The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

WATERS, STONE

• * *The Terraformers (Commonwealth Publications 1-55197-122-4, 1997 [Feb ’97], $4.99, 209pp, pb) SF/mystery novel. A man searches for his wife’s murderer, while corporations and governments compete for control of the bacteria she genetically engineered. Copyrighted 1995; the copyright page indicates this is a 1996 edition; not seen until now. Commonwealth Publications, 9764-45th Ave, Edmonton AB Canada T6E 5C5; orders 800-491-7737; http://www.commonwealthpub.com; add $2.50 postage.

WATKINS, GRAHAM (1944- ) (stories)

• * *Dark Winds (Berkley 0-425-11609-3, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 328pp, pb) Horror novel about a man haunted by his father’s mistress.
• * *The Fire Within (Berkley 0-425-12647-1, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $5.50, 556pp, pb) Horror novel of possessed vacationers.
• * *Kaleidoscope Eyes (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-929-4, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $21.00, 382pp, hc, cover by Matt Tepper) Horror novel of eroticism and murder connected by a mysterious kaleidoscope.
• * *Virus (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0194-3, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $25.00, 413pp, hc) SF thriller about computer viruses that affect humans.
• * _Virus (St. Martin’s 0-312-96003-4, Aug ’96 [Dec ’96], $5.99, 438pp, pb) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1995) SF thriller about computer viruses that affect humans.

WATKINS, WILLIAM JOHN (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Centrifugal Rickshaw Dancer (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20131-2, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $2.95, 233pp, pb) [Legrange League] Sf novel.
• * *Cosmic Thunder (AvoNova 0-380-78203-0, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $5.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) Near-future SF novel. Transparent aliens come to help an Earth in chaos due to millennial panic.
• * *Going to See the End of the Sky (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20200-9, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $3.50, 230pp, pb) [Legrange League] Sf novel set in the habitats of the Legrange League, scene of The Centrifugal Rickshaw Dancer.
• * *The Last Deathship of Antares (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20464-8, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.95, 204pp, pb) Military sf novel. Human POWs fight to escape from the aliens’ Death Ships.

WATKINS, WILLIAM JON; see under Watkins, William John (stories) (chron.)

WATSON, ANDY, ed. (stories)

• * *Journal Wired #2, Spring 1990 (with Mark V. Ziesing) (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-24-4, May ’90, $10.00, 175pp, tp, cover by Bob Haas) Original anthology/quarterly magazine of three stories by Shiner, Di Filippo, and Jonathan Lethem plus five non-fiction pieces and an interview with Pat Cadigan plus a cross-interview with Lisa Tuttle and Colin Greenland. (Contents)
• * *Journal Wired, Summer/Fall ’90 (with Mark V. Ziesing) (Watson/Ziesing 0-929480-56-2, Oct ’90, $15.00, 353pp, tp) Original anthology of eight stories, nine nonfiction pieces, six interviews (including William Gibson, Patrick McGrath, and William S. Burroughs) and an excerpt from Patrick McGrath’s novel Spider. (Contents)
• * *Journal Wired, Winter ’89 (with Mark V. Ziesing) (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-14-7, Dec ’89, $7.95, 118pp, tp, cover by Arnie Fenner & Joseph Truitt) Original anthology/quarterly magazine with two stories (by Rucker and Attanasio) plus four non-fiction pieces by Shirley, Shepard, and others plus interviews with Abbie Hoffman and Iain M. Banks. (Contents)

WATSON, IAN (1943- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Alien Embassy (Gollancz 0-575-05607-X, Sep ’93, £4.99, 204pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1977) sf novel.
• * *The Book of Being (Gollancz 0-575-03596-X, Jun ’85 [May ’85], £8.95, 184pp, hc) [Yaleen] Sf novel, conclusion of the “Book of the River” trilogy.
• * _The Book of Being (Grafton 0-586-06389-7, Aug ’86, £2.50, 223pp, pb) [Yaleen] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) sf novel, conclusion of the “Yaleen” trilogy.
• * _The Book of Being (DAW 0-88677-153-6, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $2.95, 252pp, pb) [Yaleen] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) sf novel, conclusion of the “Yaleen” trilogy.
• * *The Book of Ian Watson (Mark V. Ziesing 0-9612970-4-2, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $35.00 signed, 366pp, hc) Collection of fiction and essays, mostly culled from a wide variety of magazines, put together as a sort of autobiography. (Contents)
• * *The Book of Ian Watson (Mark V. Ziesing 0-9612970-3-4, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $18.50, 366pp, hc) Trade edition of the above.
• * *The Book of the River (Gollancz 0-575-03396-7, May ’84 [Apr ’84], £7.95, 208pp, hc) [Yaleen] Uncharacteristically straightforward, this reads almost like standard adventure fiction — though some theological overtones appear. Upbeat Watson which may bring him a bigger audience while putting off some long-time fans. The first of an sf trilogy, “The Book of the River”. (Contents)
• * +The Book of the River (DAW 0-88677-104-8, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $3.50, 256pp, pb) [Yaleen] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) sf quasi-novel (the four parts appeared earlier in magazines), first U.S. edition. The first of a trilogy.
• * *The Book of the Stars (Gollancz 0-575-03508-0, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], £8.95, 208pp, hc) [Yaleen] Sf novel. This sequel to The Book of the River takes the perky heroine through four episodes of increasing metaphysical strangeness, bringing what began as sf adventure into Watson’s more usual realms of thought—although the tone remains breezy in the manner of some Heinlein juveniles. (FCM)
• * _The Book of the Stars (Grafton 0-586-06388-9, Mar ’86, £2.50, 236pp, pb) [Yaleen] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) sf novel, second in the “Yaleen” trilogy.
• * +The Book of the Stars (DAW 0-88677-130-7, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $2.95, 252pp, pb) [Yaleen] Sf novel, Book #2 in the “Yaleen” trilogy. First U.S. edition (Gollancz 1984).
• * *The Books of the Black Current (SFBC #10292, 1986 [Nov ’86], $6.98, 536pp, hc) [Yaleen] Omnibus edition of the sf “Yaleen” trilogy. (Contents)
• * +Chekhov’s Journey (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-523-X, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $16.95, 183pp, hc) Alternate-history sf novel revolving around Anton Chekhov’s travels in Siberia. First American edition (Gollancz 1983).
• * _Chekhov’s Journey (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-675-9, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $3.95, 183pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1983) alternate-history sf novel revolving around Anton Chekhov’s travels in Siberia.
• * _The Coming of Vertumnus (Gollancz 0-575-05921-4, Jun ’95 [May ’95], £5.99, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1994 as The Coming of Vertumnus and Other Stories) SF collection of 11 stories.
• * *The Coming of Vertumnus and Other Stories (Gollancz 0-575-05766-1, May ’94, £15.99, 288pp, hc) SF collection. (Contents)
• * *Converts (Granada 0-586-05895-8, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], £1.95, 191pp, pb) Sf novel of strange transformations.
• * +Converts (St. Martin’s 0-312-16945-0, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $11.95, 191pp, hc) Sf novel; first American edition (Panther 1984) and first hardcover edition.
• * +Deathhunter (St. Martin’s 0-312-18556-1, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $12.95, 173pp, hc) Metaphysical fantasy novel of a man attempting to trap Death. First U.S. edition (Gollancz 1981).
• * _Deathhunter (St. Martin’s 0-312-90033-3, Jul ’87 [Aug ’87], $2.95, 173pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1981) metaphysical sf novel.
• * _The Embedding (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-554-X, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.95, 217pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1973) sf novel. Recommended (CNB).
• * _The Embedding (Gollancz 0-575-04784-4, Jul ’90, £3.99, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1973) sf novel. Volume 44 in the “VGSF Classics” series.
• * _The Embedding (Easton Press no ISBN, Jul ’92, no price, 254pp, hc) Reprint (Gollancz 1973) sf novel, with an introduction by Pamela Sargent and artwork by Pat Morrissey. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * *Evil Water (Gollancz 0-575-03953-1, Mar ’87 [Aug ’87], £10.95, 200pp, hc) Sf collection. (Contents)
• * _Evil Water (Grafton 0-586-20193-9, Oct ’88, £2.99, 222pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1987) sf collection.
• * *The Fallen Moon (Gollancz 0-575-05424-7, Sep ’94, £16.99, 546pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Book of Mana] Sf novel. The Second (and last) Book of “Mana”.
• * _The Fallen Moon (Gollancz 0-575-06098-0, Sep ’95, £5.99, 546pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Book of Mana] Reprint (Gollancz 1994) SF novel based on the Finnish epic, the Kalevala. Sequel to Lucky’s Harvest, it is the second (and last) “Book of Mana”.
• * *The Fire Worm (Gollancz 0-575-04300-8, Jun ’88, £10.95, 207pp, hc) Exceedingly offbeat sf/horror novel, involving reincarnation and the ‘Lambton Worm’, based on Watson’s short story ‘Jingling Geordie’s Hole’.
• * _The Fire Worm (Grafton 0-586-20763-5, May ’90, £3.50, 240pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) Reprint (Gollancz 1988) fantasy/horror novel.
• * *The Flies of Memory (Gollancz 0-575-04873-5, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], £13.95, 220pp, hc, cover by Mike Litherland) Sf novel of alien contact, created from the novella of the same name by adding four further episodes investigating the effect of the Flies on Earth.
• * _The Flies of Memory (Gollancz 0-575-05163-9, Oct ’91, £3.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) sf novel, expanded from the short story of the same name.
• * +The Flies of Memory (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-782-8, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $18.95, 220pp, hc, cover by Kersti O’Leary) Sf novel of alien contact. First American edition (Gollancz 1990).
• * +God’s World (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-574-4, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $17.95, 254pp, hc) Sf novel of alien angels and a Heaven light years from Earth. First American edition (Gollancz 1979).
• * *Hard Questions (Gollancz 0-575-06189-8, Jun ’96, £16.99, 288pp, hc) SF thriller about a conference on the human mind, and a quantum computer that touches alternate worlds.
• * _Hard Questions (Vista 0-575-60067-5, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £5.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Splash) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) SF novel.
• * _The Jonah Kit (Gollancz 0-575-05002-0, Feb ’91, £3.99, 221pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1975) sf novel.
• * *Lucky’s Harvest (Gollancz 0-575-05423-9, Sep ’93, £15.99, 537pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Book of Mana] Epic sf novel based on the Finnish Kalevala. The First Book of “Mana”.
• * _Lucky’s Harvest (Gollancz 0-575-05779-3, Sep ’94, £5.99, 537pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Book of Mana] Reprint (Gollancz 1993) sf novel. The First Book of “Mana”.
• * _The Martian Inca (Gollancz 0-575-05558-8, Mar ’93, £3.99, 203pp, pb, cover by David Farren) Reprint (Gollancz 1977) sf novel.
• * *Meat (Headline 0-7472-3130-3, Nov ’88, £2.99, 246pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _Miracle Visitors (Gollancz 0-575-04645-7, Jan ’90, £3.50, 239pp, pb, cover by Jean-François Podevin) Reprint (Gollancz 1978) sf novel. Volume 39 in the “VGSF Classics” series.
• * _Miracle Visitors (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-608-2, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1978) sf novel of UFOs and alien contact.
• * *Oracle (Gollancz 0-575-06487-0, Sep ’97, £16.99, 287pp, hc) SF novel. An ancient Roman soldier is propelled into the 20th century by the first test of the time-probe, “Oracle”, triggering responses from the IRA and the British Secret Service.
• * _Oracle (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60226-0, Aug ’98, £5.99, 287pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1997) SF novel.
• * *The Power (Headline 0-7472-3041-2, Sep ’87, £2.50, 232pp, pb) Uneasy mixture of political manifesto about courageous anti-nuclear protestors and horror novel about re-animated, but rotting, corpses.
• * _The Power (Headline 0-7472-0031-9, Oct ’87, £8.95, 240pp, hc) Reprint (Headline 1987) horror novel. [Not seen]
• * *Queenmagic, Kingmagic (Gollancz 0-575-03883-7, Sep ’86, £9.95, 205pp, hc) Fantasy novel.
• * +Queenmagic, Kingmagic (St. Martin’s 0-312-01503-8, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $14.95, 205pp, hc) Fantasy novel based on chess and other games. First U.S. edition (Gollancz 1986).
• * _Queenmagic, Kingmagic (Grafton 0-586-07414-7, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], £2.95, 239pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1986) fantasy novel set in a worlds governed by the rules of games such as Chess and Snakes and Ladders. Highly entertaining and strongly recommended. (PSP)
• * _Queenmagic, Kingmagic (St. Martin’s 0-312-91293-5, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $3.50, 205pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1986) sf novel.
• * _Salvage Rites (Grafton 0-586-20853-4, Aug ’90, £3.50, 252pp, pb, cover by Mike Van Houten) Reprint (Gollancz 1989) sf collection.
• * *Salvage Rites and Other Stories (Gollancz 0-575-04447-0, Feb ’89, £11.95, 223pp, hc) Excellent collection of 15 of Watson’s more recent short stories confirming his place as one of the leading craftsmen of the genre. Recommended. (PSP) (Contents)
• * _Slow Birds (Grafton 0-586-07143-1, Jul ’87, £2.50, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1985) sf collection.
• * *Slow Birds and Other Stories (Gollancz 0-575-03675-3, Oct ’85, £8.95, 190pp, hc) Collection of 11 stories. Recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
• * _Stalin’s Teardrops (Gollancz 0-575-05281-3, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], £3.99, 270pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) Reprint (Gollancz 1991) sf collection.
• * *Stalin’s Teardrops and Other Stories (Gollancz 0-575-04942-1, May ’91 [Apr ’91], £13.99, 270pp, hc) Collection of twelve sf/horror stories, one original, mainly published since 1988. (Contents)
• * _Warhammer 40,000 - Harlequin (Boxtree 0-7522-0610-9, Apr ’95, £4.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Dave Gallagher) [Warhammer 40,000] Reprint (Boxtree 1994) SF novelisation set in the Warhammer universe of the 41st Century.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Child (Boxtree 0-7522-0621-4, Jun ’95, £15.99, 259pp, hc, cover by Mark Craven) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] SF novel set in the “Warhammer” universe of the 41st Century. Third book in the “Inquisition War” trilogy.
• * _Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Child (Boxtree 0-7522-0772-5, Dec ’95, £4.99, 259pp, pb, cover by Mark Craven) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] Reprint (Boxtree 1995) SF novelisation set in the “Warhammer” universe of the 41st Century. Third book of the “Inquisition War” trilogy.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Harlequin (Boxtree 0-7522-0965-5, Oct ’94, £15.99, 246pp, hc) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] SF novelization set in the Warhammer universe of the 41st Century. Second in the “Inquisition War” trilogy, after Inquisitor.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor (GW Books 1-872372-29-5, Nov ’90, $8.99, 246pp, tp, cover by Fangorn) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] Fantasy novelization based on the “Warhammer” game. This is a worldwide edition with both UK and US prices.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor (GW Books 1-872372-29-5, Nov ’90, £4.99, 246pp, tp, cover by Fangorn) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] Sf novel set in the “Warhammer 40,000” universe. Book 1 in the “Inquisition War” trilogy.
• * _Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor (Boxtree 1-85283-835-3, Feb ’93, £3.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Dave Gallagher) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] Reprint (GW Books 1990) sf novel set in the “Warhammer 40,000” universe. Book 1 in the “Inquisition War” trilogy.
• * *Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (Boxtree 1-85283-840-X, Feb ’93, £3.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Warhammer 40,000] Sf novel set in the “Warhammer 40,000” universe.
• * *Whores of Babylon (Paladin 0-586-08773-7, Jul ’88, £3.95, 302pp, tp) Sf novel, based on his short story “I Remember Babylon”.

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• * _Afterlives (with Pamela Sargent) See entry under Pamela Sargent.

WATSON, NOELLE (Anne), ed. (1958- )

• * *Twentieth-Century Science Fiction Writers, Third Edition (with Paul E. Schellinger) (St. James Press 1-55862-111-3, Dec ’91 [Mar ’92], $125.00, 1016pp, hc) Reference book on sf writers with both biographical and bibliographical information. This is the update of the earlier (1981, 1986) editions edited by Curtis C. Smith. There are numerous errors, but it’s still one of the most valuable one-volume reference books in the field.

WATSON, ROBERT (1947- )

• * +Whilom (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-386-5, Sep ’90, $18.95, 216pp, hc, cover by Jeff Fisher) Literary comic fantasy novel retelling Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. First American edition (Bloomsbury 1990).

WATT, LAURA

• * *Carry Me Back (St. Martin’s 0-312-15075-X, Feb ’97 [Apr ’97], $21.95, 247pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) Fantasy novel. An enchanted banjo carries a country-music lover back in time to meet Hank Williams. Compared to Jack Finney’s Time & Again.

WATT-EVANS, LAWRENCE (1954- ); see pseudonym Nathan Archer (stories) (chron.)

• * *Blood of a Dragon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36410-4, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $4.99, 231pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Ethshar] Fantasy novel, fourth book in the “Misenchanted Sword” series.
• * _The Book of Silence (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33963-0, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.50, 326pp, pb) [Lords of Dus] Reissue (Del Rey 1984) fantasy novel, Book Four of “The Lords of Dus”; fourth printing.
• * _The Book of Silence (Grafton 0-586-07152-0, Sep ’87, £3.50, 399pp, pb) [Lords of Dus] Reprint (Del Rey 1984) fantasy novel. Volume 4 in the “Lords of Dus” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Book of Silence: Book Four of the Gods of Dus (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30880-8, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.95, 362pp, pb) [Lords of Dus] Conclusion of a fantasy tetralogy.
• * *The Chromosomal Code (Avon 0-380-87205-6, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.50, 204pp, pb) Sf novel.
• * *Crosstime Traffic (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37395-2, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $3.99, 247pp, pb) Collection of 19 stories plus an autobiographical introduction. (Contents)
• * _The Cyborg and the Sorcerers (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34439-1, Aug ’87, $2.95, 248pp, pb) [Cyborg and the Sorcerers] Reissue (Del Rey 1982) science fantasy novel, first in a series; 6th printing.
• * _The Cyborg and the Sorcerers (Grafton 0-586-20748-1, Apr ’90, £3.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Cyborg and the Sorcerers] Reprint (Del Rey 1982) fantasy novel.
• * *Denner’s Wreck (Avon 0-380-75250-6, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $2.95, 199pp, pb) Sf adventure novel.
• * _Denner’s Wreck (SFBC #13539, Jun ’88, $4.98, 210pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1988) sf adventure novel.
• * *In the Empire of Shadow (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37246-8, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $10.00, 354pp, tp, cover by Peter Peebles) [Three Worlds] Science fantasy novel, second in the “Three Worlds” trilogy.
• * _In the Empire of Shadow (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39786-X, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $5.99, 273pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Three Worlds] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 1995) science fantasy novel, second in the “Three Worlds” trilogy.