Walter Jon Williams

PUBLICATIONS

NOVELS

  • AMBASSADOR OF PROGRESS, Tor, 1984
  • KNIGHT MOVES, Tor 1985 (Philip K. Dick Award Nominee)
  • HARDWIRED, Tor, 1986
  • VOICE OF THE WHIRLWIND, Tor, May 1987
  • THE CROWN JEWELS, Tor, Sep 1987
  • HOUSE OF SHARDS, Tor, Nov 1988
  • ANGEL STATION, Tor, July 1989
  • FACETS (collection): Tor, Mar 1990.
  • ELEGY FOR ANGELS AND DOGS, Tor Double (with Roger Zelazny's THE GRAVEYARD HEART), Aug 1990. (A shorter version was published in ASIMOV's, May 1990.
  • DAYS OF ATONEMENT, Tor, Feb 1991.
  • ARISTOI, Tor, Sept 1992.
  • METROPOLITAN, HarperCollins, April 1995 (Nebula Nominee)
  • ROCK OF AGES, Tor, September 1995
  • CITY ON FIRE, HarperCollins, January 1997. (Hugo and Nebula Nominee)
  • THE RIFT (as Walter J. Williams), HarperCollins, August 1999

HISTORICAL NOVELS (as "Jon Williams")

  • TO GLORY ARISE, published by Dell as THE PRIVATEER, 1981.
  • THE TERN SCHOONER, published by Dell as THE YANKEE, 1981.
  • BRIG OF WAR, published by Dell as THE RAIDER, 1981.
  • THE MACEDONIAN, Dell, 1981.
  • CAT ISLAND, Dell, 1981.

SHORT FICTION

  • "Side Effects," THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, June, 1985. Reprinted in YEAR'S BEST SF, 3rd Collection, Bluejay, 1986.
  • "Sarah Runs the Weasel," OMNI, serialized March-April, 1986.
  • "Panzerboy," ISAAC ASIMOV'S SF MAGAZINE, April, 1986.
  • "Video Star," ISAAC ASIMOV'S SF MAGAZINE, July, 1986. Reprinted in YEAR'S BEST SF, 4th Collection, St. Martin's, 1987
  • "Wolf Time," ISAAC ASIMOV'S SF MAGAZINE, January 1987.
  • "Witness," WILD CARDS (original anthology), ed. George RR Martin, Bantam Books, January 1987. Nebula nominee.
  • "Unto the Sixth Generation," ACES HIGH (original anthology), ed. George RR Martin, Bantam Books, April 1987.
  • "Dinosaurs," ISAAC ASIMOV'S SF MAGAZINE, June 1987. Reprinted in YEAR'S BEST SF, 5th Collection, St. Martin's, 1988. Hugo nominee.
  • "Ligdan and the Young Pretender," GUNS OF DARKNESS, ed. J.E. Pournelle, June 1987.
  • "Surfacing," ISAAC ASIMOV'S SF MAGAZINE, April 1988. Hugo and Nebula nominee. Reprinted in YEAR'S BEST SF, 6th Collection, St. Martin's, 1989.
  • "Consequences," CALL TO BATTLE, ed. Jerry Pournelle, Sept. 1988. Also in LIAVEK: FESTIVAL WEEK, Ed. Shetterly and Bull, Ace, May 1990.
  • "Flatline," ISAAC ASIMOV'S SF MAGAZINE, August 1988. Reprinted in YEAR'S BEST SF, 6th Collection, St. Martin's, 1989.
  • "The Bob Dylan Solution," ABORIGINAL SF, Sept-Oct 1989.
  • "Mortality," DOWN AND DIRTY (original anthology), ed. George RR Martin, Bantam Books, Dec. 1988
  • "Solip:System," (special edition hardback novelette), Axolotl Press, October, 1989. Reprinted in ASIMOV's, Aug. 1990.
  • WILD CARDS: ACE IN THE HOLE, (collaborative mosaic novel w/Martin, Snodgrass, etc.). Bantam, Feb 1990. 11
  • "No Spot of Ground," ISAAC ASIMOV'S SF MAGAZINE, Nov. 1989, and WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, v.II, Benford & Greenberg, Bantam.
  • "Prayers on the Wind," WHEN THE MUSIC'S OVER, ed. Lewis Shiner, Bantam, May 1991. Reprinted YEAR'S BEST SF, Ninth Annual Collection, St. Martin's, 1992. Nebula nominee.
  • "Erogenoscape," ISAAC ASIMOV'S SF MAGAZINE, Nov 1991
  • "When Night's Black Agents to Their Preys Do Rouse," WILD CARDS IX: JOKERTOWN SHUFFLE, ed. George RR Martin, Bantam, Sept 1991.
  • WILD CARDS XI: DEALER'S CHOICE, (collaborative mosaic novel w/Martin, Bryant, etc.) Bantam, Nov 1992
  • "Wall, Stone, Craft," Axolotl Press Special Edition, Sept 1993. Reprinted in ASIMOV'S, Oct 1993. Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Award nominee.
  • "Feeding Frenzy," WILD CARDS: MARKED CARDS, ed. George RR Martin, Baen, March 1994.
  • "Red Elvis," ALTERNATE OUTLAWS, ed. Mike Resnick, Tor, October 1994
  • "Broadway Johnny," WARRIORS OF BLOOD AND DREAM, ed. Roger Zelazny, Avon, June 1995
  • "Woundhealer," AN ARMORY OF SWORDS, ed. Fred Saberhagen, Tor, June 1995.
  • "Foreign Devils," ASIMOV'S, January 1996
  • "Lethe," ASIMOV'S September 1997. Reprinted in YEAR'S BEST SF, FIFTEENTH ANNUAL COLLECTION, ed. Dozois, 1998. Nebula nominee
  • "The Picture Business," ASIMOV'S, February 1998.
  • "Daddy's World," NOT OF WOMAN BORN, ed. Constance Ash, Roc, March 1999. Reprinted in YEAR'S BEST SF, SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL COLLECTION, ed. Dozois, 2000.
  • "Argonautica" (novella), ASIMOV'S, Oct-Nov 1999
  • "The Stolen Command" (shorter stand-alone version of "Argonautica"), THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF MEN O' WAR: STORIES FROM THE GLORY DAYS OF SAIL, ed. Mike Ashley, Carrol and Graf, 1999.

GAMES

  • PRIVATEERS AND GENTLEMEN, Fantasy Games, 1981.
  • HARDWIRED, R. Talsorian Games, 1990.

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