The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

ROBERTS, JOHN MADDOX (stories) (continued)

• * *SPQR: The Sacrilege (Avon 0-380-76627-2, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.50, 216pp, pb) [SPQR] Associational mystery novel set in ancient Rome, third book of a series.
• * *SPQR: The Temple of the Muses (Avon 0-380-76629-9, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $4.50, 215pp, pb, cover by R. Crawford) [SPQR] Associational mystery set in ancient Rome, fourth book in a series.
• * *The Steel Kings (Tor 0-812-51831-4, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $4.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) [Stormlands] Fantasy novel, fourth book of the “Stormlands” series.

ROBERTS, KEITH (John Kingston) (1935-2000) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Anita (Owlswick Press 0-913896-27-6, Nov ’90, $20.25, 195pp, hc, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) Reprint (Millington 1970) slightly revised and expanded collection of 16 stories about a young witch. This includes one story not in the original volume, and is illustrated by Stephen E. Fabian. (Contents)
• * *The Event (Morrigan 1-870338-80-4, Jul ’89 [Sep ’89], £2.95, 12pp, tp, cover by Keith Roberts) Ghost story.
• * *Grainne (Kerosina 0-948893-07-9, May ’87 [Apr ’87], £12.50, 175pp, hc) Quasi-fantasy/alternate world novel. It follows the heroine “from her student days in Oxford, through a meteoric career in television to her self-ordained destiny as high priestess of a radically new social movement.” Distributed in the U.S. through specialty dealers only. Limited to 750 copies in this form.
• * *Grainne (Kerosina 0-948893-06-0, May ’87 [Aug ’87], £35.00, 175pp, hc) Limited (250 copies) edition of above, supplied in slipcase with hardback of A Heron Caught in Weeds.
• * *A Heron Caught in Weeds (Kerosina 0-948893-09-5, Apr ’87, £3.95, 46pp, tp) Poetry collection, edited by Jim Goddard. Limited to 350 copies in this form. (Contents)
• * *A Heron Caught in Weeds (Kerosina 0-948893-08-7, Apr ’87 [Aug ’87], 46pp, hc) Limited (300 copies) hardback edition of above, distributed with Collector’s edition of Grainne.
• * *Irish Encounters (Kerosina 0-948893-35-4, Dec ’88, £4.50, 80pp, tp) Booklet of essays about a trip to Ireland in 1978. Also available in a hardcover edition (-34-6) which is available only in a boxed set with The Road to Paradise.
• * *Kaeti & Company (Kerosina Books 0-948893-00-1, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £25.00, 224 + 12pp, hc) [Kaeti Fredericks] Signed, numbered, limited edition of 200 copies of a time travel short story cycle featuring Kaeti Fredericks. This edition adds a laid in pamphlet containing the story “Kaeti’s Apocalypse”. (Contents)
• * *Kaeti & Company (Kerosina Books 0-948893-01-X, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £12.50, 224pp, hc) [Kaeti Fredericks] Trade edition of the above.
• * *Kaeti on Tour (The Sirius Book Company 1-874689-01-6, Sep ’92, £13.95, 320pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Kaeti Fredericks] Collection of nine stories, seven original, about Kaeti, the protagonist of Kaeti and Company, with a linking narrative by Roberts. (Contents)
• * *Kaeti on Tour (The Sirius Book Company 1-874689-00-8, Sep ’92, £40.00, 366pp, hc) [Kaeti Fredericks] Collection of eleven stories, with a linking narrative by Roberts. This edition is limited to 150 signed copies and contains two stories that were not in the trade edition. (Contents)
• * *Kiteworld (Gollancz 0-575-03604-4, Jun ’85 [May ’85], £8.95, 288pp, hc) [Kiteworld] Episodic sf novel of a strange post-holocaust culture. Parts of it previously appeared as three novelettes. (Contents)
• * _Kiteworld (Penguin 0-14-008238-7, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £2.95, 288pp, pb) [Kiteworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) sf quasi-novel composed of interlinked tales set in a post-holocaust world ruled by the Church Variant. First paperback edition.
• * +Kiteworld (Arbor House 0-87795-790-8, Jul ’86 [Apr ’86], $15.95, 288pp, hc) [Kiteworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) collection of interrelated sf tales, billed here as a fantasy novel.
• * _Kiteworld (SFBC #105239, Jan ’87, $6.98, 288pp, hc) [Kiteworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) episodic sf novel.
• * _Kiteworld (Ace 0-441-44851-8, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.50, 293pp, pb) [Kiteworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) sf novel.
• * _Kiteworld (Penguin 0-14-011069-0, May ’88, £3.95, 288pp, pb) [Kiteworld] Reissue (Gollancz 1985) sf novel. In the “Penguin Classic Science Fiction” series.
• * *Lemady: Episodes of a Writer’s Life (Borgo Press 0-8095-3101-1, 1997 [Feb ’98], $21.00, 168pp, tp, cover by Keith Roberts) Non-fiction autobiography, described as “a wry memoir”; it skirts the line between fiction and remembrance. Order from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; add $3.00 shipping. Credit card orders: 909-884-5813, fax 909-888-4942.
• * *The Lordly Ones (Gollancz 0-575-03864-0, Aug ’86, £8.95, 160pp, hc) Collection. (Contents)
• * _The Lordly Ones (David & Charles/Gollancz 0-575-03864-0, Apr ’87 [Jan ’87], $18.95, 160pp, hc) Collection of 7 stories; first U.S. appearance. This is a false entry, the 1986 British edition with a U.S. price.
• * *The Natural History of the P.H. (Kerosina 0-948893-19-2, Apr ’88, £2.50, 16pp, ph) Brief pamphlet with an essay on the Primitive Heroine. Non-fiction. Limited edition of 500 copies.
• * _Pavane (Gollancz 0-575-03437-8, May ’84 [Apr ’84], £8.95, 279pp, hc) [Pavane] Reprint (Rupert Hart-Davis 1968) sf collection/novel. This edition follows the U.S. text (Doubleday 1968) which added one story.
• * _Pavane (Penguin 0-14-010564-6, Jun ’88, £3.95, 237pp, tp) [Pavane] Reissue (Doubleday 1968) sf collection. This edition contains ‘The White Boat’, omitted from some earlier UK editions. In the “Penguin Classic Science Fiction” series.
• * _Pavane (Gollancz 0-575-06103-0, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], £5.99, viii+279pp, pb, cover by Ian Miller) [Pavane] Reprint (Rupert Hart-Davis 1968) SF mosaic novel. Classic alternate-Earth novel of a world with Elizabeth I assassinated and 20th century England — still held in the repressive grip of the Church of Rome — feeling the first stirrings of rebellion. This edition follows the US edition (Doubleday 1968) which added ’The White Boat’.
• * *The Road to Paradise (Kerosina 0-948893-33-8, Dec ’88, £13.95, 228pp, hc) Thriller, listed for Roberts fans. Limited edition of 750 copies. Also available in a limited-edition boxed hardcover (-32-X, £37.50) with Irish Encounters. Limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by the author.
• * *Winterwood and Other Hauntings (Morrigan 1-870338-70-7, Jul ’89, £13.95, 182pp, hc, cover by Peter Pearce) Collection of ghost stories, all revised for this edition, with an introduction by Robert Holdstock. (Contents)
• * *Winterwood and Other Hauntings (limited edition) (Morrigan 1-870338-75-8, Jul ’89, £40.00, 184pp, hc, cover by Keith Roberts) Special slip-cased edition of the above, limited to 250 copies, containing the extra story ‘The Event’ and signed by both Roberts and Holdstock. (Contents) [Not seen]

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• * _Keith Roberts: Master Craftsman: A Working Bibliography See entry under Phil Stephensen-Payne.

ROBERTS, LAURA PEYTON

• * *Ghost of a Chance (Delacorte 0-385-32508-8, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $14.95, 183pp, hc, cover by Robert Papp) Young-adult ghost novel. Best friends both fall in love with a ghost.

ROBERTS, NORA; pseudonym of Eleanor F. Aufdem-Brinke, (1950- )

• * *Times Change (Silhouette 0-373-07317-8, Jan ’90 [Feb ’92], $2.95, 253pp, pb) Time-travel sf romance novel. Jacob Hornblower comes from 300 years in the future in an experimental device and finds his way to Sunny Stone’s mountain cabin. A Silhouette Intimate Moments romance. This is a 1990 book not seen until now.

ROBERTS, ROBIN (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Anne McCaffrey: A Critical Companion (Greenwood Press 0-313-29450-X, Jun ’96 [Jul ’96], $29.95, 186pp, hc) Non-fiction, a critical look at McCaffrey’s work, complete with biography and bibliography. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [McCaffrey]
• * *A New Species: Gender and Science in Science Fiction (University of Illinois Press 0-252-06284-1, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $12.95, 170pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism. A study of women’s roles and gender throughout the history of sf. A hardcover edition (-01983-0, $29.95) was announced but not seen. Order from the University of Illinois Press, 54 East Gregory Dr., Champaign IL 61820.

ROBERTS, STEVE

• * *Max Headroom (Vintage 0-394-74779-8, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $5.95, unpaginated, pb) Movie tie-in near-future tale of a computer-generated talking head, “an idiosyncratic but friendly Big Brother for the 1980s” according to the publisher. Lavish photo-illustration.

ROBERTS, THOMAS J.

• * *The Aesthetics of Junk Fiction (University of Georgia Press 0-8203-1149-9, May ’90, $30.00, 284pp, hc, cover by Molly Renda) Non-fiction; reference. This is an academic study of genre fiction and its readers. It does attempt to go beyond the usual pro and con arguments, but the tone is smug and self-congratulatory and many points seem arbitrary and unsupported (SW).

ROBERTS, WESS

• * *Make it So: Leadership for The Next Generation (with Bill Ross) (Pocket 0-671-52097-0, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $22.00, 242pp, hc) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Non-fiction management guide based on examples from "Star Trek: The Next Generation".

ROBERTS, WILLO (Louise) DAVIS (1928-2004)

• * *The Magic Book (Atheneum 0-689-31120-6, Apr ’86 [May ’86], $10.95, 150pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel of children casting spells.
• * _The Magic Book (Macmillan Aladdin 0-689-71284-7, 1988 [Jan ’89], $3.95, 150pp, tp) Reprint (Atheneum 1986) young-adult fantasy novel about a boy who finds an ancient book of magical spells.

ROBERTSON, BRUCE (1934- )

• * *Fantasy Art (Northern Lights 0-89134-251-6, Jul ’88 [Nov ’88], $24.95, 144pp, hc) Non-fiction, art reference/how-to book on creating fantasy art, with various covers and paintings as examples. Order from Writers Digest Books, 1507 Dana Ave., Cincinnati OH 45201.
• * *Techniques of Fantasy Art (Macdonald 0-356-15324-X, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], £11.95, 144pp, hc) Heavily illustrated book on the techniques of making fantasy art. Recommended. (PSP)

ROBERTSON, JOHN; pseudonym of John Robert Bensink, (1948- )

• * _Piper (with Brett Rutherford) See entry under Brett Rutherford.

ROBERTSON, R. GARCIA y; see under García y Robertson, R. (stories)

ROBESON, KENNETH; house pseudonym (stories)

• * *Doc Savage Omnibus # 2 (Bantam 0-553-26207-6, Jan ’87, $3.95, 410pp, pb) [Doc Savage] Omnibus of 4 Doc Savage short novels from the magazine. (Contents)
• * *Doc Savage Omnibus # 3 (Bantam 0-553-26738-8, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.95, 378pp, pb) [Doc Savage] Omnibus of 4 Doc Savage short novels from the magazine. (Contents)
• * *Doc Savage Omnibus # 4 (Bantam 0-553-26802-3, Oct ’87 [Dec ’87], $3.95, 392pp, pb) [Doc Savage] Omnibus edition of four short “Doc Savage” adventure novels. (Contents)
• * *Doc Savage Omnibus # 5 (Bantam, 1988, 407pp, pb) [Doc Savage] Collection of five stories from the magazines. (Contents)
• * *Doc Savage Omnibus # 6 (Bantam 0-553-27215-2, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $4.50, 378pp, pb) [Doc Savage] Collection of The Awful Dynasty, The Magic Forest, Fire and Ice, and The Disappearing Lady, adventure novellas from the original magazine. (Contents)
• * *Doc Savage Omnibus # 7 (Bantam 0-553-27616-6, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $4.95, 378pp, pb) [Doc Savage] Collection of four earlier stories from the magazines. (Contents)
• * *Doc Savage Omnibus # 8 (Bantam 0-553-27861-4, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $4.95, 407pp, pb) [Doc Savage] Collection of four Doc Savage magazine novellas. (Contents)
• * *Doc Savage Omnibus # 9 (Bantam 0-553-28000-7, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $4.95, 404pp, pb) [Doc Savage] Collection of four Doc Savage magazine novellas. (Contents)
• * *Doc Savage Omnibus #10 (Bantam 0-553-28325-1, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $4.95, 425pp, pb) [Doc Savage] Collection of four Doc Savage magazine novellas. (Contents)
• * *Doc Savage Omnibus #11 (Bantam 0-553-28389-8, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.95, 455pp, pb) [Doc Savage] Collection of five Doc Savage magazine novellas. (Contents)
• * *Doc Savage Omnibus #12 (Bantam 0-553-28510-6, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $4.95, 441pp, pb, cover by Bob Larkin) [Doc Savage] Collection of five “Doc Savage” novellas. (Contents)
• * *Doc Savage Omnibus #13 (Bantam 0-553-28626-9, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $4.95, 441pp, pb, cover by Bob Larkin) [Doc Savage] Collection of five “Doc Savage” novellas, with afterwords by Will Murray and Philip José Farmer. This collection completes the Bantam series collecting the entire original 182 novella pulp series. They plan to do some original novels. (Contents)
• * *Doc Savage Omnibus, Vol. 1 (Bantam 0-553-25947-4, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $3.95, 373pp, pb) [Doc Savage] Omnibus edition of four fantasy adventures from the original Doc Savage magazine. (Contents)
• * *Doc Savage: Flight Into Fear (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29552-7, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $4.99, 221pp, pb, cover by Joe De Vito) [Doc Savage] Fantasy adventure novel based on the classic character, sixth book of a new series mostly by Will Murray writing as Robeson, with an afterword by Murray and illustrations by Joe De Vito. This is rewritten from an unpublished Lester Dent manuscript.
• * *Doc Savage: Python Isle [by Will Murray] (Bantam Falcon 0-553-29357-5, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $4.50, 207pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) [Doc Savage] Associational adventure novel based on Robeson’s classic character, first book of a new series by Will Murray writing as Robeson.
• * *Doc Savage: The Forgotten Realm (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29555-1, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $4.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) [Doc Savage] Fantasy adventure novel based on the classic character, eighth book of a new series, most by Will Murray writing as Robeson, with illustrations by Joe DeVito.
• * *Doc Savage: The Frightened Fish [by Will Murray] (Bantam Falcon 0-553-29748-1, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $4.50, 176pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) [Doc Savage] Fantasy adventure novel based on the classic character, fourth in the new series by Will Murray writing as Robeson. This includes a complete index to all the Doc Savage novellas, both their original magazine appearances and their later collections in book form.
• * *Doc Savage: The Jade Ogre [by Will Murray] (Bantam Falcon 0-553-29553-5, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.99, 336pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) [Doc Savage] Associational adventure novel based on Robeson’s classic character, fifth book in a series by Will Murray writing as Robeson.
• * *Doc Savage: The Whistling Wraith (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29554-3, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $4.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Joe De Vito) [Doc Savage] Fantasy adventure novel based on the classic character, seventh book of a new series, most by Will Murray writing as Robeson.
• * *Doc Savage: White Eyes [by Will Murray] (Bantam Falcon 0-553-29561-6, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $4.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) [Doc Savage] Adventure fantasy novel based on the classic character, second book of a series by Will Murray writing as Robeson. The book is based on an outline and chapter written by the original Robeson, Lester Dent.

ROBILLARD, DOUGLAS, ed.

• * *American Supernatural Fiction: From Edith Wharton to the Weird Tales Writers (Garland 0-8153-1735-2, Feb ’96, $40.00, 263pp, hc) Critical examination of supernatural fiction in the U.S., in eight essays covering both well-known and less-familiar authors such as Edith Wharton, F. Marion Crawford, Edward Lucas White and Henry S. Whitehead, and H.P. Lovecraft. Essay authors include Brian Stableford, Sam Moskowitz, and S.T. Joshi. Available from Garland Publishing, 717 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2500, New York NY 10022-8101; 212-751-7447.

ROBIN, DORIS

• * *In a Faraway Galaxy (with Gracia Fay Ellwood & Lee Vibber) (Extequer 0-935892-07-9, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $6.95, 149pp, tp) [Star Wars] Non-fiction, a group of essays dealing with the characters, form, and philosophy of the “Star Wars” movies.

ROBIN, HARRY

• * *I, Morgain (Branden Books 0-8283-2004-7, Mar ’95, $17.95, 190pp, hc, cover by Jeanne D’Andrea) Arthurian fantasy novel; Arthur’s notorious half-sister tells her side of the story. A first novel. Available from Branden Publishing, 17 Station Street, 843 Brookline Village, Boston MA 02147.

ROBINSON, CHARLES E., ed. (stories)

• * _The Mary Shelley Reader See entry under Mary W. Shelley.

ROBINSON, D. H.

• * *1999: Apocalypse Maybe (Kalos Press 0-9658820-0-4, 1997 [Apr ’98], $12.95, 246pp, tp, cover by Chris Wright) Science fantasy novel. Scientists and psychics working together use Nostradamus’s prophecies to prevent the apocalyptic collision of a black hole with Earth. This is copyrighted 1997, and mentions an “original version” copyrighted 1995, but not seen until now. A first novel. Order from Kalos Press, 3524 N. Southport, Suite 154, Chicago IL 60657.

ROBINSON, FRANK M(alcolm) (1926- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Blow-Out! (with Thomas N. Scortia) See entry under Thomas N. Scortia
• * _Blowout! (with Thomas N. Scortia) See entry under Thomas N. Scortia
• * *The Dark Beyond the Stars (Tor 0-312-85166-9, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $19.95, 408pp, hc, cover by John Harris) Sf novel of a vast and dying ship roaming the stars searching for signs of alien life.
• * _The Dark Beyond the Stars (SFBC #18236, Oct ’91, $6.98, 328pp, hc, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Tor 1991) sf novel. Similar to the Tor edition except it lacks an ISBN and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.
• * _The Dark Beyond the Stars (Tor 0-812-51383-5, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $4.99, 408pp, pb, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Tor 1991) sf novel of a vast and dying ship roaming the stars searching for signs of alien life.
• * _The Dark Beyond the Stars (Tor/Orb 0-312-86624-0, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $14.95, 408pp, tp, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Tor 1991) SF novel.
• * *Death of a Marionette (with J. Smith) (Tor/Forge 0-312-85967-8, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $22.95, 320pp, hc) Associational spy thriller with working-class characters.
• * *Pulp Culture: The Art of Fiction Magazines (with Lawrence Davidson) (Collectors Press 1-888054-12-3, Feb ’98, $39.95, 204pp, hc, cover by Enoch Bolles) Lavishly illustrated pictorial history of the pulp magazines from the first issue of Argosy to 1950. The text covers pulp fiction in general; lack of specifics on the art and artists, and the absence of an index, make this of limited use as reference, but you do get the lowdown on Spicy Zeppelin Stories and other obscure items — and the best selection and reproduction of pulp covers you’re ever likely to see. A limited edition is also available ($95.00). Order from Collectors Press, PO Box 230986, Portland OR 97281; credit card orders 800-423-1848.