The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- RADCLIFFE, THERESA
- * *Garden of Shadows (Puffin 0-14-038419-7, Nov 98, £3.99, 150pp, pb) Young-adult dark fantasy novel. A poison experts son has a secret as exotic and deadly as his fathers garden. The author acknowledges Rappacinis Daughter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
- RADFORD, IRENE (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Dragons Touchstone (DAW 0-88677-744-5, Jun 97 [May 97], $5.99, 380pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Dragon Nimbus] Fantasy novel, fourth in the Dragon Nimbus series.
- * *The Glass Dragon (DAW 0-88677-634-1, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $4.99, 350pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Dragon Nimbus] Fantasy novel, first in the Dragon Nimbus series. A journeyman wizard and a witchwoman try to save their lands last dragon from an evil magician. A first novel.
- * _The Glass Dragon (DAW 0-88677-634-1, Sep 96 [Oct 96], $5.99, 350pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Dragon Nimbus] Reissue (DAW 1994) fantasy novel, first in the Dragon Nimbus series. Second printing.
- * *The Last Battlemage (DAW 0-88677-774-7, Jan 98 [Dec 97], $6.99, 368pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Dragon Nimbus] Fantasy novel, Dragon Nimbus History #2, fifth book overall in series.
- * *The Loneliest Magician (DAW 0-88677-709-7, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $5.99, 352pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Dragon Nimbus] Fantasy novel, third in the Dragon Nimbus series.
- * *The Perfect Princess (DAW 0-88677-678-3, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $5.50, 348pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Dragon Nimbus] Fantasy novel, second in The Dragon Nimbus series. A recently dis-enchanted prince tries to defend his realm from rogue magic.
- RADFORD, KEN
- * *The Cellar (Holiday House 0-8234-0744-6, Apr 89, $13.95, 171pp, hc) Young-adult ghost/horror novel.
- * +Haunting at Mill Lane (Holiday House 0-8234-0676-8, 1988 [Jun 89], $12.95, 153pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy/time travel novel about a young girls obsession with a ghost. This was published in 1988 but was not seen until now. First American edition (UK 1983).
- * +House in the Shadows (Holiday House 0-8234-0673-3, 1987 [Jun 89], $12.95, 178pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel about a young girl who goes back in time as an unseen ghost from the future. This was published in 1987 but was not seen until now. First American edition (UK 1986).
- RAEPER, WILLIAM (1959- )
- * *Fantasy King: A Biography of George MacDonald (Lion 0-7459-1123-4, Sep 87, £12.95, 416pp, hc) Biographical book. [Not seen] [MacDonald]
- * _George MacDonald (Lion 0-7459-1531-0, Oct 88, £5.95, 448pp, tp) Reprint (Lion 1987, as Fantasy King: A Biography of George MacDonald) biography of George MacDonald. [Not seen]
- * *Warrior of Light (Lion 0-7459-2509-X, Jul 93, £3.50, 170pp, pb, cover by Nick Spender) Young-adult fantasy novel. Sequel to A Witch in Time.
- RAGEN, NAOMI
- * *The Ghost of Hannah Mendes (Simon & Schuster 0-684-83393-X, Sep 98, $24.00, 384pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) Ghost novel. A woman wishing to interest her granddaughters in their family history gets help from ghosts real and imagined.
- RAHMAN, GLENN ARTHUR (stories)
- * *Heir of Darkness (New Infinities 0-425-11569-0, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $3.95, 352pp, pb) Fantasy novel about a magical ring possessed by the Roman Emperor Caligula and the Germanic sorcerer who tries to reclaim it. An edition without the BSM distribution imprint or ISBN was also released for sale in gaming stores. That edition has the number 50-7007 in place of the ISBN.
- RAHMAN, PHILIP J., ed. (stories)
- RAIN, DAVID (C.) (1961- ); see pseudonym Tom Arden (stories)
- RAINES, THERON (W.) (1927- ) (stories)
- * *The Singing: A Fable About What Makes Us Human (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-177-3, May 88 [Apr 88], $12.95, 163pp, hc) Sf novel, the tale of a love affair between an office girl and an alien.
- RAINEY, MARK; see under Rainey, Stephen Mark (stories)
- RAINEY, STEPHEN MARK (1959- ) (stories)
- * *Fugue Devil and Other Weird Horrors (Macabre, Inc. no ISBN, 1992 [Nov 93], $5.95, 86pp, tp, cover by Philip Reynolds) Small press collection of five horror stories, with an introduction by Robert M. Price and illustrations by Augie Wiedemann. This has a 1992 copyright date but was not seen until now. Available from Macabre, Inc., 454 Munden Ave., Norfolk VA 23505. (Contents)
- RAISOR, GARY L. (stories) (chron.)
- * *Less Than Human (Diamond 1-55773-739-8, Jul 92 [Jun 92], $4.99, 265pp, pb) Horror novel about two pool-playing vampires who terrorize a town after they are discovered. A limited hardcover edition was announced by The Overlook Connection but not seen.
- * _Less Than Human (Overlook Connection Press 0-9633397-0-2, Jul 94, $29.95, 271pp, hc, cover by Guy Aitchison) Reprint (Diamond 1992) horror novel about two pool-playing vampires who terrorize a town after they are discovered, with a new introduction by Joe R. Lansdale. This is a 1,000-copy edition. A special 300-copy signed edition (-1-0, $200.00), slipcased in a small oak coffin with brass fittings, was announced but not seen. Available from Overlook Connection Press, PO Box 526, Woodstock GA. Please include $2 postage for the coffined edition, $1 for the regular hardcover.
- _____, ed.
- RAMSAY, JAY; pseudonym of Ramsey Campbell, (1946- )
- * +Night of the Claw (St. Martins 0-312-57294-8, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $12.95, 367pp, hc) Reprint (U.K. 1983) horror novel, first U.S. edition.
- * _Night of the Claw (Tor 0-812-52500-0, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $3.95, 367pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martins 1983) fantasy horror novel by Ramsey Campbell.
- RAMSLAND, KATHERINE M(arie Johnston) (1953- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Anne Rice Trivia Book (Ballantine 0-345-39251-5, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $5.99, 244pp, pb) Non-fiction trivia book full of quizzes on both Rice and her works. [Rice]
- * *Dean Koontz: A Writers Biography (HarperPrism 0-06-105271-X, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $24.00, 508pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography. Includes index, and chronologies of articles, books, and short fiction. [Koontz]
- * _Dean Koontz: A Writers Biography (Headline 0-7472-7620-X, Jan 98, £14.99, 508pp, tp) Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) biographical work. A frank look at a life that Koontz has often suggested, but never revealed in such appalling detail. A hardcover edition (-2186-3, £18.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition] [Koontz]
- * _Dean Koontz: A Writers Biography (HarperPrism 0-06-105351-1, Aug 98 [Sep 98], $16.00, 508pp, tp) Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) biography. [Koontz]
- * *Piercing the Darkness: Undercover with Vampires in America Today (HarperPrism 0-06-105062-8, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $24.00, 371pp, hc) Non-fiction look at the underground vampire culture in New York, New Orleans, and other big cities. Some of it is pretty scary.
- * *Prism of the Night: A Biography of Anne Rice (Dutton 0-525-93370-0, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $22.95, 385pp, hc) Non-fiction, a biography of the bestselling horror writer. [Rice]
- * _Prism of the Night: A Biography of Anne Rice (Penguin/Plume 0-452-26862-1, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $12.00, 397pp, tp) Reprint (Dutton 1991) biography of the horror writer. A new afterword discusses the writing of Rices latest novel, The Tale of the Body Thief, and the death of her father. [Rice]
- * *The Roquelaure Reader (Penguin/Plume 0-452-27510-5, Feb 96 [Jan 96], $12.95, 244pp, tp) Associational non-fiction, a companion to Anne Rices erotica. Includes two chapters cut from Exit to Eden because they were too explicit.
- * _The Vampire Companion (Little, Brown UK 0-316-90901-7, Feb 94, £17.50, 508pp, hc) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Ballantine 1993) guide to Anne Rices Vampire Chronicles. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Vampire Companion (Ballantine 0-345-39739-8, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $17.95, 577pp, tp, cover by Neal McPheeters) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Ballantine 1993) nonfiction reference guide to Anne Rices Vampire Chronicles. This edition is revised and updated to include Memnoch the Devil, and has a previously unpublished short story by Rice that became Interview with the Vampire.
- * _The Vampire Companion: Official Guide to Anne Rices Vampire Chronicles (Warner UK 0-7515-1072-6, Oct 95 [Feb 96], £14.99, 577pp, tp) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Ballantine 1993) reference guide. Revised to include an original short story version of Interview with the Vampire. Published in 1995 but not seen until now. [Rice]
- * *The Vampire Companion: The Official Guide to Anne Rices The Vampire Chronicles" (Ballantine 0-345-37922-5, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $29.95, 506pp, hc, cover by Mitzura Salgian) [Vampire Chronicles] Non-fiction, reference. An encyclopedia devoted to terms, places, characters, etc., that appear in or are connected with Rices "Vampire Chronicles series. There is also a timeline and a set of maps. [Rice]
- * *The Witches Companion (Ballantine 0-345-38947-6, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $29.95, 523pp, hc, cover by Neal McPheeters) [Mayfair Witches] Nonfiction reference guide to Anne Rices Lives of the Mayfair Witches. Written in cooperation with Anne Rice.
- * _The Witches Companion (Ballantine 0-345-40624-9, Sep 96, $17.95, 523pp, tp, cover by Neal McPheeters) [Mayfair Witches] Reprint (Ballantine 1994) nonfiction reference guide to Anne Rices Lives of the Mayfair Witches. Written in cooperation with Anne Rice.
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- * *The Anne Rice Reader (Ballantine 0-345-40267-7, Feb 97, $12.00, 359pp, tp) Nonfiction. A collection of 17 essays, articles, and interpretations of Rices works by journalists, scholars, and fellow authors, plus two previously uncollected early stories by Rice. [Rice]
- RAND, AYN; pseudonym of Alissa Rosenbaum, (1905-1982) (chron.)
- * _Anthem (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-94015-4, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $22.95, 253pp, hc, cover by Nick Gaetano) Reprint (Cassell 1938) dystopian novel. This is a 50th anniversary edition, following the revised 1946 US edition (Pamphleteers), with a new introduction and appendix by Leonard Peikoff. An appendix includes the original British edition, with Rands handwritten changes for American publication. A simultaneous Signet paperback edition (-18532-3) was announced but not seen.
- * _Atlas Shrugged (BOMC no ISBN, Oct 92, $23.95, 1168pp, hc) Reprint (Random House 1957) classic philosophical novel about individualism, set in a near future (for the time) where civilization is crumbling.
- * _Atlas Shrugged (BOMC no ISBN, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $23.95, 1168pp, hc) Reprint (Random House 1957) SF novel.
- * _Atlas Shrugged (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17192-6, Aug 95 [Sep 95], $7.99, 1075pp, pb) Reissue (Random House 1957) philosophical novel about a near-future society. This is the 1992 35th anniversary edition with an introduction by Leonard Peikoff; 55th printing.
- RANDALL, MARTA (1948- ); see pseudonym Martha Conley (stories)
- * _The Sword of Winter (SFBC #3607, Feb 84 [Jan 84], $3.98, 244pp, hc) Reprint (Simon & Schuster Timescape 1983) fantasy novel. Witty political adventure. (EAL)
- * _The Sword of Winter (Pocket 0-671-55456-6, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $3.50, 271pp, pb) Reprint (Timescape 1983) fantasy novel.
- * *Those Who Favour Fire (Pocket 0-671-44216-3, May 84 [Apr 84], $3.50, 276pp, pb) Near-future disaster novel.
- _____, ed.
- * *The Nebula Awards #19 (Arbor House 0-87795-662-6, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $15.95, 255pp, hc) Anthology of the 1984 Nebula winners and some runners-up. (Contents)
- RANDALL, NEIL (1952- )
- RANDERS, NICHOLAS; pseudonym of Nicholas Grabowsky
- * *Pray Serpents Prey (Critics Choice 1-55547-267-2, Sep 88 [Oct 88], $3.95, 308pp, pb) Horror novel of evil in a small Montana town.
- RANDISI, ROBERT J(oseph) (1951- ) (stories)
- RANDLE, KEVIN D(ouglas) (1949- ) (stories)
- * *The Aldebaran Campaign (with Robert Charles Cornett) (Ace 0-441-23434-8, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $3.50, 202pp, pb) [Seeds of War] Military sf novel, sequel to Seeds of War.
- * *The Aquarian Attack (with Robert Charles Cornett) (Ace 0-441-02822-5, Nov 89 [Oct 89], $3.50, 188pp, pb) [Seeds of War] Military sf novel, third book in the Seeds of War series.
- * *Galactic MI (Ace 0-441-27238-X, Jun 93 [May 93], $4.50, 204pp, pb, cover by Kevin Murphy) [Galactic MI] Sf novel, first book of a new adventure series about a military/scientific team that goes undercover on alien planets before official First Contact.
- * *Galactic MI #2: The Rat Trap (Ace 0-441-27243-6, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $4.50, 188pp, pb, cover by Kevin Murphy) [Galactic MI] Sf adventure novel, second book of a series about a military/scientific team that goes undercover on alien worlds before official First Contact.
- * *Galactic MI: The Citadel (Ace 0-441-00056-8, May 94 [Apr 94], $4.50, 188pp, pb, cover by Donato) [Galactic MI] Sf novel, third book of an adventure series about a military/scientific team that goes undercover on alien planets before official First Contact.
- * *Jeffersons War: Chain of Command (Ace 0-441-38442-0, Mar 92 [Feb 92], $3.99, 185pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [*Jeffersons War] Military sf novel, sixth book of the Jeffersons War series.
- * *Jeffersons War: Death of a Regiment (Ace 0-441-38441-2, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $3.99, 187pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [*Jeffersons War] Military sf novel, fifth book of the Jeffersons War series.
- * *Jeffersons War: The Galactic Silver Star (Ace 0-441-27242-8, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $3.50, 200pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [*Jeffersons War] Sf military adventure novel about the United States Space Infantry. First book of a new series.
- * *Jeffersons War: The January Platoon (Ace 0-441-38440-4, Jul 91 [Jun 91], $3.95, 188pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [*Jeffersons War] Military sf adventure novel, fourth book of the Jeffersons War series.
- * *Jeffersons War: The Lost Colony (Ace 0-441-38439-0, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $3.95, 185pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [*Jeffersons War] Military sf adventure novel, third book of the Jeffersons War series.
- * *Jeffersons War: The Price of Command (Ace 0-441-38438-2, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $3.95, 184pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [*Jeffersons War] Military sf adventure novel, second book of the Jeffersons War series.
- * _Once Upon a Murder (with Robert J. Randisi) See entry under Robert J. Randisi
- * *Remember Gettysburg! (with Robert Charles Cornett) (Charter 1-55773-089-X, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.50, 231pp, pb) [Remember] Time travel novel Vietnam vets fight in the Civil War. A sequel to Remember the Alamo.
- * *Remember Little Big Horn! (with Robert Charles Cornett) (Charter 1-55773-330-9, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $3.50, 188pp, pb) [Remember] Time-travel sf adventure. Commando team goes back in time to ensure that Custer dies at Little Big Horn. Third in a series.
- * _Remember the Alamo! (with Robert Charles Cornett) (Charter 0-441-71325-4, Jul 86 [Jun 86], $3.50, 234pp, pb) [Remember] Reprint (TA Publications 1980) sf time travel/action adventure novel of Vietnam vets joining Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie in the battle for the Alamo.
- * *Seeds of War (with Robert Charles Cornett) (Ace 0-441-75878-9, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $2.95, 265pp, pb) Military sf novel of U.S. recruits vs. an alien menace.
- * *Star Precinct (with Richard Driscoll) (Ace 0-441-78268-X, Apr 92 [Mar 92], $4.50, 185pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Star Precinct] Sf police procedural, first book of a series featuring the interstellar Star Cops, who are assigned to investigate the strange death of the galaxys richest man.
- * *Star Precinct 2: Mind Slayer (with Richard Driscoll) (Ace 0-441-78269-8, Aug 92 [Jul 92], $4.50, 183pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Star Precinct] Sf police procedural, second book of the series. The Star Cops hunt a telepathic killer on an amusement planet.
- * *Star Precinct 3: Inside Job (with Richard Driscoll) (Ace 0-441-78270-1, Dec 92 [Nov 92], $4.50, 182pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Star Precinct] Sf police procedural, third book of the series. The Star Cops hunt a serial killer on their own precinct ship, whos determined to eliminate the subculture of human corridor rats.
- RANGEL, KIMBERLY (K.)
- * *The Homecoming (Leisure 0-8439-4352-1, 1998 [Mar 98], $5.50, 360pp, pb) Horror novel. A dead serial killers spirit returns.
- * *Shadows (Leisure 0-8439-4054-9, Aug 96, $4.99, 310pp, pb) Horror novel. A family is cursed to live nights as were-panthers with a thirst of blood.
- RANKIN, IAN (James) (1960- ) (stories)
- * *Westwind (Barrie & Jenkins 0-7126-3626-9, Mar 90, £11.95, 224pp, hc, cover by David Fordham) Near-future thriller set at a time when American troops have withdrawn from Europe.
- * _Westwind (Coronet 0-340-54596-8, Mar 91, £3.99, 267pp, pb) Reprint (Barrie & Jenkins 1990) near-future techno-thriller.
- RANKIN, ROBERT (Fleming) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * _The Antipope (Corgi 0-552-13841-X, Feb 92 [Jan 92], £3.99, 283pp, pb) [Brentford] Reprint (Pan 1981) humorous sf novel. Volume one in the Brentford trilogy.
- * *Apocalypso (Doubleday UK 0-385-40943-5, Dec 98 [Oct 98], £16.99, 271pp, hc, cover by John Alexander & Robert Rankin) Humorous SF/fantasy novel of an alien spacecraft which crashed millennia ago, its still-living occupant, and a stage magician making his last comeback - from the grave.
- * *Armageddon: The Musical (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-0515-2, Feb 90, £13.99, 239pp, hc, cover by Jeff Fisher) [Armageddon] Hilarious sf novel in which Elvis Presley travels forward in time (courtesy of a time-travelling Brussels Sprout) to save the Earth from the Dalai Lama. Strongly recommended. (PSP)
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