The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

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PELAN, JOHN C., ed. (stories) (chron.) (continued)

* _Shadows Over Baker Street (with J. Michael Reaves) See entry under J. Michael Reaves.
PENDLE, GEORGE (chron.)

* *Strange Angel (Harcourt 0-15-100997-X, Jan 2005, $25.00, 350pp, hc) Associational biography of a rocket scientist and SF fan who became interested in the occult. Mostly set in Los Angeles in the ’30s with appearances by L. Ron Hubbard, Robert A. Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Anthony Boucher, and others. Includes note and index. [Parsons]
PEREZ, LANA (chron.)

* *Dungeons & Dragons: Knights of the Silver Dragon, Book 5: Figure in the Frost (Wizards of the Coast/Mirrorstone Books 0-7869-3587-1, Feb 2005, $5.99, 177pp, tp, cover by Emily Fiegenschuh) [Dungeons & Dragons: Knights of the Silver Dragon] Young-adult novelization based on the roleplaying game world, the fifth in a series. Perez is a pen name. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
* *Star Sisterz: Bright Lights for Bella (Wizards of the Coast/Mirrorstone 0-7869-3746-7, Aug 2005, $5.99, 129pp, tp, cover by Taia Morley) [Star Sisterz] Young-adult fantasy novelization, the third in a series based on the collectible charms game. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
PESTA, JOSEPH R. (chron.)

* *Countdown (iUniverse 0-595-36550-7, Aug 2005, $16.95, 239pp, tp) SF thriller. Agent Jake Keeler must stop terrorists threatening to destroy a planet with a stolen missile. A print-on-demand book, available online at [www.iuniverse.com], or from iUniverse, 2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100, Lincoln NE 68512; 800-288-4677.
PETTY, M. A. C. (chron.)

* *Thin Line Between (Cold Spring Press 1-59360-042-9, May 2005, $11.00, 326pp, tp) [Wandjina Quartet] Horror novel, book one of the Wandjina Quartet. Horror haunts a museum. A first novel.
PHILBRICK, (William) RODMAN (1951- ) (chron.)

* _Abduction (with Lynn Harnett) (Scholastic/Point 0-590-34808-6, Sep 2004, $5.99, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1998) YA horror novel. This is dated 2004, but not seen until now.
* _The Last Book in the Universe (Scholastic/Apple 0-439-77133-1, Jun 2005, $2.99, 223pp, tp, cover by David Shannon) Reprint (Blue Sky 2000) young-adult fantasy. Includes an After Words guide; 16th printing.
PHILLIPS, HOLLY (1969- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *In the Palace of Repose (Wildside Press/Prime Books 1-894815-58-0, May 2005, $29.95, 203pp, hc, cover by Thomas Cole) Original collection of nine stories, two reprints, of horror and the fantastic. Introduction by Sean Stewart. Wildside Press/Prime Books, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928; [www.primebooks.net]. (Contents)
PHILLIPS, SCOTT (1961- ) (chron.)

* *Friday the 13th: Church of the Divine Psychopath (BL Publishing/Black Flame US 1-84416-181-1, Aug 2005, $7.99, 403pp, pb) [Friday the 13th] Movie tie-in. Copyrighted by New Line Cinema. This has the same ISBN as the simultaneous Black Flame UK edition, but lists only US and Canadian prices.
PHILMUS, ROBERT M(ichael) (1943- ) (chron.)

* *Visions and Re-Visions: (Re)constructing Science Fiction (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-899-5, Dec 2005, £50.00, xiv + 411pp, hc) Non-fiction, a collection of critical essays looking at science fiction as a “revisionary” genre. Includes notes, bibliography, and index.
PICCIRILLI, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Edward Piccirilli] (1965- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _November Mourns (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58720-X, Jun 2005, $5.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Kevin Radford) [Choir of Ill Children] Horror novel, sequel to A Choir of Ill Children.
PIERCE, MEREDITH ANN (1958- ) (chron.)

* _Waters Luminous & Deep (Penguin/Firebird 0-14-240356-3, Nov 2005, $6.99, 311pp, tp, cover by Patrick Arrasmith) Reprint (Viking 2004) young-adult collection of eight stories.
PIERCE, TAMORA (1954- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Alanna: The First Adventure (Simon Pulse 0-689-87855-9, Jan 2005, $5.99, 274pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Oxford 1983) young-adult fantasy, first volume in the Song of the Lioness quartet.
* _Circle of Magic: Briar’s Book (Scholastic/Point 0-590-55411-5, Nov 2005, $5.99, 258pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Circle of Magic] Reissue (Scholastic 1999) young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in the quartet; 15th printing.
* _Circle of Magic: Tris’s Book (Scholastic/Point 0-590-55409-3, Nov 2005, $5.99, 251pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Circle of Magic] Reissue (Scholastic 1998) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the series; 15th printing.
* _The Circle Opens: Magic Steps (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96818-6, Nov 2005, £4.99, 218pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle Opens] Reprint (Scholastic Press 2000) young-adult fantasy novel.
* _The Circle Opens: Street Magic (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96820-8, Nov 2005, £4.99, 235pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle Opens] Reprint (Scholastic Press 2001) young-adult fantasy novel.
* _Emperor Mage (Simon Pulse 1-4169-0337-2, Jun 2005, $5.99, 358pp, pb, cover by Sammy Yuen, Jr.) [Immortals] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1994 as The Emperor Mage) young-adult fantasy novel, third in “The Immortals” series.
* _The Fire in the Forging (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96813-5, Aug 2005, £4.99, 198pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle of Magic] Reissue (Scholastic 1998 as Circle of Magic: Daja’s Book) young-adult fantasy novel.
* _First Test (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96809-7, Dec 2004, £5.99, 205pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Keladry] Reissue (Random House 1999) young-adult fantasy novel. Book one in the “Protector of the Small” quartet.
* _The Healing in the Vine (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96814-3, Aug 2005, £4.99, 216pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle of Magic] Reissue (Scholastic 1999 as Circle of Magic: Briar’s Book) young-adult fantasy novel.
* _In the Hand of the Goddess (Simon Pulse 0-689-87856-7, Jan 2005, $5.99, 264pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Oxford 1984) young-adult fantasy, second volume in the Song of the Lioness quartet.
* _Lady Knight (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96356-7, Dec 2004, £5.99, 370pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Keladry] Reissue (Random House 2002) young-adult fantasy novel. Book four in the “Protector of the Small” quartet.
* _Lioness Rampant (Simon Pulse 0-689-87857-5, Jan 2005, $5.99, 384pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1988) young-adult fantasy, fourth volume in the Song of the Lioness quartet.
* _The Magic in the Weaving (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96815-1, Apr 2005, £4.99, 227pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle of Magic] Reissue (Scholastic 1997 as Circle of Magic: Sandry’s Book) young-adult fantasy novel, the first in the Circle of Magic quartet.
* _Page (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96811-9, Dec 2004, £5.99, 229pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Keladry] Reissue (Random House 2000) young-adult fantasy novel. Book two in the “Protector of the Small” quartet.
* _The Power in the Storm (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96816-X, Apr 2005, £4.99, 214pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle of Magic] Reissue (Scholastic 1998 as Circle of Magic: Tris’s Book) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Circle of Magic quartet.
* _The Realms of the Gods (Simon Pulse 1-4169-0817-X, Jun 2005, $5.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Sammy Yuen, Jr.) [Immortals] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1996) young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in “The Immortals” series.
* _Squire (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96812-7, Dec 2004, £5.99, 376pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Keladry] Reissue (Random House 2001) young-adult fantasy novel. Book three in the “Protector of the Small” quartet.
* *Tricksters (SFBC #1185012, Apr 2005, $12.99, 590pp, hc, cover by Greg Newbold) [Alianne] Omnibus of the two young-adult fantasy novels in a duology set in the world of Tortall: Trickster’s Choice (2003) and Trickster’s Queen (2004). This has ISBN 0-7394-5145-6; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
* _Trickster’s Choice (Scholastic UK 0-439-95892-X, Sep 2005, £5.99, 453pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Alianne] Reprint (Random House 2003) young-adult fantasy novel set in the world of Tortall, the first in a series of two following Alanna’s teenaged daughter Alianne.
* _Trickster’s Queen (Random House 0-375-82878-8, Oct 2005, $8.95, 469pp, tp, cover by Joyce Tenneson) [Alianne] Reprint (Random House 2004) young-adult fantasy novel, the second in a series of two set in the world of Tortall.
* _Wild Magic (Simon Pulse 1-4169-0343-7, Jun 2005, $5.99, 362pp, pb, cover by Sammy Yuen, Jr.) [Immortals] Reprint (Atheneum 1992) young-adult fantasy, first volume in “The Immortals” quartet.
* *The Will of the Empress (Scholastic Press 0-439-44171-4, Nov 2005, $17.99, 550pp, hc, cover by Circle Reforged) Young-adult fantasy novel, first in The Circle Reforged series following two previous Circle series. The four young mages reunite on a visit to a nearby country, where the Empress tries to get them to remain.
* _Wolf-Speaker (Simon Pulse 1-4169-0344-5, Jun 2005, $5.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Sammy Yuen, Jr.) [Immortals] Reprint (Atheneum 1994) young-adult fantasy, second volume in “The Immortals” quartet.
* _The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Simon Pulse 0-689-87858-3, Jan 2005, $5.99, 284pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1986) young-adult fantasy, third volume in the Song of the Lioness quartet.
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* *Young Warriors (with Josepha Sherman) (Random House 0-375-82962-8, Oct 2005, $17.95, 312pp, hc) Young-adult original anthology of 15 stories about warriors in their teens. Authors include Holly Black, Esther Friesner, Margaret Mahy, and Mike Resnick. Introduction by Pierce; afterword by Sherman. (Contents)
PIERSON, CHRISTOPHER (chron.)

* *DragonLance: Blades of the Tiger (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3569-3, Apr 2005, $6.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [DragonLance: Taladas Chronicles] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the first volume in the Taladas Chronicles. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
PIKE, CHRISTOPHER (chron.)

* _Alosha (Tor Teen 0-765-34960-4, Sep 2005, $5.99, 311pp, tp, cover by Daniel Dos Santos) [Alosha] Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, first in the “Alosha” trilogy.
* *The Shaktra (Tor/Starscape 0-765-31099-6, Oct 2005, $17.95, 334pp, hc, cover by Daniel Dos Santos) [Alosha] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Alosha trilogy.
PINBOROUGH, SARAH (J.) (chron.)

* *The Reckoning (Leisure 0-8439-5550-3, Oct 2005, $6.99, 338pp, pb) Horror novel. Four people are drawn together by a horror from out of their childhood.
PINEIRO, R(ogelio) J. (1961- ) (chron.)

* *Havoc (Tor/Forge 0-765-30833-9, Dec 2005, $27.95, 400pp, hc) SF techno-thriller about a rogue AI nanoassembler.
PINKWATER, DANIEL M(anus) (1941- ) (chron.)

* _Looking for Bobowicz (HarperTrophy 0-06-053556-3, Jan 2006, $5.99, 200pp, tp, cover by Jill Pinkwater) [Hoboken Chicken Emergency] Reprint (HarperCollins 2004) middle-grade fantasy novel, a sequel to the children’s picture book about a six-foot superchicken. Illustrated by Jill Pinkwater.
PITCHER, CAROLINE (chron.)

* *Sky Shifter (Egmont 1-4052-0850-3, Jul 2005, £4.99, 153pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Year of Changes] Young-adult fantasy novel. Second in the Year of Changes quartet after Cloud Cat.
PLUM-UCCI, CAROL (chron.)

* _The She (Harcourt 0-15-205453-7, Aug 2005, $6.95, 354pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt 2003) young-adult mystery/horror novel.
POE, EDGAR ALLAN (1809-1849) (stories) (chron.)

* _Edgar Allan Poe Collection (HarperFestival 0-06-075881-3, Aug 2005, $6.99, 166pp, tp, cover by Dave McMacken) Young-adult reprint collection of nine stories and four poems, all from Ghostly Tales and Eerie Poems (1993). This is an Adventure Classics edition packaged with a snap-together model of a pendulum.
* _Eureka (University of Illinois Press 0-252-02849-X, Nov 2004, $35.00, 191 + xxxiv, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1848) associational non-fiction, a critical edition of Poe’s essay on the origins and future of the universe. Edited and with an introduction, notes, and textual variants by Stuart Levine & Susan F. Levine. Includes index and bibliography. Order from University of Illinois Press, 1325 South Oak St., Champaign IL 61820-6903; 800-537-5487; [www.press.uillinois.edu].
* _Tales of Terror (Random House/Knopf 0-375-83305-6, Oct 2005, $15.95, 72pp, hc, cover by Michael McCurdy) Young-adult collection of six stories, illustrated and with an introduction by Michael McCurdy. Includes a CD.
POHL, FREDERIK (George, Jr.) (1919- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Boy Who Would Live Forever (Tor 0-765-34935-3, Nov 2005, $7.99, 452pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Tor 2004) SF novel in the “Heechee” series.
* *Platinum Pohl (Tor 0-312-87527-4, Dec 2005, $27.95, 463pp, hc) SF collection of 30 stories by Frederik Pohl, including the Hugo-winning “Fermi and Frost” and “The Meeting” (co-authored by C.M. Kornbluth), with an afterword by the author. Introduction by James Frenkel. (Contents)
POMPLUN, TOM, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Graphic Classics, Volume Twelve: Adventure Classics (Eureka Productions 978-0-9746648-4-7, Jul 2005, $11.95, 144pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Illustrated graphic anthology with 13 illustrated or comic-style adaptations of adventure stories and poems, several with fantasy elements. Authors include Sax Rohmer, Rafael Sabatini, Edith Nesbit, and Arthur Conan Doyle. Eureka Productions, 8778 Oak Grove Road, Mount Horeb WI 53572; [www.graphicclassics.com]. (Contents)
POOLE, RICHARD (chron.)

* *The Book of Lowmoor: Jewel and Thorn (Simon & Schuster UK 0-689-87289-5, Feb 2005, £12.99, 391pp, hc, cover by blacksheep) [Book of Lowmoor] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first book in a trilogy. Two six-inch-tall youngsters undertake a quest in a world once inhabited by giants.
PORTER, LYNNETTE R. (chron.)

* *Unsung Heroes of The Lord of the Rings from the Page to the Screen (Greenwood Press/Praeger 0-275-98521-0, Apr 2005, $39.95, 224 + xiv, hc) Non-fiction, an examination of what makes a hero as seen in characters in Tolkien’s work and its film adaptations. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; 800-225-5800; [www.greenwood.com]. [Tolkien]
POTTER, ALEXANDER B., ed. (stories) (chron.)

* _Women of War (with Tanya S. Huff) See entry under Tanya S. Huff
POURNELLE, JERRY E(ugene) [Ph.D] (1933- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Burning Tower (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.
* _The Mote in God’s Eye (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.
POWERS, TIM(othy Thomas) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Anubis Gates (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07725-5, Sep 2005, £7.99, 464pp, tp, cover by Richard Carr) Reprint (Ace 1983) fantasy novel. Volume 47 in the Fantasy Masterworks series.
* _Last Call (HarperCollins/Perennial 0-380-72846-X, Oct 2005, $15.95, 535pp, tp) [Last Call] Reissue (Morrow 1992) fantasy/occult/mainstream novel set in Las Vegas. Sixth printing.
* *Strange Itineraries (Tachyon Publications 1-892391-23-6, Sep 2005, $15.95, 206 + xiv, tp) Collection of nine stories, a complete gathering of Powers’s short fiction including three collaborations with James P. Blaylock. Introduction by Paul Di Filippo. Tachyon Publications, 1459 18th St. #139, San Francisco CA 94107; [www.tachyonpublications.com]. (Contents)
POZZESSERE, HEATHER GRAHAM (1953- ); see pseudonym Shannon Drake (chron.)
PRATCHETT, TERRY (David John) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Art of Discworld (with Paul Kidby) (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07712-3, Oct 2005, £10.99, 124pp, tp, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 2004) art book illustrating the major characters of the Discworld series. Introduction and text by Pratchett and illustrations by Paul Kidby.
* _The Carpet People (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-61026-2, Sep 2005, £25.00, 250pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) Reprint (Colin Smythe 1971) humorous young-adult fantasy novel. This is a signed, slipcased Collector’s Edition of 1,000. The text follows the revised 1992 Doubleday UK edition.
* _The Color of Magic (HarperTorch 0-06-102071-0, Jul 2005, $6.99, 210pp, pb) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1983) humorous fantasy novel, first in the “Discworld” series; 23rd printing.
* _The Color of Magic (Harper Perennial 0-06-085592-4, Sep 2005, $13.95, 210pp, tp) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1983) humorous fantasy novel, first in the “Discworld” series.
* _The Colour of Magic (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15292-7, Apr 2005, £6.99, 287pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Colin Smythe 1983) humorous fantasy novel. Book one in the Discworld series. 40th printing.
* _Equal Rites (Harper Perennial 0-06-085590-8, Sep 2005, $13.95, 213pp, tp) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1987) humorous fantasy novel, third in the “Discworld” series.
* _Going Postal (HarperTorch 0-06-050293-2, Oct 2005, $7.99, 394pp, pb) [Discworld: Moist von Lipwig] Reprint (HarperCollins 2004) humorous fantasy novel in the “Discworld” series.
* _Going Postal (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14943-8, Oct 2005, £6.99, 474pp, pb, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld: Moist von Lipwig] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 33 in the Discworld series.
* _Guards! Guards! (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15293-5, Apr 2005, £6.99, 426pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1989) humorous fantasy novel, eighth in the Discworld series. 18th printing.
* _A Hat Full of Sky (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55144-9, May 2005, £6.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) humorous young-adult fantasy novel in the Discworld series, and the second Tiffany Aching novel after The Wee Free Men.

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