The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

WILLIAMSON, JACK (stories) (continued)

• * _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.
• * _Land’s 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.
• * *Wonder’s Child: My Life in Science Fiction (Bluejay 0-312-94454-3, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $15.95, 276pp, hc) Non-fiction, autobiography. Williamson’s life covers 60 years of sf, and is the story of a remarkably complex man. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _Wonder’s 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.

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• * _The Work of Jack Williamson: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide See entry under Richard A. Hauptmann.

WILLIAMSON, MARY LYNNE (1966- ); see pseudonym Susanna Kearsley

WILLIAMSON, PHILIP G(eorge) (1955- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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.
• * _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) (assoc.)

• * *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.