The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999
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- WEIS, MARGARET (Edith Baldwin) (stories) (chron.) (continued)
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- * *DragonLance: Tales of the Fifth Age: Heroes and Fools (with Tracy Hickman) (TSR 0-7869-1346-0, Jul 99, $6.99, 374pp, tp, cover by Alan Pollack) [DragonLance: Tales of the Fifth Age] Original anthology of 14 stories set in the DragonLance world. Authors include Jeff Grubb, Nick ODonohoe, and Margaret Weis & Don Perrin. Copyrighted by TSR. (Contents)
- * _Fantastic Alice (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Ace 0-441-00634-5, Jun 99 [May 99], $5.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Richard Bober) [Alice] Reprint (Ace 1995) original anthology based on Lewis Carrolls Alice in Wonderland. Greenberg is credited only in the copyright.
- * *Tales from the Eternal Archives #2: Earth, Air, Fire, Water (with Robyn McGrew, Janet Pack & Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-857-3, Nov 99, $6.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Jean-François Podevin) Original anthology of 13 stories, with introduction and prologue by McGrew. Authors include Tanya Huff, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Jane Lindskold. Only Weis is named as editor on the cover; the title page lists Pack and McGrew, and this is copyrighted by all three plus Greenbergs Tekno Books. (Contents)
- * _Treasures of Fantasy (with Tracy Hickman & Martin H. Greenberg) (HarperPrism 0-06-105630-8, Sep 99, $6.50, 559pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) fantasy anthology.
- WEISS, BOBBI J. G. (chron.)
- WEISS, DANIEL (stories) (chron.)
- * _Mood Shifts (Black Plankton Press 0-9611236-1-3, Nov 98 [Feb 99], 168pp, tp, cover by Cathy Buburuz) Reprint (Black Plankton Press 1996) SF novel of a world where personality changes can be bought at the local Mood Shifts outlet. This is a heavily revised fourth edition. Available from Black Plankton Press, PO Box 1351, Cobb CA 95426; postage included in price.
- WEISS, DANIEL EVAN (chron.)
- * *Honk if You Love Aphrodite (Serpents Tail 1-85242-453-2, Jun 99, £8.99, 155pp, tp) Literary fantasy novel told in prose and verse. Aphrodite sends her son to help one man cross New York City to reach the woman he loves.
- WEISS, DAVID CODY (chron.)
- * *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Age of Aquariums (with Bobbi J. G. Weiss) (Pocket Archway 0-671-02676-3, Mar 99, $4.50, 165pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Young-adult novelization, 20th in the series based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions.
- * *Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Prom Time (with Bobbi J. G. Weiss) (Pocket Archway 0-671-02816-2, May 99, $4.50, 163pp, pb) [Sabrina, the Teenage Witch] Young-adult novelization, 21st in the series based on the TV show based on the Archie Comic. Copyrighted by Viacom Productions.
- WELCH, JANE (chron.)
- WELFORD, SUE (1942- ) (chron.)
- * _Starlight City (Oxford University Press 0-19-275041-0, Jun 99 [Aug 99], £3.99, 164pp, tp, cover by Rob Hefferan) Reprint (Oxford University Press 1998) young-adult SF novel. The original edition was not seen.
- WELLS, CATHERINE; [i.e., Catherine Jean Wells Dimenstein] (1952- ) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Beyond the Gates (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45696-3, Jun 99 [May 99], $6.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) SF novel. Scientists called to identify an unknown creature upset a planet settled by an isolationist religious group.
- WELLS, H(erbert) G(eorge) (1866-1946) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * _The Annotated H.G. Wells 5: When the Sleeper Wakes: A Critical Text of the 1899 New York and London First Edition (with Leon E. Stover) (McFarland 0-7864-0666-6, Nov 99, $55.00, 465pp, hc) Critical edition of the classic SF novel, edited and with introduction and appendices by Leon Stover. Order from McFarland & Company, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640; 800-253-2187; add $4.00 postage.
- * _Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress Upon Human LIfe and Thought (Dover 0-486-40673-3, 1999 [Jul 99], $9.95, 179 + xvi, tp, cover by Jeff A. Menges) Reprint (Tauschnitz 1902) associational non-fiction, a collection of predictive essays. This has the authors preface to the 1914 edition and a new introduction by Martin Gardner.
- * _The Time Machine/The War of The Worlds (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-887-6, Dec 99, £6.99, 274pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint omnibus of two seminal SF works: The Time Machine (1895) and The War of the Worlds (1898). Volume 24 in the SF Masterworks series. (Contents)
- WELLS, MARTHA (1964- ) (chron.)
- * _The Death of the Necromancer (Avon Eos 0-380-78814-4, Jul 99, $6.99, 573pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Element of Fire] Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) fantasy mystery novel, set in the same world as The Element of Fire. A Nebula nominee.
- WELLS, STEVEN (1960-2009) (chron.)
- * *Tits-Out Teenage Terror Totty (Creation Books/Attack 1-84068-032-6, Oct 99 [Dec 99], £6.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Paul McCaffery) Satirical fantasy novel. A Britain of berserker Margaret Thatcher sex-golems, mutant anarchist witches, and chimpanzee novelists; where Princess Diana is repeatedly resurrected for murder, and God prepares for Armageddon. Attack! is a new imprint from Creation Books (www.creationbooks.com).
- WELLS, STUART W., III (chron.)
- * *Science Fiction Collectibles Identification & Price Guide (Krause Publications 0-87341-684-8, Mar 99, $19.95, 249pp, tp) Non-fiction guide to thousands of SF collectibles, mostly media-related and largely not text-based, but there are separate sections on books (classics and media tie-ins), and brief coverage of pulp magazines. Order from Krause Publications, Book Department PR99, 700 E. State St., Iola WI 54990-0001; credit card orders 800-258-0929; add $3.25 shipping.
- WENTWORTH, K(athy) D. (1951- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Black on Black (Baen 0-671-57788-3, Feb 99 [Jan 99], $6.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Patrick Turner) [Black on Black] SF novel. A felinoid raised by humans seeks his roots and finds a hostile welcome.
- WERBER, BERNARD (chron.)
- * _Empire of the Ants (Bantam 0-553-57352-7, Feb 99 [Jan 99], $5.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Honi Werner) Reprint (Bantam UK 1996) SF novel of ants and a mysterious cellar. Translated by Margaret Rocques from the French (Albin 1991 as Les Fourmis).
- WEST, MICHELLE SAGARA (1963- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *The Shining Court (DAW 0-88677-837-9, Aug 99 [Jul 99], $6.99, 737pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Sun Sword] Fantasy novel, third in the Sun Sword series. Demon-made masks appear for the Festival of the Moon in Tor Leonne.
- WESTALL, ROBERT (Atkinson) (1929-1993) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Best of Robert Westall: Volume 2: Shades of Darkness (Macmillan Childrens Books 0-330-35318-7, Oct 99, £4.99, 311pp, tp, cover by Barry Jones) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1994 as Shades of Darkness: More of the Ghostly Best of Robert Westall) collection of 11 young-adult ghost stories, one original. A revised edition, which replaces The Red House Clock and The Call with Portland Bill and The Bus. The hardcover first UK edition (1998) was not seen. (Contents)
- * _The Best of Robert Westall: Volume One: Demons and Shadows (Macmillan Childrens Books 0-330-35016-1, Oct 99, £4.99, 258pp, tp, cover by Barry Jones) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1993 as Demons and Shadows: The Ghostly Best of Robert Westall) collection of 11 ghost stories for young adults. The hardcover first UK edition (1998) was not seen.
- WHEAL, DONALD JAMES (1931-2008); see pseudonym Donald James (chron.)
- WHITBOURN, JOHN (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Downs-Lord Dawn (Simon & Schuster UK/Earthlight 0-671-03300-X, Aug 99 [Jul 99], £5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [Downs-Lord Triptych] Fantasy novel, Panel One of the Downs-Lord Triptych. After finding a door to an alternate Earth ruled by the predatory Null, a 17th century curate builds an empire, with himself as god-king, in an effort to save humanity.
- * *More Binscombe Tales: Sinister Sutangli Stories (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-72-9, Apr 99, C$53.00, xvi+225pp, hc, cover by Alan Hunter) Collection of 12 supernatural stories, five original, set in the Downs Country of southern England. The afterword and introduction by Whitbourn discuss the story series. This edition is limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $40.00 and in the UK for £25.00. (Contents)
- WHITE, DONNA R. (chron.)
- * *A Century of Welsh Myth in Childrens Literature (Greenwood Press 0-313-30570-6, Jul 98 [Jan 99], $55.00, 162pp, hc) Non-fiction, a historical overview of the use of Welsh myth in YA fiction, from the 19th century to the present. Discusses works based on the Mabinogion, from retellings to fiction by authors including Kenneth Morris, Alan Garner, Lloyd Alexander, Susan Cooper, and Jenny Nimmo. There are notes, bibliography and index. This is dated 1998, but not seen until now. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800.
- WHITE, JAMES (1928-1999) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Double Contact (Tor 0-312-87041-8, Oct 99, $24.95, 300pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) [Sector General] SF novel in the Sector General series. An ambulance mission into unknown space leads to first contact with two new races.
- * _Mind Changer (Tor 0-812-54196-0, Sep 99 [Aug 99], $6.99, 301pp, pb, cover by John Berkey) [Sector General] Reprint (Tor 1998) SF novel in the Sector General series. Chief psychologist OMara retires.
- WHITE, STEVE; pseudonym of Robert McGarvey, (1948- ) (chron.)
- * *Eagle Against the Stars (Baen 0-671-57846-4, Jan 2000 [Dec 99], $6.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) SF novel. Aliens force America to trade with them as a first step in taking over the planet.
- * *Emperor of Dawn (Baen 0-671-57797-2, May 99 [Apr 99], $6.99, 365pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Prince of Sunset] SF novel, sequel to Prince of Sunset. An interstellar Empire needs heroes out of legend to save it.
- WHITE, T(erence) H(anbury) (1906-1964) (chron.)
- * _The Book of Merlyn (Ace 0-441-00663-9, Oct 99, $12.00, 193pp, tp) [Once and Future King] Reprint (University of Texas Press 1977) fantasy novel, companion to The Once and Future King.
- * _The Sword in the Stone (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-98445-9, Sep 99 [Aug 99], $5.50, 288pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Once and Future King] Reissue (Collins 1938) young-adult Arthurian fantasy novel, first in the series published collectively as The Once and Future King. 44th printing.
- WHITE, TONY (chron.)
- * *Satan! Satan! Satan! (Creation Books/Attack 1-84068-030-X, Oct 99, £6.99, 127pp, pb, cover by Paul McCaffery) Dark fantasy novel of a rock star pursuing a Goth girl to Whitby landing place of Dracula and the site of the new arrival of Hell on Earth, guided by rocknroll. Attack! is a new imprint from Creation Books (www.creationbooks.com).
- WHITE, WILLIAM A(nthony) P(arker) (1911-1968); see pseudonym Anthony Boucher (stories) (chron.)
- WHITMORE, ARVELLA (chron.)
- * *Trapped Between the Lash and the Gun (Penguin/Dial 0-8037-2384-9, Jan 99, $16.99, 185pp, hc, cover by David Kahl) Young-adult time-travel fantasy. An African-American boy planning to join a contemporary gang travels back in time to a slave plantation.
- WHITNEY-ROBINSON, VORONICA (chron.)
- WHYTE, JACK (chron.)
- * +The Fort at Rivers Bend (Tor/Forge 0-312-86597-X, Apr 99, $24.95, 351pp, hc, cover by Edward Miller) [Camulod Chronicles: Sorcerer] Historical Arthurian novel, fifth book in The Camulod Chronicles. First US edition (Viking Canada 1997 as The Sorcerer: Book One: The Fort at Rivers Bend).
- * _The Singing Sword (Tor 0-812-55139-7, Apr 99 [Mar 99], $6.99, 542pp, pb, cover by Edward Miller) [Camulod Chronicles] Reissue (Viking Canada 1993) historical Arthurian novel, second book in The Camulod Chronicles, now retitled The Dream of Eagles. Second printing.
- * +The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis (Tor/Forge 0-312-86598-8, Jun 99, $23.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Edward Miller) [Camulod Chronicles: Sorcerer] Historical Arthurian novel narrated by Merlin, second in The Sorcerer subseries, sixth book overall in The Camulod Chronicles. First US edition (Viking Canada 1997).
- WIECK, STEWART (chron.)
- * *World of Darkness: Toreador (White Wolf 1-56504-801-6, Feb 99, $5.99, 262pp, tp, cover by John Van Fleet) [World of Darkness] Dark fantasy novel based on the Clan roleplaying games. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
- WIELER, DIAN (chron.)
- * _RanVan: Magic Nation (Groundwood Books 0-88899-316-1, Oct 98 [Dec 99], $7.95, 229pp, tp, cover by Ludmilla Temertey) [RanVan] Reprint (Groundwood Books Canada 1997) young-adult fantasy novel, third in a trilogy.
- WIGGINS, BERNARD (1944- ); see pseudonym Bernard Cornwell (chron.)
- WILBER, RICHARD; see under Wilber, Rick (stories) (chron.)
- WILBER, RICK; [i.e., Richard Arnold Wilber] (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Where Garagiola Waits and Other Baseball Stories (University of Tampa Press 1-879852-61-6, Jun 99 [May 99], $24.95, 168pp, hc) Collection of seven stories, one original, most fantasy or SF, plus four essays on baseball, and a poem. Wilber discusses how baseball, family, and writing came together in these pieces in the introduction and notes to each story. Order from the University of Tampa Press, 401 West Kennedy Blvd, Tampa FL 33606; add $2.50 shipping. (Contents)
- WILCOX, DON; [i.e., Cleo Eldon Wilcox] (1905-2000) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Whispering Gorilla/Return of the Whispering Gorilla (with David V. Reed) (Gryphon Books 1-58250-012-6, Dec 98 [Jan 99], $20.00, 192pp, tp, cover by Ron Turner) Anthology/omnibus of two pulp stories, featuring Don Wilcoxs novelette The Whispering Gorilla (first book publication), and the sequel by David V. Reed, Return of the Whispering Gorilla, in its first US edition (World Distributors 1950 as The Whispering Gorilla). Reed is a pen name for David Vern. Philip Harbottles introduction explains how bibliographic errors led to the belief that Wilcoxs story was part of the World Distributors book. An edition signed by Wilcox (-013-4, $40.00) was announced but not seen. Available from Gryphon Books, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; add $1.00 postage. (Contents)
- WILDE, OSCAR (Fingal OFlahertie Wills) (1854-1900) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oxford University Press 0-19-210031-9, Apr 99 [May 99], £6.99, xx+218pp, hc) [Dorian Gray] Reprint (Ward Lock 1891) dark fantasy novel, with a new introduction by Edmund White. A Pocket hardback edition.
- * _The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oxford University Press 0-19-210031-9, May 99 [Apr 99], $13.50, 218pp, hc) [Dorian Gray] Reprint (Ward, Lock & Co. 1891) literary fantasy novel, with a new introduction by Edmund White. Part of the Oxford Worlds Classics series.
- * _The Picture of Dorian Gray (Tor 0-812-56711-0, Sep 99, $3.99, 237pp, pb, cover by George Bush) [Dorian Gray] Reprint (Ward, Locke & Co. 1891) classic literary fantasy/horror novel. Foreword and afterword by Nancy Springer.
- WILHELM, KATE; [i.e., Katie Gertrude Meredeth Wilhelm Knight] (1928- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Defense for the Devil (St. Martins 0-312-19854-X, Apr 99, $24.95, 389pp, hc, cover by Marc Yankus) [Barbara Holloway] Associational courtroom mystery, the fourth featuring attorney Barbara Holloway.
- * _Defense for the Devil (Harlequin/Mira 1-55166-628-6, Dec 99, $5.99, 443pp, pb) [Barbara Holloway] Reprint (St. Martins 1999) associational courtroom mystery, the fourth featuring attorney Barbara Holloway.
- * _The Good Children (Ballantine/Fawcett Crest 0-449-00455-4, Mar 99 [Feb 99], $6.99, 262pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martins 1998) associational psychological, quasi-gothic character study.
- WILKINS, KIM (1970- ) (chron.)
- * *Grimoire (Random/Arrow Australia 0-09-183918-1, 1999 [Sep 99], A$14.95, 625pp, pb, cover by Louise Lister) Horror novel. Students try to restore a Victorian grimoire that will let them call up Satan.
- * _Grimoire (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06786-1, Oct 99, £6.99, 625pp, tp) Reprint (Arrow Australia 1999) dark fantasy romance novel. Power-hungry academics trying to reassemble the grimoire of a 19th century warlock, are opposed by three people - one in love with a ghost. [First U.K. edition]
- * +The Infernal (Random/Arrow Australia 0-09-183417-1, 1997 [Sep 99], A$14.95, 478pp, pb) Horror novel. Winner of the Aurealis Awards for Best Fantasy and Best Horror novel. This was published in 1997, but not seen until now.
- * _The Infernal (Oriel 0-75282-167-9, Apr 99, £5.99, 478pp, pb, cover by Stuart Knowles) Reprint (Random House Australia 1997) dark fantasy novel of reincarnation and a satanic pact. Winner of the Australian Aurealis awards for both best fantasy and best horror novel of 1997. [First U.K. edition]
- WILLARD, ELIZA (chron.)
- * *Charmed: The Power of Three (Pocket Pulse 0-671-04162-2, Nov 99 [Oct 99], $4.99, 181pp, pb) Young-adult novelization, the first based on the TV show about three contemporary witches. Copyrighted by Spelling Television.
- WILLETT, EDWARD (1830-1889) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Andy Nebula: Interstellar Rock Star (Roussan Publishers 1-896184-52-9, 1999 [Jul 99], $6.95, 166pp, tp, cover by Mico) Young-adult SF novel of a streetkid from a backwater who becomes an interplanetary rock star. Order from University of Toronto Press; 800-565-9523. For information: Roussan Publishers, 2110 Decarie Blvd, Suite 100, Montreal QC H4A 3J3 Canada, or P.O. Box 156, Schuyler Falls NY 12985, USA.
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