The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

BROOKS, TERRY (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Armageddon’s Children (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-480-7, Jul 2007, £7.99, 441pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: Genesis of Shannara] Reprint (Orbit 2006) fantasy novel. Book one of the Great Wars (US Genesis of Shannara) trilogy.
• * _Armageddon’s Children (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-48410-9, Aug 2007, $7.99, 404pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: Genesis of Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey 2006) near-future post holocaust fantasy novel, the first book in the Genesis of Shannara trilogy.
• * _The Black Unicorn (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-558-3, May 2007, £6.99, 286pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone & Siân Stone) [Magic Kingdom] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) fantasy novel. Book two in the Magic Kingdom of Landover series.
• * _The Druid of Shannara (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-552-2, Oct 2006, £7.99, 456pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: Heritage of Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey 1991) fantasy novel.
• * _The Elf Queen of Shannara (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-553-0, Oct 2006, £7.99, 436pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: Heritage of Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey 1992) fantasy novel.
• * *The Elves of Cintra (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-48411-6, Sep 2007, $26.95, 379pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: Genesis of Shannara] Fantasy novel, volume two in the Genesis of Shannara trilogy after Armageddon’s Children.
• * *The Elves of Cintra (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-574-3, Sep 2007, £18.99, i+374pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: Genesis of Shannara] Fantasy novel, book two of the Genesis of Shannara series, set 80 years after the end of The Word and the Void trilogy, in a bridging sequence to the Shannara series. A hardcover edition (-575-0, £10.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _First King of Shannara (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-547-6, Oct 2006, £7.99, 534pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey; Legend 1996) fantasy novel.
• * _The Heritage of Shannara (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-355-8, Jul 2007, £15.99, 1238pp, tp) [Shannara: Heritage of Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey 2003) omnibus of the four books the Heritage of Shannara subseries: The Scions of Shannara (1990), The Druid of Shannara (1991), The Elf Queen of Shannara (1992), and The Talismans of Shannara (1993).
• * _The Heritage of Shannara (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-355-8, Jul 2007, £15.99, 1238pp, tp) [Shannara: Heritage of Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey 2003) omnibus of four fantasy novels in the Shannara subseries: Scions of Shannara (1990), Druid of Shannara (1991), Elf Queen of Shannara (1992), and Talismans of Shannara (1993).
• * _High Druid of Shannara: Straken (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-49940-0, Sep 2007, $7.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: High Druid of Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey 2005) fantasy novel in the Shannara series, third book in the High Druid of Shannara series.
• * _High Druid of Shannara: Tanequil (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-49911-0, Sep 2007, $7.99, 395pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: High Druid of Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) fantasy novel in the Shannara series, second book in the High Druid of Shannara series.
• * _A Knight of the Word (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-42464-8, Jun 2007, $7.99, 386pp, pb, cover by Heather Kern) [John Ross, Knight] Reissue (Del Rey 1998) fantasy novel, second in the Word & the Void series featuring John Ross, Knight of the Word.
• * _Magic Kingdom for Sale—Sold! (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-555-2, May 2007, £6.99, 350pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone & Siân Stone) [Magic Kingdom] Reprint (Del Rey 1986) fantasy novel. Book one in the Magic Kingdom of Landover series.
• * _Running with the Demon (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-42258-3, May 2007, $7.99, 434pp, pb, cover by Heather Kern) [John Ross, Knight] Reissue (Del Rey 1997) fantasy novel, the first in the Word & the Void series featuring John Ross, Knight of the Word.
• * _The Scions of Shannara (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-551-4, Oct 2006, £7.99, 504pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: Heritage of Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey 1990) fantasy novel.
• * _The Sword of Shannara (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-548-4, Oct 2006, £7.99, 664pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara] Reprint (Random House 1977) fantasy novel, first in a series.
• * _The Sword of Shannara Omnibus (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-287-2, Jul 2007, £15.99, 1191pp, tp) [Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey 2002 as The Sword of Shannara Trilogy) omnibus of the first three Shannara novels: The Sword of Shannara (1977), The Elfstones of Shannara (1982), and The Wishsong of Shannara (1985).
• * _The Talismans of Shannara (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-554-9, Oct 2006, £7.99, 500pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: Heritage of Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey; Legend 1993) fantasy novel.
• * _The Tangle Box (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-556-9, May 2007, £6.99, 341pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone & Siân Stone) [Magic Kingdom] Reprint (Legend 1994) fantasy novel. Book four in the Magic Kingdom of Landover series.
• * _The Wishsong of Shannara (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-550-6, Oct 2006, £7.99, 566pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) fantasy novel.
• * _The Wishsong of Shannara (Little, Brown UK/Atom 1-904233-99-6, Nov 2006, £7.99, 566pp, hc) [Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) fantasy novel.
• * _Witches’ Brew (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-557-6, May 2007, £6.99, 304pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone & Siân Stone) [Magic Kingdom] Reprint (Legend 1995) fantasy novel. Book five in the Magic Kingdom of Landover series.
• * _Wizard at Large (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-559-0, May 2007, £6.99, 291pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone & Siân Stone) [Magic Kingdom] Reprint (Del Rey 1988) fantasy novel.
• * _The Word and the Void (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-266-7, Jul 2007, £15.99, 872pp, tp) [John Ross, Knight] Reissue (Orbit 2003) omnibus of the three John Ross, Knight novels: Running with the Demon (1997), A Knight of the Word (1998), and Angel Fire East (1999)

BROWN, ELMAN (chron.)

• * _I Am Legend (with Richard Matheson & Steve Niles) See entry under Richard Matheson.

BROWN, ERIC (1960- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Helix (BL Publishing/Solaris US 978-1-84416-472-1, Jun 2007, $7.99, 526pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) SF novel. Crew members of a disabled colony ship search the Helix, a mysterious spiral of worlds, many inhabited by aliens, for a livable planet. This has the same ISBN as the simultaneous Solaris UK edition but gives only US and Canadian prices.
• * *Helix (BL Publishing/Solaris 978-1-84416-472-1, Jun 2007, £7.99, 526pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) SF novel of a damaged generation starship forced to land on The Helix, thousands of worlds wound around a G-type sun.
• * *Starship Summer (PS Publishing 978-1-905834-49-5, Sep 2007, £25.00, 120 + vii, hc, cover by Tomislav Tikulin) SF novella. A man leaves Earth for a distant planet, where he lives in a derelict spaceship that turns out to be haunted. Introduction by Peter F. Hamilton. This is a limited edition of 200 signed by both Brown and Hamilton; a slipcased lettered edition of 26 (£50.00) and a bound-in-boards edition of 500 signed by Brown only (-48-8. £10.00) are also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].

BROWN, LAURIE (chron.)

• * *Hundreds of Years to Reform a Rake (Sourcebooks Casablanca 978-1-4022-1013-6, Sep 2007, $6.99, 391pp, pb) Time-travel romance. A nobleman’s ghost persuades a paranormal researcher to travel back to the English Regency and change the past.

BROWN, REBECCA (Bard) (1948- ); see pseudonym Rebecca Ore (stories) (chron.)

BROWN, SIMON (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * +Daughter of Independence (DAW 978-0-7564-0430-7, Apr 2007, $7.99, 483pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Chronicles of Kydan] Fantasy novel, book three in The Chronicles of Kydan. First US edition (Tor Australia 7/06).

BROWNE, MATT (chron.)

• * *The Future Happens Twice: The Perennial Project (Athena Press 978-1-84401-830-7, Aug 2007, £14.99, 717pp, tp) [Future Happens Twice] SF novel, the first in a trilogy about the first mission to another star system. A first novel. This is a print-on-demand edition, available from [www.athenapress.com]; Athena Press, Queen’s House, 2 Holly Road, Twickenham TW1 4EG UK.

BROWNE, N. M. (chron.)

• * +Silverboy (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-780-8, Mar 2007, $16.95, 298pp, hc, cover by Jeff Nentrup) Young-adult fantasy. A spellgrinder’s apprentice decides to run away from his deadly job, not realizing he’s marked by the glowing grind-dust on his skin. First US edition (Bloomsbury 2/07 as The Spellgrinder’s Apprentice).
• * *The Spellgrinder’s Apprentice (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7925-3, Feb 2007, £6.99, 296pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Young-adult fantasy novel.

BROWNE, ROBERT GREGORY (chron.)

• * _Kiss Her Goodbye (Macmillan/Pan 978-0-330-44535-1, Sep 2007, £6.99, 386pp, pb, cover by Tom Hallman) Reprint (St. Martin’s 2007) dark fantasy thriller of a kidnapping.

BRUCHAC, JOSEPH (stories) (chron.)

• * *Bearwalker (HarperCollins 978-0-06-112309-2, Jul 2007, $15.99, 208pp, hc, cover by Sally Wern Comport) Young-adult contemporary horror novella drawing on Native American legend. A boy on a camping trip encounters a monstrous man-bear. Illustrated by Sally Wern Comport.

BRUHNS, NINA (1954- ) (chron.)

• * *Night Mischief (Harlequin/Silhouette Nocturne 978-0-373-61772-2, Dec 2007, $5.25, 274pp, pb) [Dark Enchantments] Paranormal romance novel in the Dark Enchantments series. A lady accidentally conjures up a demon.

BRUNAS, JOHN (1949- ) (chron.)

• * _Universal Horrors: The Studio’s Classic Films, 1931-1946, Second Edition (with Tom Weaver & Michael Brunas) See entry under Tom Weaver.

BRUNAS, MICHAEL (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _Universal Horrors: The Studio’s Classic Films, 1931-1946, Second Edition (with John Brunas & Tom Weaver) See entry under Tom Weaver.

BRUNNER, FRANK (chron.)

• * *Mythos: The Fantasy Art Realms of Frank Brunner (with J. David Spurlock & Dean Motter) (Vanguard Productions 978-1-887591-92-8, Oct 2007, $24.95, 126pp, tp, cover by Frank Brunner) Art book, focusing on the fantasy work of the comics artist. Edited and with text by Spurlock and Motter. A hardcover edition (-04-0, $34.95) and deluxe slipcased hardcover (-05-7, $49.95) were announced but not seen.

BRUSEN, CLAUS (chron.)

• * *The Fantastic World of Clause Brusen (with Ole Lindboe) (Edition Brusen 87-990636-1-1, 2006, €40.00, 119pp, hc, cover by Claus Brusen) Art book featuring Claus Brusen’s paintings of his fairytale world of Nactalius, with text by Ole Lindboe. Introduction by Patrick Woodroffe. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now. Claus Brusen, Solsbaekvey 229, DK - 9300 Saeby, Denmark; [www.clausbrusen.com].

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• * *Dreamscape: The Best of Imaginary Realism: 1: 2006 (with Marcel Salome) (SalBru Publish 978-87-990636-5-9, 2006, $39.95, 125pp, hc, cover by Michael Parkes) Art book, the first in a planned series focusing on the “fine art of the imaginary” with works by 37 artists including Kinuko Y. Craft, Daniel Merriam, Patrick Woodroffe, and featured artist Michael Parkes, who provides the foreword. This is a limited edition of 2,500; it is dated 2006, but not seen until now. Available from [www.salbru.com].

BRUST, STEVEN (Karl Zoltan) (1955- ) (chron.)

• * _Dzur (Tor 978-0-7653-4154-9, Nov 2007, $6.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Vlad Taltos] Reprint (Tor 2006) fantasy novel, tenth in the Vlad Taltos series.
• * _Freedom & Necessity (with Emma Bull) (Tor/Orb 978-0-7653-1680-6, Apr 2007, $15.95, 444pp, tp, cover by Gustaf Wappers) Reprint (Tor 1996) historical novel with fantasy elements.

BRYAN, KATHLEEN; pseudonym of Judith Tarr, (1955- ) (chron.)

• * *The Serpent and the Rose (Tor 978-0-765-31328-7, Mar 2007, $14.95, 316pp, tp, cover by Donato Giancola) Medieval fantasy novel. Noble Averil and commoner Geraint must learn to use their magical gifts to save the land from a traitor king. Bryan is a pen name for Judith Tarr, who also writes as Caitlin Brennan.

BUCKELL, TOBIAS S(amuel) (1979- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Crystal Rain (Tor 978-0-7653-5090-9, Jun 2007, $7.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Crystal Rain] Reprint (Tor 2006) SF novel set on a lost colony world.
• * *Ragamuffin (Tor 978-0-7653-1507-6, Jun 2007, $24.95, 317pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Crystal Rain] SF adventures novel set in the universe of Crystal Rain. An alien empire tries to get rid of a group of human space pirates and smugglers.

BUCKHOLTZ, EILEEN (Garber) (1949- ); see pseudonym Rebecca York (stories) (chron.)

BUCKINGHAM, ROYCE (chron.)

• * *Demonkeeper (Penguin/Putnam 978-0-399-24649-4, May 2007, $15.99, 216pp, hc, cover by Sam Hadley) Young-adult humorous horror novel. A boy in charge of keeping a houseful of demons gets distracted by a girl, and one of his charges escapes into the streets of Seattle.

BUCKLEY, CHRISTOPHER (chron.)

• * *Boomsday (Hachette/Twelve 978-0-446-57981-0, Apr 2007, $24.99, 319pp, hc) Satiric literary near-future novel of the social security crisis. Baby boomers start retiring, and one 29-year-old blogger sparks revolution with ideas including government-sponsored suicide.
• * _Boomsday (SFBC #1237361, Jun 2007, $12.99, 318pp, hc) Reprint (Twelve 2007) satiric literary near-future SF novel. This is similar to the Twelve edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

BUCKLEY, MICHAEL (1943- ) (chron.)

• * *The Sisters Grimm: Magic and Other Misdemeanors (Abrams/Amulet 978-0-8109-9358-7, Dec 2007, $14.95, 282pp, hc, cover by Peter Ferguson) [Sisters Grimm] Young-adult fantasy, fifth in the fairy-tale mystery series. This is clothbound without dust jacket; an international edition. Illustrated by Peter Ferguson.
• * *The Sisters Grimm: Once Upon a Crime (Abrams/Amulet 978-0-8109-1610-4, May 2007, $14.95, 272pp, hc, cover by Peter Ferguson) [Sisters Grimm] Young-adult fantasy, fourth in the fairy-tale mystery series. This is clothbound without dust jacket. Illustrated by Peter Ferguson.

BUCKLEY-ARCHER, LINDA (chron.)

• * +The Time Thief (Simon & Schuster 978-1-4169-1527-0, Jan 2008, $17.99, 491pp, hc, cover by James Jean) [Time Quake Trilogy] Young-adult time-travel novel, book two in the Gideon trilogy after Gideon the Cutpurse. The 18th-century villain, the Tar Man, takes the time machine to present-day London. First US edition (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books UK 9/07 as The Tar Man).
• * _The Time Travelers (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 978-1-4169-1526-3, Sep 2007, $7.99, 404pp, tp, cover by James Jean) [Time Quake Trilogy] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 2006 as Gideon the Cutpurse) young-adult time-travel novel, the first in the Gideon trilogy.

BUDRYS, ALGIRDAS JONAS (1931-2008); see under Algis Budrys (stories) (chron.)

BUDRYS, ALGIS, ed.; working name of Algirdas Jonas Budrys, (1931-2008) (stories) (chron.)

• * *L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXIII (Galaxy 978-1-59212-398-8, Aug 2007, $7.99, 562pp, pb, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Original anthology of 13 stories by contest winners, illustrated by Illustrators of the Future winners. Includes essays on writing and art by L. Ron Hubbard, Kevin J. Anderson, and Judith Miller. Contest rules are included. (Contents)

BUDZ, (Robert) MARK (1960- ) (chron.)

• * *Till Human Voices Wake Us (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-58851-4, Aug 2007, $6.99, 386pp, pb) SF novel. Three desperate people in the past, present and future seek to save the future by reliving the past.

BUJOLD, LOIS (Joy) McMASTER (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Borders of Infinity (NESFA Press 978-1-886778-59-7, May 2007, $25.00, 287pp, hc, cover by David Deen) [Miles Vorkosigan] Reprint (Baen 1989) collection/fix-up novel of three linked SF novellas in the Miles Vorkosigan universe.
• * _Memory (SFBC #1229189, Jun 2007, $12.99, 368pp, hc, cover by Stephan Martiniere) [Miles Vorkosigan] Reissue (Baen 1996) SF novel in the Miles Vorkosigan series, sequel to Mirror Dance. This is an SFBC 50th Anniversary edition; it has ISBN 978-0-7394-8343-5, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Miles, Mutants and Microbes (Baen 978-1-4165-2141-9, Aug 2007, $18.00, 585pp, hc, cover by Alan Pollack) [Miles Vorkosigan] Omnibus of Nebula Award-winner Falling Free (1988), “Labyrinth”, and Diplomatic Immunity (2002) — a quaddie-themed grouping in the Miles Vorkosigan universe. This includes a new preface by Bujold. (Contents)
• * _The Sharing Knife, Volume 1: Beguilement (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-113907-9, May 2007, $7.99, 361pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Sharing Knife] Reprint (Eos 2006) fantasy, the first half of a novel being published in two volumes.
• * *The Sharing Knife, Volume Two: Legacy (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-11390556, Jul 2007, $25.95, 377pp, hc, cover by Julie Bell) [Sharing Knife] Fantasy novel, the second of two volumes in a single novel about a romance between a two people of very different cultures.

BULL, EMMA; [i.e., Emma Bull Shetterly] (1954- ) (chron.)

• * _Freedom & Necessity (with Steven Brust) See entry under Steven Brust.
• * *Territory (Tor 978-0-312-85735-6, Jul 2007, $24.95, 318pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) Fantasy novel retelling the story of the shootout at the O.K. Corral.

BULWER-LYTTON, [Sir] EDWARD (George Earle) (1803-1873) (chron.)

• * _The Coming Race (Wesleyan University Press 978-0-8195-6735-2, Mar 2007, $17.95, 218pp, tp, cover by John Martin) Reprint (Blackwood 1871 as by Anonymous) SF novel. This is the Wesleyan 2005 scholarly edition edited and with an introduction by David Seed. Order from University Press of New England, Order Dept., 37 Lafayette St., Lebanon NH 03766-1405; 800-421-1561; [www.wesleyan.edu/wespress].

BUNCH, CHRIS(topher Renshaw) (1943-2005) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Dragonmaster: The Omnibus Edition (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-486-0, Feb 2007, £9.99, 850pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Dragonmaster] Omnibus of the Dragonmaster trilogy: Storm of Wings (2002), Knighthood of the Dragon (2003), and The Last Battle (2004). (Contents)