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Howard Waldrop

Waldrop, Howard

September 15, 1946 – January 14, 2024 (aged 77)

Birth place: Houston, Mississippi, USA

162 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
May 1972 52 Short Fiction Lunchbox Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1972
July 1973 117 Short Fiction A Voice and Bitter Weeping Galaxy, July-August 1973
August 1973 154 Short Fiction Mono No Aware The Haunt of Horror, August 1973
January 1974 AZ|62 Essay Letter to The SFWA Forum #32, January 1974 The SFWA Forum #32, January 1974
August 1974 13 Short Fiction Time and Variance Vertex: The Magazine of Science Fiction, August 1974
January 1975 16 Review The Texas-Israeli War: 1999 The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1975
March 1976 40 Short Fiction Men of Greywater Station Amazing Stories, March 1976
April 1976 9 Review Midworld Delap's F & SF Review, April 1976
April 1976 10 Review The Early Long Delap's F & SF Review, April 1976
May 1976 27 Review The Starmen of Llyrdis Delap's F & SF Review, May 1976
July 1976 18 Review The Pale Invaders Delap's F & SF Review, July 1976
August 1976 4 Review The Best of John W. Campbell Delap's F & SF Review, August 1976
August 1976 26 Review The Lurker at the Threshold Delap's F & SF Review, August 1976
September 1976 21 Review Mahars of Pellucidar Delap's F & SF Review, September 1976
September 1976 23 Review The Fall of the Towers Delap's F & SF Review, September 1976
November 1976 23 Review Beyond Time and Again Delap's F & SF Review, November 1976
November 1976 31 Review The Wind Whales of Ishmael Delap's F & SF Review, November 1976
November 1977 6 Short Fiction Dr. Hudson's Secret Gorilla Shayol, #1 November 1977
1979 52 Short Fiction Horror, We Got Shayol, Summer 1979
1979 5 Essay Review of the film "Alien" directed by Dan O'Bannon SumerMorn, Fall 1979
1979 5 Essay Review of the film "Halloween" directed by John Carpenter SumerMorn, Fall 1979
1979 4 Essay Review of the film "The Time Machine" SumerMorn, Spring 1979
1980 26 Short Fiction All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past Shayol, #4 Winter 1980
July 1980 18 Short Fiction In the Shubbi Arms Galaxy Magazine, July 1980
1982 28 Short Fiction "...The World As We Know't." Shayol, #6 Winter 1982
1982 6 Short Fiction Green Brother Shayol, #5 Winter 1982
June 1982 76 Short Fiction Ike at the Mike Omni, June 1982
September 1983 62 Short Fiction Man-Mountain Gentian Omni, September 1983
November 1984 17|17.4 Review Them Bones Locus, #286 November 1984
1985 4 Short Fiction What Makes Heironymous Run? Shayol, #7 Fall/Winter 1985
January 1985 81 Short Fiction Flying Saucer Rock & Roll Omni, January 1985
January 1985 31 Review Them Bones Fantasy Review, January 1985
February 1985 28 Review Them Bones Science Fiction Chronicle, #65 February 1985
May 1985 12 Review Them Bones Amazing Stories, May 1985
May 1985 136 Review Them Bones Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1985
July 1985 89 Short Fiction Heirs of the Perisphere Playboy, July 1985
1986 6 Essay Comments by the Nominees The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Spring 1986
July 1986 36 Review Howard Who? Fantasy Review, July-August 1986
August 1986 17|17.4 Review Howard Who? Locus, #307 August 1986
August 1986 48 Short Fiction The Lions Are Asleep This Night Omni, August 1986
December 1986 46|46.01 Review Howard Who? Science Fiction Chronicle, #87 December 1986
1987 Review All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past Nova Express, Fall-Winter 1987
1987 12 Essay Comments by the Nominees The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Spring 1987
1987 Essay Howard Waldrop: The Complete SF Bibliography Nova Express, Fall-Winter 1987
1987 Review Howard Who? Nova Express, Fall-Winter 1987
1987 Interview Sittin' Around Drinkin' with Howard Waldrop Nova Express, Fall-Winter 1987
1987 Review The Texas-Israeli War:1999 Nova Express, Fall-Winter 1987
1987 Review Them Bones Nova Express, Fall-Winter 1987
February 1987 189 Review Howard Who? Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1987
February 1987 186 Review Howard Who? Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, February 1987
April 1987 63 Short Fiction Night of the Cooters Omni, April 1987
May 1987 12 Essay In Memory of Terry Carr Fantasy Review, May 1987
July 1987 13 Review All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past Locus, #318 July 1987
December 1987 22 Short Fiction He-We-Await Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1987
February 1988 12 Review All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, February 1988
June 1988 81 Short Fiction Wild, Wild Horses Omni, June 1988
August 1988 38 Short Fiction Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1988
August 1988 5 Interview Howard Waldrop: Odd Man Out Locus, #331 August 1988
October 1988 190 Short Fiction Hoover's Men Omni, October 1988
1989 Review A Dozen Tough Jobs Nova Express, Fall 1989
1989 10 Essay About the Nominees The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Spring 1989
1989 Review Them Bones Nova Express, Fall 1989
June 1989 17 Review A Dozen Tough Jobs Locus, #341 June 1989
July 1989 17 Interview A Conversation with Howard Waldrop & Lewis Shiner Science Fiction Eye, #5, July 1989
September 1989 62|62.2 Review A Dozen Tough Jobs Interzone, September-October 1989
September 1989 43 Review A Dozen Tough Jobs The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1989
December 1989 56 Review Strange Things in Close Up: The Nearly Complete Howard Waldrop Locus, #347 December 1989
December 1989 24 Review Them Bones Vector 153
1990 17|17.3 Essay About His Novella "A Dozen Tough Jobs" The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Spring 1990
January 1990 63 Review Strange Things in Close Up Interzone, January-February 1990
February 1990 15 Review A Dozen Tough Jobs Vector 154
February 1990 6 Review Strange Things in Close Up Paperback Inferno, #82
February 1990 15 Review Them Bones Vector 154
March 1990 14 Review A Dozen Tough Jobs The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 1990
March 1990 21 Review Strange Things in Close Up Locus, #350 March 1990
July 1990 21 Review A Dozen Tough Jobs New Pathways, July 1990
February 1991 15 Review Night of the Cooters Locus, #361 February 1991
March 1991 25 Review Night of the Cooters Locus, #362 March 1991
June 1991 87 Review Night of the Cooters Amazing Stories, June 1991
June 1991 17 Review Night of the Cooters: More Neat Stories The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 1991
June 1991 10 Review Them Bones Paperback Inferno, #90
September 1991 32|32.8 Review Strange Monsters of the Recent Past Science Fiction Chronicle, #143 September 1991
October 1991 38 Interview "I'm Not Making a Living... But I'm Doing It" Interzone, October 1991
October 1991 165 Review Night of the Cooters Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, October 1991
December 1991 126 Short Fiction Fin de Cyclé Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1991
December 1991 59 Review Strange Monsters of the Recent Past Aboriginal Science Fiction, December 1991
April 1992 5 Review Night of the Cooters: More Neat Stuff Paperback Inferno, #95
June 1992 62 Short Fiction The Effects of Alienation Omni, June 1992
June 1993 |6 Review The Texas-Israeli War: 1999 First Impressions, Installment Six
August 1993 39 Review Night of the Cooters Science Fiction Chronicle, #165 August 1993
September 1993 80 Essay Chad Oliver (1928-1993) Locus, #392 September 1993
1994 7 Short Fiction Household Words; or, the Powers-That-Be Amazing Stories, Winter 1994
April 1994 76 Short Fiction Why Did? Omni, April 1994
February 1995 66 Short Fiction Occam's Ducks Omni, February 1995
June 1995 Short Fiction You *Could* Go Home Again Omni Online, June 1995
October 1995 46 Interview The Talebones Interview: Howard Waldrop Talebones, Fall 1995
November 1995 |5 Review All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past First Impressions, Installment Twenty-Two
1996 19|19.1 Review Look at the Evidence Nova Express, Fall/Winter 1996
February 1996 90 Short Fiction Flatfeet! Asimov's Science Fiction, February 1996
October 1996 142 Interview An Eidolon Interview with Howard Waldrop: Russell B Farr Talks to the Author of Going Home Again Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Spring 1996
May 1997 23 Review Going Home Again Locus, #436 May 1997
December 1997 78 Short Fiction El Castillo de la Perseverancia Asimov's Science Fiction, December 1997
1998 34 Review Going Home Again Nova Express, Winter/Spring 1998
March 1998 147 Short Fiction Mr. Goober's Show Omni Online, March 1998
March 1998 100 Short Fiction Scientifiction Asimov's Science Fiction, March 1998
April 1998 39 Essay Crimea River Eidolon: The Journal of Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Autumn 1998
July 1998 125 Essay Five More SF Biopics We Don't Need The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1998
September 1998 49 Review Going Home Again The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1998
September 1998 Review Going Home Again SF Site, Mid-September 1998
September 1998 53 Review Going Home Again Interzone, September 1998
October 1998 Short Fiction "US" Event Horizon, October 14, 1998
November 1998 135 Review Going Home Again Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1998
December 1998 7 Review Going Home Again The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 1998
December 1998 135 Review Going Home Again Asimov's Science Fiction, December 1998
October 1999 214 Short Fiction The Dynasters: Vol. 1: On the Downs The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1999
2000 40 Short Fiction London, Paris, Banana ... Amazing Stories, Winter 2000
May 2000 Short Fiction The Ugly Chickens Sci Fiction, May 31, 2000
August 2000 44 Interview Howard... Who?: Interview with Howard Waldrop The Zone, Summer 2000
August 2000 Short Fiction Winter Quarters Sci Fiction, August 2, 2000
October 2000 242 Essay Curiosities: Looking for the General, by Warren Miller (1964) The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 2000
October 2000 242 Review Looking for the General The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 2000
January 2001 Review Dream Factories and Radio Pictures Strange Horizons, 29 January 2001
January 2001 341 Short Fiction Mary Margaret Road-Grader Strange Horizons, 29 January 2001
February 2001 68 Review Dream Factories and Radio Pictures Locus, #481 February 2001
March 2001 Short Fiction One Horse Town Sci Fiction, March 14, 2001
May 2001 17 Review Dream Factories and Radio Pictures Locus, #484 May 2001
July 2001 Short Fiction The Other Real World Sci Fiction, July 18, 2001
October 2001 30|30.08 Review The Other Real World Science Fiction Chronicle, #217 October 2001
March 2003 31 Review Custer's Last Jump and Other Collaborations Locus, #506 March 2003
June 2003 33 Review A Better World's in Birth! Locus, #509 June 2003
July 2003 19 Review Custer's Last Jump and Other Collaborations Weird Tales, July-August 2003
August 2003 61 Review A Better World's in Birth! Locus, #511 August 2003
September 2003 39 Review Custer's Last Jump and Other Collaborations The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2003
October 2003 Short Fiction D = R x T Sci Fiction, October 22, 2003
November 2003 136 Review Custer's Last Jump and Other Collaborations Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2003
November 2003 6 Interview Howard Waldrop: Fly Fishing for Stories Locus, #514 November 2003
December 2003 81 Essay Letter (Locus #515) Locus, #515 December 2003
July 2004 133 Review A Better World's in Birth! Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2004
August 2004 140 Review Dream Factories and Radio Pictures Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2004
August 2004 Short Fiction God's Hooks! Sci Fiction, August 18, 2004
September 2004 Short Fiction The Wolf-Man of Alcatraz Sci Fiction, September 22, 2004
May 2005 19 Review Heart of Whitenesse Locus, #532 May 2005
November 2005 Short Fiction The Horse of a Different Color (That You Rode In On) Sci Fiction, November 2, 2005
December 2005 Short Fiction The King of Where-I-Go Sci Fiction, December 7, 2005
2006 38 Interview An Interview with Howard Waldrop Postscripts, Summer 2006
March 2007 135 Review The Horse of a Different Color (That You Rode In On) / The King of Where-I-Go Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2007
April 2007 23 Review Things Will Never Be the Same: A Howard Waldrop Reader: Selected Short Fiction 1980-2005 Locus, #555 April 2007
July 2007 233 Review Things Will Never Be the Same Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2007
December 2008 Review Other Worlds, Better Lives: A Howard Waldrop Reader: Selected Long Fiction 1989-2003 Strange Horizons, 22 December 2008
February 2009 66 Review Them Bones Locus, #577 February 2009
November 2010 6 Short Fiction The Search for Tom Purdue (excerpt) Subterranean Online, Fall 2010
March 2011 65 Essay Melissa Mia Hall Locus, #602 March 2011
February 2013 70 Essay Steven Utley Locus, #625 February 2013
January 2014 38 Review Horse of a Different Color: Stories Locus, #636 January 2014
March 2014 Review The Ugly Chickens StarShipSofa, No 327
May 2014 79 Review Horse of a Different Color: Stories Galaxy's Edge, Issue 8: May 2014
July 2014 |20 Interview Author Spotlight: Howard Waldrop Lightspeed, July 2014
March 2015 260 Essay Foreword (Willow Beeman) Feast of Laughter, Volume 2
March 2015 261 Short Fiction Willow Beeman Feast of Laughter, Volume 2
April 2018 22 Short Fiction Till the Cows Come Home to Roost Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Spring 2018
September 2018 19 Essay GARDNER The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 2018
December 2020 132 Essay R. A. Feast of Laughter, Volume 5

24 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1974 Novel The Texas-Israeli War: 1999 Howard Waldrop & Jake Saunders
1984 Novel Them Bones Howard Waldrop
1986 Collection Howard Who? Howard Waldrop
1987 Collection All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past Howard Waldrop
1989 Chapbook A Dozen Tough Jobs Howard Waldrop
1989 Omnibus Strange Things in Close-Up: The Nearly Complete Howard Waldrop Howard Waldrop
1990 Collection Night of the Cooters Howard Waldrop
1991 Collection Night of the Cooters: More Neat Stuff Howard Waldrop
1991 Collection Strange Monsters of the Recent Past Howard Waldrop
1993 Chapbook You *Could* Go Home Again Howard Waldrop
1997 Chapbook Custer's Last Jump Steven Utley & Howard Waldrop
1997 Collection Going Home Again Howard Waldrop
2001 Collection Dream Factories and Radio Pictures Howard Waldrop
2002 Chapbook Flying Saucer Rock and Roll Howard Waldrop
2003 Chapbook A Better World's in Birth! Howard Waldrop
2003 Collection Custer's Last Jump and Other Collaborations Howard Waldrop
2005 Collection Heart of Whitenesse Howard Waldrop
2006 Collection The Horse of a Different Color (That You Rode In On) / The King of Where-I-Go Howard Waldrop
2007 Collection Things Will Never Be the Same: A Howard Waldrop Reader: Selected Short Fiction 1980-2005 Howard Waldrop
2008 Collection Other Worlds, Better Lives: A Howard Waldrop Reader: Selected Long Fiction 1989-2003 Howard Waldrop
2009 Chapbook The Ugly Chickens Howard Waldrop
2013 Collection Horse of a Different Color: Stories Howard Waldrop
2023 Collection H'ard Starts: The Early Waldrop Howard Waldrop
2026 Collection Masters of Science Fiction: Howard Waldrop Howard Waldrop

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1977 British Fantasy Award Best Short Story Der Untergang des Abendlandesmenschen Nominee
1977 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Custer's Last Jump Nominee
1977 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Mary Margaret Road-Grader Nominee
1977 Nebula Award Novelette Custer's Last Jump Finalist
1977 Nebula Award Short Story Mary Margaret Road-Grader Finalist
1981 Balrog Award Short Fiction The Ugly Chickens Nominee
1981 Hugo Award Best Novelette The Ugly Chickens Nominee
1981 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Billy Big-Eyes Nominee
1981 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette The Ugly Chickens Finalist
1981 Nebula Award Novelette The Ugly Chickens Winner
1981 World Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction The Ugly Chickens Winner
1983 Hugo Award Best Short Story Ike at the Mike Finalist
1983 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Ike at the Mike Nominee
1983 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story God's Hooks! Finalist
1983 Nebula Award Short Story God's Hooks! Nominee
1984 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Man-Mountain Gentian Nominee
1985 Compton Crook Award Compton Crook Award (Balticon - Best 1st Novel) Them Bones Nominee
1985 Locus Poll Award Best First Novel Them Bones Finalist
1985 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Them Bones Nominee
1985 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Helpless, Helpless Nominee
1985 Philip K. Dick Award Philip K. Dick Award Them Bones Nominee
1986 Hugo Award Best Short Story Flying Saucer Rock & Roll Runner-up
1986 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Heirs of the Perisphere Nominee
1986 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Flying Saucer Rock & Roll Nominee
1986 Nebula Award Short Story Flying Saucer Rock & Roll Nominee
1986 Nebula Award Short Story Heirs of the Perisphere Nominee
1987 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Howard Who? Finalist
1987 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Fair Game Nominee
1987 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story The Lions Are Asleep This Night Nominee
1987 Nebula Award Short Story The Lions Are Asleep This Night Nominee
1987 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Best Short Science Fiction The Lions Are Asleep This Night Nominee
1988 Hugo Award Best Short Story Night of the Cooters Finalist
1988 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette He-We-Await Nominee
1988 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Night of the Cooters Nominee
1989 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Novelette Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? Nominee
1989 Hugo Award Best Novelette Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? Finalist
1989 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? Finalist
1989 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Wild, Wild Horses Finalist
1989 Nebula Award Novelette Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? Nominee
1989 SF Chronicle Award Novelette Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? Runner-up
1989 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Best Short Science Fiction Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? Runner-up
1990 Locus Poll Award Best Novella A Dozen Tough Jobs Runner-up
1990 Nebula Award Novella A Dozen Tough Jobs Nominee
1990 World Fantasy Award Best Novella A Dozen Tough Jobs Nominee
1992 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Novelette Fin de Cyclé Nominee
1992 Hugo Award Best Novelette Fin de Cyclé Finalist
1992 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Night of the Cooters Winner
1992 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Fin de Cyclé Runner-up
1992 World Fantasy Award Best Collection Night of the Cooters Nominee
1993 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story The Effects of Alienation Nominee
1995 Hugo Award Best Short Story The Sawing Boys Nominee
1995 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story The Sawing Boys Nominee
1995 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History Best Short Form Alternate History You *Could* Go Home Again Nominee
1996 Locus Poll Award Best Novella You *Could* Go Home Again Nominee
1996 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History Best Short Form Alternate History Flatfeet! Nominee
1998 Hugo Award Best Short Story Heart of Whitenesse Nominee
1998 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Going Home Again Nominee
1998 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette El Castillo de la Perseverancia Nominee
1998 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Scientifiction Runner-up
1998 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Heart of Whitenesse Nominee
1998 Sidewise Awards for Alternate History Best Short Form Alternate History US Nominee
1999 Asimov's Readers' Poll Best Short Story Scientifiction Nominee
1999 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Mr. Goober's Show Finalist
1999 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story US Nominee
2000 Hugo Award Best Short Story The Dynasters: Vol. 1: On the Downs Nominee
2000 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story The Dynasters: Vol. 1: On the Downs Nominee
2000 World Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction The Dynasters: Vol. 1: On the Downs Nominee
2001 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Winter Quarters Nominee
2001 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Our Mortal Span Nominee
2001 Premio Ignotus Mejor cuento extranjero - Best Foreign Story Aquel al que esperamos Finalist
2002 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette The Other Real World Nominee
2002 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Major Spacer in the 21st Century Nominee
2004 British Science Fiction Award Best Short Fiction The Wolf-Man of Alcatraz Nominee
2004 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Custer's Last Jump and Other Collaborations Finalist
2004 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story D = R x T Nominee
2004 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Calling Your Name Nominee
2005 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story The Wolf-Man of Alcatraz Finalist
2006 Hugo Award Best Novelette The King of Where-I-Go Finalist
2006 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Heart of Whitenesse Nominee
2006 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette The King of Where-I-Go Finalist
2008 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Things Will Never Be the Same: A Howard Waldrop Reader: Selected Short Fiction 1980-2005 Finalist
2009 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Other Worlds, Better Lives: A Howard Waldrop Reader: Selected Long Fiction 1989-2003 Nominee
2012 Locus Online 20th Century Novelette The Ugly Chickens Nominee
2014 Hugo Award Best Short Story The Dead Sea-Bottom Scrolls Nominee
2014 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Horse of a Different Color: Stories Nominee
2014 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story The Dead Sea-Bottom Scrolls Finalist
2024 Locus Poll Award Best Collection H'ard Starts: The Early Waldrop Nominee
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