The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

WYLDE, THOMAS (Clarke) (1946- ) (stories)

• * *Dr. Bones Book 3: Garukan Blood (Ace 0-441-15674-6, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.50, 173pp, pb) [Dr. Bones] Sf novelization in a series packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. As usual with this series, the copyright page contains the names of eleven people and two organizations—the author’s name is not among them.
• * *Dr. Bones Book 6: Journey to Rilla (Ace 0-441-15678-9, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.50, 189pp, pb, cover by David Dorman) [Dr. Bones] Sf adventure series by different authors packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications, with “visual data” by Joel Hagen. The copyright page credits many editors, consultants, and packagers—the author isn’t mentioned. This is billed as the last of the series.
• * *Roger Zelazny’s Alien Speedway: Pitfall (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26946-1, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.50, 198pp, pb) [Alien Speedway] Sf novelization. Second book in a young-adult series based on an outline by Zelazny.
• * *Roger Zelazny’s Alien Speedway: The Web (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27166-0, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 245pp, pb) [Alien Speedway] Sf novelization, third in a series. Illustrations by Hayashi, packaging by Byron Preiss.

WYLIE, ELINOR (née Hoyt) (1885-1928)

• * _The Venetian Glass Nephew (Academy Chicago 0-89733-112-5, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $6.95, 182pp, tp) Reprint (George Doran 1925) fantasy novel.

WYLIE, JAYEL; see pseudonym Anne Hathaway-Nayne

WYLIE, JONATHAN; pseudonym of Julia Smith & Mark J. A. Smith (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Across the Flame (Orbit 1-85723-395-6, Jun ’96 [May ’96], £16.99, 376pp, hc, cover by Keith Scaife) Dark fantasy novel. A young female artist is pursued for help by a sorcerer who has been trapped in a painting for centuries. Wylie is a pseudonym of Julia Smith and Mark J. A. Smith.
• * _Across the Flame (Orbit 1-85723-468-5, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £6.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Keith Scaife) Reprint (Orbit 1996) dark fantasy novel. A young female artist is pursued for help by a sorcerer who has been trapped in a painting for centuries. Wylie is a pseudonym of Julia Smith and Mark J.A. Smith.
• * +The Center of the Circle (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27056-7, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.95, 281pp, pb) [Servants of Ark] Fantasy novel, second in the “Servants of Ark” trilogy. First American edition (Corgi 1987).
• * *The Centre of the Circle (Corgi 0-552-13134-2, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], £2.95, 351pp, pb) [Servants of Ark] Fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Servants of Ark” trilogy. This is a pseudonym for Mark J.A. Smith & Julia Smith.
• * *Dream Weaver (Corgi 0-552-13757-X, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], £4.99, 655pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Fantasy novel. This is a pseudonym for Mark J.A. Smith & Julia Smith.
• * *The First Named (Corgi 0-552-13101-6, Mar ’87, £2.50, 349pp, pb) [Servants of Ark] Fantasy novel. Volume 1 of the “Servants of Ark” trilogy. This is a pseudonym for Mark J.A. Smith & Julia Smith. This is their first novel.
• * +The First Named (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26953-4, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $3.95, 281pp, pb) [Servants of Ark] Fantasy novel, first in a trilogy, “Servants of Ark”. First U.S. edition (Corgi 1987). “Wylie” is a pen name for Mark and Julia Smith.
• * _The First Named (Corgi 0-552-13101-6, Aug ’88 [Dec ’88], £2.99, 349pp, pb) [Servants of Ark] Reissue (Corgi 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Servants of Ark” trilogy.
• * *Island and Empire: Book One: Dark Fire (Corgi 0-552-13978-5, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £3.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Island and Empire] Fantasy novel.
• * *Island and Empire: Book Three: The Last Augury (Corgi 0-552-13980-7, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], £4.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Island and Empire] Fantasy novel.
• * *Island and Empire: Book Two: Echoes of Flame (Corgi 0-552-13979-3, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], £4.99, 432pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Island and Empire] Fantasy novel.
• * *The Mage-Born Child (Corgi 0-552-13161-X, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], £2.95, 350pp, pb) [Servants of Ark] Fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Servants of Ark” trilogy.
• * +The Mage-Born Child (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27270-5, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.95, 277pp, pb) [Servants of Ark] Fantasy novel, 3rd in the “Servants of Ark” trilogy. First U.S. edition (Corgi 1988).
• * _The Mage-Born Child (Corgi 0-552-13161-X, Aug ’88 [Dec ’88], £2.99, 350pp, pb) [Servants of Ark] Reissue (Corgi 1988) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Servants of Ark” trilogy.
• * *Magister (Orbit 1-85723-515-0, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £6.99, 388pp, pb) Contemporary fantasy novel set in a world where magic is considered a performing art. A student investigates a late master’s secrets.
• * *Other Lands (Orbit 1-85723-309-3, Jun ’95, £16.99, 360pp, hc, cover by Keith Scaife) Fantasy novel. Michael Glover, comatose after a car accident, somehow calls to his lover for help. She must break through to another, fantastic world where she finds analogues of herself and her situation. Wylie is a joint pseudonym for Julia Smith & Mark J. A. Smith.
• * _Other Lands (Orbit 1-85723-364-6, Jun ’96 [May ’96], £5.99, 360pp, pb, cover by Keith Scaife) Reprint (Orbit 1995) fantasy novel. A woman must brave a world which mirrors her abused life, in order to rescue her lover. Wylie is a pseudonym of Julia Smith and Mark J. A. Smith.
• * *Shadow-Maze (Corgi 0-552-13929-7, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], £3.99, 384pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Fantasy novel.
• * +The Unbalanced Earth Trilogy Volume 3: The Age of Chaos (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28454-1, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $3.95, 299pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Servants of Ark] Fantasy novel. This series is a sequel to the “Servants of Ark” trilogy. First American edition (Corgi 1989).
• * *The Unbalanced Earth Trilogy, Volume 1: Dreams of Stone (Corgi 0-552-13416-3, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], £2.99, 363pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Unbalanced Earth] Fantasy novel.
• * +The Unbalanced Earth Trilogy, Volume 1: Dreams of Stone (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27974-2, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.95, 297pp, pb) [Unbalanced Earth] Fantasy quest novel, sequel to the “Servants of the Ark” trilogy. First U.S. edition (Corgi 1989).
• * *The Unbalanced Earth Trilogy, Volume 2: The Lightless Kingdom (Corgi 0-552-13417-1, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], £2.99, 351pp, pb) [Unbalanced Earth] Second book in a fantasy series.
• * +The Unbalanced Earth Trilogy, Volume 2: The Lightless Kingdom (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28147-X, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $3.95, 298pp, pb) [Unbalanced Earth] Quest fantasy novel. This series is a sequel to the “Servant of Ark” trilogy. First American edition (Corgi 1988).
• * *The Unbalanced Earth Trilogy, Volume 3: The Age of Chaos (Corgi 0-552-13418-X, Oct ’89, £3.50, 352pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Unbalanced Earth] Third book in a fantasy series.

WYLIE, LAURA; pseudonym of Patricia Matthews, (1927-2006)

• * _The Night Visitor (Critic’s Choice 1-55547-174-9, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.50, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Pinnacle 1979) horror novel.

WYLIE, PHILIP (Gordon) (1902-1971) (stories)

• * _The End of the Dream (DAW 0-87997-900-3, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.25, 206pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1972) novel, 6th DAW printing. “Special 1984 edition”, with an introduction by John Brunner.

WYNDHAM, JOHN; pseudonym of John Beynon Harris, (1903-1969) (stories)

• * _Chocky (Penguin 0-14-003121-9, Aug ’87, £2.25, 153pp, pb) [Chocky] Reissue (Ballantine 1968) sf novel.
• * _Chocky (Puffin Plus 0-14-032644-8, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], £1.99, 153pp, pb) [Chocky] Reissue (Ballantine 1968) sf novel.
• * _The Chrysalids (Penguin 0-14-001308-3, Aug ’87, £2.50, 200pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1955) sf novel.
• * _The Chrysalids (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0041-6, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $3.95, 200pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1955 as Re-Birth) sf novel. This follows the shorter text (and title) of the British edition.
• * _The Day of the Triffids (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32817-5, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $2.95, 191pp, pb) [Triffids] Reprint (Doubleday 1951) sf novel.
• * _The Day of the Triffids (Easton Press no ISBN, May ’89, no price, 222pp, hc) [Triffids] Reprint (Doubleday 1951) classic sf novel with an introduction by Marshall B. Tymn and illustrations by Richard Powers. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _The Day of the Triffids (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-989-8, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $3.95, 272pp, pb) [Triffids] Reprint (Doubleday 1951) classic sf novel.
• * _The Kraken Wakes (Penguin 0-14-001075-0, Aug ’87, £2.50, 240pp, pb) Reissue (Michael Joseph 1953) sf novel.
• * _The Midwich Cuckoos (Michael Joseph 0-7181-0236-3, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £9.95, 240pp, hc) Reissue (Michael Joseph 1957) sf novel.
• * _The Midwich Cuckoos (Penguin 0-14-001440-3, Aug ’87, £2.50, 220pp, pb) Reissue (Michael Joseph 1957) sf novel.
• * _The Secret People (NEL 0-450-42014-0, Aug ’87, £2.50, 192pp, pb) Reprint (George Newnes 1935) sf novel.
• * _Sleepers of Mars (NEL 0-450-42023-X, Aug ’87, £2.25, 155pp, pb) Reprint (Coronet 1973) sf collection.
• * _Stowaway to Mars (NEL 0-450-42024-8, Aug ’87, £2.50, 189pp, pb) Reprint (George Newnes 1936, as Planet Plane) sf novel.
• * _Stowaway to Mars (Severn House 0-7278-1761-2, Apr ’89 [Jul ’89], £10.95, 189pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) Reprint (George Newnes 1936 as Planet Plane) sf novel.
• * _Wanderers of Time (NEL 0-450-42015-9, Aug ’87, £2.25, 158pp, pb) Reprint (Coronet 1973) sf collection.
• * _Web (Penguin 0-14-005338-7, Jun ’87, £1.95, 141pp, pb) Reissue (Michael Joseph 1979) sf novel.

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• * _John Wyndham: A Working Bibliography See entry under Phil Stephensen-Payne.

WYNN, DAVID, ed. (stories)

• * *Mythos Tales & Others (Mythos Books no ISBN, 1996 [Nov ’96], $6.00, 94pp, ph, cover by Stanley Sargent) Chapbook original anthology of 11 stories, two essays, and 11 poems in a Lovecraftian vein. Authors include Don Webb, Gary Lovisi, and S.T. Joshi. This is a limited edition of 200. Order from Mythos Books, 218 Hickory Meadow Lane, Poplar Bluff MO 63901-2160; add $1.00 postage. (Contents)

WYNNE-JONES, TIM(othy) (1948- ) (stories)

• * _Voices (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-51080-3, May ’90, £12.95, 312pp, hc) Reprint (Lester & Orpen Dennys 1988 as Fastyngange) literary fantasy novel, about a woman who finds, or thinks she finds, a haunted castle with a talking well.
• * _Voices (NEL 0-450-56249-2, May ’92, £4.99, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Lester & Orpen Dennys 1988 as Fastyngange) literary fantasy novel, about a woman who finds, or thinks she finds, a haunted castle with a talking well.

WYSS, THELMA HATCH

• * *A Stranger Here (HarperCollins 0-06-021438-4, Feb ’93 [May ’93], $14.00, 132pp, hc, cover by Joanie Schwarz) Young-adult fantasy novel of a teenage girl and the ghost of a boy killed in WWII.

YAMASHITA, KAREN TEI (1951- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Through the Arc of the Rain Forest (Coffee House Press 0-918273-82-X, Sep ’90, $9.95, 214pp, tp, cover by Ronaldo Lopes de Olivera) Ecological fantasy/magic realism novel. A first novel.
• * *Tropic of Orange (Coffee House Press 1-56689-064-0, Sep ’97 [Apr ’98], $14.95, 270pp, tp, cover by Ronaldo Lopes de Oliveira) Satirical literary fantasy/magic realism mystery novel of drugs, bootleg body parts, and cultural collisions as a magic orange drags the Tropic of Cancer to Los Angeles. This is dated 1997, but not seen until now. Order from Coffee House Press, 27 North Fourth Street, Suite 400, Minneapolis MN 55401.

YANOFF, DAVID

• * *Night Spell (Ashley Books 0-87949-293-7, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $12.95, 250pp, tp, cover by John Flagg) Historical fantasy novel. A first novel.

YARBRO, CHELSEA QUINN (1942- ); see pseudonym Quinn Fawcett (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Ariosto (Tor 0-812-55852-9, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.95, 361pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1980) alternate world historical fantasy novel.
• * _Bad Medicine (Jove 0-515-10399-3, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.95, 243pp, pb) [Charlie Spotted Moon] Reprint (Putnam 1976 as Ogilvie, Tallant & Moon) associational mystery novel, first book of the “Charlie Moon” series. On this edition, the author is listed as “C.Q. Yarbro” throughout.
• * *A Baroque Fable (Berkley 0-425-09081-7, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $3.50, 243pp, pb) Humorous fantasy novel of an amnesiac wizard, a dragon “too cute to kill”, etc. Based on an original play which has been performed. Words and music are included.
• * *Beastnights (Warner 0-446-35591-7, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $4.95, 330pp, pb) Horror novel about a werewolf-like creature stalking women on the San Francisco streets.
• * *Better in the Dark (Tor 0-312-85504-4, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $23.95, 412pp, hc, cover by Maren) [Saint-Germain] Historical vampire novel set in the Dark Ages, part of the “Saint-Germain” series.
• * _Better in the Dark (Tor/Orb 0-312-85978-3, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $14.95, 412pp, tp) [Saint-Germain] Reprint (Tor 1993) historical vampire novel in the “Saint-Germain” series, set in Germany in A.D. 938.
• * _Blood Games (Tor 0-812-52801-8, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $4.95, 472pp, pb) [Saint-Germain] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1979) fantasy/horror/historical vampire novel set mostly in ancient Rome.
• * *Blood Roses (Tor 0-312-86529-5, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $24.95, 382pp, hc) [Saint-Germain] Vampire novel of “Saint-Germain”. The vampire faces plague in 14th-century France.
• * *A Candle for D’Artagnan (Tor 0-312-93202-2, Oct ’89, $22.95, 485pp, hc) [Atta Olivia Clemens] Historical vampire horror novel, the third featuring Atta Olivia Clemens.
• * _A Candle for D’Artagnan (Tor/Orb 0-312-89019-2, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $14.95, 485pp, tp, cover by Sanjulian) [Atta Olivia Clemens] Reprint (Tor 1989) historical vampire novel, the third featuring Atta Olivia Clemens.
• * *Cat’s Claw (Jove 0-515-10805-7, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $3.99, 261pp, pb) [Charlie Spotted Moon] Associational mystery, the fourth featuring San Francisco attorney and Ojibwa Indian Charlie Spotted Moon, who takes on the case of a fellow lawyer arrested for a series of murders. Charlie can win the case but has to use shamanistic magic to learn whether or not his client is guilty. The author is identified as C.Q. Yarbro on the book.
• * *Crown of Empire (Baen 0-671-72208-5, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $4.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Paul Alexander) [Crisis of Empire] Sf novel set in a future of interstellar conflict between humans and alien enemies, fourth book of the “Crisis of Empire” series “formulated” by David Drake. Each book is written by a different author. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
• * *Crusader’s Torch (Tor 0-312-93088-7, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $18.95, 459pp, hc) [Atta Olivia Clemens] Historical horror novel, second in the “Olivia” series of vampire novels.
• * _Crusader’s Torch (SFBC #14584, Apr ’89 [Jun ’89], $8.98, hc) [Atta Olivia Clemens] Reprint (Tor 1988) historical horror/vampire novel. Second in the “Olivia” series.
• * _Crusader’s Torch (Tor 0-812-50178-0, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $4.95, 459pp, pb) [Atta Olivia Clemens] Reprint (Tor 1988) historical horror/vampire novel, second in the “Olivia” series.
• * *Darker Jewels (Tor 0-312-85296-7, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $19.95, 398pp, hc, cover by Maren) [Saint-Germain] Historical vampire novel in the “Saint-Germain” series, placing the immortal Count in the court of Ivan the Terrible.
• * _Darker Jewels (Tor/Orb 0-312-89031-1, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $13.95, 398pp, tp, cover by Maren) [Saint-Germain] Reprint (Tor 1993) vampire novel in the “Saint-Germain” series.
• * _False Notes (Jove 0-515-10523-6, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $3.95, 245pp, pb) [Charlie Spotted Moon] Reprint (Putnam 1979 as Music When Sweet Voices Die) associational mystery novel with some minor fantasy elements, second book featuring American Indian lawyer Charlie Spotted Moon. The author is listed as C.Q. Yarbro.
• * *Firecode (Popular Library 0-445-20229-7, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.95, 453pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *A Flame in Byzantium (Tor 0-312-93026-7, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $17.95, 470pp, hc) [Atta Olivia Clemens] First in a new historical/vampire trilogy, featuring Olivia. A spinoff from her “Saint Germain” series.
• * _A Flame in Byzantium (SFBC #11835, Feb ’88, $7.98, 400pp, hc) [Atta Olivia Clemens] Reprint (Tor 1987) dark fantasy novel, first in a new series set in her “St. Germain” universe.
• * _A Flame in Byzantium (Tor 0-812-52804-2, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $4.50, 417pp, pb) [Atta Olivia Clemens] Reprint (Tor 1987) historical horror novel, first of the “Olivia” spinoff to the “Saint Germain” vampire series.
• * *Floating Illusions (Harper & Row 0-06-026642-2, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $12.95, 215pp, hc) Non-fantasy, associational young-adult novel. The publisher calls it a tale of “murder, magic and mayhem...on board a luxury ocean liner at the turn of the century.” It contains stage magic and suspicions of the real sort.
• * *Four Horses for Tishtry (Harper & Row 0-06-026638-4, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $12.50, 224pp, hc) Non-sf/fantasy, associational—listed for Yarbro fans. This a young-adult historical novel set during the Roman Empire.
• * _Hôtel Transylvania (Tor 0-812-55850-2, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.95, 344pp, pb) [Saint-Germain] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1978) fantasy novel, first in the “St. Germain” vampire series.
• * *The Law in Charity (Doubleday 0-385-23955-6, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $12.95, 184pp, hc) Associational; western by a fantasy author.
• * *Locadio’s Apprentice (Harper & Row 0-06-026636-8, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $12.50, 219pp, hc) Non-sf/fantasy, associational. Historical novel for young-adults.
• * *Mansions of Darkness (Tor 0-312-85759-4, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $24.95, 430pp, hc) [Saint-Germain] Vampire novel. Count Saint-Germain travels to 17th-century Peru.
• * _Mansions of Darkness (Tor 0-312-86382-9, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $15.95, 430pp, tp) [Saint-Germain] Reprint (Tor 1996) vampire novel in the “Saint-Germain” series.
• * *Monet’s Ghost (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum/Dragonflight 0-689-80732-5, Apr ’97 [May ’97], $17.00, 151pp, hc, cover by Pat Morrissey) Young-adult fantasy. A girl can project herself into paintings, and finds a ghost in a Monet. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. Text copyrighted by the author.
• * *More Messages from Michael (Berkley 0-425-08662-3, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $3.95, 318pp, pb) Non-sf/fantasy, associational; a work of occult “non-fiction” giving messages received through a ouija board. Listed for Yarbro completists.
• * *A Mortal Glamour (Bantam 0-553-24587-2, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $3.50, 308pp, pb) Fantasy novel of evil in a 14th-century convent.