The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005


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Moonlight and Vines Charles de Lint (Tor/Orb 0-765-30917-3, Jan 2006, $14.95, 384pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Newford] Reprint (Tor 1999) collection of urban fantasy stories set in de Lint’s city of Newford. Winner of the World Fantasy Award.


Quicksilver & Shadow Charles de Lint (Subterranean Press 1-59606-003-4, Mar 2005, $40.00, 357pp, hc, cover by MaryAnn Harris) Collection of 17 early stories, seven apparently original, a mix of SF, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, and three Borderland stories. This is the second volume of de Lint’s Collected Early Stories. This is a signed, limited edition; a lettered, traycased edition of 52 ($200.00) is also available.


Someplace to Be Flying Charles de Lint (Tor/Orb 0-765-30757-X, Aug 2005, $14.95, 380pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reprint (Tor 1998) contemporary fantasy novel set in de Lint’s fictional Newford.


Trader Charles de Lint (Tor/Orb 0-765-30296-9, May 2005, $14.95, 352pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reprint (Tor 1997) contemporary fantasy novel of body-trading.


Nylon Angel Marianne de Pierres (Penguin/Roc 0-451-46037-5, Jul 2005, $6.99, 289pp, pb) [Parrish Plessis] SF novel, first in the Parrish Plessis series. First US edition (Orbit 1/04).


Serenity Keith R. A. DeCandido (Pocket Star 1-4165-0755-8, Sep 2005, $6.99, 260pp, pb) Novelization of the movie based on the short-lived TV series Firefly. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Licensing.


Spider-man: Down These Mean Streets Keith R. A. DeCandido (Pocket Star 1-4165-0968-2, Sep 2005, $7.99, 268pp, pb, cover by Joe Jusko) Novelization based on the comic-book character. Copyrighted by Marvel Characters.


Spider-Man: Down These Mean Streets Keith R. A. DeCandido (SFBC #1198483, Sep 2005, $10.99, 268pp, hc, cover by Joe Jusko) [Spider-Man] Reprint (Pocket 2005) novelization based on the comic-book character. Copyrighted by Marvel Characters. This has ISBN 0-7394-5687-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


Star Trek, the Next Generation: I.K.S. Gorkon, Book Three: Enemy Territory Keith R. A. DeCandido (Pocket 1-4165-0014-6, Mar 2005, $7.99, 334pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek, the Next Generation: I.K.S. Gorkon] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.


Star Trek: Articles of the Federation Keith R. A. DeCandido (Pocket 1-4165-0015-4, Jun 2005, $7.99, 399pp, pb, cover by Mark Gerber) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.


Star Trek: Tales from the Captain’s Table ed. Keith R. A. DeCandido (Pocket 1-4165-0520-2, Jun 2005, $14.00, 337pp, tp, cover by Mark Gerber) [Star Trek] Original anthology of nine Star Trek bar stories. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.


Never Seen by Waking Eyes Stephen Dedman (Writers.com Books/infrapress 0-9766544-0-7, Jul 2005, $15.95, 224pp, tp) Collection of 24 stories, one original. The author provides an afterword on the inspirations for each story. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.writers.com/publishing] or from Writers.com Books, 87 South Meadowcroft Dr., Akron OH 44313.


The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch Joseph Delaney (HarperCollins/Greenwillow 0-06-076618-2, Sep 2005, $14.99, 358pp, hc, cover by Scott McKowen) [Last Apprentice] Young-adult dark fantasy. Thomas Ward learns quickly that the hardest part of being an apprentice Spook (ghostbuster) is staying alive. A first novel. First US edition (The Bodley Head 7/04 as The Spook’s Apprentice by Joe Delaney).


About Writing: 7 Essays, 4 Letters & 5 Interviews Samuel R. Delany (Wesleyan University Press 0-8195-6716-7, Jan 2006, $24.95, 419 + xii, tp) How-to guide/collection of essays, correspondence, and interviews aimed at creative writers, with a new 59-page introduction and an appendix of more basic tips for beginning writers. A hardcover edition (-6715-9, $65.00) was announced but not seen. 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.


Phallos Samuel R. Delany (Bamberger Books 0-917453-41-7, Nov 2004, $14.00, 95pp, tp, cover by John Del Gaizo & Lawrence Alma-Tadema) Philosophical novella with homoerotic and fantasy elements, in the form of a modern critical essay looking at an anonymous gay porn novel about the search for an ancient diety’s jeweled phallus in ancient Rome. Much revised and expanded from a previous version appearing in the magazine Callaloo. This is dated 2004, but not seen until now. Bamberger Books, PO Box 350, Whitmore Lake MI 48189.


The Cardinal’s Heir Jaki Demarest (Medallion Press 1-932815-10-4, Nov 2004, $6.99, 352pp, pb) Historical novel with elements of the occult. Cardinal Richelieu’s niece is determined to avenge his death by poisoning. Medallion Press, 225 Seabreeze Ave., Palm Beach FL 33480; [www.medallion press.com].


Forgotten Realms: The Giant Among Us Troy Denning (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3758-0, Jul 2005, $6.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Forgotten Realms: Twilight Giants] Reprint (TSR 1995) fantasy novelization based on the roleplaying game. Second book in the “Twilight Giants” trilogy. Copyrighted 1995 by TSR, 2005 by Wizards of the Coast.


Forgotten Realms: The Ogre’s Pact Troy Denning (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3731-9, May 2005, $6.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Forgotten Realms: Twilight Giants] Reprint (TSR 1994) fantasy novelization based on the roleplaying game. First book in the “Twilight Giants” trilogy. Copyrighted 1994 TSR, 2005 Wizards of the Coast.


Forgotten Realms: The Titan of Twilight Troy Denning (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3798-X, Oct 2005, $6.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Forgotten Realms: Twilight Giants] Reprint (TSR 1995) fantasy novelization based on the roleplaying game, third volume in the “Twilight Giants Trilogy”. Copyrighted 1995 by TSR, 2005 by Wizards of the Coast


Star Wars: Dark Nest I: The Joiner King Troy Denning (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-46304-8, Aug 2005, $6.99, 526pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Wars: Dark Nest] Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.


Star Wars: Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen Troy Denning (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-46303-X, Oct 2005, $6.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Wars: Dark Nest] Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.


Star Wars: Dark Nest III: The Swarm War Troy Denning (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-46305-6, Jan 2006, $6.99, 357pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Wars: Dark Nest] Star Wars novelization. First US edition (Arrow 11/05).


Laughin’ Boy Bradley Denton (Subterranean Press 1-59606-016-6, Jun 2005, $40.00, 286pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Satirical novel with fantasy elements of terrorism and the media at the end of the 20th century.


Merian C. Cooper’s King Kong Joe DeVito & Brad Strickland (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-34915-7, Oct 2005, $12.95, 203pp, tp, cover by Joe DeVito) [King Kong] Movie novelization, an expanded rewrite of the 1932 novelization by Delos W. Lovelace. Illustrated by Joe DeVito. Foreword by James V. D’Arc. Copyrighted by Richard M. Cooper.


Kong: King of Skull Island Joe DeVito, Brad Strickland & John Michlig (Dark Horse Comics/DH Press 1-59582-006-X, Dec 2004, $24.95, 167pp, hc, cover by Joe DeVito) Art book/illustrated SF/lost world novel about the giant ape, created and illustrated in color by DeVito, with text by Strickland & Michlig. Introduction by Ray Harryhausen.


Star Trek: Engines of Destiny Gene DeWeese (Pocket 0-671-03702-1, Mar 2005, $7.99, 338pp, pb, cover by James Wang) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.


The Emperor of Gondwanaland and Other Stories Paul Di Filippo (Thunder’s Mouth Press 1-56025-665-6, Jul 2005, $15.95, 370 + x, tp, cover by Marcia Salo) Collection of 18 stories, one original, with comments on each by the author.


The Crack in Space Philip K. Dick (Random House/Vintage 1-4000-3006-4, Mar 2005, $12.00, 188pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 1966) SF novel.


Dr. Futurity Philip K. Dick (Random House/Vintage 1-4000-3009-9, Aug 2005, $10.95, 169pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 1960) SF novel.


The Widow and the King John Dickinson (Random House/Fickling 0-385-75084-6, Jun 2005, $18.95, 613pp, hc) [Cup of the World] Young-adult medieval fantasy, sequel to The Cup of the World. First US edition (Fickling UK 1/05).


Inside Grandad Peter Dickinson (Random House/Dell Yearling 0-553-48782-5, Jun 2005, $5.50, 119pp, tp, cover by David Johnson) Reprint (Lamb 2004) young-adult fantasy novella.


The Tears of the Salamander Peter Dickinson (Random House/Lamb 0-440-23823-4, Mar 2005, $7.95, 197pp, tp, cover by Dave McKean) Reprint (Macmillan UK 2003) young-adult fantasy novel.


For Those Who Fell William C. Dietz (Ace 0-441-01267-1, Oct 2005, $7.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Legion of the Damned] Reprint (Ace 2004) military SF novel, sixth in the “Legion of the Damned” series.


McCade on the Run William C. Dietz (Ace 0-441-01242-6, Feb 2005, $14.00, 361pp, tp, cover by Christian McGrath) [Sam McCade] Omnibus of the last two novels in the series about bounty hunter Sam McCade: Alien Bounty (1990) and McCade’s Bounty (1990).


Runner William C. Dietz (Ace 0-441-01326-0, Oct 2005, $24.95, 424pp, hc, cover by Craig White) Far-future SF, first in a series set in a far-flung civilization losing much of its technology. Interstellar courier Jak Rebo escorts a child targeted by assassins.


Northwest Passages ed. Cris DiMarco (Fandom Press 1-59092-185-2, Nov 2005, $19.99, 468pp, tp, cover by Liz Danforth) Original anthology of one poem and 25 SF and fantasy stories, five reprints, of Cascadia AKA the Pacific Northwest, “hosted” by Cascadia Con. Authors include Bruce Holland Rogers, Uncle River, and Bruce Taylor. Published for Cascadia Con. Fandom Press, 7419 Ebbert Dr. SE, Port Orchard WA 98367; [www.windstormcreative.com].


On SF Thomas M. Disch (University of Michigan Press 0-472-06896-2, Aug 2005, $24.95, 271pp, tp) Non-fiction, a collection of 41 essays on science fiction, all reprints (some revised). Includes index. A hardcover edition (-09896-9, $60.00) was announced but not seen.


Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You Tony DiTerlizzi & Holly Black (Simon & Schuster 0-689-85941-4, Oct 2005, $24.95, 124pp, hc, cover by Tony DiTerlizzi) Art book, a tie-in to the children’s fantasy series The Spiderwick Chronicles; this purports to be the actual guide the children find, with illustrations and descriptions of 31 faerie species.


The Conch Bearer Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-87242-9, Mar 2005, $5.99, 265pp, tp, cover by Anton Petrov) [Brotherhood of the Conch] Reprint (Porter 2003) young-adult fantasy novel set in India.


The Mirror of Fire and Dreaming Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Millbrook/Roaring Brook Press 1-59643-067-2, Sep 2005, $16.95, 329pp, hc, cover by Susy Pilgrim Waters) [Brotherhood of the Conch] Young-adult fantasy novel set in Mughal India, book two of The Brotherhood of the Conch after The Conch Bearer. Anand travels to Bengal hundreds of years in the past.


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