The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

WOLFE, RON(ald Lee) (1945- ); see pseudonym Mick Winters (stories)

• * _Death’s Door (with John Wooley) See entry under John Wooley.

WOLFE, SEBASTIAN, ed. (stories)

• * *The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror (Xanadu 0-947761-45-4, Apr ’92, £6.99, 124pp, tp) Anthology of 70 short-short horror stories, poems and cartoons. (Contents)
• * +The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror (Barricade Books 0-942637-42-9, Aug ’92, $9.95, 126pp, tp) Anthology of 70 short-short horror stories, poems and cartoons. First American edition (Xanadu 1992).
• * *Reel Terror (Xanadu 0-947761-53-5, Apr ’92 [Jun ’92], £9.99, 249pp, tp) Anthology of 12 sf/horror stories that were made into films. (Contents)
• * +Reel Terror: The Stories That Inspired the Great Horror Movies (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-821-2, Jun ’92, $9.95, 249pp, tp) Anthology of 12 stories that inspired well-known (though not necessarily classic) horror and suspense films. With an introduction by the editor. First American edition (Xanadu 1992).

WOLFF, MICHAEL, et al (stories)

• * *Net Sci-Fi (Wolff New Media 0-679-77322-3, Jun ’96 [Sep ’96], $22.00, 410pp, tp) A guide to SF on the Internet, including an update of Net Trek. Author given as “Michael Wolff and Company, Inc.”

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• * *Your Personal Net Sci-Fi (Dell 0-440-22423-3, Oct ’97 [Dec ’97], $6.99, 318pp, pb) Non-fiction guide to SF on the Internet, with an emphasis on media, apparently an updated and revised version of Net Sci-Fi (Wolff New Media 1996).

WOLFF, ROBERT S.

• * *Caves of Mars (Linnet 0-208-02190-6, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $15.00, hc) Young-adult sf novel.

WOLITZER, MEG (1959- )

• * *The Dream Book (Greenwillow 0-688-05148-0, Sep ’86 [Dec ’86], $10.25, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel of two girls who share each other’s dreams — literally.

WOLLHEIM, DONALD A(llen) (1914-1990) (stories)

• * *Up There and Other Strange Directions (NESFA Press 0-915368-92-7, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $30.00, 148pp, hc) Collection of 16 stories; printed for Wollheim’s Guest of Honor appearance at Nolacon II. This is the boxed edition; the trade edition (-30-0, $15.00) is the same except for the box. There were 1,000 copies, the first 250 boxed. (Contents)

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• * *The 1984 Annual World’s Best SF (with Arthur W. Saha) (DAW 0-87997-934-8, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.95, 256pp, pb) Anthology of 10 stories. Recommended. (CNB) (Contents)
• * _The 1984 Annual World’s Best SF (with Arthur W. Saha) (SFBC #1783, Aug ’84, $3.98, 242pp, hc) Reprint (DAW 1984) anthology; first hardcover edition.
• * *The 1985 Annual World’s Best SF (DAW 0-88677-047-5, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $2.95, 302pp, pb) Sf anthology. (Contents)
• * _The 1985 Annual World’s Best SF (SFBC #4755, Sep ’85 [Oct ’85], $4.98, 239pp, hc) Reprint (DAW 1985) anthology, first hardcover edition.
• * *The 1986 Annual World’s Best SF (with Arthur W. Saha) (DAW 0-88677-136-6, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $3.50, 303pp, pb) Anthology of 10 stories — the editors’ choice of the best of 1985. Recommended. (CNB) (Contents)
• * _The 1986 Annual World’s Best SF (with Arthur W. Saha) (SFBC #10047, Aug ’86, $4.98, 274pp, hc) Reprint (DAW 1986) anthology; first hardcover edition.
• * *The 1987 Annual World’s Best SF (with Arthur W. Saha) (DAW 0-88677-203-6, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.95, 303pp, pb) Anthology of “bests” from 1986 with 10 stories, including several Hugo and Nebula nominees. Has the Nebula-winning novella, “R&R” by Lucius Shepard. Recommended. (CNB) (Contents)
• * _The 1987 Annual World’s Best SF (with Arthur W. Saha) (SFBC #11115, Jul ’87 [Aug ’87], $4.98, 271pp, hc) Reprint (DAW 1987) anthology with 10 sf stories.
• * *The 1988 Annual World’s Best SF (DAW 0-88677-281-8, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 303pp, pb) Anthology of 10 sf stories, including two Nebula winners. Recommended. (CNB) (Contents)
• * _The 1988 Annual World’s Best SF (SFBC #13627, Aug ’88 [Oct ’88], $4.98, 244pp, hc) Reprint (DAW 1988) anthology of the year’s best. First hardcover edition.
• * *The 1989 Annual World’s Best SF (with Arthur W. Saha) (DAW 0-88677-353-9, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 315pp, pb) Anthology of 11 stories, including one Nebula winner and several awards nominees. With an introduction by Isaac Asimov. (Contents)
• * _The 1989 Annual World’s Best SF (with Arthur W. Saha) (SFBC #15197, Sep ’89 [Dec ’89], $4.98, hc, cover by Richard Powers) Reprint (DAW 1989) anthology of 11 stories. First hardcover edition.
• * *The 1990 Annual World’s Best SF (with Arthur W. Saha) (DAW 0-88677-424-1, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $4.50, 341pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Best-of-the-year anthology of 12 stories. (Contents)
• * _The 1990 Annual World’s Best SF (with Arthur W. Saha) (SFBC #17365, Aug ’90, $5.98, hc, cover by Richard Powers) Reprint (DAW 1990) best-of-the-year sf anthology. First hardcover edition.
• * _Wollheim’s World’s Best Sf: Series 8 (DAW 0-87997-984-4, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $2.95, pb) Reissue (DAW 1979 as The 1979 Annual World’s Best SF) anthology.
• * _Wollheim’s World’s Best SF: Series 9 (with Arthur W. Saha) (DAW 0-88677-099-8, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $2.95, 284pp, pb) Reissue (DAW 1980 as The 1980 Annual World’s Best SF) anthology. 3rd printing.

WOLMARK, JENNY

• * *Aliens and Others: Science Fiction, Feminism and Postmodernism (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.

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

• * *Beyond the Gate (Tor 0-312-85770-5, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $23.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Golden Queen] SF novel, sequel to The Golden Queen. Maggie Flynn flees to other worlds through gates, trying to avoid the test of combat that will depose her as queen of the insectoid alien invaders.
• * _Beyond the Gate (Tor 0-812-55031-5, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $6.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Tim White) [Golden Queen] Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel, sequel to The Golden Queen.
• * _The Courtship of Princess Leia (Bantam UK 0-593-03564-X, Jun ’94, £9.99, 327pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam 1994) sf novelization. In the “Star Wars” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Golden Queen (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.
• * _The Golden Queen (Tor 0-812-55255-5, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Golden Queen] Reprint (Tor 1994) SF adventure novel about a cloned queen pursued by insectoid aliens.
• * *Lords of the Seventh Swarm (Tor 0-312-85771-3, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $24.95, 348pp, hc, cover by Vladimir Nenov) [Golden Queen] SF novel, third in “The Golden Queen” space opera series. The humans hunt for an alien relic to help fight the insectoid Dronons.
• * _Lords of the Seventh Swarm (Tor 0-812-55032-3, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $6.99, 471pp, pb, cover by Vladimir Nenov) [Golden Queen] Reprint (Tor 1997) SF novel, third in “The Golden Queen” space opera series.
• * *On My Way to Paradise (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27610-7, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $4.95, 521pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll & Paul Youll) Sf novel set in the 24th century based on the short story which won a “Writers of the Future” grand prize. A first novel.
• * *Path of the Hero (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56129-4, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $5.99, 420pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) Sf novel of the adventures of a half-Neanderthal on a planet established by paleobiologists to house gentically engineered specimens of extinct species. The continuation of Serpent Catch.
• * *Serpent Catch (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28983-7, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.99, 418pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) Sf novel. A half-human, half-Neanderthal man tries to save his home on the zoo planetoid of starfaring aliens.
• * *Star Wars: The Courtship of Princess Leia (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 (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.
• * _Star Wars: The Courtship of Princess Leia (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56937-6, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $5.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) Star Wars novelization.
• * _Star Wars: The Courtship of Princess Leia (Bantam UK 0-553-40807-0, May ’95 [Apr ’95], £4.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) Star Wars novelisation.

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• * *L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume IX (Bridge 0-88404-823-3, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $5.99, 413pp, pb) Original anthology of 17 stories from the 1991-1992 Writers of the Future contest, illustrated by the winners of the 1991-1992 Illustrators of the Future contest, with non-fiction pieces by well known authors. Earlier volumes in the series were edited by Algis Budrys. (Contents)
• * _L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume IX (New Era 1-870451-85-6, Sep ’95, £4.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Gary Meyer) Reprint (Bridge 1993) original anthology of 17 stories from the 1991-1992 Writers of the Future contest, illustrated by the winners of the 1991-1992 Illustrators of the Future contest, with non-fiction pieces by well known authors. Earlier volumes in the series were edited by Algis Budrys. [First U.K. edition]
• * _L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume VIII (with Algis Budrys) See entry under Algis Budrys.
• * *L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume X (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. (Contents)
• * *L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XI (Bridge 0-88404-999-X, Jun ’95, $6.99, 473pp, pb, cover by Frank Kelly-Freas) Original anthology of 14 stories by contest winners, illustrated by “Illustrators of the Future” winners. There is an introduction by the editor, and essays on writing and art by L. Ron Hubbard, Joseph P. Loftus, Alan Dean Foster, Bob Eggleton, and Charles Sheffield. (Contents)
• * *L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XII (Bridge 1-57318-027-0, May ’96, $6.99, 475pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Original anthology of 16 stories by contest winners, illustrated by “Illustrators of the Future” winners. There are articles on writing and art by L. Ron Hubbard, Paul Lehr, and Doug Beason. (Contents)
• * *L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XIII (Bridge 1-57318-064-5, Oct ’97, $6.99, 490pp, pb, cover by Frank Frazetta) Original anthology of 13 stories by contest winners, illustrated by “Illustrators of the Future” winners. There are articles on writing and art by L. Ron Hubbard, Ron Lindahn, Ed Gorman, and Janet Berliner. (Contents)
• * *L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XIV (Bridge 1-57318-154-4, Oct ’98, $6.99, 508pp, pb, cover by Paul Lehr) Original anthology of 17 stories by contest winners, illustrated by “Illustrators of the Future” winners. There are also articles on writing and art by L. Ron Hubbard, Anne McCaffrey, Vincent Di Fate, Eric Kotani, and Michael A. Stackpole. (Contents)
• * _L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future Vol. VIII (with Algis Budrys) See entry under Algis Budrys.

WOMACK, JACK (1956- ) (stories)

• * *Ambient (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1-55584-082-5, Apr ’87, $15.95, 259pp, hc) [Terraplane] Dystopian sf novel of 21st-century Manhattan in the style of A Clockwork Orange.
• * _Ambient (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440164-7, Apr ’88, £10.95, 259pp, hc) [Terraplane] Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson US 1987) sf novel. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Ambient (Unwin 0-04-440310-0, Feb ’89, £2.95, 259pp, pb, cover by Peter Jones) [Terraplane] Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1987) sf novel.
• * _Ambient (Tor 0-812-51605-2, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $3.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Terraplane] Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1987) dystopian sf novel of life in a violent 21st-century Manhattan, first book in the loosely-connected series that includes Terraplane and Heathern.
• * _Ambient (Grafton 0-586-21340-6, Oct ’91, £3.99, 259pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Terraplane] Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1987) sf novel.
• * _Ambient (Grove 0-8021-3494-7, 1997 [Jan ’97], $12.00, 259pp, tp, cover by Jill Greenberg) [Terraplane] Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1987) dystopian near-future SF novel.
• * *Elvissey (Tor 0-312-85202-9, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $12.95, 319pp, tp, cover by John Berkey) Sf novel of time-travelers who kidnap Elvis in order to deify him. Recommended (SW).
• * _Elvissey (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13839-4, Feb ’93, £15.99, 319pp, hc, cover by David Scutt) Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel about the Church of Elvis in New York in 2033. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Elvissey (Easton Press no ISBN, Jun ’93, no price, 319pp, hc) Sf novel of time-travelers who kidnap Elvis in order to deify him. This edition is being published “simultaneously” with the Tor edition listed five months ago. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Elvissey (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21301-5, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], £4.99, 319pp, pb, cover by George Snow) Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel about the Church of Elvis in New York in 2033.
• * _Elvissey (Grove 0-8021-3495-5, 1997 [Jan ’97], $12.00, 319pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1993) SF novel of the Church of Elvis in 2033.
• * *Heathern (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440691-6, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], £12.95, 255pp, hc, cover by Dave McKean) [Terraplane] Sf novel.
• * +Heathern (Tor 0-312-85078-6, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $16.95, 213pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Terraplane] Dystopian sf novel set in the same world as Terraplane about the results of a corporation’s search for a genuine messiah. This is a powerful novel, with a lot to say about obsession and sacrifice. Highly recommended (SW). First American edition (Unwin Hyman 1990).
• * _Heathern (Tor 0-812-50872-6, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $3.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Terraplane] Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1990) sf novel set in the same world as Terraplane about a corporation’s search for a genuine messiah. Recommended (SW).
• * _Heathern (Grafton 0-586-21342-2, Oct ’91, £3.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Terraplane] Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1990) sf novel.
• * _Heathern (Grove 0-8021-3563-3, May ’98, $12.00, 213pp, tp, cover by Miguel Santana) [Terraplane] Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1990) dystopian SF novel, third in the “Ambient” series.
• * *Let’s Put the Future Behind Us (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-627-9, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $23.00, 310pp, hc) Associational novel. In post-Soviet Russia, a man juggles wife, mistress, brother, the Russian mob, and historical truth.
• * _Let’s Put the Future Behind Us (Flamingo 0-00-225562-6, Jan ’97, £8.99, 310pp, tp, cover by John Gall) Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1996) associational novel set in a post-Soviet Russia. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Let’s Put the Future Behind Us (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-655007-X, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], £6.99, 310pp, tp) Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1996) associational novel set in a post-Soviet Russia.
• * *Random Acts of Senseless Violence (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13850-5, Oct ’93, £14.99, 256pp, hc, cover by George Snow) Sf novel about a near-future New York during the collapse of civilization.
• * +Random Acts of Senseless Violence (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-577-9, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $21.00, 256pp, hc) Near-future SF novel of urban decay and despair. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1993).
• * _Random Acts of Senseless Violence (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21320-1, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], £4.99, 255pp, pb, cover by George Snow) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) SF novel.
• * _Random Acts of Senseless Violence (Grove 0-8021-3424-6, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $12.00, 256pp, tp) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) near-future SF novel of urban decay and despair.
• * *Terraplane (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1-55584-165-1, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $16.95, 227pp, hc) [Terraplane] Science fiction novel, a darkly comic, surreal vision of 21st-century protagonists catapulted back into the New York City of 1939.
• * _Terraplane (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440302-X, Mar ’89, £12.95, 227pp, hc, cover by Peter Jones) [Terraplane] Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1988) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Terraplane (Unwin 0-04-440616-9, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], £3.50, 227pp, pb, cover by Peter Andrew Jones) [Terraplane] Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1988) sf novel.
• * _Terraplane (Tor 0-812-50623-5, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 227pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Terraplane] Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1988) dystopian sf novel set in near-future alternate-world New York.
• * _Terraplane (Grafton 0-586-21341-4, Oct ’91, £3.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Terraplane] Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1988) sf novel.
• * _Terraplane (Grove 0-8021-3562-5, May ’98 [Jun ’98], $12.00, 227pp, tp, cover by Miguel Santana) [Terraplane] Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1988) dystopian SF novel, second in the “Ambient” series.

WONGAR, B.; pseudonym of Streten Bozic, (1932- )

• * +Gabo Djara (Dodd Mead 0-396-08861-9, Jul ’87 [Aug ’87], $16.95, 242pp, hc) [Nuclear Trilogy] Allegorical literary fantasy novel (third in a trilogy) about the destruction of aboriginal Australia, told from the point of view of a giant green ant (part of aboriginal mythology). First American edition (Australia 1987).
• * _Gabo Djara (George Braziller 0-8076-1243-X, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $9.95, 242pp, tp, cover by Yumayna Burarwana) [Nuclear Trilogy] Reprint (Australia 1987) literary fantasy novel, third book of the “Nuclear Trilogy.” After British nuclear tests on Australian tribal lands, Gabo Djara, an immense green ant spirit, rises to defend his people and repel the white man.
• * _Karan (George Braziller 0-8076-1242-1, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $9.95, 248pp, tp, cover by Yumayna Burarwana) [Nuclear Trilogy] Reprint (Australia 1985) literary fantasy novel, second book of the “Nuclear Trilogy.” After British nuclear tests on Australian tribal lands, the British are hunting down aborigines to use in genetic experiments.