The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

Books, Listed by Author

TURTLEDOVE, HARRY (Norman) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Curious Notions (Tor 0-765-34610-9, Dec 2005, $6.99, 272pp, pb, cover by Kazuhiko Sano) [Crosstime Traffic] Reprint (Tor 2004) SF novel, second in the “Crosstime Traffic” series.
• * _Days of Infamy (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46056-1, Nov 2005, $7.99, 520pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Days of Infamy] Reprint (NAL 2004) alternate-history SF novel set in a world where Japan invaded Hawaii during WWII.
• * *Every Inch a King (ISFiC Press 0-9759156-1-4, Nov 2005, $25.00, 314pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Humorous fantasy novel. A circus performer decides to pass himself off as the prince he resembles. ISFiC Press, 707 Sapling Lane, Deerfield IL 60015; [www.isficpress.com].
• * _Homeward Bound (SFBC #1178688, Feb 2005, $13.49, 597pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Worldwar; Colonization] Reprint (Del Rey 2005) alternate-history SF novel. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Homeward Bound (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-73482-5, Apr 2005, £18.99, 597pp, hc, cover by Martin McKenna) [Worldwar; Colonization] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) SF novel. SF novel which is a coda to the parallel-history “Worldwar” and “Colonization” series. Many of the characters from those series are deep-frozen and finally land on the aliens’ planet. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Homeward Bound (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-73483-3, Oct 2005, £7.99, 597pp, pb, cover by Martin McKenna) [Worldwar; Colonization] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) SF novel, a coda to the alternate-history Worldwar and Colonization series.
• * _Homeward Bound (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45847-8, Jan 2006, $7.99, 648pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Worldwar; Colonization] Reprint (Del Rey 2005) alternate-history SF novel following the “Worldwar” and “Colonization” series.
• * *In High Places (Tor 0-765-30696-4, Jan 2006, $22.95, 270pp, hc, cover by Kazuhiko Sano) [Crosstime Traffic] SF novel, third in the “Crosstime Traffic” series. Annette, a young Crosstime Traffic agent, is captured by slavers in a backward alternate world.
• * _Out of the Darkness (Tor 0-765-34362-2, Apr 2005, $7.99, 655pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Darkness] Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, sixth in the “Darkness” series.
• * _Out of the Darkness (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-6849-X, Oct 2005, £6.99, xiii+655pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Darkness] Reprint (Tor 2004) fantasy novel, sixth in the Darkness series.
• * *Settling Accounts: Drive to the East (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-45724-2, Aug 2005, $26.95, 594pp, hc) [Settling Accounts] Alternate-history novel, second in a series sequel to the ’Great War’ and ’American Empire’ series.
• * _Settling Accounts: Drive to the East (SFBC #1194350, Sep 2005, $13.50, 594pp, hc) [Settling Accounts] Reprint (Del Rey 2005) alternate-history novel, second in a new series sequel to the ’Great War’ and ’American Empire’ series. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Settling Accounts: Drive to the East (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-82687-8, Oct 2005, £18.99, 594pp, hc, cover by Martin McKenna) [Settling Accounts] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 2005) alternate-history novel, second in a series sequel to The Great War and American Empire trilogies. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Settling Accounts: Return Engagement (Hodder Headline/NEL 0-340-82686-X, Jan 2005, £7.99, 623pp, pb, cover by Martin Macrae) [Settling Accounts] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 2004) alternate-history SF novel. The first volume in a new series sequel to the “Great War” and “American Empire” series.
• * _Settling Accounts: Return Engagement (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-46405-2, Jul 2005, $15.95, 623pp, tp) [Settling Accounts] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) alternate-history novel, first in a new series sequel to the ’Great War’ and ’American Empire’ series.
• * *A Time of Troubles I (Baen 1-4165-0904-6, Jun 2005, $26.00, 757pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Videssos: Troubles] Omnibus of two fantasy novels in the Videssos series: The Stolen Throne (1995) and Hammer and Anvil (1996). (Contents)
• * *A Time of Troubles II (Baen 1-4165-0899-6, Sep 2005, $26.00, 749pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) [Videssos: Troubles] Omnibus of volumes three and four in the Videssos series: The Thousand Cities (1997) and Videssos Besieged (1998). (Contents)
• * _A World of Difference (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36076-1, Sep 2005, $6.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reissue (Del Rey 1990) alternate world SF novel. Fourth printing.

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• * *Alternate Generals III (Baen 0-7434-9897-6, Apr 2005, $24.00, 306pp, hc, cover by Jeff Easley) Original anthology of 13 stories of alternate military history. Authors include William Sanders, Mike Resnick, and Esther M. Friesner. This is copyrighted by Turtledove and Martin H. Greenberg. (Contents)
• * *The Enchanter Completed (Baen 0-7434-9904-2, May 2005, $6.99, 387pp, pb, cover by Tom Kidd) Original anthology of 14 stories, one a reprint, in honor of L. Sprague de Camp. Introduction by Harry Turtledove, afterword by Robert Silverberg. Authors include Darrell Schweitzer, Esther M. Friesner, and Poul Anderson. (Contents)
• * _The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age (with Noreen Doyle) (Tor 0-765-30287-X, Aug 2005, $14.95, 368pp, tp, cover by Peter Fiore) Reprint (Tor 2004) anthology of 14 historical fantasy stories about the Bronze Age.

TUTTLE, LISA (1952- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Mysteries (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38296-9, Mar 2005, $21.00, 323pp, hc, cover by Mark Roland & John Taylor Dismukes) Dark fantasy mystery. Private investigator Ian Kennedy’s latest case leads to Faerie.
• * _The Mysteries (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58734-X, Jan 2006, $12.00, 349pp, tp, cover by Mark Roland & John Taylor Dismukes) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2005) dark fantasy mystery.
• * _The Pillow Friend (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38334-5, Jan 2006, $12.00, 335pp, tp) Reprint (White Wolf 1996) dark fantasy/psychological horror novel.

TWELVE HAWKS, JOHN (chron.)

• * *The Traveler (Doubleday 0-385-51428-X, Jul 2005, $24.95, 456pp, hc) [Fourth Realm] Dystopian fantasy thriller, first in “The Fourth Realm” trilogy. The Travellers oppose “The Vast Machine” of surveillance and control.
• * _The Traveler (SFBC #1177806, Jul 2005, $13.49, 456pp, hc) [Fourth Realm] Reprint (Doubleday 2005) Fantasy thriller, first in “The Fourth Realm” trilogy. This is similar to the Doubleday edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *The Traveller (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-05430-X, Jul 2005, £18.99, 456pp, hc) [Fourth Realm] Fantasy novel, the first book of the Fourth Realm trilogy. Simultaneous with the US (Doubleday) edition.

TYLER, VAL (chron.)

• * *The Greenwich Chronicles: The Time Wreccas (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-141-38156-6, Jan 2005, £9.99, 338pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Greenwich Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a series.

URREA, LUIS ALBERTO (chron.)

• * *The Hummingbird Daughter (Little, Brown 0-316-74546-4, May 2005, $24.95, 499pp, hc, cover by Carol Hayes) Historical novel with fantasy elements about a girl with healing powers in 1889 Mexico.

UTLEY, STEVEN (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Beasts of Love (Wheatland Press 0-9720547-9-0, Oct 2005, $19.95, 285 + ix, tp, cover by Max Ernst) Collection of 31 stories, three original. Introduction by Lisa Tuttle. A print-on-demand book, available online at [www.wheatlandpress.com], or from Wheatland Press, PO Box 1818, Wilsonville OR 97070. (Contents)

VALENTE, CATHERYNNE M(organ) (1979- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Oracles: A Pilgrimage (Wildside Press/Prime Books 0-8095-0045-0, Oct 2005, $8.00, 82pp, tp, cover by John Collier) Collection of 19 poems, seven reprints, with framing prose prologue and epilogue. Order from Prime Books, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928; [www.primebooks.net]. (Contents)
• * *Yume no Hon: The Book of Dreams (Wildside Press/Prime Books 0-8095-1087-1, Dec 2004, $27.95, 149pp, hc) Japanese fantasy novel. Prime Books, PO Box 36503, Canton OH 44735; [www.primebooks.com].

VALENTINE, JAMES (chron.)

• * _JumpMan: Rule 2: Don’t Even Think About It (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55059-0, Jun 2005, £5.99, 281pp, tp, cover by Spencer Wilson) [JumpMan] Reprint (Random House Australia 2003) humorous young-adult time-travel novel, in a series. [First U.K. edition]

VALLEJO, BORIS (1941- ) (chron.)

• * *The Ultimate Collection (with Julie Bell) (Paper Tiger 1-84340-315-3, Oct 2005, £25.00, 192pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) Selection of artwork picked by the artists from around two dozen earlier books, plus some recent works. Text by Nigel Suckling. Introduction by Bob Eggleton.
• * +The Ultimate Collection (with Julie Bell) (Collins Design 0-06-088102-X, Nov 2005, $29.95, 192pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) Art book, a selection of the artists’ best works from the early, middle, and late periods of their careers. Text by Nigel Suckling. Introduction by Bob Eggleton. First US edition (Paper Tiger 10/05).

VALLGREN, CARL-JOHAN (1964- ) (chron.)

• * *The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-reading Monster Hercules Barefoot, His Wonderful Love and His Terrible Hatred (Harvill Press, The 1-8434-3151-3, Apr 2005, £12.99, 282pp, hc) Fantasy historical novel. A terribly deformed boy born in an 18th-century brothel can read minds. Translated by Paul and Veronica Britten-Austin from the Swedish, Den Vidunderliga Kärlekens Historia (Albert Bonniers Forlag 2002).

van BELKOM, EDO (1962- ) (chron.)

• * *Lone Wolf (Tundra 0-88776-741-9, Oct 2005, $8.95, 176pp, tp, cover by David Parkins) [Wolf Pack] Young-adult werewolf novel, sequel to Wolf Pack. The end of high school and forest clearcutting complicate the lives of four teen werewolves.

VANCE, JACK; [i.e., John Holbrook Vance] (1916- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Demon Princes (SFBC #1187342, Apr 2005, $15.99, 965pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Demon Princes] Reissue (SFBC 1998) omnibus of five novels: The Star King (1964), The Killing Machine (1964), The Palace of Love (1967), The Face (1979), and The Book of Dreams (1981). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-5103-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Dragon Masters (ibooks 1-4165-0494-X, Apr 2005, $6.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Gabriel Ippoliti) Reprint (Ace 1963) fantasy novel, winner of the Hugo award, plus the Hugo-winning novelette “The Last Castle.”
• * *Ports of Call & Lurulu (SFBC #1175876, Jan 2005, $12.99, 404pp, hc, cover by John Harris) Omnibus of two SF novels: Ports of Call (1998) and Lurulu (2004). This has ISBN 0-7394-4999-0; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)

VanderMEER, JEFF(rey Scott) (1968- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _City of Saints and Madmen (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-41893-9, Mar 2005, £6.99, 673pp, pb) [Ambergris] Reprint (Cosmos 2001) collection of four surreal novellas, some revised, set in VanderMeer’s city of Ambergris. Introduction by Michael Moorcock. (Contents)
• * *Veniss Underground (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38356-6, Oct 2005, $14.00, 275pp, tp, cover by Mike Dringenberg) [Veniss] Collection of the title near-future SF novel (Prime 2003), plus four stories set in the Veniss universe. (Contents)

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• * _The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases (with Mark Roberts) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-38339-6, May 2005, $14.00, 298pp, tp, cover by John Coulthart) Reprint (Night Shade 2003) anthology, a fake disease guide.

VANDE VELDE, VIVIAN (1951- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Book of Mordred (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-50754-X, Sep 2005, $16.00, 344pp, hc, cover by Justin Gerard) Young-adult Arthurian fantasy novel. A young woman with the power to foresee the future is rescued from kidnappers by Mordred.
• * _Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-205572-X, Aug 2005, $5.95, 128pp, tp, cover by Eric Fortune) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1995) young-adult collection of 13 tongue-in-cheek revisions of fairy tales. Illustrations by Brad Weinman.
• * *Three Good Deeds (Harcourt 0-15-205382-4, Oct 2005, $16.00, 147pp, hc) Children’s fantasy novella. A witch turns a boy into a goose, and the only way he can undo the spell is to do three good deeds.
• * *Witch Dreams (Marshall Cavendish 0-7614-5235-4, Nov 2005, $15.95, 120pp, hc) Young-adult medieval fantasy novel. A young woman risks exposure as a witch when she uses her psychic abilities to investigate the murder of her family years before.

VAN GELDER, GORDON (Mark), ed. (1966- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Fourth Planet from the Sun: Tales of Mars from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (Thunder’s Mouth Press 1-56025-666-4, Apr 2005, $15.95, 306pp, tp, cover by Michael Carroll) Anthology of 12 Mars stories, all but two originally published in F&SF. Authors include Roger Zelazny, Philip K. Dick, John Varley, and Alex Irvine. (Contents)
• * _Fourth Planet from the Sun: Tales of Mars from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (SFBC #1187875, Apr 2005, $11.99, 306pp, hc, cover by Michael Carroll) Reprint (Thunder’s Mouth 2005) anthology of 12 Mars stories, all but two originally published in F&SF. This has ISBN 0-7394-5190-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

VAN LUSTBADER, ERIC; see under Lustbader, Eric Van (chron.)

VAN PELT, JAMES (1954- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Last of the O-Forms (Fairwood Press 0-9746573-5-2, Aug 2005, $17.99, 216pp, tp, cover by Alan M. Clark) Collection of 15 stories. Introduction by James Patrick Kelly. This is a print-on-demand edition available at [www.fairwoodpress.com] or from Fairwood Press, 5203 Quincy Ave SE, Auburn WA 98092; [info@fairwoodpress.com]. (Contents)

VARLEY, JOHN (Herbert) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Mammoth (Ace 0-441-01281-7, Jun 2005, $23.95, 364pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) SF novel of mammoths, time travel, and circuses.
• * _Mammoth (SFBC #1189291, Jul 2005, $12.99, 364pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) Reprint (Ace 2005) SF novel of time travel and mammoths. This is similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

VASSET, PHILIPPE (chron.)

• * *ScriptGenerator: Machines I (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-862-7, Nov 2004, £7.99, 102pp, tp) Literary fantasy of the invention of the first no-author machine writer. Translated by Jane Metter from the original, Exemplaire de démonstration (Librairie Artheme Fayard 2003).

VAUGHAN, BETH; see under Vaughan, Elizabeth A. (chron.)

VAUGHAN, ELIZABETH A. (chron.)

• * *Warprize (Tor 0-765-35264-8, Jun 2005, $6.99, 314pp, pb) [Warlands] Fantasy romance novel, the first in a trilogy. A healer-princess is handed over to a conquering warlord she considers a barbarian. A first novel.

VAUGHAN, RALPH E. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Sherlock Holmes & the Coils of Time (Gryphon Books 1-58250-074-6, Sep 2005, $16.00, 101pp, tp, cover by Jukka Murtosaari) [Sherlock Holmes; Time Machine] SF novella. Holmes meets H.G. Wells’s Time Traveler when Eloi and Morlocks turn up in Victorian London. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228; [www.gryphonbooks.com]; add $2.00 postage.

VAUGHN, CARRIE (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Kitty and the Midnight Hour (Warner 0-446-61641-9, Nov 2005, $6.99, 259pp, pb, cover by Craig White) [Kitty the werewolf] Urban fantasy novel. A werewolf DJ makes a hit with a midnight talk show discussing tabloid fare. A first novel.

VAUGHT, SUSAN (chron.)

• * _ShadowQueen (with Debbie Federici) See entry under Debbie Federici.

VELDE, VIVIAN VANDE; see under Vande Velde, Vivian (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

VERNE, JULES (Gabriel) (1828-1905) (chron.)

• * _20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Pocket 1-4165-0020-0, Apr 2005, $5.95, 451 + xxiv, pb, cover by Dennis Lyall) [Nemo] Reprint classic SF novel. A Pocket Enriched Classic with introduction, notes, discussion of critical response, and chronology by Harrison Solow.
• * *The Adventures of Captain Hatteras (Oxford University Press 0-19-280465-0, Jul 2005, £8.99, xlv+402pp, tp, cover by Georg Rosen) Associational adventure novel. This is a new translation by William Butcher of the 1866 French edition; it includes the original censored ending, some previously unpublished chapters, and evidence of plagiarism by Verne.
• * *The Begum’s Millions (Wesleyan University Press 0-8195-6796-5, Dec 2005, $29.95, 261 + xxxix, hc, cover by Leon Benett) SF novel in a new modern English-language edition. Translated by Stanford L. Luce from the French Les Cinq cents millions de la Bégum (Hetzel 1879); this includes the illustrations by Leon Benett from the French first edition. Introduction and notes by Peter Schulman. Order from Wesleyan University Press c/o University Press of New England, 23 S. Main St., Hanover NH 03755; 800-421-1561; [University.Press@Dartmouth.edu]; add $5.00 postage.
• * _From the Earth to the Moon (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-6519-7, Jan 2005, $6.95, 259 + xii, tp) Reprint (J. Hetzel 1865) classic SF novel, translated by Edward Roth.

VERNON, STEVE (stories) (chron.)

• * *Long Horn, Big Shaggy (KHP Industries/Demonic Clown Books 0-9747680-9-X, Dec 2004, $10.00, 102pp, tp) Wild West horror novel. This is a print-on-demand edition available online at [www.khpindustries.com] or from KHP Industries, PO Box 588, Effort PA 18330.

VERRILL, A(lpheus) HYATT (1871-1954) (chron.)

• * _The Bridge of Light (Capricorn Publishing 0-9753970-7-9, 2005, $16.00, 224pp, tp) Reprint (Fantasy Press 1950) fantasy novel/archaeological adventure. A print-on-demand book available online at [www.capricornpublishing.com].

VESAAS, TARJEI (chron.)

• * _Ice Palace (Owen, Peter 0-7206-1122-9, Dec 2005, £9.95, 176pp, tp) Reissue (Peter Owen 1966) literary fantasy novel. Translated by Elizabeth Rokkan from the Norwegian original Is-Slottet (Gyldendal Norsk Forlag 1963).

VICKERS, SALLEY (1948- ) (chron.)

• * _Mr. Golightly’s Holiday (Harper Perennial UK 0-00-715648-0, May 2004, £7.99, 352pp, tp, cover by Samuel Palmer) Reprint (Fourth Estate 2003) literary fantasy novel. Published in 2004 but not seen until now.

VIEHL, LYNN; pseudonym of Sheila Kelly (chron.)

• * *If Angels Burn (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 0-451-21477-3, May 2005, $6.99, 291pp, pb) [Darkyn] Paranormal novel, first in the “Darkyn” series. Viehl is a pen name for Sheila Kelly, who also writes as S.L. Viehl, Gena Hale, Jessica Hall, and Rebecca Kelly.