The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

WONGAR, B. (continued)

• * _Walg (George Braziller 0-8076-1241-3, Sep ’90 [Feb ’91], $9.95, 213pp, tp, cover by Yumayna Burarwana) [Nuclear Trilogy] Reprint (Australia 1983) literary fantasy novel, first book of the “Nuclear Trilogy.” After British nuclear tests on Australian tribal lands, an aboriginal girl wanders through the devastation carrying the soul of her unborn child in her dilly bag.

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

• * _Yesterday’s Child (NAL/Signet 0-451-14608-5, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $3.50, 285pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday & Co 1979) novel of the supernatural and “love and betrayal beyond time.”
• * _Yesterday’s Child (Severn House 0-7278-5125-X, Jul ’96, £15.99, 254pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1979) dark fantasy novel of a revenant seeking a lost love. [First U.K. edition]

WOOD, BARI (1936- )

• * *Amy Girl (NAL 0-453-00534-9, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $17.95, 346pp, hc) Horror novel about a 9-year-old psychic who can dominate other people’s minds.
• * _Amy Girl (NAL Onyx 0-451-40069-0, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $4.95, 365pp, pb) Reprint (NAL 1987) horror novel.
• * _Amy Girl (Michael Joseph 0-7181-2965-2, May ’88, £11.95, 346pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1987) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Amy Girl (Sphere 0-7474-0075-X, Nov ’88, £3.50, 346pp, pb) Reprint (NAL 1987) horror novel.
• * *The Basement (Morrow 0-688-13351-7, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $17.95, 326pp, hc, cover by Alan Ayers) Horror novel. Myra Ludens fears her basement is haunted by the ghost of a woman hanged for witchcraft.
• * _The Basement (Avon 0-380-72305-0, Jun ’96, $5.99, 336pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 1995) ghost novel. A basement may be haunted by a woman hanged for witchcraft.
• * _The Killing Gift (NAL/Signet 0-451-14003-6, Apr ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.95, 313pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1975) horror novel; 13th printing.
• * _The Killing Gift (NAL Signet 0-451-14003-6, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.95, 313pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1975) horror novel; 14th printing.
• * _The Tribe (NAL/Signet 0-451-14004-4, Apr ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.95, 339pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1981) horror novel; 6th printing.
• * _The Tribe (NAL Signet 0-451-14004-4, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.95, 339pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1981) horror novel; seventh printing.
• * _Twins (with Jack Geasland) (NAL/Signet 0-451-13654-3, Apr ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.95, 343pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1977) horror novel; 10th printing.
• * _Twins (NAL Signet 0-451-13654-3, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.95, 346pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1977) horror novel; 14th printing.
• * _Twins/Dead Ringers (with Jack Geasland) (NAL Signet 0-451-15989-6, Oct ’88, $4.50, 343pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1978) horror novel, movie tie-in edition for Dead Ringers, which title appears on cover and spine. The title page still calls it Twins. 16th printing.

WOOD, BRIDGET (1947- ); see pseudonym Frances Gordon

• * *The Lost Prince (Headline 0-7472-7969-1, Jan ’92, £9.99, 440pp, tp, cover by Ian Miller) [Wolfking] Dark fantasy blending the Ireland of Celtic myth and a bleak Ireland of the far future. A hardcover edition (-0291-5, £15.99) is also available. Sequel to Wolfking.
• * _The Lost Prince (Headline 0-7472-3515-5, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], £5.99, 566pp, pb, cover by Ian Miller) [Wolfking] Reprint (Headline 1992) fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Wolfking” series.
• * +The Lost Prince (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37976-4, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $10.00, 601pp, tp, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Wolfking] Fantasy novel set in post-holocaust Ireland, second book of the “Wolfking” series. This edition has been slightly revised. First American edition (Headline 1992).
• * _The Lost Prince (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38853-4, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $5.99, 472pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Wolfking] Reprint (Headline 1992) Celtic time-travel fantasy novel, sequel to Wolfking.
• * *The Minstrel’s Lute (Robert Hale 0-7090-2880-6, Jan ’87, £9.95, 208pp, hc) Supernatural thriller. [Not seen]
• * *Rebel Angel (Headline 0-7472-7909-8, Mar ’93, £8.99, 441pp, tp, cover by Ian Miller) [Wolfking] Fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-0695-3, £16.99) is also available. Volume three in the “Wolfking” series.
• * _Rebel Angel (Headline 0-7472-4122-8, Sep ’93, £5.99, 662pp, pb, cover by Ian Miller) [Wolfking] Reprint (Headline 1993) fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Wolfking” series.
• * *Satanic Lute (Robert Hale 0-7090-2881-4, May ’87, £10.25, 208pp, hc) Supernatural thriller. Sequel to The Minstrel’s Lute. [Not seen]
• * *Sorceress (Headline 0-7472-7861-X, Mar ’94, £9.99, 442pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) [Wolfking] Fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-1002-0, £17.99) was announced but not seen. Volume four in the “Wolfking” series.
• * _Sorceress (Headline 0-7472-4490-1, Sep ’94, £5.99, 600pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Wolfking] Reprint (Headline 1994) fantasy novel. Volume four in the “Wolfking” series.
• * *Wolfking (Headline 0-7472-7968-3, Mar ’91, £7.99, 376pp, tp, cover by Ian Miller) [Wolfking] Fantasy novel. Also available in hardcover (-0290-7, £14.95).
• * _Wolfking (Headline 0-7472-3514-7, Sep ’91, £4.99, 503pp, pb, cover by Ian Miller) [Wolfking] Reprint (Headline 1991) fantasy novel.
• * +Wolfking (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37626-9, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $10.00, 614pp, tp, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Wolfking] Fantasy novel set in post-holocaust Ireland where a gateway is opened to the glory of Ireland’s distant past. First American edition (Headline 1991).
• * _Wolfking (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38328-1, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $5.99, 538pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Wolfking] Reprint (Headline 1991) fantasy novel set in post-holocaust Ireland where a gateway is opened to the glory of Ireland’s distant past.

WOOD, CRYSTAL (1955- )

• * *Cut Him Out in Little Stars (Tattersall Publishing 0-9640513-0-3, Sep ’94 [Dec ’94], $11.95, 291pp, tp, cover by Shannon Bryant-Hankes) [Cut Him Out in Little Stars] SF mystery novel about SF and fandom in Texas. Available from Tattersall Publishing, PO Box 8194, Denton TX 76203-3194.
• * _Cut Him Out in Little Stars (Tattersall Publishing 0-9640513-1-1, Jun ’98 [Jul ’98], $11.95, 290pp, tp, cover by Shannon Bryant-Hankes) [Cut Him Out in Little Stars] Reprint (Tattersall 1994) SF mystery novel; the FBI investigates an ex-TV star’s stories of alien encounters. This somewhat revised edition has updated pop culture references. Order from Tattersall Publishing, PO Box 308194, Denton TX 76203-8194.
• * *Fool’s Joust (Tattersall Publishing 0-9640513-7-0, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $14.95, 273pp, tp, cover by James Hobdy) [Cut Him Out in Little Stars] Humorous fantasy/mystery novel, sequel to Cut Him Out in Little Stars. FBI special agent Tay Silvestri investigates her nephew’s involvement with a supposed King Arthur building his new kingdom in Texas. Order from Tattersall Publishing, PO Box 308194, Denton TX 76203-8194.

WOOD, FRANCES M.

• * *Becoming Rosemary (Delacorte 0-385-32248-8, Apr ’97 [May ’97], $14.95, 247pp, hc) Young-adult historical novel with fantasy elements. Members of Rosemary’s family have strange powers of healing during a period of witch hunts.

WOOD, JOHN

• * *In a Secret Place (Wolfhound Press 0-86327-180-4, Dec ’86, £6.95, 128pp, hc) Fantasy novel.

WOOD, MACKAY

• * *Wolf’s Cub (Write Way 1-885173-30-X, 1998 [Oct ’98], $14.95, 400pp, tp) Fantasy novel. A scholarly prince has to become a warrior. A first novel. Order from Write Way Publishing, 10555 E Dartmouth, Suite 210, Aurora CO 80014.

WOOD, MARTINE

• * *The Work of Gary Brandner (Borgo Press 0-8095-1519-9, 1995 [Feb ’96], $15.00, 112pp, tp) Non-fiction reference, an annotated bibliography and guide to the work of Brandner, including dark fantasy and horror. There is a foreword by Richard Laymon, an introduction by Kim Greenblatt, and a postscript by Brandner. Order from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; add $2.50 shipping. Credit card orders: fax 909-888-4942. [Brandner]

WOOD, N. LEE (1955- ) (stories)

• * *Faraday’s Orphans (Gollancz 0-575-06392-0, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], £16.99, 351pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) SF novel.
• * +Faraday’s Orphans (Ace 0-441-00446-6, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $13.00, 294pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Post-holocaust SF novel. A recon pilot becomes stranded Outside the protective domes. First US edition (Gollancz 1996).
• * _Faraday’s Orphans (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60130-2, Jul ’97, £5.99, 351pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) SF novel.
• * _Faraday’s Orphans (Ace 0-441-00588-8, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $5.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) post-holocaust SF novel.
• * *Looking for the Mahdi (Ace 0-441-00298-6, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $12.00, 293pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Near-future SF novel. Intelligence agents pressure a female journalist into masquerading as a man and smuggling an android agent into a Middle Eastern country. A first novel.
• * _Looking for the Mahdi (Vista 0-575-60109-4, Nov ’96, £5.99, 351pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Ace 1996) SF espionage novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Looking for the Mahdi (Ace 0-441-00450-4, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $5.99, 337pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Ace 1996) near-future SF spy novel.

WOOD, ROBERT (1953- )

• * *The Avatar (Poplar 0-907657-14-1, May ’87 [Jul ’87], £9.95, 290pp, hc) Mainstream novel with fantasy touches.

WOOD, ROBIN; [i.e., Robert Paul Wood] (1931- )

• * *People of Pern (Donning/Starblaze 0-89865-635-4, Oct ’88, $19.95, 151pp, hc) [Pern] Art book. Portraits of the characters from McCaffrey’s Pern novels. McCaffrey contributed “biographical” sketches of the characters and an introduction. [McCaffrey]

WOOD, SUSAN (Joan) (1948-1980)

• * *The Poison Maiden & the Great Bitch: Female Stereotypes in Marvel Superhero Comics (Borgo Press 0-89370-537-3, Sep ’89 [Mar ’90], $15.95, 27pp, tp) Reprint (T.K. Graphics 1974 as by Susan Wood Glicksohn) non-fiction; reference, an essay on comic book characters.

WOOD, SUSAN T.

• * *The Colonists and the Chronicles of Novae (Vantage Press 0-533-06689-1, Apr ’86, $13.95, 215pp, hc) Sf novel from a vanity press.

WOODARD, WAYNE (1914-1964); see pseudonym Hannes Bok (stories)

WOODBURY, FRANCINE G. (1964- )

• * *Shade and Shadow (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39428-3, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $4.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) Fantasy mystery. An Oxford professor of magic is accused of murdering his department head. A first novel.

WOODCOCK, GEORGE R. (stories)

• * _The Crystal Spirit: A Study of George Orwell (Schocken 0-8052-0755-4, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $9.95, 366pp, tp) Reprint (Little, Brown 1966). Non-fiction, critical study. There’s a new introduction by the author.

WOODING, CHRIS (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Catchman (Scholastic UK 0-590-11321-6, Sep ’98 [Oct ’98], £3.50, 196pp, pb) Dark fantasy novel of a youth pursued by a menace he can never escape.

WOODLEY, RICHARD (Allen) (1937- )

• * *Volcano (HarperCollins UK 0-00-651048-5, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], £5.99, 210pp, pb) Novelization of the near-future SF film of a volcanic eruption in Los Angeles.

WOODROFFE, PATRICK (1940- ) (stories)

• * *A Closer Look (Paper Tiger 1-85028-024-X, Sep ’86, £7.95, 128pp, pb) Discussion of the art techniques of Patrick Woodroffe, with many accompanying illustrations.
• * *A Closer Look (Paper Tiger 1-85028-025-8, Sep ’86, £12.95, 128pp, hc) Hardcover edition of the above.
• * +A Closer Look: The Art Techniques of Patrick Woodroffe (Crown/Harmony 0-517-56506-4, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $14.95, 127pp, tp) Fantasy art including work in progress and discussions on technique. First U.S. edition (Paper Tiger 1986).
• * *The Dorbott of Vacuo (Paper Tiger 1-85028-047-9, Feb ’88, £7.95, 89pp, tp) Delightful novella about a world where everything must be tied down to stop it moving around. Woodroffe’s depictions, in words and drawings, of “itinerant semi-detached bungalows and volcanoes of no fixed address” are hilarious. Strongly recommended. (PSP) Also avaliable in hc (-046-0) for £12.95.
• * *Hallelujah Anyway (Salem House 0-905895-88-6, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $14.95, 135pp, hc) A collection of illustrated lyrics by the author/artist. The art here emphasizes fantasy over the grotesqueness of Woodroffe’s previous Mythopoeikon. While the juxtapositions of photographed settings and dream creatures are sometimes cutesy, many of these new inventions are fascinating. (FCM) This is an import of the British edition from Paper Tiger.
• * _P.W. (Paper Tiger 1-85028-272-2, Aug ’94, £3.99, 43pp, hc, cover by Patrick Woodroffe) Miniature (100mm x 75mm) art book of 20 paintings, selected from Mythopoeikon.
• * *Pastures in the Sky (Pomegranate Artbooks 1-56640-676-5, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $30.00, 111pp, hc, cover by Patrick Woodroffe) Art book, a collection of Woodruffe art, mostly full-color, with a foreword by Roger Dean. Available from Pomegranate, Box 6099, Rohnert Park CA 94927.
• * *The Second Earth (Paper Tiger 1-85028-042-8, Dec ’87 [Jan ’88], £12.95, 143pp, hc) Heavily revised version of The Pentateuch.
• * *The Second Earth (Paper Tiger 1-85028-043-6, Dec ’87 [Jan ’88], £7.95, 143pp, tp) Trade paperback edition of the above.

WOODROW, TERESA M. “TERRY”; see pseudonym Bluejay

WOODRUFF, ELVIRA (1951- )

• * *The Disappearing Bike Shop (Holiday House 0-8234-0933-3, Apr ’92 [May ’92], $13.95, 169pp, hc, cover by Greg Michaels) Young-adult fantasy about two boys and a wizard who runs a bike shop able to disappear off its foundation. Available from Holiday House, 425 Madison Ave., New York NY 10017.
• * _The Disappearing Bike Shop (Dell Yearling 0-440-40938-1, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $3.50, 169pp, tp, cover by Suzanne Duran Lean) Reprint (Holiday House 1992) young-adult fantasy novel about two boys and a wizard who runs a bike shop able to disappear at will.
• * *George Washington’s Socks (Scholastic 0-590-44035-7, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $13.95, 166pp, hc, cover by Neal McPheeters) Young-adult time-travel fantasy novel of kids who encounter George Washington crossing the Delaware.

WOODS, JACK; pseudonym of William B. O’Neal

• * *Wolffile (Pageant 0-517-00043-1, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.50, 337pp, pb) Horror/occult novel of a creature (neither man nor beast) that revels in killing. The author’s real name seems to be William B. O’Neal. Possibly a first novel.

WOODS, LEBBEUS (stories)

• * *The New City (Simon & Schuster 0-671-76812-3, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $25.00, 84pp, tp) Art/architecture book, with Woods’ visions of future cities and text by the author. A limited hardcover edition is forthcoming from Byron Preiss Visuals. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

WOODS, RICHARD (stories)

• * _A Diversity of Dragons (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.

WOODS, STUART (Chevalier) (1938- )

• * _Under the Lake (Heinemann 0-434-87811-1, Aug ’87, £10.95, 301pp, hc) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1987) ghost/horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Under the Lake (Avon 0-380-70519-2, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $4.50, 281pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1987) supernatural horror novel.
• * _Under the Lake (Pan 0-330-30257-4, May ’88, £2.99, 301pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1987) detective-cum-ghost story.
• * _Under the Lake (Ulverscroft 0-7089-8490-8, Nov ’88, £10.95, 448pp, hc) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1987) horror novel. [Not seen]

WOOLEY, JOHN (Steven) (1949- ); see pseudonym Mick Winters (stories)

• * *Death’s Door (with Ron Wolfe) (Dell Abyss 0-440-21196-4, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.99, 386pp, pb) Horror novel. Cop Case Hamilton comes back to life after being clinically dead for ten minutes, and realizes that he’s brought something back with him.

WOOLF, VIRGINIA (Stephen) (1882-1941) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Orlando (Harcourt Brace 0-15-670160-X, Jun ’93, $10.95, 329pp, tp) Reprint (Hogarth 1928) fantasy novel of an Elizabethan gentleman who lives to become a 20th-century woman. A movie tie-in edition.
• * _Orlando (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Dec ’93, $7.95, 333pp, tp) Reprint (Hogarth 1928) literary fantasy novel of an Elizabethan gentleman who lives to become a 20th-century woman.
• * _Orlando (Wordsworth 1-85326-239-0, Feb ’95 [Mar ’95], £1.00, 162pp, pb, cover by Frederick Richard Pickersgill) Reprint (Hogarth 1928) Literary fantasy: a thrift paperback edition.

WOOLFOLK, WILLIAM (1917-2003)

• * *The Adam Project (Fawcett 0-449-12658-7, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.95, 256pp, pb) Sf novel about a “feral child” whose DNA is tinkered with, producing a superman.

WOOLLEY, PERSIA (1935- )

• * *Child of the Northern Spring (Simon & Schuster Poseidon 0-671-62200-5, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $17.95, 428pp, hc) [Guinevere] Arthurian fantasy novel, seen through the eyes of Guinevere.
• * _Child of the Northern Spring (Inner Circle 1-85018-071-7, Mar ’88, £11.95, 520pp, hc) [Guinevere] Reprint (Poseidon 1987) Arthurian romance. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _Child of the Northern Spring (Grafton 0-586-07469-4, Apr ’88, £3.50, 541pp, pb) [Guinevere] Reprint (Poseidon 1987) Arthurian romance with the occasional hint of magic.
• * _Child of the Northern Spring (Pocket 0-671-62199-8, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $4.50, 480pp, pb) [Guinevere] Reprint (Poseidon 1987) Arthurian romance.