The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

WALTON, EVANGELINE (stories) (continued)

• * _Island of the Mighty (Macmillan Collier Nucleus 0-02-026472-0, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $10.00, 368pp, tp, cover by Alan Lee) [Mabinogion] Reprint (Willet Clark 1936 as The Virgin and the Swine) fantasy novel, the “Fourth Branch of the Mabinogion”. Includes some comments on Walton reprinted from “On Evangeline Walton — and Magic” by Patrick Merla from The Saturday Review.
• * _Prince of Annwn (Macmillan Collier 0-02-026471-2, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $8.95, 179pp, pb, cover by Alan Lee) [Mabinogion] Reprint (Ballantine 1974) fantasy novel, part of a series of four based on the Welsh epic, The Mabinogion.
• * _The Song of Rhiannon (Macmillan/Collier Nucleus 0-02-026473-9, Sep ’92 [Oct ’92], $9.00, 208pp, tp, cover by Alan Lee) [Mabinogion] Reprint (Ballantine 1972) fantasy novel, part of a series of four based on the Welsh epic, The Mabinogion.
• * _The Sword is Forged (Pocket 0-671-44034-9, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $3.95, 339pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster Timescape 1983) historical fantasy novel.
• * _Witch House (Macmillan Collier 0-02-026242-6, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.95, 196pp, pb, cover by Lee MacLeod) Reprint (Arkham House 1945) classic psychic detective novel.

WALZ, MARJORIE A.; see pseudonym Dareion Morgan

WANDOR, MICHELENE (1940- )

• * *Guests in the Body (Virago 0-86068-711-2, Nov ’86, $12.95, 147pp, hc) Collection of stories, many with elements of fantasy. Some are originals. This edition, identical to the British, is available in the U.S. through Salem House.

WANDREI, DONALD (Albert) (1908-1987) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Colossus: The Collected Science Fiction of Donald Wandrei (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-00-3, 1989 [Oct ’89], $28.00, 421pp, hc) Collection of 21 stories, with an introduction by Richard L. Tierney, a selected bibliography by D.H. Olson, and illustrations by Rodger Gerberding. This is a limited edition of 1,000 copies bound and laid out similar to the older Arkham House books. (Contents)
• * *Don’t Dream (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-27-5, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $29.00, 395pp, hc, cover by Jon Arfstrom) Collection of 26 stories, mostly horror and fantasy, with 14 miscellaneous items: prose poems, essays, and marginalia. Two stories and ten of the miscellany are original to this volume; three stories were previously uncollected. Introduction by Helen Mary Hughesdon; afterword by D.H. Olson. Illustrated by Rodger Gerberding. Available from Fedogan & Bremer, 4325 Hiawatha Ave #2115, Minneapolis MN 55406; 612-721-8848, fax -9491; add $2.00 shipping. (Contents) [ed: Philip J. Rahman] [ed: Dennis E. Weiler]

WANDREI, HOWARD (Elmer) (1909-1956) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Last Pin (F&B Mystery 1-878252-25-9, Oct ’96, $29.00, 356pp, hc, cover by Gary Gianni) Associational collection of 11 spicy mystery and hard-boiled detective stories, by one of the most neglected authors of the Pulp Era whose pseudonyms included H.W. Guernsey and Robert A. Garron. Edited and with an introduction by D.H. Olson. Illustrations by Gary Gianni. A limited edition (-26-7, $95.00) was announced but not seen. Available from F&B Mystery, 5116 39th Avenue S, Minneapolis MN 55417; credit card orders: 800-738-2660. (Contents)
• * *Three Tales (Fedogan & Bremer, 1995, 48pp, ph, cover by Howard Wandrei) Collection of three stories selected from Time Burial, a forthcoming Wandrei collection, presented as an advance reading copy. (Contents)
• * *Time Burial (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-22-4, Nov ’95 [Jan ’96], $29.00, 317pp, hc, cover by Howard Wandrei) Collection of 20 horror and fantasy tales, two original, by one of the most neglected authors of the Pulp Era, with illustrations by the author, and a biographic introduction by editor D. H. Olson. Available from Fedogan & Bremer, 603 Washington Ave. SE #77, Minneapolis MN 55414-2950; credit card orders: 800-738-2660. (Contents)

WANGERIN, WALTER, Jr. (1944- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Book of Sorrows (Harper & Row 0-06-2500929-2, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $14.95, 338pp, hc) [Book of the Dun Cow] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Book of the Dun Cow.
• * _The Book of Sorrows (Harper & Row Perennial Library 0-06-250936-5, May ’89, $8.95, 339pp, tp) [Book of the Dun Cow] Reprint (Harper & Row 1985) fantasy novel, sequel to The Book of the Dun Cow.
• * _The Book of the Dun Cow (Harper & Row Perennial Library 0-06-250937-3, May ’89, $8.95, 241pp, tp) [Book of the Dun Cow] Reprint (Harper & Row 1978) fantasy novel.
• * *The Crying for a Vision (Simon & Schuster 0-671-79911-8, Oct ’94 [Dec ’94], $16.00, 279pp, hc, cover by E. B. Lewis) Young-adult contemporary American Indian coming-of-age fantasy novel.

WANZER, ORVILLE J.

• * *The Elfin Brood (Commonwealth Publications 1-55197-312-X, 1997 [Aug ’97], $5.99, 315pp, pb) Fantasy novel, book one in the “Elfin Trilogy”. Copyrighted 1996; the copyright page indicates this is a 1997 edition.

WARBURG, TESSA (Elizabeth) (1929- ); see pseudonym Emma Lorant

WARBURTON, NICK (stories)

• * *The Thirteenth Owl (The Bodley Head 0-370-31818-8, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], £8.99, 124pp, hc, cover by George Smith) Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _To Trust a Soldier (Walker 0-7445-3692-8, Aug ’95 [Sep ’95], £3.99, 160pp, pb, cover by Stuart Bodek) Reprint (Walker 1994) young-adult SF novel about the horror and moral conflicts of war in a machineless future.

WARD, A(rthur Henry) SARSFIELD (1883-1959); see pseudonym Sax Rohmer (stories)

WARD, C. E. (stories)

• * *Vengeful Ghosts (Sarob Press 1-902309-01-4, Aug ’98, £18.00, xii+104pp, hc, cover by Paul Lowe) Collection of eight ghost stories, two previously unpublished, and all but one of which is set in the author’s native Staffordshire. Limited to 250 numbered copies. (Contents)

WARD, DAVID (stories)

• * *Perimeter One Adventures #1: The Misenberg Accelerator (Thomas Nelson 0-8407-9235-2, Sep ’94, $4.99, 162pp, tp, cover by Catherine Huerta) [Perimeter One Adventures] Young-adult SF novel. The Graham family finds danger on the Perimeter One space station.
• * *Perimeter One Adventures #2: The SHONN Project (Thomas Nelson 0-8407-9236-0, Sep ’94, $4.99, 162pp, tp, cover by Catherine Huerta) [Perimeter One Adventures] Young-adult SF novel. The Graham family innocently helps develop an artificial intelligence used for crime.
• * *Perimeter One Adventures #3: Out of Time (Thomas Nelson 0-8407-9237-9, Nov ’94, $4.99, 159pp, tp, cover by Catherine Huerta) [Perimeter One Adventures] Young-adult Christian SF novel. The Graham family gets caught up in a time experiment gone wrong.
• * *Perimeter One Adventures #4: The Mines of Venus (Thomas Nelson 0-8407-9238-7, Nov ’94, $4.99, 161pp, tp, cover by Catherine Huerta) [Perimeter One Adventures] Young-adult Christian SF novel. The Graham family fight evil spirits on Venus.

WARD, JAMES M(ichael) (1951- ) (stories)

• * *Forgotten Realms: Pool of Radiance (with Jane Cooper Hong) (TSR 0-88038-735-1, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 316pp, tp) [Forgotten Realms] Fantasy novelization based on the “Forgotten Realms” game.
• * _Forgotten Realms: Pool of Radiance (with Jane Cooper Hong) (Penguin 0-14-014584-2, Jul ’90, £3.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Forgotten Realms] Reprint (TSR 1989) fantasy novelization.
• * *Forgotten Realms: Pool of Twilight (with Anne K. Brown) (TSR 1-56076-582-8, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $4.95, 312pp, tp, cover by Fred Fields) [Forgotten Realms: Pools] Fantasy novelization based on the “Forgotten Realms” game, third book in the “Pools” series.
• * *Forgotten Realms: Pools of Darkness (with Anne K. Brown) (TSR 1-56076-318-3, Feb ’92, $4.95, 313pp, tp, cover by Fred Fields) [Forgotten Realms] Fantasy novelization based on a computer game based on (and a sequel to) the book Pool of Radiance set in the world of the “Forgotten Realms” roleplaying game.
• * *Forgotten Realms: The Paladins (with David Wise) (TSR 0-7869-0865-3, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], $2.99, 88pp, tp, cover by Heather LeMay) [Forgotten Realms] Novellazation based on the role-playing game. Book two in the “Double Diamond Triangle Saga”. Copyrighted by TSR.

WARD, JOEL (stories)

• * *Blood Routines (Chris Drumm Books 0-936055-53-7, 1992, $3.50, unpagenated, ph, cover by Mark McGinn) (Contents)

WARDMAN, GORDON

• * *Reparations (Secker & Warburg 0-436-56171-9, Jan ’87 [Feb ’87], £9.95, 196pp, hc) Near-future thriller.

WARE, PAUL

• * *Beyond Freedom (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-68915-3, Oct ’98 [Nov ’98], £17.99, 376pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) [Flight of the Mariner] Fantasy/SF novel. A sequel to Flight of the Mariner. David Shaw returns to Shushuan to find the woman he left behind, only to discover the gods have thrown him into a battle for the Empire.
• * *The Flight of the Mariner (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-68913-7, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £17.99, 489pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) [Flight of the Mariner] Fantasy/SF novel. A first novel.
• * _Flight of the Mariner (NEL 0-340-68914-5, Nov ’97, £6.99, 480pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Flight of the Mariner] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) fantasy/SF novel.

WARNEKE, SARA MARY (1957- ); see pseudonym Sara Douglass (stories)

WARNER, HARRY (Backer), Jr. (1922-2003)

• * *A Wealth of Fable (SCIFI Press 0-9633099-0-0, Aug ’92 [Jan ’93], $25.00, 456pp, hc, cover by Steve Stiles) Non-fiction, history of science fiction fandom in the 1950s; edited and expanded from a three-volume mimeographed 1977 edition by editor Dick Lynch, with an introduction by Wilson Tucker, and over 200 photographs added.

WARNER, MARINA (Sarah) (1946- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * +From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-15901-7, Oct ’95, $35.00, 463pp, hc, cover by Henry Fuseli) Non-fiction, feminist critical study of fairy tales. First US edition (Chatto & Windus 1994); we apparently missed the UK edition.
• * _From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Noonday 0-374-52487-4, Sep ’96, $16.00, 463pp, tp, cover by Henry Fuseli) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1994) non-fiction, feminist critical study of fairy tales.
• * *No Go the Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling, and Making Mock (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6593-6, Oct ’98 [Nov ’98], £25.00, xii+435pp, hc) Critical work, illustrated and with colour plates, on the use of anxiety and figures of terror (usually identified as male) in myth, fairy tales, and fantasy fiction, from the ancient world up to the modern horror thriller. A companion to From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers, Chatto & Windus, 1994.
• * +Wonder Tales (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-29281-7, Oct ’96, $22.00, 243pp, hc, cover by Roxanna Bikadoroff) Anthology of six 17th-century French fairy tales, in new translations by five internationally recognized writers including Gilbert Adair, John Ashbery and A.S. Byatt. The 15-page introduction by Warner details how the fairy tales became a literary form for aristocrats during the reign of Louis XIV. Illustrated by Sophie Herxheimer. First US edition (Chatto & Windus 1994).

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• * _Wonder Tales (Vintage UK 0-09-973591-1, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £7.99, 244pp, tp, cover by Paula Rego) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1994) fantasy anthology of six adult French fairy tales from the classic period, newly translated. Edited and with an Introduction by Warner. (Contents)

WARNER, SYLVIA TOWNSEND (1893-1978) (stories)

• * *Selected Stories of Sylvia Townsend Warner (Viking 0-670-82467-4, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $24.95, 440pp, hc) Collection of stories, some fantasy. (Contents)

WARREN, ALAN (J.); pseudonym of Alan John Ziegenfuss, (1952- ) (stories)

• * *Roald Dahl (Starmont 1-55742-013-0, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $8.95, 105pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical study. [Dahl]
• * *Roald Dahl: Second Edition (Borgo Press 0-8095-3001-5, 1994 [Mar ’95], $15.00, 128pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical study of Dahl’s work, revised (Starmont 1988) and updated with two new chapters and a new conclusion. This has a 1994 copyright date but not seen until now. A hardcover edition (-2001-X, $25.00) was announced but not seen. Available from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406; add $2.50 shipping. Credit card orders: fax 909-888-4942. [Dahl]

WARREN, BILL; [i.e., William Bond Warren] (1943- ) (stories)

• * *Fandom is a Way of Death (with Allan Rothstein) (LASFS no ISBN, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $3.25, 43pp, pb) An L.A.con publication, this is a murder mystery set at the worldcon, complete with real-life characters.
• * _Keep Watching the Skies! American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties: Vol. 2 (McFarland 0-89950-170-2, Jan ’87, £39.95, 839pp, hc) Reprint (McFarland 1986). Volume 2 of a bibliography of sf movies. [Not seen]
• * *Keep Watching the Skies!, Vol. II (McFarland 0-89950-170-2, Aug ’86, $39.95, 839pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. Second volume of an exhaustive study of American sf movies in the fifties (and beyond); this one covers 1958-1962 and has complete descriptions of each movie. The two-volume set has a special $65.00 price tag.

WARREN, PATRICIA NELL

• * *One Is the Sun (Ballantine 0-345-37042-2, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $12.95, 535pp, tp, cover by Romeo Washington) New Age historical shamanistic fantasy novel. A Mayan priestess flees the Yucatan and establishes a temple-school in Montana endangered by the encroaching white man.

WARREN, PAUL

• * *Caleb Beldragon’s Chronicle of the Three Counties (Heinemann 0-434-97768-3, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], £9.99, 44pp, hc, cover by Paul Warren) Oversized, heavily illustrated book detailing the background to a fantasy world which Warren has been developing for the last ten years. Races, societies, languages, songs, histories, constellations, legalities, jobs, landscapes. First in a series about the Three Counties, its target audience is just pre-teen but it has an approach and texture comparable to The Hobbit, and might develop in any number of ways if and when Warren writes the fictional texts.

WARREN, WILLIAM BOND; see under Warren, Bill (stories)

WARRICK, PATRICIA S(cott) (1925- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Mind in Motion: The Fiction of Philip K. Dick (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1326-X, Jul ’87, $18.95, 222pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical discussion of the major fiction of Philip K. Dick. An excellent study written in a clear narrative style, with reference only to the primary literature. Recommended. (CNB)

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• * _Machines That Think: The Best Science Fiction Stories About Robots & Computers (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Robots, Androids, and Mechanical Oddities: The Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick See entry under Philip K. Dick.
• * *Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology (with Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg) (Harper & Row 0-06-046941-2, 1988, $16.50, 522pp, tp, cover by Maria Carella) Anthology of 26 stories. (Contents)

WARRINGTON, FREDA (1956- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *A Blackbird in Amber (NEL 0-450-41903-7, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], £3.95, 437pp, tp) [Blackbird] Fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Blackbird” series.
• * _A Blackbird in Amber (NEL 0-450-56862-8, Oct ’92, £4.99, 437pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Blackbird] Reprint (NEL 1988) fantasy novel. Volume III in the “Blackbird” series.
• * *A Blackbird in Darkness (NEL 0-450-40161-8, Sep ’86, £3.50, 473pp, pb) [Blackbird] Fantasy novel. Sequel to A Blackbird in Silver.
• * _A Blackbird in Darkness (NEL 0-450-40161-8, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], £4.99, 473pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Blackbird] Reprint (NEL 1986) fantasy novel. Volume II in the “Blackbird” series.
• * *A Blackbird in Silver (NEL 0-450-05849-2, Jan ’86, £2.95, 302pp, tp) [Blackbird] Original fantasy novel in a trade paperback edition.
• * _A Blackbird in Silver (NEL 0-450-05849-2, Aug ’87, £2.95, 302pp, tp) [Blackbird] Reissue (NEL 1986) fantasy novel.
• * _A Blackbird in Silver (NEL 0-450-05849-2, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], £4.99, 302pp, pb) [Blackbird] Reprint (NEL 1986) fantasy novel. Volume I in the “Blackbird” series.
• * *A Blackbird in Twilight (NEL 0-450-48908-6, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], £3.99, 387pp, tp) [Blackbird] Fantasy novel. Volume 4 in the “Blackbird” series.
• * _A Blackbird in Twilight (NEL 0-450-56865-2, Oct ’92, £4.99, 387pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Blackbird] Reprint (NEL 1988) fantasy novel. Volume IV in the “Blackbird” series.
• * *A Dance in Blood Velvet (Macmillan UK 0-333-62818-7, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], £15.99, 471pp, hc) [Blood Wine] Horror novel. Sequel to A Taste of Blood Wine.
• * _A Dance in Blood Velvet (Pan 0-330-32662-7, Oct ’95, £5.99, 584pp, pb) [Blood Wine] Reprint (Macmillan 1994) horror novel. Second in the “Blood” series after A Taste of Blood Wine.
• * *The Dark Blood of Poppies (Macmillan UK 0-333-63732-1, Oct ’95 [Nov ’95], £16.99, 519pp, hc) [Blood Wine] Horror novel. Third in the “Blood” vampire series after A Taste of Blood Wine and A Dance in Blood Velvet. The emphasis changes once more, in this unpredictable series, as the latest vampirised recruit, the ballerina Violette Lenoir, realises she may be about to become the most powerful vampire of all.
• * _The Dark Blood of Poppies (Pan 0-330-33850-1, Dec ’96, £5.99, 595pp, pb) [Blood Wine] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1995) dark fantasy novel. Third in the “Blood” vampire series.
• * *Dark Cathedral (Signet Creed 0-45-118402-5, Mar ’96, £5.99, 519pp, pb) [Dark Cathedral] Dark fantasy novel. Brother and sister become opponents in a diabolical battle for the female spirit of Earth.
• * *Darker Than the Storm (NEL 0-450-53817-6, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], £4.99, 304pp, pb) [Blackbird] Fantasy novel. Volume V in the “Blackbird” series.
• * *Dracula: The Undead (Penguin 0-14-026880-4, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £5.99, 300pp, pb) [Dracula] Sequel to Dracula, following Mina and Jonathan Harker eight years later.
• * *Pagan Moon (Signet UK 0-45-118403-3, Apr ’97 [Jul ’97], £6.99, 404pp, pb) [Dark Cathedral] Dark fantasy novel, a sequel to Dark Cathedral.