The Locus Index to Science Fiction
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- WU, WILLIAM F(ranking) (1951- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *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)
- WULFFSON, DON (L.) (1943- ) (stories)
- * *Future Fright: Tales of High-Tech Terror (Lowell House Juvenile 1-56565-393-9, Apr 96 [Dec 96], $5.95, 95pp, pb, cover by Scott Fray) Original collection of six SF horror stories for young adults. Lowell House Juvenile, 2029 Century Park East, Suite 3290, Los Angeles CA 90067. (Contents)
- WULLSCHLÄGER, JACKIE
- * *Inventing Wonderland (Methuen 0-413-67840-7, May 95, £25.00, 228pp, hc, cover by John Singer Sargent) Non-fiction. Heavily illustrated reference work subtitled The Lives and Fantasies of Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, J. M. Barrie, Kenneth Grahame and A. A. Milne. Based on letters, diaries and memoirs, it is an often disturbing study of the five most revered childrens writers of the late 19th/early 20th century, seminal writers whose work, supposedly about childhood fantasies and fears, is revealed to be more often about their own negative reactions to adulthood, and a flight from social conformity.
- * +Inventing Wonderland (Simon & Schuster/Free Press 0-684-82286-5, Feb 96, $24.00, 228pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical. A look at Victorian childhood as seen through the lives and fantasies of Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, J.M. Barrie, Kenneth Grahame, and A.A. Milne. Included 16 unpaginated pages of photos. First US edition (Methuen 1995).
- WURLITZER, RUDOLPH
- * _Flats (Midnight Classics 1-85242-410-9, May 96 [Jul 96], £6.99, 159pp, tp) Reprint (Dutton 1970) literary fantasy novel set in a post-apocalyptic city. This is a worldwide edition and is available in the US for $11.99.
- WURTS, JANNY (1953- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *The Curse of the Mistwraith (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224071-8, May 93, £8.99, 560pp, tp, cover by Janny Wurts) [Wars of Light and Shadow] Fantasy novel about a pair of warring half-brothers. A hardcover edition (-224070-X, £14.99) is also available. Volume one in the Wars of Light and Shadows series.
- * +Curse of the Mistwraith (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45306-9, Feb 94 [Jan 94], $22.00, 611pp, hc, cover by Janny Wurts) [Wars of Light and Shadow] Fantasy novel of two princes who must work together to save their land from the evil of the Mistwraith. First book of The Wars of Light and Shadow. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1993 as The Curse of the Mistwraith).
- * _The Curse of the Mistwraith (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21069-5, Aug 94, £5.99, 831pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) [Wars of Light and Shadow] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) fantasy novel. Volume one in the Wars of Light and Shadows series.
- * _Curse of the Mistwraith (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45416-2, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $5.99, 690pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) [Wars of Light and Shadow] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993 as The Curse of the Mistwraith) fantasy novel. First book of The Wars of Light and Shadow.
- * _Daughter of the Empire (with Raymond E. Feist) See entry under Raymond E. Feist
- * *Fugitive Prince (HarperPrism 0-06-105291-4, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $24.00, 565pp, hc, cover by Janny Wurts) [Wars of Light and Shadow] Fantasy novel, first book of The Alliance of Light, the third part of The Wars of Light and Shadow. Two half brothers are cursed to be enemies.
- * *Fugitive Prince (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224076-9, Nov 97 [Oct 97], £16.99, 565pp, hc, cover by Don Maitz) [Wars of Light and Shadow] Fantasy novel, volume four in The Wars of Light and Shadows, and first book of The Alliance of Light. Simultaneous with the US (HarperPrism) edition. A trade paperback edition (-224077-7, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
- * _Fugitive Prince (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648299-6, Apr 98 [Mar 98], £6.99, 565pp, pb, cover by Don Maitz) [Wars of Light and Shadow] Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) fantasy novel, subtitled The Wars of Light and Shadows: Volume 4: First Book of The Alliance of Light.
- * _Fugitive Prince (HarperPrism 0-06-105468-2, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $6.50, 704pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) [Wars of Light and Shadow] Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) fantasy novel, first book of The Alliance of Light, the third part of The Wars of Light and Shadow.
- * *Keeper of the Keys (Ace 0-441-43275-1, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $3.50, 269pp, pb) [Cycle of Fire] Fantasy novel, sequel to Stormwarden. Contains the 1st chapter of the third book, Shadowfane. Cover & interior art by the author.
- * _Keeper of the Keys (Grafton 0-246-13426-7, Sep 89, £7.95, 306pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Cycle of Fire] Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel. Volume Two in The Cycle of Fire. Also available in hardcover (-13415-1, £12.95). [First U.K. edition]
- * _Keeper of the Keys (Grafton 0-586-20484-9, Oct 90, £3.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Cycle of Fire] Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel. Book Two of The Cycle of Fire.
- * _Keeper of the Keys (HarperPrism 0-06-105461-5, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $4.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) [Cycle of Fire] Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel, book two of The Cycle of Fire.
- * _Keeper of the Keys (HarperCollins UK 0-586-20484-9, Nov 95, £4.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Cycle of Fire] Reissue (Ace 1988) fantasy novel. Book 2 in the Cycle of Fire. Third printing.
- * *The Master of White Storm (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45167-8, Mar 92 [Feb 92], $4.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) Fantasy novel of a galley slave determined to win himself a castle.
- * *The Master of Whitestorm (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223990-6, Apr 92 [Mar 92], £8.99, 448pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) Fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-223932-9, £15.99) was announced but not seen. Simultaneous with US (Roc as The Master of White Storm) edition.
- * _The Master of Whitestorm (Grafton 0-586-21068-7, Nov 92, £4.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Reprint (HarperCollins UK; Roc 1992) fantasy novel.
- * _Mistress of the Empire (with Raymond E. Feist) See entry under Raymond E. Feist
- * _Servant of the Empire (with Raymond E. Feist) See entry under Raymond E. Feist
- * *Shadowfane (Ace 0-441-76082-1, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $3.50, 260pp, pb) [Cycle of Fire] Fantasy novel, Book Three of The Cycle of Fire series.
- * _Shadowfane (Grafton 0-246-13597-2, Mar 90, £7.99, 317pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Cycle of Fire] Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel. Book Three of The Cycle of Fire. Also available in hardcover (-13417-8, £12.95).
- * _Shadowfane (Grafton 0-586-20485-7, Mar 91, £3.99, 351pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Cycle of Fire] Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel. Book Three of The Cycle of Fire.
- * _Shadowfane (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20485-7, Mar 96, £4.99, 352pp, pb) [Cycle of Fire] Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel. Volume three in Cycle of Fire.
- * _Shadowfane (HarperPrism 0-06-105470-4, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $4.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) [Cycle of Fire] Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel, book three in The Cycle of Fire.
- * *The Ships of Merior (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224078-5, Oct 94 [Sep 94], £9.99, 494pp, tp, cover by Janny Wurts) [Wars of Light and Shadow] Fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-224072-6, £15.99) is also available. Volume two in the Wars of Light and Shadows series.
- * *The Ships of Merior (HarperPrism 0-06-105216-7, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $23.00, 917pp, hc, cover by Janny Wurts) [Wars of Light and Shadow] Fantasy novel, second in The Wars of Light and Shadow. This edition follows a British edition of the same title (HarperCollins UK 1994) which contains the first half of the novel only.
- * _The Ships of Merior (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21070-9, May 95, £5.99, 740pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) [Wars of Light and Shadow] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1994) fantasy novel. Volume 2 of The Wars of Light and Shadows.
- * _Ships of Merior (HarperPrism 0-06-105465-8, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $5.99, 637pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) [Wars of Light and Shadow] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1994 as The Ships of Merior) fantasy novel, volume two of The Wars of Light and Shadow. HarperPrism published this plus the next volume, Warhost of Vastmark, as one volume in 1995. This edition has a note on why the US hardcover was broken up into two volumes.
- * _Sorcerers Legacy (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27846-0, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $3.95, 246pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1982) fantasy novel.
- * _Sorcerers Legacy (Grafton 0-586-20482-2, Jul 89, £3.50, 303pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Reprint (Ace 1982) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Sorcerers Legacy (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27846-0, May 93, $4.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) Reissue (Ace 1982) fantasy novel; second printing.
- * *Stormwarden (Ace 0-441-78757-6, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $2.95, 325pp, pb) [Cycle of Fire] Fantasy novel, with cover and illustrations by the author.
- * _Stormwarden (Ace 0-441-78757-6, Jun 88 [May 88], $3.50, 325pp, pb) [Cycle of Fire] Reissue (Ace 1984) fantasy novel, Book One of the Cycle of Fire trilogy. Second printing.
- * _Stormwarden (Grafton 0-246-13446-1, Mar 89, £7.95, 378pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Cycle of Fire] Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the Cycle of Fire trilogy. Also available in hc (-13414-3, £12.95). [First U.K. edition]
- * _Stormwarden (Grafton 0-586-20483-0, Mar 90 [Feb 90], £3.99, 447pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Cycle of Fire] Reprint (Ace 1984) fantasy novel. Book One of The Cycle of Fire.
- * _Stormwarden (HarperPrism 0-06-105462-3, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $4.99, 396pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) [Cycle of Fire] Reprint (Ace 1984) fantasy novel, first volume in the Cycle of Fire.
- * _Stormwarden (HarperCollins UK 0-586-20483-0, Aug 95 [Sep 95], £4.99, 447pp, pb) [Cycle of Fire] Reprint (Ace 1984) fantasy novel. Volume one in Cycle of Fire.
- * *That Way Lies Camelot (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224501-9, May 94, £8.99, 304pp, tp, cover by Janny Wurts) Collection of 15 stories, including four originals. A hardcover edition (-224602-3, £15.99) is also available. (Contents)
- * _That Way Lies Camelot (HarperCollins UK 0-00-648003-9, Feb 95 [Jan 95], £4.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1994) collection of all Wurtss short stories, including four originals.
- * +That Way Lies Camelot (HarperPrism 0-06-105221-3, Feb 96 [Jan 96], $20.00, 275pp, hc, cover by Janny Wurts) Collection of 15 stories, four original. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1994).
- * _That Way Lies Camelot (HarperPrism 0-06-105778-9, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $5.50, 337pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1994) collection of 15 stories.
- * *Warhost of Vastmark (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224620-1, Aug 95 [Jul 95], £8.99, 384pp, tp, cover by Janny Wurts) [Wars of Light and Shadow] Fantasy novel. Third in a series after The Curse of the Mistwraith and The Ships of Merior. The US edition of The Ships of Merior includes the original UK novel plus this. A hardcover edition (-224619-8, £15.99) is also available.
- * _Warhost of Vastmark (HarperPrism 0-06-105667-7, Feb 96 [Jan 96], $5.99, 492pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) [Wars of Light and Shadow] Reprint (HarperPrism 1995) fantasy novel. This originally appeared in the US as the second part of Ships of Merior; it appeared in the UK as a separate volume, Warhost of Vastmark (HarperCollins UK 1995).
- * _Warhost of Vastmark (Voyager 0-00-648207-4, Feb 96 [Jan 96], £5.99, 563pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) [Wars of Light and Shadow] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1995) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in The Wars of Light and Shadow after The Curse of the Mistwraith and The Ships of Merior.
- WYATT, GARRY, ed. (stories)
- WYATT, STEPHEN (John) (1948- ) (stories)
- * *Doctor Who: Paradise Towers (W.H. Allen Target 0-426-20330-5, Dec 88 [Nov 88], £1.99, 143pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization. Volume 134 in the series.
- * _Doctor Who: Paradise Towers (Target 0-426-20330-5, Oct 91, £2.50, 143pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (Target 1988) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 134 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $4.95.
- * *Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (Target 0-426-20341-0, Dec 89, £1.99, 141pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization. Volume 144 in the series.
- * _Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (Target 0-426-20341-0, Dec 91, £2.99, 141pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (Target 1989) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 144 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $4.95.
- WYKE-SMITH, E(dward) A(ugustine) (1871-1935) (stories) (assoc.)
- * _The Marvellous Land of Snergs (Old Earth Books 1-882968-03-4, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $35.00, 220pp, tp, cover by George Morrow) Reprint (Ernest Benn 1927) classic childrens fantasy, a precursor and possible influence for The Hobbit. This is a facsimile, with corrections, of the 1928 Harper & Brothers edition. There are illustrations by George Morrow, an introduction by Tolkien scholar Douglas A. Anderson, and a bibliography of Wyke-Smiths books. A hardcover edition (-04-2, $35.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Old Earth Books, PO Box 19951, Baltimore MD 21211-0951.
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