The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- RILEY, JUDITH (Astria) MERKLE (continued)
- * _The Serpent Garden (Penguin 0-14-025880-9, May 97 [Apr 97], $12.95, 467pp, tp, cover by Bryan Leister) Reprint (Viking 1996) historical novel with supernatural elements.
- * *A Vision of Light (Delacorte 0-440-50109-1, Jan 89 [Feb 89], $19.95, 442pp, hc) [Vision of Light] Medieval historical novel with fantasy elements.
- * _A Vision of Light (Dell 0-440-20520-4, Feb 90 [Jan 90], $4.95, 467pp, pb) [Vision of Light] Reprint (Delacorte 1989) medieval historical novel with fantasy elements.
- * _A Vision of Light (NEL 0-450-51611-3, Apr 92, £5.99, 442pp, pb) [Vision of Light] Reprint (Delacorte 1989) mediæval fantasy novel.
- RILEY, MICHAEL
- * *Conversations with Anne Rice (Ballantine 0-345-39636-7, Apr 96, $12.00, 296pp, tp) Non-fiction collection of interviews conducted by a personal friend. A biographical chronology is included. [Rice]
- * _Interview with Anne Rice (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6581-2, Aug 96, £9.99, 296pp, tp) Reprint (Ballantine 1996 as Conversations with Anne Rice) non-fiction. [First U.K. edition]
- RILEY, MICHAEL O.
- * *Oz and Beyond: The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum (University Press of Kansas 0-7006-0832-X, May 97 [Dec 97], $29.95, 286pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) Non-fiction. Critical exploration of Baums fantasies, and the influence of Oz on American popular culture. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. [Baum]
- * _Oz and Beyond: The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum (University Press of Kansas 0-7006-0933-4, Oct 98, $15.95, 286pp, tp, cover by John R. Neill) Reprint (University Press of Kansas 1997) non-fiction, a critical exploration of Baums fantasies. Order from University of Kansas Press, 2501 W 15th St., Lawrence KS 66049. [Baum]
- RILEY, PHILIP J., ed. (1948- )
- * *Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (MagicImage 1-882127-10-2, Apr 90 [Jul 90], $19.95, unpaginated, tp) [Frankenstein] Associational; non-fiction. Facsimile of the actual shooting script for the classic Universal comedy/horror film, plus introductory material by John Landis, Vincent Price, and the children of the stars, production background by Gregory William Mark, and many photos.
- * *The Bride of Frankenstein (MagicImage 1-882127-06-4, 1989 [Jul 90], $19.95, unpaginated, tp) [Frankenstein] Associational; non-fiction. Facsimile of the actual shooting script for the classic Universal horror film, plus introductory material by Valerie Hobson and Forrest J Ackerman, production background by Gregory William Mark, and many photos.
- * *Frankenstein (MagicImage 1-882127-05-6, 1989 [Jul 90], $19.95, unpaginated, tp) [Frankenstein] Associational; non-fiction. Facsimile of the actual shooting script for the classic Universal horror film, plus a foreword by Forrest J Ackerman, production background by Gregory William Mark, and many photos.
- * *The Mummy (MagicImage 1-882127-07-2, 1989 [Jul 90], $19.95, unpaginated, tp) Associational; non-fiction. Facsimile of the actual shooting script for the classic Universal horror film, plus introductory material by Zita Johann and Walter J. Dougherty, production background by Gregory William Mark, and many photos.
- * *Son of Frankenstein (MagicImage 1-882127-11-0, Apr 90 [Jul 90], $19.95, unpaginated, tp) [Frankenstein] Associational; non-fiction. Facsimile of the actual shooting script for the classic Universal horror film, plus production background by Gregory William Mark and many photos.
- * *This Island Earth (MagicImage 1-882127-27-7, Apr 90 [Jul 90], $19.95, unpaginated, tp) Associational; non-fiction. Facsimile of the actual shooting script for the classic 50s sf film, plus introductory material by Franklin Coen and Jeff Morrow, production background by Robert Shotak, and many photos.
- RIMEL, DUANE W(eldon) (1915-1996) (stories)
- * *To Yith and Beyond (Moshassuck Press no ISBN, Jan 90, $15.00, 111pp, ph) Collection of nine stories, plus biographical material, non-fiction articles, and poetry. This is published to commemorate the authors 75th birthday. Limited to 125 signed copies. The pages are xerox copies bound in a notebook. Available postpaid from Kenneth W. Faig, Jr., 2311 Swainwood Drive, Glenview IL 60025. (Contents)
- RIMMER, STEVEN WILLIAM
- * *Coven (Ballantine 0-345-35750-7, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $3.95, 295pp, pb) Witchcraft horror novel set in 17th-century Scotland and contemporary Wales.
- RINGEL, HARRY (stories)
- * *The Tender Seed (Popular Library 0-445-20249-1, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $3.95, 278pp, pb) Horror novel of a psychic child and a domineering faith-healer grandmother. A first novel.
- RIORDAN, JAMES
- * *A Book of NarniansThe Lion, the Witch and the Others (with C. S. Lewis) (Collins 0-00-193914-9, Nov 94, £9.99, 88pp, hc, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] An illustrated guide to Narnia and its peoples: including a map, a glossary of characters, and a brief synopsis of the seven chronicles. The text is selected and compiled by James Riordan, and there is new, full colour artwork by Pauline Baynes.
- RIPLEY, KAREN; pseudonym of Mary K. Urhausen, (1948- )
- * *The Alchemist of Time (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38118-1, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $4.99, 470pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Slow World] SF novel with fantasy elements, book three of The Slow World. Trapped in a strange world, Cassidy fights swamp and monsters to find her way back to the real world only she remembers.
- * *The Persistence of Memory (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38120-3, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $4.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Slow World] Sf novel, first book of The Slow World series. A young woman with amnesia begins to believe that she came from another world.
- * *Prisoner of Dreams (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36162-8, Nov 89 [Oct 89], $3.95, 263pp, pb) [Prisoner of Dreams] Sf novel. The female captain of a space freighter faces an interstellar conspiracy and finds love. A first novel, portions of it are set on the planet Heinlein.
- * *The Tenth Class (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37033-3, Jan 91 [Dec 90], $3.95, 299pp, pb) [Prisoner of Dreams] Romantic sf adventure novel, sequel to Prisoner of Dreams.
- * *The Warden of Horses (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38119-X, Jun 94 [May 94], $5.99, 425pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Slow World] SF novel, second book of The Slow World series. A young woman with amnesia believes that she came from another world, and seeks the man with the key to her memories.
- RIVERS, DIANA (1931- )
- * *Daughters of the Great Star (Alyson/Lace 1-55583-314-4, Nov 92, $9.95, 406pp, tp, cover by Catherine Hopkins) [Hadra Archives] Lesbian sf novel, prequel to Journey to Zelindar. Young women on an alien world become fugitive outcasts and begin the process of creating a new culture.
- * *The Hadra (Alyson/Lace 1-55583-319-5, Jul 95 [Aug 95], $9.95, 315pp, tp, cover by Catherine Hopkins) [Hadra Archives] Lesbian fantasy novel, third in the Hadra Archives series about a tribe of women warriors. Order from Alyson Publications, 40 Plymton St, Boston MA 02118.
- RIVERS, MARK
- * *Taggard Point #1: Forever House (Berkley 0-425-14567-0, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $3.99, 169pp, pb) [Taggard Point] Young-adult horror novel. Teenagers enter a deserted house and disappear.
- * *Taggard Point: Shapes (Berkley 0-425-14726-6, May 95, $3.99, 187pp, pb) [Taggard Point] Young-adult horror novel, second in the series about a town with horrors in its fog.
- * *Taggard Point: The Clown (Berkley 0-425-15016-X, Oct 95, $3.99, 163pp, pb) [Taggard Point] Young-adult horror novel, fourth in the series. Emilys dreams about a deadly clown comes true.
- * *Taggard Point: When the Dead Scream (Berkley 0-425-14880-7, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $3.99, 160pp, pb) [Taggard Point] Young-adult ghost novel, third in the series. Wendy dies in a car accident, but wants to come back and play.
- RIVKIN, J. F.; pseudonym (stories)
- * *Age of Dinosaurs #1: Tyrannosaurus Rex (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45187-2, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $4.50, 251pp, pb) [Age of Dinosaurs] Lost world sf novel, first book of a new series. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
- * *Runesword Volume Three: The Dreamstone (Ace 0-441-73696-3, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $3.95, 184pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Runesword] Fantasy novel, third book of the Runesword series (each book by a different author). Packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
- * *Silverglass (Ace 0-441-76600-5, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $2.95, 186pp, pb) [Silverglass] Fantasy novel of a female mercenary.
- * _Silverglass (Orbit 0-7088-8241-2, May 87, £2.50, 186pp, pb) [Silverglass] Reprint (Ace 1986) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Silverglass (Ace 0-441-76600-5, Jan 89 [Dec 88], $3.50, 186pp, pb) [Silverglass] Reissue (Ace 1986) fantasy novel about a magician and her female bodyguard. First in a series. Third printing.
- * *Silverglass: Mistress of Ambiguities (Ace 0-441-76601-3, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $3.95, 203pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Silverglass] Fantasy adventure novel featuring a female mercenary, fourth book of the Silverglass series.
- * *Web of Wind (Ace 0-441-87883-0, Dec 87 [Nov 87], $2.95, 202pp, pb) [Silverglass] Fantasy novel with a female barbarian hero, sequel to Silverglass.
- * _Web of Wind (Orbit 0-7088-8245-5, Feb 88, £2.95, 202pp, pb) [Silverglass] Reprint (Ace 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Silverglass series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Witch of Rhostshyl (Ace 0-441-76683-8, Jun 89 [May 89], $3.50, 172pp, pb) [Silverglass] Female barbarian warrior fantasy novel, third book in the Silverglass series.
- RIZZO, REBECCA K., ed. (stories)
- ROBB, J. D.; pseudonym of Eleanor F. Aufdem-Brinke, (1950- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Ceremony in Death (Berkley 0-425-15762-8, May 97 [Apr 97], $5.99, 329pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Near-future SF mystery novel, fifth in the Eve Dallas series. A cops death is connected to Satanists. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. Berkley is packaging these as romantic suspense.
- * *Glory in Death (Berkley 0-425-15098-4, Dec 95 [Apr 96], $5.99, 313pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] SF mystery novel, second in the Eve Dallas series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. Berkley is packaging these as romantic suspense; this has a 1995 copyright date, but was not seen until now.
- * _Glory in Death (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66692-7, Oct 96, £16.99, 296pp, hc) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1995) SF/mystery/romance novel. A First World Hardcover. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Glory in Death (NEL 0-340-66692-7, Apr 97 [Jul 97], £5.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1995) SF/mystery novel. Second in the Eve Dallas series. Robb is a pseudonym of Nora Roberts.
- * *Holiday in Death (Berkley 0-425-16371-7, Jun 98 [May 98], $6.99, 308pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Near-future SF mystery novel, seventh in the Eve Dallas series. A serial-killer Santa interrupts Eves Christmas season. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. Berkley is packaging these as romantic suspense.
- * *Immortal in Death (Berkley 0-425-15378-9, Jul 96 [Jun 96], $5.99, 296pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] SF mystery novel, third in the Eve Dallas series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts.
- * _Immortal in Death (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66693-5, Apr 97, £17.99, 296pp, hc, cover by Bob Warner) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1996) SF/thriller novel. The third Eve Dallas mystery. Robb is a pseudonym of Nora Roberts. First hardcover edition. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Immortal in Death (NEL 0-340-66694-3, Oct 97 [Nov 97], £5.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Paul Postle) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1996) SF mystery novel. Volume three in the Eve Dallas series.
- * *Naked in Death (Berkley 0-425-14829-7, Jul 95 [Apr 96], $5.99, 313pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Near-future SF mystery novel, first in the Eve Dallas series. This appeared in 1995 but was not seen until now. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. Berkley is packaging these as romantic suspense.
- * _Naked in Death (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66689-7, Feb 96, £16.99, 306pp, hc, cover by Paul Postle & Bob Warner) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1995) SF/mystery novel. First in the Eve Dallas series set in 22nd century New York. Robb is a pseudonym for Nora Roberts, whose name is actually used as author on the title page. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Naked in Death (NEL 0-340-66690-0, Aug 96 [Jan 97], £5.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Paul Postle & Bob Warner) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1995) SF/mystery novel. First in the Eve Dallas"series. This is a pseudonym for Nora Roberts.
- * *Rapture in Death (Berkley 0-425-15518-8, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $5.99, 294pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Near-future SF mystery novel, fourth in the Eve Dallas series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. Berkley is packaging these as romantic suspense.
- * _Rapture in Death (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-67486-5, Oct 97, £16.99, 294pp, hc, cover by Paul Postle) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1996) SF mystery novel. First world hardcover. Volume four in the Eve Dallas series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Rapture in Death (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-67486-5, Oct 97, £16.99, 294pp, hc) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1996) SF novel. Book 4 in the Eve Dallas series. Robb is a pseudonym of Nora Roberts. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Rapture in Death (NEL 0-340-67487-3, Apr 98 [May 98], £5.99, 294pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1996) SF/mystery novel. Fourth in the Eve Dallas series. This is a pseudonym of Nora Roberts.
- * *Vengeance in Death (Berkley 0-425-16039-4, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $6.50, 357pp, pb) [Eve Dallas] Near-future SF mystery novel, sixth in the Eve Dallas series. Clues from serial murders point to Eves nemesis, her husbands abrasive butler Summerset. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. Berkley is packaging these as romantic suspense.
- * _Vengeance in Death (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-67490-3, Oct 98, £17.99, 357pp, hc, cover by Paul Postle) [Eve Dallas] Reprint (Berkley 1997) near-future SF mystery novel, sixth in the Eve Dallas series. Robb is a pen name for Nora Roberts. [First U.K. edition]
- ROBBE-GRILLET, ALAIN (1922-2008)
- * *La Belle Captive (with René Magritte) (University of California Press 0-520-20707-6, Oct 96 [Nov 96], $17.95, 230pp, tp, cover by René Magritte) Art book, a surreal metafiction novel by Robbe-Grillet, illustrated with 77 paintings (reproduced in black and white) by Magritte. Translated from the 1975 French by Ben Stoltzfus, who includes a critical essay. We apparently missed the hardcover first edition published in 1995. Available from the University of California Press, Berkeley CA 94720.
- ROBBINS, DAVID (Lawrence) (1950- ); see under J. D. Cameron; see house pseudonym J. D. Cameron (stories)
- * *Blade # 1: First Strike (Leisure 0-8439-2760-7, Jun 89 [May 89], $2.95, 185pp, pb) [Blade] Post-holocaust military sf novel.
- * *Blade # 2: Outlands Strike (Leisure 0-8439-2774-7, Jun 89 [May 89], $2.95, 183pp, pb) [Blade] Post-holocaust military sf novel.
- * *Blade # 3: Vampire Strike (Leisure 0-8439-2803-4, Aug 89, $2.95, 188pp, pb) [Blade] Post-holocaust military sf novel with vampires.
- * *Blade # 4: Pipeline Strike (Leisure 0-8439-2854-9, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $2.95, 184pp, pb) [Blade] Post-holocaust military sf novel.
- * *Blade # 5: Pirate Strike (Leisure 0-8439-2881-6, Dec 89 [Feb 90], $2.95, 170pp, pb) [Blade] Post-holocaust military sf novel.
- * *Blade # 6: Crusher Strike (Leisure 0-8439-2909-X, Feb 90 [Apr 90], $2.95, 185pp, pb) [Blade] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel.
- * *Blade # 7: Terror Strike (Leisure 0-8439-2956-1, Apr 90, $2.95, 188pp, pb) [Blade] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel.
- * *Blade # 8: Devil Strike (Leisure 0-8439-2964-2, Jun 90 [Jul 90], $2.95, 172pp, pb) [Blade] Post-holocaust military sf novel.
- * *Blade # 9: L.A. Strike (Leisure 0-8439-2987-1, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $2.95, 184pp, pb) [Blade] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel.
- * *Blade #12: Deathmaster Strike (Leisure 0-8439-3116-7, May 91, $3.50, 187pp, pb, cover by D. Henderson) [Blade] Post-holocaust mens adventure novel.
- * *Blade #13: Vengeance Strike (Leisure 0-8439-3132-9, Jul 91, $3.50, 191pp, pb) [Blade] Post-holocaust military sf novel in an ongoing series.
- * *Blade: First Strike/Outlands Strike (Leisure 0-8439-3257-0, Jan 92, $4.50, 185/183pp, pb) [Blade] Omnibus of Blade #1: First Strike (Leisure 1982) and Blade #2: Outlands Strike (Leisure 1982). (Contents)
- * *Double Blade: Pirate Strike/Crusher Strike (Leisure 0-8439-3371-2, Dec 92 [Nov 92], $4.50, 170/185pp, pb) [Blade] Omnibus of two post-holocaust military novels, Blade #5: Pirate Strike (Leisure 1989) and Blade # 6: Crusher Strike (Leisure 1990). (Contents)
- * *Double Blade: Vampire Strike/Pipeline Strike (Leisure 0-8439-3310-0, Aug 92 [Sep 92], $4.50, 188/184pp, pb) [Blade] Sf omnibus of two post-holocaust military novels: Blade #3: Vampire Strike (Leisure 1989) and Blade #4: Pipeline Strike (Leisure 1989). (Contents)
- * _Endworld # 1: The Fox Run (Leisure 0-8439-3105-1, May 92 [Oct 92], $3.50, 255pp, pb, cover by D. Henderson) [Endworld] Reissue (Leisure 1986) post-holocaust sf adventure novel.
- * _Endworld # 2: Thief River Falls Run (Leisure 0-8439-3106-X, Jun 92 [Oct 92], $3.50, 255pp, pb, cover by D. Henderson) [Endworld] Reissue (Leisure 1986) post-holocaust sf adventure novel.
- * *Endworld # 5: Dakota Run (Leisure 0-8439-2473-X, Apr 87, $2.95, 256pp, pb) [Endworld] Post-holocaust giant ant sf adventure novel.
- * *Endworld # 6: Citadel Run (Leisure 0-8439-2507-8, Aug 87 [Jul 87], $2.95, 255pp, pb) [Endworld] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel.
- * *Endworld # 9: Capital Run (Leisure 0-8439-2584-1, Feb 88 [Apr 88], $2.95, 223pp, pb) [Endworld] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel. The Alpha Triad vs. the Red Menace.
- * *Endworld #10: New York Run (Leisure 0-8439-2606-6, Apr 88, $2.95, 208pp, pb) [Endworld] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel. The Alpha Triad vs. the Zombies in underground New York.
- * *Endworld #11: Liberty Run (Leisure 0-8439-2644-9, Jul 88 [Oct 88], $2.95, 191pp, pb) [Endworld] Post-holocaust adventure novel.
- * *Endworld #12: Houston Run (Leisure 0-8439-2672-4, Sep 88 [Oct 88], $2.95, 190pp, pb) [Endworld] Post-holocaust adventure novel.
- * *Endworld #13: Anaheim Run (Leisure 0-8439-2698-8, Dec 88, $2.95, 192pp, pb) [Endworld] Post-holocaust adventure novel.
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