The Locus Index to Science Fiction
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- WILLEY, ELIZABETH (stories) (continued)
- WILLIAM, KATE
- * _Sweet Valley High: Dance of Death (Bantam UK 0-553-50460-6, Mar ’97, £2.99, 199pp, pb) [Sweet Valley High: Vampire] Reprint (Bantam 1996 as by Prancine Pascal) young-adult vampire novel. Volume two in the “Dark Shadows” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
- WILLIAM, SIDNEY
- * *Azarius (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-229-7, Jun ’89 [Jul ’89], $4.50, 446pp, pb) Horror novel about a small town in the grip of evil.
- WILLIAMS, A. SUSAN, ed. (stories) (assoc.)
- * +The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-913-8, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $28.00, 566pp, hc) Anthology of 33 classic fantasy stories by women writers, with an introduction by the editor. First American edition (Xanadu 1992).
- * _The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0086-6, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $15.95, 566pp, tp) Reprint (Xanadu 1992) anthology of 33 classic fantasy stories by women writers, with an introduction by the editor.
- * *The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women: 1800 - World War II (Xanadu 1-85480-190-2, Dec ’92, £14.99, 566pp, hc) Anthology of 34 stories tracing the development of female fantasy writers from 1806 to 1936. Recommended (PSP). (Contents)
- * _The Penguin Book of Classic Fantasy by Women (Penguin 0-14-024318-6, May ’95 [Jun ’95], £7.99, xv+572pp, tp, cover by Evelyn de Morgan) Reprint (Xanadu 1992 as The Lifted Veil) anthology of 34 stories by women, published between 1806 and 1936. Contents differ slightly from the earlier edition; several stories were dropped, one added. (Contents)
- * *The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (with Richard Glyn Jones) (Viking UK 0-670-85907-9, May ’95, £17.00, 560pp, hc, cover by Leonora Carrington) Fantasy/SF anthology of epic proportions - 38 stories (3 original) by women, published between 1941 and 1994. There is an Introduction by Joanna Russ. (Contents)
- * *The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (with Richard Glyn Jones) (Viking 0-670-85907-9, Oct ’95 [Jul ’95], $27.95, 560pp, hc, cover by Leonora Carrington) Anthology of stories by 38 women from 1941 to the present, including Shirley Jackson, Margaret Atwood, and Ursula K. Le Guin, with an introduction by Joanna Russ. This appears to be an international edition, released first in the UK, with a slightly different jacket.
- * _The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (with Richard Glyn Jones) (Penguin 0-14-024336-4, Aug ’96, £8.99, xvi+560pp, tp, cover by Leonora Carrington) Reprint (Viking UK 1995) fantasy/SF anthology of 38 stories (three original) by women, published between 1941 and 1994. This is an international edition available in the US for $13.95.
- WILLIAMS, ANN; pseudonym of Peggy Ann Myers
- * *Angel on My Shoulder (Silhouette 0-373-07408-5, Nov ’91 [Apr ’92], $3.29, 250pp, pb) Fantasy romance of an an angel named Cassandra who comes to Earth and falls in love with a human. A “Silhouette Intimate Moments” romance. A 1991 book not seen until now.
- WILLIAMS, ARTHUR J. (stories)
- * *A Fast Ride to Hell (Vantage Press 0-533-08190-4, Jan ’90, $7.95, 51pp, hc) Short horror novella from a vanity publisher. Spirit of murdered girl attacks Detroit.
- WILLIAMS, BRAD(ley) (1918-1988) (stories) (assoc.)
- WILLIAMS, CHARLES (Walter Stansby), [ref.] (1886-1945) (stories)
- * _Charles Williams See entry under Kathleen Spencer.
- * _The Novels of Charles Williams See entry under Thomas T. Howard.
- WILLIAMS, CONRAD (1969- ) (stories)
- * +Head Injuries (Dufour/Do-Not Press 1-899344-36-5, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $12.95, 206pp, tp, cover by Conrad Williams) Dark fantasy novel. Old friends haunted by their past reunite in an offseason seaside town. First US edition; this is the Do-Not Press edition (not previously listed) with Dufour stickers. Order from Dufour Editions, PO Box 7, Chester Springs PA 19425-0007; (610) 458-5005; fax (610) 458-7103.
- WILLIAMS, DI, ed.
- WILLIAMS, GORDON M(aclean) (1939- )
- WILLIAMS, GRAHAM
- * *Doctor Who: The Nightmare Fair (Lyle Stuart/Target 0-426-20334-8, 1989 [Aug ’89], $3.95, 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. This is a worldwide edition carrying the names of the publisher and its US, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand distributors and their respective prices.
- * *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 man’s 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) (assoc.)
- * +"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. It’s 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 Williams’s 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 Bradbury’s introduction to the 1969 book The Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (which just reprinted material from before 1962).
- WILLIAMS, MARY; [born Winifred Mary Harvey] (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) (assoc.)
- * *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 Blake’s 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: Weasel’s Luck (TSR 0-88038-625-8, Jan ’89, $3.95, 347pp, tp) [DragonLance: Heroes] Fantasy novelization; third in the “DragonLance Heroes” trilogy.
- * _DragonLance Heroes: Weasel’s 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 Sorcerer’s 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) (assoc.)
- * _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- ) (stories)
- * _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)
- 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 (1967- ) (stories) (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 Australia’s 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)
- * *Hugo and Nebula Award Winners from Asimov’s 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 Asimov’s. Authors include Gordon R. Dickson, Frederik Pohl, and Lois McMaster Bujold. (Contents)
- * _Isaac Asimov’s Camelot (with Gardner R. Dozois) See entry under Gardner R. Dozois
- * _Isaac Asimov’s Christmas (with Gardner R. Dozois) See entry under Gardner R. Dozois
- * _Isaac Asimov’s Cyberdreams (with Gardner R. Dozois) See entry under Gardner R. Dozois
- * _Isaac Asimov’s Detectives (with Gardner R. Dozois) See entry under Gardner R. Dozois
- * _Isaac Asimov’s Earth (with Gardner R. Dozois) See entry under Gardner R. Dozois
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