The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2003

Books, Listed by Author

WILLIAMS, LIZ; [i.e., Elizabeth Helen Laura Williams] (1965- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Empire of Bones (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-41323-6, Jun 2003, £6.99, 422pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2002) SF novel. Aliens who long ago seeded Earth with their genetic material return when they sense a woman with the ability to communicate with them. [First UK edition]
• * *Nine Layers of Sky (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58499-5, Sep 2003, $5.99, 427pp, pb, cover by Cliff Neilsen) SF novel with elements out of Russian fantasy. A female former Soviet astrophysicist, reduced to janitorial work, meets a centuries old mythic hero.
• * _The Poison Master (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-0562-9, Jun 2003, £10.99, 358pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2003) SF novel. On the planet Latent Emanation, an alchemist on the run for murder helps an outworlder develop a potion that will topple the tyrannical Lords of Night. [First UK edition]

WILLIAMS, LYNDA (chron.)

• * *Throne Price (with Alison Sinclair) (EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing 1-894063-06-6, Mar 2003, $13.95, 339pp, tp, cover by Sandrine Gestin) SF novel of two men struggling to prevent interstellar war between the Empire of Gelion and the Confederation of Rire. EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, PO Box 1714, Calgary Alberta Canada T2P 2L7; 403-254-0160; [www.edgewebsite.com].

WILLIAMS, ROBERT PAUL (1957- ); see pseudonym Tad Williams (stories) (chron.)

WILLIAMS, SEAN (Llewellyn) (1967- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Orphans of Earth (with Shane Dix) (Ace 0-441-01006-7, Jan 2003, $7.50, 374pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Orphans] SF novel, second in the “Orphans” trilogy after Echoes of Earth. Simultaneous with the Australian edition (HarperCollins/Voyager Australia 2/03).
• * *Orphans of Earth (with Shane Dix) (HarperCollins/Voyager Australia 0-7322-7526-1, Feb 2003, A$18.95, 419pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Orphans] SF novel, second in the “Orphans” trilogy after Echoes of Earth. Simultaneous with the Ace US edition.
• * *Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic (with Shane Dix) (SFBC #58791, Jul 2003, $14.99, 850pp, hc, cover by Jon Foster) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order] Omnibus of three Star Wars novelizations in the trilogy, all 2003: Remnant, Refugee, and Reunion. This has ISBN 0-7394-3601-5; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic I: Remnant (with Shane Dix) (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-42870-6, Feb 2003, $6.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Jon Foster) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Force Heretic] Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * *Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic I: Remnant (with Shane Dix) (Lucasbooks/Arrow 0-09-941036-2, Feb 2003, £5.99, xiii+413pp, pb, cover by Jon Foster) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Force Heretic] Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. Simultaneous with the US (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks) edition.
• * *Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic II: Refugee (with Shane Dix) (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-42871-4, May 2003, $6.99, 397pp, pb, cover by Jon Foster) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Force Heretic] Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * *Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic III: Reunion (with Shane Dix) (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-42872-2, Jul 2003, $6.99, 390pp, pb, cover by Jon Foster) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Force Heretic] Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * *Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic III: Reunion (with Shane Dix) (Random House/Arrow Lucasbooks 0-09-941039-7, Jul 2003, £6.99, 390pp, pb, cover by Jon Foster) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order: Force Heretic] Novelization based on the Star Wars universe, third in the sub-series. Copyrighted by LucasFilm. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.

WILLIAMS, TAD; pseudonym of Robert Paul Williams, (1957- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The War of the Flowers (DAW 0-7564-0135-6, May 2003, $24.95, 686pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) Fantasy novel. A musician ends up in the middle of a war in a grim and strangely contemporary version of fairyland.
• * *The War of the Flowers (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-127-6, May 2003, £17.99, 686pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) SF/fantasy novel. Theo’s uncle leaves him a manuscript telling the fanciful tale of a magical realm — and it turns out to be true. Simultaneous with the US (DAW) edition. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-128-4, £12.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _The War of the Flowers (SFBC #57728, Jun 2003, $12.50, 686pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (DAW 2003) fantasy novel. This is similar to the DAW edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

WILLIAMS, WALTER JON (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Dread Empire’s Fall, Book Two: The Sundering (Earthlight UK 0-7434-6125-8, Nov 2003, £10.99, 452pp, tp, cover by Bob Warner) [*Dread Empire’s Fall] SF novel, a sequel to The Praxis.
• * +Dread Empire’s Fall: The Praxis (HarperTorch 0-380-82020-X, Sep 2003, $7.50, 421pp, pb) [*Dread Empire’s Fall] SF novel, first in the “Dread Empire’s Fall” trilogy. First US edition (Earthlight 10/02 as The Praxis).
• * _The Praxis (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-7434-2897-8, Jun 2003, £6.99, 418pp, pb) [*Dread Empire’s Fall] Reprint (Earthlight UK 2002) SF novel, the first book of “Dread Empire’s Fall”.
• * _Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Destiny’s Way (Ballantine Del Rey LucasBooks 0-345-42874-9, Aug 2003, $7.50, 451pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order] Reprint (Del Rey 2002) Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * _Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Destiny’s Way (Arrow/LucasBooks 0-09-941047-8, Aug 2003, £6.99, xiv+451pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Star Wars: New Jedi Order] Reprint (Century/LucasBooks 2002) novelization set in the Star Wars universe.

WILLIAMSON, JACK; [i.e., John Stewart Williamson] (1908-2006) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Darker Than You Think (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07546-5, Aug 2003, £6.99, 266pp, tp) Reprint (Fantasy Press 1948) dark fantasy novel of bloody dreams and lycanthropy. Volume 38 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.
• * _Terraforming Earth (Tor 0-765-34497-1, Feb 2003, $6.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Stephan Martiniere) Reprint (Tor 2001) SF novel. Refugees on the moon plan the rebuilding of Earth after a disastrous meteor strike.

WILLIAMSON, MICHAEL Z. (chron.)

• * *Freehold (Baen 0-7434-7179-2, Jan 2004, $6.99, 667pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Military SF novel. Sergeant Kendra Pacelli is pursued by a repressive interstellar government for a crime she didn’t commit. A first novel.

WILSON, COLIN (Henry) (1931- ) (chron.)

• * *Spider World, Volume 4: Shadowland (Hampton Roads 1-57174-399-5, Oct 2003, $14.95, 366pp, tp) [Spider World] Visionary science fiction novel, fourth in a series set on a future Earth ruled by giant spiders. Niall leaves the spiders’ city in an effort to save his brother.

WILSON, DARRIN (chron.)

• * *Pine Shallow: The Serpent Prophecies (Standmar Press/Andromeda Fiction 0-9734098-0-0, Jan 2004, $14.99, 338pp, tp, cover by John C. Carver) Horror novel. A supernatural force threatens a California town. Standmar Press, 705 West 5th Street, Hamilton Ontario Canada L9C 3R3; [www.standmar.ca].

WILSON, DAVID NIALL (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Roll Them Bones (CD Publications 1-58767-068-2, Sep 2003, $30.00, 129pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Horror novella. Four friends must face a hometown horror out of their childhood. Illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne. This is a signed limited edition of 750; a leatherbound, lettered edition of 26 ($125.00) is also available. Order from Cemetery Dance Publications, 132-B Industry Lane, Unit 7, Forest Hill MD 21050; [www.cemeterydance.com]; [info@cemeterydance.com].
• * *World of Darkness: Dark Ages: Lasombra (White Wolf 1-58846-820-8, Apr 2003, $6.99, 268pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [World of Darkness: Dark Ages: Clan] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, the fifth “Clan” novel in the “Dark Ages” series. Copyrighted by White Wolf.

WILSON, F(rancis) PAUL (1946- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Artifact (with Matthew J. Costello, Janet Berliner & Kevin J. Anderson) See entry under Kevin J. Anderson
• * *The Fifth Harmonic (Hampton Roads 1-57174-386-3, Nov 2003, $22.95, 213pp, tp) Visionary fiction with mystic elements. A skeptical doctor with cancer finds help in ancient Mayan wisdom. Hampton Roads, 1125 Stoney Ridge Road, CHarlottesville VA 22902; [www.hrpub.com].
• * _Gateways (Tor/Forge 0-765-30690-5, Nov 2003, $25.95, 367pp, hc) [Repairman Jack] Reprint (Gauntlet 2003) thriller/horror novel, seventh in the “Repairman Jack” series. Jack goes to Florida to investigate his father’s car accident.
• * _Hosts (Tor 0-812-56166-X, Aug 2003, $7.99, 503pp, pb) Reprint (Gauntlet 2001) dark fantasy/SF thriller featuring Repairman Jack, who faces a virus that forces minds to merge into a single group mind.
• * *Sims (Tor/Forge 0-765-30551-8, Apr 2003, $25.95, 414pp, hc) Near-future SF thriller. Parts were previously published as three novellas from Cemetery Dance Publications. A lawyer uncovers deadly secrets when he tries to unionize genetically altered chimpanzees that are replacing humans at manual labor.

WILSON, GAHAN (1930- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Gahan Wilson’s Monster Party (ibooks 0-7434-7987-4, Oct 2003, $9.95, 183pp, tp, cover by Gahan Wilson) Cartoon collection.

WILSON, JACKLYN (chron.)

• * _Charmed: Between Worlds (with Bobbi J. G. Weis) See entry under Bobbi J. G. Weis

WILSON, JOHN (chron.)

• * *The Guardians of Alexander (Big Engine 1-903468-09-4, Feb 2003, £10.99, 266pp, tp, cover by Deirdre Counihan) [Goldbane] SF novel, the first in the “Goldbane” trilogy. An alien intelligence manipulates human history so it can return home.

WILSON, ROBERT CHARLES (1953- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Blind Lake (Tor 0-765-30262-4, Aug 2003, $24.95, 399pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) SF thriller. Humans observe an alien world through a barely understood distance-viewing technology.
• * _Blind Lake (SFBC #58512, Aug 2003, $12.50, 399pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Tor 2003) SF thriller. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

WINCH, MARGARET, ed. (stories) (chron.)

• * _Forever Shores: Fiction of the Fantastic (with Peter McNamara) See entry under Peter McNamara.

WINDLING, TERRI (1958- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Faeries of Spring Cottage (with Wendy Froud) See entry under Wendy Froud.
• * _The Wood Wife (Tor/Orb 0-765-30293-4, May 2003, $14.95, 320pp, tp, cover by Susan Seddon Boulet) Reprint (Tor 1996) fantasy novel of poetry and wild desert magic in Arizona.

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• * _Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.
• * _The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection (with Ellen Datlow) See entry under Ellen Datlow.

WISEMAN, DAVID (1916- ) (chron.)

• * _Jeremy Visick (Houghton Mifflin 0-618-34514-0, May 2003, $5.95, 170pp, tp) Reprint (Houghton 1981) young-adult timeslip novel about Cornish mines in 1852.

WOLFE, GENE (Rodman) (1931- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *The Knight (Tor 0-765-30989-0, Jan 2004, $25.95, 430pp, hc, cover by Gregory Manchess) [Wizard Knight] Fantasy novel, the first in “The Wizard Knight” series. A young man transported to a magical realm and becomes a knight.
• * *Latro in the Mist (Tor/Orb 0-765-30294-2, Feb 2003, $17.95, 639pp, tp, cover by David Grove) [Latro] Omnibus of two novels in the “Latro” historical fantasy series: Soldier of the Mist (1986) and Soldier of Arete (1989). (Contents)

WOLFE, SWAIN (chron.)

• * _The Woman Who Lives in the Earth (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-31698-4, Jun 2003, $12.95, 171pp, tp, cover by Michael Storrings) Reprint (Stone Creek Press 1993, not seen) fantasy novel/ecological fable.

WOLLHEIM, ELIZABETH R., ed. (chron.)

• * _30th Anniversary DAW: Fantasy (with Sheila E. Gilbert) (DAW 0-7564-0138-0, May 2003, $6.99, 462pp, pb) Reprint (DAW 2003) original anthology of 18 fantasy stories in honor of DAW’s anniversary.
• * _30th Anniversary DAW: Science Fiction (with Sheila E. Gilbert) (DAW 0-7564-0137-2, May 2003, $6.99, 539pp, pb) Reprint (DAW 2003) original anthology of 19 SF stories in honor of DAW’s anniversary, with introductions to each by the authors.

WOLVERTON, DAVID (John) (1957- ); see pseudonym David Farland (chron.) (assoc.)

WOOD, BARBARA (née Lewandowski) (1947- ) (chron.)

• * _The Blessing Stone (Severn House 0-7278-5958-7, Mar 2003, £18.99, 450pp, hc) Reprint (St. Martin’s 2003) millennia-long fantasy novel of a meteorite fragment with magical powers.

WOOD, L. MARIE (chron.)

• * *Crescendo (PublishAmerica 1-59286-668-9, Nov 2003, $24.95, 343pp, tp) Horror novel. A man haunted by a family curse has to face the demons inside him. A first novel. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.publishamerica.com], or from PublishAmerica, PO Box 151, Frederick MD 21705; 240-529-1031.

WOOD, PATRICK (chron.)

• * _Viaduct Child (Scholastic UK 0-439-97823-8, Aug 2003, £5.99, 251pp, tp) Reprint (Scholastic Press 2002) young-adult SF novel. An orphan discovers marvels in an abandoned underground railway.

WOODING, CHRIS (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Poison (Scholastic Press UK 0-439-98162-X, Mar 2003, £12.99, 269pp, hc, cover by Tim Edmonds) Young-adult fantasy novel of a young girl seeking her sister, exchanged for a changeling. A paperback edition (-97725-8) was announced but not seen.
• * *The Weavers of Saramyr (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07442-6, May 2003, £10.99, ii+375pp, tp) [Braided Path] Fantasy novel, Book One of “The Braided Path”. The masked Weavers decree the deaths of all Aberrant children, until the Empress gives birth to such a child, and determines to raise it to succeed her. A hardcover edition (-07441-8, £17.99) is also available.

WORTIS, AVI (1937- ); see pseudonym Avi (stories) (chron.)

WREDE, PATRICIA C(ollins) (1953- ) (chron.)

• * _Calling on Dragons (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-204692-5, Mar 2003, $5.95, 244pp, pb, cover by Peter de Sève) [Enchanted Forest] Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1993) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the “Enchanted Forest Chronicles”.
• * _Sorcery & Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (with Caroline Stevermer) (Harcourt 0-15-204615-1, May 2003, $17.00, 320pp, hc, cover by Scott M. Fischer) [Sorcery & Cecelia] Reprint (Ace 1988 as Sorcery and Cecelia) epistolary Regency fantasy novel repackaged for young adults. This has been slightly revised and is copyrighted 2003.
• * _Talking to Dragons (Harcourt/Magic Carpet 0-15-204691-7, Mar 2003, $5.95, 255pp, pb, cover by Peter de Sève) [Enchanted Forest] Reprint (Ace/Tempo 1985) young-adult fantasy novel, first written but fourth in the “Enchanted Forest Chronicles”.

WRIGHT, JOHN C(harles) (1961- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _The Golden Age (Tor 0-812-57984-4, Apr 2003, $6.99, 395pp, pb, cover by Shelley Eshkar) [Golden Age] Reprint (Tor 2002) far-future SF adventure novel, first in a series of two.
• * *The Golden Transcendence (Tor 0-765-30756-1, Nov 2003, $25.95, 350pp, hc, cover by Shelley Eshkar) [Golden Age] Far-future SF adventure novel, third in “The Golden Age” trilogy. The end of the Millennium will cause all minds in the solar system to merge briefly, revealing Phaethon’s plans.
• * *The Phoenix Exultant (Tor 0-765-30432-5, Apr 2003, $24.95, 304pp, hc, cover by Shelley Eshkar) [Golden Age] Far-future SF adventure novel, the second volume of “The Golden Age”.
• * _The Phoenix Exultant (Tor 0-765-34354-1, Oct 2003, $6.99, 291pp, pb, cover by Shelley Eshkar) [Golden Age] Reprint (Tor 4/03) far-future SF adventure novel, sequel to The Golden Age.

WRIGHT, PETER (chron.)

• * *Attending Dedalus: Gene Wolfe, Artifice and the Reader (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-828-6, Oct 2003, £20.00, xvi+237pp, tp, cover by Bruce Pennington) Book-length critical work examining Wolfe’s The Book of the New Sun and The Urth of the New Sun in terms of Wolfe’s intended effect on his readers rather than the spiritual meanings usually ascribed to them. A hardcover edition (-818-9, £45.00) was announced but not seen.

WRIGHT, S(ydney) FOWLER (1874-1965) (chron.)

• * _Deluge (Wesleyan University Press 0-8195-6660-8, Aug 2003, $22.95, 329 + lviii, tp) Reprint (Fowler Wright 1927) SF disaster novel of a flood that destroys modern English civilization. This is a critical edition, edited and with notes, bibliography, and a lengthy introduction by Brian Stableford; it follows the first edition text, with a later preface by Fowler Wright added as an appendix. A hardcover edition (-6659-4, $65.00) was announced but not seen. Order from University Press of New England, Order Department, 37 Lafayette Street, Lebanon NH 03766-1405; 800-421-1561; [www.wesleyan.edu/wespress].

WRIGHT, SUSAN (stories) (chron.)

• * *Slave Trade (Pocket Star 0-7434-5763-3, Apr 2003, $6.99, 339pp, pb) SF novel, the first volume in trilogy. A woman, abducted and made a sex slave for aliens, plots a revolt.

WRIGHT, T(errance) M(ichael) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Cold House (Catalyst Press 91-85075-01-9, Nov 2003, $15.00, 215pp, tp, cover by Russell Dickerson) Horror novel. A huge house in a strange city is haunted by ghosts. Introduction by Jack Ketchum. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.catalystpress.net], or from Catalyst Press, PO Box 755, New York NY 10009.