The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

WILSON, PETER LAMBORN, ed. (1945- ) (stories)

• * _Semiotext(e) SF (with Robert Anton Wilson & Rudy Rucker) See entry under Rudy Rucker.

WILSON, RICHARD (1920-1987) (stories)

• * *The Kid from Ozone Park & Other Stories (Chris Drumm 0-936055-32-4, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.50, 62pp, pb) Small pamphlet collection of 8 original stories, put together by the author before his death in March 1987. Drumm Booklet #27. (Contents)

WILSON, ROBERT ANTON (1932-2007) (stories)

• * _The Earth Will Shake (Bluejay 0-312-94128-5, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $8.95, 369pp, pb) [Historical Illuminatus Chronicles] Reprint (Tarcher 1983) historical novel with slight fantasy elements. First of a new “Illuminatus” series.
• * _The Earth Will Shake (Lynx 1-55802-176-0, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $4.95, 385pp, pb) [Historical Illuminatus Chronicles] Reprint (Bluejay 1984) historical fantasy novel of worldwide conspiracies, Vol. 1 of “The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles”.
• * _The Eye in the Pyramid (with Robert J. Shea) See entry under Robert J. Shea
• * _The Golden Apple (with Robert J. Shea) See entry under Robert J. Shea
• * _The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles Volume 1: The Earth Will Shake (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45086-8, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 381pp, pb) [Illuminatus] Reprint (Bluejay 1982) historical conspiracy thriller with fantasy elements, first book of a series.
• * _The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles Volume 2: The Widow’s Son (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45077-9, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.99, 378pp, pb) [Illuminatus] Reprint (Bluejay 1985) historical conspiracy thriller with fantasy elements, second book of a series.
• * *The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles Volume 3: Nature’s God (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45059-0, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.99, 215pp, pb, cover by Joe Burleson) [Illuminatus] Historical conspiracy thriller with fantasy elements, third book of a series.
• * _The Illuminatus Trilogy (with Robert J. Shea) See entry under Robert J. Shea
• * _The Illuminatus! Trilogy (with Robert J. Shea) See entry under Robert J. Shea
• * _Illuminatus: The Widow’s Son (Lynx 1-55802-177-9, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $4.95, 392pp, pb) [Historical Illuminatus Chronicles] Reprint (Bluejay 1985) historical fantasy novel, Volume Two in the “Historical Illuminatus Chronicles”.
• * _Leviathan (with Robert J. Shea) See entry under Robert J. Shea
• * _Masks of the Illuminati (Dell 0-440-50306-X, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $8.95, 355pp, tp) [Illuminatus] Reprint (Timescape 1981) occult fantasy novel.
• * *Reality Is What You Can Get Away With (Dell 0-440-50332-9, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $13.00, 148pp, tp) Humorous sf novel in the form of an illustrated screenplay discovered in the far-future ruins of Beverly Hills, commented on by more advanced humans.
• * *Schrödinger’s Cat Trilogy (Dell 0-440-50070-2, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $10.95, 545pp, pb) [*Schrodinger’s Cat Trilogy] Omnibus of The Universe Next Door, The Trick Top Hat, and The Homing Pigeons (all Pocket 1979). (Contents)
• * _Schrödinger’s Cat Trilogy (Orbit 0-7474-0649-9, Apr ’90, £5.99, 545pp, tp) [*Schrodinger’s Cat Trilogy] Reprint (Dell 1988) sf omnibus.
• * *The Widow’s Son (Bluejay 0-312-94457-8, 1985 [Dec ’85], $9.95, 343pp, pb) [Illuminatus] Historical novel, Vol. II of the “Historical Illuminatus Chronicles”.

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• * _Semiotext(e) SF (with Rudy Rucker & Peter Lamborn Wilson) See entry under Rudy Rucker.

WILSON, ROBERT C.

• * *Second Fire (Jove 0-515-11070-1, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $5.50, 372pp, pb) Horror novel of an ancient killing flame released by Indians against archaeologists who defile the graves of their dead.

WILSON, ROBERT CHARLES (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *A Bridge of Years (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-41937-6, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $12.00, 237pp, tp) Time-travel sf novel. The previously announced hardcover edition was cancelled, despite the ISBN appearing on the copyright page of this edition. Highly recommended (FCM).
• * _A Bridge of Years (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29892-5, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Wil Cormier) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1991) time-travel sf novel.
• * _A Bridge of Years (NEL 0-450-60958-8, Jun ’94, £5.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1991) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Darwinia (Tor 0-312-86038-2, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $22.95, 320pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) SF novel of an alternate 20th century in which Europe has been replaced by Darwinia, a land of jungles and monsters.
• * _Darwinia (SFBC #19168, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $10.98, 320pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Tor 1998) SF novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *The Divide (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-26655-3, Jan ’90, $8.95, 249pp, tp, cover by Jean-François Podevin) Sf novel of genetic experiments and alternate personae. Recommended (FCM). Also available in hardcover (-24947-0, $19.95).
• * _The Divide (Orbit 0-7088-4841-9, Dec ’90, £6.99, 249pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) sf novel.
• * _The Divide (Orbit 0-7088-8365-6, Oct ’91, £3.99, 249pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) sf novel.
• * *Gypsies (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-24933-0, Jan ’89, $16.95, 237pp, hc) Science fiction alternate world novel, low-key but compelling. (FCM)
• * _Gypsies (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28304-9, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $4.50, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) alternate-world sf novel.
• * _Gypsies (Orbit 0-356-19080-3, May ’90, £6.99, 311pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) fascinating sf novel about a family who can travel to parallel worlds. Recommended. (PSP)
• * _Gypsies (Orbit 0-7088-8353-2, Apr ’91, £3.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Nick Rodgers) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) sf novel.
• * *The Harvest (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37110-X, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $12.00, 394pp, tp, cover by Pamela Lee) Sf novel of men who refuse an alien offer to transform themselves into something more (or less) than human and live forever. A hardcover edition (-37110-X, $23.00) is also available.
• * _The Harvest (SFBC #00567, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $9.98, 394pp, hc, cover by Pamela Lee) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) sf novel of men who refuse an alien offer to transform themselves into something more (or less) than human and live forever. Similar to the Bantam Spectra edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Harvest (NEL 0-450-58694-4, Oct ’93, £4.99, 489pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) sf novel about the small group of humans who refuse the offer of eternal life from visiting aliens. Recommended (PSP). [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Harvest (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29221-8, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $5.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Pamela Lee) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) sf novel of men who refuse an alien offer to transform themselves into something more (or less) than human and live forever.
• * *A Hidden Place (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26103-7, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $2.95, 212pp, pb) Sf novel. Aliens deeply affect two young people in a small American town in the 1930’s. Evocative depiction of time and place and character, but weak sf plot. A first novel.
• * _A Hidden Place (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26103-7, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 212pp, pb, cover by Jean-François Podevin) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1986) sf novel set in a small town in the ’30s; third printing.
• * _A Hidden Place (Orbit 0-7088-8341-9, Jul ’90, £3.50, 212pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1986) sf/fantasy novel.
• * *Memory Wire (Bantam 0-553-26853-8, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.50, 219pp, pb) Sf novel.
• * _Memory Wire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26853-8, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 219pp, pb, cover by Jean-François Podevin) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1987) sf novel; second printing.
• * _Memory Wire (Orbit 0-7088-8340-0, Jul ’90, £3.50, 219pp, pb, cover by Keith Scaife) Reprint (Bantam 1988) sf novel.
• * *Mysterium (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37365-X, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $11.95, 276pp, tp) Sf novel of a small town that disappears from our world and reappears in a strangely different one.
• * _Mysterium (SFBC #03990, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $8.98, 276pp, hc, cover by Rob Wood) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) SF novel of a small town that disappears from our world and reappears in a strangely different one. First hardcover edition. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra trade paperback except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Mysterium (NEL 0-450-60959-6, Jan ’95, £4.99, 345pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) SF novel. A small American town vanishes from our Earth to reappear in a world of curfews, rationing, and secret police. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Mysterium (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56953-8, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $5.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Rob Wood) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) SF dystopian thriller.

WILSON, ROBIN (Scott), ed. (1928- ) (stories)

• * *Paragons: Twelve Science Fiction Writers Ply Their Craft (St. Martin’s 0-312-14023-1, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $24.95, 368pp, hc) Anthology and writing guide, with 12 reprint stories accompanied by original essays. Authors include Pat Cadigan, Greg Bear, Lucius Shepard, and Howard Waldrop. (Contents)
• * _Paragons: Twelve Science Fiction Writers Ply Their Craft (SFBC #12098, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $11.98, 368pp, hc) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1996) anthology and writing guide. This is similar to the St. Martin’s edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Paragons: Twelve Science Fiction Writers Ply Their Craft (St. Martin’s/Griffin 0-312-15623-5, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $14.95, 368pp, tp) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1996) anthology and writing guide.
• * _Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader (St. Martin’s/Griffin 0-312-14139-4, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $13.95, 332pp, tp) Reprint (NAL/Mentor 1973) combination anthology and writing guide. Slightly revised, primarily to update author biographies.

WILSON, RUDY

• * *The Red Truck (Knopf 0-394-55846-4, May ’87, $15.95, 178pp, hc) Literary first novel of hallucinatory fantasy — or maybe just madness. The hero envisions Christ as a red truck.

WILSON, SNOO; pseudonym of James Andrew Wilson, (1948- )

• * *Inside Babel (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-2853-4, Aug ’85 [Oct ’85], £9.95, 208pp, hc) “Spoof sf” satirical novel — Chrissie’s adventures in a strange future society.
• * *Spaceache (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-2785-6, 1984, £7.95, 160pp, hc) Satirical sf novel. [Not seen]
• * +Spaceache (Ballantine 0-345-33455-8, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $3.50, 203pp, pb) Satirical sf novel. First U.S. publication (Chatto & Windus 1984).

WILSON, STEVE (1943- )

• * _The Lost Traveler (Ballantine 0-345-34113-9, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $2.95, 228pp, pb) Reprint (U.K. 1976) post-holocaust sf novel.

WIMPFEN, SHELDON

• * *The Pringle Progression (American Literary Press 1-56167-413-3, Mar ’98, $12.95, 184pp, tp) Near-future SF novel of genetic engineering and ecological disaster. A scientist changes human DNA to reduce consumption. Order from American Literary Press, 8019 Belair Rd, Suite 10, Baltimore MD 21236; credit card orders 800-873-2003.

WIMSATT, MARY ANN, ed. (stories)

• * _Tales of the South See entry under William Gilmore Simms.

WINCH, MARGARET, ed. (stories)

• * _Alien Shores (with Peter McNamara) See entry under Peter McNamara.

WIND, D. M.

• * *The Others (Leisure 0-8439-3530-8, Nov ’93 [Dec ’93], $4.50, 360pp, pb) Horror novel of immortal shapeshifters plotting to destroy mankind.

WIND, DAVID; see pseudonym Monica Barrie (stories)

WINDLING, TERRI (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Wood Wife (Tor 0-312-85988-0, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $22.95, 320pp, hc, cover by Susan Seddon Boulet) Fantasy novel. A woman encounters wild desert magic in Arizona while investigating a poet’s death. A first novel.
• * _The Wood Wife (SFBC #15131, Mar ’97, $10.98, 319pp, hc, cover by Susan Seddon Boulet) Reprint (Tor 1996) fantasy novel of poetry and wild desert magic in Arizona. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Wood Wife (Legend 0-09-979691-0, Apr ’97, £5.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Brian Froud) Reprint (Tor 1996) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Wood Wife (Tor 0-812-54929-5, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $6.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Susan Seddon Boulet) Reprint (Tor 1996) fantasy novel of poetry and wild desert magic in Arizona.

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• * *The Armless Maiden (Tor 0-312-85234-7, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $22.95, 382pp, hc) Anthology of 46 stories, poems, and essays, 31 original, with a theme of “childhood and its darker passages." (Contents)
• * _The Armless Maiden (Tor 0-312-86221-0, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $14.95, 382pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1995) original anthology about dark childhoods.
• * _Black Swan, White Raven (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _Black Thorn, White Rose (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * *Borderland (with Mark Alan Arnold) (NAL/Signet 0-451-14172-5, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $2.95, 252pp, pb) [Borderland] Original anthology in a shared-world setting featuring punk elves. (Contents)
• * _Borderland (with Mark Alan Arnold) (Tor 0-812-52261-3, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $4.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) [Borderland] Reprint (Signet 1986) original anthology of four stories in the “Borderland” shared-world series.
• * *Borderland #2: Bordertown (with Mark Alan Arnold) (NAL/Signet 0-451-14527-5, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $2.95, 253pp, pb) [Borderland] Original fantasy anthology of 4 stories, the second volume in a “punk elves” shared universe series. Youth-oriented, but fun if you’re in a silly mood. (FCM) (Contents)
• * _Bordertown (with Mark Alan Arnold) (Tor 0-812-52262-1, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $4.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) [Borderland] Reprint (NAL 1986) shared-world fantasy anthology. “Borderland” #2.
• * _Demons and Dreams 2 (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _Demons and Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1 (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * *Elsewhere, Vol. III (with Mark Alan Arnold) (Ace 0-441-20405-8, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $3.50, 402pp, pb) Third in the fantasy anthology series, with originals, reprints, and poetry. Recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
• * *The Essential Bordertown (with Delia Sherman) (Tor 0-312-86593-7, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $24.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Jim Carroll) [Borderland] Original anthology of 13 stories, fourth in the “Borderland” shared world of humans and elves. Subtitled inside A Traveller’s Guide to the Edge of Faerie; Windling provides guidebook information between stories. Authors include Patricia A. McKilliip, Charles de Lint, and Steven Brust. (Contents)
• * *Faery! (Ace 0-441-22564-0, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $2.95, 308pp, pb) Anthology including both original and reprint material. (Contents)
• * *Life on the Border (Tor 0-812-50824-6, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Sam Rakeland) [Borderland] Mostly original anthology of 11 shared-world fantasy stories set in the “Bordertown” universe. (Contents)
• * _Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _Snow White, Blood Red (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Fourth Annual Collection (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifth Annual Collection (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixth Annual Collection (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh Annual Collection (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Ninth Annual Collection (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Tenth Annual Collection (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Eleventh Annual Collection (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy: Second Annual Collection (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh Annual Collection (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighth Annual Collection (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.

WINDRATH, HELEN, ed. (stories)

• * *The Women’s Press Book of New Myth and Magic (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4347-9, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], £6.99, 261pp, tp, cover by Phyllis Mahon) Original literary fantasy anthology. (Contents)
• * _The Women’s Press Book of New Myth and Magic (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4347-9, Oct ’94, £7.99, 261pp, tp, cover by Phyllis Mahon) Reprint (The Women’s Press 1993) literary fantasy anthology.

WINDSOR, PATRICIA (Frances) (1938- ) (stories)

• * *The Blooding (Scholastic 0-590-43309-1, Oct ’96, $15.95, hc) Young-adult werewolf novel. Maris’s au pair job in England turns strange and deadly.