The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

WILLIS, PAUL JOHN (continued)

• * _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) (assoc.)

• * *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) (assoc.)

• * *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).
• * *Spider World: The Magician (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13443-7, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], £8.99, 345pp, tp, cover by Chris Foss) [Spider World] Sf novel. A hardcover edition (-13440-2, £14.99) is also available. Volume three in the series.
• * _Spider World: The Magician (Grafton 0-586-20557-8, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], £4.99, 395pp, pb, cover by Chris Foss) [Spider World] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) sf novel. Volume three in the series.
• * _Spider World: The Tower (Grafton 0-586-07288-8, Apr ’88, £3.50, 496pp, pb) [Spider World] Reprint (Grafton 1987) sf/fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the series.
• * *The Tower (Grafton 0-246-12510-1, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], £10.95, 398pp, hc) [Spider World] sf/fantasy novel about giant spiders in 25th Century Earth. Volume 1 in the “Spider World” series.
• * *The Tower (Grafton 0-246-13146-2, Feb ’87, £6.95, 398pp, tp) [Spider World] Trade paperback of the above.

WILSON, DAVID HENRY (1937- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Coachman Rat (Robinson 1-85487-002-5, Jul ’89 [Sep ’89], £4.95, 171pp, tp, cover by Nicki Palin) Reprint (Hope Corner 1987) allegorical fantasy novel. First published in Germany (W. Kruger/S. Fischer, 1985) as Ashmadi. There was a proposed hardback edition that never appeared.
• * +The Coachman Rat (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-508-6, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $13.95, 171pp, hc) Fantasy novel, a dark literary retelling of the story of Cinderella from the point of view of the rat changed into her coachman. A fascinating and disturbing novel. Recommended (SW). First American edition (Robinson 1989).
• * _The Coachman Rat (Baen 0-671-72030-9, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $3.95, 218pp, pb, cover by Don Maitz) Reprint (Hope Corner 1987) fantasy novel, a dark retelling of the story of Cinderella from the point of view of the rat turned into her coachman.

WILSON, DAVID NIALL (1959- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Star Trek Voyager: Chrysalis (Pocket 0-671-00150-7, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $5.99, 279pp, pb) [Star Trek: Voyager] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *The World of Darkness: To Dream of Dreamers Lost (White Wolf 1-56504-997-7, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $5.99, 325pp, pb, cover by William O’Connor) [World of Darkness: Grails Covenant] Novelization based on the role-playing games. Third book in “The Grails Covenant” trilogy. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
• * *The World of Darkness: To Sift Through Bitter Ashes (White Wolf 1-56504-995-0, Jul ’97, $5.99, 421pp, pb, cover by William O’Connor) [World of Darkness] Novelization based on the role-playing games. First book in “The Grails Covenant” trilogy. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
• * *The World of Darkness: To Speak in Lifeless Tongues (White Wolf 1-56504-996-9, Feb ’98, $5.99, 339pp, pb) [World of Darkness: Grails Covenant] Novelization based on the role-playing games. Second book in “The Grails Covenant” trilogy. Copyrighted by White Wolf.

WILSON, DIANE LEE

• * *I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade (Orchard US 0-531-30024-2, Apr ’98 [Jul ’98], $17.95, 232pp, hc, cover by Raúl Colón) Young-adult historical fantasy novel. A Mongol girl who can talk to her horse disguises herself as a boy and travels to the court of Kublai Khan.

WILSON, F(rancis) PAUL (1946- ); see pseudonym Colin Andrews (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Author’s Choice Monthly Issue 13: Ad Statum Perspicuum (Pulphouse no ISBN, Oct ’90, $4.95, 115pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Collection of three stories, with an introduction by the author. Also available in a signed hardcover edition ($25.00). A deluxe leatherbound edition ($50.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
• * *The Barrens (Wildside Press no ISBN, Jan ’92, $35.00, 102pp, hc) Lovecraftian horror novella that originally appeared in Lovecraft’s Legacy, with an introduction by the author. This is a 250-copy signed numbered limited edition, bound in white. There is also a 26-copy lettered edition bound in red ($75.00). Available from The Wildside Press, 37 Fillmore St., Newark NJ 07105.
• * *The Barrens and Others (Tor/Forge 0-312-86416-7, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $24.95, 379pp, hc) Collection of 12 horror stories, plus a stage adaptation and a teleplay, both previously unpublished. In story and section introductions, Wilson discusses his writing from 1987-1989. (Contents)
• * *Black Wind (Tor 0-312-93064-X, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $18.95, 465pp, hc) Novel of World War II with slight occult content — a secret weapon centuries old. Primarily a straight novel with associational interest.
• * _Black Wind (Michael Joseph 0-7181-3194-0, Jan ’89, £12.95, 471pp, hc, cover by Ian Thompson) Reprint (Tor 1988) World War II novel with slight occult touches. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _Black Wind (Tor 0-812-52725-9, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $4.95, 465pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1988) WWII thriller with minor occult elements.
• * _Black Wind (Sphere 0-7474-0297-3, Jan ’90 [Feb ’90], £3.99, 592pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1988) thriller with fantasy touches.
• * _Buckets (Pulphouse 1-56146-536-4, Nov ’91, $1.95, 47pp, pb, cover by Doug Herring) Horror short story that first appeared in the collection Soft and Others in 1989, with a new afterword by the author. Short story paperback #36.
• * +Deep as the Marrow (Tor/Forge 0-312-86264-4, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $24.95, 352pp, hc) Associational medical/political thriller, may have SF/horror elements. To get to a President, drug dealers kidnap his doctor’s daughter. First US edition (Headline 1996 as by Colin Andrews).
• * _Deep as the Marrow (Tor 0-812-57198-3, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $6.99, 404pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1996 as by Colin Andrews) associational medical/political thriller.
• * *Dydeetown World (Baen 0-671-69828-1, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.50, 303pp, pb) [Sig Dreyer] Hardboiled P.I./sf quasi-novel (made up of three connecting stories). (Contents)
• * *Dydeetown World (Easton Press no ISBN, Jul ’89, no price, 303pp, hc) [Sig Dreyer] Hardboiled P.I./sf quasi-novel (made up of three connecting stories), with a color plate by Toni L. Taylor. This is a signed, limited, special leatherbound gilt-edge edition that is being published nearly simultaneously with the Baen edition. It is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _An Enemy of the State (Berkley 0-425-07010-7, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.50, 270pp, pb) [LaNague] Reprint (Doubleday 1980) sf novel, part of the “LaNague” series.
• * _Healer (Berkley 0-425-06560-X, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $2.50, 218pp, pb) [LaNague] Reprint (Doubleday 1976) sf novel.
• * +Implant (Tor/Forge 0-312-89034-6, Oct ’95, $23.95, 348pp, hc, cover by Mario Simeone) Associational high-tech medical suspense novel. First US edition (Headline 1995 as by Colin Andrews).
• * _Implant (Tor/Forge 0-812-54470-6, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $6.99, 437pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1995 as by Colin Andrews) associational high-tech medical suspense novel.
• * _The Keep (Jove 0-515-08875-7, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $4.50, 406pp, pb) [Adversary] Reprint (Morrow 1981) horror novel set in a Nazi-occupied castle in Eastern Europe. A malignant force escapes its prison and starts killing the soldiers. Fourth printing.
• * _The Keep (NEL 0-450-05455-1, Jul ’92, £4.99, 379pp, pb) [Adversary] Reissue (Morrow 1981) horror novel. Sixth printing. Volume one in the “Nightworld” cycle.
• * *The LaNague Chronicles (Baen 0-671-72139-9, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $5.99, 649pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [LaNague] Omnibus collection of three “LaNague” books, An Enemy of the State (Doubleday 1980), Healer (Doubleday 1976), and Wheels Within Wheels (Doubleday 1976), with Healer broken up to fit chronologically in order. There is a new introduction plus a LaNague chronology. (Contents)
• * *Legacies (Headline 0-7472-1703-3, Feb ’98, £17.99, 278pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Repairman Jack] Associational thriller, actually by-lined “F. Paul Wilson writing as Colin Andrews”, and featuring Wilson’s continuing character, Repairman Jack.
• * +Legacies (Tor/Forge 0-312-86414-0, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $24.95, 381pp, hc) [Repairman Jack] Associational non-supernatural horror novel, sequel to The Tomb. Repairman Jack discovers a powerful secret in a client’s house. First American edition (Headline 1998).
• * *Masque (with Matthew J. Costello) (Warner Aspect 0-446-51977-4, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $23.00, 342pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) Near-future SF thriller. A spy-clone with programable DNA can become anyone, but yearns for legal Selfhood.
• * *Midnight Mass (Pulphouse/Axolotl no ISBN, Oct ’90, $10.00, 85pp, tp, cover by Donna Gordon) Horror novella of a world overrun by vampires. This edition is signed and limited to 525 copies. A signed and limited hardcover edition of 300 copies ($35.00) and a deluxe leatherbound edition of 75 copies ($65.00) are available from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
• * *Mirage (with Matthew J. Costello) (Headline 0-7472-1674-6, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £16.99, 312pp, hc) SF novel. An experimental psychologist uses a virtual reality link to enter the mind of her comatose twin sister.
• * +Mirage (with Matthew J. Costello) (Warner 0-446-51976-6, Nov ’96, $23.00, 374pp, hc) Near-future thriller of cyber-exploration of the mind, and murder. First US edition (Headline 1996).
• * _Mirage (with Matthew J. Costello) (Headline 0-7472-5314-5, Mar ’97 [Jan ’97], £5.99, 404pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1996) SF novel. An export edition (same details) was available 1 Feb 1997.
• * _Mirage (with Matthew J. Costello) (Warner 0-446-60473-9, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $6.99, 336pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1996) near-future thriller.
• * *Nightworld (NEL 0-450-53665-3, May ’92 [Apr ’92], £15.99, 440pp, hc) [Adversary] Horror novel. Volume six in the “Nightworld” cycle.
• * +Nightworld (Dark Harvest 0-913165-71-9, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $21.95, 328pp, hc, cover by Ivan Skoric) [Adversary] Horror novel, third book of the follow-up trilogy to The Keep. First American edition (NEL 1992). Order from Dark Harvest, PO Box 941, Arlington Heights IL 60005.
• * _Nightworld (NEL 0-450-58175-6, Jun ’93 [May ’93], £4.99, 440pp, pb) [Adversary] Reprint (NEL 1992) horror novel. Volume six in the “Nightworld” cycle.
• * _Nightworld (Jove 0-515-11159-7, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $5.99, 389pp, pb) [Adversary] Reprint (NEL 1992) horror novel, third book of the follow-up trilogy to The Keep.
• * *Pelts (Footsteps Press no ISBN, Nov ’90 [Dec ’90], $15.00, 30pp, ph, cover by Jill Bauman) Horror short story, with illustrations by Jill Bauman. This is a signed and numbered limited edition of 552 copies.
• * *Reborn (Dark Harvest 0-913165-52-2, May ’90 [Mar ’90], $19.95, 315pp, hc, cover by Stephen Gervais) [Adversary] Horror novel of monstrous evil from the distant past. A limited edition ($39.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _Reborn (Jove 0-515-10343-8, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $4.95, 344pp, pb) [Adversary] Reprint (Dark Harvest 1990) occult thriller with sf elements, thematic sequel to The Keep.
• * _Reborn (Hodder & Stoughton 0-450-53663-7, Sep ’90, £13.95, 344pp, hc, cover by Davies) [Adversary] Reprint (Dark Harvest 1990) horror novel. Sequel to The Keep.
• * _Reborn (NEL 0-450-55129-6, Jun ’91 [May ’91], £3.99, 344pp, pb) [Adversary] Reprint (Dark Harvest 1990) horror novel. Volume 2 in the “Keep” series.
• * *Reprisal (Dark Harvest 0-913165-59-X, Aug ’91, $20.95, 332pp, hc, cover by John Lakey & Laura Lakey) [Adversary] Horror novel, second book of a series loosely connected to Wilson’s best-selling horror novel, The Keep. A signed, slipcased limited edition ($39.00) of 450 copies is also available.
• * _Reprisal (NEL 0-450-53664-5, Sep ’91, £14.99, 332pp, hc) [Adversary] Reprint (Dark Harvest 1991) horror novel. Volume 3 in the “Adversary” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Reprisal (Jove 0-515-10589-9, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $4.99, 323pp, pb) [Adversary] Reprint (Dark Harvest 1991) horror novel of a young college student who harbors the power within him to rule the world, second book of a series loosely connected to his bestselling horror novel, The Keep.
• * _Reprisal (NEL 0-450-56253-0, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], £4.99, 323pp, pb) [Adversary] Reprint (Dark Harvest 1991) horror novel. Volume five in the “Nightworld” cycle.
• * *The Select (Morrow 0-688-04618-5, Feb ’94 [Mar ’94], $22.00, 333pp, hc) Medical thriller with sf elements about a medical school hiding a deadly research conspiracy.
• * *Sibs (Dark Harvest 0-913165-61-1, Nov ’91, $21.95, 280pp, hc, cover by Phil Parks) Horror novel. A young woman investigates the brutal murder of her twin sister, and is terrified to find that the answer lies somewhere in their childhood. A signed slipcased limited edition of 400 copies ($45.00) is also available. Order from Dark Harvest, PO Box 941, Arlington Heights IL 60006.
• * _Sibs (Tor 0-812-53124-8, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $5.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Phil Parks) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1991) horror novel.
• * _Sister Night (NEL 0-450-57618-3, Mar ’93, £15.99, 314pp, hc) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1991 as Sibs) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Sister Night (NEL 0-450-59424-6, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], £4.99, 314pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1991 as Sibs) horror novel.
• * *Soft and Others (Tor 0-312-93117-4, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $17.95, 306pp, hc) Collection of 16 stories including one original and several corrected texts. (Contents)
• * _Soft and Others (Tor 0-812-50375-9, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $4.95, 306pp, pb, cover by Joe Bergeron) Reprint (Tor 1989) collection of 16 stories.
• * *The Tery (Baen 0-671-69855-9, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.50, 246pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Steven Dalt] Collection of three connected sf stories featuring Cultural Survey agent Steven Dalt. (Contents)
• * *The Tomb (Whispers Press 0-918372-11-9, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $19.95, 365pp, hc) [Repairman Jack] Fantasy horror novel.
• * *The Tomb (Berkley 0-425-07295-9, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $3.95, 404pp, pb) [Repairman Jack] Horror/fantasy novel. The Whispers hardcover and this paperback were pretty well simultaneous.