The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

RICE, HOWARD ALLAN FRANCES O’BRIEN; see under Rice, Anne (stories)

RICE, JANE (Dixon) (1913-2003) (stories)

• * *The Sixth Dog (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-74-7, Apr ’95 [May ’95], $4.95, 28pp, ph, cover by Jason Eckhardt) Horror short story with frontispiece by Jason Eckhardt. Available from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893.

RICE, JEFF(rey Grant) (1944- ) (stories)

• * _The Kolchak Papers #1: The Night Stalker (Cinemaker Press 0-9627508-8-3, May ’93, $9.95, 145pp, tp, cover by Kevin Barnes) Reprint (Pocket 1973 as The Night Stalker) vampire horror novel that inspired the landmark TV movie and subsequent series, with a new foreword by Stuart M. Kaminsky and illustrations by Sterling Clark, Jr. and Kevin Barnes.

RICE, PETER L.

• * *Battletech: Far Country (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45291-7, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $4.99, 363pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Battletech] Sf novelization based on the Battletech game, with illustrations by Rick Harris. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA.
• * _Battletech: Far Country (Roc UK 0-14-023347-4, Jan ’94, £3.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Battletech] Reprint (Roc 1993) sf novelization based on the Battletech game. Volume 13 in the series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Renegade Legion: Damned If We Do (FASA 1-55560-099-9, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $7.95, 270pp, tp, cover by Steve Venters) [Renegade Legion] Military sf novelization based on the “Renegade Legion” game.
• * *Renegade Legion: Frost Death (FASA 1-55560-140-5, Jan ’92 [Feb ’92], $7.95, 289pp, tp, cover by Steve Venters) [Renegade Legion] Sf novelization based on the “Renegade Legion” game

RICE, ROBERT

• * *The Last Pendragon: a Novel (Walker 0-8027-1180-4, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $19.95, 209pp, hc, cover by Christopher Glynn) Arthurian historical fantasy novel about Arthur’s grandson struggling to oust Saxons from Camelot. A first novel. This is a 1992 book despite the 1991 copyright.

RICH, FRANK (Kelly) (1963- )

• * *Jake Strait #1: Avenging Angel (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63607-5, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $3.50, 221pp, pb) [Jake Strait] Sf novel set in 2031, the story of a professional “bogeyman” — a licensed bounty hunter — drawn into the People’s Revolution. First book of a new series.
• * *Jake Strait #2: The Devil Knocks (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63608-3, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $3.50, 219pp, pb) [Jake Strait] Sf men’s adventure novel of a licensed bounty hunter in the year 2031, second book of a series.
• * *Jake Strait #3: Day of Judgment (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63609-1, Jan ’94, $3.50, 218pp, pb) [Jake Strait] Sf men’s adventure novel, third book of a series featuring a licensed bounty hunter in the year 2031.

RICH, MARK (David) (1958- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Lifting (Wordcraft of Oregon 1-877655-02-3, Sep ’91, $7.95, 57pp, tp, cover by Gregorio Montejo) Collection of six stories with illustrations by Gregorio Montejo. (Contents)

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• * _Alpha Gallery (with David Memmott, Charmaine Parsons & Joy E. Oestreicher) See entry under Joy E. Oestreicher

RICH, STEPHEN (Peter) (1954- ) (stories)

• * *Age of the Storyteller (Advanced Publishing 0-942269-06-3, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $7.95, 263pp, tp) Collection of six “twilight zone” type stories including a novella co-authored with Frank D. Parise. As far as we can tell, all stories are original, as is the publisher (who is also the co-author). (Contents)

RICHARD, MARK (1955- )

• * _fishboy - A Ghost’s Story (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-60229-5, Feb ’94, £8.99, 227pp, tp) Reprint (Talese 1993) literary fantasy novel. Portions originally appeared in slightly different form in The Ice at the Bottom of the World and “The Quarterly”. [First U.K. edition]

RICHARDS, ALAN

• * *By Charon to Aidoneus (The Book Guild 1-85776-265-7, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], £14.95, 218pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel. An entrepeneur holidaying in a strange hotel is confronted by his past, his dead, and a thief of souls. A first novel.

RICHARDS, BRUCE (1952- )

• * *Cat Scratch Fever (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4981-1, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $3.99, 224pp, pb) Supernatural YA thriller about a girl who gets scratched by a cat and then begins acting like one.
• * *Freddy Krueger’s Tales of Terror: Blind Date (Tor 0-812-55168-0, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $3.99, 156pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel based on A Nightmare on Elm Street.
• * *Freddy Krueger’s Tales of Terror: Fatal Games (Tor 0-812-55189-3, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $3.99, 187pp, pb) [*Freddy Krueger’s Tales of Terror] Young-adult horror novel based on the “Nightmare on Elm Street” movies. Copyrighted by New Line Productions.
• * *The Nightmare Club #8: Deadly Stakes (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4450-X, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $3.50, 220pp, pb) [Nightmare Club] Young-adult horror novel in a loosely-connected series centered around a club where strange things happen. A game of drugs and murder turns really serious when a murder victim rises from the dead.
• * *The Other Twin (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-5054-2, Aug ’95, $3.99, 204pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel of evil twins and ghosts.

RICHARDS, JOEL; pseudonym of Joel Richard Fruchtman, (1937- ) (stories)

• * *Pindharee (Tor 0-812-55141-9, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.95, 216pp, pb) Sf novel; a first novel.

RICHARDS, JUSTIN (stories)

• * *Doctor Who: Dreams of Empire (BBC Books 0-563-40598-8, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], £4.99, 282pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelisation based on the TV series.
• * *Doctor Who: Option Lock (BBC Books 0-563-40583-X, Feb ’98, £4.99, 281pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series.
• * *Doctor Who: System Shock (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20445-X, Jun ’95, £4.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Martin Rawle) [Doctor Who] Novelisation based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
• * *The New Adventures: Dragons’ Wrath (New Adventures 0-426-20508-1, Jun ’97 [May ’97], £4.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Bernice Summerfield] SF novelization in the Doctor Who spin-off series. Book 2 in the Bernice Summerfield series.
• * *The New Adventures: The Medusa Effect (New Adventures 0-426-20524-3, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], £5.99, 258pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Bernice Summerfield] Novelization based on characters from the Doctor Who novelizations, without the Doctor. Book 12 in the Bernice Summerfield series.
• * *The Sands of Time (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20472-7, May ’96, £4.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition, available in the US for $5.95. In “The Missing Adventures”.
• * *Theatre of War (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20414-X, May ’94, £4.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Jeff Cummins) [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.

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• * _Decalog 4: Re-Generations: Ten Stories/A Thousand Years/One Family (with Andy Lane) See entry under Andy Lane.
• * _Doctor Who: Decalog 3: Consequences (with Andy Lane) See entry under Andy Lane.

RICHARDS, PAUL; house pseudonym

• * _The Unblessed (Zebra 0-8217-2380-4, Jun ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.95, 397pp, pb) Reissue (Zebra 1982) horror novel. A reincarnated hero battles an ancient evil. second printing.

RICHARDS, THOMAS

• * *Star Trek in Myth and Legend (Orion Media 0-75280-799-4, Jun ’97, £14.99, 180pp, hc) [Star Trek] Non-fiction, critical study of Star Trek and its origins in, and use of, human myths.

RICHARDS, TONY (1956- ) (stories)

• * *The Harvest Bride (Tor 0-812-52520-5, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.95, 279pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _The Harvest Bride (Headline 0-7472-3085-4, Jan ’88, £2.95, 279pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1987) occult novel. Yet another novel about Kali and thuggees, but this one has none of the power of Song of Kali. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]
• * *Night Feast (Pan 0-330-33310-0, Jan ’95, £5.99, 537pp, pb, cover by George Underwood) Horror novel. Gods of ancient Egypt live on in the immortal bodies of their high priests, feeding on mankind’s dark emotions.

RICHARDSON, [Dr.] DARRELL C(oleman) (1918-2006)

• * *J. Allen St. John: An Illustrated Bibliography (Mid-America Publishers no ISBN, Dec ’91, $15.00, 111pp, tp, cover by J. Allen St. John) Non-fiction, reference. A bibliography of books and magazines where artwork by Golden Age illustrator J. Allen St. John appeared, with many black-&-white illustrations and an introduction by the author.

RICHARDSON, DAVID J. (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Star Dwarves Travesty (Northwest Publishing 1-56901-298-9, Oct ’94 [Nov ’94], $8.95, 244pp, tp) Humorous SF novel, a parody of Star Wars. Order from Northwest Publishing, 6906 South 300 West, Salt Lake City UT 84047.
• * _The Star Dwarves Trilogy (StarsEnd Creations 1-889120-06-5, 1997 [Feb ’97], $12.95, 244pp, tp) Reprint (Northwest 1995 as The Star Dwarves Travesty) humorous SF novel, a parody of Star Wars. Order from StarsEnd Creations, 8547 East Arapahoe Rd. #J224, Greenwood Village, CO 80112.

RICHARDSON, JEAN, ed. (stories)

• * +Beware! Beware! (Viking Kestrel 0-670-82544-1, Mar ’89 [Sep ’89], $11.95, 120pp, hc) Original anthology of nine stories of young-adult supernatural fiction. First American edition (Hamish Hamilton 1987). (Contents)
• * _Beware! Beware! (Lightning 0-340-50096-4, Jun ’89, £1.99, 120pp, pb) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1987) original young-adult horror anthology.
• * *Beware! Beware! - Strange and Sinister Tales (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-12104-3, Oct ’87, £6.95, 128pp, hc) Juvenile ghost/horror anthology. (Contents)
• * *Cold Feet (London: Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-37745-3, Oct ’85, £5.95, 127pp, hc) Anthology of eight original “scary stories” written for younger readers. (Contents)
• * _Cold Feet (Knight 0-340-39893-0, Dec ’86, £1.95, 128pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stroughton 1985) juvenile horror anthology.
• * _Cold Feet (Lightning 0-340-42963-1, Jun ’88, £1.95, 128pp, pb) Reissue (Hodder & Stoughton 1985) young-adult ghost/horror anthology.
• * _Cold Feet (Lightning 0-340-42963-1, Jun ’89, £1.99, 128pp, pb) Reissue (Hodder & Stoughton 1985) young-adult horror anthology. [Not seen]

RICHARDSON, LINDA (1944- )

• * _A Personal Demon (with David F. Bischoff & Richard W. Brown) See entry under David F. Bischoff

RICHARDSON, MICHAEL (Allen), ed. (1946- ) (stories)

• * *The Dedalus Book of Surrealism: The Identity of Things (Dedalus 1-873982-45-3, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £8.99, 277pp, tp, cover by Robert Pepperell) Anthology of surrealist fantasy, most translated into English for the first time. (Contents)

RICHARDSON, NANCY

• * *Star Wars: Junior Jedi Knights #1: The Golden Globe (Boulevard 1-57297-035-9, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $4.50, 116pp, tp, cover by Eric J. W. Lee) [Star Wars: Junior Jedi Knights] Young-adult Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm Ltd.

RICHEMONT, ENID (stories)

• * *The Game (Walker 0-7445-1548-3, Sep ’90, £8.99, 202pp, hc, cover by Mick Brownfield) Young-adult sf novel set in a future where remembering the past is illegal.
• * _The Game (Walker 0-7445-2307-9, Mar ’92 [Dec ’92], £2.99, 202pp, pb, cover by Mick Brownfield) Reprint (Walker 1990) young-adult sf novel.
• * *The Time Tree (Walker 0-7445-0836-3, Apr ’89, £6.95, 96pp, hc) Young-adult occult novella.
• * _The Time Tree (Walker 0-7445-1447-9, Mar ’90, £2.50, 94pp, pb) Reprint (Walker 1989) young-adult time-travel/ghost story about three girls, two from the 20th century and one from the 16th century, who meet in a tree.
• * *Wolfsong (Walker 0-7445-2432-6, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], £4.99, 207pp, pb, cover by Richard Parent) Young-adult fantasy/horror novel.
• * _Wolfsong (Walker 0-7445-3098-9, Nov ’93, £2.99, 207pp, pb, cover by Richard Parent) Reissue (Walker 1992) young-adult fantasy/horror novel.

RICHERSON, CARRIE (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Geckos (Roadkill Press no ISBN, Oct ’94 [Dec ’94], $7.00, 28pp, ph, cover by Alan M. Clark) Horror short story printed as a limited edition pamphlet. A woman researching Texas history is haunted by pink lizards. Available from Little Bookshop of Horrors, 10380 Ralston Road, Arvada CO 80004; add $1.00 postage.

RICHEY, JAMES

• * _Quest for the Fallen Star (with Alan Riggs & Piers Anthony) See entry under Piers Anthony.

RICHLER, MORDECAI (1931-2001) (stories)

• * _Jacob Two-Two and the Dinosaur (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15589-X, May ’88 [Jul ’88], $2.75, 82pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1987) children’s sf novella. Jacob’s parents bring home a lizard that quickly grows into a Diplodocus.

RICKMAN, GREGG (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Philip K. Dick: In His Own Words (Fragments West 0-916063-01-1, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $9.95, 255pp, tp) First in a three-book series on the life and works of P.K. Dick, most of the material here consists of interview transcripts. A lot of it has never appeared before, and much of it is fascinating. Foreword by Roger Zelazny. (CNB) [Dick]
• * *Philip K. Dick: The Last Testament (Fragments West 0-916063-02-X, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $9.95, 240pp, pb) Non-fiction (maybe). These are interviews with Dick plus letters, etc., on his 1974 religious conversion and what came after. It’s philosophical, religious, or paranoid ravings, depending on your point of view. Introduction by Robert Silverberg. [Dick]
• * *To the High Castle Philip K. Dick: A Life 1928-1962 (Fragments West 0-916063-24-0, May ’89 [Jun ’89], $19.95, 450pp, tp) Biography of Philip K. Dick, the first volume of a two-part work. This includes a foreword by Tim Powers, an introduction by the author, a bibliography, a literary chronology, an analysis of Dick’s personality factor profile test, and detailed notes.

RICKMAN, PHIL(ip); see pseudonym Will Kingdom (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Candlenight (Pan 0-330-32520-5, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £4.99, 429pp, pb, cover by Trevor Scobie) Reprint (Duckworth 1991) horror novel about Celtic magic in a remote Welsh village.
• * +Candlenight (Jove 0-515-11715-3, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $5.99, 463pp, pb) Horror novel about Celtic magic in a modern Welsh village. First US edition (Duckworth 1991).
• * *The Chalice (Macmillan UK 0-333-64484-0, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £16.99, 550pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel. Glastonbury, possible refuge of the fabled Holy Grail, may also hold another secret.. the anti-Grail, the Dark Chalice.
• * _The Chalice (Pan 0-330-34267-3, Jun ’98, £5.99, 646pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1997) dark fantasy novel.
• * *Crybbe (Macmillan UK 0-333-59158-5, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £14.99, 664pp, hc, cover by Tom Stimpson) Horror novel about a sombre little town in the Welsh borders.
• * _Crybbe (Pan 0-330-32893-X, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], £4.99, 664pp, pb, cover by Tom Stimpson) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1993) horror novel about a sombre little town in the Welsh borders.
• * +Curfew (Putnam 0-399-13861-7, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $23.95, 492pp, hc, cover by Rob Wood) Horror novel of deadly forces at work in an English village. Recommended (SW). First American edition (Macmillan 1993 as Crybbe).
• * _Curfew (SFBC #01243, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $10.98, 492pp, hc, cover by Rob Wood) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1993 as Crybbe) horror novel of deadly forces at work in an English village. Similar to the 1993 Putnam edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Curfew (Berkley 0-425-14334-1, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $5.99, 625pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1993 as Crybbe) horror novel of deadly forces at work in an English village.
• * _Curfew (Berkley 0-425-14334-1, Oct ’98, $7.50, 625pp, pb) Reissue (Macmillan UK 1993 as Crybbe) horror novel. 11th printing.
• * *December (Macmillan UK 0-333-62309-6, Dec ’94, £14.99, 648pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) Horror novel. Psychically gifted musicians record an album in a haunted abbey.
• * _December (Pan 0-330-33677-0, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], £5.99, 648pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1994) horror novel. The rediscovery of musical tapes recorded on the night of John Lennon’s murder awaken ancient evils.
• * +December (Berkley 0-425-15377-0, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $6.99, 678pp, pb) Horror novel about psychically gifted musicians in a haunted abbey. First US edition (Macmillan UK 1994); the copyright page says the UK edition was “in a slightly different form”.
• * *The Man in the Moss (Macmillan UK 0-333-59159-3, Mar ’94 [Apr ’94], £16.99, 596pp, hc, cover by Peter Mennim) Horror novel.
• * _The Man in the Moss (Pan 0-330-33784-X, Oct ’94 [Nov ’94], £4.99, 596pp, pb, cover by Peter Mennim) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1994) horror novel.
• * *The Wine of Angels (Macmillan UK 0-333-64485-9, Jun ’98, £16.99, 534pp, hc) [Merrily Watkins] Ghost/supernatural novel. A new female vicar encounters a resident ghost and resurging evil. First in the “Merrily Watkins” series.

RICO, JOE, ed. (stories) (assoc.)

• * _First Contacts: The Essential Murray Leinster See entry under Murray Leinster.

RIDDELL, CHRIS

• * _Beyond the Deepwoods: The Edge Chronicles (with Paul Stewart) See entry under Paul Stewart.

RIDDELL, PAUL T. (stories)

• * *Squashed Armadillocon: Or “Fear and Loathing in Austin: A Savage Journey Into the Heart of the Fanboy Dream" (HillyBilly Feast Press no ISBN, 1993 [Jul ’93], $10.00, 151pp, tp, cover by Ernest Hogan) Associational Hunter Thompson-type parody, a semi-autobiographical account of the 1991 Armadillocon in Austin, Texas. Available from Hypatia Press, 360 West First, Eugene OR 97401.