The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- WRIGHT, STEPHEN (1946- ) (stories)
- * _Going Native (Delta 0-385-31386-1, Feb 95, $11.95, 305pp, tp, cover by Royce M. Becker) Reprint (Knopf 1994) fantasy version of Kerouacs On the Road.
- * _M31: A Family Romance (QPBC no ISBN, Apr 89, $8.95, 214pp, tp) Reprint (Crown 1988) literary novel of a family who may or may not be aliens from a flying saucer. This edition is identical to the Crown hardcover except it lacks an ISBN and has the jacket printed as the soft cover.
- * _M31: A Family Romance (Ballantine 0-345-36180-6, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $3.95, 248pp, pb) Reprint (Crown 1988) literary sf novel.
- WRIGHT, SUSAN (chron.)
- * _Destination Mars: In Art, Myth and Science (with Jay Barbree & Martin Caidin) See entry under Jay Barbree.
- * *Star Trek Voyager: Violations (Pocket 0-671-52046-6, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $5.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek: Voyager] Star Trek novelization, fourth in the series. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- * *Star Trek, the Next Generation #29: Sins of Commission (Pocket 0-671-79704-2, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $5.50, 277pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Tempest (Pocket 0-671-00227-9, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $5.99, 275pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- * *Star Trek: Starfleet Academy: The Best and the Brightest (Pocket 0-671-01549-4, Feb 98 [Jan 98], $6.50, 277pp, pb) [Star Trek: Starfleet Academy] Star Trek novelization, first in a new adult Starfleet Academy series.
- WRIGHT, T(imothy) LUCIEN (1947- ); see pseudonym Jason Nickles (stories) (chron.)
- * *Blood Brothers (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-580-6, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $4.50, 288pp, pb) Vampire horror novel. A Hollywood horror writer becomes a vampire and goes after his twin brother.
- * *Dark Visions (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-732-9, Jul 93 [Jun 93], $4.50, 317pp, pb) Horror novel of a girl whose life is haunted by images of a frightening tunnel, which has enabled a killer to become an immortal predator of mankind.
- * *The Hunt (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-477-X, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $4.50, 320pp, pb) Horror novel. An old house in a small town has something evil and hungry lurking in its basement. A first novel.
- * *Thirst of the Vampire (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-649-7, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $4.50, 351pp, pb) Vampire horror novel. Journalist Mike Marat discovers that there is a vampire stalking his family, seeking revenge for a centuries-old wrong.
- WRIGHT, T(errance) M(ichael) (1947- ); see pseudonym F. W. Armstrong (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Ascending (Tor 0-312-85729-2, Jul 94, $19.95, 222pp, hc, cover by Tim Jacobus) Horror novel about serial murder and demonic possession.
- * _The Ascending (Tor 0-812-50916-1, Jun 95 [May 95], $4.99, 222pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) Reprint (Tor 1994) horror novel.
- * *Boundaries (Tor 0-812-50992-7, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $4.95, 277pp, pb, cover by Gary Smith) Horror novel. A man searches for the ghost of his murdered twin to learn the identity of her killer.
- * _Boundaries (Gollancz 0-575-05027-6, May 92, £3.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Reprint (Tor 1990) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Earthmun (Gollancz 0-575-05872-2, Oct 95 [Sep 95], £4.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) [Strange Seed] Dark fantasy novel, a sequel to Wrights early novel, Strange Seed. Jack Earthmun, a homicide detective, finds his world turned upside down by a child-woman with a strange heritage.
- * *Goodlows Ghosts (Tor 0-312-85466-8, Jan 93 [Dec 92], $17.95, 222pp, hc, cover by Tim Jacobus) [*Goodlows Ghosts] Horror novel of a dead man who enlists the aid of a psychic in finding his murderer.
- * *Goodlows Ghosts (Gollancz 0-575-05511-1, May 93, £14.99, 215pp, hc, cover by David Farren) [*Goodlows Ghosts] Supernatural detective novel about a psychic investigator who is hired to investigate the murder of private eye Sam Goodlow.
- * _Goodlows Ghosts (Gollancz 0-575-05720-3, Sep 94, £4.99, 215pp, pb, cover by David Farren) [*Goodlows Ghosts] Reprint (Tor 1993) supernatural detective novel about a psychic investigator who is hired to investigate the murder of private eye Sam Goodlow.
- * _Goodlows Ghosts (Tor 0-812-51390-8, Jan 95, $4.99, 222pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) [*Goodlows Ghosts] Reprint (Tor 1993) supernatural detective/horror novel.
- * *The Island (Tor 0-312-93055-0, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $16.95, 278pp, hc) Horror novel.
- * _The Island (Tor 0-812-52765-8, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $3.95, 278pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) horror novel.
- * _The Island (Gollancz 0-575-04624-4, Aug 89, £3.50, 278pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Reprint (Tor 1985) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Last Vampire (Gollancz 0-575-04745-3, May 91 [Apr 91], £3.99, 221pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Fantasy/horror novel about the last surviving vampire in a world destroyed by World War III.
- * *Little Boy Lost (Tor 0-312-93172-7, Jun 92 [May 92], $18.95, 247pp, hc, cover by John Zielinski) Horror novel about a lost boy and a mysteriously seductive forest.
- * _Little Boy Lost (Gollancz 0-575-05026-8, Feb 93, £3.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Reprint (Tor 1992) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Little Boy Lost (Tor 0-812-55069-2, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $4.99, 247pp, pb, cover by John Zielinski) Reprint (Tor 1992) horror novel.
- * _A Manhattan Ghost Story (Gollancz 0-575-04684-8, Jan 90, £3.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) [Manhattan Ghost Story] Reprint (Tor 1984) ghost story about the dead who inhabit Manhattan. Recommended. (PSP)
- * _A Manhattan Ghost Story (Tor 0-812-51950-7, Jun 94 [May 94], $4.99, 381pp, pb) [Manhattan Ghost Story] Reissue (Tor 1984) ghost story; fifth printing. This edition has a balloon noting that its soon to be a motion picture.
- * _A Manhattan Ghost Story (Tor 0-812-51950-7, Nov 97, $5.99, 381pp, pb) [Manhattan Ghost Story] Reissue (Tor 1984) ghost story. Sixth printing.
- * _Nursery Tale (Gollancz 0-575-05508-1, Mar 94, £4.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Reprint (Playboy 1982) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The People of the Dark (Tor 0-812-52768-2, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $3.95, 288pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1985) horror novel. Second printing.
- * *The Place (Tor 0-312-93146-8, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $17.95, 278pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel of a little girls psychic battle with a mad utopian for the lives of her family.
- * _The Place (Tor 0-812-50294-9, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $4.95, 278pp, pb, cover by Hector Garrido) Reprint (Tor 1989) dark fantasy novel.
- * _The Place (Gollancz 0-575-04746-1, Jan 91, £3.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Reprint (Tor 1989) dark fantasy novel.
- * _The Playground (Tor 0-812-52748-8, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $3.95, 315pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1982) horror novel; second printing.
- * *The School (Tor 0-312-85042-5, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $17.95, 245pp, hc, cover by Hector Garrido) Horror novel of a couple who move into a haunted school.
- * _The School (Gollancz 0-575-05028-4, Sep 91, £3.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Reprint (Tor 1990) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The School (Tor 0-812-51335-5, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $5.99, 245pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1990) horror novel.
- * *Sleepeasy (Gollancz 0-575-05506-5, Oct 93, £15.99, 251pp, hc, cover by Steve Read) [*Goodlows Ghosts] Fantasy/horror thriller about a dead detective in the supernatural limbo town of Silver Lake.
- * _Sleepeasy (Gollancz 0-575-05918-4, Mar 95, £4.99, 251pp, pb) [*Goodlows Ghosts] Reprint (Gollancz 1993) fantasy/horror thriller about a dead detective in the supernatural limbo town of Silver Lake; a sequel-of-sorts to Goodlows Ghosts.
- * _Strange Seed (Tor 0-812-52762-3, Dec 87 [Nov 87], $3.95, 309pp, pb) [Strange Seed] Reprint (Everest House 1978) horror novel.
- * _Strange Seed (Gollancz 0-575-05507-3, May 93, £4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) [Strange Seed] Reprint (Everest House 1978) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Waiting Room (Tor 0-812-52760-7, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $3.95, 342pp, pb) [Manhattan Ghost Story] Horror novel.
- * _The Waiting Room (Gollancz 0-575-04744-5, Apr 90, £3.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) [Manhattan Ghost Story] Reprint (Tor 1986) horror novel. A sequel to/retelling of A Manhattan Ghost Story.
- * _The Woman Next Door (Tor 0-812-52744-5, May 90 [Apr 90], $3.95, 255pp, pb, cover by Mark Gerber & Stephanie Gerber) Reprint (Playboy 1981) of a crippled woman terrorized by the evil hidden in the house next door.
- WRIGHTSON, BERNI(e) (1948- ) (stories)
- WRIGHTSON, (Alice) PATRICIA (1921- ) (stories)
- * *Balyet (Macmillan McElderry 0-689-50468-3, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $12.95, 132pp, hc) Young-adult Australian fantasy based on Aboriginal legend. Simultaneous with a British edition from Century Hutchinson.
- * *Balyet (Hutchinson 0-09-173794-X, May 89 [Apr 89], £6.95, 102pp, hc, cover by Tony Kerins) Young-adult novel about a ghost in the Australian outback. Effectively simultaneous with the US edition.
- * _Balyet (Red Fox 0-09-966040-7, Aug 90 [Sep 90], £2.50, 102pp, pb, cover by Robert Ingpen) Reprint (Hutchinson/Macmillan 1989) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _Balyet (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-034339-3, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $3.95, 132pp, pb, cover by Stephen Marchesi) Reprint (Macmillan 1989) young-adult fantasy of a girl who falls under the spell of an ancient spirit in the Australian hills.
- * _The Dark Bright Water (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33249-0, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $2.95, 182pp, pb) [Book of Wirrun] Reissue (Hutchinson 1978) fantasy novel, Vol. 2 of The Book of Wirrun. Highly recommended. (FCM) 2nd printing.
- * _The Ice Is Coming (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33248-2, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $2.95, 196pp, pb) [Book of Wirrun] Reissue (Atheneum 1977) fantasy novel based on Australian mythology, first in the Book of Wirrun trilogy. Highly recommended. (FCM) 2nd printing.
- * _Journey Behind the Wind (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33250-4, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $2.95, 198pp, pb) [Book of Wirrun] Reissue (Atheneum 1981) fantasy novel, Vol. 3 of The Book of Wirrun. Highly recommended. (FCM) 2nd printing.
- * _A Little Fear (Penguin Puffin 0-14-031847-X, Mar 87, £1.50, 111pp, pb) Reprint (Hutchinson 1983) young-adult fantasy novel. Inported to US at $3.95.
- * _A Little Fear (Hutchinson 0-09-152710-4, Jul 96, £9.99, 111pp, hc, cover by Mark Robertson) Reissue (Hutchinson 1983) young-adult fantasy novel. An old woman takes possession of a cottage already inhabited by the Njimbin. Third printing.
- * *Moon-Dark (Hutchinson 0-09-172559-3, Oct 87 [Dec 87], £6.50, 147pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel.
- * +Moon-Dark (Macmillan McElderry 0-689-50451-9, Apr 88, $11.95, 163pp, hc) Young-adult talking-animal fantasy novel. First U.S. edition (Century-Hutchinson 1987).
- * _The Nargun and the Stars (McMillan/McElderry 0-689-50403-9, Aug 86 [Sep 86], $10.95, 184pp, hc) [Book of Wirrun] Reprint (Hutchinson 1973) juvenile fantasy novel of an Australian boy and a monster from aboriginal Dreamtime lore. Something of a prequel to her Ice is Coming trilogy. Recommended. (CNB)
- * _The Nargun and the Stars (Viking Puffin 0-14-030780-X, May 88 [Jul 88], $3.95, 184pp, pb) [Book of Wirrun] Reprint (Penguin UK 1970) young-adult fantasy novel with elements of Aborigine mythology.
- * _The Nargun and the Stars (Hutchinson 0-09-157440-4, Jul 96, £9.99, 158pp, hc, cover by Mark Robertson) [Book of Wirrun] Reissue (Hutchinson 1973) young-adult fantasy novel. Second printing.
- * *Night Outside (Atheneum 0-689-50363-6, Oct 85 [Nov 85], $11.95, 67pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novella, illustrated by Beth Peck.
- WU DINGBO, ed. (1941- ) (stories)
- * *Science Fiction from China (with Patrick D. Murphy) (Praeger 0-275-93343-1, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $18.95, 176pp, hc) Anthology of eight Chinese sf stories, with an introduction by Frederik Pohl, an introductory essay by Wu Dingbo, and a chronological bibliography of Chinese sf. (Contents)
- WU, QINGYUN
- * *Female Rule in Chinese and English Literary Utopias (Syracuse University Press 0-8156-2623-1, Jun 95 [Dec 95], $34.95, 225pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical study of the theme of female rule in texts as diverse as The Faerie Queen, Le Guins The Dispossessed, and Chinese texts over the last several centuries. There are notes, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Order from Syracuse University Press, 1600 Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse NY 13244-5160; credit card orders 800-365-8929.
- * _Female Rule in Chinese and English Literary Utopias (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-580-5, Jul 95, £15.00, 225pp, tp) Reprint (Syracuse University Press 1995) non-fiction, criticism. A study of the theme of female rule in texts as diverse as The Faerie Queen, Le Guins The Dispossessed, and less available Chinese texts over the last several centuries. A hardcover edition (-570-8, £27.50) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
- WU, WILLIAM F(ranking) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Dr. Bones, Book 2: The Cosmic Bomber (Ace 0-441-15673-8, Jan 89, $3.50, 151pp, pb) [Dr. Bones] Sf novel about an interstellar adventurer. For this installment, Dr. Bones investigates a planet soon to be struck by a comet. There are 13 unaginated pages at the end with computer-generated illustrations for the story. This is a Byron Preiss Visual Publications package, conceived and developed by Byron Preiss and Paul Preuss, edited by David M. Harris, characters by Steranko, etc. The authors name is one of the few not on the copyright page.
- * *Hong on the Range (Walker 0-8027-6862-8, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $17.95, 286pp, hc) [Jack Hong] Sf cyberwestern novel.
- * _Hong on the Range (Hutchinson 0-09-174479-2, Aug 90, £8.99, 318pp, hc, cover by Paul Damon) [Jack Hong] Reprint (Walker 1989) young-adult cyberwestern novel.
- * *Isaac Asimovs Robot City, Book 3: Cyborg (Ace 0-441-37383-6, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $2.95, 169pp, pb) [Robot City] Sf novelization based on Isaac Asimovs robots.
- * _Isaac Asimovs Robot City, Book 3: Cyborg (Orbit 0-7088-8302-8, Jul 89, £2.99, 169pp, pb) [Robot City] Reprint (Ace 1987) sf novelization. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Isaac Asimovs Robot City, Book 6: Perihelion (Ace 0-441-37388-7, Jun 88 [May 88], $3.50, 162pp, pb) [Robot City] Sf novelization, based on a concept by Asimov. Illustrations by Paul Rivoche. Packaging by Byron Preiss.
- * *Isaac Asimovs Robots in Time #2: Marauder (AvoNova 0-380-76511-X, Jul 93 [Jun 93], $4.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Robots in Time] Sf novelization, second book of the Robots in Time series, a follow-up to Isaac Asimovs Robot City. With illustrations by Matt Ellson. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Isaac Asimovs Robots in Time: Dictator (AvoNova 0-380-76514-4, Feb 94 [Jan 94], $4.99, 230pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Robots in Time] Sf novelization, fourth book of the Robots in Time series, a follow-up to Isaac Asimovs Robot City. With illustrations by Matt Elson. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Isaac Asimovs Robots in Time: Emperor (AvoNova 0-380-76515-2, Jun 94 [May 94], $4.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Robots in Time] SF novelization, fifth book of the Robots in Time series, a follow-up to Isaac Asimovs Robot City. With illustrations by Matt Ellson. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Isaac Asimovs Robots in Time: Invader (AvoNova 0-380-76516-0, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $4.99, 229pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Robots in Time] SF novelization, fifth book of the Robots in Time series, a follow-up to Isaac Asimovs Robot City. With illustrations by Matt Ellson. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Isaac Asimovs Robots in Time: Predator (AvoNova 0-380-76510-1, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $4.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Dean Motter) [Robots in Time] Sf novelization, first book of a new Robot series, a followup tp Isaac Asimovs Robot City. With illustrations by Matt Ellson. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Isaac Asimovs Robots in Time: Warrior (AvoNova 0-380-76512-8, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $4.99, 228pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Robots in Time] Sf novelization, third book of the Robots in Time series, a follow-up to Isaac Asimovs Robot City. With illustrations by Matt Ellson. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Masterplay (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20504-0, Aug 87 [Jul 87], $3.50, 215pp, pb) Sf wargaming novel, a first novel. Parts have appeared in magazines in slightly different form.
- * *Mutant Chronicles: In Lunacy (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45317-4, Dec 93 [Nov 93], $4.99, 246pp, pb) [Mutant Chronicles: Apostate of Insanity] Novelization based on the Mutant Chronicles game, first book of the Apostate of Insanity trilogy. Includes a portfolio of uncredited illustrations. Copyrighted by Target Games.
- * *Robert Silverbergs Time Tours Volume 1: The Robin Hood Ambush (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-106003-8, Oct 90, $3.50, 140pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Time Tours] Young-adult sf adventure, based on material by Robert Silverberg; first book of a new series, with an afterword by Silverberg and illustrations by Alex Nino. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *The Shade of Lo Man Gong (Pulphouse 1-56146-535-6, Nov 91, $1.95, 37pp, pb, cover by George Barr) [Jack Hong] Fantasy short story originally appeared in Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #2. Short story paperback #35. Available from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
- * *Shaunessy Fong (Pulphouse 1-56146-560-7, Jun 92 [Jul 92], $1.95, 44pp, pb, cover by George Barr) Fantasy short story that originally appeared in Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Issue 11. Short Story Paperback #60. A 100-copy signed limited hardcover edition (-940-8, $20.00) is also available. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
- * *Wongs Lost and Found Emporium and Other Oddities (Pulphouse no ISBN, May 92, $25.00, 147pp, hc, cover by George Barr) Collection of nine stories, with an introduction by the author. This hardcover is limited to 300 signed copies. A 50-copy leatherbound edition was announced but not seen. The magazine edition is listed under magazines; Authors Choice Monthly #28. Order from Pulphouse Publications, PO Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
- WUCKEL, DIETER
- * *The Illustrated History of Science Fiction (with Bruce Cassiday) (Ungar 0-8044-2984-7, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $24.95, 251pp, hc) Non-fiction; reference. General history of science fiction that covers works from Sir Thomas More to E.T., with many black and white illustrations. Translated from the German by Jenny Vowles. First English-language edition (Edition Leipzig 1986 as Science Fiction: Eine Illustrierte Literaturgeschichte by Dieter Wuckel). Bruce Cassiday has adapted it for an American audience. An East German view of American sf is interesting, if oddly skewed. The information on early European sf is particularly enlightening. (CNB)
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