpunk novella. Ymo tries to remain human after a terminal disease persuades her to take a gender-neutral robot body that doesn’t dream. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.chiasmusmedia.net] or from Chiasmus Press, 8826 SE 28th Ave., Portland OR 97222.

PHILLIPS, ARTHUR (1921- ) (chron.)

• * *Angelica (Random House 978-1-4000-6251-5, Apr 2007, $24.95, 331pp, hc) Victorian horror novel with possible supernatural elements. A family hires a spiritualist to cleanse their house of dark spirits.

PHILLIPS, HOLLY, ed. (1969- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Tesseracts Eleven (with Cory Doctorow) See entry under Cory Doctorow.

PHILLIPS, JULIE (chron.)

• * _James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon (St. Martin’s/Picador 978-0-312-42694-1, Jun 2007, $18.00, 545pp, tp) Reprint (St. Martin’s 2006) biography. Locus Award winner and Hugo nominee. [Tiptree]

PHILLIPS, MARIE (chron.)

• * *Gods Behaving Badly (Cape, Jonathan 978-0-224-08131-3, Aug 2007, £12.99, 277pp, hc, cover by Adam McCauley) Humorous fantasy novel. The ancient Greek Gods, powers waning, are confined to a town-house in London. A first novel.

PHOENIX, ADRIAN (Nikolas) (chron.)

• * *A Rush of Wings (Pocket 978-1-4165-4144-8, Jan 2008, $15.00, 405pp, tp) [Heather Wallace] Near-future dark fantasy romance novel. Special Agent Heather Wallace trails a serial killer to New Orleans, and finds the vampire musician Dante. A first novel.

PICANO, FELICE (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Tales: from a Distant Planet (French Connection Press 2-914853-05-X, 2006, $18.75, 245pp, tp) Original collection of seven stories, one a reprint. This was published in France in 2006, but not seen until now. French Connection Pres, 12 rue Lamartine, 75009 Paris, France; [www.frenchcx.com]. (Contents)

PICCIRILLI, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Edward Piccirilli] (1965- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Midnight Road (Bantam 978-0-553-38408-6, Jul 2007, $6.99, 317pp, pb) Thriller with possible supernatural elements. A Child Protective Services investigation turns unexpectedly deadly.

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• * *Midnight Premiere (CD Publications 978-1-58767-146-3, Jun 2007, $40.00, 353pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Original anthology of 18 stories about the horrors of Hollywood. Authors include Jack Ketchum, John Shirley, Thomas F. Monteleone, and Al Sarrantonio. This is a limited edition of 1,500 signed by the editor; a deluxe lettered edition of 52 also signed by many contributors ($250.00) is also available. CD Publications, 132-B Industry Lane, Unit 7, Forest Hill MD 21050; [www.cemeterydance.com]. (Contents)

PIERCE, MAC (chron.)

• * *The Master of Seacliff (Haworth Press/Harrington Park/Southern Tier 1-56023-636-1, Feb 2007, $16.95, 199pp, tp) Gay gothic romance with possible paranormal elements. A young artist in 1899 takes a job at an estate owned by a mysterious wealthy patron. Available from The Haworth Press, 10 Alice Street, Binghamton NY 13904-1580; orders 800-429-6784; [www.haworthpress.com].

PIERCE, MEREDITH ANN (1958- ) (chron.)

• * _The Darkangel (Little, Brown 978-0-316-06723-2, Apr 2007, $7.99, 238pp, tp) [Darkangel] Reprint (Little, Brown 1982) young-adult fantasy novel, book one in the Darkangel trilogy.
• * _A Gathering of Gargoyles (Little, Brown 978-0-316-06725-6, Oct 2007, $7.99, 284pp, tp) [Darkangel] Reprint (Little, Brown 1984) young-adult fantasy novel, book two in the Darkangel trilogy.

PIERCE, TAMORA (1954- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Beka Cooper: Terrier (Random House 978-0-375-83816-3, Oct 2007, $9.99, 582pp, tp, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Beka Cooper] Reprint (Random House 2006) young-adult fantasy, first in the Beka Cooper/Provost’s Dog trilogy about a street girl trained to be a manhunter; in the Tortall series 200 years before Alanna: The First Adventure.

PIERSON, CHRISTOPHER (stories) (chron.)

• * *DragonLance: Shadow of the Flame (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4254-1, Jun 2007, $6.99, 408pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [DragonLance: Taladas] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the third volume in the Taladas trilogy. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

PIKE, CHRISTOPHER (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Last Vampire (Hodder Children’s Books 978-0-340-95040-1, Aug 2007, £5.99, 394pp, tp) [Last Vampire] Omnibus of two YA vampire novels: The Last Vampire (1994) and Black Blood (1994). (Contents)
• * _The Yanti (Tor Teen 978-0-7653-4962-0, Dec 2007, $6.99, 398pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Alosha] Reprint (Tor Teen 2006) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the Alosha series.

PILINOVSKY, HELEN, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Cabinet des Fées: a fairy tale journal, Volume One No.2/3 (with Erzebet Barthold-YellowBoy) (Wildside Press/Prime Books 978-0-8095-7265-6, Dec 2007, $14.95, 180pp, tp, cover by Charles Vess) Original anthology of ten stories and three articles exploring fairy tales. Authors include Mike Allen, Sonya Taaffe, and Bret Fetzer. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.prime-books.com] or from Prime Books, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850. (Contents)

PINBOROUGH, SARAH (J.) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Taken (Leisure 978-0-8439-5896-6, Apr 2007, $6.99, 323pp, pb) Horror novel. The ghost of a little girl seeks revenge for her death.

PINKWATER, DANIEL M(anus) (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 978-1-4169-2810-2, Oct 2007, $4.99, 102pp, tp, cover by Jill Pinkwater) [Hoboken Chicken Emergency] Reprint (Prentice Hall 1977) children’s picture book about a six-foot superchicken that accidentally terrorizes the city. This 30th anniversary edition follows the text of the 1999 Atheneum edition, with new illustrations by Tony Auth. An Atheneum hardcover edition (-2809-6, $16.99) is also available.
• * *The Neddiad (Houghton Mifflin 978-0-618-59444-3, Apr 2007, $16.00, 307pp, hc, cover by Calef Brown) Young-adult fantasy. Neddie goes to Hollywood and saves the world from ancient evil.

PIÑOL, ALBERT SÁNCHEZ (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Cold Skin (with Cheryl Leah Morgan,trans.) (Grove/Atlantic/Canongate 978-1-84195-883-5, Feb 2007, $13.00, 233pp, tp) Reprint (Farrar Straus Giroux 2005) surreal anthropological SF novel. Translated by Cheryl Leah Morgan from the Catalán La pell freda (La Campana 2002).

PIPER, H(enry) BEAM (1904-1964) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Little Fuzzy (Dorchester/Cosmos Books 978-0-8439-5911-6, Aug 2007, $6.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Avon 1962) SF novel.
• * _A Planet for Texans (with John J. McGuire) (Wildside Press 0-8095-0142-2, 2006, $12.95, 128pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 1958 as part of an Ace Double) SF novella. This is dated 2006 but not seen until now. A print-on-demand edition available online at [www.wildsidepress.com]; Wildside Press, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234, Rockville MD 20850.

PITCHER, CAROLINE (chron.)

• * *The Shaman Boy (Egmont 978-1-4052-0851-2, Jul 2007, £5.99, 480pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult fantasy novel about a blind boy who learns to shapeshift. Portions previously appeared in different form as Cloud Cat and Sky Shifter (both Egmont 2005).

POE, EDGAR ALLAN (1809-1849) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Graphic Classics, Volume One: Edgar Allan Poe: Third Edition (Eureka Productions 978-0-9746648-7-1, Jun 2006, $11.95, 140pp, tp, cover by Marcel De Jong) Illustrated anthology/graphic novel with 12 illustrated or comic-style adaptations of works by Poe. This is revised from the 2004 second edition, dropping four stories and adding over 40 new pages including four stories and all-new illustrations by various artists for “The Raven”. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now. Eureka Productions, 8778 Oak Grove Road, Mount Horeb WI 53572; [www.graphicclassics.com]. (Contents) [ed: Tom Pomplun]
• * _Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Pocket 978-1-4165-3476-1, Sep 2007, $5.99, 406+xxvi, pb, cover by Janet Wooley) Reprint collection of 13 stories and 25 poems, with excerpts from critical writing on Poe. This Enriched Classic edition has eight fewer stories and nine fewer poems than the eponymous 2003 Enriched Classic edition. (Contents)

POE, MICHAEL D. (chron.)

• * _Blacksent: Book of the Umbra (with Michael A. LaFlamme) See entry under Michael A. LaFlamme

POGANY, JEAN COULTER (1942- ); see pseudonym Catherine Coulter (chron.)

POLISAR, LISA (chron.)

• * *The Ghost of Mary Prairie (University of New Mexico Press 978-0-8263-4209-6, Apr 2007, $18.95, 273pp, tp) Ghost story. A teenager in 1961 sees the ghost of a woman who died decades before, and starts to uncover local secrets. Order from University of New Mexico Press, Order Department, 1312 Basehart Rd. SE, Albuquerque NM 87106-4363; 800-249-7737; [www.unmpress.com].

POMPLUN, TOM, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Graphic Classics, Volume Four: H.P. Lovecraft, Second Edition See entry under H. P. Lovecraft.
• * *Graphic Classics, Volume Fourteen: Gothic Classics (Eureka Productions 978-0-9787919-0-2, May 2007, $11.95, 144pp, tp, cover by Lisa K. Weber) Illustrated anthology/graphic novel, with six pieces including adaptations of Ann Radcliffe’s The Mysteries of Udolpho by Antonella Caputo & Carlo Vergara; Sheridan Le Fanu’s “Carmilla” by Rod Lott and Lisa K. Weber; and Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey by Trina Robbins & Anne Timmons. Eureka Productions, 8778 Oak Grove Road, Mount Horeb WI 53572; [www.graphicclassics.com]. (Contents)
• * _Graphic Classics, Volume One: Edgar Allan Poe: Third Edition See entry under Edgar Allan Poe.

PONSON du TERRAIL, PIERRE-ALEXIS de (chron.)

• * *The Vampire and the Devil’s Son (with Brian Stableford,trans.) (Black Coat Press 978-1-932983-55-5, Jun 2007, $20.95, 263pp, tp, cover by Nathalie Lial) Vampire novel. Translated/adapted by Brian Stableford from the French La baronne Trépassée (1852); Stableford also provides introduction, afterword, and notes on the novel and the author’s career. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.blackcoatpress.com], or from Hollywood Comics.com, PO Box 17270, Encino CA 91416.

POPESCU, PETRU (Demetru) (1929- ) (chron.)

• * *Weregirls: Birth of the Pack (Tor Teen 978-0-7653-1641-7, Sep 2007, $9.95, 347pp, tp) [Weregirls] Young-adult dark fantasy novel, the first book in a series. Girls who name their soccer team the Weregirls discover they have magic powers — and sworn enemies.

POPP, ROBIN T. (chron.)

• * *Immortals: The Darkening (Dorchester/Love Spell 978-0-505-52702-8, Jun 2007, $6.99, 337pp, pb) [Immortals] Paranormal romance, the second in a series by various authors following five brothers, all Immortal demigods.
• * *Lord of the Night (Grand Central/Forever 978-0-446-61785-7, Dec 2007, $6.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Craig White) [Night Slayer] Vampire romance novel, fourth in the Night Slayer series.
• * *Tempted in the Night (Warner Forever 978-0-446-6178409, Jan 2007, $6.99, 297pp, pb, cover by Craig White) [Night Slayer] Vampire romance novel, third in the Night Slayer series.

PORTER, KATHY (chron.)

• * *Gray/Guardians (BookSurge 1-4196-3668-5, Oct 2007, $17.99, 354pp, tp) SF thriller. the first in a series of four. The people of a dying Earth get offers of help from two different alien species. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.grayguardians.com].

POTTER, TIFFANY, ed. (chron.)

• * *Cylons in America: Critical Studies in Battlestar Galactica (with C. W. Marshall) (Continuum 978-0-8264-2848-6, Dec 2007, $24.95, 177pp, tp) [Battlestar Galactica] Non-fiction, an anthology of 18 new critical essays on the television show, in particular ways it reflects popular culture and post-9/11 politics. Includes index and bibliography.

POURNELLE, JERRY E(ugene) [Ph.D] (1933- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Burning Tower (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.

POWERS, RICHARD (1957- ) (chron.)

• * _The Echo Maker (Farrar Straus Giroux/Picador 978-0-312-42643-9, Sep 2007, $15.00, 451pp, tp) Reprint (Farrar Straus Giroux 2006) associational literary novel about science, winner of the National Book Award.

POWERS, TIM(othy Thomas) (1952- ); see pseudonym William Ashbless (stories) (chron.)

• * _Earthquake Weather (Tor/Orb 978-0-7653-1822-0, Nov 2007, $15.95, 414pp, tp, cover by Sara Hayward) [Last Call] Reprint (Legend 1997) fantasy novel, sequel to both Last Call and Expiration Date. Winner of the Locus Award.