The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

WATT, LAURA

• * *Carry Me Back (St. Martin’s 0-312-15075-X, Feb ’97 [Apr ’97], $21.95, 247pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) Fantasy novel. An enchanted banjo carries a country-music lover back in time to meet Hank Williams. Compared to Jack Finney’s Time & Again.

WATT-EVANS, LAWRENCE (1954- ); see pseudonym Nathan Archer (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Blood of a Dragon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36410-4, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $4.99, 231pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Ethshar] Fantasy novel, fourth book in the “Misenchanted Sword” series.
• * _The Book of Silence (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33963-0, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.50, 326pp, pb) [Lords of Dus] Reissue (Del Rey 1984) fantasy novel, Book Four of “The Lords of Dus”; fourth printing.
• * _The Book of Silence (Grafton 0-586-07152-0, Sep ’87, £3.50, 399pp, pb) [Lords of Dus] Reprint (Del Rey 1984) fantasy novel. Volume 4 in the “Lords of Dus” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Book of Silence: Book Four of the Gods of Dus (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30880-8, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.95, 362pp, pb) [Lords of Dus] Conclusion of a fantasy tetralogy.
• * *The Chromosomal Code (Avon 0-380-87205-6, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.50, 204pp, pb) Sf novel.
• * *Crosstime Traffic (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37395-2, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $3.99, 247pp, pb) Collection of 19 stories plus an autobiographical introduction. (Contents)
• * _The Cyborg and the Sorcerers (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34439-1, Aug ’87, $2.95, 248pp, pb) [Cyborg and the Sorcerers] Reissue (Del Rey 1982) science fantasy novel, first in a series; 6th printing.
• * _The Cyborg and the Sorcerers (Grafton 0-586-20748-1, Apr ’90, £3.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Cyborg and the Sorcerers] Reprint (Del Rey 1982) fantasy novel.
• * *Denner’s Wreck (Avon 0-380-75250-6, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $2.95, 199pp, pb) Sf adventure novel.
• * _Denner’s Wreck (SFBC #13539, Jun ’88, $4.98, 210pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1988) sf adventure novel.
• * *In the Empire of Shadow (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37246-8, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $10.00, 354pp, tp, cover by Peter Peebles) [Three Worlds] Science fantasy novel, second in the “Three Worlds” trilogy.
• * _In the Empire of Shadow (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39786-X, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $5.99, 273pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Three Worlds] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 1995) science fantasy novel, second in the “Three Worlds” trilogy.
• * _The Lure of the Basilisk (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31494-8, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $2.75, 195pp, pb) [Lords of Dus] Reissue (Ballantine 1980) fantasy novel, “The Lords of Dus” #1.
• * _The Lure of the Basilisk (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33960-6, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.50, 227pp, pb) [Lords of Dus] Reissue (Del Rey 1980) fantasy novel, Book One of “The Lords of Dus”. Third printing.
• * _The Lure of the Basilisk (Grafton 0-586-07149-0, Mar ’87, £2.50, 224pp, pb) [Lords of Dus] Reprint (Del Rey 1980) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Lords of Dus” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Misenchanted Sword (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31822-6, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $2.95, 292pp, pb) [Ethshar] Fantasy novel.
• * _The Misenchanted Sword (Grafton 0-586-20008-8, May ’88, £2.95, 332pp, pb) [Ethshar] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Misenchanted Sword (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31822-6, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.95, 292pp, pb) [Ethshar] Reissue (Del Rey 1985) fantasy novel; ninth printing.
• * *Nightmare People (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40203-0, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $3.95, 254pp, pb) Horror novel of a race of nightmarish creatures that take over the bodies of humans.
• * *Nightside City (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35944-5, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 227pp, pb) Hardboiled PI sf novel (with a female detective) set in a doomed city on an alien world.
• * *Out of This World (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37245-X, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $20.00, 307pp, hc, cover by Peter Peebles) [Three Worlds] Fantasy novel about the suburbs being encroached upon by a portal to a magical world and crashlanding aliens. First book of the “Three Worlds” trilogy.
• * _Out of This World (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39114-4, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $5.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Three Worlds] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 1994) science fantasy novel, first in the “Three Worlds” trilogy.
• * *The Rebirth of Wonder (Wildside Press 1-880448-05-X, May ’92, $35.00, 143pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a magical theatrical company. This is a 300-copy signed numbered limited edition. A 26-copy lettered edition (-06-8, $60.00) is also available. Order from The Wildside Press, 37 Fillmore St., Newark NJ 07105.
• * *The Rebirth of Wonder (Tor 0-812-51406-8, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $3.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Pat Morrissey) Collection of two stories; the title story appeared as a separate limited edition with the same name from Wildside Press (1992). (Contents)
• * *The Reign of the Brown Magician (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37247-6, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $5.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Three Worlds] Science fantasy novel, third in the “Three Worlds” trilogy.
• * _The Seven Altars of Du-Saara (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31495-6, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $2.95, 226pp, pb) [Lords of Dus] Reissue (Ballantine 1981) fantasy novel, “The Lords of Dus” #2.
• * _The Seven Altars of Dusarra (Grafton 0-586-07150-4, May ’87, £2.95, 270pp, pb) [Lords of Dus] Reprint (Ballantine 1981) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Lords of Dus” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Shining Steel (Avon 0-380-89671-0, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 216pp, pb) Sf novel of war on a “born-again planet.”
• * *The Spell of the Black Dagger (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37712-5, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $4.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Neal McPheeters) [Ethshar] Fantasy novel, sixth book of the “Ethshar” series.
• * *Split Heirs (with Esther M. Friesner) (Tor 0-312-85320-3, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $19.95, 319pp, hc, cover by Walter Velez) Humorous fantasy novel of royal triplets who bring bedlam to the kingdom.
• * _Split Heirs (with Esther M. Friesner) (SFBC #01896, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $9.98, 319pp, hc, cover by Walter Velez) Reprint (Tor 1993) humorous fantasy novel of royal triplets who bring bedlam to the kingdom. Similar to the Tor edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Split Heirs (with Esther M. Friesner) (Tor 0-812-52029-7, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) Reprint (Tor 1993) humorous fantasy novel of royal triplets who bring bedlam to the kingdom.
• * _The Sword of Bheleu (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33962-2, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.50, 272pp, pb) [Lords of Dus] Reissue (Del Rey 1982) fantasy novel, Book Three of “The Lords of Dus”; fifth printing.
• * _The Sword of Bheleu (Grafton 0-586-07151-2, Jul ’87, £2.95, 301pp, pb) [Lords of Dus] Reprint (Del Rey 1982) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Lords of Dus” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Taking Flight (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37715-X, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $4.99, 271pp, pb, cover by Tim Hildebrandt) [Ethshar] Fantasy novel, fifth book of the “Misenchanted Sword” series.
• * *Touched by the Gods (Tor 0-312-86060-9, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $24.95, 380pp, hc, cover by Tristan Elwell) Fantasy novel. A man marked at birth as the champion of the empire is reluctant to fulfill his fate.
• * _Touched by the Gods (Tor 0-812-54595-8, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $6.99, 527pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) Reprint (Tor 1997) fantasy novel.
• * *The Unwilling Warlord (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35413-3, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.95, 309pp, pb) [Ethshar] Fantasy novel set in the same world as The Misenchanted Sword.
• * _The Unwilling Warlord (Grafton 0-586-21149-7, Nov ’91, £3.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Norbert Lösche) [Ethshar] Reprint (Del Rey 1989) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *With a Single Spell (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32616-4, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.50, 263pp, pb) [Ethshar] Fantasy novel set in the world of The Misenchanted Sword.
• * _With a Single Spell (Grafton 0-586-20009-6, Aug ’88, £2.99, 304pp, pb) [Ethshar] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _With a Single Spell (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32616-4, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.95, 263pp, pb) [Ethshar] Reissue (Del Rey 1987) fantasy novel; fourth printing.
• * *The Wizard and the War Machine (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33459-0, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 291pp, pb) [Cyborg and the Sorcerers] Science fantasy novel, sequel to The Cyborg and the Sorcerers.
• * _The Wizard and the War Machine (Grafton 0-586-20750-3, Jun ’90, £3.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Cyborg and the Sorcerers] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) fantasy novel. Sequel to The Cyborg and the Sorcerers.

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• * *Newer York (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45045-0, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.50, 370pp, pb, cover by J. K. Potter) Original anthology of 24 stories about New York City. (Contents)

WATTS, HELEN L. HOKE; see under Hoke, Helen (stories)

WATTS, NIGEL

• * *Twenty Twenty (Sceptre 0-340-61726-8, Jan ’95 [Apr ’95], £16.99, 249pp, hc, cover by Catherine Dickensen) SF novel. The intersecting stories of an aging writer in Canada, infected with a deadly virus; and a young couple in California working on Virtually Realising the world of a vanished tribe.

WAUGH, CAROL-LYNN RÖSSEL, ed. (1947- )

• * _13 Horrors of Halloween (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) (Avon 0-380-84814-7, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.95, 175pp, pb) Reissue (Avon 1983) anthology of 13 stories by Asimov, Bradbury, and others.
• * _Hound Dunnit (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _The Twelve Frights of Christmas (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.

WAUGH, CHARLES G. (1943- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Science Fiction and Fantasy Series and Sequels, Vol. 1: Books (with Tim Cottrill & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Tim Cottrill.

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• * _101 Science Fiction Stories (with Jenny-Lynn Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * *13 Short Horror Novels (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Crown/Bonanza 0-517-63171-7, Dec ’87 [Mar ’88], $8.98, 758pp, hc) Anthology of 13 novellas by King, Lovecraft, Bradbury, and others. An “instant remainder” book. Dated 1987, but not seen until 1988. (Contents)
• * _14 Vicious Valentines (with Rosalind M. Greenberg & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Rosalind M. Greenberg
• * *Alternative Histories: Eleven Stories of the World As It Might Have Been (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Garland 0-8240-8659-7, Dec ’86 [Oct ’86], $19.95, 363pp, hc) Anthology of 11 alternate-history sf stories, plus an afterword by Gordon B. Chamberlain and a bibliography of alternate history by Barton C. Hacker and Gordon B. Chamberlain. (Contents)
• * _Animal Brigade 3000 (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Asimov’s Extraterrestrials (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Asimov’s Ghosts (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Asimov’s Ghosts & Monsters (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Asimov’s Monsters (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Asimov’s Mutants (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Back from the Dead (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Science Fiction Novels (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Barbarians (with Robert Adams & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Robert Adams.
• * *Battlefields Beyond Tomorrow: Science Fiction War Stories (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Crown/Bonanza 0-517-64105-4, Dec ’87, $8.98, 650pp, hc) Anthology of 25 sf stories with an introduction by Robert Silverberg. An “instant remainder” book. (Contents)
• * _The Best Horror Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle See entry under Arthur Conan Doyle.
• * _Body Armor: 2000 (with Joe W. Haldeman & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Joe W. Haldeman
• * *Bootcamp 3000 (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Ace 0-441-53168-7, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $4.99, 273pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Anthology of seven military sf stories, with an introduction by Gordon R. Dickson. (Contents)
• * *Cinemonsters (with Martin H. Greenberg & Frank D. McSherry, Jr.) (TSR 0-88038-504-9, Nov ’87, $7.95, 319pp, tp) Anthology of stories on which famous monster movies were based. (Contents)
• * _Civil War Ghosts (with Martin H. Greenberg & Frank D. McSherry, Jr.) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Commando Brigade 3000 (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Computer Crimes & Capers (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Cosmic Knights (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Cults of Horror (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Dangerous Vegetables (with Keith Laumer & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Keith Laumer.
• * _Devil Worshipers (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Devils (with Martin H. Greenberg & Isaac Asimov) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Dixie Ghosts (with Martin H. Greenberg & Frank D. McSherry, Jr.) See entry under Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
• * _Dragons & Dreams (with Jane Yolen & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Jane Yolen.
• * _Eastern Ghosts (with Martin H. Greenberg & Frank D. McSherry, Jr.) See entry under Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
• * _Encounters (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _The Eternal City (with David A. Drake & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under David A. Drake
• * _Extraterrestrials (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _The Fantastic Civil War (with Martin H. Greenberg & Frank D. McSherry, Jr.) See entry under Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
• * _The Fantastic World War II (with Frank D. McSherry, Jr. & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
• * _Flying Saucers (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Ghosts (with Martin H. Greenberg & Isaac Asimov) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Ghosts of the Heartland (with Martin H. Greenberg & Frank D. McSherry, Jr.) See entry under Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
• * _The Giant Book of Science Fiction Stories (with Jenny-Lynn Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Giants (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Great American Ghost Stories (with Martin H. Greenberg & Frank D. McSherry, Jr.) See entry under Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
• * _Great American Ghost Stories, Volume One (with Martin H. Greenberg & Frank D. McSherry, Jr.) See entry under Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
• * _Great American Ghost Stories, Volume Two (with Martin H. Greenberg & Frank D. McSherry, Jr.) See entry under Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
• * _Great Science Fiction By the World’s Great Scientists (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Great Science Fiction Stories By the World’s Great Scientists (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Great Tales of Classic Science Fiction (with Martin H. Greenberg & Isaac Asimov) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * *Haunted New England (with Martin H. Greenberg & Frank D. McSherry, Jr.) (Yankee Books 0-89909-156-3, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $16.95, 287pp, hc) Anthology of 17 East Coast “h’ant” tales. (Contents)
• * _Haunted New England (with Martin H. Greenberg & Frank D. McSherry, Jr.) (Yankee Books 0-89909-339-6, 1991 [May ’91], $10.95, 287pp, tp) Reissue (Yankee 1988) reprint anthology of ghost stories, with illustrations by Peter Farrow. Third printing.
• * _Hollywood Ghosts (with Martin H. Greenberg & Frank D. McSherry, Jr.) See entry under Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
• * _House Shudders (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
• * _Intergalactic Empires (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction Firsts (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction Firsts (with Martin H. Greenberg & Isaac Asimov) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.