The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005


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The Radioactive Redhead John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem (DAW 0-7564-0282-4, Dec 2005, $6.99, 355pp, pb, cover by Michael Koelsh) [Zachary Nixon Johnson] Humorous SF mystery, third in the series featuring PI Zach Johnson. Networks start a new reality show: “Let’s Kill Zach.”


Invisible Pleasures Mary Frances Zambreno (American Fantasy 0-9610352-4-2, Dec 2005, $25.00, 241 + xii, hc, cover by Douglas Klauba) Collection of 18 stories, four original, with introductions to each describing their genesis. Introduction by Jane Yolen. Order from American Fantasy Press, 919 Tappan Street, Woodstock IL 60098; [www.american-fantasy.com].


Blood and Roses Ann Tonsor Zeddies (Phobos Impact 0-9720026-7-7, Nov 2005, $14.95, 285pp, tp) SF adventure novel set in the 1920s. Jayne Taylor goes from driving for bootleggers to battling aliens in Japan.


The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth Roger Zelazny (ibooks 1-59687-142-3, Nov 2005, $14.95, 510pp, tp, cover by Lebbeus Woods) Reissue (ibooks 2001) omnibus of two SF collections, The Doors of His Face, The Lamps of His Mouth (1971) and Four for Tomorrow (Ace 1967). Copyrighted by Amber Limited; packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.


The Second Chronicles of Amber Roger Zelazny (SFBC #1185164, Apr 2005, $17.99, 900pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Amber] Reprint (Avon Eos 1999 as part of The Great Book of Amber) omnibus of Amber novels 6-10: Trumps of Doom (1985), Blood of Amber (1986), Sign of Chaos (1987), Knight of Shadows (1989), and Prince of Chaos (1991). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-5184-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


The Firebird’s Vengeance Sarah Zettel (Tor 0-765-34723-7, Jul 2005, $7.99, 468pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Isavalta] Reprint (Voyager 2004) fantasy novel.


For Camelot’s Honor Sarah Zettel (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-80218-8, Apr 2005, $13.95, 506pp, tp) [Paths to Camelot] Historical Arthurian fantasy novel, second in a series.


In Camelot’s Shadow Sarah Zettel (Harlequin/Luna 0-373-81112-8, Jul 2005, $6.99, 505pp, pb) [Paths to Camelot] Reprint (Luna 2004) historical Arthurian fantasy novel, first in a series.


Elsewhere Gabrielle Zevin (Farrar Straus Giroux 0-374-32091-8, Sep 2005, $16.00, 279pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy. A dead teen finds herself in a place where she ages backwards until she can be reborn on Earth.


Magic Time: Ghostlands Marc Scott Zicree & Robert Charles Wilson (HarperCollins/Eos 0-06-105960-9, Sep 2005, $7.99, 476pp, pb, cover by Iain McCaig) [Magic Time] Reprint (Eos 2004) fantasy novel, third in a multi-author series. Magic invades the modern world. Copyrighted by Paper Route, Inc.


Understanding The Lord of the Rings: The Best of Tolkien Criticism ed. Rose A. Zimbardo & Neil D. Isaacs (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-42253-6, May 2005, $13.00, 294pp, tp, cover by Charles Rennie Mackintosh) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 2004) non-fiction gathering of 14 essays on Tolkien’s work. [J. R. R. Tolkien]


Loch Paul Zindel (Hyperion 0-7868-5150-3, Aug 2005, $5.99, 209pp, tp, cover by Wayne McLoughlin) Reissue (HarperCollins 1994) young-adult horror novel about prehistoric beasts in a remote Vermont lake. This is a supposedly revised edition originally scheduled for 2004, but retains the original copyright.


Hidden Camera Zoran Zivkovic (Dalkey Archive Press 1-56478-412-6, Nov 2005, $13.95, 217pp, tp) Fantasy novel, translated from the Serbian Skrivena Kamera (Polaris 2003) by Alice Copple-Tosic. An undertaker becomes convinced he’s an unwilling reality-show participant.


The Devil in Brisbane ed. Zoran Zivkovic (Wildside Press/Prime Books 0-8095-5086-5, Oct 2005, $15.00, 230pp, hc, cover by K. J. Bishop) Original anthology of 30 stories by participants at Zivkovic’s masterclass writing workshop at the Brisbane Writers Festival 2004. Order from Prime Books, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928; [www.primebooks.net].


The Other Shulman Alan Zweibel (Random House/Villard 1-4000-6266-7, Jun 2005, $23.95, 289pp, hc) Satiric novel with fantasy elements. An unsuccessful man loses weight enough to make another person, and it does, an annoyingly successful doppelganger.


Max Remy: Spy Force: Spy Force Revealed D. Abela (Oxford University Press 0-19-275419-X, Jul 2005, £5.99, 306pp, tp, cover by Dylan Gibson) [Max Remy: Spy Force] Reprint (Random House Australia 2002 as Max Remy: Superspy: Spy Force Revealed by Deborah Abela) humorous young-adult SF novel. Second in a new series. [First U.K. edition]


Max Remy: Spy Force: The Nightmare Vortex D. Abela (Oxford University Press 0-19-275420-3, Nov 2005, £5.99, 281pp, tp, cover by Dylan Gibson) [Max Remy: Spy Force] Reprint (Random House Australia 2003) humorous young-adult SF novel. Third in a new series. [First U.K. edition]


Max Remy: Spy Force: The Time and Space Machine D. Abela (Oxford University Press 0-19-275418-1, Jul 2005, £5.99, 247pp, tp, cover by Dylan Gibson) [Max Remy: Spy Force] Reprint (Random House Australia 2002 as Max Remy: Superspy: In Search of the Time and Space Machine by Deborah Abela) humorous young-adult SF novel. First in a new series. [First U.K. edition]


Warhammer 40,000: Double Eagle Dan Abnett (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-8441-6090-4, Jul 2005, £6.99, 415pp, pb) [Warhammer 40,000] Reprint (Black Library 2004) novelization based on the SF roleplaying game.


Warhammer 40,000: Ravenor Dan Abnett (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-073-4, Feb 2005, £6.99, 412pp, pb) [Warhammer 40,000: Ravenor] Reprint (Black Library 2004) future-war novel set in the SF roleplaying game universe. First in the “Gideon Ravenor” series.


Warhammer 40,000: Ravenor Returned Dan Abnett (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-184-6, Feb 2005, £16.99, 306pp, hc) [Warhammer 40,000: Ravenor] Future-war novel set in the roleplaying game universe. Second in the “Gideon Ravenor” series.


Warhammer 40,000: Traitor General Dan Abnett (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-113-7, Oct 2005, £6.99, 415pp, pb, cover by Adrian Smith) [Warhammer 40,000: Gaunt’s Ghosts: Lost] Reprint (Black Library 2004) SF novelization based on the roleplaying game. Eighth in the Gaunt’s Ghosts series and first in The Lost story arc.


Warhammer: The Daemon’s Curse Dan Abnett & Mike Lee (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-8441-6191-9, May 2005, £6.99, 383pp, pb) [Warhammer: Malus Darkblade] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, in the Malus Darkblade sub-series.


Amazona Chris Achilléos (Titan Books 1-84023-893-3, Oct 2004, £14.99, 127pp, tp, cover by Chris Achilléos) Art book. Foreword by Michael Friedlander. A limited hardcover edition (-967-0) was announced but not seen. This is dated 2004 but not seen until now.


The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams (Macmillan/Pan 0-330-43798-4, Apr 2005, £6.99, 323pp, pb) Reprint (Pan 1979) humorous SF novel, first in the Hitchhiker series. This is a film tie-in edition with 16pp of colour stills, interviews with actors and co-screenwriter, and an afterword by Robbie Stamp.


The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams (Young Picador 0-330-43895-6, Apr 2005, £6.99, 218pp, tp) [Hitchhiker] Reprint (Pan 1979) humorous SF novel. First in the “Hitchhiker” series.


The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07682-8, Apr 2005, £6.99, 178pp, hc) [Hitchhiker] Reprint (Pan 1979) humorous SF novel. First in the “Hitchhiker” series.


Is & Cold Shoulder Road Joan Aiken (Random House UK/Red Fox 0-099-47738-6, Jan 2005, £5.99, 521pp, tp, cover by Paul Hess) [Alternate England; James III] Young-adult fantasy omnibus, the eighth and ninth books in the “Alternate England” or “Wolves of Willoughby Chase” series. The books are separately paginated.


Midwinter Nightingale Joan Aiken (Random House UK/Red Fox 0-099-44772-X, Jan 2005, £4.99, 249pp, tp, cover by Paul Hess) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Delacorte Press 2003) young-adult fantasy novel, tenth in the “Wolves of Willoughby Chase” series.


The Stolen Lake Joan Aiken (Random House UK/Red Fox 0-099-47739-4, Jan 2005, £5.99, 318pp, tp, cover by Paul Hess) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Cape 1981) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 4 in the “Wolves of Willoughby Chase” sequence.


The Witch of Clatteringshaws Joan Aiken (Cape, Jonathan 0-224-07029-0, Jan 2005, £10.99, 147pp, hc) [Alternate England; James III] Young-adult fantasy novel, the 11th in the “Wolves of Willoughby Chase” series. Includes a note on some of the fantastic creatures by the author’s daughter, Lizza Aiken. Simultaneous with the US (Delacorte) edition.


Sanity and the Lady Brian Aldiss (PS Publishing 1-904619-24-X, Aug 2005, £25.00, 218pp, hc, cover by John William Godward) SF novel. A meteorite brings strange microscopic “visitors” to Earth. Introduction by Ian R. MacLeod. This is a limited edition of 500 signed by Aldiss; a slipcased edition of 200 (-25-8, $60.00) signed by Aldiss and MacLeod is also available. A limited hardback edition (-00-2, £60.00) was announced but not seen. Available from Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].


The Adventures of the Invisible Boy Lloyd Alexander (Usborne 0-7460-6041-6, Apr 2005, £5.99, 215pp, tp, cover by Ian McNee) Reprint (Dutton 2001 as The Gawgon and the Boy) associational young-adult novel. [First U.K. edition]


The Black Cauldron Lloyd Alexander (Usborne 0-7460-6039-4, Jan 2005, £5.99, 231pp, tp, cover by Alison Read) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1965) young-adult fantasy novel. Part two of “The Chronicles of Prydain”.


The Book of Three Lloyd Alexander (Usborne 0-7460-6038-6, Aug 2004, £5.99, 229pp, tp, cover by John Fordham) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1964) young-adult fantasy novel. Part one of The Chronicles of Prydain.


The Castle of Llyr Lloyd Alexander (Usborne 0-7460-6040-8, Feb 2005, £5.99, 209pp, tp, cover by John Fordham) [Chronicles of Prydain] Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1966) young-adult fantasy novel. Part three of The Chronicles of Prydain.


Welcome to My Worlds: The Art of Rob Alexander Rob Alexander (Paper Tiger 1-84340-200-9, Apr 2005, £20.00, 128pp, hc, cover by Rob Alexander) Collection of fantasy art, with descriptive text by Alexander. Foreword by Frank M. Robinson and introduction by Susan Stejskal.


Forest of the Pygmies Isabel Allende (HarperCollins/Fourth Estate UK 0-00-719963-5, Mar 2005, £14.99, 296pp, hc) [Alexander Cold] Young-adult fantasy novel. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden.


Kingdom of the Golden Dragon Isabel Allende (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-717747-X, Apr 2004, £14.99, 437pp, hc) [Alexander Cold] Fantasy novel. Second in a trilogy after City of the Beasts. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden from the Spanish original El Reino El Dragon de Oro (Rayo 2003). Published in 2004, but not seen until now.


Kingdom of the Golden Dragon Isabel Allende (Harper Perennial UK 0-00-717748-8, Mar 2005, £7.99, 437pp, tp) [Alexander Cold] Reprint (Flamingo 2004) fantasy novel. Second in a trilogy after City of the Beasts. Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden from the Spanish original, El Reino El Dragon de Oro (Rayo 2003).


The Saga of Seven Suns, Book Four: Scattered Suns Kevin J. Anderson (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-7544-6, Jul 2005, £10.99, 728pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Saga of Seven Suns] SF novel. Simultaneous with the US (Warner Aspect) edition.


The Saga of Seven Suns, Book Three: Horizon Storms Kevin J. Anderson (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-3067-0, Jul 2005, £6.99, 659pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Saga of Seven Suns] Reprint (Warner Aspect 2004) SF novel. It follows Hidden Empire and A Forest of Stars.


Hidden Leaves Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-6796-5, Apr 2005, £6.99, 262pp, pb) [De Beers] Reprint (Pocket e-Book 2001) associational omnibus of two novels in the De Beers series.


Falling Stars Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-2131-1, Aug 2005, £17.99, 385pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Pocket 2001 as by V.C. Andrews®) associational novel. Sequel to the “Shooting Stars” quartet. A trade paperback edition (£10.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]


Shooting Stars Virginia Andrews (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-7841-X, Aug 2005, £6.99, 646pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Pocket 2002 as by V.C. Andrews®) associational omnibus of the first four “Shooting Stars” novels: Cinnamon, Ice, Rose, and Harvey The author is probably still Andrew Neiderman.


Haunted Kelley Armstrong (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-341-4, May 2005, £6.99, 495pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) [Women of the Otherworld] Fantasy novel. Fifth in the “Women of the Otherworld” series. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.


The Children of the Serpent Gate Sarah Ash (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-04985-3, Dec 2005, £10.99, 530pp, tp, cover by John Howe) [Tears of Artamon] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2005) fantasy novel, third book of The Tears of Artamon trilogy. [First U.K. edition]


Prisoner of Ironsea Tower Sarah Ash (Transworld/Corgi 0-553-81471-0, Jan 2005, £6.99, 671pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Tears of Artamon] Reprint (Bantam UK 2004) fantasy novel, second book of “The Tears of Artamon”.


Brass Man Neal Asher (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-0138-0, Apr 2005, £17.99, 485pp, hc, cover by Steve Rawlings) [Gridlinked] SF novel in the Gridlinked sequence. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-0139-9, £12.99) was announced but not seen.


Cowl Neal Asher (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-41158-6, Apr 2005, £7.99, 469pp, pb, cover by Steve Rawlings) Reprint (Tor UK 2004) SF novel.


The Elastic Book of Numbers ed. Allen Ashley (Elastic Press 0-9548812-1-4, Feb 2005, £6.00, 278pp, tp, cover by Dean Harkness) Original anthology of 21 stories involving numbers.


The Mammoth Book of King Arthur Mike Ashley (Robinson 1-84119-249-X, Apr 2005, £9.99, 670pp, tp, cover by Joe Roberts) Associational reference to the historical and fictional Arthur, including lists of novels and films.


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