The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

WIDDER, WILLIAM J. (1926-2004)

• * *The Fiction of L. Ron Hubbard: A Comprehensive Bibliography & Reference Guide to Published and Selected Unpublished Works (Bridge 0-88404-936-1, Jun ’94, $55.00, 373pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. A complete bibliography of Hubbard’s work, including Bridge/Author Services books that haven’t appeared yet. Includes much ephemera and a selection of photos. [Hubbard]

WIDMER, KINGSLEY (1925- )

• * *Counterings: Utopian Dialectics in Contemporary Contexts (UMI 0-8357-1861-1, May ’88 [Sep ’88], $44.95, 196pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study of utopian literature from Plato to Le Guin.

WIDNER, JAMES F.

• * *Science Fiction On Radio: A Revised Look at 1950-1975 (with Meade Frierson, III) (AFAB 0-9639544-4-X, 1996 [Apr ’96], $15.00, 194pp, spiral bound) Non-fiction guide to SF radio programs, both in the US and UK. Portions appeared previously in limited circulation works. Available from AFAB, PO Box 130969, Birmingham AL 35213-0969; orders 888-967-3437; postage is included in price.

WIECK, STEWART, ed. (stories)

• * *The Beast Within (White Wolf 1-56504-086-4, Apr ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.99, 410pp, tp) Original anthology of 13 vampire stories based on the “Vampire: The Masquerade” game, with interior illustrations by Timothy Bradstreet. (Contents)
• * _Death and Damnation (with Staley Krause) See entry under Staley Krause.
• * *The Essential World of Darkness (with Anna Branscome) (White Wolf 1-56504-864-4, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $15.99, 719pp, tp, cover by Omaha Perez) [World of Darkness] Omnibus of five novelizations based on the “World of Darkness” role-playing games. One is a reprint: Vampire Diary: The Embrace by Robert Weinberg and Mark Rein-Hagen (1995). The remainder are original to this edition: Shaman Moon by Owl Goingback, Lightning Under Glass by Scott Ciencin, Except You Go Through Shadow by David Niall Wilson, and Playing With Fire by Esther Friesner. Copyrighted by White Wolf. (Contents)
• * *The Quintessential World of Darkness (with Anna Branscome) (White Wolf 1-56504-880-6, Nov ’98, $15.99, 718pp, tp, cover by Kathleen Ryan) [World of Darkness] Omnibus/anthology of three novelizations, one original, and two apparently original stories based on the “World of Darkness” role-playing games: The Silver Crown by William Bridges (1995), Mister Magick by Edo van Belkom, Beyond the Shroud by Rick Hautala (1996), and stories by Kevin Andrew Murphy and Jody Lynn Nye. Copyrighted by White Wolf. (Contents)
• * *When Will You Rage? (White Wolf 1-56504-087-2, Jun ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.99, 446pp, tp) Original anthology of 19 werewolf stories based on the “Werewolf: The Apocalypse” game, with interior illustrations by various artists. (Contents)
• * _The World of Darkness: City of Darkness: Unseen (with Erin E. Kelly) See entry under Erin E. Kelly
• * _World of Darkness: Strange City (with Staley Krause) See entry under Staley Krause.
• * _World of Darkness: Truth Until Paradox (with Staley Krause) See entry under Staley Krause.

WIELER, DIAN

• * +RanVan: A Worthy Opponent (Groundwood Books 0-88899-271-8, Sep ’97 [Dec ’97], $16.95, 185pp, hc, cover by Ludmilla Temertey) [RanVan] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in a trilogy. This is the first hardcover edition, but the previous Canadian paperback edition was not seen; this appears to be the first US edition (Groundwood Books Canada 1995).
• * +RanVan: The Defender (Groundwood Books 0-88899-270-X, Sep ’97 [Dec ’97], $16.95, 171pp, hc, cover by Ludmilla Temertey) [RanVan] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in a trilogy about a boy obsessed with video games who starts developing strange powers of his own. This is the first hardcover edition, but the previous Canadian edition was not seen; this appears to be the first US edition (Groundwood Books Canada 1993).

WIELER, DIANA

• * _RanVan: A Worthy Opponent (Groundwood Books 0-88899-219-X, Oct ’98, $7.95, 185pp, pb, cover by Ludmilla Temertey) [RanVan] Reprint (Groundwood Books Canada 1995) young-adult fantasy novel, second in a trilogy.
• * +RanVan: Magic Nation (Groundwood Books 0-88899-317-X, Apr ’98 [Aug ’98], $14.95, 230pp, hc, cover by Ludmilla Temertey) [RanVan] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in a trilogy about a boy obsessed with video games who starts developing strange powers of his own. At 18, Rhan begins to realize the adult world is no game. This is the first hardcover edition, but the previous edition was not seen; this appears to be the first US edition (Groundwood Books Canada 1997).
• * _RanVan: The Defender (Groundwood Books 0-88899-184-3, Oct ’98, $7.95, 171pp, pb, cover by Ludmilla Temertey) [RanVan] Reprint (Groundwood Books Canada 1993) young-adult fantasy novel, first in a trilogy.

WIESNER, DAVID

• * *Free Fall (Lothrop Lee & Shepard 0-688-05583-4, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $13.95, unpaginated, hc) Fantasy art. Beautifully illustrated Escher-style children’s book — no words.
• * *June 29, 1999 (Clarion Books 0-395-59762-5, Oct ’92, $15.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by David Wiesner) Children’s picture book by last year’s Caldecott winner, an sf tale of an invasion by giant vegetables. Beautiful artwork with some haunting and hilarious images. Recommended (SW).
• * _Night of the Gargoyles (with Eve Bunting) See entry under Eve Bunting.

WIGGIN, KATE DOUGLAS (Smith), ed. [Mrs. George Christopher Riggs] (1857-?)

• * _The Arabian Nights (with Nora A. Smith) (Macmillan/Scribner’s 0-684-19589-5, Nov ’93 [Dec ’93], $25.00, 344pp, hc, cover by Maxfield Parrish) Reprint (Scribner’s 1909) collection of ten Arabian Nights stories, with illustrations by Maxfield Parrish.

WIGGINS, BERNARD (1944- ); see pseudonym Bernard Cornwell (stories)

WIGGINS, MARIANNE (1947- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *John Dollar (Harper & Row 0-06-016070-5, Feb ’89 [Mar ’89], $17.95, 214pp, hc) Associational; literary novel about eight young girls shipwrecked with a paralyzed sailor on the Island of Our Outlawed Dreams. Not quite fantasy, but enigmatic and touched with horror. Beautifully written. (FCM)
• * _John Dollar (Harper Perennial 0-06-091655-9, Apr ’90, $8.95, 214pp, tp, cover by Paul Davis) Reprint (Harper & Row 1989) literary horror novel.
• * _John Dollar (HarperPerennial 0-06-091655-9, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $10.00, 214pp, tp, cover by Paul Davis) Reissue (Harper & Row 1989) associational literary horror novel; second printing.

WIGGINS, TODD (1962- )

• * *Zeitgeist (Gollancz 0-575-06316-5, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £9.99, 320pp, tp, cover by Gary Day-Ellison) SF/fantasy novel set in a disintegrating USA in 1999. A hardcover edition (-06234-7, £15.99) was announced but not seen.
• * +Zeitgeist (Holt 0-8050-4417-5, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], $17.95, 511pp, hc, cover by Raquel Jaramillo) Darkly satirical literary SF novel of the millennium. First US edition (Gollancz 1996).
• * _Zeitgeist (Gollancz/Indigo 0-575-40082-X, May ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 320pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) literary SF/fantasy novel set in a disintegrating USA in 1999.

WIGHTMAN, WAYNE (1946- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Ganglion and Other Stories (Tachyon Publications no ISBN, Jun ’95 [Jul ’95], $21.00, 217pp, hc, cover by Michael Dashow) Collection of 10 stories. A signed, limited edition of 674. Order from Tachyon Publications, 1459 18th Street, San Francisco CA 94107. (Contents)

WIGNELL, EDEL; [i.e., Edna Wignell] (1936- )

• * _Escape by Deluge (The Bodley Head 0-370-31454-9, May ’90, £6.95, 157pp, hc, cover by Alun Hood) Reprint (Walter McVitty 1989) young-adult fantasy novel.

WILBER, ALIX

• * *The Wives’ Tale (Norton 0-393-02975-1, Aug ’91 [Nov ’91], $19.95, 351pp, hc, cover by Julie Scott) Literary fantasy novel about the strange Dufore family of the hamlet of Esperance, Vermont, who must cope with unusual problems; spontaneous combustion, decades-long insomnia, second sight, and transformations into trout. A first novel.
• * _The Wives’ Tale (Dell Laurel 0-440-50485-6, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $10.00, 351pp, tp, cover by Julie Scott) Reprint (Norton 1991) literary fantasy novel about the strange Dufore family of the hamlet of Esperance, Vermont, who must cope with unusual problems; spontaneous combustion, decades-long insomnia, second sight, and transformations into trout.

WILBER, RICHARD; see under Wilber, Rick (stories)

WILBER, RICK, ed.; [i.e., Richard Arnold Wilber] (1948- ) (stories)

• * *Subtropical Speculations: An Anthology of Florida Science Fiction (with Richard Mathews) (Pineapple Press 0-910923-82-5, Feb ’91, $12.95, 304pp, tp, cover by Larry Kresek) Anthology of 16 stories set in Florida, seven original, with an introduction by the editors. (Contents)

WILCOX, CLYDE, ed.

• * _Political Science Fiction (with Donald M. Hassler) See entry under Donald M. Hassler

WILDE, KELLEY (Colter) (1947- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Angel Kiss (Dell Abyss 0-440-20728-2, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $4.99, 370pp, pb) Horror novel of two Atlanta men who join a dating service to match up with Asian women, only to find that their new brides are monstrous killers.
• * *Makoto (Tor 0-312-85045-X, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $18.95, 406pp, hc, cover by Joe Curcio) Horror novel of a Japanese girl haunted by the ghosts of her past.
• * _Makoto (Tor 0-812-50036-9, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.50, 402pp, pb, cover by Paul Stinson) Reprint (Tor 1990) horror thriller.
• * *Mastery (Dell Abyss 0-440-20727-4, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.50, 450pp, pb) Horror novel of a vampire loose on a train in a killing frenzy.
• * *The Suiting (Tor 0-312-93069-0, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $16.95, 245pp, hc) Horror novel. A man is possessed by his suit.
• * _The Suiting (Tor 0-812-50253-1, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $3.95, 239pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1988) horror novel, winner of the Stoker Award for best first novel.

WILDE, NICHOLAS

• * _Into the Dark (Lions 0-00-673517-7, Aug ’89, £2.50, 172pp, pb) Reprint (Collins 1987) young-adult ghost novel.
• * +Into the Dark (Scholastic 0-590-43424-1, Sep ’90 [Feb ’91], $12.95, 201pp, hc, cover by E. T. Steadman) Young-adult ghost novel. First American edition (Collins 1987).

WILDE, OSCAR (Fingal O’Flahertie Wills) (1854-1900) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (Penguin/Signet Classic 0-451-52435-7, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $2.95, 221pp, pb) Collection of nine fairy tales, edited and with an afterword by Jack Zipes plus illustrations from the original editions and a bibliography.
• * *The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (Holt 0-8050-1009-2, Mar ’93 [May ’93], $19.95, 183pp, hc, cover by Michael Hague) Collection of nine Wilde fairy tales, with full-color illustrations by Michael Hague. (Contents)
• * _The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (Viking 0-670-85585-5, Sep ’94, $19.99, 141pp, hc, cover by Isabelle Brent) Wilde’s nine fairy tales, an omnibus of The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) and A House of Pomegranates (1891). With full-color illustrations by Isabelle Brent and an introduction by Neil Philip. First American edition (Little Brown UK 1994).
• * *Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde 2 (NBM 1-56163-085-3, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $15.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by P. Craig Russell) Collection of two graphic adaptations of Wilde fairy tales, with art by P. Craig Russell.
• * _The Happy Prince and Other Stories (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-10390-1, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $16.95, 134pp, hc, cover by Charles Robinson) Reprint (England 1888) classic collection of fairy tales. This is a facsimile of a 1913 edition with black-and-white and full-color illustrations by Charles Robinson.
• * _The Happy Prince and Other Stories (Penguin/Godfrey Cave 0-14-062137-7, Oct ’94 [Apr ’95], £1.00, 204pp, pb, cover by Ackerman) Reprint (??? ???) young-adult fantasy collection. Omnibus of The Happy Prince (1888) and A House of Pomegranates (1891). An Afterword by Jack Zipes plus other material is listed but not included. Published in 1994 but not seen until now. (Contents)
• * _The Happy Prince and Other Stories (Penguin 0-14-600025-0, Jul ’95, 60p, 56pp, pb, cover by James Pryde) Collection of four stories. One of the ‘Penguin 60s’ collection: mini-books celebrating their 60th anniversary. (Contents)
• * _The Happy Prince and Other Stories (Penguin 0-14-600025-0, Aug ’95, $.95, 56pp, tp, cover by James Pryde) Collection of four stories taken from Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories. A “Penguin 60s” anniversary edition.
• * _The Picture of Dorian Gray (Wordsworth 1-85326-836-4, 1994 [Nov ’94], £3.99, 177pp, hc, cover by Anthony Frederick Sandys) [Dorian Gray] Reprint (Ward, Lock 1891) horror novel. Thrift hardback edition.
• * _The Picture of Dorian Gray (Penguin Popular Classics 0-14-062033-8, Feb ’94 [Mar ’94], £1.00, 256pp, pb, cover by Vilhelm Hammershoi) [Dorian Gray] Reprint (Ward, Lock 1891) horror novel. Thrift paperback edition of the classic.
• * _The Picture of Dorian Gray: And Three Stories (Penguin/Signet Classic 0-451-52601-5, Jun ’95 [Sep ’95], $4.95, 305pp, pb) Reprint (Ward, Locke & Co. 1891) literary classic, with three additional short stories, two of them fairy tales. There is a new introduction by Gary Schmidgall. (Contents)

WILDER, CHERRY; pseudonym of Cherry Barbara Grimm, (1930-2002) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Cruel Designs (Piatkus 0-86188-764-6, Nov ’88 [Dec ’88], £10.95, 304pp, hc) Occult novel. [Not seen]
• * *Dealers in Light and Darkness (Edgewood Press 0-9629066-4-6, Feb ’95, $9.00, 166pp, tp, cover by Nick Stathopoulos) Collection of nine stories. Order from Edgewood Press, PO Box 380264, Cambridge MA 02238. (Contents)
• * _The Luck of Brin’s Five (HarperCollinsAustralia/Moonstone 0-7322-5124-9, May ’95, A$9.95, 248pp, pb, cover by Tony Pyrzakowski) [Torin the Toymaker] Reprint (Atheneum 1977) young-adult SF novel, first in the “Torin” trilogy. A survey team crashes on a planet inhabited by people with strange powers.
• * *A Princess of the Chameln (Atheneum 0-689-31025-0, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $14.95, 275pp, hc) [Rulers of Hylor] Fantasy novel, Volume One of “The Rulers of Hylor”.
• * _A Princess of the Chameln (Baen 0-671-55966-4, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.95, 345pp, pb) [Rulers of Hylor] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) fantasy novel, first of a trilogy.
• * _A Princess of the Chameln (Allen & Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823295-5, May ’86, £3.50, 275pp, pb) [Rulers of Hylor] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) fantasy novel, Book 1 of the “Rulers of Hylor” trilogy.
• * _Second Nature (Allen & Unwin 0-04-823336-6, Sep ’86, £8.95, 254pp, hc) [Rhomary Land] Reprint (Timescape 1982) sf novel.
• * _Second Nature (Unwin/Orion 0-04-823358-7, Sep ’86, £3.50, 254pp, pb) [Rhomary Land] Reprint (Timescape 1982) sf novel. Paperback edition of the above.
• * *Signs of Life (Tor 0-312-86171-0, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $23.95, 350pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Rhomary Land] SF novel set in “Rhomary Land”, scene of her first novel, Second Nature. A high-tech spaceship crashes and the low-tech Rhomarians have to rescue the survivers.
• * _Signs of Life (Tor 0-812-55396-9, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], $5.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Rhomary Land] Reprint (Tor 1996) SF novel set in “Rhomary Land,” scene of her first novel, Second Nature.
• * *The Summer’s King (Atheneum/Argo 0-689-31118-4, Mar ’86 [May ’86], $15.95, 244pp, hc) [Rulers of Hylor] Fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Rulers of Hylor” trilogy.
• * _The Summer’s King (Unicorn 0-04-823311-0, Jan ’87, £3.50, 244pp, pb) [Rulers of Hylor] Reprint (Atheneum 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Rulers of Hylor” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Summer’s King (Baen 0-671-65617-1, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $2.95, 281pp, pb) [Rulers of Hylor] Reprint (Atheneum 1986) fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Rulers of Hylor” trilogy.
• * *Yorath the Wolf (Atheneum/Argo 0-689-31060-9, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $11.95, 178pp, hc) [Rulers of Hylor] Fantasy novel, second in the “Rulers of Hylor” trilogy.
• * _Yorath the Wolf (Baen 0-671-55987-7, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $2.95, 246pp, pb) [Rulers of Hylor] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) fantasy novel, #2 in “The Rulers of Hylor”.
• * _Yorath the Wolf (Allen & Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823310-2, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £2.95, 178pp, pb) [Rulers of Hylor] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) fantasy novel, “Rulers of Hylor” #2.

WILDER, JOAN; pseudonym of Catherine Lanigan, (1947- )

• * *The Jewel of the Nile (Avon 0-380-89984-1, Nov ’85, $3.50, 281pp, pb) Novelization of the romantic fantasy sequel to Romancing the Stone. The author is given as “Catherine Lanigan writing as Joan Wilder;” based on a screenplay by Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner.

WILDER, MYLES

• * _Freeze (with William Raynor) See entry under William Raynor.

WILE, EDITH B.

• * *One Way Weekend (Ashley Books 0-87949-196-5, 1989 [Jun ’89], $12.95, 294pp, tp) Sf novel about a geneticist confronted by an alien race that needs her help.

WILEY, BASIL LESLIE (1930- ); see pseudonym Gareth Knight (stories)

WILGUS, NEAL (F.) (stories)

• * *Seven by Seven (Borgo Press 0-89370-273-0, 1996 [Feb ’97], $19.00, 136pp, tp) Non-fiction. A collection of seven interviews with American SF writers of the West and Southwest: Robert Anton Wilson, Robert Shea, Suzy McKee Charnas, Stephen R. Donaldson, Fred Saberhagen, Roger Zelazny, and Jack Williamson. Most date back to the early ’80s. There is a general index, and a character index. Available from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; 909-884-5813; fax 909-884-4942; add $2.50 postage.

WILHELM, KATE; [i.e., Katie Gertrude Meredeth Wilhelm Knight] (1928- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *And the Angels Sing (St. Martin’s 0-312-06898-0, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $19.95, 260pp, hc, cover by Morgan Pickard) Collection of 12 stories, one original. Most are sf or fantasy. Recommended (SW). (Contents)
• * *Author’s Choice Monthly Issue 16: State of Grace (Pulphouse no ISBN, Jan ’91 [Feb ’91], $4.95, 98pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Collection of six stories, each with a new introduction by the author. A signed 300-copy hardcover edition ($25.00) is also available and a deluxe 50-copy leatherbound edition ($50.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)