The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Books, Listed by Author

REAVES, MICHAEL; see under Reaves, J. Michael (stories) (chron.)

REED, KIT (1932- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Bronze (Night Shade Books 1-597800-08-2, Nov 2005, $24.95, 249pp, hc, cover by Edward Miller) Dark fantasy novel. A family of artists hides a dark secret.
• * *The Dogs of Truth (Tor 0-765-31414-2, Sep 2005, $14.95, 286pp, tp) Collection of 17 stories, three original, all from the last five years. (Contents)
• * _Thinner than Thou (Tor 0-765-31195-X, Jun 2005, $13.95, 334pp, tp, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Reprint (Tor 2004) dystopian SF satire.

REED, ROBERT (David) (1956- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Cuckoo’s Boys (Golden Gryphon Press 1-930846-37-1, Nov 2005, $24.95, 315pp, hc, cover by Edward Miller) Collection of 12 stories, one original, with an afterword by Reed discussing the origins of each story. Order from Golden Gryphon Press, 3002 Perkins Road, Urbana IL 61802; [www.goldengryphon.com]. (Contents)
• * +The Well of Stars (Tor 0-765-30860-6, Apr 2005, $25.95, 299pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Great Ship] SF novel in the series begun in Marrow. First US edition (Orbit 12/04).

REES, DOUGLAS (chron.)

• * _Vampire High (Random House/Dell Laurel-leaf 0-440-23834-X, Aug 2005, $5.99, 226pp, pb, cover by Greg Clarke) Reprint (Delacorte 2003) young-adult vampire novel about a normal teen at a school for vampires.

REESE, JAMES (chron.)

• * *The Book of Spirits (HarperCollins/Morrow 0-06-056105-X, Aug 2005, $25.95, 423pp, hc) [Herculine] Historical fantasy novel, sequel to The Book of Shadows. Herculine travels to America.
• * _The Book of Spirits (SFBC #1186050, Oct 2005, $12.50, 423pp, hc) [Herculine] Reprint (Morrow 2005) historical fantasy novel, sequel to The Book of Shadows.

REEVE, PHILIP (chron.)

• * *Infernal Devices (Scholastic UK 0-439-96392-3, Mar 2005, £12.99, 336pp, hc, cover by David Frankland) [Hungry City Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel. Third in a series after Mortal Engines and Predator’s Gold.
• * _Predator’s Gold (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-072196-0, Jan 2006, $7.99, 405pp, pb, cover by Christophe Vacher) [Hungry City Chronicles] Reprint (Scholastic UK 2003) young-adult SF, second in “The Hungry City Chronicles.”

REEVES-STEVENS, (Francis) GARFIELD (1953- ) (chron.)

• * _Freefall (with Judith Reeves-Stevens) See entry under Judith Reeves-Stevens.

REEVES-STEVENS, JUDITH (Evelyn) (1953?- ) (chron.)

• * *Freefall (with Garfield Reeves-Stevens) (Pocket Star 0-7434-0607-9, Mar 2005, $7.99, 559pp, pb, cover by Carlos Beltran) [Icefire] Near-future thriller of sabotage and conspiracy on a 2008 moon mission. Sequel to Icefire.

REGINALD, R(obert); pseudonym of Michael Burgess, (1948- ) (chron.)

• * _Codex Derynianus II (with Katherine Kurtz) See entry under Katherine Kurtz.
• * *Quaestiones (Ariadne Press 1-57241-126-0, Dec 2005, $24.95, 560pp, tp) [Nova Europa] Alternate-history fantasy novel, subtitled The Protopresbyter’s Tale, the third in the Nova Europa sequence of independent novels set in different periods in the same world. Two monks in 1270 set off to travel and explore. Order from Ariadne Press, 270 Goins Court, Riverside CA 92507; price includes postage.

REICHERT, MICKEY ZUCKER; [i.e., Miriam Susan Zucker Reichert] (1962- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Legend of Nightfall (DAW 0-88677-587-6, Sep 2005, $7.99, 496pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Nightfall] Reissue (DAW 1993) fantasy novel. 12th printing.
• * _The Return of Nightfall (DAW 0-7564-0275-1, Sep 2005, $7.99, 527pp, pb, cover by Jody Lee) [Nightfall] Reprint (DAW 2004) fantasy novel, sequel to The Legend of Nightfall.

REID, MICHELLE, ed. (chron.)

• * _Parietal Games: Critical Writings by and on M. John Harrison (with Mark Bould) See entry under Mark Bould.

REID, THOMAS M. (chron.)

• * *Forgotten Realms: The Emerald Scepter (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3754-8, Aug 2005, $6.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Forgotten Realms: Scions of Arrabar] Novelization based on the world of the roleplaying game, the third book of the “Scions of Arrabar” trilogy. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

REIG, RAFAEL (chron.)

• * *Blood on the Saddle (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-870-8, Oct 2005, £8.99, 182pp, tp) Humorous literary fantasy novel of a PI in near-future Madrid hired to track down fictional characters who escaped from their books. Translated by Paul Hammond from the Spanish Sangre a borbotones (Lengua de Trapo 2001).

REILLY, MATTHEW (J.) (1974- ) (chron.)

• * _Hover Car Racer (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-44016-0, Aug 2005, £5.99, 434pp, pb) [Hover Car Racer] Reprint (Macmillan Australia 2004) SF novel. Young-adult edition.
• * +Hover Car Racer: Crash Course (Simon & Schuster 1-416-90225-2, Jun 2005, $9.95, 213pp, hc, cover by Pablo Raimondi) [Hover Car Racer] Young-adult SF novel about futuristic car races, the first in a series. Illustrated by Pablo Raimondi. This first appeared as a free online serial. First US edition (Pan Macmillan Australia 2004 as Hover Car Racer).
• * _7 Deadly Wonders (Simon & Schuster 0-7432-7053-3, Jan 2006, $23.00, 392pp, hc) [Seven Deadly Wonders] Reprint (Macmillan Australia 2005 as Seven Ancient Wonders) fantasy thriller about a chase after the Great Pyramid’s capstone that will protect the Earth from a deadly solar event.

REIMANN, KATYA (chron.)

• * _The Wanderer (with Cherry Wilder) See entry under Cherry Wilder.

REISS, KATHRYN (chron.)

• * _Sweet Miss Honeywell’s Revenge (Harcourt 0-15-205471-5, Sep 2005, $6.95, 435pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt 2004) young-adult ghost novel about a haunted dollhouse.

REMIC, ANDY (chron.)

• * *Warhead (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-174-8, Oct 2005, £6.99, 561pp, pb, cover by Alan Spain) [Spiral] SF novel. Third in a series after Spiral and Quake.

RENNIE, GORDON (chron.)

• * _Necromunda: Blood Royal (with Will McDermott) See entry under Will McDermott.

RENWICK, BRETT L. (chron.)

• * *Wired for Chaos (Creation Books 1-84068-130-6, Aug 2005, $15.95, 291pp, tp) SF cyberpunk thriller. An African-American star virtual-reality fighter is accused of a real-world crime he didn’t commit. A first novel. Order from Creation Books, PO Box 1137, New York NY 10156; [www.creationbooks.com].

RESNICK, LAURA (stories) (chron.)

• * *Disappearing Nightly (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80233-1, Dec 2005, $13.95, 312pp, tp) Humorous fantasy romance. An actress is offered the starring role in a play after cast members literally disappear into thin air.
• * _In Fire Forged, Part 2: The Destroyer Goddess (SFBC #1151726, Dec 2003, $13.99, 480pp, hc, cover by Romas Kukalis) [In Legend Born] Reprint (Tor 2003) fantasy novel. This was scheduled for late 2003, but not seen until now; it is similar to the Tor hardcover edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

RESNICK, MIKE; [i.e., Michael Diamond Resnick] (1942- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Dragon America (Phobos Impact 0-9720026-9-3, Sep 2005, $14.95, 258pp, tp) Alternate-history novel, the first in a series about an America where dragons dominate the eco-system. Daniel Boone tries to tame dragons for General George Washington.
• * *Lady with an Alien (Watson-Guptill 0-8230-0323-X, Sep 2005, $15.95, 156pp, hc) Young-adult SF novel about Leonardo da Vinci, his painting Lady with an Ermine, and its alien subject. Part of the Art Encounters series.
• * _Soothsayer (BenBella Books 1-932100-51-2, Jul 2005, $14.95, 279pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Ace 1991) SF novel. BenBella Books, 6440 N. Central Expressway, Suite 508, Dallas TX 75206; [www.benbellabooks.com]. Glenn Yeffeth, Publisher, 214-750-3628; [glenn@benbellabooks.com]. Leah Wilson [leah@benbellabooks.com]
• * *Starship: Mutiny (Prometheus/Pyr 1-59102-337-8, Dec 2005, $25.00, 281pp, hc, cover by John Picacio) [Starship] Military SF novel, the first in a series set 3,000 years in the future. A heroic officer gets assigned to a ship full of misfits far from the ongoing galactic war. Order from Pyr, 59 John Glenn Drive, Amherst NY 14228-2197; 800-421-0351; [www.pyrsf.com].

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• * *Down These Dark Spaceways (SFBC #1166121, May 2005, $12.99, 424 + viii, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) Original anthology of six SF noir mystery stories by Resnick, David Gerrold, Catherine Asaro, Robert Reed, Jack McDevitt, and Robert J. Sawyer. This has ISBN 1-58288-164-2; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *I, Alien (DAW 0-7564-0235-2, Apr 2005, $6.99, 307pp, pb) Original anthology of 27 stories told from the viewpoint of aliens. Authors include Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Robert J. Sawyer. Copyrighted by Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg’s Tekno Books. (Contents)

REYNOLDS, ALASTAIR (1966- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Absolution Gap (Ace 0-441-01291-4, Jun 2005, $8.50, 756pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Inhibitor] Reprint (Gollancz 2003) SF novel, third in the “Revelation Space” trilogy.
• * +Century Rain (Ace 0-441-01290-6, Jun 2005, $24.95, 506pp, hc) SF novel. An archaeological expert on Earth (rendered uninhabitable by the Nanocaust) is sent to explore an alternate 20th-century Earth where a deadly device threatens both worlds. First US edition (Gollancz 10/04).
• * _Century Rain (SFBC #1187155, Jul 2005, $12.49, 506pp, hc) Reprint (Gollancz 2004) SF novel. This is similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Century Rain (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07691-7, Oct 2005, £6.99, 530pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Gollancz 2004) SF novel.
• * +Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (Ace 0-441-01238-8, Jan 2005, $22.95, 231pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Inhibitor] Collection/omnibus of two novellas set in the Revolution Space universe, both originally published in 2002 in slightly different versions as separate books: Diamond Dogs (PS Publishing) and Turquoise Days (Golden Gryphon). First US edition (Gollancz 2003).
• * *Pushing Ice (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07438-8, Nov 2005, £14.99, 457pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) SF novel. A ship which sends comets towards Earth is ordered to follow a moon of Saturn moving out of the solar system. A trade paperback edition (-07439-6, £10.99) was announced but not seen.

RHODES, JEWELL PARKER (chron.)

• * *Voodoo Season (Simon & Schuster/Atria 0-7434-8327-8, Aug 2005, $24.00, 277pp, hc) [Voodoo Dreams] Horror novel/mystery, a sequel to Voodoo Dreams, a contemporary mystery involving a great-great-granddaughter of voodoo queen Marie Laveau.

RHODES, NATASHA (chron.)

• * *Final Destination: Dead Reckoning (BL Publishing/Black Flame 1-84416-170-6, Apr 2005, $7.99, 406pp, pb) [Final Destination] Novelization, the first in a series based on characters from the horror movie Final Destination. Copyrighted by New Line Cinema.

RICE, ANNE; [i.e., Howard Allan Frances O’Brien Rice] (1941- ) (chron.)

• * *Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (Random House/Knopf 0-375-41201-8, Nov 2005, $25.95, 322pp, hc) Associational novel. Jesus tells about his early life in Egypt.
• * *Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-7356-4, Nov 2005, £17.99, 322pp, hc) Associational novel about the childhood of Christ in Egypt. Includes a long author’s note at the end. Simultaneous with the US (Knopf) edition. A trade paperback edition (-7692-X, £11.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _Lasher (Random House UK/Arrow 0-09-947143-4, Nov 2004, £6.99, 883pp, pb) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1993) horror novel.

RICE, HOWARD ALLAN FRANCES O’BRIEN; see under Rice, Anne (chron.)

RICHARDS, JUSTIN (chron.)

• * *Doctor Who: The Clockwise Man (BBC Books 0-563-48628-7, Apr 2005, £6.99, 253pp, hc) [Doctor Who] SF novelization based on the TV series, featuring the ninth Doctor and Rose.

RICHARDSON, DICK (chron.)

• * *The Oglin (with Rio de la Vista) (Savanna Press 0-9759440-3-7, Apr 2005, $24.95, 417 + xii, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel of two beings from a magical land deep in Africa on a quest to meet the Great Spirit. Illustrations by Cathy Feek. Foreword by Gary Player. Savanna Press, PO Box 777, Monte Vista CO 81144; 719-850-2255; [savannapress@rmi.net]; [www.oglin.com].

RICHARDSON, E. E. (chron.)

• * *The Devil’s Footsteps (The Bodley Head 0-370-32858-2, Mar 2005, £8.99, 282pp, hc) Young-adult dark fantasy novel. A first novel.
• * +The Devil’s Footsteps (Random House/Delacorte 0-385-73263-5, Aug 2005, $15.95, 184pp, hc, cover by Diane Fenster) Young-adult horror novel. A boy seeks to prove the Dark Man took his brother. First US edition (The Bodley Head 3/05).

RICHARDSON, NIGEL (chron.)

• * *The Wrong Hands (Oxford University Press 0-19-271976-9, Jun 2005, £12.99, 273pp, hc, cover by Chris Inns) Young-adult fantasy novel. Graham Sinclair saves a baby from a plane crash, and a witness threatens to tell the whole world how he did it. A first novel.

RICHÉ, DAVID (chron.)

• * *The World of Faery: An Inspirational Collection of Art for Faery Lovers (Paper Tiger 1-84340-282-3, Aug 2005, £20.00, 111pp, hc, cover by Amy Brown) Collection of fantasy art from 26 artists, with commentary by the artists on their approach and technique. Foreword by Alan Lee.

RIDDELL, CHRIS (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Curse of the Gloamglozer (with Paul Stewart) See entry under Paul Stewart.
• * _Freeglader (with Paul Stewart) See entry under Paul Stewart.
• * _Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver (with Jonathan Swift & Martin Jenkins) See entry under Jonathan Swift.
• * _The Last of the Sky Pirates (with Paul Stewart) See entry under Paul Stewart.
• * _Vox (with Paul Stewart) See entry under Paul Stewart.
• * _The Winter Knights (with Paul Stewart) See entry under Paul Stewart.

RIDLEY, JOHN (1965- ) (chron.)

• * _Those Who Walk in Darkness (Warner Aspect 0-446-61202-2, May 2005, $6.99, 366pp, pb, cover by Shasti O’Leary Soudant) [*Soledad O’Roark] Reprint (Warner Aspect 2003) near-future SF police thriller.
• * *What Fire Cannot Burn (Warner 0-446-61203-0, Jan 2006, $6.99, 393pp, pb, cover by Herman Estevez) [*Soledad O’Roark] Near-future SF police thriller, the second featuring mutant-hunter Soledad O’Roark, set in a future where superhumans have been banned, but supervillains still run rampant.

RIGDON, M. L. (chron.)

• * *Beyond the Dark Mountains (Hats Off Books 1-58736-372-0, Feb 2005, $19.95, 299pp, tp, cover by Allen Etter) [Seasons of Time] Fantasy novel, second book of “The Seasons of Time”. The reluctant heir to Omirr, Lorin-Sha finds himself torn between two women. This is a print-on-demand book, available online at [www.hatsoffbooks.com] or from Hats Off Books, 610 East Delano Street, Suite 104, Tucson AZ 85705; 888-934-0888.

RIGNEY, JAMES (Oliver), Jr. (1948-2007); see pseudonym Robert Jordan (chron.)

RILEY, DAVID B. (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Two Devils (LBF Books/Hadrosaur Productions 1-885093-40-3, 2004, $14.95, 199pp, tp, cover by Gin Fenton) Wild West adventure novel with elements of horror, fantasy, and SF, featuring the travels of Miles O’Malley and his encounters with everything from ghosts to Martian monsters. This is dated 2004 but not seen until now. LBF Books, PO Box 7989, Pittsburgh PA 15216; [www.lbfbooks.com].

RINGO, JOHN (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Against the Tide (Baen 0-7434-9884-4, Feb 2005, $25.00, 402pp, hc, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Duke Edmund Talbot] SF novel with fantasy elements, third in the series begun in There Will Be Dragons. Dragon power may be the deciding factor in the civil war.
• * _Emerald Sea (Baen 1-4165-0920-8, Dec 2005, $7.99, 600pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Duke Edmund Talbot] Reprint (Baen 2004) SF novel, sequel to There Will Be Dragons in the Council Wars series. Includes a related erotic story. (Contents)
• * *Ghost (Baen 1-4165-0905-4, Oct 2005, $25.00, 405pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) [Mike Harmon (Ghost)] Associational men’s adventure/thriller about ex-SEAL Mike Harmon, called Ghost, the first in a series. This includes a bound-in CD-ROM of The Baen CD-ROM Library Version 8: The Ghost Disk.
• * _The Hero (with Michael Z. Williamson) (Baen 1-4165-0914-3, Nov 2005, $7.99, 392pp, pb, cover by Kurt Miller) [Posleen War] Reprint (Baen 2004) military SF novel, set in the universe of John Ringo’s “Posleen War.”
• * *Into the Looking Glass (Baen 0-7434-9880-1, May 2005, $24.00, 278pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) [Into the Looking Glass] SF novel. A gateway to other worlds opens in Florida and disgorges aliens.
• * _Into the Looking Glass (SFBC #1191087, Jun 2005, $11.99, 278pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) [Into the Looking Glass] Reprint (Baen 2005) SF novel. This is similar to the Baen edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Princess of Wands (Baen 1-4165-0923-2, Jan 2006, $25.00, 323pp, hc) [Princess of Wands] Contemporary fantasy novel, first in a series. A frustrated homemaker and a detective tracking a serial killer meet up in the Louisiana bayous.
• * _The Road to Damascus (with Linda Evans) (Baen 0-7434-9916-6, Jul 2005, $7.99, 757pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Bolo] Reprint (Baen 2004) military SF novel of Keith Laumer’s “Bolos” based on a story fragment by Laumer.
• * *Watch on the Rhine (with Tom Kratman) (Baen 0-7434-9918-2, Aug 2005, $25.00, 343pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) Military SF novel in the Posleen War series. The Posleen attack Earth, where rejuvenation techniques are used to let old soldiers fight again, even the few survivors of Germany’s Waffen SS.