The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Books, Listed by Author

SOMPER, JUSTIN (chron.)

• * *Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean (Simon & Schuster UK Children’s Books 0-689-87263-1, Jun 2005, £5.99, 298pp, tp, cover by Bob Lea) [Vampirates] Young-adult SF/fantasy novel of vampire pirates in a future where rising oceans led to increased piracy. First in a series.

SOSNOWSKI, DAVID J. (chron.)

• * *Vamped (Simon & Schuster/Downtown Press 0-7434-9359-1, Oct 2005, $13.00, 366pp, tp) Reprint (The Free Press 2004) vampire novel.

SOTO, GARY (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _The Afterlife (Harcourt 0-15-205220-8, Apr 2005, $6.95, 158pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt 2003) young-adult fantasy.

SOULBAN, LUCIEN (stories) (chron.)

• * *World of Darkness: Blood In, Blood Out (White Wolf 1-58846-866-6, Feb 2005, $6.99, 276pp, pb, cover by Jason Alexander) [World of Darkness: Vampire: The Requiem] Novelization based on the “Vampire: The Requiem” roleplaying game. Copyrighted by White Wolf.

SPARKS, KERRELYN (chron.)

• * *How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-075196-7, Aug 2005, $5.99, 371pp, pb) [Love at Stake] Vampire romance. A vampire who loses a fang gets involved with a lady dentist on the mob hit list.

SPECTOR, CRAIG (S.) (1958- ) (chron.)

• * *Underground (Tor 0-765-30660-3, Apr 2005, $23.95, 254pp, hc, cover by Gary Kelley) Horror novel. A group of former college friends must reunite to stop a horror that shattered them before.

SPENCER, WEN (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *A Brother’s Price (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46038-3, Jul 2005, $6.99, 310pp, pb) Standalone SF adventure novel set on an alternate Earth where the population is 90% female, and males are sheltered homemakers.

SPINNER, STEPHANIE (1943- ) (chron.)

• * *Quicksilver (Random House/Knopf 0-375-82638-6, Apr 2005, $15.95, 228pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy based on Greek myth, about Hermes and the Trojan War.
• * _Quiver (Random House/Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-23819-6, Apr 2005, $5.99, 177pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 2002) young-adult fantasy based on Greek myth, a retelling of the story of Atalanta.

SPRADLIN, MICHAEL P. (chron.)

• * *Spy Goddess, Book One: Live and Let Shop (HarperCollins 0-06-059407-1, Mar 2005, $15.99, 211pp, hc) Young-adult supernatural spy novel. Beverly Hills juvenile delinquent Rachel Buchanan discovers her new school has deadly secrets. A first novel.

SPRINGER, NANCY (Connor) (1948- ) (chron.)

• * _Outlaw Princess of Sherwood (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-240304-0, May 2005, $5.99, 122pp, tp, cover by Greg Call) [Rowan Hood] Reprint (Philomel 2003) young-adult fantasy, third in the series begun in Rowan Hood, Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest.
• * *Rowan Hood Returns (Penguin/Philomel 0-399-24206-6, Jun 2005, $16.99, 169pp, hc, cover by Greg Call) [Rowan Hood] Young-adult fantasy, fifth and final in the series begun in Rowan Hood, Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest.
• * _Wild Boy (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-240395-4, Nov 2005, $5.99, 115pp, tp, cover by Greg Call) [Rowan Hood] Reprint (Philomel 2004) young-adult fantasy, fourth in the series begun in Rowan Hood, Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest.

SPURLOCK, J. DAVID (chron.)

• * _Grand Master of Adventure Art: The Drawings of J. Allen St. John (with J. Allen St. John) See entry under J. Allen St. John.

SPURRIER, SIMON (chron.)

• * +Warhammer 40,000: Lord of the Night (BL Publishing/Black Library US 1-84416-157-9, Feb 2005, $7.99, 412pp, pb, cover by Scott Johnson) [Warhammer 40,000] Novelization based on the roleplaying game. Copyrighted by Games Workshop Ltd. First US edition (Black Library UK 1/05).

SQUIER, SUSAN MERRILL (chron.)

• * *Liminal Lives: Imagining the Human at the Frontiers of Biomedicine (Duke University Press 0-8223-3366-X, Jan 2005, $23.95, 350 + xvi, tp) Critical non-fiction exploring how fiction helps work through ethical and social concerns over new developments in medical technology. Duke University Press, Box 90660, Durham NC 27708-0660; [www.dukeupress.edu].

STABLEFORD, BRIAN (Michael) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Asgard’s Secret (Gale Group/Five Star 1-59414-211-4, Oct 2004, $25.95, 279pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Reprint (DAW 1982 as Journey to the Center) SF novel. This has been completely rewritten. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Ed Gorman. Gale/Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Dr., Waterville ME 04901; [www.galegroup.com/fivestar].
• * *The Wayward Muse (Black Coat Press 1-932983-45-7, Sep 2005, $20.95, 242pp, tp, cover by Anne-Claire Payet) Collection of three stories, one an original novella, with an introduction on his inspirations by the author. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.blackcoatpress.com] or from Hollywood Comics.com, PO Box 17270, Encino CA 91416. (Contents)

STACKPOLE, MICHAEL A(ustin) (1957- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Perchance to Dream and Other Stories (Gale Group/Five Star 1-59414-149-5, Apr 2005, $25.95, 396pp, hc, cover by Charles Keegan) Collection of 16 stories, one original, with notes on the writing of each by the author. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman. Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville ME 04901; 800-223-1244; [www.galegroup.com/fivestar]. (Contents)
• * *A Secret Atlas (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38237-3, Mar 2005, $15.00, 460pp, tp) [Age of Discovery] Fantasy novel, the first in “The Age of Discovery” series. Royal Cartographers go on an exploration into unknown lands.
• * _A Secret Atlas (SFBC #1181545, Mar 2005, $14.95, 460pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) [Age of Discovery] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2005) fantasy novel, first in The Age of Discovery series. This has ISBN 0-7394-5058-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

STAFF of BLACK DEATH BOOKS, THE, ed. (chron.)

• * *The Blackest Death Volume II (KHP Industries/Black Death Books 0-9767914-0-4, Sep 2005, $15.00, 284pp, tp) Original anthology of 24 horror stories. Authors include T.M. Gray, Lavie Tidhar, and Karen Koehler. This is a print-on-demand book available online at [www.khpindustries.com], or from KHP Industries, PO Box 588, Effort PA 18330. (Contents)

STAHLER, DAVID, Jr. (chron.)

• * *A Gathering of Shades (HarperTempest 0-06-052294-1, May 2005, $15.99, 289pp, hc) Young-adult ghost story. Aidan’s grandmother feeds ghosts, keeping them trapped between life and death.

STANTON, STEVE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Sky Songs II: Spiritual SF (Skysong Press 0-9680502-3-9, Jun 2005, $15.95, 236pp, tp) Anthology of 17 Christian SF and fantasy stories. Authors include Cherith Baldry, Andrew M. Seddon, and Douglas Smith. Order from Skysong Press, 35 Peter St. S., Orillia, Ontario, Canada L3V 5A8; [www.bconnex.net/˜skysong]. (Contents)

STASHEFF, CHRISTOPHER (1944- ) (chron.)

• * *Saint Vidicon to the Rescue (Ace 0-441-01271-X, Apr 2005, $6.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Christian McGrath) [Warlock] Science fantasy novel set much earlier in the universe of the “Warlock” series. A troubleshooter trying to stop a religious computer virus is recruited by the saint.

STEELE, ALLEN (Mulherrin, Jr.) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Coyote (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-367-8, Feb 2005, £6.99, 546pp, pb) [Coyote] Reprint (Ace 2002) SF fix-up novel formed from eight stories, all but one altered (some substantially) from their originally published form. A hijacked starship takes political dissidents to found Earth’s first colony on another world. First in a series. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * *Coyote Frontier (Ace 0-441-01331-7, Dec 2005, $24.95, 353pp, hc, cover by Ron Miller) [Coyote] SF novel, third in the “Coyote” series.
• * _Coyote Rising (SFBC #1176621, Dec 2004, $11.99, 387pp, hc, cover by Ron Miller) [Coyote] Reprint (Ace 2004) SF novel, second in the “Coyote” series. This is similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Coyote Rising (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-368-6, Jul 2005, £6.99, xi+511pp, pb, cover by Calvin J. Hamilton) [Coyote] Reprint (Ace 2004) SF fix-up novel in the Coyote series, expanding on stories originally published in Asimov’s, most revised. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * _Coyote Rising (Ace 0-441-01251-5, Dec 2005, $7.99, 411pp, pb, cover by Ron Miller) [Coyote] Reprint (Ace 2004) SF novel, second in the “Coyote” series about a colony planet under new government from Earth.

STEER, DUGALD A. (chron.)

• * +Wizardology (Candlewick Press 0-7636-2895-6, Oct 2005, $19.99, unpaginated, hc, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) Art book, a guide to wizards by “Master Merlin,” illustrated by Yvonne Gilbert, John Howe, Tomislav Tomic, and Helen Ward. First US edition (Templar Publishing UK 9/05).

STEIBER, ELLEN (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *A Rumor of Gems (Tor 0-312-85879-5, Jun 2005, $25.95, 464pp, hc, cover by Kazuhiko Sano) Contemporary fantasy novel. A skeptical woman gets caught up in magic in the city of Arcato, where gods and tricksters wander the streets.

STEMPLE, ADAM (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Pay the Piper (with Jane Yolen) See entry under Jane Yolen.
• * *Singer of Souls (Tor 0-765-31170-4, Aug 2005, $22.95, 237pp, hc, cover by Charles Vess) [Singer of Souls] Contemporary fantasy novel. A street musician visits his grandmother in Scotland and falls afoul of faeries. A first solo novel.

STEPHENS, J. B. (chron.)

• * *The Big Empty, Book 3: Desolation Angels (Penguin/Razorbill 1-59514-008-5, Feb 2005, $6.99, 232pp, tp) Near-future post-apocalyptic young-adult SF about teens trying to survive in the evacuated, supposedly empty, Midwest.
• * *The Big Empty, Book 4: No Exit (Penguin/Razorbill 1-59514-009-3, Jun 2005, $6.99, 247pp, tp) Near-future post-apocalyptic young-adult SF. A new strain of the virus that wiped out half the world threatens to be even worse.

STEPHENSEN-PAYNE, PHIL(ip Andrew), ed. (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Eternity Lost See entry under Clifford D. Simak.

STEPHENSON, NEAL (Town) (1959- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Cobweb (with J. Frederick George) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38344-2, Jun 2005, $14.00, 416pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam 1996 as by Stephen Bury) associational thriller.
• * _The Confusion (Harper Perennial 0-06-073335-7, Aug 2005, $15.95, 815pp, tp) [Baroque Cycle] Reprint (Morrow 2004) historical novel with SF/fantasy elements, the second book in the “Baroque Cycle” after Quicksilver. Includes a 14-page readers guide.
• * _Interface (with J. Frederick George) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38343-4, Jun 2005, $14.00, 618pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Bantam 1994 as by Stephen Bury) SF political thriller.
• * _The System of the World (Harper Perennial 0-06-075086-3, Sep 2005, $15.95, 892pp, tp, cover by Frederick de Wit) [Baroque Cycle] Reprint (Morrow 2004) historical novel with SF elements, third and final in “The Baroque Cycle”. This includes a 16-page “P.S.” reader’s guide.

STEPHENSON, ROBERT N., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Robots and Time (with Shane Jiraiya Cummings) (Altair Australia 0-9577238-4-9, 2005, A$19.95, 189pp, tp) (Contents)

STERLING, (Michael) BRUCE (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Zenith Angle (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46865-1, May 2005, $6.99, 341pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) Reprint (Del Rey 2004) contemporary SF thriller. A computer wizard joins the government war on cyberterrorism and uncovers a deadly secret.

STERLING, CHERYL (chron.)

• * *What Do You Say to a Naked Elf? (Dorchester/Love Spell 0-505-52619-0, Jan 2005, $5.99, 326pp, pb) Fantasy romance novel. A woman pulled into a fantasy world finds she has magical powers and a special destiny.

STERN, ROGER (chron.)

• * *Justice League of America: Superman: The Never-ending Battle (Pocket Star 0-7434-1714-3, Jun 2005, $6.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Alex Ross) [Superman] Novelization, the sixth and final in a series based on the DC Comic books. Copyrighted by DC comics.
• * _Justice League of America: Superman: The Never-ending Battle (SFBC #1193797, Jul 2005, $10.99, 370pp, hc, cover by Alex Ross) [Justice League of America: Superman] Reprint (Pocket Star 2005) novelization, the sixth in a series based on the DC comic books. Copyrighted by DC comics. This has ISBN 0-7394-5538-9; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS (Balfour) (1850-1894) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Bantam Classic 0-553-21277-X, Apr 2004, $3.95, 98pp, pb, cover by Henry Alexander) Reissue (Munro 1886) classic horror novel. This has the 1981 afterword and bibliography by Jerome Charyn. 35th printing.

STEVERMER, CAROLINE (J.) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Magicians of Quality (with Patricia C. Wrede) See entry under Patricia C. Wrede
• * _River Rats (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-205554-1, Oct 2005, $6.95, 305pp, tp, cover by Alfred Eisenstaedt) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992) young-adult post-holocaust SF novel.

STEWART, ALEX; [i.e., Alexander Michael Stewart] (1958- ); see pseudonym Sandy Mitchell (stories) (chron.)

STEWART, IAN (stories) (chron.)

• * _Heaven (with Jack Cohen) (Warner Aspect 0-446-61103-4, May 2005, $6.99, 428pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) Reprint (Warner Aspect 2004) SF novel.
• * _The Science of Discworld III: Darwin’s Watch (with Jack Cohen & Terry Pratchett) See entry under Terry Pratchett.

STEWART, MARY (Florence Elinor, née Rainbow) (1916- ) (chron.)

• * _Touch Not the Cat (HarperTorch 0-06-082372-0, Dec 2005, $7.99, 372pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1976) gothic novel with fantasy elements.

STEWART, PAUL (chron.)

• * +The Curse of the Gloamglozer (with Chris Riddell) (Random House/Fickling 0-385-75076-5, Mar 2005, $12.95, 370pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Quint] Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in the “Edge Chronicles”. First US edition (Doubleday UK 2001).
• * _Freeglader (with Chris Riddell) (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-54850-2, Sep 2005, £5.99, 415pp, tp, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Rook Barkwater] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. Book seven of The Edge Chronicles, third in the Rook Barkwater sequence. Illustrated by Riddell.
• * +The Last of the Sky Pirates (with Chris Riddell) (Random House/Fickling 0-385-75078-1, Jul 2005, $12.95, 369pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Rook Barkwater] Young-adult fantasy novel, fifth in the “Edge Chronicles”. First US edition (Doubleday UK 9/02).
• * +Vox (with Chris Riddell) (Random House/Fickling 0-385-75080-3, Oct 2005, $12.95, 385pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Rook Barkwater] Young-adult fantasy novel, sixth in the “Edge Chronicles”. First US edition (Doubleday UK 9/03).
• * *The Winter Knights (with Chris Riddell) (Doubleday UK 0-385-60720-2, Sep 2005, £12.99, 395pp, hc, cover by Chris Riddell) [Edge Chronicles: Quint] Young-adult fantasy novel, book eight of The Edge Chronicles, and second in the Quint sequence after The Curse of the Gloamglozer. Illustrated by Riddell.

STEWART, (Michael) SEAN (1965- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Star Wars: Yoda: Dark Rendezvous (SFBC #1178156, Jan 2005, $10.99, 329pp, hc, cover by Steven D. Anderson) [Star Wars: Yoda] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This has ISBN 0-7394-5002-6; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

STEWART, SHARON (chron.)

• * +Raven Quest (Lerner/Carolrhoda 1-57505-894-4, Oct 2005, $15.95, 319pp, hc, cover by Carl Cook) Young-adult fantasy novel. An exiled young raven undertakes a quest to reclaim his honor. First US edition (Scholastic Canada 2003).

STINE, R(obert) L(awrence) (1943- ) (chron.)

• * _Dangerous Girls 2: The Taste of Night (HarperCollins/Avon 0-06-059618-X, Aug 2005, $5.99, 277pp, pb) [Dangerous Girls] Reprint (HarperCollins 2004) young-adult horror novel, second in the series about twins, one of whom has decided to become a vampire. Packaged and copyrighted by Parachute Publishing.
• * *Fear Street Nights: Darkest Dawn (Simon Pulse 0-689-87866-4, Aug 2005, $5.99, 182pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) Young-adult horror novel, third in a series. Copyrighted by Parachute Press.
• * *Fear Street Nights: Midnight Games (Simon Pulse 0-689-87865-6, Jul 2005, $5.99, 183pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) Young-adult horror novel, second in a series. Patrons of the bar called Nights start disappearing. Copyrighted by Parachute Publishing.
• * *Fear Street Nights: Moonlight Secrets (Simon Pulse 0-689-87864-8, Jun 2005, $5.99, 174pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) Young-adult horror novel, the first in a new trilogy.

STIRLING, S(tephen) M(ichael) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Dies the Fire (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46041-3, Sep 2005, $7.99, 573pp, pb, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Change War] Reprint (Roc 2004) SF novel, the first in a trilogy set in the world that the island of Nantucket left behind in the Island in the Sea of Time trilogy.
• * *The Protector’s War (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46046-4, Sep 2005, $24.95, 486pp, hc, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Change War] SF novel, second in the trilogy begun in Dies the Fire, set in the world that the island of Nantucket left behind in Island in the Sea of Time trilogy.
• * _The Protector’s War (SFBC #1191437, Oct 2005, $12.50, 483pp, hc, cover by Jonathan Barkat) [Change War] Reprint (Roc 2005) SF novel, second in the trilogy begun in Dies the Fire. This is similar to the Roc edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.