The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

WILLIAMSON, PHILIP G(eorge) (continued)

• * _Citadel (Legend 0-09-931071-6, Jun ’96 [May ’96], £5.99, 289pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Firstworld Chronicles] Reprint (Legend 1995) fantasy novel. In the “The Firstworld Chronicles” series.
• * *Enchantment’s Edge: Orbus’s World (NEL 0-340-68224-8, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], £5.99, 364pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [*Enchantment’s Edge] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) fantasy novel, second in the series. A hardcover edition (0-340-68225-6, £16.99) supposedly appeared in January, but was not seen.
• * *Enchantment’s Edge: Volume 1: The Orb and the Spectre (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66668-4, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £16.99, 376pp, hc, cover by Jon Sullivan) [*Enchantment’s Edge] Fantasy novel set in a land bordering a magical realm whose secret gods seem to be aiding murderous invaders.
• * _Enchantment’s Edge: Volume 1: The Orb and the Spectre (NEL 0-340-66669-2, Jan ’97, £5.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [*Enchantment’s Edge] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) fantasy novel. The cover says only Enchantment’s Edge.
• * *The Firstworld Chronicles 1: Dinbig of Khimmur (Grafton 0-246-13641-3, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], £7.99, 375pp, tp, cover by Mike Van Houten) [Firstworld Chronicles] Fantasy novel. Also available in hardcover (-13512-3, £14.99).
• * _The Firstworld Chronicles 1: Dinbig of Khimmur (Grafton 0-586-20680-9, Mar ’92, £4.99, 589pp, pb, cover by Mike Van Houten) [Firstworld Chronicles] Reprint (Grafton 1991) fantasy novel.
• * *The Firstworld Chronicles 2: The Legend of Shadd’s Torment (Grafton 0-586-20906-9, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], £5.99, 496pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Firstworld Chronicles] Fantasy novel.
• * *The Firstworld Chronicles 3: From Enchantery (HarperCollins UK 0-586-20907-7, Sep ’93, £4.99, 353pp, pb) [Firstworld Chronicles] Fantasy novel.
• * *Heart of Shadows (Legend 0-09-931451-7, Jun ’94 [May ’94], £9.99, 312pp, tp, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Firstworld Chronicles] Fantasy novel. In “The Firstworld Chronicles”.
• * _Heart of Shadows (Legend 0-09-931051-1, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], £5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Firstworld Chronicles] Reprint (Legend 1994) fantasy novel. In “The Firstworld Chronicles” series.
• * *Moonblood (Legend 0-09-926071-9, May ’93 [Apr ’93], £8.99, 288pp, tp, cover by Dennis Barker) [Firstworld Chronicles] Fantasy novel. In “The Firstworld Chronicles” series.
• * _Moonblood (Legend 0-09-931461-4, Jun ’94 [May ’94], £4.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Firstworld Chronicles] Reprint (Legend 1993) fantasy novel. In “The Firstworld Chronicles”.
• * _The Soul of an Orb (NEL 0-340-68591-3, Aug ’98, £6.99, 390pp, pb) [*Enchantment’s Edge] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1998) fantasy novel. Volume 3 of “Enchantment’s Edge”.

WILLIAMSON, ROGER

• * *The Sun at Night (Vann Press 0-9620218-1-4, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $6.95, 123pp, tp) Occult fantasy novel.

WILLINGHAM, RALPH

• * *Science Fiction and the Theatre (Greenwood Press 0-313-28951-4, Nov ’93 [Dec ’93], $55.00, 213pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. An academic survey of sf in the theatre, including an annotated bibliography of science fiction plays. Available from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders: 1-800-225-5800.

WILLIS, CONNIE; [i.e., Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis] (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Bellwether (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37562-8, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $11.95, 247pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Humorous SF short novel about chaos theory and predicting future fads.
• * _Bellwether (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56296-7, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $6.50, 247pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) humorous SF short novel about chaos theory and fads. Winner of the Locus Award for best novella.
• * _Daisy, in the Sun (Pulphouse 1-56146-533-X, Nov ’91, $1.95, 45pp, pb, cover by Donna Gordon) Sf short story that originally appeared in Galileo 11/79 and in the collection Fire Watch. Short story paperback #33. A signed leatherbound limited edition of 100 copies ($20.00) is also available. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
• * *Distress Call (Roadkill Press no ISBN, Dec ’91 [May ’92], $5.00, 30pp, ph, cover by Timothy Standish) Fantasy short story plus an essay, “On Ghost Stories”. This is a signed 300-copy edition. This is a 1991 pamphlet not seen until now. Available from Roadkill Press, Little Bookshop of Horrors, 10380 Ralston Rd., Arvada CO 80004. Include $1.00 for postage. (Contents)
• * *Doomsday Book (Bantam Spectra 0-553-35167-2, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $10.00, 445pp, tp, cover by Tim Jacobus) Time-travel sf novel set in 14th-century and 21st-century Oxford. Recommended (CNB). A hardcover edition (-08131-4, $22.00) is also available.
• * _Doomsday Book (SFBC #01435, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $12.98, 445pp, hc, cover by Tim Jacobus) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) time-travel sf novel set in 14th-century and 21st-century Oxford. Similar to the Bantam Spectra edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and the SFBC number is on the back jacket.
• * _Doomsday Book (NEL 0-450-57986-7, Nov ’92, £15.99, 527pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) sf novel about a history student who travels back in time to 14th century Oxford. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Doomsday Book (NEL 0-450-57987-5, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], £5.99, 650pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) sf novel about a history student who travels back in time to 14th-century Oxford.
• * _Doomsday Book (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56273-8, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $5.99, 578pp, pb, cover by Roger Kastel) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) Hugo and Nebula Awards-winning time-travel sf novel set in 14th-century and 21st-century Oxford. Recommended (CNB).
• * _Doomsday Book (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56273-8, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $5.99, 578pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1992) Hugo and Nebula Awards-winning time-travel SF novel set in 14th-century and 21st-century Oxford; second printing. This has a new (and improved) cover design.
• * *Fire Watch (Bluejay 0-312-94162-5, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $14.95, 274pp, hc) Collection of 12 stories by a major new talent. There is one new story, “All My Darling Daughters”. Recommended. (CNB) (Contents)
• * _Fire Watch (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26045-6, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $3.50, 271pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) collection of 12 stories.
• * _Fire Watch (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26045-6, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $6.50, 271pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reissue (Bluejay 1985) collection of 12 stories, including the best of her earlier work.
• * *Futures Imperfect (SFBC #11638, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $12.98, 408pp, hc, cover by William O’Connor) Omnibus of three short novels originally published as separate books: Uncharted Territory (Bantam Spectra 1994), Remake (Ziesing 1994), Bellwether (Bantam Spectra 1996). (Contents)
• * *Impossible Things (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56436-6, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $5.99, 461pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) Collection of 11 stories, with an introduction by Gardner Dozois. Recommended (SW). (Contents)
• * _Impossible Things (SFBC #02630, Mar ’94, $9.98, 461pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) collection of 11 stories. First hardcover edition. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Light Raid (with Cynthia Felice) (Ace 0-441-48311-9, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $17.95, 229pp, hc) Near-future high-tech sf novel where the Eastern and Western parts of North America are at war.
• * _Light Raid (with Cynthia Felice) (Ace 0-441-48312-7, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $3.95, 263pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1989) near-future high-tech sf novel.
• * _Light Raid (with Cynthia Felice) (Ace 0-441-48312-7, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $4.99, 263pp, pb, cover by John Harris) Reissue (Ace 1989) near-future SF novel. Second printing.
• * *Lincoln’s Dreams (Bantam Spectra 0-553-05197-0, May ’87 [Mar ’87], $15.95, 212pp, hc) Contemporary fantasy novel featuring dreams of the Civil War.
• * _Lincoln’s Dreams (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27025-7, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.95, 228pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1987) literary sf novel.
• * _Lincoln’s Dreams (Grafton 0-586-20015-0, Aug ’88, £2.99, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1987) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Lincoln’s Dreams (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27025-7, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $4.99, 228pp, pb, cover by Jean-François Podevin) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1987) fantasy novel, with a new foreword by the author. Second printing.
• * *Promised Land (with Cynthia Felice) (Ace 0-441-00405-9, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $21.95, 362pp, hc, cover by David R. Darrow) SF romance novel. Delanna has to live for a year on the farm, and with the husband, she inherited on the low-tech planet she left 15 years before.
• * _Promised Land (with Cynthia Felice) (SFBC #15497, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $10.98, 362pp, hc, cover by David R. Darrow) Reprint (Ace 1997) SF romance novel. This is similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on its back jacket.
• * _Promised Land (with Cynthia Felice) (Ace 0-441-00543-8, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $5.99, 362pp, pb, cover by David R. Darrow) Reprint (Ace 1997) SF romance novel.
• * *Remake (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-48-1, Dec ’94, $40.00, 241pp, hc, cover by Arnie Fenner) SF movie novel. Using computer technology, 21st-century Hollywood stars long-dead actors in new movies, but one special effects wizard learns that some things can’t be faked. Signed, slipcased, limited edition. Available from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088.
• * _Remake (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37437-0, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $11.95, 176pp, tp, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reprint (Ziesing 1994) short SF novel about making virtual movies in the future.
• * _Remake (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57441-8, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $5.99, 140pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reprint (Ziesing 1994) SF novella about making virtual movies in the future.
• * *To Say Nothing of the Dog (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09995-7, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $23.95, 434pp, hc, cover by Eric Dinyer) Humorous time-travel romance. Time travellers hoping to find an artifact from Coventry Cathedral lost in WWII end up in Victorian England.
• * _To Say Nothing of the Dog (SFBC #18028, Mar ’98, $11.98, 434pp, hc, cover by Eric Dinyer) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1998) humorous SF time-travel novel. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. A poster with new art by Eric Dinyer is shrink-wrapped with the book.
• * _To Say Nothing of the Dog (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57538-4, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $6.50, 493pp, pb, cover by Eric Dinyer) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1998) humorous time-travel novel.
• * *Uncharted Territory (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56294-0, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $3.99, 149pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) SF novella of two human explorers sent to survey an alien world.
• * *Uncharted Territory (NEL 0-450-61748-3, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], £4.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) Sf collection containing the title novella (Bantam Spectra 1994) plus the novella “Fire Watch” and the prize-winning novelette, “Even the Queen." (Contents)
• * _Water Witch (with Cynthia Felice) (Ace 0-441-87380-4, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $4.99, 216pp, pb, cover by David Jarvis) Reissue (Ace 1982 as by Felice and Willis) SF novel.
• * _Waterwitch (with Cynthia Felice) See entry under Cynthia Felice.

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• * *The New Hugo Winners: Volume III (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Baen 0-671-87604-X, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $5.99, 456pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Anthology of nine Hugo Award-winning stories, the three for each year 1989-1991, plus an introduction and notes by Willis. Only Willis’ name appears on the cover as “presented by,” but it is copyrighted only by Greenberg. (Contents)
• * _The New Hugo Winners: Volume III (with Martin H. Greenberg) (SFBC #03710, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $8.98, 456pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Baen 1994) anthology of nine Hugo Award-winning stories, the three for each year 1989-1991, plus an introduction and notes by Willis. Only Willis’s name appears on the cover as “presented by,” and only Greenberg’s name appears on the copyright page. First hardcover edition. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

WILLIS, DONALD, ed.

• * *Variety’s Complete Science Fiction Reviews (Garland 0-8240-8712-7, Feb ’86 [Dec ’85], $17.95, 479pp, pb) Non-fiction, reference book. Photoreproduction of sf/fantasy movie reviews from Variety from 1907 through 1984. It was also announced in hardcover, -6263-9, $27.95.

WILLIS, LYNN

• * _Petersen’s Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters (with Sandy Petersen & Thomas Sullivan) See entry under Sandy Petersen.
• * _S. Petersen’s Field Guide to Creatures of the Dreamlands (with Thomas Sullivan, Sandy Petersen & Mark J. Ferrari) See entry under Sandy Petersen.

WILLIS, PAUL JOHN

• * *No Clock in the Forest (Crossway Books 0-89107-599-2, Feb ’91, $8.95, 219pp, tp, cover by Britt Taylor Collins) [No Clock in the Forest] Christian fantasy novel of a mountain climber who accidentally lands in a fantasy world. A first novel.
• * _No Clock in the Forest (AvoNova 0-380-72077-9, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $4.50, 219pp, pb, cover by Rowena Morrill) [No Clock in the Forest] Reprint (Crossway 1991) young-adult Christian fantasy novel of a mountain climber who accidentally finds his way into a fantasy world.
• * *The Stolen River (Crossway Books 0-89107-671-9, Jul ’92 [Aug ’92], $8.95, 190pp, tp, cover by Britt Taylor Collins) [No Clock in the Forest] Young-adult Christian fantasy novel, sequel to No Clock in the Forest.
• * _The Stolen River (AvoNova 0-380-72080-9, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $4.50, 190pp, pb, cover by Rowena Morrill) [No Clock in the Forest] Reprint (Crossway 1992) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to No Clock in the Forest.

WILLSON, HARRY (stories)

• * *A World for the Meek (Amador 0-938513-01-X, 1987 [Jan ’88], $9.00, 184pp, tp) Post-Holocaust Zen fantasy novel. Published in 1987; not seen until 1988.

WILOCH, THOMAS (J.) (stories)

• * *Mr. Templeton’s Toyshop (Wordcraft of Oregon/Jazz Police Books 1-877655-16-3, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $9.95, 103pp, ph, cover by Thomas Wiloch) Collection of 45 “prose poems”, a series of dark fantasy vignettes, with illustrations by the author. Available from Wordcraft of Oregon/Jazz Police Books, PO Box 3235, La Grande, OR 97850. (Contents)

WILSON, A(ndrew) N(orman) (1950- )

• * *C.S. Lewis: A Biography (Norton 0-393-02813-5, Feb ’90 [Apr ’90], $22.50, 334pp, hc) Non-fiction; biography of the Christian philosopher and fantasist. This is easily the best (and most readable!) book on Lewis so far. Recommended (CNB). First American edition (Norton UK 1990). [Lewis]

WILSON, ANNA (1954- )

• * *Hatching Stones (Onlywomen Press 0-906500-39-7, Jun ’91 [May ’91], £4.99, 131pp, tp, cover by Jane Smith) Feminist sf novel.

WILSON, ANNE DEIRDRE (1934- )

• * *Magical Quest: The Use of Magic in Arthurian Romance (Manchester University Press 0-7190-2373-4, Jun ’88 [Jul ’88], £25.00, 242pp, hc) Critical study of the way that magic is used in Arthurian legends. Distributed in the US by St. Martin’s Press.

WILSON, ARTHUR

• * *Casting a Shadow (The Book Guild 1-85776-183-9, Apr ’97 [Jun ’97], £10.95, 87pp, hc, cover by Martin Perrott) SF novel. A first novel.

WILSON, CHARLES (P.) (1939- )

• * *Direct Descendant (St. Martin’s 0-312-95515-4, Oct ’95 [Dec ’95], $5.50, 324pp, pb) SF thriller about the recreation of a prehistoric man from genetic material.
• * *Extinct (Mandarin 0-7493-2590-9, Sep ’97 [Oct ’97], £5.99, 310pp, pb) SF novel of a prehistoric creature attacking the modern US coast.

WILSON, COLIN (Henry) (1931- ) (stories)

• * *The Delta (Grafton 0-246-13150-0, Oct ’87, £10.95, 304pp, hc) [Spider World] Sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Spider World” series.
• * *The Delta (Grafton 0-246-13222-1, Oct ’87, £6.95, 304pp, tp) [Spider World] Trade paperback edition of the above.
• * _The Delta (Grafton 0-586-06371-4, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], £3.50, 352pp, pb) [Spider World] Reprint (Grafton 1987) sf novel. Sequel to The Tower.
• * _The Essential Colin Wilson (Grafton 0-586-06865-1, Feb ’87, £4.95, 336pp, tp) Reprint (Harrap 1985) collection of non-fiction and fiction including some occult and sf. (Contents)
• * *Existentially Speaking: Essays on the Philosophy of Literature (Borgo Press 0-89370-401-6, Sep ’89 [Mar ’90], $9.95, 143pp, tp, cover by Judy Cloyd Graphic Design) Non-fiction; a collection of eight essays, one of them on science fiction, with a preface by Colin Stanley. A hardcover edition (-301-X, $19.95) and a signed limited edition (-008-8, $39.95) were announced but not seen.
• * _Lifeforce (Warner 0-446-32611-9, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $2.95, 220pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1976 as The Space Vampires) sf novel; movie tie-in edition, but there are no stills from the film.
• * *The Mammoth Book of the Supernatural (Robinson 1-85487-095-5, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], £5.99, 567pp, tp) Compendium of essays on the occult and supernatural, edited and introduced by Damon Wilson.
• * +The Personality Surgeon (Mercury House 0-916515-04-4, 1986 [May ’86], $17.95, 322pp, hc) Reprint (New English Library 1985) novel with elements of sf, about a technique to alter the brain via computer technology. First U.S. edition.
• * _The Philosopher’s Stone (Jeremy P. Tarcher 0-87477-509-4, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $9.95, 268pp, tp) Reprint (Arthur Barker 1969) mystical sf novel. New foreword by Joyce Carol Oates.
• * +Spider World Book Four: The Delta (Ace 0-441-77814-3, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $3.95, 248pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) [Spider World] Sf novel of a far-future Earth ruled by giant spiders. Fourth book in the American “Spider World” series, this volume is identical to the second volume published in the UK First American edition (Grafton 1987).
• * +Spider World Book Three: The Fortress (Ace 0-441-77813-5, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.50, 149pp, pb) [Spider World] Sf novel about a future Earth ruled by gigantic intelligent spiders. First American edition of part three of the original British edition, Spider World: The Tower (Grafton 1987).
• * +Spider World, Book 1: The Desert (Ace 0-441-77810-0, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $2.95, 163pp, pb) [Spider World] Sf novel with giant spiders ruling the Earth. This first American edition is only the first third of Spider World: The Tower (Grafton 1987).
• * +Spider World, Book 2: The Tower (Ace 0-441-77811-9, Jan ’89, $3.50, 181pp, pb) [Spider World] Sf novel about a future Earth ruled by giant intelligent spiders. First American edition. This is only part two of the original British novel Spider World: The Tower (Grafton 1987).