WAramis, or the Love of Technology, was written by French sociologist/anthropologist Bruno Latour. Aramis was originally published in French in 1993; the English translation by Catherine Porter, copyrighted in 1996, ISBN 978-0-674-04323-7, is now in its fourth printing (2002). Latour describes his text as "scientifiction," which he describes as "a hybrid genre... for a hybrid task". The genre includes voices of a young engineer discussing his "sociotechnological initiation," his professor's commentary which introduces Actor-network theory (ANT), field documents - including real-life interviews, and the voice of Aramis—a failed technology.
WBart Simpson's Guide to Life is a humorous book published in the United States in 1993 by HarperCollins. It includes advice from the Simpsons character Bart Simpson on how to deal with life. The book was written by several authors, and was helped into print by Matt Groening. It has received critical praise.
WThe Harriers, Book Two: Blood and War is a 1993 anthology of shared world short stories, edited by Gordon R. Dickson. The stories are set in a world created by Dickson and are original to this collection.
WThe Book of Artifacts is a supplemental sourcebook to the core rules of the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. This book, published by TSR, Inc. in 1993, details 50 different artifacts, special magic items found within the game at the Dungeon Master's option. The book was designed primarily by David "Zeb" Cook, with some additional design by Rich Baker, Wolfgang Baur, Steve and Glenda Burns, Bill Connors, Dale "Slade" Henson, Colin McComb, Thomas M. Reid, and David Wise. Cover art is by Fred Fields and interior art and icons were designed by Daniel Frazier.
WChicago by Night is a tabletop role-playing game supplement originally released by White Wolf Publishing in 1991 for the first edition of their game Vampire: The Masquerade. It was released in updated versions for the game's second and fifth editions in 1993 and 2020. As a sandbox-style setting sourcebook for gamemasters to use in campaigns, Chicago by Night describes the city of Chicago as it is portrayed within the game's setting, reinterpreted as having a large population of vampires.
WThe Code of the Harpers is an accessory for the fictional Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. The book was written by Ed Greenwood and was published by TSR. The module featured cover art by Jeff Easley and interior art by Scott Rosema.
WThe Complete Book of Humanoids is a sourcebook for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy adventure role-playing game.
WCreative Campaigning is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, published in 1993.
WThe Dalelands is an accessory for the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting Forgotten Realms that describes the Dalelands of Faerûn.
WDoom of Daggerdale is an adventure module for the fictional Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
WThe Far Side Gallery 4 is the fourth anthology of Gary Larson's The Far Side comic strips. Cartoons from previous collections Wiener Dog Art, Unnatural Selections, and Wildlife Preserves are featured, all of which were printed from 1990–1992, featuring more than 20 full-color pages. The foreword was written by Robin Williams.
WFlyy Girl is young adult/new adult literature and an urban fiction book written by Omar Tyree. The book was originally published by Mars Productions in 1993 and republished by Simon & Schuster for adults in 1996. The novel is regarded to be the genesis of the modern urban-fiction/street-lit movement that would later gain momentum in 1999 with the publication of Sister Souljah's The Coldest Winter Ever.
WGirl, Interrupted is a best-selling 1993 memoir by American author Susanna Kaysen, relating her experiences as a young woman in an American psychiatric hospital in the 1960s after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. The memoir's title is a reference to the Vermeer painting Girl Interrupted at Her Music.
WThe Glory of Rome is an accessory for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
WGood Blonde & Others is a collection of works by Jack Kerouac. This collection includes short stories, essays, articles, literary criticism, and his essentials for spontaneous prose. It is largely seen as a look into the non-fiction life of Beat Generation author Jack Kerouac.
WGURPS Atomic Horror is a supplement for the third edition of the GURPS role-playing game. Atomic Horror is a sourcebook for running GURPS campaigns inspired by B-grade science fiction and horror movies of the 1950s. It also has value to GURPS players and GMs as a sourcebook on the culture and technology of the period.
WGURPS War Against the Chtorr is a sourcebook for the GURPS role-playing game.
WThe Jungles of Chult is an accessory for the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting Forgotten Realms released in 1993.
WKrynnspace is an accessory for the Spelljammer campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
WThe Marklands is a sourcebook for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game that describes the realms of Furyondy, Highfolk, Nyrond in the game's World of Greyhawk campaign setting. The sourcebook bears the code WGR4 and was published by TSR in 1993 for the second edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons rules.
WMorgoth's Ring (1993) is the tenth volume of Christopher Tolkien's 12-volume series The History of Middle-earth in which he analyses the unpublished manuscripts of his father J. R. R. Tolkien.
WPunashcha Professor Shonku is a Professor Shonku series book written by Satyajit Ray and published by Ananda Publishers in 1993. Ray wrote these stories about Professor Shanku for Bengali magazines Sandesh and Anandamela. This book is a collection of five Shanku stories.
WThe Ruins of Myth Drannor is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, published in 1993.
WSeeds in the Heart: Japanese Literature from Earliest Times to the Late Sixteenth Century is the first book in Donald Keene's four-book series A History of Japanese Literature. It is followed by World Within Walls: Japanese Literature of the Pre-Modern Era, 1600–1867, Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature of the Modern Era; Fiction, and the last book in the series, Dawn to the West: Japanese Literature in the Modern Era; Poetry, Drama, Criticism.
WSharing a Robin's Life is a non-fiction book, written by Canadian writer Linda Johns, first published in July 1993 by Nimbus Publishing. In the book, the author writes in first person prose; describing when she and a robin, she had nurtured from peril, cohabited; sharing their life and home. The judges who awarded Linda Johns the "Edna Staebler Award" called the book; "a remarkable" read, saying it "challenges our preconceptions" about the "natural world around us."
WThe Shining South is an accessory for the fictional Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the second edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
WSnow White, Blood Red is the first book in a series of collections of re-told fairy tales edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.
WA Storyteller in Zion (1993) is a collection of short stories and articles by Orson Scott Card. Card is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Unlike much of his work, which is often science fiction, fantasy or similar fiction genres, A Storyteller in Zion is a collection of works which are of LDS themes.
WStranger Music is a 1993 book by Leonard Cohen. It compiles many of his published poems, as well as the lyrics to his songs.
WVolo's Guide to Waterdeep is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, published in 1993.
WWhen I Was Puerto Rican is a 1993 autobiography written by Puerto Rican native Esmeralda Santiago. It is the first of three installments, followed by Almost a Woman and The Turkish Lover. This first book begins by describing Santiago's life in Macún, a sector of Candelaria barrio in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. It details the circumstances that led to her mother bringing her and her siblings to New York. The second part of the book describes Santiago's initial adjustment to life in America. The memoir closes with Santiago's audition to New York's Performing Arts High School.