The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2005

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The Scrolls of the Ancients Robert Newcomb (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-553-81455-9, Jul 2005, £6.99, 752pp, pb, cover by Justin Sweet) [Chronicles of Blood and Stone] Reprint (Del Rey 2004) fantasy novel, following The Fifth Sorceress and The Gates of Dawn. Volume III of The Chronicles of Blood and Stone.

Quicksilver Zenith Stan Nicholls (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-714152-1, Mar 2005, £6.99, 327pp, pb, cover by Dominic Harman) [Dreamtime] Reprint (Voyager 2004) fantasy novel, second in the Quicksilver Trilogy.

Seeker William Nicholson (Egmont 1-4052-1895-9, Sep 2005, £12.99, 422pp, hc) [Noble Warriors] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first book of the Noble Warriors trilogy.

The Falls of Death Christopher Nicole (Severn House 0-7278-6149-2, Nov 2004, £18.99, 230pp, hc) Horror novel. A woman searches for her long-missing grandfather and the water of immortality.

The Three Incestuous Sisters Audrey Niffenegger (Cape, Jonathan 0-224-07686-8, Sep 2005, £16.99, 164pp, hc, cover by Audrey Niffenegger) Adult picture book with fantasy elements, illustrated with etchings by the author.

The Blue Boa Jenny Nimmo (Egmont 1-4052-1830-4, Jun 2005, £5.99, xii+372pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Children of the Red King] Reprint (Egmont 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume III of the Children of the Red King quintet.

The Castle of Mirrors Jenny Nimmo (Egmont 1-4052-0127-4, Jun 2005, £10.99, xii+351pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Children of the Red King] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume IV of the Children of the Red King quintet.

The Owl Tree Jenny Nimmo (Walker 1-84428-638-X, Sep 2004, £3.99, 96pp, tp, cover by Anthony Lewis) Reissue (Walker 1997) young-adult fantasy novel.

The Rinaldi Ring Jenny Nimmo (Egmont 1-4052-1141-5, Apr 2005, £4.99, 186pp, tp, cover by Sharon Chai) Reprint (Mammoth 1999) young-adult fantasy novel.

The Snow Spider Jenny Nimmo (Egmont 1-4052-1138-5, Apr 2004, £4.99, 122pp, tp, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [Gwyn Griffiths] Reissue (Methuen 1986) young-adult fantasy novel. First in the “Gwyn Griffiths” trilogy.

The Snow Spider Trilogy Jenny Nimmo (Egmont 1-40522-010-4, Jul 2005, £6.99, 480pp, tp, cover by Jessica Meserve) [Snow Spider] Reprint (Mammoth 1993) young-adult fantasy omnibus of The Snow Spider, Emlyn’s Moon, and The Chestnut Soldier.

Ringworld Larry Niven (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07702-6, Jun 2005, £6.99, 288pp, tp, cover by Steven Vincent Johnson) [Ringworld] Reprint (Ballantine 1970) SF novel, winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Volume 60 in the “SF Masterworks” series.

Ringworld’s Children Larry Niven (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-222-1, Apr 2005, £6.99, 355pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Ringworld] Reprint (Tor 2004) SF novel in the “Ringworld” series, set shortly after The Ringworld Throne.

Burning Tower Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-072-5, Apr 2005, £18.99, 430pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Mana; Burning City] Reprint (Pocket 2005) fantasy novel, sequel to The Burning City. [First U.K. edition]

Abhorsen Garth Nix (Collins 0-00-713735-4, Jan 2005, £5.99, 396pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Abhorsen] Reprint (HarperCollins Eos 2003) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the “Abhorsen” trilogy.

Drowned Wednesday Garth Nix (Collins 0-00-717505-1, Jun 2005, £5.99, 391pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) [Keys to the Kingdom] Reprint (Scholastic 2005) young-adult fantasy novel. Book three of The Keys to the Kingdom. [First U.K. edition]

The Ragwitch Garth Nix (Collins 0-00-717499-3, Aug 2005, £5.99, 396pp, tp) Reprint (Pan Australia 1990) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales ed. Deborah Noyes (Walker 1-84428-253-8, Nov 2004, £5.99, 255pp, tp, cover by Gary Kellett) Reprint (Candlewick 2004) young-adult original anthology.

Halo: First Strike Eric Nylund (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-422-4, Feb 2005, £6.99, 340pp, pb) [Halo] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 2003) third novelization based on the computer game. Copyrighted by Microsoft Corporation. [First U.K. edition]

Halo: The Fall of Reach Eric Nylund (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-420-8, Feb 2005, £6.99, 340pp, pb) [Halo] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 2001) first novelization based on the computer game. Copyrighted by Microsoft Corporation. [First U.K. edition]

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O’Brien (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-14-030725-7, Jun 2005, £4.99, 197pp, tp) [Rats of NIMH] Reissue (Atheneum 1971) young-adult fantasy novel. Winner of the Newbery Medal. 46th printing.

Measle and the Dragodon Ian Ogilvy (Oxford University Press 0-19-275333-9, Oct 2005, £5.99, 326pp, tp, cover by Chris Mould) [Measle] Reprint (Oxford University Press 2004) humorous young-adult fantasy novel. Book two in the Measle series.

Measle and the Mallockee Ian Ogilvy (Oxford University Press 0-19-271978-5, Oct 2005, £8.99, 372pp, tp, cover by Chris Mould) [Measle] Humorous young-adult fantasy novel, third in the Measle series.

Measle and the Wrathmonk Ian Ogilvy (Oxford University Press 0-19-275332-0, Oct 2005, £4.99, 198pp, tp) [Measle] Reprint (Oxford University Press 2004) young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a series.

The Night Country Stewart O’Nan (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7174-0, Sep 2005, £7.99, 229pp, tp) Reprint (Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2003) ghost story. Survivors of a New England car crash are haunted by the accident. The first UK edition (Bloomsbury 2004) was not seen.

Airborn Kenneth Oppel (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-87856-8, Jan 2005, £5.99, 433pp, tp, cover by David Gaadt) [Matt Cruse] Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. First in a series.

Skybreaker Kenneth Oppel (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-87857-6, Sep 2005, £8.99, 458pp, hc, cover by David Gaadt) [Matt Cruse] Reprint (HarperCollins Canada 2005) young-adult alternate world SF novel, sequel to Airborn.

The Complete Novels George Orwell (Penguin UK 0-141-18515-5, Feb 2005, £15.99, 925pp, tp) Reissue (Penguin 1983 as The Penguin Complete Novels of George Orwell) mainstream/SF omnibus including Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). 10th printing. A “Penguin Modern Classic”.

The Icarus Girl Helen Oyeyemi (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7548-7, Jan 2005, £16.99, 305pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel. A first novel.

Eldest Christopher Paolini (Doubleday UK 0-385-60790-3, Aug 2005, £14.99, xvii+681pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Inheritance] Young-adult fantasy novel, book two of Inheritance. Simultaneous with the US (Knopf) edition.

Eragon Christopher Paolini (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55209-7, Jan 2005, £5.99, 517pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Inheritance] Reprint (Paolini International 2002) young-adult fantasy novel.

Devices and Desires K. J. Parker (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-275-2, Apr 2005, £12.99, 548pp, tp) [Engineer] Fantasy novel, book one in The Engineer trilogy. A condemned engineer escapes, and falls in league with his country’s enemy.

Doctor Who: The Gallifrey Chronicles Lance Parkin (BBC Books 0-563-48624-4, Jun 2005, £5.99, 282pp, pb) [Doctor Who] SF novelization based on the television show. The last of the books featuring the 8th Doctor, this explains why the ninth Doctor is “the last of the Time Lords.”

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment James Patterson (Hodder Headline 0-7553-2192-8, Jul 2005, £12.99, 406pp, hc) Reprint (Little, Brown 2005) young-adult SF novel of genetically engineered children. Though it borrows the situation and some names from When the Wind Blows and The Lake House, the author declares this is not in that series or world. [First U.K. edition]

Spirit Walker Michelle Paver (Orion Children’s Books 1-8425-5171-X, Sep 2005, £8.99, 278pp, hc, cover by John Fordham) [Chronicles of Ancient Darkness] Young-adult fantasy novel, the second volume in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness.

Wolf Brother: Chronicles of Ancient Darkness Michelle Paver (Orion Children’s Books 1-84255-131-0, Jun 2005, £4.99, 244pp, tp) [Chronicles of Ancient Darkness] Reprint (Orion Children’s Books 2004) young-adult fantasy novel. Book one of a six-part series.

Gene Stel Pavlou (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7432-0859-5, Jan 2005, £12.99, 430pp, hc) Thriller with elements of historical fantasy. A detective discovers he’s a reincarnated warrior in a battle spanning three millennia.

The Drift House: The First Voyage Dale Peck (Bloomsbury 0-7475-7555-X, Sep 2005, £12.99, 437pp, hc, cover by Martin Hargreaves) [Drift House] Young-adult fantasy novel. Simultaneous with the US (Bloomsbury US) edition. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-8035-9) was announced but not seen.

Visions and Re-Visions: (Re)constructing Science Fiction Robert M. Philmus (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-899-5, Dec 2005, £50.00, xiv + 411pp, hc) Non-fiction, a collection of critical essays looking at science fiction as a “revisionary” genre. Includes notes, bibliography, and index.

The Circle Opens: Magic Steps Tamora Pierce (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96818-6, Nov 2005, £4.99, 218pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle Opens] Reprint (Scholastic Press 2000) young-adult fantasy novel.

The Circle Opens: Street Magic Tamora Pierce (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96820-8, Nov 2005, £4.99, 235pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle Opens] Reprint (Scholastic Press 2001) young-adult fantasy novel.

The Fire in the Forging Tamora Pierce (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96813-5, Aug 2005, £4.99, 198pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle of Magic] Reissue (Scholastic 1998 as Circle of Magic: Daja’s Book) young-adult fantasy novel.

First Test Tamora Pierce (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96809-7, Dec 2004, £5.99, 205pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Keladry] Reissue (Random House 1999) young-adult fantasy novel. Book one in the “Protector of the Small” quartet.

The Healing in the Vine Tamora Pierce (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96814-3, Aug 2005, £4.99, 216pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle of Magic] Reissue (Scholastic 1999 as Circle of Magic: Briar’s Book) young-adult fantasy novel.

Lady Knight Tamora Pierce (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96356-7, Dec 2004, £5.99, 370pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Keladry] Reissue (Random House 2002) young-adult fantasy novel. Book four in the “Protector of the Small” quartet.

The Magic in the Weaving Tamora Pierce (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96815-1, Apr 2005, £4.99, 227pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle of Magic] Reissue (Scholastic 1997 as Circle of Magic: Sandry’s Book) young-adult fantasy novel, the first in the Circle of Magic quartet.

Page Tamora Pierce (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96811-9, Dec 2004, £5.99, 229pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Keladry] Reissue (Random House 2000) young-adult fantasy novel. Book two in the “Protector of the Small” quartet.

The Power in the Storm Tamora Pierce (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96816-X, Apr 2005, £4.99, 214pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Circle of Magic] Reissue (Scholastic 1998 as Circle of Magic: Tris’s Book) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Circle of Magic quartet.

Squire Tamora Pierce (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-96812-7, Dec 2004, £5.99, 376pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Keladry] Reissue (Random House 2001) young-adult fantasy novel. Book three in the “Protector of the Small” quartet.

Trickster’s Choice Tamora Pierce (Scholastic UK 0-439-95892-X, Sep 2005, £5.99, 453pp, tp, cover by Liselotte Watkins) [Alianne] Reprint (Random House 2003) young-adult fantasy novel set in the world of Tortall, the first in a series of two following Alanna’s teenaged daughter Alianne.

Sky Shifter Caroline Pitcher (Egmont 1-4052-0850-3, Jul 2005, £4.99, 153pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) [Year of Changes] Young-adult fantasy novel. Second in the Year of Changes quartet after Cloud Cat.

The Book of Lowmoor: Jewel and Thorn Richard Poole (Simon & Schuster UK 0-689-87289-5, Feb 2005, £12.99, 391pp, hc, cover by blacksheep) [Book of Lowmoor] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first book in a trilogy. Two six-inch-tall youngsters undertake a quest in a world once inhabited by giants.

The Anubis Gates Tim Powers (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07725-5, Sep 2005, £7.99, 464pp, tp, cover by Richard Carr) Reprint (Ace 1983) fantasy novel. Volume 47 in the Fantasy Masterworks series.

The Carpet People Terry Pratchett (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-61026-2, Sep 2005, £25.00, 250pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) Reprint (Colin Smythe 1971) humorous young-adult fantasy novel. This is a signed, slipcased Collector’s Edition of 1,000. The text follows the revised 1992 Doubleday UK edition.

The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15292-7, Apr 2005, £6.99, 287pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Colin Smythe 1983) humorous fantasy novel. Book one in the Discworld series. 40th printing.

Going Postal Terry Pratchett (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14943-8, Oct 2005, £6.99, 474pp, pb, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld: Moist von Lipwig] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 33 in the Discworld series.

Guards! Guards! Terry Pratchett (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15293-5, Apr 2005, £6.99, 426pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1989) humorous fantasy novel, eighth in the Discworld series. 18th printing.

A Hat Full of Sky Terry Pratchett (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55144-9, May 2005, £6.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld: Tiffany Aching] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) humorous young-adult fantasy novel in the Discworld series, and the second Tiffany Aching novel after The Wee Free Men.

Lords and Ladies Terry Pratchett (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15315-X, Aug 2005, £6.99, 396pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1992) humorous fantasy novel. Book 14 in the “Discworld” series. 14th printing.

Men at Arms Terry Pratchett (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15316-8, Aug 2005, £6.99, 428pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1993) humorous fantasy novel. Book 15 in the “Discworld” series. 16th printing.

Moving Pictures Terry Pratchett (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15294-3, Apr 2005, £6.99, 396pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1990) humorous fantasy novel. Book ten in the Discworld series. 18th printing.

Reaper Man Terry Pratchett (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15295-1, Apr 2005, £6.99, 351pp, tp) [Discworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1991) humorous fantasy novel. Book 11 in the Discworld series. 19th printing.

Small Gods Terry Pratchett (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15297-8, Aug 2005, £6.99, 397pp, tp) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1992) humorous fantasy novel. Book 13 in the Discworld series.

Thud! Terry Pratchett (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60867-5, Oct 2005, £17.99, 362pp, hc, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Humorous fantasy novel, 35th in the Discworld series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.

Where’s My Cow? Terry Pratchett (Transworld/Doubleday UK 0-385-60937-X, Oct 2005, £10.99, 24pp, hc, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Discworld] Children’s Discworld picture book, illustrated by Grant. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition. Commander Sam Vimes reads his baby son a bedtime story, as mentioned in Thud!

Witches Abroad Terry Pratchett (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-15296-X, Aug 2005, £6.99, 362pp, tp) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1991) humorous fantasy novel. Book 12 in the Discworld series.

The Art of Discworld Terry Pratchett & Paul Kidby (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07712-3, Oct 2005, £10.99, 124pp, tp, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 2004) art book illustrating the major characters of the Discworld series. Introduction and text by Pratchett and illustrations by Paul Kidby.

The Science of Discworld III: Darwin’s Watch Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen (Ebury Press 0-091-89823-4, May 2005, £17.99, 344pp, hc, cover by Paul Kidby) [Discworld] Humorous associational non-fiction.

Odin’s Voice Susan Price (Simon & Schuster UK 1-416-90144-2, Aug 2005, £12.99, 335pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) [Mars] Young-adult SF novel of a future of the intersecting lives of a genetically designed teener and a downtrodden slave. First in the “Mars” series.

Horror Stories ed. Susan Price (Kingfisher 0-7534-1154-7, Jun 2005, £5.99, 255pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Reprint (Kingfisher 1995) young-adult horror anthology.

The Glamour Christopher Priest (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07579-1, Jun 2005, £7.99, 235pp, tp) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1984) SF novel. Copyrighted 1984, 1985, 1996, 2005, suggesting yet further revisions.

The Prestige Christopher Priest (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07580-5, Feb 2005, £7.99, 360pp, tp) Reprint (Touchstone 1995) SF novel.

His Dark Materials II: The Subtle Knife Philip Pullman (Scholastic UK 0-439-95462-2, Oct 2005, £12.99, 349pp, hc) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 1997) fantasy novel, the second in a trilogy. This is a Tenth Anniversary edition.

His Dark Materials III: The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman (Scholastic UK 0-439-95463-0, Oct 2005, £12.99, 538pp, hc) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 2000) fantasy novel, the third in a trilogy. This is a Tenth Anniversary edition.

His Dark Materials: Northern Lights Philip Pullman (Scholastic UK 0-439-95461-4, Oct 2005, £12.99, 419pp, hc) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1995) fantasy novel, the first book in a trilogy. This is a Tenth Anniversary edition.

The Scarecrow and the Servant Philip Pullman (Corgi Yearling 0-440-86376-7, Nov 2005, £4.99, 230pp, tp, cover by Peter Bailey) Reprint (Doubleday UK 2004) young-adult fantasy novel.

Time Hunter: Peculiar Lives Philip Purser-Hallard (Telos 1-903889-47-2, Jul 2005, £7.99, 133pp, tp, cover by Matthew Laznicka) [Honoré Lechasseur] SF novelization, seventh in a series about Honoré Lechasseur, introduced in Doctor Who: Cabinet of Light. The afterword explains the book’s debt to Olaf Stapledon. The deluxe, limited, numbered edition is signed by the author. Available from Beech House, Chapel Lane, Moulton, Cheshire CW9 8PQ. A deluxe hardback edition (1-903889-48-0, £25.00) was announced but not seen.

The Wildfire Season Andrew Pyper (HarperCollins UK 0-00-716505-6, Apr 2005, £12.99, 324pp, hc) Thriller with supernatural elements.

Brightonomicon Robert Rankin (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07009-9, Jul 2005, £12.99, 361pp, hc) [Brentford] Humorous fantasy novel in the “Brentford” series. A trade paperback (OME) edition (-07668-2, £10.99) was announced but not seen.

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