Walter Jon Williams has published twenty novels and short fiction collections. Most are science fiction or fantasy -Hardwired, Voice of the Whirlwind, Aristoi, Metropolitan, City on Fire to name just a few - a few are historical adventures, and the most recent, The Rift, is a disaster novel in which "I just basically pound a part of the planet down to bedrock." And that's just the opening chapters. Walter holds a fourth-degree black belt in Kenpo Karate, and also enjoys sailing and scuba diving. He lives in New Mexico with his wife, Kathy Hedges.
Genres: Science Fiction, Historical, Fantasy
Series
Privateers and Gentlemen (as by Jon Williams)
1. The Privateer (1980)
2. The Yankee (1981)
3. The Raider (1981)
4. The Macedonian (1984)
5. Cat Island (1984)
1. The Privateer (1980)
2. The Yankee (1981)
3. The Raider (1981)
4. The Macedonian (1984)
5. Cat Island (1984)
Dread Empire's Fall
1. The Praxis (2002)
2. The Sundering (2003)
3. Conventions of War (2005)
4. Investments (2012)
Impersonations (2016)
1. The Praxis (2002)
2. The Sundering (2003)
3. Conventions of War (2005)
4. Investments (2012)
Impersonations (2016)
Dagmar Shaw
1. This Is Not a Game (2009)
2. Deep State (2011)
3. The Fourth Wall (2012)
4. Diamonds from Tequila (2017)
1. This Is Not a Game (2009)
2. Deep State (2011)
3. The Fourth Wall (2012)
4. Diamonds from Tequila (2017)
Novels
Ambassador of Progress (1984)
Knight Moves (1985)
Angel Station (1989)
Elegy for Angels and Dogs (1990)
Days of Atonement (1991)
Aristoi (1992)
Wall, Stone, Craft (1993)
The Rift (1998)
Implied Spaces (2008)
Knight Moves (1985)
Angel Station (1989)
Elegy for Angels and Dogs (1990)
Days of Atonement (1991)
Aristoi (1992)
Wall, Stone, Craft (1993)
The Rift (1998)
Implied Spaces (2008)
Omnibus
Collections
Frankenstein and Other Foreign Devils (1980)
Facets (1990)
The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories (2010)
The Best of Walter Jon Williams (2021)
Facets (1990)
The Green Leopard Plague and Other Stories (2010)
The Best of Walter Jon Williams (2021)
Novellas
Video Star (1986)
Dinosaurs (1987)
Surfacing (1988)
Solip (1989)
Prayers on the Wind (2011)
The Boolean Gate (2012)
Daddy's World (2013)
No Spot of Ground (2014)
The Tang Dynasty Underwater Pyramid (2014)
The Last Ride of German Freddie (2014)
Prompt. Professional. Pop! (2014)
Dinosaurs (1987)
Surfacing (1988)
Solip (1989)
Prayers on the Wind (2011)
The Boolean Gate (2012)
Daddy's World (2013)
No Spot of Ground (2014)
The Tang Dynasty Underwater Pyramid (2014)
The Last Ride of German Freddie (2014)
Prompt. Professional. Pop! (2014)
Short Stories
Series contributed to
Anthologies containing stories by Walter Jon Williams
The Year's Best Science Fiction Third Annual Collection (1986)
A Very Large Array (1987)
Nebula Awards 23 (1989)
The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction (1993)
Strange Dreams (1993)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Eleventh Annual Collection (1994)
Commando Brigade 3000 (1994)
Warriors of Blood and Dream (1995)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Twelfth Annual Collection (1995)
War of the Worlds (1996)
Visions of Wonder (1996)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction 11th Annual Collection (1997)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fourteenth Annual Collection (1997)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fifteenth Annual Collection (1998)
Future on Ice (1998)
The Good New Stuff (1999)
Not of Woman Born (1999)
Nebula Awards Showcase 2000 (2000)
The Furthest Horizon (2000)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Seventeenth Annual Collection (2000)
A Very Large Array (1987)
Nebula Awards 23 (1989)
The Mammoth Book of Modern Science Fiction (1993)
Strange Dreams (1993)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Eleventh Annual Collection (1994)
Commando Brigade 3000 (1994)
Warriors of Blood and Dream (1995)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Twelfth Annual Collection (1995)
War of the Worlds (1996)
Visions of Wonder (1996)
The Mammoth Book of Best New Science Fiction 11th Annual Collection (1997)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fourteenth Annual Collection (1997)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Fifteenth Annual Collection (1998)
Future on Ice (1998)
The Good New Stuff (1999)
Not of Woman Born (1999)
Nebula Awards Showcase 2000 (2000)
The Furthest Horizon (2000)
The Year's Best Science Fiction Seventeenth Annual Collection (2000)
Short stories
Side Effects (1985) | |||
Witness (1987) | Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
Wolf Time (1987) | |||
Consequences (1988) | |||
Prayers on the Wind (1992) | Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
Wall, Stone, Craft [short story] (1993) | Hugo (nominee) Nebula Awards (nominee) World Fantasy (nominee) | ||
Red Elvis (1994) | |||
Broadway Johnny (1995) | |||
Foreign Devils (1996) | |||
Lethe (1997) | Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
The Picture Business (1998) | |||
Argonautica (1999) | Nebula Awards (nominee) | ||
Daddy's World (1999) | Nebula Awards |
Awards
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Walter Jon Williams recommends

A Shadow in Summer (2006)
(Long Price Quartet, book 1)
Daniel Abraham
"In addition to the creation of an architecturally-perfect fantasy world filled with a fascinating, highly distinctive set of characters, Daniel Abraham has introduced into fantasy one brilliant, stunning new idea, a magic system in which the Word is made Flesh."

Soft Apocalypse (2011)
Will McIntosh
"Soft Apocalypse isn't about a bunch of cold-eyed survivalists taming the holocaust with guns and skill, it's about a group of ordinary people confronted by the fall of their own civilization, struggling not just for survival, but for their own humanity."

The Library At Mount Char (2015)
Scott Hawkins
"Don't pick up this book unless you want to read something you've absolutely never read before. The Library at Mount Char is funny, bizarre, moving, frightening, and surreal. The most original work I've read in ages."
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