The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

REYNOLDS, ALASTAIR (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Pushing Ice (Ace 978-0-441-01502-3, Jun 2007, $7.99, 581pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Gollancz 2005) SF novel.
• * _Revelation Space (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-752-88908-5, Aug 2007, £7.99, 585pp, tp) [Inhibitor] Reprint (Gollancz 2000) SF novel. This is a Gollancz “Future Classics” edition.
• * _Zima Blue and Other Stories (Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-079-2, May 2007, $14.95, 280pp, tp, cover by Chris Mayernik) Reprint (Night Shade 2006) collection of ten stories. Introduction by Paul J. McAuley. Night Shade Books, 1423 33rd Ave., San Francisco CA 94122; [night@nightshadebooks.com]; [www.nightshadebooks.com].

REYNOLDS, ANTHONY (chron.)

• * *Warhammer 40,000: Dark Apostle (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-507-0, Sep 2007, £6.99, 415pp, pb, cover by Klaus Scherwinski) [Warhammer 40,000: Dark Apostle] Novelization based on the roleplaying game universe.
• * +Warhammer 40,000: Dark Apostle (BL Publishing/Black Library US 978-1-84416-507-0, Oct 2007, $7.99, 415pp, pb, cover by Klaus Scherwinski) [Warhammer 40,000: Dark Apostle] 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 (9/07) but gives only US and Canadian prices.

REYNOLDS, ERIC T., ed. (chron.)

• * *Ruins: Extraterrestrial (Hadley Rille Books 978-097851486, 2007, $15.95, 352pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *Ruins: Terra (Hadley Rille Books 978-0-9785148-5-3, 2007, 242pp, tp) (Contents)
• * *Visual Journeys: A Tribute to Space Artists (Hadley Rille Books 0978514831, 2007, $24.95, 388pp, tp) (Contents)

RHODES, JENNA; pseudonym of Rhondi A. Vilott Salsitz, (1949- ) (chron.)

• * _The Four Forges (DAW 978-0-7564-0412-3, Jul 2007, $7.99, 618pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Elven Ways] Reprint (DAW 2006) fantasy novel, book one of The Elven Ways. Rhodes is a pseudonym for Rhondi V. Salsitz.

RHODES, NATASHA (chron.)

• * *Dante’s Girl (BL Publishing/Solaris US 978-1-84416-666-4, Mar 2007, $7.99, 495pp, pb) [Kayla Steele] Dark fantasy novel, the first in the Kayla Steele series about a young woman in Los Angeles trying to learn the Dark Arts to avenge her boyfriend’s death. This has the same ISBN as the simultaneous Solaris UK edition, but only gives US and Canadian prices.
• * *Dante’s Girl (BL Publishing/Solaris 978-1-84416-666-4, Mar 2007, £7.99, 495pp, pb) [Kayla Steele] Dark fantasy novel. First in the Kayla Steele series. Kayla sets out to learn the Black Arts to avenge her dead boyfriend.

RICE, ANNE; [i.e., Howard Allan Frances O’Brien Rice] (1941- ) (chron.)

• * _Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-946016-5, Nov 2006, £6.99, 466pp, pb) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 2005) associational novel.

RICE, HOWARD ALLAN FRANCES O’BRIEN; see under Rice, Anne (chron.)

RICE, PATRICIA (1949- ) (chron.)

• * *Mystic Guardian (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 978-0-451-22169-8, Jul 2007, $6.99, 371pp, pb) [Mystic Isles] Paranormal romance set on the eve of the French Revolution, the first in the Mystic Isles trilogy. Trystan L’Enforcer, magical guardian of the island of Aelynn, unwilling falls for an outsider.

RICH, FRANK (Kelly) (1963- ) (chron.)

• * _Jake Strait: Avenging Angel (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-63261-9, Jan 2007, $6.50, 348pp, pb) [Jake Strait] Reissue (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 1993) near-future SF novel featuring enforcer Jake Strait in 2031.
• * _Jake Strait: Day of Judgment (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-63263-3, Jul 2007, $6.50, 349pp, pb, cover by Tim Bradstreet) [Jake Strait] Reissue (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 1994) near-future SF novel featuring enforcer Jake Strait.
• * _Jake Strait: The Devil Knocks (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 978-0-373-63262-6, Apr 2007, $6.50, 347pp, pb) [Jake Strait] Reissue (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 1993) near-future SF novel featuring enforcer Jake Strait.

RICHARDS, JUSTIN (chron.)

• * *The Chaos Code (Faber and Faber 978-0-571-23394-6, Apr 2007, £7.99, 460pp, hc) Young-adult SF horror novel.
• * +The Chaos Code (Bloomsbury USA 978-1-59990-124-4, Oct 2007, $17.95, 388pp, hc, cover by Elizabeth Mihaltse) Young-adult SF horror novel. First US edition (Faber & Faber 4/07).
• * _The Death Collector (Faber and Faber 978-0-571-22991-8, Apr 2007, £6.99, 339pp, tp) Reprint (Faber and Faber 2006) young-adult SF horror novel.
• * _The Death Collector (Bloomsbury USA 978-1-59990-148-0, Sep 2007, $7.95, 320pp, tp) Reprint (Faber & Faber 2006) young-adult SF horror novel.
• * *Time Runners: Freeze-Frames (Simon & Schuster UK 978-1-41-692642-9, Mar 2007, £5.99, 169pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) Young-adult SF novel of parallel times. Copyrighted by Braxiatek Ltd.

RICHARDSON, E. E. (chron.)

• * _The Intruders (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-55261-5, Apr 2007, £5.99, 278pp, tp) Reprint (The Bodley Head 2006) young-adult fantasy. Joel moves in with his new stepfamily and discovers the house holds more than new resentments.

RICHARDSON, KAT (chron.)

• * *Poltergeist (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46150-6, Aug 2007, $14.00, 341pp, tp, cover by Chris McGrath) [Harper Blaine] Supernatural detective mystery in the Greywalker series featuring Harper Blaine. Harper investigates a university researcher’s attempt to create a poltergeist.

RICHARDSON, NIGEL (chron.)

• * *The Rope Ladder (Oxford University Press 978-0-19-271977-5, Mar 2007, £5.99, 264pp, tp, cover by Chris Inns) Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * +The Wrong Hands (Random House/Knopf 978-0-375-83459-2, Aug 2006, $15.95, 258pp, hc, cover by Dennis Clouse) Young-adult novel with fantasy elements. A boy has huge hands and a deep secret. A first novel. First US edition (Oxford University Press 2005). This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.

RIDDELL, CHRIS (stories) (chron.)

• * _Clash of the Sky Galleons (with Paul Stewart) See entry under Paul Stewart.
• * _The Lost Barkscrolls (with Paul Stewart) See entry under Paul Stewart.
• * _The Twig Trilogy (with Paul Stewart) See entry under Paul Stewart.
• * _The Winter Knights (with Paul Stewart) See entry under Paul Stewart.

RIGANO, GIOVANNI (chron.)

• * _Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel (with Eoin Colfer & Andrew W. Donkin) See entry under Eoin Colfer.

RILEY, JUDITH (Astria) MERKLE (1942- ) (chron.)

• * _In Pursuit of the Green Lion (Random House/Three Rivers Press 978-0-307-23788-0, Oct 2006, $13.95, 439pp, tp) [Margaret of Ashbury] Reprint (Delacorte 1990) historical fantasy, second in the Margaret of Ashbury trilogy. A reader’s group guide is included. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.
• * _A Vision of Light (Random House/Three Rivers Press 978-0-307-23787-3, May 2006, $13.95, 435pp, tp, cover by Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale) [Margaret of Ashbury] Reprint (Delacorte 1989) historical fantasy, first in the Margaret of Ashbury trilogy. A reader’s group guide is included. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.
• * *The Water Devil (Random House/Three Rivers Press 978-0-307-23789-7, Jan 2007, $13.95, 267pp, tp) [Margaret of Ashbury] Historical fantasy, the third in the Margaret of Ashbury trilogy. A family feud wakes a magical being living in a spring in the disputed land. A reader’s group guide is included.

RINGO, JOHN (chron.)

• * _Choosers of the Slain (Baen 978-1-4165-7384-5, Nov 2007, $7.99, 564pp, pb, cover by Kurt Miller) [Mike Harmon (Ghost)] Reprint (Baen 2006) associational thriller, third in the Ghost series.
• * *A Deeper Blue (Baen 978-1-4165-2128-0, Jul 2007, $26.00, 354pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) [Mike Harmon (Ghost)] Associational men’s adventure novel in the Mike Harmon/Kildar/Ghost series.
• * _East of the Sun, West of the Moon (Baen 978-1-4165-5518-6, Jan 2008, $7.99, 411pp, pb, cover by Kurt Miller) [Duke Edmund Talbot] Reprint (Baen 2006) SF novel, fourth in the Council Wars series begun in There Will Be Dragons.
• * _Into the Looking Glass (Baen 978-1-4165-2105-1, Apr 2007, $7.99, 366pp, pb, cover by Kurt Miller) [Into the Looking Glass] Reprint (Baen 2005) SF novel.
• * _Kildar (Baen 978-1-4165-2133-4, Jun 2007, $7.99, 462pp, pb, cover by Kurt Miller) [Mike Harmon (Ghost)] Reprint (Baen 2006) associational men’s adventure novel, sequel to Ghost.
• * _Princess of Wands (Baen 978-1-4165-7386-9, Oct 2007, $7.99, 408pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Princess of Wands] Reprint (Baen 2006) contemporary fantasy novel, first in a series.
• * *Sister Time (with Julie Cochrane) (Baen 978-1-4165-4232-2, Dec 2007, $26.00, 439pp, hc, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Posleen War] Military SF novel, sequel to Cally’s War in Ringo’s Posleen War series begun in A Hymn Before Battle.
• * *Vorpal Blade (with Travis S. Taylor) (Baen 978-1-4165-2129-7, Sep 2007, $25.00, 400pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller & Sanctum Art) [Into the Looking Glass] SF novel, sequel to Ringo’s solo novel Into the Looking Glass.
• * _Watch on the Rhine (with Tom Kratman) (Baen 978-1-4165-2120-4, Mar 2007, $7.99, 452pp, pb, cover by Kurt Miller) [Posleen War] Reprint (Baen 2005) military SF novel in the Posleen War series.
• * *Yellow Eyes (with Tom Kratman) (Baen 978-1-4165-2103-7, Apr 2007, $26.00, 608pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Posleen War] Military SF novel in the Posleen War series. The Posleen try to take the Panama Canal.

RIORDAN, RICK; [i.e., Richard Russell Riordan, Jr.] (1964- ) (chron.)

• * _Percy Jackson and the Titan’s Curse (Penguin/Puffin UK 978-0-141-38289-0, Apr 2007, £9.99, 294pp, hc) [Percy Jackson] Reprint (Hyperion 2007) young-adult fantasy novel. Book three of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Sea of Monsters (Hyperion/Miramax 978-1-4231-0334-9, Apr 2007, $7.99, 279pp, tp, cover by John Rocco) [Percy Jackson] Reprint (Miramax 2006) young-adult fantasy, the second in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series about ancient gods living in the US.
• * *The Titan’s Curse (Hyperion/Miramax 978-1-4231-0145-1, May 2007, $17.95, 312pp, hc, cover by John Rocco) [Percy Jackson] Young-adult fantasy, the third in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series about ancient gods living in the US.

RITCHIE, STACIE M. (chron.)

• * _Anita Blake Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures Volume I (with Brett Booth & Laurell K. Hamilton) See entry under Laurell K. Hamilton

ROBAR, SERENA (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dating4Demons (Berkley JAM 978-0-425-21514-2, May 2007, $9.99, 191pp, tp) [Colby Blanchard] Young-adult vampire novel, third in a series.

ROBB, J. D.; pseudonym of Eleanor F. Aufdem-Brinke, (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Born in Death (Piatkus 978-0-7499-3715-7, Apr 2007, £6.99, 291pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Piatkus 2006) SF novel, the 23rd book of the Eve Dallas/In Death series.
• * _Born in Death (Berkley 978-0-425-21568-5, May 2007, $7.99, 338pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Putnam 2006) SF mystery/romance novel, 23rd in the Eve Dallas series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts.
• * *Creation in Death (Penguin/Putnam 978-0-399-15436-2, Nov 2007, $25.95, 337pp, hc, cover by George Cornell) [Eve Dallas] SF mystery novel, 25th in the Eve Dallas series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. Simultaneous with the Piatkus UK edition.
• * *Innocent in Death (Penguin/Putnam 978-0-399-15401-0, Feb 2007, $25.95, 385pp, hc, cover by George Cornell) [Eve Dallas] SF mystery novel, 24th in the Eve Dallas series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts.
• * *Innocent in Death (Piatkus 978-0-7499-3741-6, Feb 2007, £10.99, 385pp, tp) [Eve Dallas] SF mystery novel, #24 in the In Death series featuring Eve Dallas. Simultaneous with the Putnam US edition. A hardcover edition (-0832-4, £18.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _Innocent in Death (SFBC #1224209, Apr 2007, $12.99, 323pp, hc, cover by George Cornell) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Putnam 2007) SF mystery novel, 24th in the Eve Dallas series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. This is similar to the Putnam edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Innocent in Death (Berkley 978-0-425-21754-2, Sep 2007, $7.99, 371pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Putnam 2007) SF mystery novel, 24th in the Eve Dallas series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts.
• * _Innocent in Death (Piatkus 978-0-7499-3807-9, Sep 2007, £6.99, 388pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Piatkus 2007) SF mystery novel, #24 of the Eve Dallas “In Death” series.
• * _Interlude in Death (Berkley 0-425-21062-6, Sep 2006, $2.99, 88pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Jove 2001 as part of Out of This World) SF mystery/romance novella in the Eve Dallas series. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts.

ROBERSON, CHRIS; [i.e., John Christian Roberson] (1970- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Set the Seas on Fire (BL Publishing/Solaris 978-1-84416-488-2, Aug 2007, £9.99, 375pp, tp, cover by Darius Hinks) Historical fantasy. Simultaneous with the Solaris US edition.
• * *Set the Seas on Fire (BL Publishing/Solaris US 978-1-84416-488-2, Aug 2007, $15.00, 380pp, tp, cover by Darius Hinks) Dark fantasy novel, a Lovecraftian Napoleonic sea story substantially expanded from a previous version (Clockwork Storybook 2001). A shipwrecked crew in 1808 find themselves stranded on an island where an ancient evil lurks. This has the same ISBN as the simultaneous Solaris UK edition but gives only US and Canadian prices.
• * *X-Men: The Return (Pocket Star 978-1-4165-1075-8, May 2007, $7.99, 309pp, pb, cover by John Picacio) [X-Men] Novelization based on the Marvel comics. Copyrighted by Marvel Characters.

ROBERSON, JENNIFER; [i.e., Jennifer Mitchell Roberson O’Green] (1953- ) (chron.)

• * *Deepwood (DAW 978-0-7564-0418-5, Jul 2007, $25.95, 325pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Karavans] Fantasy novel, the second in the Karavans series.
• * _Karavans (DAW 978-0-7564-0409-3, Apr 2007, $7.99, 441pp, pb, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Karavans] Reprint (DAW 2006) fantasy novel, the first in a new fantasy universe.
• * _Lady of Sherwood (Kensington 978-1-57566-587-0, 2007, $14.00, 420pp, tp, cover by Gregg Gulbronson) [Robin Hood] Reissue (Kensington 1999) associational historical novel of Robin Hood and Marian, sequel to Lady of the Forest. Second printing.
• * _Lady of the Forest (Kensington 978-1-57566-749-2, Sep 2007, $14.95, 593pp, tp, cover by Gregg Gulbronson) [Robin Hood] Reissue (Zebra 1992) associational quasi-historical about Robin Hood and Maid Marian. Sixth printing.
• * _Lady of the Glen (Kensington 978-1-57566-129-2, 2007, $14.95, 372pp, tp, cover by Gregg Gulbronson) Reissue (Kensington 1996) associational Scottish historical romance. Fifth printing.

ROBERTS, A. R. R. R.; pseudonym of Adam Roberts, (1965- ) (chron.)

• * _Doctor Whom (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07968-7, Jun 2007, £6.99, 165pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 2006) parody SF novel. This is a pseudonym of Adam Roberts.

ROBERTS, ADAM (1965- ); see pseudonym A. R. R. R. Roberts (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * +Gradisil (Prometheus/Pyr 978-1-59102-538-2, Mar 2007, $15.00, 549pp, tp, cover by Stephan Martiniere) SF novel. New technology leads to settlements in Earth orbit. First US edition (Gollancz 3/06).
• * *Land of the Headless (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07588-7, Jun 2007, £17.99, 274pp, hc, cover by Sonar) SF novel about a planet run by religious fundamentalists. A trade paperback edition (-07799-7, £10.99) is also available.
• * *Splinter (BL Publishing/Solaris US 978-1-84416-490-5, Sep 2007, $15.00, 252pp, tp, cover by Darius Hinks) SF novel in homage to Jules Verne’s Hector Servadac, voyages et aventures a travers le monde solaire (AKA Off on a Comet), with an afterword by the author on his inspiration. A small group struggles to survive on a splinter of Earth left after an asteroid strike. This has the same ISBN as the simultaneous Solaris UK edition but gives only US and Canadian prices.
• * *Splinter (BL Publishing/Solaris 978-1-84416-490-5, Sep 2007, £9.99, 252pp, tp) SF novel. Simultaneous with the Solaris US edition.

ROBERTS, NORA; pseudonym of Eleanor F. Aufdem-Brinke, (1950- ) (chron.)

• * +Blood Brothers (Jove 978-0-515-14380-5, Dec 2007, $7.99, 314pp, pb) [Sign of Seven] Paranormal romance/thriller, the first book in the Sign of Seven trilogy. Three boys’ oath of blood brotherhood releases a curse that brings evil every seven years. First US edition (Piatkus 11/07).
• * _Dance of the Gods (Piatkus 0-7499-3696-7, Oct 2006, £6.99, 321pp, pb) [Red Circle] Reprint (Jove 2006) dark fantasy romance novel. Book two of the Circle trilogy.
• * *Morrigan’s Cross (Piatkus 0-7499-3667-3, Sep 2006, £6.99, 326pp, pb) [Red Circle] Fantasy romance novel, book one of the Circle trilogy. This was published in 2006 but not seen till now.
• * _Valley of Silence (Piatkus 0-7499-3697-5, Nov 2006, £6.99, 342pp, pb) [Red Circle] Reprint (Jove; Piatkus 2006) dark fantasy romance novel. Book three of the Circle trilogy. The six members of the Circle battle Lilith’s vampire army.

ROBERTS, ROBIN (chron.)

• * *Anne McCaffrey: A Life with Dragons (University Press of Mississippi 978-1-57806-998-9, Sep 2007, $28.00, xi+243pp, hc, cover by Rowena Morrill) Non-fiction, biography. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. University Press of Mississippi, 3825 Ridgewood Road, Jackson MS 39211-6492; 601-431-6205; [www.upress.state.ms.us]. [McCaffrey]

ROBERTS, WILSON (chron.)

• * *The Cold Dark Heart of the World (Wilder Publication 0-9773040-0-0, 2006, $29.99, 290pp, hc, cover by El Greco) Horror novel. A first novel. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now. A print-on-demand edition. Wilder Publications, PO Box 3005, Radford VA 24143-3005.

ROBERTSON, ANDY (W.), ed. (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *William Hope Hodgson’s Night Lands, Volume II: Nightmares of the Fall (Three Legged Fox Books/Utter Tower 978-0-9554783-0-7, Sep 2007, £25.00, 518pp, hc) Anthology of 11 stories, one a reprint, the others all published online. This is the second volume in a series tribute to Hodgson. Authors include John C. Wright, Gerard Houarner, and Brett Davidson. A trade paperback edition (-1-4, £10.00) was announced but not seen. Three Legged Fox Books, Brighton BN1 6JS UK; [www.threeleggedfox.co.uk].