The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- WENTWORTH, K(athy) D. (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * *The Imperium Game (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38729-5, Feb 94 [Jan 94], $4.50, 252pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Sf novel of a Roman Empire computer game that becomes deadly reality as the player who reigns as Emperor is murdered in the real world as well. A first novel.
- * *Moonspeaker (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38973-5, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $4.99, 266pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [House of Moons] SF novel. A girl falsely accused of killing her father uses psychic powers to escape and enter alternate timelines.
- WENZEL, DAVID (1950- )
- * *J.R.R. Tolkiens The Hobbit: Book Two (Eclipse Books 0-913035-81-5, Apr 90, $4.95, 44pp, tp, cover by David Wenzel) Second volume of a graphic novel version of Tolkiens classic, adapted by Charles Dixon and illustrated by David Wenzel.
- WERBER, BERNARD
- * *Empire of the Ants (Bantam UK 0-593-03385-X, Feb 96 [Apr 96], £9.99, 275pp, tp) Literary fantasy novel. Translated from the French (Les Fourmis, Albin Michel, 1991) by Margaret Rocques.
- * _Empire of the Ants (Corgi 0-552-14112-7, Jan 97, £5.99, 349pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam UK 1996) insect fantasy novel. Translated by Margaret Rocques from the French, Les Fourmis (Albin, 1991).
- * +Empire of the Ants (Bantam 0-553-09613-3, Feb 98 [Jan 98], $23.95, 263pp, hc) SF novel. People disappear into a mysterious cellar while the ants outside try to uncover a secret weapon. Translated by Margaret Rocques from the French (Albin 1991 as Les Fourmis). First US edition (Bantam UK 1996).
- WESCOTT, EARLE (1946- )
- * *Winter Wolves (Yankee Books 0-89909-160-1, 1988 [Jun 88], $13.95, 192pp, hc) Horror novel of wolves, and worse, in Maine.
- * _Winter Wolves (Bantam 0-553-27923-8, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $3.95, 261pp, pb) Reprint (Yankee Books 1988) horror novel. Ghost wolves come back to avenge their slaughter on the descendents of the butchers, 150 years later.
- * _Winter Wolves (NEL 0-450-50255-4, Sep 89, £2.99, 261pp, pb) Reprint (Yankee Books 1988) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- WESLEY, MARY; pseudonym of Mary Aline Farmar Siepmann, (1912-2002)
- * *Haphazard House (Overlook Press 0-87951-470-1, Jun 93, $14.95, 144pp, hc, cover by Andrew Moore & Anna Nebor) Young-adult fantasy novel of a family that moves onto a run-down estate where time is fluid. First American edition (UK 1983).
- * _The Sixth Seal (Piper 0-330-30513-1, Nov 88, £2.50, 246pp, pb) Reprint (Macdonald 1969) young-adult sf novel.
- * _The Sixth Seal (Pan Piper 0-330-30513-1, Dec 91, £3.50, 246pp, pb, cover by Linda Schwab) Reprint (Macdonald 1969) young-adult sf novel.
- * +The Sixth Seal (Overlook Press 0-87951-506-6, Mar 94 [Jan 94], $14.95, 187pp, hc) Young-adult post-apocalypse sf novel about the few survivors learning how to coexist in the face of the disaster. This is apparently a revision of a 1969 version of the text. First American edition (J.M. Dent 1984).
- * +Speaking Terms (Overlook Press 0-87951-524-4, Aug 94 [Apr 94], $14.95, 116pp, hc, cover by Andre Moore & Anna Nebor) Young-adult talking animal fantasy novel. First American edition (J.M. Dent 1969).
- WEST, ANTHONY (Panther) (1914-1987)
- * *H.G. Wells: Aspects of a Life (Random House 0-394-53196-5, May 84 [Apr 84], $22.95, 405pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography by Wells son, with 40 pages of photos. [Wells]
- * _H.G. Wells: Aspects of a Life (NAL/Meridian 0-452-00735-6, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $10.95, 405pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1984) biography by the authors son. Non-fiction, associational. [Wells]
- WEST, CHARLES
- * *The Tenant (Write Way 1-885173-12-1, 1996 [Sep 96], $21.95, 284pp, hc) SF medical thriller with echoes of Shelleys Frankenstein. A mans brain is transplanted into the body of a disfigured sociopath. A first novel. Order from Write Way Publishing, 3806 S Fraser, Aurora CO 80014.
- WEST, JOHN G., Jr., ed.
- WEST, MICHELLE SAGARA (1963- ); also as Michelle M. Sagara (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Broken Crown (DAW 0-88677-740-2, Jul 97 [Jun 97], $6.99, 764pp, pb, cover by Jody Lee) [Sun Sword] Fantasy novel, first in the Sun Swords series, set in the same world as Hunters Oath and Hunters Death. Women in harems secretly use magic to manipulate political affairs, while men deal with dark forces. West is a pen name for Michelle Sagara.
- * *Hunters Death (DAW 0-88677-706-2, Jun 96 [May 96], $6.99, 670pp, pb, cover by Jody Lee) [*Hunters Oath] Fantasy novel, sequel to Hunters Oath. The battle against darkness is fought in a highly civilized city. West is a pen name for Michelle Sagara.
- * *Hunters Oath (DAW 0-88677-681-3, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $5.50, 427pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [*Hunters Oath] Fantasy novel, first in a series set in a kingdom where hunters must annually become their gods prey.
- * *The Uncrowned King (DAW 0-88677-801-8, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $6.99, 687pp, pb, cover by Jody Lee) [Sun Sword] Fantasy novel, second in the Sun Sword series, set in the same world as Hunters Oath and Hunters Death. The young king in exile seeks to impress his countrymen by competing in a contest that exposes him to assassins.
- WEST, PAMELA; [i.e., Pamela Elizabeth West Katkin] (1945- )
- * *20/20 Vision (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36736-7, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $3.95, 228pp, pb, cover by Hector Garrido) Time-travel sf/mystery novel of a archivist in 2040 trying to solve a 1995 murder and changing the course of history.
- WEST, PAUL (Noden) (1930- ) (stories)
- * *Sporting with Amaryllis (Overlook Press 0-87951-666-6, Nov 96 [Dec 96], $19.95, 158pp, hc, cover by Michael Hornburg) Literary fantasy. Young John Milton encounters living myth in London, a woman who teaches him about sex and poetry.
- * *The Universe and Other Fictions (Overlook Press 0-87951-303-9, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $16.95, 187pp, hc) Collection of 18 stories. Some are sf while others use sf as magic realism." (Contents)
- WESTALL, ROBERT (Atkinson) (1929-1993) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Antique Dust (Viking UK 0-670-81201-3, Apr 89 [May 89], £11.95, 213pp, hc, cover by Graham Miller) [Geoff Ashden] Ghost collection. (Contents)
- * +Antique Dust (Viking 0-670-81201-3, Sep 89 [Dec 89], $17.95, 213pp, hc, cover by Fiona Carpenter) [Geoff Ashden] Original collection of seven ghost stories set in the world of antiques and featuring dealer Geoff Ashden. This is Westalls first adult work. These are wonderful stories, with echoes of both M.R. James and Charles Birkin. Highly recommended (SW). First American edition (Viking UK 1989).
- * *The Call and Other Stories (Viking UK 0-670-82484-4, Mar 90, £7.99, 119pp, hc, cover by Mark Thomas) Outstanding original collection of sf and ghost/horror stories. Strongly recommended. (PSP) This has a 1989 copyright date but has only just appeared. (Contents)
- * _The Call and Other Stories (Penguin Plus 0-14-032921-8, Sep 91 [Nov 91], £2.99, 118pp, pb, cover by Mark Thomas) Reprint (Viking UK 1990) original collection of sf and ghost/horror stories. Recommended. (PSP)
- * +The Call and Other Stories (Viking 0-670-82484-4, May 93 [Apr 93], $13.00, 119pp, hc) Collection of six supernatural stories. This is actually a second printing of the Viking UK edition with US, UK, and Canadian prices on the jacket. First American edition (Viking UK 1989).
- * _The Call and Other Stories (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037345-4, Jul 95, $3.99, 119pp, tp, cover by Mark Thomas) Reprint (Viking UK 1989) young-adult collection of supernatural stories. This is an international edition.
- * *The Cats of Seroster (Macmillan 0-333-37549-1, Oct 84, £6.95, 288pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. [Not seen]
- * _The Cats of Seroster (Piccolo 0-330-29239-0, Jun 86 [May 86], £1.95, 278pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1984) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _The Cats of Seroster (Piper 0-330-29239-0, Apr 89 [Mar 89], £2.25, 278pp, pb, cover by Julek Heller) Reissue (Macmillan 1984) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * *The Christmas Ghost (Methuen 0-416-18691-2, Aug 92 [Oct 92], £9.99, 64pp, hc, cover by John Lawrence) Childrens ghost story, illustrated by John Lawrence.
- * _The Christmas Ghost (Mammoth 0-7497-1769-6, Oct 94, £2.99, 64pp, ph, cover by John Lawrence) Reprint (Methuen 1992) ghost story set on Tyneside in the 1930s; illustrated by John Lawrence.
- * *Christmas Spirit (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-31260-5, Oct 94 [Dec 94], $15.00, 150pp, hc, cover by John Lawrence) Omnibus of two young-adult Christmas stories, one non-fantasy, the other about a Christmas Ghost that warns of disaster. With interior illustrations by John Lawrence. Both stories were originally published separately in Great Britain by Methuen, The Christmas Ghost 1992, and The Christmas Cat 1991. (Contents)
- * _Christmas Spirit (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-41125-5, Oct 96, $4.95, 150pp, pb, cover by John Lawrence) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1994) omnibus of two young-adult Christmas stories, one a ghost story.
- * _Demons and Shadows: The Ghostly Best Stories of Robert Westall (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Sunburst 0-374-41701-6, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $6.95, 264pp, pb, cover by Roxanna Bikadoroff) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1993) young-adult collection of 11 stories.
- * *Demons and Shadows: The Ghostly Best of Robert Westall (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-31768-2, Oct 93, $16.00, 264pp, hc, cover by Michael Chesworth) Collection of 11 ghost stories for young-adults, one original. A couple of the stories originally appeared in Westalls adult ghost story collection Antique Dust. This is the first of two projected volumes. (Contents)
- * _The Devil on the Road (Ace 0-441-14290-7, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $2.75, 200pp, pb) Reprint (Greenwillow 1978) fantasy novel of time travel into the 17th century, where the hero meets a witch. A less-than-traditional hero, a time-traveling cat, and an excellent sense of place combine to make this a well-above-average fantasy for all ages. Recommended. (DLN)
- * _The Devil on the Road (Macmillan Childrens Books 0-330-34064-6, Jan 96 [Jul 96], £3.99, 265pp, pb, cover by Barry Jones) Reprint (Macmillan 1978) young-adult fantasy novel. Motorcyclist is hurled back to 17th centruy.
- * *The Fearful Lovers (Macmillan UK 0-333-56362-X, Aug 92, £8.99, 152pp, hc, cover by Barry Jones) Collection of five original young-adult fantasy/horror stories. Confusingly the book is called Fearful Lovers and Other Stories on the cover. (Contents)
- * _Fearful Lovers (Pan 0-330-32925-1, Aug 93, £3.50, 152pp, pb, cover by Barry Jones) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1992 as The Fearful Lovers) collection of five original young-adult fantasy/horror stories.
- * +Futuretrack 5 (Greenwillow 0-688-02598-6, Jun 84 [May 84], $10.50, 276pp, hc) Sf novel. First U.S. edition (Kestrel 1983).
- * *Ghost Abbey (Hippo 0-590-70967-4, Sep 88 [Oct 88], £1.95, 172pp, pb) Young-adult ghost novel. Volume One in the Hauntings series.
- * *Ghost Abbey (Macmillan 0-333-47564-X, Sep 88 [Oct 88], £7.95, 172pp, hc) Hardback edition of the above.
- * +Ghost Abbey (Scholastic 0-590-41693-6, 1990 [May 90], $2.95, 169pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel of deadly evil lurking in an old abbey. First American edition (Macmillan UK 1985).
- * _Ghost Abbey (Scholastic 0-590-41693-6, Feb 94 [Apr 94], $3.25, 169pp, pb) Reissue (Macmillan UK 1985) young-adult ghost novel; fifth printing.
- * *Ghosts and Journeys (Macmillan 0-333-46266-1, 1988 [Dec 88], £6.95, 169pp, hc) Original young-adult sf/horror collection. (Contents)
- * _Ghosts and Journeys (Piper 0-330-30904-8, Nov 89, £2.50, 169pp, pb, cover by Julek Heller) Reprint (Macmillan 1988) young-adult fantasy/horror collection.
- * +In Camera and Other Stories (Scholastic 0-590-45920-1, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $13.95, 152pp, hc, cover by Tim OBrien) Collection of five young adult fantasy/horror stories. First American edition (Pan Macmillan 1992).
- * *Old Man on a Horse (Hippo 0-590-76082-3, Apr 89 [Feb 89], £1.95, 83pp, pb) Entertaining time-slip novella alternating between the present and the English Civil War. Volume 8 in the Hauntings series. (PSP)
- * *Old Man on a Horse (Blackie 0-216-92760-9, Apr 89 [May 89], £6.95, 112pp, hc) Young-adult sf novella. [Not seen]
- * *The Promise (Firefly Plus 0-333-52222-2, Sep 90, £7.95, 170pp, hc, cover by Gillian Andrae-Reid) Young-adult ghost novel.
- * +The Promise (Scholastic 0-590-43760-7, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $13.95, 170pp, hc, cover by Stephanie Gerber) Young-adult ghost novel. First American edition (Firefly Plus 1990).
- * _The Promise (Piper 0-330-31741-5, Jun 91, £3.50, 170pp, pb, cover by Barry Jones) Reprint (Firefly Plus 1990) young-adult ghost novel.
- * *Rachel and the Angel (Macmillan UK 0-333-42903-6, Oct 86, £7.50, 192pp, hc) Major new collection of young-adult stories. (SJ) (Contents)
- * _Rachel and the Angel (Piper 0-330-30235-3, Apr 88, £1.99, 156pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1986) young-adult horror/occult collection. Omits the final story. (Contents)
- * _Rachel and the Angel and Other Stories (Morrow/Greenwillow 0-688-07370-0, 1987 [Oct 87], $10.25, 187pp, hc) Collection of 7 young-adult fantasy and horror stories. First U.S. edition (Macmillan UK 1986).
- * *Shades of Darkness: More of the Ghostly Best of Robert Westall (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-36758-2, Apr 94 [May 94], $17.00, 312pp, hc, cover by Michael Chesworth) Collection of 11 young-adult ghost stories, one original. Second book of a two-volume best of collection. (Contents)
- * *The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral (Viking UK 0-670-84093-9, Nov 91 [Dec 91], £8.99, 156pp, hc, cover by Bob Harvey) Collection of two original, young-adult, supernatural novellas. (Contents)
- * *The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-37263-2, May 93 [Apr 93], $11.00, 97pp, hc, cover by Bob Harvey) Horror novella published for young adults about an ancient evil built into the very stones of an English cathedral. This originally appeared in a British collection with the same title (Viking UK 1991). Recommended (SW).
- * _The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral (Puffin 0-14-034843-3, May 93, £3.99, 156pp, pb, cover by Bob Harvey) Reprint (Viking UK 1991) original young-adult ghost collection.
- * _The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-47119-3, May 94, $3.95, 97pp, tp, cover by Bob Harvey) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1993) horror novella published for young adults about an ancient evil built into the very stones of an English cathedral. This originally appeared in a British collection with the same title (Viking UK 1992).
- * *Urn Burial (Viking Kestrel 0-670-81537-3, Jun 87 [Jul 87], £6.95, 157pp, hc) Juvenile supernatural novel.
- * +Urn Burial (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-07595-9, Mar 88, $11.95, 170pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel. Ancient aliens awaken. First U.S. edition (Viking Kestrel UK 1987).
- * _Urn Burial (Puffin Plus 0-14-032266-3, Jan 89, £1.99, 157pp, pb, cover by Alun Hood) Reprint (Viking Kestrel 1987) young-adult sf novel.
- * _Urn Burial (Puffin 0-14-037317-9, May 95 [Dec 95], £4.50, 157pp, pb, cover by Alun Hood) Reprint (Viking Kestrel 1987) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _A Walk on the Wild Side (Mammoth 0-7497-0147-1, Feb 91 [Mar 91], £2.99, 144pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Reprint (Methuen 1989) collection of seven young-adult ghost stories about cats, mainly original. (Contents)
- * _The Watch House (Puffin 0-14-032765-7, Dec 88, £2.25, 204pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1977) young-adult ghost novel.
- * _The Watch House (Knopf Borzoi 0-679-80129-4, May 90, $3.50, 232pp, pb, cover by J. K. Potter) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1977) young-adult ghost novel.
- * _The Watch House (Morrow Beech Tree 0-688-16372-6, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $4.95, 218pp, tp, cover by Joseph Guillette) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1977) young-adult ghost novel.
- * *The Wheatstone Pond (Viking UK 0-670-84898-0, Mar 93, £8.99, 183pp, hc, cover by Bob Harvey) Young-adult horror novel.
- * _The Wind Eye (Pan Piper 0-330-32234-6, Dec 92, £3.50, 212pp, pb, cover by Barry Jones) Reprint (Macmillan 1976) young-adult horror novel.
- * *Yaxleys Cat (Macmillan 0-333-55075-7, Jun 91 [Sep 91], £8.50, 137pp, hc, cover by Barry Jones) Young-adult occult fantasy novel.
- * _Yaxleys Cat (Pan Piper 0-330-32499-3, Aug 92, £2.99, 137pp, pb, cover by Barry Jones) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1991) young-adult horror novel.
- * _Yaxleys Cat (Scholastic 0-590-45176-6, Dec 93 [Nov 93], $3.25, 147pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1991) young-adult horror thriller.
- _____, ed.
- * *Ghost Stories (Kingfisher 0-86272-323-X, Mar 88, £6.95, 253pp, hc) Young-adult ghost anthology. (Contents)
- * _Ghost Stories (Kingfisher 0-86272-802-9, Jul 91 [Oct 91], £3.95, 253pp, tp) Reprint (Kingfisher 1988) young-adult ghost anthology.
- * +Ghost Stories (Kingfisher 1-85697-884-2, 1993, $6.95, 253pp, hc) Young adult ghost anthology. First American edition (Kingfisher 1988).
- * _Ghost Stories (Kingfisher 0-86272-802-9, Apr 97 [Jun 97], £5.99, 253pp, tp) Reissue (Kingfisher 1988) young-adult ghost anthology. Illustrated by Sean Eckett. 13th printing.
- WESTCOTT, C(harles) T.
- * *Eagleheart 1: Silver Wings and Leather Jackets (Dell 0-440-20239-6, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $3.50, 227pp, pb) [Eagleheart] Post-holocaust adventure novel.
- * *Eagleheart 2: Broadsides and Brass (Dell 0-440-20240-X, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $3.50, 240pp, pb) [Eagleheart] Post-holocaust military adventure novel.
- * *Eagleheart 3: Blood and Bones (Dell 0-440-20241-8, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $3.50, 249pp, pb) [Eagleheart] Post-holocaust adventure novel.
- WESTERFELD, SCOTT (David) (1963- ) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Fine Prey (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45697-1, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $5.99, 288pp, pb) Near-future SF novel. Humans adopt alien ways, but some fear losing their human heritage.
- * *Polymorph (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45660-2, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $5.99, 276pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) Near-future SF novel. A shapeshifter in New York discovers another of her kind with sinister schemes. A first novel.
- WESTERLY, DANIEL; pseudonym of Bairj Donabedian
- * *Devotion (Pocket 0-671-63175-6, Mar 87 [Aug 87], $3.50, 279pp, pb) Horror novel.
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