The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

RIDDELL, RUTH

• * *Haunted Journey (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31429-9, Oct ’88 [Feb ’89], $13.95, 215pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel of woods haunted by Cherokee spirits.
• * *Shadow Witch (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31484-1, Oct ’89 [Nov ’89], $13.95, 202pp, hc, cover by Michelle A. Bakay) Young-adult fantasy of a ’60s teenager whose LSD flashbacks send him into the world of the fiendish Shadow Witch.

RIDGWAY, JIM, ed.; [i.e., James Mervyn Benson Ridgway, Jr.] (1930- ) (stories)

• * *PsiFi: Psychological Theories and Science Fictions (with Michele Benjamin) (The British Psychological Society 0-901715-62-X, Jan ’87 [Aug ’87], £8.95, 229pp, tp) Anthology of sf stories with psychological commentaries. (Contents)

RIDGWAY, JOHN

• * _Hellblazer: Volume One (with Jamie Delano) See entry under Jamie Delano.

RIDING, JULIA

• * *Space Traders Unlimited (Pied Piper 0-416-02212-X, May ’87, £5.95, 160pp, hc) Juvenile sf novel. [Not seen]
• * +Space Traders Unlimited (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31409-4, Apr ’88, $12.95, 157pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel set on Mars. First U.S. edition (Methuen 1987).

RIDLEY, PHILIP

• * +Dakota of the White Flats (Knopf 0-679-81168-0, Mar ’91, $12.95, 139pp, hc, cover by Rob Shepperson) Young-adult fantasy novel. Two kids are curious about a cart that a bag lady keeps a monster in. First American edition (Collins 1989).
• * +Kasper in the Glitter (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-45799-2, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $15.99, 204pp, hc, cover by Chris Schmidt) Young-adult fantasy novel. A boy from Nowhere has to go to the city of Glitter to recover his mother’s brooch. Illustrated by Chris Riddell. First US edition (Viking UK 1994).

RIEFE, ALAN (R.) (1925-2001)

• * *Scared To Death (Diamond 1-55773-536-0, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.50, 276pp, pb) Horror novel of a vengeful chemist putting his victims in an undetectable cataleptic state.
• * *Viper (Charter Diamond 1-55773-430-5, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $4.50, 271pp, pb) Horror novel. A little girl with a strange power over snakes uses them to destroy her mother’s murderers.

RIEMER, JAMES D.

• * *From Satire to Subversion: The Fantasies of James Branch Cabell (Greenwood 0-313-25569-5, Jul ’89 [Aug ’89], $36.00, 106pp, hc) Non-fiction; criticism on Cabell’s fantastic fiction. [Cabell]

RIFBJERG, KLAUS (Thorvald) (1931- )

• * *Witness to the Future (Fjord 0-940242-18-4, Sep ’87, $8.95, 214pp, tp) Literary sf novel, translated from Danish (De Hellige Aber, Gyldendal 1981) by Steve Murray. Two boys suddenly find themselves in 1988, having entered a cave in 1941. Also announced in a library hardcover (-21-4) at $17.95. Order from Fjord Press, Box 16501, Seattle WA 98116.

RIGELSFORD, ADRIAN (stories)

• * *Doctor Who: The Monsters (with Andrew Skilleter) (Doctor Who Books 1-85227-283-X, Sep ’92, £14.99, 166pp, hc, cover by Andrew Skilleter) [Doctor Who] Blend of fiction and non-fiction about ten of the most famous monsters who confronted Doctor Who, and the people who made them. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $24.95.
• * *The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel (Boxtree 0-7522-0959-0, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], £14.99, 192pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Illustrated study of the Doctor Who TV series. Including a synopsis of every serial broadcast from 1963 to 1989.

RIGGS, ALAN (stories)

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

RIGNEY, JAMES (Oliver), Jr. (1948-2007); see pseudonym Robert Jordan (stories)

RILEY, EUGENIA; [i.e., Eugenia Riley Essenmacher] (c1947- )

• * *A Tryst in Time (Leisure 0-8439-3198-1, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.50, 444pp, pb) Time-travel romance. A man from the Civil War era and a modern woman find love together in an old plantation house where time is suspended.

RILEY, FRANK; pseudonym of Frank Rhylick, (1915-1996) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Forever Machine (with Mark Clifton) See entry under Mark Clifton.
• * _They’d Rather Be Right (with Mark Clifton) See entry under Mark Clifton.

RILEY, JAME A., ed. (stories)

• * *Once Upon a Midnight (with Michael N. Langford & Thomas E. Fuller) (Unnameable Press 0-934227-16-0, Mar ’95 [May ’95], $10.95, 87pp, tp) Poetry anthology of 75 works of dark verse commemorating the 150th anniversary of Poe’s “The Raven”. Available from Unnameable Press, PO Box 11689, Atlanta GA 30355-1689; add $1.00 postage. (Contents)

RILEY, JUDITH (Astria) MERKLE (1942- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *In Pursuit of the Green Lion (Delacorte 0-385-30089-1, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $19.95, 440pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Craft) [Vision of Light] Historical fantasy novel, sequel to A Vision of Light.
• * _In Pursuit of the Green Lion (NEL 0-450-55688-3, Aug ’91, £9.99, 440pp, tp, cover by Kinuko Craft) [Vision of Light] Reprint (Delacorte 1990) mediaeval fantasy novel about a quest for a magical jewel. Also announced in hardcover (-54402-8, £15.99). This is a sequel to A Vision of Light. [First U.K. edition]
• * _In Pursuit of the Green Lion (Dell 0-440-21103-4, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $4.99, pb) [Vision of Light] Reprint (Delacorte 1990) historical fantasy novel, sequel to A Vision of Light.
• * _In Pursuit of the Green Lion (NEL 0-450-56245-X, Apr ’92, £5.99, 454pp, pb) [Vision of Light] Reprint (Delacorte 1990) mediæval fantasy novel about a quest for a magical jewel. Sequel to A Vision of Light.
• * *The Oracle Glass (Hodder & Stoughton 0-450-59346-0, Apr ’94, £16.99, 390pp, hc) Occult fantasy novel. Seventeenth century France: the young heroine is initiated into the network of sorceresses who control the court of Louis XIV, the Sun King. Recommended (IC).
• * +The Oracle Glass (Viking 0-670-85054-3, Jun ’94, $22.95, 510pp, hc, cover by Bryan Leister) Historical fantasy novel. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1994).
• * _The Oracle Glass (Coronet 0-340-60993-1, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], £5.99, 486pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1994) fantasy novel set at the court of Louis XIV in 17th century France. Recommended (IC).
• * _The Oracle Glass (Ballantine/Fawcett 0-449-91006-7, Nov ’95, $12.50, 510pp, tp, cover by Bryan Leister) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1994) historical fantasy occult romance.
• * *The Serpent Garden (Viking 0-670-86661-X, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $24.95, 467pp, hc, cover by Bryan Leister) Historical novel with supernatural elements, about a female portrait painter caught up in intrigue in the court of Henry VIII.
• * _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 Baum’s 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 Baum’s 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 author’s 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 Narnians—The 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- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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. Emily’s 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) (assoc.)

• * *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)

• * *Campfire Thrillers: The Short and Scary Ones (Old Saybrook, CT: The Globe Pequot Press, Inc. 1-56440-371-8, 1994, pb) (Contents)

ROBB, J. D.; pseudonym of Eleanor F. Aufdem-Brinke, (1950- ) (stories) (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 cop’s 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 Eve’s 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]