The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- WILLIAMS, GRAHAM (continued)
- * *Doctor Who: The Nightmare Fair (Target 0-426-20334-8, May 89, £1.99, 143pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization. This is not part of the normal series and contains the first of the scripts from the 1985 season that was never filmed.
- * _Doctor Who: The Nightmare Fair (Target 0-426-20334-8, Jan 92, £2.99, 143pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reissue (Target 1989) young-adult sf novelization. This is not part of the normal series and contains the first of the scripts from the 1985 season that was never filmed. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $4.95.
- WILLIAMS, GREG
- * *Younger than Springtime (Penguin/Donald I. Fine 1-55611-511-3, Apr 97 [Dec 97], $22.95, 297pp, hc) Satiric fantasy novel. A mans new secretary literally makes him young again. A first novel.
- WILLIAMS, IAN
- * *The Lies That Bind (Purnell 0-361-08531-1, Jun 89 [Jul 89], £2.50, 254pp, pb, cover by Lee Stannard) Young-adult sf novel. Also available in hardcover (-08530-3).
- WILLIAMS, KAREN (stories)
- * *Love Spell (Rising Tide Press 0-9628938-2-X, Aug 93 [Oct 93], $9.95, 193pp, tp) Lesbian romantic fantasy about a veterinarian who falls in love with a woman from another world.
- WILLIAMS, KIT (1946?- ) (stories)
- * +"Book with No Name" (Knopf/Borzoi 0-394-53817-X, Jun 84 [May 84], $10.95, unpaginated, hc) A book which will remain untitled until someone wins a contest to choose the right name. Aside from being a contest (void where prohibited by law), this is a book of intricately beautiful illustrations and a short story/fable which is a fantasy of the seasons. Its worth a look. (FCM)
- * *Out of One Eye (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02809-X, Sep 86, £12.95, 112pp, hc) Art book with 78 colour illustrations from Williamss early work.
- WILLIAMS, LINDA V(erLee) (1942- ); see pseudonym Linda Grant
- WILLIAMS, LORRAINE DILLE, ed.
- * *Buck Rogers: The First 60 Years in the 25th Century (TSR 0-88038-604-5, Oct 88 [Feb 89], $24.95, 288pp, hc) [Buck Rogers] Collection of Buck Rogers comics, one episode for each decade. Includes the original Phil Nowlan story from Amazing Stories, biographical material on the creators and their successors, and Ray Bradburys introduction to the 1969 book The Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (which just reprinted material from before 1962).
- WILLIAMS, (Winifred) MARY (Harvey Nethercot) iI.e., Winifred Mary Harvey Nethercot Williams Lewis] (1903-2000) (stories)
- * *Creeping Fingers and Other Stories of the Occult (Robert Hale 0-7090-4801-7, May 92, £14.95, 191pp, hc, cover by Helen Hale) Collection of 15 original supernatural and ghost stories. (Contents)
- * *The Haunted Garden (William Kimber 0-7183-0599-X, Mar 86, £8.50, 176pp, hc) Collection of 18 ghost stories. (Contents)
- * *Haunted Waters (Kimber 0-7183-0650-3, Oct 87, £9.50, 190pp, hc) Original ghost collection. (Contents)
- * *Ravenscarne and Other Ghost Stories (Piatkus 0-7499-0057-1, Feb 91, £12.95, 195pp, hc, cover by Pete Rozycki) Original collection of ghost stories. (Contents)
- WILLIAMS, MATT (stories)
- WILLIAMS, MICHAEL (Leon) (1952- ) (stories)
- * *Allamanda (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-68223-X, Jun 97 [May 97], £17.99, 436pp, hc, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Arcady] Fantasy novel. Sequel to Arcady.
- * +Allamanda (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45609-2, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $14.95, 417pp, tp, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Arcady] Fantasy novel, sequel to Arcady. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton June 1997).
- * _Allamanda (NEL 0-340-67449-0, Dec 97 [Nov 97], £6.99, 436pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Arcady] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) fantasy novel, sequel to Arcady.
- * *Arcady (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45500-2, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $12.95, 400pp, tp, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Arcady] Fantasy novel. Magical voids threaten to take over a land out of British Romantic poetry, where William Blakes works are religion, and John Milton is a saint.
- * _Arcady (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-67456-3, Jul 96, £16.99, 486pp, hc, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Arcady] Reprint (Roc 1996) fantasy novel. The borders between magic and reality shift in a land out of British Romantic poetry. First world hardcover edition. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Arcady (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45598-3, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $6.50, 436pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Arcady] Reprint (Roc 1996) fantasy novel set in a land out of British Romantic poetry.
- * *DragonLance Heroes II #3: Galen Beknighted (TSR 0-88038-921-4, Dec 90, $4.95, 317pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Heroes II] Fantasy novelization based on the DragonLance game, with illustrations by Valerie Valusek.
- * _DragonLance Heroes II: Galen Beknighted (Penguin 0-14-014375-0, May 91, £4.50, 317pp, pb, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Heroes II] Reprint (TSR 1990) fantasy novelization. Volume 3 in the trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
- * *DragonLance Heroes: Weasels Luck (TSR 0-88038-625-8, Jan 89, $3.95, 347pp, tp) [DragonLance: Heroes] Fantasy novelization; third in the DragonLance Heroes trilogy.
- * _DragonLance Heroes: Weasels Luck (Penguin 0-14-011649-4, Aug 89, £3.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [DragonLance: Heroes] Reprint (TSR 1988) fantasy novelization. Volume three in the DragonLance Heroes series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Dragonlance: Before the Mask (with Teri Williams) (TSR 1-56076-583-6, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $4.95, 312pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Villains] Fantasy novelization based on the Dragonlance game, first book of the Dragonlance Villains series.
- * *DragonLance: The Dark Queen (with Teri Williams) (TSR 1-56076-925-4, Dec 94, $4.95, 313pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Villains] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game, volume six in the Villains Series, with interior illustrations by Karl Waller. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *DragonLance: The Oath and the Measure (TSR 1-56076-336-1, May 92 [Apr 92], $4.95, 311pp, tp, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [DragonLance: Meetings] Fantasy novelization based on the DragonLance game, fourth book of The Meetings Sextet.
- * *From Thief to King: A Forest Lord (Warner Questar 0-446-36146-1, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $4.50, 291pp, pb, cover by Edwin Herder) [From Thief to King] Fantasy novel, second book of the From Thief to King series.
- * *From Thief to King: The Balance of Power (Warner Questar 0-446-36244-1, Dec 92 [Nov 92], $4.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Edwin Herder) [From Thief to King] Fantasy novel, third book of the From Thief to King series.
- * *A Sorcerers Apprentice (Popular Library Questar 0-445-21054-0, Nov 90 [Oct 90], $4.50, 280pp, pb, cover by Edwin Herder) Fantasy novel of a thief who becomes the apprentice of a powerful wizard and discovers his true destiny.
- WILLIAMS, MICHAEL LINDSAY (1940- )
- * *FTL: Further Than Life (Avon 0-380-89632-X, Mar 87 [Feb 87], $3.50, 327pp, pb) [Martian Spring] Sf novel, sequel to Martian Spring.
- * *Martian Spring (Avon 0-380-89633-8, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $3.50, 277pp, pb) [Martian Spring] Sf novel, a first novel.
- WILLIAMS, NIGEL (1948- ) (stories)
- * *Black Magic (Hutchinson 0-09-170950-4, Jul 88, £8.95, 117pp, hc) Fantasy novella. Illustrated throughout by Julek Heller.
- WILLIAMS, PAUL (Steven), ed. (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon See entry under Philip K. Dick.
- * _Microcosmic God: The Complete Short Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Vol. 2 See entry under Theodore Sturgeon.
- * _Thunder and Roses: The Complete Short Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Vol. 4 See entry under Theodore Sturgeon.
- * _The Ultimate Egoist: The Complete Short Stories of Theodore Sturgeon, Vol. 1 See entry under Theodore Sturgeon.
- WILLIAMS, PAUL O(sborne) (1935-2009) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Breaking of Northwall (Orbit 0-7088-8158-0, 1985, £2.50, 280pp, pb) [Pelbar Cycle] Reprint (Del Rey 1981) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
- * _The Breaking of Northwall (Orbit 0-345-29259-6, 1985 [Jan 86], £1.00, pb) [Pelbar Cycle] Reprint (Del Rey 1981) fantasy novel.
- * _The Breaking of Northwall (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32434-X, Feb 95 [Mar 95], $5.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Pelbar Cycle] Reissue (Del Rey 1981) SF novel, first in the Pelbar Cycle.
- * _The Dome in the Forest (Orbit 0-7088-8165-3, Feb 86 [Jan 86], £2.50, 214pp, pb) [Pelbar Cycle] Reprint (Del Rey 1981) sf novel, #3 in the Pelbar Cycle.
- * *The Gifts of the Gorboduc Vandal (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35597-0, May 89 [Apr 89], $3.95, 210pp, pb) Sf novel.
- * *Only Apparently Real: The World of Philip K. Dick (Arbor House 0-87795-800-9, May 86 [Apr 86], $7.95, 184pp, pb) Non-fiction, biographical study. [Dick]
- * *The Song of the Axe (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31658-4, Jul 84 [Jun 84], $2.95, 248pp, pb) [Pelbar Cycle] Sf novel, sixth in the Pelbar Cycle.
- * *The Sword of Forbearance (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32504-4, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $2.95, 245pp, pb) [Pelbar Cycle] Sf novel, conclusion of the Pelbar Cycle (Book #7).
- WILLIAMS, ROBERT PAUL (1957- ); see pseudonym Tad Williams (stories) (chron.)
- WILLIAMS, RUSS
- * *The Night Hunter (New Horizon Press no ISBN, Jul 90, $15.00, 448pp, tp) Horror thriller from a gay small press about a ghostly cougar stalking a small Appalachian town during a blizzard. This consists of 21½ x 28 cm. sheets perfectbound without a wraparound cover the spine is just the glue.
- WILLIAMS, RUTH L.
- * *The Silver Tree (HarperCollins 0-06-020296-3, Jun 92 [May 92], $14.00, 213pp, hc, cover by Eric Peterson) Young-adult time-travel fantasy about a girl who makes an unfortunate wish in the presence of a magic dollhouse.
- WILLIAMS, SEAN (Llewellyn) (1967- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Doorway to Eternity (MirrorDanse Books 0-646-19084-9, Jan 95 [Feb 95], A$8.95, 99pp, tp, cover by Antoinette Rydyr & Robert Hood) Collection of three SF novelettes by Australias rising young SF writer, with a foreword by Bill Congreve, and a bibliography of Williams work to date. Illustrations by Antoinette Rydyr and Robert Hood. A limited edition of 400 copies. Available from MirrorDanse Books, 1/26 Central Avenue, Westmead NSW Australia 2145. (Contents)
- * *Metal Fatigue (HarperCollinsAustralia 0-7322-5633-X, 1996 [May 96], A$12.95, 458pp, pb, cover by Greg Bridges) Near-future SF thriller. A walled-off city in the war-torn US holds too hard to the illusion of American superiority.
- * *The Resurrected Man (HarperCollins Australia/Voyager 0-7322-5903-7, Apr 98 [Mar 98], A$14.95, 609pp, pb, cover by Shaun Tan) SF thriller of teleportation devices and the serial murder of the same duplicated person.
- * *The Unknown Soldier (with Shane Dix) (Aphelion Publications 1-875346-11-2, Aug 95, A$14.95, 361pp, tp, cover by Tim Ide) [Evergence] SF novel, first in The Cogal trilogy about a sector of space inhabited by seven sentient races, and their ever-shifting alliances. Published in Australia; available in the US for $10.00 from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088.
- WILLIAMS, SHEILA, ed. (stories) (chron.)
- * *Hugo and Nebula Award Winners from Asimovs Science Fiction (Random House/Wings 0-517-12410-6, 1995 [Jan 96], $12.99, 558pp, hc) Anthology of 17 award-winning stories. This is an instant remainder edition. (Contents)
- * *Intergalactic Mercenaries (with Cynthia Manson) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45580-0, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $5.99, 266pp, pb) Anthology of six military SF stories from Analog and Asimovs. Authors include Gordon R. Dickson, Frederik Pohl, and Lois McMaster Bujold. (Contents)
- * _Isaac Asimovs Camelot (with Gardner R. Dozois) See entry under Gardner R. Dozois
- * _Isaac Asimovs Christmas (with Gardner R. Dozois) See entry under Gardner R. Dozois
- * _Isaac Asimovs Cyberdreams (with Gardner R. Dozois) See entry under Gardner R. Dozois
- * _Isaac Asimovs Detectives (with Gardner R. Dozois) See entry under Gardner R. Dozois
- * _Isaac Asimovs Earth (with Gardner R. Dozois) See entry under Gardner R. Dozois
- * _Isaac Asimovs Ghosts (with Gardner R. Dozois) See entry under Gardner R. Dozois
- * _Isaac Asimovs Moons (with Gardner R. Dozois) See entry under Gardner R. Dozois
- * _Isaac Asimovs Robots (with Gardner R. Dozois) See entry under Gardner R. Dozois
- * _Isaac Asimovs Skin Deep (with Gardner R. Dozois) See entry under Gardner R. Dozois
- * _Isaac Asimovs Vampires (with Gardner R. Dozois) See entry under Gardner R. Dozois
- * *The Loch Moose Monster: More Stories from Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazine (Delacorte 0-385-30600-8, Mar 93, $16.00, 285pp, hc, cover by Joel Iskowitz) Anthology of 14 stories that originally appeared in Asimovs, with a foreword by Joan D. Vinge and an afterword by the editor. (Contents)
- * _Science Fiction by Asimov See entry under Isaac Asimov.
- * *Tales from Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazine (with Cynthia Manson) (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-284209-8, Oct 86 [Mar 87], $15.95, 298pp, hc) Young-adult anthology of 17 stories from Asimovs; introduction by Isaac Asimov. This has a 1986 copyright, but we did not see it until 1987. (Contents)
- * *Why I Left Harrys All Night Hamburgers and Other Stories (with Charles Ardai) (Delacorte 0-385-30044-1, Jun 90 [May 90], $14.95, 285pp, hc, cover by Joel Iskowitz) Anthology of 12 stories, with an introduction by Ardai. (Contents)
- * _Why I Left Harrys All Night Hamburgers and Other Stories (with Charles Ardai) (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21394-0, Dec 92 [Nov 92], $3.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Joel Iskowitz) Reprint (Delacorte 1990) anthology of 12 sf stories, with an introduction by Ardai.
- WILLIAMS, SIDNEY; see pseudonym Michael August (stories)
- * *Blood Hunter (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-437-6, Nov 90 [Oct 90], $3.95, 317pp, pb) Horror novel. Sentient killer swamp.
- * *Gnelfs (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-543-1, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $4.50, 352pp, pb) Horror novel of adorable little tv creatures who come out of the set to attack an innocent family.
- * *Night Brothers (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-290-4, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $4.50, 448pp, pb) Horror novel. Vampires in Louisiana.
- * *When Darkness Falls (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-621-7, Jul 92 [Aug 92], $4.50, 384pp, pb) Horror novel of werewolves preying on a small Louisiana town.
- WILLIAMS, TAD; pseudonym of Robert Paul Williams, (1957- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Calibans Hour (Legend 0-09-926361-0, Oct 94, £12.99, 180pp, hc, cover by Bruce Pennington) Short fantasy novel of magic and menace derived from Shakespeares The Tempest, wherein Caliban confronts Miranda 20 years after she left the island, seeking revenge for the cruelties she inflicted.
- * +Calibans Hour (HarperPrism 0-06-105204-3, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $14.99, 201pp, hc, cover by Jim Griffin) Fantasy novella. The monster from Shakespeares The Tempest tells his version of the story. First American edition (Legend 1994). This edition has two distinct covers by the same artist.
- * _Calibans Hour (Legend 0-09-926171-5, Sep 95, £4.99, 180pp, pb, cover by Bruce Pennington) Reprint (Legend 1994) fantasy novel. A tale of magic and menace derived from Shakespeares The Tempest, wherein Caliban confronts Miranda twenty years after she left the island, seeking revenge for the cruelties she inflicted.
- * _Calibans Hour (HarperPrism 0-06-105413-5, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $4.99, 194pp, pb, cover by Jim Griffin) Reprint (Legend 1994) fantasy novella. Shakespeares character tells his side of the story.
- * *Child of an Ancient City (with Nina Kiriki Hoffman) (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31577-5, Nov 92 [Oct 92], $14.95, 137pp, hc, cover by Greg Hildebrandt) Young-adult fantasy novel, with illustrations by Greg Hildebrandt. An Arabian Nights-style story of a merchants son traveling with a caravan whose members fall victim to a vampire. This is part of the Dragonflight series packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Child of an Ancient City (with Nina Kiriki Hoffman) (Legend 0-7126-5499-2, Nov 92 [Oct 92], £7.99, 80pp, tp, cover by Bruce Pennington) Arabian Nights fantasy novella, illustrated throughout by Bruce Pennington. A hardcover edition (-5492-5, £12.99) is also available. Simultaneous with US (Atheneum) edition.
- * _Child of an Ancient City (with Nina Kiriki Hoffman) (Tor 0-812-53391-7, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $6.99, 280pp, tp, cover by Greg Hildebrandt) Reprint (Atheneum 1992) young-adult fantasy novel, with illustrations by Greg Hildebrandt. An Arabian Nights-style story of a merchants son traveling with a caravan whose members fall victim to a vampire.
- * *The Dragonbone Chair (DAW 0-8099-0003-3, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $19.95, 654pp, hc) [Memory, Sorrow & Thorn] Tolkienesque fantasy novel, Book One of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn.
- * _The Dragonbone Chair (SFBC #14507, Feb 89 [Mar 89], $9.98, 785pp, hc) [Memory, Sorrow & Thorn] Reprint (DAW 1988) fantasy novel, book one of Memory, Sorrow and Thorn.
- * _The Dragonbone Chair (Legend 0-7126-3432-0, Aug 89, £7.50, 654pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Memory, Sorrow & Thorn] Reprint (DAW 1988) fantasy novel. Volume one in the Memory, Sorrow and Thorn series. Also available in hardcover (-3427-4, £14.95). [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Dragonbone Chair (DAW 0-88677-384-9, Nov 89 [Aug 89], $5.95, 783pp, pb) [Memory, Sorrow & Thorn] Reprint (DAW 1988) fantasy novel, book one of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn.
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