The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

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GRIMWOOD, KEN(neth) (1944-2003) (chron.)

* _Replay (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07559-7, May 2005, £6.99, 272pp, tp) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) fantasy novel, winner of the World Fantasy Award. Volume 45 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.
GRODY, LEATHEL (chron.)

* *Faith of the Unforgotten (Lethal Publishing 1-59787-000-5, Apr 2005, $21.95, 279pp, hc, cover by Leathel Grody) [Foundations of Hope] Fantasy novel set in a post-holocaust future without electricity and with dragons, the first book in The Foundations of Hope trilogy. Lethal Publishing, PO Box 1057, Kalkaska MI 49646; [www.lethalpublishing.com].
GROELL, ANNE LESLEY (1966- ); see pseudonym Kate Brallier (chron.)
GROSS, PHILIP (chron.)

* _The Lastling (Oxford University Press 0-19-275383-5, Jan 2005, £4.99, 225pp, tp, cover by Stuart Williams) Reprint (Oxford University Press 2003) young-adult fantasy novel.
GROSSMAN, DAVE (chron.)

* _Kren of the Mitchegai (with Leo A. Frankowski) See entry under Leo A. Frankowski
* _The Two-Space War (with Leo A. Frankowski) (Baen 1-4165-0928-3, Jan 2006, $7.99, 519pp, pb, cover by Tom Kidd) Reprint (Baen 2004) science fantasy novel.
GRUBER, CHRIS, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _Boxing Stories See entry under Robert E. Howard.
GRUBER, MICHAEL (1940- ) (chron.)

* _Tropic of Night (Macmillan/Pan 0-330-42684-2, Apr 2004, £6.99, 563pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins/Morrow 2003) horror novel/thriller. A woman in Miami hides from her ex-husband, a serial killer and shaman of African witchcraft. [First U.K. edition]
* *The Witch’s Boy (HarperTempest 0-06-076164-4, Apr 2005, $16.99, 377pp, hc, cover by Wes Benscoter) Young-adult fantasy novel. An ugly, abandoned child is raised by a witch, a cat, a bear, and a demon.
* _The Witch’s Boy (Simon & Schuster UK Children’s Books 1-416-90138-8, May 2005, £12.99, 298pp, hc) Reprint (HarperTempest 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
GRYCH, JOSEPH R. (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Apartment Building Next Door (AuthorHouse 1-4208-5442-9, Jun 2005, $23.45, 111pp, hc) Original collection of six horror stories set in apartments, plus six poems. A trade paperback edition (-5443-7, $11.95) was announced but not seen. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.authorhouse.com] or from AuthorHouse, 1663 Liberty Drive, Suite 200, Bloomington IN 47403. (Contents)
GUERRIER, SIMON (stories) (chron.)

* *Doctor Who: The Time Travellers (BBC Books 0-563-48633-3, Nov 2005, £5.99, 284pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series, featuring the 1st Doctor, Ian, and Barbara.
GUILEY, ROSEMARY ELLEN (chron.)

* *The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Monsters (Facts on File/Checkmark Books 0-8160-4685-9, Nov 2004, $24.95, 352pp, tp) Non-fiction, reference, a guide to supernatural monsters with particularly heavy coverage of vampires in folklore, film, and literature, with separate articles on authors from Stoker to Rice and beyond, including Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, and Sherrilyn Kenyon (but not P.N. Elrod or Tanya Huff). Foreword by Jeanne Keyes Youngson. Includes bibliography and index. A hardcover edition (-4684-0, $75.00) was announced but not seen.
* _The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Monsters (SFBC/QPBC #1175963, Jan 2005, $19.99, 352pp, tp) Reprint (Checkmark Books 2004) non-fiction, reference. This is a QPBC book available through the SFBC; it is similar to the Checkmark Books trade paperback edition, except it lacks a price and has the book club number on the back cover.
GUILFOILE, KEVIN (chron.)

* *Cast of Shadows (Random House/Knopf 1-4000-4308-5, Mar 2005, $24.95, 321pp, hc) Near-future thriller set in a world where cloning babies is common for infertile couples. A doctor clones his daughter’s unknown killer. A first novel.
GUNN, JAMES E(dwin) (1923- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Gift from the Stars (BenBella Books 1-932100-65-2, Dec 2005, $14.95, 154pp, tp) [Adrian Mast] SF fix-up novel of first contact originally published as five novellas (one somewhat altered) in Analog. The author’s preface discusses how the novel was inspired as a response to Carl Sagan’s Contact. Introduction by Gregory Benford. (Contents)
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* *Speculations on Speculation: Theories of Science Fiction (with Matthew Candelaria) (Scarecrow Press 0-8108-4902-X, Apr 2005, $30.00, 374 + xix, tp) Non-fiction anthology of 24 essays on SF, three original by Gary K. Wolfe, Alexei & Cory Panshin, and Gunn; other authors include Ursula K. Le Guin, Barry N. Malzberg, and Samuel R. Delany. Order from Scarecrow Press, 4720 Boston Way, Lanham MD 20706; 800-462-6420; [www.scarecrowpress.com].
GYSIN, BRION (1916-1986) (chron.)

* _The Process (Overlook Press/Tusk Ivories 1-58567-711-6, 2005, $14.95, 320 + xxi, tp, cover by Simona Schneider) Reprint (???? 1967) fantasy/hallucinogenic novel of a professor’s adventures in the Sahara. This has a new foreword by Robert Palmer.
HABER, KAREN; [i.e., Karen Lee Haber Silverberg] (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Crossing Infinity (ibooks 1-4165-0496-6, Nov 2005, $14.95, 239pp, hc, cover by Dennis Calero) SF novel. A 16-year-old Earth girl meets an alien who changes gender under stress.
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* *Fantasy: The Best of 2004 (with Jonathan Strahan) (ibooks 1-4165-0400-1, Feb 2005, $7.99, 355 + xii, pb, cover by Ryan Durney) Best-of-the-year anthology of 11 stories, with an introduction on the year in SF by the editors. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Gene Wolfe, and Peter S. Beagle. (Contents)
* *Kong Unbound (Pocket 1-4165-1670-0, Nov 2005, $14.00, 284pp, tp) [King Kong] Collection of 15 original essays on the influence of the original film. Authors include Richard A. Lupoff, Jack Williamson, and Esther Friesner. Preface by Ray Harryhausen. Foreword by Ray Bradbury.
* *Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 (with Jonathan Strahan) (ibooks 1-4165-0404-4, Mar 2005, $7.99, 404 + xii, pb, cover by Danny Cardle) Best-of-the-year anthology of 13 stories, with an introduction on the year in SF by the editors. Authors include Gene Wolfe, Joe Haldeman, and Stephen Baxter. Copyrighted by ibooks. (Contents)
HABER, MELISSA GLENN (chron.)

* *Beyond the Dragon Portal (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-47537-0, Oct 2005, $16.99, 227pp, hc, cover by Daniel Craig) Young-adult fantasy novel. Sadie’s sister has been taken through a portal to another world.
HADDIX, MARGARET PETERSON (chron.)

* _Among the Brave (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-85795-0, Oct 2005, $5.99, 229pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Shadow Children] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 2004) young-adult SF novel, fifth in the “Shadow Children” series begun in Among the Hidden.
* *Among the Enemy (Simon & Schuster 0-689-85796-9, Jun 2005, $15.95, 214pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Shadow Children] Young-adult SF novel, sixth in the “Shadow Children” series begun in Among the Hidden. Illegal third-born Matthias saves the life of a Population Police officer and is offered a chance to join the force.
* _Among the Hidden (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-82475-0, Jun 2005, $2.99, 153pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Shadow Children] Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1998) young-adult SF novel; 28th printing.
* *Double Identity (Simon & Schuster 0-689-87374-3, Sep 2005, $15.95, 218pp, hc) Young-adult thriller with SF elements. A girl’s parents start acting strange as her 13th birthday approaches.
* _Escape from Memory (Simon Pulse 1-4169-0338-0, Jul 2005, $5.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 2003) young-adult thriller with SF elements.
HAGUE, MICHAEL, ed. (chron.)

* _The Book of Dragons (HarperTrophy 0-06-075968-2, May 2005, $9.99, 146pp, tp, cover by Michael Hague) Reprint (Morrow 1995) anthology of 17 stories, poems, and excerpts from books about dragons, illustrated by Hague.
HAINING, PETER (Alexander), ed. (1940-2007) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Mammoth Book of Haunted House Stories (Robinson 1-84529-185-9, Aug 2005, £7.99, 689pp, tp, cover by Joe Roberts) Reprint (Robinson 2000) anthology of 43 haunted house stories. This expanded edition adds seven stories. (Contents)
HAJESKI, NANCY J. (1951- ); see pseudonym Nancy Butler (chron.)
HALAM, ANN; pseudonym of Gwyneth Jones, (1952- ) (chron.)

* *Siberia (Orion Children’s Books 1-84255-129-9, Jan 2005, £8.99, 233pp, hc, cover by Laura Brett) Young-adult SF/fantasy novel. Halam is a pen name for Gwyneth Jones.
* +Siberia (Random House/Lamb 0-385-74650-4, Jun 2005, $16.95, 262pp, hc, cover by Adam Larson) Young-adult fantasy. A girl and her mother live isolated. A Wendy Lamb book. First US edition (Orion 2/05).
* _Taylor Five (Random House/Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-23820-X, Sep 2005, $5.99, 199pp, tp) Reprint (Dolphin 2002) young-adult SF thriller about a cloned teen caught in a Borneo revolution.
HALDEMAN, JOE W.; [i.e., Joseph William Haldeman] (1943- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Camouflage (Ace 0-441-01252-3, Aug 2005, $7.99, 289pp, pb, cover by Craig White) Reprint (Ace 2004) SF novel. An immortal creature learns what it to be human in this evocation of the South Seas.
* _The Forever War (SFBC #1180870, Jun 2005, $12.99, 229pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Mandella; Forever War] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1974) SF novel, winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards. This follows the 1997 revised version; it is part of the SFBC 50th Anniversary Collection and has ISBN 0-7394-5343-2, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Old Twentieth (Ace 0-441-01285-X, Aug 2005, $24.95, 257pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) Far-future SF novel. Nostalgic immortals use a virtual time machine to visit the good old days of death and disease in the 20th century.
* _Old Twentieth (SFBC #1194007, Oct 2005, $11.99, 257pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Ace 2005) SF novel. This is similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
HALE, DEBORAH (chron.)

* *The Destined Queen (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80243-9, Aug 2005, $13.95, 411pp, tp) [Waiting King] Fantasy romance novel, sequel to The Wizard’s Ward?? Maura and her legendary “Waiting King” seek to restore their kingdom.
HALE, PHIL (chron.)

* *Mockingbirds/Relaxeder (Grant, Donald M. 1-880418-70-3, Oct 2005, $40.00, 63pp, hc, cover by Phil Hale) Art book, a two volume set with works exhibited in two one-man shows at Jerwood Space Gallery in London. Mockingbirds (-68-1) focuses on recent oil paintings, and has an introduction by Sebastian Horsley and afterword by Justin Mortimer. Relaxeder (-69-X) has drawings and photographs, with a vignette by Toby Litt. The books are clothbound without dust jackets, and come shrinkwrapped together with a paper band. Order from Donald M. Grant, PO Box 187, Hampton Falls NH 03844; [www.grantbooks.com].
HALE, SHANNON (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Enna Burning (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7573-8, Nov 2005, £6.99, 317pp, tp, cover by Alison Jay) [Goose Girl] Reprint (Bloomsbury USA 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. Sequel to The Goose Girl.
* _The Goose Girl (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7123-6, Jan 2005, £6.99, 383pp, tp, cover by Alison Jay) [Goose Girl] Reprint (Bloomsbury USA 2003) young-adult fantasy novel. First in a series.
* _The Goose Girl (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-990-8, May 2005, $8.95, 383pp, pb, cover by Alison Jay) [Goose Girl] Reprint (Bloomsbury USA 2003) young-adult fantasy, based on the Grimm Brothers fairy tale. A six-page author interview is included; the reading group guide noted on the cover appears to have been left out.
* *Princess Academy (Bloomsbury USA 1-58234-993-2, Jul 2005, $16.95, 314pp, hc, cover by Tim Zeltner) Young-adult fantasy. Girls from a remote mining town are groomed to be a prince’s bride. Simultaneous with the Bloomsbury UK edition.
HALL, ELIJA, ed. (chron.)

* _The Undead (with D. L. Snell) See entry under D. L. Snell
HALLIDAY, MAGS L. (chron.)

* *Faction Paradox: Warring States (Mad Norwegian Press 0-9725959-8-8, Jun 2005, $17.95, 188pp, tp, cover by Sandy Gardner) [Faction Paradox] SF novel, the fourth in the Faction Paradox series created by Lawrence Miles, a spin-off from Doctor Who. Mad Norwegian Press, 909 NE Grant St. #303, Ankeny IA 50021; [www.madnorwegian.com].
HAMBLY, BARBARA (Joan) (1951- ) (chron.)

* *Circle of the Moon (Warner Aspect 0-446-69404-5, Sep 2005, $13.95, 470pp, tp) [Sisters of the Raven] Fantasy novel, sequel to Sisters of the Raven.
* _Dead Water (Bantam 0-553-58156-2, May 2005, $6.99, 377pp, pb) [Benjamin January] Reprint (Bantam 2004) associational historical mystery, the eighth featuring Benjamin January.
* *The Emancipator’s Wife (Bantam 0-553-80301-8, Feb 2005, $25.00, 608pp, hc, cover by Katherine Helm) Associational historical novel of Mary Todd Lincoln.
* _The Emancipator’s Wife (SFBC #1176309, Feb 2005, $12.49, 608pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 2005) associational historical novel of Mary Todd Lincoln. This is similar to the Bantam edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _The Emancipator’s Wife (Bantam 0-553-38193-8, Jan 2006, $14.00, 608pp, tp, cover by Katherine Helm) Reprint (Bantam 2005) associational historical novel of Mary Todd Lincoln.
* _Sisters of the Raven (Warner Aspect 0-446-61536-6, Aug 2005, $6.99, 498pp, pb, cover by Shasti O’Leary Soudant) [Sisters of the Raven] Reprint (Warner Aspect 2002) fantasy novel.
HAMILTON, EDMOND (Moore) (1904-1977) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Captain Future, Man of Tomorrow (Pulpville Press, 2005, $14.95, 298pp, tp) (Contents)
* *Stark and the Star Kings (with Leigh Brackett) (Haffner Press 1-893887-16-2, Aug 2005, $45.00, 625 + xvi, hc, cover by Alex Ebel) Collection of Hamilton’s Star Kings novels The Star Kings (1949) and Return to the Stars (1970), plus three of Brackett’s Eric John Stark stories, and one original cross-series collaboration. Illustrations by Alex Ebel. Introduction by John Jakes. A limited edition of 100 (-17-0, $150.00) is also available. Available from Haffner Press, 5005 Crooks Rd., Suite 35, Royal Oak MI 48073-1239; add $5.00 postage; [info@haffnerpress.com]; [www.haffnerpress.com]. (Contents)
HAMILTON, LAURELL K. (1963- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-431-3, Nov 2005, £10.99, 646pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Anita Blake] Reprint (SFBC 1998 as Club Vampyre) omnibus of the first three books in the series: Guilty Pleasures (1993), The Laughing Corpse (1994), and Circus of the Damned (1995). (Contents)
* _Bloody Bones (Berkley 0-425-20567-3, Nov 2005, $24.95, 328pp, hc, cover by Craig White) [Anita Blake] Reprint (Ace 1996) dark fantasy mystery, the fifth featuring Anita Blake, vampire hunter.
* _A Caress of Twilight (Ballantine 0-345-47816-9, Mar 2005, $13.95, 348pp, tp) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Reprint (Ballantine 2002) erotic dark fantasy mystery, sequel to A Kiss of Shadows.
* _Incubus Dreams (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-317-1, Sep 2005, £6.99, 724pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Anita Blake] Reprint (Orbit 2004) dark fantasy novel. Book 12 in the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series.
* _Incubus Dreams (Jove 0-515-13974-2, Oct 2005, $7.99, 722pp, pb) [Anita Blake] Reprint (Berkley 2004) dark fantasy detective novel, 12th in the series featuring Anita Blake, vampire hunter.
* _A Kiss of Shadows (Ballantine 0-345-47815-0, Mar 2005, $13.95, 468pp, tp) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Reprint (Ballantine 2000) erotic dark fantasy mystery featuring half-faerie princess Meredith Gentry, PI.
* _The Laughing Corpse (Berkley 0-425-20466-9, Aug 2005, $13.00, 301pp, tp, cover by Craig White) [Anita Blake] Reprint (Ace 1994) dark fantasy novel, second in the “Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter” series. This has the afterword by the author from the 2003 hardcover edition.
* _The Lunatic Cafe (Berkley 0-425-20137-6, Mar 2005, $22.95, 344pp, hc, cover by Craig White) [Anita Blake] Reprint (Ace 1996) dark fantasy/romance novel, fourth in the “Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter” series. This has a new afterword by the author.
* _Nightseer (SFBC #1191440, Aug 2005, $10.99, 303pp, hc) Reprint (Roc 1992) fantasy novel of revenge. Her first novel, this first hardcover edition has ISBN 0-7394-5611-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* _Seduced by Moonlight (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-553-81632-2, Feb 2005, £6.99, 504pp, pb) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Reprint (Ballantine 2004) fantasy novel. Third in the “Meredith Gentry” series after A Kiss of Shadows and A Caress of Twilight. [First U.K. edition]
* *A Stroke of Midnight (Ballantine 0-345-44357-8, Apr 2005, $23.95, 366pp, hc, cover by Judy York) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Erotic dark fantasy mystery, fourth in the Meredith Gentry series featuring a faerie princess working in the human world as a PI.
* _A Stroke of Midnight (SFBC #1186796, May 2005, $12.99, 366pp, hc, cover by Judy York) [Meredith Gentry, PI] Reprint (Ballantine 2005) erotic dark fantasy mystery, fourth in the “Meredith Gentry” series. This is similar to the Ballantine edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
HAMILTON, PETER F. (1960- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Judas Unchained (Macmillan UK 1-4050-0036-8, Oct 2005, £17.99, viii+949pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Commonwealth Saga] SF novel. Second in the two-book Commonwealth Saga after Pandora’s Star. A limited slipcased shrinkwrapped edition, sold only in Waterstone’s bookshops, is available for £25.00. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-0037-6) was announced but not seen.
* _Pandora’s Star (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-47921-1, Feb 2005, $7.99, 988pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Commonwealth Saga] Reprint (Macmillan UK 2004) far-future SF novel, part one of “The Commonwealth Saga.”
* _Pandora’s Star (Macmillan/Pan 0-330-49331-0, Mar 2005, £8.99, 1144pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Commonwealth Saga] Reprint (Macmillan UK 2004) SF novel, the first in The Commonwealth Saga.
* +The Web: Lightstorm (Tor/Starscape 0-765-34942-6, Aug 2005, $5.99, 120pp, tp) [Web] Young-adult SF novel, the second in a six-book series. First US edition (Dolphin 1998).
HAMMOND, WAYNE G. (chron.)

* *The Lord of the Rings: A Reader’s Companion (with Christina Scull) (HarperCollins UK 0-00-720907-X, Oct 2005, £7.99, lxxxii+894pp, tp, cover by J. R. R. Tolkien) Reference book. This book is simultaneously available in a boxed set of The Lord of the Rings by Tolkien. [Tolkien]

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