The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- WEISS, BOBBI J. G. (stories) (continued)
- WEISS, DANIEL (stories)
- * *Diplodiners (Black Plankton Press no ISBN, Jun 97 [Jul 97], $8.00, 102pp, tp, cover by Rick Potts) Humorous SF mystery novelette. Earths sole purpose is providing television entertainment to the rest of the galaxy. Available from Black Plankton Press, PO Box 1351, Cobb CA 95426; email: HLSG94A@prodigy.com; postage free.
- * *Mood Shifts (Black Plankton Press no ISBN, Aug 96 [Sep 96], $12.00, 262pp, tp, cover by Rick Potts) SF novel. A man starts to question his world when his wife gets a personality change at the local Mood Shifts outlet. Available from Black Plankton Press, PO Box 1351, Cobb CA 95426; postage included in price.
- * *Snugglarea (Black Plankton Press no ISBN, Aug 96 [Oct 96], $12.00, 301pp, tp, cover by Rick Potts) SF novel. Earth controls overpopulation by putting all non-essential people in cold storage. Available from Black Plankton Press, PO Box 1351, Cobb CA 95426; postage included in price.
- WEISS, DANIEL EVAN
- * _The Roaches Have No King (High Risk Books 1-85242-326-9, Aug 96 [Sep 96], £8.99, 249pp, tp) Reissue (Black Swan 1990 as Unnatural Selection) literary fantasy novel. Bizarre tale of intelligent cockroaches. Title is that of the 1994 US edition.
- WEISS, DAVID CODY (stories)
- * *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (with Bobbi J. G. Weiss) (Pocket Archway 0-671-01433-1, Jun 97 [May 97], $3.99, 150pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Novelization based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions.
- * *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Go Fetch! (with Bobbi J. G. Weiss) (Pocket Archway 0-671-02117-6, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $4.50, 151pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Young-adult novelization, 13th in the series based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions.
- * *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Good Switch, Bad Switch (with Bobbi J. G. Weiss) (Pocket Archway 0-671-01435-8, Aug 97 [Mar 98], $3.99, 163pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Novelization, the third based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions. This is dated 1997, but not seen until now.
- * *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Salem on Trial (with Bobbi J. G. Weiss) (Pocket Archway 0-671-01757-8, Mar 98, $4.50, 164pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Young-adult novelization, eighth in the series based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions.
- WEISS, ELLEN (1953- )
- * *The Poof Point (with Mel Friedman) (Knopf 0-679-83257-2, Nov 92 [Oct 92], $14.00, 166pp, hc, cover by Mark Buehner) [Tiny Parents] Young-adult sf novel of two kids who try to save their inventor parents when their time machine backfires and theyre getting progressively younger. Sequel to Tiny Parents.
- WEISSKOPF, T. K. F., ed. (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- WELCH, JANE (stories)
- * *The Lament of Abalone (Earthlight 0-671-01787-X, Jun 98 [May 98], £5.99, ix+450pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Book of Ond] Fantasy novel. Volume One of The Book of Önd, set three years after The Runespell Trilogy.
- * *The Lost Runes (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648200-7, Oct 96, £5.99, 609pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Runespell Trilogy] Fantasy novel. A sequel to The Runes of War.
- * *The Runes of Sorcery (Voyager 0-00-647023-8, May 97 [Apr 97], £5.99, 466pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Runespell Trilogy] Fantasy novel. Last in the Runespell trilogy.
- * *The Runes of War (HarperCollins Voyager 0-00-648025-X, Dec 95 [Nov 95], £5.99, 497pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Runespell Trilogy] Fantasy novel, book one of The Runespell Trilogy. The castle of Torra Alta is the last defence against barbaric northern hordes fleeing a new ice age. A first novel.
- WELCH, R(obert) C. (stories)
- * *Scary Stories for Stormy Nights (Lowell House Juvenile 1-56565-262-2, Aug 95 [Sep 95], $4.95, 127pp, pb, cover by Bernard Custodio) Collection of ten young-adult horror stories, with illustrations by Bernard Custodio. Copyrighted by RGA Publishing Group. Distributed by Contemporary Books, Chicago 312-540-4500; Lowell House Juvenile, 2029 Century Park East, Suite 3290, Los Angeles CA 90067. (Contents)
- WELDON, FAY; [born Franklin Birkinshaw] (1933- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Cloning of Joanna May (Collins 0-00-223349-5, May 89 [Apr 89], £12.95, 265pp, hc, cover by Bill Gregory) Literary sf novel.
- * +The Cloning of Joanna May (Viking 0-670-83090-9, Mar 90, $18.95, 265pp, hc, cover by Emily Lisker) Literary sf novel. First American edition (Collins 1989).
- * _The Cloning of Joanna May (Fontana 0-00-617845-6, May 90, £3.50, 351pp, pb) Reprint (Collins 1989) sf novel.
- * _The Cloning of Joanna May (SFBC #17210, Jul 90 [Aug 90], $8.98, hc, cover by Emily Lisker) Reprint (Collins 1989) literary sf novel.
- * _The Cloning of Joanna May (Penguin 0-14-012851-4, Mar 91, $8.95, 265pp, tp, cover by Debra White) Reprint (Collins 1989) literary sf novel.
- * *Growing Rich (Flamingo 0-00-654495-9, Apr 92, £4.99, 250pp, pb) Fantasy novelization.
- * *Growing Rich (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223982-5, Apr 92, £14.99, 250pp, hc) Hardcover edition of the above.
- * *Wolf: The Mechanical Dog (Collins 0-00-184792-9, Dec 88 [Jan 89], £4.95, 48pp, hc) Childrens sf novelette, illustrated throughout by Pat Leyshun.
- WELFARE, MARY
- * *Yeti of the Glen (Pied Piper 0-416-00652-3, Apr 87, £5.95, 96pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel. [Not seen]
- WELFARE, SIMON
- * *Arthur C. Clarkes A-Z of Mysteries: From Atlantis to Zombies (with John Fairley) (HarperCollins UK 0-00-215588-5, Nov 93, £20.00, 250pp, hc) Associational non-fiction collection of oddities, including a foreword and one article (The Mona Lisa of Mars) by Clarke. [Clarke]
- * _Arthur C. Clarkes Chronicles of the Strange and Mysterious (with John Fairley) See entry under John Fairley.
- * _Arthur C. Clarkes World of Strange Powers (with John Fairley) See entry under John Fairley.
- WELFORD, SUE (1942- ) (stories)
- * *Dreamstalker (Mammoth 0-7497-2759-4, May 97 [Apr 97], £3.50, 171pp, pb) Young-adult dark fantasy novel. In the new Suspense series of books.
- * *Siren Song (Scholastic UK 0-590-13386-1, Feb 96 [Mar 96], £3.99, 192pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult SF novel. A young emigree to a distant planet gets entangled in its hidden past, and uncertain future. In the Point SF series.
- WELLBROCK, GLADYS BALE; see pseudonym G. F. Bale
- WELLER, ARCHIE
- * *Land of the Golden Clouds (Allen & Unwin Australia 1-86448-338-5, 1998 [Mar 98], 378pp, tp) Post-holocaust SF quest novel set in Australia 3000 years in the future; travellers from different tribes join to defeat a common enemy.
- WELLER, M(ike) J. (stories)
- * *Kobald, the First Showdwortian (ITMA 0-9512052-3-4, Aug 90 [May 90], £1.00, 14pp, ph) Sf short story.
- WELLER, TOM
- * *Cvltvre Made Stvpid (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-40461-4, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $7.95, 73pp, tp) Associational, part-pictorial humor a look at Cvltvre vs. Culture.
- * *Science Made Stupid (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-36646-1, Feb 85 [Jan 85], $6.95, 80pp, pb) Non-sf, associational. Written and illustrated by Weller, this humor book does for science what Airplane did for plane-in-distress movies. Its utterly silly, and hilarious. Dont miss the typographical credits and the ads at the back. (FCM)
- WELLES, PATRICIA (1934- )
- * _Saras Ghost (Paperjacks 0-7701-0663-3, Aug 87, $3.50, 286pp, pb) Reprint (Donald I. Fine 1986 as The Ghost of S.W.1) ghostly love story.
- WELLMAN, MANLY WADE (1903-1986) (stories) (chron.)
- * _After Dark (Berkley 0-425-07103-0, Jun 84 [May 84], $2.75, 184pp, pb) [Silver John] Reprint (Doubleday 1980) fantasy novel in the Silver John series.
- * _The Beyonders (Baen 0-671-69853-2, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $3.50, 213pp, pb, cover by Todd Hamilton) Reprint (Warner 1977) sf novel of an alien invasion in the Carolina mountains.
- * *Cahena (Doubleday 0-385-19824-8, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $12.95, 182pp, hc) Historical novel (with a bit of fantasy) about a real life 7th century warrior queen.
- * _The Hanging Stones (Berkley 0-425-07104-9, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $2.75, 172pp, pb) [Silver John] Reprint (Doubleday 1982) Silver John fantasy novel.
- * *John the Balladeer (Baen 0-671-65418-7, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $3.50, 306pp, pb) [John] Collection of 19 dark fantasy stories featuring the title character. This is the first complete collection of the series, incorporating the earlier Who Fears the Devil? and adding all the later-written stories. Recommended. (CNB) (Contents)
- * _John the Balladeer (SFBC #14437, Jan 89 [Jun 89], $5.98, hc) [John] Reprint (Baen 1988) collection of all the John stories. First hardcover edition.
- * _The Lost and the Lurking (Berkley 0-425-07023-9, Jul 84 [Jun 84], $2.75, 179pp, pb) [Silver John] Reprint (Doubleday 1981) fantasy novel of Silver John.
- * _The Old Gods Waken (Berkley 0-425-07015-8, May 84 [Apr 84], $2.75, 186pp, pb) [Silver John] Reprint (Doubleday 1979) fantasy novel of Silver John.
- * *The School of Darkness (Doubleday 0-385-19065-4, Dec 85 [Nov 85], $12.95, 182pp, hc) Fantasy novel featuring John Thunstone, psychic investigator.
- * *Twice in Time (Baen 0-671-69791-9, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $2.95, 214pp, pb) Collection of two time travel adventures, a short novel and a novelette. Introduction by Karl Edward Wagner. An abridged version of Twice in Time appeared from Avalon in 1957. This edition uses the original magazine text. (Contents)
- * *The Valley So Low: Southern Mountain Stories (Doubleday 0-385-23675-1, Dec 87 [Nov 87], $12.95, 212pp, hc) Collection of 23 stories, edited and with an introduction by Karl Edward Wagner. (Contents)
- * *The Voice of the Mountain (Doubleday 0-385-18397-6, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $11.95, 178pp, hc) [Silver John] Fantasy novel, fifth in the Silver John series.
- * *The Voice of the Mountain (Doubleday 0-385-18397-6, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $11.95, 178pp, hc) [Silver John] Fantasy novel of Silver John.
- WELLS, ANGUS (1943-2006); see pseudonym Richard Kirk (stories)
- * +The Book of the Kingdoms: Wrath of Ashar (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28371-5, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $4.50, 404pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Kingdoms] Fantasy novel, first book of a series. First American edition (Sphere 1988).
- * *Exiles Challenge (Millennium 1-85798-469-2, Oct 96 [Sep 96], £9.99, 440pp, tp) [Exiles Saga] Fantasy novel. Sequel to Exiles Children. A hardcover edition (-468-4, £16.99) is also available.
- * +Exiles Challenge (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37812-0, Dec 96 [Nov 96], $12.95, 481pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) [Exiles Saga] Fantasy novel. Part two of the Exiles Saga. First US edition. (Millennium 1996).
- * _Exiles Challenge (Orion 0-75280-689-0, Aug 97 [Sep 97], £6.99, 440pp, pb, cover by John Barber) [Exiles Saga] Reprint (Millennium 1996) fantasy novel, sequel to Exiles Children.
- * _Exiles Challenge (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57778-6, Jan 98 [Dec 97], $5.99, 485pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Exiles Saga] Reprint (Millennium 1996) fantasy novel. Part two of the Exiles Saga.
- * +Exiles Children (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37486-9, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $12.95, 582pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) [Exiles Saga] Fantasy novel. The magic of dreams links two very different peoples. Part one of the Exiles Saga. First US edition (Millennium 1995).
- * *Exiles Children (Millennium 0-75280-633-9, Jan 96 [Dec 95], £10.99, 582pp, tp, cover by Mick Posen) [Exiles Saga] Fantasy novel. Destined to be driven from their lands, the Peoples only hope lies with three misfits. A hardcover edition (1-85798-289-4, £16.99) is also available. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.
- * _Exiles Children (Orion 1-85798-304-1, May 96 [Apr 96], £5.99, 582pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Exiles Saga] Reprint (Millennium 1996) fantasy novel.
- * _Exiles Children (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29903-4, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $5.99, 660pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Exiles Saga] Reprint (Bantam Spectra; Millennium 1996) fantasy novel. Part one of the Exiles Saga.
- * *Forbidden Magic (Orbit 0-7474-0490-9, Jul 91, £4.99, 586pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Godwars] Fantasy novel. Book One of The Godwars.
- * +The Godwars Book 1: Forbidden Magic (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29128-9, May 92 [Apr 92], $4.99, 472pp, pb, cover by Kevin Tweddell) [Godwars] Fantasy novel of an evil wizards plan to unleash a mad god on the world. First book of the Godwars series. First American edition (Orbit 1991).
- * *The Godwars Book 2: Dark Magic (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29129-7, Nov 92 [Oct 92], $5.50, 519pp, pb, cover by Kevin Tweddell) [Godwars] Fantasy novel, second book of the Godwars series. An evil necromancer plans to loose two mad lesser deities on the world, and only an exiled prince can stop him.
- * *The Godwars Book 3: Wild Magic (Bantam 0-553-29130-0, Jun 93 [May 93], $5.50, 518pp, pb, cover by Kevin Tweddell) [Godwars] Fantasy novel, third book of the Godwars series. Three warriors pursue a wizard threatening to awaken a mad god and provoke the apocalypse. Listed as the final novel in the series.
- * *The Guardian (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57789-1, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $6.50, 471pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) Fantasy novel. A warrior is assigned to guard a spoiled royal princess from an evil sorcerer.
- * *Lords of the Sky (Millennium 1-85798-088-3, Jul 94 [Aug 94], £9.99, 583pp, tp, cover by Mick Posen) Fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-085-9, £14.99) was announced but not seen.
- * +Lords of the Sky (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37395-1, Oct 94 [Aug 94], $12.95, 579pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) Fantasy novel of a land beset by airborne warriors who can only be stopped by the dragons thought to be extinct. First American edition (Millennium 1994).
- * _Lords of the Sky (SFBC #06638, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $10.98, 579pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) Reprint (Millennium 1994) fantasy novel of a war fought with airships and dragons. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra trade paperback edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Lords of the Sky (Millennium 1-85798-400-5, Oct 95 [Sep 95], £5.99, 679pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) Reprint (Millennium 1994) fantasy novel.
- * _Lords of the Sky (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57266-0, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $5.99, 651pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) Reprint (Millennium 1994) fantasy novel of dragons vs. airships.
- * +The Second Book of the Kingdoms: The Usurper (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28566-1, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $4.50, 356pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Kingdoms] Fantasy novel, second book of the Kingdoms series. First American edition (Sphere 1989).
- * *The Third Book of the Kingdoms: The Way Beneath (Orbit 0-7474-0263-9, May 90, £4.50, 345pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Kingdoms] Fantasy novel.
- * +The Third Book of the Kingdoms: The Way Beneath (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28823-7, Jan 91 [Dec 90], $4.50, 372pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Kingdoms] Fantasy novel, third book of the Kingdoms series. First American edition (Orbit 1990).
- * *The Usurper (Sphere 0-7474-0262-0, Sep 89, £3.99, 346pp, pb) [Kingdoms] Fantasy novel. Volume Two in the Kingdoms trilogy.
- * *The Wrath of Ashar (Michael Joseph 0-7181-3126-6, Aug 88, £11.95, 360pp, hc) [Kingdoms] Fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the Kingdoms trilogy.
- * *The Wrath of Ashar (Sphere 0-7221-9026-3, Aug 88, £3.99, 360pp, tp) [Kingdoms] Paperback edition of the above.
- WELLS, CATHERINE; [i.e., Catherine Jean Wells Dimenstein] (1952- ) (chron.)
- * *Children of the Earth (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37463-0, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $4.99, 393pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) [Children of Earth] Post-holocaust Native American sf novel, sequel to The Earth is All That Lasts.
- * *The Earth Is All That Lasts (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37178-X, Aug 91 [Jul 91], $4.95, 339pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) [Children of Earth] Post-holocaust American Indian sf novel, a first novel.
- * *The Earth Saver (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37464-9, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $5.99, 362pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Children of Earth] Sf novel of a woman who returns to the long-abandoned Earth to discover the fate of a missing starship; third, and final, volume in the Children of Earth trilogy.
- * *Mother Grimm (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45659-9, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $5.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) Post-holocaust SF novel. A young woman escapes her domed city after discovering doctors have been stealing her ova.
- WELLS, H(erbert) G(eorge) (1866-1946) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Annotated H.G. Wells 3: The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance: A Critical Text of the 1897 New York First Edition (with Leon E. Stover) (McFarland 0-7864-0410-8, May 98, $45.00, 239pp, hc) Critical edition of the classic SF novel, edited and with an introduction, annotations, and appendices by Leon Stover. This follows the 1897 New York (Arnold) edition that first contained Wellss added epilogue. McFarland, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; credit card orders 800-253-2187; add $4.00 postage.
- * _The Annotated H.G. Wells 6: The First Men in the Moon: A Critical Text of the 1901 London First Edition (with Leon E. Stover) (McFarland 0-7864-0411-6, May 98, $55.00, 321pp, hc) Critical edition of the classic SF novel, with an introduction, annotations, and appendices by Leon Stover. Order from McFarland & Co., Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; 800-253-2187; add $4.00 postage.
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