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H'ard Starts: The Early Waldrop (Collection) was the most recently released book by Howard Waldrop, on June 1st, 2023.

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Howard Waldrop Stats: The most read book by Howard Waldrop on Book Notification is A Dozen Tough Jobs, a Standalone novel. The second most read book is Strange Monsters of the Recent Past, a Collection.

Below is a complete list of Howard Waldrop books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top standalone books are A Dozen Tough Jobs, Them Bones, and The Search for Tom Purdue.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Texas-Israeli War (With: Jake Saunders)
1974
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2
7.7
Them Bones
1984
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3
7.3
A Dozen Tough Jobs
1989
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4
You Could Go Home Again
1993
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5
The Search for Tom Purdue
2000
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List of Short Stories/Novellas in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short stories and novellas are The King of Where-I-Go (in Horse of a Different Color), Fin de Cyclé (in Night of the Cooters), and Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
8.7
Der Untergang des Abendlandesmenschen
1976
Go
2
8.7
The Ugly Chickens
1980
Go
3
Flying Saucer Rock & Roll (in Things Will Never Be the Same)
1985
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4
8.7
Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance
1988
Go
5
8.3
Fin de Cyclé (in Night of the Cooters)
1990
Go
6
9.3
The Dynasters (Heart Of Whitenesse)
1999
Go
7
8.3
The King of Where-I-Go (in Horse of a Different Color)
2005
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List of Short Story Collections in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top short story collections are Strange Monsters of the Recent Past, Night of the Cooters, and All about Strange Monsters of the Recent Past.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Howard Who?
1986
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2
All about Strange Monsters of the Recent Past
1987
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3
6.7
Strange Monsters of the Recent Past
1987
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4
Strange Things in Close-up
1989
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5
9.7
Night of the Cooters
1990
Go
6
Going Home Again
1998
Go
7
Custer's Last Jump and Other Collaborations (With: Bruce Sterling, Leigh Kennedy, A.A. Jackson IV)
2003
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8
Heart of Whitenesse
2005
Go
9
Things Will Never Be the Same
2007
Go
10
Other Worlds, Better Lives
2008
Go
11
Horse of a Different Color
2013
Go
12
Dream Factories and Radio Pictures
2022
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13
H'ard Starts: The Early Waldrop
2023
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List of Stellar Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top Stellar books are Stellar #4, Stellar #2, and Stellar #5.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Stellar #1 (By: Judy-Lynn del Rey)
1974
Go
2
Stellar Short Novels (By: Gordon R. Dickson, Andrew J. Offutt, Judy-Lynn del Rey, Shawn Oueinsteen)
1976
Go
3
Stellar #2 (With: Isaac Asimov, Larry Niven, Clifford D. Simak, Jack C. Haldeman II, Steven Utley, Hal Clement, James White, Richard S. Simak, Judy-Lynn del Rey, Patrick G. Conner)
1976
Go
4
Stellar #3 (By: Jack L. Chalker, Clifford D. Simak, Gene DeWeese, Jeffrey M. Wallman, Charles W. Runyon, Mildred Downey Broxon, Henry Melton, Judy-Lynn del Rey, Arsen Darney, B. Lee Cooper, Larry S. Haverkos, Steve Utley, Bill Starr)
1977
Go
5
Stellar #4 (By: Judy-Lynn del Rey)
1978
Go
6
Stellar #5 (By: Judy-Lynn del Rey)
1980
Go
7
Stellar #6 (By: Judy-Lynn del Rey)
1980
Go
8
Stellar #7 (By: Terry Carr, Leanne Frahm, Judy-Lynn del Rey)
1981
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List of World's Best Science Fiction Books in Publication Order

Anthology series.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
World's Best Science Fiction Third Series ( By: Donald Wollheim)
1967
Go
2
The 1972 Annual World's Best SF ( By: Donald Wollheim)
1972
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3
The 1972 Annual World's Best SF / Wollheim's World's Best SF, Series 1 (By: Donald Wollheim)
1972
Go
4
The 1973 Annual World's Best SF ( By: Donald Wollheim)
1973
Go
5
The 1974 Annual World's Best SF (By: Robert Sheckley, Donald Wollheim, Arthur W. Saha)
1974
Go
6
World's Best SF, Series Three ( By: Donald Wollheim)
1974
Go
7
The 1975 Annual World's Best SF (By: C.M. Kornbluth, Donald Wollheim)
1975
Go
8
The 1976 Annual World's Best SF ( By: Donald Wollheim)
1976
Go
9
The 1977 Annual World's Best SF ( By: Donald Wollheim)
1977
Go
10
The 1981 Annual World's Best SF (With: Donald Wollheim)
1978
Go
11
The 1978 Annual World's Best SF ( By: Donald Wollheim)
1978
Go
12
World's Best SF Series 7 ( By: Donald Wollheim)
1978
Go
13
The 1979 Annual World's Best SF ( By: Donald Wollheim)
1979
Go
14
The 1980 Annual World's Best SF ( By: Donald Wollheim)
1980
Go
15
Wollheim's World's Best SF ( By: Donald Wollheim)
1980
Go
16
The 1982 Annual World's Best SF ( By: Donald Wollheim)
1982
Go
17
The 1984 Annual World's Best SF ( By: Donald Wollheim)
1984
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18
The 1985 Annual World's Best SF ( By: Donald Wollheim)
1985
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19
The 1987 Annual World's Best SF (With: Donald Wollheim)
1987
Go
20
The 1988 Annual World's Best SF ( By: Donald Wollheim)
1988
Go
21
The 1990 Annual World's Best SF ( By: Donald Wollheim)
1990
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List of Best Science Fiction of the Year Books in Publication Order

Annual sci-fi anthologies collecting a variety of short-stories.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1
1972
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2
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2
1973
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3
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3
1974
Go
4
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4
1975
Go
5
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5
1976
Go
6
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6
1977
Go
7
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7
1978
Go
8
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8
1979
Go
9
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9
1980
Go
10
4
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10
1981
Go
11
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11
1982
Go
12
10
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12
1983
Go
13
Best Science Fiction of the Year 13
1984
Go
14
Best Science Fiction of the Year 14
1984
Go
15
Best Science Fiction of the Year 15
1986
Go
16
Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16
1987
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List of Mondo Books in Publication Order

Anthologies with stories and poems about cultural icons.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Mondo Barbie (By: John Varley, Lynne Barrett, Julia Alvarez, Philip Levine, A.M. Homes, David Trinidad, Sandra Cisneros, Marge Piercy, Gary Soto, Roberta Allen, Alice McDermott, Hilary Tham, Lyn Lifshin, Rebecca Brown, Denise Duhamel, Lucinda Ebersole, Richard Peabody, Jeanne Beaumont, Lynne McMahon, Kathryn Harrison, Patricia Storace, Richard Grayson, Leslie Shiel, Laura Costas, Sharon Henry, Cookie Lupton, Lisa B. Herskovits, Belinda Subraman, Ellie Schoenfeld, Sparrow ., Gregg Shapiro, Cathryn Hankla, Wayne E. Kline, Jose Padua, Jeff Weddle)
1993
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2
Mondo Elvis (With: Cornelius Eady, Mark Childress, Susie Mee, Nick Cave, Mark Winegardner, Rafael Alvarez, Greil Marcus, Pagan Kennedy, Lucinda Ebersole, Richard Peabody, Lynne McMahon, Cathryn Hankla, Samuel Charters, Rachel Salazar, Eleanor Earle Crockett, Diane Wakoski, Judy Vernon, David Wojahn, William McCranor Henderson, Janice Eidus, Elizabeth Ash Vélez, Laura Kalpakian, Eri Makino, Ai, Michael Wilkerson, Brian Gilmore)
1994
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3
Mondo Marilyn (By: J.G. Ballard, Michael Hemmingson, Clive Barker, Doris Grumbach, Beth Meacham, Lynne Tillman, Charles Bukowski, David Trinidad, Tom Whalen, Sharon Olds, Leslie Pietrzyk, Lyn Lifshin, Nanci Griffith, Robert Peters, Lucinda Ebersole, Richard Peabody, Jeanne Beaumont, Gregg Shapiro, Judy Grahn, Sam Toperoff, Julia P. Dubner, Bill Morris, John Rechy, L.A. Lantz, Phyllis Burke, Hillary Johnson, Rita Valencia, Michael Lally, Eleanor E. Crocket, Taylor Mead, Susan Compo, Rosanne Daryl Thomas)
1995
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4
Mondo James Dean (By: Lewis Shiner, Jack C. Haldeman II, Bentley Little, Michael Hemmingson, Chuck Taylor, Michael Martone, Louisa Ermelino, Terence Winch, Lucinda Ebersole, Richard Peabody, Sparrow ., Janice Eidus, Ai, Tino Villanueva, Edwin Corley, Robert Ready, Reuben Jackson, Stephanie Hart, D.E. Steward, David Plumb, Ed Graczyk, Hilary Howard, James Finney Boylan, Miranda Schwartz)
1996
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List of Howard Waldrop Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1
1972
Go
2
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2
1973
Go
3
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3
1974
Go
4
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4
1975
Go
5
Lone Star Universe
1976
Go
6
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5
1976
Go
7
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6
1977
Go
8
Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection
1977
Go
9
Stellar #3
1977
Go
10
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7
1978
Go
11
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9
1980
Go
12
4
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10
1981
Go
13
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11
1982
Go
14
The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection
1983
Go
15
10
The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12
1983
Go
16
The First Omni Book of Science Fiction
1983
Go
17
Best Science Fiction of the Year 13
1984
Go
18
Best Science Fiction of the Year 14
1984
Go
19
The Best from Universe
1984
Go
20
Light Years and Dark
1984
Go
21
Nebula Awards 21
1985
Go
22
Best Science Fiction of the Year 15
1986
Go
23
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection
1986
Go
24
Afterlives
1986
Go
25
The Fifth Omni Book of Science Fiction
1987
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26
The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1
1988
Go
27
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1988
1988
Go
28
Razored Saddles
1989
Go
29
The Seventh Omni Book of Science Fiction
1989
Go
30
Transcendental Tales from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine
1989
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31
6
Dinosaurs!
1990
Go
32
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1991
1991
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33
The Mammoth Book of Vampires
1992
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34
Under African Skies
1993
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35
Mondo Barbie
1993
Go
36
The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians
1993
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37
Mondo Elvis
1994
Go
38
Omni Visions Two
1994
Go
39
8
Black Thorn, White Rose
1994
Go
40
Christmas Magic
1994
Go
41
Mondo Marilyn
1995
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42
Weird Business
1995
Go
43
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection
1995
Go
44
Paragons
1996
Go
45
Mondo James Dean
1996
Go
46
War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches
1996
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47
Festive Imaginings
1997
Go
48
Modern Classics of Fantasy
1997
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49
More Amazing Stories
1998
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50
Eleventh Annual Collection
1998
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51
Eternal Lovecraft: The Persistence of HPL in Popular Culture
1998
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52
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection
1999
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53
Armageddons
1999
Go
54
We Could Do Worse: A Millennial Collection of Alternate Histories
1999
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55
Black Heart, Ivory Bones
2000
Go
56
Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower
2000
Go
57
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection
2002
Go
58
The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 15
2002
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59
Science Fiction: The Best of 2003
2003
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60
Custer's Last Jump and Other Collaborations
2003
Go
61
The Silver Gryphon
2003
Go
62
Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian
2003
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63
The Year's Best Science Fiction: 21 Annual Edition
2004
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64
Stable Strategies and Others
2004
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65
All Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories
2004
Go
66
The Campfire Collection
2005
Go
67
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Best Short Science Fiction Novels
2005
Go
68
Cross Plains Universe
2006
Go
69
Science Fiction: The Best of the Year, 2006
2006
Go
70
Feeling Very Strange
2006
Go
71
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection
2006
Go
72
The Robert E. Howard Reader
2007
Go
73
6
Fast Ships, Black Sails
2008
Go
74
The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy
2008
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75
Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance
2009
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76
Warriors 2
2010
Go
77
10
Happily Ever After
2011
Go
78
Speaking of the Fantastic III
2011
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79
Circus: Fantasy Under the Big Top
2012
Go
80
Rock On: The Greatest Hits of Science Fiction & Fantasy
2012
Go
81
Future Games
2013
Go
82
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2014
2013
Go
83
Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology
2013
Go
84
Lovecraft's Monsters
2014
Go
85
Lightspeed Magazine, July 2014
2014
Go
86
Time Travel: Recent Trips
2014
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87
An Anthropomorphic Century
2015
Go
88
Edited By
2020
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Howard Waldrop

Howard Waldrop was born on September 15th, 1946 and is currently 79 years old. Howard Waldrop was born in Houston, Mississippi.

Howard Waldrop is the author of 13 Collections. The first collection published was Howard Who?, in 1986. The most recently published collection was H'ard Starts: The Early Waldrop which was released in 2023. There are no upcoming collections.

Howard Waldrop: Awards & Accolades

Howard Waldrop won the World Fantasy Award, Life Achievement, in 2021.

Waldrop's books have also won multiple awards, The Ugly Chickens won the World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction, in 1981. The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians won the World Fantasy Award, Collection, in 1995.

The following novels by Howard Waldrop were also nominated for these awards:

  • Der Untergang des Abendlandesmenschen: British Fantasy Award, Best Short Story (1977).
  • Them Bones: Philip K. Dick Award, Best Science Fiction Book (1984).
  • Strange Monsters of the Recent Past: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (1987).
  • Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance: Hugo Award, Best Novelette (1989).
  • The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians: Hugo Award, Best Novella (1989).
  • Razored Saddles: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1990).
  • A Dozen Tough Jobs: World Fantasy Award, Novella (1990).
  • Night of the Cooters: World Fantasy Award, Collection (1992).
  • Fin de Cyclé (in Night of the Cooters): Hugo Award, Best Novelette (1992).
  • Black Thorn, White Rose: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (1995).
  • Eleventh Annual Collection: Bram Stoker Awards, Superior Achievement in an Anthology (1998).
  • The Dynasters (Heart Of Whitenesse): World Fantasy Award, Short Fiction (2000).
  • The King of Where-I-Go (in Horse of a Different Color): Hugo Award, Best Novelette (2006).
  • Cross Plains Universe: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2007).
  • Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Nineteenth Annual Collection: British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2007).
  • Fast Ships, Black Sails: Shirley Jackson Award, Best Anthology (2008).
  • Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2010). British Fantasy Award, Best Anthology (2010).
  • Edited By: World Fantasy Award, Anthology (2021).

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  5. Jeffery Deaver, author of the Lincoln Rhyme Series.

Howard Waldrop: F.A.Q

When was Howard Waldrop Born? How old is Howard Waldrop?

Howard Waldrop was born on September 15th, 1946. Howard Waldrop is currently 79 years old.

Where was Howard Waldrop Born?

Howard Waldrop was born in Houston, Mississippi, .

What awards has Howard Waldrop won?

Howard Waldrop has won the following awards: Life Achievement at the World Fantasy Award (2021).

What book awards has Howard Waldrop won?

The Ugly Chickens: World Fantasy Award Short Fiction (1981).
The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians: World Fantasy Award Collection (1995).

What was the first book Howard Waldrop wrote?

The first book written by Howard Waldrop was The Texas-Israeli War, published in 1974.

What was the most recent book Howard Waldrop wrote?

Their most recently released work was H'ard Starts: The Early Waldrop on June 1st, 2023.

What is the most popular book by Howard Waldrop?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Howard Waldrop book is A Dozen Tough Jobs. Here are their most popular books:
  1. A Dozen Tough Jobs (7.33)
  2. Strange Monsters of the Recent Past (6.67)
  3. Them Bones (7.67)
  4. Night of the Cooters (9.67)
  5. The King of Where-I-Go (in Horse of a Different Color) (8.33)

Are there upcoming new books by Howard Waldrop?

Howard Waldrop does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.

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How many books has Howard Waldrop written?

Howard Waldrop has written 27 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 5 Standalone Novels, 7 Short Stories/Novellas, 12 Short Story Collections, 1 book in the Stellar Series, 2 books in the World's Best Science Fiction Series.

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