The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998


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The Fiction of L. Ron Hubbard: A Comprehensive Bibliography & Reference Guide to Published and Selected Unpublished Works William J. Widder (Bridge 0-88404-936-1, Jun ’94, $55.00, 373pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. A complete bibliography of Hubbard’s work, including Bridge/Author Services books that haven’t appeared yet. Includes much ephemera and a selection of photos. [L. Ron Hubbard]


The Beast Within ed. Stewart Wieck (White Wolf 1-56504-086-4, Apr ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.99, 410pp, tp) Original anthology of 13 vampire stories based on the “Vampire: The Masquerade” game, with interior illustrations by Timothy Bradstreet.


When Will You Rage? ed. Stewart Wieck (White Wolf 1-56504-087-2, Jun ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.99, 446pp, tp) Original anthology of 19 werewolf stories based on the “Werewolf: The Apocalypse” game, with interior illustrations by various artists.


The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde (Viking 0-670-85585-5, Sep ’94, $19.99, 141pp, hc, cover by Isabelle Brent) Wilde’s nine fairy tales, an omnibus of The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) and A House of Pomegranates (1891). With full-color illustrations by Isabelle Brent and an introduction by Neil Philip. First American edition (Little, Brown UK 1994).


Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde 2 Oscar Wilde (NBM 1-56163-085-3, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $15.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by P. Craig Russell) Collection of two graphic adaptations of Wilde fairy tales, with art by P. Craig Russell.


The Best Defense Kate Wilhelm (St. Martin’s 0-312-10937-7, Jun ’94, $21.95, 342pp, hc) [Barbara Holloway] Associational courtroom thriller, sequel to Death Qualified.


The Hamlet Trap Kate Wilhelm (St. Martin’s 0-312-91125-4, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.50, 234pp, pb) [Charlie Meiklejohn; Constance Leidl] Reissue (St. Martin’s 1987) first Charlie Meikeljohn and Constance Liddell associational mystery; second printing.


Justice for Some Kate Wilhelm (Fawcett Crest 0-449-22247-0, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $5.99, 330pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1993) associational thriller about a judge who suspects that there is a killer in her immediate family.


Sister Water Nancy Willard (Ballantine Ivy 0-8041-0876-5, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $5.99, 247pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1993) literary fantasy novel of an old woman who renews her childhood acquaintance with the angel of death.


The Well-Favored Man Elizabeth Willey (SFBC #02947, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $8.98, 447pp, hc, cover by Wayne Barlowe) [Well-Favored Man] Reprint (Tor 1993) fantasy novel. Similar to the Tor edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


The Well-Favored Man Elizabeth Willey (Tor 0-812-51988-4, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.99, 447pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe) [Well-Favored Man] Reprint (Tor 1993) fantasy novel.


The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women ed. A. Susan Williams (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0086-6, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $15.95, 566pp, tp) Reprint (Xanadu 1992) anthology of 33 classic fantasy stories by women writers, with an introduction by the editor.


DragonLance: The Dark Queen Michael & Teri Williams (TSR 1-56076-925-4, Dec ’94, $4.95, 313pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Villains] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game, volume six in the “Villains Series”, with interior illustrations by Karl Waller. Copyrighted by TSR.


Caliban’s Hour Tad Williams (HarperPrism 0-06-105204-3, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $14.99, 201pp, hc, cover by Jim Griffin) Fantasy novella. The monster from Shakespeare’s The Tempest tells his version of the story. First American edition (Legend 1994). This edition has two distinct covers by the same artist.


To Green Angel Tower, Part 1 Tad Williams (DAW 0-88677-598-1, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $5.99, 815pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Memory, Sorrow & Thorn] Reprint (DAW 1993) fantasy novel. This is the first half of the third book of “Memory, Sorrow and Thorn”, published in hardcover as a single volume. The appendix will appear in both paperbacks.


To Green Angel Tower, Part 2 Tad Williams (DAW 0-88677-606-6, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $5.99, 815pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Memory, Sorrow & Thorn] Reprint (DAW 1993) fantasy novel. This is the second half of the third book of “Memory, Sorrow and Thorn”, published in hardcover as a single volume. The appendix appears in both paperbacks, and this volume includes a brief synopsis of the first.


Child of an Ancient City Tad Williams & Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Tor 0-812-53391-7, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $6.99, 280pp, tp, cover by Greg Hildebrandt) Reprint (Atheneum 1992) young-adult fantasy novel, with illustrations by Greg Hildebrandt. An Arabian Nights-style story of a merchant’s son traveling with a caravan whose members fall victim to a vampire.


Ravenloft: Mordenheim Chet Williamson (TSR 1-56076-852-5, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $4.95, 315pp, tp, cover by Roger Loveless) [Ravenloft] Dark fantasy novelization based on the “Ravenloft” game.


Bloodlines J. N. Williamson (Longmeadow Press 0-681-00693-5, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $19.95, 270pp, hc, cover by Kelly Freas) Vampire novel. A father with a dark secret tries to find his children.


Demon Moon Jack Williamson (Tor 0-312-85718-7, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $22.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Sf novel of a land threatened by an onslaught of demons who were banished a millenium ago.


Demon Moon Jack Williamson (SFBC #05182, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $9.98, 349pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Reprint (Tor 1994) SF novel of a land threatened by an onslaught of demons who were banished a millenium ago. Similar to the Tor edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


Doomsday Book Connie Willis (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56273-8, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $5.99, 578pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1992) Hugo and Nebula Awards-winning time-travel SF novel set in 14th-century and 21st-century Oxford; second printing. This has a new (and improved) cover design.


Impossible Things Connie Willis (SFBC #02630, Mar ’94, $9.98, 461pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) collection of 11 stories. First hardcover edition. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


Remake Connie Willis (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-48-1, Dec ’94, $40.00, 241pp, hc, cover by Arnie Fenner) SF movie novel. Using computer technology, 21st-century Hollywood stars long-dead actors in new movies, but one special effects wizard learns that some things can’t be faked. Signed, slipcased, limited edition. Available from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088.


Uncharted Territory Connie Willis (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56294-0, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $3.99, 149pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) SF novella of two human explorers sent to survey an alien world.


The New Hugo Winners: Volume III ed. Connie Willis & Martin H. Greenberg (Baen 0-671-87604-X, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $5.99, 456pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Anthology of nine Hugo Award-winning stories, the three for each year 1989-1991, plus an introduction and notes by Willis. Only Willis’ name appears on the cover as “presented by,” but it is copyrighted only by Greenberg.


The New Hugo Winners: Volume III ed. Connie Willis & Martin H. Greenberg (SFBC #03710, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $8.98, 456pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Baen 1994) anthology of nine Hugo Award-winning stories, the three for each year 1989-1991, plus an introduction and notes by Willis. Only Willis’s name appears on the cover as “presented by,” and only Greenberg’s name appears on the copyright page. First hardcover edition. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


The Select F. Paul Wilson (Morrow 0-688-04618-5, Feb ’94 [Mar ’94], $22.00, 333pp, hc) Medical thriller with sf elements about a medical school hiding a deadly research conspiracy.


Sibs F. Paul Wilson (Tor 0-812-53124-8, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $5.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Phil Parks) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1991) horror novel.


Still Weird Gahan Wilson (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.


The Harvest Robert Charles Wilson (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.


Mysterium Robert Charles Wilson (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 Robert Charles Wilson (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.


Chung Kuo IV: The Stone Within David Wingrove (Dell 0-440-21755-5, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $5.99, 578pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Chung Kuo] Reprint (NEL 1992) SF novel, fourth in a series where China rules the world.


The Battle for the Castle Elizabeth Winthrop (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 Elizabeth Winthrop (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.


Wolf’s Complete Book of Terror ed. Leonard Wolf (Newmarket Press 1-55704-214-4, Nov ’94, $16.00, 343pp, tp) Horror anthology of 36 classic stories, by authors ranging from Lucius Apuleius to Kathe Koja, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Joyce Carol Oates, with an introduction by the editor. Revised from the Clarkson N. Potter 1979 edition.


Fires of Aggar Chris Anne Wolfe (New Victoria Publishers 0-934678-58-8, Nov ’94, $10.95, 281pp, tp, cover by Ginger Brown) [Shadows of Aggar] Feminist SF fantasy novel, sequel to Shadows of Aggar. Amazons help defend the planet Aggar after the fall of the Terran Empire. Order from New Victoria Publishers, PO Box 27, Norwich VT 05055-0027.


Caldé of the Long Sun Gene Wolfe (Tor 0-312-85583-4, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $22.95, 381pp, hc, cover by Richard Bober) [Book of the Long Sun] SF novel, third book of the “Book of the Long Sun” series. First American edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1994).


The Fifth Head of Cerberus Gene Wolfe (Tor/Orb 0-312-89020-6, Apr ’94, $12.95, 252pp, tp, cover by Richard Bober) Reprint (Scribners 1972) tripart sf novel.


Lake of the Long Sun Gene Wolfe (Tor 0-812-55068-4, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $5.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Richard Bober) [Book of the Long Sun] Reprint (Tor 1994) SF novel, second in the “Book of the Long Sun” series.


Litany of the Long Sun Gene Wolfe (SFBC #03102, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $11.98, 496pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Book of the Long Sun] Sf omnibus of the first two books in the “Book of the Long Sun” series, Nightside the Long Sun (Tor 1993) and Lake of the Long Sun (Tor 1994). This edition lacks an ISBN and price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


Shadow and Claw Gene Wolfe (Tor/Orb 0-312-89017-6, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $14.95, 413pp, tp, cover by Don Maitz) [Book of the New Sun] Omnibus of two fantasy novels, The Shadow of the Torturer (Timescape 1980) and The Claw of the Conciliator (Timescape 1981), volumes one and two in “The Book of the New Sun” tetralogy. First American edition (Sidgwick & Jackson 1983 as The Book of the New Sun, Vols. I and II.


Sword and Citadel Gene Wolfe (Tor/Orb 0-312-89018-4, Dec ’94 [Oct ’94], $14.95, 411pp, tp, cover by Don Maitz) [Book of the New Sun] Omnibus of two fantasy novels, The Sword of the Lictor (Timescape 1981) and The Citadel of the Autarch (Timescape 1982), volumes three and four in “The Book of the New Sun” tetralogy. First American edition (Sidgwick & Jackson 1985 as The Book of the New Sun, Vols. III and IV).


Aliens and Others: Science Fiction, Feminism and Postmodernism Jenny Wolmark (University of Iowa Press 0-87745-447-7, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $14.95, 167pp, tp) A postmodern analysis of feminist sf. A hardcover edition (-446-9, $29.95) was announced but not seen. Available from University of Iowa Press, Iowa City IA 52242.


The Golden Queen Dave Wolverton (Tor 0-312-85656-3, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $22.95, 318pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Golden Queen] SF adventure novel about a queen, cloned from her dead mother, and pursued by the insectoid aliens who killed her.


Star Wars: The Courtship of Princess Leia Dave Wolverton (Bantam Spectra 0-553-08928-5, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $21.95, 327pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Sf novelization based on the characters from the Star Wars films. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.


Star Wars: The Courtship of Princess Leia Dave Wolverton (SFBC #03409, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $7.98, 327pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) Star Wars novelization. Similar to the Bantam Spectra edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.


L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume X ed. Dave Wolverton (Bridge 0-88404-900-0, May ’94, $6.99, 465pp, pb, cover by Frank Frazetta) Original anthology of 13 stories from the 1992-1993 Writers of the Future contest, illustrated by the winners of the 1992-1993 Illustrators of the Future contest, with non-fiction pieces by well known authors. This 10th-Anniversary edition includes a section, printed on glossy paper with color photos and cover reproductions, covering Hubbard’s life and career, as well as the history of the contest.


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