published in paperback in four separate volumes; Tor, Oct 90)
Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy (Writer's Digest Books, 90)
The Abyss with Jim Cameron (science fiction, novel based on the
film The Abyss, Pocket, May 89); in French translation as Abyss
(J'ai Lu, 89); in German translation as Abyss: In der Tiefe de
Meeres (Bastei Lubbe); Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, and
Portuguese editions forthcoming.
The Folk of the Fringe (science fiction, collection of linked
stories, Phantasia Press/Tor, Apr 89)
Prentice Alvin (vol. 3 of Tales of Alvin Maker; American fantasy,
Tor, Feb 89); UK edition Century/Legend
Treason (science fiction, St. Martin's Press, Oct 88; revised
edition of A Planet Called Treason, 10% new material)
Character and Viewpoint (Writer's Digest Books, Aug 88)
Red Prophet (vol. 2 of Tales of Alvin Maker; American fantasy,
Tor, Jan 88); UK edition (Century/Legend); in German translation
as Der Rote Prophet (Bastei Lubbe) Hugo finalist 89, Nebula
Finalist 88, Locus Award (best fantasy novel) 89
Wyrms (science fiction novel, Arbor House/Tor, Jun 87); UK
edition (Century/Legend); in German translation as Die Stadt am
Ende der Welt (Bastei Lubbe)
Seventh Son (vol. 1 of Tales of Alvin Maker; American fantasy,
Tor, Jun 87); UK edition (Century/Legend); in German translation
as Der Siebente Sohn (Bastei Lubbe) Hugo finalist 88, World
Fantasy finalist 88, Mythopoeic Society Award 88, Locus Award
(best fantasy novel) 88
Cardography (fantasy collection, Hypatia Press, Mar 87; all
stories to be incorporated in Maps in a Mirror)
Speaker for the Dead (science fiction, Tor, Feb 86); UK edition
(Century); in French translation as La Voix des Morts (Opta); in
German translation as Sprecher fur die Toten (Bastei Lubbe); in
Spanish translation as La Voz de los Muertos: La Saga de Ender
(Nova) Nebula Award 86, Hugo Award 87, Locus Award 87, SF
Chronicle Readers Poll Award 87
Ender's Game (science fiction novel, Tor, Jan 85, based on 1977
novelet "Ender's Game"); UK edition (Century); in French
translation as La Strategie Ender (Opta); in German translation
as Das Grosse Spiel (Bastei Lubbe); in Spanish translation as El
Juego de Ender (Nova); in Japanese translation (S.I. Hayakawa);
in Dutch translation as Ender Wint (Meulenhoff) Nebula Award 85,
Hugo Award 86, Hamilton-Brackett Award 86, SF Chronicle Reade
Saints (historical novel, Berkley, Jan 84 [as Woman of Destiny];
Tor, Apr 88); named Book of the Year by Association for Mormon
Letters The Worthing Chronicle (science fiction novel, Ace, Jul
83; included in The Worthing Saga, qv)
Hart's Hope (fantasy, Berkley, Jan 83; Tor, Feb 88); in French
translation as Espoir-du-cerf (Denoel); in Spanish translation as
Esperanza del Venado (Nova Fantasia); in German translation as
Die Hirschbraut (Bastei Lubbe)
Saintspeak (humor, Signature/Orion, 82)
Ainge (sports biography, Signature, 82; out of print)
Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories (story collection, science
fiction, Dial/Dell, 80; out of print in U.S.); in German
translation as Play Kosmos (Bastei Lubbe); in French translation
as Sonate sans Accompagnement (Denoel); in Japanese translation
as Mubanso Sonata (Hayakawa Publishing)
Songmaster (science fiction, Dial/Dell, 79, 80; Tor, 87, slightly
revised); UK edition (Orbit); in German translation as
Meistersanger (Bastei Lubbe); in Dutch translation as
Zangermeester (Meulenhoff); in Spanish translation as Maestro
Cantor (Nova Ciencia Ficcion) Hamilton-Brackett Memorial Award 81
A Planet Called Treason (science fiction, St. Martin's/Dell,
78,79; permanently out of print; replaced by Treason, qv); UK
edition A Planet Called Treason (Pan); in Dutch translation as
Werald Van Verraad (Elmar); in French translation as Une Planete
Nommee Trahison (Denoel); in Spanish translation as Un Planeta
Llamado Traicion (Nebulae)
Hot Sleep (science fiction, Baronet/Ace, 78; permanently out of
print; replaced by Worthing Chronicle, qv)
Capitol (story collection, science fiction, Baronet/Ace, 78;
permanently out of print; much material included in The Worthing
Saga); in German translation as Capitol (Bastei Lubbe)
Listen, Mom and Dad (child-rearing book, Bookcraft, 78; out of
print)
BOOKS EDITED
Turning Hearts: Stories of Family Life (LDS short stories,
Bookcraft, 1994)
Future on Fire (best science fiction of the 1980s, vol. 1, Tor,
90)
Dragons of Light (fantasy, Ace, 80; Bart, 88)
Dragons of Darkness (fantasy, Ace, 81; Bart, 88)
SHORT WORKS AND TECHNICAL WRITING
Bibliographic Abbreviations:
Anlg = Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact (Davis)
Asim = Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (Davis)
BeOm = Best of Omni Science Fiction (Omni International)
Capi = Capitol: The Worthing Chronicle (Ace)
Chry = Chrysalis (Zebra); ed. Roy Torgeson
Crdy = Cardography (Hypatia)
Dest = Destinies (Ace); ed. Jim Baen
F&SF = The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Mercury)
FFrn = The Folk of the Fringe (Phantasia Press)
Frnd = The Friend (LDS Church)
Omni = Omni Magazine (Omni International)
Saga = The Worthing Saga (Tor, collection)
SFR = Science Fiction Review; ed. Richard Geis
UnSo = Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories (Dial/Dell)
WrDi = Writers Digest
YBSF = The Year's Best Science Fiction (Bluejay/Tor);
ed. Gardner Dozois
STORIES
"Adagio And Benediction" Chry 5 (79)
"America" Asim Jan 87; FFrn
"And What Will We Do Tomorrow?" Capi; Saga
"The Best Family Home Evening Ever" Frnd 77 (pseud. Byron Walley)
"Bicicleta" Frnd 77 (pseud. Byron Walley)
"Billy's Box" Frnd 77 (pseud. Byron Walley)
"Breaking the Game" Anlg Jan 79; Capi; Saga
"The Bully and the Beast" Other Worlds 1 (Zebra); Dragon Tales
(Fawcett); Crdy
"Burning" Capi
"But We Try Not to Act Like It" Dest Aug 79 (Ace)
"Carthage City" Asim Sep 87; contained in Red Prophet
"The Changed Man and the King of Words" Omni Dec 82
"Clap Hands and Sing" BeOm #3"Closing the Timelid" F&SF Dec 79;
UnSo
"A Cross-country Trip to Kill Richard Nixon" Chry 7 (79)
"Deep Breathing Exercises" Omni Jul 79; BeOm #4
"Dogwalker" Asim Nov 89
"Dowser" Asim Dec 88; contained in Prentice Alvin
"Ender's Game" Anlg Aug 77; UnSo; The Future at War vol. 2 The
Spear of Mars (Ace) ed. Reginald Bretnor; There Will Be War (Tor)
ed. J.E. Pournelle; Analog Readers' Choice (Dial) ed. Stanley
Schmidt; Analog Anthology #2, 82; rewritten as novel Ender's
Game; Hugo finalist 78
"Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory" Chry 4; UnSo; in German
translationas "Das Scheusal aus dem Waschraum im vierten Stock,"
Playboy ScienceFiction: Am Vorabend des St. Poleander-Tages
(Moewig); Fantasy Annual III (Timescape/Pocket) ed. Terry Carr;
Terrors (Berkley)
"Eye for Eye" Asim Mar 87; Japanese trans. in Hayakawa's SF
Magazine #11, fall 88; Hugo award 88; "Japanese Hugo" 89
"Fat Farm" Omni Jan 80; BeOm #4
"Feed the Baby of Love" The Bradbury Chronicles (Roc) ed. WIlliam
F. Nolan and Martin H. Greenberg
"Follower" Anlg Feb 78
"The Fringe" F&SF Oct 85; 85 Nebula anthology; YBSF 3; FFrn;
Nebula finalist 85, Hugo finalist 86
"Geriatric Ward" Last Dangerous Visions (who knows?) ed. Harlan
Ellison
"Gert Fram" Ensign Jul 77 (pseud. Byron Walley; with Nancy Allen)
"Hard Driver" Gallery Nov 79 (original title: "Freeway Games")
"Happy Head" Anlg Apr 78
"Hart's Hope" (novella version) Chry 8 (80); rewritten as novel
Hart's Hope
"Hatrack River" Asim Aug 86; Japanese trans. in SF Magazine #11,
fall 88; contained in Seventh Son; YBSF 4; Nebula finalist 86,
Hugo finalist 87, World Fantasy Award winner 87
"Hitching" Mountainwest 78
"Holy" New Dimensions 10 (Harper & Row) ed. Robert Silverberg
"In the Doghouse" (with Jay A. Parry) Anlg Dec 78
"I Put My Blue Genes On" Anlg Aug 78; UnSo
"I Think Mom and Dad Are Going Crazy, Jerry" New Era 78
"Killing Children" Anlg Nov 78; Capi; Saga
"Kingsmeat" Analog Yearbook (Baronet) ed. Ben Bova; UnSo
"Lifeloop" Anlg Oct 78; Capi; Saga
"Lost Boys" F&SF Oct 89
"Malpractice" Anlg Nov 77
"Middle Woman" Dragons of Darkness (Ace) ed. Orson Scott Card
(pseud. Byron Walley); Crdy
"Mikal's Songbird" Anlg May 78; contained in Songmaster; Nebula
finalist 78, Hugo finalist 79
"The Monkeys Thought 'Twas All in Fun" Anlg May 79; UnSo; in
German translation, as "Alles nur Spass, dachten die Affen"
Abenteuer Weltraum (Bastei Lubbe)
"Mortal Gods" F&SF Jan 79; UnSo
"Notes from a Guardian Angel" serialized in 7th East Press,
Provo, Utah, during much of 82; the paper was forced out of
business before the serial was completed)
"The Originist" Foundation's Friends, ed. Martin Harry Greenberg
(Tor, 89)
"Pageant Wagon" FFrn; Asim Jul 89
"A Plague of Butterflies" Amazing Nov 81; Dragons of Darkness
"Porcelain Salamander" UnSo; Crdy
"The Princess and the Bear" Berkley Showcase I (Berkley); in
Italian translation as "La Principessa e l'Orso," Sandro
Pergameno, ed., Fantasy (Editrice Nord); Year's Best Fantasy
Stories: 7 (DAW) ed. Arthur W. Saha; Crdy
"Prior Restraint" Aboriginal Science Fiction Sep 86
"Quietus" Omni Aug 79; BeOm #4
"Runaway" Asim Jun 87; contained in Prentice Alvin
"St. Amy's Tale" Omni Dec 80; A Spadeful of Spacetime (Ace) ed.
Fred Saberhagen; BeOm #4; First Omni Book of Science Fiction ed.
Ellen Datlow
"Salvage" Asim Jan 86; 86 Nebula anthology; FFrn
"Sandmagic" Swords Against Darkness 4 (Zebra) ed. Andrew Offutt;
Crdy
"Saving Grace" Night Cry Fall 87
"Second Chance" Dest Jan 79; Capi; Saga
"Sepulcher of Songs" Omni Jun 81; BeOm #6; 2nd Omni Book of
Science Fiction ed. Ellen Datlow
"Skipping Stones" Capi; Saga
"A Sleep and a Forgetting" Capi
"Songhouse" Anlg Sep 79; contained in Songmaster; Hugo finalist 80
"The Stars That Blink" Capi
"A Thousand Deaths" Omni Dec 78; Capi
"Unaccompanied Sonata" Omni Mar 79; The 1980 Annual World's Best
Science Fiction (DAW) ed. Donald A. Wollheim; BeOm #1; 1980
Nebula anthology; Nebula finalist 79, Hugo finalist 80
"West" Alien Stars: Free Lances (Baen) ed. Betsy Mitchell; FFrn
"When No One Remembers His Name, Does God Retire?" Capi
TECHNICAL WRITING (partial listing)
"Alive and in Living Color" Ahoy Oct 85
"Anyone's Adventures in Wonderland" Ahoy Sep 84
"Bringing the Screen to Life" Ahoy Jan 85
"Constructing the Ideal Computer Game" Compute! Jul 83, Aug 83
"The Emerald Elephant of Cipangu" Ahoy Oct 84
"Fontbyter" Compute! Sep 83; Compute!'s Second Book of Atari
Graphics (with Carl Zahrt)
"The Four-Color Character Modes" Compute!'s Second Book of Atari
Graphics
"From the Player to the Screen" Ahoy Jun 84
"A Gameboard Bigger Than the Screen" Ahoy Mar 85
"Gameplay" Compute! (game review column) May 88-present
"Gypsy Starship" Ahoy Dec 85
"Home Computer Games Grow Up" Compute! Nov 83
"How Do Games Play?" Ahoy Feb 85
"Interrupting Your Way to Fast Motion" Ahoy Nov 85
"The Joy of Sticks" Ahoy Apr 85
"Learning is More Fun Than Blasting Aliens" Ahoy Mar 86
"Little Windows" Ahoy Feb 86
"Make Your Own Characters" Compute!'s First Book of Commodore 64
Sound and Graphics
"Moving Through Color Memory" Ahoy May 85
"One Letter Is a Thousand Pictures" Ahoy Dec 84
"Reading the Keyboard Codes" Compute!'s Third Book of Atari
"Rockets, Boats, and Pigs in Pokes" Ahoy Sept 85
"Screenbyter" Compute! Dec 83; Compute!'s Second Book of Atari
Graphics (with Carl Zahrt)
"Sing a Song of Anything" Ahoy Jun 85
"Sputter Pop Hiss Chop Flap Crash Slurp Mash" Ahoy Aug 85
"Thinking It Through: How to Plan a Videogame" Compute!'s Second
Book of Commodore 64 Games; Compute!'s Second Book of VIC Games
"Trio Allegretto" Ahoy Jul 85
"What Are Your Words Worth?" Ahoy Aug 84