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Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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WILHELM,
KATE (stories)
(chron.) (continued)
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*The Good Children (St. Martin’s
0-312-17914-6, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $22.95, 246pp, hc) Associational psychological, quasi-gothic
character study.
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*The Hamlet Trap (St. Martin’s
0-312-94000-9, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $15.95, 234pp, hc) [Charlie Meiklejohn;
Constance Leidl] Mystery novel;
associational.
- *
_The Hamlet Trap (Gollancz
0-575-04247-8, May ’88,
£10.95, 234pp, hc) [Charlie Meiklejohn; Constance Leidl]
Reprint (St. Martin’s 1987) thriller, of associational interest. [First
U.K. edition]
- * _The Hamlet Trap (St. Martin’s 0-312-91125-4, Jun
’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 234pp, pb) [Charlie Meiklejohn;
Constance Leidl] Reprint (St.
Martin’s 1988). Associational — mystery by an
sf author.
- * _The Hamlet Trap (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.
- * *The Hills Are Dancing (with
Richard Wilhelm) (Corroboree 0-911169-09-1, Jul
’86, $20.00, 97pp, hc) Non-fiction,
associational. A book on Oregon wilderness areas with text by Kate Wilhelm
and photos by her son, Richard. There is also a signed, numbered deluxe
edition of 70 copies, -08-3, $30.00, and a paperback, -10-5, $15.00.
- * *Huysman’s
Pets (Bluejay 0-312-94219-2, Jan
’86, $15.95, 247pp, hc) Sf novel of
genetic experimentation.
- * _Huysman’s
Pets (Gollancz 0-575-03917-5, Oct
’86, £8.95, 247pp, hc) Reprint (Bluejay 1986) sf thriller novel.
- * _Huysman’s
Pets (Legend 0-09-951660-8, Mar ’88,
£2.99, 247pp, pb)
Reprint (Bluejay 1986) thriller about a scientist
who experimented on telepathic twins. Well constructed
and eminently readable. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]
- * _Huysman’s
Pets (Ace 0-441-35441-6, Dec ’88 [Nov
’88], $3.50, 217pp, pb)
Reprint (Bluejay 1986) science fiction novel
about genetic engineering.
- * *Justice for Some (St. Martin’s 0-312-09319-5, Aug
’93 [Jul ’93], $18.95, 260pp, hc,
cover by Lawrence Ratzkin)
Associational thriller about a judge who suspects that there is a killer
in her immediate family.
- * _Justice for Some (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.
- * _Listen, Listen (Berkley 0-425-07327-0, Dec ’84
[Nov ’84], $2.95, 263pp, pb)
Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1981) collection of four long stories plus a
speech.
- * *Malice Prepense
(St. Martin’s 0-312-14364-8, Jul
’96 [Jun ’96], $24.95, 412pp, hc)
Associational courtroom mystery.
- * *Naming the Flowers (Pulphouse/Axolotl
1-56146-122-9, Jun ’92 [Jul ’92], $10.00, 86pp, tp, cover by Donna Gordon) Fantasy novella of a
publisher who becomes embroiled in the search for a missing little girl
that takes some very strange twists. This trade paperback edition is
limited to 525 copies. A 300-copy hardcover edition ($35.00) and a 75-copy
deluxe leatherbound limited edition ($60.00) are
also available. All states are signed. Order from Pulphouse
Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
- * _Oh, Susannah! (Berkley 0-425-05976-6, Mar ’84
[Feb ’84], $2.95, 233pp, pb) Reprint
(Houghton Mifflin 1982) adventure novel; not quite sf or fantasy, but
listed for Wilhelm fans — and anyone who likes hilarious fiction.
Highly recommended. (FCM)
- * *Seven Kinds of Death (St. Martin’s 0-312-08290-8, Oct
’92 [Sep ’92], $18.95, 249pp, hc,
cover by Paul Cozzolino)
[Charlie Meiklejohn; Constance Leidl] Associational mystery novel, the fifth
featuring Charlie Meiklejohn and Constance Liedl, who investigate the murder of an editor at a
Maryland artists’ colony. Some of the books in the series (but not
this one) are sf or fantasy.
- * *Smart House (St. Martin’s 0-312-02642-0, Feb
’89 [Jan ’89], $16.95, 266pp, hc) [Charlie
Meiklejohn; Constance Leidl]
Associational; mystery novel. Sequel to The
Hamlet Trap. A murder takes place in an automated “house of the
future.”
- * _Smart House (Gollancz 0-575-04588-4, Aug
’89, £11.95, 272pp, hc) [Charlie Meiklejohn; Constance Leidl]
Reprint (St. Martin’s 1989) associational novel. Sequel to The Hamlet Trap. [First U.K. edition, not
seen]
- * _Smart House (Leisure 0-8439-3043-8, May ’91
[Apr ’91], $3.95, 266pp, pb)
[Charlie Meiklejohn; Constance Leidl] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1989)
associational mystery novel, sequel to The Hamlet Trap.
- * _Sweet, Sweet Poison (Leisure 0-8439-3163-9, Sep ’91
[Aug ’91], $3.99, 262pp, pb)
[Charlie Meiklejohn; Constance Leidl] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1990)
associational mystery novel, the third featuring Charlie Meiklejohn and Constance Leidl,
who investigate murder among the nouveau-riche.
- * _Welcome Chaos (Arrow 0-09-950080-9, Sep ’87,
£2.95, 297pp, pb)
Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1983) sf novel.
- * _Welcome, Chaos (Berkley 0-425-07585-0, Mar ’85
[Feb ’85], $2.95, 297pp, pb)
Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1983) sf novel. Recommended. (CNB)
- * _Welcome, Chaos (Gollancz 0-575-03802-0, Mar
’86, £9.95, 297pp, hc) Reprint
(Houghton Mifflin 1983) sf novel.
- * _Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
(Easton Press no ISBN, Jun ’89,
no price, 251pp, hc) Reprint (Harper & Row
1976) Hugo award-winning sf novel, with a new introduction by Pamela
Sargent and artwork by Pat Morrissey. This special leatherbound
gilt-edge limited edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science
Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
- * _Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
(Macmillan Collier 0-02-026482-8, May
’91, $4.95, 207pp, pb,
cover by Rowena Morrill) Reprint (Harper &
Row 1976) Hugo-winning sf novel. Recommended (CNB).
- * _Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
(Tor/Orb 0-312-86615-1, Sep ’98
[Aug ’98], $13.95, 254pp, tp, cover by Lauren Helpern
& David Gallo) Reprint (Harper &
Row 1976) Hugo-winning post-holocaust SF novel.
WILHELM, RICHARD (1953- ) (stories)
WILKES, MARILYN Z.
WILKIN, KAREN
WILKINS, CARY (1954- ) (stories)
_____, ed.
WILKINS-FREEMAN,
MARY E(leanor) (1852-1930); see
under Freeman, Mary E. Wilkins (stories) (chron.)
WILKINSON, VERNON
(Francis) (1916- )
WILLARD, MARK (stories)
WILLARD, NANCY
(Margaret) (1936- ) (stories)
- * *Among Angels (with Jane Yolen)
(Harcourt Brace 0-15-100195-2, Nov
’95 [Jan ’96], $20.00, 55pp, hc,
cover by Saelig Gallagher) Associational poetry
book, mostly fantasy, illustrated by S. Saelig
Gallagher.
- * *The Ballad of Biddy Early (Knopf 0-394-88414-0, Sep ’89,
$13.95, unpaginated, hc)
Children’s collection of poetry telling the Irish story of the Wise
Woman of Clare, illustrated with watercolors by Barry Moser.
- * *Beauty and the Beast (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
0-15-206052-9, Oct ’92, $19.95, 69pp, hc,
cover by Barry Moser) [Beauty and the Beast]
A retelling of the classic fairy tale set in New York City during the
Victorian era, with illustrations by Barry Moser.
- * *Firebrat (Knopf 0-394-89008-6, May ’88
[Jun ’88], $11.95, 121pp, hc) Juvenile
fantasy novel of children finding an entrance to another world at an
abandoned subway station. Illustrations by David Wiesner.
- * _Firebrat (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15985-2, May
’92 [Apr ’92], $3.50, 120pp, tp,
cover by David Weisner)
Reprint (Knopf 1988) children’s fantasy novel about two children who
discover the entrance to another world in an abandoned Manhattan subway
station. Illustrations by David Weisner.
- * _The Island of the Grass King:
The Further Adventures of Anatole (HBJ/Voyager 0-15-239083-9, Dec
’85 [Jan ’86], $5.95, 120pp, pb) [Anatole] Reprint (HBJ 1979) juvenile
fantasy novella, second in the “Anatole” trilogy.
Illustrations by David McPhail.
- * *Pish,
Posh, Said Hieronymous Bosch (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
0-15-262210-1, Oct ’91, $18.95, unpaginated,
hc, cover by Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon & Lee Dillon) Children’s picture
book suitable for all ages. The full-color illustrations are by Leo and
Diane Dillon with their son, Lee Dillon.
- * _Sailing to Cythera and Other
Anatole Stories (HBJ/Voyager 0-15-269961-9, Dec
’85 [Jan ’86], $5.95, 72pp, tp) [Anatole]
Trade paperback reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1974) collection of
three juvenile fantasy stories, Book One of the “Anatole”
trilogy and winner of the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. This first paperback
edition has no copyright date, but it apparently came out in December
1985. Illustrations by David McPhail.
- * *Sister Water (Knopf 0-679-40702-2, Jun ’93
[May ’93], $21.00, 255pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel of an old woman who renews her
childhood acquaintance with the angel of death.
- * _Sister Water (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 Sorcerer’s Apprentice
(Scholastic/Blue Sky Press
0-590-47329-8, Oct ’93, $15.95, unpaginated,
hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Children’s
picture book, a retelling of the fairy tale in verse by Willard, with
full-color illustrations by the Dillons.
- * *Telling Time: Angels,
Ancestors, and Stories (Harcourt Brace 0-15-693130-3, Oct
’93 [Sep ’93], $12.95, 267pp, tp)
Non-fiction collection of 13 pieces, including essays, an interview, and
Willard’s Newbery Award acceptance speech.
- * *Things Invisible to See (Knopf 0-394-54058-1, Feb ’85
[Jan ’85], $14.95 FPT, 263pp, hc) A delightful literary fantasy of metaphysics, baseball,
and nostalgia. Recommended. (FCM)
- * _Things Invisible to See (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25563-0, Jan
’86 [Dec ’85], $3.50, 262pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1985) fantasy novel of
baseball, love, and World War II.
- * _Things Invisible to See (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27652-2, Oct
’88 [Sep ’88], $3.95, 262pp, pb) Reissue
(Knopf 1985) literary fantasy novel set in a New England town just before
WWII. Second printing.
- * _Uncle Terrible: More Adventures
of Anatole (HBJ/Voyager 0-15-292794-8, Dec
’85 [Jan ’86], $5.95, 120pp, tp) [Anatole]
Reprint (HBJ 1982) juvenile fantasy novella, third in the
“Anatole” trilogy. Illustrations by David McPhail.
WILLARD, TOM; see pseudonym Bill Dolan
WILLETT, EDWARD (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)
WILLETT, JOHN (William
Mills) (1932- )
WILLEY, ELIZABETH (1960- )
- * *The Price of Blood and Honor
(Tor 0-312-85784-5, Sep ’96 [Aug
’96], $25.95, 445pp, hc, cover by Charles Vess)
[Well-Favored Man] Fantasy novel, third in the series that began
with The Well-Favored Man. The feud between Prospero and his
brother, Emperor Avril, breaks into open warfare.
- * _The Price of Blood and Honor
(Tor 0-812-55049-8, Oct ’97 [Sep
’97], $5.99, 445pp, pb,
cover by Charles Vess)
[Well-Favored Man] Reprint (Tor 1996) fantasy novel, third in the
series that began with The Well-Favored Man.
- * *A Sorcerer and a Gentleman
(Tor 0-312-85783-7, Aug ’95 [Jul
’95], $23.95, 444pp, hc, cover by Charles Vess)
[Well-Favored Man] Fantasy novel, a prequel to The Well-Favored
Man, loosely derived from Shakespeare’s Tempest;
war breaks out, and Prospero decides it’s time to leave his island
exile and seize his family’s throne.
- * _A Sorcerer and a Gentleman
(SFBC #07892, Sep ’95 [Aug
’95], $11.98, 444pp, hc, cover by Charles Vess)
[Well-Favored Man] Reprint (Tor 1995) fantasy novel. This is
similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC
number on the back jacket.
- * _A Sorcerer and a Gentleman
(Tor 0-812-55047-1, Jul ’96 [Jun
’96], $5.99, 469pp, pb,
cover by Charles Vess)
[Well-Favored Man] Reprint (Tor 1995) fantasy novel, a prequel to The
Well-Favored Man, loosely derived from Shakespeare’s Tempest.
- * *The Well-Favored Man (Tor 0-312-85590-7, Oct ’93 [Sep
’93], $23.95, 447pp, hc, cover by Wayne Barlowe)
[Well-Favored Man] Fantasy novel with sf elements about a small
kingdom ruled by a young prince bedevilled by
monsters, dragons, and aliens. A first novel.
- * _The Well-Favored Man (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 (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.
WILLIAM, KATE
WILLIAM, SIDNEY
WILLIAMS, A. SUSAN,
ed. (stories)
- * +The Lifted Veil: The Book of
Fantastic Literature by Women (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-913-8, Feb
’93 [Jan ’93], $28.00, 566pp, hc)
Anthology of 33 classic fantasy stories by women writers, with an
introduction by the editor. First American edition (Xanadu
1992).
- * _The Lifted Veil: The Book of
Fantastic Literature by Women (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.
- * *The Lifted Veil: The Book of
Fantastic Literature by Women: 1800 - World War II (Xanadu 1-85480-190-2, Dec
’92, £14.99, 566pp, hc) Anthology of
34 stories tracing the development of female fantasy writers from 1806 to
1936. Recommended (PSP). (Contents)
- * _The Penguin Book of Classic
Fantasy by Women (Penguin 0-14-024318-6, May ’95
[Jun ’95], £7.99, xv+572pp, tp,
cover by Evelyn de Morgan) Reprint (Xanadu 1992 as The Lifted Veil) anthology of 34
stories by women, published between 1806 and 1936. Contents differ slightly
from the earlier edition; several stories were dropped, one added. (Contents)
- * *The Penguin Book of Modern
Fantasy by Women (with Richard Glyn Jones) (Viking UK 0-670-85907-9, May
’95, £17.00, 560pp, hc, cover by Leonora Carrington) Fantasy/SF
anthology of epic proportions - 38 stories (3 original) by women,
published between 1941 and 1994. There is an Introduction by Joanna Russ. (Contents)
- * *The Penguin Book of Modern
Fantasy by Women (with Richard Glyn Jones) (Viking 0-670-85907-9, Oct ’95
[Jul ’95], $27.95, 560pp, hc, cover by Leonora Carrington) Anthology of
stories by 38 women from 1941 to the present, including Shirley Jackson,
Margaret Atwood, and Ursula K. Le Guin, with an
introduction by Joanna Russ. This appears to be an international edition,
released first in the UK, with a slightly different jacket.
- * _The Penguin Book of Modern
Fantasy by Women (with Richard Glyn Jones) (Penguin 0-14-024336-4, Aug ’96,
£8.99, xvi+560pp, tp, cover by Leonora Carrington) Reprint (Viking
UK 1995) fantasy/SF anthology of 38 stories (three original) by women,
published between 1941 and 1994. This is an international edition
available in the US for $13.95.
WILLIAMS, ANN; pseudonym of Peggy Ann Myers
WILLIAMS, ARTHUR J. (stories)
WILLIAMS, BRAD(ley) (1918-1988)
WILLIAMS, CONRAD (1969- ) (stories) (chron.)
WILLIAMS, DI, ed.
WILLIAMS, GORDON M(acLean) (1934- )
WILLIAMS, GRAHAM
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