The Locus Index to Science Fiction
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- 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.)
- 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.
- * *Authors 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 years 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 todays. A companion piece to Robinsons 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. Robinsons 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 years 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 schools grounds, is an evil entitys 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.
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