The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- RANKIN, ROBERT (Fleming) (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * +Armageddon: The Musical (Dell 0-440-50347-7, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $8.95, 239pp, tp) [Armageddon] Comic sf novel of Elvis trying to save a post-holocaust Earth with the help of a sentient Brussels Sprout. Recommended (SW). First American edition (Bloomsbury 1990).
- * _Armageddon: The Musical (Corgi 0-552-13681-6, Apr 91 [Oct 90], £3.99, 331pp, pb, cover by Jake) [Armageddon] Reprint (Bloomsbury 1990) humorous sf novel about Elvis Presley and a time-travelling Brussels sprout. Recommended. (PSP)
- * *The Book of Ultimate Truths (Doubleday UK 0-385-40413-1, Jun 93, £14.99, 272pp, hc, cover by Ian Murray) [Hugo Rune] Humorous sf novel.
- * _The Book of Ultimate Truths (Corgi 0-552-13922-X, Apr 94 [Mar 94], £4.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Ian Murray) [Hugo Rune] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1993) humorous SF novel. Volume one in the Hugo Rune series.
- * *The Brentford Chainstore Massacre (Doubleday UK 0-385-40707-6, Dec 97 [Nov 97], £16.99, 269pp, hc) [Brentford] Humorous fantasy novel. Fifth in the Brentford Trilogy. A Mess of Messiahs: multiple clones of Jesus from the Turin Shroud. Colloquially known as A Really Really Bad Idea.
- * _The Brentford Chainstore Massacre (Corgi 0-552-14357-X, Jun 98 [May 98], £5.99, 366pp, pb, cover by Ian Murray) [Brentford] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1997) humorous fantasy novel. Fifth in The Brentford Trilogy.
- * _The Brentford Triangle (Corgi 0-552-13842-8, Aug 92 [Jul 92], £3.99, 237pp, pb) [Brentford] Reprint (Pan 1982) humorous sf novel. Volume two in the Brentford trilogy.
- * *The Brentford Trilogy (Abacus 0-349-10028-4, Aug 88, £4.99, 613pp, tp) [Brentford] Humorous horror omnibus. (Contents)
- * *The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag (Doubleday UK 0-385-40920-6, Jun 98 [May 98], £16.99, 254pp, hc) Humorous cyber-gothic novel. The worlds most ruthless person tries to grab control of the most powerful computer company, Necrosoft, and its Necronet.
- * _The Dance of the Voodoo Handbag (Corgi 0-552-14580-7, Dec 98 [Oct 98], £5.99, 336pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1998) humorous cyber-gothic novel.
- * *A Dog Called Demolition (Doubleday UK 0-385-40516-2, Apr 96 [Mar 96], £15.99, 251pp, hc, cover by Ian Murray) Humorous dark fantasy novel about Danny Orion, the first surreal killer.
- * _A Dog Called Demolition (Corgi 0-552-14213-1, Oct 96 [Sep 96], £4.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Ian Murray) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1996) humorous dark fantasy novel.
- * _East of Ealing (Corgi 0-552-13843-6, Dec 92 [Nov 92], £3.99, 284pp, pb) [Brentford] Reprint (Pan 1984) humorous sf novel. Volume three in the Brentford trilogy.
- * *The Garden of Unearthly Delights (Doubleday UK 0-385-40515-4, Oct 95, £14.99, 253pp, hc, cover by Ian Murray) Fantasy novel: Earth leaves behind a time of science, cause and effect, and enters a time of magic, myth, and mirth.
- * _The Garden of Unearthly Delights (Corgi 0-552-14212-3, Apr 96 [Mar 96], £4.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Ian Murray) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1995) humorous SF/ fantasy novel. The Earth enters a realm of non-causality where magic works, and technology does not.
- * *The Greatest Show Off Earth (Doubleday UK 0-385-40419-0, Oct 94 [Sep 94], £14.99, 284pp, hc, cover by Ian Murray) Humorous SF novel.
- * _The Greatest Show Off Earth (Corgi 0-552-13924-6, Apr 95 [Mar 95], £4.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Ian Murray) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1994) humorous SF novel. Having barely escaped being on a Venusian menu, Raymond finds sanctuary with a circus on its space-travelling Victorian steamship.
- * *The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived (Doubleday UK 0-385-40514-6, Apr 95 [Mar 95], £14.99, 267pp, hc, cover by Ian Murray) Humorous fantasy novel. God closes down Hell and overcrowds Heaven, and one soul uses the confusion to reincarnate repeatedly and gain great power.
- * _The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived (Corgi 0-552-14211-5, Oct 95 [Feb 96], £4.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Ian Murray) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1995) humorous fantasy novel: God has closed down Hell and Heaven is overcrowded.
- * *Nostradamus Ate My Hamster (Doubleday UK 0-385-40705-X, Oct 96, £15.99, 253pp, hc, cover by Ian Murray) [Brentford] Humorous fantasy novel in the Brentford series.
- * _Nostradamus Ate My Hamster (Corgi 0-552-14355-3, Jun 97 [May 97], £5.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Ian Murray) [Brentford] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1996) humorous fantasy novel in the Brentford series.
- * *Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Doubleday UK 0-385-40418-2, Apr 94 [Mar 94], £14.99, 253pp, hc, cover by Ian Murray) [Hugo Rune] Humorous SF novel. Volume two in the Hugo Rune series. The ISBN is given as 0-385-40433-1 inside the book.
- * _Raiders of the Lost Car Park (Corgi 0-552-13833-9, Oct 94 [Sep 94], £4.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Ian Murray) [Hugo Rune] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1994) humorous SF novel. Volume two in the Hugo Rune series.
- * *Sprout Mask Replica (Doubleday UK 0-385-40706-8, Jun 97 [May 97], £16.99, 252pp, hc, cover by Ian Murray) Humorous fantasy novel.
- * _Sprout Mask Replica (Corgi 0-552-14356-1, Dec 97 [Nov 97], £5.99, 351pp, hc, cover by Ian Murray) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1997) humorous fantasy novel.
- * *The Sprouts of Wrath (Abacus 0-349-10027-6, Aug 88, £3.99, 248pp, tp) [Brentford] Humorous horror novel. Volume 4 in the Brentford series.
- * _The Sprouts of Wrath (Corgi 0-552-13844-4, Sep 93 [Aug 93], £3.99, 286pp, pb) [Brentford] Reprint (Abacus 1988) humorous sf novel. Volume four in The Brentford Trilogy.
- * *The Suburban Book of the Dead Armageddon III: The Remake (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-1165-9, Apr 92 [Mar 92], £15.99, 262pp, hc, cover by Robert Rankin) [Armageddon] Humorous sf novel.
- * _The Suburban Book of the Dead Armageddon III: The Remake (Corgi 0-552-13923-8, Jun 93 [May 93], £3.99, 314pp, pb) [Armageddon] Reprint (Bloomsbury 1992) humorous sf novel.
- * *They Came and Ate Us: Armageddon II: The B-Movie (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-0818-6, Apr 91, £14.99, 278pp, hc, cover by Robert Rankin) [Armageddon] Humorous sf novel. Sequel to Armageddon: The Musical.
- * _They Came and Ate Us: Armageddon II: The B-Movie (Corgi 0-552-13832-0, Apr 92, £3.99, 336pp, pb) [Armageddon] Reprint (Bloomsbury 1991) humorous sf novel. Sequel to Armageddon: The Musical.
- RANSMAYR, CHRISTOPH (1954- )
- * +The Dog King (Knopf 0-679-45057-2, 1997 [Jul 97], $24.00, 355pp, hc) Literary alternate history novel in which plans to de-industrialize Germany after WWII were carried out. Translated from the German Morbus Kitahara (S. Fischer 1995) by John E. Woods. First US edition (Chatto & Windus 1997). Winner of the 1996 Aristeion Prize.
- * *The Dog King (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6627-4, Mar 97 [Jun 97], £15.99, 355pp, hc, cover by Barbara de Wilde) Alternate history novel of post-WWII Germany forced to revert to a pre-industrial existence. Translated by John E. Woods from the original German (Fischer Verlag 1995 as Morbus Kitahara).
- * _The Dog King (Vintage UK 0-09-976691-4, Mar 98 [Apr 98], £6.99, 355pp, tp, cover by Sophie Marsham) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1997) literary alternate history novel. Translated from the German Morbus Kitahara (S. Fischer 1995) by John E. Woods. Winner of the 1996 Aristeion Prize.
- * *The Last World (Grove Weidenfeld 0-8021-1167-X, Apr 90 [Aug 90], $18.95, 246pp, hc, cover by Fred Marcellino) Literary fantasy novel set in ancient Rome of a town out of Ovidian myth where the ancient and modern worlds come together.
- * _The Last World (Paladin 0-586-09123-8, Apr 91, £4.99, 202pp, tp, cover by Howard Bartrop) Reprint (Grove Weidenfeld 1990) novel set in past, present and future Europe. Translated from the German (Die Letzte Welt, Greno Verlagsgesellschaft, 1988) by John Woods.
- * _The Last World (Grove 0-8021-3458-0, Jun 96 [Sep 96], $12.00, 246pp, tp, cover by Hieronymus Bosch) Reprint (Grove Weidenfeld 1990) literary fantasy novel of mingled past and present. Translated from the German by John E. Woods.
- RANSOM, BILL; [i.e., William Michael Ransom] (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Ascension Factor (with Frank Herbert) See entry under Frank Herbert.
- * *Burn (Ace 0-441-00246-3, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $19.95, 315pp, hc, cover by Doug Struthers) [ViraVax] Near-future SF thriller. An artificial virus threatens humanity. Sequel to (or continuation of) ViraVax.
- * _Burn (Ace 0-441-00362-1, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $5.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Doug Struthers) [ViraVax] Reprint (Ace 1995) near-future SF thriller, sequel to (or continuation of) ViraVax.
- * *Jaguar (Ace 0-441-70353-4, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $3.95, 294pp, pb, cover by Royo) Sf novel about a Vietnam vet who invades the dreams of the denizens of another world in his own dreams and controls them.
- * _The Jesus Incident (with Frank Herbert) See entry under Frank Herbert.
- * _The Lazarus Effect (with Frank Herbert) See entry under Frank Herbert.
- * *ViraVax (Ace 0-441-86476-7, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $17.95, 307pp, hc, cover by Marvin Mattelson) [ViraVax] Sf thriller. A government agent discovers that he and his partner have been programmed as assassins by genetic researchers at one of the Agencys secret laboratories. Recommended (SW).
- * _ViraVax (Ace 0-441-00083-5, Aug 94 [Jul 94], $4.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Marvin Mattelson) [ViraVax] Reprint (Ace 1993) sf thriller.
- RANSOM, DANIEL; pseudonym of Ed Gorman, (1941- ) (stories)
- * *The Babysitter (St. Martins 0-312-91583-7, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $3.95, 214pp, pb) Horror novel about a pretty teenage babysitter who is actually a carnivorous creature.
- * *The Forsaken (St. Martins 0-312-90947-0, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $3.95, 305pp, pb) Horror novel of possession at a summer camp.
- * *The Fugitive Stars (DAW 0-88677-625-2, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $4.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) SF thriller. A telepath uncovers an extraterrestrial conspiracy involving plague.
- * *The Long Midnight (Dell 0-440-20606-5, Jan 93 [Dec 92], $4.99, 263pp, pb) Horror novel of murder in a school for telekinetics. Ransom is a pseudonym for Ed Gorman.
- * *Night Caller (Zebra 0-8217-2186-0, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $3.95, 301pp, pb) Horror novel.
- * *Nightmare Child (St. Martins 0-312-92301-5, Aug 90, $3.95, 163pp, pb) Horror novel of a couple who murder a little girl for her money and then have to deal with her return from the grave.
- * *Zone Soldiers (DAW 0-88677-737-2, Dec 96 [Nov 96], $5.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) Military SF novel. A deadly virus turns the US into two warring countries of Normals and mutants.
- RASLEY, ALICIA, ed. (stories)
- RASMUSSEN, ALIS A. (1958- ); see pseudonym Kate Elliott (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Highroad Trilogy Volume 1: A Passage of Stars (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28372-3, Feb 90 [Jan 90], $3.95, 289pp, pb, cover by Alan Gutierrez) [Highroad Trilogy] Romantic sf adventure novel of a young girls love for music and her search across space for freedom. Entertaining and involving light adventure (SW).
- * *The Highroad Trilogy Volume 2: Revolutions Shore (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28544-0, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $3.95, 290pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Highroad Trilogy] Sf adventure novel, second book of the Highroad trilogy. Enjoyable and exciting old-fashioned adventure (SW).
- * *The Highroad Trilogy Volume 3: The Price of Ransom (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28788-5, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $3.95, 289pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Highroad Trilogy] Sf adventure novel, third book of the Highroad Trilogy.
- * *The Labyrinth Gate (Baen 0-671-69793-5, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $3.50, 345pp, pb) Fantasy novel a magic deck of tarot cards transports a newlywed couple to another world. In the style of Regency romances. Probably a first novel.
- RASPE, RUDOLF ERICH (1737-1794) (stories)
- * _The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Methuen 0-413-14000-8, Mar 87, £6.95, 272pp, tp) Reprint collection of fantastic tales, illustrated by Ronald Searle. [Not seen]
- * _The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Dedalus 1-873982-35-6, Apr 93 [Mar 93], £6.99, 268pp, tp) Reissue collection of humorous fantasy tales.
- RATHBONE, JULIAN (Christopher) (1935-2008) (stories)
- * *Trajectories (Gollancz 0-575-06501-X, Oct 98, £16.99, 288pp, hc) Satirical SF novel; the fractured future of 2035, and the possible origins of humanity.
- RATHBONE, WENDY (stories) (chron.)
- RAU, G. RANDAL, ed.
- * *World Tales (1985 World Fantasy Convention no ISBN, Nov 85, $15.00 [free to convention members], 88pp, pb) Original anthology of stories and articles published as the souvenir book for the Tucson World Fantasy Convention, in the format of the old Weird Tales. Its a beautiful job down to the pre-yellowed paper. There is original fiction by Donaldson, Walton, and Yarbro plus bibliography, biography, poetry, art, etc. (Contents)
- RAVEN, DANIEL; pseudonym of Gene Lazuta, (1959- )
- * *Happy Cage (NAL Onyx 0-451-40141-7, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $3.95, 268pp, pb) Horror novel about a man who can live forever by transferring his consciousness from body to body in search of the perfect one.
- RAVENSWOOD, FRITZEN (H.) (1925-2005)
- * *The Spawning (Zebra 0-8217-2554-8, Jan 89 [Dec 88], $3.95, 352pp, pb) Horror novel. A woman gives birth to twins by her demon lover.
- * _The Witching (Zebra 0-8217-2657-9, May 89 [Apr 89], $3.95, 426pp, pb) Reissue (Zebra 1980) horror novel; third printing.
- RavenWOLF, SILVER; pseudonym of Jenine E. Trayer, (1956- )
- * *Beneath a Mountain Moon (Llewellyn Publications 1-56718-722-6, Jul 95, $15.95, 343pp, tp) Pagan/occult murder mystery. A young witch returns to the small town her family fled years before, and finds death and black magic. Available from Llewellyn Publications, PO Box 64383, St. Paul MN 55164-0383. A first novel.
- RAWLINS, JACK (Patrick) (1946- )
- * *Demon Prince: The Dissonant Worlds of Jack Vance (Borgo Press 0-89370-263-3, Jun 86 [Jul 88], $6.95, 104pp, ph) Non-fiction, critical study of Vances work, plus an interview and a short bibliography. This pamphlet is dated 1986, but not seen until 1988. [Vance]
- RAWN, MELANIE (Robin) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Dragon Prince (DAW 0-88677-312-1, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $4.50, 374pp, pb) [Dragon Prince] Fantasy novel, first in a new series. A first novel. The first edition has three states of covers. A) Marked Preview Edition not for sale. Also the price is incorrectly given as $3.95. B) Same as A without the Preview Edition blurb and with the correct price. C) Substitutes a quote from Anne McCaffrey for the original blurb on the front cover, larger print is used for the synopsis on the back cover, the title is embossed in gold and the authors name is white on a red background.
- * _Dragon Prince (Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-99949-7, Aug 89, £6.99, 574pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Prince] Reprint (DAW 1988) blockbuster fantasy novel. Volume one in a new five-part series. Also available in hardcover (-99448-9, £12.95). [First U.K. edition]
- * _Dragon Prince (Pan 0-330-31274-X, Apr 90, £4.50, 574pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Prince] Reprint (DAW 1988) fantasy novel. The First Book in the Dragon Prince series.
- * _Dragon Prince (Pan 0-330-31274-X, Apr 91 [Dec 91], £5.99, 574pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Prince] Reissue (DAW 1988) fantasy novel. The First Book in the Dragon Prince series.
- * _Dragon Prince (DAW 0-88677-450-0, Nov 95, $6.99, 574pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Prince] Reissue (DAW 1988) fantasy novel, first in the Dragon Prince series. Twelfth printing.
- * *Dragon Prince: Book II: The Star Scroll (DAW 0-88677-349-0, May 89 [Apr 89], $4.95, 589pp, pb) [Dragon Prince] Fantasy novel; book two of a large-scale multi-generational political intrigue epic.
- * _Dragon Prince: Book II: The Star Scroll (DAW 0-88677-349-0, Feb 90 [Jan 90], $4.95, 589pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Prince] Reissue (DAW 1989) fantasy novel, third printing.
- * *Dragon Prince: Book III: Sunrunners Fire (DAW 0-88677-403-9, Feb 90 [Jan 90], $4.95, 479pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Prince] Fantasy novel, third book of a multi-generational political intrigue epic.
- * _Dragon Prince: Book III: Sunrunners Fire (DAW 0-88677-403-9, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $4.99, 479pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Prince] Reissue (DAW 1990) fantasy novel; third book of a multi-generational fantasy epic; fourth printing.
- * _Dragon Prince: Book III: Sunrunners Fire (DAW 0-88677-403-9, Feb 92, $4.99, 479pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Prince] Reissue (DAW 1990) fantasy novel, third book of the Dragon Prince series; fourth printing.
- * _Dragon Prince: Book III: Sunrunners Fire (DAW 0-88677-403-9, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $5.99, 479pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Prince] Reissue (DAW 1990) fantasy novel, third in the Dragon Prince trilogy. Tenth printing.
- * _Dragon Star #1: Stronghold (DAW 0-88677-482-9, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $5.99, 587pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Star] Reprint (DAW 1990) fantasy novel, first book of a new series set in the same world as the Dragon Prince series.
- * _Dragon Star: Book I: Stronghold (DAW 0-88677-482-9, Feb 92, $5.99, 587pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Star] Reissue (DAW 1990) fantasy novel, first book of a new series set in the same world as the Dragon Prince series; third printing.
- * _Dragon Star: Book I: Stronghold (DAW 0-88677-482-9, Aug 97, $6.99, 588pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Star] Reissue (DAW 1990) fantasy novel, first in the Dragon Star trilogy. Tenth printing.
- * *Dragon Star: Book II: The Dragon Token (DAW 0-88677-493-4, Feb 92 [Jan 92], $18.95, 560pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Star] Fantasy novel, second book of the Dragon Star series, set in the same world as the Dragon Prince series.
- * _Dragon Star: Book II: The Dragon Token (DAW 0-88677-542-6, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $5.99, 654pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Star] Reprint (DAW 1992) fantasy novel, second book of the Dragon Star series, set in the same world as the Dragon Prince series.
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