The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 2004

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WESTWOOD, CASSANDRA (stories) (chron.)

* _Zenda and the Gazing Ball (with Ken Petti & John Amodeo) See entry under Ken Petti.
* _Zenda: A New Dimension (with Ken Petti & John Amodeo) See entry under Ken Petti.
WEXLER, ROBERT FREEMAN (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Circus of the Grand Design (Wildside Press/Prime Books 1-894815-26-2, Aug 2004, $35.00, 304pp, hc, cover by Jane Andrews) Contemporary fantasy novel. A man in trouble joins a very strange circus. Available from Wildside Books, Prime Books, PO Box 301, Holicong PA 18928; [www.primebooks.net].
WEYN, SUZANNE (1955- ) (chron.)

* *The Bar Code Tattoo (Scholastic/Point 0-439-39562-3, Sep 2004, $5.99, 252pp, pb) Young-adult SF novel. Kayla is suspicious of the bar code tattoos everybody’s getting, and the information they hold.
WHAT, LESLIE (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Olympic Games (Tachyon Publications 1-892391-10-4, May 2004, $14.95, 234pp, tp, cover by Michael Dashow) Fantasy novel of Hera and Zeus in the modern world. A first novel.
WHEELER, TOM (chron.)

* *The Arcanum (Bantam 0-553-80314-X, May 2004, $22.00, 325pp, hc, cover by Jules Elis Delaunay) Lovecraftian dark fantasy novel. Arthur Conan Doyle tracks a killer with help from Harry Houdini, Marie Laveau, and H.P. Lovecraft. A first novel by a screenwriter.
WHITE, MICHAEL (chron.)

* *C.S. Lewis: A Life (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-1376-3, Aug 2004, $24.00, 269 + xi, hc) Critical biography of Lewis. Includes notes, bibliography, chronology, and index. [Lewis]
WHITE, RICHARD C. (chron.)

* *Gauntlet: Dark Legacy: Paths of Evil (ibooks 0-7434-9305-2, Jul 2004, $6.99, 398pp, pb, cover by Bob Larkin) Novelization based on the fantasy computer game. Copyrighted by Midway Games.
WHITE, STEVE; pseudonym of Robert McGarvey, (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Stars at War (with David M. Weber) See entry under David M. Weber
WHITE, T(erence) H(anbury) (1906-1964) (chron.)

* _Mistress Masham’s Repose (New York Review Books 1-59017-103-9, May 2004, $16.95, 253pp, hc, cover by Fritz Echenberg) Reprint (Cape 1947) young-adult fantasy novel. Illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg.
WHITELAW, SONNY (chron.)

* _The Rhesus Factor (Altair Publishing/Magellan Books 0-9752263-3-9, Jun 2004, A$24.95, 172pp, tp, cover by Margaret Anne Davies) Reprint (Sid Harta 2002) near-future SF thriller of a deadly pandemic and ecological disasters. Order from Magellan Books, Box 41, Belair SA 5052, Australia; [www.magellanbooks.com].
WHITLATCH, TERRYL (chron.)

* *The Katurran Odyssey (with David Michael Wieger) (Simon & Schuster 0-7432-2500-7, Oct 2004, $29.95, 187pp, hc, cover by Terryl Whitlatch) Art book, an illustrated fable about a young lemur’s quest to find a way to end the Long Winter destroying his village. Created and illustrated by Whitlatch, with text by Wieger.
WHYTE, JACK (chron.)

* _The Fort at River’s Bend (Tor/Forge 0-765-30905-X, Jul 2004, $14.95, 351pp, tp, cover by Edward Miller) [Camulod Chronicles: Sorcerer] Reprint (Penguin Canada 1997 as The Sorcerer: The Fort at River’s Bend) historical Arthurian novel, fifth book in the overall “Camulod Chronicles”.
* +The Lance Thrower (Tor/Forge 0-312-86929-0, Oct 2004, $27.95, 527pp, hc, cover by Edward Miller) [Camulod Chronicles] Historical Arthurian novel, eighth in the series, following Lancelot’s life before joining Arthur. First US edition (Penguin Canada 12/03 as Clothar the Frank).
* _The Saxon Shore (Tor 0-812-54416-1, Aug 2004, $7.99, 719pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Camulod Chronicles] Reissue (Viking Canada 1995) historical Arthurian novel, fourth book in “The Camulod Chronicles”. Third printing.
* _The Skystone (Tor 0-765-35069-6, Aug 2004, $3.99, 494pp, pb, cover by Edward Miller) [Camulod Chronicles] Reissue (Viking Canada 1992) historical Arthurian novel, first book in “The Camulod Chronicles”. This is a specially priced edition.
* _The Skystone (Tor 0-765-35069-6, Aug 2004, $3.99, 494pp, pb, cover by Edward Miller) [Camulod Chronicles] Reissue (Viking Canada 1992) historical Arthurian novel, first book in “The Camulod Chronicles”. This is a specially priced edition; second printing.
WIECK, STEWART, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *World of Darkness: Vampire: The Clan Novel Saga, Vol. 2: The Eye of Gehenna (with Gherbod Fleming, Eric Griffin & et al.) (White Wolf 1-58846-846-1, Nov 2003, $17.99, 588pp, tp, cover by John Van Fleet) [World of Darkness: Vampire: Clan] Omnibus/anthology, part two of four combining 13 novelizations based on the roleplaying game, with chapters from the various novels arranged chronologically, with added material from related anthologies, and original material. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
* *World of Darkness: Vampire: The Clan Novel Saga, Vol. 3: Bloody September (with Gherbod Fleming, Eric Griffin & et al.) (White Wolf 1-58846-853-4, Jan 2004, $17.99, 583pp, tp, cover by John Van Fleet) [World of Darkness: Vampire: Clan] Omnibus/anthology, part three of four combining 13 novelizations based on the roleplaying game, with chapters from the various novels arranged chronologically, with added material from related anthologies, and original material. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
* *World of Darkness: Vampire: The Clan Novel Saga, Vol. 3: Bloody September (White Wolf 1-58846-853-4, Jan 2004, $17.99, 590pp, tp, cover by John Van Fleet) [World of Darkness: Vampire: Clan] Omnibus/anthology, part three of four combining 13 novelizations based on the roleplaying game, with chapters from the various novels arranged chronologically, with added material from anthologies (Clan Novel Anthology and The Beast Within), and original material.
WIEGER, DAVID MICHAEL (chron.)

* _The Katurran Odyssey (with Terryl Whitlatch) See entry under Terryl Whitlatch.
WIESNER, DAVID (chron.) (assoc.)

* _Gonna Roll the Bones (with Fritz Leiber) See entry under Fritz Leiber.
WIGGINS, BERNARD (1944- ); see pseudonym Bernard Cornwell (chron.)
WILDER, CHERRY; pseudonym of Cherry Barbara Grimm, (1930-2002) (stories) (chron.)

* *The Wanderer (with Katya Reimann) (Tor 0-312-87405-7, May 2004, $27.95, 398pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Hylor] SF novel, the fourth in Wilder’s “Hylor” series, begun by Wilder and finished after her death by Reimann.
WILHELM, KATE; [i.e., Katie Gertrude Meredeth Wilhelm Knight] (1928- ) (chron.)

* _Clear and Convincing Proof (Harlequin/Mira Books 0-7783-2077-4, Jul 2004, $6.50, 351pp, pb) [Barbara Holloway] Reprint (Mira 2003) associational mystery featuring lawyer Barbara Holloway.
* *The Unbidden Truth (Harlequin/Mira 0-7783-2081-2, Sep 2004, $23.95, 366pp, hc) [Barbara Holloway] Associational mystery featuring Barbara Holloway.
WILKINS, KIM (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Autumn Castle (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07574-0, Jun 2004, £10.99, 463pp, tp) [Europa Suite] Reprint (HarperCollins Australia 2003) fantasy novel, first in the “Europa Suite”. A hardcover edition (-07573-2, £17.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
WILKS, EILEEN (stories) (chron.)

* *Tempting Danger (Berkley Sensation 0-425-19878-2, Oct 2004, $6.99, 301pp, pb, cover by John Blackford) [Lily Yu] Dark fantasy/"Romantic suspense" novel about a female cop in a world where magical and mundane co-exist uneasily.
WILLETT, EDWARD (chron.)

* *J.R.R. Tolkien: Master of Imaginary Worlds (Enslow Publishers 0-7660-2246-3, Mar 2004, $20.95, 128pp, hc) Young-adult biography, part of the “Authors Teens Love” series. Includes a timeline, notes, and index. Enslow Publishers, Box 398, 40 Industrial Road, Berkeley Heights NJ 07922-0398; 800-398-2504; 908-771-9400; [CustomerService@enslow.com]; [www.enslow.com]. [Tolkien]
WILLIAMS, CONRAD (1969- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Game (Earthling Publications 0-9744203-2-8, Jul 2004, $14.00, 80pp, tp, cover by Erik Wilson) Horror novella. A woman who sees possible futures tries to save her long-lost lover from atrocities. A signed, lettered, slipcased leatherbound edition of 15 (-3-6, $150.00) is also available. Earthling Publications, PO Box 413, Northborough MA 01532; [earthlingpub@yahoo.com]; [www.earthlingpub.com].
* *Use Once, Then Destroy (Night Shade Books 1-892389-67-3, May 2004, $27.00, 240pp, hc, cover by Mike Bohatch) Collection of 17 horror stories, three original. A limited edition of 100 (-68-1, $45.00) is also available. (Contents)
WILLIAMS, DREW (stories) (chron.)

* *Art & Becoming (KHP Industries/Demon Clown Books 0-9747680-6-5, Sep 2004, $10.00, 105pp, tp) Horror novella. Introduction by Joe Nassise. This is a print-on-demand book available online at [www.khpindustries.com], or from KHP Industries, PO Box 588, Effort PA 18330.
WILLIAMS, LIZ; [i.e., Elizabeth Helen Laura Williams] (1965- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *Banner of Souls (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58676-9, Oct 2004, $6.99, 426pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielson) SF novel set in a future where “haunt tech” energy is obtained from the realm of the dead, and the fate of humanity hinges on a Martian warrior and a special child.
* *The Banquet of the Lords of Night and Other Stories (Night Shade Books 1-892389-93-2, Oct 2004, $27.00, 189pp, hc, cover by Tom Kidd) Collection of 18 stories, one original. A signed, limited hardcover edition of 100 (-94-0; $45.00) with additional story, “The Marsella”, is also available. (Contents)
* _Nine Layers of Sky (Macmillan/Tor UK 1-4050-0563-7, Jun 2004, £10.99, 427pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2003) SF novel with elements out of Russian fantasy. A female former Soviet astrophysicist, reduced to janitorial work, meets a mythic hero. [First U.K. edition]
* _The Poison Master (Macmillan/Tor UK 0-330-41248-5, Jun 2004, £6.99, 470pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 2003) SF novel. A human alchemist questions the rule of her mysterious alien masters.
WILLIAMS, MAIYA (chron.)

* *The Golden Hour (Abrams/Amulet 0-8109-4823-0, Mar 2004, $16.95, 259pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. Kids investigate an abandoned hotel and find a portal through time.
WILLIAMS, MARK LONDON (chron.)

* _Danger Boy #1: Ancient Fire (Candlewick Press 0-7636-2152-8, Jul 2004, $9.99, 211pp, hc, cover by Michael Koelsch) [Danger Boy] Reprint (Tricycle Press 2001) young-adult near-future SF novel. Eli Sands searches through time for his mother.
* _Danger Boy #2: Dragon Sword (Candlewick Press 0-7636-2153-6, Jul 2004, $9.99, 273pp, hc, cover by Michael Koelsch) [Danger Boy] Reprint (Tricycle Press 2001 as Danger Boy #2: Dino Sword) young-adult near-future SF novel. Eli Sands’ search through time for his mother takes him to WWII San Francisco and Arthurian England.
WILLIAMS, MICHAEL (Leon) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _DragonLance: Galen Beknighted (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3400-X, Dec 2004, $6.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [DragonLance: Heroes] Reprint (TSR 1990) novelization based on the roleplaying game, “Heroes” #6. Copyrighted 1990 by TSR, 2004 by Wizards of the Coast.
* _DragonLance: Weasel’s Luck (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-3181-7, May 2004, $6.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [DragonLance: Heroes] Reprint (TSR 1988) novelization, third in the “Heroes” series. Copyrighted 2004 by Wizards of the Coast.
WILLIAMS, ROBERT PAUL (1957- ); see pseudonym Tad Williams (chron.)
WILLIAMS, ROBINA (chron.)

* *Jerome and the Seraph (Twilight Times Books 1-931201-54-4, Aug 2004, $15.50, 171pp, tp, cover by Judith Huey) Brother Jerome has a fatal accident and has adventures in the afterlife with the friary’s cat. A first novel. This appeared previously as an e-book. Twilight Times Books, PO Box 3340, Kingsport TN 37664; 423-323-0183; [www.twilighttimesbooks.com].
WILLIAMS, SEAN (1967- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

* *The Crooked Letter (HarperCollins/Voyager Australia 0-7322-7925-9, Jun 2004, A$18.95, 627pp, pb, cover by Greg Bridges) [Books of the Cataclysm] Fantasy novel, the first in the “Books of the Cataclysm”, a companion series to the “Books of the Change” trilogy, with this first volume a prequel to that trilogy.
* *Heirs of Earth (with Shane Dix) (Ace 0-441-01126-8, Jan 2004, $7.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Orphans] SF novel, third in the “Orphans” trilogy.
WILLIAMS, TAD; pseudonym of Robert Paul Williams, (1957- ) (chron.)

* *Shadowmarch (DAW 0-7564-0219-0, Nov 2004, $25.95, 656pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) Fantasy novel, the first volume in a trilogy based on the Internet-only serial. This has two variant dust jackets, with one’s front image reversed on the other’s back.
* *Shadowmarch (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-288-4, Nov 2004, £17.99, 656pp, hc) Fantasy novel. First in a new trilogy. Simultaneous with the US (DAW) edition. A hardcover edition (-289-2, £12.99) was announced but not seen.
* _To Green Angel Tower: Siege (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-85723-787-0, Mar 2004, £7.99, 815pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reissue (DAW 1993 as part of To Green Angel Tower) fantasy novel.
* _The War of the Flowers (Time Warner UK/Orbit 1-84149-189-6, Apr 2004, £6.99, 758pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (DAW; Orbit 2003) SF/fantasy novel.
* _The War of the Flowers (DAW 0-7564-0181-X, May 2004, $7.99, 828pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (DAW 2003) contemporary fantasy novel.
WILLIAMS, WALTER JON (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Dread Empire’s Fall, Book Two: The Sundering (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-2898-6, Oct 2004, £6.99, 452pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [*Dread Empire’s Fall] Reprint (Earthlight UK 2003) SF novel, book two of “Dread Empire’s Fall”.
* +Dread Empire’s Fall: The Sundering (HarperTorch 0-380-82021-8, Mar 2004, $7.99, 436pp, pb) [*Dread Empire’s Fall] SF novel, second in the “Dread Empire’s Fall” trilogy. First US edition (Earthlight 11/03 as The Sundering).
* _The Sundering (Simon & Schuster/Pocket UK 0-7434-2898-6, Oct 2004, £6.99, 452pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [*Dread Empire’s Fall] Reprint (Earthlight UK 2003) SF novel, second in “Dread Empire’s Fall” after The Praxis.
WILLIAMSON, EDWIN (chron.)

* *Borges (Penguin/Viking 0-670-88579-7, Aug 2004, $34.95, 574 + xvii, hc) Biography. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. [Borges]
WILLIAMSON, JACK; [i.e., John Stewart Williamson] (1908-2006) (stories) (chron.)

* *Seventy-Five: The Diamond Anniversary of a Science Fiction Pioneer (Haffner Press 1-893887-20-0, Aug 2004, $40.00, 599pp, hc, cover by Chris Kalb) Collection of 11 stories, four novel excerpts, and numerous non-fiction items. Color reproductions of the “Beyond Mars” comic strip (drawn by Lee Elias) and an illustrated chronology are included; black-and-white illustrations appear throughout. Edited by Stephen Haffner & Richard A. Hauptmann. Foreword by Connie Willis. Introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. Afterword by Williamson. A signed, slipcased, limited edition of 75 (-21-9, $175.00) and a deluxe lettered edition of 26 ($2,000.00) are also available. Haffner Press, 5005 Crooks Rd, Suite 35, Royal Oak MI 48073-1239; [www.haffnerpress.com]; add $5.00 postage.
WILLIAMSON, MICHAEL Z. (chron.) (assoc.)

* _The Hero (with John Ringo) See entry under John Ringo.
WILLIS, DAN (chron.)

* *DragonLance: The New Adventures, Volume 3: The Dragon Well (Wizards of the Coast/Mirrorstone 0-7869-3354-2, Sep 2004, $5.99, 233pp, tp, cover by Vinod Rams) [DragonLance: New Adventures] Young-adult novelization based on the roleplaying games. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
WILLIS, JENNIFER SCHWAMM, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *The Book of Wizards (Thunder’s Mouth Press 1-56025-588-9, May 2004, $16.95, 324 + x, tp, cover by Don Maitz) Anthology of 12 stories and seven excerpts from longer works. Authors include Ursula K. Le Guin, E. Nesbit, and Patricia A. McKillip. (Contents)
WILLSHER, JAMES, ed. (chron.)

* *The Dedalus Book of English Decadence: Vile Emperors and Elegant Degenerates (Dedalus 1-903517-26-5, Aug 2004, £8.99, 199pp, tp, cover by Charles Ricketts) Anthology of 49 pieced of fiction and poetry, with a lengthy introduction and notes by Willsher.
WILSON, D. HARLAN (stories) (chron.)

* *Stranger on the Loose (Eraserhead Press 0-9729598-3-1, Aug 2003, $13.95, 220pp, tp, cover by Simon Duric) Collection of 28 “irreal” stories, four original. This is a print-on-demand edition, available online at [www.eraserheadpress.com] or from Eraserhead Press, 16455 E. Fairlynn Drive, Fountain Hills AZ 85268. (Contents)
WILSON, DAVID NIALL (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Deep Blue (Gale Group/Five Star 1-59414-142-8, May 2004, $25.95, 343pp, hc, cover by Charles Bernard) Dark fantasy novel, based on a story in Strange Attraction. A guitarist learns the blues and gains the ability to release pain when he plays. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman. Order from Five Star, 295 Kennedy Memorial Drive, Waterville ME 04901; 800-223-1244; [www.galegroup.com/fivestar].
* *Exalted: Relic of the Dawn (White Wolf 1-58846-860-7, Aug 2004, $7.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Udon) [Exalted] Novelization based on the roleplaying game, a prequel to the “World of Darkness”. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
WILSON, F(rancis) PAUL (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _Crisscross (Tor/Forge 0-765-30691-3, Oct 2004, $24.95, 415pp, hc) [Repairman Jack] Reprint (Gauntlet 2004, not seen) thriller/horror novel, eighth in the “Repairman Jack” series.

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