The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- WILLIAMSON, CHET (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * _Ash Wednesday (Headline 0-7472-3073-0, Apr 88, £3.50, 372pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1987) horror novel about a town in which all all the dead reappear as unmoving ghosts where they died. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Ash Wednesday (Tor 0-812-52720-8, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $3.95, 372pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1987) horror novel. Ghosts haunt a small town.
- * *The Crow: City of Angels (Boulevard 1-57297-218-1, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $5.99, 250pp, pb) Novelization based on the second movie about the comic-book character. Copyrighted by EPREC Releasing.
- * *The Crow: Clash by Night (HarperPrism 0-06-105826-2, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $13.00, 335pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielson) [Crow] Novelization based on the movies about the comic-book character. Copyrighted by Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation.
- * _The Crow: Clash by Night (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648366-6, Nov 98, £5.99, 335pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielson) [Crow] Reprint (HarperPrism 1998) dark fantasy novelization based on the comic book and movies. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Crow: The City of Angels (Boxtree 0-7522-2257-0, Nov 96, £4.99, 250pp, pb) Reprint (Boulevard 1996) novelisation of the film. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Dreamthorp (Dark Harvest 0-913165-40-9, Jan 89, $19.95, 325pp, hc) Horror novel set in a Pennsylvania town, with illustrations by Bob Eggleton. There is also a limited boxed edition of 400 signed copies available for $39.00 (-39-5).
- * _Dreamthorp (Avon 0-380-75669-2, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $3.95, 357pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1989) horror novel set in a small Pennsylvania town.
- * *Forgotten Realms: Murder In Cormyr (TSR 0-7869-0486-0, Mar 96, $18.99, 247pp, hc, cover by Larry Elmore) [Forgotten Realms] Fantasy-mystery novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * _Forgotten Realms: Murder In Cormyr (TSR 0-7869-1173-5, Jul 98, $5.99, 248pp, tp, cover by Larry Elmore) [Forgotten Realms] Reprint (TSR 1996) fantasy-mystery novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller (Prima/Proteus 0-7615-0069-3, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $5.99, 315pp, pb) Novelization based on the computer game of the same title. Copyrighted by Take 2 Interactive Software.
- * *The House of Fear (Footsteps Press no ISBN, Jul 89, $10.00, 23pp, ph) Original horror story, with illustrations by Douglas Klauba. This is a signed, numbered, 500 copy limited edition.
- * *Lowland Rider (Tor 0-812-52722-4, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $3.95, 342pp, pb) Horror novel set in the New York City subway.
- * _Lowland Rider (Headline 0-7472-3158-3, Dec 88, £3.50, 342pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1988) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Ravenloft: Mordenheim (TSR 1-56076-852-5, May 94 [Apr 94], $4.95, 315pp, tp, cover by Roger Loveless) [Ravenloft] Dark fantasy novelization based on the Ravenloft game.
- * *Reign (Dark Harvest 0-913165-56-5, Sep 90, $20.95, 425pp, hc, cover by John Lakey & Laura Lakey) Horror novel of a haunted theater. A signed limited edition ($45.00) is also available.
- * *The Searchers, Book Two: Empire of Dust (Avon 0-380-79188-9, Dec 98 [Nov 98], $5.99, 338pp, pb) [Searchers] X-files-ish SF novel of psychic government operatives tracking unexplained phemomena. Second in the trilogy.
- * *The Searchers: City of Iron (Avon 0-380-79187-0, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $5.99, 340pp, pb) [Searchers] Paranormal thriller in the X-Files mode. Book one in a series about psychic CIA agents investigating mysterious cases.
- * *Second Chance (CD Publications 1-881475-12-3, Dec 94 [Feb 95], $25.00, 449pp, hc, cover by Richard W. Huck) Horror novel of 60s nostalgia, alternate worlds, and ecological terrorism. Also announced in a limited hardcover edition (-13-1, $50.00). Order from CD Publications, PO Box 18433, Baltimore MD 21237.
- * *Soulstorm (Tor 0-812-52718-6, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $3.95, 311pp, pb) Horror novel of a deadly haunted mansion.
- * _Soulstorm (Headline 0-7472-3072-2, Dec 87, £2.95, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1986) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- WILLIAMSON, DUNCAN (1928- )
- * +The Broonie, Silkies & Fairies: Travellers Tales of the Other World (Crown/Harmony 0-517-56525-0, Mar 87 [Aug 87], $15.95, 153pp, hc) Collection of retold tales from Scotlands West Country, illustrated by Alan B. Herriot. First U.S. edition (Canongate 1985).
- WILLIAMSON, GERALD NEAL (1932- ); see under Williamson, J. N. (stories)
- WILLIAMSON, J. N.; [i.e., Gerald Neal Jerry Williamson] (1932-2005) (stories)
- * *Authors Choice Monthly Issue 24: The Naked Flesh of Feeling (Pulphouse no ISBN, Sep 91, $4.95, 107pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Collection of eight stories with an introduction by the author. A signed hardcover edition ($25.00) is also available and a deluxe leatherbound edition ($50.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * _Babels Children (Leisure 0-8439-2888-3, Jan 90 [Feb 90], $3.95, 284pp, pb) Reissue (Leisure 1984) horror novel of children with demonic powers.
- * *The Banished (Leisure 0-8439-2609-0, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $3.50, 255pp, pb) Horror novel. Malformed children suddenly disappear.
- * *The Black School (Dell 0-440-20265-5, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $3.50, 273pp, pb) Horror novel about an eleven-year-old girl kidnapped by Satans minions.
- * _The Black School (Severn House 0-7278-4088-6, Jul 90, £12.95, 273pp, hc) Reprint (Dell 1989) horror novel. This is the first world hardcover edition and is also available in the US.
- * *Bloodlines (Longmeadow Press 0-681-00693-5, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $19.95, 270pp, hc, cover by Kelly Freas) Vampire novel. A father with a dark secret tries to find his children.
- * _Bloodlines (Leisure 0-8439-4468-4, Dec 98 [Nov 98], $4.99, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Longmeadow Press 1994) vampire novel.
- * _Brotherkind (Leisure 0-8439-2436-5, Oct 86 [Jan 87], $3.50, 286pp, pb) Reissue (Leisure 1982) sf horror novel about aliens who impregnate a human.
- * *Dead to the World (Leisure 0-8439-2627-9, Jun 88, $3.95, 366pp, pb) Horror novel. The walking dead kill.
- * *Dont Take Away the Light (Zebra 0-8217-4128-4, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $4.50, 414pp, pb) Horror novel of a young boy haunted by mysterious music in his backyard that leads him into a dangerous nightmare.
- * *Evil Offspring (Leisure 0-8439-2468-3, Apr 87 [Jul 87], $3.95, 394pp, pb) Horror novel.
- * _The Evil One (Zebra 0-8217-2144-5, Aug 87 [Jul 87], $3.95, 333pp, pb) Reissue (Zebra 1982) horror novel, 2nd printing.
- * *Hell Storm (Dell 0-440-20706-1, Jan 91 [Dec 90], $3.50, 269pp, pb) Horror novel of an evil book, lost for centuries, now found and endangering the world.
- * _Horror House (Leisure 0-8439-2492-6, May 87 [Aug 87], $3.95, 382pp, pb) Reissue (Leisure 1981) horror novel.
- * _Horror House (W.H. Allen Star 0-352-32240-3, Jun 88, £2.99, 243pp, pb) Reprint (Leisure 1981) horror novel.
- * _The Longest Night (Leisure 0-8439-2713-5, Dec 88, $3.95, 368pp, pb) Reissue (Leisure 1985) horror novel. The undead are out for revenge. Second printing.
- * *The Monastery (Zebra 0-8217-3797-X, Jul 92, $4.99, 351pp, pb) Horror novel. A stranded family is given refuge in a monastery haunted by a monstrous evil.
- * *The New Devils Dictionary: Creepy Cliches and Sinister Synonyms (W. Paul Ganley 0-932445-13-6, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $15.00, 57pp, hc) Less a dictionary than a compendium of horror cliches, with estimates of the percentage of authors who resort to them. Suitably gruesome illustrations by J.K. Potter. A deluxe signed edition (-20-9, $30.00) is also available.
- * *The New Devils Dictionary: Creepy Cliches and Sinister Synonyms (W. Paul Ganley 0-932445-12-8, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $5.00, 57pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
- * *The Night Seasons (Zebra 0-8217-3567-5, Nov 91, $4.99, 398pp, pb) Horror novel. Monstrous plants kill the inmates of a county jail.
- * _Playmates (Leisure 0-8439-2362-8, Jun 86 [Jul 86], $3.50, 303pp, pb) Reissue (Leisure 1982) horror novel.
- * *Shadows of Death (Dell 0-440-20490-9, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $3.50, 278pp, pb) Horror novel. A house in Arizona holds evil spirits.
- _____, ed.
- * *The Best of Masques (Berkley 0-425-10693-4, Jun 88 [May 88], $3.50, 228pp, pb) Anthology of 20 horror stories, culled from Masques and Masques II. (Contents)
- * _Flesh Creepers (Robson 0-86051-684-9, Oct 90, £12.95, 317pp, hc, cover by Trevor Newman) Reprint (St. Martins 1989 as Masques III) original anthology of 28 horror stories and five poems, with an introduction by the editor.
- * *How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction (Writers Digest Books 0-89879-270-3, Apr 87, $15.95, 242pp, hc) Non-fiction, writers guide, an anthology of new articles by Bloch, Bradbury, Bradley, etc. (Contents)
- * _How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction (Robinson 1-85487-078-5, Mar 91, £4.99, 242pp, tp, cover by Peter Andrew Jones) Reprint (Writers Digest Books 1987) anthology of original articles by authors such as Dean R. Koontz and Ramsey Campbell on writing horror, fantasy, and science fiction. [First U.K. edition]
- * _How to Write Tales of Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction (Writers Digest 0-89879-483-8, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $12.95, 242pp, tp) Reprint (Writers Digest 1987) non-fiction book on writing, with articles by Bloch, Bradbury, etc.
- * *Masques (Maclay & Associates 0-940776-18-9, Oct 84 [Nov 84], $14.95, 306pp, hc) Original anthology of 21 previously unpublished stories by Bradbury, Bloch, Grant, Gene Wolfe, and others, plus an interview with Richard Matheson and an unpublished Beaumont story. These are works of horror and the supernatural. Probably not available in many bookstoresthis is definitely worthwhile. (CNB) (Contents)
- * _Masques (Futura 0-7088-4051-5, Dec 88, £3.50, 306pp, pb) Reprint (Maclay 1984) original horror anthology. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Masques II (Maclay & Associates 0-940776-24-3, Jun 87 [Jul 87], $19.95, 221pp, hc) Original anthology of 27 horror stories, including work by Stephen King, Ramsey Campbell, and Richard Matheson. Issued in silver boards without dust wrapper. (Contents)
- * *Masques III (St. Martins 0-312-02948-9, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $17.95, 317pp, hc) Original anthology of 28 horror stories and five poems, with an introduction by the editor. (Contents)
- * *Masques IV (Maclay 0-940776-26-X, Oct 91, $19.95, 247pp, hc) Original anthology of 26 stories, one a reprint. A signed limited edition of 750 copies ($49.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * _Masques IV (Pulphouse 0-940776-26-X, Jul 93, $12.95, 312pp, tp, cover by Donna Gordon) Reprint (Maclay 1991) original anthology of 26 horror stories, one a reprint.
- * _Masques Two (Futura 0-7088-4285-2, Jun 89, £3.50, 221pp, pb, cover by Alun Hood) Reprint (Maclay 1987) original horror anthology. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Masques Two (Severn House 0-7278-4004-5, Nov 89 [Oct 89], £10.95, 221pp, hc) Reprint (Maclay 1987) original horror anthology.
- WILLIAMSON, JACK; [i.e., John Stewart Williamson] (1908-2006) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Authors Choice Monthly Issue 5: Into the Eighth Decade (Pulphouse no ISBN, Feb 90, $4.95, 118pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Collection of four stories, with an introduction by the author. Also available in a signed hardcover edition ($25.00). A signed deluxe leatherbound edition ($50.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * *Beachhead (Tor 0-312-85154-5, Aug 92 [Jul 92], $21.95, 368pp, hc, cover by Ron Miller) Sf novel of mans first attempt to colonize Mars, with an introduction by Arthur C. Clarke.
- * _Beachhead (Tor 0-812-51308-8, May 93 [Apr 93], $4.99, 368pp, pb, cover by Ron Miller) Reprint (Tor 1992) sf novel of mans first attempt to colonize Mars.
- * _The Best of Jack Williamson (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31343-7, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $2.95, 368pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1978) collection.
- * *The Black Sun (Tor 0-312-85937-6, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $23.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Ron Miller) Near-future SF novel. Human colonists take a one-way trip to the system of a dead star.
- * _The Black Sun (Tor 0-812-55362-4, May 98 [Apr 98], $5.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Ron Miller) Reprint (Tor 1997) near-future SF novel of human colonists trapped in a dead stars system.
- * _Darker Than You Think (Bluejay 0-312-94078-5, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $8.95, 266pp, tp) Reprint (Fantasy Press 1948) fantasy/horror novel, with new illustrations by David G. Klein.
- * _Darker Than You Think (Macmillan Collier Nucleus 0-02-038350-9, Nov 89 [Oct 89], $4.95, 264pp, pb) Reprint (Fantasy Press 1948) classic fantasy novel about werewolves.
- * *Demon Moon (Tor 0-312-85718-7, May 94 [Apr 94], $22.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Sf novel of a land threatened by an onslaught of demons who were banished a millenium ago.
- * _Demon Moon (SFBC #05182, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $9.98, 349pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Reprint (Tor 1994) SF novel of a land threatened by an onslaught of demons who were banished a millenium ago. Similar to the Tor edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Demon Moon (Tor 0-812-52226-5, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $5.99, 379pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Reprint (Tor 1994) SF novel.
- * *Firechild (Bluejay 0-312-94165-X, Aug 86, $16.95, 377pp, hc) Sf novel of a disastrous genetic engineering experiment and its strange outcome.
- * _Firechild (SFBC #10581, Feb 87, $7.98, 281pp, hc) Reprint (Bluejay 1986) sf novel.
- * _Firechild (Tor 0-812-55800-6, Aug 87 [Jul 87], $3.95, 377pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1986) sf novel.
- * _Firechild (Methuen 0-413-16330-X, Mar 88, £3.50, 377pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1986) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Fortress of Utopia (Gryphon Books 0-936071-60-5, May 98 [Mar 98], $15.00, 156pp, tp, cover by Ron Turner) SF pulp novel originally published in Startling Stories in 1939, with a new introduction by Jack Williamson. An additional introductory piece by Philip Harbottle explains the books history, and why it was not previously published in book form. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; add $1.00 postage.
- * _The Humanoid Touch (Bantam 0-553-24967-3, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $2.75, 210pp, pb) [Humanoids] Reissue (Phantasia 1980) sf novel. Sequel to The Humanoids. 3rd printing.
- * _The Humanoids (Easton Press no ISBN, Jun 88 [May 88], no price listed, 239pp, hc) [Humanoids] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1949) sf novel with a new introduction by F.M. Busby and illustrations by David G. Klein. Part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series. Leatherbound, gilt edge limited edition.
- * _The Humanoids (Tor/Orb 0-312-85253-3, Jan 96, $13.95, 300pp, tp, cover by Shelley Eshkar & Jan Uretsky) [Humanoids] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1949) classic SF novel. Includes the prelude novella With Folded Hands, and illustrations by David G. Klein from the Easton Press (1988) edition.
- * _Lands End (with Frederik Pohl) See entry under Frederik Pohl.
- * _The Legion of Space (Macmillan Collier 0-02-038355-X, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $4.95, 189pp, pb, cover by Alan Gutierrez) [Legion of Space] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1947) sf novel. Originally written in the early 30s, this version of The Three Musketeers in space helped define the space opera genre for decades.
- * _The Legion of Time (Bluejay 0-312-94283-4, Nov 85 [Dec 85], $8.95, 247pp, pb) [Legion of Time] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1952) collection of two short novels, The Legion of Time and After Worlds End, with illustrations by Ilene Meyer.
- * *Lifeburst (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31394-1, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $12.95, 271pp, hc) Sf novel.
- * _Lifeburst (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32977-5, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $2.95, 286pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1984) sf novel.
- * _Lifeburst (Sphere 0-7221-9117-0, Mar 87, £2.95, 271pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1984) sf novel.
- * _Lifeburst (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32977-5, Oct 90, $3.95, 286pp, pb, cover by Don Dixon) Reissue (Del Rey 1984) sf novel; second printing.
- * _Manseed (Sphere 0-7221-9115-4, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £2.50, 249pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1982) sf novel.
- * *Mazeway (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34032-9, Apr 90 [Mar 90], $17.95, 290pp, hc, cover by Don Dixon) Sf novel of a boy who must pass an alien coming-of-age test to save the Earth.
- * _Mazeway (Easton Press no ISBN, Jun 90, no price, 290pp, hc) Sf novel of a boy who must pass a coming-of-age test to save the Earth. New artwork by Don Dixon, published simultaneously with the Del Rey edition listed three months ago. This signed leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Signed First Editions of Science Fiction series, and is available by subscription only.
- * _Mazeway (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36936-X, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $3.95, 262pp, pb, cover by Don Dixon) Reprint (Del Rey 1990) sf novel of a boy who must pass a coming-of-age test to save the Earth.
- * _Mazeway (Mandarin 0-7493-0481-2, Oct 90, £3.99, 291pp, pb, cover by Ian Thompson) Reprint (Del Rey 1990) sf novel.
- * *The Prince of Space/The Girl from Mars (Gryphon Books 0-936071-96-6, Jun 98 [May 98], $10.00, 100pp, tp, cover by Alfred Klosterman) Double-format publication of two novellas, one a facsimile of the booklet The Girl from Mars (Stellar Publishing 1929) co-written by Dr. Miles J. Breuer (not credited on the cover). There are new introductions by Williamson to each story. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; add $1.00 postage. (Contents)
- * _The Queen of the Legion (Haffner Press no ISBN, Sep 98 [Oct 98], $75.00, 362pp, hc, cover by Glenn Barr) [Legion of Space] Reprint (Timescape 1983) SF novel, fourth and final in the Legion of Space series. This is the first hardcover edition, a signed, limited edition of 300, designed to look the same as the Fantasy Press editions of the earlier books. Haffner Press, 5005 Crooks Rd, Suite 35, Royal Oak MI 48073-1239; add $4.50 postage.
- * _Seetee Ship (Bart 1-55785-110-7, Jun 89 [Aug 89], $3.50, 222pp, pb) [Seetee] Reprint (Gnome Press 1951 as by Will Stewart) sf novel.
- * _The Singers of Time (with Frederik Pohl) See entry under Frederik Pohl.
- * _Star Bridge (with James E. Gunn) See entry under James E. Gunn
- * _The Starchild Trilogy (with Frederik Pohl) See entry under Frederik Pohl.
- * _The Undersea Trilogy (with Frederik Pohl) See entry under Frederik Pohl.
- * *Wonders Child: My Life in Science Fiction (Bluejay 0-312-94454-3, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $15.95, 276pp, hc) Non-fiction, autobiography. Williamsons life covers 60 years of sf, and is the story of a remarkably complex man. Recommended. (CNB)
- * _Wonders Child: My Life in Science Fiction (Bluejay 0-312-94456-X, Nov 85 [Dec 85], $8.95, 275pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1984), non-fiction, autobiography. This book won the Hugo in 1985.
- WILLIAMSON, MARY LYNNE (1966- ); see pseudonym Susanna Kearsley
- WILLIAMSON, PHILIP G(eorge) (1955- )
- * *Citadel (Legend 0-09-931061-9, Nov 95 [Oct 95], £16.99, 289pp, hc, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Firstworld Chronicles] Fantasy novel. In The Firstworld Chronicles series.
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