The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

WINTER, DOUGLAS E. (stories) (continued)

• * *Black Wine (Dark Harvest 0-913165-15-8, Oct ’86 [Nov ’86], $12.00, 165pp, hc) Dual Anthology/collection of author’s choice-favorite stories by C.L. Grant and Ramsey Campbell, (6 stories by each) with an introduction by Douglas E. Winter and illustrations by J.K. Potter — the four contributors are the Guests of Honor at this year’s World Fantasy Convention. Limited to 1200 copies. (Contents)
• * _Dark Visions (Gollancz 0-575-04585-X, Aug ’89, £11.95, 264pp, hc) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1988 as Night Visions 5) original anthology of stories by Stephen King, Dan Simmons and George R.R. Martin. The Martin novella is outstanding, and worth the price of entry on its own, with the Simmons pieces as a marvellous bonus. Recommended. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]
• * _Dark Visions (Gollancz 0-575-04711-9, Jul ’90, £3.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Jean-François Podevin) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1988 as Night Visions 5) original horror anthology.
• * _Dark Visions (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60154-X, Feb ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Splash) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1988 as Night Visions 5) original horror anthology.
• * *Millennium (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224634-1, May ’97 [Jul ’97], £16.99, 451pp, hc) Collection of original SF/dark fantasy stories forming a braided novel. Simultaneous with the US (HarperPrism) edition as Revelations.
• * _Millennium (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649833-7, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £6.99, 630pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism as Revelations; Voyager 1997) anthology of original SF/dark fantasy stories. A trade paperback (export only) edition (0-00-224635-X, £9.99) was published 24 July 97.
• * *Night Visions 5 (Dark Harvest 0-913165-32-8, May ’88, $22.00, 274pp, hc) Trade edition of the above.
• * *Prime Evil (NAL Signet 0-453-00572-1, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $18.95, 322pp, hc) Original horror anthology of 13 stories, including work by Stephen King and Clive Barker. (Contents)
• * _Prime Evil (Bantam UK 0-593-01542-8, Sep ’88, £11.95, 322pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1988). original horror anthology of 13 stories, including work by Stephen King and Clive Barker. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Prime Evil (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-84-8, Oct ’88 [Nov ’88], $200.00, 352pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1988) original horror anthology of 13 stories. This is the special limited edition (1,000 copies) signed by all 13 contributors plus the editor and artist. It is bound in full black leather and comes in a black leather three-piece box lined in red velvet. There are full-color illustrations by Thomas Canty (who also designed the book) which are some of the most striking work he has ever done. The text has been completely reset. A marvelous piece of bookmaking. The publisher is sold out, but copies may still be available through dealers. (CNB)
• * _Prime Evil (SFBC #13683, Dec ’88, $6.98, 304pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1988) original horror anthology of 13 stories.
• * _Prime Evil (NAL Signet 0-451-15909-8, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $4.95, 380pp, pb) Reprint (NAL 1988) original horror anthology.
• * _Prime Evil (Corgi 0-552-13474-0, Oct ’89, £3.99, 380pp, pb) Reprint (NAL 1988) original horror anthology.
• * *Revelations (HarperPrism 0-06-105246-9, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $24.00, 450pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Anthology of 12 dark (mostly) fantasy stories, each set in a different decade of the 20th century, including a framing pair of “meditations” by Clive Barker, and an afterword by Winter. Authors include Poppy Z. Brite & Christa Faust, Ramsey Campbell, Joe R. Lansdale, and David Morrell. Simultaneous with UK edition (Voyager, as Millennium). (Contents)
• * _Revelations (CD Publications 1-881475-22-0, May ’97 [Oct ’97], $100.00, 512pp, hc, cover by Clive Barker) Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) anthology of 12 dark and mostly fantasy stories, each set in a different decade of the 20th century. Authors include Clive Barker, Joe R. Lansdale, and David Morrell. This is a slipcased, limited edition of 500, signed by all contributors. Order from CD Publications, PO Box 943, Abingdon MD 21009.
• * _Revelations (HarperPrism 0-06-105643-X, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $6.99, 655pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) anthology of 12 dark (mostly) fantasy stories, each set in a different decade of the 20th century.
• * *Shadowings: The Reader’s Guide to Horror Fiction, 1981-1982 (Starmont 0-916732-85-1, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $6.95, 148pp, tp) Non-fiction, reference, discussing books, writers, and films. Includes reviews by Stephen King, C.L. Grant, Alan Ryan, etc. The book is reproduced from a letter-quality printer.
• * _The Skin Trade (Berkley 0-425-12003-1, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $4.95, 329pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1988 as Night Visions 5) original anthology containing three stories by Stephen King, three by Dan Simmons, and a World Fantasy Award-winning novelette by George R.R. Martin, with an introduction by the editor.

WINTER, STEVE (1955- )

• * _DragonLance: Wanderlust (with Mary Kirchoff) See entry under Mary Kirchoff.

WINTER-DAMON, t. (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Rex Miller: The Complete Revelations (TAL Publications no ISBN, Nov ’93, $9.95, 99pp, tp) Non-fiction. A fiction-style first-person rant/commentary on Miller’s work by t. Winter-Damon. Available from TAl Publications, PO Box 1837, Leesburg VA 22075. Please include $1.00 for postage. [Miller]

WINTERS, MICK; pseudonym of Ron Wolfe & John Wooley

• * *Full Moon (Berkley 0-425-11472-4, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 327pp, pb) Horror novel about a nationwide cycle of madness caused by the full moon. Winters is a pen name for John Wooley and Ron Wolfe.

WINTERSON, JEANETTE (1959- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * +Sexing the Cherry (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-350-4, Apr ’90, $19.95, 167pp, hc) Historical literary fantasy novel about feminist giants in an alternate England. First American edition (Bloomsbury 1989).
• * _Sexing the Cherry (Random House/Vintage 0-679-73316-7, Mar ’91, $9.00, 167pp, tp, cover by Filip Pagowski) Reprint (Bloomsbury 1989) historical literary fantasy novel.

WINTHROP, ELIZABETH; [i.e., Elizabeth Winthrop Mahony] (1948- )

• * _The Battle for the Castle (Dell Yearling 0-440-40942-X, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $3.99, 211pp, tp, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Castle in the Attic] Reprint (Holiday House 1993) young-adult time travel/medieval fantasy novel, sequel to The Castle in the Attic.
• * *The Castle in the Attic (Holiday House 0-8234-0579-6, 1985 [Mar ’86], $12.95, 179pp, hc) [Castle in the Attic] Juvenile fantasy novel of a boy and an enchanted knight. Has a 1985 copyright, but not seen until 1986.
• * _The Castle in the Attic (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15433-8, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $2.75, 179pp, pb) [Castle in the Attic] Reprint (Holiday House 1985) juvenile fantasy novel.
• * _The Castle in the Attic (Dell Yearling 0-440-40941-1, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $3.99, 179pp, tp, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Castle in the Attic] Reprint (Holiday House 1985) young-adult fantasy.

WIPPERSBERG, W(alter) J. M. (1945- )

• * *Bad Times for Ghosts (HBJ/Gulliver 0-15-200413-0, Sep ’86, $15.95, 156pp, hc) Humorous juvenile novel, illustrated by Kathi Bhend-Zaugg, of a ghost family in hard times looking for work and a new home. First American edition. Translated by Edna McCown from the Swiss Schlechte Zeiten Fur Gespenster (Benziger Verlag Zurich 1984).
• * *Bad Times for Ghosts (HBJ/Gulliver 0-15-200414-9, Oct ’86, $6.95, 156pp, pb) Paperback edition of a humorous juvenile ghost story, translated from the German; probably simultaneous with the hardcover edition.

WISDOM, LINDA RANDALL (1950- )

• * *Free Spirits (Harlequin 0-373-16401-7, Aug ’91 [Dec ’91], $3.25, 253pp, pb) Romance novel with real ghosts. A cartoonist and a doctor fall in love, and the ghosts of the girl’s deceased parents help things along. A Harlequin American romance.

WISE, DAVID (1930- ) (stories)

• * _Forgotten Realms: The Paladins (with James M. Ward) See entry under James M. Ward
• * _The Smarkand Dimension (Avon 0-380-70518-4, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $3.95, 262pp, pb) Suspense thriller with psychokinetic spying and sabotage between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.

WISE, HERBERT A(lvin), ed. (1890-1961)

• * _Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (with Phyllis Cerf Wagner) See entry under Phyllis Cerf Wagner.

WISE, ROBERT L. (1939- )

• * *Midnight (Thomas Nelson 0-8407-3440-9, Feb ’93 [Apr ’93], $11.00, 236pp, tp, cover by Ronni Wadler) Christian horror novel. A woman is haunted by an evil presence which only a man of faith and his ancient Bible can cast out. A first novel.

WISEMAN, DAVID (1916- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Adam’s Common (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-35976-7, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $11.95, 175pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel about a girl who travels back in time.
• * _Adam’s Common (Blackie 0-216-92098-1, Feb ’87, £7.95, 156pp, hc) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1985) juvenile supernatural novel. [Not seen]
• * _Adam’s Common (Corgi 0-552-52511-1, Apr ’89 [May ’89], £1.99, 172pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1984) young-adult ghost novel.
• * *The Devil’s Cauldron (Hippo 0-590-76173-0, Dec ’89, £1.95, 104pp, pb) Young-adult ghost story novel. Volume 14 in the “Hauntings” series.

WISHER, BILL

• * _The Terminator (with Randall Frakes) See entry under Randall Frakes.

WISLER, G(ary) CLIFTON (1950- )

• * *The Antrian Messenger (Dutton/Lodestar 0-525-67174-9, Apr ’86 [May ’86], $12.95, 117pp, hc) [Antrian Messenger] Young-adult sf novel about a boy from an alien planet.
• * *The Mind Trap (Penguin/Lodestar 0-525-67315-6, Sep ’90 [Apr ’91], $14.95, 118pp, hc, cover by Michael Hays) Young-adult sf novel of a telepathic alien imprisoned in a research institute.
• * *The Seer (Dutton Lodestar 0-525-67262-1, Oct ’88 [Nov ’88], $12.95, 134pp, hc) [Antrian Messenger] Young-adult sf novel, sequel to The Antrian Messenger.

WISMAN, KEN (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Frost on the Window (Pulphouse no ISBN, 1995, $10.00, viii+141pp, tp, cover by Theresa Troise Heidel) Collection of 15 fantasy and horror stories. This edition is limited to 300 copies, although more, and/or a hardback edition, may appear in the future.

WISMER, DONALD (Richard) (1946- ) (stories)

• * *Planet of the Dead (Baen 0-671-65400-4, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $2.95, 275pp, pb) Sf novel about drugs destroying several worlds, and the psi/samurai warriors sent to combat the problem.
• * *A Roil of Stars (Baen 0-671-72040-6, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $3.95, 281pp, pb, cover by Debbie Hughes) Sf adventure novel.
• * *Warrior Planet (Baen 0-671-65642-2, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $2.95, 275pp, pb) Sf novel with fantasy elements — “thieves vs. wizards — and the galaxy is the prize!”

WISNIEWSKI, DAVID (1953-2002)

• * *Elfwyn’s Saga (Morrow/Lothrop Lee & Shepard 0-688-09589-5, Sep ’90, $13.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by David Wisniewski) Children’s picture book based on an Icelandic legend, with full-color illustrations by the author.

WITCOVER, PAUL (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Waking Beauty (HarperPrism 0-06-105249-3, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $24.00, 419pp, hc, cover by John Ennis) Fantasy novel. A scent called Beauty draws unwary men to a deadly forest. A first novel.
• * _Waking Beauty (HarperPrism 0-06-105338-4, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $14.00, 419pp, tp) Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) erotic fantasy novel.

WITTIG, MONIQUE (1935- )

• * +Across the Acheron (Dufour Editions/Peter Owen 0-7206-0664-0, Dec ’87, $17.95, 119pp, hc) Surreal fantasy novel, translated from French. This is the 1987 British edition from Peter Owen, with a Dufour paste-in.

WLUDYKA, PETER

• * *The Past is Another Country (Simon & Schuster 0-671-65253-2, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $18.95, 396pp, hc) Part speculative fiction, part coming-of-age tale, part moral fable, part detective story — literary novel set in the future but about the present.

WOLD, ALLEN L(ester) (1943- ) (stories)

• * _The Crivit Experiment (NEL 0-450-42142-2, Mar ’88, £1.95, 181pp, pb) [V] Reprint (Pinnacle 1985) sf novel. Volume 6 in the “V” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Crown of the Serpent (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20624-1, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 250pp, pb) Sf novel of a young adventurer’s (“the fastest gun in outer space”) quest on an alien world.
• * *The Eye in the Stone (Pageant 0-517-00725-8, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 344pp, pb) Fantasy novel about a town which has fallen under the spell of evil sorcerers.
• * *Jewels of the Dragon (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20056-1, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $3.50, 263pp, pb) Despite the title (and dragons and a quest for treasure), this is an sf novel. A young man tries to trace his father on a planet of criminals and ancient ruins.
• * *The Lair of the Cyclops (Warner Questar 0-446-36247-6, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.50, 282pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) Sf novel of an adventurer seeking evidence of a mysterious ancient race’s destruction.
• * _Star God (Bart 1-55785-065-8, Dec ’88, $3.50, 191pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1980) science fiction novel.
• * *V: Below the Threshhold (Tor 0-812-55732-8, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.50, 246pp, pb) [V] Sf novelization in the “V” series, based on a defunct tv show.
• * *V: The Crivit Experiment (Pinnacle 0-523-42466-3, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.95, 181pp, pb) [V] Media tie-in sf novel.
• * *V: The Pursuit of Diana (Pinnacle 0-523-42401-9, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $2.95, 186pp, pb) [V] Sf novelization in the series based on the tv saga.
• * _V: The Pursuit of Diana (Gregg 0-8398-2868-3, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $12.95, 186pp, hc) [V] Reprint (Pinnacle 1984) sf novel based on the tv show. First hardcover edition.

WOLF, CHRISTA (1929- )

• * *Medea (Doubleday/Talese 0-385-49060-7, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $22.95, 186pp, hc, cover by Gustave Moreau) Literary retelling of the classic myth as an allegory of political, religious, and sexual power struggles. This assumes Medea was innocent of the witchy horrors generally attributed to her; fantasy elements appear minimal. Introduction by Margaret Atwood. Translated by John Cullen from the German (Luchterhand 1996).

WOLF, FRED ALAN

• * *Parallel Universes (Simon & Schuster 0-671-66091-8, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $19.95, 351pp, hc) Non-fiction, associational. Parallel universes and other concepts of theoretical physics.

WOLF, GARY K(enneth) (1941- )

• * _Who Censored Roger Rabbit? (Ballantine 0-345-30325-3, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.50, 218pp, pb) [Roger Rabbit] Reissue (St. Martin’s 1981) alternate world fantasy/mystery novel. Movie tie-in edition, but not a novelization. This is the original novel, basis of the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
• * _Who Censored Roger Rabbit? (Ballantine 0-345-30325-3, Jul ’91, $4.95, 218pp, pb) [Roger Rabbit] Reissue (St. Martin’s 1981) fantasy hard-boiled detective novel; tenth printing.
• * *Who P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit? (Villard 0-679-40094-X, Jul ’91, $17.00, 255pp, hc, cover by Dayna Stedry) [Roger Rabbit] Fantasy hard-boiled detective novel, a sequel to Who Censored Roger Rabbit? Roger hires Eddie Valiant to prove that Jessica is not having an affair with Clark Gable.

WOLF, JOAN (1943- )

• * *Daughter of the Red Deer (Dutton 0-525-93379-4, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $19.95, 420pp, hc, cover by Mark Spicak) [Daughter of the Red Deer] Prehistoric adventure novel set in what is now southern France.
• * _The Edge of Light (Grafton 0-586-21195-0, Sep ’91, £4.99, 556pp, pb, cover by Kevin Tweddell) Reprint (NAL 1990) historical fantasy about King Alfred. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Horsemasters (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-93589-4, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $22.00, 401pp, hc, cover by Rob Wood & Karen Barnes) [Daughter of the Red Deer] Associational prehistoric novel, sequel to Daughter of the Red Deer.
• * *The Road to Avalon (NAL 0-453-00607-8, Aug ’88, $18.95, 358pp, hc) Arthurian romance novel.
• * _The Road to Avalon (Grafton 0-586-20478-4, Jul ’89, £3.99, 475pp, pb, cover by Kevin Tweddell) Reprint (NAL 1988) Arthurian fantasy. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Road to Avalon (NAL Onyx 0-451-40138-7, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $4.50, 422pp, pb) Reprint (NAL 1988) Arthurian romance novel.

WOLF, JOYCE (1949- )

• * *Between the Cracks (Penguin/Dial 0-8037-1270-7, Oct ’92 [Jan ’93], $14.95, 172pp, hc, cover by Linda Benson) Young-adult fantasy novel of a teenage girl determined to help her friend when he falls under the spell of an evil wizard.

WOLF, LEONARD (1923- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Dracula: The Connoisseur’s Guide (Broadway 0-553-06907-1, Mar ’97, $16.00, tp) Non-fiction, reference. A guide to Dracula lore in books, movies, etc., written as a series of ten essays.
• * *The Glass Mountain (Overlook Press 0-87951-498-1, Dec ’93, $19.95, 243pp, hc, cover by Michael Hornburg) Literary fairy tale fantasy novel of a quest to rescue a princess imprisoned atop a glass mountain. A first novel.
• * *Horror: A Connoisseur’s Guide to Literature and Film (Facts on File 0-8160-1274-1, May ’89, $27.95, 262pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference; an encyclopedia-arranged large size (22 x 28 cm.) guide to horror in film and fiction. Mostly on film, but a surprising amount of short stories as well as novels are covered. All are arranged, unfortunately, by title, not author. Still, a well-written interesting look at the field (CNB). A trade paperback edition (-2197-X) was announced but not seen.
• * _Horror: A Connoisseur’s Guide to Literature and Film (Facts on File 0-8160-2197-X, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], $17.95, 262pp, tp, cover by Rubens) Reprint (Facts on File 1989) guide to horror in film and fiction. This is a Bram Stoker Award nominee.

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• * *Blood Thirst: 100 Years of Vampire Fiction (Oxford University Press 0-19-511593-7, Oct ’97, $25.00, 379pp, hc, cover by Gary A. Lippincott) Anthology of 27 vampire stories, by authors including Edward Bryant, Roger Zelazny, Tanith Lee, and Stephen King. Illustrated by Max Douglas. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)
• * _Carmilla and Other Classic Tales of Mystery See entry under Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.