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The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2007

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KING, STEPHEN (Edwin) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Three Complete Novels: Carrie/’Salem’s Lot/The Shining (Random House/Wings 978-0-517-21902-7, 2007, $17.99, 1096pp, hc) Reissue (2002) omnibus of three horror novels: Carrie (1974), ’Salem’s Lot (1975), and The Shining (1977). This is an instant remainder edition. Fifth printing.

KING, TABITHA (Jane) (1949- ) (chron.)

• * _Candles Burning (with Michael McDowell) See entry under Michael McDowell.

KING, WILLIAM (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * * The Warhammer 40,000: The Space Wolf Omnibus (BL Publishing/Black Library 978-1-84416-457-8, Jan 2007, £9.99, 766pp, tp) [Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf] Omnibus of three novellas set in the SF roleplaying universe: Space Wolf (1999), Ragnar’s Claw (2000), and Grey Hunter (2002). (Contents)
• * +Warhammer 40,000: The Space Wolf Omnibus (BL Publishing/Black Library US 978-1-84416-457-8, Feb 2007, $11.99, 766pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer 40,000: Wolfclaw] Omnibus of three novelizations based on the roleplaying game in the Space Wolf or Wolfclaw subseries: Space Wolf (1999), Ragnar’s Claw (2000), and Grey Hunter (2002). Copyrighted by Games Workshop. This first US edition has the same ISBN as the Black Library UK (1/07) edition, but only gives US and Canadian prices. (Contents)
• * _Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix: The First Omnibus (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-84416-374-1, Jul 2006, £9.99, 763pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix] Reprint (Black Library 2003) omnibus of three novelizations based on the fantasy roleplaying game, the first three books in the Gotrek & Felix subseries: Trollslayer (1999), Skavenslayer (1999), and Daemonslayer (1999). Published in 2006 but not seen till now. (Contents)
• * * Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix: The Second Omnibus (BL Publishing/Black Library 1-8441-6417-9, Oct 2006, £8.99, 766pp, tp, cover by Greg Staples) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix] Omnibus of three novelizations based on the roleplaying game universe, books four through six in the Gotrek & Felix subseries: Dragonslayer (2000), Beastslayer (2001), and Vampireslayer (2001). Published in 2006 but not seen till now. (Contents)

KIPLING, (Joseph) RUDYARD (1865-1936) (stories) (chron.)

• * * The Mark of the Beast and Other Fantastical Tales (Orion/Gollancz 978-0-575-07791-1, Jan 2007, £7.99, xii+785pp, tp, cover by Richard Carr) Collection of 50 SF, fantasy, and horror stories, edited and with an afterword by Stephen Jones. Introduction by Neil Gaiman. Volume 50 in the Fantasy Masterworks series. (Contents)

KIRALY, MARIE; pseudonym of Elaine Bergstrom, (1946- ) (chron.)

• * _Mina (Berkley 978-0-425-21746-7, Dec 2007, $14.00, 342pp, tp, cover by Tony Mauro) [Dracula] Reprint (Berkley 1994) horror novel based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Kiraly is a pen name for Elaine Bergstrom.

KIRCHHOFF, MICHAEL (chron.)

• * * Imminent (iUniverse 0-595-41104-5, Dec 2006, $19.95, 317pp, tp) SF novel. Two alien races, the pacifist Imminent and the warlike Zeastians, pay for permission to hold their war in the Alaskan wilderness. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now. A print-on-demand edition available online at [www.iuniverse.com\] or from iUniverse, 2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100, Lincoln NE 68512; 800-288-4677.

KIRKPATRICK, RUSSELL (chron.)

• * +Across the Face of the World (Orbit US 978-0-316-00341-4, Jan 2008, $7.99, 701pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Fire of Heaven] Fantasy novel, book one of the Fire of Heaven trilogy. First US edition (HarperCollins Australia 2004).
• * _In the Earth Abides the Flame (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-464-X, Nov 2006, £7.99, 526pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Fire of Heaven] Reprint (HarperCollins Australia 2004) fantasy novel, book two in the Fire of Heaven series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Right Hand of God (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 978-1-84149-465-4, May 2007, £7.99, 623pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [Fire of Heaven] Reprint (HarperCollins Australia 2005) fantasy novel, book three in the Fire of Heaven series. [First U.K. edition]

KIRN, WALTER (chron.)

• * * The Unbinding (Random House/Anchor 978-0-307-27741-1, Jan 2007, $13.95, 165+ix, tp) Near-future SF novel. An operator at AidSat uses his company’s omnipresent assistance network to spy on others. Previously published online as a serial at Slate.com, with some revisions.

KLAGES, ELLEN (stories) (chron.)

• * * Portable Childhoods (Tachyon Publications 978-1-892391-45-2, Apr 2007, $14.95, 210pp, tp) Collection of 16 stories, three original. Introduction by Neil Gaiman. (Contents)

KLAUSE, ANNETTE CURTIS (stories) (chron.)

• * _Blood and Chocolate (Random House/Delacorte 978-0-385-73421-9, Aug 2007, $8.99, 264pp, tp, cover by Shane Rebenschied) Reprint (Delacorte 1997) young-adult werewolf romance.
• * _Freaks (Simon Pulse 978-0-689-87038-5, Jul 2007, $6.99, 331pp, pb, cover by James Jean) Reprint (McElderry 2006) young-adult historical fantasy novel about the normal son of freak show entertainers.

KLIMA, JOHN, ed. (chron.)

• * * Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories (Bantam Spectra 978-0-553-38433-8, May 2007, $13.00, 433pp, pb, cover by Jamie S. Warren Youll) Original anthology of 21 stories, two reprints, based on winning spelling bee words. Authors include Liz Williams, Michael Moorcock, Elizabeth Hand, and Jay Lake. (Contents)

KLUGER, JEFFREY (chron.)

• * * Nacky Patcher and the Curse of the Dry-Land Boats (Penguin/Philomel 978-0-599-24606-3, Jun 2007, $18.99, 374pp, hc, cover by David Elliott) Young-adult novel with fantasy elements. The people of the landlocked town of Yole decide to rebuild a damaged ship they find, hoping to end a curse.

KNAAK, RICHARD A(llen) (1961- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * * Diablo: The Sin War, Book Three: The Veiled Prophet (Pocket Star 978-0-7434-7124-4, Oct 2007, $7.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Glenn Rane) [Diablo: The Sin War] Novelization based on the dark fantasy computer game, the third volume in a trilogy. Copyrighted by Blizzard Entertainment.
• * * Diablo: The Sin War, Book Two: Scales of the Serpent (Pocket Star 978-0-7434-7123-7, Apr 2007, $7.99, 327pp, pb, cover by Glenn Rane) [Diablo: The Sin War] Novelization based on the dark fantasy computer game, the second volume in a trilogy. Copyrighted by Blizzard Entertainment.
• * * DragonLance: Black Talon (Wizards of the Coast 978-0-7869-4299-2, Dec 2007, $6.99, 405pp, pb, cover by Aleksi Briclot) [DragonLance: Ogre Titans] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, volume one of the Ogre Titans series. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.

KNAPP, LEONARD; see under del Rey, Lester (stories) (chron.)

KNIGHT, ANGELA (stories) (chron.)

• * * Captive Dreams (with Diane Whiteside) (Berkley Sensation 0-425-20775-7, Sep 2006, $14.00, 330pp, tp, cover by Jim Griffin) Erotic paranormal romance anthology, with two novellas by the authors individually, and collaborative prologue and epilogue. Previously published in ebook form (Ellora’s Cave 2002). Two fantasy writers are kidnapped by their hunky fantasy and SF heroes, who fear they’re about to be written off. This is dated 2006, but not seen until now. (Contents)
• * * Master of Dragons (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21424-4, Jun 2007, $7.99, 293pp, pb) [Mageverse] Paranormal romance set in the Mageverse.
• * _Master of Swords (SFBC #1222500, Nov 2006, $10.99, 305pp, hc, cover by Franco Accornero) [Magekind] Reprint (Berkley Sensation 2006) contemporary dark fantasy romance novel with Arthurian elements in the Magekind series. This has ISBN 978-0-7394-7368-9, lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * * Warlord (Berkley Sensation 978-0-425-21784-9, Sep 2007, $14.00, 410pp, tp) Erotic paranormal romance collection, with the novel Jane’s Warlord (2004), novella “Warfem”, and two original stories. (Contents)

KNIGHT, DEIDRE (chron.)

• * * Parallel Desire (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 978-0-451-22244-2, Dec 2007, $6.99, 335pp, pb) [Midnight Warriors] SF paranormal romance novel, fourth in the Midnight Warriors series begun in Parallel Attraction.
• * * Parallel Seduction (Penguin/Signet Eclipse 978-0-451-22096-7, Apr 2007, $6.99, 332pp, pb) [Midnight Warriors] SF paranormal romance novel, third in the series begun in Parallel Attraction.

KNIGHT, E. E. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Valentine’s Exile (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46161-2, Jul 2007, $7.99, 345pp, pb) [Vampire Earth] Reprint (Roc 2006) SF horror novel, book five of The Vampire Earth.
• * * Valentine’s Resolve (Penguin/Roc 978-0-451-46146-9, Jul 2007, $23.95, 323pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Vampire Earth] SF horror novel, book six of The Vampire Earth. David Valentine travels to enemy-held Seattle to free allies.

KNIGHT, OLIVIA (stories) (chron.)

• * * The Ten Visions (Black Lace 978-0-352-34119-8, Jul 2007, £7.99, 255pp, pb) Erotic fantasy.

KNOST, MICHAEL, ed. (chron.)

• * * Legends of the Mountain State: Ghostly Tales from the State of West Virginia (Woodland Press 978-0-9793236-0-7, Nov 2007, $18.95, 150pp, tp) Original anthology of 13 ghost stories based on Appalachian folklore. Authors include Thomas F. Monteleone, Scott Nicholson, and Kealan Patrick Burke. Foreword by Rick Hautala. Woodland Press, 118 Woodland Drive, Chapmanville WV 25508; [www.woodlandpress.com\].[ (Contents)](t26.htm#A1408)

KNOX, ELIZABETH (chron.)

• * * The Dream Quake (Faber and Faber 978-0-571-22457-9, Jan 2007, £12.99, 491pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Dreamhunter Duet] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book two of The Dreamhunter Duet after The Rainbow Opera.
• * * Dreamquake (Farrar Straus Giroux 978-0-374-31854-3, Mar 2007, $19.00, 449pp, hc, cover by Eric Dinyer) [Dreamhunter Duet] Young-adult fantasy novel, the second book of the Dreamhunter Duet. A Frances Foster book. First US edition (Faber Children’s Books 1/07 as The Dream Quake).

KNOX, TYLER; pseudonym of William Lashner, (1957- ) (chron.)

• * * Kockroach (HarperCollins/Morrow 978-0-06-114333-5, Jan 2007, $23.95, 356pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel, an inversion of Kafka’s Metamorphosis in which a cockroach becomes human in the mid-1950s.

KOJA, KATHE (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * * Kissing the Bee (Farrar Straus Giroux/Foster 978-0-374-39938-2, Oct 2007, $16.00, 121pp, hc) Associational young-adult novella about high school seniors in a love triangle. A Frances Foster book.

KOLOSOV, JACQUELINE (chron.)

• * * The Red Queen’s Daughter (Hyperion 978-1-4232-0797-2, Oct 2007, $16.99, 404pp, hc, cover by Michael Frost) Young-adult historical fantasy. Mary Seymour learns white magic to help Queen Elizabeth.

KONTIS, ALETHEA (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Dark-Hunter Companion (with Sherrilyn Kenyon) See entry under Sherrilyn Kenyon.
• * _Sherrilyn Kenyon’s Dark Hunter Handbook (with Sherrilyn Kenyon) See entry under Sherrilyn Kenyon.

KOONTZ, DEAN R(ay) (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Brother Odd (HarperCollins UK 978-0-00-722657-3, Jan 2007, £17.99, 367pp, hc) [Odd Thomas] Reprint (Bantam 2006) fantasy novel. Book three in the Odd Thomas series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Brother Odd (HarperCollins UK 978-0-00-722658-0, Jul 2007, £6.99, 438pp, pb) [Odd Thomas] Reprint (Bantam 2006) fantasy novel, book three in the Odd Thomas series.
• * _Brother Odd (Bantam 978-0-553-58910-8, Nov 2007, $7.99, 431pp, pb, cover by Tom Hallman) [Odd Thomas] Reprint (Bantam 2006) thriller/psych horror novel, third in the Odd Thomas series.
• * * The Darkest Evening of the Year (Bantam 978-0-553-80482-9, Dec 2007, $27.00, 354pp, hc) Thriller with supernatural elements. A woman who helps abused dogs is attacked by humans.
• * _Darkfall (Berkley 978-0-425-21459-6, Feb 2007, $7.99, 374pp, pb) Reissue (W.H. Allen 1984 as Darkness Comes) horror novel. This has a new afterword by Koontz; 51st printing.
• * _Demon Seed (Hodder Headline 978-0-7472-3489-0, Jan 2007, £7.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) Reissue (Bantam 1973) SF novel. This follows the 1973 revised edition.
• * _Forever Odd (Bantam 978-0-553-38451-2, Dec 2007, $14.00, 334pp, tp, cover by Tom Hallman) [Odd Thomas] Reprint (Bantam 2005) horror novel, sequel to Odd Thomas.
• * * The Good Guy (HarperCollins UK 978-0-00-722659-7, May 2007, £17.99, 386pp, hc) Associational thriller. Tim Carrier has to protect an unknown woman against a paid killer. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam) edition.
• * * The Good Guy (Bantam 978-0-553-80481-2, Jun 2007, $27.00, 386pp, hc, cover by Tom Hallman) Associational thriller. An ordinary man is mistaken for a killer working with the police.
• * _The Husband (Harper UK 978-0-00-722656-6, Jan 2007, £6.99, 453pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 2006) associational novel.
• * _The Husband (Bantam 978-0-553-58909-2, May 2007, $7.99, 415pp, pb, cover by Tom Hallman) Reprint (Bantam 2006) associational thriller. An international mass market edition was announced for January 2007 but not seen.
• * _Icebound (Hodder Headline 978-0-7472-4740-1, Jan 2007, £7.99, 376pp, pb) Reissue (Headline 1995) associational thriller, a major revision of Prison of Ice (Lippincott 1976 as by David Axton).
• * _The Mask (Hodder Headline 978-0-7472-3262-9, Mar 2007, £7.99, 342pp, pb) Reissue (Jove 1981 as by Owen West) fantasy novel. tenth printing.
• * _Strange Highways (Hodder Headline 0-7472-4839-7, Sep 2006, £7.99, 564pp, pb) Reissue (Headline 1995) SF/fantasy collection.
• * _Ticktock (Hodder Headline 0-7472-4972-5, Sep 2006, £7.99, 311pp, pb) Reissue (Headline 1996) SF/fantasy novel.
• * _Twilight Eyes (Berkley 978-0-425-21864-8, Dec 2007, $7.99, 460pp, pb) Reissue (W.H. Allen 1987) horror novel, expanded from an earlier (1985) version. This has a new afterword by the author; 39th printing.

KOREN, BRITTIANY A., ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Places to Be, People to Kill (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg

KRATMAN, TOM (chron.)

• * * Carnifex (Baen 978-1-4165-7383-8, Nov 2007, $23.00, 675pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) [Desert Called Peace] Military SF novel, sequel to A Desert Called Peace.
• * * A Desert Called Peace (Baen 978-1-4165-2145-7, Sep 2007, $22.00, 709pp, hc, cover by Kurt Miller) [Desert Called Peace] Military SF novel.
• * _Watch on the Rhine (with John Ringo) See entry under John Ringo.
• * _Yellow Eyes (with John Ringo) See entry under John Ringo.

KREIGAR, STEVEN (chron.)

• * * This Is Not for You (PublishAmerica 1-4241-5025-6, Dec 2006, $19.95, 168pp, tp) Fantasy novel. Four half-brothers, all human-angel hybrids, must stop the tyrant Seluku. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.publishamerica.com\].

KRENTZ, JAYNE ANN (1948- ); see pseudonyms Jayne Castle & Amanda Quick (chron.)

• * * White Lies (Piatkus 0-7499-3742-4, Jan 2007, £10.99, 371pp, tp) [Arcane Society] Romantic suspense novel about a psychic, second book in the Arcane Society series after Second Sight (as by Amanda Quick). A hardcover edition (-0836-X, £18.99) was announced but not seen. Published simultaneously with the US (Putnam) edition.
• * _White Lies (SFBC #1218251, Feb 2007, $12.99, 310pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam 2007) paranormal romance of the Arcane Society. This is similar to the Putnam edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

KRILL, O. H. (stories) (chron.)

• * * Montauk Babies (or the Many Lives of Al Leedskalnin) (Reality Press 0-9777904-2-8, Feb 2007, $17.95, unpaginated, tp) Near-future SF novella with extensive illustrations by John Malloy. The Earth is literally falling apart, and it’s up to Al Leedskalnin with his fragmented memories to stop it. Reality Press, 21321 Oakwood Lane, Foresthill CA 95631; [www.reality-entertainment.com/books/htm\].

KRINARD, SUSAN (chron.)

• * * Chasing Midnight (Harlequin/HQN 978-0-373-77218-6, Oct 2007, $6.99, 488pp, pb) Paranormal romance. The vampire Allegra Chase meets a werewolf in 1920s Greenwich Village.

KRISSDOTTIR, MORINE (chron.)

• * _Desents of Memory: The Life of John Cowper Powys (Overlook Duckworth 978-1-58567-917-1, Aug 2007, $40.00, 480pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography. Includes notes and index. [Powys]

KUNZEL, BONNIE (1944- ) (chron.)

• * * Tamora Pierce (with Susan Fichtelberg) (Greenwood Press 978-0-313-33660-7, Dec 2007, $45.00, 279+x, hc) Young-adult non-fiction, reference, a guide to Pierce’s YA fantasies, part of the Teen Reads series of references. Includes bibliography and index. Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, PO Box 5007, Westport CT 06881-5007; [www.greenwood.com\]. [Pierce]

KURIMOTO, KAORU; pseudonym of Sumiyo Imaoka, (1953-2009) (chron.)

• * * The Guin Saga Manga: The Seven Magi: Vol. 1 (with Kazuaki Yanagisawa) (Vertical 978-1-932234-80-0, Dec 2007, $12.95, 164pp, tp, cover by Kazuaki Yanagisawa) [Guin Saga] Graphic novel/manga, the first of three volumes adapting the 1979 novel Guin Saga: Shichinin no Madoushi by Kaoru Kurimoto; translated by Ishamel Arthur.
• * _The Guin Saga, Book One: The Leopard Mask (Vertical 978-1-932234-81-7, Dec 2007, $9.95, 286pp, tp, cover by Naoyuki Kato) [Guin Saga] Reprint (Vertical 2003) Japanese heroic fantasy novel, first in a series of 100. Translated by Alexander O. Smith & Elye J. Alexander from the Japanese Hyoto no Kamen (Hayakawa Shobo 1979).

KURKOV, ANDREY (chron.)

• * * The President’s Last Love (Harvill Secker 978-1-8434-3257-9, Sep 2007, £12.99, 440pp, tp, cover by Ian Bilbey) Satirical novel set in 2013; translated by George Bird from the Russian original.

KURLAND, LYNN (chron.)

• * * When I Fall in Love (Jove 978-0-515-14296-9, May 2007, $7.99, 445pp, tp) Paranormal/time-travel romance.

KURTZ, KATHERINE (Irene) (1944- ) (chron.)

• * _At Sword’s Point (with Scott MacMillan) (Penguin/Roc 978-0-415-45407-2, Nov 2007, $6.99, 352pp, pb) Reissue (Roc 1994) fantasy novel, created by Kurtz and written by Scott. Copyrighted by Kurtz and packager Bill Fawcett & Associates. Third printing.

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