Kate Wilhelm Books In Order
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The Gorgon Field | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Hamlet Trap | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dark Door | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Smart House | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sweet, Sweet Poison | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Seven Kinds of Death | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Flush of Shadows | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All For One | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sister Angel | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Torch Song | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
With Thimbles, With Forks, and Hope | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Whisper Her Name | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Barbara Holloway Books
Death Qualified: A Mystery of Chaos | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best Defense | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Malice Prepense / For the Defense | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Defense for the Devil | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No Defense | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Desperate Measures | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Clear and Convincing Proof | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Unbidden Truth | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sleight of Hand | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Wrongful Death | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cold Case | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heaven is High | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
By Stone By Blade By Fire | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mirror, Mirror | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
The Mile-Long Spaceship | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
More Bitter Than Death | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Clone | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Andover and the Android | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Nevermore Affair | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Killer Thing / The Killing Thing | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Let the Fire Fall | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Margaret and I | (1971) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
City of Cain | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Infinity Box | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Clewiston Test | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fault Lines | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Juniper Time | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Sense of Shadow | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Winter Beach | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Oh, Susannah! | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Welcome, Chaos | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Huysman's Pets | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Crazy Time | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cambio Bay | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Justice for Some | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Good Children | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Deepest Water | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Skeletons | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Price of Silence | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death of an Artist | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Fullness of Time | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Forever Yours, Anna (in Omni) | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Naming the Flowers | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I Know What You’re Thinking (in Asimov's) | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Moongate | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In Between | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The House Share | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Downstairs Room, The | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Abyss | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Better Than One | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Listen, Listen | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Children of the Wind | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
And the Angels Sing | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fear is a Cold Black | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bird Cage | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Music Makers | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume One | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume Two | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Yesterday's Tomorrows | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of Orbit Science Fiction Yearbooks Books
The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Two | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Nebula Awards Books
Nebula Awards 1 | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 3 | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 4 | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 5 | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 21 | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 22 | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 23 | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 24 | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 26 | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 27 | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 28 | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 29 | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 30 | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards31 | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 34 (2000) | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 36 (2002) | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 37 (2003) | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 39 (2005) | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 43 (2009) | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 45 (2011) | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 46 (2012) | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 50 (2016) | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 51 (2017) | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 52 (2018) | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 53 (2019) | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
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Publication Order of Isaac Asimov's Anthology Books
Isaac Asimov's Worlds of Science Fiction | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Near Futures and Far | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Fantasy! | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Aliens | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Robots | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's SF-Lite | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's War | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Cyberdreams | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Ghosts | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Christmas | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Camelot | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Detectives | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Valentines | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Werewolves | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Solar System | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Utopias | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Father Day | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Halloween | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Orbit 6 | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Orbit 11 | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Awards 9 | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Clarion SF | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, October 1986 | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Omni Magazine, July 1987 | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Seventh Omni Book of Science Fiction | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best New Horror 4 | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Giant Book of Terror | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1994 | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Angels! | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret History of Science Fiction | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kate Wilhelm was an American writer born in 1928. Kate unfortunately passed away on March 8th, 2018.
+Biography
Growing up as Kate Gertrude Meredith in Toledo Ohio, Kate Wilhelm, daughter to Jesse and Ann Meredith, attended high school in Louisville, Kentucky.
She dipped her toe into a number of fields, working as a model for a while before becoming a sales clerk, telephone operator, switchboard operator and eventually foraying into the world of insurance as an underwriter.
Kate married Joseph Wilhelm in 1947, the couple bearing two sons. They divorced in 1962, with Kate marrying Damon Knight in 1963. The couple lived in Eugene, Oregon until her husband’s death in 2002.
+Literary Career
Kate Wilhelm’s first published work ‘The Pint-Size Genie’ hit the shelves in October of 1956 in that month’s issue of Fantastic. One year later, one of her stories appeared in John W. Campbell’s Astounding Science Fiction, with nearly a dozen of her speculative stories eventually undergoing publication between 1958 and 1959.
The author’s first foray into the science fiction arena came in the form of ‘The Clone’, the story, published in 1965 and written with the assistance of Theodore L. Thomas, making waves at the Nebula Awards that year.
Over the last several decades, Kate Wilhelm’s works have appeared in publications like Orbit, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Fantastic, Asimov’s Science Fiction, Locus, Omni and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine to mention but a few.
Her relationship with Damon Knight might have played a notable role in the success she received later on in life, Damon Knight having gained renown not only for the authors he mentored but his efforts in the establishment of the Milford Writer’s Workshop and the Clarion Writer’s Workshop.
Kate Wilhelm has made an effort to continuing hosting monthly workshops since her husband’s death.
+Awards
Kate Wilhelm has won many awards during her many years as an author, this not taking into account her induction into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2003.
She received the Solstice Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2009, the purpose of which was to recognize the significant impact she had had upon the science fiction arena.
She has also won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story (1968), the Hugo Award for Best Novel (1977) and the Locus Award for Best Novel (1977) to mention but a few.
Kate Wilhelm’s works are diverse, ranging from mysteries to courtroom dramas and science fiction stories.
+Huysman’s Pet
Stanley Huysman is a Nobel Prize-winning scientist. He has spent the last few years of his life pursuing far-out experiments that have never attracted much interest from the scientific community.
It isn’t until Huysman finally dies that his visionary genius becomes clear, this after Irma, his window contracts the services of Drew Lancaster to write Stanley’s Biography.
Upon exploring Stanley’s files and notes, Drew comes to learn of the extent of Huysman’s success, that he had actually induced telepathy in his subjects via genetic manipulation.
More than that, Clyde Dohemy, Stanley’s assistant, had taken over the project with the purpose of attracting lucrative funding.
Driven to act, Drew seeks out the assistance of his ex-wife along with Irma and a collection of young individuals that knew about Huysman’s experiments with the purpose of trapping Dohemy. Instead, the group is drawn into a web of secrets involving gambling casinos, senate files, and the secret service.
Huysman’s pet is an irresistible read especially for science fiction fans, painting images of mad scientists, experimental primates, and devious conspiracies; one of Kate Wilhelm’s more notable science fiction stories, the book centers upon Drew Lancaster, a biographer that begins poking around Stanley Husyman’s life, the secrets he stumbles upon changing his life forever.
The subplots that weave through the story are shockingly entertaining, this including the secret service agent determined to bring Drew to justice for counterfeiting.
Drew’s numerous attempts to seduce and sleep with a beautiful researcher make for many lighthearted and almost humorous chapters; the drama surrounding his relationship with his wife, their amicable divorce and the forces that keep pulling them back together provides the meat of the story in many cases.
Most readers will find Drew’s twelve-year-old daughter particularly likable, the young lady written to resemble the sort of character whose company you would thoroughly enjoy.
While the novel is filled to the brim with clues about the true nature of Husyman’s experiments, Huysman’s pet doesn’t particularly emphasize the mystery aspects of the story, at least not in a manner that would satisfy mystery fans.
More than that, though, the novel is a little light on the science. However, while the plot is, for the most part, unbelievable, hardly suspenseful, scary or even original, Huysman’s Pet is none the less worth the read, funny, well-written and highly engaging.
+Welcome, Chaos
Lyle Taney chose to abandon her teaching job to live high in the mountains not only because she wanted to research the ways of eagles but because of her intention to begin writing her next book.
Lasater is an unscrupulous character, a skilled operative that always thought he could maneuver Lyle as he pleased, certain that women simply lacked the ability to make moral or ethical decisions.
He comes learns how wrong his assumptions are. When the obscure government agent from a mysterious department attempts to force Lyle to spy on her mysterious neighbors, she makes every effort to resist him.
She is unaware of the role she is about to play in a life and death struggle.
‘Welcome, Chaos’ is one of Kate Wilhelm’s earliest works. Exploring science fiction long before Kate had begun blending her science fiction stories with mystery elements, the story of ‘Welcome, Chaos’ revolves around a suspicious serum capable of stopping the aging process and over which various cold war factions are fighting.
Kate Wilhelm emphasizes the natural landscape in this novel even while exploring the psychological aspects of her characters and their plots in great detail.
The book can be referred to as being highly descriptive, representing the thoughtfulness of the writer author behind it. Admittedly, as a result, the plot takes a while to progress, the meat of the novel only coming into play several chapters down the line.
While hardly Kate Wilhelm’s best or most entertaining novel, ‘Welcome, Chaos’ is none the less worth reading, Kate’s characters making for some interesting chapters.
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