The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007


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Mistral’s Kiss Laurell K. Hamilton (Transworld/Bantam UK 978-0-553-81815-4, Nov 2007, £6.99, 316pp, pb) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Reprint (Bantam UK 2006) erotic dark fantasy novel, fifth in the Meredith Gentry series.


The Dreaming Void Peter F. Hamilton (Macmillan UK 978-1-4050-8880-0, Aug 2007, £17.99, 652pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Void] SF novel, book one of the Void trilogy. A trade paperback (Airport) edition (-8881-7) was announced but not seen.


Illyria Elizabeth Hand (PS Publishing 978-1-905834-63-1, Feb 2007, £10.00, 123pp, tp, cover by James Hannah) Fantasy novelette. Teenaged cousins together discover sex, an interest in acting, and a magic toy theater. This was the 2006 Christmas book, distributed free to Postscripts subscribers in December 2006, with an on-sale date of 2/07. This is a limited edition of 300; a signed hardcover edition of 200 (-64-8, £25.00) is also available. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK.


Hunter’s Moon Lori Handeland (Macmillan/Pan 978-0-330-45130-7, Sep 2007, £6.99, 333pp, pb) [Nightcreatures] Reprint (St. Martin’s 2005) paranormal romance novel, the second in the Nightcreatures series. [First U.K. edition]


Verdigris Deep Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s Books 978-1-4050-5537-6, May 2007, £10.99, 328pp, hc, cover by Peter Ferguson & Tony Fleetwood) Young-adult contemporary dark fantasy novel. Kids who steal from a wishing well find themselves compelled to grant wishes that go horribly wrong.


Verdigris Deep Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s Books 978-1-4050-5537-6, May 2007, £10.99, 328pp, hc) Young-adult contemporary fantasy novel.


Dead as a Doornail Charlaine Harris (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07887-1, May 2007, £9.99, 295pp, hc) [Sookie Stackhouse] Reprint (Ace 2005) humorous Southern vampire mystery novel, the fifth featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. [First U.K. edition]


Dead as a Doornail Charlaine Harris (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08043-0, Nov 2007, £6.99, 295pp, pb) [Sookie Stackhouse] Reprint (Ace 2005) humorous Southern vampire mystery novel, the fifth featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse.


Definitely Dead Charlaine Harris (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07891-8, Nov 2007, £10.99, 324pp, tp) [Sookie Stackhouse] Reprint (Ace 2006) humorous Southern vampire mystery novel, the sixth featuring telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse. [First U.K. edition]


Grave Sight Charlaine Harris (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07883-3, Jan 2007, £9.99, 263pp, hc) [Harper Connelly] Reprint (Berkley Prime Crime 2005) fantasy novel. First in a new series about a psychic investigator. [First U.K. edition]


Grave Sight Charlaine Harris (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07923-6, Sep 2007, £6.99, 263pp, pb) [Harper Connelly] Reprint (Berkley Prime Crime 2005) mystery with dark fantasy elements, the first about psychic investigator Harper Connelly, who can see the dead’s last moments.


Grave Surprise Charlaine Harris (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07885-7, Sep 2007, £9.99, 295pp, hc) [Harper Connelly] Reprint (Berkley Prime Crime 2006) paranormal mystery, the second in the Harper Connelly series. A trade paperback edition (-07886-4) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]


The Lollipop Shoes Joanne Harris (Transworld/Doubleday UK 978-0-385-60949-4, May 2007, £11.99, 459pp, tp) [Chocolat] Mainstream novel with fantasy elements, sequel to Chocolat, but more overtly fantastic. A hardcover edition (-60948-7, £17.99) was announced but not seen.


For a Few Demons More Kim Harrison (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-724779-0, Mar 2007, £6.99, 520pp, pb) [Rachel Morgan] Dark fantasy novel. Book five in the Rachel Morgan series. Simultaneous with the US (Eos) edition.


Light M. John Harrison (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07403-3, Nov 2007, £7.99, 320pp, tp) [Light] Reprint (Gollancz 2002) SF novel.


Nova Swing M. John Harrison (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07969-4, Nov 2007, £7.99, 246pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) [Light] Reprint (Gollancz 2006) SF novel, sequel to Light, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke award.


Read By Dawn: Volume 2 ed. Adele Hartley (Bloody Books 978-1-905636-10-5, Sep 2007, £9.99, 240pp, tp) Original horror anthology.


Orphan of the Sun Gill Harvey (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-7945-8, Mar 2007, £5.99, 310pp, tp, cover by Carol Lawson) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2006) ancient historical young-adult fantasy novel. The author also writes as Lauren Brooke and Lucy Daniels.


The Harsh Cry of the Heron Lian Hearn (Picador 978-0-330-44632-7, Jun 2007, £6.99, 631pp, tp) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Macmillan UK 2006) fantasy novel. A coda/sequel to the Tales of the Otori series. Hearn is a pseudonym of Gillian Rubinstein.


The Harsh Cry of the Heron Lian Hearn (Macmillan UK/Young Picador 978-0-330-44961-8, Jun 2007, £6.99, 631pp, tp) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Macmillan UK 2006) fantasy novel. Coda/sequel to the Tales of the Otori series. Hearn is a pseudonym of Gillian Rubinstein.


Heaven’s Net is Wide Lian Hearn (Macmillan UK 978-0-230-01397-1, Sep 2007, £12.99, 578pp, hc) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Riverhead 2007) Japanese samurai fantasy novel, a prequel to the Tales of the Otori series. Hearn is a pseudonym of Gillian Rubinstein. A trade paperback edition (-01400-8) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]


Tales of the Otori Episode 1: Across the Nightingale Floor: The Sword of the Warrior Lian Hearn (Macmillan/Picador UK 0-330-44695-9, Aug 2006, £2.50, 193pp, pb, cover by Inoue Kichijiro & Lori Thorn) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Macmillan UK 2002 as the first half of Across the Nightingale Floor) young-adult fantasy novel.


Tales of the Otori Episode 2: Across the Nightingale Floor: Journey to Inutama Lian Hearn (Macmillan/Picador UK 0-330-44696-7, Aug 2006, £2.50, 225pp, pb) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Penguin/Riverhead; Macmillan UK 2002 as the second half of Across the Nightingale Floor) young-adult fantasy novel.


Tales of the Otori Episode 3: Grass for His Pillow: Lord Fujiwara’s Treasures Lian Hearn (Macmillan/Picador UK 0-330-44697-5, Aug 2006, £2.50, 178pp, pb) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Penguin/Riverhead 2003 as the first half of Grass for His Pillow) young-adult fantasy novel.


Tales of the Otori Episode 5: Brilliance of the Moon: Battle for Marvyama Lian Hearn (Macmillan/Picador UK 0-330-44699-1, Aug 2006, £2.50, 210pp, pb) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Penguin/Riverhead Books 2004 as the first half of Brilliance of the Moon) young-adult fantasy novel.


Tales of the Otori Episode 6: Brilliance of the Moon: Scars of Victory Lian Hearn (Macmillan/Picador UK 0-330-44701-7, Aug 2006, £2.50, 281pp, pb) [Tales of the Otori] Reprint (Penguin/Riverhead Books 2004 as the second half of Brilliance of the Moon) young-adult fantasy novel.


Stranger in a Strange Land Robert A. Heinlein (Hodder 978-0-340-93834-8, Jun 2007, £7.99, ix+655pp, tp) Reprint (Putnam 1961) SF novel. This is the expanded/restored text (Putnam 1991).


The Poisoned Crown Amanda Hemingway (HarperVoyager 0-00-715390-2, Nov 2006, £12.99, 437pp, tp, cover by Dominic Harman) [Sangreal] Fantasy novel, book three in the Sangral Trilogy. Hemingway also writes as Jan Siegel.


The Poisoned Crown Amanda Hemingway (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-715391-6, Nov 2007, £6.99, 437pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) [Sangreal] Reprint (Harper Voyager 2006) fantasy novel, book three in the Sangreal trilogy. Hemingway also writes as Jan Siegel.


Rebel Fay Barb & J. C. Hendee (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-601-6, Sep 2007, £7.99, 518pp, pb, cover by Martin McKenna) [Noble Dead] Reprint (Roc 2007) fantasy novel. Book five in the Noble Dead Saga. [First U.K. edition]


Hunters of Dune Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (Hodder 978-0-340-83749-8, Mar 2007, £7.99, xii+625pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Dune] Reprint (Tor 2006) SF novel, the first in a set of sequels to Chapterhouse Dune, “based on an outline by Frank Herbert”.


Sandworms of Dune Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (Hodder & Stoughton 978-0-340-83750-4, Sep 2007, £19.99, 494pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Dune] Reprint (Tor 2007) SF novel, the second of two sequels to Chapterhouse Dune, and the final book in the Dune sequence. Based on an outline by Frank Herbert. A trade paperback edition (-83751-1, £12.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]


Dune Frank Herbert (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08150-5, Oct 2007, £7.99, 611pp, hc, cover by John Schoenherr) [Dune] Reprint (Chilton 1965) classic SF novel. First in the series. Book 71 in the SF Masterworks series. Issued without a dustjacket.


Haunted James Herbert (Macmillan/Pan 978-0-330-45157-4, May 2007, £6.99, 228pp, tp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1988) ghost novel.


The Magic Cottage James Herbert (Macmillan/Pan 978-0-330-45156-7, May 2007, £6.99, 393pp, tp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1986) fantasy/horror novel.


The Secret of Crickley Hall James Herbert (Macmillan/Pan 978-0-330-41168-4, May 2007, £6.99, 633pp, tp) Reprint (Macmillan UK 2006) horror novel.


Bright Fire Maya Hess (Black Lace 978-0-352-34104-4, May 2007, £7.99, 239pp, pb) Erotic fantasy. A woman is thrown back to ancient times and revered as a goddess.


20th Century Ghosts Joe Hill (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08192-5, Oct 2007, £14.99, 389pp, hc, cover by edward. bettison. com) Reprint (PS Publishing 2005) fantasy/horror collection, winner of multiple awards including the Stoker and British Fantasy Awards. This follows the Morrow 2007 edition with one added story.


Heart-Shaped Box Joe Hill (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07912-0, Mar 2007, £12.99, 365pp, hc, cover by Edward Bettison) Reprint (Morrow 2007) dark fantasy novel. Jude Coyne buys a boxed ghost off the Internet. A trade paperback (Airport) edition (-07913-7, £10.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]


Saved Joe Hill (PS Publishing, Dec 2007, no price, 27pp, ph, cover by James Hannah) Reprint (PS Publishing 2005 as part of the deluxe edition of 20th Century Ghosts) novelette in hardcover chapbook form. This is PS Holiday Chapbook #3, given out free with subscriptions to Postscripts magazine; hardcover subscribers get signed copies. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea, East Yorkshire HU18 1PG England; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].


Blade of Fire Stuart Hill (The Chicken House 978-1-905294-29-9, May 2007, £6.99, 640pp, tp, cover by Mark Edwards & Carol Lawson) [Icemark Chronicles] Reprint (The Chicken House 2006) young-adult fantasy novel. Second in The Icemark Chronicles after The Cry of the Icemark.


Warhammer 40,000: Star of Damocles Andy Hoare (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-478-3, Aug 2007, £6.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader] Novelization set in the roleplaying game universe. Book two in the Rogue Trader subseries.


Linger Awhile Russell Hoban (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-8577-0, Jan 2007, £7.99, 160pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2006) fantasy novel.


Forest Mage Robin Hobb (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-719616-6, Feb 2007, £12.99, 660pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Soldier Son] Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel, book two in the Soldier Son trilogy. Hobb is a pseudonym for Megan Lindholm.


Forest Mage Robin Hobb (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-719617-3, Jul 2007, £7.99, 818pp, pb) [Soldier Son] Reprint (Voyager 2006) fantasy novel. Book two of the Soldier Son trilogy. Hobb also writes as Megan Lindholm.


Renegade’s Magic Robin Hobb (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-719618-0, Jul 2007, £20.00, 616pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Soldier Son] Fantasy novel, book three of the Soldier Son trilogy. Hobb also writes as Megan Lindholm.


The Ice Queen Alice Hoffman (Random House/Vintage UK 0-099-48883-3, Nov 2006, £6.99, 211pp, tp) Reprint (Little, Brown 2005) literary fantasy novel.


The Broken Kings Robert Holdstock (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07930-4, Jan 2007, £14.99, 357pp, hc) [Merlin Codex] Fantasy novel, book three of The Merlin Codex series. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-07931-1, £12.99) was announced but not seen.


Celtika Robert Holdstock (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07973-1, Jan 2007, £7.99, 326pp, tp) [Merlin Codex] Reprint (Earthlight UK 2001) fantasy novel. Book one of the Merlin Codex.


The Iron Grail Robert Holdstock (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07974-8, Jan 2007, £7.99, 310pp, tp) [Merlin Codex] Reprint (Earthlight UK 2002) fantasy novel. Book two of the Merlin Codex.


The Mythago Cycle: Volume Two Robert Holdstock (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07972-4, Oct 2007, £14.99, 552pp, tp, cover by Alan Lee) [Mythago] Omnibus of two fantasy novels: The Hollowing (1993) and Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn (1997).


Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07970-0, Feb 2007, £14.99, 296pp, hc) [Mythago] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) fantasy novel in the Mythago series. Winner of the World Fantasy Award.


Barking Tom Holt (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-285-8, Mar 2007, £12.99, 404pp, hc, cover by Parin Shah) Humorous fantasy novel.


Slam Nick Hornby (Penguin/Puffin UK 978-0-141-38297-5, Oct 2007, £12.99, 293pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel of a boy thrown randomly forward along his own timeline, and then back, allowing him to be aware of future events.


H.P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life Michel Houellebecq (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 978-0-297-85138-7, Jan 2007, £10.00, 245pp, tp) Reprint (Believer Books 2005) critical book. [H. P. Lovecraft]


The Target Book: A History of the Target Doctor Who Books David J. Howe & Tim Neal (Telos 978-1-85583-021-2, Nov 2007, £19.99, 169pp, tp, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Heavily-illustrated reference work, its contents previously published in different form in Doctor Who Magazine. Includes brief biographies of all the authors. Introduction by Terrance Dicks. Tim Neal is only mentioned on the title page.


Castorp Pawel Huelle (Serpent’s Tail 978-1-85242-945-4, Sep 2007, £8.99, 233pp, pb) Literary fantasy novel. A prequel to The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann, translated from the Polish original (Wydawnictwo slowo/obraz terytoria 2004).


Smoke and Mirrors Tanya Huff (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-477-1, Dec 2006, £6.99, 460pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) [Tony Foster] Reprint (DAW 2005) dark fantasy novel, second in the Tony Foster series, related to the Victory Nelson series. The TV crew of a vampire-detective show gets trapped in a real haunted house. [First U.K. edition]


The Crystal Cosmos Rhys Hughes (PS Publishing 978-1-905834-56-3, Nov 2007, £25.00, xix+80pp, hc, cover by Tomislav Tikulin) Quasi-SF novella of alternate worlds. Sappho Ritsos must save a solid diamond solar system from a space pirate. Introduction by Michael Bishop. This is a limited edition of 200 signed by both Hughes and Bishop; a lettered, slipcased edition of 26 and a bound-in-boards edition of 500 signed by Hughes (-55-6, £10.00) were announced but not seen. PS Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].


The Court of the Air Stephen Hunt (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-723217-8, Apr 2007, £12.99, 582pp, hc) [Court of the Air] Fantasy novel. Two young orphans, each with a secret, escape a massacre and a murder.


The Court of the Air Stephen Hunt (HarperVoyager 978-0-00-723218-5, Sep 2007, £7.99, 582pp, tp) [Court of the Air] Reprint (Harper Voyager 2007) fantasy novel about two orphans with secrets.


Warrior Cats: A Dangerous Path Erin Hunter (HarperCollins UK Children’s Books 978-0-00-714006-0, Apr 2007, £5.99, 352pp, tp) [Warriors] Reprint (HarperCollins 2004 as Warriors: A Dangerous Path) animal fantasy novel, the fifth book in the series. [First U.K. edition]


Already Dead Charlie Huston (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-526-2, Feb 2007, £6.99, 277pp, pb) [Joe Pitt] Reprint (Del Rey 2005) vampire mystery novel, first in the Joe Pitt series. [First U.K. edition]


No Dominion Charlie Huston (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-527-9, Jul 2007, £6.99, 248pp, tp) [Joe Pitt] Reprint (Del Rey 2006) vampire mystery novel, second in the Joe Pitt series. [First U.K. edition]


Dying Words Shaun Hutson (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-435-7, Aug 2007, £6.99, 358pp, pb, cover by Sean Garrehy) Reprint (Orbit 2006) horror novel.


Omnibus 1: Shadows and Nemesis Shaun Hutson (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-644-3, Aug 2007, £8.99, 601pp, tp, cover by Sean Garrehy) Horror omnibus.


Unmarked Graves Shaun Hutson (Little, Brown UK 978-1-84149-433-3, Aug 2007, £17.99, 275pp, hc, cover by Sean Garrehy) Horror novel.


The Curse on the Chosen Ian Irvine (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-470-8, Nov 2007, £12.99, 594pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Three Worlds: Song of the Tears] Fantasy novel, second in the Song of the Tears series, set in the Three Worlds. Simultaneous with the Viking Australia edition.


The Fate of the Fallen Ian Irvine (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-469-2, Jun 2007, £7.99, 607pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Three Worlds: Song of the Tears] Reprint (Penguin Australia 2006 as Torments of the Traitor) fantasy novel. Volume one of the Song of the Tears sequence in the Three Worlds series.


Satan Wants Me Robert Irwin (Dedalus 978-1-903517-58-1, Jun 2007, £7.99, 320pp, tp, cover by David Bird) Reprint (Dedalus 1999) literary fantasy novel of sex and Satanism in the 1960s.


Alice, the Sausage Sophie Jabes (Dedalus 978-1-903517-51-2, Feb 2007, £6.99, 115pp, tp, cover by David Smith) Literary horror novel. Translated by Catherine Petit & Paul Buck from the French Alice la Saucisse (Editions Gallimard 2003).


Outcast of Redwall Brian Jacques (Random House UK/Red Fox 978-1-862-30243-3, Aug 2007, £6.99, 360pp, tp) [Redwall] Reissue (Hutchinson 1995) young-adult fantasy novel.


Redwall Brian Jacques (Random House UK/Red Fox 1-8623-0138-7, Aug 2006, £6.99, 351pp, tp) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1986) young-adult fantasy novel.


Voyage of Slaves Brian Jacques (Penguin/Puffin UK 978-0-141-31522-5, Mar 2007, £5.99, 356pp, tp, cover by David Elliott) [Ben and Ned] Reprint (Philomel Books 2006) young-adult fantasy novel, part of the Tales from the Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series.


Terry Pratchett’s Hogfather: The Illustrated Screenplay Vadim Jean & Terry Pratchett (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08039-3, Dec 2007, £14.99, 256pp, tp) [Discworkd] Reprint (Gollancz 2006) illustrated screenplay by Jean based on Pratchett’s Discworld novel.


The Waking T. M. Jenkins (Macmillan/Pan 978-0-330-44032-5, Aug 2007, £6.99, 454pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan UK 2006) SF novel.


My Dirty Little Book of Stolen Time Liz Jensen (Bloomsbury 978-0-7475-8593-0, Jun 2007, £7.99, 303pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 2006) fantasy novel.


Dreams of Inan: Stealing Life Antony Johnston (Abaddon Books 1-905437-12-9, Jan 2007, £6.99, 320pp, tp, cover by Mark Harrison) [Dreams of Inan] Fantasy novel, the second in a series by various authors. The thief Nicco, in debt to the mob, takes a seemingly easy job from a wizard.


Charmed Life Diana Wynne Jones (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 978-0-00-725529-0, Apr 2007, £6.99, 270+xviii, tp) [Chrestomanci] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1977) young-adult fantasy novel in the Chrestomanci series. This includes a readers’ guide.


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