The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

CARD, ORSON SCOTT (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Empire (Tor 978-0-7653-5522-5, Dec 2007, $7.99, 355pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) Reprint (Tor 2006) near-future SF novel of a new American Civil War.
• * *Invasive Procedures (with Aaron Johnston) (Tor 978-0-7653-1424-6, Sep 2007, $25.95, 351pp, hc) Near-future SF medical thriller about a geneticist with a new method to “improve” the human race.
• * _Space Boy (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-111-8, Aug 2007, $35.00, 95pp, hc, cover by Lance Card) Reprint (SFBC 2006 as part of Escape from Earth) YA SF novella. Illustrated by Lance Card. This signed, limited edition of 2000 is sold out; a traycased, leatherbound edition of 26 ($150.00) is also available.
• * *A War of Gifts (Tor 978-0-7653-1282-2, Nov 2007, $12.95, 126pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Ender Wiggin] SF Christmas novella about Ender Wiggin at Battle School, where it is forbidden to celebrate religious holidays.
• * _A War of Gifts (Audio Renaissance 978-1-59397-631-6, Nov 2007, $19.95, audio bx, cover by John Harris) [Ender Wiggin] Audiobook edition of the SF Christmas novella (Tor 2007) in the Ender series. This is a two-CD set, read by Scott Brick and Stefan Rudnicki.

CARDARELLE, ANDRIA (chron.)

• * _Ravenloft: To Sleep with Evil (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4317-3, Mar 2007, $12.95, 308pp, tp, cover by Erik M. Gist) [Ravenloft: Covenant] Reissue (TSR 1996) novelization based on the dark fantasy roleplaying game, part of the Covenant trilogy. Copyrighted TSR 1996, WotC 2007.

CAREY, JACQUELINE (Ann) (1964- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Kushiel’s Justice (Warner 978-0-446-50003-6, Jun 2007, $26.99, 703pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [*Kushiel’s Legacy: Imriel] Fantasy novel, second in the Imriel trilogy, fifth in the overall Kushiel’s Legacy series.
• * _Kushiel’s Scion (Warner 978-0-446-61002-5, Apr 2007, $7.99, 943pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) [*Kushiel’s Legacy: Imriel] Reprint (Warner Aspect 2006) fantasy novel, first in the Imriel trilogy, fourth set in the world of Kushiel’s Dart

CAREY, JANET LEE (chron.)

• * *Dragon’s Keep (Harcourt 978-0-15-205926-2, Apr 2007, $17.00, 302pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. Princess Rosalind was born with a dragon’s talon instead of a ring finger.

CAREY, MIKE (chron.)

• * *Dead Men’s Boots (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-415-9, Sep 2007, £7.99, 534pp, pb, cover by Tim Byrne) [Felix Castor] Dark fantasy novel, the third in the Felix Castor series after The Devil You Know and Vicious Circle.
• * +The Devil You Know (Warner 978-0-446-58030-4, Jul 2007, $24.99, 400pp, hc) [Felix Castor] Supernatural thriller, the first in a series about hard-boiled freelance exorcist Felix Castor. A first novel. First US edition (Orbit 4/06).
• * _Neverwhere (with Glenn Fabry & Neil Gaiman) See entry under Neil Gaiman.

CARLSON, JEFF (stories) (chron.)

• * *Plague Year (Ace 978-0-441-01514-6, Aug 2007, $7.99, 292pp, pb) [Plague Year] SF thriller. A nanotech plague kills all mammals and birds below an altitude of 10,000 feet, and desperate survivors seek a cure. A first novel.

CARMAN, PATRICK (chron.)

• * *Atherton: The House of Power (Little, Brown 978-0-316-16670-6, May 2007, $16.99, 337pp, hc, cover by Philip Straub) Young-adult fantasy novel set in a world of three lands in concentric rings, separated by high rock cliffs. This is bound in boards with a partial dust jacket, and includes a CD-ROM.
• * *Into the Mist (Scholastic/Orchard 978-0-439-89952-9, Sep 2007, $11.99, 281pp, hc, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Land of Elyon] Young-adult fantasy novel in the Land of Elyon series.

CARMODY, ISOBELLE (Jane) (1958- ) (chron.)

• * +Little Fur: A Fox Called Sorrow (Random House 978-0-375-83856-9, Feb 2007, $14.99, 245pp, hc, cover by Isobelle Carmody) [Little Fur] Young-adult fantasy novel, the second in a series about a diminutive urban troll. This is bound in a suedelike fabric with a color inset and no dust jacket. First US edition (Viking Australia 2006 as The Legend of Little Fur, Book 2, A Fox Called Sorrow).

CARR, JOHN F(rancis) (1944- ) (chron.)

• * *War World: The Battle of Sauron (with Don Hawthorne) (Pequod Press 0-937912-04-2, Oct 2007, $45.00, 444pp, hc, cover by Alan Gutierrez) [War World] Shared-world SF novel set in the world created by Carr & Jerry Pournelle, part of Pournelle’s Future History, inspired by the works of H. Beam Piper; portions were previously published in the first two War World anthologies. Pequod Press, PO Box 80, Boalsburg, PA 16827; [www.hostigos.com]; add $10.00 shipping.

CARROLL, LEWIS; pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, (1832-1898) (chron.)

• * _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (Barnes & Noble Classics 978-1-59308-345-8, 2007, $7.95, 286+xxxiii, hc, cover by Milo Winter) [Alice] Reissue (Macmillan 1865 and 1871) omnibus of two classic children’s fantasy novels. This has a 2003 introduction and notes by Tan Lin. An instant remainder edition. Fourth printing.

CARROLL, MICHAEL (stories) (chron.)

• * *The New Heroes: Absolute Power (HarperCollins UK Children’s Books 978-0-00-721094-7, Jul 2007, £5.99, 348pp, tp) [New Heroes] Young-adult fantasy novel, the third in a series about the children of superheroes.
• * *Quantum Prophecy: The Awakening (Penguin/Philomel 978-0-399-24725-5, Apr 2007, $16.99, 264pp, hc, cover by Jae Song) [Quantum Prophecy] Young-adult fantasy, the first in a series. Ten years after all the superheroes disappeared, teens start developing powers. First US edition (HarperCollins Children’s Books UK 1/06 as The New Heroes: The Quantum Prophecy).

CARTER, ANGELA (Olive, née Stalker) (1940-1992) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Fireworks (Virago 1-8440-8367-5, Oct 2006, £7.99, 153pp, tp) Reprint (Quartet 1974 as Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces) original fantasy collection.
• * _The Magic Toyship (Virago 0-86068-190-4, Oct 2006, £7.99, 200pp, tp) Reprint (Heinemann 1967) associational novel.

CARTER, DEAN VINCENT (chron.)

• * +The Hand of the Devil (Random House/Delacorte 978-0-385-73371-2, Oct 2006, $7.95, 271pp, tp, cover by Songe Riddle) Young-adult horror novel. A journalist investigates reports of a strange insect. First US edition (The Bodley Head 2/06). This is dated 2006, but not seen until now.
• * _The Hand of the Devil (Transworld/Corgi 978-0-552-55297-4, Mar 2007, £5.99, 275pp, tp) Reprint (The Bodley Head 2006) young-adult horror novel.
• * *The Hunting Season (The Bodley Head 978-0-370-32912-3, Mar 2007, £10.99, 241pp, hc, cover by Songe Riddle) Young-adult dark fantasy novel.

CARVER, JEFFREY A(llan) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * _Battlestar Galactica (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07965-6, Jan 2007, £6.99, 336pp, pb) [Battlestar Galactica] Reprint (Tor 2006) novelization of the new version of the SF TV show. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Licensing. [First U.K. edition]

CARWYN, GILES (chron.)

• * *Mistress of Winter (with Todd Fahnestock) (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-082977-3, May 2007, $25.95, 483pp, hc, cover by Thomas Thiemeyer) [Heir of Autumn] Fantasy novel, the second in a series about the kingdom of Ohndarien after Heir of Autumn.
• * _Mistress of Winter (with Todd Fahnestock) (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-06-082978-0, Jan 2008, $7.99, 608pp, pb, cover by Thomas Thiemeyer) [Heir of Autumn] Reprint (Eos 2007) fantasy novel, the second in a series about the kingdom of Ohndarien after Heir of Autumn.

CARY, KATE; see pseudonym Erin Hunter (chron.)

• * *Bloodline, Book Two: Reckoning (Penguin/Razorbill 978-1-59514-013-5, Feb 2007, $16.99, 311pp, hc, cover by Peter Emmerich) [Dracula] Young-adult vampire novel, second in a series sequel to Stoker’s Dracula.

CAST, KRISTIN (chron.)

• * _Betrayed (with P. C. Cast) See entry under P. C. Cast
• * _Marked (with P. C. Cast) See entry under P. C. Cast

CAST, P. C. (chron.)

• * *Betrayed (with Kristin Cast) (St. Martin’s Griffin 978-0-312-36028-3, Oct 2007, $8.95, 310pp, tp) [House of Night] Paranormal vampire romance, the second in the House of Night series. Zoey Montgomery seeks a killer whose crimes point to the fledgling vampires at their school, the House of Night.
• * *Divine by Blood (Harlequin/Luna 978-0-373-80291-3, Sep 2007, $14.95, 443pp, tp) [Partholon] Romantic fantasy novel in the Partholon series.
• * *Goddess of Love (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21528-9, Jun 2007, $14.00, 292pp, tp, cover by Matt Mahurin) [Goddess Summoning] Fantasy romance novel in the Goddess Summoning series.
• * *Marked (with Kristin Cast) (St. Martin’s Griffin 978-0-312-36026-9, May 2007, $8.95, 306pp, tp) [House of Night] Paranormal vampire romance in the House of Night series. Teenager Zoey Montgomery discovers she’s Changing into a vampyre and has to attend a special boarding school, the House of Night.

CASTLE, JAYNE; pseudonym of Jayne Ann Krentz, (1948- ) (chron.)

• * *Silver Master (Jove 978-0-515-14355-3, Sep 2007, $7.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) Paranormal romance set on the world of Harmony. A man looking for a missing artifact wrangles with a psychic matchmaker. This is a pen name for Jayne Ann Krentz, who also writes as Amanda Quick.

CATANESE, P. W. (chron.)

• * *The Riddle of the Gnome (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 978-1-4169-1252-1, Jan 2007, $5.99, 250pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Young-adult fantasy novel in the Further Tales series of fairytale sequels, based on the story of Rumpelstiltskin. An odd little man offers to help a cursed boy — for a price.

CAVANAUGH, JACK (chron.)

• * *A Hideous Beauty (Simon & Schuster/Howard Books 978-1-4165-4340-4, Oct 2007, $12.99, 368pp, tp) [Kingdom Wars] Christian supernatural thriller, the first book in the Kingdom Wars series. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Grant Austin discovers fallen angels are among us working evil.

CAVENEY, PHILIP (Richard) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * *Sebastian Darke: Prince of Fools (The Bodley Head 978-0-370-32915-4, Jan 2007, £9.99, 377pp, hc, cover by David Wyatt) [Sebastian Darke] Young-adult humorous fantasy novel, the first in a series. Half-elf Sebastian tries to take up his human father’s trade as a jester. Illustrated by Bob Lea.

CELBRIDGE, YOLANDE (chron.)

• * *Sindi in Silk (Nexus 978-0-352-34102-0, Apr 2007, £6.99, 238pp, pb) Erotic postapocalyptic vampire fantasy retelling of Cinderella.

CERASINI, MARC A. (1952- ) (chron.)

• * *Wolverine: Violent Tendencies (Pocket Star 978-1-4165-1074-1, Nov 2007, $7.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Bill Sienkiewicz) [Wolverine] Novelization based on the comic book character. Copyrighted by Marvel Characters.

CHABON, MICHAEL (1963- ) (chron.)

• * *Gentlemen of the Road (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-50174-5, Nov 2007, $21.95, 204pp, hc, cover by Gianni De Conno) Associational swashbuckling Jewish historical novel. Originally serialized in The New York Times Magazine. Illustrated by Gary Gianni.
• * *The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (HarperCollins 978-0-00-714982-7, May 2007, $26.95, 414pp, hc) Fantasy/alternate-history/mystery novel. Detective Meyer Landsman investigates murder in the Federal District of Sitka, a refuge for Jews in Alaska.
• * _The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (SFBC #1238180, Aug 2007, $14.99, 414pp, hc) Reprint (HarperCollins 2007) fantasy/alternate-history/mystery novel. This is similar to the HarperCollins edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

CHADBOURN, MARK (stories) (chron.)

• * _Jack of Ravens (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07948-9, Dec 2007, £7.99, 388pp, tp, cover by Sue Michniewicz) [Kingdom of the Serpent] Reprint (Gollancz 2006) fantasy novel, book one of the Kingdom of the Serpent series. Jack Churchill is thrown back millennia in time and seen as a messenger from the gods,

CHAFE, PAUL C. (chron.)

• * _Destiny’s Forge (Baen 978-1-4165-5507-0, Oct 2007, $7.99, 963pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Man-Kzin Wars] Reprint (Baen 2006) SF novel set in the world of the Man-Kzin Wars created by Larry Niven.
• * *Genesis (Baen 978-1-4165-5509-4, Nov 2007, $24.00, 410pp, hc, cover by David Mattingly) SF novel. Overcrowded Earth prepares a colony ship for a 10,000-year voyage.

CHALLIS, ANGELA, ed. (chron.)

• * *Australian Dark Fantasy and Horror 2006 (with Shane Jiraiya Cummings) (Brimstone Press 0-9802817-0-9, 2007, hc) The best Australian dark fiction and essays published in 2005. (Contents)

CHAMBERLAIN, KODY (chron.)

• * _Beowulf (with Stefan Petrucha) See entry under Stefan Petrucha.

CHANCE, KAREN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Claimed by Shadow (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46152-0, Apr 2007, $7.99, 374pp, pb) [Cassandra Palmer] Paranormal romance, the second featuring Cassie Palmer, heir to the Pythia. Cassie has trouble with an over-possessive master vampire’s geis.

CHASE, CLIFFORD (chron.)

• * _Winkie (Hodder & Stoughton 978-0-340-92454-9, Apr 2007, £12.99, 240pp, hc) Reprint (Grove/Atlantic 2006) satirical fantasy novel of a sentient teddy bear accused of terrorism. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Winkie (Grove 978-0-8021-4310-5, Jun 2007, $12.00, 240pp, tp) Reprint (Grove 2006) fantasy novel about a teddy bear arrested as a terrorist mastermind.

CHEIRO; pseudonym of William John Warner, (1866-1936) (stories) (chron.)

• * _A Study of Destiny (University of Tampa Press 978-1-59732-014-6, Oct 2006, $12.00, 88+xvii, tp) Reprint (Sakon & Co. 1898 as by Count de Hamong) horror novella of an Egyptian curse. The text has minor corrections. Cheiro is a pseudonym for palm reader William John Warner, also known as Count Louis Hamon and Count Leigh de Hamong. Edited and with critical introduction, afterword, and notes by Sean Donnelly. The second volume in the Insistent Visions series reprinting under-appreciated 19th-century genre stories. A hardcover edition (-013-9, $20.00) was announced but not seen. Order from the University of Tampa Press, 401 West Kennedy Blvd, Tampa FL 33606; [http://utpress.ut.edu].

CHERRY, CAROLYN JANICE (1942- ); see under C. J. Cherryh; see under Cherryh, C. J. (stories) (chron.)

CHERRYH, C. J.; working name of Carolyn Janice Cherry, (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Chanur’s Endgame (DAW 978-0-7564-0444-4, Jun 2007, $7.99, 729pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Chanur] Omnibus of two SF novels in the Chanur series: Chanur’s Homecoming (1986) and Chanur’s Legacy (1992). (Contents)
• * *Deliverer (DAW 978-0-7564-0414-7, Feb 2007, $25.95, 357pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) [Foreigner] SF novel, ninth in the overall Foreigner series, third in a new sequence.
• * _Deliverer (SFBC #1231241, Feb 2007, $13.99, 357pp, hc) [Foreigner] Reprint (DAW 2007) SF novel, ninth in the overall Foreigner series. This is similar to the DAW edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Fortress of Ice (HarperCollins/Eos 978-0-380-82025-2, Aug 2007, $7.99, 516pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Fortress] Reprint (Eos 2006) fantasy novel, fifth in the Fortress series.
• * _Pretender (DAW 978-0-7564-0408-6, Feb 2007, $7.99, 404pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Foreigner] Reprint (DAW 2006) SF novel, eighth in the overall Foreigner series, second in a new sequence after Destroyer.

CHESTER, DEBORAH (Ann) (1957- ) (chron.)

• * *The Pearls (Ace 978-0-441-01548-1, Dec 2007, $7.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Pearls and the Crown] Fantasy novel, book one of The Pearls and the Crown series. An emperor’s sister who cries pearls is kidnapped by a warlord’s brother.

CHESTERTON, G(ilbert) K(eith) (1874-1936) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Man Who Was Thursday (Hodder Headline/Review 978-0-7553-3886-3, Jun 2007, £4.99, 226pp, tp) Reprint (Arrowsmith 1908) fantasy novel. This edition adds an extract from a related 1936 article by Chesterton.

CHIANG, TED (1967- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate (Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-100-2, Jul 2007, $20.00, 60pp, hc, cover by Jacob McMurray) Fantasy novelette of Medieval Baghdad. A leatherbound, signed, limited edition of 200 is also available. Order from Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; [www.subterraneanpress.com].

CHILD, LINCOLN (1957- ) (chron.)

• * _Book of the Dead (with Douglas Preston) See entry under Douglas Preston.
• * *Deep Storm (Doubleday 978-0-385-51550-4, Feb 2007, $24.95, 370pp, hc, cover by Shasti O’Leary Soudant) Thriller with possible SF/supernatural elements; a secret undersea project excavating Atlantis unearths a strange disease.
• * _Deep Storm (SFBC #1224867, Mar 2007, $12.99, 370pp, hc, cover by Shasti O’Leary Soudant) Reprint (Doubleday 2007) thriller with possible SF/supernatural elements about an undersea project excavating Atlantis. This is similar to the Doubleday edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Wheel of Darkness (with Douglas Preston) See entry under Douglas Preston.

CHILD, MAUREEN (stories) (chron.)

• * *More than Fiends (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 978-0-451-22127-8, Jun 2007, $14.00, 269pp, tp) Humorous contemporary paranormal novel. Cassidy Burke learns she is the next in a long line of demon-dusters, who spot and kill demons with their housecleaning abilities.

CHILDS, LISA (chron.)

• * *Damned (Harlequin/Silhouette Nocturne 978-0-373-61769-2, Jul 2007, $5.25, 272pp, pb) [Witch Hunt] Paranormal romance in the Witch Hunt series. Irina Cooper thinks she’s crazy because she hears others’ thoughts.