The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007


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The Devil in Amber Mark Gatiss (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 978-0-7434-8380-3, Jul 2007, £7.99, 248pp, tp) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 2006) fantasy novel.


Thief with No Shadow Emily Gee (BL Publishing/Solaris 978-1-84416-469-1, Apr 2007, £7.99, 463pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Fantasy novel. Melke the Thief steals a necklace that is a family’s only hope of breaking a curse.


Troy: Shield of Thunder David Gemmell (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-15112-2, Apr 2007, £6.99, 640pp, pb) [Troy] Reprint (Bantam UK 2006) fantasy novel, the second in a trilogy.


Troy: Fall of Kings David & Stella Gemmell (Transworld/Bantam UK 978-0-593-05225-9, Aug 2007, £17.99, 496pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Troy] Fantasy novel, the third in the trilogy by David Gemmell, completed by his widow. A trade paperback (Airport) edition (-05226-6, £10.99) was announced but not seen.


Ilario: The Lion’s Eye Mary Gentle (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08041-6, Dec 2007, £8.99, 663pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) [Story of the First History] Reprint (Gollancz 2006) medieval fantasy/alternate history novel in the First History series.


Zootsuit Black Jon George (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0-330-41985-7, Apr 2007, £6.99, 399pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) Reprint (Tor UK 2006) SF novel.


The Rise of the Blood Moon Alan Gibbons (Orion Children’s Books 1-84255-178-7, Jul 2006, £5.99, 346pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) [Lost Souls] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first in the Lost Souls series.


Scared to Death Alan Gibbons (Orion Children’s Books 978-1-84255-177-6, Jul 2007, £6.99, 378pp, hc) Young-adult dark fantasy novel.


Stealing Light Gary Gibson (Macmillan/Tor UK 978-0-230-70040-6, Oct 2007, £16.99, 441pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Stealing Light] SF novel, the first book in a trilogy. Aliens control the secret to FTL travel in the 25th century.


The Brotherhood of Pirates William Gilkerson (Transworld/Corgi 978-1-8623-0440-6, May 2007, £5.99, 362pp, tp) Reprint (Trumpeter Books 2006 as Pirate’s Passage) young-adult fantasy novel of a sea captain in the 1950s who appears to know a bit too much about the time of pirates. [First U.K. edition]


The Ring of Words: Tolkien and the Oxford English Dictionary Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall & Edmund Weiner (Oxford University Press 0-19-861069-6, Apr 2006, £12.99, 240pp, hc) Critical book. [J. R. R. Tolkien]


The Devil’s Breath David Gilman (Penguin/Puffin UK 978-0-141-32302-2, Jun 2007, £6.99, 387pp, tp) [Max Gordon] Young-adult thriller with fantasy elements, first book in the Max Gordon series.


Deep Fear Debi Gliori (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-55048-2, Apr 2007, £5.99, 332pp, tp) [Strega-Borgia family] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2006) humorous young-adult fantasy novel. Book six in the Strega-Borgia series, with illustrations by Gliori.


The Chimera’s Curse Julia Golding (Oxford University Press 978-0-19-275459-2, Sep 2007, £8.99, 342pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Companions] Young-adult fantasy novel, book four in the Companions quartet. Follows Secret of the Sirens, The Gorgon’s Gaze, Mines of the Minotaur.


Mines of the Minotaur Julia Golding (Oxford University Press 978-0-19-275458-5, Mar 2007, £8.99, 311pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Companions] Young-adult fantasy novel, book three of the Companions Quartet.


Mines of the Minotaur Julia Golding (Oxford University Press 978-0-19-275462-2, Aug 2007, £5.99, 311pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Companions] Reprint (Oxford University Press 2007) young-adult fantasy novel, book three in the Companions Quartet.


Confessor Terry Goodkind (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-725082-0, Nov 2007, £20.00, 605pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Fantasy novel, the 11th and final in the Sword of Truth series. Simultaneous with the US (Tor) edition.


Phantom Terry Goodkind (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-714565-2, Jun 2007, £6.99, 645pp, pb) [Sword of Truth] Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel, the tenth in the Sword of Truth series.


The Giant Under the Snow John Gordon (Orion Children’s Books 978-1-84255-545-3, Apr 2007, £6.99, 200pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) Reprint (Hutchinson 1968) young-adult fantasy novel.


The Collected Ed Gorman: Volume One: Out There in the Darkness Ed Gorman (PS Publishing 978-1-905834-13-6, Apr 2007, £15.00, 401pp, hc, cover by Duncan Long) Associational collection of 19 crime and mystery stories. Introduction by Lawrence Block. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; copies signed by both Gorman and Block are available as part of a slipcased two-book set with The Collected Ed Gorman Volume Two: The Moving Coffin (set -15-0, £75.00). PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].


The Collected Ed Gorman: Volume Two: The Moving Coffin Ed Gorman (PS Publishing 978-1-905834-14-3, Apr 2007, £15.00, 395pp, hc, cover by Duncan Long) Associational collection of 20 crime and mystery stories. Introduction by Max Allan Collins. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; copies signed by both Gorman and Collins are available as part of a slipcased two-book set with The Collected Ed Gorman Volume Two: The Moving Coffin (set -15-0, £75.00). PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].


Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Tempest C. S. Goto (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-399-7, Sep 2006, £6.99, 412pp, pb) [Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War] Novelization based on the world of the SF roleplaying game, the third book in the Dawn of War subseries. This was published in 2006 but not seen till now.


Warhammer 40,000: Eldar Prophecy C. S. Goto (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-451-6, Feb 2007, £6.99, 400pp, pb, cover by Paul Danson) [Warhammer 40,000] Novelization based on the far-future roleplaying game.


Fat Rob Grant (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07420-5, Dec 2006, £9.99, 297pp, hc) Humorous SF novel. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-07678-X, £10.99) was announced but not seen.


Fat Rob Grant (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07820-8, Jul 2007, £6.99, 329pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 2006) SF novel.


Pax Britannica: Unnatural History Jonathan Green (Abaddon Books 978-1-905437-10-8, Feb 2007, £6.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Pax Britannia] Shared-world steampunk novel set in an alternate late 20th century.


Pax Brittania: Unnatural History Jonathan Green (Abaddon Books 978-1-905437-10-8, Feb 2007, £6.99, 304pp, tp) [Pax Britannia] Alternate world steampunk novel, the first in a series of novels to be penned by different authors.


The Man with the Golden Torc Simon R. Green (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07939-7, May 2007, £10.99, 362pp, tp, cover by Sonar) [Secret Histories] Fantasy novel, book one of the Secret Histories about Eddie Drood, AKA Shaman Bond, member of a family that has protected Britain from supernatural threats for centuries. A hardcover edition (-07938-0, £17.99) was announced but not seen.


Dark Lord Ed Greenwood (BL Publishing/Solaris 978-1-84416-519-3, Sep 2007, £17.99, 383pp, hc, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Falconfar Saga] Fantasy novel, the first book in the Falconfar Saga trilogy.


Soon I Will Be Invincible Austin Grossman (Joseph, Michael 978-0-7181-5291-8, Aug 2007, £16.99, 287pp, hc, cover by Brian Hitlin) Reprint (Pantheon 2007) SF/fantasy novel. This includes eight pages of coloured plates of the superheroes. [First U.K. edition]


The Book of Air and Shadows Michael Gruber (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-725190-2, Aug 2007, £6.99, 561pp, tp) Reprint (HarperCollins 2007) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]


Doctor Who: The Pirate Loop Simon Guerrier (BBC Books 978-1-8460-7347-2, Dec 2007, £6.99, 237pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the world of the TV series.


Death’s Head David Gunn (Transworld/Bantam UK 978-0-593-05832-9, May 2007, £12.99, 368pp, hc, cover by Claire Ward) [Aux] SF novel about galactic super-soldier Sven Tveskoeg; book one of the Aux. This is either a first novel or a pseudonym. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.


King Solomon’s Mines H. Rider Haggard (Hodder Headline/Review 978-0-7553-3887-0, Jun 2007, £4.99, iii+288pp, tp) [Allan Quatermain] Reprint (Cassell 1885) lost race adventure novel in the Allan Quatermain series.


Shadow Forest Matt Haig (The Bodley Head 978-0-370-32936-9, May 2007, £9.99, vii+393pp, hc, cover by Sandy Nightingale) Young-adult fantasy novel.


The Mammoth Book of Modern Ghost Stories: Great Supernatural Tales of the Twentieth Century ed. Peter Haining (Robinson 978-1-84529-476-2, Sep 2007, £7.99, 582pp, tp, cover by Joe Roberts) Anthology of 44 ghost stories. Authors include M.R. James, Rudyard Kipling, Lord Dunsany, and Ray Bradbury.


Snakehead Ann Halam (Orion Children’s Books 978-1-84255-269-8, Jan 2007, £6.99, 215pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) Young-adult fantasy novel retelling the Medusa myth. A hardcover edition (-526-2, £9.99) was announced but not seen.


River Secrets Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-9057-6, Sep 2007, £6.99, vi+290pp, tp, cover by Alison Jay) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2006) young-adult fantasy novel.


The Carhullan Army Sarah Hall (Faber and Faber 978-0-571-23659-6, Aug 2007, £14.99, 207pp, hc, cover by Lynne Henderson) Dystopian SF literary novel. Women seek to escape the oppressive regime of The Authority in Britain.


Dead Sexy Tate Hallaway (Headline Review 978-0-7553-3657-9, Nov 2007, £6.99, 309pp, tp, cover by Jacqueline Bissett) [Garnet Lacey] Reprint (Berkley 2007) paranormal romance novel. Book two in the Garnet Lacey series after Tall, Dark and Dead. Hallaway is a pen name for Lyda Morehouse. [First U.K. edition]


Tall, Dark and Dead Tate Hallaway (Hodder Headline/Review 978-0-7553-3655-5, Jun 2007, £6.99, 280pp, tp, cover by Jacqueline Bissett) [Garnet Lacey] Reprint (Berkley 2006) humorous vampire romance, the first in a series. A witch hiding from Vatican witch hunters finds herself attracted to a vampire alchemist. Hallaway is a pen name for Lyda Morehouse. [First U.K. edition]


Danse Macabre Laurell K. Hamilton (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-319-0, Jun 2007, £7.99, 536pp, pb) [Anita Blake] Reprint (Orbit 2006) dark fantasy novel, book 14 in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series.


The Harlequin Laurell K. Hamilton (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-475-3, Jun 2007, £12.99, 422pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Anita Blake] Dark fantasy novel, book 15 in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series. Simultaneous with the US (Berkley) edition. A trade paperback (export-only) edition (-320-6, £11.99) was announced but not seen.


A Lick of Frost Laurell K. Hamilton (Transworld/Bantam UK 978-0-59305-949-4, Nov 2007, £16.99, 274pp, hc, cover by Berni Stevens) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Reprint (Ballantine 2007) erotic dark fantasy novel, sixth in the Meredith Gentry series. [First U.K. edition]


Micah & Strange Candy Laurell K. Hamilton (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-602-3, Oct 2007, £7.99, 384pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Anita Blake] Omnibus of two books in the Anita Blake series: novel Micah (2006) plus the collection Strange Candy (2006).


Mistral’s Kiss Laurell K. Hamilton (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-05723-6, Dec 2006, £10.99, 212pp, tp) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Erotic dark fantasy novel in the Meredith Gentry series. Simultaneous with the US (Ballantine) edition.


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