The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

WHITBOURN, JOHN (stories) (continued)

• * *Binscombe Tales: Sinister Saxon Stories (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-40-0, Jan ’98, C$53.00, xvii+239pp, hc, cover by Alan Hunter) Collection of fifteen ghost stories, seven of which are published here for the first time. This edition is limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $40.00 and in the UK for £25.00. (Contents)
• * *A Dangerous Energy (Gollancz 0-575-05355-0, Aug ’92, £14.99, 317pp, hc, cover by Peter Mennim) [Dangerous Energy] Fantasy novel set in an alternate England where magic works and is regulated by the Church. Recommended (PSP). This was the winner of the 1991 Gollancz/"Bookshelf" Fantasy Competition.
• * _A Dangerous Energy (Gollancz 0-575-05576-6, Aug ’93, £4.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Chris Brown) [Dangerous Energy] Reprint (Gollancz 1992) fantasy novel set in an alternate England where magic works and is regulated by the Church.
• * *Popes & Phantoms (Haunted Library 0-906153-24-7, Nov ’92, £2.30, 31pp, ph, cover by Alan Hunter) Collection of two original stories about the psychic sleuth Admiral Slovo. This is Haunted Library “Psychic Sleuths” Booklet Number 4. (Contents)
• * *Popes and Phantoms (Gollancz 0-575-05653-3, Aug ’93, £15.99, 287pp, hc, cover by Ashley Pearce) Episodic fantasy novel set in an alternate Renaissance Italy, peopled by animated corpses and time-travelling Illuminati. Two of the episodes previously appeared as a booklet, Popes & Phantoms (The Haunted Library 1992).
• * _Popes and Phantoms (Gollancz 0-575-05763-7, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], £5.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Ashley Pearce) Reprint (Gollancz 1993) episodic fantasy novel set in an alternate Renaissance Italy, peopled by animated corpses and time-travelling Illuminati.
• * *Rollover Night (Haunted Library No ISBN, Nov ’90, £2.50, 36pp, ph, cover by Alan Hunter) [Binscombe] Collection of three original ghost stories in the “Binscombe Tales” sequence, together with an introduction by Rosemary Pardoe and a bibliography of the series. Available from Rosemary Pardoe, Flat One, 36 Hamilton Street, Hoole, Chester, CH2 3JQ or from Richard Fawcett, 61 Teecomwas Drive, Uncasville, CT 06382, USA ($5). (Contents)
• * *The Royal Changeling (Earthlight 0-671-01785-3, May ’98, £5.99, xiv+280pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) Alternate history fantasy novel. The rebellion of 1685 led by the bastard son of King Charles II, his elvish allies, and the evil dark Lord once known as King Arthur.
• * *To Build Jerusalem (Gollancz 0-575-05873-0, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], £5.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Chris Brown) [Dangerous Energy] Fantasy novel set in the same alternate-world as A Dangerous Energy. In an England where the Reformation failed, a supernatural power undermines the structure of society. A hardcover edition (-05871-4, £15.99) was announced but not seen.

WHITBY, PAULINE (1928?- ); see pseudonym Pauline Ashwell (stories)

WHITBY, SHARON; pseudonym of Maureen Peters, (1935- )

• * +The Savage Web (Critic’s Choice 0-931773-68-7, Dec ’86, $2.95, 190pp, pb) Horror novel. First American edition (Hale 1982).

WHITCHER, SUSAN

• * *Enchanter’s Glass (Harcourt Brace 0-15-201245-1, May ’96 [Jun ’96], $17.00, 198pp, hc, cover by Victor Lee) Young-adult fantasy novel. A troubled teen finds a piece of glass that gives her strange visions. A first novel.

WHITE, ALAN (1924- )

• * *Black Alert (Granada 0-246-11394-4, Jul ’85 [1985], £9.95, 328pp, hc) Near-future thriller. [Not seen]
• * _Black Alert (Grafton 0-583-13296-0, Dec ’86, £2.50, 328pp, pb) Reprint (Granada 1985) near-future thriller.

WHITE, EDMUND (Valentine, III) (1940- ) (stories)

• * *Caracole (Dutton 0-525-24281-3, Sep ’85, $17.95, 342pp, hc) This is billed as an erotic “epic fantasy novel.” It’s set in an imagined world which “recalls Paris under the Nazis, Venice under the Austrians, or Rio under the Portuguese.”
• * _Caracole (NAL/Plume 0-452-25881-2, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $7.95, 342pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1985) erotic fantasy novel.
• * _Caracole (Picador 0-330-29603-5, Dec ’86, £3.95, 342pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1985) literary fantasy novel.

WHITE, EDWARD LUCAS (1866-1934) (stories)

• * *The House of the Nightmare (Midnight House, 1998, $40.00, 229pp, hc, cover by Allen Koszowski) Basically the collected horror fiction of this well known author that includes not just the usual but some good stories not easy to find. (Contents)

WHITE, GILL(ian) (1945- ); see pseudonym Georgina Fleming

• * *The Plague Stone (Century 0-7126-3749-4, Apr ’90, £12.95, 222pp, hc, cover by Pat Doyle) Horror novel.
• * _The Plague Stone (Arrow 0-09-984640-3, Jul ’91 [Aug ’91], £3.99, 222pp, pb) Reprint (Century 1990) horror novel.

WHITE, JAMES (1928-1999) (stories) (chron.)

• * _The Aliens Among Us (Orbit 0-7088-8258-7, Mar ’88, £2.95, 217pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1969) sf collection.
• * _All Judgement Fled (Orbit 0-7088-8222-6, May ’87, £2.50, 215pp, pb) Reprint (Rapp & Whiting 1968) sf novel.
• * _All Judgement Fled (Macdonald 0-356-14397-X, Aug ’87, £10.95, 224pp, hc) Reprint (Rapp & Whiting 1968) sf novel. [Not seen]
• * _Ambulance Ship (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8183-1, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £1.95, 184pp, pb) [Sector General] Reprint (Ballantine 1979) collection of three linked sf stories in the “Sector General” series. This edition differs from the Corgi 1980 edition which adds the story “The Spacebird”.
• * _Ambulance Ship (Macdonald 0-356-14003-2, May ’87 [Aug ’87], £10.95, 184pp, hc) [Sector General] Reprint (Ballantine 1979) sf collection.
• * _Code Blue — Emergency (Orbit 0-7088-4364-6, Nov ’89, £3.50, 280pp, pb) [Sector General] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel, introducing a fascinating new protagonist into the Sector General series, in the form of the alien nurse Cha Thrat. Strongly recommended. Volume 7 in the series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Code Blue — Emergency (Severn House 0-7278-4090-8, Sep ’90, £12.95, 280pp, hc) [Sector General] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel. First world hardcover. In the “Sector General” series.
• * *Code Blue—Emergency! (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34172-4, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $2.95, 280pp, pb) [Sector General] Sf novel in the “Sector General” series.
• * *Federation World (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35263-7, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 283pp, pb) Sf novel, a Galactic Federation/First Contact tale based on several short stories from Analog. (Contents)
• * _Federation World (Orbit 0-7088-8335-4, Jun ’90, £3.50, 283pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1988) sf novel, based on a series of short stories in Analog. Recommended. (PSP)
• * *Final Diagnosis (Tor 0-312-86148-6, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $22.95, 284pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) [Sector General] SF novel in the “Sector General” series. A new disease crosses between different species.
• * _Final Diagnosis (Tor 0-812-56268-2, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by John Berkey) [Sector General] Reprint (Tor 1997) SF novel in the “Sector General” series.
• * *Futures Past (Orbit 0-7088-8250-1, Jan ’88, £2.50, 228pp, pb) Sf collection, revised from Ballantine 1982 edition. This version drops ‘Spacebird’ and includes the previously-uncollected ‘Custom Fitting’ — worth the price of admission on its own! Highly recommended. (PSP) (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Galactic Gourmet (Tor 0-312-86167-2, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $22.95, 288pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) [Sector General] SF novel in the “Sector General” series. The greatest chef in the galactic federation takes on the greatest challenge in the galaxy — making hospital food palatable.
• * _The Galactic Gourmet (Tor 0-812-56267-4, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by John Berkey) [Sector General] Reprint (Tor 1996) SF novel in the “Sector General” series.
• * *The Genocidal Healer (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37109-7, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $4.99, 219pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Sector General] Sf novel of a surgeon who accidentally kills most of the population of a planet, and becomes an alien psychologist to atone. Part of the “Sector General” series.
• * _The Genocidal Healer (SFBC #19557, Mar ’92, $6.98, 319pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Sector General] Reprint (Del Rey 1992) sf novel of a surgeon who accidentally kills most of the population of a planet, and becomes an alien psychologist to atone. Part of the “Sector General” series. The SFBC number is on the back jacket; the spine says Del Rey. First hardcover edition.
• * _Hospital Station (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32068-9, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $2.50, 191pp, pb) [Sector General] Reissue (Ballantine 1962) sf novel. Fifth printing. First in the “Sector General” series.
• * _Hospital Station (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8181-5, May ’86, £1.95, 191pp, pb) [Sector General] Reprint (Ballantine 1962) sf novel.
• * _Hospital Station (Macdonald 0-356-12149-6, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £9.95, 191pp, hc) [Sector General] Reprint (Ballantine 1962) sf novel; library edition.
• * *The Interpreters/A Novacon Garland (with David Langford) (Birmingham Science Fiction Group no ISBN, Nov ’85, £1.50, 14+15pp, ph) Original back-to-back collection of an original short story by James White, and two parodies (one original) by David Langford. Issued in a limited edition of 600 numbered copies, to coincide with their Guest of Honour appearances at Novacon 15. (Contents)
• * _AllJudgement Fled (Old Earth Books 1-882968-07-7, Aug ’96, $15.00, 190pp, tp, cover by Julie Burris) Reprint (Rapp & Whiting 1968) SF novel. This is a facsimile of the first edition. Available from Old Earth Books, PO Box 19951, Baltimore MD 21211-0951.
• * _Major Operation (Orbit 0-7088-8185-8, Feb ’87, £1.95, 183pp, pb) [Sector General] Reprint (Ballantine 1971) collection of 5 linked short stories. Volume 3 in the “Sector General” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Mind Changer (Tor 0-312-86663-1, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $23.95, 301pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) [Sector General] SF novel in the “Sector General” series. Chief psychologist O’Mara’s forced retirement triggers flashbacks covering his career at the space-station hospital.
• * _Sector General (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34627-0, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $2.95, 196pp, pb) [Sector General] Reissue (Del Rey 1983) collection of 4 novelettes in the “Sector General” series; 5th printing.
• * _Sector General (Orbit 0-7088-8186-6, Sep ’87, £2.50, 196pp, pb) [Sector General] Reprint (Del Rey 1983) original sf collection. Volume 5 in the “Sector General” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Silent Stars Go By (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37110-0, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $5.99, 441pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Alternate-history sf novel of a world ruled by an Irish Empire at the threshold of interstellar travel.
• * *Star Healer (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32089-1, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $2.75, 217pp, pb) [Sector General] Sf novel, part of the “Sector General” series.
• * _Star Healer (Orbit 0-7088-8187-4, Nov ’87, £2.50, 217pp, pb) [Sector General] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel. Volume 6 in the “Sector General” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Surgeon (Orbit 0-7088-8188-2, Dec ’86, £1.95, 156pp, pb) [Sector General] Reprint (Ballantine 1963) sf novel, “Sector General” #2.
• * _Star Surgeon (Macdonald 0-356-14794-0, Nov ’87, £10.95, 160pp, hc) [Sector General] Reprint (Ballantine 1963) sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Sector General” series. [Not seen]
• * _The Watch Below (Old Earth Books 1-882968-08-5, Aug ’96, $15.00, 192pp, tp, cover by Julie Burris) Reprint (Ronald Whiting & Wheaton 1966) SF novel. This is a facsimile of the first edition. Available from Old Earth Books, PO Box 19951, Baltimore MD 21211-0951.
• * *The White Papers (NESFA Press 0-915368-71-4, Sep ’96, $25.00, 395pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Collection of 10 stories, one original, and nine fan articles. Four of the stories are in the “Sector General” series, which is also discussed in notes and a timeline by Gary Lovisi. There are introductions by Mike Resnick, Bruce Pelz, and a 1992 program book introduction by Walt Willis. This edition was published in honor of White’s appearance as Guest of Honor at L.A.con III, the 1996 World SF convention. A boxed edition (-72-2) was also announced, but not seen. Order from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701-0203; add $2.00 postage. (Contents)

WHITE, JAMES GORDON

• * _The Beast (with Marie Ardell White) See entry under Marie Ardell White.
• * *The Nomad Queen (Leisure 0-8439-3437-9, Apr ’93, $4.50, 319pp, pb, cover by Jael) [Nomad Queen] Fantasy novel, first book of a new series about a defeated queen on a quest to liberate her people. This ends in a literal cliffhanger, with crumbling soil yet.

WHITE, JOHN (1924- )

• * _The Iron Sceptre (Minstrel 1-85424-041-2, Sep ’88, £3.95, 408pp, pb) [Archives of Anthropos] Reprint (Inter-Varsity Press 1981) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Archives of Anthropos” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Sword Bearer (InterVarsity 0-87784-590-5, 1986 [Jun ’86], $7.95, 294pp, pb) [Archives of Anthropos] Fantasy novel, third in a trilogy of fantasies with religious elements.
• * _The Sword Bearer (Monarch 1-85424-003-X, Mar ’89, £3.50, 294pp, pb, cover by Vic Mitchell) [Archives of Anthropos] Reprint (InterVarsity Press 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Archives of Anthropos” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Tower of Geburah (Monarch 1-85424-012-9, Mar ’89, £3.99, 402pp, pb, cover by Vic Mitchell) [Archives of Anthropos] Reissue (InterVarsity Press 1978) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Archives of Anthropos” series.

WHITE, JON (Ewbank) MANCHIP (1924- ) (stories)

• * *Whistling Past the Churchyard: Strange Tales from a Superstitious Welshman (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-487-X, Oct ’92, $21.00, 227pp, hc, cover by Max Klinger) Original collection of 17 ghost stories set in Wales. (Contents)

WHITE, JUDE (née Gilliam) (1947- ); see pseudonym Jude Deveraux

WHITE, MARIE ARDELL

• * *The Beast (with James Gordon White) (Leisure 0-8439-3618-5, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.50, 365pp, pb) Horror novel. Evil creature waits to consume souls of the innocent.

WHITE, MARK J.

• * *An Idol Killing (AK Press 1-873176-89-9, 1997 [Feb ’98], $12.95, 222pp, tp, cover by Bruce Grant) Near-future SF novel. A rock star/eco-activist is murdered in a Britain facing ecological collapse. This is copyrighted 1997, but not seen until now.

WHITE, MATTHEW

• * *The Official Prisoner Companion (with Jaffer Ali) (Warner 0-446-38744-4, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $9.95, 244pp, tp) Non-fiction, reference. Complete guide to the tv series.

WHITE, MEL (1949- ) (stories)

• * _Duncan and Mallory (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Duncan and Mallory: The Bar-None Ranch (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Duncan and Mallory: The Raiders (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.

WHITE, MELVIN R.

• * _The Tell-Tale Heart (with Edgar Allan Poe) See entry under Edgar Allan Poe.

WHITE, MICHAEL (stories) (chron.)

• * *Asimov: The Unauthorized Life (Millennium 1-85798-120-0, May ’94, £17.99, 257pp, hc) Non-fiction; biography. [Asimov]
• * _Asimov: The Unauthorized Life (Millennium 1-85798-605-9, Sep ’95, £5.99, 257pp, pb) Reprint (Millennium 1994) biography of the late author. A revealing view of Asimov, even though many friends refused to be interviewed. [Asimov]

WHITE, STEVE; pseudonym of Robert McGarvey, (1948- ) (chron.)

• * _Crusade (with David M. Weber) See entry under David M. Weber
• * *Debt of Ages (Baen 0-671-87689-9, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $5.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Disinherited] SF novel, third in the series that began with The Disinherited. King Arthur saved humanity from aliens, but now needs rescue himself.
• * *The Disinherited (Baen 0-671-72194-1, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $4.99, 266pp, pb, cover by Paul Alexander) [Disinherited] Sf novel of the imminent approach of warlike aliens to a near-future Earth where the US Space Force is mankind’s only defense.
• * _In Death Ground (with David M. Weber) See entry under David M. Weber
• * _Insurrection (with David M. Weber) See entry under David M. Weber
• * *Legacy (Baen 0-671-87643-0, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $5.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Disinherited] SF novel, sequel to The Disinherited. The U.S. Space Force meets King Arthur in a battle to save the universe.
• * *Prince of Sunset (Baen 0-671-87869-7, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $5.99, pb) [Prince of Sunset] SF novel. Alien “dragons” help recent graduates of the Imperial Deep Space Fleet Academy save the galaxy.

WHITE, T(erence) H(anbury) (1906-1964) (stories)

• * _The Book of Merlyn (Fontana 0-00-615725-4, Dec ’87, £2.95, 176pp, tp) [Once and Future King] Reissue (University of Texas Press 1977) fantasy novel.
• * _The Book of Merlyn (Fontana 0-00-615725-4, 1994 [Jan ’95], £3.99, 176pp, tp) [Once and Future King] Reprint (University of Texas 1977) fantasy novel, sequel to The Once and Future King. Includes a prologue by Sylvia Townsend Warner.
• * _The Elephant and the Kangaroo (NAL Signet 0-451-16015-0, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 237pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1947) comic fantasy novel about an English writer trying to save the world from a second Flood.
• * _England Have My Bones (Berkley 0-425-08668-2, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $6.95, 306pp, pb) Reprint (Collins 1936) non-fiction; White’s tribute to his native land. It’s packaged like a fantasy, but is of associational interest only.
• * _Letters of a Friend (Berkley 0-425-06816-1, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $6.95, 286pp, tp) Reprint (Putnam 1982). Non-fiction, associational.
• * _Mistress Masham’s Repose (Ace 0-441-53577-1, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.95, 231pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1946) juvenile fantasy novel, with the original illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg. This is the first Ace printing after a Berkley edition.
• * _Mistress Masham’s Repose (ACC Children’s Classics 1-85149-700-5, Sep ’98 [Nov ’98], $24.95, 158pp, hc, cover by Martin Hargreaves) Reprint (Cape 1947) young-adult fantasy novel, with new illustrations by Martin Hargreaves. Introduction by Anne Fine.