The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

ROBINSON, JANE E. M.

• * *The Amazon Chronicles (Clothespin Fever Press 1-878533-12-6, Jan ’94 [Mar ’94], $15.95, 177pp, tp) Lesbian fantasy novel about an ancient kingdom ruled by women.

ROBINSON, JEANNE (Marie Rubbicco) (1948- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Star Dancers (with Spider Robinson) See entry under Spider Robinson.
• * _Stardance (with Spider Robinson) See entry under Spider Robinson.
• * _Starmind (with Spider Robinson) See entry under Spider Robinson.
• * _Starseed (with Spider Robinson) See entry under Spider Robinson.

ROBINSON, KIM STANLEY (1952- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Antarctica (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225359-3, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], £16.99, 414pp, hc, cover by Peter Elson) SF eco-thriller set in the 21st century. A radical environmental group sabotages those exploiting the Antarctic.
• * _Antarctica (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225393-3, Feb ’98, £9.99, 414pp, tp, cover by Peter Elson) Reprint (Voyager 1997) SF eco-thriller set in the very near future.
• * +Antarctica (Bantam 0-553-10063-7, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $24.95, 511pp, hc, cover by P. A. Nisbet) SF novel. Politicians, corporations, adventurers, and ecological terrorists fight over control of Antarctic development. First US edition (HarperCollins/Voyager 1997).
• * _Antarctica (SFBC #18810, Sep ’98, $12.50, 511pp, hc, cover by P. A. Nisbet) Reprint (Voyager 1997) contemporary SF novel. This is similar to the Bantam edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Antarctica (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649703-9, Sep ’98, £7.99, 562pp, tp) Reprint (Voyager 1997) SF eco-thriller set in the 21st century. A paperback (export only) edition (-651264-X, £6.99) was announced but not seen.
• * *Author’s Choice Monthly Issue 20: A Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditions (Pulphouse no ISBN, May ’91, $4.95, 79pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Collection of three stories, two original. A limited hardcover edition ($25.00) is also available and a leatherbound deluxe edition ($50.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
• * _Black Air (Pulphouse 1-56146-520-8, May ’91, $1.95, 43pp, pb, cover by Gregorio Montejo) Historical fantasy story that originally appeared in F&SF and in his collection The Planet On the Table. Short story paperback #20.
• * *Blue Mars (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13883-1, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], £15.99, 619pp, hc) [Mars] SF novel. The climax of the acclaimed trilogy. An export-only edition (0-00-2243150-6) is issued simultaneously.
• * +Blue Mars (Bantam Spectra 0-553-10144-7, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $22.95, 609pp, hc, cover by Don Dixon) [Mars] SF novel, third book of a trilogy about the colonization and terraforming of Mars. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1996).
• * _Blue Mars (Easton Press no ISBN, Sep ’96, no price, 609pp, hc) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1996) SF novel, third book of a trilogy about the colonization and terraforming of Mars. This limited, leatherbound, gilt-edged edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of SF”, available by subscription only. This follows the Bantam Spectra edition seen in June.
• * _Blue Mars (SFBC #13941, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $10.98, 671pp, hc, cover by Don Dixon) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1996) SF novel, third book of a trilogy about the colonization and terraforming of Mars. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Blue Mars (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-21391-0, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £6.99, 787pp, pb) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1996) SF novel. The last in an acclaimed trilogy.
• * _Blue Mars (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57335-7, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $6.99, 761pp, pb, cover by Don Dixon) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1996) SF novel, third book of a trilogy about the colonization and terraforming of Mars. A Hugo nominee and winner of the Locus Award.
• * *Down and Out in the Year 2000 (Grafton 0-586-21497-6, Nov ’92, £5.99, 351pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Collection of two long novellas, “A Short, Sharp Shock” and “The Blind Geometer”, each previously published separately, and nine stories from last year’s US collection Remaking History (Tor). Recommended (PSP). (Contents)
• * *Escape from Kathmandu (Tor 0-312-93196-4, Nov ’89, $17.95, 314pp, hc, cover by Wayne Barlowe) [Freds] Comic fantasy adventure quasi-novel/collection of four connected stories set in Nepal. (Contents)
• * _Escape from Kathmandu (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440624-X, Jan ’90, £12.95, 314pp, hc, cover by Max Schindler) [Freds] Reprint (Tor 1989) collection of four connected fantasy adventure stories set in Nepal.
• * _Escape from Kathmandu (Easton Press no ISBN, Feb ’90, no price, 314pp, hc) [Freds] Comic fantasy adventure quasi-novel/collection of four stories, with an introduction by James Gunn and artwork by A.C. Farley. This is a signed special leatherbound gilt-edge edition that is being published “simultaneously” with the Tor hardcover listed three months ago. It is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Escape from Kathmandu (Tor 0-812-50059-8, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $4.95, 313pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe) [Freds] Reprint (Tor 1989) comic fantasy adventure quasi-novel/collection of four connected stories set in Nepal.
• * _Escape from Kathmandu (Unwin 0-04-440772-6, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], £3.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Freds] Reprint (Tor 1989) fantasy collection.
• * _Escape from Kathmandu (Tor/Orb 0-312-89006-0, Feb ’94, $12.95, 320pp, tp, cover by Wayne Barlowe) [Freds] Reprint (Tor 1989) collection of four connected stories.
• * *The Gold Coast (Tor 0-312-93050-X, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $18.95, 389pp, hc) [Orange County] Near-future quasi-sf novel set in a Southern California not much different from today’s. A “companion piece” to Robinson’s first novel, The Wild Shore.
• * _The Gold Coast (Tor 0-812-55239-3, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 389pp, pb) [Orange County] Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel set in an alternate near-future California.
• * _The Gold Coast (Orbit 0-7088-8295-1, May ’89, £6.99, 389pp, tp) [Orange County] Reprint (Tor 1988) curious mixture of futuristic Los Angeles drug scene and anti-SDI polemic. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Gold Coast (Orbit 0-7088-8295-1, Aug ’90, £3.99, 389pp, pb) [Orange County] Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel.
• * _The Gold Coast (HarperCollins UK 0-00-648020-9, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], £4.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Orange County] Reprint (Tor 1988) SF novel in the ‘Orange County’ series.
• * _The Gold Coast (Tor/Orb 0-312-89037-0, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $13.95, 389pp, tp, cover by Tony Roberts) [Orange County] Reprint (Tor 1988) SF novel, second in the “Three Californias” trilogy.
• * *Green Mars (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13882-3, Oct ’93, £14.99, 575pp, hc, cover by Peter Elson) [Mars] Epic sf novel about the colonization of Mars. Volume two in the “Mars” trilogy.
• * +Green Mars (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37335-8, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $13.95, 535pp, tp, cover by Don Dixon) [Mars] Sf novel, second book of a trilogy about the colonization and terraforming of Mars. A hardcover edition (-09640-0, $22.95) is also available. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1993).
• * _Green Mars (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224296-6, Apr ’94, £9.99, 575pp, tp, cover by Peter Elson) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) SF novel. Volume two in the “Mars” trilogy.
• * _Green Mars (SFBC #03174, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $10.98, 535pp, hc, cover by Don Dixon) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) SF novel, sequel to Red Mars. Similar to the 1994 Bantam Spectra edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Green Mars (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21390-2, Oct ’94 [Nov ’94], £5.99, 783pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) SF novel. Volume two in the “Mars” trilogy.
• * _Green Mars (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57239-3, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $5.99, 624pp, pb, cover by Don Dixon) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) SF novel, second in the “Martian” trilogy. Winner of the Hugo Award.
• * *Icehenge (Ace 0-441-35854-3, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.95, 262pp, pb) [Icehenge] Sf novel, incorporating two short stories (“To Leave a Mark” and “On the North Pole of Pluto”). Linked tales of science, politics, and space. Recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
• * _Icehenge (Macdonald 0-356-12402-9, Oct ’86, £9.95, 256pp, hc) [Icehenge] Reprint (Ace 1984) sf novel.
• * _Icehenge (Tor 0-812-50267-1, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.95, 262pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Icehenge] Reprint (Ace 1984) sf novel.
• * _Icehenge (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648255-4, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], £5.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Icehenge] Reprint (Ace 1984) SF novel.
• * _Icehenge (Tor/Orb 0-312-86609-7, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $13.95, 287pp, tp) [Icehenge] Reprint (Ace 1984) SF novel.
• * *The Memory of Whiteness (Tor 0-312-93467-X, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $15.95, 351pp, hc) Sf novel. Robinson’s finest effort to date, an exquisitely structured musical tour of the solar system from the perspective of the musician who plays an entire orchestra. One of the year’s finest novels. (DLN)
• * _The Memory of Whiteness (Macdonald 0-356-10828-7, Feb ’86, £9.95, 352pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel.
• * _The Memory of Whiteness (Tor 0-812-55235-0, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $3.50, 351pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel. First paperback edition.
• * _The Memory of Whiteness (Orbit 0-7088-8211-0, Jan ’87, £2.95, 351pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel.
• * _The Memory of Whiteness (Tor/Orb 0-312-86143-5, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $13.95, 351pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1985) SF novel about a musician touring the solar system in 3229.
• * *The Novels of Philip K. Dick (UMI 0-8357-1589-2, 1984 [Feb ’85], $24.95 + postage, 150pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study. This is a revision of a thesis Robinson did in 1982. The book came out in 1984, but we missed it. [Dick]
• * *Pacific Edge (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440632-0, Sep ’90, £13.95, 280pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Orange County] Sf novel set in late 21st century California.
• * +Pacific Edge (Tor 0-312-85097-2, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $18.95, 326pp, hc) [Orange County] Sf novel, third of a thematic trilogy set in 21st-century Orange County. First American edition (Unwin Hyman 1990).
• * _Pacific Edge (Easton Press no ISBN, Dec ’90, no price, 326pp, hc) [Orange County] Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1990) sf novel with an introduction by James Gunn and artwork by David Dietrick. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Pacific Edge (Tor 0-812-50056-3, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.99, 326pp, pb) [Orange County] Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1990) sf novel, third book of a thematic trilogy set in 21st-century Orange County.
• * _Pacific Edge (Grafton 0-586-21457-7, Jan ’92, £3.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Orange County] Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1990) sf novel set in late 21st Century California.
• * _Pacific Edge (Tor/Orb 0-312-89038-9, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $13.95, 326pp, tp, cover by Tony Roberts) [Orange County] Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1990) SF novel, third in the “Three Californias” trilogy.
• * _Pacific Edge (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21457-7, Jul ’95, £4.99, 280pp, pb) [Orange County] Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1990) SF novel in the ‘Orange County’ trilogy.
• * *The Planet on the Table (Tor 0-312-93595-1, Jul ’86 [May ’86], $14.95, 241pp, hc) Collection of 8 stories plus an introduction, by one of the best of the newer writers. Several of these are award nominees. (Contents)
• * _The Planet on the Table (Tor 0-812-55237-7, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.50, 241pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1986) collection of 8 stories.
• * _The Planet on the Table (Orbit 0-7088-8232-3, Aug ’87, £2.95, 241pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1986) sf collection. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Red Mars (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13881-5, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], £14.99, 501pp, hc, cover by Mel Grant) [Mars] Epic sf novel about the colonization of Mars.
• * +Red Mars (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37134-7, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $11.95, 519pp, tp, cover by Don Dixon) [Mars] Sf novel, first book of a trilogy about the colonization and terraforming of Mars. A hardcover edition (-09204-9, $22.95) is also available. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1992).
• * _Red Mars (SFBC #00019, Feb ’93, $10.98, 519pp, hc, cover by Don Dixon) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) sf novel, first book of a trilogy about the colonization and terraforming of Mars. Similar to the Bantam Spectra edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Red Mars (Easton Press no ISBN, Mar ’93, no price, 519pp, hc) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) sf novel, first book of a trilogy about the colonization and terraforming of Mars. Published “simultaneously” with the Bantam Spectra edition listed two months ago. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Red Mars (TSP #2061021, Mar ’93, £8.99, 501pp, tp, cover by Peter Elson) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) sf novel. This is a bookclub edition. [Not seen]
• * _Red Mars (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224053-X, Mar ’93, £8.99, 501pp, tp, cover by Peter Elson) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) sf novel.
• * _Red Mars (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21389-9, Aug ’93, £5.99, 671pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) epic sf novel about the colonization of Mars. Volume one in the “Mars” trilogy.
• * _Red Mars (Bantam 0-553-56073-5, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $5.99, 572pp, pb, cover by Don Dixon) [Mars] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) sf novel, first book of a trilogy about the colonization and terraforming of Mars. A Hugo nominee.
• * *Remaking History (Tor 0-312-85126-X, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $18.95, 274pp, hc, cover by Peter Gudynas) Collection of 15 stories. (Contents)
• * *Remaking History and Other Stories (Tor/Orb 0-312-89012-5, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $14.95, 528pp, tp) Collection of 25 stories, an omnibus of The Planet on the Table (Tor 1986) and Remaking History (Tor 1991). (Contents)
• * *A Short, Sharp Shock (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-18X, May ’90, $18.00, 147pp, hc, cover by Arnie Fenner) Surrealistic fantasy short novel with illustrations by Arnie Fenner. A limited edition (-929489-19X, $45.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _A Short, Sharp Shock (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57461-2, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $5.99, 180pp, pb, cover by Arnie Fenner) Reprint (Ziesing 1990) surrealistic fantasy short novel.
• * *The Wild Shore (Ace 0-441-88870-4, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $2.95, 371pp, pb) [Orange County] Sf novel, first of the revived Ace Science Fiction Specials edited by Terry Carr. A first novel. Slow but excellently written post-holocaust California coast novel. (EAL)
• * _The Wild Shore (Macdonald 0-356-12220-4, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £9.95, 384pp, hc) [Orange County] Reprint (Ace 1984) sf novel, library edition.
• * _The Wild Shore (Ace 0-441-88874-7, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $3.50, 371pp, pb) [Orange County] Reissue (Ace 1984) sf novel. Fourth printing.
• * _The Wild Shore (HarperCollins UK 0-00-648019-5, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], £4.99, 343pp, pb) [Orange County] Reprint (Ace 1984) SF novel.
• * _The Wild Shore (Tor/Orb 0-312-89036-2, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $13.95, 377pp, tp) [Orange County] Reprint (Ace 1984) SF novel, first in the “Three Californias” trilogy.

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• * *Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias (Tor 0-312-85474-9, Jul ’94, $23.95, 352pp, hc) Anthology of 12 stories and three poems on the Ecotopia theme, with an introduction by the editor. The Ernest Callenbach story is original to this volume. (Contents)
• * _Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias (Tor 0-312-86350-0, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $15.95, 352pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1994) anthology on the theme of Ecotopia.

ROBINSON, LOGAN (Gilmore) (1949- )

• * _Evil Star (Zebra 0-8217-1992-0, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $2.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Norton 1986) near-future sf novel of strange astronomic happenings and the threat of global war.

ROBINSON, NIGEL (stories)

• * *All Shook Up (Boxtree 0-7522-0986-8, Feb ’95, £2.99, 133pp, pb, cover by Paul Campbell) Young-adult horror novel: an ancient stone circle, discovered beneath a school’s grounds, is an evil entity’s gateway into our world.
• * *Bad Moon Rising (Boxtree 0-7522-0966-3, Jul ’94, £2.99, 156pp, pb) [Horror High] Young-adult horror novel. Volume 11 in the “Horror High” series. The name of the series is no longer used on the cover or title page.
• * *Birthright (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20393-3, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], £4.50, 216pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
• * *Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction (W.H. Allen 0-491-03138-6, May ’88 [Jun ’88], £7.95, 120pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization. Volume 132 in the series.
• * _Doctor Who: The Edge of Destruction (W.H. Allen Target 0-426-20327-5, Oct ’88, £1.99, 120pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1988) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 132 in the series.
• * _Doctor Who: The Time Meddler (W.H. Allen Target 0-426-20312-7, Mar ’88, £1.99, 141pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1987) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 126 in the series.
• * *Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace (W.H. Allen 0-491-03496-2, Feb ’88 [Jun ’88], £7.95, 137pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization. Volume 129 in the series.
• * _Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace (W.H. Allen Target 0-426-20326-7, Jul ’88, £1.99, 137pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1988) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 129 in the series.
• * *Dream Lover (Boxtree 0-7522-0981-7, Oct ’94, £2.99, 115pp, pb) [Horror High] Book 14 in the “Horror High” series.
• * *First Contact (Scholastic UK 0-590-55493-X, Jun ’94, £2.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Steinar Lund) Young-adult sf novel.
• * *Horror High: Demon Breed (Boxtree 1-85283-363-7, Mar ’94, £2.99, 119pp, pb, cover by Paul Campion) [Horror High] Young-adult horror novel. Volume 10 in the series.
• * *Horror High: Symphony of Terror (Boxtree 1-85283-358-0, Mar ’94, £2.99, 133pp, pb, cover by Paul Campion) [Horror High] Volume nine in the series.
• * *Rave On (Boxtree 0-7522-0971-X, Jul ’94, £2.99, 124pp, pb) [Horror High] Young-adult horror novel. Volume 12 in the “Horror High” series.
• * *Remember Me (Boxtree 0-7522-0976-0, Oct ’94, £2.99, 124pp, pb) [Horror High] Book 13 in the “Horror High” series.
• * *Second Nature (Scholastic UK 0-590-55837-4, May ’96 [Mar ’96], £3.99, 261pp, pb, cover by Steinar Lund) Young-adult SF novel. Three space refugees seek help from the mysterious Momma Mercy.
• * *The Sensorites (W.H. Allen 0-491-03455-5, Feb ’87, £7.50, 143pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Juvenile sf novel. Volume 118 in the Doctor Who series.