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Winter’s Crimes 8 ed. Hilary Watson (Macmillan UK, 1976, £1.62, 256pp, hc, oa) 7 · Editor’s Note · Hilary Watson · pr 9 · A Matter of Months · Desmond Bagley · nv 36 · Catch Your Death · Kyril Bonfiglioli · ss 51 · The Story of Stumblebum, The Wizard · Desmond Cory · na 115 · Timeo Danaos · William Haggard · nv 136 · Bellamy’s Bus · John Buxton Hilton · ss 154 · A Very Desirable Residence · P. D. James · ss 168 · Life in the Shadow of Death · Mary Kelly · nv 198 · Two Bottles of Chianti · Audrey Erskine Lindop · nv 225 · The Trinity Cat · Ellis Peters · ss 244 · Sister Nemesis · Miles Tripp · ss

Winter’s Crimes 10 ed. Hilary Watson (Macmillan UK, 1978, hc, oa) 7 · Editor’s Note · Hilary Watson · pr 9 · The Blackberry Picker · J. R. L. Anderson · nv 31 · Murder Is Easy · N. J. Crisp · ss 49 · Mass Murder · David Fletcher · ss 68 · Death of an Old Dog · Antonia Fraser · ss 80 · The Democratic Murder · Reg Gadney · ss 91 · Saskja · John Buxton Hilton · ss 107 · The Locked Room · Peter Lovesey · ss 124 · The Careless Sea · George Milner · ss 133 · The Young Dutchman · Michael Sinclair · ss 149 · Crossing Bridges · June Thomson · ss 164 · Proof · Ted Willis · ss 179 · The Boy Who Couldn’t Read · Jacqueline Wilson · ss

Winter’s Crimes 12 ed. Hilary Watson (Macmillan UK, 1980, 0-333-28987-0, hc, oa) 7 · Editor’s Note · Hilary Watson · pr 9 · Box Number 742 · Ted Allbeury · ss 24 · Big Boy, Little Boy · Simon Brett · nv 52 · Black Museum · Celia Dale · ss 66 · The Scribbler’s Tale · David Fletcher · ss 86 · Audited and Found Correct · Michael Gilbert · ss 101 · The Winning Trick · Laurence W. Meynell · nv 124 · A Good Night’s Sleep · Anne Morice · ss 138 · Family Butcher · George Sims · nv 160 · Report from Section Nine · Michael Sinclair · ss 174 · Finale · Michael Underwood · ss 192 · I Hate Kids · John Wainwright · ss 203 · Treasure Finds a Mistress · David Williams · ss

Winter’s Crimes 14 ed. Hilary Watson (Macmillan UK, 1982, 217pp, hc, oa) 7 · Editor’s Note · Hilary Watson · pr 9 · Tickled to Death · Simon Brett · nv 31 · Mother Elder · David Fletcher · ss 51 · The Final Score · Palma Harcourt · ss 71 · Bodyguard · Timothy Holme · nv 97 · The Defector · Anthony Lejeune · ss 113 · The Serpent Orchid · Roger Longrigg · ss 133 · Butchers · Peter Lovesey · ss 149 · Bank Holiday · Desmond Lowden · nv 173 · Treasure Trove · George Milner · ss 189 · The Dream Is Better · Julian Symons · ss 207 · Final Demand · John Wainwright · ss

The 1000 Year Reich by Ian Watson (NewCon Press, April 11, 2016, 978-1-910935-06-4, £12.99, 252pp, tp, co, cover by Juan Miguel Aguilera)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Introduction · Justina Robson · in 13 · The 1000 Year Reich · Ian Watson · ss Squirrel, Reich & Lavender: Bonus Stories by Ian Watson, PS Publishing, 2014 33 · In Golden Armour · Ian Watson · ss 45 · How We Came Back from Mars: A Story That Cannot Be Told · Ian Watson · ss Solaris Rising ed. Ian Whates, Solaris, 2011 65 · Blair’s War · Ian Watson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2013 70 · The Name of the Lavender · Ian Watson · nv Squirrel, Reich & Lavender: Bonus Stories by Ian Watson, PS Publishing, 2014 99 · Forever Blowing Bubbles · Ian Watson · ss Fables from the Fountain ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2011 107 · The Tale of Trurl and the Great TanGent · Ian Watson · ss Lemistry: A Celebration of the Work of Stanislaw Lem ed. Magda Raczynska & Ra Page, Comma Press, 2011 121 · The Wild Pig’s Collar · Ian Watson · ss Aberrant Dreams I, The Awakening, Aberrant Dreams, 2008 135 · Beloved Pig-Brother of the Daughter of the Pregnant Baby: A Transgenic Story of Genius · Roberto Quaglia & Ian Watson · ss 155 · Red Squirrel · Ian Watson · ss Squirrel, Reich & Lavender: Bonus Stories by Ian Watson, PS Publishing, 2014 171 · An Inspector Calls · Ian Watson · ss Far Voyager ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2014 183 · Me and My Flying Saucer · Ian Watson · vi Nature #7485, January 30 2014 187 · The Faith Without Teeth · Ian Watson · ss Solaris Rising 3 ed. Ian Whates, Solaris, 2014 199 · The Travelling Raven Problem · Ian Watson · vi Daily Science Fiction August 8 2013 202 · The Arc de Triomphe Code · Ian Watson · ss 211 · Spanish Fly · Ian Watson · ss The Mammoth Book of Erotic Romance and Domination ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 2014 219 · Having the Time of His Life · Ian Watson · ss Celebration ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2008 239 · Breakfast in Bed · Ian Watson · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2015

Book 1 of the Inquisition War: Draco by Ian Watson--- see under Draco by Ian Watson, Black Library, 2002.

Book 2 of the Inquisition War: Harlequin by Ian Watson--- see under Harlequin by Ian Watson, Boxtree, 1994.

Book 3 of the Inquisition War: Chaos Child by Ian Watson--- see under Chaos Child by Ian Watson, Boxtree, 1995.

Chaos Child by Ian Watson (Boxtree, June 29, 1995, 0-7522-0621-4, £15.99, 259pp, hc, n., cover by Mark Craven) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War]     SF novel set in the “Warhammer 40,000” universe. Third of the “Inquisition War” trilogy after Inquisitor and Harlequin, and with characters from Watson’s Space Marine, this tale may be the final chronicle of Inquisitor Jaq Draco: pursued by both sides in the conflict, tempted to risk a possession and exorcism that may enable him to bring his lover back from the dead. A novel of clarity, conceptual brilliance, diamond-hard logic.. and a coldly pragmatic vision of relationships.

The Chinese Time Machine by Ian Watson (NewCon Press, April 2023, 978-1-914953-47-7, £13.99, 272pp, tp, co)     This volume gathers together ten uncollected stories previously published between 2016 and 2023 in Asimov’s, Analog, and elsewhere, along with a brand new novella - one of four tales set in a near future shaped by “The Chinese Time Machine”. · The Chinese Time Machine _ · 1st Trip: Brave New World, by Oscar Wilde · Ian Watson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2020 _ · 2nd Trip: The Kidnap of Fibonacci · Ian Watson · ss ParSec #3, Spring 2022 first published in Italian (“La Sottrazione di Fibonacci”, Ipotesi per Fibonacci, Università de Pisa, 2020). _ · 3rd Trip: The Emperor’s New Wallpaper · Ian Watson · na _ · 4th Trip: Sherlock Holmes and the Butterfly Effect [Sherlock Holmes] · Ian Watson & Cristina Macía · ss The Return of Sherlock Holmes ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Mango Publishing Group, 2021 · Hot Gates · Ian Watson · ss New Worlds ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2022 · Monkey Business · Ian Watson · ss Thought X ed. Rob Appleby & Ra Page, Comma Press, 2017 · When the Aliens Stop to Bottle · Ian Watson · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2018 · Heinrich Himmler in the Barcelona Hallucination Cell · Ian Watson · ss Barcelona Tales ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2016, as “Himmler in the Barcelona Hallucination Cell” · Clickbeetle · Ian Watson · ss Sci Phi Journal #1, 2019, as “Subject: Clickbeetle” · Journey to the Anomaly · Ian Watson · ss Extrasolar ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2017 · The Birth of Venus · Ian Watson · ss Prisms ed. Darren Speegle & Michael Bailey, PS Publishing, 2021 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg

Draco by Ian Watson (Black Library, August 2002, 1-84154-254-7, £5.99, 238pp, pb, n., cover by Chris Langley) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War]     Reprint (GW Books 1990 as Inquisitor) SF novel set in the ’Warhammer 40,000′ universe. Book 1 in the “Inquisition War” trilogy. Copyrighted 1990, 2002.

Harlequin by Ian Watson (Boxtree, October 27, 1994, 0-7522-0965-5, £15.99, 246pp, hc, n., cover by Head Design) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War]     Sf novel set in the Warhammer universe of the 41st Century. Second in the “Inquisition War” trilogy, after Inquisitor.

The Inquisition War by Ian Watson (Black Library, July 5, 2004, 1-84416-138-2, £7.99, 762pp, tp, om, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War]     Omnibus of three novels and two stories set in the “Warhammer 40,000” universe, with an introduction by Watson. The novels are Draco (Inquisitor), Harlequin, and Chaos Child. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $9.99. 9 · Introduction · Ian Watson · in 13 · The Alien Beast Within [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] · Ian Watson · nv Deathwing ed. Neil Jones & David Pringle, GW Books, 1990 49 · Draco [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] · Ian Watson · n. Games Workshop, 1990 233 · Warped Stars [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] · Ian Watson · na Deathwing ed. Neil Jones & David Pringle, GW Books, 1990 275 · Harlequin [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] · Ian Watson · n. Boxtree, 1994 511 · Chaos Child [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] · Ian Watson · n. Boxtree, 1995

Inquisitor by Ian Watson (GW Books, November 1990, 1-872372-29-5, £4.99, 246pp, tp, n., cover by Fangorn) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War]     Sf novel set in the ’Warhammer 40,000′ universe. Book 1 in the “Inquisition War” trilogy. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $8.99.

Shell Shock by Ian Watson (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, November 2004, no ISBN, 20pp, ph, ss) [Novacon Booklets]     Original short story issued in a limited edition of 300 numbered copies, to coincide with Watson’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 34.

Space Marine by Ian Watson (Boxtree, February 25, 1993, 1-85283-840-X, £3.99, 264pp, pb, n., cover by Jim Burns) [Warhammer 40,000]     Sf novel set in the “Warhammer 40,000” universe.

Warhammer 40,000: Draco by Ian Watson--- see under Draco by Ian Watson, Black Library, 2002.

Warhammer 40,000: Harlequin by Ian Watson--- see under Harlequin by Ian Watson, Boxtree, 1994.

Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor by Ian Watson--- see under Inquisitor by Ian Watson, GW Books, 1990.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine by Ian Watson--- see under Space Marine by Ian Watson, Boxtree, 1993.

Warhammer 40,000: The Inquisition War by Ian Watson--- see under The Inquisition War by Ian Watson, Black Library, 2004.

Warhammer: Inquisitor by Ian Watson--- see under Inquisitor by Ian Watson, GW Books, 1990.

Watto’s Wisdom by Ian Watson (Ansible Editions, March 2025, 978-1-916508-32-3, £12.00, 192pp, tp, co, cover: [photo] by Cristina Macía) [edited by David Langford]     Details taken from ebook. 9 · A Few Much-Needed Inventions · Ian Watson · ar The Spang Blah #13, Winter 1970 11 · The Crudities of Science Fiction · Ian Watson · ar Arena SF #7, March 1978 15 · UFO’s, Science, and the Inexplicable · Ian Watson · ar Arena SF #11, November 1980 20 · One Finger at a Time · Ian Watson · ar Focus #4, Spring 1981 23 · Down the Mine · Ian Watson · ar Arena SF #12, Summer 1981 28 · The Nuke Standard · Ian Watson · fa Science Fiction Review #39, Summer 1981 31 · Up the Pole · Ian Watson · ar Arena SF #13, 1982 36 · Believing SF · Ian Watson · ar Drilkjis #6, April 1982 originally delivered as the Guest of Honour Speech at Yorcon II, Easter 1981. 46 · Hype Hype Hoorah! · Ian Watson · ar Vector #108, 1982 51 · April in Paris · Ian Watson · ar Vector #114, 1983 55 · Some Cultural Notes and Pest Control · Ian Watson · ar Vector #111, 1982 60 · The Journey to Chekhov · Ian Watson · ar Focus #8, Autumn 1983 63 · Shrines and Ratholes (Part I) · Ian Watson · ar Vector #117, 1983 65 · Shrines and Ratholes (Part II) · Ian Watson · ar Vector #117, 1983 67 · Touchstones: “Where Ignorant Armies Clash…” · Ian Watson · ar Fantasy Review #88, February 1986 72 · British Weather · Ian Watson · ar Fisheye #4, Summer 1986 75 · Breakthrough · Ian Watson · ms Frontier Crossings ed. Robert Jackson, Conspiracy '87, 1987; as part of a symposium of short essays on this theme. 76 · The Masters of the Golden Ball · Ian Watson · ar Frontier Crossings ed. Robert Jackson, Conspiracy '87, 1987 [Ref. Arkady & Boris Strugatsky] 78 · How Not to Hide a Dinosaur · Ian Watson · ar Novacon 17 Programme Book, Birmingham Science Fiction Group, 1987 79 · A Lot of Fog · Ian Watson · ar Conspiracy Theories ed. Chris Evans, Chris Evans, 1987 82 · Dancing on a Tightrope · Ian Watson · ar Australian Science Fiction Review December 1989 87 · The Bishop File · Ian Watson · ar Philcon 1990 Program Book, PSFS, 1990 89 · Roots of a Writer · Ian Watson · ar Dark Horizons #33, 1992 95 · Read This: Recently Read and Recommended · Ian Watson · ms The New York Review of Science Fiction #96, August 1996 97 · From the Oracle’s Mouth · Ian Watson · ar Matrix #127, September/October 1997 99 · The Encyclopedia of Fantasy · Ian Watson · br The Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America #135, Fall 1997 [Ref. John Clute & John Grant] 102 · What Is SFWA? · Ian Watson · ar Focus #32, November/December 1997 103 · With Eyes as Big as Saucers · Ian Watson · ar Matrix #128, November/December 1997 105 · An Idea Is Born · Ian Watson · ar Altair #2, August 1998 109 · Read This: Recently Read and Recommended · Ian Watson · ms The New York Review of Science Fiction #126, February 1999 112 · Science Fiction, Surrealism, and Shamanism · Ian Watson · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #130, June 1999 120 · Eyes Wide Shut: A Sort of Review · Ian Watson · mr The New York Review of Science Fiction #135, November 1999 [Ref. Stanley Kubrick] 123 · Plumbing Stanley Kubrick · Ian Watson · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #141, May 2000 [Ref. Stanley Kubrick] a shorter version originally appeared in Playboy. 140 · Me and the Hanover · Ian Watson · ar Paragon: The Programme Book ed. John Dowd, Paragon, 2001 141 · Personal Appreciation of John Brunner · Ian Watson · ar Readercon 14 Program Book ed. Michael Matthew, Readercon, 2002 [Ref. John Brunner] 142 · A Tale of Two Fandoms · Ian Watson · ar Easterwine ed. Claire Brialey & Mark Plummer, 2003 144 · H.G. Wells in Timişoara · Ian Watson · ar The H.G. Wells Society: The Americas Newsletter 2004 150 · East Is East · Ian Watson · ar Matrix #170, November/December 2004 154 · A Daffodil Jacket, or The Misadventures of Sebastian in Kyiv · Ian Watson · ss Celebration: A Taster ed. Ian Whates, BSFA, 2008 160 · Three Kinds of Close Encounters with Comics · Ian Watson · ar FantasyCon 2009 Program Book, FantasyCon, 2009 163 · A Truly Generous Chap · Ian Watson · ar Relapse #20, Autumn 2012 167 · Science Fact and Science Fiction · Ian Watson · ar Northampton SF Writers Group Blog August 21 2013; heavily cut on the BBC website as part of an sf authors’ symposium, 18 March 2009. 169 · Hollywood Halloween News from Ian Watson · Ian Watson · ar Northampton SF Writers Group Blog October 28 2013 170 · Moon Versus Sun · Ian Watson · ar Northampton SF Writers Group Blog November 11 2013; revised from an earlier version on the Ultimate Adventure Magazine website, 2013. 172 · Some Advice for Budding Writers · Ian Watson · ar Northampton SF Writers Group Blog January 13 2014 174 · The Biggest SF Bookshop in Europe · Ian Watson · ar Vector #276, Summer 2014 177 · Goldilocks and Little Green Men · Ian Watson · ar Northampton SF Writers Group Blog October 13 2014 178 · Characters Must Eat · Ian Watson · ar Northampton SF Writers Group Blog November 17 2014 (+2) 182 · Dinah’s Mancunicon Con Report · Ian Watson · ar Ian Watson website April 5 2016 184 · Eurocon 2016—Fantasy City! · Ian Watson · ar BFS Journal #15, 2016 187 · Stanislaw Lem: One British Writer’s Response · Ian Watson · ar Northampton SF Writers Group Blog October 10 2016 190 · Where Would Our Eternal Roman Empire Be Without Coffee? · Ian Watson · vi Shoreline of Infinity #19, Winter 2020/2021