The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

Books, Listed by Author

MODESITT, L(eland) E(xton, Jr.) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *The Elysium Commission (Tor 978-0-765-31720-9, Feb 2007, $24.95, 336pp, hc, cover by David Seeley) SF novel. An investigator on the planet Devanta learns a scientist has created a utopian city in a pocket universe.
• * _The Elysium Commission (SFBC #1228360, Feb 2007, $12.49, 336pp, hc, cover by David Seeley) Reprint (Tor 2007) SF novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Ghost of the White Nights (Tor 978-0-765-34032-0, Apr 2007, $6.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Johan Eschbach] Reissue (Tor 2001) alternate-world SF novel, third in a trilogy with Of Tangible Ghosts and The Ghost of the Revelator. Second printing.
• * *Natural Ordermage (Tor 978-0-7653-1813-8, Sep 2007, $27.95, 496pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Recluce] Fantasy novel in the Recluce series, the first of two volumes set mostly on the distant continent of Hamor.
• * _Shadowsinger (Tor 978-0-7653-4258-4, Nov 2007, $7.99, 597pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Spellsong Cycle] Reissue (Tor 2002) fantasy novel, fifth and final in the Spellsong Cycle; second printing.
• * _Soarer’s Choice (Tor 978-0-7653-5559-1, Nov 2007, $7.99, 558pp, pb, cover by Daniel Horne) [Corean Chronicles] Reprint (Tor 2006) fantasy novel, the sixth book of the Corean Chronicles series.

MOERS, WALTER (chron.)

• * _The City of Dreaming Books (Random House/Vintage UK 978-0-099-49057-9, Mar 2007, £10.99, 459pp, tp, cover by Walter Moers) [Zamonia] Reprint (Harvill Secker 2006) fantasy novel, the fourth in the Zamonia series. Illustrated by Moers. Translated by John Brownjohn from the German Die Stadt der Traeumenden Buecher: Ein Roman aus Zamonien von Hildegunst von Mythenmetz (Piper 2004).
• * +City of Dreaming Books (Overlook Press 978-1-58567-899-0, Sep 2007, $26.95, 459pp, hc, cover by Walter Moers) [Zamonia] Fantasy novel, ostensibly a Zamonian novel by Optimus Yarnspinner, translated into German by Moers. Optimus Yarnspinner seeks the author of a mysterious manuscript in a city obsessed with books. Translated by John Brownjohn from the German Die Stadt der Träumenden Bücher: Ein Roman aus Zamonien von Hildegunst von Mythenmetz (Piper 2004). First US edition (Harvill Secker 3/06).
• * _Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures (Overlook Press 978-1-58567-936-2, Sep 2007, $16.95, 688pp, tp, cover by Walter Moers) [Zamonia] Reprint (Secker & Warburg 2004) humorous fantasy novel, set in the same world of Zamonia as The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear. Translated by John Brownjohn from the German (Piper 2003).

MOESTA, REBECCA (stories) (chron.)

• * _Crystal Doors Book I: Island Realm (with Kevin J. Anderson) (Little, Brown 978-0-316-11295-6, Apr 2007, $7.99, 292pp, tp) [Crystal Doors] Reprint (Little, Brown 2006 as Crystal Doors) young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a series.
• * *Crystal Doors, Book II: Ocean Realm (with Kevin J. Anderson) (Little, Brown 978-0-316-0156-6, Apr 2007, $16.99, 290pp, hc, cover by Alex Ferrari) [Crystal Doors] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the series.

MONETTE, SARAH; [born Sarah Elizabeth Smith] (1974- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Bone Key (Wildside Press/Prime Books 978-0-8095-5777-6, Aug 2007, $12.95, 255pp, tp) [Kyle Murchison Booth] Collection of ten stories, one original, featuring the necromantic mysteries of Kyle Murchison Booth. Prime Books, 9710 Traville Gateway Dr. #234; [www.prime-books.com]. (Contents)
• * *A Companion to Wolves (with Elizabeth Bear) (Tor 978-0-7653-1816-9, Oct 2007, $24.95, 302pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Fantasy novel about warriors bound to giant fighting wolves in a harsh northern land beset by trolls.
• * *The Mirador (Ace 978-0-441-01500-9, Aug 2007, $24.95, 426pp, hc, cover by Judy York) [Felix & Mildmay] Fantasy novel, the third in the series begun in Mélusine. Felix and Mildmay get mixed up with the actress/spy Mehitabel Parr.
• * _The Virtu (Ace 978-0-441-01516-0, Aug 2007, $7.99, 499pp, pb, cover by Judy York) [Felix & Mildmay] Reprint (Ace 2006) fantasy novel, sequel to Mélusine.

MONING, KAREN MARIE (chron.)

• * *Bloodfever (Delacorte 978-0-385-33916-2, Nov 2007, $22.00, 304pp, hc, cover by Lynn Andreazzi) [MacKayla Lane] Paranormal romance novel, sequel to Darkfever. MacKayla Lane seeks an ancient book of black magic while avoiding Fae assassins.
• * _Darkfever (Dell 978-0-440-24098-3, Sep 2007, $6.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) [MacKayla Lane] Reprint (Delacorte 2006) paranormal romance novel.

MONROE, LUCY (chron.)

• * *Moon Awakening (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21426-8, Feb 2007, $7.99, 323pp, pb, cover by Jim Griffin) [Children of the Moon] Paranormal historical romance in the Children of the Moon series. An Englishwoman is kidnapped by a Highland werewolf.

MOODY, RICK (stories) (chron.)

• * *Right Livelihoods (Little, Brown 0-316-16634-0, Jun 2007, $23.99, 223pp, hc) Collection of three novellas. (Contents)

MOON, (Susan) ELIZABETH N(orris) (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Command Decision (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-49159-6, Mar 2007, $24.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Dave Seeley) [*Vatta’s War] Military SF novel, fourth in the Vatta’s War series.
• * _Command Decision (SFBC #1229013, Mar 2007, $12.99, 384pp, hc, cover by Dave Seeley) [*Vatta’s War] Reprint (Del Rey 2007) military SF novel, fourth in the Vatta’s War series. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Command Decision (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-379-4, Apr 2007, £6.99, 453pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [*Vatta’s War] Reprint (Del Rey 2007) SF novel, book four in the Vatta’s War series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Engaging the Enemy (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-44757-9, Feb 2007, $7.99, 398pp, pb, cover by Dave Seeley) [*Vatta’s War] Reprint (Orbit 2006) military SF novel, third in the Vatta’s War series.
• * *The Serrano Connection (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-485-2, Sep 2007, £9.99, 771pp, tp, cover by Benedict Campbell) [Serrano Legacy] Omnibus of the fourth and fifth novels in the military SF series: Once a Hero (1997) and Rules of Engagement (1998). (Contents)

MOORCOCK, MICHAEL (John) (1939- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Behold the Man (Overlook Press 978-1-58567-764-1, Mar 2007, $13.95, 144pp, tp) [Karl Glogauer] Reprint (Allison & Busby 1969) Nebula award-winning novella.
• * _City of the Beast (Paizo/Planet Stories 978-1-60125-044-5, Oct 2007, $12.99, 157pp, tp, cover by Andrew Hou) [Michael Kane] Reprint (Compact 1965 as Warriors of Mars by Edward P. Bradbury) SF planetary adventure novel, the first book in the Michael Kane/Kane of Old Mars series. Introduction by Kim Mohan. Planet Stories, 2700 Richards Road, Suite 201, Bellevue WA 98005; [paizo.com/planetstories].
• * *The Metatemporal Detective (Prometheus/Pyr 978-1-59102-596-2, Oct 2007, $25.95, 326pp, hc, cover by John Picacio) [Seaton Begg] Collection of 11 stories, one original, about the title character, Seaton Begg, who solves crimes in a variety of alternate worlds in the multiverse. (Contents)
• * *Michael Moorcock’s Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer (with Walter Simonson) (DC Comics 978-1-4012-1334-3, Aug 2007, $19.99, unpaginated, tp, cover by Walter Simonson) [Elric] Graphic novel of Elric, written by Moorcock and illustrated by Simonson, originally published as a four-issue comic book.
• * _The Vengeance of Rome (Random House/Vintage UK 978-0-099-48882-8, Jan 2007, £7.99, 618pp, tp) [Pyat] Reprint (Jonathan Cape 2006) mostly mainstream novel with crossover characters from Moorcocks’s SF. Fourth volume in the Pyat quartet.

MOORE, C(atherine) L(ucille) (1911-1987) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Black God’s Kiss (Paizo/Planet Stories 978-1-60125-045-2, Oct 2007, $12.99, 222pp, tp, cover by Arnold Tsang) [Jirel of Joiry] Reprint (Paperback Library 1969 as Jirel of Joiry) collection of five stories featuring Jirel of Joiry; this adds one story co-authored by Henry Kuttner, and a new introduction by Suzy McKee Charnas. Paizo Publishing, 2700 Richards Road, Suite 201, Bellevue WA 98005; [paizo.com/planetsotries]. (Contents)

MOORE, CHRISTOPHER (George) (1952- ) (chron.)

• * _Coyote Blue (HarperPerennial 978-0-06-073543-2, Mar 2007, $12.95, 303pp, tp, cover by Ruth Marten) Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1994) satirical fantasy novel; 13th printing.
• * _A Dirty Job (Harper 978-0-06-059028-4, Mar 2007, $13.95, 387pp, tp, cover by William Staehle) Reprint (Morrow 2006) humorous dark fantasy novel.
• * _A Dirty Job (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-603-0, Jun 2007, £6.99, 434pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone & Siân Stone) Reprint (HarperCollins/Morrow 2006) humorous dark fantasy novel. Hypochondriac Charlie Asher is given the job of Death. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Fluke, Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings (Harper 978-0-06-056668-5, Mar 2007, $13.95, 321pp, tp, cover by Ruth Marten) Reissue (Morrow 2003) humorous fantasy novel about whale researchers; 13th printing.
• * _Fluke, Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-617-7, Sep 2007, £6.99, 383pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone & Siân Stone) Reprint (HarperCollins/Morrow 2003) humorous fantasy novel about whale researchers. Includes a seven-page section of author’s notes. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Island of the Sequined Love Nun (HarperPerennial 978-0-06-073544-9, Mar 2007, $13.95, 325pp, tp, cover by Ruth Marten) Reissue (Avon 1997) humorous fantasy novel; 14th printing.
• * _Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal (HarperCollins/Morrow 978-0-06-143859-2, 2007, $19.95, 417pp, tp) Reprint (Morrow 2002) humorous fantasy novel, the story of Christ’s childhood told by his best friend. This is a special gift edition bound like a bible with gilt-edged pages and ribbon bookmark, and a new afterword by the author.
• * _Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal (HarperPerennial 978-0-380-81381-0, Mar 2007, $13.95, 444pp, tp) Reissue (Morrow 2002) humorous fantasy novel, the story of Christ’s childhood told by his best friend; 32nd printing.
• * _Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-452-4, Aug 2007, £6.99, 506pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone & Siân Stone) Reprint (Morrow 2002) fantasy novel. Includes the afterword “Teaching Yoga to an Elephant”. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-451-7, Jan 2007, £6.99, 326pp, tp, cover by Tim Byrne) Reprint (Spike 1999) humorous dark fantasy novel. A sea monster may have something to do with a town’s increased libidos. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove (HarperPerennial 978-0-06-073545-6, Mar 2007, $13.95, 304pp, tp, cover by Ruth Marten) Reissue (Spike 1999) humorous dark fantasy novel; 14th printing.
• * _The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-690-0, Oct 2007, £9.99, 243pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone & Siân Stone) Reprint (Morrow 2004) humorous dark fantasy novel about a strange small-town Christmas. This is the revised version (Morrow 2005 as The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, Version 2.0) which adds a new chapter set a year later. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror (HarperCollins/Morrow 978-0-06-084235-2, Nov 2007, $15.95, 307pp, hc, cover by Susan H. Choi) Reissue (Morrow 2004) humorous dark fantasy novel about a strange small town Christmas. This follows the 2005 version with the added chapter, but drops the “Version 2.0” from the subtitle. Fourth printing.
• * _The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, Version 2.0 (HarperCollins/Morrow 978-0-06-084235-2, Apr 2007, $14.95, 306pp, hc, cover by Susan H. Choi) Reissue (Morrow 2004) humorous dark fantasy novel about a strange small town Christmas. This follows the 2005 version with the added chapter. Second printing.
• * _You Suck: A Love Story (SFBC #1234939, Apr 2007, $12.99, 328pp, hc) [Bloodsucking Fiends] Reprint (Morrow 2007) humorous vampire novel, a sequel to Bloodsucking Fiends. This is similar to the Morrow edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

MOORE, JAMES A. (chron.)

• * _Blood Red (Berkley 978-0-425-21759-7, Sep 2007, $7.99, 401pp, pb) Reprint (Earthling Publications 2005) vampire novel. This includes the 2005 introduction by Simon Clark and the author’s afterword.

MOORE, JOHN (chron.)

• * *A Fate Worse Than Dragons (Ace 978-0-441-01495-8, May 2007, $6.99, 231pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) Humorous fantasy novel.
• * _A Fate Worse Than Dragons (SFBC #1235744, Jun 2007, $10.99, 231pp, hc, cover by Walter Velez) Reprint (Ace 2007) humorous fantasy novel. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-8345-9, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

MOORE, LESLIE ANN (chron.)

• * *Griffin’s Daughter (Avari Press 978-1-933770-01-7, Feb 2007, $18.95, 335pp, tp, cover by Matt Hughes) Fantasy novel. A duke’s mistreated orphan half-elf niece discovers she has frightening powers and runs away to find her unknown father. A first novel. Avari Press, PO Box 11325, Lancaster PA 17605; [www.avaripress.com].

MOORE, PERRY (chron.)

• * *Hero (Hyperion 978-1-4231-0195-6, Aug 2007, $16.99, 428pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. The son of a disgraced superhero keeps his own powers secret until his father’s old group asks him to join.

MOORE, STUART (stories) (chron.)

• * _Redwall: The Graphic Novel (with Brett Blevins & Brian Jacques) See entry under Brian Jacques.

MOORE, T. M. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Nagrasanti (Ikthalion Press no ISBN, Jul 2007, $19.95, 339pp, tp, cover by Therri Moore) [Children of the Dragon] Original collection of four stories and several pieces cut from previous novels, book three in the Children of the Dragon series about heroic alien vampires. Illustrated by the author. This is a print-on-demand edition. Ikthalion Press, 4451 Murietta Avenue #26, Sherman Oaks CA 91423; [www.ikthalion.com]. (Contents)

MORDEN, SIMON (chron.)

• * *The Lost Art (Random House/Fickling Books UK 978-0-385-60964-7, Jul 2007, £12.99, 522pp, hc) Young-adult SF novel about a future Earth in which science and technology are outlawed.

MOREHOUSE, LYDA; see pseudonym Tate Hallaway (stories) (chron.)

MOREL, MELINA (chron.)

• * *Devour (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 978-0-451-22251-0, Oct 2007, $6.99, 325pp, pb) Paranormal romance. A werewolf hunter stalks a werewolf also being hunted by a vampire in contemporary New York.

MORGAN, AISHLING (chron.)

• * *Beastly Behaviour (Nexus 978-0-352-34095-5, Mar 2007, £6.99, 250pp, pb) Erotic dark fantasy novel mixing literary elements including The Hound of the Baskervilles.

MORGAN, ALEXIS (chron.)

• * *In Darkness Reborn (Pocket Star 978-1-4165-4658-0, Jul 2007, $6.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Craig White) [Paladins of Darkness] Dark fantasy romance, the third in a series.
• * *Redeemed in Darkness (Pocket Star 978-1-4165-4713-6, Dec 2007, $6.99, 347pp, pb) [Paladins of Darkness] Dark fantasy romance, the fourth in the Paladins of Darkness series.

MORGAN, CHERYL LEAH, trans.

• * _Cold Skin (with Albert Sánchez Piñol) See entry under Albert Sánchez Piñol.

MORGAN, RICHARD K(ingsley) (1965- ) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Altered Carbon (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-08112-3, Aug 2007, £7.99, 470pp, tp, cover by Corbis) [Takeshi Kovacs] Reprint (Gollancz 2002) SF novel, the first in the Takeshi Kovacs series. This is a Gollancz “Future Classics” edition.
• * *Black Man (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07513-9, May 2007, £14.99, 546pp, hc) SF novel. A trade paperback edition (-07767-6, £10.99) is also available.
• * _Black Man (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07813-0, Nov 2007, £7.99, 627pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 2007) SF novel.
• * +Thirteen (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-48525-0, Jul 2007, $24.95, 544pp, hc, cover by David Stevenson) SF novel. A Thirteen, a genetically supersoldier from a scrapped program, escapes forced exile on Mars and becomes a bounty hunter. First US edition (Gollancz 5/07 as Black Man).
• * _Woken Furies (Ballantine Del Rey 978-0-345-49977-6, Jun 2007, $14.95, 450pp, tp, cover by Christian McGrath) [Takeshi Kovacs] Reprint (Gollancz 2005) SF novel, the third in the Takeshi Kovacs series.

MORIARTY, CHRIS (chron.)

• * _Spin Control (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-58625-1, Jul 2007, $6.99, 596pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Major Catherine Li] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2006) SF novel, sequel to Spin State.

MORRIS, GERALD (chron.)

• * *The Quest of the Fair Unknown (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-63152-6, Oct 2006, $16.00, 264pp, hc, cover by Lou Beach) [*Squire’s Tales] Young-adult Arthurian novel, eighth in the Squire’s Tales series, this time following an innocent young man in search of his father at Camelot.

MORRIS, JAN (1926- ) (chron.)

• * _Hav (Faber and Faber 978-0-571-22984-0, Jun 2007, £7.99, 301pp, tp, cover by Ghost) Reissue (Faber and Faber 2006) collection combining literary fantasy novel Last Letters from Hav (1985) with new novella “Hav of the Myrmidons” set 20 years later.

MORRIS, MARK (1963- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Deluge (Leisure 978-0-8439-5893-5, Dec 2007, $7.99, 342pp, pb) Horror novel. A huge flood swamps England, but the survivors find something even worse when the waters recede.
• * *Doctor Who: Forever Autumn (BBC Books 978-1-8460-7270-3, Sep 2007, £6.99, 244pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Noveliation based on the TV series, book 16 in the new series, featuring the tenth Doctor.

MORRIS, SUSAN J., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Dragons: Worlds Afire (with Philip Athans, Patrick McGilligan & Mark Sehestedt) See entry under Philip Athans.

MORRISH, ROBERT, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * *Thrillers 2 (CD Publications 978-1-58767-122-7, Dec 2007, $40.00, 229pp, hc, cover by J. Myroshnychenko) Original anthology of nine horror stories by four authors: Gemma Files, Tim Waggoner, R. Patrick Gates, and Caitlín R. Kiernan, with story notes by the authors. CD Publications, 132-B Industry Lane, Unit 7, Forest Hill MD 21050; [www.cemeterydance.com]. (Contents)