The Locus Index to Science Fiction
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- WILSON, F(rancis) PAUL (stories) (continued)
- * _The Tomb (NEL 0-450-39753-X, Sep 86, £2.50, 365pp, pb) [Repairman Jack] Reprint (Whispers Press/Berkley 1984) horror novel.
- * _The Tomb (Jove 0-515-08876-5, Jan 89 [Dec 88], $4.50, 404pp, pb) [Repairman Jack] Reissue (Whispers Press/Berkley 1984) horror novel. An ancient evil awakes and is sent to America to fulfill its curse. Second printing.
- * _The Tomb (Tor 0-812-58037-0, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $6.99, 426pp, pb) [Repairman Jack] Reprint (Whispers Press/Berkley 1984) horror novel.
- * *The Touch (Putnam 0-399-13144-2, Apr 86, $18.95, 367pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a doctor who develops a miraculous healing power.
- * _The Touch (NEL 0-450-39067-5, Jun 86 [May 86], £9.95, 313pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1986) medical fantasy novel of faith healing.
- * _The Touch (Jove 0-515-08733-5, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $3.95, 327pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1986) fantasy/horror novel of a doctor with miraculous healing powers.
- * _The Touch (NEL 0-450-42168-6, Mar 88, £2.95, 313pp, pb) Reprint (Putnams 1986) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Wheels Within Wheels (Berkley 0-425-07451-X, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $2.75, 186pp, pb) [LaNague] Reprint (Doubleday 1978) sf novel.
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- * *Diagnosis: Terminal (Tor/Forge 0-312-85972-4, Jul 96, $23.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Robert Santara) Original anthology of 14 stories of medical terror, some with SF or supernatural elements. Authors include Karl Edward Wagner, Ed Gorman, Steven Spruill, and Matthew Costello. (Contents)
- * _Diagnosis: Terminal (Tor 0-812-55088-9, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $5.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Robert Santara) Reprint (Forge 1996) original anthology of 14 stories of medical terror, some SF or supernatural.
- * *Freak Show (Pocket 0-671-69574-6, Sep 92 [Aug 92], $5.50, 367pp, pb, cover by Jeff K. Potter) Original shared-world anthology of 19 horror stories featuring a travelling circus. The stories build on each other and are supposed to be read sequentially. (Contents)
- * _Freak Show (Borderlands Press no ISBN, Jan 93 [Apr 93], $75.00, 392pp, hc, cover by Phil Parks) Reprint (Pocket 1992) original shared-world anthology of 19 horror stories featuring a travelling circus. This is a signed slipcased 750-copy limited edition.
- WILSON, GAHAN (1930- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *The Cleft and Other Odd Tales (Tor 0-312-86574-0, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $23.95, 333pp, hc, cover by Gahan Wilson) Collection of 24 stories, one original, one (Campfire Story) without copyright information. Illustrated by the author. (Contents)
- * _Eddy Decos Last Caper (McGraw-Hill 0-07-070728-6, Dec 88, $5.95, 213pp, tp) Reprint (Times Books 1987) fantasy/detective farce.
- * *Eddy Decos Last Caper: An Illustrated Mystery (Times Books 0-8129-1671-9, Nov 87, $14.95, 213pp, hc) Fantasy/detective farce novel illustrated by the author the illustrations are part of the story.
- * *Even Weirder (Tor/Forge 0-312-85885-X, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $16.95, 237pp, tp, cover by Gahan Wilson) Collection of cartoons by a master of weird humor.
- * _Everybodys Favorite Duck (Mysterious Press 0-445-40841-3, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $4.95, 202pp, pb, cover by Gahan Wilson) Reprint (Mysterious Press 1988) humorous detective pastiche with fantasy elements.
- * *Gahan Wilsons America (Simon & Schuster 0-671-55512-X, Nov 85, $14.95, 143pp, hc) Gahan Wilsons latest cartoon collection targets the U.S.A.
- * _Gahan Wilsons America (Simon & Schuster/Fireside 0-671-62789-9, Oct 86 [Dec 86], $7.95, 143pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1985) book of cartoons of a bizarre America.
- * *Still Weird (Tor/Forge 0-312-85779-9, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $13.95, 287pp, tp, cover by Gahan Wilson) Collection of cartoons by a master of weird humor, 100 not previously published. A hardcover (-85290-8, $24.95) is also available.
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- * *Gahan Wilsons The Ultimate Haunted House (HarperPrism 0-06-105315-5, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $15.00, 191pp, tp, cover by Gahan Wilson) Original anthology of 13 horror stories based on the art of Gahan Wilson. Authors include Kathe Koja, Norman Partridge, and Lucy Taylor. Nancy A. Collins is the Consulting Editor; there is an introduction and illustrations by Gahan Wilson. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)
- WILSON, JACQUELINE DIAMOND HYMAN; see under Hyman, Jackie (stories)
- WILSON, JAMES ANDREW (1948- ); see pseudonym Snoo Wilson
- WILSON, JOHN ANTHONY BURGESS (1917-1993); see pseudonym Anthony Burgess (stories)
- WILSON, MARTIN
- * *The Castle of Oblivion (Christoffel Press 0-9527723-2-9, Dec 97 [Nov 97], £4.99, 140pp, pb, cover by Ramon Lull) [Castle of Oblivion] Fantasy novel, first in a gothic trilogy. A youth confined in a crumbling castle by a sinister servant discovers he has magic powers.
- * *The Homunculus (Christoffel Press 0-9527723-3-7, Nov 98, £5.99, 169pp, pb) [Castle of Oblivion] Fantasy novel, second in a trilogy after The Castle of Oblivion. Available in the US for $8.00. Available from The Christoffel Press, 44 Elm Road; Wisbech, Cambridgeshire UK PE13 2TB.
- WILSON, PETER LAMBORN, ed. (1945- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- WILSON, RICHARD (1920-1987) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *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) (assoc.)
- * _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 Widows 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: Natures 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 Widows 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.
- * *Schrödingers Cat Trilogy (Dell 0-440-50070-2, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $10.95, 545pp, pb) [*Schrodingers Cat Trilogy] Omnibus of The Universe Next Door, The Trick Top Hat, and The Homing Pigeons (all Pocket 1979). (Contents)
- * _Schrödingers Cat Trilogy (Orbit 0-7474-0649-9, Apr 90, £5.99, 545pp, tp) [*Schrodingers Cat Trilogy] Reprint (Dell 1988) sf omnibus.
- * *The Widows 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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- 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) (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 1930s. 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. Martins 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. Martins 1996) anthology and writing guide. This is similar to the St. Martins edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Paragons: Twelve Science Fiction Writers Ply Their Craft (St. Martins/Griffin 0-312-15623-5, May 97 [Apr 97], $14.95, 368pp, tp) Reprint (St. Martins 1996) anthology and writing guide.
- * _Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader (St. Martins/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 Chrissies 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)
- 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) (assoc.)
- * *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 poets 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)
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