Williams, Lynda
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author, Editor.
(1958- ) Canadian author most of whose work is set in the Okal Rel Universe, intentionally created as a Shared World of future interstellar conflict between rival cultures whose roots lie in Earth's past Colonization of Other Worlds, with a touch of Medieval Futurism in its ruling Houses, princes and empires. The first-published volume Throne Price (2003) with Alison Sinclair is Williams's sf debut but fourth in the chronology of the main Okal Rel saga [see Checklist below]. This begins with The Courtesan Prince (2005) as #1, in turn preceded by such sidebar tales as Kath: A Novella of the Okal Rel Universe (2004 chap). With various co-editors Williams has published a number of Okal Rel Anthologies of stories by various hands, beginning with The Okal Rel Universe Anthology I (anth 2005) with Virginia O'Dine. The shared-world series bible is Guide to the Okal Rel Universe (2006). [DRL]
Lynda Williams
born Prince George, British Columbia: 17 February 1958
works
series
Okal Rel Universe
- Throne Price (Calgary, Alberta: Hades Publications/Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2003) with Alison Sinclair [#4: Okal Rel Universe: pb/Sandrine Gestin]
- Kath: A Novella of the Okal Rel Universe (place not ascertained: Fandom Press, 2004) [chap: Okal Rel Universe: pb/Yukari Yamamoto]
- Mekan'stan: A Novella of the Okal Rel Universe (place not ascertained: Fandom Press, 2004) [Okal Rel Universe: pb/Jordan Bacon]
- The Courtesan Prince (Calgary, Alberta: Hades Publications/Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2005) [#1: Okal Rel Universe: pb/Echo Chernik]
- The Lorel Experiment: The Story of Sevolite Origins (place not ascertained: Fandom Press, 2006) [chap: Okal Rel Universe: pb/]
- Righteous Anger (Calgary, Alberta: Hades Publications/Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2006) [#2: Okal Rel Universe: pb/David Willicome]
- Pretenders (Calgary, Alberta: Hades Publications/Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2008) [#3: Okal Rel Universe: pb/Lynn Perkins]
- Far Arena (Calgary, Alberta: Hades Publications/Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2009) [#5: Okal Rel Universe: pb/]
- Avim's Oath (Calgary, Alberta: Hades Publications/Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2010) [#6: Okal Rel Universe: pb/Linda Perkins]
- Healer's Sword (Calgary, Alberta: Hades Publications/Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2012) [#7: Okal Rel Universe: pb/Michelle Milburn]
- Gathering Storm (Calgary, Alberta: Hades Publications/Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2012) [#8: Okal Rel Universe: pb/Michelle Milburn]
- Holy War (Calgary, Alberta: Hades Publications/Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2013) [#9: Okal Rel Universe: pb/Michelle Milburn]
nonfiction
- Guide to the Okal Rel Universe (place not ascertained: Fandom Press, 2006) [nonfiction: Okal Rel Universe: pb/Virginia O'Dine]
works as editor
series
Okal Rel Universe
- The Okal Rel Universe Anthology I (place not ascertained: Fandom Press, 2005) with Virginia O'Dine [anth: Okal Rel Universe: pb/Michael Osterrieder]
- The Okal Rel Universe Anthology 2 (place not ascertained: Fandom Press, 2007) with John Preet [anth: Okal Rel Universe: pb/]
- Opus 3: An Okal Rel Universe Legacy Anthology (Calgary, Alberta: Hades Publications/Absolute X Press, 2009) with Jennifer Sparling [anth: chap: Okal Rel Universe: pb/]
- Opus 4: An Okal Rel Universe Legacy Anthology (Calgary, Alberta: Hades Publications/Absolute X Press, 2010) with Sheila Flesher [anth: chap: Okal Rel Universe: pb/Michelle Milburn]
- Opus 5: An Okal Rel Universe Legacy Anthology (Calgary, Alberta: Hades Publications/Absolute X Press, 2011) [anth: chap: Okal Rel Universe: pb/Michelle Milburn]
- Opus 6: An Okal Rel Universe Legacy Anthology (Calgary, Alberta: Hades Publications/Absolute X Press, 2013) with Paula Johanson [anth: chap: Okal Rel Universe: pb/]
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